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COUGAR TRAVEL TO THE BIG APPLE TO TAKE ON WICHITA STATE IN THE NIT SEMIFINALS: Washington State University men's basketball (22-12) travels from the land of apples to the Big Apple as it takes on Wichita State (27-8) in the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) at Madison Square Garden, Tuesday, March 29. The game tips at 4 p.m. PT (7 p.m. ET) and is the first of two semifinal games. The two No. 1 seeds on the other side of the bracket, Alabama and Colorado, face each other at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday. The games will be aired on ESPN2. The winners of the two games will face off Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m. ET for the NIT Championship.
The Cougars hold a 22-12 overall record and finished sixth in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 9-9 league mark.
WSU advanced to the NIT Semifinals with a 69-66 overtime victory over Northwestern Wednesday (March 23) at Beasley Coliseum.
The Cougs finished the season 13-4 at Beasley Coliseum and 8-1 at home in nonconference action.
WSU is 4-2 in neutral site games, including `home' games at Spokane Arena and Seattle's KeyArena (both victories)...the Cougars are 2-2 in neutral-site tournament games this season as they went 2-1 at the Diamond Head Classic at Honolulu, Hawaii with wins over Mississippi State and then-No. 15 Baylor...WSU fell to NCAA-participant Butler in the championship game of the tournament.
Washington State lost to NCAA-participant Washington in its last neutral-site game, an 89-87 loss in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 Tournament.
WSU has now won three-straight games, marking the first time since December that it has won more than two-consecutive games...the Cougs won their first three home games of the Pac-10 season Jan. 6, Jan. 8 and Jan. 20.
Junior Klay Thompson leads the team, the conference and ranks ninth in the country with 22.0 points per game.
He also ranks in the league's top-seven in 3-point field goals made per game (13th in the country), free throw percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, steals and assists.
Junior transfer Faisal Aden is second on the team and 15th in the league with 12.9 points per game...he's scored in double-figures in the last four games.
Junior DeAngelo Casto leads the Cougs in rebounding and ranks eighth in the league with 6.8 boards a game...he's third on the team and 18th in the league in scoring with 12.1 points, while ranking second in the conference with 1.8 blocks per game...he's blocked at least two shots in the last five games, including back-to-back games with four blocks apiece.
Sophomore point guard Reggie Moore, who has missed six games this season, is adding 9.1 points and a league ninth-best 3.4 assists an outing.
Washington State is making its second appearance in the National Invitation Tournament in three years and the fifth time in its history.
This season marks the first time the Cougars will advance to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden...they reached the quarterfinals for the second time in school history as well...WSU has never played in the NIT Championship game.
The Cougars advanced to the quarterfinals during the 1995 NIT...WSU lost at Canisius in that round.
The Cougars are now 7-4 all-time in NIT games and have won at least one game in the tournament in four of their five our appearances.
Two seasons ago (2008-09), WSU entered the NIT as the No. 7 seed and fell to No. 2 Saint Mary's, 68-57, in the first round at Moraga, Calif.
Three current Cougars played in WSU's last NIT appearance, Marcus Capers, DeAngelo Casto and Klay Thompson...all three were freshmen...Thompson finished with seven points, while Capers and Casto each contributed six.
WSU has won all six NIT games it has hosted at Pullman...four of the six were first round games.
In 1992 WSU defeated Minnesota in the first round at home, in 1995 it was a victory over Texas Tech at home and in 1996 the Cougars defeated Gonzaga in the first round at Pullman...now this year WSU defeated Long Beach State, Oklahoma State and Northwestern at home.
WSU has faced just one other current Missouri Valley Conference team in the NIT as it took on Illionis State in the second round of the 1995 NIT...the Cougars won the game, 83-80, marking their only NIT road win in school history the last time they reached the quarterfinals.
WSU and California represented the Pac-10 in the NIT this year...the two teams tie for the most from the league in the NIT since 1998-99, when three teams went.
Three Pac-10 teams have won the NIT Championship, UCLA in 1985, Stanford in 1991 and California in 1999...just five other times has a Pac-10 team advanced to the semifinals, the last to do so was Oregon in 2004, finishing third.
For more information on WSU in the NIT see pages 5-6 of these notes.
Washington State and Wichita State have met just once in the two schools' histories.
The Shockers won the only meeting, 83-64, Dec. 15, 1960 at Wichita.
Washington State is 6-4 all-time against current members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Cougars' only losing record against a member of the MVC is against the Shockers.
WSU has not faced Evansville, Missouri State, Northern Iowa or Southern Illinois.
Counting Wichita State, Washington State has faced three other `WSU' schools, Wayne State and Weber State...Washington State is 3-1 against WSU schools.
Junior Klay Thompson has already set five WSU career and single-season records this year.
He is WSU's all-time single-season scoring leader with 727 points so far this season...he passed Isaac Fontaine who set the record in 1997 with 657 points.
Thompson is also the Cougars' career leader for 3-point field goals made...he now has 242 made 3-pointers and took the crown from Eddie Hill who played at WSU from 1991-94 and made 233.
Thompson also holds the career record for 3-point field goals attempted (615), and the season records for 3-point field goals made (98) and field goal attempts (541).
Thompson's 727 points are the most by a Pac-10 player since Arizona State's Eddie House scored 736 during the 1999-00 season.
Klay Thompson has 1,750 points in 97 career games, ranking third in WSU's career record books.
As a sophomore he became the 31st Coug and third-fastest to reach 1,000 points as he did it in his 63rd career game March 6, 2010.
Isaac Fontaine holds the school record with 2,003 points in his career from 1994-97.
Steve Puidokas ranks second with 1,894 points from 1974-77.
If Thompson were to score his career average of 18.0 points per game as a senior, he would add 594 points next year, giving him 2,344 points...that would rank sixth all-time in conference history.
Thompson's current 1,733 points ranks 44th in Pac-10 history for career scoring.
Washington State holds a 6-5 (.545) record in games played in the state of New York.
WSU has played one other NIT game in New York, a quarterfinal loss to Canisius at Buffalo., March 23, 1995.
The Cougs last played in New York in 1995-96, going 1-1 in the state that year.
The games were against New York teams, Canisius and Syracuse at Syracuse, N.Y. in the Carrier Classic.
Although the Cougars played just one game in the 2011 Pac-10 Tournament, Klay Thompson left his mark, setting or tying five single-game tournament records.
Thompson set the single-game scoring record with 43 points, passing California's Leon Powe's 41 which he accomplished in two overtimes against Oregon, March 10, 2006...Reggie Miller of UCLA had the regulation record with 39 points against Arizona State, March 6, 1987.
Thompson also bettered Miller's single-half record of 24 points with 25 of his own in the second half.
Thompson's eight 3-point field goals is a record as well, bettering seven done by Arizona's Salim Stoudamire and Oregon's Bryce Taylor.
He also tied Reggie Miller's field goal record (15) and the 3-point field goal attempt record (14), done four times, most recently by former Coug Derrick Low.
Two of Washington State's last three losses have been decided by four points or less and both came with the Cougars down at least one starter or significant contributor.
The Cougars' 58-54 overtime loss to UCLA March 5 came without starters Klay Thompson and Reggie Moore...Thompson was suspended, while Moore injured his ankle in the previous game.
WSU's 71-69 loss at Arizona State Feb. 19 came without sixth-man Faisal Aden, who has been battling knee problems all season.
Klay Thompson is one of just two Pac-10 Players to reach the 40-point plateau over the last five seasons...he has reached it twice.
Thompson scored 43 against Washington March 10 at the Pac-10 Tournament and 43 against San Diego at the Great Alaska Shootout as a sophomore, Nov. 28, 2009. James Harden of Arizona State scored 40 points against UTEP, Nov. 30, 2008.
Thompson's 43 are the most points scored by a Pac-10 player since Jason Kapono of UCLA scored 44 against WSU, Jan. 4, 2003. Below is a look at 40-point scorers in the Pac-10 since 2002-03.
Klay Thompson (WSU) - 43 vs. Washington - 3/10/11
Klay Thompson (WSU) - 43 vs. San Diego - 11/28/09
James Harden (ASU) - 40 vs. UTEP - 11/30/08
Leon Powe (Cal) - 41 vs. Oregon - 3/10/06
Luke Jackson (Ore) - 42 vs. Arizona - 02/19/04
Desmon Farmer (USC) - 40 vs. Arizona - 01/15/04
Luke Jackson (Ore) - 40 vs. Colorado - 03/17/04
Jason Kapono (UCLA) - 44 vs. WSU - 01/04/03
Marcus Moore (WSU) - 42 vs. Gonzaga - 12/07/02
Washington State advanced to the semifinals of the NIT with a thrilling 69-66 overtime victory over Northwestern, Wednesday, March 23 at Beasley Coliseum.
Washington State advances to the NIT Semifinals for the first time in school history.
The Cougars become just the fifth Pac-10 team to advance to New York and it marks the sixth time it will happen (Oregon went twice).
WSU is the first Pac-10 team in the NIT Semifinals since Oregon in 2004.
Klay Thompson led the Cougars in scoring (17), rebounds (nine) and assists (four).
Five Cougs scored in double figures for just the third time this season (Thompson-17), Motum-13, Casto, Moore and Aden all with 11)...also had five players in double figures against Baylor and California.
Marcus Capers tied his season high with three blocked shots.
The WSU bench outscored Northwestern's 24-2.
Cougars move to 2-2 in overtime games this season...losses at Cal and at home to UCLA and victories over Santa Clara and now Northwestern.
For the first time in eight games, Klay Thompson did not reach the 20-point plateau.
Brock Motum tied his career first-half high with 11 points in the first 20 minutes...also scored 11 against Sacramento State this season (Nov. 30).
Klay Thompson was named to the 2010-11 All-Pac-10 Team...he is the fourth player in Cougar history to be named to the first team during multiple seasons.
DeAngelo Casto was named to the All-Pac-10 second team as well as the Pac-10 All-Defensive Team.
Last year Casto was named honorable mention and to the all-defensive team.
Both Cougars earned Pac-10 All-Freshmen Accolades as rookies in 2008-09.
At 22-12, Washington State has reached 20-wins for the 180th time in school history.
It's just the third time since 1994-95 that the Cougars have reached 20 wins in a season.
The 21 wins are tied for 15th most wins by a Cougar team.
Ken Bone is just the sixth WSU head coach to lead his team to a 20-win season.
Klay Thompson is dominating not just games, but halves over his career.
In his career Klay Thompson has had 81 halves with at least 10 points, 40 times in the first half and 41 in the second half.
He has scored 15 or more points in 28 halves, 12 in the first and 16 in the second.
Thompson has scored 20-plus points in a half eight times, three in the first half, five in the second half.
In 23 games Thompson has scored in double figures in both halves, three as a freshman, eight as a sophomore and 12 so far as a junior.
This season Thompson has scored in double figures in 39 halves.
Faisal Aden (16 halves), DeAngelo Casto (10 halves), Reggie Moore (five halves), Brock Motum (four halves) and Patrick Simon (one half) have each reached double figures in at least one half this season as well.
Moore reached double figures in 16 halves last year as a freshman, one shy of Thompson's freshman mark.
Klay Thompson was named to both the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and United States Basketball Writers' Association (USBWA) all-district teams.
Thompson became one of three Cougars to earn NABC first team all-district honors in their career.
He is the first Cougar to be honored by the USBWA multiple times.
Klay Thompson was one of 30 midseason candidates for the 2010-11 John R. Wooden Award and Naismith Award.
Earlier this season, Thompson became the first Cougar to make the preseason lists since Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver were both named to the preseason top-50 prior to the 2007-08 season.
He is the first to move on to the Wooden midseason top-30 since Low went on to make the midseason cut that year...the first to make the Naismith top-30 cut since Weaver in 2007-08.
Thompson was joined by Isaiah Thomas (Washington) and Derrick Williams (Arizona) on both lists.
Klay Thompson was one of five candidates for the 2010 Male Sports Star of the Year presented by ROOT SPORTS, put on by the Seattle Sports Commission.
The award was given to Olympic speed skater Apolo Ono at the awards show held Jan. 26.
The Male Sports Star of the Year is awarded to a male athlete or coach for outstanding achievement in 2010 in a non-professional sport.
Also nominated for the award are University of Washington student-athletes Quincy Pondexter (basketball) and Mason Foster (football), and Olympic speed skaters Apolo Ono and J.R. Celski.
For the second time this season and the fourth in his career, Klay Thompson has been named the Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 6-12.
The junior guard helped lead the Cougars to wins over Gonzaga and Texas-Pan American.
For the week, he averaged 19.5 points, 5.0 assists, 3.5 steals and 3.0 rebounds.


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Welcome Aboard the Six Week Holiday Challenge!
Wow ~ many have made the commitment to the six week holiday challenge and the momentum is picking up daily! It's exciting to witness the enthusiasm that's building. From the many comments that are pouring in on facebook and the member center, this challenge is giving the motivation, courage, and much needed excuse to stand up to the ongoing pressure from family, friends and colleagues to eat for disease during the holidays.
If you are sitting on the fence of indecision, I encourage you to jump aboard the challenge today and feel your best by the New Year! Dr. Fuhrman is offering a free sign-up to the member center for additional support during the six week holiday challenge. The offer is valid through December 4th.
Here at the beginning, I want to share several inspirational interviews of those who've successfully earned their health back, including their success tips; and a few Disease Proof posts to motivate and guide you in your journey to health. Click on the yellow font to read them.
Scott overcame morbid obesity by losing 333 lbs and is curently a long distance cyclist.
Sue lost 100 lbs and is now a fit and active grandmother.
Elisa overcame the debilitating symptoms of lupus.
Anthony dropped 143 lbs and is now an active sports enthusiast and father.
Gary finally overcame his struggles with weight since youth.
Laurie overcame MS flare-ups and yo-yo dieting and weight fluctuations.
Theresa has lost 102 lbs and is still losing.
Mike overcame obesity and heart disease.
Barb overcame "normal and acceptable" middle aged diseases.
Junk food – as addictive as smoking?
Your hunger can keep you healthy
Radical changes produce radical results
The powerful snare of compromise
The powerful freedom of abstinence
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Also, for those interested, there are two, really helpful-for-the-holidays teleconferences by Dr. Fuhrman in the member center library. These can be heard by anyone who is signed up on the member center. I download the teleconferences and listen to them while exercising. They are excellent motivational tools! The two titles are listed below:
- "Curtailing overeating; it is possible to overeat, even on healthy food."
- "Reviewing the basic of metabolism, hunger and catabolism; understanding the critical relationship between hunger vs. food addiction."
I encourage everyone to listen to these life-changing teleconferences; knowledge is power!
All the best to everyone ~ I can't wait to hear everyone's success story in January!
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I love Dr Fuhrman and I'm subscribed to his blog.
I would have gladly joined the 6 week challenge for free, but I don't see the reason for giving my credit card info. Experience in the past has taught me that giving my credit card number for something free has cost me money, time and inconvenience.
Why is giving you my credit card number a necessity?
Day 4 is going amazing! I haven't had processed sugary junk foods (one of my commitments) in 5 days and I'm feeling great!
I told some friends about the challenge and 2 of them are on board!
I am so happy about this challenge....however.....I have to admit the days are rough, and most of the time I am dreaming of driving to my nearest fastfood place and getting something greasy, fried and a soda to top it off. I am a little depressed, because there is not a whole lot of joy in food for me since this six week plan started. I am not full on eating plants, seeds, nuts, beans and I am trying to limit the whole grains. It is no fun and I find myself wanting warm food (other than soup) that will actually make me feel full. I know I need to do this and that is why this is my third day and I am hanging in there, but life is not as much fun. I started thinking that it would be more enjoyable to be able to savor some of the food that I really like and maybe not live as long, but I have children, so I need to be healthy for as long as possible, but my joy has decreased immensely since I have started eating this way and for some reason that part of it just doesn't feel right.
The credit card requirement is a technology issue. Dr. Fuhrman's online store software requires the credit card information in order to process any order, including a free offer. Everyone who participates in the challenge WILL be notified in plenty of time to cancel the future, monthly billings if he/she decides to discontinue the ongoing support after the holidays.
Dr. Fuhrman is giving this as a free offer to anyone who wants the additional support of the member center over the holiday season. Technically, there was no other way to process the free offer in order to launch the challenge in time for the holidays.
Being your third day of detox, your feelings are totally typical and normal of anyone in the beginning days of going through toxic food addiction withdrawal. Be encouraged that it is relatively short lived and soon you will be feeling much better and the longings and cravings for your past way of eating will subside and eventually go away. Just like a person withdrawing from cigarettes feels worse during the withdrawal phase, a food addict will feel various negative emotions at times. One must cross the threshold . . . .but a lifetime of freedom from toxic food addiction is the reward! It's soooo worth hanging on thru this period of time! Read or re-read Dr. Fuhrman's chapters on true hunger vs toxic hunger in Eat for Health. That will put wind in your sails during this time of withdrawal.
Cheering for you!
Freedom: please don't give up! You are doing well... like Emily said, when we have immersed ourselves in the greasy unhealthy standard american diet, you will feel lethargic as your body gets rid of the poisons. In a while you will be amazed at the energy that you have and how wonderful all of the food tastes. There are so many wonderful foods to tray and experiment with, I can't even get in all that is recommended in one day!
For me, getting off of sugar (more addictive than heroine I have heard) and salt and cheese was worse than quitting smoking, but well worth it. I watched four family members die painful deaths and suffered unnecessarily for years due to years of eating the "american" way. Unfortunately, my oldest says proudly "I will eat what I want, the consequences be d****ed"- he is now nearing 400 pounds, can barely walk, has terrible back problems, has a terrible time finding clothes (what is after a size 6x?)and can barely breathe. I want to live- I want him to live! You can do it!!! Just by starting you are making a decision that will impact your entire life!!! Good luck!!! :0)
One cup of coffee today without honey. I had moved to honey from splenda about 6 months ago. Now I am working on no honey. Also dropped the second cup. Felt good about that! Working on the coffee too, but that will take a little longer!
biggest challenge tonight was dinner. Due to a busy day with our kids and having to go to a viewing, we ended up at TGIFs for dinner. That menu was a challenge. I selected the salad with the most variety of vegs and a side of broccoli. Sooo, i felt good about not falling into the trap of the other selections.I did have a nibble of the nacho plate and a potato skin, but did not feel as though I "needed more", in fact we did not finish the appetizers and did not bring them home!
It is hard to follow good health guidelines when all around you is bad food and others eating it! However keep whatever goal you have in mind clearly, remind yourself of it when you feel down, (what you will be gaining as a result of improved health. )
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WMA detail report
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Dishpan WMA
County: Itasca
Directions: From Dora Lake, go 2 miles northwest on CSAH 26, then 1.6 miles northwest on USFS Road 2240 (Lost Forty Loop Road).
Description: This WMA was established in 1975 primarily for waterfowl production by constructing 2 impoundments that created 200 acres of type 4 marsh. Both impoundments support stands of wild rice which provides production and migration habitat.
Habitat management includes managing water levels on the impoundments, commercial timber harvests, planting conifers for winter cover, planting oak and fruiting shrubs for hard and soft mast on the 800 acres of aspen forest that surround the impoundments
There are 6.5 miles of hunter walking trails that extend off the WMA onto other public lands open to hunting. There is a path maintained to a hill overlooking the lower pool for observation of wetland and forest wildlife.
There are opportunities for trapping and wild rice harvesting. This WMA is located within the 11,000 acre Chippewa National Forest Fiske Lake Non-motorized Area, which is managed for deer and grouse. The WMA is adjacent to the Lost Forty SNA.
At this scale, these WMA boundaries are general, and do not accurately represent the actual legal boundaries. WMA users still need to verify public lands boundaries by observing boundary signs and contacting local DNR Wildlife offices.


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|Slumping P-Bruins pushed to Game 7 after OT loss
|05.21.13 at 7:42 am ET
While the attention of local hockey fans is on the Bruins, who visit the Rangers in Game 3 of their second-round series Tuesday night, the AHL's Providence Bruins are in an intense battle in their own second-round series.
The P-Bruins won the first three games vs. the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins but have lost three straight, including Monday night's 2-1 overtime loss at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. Despite outshooting the Penguins 47-18 — including 33-5 over the last two periods — Providence could only score once: Craig Cunningham's second-period on former Northeastern standout Brad Thiessen, who has allowed just one goal in the last two games.
"Listen, we're missing open nets. At some point you've got to put the puck in the net," P-Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy told the Providence Journal. "A goalie can only do so much. We had open nets. We missed open nets or there's a pad in the way. We've got to start finishing, plain and simple."
Trevor Smith scored a wraparound goal 3:26 into overtime, beating goalie Niklas Svedberg to force a deciding Game 7 Wednesday night in Providence. This is just the fourth time in AHL history a team came back from a 3-0 series deficit to force a Game 7.
Providence was playing without winger Graham Mink, who was suspended for the final two games of the series after pounding Thiessen during a brawl in a fight-filled Game 5 Saturday night.
In the final five minutes of a chippy game Saturday, Mink was cutting across the crease when the fighting started. He started unloading punches on a turtling Thiessen before a referee jumped in to break it up.
"I didn't say or do anything. It kind of happened and I'm not sure what provoked," Thiessen told the Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre after recording the shutout in a 4-0 decision. "Whatever they want to do. My job's to stop the puck."
Here's a look at Saturday's brawl. The nastiness starts at the 6:30 mark of this video.
|Shawn Thornton on D&C: 'Those defensemen are playing unbelievable'
|05.20.13 at 10:16 am ET
Bruins forward Shawn Thornton checked in with Dennis & Callahan on Monday morning to talk about the B's-Rangers series.
The Bruins took a 2-0 series lead with Sunday's 5-2 victory, as Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers continued to play below par.
"I think they had their chances, to tell you the truth," Thornton said. "I think the second period, it could have went either way. We were fortunate to get out of that with the lead. It could have been a different game if Tuukka [Rask] didn't stand on his head for us in the second period."
The big story of this series has been the play of the Bruins' young defensemen, Torey Krug, Matt Bartkowski and Dougie Hamilton, who have sparked the Bruins with their fresh legs.
"Those defensemen are playing unbelievable," Thornton said. "Torey Krug, obviously — not just the goal and the assist, those are great plays — but there were some plays he made that probably went unnoticed during the game that made our lives as forwards a heck of a lot easier. Some of the vision he has and some of the plays he made look easy, but they weren't really easy plays, especially in the neutral zone."
Thornton said he hasn't thought much about what will happen when injured defensemen Dennis Seidenberg, Andrew Ference and Wade Redden are ready to return.
"I don't know what the timeline is for those guys, but I'm sure Claude [Julien] will have some decisions to make once everyone's healthy," Thornton said. "Not easy decisions, I'm sure, but good decisions. It's nice when you have that many options. It's better than the opposite, when you're like, 'Oh, my God, we can't find anyone to put in the lineup.' "
As for the possibility of hard feelings if a veteran sits in favor of a rookie, Thornton insisted it won't be issue.
"Not in our locker room," he said. "I've been that veteran guy squeezed out of the lineup for the playoffs. It's all about winning this time of year. There's no time for any personal feelings or agendas. It's all about the team. We have a good bunch of guys in that room, and everyone's aware of it."
|Barry Pederson on D&C: Rangers' shot-blocking style causing problems for Henrik Lundqvist
|05.20.13 at 9:45 am ET
NESN Bruins analyst Barry Pederson joined Dennis & Callahan on Monday morning to discuss the Bruins' strong start to their series against the Rangers. Boston holds a 2-0 series lead following Sunday's 5-2 victory.
The Bruins have been rejuvenated by the play of young defensemen Torey Krug, Matt Bartkowski and Dougie Hamilton.
"I think right now they're showing some signs of [being a better team with the rookies], just because of the element that these three young kids have brought, which is mobility, speed, I think right now playing with a lack of fear, a lot of confidence," Pederson said. "But you can really see it, to me, from their offensive side. What I mean by that, a lot of times throughout the year when the offense has been struggling, everybody always points at the forwards. And vice versa, when the defensive game is struggling, everybody always point to the defense. I've always been a firm believer that your defense creates your offense, and your forwards create your defense.
"So, these guys are doing a really good job, to me, by jumping into plays, recognizing when there are outnumbered opportunities to make it a three-on-two, a four-on-three. Hamilton did a good job of that yesterday as well as Bartkowski and Krug. For now they're doing I think a really good job of creating some offense and '¦ they are bringing a little bit of speed and mobility that maybe the Bruins have not had back there in a while."
With the strong play by the rookies, it's led to a discussion about what coach Claude Julien will do if and when injured veterans Dennis Seidenberg, Andrew Ference and Wade Redden are ready to return. Pederson said he does not anticipate a problem in the locker room.
"The guys recognize what this is all about, is trying to win hockey games," he said. "It's one of those problems that you love to have. '¦ You can never have enough good, young defensemen, because they're first of all hard to come by. And it's a situation where these guys right now are playing this way. We'll see how things go when you go into a more hostile environment in New York."
Added Pederson: "I think if I had to look at how I would rank them, the rookies being taken out, starting with the first guy, I would probably take a look at Hamilton, it would probably go Krug, and then last would be Bartkowski to be removed from the lineup when and if they came back.
"If Redden was the first guy back, I'm not so sure if I would make a move quite yet. These guys have, I think, kind of earned an opportunity to continue. If it was Dennis Seidenberg who was healthy, there's no doubt that he's coming back immediately. I just don't get a sense with Ference that he's even that close, but again we don't know anything about the injuries, so we'll have to wait and see."
|Matt Bartkowski on M&M: 'It's a great opportunity'
|05.17.13 at 1:59 pm ET
Bruins defenseman Matt Bartkowski, during an appearance on the Mut & Merloni show Friday, talked about jumping into the Bruins lineup and contributing to the team's postseason success.
Bartkowski, 24, was called up from AHL Providence last week following injuries on the Boston blue line and has appeared in three playoff games since.
"It's a great opportunity," Bartkowski said. "It's what you dream of as a player, being able to step in in the playoffs and hopefully perform and then help the team win. It's what you want to show everybody in the hockey world and the organization that you can do. It's just a great opportunity for me."
Bartkowski played almost 27 minutes in Thursday night's Game 1 win over the Rangers, as he and fellow call-up Torey Krug were forced into a regular role due to injuries to Dennis Seidenberg, Andrew Ference and Wade Redden.
"Before the game the coaches talked to us and said we're going to be playing a lot of minutes," he said. "I knew I'd be playing with Johnny [Boychuk] against the [Ryan] Callahan line. So I figured I'd be playing quite a bit."
In Game 7 against the Maple Leafs on Monday night, Bartkowski opened the scoring with a first-period goal. He said that helped him mentally, although he never felt out of place.
"I felt pretty in control. The more I played, the more comfortable I got," he said. "Being able to score that goal pretty early kind of settled me down. It just gave me an opportunity to play my game."
Bartkowski grew up outside Pittsburgh as a fan of the Penguins when Jaromir Jagr was in his prime in the 1990s. Now the two are teammates in Boston.
"I remember growing up watching him play," Bartkowski said. "Then, I don't know what year it was [2001], but him going away from the Pens and it was like this heartbreak for the city. I just every year remember watching him do something different every game. It was pretty amazing. And now being able to play with him, it's pretty cool."
To hear the interview, go to the Mut & Merloni audio on demand page. For more Bruins news, visit the team page at weei.com/bruins.
|Pierre McGuire on M&M: Game 1 changed after Johnny Boychuk was injured on hit from behind
|05.17.13 at 11:35 am ET
NBC Sports hockey analyst Pierre McGuire made an appearance on the Mut & Merloni show Friday morning to dissect the Bruins' Game 1 win over the Rangers.
After an uneventful first period, the teams traded goals in the second and third periods before Brad Marchand scored the game-winner when he tipped in a pass from Patrice Bergeron 15:40 into overtime. McGuire said the intensity level starting picking up after a play early in the second period.
"I really felt the whole game and the intensity of the game changed after the [Taylor] Pyatt hit on Johnny Boychuk," McGuire said. "That amped up the entire energy in the building and amped up the entire energy between the two teams. And it created some good opportunities for some phenomenal athleticism from both teams. '¦ In overtime it was clearly the Bruins' overtime and they dominated it. Obviously, they had the power-play opportunity, they felt comfortable. That's one of the reasons why home ice matters, because you have such a raucous crowd there. And I think the crowd really helped energize the Boston Bruins, especially during that power-play sequence."
Added McGuire: "I'm not surprised they had a bit of a slow start. But I really, again, I can't stress this enough: I thought the whole game and the whole energy of the game changed after Taylor Pyatt hit Johnny Boychuk from behind. That really changed the entire chemistry of the game. That's good for the series going forward.
"I asked Brad Marchand last night on my interview after the game what kind of series he was expecting. He says, 'Nasty, physical, mean.' I would agree."
Jaromir Jagr didn't register a point Thursday, but McGuire said he believes his presence will be felt eventually.
"I think he can help the power play. That's where I think he's going to be a huge benefit for the Bruins, because of his ability to dominate the puck and make good decisions with it," McGuire said. "Fatigue was a very real issue for Jaromir last night. That's why I made the comment that I made [about Jagr needing short shifts].
"I was part of the management team that drafted him, I coached him, I skated with him a ton earlier in his career. I know the body of work that he's presented, and I know when he's tired and when he's not. And you could just see he was breaking down last night after about 25-30 seconds. That's normal; he's 40 years old. But I expect that he's going to help their power play. And I think at some point they're going to have to look to put Tyler Seguin back on that line in five-on-five situations, especially in the second and third period."
|Shawn Thornton on D&C: 'We didn't have any passengers'
|05.17.13 at 10:03 am ET
Bruins forward Shawn Thornton checked in with Dennis & Callahan on Friday morning to talk about Thursday night's 3-2 overtime victory over the Rangers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
The Bruins appeared to be in control for much of the game, but Thornton said there was no overconfidence heading into OT.
"I was actually thinking that we've hit a lot of posts tonight," Thornton recalled. "I don't know how many times you've seen it where you have that many chances to win and then all of a sudden they come down the other way and pop one. We talked about it, we wanted to come out in overtime and put the pedal down. They're a good team, so you can't give them any reason to get going."
Added Thornton: "I thought it was pretty even until overtime. We stepped it up. I liked that pretty much all the guys were going last night. We didn't have any passengers. It's been a while since we've had everyone, all lines going. That was positive."
Brad Marchand, who left the team's morning skate with an apparent injury, bounced back with a strong game and scored the winner in overtime — something Thornton said he predicted.
"That was his best game last night of the playoffs," Thornton said. "I told him it was such. I actually called him in between the third and overtime for scoring — I was very psychic, obviously. He played really well. He wants to do better. He's a competitor, you can tell. His whole life, everyone has told him he's too short, too whatever. He wants to win. It was good to see him get back to those ways last night, that's for sure."
The Bruins were playing without three injured defensemen, but young blueliners Dougie Hamilton, Matt Bartkowski and Torey Krug came through with solid performances.
"They were really good," Thornton said. "I thought maybe one of them out of the three might have had some jitters — no one in particular. I saw Bart and Dougie in Game 7, and they were both spectacular in Game 7, too. But Kruger's first game in a while, he scores a huge goal. I think his first shift he had a couple of plays where he skated out of the zone, and I think that settled him down. I think all three of them were unbelievable back there last night. A little — I don't want to say surprised, because I've seen them all play, and I know they're very capable of playing in those games. But you're right, when it's your first playoff game or your second playoff game, you could have those jitters, and they didn't. They were unbelievable."
|Pierre McGuire on M&M: With Bruins' depth down middle, 'I do think this is a team that can flip the switch'
|05.15.13 at 12:11 pm ET
NBC hockey analyst Pierre McGuire was a guest of the Mut & Merloni show Wednesday to talk about the Stanley Cup playoffs.
McGuire said "only in youth hockey" has he seen a comeback like the Bruins' miracle against the Maple Leafs in Monday night's Game 7.
"I've never seen anything like that with 12 minutes or less to go in an NHL game — in a playoff game, a deciding Game 7," McGuire said. "Never seen that before."
McGuire said the tide started to turn in the Bruins' favor when Tuukka Rask stopped Matt Frattin on a breakaway with 3:35 left in the third period and Toronto leading 4-2.
"Boston got urgent. Boston really felt better after Frattin missed the breakaway. You could see there was a huge surge after the save was made by Tuuka on Matt Frattin's breakaway. And you could see the better players for the Bruins every other shift were starting to take over momentum," McGuire said.
"So, it was a combination of Frattin misses the breakaway, Boston starts to amp it up, their star players really start to amp it up and they get the feel. Then all of a sudden they put the lunar eclipse in front of James Reimer, that is Zdeno Chara, and [Patrice] Bergeron with a seeing-eye shot makes it all equal. Then they go into overtime and win."
Looking at the Bruins' inconsistency, McGuire said some of it can be traced to the post-Marathon fallout.
"The thing that's impressed me the most about this Bruins team: I think that this team was emotionally hurt, like most of the city of Boston was, after the Marathon tragedy," McGuire said. "I really mean that. I was there to do their game following the Marathon tragedy, and you could sense the emotion, you could sense how these guys felt terrible for the families, for the victims, for the entire city. It was a huge blow. It took time for these guys to rebound.
"If you remember, the first game after was against the Buffalo Sabres, and they didn't win the game. You could sense that guys were ready to cry after the game; they felt like they had let the city down. So, I think there's been a lot of emotion that's gone into the season for the Bruins. Let's remember, it was a 48-game schedule, there was a lockout, a lot of players were saying stuff they probably shouldn't have said or didn't want to say but it was out of character, but emotion got involved. And I think this has been an emotional roller coaster for this team all year.
"Do I think they can flip the switch? Absolutely. I respectfully disagree with Peter Chiarelli — I do think this is a team that can flip the switch because of their depth down the middle. When you look at it with [David] Krejci, with Bergeron, with [Chris] Kelly, with [Gregory] Campbell. I truly believe, when you have that kind of depth down the middle, you can flip a switch."


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Diet-Blog passes on some information showing how stress can lead to weight-grain…in mice. Check it out:
Mice who were stressed AND who were also eating a high-sugar high-fat diet got fat: they tended to gain more visceral abdominal fat.I think the same thing rings true for humans. Maybe that's why Dr. Fuhrman believes An Emotionally Satisfying Environment is Vital to health and longevity.
What was strange was that it was only the combination of the above factors that produced the result. Stress and a good diet was okay. No stress and a junk food diet was okay.
The scientists concluded that the stress and bad diet increased amounts of a brain chemical called neuropeptide-Y - which resulted in more fat cells in the abdominal area.


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Andrew: And the final e-mail today comes from Steph, 19, of Melbourne, Australia. She writes:
"Hi, MuggleCasters. I've just got a comment/question about Chapter Five, 'Prisoner of Azkaban.' Just after the Dementor leaves and Lupin goes to see the driver, Harry asks Hermione what happened. She says, among other things, 'Lupin muttered something and a silvery thing shot out of his wand, and it turned around and sort of glided away.' Don't you think that Hermione would know what a Patronus is? Just something that has been bothering me. Keep up the great work."
Jamie: That is true, yeah. That is very true.
Andrew: Yeah, I mean Miss Know-it-All. But I think from a reader's perspective, Jo didn't want to give away what that was just yet. She wanted to keep people wondering for a little bit, maybe.
Ben: Or...
Eric: Well it's interesting too, because I've - when I read this, I read it as, "Doesn't she know what Lupin's Patronus is?" So I was like, "Oh well, you know, doesn't she - didn't she recognize the form that it took?"
Jamie: I guess it must have been later, though. It must have been.
Ben: I mean, just because Hermione's read a lot of books doesn't mean she knows everything.
Andrew: Well, obviously.
Eric: Yeah, and I mean, I found the opposite to be interesting. When people started asking Harry, "Oh, is it true you can produce a full Patronus?" I didn't think the other students would know about it, because Harry learned about it because Lupin took him aside and gave him special - it's not like they read about it...
Andrew: Yeah.
Eric: ...in class or anything.
Andrew: I think - it also could be that they're in this tiny little compartment, and these Dementors are coming into the compartment, and crap's blowing around - it's getting really dark. It may have been hard to make out what Lupin was actually doing. I mean, sure, the Patronus may have been bright, but still, it may have been a little difficult to see.
Eric: Well, I mean, thirteen-year-olds aren't supposed to know what Patronuses are, I guess. To be honest. So...
Andrew: Yeah. So it's too above them.
Eric: Because they're not supposed to deal with Dementors, either. So...
Andrew: It's time now for a Chapter-by-Chapter, Chapter 7 through 9 of Prisoner of Azkaban. You guys may remember that last week I asked - I issued a Listener Challenge. That we need a segment intro. That we need a - actually Eric suggested that we need a segment intro for the show. So I asked listeners to come up with something. I'll come up with one eventually, but this first one - Kurt submitted this one. I have not played this yet, so this is going to be a surprise for all of us! Let's hear Kurt's intro for Chapter-by-Chapter!
[A robotic-like Chapter-by Chapter-intro plays]
Andrew: Ah!
[Eric laughs]
Andrew: Look at that. It's robotic!
Eric: That is awesome!
[Andrew laughs]
Eric: I feel like we have Kevin Steck in our midst! That's awesome, thank you Kurt!
Andrew: Thank you, Kurt, and send in your own Chapter-by-Chapter intro, to andrew at staff dot mugglenet dot com.
Eric: But you have to top that one...
Eric: ...and that one was pretty cool! The typewriter going!
Andrew: Yeah, send it as an attachment. It was like Jo's typing the book away. We're going Chapter-by-Chapter.
[Micah laughs]
Andrew: Okay, so Eric's going to take Chapter 7, I'm going to take Chapter 8 - in terms of leading the discussion, of course, it's going to be a wonderful group discussion. And Micah's got Chapter 9. So go ahead, Eric!
Eric: Alright! Well, Chapter 7 is titled "The Boggart in the Wardrobe," and it begins with - it begins at Potions class, the day following the attack - Malfoy getting attacked by Buckbeak. And he - Malfoy stumbles into the Potions dungeon, putting on a show, and swaggers over to his table, and Pansy Parkinson makes this show of proclaiming loudly, "Oh, Draco, are you okay?" And Draco is limping to the table, and it's a bit interesting, because I was thinking ahead, and I wanted to mention how Draco and Pansy kind of interact, and it seems like Pansy is always there when he's trying to cause Harry some grief. But to no avail, we know Draco ends up with someone else entirely who isn't Pansy Parkinson, and I just wanted to comment - what do you think Pansy's motives are throughout the series? Do you think she really wanted to be with Draco, and he just wasn't seeing it? Or...
Jamie: I think it could just be the power thing, she sees him as powerful, and she just likes him. I don't know. I think it's genuine. She seems to always like being around him, but then there is that thing, I think it's Half-Blood Prince just before Draco stamps on Harry's face when he says something like - I don't know, and she smirks like she's pleased that he likes her or something and she's stroking his hair. I can't remember exactly what, but I think she does like him.
Eric: Yeah.
Andrew: I always saw it just as a little crush thing. Possibly friends with benefits. It may be one of those things that it would be cool to hear Jo reveal later on. Oh yes! Draco and Pansy, they were very smitten with each other. They shared a lot of time privately...
Ben: And called each other "bottom."
Andrew: In the Slytherin Common Room.
Eric: Yeah, it seems like by the time Book 6 comes around, Draco's got this mission from Voldemort to do, so...
Andrew: Yeah, he's sort of - he's sort of over girls at that point. Which is weird! It would have been great to see Draco into some girls!
Eric: Well, he does run around with Crabbe and Goyle as 11-year-old girls.
[Everyone laughs]
Andrew: You're saying they're 11-year-old girls?
Eric: That's canon. That is canon, ladies and gentlemen.
Andrew: That's an interesting speculation.
Ben: I mean, I couldn't really see - I mean, the books are written through Harry's perspective, so, it would be kind of weird if all of a sudden there was a chapter in the middle that was - let's just go to the Common Room, the Slytherin Common Room.
Jamie: See whats going on down there.
Ben: And things would get hot and heavy between Draco and Pansy.
Andrew: [laughs] Yeah, maybe Harry could catch them snogging in the hallway. But anyway, go ahead.
Eric: Yeah. Okay. So next point, they're in Potions class and of course Malfoy gets Snape to get Ron and Harry to help him with his potions because his arm is all messed up, and so Snape gets Ron and Harry to help Malfoy, and during all this Neville is ruining his own potion. They're making Shrinking Solution. And what I thought was awesome is that knowing that Snape is the Half-Blood Prince, he's able to tell Neville exactly where he went wrong, basically, and this comes from I guess being a Potions Master long enough, and he's making Ron re-cut the roots he mashed and all this stuff, and I can't just help but thinking - I mean Snape is being really cruel to Gryffindor, and this is early on in the series. So we don't yet see Snape as a dramatic character. We really just see him as this big jerk. And that's really interesting to see Snape be a villain to the Gryffindors.
Micah: Yeah. I mean, he's absolutely terrible in these chapters. I mean, to the point of just being evil. And there's really no need for it, and he does that a lot - where he'll pair Ron and Harry up with Draco or have him - or have those two help Draco out, and there's really no need for it. I mean it's just - he makes it unbearable at points. His character, anyway.
Eric: Yeah. I mean he also in this chapter threatens, I mean - when Neville messes up his Shrinking Solution - well, we'll feed it to your toad. We'll feed it to Trevor and see if - see how it happens, and he even says at one point that if it fails, it will be poison to the toad. And luckily Hermione could covertly help Neville.
Ben: But is he really being that cruel, or is he just trying to challenge his students to get it right?
Eric: When he picks on Neville, he's being cruel.
Ben: Then maybe Neville needs to be picked on.
Andrew: He needs to toughen up.
Ben: Yeah, he needs to step his game up. He's probably producing all these subpar potions, and...
Jamie: Grow some balls.
Eric: Do you think Neville is the really cool, dangerous go-getter that he is in Book 7 - that we see because Snape and - and all these teachers said that he didn't have what it takes as he...
Jamie: Probably partly, but it's more just his life and stuff. He's been depressed since his parents were in the thing, and he was kind of a break-out character. He had to do something pretty cool.
Eric: So anyways still during Potions class while Harry and Ron are working on Malfoy's potion, Draco says, "If it were me, I'd want revenge." He's talking about Sirius Black because they've - he's been sighted somewhere. And this really confused me for a minute, because the whole wizarding world at this point in the series believes that Sirius Black led to the Potters' downfall - that he was actually on Voldemort's side, but Draco is the son of Lucius who's a - who's a Death Eater, and my question is would the Death Eaters have known if Sirius wasn't actually on their side, or if things had gone differently, would Sirius have been able to later on infiltrate the Death Eaters, because he's got this reputation for being such a Voldemort supporter.
Ben: Do you think that all of the Death Eaters are aware of who's - who exactly is on their side or do you think...
Jamie: No, of course they're not.
Ben: So, then in that case, Lucius may not have known - he may have just figured, "Oh it turns out Black was working for us all along - kind of thing.
Jamie: I don't think anyone knew apart from those two - the fact that they switched last minute - hardly anyone knew first of all. And when there was such a who-ha about who Snape was working for I doubt anyone really knew who was working for, and in these situations where there is a dictator or whatever and there's fear and stuff, you really don't know who's working for who - anyone doesn't, so I doubt that's a big, big thing.
Micah: Yeah, I think the bigger issue in all this is that Harry doesn't know and he's one of the few who don't - doesn't know that Black killed his parents or at least that's - gave the information away that led to the death of his parents. He has no idea and even somebody like Draco who's his own age knows the story and yet Harry doesn't and I think that's kind of messed up in a way.
Eric: And it's such a - and I guess I was questioning, too because I guess Peter Pettigrew - you know, many people, you're right, Jamie, they don't know about this specific Shield Charm that he was the Secret-Keeper because Fudge says as much later, but at the same time Sirius Black is synonymous with the Potters' demise almost, so it's very interesting to see Draco saying this when in fact it's - I wondered how much that could actually benefit Sirius if he had needed to infiltrate the Ministry before the events of Book Three. I don't know, I was a little confused but anyway, moving on. Snape, when all this - they leave Potions class, basically Hermione was able to help Neville with his potion and Snape takes five points from Gryffindor. I don't think we've ever brought this up on the show before, but when a teacher just says "Five points from Gryffindor," we are to assume that that actually happens, that Gryffindor House loses five points. In Book 4 there - it's said that there is actually hourglasses that have jewels in them that show how many points each House has at any point...
Andrew: Right.
Eric: ...during the year.
Andrew: We see them in the movies, too, in the Great Hall.
Eric: Really?
Andrew: Yeah. Go back and...
Eric: Are you sure those weren't just...?
Andrew: No, I'm positive.
Eric: Are they in every movie or...?
Andrew: Yeah, every movie, Great Hall. If you're looking at the teachers' - you know, their little riser up there, if you look to the right, it's back there in that corner. It's pretty big.
Eric: I thought it was in the Entrance Hall and not the Great Hall. Maybe that's a...
Andrew: Well, in the movie it's in the Great Hall.
Eric: Oh, cool. Well...
Andrew: Maybe it's different in the book.
Eric: Yeah. So when a teacher just says "Five points from Gryffindor," is that like a nonverbal spell? Do you guys - how do you guys think that works?
Ben: Well, they say it, it would be verbal.
Eric: Well, I mean like a wandless magic.
Andrew: Yeah, it's some sort of - I would think like the castle's enchanted and whenever it hears it...
Ben: Or maybe - this whole point system is a bit ridiculous because there's no, like it's really arbitrary, you know.
Andrew: No, but you know what, I was thinking about it and it's the only way you can enforce students at the school.
Ben: What are you talking about?
Andrew: Because for example...
Ben: The only way? Come on!
Andrew: Because when - what else? Okay, detention - that's another way. But when Harry does something wrong, when Snape detracts - takes away points it really gets to them because it affects their House as a whole. So they want to stay in line or else they're going to affect their entire class.
Ben: Right, but it's stupid. I could be like, "Oh, one hundred points to Gryffindor..."
Andrew: But...
Ben: "Good answer, fifty points."
Andrew: They keep it within reason. There seems to be some sort of guidelines that they follow.
Eric: It's true, though. But then Lupin later on in the chapter does give five points to everyone who tackled the boggart. So that's like all of Gryffindor just gains sixty points. So it is subjective, but at the same time it's not, you know. So that was my question with that. So we get to meet Professor Lupin finally. It's Defense Against the Dark Arts in the afternoon. Hermione's done some time traveling and stuff in the chapter. Lupin enters and greets his first class, and it's remarked that he looks like he's had a few square meals since the event of the train which makes me laugh because knowing he's a werewolf, what did he eat? [laughs sarcastically] But they head off to...
Andrew and Eric: What did he eat?
Micah and Eric: Small children.
Andrew: Oh, oh my.
Eric: Get it?
Jamie: The tears of small children, more specifically.
[Andrew and Eric laugh]
Eric: So they head off to the staff room, and on the way they meet Peeves the Poltergeist. And Harry makes this note here that Peeves usually respects teachers. But then at first - when it comes to Lupin, Lupin greets him and says, "I wouldn't do that if I were you," sticking gum in a hole or something, in a keyhole. And Peeves at first ignores him and then begins singing a song about him, "Loony, loony Lupin".
Jamie: Yeah.
Eric: And it's interesting because I wanted to guess since Lupin had been at Hogwarts as a kid, I wonder if Lupin and Peeves know each other, have a back story?
Andrew: They got to know each other. I mean, certainly they know of each other.
Eric: But specifically, I mean, because Lupin was a pretty special case back in Hogwarts, you know.
Andrew: Yeah, yeah.
Eric: And that song he sings, you know, saying "Loony Lupin". Loony is from the moon, so it's like...
Andrew: Right, right. Yeah, I bet he knows what's up.
Eric: Yeah, so that was...
Andrew: In regards to the whole werewolf thing.
Eric: Oh, we never really got - did we get Peeves resolved at all in Book Seven? I can't remember.
Andrew: There's a lot of open-ended questions....
Micah: I'm sure he was part of the battle.
Andrew: ...that still remain.
Eric: Okay.
Micah: I don't remember to be honest, but...
Andrew: Yeah, I think he was mentioned. I think I remember hearing him mentioned.
Micah: Did the directors or the producers ever mention why they didn't put him in the movies?
Eric: I think expenses.
Jamie: No, it wasn't. It was Rik Mayall, or however you say his name, was going to do it, but then he had a contractual disagreement, I think...
Andrew: Really?
Jamie: ...so they didn't put him in in the end. Yeah, pretty sure it was that.
Andrew: Well, they could have replaced the actor, couldn't they?
Jamie: Well, true. Yeah, yeah, that's true.
Eric: Huh, maybe it was one of those coin tosses.
Andrew: I think it's another stupid time thing. I mean, they have some ghosts in there. How many ghosts do they need?
Jamie: Yeah that's true.
Andrew: Go ahead.
Eric: Yeah. Anyway, so they get into the staff room. Well, first Lupin shows off and hits Peeves with gum. And then they get into the staff room, Snape is in there. [laughs] Seems like after he tortures Gryffindors, he likes to have a long cup of tea in the staff room. And we meet - Lupin introduces them to a boggart, which is - according to Lupin, boggarts like wardrobes, the gap under beds, and the cupboards under sinks. And I wanted to mention that with this introduction of a fantastic creature like boggarts, Jo Rowling has provided a magical answer to a sink that would make noise, the monster in the closet, and monster-under-the-bed Muggle experiences. So if Muggles have, "Oh, I have a monster under my bed," it could be a boggart.
Andrew: I think they're kind of perverted. They're always hiding in places where they can see you naked.
Jamie: Yeah, that's true. Yeah.
Eric: Well, there's no boggart in the shower. [laughs]
Andrew: No, the cupboard under the sink, that could be by a shower.
Jamie: Yeah, that's true.
Eric: But boggarts, [laughs] boggarts are really cool creatures. And I really like that tie-in to the real world, you know, because who hasn't thought there was a monster under their bed or in the closet.
Andrew: Right, right.
Eric: Yeah. So anyway, they face off. They get the boggarts and it's pretty much verbatim in the movie as well. But Lupin doesn't choose Harry and Harry feels guilty. You know, Harry is like - when Lupin is first describing the boggart, Harry is like, "Oh great! What's going to happen? I'm going to have to think about Voldemort and Voldemort's going to show up," or then he gets the image of the Dementor. Well, anyway it comes time for Harry - Harry is like next in line to face the boggart and Lupin stops - the whole class shouts at the boggart, "Here!" and confuses the boggart. Boggart changes into a moon, or a silvery orb in the books, and Lupin defuses it and that's the end of class. So Hermione and Harry don't get a chance at the boggart, and this is addressed later - Harry asks Lupin why and he says why. But Hermione doesn't get chosen. What do you guys think Hermione's boggart would have been?
Andrew: Well, why doesn't she get chosen? Is it just the line order and Lupin wanted to stop it before - you know, anyone after Harry is screwed? I mean, I thought that was a bit ridiculous.
Eric: Yeah, because you added this question in there, Andrew, you were like...
Eric: You know, why doesn't Hermione get, you know, chosen?
Ben: Doesn't Hermione encounter a boggart in Book Five and it's McGonagall telling her that she failed every class?
Eric: That was - no, that was the end of Book Three. That's the final exam, isn't it? That's just the final exam of Book Three...
Jamie: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Eric: ...when they're running through the tires, yeah. You're right, though.
Jamie: But I think that just kind of signposts how serious the book gets, because that's such a - sorry Hermione, but a crap boggart, you know, like...
Andrew: Yeah, it is.
Jamie: And then I'm sure she wouldn't see that in Book Four, Five, Six and Seven. I'm sure she would see something a bit more serious.
Andrew: Although, it kind of bothered me, because some of the other boggarts were a bit ridiculous, too. I mean - I can't remember them off-hand right now, but I was just reading them and thinking, like what is this? Like this is really their - the thing that they're scared of most?
Eric: Well, Seamus is scared of banshees. I mean, that's pretty creepy.
Jamie: That's pretty specific, like...
Andrew: Yeah, I guess.
Jamie: ...way too specific, a banshee.
Andrew: Yeah. Somebody was scared of a rat. Like is that really their biggest fear, rats?
Jamie: But I think you need to avoid the whole "family dying and bad stuff happening." Because you can't really have that in a boggart. I mean, you can, because Mrs. Weasley sees it, but that's such a cop-out, because if you ask anyone, "What is your boggart?" then they're going to be like, "Oh, it's seeing everything going wrong and my family dying and people dear to me." You know, I...
Andrew: Mhm.
Jamie: I guess you have to go over that and say what you're actually most scared of - mystical beings and stuff like that, because...
Ben: Right, and when you think of something like rats, does it necessarily have to mean like literally rats, or could it be like, the symbolic...
Jamie: Yeah. And also, don't forget...
Ben: ...you know, what a rat is?
Jamie: ...1984 as well. Rats are very significant in that, if you've read that.
Andrew: Yeah, and I guess that Jo also maybe wanted to keep it comical.
Eric: And Lupin explains it as - Harry says "but I didn't do anything," and then he says that "you and Hermione answered my questions at the beginning of class." So they did get something - they still, both of them, did get five points, even though both of them have not participated with the boggart just yet. Second to last note of the chapter, Lupin's boggart is described in the book as a "silvery orb" which Parvati Patil wonders loudly why it is a crystal ball that Lupin is afraid of. This is one of those things which I wish they had done better in the movie, which leads to my next point, really. That it's described as a silvery orb, it's kind of very ambiguous at this point, obviously, in the book that Lupin is a werewolf. But in the movie when it comes time for Lupin to jump in front of Harry and change his boggart into the moon, it's very clearly the moon, with parting clouds and stars in the sky.
Eric: You guys remember this?
Eric: This was ridiculous. There's no mistaking that it's the moon in the movie.
Andrew: Right. Well, obviously I think they wanted to make it clear in the movie, to start giving people some very clear hints of what Lupin actually is.
Micah: They do that a lot, though. If you look at what happens in Goblet of Fire with Mad-Eye Moody or impostor Moody, he's swigging from that flask every five minutes.
Eric: Yeah. And the lightning - remember when he comes in the Great Hall for the first time and the lightning strikes?
Andrew: Okay, so before we get into the next chapter, I have a question for all of you. Actually this question comes from Josh Boulton of the U.K. He says:
"Hey guys, if each of the hosts had to face a boggart what would it have turned into?"
Ben? Your boggart?
Ben: What would it have been?
Jamie: And Ben, let's go away from the whole family dying, bad stuff happening thing.
Andrew: Yeah, keep it light, but be serious, though.
Jamie: Go for nightmare stuff, you know...
Ben: That there would never - that I'd refresh my iTunes feed and there would never be a new episode of MuggleCast.
Andrew: Awww!
[Jamie and Eric laugh]
Andrew: I don't know how that turns into a boggart.
Andrew: I guess you could get a free iMac out of it. [laughs] Jamie, how about you?
Jamie: Well, have you guys ever seen The Neverending Story?
Ben: Oh, yeah.
Micah: That dog-like thing?
Jamie: Yeah, Gmork. Do you remember Gmork, the werewolfy vampire type thing?
Jamie: I had about four million bad dreams about him when I was a child. My girlfriend did as well - that must be a match made in heaven.
Ben: [in British accent] "Two bottoms."
Jamie: Yes, exactly Ben. But yeah, it would be that, just coming at me from all angles, and - oh yeah...
Andrew: I have a similar one to that actually. My dad had a miniature, not mini - I guess it was like two feet tall Groucho Marx statue in the basement. I would never go in the basement alone because I was scared crapless of that thing. So I think if one of those things - that's probably still my greatest fear deep down, like it coming to life [laughs] because I used to be so scared of it. Eric?
Eric: I think you guys can back me up on this, having been there. I think my boggart would probably be Ben using my razor to shave.
Ben: Yes. I convinced...
Eric: Just Ben with that grin on his face.
Ben: I had this...
Eric: Halfway through shaving his beard, some shaving cream on the mirror, just looking at me and grinning.
Ben: Because I had this scab on my face and I told Eric that I shaved the scab with his razor.
Andrew: Ew!
Ben: And yeah. He started crying.
Andrew: And Micah, lastly.
Micah: I think it's along the same lines and you and Jamie with - the guy who always creeped me out was - and actually we had him on the show - who plays the Leprechaun. That character, though used to creep the hell out of me.
Ben: Warwick Davis!
Eric: You know what? You're right.
Jamie: Yeah, Ben. I agree that was terrifying when he jumped up and down on that guy's barn...
Jamie: ...and sung that song. Yeah, that was horrible, the Leprechaun.
Andrew: All right, well thanks, Josh for that e-mail. Let's get in now to Chapter 8, "Flight of the Fat Lady." The students take a liking to Lupin because of his great class lessons, but on the other hand, Hagrid's classes get lame because he lost confidence after the hippogriff incident. So Harry enters the start of the Quidditch season with a pep talk by Oliver Wood to the team and they all tell each other how amazing they are. And Oliver is particularly...
Ben: That's kind of like an episode of MuggleCast.
Andrew: Ben, you were great today!
Eric: No, I made you! No, you made...
Eric: Yeah, you made me! Yeah.
Andrew: And Oliver is particularly motivated to win this year because it's his final year at Hogwarts and he hasn't won the House Cup yet, so he really wants to win it...
Ben: Quidditch Cup, Andrew.
Andrew: Quidditch Cup. Quidditch, House, whatever. Quidditch Cup.
Ben: House Cup's different.
Andrew: You're right. Sorry. You're absolutely right. So Harry comes back from practice one day and learns that the first Hogsmeade trip is on Halloween, and Harry gets upset and decides he'll ask McGonagall if he can go. But before that, we have another round of Scabbers vs. Crookshanks. I think we sort of kicked off this little running joke last week. So what is this, round three or four?
Micah: Three.
Andrew: [laughs] So round three, it starts off with Ron. He doesn't approve of Crookshanks bringing a large, dead spider into the common room to eat in front of him. So out of nowhere, Crookshanks pounces on Ron's bag where Scabbers is sleeping inside. Ron says to Hermione, "There's something funny about that animal," referring to Crookshanks. But I found that kind of ironic in that there's actually something wrong with Scabbers. But does Crookshanks sense that Scabbers is not a real rat? Like why does he keep going after him?
Ben: Yes. Yes, because he's been talking to Sirius. Crookshanks has been talking to Sirius in his dog form, and he has told - Sirius has communicated to Crookshanks that Scabbers is not really a rat and is Peter Pettigrew.
Andrew: Oh! Is this in the books?
Ben: Yes, it is.
Andrew: Wow, I feel - go ahead, Eric.
Eric: Jo has confirmed that Crookshanks is also a Kneazle and so Crookshanks can tell the difference between if something's an animal or an Animagi like a person inside.
Andrew: Oooh!
Eric: So that's why I thought, not even Sirius talking to Crookshanks - but you're right. That obviously has happened and it is in that book. Crookshanks knows that there's something off about Scabbers even in the pet shop when he jumps on Ron's head because Ron's standing there trying to get Scabbers some tonic or something and Crookshanks jumps on his head and that's because - I think that Crookshanks being a Kneazle, being a cat with some magical powers...
Eric: ...it's able to know that Scabbers is actually not all he seems to be, so I think there is just this innate ability for Crookshanks to say that Scabbers is not normal and to hate him and chase him because of that.
Andrew: And it sort of draws into my parallel that I was drawing last week about the Hermione and Ron relationship sort of paralleling Crookshanks and Scabbers in that they both sort of [laughs] fight with each other.
Andrew: So moving on, before Transfiguration we see Lavender Brown crying outside a classroom. Lavender has learned that a rabbit, Binky, has died. She received an owl from her family about it that morning and today's the sixteenth of October and as Lavender points out, Trelawney had made a prediction for Lavender which said, "That thing you're dreading, it will happen on the sixteenth of October." Now Hermione, being a very smart student, is skeptical of this, of Trelawney and her predictions, and points out that a) Binky didn't actually die today, she only received the owl today and b) Lavender could not have been dreading Binky's death as Binky is only a baby. So do you guys think this was an accurate prediction - like was it legitimate or did she just get really lucky, Trelawney?
Ben: It wasn't legitimate. I mean, I think anything could of happened that day and I think that whole point of that happening was to further affirm Hermione's skepticism of that whole branch of magic.
Ben: ..that whole branch of magic.
Andrew: And in this area Ron is also still P.O.'ed about the latest Crookshanks attack. So he tells Lavender not to listen to Hermione because Hermione doesn't care about other people's pets. [laughs]
Eric: [laughs] See, I'm going to write a complaint letter to Hogwarts, though. Who separates the young Gryffindor girl from her pet baby bunny? Honestly! Why couldn't Lavender have taken Binky to Hogwarts? Is it only an...
Andrew: Because they smell!
Eric: ...owl, or a cat, or a toad?
Eric: Come on, a toad? Really, they're old-fashioned. They need to let rabbits into Hogwarts. I think that...
Andrew: I don't know...
Eric: I think that needs to happen.
Andrew: So after Transfiguration, Harry attempts to get Professor McGonagall's permission to go to Hogsmeade but she says no, as a parent or guardian must sign it for him. And this is one of those plot points in the series that makes the readers feel bad for Harry because he's being left out of a group event because he has crappy guardians, and that must suck. So at this point, I think first-time readers realize that Harry will definitely find another way.
Ben: I don't get why - why wouldn't Harry just forge the signature? I mean...
Eric: Well...
Ben: ...that's what I used to do.
Eric: ...doesn't somebody offer for Harry and then he already - he says he already told professor McGonagall that he...
Andrew: That's exactly right.
Jamie: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Eric: Yeah, okay. But at the same time, yeah. Harry is just being honest that his uncle and his aunt - I thought that this response was a cop-out. I mean, obviously, they don't want Harry leaving the castle because Hogsmeade is less protected than Hogwarts and it's very dangerous with Sirius Black on the run. So, I thought that - honestly, this whole "needs to be a parent or a guardian" thing was kind of crap.
Eric: The Head of his house, you know, should - I mean, how did Voldemort do it? Voldemort was an orphan. Did he ever go to Hogsmeade?
Andrew: McGonagall should have just said straight up "No, you can't go because it's not safe at Hogsmeade." Simple as that.
Eric: And then draw suspicion.
Andrew: Or, "I'll sign it if I can be with you the whole time, or Dumbledore can." I don't know.
Eric: Exactly. What about chaperones, huh?
Andrew: Yeah. Yeah, there you go.
Eric: Hagrid would do that.
Andrew: Hagrid would. Moving along...
Ben: [imitating Harry] "He was their friend!"
Andrew: Jamie, did you want to make a point now?
Jamie: Oh no, I was just going to say about the previous one, about the rabbit. You said they can't be allowed in Hogwarts because they smell. Well, in seven books you don't ever see any student wash once. So...
Eric: You see Harry.
Jamie: ...I don't think a rabbit is going to be a problem.
Eric: Harry does take a bath.
Jamie: Oh yeah, you see him in the - yeah, only because he has to open an egg.
Andrew: Well - right.
Jamie: That's the only reason he's in the bath.
Andrew: [laughs] They only wash if they have to figure out what's next in the Triwizard Tournament.
Ben: Do you remember that article that came out a long time ago, that was like, "Take a Shower, Harry"?
Eric: We've mentioned this before.
Andrew: Yeah. [laughs] All right, so moving along, Halloween arrives and the students go to Hogsmeade. And while Harry mopes around the castle, he ends up running into Lupin who takes him to his office for tea...
Andrew: Harry asks Lupin why he didn't let Harry go up against the Boggart. And Lupin explains he thought it would turn in to Voldemort. Harry says it would have become a Dementor. And there's a good line from Lupin here, "That suggests that what you fear most of all, is fear. Very wise, Harry."
Ben: He totally ripped that off from FDR.
Andrew: So Snape enters while Harry and Lupin are talking to deliver a potion for Lupin. And after Snape, who is looking very worried at the situation, leaves, Lupin tells Harry that he's been feeling a bit off-color, so that's why Snape brewed him a potion. And I assume by feeling off-color, he means he's feeling like he wants to howl!
Eric: Or imprint.
Andrew: Or imprint! The kids return from Hogsmeade, and Ron delivers some brilliantly colored sweets into Harry's lap. Ron and Hermione...
Ben: They're not just sweets, they're "brilliantly colored."
Andrew: Yes. Great English writing - British writing. Ron and Hermione tell him about their trip and reading the description of Hogsmeade from Ron and Hermione got me really excited for the theme park. Because that whole two paragraphs is exactly what they're putting in the theme park. I mean Dervish and Banges, the Owlery, Zonko's. They're putting all that stuff in the park it's going to be incredible.
Ben: [whispers] Awww...
Eric: What about Madame Puddifoot's?
Andrew: Maybe not that. That's for the next one. So they head to the feast and have a great time. But after the feast ends they head back up to the dormitory, where they find that the area outside of the portrait is packed with students...
[Ben gasps]
Andrew: ...who want to get into the Gryffindor common room.
Eric: [imitating Percy] "I am a prefect. Move along."
Andrew: Percy heads to the front of the line and sees the portrait is torn up without the Fat Lady inside of it so he summons Dumbledore. And Dumbledore and Peeves show up at the same time. Peeves reveals that she ran away, having been so ashamed that Sirius Black tore up her portrait after being refused entrance to the common room! So, time for some theorizing. Why is Sirius trying to get in? Can't he tell that everyone is down in the Great Hall? And what would be his purpose of gaining entrance, other than waiting for Harry?
Jamie: To kill Pettigrew.
Ben: To kill the rat.
Jamie: No no, to kill Pettigrew.
Andrew: But still, why is he - do you think he knew that the rat was there, or maybe Ron had him down in the Great Hall?
Ben: Yeah.
Jamie: I think he was just pretty desperate by then. He just wanted to get to him as soon as possible.
Ben: Yeah, he was malnourished, a little bit wacky.
Jamie: Yeah, exactly, yeah.
Andrew: Ron had speculated - or he does speculate in the next chapter, that Sirius lost track of time and didn't realize it was Halloween, so therefore thinking Harry would be in the tower. That's it for Chapter 8. Now, Chapter 9, Micah Tannenbaum will wrap it up.
Micah: All right, Chapter 9.
Ben: All right, Micah, bring it home.
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Navy's Andrew Hanko
Oct. 30, 2010
Al Cantello has enjoyed a few plates of spaghetti over the years. He believes the dish is best served with bread and a tasty beverage.
So it's with a combination of awe and disbelief that the veteran cross country coach discusses his team's routine before a meet.
"It's been a tradition the last two years to go to a pasta joint the night before a race,'' Cantello said. "And not once in the last two years has anybody eaten a slice of bread. People eat bread with spaghetti. They tell the waiter 'no bread, and we'll drink water.' They revel in it. The waiters don't make any money off this crowd.''
Navy's top runner, senior Andrew Hanko, doesn't make a big deal about the team's ordering habits, but acknowledges the benefits of such a diet extend beyond weight control.
"It's not a big issue, it's just one of the little things we do to,'' said Hanko, a two-time All-Mid-Atlantic selection. "It's a mental thing. It just shows how dedicated we are and how much we're willing to sacrifice for the team.''
Whatever the methods, the Mids are on a good run heading into this weekend's Patriot League Championships in Easton, Pa.
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"Longmire" (A&E) can be seen each Monday evening at 10/9 p.m. Tonight's episode on July 14, 2014 is called, "Population 25." According to the A&E website. The short synopsis is right here. "Vic's vacation weekend goes awry when an accident leads to her and Sean's kidnapping. Walt makes an unlikely alliance to rescue them." This will be an extended episode.
Sean & Victoria are married. A unknown person recently sent photos of Vic & Walt entering a motel room together. Sean received those photos & became jealous because he felt Vic hadn't smiled like that in those pictures over a long period of time. She is grinning with another man instead of with him. Walt told Sean that those pictures were taken during a crime investigation.
There has been sexual tension between Walt & Vic for a very long time. It was evident in this motel room where an unlocked door separated them both. They were not going to do anything about it because the investigation intervened.
"Longmire" stars, Robert Taylor (Walt Longmire), Katee Sackhoff (Victoria "Vic" Moretti), Lou Diamond Phillips (Henry Standing Bear), Bailey Chase (Branch Connally), Cassidy Freeman (Cady Longmire) & Adam Bartley (The Ferg).
The preview of "Population 25" opens with Sean & Vic smiling at each other as they drive in their car up the highway. There is a car crash as Sean calls Walt. He says everything is fine, but Vic is gone. Walt rushes to the scene as a mysterious door opens for Vic. A man says he has been expecting her & the next thing we see is Vic handcuffed to a chair. The man tells her not to do anything stupid. Walt screams that if he hurts her, he is a dead man.
When those pictures were mailed to Sean. He wanted a restraining order on whoever sent those photos. Vic sat down & thought about those pictures & the number that was written on the back of them. She recalled her steamy affair with Ed who followed her to Absaroka last year. The number on that photo was the apartment they had shared during the affair.
She thinks Ed sent those photos & tells Walt that she didn't like the arrangement in the apartment. She ended the affair, but her involvement with Ed turned bitter when she found out that him or his partner were doing something illegal. This was back in Philadelphia where Ed worked in law enforcement.


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Oh God, No. No, No, No: Robot Determines Humans Taste Like Bacon, Are Delicious
Great. NEC's Tasting Robot, the diminutive bastard originally designed to assess wines, has now assessed humans -- and determined they'd taste delicious.
It's all pretty straightforward tech: stick a bit of nosh in front of the robogourmet's infrared spectrometer and it analyzes the reflected light to determine the chemical composition of the sample. A nice trick, although it can only be programmed to accurately identify a few dozen wines.
Innocent enough, you may think. However, when NEC demonstrated the cybersommelier to a reporter and snapper from Associated Press, the robot claimed the former's hand tasted of prosciutto ham, while the latter apparently had the unmistakable whiff of bacon about him.
Great, so it looks like we might end up fighting the robot and zombie apocalypses simultaneously. Wow, could today get any better? Not unless I get hit by a delivery truck. Oh shit -- or see a boob.
Humans taste of bacon, says gourmet robot [theregister]
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34 weeks and can't breathe
Hi There, I am 34 weeks along and feel like I am running out of lung space. I'm literally afraid to eat too much because then I'm completely toast. The biggest problem is that I can't lay down to sleep. It takes FOREVER to fall asleep because I feel like I'm not getting enough oxygen. Anyone else out there as miserable as I am? Oh, and trust me, I've tried propping myself up, it doesn't help.
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I am also 34 weeks and at that point where I can not sleep and always feel like I am running out of breath. It takes me forever to walk to the car and anywhere else. When I have to go to the store it is absolutely miserable for me. I try sleeping on sofa, I just can't seem to et comfortable for anything. I am at the point where I am just counting down the weeks.posted 11/24/2007 by skinny0915
Im 34 1/2 weeks along and my breathing got bad a while ago but i found out that it was related to acid reflux and heartburn. which they think could be a type of hernia caused with pregnancy. I was put on zantac and it has helped i find that even when my heartburn doesnt feel overly bad that my breathing gets horribly difficult when i have missed some of my doses. I thought there was no way that acid reflux and heart burn can cause that but it did for me. I try hard to keep my bladder empty and well i cant eat to much cause it comes back up- it will be nice to be done and have everything back to normal with a healthy baby at home and soon ;o)posted 11/05/2007 by db2512
I understand too! im 34 weeks.. i cant breathe, sleep, eat much, you name it!and i also live in a high elavation area too.. haha.. but it just comes with pregnancy i think.. plus i have acid reflux really bad and that isnt making anything any more helpful! and the whole not being able to breathe part.. nothing helps me either! so i feel you!!posted 10/30/2007 by SaraRan
I hear you...out of breath and you feel like it will not pass. I try to eat small bites of food and then walk a bit. But I try to eat dinner by 5 pm and not eat anything else prior to going to bed. This way I don't get as bad hearburn. Sick of TUMS!!! they just don't cut it. I try a cup of camomille tea with peppermint and it helps a bit. We are almost there...hang in there we are all in the same boat! I am a first timer at this and just hoping to get through this not being able to breath!posted 10/25/2007 by yankeegirlrn
to fall asleep take a warm shower and pamper yourself with night time lavender lotion. for me to sleep at night i lie on my left side i use a body pillow .i have one pillow underneith my belly and the body pillow inbetween my legs and the i have another pillow underneith my feet and another pillow behind my back. its alot of pillows but once you get situated is pretty comfy and your supporting your ankles and legs so they don't swell and your supporting your belly so it doesn't hurt as muchposted 10/23/2007 by pita2638
Well I felt the same way until I went to the ER and they give me several test. I would sometimes have to take my bra off because I thought that it was too tight. After getting the test results I found out that my heart rate was going up to 163 beats per min and now I am on medication twice a day and I am not going to be able to breast feed the babyposted 10/17/2007 by JANELANDJOE
You are Not alone! i am 35 weeks with my 2nd child this one is a boy with my daughter i didnt have ANY OF THESEPROLEMS so it is true when they say every pregnacy isdiffrent. i just recently started feelin shoprtness of breath, i also smok so i KNOW that doesnt help but my ron is low in this pregnacy as well so idkk whats going on....posted 11/17/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
I feel the same exact way and my aunt told me to always keep an window cracked in the room I'm the most...It has helped a little but I still can't get to sleeep like I use to.posted 11/18/2007 by keianast
I am also 34 weeks pregnant...I have HORRIBLE pains in my ribs...everytime the baby moves I pee on myself and I am up every 2 hours going to the bath room. I can't sleep at night, because I am either woken up with having to go to the restroom, or not being ablwe to get comfortable to even go to sleep. I feel like there is a heater on me constantly! My husband tells me all the time I am freezing everyone out...but its the only way I can be sorta comfortable. I have a flight of 13 stairs in my house and just walking up them once makes me out of breath. This is my third baby and I thought I would be a pro at this all now, but my Doc said that for some reason the 3rd pregnancy is the hardest for 95% of women...I am just ready...I am always in pain, or can't breath, and I feel so tired when I stand up that I can barely get anything around the house done.posted 11/19/2007 by Rivrdanse17
Ummm yeah! i was wondering if i was the only one! i have just come to the conclusion that sleep just isn't going to happen! i have tried propping myself up, bought a snoogle, etc..nothing works! good luck to everyone! only 5 more weeks- we won't get sleep then either but at least we will be able to breathe!posted 10/28/2007 by sarah_renee
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This evening at the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), Shu Yoshida, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios revealed Project Morpheus, a virtual reality headset.
"Virtual reality is the next innovation from SCE that we believe will shape the future of games," says Yoshida. In combination with the PlayStation 4 the Sony executive believes that new doors will be opened to game developers. "This new technology will deliver a sense of presence, where you as the player actually feel like you're inside the game and your emotions feel that much more real."
Yoshida describes the specs of Morpheus saying, "Our current prototype for Project Morpheus features a head mounted display with 1080p resolution and a 90 degree field of view. Accelerometer and gyroscope sensors built into the head mounted unit as well as PlayStation Camera accurately tracks head orientation and movement, so as your head rotates, the image of the virtual world rotates intuitively in real-time.
"Project Morpheus also features our new 3D audio technology that re-creates stereoscopic sounds in all directions and changes in real-time depending on your head orientation. In addition to PlayStation Camera, Project Morpheus works with DUALSHOCK 4 Wireless Controller and PlayStation Move to deliver an easy-to-use, plug-and-play VR experience."
Over the past three years Sony has tweaked and refined the project to the point that it is ready to be handed out to PS4 developers looking to experiment and create experiences utilizing the virtual reality system. Morpheus will be available throughout the remainder of GDC at Sony's booth featuring a handful of tech demos.


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The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning today effective from 2 p.m. Sunday to 2 p.m. Monday.
Residents can inticipate 6 to 12 inches of snow, with highest across the mountains above 2,000 feet.
The precipitation might start off as rain or a mix of rain and snow Sunday afternoon and change to all snow after sunset, according to the NWS. The heaviest snowfall will happen late Sunday night and early Monday morning.


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Rick Perry Indicted On Corruption Charges
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is under indictment on two felony counts. He was booked yesterday afternoon. Perry was indicted by a grand jury last Friday on charges he abused his office and tried to coerce an elected official to resign.
At issue is a threat Perry followed through with to veto funding to an anti-corruption agency. Perry vetoed $7.5 million for the Public Integrity Unit after Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg (D) refused to resign following a 2013 drunk driving arrest. The anti-corruption agency is part of the district attorney's office.
ABC's Jim Ryan is live in Austin, Texas and has details.
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