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HOUSTON -- As Devin Harris listened to the quote being read to him during Tuesday morning's shootaround, his brow narrowed, and his permanent grin slowly dissolved with each sentence:
"He has to play like that for them to win," Jason Terry snorted, after Harris destroyed his Mavericks for 41 points and 13 assists two months ago at Izod Center. "When he played with us, we needed him to do it differently. But for them to win, he has to do that -- every night. If he doesn't get 30 or 40 points, that team doesn't win, period. They can't beat nobody."
"Yeah, just like with (Terry) in Atlanta," said Keyon Dooling, listening in with obvious disgust as he watched Harris' reaction.
The veteran guard Dooling then stood up and looked his teammate in the eye. "Good luck handling that question about someone throwing your teammates under the bus," he said, an edge in his voice.
Harris nodded, then cleared his throat. A quote like that doesn't often merit a response -- everyone knows that Jet, which is what Harris calls Terry, is a bit of a live wire -- but his former Dallas teammate was, in fact, challenging everything the Nets stand for these days.
Their professionalism. Their leadership. Their talent. Even their manhood.
"That sounds like a sore loser, I don't really know," Harris finally said. "You can honestly say the same thing about him and his situation: If he doesn't score 20 or more, they don't win at a high rate, either."
Terry hasn't played lately -- he's nursing a broken finger -- but the line still took Harris by surprise. He has a few good friends on the Dallas team he'll face again Wednesday night at American Airlines Center, and he considered Terry one of them.
"I thought so," he said. "I thought we were on a better level than we are. Better level than that statement (suggests)."
But here's the catch: Terry might have just been foretelling the Nets' future.
There is no guarantee that Vince Carter will be wearing their uniform this time Wednesday, which means that Harris' job would change irrevocably.
He knows it, he acknowledges it.
He just doesn't want to think about it until management gives him no other choice.
"We got a taste of it in Orlando, playing without him," Harris said, referring to the 17-point thumping the Nets took from the Magic 10 days ago, when Carter nursed an elbow strain. "I don't want to deal with that situation if it occurs, until it occurs. I know we might have to change our style of play, change my aggression level."
And take 25 shots a game.
"Maybe that, too," he said, without a trace of humor. "But it's not something we want to dwell on until we have to."
Like the average fan, Harris knows that any possible trade involving Carter would mean the Nets are cashing in their chips this year, and preparing the financial landscape for a bigger run at the 2010 free-agent market. They're already positioned to be competitive that summer. But Harris admits to wondering why they need to do anything further.
Especially if it means giving up on the 2009 postseason.
That's why the thought of a Carter deal doesn't exactly make him happy.
"It doesn't excite me," Harris said. "Obviously they've got a future they're looking at, a little down the road, but I don't have any control over the circumstances."
But as he enters his prime, how far down the road does he want to look?
"I always try to live in the now," Harris said. "I know, of course, as the years go (by) I'll get better, but obviously I want to win now. I've won in the past -- being a young player being on a fairly good team -- and that's what I'm accustomed to doing."
Maybe it can't happen now, for this Nets team. But he reiterated that it will happen "sooner than later," given the development of Brook Lopez, who any other team would regard as a gift from the basketball gods.
Sooner -- as in next season.
That's why you keep it together, the Nets point guard asserts.
"It could be next year. It definitely could be," Harris said. "Summers are instrumental for young guys like this."


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Dr. Hofve earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University in Fort Collins in 1994. She is an accredited veterinarian, licensed in Colorado. She practiced holistic and conventional medicine in two feline-only clinics in Denver. She is now retired from active practice and mainly does freelance writing. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. She is an accomplished author on both dog and cat care, including The Complete Guide to Holistic Cat Care: An Illustrated Handbook and Paleo Dog: Give Your Best Friend a Long Life, Healthy Weight, and Freedom from Illness by Nurturing His Inner Wolf.
In addition to her conventional veterinary training, Dr. Hofve has studied veterinary homeopathy, Reiki (Master), and holistic medicine. She has a strong interest in flower, animal, gem, and etheric essences, and founded Spirit Essence Flower Essence Therapy for Animals in 1995 (still the only line of essence formulas designed by a veterinarian). She is certified in cat behavior by the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, Inc. (IAABC), and a member of the American Veterinary Society for Animal Behavior (AVSAB).
Nutrition is of special concern to Dr. Hofve. She has researched pet food and cats' unique nutritional needs since graduating from veterinary school. Jean has written extensively for publications such as Animal Wellness Magazine, Dog World, Cats, The Whole Cat Journal, The Whole Dog Journal, and the Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. She has been interviewed on radio and television from California to Colorado to England on pet nutrition, supplements, and the commercial pet food industry. Dr. Hofve was an official liaison to the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) for two years, and continues to keep in touch with the latest developments in the pet food industry. She has also taught many classes and seminars on flower essences, energy therapies such as E.F.T. - a powerful tool based on acupuncture meridians - and other alternative treatments to pet guardians, shelter personnel, veterinarians, and veterinary students at Colorado State University and the University of California at Davis.
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And baby makes three!
Bones star Emily Deschanel and her husband, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's David Hornsby, welcomed their first child Wednesday, a baby boy named Henry Hornsby, Deschanel's rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
Deschanel, 34, and Hornsby were married in 2010. The actress maintained a vegan diet throughout her pregnancy.
The new mom's Bones co-star TJ Thyne took to Twitter to share the happy news. "CONGRATULATIONS EMILY D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he Tweeted Wednesday. "Yay yay yay!!! :o)"
But he's surely not the only one celebrating Henry's arrival.
In April, shortly after her sister Emily announced her pregnancy, Zooey Deschanel could hardly contain her excitement, Tweeting: "I am super excited to be an aunt!"
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I'm Jade and I'm from Newcastle. I've been a barbz for about 4 years and it's been the best 4 years of my life. Supporting Nicki will never get boring.
She has inspired me so much over this time, made me gain confidence and gave me so much motivation.
I am honoured to have someone like her as my idol.
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Let's get one thing straight....if you hate Nicki Minaj and her music, get out that door. You arent welcome in our bubble. I dont understand people who take the amount of time to listen to her music and tweet about her when they dont even like her. They clearly do if theyre going to waste battery life and Tweet characters to post something online that wont even bother her anyway...


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At about 2:30pm we headed out for what became a 10 hour walking tour of Paris! We intended to take the metro from place to place but the weather was just so gorgeous we couldn't resist walkingJardin des Tuileries stopping at the fountain near Place de la Concorde for some artisan ice cream. There are chairs and benches throughout all the parks so we grabbed a seat and enjoyed the sunshine.
Afterwards, we marched down the Champs-�lys�es for a while then took the metro to Arc de Triomphe. After taking several shots of the arc, we strolled around on this prestigious street. We had to try out the McCafe which actually serves pastries like tiramisu, croissants and pain au chocolat! We shared a mocha frappe. Then, we stopped at an Orange Boutique to finally get our phone! Yay, we're mobile now ;)
Next, we took the metro to Trocad�ro which is just across the river from the Eiffel Tower. We walked around and took pictures of and with the tower from about 50 angles :) At about 7:30, we felt hungry so we headed into the city streets to see if we can find a cafe. Instead, we stumbled upon a boulangerie, next to a boucherie with a supermarche in between! So we bought a freshly baked baguette (still hot!), some pate fois gras, pickles, cucumber salad and cherry tomatoes and had an impromptu picnic on the lawn of Parc du Champ de Mars, which has a perfect view of the Eiffel Tower
After our picnic supper, we headed over to the other side of the tower, near Palais de Chaillot where they have a jumbo screen set up playing FIFA World Cup 2010 games. We watched the S. Korea vs. Nigeria game which was very exciting. Apparently there are a lot of South Koreans in Paris cause there were thousands of them cheering their team on around us! It felt awesome to not only watch the game outdoors but among so many fans! Can't get that in the US :(
After the game ended, we walked around some more and took sunset photos of and with the tower. We only had our big camera without flash so we couldn't get many shots with us in them. However, we are going back to the area to watch the England-Slovenia game at 4pm tomorrow so we'll bring our little compact camera this time. Although we were both shattered when we got home, every step we took all day was worth the experience we had!! It was one perfect day :)


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Harvest season is one of the busiest times of year for farmers—and among the most dangerous. Before taking to the fields, the Safe Electricity program urges farm workers to be aware of overhead power lines and to keep equipment and extensions far away from them. Safe Electricity
Start each morning by planning your day's work. Know what jobs will happen near power lines, and have a plan to keep the assigned workers safe.
Electrical work around the farm can also pose hazards. Often the need for an electrical repair comes at a time when a farmer has been working long hours and is fatigued. At such times it's best to step back and wait until you've rested. Make sure you have the level of expertise required to do the electrical work, and never hesitate contact a qualified electrician when appropriate. Doing electrical work is also a good time to check your wires because mice and other animals tend to chew at them, leaving the electrical hazard of bare wires that can cause electrical shorts and potentially fatal shocks.


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Sometimes less is just less, as demonstrated by "Oedipus el Rey."
Sometimes less is just less, as demonstrated by Magic Theater artistic director Loretta Greco's excessively bare-bones premiere production of "Oedipus el Rey." Luis Alfaro's reimagining of the Greek myth in modern Latino organized-crime terms eventually engrosses due to his vivid dialogue and some strong performances. But they must overcome an initially off-putting poor-theater approach that feels affected and derivative rather than organic. Result is a show whose paucity of visual punch diminishes its emotional impact.
Oedipus (Joshua Torrez) is a cocky, heavily tattooed youth who's spent most of his life in lockup, now leaving behind both prison and Tiresias (Marc David Pinate), the man who raised him. The latter tells Oedipus a parable-like story about a king (Eric Aviles) so fearful of an oracle's prediction — that he'd be killed by his own son — he ordered a servant to slaughter his newborn child. But the soft-hearted would-be assassin instead fled with the infant, despite being struck blind by the gods for his betrayal.
In Alfaro's version Oedipus grows up a revolving-door habitue of juvenile, then adult corrective facilities. Out on the streets for the first time as a full-grown man, he gets into a road-rage argument and kills a man en route to Los Angeles. There, he crashes with old acquaintance Creon (Armando Rodriguez), wasting little time taking over both the latter's gangland business and the affections of his older, recently widowed sister Jocasta (Romi Dias). Little does Oedipus realize her late husband is the man he had killed — or that she's his own mother.
Staged on a plain plywood floor rectangle with few props and no backdrop apart from lighting designer Sarah Sidman's rows of headlights, "Rey" makes a strained first impression. The incantatory chants of a four-man chorus (Pinate, Aviles, Rodriguez, Carlos
Aguirre) are Alfaro's most pretentious passages, at least until they develop some humor later on. Greco uses mime and pop songs sung (mostly poorly) a capella as color, but these devices play like uninspired filler. When Oedipus repeatedly dashes back and forth in the smallish playspace, it signifies nothing beyond workshop actor business.
But the writing (which mixes English and scattered Spanish phrases) is both lush and sharp in dialogue scenes, particularly those between unknowingly against-nature lovers Oedipus and Jocasta. Torrez and Dias gamely endure a long sequence of naked entanglings. Play and staging gain in strength as the short evening proceed, though again, greater attention to the visuals could have amplified the horror in our hero's climactic revelation of patricide and incest. As is, Torrez's hithero potently arrogant, fate-tempting ("I'm more powerful than God") Oedipus speeds through his collapse and punitive self- mutilation.
Among other thesps — all cast in multiple roles — Dias makes the most of Jocasta's unexpected reawakening of passion, while Rodriguez is touching as her equally concerned and jealous brother. For lack of other significant input, primary design impacts are made by Sidman's lighting (though it's held in check for too long) and Jake Rodriguez's busy sound design.


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Find out what this year's grantees are doing to make the Commonwealth a safer place to live and work. Grant recipients include Bentley University, Greenfield Health Department, Silent Spring Institute, Town of Natick, and YWCA of Lowell. Read the press release for more details.
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A car crash in northeastern Weld County on Sunday afternoon has killed two Greeley Central High School basketball players.
Edwardo Hernandez and Matthew Garcia were traveling eastbound on Weld County Road 90 attempting to cross over to eastbound Colo. 14 around 3:15 p.m. when their vehicle was hit by a westbound car at Weld County Road 57. The crash scene is about 15 miles east of Pierce.
The students were pronounced dead at the scene at 3:47 p.m.
Garcia was named Weld County's boys basketball player of the year by The Tribune at Thursday's Best Preps banquet.
Greeley-Evans School District 6 spokeswoman Theresa Myers said the two will be missed throughout the school district.
"All of us at District 6, especially the staff and administration at Greeley Central, are heartbroken over the deaths of Matt and Edwardo," Myers wrote in an email. "Both of these young men just graduated a week ago and were ready to continue their lives after high school. Matt was an outstanding athlete, and Edwardo was a stellar student, taking multiple Advanced Placement courses. Both these young men had great futures ahead of them. Our thoughts are with their families and friends. We are so very sorry for their loss. This is truly a tragedy."


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Genovesa is not only for water-lovers, however. Also known as Bird Island, it is home to an incredible amount and variety of bird colonies, including Blue-footed Boobies, storm petrels, Swallow-tailed Gulls, and Galapagos mockingbirds. Follow the path know as Prince Philip's Steps that leads through the seabirds colonies' homes.


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The liberals/Democrats support a ton of government regulations over anything and everything. They cheer on unions while they singlehandedly destroy our education system. They support heavy gun control without any foresight of the potential implications of such a decision, etc.
Then you have the conservatives/Republicans. They go on about fiscal responsibility, and keeping the government small, and out of our business, but that is obviously hypocritical rhetoric. We haven't had a balanced budget in quite some time, despite the fact we've had a number of Republican conservatives in office, and they've all overspent.
Then you've got issues such as the war on drugs, which is a total failure. Twenty-five percent of all incarcerations in this country are for nonviolent drug offenses. Do we really need to spend our tax money locking up these people? Alcohol-related crimes dropped drastically after we legalized it. Why not try something similar with other drugs? I'm not saying we should sell heroin at Wal-Mart, but our current strategy is clearly ineffective. Why can't people recognize this fact?
And why should the government be able to dictate as an individual what I can/can't put in my body? Right-wingers freak out when some liberal wants to mandate how much soda one can drink, or how many fries someone can order, but it's the same mentality. It's allowing the government to have a say in what I ingest.
Then there's the gay marriage debate, which further divides the left and right. I have a solution: Keep the government out of our personal commitments. Government doesn't need to recognize marriage. Marriage is a personal, and sometimes religious, commitment between two people. Why my personal relationships need to be a federal matter, I have no idea.
Libertarians form the only party that truly supports freedom and liberty along with practical government functionality. Why don't we give more Libertarians a shot? What do we have to lose at this point? I couldn't imagine it being any worse than the mess Republicans and Democrats create.


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The Port of New Orleans board of commissioners on Thursday approved a lease for Boh Bros. Construction Co. to build a new asphalt plant at the France Road Container Terminal on the Industrial Canal.
Gary LaGrange, the port's president and chief executive officer, described the new plant as a "state-of-the-art facility" and applauded Boh Bros.'s investment.
"Boh Bros. is one of the most prolific construction companies in South Louisiana," he said, adding that the New Orleans-based company built the I-10 Twin Span Bridge. "This is really good news for the area," LaGrange said.
Matthew Gresham, port spokesman, said the plant will receive materials by barge and produce hot mix asphalt, the form typically used for highway traffic pavements.
The new plant, to be located at Container Terminal Berths 3 and 4, will cover about 22 acres of land and include a 13,000 square foot building, along with 725 feet of dock, wharf and adjacent water bottoms, Gresham said.
The board authorized the lease for a primary term of 10 years at an annual rate of $340,015, plus a right to first refusal on up to nine acres of land adjacent to the premises.
LaGrange noted that, as part of the new asphalt plant project, Boh Bros. plans to invest over $1 million to improve the docks along the Container Terminal.
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My costume from Global Fear was 4 months late. The quality was ok. Midnight Studios is great to work with and I have always had great luck with them.
I sent Jen an email with that exact topic. I have a class set up discussing "Management and Leadership"
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I have a Gore Galore "ScaryMary" or Banshee costume. It's about 5 years old and has some wear and tear but very useable. $1000+shipping. You can call me if inferested.
I bought one from ya at Transworld. I painted it UV, and it's going in a room full of UV creatures.
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Texas Tech's Graham Harrell was at the game - maybe taking notes.
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West Texas A&M (11-1) at Abilene Christian (10-0), noon Saturday, Abilene's Shotwell Stadium, in a Super Region Four second-round game. Winner plays the Pittsburg State-Northwest Missouri State winner in a D-II quarterfinal.
The record-setting Red Raiders quarterback, who had Saturday off, had to enjoy what he saw from the stands at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. One hundred eleven passing attempts, 913 yards and eight touchdown throws.
Indeed, the matchup of West Texas A&M's Keith Null and Central Washington's Mike Reilly lived up to the hype.
The difference in WT's 49-42 Division II first-round playoff win can be attributed to two things:
The Buffs' pass rush, which made Reilly work harder to lead his offense.
WT's running game, which produced four TDs from Keithon Flemming.
Reilly, a 68-percent passer, was 30-of-61. On a series before halftime, the Wildcats down by seven, he threw four straight incompletions. WT got the ball back and went 68 yards for a touchdown that gave the Buffs a game-changing 14-point halftime lead.
He also threw four incompletions on CWU's final series that began at the WT 17.
His first pass almost was intercepted by safety Darnell Johnson, who picked one off earlier. Reilly almost was sacked on his second attempt. WT end Brandon Swain hurried his third pass, and his final toss, made just before he was dumped to the ground, sailed beyond the reach of his receiver at the back of the end zone.
Central coach Blaine Bennett said teams in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference bring the pressure. Still, WT's constant speed and intensity had an effect.
The Buffs were able to do it without sacrificing its run defense. The Wildcats gained 64 yards, Running back Jerome Morris was not a factor, fumbling twice on a hard hit and getting stripped the second time. He had zero net yards.
Reilly, a big-time running threat, had 41 yards. He scored on a 2-yard keeper and once got away for a 21-yard gain. His called run on fourth down at the WT 42 on Central's final drive put his team into the red zone and gave the Wildcats a shot at tying the game. But that was it.
Meanwhile, WT totaled 111 rushing yards, 99 from Flemming. He came close to breaking for a touchdown on a 29-yard gain but, more importantly, was money inside the 20. On his 6- and 15-yard scores, Flemming was hardly touched. Credit the offensive line.
Flemming's four rushing TDs were a personal best, and his four touchdowns equaled his WT debut performance in 2007 against South Dakota.
There were many eye-popping stats from the game, which included trickery by both teams. But perhaps the biggest was the Buffs were flagged for just six penalties. Two were pass interference calls on one drive when Reilly smartly caught WT defenders with their backs turned toward the ball.
The Buffs had no holding penalties. That may be a first in the current era of passing offense at WT. Fifty attempts under good pressure from Central and no holds. And just one sack allowed.
Back to the trickery. Central struck first with punter Garrett Rolsma running for a first down. WT was caught by surprise, largely because it was Rolsma's first collegiate carry.
Reilly showed some magic, too. He was being tackled when he shot-putted a pass to his tight end open over the middle for a first down.
WT answered with Null tossing a lateral pass to A.J. Ruffins, who threw complete for 30 yards to Charly Martin.
The Buffs ran the swinging gate after its first touchdown, and Jared Brock bulled in for two points. That gave WT an 8-7 lead and signaled to CWU that the Buffs were playing to win, not just to keep up.
Later, Brock lobbed a pass to defensive end Kyle Thomas for what appeared to be another two-point conversion that was ruled out of bounds by the officials. Defensive coordinator Colby Carthel said after the game a Department of Public Safety trooper near the goal line said Thomas made the play.
Who would you believe?
Null was 35-of-49 for 463 yards, his fifth game of at least 400 yards. A handful of passes were caught but knocked loose by defenders' jarring hits. Null threw one bad pass, an underthrown interception at the Wildcats 10 with less than 11 minutes to play.
Had WT gotten into the end zone, the Buffs would have had a three-TD lead. Instead, the Wildcats drove 72 yards to cut the score to 49-42.
Null's passing total gives him 4,502 yards for the season, breaking his own WT single-season record. His three touchdown passes give him 41, tying his season record. The senior has 751 career completions, eight from tying Derek Maupin's record.
Martin's 17th TD catch broke Brad Bailey's school single-season record and gave Martin 1,544 yards this season, eight shy of Bailey's 1994 record.
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When Charleston Animal Society unveiled our No Kill Charleston 2015 initiative in April of this year we knew that it would come with both increased expectations and unprecedented challenges. With our dedication to building a No Kill community came a commitment to save every healthy and treatable animal that enters our doors.
Charleston County is overwhelmed with over 12,000 unwanted and homeless animals each year. Take into account that we open our doors to 90 percent of all local unwanted and homeless animals, most of whom are injured or ill — a monumental task.
As a result of our efforts on behalf of our community and its animals, Charleston Animal Society is facing a challenge that is unprecedented in our history. Since late spring, our sheltering system has operated far beyond its capacity even with our traditional "summer rush" behind us.
Right now, we have almost 700 animals in our system in need of homes. And when I speak of animals in need, I do not refer to "hand-picked" animals, imported from areas outside of the county based purely on their desirability. These are local animals — Charleston's animals — just waiting for a second chance with a local family.
When adopting, please ask if the animal is local or imported. Until we can take care of our own community's animals, no matter how they look on the outside, let's not import other animals that may be more desirable simply for profit. Right now, we need our community to help alleviate our critically overcrowded sheltering system. You can make room for one more in your home and support our mission by attending the 14th Annual Celebrity Chili Cook Off and Oyster Roast, our largest annual fundraiser and our next big adoption event. On Saturday, Nov. 23, from 1-5 p.m. at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park (the Riverdogs' stadium), over 1,000 people will be in attendance, as well as our community's adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens.
This is the perfect opportunity for you to support our local animals. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and include all the oysters and chili you can eat. Proceeds go to Toby's Fund to help care for our local, unwanted animals. We have never needed your help more as we continue toward our goal of No Kill Charleston 2015.
At the unveiling of No Kill Charleston 2015, Charleston Animal Society made it clear that our initiative was a community-wide effort that calls for each and every one of us to do our part. The Chili Cook Off and Oyster Roast is the perfect opportunity for the Charleston area to come to the aid of our community's most at-risk animals.
Please come out and open up your heart and home for one of these endearing local animals. They need you — and your community needs you — more than ever.
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We are well past the point of wondering whether the Miami Heat can handle the best of the West when it matters most.
After all, Miami was a slight underdog entering the NBA Finals last season, started that series with a loss in Oklahoma City and then ripped off four straight wins to capture the championship.
And this Heat team, on paper, is better than the one that won that title.
Still, buried inside the Heat's 11-3 start is another number, a 1-2 record against the established elite of the Western Conference. Nor was either loss, in Los Angeles against the Clippers or in Memphis against the Clippers, especially close. Even Thursday night's five-point victory over the Spurs, who are currently tied for second in the West, wasn't decided until the final minute—not to mention Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green didn't even attend the game.
And yes, Chris Bosh was eager to test this Heat team—which barely survived scraps with Milwaukee and Cleveland last week—against an elite opponent.
"They only come so often, so just to have that opportunity to play a good team like San Antonio," Bosh said.
It was the first of two opportunities this season. Said Bosh:
It's always a measuring stick. We win the games we are supposed to win, and then when it's up against the juggernauts of the league, it's always a good time to establish yourself and see where you are. And guys don't forget. Later on in the postseason, that gives them them confidence—you might see them again.
Assuming the Heat get out of the East, which is a reasonable assumption considering the current flaws of recent contenders like Boston, Chicago and Indiana, which team would the Heat least like to see?
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The course content may include:
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- Probability. Simple probability, experimental probability, Venn diagrams, contingency tables, tree diagrams and tables
- Statistics: Frequency distribution tables and graphs, sigma notation, measures of central tendency (mean, mode, median), measures of dispersion (range, standard deviation and variance), the normal curve.
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that was great and worth th long wait. there was just ONE sall part where it was kinda slow. but its still very good, great job
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Excellent work, like all urs.=D
I think the animation was a little bad and it was short a little, but it wuz excellent the characters look crazy and funny, and all looked weird and stupid, I think u should can make a sequel that in the one u can put if the protagonist revives or something and u can put more weird heads.XD
Oh, well that's all, continue making wood works.=D
The animation isn't bad, it's laggy if you use anything other than firefox though (Unless your pc is a pile of shit) thanks for the review.
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yea its dementia allright.
this totally represents its name. the heads were fucked up. in a good way. this is a whole new type of madness movie. original, and fresh. the movements were great, and the blood was fucking gory. the details and shading on the heads of each character were done great, and with precision. it didn't take that long to load. people who complain about loading time need to shut the fuck up and get better internet. this should have gotten a higher score. well i voted 5 on this. good luck with whatever your thinking of making next.
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Love bacon...love love love!!!
I've cured it once myself and really enjoyed it (well, except I let it sit in the dry rub too long so it was pretty salty). Heck of a lot cheaper to cure it myself vs buying it.
What is your preferred method of cooking? I like to bake it-always get the perfect level of chewy-crispy without the splatter mess.
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District 9-2A baseball supremacy still runs through uptown New Orleans, or at least for another nine days.
That's when Newman and Fisher lock horns again after staging a Tuesday night donnybrook in Lafitte in which starting pitchers Jamie Smith and Nick Daniel gave no quarter and asked for none.
In the end, it was Smith who held the upper hand after striking out 14 while pitching a deceiving no-hitter that included eight walks and two hit batsmen in a 2-1 Newman victory decided by an unearned run.
Newman (11-4, 2-0) scored two first-inning runs and Smith made it stand up as the Greenies won their fifth straight outing to break an 11-game winning streak by the host Gators.
Fisher (17-2, 2-1) entered the game averaging 10 runs a game and boasting a .448 team batting average that included eight starters batting .377 or higher.
The teams face off again on April 11 at 4 p.m. at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium.
"It's certainly not over,'' Newman Coach Trey Guillot said of his team's pursuit of a third consecutive league title. "And it sets us up for a game next Thursday that I expect to be every bit as hard fought as this one was.
The Gators, Guillot said, "They came out and battled tooth and nail. Their pitcher just wouldn't give in.''
Neither did Smith, Newman's ace.
Smith (4-2) worked out of bases-loaded jams in each of the final two innings and threw 77 of his 142 pitches for strikes while stranding eight Fisher base runners.
In the seventh, Smith hit one batter to open the inning, then walked two while recording his final strikeout and come-backer to bring Fisher's third-hole hitter to the plate. Smith then retired left fielder Chris Leblanc on a bases-loaded grounder to third baseman Peter Miller who stepped on the bag for the final out
In the sixth, the Gators used two walks and an infield throwing error to load the bases with two outs. Smith then fanned right fielder David Breaux on a called third strike.
Newman scored both of its runs in the top of the first with Smith stroking an opposite field double to left to score Jabari Tyler with the game's first run. Courtesy runner David Richard, subbing for Smith, then increased the lead to 2-0 when he scored on a potential double play grounder that was thrown wide of first base.
Fisher scored its lone run in the third when three walks by Smith set up second baseman Darry Delaune for a run-scoring sacrifice fly to right field.
"Mediocre,'' was Smith's assessment of his pitching performance. "I would say mediocre because although I was overpowering with my fastball, but it wasn't for the whole game. My breaking pitches some were average. Some were OK.
"The command of my fastball was mediocre, but in the end that's what I got people out with. I don't mean to put anyone down. I know I throw hard. I know it intimidates some people. But, again, my command was not always there. But it was there when I needed it.''
The closest Fisher came to collecting a hit came in the bottom of the sixth when Leblanc struck a bounding grounder to Tyler at short that the Greenies sophomore fielded on the grass and threw wide of first base.
The play initially was ruled an infield single, but changed to an error on Tyler.
"We had it as an error in our book,'' Guillot said. "Jay makes that play 10 out of 10 times. We expect Jay to make that play. We're surprised when he doesn't make that play.''
Daniel (6-1) pitched a complete game four-hitter, struck out seven and walked four while throwing six consecutive scoreless innings after surrendering the two first-inning runs. The sophomore right-hander threw 70 of 116 pitches for strikes.
"When you go against a guy like Jamie Smith, you've got to take advantage of every opportunity you get,'' Fisher Coach Duane Foret said. "If we take advantage of that (double play) opportunity in the first inning, then we might still be playing.
"But give credit to Jamie Smith, 14 strikeouts. He held us off balance. We still gave ourselves a chance to win even with him dealing.''
"Jamie is tough,'' Guillot said. "In a day and age of pitch counts, we've got to be efficient. Everybody gets put in a tough situation when we escalate the pitch count. Jamie obviously didn't have command of his pitches. But he was a warrior.
"He's going to give you everything he can. He had great stuff. He dust didn't have great command.''
So bring on Newman-Fisher II.
"This was a playoff atmosphere,'' Guillot said. "These types of games are going to get everybody ready for the playoffs.''
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These ear dimensions were one way you could make SUPER sure you got your man, and not somebody with similar features but totally the wrong ears.
At the time, the science was called anthropometry, and it was the ancestor to the biometrics used by surveillance computers to spot, for instance, specific faces on a crowded street.
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Big picture, small crab.
They crawl around the sea in Japan, Australia, Borneo and the Horn of Africa.
This one was drawn in the 1880s (like one of those French girls) aboard the H.M.S. Alert, and preserved in the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
In 1960, we started planning to send rockets to Mars… and Philip Bono, a Boeing engineer and designer, started figuring out how they'd work, and how they'd look while they were working.
I'm not sure exactly how this image relates to that project, but here it is in SDASM's Philip Bono Collection.
As far as I can tell, this is a space-suited repairman working on a balloon that's leaking at the edge of Earth's atmosphere. Perhaps it's meant as a fueling station (Bono's big idea was re…
This is an image from this NASA eBook on high-flying fashions:
Although space suits, which differ from pressure suits in subtle, but important ways, have been well covered in literature, pressure suits have gone unheralded except as introductions to the space suit histories. This e-book is an attempt to correct that….
I found this accidentally while browsing through the Popular Mechanics archive in Wikimedia Commons (since this wasn't in that magazine, I'm not s…
This is how parents in the 50s were expected to conceptualize their bright, nonconformist children – as happy, well-groomed chemists.
Then the 60s happened.
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Smacksy Saturday Photo: Retro Bob
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Most seasons, I like to prepare for winter by growing and drying my own herbs.
Over the years, I've managed to collect various containers with air-tight lids for storage. In the fall, the dehydrator comes out of its storage closet and sits nearly constantly on the counter. The house is always fragrant with something, oregano, sage, tarragon and lots and lots of my favorite, basil.
Sweet basil is my herb of choice. I prefer it in tomato sauce and always add it to salad dressings. In fact, there isn't much that can be compared, flavor-wise, to the combination of basil and tomato. They were meant for each other.
I built my first herb garden nearly 30 years ago. To unwind after work, I spent many hours digging in the soil. I started with a mental plan to build four separate herb beds with a criss-cross walkway.
Since my birthday is in the spring, I asked for a truckload of pavers. My husband and son obliged and surprised me by leaving clues throughout the house, written in haiku verse, that led me on a search for my gift, which was in the driveway the entire time. Hundreds of red paving bricks for my garden were stacked in the bed of the truck. I was ecstatic.
I worked on the garden several hours a day and often into the night. I began digging in March, sometimes having to take breaks for late winter snow. On those days I poured over books about herbs, plotting what I would grow and how I would use it. When the weather broke for good, I visited herb farms, buying as much as I could fit into those small raised beds.
There was no Internet or Facebook to keep me glued to a chair. There was only the garden. It was on my mind while I was at work. When I woke up every morning, it was the first place I visited with my morning tea.
The raised bed garden is no more. It was created on impulse not far from the base of a maple tree. The tree, which wasn't large enough to cause problems then, has since grown so large it completely shades the area of that first herb garden. The pavers still exist as parts of other walkways in other gardens. It makes me happy to see them there. Now I grow herbs all over the place, including mixing them in the perennial beds and in the vegetable garden.
The vegetable garden is the home of the basil varieties and these days I can't seem to get enough. With more than 60 varieties to choose from, I spend quite a bit of time browsing catalogs and looking over garden centers to see what's new and what I haven't grown.
Cinnamon basil has purple leaves and pink flowers. Like its namesake, it contains the same chemical that gives real cinnamon its scent. It is said to keep aphids away from garden plants, although I've never grown it for that reason. I just like its scent.
Citrus-scented basils, such as lime and lemon, are fun to grow as well. They are very fragrant and have the flavor of the citrus as well. I like both of these plants in summer salads with a light vinaigrette dressing.
Thai basil has longer leaves than the other varieties and its fragrance is similar to licorice or mint. There are three main varieties of Thai basil, horapa, lemon and Holy Basil. The most common horapa Thai basil variety is ''Queen of Siam.'' All are used in Thai cooking.
There are plenty of red or purple varieties as well, from the common 'Purple Ruffles' to 'Red Rubin.' I like to use the purple varieties to make basil vinegars because it colors the vinegar a lovely mauve shade.
I wasn't impressed with 'Spicy Globe' basil. This variety is more of a miniature and grows in a tight, round ball on a stiff stem. Although the fragrance was stronger and spicer than other basils, it was difficult to use, and after all, aren't herbs ''the useful plant?''
Always my favorite and the one I grow by the row is the old fashioned Genovese, or Sweet Basil. No matter how many other varieties I play with, I use this one the most. Common sweet basil fills my dehydrator several times in the fall and fills several of those air tight containers all winter long.


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The GMAT or Graduate Management Admission Test is a standardized test for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies.
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To the Editor:
Regarding Bridgeton Mayor Albert Kelly's article, "Bail reform can end downward spiral" on June 30:
Kelly highlights the unacceptable inequities perpetuated by conditioning pretrial release on a defendant's ability to pay money bail.
Money bail promotes a system in which dangerous individuals with financial resources are able to easily secure their freedom, while others who pose no risk often languish behind bars for months. Ironically, confinement comes at a much greater financial cost to the state than the cash benefit that these often nominal bail amounts would provide.
This system is socially unjust, financially irresponsible and, even worse, potentially dangerous. Unfortunately, a proposed fix currently under consideration by the Legislature, while allowing non-monetary bail in some cases, does not remove money bail as the primary mechanism for pretrial release.
True bail reform would de-emphasize money in favor of risk assessments and non-monetary release conditions for appropriate candidates. Policy makers should re-focus their efforts to favor these meaningful changes right away.
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This is where the game really begins. You start off with your back to the monorail you just jumped off of. You will have no guns as they do not follow you through levels. There is, however, a Desert Eagle in the gun box to your right. Grab the pistol and prepare to make a choice. If you look at the corner of the wall after turning to grab your gun you will see that there is an area around to the side. You can choose to go around the corner but the only thing that is waiting for you is a raptor. If you don't want to kill the raptor (It won't follow you if you just leave it alone) Just continue forward. As you walk you will notice a bunch of junk to your left and monorail pieces to your right. There isn't much there aside from a dino tooth that is really pointless to pick up (unless you are experienced enough to fight dinos with melee weapons and you want a challenge).
Continue on to the monorail and you will find a revolver and a chair just past it. The Desert Eagle should have 8 bullets (that is the DE default) and the revolver should have 6 (this is also a default for other pistols like this one). Move to the right and you will find a stegosaurus just bumbling about. The stego will leave you alone as long as you leave it alone. Continue on to find a raptor behind a rock waiting for ambush (Hammond should have just finished his little "abra kadabra" speach just before the raptor comes for you). Kill the raptor and continue on or climb the hills to your right (this allows you to skip the upcoming rails part and the shed at the expence of having the elude a triceratops and missing some weapons). If you went down the intended path there will be a stack of rails in a tiny valley-like area. If you look around you can find a helmet and a two by four to throw at the boxes on top of the rails as well as a magnum (Red Hawk). After knocking a box down set it next to the big one and climb up to the raised land.
Continue on for a bit and you will find a shed with lots of junk lieing around. Among the junk you will find a Desert Eagle, a small bar (can be used as a weapon), a Sledge Hammer (on top of the shed), a Shotgun (inside the shed) and a raptor on the other side. You can also find some crushed cans and a basketball but these won't help you any. Kill the raptor right off or he is sure to sneak up on you. After he is dead you can sift through the junk to you hearts delight. After all, one man's junk is another man's treasure. Go down the hill away from the shed and you will find a broken down jeep with a rifle behind a rock with 10 shots along with some human remains and a little "Hammond dialogue" that is quite interesting. Continue on from there and you will find a narrow path with two large hills on either side of you. Once again, you get to make a choice. You can just continue through the path or you could climb the right hill, which shouldn't be too difficult, which will lead you to the triceratops mentinoed earlier. Either way you will end up overlooking another triceratops, and two raptors trying to fight it. If you choose to go through the path you will end up in a slighly more vulnerable position because if the raptors win the fight (this only happens about 1 out of 5 fights) they will still want more. If you are on top of the hill you can practice your long ranged shooting without having to worry about getting attacked. After the carnage is over you can go down and inspect the area.
You will find absolutely nothing except for a little pool of water to go and splash around in. After you decide to move on stop and figure out which direction you want to move on to. From the spot you came into the area from (the narrow path/hill) you can either go right or left. Right is the "beaten bath" that you are intended to follow. Left is the direction that avid exploreres would choose because there is a lot of exploring to be done. If you go left, continue going straight after climbing the hill then you will find a small rickety house with a raptor waiting to eat...I mean greet you. If you inspect the house enough you will find a secret compartment in the bookshelf hiding a "Bull Dozer" (Calico) Uzzy and a gold bar (which is too heavy to pick up) then you will also find a nifty quick-fire rifle with 20 shots on the second level. The house isn't the only thing to find though. After leaving the house, with the house to your back, move off to the left to find a large rib cage and a Parasaurus (handle headed dinos). Keep moving on and you will find a small path leading to the ocean. There will be a couple of chairs there and that is just about it. If you choose to explore more you can turn back and keep going until you find a shallow dry river bed. If you follow the river bed as far as it goes you will find a hidden triceratops.
Now back at the area where you saw the 2 raptors and the triceratops, when you get aroud to following the path you were meant to you will eventually find a phone. It doesn't work, of course, but anne will complain about how hopefull she was. Continue to the right of the phone to find more crates and another piece of the monorail. Climb up to the top of the monorail piece and look around to see the two raptors that are waiting for dinner. You can shoot at them or throw crates at them but either way it is easiest to kill them before trying to join them. Whichever you choose, when you decide to go down you need to first jump to the pile of crates on top of the large one below. If the raptors aren't dead yet and you have lots of experience it can be fun to hop down there with them and see how long you can run circles around them until either they die or you die. When they're dead go down behind the large crate to find a shotgun with seven bullets. In the gun cabinet you will find a magnum (redhawk) with 6 bullets.
Continue on until you find yet another stack of crates. There will be One main thing on the ground, a Red Hawk, and then a bunch of rocks. Either of these things can be used to knock down crates (as I'm sure you already know you have to do) but I suggest using the rocks because it will save you ammo. On top of the closest tall crate on the right there is a full auto hand gun (H&K MP5K). You can throw stuff at it or shoot it to get it down. When Anne picks up the gun she will say that its full which means about 60 bullets. After you climb up on top of the raised land turn right to find a gun case bearing a burst pistol. Keep on going until you find a Brachiosaurous and a raptor. Just a little further ahead and far to the right are three more raptors. It is best just to run past them but you can make some trouble if you wish. Just a little further ahead you will find the crane. Next to it you will find a mounted sniper (Barret Rifle) with 10 bullets. You can't bring it with you but you can take out the two raptors that want to eat you just ahead. After you climb the crane you just have to continue along the monorail jumping the small gaps in your path (it would be a good idea to save before every jump).
You will come to a section where there is a succession of three moldy crates and this tells you that the section of monorail that you are about to walk onto will fall down. This is OK though because there is a nice inviting ramp just in front of you. You could, of course, go explore miles and miles of nothing but I would suggest just sticking to the monorail. As you continue along not too far ahead you will undoubtedly notice another hut to your left. There is a visible rifle on top of it but I think that it is safe to say that it would be more work than it's worth because, as you should be able to tell, it is just another 10 shot rifle. If you do decide to risk it then you will have to dispatch the two happy followers you have and then go back to the ramp that you climbed up just a moment ago or continue on the ground. Continue along and you will find a second crane just sitting next to the monorail. If you take a moment to look around you will find a Desert Eagle on the crates you would have to climb to reach the crane and a shotgun in front of the weapon box.
Continue on but don't forget to keep an eye out because there are some subtle things to help you that you don't want to miss. The first one is just in front of the small stack of large crates. What you are looking for is the narrow rusted beam for you to walk across. After that you will need to notice the crates that are lying around because they will help you climb the larger crates that are just past them. The third thing to notice is that a couple more pieces ahead will be another ramp. Considering what happened before this should just scream "COLLAPSE" at you so try the jump if you want but it would, ultimately, just waste your time. A little more climbing on boxes and then you've made it through level 2. Well done!
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Here is an excerpt from David Brooks' op-ed column in the NY Times today. I'd be happy to link to it, but unless you pay for Times Select you can't get it anyway, so it'd just make you mad.
Anyway, my point isn't his point. He says Al Gore thinks like a Vulcan — a Mr. Spock-style Vulcan, although I don't think I ever saw a tubby Vulcan, but hey. Here is the interesting part:
But Gore's imperviousness to reality is not the most striking feature of the book. It's the chilliness and sterility of his worldview. Gore is laying out a comprehensive theory of social development, but it allows almost no role for family, friendship, neighborhood or just face-to-face contact. He sees society the way you might see it from a speaking podium — as a public mass exercise with little allowance for intimacy or private life. He envisions a sort of Vulcan Utopia, in which dispassionate individuals exchange facts and arrive at logical conclusions.
This, in turn, grows out of a bizarre view of human nature. Gore seems to have come up with a theory that the upper, logical mind sits on top of, and should master, the primitive and more emotional mind below. He thinks this can be done through a technical process that minimizes information flow to the lower brain and maximizes information flow to the higher brain.
The reality, of course, is that there is no neat distinction between the "higher" and "lower" parts of the brain. There are no neat distinctions between the "rational" mind and the "visceral" body. The mind is a much more complex network of feedback loops than accounted for in Gore's simplistic pseudoscience.
I like the idea that Gore is a Vulcan. It fits in perfectly with the much, much touted upcoming sitcom Cavemen, based on the Geico commercials. (Want to feel like the Apocalypse is at hand? The tag line for the series is "The evolution will be televised.")
As near as I can tell, it's all like the secret aliens in Men in Black.
American society is divided into the following: Vulcans, Neanderthals, Cylons, Orcs, Heroes, pirates, two Elves (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt), athletes who are juicin' — and consumers.
That's it. Chances are you're a consumer, but check the mirror.
UPDATE: Slate says Mitt Romney may be a cyborg.
Two other points:
1. If you have a child in your life, take him/her to Treasure Island at the Alley Theatre. It's weird and refreshing how enchanting live theater can be even for video-game kids.
2. The apparently temporary replacement for the canceled Imus morning show on MSNBC, Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough, is really good, sharp and funny. Who woulda thunk it?