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After dropping 54 on Friday, Kevin Durant barely even got to 30 against the Kings on Sunday. He needed a little Kings comeback that cut a 22-point lead to 12 with 3:18 left to get back in the game, and two free throws right before he sat down again to do it.
The Thunder cruised to a third straight win, 108-93 over Sacramento, which limited Durant's work night to essentially three quarters. And in those 32 minutes, he went for 30 points on 10-15 shooting, five rebounds, nine assists and four steals. I guess that's not too bad.
I'm sure there had to be a little natural temptation to follow-up a career game with another scoring outburst, especially when you see Rudy Gay is the guy guarding you. But after the Warriors win on Friday, Durant described his mindset behind the 54 simply as "doing what his team needed him to do." In that game, his team needed buckets, and lots of them. This game, it was distribution and taking what the defense gave him.
KD summarized in an incredibly simple way: "I just tried to be aggressive, put pressure on the rim and the defense. If they draw in, I kick it out. If not, I lay the ball up and take a good shot."
Draw in, kick out. If not, take an open shot. Man, basketball sounds super easy when you're Kevin Durant.
"KD is a special player," said Scott Brooks. "Some nights he's going to have a high scoring game. I just like the way he thinks. He thinks about the team. He had nine assists tonight, took 15 great shots and made 10 of them. Everybody got involved, everybody else got an opportunity to score. He commands so much attention, but he's not looking to score and that's what I love about what he brings night in and night out."
This game presented a bit of danger it seemed to the Thunder, playing a competitive Kings team that has a resume of beating good teams, with OKC coming off two challenging games. And after the first quarter, it seemed as if there was a little letdown in energy and focus.
But the Thunder got their crap together nicely, mostly behind Durant's brilliance, and outscored the Kings by 17 over the final three quarters, putting together a three-game win streak and improving to 8-5 in these 13 games thus far without Russell Westbrook.
And there's this, too: After 41 games, the Thunder are 31-10. They were 32-9 at this point last season. Last season's team won 60 games and finished with the best record in the Western Conference. Obviously the current circumstances around this season are quite different, and the Thunder are enduring new challenges. But they're still on a similar pace, and assuming their All-Star point guard returns on time and the team continues to figure things out as they have over the last week, 60 wins might not be unattainable after all.
The Thunder have enough to maintain, and even thrive in this current stretch without Westbrook. And it's simply because No. 35 is that freaking good. He reads, he reacts, he adjusts, he adapts, he understands. He does it all while not doing it all. He scores without forcing, he passes without being passive.
I don't know if the Thunder have as much figured out how to play and win without Russell Westbrook, as much as it's just that Kevin Durant is an absurdly brilliant basketball player. Which for now, is more than enough.
- Serge Ibaka put together another 20-point game, finishing with 20 on 9-13 shooting, six rebounds and two blocks in 29 minutes. This is the third straight game for Ibaka scoring at least 20, the first time he's ever done that in his career.
- There's been a lot of talk — and for good reason — that Ibaka isn't the same player without Westbrook. But it seems that he's overcoming a lot of that and finding himself regardless.
- Ibaka's last three games: 20.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.3 blocks, on 73 percent shooting (27-of-37).
- Isaiah Thomas started the game by torching Jackson, so Scott Brooks then tried Derek Fisher on him for only reasons known to God above.
- After another Thomas hit what felt like his 10th 3-pointer of the first half, Durant stood up from the bench yelled across the court to Reggie Jackson, "Take the challenge!" After Thomas finished the first half with 27, Thabo started the second half on him. Guess Reggie didn't take the challenge.
- Jackson was just inconsistent tonight. He finished with 16, but on 4-16 shooting, with five rebounds and four assists.
- The Thunder went with the Game of Thrones theme for the Kings starting intro. Does that mean I get to call Isaiah Thomas the half-man from now on? And much like Tyrion Lannister, he was an unstoppable force of destruction.
- Steven Adams showed off his rugby background, holding off three Kings scrapping for a loose ball.
- First four Thunder possessions, two Perk turnovers. He finished with four. And two baskets. The Perk basket-to-turnover ratio was a 1:2 tonight.
- One thing about Derek Fisher's defense: He's got great hands. He's not very good at stopping the man in front of him, and gets screened pretty easily (but flails well when he does!), but he has a knack for getting his hand on the basketball.
- My favorite time of any game is when KD has the ball in an obvious 2-for-1 situation. Guaranteed off-the-dribble 3. And almost a guaranteed make at this point.
- Nick Collison in 17 minutes had 10 points and seven rebounds.
- Steven Adams with seven rebounds in 19 minutes. Guy just inhales rebounds.
- Perk nearly hit a halfcourt shot at the buzzer in the second quarter. When it became obvious he was going to launch it, I think it might've been the most anticipated shot in Thunder history. The potential outcome was going to be awesome guaranteed. Would he throw it over the basket and all the way to the club level? Would he break the shot clock? Would it go in somehow?
- That's Perk's first 3-point attempt since Jan. 14, 2013. He's now 0-13 for his career.
- KD extended his 30-point streak to seven games with two late free throws. Also, it completely messed up a lede I had written for this game.
- The Kings went Hack-A-Perk late in the fourth. Mike Malone wasn't exactly playing the percentages as Perk is a decent free throw shooter (60 percent), but he did go just 1-of-4 in that situation.
- Thing I love about Serge Ibaka: He tries to high five all the time. Any situation, any moment, if he's walking by a teammate, he's sticking out his hand for a five.
- Adams fouled out for a third straight game, which are the first three of his career.
- The Thunder are 3-0 in games Adams fouls out.
- Remember how Scott Brooks talked about how he thought winning the jump ball was important? Well, tonight's a great example of it. End of the third, OKC got a 2-for-1 and Durant hit a 3, then drew a foul. Five points there, and possession to start the fourth. To which Jeremy Lamb canned a 3. An 8-2 run in 30 seconds.
- Royal Ivey didn't have any special handshakes with the team tonight. So how's it work? Since he's just on a 10-day, is it not worth coming up with some good stuff if he's not going to be around, or have they just not had time, or what? I need to ask about this.
- Rudy Gay picked up back-to-back technicals early in the fourth and got tossed.
- With the Seahawks and Niners playing a classic, Scott Brooks walked into his postgame presser and joked about making it short and sweet so we could all go watch the finish. Turned out it wasn't a joke. It lasted two minutes and thirty-nine seconds. Obviously the entire Thunder team was in the locker room watching it and after the final interception, a few Thunder players could be heard in the showers singing that Aloe Blacc song from the Beats By Dre commercial.
- Also, and I believe it was KD, but someone was yelling "OMAHA! OMAHA!" repeatedly in the showers.
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5 New Years Resolutions for Parents Raising Bilingual KidsAna Flores
It's that time of year when we finally get to pause for a bit, wind down and lay back to gear up for the beginning of a new year full of possibilities and thoughts of abundance. The end of a year is always the best time to reflect on where we're at, where we want to go and really just count our blessings.
For those of us who have embarked on the journey of raising bilingual kids, this is also a perfect time to take inventory of the progress our kids have done in learning a second (or third!) language and how proactive we were in 2013 to create opportunities to immerse them in the language. But most of all, to be honest with ourselves on how committed and consistent we were, because we know that consistency and passion are key to raising bilingual children.
So let's seize the energy of these last days of 2013 to refocus our commitment to raise our children in two or more languages with these 5 New Year's resolutions just for us! If you've been committed to raising bilingual kids for a while now, many of these resolutions will be part of your day-to-day life already, but it's always great to reflect and make sure we stay on the committed path.
1. Commit to your decision
Studies have shown that the parents' desire to raise bilingual children is of utmost importance. Committing to the bilingual journey requires a real passion and desire to follow-through. Be sure of what your reasons are and let that passion filter through your daily actions to ensure a fun and immersive bilingual home environment for your baby.
2. Talk, talk, talk!
Researchers have also found that the amount of exposure to a language does matter. Meaning, the more a baby hears the sounds of a particular language, the larger his vocabulary in that language will be.
If you speak the target language, talk to your baby all the time in it, even if you think she has no idea what you are saying; she's absorbing every little sound and they will be the building blocks to her own speech acquisition.
3. Be consistent
Being consistent starts with having a plan and then just sticking to it! We know children learn better through repetition and they thrive on routines. An example of consistency in raising bilingual kids is choosing a method that works for your family and making it a way of life. Let's say you're using the One Parent, One Language method (OPOL) and you're the one that speaks Spanish to the kids and your husband is the English speaker, then stick to your roles at all times so your kids learn who is providing them with the language input. And, no, they will not be confused!
4. Make learning fun and immersive
One of the key elements for bilingualism is for the child to constantly be immersed in a fun and playful environment in the target language. This means the art of immersive play takes on a very important role in any parent's bilingualism arsenal. Children must never feel they are being forced to learn or do anything. They learn most of their skills through play, and language is no exception.
Reading and singing will also enrich her bilingual environment and get them used to hearing books and songs in the target language.
You can also organize playdates with other families with babies so that your kids listen to the chatter in the language you're immersing them in while you're all entertained.
5. Motivate and encourage … and then some more!
Motivation and immersion are key when your child reaches the point where he has figured out the majority language is not the one he's speaking at home and everyone else responds immediately to him with English. This is when they need to understand and give a meaning to why it's important for them to learn a second language and emotional connections/motivations are what work best at this stage. Use praise (lots of it!) when they do use the language. Focus on what your child loves and attempt to bring the language into the mix. If you can pull off an actual immersion trip, there's no better language motivator than that, especially if visiting family is part of the plan.
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Police: Accidental drowning of toddler in bucket
UPDATED 12:36 PM CDT Oct 17, 2012
Tuesday night, 15-month-old Paolo Borroso died after drowning in a 5-gallon bucket of soapy water.
The toddler's parents, Elvira Manjarrez and Francisco Barroso were visiting relatives on Dallas Street in Fort Smith, where they were getting haircuts, according to Fort Smith Police. As they were getting ready to leave, they began searching for their daughter. The toddler's aunt found Paolo over the edge of the bucket.
Officers found two small toys inside the bucket.
Detectives do not suspect foul play, and call the death a tragic accident.
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"I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age In America, 1950-1990 is the first major anthology to survey the golden age of new age and reveal the unbelievable truth about the genre. For new age, at its best, is a reverberation of psychedelic music, and great by any standard. This is analog, handmade music communicating soul and spirit, often done on limited means and without commercial potential, self-published and self-distributed. Before it became big business and devolved into the spaced out elevator music we know and loathe today, this was the real thing. From mathematical musical algorithms to airport murder mysteries to Henry Mancini and Bugs Bunny, the connections to mainstream culture run in curious directions." (label info) 2CD in deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket w/ book, w/ notes by Douglas McGowan feat. interviews w/ artists and archive photos. Artwork by Gilbert Williams and Janaia Donaldson. 2 unreleased tracks, 7 others previously only on cassette "Sound created the universe".
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Disaster relief case review underway
By: Paul Kedinger
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Following a review of the remaining active tornado disaster cases, members of the Rayne Long-Term Disaster Relief Coalition last week asked for assessments of five additional cases to determine if they are eligible for assistance.
Trahan and Tommy
Bergeron, project director with Louisiana UMC Disaster Response, projected they could complete their assessments of five new cases in time for the Coalition's next meeting on Jan. 24, 2012.
Case Manager Ronda Trahan reported 46 families of the 48 open cases she handled are currently back in their homes following the March 5 tornado.
Of the two remaining cases, one involves a trailer which was demolished and a house which was racked and shifted on its foundation and its roof was destroyed.
Melanie Beauchamp, with UMC Disaster Response indicated a large volunteer team was willing to come in February and build a small house to replace the destroyed trailer, if the Coalition and donors could provide the building materials.
The Coalition members voted to contribute $7,500 for building materials.
Regarding the fate of the house shifted on its foundation, Coalition members decided to take no action now pending a request for a grant from a major national retail company. Cost of restoring the house was estimated in excess of $25,000.
According to assessments made shortly after the tornado struck, it was determined a total of 75 houses had been affected.
Before adjourning, Brian Mouton reported the 21st Century A&O Club named Case Manager Ronda Trahan as this year's recipient of the Ronald Duplichain Community Award for Outstanding Service at the 15th Annual Beautillion on Nov. 26.


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Right before the New Year a loft in Pioneer Square hit the market, 97 S Jackson St – unit 503/504 (the Merrill Place building). At 1,857 square feet (two units were combined) with a a 594 square foot terrace it has the possibility of being pretty cool. Sadly the photos are kind of lacking. Has… Read More
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Do you love traveling? If yes, you definitely need to find the help from AA's websites What is AA Route Finder? You will find the information here. The information would help you understand more about this website as well as the reasons why this website is listed at the top by some travelers.
What is AA Route Finder?
|AA Route Finder is a portal for people to browse information related to traveling. When they want to go to different parts of the world to travel, they may want to find the cheapest way.
They do not mind driving with their cars to travel across a continent instead of taking planes from time to time. Therefore, they would need help for them to plan their routes or otherwise the trip would be dangerous. This is one of the functions of AA Route Finder.
There are pieces of information related to the tips of driving around for a tour. You will understand the suggestions made by some people regarding the route that you can take when you travel from country to country in Europe.
Difference between AA Route Planner and AA Route Finder?
|You may find that there are two similar websites in the market. One of them is the AA Route Finder while the other one is the AA Route Planner. What are the differences between these two websites?
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The information listed in AA Route Finder is extracted and they are less complicated than the Planner one. In other words, people would need to spend a less amount of time to digest the information. This will certainly help them identify the best way to travel in a more efficient manner.
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|AA Route Finder is regarded as the best among most of the websites mentioning similar route planning information because it provides caring experiences for visitors. Instead of recommending some of the dangerous routes without warning you against the risks.
AA Route Finder tries to explain some of the important tips related to personal safety when you want to go for the trips. For example, it would advise drivers not to drive for a long period of time continuously even if they have chosen to have a driving route. It would quote methods to help you combat the tiredness and the fatigue that will occur during continuous driving and it would help you save your life. It is because some of the drivers have been suffering from accidents because they force themselves to drive even if they are very tired. The tool give you tips to make yourself fit enough to drive and it would also provide you with some suggested stops in the route where you can enjoy the beautiful sights during your break. Compared with some other websites, AA Route Finder is doing particularly well in this aspect because it encourages the travelers to share their experience and help contribute a wonderful database in the website for people to browse whenever they plan to travel.
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Sevensoulmotion will play two funky gigs in Leuven next months. Saturday may 9th @ De Zevensprong, and june 13th @ JH Sojo, together with Alpacas and Phillibustas!
We're happy to welcome you again for a concert evening on January 22 at the Music Village in Brussels. Join us at 8.30 pm for two sets of funky tunes!
Sadly our bassplayer Mr. Steve Typels left our band, but we're happy to introduce to you Diederik, not on keys (that Diddy is also still there), but groovy on the bass!
After a lazy summer, it's time to get funky again. Join us for some party in Ghent (De Kleine Kunst) on october 11th and Brussels (The Soul Project) on october 18th.
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We completely Funkified Radio Benelux! Check out some live tunes in the Listen section!
We have some concerts coming up in June: radio session for radio Benelux and concerts in Antwerp and Kapellen. Also the Soul Project concert in october has been confirmed. Make sure to prepare your funky dancing moves!
Next Wednesday februari 5th you can hear us on Radio Scorpio. We'll present you some of our songs and some of our main influences, Like Wizards of Ooze, The Meters and Monophonics. If you're in Leuven or close to the city, tune in on 106 FM between 3 and 4 pm. You can also check out the website via http://www.radioscorpio.be and listen to the livestream. So definitely a reason to stay tuned!
We've finished our Fishy mini-tour, and it was a good one! When business-men start dancing on our funky tunes and people start kissing on our soulful songs, you just know you're on the right track. We were happy to create some special nights on stage and bringing da Funk to so many people! If you've missed it this time, stay in touch for some movies and sounds and new dates in the future!
We're happy to announce some dates next month:
- November 19th: Thon Music Session, The O-bar, Thon Hotel Brussel
- november 24th: Kaminsky, Leuven
- november 29th: Cabron Antwerpen
We'll be presenting our EP Fishy, and a lot of new songs and grooves, so make sure you don't miss this!
Sevensoulmotion will be playing some gigs this month. On August 10 we'll be sending our vibes into Leuven on Marktrock, as from 20u on the Vismarkt. Two weeks later, on August 25, you'll be dancing to our tunes in Antwerpen, during our performance for the Cultuurmarkt. 2 pm in the afternoon on the Meir. Be there!


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The campus of Southern Adventist University was virtually unharmed during the tornados on April 27. Several trees fell, but only one caused damage when it toppled on an unoccupied car.
The surrounding area took a heavier hit. Homes on Pennywood, Edgmon, and other roads near the school were severely damaged. Parts of the small towns McDonald and Apison, about 6 miles from campus, experienced even more widespread destruction from tornado winds that raced up to 190 mph. Many houses were harmed or destroyed, including the homes of eight Southern faculty and staff.
Other faculty and staff, along with students, have mobilized to help area tornado victims by cleaning up debris, distributing food, donating blood, offering counseling, and providing temporary housing.
In addition, FEMA has set up headquarters at the Hulsey Wellness Center on 4870 University Drive to provide disaster assistance to community members. Their hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day of the week.
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The Zoscak family has been operating a small corner grocery store and butcher shop in the Tenth Ward of McKeesport since 1934. A bit off the beaten path, it still serves as a neighborhood gathering spot, a place to get some great, freshly cut meat (as well as bread and milk and a selection of the other groceries), a hoagie and sandwich shop, a newsstand (where the delivery of the McKeesport Daily News is always eagerly anticipated) and a good place to hang out and talk to Tim Zoscak. The trusty Ruth Craft makes the hoagies and manages the store when Tim's not around.
Here at WQED, we found out about Zoscak's from a woman named Susan Ferri who had grown up not far from the store, although she and her family now live in Seven Fields, PA, north of Pittsburgh, near Cranberry. She sent a letter, pointing out that Tim was celebrating the store's seventieth anniversary in 2004: "His business is unique in that it is a local corner grocery store where people can walk to do their daily shopping. Tim has seen many changes, especially in the once thriving city of McKeesport where the store is located. Aside from local residents frequenting Zoscak's Market, many people travel to the market to purchase quality hand cut meats and fresh produce."
Once you've been there, you can understand why people will travel to patronize the place. Tim gives old-fashioned service, cutting meat to order and sharing jokes he's heard from his suppliers and other salesmen.
Tim also makes a mean, lean sausage with a closely-guarded secret family recipe.
Click on the button to hear Tim Zoscak explain why Y2K never scared him.
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Still time to sign up for the Heritage sponsored Rock to Rocque Bike Ride
Final preparations are now being made for this year's event, which takes place on Sunday 25th May, and organisers are urging people to sign up online now.
The annual bike ride, now in its 21st year, has become a key event in the local fundraising calendar with all proceeds going to Les Bourgs Hospice. Last year the event exceeded all expectations, attracting 1050 cyclists – almost double the number compared with previous years – and raising a record £35,000 for the Hospice.
Organisers are keen for people to register in advance to ease queues on the day:
"This is the first year that cyclists can register before the day", commented event organiser Mira Domaille.
"We are delighted with the take up of this new initiative. So far 60 people have already signed up and if the event attracts similar numbers to last year – which we sincerely hope it will – this will save quite a bit of time on the actual day.
"But of course people can still just turn up on the day as they always have. The key thing is to raise as much money as we can for Les Bourgs. The event accommodates cyclists of all ages and abilities. It's a great day out for the whole family as well as attracting 'serious' cyclists."
And cyclists have an additional incentive to raise money. Anyone raising over £100 in sponsorship will be entered into a draw with the chance to win one of two mountain bike generously donated by Ian Brown's Cycle Shop.
This year the bike ride will start from the top of Les Val des Terres in order to avoid the daunting challenge of cycling up the hill at the beginning of the day. The top of the Val Des Terres is for drop off only and parking unfortunately will not be available. For riders not wishing to complete the entire around-the-island circuit, there are two further starting points offering shorter less challenging routes.
The finish remains at North Beach as in previous years.
The event again coincides with the last day of Ian Brown's 30/30 Challenge when cyclists ride for one hour every day for 30 days – also raising money for Les Bourgs Hospice.
Richard Tee, Heritage Group CEO, explains why he was keen for the Group to get involved in the event again:
"Les Bourgs Hospice plays an invaluable role within the Guernsey community. Heritage is delighted to be able to support this event again. The Rock to Rocque Bike Ride has raised significant sums over its 21 year history. I hope that there is a good turn out on the day – it's a great way for people to raise money for such a worthy cause."
Starting points and times:
- 0845 – Park and Ride field at the top of Les Val des Terres
- 0945 – Rocquaine
- 1045 – Grandes Rocques
- All riders should be back at the North Beach by 1500
For online registration www.lesbourgshospice.org.gg/fundraising-events/events/register-for-an-event/ where riders can also download sponsorship forms.
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Aug. 27, 2013) -- When a water pipe burst and destroyed an area of the Installation Management Command Fort Riley, Kansas, garrison headquarters Aug. 19, Soldiers and civilians turned to members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command contracting office for help.
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"The events surrounding this action are typical of all urgent and compelling requirements involving threat to life, health, safety and property," Wild said. "This is a fairly common occurrence for a MICC office following any type of storm, fire or other disasters."
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Oh You Hans - some Devil! Albertsson Leads Trio of 69s Into Match Play Phase of Travis Invitational
To paraphrase the fight song of his beloved alma mater: "Deerfield! Thy son is marching into the weekend's match play phase of the Walter J. Travis Invitational with co-medalist honors, and though the odds maybe great, he'll fight for victory for you, loyal though win or lose." With a sparkling 4-under 69 Deerfield Academy and Wake Forest University's Hans Albertsson joined Nick Gilliam and Steve White at the top of a star-studded championship bracket as a rain softened Garden City Golf Club surrendered 16 sub-par rounds in the stroke play qualifier of the 101st playing of The Grand Old Amateur.
"I had a good ball striking day, and the week of rain let us be a lot more aggressive than normal," explained Albertsson. "You could fly the ball close to pin high and let it stop."
And that's exactly what he did all day long. It was splendid iron play and a hot start that powered Albertsson to his best opening round since he began playing the Travis in 2006. He had five birdies on the day - including three in a row at three, four, and five - yet never saw a birdie putt longer than seven feet. His lone blemish was a three-putt bogey from 40 feet at the par-4 eighth. He re-grouped with birdies on the fiendishly difficult par-4 10th and the par-5 13th, then parred in, basking in a resounding ovation from the ebullient Garden City members as he finished at what golf architect Tom Doak called, "the Greatest Eden hole in the World, and one of the best closing holes on Earth."
But in a testament to the universal respect and admiration the amateur golf world has for the humble Albertsson, his win was not only cheered here at Garden City, where he has been considered by the club as a valuable addition to the tournament as both a player and colleague in golf since his introduction to the tournament by the irrepressible Noel Volpe. His round was also celebrated half a world away, in China, where a small cadre of his friends and friends of the Travis are competing in the International Championship of Country Clubs.
"Wake up!" the message blared at 5:11 a.m. local time to a bleary eyed Eoghan O'Connell and Kevin Hammer, friends of Albertsson their junior golf days. "Hans is co-medalist!"
That woke them up with a thunderclap.
Congratulations poured in moments later, along with good natured ribbing. "Tell him to play that well when we're partners!" quipped O'Connell. Of course, Albertsson spent more time praising the course to the media rather than talking about himself.
"Ever since Noel brought me here, I've been inspired by the devotion the members have toward their wonderful history," a smiling Albertsson confirmed warmly. "The course is wonderful, but the camaraderie of the members and the way they preserve and promote their one-of-a-kind history is refreshing. I look forward to seeing them each year as I do playing in the tournament. It's a blessing."
He should know about blessings. Win or lose this weekend, he'll be experiencing one of life's greatest miracles shortly: his lovely wife Collin is eight months pregnant with their third child, a boy.
His late tee time yesterday also gave him an extra boost - he avoids the number one seed, which has been a graveyard for number one seeds not named David Eger. The last six number one seeds have lost in the first round of the match play phase of the tournament.
Instead, Albertsson landed the three seed, but that brings no consolation as his opponent will be 14th seeded Jon Marsico, a highly touted Travis rookie who fired a 1-under 72. The winner of that match faces the winner of the clash between 6th seeded Greg Stebbins and 11th seeded Joel Lulla, both of whom shot 2-under 71.
Lulla, a TV sports contractual consultant for the Big 12 conference off the golf course, was the 2009 runner up, (losing on the 18th hole to Chris Lange). He hit his first 11 greens in a row en route to a 3-under start, but then the difficult par-3 12th nearly derailed him.
"I hit a 24-degree hybrid into the left front bunker and it buried under the lip. I got it out, but three-putted from 30 feet for double," he explained shaking his head. "And from there I hit it so badly it was unbelievable, but I kept getting up and down." A lob wedge to two feet at 14 got him back to 2-under, and he scrambled into the house frantically from there, rolling in putts from Suffolk County and getting up and down from Queens to secure a spot in the 16-player championship bracket.
The number one seed this year goes to prize Travis rookie Nick Gilliam, a former Hooters Tour player who was recently re-instated as an amateur. He balanced five birdies and an eagle at the short par-5 17th against three bogeys. His round was so mercurial, he went six holes in a row without a par, playing the stretch of Nos. 8-13 birdie - birdie - bogey - birdie - bogey - birdie.
"That's one of the things I love about this course though," he observed candidly. "Rounds swing back and forth incredibly because each hole can be a birdie or a bogey. Take number one," he points out energetically. You can make three or five and the difference between the two is so small. You have to focus on every shot and concentrate only on the shot at hand."
He'll need all the focus he can muster as his quadrant of the draw looks like a Travis all-star team. He opens the match play phase against Ken Bakst, a 16 seed in number only. Not only is Bakst a well-decorated amateur and fierce competitor, but he also gave the golf world Friars Head Golf Club, the Coore and Crenshaw-designed masterpiece far out on Long Island.
The winner of that match faces an equally stiff challenge from whoever wins the 8-9 tussle between defending champion "Big Ben" Hayes and young Irish phenom Eoin O'Connor. Playing together, the pair each carded 2-under 71s.
"We got the Jay Flemma power boost," joked O'Connor. "We were both playing poorly until we ran into you out on the course. Then we started playing well," he finished, laughing.
While your author would love to take credit for being a walking, writing, golfing rabbit's foot to players who meet him mid-round, it was a late rally that propelled Hayes and O'Connor into the championship flight, not my incomparable mojo. (Kidding!! Kidding!!) Hayes birdied four of the last six and O'Connor birdied 14, 16, and 18, including a ridiculous 45-foot bomb at 18 that wound around the green's fiendish contours like a whirling dervish before diving into the cup, triggering a delirious ovation from the gallery. The pair then sat for their media center interview together, fervently praising each other and the club.
"It's such a thrill to return as defending champion because the members make this one of the greatest experiences in all of golf," exclaimed Hayes. "Their energy is so warm and welcoming. They know what they have here and they strive to make this tournament the best experience an amateur could have, and succeed."
He even took a moment to give his home club some love, for all their support. "I have to give credit to everyone at Whisper Rock, which is a terrific place to call home." He even praised several individuals, including our mutual friend and golf buddy Woody Shipley, who he called, "a great golfer and a super-great father."
Still, both the defending champ and the number one seed will have their work cut out for them if they want to advance. Although all four brackets are stacked with talented golfers, theirs is perhaps the toughest, the "Group of Death" as it's called in soccer referring to a group where at least one potential winner will be eliminated early.
"The entire 16-man bracket is a Group of Death!" observed Bakst, and he's right. With cunning Garden City able to rise up at any time and send a player spiraling into a tailspin, the match play is a grueling test of endurance. Experience will count as much as talent and patience more so.
That experience may play to the advantage of two players in particular: Engineer's Club's Ed "Scissorhands" Gibstein and Garden City member Mark Thompson. Both shot 2-under 71s, claiming the fifth and seventh seeds, respectively.
Scissorhands, who earned his nickname by spearheading a much-needed tree-removal campaign at his home course, birdied the first three holes of the day, missing a hole-in-one at the short Redan-ish par-3 second hole by a whisker. "We watched it lip out," he recalled with a pained expression. "But I made the one inch tap-in."
The man who is also called "Gibby" by his friends played solidly until 14, when his swing flaw suddenly resurfaced.
"I've been working on swing changes and it's actually been slow going," he admitted candidly. "I've been flipping my wrists lately, but I had a terrific session on the range today, the best in ages, and I carried it out on the course for 13 holes. Then the flips came back, and I held on for dear life."
"Holding on for dear life" included some fireworks at 17, the short par-5 that the field needs to take advantage of to maintain pace in a tournament of this caliber. After hitting a goofy hook into the third fairway - "the best place to miss," as Scissorhands put it - he laid up with a 5-iron, then got up-and down for a birdie that gave him enough breathing room to enjoy the rest of the day's play without worry. He'll face 12th seed David Hayes, while 4th seeded Scott Osler faces 13th seed Kevin Gai.
Thompson also started with a sizzle, carding consecutive birdies at 4-5-6, leaving himself no more than seven feet for birdie. But Garden City bit back. After a three-putt from 40 feet at the par-5 7th left him at 2-under at the turn, a bogey at 10 and a double at 12 sandwiched a birdie at 11, he was treading water at even par.
"I just tried to remember that I made a lot of good swings all day and very few bad. So I said to myself, 'Don't worry, you're making lots of good swings and there's a lot more golf to be played. Just think about the target on the next shot and the crazy stuff won't sway you.' "
Great advice. Too bad his swing didn't listen. His next shot - his drive on the reachable par-5 13th - was an ugly duck hook left into the deep rough. He could only chip sideways back to the fairway, 260 yards from a green guarded by some of the deepest bunkers on the course.
"So I bashed a 3-wood onto the green and saved par," he remarked evenly, like it was nothing at all. Just another day at Garden City.
He negotiated one last misadventure, a bogey at 15 after, "driving into the little pot bunker that isn't even big enough to fit one angry man and his ball," he grumbled. Now one over, he gave himself one last pep talk. "I knew 16 and 17 are birdie holes so I set that as my goal." He surpassed it, making birdie 16, then eagle at 17 in a display of textbook course management and execution.
Now Thompson will try to become this year's Jed Raynor, the member who made a valiant run to the semi-finals in last year's 100th anniversary. No active Garden City member has won since Billy Edwards in 1970, although Tim Schmitt won in 2004, then became a member afterwards. Thompson will face 10th seed Dan Russo, while 2nd seed Steve White locks horns with 15th seed Hal Berman.
The day saw one more bit of eye-popping drama: the horrible, yet mesmerizing self-immolation of Garden City member, bon vivant, and all-around great guy Billy Kreitsek. I don't know how he offended them, but he did something that made all the Furies of the Golf Gods come riding down on his head on their Steeds of Vengeance. Othello and Hamlet have nothing Billy. Out of contention for the championship flight, but still well within the cut-off to play the weekend, Billy came to the 18th looking to give the large gallery of members and friends a thrill.
What they got was a massacre.
Billy has been fighting a swing flaw too - a much deadlier one than Scissorhands faces.
"I've been taking the club way too far inside and fighting the ____."
You know what word he used there. The dreaded "s-word." Rhymes with rank. "I proceeded to hit four hosel rockets into the water or into John Garcia's backyard," he moaned miserably. "I had already lost two balls, so I was down to my last one."
And here's where the Golf Gods turn the Steeds of Vengeance around and come rumbling back for another pass, shouting, "Get him again! He's still kicking!"
"I sh____ed another one which hit a tree and came back in play, landing a whopping 15 foot off the tee box. But I was blocked out by a tree, and all I could do was hit sideways back onto the tee box," he lamented. "I hit that at least, but then I took out wedge and hit a sixth hosel rocket right into the pond. I would have been lying 10 hitting 11, but I was out of balls in front of everyone, the whole place watching. It was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened in my golf life. I stared with seven balls and lost five on 18, a par 3!"
Still the unsinkable Kreitsek rallied and fervently cheered everyone else home, displaying the trademark selflessness and unquenchable good cheer of everyone at Garden City. He was right there on the patio minutes later, one of Bob the Bartender's world-class Dark and Stormys in hand, roundly applauding the other players as they came up 18, and trading stories with them after they finish. Look on the bright side, though. Now Billy is timeless. We'll always have that tale to tell.
And so the sun went down over the stately Garden City hotel, and the sky deepened to a rich velvety purple, and the stars winked down one by one to shine a little light on Garden City, as though Heaven itself wanted to tip its hat to their warm glow. Soon we'll all return back to our lives - lawyers, money managers, accountants, husbands, dads, family - but for just a few more blessed days, we'll have each other, and together we'll drink deeply from the Well of Life in a far greener country.
Championship Flight
(1) Nick Gilliam vs. (16) Ken Bakst
(8) Ben Hayes vs. (9) Eoin O'Connor
(4) Scott Osler vs. (13) Kevin Gai
(5) Ed "Scissorhands" Gibstein vs. (12) David Hayes
(2) Steve White vs. (15) Hal Berman
(7) Mark Thompson vs. (10) Dan Russo
(3) Hans Albertsson vs. (14) Jon Marsico
(6) Greg Stebbins vs. (11) Joel Lulla
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Where shepherds watched their flocks by night, Jihad Ghalan is struggling to put back together a life all but ruined by a single act of hostility. Two years ago, the 23-year-old Palestinian was a carpenter in Hebron, in the West Bank. He was sitting at home one day, he says, when an Israeli Army patrol came by, forced him from the house and gestured at a Palestinian flag fluttering from a utility pole. "They pointed guns at me and ordered me to climb the pole to take the flag down," he says.
Today, Ghalan's ravaged body exhibits the results of that order. Where his hands once were, two flesh-colored rubber prostheses protrude from his shirt cuffs. Huge swaths of gnarled, scarred flesh run through his hair like firebreaks in a forest. His torso is plaited with welts and scars. "I was electrocuted when I climbed the pole," he says. "The soldiers got nervous and ran away. My neighbors took me to a hospital. My wife has had a great deal of difficulty dealing with this; she could not believe it had happened." Ghalan holds out the mechanized forearms, connected to his body near the elbows. "This surgery was done in Germany, in a clinic near Cologne. I cannot pick up anything more than about two pounds with these."
Last week, Jihad moved from Hebron to Beit Sahur—the Field of Shepherds—about two miles from Manger Square in Bethlehem. There, where tradition says that simple herdsmen saw the star that led them to the birthplace of Christ, the YMCA has opened a rehabilitation and training center for injured teenagers and young adults. "I was a carpenter before this happened; now I have come here to learn a trade," Ghalan says. Close to desperation, he adds, "I hope I can learn a trade."
Three years have now passed since the beginning of the intifada—the rebellion by Palestinians against Israel's 23-year occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It has been a bloody and deadly time for Arab and Israeli alike. With Jewish settlements in areas the Palestinians consider their land, dozens of Israelis have been killed by Palestinians throwing rocks, stones or Molotov cocktails. But, as YMCA officials and Israeli human rights activists point out, the government has exacted a terrible revenge. In three years, they estimate that 50,000 to 90,000 Palestinians have been injured, most of them children, teenagers or young adults, which is no surprise since it is the young who serve as the intifada's frontline troops against the Israelis. More than 700 Palestinians have died at the hands of soldiers or settlers (as well as at least 230 Palestinians killed by other Palestinians). And now, as the Persian Gulf crisis rivets the attention of the world, anger and fear have driven many Palestinians to embrace a dangerous new champion. As one young man, paralyzed on one side of his body by an Israeli Army bullet, exclaims: "Saddam Hussein is the greatest Arab! He will help us."
The calculus of the Arab-Israeli conflict is never simple—and the fear that many Israelis feel is real. Just last week, three Palestinians stabbed six Israeli civilians traveling on a bus near Tel Aviv. Many Israelis grew up listening to Arab heads of state threatening their country—and their lives. "Many Arab leaders used to say they wanted to push the Jews into the sea," says Yuval Ginbar, a spokesman for the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. "When I was a kid, I remember hearing Ramallah Radio, which was in Jordan at the time, saying, 'The fish in the blue Mediterranean are getting ready for the big feast.' For Jews who came back from the Holocaust, this was a real threat."
Even so, some Israeli activists argue that the government's policy of using armed force to stifle dissent in the West Bank has now gone too far. "My father was in Dachau," Ginbar says. "I know that in the aftermath of the Holocaust many people feel we are constantly threatened with annihilation. But that doesn't justify everything we do. We don't need to kill 5-year-old children to survive."
The occupied territories have been at a political flash point for years, and Saddam Hussein has made a blatant bid for Palestinian support by demanding that Israel's presence in the West Bank and Gaza be discussed in any negotiations over Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait. But while adults wage their deadly political feuds, the children of the intifada continue to suffer.
Now that the cold winter winds have begun to blow in the hills of Samaria, Abbas Hamid shelters close to his siblings for warmth in the tent that he shares with his parents and six brothers and sisters. Some nights, if he is lucky, he may even find a place to sleep on the floor of one of the storerooms of a nearby house. "[The Israelis] destroyed my house," the 7-year-old says angrily. "I saw them do it. I hate them for that." According to Abbas's mother, Nazreh, 29, the family's trouble began during a demonstration earlier this year in their village of Silwad. Her brother-in-law threw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli jeep; her husband, the children's father, was present. She claims that no one was injured, although the jeep was destroyed. She admits that the men were guilty; her brother-in-law is now serving a prison term for his actions, and her husband has done his time and been released. But not only the criminals were punished.
"The soldiers came here by surprise, about one o'clock in the afternoon, one day in September," Nazreh Hamid says. "They took the children aside and held them away from the house. Then they dynamited it." Nazreh's brother-in-law's house, a few feet away, was also blown up. The children, ages 1 through 12, live in a tent provided by the Red Cross. As he surveys the ruins of his family's life with his 7-year-old eyes, Abbas expresses a sentiment all too common among the children of the West Bank. "I wish I were older," he says. "Then I could fight them."
Outside her home in East Jerusalem, Arine Dweikat cringes at the approach of strangers. As her mouth trembles and she bursts into tears, one can see more clearly the concave depression in her cheek, spreading down from the ugly purple scar that cuts across the flesh. She is just 18 months old, but she already knows how violent life can be. "She was outside, playing with the other children in the neighborhood," her father, Awami, 26, explains. "Some police went by; they said later that they were chasing demonstrators. Suddenly she was hit with a plastic bullet.
"I am a nurse at Al-Makassed Hospital, on the Mount of Olives; the neighbors brought the child there, and I was there when she came in. The bullet had gone through her cheek and come to rest in her mouth. It made a hole about three-quarters of an inch long and an inch and one-quarter wide." Plastic surgeons worked to repair the damage; with luck, they say, the child may grow to have a near-normal smile and a scar that will be hardly noticeable. But her inner wounds, and her nervousness around strangers, may take longer to heal. "After a while," Awami says, "an officer came by, and the neighbors said to him, 'This is terrible. You're shooting children.' He said, 'What can we do? We have to protect ourselves.' "
Like most professional military and police organizations, the Israeli Defense Forces and police have strict rules against using weapons when innocent bystanders might be injured. The number of Palestinian fatalities in the occupied territories has dropped significantly—from about 40 a month last year to around five per month this year. But Palestinians in the West Bank argue that soldiers tend to shoot first and ask questions later where Arab lives are concerned. Investigations into shootings of Palestinians are not common, and punishment of soldiers is rare. "There are regulations against shooting at children under 14, practically at all costs," says Ginbar, himself a reserve sergeant in the IDF. "But we have heard of very many cases where children were shot. It is not enough to say that it was not done intentionally. We must see to it that it is intentionally not done."
For generations, some West Bank Palestinians have cultivated a family connection with the U.S. They come to this country, find jobs or set up shops, and send money back to support their families. Many of them are U.S. citizens who commute between their new homes and their old ones.
Nasser Salah is 15. In the normal course of events, he might have been expected to go to the U.S. someday, like his father, who has a grocery store in Miami, or his grandfather, who was a grocer in Brooklyn. But on May 15, 1989, Nasser was standing just outside his house in the village of El-Bireh. Some of the local children, as they often did, had started an anti-Israeli demonstration in the neighborhood. They chanted and waved Palestinian flags—both illegal activities under the occupation. An Israeli patrol appeared, and Nasser ran toward his home. He was shot in the back.
"They didn't speak, they just began firing," he says. "I was hit twice. One bullet was removed, but the other is still in my spine. Some people took me to the hospital in Ramallah." The results of the shooting are evident: the muscle of the boy's right thigh has atrophied to about half the size of the left. Nasser uses crutches and his good left leg to move; the right scuffs, heavy and useless, against the floor. He has been to specialists in Miami and Columbus, Ohio; they hold out little hope that he will ever regain the use of his leg. "One of them said that he could operate, and there was some chance of improvement, but the bullet was so close to the spine that the other leg might end up paralyzed," Nasser explains. He and his family decided not to risk it.
As he tells his story, Nasser sits inside his parents' house; it is illegal for him or any other resident of this section of El-Bireh to go outside, since the village is under curfew. A week before, an Israeli settler was stoned and seriously injured by youths from the village. Now only soldiers are allowed in the area.
Many of the Palestinian teenagers who are wounded have indeed been involved in antigovernment demonstrations. But being maimed or paralyzed for life is a high price to pay for raising a flag or even throwing a rock. It is a yet higher price to pay for simply going about the normal business of living. "I was 15 years old in 1988," Samar Barsar says. "I went to the town of Bethlehem with my father to shop for vegetables. A demonstration broke out, and the soldiers started shooting sporadically. I didn't expect to be hit." But a plastic bullet smashed into Samar's right eye, destroying it. She still lives near Bethlehem, but given the chance, she would leave. "I would like to go abroad to have my eye looked at, and maybe have surgery," she says—although doctors removed her shattered eyeball two years ago and replaced it with a glass eye. "And I'd like to continue my studies."
Like Nasser and Jihad, Samar is receiving psychological counseling through the YMCA at its center at Beit Sahur. She is enrolled in a high school; the two young men have begun vocational training. "We are able to take 120 people at a time, in our vocational training programs, our outreach program and our counseling program," says Maida Habash, a YMCA official. "The need is much greater than that, but we must make a start." The young people who pass through the center—all aged 15 and up—have already lost limbs, eyes, hands or mobility; the challenge now is to make sure they do not lose hope as well. "For most of them, we can find some trade they can do well, despite their handicaps," Habash says. "Carpentry, upholstery, computers. The important thing is to prepare them for the future."
That is a daunting proposition in a place where the future brings dread more often than hope, and the past is a wound that will not be healed.
For Whom Does the Bell Toll? The Children of the West Bank
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•originally published 12/17/1990 AT 01:00 AM EST


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When it comes to taxpayer money, Potter County commissioners shouldn't delay the inevitable any longer.
Commissioners voted 4-0 with one abstention Monday to refund $127,461 in tax overpayments.
The refunds were due primarily to local businesses.
One such business had paid its taxes twice and received $122,308.
Commissioner Iris Lawrence abstained from the vote, citing her preference to wait for the results of an ongoing investigation into the county tax assessor-collector's office before approving any tax refunds.
Lawrence's abstention is understandable, but the county must ensure the proper allocation of taxpayer money, which is the crux of the investigation.
State and county officials are conducting an investigation regarding a bag containing $93,000 found in the tax assessor-collector's office.
Tax Assessor-Collector Danny Messer said the bag contained unprocessed tax overpayments.
While the investigation continues, the county should not forestall tax refunds to taxpayers who paid more than their fair share.
This only compounds the county's image problem and increases the difficulty of maintaining the integrity of the tax assessor-collector's office.
The investigation merely is a symptom of a larger problem, specifically an illogical state law permitting counties to keep tax overpayments unless a taxpayer requests a refund.
However, this is an issue that should be addressed at the state level in the future.
If the investigation concludes or confirms improper or illegal activities by county officials, then the law should run its course.
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He had battled Hodgkin's disease a decade earlier, so when Neil Cavuto began experiencing odd symptoms during the summer of 1997, he feared the worst. "I was stumbling and falling," the Fox News Channel anchor recalls. "I would wake up prickly. My legs felt like stilts." But the problem wasn't cancer. The diagnosis: multiple sclerosis, a degenerative neurological disease that has no known cure. "For three or four days I was silent," says Cavuto, now 43. "I didn't want to talk to anyone. I was very angry at the world. What the hell did I do? Was I a Nazi storm trooper in a prior life?"
When the self-pity passed, he vowed to deal with this illness differently. In 1987, shortly after landing a TV position in New York City, he endured a punishing year of chemotherapy and radiation in secrecy. "I was paranoid that I'd lose my job," he says. "I was a basket case." This time he told his bosses—as well as the viewers of his Fox News show, Your World with Neil Cavuto. With this openness came a healthier attitude. "It sucks, but life doesn't suck," he says. "You can look see blind spots. My hand would feel at the bad news and forget the good or you can balance them."
Cavuto tries to bring the same optimism to his 6-year-old daily financial news program, now the No. 1 business show on cable. "When I tell you about the nine companies that are under investigation," he says, "I also tell you about the 9,000 that are not. I try to look at the half-full glass, maybe because of my illness." Not that he has become soft. Cavuto may be "the nicest man you've ever met in television," says Fox News host Sean Hannity, but he's also a "fearless interviewer." Fellow Fox anchor Brit Hume agrees: "He can be aggressive without seeming to be rude. It makes it harder to duck the questions."
Often those questions are delivered while Cavuto is in pain. "When it's really bad, my shoulders can't move, my head is spinning, I can't feel my arms or my legs," he says. But he manages to hide his suffering. "He would never let on that anything is bothering him," says pal Mark Neschis, a public relations executive and former CNBC producer. On air, Cavuto will mention his MS if it's relevant, but he refuses to be a poster boy for the disease. "I'm not a cause and I'm not a statement," says Cavuto. "I want to be judged on what I do, not the disease I have."
What he does best he started doing as a 12-year-old kid, interviewing his family every Christmas. "He would go around the room with a tape recorder," says his wife of 19 years, Mary, 42, a homemaker. "The famous question was, 'What's the mood here?' He still continues to this day. He still asks about the mood." In those days, the shy Cavuto—the third of four children of Pat, a can company sales exec who died of a heart attack in 1992, and Kathleen, a United Nations staffer-turned-homemaker who died of a brain tumor in 1987—was planning to be a priest. But his passion for business and politics soon won out. "I remember being glued to the television watching the Watergate hearings," says the Westbury, N.Y., native. "My father would say, 'Go out and play baseball.' "
In 1980 he graduated with a journalism degree from St. Bonaventure University near Buffalo—where he met Mary, who worked with him at the school newspaper—and took a job at Investment Age magazine in Washington, D.C. When he decided to switch to TV in 1982, he had an inauspicious start: as weekend anchor for WCAX in Burlington, Vt. "I would drone on and on," he says. But dogged practice finally led to a plum post at CNBC in 1989, hosting Market Wrap and reporting for NBC's Today Show. When he left seven years later to join Fox's start-up news channel, his workmates thought he was mad. To him, the move made perfect sense: After his bout with Hodgkin's, which has been in remission since 1988, he was willing to take a risk. "Having a disease makes you crazy, and I like that," says Cavuto. "I'm not afraid of making a bad move because the worst that can happen is you get fired or you do horribly."
So much for reordering your priorities and taking it easy. "Neil is 100 percent the opposite of that," says Mary. "If anything, he goes in to work more now." When they can get away from their Chester, N.J., home, Cavuto and Mary take their daughter Tara, 17, somewhere cold (Alaska, Canada and Maine so far) because heat seems to exacerbate his MS symptoms. Mary jokes that next year "it will be an underground cave"-and Cavuto shoots back, "Don't knock it till you try it." After all, he doesn't know when his MS will disable him, so for now, "I want to go for all the gusto I can," he says. "I'm more impatient and neurotic than ever."
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Josh Boyce on returning kicks: 'I think I'm pretty good for it'
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FOXBORO — For players not assured a roster spot on the final 53-man roster, it's all about standing out and showing the value you can add to the team.
With a number of players battling at the wide receiver position, second-year pass catcher Josh Boyce has been getting a significant number of reps returning kicks this summer. This could potentially be a way for him to earn his way onto the team.
"I have a little speed, quickness — you have to see where you are going. I think I'm pretty good for it," Boyce said.
The fourth-round pick out of TCU in 2013 returned nine kicks last season for 214 yards — it's something he's done since high school.
"I've been doing it for awhile now, if you go back to high school and college," he said. "So I'm pretty comfortable and I like the ball in my hands trying to make something happen."
There is a fierce competition at wide receiver with roughly 10 players competing for spots on the team. Carrying 10 receivers is out of the question — in the past the Patriots have gone with five or six. As with any position there are sure to be cuts.
Having a number of players at the position has only made each player better during training camp as competition brings out the best in everyone.
"We all push each other," Boyce said. "We know it's a competition, but at the end of the day we're receivers as a group, so we always push each other and work with each other at the end of the day."
In last week's preseason game against Washington, Boyce caught three passes for 30 yards. Besides a critical false start on a third-down play, he felt he had a good game.
"I think I did pretty good — I mean I had the offsides – that was one thing," said Boyce. "Other than that, I think I had a pretty good game and just [learned] from the mistakes that I had and built on that."
With Aug. 30 being the day teams have to get down to a 53-man roster, opportunities are becoming limited for players to show what value they can bring to the team.
For Boyce, showing what he can do returning kicks could be that value as the team lost its main kick returner towards the end of last season when LaGarrette Blount went to the Steelers during free agency.
"Just another chance to get better and work on my craft," Boyce said when asked about Friday's game. "Just execute the plays they give and try and do the best I can."
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