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I wish I could stick to one hobby.
The world just has too many things that are interesting. I tend to see something and become fascinated by it, and suddenly, most of my non-work thoughts focus on it like a puppy with a chew-bone.
I've spent months reading about digital cameras. Web-surfing for computer equipment. Amazoning for books on Christianity and history. I've lusted after model trains on eBay and at hobby shops. Then there are miniature soldiers. Beatles memorabilia.
In 2006, I let another pursuit grab me.
This time it's a combination of the history of printing, illuminated manuscripts and old Bibles - really old.
The seed was planted when I visited an exhibit of historic Bibles in Florida in 2006. (See www.inkandblood.com if you want to chance getting hooked yourself). The traveling show included a working replica of Johann Gutenberg's printing press - you know, the one that printed the first European book using movable type.
An art teacher friend and I each bought a document that had been printed recently on that press. Each big sheet of paper included a facsimile page of Latin from the Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed with the German's new method, and a reproduction of the title page of "The Booke of Psalmes" from the first King James Bible.
The original Gutenberg was printed in 1455 in Mainz, Germany, the KJ in 1611 in London.
A few months later, I strolled into G. Robinson Old Prints and Maps in Taos, N.M., to see if they had any maps of the Texas Panhandle. I still have an appetite for material relating to this area around 1900, but the map store also had older things, including poster-size, detailed engravings of biblical scenes. Covens and Mortier printed them in Amsterdam in 1732. For $20 each, I bought a couple.
Then I saw smaller biblical engravings, maybe 3 by 4 inches, by Bernard Salomon, published in Lyon, France, in 1563. More than 400 years old? For $25, I had to have one.
Once home, I ordered "The Book: A History of the Bible," Christopher de Hamel's chronicle of how the Scripture has been presented to us from Jerome's handwritten Latin in the 380s to Wycliffe's first English New Testament in 1385 (also hand-written) to Gutenberg's first printed Bible (you can buy a single Gutenberg page at www.greatsite.com online for $79,000) to the famous Authorized Version, or King James, of 1611 (one page: at least $300).
Back in Taos this summer and better educated, the documents for sale - or just to look at - mesmerized me even more. I could hold a little piece of vellum (thin animal skin used like paper) with parts of Psalms 49-50 in Latin, done by hand in brown ink, with large initial letters embellished in gold leaf. It was created in France around 1450. That's 40 years before Columbus discovered America!
The oldest item in the store was another illuminated manuscript, about 4 by 6 inches, done in darker ink with delicate blue and red decorations in the margins. The Latin text of Mark 13-14 was the equivalent of 6-point type - much smaller than you're reading now - and again, written by hand. In Paris. Around 1250!
Maybe that doesn't stir you, but it amazes me to have a direct connection by touch with something a real Frenchman painstakingly worked on in medieval times - almost 800 years ago. It's nothing for a historian, but for a West Texas boy, it's astonishing.
Underscored in the history of writing and printing is the importance of the Bible, from the first century Greek and Hebrew to 1,000 years of Latin to Wycliffe's and Tyndale's English to Luther's German to Eliot's Algonquin Indian. For 1,900 years, it has been the most significant and most sought book in Western civilization.
My current obsession does little to advance the Christian message, of course; it's just a hobby, only tangentially connected to the work of the church. But I suppose it's more likely than a model railroad to lead to a conversation about Jesus.
Mike Haynes teaches journalism at Amarillo College. He can be reached at AC, the Amarillo Globe-News or email@example.com. Go to www.haynes column.blogspot.com for other recent columns.
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Jerry Anthony "Tony" Miller, 50, of Amarillo died Saturday, April 12, 2003.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Mark Cattau, pastor, and the Rev. Brian Hesse, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at 4:30 p.m. in Clara Cemetery of Clara with Dr. Robert Holaday, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church at Clara, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.
Mr. Miller was born in Portsmouth, Va., to Jerry J. and Arnelda Miller. He had lived in Amarillo since 1963. He graduated from Amarillo High School in 1972. He had been an ironworker for Zachry Construction.
He was a veteran in the U.S. Naval Reserves. He loved to ride snowmobiles and boats. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. He married Lorna Anne Groom on Sept. 9, 1989, in Amarillo.
The family would like to thank Dr. Reid, Becky, Marilyn and the Crown of Texas Hospice Staff.
He was preceded in death by his mother.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Anastasia Miller of Amarillo; two sons, Stefan Miller and Christian "Nate" Miller, both of Amarillo; his father and stepmother, Jerry J. Miller and Barbara of Amarillo; a brother, Kurt Miller of Amarillo; three sisters, Valerie Harston and husband, Mark, Leslie Tuckness and husband, Bryan, and Jennifer Siess, all of Amarillo; a stepsister, Christine Otterness and husband, Brian, of Amarillo; a mother-in-law, Anne Kachiros of Bay City, Mich.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101; or to Trinity Lutheran Church School, 5005 W. Interstate 40, Amarillo, TX 79106.
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The Crowley Professional Women's Club and the 2010 Miss Crowley Pageant Chairperson, Elizabeth Lawson Monk, are pleased to announce that preparations have begun for the 2010 Miss, Teen and Junior Miss Crowley Pageants.
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The members of the Crowley Professional Women's Club would like to extend an invitation to young ladies to participate. To be eligible to compete for the title of Junior Miss Crowley, you must be between the ages of 12 and 14 on the date of the pageant and to compete for Teen Miss Crowley, you must be between the ages of 15 and 16 on the date of the pageant.
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Naypyidaw's leading peace negotiator is scheduled to hold informal talks with a senior member of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on Friday amid ongoing fighting between Kachin and government troops in northern Burma.
Railways Minister Aung Min, who is a vice chairman of the government's newly formed Union Peacemaking Working Committee, will travel to Maijayang, Kachin State, for tomorrow's talks with a delegation led by Maj-Gen Sumlut Gun Maw, the KIA's vice chief of staff, according to sources from both sides of the negotiations.
Aung Min is expected to be accompanied by executive members of Myanmar Egress, an NGO close to the Burmese government, while on the Kachin side, Col Ji Nong and Col Zaw Tong of the KIA's War Office will also be present at the talks.
The meeting will be the second between Aung Min and Gun Maw in less than two weeks, and is seen as a significant step toward ending almost a full year of fighting following the breakdown of a 17-year-old ceasefire agreement last June. The two last met in Thailand's Chiang Rai Province on May 21.
Although government and KIA officials say they are hopeful they can reach an agreement, there have been reports in recent days that the conflict has spread to the well-known jade mining center of Hpakant.
According to the Kachin Development Network Group, fresh skirmishes broke out on Monday and Tuesday around Hpakant, from which mining companies have been ordered by the Ministry of Mines to withdraw by Thursday. The latest clashes have also displaced more than 100 people, the group said.
Sources in Hpakant said that the government army has also started to mobilize troops from Light Infantry Division 11 in the area, which has been key source of revenue for the KIA since the collapse of the ceasefire last year.
Hpakant and the surrounding area is under the control of KIA Brigade 6. Last year, the KIA's political wing, the Kachin Independence Organization, decided to resume collecting taxes from mining companies in the area as a way of financing its military operations.
The escalation of the conflict comes less than a month after the formation on May 3 of a new government peace-negotiating team led by President Thein Sein. The new lineup consists of a working committee and a central committee that includes Thein Sein and Burma's military chief, Vice Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
The new peacemaking committees were formed shortly after a visit to Norway and Switzerland by Aung Min in April. Norway is a key foreign player in Burma's peace process, as Olso has reportedly provided millions of dollars to fund efforts to end the country's internal conflicts.
Aung Min is tipped by political observers in Rangoon to become the minister of the president's office in a coming government reshuffle, giving him more authority and responsibility to handle matters such as meetings with ethnic armed groups on behalf of the president.
However, ethnic sources say they have been put off by Aung Min's attempts to reach "snap" peace agreements during meetings. Karen and Karenni leaders said they were surprised when the minister urged them to sign ceasefire agreements without giving them enough time for further discussions.
Another difficulty facing the ceasefire talks is the fundamental difference in thinking between government negotiators and ethnic leaders. The former have repeatedly insisted that economic development is the key to lasting peace, while latter continue to call for autonomy and a real federal union.
The ethnic cleansing war against the Kachins by the Burmese army has been going on for a year with more than 70,000 refugees strewn all over the conflict area. The deafening silence against this atrocity by the majority mainlanders is telling. Even the iconic Aung San Suu Kyi has not been a beacon when it comes to the Kachins. As a darling of the international community she could have shone more light into this dark corner.
That the Kachins have managed to staunch the massive onslaught of the mighty Burmese army is a tribute to the fighting prowess as well as the unity of the people as a whole. Thein Sein government has no intention and even less power, to build a lasting peace with the ethnic minorities.
Inspite of all the superficial changes happening at breakneck speed in Burma, if one digs a little deeper, Than Shwe and co are still running the show for their own ends.


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LOS ANGELES -- USC quarterback Matt Barkley will hold a news conference Thursday afternoon at Heritage Hall to announce whether he will stay for his senior year or leave school early for the NFL draft.
Barkley vaulted himself into the Heisman Trophy race and USC into the top five of The Associated Press Top 25 toward the end of this season as he threw for 3,528 yards and 39 touchdowns with only seven interceptions. He came on strong after Oct. 1, completing 207 of 297 passes for 2,409 yards and 29 touchdowns, with only four interceptions, and he rushed for two scores. During that eight-game stretch to finish the season, USC was 7-1 and averaged 39.8 points per game.
Barkley is the last of four players on USC's 10-2 team to decide his future. Defensive end Nick Perry and offensive tackle Matt Kalil announced last week that they would enter the NFL draft, while safety T.J. McDonald announced Wednesday that he would be returning to school.
Those looking for a clue to Barkey's decision, based on the location of the announcement, will be hard-pressed to find one. Heritage Hall is where Matt Leinart announced he would return for a fifth year after he had already won back-to-back AP national championships and a Heisman Trophy, and it is also the same building Mark Sanchez announced he would leave school early after only starting 16 games at quarterback for USC.
Before making his decision, Barkley said he would speak to Leinart and Sanchez as well as Carson Palmer, Andrew Luck and others who had to make a similar decision before their senior years.
"I think finishing out on a good note here at USC was something I wanted to do, and now that we've done that, there's a chance for my future to be financially secure, to move on," Barkley said earlier this month. "There's a couple reasons, but it almost seems like the reasons to stay might outweigh those, with all the guys coming back. Both sides, I look at it and it almost seems too good to be true."
Leinart weighed in Thursday on what he thinks Barkley will do.
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Arash Markazi is a reporter and columnist for ESPNLosAngeles.com.


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Gourmet, New York, Calabrese pizzas planned for Al Calderone Club in Shorewood
The family that founded the Calderone Club restaurants now plans to open a pizza takeout and delivery restaurant in Shorewood, offering different types of pizzas -- including the family matriarch's Calabrese-style pie.
It will be called Al Calderone Club, which was the name of the original restaurant on the east side, started in the mid-1970s at N. Bartlett and E. Bradford avenues. It's a tribute to the family patriarch, Antonio Fazzari, who died in September, said his son Carmelo. Carmelo Fazzari operates the Calderone Club in Fox Point; brother Gino operates the Calderone Club downtown. »Read Full Blog Post
Darkness over the top - but in a good way
Justin Hawkins, frontman for British band The Darkness, had some choice words to say in a Journal Sentinel interview for those who think his glam rock group is a joke.
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Fitzwater brings Piaf alive in Skylight's 'Onstage'
The music and life story of popular French singer Edith Piaf get under one's skin.
Singer-actress Leslie Fitzwater, who has brought Piaf to the stage several times over the course of her career, opened her one-woman "Edith Piaf Onstage" at the Skylight Music Theatre on Friday evening. »Read Full Article
First Stage's ambitious 'Promised Land' is a dream deferred
Ruth, an African-American girl in her early teens, is lost. Her father is long gone. Her overworked mother is rarely around. Her beloved brother is dead. It's 1969, and, while Ruth should be in school, she is watching TV instead.
In "To the Promised Land" - unveiled by First Stage Children's Theater on Friday night - playwright Jonathan Gillard Daly links Ruth's struggles with another coming-of-age story that unfolded in Milwaukee, where a young Golda Meir underwent her own journey of self-discovery. Daly places both girls in the same house on Walnut St., nearly 60 years apart. »Read Full Article


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John Hiatt to play Pabst Theater Aug. 26
Few singer-songwriters tell stories better - or seem to have a better time telling them - than John Hiatt. And he sure seems to love telling them in Milwaukee.
A frequent visitor here - often in recent years with fellow songsmith Lyle Lovett - Hiatt brings his band, The Combo, to the Pabst Theater Aug. 26 for an 8 p.m. show. »Read Full Article
Comedian Ron White coming to Riverside
"Blue Collar Comedy" star Ron White is returning to the Riverside Theater April 12.
Last time White was in town was February 2012, when he performed stand-up at a sold-out Riverside. That's a typical accomplishment for White: he's sold more than 10 million CDs and DVDs and has been one of the top three grossing touring comedians in the U.S. over the past five years. »Read Full Article
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"Finding Mr. Right" (4:30 p.m., Downer Theatre) is a Chinese "Sleepless in Seattle"-type tale about a spoiled and shallow woman who, when she becomes pregnant, is sent to America, where she clashes - and falls in love - with a sensitive single dad who is her opposite. »Read Full Blog Post


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Cicero Orthodox Church celebrates 20 year anniversary of Miraculous Weeping Icon of the Virgin Mary
Weeping Icon symbolizes the suffering of Christians in the Holy Land, Pastor of Church says
By Ray Hanania
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago's west suburb of Cicero will hold a special service on Tuesday April 22 to honor the 20th anniversary of the discovery of a weeping icon of the Virgin Mary that has come to be known officially as "The Miraculous Lady of Cicero, Illinois."
Archpriest Nicholas Dahdal, the pastor of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, will join other clergy, hierarchy and the faithful at a celebration of the anniversary to be held on Tuesday April 22, which is the 3rd Day of Pascha, called "Bright Tuesday" beginning at 6:30 pm at the church, 1220 S. 60th Court in Cicero, Illinois.
Economos Dahdal said that His Grace Bishop Anthony of Toledo and the Midwest Diocese of the Antiochian Orthodox church will preside over the commemoration.
On April 22, 1994, parishioners witnessed tears shedding from the eyes of The Icon of the Theotokos on the Church's Iconostasis. His Eminence the late Metropolitan Philip Saliba, who only last month passed away, formally declared the weeping icon a miracle and named it "The Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Cicero."
The miracle began as just an ordinary day. The congregation was engaged in the traditional Lenten chanting at St. George Church as Father Dahdal was preparing for the Friday evening services. Also visiting at the time was Father Douglas Wyper. Dahdal, Wyper and other parishioners at the church noticed that an Icon of the Virgin Mary had what appeared to be streaks coming from the Icon's eyes. By the stroke of midnight at the church, the witnesses saw four streams of tears flowing down the icon that continued to the bottom of the icon itself.
In the 20 years since, more than 1 million visitors from around the world have traveled to the community of Cicero, Illinois in the United States, to visit St. George Antiochian Church and to view the Weeping Icon which is on continuous display for public viewing. Many people who came to the church with their ailing family members claimed that they experienced miracles as their family members were healed.
In interviews with the news media, Dahdal said that visitors came from as far away as Finland, the Philippines and from countries in the Middle East. St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church boosts having the largest congregation of American Arab Christians mainly of Palestinian, Jordanian, Syrian and Lebanese heritage.
"They have come from everywhere. We get people that come by the church every single day from everywhere to visit the church and see the icon which is on public display," Dahldal said.
The church began distributing cotton swabs dipped in oil that has been mixed with the tearing that flowed over the icon. More than 100,000 cotton swabs were distributed in the two months after the Miracle was witnessed. More than 1,000 churches received little bottles of oil mixed with the tears that are used in healing services all over the United States.
"We feel very blessed here especially because we have been able to accommodate all these people. The church became the center of Orthodoxy because of the Weeping Icon. We do so many services for the Orthodoxy here. Many Christians come here to be married here because of the Icon," Dahdal said.
Dahdal said that in particular, many Hispanics come to the church.
"It has been very attractive to Hispanics and I think that is because Hispanics are very attached to the image and love for the Virgin Mary. They have a great devotion to the Mother of God and because of course we have a large Hispanic population here and they are very devoted," Dahdal said.
Asked about the meaning of the Weeping Icon, Father Dahdal said it is up to each individual and driven by their faith.
"Honestly, I don't have one answer to what the meaning is. It depends on who you talk to. Some people think it is a joyous occasion. Some people think it is a tragic experience," Dahdal said.
"As a Palestinian Christian, I personally view it as a sign to the world to help protect the presence of Christianity in the Holy Land. The Christians are disappearing from the Holy Land. That is the and where the Virgin Mary lived. That is where Christ came. And the plight of Christians has been ignored in that particular place in the world."
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church was officially re-located in the Town of Cicero on May 1, 1984 after having been founded in 1966 in Oak Park. It has always been one of the region's leading Antiochian Orthodox Christian Churches with a congregation that boasts more than 1,500 families, mostly American Arab. Father Dahdal originates from the only remaining all-Christian village in Palestine, Taybeh, located in the West Bank. Services are held in English and in Arabic at the Church.
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Ray Hanania is the Managing Writer of the Arab Daily News online news site. He is an award winning former Chicago City Hall political reporter and columnist who covered the beat from 1976 through 1992 (Mayor Daley to Mayor Daley). Hanania loves to write about American Arabs in politics, and focuses on Arab life in America.
Palestinian, American Arab and Christian, Hanania's parents originate from Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Hanania began in journalism as an activist publishing Chicago's first English-language American Arab Newspaper "The Middle Eastern Voice" from 1975 through 1977. In 1976, he was hired by the Chicago community newspaper The Southtown Economist (Daily Southtown) and in 1985 was hired by the Chicago Sun-Times and covered Chicago City Hall for both. In 1993, he launched the "The Villager" Newspapers which covered 12 Southwest Chicagoland suburban regions.In 2004, he published "The National Arab American Times" monthly newspaper which was distributed through 12,500 Middle East ethnic food stores in 48 American States.
Hanania is the recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club "Peter Lisagor Awards" for Column writing. In November 2006, he was named "Best Ethnic American Columnist" by the New American Media;In 2009, he received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is the recipient of the MT Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award. Hanania has also received two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild, and in 1990 was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.
Hanania's writings have been published in newspapers around the world. Syndicated by Creators Syndicate, Hanania also writes for Al Jazeera English. Hanania has written for the Jerusalem Post, YNetNews.com, Arab News, Saudi Gazette, Newsday in New York, the Orlando Sentinel, the Houston Chronicle, The Daily Star, the News of the World, the Daily Yomimuri in Tokyo, Chicago Magazine, the Arlington Heights Daily Herald, and Aramco Magazine. His political columns are published in the Southwest News-Herald and Des Plaines Valley News, Regional News and Palos Reporter newspapers in Chicagoland. Hanania is the President/CEO of Urban Strategies Group media and public affairs consulting which has clients in Illinois, Florida, Michigan and Washington D.C.
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Q: What is the unmet need that you seek to address through new mentoring efforts and how is this related to larger goals and ambitions for advancing your regional innovation ecosystem?
A: Western Massachusetts faces a unique problem: while home to a host of high-end technology innovators, the economy is small enough that the relative dearth of new talent is creating a vacuum in the local tech industry.
While the Pioneer Valley in particular is home to a variety of educational institutions, including the Five College Consortium, a flagship research university, two Seven Sisters women's colleges, and a host of community colleges, the lack of practical development experience that undergraduates entering the workforce presents a problem that New England Regional Developers, Inc, believes can be solved with the mentoring program outlined here.
The mentoring efforts work to provide additional training for web development on both a practical and business level, both by providing a network of training and events in the form of camps and summits, specific classes, and boundless opportunities for networking and establishing professional relationships. In addition to filling an existing need for mid-level professional development opportunities, the NERD Community of Western Massachusetts brings in further opportunities to grow the economy of Western Mass—and thus attract more of the talent needed to sustain the mentoring network. Our network helps participants create successful sole proprietorships or join existing firms. A community which is healthy and active in these ways effectively trains, supports and advances itself.
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In addition, we broaden the appeal of the existing local groups, camps and summits to include digital work of all types. Currently, for example, our vision for NERD Summit includes engaging attendees in a multitude of new ways outside of typical programming camp content: business strategy seminars, workflow process trainings, social media and content strategy sessions, graphic design panels, Q & A panels with a range of professionals working in digital creative, and catered networking events.
Q: How do these new efforts and your approach to mentoring differ from and/or complement any other resources or activities currently taking place or planned within your organization or the broader region?
A: There currently is not another organized initiative for mentoring the web development profession in this area. Our efforts and approach complement and advance existing meetups and summits to better them as learning events. The New England region hosts several programming-centric camps and meetups every year, but none cover the breadth of topics that the NERD Summit plans.
Q: How do you evaluate the success of these efforts? What metrics do you track to assess outcomes?
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For our events, we track the number of presentations given, event sponsorships and attendees as well make available surveys in two forms: paper/pencil, and interactive surveys, accessible via a laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
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I noticed that some MFC users had unfriended me yesterday although I was unsure why it didn't bother me too much however, I have had a shitty day and when logged onto MFC earlier I found one of posts has mysteriously been deleted. It's safe to say I am pissed off right now because I have never posted anything offensive nor have I insulted anyone. I only joined the site because I'm a movie addict and I liked the website. However it feels like I'm not welcome on here among some users. I don't want to embarrass anyone so I'm not going to name names but I would have hoped that if I had unintentionally offended anybody they would let me know and we could resolve it properly. If someone didn't like me or what I was posting why would they 'friend' me in the first place then block me? I don't want to sound whiny but I probably do, so I'll stop my ranting here.
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Haha you know what, this wouldnt be too bad, just imagine, a gay love story of a vampire and a werewolf. Besides, Bella accounts for 87% of what;s shitty about Twilight
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team...brokeback? haha
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ha ha
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Nobody ever told me.....I had to hear it from a shirt.....
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I love Wash!
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If I could've had one thing in my stocking, it would be this.
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omg haha this is hysterical
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Okay Billy.,.. now we're going to see why I'm called the Man of Steel...
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1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Godfather
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Shawshank is a solid #1
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E.Q. Nicholson was a gifted designer who for some fifteen years in mid-career produced a distinctive group of paintings and collages. These show a strong interest in subject, colour, pattern, texture, reflection and the fall of light. In this painting, with its double transparency, the syncopated pattern is of a fabric designed by her brother-in-law, Ben Nicholson. Other subjects of her paintings include plants, landscape and kitchen still life. E.Q. Nicholson's interest in the beauty of everyday objects, and in the animation of spots, stripes and visual rhymes, associates her work readily with that of the Nicholson family as a whole. So too does an implicit humour in both her painting and her applied art.
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What: The Hampton Park loop will be closed to motor vehicle traffic to allow people to skate, bike, jog or walk around the loop.
When: 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays
Where: Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Drive, downtown Charleston
Charleston Jazz Festival
What: The Lowcountry Jazz Festival is a three-night festival that will feature a variety of jazz musicians.
When: 6 p.m. Aug. 28, 29, 30
Where: North Charleston Coliseum Performing Arts Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston
Price: $65-$80
Tequila Thursdays
What: SOL Southwest Kitchen and Tequila Bar offers tequila tastings and flights with the chance to win a bar stocked with $500 worth of tequila.
When: 6-8 p.m. Thursdays
Where: SOL Southwest Kitchen and Tequila Bar, 1101 Stockade Lane, Mount Pleasant
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What: Will feature yoga class, live music, a fashion show, food, drinks and more.
When: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 28
Where: Charleston Visitor Center Bus Shed, 375 Meeting St., downtown Charleston
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Callie's Biscuits Cooking
What: Learn recipes from Chef Carrie Morey, the driving force behind Callie's Biscuits. Enjoy a four course meal, paired with drinks and wine. Call for reservations
When: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 28
Where: Coastal Cupboard, 644 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant
Price: $60
'Doo Wops'
What: 34 West Theatre presents "Doo Wops and Beauty Shops," an original musical comedy.
When: 8 p.m. Aug. 28, daily times vary through Sept. 30
Where: 34 West Theater Co., 200 Meeting St., Charleston
Price: $25
'The Exonerated'
What: "The Exonerated" tells the stories of six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row through first-person monologues and scenes, set in courtrooms and prisons.
When: 8 p.m. Aug. 28
Where: The Charleston Acting Studio, Home of Midtown Productions, 915 Folly Road, Charleston
Price: $20
Dive-In Movie
What: Families are welcome to float around The Sanctuary Pool while watching a movie on the inflatable movie screen. The Loggerhead Bar will extend their hours through the end of the event. "The Lego Movie" will be shown this week. Admission is complimentary, everyone welcome.
When: 8:45 p.m. Aug. 28
Where: The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, One Sanctuary Beach Drive, Kiawah Island
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it will be a February baby for us
My due date is March 2nd. My midwife told me today she will induce at 39 weeks if my cervix is "doing what it should be." I'm hoping that won't be an issue since I'm already feeling pressure on it, so that puts us on or shortly after February 23rd which is only 30 days from now.
I wasn't so sure about the idea at first but the more I think about it the more I want him out. I'm tired and sore and he's expected to be a pretty good size (DD was 8lb7oz at 40w) so, if they will induce me a week early I'm going to let them. I basically ended up being induced with DD anyway. My water broke and I wasn't having contractions after about 6 hours so they put me on pitocin.


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Juan Manuel Marquez: I'll Fight Likar Ramos on July 16
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According to WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, a deal has been reached to fight former WBA super featherweight champion Likar Ramos (24-3, 18KOs) on July 16 in Mexico. Ramos, a southpaw, was selected by Marquez to help him prepare for a November 12 trilogy fight with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, which takes place at 144-pounds. Talks broke down over money with Marquez's first choice, David Diaz.
"What we wanted was a left-handed opponent and we got it. The opponent is important, but more important is the ability stay active before November," Marquez told Sal Rodriguez. The idea is to fight in Mexico, but we are still negotiating on few things and hopefully we can close something soon."
JMM is scared to fight Humberto Soto. JMM has been ducking Soto since 2007. but JMM isnt the only one ducking Soto. Pac has ducked Soto since 2006. MAB, and EM have also avoided Soto since 2007. just cause Rios…Comment by fceeviper on 06-20-2011
I read somewhere that his brother Rafa will also fight on this same card, holy crap I really, really want to go to Mexico to catch this! But I don't want to get kidnapped or killed over in Mex, it…Comment by Seleção No. 13 on 06-20-2011
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A pair of fighters with strong ties to Central Florida had mixed results Wednesday at UFC Fight Night in Sioux Falls, S.D. Kissimmee native Josh Samman lost via TKO in his return to the octagon, while Apopka's Alex Nicholson got his first-ever UFC win.
Samman suffered a brutal beating at the hands of veteran Tim Boetsch on the Fox Sports 1 main card. Boetsch took Samman down early in the second round, then peppered him with punches and elbows. Samman, who fights out of Tallahassee and trains in Miami, tried to withstand the barrage, but referee John McCarthy was forced to stop it at the 3:49 mark. Samman was left with a giant welt under one eye.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer David Andrews announced today that the league's Board of Governors has voted to continue the current test of AHL Rule 82 ("Icing") until the resumption of play in the National Hockey League, at which time it will be reconsidered by the AHL Board.
At the request of the National Hockey League, the AHL Board of Governors in June approved a test of a variation of Rule 82 that, in the event of a potential icing violation, completes the play should a defending player be the first to reach the end zone face-off dots and provided the puck will cross the goal line at that point.
The test of the rule had originally been in effect until Nov. 19, at which time the Board was to consider its continuation.
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SET 1: Sample in a Jar, Stash, Uncle Pen, AC/DC Bag > Maze, Glide, Sparkle > Free, Strange Design, Amazing Grace[1]
SET 2: Mound > Prince Caspian, The Fog That Surrounds, Suzy Greenberg -> Keyboard Army -> Jam [2]
ENCORE: My Long Journey Home[3], I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[3]
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Set 1: Say Something, Jumping, Waking Up Dead[1], Andelmans' Yard, Horizon Line, How Do I Know > Looking for Clues, Don't Chin The Dog, Let's Go[1], Tiny Little World
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Milwaukee Artist Resource Network eliminates director
The Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, a non-profit organization that serves Milwaukee area artists, is reorganizing and has eliminated the position of executive director. Today was the last day for Melissa Musante, who has been MARN''s executive director for nearly four years.
In the near term, the eight members of the board will take a more active role in running the organization, and Liz Carr, a part-time marketing and administrative assistant, will run many of the day-to-day functions of the group. »Read Full Blog Post
Mac Miller makes sold-out Eagles Ballroom a massive party
There probably isn't a hip-hop show in Milwaukee this year that will offer as much bang for the buck as Mac Miller's concert Saturday night, in front of a sold-out Eagles Ballroom at the Rave.
Aside from the allure of the 21-year-old headliner, the Milwaukee date of Miller's Space Migration tour boasted four supporting acts, two of which — Earl Sweatshirt and Chance the Rapper — are among the most hyped up-and-coming MCs of 2013. »Read Full Article(3)
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CINCINNATI — Springfield (Mass.) Public Schools awarded First Student a new five-year contract for the 2014-15 school year and beyond.
The company has worked with the district for the past 15 years.
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The contract, which begins in July, includes the operation, maintenance and management of a fleet of nearly 250 vehicles.
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Jessica Alba Announces Baby's Birth And Name On FacebookMonica Bielanko
Jessica Alba has given birth to her second baby girl.
Alba and her husband, Cash Warren, welcomed a baby girl on Saturday August 13th.
The actress chose to make her announcement on her Facebook page on Sunday night.
Not only that, but unlike other celebs that wait to release their baby's name, Alba shared the name immediately. Her second daughter's name is as unique as her first daughter, Honor Marie.
Here is her Facebook announcement:
Hi Everyone,
Hope you're enjoying the weekend. Cash and I are so excited to announce the birth of our daughter, Haven Garner Warren. She was born on Saturday, weighed 7lbs, and was 19 inches long. Healthy and happy! Big Sister Honor couldn't be more excited about the new addition to our family.
Thank you for all of your support during my pregnancy. It means the world to me.
This is the actress' second child with husband Cash. In July, the Spy Kids 4 actress told Us Weekly that Honor, 3, was "as excited as a kid can be [about becoming a big sister], even though she doesn't really know what it means just yet."
Awww… Honor and Haven. Very sweet. Congratulations to the happy family!
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Type: Post | Date: Thursday, Jun 11, 2009Our last (for now) round-up of summer movie memories with special guests
FXX reviving Fox's ADHD
Type: Post | Date: Wednesday, Dec 17, 2014Stephen Colbert's 1st head writer recalls him saying: 'I'm gonna work you like a borrowed mule'
Roundup: What's the best worst Oscar moment?
Type: Post | Date: Thursday, Feb 14, 2013Also: Oscar-nominated screenwriters get political, and a look at two VFX hopefuls
TV writers (and writers of TV) predict the end of 'Mad Men'
Type: Post | Date: Friday, Apr 3, 2015Some serious and some silly guesses from critics and showrunners alike
Round-up: Paying tribute to Damien Bona
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Type: Post | Date: Tuesday, Mar 4, 2014Julia Stiles replaces Neve Campbell TNT's 'Guilt By Association' "NCIS" hits Episode 250 tonight — why does it still get no respect? "Daily Show" newbie Jordan Klepper auditioned Thursday, was hired on Monday
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Náš Pork Luncheon Meat se umístil na prvním místě ve velkém testu lančmítů tn.cz
Šéfkuchař Vladimír Honzák ho pro vás otestoval a hodnotil:
Tenhle mi chutná nejvíc, připomíná to chuť, jakou míval poctivý lančmít. I opečený je dobrý.
Celý článek na tn.cz:Velký test lančmítu: Který se dá jíst a který by neprošel ani jako psí žrádlo
We improved the recipe of our most popular product Pork in natural juice! This new recipe has 5% less fat than before.
We hope our customers will welcome this change. And of course the taste and quality remain still the same. Try yourself, you will be pleasantly surprised.
5th - 8th February 2012 we exhibited at Foodapest fair in Budapest. After our succesful participation in other big fairs such as PALMA in Amstrerodam or SIAL in Paris, we wanted to try the atmosthere of slightly smaller but also important fair in Eastern Europe.
We joined leading food producers and we are exhibiting at one of the most prestige food industry exhibition of the World. You will find us at stand S 196 in hall 5A.
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Sound off on censorship! Join the national literary community from September 25 through October 1, 2016 to celebrate your right to hear powerful stories.Read more
Collection Development Now Available: BOT Spring '17 Catalog
Spring forward into a list bursting with fresh audiobook picks, including over 70 new titles on CD and 130+ audio downloads. Request your free print catalog or download a copy now and be the first to hear about new listens from Jonathan Kellerman, Debbie Macomber, George Saunders, Sophie Kinsella, and more!Read more
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Haunted Garage Sale
The Motor City Haunt Club is holding their 3rd annual Haunted Garage Sale, this Saturday, August 22 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
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The Motor City Haunt Club is holding their 3rd annual Haunted Garage Sale, this Saturday, August 22 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
See all the details at: http://motorcityhauntclub.com/
This Saturday August 15th 2009 Le Hoots presents a live art show at The Comet Bar in Detroit from 9p-2a. Le Hoots has set out to put on a monthly live art show project that allows local Metro Detroit artists to be seen and sell their art work without fees to the artists. Le Hoots brings Art and Music together to help bring more awareness to the local art community of Detroit.
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Music by: Innerphonic & Dj. Richard Wohlfiel
Why not come out after the Woodward Dream Cruise this Saturday and help support our local arts community. All artists will have artwork available for purchase, great music and drinks. Let's support our friends at Le Hoots!
If you would like to participate in a live art show or have questions feel free to contact them at firstname.lastname@example.com
i3 Detroit has been invited to what Associate Vice-Presidents Marvin Parnes
and Dan Atkins expect to be a very interesting opportunity to learn about
the "TechShop movement" and to consider a planning process for a Detroit TechShop
model that blends education, economic renewal,innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Phoenix Wang, advisor to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
Diana Rhoten, Director, Digital Media and Learning at the Social
Science Research Council,and Mark Hatch, COO of TechShop in Menlo Park,California
will be here to present and discuss TechShop and how it may be of value to Detroit.
We will make sure to provide further updates of the outcome of the event.
We would like to Thank Dug Song for making sure we were able to be involved.
The Detroit Java User Group is proud to announce that James Ward, Adobe's Flex evangelist will be speaking to their group on August 19th 2009 from 6:30 P.M – 8:30 P.M at the eprize headquarters. This event is free and open to all that would like to attend. If you are planning on coming to the event please RSVP
What is Java and Flex?
Java and Flex
Building highly interactive software that users love to use is usually a challenging endeavor. However, the open source Flex SDK and Java are a perfect combination of technologies for building very rich and highly interactive software for the Web and the desktop. The communication between the Java back-end and Flex front-end can utilize a number of different communication protocols, but the easiest and best performing is the open source BlazeDS library. This session covers the fundamentals of using Flex, Java, Spring, and BlazeDS to build rich and highly interactive software for the Web and the desktop.
James Ward is a Technical Evangelist for Flex at Adobe and Adobe's JCP representative to JSR 286, 299, and 301. Much like his love for climbing mountains he enjoys programming because it provides endless new discoveries, elegant workarounds, summits and valleys. His adventures in climbing have taken him many places. Likewise, technology has brought him many adventures, including: Pascal and Assembly back in the early 90's; Perl, HTML, and JavaScript in the mid 90's; then Java and many of it's frameworks beginning in the late 90's. Today he primarily uses Flex to build beautiful front-ends for Java based back-ends. Prior to Adobe, James built a rich marketing and customer service portal for Pillar Data Systems.
Food and beverages for this event will be sponsored by The Epitec Group
For more information please visit The Detroit Java User Group website
The guys over at the Ann Arbor Go-Tech makers group are putting on the first Ann Arbor Makers Faire on Saturday August 29th 2009 at the Neutral Zone which is located at 310 E. Washington Ann Arbor, MI 48104. They are looking for people to register for exhibitors. If you would like to be apart of the making of Metro Detroit's First Maker Faire head over to their site and register today!
i3 Detroit is already registered and planning to be there so we hope to see you all come out and visit us.


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A sap shouting into the hurricane
One fine spring evening 35 or so years ago, I rang the doorbell of the home of the young lady I intended to ask...
Government playing the patsy again
If either you or I get in a high-stakes poker game and we lose our shirts, an absolute certain bet is that the government will not bail us out.
Food inspection a big, germy joke
When a former National Football League player known for his dirty play was asked if he ever "threw" a game — purposely helped the opposing team win — the player replied by stating the obvious.
Farm and Food File: I must confess: I don't have a clue
A furrowed brow and clenched teeth usually accompany the phrases "Officer, you're right," and "I don't know." The former hasn't split my lips since,...
Farm and Food File: Time is money and money corrupts
History doesn't record who first uttered the ageless business maxim that "Time is money," but a good bet might be a meatpacker because minutes...
Farm bill discussions are 'ridiculous'
Be it bird hunting in Minnesota or vote hunting on Capitol Hill, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson is seen as a straight shooter of both pheasants and fools.
Bull and bear get piggish competition
An unwritten motto of a former employer, market adviser Professional Farmers of America, was that it's easier to turn journalists into economists than economists into journalists.
Brother, can you spare a dime?
One of the oldest truisms in agriculture noted that "when farmers make money, everybody in town makes money.
Happy cotton pickin' New Year
While other prophets and forecasters fill the first week of January - and endless inches of newspaper space - with predictions of what will happen this year, permit me 600 or so words to predict what won't happen in 2008.
Current ag just isn't sustainable
Every fence or barn built by a rancher, every tractor purchased by a farmer is an act of faith in the future because that fence, barn or tractor is an investment in 20, 30, maybe even 50 years of tomorrows.


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The state could erect roadside signs memorializing bicyclists killed by motor vehicles—if their families pay a fee, under a bill that unanimously passed the Oregon House on Monday.
"I don't see any reason why it shouldn't pass," says Rep. Jerry Krummel (R-Wilsonville), who began pushing for the bill when his close friend Eric Kautzky died three years ago in a bicycling accident on Southwest Tualatin-Sherwood Road.
The House voted 57-0 on Feb. 11 to send the measure, House Bill 3623, to the Senate. There, Krummel expects HB 3623 to pass easily even during this special monthlong legislative session devoted ostensibly to the most critical issues facing Oregon. It's a measure that bike-friendly Oregonians want to help remember cyclists killed on the roadways.
"We're supportive," says Karl Rohde, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance's director of government relations and public affairs. "We were supportive of it in the last session, too. Unfortunately, it didn't make it out of committee."
Although the bill died in the 2007 session, Krummel spokeswoman Dawn Phillips attributes this bill's success in this short session to the unfortunate fact that bicycle casualties continue to rise.
Fourteen bicyclists died in Oregon in collisions with motor vehicles in 2006, the last available year for those statewide statistics. The numbers were 11 in 2005 and nine in 2004. (On Monday, a cyclist was killed in a collision in Beaverton with a TriMet bus.)
HB 3623 requires victims' families to pay the cost of the signs— estimated between $300 and $500 apiece, but leaves it to up to the Oregon Department of Transportation to determine the shape and size of the signs, as well as whether the roadside site is safe for a sign (The signs cannot be on freeways.). Patrick Cooney, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation, says roadside signs have long been illegal precisely because they pose safety concerns, as motorists will try to read the extra signage while driving.
But Cooney says ODOT will work to make the memorials safe if HB 3623 passes.
Although there are no final numbers for 2007, ODOT believes the number of cyclist deaths is about the same as in 2006.


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On Friday, I messaged Michael Carmody and told him that I was wrong.
I said that I felt poorly about my treatment of Bill Carmody and my site's treatment of Bill Carmody—even 14 months after his firing.
His son said: "Thanks! What happened?"
A lot of things.
I began my job here in March 2013. Around then, Chris Collins was hired, and months later, my job was to cover basketball recruiting.
It was easy to get swept away by the Chris Collins madness—especially in my position. I don't regret that part. He dominated pretty early, getting every prospect he wanted. He's an excellent hire, by all accounts, and carried himself as one.
The problem is that I viewed belief in Collins and proper respect for Carmody as mutually exclusive. I, and so many others, used Carmody as the punchline whenever Collins hype wavered. We laughed at 13 years of NU basketball history, and couldn't run away quickly enough.
It's also an insult to Chris Collins to reduce his predecessor. Collins is more than "the guy who can recruit," or "Duke Pedigree." He's someone entrusted with coaching this team—and is more than qualified to do so.
I said that Carmody had enough chances to make the NCAA Tournament. I'm not sure that's fair.
I said Collins saved the direction of the program, which, as this year pointed out, was going up regardless.
And even as a recruiting writer, I fell into the rhetoric about "Collins and Chicago," while missing the basic reality of what I was covering.
Heading into my second season covering Northwestern recruiting on the AAU basketball trail, I'm done with the old narrative—of Collins saving NU from its troubled past. There, no one wins.
So I'm compelled to give a long overdue apology.
The Carmody era became comprised of myths, which are listed below. Let's, finally, rewrite some history.
Myth: Thirteen years was clearly enough.
Disclaimer: I'm only judging Carmody over his last three seasons. There's no reason to base any opinion off of how the program looked eight or nine years before.
First, who cares?
Second, wouldn't it have been ridiculous for Jim Phillips to criticize Carmody in 2013 because of Carmody in 2006? It's illogical, and one of the major arguments from the Bill Carmody circle. The "13 seasons" comment was rhetoric.
So in the summer of 2010, Bill Carmody carried a roster primed for an NCAA Tournament run—at long last. Kevin Coble had led Northwestern in scoring and rebounding during his first three years on campus. After redshirting his true senior season, he returned to a roster that complemented his skillset.
The anticipated team then included Coble, John Shurna, school career assists leader Michael "Juice" Thompson, Drew Crawford and Jershon Cobb. Even without a center, hundreds of coaches in America—including Carmody—would have danced with this five.
I wasn't even on campus then. And see, when so much of the student body (even at Northwestern) loudly praises or crushes this coach or that coach, there's a recency effect. By 2013, the majority only remembered the crushing losses—certainly not the crushing bad luck.
That season, Kevin Coble decided to quit after a reported medical dispute with Carmody. Worse, as Teddy Greenstein wrote in the Chicago Tribune, Shurna chose to compete in spite of a severely sprained ankle. He struggled to play to form, and the Wildcats made a deep NIT run instead.
About a year later, on Feb. 28, 2012, Bill Carmody allowed Cobb to guard Jared Sullinger on an inbounds pass as time expired. Aside from that, very little about his penultimate season was blameworthy.
The majority only remembered the crushing losses—certainly not the crushing bad luck.
Due to outcomes that seemed more attributed to "luck" and "small sample size" than "bad coaching," Northwestern lost every conceivable close and important game.
The Wildcats lost to Michigan in overtime. They lost to Ohio State on Sullinger's last second shot. They traveled to the Big Ten Tournament and lost to Minnesota—their tourney résumé shot up enough for it to not matter. (They were a middle seed in the NIT.)
It was more appalling to note that in his last year, Carmody lost Cobb, Drew Crawford, Jared Swopshire and Sanjay Lumpkin to season-ending injuries or suspensions. The team, predictably, sucked. His contract expired. He was out.
Chris Collins should, and in all likelihood will, be a more effective coach at Northwestern than Carmody. But to suggest that he "deserved" his ouster is tough to argue, unless you complain about his relationships with alumni.
When you're talking about the future, though, everything gets sort of blurry.
Myth: The program was headed in the wrong direction.
Days after Chris Collins took the helm, Jaren Sina called me and I said: "They've got him."
They didn't.
Sina committed to Northwestern in July 2012, with then-assistant coach Fred Hill the main recruiter. Hill, the former Rutgers head, built strong New Jersey connections and landed NU's undisputed future point guard.
Sina and Nathan Taphorn were the only pieces in limbo, as both committed to Carmody and then had to re-evaluate upon his firing. Taphorn was pretty obviously staying. Sina re-opened his recruitment and waited for the next hire. That's when he reached Collins.
By all means, Collins tried. I don't think he was against a complete rebuild, either, but Sina was the No. 22 point guard in his class and a clear improvement.
Hill, a good recruiter (and that means something in context), landed Sina when he was hired at Seton Hall. Kevin Willard adopted the bold habit of picking up coaches with ties to crucial recruits. And it worked.
Collins instead recruited Bryant McIntosh in the class of 2014, and Sina averaged 6.0 points and 2.4 assists while shooting 38 percent from three-point range. It should be noted that Sina and McIntosh could probably have played together, but that isn't relevant here.
It's hard to argue that Collins arrived to an impossible situation.
We saw a lot from NU this year, namely that the team was close to competing. Collins did a good job with players that Carmody recruited and won seven total conference games. (Collins is pretty open about wanting to recruit better players, and he will, but he inherited a team with some talent.)
Consider a team with Jaren Sina—who would have played a larger scoring role—alongside Crawford, Alex Olah, JerShon Cobb and an improved Tre Demps. The 2013-14 squad got almost nothing from the point guard position, with Sina an automatic upgrade over Dave Sobolewski. Is that a tournament team? No. Would it have outperformed the Collins team? Yes, but that's an unfair measure.
(Also, it's hard to argue that Collins arrived to an impossible situation.)
More important, could you honestly say the program was going in the wrong direction? No way. Every team undergoes some cycling, but with Sina, Cobb, Olah and another elite guard, NU would have soon been in tournament contention.
That one could be debated, but I'm of the opinion that Northwestern had an outstanding shot at another New Jersey recruit, Wade Baldwin. Baldwin and Sina could have manned the two guard positions, with Baldwin a phenomenal on-ball defender who was perfect for the roster.
Does Carmody land Vic Law? No, and more on that later. But there are many more recruits than the one attainable local top-75 player. Still, it's impossible to doubt the future—especially considering he was one player away.
Myth: Carmody never recruited.
If you ask any of his players, Bill Carmody recruited well. No one who played at Northwestern signed on to compete for a coach he disliked—except for, eventually, Kevin Coble.
Carmody probably knew he could never be the star recruiter, so he worked with Tavaras Hardy, the well-respected alum with local ties. That doesn't exclude you from coaching. It just means you need to work around your weakness, which he did.
Without the charisma, he did a respectable job in Illinois and on the trail throughout his career. In the back half of his time at NU, he signed John Shurna, Drew Crawford and Michael Thompson. All were elite in-state talents.
Here's what gets me, and it was the thing I didn't understand. Recruiting wasn't necessarily the problem for Bill Carmody. Collins is a superior upgrade, yes, but Carmody landed enough elite talent. Any school would have wanted guys like Shurna, Crawford, Thompson and Coble. Bad recruiters can't find stars—sleeper or not.
Recruiting wasn't necessarily the problem for Bill Carmody. He landed enough elite talent.
The staff just made one giant miscalculation. They failed in getting bigs. Their centers were too slow and couldn't rebound. Whenever they played well, like Davide Curletti did against Michigan State on Jan. 14, 2012, you saw the Wildcats' potential. That still didn't happen often.
There were the misses (since 2006): Kyle Rowley, Luka Mirkovic (debatable), Nick Fruendt, Mike Turner, Kale Abrahamson and Mike Capocci among others.
Local analyst Scott Phillips recently told Steven Goldstein of our site that Carmody had trouble "delivering" top recruits. You could make an argument for that, and I stand by that article—one of the best on our site.
But if you read that piece, in which Collins' recruits trash Carmody and question his commitment, you hardly get a proper idea of how Carmody recruiting worked.
The point Goldstein made is that Collins' recruits were guys who had been "off the radar." He really had no intention of crushing Carmody for no reason.
Carmody could have conceivably been fine without Vic Law (who went from a top-65 player to outside of the top 100, ahem red flag) because coaches can succeed with different groups. Obviously.
Collins is a better natural recruiter than Bill Carmody. He did about as well as he possibly could in recruiting Year One.
The staff picked up a five-member class with huge upside, and it's a pretty good foundation in terms of star ratings and "program fit." I'm not sold on all of them—especially not Johnnie Vassar—but this, again, is a great start for Collins.
That's not really the point. We can't compare Collins to Carmody in terms of recruiting, at least not yet, because they've never played a game together. He did as well as possible for the 2014 recruiting class, but look at the above misses. It's no guarantee.
Collins is focused on recruiting better players than Carmody did, and in year one, he pretty much accomplished that. But until we know and assess how well he and his staff can evaluate college talent, let's hold off on judgment. (Sorry.)
Carmody wasn't an exciting face. He never broke down the doors in Chicago to land the perfect players. The recruits were always there, but the results were inconsistent, and Collins will have to overcome that to succeed in Evanston.
Bill Carmody was let go in March 2013, after the Wildcats—demolished by injuries—lost in the Big Ten Tournament.
Then, writers and fans gushed about his impact and said the program could do more. There's nothing wrong with that. I was of that group.
After, when Chris Collins was hired, writers and fans gushed about the decision and thought it was the perfect fit. There's nothing wrong with that. I was of that group.
Then everything devolved. Bill Carmody became the embodiment of everything old and wrong. As Collins picked up recruit after recruit, I covered the process as though he was trying to save a failed basketball program.
Many of the above points came up in discussion: It was Carmody's fault that Northwestern never made the NCAA Tournament (despite winning records in five of six seasons). The program had been headed for failure until Collins arrived. Worse, Collins could recruit, and Carmody couldn't. And I offered many of them.
During the season, some even wondered how Collins did so much with a "terrible" roster. He taught them defense on the fly, which was incredible, but this was clearly misguided. It represented a positive start; he arrived to a team with some talent. (There was an incredibly stupid argument called: "Who would win more games with the 2013-14 roster: Carmody or Collins? I bring that up only because it was so incredibly stupid.)
Chris Collins was always the proverbial "home run" hire. He showed his maturity by hiring a former NBA assistant (Brian James), a smart and experienced alum (Patrick Baldwin) and a savvy young recruiter (Armon Gates). He's experienced winning and was long overdue for a coaching job. His first year in Evanston was strong once the team meshed.
I think he'll succeed and make the NCAA Tournament by 2016. But that's beside the point for now.
When all was said and done, no one stuck up for Bill Carmody, who in 13 seasons put Northwestern basketball on a stable path.
So he came up just short. And haven't we all.
Sorry, Bill Carmody. Now, finally, I can move on.


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By Petah Marian | 29 August 2012
M&S is set to roll out free wi-fi in its stores
Retailer Marks & Spencer plans to roll out in-store wi-fi and equip some staff with iPads as part of efforts to boost sales and improve the customer experience.
The moves were announced as the company opened its second-largest UK store in Cheshire Oaks today (29 August). The 151,000 square foot eco-flagship will also offer 12 'Browse and Order' screens.
The retailer hopes the moves will encourage customers to browse its full range while in store - and is using the internet to "reinvent store shopping," according to multi-channel and e-commerce director Laura Wade-Gery.
As part of its efforts, she said the company is investing GBP100m (US$158m) on new in-store technology, and GBP150m on a new online platform. The investments are part of the company's goal of reaching GBP800m-1bn in online sales by 2015.
"Our scale and ambition is huge and we are putting real money behind this," the former Tesco e-commerce boss said. "M&S is putting more money behind this than I had at Tesco."
Speaking about the company's technology strategy, Wade-Gery said she is more interested in the rate of improvement: "If it's not going to work, fail fast and move on".
Describing why developing the company's multi-channel offer is so important, Wade-Gery said customers who shop across two channels, like in-store and online, are worth four times more than a customer that only shops one channel.
And customers who shop three channels - in-store, online and on mobile - are worth eight times as much as the customer who only visits the store.
Wade-Gery emphasised that technology is there to improve and work in tandem with the in-store experience, and does not foresee significant store closures as people migrate online.
"For me, if we can show we have genuinely improved and changed the shopping experience [with technology], I think that's what people prefer. Online only is not what people want," she said.
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