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Bulldogs Upset No. 10 Kentucky 77-70
Jan. 8, 2011
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ATHENS, Ga. - The Georgia men's basketball team won its SEC-best ninth straight contest Saturday evening, defeating No. 10 Kentucky by a score of 77-70 before a season-high 10,523 inside Stegeman Coliseum. The Bulldogs shot a sizzling 30-of-34 from the free throw line and four players scored in double digits, led by Trey Thompkins' game-high 25.
The win was the Bulldogs' second over a top-10 opponent in the past two seasons as the Dogs beat then-No. 8 Tennessee Jan. 23, 2010. The current nine-game winning streak is Georgia's longest since the Final Four team did so to start the 1982-83 season.
The Bulldogs kick off the SEC slate with the victory to improve to 12-2 overall and 1-0 in conference play. Kentucky drops to 12-3 (0-1).
"That is what college basketball is all about," said head coach Mark Fox. "We had two good teams playing hard, really battling it out. It was a tough league game with a great atmosphere and that is what it's all about. It's a great win for our program. We beat a very good basketball team and I'm proud of our team and really thank all the fans who came out. They were such an important part of the win."
Georgia led the visiting Wildcats by 11 at the intermission, sparked by Thompkins' 14 first-half points. After leading by just two, 28-26, with 7:02 to go in the first, Georgia rattled off an 11-2 run to take an 11-point lead, 39-28, with 1:03 left. Kentucky's Darius Miller cut it back to single digits at nine on a short jumper, but Gerald Robinson pushed it back to 11 with a pair of late free throws to send Georgia into the locker room up 41-30.
The Wildcats started the second half on a tear, including an 11-0 run that tied the ballgame at 47-47 with 12:32 remaining in the period. The game was tied for the eighth time, this time at 58-58, with 7:07 on the clock after a UK steal and a jumper for Brandon Knight. But Georgia would pull away again, and a Thompkins jumper with 2:40 to play put the Dogs up seven, 66-59.
The Wildcats were forced to take their chances with fouls, and the Bulldogs made them count as they did all evening, going a combined 10-for-10 in the last two minutes from the line. Georgia guarded a 13-point lead, its largest of the game, up 77-64 with 50 seconds on the clock before UK rattled off six late points to crawl to within seven, 77-70, as time expired.
Behind Thompkins' 25 points, Georgia got 17 from Robinson, 15 from Travis Leslie, and 10 from Dustin Ware. Jeremy Price grabbed 10 rebounds and was 11-for-12 from the free throw line to lead Georgia to 88 percent shooting there.
Terrence Jones was the Wildcats' leading scorer with 24 points while Doron Lamb had 18. Georgia led in the rebound battle, 41-37.
Georgia will look to make it 10 in a row when it travels to meet Vanderbilt Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.
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pintailterror wrote:Black cloud is far better than any of the normal steel loads I've used(federal, fasteel, winchester) by far it's best for goose hunting the 3 inch BB loads simply crush the geese. A cripple came into our deeks with a broken leg, and after my dad missed him with our 20 gauge i dropped him dead going away at at least 50 yards. The same day i shot my first speckle belly going away at 50 yards, he wasn't dead but hit the ground hard. Definetly worth the exra 6 dollars. sportsmans has fasteel for 15 a box and BC for 21
pintailterror wrote:the only reason i took those two shots is because i had never seen a specklebelly before and there was no way i was going to let him get away. the other canada was limping around the field with a broken leg so I did the humane thing and shot the bird. normally i would never take shots that long at geese or ducks.
schibs2010 wrote:Blackcloud is more expensive than anything and a waste of $. i shoot xpert #2 and they seem to kill anything BC does. just like probably thousands of others i tried a box and the only difference i noticed was that if u wanted to hit anything u had to allow the shot pattern to open up. i hit plenty of ducks at 40 yards but couldnt kill ducks at ten yards.
njonesy_07 wrote:hahaha 100yds, yeah ok. First off you would have to lead that bird so far, and secondly steel wont kill that far. If it does hit it, its not going to kill it. Just stupid IMO. I had a guy tell me that with his patternmaster and BB that he shot snows at 120 yds. I was just dying laughing inside.
njjedd56 wrote:i have been shooting blackcloud and i really like it...i shot a hen mallard at like thirty yards and destroyed her
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Listening to Toto in Your Honor
Was in Tanzania climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in August, and enjoying the beaches in Zanzibar - did you get the note I left at your hotel? Am glad you are having a good time and happy to see photos from places I've been, and places I am now inspired to go.
The photos are great, which isn't surprising. I'll try to send you a few of my own, if I can get to editing them....I actually have to WORK while you are playing! Enjoy, Enjoy! Matane, Love, Kitty-chan
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The two taxis, three flight segments, a jam-packed bus, and very rough ferry ride that it took us to get from Zanzibar in Tanzania to the island of Praslin here in Seychelles was totally worth it! I didn't think there were any places these pristine left on our planet. You know that tropical paradise screen saver have on your computer or the beach scene in all those cheesy motivational "Successories" posters you see at the office, those photos were probably taken in Seychelles
Because Praslin is so lightly touristed, many of the minor roads going to the beaches have hardly any traffic (5-10 cars an hour!) We've walked more here than any time during our trip, in fact most of our stay we've averaged close to ten miles a day! Our days have been spent on foot or riding rented bikes through the verdant jungle roads, sitting on the beaches, and pinching ourselves at how we ever managed to be so fortunate to visit Seychelles
Midway through our time here we took a daytrip over to the neighboring island of La Digue to see Anse Source D'Argent, the much ballyhooed "most beautiful place on earth." Well...in my humble opinion, the claim is 100% accurate! Even though it was overcast with a gray sky so the turquoise hues of the water were subdued, it truly is unbelievable. My photos don't even begin to do the place justice. I have never seen anything like it. With how chatty Katie and I tend to be, anything that shuts us up in awe must be pretty impressive. As we were walking amidst the huge granite boulders lining the beach, we were totally silent, only once in a while chiming in with something like "this is unreal!" What is funny though is that there are a lot of other places in this tiny nation that come within striking distance of the "most beautiful" claim as well.
We also did a SCUBA dive one afternoon off a nearby uninhabited island. Although the visibility wasn't stellar, we could see far enough to spot at least twenty sharks, the largest being around six-feet long! I'll let Katie tell you a bit more about that experience...but just in case she leaves this part out - anytime during the dive when we sighted sharks Katie did everything she could to maneuver so that I was between her and them
A short aside: So far on this adventure we've been fortunate a number of times to use frequent guest points at hotels as well as get a few complementary upgrades. Often this luxury pairs humorously with our other travel logistics. For example, in both Cairo and Malta we stayed in suites (which had we paid for them rather that used points or received a free upgrade would have cost well over $700 per night) but arrived or departed the hotel using local public buses, wearing flip flops and carry dusty backpacks. Hmmm, I can only wonder the thoughts going through the bellman and desk clerks heads? Seychelles is another great example of our continuing paradox of traveling in "high style" on a budget trip. We flew here for free using frequent flyer miles, and are staying in a really cute, moderately priced beachfront apartment (L'Hirondelle), cooking our own meals, and riding public transit. We share the same magnificent beaches with people paying $500+ per night at nearby resorts. So bottom line: You can come here and have a marvelous time without being a millionaire or travel guru, it just takes a bit of transit time and planning. The gold standard for a beautiful city of course is Venice, but for natural beauty: Seychelles has everywhere beat!
In yet another great contrast of this trip, tomorrow we are flying from affluent Seychelles back to Nairobi then onward to Malawi, one of the poorest nations on earth, to begin our two-month overland adventure through southern Africa
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So after a night in Nairobi, we finally made it to Mahe, Seychelles (the main island) and debated about our travel logistics to our final destination the nearby island of Praslin. We basically had 2 choices to travel the 30 miles - high-speed catamaran ferry, or fly in a tiny little 8-seat plane (the difference in cost was only about $20 each). Since our flight in was a bit bumpy on landing and it was a big plane, I absolutely pleaded that we take the ferry, as I was very scared to fly in the tiny plane with rough air. I won, and we made our way to the port where the seas looked really calm. This was all an illusion as the port was in a harbor, and the seas were so ridiculously rough outside it. The ferry itself had 200 or so auditorium style seats inside an air-conditioned room. Each seat had a seat back pocket with a motion sickness bag (first sign of things to come), which I didn't notice when we sat down. There were automatic air fresheners bolted to the wall on each side of the room, which I also didn't notice (second sign of things to come). As soon as the ferry rounded the corner out of the harbor, and it started to get a bit bouncy, one of the staff came over to us and asked if I was prone to seasickness
But it was worth it!! The beaches in Seychelles are amazing - just like a little slice of heaven. I have a hard time imagining how a beach could be more beautiful or look more like paradise. Even the breezes smelled like flowers! Since Seychelles is close to the equator, the temperature is pleasantly consistent year round, with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 70s
One afternoon we went Scuba diving. We had a few choices as to different dive sites, and Todd was really keen on going to this one site around some huge granite rocks with pretty corals, lots of tropical fish, and the possibility of giant sea tortoises, eagle rays and giant Napoleon Ras (Google that because they look so funny with their big lips). Only problem was that reef sharks frequented the area as well. Naturally, I have a strong curiosity when it comes to sharks, and really LOVE Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. But, I really LOVE them on TV - not swimming next to me. The Dive Master assured me that these sharks were really just big fish, and that they were more scared of us that I could ever be of them. Oh, and that we would likely encounter a shark or two where ever we went. So, I (normally the world's biggest wimp) went along with it.
Once we got on the boat, I started sizing up the other divers just making sure that they weren't all the Jacque Cousteau/Indiana Jones type. They seemed okay, and it turns out that at least half of them were more nervous about the shark thing than I was
When we were all in the water and getting ready to descend to 50 feet below the surface, the Dive Master gave us this bit of instruction: "If a shark swims towards you, start swimming towards it, and it will turn away." And then he was underwater. WHAT? Are you insane? Was that a joke, or serious advice? It didn't really matter, because under no circumstances was I going to do that... that is what husbands whose idea this was are for, right?
And then it happened
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So to close our time in paradise, here's a few travel tips for coming here:
The major islands in Seychelles are:
Mahe - The largest and "busiest" of the islands. We didn't see much of it other than the international airport and ferry terminal.
Praslin - We stayed here and are so glad we did. Praslin has best beaches for sunbathing (with sunscreen) and swimming as well as lots of lodging options and logistics connections by air and sea.
La Digue - Small and laid-back, and certainly worth a few days
Other islands - There are dozens of smaller islands in Seychelles dotted with a variety of very exclusive resorts. We didn't go to any of these.
Seychelles is as beautiful of a destination as you could ever hope to find. Unless you were easily bored, anyone would love it here. The stunning natural surroundings and positively gorgeous beaches have enough to keep any visitor enchanted for weeks.
Seychelles is surprisingly underdeveloped and sparsely populated. There are not a lot of restaurants, nightlife is nonexistent, population centers are small, and not a lot of traffic. All this helps accent the natural beauty and preserves the charm and magic.
Seychelles is as safe as it gets, and there is virtually no crime. We felt completely secure everywhere we went, day or night.
English is the language of business and government and is widely used and understood
Being an isolated island chain, Seychelles is pricey. The cost level is about equal to that of Hawaii or New York City. Food is generally expensive and hotels are limited to either high-end resorts or a few much more affordable small guesthouses that have rooms with kitchens. Most tourists we observed seem to come here on all-inclusive tours from Europe. Making your own arrangements as an independent traveler is very easy as well.
Seychelles is very low hassle; you will never be given sales pitches, there are no beggars, locals are friendly but reserved, and life is slow-paced and easygoing.
Coming to Seychelles from the US will take a while, but if you combine it with a few day stopover in Europe or Dubai (Fly Emirates), you could have a great time getting here.
We both agree that this is our favorite stop on the trip so far! We would come back in a heartbeat (and are already plotting ways to make this happen!).
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Work has been commenced on a Windows Only DVD Version of iCampsites App This will be based upon the highly succesfull iCampsites USB Application but will only run on Windows Platform More news soon….
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Changes for iCampsites USB
We have contracted a programmer for the next update to iCampsites USB to do the following:- Split screen on Search by Type with a divider between the Kilometres radio button and the 3 dropdown menu options below as these are separate search functions. Add text to the "Enter Town Name / Postcode / GPS Co-ordinates" […]
iCampsites USB Version 1.3 Build 41 Avaliable!
Less than 3 months after the initial release we have finally finished the first update release for iCampsites USB. All three versions including Mac, Windows and Linux are available to download using the updater (which will run automatically and will prompt you to update iCampsites USB when convenient). A guide will follow in the coming […]
iCampsites USB Now in Stock!
After over 12 months of design, testing, coding and manufacturing we now have the iCampsites USB keys in stock!
iCampsites USB Expected Delivery Date
Its been a long time as I'm sure you will all agree, its been a just over year now since we put an idea to practice and planning (and testing!). We have been given a delivery date by our Manufacturer for early next week, factoring in the bank holiday (Monday) we're expecting them in on […]
iCampsites USB Edition Samples In!
Finally, the first two physical copies are in our hands! These are for the final test if you will and it's all good. Here is an image to show you the scale of the USB Key overall. Should be with us soon (early May) just got to watch the Bank Holidays.
iCampsites Linux Testing Begins!
As its a blog we thought we'd update you all, as its been a while. Today we have started testing the Linux build, as the Windows build is nearly complete its time we finalised the app for Mac/Linux use. We are expecting these to ship by late March as the Apple and Linux builds aren't […]
iCampsites USB Edition – An Update!
Light at the end of the tunnel! Yesterday we received one of the first final builds, we now have functioning Google online mapping in the application from using the vast database (with over 8000+ entries at the time of writing). To show what we have done we have composed a little teaser video and demonstration […]
iCampsites USB Available for Pre-Order!
We have now added the ability to pre-order the iCampsite USB Campsite database from Outdoor Bits, of course orders will be dispatched the software is ready. We can also provide shipping to Europe for a little extra shipping cost (only £2).
iCampsites USB Preview Video
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Discussion in 'Artwork Zone' started by tunazboyz, May 15, 2007.
Actually...I didn't know you were going to use it because it still needs some "clean ups"
OOOOK. Clean r up. I don't see it....but I will take you at your word
Wow, I guess it just didn't occur to me until I read the caption that Witten only had one TD last season. What a waste of talent.
No pictures of my new hero, Deon "The Crazed Chicken" Anderson?
Where's the love?
When did TO decide to drop the the Robin Hood tights?
Thanks for the pics gang.
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Rugby legend Jason Robinson believes England's chances of winning the Rugby League World Cup later this year will be greatly improved by playing on home soil.
"Playing in any World Cup is massive but to compete in a World Cup on home soil is a completely different thing," said Robinson, who was speaking at the 9th annual Capital Challenge between the London Broncos and London Skolars.
"Having that home support will help the players, there's no doubt about that. There's no better feeling running out at Wembley Stadium or Old Trafford with a full house and lots of noise. It will certainly get the players going and hopefully that can spur them on to lift the trophy."
In 1995 the Wigan great almost got his hands on the coveted trophy but narrowly lost out to Australia in the final.
"I know what it's like to miss out on the sport's biggest prize," he said. "That's why it's so important that the players who get selected for the tournament take their opportunity. It's not just about playing in a World Cup, you want to win it as well.
"Every season there is pressure on players to perform but they will know the importance of this year and the extra pressure that will bring. Very few players get to play in a World Cup, even fewer get to lift it.
"2013 is a massive, massive year for Rugby League."
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ECU announces makeup days for missed classes this winter
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY - East Carolina University has announced the makeup days for classes missed due to winter weather this semester.
According to an ECU release, April 29 and 30 will be the makeup days for classes missed on Jan. 29 and 30.
April 29 was designated as a makeup day on the approved academic calendar, the release stated. April 30 was the planned Reading Day, a study day with no scheduled classes. Final exams will begin on May 1.
Other canceled class sessions will be made up by alternative assignments chosen at the discretion of faculty, officials said.
April 18 is a state holiday and will not be used as a class make-up day.
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|Danny Ainge's 25 most consequential trades: 24. Goodbye, Semih Erden
|07.24.15 at 12:06 pm ET
Over the next month, we'll chronicle the 25 most consequential trades of Danny Ainge's tenure as Celtics president of basketball operations. When we're done, we'll have a better understanding of Ainge's philosophy and success rate on the trade market. Perhaps by the end of this exercise we'll even feel better about the future of this rebuild. At the very least, we'll have something interesting to debate while we wait for training camp to open.
- No. 25: Hello, Sebastian Telfair.
With that out of the way, here's No. 24 on the list of Danny Ainge's 25 most consequential trades.
Feb. 24, 2011: Goodbye, Semih Erden.
ARRIVING in Boston
- Minnesota's 2013 second-round pick (via Cleveland): This pick was later used as a throw-in to complete the 2012 trade for Courtney Lee, and the Portland Trail Blazers ultimately used it to select Kansas center Jeff Withey with the No. 39 overall pick.
DEPARTING to Cleveland
- Semih Erden: Due to a series of injuries and rumored homesickness resulting from worry over his ailing mother, the Turkish center played all of 32 games in parts of two seasons for the Cavaliers before returning to his native country, where he again plays for Fenerbahce.
- Luke Harangody: Likewise, Harangody appeared in 42 games over the same two seasons for Cleveland before spending the past three years in the D-League and Euroleague.
It may not look like much, but this is a prime example of the value of second-round picks, something to keep in mind when the Celtics have as many as five such selections in the 2016 NBA draft.
From a talent evaluation standpoint, the Celtics took Erden with the last pick in the 2008 draft and Harangody with the No. 52 overall pick in 2010. Since Erden had been stashed overseas, both late-round picks were rookies competing for roster spots on a team that was coming off the 2010 NBA Finals appearance. Considering the health and age of a C's frontcourt that featured Kevin Garnett, Jermaine O'Neal, Shaquille O'Neal, Glen Davis and a rehabbing Kendrick Perkins, both Erden and Harangody made the roster — and played important minutes on a team that won 56 games.
Harangody had a career night (17 points, 11 rebounds) in an early January win over the Toronto Raptors, and Erden averaged 20 minutes over 37 games, including seven starts, posting impressive 36-minute averages in Boston (10.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.3 assists). So, it came as somewhat of a surprise that Ainge parted ways with them for seemingly nothing on the same day he dealt Perkins, leaving the brittle O'Neals and an unfamiliar Nenad Krstic to man the center spot.
And we all know how that played out.
By the trade deadline, though, the Celtics had already identified both Erden and Harangody were not long for the NBA, and keeping them around during a playoff run would only diminish what little value they had. So, Ainge took what he could get, and that second-round pick from Minnesota seemed almost as good as a late first-rounder, since the Timberwolves were well on their way to a league-worst 17 wins in 2010-11 and a safe bet to be a bottom-10 team for the next couple years.
In a vacuum, Ainge had turned two late second-round picks into an early second-rounder, which is a win when you consider those late selections weren't ever going to crack a legitimate NBA rotation.
Now, we see the value of an early second-round pick. The Celtics were trying desperately to acquire Courtney Lee in a sign-and-trade deal with the Houston Rockets in 2012, and they required a third team to dump enough salary on in order to match Lee's contract demands. With only scrap-heap players Sasha Pavlovic, JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore and Sean Williams to offer in return, the Celtics had to include low-cost assets to convince the Rockets and Blazers to assume their salaries.
Enter the second-round picks. The Celtics had three such selections in the 2013 draft — their own (No. 45), the one from Minnesota (No. 39) and another from Charlotte (No. 32) by way of Oklahoma City as a result of the Thunder failing to disclose information about Jeff Green's heart ailment in the Perkins trade. The earliest pick went to the Rockets along with Johnson, Moore and Williams; the two later picks went to the Blazers with Pavlovic; and Lee came to Boston on a mid-level salary.
Nobody will ever describe the Courtney Lee era as a success in Boston, but at the time it was a coup for a contending team with zero spending flexibility and little to no young talent available to trade. And while none of the C's three second-round picks were enough to acquire a player of value on their own, as a collective they helped grease the wheels on a deal that seemed like a steal in the present.
Remember that when Ainge sweetens the pot on trades this season with second-round picks, because it's not like he'll actually select someone every six picks in the latter half of the 2016 draft.
|Danny Ainge plays the waiting game as trade deadline nears
|02.23.11 at 11:58 pm ET
As the clock ticks toward 3 p.m. and the end of the trade deadline Thursday, the Celtics are in the same position they were last week. They would like to make a move for a backup small forward, but they don't have many assets other teams want and they don't seem to want to give up the few that teams do want — namely Semih Erden and Avery Bradley.
Now that Kendrick Perkins will be held out of the remaining three games on the team's West Coast trip, and Shaquille O'Neal seems no closer to a return, Erden is once again being counted on as a contributor, and not just a developmental prospect.
While the 24-year-old Erden is not 'young' by NBA standards, 7-footers with emerging offensive skills on cheap second-round contracts are rare. You wouldn't package him for a stopgap like say, Utah's Raja Bell, who has two more years left on his contract.
The problem is that the Celtics just weren't built to make an in-season trade, which team president Danny Ainge has acknowledged time and again. All the pieces were supposed to be in place, but then Marquis Daniels bruised his spinal cord and that was the one area where they didn't have a contingency plan.
The Celtics don't have any contract-friendly veterans stashed at the end of their roster and the one that they would most like to part with — Nate Robinson's — has an extra year left on his deal. Daniels has what's known as 'Early Bird' rights and thus would be able to block any trade that involved him if it comes to that and Von Wafer and Luke Harangody don't make enough money to match up with anyone on their own.
Despite their obvious need, Ainge has played his hand tightly this trade season and he doesn't want to make a panic trade. If he can make a move he seems determined to make the price drop, which would take him right up to the deadline.
In the interim, the Celtics have been linked to players like Corey Brewer and Kirk Hinrich who wound up elsewhere, and for a brief moment to Shane Battier who has gone nowhere. As quickly as a rumor surfaces, it gets shot down just as fast. The other names haven't changed: Anthony Parker, Dahntay Jones, Josh Howard.
While the deadline clock ticks, the secondary market for veteran free agents who are bought out of their contracts has begun to take shape. The first domino to fall is Troy Murphy who was traded to the Warriors and who is expected to be bought out of the final year of his contract. Once that process clears he will be free to sign with any team for the veterans minimum and is said to have Miami and Boston high on his list.
Murphy doesn't address the Celtics need at small forward, but he can shoot 3's and rebound and would offer a new wrinkle to the second unit. The Heat are in the same position as the Celtics. They also don't have many tradeable assets, which is why they made Mike Miller available. Expect Miami and Boston to battle it out on the veteran free agent front.
Elsewhere, there were other deals that had an impact on the Celtics, the most notable coming from New Jersey when the Nets swiped Deron Williams from Utah (click here for a breakdown).
Also, the Hawks acquired Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong from Washington in exchange for Mike Bibby, Maurice Evans and Jordan Crawford. Hinrich isn't the shooter that Bibby is, but he is a much better defender, which is important come playoff time.
Despite the blockbuster moves, there have been a dearth of smaller transactions and that's the game the Celtics are playing. With less than 24 hours remaining, that market is still taking shape.
|Shaquille O'Neal's status in doubt for West Coast trip
|02.14.11 at 4:38 pm ET
When Shaquille O'Neal injured his Achilles, the Celtics thought he would miss a few games. A few games have turned into five and now there is some doubt as to whether he will be ready to play on the team's West Coast trip following the All-Star break.
Honestly, it's just not healing right now," Doc Rivers said after the team's practice on Monday. "We're hoping after the break at some point. When he first injured it, we all thought it would be a one or two game thing and now it's been longer. Now it's getting to the point where he may not play on the west coast trip at all. We're hoping he will. We think he will. Maybe not every game. Maybe play every other game."
Rivers was more optimistic about Semih Erden, who has missed the last three games with groin and ab injuries. Rivers said he thought Erden might be ready to go in their first game after the break next Tuesday at Golden State.
|Nate Robinson will try to play against Heat
|02.12.11 at 4:15 pm ET
Nate Robinson was at the Celtics practice facility until 11 p.m. Friday night getting treatment on his bruised knee, which he injured in a freak collision with the Lakers' Shannon Brown. He was at the facility again Saturday, but didn't participate in the team's practice, other than in the walkthrough segment.
With the Celtics down to just nine other healthy players, Robinson will try to go Sunday when they play the Heat at the Garden. "The pain in there is kind of funky so we're just trying to ice it right now," Robinson said.
Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Delonte West would not play Sunday, but may try to give it a go on Wednesday when they play the Nets in their final game before the All-Star break. Shaquille O'Neal (Achilles) and Semih Erden (groin) also won't play and their return has been delayed until after the break at the earliest.
"Semih's out until after the break and Shaq will be too," Rivers said. "We don't even know if they'll be back after the break right now. Semih's groin is not improving and Shaq's Achilles is not improving at all. We thought we'd have them both back by the last game, but that's fine. We're good."
Asked if Shaq's injury has become worse, Rivers said, "It just hasn't healed. It's no worse, but it hasn't healed as quickly."
With Jermaine O'Neal (knee surgery) and Marquis Daniels (bruised spinal cord) also out for the next month at least, the Celtics need all the bodies they can muster for the next two games.
"We've just got to find a way to win regardless of who goes down," Robinson said. "That's why it's called a team."
|Banged up Celtics grind through knowing Lakers won't have sympathy
|02.09.11 at 2:42 pm ET
WALTHAM — Doc Rivers knows the Lakers could care less about the banged up Celtics.
They don't care that the Celtics had just 10 players for practice Wednesday. They don't care that Paul Pierce was home sick instead of gearing up for the rematch with the Lakers Thursday night at TD Garden. They don't care that 38-year-old Shaquille O'Neal is nursing a sore right Achilles tendon that has forced him to miss the last three games.
They don't care that Semih Erden is about to miss his second straight game with a right adductor strain. They don't care that the Celtics don't have a proven replacement for Marquis Daniels, who went down with a bruised spinal cord on Sunday afternoon.
"You come to play the game," Rivers said. "We don't worry about the body count. They're not going to worry about the body count, I can guarantee you that. We'll be read. We'll be fine."
All the Lakers care about is getting revenge for that 109-96 Celtics win on Jan. 30 at Staples Center.
The Celtics were reduced to 10 healthy players in practice on Wednesday.
On the bright side, Delonte West participated in his first full contact practice since his broken right wrist, suffered on Nov. 24 against New Jersey.
"We had 10," Rivers said following Wednesday's practice. "Paul's is sick so he stayed at home. Semih is out, Shaq is out. Delonte practiced today but he won't play [Thursday] or probably won't play until after the break."
Rivers said he does expect Pierce to play Thursday but not O'Neal or Erden. "I expect him to play," Rivers said of Pierce. "He's just not feeling good. We'll see [Thursday]. I don't expect Shaq, I don't expect Semih. I don't think [O'Neal] can go yet so we're just going to wait until he gets healthy."
Rivers said West was allowed to return but cautioned his players to try and use good judgment so that West's right wrist wouldn't be hit.
"We told [players] no reaching which is impossible with some of our guys but other than that, we got through it," Rivers said.
|A sleepless Kendrick Perkins wakes up some echoes at the Garden
|01.25.11 at 11:22 pm ET
Kendrick Perkins was the happiest person in the Garden on Tuesday night as he made a successful return to game action in 16 minutes of the Celtics' 112-95 romp over the Cavaliers. Perkins came in with 8:02 left in the first quarter to replace Semih Erden and played his first five minutes of the season.
Perkins – who had reconstructive ACL surgery on his right knee – scored seven points and grabbed six rebounds in his first game since injuring the knee in Game 6 of the NBA finals last June.
"I've got to play a few more games first. I surprised myself on a few plays today, just finishing, a couple rebounds, it felt real good," he said. "I know I can do better, I could do more. I was mad at myself, I didn't block any shots today. I was little winded and little off-key. I'll get better."
Perkins also admitted he was very tired after the game since he didn't sleep on Monday night because he was so excited. He spent a good portion of the night in Waltham at the team's practice facility.
"I didn't sleep [Monday] night," Perkins added. "I actually left the gym [Tuesday] morning about 1 o'clock and went to the gym [Monday] night at 10 so that's probably why I'm tired right now."
He certainly got the wake-up call when Doc Rivers called out "Perk!" after Semih Erden picked up two fouls in the first four minutes Tuesday.
'I thought he was terrific," Rivers said. "I thought as the game went on his timing got better. I thought defensively he was terrific from the start. Just communication, we were loud again defensively which was nice. You could hear him and Kevin [Garnett] barking orders defensively and that makes us really good.'
Rivers is not expecting to throw Perk back into the starting lineup just because he felt good running up and down the court – and especially not against the likes of the Trail Blazers, Suns and Lakers.
'It's the same, about the same amount of minutes," Rivers said, referring to the 16 he played Tuesday. "He actually probably played one or two more minutes than we anticipated. He wanted to stay in. But I think that'll be it for a while, between 16 and 18 minutes.'
But the best compliment Rivers paid Perk was about his work ethic, the one trait that explains his remarkable return – like Wes Welker – just seven months after blowing out his ACL.
"That was awesome," Rivers said of the 20-second standing ovation as Perkins made his way to the scorer's table for the first time. "Listen, there's people in the crowd that work hard every day, blue collar, and Perk identifies with all those people. If you are a guy that works 9-5, you've got to love Perk because that's who he is.'
And no, there were no references to feet by Perk in his post-game address to reporters. Well, at least he's off on the right foot.
|Welcome back, Kendrick Perkins
|at 8:06 pm ET
After missing the first 43 games of the season rehabbing a torn ACL in his right knee, Kendrick Perkins took the court for the first time with his Celtics teammates on Tuesday night as they played the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Perkins injured the knee in the first half of Game 6 of the 2010 NBA finals in Los Angeles as the Celtics – without their starting center and defensive, shot-blocking presence in the low post – lost Games 6 and 7, falling just short of a record-18th NBA title.
Three different players – Shaquille O'Neal, Jermaine O'Neal and Semih Erden – have started at center this season and while Perkins is coming off the bench, his return Tuesday certainly bolsters the depth at that position.
Shaq had started 17 straight and 33 overall before injuring his right hip on Friday against the Jazz. Erden has started the last two and now six overall. Jermaine O'Neal has started the remaining five times in the low post.
Doc Rivers would not commit to when Perk will eventually return to the starting lineup and until then, it's likely to be Erden getting most of the minutes.
Perkins returned to game action with 8:02 left in the first quarter when Erden picked up two quick fouls. He lasted until 2:37 left, giving him five minutes, 25 seconds of continuous action. He collected a lay-up, missed a free throw, grabbed a rebound, dished out two assists and picked up a foul.
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Queens of the Stone Age to play Chavez Theatre in February
EL PASO, Texas - The Queens of the Stone Age are set to perform on Feb. 11 at the Abraham Chavez Theatre, according to the band's official website.
Ticket will be sold through Ticketmaster locations and online at http://bit.ly/1aOJGUD. Tickets will cost $36 and $40.50.
Presales and General Public Onsale Dates according to Ticketmaster:
CITI CREDIT CARD PRESALE: Start: Wed, 12/11/13 10:00 AM MST
End: Thu, 12/12/13 10:00 PM MST
TOUR/ARTIST PRESALE: Start: Wed, 12/11/13 10:00 AM MST
End: Thu, 12/12/13 10:00 PM MST
Onsale to General Public: Start: Fri, 12/13/13 10:00 AM MST
QOTSA are touring in support of "...Like Clockwork" which was just nominated for Best Rock Album & Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy's. The band's song "My God Is The Sun" was also nominated For Best Rock Performance.
And the folks at the Grammys must agree with the critics, nominating … Like Clockwork for Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, plus "My God Is The Sun" for Best Rock Performance.
"(Josh) Homme combines menacing riffs and glammy refinement, sounding like Bowie reborn as a winking dark lord of the underworld… the king of Queens still has the best hard-rock falsetto of his generation." - ROLLING STONE #6 Best Albums of 2013


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Rutgers at Cincinnati Postgame Quotes
Nov. 17, 2012
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Rutgers at Cincinnati
Nippert Stadium
November 17, 2012
Postgame Quotes
Cincinnati head coach Butch Jones
Opening Statement:
"First and for most this was a game that on offense we didn't win first downs and were off schedule all game long. We weren't able to possess the ball on third downs which are obviously critical and then defensively we have to be able to get off the field. Time of possession is a byproduct of not getting off the field on third downs and we weren't able to get off the field on third down. However I thought it was a gritty performance by our defense. I thought, for the most, part we played well enough to win defensively, made some key plays with the block field goal, but overall just not enough critical plays at the critical stages of the game, and we have to be able to possess the ball. We weren't able to run the ball and obviously fourth down and half a foot, you have to deserve to win and they were in a double eagle defense which prevents you from quarterback sneaking, it prevents you from running the ball inside guard-to-guard. For us to win football games like that we have to be able to get that first down at that critical stage. I thought the critical plays we didn't make. I'm still proud of our players; they showed great grit of not giving up. This is a locker room that is hurt but we don't have a lot of time to feel sorry for ourselves. This football team can still finish with ten wins which is extremely hard to do in college football. We have to go back to work tomorrow with a short week with South Florida coming in here."
On how the 4th down play was chosen:
"Well we wanted to see what they were in, and again they were in a double eagle defense, which prevents you from running the ball inside. We felt we had a good call and football is a game of inches; football is a game of one-on-one matchups and we had an individual who didn't win his one-on-one matchup. It's a great team game. Hats off to Rutgers; they made a great play. For us to accomplish what we need to accomplish, we need to make those plays and that one play didn't cost us the game. There were four to six plays that meant the difference between winning and losing, but obviously that was one of them."
On Brendon second int.:
"They were in cover two and he just under threw him and he knew it coming off the field. They were in cover two and we had the matchup that we wanted and had our slot receiver on the middle linebacker and he just had to get the ball out there and he under threw him and they made a great play."
On Rutgers holding UC to no TDs:
"I think that's the disappointing thing is that I didn't think we played exceptionally well offensively, obviously. We take great pride in running the football here and we weren't able to run the football. It's a line of scrimmage game and I give [Rutgers] a lot of credit. That's a great defense but obviously we have great standards and expectations on how we're going to play offensive football here and this game didn't meet our standards or expectations."
On moving the ball into Rutgers territory:
"Again they did a great job, just like our defense, just being resilient and they make you beat them and they don't beat themselves and that's the mark of Rutgers football team. I said it in my press conference on Monday, they make you earn everything that you get; that's a byproduct of playing great defense and obviously it comes down to the critical plays we didn't make critical plays on third downs we were behind the chains all day long and when you're playing a talented defense like Rutgers you can't have third and long situation's you need third and ones, third and two's and you need to generate your first down on first and second downs."
On the line of scrimmage:
"I said it at the beginning of the week is it will be a line of scrimmage game and that's really what football comes down to: winning your one-on-one matchups in a line of scrimmage game and getting off in the second level. Again, I thought our defense showed great grit with the lowest output they've had defensively. Our kids didn't quit, but at the end of the day it's making the plays to win the football game, and they made the plays and we didn't. The first touchdown they scored we were in quarters coverage. The post is supposed to be double covered and that comes down to eye discipline and we didn't execute. That's on us as coaches; that's on me. They made a great play again we didn't make the big play; we didn't even really make the routine plays to win today."
Cincinnati Player Quotes
#32 George Winn
On the loss:
"We missed chances to execute. We had fourth and inches and should have converted, and we had a couple of passes we could have completed. It was inches; we missed it. Rutgers works really hard as a defensive unit, they play as a team and they really ran the ball well."
#11 Brendon Kay
On disappointment of the loss:
"It hurts. We put in a lot of time and it hurts. We have to come back tomorrow, we have a short week, and we have to come back and go to work."
On what they threw at UC defensively:
"They did what they have shown. Obviously they had game plan stuff that they switched up that they didn't do the same. They stuck to what they do."
On pass rush:
"They had a lot of good athletes up front. Their front four, their linebackers are all good players. I still think our offensive line played their butts off. They played well, they threw a lot at us."
On being shocked that their defense held good scoring offense to only a field goal:
"I mean as a quarterback it's shocking yeah but we have to score points it's that simple. We didn't get our job done and they got their job done."
On disappointment of loss:
"It hurts. I don't know what else you would expect us to say. It's a tough loss. We just can't let one loss beat us twice. We have a quick turnaround; we have to come back and step it up and play good next week. But this one does sting, it hurts but it's part of the game and I think we have a team with good character and we will have a good turnaround. We will snap out of it and be ready to play Friday."
On interception:
"That was a big play. I had just given up a big play so I had to make one. That's what any good cornerback would do you know - we give up plays and we have to make plays. It was a team effort. Mills got pressure on the quarterback and then the quarterback threw the ball and I had the interception. I think as a team we have to work on the inches and the little things; that's what really hurt us today and you can see that if you watch the game. But like I said we can't let one game beat us twice, so we have to come out ready to play against South Florida."
Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood
Opening Statement:
"Good afternoon. Certainly a win that we're really excited about. I couldn't be more proud of the way the team played today in its entirety. I think every phase of the game really impacted the game. As I've said before there are certain numbers in football that are more valuable than others. And any time that we're fortunate enough to hold a team under 100 yards of rushing, we're going to have an opportunity to win the football game. And the other one, and I guess this is just my background as an offensive line coach, I've always felt that if you can rush the ball for 200 yards and not give up any sacks, which I don't think we did, I think what that does it gives you a tremendous opportunity to win the game. I think if you go back and look at those things over time they'll play pretty strongly. I can't say enough about Coach Jones' team. I think they do an excellent job. They are very difficult to play against year in and year out- very physical, very fast, very talented football team. But today I'm really excited about how we played. I think this is a very typical BIG EAST November game with two teams that are at the top of the conference; a very physical game. We feel fortunate to have come out on top."
On Savon Huggins and Jawan Jamison:
"I did say at the beginning of the year that we had two starters. I felt that way all along. It's just that when one gets a little bit dinged up at the beginning of the year like Savon did, then one guy gets hot so to speak like Jawan did, you don't want to not let him touch the ball. Now the roles have reversed a little bit. Now Jawan's a little bit dinged up and he wasn't 100 percent today, but to his credit, he carried the ball four times for 37 yards, not being 100 percent. We only wanted to use him when we felt Savon needed to be spelled, it was a tremendous job by him and I'm proud of both those backs but for different reason. I always felt that given the opportunity that Savon would have this kind of day. I think today he was presented with the opportunity and did a great job with it."
On Rutgers' defensive effort:
"It's a tremendous effort. The number one rushing team in our conference coming in and to hold them under 100 yards, if you hold anyone to 100 yards, you've played really good defense. To do it against Cincinnati is a tremendous accomplishment. It really speaks to the entire team defense. I don't know if you can do that without all 100 guys running to the ball and executing the game plan. Certainly credit to Coach [Robb] Smith and the entire defensive staff for putting that game plan together. I think they did a great job and the players executing it. I've been at Rutgers for eight years and I've seen some really good defensive efforts in the least eight years and this is as good as any of them."
On Rutgers' quarterback Gary Nova's play:
"I was very pleased. The two interceptions I'm certainly not pleased about in the first half. The first one was a busted protection. He had a guy in his face and he was trying to throw the ball out of bounds. He didn't get enough on it and unfortunately it was an interception. I think at the end of the half, he'd like to have that decision back. I think he would tell you that. But I would bet you that every player on the field at one point or another would like to have a decision back, but when you're the quarterback everybody sees it. That's part of the deal. Gary prepares very hard and at no point did I ever feel that his confident wavered. I thought he made decisive decisions the entire game and really did a good job operating the team the way we asked him to."
On running the ball nine times on Rutgers's field goal drive:
"I was pleased with our effort up front with the running backs and the tight end and the fullbacks. To have that kind of day without your starting fullback, who's a really good player and without your starting right guard, who has done a good job for us, I think really, really speaks to what I said a couple weeks ago. This part of the season you always test your depth. Nobody is healthy this time of year. Every team that you play, including yourself, has lost key players and we have, but we've had other players step up. They did a good job today in their roles today."


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Lovett H. Weems, director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership sounds the alarm:
Lovett H. Weems, Jr. – UMC Realities from Lewis Center on Vimeo.
Most congregations know the financial squeeze of recent years from the economic recession. What is more striking is that the financial downturn for denominations is even more pronounced and perhaps more long lasting. Recent developments in the United Methodist Church may serve as a bellwether for others. As Loren Mead recently noted, it was the Methodists in 1966 that for the first time ever had a decrease in membership that signaled a downturn soon matched by all the mainline denominations.
Fewer people giving more money. As membership decreased over the decades, giving continued to increase even after factoring in inflation. Every year, fewer people gave more money. That model worked for a long time. For United Methodists it lasted until 2009. In fact, for a 30-year period through 2007, total giving for all purposes by United Methodists increased from 100 to 300 million dollars a year (before inflation) every year. In 2008, the increase was a modest $4.8 million. Then, for the first time in the memory of most, total giving declined in 2009 by about $60 million. Does this begin to sound like another bellwether moment?
The coming death tsunami. But won't denominations return to the previous performance when the economy improves? Not likely. The practice of depending on fewer people to provide more money is unsustainable in the face of the coming "death tsunami." The U.S. death rate is currently in a stable period that began in 2003 and continues until 2018. But what follows this plateau is a death wave in which there will be more deaths and a higher death rate than at any time since the widespread introduction of antibiotics and other medical advances. The total number of deaths each year will go up until 2050, and the majority of these deaths will be older non-Hispanic whites and African Americans, the two largest constituencies of mainline churches.
Resetting the financial baseline. Therefore, a major financial reset is needed by most denominations to position them for these seismic changes ahead. As with any organization facing the future after 45 years of unabated decline in its constituency, there must be a stepping back to a new and lower baseline in order to move forward. Otherwise, all energy must go to maintaining the old unrealistic financial baseline.
How should churches prepare for significant and long-lasting declines in financial support?
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I think part of the answer is what we are already undertaking in The Episcopal Church, and that's identify and fold down institutional structures that worked during the post-war boom but that now have become a burden both in human and financial resources.
There also seems to be a move afoot to keep more financial resources local and start to build more intentional networks between local congregations and other agencies serving the wider community.
Congregations that are growing have learned to adapt to the changing needs and demographics of their communities. The "legacy" churches will die naturally or reinvent as they have always done.
Finally, I've expressed elsewhere my irritation with "the sky is falling" reporting on this ad nauseum. We are not in the business of sustaining an institution. (Nor or we here to sustain full time employment for our clergy, says a rector as his knees shake!) We are here to proclaim the Gospel. Nor are we here to simply survive as we are. Katharine Jefferts Schori said something very wise at a clergy conference I attended a few years ago. It was something to the effect that The Episcopal Church as we know it today may not be here in a generation or two. But, she added, we do believe death precedes resurrection, don't we?
Thank you, Richard Helmer! You have directed us to the heart of God's call to us to be transformed. "We are not in the business of sustaining an institution" and "we do believe death precedes resurrection." Much of the shape of our national church as institution has its roots in the time of J.P. Morgan and the flourishing power of the large corporation. To whatever extent the Gospel has been suborned by the "corporation" model shaping our national institution, death and resurrection are not only to be welcomed, they are inevitable. The challenge for us in the Church, as I see it, is to seek and pray for new visions to shape the Church that is to come. We can weep and wail, or we can proclaim the Good News of new life in Christ. The choice is up to us.
Church growth and money seem to get in the way of being the church instead of growing an institution. Maybe we'll be much better off is we simply go bankrupt and get about doing the gospel. Imagine what can die and be resurrected in that scenario!
All of this was, I think, precisely the speaker's point: to the extent that we focus on financial sustainability and institutional preservation we will fail to focus on reaching more people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As he noted, we've tried to do both and failed.
If we cannot clearly articulate the Gospel, then indeed we are facing death and bankruptcy. And we seem, from the Presiding Bishop on down, not very able to articulate it, though we have many gifted communicators in this Church.
There is nothing wrong with the "product" we are selling, but the sales force has got to believe in it. Brand revitalization is not an unknown science. The hottest commercials on television are for an old and much-maligned brand called Old Spice. (Not that we should employ a shirtless Black guy with special effects, you understand!) (Or maybe we should.)
Here is the central fact. We live in an age of postmodern cynicism, insecurity and doubt. If our spokespersons are unsure of God's existence and Christ's salvation, our market share will tumble, along with every other denomination's tarnished brand. If we reassert (oh, that word) our certainty and our Creed, our share will rise.
Unlike the fundamentalist salespeople, whose only tools are thunder and guilt, we are able to attract the public with humor, the arts, genuine service and faith – IF we empower our best communicators. Yet we consistently promote our worst salespeople, then expect them to magically turn things around.
There's something wrong with our polity that always gives us these bad results.
The selection of the Presiding Bishop needs reform. (Not to put all the responsibility on her, because she also attracts and sells.)
Now that the schism is over, we need to reexamine what it was about; why we were vulnerable; and where the schismatics were right about us. They do not want mealy-mouthed Christianity; they do not want labyrinths without Jesus or interfaith hybridizing. Neither, by and large, do we. What is good in one context reduces clarity in another, and clarity must be our goal. "We believe in one God…"
The Episcopal Church is potentially the world's greatest brand of Christianity. If our sales force doesn't believe that, they should retire.
Many of us do believe that but are blocked from exercising leadership.
Jesus is the greatest brand of all. The Bible is the world's bestseller.
And we teach them better than anyone. Or we could if we were allowed to.
Our power structures have stopped serving us. So let them die and be replaced.
The affirmative Gospel – Gay-inclusive, women-powered yet muscular and male too – is an overwhelming force with real answers to the horrible dilemmas of modern life.
TEC's problem is that it hasn't sold that affirmative Gospel nearly enough.
We are the Christian alternative to Rome and Jerry Falwell. We're better than both of them and we ought to say so, loud and clear and often.
The sky isn't falling; look, it's still up there.
We should set out to become, in humility and with all our failures, the Church of the United States. And Haiti. And Cuba. And Brasil and Japan and South Africa.
Of course we'll get lost in the desert. But that's all right, as long as we have leaders who say, "Here's The Way."
From the Diocese of Maine:
A Collect for the Church in a Changing World
God of unchanging power and eternal light, loving God, who is Mother and Father of us all; Grant to your people in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine grace and courage to be a new church for a new day. Give us vision and wisdom to discern your will in a changing world and persistence to go out to our neighbors and live your Good News in new and creative ways. Help us to trust the companionship of your Spirit on this journey even as we experience confusion and difficulty. Lead us, we pray, to that future, still unseen by us, where you are already waiting for our arrival and where, with your Son and the Holy Spirit, you live and reign now and for ever. Amen
Bishop Steve Lane's game changing convention address.
Heidi Shott
"Blessed assurance" is not expressed in the same language by everyone, Josh.
Nor is Holy Doubt the enemy of Faith.
I'm uncomfortable w/ your tone of "Believe, dammit!" or "Our Leaders don't really B-E-L-I-E-V-E (like I do)".
Personally, when I hear someone table-pounding their own certitude, it sounds like they're projecting their own doubts. (Of course I could be wrong)
I don't have any answers here, but if I want to see Real Change (growth) in TEC, I know I'll have to begin (after prayer) w/ looking in the mirror. What am *I* doing to grow the Episcopal Church?
JC Fisher
Thank you Josh for your comments. We all need to do a better job of articulating the Gospel. Our churches do a better job of articulating the job of the Warden/vestry than that of the Gospel. People are yearning for it- and quite frankly are tired of the mega church approach.
One of our local parishes in the inner city, took the eucharistic prayers and formed them in the language of their neighborhood and attendance and commitment to church has gone from just around 40 in 2008 to over 350 this year. All in a city that lost thousands of citizens. It can be done and is being done. God Bless!
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JCF, the blessing of doubt is what got us here. And it can be a blessing indeed, but it has to be backed up by objective and demonstrable truth.
We live in an age that doesn't believe there is such a thing.
(Personally, in the U.S., I blame Nixon. But in Europe I blame World War I, the "war to end all wars" that didn't change a thing, and only resulted in mass slaughter. Europe has stopped believing and is now largely atheist. One cannot wonder why. People blamed God instead of their politicians.)
I'm not here to proclaim my own certitude. I'm here to call for bishops and priests and laypeople who are certain, because they've encountered the Christ.
No one else can lead us. This journey is difficult. It's easy to get lost and go the wrong way. Television is designed to hone all human longings into product-buying. The false gods and graven images of old are now TV commercials. Everyone on the planet watches TV, and there's a sucker born every minute.
Jesus is the alternative reality. And there's plenty of interest in him as my little website has shown. I run the biggest megachurch in TEC, but I'm just some smalltown queer from Indiana; a layman, at that. All I do is present the Jesus of the Gospels and the Book of Common Prayer. Those are all we need to do, so hey.
I'm sorry for those who nurture their doubts; I don't know what that's like, but it must be hard. I'd be one of them myself except I met this guy; he even deigned to meet me. I'll never know why he bothered, but I'll always be grateful he did.
As long as the Episcopal Church elects bishops and rectors who really aren't so sure about this Jesus guy – and as long as it gives power to the clergy, not the people – we're on a straight path to hell, and denominational bankruptcy is only station 3 out of 15.
But I have hope for my Church, which gets more things right than any other. Yes, I know it's impolite to say so, but times are tough and this is TV.
As long as the Episcopal Church elects bishops and rectors who really aren't so sure about this Jesus guy – and as long as it gives power to the clergy, not the people – we're on a straight path to hell, and denominational bankruptcy is only station 3 out of 15.
Josh, I respect and appreciate the comments you have made over the past several years, but that is one heck of an accusation. Would you care to back it up with some facts? Otherwise, please take it down a notch.
I will agree that we need to take evangelism seriously. So many of us are so put off by the evangelical brand that we haven't been able to develop our own version. Perhaps some productive suggestions are in order.
Oh, "we need to take evangelism seriously," do we? By laying off the evangelism staff? That's dialing it back a notch for sure.
Teach people to encounter the Christ. It doesn't even cost any money. But you can't do it if you haven't encountered him yourself.
We "are so put off by the evangelical brand that we haven't been able to develop our own version." Meanwhile the evangelists we actually have are frustrated at every turn, devalued, disrespected, punished. Lord have mercy if they happen to be laypeople.
Teach the Christ; it's simple. Teach the Daily Office and centering prayer. Teach the transformation; turn off the TV. Shut up and listen. Stop participating in this world; confine it to 9-5, then go home and celebrate, sit on the porch quietly; take the dog for a walk. God made every tree and bush and blade of grass.
Tell someone else what you see. Ask what they see; let your eyes be opened.
Teach the man who laid down his life for his friends.
This isn't difficult, it's easy. We have the world's greatest superhero as a role model, but somehow we find him immobilizing. Jerry Falwell preaches hatred and we let him get away with it. The Pope shelters pedophiles and we let him get away with it.
I don't have all the answers – I barely know the questions – but I do long for a Church that knows what it believes and teaches it. We don't, and that grieves me.
But we do know what we believe; every Sunday, the Nicene Creed. Every Tuesday, the Apostles'. Every Thursday, St. John's food pantry; every Saturday a grandma loves her child.
Find the Christ and teach him. Show him to others. Teach the classic disciplines. Be assertive; denounce the windbags. Toss off the tables in the marketplace.
Sing the Hymnal. Follow the saints. Don't get scared of the desert; "The Way goes here."
The affirmative Gospel – Gay-inclusive, women-powered yet muscular and male too – is an overwhelming force with real answers to the horrible dilemmas of modern life.
I am a layman who knows Jesus and who "walks" with Jesus. I am a layman who says the creeds with fervor (having long ago interpreted the meaning of the ancient texts for myself-an interpretation that is constantly updated). I am a layman who thinks that our Church has more than a little to offer the world.
Having said that, I think I understand Josh's frustration. We, as a Church, have a goodly amount of well though out, very intellectual talk and preaching about the Church and about our Lord, but show forth very little passion for our Lord in much of that talk and preaching.
If we are to share the good news we have to offer to the world, we must do so with passion. We need to say what we believe as if we really mean it. I hope that we do.
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Feb. 16, 2013
Box Score | Box Score (PDF) | Season Stats
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – A fifth inning rally was not enough as the University of Pittsburgh softball team (1-3) dropped a hard fought battle to No. 11/10 Texas A&M (9-0) on Saturday evening by a score of 9-5 at the Aggie Softball Complex.
"It was good to see us come alive offensively. We hit the ball really well. Texas A&M is a great hitting team and we were right there with them, we just missed a couple of opportunities that could have changed the outcome of the game."
The Panthers got off to an ideal start by scoring two runs in the top of the first. Leadoff batter Tori Nirschl reached base safely on an error by second baseman Jenna Stark. She would score when Taylor Henry doubled down the left field line with two outs. Maggie Sevilla, who walked prior to Henry's double, scored from third when Carissa Throckmorton hit a shot down the third base line which Amber Garza could not field cleanly.
After starting pitcher Savanna King kept the Aggies of the board in the bottom of the first, A&M erupted in the second with five runs on six hits to gain a 5-2 lead. The crushing blow came on a three run homer by Stark, who atoned for her error in the first inning.
Two more runs crossed the plate for the Aggies in the home half of the third inning as A&M grabbed a 7-2 lead. After left fielder Ashlee Sills made one of her two spectacular diving catches and doubled up the A&M runner at first, the Aggies followed with three consecutive hits, including a two RBI double by leadoff hitter Emily Albus.
A solo home run to right field by Cassie Tysarczyk gave A&M an 8-2 lead in the bottom of the fourth, but Pitt would not go quietly as they put together three runs in the top of the fifth to cut the Aggie deficit to 8-5.
Carly Thea got things started with a one out single, which was followed by a two-run shot to center field by Holly Stevens. It was Stevens' first homer of the season and the 28th of her career. Maggie Sevilla followed Stevens with a double to left center and was brought around on another double to left field by Carissa Throckmorton. Kailia Balatgek was next up and hit a shot down the line, but right at A&M's third baseman which ended the rally.
After allowing one run in the bottom of the sixth, the Panthers had one last rally in the top of the seventh but could not capitalize with runners in scoring position with one out, as the Aggies secured the 9-5 victory.
The Panthers conclude action at the Aggie Classic tomorrow morning against 23/rv North Carolina. First pitch is set for 11 a.m. EST
Manuel Garners NFCA All-Region Honors
Kaitlin Manuel: My Final Goodbye
Ortega Named to All-ACC Freshman Team
Zeremenko, Maldonado Earn First National Bank Weekly Honors
Panthers Fall to Yellow Jackets in Series Finale


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I was at the store gettin gas and beer afer a long day of tryin to figure out the weird noise was comin for my car. So I am inside gettin my stuff and this guy asked if that was my WRX. He told me he seen my car and my bro's 94 325i parked at my house all the time. He asked me whos car was quicker. I said mine was and then he asked to race me on this make shift track they got on a highway strip that is hardly used. I first said no cause my mechanic said not to run her hard until I figured what the noise was comin from. He said he had a VW Golf and kept eggin on sayin "come on you got a WRX". He then told me it wasn't a VR6.I finally said ok lets go for it. i get outside and see his big front mount Intercooler. Before I saw the Intercooler and turbo decal on the back.He said all he had was an exhaust and intake done to his car. So I thought easy kill, but somethin seemed fishy.
So we begin and he tells me to go since there were no lights. I gun it and I see that I am leavin him behind by 3-4 cars at start when I first looked back. the crasy thing is that midway into third gear he is next to me and then leavin me behind. I felt like I was crawlin in my WRX and he was runnin. I am not a sore loser but I don't think I was supposed to get dogged like that. He had me by 4 car lengths before shuttin down. I don't know WTF to think about that one but I still keep my head up with pride.


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Biggest Mover: Justin Wilson (+9)
Biggest Loser: Marco Andretti and Sebastien Bourdais (-7)
1. Will Power +1
He proved that he isn't another one of those drivers that can qualify on pole and just run a race without passing anyone. He has carved his way through the field for the last two races. He is the class of the field right now.
2. Simon Pagenaud +3
You cannot shake it without baking it. It makes no sense! But he is shaking and baking the whole field right now! Keep it up Jean Giraud!
3. Helio Castroneves -2
Decent weekend by Helio, except he punted his fellow countrymen Rubens Barrichello on the last lap, which was kind of a downer moment.
4. James Hinchcliffe 0
Manica once again proved what Danica always failed to do, which was succeeding on road courses based off of skill and not just surviving the carnage.
5. Scott Dixon -3
Dixon was very lucky not to have gotten collected in Andretti and Rahal's mess. But he later had a failure. Bummer.
6. Ryan Hunter-Reay 0
Wish he hadn't made contact with Sato on the last lap, that was a lose-lose for everyone.
7. Takuma Sato +5
The poor guy can't get the result he deserves.
8. Tony Kanaan +3
TK bounces back in TK like fashion. Love the beard by the way TK (no homo).
9. Ryan Briscoe -2
Pressure is on, he is the one Penske driver without a win. But he did set the Long Beach track record which is a plus.
10. JR Hildebrand +7
Like I said in the Team Power Rankings, this team scares me if they can continue their great efforts on road courses.
11. Justin Wilson +9
He proved what he could do in his equipment, especially when he was pulling away from everyone towards the start.
12. Rubens Barrichello +6
Rubens was running well and I feel like he is only going to get stronger as the season goes on. Too bad Helio decided to wreck everything for him.
13. Graham Rahal -5
Probation and calling out the Andretti name? Hold on playa.......
14. Dario Franchitti -4
It was apparent on Sunday that Dario was indeed right foot braking again.
15. Josef Newgarden +1
Racer of Today is a go getter. He went for it and got helped into the wall. You definitely cannot get mad at him for that. And the way he conducts himself in interviews is veteran like, not a 21 year old rookie.
16. Marco Andretti -7
I would have liked to see Marco come to the defense of the Andretti name kind of like his Grandpa. But maybe he was, just not doing it via social networking. Not a good result either way.
17. Mike Conway -4
Another failure. But he wasn't very impressive pre-failure.
18. Charlie Kimball +3
Char Dogg definitely impressed me. Too bad he got screwed at the end. He was right up there in the top ten the whole race. Wish he would be more consistent throughout the season.
19. James Jakes +5
James very much impressed me when he was hanging right on the rear of Will Power in the early stages of the race. Maybe we will see more of this to come.
20. EJ Viso -5
EJ got penalized for an incident that no one has any knowledge of. Basically, Tags crashed and EJ got penalized for it even though there was no evidence. Don't agree with it and EJ paid the price.
21. Sebastien Bourdais -7
The big drop is because I personally expected more from Seabass this weekend given lasts weeks performance and his past history at Long Beach. Off to Sao Paulo for the first time.
22. Oriol Servia -3
Okay weekend for Big O. Nothing more, nothing less.
23. Alex Tagliani -1
So I guess EJ wrecked Tags and ended his bid for the victory, or at least that's what I got out of the interview Tags gave.
24. Simona de Silvestro -1
Poor Simona, put her in a Penske and this is a different story.
25. Ed Carpenter 0
Hahaha oh Ed..... You have so much to learn on road courses.
26. Katherine Legge 0
I wish Milka would find some speed already.
Let me know what you think.
-Matthew Hickey