text: Any quality designers making clothing or shoes that isn't necessarily RAB but could be worn as such? I'm just looking for ideas to put together a look. This was the one point that always drove me a bit nuts, how RAB guys were so reluctant to wear anything modern, even if the stylistic details were spot on. Band of Outsiders has 2 shirt-jacs (one is red gingham, one is white w/blue stripe) that is a very authentic repro of a 50s shirt Western shirts have never changed style so you can't go wrong with a modern western. The one thing vintage ones have over modern is the elaborate embroidery and the awesome rayon gabardine fabric w/MoP snap buttons. But the problem with wearing a nice vintage western it's easy to look like you're part of a rodeo troupe. It's one of those looks where you could even put together a RAB vibe with just APC, esp if you happen to have a pompadour. The haircut suddenly makes EVERYTHING look rockabilly.


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CESANA PARIOL, Italy -- As part of the finish-area celebration that followed his gold-medal win yesterday, Duff Gibson hugged his wife, his teammates, his coaches and even some of the fans who cheered for him.
But it was an embrace with his sister, away from the lights and cameras that had just captured his winning run, that reduced the 39-year-old skeleton champ to tears.
Flying halfway around the world to watch her brother race for the very first time, Australian resident Susie Gibson explained why their quiet moment together had the Calgarian sobbing.
"Our father died a few months ago and it's just a shame he missed this," said Gibson of their father, Andy, who recently lost an
11-year battle with cancer.
"Duff and he had a really good relationship -- Duff was his crowning glory.
"Dad coached everything and sports was the centre of his life.
"It was always on the TV and it was an environment Duff thrived in."
When asked about his father, the words didn't come nearly as easily as the tears.
"I was asked a while ago if I might dedicate this to my dad," said Gibson, stopping frequently to collect himself.
"My dad was always an educator and coach. Although he put a great value and belief in sport, in the big picture, it is just sport.
"What I would dedicate to him is if I won the race today, I would try to be as gracious a winner as
I could be.
"And if I wasn't able to win, I'd be as gracious as I could be."
Living up to his words, he rained praise on second- and fourth-place finishers, fellow Calgarians Jeff Pain and Paul Boehm, for pushing him as teammates to heights he never thought possible until yesterday.
His class and poise were brilliant tributes to a father who shaped Gibson's life from a young age by introducing him to every sport imaginable.
Dreaming of playing in the NHL from a young age, Gibson moved on to be an Alberta speed-skating champ before a stint on
the national bobsled team eventually steered him towards skeleton -- a
discipline he used to mock.
His success in every sport was hardly surprising given his mother was a gym teacher who played high-level basketball, and his father was a judoka, who was to compete for Canada at the 1968 Olympics before the sport was taken off the program for the Mexico City Games.
A Calgary firefighter who is universally loved in the sporting community, Gibson has said for years he always knew he'd win an Olympic medal -- he just didn't know what sport in which he'd do it.
However, after winning the world skeleton championship in 2004 and a pair of World Cup races that same year, he had a pretty good idea he was finally on the right track.
"It started in 1976 when I was 10, watching the Montreal Olympics and I realized it was something I wanted to be a part of," said Gibson, whose uncle rowed for Canada at the 1984 Olympics.
"It's always had a special place in my heart and I realized I wanted to get there.
"In Salt Lake City, I did get there and finished 10th and realized that wasn't my dream at all.
"My dream was to be a contributor and be on the podium and today that happened."
Because of it, there wasn't a dry eye in the house."

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Weekend marks start of spring break for students
Alumni events at Cintas Center, athletic contests keep campus bustling | February 27, 2004
On Friday, the weekly chemistry seminar begins a series of senior thesis presentations in Logan Hall, Room 100, at 1:30 p.m. This week's is the first of five seminars that feature three chemistry students' dissertations. Seniors presenting this week are Kelly Curran, Brian Angolia and Elizabeth Portman. For more information, call 513 745-3352 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Also Friday, the baseball team is heading south at the start of break, traveling to North Carolina to take on High Point University in a 2:30 game. And on campus, the women's basketball team celebrates its senior night at the Cintas Center during a 7:00 p.m. game against Atlantic 10 rival University of Dayton.
Saturday, the rifle team aims for a top ranking at the Great American Rifle Conference in West Point, N.Y., at 8:00 a.m. But that won't end the team's season; the rifle squad has qualified for the NCAA Championships, which begin March 12, for the sixth consecutive year.
Also Saturday, the baseball team remains in North Carolina for a second game against High Point University at noon.
Saturday afternoon on campus, the men's basketball Musketeers take the court against the University of Duquesne in a 2:00 p.m. A-10 conference game at the Cintas Center. Several alumni chapters are hosting a variety of alumni events surrounding the game.
On Sunday, Feb. 29, the swing/jazz series is hosting Cincinnati's own Mary Ellen Tanner, performing with her trio and special guest Rick VanMatre, at 3:00 p.m. in the Gallagher Student Center theater. The artists are performing selections from the Great American Songbook of George Gershwin and Harold Arlen. For more information, call 513 745-3161 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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When you drive into Chicago to visit Groupon corporate headquarters, you take exit 51A off the Dan Ryan Expressway and eventually turn on Chicago Drive. The office is just past The Chicago Tribune building, over the bridge and to the right.
It doesn't sound like a big deal until you realize what 600 W. Chicago Drive is-the former 2-million-square-foot Montgomery Ward Catalog House. The catalog house operated continuously from its construction in 1908 until Montgomery Ward's bankruptcy in 2001. As it turns out, the home of the 20th century's major market innovator may be home to the innovator of the 21st century.
Right now, 600 W. Chicago Drive is not "The Groupon building" per se. It is a sort of a virtual mall, with coffee shops and restaurants on the first floor and office space above. The company currently occupies space on floors three, six and seven and, most recently, took out the entire fourth floor.
(Top) A view of 600 W. Chicago Drive from the Chicago River. (Bottom) Snarf's, the ground-floor coffee shop.
I meet my hosts, Julie Mossler and Nicholas Halliwell, on the ground floor next to the coffee shop. They take me in elevator to the fourth floor. As we walk, Mossler explains that the data center and mobile groups are located in Palo Alto, while the traditional site engineering, programming, sales and corporate offices are at corporate headquarters.
Groupon has about 800 people in its software development ranks, with around 300 based in Chicagoland. "But that's a hard number to pin down," Mossler explains, "as we grow by an average of 150 people a week."
On the fourth floor, I see the newly remodeled reception area, including a receptionists desk, "bubble" chairs, a giant spaceship cat and, believe it or not, an enchanted forest. The forest, she says, gives people a place to meet to be productive. "We want to be fun and lively, not ostentatious or goofy. There are no ball pits. The forest is for meetings."
(Top) Groupon's reception area offers bubble chairs for those who wait. (Bottom) The enchanted forest looks whimsical, but it's really a seating area for informal meetings.
While the enchanted forest is the most extreme perk, the free soda and coffee machines are everywhere-and there's at least one Tiki bar.
That had me wondering what it was like to work for Groupon.
It was time to meet the software people.
(Top) Groupon's Tiki hut offers free coffee, tea and other drinks. Refrigerators full of free soda are also a common sight. (Bottom) So are flags. Here the North Carolina sales staff works under the flag of Charlotte, the state's largest city.
Scaled Right, Right From the Beginning
After our coffee chat, Mossler shows me more of the office. In the hallway, I run into developers Mike Cerna and Marek Dzik.
When I ask what they have been working on lately, Cerna says, "research and development, prototyping." After spending the next minute trying to figure out their specific roles-everyone is a member of the technical staff, and developers are not title-centric-I realize I'm talking to the first programmer and first project manager that Groupon hired.
Marek Dzik (left) and Mike Cerna, programming leaders at Groupon.
The company's platform architecture company started with a hosting partner, EngineYard, which provided a full Ruby on Rails/MySQL stack out of the box, Cerna says. Groupon did recently build and convert to its own data center in Palo Alto. To do this, the company essentially implemented a carbon-copy of its technology stack in the data center, without any architecture changes. The systems ran side-by-side for two months before the Engine Yard servers were turned off and the home-grown stack stood on its own.
While Ruby on Rails has traditionally had scaling problems, the company continues to rely on it successfully. Cerna tells me Groupon closely monitors actual performance and looks for bottleneck. He uses the term "inflection points" to describe times when the system approaches a bottleneck.
"We've had a few inflection points, yes, but at this point we can essentially scale Rails to any size," Cerna says. To do this, he admits, the team had to reach inside Rails and modify it. This is a mixed blessing; such changes make massive scale possible, but, if they aren't added back to the source code, they can cause merge problems when upgrading to future versions of the Rails platform.
Groupon scales its development teams by splitting the business domain into four components: Deals, users, customers and purchases. Each of these pieces can be accessed as a Web service. Today Groupon have more than 20 services and is starting to form an architecture group. The company has scores of development teams, while the architecture group has about 20 people.
Hiring at Groupon: On the Lookout for Passive Candidates
Once I finish with Cerna and Dzik, Mossler ushers me into the "Allergic Reaction" room, where I talk to John Hundreiser, director of recruiting for engineering and IT. He walks in, gives me a firm handshake, points to the table and asks, "What would you like to know?"


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Organic Whole Figs
April 28th—Fearlessly Archived—Still a fun read; price & availability may have changed.
We've been considering adding figs to our frozen fruit section for quite some time, but it was only recently that we found a frozen fig worth featuring. Trader Joe's Organic Whole Figs are Smyrna figs from Turkey, and they're sweet & juicy, just as figs should be.
Freezing the figs just after harvest seals in their "just picked" flavor, for sure, but we'd be disingenuous if we claimed their texture remained the same as well. It doesn't. When thawed from their frozen state, they're significantly softer than freshly harvested fruit - and while this may at first seem like a detriment, we've found that there are benefits to this change in texture. We like the softer texture for making smoothies - it's definitely easier for blenders to incorporate the figs into your drinks when they start out a little softer. These Organic Whole Figs are also excellent for sauces and jams, are easy to poach for dessert preparations, and excellent on a pizza with blue cheese and arugula (definitely thaw them first when making pizza). We enjoy them partially frozen (or partially thawed, depending on your point of view), when they're cold enough to provide a little "bite", and soft enough to eat in copious quantities.
We're selling each 16 ounce bag of Organic Whole Figs for $2.79, every day. We've tasted conventionally grown frozen figs with far less flavor than ours, selling for significantly more, so we know these are an excellent value. You'll find them in our freezer case.
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Midwestern IU gives preliminary OK to changes in use of credit cards, submitting expenses
The Midwestern Intermediate Unit 4 board of directors gave preliminary approval on Wednesday night to changes in how employees can use IU credit cards and submit expenses for payment.
The changes come in the wake of Cecelia Yauger's resignation in April as executive director after she charged private dinners and personal expenses to her IU credit card. The intermediate unit serves school districts in Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties.
The changes are intended to help the IU keep better track of expenses submitted by employees for reimbursement, officials said.
The board would have a month to amend the proposal before taking a final vote in June.
Officials said an audit is still being conducted on Yauger's credit card statements to determine which were valid for IU business.


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Health & Wellness Expo - Mercy College
Hours: 10:30am-2:30pm
Ages: All
Price: free
555 Broadway - 877-637-2946
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Description: Free health screenings. Learn from experts. Attend a seminar or workshop. Bring the entire family for a day of fun with kids' activities. More information about the schedule and participating sponsors at mercy.edu/healthexpo. ABOUT THE EXPO Mercy College's first annual Health & Wellness Expo will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 10:30am-2:30pm on the Dobbs Ferry campus (555 Broadway). This multi-disciplinary health and wellness expo provided by the faculty and students of the School of Health and Natural Sciences and partnering agencies will feature free health screenings, interactive exhibits and hands-on workshops (see event activities). Main themes include 1) Fitness, Exercise, and Health for all ages, 2) Management of Special Needs or Chronic Conditions, and 3) Health Profession Careers. The expo will provide information and resources to the community to foster healthy lifestyles, increase understanding of health issues and risk factors, and enhance management of special needs or chronic conditions. The expo will feature keynote speaker Shannon White, an Emmy-nominated TV journalist, award-winning speaker, and author of "The Invisible Conversations with Your Aging Parents" and "How was School Today? Fine." At the same time, it is an opportunity to learn about careers in health by watching students and faculty in action, and by speaking with students or faculty in health profession programs. The Mercy College Health & Wellness Expo will set the foundation for healthy lifestyles for each and every community member. Note about Amenities: The event is wheelchair accessible. Free parking and shuttle service will be provided on campus. Mercy College's cafeteria will be open throughout the event. The full menu will be offered for purchase. Refresh yourself with lunch, coffee or a snack break while enjoying views that overlook the Hudson River. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com with questions.


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Back in the sweltering Summer of 1968, a gaggle of Montreal rock musicians gathered in a local recording studio for a grand total of a half hour to lay down some tracks. Although that was surely a common occurence back in those days, what ended up going down during this particular outing was merely one of the most loose and spirited improvised rock jams of the decade. Over a wildly slashing guitar, bobbing keyboards, and peppy, percolating drums and percussion, everyone involved speaks, shouts, and screams the word "Ouba" over and over in myriad ways, unintentionally bestowing a name upon the ephemeral outfit. Then they stop on a dime--maybe even a penny--and effortlessly ascend through a swirling, dissonant cloud, only to swing back into the goodtime jam without warning.
Around the halfway point, the drummer cuts loose with a long, loose yet rocking solo as the other band members yell and egg him on. Then it's back to the jam, as the Muppets chime in and mutter "Ouba" in various comical ways until the music finally shudders to a close. Fortunately captured for posterity, this is the sound of four guys who simply got together and had a really good time playing music. Imagine that! Since only a handful of copies of the original LP are known to still exist, rest assured that it's impossibly rare. For your listening pleasure, a CD reissue appeared in 2001, appropriately enough accompanied by the most rambling, scrambled liner notes ever printed inside a booklet.
Timeframe: Pre-Altamont.
Public Impact: No live shows, no tours, no nothing. Psych collector status.
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Hey Brandon! That is fantastic news, congratulations!
jhunger said
Actually, I have a theory that there are a lot of people who search for music who also spell ukulele like "ukelele," and I'll usually list both in my tags.
+1, I think most of us ukulele authors consistently use both spellings as tags.
I'd say between 50-100. I'll often start an idea off and then come back to it another time, I just see it as a pool of potential ideas.
Here is my new funky uke track, hope you like this:http://audiojungle.net/item/that-funkin-ukulele/8557361
Hi, try the freeware "Paul's Extreme Soundstretch" http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/
You can drop any piece of music into it, and instantly make a 30 minute soundscape (although I would recommend to use it more creatively, eg. to create interesting pad sounds for your sampler, and layer it with other sounds.)
The freeware "Fauna VST" http://www.kvraudio.com/product/fauna-by-xoxos is quite good for making animal vocalizations, but again I would recommend not to use presets but to experiment, and add some rich reverb, good for scary monster sounds.
Many of the freeware synths by HG Fortune are excellent for sound design: http://www.hgf-synthesizer.com/nfg---pro-vsti-free.html Particularly the "STS" range
I'd love to test it!
+1 Awesome! Sorry I'm a bit slow on the uptake here!
I'm having a lot of fun with some iFretless series of apps at the moment (iFretless Sax, iFretless Bass, iFretless Guitar) , here is a clip I did this morning using the iFretless guitar to play some blueshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpheUBGUytw
Disclaimer: I'd never use this in a production by the way, it is just for fun! Also, I have no affiliation with the makers.
Nice to see the picture sir! Thanks for sharing! You both look great, congratulations again, Lord Luca!
Nice result, Graham! Well done!


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A 1920s Steiff Harlequin teddy bear – being sold by a disgraced hedge fund manager – was bought for £46,850 at Christie's last Wednesday while the whole teddy collection fetched more than £1m.
In Paris, LVMH, which flogs Moet & Chandon champers, £1,100 Brea handbags and Tag Heuer watches, reported a 24 per cent rise in sales over three months and predicts greater things to come. Its flagship Louis Vuitton store on the Champs-Élysées, where tourists queue to enter, has been closing an hour early to preserve stock for what it expects to be a sell-out Christmas.
Meanwhile, Ferrari recently sold five of its ¤1.95m, 415kph Bugatti cars and is forecasting record profits this year. Chanel put its handbag prices up by 20 per cent, but they are still selling like hot cakes while Italian shoe-maker Salvatore Ferragamo says shoes are striding out of its stores like never before. Hugo Boss, Germany's upmarket fashion retailer, said profits growth will be twice earlier predictions and Burberry, hot on the heels of Mulberry last week, said current trading is go-go-go.
Before you scream with envy, or indeed outrage, it's worth noting that the luxury goods boom is great news for all of us. Even though these companies are selling most of their goods to tourists visiting Europe as well as through their shops in China, there is a knock-on effect here in terms of jobs and tax receipts.
What this brand bonanza reinforces, however, is how the world is splitting ever more deeply between West and East. And it is particularly ironic that this return to flamboyance comes the week before the most vicious cuts to government spending in living memory. As Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary, warned in his inimitable way last week, the West is in grave danger of financial collapse if we don't sort ourselves out.
Even more dangerous than the global split are the divisions emerging within Britain as the coalition struggles to tackle the deficit; divisions between classes and generations. Attempts by George Osborne to play "fair" in the way he's spreading the pain is turning into the most farcical, and potentially explosive case of divide and rule between the classes. As usual, the working and upper classes will be spared while the middle classes get clobbered. What's worse, they are biddable: they don't threaten to flee to Swiss tax-havens, can't afford tax avoidance and don't strike. Well, not yet.
You can see why Osborne wants to cut child benefits, but he got the process terribly wrong and it's backfired by infuriating those he needs on side. Most people, myself included, accept they shouldn't receive child benefit but view the money as a rebate for the absurd amount of tax we pay. While there had to be reform in university funding, pushing up tuition fees will lead to a huge fall in the numbers of middle-class teenagers going to university at a time when we need investment in new skills more than ever.
Paradoxically, it's this middle strata which is the UK's most productive, which creates most of the new businesses, provides the country with new jobs, pays the most tax and, dare I say it, provides the country with the cultural glue that keeps it special. Osborne, and his coalition partners, must understand that ruling by division might be an easy way for now but in the long term will not create the unity of purpose we need to solve our problems.
Alien visitor: Has Varley just dropped in from outer space?
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it's surely time for bankers to have their own planet too. Anyone listening to John Varley, the Barclays boss on Radio 4 talking about bonuses the other day couldn't fail to reach the same conclusion. Varley got into the most terrible twist because, instead of saying why his 150,000 investment bankers are worth bonuses of £1.5bn on top of their salaries, he tried to excuse it by claiming they were only a small number of the total – as most workers are in call centres, where "pay is no different from the millions of other British workers". By inference, he suggested this makes it OK to pay the rest a fortune; sorry, the logic doesn't work.
Then he tried to deflect the issue by saying only 15 per cent of total costs went on bonuses and that this is not "an outrageous number". Please, Mr Varley, that doesn't mean anything. If your bankers are worth it, then please have the guts to say so or people will wonder what planet you are on. Pluto would be perfect but it's no longer a planet so Uranus will have to do.
A university market, including Harvard's Cambridge, heralds recruitment changes
The big shake-up is coming. Within days of the threat of higher tuition fees, along comes supermarket group Morrisons with plans to fund 20 undergraduates to study for a BSc degree at Bradford's School of Management, one of the top 10 in the country. The new students will start their three-year "learn as you earn" block-release course in January, alternating between studying and working on the factory floor of Morrisons' s food manufacturing business – the second biggest in the UK with 18 factories around the country. But, once the students have finished the management and business studies, they have no obligations to stay, although most are expected to.
Norman Pickavance, the chain'sdirector of human resources, tells me the company decided on the pilot scheme because its graduates, who had studied mainly vocational degrees, would benefit from more experience. Jobs at Morrisons are always oversubscribed – from shop floor to top floor – and he expects masses of applications and even more when tuition fees soar.
Morrisons is not the only company adjusting its recruitment. Over dinner last week, the director of one of Britain's fastest growing companies, employing hundreds of engineering graduates, predicted that his own company – and others – would also start funding degree courses, rather like the Army. Companies might go further, as they already do with post-graduate research, hooking up with specific departments within universities and sponsoring more specialist subjects. Another biotech director I spoke to predicts our better universities, like UCL in London, could be taken over by US Ivy League colleges which have oodles of money. Once you introduce a market into higher education, then you'll open one up in the universities themselves. If you thought there was an outcry when Kraft bought Cadbury, just wait till Cambridge is pounced on by Harvard or Imperial College by Bejing's Tsinghua University. You can hear the fireworks now.
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The eNook is a wall mounted charging station. The shelves can be opened and closed and it has a hidden compartment for the included power strip. This is great for by the door, when you come home, open it, plug in your devices to be charged, leave them there. On the way out pick up your devices, close the door and you're off. No corded messes hanging around for everyone to see. Assembly required, comes in three finishes.
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Henrietta Meleen
Age 87 formerly of Minneapolis and Milaca, MN
Loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
Our beloved, Henrietta. passed away in St. Paul, MN on January 8, 2013. Preceded in death by son, Robert Meleen; daughter, Susan Meleen; husband, Burton Meleen. She is survived by daughters, Andrea Peters (Jerome) and Jeanne Ryan (Peter); son, Michael Meleen (Patsy); grandchildren ,Sylvan Hilber, Kipp Meleen (Michelle), Tara
Schwinghammer (Charlie), Kimberly Nystedt (Todd) , Kourtney Ryan and Fallon Ryan; 13 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by sisters, Esther Alderink and Marion Swanson; brother, Jake Alderink. We appreciate the staff of Timber Hills of Inver Grove Heights for the more than six years of wonderful care. Memorial Service 2:15 PM Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Timber Hills Senior Living Center, 6307 Burnham Circle, Inver Grove Heights. She will be buried in the spring in Forest Hill Cemetery in Milaca.


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2014-15Appeared in 28 games, starting 26 in the crease … NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team selection … went 19-8, setting a career high in wins, with a 2.04 goals against average and a .917 save percentage … tied for sixth nationally with five shutouts … allowed two goals or less in 20 of 28 appearances … came off the bench to stop 23 of 25 shots in a 3-2 win over Bowling Green (10/12) … named NCHC Goaltender of the Week four times (Nov. 10, Nov. 24, Jan. 5 and Feb. 16) … stopped all 21 shots he faced against Colorado College (11/7) … made 23 saves in a 1-0 win over Western Michigan (11/21) … posted consecutive shutouts against Cornell (15 saves; 12/29) and at Rensselaer (22 saves; 1/3) … made a season-high 35 saves to record a shutout over Western Michigan (3/15) in the NCHC Playoffs.
2013-14Split time in goal with fellow sophomore Ryan McKay, compiling a record of 5-7-0 in 16 appearances ... placed on the NCHC Academic All-Conference team ... posted an .882 save percentage and a 3.30 goals-against average ... started his first game of the season at Ohio State (10/11), stopping 26 of 28 shots ... led Miami to victory when he made a career-high 38 saves at Colorado College (Jan. 25) while letting in only one goal in a 6-1 contest ... he also recorded the first assist of his career from the goaltender position against Canisius (Nov. 2) where he simultaneously saved 23 shots helping propel Miami to a 5-2 triumph.
2012-13Awarded the CCHA Rookie of the Week from the week of Nov. 12-18 after allowing just two goals in a series with Michigan State ... split time in goal with fellow freshman Ryan McKay, compiling a record of 12-5-3 in 21 appearances, starting 19 games ... posted a .924 save percentage and a 1.94 goals-against average, which was ninth nationally ... started his first game against Colgate (Oct. 13), leading the team to a 5-1 victory, making 20 saves ... had a nine-game unbeaten streak (6-0-3) from Nov. 3-Dec. 28 and allowed two goals or less in 14 straight starts from Nov. 2-Feb. 8 ... was a perfect 7-for-7 on stopping shootout attempts and saved a penalty shot Feb. 8 at Western Michigan ... made a career-high 37 saves against Michigan (Oct. 27) ... recorded his first career shutout Nov. 17 against Michigan State and recorded a second whitewash Dec. 28 against Ohio State.
Prior to MiamiPlayed two seasons in the USHL with the Waterloo Black Hawks and the Sioux Falls Stampede ... suited up for Waterloo in 2010-11, playing in 20 games, while helping the Black Hawks make the playoffs ... started 2011-12 with Waterloo, again appearing in 20 contests before joining Sioux Falls, where he finished the season playing in 12 games ... selected to the 2012 USHL Top Prospects Game ... represented Team USA at the 2010 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with teammate Sean Kuraly, as they helped the U.S. win the silver medal ... also played for Team USA at the 2009 U-17 Five Nations Cup in Germany and went 2-0 in net.
PersonalBorn on June 7, 1993 in McLean, Va. ... son of Rosie Oakley and Jim Williams ... full name is James Richard Williams IV ... volunteered at local church working with kids with disabilities ... enjoys golf, the NHL and watching hockey ... a finance and accounting major.


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Wyclef Jean Poses Shirtless on His Motorcycle for His 43rd Birthday (PHOTO)
Former Fugees star Wyclef Jean showed off his buff bod on his 43rd birthday, tweeting: "TODAY I AM 43 YEARS OLD! I look And feel 26! U cant keep à good Man down! Keep à smile when they want you to frown!"
The revealing Twitpic shows Jean posing shirtless on his Ducati motorcycle — wearing nothing but his briefs and perhaps some baby oil.
When the singer isn't busy taking shirtless self-portraits on his motorcycle, he's been promoting his new memoir, Purpose: An Immigrant's Story, much to the dismay of his former flame and Fugees bandmate Lauryn Hill.
Why may she dislike the tome?
In his tell-all, Jean claimed his ex-lover lied to him about the paternity of her son. Back in the 1990s, Jean had an affair with Hill, and when she was pregnant with her first child, she allegedly told Jean the child was his. However, the father was actually Bob Marley's son Rohan.
"In that moment something died between us," Jean wrote in his memoir. "I was married and Lauryn and I were having an affair, but she led me to believe that the baby was mine, and I couldn't forgive that."
"She could no longer be my muse," he added. "Our love spell was broken."
However, Marley, who was with Hill from 1996 until 2004, claimed Jean was "just saying false things to get book headlines." He told TMZ Jean "knew from jump that was my son from the day [Lauryn] was pregnant."
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Colloidal Silver Review and Giveaway - Ends 12-20-13
"2013 Holiday Gift Guide"
Everyone is always looking for the next miracle remedy, but have you heard of Colloidal Silver? Colloidal Silver has been used for thousands of years, because of its amazing healing abilities! I was just reading an article called, Ten ways to use colloidal silver's amazing healing abilities. The article states how the Colloidal Silver is used for so many things, like burns, infections, colds, flu, bronchitis and even MRSA! Colloidal Silver has a pretty good track record of how it will help your body, it's considered to be an amazing antibiotic and anti-fungal remedy!
About Colloidal Silver
For this review, I received one 8 oz. bottle of Colloidal Silver, from Genesis Today! I think it's absolutely awesome and I would highly recommend it! I have had a sore on my ear, probably for the last ten years and just lately it has been infected. As soon as it was infected, I started trying all kinds of different remedies, even bentonite clay, but that can be kind of messy. Then I remembered that I had the Colloidal Silver, I just sprayed it on several times a day and it healed very nicely. Another thing that the Colloidal Silver has done for me is, heal the blisters on my foot, because of the eczema. I never get the flu, colds or sore throats, but I hear it does heal all of those ailments, along with so many other ailments.
If you think about it, Colloidal Silver has been used for thousands of years, if it didn't work, why would it still be used today? I guess our forefathers knew more, than we thought they did. I'm not one for pharmaceutical remedies, it seems like every pharmaceutical product has some sort of side effect, so I refuse to use any of them. I'm all into natural healing, without the side effects. I have been researching different alternative remedies for a very long time and I hope that the world will soon realize, how much alternative medicine can do for them, without any side effects, but we must always state that it has not been evaluated by the FDA and it is not recommended by the FDA.
Here are several more articles on Colloidal Silver:
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- Heard about the colloidal silver 'Blue Man?' Here's why the scare story is public relations fraud
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Wide set breasts
I tell my patients that a breast augmentation does in fact only make the breast larger. However, by doing so some shape issues and asymmetry issues are camouflaged. In addition, adding volume adds volume all over the breast and more volume in the inside portion of the breast will improve the cleavage especially with the correct bra.
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Thank you for the question and pictures.
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Nation and Internet : Malaysia and the multimedia super corridor
Leong, Susan (2007) Nation and Internet : Malaysia and the multimedia super corridor. In ARC Cultural Research Network Asian Media, Culture and Society Masterclass, 24-25 September 2007, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. (Unpublished)
As part of a development plan-in-progress spanning a total of 25 years (1996 to 2020), Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor MSC provides a unique opportunity to witness a brief and microcosmic unfolding of that process which Lewis Mumford lays out in exhaustive detail in Technics and Civilization (Mumford, 1963). What makes it doubly interesting is the interlocking of national imagining, destiny and progress with a specific group of technologies, information and communication technologies (ICT), of which the Internet is part. This paper casts Malaysia's development and implementation of the MSC as the core round which an enquiry of the association between the nation and the Internet is woven.
I argue here that there are 3 dissonances that occur within the relationship between the Malaysian nation and the Internet. The first of these arises from the tension between the premises underlying techno-utopianism and pro-Malay affirmative action. The second is born of the discordance between the "guaranteed" freedom from online censorship and the absolute punitive powers of the state. The third lies in the contradiction between the Malaysian nation, as practiced through graduated sovereignty and its pro-Bumiputera affirmative action. Together, these three comprise the inflections that the Internet has on Malaysia. Further, I contend that aside from adding to the number of ways in which the nation is understood and experienced, these inflections also have the potential to disrupt how the nation is lived. By lived I mean to denote the realisation of the nation that occurs in and through everyday life.
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He was an annoyance in her life.
He was always there, lurking in the shadows.
Loitering in the alleys.
Two tables away on her dates.
Grinning at her from the next compartment down on a train.
She hated him, he knew, but at the same time she relied on him.
If he suddenly didn't appear one day she would worry.
She would pretend that she hadn't when he eventually turned up again.
She would glare at him and tell him to go stalk someone else, but underneath the hostility he would feel her relief.
Just like now.
She was on another date with some jerk.
She only did it to annoy him.
She knew that eventually he would be sitting at the table opposite her.
She knew that eventually she would admit her long lasting love.
He knew that eventually she would get over her stubbornness and go out with him.
Once was all it would take.
Then she'd be his, forever.
In a planned attack on her defences he sauntered past her table and said,
"Say, darling, when you come home later get some toilet paper will you? We've run out.
Oh! And some more condoms… we've had a good run lately."
He finished with a wink then turned the corner, grinning happily to himself.
Then he heard it.
Her voice.
Addressing him.
He still remembered the first time she'd used his name – they'd been on a subway and she'd gotten really agitated with him and said it by accident.
She'd refused to look at him after that for days.
She'd lost the moment her lips had formed the two syllables.
Not like this time though.
This time she meant it.
And she was mad.
"Kohen! Would you leave me alone already?
I don't want you!
I don't need you!
You need to stop stalking me!"
He turned around abruptly and stepped out so he could see her again, her red hair blazing in the soft orange customary restaurant light.
He tilted his head back slightly, inviting her to continue.
"At first it was weird, now it's goddamn freaky!
You need to cut it out!
I will never be with you.
From the moment you followed me home that first time.
From that exact moment you lost your chances."
Kohen nodded slightly, acknowledging her anger.
It was a big step for her.
He leant against the wall and frowned slightly, holding eye contact with her.
His dark blue eyes wouldn't let her look anywhere else.
He smiled slightly, a tiny twitch of his mouth.
He doubted anyone else would notice, but she would.
She knew everything about him.
He'd been around her long enough for that to be certain.
"Ari." He said, softly. His deep voice reaching her only just.
"Ari, why are you so stubborn?
You shouldn't worry so.
Enjoy your date.
I'll see you later.
Forever, Ari, forever."
Then for the first time he turned and walked away from her.
Straight out the door and down the street.
She freaked out and ran to the door, watching him go.
Then she returned to her date who was looking peeved and confused.
"Who the fuck was that?
You told me you were single!"
"I am single!
Kohen is...
Kohen is what you'd call a friendly stalker.
He thinks he's in love with me.
He follows me everywhere.
Every single day of the week.
It's been three years now.
Except now he's gone.
He's never done that before – just left." She looked worried.
Her date shook his head and said
"You should get a restraining order out on him."
"Why?" Ari said, confused.
"Umm, maybe because THE ASS IS STALKING YOU!"
"But he's never hurt me.
Only ever helped.
A guy was attacking me one night outside a night-club.
I was out of it.
Couldn't have fought off a fly in that state.
Anyway, Kohen got rid of him.
Then he took me home.
And took care of me.
Then he left and never mentioned it again." She said, lost in thought.
Ari didn't see the disappointed look on her date's face.
He could see straight through the little performance she'd just put on.
This girl was not single.
She was well and truly taken.
By the man she was looking for anxiously out the window.
By her stalker.
She just hadn't realised it.
"Look, Ari, it's not that you aren't a great girl,
You are!
But I think it isn't going to work between us.
It just isn't meant to be."
"What? No…" she said in a confused tone. Another man not even wanting a second date.
"Ari. You are taken.
No, don't deny it.
Look at yourself – you can't stop looking for him out the door and window.
You're hooked well and truly.
Go find him.
Tell him, by the sound of it, he's been waiting long enough.
A guy won't wait around forever, even one as determined as what he seems to be."
With that her date stood and leant down, brushing a kiss across her cheek.
Then he left.
Just like the others.
Why did Kohen ruin everything?
Kohen was worried about her.
He'd left her on her own.
At night.
In a city which could never be trusted to keep those you love safe.
But he'd done it for the first time in three years, voluntarily left her alone.
He hopped on the train home and wondered what he should do.
She'd made herself perfectly clear. She didn't want him.
Not ever.
He didn't want to give up on her.
He knew he'd never forget her.
But could he keep doing this?
Could he keep sacrificing his own life to follow her everywhere?
Some people would think it strange that he'd be willing to do that.
Some people thought it weird that she still hadn't put out a restraining order on him.
Kohen sighed to himself. It was tiring, doing what he did.
She thought he didn't work, how could he when he spent all day following her?
But he did.
He was a freelance writer.
Not just any writer though.
A historical romance writer to be precise.
He spent every moment when he was hanging around outside her work or house writing romance stories for other people.
It wasn't the most satisfying work but as long as he churned out a remotely decent novel every few months he earned enough to keep up his strange lifestyle.
She arrived home to see the bus stop where Kohen normally perched empty.
She woke the next morning and it was still empty.
She walked up and down the apartment all morning, going out of her way to pass the window in the kitchen looking out into the street.
She hadn't realised what a familiar, comfortable sight he'd become, sitting there scowling at his laptop or reading a book.
Sometimes he'd be typing furiously, not even bothering to look up for hour on end.
He was always there, he stayed till after she went to bed and arrived before she woke.
Ari knew though, that he didn't sleep there.
He was always fresh and clean in the mornings with new clothes on.
Sometimes he would walk close enough that she could smell his cologne.
Sometimes she would only catch a glimpse of him across a crowded street.
Sometimes she would not see him at all, but she always knew he was there.
Right now she could sense he wasn't. At what stage had she become attuned to his presence?
Ari realised as she checked the window again, that what mood Kohen was in dictated hers.
If he was typing and scribbling intensely in his notebook, no doubt she would have a productive day at work. She could always see him out the window of her office - on warm days sprawled out on the grass or on rainy days tucked into a corner of the gazebo keeping warm.
The other girls at work had noticed him there every day. After a while they had connected him to Ari.
Then they went out of their way to flirt and try to break him.
He turned them down with polite, disinterested answers, though on cold days he did accept the hot coffee they offered.
He turned them down with a shake of his head and a glance in Ari's direction.
She was the only one for him.
Just past midday, in the middle of making a sandwich for herself, Ari's doorbell rang.
She wasn't expecting anyone but it wasn't unusual for a friend to drop by unannounced.
It wasn't unusual for her female friends to swing by with binoculars so they could perve on Kohen.
It wasn't unusual for her male friends to come over to lecture her about stalkers and drop off restraining order application forms.
They went in the shredder.
"Who is it?" She called through the door - her cheap apartment came with hi-tech security.
"It's Kohen." His voice echoed in the silence.
She thought she could hear a heavy, bone-deep tiredness in it.
She stayed quiet.
"Open the door Ari. I need to talk to you for once and possibly for all."
"I don't think I should." Ari was shaking - this was it.
He was leaving her.
Three years of constant companionship in a warped kind of way and he was leaving her.
Somewhat irrationally she believed if she didn't talk to him, he couldn't tell her he was leaving.
"Just open the damn door. Do me one favour and open it." There was an annoyed edge to his voice now.
This was not play time.
Ari flipped the lock and slid the chair out then she walked backwards into the lounge room.
A few seconds later the handle turned and Kohen entered.
It wasn't the first time he'd been in there, but it was the first time she remembered him in there.
He looked right, slouched against her kitchen bench.
He looked at home in his faded jeans and black t-shirt.
He looked like hers.
"What do you want?" She whispered, overcome by her own thoughts.
"You know what I want. How could you not?
Are you so stupid?
I want you.
You're all I've ever wanted.
You're the only girl in the whole world I will want for the rest of my life."
"You don't even know me!
Hanging outside my house and work doesn't count!" Ari exclaimed in frustration.
"You don't know yourself, Ari.
I just came here to tell you that this is it.
I can't take it anymore.
You don't want me, obviously.
For three years you've been my everything and I've been your nothing.
For three years I've sacrificed everything - my life.
My friends.
My family.
My life.
And all for nothing. ALL FOR NOTHING!" He finished in a yell. His handsome face was haggard with pain. With longing.
He had lost all hope now.
It was ironic that, just days from the time she had shown him more than a cold shoulder and an indifferent gaze he should lose hope.
"It didn't have to be this way, you know." He said quietly.
His dark hair flopped in his eyes.
He didn't bother to flick it away.
He was tired and couldn't be bothered.
He was tired and lost.
He was spent.
"I know. I know it didn't." Ari replied.
She could barely recognise him. The shadows in his eyes were new, strange and painful.
They tore at her heart, at her insecurities.
They tore at everything that kept her all these years from throwing herself at him.
After a few heart-wrenching minutes he straightened and walked away.
Just like that.
There was no fanfare.
There were no tears.
There was no farewell kiss.
There was just the sound of her heart beating and the sound of him walking away.
She watched him go, watched him as he got lost among the crowd.
Then, when she could no longer see him.
No longer feel him, she whispered his name the way he wanted to hear it for three long years.
"You stalked her? For three years?"
Kohen grinned, remembering back to that bittersweet time.
"Yeah, I thought it would win her. It didn't."
"You're a crazy bastard, you know that?" His friend laughed, shook his head and signalled the barmaid for another round.
"I know." Kohen replied, pushing his unruly hair from his eyes.
She went pale as she looked across the room.
The bar was next to empty.
There was a few old men hunched over their beers.
There was a classy looking woman flirting with some dirty workmen.
And there was two young, good looking men laughing over their beers.
One was wearing a suit, he was sophisticated and slick. Probably a lawyer, she decided.
The other was wearing blue jeans, black converse and a white t-shirt.
He was smiling.
He was laughing.
He was free.
He was two years older and two years beyond her, but he was there.
"Kohen..." She whispered.
Ari dared not move. She wanted him to see her so badly.
She wanted him to lean against her kitchen counter like he belonged there.
She wanted him to see her and declare his love once more, as he had done two years previously.
But she dared not move in case he noticed her.
"Do you miss her?"
"Like hell." Kohen whispered.
"You have no idea. This girl, she was, is, everything to me.
She was all I wanted, needed.
She was beautiful and fierce.
She was gentle and kind.
She was so flawed and so perfect.
She was everything.
I miss her every day.
I have to stop myself from going to her place still." Kohen paused and laughed bitterly.
"I am such a fuck up.
Still pining after this pipe-dream girl two years later when I didn't so much as have a decent conversation with her to begin with!"
"Kohen..." She whispered again and then turned to leave.
Something made him look up.
He would have said fate if he believed in it.
He would have said hope if he had any.
But whatever made him do it, he saw her.
He saw her lips form his name.
He saw the pain written on her face.
He saw the things he wanted to see so badly.
He saw longing, so much longing.
A mirror image of himself.
"Oh my god." He said, not taking his eyes off her.
His friend frowned and turned to see what Kohen was looking at.
"Is that her? It's her, isn't it...
Jesus. Fancy that.
The first time you so much as utter her name in two years and she's here.
Fuck me. You are either the unluckiest bastard in the world or, judging by the look on her face, the luckiest one."
Kohen could barely hear him.
All he could hear was blurred and distorted, like someone had turned the sound right down to a tinny hum.
The only thing he could see was her standing there in jeans and a tank top.
She was staring at him too.
Like her eyes were starving without him.
His certainly had.
Then she started forward.
She flowed around people, not taking her eyes off his face.
Her hair was glowing. It was short now, Kohen noted as he drank in her appearance. A pixie kind of cut which made her high cheek bones stand out.
It was gorgeous, but Kohen always thought she was gorgeous.
He always had and he knew now that he always would.
Two years without her had almost killed him.
He got through it though.
Now she was here, walking towards him.
He didn't know if he would survive this.
It all was happening so slowly, a second seemed like a minute.
He lost sight of her for a moment when a group of girls walked in front of her.
He strained his head to the side to catch her again.
He didn't even notice that he was now standing.
His friend had given up trying to catch Kohen's attention.
Nothing but Ari could have his attention now.
Finally she was there in front of him.
Standing there in all her glory.
She was breathing heavily, like she'd run a marathon, not just walked across the room.
Distantly Kohen noted he was also.
"Kohen..." She whispered again.
Testing the name in her mouth.
Liking the way it tasted.
"Oh Jesus." He said, keeping his arms at his sides, wanting so much to wrap them around her.
"Kohen. I was wrong.
I was so wrong." She started then he heard her choke up.
She swallowed and continued.
"I never should have...
I lied, Kohen.
I lied to you, to myself, to everyone.
I do want you.
I do need you, so much.
I miss you.
Every day, every moment is so empty without you there.
Every day I think of you and I want to kill myself for being so stupid.
It was three years and I don't even know your last name."
She stopped talking to brush the tears from her cheeks.
Her body was leaning into him.
Into the warmth she'd never, ever felt but imagined every night for two years.
In the back of Kohen's mind he recognised this was the moment he'd waited for for three years. Then he'd given up hope but it was here again.
Not in the way he imagined it.
In his mind he'd worn her down with his quick wit, there would be lots of yelling and screaming then angry, frustrated kissing.
Kissing that would set the world on fire.
He'd never imagined it like this.
Never imagined it as a chance encounter in a bar after hope was lost.
Never imagined the tears running down her cheeks or the soft red of her hair in the dull, dirty lights of the pub.
She was looking up at him, raw hope changing to desperation as the minutes ticked by without him saying a word.
With every fibre of his being he wanted to grab her and kiss her with all his might.
It was all he ever wanted to do.
Now he could and he wasn't.
He watched as her head dropped and her eyes left his, slipping to the dirty floor.
He watched as her shoulders hunched and then turned away from him.
He watched as she took the first step away from him, back out of his life.
Kohen yelped and jumped as his friends hand connected with the back of his head.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?
You just finished raving about this girl and now you're letting her walk away?
Jesus H. Christ! Stop her you idiot!"
This harsh treatment snapped Kohen out of his daze and he bolted after her.
She was halfway across the room now.
She was moving like she was made of lead.
Every step an effort worth almost more than living.
Kohen leapt forward and grabbed her arm.
"Ari, oh my god, Ari.
I never stopped wanting you.
I never stopped thinking about you, even if I couldn't see you anymore.
Don't cry for me Ari, I never wanted you to cry!" He uttered, pulling her toward him.
"Kohen!" She gasped before her lips connected with his own.
This was the moment Kohen lost his mind.
There was nothing but the feel of her against him.
The feel of her lips, as desperate as his own, moving against his.
Her tongue tasting his and her hands all over his body.
Kohen groaned and ran his hand through her short hair and pulled her closer against him.
Dimly he noted they were in a very public place but at the same time he just wanted to rip their clothes off so there was nothing between them.
He wanted skin on skin.
He wanted to taste all of her.
He wanted her now and he could tell she felt the same.
He'd been waiting five years for this.
He couldn't get more desperate than he was now.
"Get a room would you?" A random bellowed at them, causing them to break apart, panting heavily.
He rested his forehead against Ari's.
"I waited for you." He murmured. "I never forgot you."
She whispered back "I know.
I'm sorry it took me so long.
Do you want to go back to your friend?"
Kohen stood back from her and looked across at his friend who was watching carefully while entertaining his pretty blonde girlfriend who had been late to get there.
He raised his beer at Kohen and nodded.
What had been a dinner for three was losing a member.
Kohen smiled briefly and looked back down at the girl who held his heart in her hands.
"No, he'll survive without me."
"Good. We have a lot of catching up to do."
Then she took his hand and lead him to her car.
They arrived at her apartment and he looked around.
It was the same basically.
Things had gone, things had arrived.
One new addition was a small framed photo on the kitchen counter.
It was him looking over his shoulder smiling through a crowd of people.
He didn't remember the photo being taken.
Kohen moved across the room and picked it up.
"I took that one.
I took it during the second year of you following me.
I don't know why I took it, but I framed it because it was the only thing I had left of you.
All I had to show for three years of sharing my life with you was one photograph.
I was such an idiot."
Kohen replaced the photo and looked up at her.
"Yeah. You were."
Then he leant down and kissed her slowly, tenderly.
"You are mine Ari.
I always said it.
I always meant it.
Say you'll be mine forever..."
"Forever. We'll be each others' forever."
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BOSTON -- A collection of news and notes after the Boston Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls 95-91 Sunday evening at TD Garden:
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With starting center Jermaine O'Neal (shoulder, knee) and top reserve Brandon Bass (knee) sidelined for Sunday's game, Chris Wilcox got thrust into a starting role and responded with another solid effort, chipping in 11 points on efficient 5-of-6 shooting with nine rebounds and a block over 26:17.
Wilcox thrived in transition, generating all of his points at the rim (his only miss was an 11-foot jumper in the second quarter). Four of those five buckets came off feeds from Rajon Rondo. Whether it was a fancy between-the-legs dish for a first-half dunk or an alley-oop lob that gave Boston a 14-point cushion in the fourth quarter, Rondo made it easy for Wilcox to stack up his points.
"Once you run the floor and get a couple of easy ones during the game, it starts getting so much easier for us," Wilcox said. "I feel good right now, I'm back healthy and that's my role for this team -- run the floor."
Earlier in the season, as Wilcox struggled to be productive on the floor, he had difficulties catching some of the feeds from Rondo. That hasn't been a problem lately as everything Rondo sends his way seems to be sticking. About the only thing that evaded Wilcox on Sunday was a first-half feed from Ray Allen that he would have needed a ladder to reach.
"It's just something we had to get used to," Wilcox said of Rondo's feeds. "At first I was dropping a lot of passes and things like that, but now we're on the same page and a lot of passes I'm catching now."
Celtics coach Doc Rivers challenged his big men to get get up and down the court alongside Rondo on Sunday, knowing it would lead to easy buckets, and both Wilcox and rookie JaJuan Johnson were beneficiaries.
Said Rivers: "Chris was phenomenal with his speed."
One of the things Rivers said after Friday's lifeless loss in Toronto was that he didn't want his team going "back down that road," referring to the team's rocky start to the 2011-12 campaign. Boston had won nine of 10, including five in a row, before losing back-to-back games against the Lakers and Raptors.
Those losses might have made Sunday's visit from the Bulls just a bit more of a must-win than the Celtics might have cared to admit. Asked if this was a marquee win, Rivers hesitated, but suggested every win is big this season.
"I don't know what that is," Rivers said. "If [Chicago point guard Derrick] Rose had played and we won, I would have said I don't know what it is, honestly. You know what I'm saying? I keep saying it, but in this season, every win is a marquee win with the short season. We've got bodies [down], guys out on both teams.
"I don't know when the last time we played where we had all our team and the other team had all of their team. I don't know if that's happened this year. It may not happen and that's just the way the season is. To me, because of that, every win is really important. You've just got to get wins, then stack them up at the end of the year, and hopefully you're in a good playoff position. That's it."
Kevin Garnett went so far as to call it a "huge" game.
"We needed a win today. Today was a huge game for us," he said. "Dealing with everything that happened in Toronto ... today was a needed win. Enough said. It was, and I think we played like it. I thought we came out with a lot of energy, and we hit first, we were aggressive.
"We've got to finish games better, but I just think that's some miscommunication between the bench and the players that were on the floor. Other than that, man, I thought we played with an edge, like the old Celtics that I know we are. Doc came in and really gave us a good talking to, something that we needed to hear. He showed us film, that film is always humbling, and I thought we all went out and responded."
Celtics reserve guard Keyon Dooling returned to the floor after missing 16 of the team's last 17 games due to right knee and hip ailments, playing his first game since a nine-minute stint in Boston's come-from-behind victory in Orlando on Jan. 26.
Dooling missed both shots he attempted while playing the off-guard position (Avery Bradley served as the primary backup behind Rondo), but grabbed a pair of rebounds over 8:36.
"It's a good start," he said. "I've got to work my way back into the rotation and hopefully earn my minutes."
After the game, Dooling said he had "no complaints" about how he felt physically, but admitted he'll likely have to get treatment on his ailments for the rest of the season. Dooling, who preferred not to talk about return timelines during his absence, didn't want to harp on his injuries.
"A lot of guys are banged up. I'm not going to complain," he said. "I'm out there, I'm happy to be out there. There's a lot of guys that are ailing, I'm just one of the soliders, one of the wounded soldiers that are out there trying to perform."


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Alan Johnson has admitted that in what he called the "febrile atmosphere" of last autumn's Labour Party conference, he considered standing for the party leadership.
He said: "The run up to our conference there was a febrile atmosphere around - it looked like everyone was going to be throwing their hat in the ring.
"And I thought if everyone's doing it I might as well do it as well. Then everything calmed down we came away from our conference very united very determined that yes there may be a contest but there'll only be a conference if two candidates or two three four candidates genuinely think they can do that job."
In an interview with the Politics Show, the Education Secretary, who is running for the Labour Deputy Leadership, also said that he wants to remain as a Cabinet Minister, even if he is elected as Deputy Leader.
Front line politics
He said: "I would like to remain as a cabinet minister. I like being a front line politician and there's no reason why as Deputy Leader I can't stay as Secretary of State for Education, provided the Prime Minister decides that what he or she would want me to do.
"So I want to stay in front line politics. I don't see the Deputy Leader as some kind of party apparatchik I see it as an essential complement to the Leader."
He also defended the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, and likely next leader, who has been criticised this week for not being collegial.
Mr Johnson said: "Gordon is extremely charming - he doesn't need any lessons in charm from me - but I have worked with Gordon for a long time and I think I can complement his tremendous leadership skills, his tremendous intellect, his great sense of a moral purpose in politics."
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Over at HumanisticPaganism.com, I have a new essay which analyzes how a poem by Don Marquis was modified for inclusion in the Unitarian Universalist hymnal. A comparison of poem and the hymn provides an interesting case study in the how religious naturalists use religious language and raises the question whether something is lost in the translation.
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Funeral services were held here today for Henry Ittleson, Jewish philanthropic leader who died yesterday at the age of 77. Herbert Bayard Swope delivered the eulogy and Dr. Johah B. Wise officiated at the rites. Honorary pallbearers included" Bernard Beruch, Herbert H. Lehman, Judge Joseph M. Proskauor, Edward M.M. Warburg, David Sarnoff and other notables. Burial, which was private, took place at Ferncleff Cemetery, Hartsdale. N.Y.


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Premier Greg Selinger closed the Manitoba NDP's annual convention Sunday with the declaration the party was "unified" and he and his caucus were energized by the three-day event.
While there had been speculation Selinger's decision last week to bounce former cabinet minister Christine Melnick from his caucus would create dissension within the party, there was little evidence of that over the weekend.
Selinger explained his actions at the Friday night kickoff, and that seemed to be the end of it. The premier received loud ovations whenever he spoke, and the party appeared determined to put the matter behind it.
"I heard a real desire to make sure we're focused on things that make a difference in Manitoba -- a steadily growing economy, good jobs, quality health care, making sure the infrastructure is being built in this province," Selinger said. "Those are the kind of debates we had and I thought they were very productive."
Although polls show NDP support has plummeted over the past two years, in part over government tax increases, the premier told the more than 400 convention-goers the party can still be re-elected if it is effective in explaining the government's priorities and its road map for the future.
"When we're fighting for the things that we believe (in)... we're on the path to a brighter future. We're on the path to re-election. But it takes all of us in this room to do it. There's no one person that does it," he said.
It appears the NDP also believes it can win re-election in 2016 if it is successful in demonizing the Conservatives under Brian Pallister.
On the weekend, the party unveiled a new 30-second television attack ad that portrays Pallister as a reckless cost-cutter who would threaten health and education services. The ad will run throughout the Winter Olympics at a cost of $6,000 each time it airs. The Conservatives have dismissed the negative ads as a sign of desperation on the part of the NDP.
Party members spent the bulk of the convention debating policy resolutions, passing nearly 50 from a booklet that contained about 200 motions.
They urged the government to increase the social assistance allowance so welfare recipients have more money to pay for rent, food and other necessities.
The government had resisted calls by social-welfare groups and business leaders alike to boost the social assistance housing allowance to 75 per cent of the median market rate.
However, on Saturday, Jobs and Economy Minister Theresa Oswald said the government now considered it a goal, although it may not be able to implement it all at once.
Delegates urged the government to follow up on the recommendations of the recently released report into the death of Phoenix Sinclair, a five-year-old child who was murdered while in the care of Winnipeg Child and Family Services.
They also called on the party and the government to use "alternative media such as YouTube channels and other social media" to get their message out to the public. A resolution, passed by the convention, said "mainstream media is rarely onside" with the party's beliefs and "ignores or perverts" its accomplishments. Social media would be an effective way to reach the younger generation, the motion said.
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TANEGASHIMA, KAGOSHIMA PREF. – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Wednesday launched the Hayabusa2 probe from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, beginning a six-year mission that will see the lander travel to an asteroid 300 million km from Earth in search of rock samples.
The probe blasted off at 1:22 p.m. on an H-IIA rocket, on course for the 900-meter-wide asteroid 1999 JU3.
Shortly after 3 p.m., Hayabusa2 settled into an orbit similar to the Earth's orbit around the sun, JAXA said. The probe will orbit the sun once and swing by the Earth late next year before setting off for the asteroid.
If it is able to land on the asteroid successfully, the spacecraft will blast a crater in the surface to collect rock samples that have not been exposed to millenniums of solar wind and radiation, in the hope of answering fundamental questions about life and the origin of the universe.
JAXA had been in communication with Hayabusa2 by Wednesday evening, and its gyroscopes and other equipment appeared to be working normally, according to Hitoshi Kuninaka, a professor and project manager at the agency.
The probe has deployed its solar panels and is receiving power from them as planned, Kuninaka said at a news conference.
Analyzing the materials could help shed light on the birth of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago and offer clues about what gave rise to life on Earth, he said.
The probe is expected to reach the asteroid in mid-2018 and spend around 18 months on its surface, which it will also study by dropping tiny rover robots.
In a galactic first, Hayabusa2 will drop an "impactor" that is designed to explode above the asteroid's surface, firing a metal bullet into the crust at a speed of 7,200 kph — six times the speed of sound on Earth.
"The impactor is made fully with Japanese technologies that are so advanced you would think they are out of this world," Kuninaka said.
If all goes well, asteroid samples will be returned to Earth in late 2020.
The launch was scheduled for Nov. 30 but was delayed twice due to bad weather.
The spacecraft is a successor to the Hayabusa asteroid explorer, which made history in 2010 when it returned to Earth with asteroid samples for the first time.
After its launch in 2003, Hayabusa's 6 billion-km journey was plagued with difficulties, including engine and gyroscope failures and, at one point, a loss of communication with Earth.
Compared to its predecessor, Hayabusa2 includes more durable ion engines that produce 25 percent more thrust, and an enhanced antenna that can transmit more data back to Earth.
Hayabusa collected samples only from its asteroid's surface, but Hayabusa2 will attempt to go deeper, making a crater with a metal impactor to access materials undisturbed by radiation from the Sun and other bodies.
Also on board the rocket, the launch of which was contracted to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., are three small satellites, including one developed by the Kyushu Institute of Technology and collaborators that contains communications equipment.
Several hundred people gathered in Hase Park, around 6 km from the launch pad, to watch the rocket blast off on Wednesday.
Kotaro Yamamoto, 6, and his father traveled from the city of Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture to watch the liftoff.
"It's the first time I've seen a launch. It was really amazing," Kotaro said.
In Tokyo, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe celebrated the launch, saying in a statement that he was "very happy" that the first step of the mission had been successful.
Abe added that the launch "has demonstrated the reliability of Japanese space technology." He also pledged to push for policies that support space-related research and industry.


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Kentucky Men's Golf moves into 11th place after Round Two of NCAA Regional
By Logan Swensen
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Kentucky men's golf team wrapped up round two of the 2013 NCAA Fayetteville Regional on Friday, shooting a 21-over-par, 309. The Wildcats moved up one spot into 11th place in the 54-hole stroke play event held at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
"We finished horribly yesterday, but held real tough through the first nine holes today to get back into decent position," head coach Brian Craig said. "Unfortunately, we executed very poorly on the back nine. To be honest, it's terribly disappointing because we battled back into position after the tough first round and let it all go. We will go out tomorrow, play the very best round we can and keep our heads high."
Arkansas now leads the 14-team regional field at 3-under-par 573 after a stunning 5-under-par 283 on the second day. First round leader Illinois posted 292 on day two for a 2-under 574 total, to fall to second place just one stroke back entering the final 18 holes. Texas (+7), Oklahoma State (+14) and Kent State (+15) round out the top-5 with Tulsa and SMU (+19) just four shots back of fifth place. The top-5 finishing schools will advance to the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship at the Capital City Club, Crabapple Course in Atlanta, Ga., May 28-June 2.
Junior Stephen Powers led Kentucky with an even-par 72, continuing the momentum from his eagle-birdie-bogey finish on Thursday. The Naperville, Ill., native recorded three birdies on his first nine holes en route to a 1-under-par 34. On his inward nine, Powers made two bogeys but birdied his 18th hole of the day to finish even-par and move into a tie for 22nd entering the final day.
After leading the Wildcats in round one, senior Chase Parker struggled to an 8-over-par 80 on the second 18 holes. The Augusta, Ga., native is tied for 40th at 9-over par total. Parker carded his only birdie on his 13th hole of the day.
Junior Ben Stow improved his score from day one to post 5-over-par 77 and is tied for 51st. Stow made the turn in 1-over-par 36 after making birdies on both of the par-5s. Stow shot 41 on the second nine behind five pars and four bogeys.
Junior Cody Martin recorded 8-over-80 on his second day after shooting 78 on day one, putting him in 56th place on the leader board at 14-over-par. Martin had an adventurous day for UK, starting with a triple-bogey 6 on his opening hole but then sinking four birdies over his next six holes to get to 1-under-par on his round. After the remarkable run, the Union, Ky., native played his final ten holes in 9-over-par.
Sophomore Will Bishop had two birdies on Friday and is tied for 63rd in the tournament at 18-over-par after shooting 82. Bishop recorded an impressive birdie on his first hole of the day but made quadruple-bogey and double bogey on his ninth and tenth holes, respectively.
The final round will begin Saturday at 8:00 a.m. ET. Bishop will tee off first from hole No. 10 at 8:50 a.m. Martin, Stow, Powers and Parker will follow, respectively, in 10 minute intervals.
Fans can follow along with the Fayetteville Regional through updated live scoring on Golfstat.com. For more information on the University of Kentucky men's golf team please visit UKathletics.com and follow on twitter @UKMensGolf.
2013 NCAA Regional
May 16-18, Fayetteville, Ark.
Blessing Golf Club
Course: Par-72, 7,251-yards
Kentucky Lineup:
T23. Stephen Powers – 75 – 72 – 147 (+3)
T41. Chase Parker – 73 – 80 – 153 (+9)
T53. Ben Stow – 78 -- 77 – 155 (+11)
T57. Cody Martin – 78 – 80 – 158 (+14)
T64. Will Bishop – 80 – 82 – 162 (+18)
11. Kentucky – 304 – 309 – 613 (+37)


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Chapel Forum: Desert Safaris for Reconciliation - Dr. Salim Munayer
When Friday February 21, 2014 @ 10:00 AM (1251 days ago)
Where Lehman Auditorium
Duration 30 minutes
The Middle East is fraught with polarization. Yet in the midst of conflicts churches are often recognized as communities of forgiveness and reconciliation. For Dr. Salim Munayer bearing witness to the Gospel of reconciliation within the conflict is his passion. He will speak about this enormously challenging calling.
Salim Munayer is an Arab-Palestinian Christian whose family was forced to flee their home, Lydda-Lod, in 1948. Like the Anabaptist/Baptist/Free Church Tradition, Salim's Theology of Reconciliation offers a third way between the bipolar split of the western church's conservative evangelicalism and protestant liberalism. Salim is on faculty at Bethlehem Bible College and is director of Musalaha – a dynamic peace-building program based out of Jerusalem.
On Musalaha's homepage Salim says: "Conservative Western evangelicals tend to see the Middle East through the lens of religion. To many Westerners, Islam is frequently viewed as a threat since it is distinctively different and foreign in its expression. Islam is often perceived as anti-Christian, and the majority of problems in the Middle East are linked to Islam's dominance in the region. These perceptions can lead to fear of Muslims, sometimes resulting in negative and racist attitudes toward Arab or Muslim people. At the other end of the spectrum, many liberal churches see current events in the Middle East as a byproduct of social changes such as modernization and urbanization, and they see radical Islam as a result of colonialism and imperialism…"
Salim's theology is rooted in the reconciling work of Jesus on the cross. Salim's mission is focused on building and reconciling relationships and, according to Salim, "most of Musalaha's reconciliation work is between Israeli Messianic Jews and Palestinian Christians."
David Shenk says: "For many years he (Salim) has had a quite dynamic relationship with various dimensions of Anabaptist engagement in Israel and Palestine. For some time some of us have been exploring a way for Salim's passion for reconciliation to be heard in the North American context. We are therefore delighted that he is available this February."
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Let me start by saying this is NOT a guide about items or characters, but a page with my theory on the Disappearence of the Dwemer mentioned in Skyrim, and on the inner workings of the automatons. I would like to start a discussion with the following:
During a quest in Skyrim to cure vampirism, the expert you speak to says that he had been to Oblivian, where he encountered the Dwemer. The thought that I had was that the Dwemer were put there by the Daedra, whom the Snow Elves, now known as the Falmer, worshipped. In fact, there was a record by the Snow Elves that claimed the Dwemer mocked their worship of the Daedra and "preferred instead, there gods of Reason and Logic." Not to mention the Falmer were enslaved and betrayed by the Dwemer, which may have led up to a ritual by the disgruntled elves that banished the Dwemer to Oblivion. This would explain why there are absolutely no Dwemer remains, other than the metalworks and automatons that were left behind.
On the subject of automatons, there is a book in Mzinchaleft written by a researcher that claims soul gems are an important component in the construction of Dwarven Spiders, and that the constructs were very clever, which suggests intellegence. I would think that instead of directly resonating to cause the steam power, perhaps a soul existed in the gem that can animate the metal frame. The soul in the gem would also explain the intelligence of the constructs, with the Centurions being the most advanced and deadly, with a grand soul gem. Any thoughts on the two subjects?