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BUSH Athletic made it through to the final of the Dudley and Cradley Heath Sunday League's Thornleigh Freight Trophy with a 2-0 win against Halesowen Members.
Richard Price scored the only goal of the first half before James Weston wrapped up the victory in the scored period.
In group one of the John Higham Memorial Trophy, Dudley Borough United beat Willenhall Three Crowns 6-2 and Sedgley White Lion beat Malt Dudley 4 - 2.
Group two saw Barley Mow Wanderers claim a 3-0 away win over Forest Falcons.
Barley Mow started the game dominantly and took an early lead when a Chris Hoult cross was side footed in by John Benham. Donny Shinn made the score 2-0 after half time when he capitalised on a Forest Falcons mistake and coolly chipped the goalkeeper. Steve Brookes completed the scoring following a Stephen Bradnick corner. Falcons were awarded a penalty in stoppage time but Barley Mow captain Andrew Bishop make a brilliant stop to keep his clean sheet.
In the Premier Division, Britannia and Pensnett United shared six goals.
Pensnett started brightly and in the opening 15 minutes had efforts that hit the bar and post ?as they settled well. Britannia came back into the game and It looked like it would end all square until a corner was turned in on the stroke of half time by Aaron Lloyd.
The second half saw Britannia start the brighter and they got back into the game when a cross from Liam Shaw was headed home by Matt Morris on 65 minutes. It looked like Britannia would take the points after goals by Richard Owen and Matt Morris made it 3-1 with 15 minutes to go. But a quick-fire double from Sean Sanders meant the game ended 3-3.
In Division 1, Kewford Eagles Seniors beat Hadcroft Rovers 7-5 away from home.
Hadcroft raced in to an early two goal lead thanks to Matthew Chamberlain and Damon Lewis. Kewford hit back with a brace from Steven Jevons.
Matthew Chamberlain, Brian Jones and Elliot Lawley then scored for Hadcroft before another two for Kewford's Steven Jevons, a double for Craig Hunt and one from Lee Ledington gave the visitors the win.
Coseley Tavern beat Lloyds 6-1 with the help of a hat-trick from Scott Scriven.
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Ubaldo hopes to regain form in bullpen
CHICAGO -- A day after he received word of his demotion to the bullpen, Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez said he'd try to make the best of the situation.
"They are doing whatever is best for the team," said Jimenez, who met with manager Buck Showalter, pitching coach Dave Wallace and bullpen coach Dom Chiti on Tuesday afternoon. "The guys have been pitching really good in the rotation and definitely we all want to do the same thing, and that's making the playoffs and putting the team in the best position."
Jimenez, who allowed six earned runs over 4 1/3 innings in his last outing, hasn't been able to do that for the Orioles this season. Signed to a four-year, $50 million deal -- the largest for a free-agent pitcher in franchise history -- the righty has struggled with inconsistency. Jimenez leads the American League in walks, despite missing a month with an ankle injury, and is 4-9 with a 4.83 ERA.
"It's been a tough one," Jimenez said of his 2014 season. "But it's part of baseball. Baseball is hard. There is nothing easy about it. You have to find a way to keep going and be ready for whenever the team needs me."
When that could be is anyone's guess. The Orioles, who will have Miguel Gonzalez take Jimenez's spot in the rotation, have one of the best bullpens in baseball and fitting in the struggling righty, who has made one career relief appearance, won't be easy.
"It's my understanding that there probably won't be a lot of opportunities, so I have to do anything possible to get ready, like probably when I play catch, after the games to throw a little bit to the catchers so I can be ready," Jimenez said.
"Hopefully, whenever there's a chance, I have to try to do my best. That's why we're here. That's why we're all here, to help the team make the playoffs."
The news wasn't a total shock, with Jimenez fielding questions from the media about it on several occasions. And while the bullpen is relatively foreign to him, Jimenez said he will have to find a way to make it work for the time being
"It's a little bit disappointing, it's a little bit hard, but like I say, we're all here for the same thing and that's hopefully getting us into the World Series," Jimenez said. "This is no time to be selfish or to be putting your head down, like this is the end of the world. You have to keep going for the team."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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The Ukrainian American Archives and Museum of Detroit, in cooperation with the Detroit Historical Society, has opened an exhibit on Ukrainian Americans and their immigration story at the Detroit Historical Museum.
Entitled "A Cultural Thread....The Enduring Ukrainian Spirit," the exhibit is now open in the Museum's Community Gallery. The primary focus of the exhibit is to introduce the viewer to the history of Ukrainian immigration to the United States and its impact on American culture over the years, in particular to the local communities of the Detroit metropolitan area.
The earliest Ukrainian immigrants established ethnic neighborhoods that served as harbors for later waves of immigrants who preserved Ukrainian culture and traditions and assimilated into contemporary American society. Locally, nationally, and internationally,
The exhibit features traditional art that Ukrainian immigrants brought to America including regional styles of costumes, sculptures, paintings, over 1,000 Ukrainian Easter eggs (pysanky), ritual cloths which were used during life passages, pottery, woodcarvings as well as large scanned historical photographs of Ukrainian settlers and famous persons of Ukrainian descent.
The exhibit runs through Sunday, June 16.
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LAKE COUNTY -- After opening a temporary office in Lakeport in September, ARTon Glass sales personnel traveled around wine country to expand its client base.
Sales staff went to wineries and breweries in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino and Lake counties to show potential clients what the Virginia-based glass decorating company has to offer.
The sales team consists of Kim Baldwin of Lakeport, whose primary area is Napa County; Lori Peters of Kelseyville, who is focused on Sonoma County; and Leslie Firth of Lakeport, who is handling Mendocino County.
Sales manager Maggie Willhite leads the marketing team.
ARTon Glass etches and decorates pre-made glassware, ceramics, plastics and other products.
Plant manager Pat Ridgel is a former Lockheed Martin manager and Navy command master chief.
District 4 Supervisor Anthony Farrington said he is hopeful the company's presence will "plant the seed for future businesses in the agriculture or wine industries to look at Lake County."
Principal stockholder Arthur Roberts said he thinks the California operation will be bigger than the one in Virginia in a matter of a few years.
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THE Albert Halls will close for up to nine months so it can undergo a £4 million make-over.
The Grade-II listed theatre and entertainment venue, which plays host to dozens of shows, pantos, conferences and weddings every year, is set for a complete overhaul.
Town hall bosses say the revamp is expected to start by March 2015, and the Hall's 42 permanent members of staff will be found other roles within the council, as functions and shows are moved to other venues in Bolton.
But about 70 casual staff will also be affected by the closure.
Plans for the new-look Halls are still in the early stages of development as the council now look to appoint an architect to deliver its vision.
Malcolm Cox, director of environmental services at the authority, said money for the scheme was allocated in the council's capital programme budget, saved for big schemes.
He added: "We're looking to put in a really nice public restaurant, as well as opening up its accessibility to the public.
"We want to make the Halls a high quality venue for both sides of the business — the conferences and weddings but also for events and programmes.
"It will be quite an opportunity to look at maximising its appeal and accessibility.
"In the end it will be a venue that is fit for purpose that people will want to visit."
Roof repairs, electrical maintenance, a new lift and general redecoration of the protected building is on the cards, and work will complete the rest of the town hall is refurbished.
Anyone who has made a booking at The Albert Halls function rooms for 2015 will be offered help to find an alternative venue.
Cllr Cliff Morris, leader of Bolton Council, said he is looking forward to seeing what the future has in store for the public areas of the town hall.
He added: "The town hall is a magnificent Grade-II listed building and we have worked hard on improving facilities to enable us to accommodate the majority of our employees, so we can rationalise the rest of our property portfolio thus saving £1 million per year.
"During this time we have kept The Albert Halls' side of the building running and open to the public.
"However we are now at the stage where we can focus our attention to the theatre, Dido restaurant and function rooms with the aim of renovating the building and improving the services we offer.
"There are essential maintenance works that need carrying out, but we also have the opportunity to improve access and develop amenities to enhance the public's overall experience of The Albert Halls."


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Johannesburg – Golden Lions coach Johan Ackermann once again dismissed the notion that their match against the Southern Kings at Ellis Park on Saturday would be a grudge match.
Ackermann said there was no mention of payback against the Eastern Cape franchise that replaced them in this year's Super Rugby tournament.
"I haven't even once this week psyched them up, to me that is not the right way... we want to perform," Ackermann said.
"We were disappointed on Saturday in certain areas and we want to fix that.
"If we do that, then regardless who is on the other side, we will win."
Ackermann made two positional changes and two injury forced changes to the side that went down 38-32 against the Bulls in Soweto last Saturday.
The Lions suffered a setback with scrumhalf Michael Bondesio and eighthman Willie Britz being ruled out for about four weeks due to injury.
Ross Cronje will replace Bondesio at number nine while JJ Breet moves into the side in the place of Britz.
Derick Minnie moves to eighthman, with Breet binding at the side of the scrum.
Ackermann once again shuffled his halfback combination with Lionel Cronje taking up the pivot position in the place of Marnitz Boshoff, who moves to fullback.
Andries Coetzee moves from fullback to the wing with Deon Helberg shifting to the bench.
While the injuries have had an adverse effect on the team selections for this clash, it would not have a severe influence on the rest of their season.
After this weekend the Lions will have a four-week break before their next match on March 16 against Mont de Marsan.
The Lions now have one less match this season after Namibia cancelled their fixture on February 23.
The team would effectively go back into pre-season mode, but Ackermann felt the break ultimately played into their hands.
"The guys worked hard the last four weeks and this break will come at a good time," he said.
"We've got the luxury of giving everybody some recovery time, they will train next week and we will give them a few days off to get some recovery."
Ackermann said by the time of the next match most of the injured players might be fully fit, which could see the return of Deon van Rensburg and CJ van der Linde.
Lions team: Marnitz Boshoff, Andries Coetzee, Stokkies Hanekom, Alwyn Hollenbach, Anthony Volmink, Lionel Cronje, Ross Cronje, Derick Minnie, JJ Breet, Jaco Kriel, Franco Mostert, Hendrik Roodt, Ruan Dreyer, Francois du Toit, JC Janse van Rensburg. Replacements: Robbie Coetzee, Jacques van Rooyen, Gavin Annandale, Warwick Tecklenburg, Whestley Moolman, Deon Helberg, Ruhan Nel, Dylan des Fountain. – Sapa


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Use a checkup to measure your veterinary practice's health
You're in the health and wellness business, and your patient is your practice. At the 2013 VHMA Annual Meeting, David McCormick, MS, and Leslie Mamalis, MBA, MSIT, CVA, discussed an often neglected measure of practice health: financial wellness.
Start with a health exam
Practice managers often begin their health exam by looking at the overt indicators of wellness. Practice managers may depend upon certain surface measures of well being. These may include:> Reviewing the client base to determine whether it's solid
> Exploring the practice's reputation
> Determining how well the veterinary team is working together and whether staff is united in their pursuit of the practice's goals
> Assessing how current your team is on advances in veterinary medicine
Any one of the above strategies is a useful, if limited, indicator of health. But, when you combine the indicators, a richer picture of health emerges. And to be fully informed, you need to factor in financial health.
Use the right tests
Performing a financial analysis is comparable to the blood test. Although more involved, the financial analysis will yield a much stronger read on the practice's health. Financial health is positive if a practice demonstrates these steps:
> Effectively manages debt, credit and leases
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> Uses a budget
> Has developed a plan with measurable goals
> Is profitable, with revenues greater than expenses
Create a treatment plan
Considering the long-term profitability, not just short-term profitability, is paramount. When you focus exclusively on the bottom line of financial statements and tax returns, you can lose sight of your long-term plan. Financial statements and production reports provide a wealth of essential information you should review at least monthly. Get into the details. Yes, it's important to look at revenue, but don't neglect average transaction charges and number of transactions.
Be a student of history and study historic revenue and spending patterns as well as monthly cash flow. The more you know, the more sensitive you will be when subtle changes occur. When you spot inconsistencies, dig for more information. The quicker you respond to these changes, the faster you can bring revenues and spending back on track.
The financial picture combined with other measures of performance will offer the strongest overview of where the practice has been and which strategies will ensure long-term success. Visit http://dvm360.com/VHMA for a tool to help you support your practice's financial health.
Christine Shupe is the executive director of the Veterinary Hospital Managers Association. The association is dedicated to serving professionals in veterinary management through education, certification and networking.


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After weeks of summer fun, a less rigid schedule and spending time with family and friends, the idea of going back to school can literally make some kids sick. In this month's Ask The Pediatrician report, find out how to avoid back-to-school anxiety.
Marissa Segoriano enjoys reading to her little sisters, but one story (about school) hits close to home for six-year-old Mariah. Last year, she was nervous about going to kindergarten.
Mariah's mom, Rebecca Segoriano, said, "I stayed there for a few just so she could get settled. It was more her that wouldn't let me go."
Dr. Michelle Mogenson says adjusting to new schools, schedules and new expectations can lead to anxiety.
"A lot of kids can express these fears and anxieties with headaches, and tummy aches and not wanting to go and waking up feeling sick in the morning, " she said. "Things you can look for is kids who have really no symptoms during the summer but once it gets closer to school, they start having headaches - tummy aches."
One thing you can do to ease your child's fear or anxiety is give them a tour of the school or their classroom. Dr. Mogenson says even a visit to the school playground can do younger children some good.
"Are you excited to go to first grade?" Dr. Mogenson asked Mariah.
Talking about school, what they can expect - even a practice walk to school can help. But the best thing parents can do is be positive.
Dr. Mogenson tells us, "If you, as a parent, express negative thoughts or behaviors about school or homework or teachers or anybody, your kids internalize that as well."
Mom says staying positive worked for her girls. As for the anxiety?
"It didn't last long," said Rebecca. "She was so anxious to go back to school; meet her friends."
A sign her girls are growing up. And are ready for school.
Dr. Mogenson says the worst thing parents can do is let their kids stay home. If they get in the habit of staying home, it only makes it harder for them to return to school.


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- 2/3 cup baking cocoa
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- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup whole milk
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- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
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- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
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Some guys get it. Gary Rodken is one of those guys. He's the chief executive officer of ConAgra Foods (CAG), and he runs the hottest consumer packaged-goods company in the world right now.
This morning's numbers were extraordinarily good, with 17% income growth and, more importantly, 8.9% revenue growth, fabulous for a revenue-starved industry. The maker of such well-known brands as Pam, Swiss Miss, Chef Boyardee, Hebrew National and, most importantly, Healthy Choice, has very few peers right now, and shareholders have been richly rewarded with a 14% gain before the bountiful dividend. Compare that performance with those of H.J. Heinz (HNZ), up 9%, Kellogg (K), up 11%, Campbell Soup (CPB), up 7%, and General Mills (GIS), once the gold standard, up only about 3%. Coca-Cola (KO) and PepsiCo (PEP) have increased only about 5%.
It's really just Hershey (HSY), which has gained 19%, B&G Foods (BGS), which has moved up 22%, and McCormick (MKC), the spice company, which has rallied 28%, that are beating Rodken's ConAgra.
The best news here, though, is that I think ConAgra is not done. It's spending $5 billion to buy the private-label food maker Ralcorp (RAH), and that should make 2013 an even better year, especially when you consider the head of steam it's got going from 2012.
Let me walk you through the reasons.
First, Rodken sees the way the world is going. His best of the old ConAgra is Healthy Choice, which is fabulous for those who want to eat healthier and not gain weight. The brand seems to be reinvigorated, and Rodken is spending a lot on research and development to make things better.
Second, ConAgra had been held back by skyrocketing raw costs. The straight-shooting Rodken very famously said that raw costs were "going through the roof" during the period of raging commodity inflation. Not anymore. His raw costs have come in and come in somewhat dramatically, and this has allowed for gross margin expansion and terrific cash flow.
Finally, with this Ralcorp acquisition, Rodken can now participate in the hottest area of all consumer packaged goods: the private-label brand.
Executives from the supermarket industry feel very challenged these days. They are getting squeezed by the packaged-goods companies that want to raise prices in a way that turns off consumers, and the consumers themselves are strapped because of the lack of job growth. The margins were never any good in the business anyway, and now that uber-discounters Costco (COST), Wal-Mart (WMT) and Target (TGT) have moved aggressively in the market, as well as drugstore chains Walgreen (WAG) and, most successfully, CVS Caremark (CVS), it's just getting worse and worse.
Their way of fighting back? Private label. That's why Kroger (KR) has been acting so well. It's by far the biggest seller of private-label products of any of the supermarkets.
But this move isn't lost on even the best operators. Last night, Walter Robb, the co-CEO of Whole Foods (WFM), told a terrific story of his embrace of private label, and the profit margins are really helping to fuel the bottom line for the best-of-the-best player in the business.
Rodken knows you need both. You need branded, because the margins are still very good, but you need private label, because that's where the big guys are going. Robb told us you can't take the private-label share much above 25% -- the customers don't like more than that. So, again, that plays perfectly into ConAgra's hand.
Personally I feel great about Rodken's success. He has been determined to reinvigorate this company and put it in the elite portion of the consumer packaged-goods sector. Today's quarter tells you that he has arrived there, and then some.


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Psychological Morbidity and Facial Volume in HIV Lipodystrophy: Quantification of Treatment Outcome
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- HIV lipodystrophy is associated with psychological morbidity relating to body image, anxiety and depression.
- Treatment of HIV lipodystrophy using autologous fat transfer, polylactic acid or Bio-alcamid, is associated with an improvement in psychological morbidity and anatomical volume of treated areas.
- The DI3D system is a valid and reproducible method of recording and measuring facial 3-D volume.
|HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
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|Psychological Morbidity and Facial Volume in HIV Lipodystrophy:
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- measurement of 3-D facial volume [ Time Frame: 2 years ]3-D facial camera
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- psychological outcome [ Time Frame: 2 years ]derriford appearance scale hospital anxiety and depression scale
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as you may know Tropical Storm Matthew passed by today over Belize… We had some strong winds and the ocean was very rough. The high tide is going down and the wind is back to normal. At noon our boat left to San Pedro for arrivals and departures. Continental and Tropic Air are flying. Our guests had fun on the beach this morning, taking pictures and shooting videos. We lost a few boards from our dock but we are putting them back as we speak. The sun is now shining over here and it is time to start cleaning up, while our guests are swimming already in the pool.
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Among the more popular Internet offerings for those who dwell in half-formed memories are a large number of videos aimed at that portion of the population who can't get over The Good Old Days.
It is a time in their lives pictured in the kind of soft amber light that illuminates dreams and fairy tales. Everything was more fun and safer too in the fuzzy recollections of those looking back over their shoulders at yesteryear.
The streams of photographs offered by the Internet depict kids in overalls playing with tops or marbles during long summer twilights or racing back and forth across virtually traffic-free streets playing tag, hide and seek, kick the can and one foot off the gutter.
They were scenes out of a Norman Rockwell painting.
We see a Ford Model-A and a 1934 Plymouth with a rumble seat, and a horse-drawn wagon invariably ridden by an old man hollering "Rags, bottles, sacks" as he rolls past an ice delivery truck and a house for rent at $20 a month.
Food prices were lower back then, gasoline sold for pennies a gallon, tickets for a movie were a nickel and music possessed lyrics with the tempos of poetry. Those days, those Good Old Days, predated the shattering thump of rock 'n' roll, scary streets, terrifying traffic, the annoyance of cellphones and the escalation of gangs, drive-by shootings and home-invasion robberies.
But, hey, wait a minute. Weren't they also the Good Old Days of the Great Depression and World War II when kids died of polio and wars killed young men still in their teens on battlegrounds 10,000 miles away?
Wasn't there pain back then and sorrow beyond tears?
I grew up through those years of terrible need and fear, when hunger was a mass reality, jobs were nonexistent and homelessness for entire families was just a month's rent away. Parents eased their frustrations with alcohol and directed free-floating outbursts of rage toward their children.
The rise of wartime industries ended the Depression but brought agony to the Gold Star Mothers of sons killed in war, their screams of grief trailing down the streets where we played hopscotch and kickball. I can remember their names and I never have stopped seeing their faces.
The past was sepia toned, not golden, and the rhythms were the bass drums of bombs.
When you think about it, we're living in the Good Old Days of tomorrow right now, and they'll look back in the year 3000 to a time when we flew into space in search of new worlds, when drugs and surgical procedures saved lives, when compassion to all living creatures was a mantra, when global awareness was born, when thinkers and artists were among our heroes and war was less than glorious.
One can only hope the Good Old Days of generations hence live up to their billing and become the Better Old Days in the futures beyond time.
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In Shakespeare's great comedy "Twelfth Night," Viola, a young gentlewoman, survives a shipwreck and lands on the foreign coast of ... Miami?
Saratoga Shakespeare Company's 2012 production transports the play's action from the Adriatic coast of Illyria in 1600 to the Gold Coast of South Beach today, a locale Elizabethan audiences would have found just as exotic.
"Twelfth Night," celebrating Saratoga Shakespeare's 12th anniversary, opens Tuesday and runs through July 29 in Saratoga Springs' historic Congress Park. Performances start 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with 3 p.m. Sunday matinees.
Performances take place in the open air on the Alfred Z. Solomon Stage, which replicates many features of Shakespeare's playhouses. Audiences often picnic at the show with their families. As always, admission is free.
William Finlay, Saratoga Shakespeare's artistic director and director of "Twelfth Night," explains the Florida connection. "I was staging fights for Teatro Prometeo, Miami's major Hispanic theater company. I met so many wonderful bilingual actors that I wanted to bring them up north to give our play a healthy serving of spice and salsa."
Colombian-American Sarah Luz Cordoba plays Olivia, the proud countess whose life changes when she falls in love with a young man named Cesario -- not knowing he is really Viola in male disguise. Cordoba, an experienced Shakespearean with Teatro Prometeo, is excited to play Olivia in English.
Another Miami standout, Cuban-born Jorge Hernandez, plays Olivia's jester, the philosophical clown Feste. In addition to considerable theatrical experience, Hernandez has starred in Spanish-language television serials and as a singer and recording artist. Several of Feste's songs display his mellifluous voice.
"Twelfth Night" explores the confusions of romance and sexuality through a love triangle: Duke Orsino pines over Olivia, Olivia falls for the disguised Viola, and Viola herself loves the duke.
In a complicated subplot, Olivia's fun-loving uncle, Sir Toby Belch, and her gentlewoman, Maria, pursue a comical revenge on her puritanical steward, Malvolio, who condemns them for their love of the "good life."
Finlay brought in Tango Fusion to tutor his cast in Latino dancing, and Brittney Belz's costumes and Louis Allen's set designs evoke Miami's club scene and its beachside world.
How well do Shakespeare and South Beach mix?
"We dressed our last two plays, 'Hamlet' and 'The Merchant of Venice,' in traditional fashion," Finlay said, "so we wanted to approach 'Twelfth Night' differently. We've done 'As You Like It' in the Wild West and 'The Tempest' in the South Seas, so South Beach isn't really such a stretch.
"Let's just say Sir Toby makes an entrance in a golf cart, and the comic sword fight between Viola and Sir Andrew involves golf clubs. Oh, and lots of bathing suits, which makes sense for summer outdoor theater.
"Our mission is to produce free, professional Shakespeare for everyone," Finlay continued. "His works are large and resilient enough to embrace all cultures. We always practice multiethnic casting, and we're delighted to show Latino members of our audience what kids growing up in our area already know -- that Shakespeare isn't dull, dusty stuff, but living, thrilling theater."
"Twelfth Night" is made possible in part with generous grants from the Philly and Charlie Dake Foundation of Stewart's Shops and from the Saratoga Program for Arts Funding, a NYSCA regrant agency administered by Saratoga Arts.
For further information about "Twelfth Night," go to www.saratogashakespeare.|com or call (518) 209-5514. Jay Rogoff is president and dramaturg of Saratoga Shakespeare Company.
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What: Saratoga Shakespeare Co. presents "Twelfth Night."
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This LA duo's debut album is a nearly perfect set of hazy, lo-fi beach-pop with roots in '60s girl groups, surf, '50s doo wop, the Ramones and Blondie. The band's summery sound combines fuzzy, reverbed guitars with bouncy rhythms, sunny harmonies and strong, yearning melodies. Bethany Cosentino's brassy vocals are strong and clear, and while her lyrics are often simple, their emotional directness is part of the charm as she obsesses about boys, along with weed, TV and her cat. Crazy For You is the perfect summertime soundtrack, and one of the year's best albums. 7/30/2010 - Don Yates
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Nice, light multitool
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Comments about Topeak Hexus II 16-Function Tool:
I try to keep a multitool on each bike, and after a few chain mishaps I like a chain tool. This is the lightest one I have used. I haven't needed the chain tool yet, although I've used it on another topeak tool with success. So far very pleased with it.
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Perfect for road bikes
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The only thing about this tool that I was disappointed about was the torx tool size. I needed a t15 and the size that comes with the tool is a t25. So I had to purchase a separate torx tool. Other than that, having this and all of its tools, plus with the tire levers attached has cleared a bit of room out in my pack under my saddle.
By Mr. Versatile
from Elyria, Ohio
This is a complete on the road tool. If they've left anything out I haven't found it.
very well designed bike tool
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Take this on every ride.
Best all in one Carry on Tool
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This is actually my second one. I have had my first for a couple years and now bought another one to carry with my road bike.
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I love the light weight, but not so excited about the plastic tire levers (that's why I only rated it 4 stars). I will have to be VERY careful if I ever need to use them on the trail to avoid breaking them. My last multi-tool was also a Topek, but I lost it when my tailpack departed the bike during a ride 6 weeks ago. It was way heavier than this one, the tire levers were much more substantial, but Nasbar doesn't offer that model anymore ... oh well --- but I do love the ligher weight on this one! : )
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hello dear friends:
i have not posted in a while about my dear super mom, but i have been checking the site to try to keep up with everyone here. NOt a day goes by that i dont think about what everyone is goinhg through and i wish us all strength to get through it!
This rollercoaster (it's more like Space Mountain!! whizzing along up and down in the dark!) continues.
For Ups- early in July my family all had an incredibly wonderful time together on Cape Cod. It was about 2-3 weeks after my mom went on Hospice, and she was just figureing out meds to help with Nurapathy and itching. She got some nerve pain meds and boy o' boy the positive change was seen immediatly! She was able to get a good nights sleep. She was out and about in her garden, at the Cape my mom went out on our boat, did some fishing and ate lots of yummy food with family. She looks good, sounded good and felt good. (all relative)
As soon as she got back home things started to go down. She got constipated, and then after a few days of getting everything going again... the pain inher tummy got worse. Hospice said it was due to all the laxitive activity and it 'should' subside. However, it did not, and her appitite went away. It happened so fast- within 4 days! We all were very concerned about her appitite- or complete lack of... becasue for most of us its impossible to think that you could have zero appitite for days on end... but then again we dont have cancer messing up our GI area. I had a good conversation with my moms medical nurse and he said that it was both Physical (all teh stuff in her stomach) and chemical- chemicals being realesed to her brain that is telling her she is not hungry. AND that we should not bug her so much about eating.... that drinking is more important. This is HARD.( I do want try to get some of those suppliments that were just noted on this board) For pain my mom just started on a Morphine Sulphate (she was just taking oxycodine) and the last few days have been horrible i guess (i am not there with her right now- siblings are) The morphine does indeed take the pain away, but it also took my mom away..... we understand that there is a getting used to period with the morphine..... but ..... it is here that i question Hospice' MO on medicating someone into a stuppor. We are now looking at getting a live in care person as its not safe for mom to be alone when in this state...... I am hoping that she will become less foggy and slow in a day or so......
Well thats how our ride has been this past month..... I am grateful we did have such a wonderful time together as a family when mom was feeling good. I would say to everyone- carp diem! (not a Latin scholar, but pretty sure its seize the day or moment-take advantage of every good moment with your loved ones while you can


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Once again, Area 55 is looking for some help with chants for opposing teams as well as expanding our repertoire, so we're looking for some outside help for a few Bobcats-specific chants for tomorrow night.
In particular, we're looking for team specific ("Where's your boss?") or chants directed at Augustin, Kemba, and Diaw, (I'm going to have a hard time booing DJ White though. )
Put them here or send them over to @area55chants, @pacers_chants, @thesandman21 or @letstalkpacers on Twitter.
Sorry, no free tickets to best suggestion this time. We did get a LOT of great chants from both here and Twitter last time, let's see if those can be outdone.
As always, keep them PG-rated (and I don't mean Paul George!)


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Why Christie's girth is a weighty issue
Chris Christie got laughs on the Letterman show last week when he showed up with a doughnut. I get what he was trying to do. People keep goofing on his girth, and a former White House doctor had just told CNN that if Christie were elected president, "I'm worried about this man dying in office." So he figures that the best way to defuse the issue is to make light of his weight.
But this is no laughing matter.
Connie Mariano, a physician who served eight years in the White House medical unit (and for what it's worth, she's also a Republican), said of Christie, "I'm worried he may have a heart attack. I'm worried he may have a stroke." She's right to worry, statistically speaking. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plus any medical expert with a pulse, will state the obvious: Obesity ratchets up the risk of coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, at least three kinds of cancer, hypertension, liver disease, gall bladder disease, sleep apnea and related respiratory problems, and osteoarthritis.
Various combinations of those ills can be life-threatening, as evidenced by the fact that the annual medical care cost of obesity in this country is roughly $150 billion. Christie did some extensive damage control last week, alternating yuk yuks with braggadocio ("I'm the healthiest fat guy you'll ever meet," he told Letterman) and rhetorical bile (declaring in a press conference that Dr. Mariano should "shut up"), but the fact remains that if he does get serious about 2016, he'd need to be extra transparent about his medical records. A hefty percentage of voters would demand no less.
There's no transparency requirement; it's merely a contemporary custom. Presidential candidates in recent decades have occasionally come clean, while others have played hide and seek. Early in 2008, John McCain released 1173 pages of his medical records; Barack Obama released only an undated letter from his doctor.
But probably the most egregious omission occurred back in 1992, when Democratic candidate Paul Tsongas, a cancer survivor, publicly insisted - as did his doctors - that he was cancer-free. Only later did we learn that he was not. He died of the disease on January 18, 1997, after repeated hospitalizations. Which means that, had Tsongas been elected in '92, he would not have completed his first term. (After Tsongas belatedly 'fessed up, he urged President Clinton to create a national commission that would determine what medical information candidates should disclose. Clinton punted that one.)
It's easy to riff on Chris Christie's weight and to recall the fat presidents of yesteryear - such as orotund William Howard Taft, who wanted to ride a horse during the 1908 campaign until his chief adviser, retiring President Teddy Roosevelt, insisted that such a stunt would be "dangerous to him and cruelty to the horse." It's easy to Google the Christie fat jokes and gorge on them. It's harder to talk with appropriate sensitivity and severity, about politicians and their medical issues.
History requires that we be vigilant. Woodrow Wilson had a stroke in office; he was so incapacitated that, his wife secretly ran the country at a time when the administration was trying to win Senate approval for America's membership in the League of Nations (Wilson's effort failed). A quarter century later, Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for a fourth term even though (as we now know) he had already been diagnosed as deathly ill, and historians will forever debate whether he was fully engaged with Stalin at Yalta. In 1960, the Kennedy campaign covered up JFK's chronic battle with Addison's disease, and historians will forever debate whether his constant pain and constant injections hampered his performance as president.
And when you consider the heightened attention paid in recent years to the obesity stats – not just in adults, but in children – it's clear that, as a '16 candidate, Christie wouldn't be able to mollify the public with a mix of jokes, bluster, and bland reassurances that he's working with a trainer. He's currently tagged as a "front runner" in the Republican race - granted, it's a lazy label, given our current distance from '16 and the paucity of Republican alternatives - but he won't run far unless he walks us through his medical records, so that voters can make up their own minds.
Lawrence Altman, a physician who covers medical issues for The New York Times, noted in an '08 interview that candidates are "very reluctant to actually turn over information and invite an independent check." But these days, he said, the public "wants to know more about the health of the people who were going to run their country." He got that right.
Best line from last night's episode of Downton Abbey - courtesy of Mr. Carson, who oversees the servants. While seeking to fire an employe for homosexuality, he declared: "I've never been called a liberal in my life, and I'm not going to start now!"
And when Mr. Carson rebuked the servant ("I do not wish to take a tour of your revolting world")...well...it was Britain circa 1920 meets the Republican base circa 2013.
This week, we get the four sweetest words in the English language. And, no, it's not "State of the Union."
It's "Pitchers and catchers report."
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A proposed initiative that would require Encinitas voters' approval to change a property's zoning or increase its allowable housing density is close to qualifying for the ballot, backers say.
"We have over 5,000 signatures at this point, so I think we're pretty much guaranteed to qualify," Bruce Ehlers, spokesman for the Encinitas Right to Vote group, said last week.
Encinitas City Clerk Kathy Hollywood said the proposed initiative needs 3,779 valid signatures from city residents who are registered voters to qualify for the 2014 general election. If the initiative's backers want to call for a special election before that date, they will need 5,668 valid signatures, she added.
If the measure makes it onto the 2014 ballot, it will have some local company. A medical marijuana initiative has already qualified for that ballot.
Backers of the height-limit proposal have until Dec. 17 to submit their paperwork to the city, which will send it to the San Diego County registrar of voters for signature verification.
The proposed initiative would require the city to seek voter approval for any "major amendments" to city zoning maps, the city's general plan and other documents. It defines a major amendment as a change that increases the number of permitted dwellings on a residential lot, removes agricultural or open space zoning, increases maximum building height, or changes a property's use from residential to nonresidential, among other things.
Supporters created the measure because of concerns about recent proposed changes to the city's general plan, Ehlers said. A state-required document that's updated every few decades, the general plan spells out how Encinitas will handle everything from low-income housing needs to traffic congestion.
Ehlers said initiative proponents were worried that recently proposed changes would make it easier to increase housing density and construct taller buildings in Encinitas.
Ehlers, a former city planning commissioner who lives in Olivenhain, said Thursday that about 50 volunteers will make a final push for signatures at today's Fall Festival in downtown Encinitas. He said group members haven't decided whether to go for the 2014 general election or request a special election.
When they started collecting signatures in June, there was a "sense of urgency" to get it on the ballot as soon as possible, he said, but that's now diminished with the results of the Nov. 6 election.
In that election, two newcomers won seats on the City Council and the new council majority is seen as more receptive to new limits on development.
The city's multiyear effort to update its general plan has been controversial and the City Council ordered a "rebooting" of the process earlier this year. But, not all of the people who have raised concerns about the update back the proposed initiative.
Mike Andreen, head of a New Encinitas area business advocacy group that has repeatedly raised concerns about some housing changes proposed in the revisions, said Thursday that his organization strongly opposes the proposed initiative.
"We think it's a bad idea for a variety of reasons," he said.
Among other things, its name — the "Right to Vote" initiative — is misleading, Andreen said, commenting that Encinitas voters already have a say on housing-density issues. Also, he said, its proponents are using "scare tactics" to make people think the city is about to allow five-story buildings all over town.
Andreen said that the initiative's passage will result in nullifying three community planning documents — ones for New Encinitas, Leucadia and the city's downtown — that citizens spent years creating, and it will ultimately discourage all development in town.
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Nicki Minaj "My Time Now" on MTV!
Well, we can see the secret! A documentary, entitled "My Time Now," following the Queens, NY MC will premiere on November 28, just a few days after Pink Friday hits shelves. Recently, Nicki spoke about her family's personal ups and downs, specifically her father setting their house ablaze when she was a kid. She had to run out the last minute, Nicki explained. She had a dream...


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Did anyone else hear that Booger McFarland has been released along with Rob Morris?
If so, can anyone else see this headline? "The booger has been picked from Indy's nose"
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Did anyone else hear that Booger McFarland has been released along with Rob Morris?
If so, can anyone else see this headline? "The booger has been picked from Indy's nose"
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/pla...=113131&id=311Colts released DT Anthony "Booger" McFarland and LB Rob Morris.
Both failed physicals. McFarland tore his patellar tendon last August and would've been a question mark for Week 1, let alone camp. The Colts cleared $6.85 million in cap room by releasing him. It's uncertain if Booger is capable of making an impact again. Morris is rehabbing a torn ACL. He could return for less money in 2008, but at 33 isn't a sure bet to find a taker.
I'm upset we let go of McFarland, but I am pissed we let go of Rob.
Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
Words can not describe how pissed I am. Booger won us that championship.
What was the point with his salary cap hit?
The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.
he may have had a small part in that but i think Peyton,Marvin,Reggie,Freeney,Sanders..etc won us that championship.
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Man, it would have been nice to see both come back. But it looks like they weren't going to be the same.
...and we now have like 6 million in cap room. We won't, but I wish we'd make a run at a decent passrusher like Smith or Colvin. Or hell, even went and got Crumpler.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Hm..A seven year contract for Randy Moss at 42 million?
Who wants to bet the Titans are already on the phone talking to these guys?
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
LMAO. Great thinking.
They'll be signed in the next two weeks by the Titans. LMAO.
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Maybe for Booger..but the Pats are definitely going after Rob Morris. They really covert slow white LBs in their mid 30s.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
Yeah I figure he will be back. Booger wasn't worth the 6 mil or so price tag. We got a couple of great draft picks last year, so I'm satisfied with what we have at DT. We DO need to get some DEs. I wonder if we'll re-sign Thomas
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Nah, that guy chokes under pressure.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
How far are we under the cap? About 10 mil now?
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
I am rather surprised to see these guys let go, though. I guess the Colts just figured there was too much injury risk to keep them around.
Seems questionable, but then we also seem to be good at letting go of players at just the right time (as opposed to another Indy franchise....), and I'll assume it was the right move until if/when it looks bad.
Good read.
Thursday, February 28
By John Oehser - Colts.com
Morris, McFarland Releases Difficult, Polian and Dungy Say
INDIANAPOLIS - Rob Morris and Anthony Booger McFarland were this year's victims of one of the NFLs most painful times.
Still, their Colts careers arent necessarily over.
Morris, an eight-year veteran outside linebacker, and McFarland a nine-year veteran defensive tackle were each released by the Colts on Wednesday, moves Colts President Bill Polian and Head Coach Tony Dungy each described Thursday as painful and difficult.
But Polian said the moves dont mean neither will play for the Colts again.
I think theres a real possibility that were going to revisit that, Polian said Thursday afternoon, a day before the opening of the NFLs league year and its free-agency period, which begins Friday at 12:01 a.m.
I think a lot depends on what happens financially in the marketplace with respect to both us and them. Well see where it goes. Its certainly something well revisit at the appropriate time, which is down the road, after the dust of this next couple of weeks settles.
McFarland and Morris were each critical to the Colts run to a Super Bowl title following the 2006 season. Each missed significant time last season with knee injuries.
Its very, very hard to deal with, because theyre both really good guys, Dungy said. Theyre both, I think, still able to play and both have made such contributions, so youre just trying to balance it out. Youre trying to do whats best for the team. Its one of those inevitable things, but its not thats pleasant at all or fun. . . .
Youve got guys who are so hard-working and been so good for you, but you have to look at whats best for this 2008 team.
McFarland, acquired from Tampa Bay in October 2006 in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2007 NFL Draft, started 11 regular-season games for the Colts in 2006. He was key to the teams defensive postseason resurgence that season, starting all four postseason games, including the Colts 29-17 victory over Chicago in Super Bowl XLI, and had 12 postseason tackles, nine solos, and two sacks.
He entered training camp this past season as a starter, but sustained a knee injury early in camp and was placed on injured reserve shortly thereafter. He did not play a snap this past season.
Morris, the 28th overall selection by the Colts in 2000, started at
middle linebacker from 2001-2004, then played a key role on special teams and as a backup linebacker in 2005. He returned to the starting lineup at strong-side linebacker in place of Gilbert Gardner for the last three 2006 regular-season games.
He then started all four games in the postseason. He began this past season as a starter at outside linebacker, starting two games before sustaining a season-ending knee injury against Denver on September 30.
Its very difficult, Polian said of the releases. Its the hardest thing I have to do in this business, is say goodbye to people even if its only temporary that are really good people and people who have given you a lot. Its difficult. Its not easy, but as Ive said many times, you have to separate the personal from the professional. You have to do what youre required to do professionally.
Would I like the old system, where you brought everybody to camp and then the best 53 guys make the team? Yes, but its not in the cards and we wouldnt have won a World Championship with that system in free agency.
You take the good with the bad.
Polian also said Thursday the Colts are unlikely to figure prominently in the early stages of free agency.
The Colts recently re-signed tight end Dallas Clark, guard Ryan Lilja and safety Bob Sanders to long-term contracts, moves Polian said represent the majority of the teams free-agent activity this off-season.
Of the four starters from last season whose contracts expired after last season, only offensive guard Jake Scott remains unsigned. Polian said during this past weekends NFL Scouting Combine that although Scott would be welcome back to the Colts with open arms, he said he expects Scott to test free agency.
Other Colts players scheduled to become unrestricted free agents include defensive end Josh Thomas, defensive tackle Dan Klecko, wide receiver Aaron Moorehead and linebacker Rocky Boiman. Restricted free agents include safety Matt Giordano, tight end Ben Utecht, tight end Bryan Fletcher, defensive end Darrell Reid and offensive guard Dylan Gandy.
We wont be ignoring free agency, Polian said. Well see what interests us, but were not going to be out-of-the-box, $80-million players right off the bat. Probably not ever with those kinds of dollars. Well be keeping a weather eye on it, but its principally draft preparation now.
Wishful thinking, but if we were smart, wed make a move for him. I dont care how bad the salary cap hit.
I was surprised with Rob and McFarland being let go. Who knows, if Marvin can't be health, maybe they will cut him too.
I wonder though. Do McFarland and and Morris have an option to try out for the vet minimum, od do you think Tenssee and Jacksonville will go Colts shopping again this year?
I hear ya there - The Indiana Ice are terrible at releasing hockey players passed their prime. lol
Booger is a funny name
Booger signed with the Steelers. I wish him the best of luck, but hate to see him go to a team that might face us in the playoffs.


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This is a good question. Many women describe problems with short-term memory and with concentration when receiving really any chemotherapy. Some of the changes in cognitive function (thinking and concentration) can be due to a variety of problems, such as sleep disturbance, fatigue, information overload, a busy lifestyle, and depression and anxiety.
I would say that long-term memory problems (persisting or lasting more than one to two years) are uncommon. If you are affected, however, this can be a very troubling, annoying, and frustrating effect of chemotherapy. The hormonal changes that chemotherapy can cause, such as "chemopause," may be responsible in large part for the memory and concentration problems.
- Marisa Weiss, M.D. For many women, on the heels of chemotherapy as well as the abrupt onset of menopause as Dr. Griggs has described, they may go on to take anti-estrogen therapy. This hormonal therapy may also have an impact on thinking and remembering. And, of course, as we all know well, growing older does gradually reduce your ability to think as clearly as you did when you were younger. This also factors in.
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"It's just that three more years seems like a really long time to continue to stay at a high, high level of training and preparation and health," the LA Lakers superstar told CBS Sports. "That's a lot of years. For a guard? That's a lot of years."
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Bryant, openly, is attempting to match Michael Jordan's six NBA titles and appears ready to limit himself to two more chances. He said he had no doubt that the franchise would reload after a playoff loss to Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder, and they did—Dwight Howard and Steve Nash are in Lakers jerseys.
"I had a lot of faith in the organization. I've seen them do it. They rebuilt first by picking up (Shaquille O'Neal)... then that era was over and they rebuilt again. And now they've rebuilt again. I've seen them do it before," Bryant said.
Howard, meanwhile, says he's happy, relaxed and ready to move on from nightmare he created for himself in Orlando, and told SI.com that Bryant has been giving him pointers for awhile
"What people don't know is that this is one of the guys who I've been talking to for about four years now," Howard said. "And he has been an amazing help to me, just pushing me in ways—secretly because we played in the Eastern and Western Conference. But it's been him just talking to me, showing me how to do certain things with my team and things like that."
LA acquired him in a three-time trade that sent Andrew Bynum to the Philadelphia 76ers earlier in the offseason.
"I told (Bryant) as soon as I got here, 'Hey, I want to be one of the greatest to ever play. I want you to push me every day,' " Howard said. "And he was like, 'I'm going to push you, because I see something in you, and I want to make sure that I do my part.' And I promised him that I'm going to do whatever I can do."