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ISLAMABAD - Pakistani officials have arrested a senior militant accused of involvement in the murder of journalist and Encino native Daniel Pearl in 2002.
The militant, Qari Abdul Hayee, a leader of the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was arrested by the paramilitary Rangers force Sunday in Karachi, the city where Pearl was held hostage and killed.
"We were after him for the past three weeks," a senior Rangers official said on the condition of anonymity. "We had information he was in Karachi."
Hayee appears to have been arrested as part of a crackdown by the security forces amid widespread criticism after two bombings in Quetta and a third attack in Karachi this month, all of which targeted Shiites and are thought to be the work of Lashkar militants.
The Rangers official said Hayee had been handed over to the city police's Crime Investigation Department on Sunday evening. But police sources in Karachi, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, denied that he was in their custody.
Hayee has been arrested before. In 2003 in Multan, a city in the southern part of Punjab province, he was held in connection with the death of six Shiites. He was later acquitted and continued to live freely in Punjab province, where Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has its strongest roots.
Pakistani officials have said Hayee and other figures in Lashkar-e-Jhangvi are also suspected of being at least partly involved in the abduction of Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, though not his killing. Hayee has been described as a "facilitator" who had close ties with other men involved in the kidnapping. When he was arrested in the Shiite killings, which dated to the 1990s, Hayee was also investigated for his role in the Pearl case, although he has not been charged.
Hayee, who also goes by the name of Asadullah, was identified as a weapons and explosives expert for Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Pakistan's most notorious sectarian militant outfit. The group has returned to prominence this year after claiming responsibility for two bombings in Quetta, which killed about 200 Shiites, mostly from the ethnic Hazara minority.
Pakistani officials declined to share details of Hayee's arrest. Hayee was reported to have been arrested on University Road, which runs through several residential neighborhoods and educational campuses, but it was not clear where he was being held or what charges were being considered. A private security consultant in Karachi speculated that Hayee may have been visiting madrasas in the Safari Park neighborhood, near University Road.
Pearl was abducted in January 2002 in Karachi and was beheaded the next month. His killing sent shock waves throughout the world and was one of the first known instances of major collaboration between al-Qaida and established militant groups in Pakistan. The increasing melding and cooperation among such groups in Pakistan's tribal belt has helped define the struggle against militants within Pakistan, the war next door in Afghanistan and the global effort against terrorism.
Hayee is one of several militant figures still being sought in Pearl's death. The two central figures in that crime are in prison: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the al-Qaida operational mastermind who designed the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and who wielded the knife against Pearl; and Ahmed Omar Sheikh, a British-born Islamic militant who lured Pearl to an interview and then kidnapped him.
Sheikh was convicted and sentenced to death in the case in July 2002. Seven others were sentenced in absentia, and two were later killed in shootouts with police. Sheikh has appealed his sentence.
Although still in prison, Sheikh continues to make headlines and cause trouble.
In 2008, as tensions mounted between Pakistan and India over an attack on the Indian city of Mumbai by another militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Sheikh managed to make a hoax call to President Asif Ali Zardari and the army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, in which he pretended to be the Indian foreign minister and threatened Pakistan of an Indian attack.


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Click here, or on the image above, to see the trailer for A Night to Remember.
With James Cameron's 3-D reconstruction of his version of the Titanic disaster about to hit theaters, Dave Kehr in the New York Times reminds us of a far superior film, Roy Ward Baker's A Night to Remember, of which he notes that: "the most sober in tone and historically reliable of the Titanic films remains Roy Ward Baker's British production of 1958 A Night to Remember. An early release of the Criterion Collection, the film has now been reissued, in Blu-ray and standard definition, from a thoroughly restored print, accompanied by a generous selection of supplementary material.
Working from a screenplay by his frequent collaborator, the suspense novelist Eric Ambler, and a best-selling book by Walter Lord, Baker solidifies the metaphor long attached to the Titanic story, turning the doomed ship into a microcosm, a representation in miniature of a society about to submerge itself into the horrors of World War I.
Previous versions emphasized the gallantry of the upper classes, as gentlemen in impeccable evening clothes stepped aside to allow their magnificently bejeweled wives and towheaded children to climb into the lifeboats. (The German version, inventing a subplot that Mr. Cameron's film would pick up on, turned the ship into a gigantic engine of runaway capitalism, pushed beyond its capacities by a greedy company chairman.) But Baker, making his film in the first full flowering of the new Great Britain that came into being with the end of the war and the collapse of imperialism, makes his hero, Kenneth More's Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller, an upright representative of the emerging middle class and managerial caste.
The captain of the ship (Laurence Naismith) is a befuddled man of aristocratic mien and regal dimensions whose resemblance to Edward VII does not seem coincidental; the chairman of the White Star Line (Frank Lawton) is a blustery businessman whose pride turns to shame as his enterprise literally begins to sink and he takes downcast refuge among the women and children drifting away in lifeboats. Only Lightoller and his fellow midlevel officers keep their wits about them, calmly directing an evacuation that they know will be too late for many of the passengers and perhaps themselves.
With A Night to Remember the welfare state Britain of 1958 looks back on the decaying imperial kingdom of 1912, and the film is full of pointed observations about class. Baker gives far more emphasis than Cameron to the plight of the lower-class passengers in steerage, trapped below by iron gates preventing their access to the first-class decks and potential rescue."
There's also a superb essay on the film by film critic and historian Michael Sragow, "A Night to Remember: Nearer, My Titanic to Thee," which you can read by clicking here.
I was lucky enough to interview Roy Ward Baker at length in his house in London on this, and the rest of his work as a director, which also included the early Marilyn Monroe vehicle Don't Bother to Knock (1952), and he described in detail how he shot the film, using a full-scale model of the Titanic mounted on hydraulic lifts, and the copious use of historical material to keep the film as accurate as possible. While everyone else is flocking to the theaters to see Cameron's version, perhaps others might want to see this splendid, tragic film, which concentrates not so much on spectacle, but rather on the human drama attending this disaster. It's a much more resonant piece of work.
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A Conversation with Nestor Miranda
The founder of Miami Cigar & Co. talks about the rise, fall and rebirth of his Don Lino brand.
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Suddenly, the director of Miami Cigar & Co. found himself with a great brand but no cigars to maintain it. His annual sales plummeted from 12 million to 3.5 million.
Miranda struggled to recover from this adversity, ultimately suing the billion-dollar company that had supplied him to get back on his feet. The suit was successful, but the brand was also off the market for two years. Recently, Miranda, 62, sat down with senior editor David Savona to talk about his ups and downs in the cigar business, and how he has tried to reestablish Don Lino.
David Savona: You've been in the cigar industry quite a while now. Can we go back and talk about how you entered the business?
Nestor Miranda: I've been smoking cigars since I was 17, in Cuba.
Q: You were born in Cuba?
A: I was. I used to steal cigars from my dad. On Sunday, I'd go to the park and light a cigar and look like a big man. Everyone would look at me and say, ''Look at that guy with a cigar.'' It was like a lonsdale maduro—Regalias el Cuño. They used to make cigarettes. I always liked cigars. Always. My father smoked cigars, my grandfather smoked cigars. Actually, my grandfather used to carry 10 cigars in the pocket of his guayabera.
Q: Ten cigars?
A: And big cigars—Churchill size. So I think my genes came from my grandfather. I've always loved cigars. I was in the liquor business [in 1987 or '88 when] I was introduced to a roller who worked for Mr. Guillermo León [of La Aurora S.A.]. And he was rolling cigars, and the guy with him said, ''Would you like to have one?'' And it was a big Churchill, a León Jimenes Imperiales. It was nice. So I lit the cigar and I loved it, and I said, "I represent a [brandy] brand called Cardinal Mendoza, from Spain. I think we can come out with cigars and brandy. They can go very well together." He said, "I'm going to send you a humidor from the Dominican Republic—see what you can do with it." He sent me a humidor. It had 40 cigars—gorgeous. I said, "Man, this is beautiful." I called him and I said, "I like it, but 40 cigars is too much. How much is it?" He said, "$35." So when I saw the price and the beautiful cigar, I talked to my manager, and I said, "I think I have the item to promote Cardinal Mendoza." He said, "I love it. Let's buy 200." So for two boxes of Cardinal Mendoza, we gave away a humidor full of cigars. It was totally a complete success. So ever since that day I started developing an interest in cigars. My wife [Mariana] was doing nothing at the time, so I said, "Why don't we start selling cigars?" And we started selling cigars in liquor stores.
Q: Cigars were much cheaper back then. Tell me more about those old days in the cigar business.
A: I'm from the liquor business, so my mentality is geared to promotion, and to different concepts. In the tobacco business, it was the same people selling cigars, the same orders. I'm a different animal. I said, "What do we need?" La Aurora was making only a few sizes: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5. I said we need names—we need a belicoso, we need a robusto.
Q: They didn't have a robusto? I can't imagine a cigar company without a robusto.
A: No. They didn't have what the people wanted. We changed the whole thing. La Aurora started getting into better sizes, and that improved things. When you go into a tobacco shop and you show two boxes, you're going to sell one. But if I go with eight boxes, I'm going to sell four.
Q: When did you leave the liquor business to focus exclusively on cigars?
A: We started making Don Lino in 1989, at the old UST factory in Honduras. It was 80,000 cigars a year. I doubled the business in 1990, and we started doubling the business every year. We established Miami Cigar & Co. in 1989. My wife was handling the cigar business. I didn't see any future, but it was something I liked.
Q: Tell me about those early days.
A: We were selling Don Lino for $19 a box, and the bundles we sold for $8. When the cigar boom came in 1994, 1995, we were already in. In 1995, we began distributing the UST cigar line. And then in 1995 I retired from Southern Wine & Spirits. I worked for Southern Wine for 15 years, and Seagram for 10 years. I retired from the liquor business to work at Miami Cigar & Co. with my wife. In 1996, I was interviewed by Cigar Aficionado, and that year we ended up selling 12 million sticks. In 1995 we were doing 3.1 million.
Q: You went from 3.1 million to 12 million that quickly?
A: You can't imagine—it was so crazy.
Q: Don Lino was hot.
A: In 1994 we did 1.5 million [units], 1995 we did 3.1 million. In 1996, I calculated that I thought we would do probably 7 million to 9 million cigars. But I've never been too good at mathematics, so it was 12 million.
Q: So you picked up distribution of Don Tomás and Astral from UST, and you also began distributing La Aurora and León Jimenes? You soared to 12 million cigars?
A: That's right. It was the American dream.
Q: And of those 12 million, most were made by UST?
A: I'd say 75 percent of them were made by UST.
Q: Beyond your wildest dreams—great year.
A: We did 12 million cigars until the first week of November [1996]. We didn't finish the year. Why? Because in November, the great UST company decided to go on their own, and they called me and they canceled my contract, which ended in February 1997. They canceled everything. They stopped shipping merchandise.
Q: What about Don Lino?
A: They stopped shipping. They were making Don Lino. Don Lino was back-ordered about 3.5 million cigars, and they told me they needed [the production capacity] to make more Astral and Don Tomás and all that.
Q: This is November, this is before the holiday rush.
A: In November, my humidor was totally empty. La Aurora, León Jimenes, could not produce any more cigars. They could not. So they cut the cigars they sold in the Dominican Republic so they could send me cigars. That was Guillermo León.
Q: So in November of 1996, they said no more cigars? Were you waiting on an order?
A: I'd been calling the company. I called Greenwich [the Connecticut headquarters] and I said, "Listen, I have no cigars. Normally I receive a container. What is going on?" They said, "We have to tell you, at UST, we've decided to go on our own."
Q: I thought they called you?
A: I called to find out about the cigars. They called me the next day because I wanted to talk to the president. They said, "He's not here, but he'll call tomorrow." I said, "Listen, call the factory, send me two containers of cigars. They're sold already." So they called me the next day, the president of UST, and he told me, "Nestor, you did a great job, but we decided to go on our own." I said, "What do you mean? You're kidding, right?" They said, "No, we're going to be selling our cigars." I said, "OK, let me ask you something: what about my Don Lino? Because you make that brand for me." They said, "We'll call you and let you know what is going to happen with Don Lino." So it was a totally unexpected call, losing everything we built. I don't know how to face my family and tell them we lost everything. We don't deserve that. Especially that the line was given to Southern Wine. I worked for 15 years with that company.
Q: What was the relationship between UST and Southern Wine?
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Nathan moves past controversy with 25th save
DETROIT -- Joe Nathan was going to have to get back on the mound and face the boos at Comerica Park eventually. David Price's home debut as a Tiger Saturday night, with a three-run lead, seemed like as good a time as any.
"At some point, he's going to have to pitch again in this ballpark," manager Brad Ausmus said. "In my mind, really, it's better to do it sooner than later."
Said Nathan: "I knew my nerves would be a little extra. When I was apologizing, I've never been a part of any type of controversy, and I will not be a part of it again."
The boos began, albeit just a few, before Nathan had made it from the bullpen to the mound. They multiplied before he began warming, then really picked up upon introduction. A leadoff single amplified them. Each time, the boos would start and eventually stop for the next at-bat, though they would resume at some point.
The runner eventually scored, but Nathan held it there, getting a game-ending double play to finish off a 4-2 win. And as the boos turned to cheers for a big win finished, Nathan kept his celebration to a point at his catcher, Alex Avila, and congratulations from his teammates. There was no chin-flick, no look into the stands.
"I held it in," Nathan said. "I definitely didn't want to have any reaction tonight, kind of just get back to trying to finish games, try to keep my emotions in check. But I knew it was important, my first time back on the mound since the incident. Just wanted to give the fans something to cheer about before they try to battle traffic with One Direction going on [next door at Ford Field]."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Now that is odd. Or maybe it's because of ATI.
When I searched for the exact same problem few years ago, this was the solution. Yet, I have KoTOR and KoTOR-II on this system and without this solution I'm having this problem too.
Since I don't have an ATI card, I can't be %100 sure but that first option in Image Section may be your solution as well. Because this common problem is absolutely about texture compression. Please take a look if you can solve your problem via changing "At least 1 texture must fit under worst-case assumptions" option.


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Alexi Pappas: This Duck doesn't just run
Alexi Pappas of the third ranked Oregon cross country team is one of nine finalists for this weekend's NCAA Woman of the Year Award in Indianapolis.
"You can't run 24-hours a day, you must have down time," Pappas said.
When Pappas does run, she does good things, the native of Alameda, California made her Duck debut last month by winning the Bill Dellinger invitational.
"There's a lot of talent and a lot of sass, in the best way. The energy is extremely dynamic on our team this year," Pappas said.
Alexi won't have any eligibility left to contend for the Oregon track team in the Apring, but she did have her Hayward Field moment last June competing for Dartmouth at the Olympic Trails in the steeplechase.
"I think I was like 23rd out of the 24 girls," Pappas wise-cracked. "I believe on one of the laps, I slipped off this (steeple) and fell in so this is a love/hate relationship right here."
Transferring from the Ivy League to the Pac-12, Eugene is now where she calls home.
"I had my first omelet with duck eggs," Pappas exclaimed. "I had never tried a duck egg before but it was better than any chicken egg I ever had."
Venturing out on her plate and in life, the grad student of entrepreneurial business, creative writing and film, co-wrote a full-length movie with her boyfriend and Dartmouth alum, Jeremy Teicher.
"We didn't write dialogue because surely the way we communicate is not going to be the way these villagers, who the actual villagers were the actors in the film, would have communicated what we wanted to say," Pappas the co-writer explained.
Filmed in the Senegal, Tall as the Baobab Tree is a narrative film about the new versus old world struggles in an African village. It was selected for the Montreal World and London Film Festivals.
"It's the first film in Pulaar which is their language. It's a really gorgeous film. I think Jeremy's vision and his style come through really clearly so hopefully it will be received well in London," Pappas said proudly.
From serious to goofy, Pappas was in the improv group Dog Day Players while at Dartmouth
Already working on the screen play for a second film, Alexi can't wait for the future but first, she is going to live in the now.
"I have some more learning to do here and definitely so more running that I want to do."
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Explore the Blog Cabin 2014 Location
It's finally time to announce the location of Blog Cabin 2014. You all have been so incredibly patient, but I won't leave you waiting any longer. Watch our exclusive announcement video, then browse through "before the renovation" photos to get a tour of the home at this very moment.Enjoy! I can't wait to hear what you all think!


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A Texas OHV decal costs $8 and is good through August 31 of the year it is purchased. Many other states require similar decals. A decal bought in Texas is also valid in other states and other states' decals are valid in Texas.
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The program now has a new set of Web pages with up to date information on where to buy the required decal, where to ride off the highway in Texas, responsible use of OHVs, resources for riders, and frequently asked questions about the OHV program.
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Each year as fall approaches, the St. Olaf Chapel Choir presents a service of Vespers, or Evening Prayer, in Boe Chapel. Our evening will be filled with congregational hymns like Amazing Grace and Abide With Me, as well as readings, reflections, and anthems sung by the Chapel Choir. This year's theme is Everlasting, inspired by Kenneth Jennings iconic choral work, The Lord is the Everlasting God. The Chapel Choir will also share Craig Hella Johnson's Gitanjali Chants, Felix Mendelssohn's Richte mich, Gott, Stephen Paulus' beautiful Pilgrim's Hymn, and a new work by conductor Christopher Aspaas — a setting of Softly and Tenderly for a cappella choir. Come, and join this worship and music experience that has become a tradition for the St. Olaf community.
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Assemblyman Dan Logue makes headlines (E-R, Jan. 3) with his idea to revolutionize higher education. He thinks 18 months is sufficient time to educate students in physics, engineering, biology and "other majors."
Though Paul Zingg of Chico State University commented that "it makes no sense," Logue remains enthusiastic, relating that such programs are being put together by Gov. Rick Perry in Texas and are "starting to go nationwide."
Logue seems to have an affinity for Texas ideas, as exemplified by his authorship of failed Proposition 73 a few years ago, backed by Texas oil interests.
Until the present plan is supported by leading educators in the U.S., I would guess our esteemed assemblyman and the E-R should bark up another tree. Despite lean economic times, our educational system can't afford to cheapen their product at the behest of a politician of dubious accomplishments whose motives are usually suspect.
Try something else, Dan — perhaps ketchup and mustard in the same dispenser.
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How many colleges should my child apply to?
There are thousands of colleges and universities in the United States (and the world, for that matter). Your child can't apply to or attend all of them, so you'll need to do some research to narrow down the choices. If your child is interested in only one school, the choice is easy. However, most advisors suggest that your child apply to between 3 and 10 schools. Each school will fall into one of the following categories:
- The dream school: This is the long shot. Your child would love to attend this school but may not meet the admissions requirements. If you don't mind the extra application fee, take a chance.
- The possible school: This is the school with real potential. There's a good chance your child will get in, but no guarantee.
- The safety school: This is the sure thing. You may want to choose one school that your child will have no trouble getting into, just in case the others don't work out.
Applying to one or two safety schools can help ensure that your child has a place to go in the fall. If your child has selected several schools but can't narrow it down any further (and application fees of $25 to $100 on average are no problem), apply to all of them and let the schools decide. Of course, if they all say yes, deciding where to go may be difficult.


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BOZEMAN – Montana State University doctoral student Oliwia Zurek gave a talk that turned heads during the International Conference on Gram-Positive Microorganisms, held this summer in Italy. The talk also earned her one of two Young Scientist Awards for outstanding scientific presentation.
"The large majority of the competition at this international conference was postdoctoral scholars with many additional years of experience compared to Oliwia," said Jovanka Voyich, associate professor in MSU's Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and Zurek's research mentor in looking at how human immunity causes certain staph bacteria to release infection-causing toxins. "The award showcases her presentation skills and the impact of her research at the global level. It is really very impressive that she outshined the competition."
Zurek, who was born in Poland and spent her high school years outside Chicago, said it was a privilege to present the work in Italy, where the audience included some of the world's leading researchers in the realm of important bacterial pathogens that includes Streptococcus pyogenes (strep throat), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and anthrax.
Now, with a competitive $50,000 pre-doctoral fellowship, the American Heart Association has also recognized that Zurek's work with Voyich is contributing to a fundamental understanding of how staph bacteria interact with the human immune system.
Awarded by the AHA National Research Program, Zurek's fellowship was one of fewer than a thousand funded for 2013 from an application pool of 6,108 researchers seeking funding.
The AHA funding will provide Zurek $25,000 per year for what she projects will be the final two years of her doctoral work on the role of the host immune system in staph virulence. The work is being done as part of a larger National Institutes of Health-funded investigation into questions of innate immunity in Voyich's lab.
Zurek said the AHA fellowship is aimed at research that tackles basic science, which is essential to address direct concerns of industry. Zurek is addressing some important questions about the behavior of MRSA, which is a bane of hospitals and recently received widespread press attention following a MRSA outbreak within the Tampa Bay Buccaneers professional football team.
Last spring, Zurek was the lead author on a paper detailing a study that used a genetic modeling assay, QuantiGene 2.0, to follow the expression of genes responsible for a toxic response from staph bacteria. QuantiGene 2.0 serves to measure expression of staph genes in a more precise and efficient way than previous techniques.
Counter to the prevailing wisdom on the behavior of MRSA, which presumes there is an organism-wide response in the presence of any type of environmental stress, Zurek's research points to specific staph receptors being the trigger for toxin production.
"This award and invitations to present my paper give me added motivation to keep moving forward with my research project," said Zurek, who was also invited to give a talk at London University College in the United Kingdom. "It is exciting because it is also an opportunity to showcase the work we're doing with QuantiGene 2.0 assays here at MSU. The invites are due in part to using the new technology to study bacterial gene expression during interaction with a host."
The AHA has an interest in staph research given that MRSA is the leading cause of complications from infection following invasive heart procedures, particularly an infection called invasive endocarditis.
"The American Heart Association is interested in basic research on how MRSA is behaving in the presence of human blood cells," Zurek said. "And, of course, looking at staph responses to the host can aid in questions about how MRSA can cause endocarditis infections."
Zurek said the recognition of her research was really recognition of the work Voyich is heading in her lab at MSU's Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. Zurek said she was also grateful for Voyich's help in applying for an AHA fellowship.
"When you think about her outstanding mentorship on my research, a lot of the credit has to go to Jovanka," Zurek said.
Voyich turned that praise around on Zurek.
"Oliwia is an outstanding graduate student and receiving the AHA fellowship exemplifies her work ethic and intellectual capacity," Voyich said. "She has been a joy to mentor, so it is both rewarding and fun to watch her achieve such great honors."
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The pools start this week, so it's time for a printable bracket. The 2013 NCAA Tournament begins Tuesday, March 19 with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio, and ends with the Final Four April 6 and April 8 in Atlanta. The bracket was unveiled today, with Louisville, Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga getting the No. 1 seeds.
You can print out the full bracket here:
— NCAA Tournament printable bracket in PDF format
NCAA Tournament 2013
Bracket advice: Who can win it all? | Potential bracket busters
The Linemakers: Tips for filling out for NCAA Tournament bracket
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Mindful of the Body: A Study Guide. This study guide focuses on the primary sutta in the Pali Canon dealing with the contemplation of the body: The Discourse on Mindfulness Immersed in the Body (MN 119). Early Buddhism teaches that the body can be used to develop mindfulness and concentration, which in turn can be used to free the mind of its attachments to the body. Then the mind and body can live in peace.


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Episode 26: Off the Leash
Can a parent do too good a job? This was always my self-congratulatory one-liner when my son, Nicholas, displayed self-control or unique personal style well beyond his eight years. Recently, that line came back like a boomerang to the head when one of his teachers gave my wife and I some advice. "Nicholas needs to be a kid," she said. "Sometimes he acts like a grown-up trapped in a boy's body." Remorse overwhelmed me as I thought about all of the time my son and I had spent together mastering the finer points of pattern matching or discussing the differences between etorki and manchego.
Summer seemed like the ideal time to reverse Nicholas' slide into premature fogey-hood. He needed to roll around in the mud, dribble mustard on his shirt, so I made it one of my resolutions to stop helping my son grow up and let him help me rediscover the joys of being a boy. This would not be an easy shift. Nicholas is the child in his class who refused to wear shorts on a field trip to a local farm because "the hay on the hay ride might cut my legs". He is also the old soul who says, "Hey, guys, don't forget your helmets" when he and his pals are jumping on their scooters. One night when I suggested that the next time a problematic classmate called him "sexy lady", he should "kick that kid's ass", Nicholas blanched at my use of profanity and then told me, "Dad, you're being inappropriate."
Remorse overwhelmed me as I thought about all the time my son and I had spent together discussing the differences between etorki and manchego
I needed a totem to remind me of my summer goal, so I spent some time hunting down an adult version of the blue suede adidas Gazelles that I wore when I was Nicholas' age. (Thankfully, vintage footwear is easier to source than swimwear, as no one needs to see a well-marbled, middle-aged man in the Speedos that Mark Spitz wore at the 1972 Olympic Games.) Totems, I've found, are helpful when you're trying to blast through years of encrusted dysfunction in your personality. Years ago when my wife, then girlfriend, told me I needed to get my head examined, I spent some time on the sofa. In order to cure my fondness for making cutting remarks, my therapist suggested that I wear a rubber band around my wrist, and every time I felt a sarcastic utterance bubbling up inside of me I should pull the rubber band back and give my wrist a good slap. While my wrist was smarting, I was meant to consider what was bringing on the urge. The feeling usually occurred when someone displayed a weakness I secretly detested in myself. I evolved, and the next time lay-offs loomed in the office I was no longer the jerk who said, "I can really see you in a trailer park". Instead I became the cuddly guy who would say, "I'm scared too. Want to drink some Chardonnay and listen to Morrissey together?"
When my adidas finally arrived in the post, the smell and feel took me back to a time in life when summer meant sleep-away camp in the woods of Maine. My adidas would begin the summer pristine. Then after countless corner kicks, stolen bases and sets of tennis on clay courts, they would limp home with me in August. How could I have forgotten these pleasures and let my boy get so far from them?
As much as I try not to be that stereotypical Manhattan dad who frets that every mistake on a spelling test will consign my child to a second-tier law school or drinking third-tier Scotch as an adult, it is hard not to come home from a bad day and let some of that intensity spill onto your child. On most school nights there's a 90-minute window between my arrival home from the office and Nicholas' bedtime, and that window gets carved up between reviewing homework, watching 30 minutes of TV together, and then reading aloud in bed. Our nightly schedule had become an extension of (rather than a respite from) the school day.
One night last week, however, I left work early and met my son as he got off the school bus. Instead of immediately attacking his homework, I told him to let it slide and suggested we go out for dinner to Shake Shack, our local artisanal burger joint. He tried cheese fries for the first time, and we walked home at dusk discussing the misfortunes of the Mets.
The next time lay-offs loomed in the office I became the cuddly guy who would say, 'I'm scared too. Want to drink some Chardonnay and listen to Morrissey together?'
Over the weekend I enlisted his help in painting our bathhouse at our beach club. Because of the mess of working with an oil-based paint, I would normally have done the job by myself. But instead we spent Memorial Day locked in close proximity, splattering Jamaica blue all over each other. Clothes were ruined; he has a blue spot in his hair, and my feet still look like something out of X-Men. But he now knows it's OK to make a mess.
Another work night I arrived home and found Nicholas bathed, in his pyjamas, ready to review his homework.
"Get your mitt," I said.
"But what about my homework?"
"If you made a mistake, you made a mistake. The sun will still rise in the morning. The stars will still shine at night."
"But I already had my bath."
"So, a little dirt never hurt anybody." He mouthed the words a few times after I said them and then disappeared into his room. I went to mine, put on a pair of shorts, grabbed my baseball glove and laced up my adidas. We headed over to the North Meadow in Central Park and played catch until the late summer light faded. There was no TV watched, nor stories read, nor homework checked that night. There was just a man and boy, slightly dirty, slightly sweaty but very happy.
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Huseng wrote:futerko wrote:...and yet you still insist on some kind of independent consistency to conventional "reality" - if someone sees the sun stand still then that is what they see, arguments concerning the objective truth about the sun are based entirely on the possibility of the idea of self-nature.
Conventional reality has much observed consistency to it. Fire warms. Water moistens. The sun rises and sets. All organisms die.
There is no benefit in denying this.
The point really is that all of it lacks inherent existence, ergo it is empty. Emptiness itself being imputed, therein lay the middle way.
It is via analysis that things are empty that we halt grasping via reification. The sun still rises and sets, albeit observed with a different perspective.
The point is that anyone claiming that the actual sun stopped in the actual sky, as if sun and sky were existing objects indenpedent of mind is mistaken not on the basis that the thing called "sun" never appears to stop, but in fact because there is no such thing as an independently existing sun and sky.


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Pregnant Halle Berry in LA | Pictures
Halle Berry Gets in the Summer Spirit With a Huge Fruit Salad
Halle Berry picked up a large fruit salad during a trip to a grocery store in Beverly Hills yesterday. She made the trip on her own, but she has been spending a lot of time with her new husband, Olivier Martinez, and daughter, Nahla Aubry, in the past few weeks. The family traveled to France earlier this month for Halle and Olivier's wedding but returned home to LA shortly afterward so Halle could make the trip to San Diego, CA, for Comic-Con. Halle was at the annual entertainment festival to promote her latest film, X-Men: Days of Future Past, with costars Jennifer Lawrence and Hugh Jackman. But this month hasn't only been about weddings and work — last week, Halle, Olivier, and Nahla went on a movie trip in LA. The family will soon have another addition for their fun family excursions as Halle is expecting her second child, a boy, to be born in the Fall.


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Turner syndrome, a condition that affects only girls and women, results when a sex chromosome (the X chromosome) is missing or partially missing. Turner syndrome can cause a variety of medical and developmental problems, including short height, failure to start puberty, infertility, heart defects, certain learning disabilities and social adjustment problems.
Turner syndrome may be diagnosed before birth (prenatal), during infancy or in early childhood. Occasionally the diagnosis is delayed until the teen or young adult years in those who have mild signs and symptoms of Turner syndrome.
Nearly all girls and women with Turner syndrome need ongoing medical care from a variety of specialists. Regular checkups and appropriate care can help most girls and women lead relatively healthy, independent lives.
Signs and symptoms of Turner syndrome may vary significantly.
Prenatal ultrasound of a baby with Turner syndrome may show:
In some girls, a number of physical features and poor growth are apparent early. Signs of Turner syndrome at birth or during infancy may include:
For some girls, the presence of Turner syndrome may not be readily apparent. Signs and symptoms in older girls, teenagers and young women that may indicate Turner syndrome include:
Sometimes it's difficult to distinguish the signs and symptoms of Turner syndrome from other disorders. So it's important to get a prompt, accurate diagnosis and appropriate care. See your doctor if you believe your daughter shows signs of Turner syndrome or if you have concerns about her physical, sexual or behavioral development.
Most people are born with two sex chromosomes. A boy inherits the X chromosome from his mother and the Y chromosome from his father. A girl inherits one X chromosome from each parent. If a girl has Turner syndrome, one copy of the X chromosome is missing or significantly changed.
The genetic alterations of Turner syndrome may be one of the following:
The missing or altered X chromosome of Turner syndrome causes errors during fetal development and other developmental problems after birth — short stature, ovarian failure and learning disabilities. Physical characteristics and health complications that arise from the chromosomal error vary greatly.
The loss or alteration of the X chromosome occurs randomly. Sometimes, it's because of a problem with the sperm or the egg, and other times, the loss or alteration of the X chromosome happens early in fetal development.
Family history doesn't seem to be a risk factor, so it's unlikely that parents of one child with Turner syndrome will have another child with the disorder.
Turner syndrome can affect the proper development of several body systems. A number of complications may occur, including:
How you learn if your daughter has Turner syndrome will depend on the degree to which it has affected her development.
It's important to take your daughter to all regularly scheduled well-baby visits and annual appointments throughout childhood. These visits are an opportunity for your doctor to take height measurements, note delays in expected growth and identify other problems in physical development.
Your daughter's doctor may ask questions such as:
If your family doctor or pediatrician believes that your daughter shows signs or symptoms of Turner syndrome and suggests diagnostic tests, you may want to ask these questions:
If your family doctor or pediatrician suspects that your daughter has Turner syndrome, a lab test will likely be done to analyze your daughter's chromosomes using cells from a blood sample. The test results are a specialized image (karyotype) that enables a specialist to count and judge the condition of each chromosome in a sample.
A diagnosis is sometimes made during fetal development. Certain features on an ultrasound image may raise suspicion that your baby has Turner syndrome or another genetic condition affecting development in the womb. Prenatal screening tests that evaluate the baby's DNA in the mother's blood (cell-free fetal DNA testing or noninvasive prenatal screening) may also indicate an increased risk of Turner syndrome.
Your pregnancy and childbirth specialist (obstetrician) may ask if you're interested in additional tests to make a diagnosis before your baby's birth. One of two procedures can be performed to test for Turner syndrome:
Discuss the benefits and risks of prenatal testing with your doctor.
Because Turner syndrome can result in several developmental problems and medical complications, several specialists may be involved in screening for specific conditions, making diagnoses, recommending treatments and providing care.
This team may evolve as your child's needs change, and your family doctor or pediatrician can coordinate the care. Specialists on your care team may include some or all of these professionals:
The primary treatments for nearly all girls and women include hormone therapies:
Because of the range of symptoms and complications, other treatments are tailored to address your daughter's particular problems.
It's important to help your daughter prepare for the transition from care with your family doctor or pediatrician to her own adult medical care. Her doctor can continue to coordinate care among a number of specialists throughout her life.
Few women with Turner syndrome can become pregnant without fertility treatment. Those who can are still likely to experience failure of the ovaries and subsequent infertility very early in adulthood. So it's important to discuss timing of pregnancy with your doctor.
Some women with Turner syndrome can become pregnant with the donation of an egg or embryo. This requires a specially designed hormone therapy to prepare the uterus for pregnancy.
In most cases, women with Turner syndrome have relatively high-risk pregnancies. It's important to discuss those risks with your doctor.
The Turner Syndrome Society of the United States and other organizations provide educational materials, resources for families and information about support groups. Groups for parents provide an opportunity to exchange ideas, develop coping strategies and locate resources.
Peer groups for girls with Turner syndrome can help reinforce your daughter's self-esteem and provide her with a social network of people who understand her experience with Turner syndrome.
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It's a good idea to encourage your grandmother to get a computer, right? But now she's begun sending you ridiculous email forwards, wants to be friends on Facebook and calls to ask if you've heard of websites (most recently, J-Date). How do you set online boundaries for her?
Dear Miriam,
I encouraged my grandmother to get a computer and Internet in her house. Now she sends me ridiculous email forwards on a regular basis, wants to be friends on Facebook and calls to ask if I've heard of particular websites (most recently, J-Date). Have I created a monster? How do I set cyber-boundaries with my elders?
Dear Hashtag,
With great power comes great responsibility. Some Internet users translate that responsibility into making sure that everyone they know sees the latest cat video on YouTube, while others take on the burden of reconnecting with every single one of their preschool classmates. Still others find themselves with so much important information to share in online forums that they can't possibly be bothered to slow down long enough to spell words correctly. Cyber-etiquette is a new and fascinating arena, and varying opinions are as prevalent as unsubstantiated tweets about the news of the day.
All snarkiness aside, though, when it comes to family members, especially those of another generation, it's legitimately difficult to navigate these online relationships. Your grandmother welcomed this technology into her life at your suggestion and presumably thought this would be a way to connect with you. You can ignore her forwards, or you can use them as an opportunity to respond with a more personal message. You can accept her friend request and set up the strictest privacy settings, or you can make up some excuse about only using facebook to keep in touch with certain people and preferring to keep in touch with family through other media. When she calls to ask about particular websites, talk if you have time, talk about the website if that's what she wants to talk about, share other websites with her if you think that's a way to have a meaningful conversation and try to find the whole thing charming. If she's calling to ask about J-Date, though, don't delude yourself into thinking this is an innocent question. She wants to know if you're on J-Date and she wants to know if, G-d willing, she'll be around to meet her great-grandchildren.
If she (or anyone else in your life) is sending multiple forwards every day or sending messages that may contain viruses or is sending hoaxes that can clearly be disproven on snopes or is doing anything else online that really feels like a violation, you can find a way to educate her. You can point out some key phrases that are likely to be in scams, and you can help her set up spam filters. You can also say, "my friends don't usually send forwards because we prefer more personal communications," and she may catch on simply because she wants to mirror your online habits. You could also introduce her to buzzfeed or similar compilation websites in case she really enjoys looking at those kinds of pithy top 10 lists.
If these internet missteps sound familiar to any readers, but you see these habits in people who are in their 50s or 60s rather than their 70s or 80s, I urge you to take a more direct approach in educating them about online norms. Hopefully, they have many happy healthy years in front of them, and they'll benefit from all the time you'll be freeing up for them to watch cat videos if they don't have to worry about sending money to Nigeria.
Be well,


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For my understanding Cavaliers want to make a deal to get them the 2nd pick. Pistons have made an offer. Not sure why anyone would want Rips 25mil contract. I realize of Cavs trade exception but that can be used for this year on Rip but it does nothing for them next year. The Grizzlies have stated that Gay will not be traded unless a star is in the proposal. Also, One may say the trade with the Wolves alone would be better,however, this gets the flame ignited again for Mayo and if Cavs really want the #2 pick and Wolves are willing, then it only takes a team like Detroit to mess everything up.
This here gives everyone what they want / need, I think? Please leave constructive feedback to make this trade work better.
Salary #'s match up on this also.
Pacers - getting Mayo for #15 and McRoberts. Getting Wolves Beasley, Webster & #2. Pacers gives Posey & #2 for #4 and Sessions.
Grizzlies - saves 8 mil (not including Josh & Price) to get Gasol & Young & others signed. They also have 7.4 mil coming off the books for Battier.
Cavs - giving up Sessions for #2 and using exceptions on Posey. Means it does't go against their cap and they buy out Posey's contract and can do what they want with him.
Wolves - getting their franchise player in Rudy Gay. They have showed interest, but Wolves don't have the pieces for the Grizzlies. Grizzlies are wanting to win now. This is where the Pacers can make all this happen.
Pacers get: OJ Mayo, Michael Beasley, Martell Webster, Ramon Sessions & the 4th pick.
Grizzlies get: Danny Granger, AJ Price, Josh McRoberts (E&T) & #15 from Pacers.
Cavaliers get: James Posey & #2 from Pacers.
Wolves get: Rudy Gay.
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Beasley / Hansbrough
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It's criminal to charge $50 or more for earphones with only so-so sound — especially when somebody comes along and proves you can deliver a fantastic-sounding headset for half that price.
NuForce NE-600 M/X
Great sound for a low cost. The best-sounding value-priced earbud you can buy. (Yes, better than Monoprice's torture devices.) Light weight is perfect for runs or other sweaty shenanigans. Only took a few hours to burn them in. Bass for days, son!
Bass will be too much for some. Tough to find a good seal with the included tips. Plastic build doesn't scream "durability." Extra for a mic. No box candy.
How We Rate
- 1/10A complete failure in every way
- 2/10Sad, really
- 3/10Serious flaws; proceed with caution
- 4/10Downsides outweigh upsides
- 5/10Recommended with reservations
- 6/10Solid with some issues
- 7/10Very good, but not quite great
- 8/10Excellent, with room to kvetch
- 9/10Nearly flawless
- 10/10Metaphysical perfection
This is the second time I've been impressed by a pair of earphones from NuForce, a small California company that's mostly known for making audiophile amps and digital-to-analog converters. Last year, I tested the company's NE-700 M/X in-ears, and I found them to be pretty outstanding for a pair of $70 buds. They earned our Editor's Pick award for the best earbuds under $100.
If you're looking to replace the freebies that came with your phone, or just shopping for a cheap, backup set of earbuds you can wear everywhere without worry, these cannot be beat.
These newer earphones, the NE-600 M/X, cost only $25. Amazingly, they deliver a sound profile that's almost as sweet as the 700s, and they do it for less than half the money. The 600s are shockingly inexpensive for how good they sound, and in my opinion, they blow away other in-ear headphones that run between $40 and $50. If you're looking to replace the freebies that came with your phone, or just shopping for a backup set of earbuds you can wear everywhere without worry, these cannot be beat.
The build quality doesn't look like much, with lots of plastic instead of the machined metal found on the 700s. This pays off not only in affordability, but also in weight. In-ear headphone manufacturers have been experimenting with titanium, aluminum and other metals of late, but sometimes, sturdy plastic like this wins out. And actually, I'm a fan of the design, which is simple, logo-free and unassuming — provided you choose the model with the black cable, as there's nothing stealth about the bright green or red cables NuForce also offers.
The sound is in line with other lower-end earbuds in that the bass is exaggerated and the highs are rolled off. But NuForce has tuned the 11-millimeter drivers just right — the bass is big, but it's fast and not flabby, and it's assertive without being so overbearing that it crowds out the mids. There's still plenty of detail in vocals, keyboards, melodic instruments, and everything important that lives in the middle bands. Of course, they are less detailed in the highs, but to my ears, they provided just enough isolation and high-end detail to keep me happy. The myriad little things you usually miss when you slip in a pair of cheap earphones? They're all here. The overall sonic quality is admirable for a headset that costs only $25.
The overall sonic quality is admirable for a headset that costs only $25.
One quibble about the isolation: You only get three pairs of rubber tips in the box, and the sizing is rather extreme. I had a hard time finding a good seal using the tips in the box. But luckily, being the headphone whore that I am, I dug through my Giant Box of Rubber Ear Tips to find a set that worked with the 6-millimeter posts on the NE-600s. Your mileage may vary. Once I had achieved a Goldilocks-approved full seal, the isolation was great, with minimal cord noise from the flat cable (usually not a fan, but it's fine here, and it comes with a chin slider). No leakage, either.
Tips aren't the only frills NuForce has omitted — there's no carrying case and no collar clip. Also, the $25 version (NE-600X) doesn't have an in-line remote/mic, so if you want to use it as a hands-free headset replacement, you'll need to lay out an extra fiver for the $30 NE-600M model.
These issues aren't deal-breakers, though. Just take a deep breath, slowly recite the words "twenty-five dollars," and enjoy the music.
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Dad With A Mute Button: Bruce's Top 5 TV Dads
Fatherhood, it's nothing like what you see on television. As far as I am concerned most TV dads have it pretty easy compared to us regular fathers that get caught up in the more mundane and monotonous cycle of life. Still it's fun to think about TV fathers you might like to have had growing up. Much like my 5 favorite TV Themes this is in no particular order and for my own selfish reasons.


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Kudos to the Internal Revenue Service.
The agency says its 2013 tax filing season will open just eight days later than it had planned, on Wednesday, Jan. 30, instead of the original Jan. 22 opening day.
What exactly does that mean to Joe and Joan Taxpayer?
That even if you get your return into the IRS before then -- as recommended by representatives of TurboTax and H&R Block in my earlier post on a possible slight delay in the filing season -- the tax agency will not start processing it until Jan. 30.
That date applies whether you send in a paper return by mail or file electronically.
Of course, waiting to file is never fun if you're expecting a refund, but the IRS deserves lots of credit for being ready to process most tax returns by the end of the month. The agency had a massive job before it because Congress postponed action on tax laws that affect 2012 returns until Jan. 1.
And a few folks will have to wait a bit longer for the IRS to take care of their returns.
The IRS says that several forms affected by the late legislation require more extensive programming and testing of IRS systems. The key forms that require more extensive programming changes include Form 5695, used to claim residential energy tax credits; Form 4562, required to claim depreciation and amortization; and Form 3800 for the general business credit. A full list of the forms that will delay return acceptance is available on the IRS website.
If you need to submit any of these forms, the IRS won't start processing your return until late February or sometime in March. The IRS will announce a specific date for acceptance of affected tax filings "in the near future."
Want the latest news on taxes, tax reform prospects, filing deadlines, Internal Revenue Service alerts and tax-saving tips? Subscribe to Bankrate's free Daily Tax Tip newsletter, our Weekly Tax Tip newsletter or, if you're a true tax geek, both!
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The average wait time to see a doctor at Southern Illinois Consultants For Kidney Disease as provided by patient reviews is 11 minutes. By comparison, the national average for a pre-vist wait time is 21 minutes.
An internist is a physician who focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions that affect the adult population—both acute and chronic.
These doctors are often who adults see as their primary physicians because they treat a broad range of illnesses that do not require surgical or specialist interventions. They also work to help a patient maintain optimal health in order to prevent the onset of disease.
In addition to treating the common cold and flu, internists also treat chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease.
A nephrologist is a physician who is specially trained to diagnose and treat conditions affecting the kidneys or renal system.
A nephrologist will determine through urine analysis, blood test, X-ray, sonogram, or kidney biopsy how well the kidneys are functioning and will then prescribe a special diet and exercise program, medication or dialysis - a process by which a machine filters the blood when the kidney is no longer capable of doing so.
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According to The Medical Group Management Association, a group practice is any relationship between three or more physicians who share facilities, expenses, profits and other resources like support staff and equipment.
Group practices tend to fall into two categories: those that organize around a particular medical specialty and those that encompass several specialties like East Boston Neighborhood Health that specializes in internal medicine.
Why Group Practice?
As medicine became more complex in the twentieth century, the need for group practices made more sense. Physicians found it impossible to know everything about the emerging drugs and technologies on the medical landscape. In addition, the cost of providing a full range of diagnostic services, such as tests and X-rays, in one location became prohibitive to the individual practitioner. Hence, doctors from various disciplines began to team together in order to provide more comprehensive care to their community of patients.
Benefits of Group Practice
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The Global Brotherhood of the Grape
The Vigneron and the Negociant
It could be a scene in Bordeaux or Barolo, the actual global position isn't crucial. A man (or a woman) has a piece of property with grapes growing. He's tied to the land, nurturing and gathering the ripe grapes into clusters and pressing them into service. He puts much of his faith in his agent, his representative to the world, to see that the finished wine goes out to all corners where it is desired. Liquid emissaries. There is often a simple handshake, a reassuring pat on the back, a bond that links this global grape group.
With change in the air and the once-accepted forms of dissemination being challenged, there will still be a need for the land, the grape and people to move it forward. You might someday be able to order a wine from a Castello in Tuscany and have it delivered 48 hours later to your abode; someone still needs to turn crushed grapes into liquid magic.
The Winemaker
Once, the winemaker was a solitary figure, huddled in his cave, working his alchemy over the barrels. That still must happen. But the winemaker now must know what is going on in his global community. Weather patterns and buying trends, fashions in taste and the pulse of the client, all these are now factors in his process. There must not only be winemaking, there must be vision, inspired by the miracle, but taken to the next level. In part, inspired by world competition clamoring for the attention of the wine lover, the wine merchant and the restaurant owner. No easy task, and one that is not self renewing. After one spends months plowing their fields in the vineyards, the winemaker must often go out into the market and till some more.
The Restaurateur
What must he do these days? Everyone wants you to eat their food, if it is in a restaurant or a retail market. Preparing food in a restaurant is a labor intensive process. Finding labor, these days, is getting increasingly more challenging as a regime seems to be preparing to repel the huddled masses yearning to be free.
The restaurateur's domain is relentless. There is no respite, no escape, nothing to do but to forge ahead onward through the fog.
The Patronage
The endgame for the finished product, a table in a dimly lit room with a few plates and glasses. Here, the grapes finish their journey with an Ad hoc coronation; no 21 gun salute, no brass band. Amidst the clinking of the glasses and the din of the room, the silent spirit spills into the crevice of a soul here, a partaker there. The journey from the vine to the goblet reaches the promised land of the palate. All this, because of the brotherhood of the berry. A global community making sure this life enhancing phenomenon travels across the planet to your glass, to your dimly lit room, with the hope to spread some light and joy.
The Men in the Middle
Behind the glass curtain are the unseen ones, part visionary, part brigand. These are the charmers, the conjurers, the ones who must find a way to get the ships to shore. A little Columbus, a little Capone. Less dependant on conspiracy and more on improvisation. A group of men and women looking to raise their families and live their life doing something they want to do, because they love it. And it shows on their faces. They have a serenity and a happiness attained from finding their way, connecting with their global tribe.
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He's a world class surgeon, he's the sports surgeon to the stars, Jordan of surgeons. You don't see him for an "injection."
That this is something serious and they had the best of the best look at the injury.
How many of you who are saying this is extreme have ever recovered from this sort of thing or are a medical professional? Any of you? I don't mean to be a jerk, but as someone who has actually hurt their knee and has dealt with the after effects of it (which are pretty much always there in my experience so far) 3 months doesn't seem crazy at all for a pro bball player.
Boy, with this news it sure is a good thing the Pacers went out and really strengthened their bench this past offseason...
Um...didn't we draft a shooter?
If you really need spacing, far more than you need to avoid other issues like rookie mistakes or awareness errors at either end, then it's time to let Orlando take some jumpers.
Plus as much as I'm concerned with the shooting, it is feasible that Young hit 34% (2nd season), Paul hit 38% (he just did), DJ hit 34% (his career is 37%), and Green to hit 37-38% (he hit 39% last year). They aren't making the shots, but they are getting shots that they've all made in the past at a much better rate.
You don't need Barbosa or DJones, you need JAMES Jones here. They never should have let his shooting go. But that's spilled milk.
pretty sure Kapono's a free agent. no clue if he's healthy.
I have enough vacation time to take a 10 day.
Its not the injection, its the tendonitiis. The injection has nothing to do with the timing, that's just the procedure used.
I'm guessing three months is a back-on-the-court date, not a return-to-practice date. Because I've heard 6-8 weeks of rest many, many times over the years for knee tendonitiis, and then a month to get strength back in the knee and to get in shape seems about right.
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
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Maybe you don't know what he have but I do, is not like we are talking about some rookies here, I've seen this guys play for a long time.
Isn't he the one that performed surgeries on Tmac, Broy and other players?
To those that have wanted to trade Granger while his value was high, I must say your opinion is looking pretty good right now. I wasn't in that camp, but I wanted Wilson Chandler in the worse way when he came back mid season last year from China. I advocated getting him as Granger's b/u and future replacement.
The Nuggets re-signed him for an average of 6.5 mil for 4 years. As a former starter, he's a reserve behind Gallinari. I'd hope now the Pacers would be on the phone trying to make a trade to get him! I'd love to see him in a Pacers uni.
People are panicking way too much. It's only been 4 games. Even the Heat have lost a game. It's too early to panic.
wrong thread maybe?
Man, talk about the sky is falling.
Look, not having Granger is a big loss, of course.
But it's not clear why people are jumping to conclusions that Granger had surgery, that things are being hidden from the fans, etc.
He went to a renowned orthopedic surgeon, and they decided to treat his injury conservatively, because it's freaking tendonosis. Not tendonitis. This means he's had chronic patellar tendon injury, and got some sort of Vitamin E injection to stimulate more rapid redevelopment of the tendon. When you have chronic tendonitis, you need to rest. Period.
I know that the team has gotten off to a very sluggish shooting start. However, there's no question that George has the capacity to be that scorer. Will he step up? Seems like a fun thing to watch. From my vantage point, this is just accelerating the very natural process of player refresh that was inevitable anyways. Granger's contract is coming closer to it's conclusion, and so we needed to figure out the next step anyways. Green has also showed the ability to be a scorer.
I can see nervous mode after 10-15 games... not quite yet.
Today's information basically is a direct message to Paul George: "time to put on your big boy pants".
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Lou gives you energy toughness, easy garbage buckets. DC is better than Augustine really all around. Barbosa is exactly what you need with instant offense, easy transition buckets (both ways), D Jones is way more physical/savvy defensively than Young so far. I mean they are better, thats really it.
They aren't stars nd prob not even starters but to act like they've been really bad players their entire career is just not correct.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
In the short run this is bad, but in the long run it could be very beneficial. Now all we need is for PG, Hill, Hibbs, Lance and Green to step up. But mainly PG and Hibbs to step it up 100 fold.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
You took what I said into a different context. He is very capable. That goes without saying. Whether he lives up to that now is an open question.
As Brandon Rush said to me last year, the only question around Paul George is whether he has the mental fortitude and "alpha dog" mentality to be elite. I think we're about to find out.
Michael Redd anybody?
I was one of them, look I don't think you need to be "Miss Cleo" to know that Danny's knee was going to be an issue, he has been having issues in his knee for a long time, I can tell you that once again the Pacers dropped the ball by keeping a player for too long until his value is nothing.
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I'm guessing he'll be back after the all-star break.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
I think we should start DJ, with Hill, PG, West and Roy.
Hill is one of our best players when he's played in his position. We've got to let him do his scoring and defending thing. We can increase Lance's time at the 2, and even give Baby Hans some minutes.
But I think moving Hill to the 2, where he can move without the ball and score, would be the best thing to do.
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I doubt they'll be consistent, but those are the main 5 in my opinion that we simply need more from. Everyone needs to pitch in, but we aren't going to win games with just bench players stepping up.
In the 4 games I've seen, no one is really stepping up and saying I got this. You can see it when players take shots. They are hesitant. Some of these guys are really unsure of themselves.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.


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