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What does it mean to be Latino? Ask a dozen people and you are likely to receive a dozen different answers.
"That's why I like the term Latino, because it's universal," said the Hon. Jose D.L. (Lorenzo) Marquez, who was the first Latino appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals in 1998 and served there for 20 years. "I don't care if you're from Spain or Mexico or Argentina. We have a commonality."
For Hispanic Heritage month, which begins today, Viva Colorado is celebrating both that commonality and that diversity with a special portrait series of Latinos in our community from Viva Colorado photographer Manuel Martinez.
Judge Marquez and his daughter, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Monica Marquez, were among the subjects Martinez photographed to express and to celebrate who we are and how far we've come as a people. They are part of the group we've dubbed "Those Who Serve."
Those Who Serve
'I have two countries that I can say I'm part of. It's my heritage. I served as an American. I was born of an American mother. I'm proud to be American.'
- Manuel Valenzuela, 59, Marine, Vietnam Veteran, born in Mexico, left, with his brother, Valente Valenzuela, Army.
'My going to college and doing something with my life really changed the norm in my family so that pretty much all my nephews and nieces now have gone to college, and I see that my family trajectory has changed. It has had a true trickle down economic effect.'
- Sen. Irene Aguilar, M.D., 51
'I think everyone who succeeds or maybe gets a step further kind of helps the next guy, sort of a stepping stone for future generations. Someday maybe we'll have a Latino governor. Maybe someday we'll have a Latino president, although I don't wish that on anybody.'
Hon. Jose D.L. (Lorenzo) Marquez, 69
'How remarkable it is for me to be able to say that I am a second-generation Latino appellate judge. I mean wow. How many people can say that? My father was able to be the first Latino on the court of appeals. I have been blessed to be the first Latina on the court. But he made it possible for me.'
Colorado Supreme Court Justice Monica Marquez, 42
'I've been following this spiritual road for 31 years. I'm doing it for future generations, like a custodian holding the door open. And when they do pick this up, it makes me very happy and very proud. All the years we've been doing this, it's going to be OK. It's going to continue on.'
- Carlos Castañeda, 54, Director, Grupo Tlaloc Danza Azteca with Donna Vigil-Castañeda, 49, Director, Grupo Tlaloc Danza Azteca
'(As a result of my work with Latinos) I've learned a deeper appreciation for the importance of family. I've learned about their generosity of spirit. It has taught me to be very patient, very forgiving. They have a joy about how they approach life that's really infectious. In Colombia I saw a man who came to church every day for a whole year. Finally he said, 'Today I understood you for the first time.' Holy cow. He was able to see beyond my faulty language and saw something more. They embraced me, they've cared for me. They've taught me how to be a priest.'
- Rev. Monsignor Bernard A. Schmitz, 63
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Lilly, Capuano, Harang could be headed to 'pen
Ted Lilly, Chris Capuano and Aaron Harang are the candidates to move from a starting role to the 'pen.
Lilly said Wednesday he'd prefer to pitch out of the bullpen rather than on a Minor League rehab assignment to rebuild arm strength. Capuano prefers a starting role, though Los Angeles appears inclined to send him to the 'pen. Harang also wants to remain a starter.
Manager Don Mattingly did not divulge much of the club's plans for the trio of pitchers before Thursday's exhibition against the Angels.
"Well, we haven't announced any of it, so it's hard to say," Mattingly said. "But I'm saying you're going to find some of them out in part of our bullpen. Guys will end up pitching out of our 'pen, we just haven't finalized that because you never really know what's going to happen in the last couple of days of Spring Training. At this point, we have a pretty good feel and we'll make decisions going forward."
The Dodgers could trade Harang or Capuano before the season. Seattle, Pittsburgh and Cleveland have scouted both pitchers.
Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. AJ Cassavell contributed to this report. Follow him on Twitter @ajcassavell. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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As a fundraiser commemorating the Fort Wayne Art League's 75th anniversary, the league is embarking on a project that incorporates those five letters.
Starting Friday, the Art League, whose primary purpose is to raise funds for the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, will distribute 75 4-inch by 6-inch canvases with an F, W, M, O or A on them. Prospective artists can take one letter or one of the 15 sets of five letters and embellish them using acrylic, oil, chalk or watercolor paint, said Marita O'Neil-Maloley, president of the Art League.
The completed canvases are to be done by April 1, she said.
The league intends to have a show and reception at an as-yet-to-be-determined date. A small selection of the best canvases will be auctioned, and the rest will be sold at $25 each, she said.
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If you like fighting for a win with Black then the Kings Indian Defense is the ideal opening weapon to face 1.d4 with. Despite an initial lack of space, Black has a multitude of pawn breaks and piece maneuvers to help get powerful attacking positions. On this DVD, IM Richter looks at the different ways Black can respond to White's various plans in the KID, from the steady blocking of White's Queenside expansion to the frenetic attacking lines where Black sacrifices material all over the board to get at the King.
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GM Andrei Volokitin presents a 3 hour masterclass on the Sicilian Najdorf – considered the Rolls Royce (or Cadillac) of chess openings. A favorite of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, the Najdorf variation gives both White and Black many ways to play for a win. However, the opening is so sharp that one mistake can mean defeat – which is why it is essential to understand the Najdorf properly if you are going to play it yourself or if you are a 1.e4 player. Even after the initial moves (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6) there are many good alternatives.
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This DVD by GM Timur Gareev for Intermediate and Advanced players has a detailed look at The 4.Qc2 Nimzo Indian. Timur explains that there is no reason to allow a Queen's Indian because Black will struggle against this White response and that the Black Nimzo Indian is harmless as the 4.Qc2 move is favoured by both Kasparov and Carlsen with excellent results. The ideas for White are supported by extensive analysis - this knowledge will support improvement in all players' positional understanding and help them to Master the very important area of taming The Nimzo-Indian with the Classical 4.Qc2.
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The Evans Gambit is one of the most dangerous chess openings ever invented as white recklessly sacrifices a pawn on move 4 to obtain a lasting initiative with an enduring lead in development. The Evans Gambit arises via the move order 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4!? – as white sacrifices this pawn to distract black's minor pieces and open lines for instant attacking prospects as black's king will have a difficult time getting out of the center.
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This English Opening was my first love and this was the opening that I used to progress from the rank amateur player to 2400+ International Master. I will now share my secrets of this opening with you, in the hope that the English Opening can help you improve in a similar way. My main teaching method behind this set of two DVDs is to teach you some simple yet effective set ups, without the need to rely on memorising numerous complicated variations. I have explained what you are trying to achieve with each move and set up, then you will know what plans to put into motion in the middlegame and endgame.
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This DVD looks at one of the most important lines of the French Defence. After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3, the author takes a detailed look at a daring line with 7... cxd4 8. Nd4 Qb6, as well as the quieter plans with 7...cxd4 8. Nd4 Bc5, and the main line with 7... a6 and b5. Thorough analysis of the trendy lines, and lots of new ideas for both White and Black make this DVD a must-have for any French player!
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It All Depends ...
Compiled from retreat talks exploring the practical understanding of dependent co-arising (paticcasamuppada), this new translation is in its final stages. Ajahn Buddhadasa's interpretation of paticcasamuppada cuts through a millennium of muddle to present this core of Buddha-Dhamma in a way that we can understand and practice today (rather than waiting for things to sort out in a future life).
This will be the most developed and extensive presentation of this teaching available in English. Sixteen chapters will be interspersed with important passages from the Pali suttas. Also to be published by Wisdom.
Please stay tuned for announcement of its publication in late 2010 or early 2011.
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3 weeks after gynecomastia surgery my nipple is still puffy ? (photos)
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3 Weeks Following Male Breast Reduction
Following surgery, your incisions will go through a maturation process. For the first few months they will be red and possibly raised and/or firm. As the scar matures, after 6-12 months, it becomes soft, pale, flat, and much less noticeable. You may experience numbness, tingling, burning, "crawling", or other peculiar sensations around the surgical area. This is a result of the healing of tiny fibers which are trapped in the incision site. These symptoms will disappear. Some people are prone to keloids, which is an abnormal scar that becomes prominent. If you or a blood relative has a tendency to keloid formation, please inform the doctor.
Bruising and #swelling are normal and usually increase slightly after the removal of any tape or foam. The bruising will decrease over 3-4 weeks, but may last as long as 6 weeks. The majority of the swelling will be gone within the first 3-4 weeks. However, it may take 6-9 weeks to disappear completely.
Also, as you heal, the area may feel "lumpy" and irregular. This, too, decreases with time, and massaging these areas will help soften the scar tissue. The #compression garment helps reduce the swelling, and the longer it is worn, the more quickly you will #heal. It can also assist in the retraction of the skin. If you have any concerns about #healing, its best to ask questions of your surgeon or their nursing staff.
Learn more: http://www.horowitzmd.com/male-plastic-surgery-newport-beach/gynecomastia/
Puffy Nipples After Surgery
Thank you for your question.
It is difficult to determine as swelling may last a couple months.
Should this persist, I'd recommend booking a follow-up appointment with your Board Certified Plastic Surgeon to discuss your concerns.
Take care.
Learn more: https://edelsteincosmetic.com/learning-centre/gynecomastia-treatment-male-breast-reduction/
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Duffy reinstated from 60-day disabled list
KANSAS CITY, MO - The Kansas City Royals announced today that left-handed pitcher Danny Duffy has been reinstated from the 60-day disabled list and optioned to Omaha. In order to make room for Duffy on the 40-man roster, the Royals have designated left-handed pitcher Francisley Bueno for assignment. Kansas City also announced that outfielder Quintin Berry has accepted his assignment to Triple-A Omaha.
Duffy, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound left-handed pitcher, has been sidelined the entire season recovering from "Tommy John" surgery. Duffy, who is starting tonight for Omaha at Oklahoma City, has made 3 rehab starts. He has an 11.70 ERA with 8 walks and 10 strikeouts in 10.0 innings for the Storm Chasers. Duffy made six starts for the Royals last season, sporting a 2-2 record with a 3.90 ERA, registering 28 strikeouts in 27.2 innings, before suffering an elbow injury on May 13, 2012.
Bueno was 1-2 with a 3.40 ERA in 23 appearances (1 start) for the Storm Chasers this season. The 5-foot-10 lefty was signed as a minor league free agent on November 17, 2011. He was originally signed by the Atlanta Braves as a non-drafted free agent in 2006.
Berry was claimed off waivers by the Royals on June 4 and designated for assignment on June 23. He has played in 9 games for the Storm Chasers, batting .194 with one homer, 4 RBI and 5 stolen bases.


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Cosplayer Chunlichan > Costume of Nanael (Queen's Blade: Rurou no Senshi)
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- 06-24-2010
- Series
- Queen's Blade: Rurou no Senshi
- Character
- Nanael
- Year Completed:
- Construction Difficulty:
- Very Difficult
- Costume worn at:
- Anime Central 2010
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Oh boy. Gonna go through this real quick as possible so as not to bore you all with the massive construction details. The dress was the easiest part. Modified simplicity pattern, which was made to have a bias-cut so as to flow correctly. The armor was the longest part, took at least 100 hours, if not more. Top and bottom of leg armor was fiberglass, which is patterned out from poster-board, which took a crapload of time. To get the straight edge, I used a belt sander on the bottoms, and to get the curves edges, I used a drum sander on the tops. The boots I made from an old pair of rollerblades that I pulled the wheels and bar they were attached to from the bottom. I cut them down to the right length with a sawsall, cut the tongues on the inside out of them, and then epoxied them to the outside of the skate. The skate had line indentations in them, so I filled them in with bondo and sanded down. The arm, knees, and gauntlet armor was made from paperclay. I then painted them all (including the tongue of the boots) with a primer, then suede finish, then a valspar metallic, then a matte finish. The knee pads are attached to leather that I cut and added buckles to. The belt was purchased and attached to the dress by a super-secret method! ;3 (cause she has no belt loops to hold it on, wtf?!) The milk glass is a frappaccino glass! For the wings, I followed JiaJem's tutorial and altered it, b/c Nanael has the most ridiculous wings! I don't even want to get into the weight distribution issues of them! Lastly, I styled the wig, with a curling iron, hairspay, and made the pink barret out of sculpty ;3 This is was so much work. I hope I'm not forgetting anything and that I didn't bor you all! Super-special thanks to ZTranquilty for my sword b/c I ran out of time to make one! I did have to fix it though, since UPS broke it in the mail >( P.S. It's accurate underneath as well! Oh, I almost forgot, actually! I made the leg wrap out of a piece of plastic that I primed and painted, and the leg leather pieces were made from leather that I cut into strips and added buckles to. I think that is all now. I did so much on this thing! :D
- Personal Thoughts:
- I don't even know what to say. It's finally done! I'm sooo proud of it! Over 100 hours on the armor alone! I guess the other issue is, now that I've worn it, is that this is a very stationary costume. Hard to move in! It's also hard to stay in character without looking too sleazy. There needs to be a mixture of Moe and sexy for Nanael, and I hope I've found it!
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Great to see some familiar faces from a certain other Dhamma forum....even if they didn't tell me they had moved. ;P (I was formerly HolyPahkow!)
I feel like the fat kid that was picked last in soccer. Or the smelly nerd everyone runs away from. So haha, the jokes on you, I found you!
Well I hope this forum is just as interesting and educational as the other one! Hope to meet some new people and discuss many a topic.
May you all be well with the Dhamma. _/|\_


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JACKSON, Miss. — Just one month after being named the Top Bulk Trucking Company in Logistics Management magazine's Quest for Quality awards in August, Miller Transporters has once again been selected as a Top 100 Motor Carrier by Inbound Logistics magazine.
The selection is from a pool that was narrowed down to 230 of the nation's best carriers of all modes out of a possible 20,000 for hire motor carriers.
This is the fourth straight year Miller has received this honor for excellence in the transportation industry, the company said in a news release.
Miller operates over 500 tractors and 1100 trailers and is authorized as a common and contract carrier by the U.S. Department of Transportation and by Canadian and individual state regulatory agencies.
The broad North American authority allows Miller to move bulk commodities between points in the U.S., between the U.S. and Canadian provinces, and between the U.S. and Mexico via partner carrier interchange, the company said.
Lee Miller, grandson of Harold D. Miller Sr., who founded the company in 1942, serves as company president.
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Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) is nationally recognized for its innovative and effective academic development program. MESA engages thousands of educationally disadvantaged students so they excel in math and science and graduate with math-based degrees. MESA partners with all segments of California higher education as well as K-12 institutions.
MESA, now celebrating its 40th anniversary, has a proven track record in producing math-based graduates by providing support such as classes, hands-on competitions, counseling, transfer support and a community environment to students from middle school through four-year college.Since 1970 MESA has helped students become scientists, engineers and mathematicians, filling an urgent need for qualified technical professionals. Through three branches of MESA, students from all segments of education are served through local centers throughout California. MESA partners with industry and all the major education institutions in California.
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National Groups Call for Big Changes in Remedial Education
Remedial courses meant to get underprepared students ready for college-level work are often not an on-ramp but a dead end, leaders of four national higher-education groups said on Wednesday, recommending sweeping changes in how such students are brought up to speed.
Students required to take a sequence of remedial, or developmental, courses before they can sign up for credit-bearing ones often get discouraged and drop out, and many would be better off in gateway courses, with extra support built in, according to the groups' report, "Core Principles for Transforming Remedial Education: A Joint Statement."
The report—by Complete College America, the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Education Commission of the States, and Jobs for the Future—is based on studies by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University's Teachers College and other organizations that have concluded that the nation's remedial-education system is broken.
More developmental students should be placed directly into full-credit college courses, the report recommends, accompanied by services such as mandatory tutoring and facilitated computer labs.
"Many less-prepared students can successfully complete college-level English and math courses that are the gateways to their programs of study on time in their first year when structured academic supports are built in," Richard Kazis, senior vice president of Jobs for the Future, said in a written statement.
Ready or Not
About half of the students whose placement-test scores now land them in remedial mathematics or English could have earned a C or better if they had enrolled directly in first-year courses, according to a recent study by the Community College Research Center.
But skeptics, including some faculty members who would have to integrate the extra support into their classes, worry that scrapping developmental education could set up students for failure in courses they simply aren't ready for.
How students end up in remedial courses has attracted increasing scrutiny: Placement, the report notes, is usually based on the results of a single standardized test that students generally don't prepare for or take seriously. "Despite the high-stakes nature of tests that could significantly delay their progress to a degree," the report says, "students are often unaware of their importance."
As a result, students who want to become firefighters or paramedics can get stalled on their fourth attempt at pre-algebra, Uri Treisman, director of the Dana Center, said in a call with reporters on Wednesday. "It's time to remove the barriers we've put in the way of students' hopes and plans."
The groups called on governors, legislators, and higher-education leaders to create incentives that would allow for such an overhaul nationally. That would involve changing some state policies to give colleges more discretion in placing students.
Concerns Over Consequences
Some states are already making changes in their remedial-education requirements. In Connecticut, a law signed this year by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy strictly limits remedial requirements for students whose scores on placement tests are below a certain level.
In testimony before a legislative committee, Thomas C. Hodgkin, a professor of English at Northwestern Connecticut Community College, had argued against the state law. "Such enrollments pretty much guarantee failure for the individual student and disruption of the class for the other, adequately prepared students," he said. He also questioned whether professors would have the time and room in the curriculum to offer the embedded support the shift calls for.
Another skeptic is Hunter R. Boylan, director of the National Center for Developmental Education at Appalachian State University. Going directly into college-level courses, he said, has been proved to work only for students who score just below the cutoff for remediation. The proposed changes, he added, could hurt poor and minority students who score well below the cutoff score and who could be pushed into vocational or technical programs.
The authors of the joint report, however, remain confident that their proposed changes would help more students succeed. Adopting some of the recommendations, including more tutoring and computer labs, may be difficult for cash-strapped colleges, but they would save money if fewer students dropped out, the authors said.
Beyond 'Throwing Rocks'
Nationally, half of all undergraduates and 70 percent of community-college students take at least one remedial course, according to the report. And often that first course is as far as they go. Less than half of students referred to remedial courses complete the required sequence in math or reading. After eight years, only a quarter of community-college students who started a remedial course have earned a degree.
"The more courses you take, the more time you spend in college, the more life intervenes, and the more likely you are to drop out," said Mr. Kazis, of Jobs for the Future.
Fewer than one in 10 students referred to three or more semesters of remedial math ended up completing the first-year college-level math course for which they were preparing, the studies behind the report found. For English, fewer than one in three students who were referred to that many remedial courses ended up completing the college-level course they were preparing for.
The groups identified seven core principles they said should govern an overhaul of remedial education. Among them:
- Colleges shouldn't rely on a single test to place students in the appropriate classes.
- Students who are significantly underprepared need accelerated paths to college-level work.
- Enrollment in gateway college-level courses, with additional academic support, should be the default placement for many more students.
- The content of those courses should align with a broad category of majors, such as social sciences or human services, that students choose when they enroll in college.
Helping students complete gateway courses, the report says, is key to college completion. Two of the groups that released the report, Complete College America and Jobs for the Future, are largely supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is pouring millions of dollars into efforts to improve college-completion rates nationally.
One community-college leader welcomed the recommendations on Wednesday. "I like the fact that this report holds out promise rather than just throwing rocks," said Reynaldo García, president of the Texas Association of Community Colleges, which has been working to accelerate its remedial programs. "It's easy to say all of these things are broken," he said. "This shows a way that we can work together to fix them."


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GSA Set to Relocate Remaining Bannister Tenants
Kansas City, Mo. – Today the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced plans to search for new office space for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Logistics Support Center (NLSC) and National Reconditioning Center (NRC), which are currently located at the Bannister Federal Complex. Both NLSC and NRC support the National Weather Service mission by providing parts and repairing weather, computer and radar equipment.
A recently completed business case analysis by NOAA determined the Kansas City area was the best value for the government. The decision to relocate ensures the 83 jobs will remain in the Kansas City area. And as the last agency without plans to vacate Bannister, it helps ensure the timely transfer or sale of the Complex in 2015.
Key Facts
- GSA is expected to issue a solicitation for offers early this spring. The search area will include south from Missouri Highway 150 and the state line, north along Interstate 435 until exit 45 for Missouri Highway 291, then back south to Missouri Highway 150, which makes the eastern border.
- The NOAA lease comes amid GSA activity on multiple tracks to execute relocation from the 71-year-old Bannister complex.
- All current Bannister Federal Complex tenants are now in the process of relocating or actively working toward vacating the facility in 2015.
- GSA, which owns one-third of the Complex, is expected to begin its relocation to downtown Kansas City, Mo., at year's end.
- The National Nuclear Security Administration, which owns two-thirds of the Complex, is expected to complete its relocation in 2015.
- The new space will include 225,767 rentable square.
- GSA and NNSA are working closely together to ensure the facility is in the best position possible for redevelopment in 2015. Both agencies will maintain responsibility for environmental monitoring and any required cleanup.
GSA Regional Administrator Jason Klumb:
"This is great news as GSA works to relocate all agencies currently at the Bannister Federal Complex, and its part of our ongoing efforts to ensure the Complex is in the best position possible for redevelopment."
Director of the National Weather Service Dr. Louis Uccellini:
"I am pleased to announce the great news that our National Logistic Support and Reconditioning Centers will remain in Kansas City," said Dr. Louis Uccellini, director of the National Weather Service. "After an exhaustive nation-wide review of all available options, we determined that Kansas City best meets our mission effectiveness and the needs of our valued employees."
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- USDA Warehouse to Move from Bannister to South KC
- Two Pershing Square to be the New Home for GSA Regional Headquarters
- About the Bannister Federal Complex [non-government site]
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Now, the question in everyone's mind including those of Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan, not to mention Shah Rukh Khan, fans is whether 'Jai Ho' will be able to beat Dhoom 3 record-breaking box office collections, or for that matter reach anywhere near Krrish 3 and Chennai Express.
Apart from having several other records under its belt, Aamir Khan-starrer Dhoom 3 has the highest opening day domestic box office collections of Rs 36.22 crore as well as the highest single day collections of Rs 38.03 crore. Dhoom 3 also holds the highest opening weekend and opening week box office collection records with Rs 107.61 crore and Rs 188.99 crore respectively.
Though 'Jai Ho' has created lots of buzz and initial reports are positive, it remains to be seen whether it will be able to get anywhere near the never before seen numbers of Dhoom 3, even though it has crowd puller Salman Khan in the lead role.
Going for Dhoom 3, and against 'Jai Ho', is the fact that Salman Khan's film has not really received great billing in reviews. However, Salman has always been able to surprise every one and power ahead of the pack and this time expectations are rife he will manage to get traction.
'Jai Ho' is a remake of the Telugu blockbuster 'Stalin', which starred Chiranjeevi. For the first time, Salman Khan plays a social crusader with a bleeding conscience who can't watch the poor and the under-privileged being ill-treated. The film, directed by Salman's brother Sohail Khan, also features Daisy Shah, Tabu, Genelia DSouza, Mahesh Manjrekar and Santosh Shukla and Sana Khan of the Bigg Boss fame among others.


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Random Thoughts: August 1st Mystery Revealed...sadly.
by, 08-01-2013 at 10:41 PM (8552 Views)
So this is it. August 1st has arrived. The big August 1st mystery shall be revealed tonight. MY problem with it...I really don't care. I expect to be disappointed by this surprise. I haven't been following the hype. I'm more so interested in Sabin/Bully build up which I'm sure will take a backseat to this crap tonight. But hey, maybe TNA will completely wow me tonight.
You see, already I'm getting overconfident.
Taz a victim of TNA budget cuts
Na na na na...Na na na na...heyyyyyy...you always sucked.
More August 1st Hype
This surprise better not suck...and we better not have to wait an hour and fifty-five minutes for the freakin surprise!
Phenomenal One divides by the Denominator of Greatness = Awesome!!!
Aries comes out to a huge pop, to hype his match against AJ Styles tonight. Now that's what I'm excited about. He congratulates Sabin, and warns him to watch out (no one can ever congratulate a champion without getting their own two cents in). Roode comes out to cry about his crappy year that started at last year's Destination X, and promises to start being Rude again...I mean Roode. I don't know, maybe he'll start undertipping again. And we have no time to waste, as his opponent is on the way to the ring
Hernandez vs Rood...ouch
Damn, cheap shot by Roode. That was rude of him...hey, I get it now! For the most part, Roode is dominating Hernandez. But Hernandez just won't stay down, which causes Roode to snap and start throwing chairs into the ring. And I personally think the referee is taking it pretty close letting these chairs fly about an inch away from him. As the ref starts clearing the chairs out, Roode hit Hernandez with a beer bottle (would've been funny if it was a Corona bottle) and pins for the three count. Afterwards, the always observant ref looks around like a moron, questioning Roode about the glass, but still raises his hand for the victory.
Angle promises to make an offer Ace's can't refuse
But...what was that offer Ace's made to Angle that he couldn't refuse? That was never addressed. I'm especially curious about since...he obviously accepted the freakin offer!!! Any clarification? Closure? Anything!?
ODB Bouncing to get ready for her match
Joseph Park has a match too
His...mere existence is just disturbing. And supposedly the Brawny man has a solution for him.
Meeting of Champs
Sabin congratulates Manik...who talks without his mask. That just ruins it for me. Sabin acts like a tough guy when telling Manik to bring his best to the ring tonight. Sabin, don't act like a tough guy. Just doesn't work for ya.
White Hummer Limo arrives
Again, we better not be waiting till 10:55, I swear to god.
Battle of the Gutter Trash: Bradley vs Park
So this brilliant idea for Park is revealed. Protective Headgear!
...is that even legal...in fake wrestling?
It seems to do very little to help Park though, as he has his ass handed to him most of the match. But the fans get behind him. Why they get behind this four eyes prick is beyond me. But uh-oh...Park loses his headgear!!! And it does absolutely nothing to help Bradley as Park picks up the win moments later. Umm, what was the point of him losing the headgear?
Someone get Sting his prozac
Or...at least get him high. When he's overly excited without his face paint he's scary...for some reason. Oh, and apparently they're going to make some sort of sacrifice. Hopefully it's Rampage Jackson. I mean...why is he here!?
Champion vs Champion
This was one hell of a match. Entertaining as hell. Fluid, high flying, just freakin fun...but then...
What a Bully!
Bully Ray comes in to rain down on Sabin's parade. But Sabin displays more offensive effort in ten seconds than he did in his entire match match against Bully, forcing Bully to retreat.
Oh God, Taz is still here
And reveals to us that...August 1 warning does indeed suck. Gold star for you, Taz.
Uh Oh, Daniels and Kazarian have to face each other next week
Ooo, I smell metrosexual cat fight!
Oh God...get some clothes on ODB!
But to her and Gail Kim's credit, it was a good match. Ended in a double count out, so these two will be meeting down the road again.
Uh Oh, AJ Styles is Emo'ing it up
Must mean it's game time.
Mr. August 1st still taunting very cryptically
I wonder, wouldn't it have sucked if his parents had named him February 29th instead?
*hears crickets*
Yea, screw you all.
Uh oh...Wifey has Bully by the Ballys
...That's it. I just wanted to type that.
This match should've blown the BFG time limit rule
But who cares. Excellent match. Only thing is the ending. Don't know, wasn't crazy about the arm barely draped on AJ pin, but whatever. That's a minor complaint.
They really did it. They kept us waiting till 10 f'n 55!
Actually, they kept us waiting till 11:00 pm. 11 f'n pm. Whatever. First, the Main Event Mafia makes the offer that Aces and Eights couldn't refuse. A five on five match in which whoever gets pinned has to leave TNA.
So this is how Devon plans to end his career.
Aces and Main Event get into a fight. Mr. Anderson accepts. And then...and finally then...we get the man who is Mr. August 1st. And that man...is Tito Ortiz.
Screw it...I'm grumpy cat-ing this bitch
The Verdict
Again, we cannot find a balance between good matches and good storylines. The storylines just seemingly has to suck. The retirement match surprise seems underwhelming considering there's three wrestlers in that match that should retire. And then Tito Ortiz...Tito Ortiz!? The crowd was dead, I mean dead when this man showed up. I think most of them was trying to remember just who he was. Hell, if it wasn't for the dirt sheets kinda spoiling the surprise, I would've been trying to remember who he was. Sorry, but Tito's time has passed. It's not like when Ken Shamrock came straight in from UFC to the WWF. He was fresh in our minds. UFC (in its original iteration) was pretty popular. Everyone knew who he was and was excited about him. Tito Ortiz...who hung it up years ago and has really done nothing significant since? Again, TNA just built up on hype that it couldn't deliver.
Three wrestlers that should retire...out of five, and that's only because of the wrestling. I'll be harsh next week if TNA does something stupid again, even if every match is five star. Look, you don't need to to try and shock us or create half ass drama. Just give us a good solid storyline that makes sense, coupled with the quality matches you have been giving us, and wrestling fans will be happy.


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Chocolate Chiffon Pie
The front of the recipe card labeled 3 (of 16 in the packet) features text reading Chocolate Chiffon Pie, followed by recipe instructions. At the bottom of the card is additional text reading Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate, No Melting... No Grating... No Waste... No Time Lost. The back of the card is blank.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Ghirardelli
Publisher: D. Ghirardelli Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)
1951 (ca.)
7.6 x 12.7 cm
Language: English
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Copyright: This item is under copyright.
Citation: Chocolate Chiffon Pie. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=7649


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The all-new MacBook Pro MC975LLA pushes the limits of notebook performance. It has a stunning Retina display with over 5 million pixels. An all-flash architecture built for speed. The latest quad-core Intel Core i7 processors and next-generation NVIDIA graphics. And an incredibly thin and light design. You've never seen anything like it. Because there's never been anything like it. The MacBook Pro MC975LL/A with Retina display is available in a 15-inch model.What's included in the box
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How to raise happy toddlers
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If you're considering banking your baby's cord blood privately, knowing the probability of using the cord blood in the future is an important factor in that decision. Because of the rapid changes in medicine, it is impossible to give a precise assessment. However the following points are worth considering:
Umbilical cord blood is an accepted source of blood stem cells which have been used in stem cell transplants to treat haematological diseases and cancers since 1988. There had been approximately 25 000 cord blood transplants worldwide. Estimated chance of use for a childhood haematological condition:
It has been estimated that the chance of needing a blood stem cell or HSC transplant for a childhood haematological condition is currently about 1 in 2,700. However, the chance of an individual needing an HSC transplant over the course of their lifetime is estimated to be 1 in 2171.
These statistics above make no allowance for the development of regenerative medicine therapies. New applications are currently in clinical trials using autologous cord blood for a range of conditions including type 1 diabetes, cerebral palsy, brain trauma etc.
The world's two largest family cord banks, Cord Blood Registry (www.cordblood.com) and ViaCord (www.viacord.com) have published actual treatment or usage rates since their inception. CBR's usage rate has been 1 in 2,500 since inception and ViaCord's has been 1 in 1,200. The average storage time of these cord blood samples is short, perhaps 4-5 years, and usage rates will increase with the introduction of tissue banking. In the case of both companies, releases have been for both the treatment of haematological conditions and regenerative medicine therapies.
Parents of course should look at banking stem cells as a long term proposition – it may be that they become most useful for their child many years into the future.
This article was written for Birth and Kidspot, Australia's best pregnancy, labour and birth resource.
This article contains general information only and is not intended to replace advice from a qualified health professional.


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The Business and General Aviation Centre at Billlund Airport handles private and commercial flights carrying up to 10 passengers. Only very basic handling (Hotac, Catering coordination etc.) can be carried out at the GA Center. Operators requiring full handling services (lavatory, fresh water, baggage handling etc.), are referred to Billund Handling.
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The General Aviation Terminal is located south of the runway. Aircraft to be served at the Business and General Aviation Centre will be directed to a stand on the south apron by the TOWER ATC.
In the facilities you will find the following functions: Airport Office, briefing, MET office, Airport Reporting Office (ARO).
How to get to the Business and General Aviation Centre:
Address: GA Centervej 6, 7190 Billund.
Coordinates: 55°44'12.16"N 00 9° 8'4.60"E
If arriving by road, follow the road signs reading "Cargo/Taxifly".
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Reggie was only a career 39% but yeah he sucked too
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Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
Nah the Pacers are just as good or even better, if Danny is here we beat them by at least 20, Danny would have destroyed Melo, Danny>>>>Melo, not only that but Roy>>> Chandler, BAMF>>> the whole Knicks team, by the way I can't believe we haven't given BAMF a long term extension yet, 60/5 years sounds about right to me.
Call me crazy but it looks to me like Green is on his way for 6th man of the year, if it wasn't for Mahinmi I would probably nominate him as the best off season signing in the NBA.
I've yet to see a player who scores 12.8 ppg in his career year be called "a force" unless he's coming off the bench. I think you've still got the home team blinders on when it comes to Big Money.
smh. please tell me which player on the roster right now is going to replace grangers three point shooting?
I thought we were going to emphasize ball movement and open up the court more. I saw us dumping it in to Roy again today. That is never, ever, EVER going to work. He is not very good and no one ever goes to the boards when he shoots. Not gonna work!
At one point today we trailed 26-21 for about five minutes. We stopped them time after time and what did we do? Come down, shoot a quick jumper or watch Roy miss a jump hook. When you suck at shooting, how about emphasize off. rebounding and getting to the FT line?
not enough though. also have to find guys stupid enough to think good character is enough to give someone that kind of money. that's not easy.
Im done with Roy yeah call this an overreaction post but why every single damn year does he do this funk garbage we shouldnt have given him the max because of this very reason he's way to inconsistent.
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
AND just who left this team in a mess 3 years ago? Oh yeah, the same person who is in charge of this team now!
I quit watching this game in the 3rd qtr. I'd seen enough of little ball movement and too much 3 pt shooting. Another game of shooting 20 3ptrs. Don't tell me Jimmy Vogel can't reign in the players from relying on shooting 3's. If he can't or won't, then he needs to step down and let someone else who can. I had my fill of stretch 4's and 3 pt shooting under the last coach to last me a life time.
Just how many games into the season does it take to come to the conclusion this team needs fixed? What really P***** me off is I went thru the brawl, the albatross contracts that Walsh brought in, and the JOB years for this crap!
So I flew to NYto see this game. Bought my tickets before the season started. Worst game I've ever been too by far.
I usually enjoy a good back and forth with the Knicks fans, Even when we lose. This time though there was no ribbing, no trash talk. The Knicks fans just felt sorry for me. Even bought me a beer.
Walsh made the bed for Hibbert that Herb Simon is now paying for. Not to mention having the Pacers Nation up in arms with the terrible play they are having to watch.
Welcome back Donnie.
Last part in GREEN.
This team has not a single player who is a true three point threat. By that I mean a guy who, whenever he gets even a decent look from deep, everyone holds their breath or cringes (opposition). Our guys are more like, well he might hit, but he might brick and then tailspin into an ice cold streak for a few games.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Like everyone, I've endured the Milwaukee-Dallas-New York roller-coaster ... but even when I put on my rose-colored glasses and imagine the team once things "come together," I still believe a couple critical pieces are missing. A true 3-pt threat is at or near the top of the wish list (along with collective BB IQ).
"I think if he is and we pass on Leaf we'd be some dumb mother ****ers."
- Larry Bird to Kevin Pritchard before their pick on Draft Day
The building I work in is literally attached to the Verizon Center, and I still don't know if I want to go to Wizards-Pacers tomorrow night. Ugh.
It is embarrassing though. So was this game.
If we can all blame our perimeter players for the struggles of our big man, is it so unthinkable that are slow footed big man are hurting them as well?
How the hell is this Donnie Walsh's fault? He didn't make Vogel the coach and he didn't bring in Hill and West. The STARTERS are awful on offense, not the bench. With Lance in the starting lineup and Vogel coaching, that's the LARRY BIRD vision.
You might as well blame it on being an even numbered year, it has as much to do with the situation as Donnie. Maybe 2 years from now when Mahinmi, Green, Hill and Roy are ruining the team and the 2 draft classes for Walsh look like duds then okay.
But this team has 10 times more to do with Larry than Donnie. And I don't even think it's Larry's fault. I just think Vogel is struggling to find his offensive vision and get them utilizing it. Plus Granger being out does hurt a little.
Yep I've been saying it for a while now Walsh should be in the nomination for executive of the year he is just great.
Completely agree. The steal to dunk the other night was all him rotating from his man to cover the PnR going into the lane where Tyler was not covering the return pass. Young saw it and anticipated the pass. He did that against today on several occasions. And then there was the defense on JR Smith.
Young is the team's best defender.
If they could only score some points. Until then I think you have to bet the under every game they play. We might be headed to a 65-60 game at some point.
edit - and I think Woodson has some great plays on the NY side. I noticed they don't do PnR, they do Pick for pass instead, or a give and go variant instead of that. So the result is a man coming past the pick at full speed and catching the ball just past it, going 1-2 dribbles right into the scoring attack or pass back to the roll. It works like a much faster PnR play that really pressures the defense to react quickly.
Giving that and the fact that they have an elite scorer like Melo on their team, not to mention a set of proven capable bigs, I think the Pacers deserve credit for their ability to make the Knicks struggle on offense.
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Devastating losses in Michigan and major losses in New York will likely push apple volumes well below last season's totals.
About 8.1 billion pounds of apples are expected to be produced in the U.S. in 2012, down from 9.4 billion pounds last year, according to an Aug. 10 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Losses in Michigan and New York, caused by spring freezes, more than offset gains in industry leader Washington and in Pennsylvania, the fourth-largest producer.
Michigan is expected to produce just 105 million pounds of apples this year, down from 985 million pounds in 2011. New York's volume is expected to fall from 1.2 billion to 590 million pounds.
About 5.7 billion pounds are expected from Washington, up from 5.4 billion in 2011. Pennsylvania's volume is expected to increase from 458 million to 481 million pounds.
The industry's fifth-largest producing state, Virginia, also is expecting an increase, from 220 million pounds in 2011 to 230 million pounds this year.


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It is always interesting to develop our 10-year international forecast. The analysis tends to bring to light some of the changes taking place around the world and lays out at least some of the implications of these changes over the coming decade. It is also interesting to dig into the archives to see what the big issues were a decade ago and how the world has changed since then. This week we review some of the issues that were important when we produced the forecast in 2004.
In last week's AgInsight we revisited the rising grain deficit in major importing countries and regions that was analyzed in the 2004 report. Using the same approach – we projected the deficits out through 2022 and found as always that the assumptions about China are critical to the future of world grain trade. But the finding is not new. In 2004 we wrote "If data from USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service is at all accurate, China's future will be substantially different from the recent past. Beginning in 1999-00 China's grain production has come nowhere close to meeting domestic demand. The data clearly indicates that China will need to be a major grain importer in the near future and with continued growth in demand could cause a huge change in world markets". While my archives don't allow me to go back to the mid-1990s those old enough to remember know that similar statements were being made even back then.
So, what have we learned over the last 20 years about China? The answer is that the results can turn out to be a lot different than the most recent data implies. China's production capacity has surprised us all. Even a decade ago people in the U.S. and China were saying that China was losing good cropland to industrial development. Our forecast back then had China's coarse grain area leveling off near the 2003 level. That did not happen and yields also increased significantly more than forecast. China's wheat and rice area had been declining through the 1990s and into the early 2000s – but rice area increased and wheat area held basically steady during this most recent decade.
A decade ago we were worried about China's dwindling water supplies. We wrote "Urbanization is taking water from agriculture for city use. Water pollution is a big problem for China reducing the amount of water suitable for irrigation. … it seems likely that the water problems will become more problematic in the years ahead and the amount of water available for agriculture may decline." You can find almost exactly the same statements from people around the world earlier this year and in almost every previous year of the last decade. Concerns about water problems persist, but crop acreage and yields continue to increase at a strong pace.
Not too much has changed in the discussion about India over the last decade either. In the 2004 report we wrote "People talk about the emergence of an affluent middle class of about 250 million people with improving diets driving food demand up. But the data for India shows no increase in per capita grain consumption. A decade ago per capita consumption in India totaled about 400 pounds. In 2004-05 it is estimated at just over 375 pounds". For comparison, the data for 2012/13 shows India's per capita consumption at 376 pounds. This may change with India's new program to make grain available to the country's 800 million poor people, but there are few signs that the economic progress in the country has had a big impact on grain consumption.
A decade ago the countries of the former Soviet Union were beginning to show signs that the region would be an important player in world grain markets. The 2004 report stated "The region (the FSU) drove world markets years ago by buying huge amounts of grain from exporters such as the U.S. Now they are emerging as major exporters, especially for wheat". "The region could also be a net exporter of coarse grains over the forecast period as well". Grain area had declined by 16 million hectares from 1994 to 2004 but the forecast called for that trend to reverse. The forecast called for the FSU to export 20 million tonnes of wheat in 2013/14 and 6 million tonnes of coarse grains. Actual exports are expected to be well above those levels.
In 2004 the AIDS pandemic was a serious problem for Africa. AIDS was expected to slow population growth, reduce the working age population and keep per capita food consumption from rising. Africa was a huge grain importer even a decade ago, buying 20 million tonnes of wheat, about 10 million tonnes of coarse grains and 6 million tonnes of rice. With the population increasing at about 2 percent per year and forecast to reach 1.08 billion by 2014 it was clear that meeting the food needs of Africa would be challenging.
Grain area in Africa had increased by about 6 million to 7 million hectares from 1994 to 2004 and a similar increase was forecast for the 2004 to 2013 period. But there has been a lot of investment in agriculture in Africa over the last decade and the actual increase in grain area is put at 12 million hectares. With the gains in production, and more imports, per capita grain consumption in Africa has increased by about 6 percent over the past decade. Grain imports increased by 13 million tonnes over the decade, an increase of more than 25 percent. This was slightly more than the increase forecast in 2004.
Included in the 2004 report was a section about the outlook for Brazil. The report said "Poor Infrastructure has long been a factor limiting production expansion but that bottleneck is gradually being improved.
Many people in and out of Brazil expect that country to surpass the U.S. as the world's largest soybean producer by 2010". Asian rust was just becoming a major problem in Brazil in the early 2000s and the disease did slow the growth in soybean yields in Brazil for awhile. The potential for Brazil to be a significant corn exporter was just emerging in 2004. The report indicated "Under the baseline forecast corn exports continue near current levels but the risk is for production and exports to be higher than projected." Today the infrastructure is still a bottleneck for the country, but Brazil's exports of the major crops have increased from about 15 million tonnes to near 60 million tonnes last season. Brazil's soybean production for 2013/14 is forecast to be higher than the U.S. output and Brazil has become a major player in the world corn market.
As we have noted before we have a tendency to underestimate the increase in world yields. One theory is that as we increase crop area, we plant and harvest land that is less suited to crop production – leading to slower growth in yields. There is little (if any) evidence that this theory is true. Over the last decade, world grain area has increased by more than 35 million hectares (close to 90 million acres) and world grain yields increased by about 13 percent. In the 1990s world grain area declined by 30 million hectares and world grain yields increased by 9 percent. We are forecasting a 10 percent increase in world grain yields from now through 2022, but the risks are that the yields will actually increase by an even larger amount.
The Doane International reports only go back to 1996. Here are a few quotes from the report that is now 17 years old. "Despite the prolonged period of stagnation in world trade, we expect market conditions to change and trade of all crops in our forecast are expected to rise. The strongest growth will occur in coarse grains to fuel rising meat demand.""The widespread feeling is that China will be the most important region for the future of agricultural trade growth. Per Capita meat consumption has nearly doubled since 1990, an increase in demand totaling 23.5 million tonnes. China's coarse grain consumption rose by more than 30 million tonnes between 1990 and 1995." "A significant change in the attitude of the government would be required for India to become a major grain importer. There is little evidence that India has either the foreign exchange or the inclination to buy large amounts of grain in world markets. Until we have evidence that changes are actually occurring, we believe India will continue to be basically self-sufficient in grains in most years." "The real impact that the rising demand has on trade will be largely a function of gains in productivity. The current tight supply situation has been caused as much by poor production as by strong demand. A recovery in world yield growth could dampen prospects for trade."
So, the more things change, the more they stay the same. A lot of the issues that were important in 2004 are still important in 2013. We thought developments in China, Brazil and the FSU would be big drivers for agriculture in the coming decade and those are still the key issues for the future. If the past is any guide there will be a lot of interesting developments between now and 2022/23 and the magnitude of these changes may be significantly different than currently expected.


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Our Steve Luhm had good stuff earlier today on DeMarre Carroll's thoughts on his budding rivalry with Kevin Durant. Carroll, you'll remember, came to the aid of teammate Alec Burks on Feb. 12 after the NBA scoring leader flattened the young Jazz guard on the fast break. A month later, in Oklahoma City, Carroll retaliated with a similar foul on Durant (although he said afterward it was not meant as payback).
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant says DeMarre Carroll 'presents a good challenge'
So, what does Durant, the NBA's scoring leader, think of the back-and-forth relationship between the two?
He was asked following Tuesday's shoot around:
"That's what it is for everybody I play against now. Everybody's been playing physical something I don't shy away from. You can push me, you can foul me, you do what you have to do, I'm going to keep coming at you. DeMarre Carroll's one of those guys who presents a good challenge. It's going to be fun, I don't know if he's starting or not but it's going to be fun playing against their whole team. They're always physical and playing in this building where they hate you, it's pretty fun, as well."
Carroll is not expected to start, but due Marvin Williams (illness) and Alec Burks (sprained left ankle) both listed as doubtful, could be the first wing player off the bench for the Jazz.
Thunder coach Scott Brooks was complimentary of Carroll, saying, "You can never, ever discount that on your team, a guy that can come in and plays hard every possession and that's what he does."
But does the Jazz small forward truly get under Durant's skin? Does he bug him in the way that Jazz fans have come to believe? Brooks isn't so sure.
"It's pretty hard to get under his skin," Brooks said. "I very rarely have ever seen him get rattled. He might get frustrated at times for a play, but in order to get a guy, get under his skin you've got to do it throughout the game. I don't think it ever will happen."
How does Carroll view himself? As a Junkyard Dog, of course. But he don't be surprised if he starts referring to himself by a new a nickname.
"When you're a pest," Carroll said, "people don't like you. You don't like a gnat in your face all the time, do you? You try to swipe it out of your face and when it comes back it gets on your nerves, you want to kill it. I just try to be like one of those gnats, one of those pests."
The Gnat, anyone?
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George pronounced Puig "Pyoog".
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Heisey strikes out swinging
Votto smacks one to the wall for a double.
Votto lines a double to left center.
Crawford with a poor angle gives Joey a double (I think how hard it was hit fooled him)
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