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Hi all I took my dad last Thursday to the hospital he was jaundice itching and barely walking and so weak the bile duct is not obstructed as we thought its the cancer that has metastasis to the left lobe, he had a resection 2 years a go all the right lobe removed but the surgeon couldn't have clear margins in brief , when I took him to the hospital I tought it was the end coz he was so weak and couldn't even walk but after 3 days of hospital he is now waking in the walkway of the hospital and having power again they gave him vitamins by iv and magnesium and calcium the make him stronger he is eating again now thanks god they started the folfox yesterday coz the onc saw him better they infused the oxaliplatin and folinic acid for 2 hours then the 5fu for 40 hours infusion by iv I saw him today he isn't having any side effect all seems to be going smoothly he still have till tomorrow 2 pm till the 5fu is done then he will have the same regimen in 17 days I would Like to ask you if someone has tried this regimen and what is the response? How long do we need. To wait to know if the chemo is shrinking the tumors can we do a blood test after the first cycle is done directly to know if the chemo is working??


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First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
West sounds like he's going to have a great season! He really was a different player the final 2 months of the season and in the playoffs than he was most of the year, if we have late season West all year long we're in for a great year of Pacers basketball!
This is what I was thinking. Most teams aren't going to have a bench that can really play defense that well. The Bulls might be the only ones who could call their bench defense a strength. If Green, DJ, and Lance can be as dynamic as these reports make them sound, we won't have to worry about their defense.
What's really strange is that I honestly don't know what to expect from this team, as far as playoffs or ceiling. I like the guys we retained as starters, and the guys we added for the bench. But I'm very skeptical that it's going to be enough to unseat Miami - and we'll have New York and Brooklyn and Atlanta to deal with as well. And who knows what Chicago will be without Rose. Lots of optimism, but lots of questions.
Someone start the season already.
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
Yes, the bench basically has a good starting PG coupled with aggressive scorers. They should be really good with Ian in the middle on D.
I agree. And I think the main concern with the bench was improving the ability to guard against the pick and roll. I heard that mentioned several times. I think Ian and Miles were brought in specifically for that reason.
Ian was known to be foul-prone before. If he's having to cover for a lineup of average-to-bad defenders, that could be a real issue. Unless Miles is ready for some real time; if so, you can have 3 centers.
If Miles isn't ready to play this season, then there is jus tno hope for him. He is already 24.
He can't even legally rent a car yet. Though I agree it's crucial for him to show SOMETHING this season (since we used a 1st rd pick on him) he's got some time to learn and improve while playing behind a few veteran players.
I think preseason will give us a BIT of an idea of what he can bring to the court..if anything
24 is ridiculously old for an NBA rookie.
Actually he can, it is the companies who have set the 25 years old limit not the government.
It might be old, but at the same time having that much more maturity than other guys starting in the league at 18, which will help him with the lifestyle of the NBA (I'm looking at you Hassan Whiteside). He should be able to work his way into a better role by the end of his rookie deal, which puts him at about 28 and at the beginning of the prime of his career. Plus, he's athletic and big. They don't grow on trees. I really like the pick even if it isn't a "swing for the fences" type of pick.
I look forward to a long career for him as a rotational big. Every team would love to get a rotational big with a late first round pick, let alone a player that will be on their roster for more than their rookie contract as end of bench fodder. I really like the pick.
"Your course, your path, is not going to be like mine," West says. "Everybody is not called to be a multimillionaire. Everybody's not called to be the president. Whatever your best work is, you do it. Do it well. You cease your own greatness when you aspire to be someone else."
Dude can't play anyone with half a brain saw that in the 8 years (seemed like it lol) at Duke.
I agree with you, I'm just saying if he doesn't magically become better this year, then it's not going to happen at all. I mean think how much crap Hansbrough took for his age coming out of UNC and he was actually younger than Miles and a much more accomplished player.
No kidding this isn't like JO who was a 7 year vetern when he was 24. Miles did nothing year in and year out in college. I still don't see what NBA skill he has very soft and plays weak. If Miles was 18 or 19 and just stunk it up one year in college I could at least get the logic(I still wouldn't agree much). Miles is Andre Drummond w/o the defense and poential so pretty much all he brings is 6 fouls IMO unless a miracle happens. Conrad Brunner had me rolling the other day on the Dakich show mocking the pick it was lol.
Don't tell that to Pablo Prigioni.
Well, Miles at least is halfway intelligent. He has that going for him, even if it doesnt help on the court.
Drummond is as dumb as they get.
Stop quoting people I have on ignore!
You can rarely ever count on a rookie. That's all I'm saying. Jeff Foster had no role on the 2000 team.
More accomplished obviously, but I saw Miles do more legit NBA type moves in summer league than I've seen throughout Tyler's entire 3 years here. Miles showed nice form on his jumper, he put the ball on the floor without walking (seemed like really good footwork for a big), showed a nice running hook which will be impossible to block with his size and athleticism. I'm not sure if he can do all this versus NBA comp, but I hold at hope.
I have some questions about his aggressiveness on the boards and defense like others, but I like what I've seen so far. If we can just turn him into 15-20 mpg backup, the versatility he'd bring to our frontcourt could be very helpful.
I'm not seeing the comparison. Miles showed decent form on his jumper, good footwork, and finished with force on offense. You can tell he's been well coached. Drummond, while looking great defensively, looks like a train wreck on offense, and he looks soft a charmin around the rim. Some of the shots he threw up had me in tears.
Figured I'd just add this here rather than making a new thread for it.
Fun little feel-good read. Only question I had was about Danny not playing in this team scrimmage. But, I'm guessing he played in the first half and was out in the second half because they're trying to go easy on his knee.
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
Just to give you an idea about Plumlee's jumpshot looks like ( according to IndyCornRows ), here is a point of reference:- Rookie Miles Plumlee is plenty big and active to help when needed in the front court. I wish someone would've warned me about his jumper. Scared the hell out of me, kind of like Elaine dancing on Seinfeld. But, he made the first shot I saw him take, a baseline 17-footer. Billy Keller worked with Plumlee after practice and he did make a bunch of shots although they appeared to defy physics with that form.
I'm trying to figure out how Plumlee can properly shoot the ball while kicking his feet out like that
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Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Clearly P4E thinks he's worthless, but I'm not seeing it. I think he can play in this league. I'm not concerned with his college numbers. People that get paid to evaluate our players liked him, that's enough for me. I don't pretend to act like I know more than they do.
Based on his game, I do expect him to be better than Tyler. He has hops and fairly strong guy...and will get up on the rim on occasion. Man, I need a new avatar...

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Tracy Martinez and Larry Campbell disagreed if the city council's ward 4 encompasses the downtown business district, and Josh Welden had an off-the-wall quip for his voters, as candidates squared off Monday.
There were no rebuttals in the forum that Mauk put together and moderated. Each candidate had a minute or two to answer questions.
The Martinez-Campbell disagreement came when asked what priority they would put on renovating downtown. Campbell said downtown needs attention, including some tax increment financing money.
Martinez said his priority would be to improve the rest of Ward 4 the northwest side of the city. He said the downtown business district is not in Ward 4 and started to show a map, but Mauk cut him off because he was intruding in Campbells allotted time.
The downtown district north of Fifth St. is in Ward 4, according to the Lincoln County Election Clerks office.
In closing remarks, Welden, a candidate for the Ward 1 seat, imitated former President Richard Nixon to say he is not a Brook, referring to opponent Brook Baker, which brought a laugh. Welden said that he was joking.
During the forum, candidates answered several questions about economic development from Mauk, who is the economic development director of North Platte.
A summary:
Why are you running?
Mayor Marc Kaschke: I want to continue to apply a practical approach to spending while growing North Platte.
Challenger Dwight Livingston: Ive spent my adult life serving North Platte (on the police force). I accept responsibility for my mistakes and offer accolades to the achievements of others.
Ward 1
Brook Baker: I have a five-year-old son and want to help create a good North Platte for him.
Josh Welden: I will offer new ideas with simple solutions.
Ward 2
Barb Keller: Ive worked for the city for 33 years. Ive wanted to work on the council for a long time and now that Im retired, I have the time.
Glenn Petersen: Ive served four years on the council in the past. I have things to offer.
Ward 3
Dan McGuire: North Platte has been good to me. I have more things to give to North Platte
Andrew Lee: North Platte has stagnant business growth and a deteriorating downtown. My goal is to attract young people back to North Platte where they can open businesses.
Ward 4
Larry Campbell said he grew up in the area and loves North Platte. He took over in 2006 for Don McFarland, who retired before his term was over and was elected in 2008. He said he has really enjoyed his time on the council.
Tracy Martinez said he has lived in North Platte a long time all his life. He loves the community and has raised three children here.
How would you help foster economic development?
Livingston said the first thing is to take care of existing businesses, that the city should take care of what we have the rest will take care of itself.
Kaschke said city officials must provide three things 1) a business friendly tax atmosphere, with the use of tax increment financing when appropriate; 2) good infrastructure, and 3) a knowledge of what we need in North Platte.
Welden agreed with Kaschke about infrastructure, then lost his thought and passed the question to his opponent Brook Baker.
Baker said the city has 120 acres in a new industrial park near the Wal-Mart Distribution Center, and said the city should build a speculative building there to show prospective businesses. He said the city also must promote its transportation assets, including I-80, UP railroad and trucking companies such as Brown Transport.
Petersen expanded on Bakers statement, adding the regional airport and good water to the list of assets, as well as a ready and willing workforce and the North Platte Community College, a great asset. Petersen also said the city should use TIF where it fits.
Keller agreed with Kaschkes three points, and added that all the right city officials should sit down in the same room with a prospective business planning and zoning, water, utilities and building, to make it more convenient for a new business to learn about building here.
Lee said North Platte loses $4 million in retail sales each month to other towns, which equates to nearly $50 million a year, so the city needs to show businesses we can grow in North Platte." Lee said he wouldnt have voted against awarding quality growth funds for Rue 21, a new clothing store at the Mall that came anyway.
McGuire said the city has lots of good things to offer. He likes Kellers idea of getting city staff to meet together with a prospective business and he said anyone considering building a business in North Platte should spend some time with City Administrator Jim Hawks.
Martinez said one of his proudest moments came when he made a commercial supporting TIF for Wal-Mart, because he knew friends and acquaintances who could get good paying jobs there. He said TIF should be used to bring in new businesses, emphasizing new.
Campbell said as someone who has served on the boards of the Chamber and Development Corporation, North Platte is doing everything possible to bring new businesses to town.
Wal-Mart just retired TIF bonds early. Do you support the use of tax increment financing in economic development?
Kaschke said the use of TIF is not overly active. He recalled only a couple TIF projects in last eight years. He said North Platte needs to focus the use of TIF downtown.
Livingston said no one will dispute that TIF is good, but we need to use it appropriately. He said the TIF process is somewhat confusing and he hasnt looked it from a decision-makers view, but regardless, it needs to be used appropriately.
Baker agreed with Kaschke, that TIF is a good thing if used properly, and it needs to be used downtown.
Welden said TIF can be good, but must be used appropriately, in a blighted area. How was a cornfield blighted? He asked. He said he didnt get that, referring to the Industrial Park along E. State Farm Road.
Keller said TIF needs to be used as long as the city follows the laws, which the city does.
Peterson said he does care how TIF is used and he pays attention to each company. He referred to previous uses, including Holiday Inn and Suites and Perkins, and said the TIF projects worked out.
McGuire said he is in favor of it. He noted that companies have to go through lots of steps just to use TIF. He said at some point there was a fuss about blighted and substandard designations, so they backed off a little bit.
Lee said yes, TIF is good as long as it is needed to get a biz here.
Campbell said yes, its a good thing -- an amazing tool.
Martinez said TIF is not complicated. All anyone has to do is call Dan Mauk or the Attorney Generals office if there are questions. He said it is needed in Ward 4, where blight and substandard is definitely the situation.
What is your vision for downtown and what priority do you put on it?
Baker said Hirschfelds were prepared to spend $20,000 to renovate the second floor of the building but when it became apparent all the utility lines would need to be renovated and new fire sprinklers installed, the project became price prohibitive. Restoring downtown will mean that property owners need some help, he said.
Petersen said he once owned property downtown, and he had a $1,400 gas bill in one month.
Its just not cost effective for business to revitalize the buildings there on their own, he said. They are going to need help.
Kaschke said downtown areas set cities apart. He referred to the Haymarket and Old Market sections of Lincoln and Omaha.
Martinez said hes not so worried about downtown as he is Ward 4. He said Ward 4 residents want markets, drug stores, etc on the north side. But in the course of his answer he mentioned the possibility of an extensive metal awning that would allow pedestrian access to second floor from Fourth to Sixth streets.
During closing remarks, feature Welden said, in his best Richard Nixon impression, I am not a Brook.
Nothing against Brook, Welden added. Hes a great guy.
Nate Christopher of KODY and Mugs in the Morning contributed to this report.
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My mom is a packrat and I'm helping her decide what to keep, what to donate, what to try to sell and what to toss out. This TV she has is a Motorola and most likely a tube TV. It's from the 1950's I think. I doubt it is in working condition. Nice wood cabinet, though and that looks like mahogany. So, does anyone know anything about them? Are they usable as props for movies or plays maybe? Or should we just toss it out?


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For Maher, professor and head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, it's not the first accolade to come his way based on his work as a member of the MSU faculty. In 2009, he won the James and Mary Ross Provost's Award for Excellence in recognition of his innovative work in robotics, his role in helping the College of Engineering develop several core courses, as well as his contributions in the music technology program.
But being nominated as an outstanding advisor by his colleagues and students is especially gratifying, Maher said.
"It means a lot," said Maher, who traveled to Nashville to receive his award. "In my career I've been affiliated with six universities as either a student or a faculty member, and what I love about MSU is that, from the president on down to the faculty and the support staff, people here really care about student success."
Once upon a time, professors were likely to view advising as a tiresome but necessary chore, Maher said.
"The academic world used to be sink or swim for students," Maher said. "But I think academic advising has become something we as professors think of as a core part of our jobs and not this extra thing that we're required to do."
According to NACADA, the advising award in the faculty category (for those whose primary responsibility is teaching) goes to individuals "who have demonstrated qualities associated with outstanding academic advising of students or outstanding academic advising administration."
The nominating materials NACADA received on behalf of Maher show a professor who extends considerable energy on both academic advising with his students and on the administrative side of advising in the College of Engineering.
James Becker, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, pointed to Maher's work on the department's website as a prime example of his dedication to helping get students pointed in the right direction.
"Rob has taken it upon himself to build the department's website into a powerful tool for advertising the department's capabilities and for helping provide current and prospective students with advice regarding completing degree programs within the department," Becker said. "During my advising sessions with students, I will often refer to the website and have found it to be a very helpful tool."
Brett Gunnink, acting dean of the College of Engineering, said the award is fitting for a faculty member who walks the walk when it comes to leading his department.
"There are few people at MSU who work harder and care more about MSU and in particular MSU students than Dr. Maher," Gunnink said. "I am thrilled to see Dr. Maher get some well-earned recognition for his efforts."
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Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows
I've been a marshmallow making machine since I first crossed that bridge a couple months ago. Hubby loves them and they're seriously SO EASY to make. If you haven't made marshmallows yet, there is no better time than right now.
I used the same recipe I always use, but swapped out the vanilla for some peppermint extract. I also added a few drops of red food coloring to swirl into the marshmallows for a fun candy-cane look. Then I bagged these up to give in our gift bags with our hot cocoa mix.
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Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows
Yield: ~3 dozen
3 packages unflavored gelatin
1 cup ice cold water, divided
12 ounces granulated sugar, approximately 1 1/2 cups
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 tsp kosher salt
3/4 tsp peppermint extract
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
Nonstick spray
4-5 drops red food coloring
Place the gelatin into the bowl of a stand mixer along with 1/2 cup of the water. Have the whisk attachment standing by.
In a small saucepan combine the remaining 1/2 cup water, granulated sugar, corn syrup and salt. Place over medium high heat, cover and allow to cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Uncover, clip a candy thermometer onto the side of the pan and continue to cook until the mixture reaches 240 degrees F, approximately 7 to 8 minutes. Once the mixture reaches this temperature, immediately remove from the heat.
Turn the mixer on low speed and, while running, slowly pour the sugar syrup down the side of the bowl into the gelatin mixture. Once you have added all of the syrup, increase the speed to high. Continue to whip until the mixture becomes very thick and is lukewarm, approximately 12 to 15 minutes. Add the peppermint extract during the last minute of whipping. While the mixture is whipping prepare the pans as follows.
Combine the confectioners' sugar and cornstarch in a small bowl. Lightly spray a 13 by 9-inch metal baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Add the sugar and cornstarch mixture and move around to completely coat the bottom and sides of the pan. Return the remaining mixture to the bowl for later use.
When ready, pour the mixture into the prepared pan, using a lightly oiled spatula for spreading evenly into the pan. Drop red food coloring onto marshmallows and use a toothpick to swirl the food coloring into the marshmallows. Dust the top with enough of the remaining sugar and cornstarch mixture to lightly cover. Reserve the rest for later. Allow the marshmallows to sit uncovered for at least 4 hours and up to overnight.
Turn the marshmallows out onto a cutting board and cut into 1-inch squares using a pizza wheel dusted with the confectioners' sugar mixture. Once cut, lightly dust all sides of each marshmallow with the remaining mixture, using additional if necessary. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.
Recipe adapted from Alton Brown
37 Responses to "Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows"
I love the red swirl in these. They look so festive! Homemade marshmallows are seriously so much better than store-bought.
Completely agree Megan. And the best part is they melt and get all gooey in the hot chocolate!
gorgeous! and so festive. what a great idea.
These are awesome! I'm sure your friends and family will love this thoughtful gift!
these are the prettiest marshmellows I have ever seen. you could make them for every winter season (throw some sparkles in for news years, green for st pattys. pastels for easter!) oh the possibilities.
So pretty! I hear people talk about how easy it is to make homemade marshmallows all of the time – I've really got to make some.
Peppermint marshmallows? I think this is the first time I am hearing about it. Anyway it sounds fun and looks yummy.
Looks great!
I bought all the ingredients for marshmallows but haven't made them yet.. this peppermint variety sounds awesome though!
I really need to get off my butt and make some homemade marshmallows! No excuses!
These are so darned pretty, and festive! Happy holidays!
holy clever. these look so yummy.
Those look so professional. It's amazing what a little red food coloring can do.
These are beautiful! I have made marshmallows a few times, and only once have I had a problem with them.. I put them into an airtight container and came back about an hour later to find that they had been – at least what it looked like to me – weeping. I'm not sure what happened, I dusted them with powdered sugar after cutting, and thought I did everyting right. I was curious if anything like that has that happened to you before? These marshmallows look like perfection!
those would be great in a cup of hot cocoa!
Jen…these are GORGEOUS!! I keep meaning to try my hand at marshmallow making. These look divine!
I have never had that problem myself. It sounds like there may have been a lot of humidity in the air? Was it during the summer? I haven't made marshmallows during the summer yet, but that's the first thing that pops to mind.
I found your site from Pioneer Woman's Group 3 photography assignment. Congrats on being selected!!
I love the photo and am looking forward to trying your marshmallow recipe.
I'm looking forward to looking at your other posts, too. 😉
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Where can one buy a marshmellow make/machine??
I cannot wait to make these peppermint marshmallows at the holidays. They are so pretty and looks so nice in that hot chocolate!
Your pictures look soooo amazing 🙂 I did a blog recently about marshmallows (If you are interested – http://joandsue.blogspot.com/2011/07/great-marshmallow-debate.html ) Homemade marshmallows are rediculously addictive!
Important pre-holiday question: how big are the gift bags you use for your marshmallows &/or hot cocoa mix? I'm looking at the "smalls" from KA (14.5″ x 6″), but I really have zero intuition for how that size translates to volume of, e.g, marshmallows. =) thanks!
Great question. I will have to go home and check the size of the bags. I know I got them at Michaels. The marshmallows went into small bags that were almost a smidge too small and the hot cocoa went into larger bags. I'm sure that isn't very helpful… Let me get back to you on that.
Ok I didn't have any of the bags left. Both of them were Wilton brand from Michaels craft store. Based on what I see online, it looks like the marshmallows were in a bag that was 3″x4″. They were a smidge small. The cocoa mix was in a bigger bag, looks like 4″x6″ and those were just the right size.
I'm not sure what I did wrong but these were a total disaster! The marshmallow wouldn't pour out of the bowl and seemed like it had already begun to set by the time I was taking it out (even though I only kept it in the mixer for about 13 minutes). Do you think they were in the mixer for too long? I was going by timing as well as thick/lukewarm but maybe it was still too long. The bit of them that I could get into the pan wouldn't spread so I couldn't even use what I had because they would have been horribly shaped and not gift-worthy. I ended up having to just dump everything in the trash. I'm so disappointed because I was really looking forward to an easy homemade gift for co-workers.
So sorry to hear that they didn't turn out for you 🙁
You probably cooked the sugar syrup too long. I bet if you'd let them fully set, you'd have ended up with harder than normal marshmallows. Check your candy thermometer to make sure it's accurate.
Sounds like you didn't cook the sugar syrup long enough. They MUST get to the proper temperature, or the marshmallows won't set properly. If the syrup didn't cook enough, the resulting marshmallow will be too soft and won't hold it's shape properly. Cook it too long, and the marshmallows will be too hard when you want fluffy.
I would like to add that when cooking candy to a certain temperature, you must take into account your altitude. I have not made these yet, but will adjust to my own 6,000 feet in altitude. For example, when making English Toffee, I adjust 8 degrees LOWER for the target temperature. Otherwise, it overcooks.You can Google "altitude adjustments for candy making" .
Would a hand mixer work or would the marshmallows burn out the motor?
I've never done it with a hand mixer, but I do know that my stand mixer gets pretty hot while it's whipping up the marshmallows…
I made these last night with a simple handmixer & whisk attachment (Hamilton Beach® 6-Speed Hand Mixer)…worked great! It has a "bowl rest" so your arm doesn't get too tired 🙂
So glad it worked out for you!
Anyone know if an alternative syrup would work (like light brown rice syrup)? I want to make these but my son is allergic to corn. Thanks!
I have never tried a substitute. Maybe another reader will know. If you experiment and find something that works, let me know!
Delicious, and they look just like the picture!!
To save your pan, lay down foil first, and then spray with cooking spray and the powder mixture as instructed. At the end, lift the foil out to dump the marshmallows on the cutting board.
Great tip!


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WILTSHIRE Air Ambulance's biggest fundraiser Dot Whitehead, who raised more than £1.7million alongside volunteers for the appeal, died on New Year's Eve.
Mrs Whitehead, 81, started as manager of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance shop, in Maristow Street, Westbury, when it opened in the town in 1997.
She ran the shop for 15 years and was voted as Westbury's person of the year in 2011. Mrs Whitehead was also invited to Buckingham Palace on two occasions as a result of her charity work.
Prior to the air ambulance shop, Mrs Whitehead also spent 21 years managing Westbury's Red Cross shop, bringing her years of volunteering in the town to over 36 years.
Her daughter, Sandra Hayter, 59, said: "She was a wonderful person who put a lot of work into raising money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
"She managed the shop five or six days a week right up until a few months before her death. She loved everything she did for charity and was very well known by everyone in the town.
"She was also very determined and battled with cancer throughout her life, beating it three times before she was diagnosed a fourth time a few weeks before she died. She was a great mum and she loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
"Her life revolved around the work she did for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance and she will always be very fondly remembered in Westbury."
Shop volunteer Peggy Pearce added: "She was a wonderful woman who got on well with everybody in the shop and in Westbury, where she was well known.
"It has all happened rather suddenly and it has left the shop in limbo, but she worked so hard over the years for charity and raised so much money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance."
Mrs Whitehead's funeral will take place on January 10 at All Saints' Church in Westbury. Donations in her memory can be made to Wiltshire Air Ambulance and Age UK.


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Chicago in Meltdown As Rahm Fundraises
The city of Chicago, the third largest in America, is crumbling into anarchy. The murder rate is so out of control that federal authorities have agreed to assist the Chicago Police Department in their efforts to curb soaring violence. The city has seen over a thirty-percent rise in its murder rate this year and in the last eight days of August, 82 people were killed or wounded by gun violence. With his city in a violent downward spiral, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been focusing on what's important: banning Chik-fil-A from Chicago.
On Wednesday, during Bill Clinton's address to the DNC in Charlotte, cameras panned to Emanuel, laughing in the audience. While he was enjoying his stay in Charlotte at least three people were murdered back home in Chicago just that night. What could be more important than taking charge of one of the most violent cities in America? Apparently, for Emanuel, it's fundraising for his old boss President Barack Obama.
Where could he have learned that this behavior is acceptable for a leader? During the Colorado wildfires President Obama went fifteen days without speaking with Gov. John Hickenlooper about the situation. The Washington Examiner reported at the time,
Obama called Hickenlooper about the fires on June 12. Obama has held 21 campaign events — including 18 fundraisers — since making that phone call, based on The Washington Examiner's survey of pool reports, the White House schedule, and WhiteHouseDossier.com. He made the call while heading to Baltimore for the first of six fundraisers that day (three of the fundraisers were in Philadelphia). He held four more fundraisers by the end of the week. He attended one fundraiser last week. He held another seven fundraisers this week, before calling Hickenlooper again today after the briefing.
Apparently in Obamaland, and therefore in Rahm's World, fundraising for the president's reelection is the most important task at hand, more important than actually doing the job Obama's been fundraising to retain. Since announcing his reelection campaign, President Obama has attended 205 fundraisers, a record for a sitting president–and it's barely September.
The Kebbeh family of Gambia came to America and settled in Chicago in search of a better life for their children. The Chicago Sun Times reports, "They are considering going back to Africa after [their son Muhammed] became the city's 370th murder victim this year and second of his six siblings to be gunned down on the South Side in the last six months." Rahm Emanuel may feel he owes it to his former boss to go on the fundraising trail, but his obligations to him ceased the day he was elected mayor of Chicago. His bosses are now families like the Kebbehs, who feel there is no reason left to remain in the United States.
The Sun Times asked Mayor Emanuel about the city's record-setting murder rate in the same story, to which he responded "We're containing it." If going out on the trail after the deadliest month in Chicago's history is "containing it" one has to wonder what it would take for Emanuel to recognize that his city is self-destructing.
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The Life and Death of the Cassini Space Probe
A noble end.
When I was a boy, maybe 10, I hauled an old four-inch refracting telescope that my great aunt kept on the veranda of her summer house out onto the lawn and began pointing it at various stars. Stars look pretty much the same through a telescope as they do to the naked eye, only brighter. But planets look very different. And suddenly, there it was, Saturn, floating majestically upon the inky seas of the universe, its rings fortuitously at full tilt, as they are only about every 15 years. I began shouting, "It's Saturn! It's Saturn!" and dancing with excitement. My aunt, greatly amused, thought I was becoming hysterical, as I suppose I was.
For the last 13 years, I and millions of others have been dancing through the Saturnian system itself, thanks to a remarkable space probe called Cassini.
The Cassini space mission ended this morning when, on orders from NASA, it plunged into Saturn's dense atmosphere and burned up. It was sending data up until the very end and almost certainly broke up within seconds of its last transmission at 7:55:46 AM (EDT).
What a journey it has been. It was launched on October 15, 1997, flew by Venus twice and earth and Jupiter once each to gain momentum (the planets, therefore, slowing down infinitesimally and moving ever so slightly further from the sun to conserve the angular momentum). It reached Saturn, 950 million miles from the sun, on July 1, 2004, the first space probe to orbit the giant ringed planet.
For the next 13 years, Cassini explored the planet, its rings, and its fascinating astronomical zoo of satellites (Saturn has 62 moons at last count, Cassini having discovered seven of them.) The most interesting of these satellites is Titan, larger than the planet Mercury, and second in size among the solar system's moons only to Jupiter's Ganymede. It is the only moon in the solar system to have a dense atmosphere (like Earth's, mostly nitrogen).
On January 14, 2005, a module, named for Christiaan Huygens who had been the first (in the 17th Century) to decipher Saturn's rings and who discovered Titan, landed on that world and took 350 pictures before succumbing to the deep cold on the moon's surface.
They revealed a world both wildly exotic and strangely familiar. Titan is the only body in the solar system besides earth to have liquids on its surface—rivers, lakes, and seas of liquid methane.
There are far too many things that were explored in this remarkable, nearly flawless mission, to go into here. NASA has a list of some of the major ones. But it will be years before the mountains of data sent home by Cassini will be fully analyzed.
A Spreading Linguistic Idiocy
A matter of sovereignty.
An insidious form of political correctness is creeping into the English language on little cat feet.
It probably started with the word Koran, which has been in the English language since 1725. Suddenly it began appearing as Quran, which is a transliteration of the Arabic, and even Qu'ran. What appears to English speakers as a meaningless apostrophe is actually a breath mark carried over from Arabic, which, like Hebrew, does not write out the vowels. In English we do, and so we don't need breath marks.
What is wrong with Koran? Exactly nothing. The idea that we should use the transliterated Arabic word instead of our own word is pure political correctness deriving from the classic linguistic fallacy of conflating the word and the thing denoted by the word. The Koran is the holy book of Islam. Koran is a word in the English language.
This line of thinking gives Arabic speakers, not English speakers, control over many English words. Does that mean we have to use Arabic transliterations for such English words as sofa, admiral, and zero, which derive from Arabic? I'm pretty sure Arabic speakers would laugh at the opposite idea, that we English speakers get to determine how English-derived words in that language should be spelled in Arabic.
In this month's issue of Discovery magazine, there is an interesting article on how the Incas, who lacked a written language, used knots on strings as a mnemonic device. The magazine spells the word Inca as Inka. Inca has been in the English language since 1592, borrowed from Spanish. Spanish got it from Quechuan, the language of the Inca people. Spanish priests wanted to use Quechuan as an evangelical tool, and so they wrote it down, using, of course, Spanish orthography; Quechuan having no orthography of its own.
Then in 1975, the Peruvian government promulgated a new orthography of Quechuan, which uses the letter K whereas in Spanish the letter C would be used. Does Discovery magazine think that Peru's Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua should determine how English words are spelled instead of Merriam-Webster or the Oxford English Dictionary? Apparently.
During the Winter Olympics of 2006, which were held in the lovely city of Turin, Italy, (where I'm happy to say I'll be next week for a conference), the NBC announcers were instructed to call the city by its Italian name, Torino. Does that mean we have to say Milano, Roma, and Firenze instead of Milan, Rome, and Florence?
That way lies madness. Under that doctrine, foreign place names should be spelled and pronounced as they are in the local language. OK, but then what do we call the capital of Belgium, which in English is Brussels? Belgium is a painfully divided country linguistically. French-speaking Belgians call the capital Bruxelles while the Dutch speakers call it Brussel (I haven't a clue how that's pronounced in Dutch, a language notoriously difficult for foreigners to pronounce correctly).
What do we do with the English Channel? Half the coastline is in France, after all. Should it be the Anglo-French Channel? The French couldn't care less what we call it in English, by the way. They call it la Manche, which means "the sleeve," after its shape.
The only solution to this idiocy is to let native speakers of each language have full sovereignty over the vocabulary of their own language.
Lectures of the Fat and Happy
Walking contradictions.
The United Nations thinks the rest of the world needs a "21st Century makeover." To accomplish that, the international body is turning toward some of the most outmoded ideas of the 19th Century.
Far from wringing his hands over the global trend toward populism and the nationalist extravagances that typify it, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi is wrapping himself in populist economic anxieties like a familiar old blanket.
"A combination of too much debt and too little demand at the global level has hampered sustained expansion of the world economy," he said in a statement on Thursday, despite the fact that global economic growth has shown no signs of slowing. For this lamentable state of affairs, Kituyi's agency didn't blame governments that spend beyond their means and borrow when they should be investing. He didn't even blame a pronounced global recession from which the world began to emerge only recently. Instead, the United Nations lays the blame on "neo-liberalism."
"The whole neo-liberal mantra that 'there is no alternative' has begun to fall apart," said UNCTAD's globalization director, Richard Kozul-Wright. "There are plenty of alternatives out there, and they are urgently needed given the kind of economic and social imbalances that we are currently facing."
What is "neo-liberalism?" It's a lot like paleo-liberalism. You might better know it by its more popular moniker, which Kozul-Wright was careful to avoid: classical liberalism. In the context of a national economy, it is the belief in reduced or non-existent trade barriers, the free movement of capital, and the privatization of industry. It's Adam Smith and David Ricardo. And it's the bane of Keynesians' existence.
Kozul-Wright speaks so contemptuously of the phrase "there is no alternative" because, like so many of his fellow travelers at Turtle Bay, he came of age at a time when the pejorative "TINA" was a dirty word. It was Margaret Thatcher's battle cry when she successfully privatized the utilities and industries that Clement Atlee nationalized. It was the slogan that marshaled support in a newly united Germany for the transition in the East toward a market economy. It was a phrase coined by the philosopher and early conservative thinker Herbert Spencer whose Darwinian maxims are still resented by, well, people who use the word "neoliberalism" like it were a slur.
Kozul-Wright has a point about tackling government debt and inflation, which is nearing the point of crisis in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively. His prescriptions—the end of austerity and a massive drunken government spending spree—would seem to miss the mark. More important, though, Kozul-Wright is right about something else. There absolutely is an alternative to the classically liberal economic ethos that conquered the world when the Berlin Wall fell. For the historically literate, however, it's not a desirable alternative.
As COMMENTARY's Sohrab Ahmari has chronicled for over a year, classical liberal economics are opposed not merely by Keynesians but by a more reactionary sort. Advanced economies transitioning away from heavy industry have produced armies of the dispossessed and disillusioned. These legions span the traditional right-left political spectrum. They are united by protectionism, economic nationalism, and a robust social safety net (one extended only to the right kind of people).
These movements, like Kozul-Wright, are backward looking. And while he would no doubt consider himself hostile toward the forces of reaction that have assumed power over the course of this decade, the policies he advocates are both populist and nationalist. They are the products of despair and hopelessness, and it is no accident that illiberal economies are so often stewarded by illiberal governments.
There is no shortage of irony in the fact that UNCTAD's "globalism director" shares a set of economic prescriptions with millions of Westerners who reject globalization. "Prosperity for all cannot be delivered by austerity-minded politicians, rent-seeking corporations, and speculative bankers," Kozul-Wright wrote for The Guardian on Thursday. "Unlike the textbook concept of pure competition, our hyper-globalized world has been accompanied by a considerable concentration of economic power and wealth in the hands of a remarkably small number of people." This is the perfect synthesis of the Occupy Wall Street creed with Steve Bannon-style economic chauvinism—two ideologies that share more in common than either would prefer to admit. Neither is especially friendly toward the kind of enlightened republicanism that has made the West a beacon of freedom and prosperity unmatched in human history.
Many have set out to prove that there is, in fact, an alternative to economic liberalism. They lead prison states that subject their people to authoritarianism and privation. While Venezuela's Bolivarians lecture the West on the folly of TINA, their ministers are advising the public how to avoid starvation by raising rabbits. Meanwhile, in the heart of a city where the bounty of unfettered capitalism overflows, men like Richard Kozul-Wright and Mukhisa Kituyi lead comfortable lives lecturing the public on the excesses of Adam Smith. The very lives they lead stand as an irrefutable testament to the hollowness of their ideas.
Terror as a Way of Life
An awful new normal.
At least 22 people were injured after an improvised explosive device detonated aboard a London Underground train on Friday. The crude bomb–apparently contained in a white bucket wrapped in a plastic bag–went off as the train was leaving toward central London from Parsons Green station, 15 minutes from where I live. Several victims suffered flash burns while others were crushed in the stampede that ensued.
Across the English Channel, meanwhile, a hammer-wielding assailant struck two women in the eastern French town of Chalon-sur-Saone. The women survived. The attacker had shouted Allahu Akbar.
This is the West's new normal.
Some officials wish we would put up with terrorism much as we accept other urban nuisances such as traffic, vermin, and pickpocketing. Recall former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls's words following the Nice truck attack in July 2016 that killed 86: "Times have changed, and we should learn to live with terrorism." According to the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, former President Obama liked to remind his staff that Americans are more likely to die from slipping in their bathtubs than from terror attacks.
But these glib assertions can never calm people frightened of taking the Tube or boarding a plane, knowing there is always chance, however slight, of something going boom or gunshots ringing out to cries of Allahu Akbar! Bathtub slips may be more deadly, statistically speaking, but they are by definition accidental. They don't possess that malign, war-like aspect that defines modern Islamic terrorism.
Nowadays when you step into a Tube train, you are aware that you are entering a battleground. Even the most enlightened, progressive commuter can't help but notice the woman in the burka or that young man with the long beard scowling in one corner of the carriage. The sight raises a dozen anxious questions and emotions. Now, statistically speaking, that woman or that young man is just "trying to get on with life." But as the French philosopher Pierre Manent wrote in his book Beyond Radical Secularism:
The immense majority of our Muslim citizens have nothing to do with terrorism, but terrorism would not be what it is, it would not have the same reach nor the same significance, if the terrorists did not belong to this population and were not our fellow citizens. These terrorist acts would simply be odious crimes subject to ordinary justice if they were not guided by an aim of war and by the intent to ruin the very possibility of a common life.
So long as a small but significant minority of Muslims takes a war footing against the West, terror will persist, and no amount of statistical sophistry and empty rhetoric from leaders will assuage legitimate fear.
Amnesty Don Strikes
The best opponent Democrats could hope for.
Mere days ago, Breitbart's Steve Bannon told "60 Minutes" that "our purpose is to support Donald Trump." Then, on Wednesday, Trump decided to make an immigration deal with Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi over Chinese food. Within minutes, Breitbart was dubbing the president it had pledged to support "Amnesty Don."
For Breitbart, accusing someone of supporting "Amnesty" is tantamount to calling him a child molester, so negative is its understanding of the word. That is why a White House spokesman declared afterward that Trump "will not be discussing amnesty." But in the next sentence, the spokesman said Trump would consider "legal citizenship over a period of time."
That, my friends, is the very definition of amnesty, pure and simple. Forget his Orwellian newspeak: The Trump spokesman was acknowledging his boss had agreed to follow the provisions of the so-called DREAM Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for 800,000 people.
Yes, follow this. Donald Trump, the most anti-immigration president in a century, and maybe of all time, is going to oversee the first wide-scale amnesty since the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Act led to the legalization of 3 million illegals.
I like this plan, by the way. But let's face it. With this deal, Trump has betrayed his core followers and a significant campaign promise—the most startling such turnabout since the first President Bush went back on his "read my lips, no new taxes" pledge.
What gives? When it comes to the DREAMers, Trump surely knows that polls show a near-majority of Republicans (46 percent in the latest Morning Consult survey) support citizenship for those brought to America by their illegal-alien parents as children and who know no other home.
But he didn't stage his takeover of the Republican Party by gaining the support of those Republicans. No, Trump came to power in the GOP by consolidating the party's extremes and then moving on the center, which was split among a dozen other candidates. And he did so in large measure by talking about immigration and immigrants in a startlingly hostile manner.
This gave him a reputation for politically correct plain speaking and a willingness to consider wild policy options—a deportation force and the construction of a 1,900-mile wall even through deep river beds—no conventional politician had or would.
And he gained the passionate support of all those who claimed the GOP had become a party of wimps mired in the Washington swamp, unwilling to bring the fight to the Democrats, unable to crush liberals. And what has he done over the past two weeks? He has struck deals with Schumer and Pelosi and gave those two signature Democrats almost everything they could have hoped for.
This is a potentially significant moment on the American Right, which is a far more complex agglomeration than either its leaders or its most hostile critics tend to acknowledge. Trump is abandoning his true believers in favor of an explicitly anti-ideological, anti-partisan approach—only a month after it appeared he was retreating into their loving arms.
He is not a systematic man. He is an improviser. It would be a mistake to see any kind of deliberate long-term strategy here. Last week Trump knew he wanted the debt-limit fight to go away and he made it go away with no fuss for three months. This week he knew he wanted to dispose of the DREAMer issue before it became a total pain and he made that happen, too.
Trump once said his followers would stand behind him even if he shot someone on Fifth Avenue. Becoming "Amnesty Don" is as close to firing that shot as anything any politician in recent times has ever done.


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- Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi December 23, 2006 (Seattle, WA) --- American Buddhist monk Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi Maha Thera accepts International position for Buddhism.
Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi Maha Thera, American Buddhist Monk, preferring to be known today as Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi, received word Friday, December 15th that he was officially confirmed as the first Representative from the United States of America to the Buddhist Summit, World Buddhist Supreme Council. As part of his new position, he will coordinate U.S. representation at the 5th World Buddhist Summit Conference to be held in Kobe, Japan in the Spring of 2007. The goal of the Summit Conferences is to bring together the many traditions of Buddhism in the world, and unify them to produce a united position dedicated to working towards balance, harmony, and world peace. The Conferences occur every two years. Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi's position on the World Buddhist Council will allow him to represent U.S. Buddhist interests and discuss a common point concerns of the various Buddhist traditions throughout the U.S. and the world. There are representatives from over 50 different countries on the World Buddhist Council. To be confirmed as a member, a monk representing each country has to be nominated by other World Buddhist Summit Council members. For the U.S. to be represented on the council, an American born monk with a sufficient sphere of influence was needed. Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi is the first American born monk to gain the attention of world Buddhist leaders.
This is an unprecedented honor for the Venerable forest monk who lives in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and has dedicated his life to researching, studying, teaching, and writing about Buddhist Meditation for over 20 years. Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi became a Buddhist monk in 1986 because of his keen interest in meditation. He went to Burma in 1988 to practice intensive meditation at the famous meditation center, Mahasi Yeiktha in Rangoon. There he practiced meditation for 20 to 22 hours a day and completed their program. He remained in Asia as an active meditator for 12 years and was offered several chances to remain there as an Abbott of a Monastery. During this time, he was invited to live and teach at the largest Theravada monastery in Malaysia, giving talks each week to up to 500 people. While in Asia, he wrote a book on the Mindfulness of Breathing called "The Anapanasati Sutta-A Practical Guide to Mindfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom meditation," which has nearly 1,000,000 copies in print and , to date, has been distributed in five different languages worldwide.
Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi is beginning the process of listening to all concerns during his U.S. tour which includes a three-week stop in Seattle in January of 2007. Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi is traveling with Buddhist nun, Ven. Sister Khema, who will also be giving dhamma talks while in the area in January. During their visit, they will be residing at the Atammayatarama Buddhist Monastery in Woodinville, WA. They will be giving dhamma talks on Loving Kindness-Vipassana or Tranquil Wisdom meditation at Nalanda West and various venues throughout the Puget Sound area. Ven. Bhante Vimalaramsi will also be offering a non-residential meditation retreat.
"The Northwest Buddhist community is very honoured that Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi is beginning his journey of leadership and service with three weeks in the Northwest. We are filled with gratitude that he wishes to spend much of his attention bringing together the Buddhist leadership in this area so that he can bring their messages back to the Summit Conferences. Bhante is also very focused on reaching as many people as possible to spread his messages of love, peace and happiness" according to Kathleen Anderson, PhD, a member of the Seattle Buddhist Community who is providing coordination of the visit, "This is really a special and joyous time for all of us. Venerable Vimalaramsi is a most gifted and dynamic meditation teacher and a beautiful and loving human being. We are prepared to host many additional friends and visitors because he will reach far beyond our traditional community, especially when it gets out that in his new position he is basically the Head of Buddhism in our country now."
On November 7-14 Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi flew to Kobe, Japan to complete a nomination process for his seat as the first U.S. representative for Buddhism to the World Buddhist Supreme Conference. He toured a large portion of Southern Japan and discussed the state of Buddhism in the World with other leaders. This nomination was offered by the Venerable Nandisena, the Representative from Mexico. There were several other members of the Council who were supportive of this nomination including his late teacher Sayadaw U Silinanda who encouraged him over the years. Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi's position as a Representative for the World Buddhist Supreme Conference representing the United States of America is a hallmark for Buddhism in this country.
Additionally, the late Ven. K Sri Dhammananda who was a close friend and supporter, and his friend and fellow monk the Ven. Buddharakkhita the Representative for Uganda were instrumental.
Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi is the Abbott of the Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center in Annapolis, MO. He is building a Buddhist Forest Retreat Center, which will become the first "American Buddhist Forest Tradition" meditation center on U.S. soil.
As the US representative, Venerable U Vimalaramsi now joins other Nations in the task of re-examining the earliest Buddhist texts and practices, and clearly identifying how they are still relevant today and applicable in daily life.
The Buddhist faith is the sixth largest religion in the world with over 375 million followers. In the United States, the Buddhist faithful number over 6 million with over 500 temples of various traditions across the nation. Buddhism is ranked among the fastest growing religions in the world with strongest growth occurring here and in Western Europe.


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BOSTON—Jaromir Jagr's workout and practice regimen has become famous as the future Hall of Famer continues playing like one at 41, but if there is a part he could do without, it is trying to score on Tuukka Rask.
The Boston Bruins' goaltender, who leads the NHL with a .946 save percentage in the playoffs, is just as tough for his teammates to beat as he is for the opposition.
"He even plays good in practice," Jagr tells Sporting News. "I don't really like that. He's just in the zone. I never studied goaltending, so I don't know why he does it or how he does it. I'm just glad he does it."
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According to the man two wins away from the Stanley Cup, and possibly the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs, the how is simple enough. Rask's philosophy makes it sound like anyone could step into the net and turn aside the NHL's best on a regular basis.
"I think you just try to stay calm and not get too excited, and just try to feel loose," Rask says. "Wait for the shot, get the good feel for the puck, and try not to let it go in."
The 26-year-old from Finland is able to thrive with a simple strategy because he is so skilled. As Bruins backup Anton Khudobin puts it, "His glove is pretty good, his blocker is pretty good, his pads are pretty good. Everything is pretty good. That's why when you look at the stats, the stats are amazing."
The stats are indeed amazing. Rask's .927 career save percentage is five points higher than the NHL's career leader, Dominik Hasek, but Rask does not yet qualify, since he has played only 138 regular-season games. In 32 playoff games, his save percentage is .933, and this year, after tying for the league lead with five shutouts, he has three more, the latest being Monday night's 28-save performance in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals.
"He's tireless," says Blackhawks star Patrick Kane, goalless against Rask on 11 shots in three games. "He stops a lot of shots, and keeps stopping them. It's not like he stops a few and waits for his defensemen to come clear the puck or something. He's always ready for the next shot. He's a great goaltender. We've faced a few throughout the playoffs, and he's playing on top of his game right now. When those rebounds come out, he seems to have that never-quit attitude and does what it takes to stop the next shot. I know he might be a little more technical than some goalies that we've played in the past, or maybe Tim Thomas, but it seems to work for him."
Because Thomas was in net and won the Conn Smythe when the Bruins won the Cup in 2011, with Rask on the bench, the comparisons are natural. The differences are evident not only from their differences in size—Thomas was listed at 5-11, 201 pounds; Rask at 6-3, 169—but in their routines, as well.
"Timmy wouldn't even go down in practice," says Boston winger Brad Marchand. "Tuukka, Jags is right, he's very difficult to score on in practice. He's almost a confidence killer. It's great that you have a guy like that who's willing to work, rather than just preparing for the games."
From a style standpoint, there is no comparison. Thomas was ultra-aggressive around the crease, poke-checking anything within reach, scrambling around the net, and sprawling to cover ground, whereas Rask always seems to be in perfect position and rarely seems like he elevates his heart rate above a casual lub-dub.
"Sometimes he makes the—in your eyes, just regular saves—it's a big save, because he's in position to make it," Khudobin says. "That's why maybe sometimes you look at him and he makes some save where it hits him in the pads, it feels like it's just a regular save, but he's just in a good position. That's why it looks so easy, and actually it's a big save."
On those rare occasions when Rask's technique does let him down—in emergencies—he has a spry, stringbean form that allows him to perform like Gumby.
"He's definitely technical, but he's a big guy and he's very athletic," says Chicago backup goalie Ray Emery. "You see him try to rely on technique and then he lets his athleticism take over to scramble. He's more of a technical game, but there's a reason that he's playing better than a lot of guys that are super-technical. It's because of his athleticism and that he's seeing things really well."
Mostly, though, Rask stays quiet in his crease—at least, from a movement standpoint. The tireless competitor that Kane describes has some attitude on the ice.
"He's pretty loud back there when I hear him," says Boston defenseman Johnny Boychuk. "He's not too quiet. ... He's really emotional. He's calm when the game's on. He's in the zone after he's emotional. During the play, he's calm with his movements."
Afterward, the emotion can bubble up again. After a 6-5 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens on March 27, Rask skated to the bench, tried to smash his stick against the boards, and wiped out, leading to a bit of Internet celebrity prior to his real star turn.
After succeeding where Rask failed following a muffed breakaway chance in Game 3, Marchand said, "I learned from Tuuks, so..."
The fact that one of Rask's most embarrassing moments can be easily joked about is a sign of how much he is a part of the team, which, again, brings back comparisons to his predecessor.
"He's a lot more normal than a lot of guys I've played with," says Boston defenseman Andrew Ference. "He's a pretty even-keel guy. He obviously has some times he gets extremely competitive and emotional, and that makes him who he is. As far as day to day stuff, he's not a guy that has weird rituals, or a guy you can't say a word to all day. Some goalies are like that, where they have to be in a little cocoon. It's nice that he's not like that, where all of us can't even talk to him."
The Bruins are glad to have Rask in their clubhouse, and even happier to have them on their team. That goes double for the most recent arrivals on the team, like Jagr and Kaspars Daugavins, who was denied by Rask on a highlight-reel shootout attempt in March, shortly before the Bruins claimed the Latvian winger on waivers from the Ottawa Senators.
"Tuukka is a big competitor, and he's really athletic," Daugavins says. "He's a big boy—what is he, 6-3?—In the net, he goes down and he can spread his legs from one post to the other, like, in a second. As a player, it's hard to get that puck up in a game situation. You have only a split-second in a game situation, and he covers the net so well, it makes other guys think about it. He's a great goalie, and he robbed me this year, big time. I didn't like that!"
The Blackhawks, with five goals against Rask in three games, and none in the last 122:26 of hockey, are liking it even less.


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ESSEX Leopards' player-coach Robert Youngblood is facing a fitness battle as his side go into arguably their biggest weekend of the season.
Youngblood played only limited minutes in the weekend double header in Yorkshire and was clearly struggling with a hamstring injury.
But he will be hoping to be involved when the Big Cats will look to reach their third final in 13 months when they travel to Hemel Storm in the National Trophy semi-final tomorrow.
The game will be the third time that Leopards have faced newly promoted Storm this season and they have won both of the previous games.
The teams met in Hertfordshire in the Trophy group stage in October, and in one of Leopards' best performances of the season, 24 Greg Hernandez points led them to an 81-61 victory.
They also played in a Division One game in November, with Taner Adu scoring 14 and Carl Josey 13 as Youngblood's side won 79-59 at home.
However, Hemel are two places behind Leopards in eighth spot having split their first 12 games in the top flight.
The other semi-final sees Tees Valley Mohawks host Bristol Academy Flyers, with the final taking place in Leicester on Saturday February 23.
Leopards are also in action on Sunday when they host Team Northumbria at the Brentwood Centre.
They are also in first season in Division One, and are the nursery club of BBL champions Newcastle Eagles.
They have made a good start to the season and are fourth with a 9-3 record and have games in hand over all the teams above them.
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Episode 60: The Point Is What I Was Right About
Last week was our Trade Deadline special, so guess what we talk about this week? Yup, a whole bunch of trades that went down, as well as a discussion about covering the deals. Then we talk to former Dodgers general manager Dan Evans about his career and transitioning into the world of player representation, followed by the return of the producer and director of the fantastic film Cold Weather, to go with a listener contest where you can win a copy of the newly released DVD of the film. As always, we hope you enjoy.
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0:00 Let's Do This
3:08 Jason's favorite part of the show
3:48 Fan mail from flounders
38:24 Man, there sure were a lot of trades
1:04:14 What it's like to cover a trade deadline
1:10:11 Let's talk about left field prospects
1:17:12 Special Guest: Dan Evans (@danevans108), baseball agent and former GM of the Los Angeles Dodgers
1:39:16 Pop Culture Moment: Brendan McFadden (@brendanmcfadden) (producer) and Aaron Katz (director) of Cold Weather
2:08:26 Musical Guest: Transmontane
2:09:29 What Are You Drinking?
2:15:28 Cooking with The Professor: Call for recipes redux
2:17:54 The week ahead and goodbyes
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Great stuff as always.
Aug 04, 2011 07:04 AM
Also, here is a link to the audio of a general managers panel discussion at the recent SABR convention in Long Beach. Evans is one of the participants, as well as Fred Claire and Jed Hoyer. It was enlightening.
Aug 04, 2011 07:06 AM
There is a problem with Kevin's general "We" rule--I call it the "Eduardo Villacis paradox." Briefly, Eduardo Villacis was brought up by Allard Baird of the Royals for a spot start at Yankees Stadium. Not in and of itself a novel situation, except Villegas 1) was not a prospect in any way, shape or form; 2) was brought up directly from AA; 3) had to be added to the 40-man roster for the spot start; 4) did not even have a uniform with his name on it; 5) was essentially unknown to every other Royals player on the team; 6) was immediately banished back to the minors and never appeared again.
Aug 05, 2011 10:12 AM
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Well stated, passionately argued, and flat-out wrong.
Aug 05, 2011 13:54 PM
First time I've listened to one, and I'm only getting to hear about half, but, in response to trying to figure out the Taiwanese player from the Dodgers' system, would it be Chin-Feng Chen?
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Los Angeles, Oct 30 (IANS) Singer Lady Gaga, who lost her dog Alice to cancer recently, regrets not being with her pet during her last moments.
The singer was abroad promoting her new album "Artpop" when the rest of her family bid farewell to the dog who had to be put to sleep due to her condition, reports contactmusic.com.
The singer took to Twitter to express her grief.
"My puppy Alice died. We had to put her down, cancer ate away at a little angel. My daddy is so sad, we all are, lost a member of our family," she posted Wednesday.
She further added: "I love being an entertainer, but it is so painful sometimes to be away from home. 17 years she held on, so many memories. Nothing beats."


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Date: Wednesday 29 February 2012
Time: 4.30-6pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Jane Davies, David McDaid, Margaret Perkins, Jeanette Winterson
Chair: Tim Joss
This session explores the substantial role that arts can play in improving health and wellbeing. A number of studies have demonstrated the positive benefits from, for example, reading for people with dementia. Speakers within this session have been working to demonstrate the benefits of arts on health and to develop integral services within health and social care practices. This session will discuss the healing power of literature and hear what is cutting edge today.
Jane Davies is founder and director of the Reader Organisation, a national charity "dedicated to bringing about a reading revolution". Jane taught for fifteen years in the Department of Continuing Education at Liverpool, and set up The Reader magazine as a way of getting the excitement of her reading-together based courses out into the wider world. Since 1997, Jane has wanted to make a bigger place for books and reading in the heart of the nation.
David McDaid is senior research fellow in health policy and health economics at LSE Health and Social Care and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies at LSE. David's principle research activities focus on mental health policy predominantly, but not exclusively, in Europe. He has published more than 40 peer reviewed papers largely on the use of economics in policy making and on mental health policy and acted as a consultant to a variety of governments, public and voluntary agencies including the World Health Organisation, the European Commission and Amnesty International.
Margaret Perkins is research officer within the Personal Social Services Research Unit at LSE. Margaret has a Master's in Social work from LSE and has experience in hospital social work, local authority mental health and children's work and care management of older people. She also has a number of years experience in the voluntary sector with the Citizen's Advice Bureau service and the Motor Neurone Disease Association advising families on services and support for those living with MND.
Jeanette Winterson has won various awards around the world for her fiction and adaptations, including the Whitbread Prize, UK, and the Prix d'argent, Cannes Film Festival. She wrote her first novel, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, when she was 23. In 2006 Jeanette Winterson was awarded an OBE for services to literature. She writes regularly for various UK newspapers, especially The Times and The Guardian, and her journalism can be found on the site. Her memoir – Why be happy when you could be normal? – was published in October 2011 and draws on issues of mental health.
Tim Joss has been director of the Rayne Foundation since 2005. Tim co-founded and was the first chair of the British Council for School Environments, the independent champion of excellent design and architecture of schools. In 2008, Tim wrote New Flow a better future for artists, citizens and the state. It led to Tim creating the Public Engagement Foundation, which aims to open up markets for the arts in non-arts settings. Previously Tim was artistic director & chief executive of festivals in Bath where he expanded the Bath International Music Festival and founded the Bath Literature Festival. He has been chair of the British Arts Festivals Association and chair of the Community Music Commission of the International Society for Music Education. He is a visiting senior fellow in Cultural Policy & Management at City University, a trustee of the London Sinfonietta and the Richard Feilden Foundation (which focuses on Africa, education and architecture), and a member of Arts & Business Advisory Council.
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UPDATE: The problem is corrected, after two years that even Dell couldn't correct! I thank all of you guys for your help because it was your many suggestions and advice that led me to the fault. I'm eternally grateful. I could leave it at that, but I know you are all curious, plus it may help someone in the future, so I'll relate the events. I went through many diagnostics, all that you guys recommended, and some I researched on the Net, but the problem persisted. I was almost at the point of a fresh install, but I didn't want to do that because I'm a professional writer and have hundreds of research files and couldn't be sure a data backup would get them all. After all of the last week of diagnostics, I rebuilt the USB driver stack, and finally went for broke and downloaded every (16) Windows update that I had hidden, the ones that Windows Secrets advised delaying. The USB ports failed again. (No surprise!) I uninstalled them. Last evening, I considered again what Scaisson had said about Logitech. Just after Dell furnished me with another OS on a USB stick in early 2013 and I loaded it, I also bought this Logitech k/b and mouse. When you plug the dongle (Unifying) into a USB port they all connect automatically. However, Logitech advises to go to their Net site and download their SetPoint utility which allows you advanced functions with the k/b, which I did. Last night I rebuilt the USB driver stack. The USB ports were working again. Then, because I'd tried everything else, and more or less just for the hell of it, I uninstalled the Logitech Setpoint, then I downloaded those 16 Windows updates again. The USB ports still worked! I've spent today trying many things to make the USB ports fail again, but they didn't. So, it was some fault with the Logitech Setpoint utility.
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Blake_T wrote:The man dangling from a ledge is a great analogy, Chris. It's funny, because when I throw Rocs 350'+ it means I should be able to throw Nukes 460'+ but when I hit a field I'll hit 85% or better of my roc throws but I'm lucky if I can get a single hit in 10 tries on a Nuke.
As for talk about Eagles, remember there's both Eagle X's and Eagle L's floating around. EL's are like a faster Polaris LS or slower Beast and fly pretty much the same in both DX and Champ plastic. EX's are a different animal completely. In DX they are throwable with 325' of power. In Star they need more like 360'+ of power. In Champ they need more like 380'+ of power on em to be able to work em at all. In a perfect world, people would be able to throw 390'+ consistently before grabbing an EX in premium plastic.
I have the very same problem with anything wider rimmed than a PD really, not getting the hit. When my form is in shape(ie. I've been playing actively) I have no trouble reaching 430' with a PD on a straight line, but RARELY go over 460' with anything wide rimmed be it blizzard or near max weight. Is it just a grip power problem? Can it be fixed by altering grip, or possibly just doing strengthening exercises?
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For an environmentally friendly meeting that will make others green with envy, consider gathering where the world's most sustainable companies convene to inspire and innovate.
Recognized as a top destination for green meetings in San Diego, Paradise Point has been chosen as the host site for the 2013 Sustainable Brands Conference attended by more than 900 visionaries from businesses including Target, Unilever, Coca-Cola, and BMW that are interested in profitable sustainability.
Selected for its 44-acre island setting on Mission Bay and on-going green meeting initiatives, Paradise Point's expansive waterfront conference center will be home to workshops and lectures devised to drive innovation in sustainable design and business, with the green San Diego hotel's eco-friendly practices serving as examples of how companies can be run successfully without harming the environment.
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Kate from The Garden Bell! Congrats Kate! I've commented on your blog and as soon as I get your address, I'll pop that fun little quilt in the mail to you.
And I apologize for being a day late getting the winner posted... I randomly spent all of yesterday in Cincinnati hanging out with my little sister. It was well worth the 4 hours in the car. She packed a picnic for us, we had an impromptu tour of the city, (a quick afternoon nap) then a spot of shopping at the Gap Clearance center for maternity clothes.... and Fondue Dinner at her friend Rachel's house. All in all, a very enjoyable Saturday.
I've also been working on a boatload of 4.5" Half Square Triangle blocks... more on those tomorrow. Rita over at Red Pepper Quilts has been a big inspiration of mine, so I've finally put a charm pack to good use. Seriously, tomorrow I'll post some pics. Off to bed!
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A new touring show beginning in April (working title: Cirque 2009) is to be directed by renowned Brazilian choreographer/dancer Deborah Colker.


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When the Fall 2011 runway shows hit NY, London and Paris last spring, it was clear that designers had color on the brain. But, instead of brash patterns or florals, they were thinking dense blocks of saturated color paired for dramatic effect. Gucci, specifically, didn't shy away from multiple colors in one outfit: a green pant, purple top and orange jacket suddenly seemed fresh and sophisticated when married.
Now that Fall is finally upon us, it's time to revisit colorblocking for the real world. Unlike Gucci, most designers paired these bright shades with wearable neutrals to great effect. Balenciaga, above, used one bright (purple) against large swaths of black and white.
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