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Fight Colorectal Cancer's 8th Annual Call-on Congress
Fight Colorectal Cancer & Colon Cancer Coalition
Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 1:00 PM - Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 10:00 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Fight Colorectal Cancer
invites you to join us for
Call-on Congress 2014
Sunday, March 16 to Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Welcome Session
Sunday, March 16th, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Hilton Old Town
1767 King Street, Alexandria, VA
Reception and Dinner
Sunday, March 16th, 6:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Westin Alexandria
400 Courthouse Road, Alexandria, VA
Advocacy Training & Small Group Discussions
Monday, March 17th
American Society of Clinical Oncology
2318 Mill Road, 8th Floor, Alexandria, VA
(**NEW: Free time to explore that evening. Dinner is on your own this year.)
Advocates Storm the Hill
Tuesday, March 18th
Capitol Hill
8th Annual Advocate Celebration Dinner
United Behind a Cure
Tuesday, March 18th
The Carlyle Club
411 John Carlyle St. Alexandria, VA
Your voice is needed!
We are so excited to host our 8th annual Call-on Congress. Join us as we push to make colorectal cancer a NATIONAL priority.
Screening rates are going up, and people diagnosed with late stage disease are living longer. But the threat of funding cuts looms larger than ever before. Your members of Congress must know that you expect them to support colorectal cancer research and prevention funding.
Before you meet face-to-face with your members of Congress and their staff, you will receive extensive training, support and encouragement from Fight Colorectal Cancer staff, leading experts, and fellow advocates. When you attend this event, one thing we know, is you will leave educated, empowered, and supported by fellow advocates and survivors.
This is your opportunity to join us as we remind our elected officials that we're paying attention to what is happening in Washington. We must make sure that the voice of colorectal cancer patients is heard LOUD and CLEAR. Be a part of 3 remarkable days in March!
For more information about what we do, visit: http://FightColorectalCancer.org
When & Where
Westin Alexandria
400 Courthouse Square
Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 1:00 PM - Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 10:00 PM (EDT)
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Fight Colorectal Cancer & Colon Cancer Coalition
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States, and Fight Colorectal Cancer demands a cure.
Fight Colorectal Cancer is the leading colorectal cancer advocacy organization in Washington, DC, empowering survivors to raise their voices, training advocates around the country, and educating lawmakers and pushing them for better policies.
We offer support for patients, family members, and caregivers, and we serve as a resource for colorectal cancer advocates, policymakers, medical professionals, and healthcare providers. Additionally, we do everything we can to increase and improve research—at all stages of development and for all stages of cancer.


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Rolling Fiscal Cliffs Ahead
They say that when something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The financial markets seem to think that the U.S. government has moved beyond the stress and woe of December's confrontation over the fiscal cliff.
The S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials have moved past the levels of 1500 and 14,000, respectively. They remain just short of the all-time highs of 1565 and 14,164 that they achieved on Oct. 9, 2007, but investor psychology is positive. Both indices seem poised to move into record territory. It's a bullish start for the year that should point to a strong year overall. But does it?
The reality is that there is plenty of stress and woe from Washington yet to come. Far from resolving its problems, the nation's capital is simply moving on from a one-time risk of steep automatic tax increases and spending cuts to a new set of risks that could be just as disruptive. These involve two different ways of forcing the government to cease operations. One is by letting the government run out of borrowing authority, which could also entail a default in U.S. bonds when the statutory debt ceiling is reached. The other is by letting the government run out of spending authority, which is what happens when the continuing resolution that currently provides funding for government agencies expires on March 27. The scary thing about these fiscal crises is that they can repeat. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) calls them "rolling fiscal cliffs."
Points of Failure
There are some speed bumps ahead of Congress in the coming months. The first is the sequester called for in the Budget Control Act that was postponed for 60 days in the fiscal cliff deal. If Congress wished to avoid a round of spending cuts designed to be as painful and indiscriminate as possible, it might use the occasion to negotiate a comprehensive, long-term debt and deficit reduction deal, which the Simpson-Bowles Commissions recommended in December 2010. But don't hold your breath. We are inclined to think that Congress won't jump at the opportunity. Instead, the sequester is more likely than not to happen.
Second is the continuing resolution (CR), which is set to expire on March 27. Given that funding for the entire government is involved, the CR provides a more compelling opportunity to reach a debt reduction deal. But we don't think that Congress is going to be ready by that date either. Republicans feel that they have already made their concessions on taxes in the fiscal cliff deal, which included an increase in tax revenues and in the top tax bracket. Democrats have backed away from any entitlement changes that would curb spending over time. Yet any meaningful debt reduction deal will need to include new revenues, tax reform, and restructuring of entitlements.
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Breast Cancer Symposium
September 11, 2012
Using a specialized 21-gene test of a breast tumor's genes, researchers found that the result, called a Recurrence Score (RS), predicted the prognosis (chance of recovery) for patients with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer that has spread to the axillary (underarm) lymph nodes. Previous studies have shown that these 21 genes help predict the risk of recurrence (cancer that comes back after treatment) and the risk of death from cancer for women with breast cancer that has not spread to the axillary lymph nodes.
In this study, researchers examined the tumors removed during surgery for 1,065 women with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes who had received chemotherapy plus hormonal therapy after surgery as part of a previous study. Then, the researchers calculated a RS based on the 21 specific genes in each tumor. A low RS is associated with a better prognosis and a high RS is associated with a poorer prognosis. This RS was then compared with how long each patient lived after diagnosis.
Researchers found that 76% of the patients who lived at least 10 years with no signs of the disease had a low RS, compared with 48% of those with a high RS. They also showed that 81% of the patients who did not have the disease return in a distant location within 10 years had a low RS, compared with 56% for those with a high RS. In addition, 90% of patients who lived at least 10 years after diagnosis had a low RS, compared with 63% for those with a high RS.
What this means for patients
"The number of lymph nodes with cancer helps determine the RS and that strongly predicts prognosis for patients with breast cancer. The risk of the disease recurring or worsening increases when more lymph nodes contain cancer," said Terry Mamounas, MD, Medical Director of the Cancer Center at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio. The RS test may be used as part of your diagnosis to predict the risk that the disease will come back, as well as to help guide treatment options. Talk with your doctor for more information about the test.
Questions to ask your doctor
- What type of breast cancer do I have? What does this mean?
- Has the cancer spread to my underarm lymph nodes?
- What are my treatment options?
- Will a recurrence score be calculated for my cancer?
- What is the risk that the cancer will come back or worsen?
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Caramel Corn
I absolutely love popcorn. It's such a great little snack. Caramel corn is even better. And I love every excuse I can come up with to use my candy thermometer (now that I have one).
I made this caramel corn for a football party over at a friend's house. I popped the popcorn at home and then made it into caramel corn once we got there. It smelled amazing while it was baking and I'm not the only one who burnt my tongue because I was too impatient to wait for it to cool down after it came out of the oven.
I went ahead and threw in the optional peanuts. I liked the additional saltiness and crunch that they provided. When I make this again, I'll probably even throw a bit more in.
This caramel corn would also make a great homemade gift since it keeps very well. How excited would you be if you got some homemade caramel corn for the holidays?
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15 cups popped corn (9 tablespoons kernels, popped)
2 Tbsp molasses
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup salted butter
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tsp baking soda
Preheat your oven to 200°F and line a half-sheet pan (18" x 13" pan) with parchment paper. Pour the popped corn into a large bowl, at least 6 quarts, and set aside.
In a large saucepan over medium-high heat bring the molasses, brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup to a boil. Boil, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat and add the baking soda. Stir well as the mixture turns foamy.
Immediately (and carefully) pour the hot syrup over the popped corn and stir until the corn is well coated.
Spread the hot caramel corn into the parchment-lined pan. Bake at 200°F for one hour. Stir the corn every 15 minutes during this time.
Remove from the oven. This caramel corn is a warm, sticky, sweet and crunchy treat straight from the oven. It can also be cooled and stored airtight for several days. This recipe doubles and triples very well.
Recipe from King Arthur Flour
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This looks so much easier than I thought it would be. I love using my candy thermometer too. I really want a chocolate thermometer now so I can work on my tempering too. Ooh… chocolate caramel corn. 🙂
Megan – I have made "caramel" corn using Hershey kisses before. You should check it out.
I LOVE caramel corn… or cracker jack 😉 I made it last spring for baseball season. It really is super easy to make and I just can't get enough of it!
I love anything that mixes salt and sugar… this looks great!
I love caramel corn and this recipe looks delicious! I like to add roasted, salted almonds and cashews to mine…YUM!
This caramel corn looks ridiculously addictive!
This sounds awesome. I never like store bought popcorn, but freshly made homemade kind I'm sure I'll be all about. Yum 🙂
I would have burnt my tongue too – caramel corn is also one of my favorites!


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An autopsy shows Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend nine times before he killed himself.
A report from the Kansas City Star also states Belcher was legally drunk at the time, registering a blood-alcohol level of .17.
The Jackson County Medical Examiner released the results of autopsies performed on Belcher and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, following their deaths Dec. 1.
Police say Belcher killed Perkins at the couple's Kansas City home, then drove to the team's practice site and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager.
The autopsy report says Perkins was shot in the neck, chest, abdomen, hip, back, leg and hand. Belcher and Perkins had an infant daughter, and their families are fighting for custody of her.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Many coaches say the league title hunt does not begin to heat up until early January, but a misstep in these first few conference games can burn you later.
Here are five things to watch this weekend:The Redskins are the defending SAC champions, while the Panthers want that honor for themselves this season.
Both teams will be looking to jump-start their league title hopes in their league opener Friday night at North Side.
Put simply, the Redskins have been far from impressive so far this season despite a 2-0 mark. There seems to be no hunger or urgency with the play on the court, and coach Shabaz Khaliq expressed his displeasure candidly in an interview with The News-Sentinel after Friday's win over DeKalb.
Meanwhile, Snider has split a pair of games against North Central Conference opponents to open the year, a loss at the buzzer to Muncie Central and a rout of Anderson last Saturday.
The Panthers are extremely long and rangy, even in the backcourt with 6-foot-3 guard Stephen Halstead. The frontcourt with players such as 6-6 Devlyn Williams, 6-7 Logan Godfrey and 6-10 Malik Williams makes Snider up front one of the biggest in the area.
If North Side does not sleepwalk through another game, this will be a tight contest at By Hey Arena. If North Side does, look for Snider to roll.The Saints had just one SAC victory a year ago, but expect that total to soar this season.
After a late start due to football season, coach Matt Kostoff and his team will begin their season Friday in "The Cage" at Concordia Lutheran.
The matchup with the Cadets, coupled with the home opener against Homestead on Saturday, will give a good indication of where the Saints are.
Not much should be taken out of these two games regarding the record, as Kostoff is working on limited time to integrate his half-dozen football players with their teammates. The big word for the Saints this weekend is potential.
With many key components back from a year ago, Bishop Dwenger's potential should be high, and we can begin to get a look at it this weekend.No one will mistake the Generals' early-season schedule as a meat grinder, but coach Aaron Rehrer's team still deserves props for its 3-0 start that has included an average victory margin of more than 30 points per game.
Friday's game at Northrop will be a challenge in the sense that the Bruins (2-3) have played very solid defense thus far. Coach Barak Coolman's young squad has seen plenty of game action early in the year, exposing some weaknesses but showing off potential strengths.
One of those strengths has been on the defensive end, with Northrop so far surrendering almost 11 fewer points per game (48.4) than it did last season (59.2).
Wayne is scoring close to 88 points a game, so something has to give at Northrop.These two girls teams have combined to win the last three SAC championships. The victor from this Archers-Knights matchup gets the early jump on the other in the league title race.
South Side is just 3-2, but those defeats came to undefeated and sixth-ranked Penn and 5-2 South Bend Washington in overtime.
Bishop Luers (5-2) has also taken its lumps against a pair of undefeated squads – Heritage Christian and South Bend St. Joseph.
While the Archers are still forming an identity with some new players, the Knights are loaded with experience. However, expect a close game throughout.While the majority of the attention in the NHC this season has gone to Homestead in terms of girls basketball, two other teams could also make some waves this year.
Those two teams collide Friday as Class 3A No. 4 Norwell (4-1) visits No. 15 Columbia City (6-1).
The Eagles have continued their momentum they gained from winning six of their final eight games last year by jumping off to their best start to a season since 2005-06. A victory over the Knights would be their first since 2005 and immediately legitimize the team as one of the best in the area.
This will be Norwell's first game since it fell hard to Homestead early last week, leading to the belief that the Knights will be ready to erase the bad taste of that game by beating a solid league foe on the road.


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Maximize pH Response, Accuracy and Reliability
Best Practices to Keep Electrodes Running at Their Best
The pH electrode has improved a great deal since the development of the pH concept over 100 years ago and the first extensive use of industrial pH electrodes over 50 years ago. While glass measurement electrodes are still used to provide the highest accuracy and cover the widest range, significant improvements have been made in the glass formulation, reference design, electrode structure, transmitter capability and installation and maintenance methodology. Measurement and reference electrode problems have been largely addressed, improving performance and life expectancy. Diagnostics and practices have been developed to help deal with tough applications. Here we look at some best practices to keep the electrode response fast, efficiency high, and offset and drift low.
Great Expectations and Practical Limitations
The pH electrode offers by far the greatest sensitivity and rangeability of any industrial measurement. A pH measurement with a 0-14 pH scale can cover 14 orders of magnitude change in hydrogen ion activity (hydrogen ion concentration for dilute solutions), and can respond at the popular 7 pH setpoint to changes in hydrogen ion concentration in the eighth digit after the decimal point. But, to achieve their full potential, challenges need to be addressed. Except for unusually harsh streams in terms of high temperatures, low water content or chemical attack of glass, suppliers say most of the reported problems are with the reference electrode.
Measurement Electrode
The measurement electrode depends upon the outer glass surface layer exposed to the process being clean, hydrated, with the same activity as the inside glass surface in contact with the internal 7 pH buffer solution. The activity of the glass surface depends upon the concentration of key alkali ions and the number of active sites for the hydrogen ion exchange with water molecules in the glass surface. The millivolt potential develops from an exchange that can be visualized as a jump of the hydrogen ion between a hydronium ion in the aqueous solution and the hydrated glass surface. Abrasion, aging and dehydration of the glass surface can cause a loss of active sites that results, first, in a slowing of the pH response and, finally, as a decrease in the efficiency (span) of the pH measurement electrode. The glass resistance can become too high, resulting in noise. A slight imperceptible coating can prevent the jump of the hydrogen ion, resulting in a dramatic slowing of the glass response. Just a one-millimeter coating can cause the 86% response time of the glass electrode to increase from seconds to minutes. A loss of active sites can cause the response time to increase to hours.
Reference Electrode
The reference electrode must provide electrical continuity from the internal electrode (e.g., silver-silver chloride) through the reference electrolyte fill (e.g., silver chloride), reference junction and process fluid to the measurement electrode. To accomplish this continuity, there is either a very tiny open junction (aperture) or a porous liquid junction to allow ions in the reference internal electrolyte fill to migrate into contact with the process fluid. Unfortunately, process ions can migrate through the liquid junction pores or opening, clogging the junction and contaminating (poisoning) the internals. Additional liquid junctions are added internally to provide additional barriers to prolong the time until the contamination by process ions reaches the inner sanctum of the silver-silver chloride electrode. Also, the internal fill is changed from a liquid to a gel to slow down migration of process ions.
A porous reference such as Teflon provides the ultimate barrier for slowing down poisoning. The electrolyte and internal electrode are changed when the process fluid excessively interacts with the internal electrode or fill. For example, the fill and internal electrode are changed when the process has cyanide because cyanide ions cause precipitation of the silver and attack the internal electrode. The precipitate plugs the liquid junction. A plugging or a coating of the junction slows down ion migration and increases the potential at the junction, causing an increasing offset (drift) in the measurement. Concentrations of reference electrolyte ions build at the reference junction until an equilibrium potential is reached, opposing further migration. Similarly, process ions accumulate at the liquid junction until an equilibrium potential is reached. The potential developed is called a liquid junction potential. For process streams with a large concentration of ions (high ionic strength) the liquid junction potential can result in an offset as large as 50 millivolts. The equilibration rate increases and size of the junction potential decreases as the area and porosity of the liquid junction decreases. Thus, there is a tradeoff between plugging rate and equilibrium rate. Solid reference electrodes greatly reduce plugging and essentially eliminate positioning. However, reference equilibration might take days in a process with high ionic strength. Buffer calibration may not be able improve the accuracy beyond 0.1 pH because repeatable readings may only be repeatable to 0.1 as electrodes are moved from one buffer to another.
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Image: Crested Katydid
Female Crested Katydid, Alectoria superba, Collected at Ballera, Queensland.
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This individual was found and delivered by Santos staff from the Ballera plant in South West Qld Desert, on the 17th of January 2011. The staff there nicknamed it 'Warnie' as it was "green and gold".
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Effects Rapid Atrial Pacing Has on the Electrocardiogram (ECG) in Patients With Dual Chamber Pacemakers
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|Prolonged QT Interval
|Study Type:
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Modulation of QT Interval by Rapid Atrial Pacing in Patients With Dual Chamber Pacemakers
- Determine the effect of abrupt changes in atrial rate on QT intervals [ Time Frame: 7 days ]
|Study Start Date:
|April 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
This study requires a total of two study days as well as two follow up visits. During study day one, baseline blood will be drawn, a baseline electrocardiogram will be performed, and continuous QT Interval monitoring will be performed. The pacemaker rate will be increased to 90bpm at different time intervals and additional blood will be drawn to measure the effects of these rates changes.
On study day two, baseline blood will be drawn, a urine specimen will be obtained, an electrocardiogram will be performed, and continuous QT Interval monitoring will be performed. Following the acquisition of this information, the pacemaker rate will be decreased to 80bpm. We will obtain blood specimens, a urine specimen and an electrocardiogram at 30 minutes post rate change and again at 60 minutes post rate change.
Two days following the rate decrease to 80bpm, the patient will return to clinic to have their rate decreased to 70bpm. In two more days, the patient will return for a final rate change to 60bpm.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must be at least 21 years old
- Must have a dual chamber pacemaker implanted more than three months ago
- Must be followed by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Arrhythmia Device Clinic
- The indication for the pacemaker must not be related to coronary artery disease (CAD) or congestive heart failure (CHF)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cannot be pacemaker dependent
- History of ventricular arrhythmias and/or implantable defibrillators (ICDs)
- History of paroxysmal, persistent, or permanent atrial fibrillation (AF)
- Congenital long QT syndrome
- History of coronary artery disease
- History of, or currently receiving, treatment for congestive heart failure
- Unable to tolerate dual-chamber pacing (DDD) at 90 bpm due to palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, dizziness, or presyncope
- Pregnant women
- Any patient without specific documentation of an echocardiogram negative for CHF (systolic or diastolic dysfunction)within five years prior to study enrollment
- Any patient without specific documentation of an objective diagnostic test to rule out CAD within five years prior to study enrollment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00883610
|United States, Tennessee
|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-8802
|Principal Investigator:
|Dawood Darbar, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C.
|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Dawood Darbar, Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00883610 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 16, 2009
|Last Updated:
|December 9, 2014
Keywords provided by Dawood Darbar, Vanderbilt University:
QT Interval
Dual Chamber Pacemaker
Atrial Fibrillation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Long QT Syndrome
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Defects, Congenital
Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
Pathologic Processes
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Julian Inclan, a member of the Oriental Financial Group (OFG) board of directors, bought 5,000 shares of the company's stock in recent weeks at an average price of $12.93 per share, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Inclan now owns close to 100,000 shares, with this latest purchase having increased his holdings by a moderate percentage. Our database of insider-trading filings shows that Inclan bought preferred stock in early November of this year.
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Martin Luther King Holiday Schedule
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Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Schedule for Fairfax County
Listed below are schedules for Fairfax County government offices and services for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 16.
County Government – Closed
Courts – Closed*
Public Schools and School Offices – Closed
Libraries – Closed
Fairfax Connector – Regular schedule
FASTRAN – Not in service
Park Authority RECenters – Regular schedule**
Community, Teen and Senior Centers – Closed***
County Trash Collection – Regular schedule****
Recycling and Disposal Facilities at I-66 and I-95 – Open
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Did anyone else catch this on Twitter, directly from David Harrison? That's pretty shocking, if true.
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Did anyone else catch this on Twitter, directly from David Harrison? That's pretty shocking, if true.
I saw that and laughed. It wouldn't have surprised me a bit to be true, seeing as Jim was a complete assclown and all.
No wonder he wouldn't talk to the media today....
On a side note, I find David Harrison's Twitter to be oddly informative.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
You can't tell much from a twitter feed, but he really does seem like he's done a lot of growing up, good for him.
Anyway, far as the thread topic, probably. No reason for Harrison to lie, hell if he's trying to get back into the NBA there's plenty of reasons to never say it. Just the 183738957th piece of evidence that JOB's a turd.
Not so shocking really - at least not in the sense of it being surprising.
Sports are still rife with expressions of homophobia - it comes as part and parcel of the machismo.
Not disagreeing that JOB is a turd though.
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"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
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I'm just wondering in what situations he called him a homo.
Probably every time he appeared in the game film. I'd assume it would happen similar to this:
"Watch Mike here guys, because everything he is doing is correct. See how he barely uses any energy while playing defense? That's exactly what we all need to do, because if we do that we can then quickly run down the court and jack up a contested three pointer. Now on this next play, watch David be a homo. Don't do anything that he is doing, because we don't need any more homos. We need more Mike Dunleavys. Just remember, Mike = Basketball God, David = Homo."
why? it would make him less of a dbag if it was when he was boxing out or something?
Crazy guy tweets about Ahole guy, hard to say what true.
So maybe Jim called David a name because he didn't like how he did something.
Whats the big deal in that?
After all isn't that why some of you are calling Jim names . . . . . . because you didn't like how he coached?
I suspect no one on here knows Jim Obrien personally nor D Harrison. I think the name calling should be dropped period.
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Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
I see your point, and it is a good one. You will never catch me calling any player or coach on any teams names (or any human being, period).
However, the specific issue is the word used. Even those whose throw stones in the glass house that is name calling are allowed to take issue with the use of an anti-gay slur.
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I don't think the gay slur is the issue at all with most posters. I think the issue is peoples dislike of Job.
If it was actually such a problem to him, you would think this would have come up about 5 years ago.
Nope. We hate him because of how he interacted with what appeared to be pretty decent guys in a completely d***head manner. He's being judged by his "F that guy's effort, he's not really that good" comments, not by his massive incompetence as a coach.
Don't believe me? Look at the comments about Vogel with the slow start. NO ONE CALLS VOGEL A D-BAG, even with the poor play. Seems to me most people that are worried about Vogel's skill level still like him and want him to succeed.
Calling a jerk a jerk is like calling a fireman a fireman. I strongly suspect Harrison is not in fact gay and that JOB was not saying "David, because you date men you are a homosexual". It's pretty much not the same thing in any shape at all.
Yep. And for that matter we should also stop saying that Roy's a good kid, that Andrew Luck seems nice, that Vogel is a very positive person, etc. We definitely need to stop handing out character awards to people who aren't direct family or very close friends. Who really knows if Mark Jackson was a good guy? Just from some interviews? We just can't really know.
So frustrating. JOB has had many opportunities to shape his PUBLIC PERSONA. I'm not out there feeding him quotes to give to the public, nor am I telling players what to say. Yes, we COULD BE WRONG, but that's true in every POSITIVE image too. At some point you must judge on the limited evidence you have, and frankly I've yet to see much of anything in the way of "JOB was sure a good guy to me."
Freaking Jack and Rick fought like dogs during games, and yet Jack talks up Rick with tons of positives. Ron even was positive about Rick in the long run. Where is the McRoberts quote of "really JOB was right to insult my game and keep me on the bench, I kinda sucked and deserved to be put in my place"? JOB trashed the idea of Roy's improvement; Carlisle praised Artest's defense to the point that other coaches got ticked off by Rick's statistical campaign to win Ron DPOY....ie, just a tad bit supportive of a player that gave him every reason to not be.
Who was more of a jerk to the players? Jim O'Brien or Larry brown? I don't know, but I've heard worse about Brown. But brown gets a pass because he's a better coach.
overall I think this is a non-issue. But if you want to know all the names NBA coaches call players, it would be. Very long list. And a lot saltier than what is being discussed here
It had to be a big misunderstanding, right?
Perhaps the esteemed and highly intelligent coach O'Brien was paying Mr. Harrison a compliment, referring to his tremendous strength being similar to those who came before us on the evolutionary tree.
Maybe after hearing the words "David, you went after that rebound with the strength and drive of Homo erectus, great job!", the exceptionally attentive and obviously clearminded Mr. Harrison simply failed to make the connection, and mistakenly assumed that both Homo and erectus were somehow unflattering references to his sexual preferences. Then when referencing it on Twitter, for the sake of brevity due to the shortage of available characters, David chose to omit "erectus" because he thought it simply was redundant and therefore irrelevant.
Is this thread a joke?
I am sorry, but everyone in here is being a homosapien...
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I 100% disagree. I think we're at a point now where anti-gay and sexist slurs have joined racial slurs as off limits.
O'Brien crossed the line imo, and quite frankly as both a leader and as a parent of a special needs child, he should be even more tolerant and understanding of others situations/lifestyles than the average person.
Harrison sounds bitter towards his last employer. We all know people like this. I'm sure he'd be less bitter if he had been capable of landing an NBA job since 2008. Maybe he should have spent more time focusing on improving his rebounding and less time stewing. Seems that years later he still hasn't grown up. Say what you want about O'Brien, but I haven't heard a peep from him since his firing in 2011.
And please tell me... How do you know that O'Brien isn't more "understanding" of other situations compared to the average person? I do know that the man has spent a considerable amount of time helping and advocating on behalf of the homeless. He hasn't tossed the downtrodden aside or looked down upon them. I do know that he is devoted to his daughter who yes, has faced and overcome the type of challenges that most of us have never had to face. I do know that the man is not perfect, but I have always respected his work ethic and dedication to his craft.
I'm sure we could play this game with any player and any coach. As has been posted on this board previously, In 2007 Paul Pierce had this to say about the 6 seasons he spent with O'Brien in Boston.... ""He's a straight shooter type of guy," said Celtics forward Paul Pierce. "He demands a lot of his players. I'm surprised he has been out of coaching that long. I think we had a good relationship. We had an open relationship. He was real demanding of his players. I looked at him as one of those old-school coaches. He's a throwback coach. He preaches a lot of defense. He always preached about that."
And yet Paul Pierce was critical of Coach George Karl in 2002. So what? Sometimes players like coaches and sometimes they don't and they are apt to try and smear them. When you win, as Pierce did with O'Brien in Boston when they advance to the conference finals, you tend to remember favorably the demanding mentors. But when we are ultimately unsuccessful, we are less likely to remember fondly the most demanding of mentors or teachers.
If five years from now a bitter Lance Stephenson were to throw a few shots at Frank Vogel, I'm sure that more of us would be embracing the presumption of innocence. Because the majority of us like Frank Vogel as a person. Remove your anti-O'Brien bias and don't let it color your entire perception of what is fair and what is right. We are better than that.


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We spent last week in the Cable, WI area for our annual family vacation. I didn't get out much as I bruised my foot the second day we were there and had to take it easy, but we did do a little eating.
I'd done some poking around online before we left and found a couple of possibilities for our "on the way there" lunch: the Frontier and the Pal Cafe, both in Park Falls.
I'd been leaning toward Pal Cafe anyway and when the clerk at the Park Falls Citgo recommended it that pretty much sealed the deal. It's been around for a long time (since the 1930s, I think) but was closed for a few years until new owners reopened around last Thanksgiving. It has a U-shaped counter and maybe 7 or 8 booths and tables, so it's not a very big place. As you can see, our server's not exactly camera-shy.
After being on the road for a few hours we were pretty hungry so we decided to start with an order of fried portobello mushroom strips.
These were hands-down some of the best fried mushrooms I've ever had. They weren't drowned in batter or smothered in breading; the thin batter coating was really more of a glaze that added a nice crunch without hiding the mushroom flavor. I could've made a meal out of these...
...but I decided to use my standard benchmark: a mushroom & Swiss burger. Once again portobellos were the choice and the stronger flavor really pairs well with the beef and cheese, and while it was done maybe just a little bit more that I hoped for it was still juicy and flavorful. Pal Cafe offers burgers in 1/4 and 1/2 pound sizes; I chose the smaller.
Mrs. Chicken was very happy with her tuna salad sandwich, especially the side order of potato salad. The fries were the frozen variety but they were hot out of the fryer.
Erin opted for a plate of nachos, which usually isn't anything special but in the case the tortilla chips were really, really good. In fact, they were almost like crispy triangles of pita bread and far better than the typical flat corn chips most places use. The accompanying pico de gallo was bright and fresh and since this is Wisconsin you already know the sour cream and cheese were good.
We all liked Pal Cafe and wouldn't hesitate to return or suggest it to someone else, and I hope the new owners are successful.
After getting settled in Cable we cooked our own meals for a couple of days but I had picked out another place to try, so on Wednesday we headed north to Drummond and then west toward Barnes on county highway N to Doorn's Inn. This is another place with a long history as it first opened in 1938 and even though I'd never been here before the PBR sign made me feel right at home.
The owner (Joe) is in the process of doing some remodeling but insists on paying as he goes instead of borrowing, so this year the exterior features the stylish "Tyvek Look".
Doorn's soups are homemade so I started with a bowl of the beef and rice. It was almost thick enough to be called a stew and contained plenty of beef, rice, carrots, and celery in a tasty broth, and would be perfect on a fall or winter day.
Erin chose creamy chicken and wild rice soup and pronounced it very good. I pressed her for her honest opinion and she finally proclaimed that it tasted like "a rainbow in her mouth" followed by "Are you happy now?" This is the house soup and is always on the menu.
We also decided to try out the cheese curds, and while I don't think these were a homemade item they were still pretty good since they were burn-the-roof-of-your-mouth hot.
Doorn's signature item is a 2-ounce beef patty called the "Bitty Burger" so my wife and I both chose baskets (her burgers with cheese), which come with 3 burgers and "Brew City" battered fries (a food service item). Joe was honest about not everything being homemade but apparently the fries are a big seller, and as far as frozen fries go they're pretty good.
On the surface these appear to be pretty ordinary burgers but I was surprised at the flavor, which according to Joe is from the fat content. I suspect they were cooked on a flattop but they were slightly more pale than I would expect, so maybe some steaming's involved? I don't know, but I'd order them again.
Erin chose the "Bitty Chicken" basket, which comes with 2 sandwiches. I didn't really ask about them but she said they were good, so if someone doesn't want a burger they'd be a good alternative.
The Bitty Burger was introduced around 1980 but has only been tallied since 1995, so who knows what the actual number is.
As an aside, the bell to the left of the sign is from the original Gilley's nightclub in Houston, where "Urban Cowboy" was filmed. Joe didn't know how it made its way to northern Wisconsin but apparently it's been with Doorn's through many years and several owners (although Joe said that if he ever sells there's a good chance he's taking it with him).
If you like places like Doorn's Inn then Doorn's Inn is a place you will like. Good food at reasonable prices, and Joe has a very outgoing, energetic personality. It's obvious that he takes pride in what he does.
Now for a slight deviation to a place that's not quite Roadfood:
Telemark Resort
outside Cable, WI. I'm sure there are some Midwesterners who remember it from its glory years in the 1960s-1980s but in recent years it's fallen on hard times and was shuttered and up for sale last winter, but a buyer came forward and now the resort's reopened and undergoing renovations. And serious renovations they will need to be, as parts of it are in pretty rough shape and require significant attention. We were on our way back to Cable from Hayward one morning and after getting TTM'd at 2 different locations we decided to just head east on county highway M until we hit someplace that was open, and after hearing that Telemark had recently reopened we stopped and discovered that we could get a bite to eat in the bar.
The massive stone fireplace is still in the main entryway and the unmistakeable smell of fresh varnish greeted us as we walked in, so there's work being done. A good sign!
After seating ourselves at a table in the bar (the main dining room was being worked on) we received menus and placed our orders. Once again Erin started with chicken and wild rice soup, which she said wasn't as thick or as sweet as the soup at Doorn's Inn but still good in its own way.
We'd had fried fish the night before and since it was Friday we were going to be having it again for dinner, so I asked for my walleye sandwich to be broiled. It came on a ciabatta bun and I liked it, but for all matters walleye I defer to Kathy's opinion. Fortunately she agreed so I can now officially say that yes, this was a good sandwich. My first impression was that the bread was going to be dense/chewy, but it turned out to be lighter than expected and this was a big plus.
Mrs. C chose the "Birkie club", which is a club sandwich on toasted marble rye. Is bacon a standard club ingredient? I don't know, but it was used in this one and was a nice addition to the typical ham and turkey. I don't think of a club sandwich as anything special but this one was nicely executed with good ingredients, including fresh lettuce and tomatoes.
Erin was happy with her buffalo chicken wrap, which made us 4-for-4 with our menu items. Granted, it's more trendy than traditional but it contained plenty of chicken and enough heat to make her reach for the blue cheese dressing.
Plus we learned from the mural behind us that
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once worked as a logger in the Hayward area!
I hope Telemark's new owners are able to get things turned around and restore it to what it once was. It just screams "1970s!" to me and I wouldn't be at all surprised if construction turns up somebody's ancient "stash" and some long-lost Polaroids of a key party...
Before we knew it our week was up and it was time to head home. We knew we were going to be retracing our steps and even though The Bruin in Glidden and The Shanty in Butternut look like they might have potential we decided to revisit Pal Cafe in Park Falls, although this time for breakfast.
Erin chose the veggie skillet, which is eggs scrambled with fresh vegetables and served over a bed of potatoes (she chose hash browns) and topped with melted cheese. She shared it with my wife and they both liked it, but when I see that many vegetables in one place I run the opposite direction.
Kathy's choice was blueberry french toast. Like the skillet it wound up being split between her and Erin but this was their clear favorite due to both the toast and the topping.
The other "skillet" choice contains 5 meats and that's what I picked, also with hash browns. However, I totally dropped the ball on this one. I overheard the owner mentioning that he'd just finished a batch of chili so I asked the server to ladle some over the top of my breakfast
but I didn't think to sample the chili first
, which would've been the smart thing to do as the chili was bit on the tomatoey side and I detected what I think was a pretty strong cumin taste, and it just didn't pair that well with the eggs and potatoes. So not only did I not give the skillet a fair shake but the chili, which for all I know is very good on its own and I wouldn't be surprised if it is, got shortchanged as well. As
Red Forman
might say, "Nice job...dumbass!"
And that's the end of another vacation. Only 50 weeks to go until next year...
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text: No. 1 Winfield girls on track for repeat By Ryan Pritt October 29, 2013 Story Share POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. - After watching the Winfield boys team pull off a minor upset in the first match of the evening, the Class AAA No. 1 Generals girls squad seemed bound and determined not to let a major upset take place.Freshman Mary Lawman scored on an assist from Katie Bryant just 1:06 into the second half to break a scoreless tie and the Generals were off and running, tacking on two more goals in a 3-0 win over Spring Valley in the Class AAA Region 4 championship game Tuesday night at Point Pleasant High School.The win gave the Generals (21-1-1) their fourth consecutive regional championship and appearance in the state tournament.No. 9 Spring Valley made Winfield earn it, withstanding 11 shots in the first half to keep the Generals off the board.Winfield coach Marshall Hoff said his team showed a lot of heart in turning the tide in the second half."This time of year, that will to win can pull a game off. There's been good teams go home many times," Hoff said. "To be able to grab this plaque for the fourth time . . . we had to realize what was on the line. Nothing is going to be handed to you."What an amazing thing. To hold that plaque and understand what it took to get that and coming together for that four times in a row - you better believe it, that's an amazing thing."Even after Lawman's breakthrough goal, Spring Valley (17-6) hung tough and traded possessions with the defending state champions until a handball call in the box gave the Generals a penalty kick. Jayne Lawman made good on that opportunity with 15:31 left to give Winfield a commanding 2-0 lead. Jordan Pauley finished the scoring with 3:47 left off a corner kick from Braiden Maddox.Winfield finished with a 20-3 advantage in shots, and that total could have been higher if not for six offside calls against the Generals."We worked hard to find these three goals and you'll work for 80 minutes sometimes to find one," Hoff said.Spring Valley coach Todd Smith said he was proud of his team's effort."We went toe-to-toe with the reigning state champions and possible new state champions," Smith said. "They're a very good team. For our program to get where it is today, we've made some great strides and we're very proud of the girls and what they've done to be able to play with them the way they did. A twist here, a twist there, it could've gone either way."Winfield will now have the opportunity to defend its state title, which was the first the school had won since winning the first three girls soccer titles ever from 1995-1997.Reach Ryan Pritt at 304-348-7948, email@example.com, or follow him at twitter.com/RPritt. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 St. Albans rallies to beat Riverside, 21-17 3 Richwood mayor on leave amid investigation of purchases 4 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 5 WVU law professor announces run for Congress Winfield boys trip Huntington Previous Story Power unveils logo for 10th year at Appalachian Power Park Next Story


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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. - - All Mount Clemens Community Schools closed Tuesday as a health precaution after two staffers were diagnosed with MRSA.
MRSA is a type of staph infection that is resistant to certain antibiotics, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website. Most MRSA infections are skin infections, the website states.
"We chose to take a proactive approach," Superintendent Debra Wahlstrom told Local 4 News. "I would love for parents to know that we have a great team. Our own team here is working behind the scene to wipe down everything, to get everything sanitized and disinfected for kids."
She said the district consulted with the Centers for Disease Control and the Macomb County Health Department before making the decision to close schools.
Wahlstrom said schools are expected to be back open on Wednesday.
"It's great news to hear this morning that they're on top of it and that nobody else can get sick or contaminated," said Joe Noble a parent in the district.
Last week, a teacher within the district was diagnosed with MRSA and a paraprofessional is sick with the same symptoms.
All schools in the district will be sanitized and disinfected.
The buses will also be cleaned, too, because one of the sick staff members had been on a field trip.
"Now that it's here in the middle school and the high school, kids can get very sick from this," said Sheila who has a child that attends Mt. Clemens schools.
The district posted the closure announcement on its website.
When students and staff return on Wednesday they will receive additional information on how to prevent MRSA.
To learn more about MRSA click here.
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text: But the only way we get Brad Miller in any Peja/Artest deal would be if we took back a lot of nasty contracts, replaced them with Pollard, Bender, and Crosheres friendly contracts, and maybe threw in a 1st rounder. And them Im not even sure if thats the direction the Kings would be going in. Wouldn't trading for Artest be a change to help them win now? And then ofcourse I don't see Walsh taking on the bad contracts needed to get Miller. So really I can't see it ever happening and I'm usely very open minded about these deals.


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Cavaliers suspend Andrew Bynum
The Cleveland Cavaliers suspended center Andrew Bynum indefinitely Saturday for conduct detrimental to the team.
In addition, the Cavs will begin aggressively looking to trade Bynum, sources told ESPN.com.
The team has until Jan. 7 to decide if it will guarantee his contract for the rest of the season. Bynum signed a two-year, $24 million deal with the Cavs last summer but the team-friendly contract was only $6 million guaranteed.
Bynum did not travel with the team to Boston for Saturday's game. The decision to suspend Bynum was made Friday, sources said. It was unclear what led to the suspension.
After missing all of last season with knee injuries, Bynum has returned to play in 24 games (19 starts) and average 8.6 points and 5.3 rebounds. He's shooting just 42 percent from the floor.
Bynum has admitted on several occasions that he's struggled mentally with learning to play with less mobility and in pain with his knees.
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ARLINGTON -- Matt Harrison, on the disabled list while recovering from last year's back surgery, will make his third rehab assignment with Double-A Frisco on Saturday night and will take a simple approach to the outing.
"One pitch a time," Harrison said. "I'm not worried about innings or pitch counts. I just want to focus on one pitch at a time. I've been getting caught up with that other stuff and it hasn't been doing me any good."
Harrison's first rehab start was rained out after two innings. He has pitched eight innings over his other two starts and allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits, three walks and five strikeouts. There has been much talk about Harrison needing to get his pitch count up, but the Rangers also want to see results. So does Harrison.
"I want to pitch like I know how to pitch," Harrison said. "Pitch like I'm pitching [in the big leagues]. I'm not worried if I get 95 pitches in six innings. I'm not thinking about that stuff. When they think I'm ready, that's when I'll be back here. It doesn't matter what I think."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The first thing that stood out for me was the overall look of the headphones, the extremely sleek and modern style with a matt finish was certainly a selling point for me as it is something a little different to your average pair of headphones.
These particular beats set cost me £139.99, bare in mind these are not the HD versions (I believe HD has a slightly higher price tag due to the improved quality). I picked up the white pair since I fancied something bold and different than the generic black and or silver.
The packaging also matches with the style and quality, the box is a matt finish and glides out smoothly when you open it, which admittedly makes the unpacking much more enjoyable as you truly feel like you've gotten a great product.
The sound quality is great, there is no distortion or loss of sound at high or low volumes and the balance remains equal no matter what volume your music is played on. Of course I would however recommend that a higher quality device is used (such as an iPhone or iPod) to play the music from, so that you can appreciate the full experience that the beats have to offer.
The fact that these headphones can fold up and also providing you take a reasonable amount of care with the headphones they aren't prone to breakages at all, mine are still in tact and still look lush. The folding feature proves to be more convenient for listening to music on the go, once you're done with them you can conveniently store them away without worrying about crushing or snapping them in your bag or having to keep them around your neck to look after them.
The cushioning around the ears provides a great deal of comfort and does not disappoint, I have no complaints about heaviness or aching ears, these are practically perfect in regards to weight and being a snug fit.
The wire is a vivid red colour that co-ordinates with the trademark "b" logo on the side of the headphones, which also features a control talk feature - ideal for those who have any type of phone or device that can accept a 3.5mm headphone jack. You are able to play, pause, fast forward, rewind and even activate the voice control and answer phone calls since the headphones also include a microphone. The wire is also designed to be non-tangle which is a dream come true for anyone who has experienced the sheer annoyance of tangled headphones!
I would recommend these headphones to regular music listeners on the go as it seems a bit extreme to pay such a high amount of money for some headphones if you barely use them.
The product:
Dr. Dre Beats Solo headphones with control talk.
Why I bought it:
As a regular laptop user and music-listener, I am forever wearing out cheap £5-£10 headphones. I saw a promotional offer with a notebook which contained a free set of Beats headphones, so I gave them a go.
The good:
I was speculative about how much better more expensive headphones would sound (if at all), and these Beats have convinced me that you certainly do get what you pay for. The sound quality is superb and certainly enhances the listening experience. I am also very happy with the design of the headphones. They fold into a compact shape, and also have a degree of cushioning which also adds to the comfort.
The bad:
For me, the main downside to these headphones over the in-ear headphones I have used in the past is that the sound output can be heard by more than just the listener (which of course isn't ideal in quiet public places). I suppose another slight criticism I have is that these headphones aren't as great for spoken word as they are for music. This is simply due to the increased bass, which can sound somewhat out of place when listening to non-musical media.
The miscellaneous:
An additional detachable cable (3.5 mm ports), and a carry case are both welcomed extras. The headphones are also quite light despite being an over-the-head style.
Overall verdict:
I would recommend these headphones to ANYONE who listens to music! Obviously, with the £100+ price tag it could be a purchase that is hard to justify, but you can certainly tell a difference between these and cheaper headphones.
I really got sucked in by the design of these headphones they're definitely the nicest looking ones I've seen I was obviously concerned that I was buying into some sort of hype though because of the fact they were all massively endorsed by various celebrities and had a pretty high price tag.
I caved and picked them up from the Apple Store and they cost me £139.99 it seems now that they have swapped them for the HD version which has a higher price tag of around £169.95 currently.
I went for the black but they had white ones available as well.
The first thing I noticed when getting them was the box which stood out even though it was just big and black but it has another box which is bright red that slides into it which obviously is a more eye catching colour. Everything is matt so looks stylish and luxurious and you can tell you've just spend a load of money on it basically.
The actual headphones themselves I had read reports about before buying saying that they were quite easy to break but I found that they felt quite sturdy and the fact they folded up meant you shouldn't really have any problems with them if they're looked after carefully.
They have the same rubber matt effect over the whole of the headphones which makes them really stand out this continues across the whole band over your head and outer face of the headphones then it has the silver circle with the red b in. I couldn't tell if the silver circle was actual metal or just given the effect but it looks like it's made from polished aluminium.
Like I mentioned before they fold up about 2 inches up on each side so that they can fold flat for packing and transporting them which is good because unless you leave them round your neck over ear headphone can always be a bit awkward to put in a bag or something without taking up a lot of room and fear they may break.
The cushioning for the headphones is perfect I wore them regularly for hours at a time and I never noticed any discomfort on my ears like you sometimes find with other headphones on the market.
The wire is something everyone recognises straight away because it's bright red to match the colour of the logo and it has the incontrol section which is perfect for iPhone users and I believe it works with most mobile phones that can accept a 3.5mm jack. It has the same controls as your regular iPhone headphone controls so you can skip back and forward through your music and play or pause it, activate the voice control and answer phone calls using the built in microphone and the headphones for sound. The wire is unique in that it is made of a material which means it is anti tangle I'm not entirely sure on the mechanics of this and how it works exactly and it doesn't say too much on the packaging but I can say that it does actually work I'm yet to have pull them even out of a messy bag and find the wire tangled.
Obviously as you would expect with headphone costing you so much the quality in sound matches the price. The first thing you notice is the perfect balance you get just the right amount of bass without it sounding too loud and distorted and fantastic mids and crystal clear highs. I actually found myself noticing background instruments and sounds that I didn't even realise where there because of how well balance and perfectly sounding everything was coming through.
An important thing I really noticed was at high volumes you had absolutely no loss in quality at all everything came through crystal clear with no distortion in the bass no hissing or rattling of the headphones which really is the tester for me because I like to listen to my music really loud.
I definitely would recommend these headphones to someone who really appreciates music and spends a lot of time listening to it. If you're a listener who maybe just uses an iPod while commuting or something similar I think you would maybe find yourself better buying a pair of lower priced headphones to suit your needs as I don't believe you would get the moneys worth with these headphones at all. I also don't doubt you could get a pair of headphones with similar quality of sound for a significant amount less but the overall design and build of these headphones definitely adds to what makes them more special than the others available.
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John Wall may make his season debut with the Washington Wizards within the next two weeks, sources told SI.com's Chris Mannix.
Wall is out with a stress injury in his left knee. He practiced with the team on Thursday and again Saturday, increasing the likelihood of an imminent return.
A.J. Price, Jordan Crawford and Shaun Livingston (now with Cleveland) have started at point guard in Wall's absence.
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Timeline: The life of Louis Zamperini
Related: Who should play Louis Zamperini in the 'Unbroken' adaptation?
Talk about a made-for-Hollywood plot.
Encompassing the sweep of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, 47 days adrift in the Pacific evading sharks and the jarring brutality of two years in a Japanese POW camp, it's a story that plumbs the depths of one man's courage, despair and rage, soaring ultimately into a vision of good overcoming evil.
And, remarkably, it's all true.
Ever since the life story of Torrance Olympic runner Louis Zamperini was so masterfully told in Laura Hillenbrand's 2010 runaway best-selling book "Unbroken," there's been a renewed push to get the story onto the big screen.
"It's going to take a couple of geniuses to sort it all out," Zamperini said in a telephone interview from his home of 56 years in the Hollywood Hills. "I'm pretty old and I've had a life that's unbelievable."
"Unbroken" gives new life to a Zamperini movie
Having just celebrated his 96th birthday Saturday, Zamperini has had a long and incredible journey.
In fact, his larger-than-life story has been swirling around Hollywood as a movie prospect for more than half a century.
Tony Curtis was tapped to play the leading role in the 1950s when Universal Pictures first acquired the rights to Zamperini's 1956 autobiography, "Devil at My Heels," but the film was never made.
In 1998, after a brief CBS documentary aired in conjunction with the Winter Olympic Games, Nicolas Cage expressed interest in playing Zamperini in a film version for Universal Pictures, which still owned Zamperini's story rights.
That also went nowhere.
But the outlook for a big screen feature now looks promising with Hillenbrand's release of "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption."
On the New York Times best-seller list now for 113 weeks, Hillenbrand's acclaimed literary masterpiece - which took seven years to research and write - has jump-started talk of a film that is already drawing strong interest among some big names.
While it's still early in the process, Universal's latest attempt to get the film made has a high-profile director on board - award-winning actress Angelina Jolie - and a draft script.
There's no precise timeline yet for the film, said "Unbroken" producer Matthew Baer, who has tried for nearly 15 years to bring the Zamperini story to the big screen.
"But I can certainly say it's the closest it's ever been to becoming a reality," he said.
In an interview with the Los Angeles News Group, Hillenbrand said the process seems to be moving along quickly - both she and Zamperini will serve as consultants. (She also was a consultant on "Seabiscuit," the 2003 film made from her first book that was nominated for seven Academy Awards.)
"He laughingly says, `It better not take too long to make the movie,"' said longtime Zamperini friend and 1976 four-time Olympic gold medal swimmer John Naber.
Whenever it gets made, Zamperini thinks the movie will be a winner.
"It can't miss," he said. "It's got enough action and it's a true story."
His son, Luke, of Tarzana, agrees.
"The family hopes that the movie will tell the story the way the book has told the story," he said, praising Baer for sticking with the project through the years. "These were my bedtime stories growing up and (yet) I couldn't put ("Unbroken") down. ... If they can make the movie like the book, it will be fantastic."
Jolie, 37, is still finalizing the details of what is said to be a seven-figure deal for her if the film gets made. She already has been speaking with Hillenbrand and Zamperini.
Casting won't get under way until a screenplay is approved and in place.
Jolie, who could not be reached for an interview, beat out several others vying for director rights and is said to be passionate about the project.
"Angelina read ("Unbroken") through once and when she finished the last page, she turned back to the first page and read through it a second time," Zamperini said. "She and (fiance) Brad Pitt came (to the house) and spent a couple hours. She's real sweet, she gave me a couple of hugs. She's really gung-ho on this."
Of Jolie, Baer said: "She's as crazy-passionate about Lou and his amazing story as I am. It's a dream come true."
The Torrance Tornado
There's plenty of action packed into Zamperini's story, which begins with his delinquent childhood (he was smoking, drinking and stealing by the time he was 7). But he also could run like the wind. It was his older brother, Pete, who encouraged Zamperini to enter some track competitions.
Nicknamed the Torrance Tornado, Zamperini began to break records at Torrance High, setting a world interscholastic record in 1934 for the mile.
He went on to USC and won a spot on the 1936 Olympic team that traveled to Berlin. After one of his laps, he was invited to shake Adolf Hitler's hand.
He was training hard and looking forward to the 1940 Olympics when war clouds began to form. Drafted into the Army, Zamperini was shifted to the Army Air Corps after the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.
Flying a mission as a bombardier on May 27, 1943, Zamperini crashed 800 miles south of Hawaii. After drifting 2,000 miles in a raft for 47 days and near death, he and one other survivor (a third had died on the raft) were taken captive by the Japanese and imprisoned on one of the Marshall Islands known as "Execution Island."
As horrific as his castaway experience had been, things were about to get much worse.
For the next two years until the camp was liberated in 1945, Zamperini endured countless brutal beatings and near starvation. He barely survived.
But from Zamperini's standpoint, his story is most importantly one of redemption and forgiveness.
He returned from the war a haunted man, filled with bitterness and rage after the war, his once promising running career over. Suffering from what today would be recognized as post-traumatic stress disorder, Zamperini took to heavy drinking.
Then, everything changed.
Zamperini reborn
He experienced a rebirth after reluctantly attending a 1949 Billy Graham revival tent meeting on the streets of Los Angeles at the urging of his wife, Cynthia.
"The whole book is about change," Zamperini said. "I changed from a rotten kid into an athlete who went to the Olympics. From there I changed into a soldier in World War II. Then my life fell apart after the war.
"I had nightmares every night, for 2 years I had nightmares. I couldn't take it anymore, and my wife was going to divorce me. Then I accepted Christ as my savior and I was on my knees. My whole life changed in a matter of seconds... The change took place immediately."
He abruptly quit drinking. His rage and desire for revenge were gone. Beginning that first night, the nightmares vanished and never returned.
Zamperini became, according to a church friend from several years ago, "the happiest man I have ever known."
Far from wanting to carry out his onetime desire to hunt down and kill his former captor, Zamperini wrote a letter of forgiveness to "The Bird," Mutsuhiro Watanabe, the Imperial Japanese Army sergeant who took special interest in torturing the American track star in his POW camp and the central character in many of Zamperini's post-war nightmares.
While he never was able to meet with Watanabe, Zamperini did travel back to Japan to meet with many of the other guards who had held him captive and later were imprisoned on war crimes.
(Watanabe had escaped prosecution after the war and in 1998 refused to meet with Zamperini at the Winter Olympic Games held in Japan. He died in 2003.)
After his conversion, Zamperini, who joined First Presbyterian Church in Hollywood, devoted the rest of his life to ministering to troubled youth (he founded an Outward Bound-style Victory Boys Camp program) and sharing his story.
"After his Billy Graham conversion, he began to tell the story all the time, endlessly," said his son, Luke. "He's gone to universities all across the country. He's been to military bases, he speaks to anybody who wants to hear his story."
What Zamperini endured through the war, fellow Olympian Naber said, fades next to his powerful message of forgiveness.
"He never has seen himself as a victim and he's just as independent and strong- willed now as he was then," said Naber, who accompanied Zamperini in 2011 for an hourlong private meeting with Graham. "The message that I get out of the book is not one of survival as much as it is one of forgiveness."
Zamperini's life goes public
Celebrity status isn't new for Zamperini.
The man who took up skateboarding at 65 and was still jogging at 87 has been especially revered as a Torrance icon. His boyhood home at 2028 Gramercy Ave. has been awarded landmark status. Both the Torrance airport and the stadium at Torrance High School have been named after him, as has the brick plaza outside the USC track stadium.
But it was Hillenbrand's masterful telling of Zamperini's tale that captivated a new generation with his story and breathed fresh life into the movie project.
The 45-year-old author, who works from her Bethesda, Md., home where she is often housebound due to severe chronic fatigue syndrome, first stumbled on Zamperini's story as she researched her first book, "Seabiscuit, An American Legend," published in 2001.
"They were both runners at the same time," Hillenbrand said in a telephone interview, recalling how stories of Zamperini and the famous Depression-era racehorse kept popping up in tandem on front pages throughout her research.
"She didn't pay much attention until she read underneath my picture where I'd said, `Seabiscuit is my hero,"' Zamperini said.
Hillenbrand, in fact, had become somewhat obsessed with Zamperini's story, an extraordinary tale of "a man who refused to be broken" in her words.
"She sent me the ("Seabiscuit") book tape and a letter and we began talking on the phone two or three times a week," Zamperini said.
After a few months, Hillenbrand broached him with the idea of writing his biography.
"I said, `You're just spinning your wheels,"' Zamperini said, noting he'd already written his autobiography. "But she said, `I've got to do it."'
What followed were more than 75 telephone calls between the two - they didn't meet in person until after the book's release - as Hillenbrand, who in college aspired to become a history professor, meticulously began putting the story together.
"The interviews were very long, sometimes we'd be on the phone for three hours," Hillenbrand said. "He was so patient with me.
"He was just a dream subject."
Crucial to the process was corroborating "everything," she said.
She pored over newspaper accounts. She found and interviewed eyewitnesses, including the man who was on the raft with Zamperini after the plane crash in the Pacific.
"I found many of the POWs who served alongside Louie, I had hundreds of affidavits. The amazing thing was how accurate (Zamperini's) memory was," Hillenbrand said.
Zamperini's memory - along with his diaries, letters, photographs and other memorabilia - was central to her work, Hillenbrand said.
"He was very, very honest," she said of the process. "Some of the articles that had been written about him had exaggerations or outright falsehoods and he was always quick to point those out to me."
Hillenbrand and Zamperini finally met in person last year at her home. The two, who have developed something of a father-daughter relationship, continue to talk by phone each week.
Zamperini even presented her with one of his Purple Hearts, saying she'd suffered through her debilitating illness - which came on while she was in college - much longer than he'd ever had to suffer during the war.
"It was a tremendous thrill for me to meet him finally in person," Hillenbrand said. "The first thing I did was I took his hands because I wanted to see the scars."
One was from when Zamperini's Trojan ring caught onto the plane's shattered window frame in that 1943 ocean crash. The other was from the peck of an albatross Zamperini and his fellow survivors caught by hand from their inflatable raft.
When it comes to making a movie about it all, perhaps the main challenge will be getting it all into one film.
Adapting "Unbroken" to the big screen
The Rev. Chris Cannon, the pastor of King's Harbor Church who grew up in Torrance hearing of Zamperini's exploits, said, "I don't know how they're going to tell the story in less than four hours."
Cannon's church is sponsoring an early morning talk by Zamperini on Feb. 3 at the Armstrong Theater in Torrance, but the event's 500 tickets already are sold out.
How to encapsulate "Unbroken" in a movie has long been turning around in Baer's mind.
"From the first day in 1998 when I started working on the story of Lou Zamperini, the most repeated question has been `How are you going to tell this story? How much of it can you include in a film?"' Baer said.
"The challenge is including as much as we can in a way that works as a film on its own terms."
Hillenbrand's book, Baer said, "is the most amazing rope of what is a beautiful story. It keeps pulling you along, there are no lulls. There's just spirit and adventure, pain and loss, love and life."
Hillenbrand said she's excited to see the various scenes play out on the big screen.
"I think it's going to translate very well onto film," the author-historian said.
Her main concern is to see "Louie portrayed as Louie was, my obligation is to the history here."
And for audiences, Hillenbrand said, there will be plenty of life lessons to take away.
"None of us is going to go through the experiences he went through," she said. "We're not going to be in plane crashes or on a raft for 47 days being attacked by sharks.
"But Louie's life offers lessons that apply to all of us about the capacity of people to endure - and the breadth of possibility there is in each of us that sometimes we don't see.
"Louie went all the way to the end of human endurance and came out of it a happy man."


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HALESOWEN councillors Ken Turner and Hazel Turner have joined UKIP - handing the party two seats on Dudley Council.
The Cradley South and Hayley Green husband and wife team left the Conservatives late last year amid accusations of intimidation and bullying from both sides and will campaign under the UKIP banner from now on.
Cllr Ken Turner said: "Following discussions with friends, family and the local UKIP branch I was pleased to accept membership of Dudley & Halesowen UKIP.
"I am looking forward to representing UKIP within Dudley MBC and helping to take sufficient seats to become the official opposition group after 2012."
He added: "This is an opportunity to explore major regeneration avenues producing vital and necessary funding to maintain and improve services to our residents.
"Service to all of our citizens is paramount in my concerns."
Ken and Hazel's son Adrian, a former councillor and cabinet member, joined UKIP last week after leaving the Conservatives.
Bill Etheridge, chairman of UKIP's Dudley and Halesowen Association said: "I am delighted to welcome Councillors Ken and Hazel Turner to our team as well as taking their son Adrian as a candidate for the forthcoming council elections.
"This is another example of how UKIP is becoming more and more relevant at a local level, providing a real viable alternative for people in the West Midlands and indeed across the country."
He added: "Support for the Tories is collapsing and in our area it is becoming a straight choice between Labour and UKIP, with the momentum gathering behind our party.
"The Turners are well known in the Halesowen area as being straight talking and independent minded so joining UKIP seems to be a perfect fit for them."
Cllr Ken Turner will stand for election in 2015 and Cllr Hazel Turner in 2016 and will sit as UKIP councillors on Dudley Council until then.