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Prof. Robert N. MULLER, UMONS
Robert N. Muller was born in 1948 and studied at the University of Mons-Hainaut (UMH), Belgium, from which he was graduated with a Lic. Sci. Degree in chemistry in 1969. He obtained his PhD in 1974 from the same University where he was successively appointed Assistant, Lecturer and full Professor. He is currently head of the Department of General, Organic and Biomedical Chemistry and, since October 2005, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Mons. He did post-doctoral studies in Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Paul C. Lauterbur's* research group at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1981-82, collaborated with Drs Seymour Koenig in the domain of fast field cycling relaxometry and was on a sabbatical leave at the Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM), Florence, Italy with Professors Ivano Bertini and Claudio Luchinat in 2002-2003. Co-founder of the European Workshop on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Vice-Chairman of the European Magnetic Resonance Forum Foundation, 1991-present; President of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, 1987-1988; President of the GRAMM (Groupe de Recherche sur les Applications du Magnétisme en Médecine), 1998-2000; Vice-Chairman of the COST D18 Action, 2003; Founding member of the European Society for Molecular Imaging (ESMI); Editor in chief of the new journal Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging (Wiley) and Member of the editorial boards of Magnetic Resonance Materials MAGMA (Springer) and Investigative Radiology (Lipincott). He has produced around 200 publications and contributed to 6 books mainly in NMR relaxometry, spectroscopy and imaging in the context of the development and applications of contrast agents for Molecular Imaging. Relevant awards: Outstanding teacher award of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ISMRM (2005) Outstanding teacher award of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ISMRM (2007) Contrast Media Research Award (2009)
Fellow of the European Society for magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (2010)
*2003 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
Dr Sébastien BOUTRY, Ph. D.
Sébastien Boutry was born in 1978 and studied at the University of Mons (UMons) from which he graduated with a M.Sc. Degree (Biology) in 2001. He became a researcher in the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and molecular imaging laboratory of Prof. Robert N. Muller (UMons). Using the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique as a tool for biological studies, he first focused on MRI contrast agents (gadolinium-based as well as iron oxide-based) specific for molecular markers of inflammation, developed in the laboratory (six papers were published). He obtained his Ph.D. in Biology in 2007. During his thesis, he performed and published several studies on the magnetic labelling of cells with iron oxide-based nanoparticular MRI contrast agents. He also attempted to use specifically vectorized nanoparticles as tools for the tracing of brain neurons in the context of an Interuniversity Attraction Poles program. This specific cellular targeting aspect was also approached in a work he started as a "FNRS – Télévie" scientific collaborator in 2006, aiming at the development of a specifically targeted contrast agent which might allow for the MRI monitoring of the efficiency of pro-apoptotic drugs used for anti-cancer therapies. In 2008, he became a research collaborator in the Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI). He is developing biological applications of NMR (MRI and MR spectroscopy), but also other techniques of molecular imaging such as optical imaging and nuclear medicine.
Mathieu ROCH, B. Electr.
Mathieu Roch was born in 1983. He studied at the "Roi Baudoin" High School (Mons) from which he graduated with a B.Sc. Degree (Electronics) in 2004. For 4 years, he worked in the electronic development of traffic radars for the Belgian society SIRIEN. In 2009, he joined the Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI) as a technical collaborator responsible for the maintenance of NMR equipments and for the running of MRI and optical imaging experiments.
Lionel LARBANOIX, Dr Sc
Lionel Larbanoix: born in August, 1982 in Uccle (Belgium), he obtained his Master degree in biology in 2005 from the University of Mons, Belgium. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences in 2010 from the same university. His Ph.D. thesis was focused on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of Alzheimer's disease. He screened peptide libraries by using the phage display technology in order to find specific ligands of amyloid deposits. These ligands were then grafted on MR contrast agents to allow in vivo visualisation of amyloid plaques (results published in Neurobiology of Aging in 2008). He worked for two years in the DIAPATH unit within The Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI). His activity was focused on the development of immunohistochemistry protocols and on the identification, characterization and validation of protein biomarkers. He is now a collaborator in the MRI and Optical Imaging units within the CMMI. His activity is focused on the development of biological applications of optical imaging and MRI.
Optical Imaging
- Photon Imager (Biospace Lab, France)
Références bibliographiques
- A bimodal system (luminophore and paramagnetic contrastophore) derived from Ln(III) complexes based on a bipyridine-containing macrocyclic ligand, I.Nasso, C. Galaup, F. Havas, P. Tisnes, C. Picard, S. Laurent, L. Vander Elst, R.N. Muller, Inorg. Chem., 44(23):8293-8305 (2005)
- A dual lanthanide probe suitable for optical (Tb3+ luminescence) and magnetic resonance imaging (Gd3+ relaxometry), N. Geum, I. Nasso, B. Mestre, P. Tisnès, C. Picard, S. Laurent, R.N. Muller, L. Vander Elst, Bioorg.Med.Chem.Lett.,16, 5309-5312 (2006)
- In vitro characterization of the Gd complex of [2,6-pyridinediylbis(methylene nitrilo)] tetraacetic acid (PMN-tetraacetic acid) and of its Eu analogue, suitable bimodal contrast agents for MRI and optical imaging, S. Laurent, L. Vander Elst, C. Galaup, R.N. Muller, C. Picard, Bioorg Med Chem Lett., 17(22), 6230-6233 (2007)
- Fluorescence and bioluminescence 2D imaging, mainly on mice, using a PhotonImager from Biospace Lab.
- Optical imaging requires injection of a fluorescent tracer or a luminescent substrate. This method is suitable for molecular and functionnal applications of imaging. However, the tissue penetration depth of light is limited to a few millimeters.
- Isoflurane anesthesia is avaible. Imaging of awake animals is nevertheless possible.
- Up to 5 mice can be anesthetized and imaged in the same time, lying on a table that can be heated for maintaining animal body temperature.
- Other types of samples or organisms can be analyzed.
The optical imaging technique allows the detection of fluorescence and bioluminescence in small animals (rats or mice).
Bioluminescence occurs naturally only in a few animal species (e.g. fireflies, marine polyps) and depends on an enzymatic process. In brief, the oxidation of luciferin (from the firefly) or coelenterazine (from the sea pansy) is catalyzed by luciferase enzymes and results in the emission of light. To perform bioluminescence studies on mammalian cells, it is necessary to genetically modify them so that they produce luciferase. For example, bioluminescence imaging allows studying tumour invasion and anti-tumour treatments, as well as monitoring stem cell migration (see figure).
In order to perform fluorescence-based studies, probes targeting specific areas or molecules of interest (e.g. cell surface receptors that are overexpressed in pathological situations) must be administered. The research on new specific reporters is conducted in
collaboration with the Department of General, Organic and Biomedical Chemistry of the University of Mons (http://portail.umons.ac.be/fr/universite/facultes/fmp/services/service1/pages/default.aspx).
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Chapter Twenty Three3 Reviews
So. I knew who I liked. I also knew why I liked them. However, I had no idea what to do with this information. So I did what anybody else would do. I waited.
Joanna was the name written on the note that was attached to her locker. She paused for a few more second, staring at it in bafflement. Then, when she still had no idea what it was, she ripped it from her locker door and unfolded it.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You're really cool.
And I like you.
She looked around, looking for someone, anyone who could have written the note. No one was around.
"Anna! Hey." It was Will who came sauntering up to her, hands in pockets, hair looking darker than normal.
"You dyed your hair?" she asked, turning to face him.
"Me? Nah," he replied. "Rick decided to colour it with a pen."
"Oh." She nodded. "That makes sense."
"Yup," he grinned. "You coming to lunch?"
She looked down at the note that was held tightly in one hand. "Um, yeah." She agreed. "But I have to do some Maths homework."
"What?" Panic spread across Will's face. "What maths homework?"
She laughed, the sound echoing in the empty corridor. "I had extra, because I'm finishing the class work too quickly."
"Phew." Will breathed a huge sigh of relief. "Don't do that. Ever."
I didn't recognize the handwriting on the note, and I really, really wanted to know who had written it.
They were all staring at her.
"What?" she asked.
Maria, Mikey, Will and Rick all looked at each other in disbelief.
"Are you guys hearing what I'm hearing?" Rick asked.
"Yeah," Maria replied.
"It's extremely worrying," Mikey added.
"What?" Joanna exclaimed.
They glanced at each other once more before Maria began. "You're using our accent. You have done during the whole of what you just said."
"No way." Joanna blanched. "No way."
"Yes way," Rick told her.
"Mikey Way," Mikey interjected. Maria cuffed his head.
"I can't talk like you guys. Ever. Period." She moaned.
"Did you just say period?" Maria asked, a grin spreading across her face.
"I meant full stop! Oooh," Joanna moaned. Rick patted her on the back.
"It's good to hear the new kid finally settled in."
I'd finally done it. I'd got an American accent. Nothing against American accents, but English ones are just so much better.
Joanna was the name written on the note that was attached to her locker, the next day.
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and temperate."
That was what Shakespeare said.
So I'll say:
"Shall I compare thee to Mia Patel?
Thou art more cool and beautiful."
She smiled, before stuffing the note into her bag. There were too many people around for her to even attempt to guess who it was from. It was sweet, whoever was doing it. She still didn't recognize the handwriting.
The notes made me smile. I looked forward to them. They came, roughly, three times a week; different every time and it wasn't until the second week of December that I told anybody.
"Do you ever get stuff stuck on your locker?" Joanna asked as they sat on the wall outside Rick's house.
"Well that depends on what kind of stuff," Maria replied seriously. "I've had detention notices, stickers with punk is dead written on them, random love notes, a pair of boxers-"
"Whoa, wait up. You've had a pair of boxers stuck on your locker?" Joanna queried.
Maria grinned. "No. Just wondered how you'd react."
Joanna laughed. "Thanks."
"Anyway, why'd you want to know?"
"Because I was slightly worried about the misuse of underwear."
"No idiot," Maria reprimanded. "About stuff being stuck on lockers."
"Oh!" Joanna smiled bashfully. "'Cause I've kinda been getting these kinda letters…" She trailed off, looking at the floor. If she'd been standing up she would have been scuffing her converse, that were actually Will's.
"You've been getting love notes haven't you?" Maria probed.
"Aw!" Maria gushed. "That's so sweet." Who are they from?"
Joanna shrugged. "I don't know."
"Stalker alert," Maria grinned.
"I'm not a stalker!" Rick butted in. Joanna fell off the wall; Rick having made her jump. She looked up from where she was on the floor.
"Um…hey?" She offered, as she clambered to her feet, dusting grit of herself then realising that she'd cut her elbow. "Um, Rick? Could I borrow, a plaster or something?"
"Yeah sure. Come in."
Rick and me went inside while Maria stayed outside. That's the first time I was glad that Maria wasn't with us.

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WD's billion-dollar flash slurps: All this tech, and STILL no deal with chip-fryers
WD has splashed or intends to spend a whopping $1.1bn on building its flash technology and products portfolio, in the most aggressive series of moves yet by a hard disk drive vendor into flash, and yet it still hasn't inked a long-term chip supply deal with a flash foundry. Just yesterday it paid $685m for Virident. So what are …
Seems WD's Seen the Writing on the Wall for Spinning-Disk Technology.
Seems WD's seen the writing on the wall when it comes to spinning-disk technology. Like Seagate, WD is certainly no testament to the reliability of hard disk technology (a technology which I point out is now problematic in a post to today's earlier Seagate story Shingle me timbers! Seagate brags of 1m SMR drives - where are they?.
However, unlike Seagate who is seemingly flogging a dead horse by persisting in pushing the density envelope higher and higher on spinning-platter technology, perhaps WD is doing something positive about the problems by pushing its dollars into more reliable storage technologies.
We'll see. I await with interest.
Better Shop Around
Seems like WD should have shopped around a bit more and saved 200 Million and bought Whiptail for 400 Million like Cisco just did.
Basically Seagate is pretending in some high esteemed egoistic mutlated form of balmer. who does not to look down even while walking, it makes watch WD etc walking around too. anyway thing is since EVs are a "stopgap" for hydrogen fuel cells. ARM are a stopgap for MIPS. seagate is in wishful thinking that NAND is "stopgap" for ReRAM and similar. And over that seagate thinks that competitors already have milked this NAND cow so hard that blood might start oozing out any time soon... seeing Samsung-840-Pro it seems to look like right now.. as samsung had to do Vertical NAND and overclock controller memory. So disbanding of NAND could be in 1-2 years cuz HP ReRAM is very close to production. All said and done i hate seagate to my guts over this thinking... and wish WD all the best to start with NAND and parallel invest in HP ReRAM i.e. Friend of its Friend Hynix. So much of ur secretive plans Seagate ... [SPIT] ...
And Ahan ... one more thing... there is no 3.5" drive with enough low power to exploit USB voltages... their is still a HDD segment vacant where NO AC adapter 4-TB "semi" portable HDDs could be deviced to use just USB voltage. i have seen articles where 3.5" desktop WD drives in normal/lower throughput mode use power just what USB can deliver ... the problem was the drive any second can decide to go in higher performance state hence disapear from DeviceManager. WD has to just cap/throtle that and release a robust RED version being performance conservative (no problem) but delivering on AC adapter free operation. So much of ur secretive plans Seagate ... [SPIT] ...
WD wants to grow SSD business quickly
Don't forget that WD may have a strategy to buy up customer bases and quickly grow market share, and not just assimilate SSD technology. Quickly becoming a heavyweight SSD supplier will strangle weak competition and weaken Seagate's play in the SSD world.
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DALLAS, TX -- May 15, 2008 -- Mesa Power LLP, a company created by legendary energy executive T. Boone Pickens, has placed an order with General Electric to purchase 667 wind turbines capable of generating 1,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 300,000 average U.S. homes.
The agreement represents the first phase of the four-phase Pampa Wind Project that will become the world's largest wind energy project, with more than 4,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for 1.3 million homes. When all phases of the project are completed as projected in 2014, the wind farm will be five times as big as the nation's current largest wind power project, now producing 736 megawatts.
Pickens said he expects that first phase of the project will cost about $2 billion, and that electricity from the project will be on-line by early 2011. When complete, the Pampa Wind Project will cover some 400,000 acres in the Texas Panhandle.
"T. Boone Pickens' commitment underscores the ability of wind technology to help meet the country's need for diverse sources of energy," said Jeffrey R. Immelt, GE Chairman and CEO. "As America's demand for energy escalates, it is clear that wind can and will play a bigger part in meeting that need. We're excited to partner with an energy visionary like T. Boone Pickens to bring our wind technology to the marketplace."
GE is to deliver the 1.5-megawatt wind turbines in 2010 and 2011. The GE 1.5-megawatt turbines, are among the most widely used wind turbines in its class.
In August of 2007, Mesa Power filed documents with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to add the 4,000 megawatts of wind-generated electricity to the power grid in Texas. ERCOT, which operates as part of the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC), manages the state's power grid. Mesa Power has nominated its wind turbine output to be delivered by Texas' Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) transmission lines. The CREZ transmission lines will benefit Texas electric users by delivering them cost effective and reliable electricity generated by renewable energy power projects.
Based on extensive testing, Pickens said the project area has some of the best wind in the nation. He is also pleased that landowners have been so supportive of the project.
"We have had a great response to this project," Pickens said. "We are making Pampa the wind capital of the world. It's clear that landowners and local officials understand the economic benefits that this renewable energy can bring not only to landowners who are involved with the project, but also in revitalizing an area that has struggled in recent years."
Pickens envisions that large scale renewable energy projects like his Pampa Wind Project will permit the United States to become less dependent on foreign oil. Large scale renewable energy projects such as this are difficult to execute because they rely upon the Federal Production Tax Credit, which provides incentives for development of renewable energy. However, large scale renewable energy projects require commitments years in advance, while Congress has only extended the Production Tax Credit one or two years at a time.
Mesa Power is hopeful that the Pampa Wind Project will qualify for the Federal Production Tax Credits in 2010 and 2011 when the project will begin commercial operations. "I believe that Congress will recognize that it is critical not only to this project, but to renewable energy in this country, that they enact a long-term extension of the Production Tax Credits," Pickens said.
"The development of alternative energy projects, especially renewable resources such as wind power, is critical for the future of the country in the face of declining world oil resources," he said.
"You find an oilfield, it peaks and starts declining, and you've got to find another one to replace it," said Pickens, who once operated one of the largest independent oil and gas production companies. "It can drive you crazy. With wind, there's no decline curve. "
The Panhandle, with its wide-open space, low population and steady winds, is a logical location for wind-generated energy. Studies show the Texas Panhandle winds are optimal for such a project, blowing much of the time in the middle of the day when electric demand is at its peak.
Mesa Power has leased land in Carson, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts and Wheeler counties, where the landowners will receive annual royalties for the wind turbines operating on their property.
Development of the region's wind resources will also create an economic bonus similar to the boom the three largest wind farms in America have created around Sweetwater in Nolan County. While other towns in West Texas struggle with plummeting house prices and job losses, Sweetwater is in the midst of a construction explosion. Two new companies opened in the past month, one servicing the blades of the county's 2,000 turbines, another renting out cranes used in erecting new turbines. Tax revenues from the wind energy companies are bringing jobs, new roads and houses, and renovating local schools and hospitals there.
An Austin-based Resource Inc. economic impact study, commissioned by Mesa Power, projects that the Mesa Power wind farm will bring significant increases in jobs and income for the five counties of the project investment zone (Carson, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts and Wheeler counties).
The study forecast the project would generate an estimated 1,500 jobs during the construction phase, and 720 during a typical year of the operation phase; personal income in the project investment zone will rise by $68.7 million per year during the construction phase, and $120 million during the operation phase. The more significant impact during the operation phase is largely due to lease payments to be made to landowners in the project area amounting to $65.3 million per year.
Resource Economics estimates that the total value of economic output in the region due to the project will be $380 million per year during the construction phase and $1.6 billion per year during the operation period, and additions to the tax rolls of school districts in the project investment zone will amount to $2.4 billion by 2018, assuming the school districts approve an application to limit appraisal values during the project's first 10 years.
Unicredit served as financial adviser and Vinson & Elkins as counsel to Mesa Power in the transaction.
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named [options]
TCP/IP command. Internet domain nameserver. named is used by resolver libraries to provide access to the Internet distributed naming database. With no arguments, named reads /etc/named.conf for any initial data and listens for queries on a privileged port. See RFC 1034 and RFC 1035 for more details.
There are several named binaries available at different Linux archives, displaying various behaviors. Here we describe named as provided by Internet Software Consortium's Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) Version 9.2.x.
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Print debugging information. debuglevel is a number indicating the level of messages printed.
Run named in the foreground.
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I'm having a fortnight in Argentina in a couple of weeks, and I've booked a flight from Buenos Aires to El Calafate - we then have 7 days before returning to BA.
I'd be interested in any short trekking suggestions in the El Chalten area. We'd also probably go and see the Perito Moreno glacier. Any other suggestions are welcome.
I've had a look at this article http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=756 but the guidebook mentioned doesn't seem to be available. I'll probably get the Lonely Planet Patagonia trekking guidebook instead.
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How do you get a skin for your character?
I was wondering how you make or get skins for your character?
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To get a skin, look for a website with one. I go to Minecraft-skins.com usually. Search the skin, then click the name to look at it. If you like it, click "Click here to automaticly apply skin." Then It'll ask you to log into Minecraft.net, as long as your not logged in. It'll ask you if you want to change skins. Click yes. Now you have a skin!
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You can find or make a skin for yourself, then you place it somewhere in your computer where you are able to find it, then go to minecraft.net log in then click on profile above, then select "select skin" double click or click then open the skin and click Upload! restart/start Minecraft and buoalah! open your inventory to praise your skin! though it really does not do much in single player other than fitting your playing style but on multiplayer it might identify you as someone to hate/love, ally/kill, recruit/mark for death etc.
Only if you have bought the game. The. You click on Profile, browse the file and upload.
If you want to make skins, download the template and edit it with any Image Editor. I recommend using SkinEdit.
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Canon General / Re: How do you sell your gear?« on: September 26, 2012, 11:01:53 AM »
I've had very good luck with CL so far. Sold a couple of point & shoots, lenses, cell phones and a monopod to a cop who showed up in uniform in his police car, paid cash and left. Most recently I sold my 50D to someone who wanted me to meet him closer to where he's at (45 minute drive for me) and he actually paid more than I was asking to cover gas.
I'm surprised that I haven't sold my EF-S 10-22mm yet (lots of lowballers though) since I listed it at the same time as the 50D body. I was confident the demand for the lens would be much higher than a 4-year-old camera body. Haven't got lucky yet.
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The 2003 award will be presented to Peter A. Diamond for his book, "Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security" (MIT Press). The work analyzes the wide array economic forces that bear on specific Social Security policy issues and on the saving decisions of individuals.
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Without Social Security, many workers would not save enough for retirement, according to Professor Diamond's findings. Convincing some people to work longer and to delay receiving benefits from the strained system is also an important concern for Social Security, and the book discusses optimal retirement incentives for people with different life expectancies and diverse preferences for leisure.
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Peter A. Diamond is Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is widely considered the world's foremost scholar in the field of social insurance. He is also the current president of the American Economic Association.
Joseph P. Newhouse is John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University and Director of the Division of Health Policy Research and Education. He holds appointments in the Medical School, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the School of Public Health and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Six noted scholars served as judges for the 2003 award: Dora Costa, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Michael D. Hurd, Director, RAND Center for the Study of Aging, Senior Economist, RAND; Stephen A. Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Rust, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Maryland; David A. Wise, John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Stephen P. Zeldes, Benjamin Rosen Professor of Economics and Finance, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.
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So I went on twitter a little while ago and almost had a heart attack when I saw this tweet from Claude Giroux wishing his teammate Scott Hartnell luck in St. Louis:
@hartsy19 good luck in St Louis. You're a great teammate and friend. Just make sure you keep your head up next year.
— Claude Giroux (@28CGiroux) April 1, 2013
I searched frantically through my tweets and eventually came to the conclusion that it was April 1st and it had to be a joke. The Philadelphia Flyers have always had a comedic air especially Hartnell. Hartnell himself even went in on the joke tweeting this shortly after Giroux tweeted:
Thanks PHL. I love you all!!!!
— Scott Hartnell (@Hartsy19) April 1, 2013
Apparently a lot of people fell for it because a little while later Hartnell tweeted this:
Kidding everyone!!!!Would never leave this town!!!!!!!Go Flyers and as @28cgiroux would say "LETS GO"
— Scott Hartnell (@Hartsy19) April 1, 2013
And Giroux tweeted this:
Okay…..Joke is over.#hartnellstays#SorryNotSorry
— Claude Giroux (@28CGiroux) April 1, 2013
This is why I love the Flyers, they are entertaining on and off the ice. I am a little mad at Giroux for pulling this one over on me, but respect him for getting into the spirit of the day.
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This one is dedicated to Kitkatpwl and xSoMeOnEx (AKA the most amazing person ever) because they reviewed the last one! and thats why I updated so soon XD
This is what I watch my best friend do across the table. The In N Out burger down the street from our neighborhood is greasy and poorly lit, yet somehow still comforting.
I comment on how he should chew with his mouth closed. I don't like "see food." Haha.
In reply he sticks out his tongue and shows me everything he's been shoving in. I throw a fry at him; he dodges it.
Its better, today, than yesterday. Last night I wrote for hours. Spencer IMed me, apologizing for the way he'd been acting. As always, we forgave each other. Nothing overblown or soul bearing or worthy of tears. Just…back to normal or close to normal anyway.
Now we're talking about the last couple of days. I tell him about my encounter with Him, and he laughs, tells me He's just a friendly kid by nature.
For some reason this makes me kind of angry. I wonder what I'd have wanted instead- a hopeless recluse? A shy freak? Position filled, thanks.
I want to explain it to Spencer. I think of something stereotypical- magnets, opposites. All that made-for-TV attraction crap- but I can't bring myself to say it.
We sit in silence for a few minutes, and it's still a little louder than it used to be. I watch him eating again, this time with nostalgia- we've come here so often, at the counter they know us by name. Spencer gets the same thing every time. I smile; he catches me and suddenly we're both grinning. The greasy joint feels a little more like home again.
Then the door swings open and my smile fall off and smashes on the floor like a porcelain mask.
It's Him. Floating in like a celebrity, entourage in tow. I can feel Spencer's eyes glued to him, judging him. I grimace, shut my eyes, hear his laughter bubbling through the suddenly stifling air.
He's ordering, throwing in random Spanish words to confuse the underage Assistant Manager.
Is he drunk? My eyes are glued to his back as he orders, striking a pose, laughing. No- he's not staggering or slurring. Just entertaining.
I want to look away. I take one of Spencer's soggy fried and cram it in, just for something to do, but my eyes drift.
Now he's stretched out, slung across a booth, still talking a mile a minute.
His eyes…I feel sick.
His friends are getting up, collectively shuffling towards the door. He waves them on.
He's… oh, god. He's looking at me.
Shit. Fuck. Shit.
My stomach feels like a fucking tempest.
I'm blushing, shaking, staring down- and Spencer's getting up to leave.
I say Spencer's name trying to tell him with my eyes, begging him not to go. To keep me afloat.
He's smiling, and it's a sad smile, like he knows he's not part of this, that he'll never be. He looks at me, telling me this is mine, and mine alone to deal with. And he's gone.
It's me and Him, separated by a sea of empty plastic chairs.
I look down at the table. I can't look at him. Maybe if I don't look at him, he won't look at me. I stare at the table, realizing that Spencer left his fries.
He can't stay with me, but he will leave me his fries? I mentally curse him, leaving a noting to take some revenge later.
I take up a fry and observe it, looking at the slight green color, the greasy crispiness.
I try not to count the footsteps I hear getting closer.
I feel the table move slightly as he lowers his body in to the seat across from me. I hear him greet me and all I can do is blush in response.
We sit there in silence for what feels like an eternity.
Then he asks what's up with me.
I smile, trying to give myself courage to lift my head and look at him in the face. I fail. I can only continue to stare at the fried, cut potato in my hand.
Suddenly there is a third hand in my line of sight. My face scrunches in confusion as the hand takes my fry. Then it dawns that it's His hand that is brushing over mine, taking away my distraction.
He begins to ask me what I find so intriguing about that particular fry. I shrug in response, not knowing what to say, or if I even have the voice to say it.
Out of the blue, I feel something under my chin, pulling my face upwards. I realize that it's his hand, his arm extended over the table to hold my face, my face. My eyes meet his for the first time today and I'm lost in them. Staring into those eyes, I hear his voice ring through my ears, loud and clear. It's as if his eyes some how make things crystal clear, magnify his voice.
"You don't talk much do you?"
I stare at him, falling into the chocolate pools, drowning.
I blink and choke out a negative response.
Then I vaguely hear his name off in the distance and the connection is broken, the moment gone.
I notice his hand is still holding my face towards his. His thumbs brushes along my jaw, light as a butterfly.
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No place for egos in Bayern Munich's title march
Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm (L) and Toni Kroos attend a training session in Doha on January 8, 2014 - by Karim Jaafar
Pep Guardiola's Bayern take on strugglers VfB Stuttgart in a re-arranged league fixture looking to extend their record unbeaten run to 43 matches.
Guardiola clamped down on any complacency by dropping top-scorer Mario Mandzukic for Friday's 2-0 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach for poor performances in training.
Lahm has said Bayern's star-studded squad can expect a few more tough-luck stories to come in the following weeks in their quest for a 24th league title.
"We have an enormous squad and when everyone is fit, there will be more hard-luck cases for those not involved," said Lahm.
"I don't judge the other players.
"The coach chooses the team, we have to accept that and stand behind his decision."
One of the stars who will definitely not feature at 12th-placed Stuttgart is Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger who has an inflamed knee ligament.
The 29-year-old had surgery for an ankle injury late last year, but aggravated a knee ligament in the winter training camp in Doha.
Bayern insist there is no risk of Schweinsteiger missing June's World Cup in Brazil, but Guardiola wants his midfield general back as soon as possible.
"This is a problem for us and for him. We need him and so does the national team. I hope he will be back as soon as possible," said Guardiola.
Having last lost in the Bundesliga in October 2012, it would be a major shock if Bayern stumble in Stuttgart.
Stuttgart coach Thomas Schneider insists "it's a bonus game", while captain Christian Gentner sees it as "probably our easiest match", so low are the expectations on the hosts.
"Perhaps it's better if we don't look at the table at the moment and concentrate on the game," said attacking midfielder Alexandru Maxim referring to the 28 points that separate Bayern Munich and Stuttgart.
With five defeats in their last seven games, Stuttgart are looking to bounce back from consecutive defeats and try and sew some doubt in the Bayern players minds over the ultimate destination of the title.
However, Bayern's three main rivals need all the help they can get from other teams, as they hardly helped their cause in collectively picking up a combined total of just one league point over the weekend.
Guardiola's side by contrast is showing no sign of dropping points.
They are on course to break their own record last season for the earliest title win when they were confirmed champions in April with six games to spare.
"This is a huge opportunity to extend our lead," said Lahm.
"Then it would be hard to catch us. We wouldn't be against winning the championship title early."
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