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Cabrini vs. Gettysburg
March 14, 2012
|Bobby Thorp
|(3, 2)
|Matt Biegel
|(1, 1)
|Brian Hill
|(1, 1)
|Mike Leyden
|(2, 0)
|Damian Sobieski
|(1, 0)
|Anthony Disanzo
|(0, 1)
|Erick Zarzecki
|8 (0.889)
|Current Record
|go to Cabrini page
|Ryan Fumai
|(1, 0)
|Bobby Dewees
|(0, 1)
|Jon Maddalone
|8 (0.615)
|Jt Mccook
|4 (0.571)
|Current Record
|go to Gettysburg page
|The Game Story:
|RADNOR, Pa. – In the final game before its Centennial Conference opener, the 16th-ranked Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team dropped an 8-1 decision at 18th-ranked Cabrini College Wednesday afternoon.
Cabrini (4-2), which scored the game's first three goals, earned its first-ever win over the Bullets in seven tries.
Bobby Thorp led Cabrini with three goals and two assists while Mike Leyden scored two goals. Erick Zarzecki made eight saves for the Cavaliers, who held a 37-18 shot advantage.
Junior Ryan Fumai scored the lone goal for Gettysburg (2-3). Sophomore Jon Maddalone made a career-high eight saves in 38:37 off the bench and yielded the last five goals after junior J.T. McCook stopped four shots over the opening 21:23.
Cabrini scored inside the final 10 seconds in each of the first two quarters. The hosts led 3-0 at the end of the first quarter after Matt Biegel struck with eight seconds to go.
Fumai made it a two-goal game when he converted a dish from junior Bobby DeWees with 10:05 left in the opening half. That's how the score remained until Damian Sobieski found the back of the net with 5:20 showing. Leyden added a goal two seconds before the horn to give the Cavaliers a 5-1 halftime lead.
The Cabrini defense made the lead stand up, blanking the Bullets the rest of the way. The Cavs added one goal in the third quarter and two tallies 45 seconds apart midway through the fourth quarter.
Gettysburg kicks off Centennial Conference play on Saturday, when it visits Haverford College at noon.

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Interview with Wrekmeister Harmonies
Posted on June 20, 2013 By Jamie Ludwig Artist Interviews, Concert Previews, Rock / Independent
A true live music lover in Chicago has seen bands play everywhere from crowded basements and converted garages to large-scale theaters and public parks, but very few have ever had a chance to attend a concert in a graveyard (a fully authorized one, anyway) until this Saturday night when Wrekmeister Harmonies celebrates the release of its latest album, You've Always Meant So Much To Me (Thrill Jockey) with a moonlit performance at the Bohemian National Cemetery.
Wrekmeister Harmonies has been the project of filmmaker and sound artist JR Robinson since 2006. A longtime Chicago resident, Robinson has collaborated with musicians across a wide spectrum of the city's often genre-focused artistic community, piecing together seemingly unlikely groups of musicians based on the atmosphere and sounds he wants to bring forth in his work.
In 2009, Robinson released the first Wrekmeister Harmonies album, Recordings Made in Public Spaces, Volume 1 (Atavistic). The record featured field recordings Robinson made in famed art museums such as the Guggenheim and the Andy Warhol Museum and musical collaborations with David Yow (Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid), Mark Shippy and Pat Samson (U.S. Maple), Azita Youssefi, John Herndon and Jeff Parker (Tortoise), Keefe Jackson, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Ken Vandermark. Subsequent musical projects have included work with changing casts of artists on live scores for avant-garde films including Beyond the Black Rainbow by director Panos Cosmatos, Wavelength by director Michael Snow, and Kenneth Anger's Lucifer Rising and Scorpio Rising.
You've Always Meant So Much To Me began as a film project shot in harsh environmental settings in the Joshua Tree Desert, Detroit, New York City, and Tasmania. In order to create a soundtrack that echoed the brutality and beauty captured in his film, Robinson put together a 12-person ensemble of some of the Chicago's most widely-recognized heavy metal and experimental musicians including Sanford Parker (Minsk/Corrections House), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza/Corrections House/Bloodiest), Mark Solotroff (Anatomy of Habit / Bloodyminded), Jamie Fennely (Mind Over Mirrors), and many others. The resulting score is a long-form composition that builds gradually from subtle, delicate drones into a soul-punching, anguished climax before rescinding into an ambient abyss
Wreckmeister Harmonies debuted You've Always Meant So Much To Me at the Museum of Contemporary Art in December, 2011 as part of the museum's Face the Strange music series. The concert, which included a rare appearance from the notoriously self-isolated black metal musician Jef Whitehead (a.k.a. Wrest), was viewed by many in the metal community (in and outside of the city) as an iconic moment in the Chicago's heavy music history, not only for the caliber of its lineup, but for the unusual juxtaposition of one of the world's most decidedly outsider forms of music performed in front of a diverse audience in one of the city's most celebrated cultural institutions.
For the soundtrack release show, Robinson expanded the original ensemble to include members of Indian and Bloodiest, and chose an even more eyebrow-raising setting than the MCA; outside on the grass near the cemetery mausoleum during a full moon, actually a "supermoon," the annual occasion when a fill moon seems larger and brighter than any other time of year, due to its close proximity to Earth in its orbit.
Along with the show on Saturday, Robinson is also working on new recordings with Wrest, prepping for a July 12 concert at the Empty Bottle opening for Come, and has plans for a fall tour with Grails and a string of collaborative performances with Alexander Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten) and Chris Brokaw (Codeine/Come), so even if you can't make it this weekend, there are plenty of interesting Wrekmeister moments to look forward to in the upcoming months. Still, this is going to be one for the books (Did we mention it's in a cemetery?!?).
ChicagoMusic.org spoke with Robinson about the making of You've Always Meant So Much To Me and how tapping into the city's creative community has helped him realize some of his boldest artistic visions
CMO: Let's talk about the MCA performance. I remember being really bummed I couldn't make it that night. People in the music community were talking about it and a number of people considered it to be a defining moment in Chicago metal, in terms of people outside of the heavy metal community looking at it as a valid art form. Did you go into it looking to change perceptions?
JR Robinson: I went into it solely as, "I'm doing this film I created." I spent a lot of time working on this film. To create the sound that I envisioned for it, I had a certain set of individuals I wanted to use and I didn't really put too much thought into how the music community in Chicago would react. I was simply trying to get this sound out of my head and into the space, that space being the museum. If anything, that byproduct was incidental.
CMO: With the type of art that you do, you must always have a variety of reactions to it. Was it surprising to hear that later on?
JR: It was very surprising to me because they put me into this theater at the MCA. I was kind of nervous, I was thinking, "Oh great, thirty of my friends might come to this thing," and that's what I geared myself up for. I left and when I came back I was completely shocked to see it overflowing with people. There were people sitting in the aisles, people sitting outside the theater… I was made aware of a lot of discussion going on about it afterwards, and I was really surprised.
CMO: What do you think it is—whether it's metal, or any type of experimental art—that a big name cultural institution makes it acceptable for more people to listen to it, and vice versa, why isn't a basement show or a small gallery not seen as a big enough deal?
JR: I don't really understand that whole concept. I know the museum people thought it was unique that there were black metal people in their venue, and the black metal people thought it was unusual that they were there.
To get someone like Wrest, who never comes out–I understood that it was kind of a big deal. It was a big deal for me because he is a friend of mine and he was agreeing to do this. So you have him, and you have Sanford Parker, and you have Mark Solotroff, and all of these guys, and there was a curiosity factor going both ways between the people at the cultural institution and the people making the music. Jamie [Fennely] from Mind Over Mirrors—he's one of the most talented people I've ever met in my life. He's played in museums many times, so this wasn't out of the ordinary for him. It was nice that there was a lot of people, but the curiosity factor was definitely there.
CMO: With the film, which I obviously haven't seen because I wasn't at the show, the list of shooting locations included Detroit, the Joshua Tree Desert, etc. Knowing you wanted sounds to vibe with your images, I'm imagining concepts of life cycles, birth and death, ruin and decay. Is that what you were looking at in the film, and if so, were you exploring some personal things, or was it a reflection on places you were visiting?
JR: The film was my own take on structural filmmaking, like the director Michael Snow, who made this incredible film called Wavelength. It's a classic example of structural filmmaking, where the camera does all of the work for you. There were long, static shots in Joshua Tree, Detroit, and New York. Nature doing its thing to nature, and nature doing its thing to man. So, that was my starting point for what I wanted to hear sonically. Detroit is completely unbelievable. It's nature doing its thing to these man-made structures, and the same thing–I have this shot from New York on this brutally cold day from this rooftop in Long Island City, looking at the brutally cold element of nature along this particular set of skyline in New York. And also in Tasmania, of nature consuming itself, and the same thing in Joshua Tree where it's sun-bleached earth. Nature doing its thing to nature, regenerating itself, and it is unstoppable.
That's what I was trying to do sonically. Reach into a palette using these musicians and try the best that I could to recreate that feeling in a sonic way. I feel like I came really close, but there's nothing that can compete with seeing things with your own eyes or what you experience with your own ears.
CMO: Sonically speaking, how do all of those images line up with the composition? The beginning of it is very subtle compared to the part in the middle, and then it returns. Were any of these experiences more brutal than others?
JR: I lined it up very much in the way that I shot it. It was just this cyclical thing. There's a shot of these flowers in a field in Tasmania, The winds are blowing and some of the flowers are breaking apart, but they are so very, very beautiful. There was a wheat field, where I kind of fucked with the timing to make it run faster or slower. Then there were sections of the film in Detroit or Joshua Tree that were brutal and they had this very harsh impact. That's what I was feeling when I shot it, and I wanted to communicate it sonically.
CMO: You've worked with so many musicians in Chicago. Did you mostly pull these people from your personal friendships, or people whose work you were familiar with and who you wanted to collaborate with on this project?
JR: Some of them I do have friendships with, and some of them I don't. I feel very fortunate that I have a vast pool to draw from and that they're able to understand what I'm trying to say to them. It's like I would say to you, "You know what, Jamie? I can't fucking write a paragraph about anything, but I have this great idea and I want to communicate it. Can you write this paragraph for me? Can you help me? This is what I want to say but the words are all fucking mixed up. Can you put these words I have into language that really goes deep?"
So that's how that works. Some of the people I'm good friends with, some of the people I'm just passing acquaintances with, but what we have in common is that they're able to understand what I'm trying to communicate, and it's interesting enough to them that they want to give up their free time and be involved. There's no money in this–nobody is getting any fucking money. And it's difficult to get a large group of people. Getting 10-12 people to do something for next to nothing, you've got to have a good idea.
CMO: Is that the same process you used to put together your first record?
JR: Yes. I don't know Ken Vandermark, but I got in touch with him and communicated the idea, and he thought it was great idea. Frank Rosaly, same way. Some people like David Yow I do have a personal relationship with. Pat Samson and Mark Shippy from U.S. Maple, I have a relationship with. Fred Longberg-Holm, I've been lucky enough to know for years, and he's been completely generous with his time, when he's available, and his talent. Chicago is really lucky to have guys like that here that are just willing to play all the time.
CMO: It seems like you've collaborated with musicians way across the spectrum in Chicago, compared to some musicians that stay within their own scene.
JR: I've had this thought that people here are really comfortable with being here and being in the community that they've forged for themselves. That's admirable, and that's great. This is a hard city to live in. Culturally speaking, it's kind of insulated. If somebody gets really fucking good at what they do in this town, whether it's writing, or singing, dancing, or acting—anything creative—as soon as they reach a certain peak level they leave. They go to Los Angeles and either go further, or hit their ceiling. And if they do return it's never the same as before they left.
But then there are people who've stayed here for a long time, and create a very comfortable existence for themselves. That's a very admirable thing too, but I'm not interested in doing that. I like to pick from a very wide variety of people, and I'm lucky this city has such a wide variety of people to work with.
CMO: How did you get into live scoring films?
JR: I've always been into music. I've always been into film. I never went to film school or art school. I've never taken a music lesson in my life. I can play some music with some degree of efficiency. I was lucky enough to have this mentor 15-20 years ago who told me, "You don't need an education or a million dollars of equipment to make a film." I shot all of that stuff on a Sony handheld camera and showed it in a museum. Make art. Just point the camera. Make a sound. Do what you're feeling and make an experience out of that.
CMO: That's the same as the original intent behind punk rock; everybody is valid, everyone has an expression.
JR: Yeah, and I was able to understand what he was saying to me because I was of that generation. You don't need gear, you don't need access to a studio, you can just do it. I recorded the first fifteen minutes of the soundtrack of You've Always Meant So Much To Me in practice spaces, or apartments, or wherever, and just assembled. it. When it came time to record live musicians, I had to assemble them somewhere, and Electrical Audio ended up being the place.
CMO: Tell me about your upcoming performance at the Bohemian National Cemetery.
JR: I'm really excited about it, and I hope people are excited about it. If I saw there was a show in a cemetery, I would go to it. It's not something I've seen done around here. The atmosphere of being in a cemetery at night with the full moon… I think there will be a lot of energy around the full moon and I'm trying to take advantage about it.
When I think of Chicago music in the summer months, I think about the street fairs. They're closing down the streets, and you have to stand in a dusty field and get burned in the sun. I thought I would offer up something a little different; a peaceful, tranquil graveyard at night time. You won't get sunburned, and there will be some interesting vibes happening. And you'll see an interesting performance.
CMO: Are you going to have a screen with the film as well?
JR: We'll have a screen with the film as well, and Acteurs with Jeremy Lemos (White/Light) and Brian Case (Disappears), and I was really lucky to get Rob Sevier from the Numero Group to come and spin between sets. He is the only person I know with a vast New Age collection and I was very interested in having New Age music playing between bands. He and I would have some really good talks about New Age music and he's turned me on to a lot of stuff over the years, so it was my natural inclination to ask him to play, and he was glad to do it. I'm so super psyched for the evening–having Jef Whitehead again come out of his self-imposed exile, Sanford Parker is going to play, Mark Solotroff…
CMO: Will it be everyone from the MCA gig?
JR: It will be an augmented lineup. Everyone from the MCA lineup, Dylan [O'Toole] and Ron [DeFries] from Indian, and Eric [Chaleff] from Bloodiest, so it's kind of beefed up on the black metal side, and there are two additional string musicians too. I believe the overall impact of the performance will be a very wonderful experience. I'm looking forward to it.
CMO: Was it hard to talk the cemetery owners into letting you use the space? Do they have any idea what is coming?
JR: I originally approached them about doing this last fall. I had the idea of doing it for the fall solstice, and I got so far as getting their permission. I pitched this idea, and they did some looking into me and had me come up and talk to them about it. Then I approached Elliot Dicks who owns a sound company [Elliotsound] and is very knowledgeable. We went up there to talk about sound gear, and he began bringing up these things, "What are you going to do about a projection? Security? Portable toilets? Who is going to sell tickets?" I became overwhelmed—I can't handle all of these logistics!
That's where I feel extremely lucky. The Empty Bottle handled the logistics for the Beyond the Black Rainbow screening, and when I told them my idea [for the cemetery show] they agreed to come on board and handle all of the logistics for it, so that's really great!
CMO: It's cool to see local companies doing these things—It's a risk!
JR: I have enormous respect for Bruce [Finkleman] and everybody at the Empty Bottle. They could just sit back and put on great shows and open up really great restaurants for the foreseeable future, but when an interesting idea comes along they're not afraid to tackle it. They're into it for the same reason these musicians are into it. No one is going to make any degree of money, but they are willing to do it because it is a cool idea. Ultimately, that is what's great about being in this town. I feel so, so lucky to know all of these people and have all of these people be able to get into an idea I have and help me fully realize it.
CMO: As many people that move away, there are always people that come here from smaller towns looking to get into the creative community here.
JR: That's right, for every person that leaves town to do something else there are two or three more people coming to take their place.
CMO: What are some things you tell people who have just moved here and want to get involved?
JR: It's a very cold and very hard city to get into, and it is a scene that at times can be very insulated. If you don't pay attention to any of that, and just do your work and keep creating and don't stop, eventually it's gonna pay off. There will be some benefit to it. It's the people that come here solely to be involved in a scene that don't have any ideas, that don't have any work, who just want to mimic what they see around them and cop other people's ideas…
CMO: Aside from the music community, do you think the people coming to your shows in Chicago are more open to new ideas and thoughts than in other cities you've performed in?
JR: Yeah, I think there is a great degree of freedom to do whatever you want here. It's a big city. There is plenty of stuff going on down in Pilsen and Bridgeport that people are unaware of. You can see a band like Dope Body playing a basement show. Those experiences are irreplaceable. You can't get that anywhere. It's great that the city has that. If you pay attention long enough, you'll find something.
CMO: Obviously with twelve people, touring on any scale is probably out of the question, but are you going to do any one-off's in other cities or with a smaller ensemble?
JR: With twelve people it is nearly impossible to get everyone to tour together unless I was in a position to write everyone a check that would allow them to miss their job, but there has been talk of putting one on in New York, and another in Los Angeles. We'll see what comes of it. I'm not opposed to it.
CMO: I always think about the people who put on the World Music Festival and everything they have to do to bring these huge ensembles over. It's hard even within a city to do something like this.
JR: Just to get this cemetery gig going, and I also have a recording project and another gig at Intuit this Thursday…The personnel juggling and dealing with everybody's individual circumstances can be a little mentally exhausting sometimes, I'm not going to lie. The end result is all that matters.
CMO: Would you say that creativity, as much as you have to have an open mind about things, in order to actually be able to do anything it becomes a very task-management driven type of activity?
JR: Yeah. I meditate twice a day. I try to keep an open mind and try not to put negative energy out into the world. I think as a result of that these types of projects come a little easier. To do these types of projects you have to retain an open mind about things, and by having an open mind you have to yield some greater results you weren't anticipating. That's one of the benefits of operating like that.
Wreckmeister Harmonies performs at the Bohemian National Cemetery on Saturday, June 22. Buy tickets here.
by Jamie Ludwig


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The NBA Corner: The Impact of New Ownership
The Allen Iverson years brought many great moments like this to the 76ers and the city of Philadelphia, but it also came with baggage like this, and when Iverson was traded on December 20, 2006, it signaled a new direction for the franchise.
Unfortunately, that direction was not necessarily up.
Since winning the Eastern Conference Championship in 2001, the Philadelphia 76ers have not finished the regular season higher than fourth place in the east and have only advanced to the second round of the playoffs once, and that was nine years ago. It was clear to everyone that ownership, led by Comcast Spectacor chairman Ed Snider, cared far more about the Philadelphia Flyers (whom he and his group also owned) than they did for the Sixers, and the results were evident.
Then, this summer, Snider and his crew finally sold their stepchild of a franchise to an investment group that included Will and Jada Pinkett Smith and was led by a 46 year-old Wharton graduate and founding partner of private equity firm Apollo Global Management named Joshua Harris.
A new day had dawned in Sixerland. But the team was still the same.
So, the question quickly became, how much difference can an energized and engaged ownership group make?
The answer? Plenty.
Last season, the Sixers finished 41 – 41, third in the Atlantic Division, and seventh in the Eastern Conference, which gave them the pleasure of losing the Miami Heat in five games in the first round of the playoffs. Making the postseason in the NBA isn't any real accomplishment and having a perfectly mediocre team that could neither win a playoff series nor secure a high draft pick led to a feeling of apathy among casual fans. They were an average team with no stars and no excitement that was eschewed by ownership in favor of the hockey team that played in the same building, so why would anyone want to go to the games?
This year could not be more different. For the first time in the post-Iverson era, there is real excitement surrounding the team even though the roster is virtually the same as last season. First of all, the new owners, including Twitter-savvy CEO Adam Aron actually listen to fans, like when they demanded that Hip-Hop, the ridiculous rabbit from the 'hood that made real basketball fans do a facepalm, was finally nixed or when they decided to revere the team's legacy (third-most wins in NBA history), rather than ignore it, with videos of some of the franchise's all-time greats or even doing something unheard of in pro sports: slashing ticket prices.
In short, as Mike Bertha explained, the new owners have made all the right moves: "In a sports world—where owners are typically scene [sic] as ominous overseers leering down from their boxes as the peasants cheer for gladiators toiling in the fields—the Sixers are pulling pages from a new book."
The energy and optimism has found its way onto the court. Doug Collins is emerging as an early Coach of the Year candidate with the way he has this superstar-less team playing unselfishly on one end and lockdown defense on the other. The Sixers have started the season 10 – 3 (6 – 0 at home) and are currently on top of the Atlantic Divison, four games up on the New York Knicks and five-and-a-half games ahead of the Boston Celtics. They are 3rd in points per game (100.8) and 2nd in points allowed (85.9), giving them a point differential of 14.9, which is the best in the league by far (Chicago is second at 9.3). Right now, they are first in John Hollinger's power rankings and third in Marc Stein's. That is a huge jump for a team that was the definition of average a year ago, and while they haven't hit the rough part of the schedule yet, every win counts and starting 10 – 3 is never a bad thing.
Only time will tell if Philly can sustain it over the course of a season or if they'll eventually cool off, but Joshua Harris, Adam Aron and the rest of the owners have brought something the franchise hasn't had since before Iverson had cornrows:
Other scattered shots:
-- On Tuesday's Pardon the Interruption, Michael Wilbon said that this compressed season will be about "injury management," and it's hard to argue the point considering the rash of maladies affecting some of the league's most high-profile players thus far.
-- Kobe Bryant has been playing with a torn lunotriquetral ligament in his wrist since opening day.
-- Derrick Rose has missed three of the last five Bulls game due to a toe sprain.
-- Dwyane Wade is afflicted with a variety of leg injuries that has caused him to miss games, but nothing could stop him from missing his lavish 30th birthday party. #Priorities
-- Chris Paul has a strained hamstring that caused him to miss Tuesday's game versus the Jazz.
-- Zach Randolph has a "slight" MCL tear in his right knee.
-- Manu Ginóbili has a broken left hand.
The list could go on and on. Even more so than other years, the 2011 – '12 NBA champions will be the team that is not only hot going into the playoffs, but healthy as well. The 66-game schedule does not allow for as much leeway as other seasons so health will be the major factor in the playoffs this year.
-- The Los Angeles Clippers – apparently we can't call them "Lob City" anymore – beat the villainous Miami Heat and then their roommates, the L.A. Lakers, in back-to-back games recently. It's been a nice start and having bragging rights in the Staples Center is nice, but the Clips aren't a serious contender just yet. They're 6th in the league in both points and assists (thanks, in part, to lobs), but they're 22nd in points allowed. That's not going to get it done in the playoffs. Just like we see in the NFL, offense wins regular season games, but it doesn't win titles. Just ask the "Seven Seconds Or Less" Phoenix Suns.
-- That Suns team was coached by a man named Mike D'Antoni, who is now the coach of the New York Knicks. While he has tried to bring his offense to Madison Square Garden even without an elite player at the point like Steve Nash, D'Antoni evidently did not come across any defense on the way from Phoenix to N.Y. The Knicks aren't awful (17th in points allowed), but they can never seem to get a stop when they need one and that is the major reason they're currently 6 – 7 and four games back in the standings. I know it's still early, but if Carmelo & company want to make any sort of noise in the playoffs, they're going to have to learn how to D up.
-- Kobe Bryant's streak of 40+ points ended at four when he when scored only 14 points on 7-for-22 shooting in that dreadful 73 – 70 win over the Dallas Mavericks. Kobe has dropped at least 40 in four straight games six times in his career. By comparison, Michael Jordan, who believes that Bryant is the only player that should even be compared to him, only did it twice.
-- Unfortunately for Kobe, his coach is Mike Brown. Much like D'Antoni, Brown has brought his offensive philosophy from Cleveland with him to L.A. That philosophy, in short, went something like this: "Hey, guys, give it to LeBron and get out of the way!" If you take that sentence, do a Control+F and replace 'LeBron' with 'Kobe,' you'll have a copy of the entire Lakers playbook. [photo via motifake.com]
-- Speaking of LeBron, Bethlehem Shoals of Free Darko fame, has a terrific piece on The Classical regarding the burden placed upon James to not only be great, but to be perfect: "That's why LeBron provokes such broad, and nasty, emotions, longing and desperation cloaked in hate. James isn't the guy who comes up short. He's the guy who has no right to come up short and does anyway." That's so true. People that don't follow or even like basketball take great joy in watching James fail. They can't get enough. LeBron's detractors – of which he has many and always seems to make create more by doing clueless things like The Decision – take the concept of schadenfreude to an entirely new level. Even if he wins 10 championships in a row (he won't), the criticism hurled at him will either be (a) that's what was expected of him all along, (b) what took him so long?, (c) he needed other stars to help him, or (d) all of the above. I have a feeling that James could cure AIDS and cancer in the middle of a fast break while also handing out hundred dollar bills to poor children and the public will still hate him.
-- Not since Ricky Davis have I seen a player as clueless as JaVale McGee. I mean, what is this? Not only is it during a regular season game, but it's during a regular season game in which his team is losing. It seems to me that every instinct that McGee has is wrong, so he only has one choice – he needs to channel his inner Costanza and do the opposite. The Washington Wizards will probably still blow, but it's not like his own reputation can get any worse.
-- It's time to start over in Boston. The Celtics have lost in five in a row and, at 4 – 8, are in third place in the Atlantic and sinking fast. They still play defense (currently 9th in points allowed), but they can't score at all, averaging under 90 points per game, which is 26th in the Association. Only the Hornets, Wizards, Raptors, and Pistons are averaging fewer points per game. That's not a group in which you want to find yourself. Since in-season rebuilding is virtually impossible, the C's need a philosophical shift. After watching them fall to the Knicks on Christmas day, I said that Rajon Rondo and not Paul Pierce is the Celtics' best player. So far this season, Rondo is averaging a career-high 14.5 points per game on 49.6% from the field along with 10 dimes and five boards. Contrast that with Pierce, who is averaging more with 15.7 ppg, but on 39.4% shooting, and who doesn't have nearly the all-around game that Rondo does, and it's clear who Boston's go-to guy is now. Doc Rivers better convince Pierce and the rest of the team of that fact soon or the Celtics will find themselves in the lottery for the first time since 2006 – '07, the year before Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen arrived.
-- One final non-NBA note: my favorite college professor, a man that has taught me so much in and out of the classroom, will be honored on Saturday when a Brother Ed Sheehy bobblehead will be given away this Saturday. Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports referenced the honor in his popular "Forde Minutes" column this week: "La Salle is honoring Brother Ed Sheehy, a 20-year staple on the Explorers' sideline, with a bobblehead giveaway at their game Saturday against Rhode Island. As the school's release drolly states, "Sheehy is believed to be the first Christian Brother to be honored with a bobblehead." The school says Sheehy leads the squad in prayer before and after every game, accompanying the team on road trips as well. He also is available to talk with the student-athletes and coaches about any issues that may arise in their lives. Coach John Giannini even spends 15 minutes with Sheehy right before every game. La Salle will give away 750 Sheehy bobbleheads to students before the game against the Rams."
I am honored to say that I had the opportunity to learn from Brother Ed, a man that is just as impressive outside of the classroom as he is inside it, and there are thousands of La Salle students and alumni that feel the exact same way as I do. If more people were like him, the world would be a far better – and smarter – place.
[UPDATE: ESPN also has a piece about the #BobbleEd honor.]
Congratulations, Brother Ed, it is well-deserved. Salute!
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first off i love ej and i really love ej and sami together (if the writers will ever allow that) but i don't feel that sorry for him


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Thanks everyone for your comments and votes on my beautiful Grandson, today A Tokay Gecko taken up at Angie's, they are tiny but kept trying to bite, and when held he squealed, Below some info.
The Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) is a nocturnal arboreal gecko, ranging from northeast India, to Nepal and Bangladesh, throughout Southeast Asia, Philippines to Indonesia and western New Guinea. Its native habitat is rainforest trees and cliffs, and it also frequently adapts to rural human habitations, roaming walls and ceilings at night in search of insect prey. Increasing urbanization is reducing its range. In the late 1980s and early 1990s it was introduced into Hawaii, Florida, Texas, Belize, and several Caribbean islands, where it can be considered an invasive species.
The Tokay Gecko is the second largest Gecko species, attaining lengths of about 1120 inches (2851 cm) for males, and 719 inches (1848 cm) for females, with weights of only 150400g. They are distinctive in appearance, with a bluish or grayish body, sporting spots ranging from light yellow to bright red. The male is more brightly colored than the female. They have large eyes with a vertical slit pupil. Eyes are brown to greenish brown and can be orange or yellow.
Males are very territorial, and will attack other male Tokays as well as other Gecko species, as well as anything else in their territory. They are solitary and only meet during the mating season. Females lay clutches of one or two hard shelled eggs which are guarded until they hatch. Tokay Geckos feed on insects and small vertebrates. They have developed such a strong bite for a lizard their size due to specializing in preying on beetles. They are able to crack the beetle shell easily due to this.
The typical lifespan is 710 years, however in captivity some Tokays have been known to live over 18 years.
Their mating call, a loud croak, is variously described as sounding like token, gekk-gekk or Poo-Kay where both the common and the scientific name (deriving from onomatopoeic names in Malay, Sundanese, Tagalog, Thai, or Javanese), as well as the family name Gekkonidae and the generic term gecko come from. The call is similar to the call made by Gekko smithii (Large Forest Gecko).
When the Tokay bites, they often won't let go for a few minutes or even up to an hour or more, and it is very difficult to remove without causing harm to the gecko. For this reason, it is considered to be best as an ornamental animal for experienced reptile owners.
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Superb series, what a beautiful animal.
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Great title for this set of wonderful .... albeit not beautiful images....
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all very worthy of the No. 1 spot excellent detail and texture in all shots Trevor superb....often as not i could easily end up with one of these in my bedroom at night when i live in Indonesia as long as you know they are there it is fine but if you dont as they often hide behind wardrobes etc and they let out one of their crys during the night scared the bejaysus out of ye!!
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A wonderful set of this chap, Trev...he seems to be laughing at you!
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What a beautifully coloured and marked little chap, this is another super sequence of images in this series
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This year's event takes place at the Wakeman Boys & Girls Club in Southport, Connecticut. The kid's "Scamper" (100 yard dash) begins at 9 a.m., followed by a ½ mile race for children at 9:10 a.m. and a 2-mile fitness walk at 9:30 a.m. Then the 5K road race will start at 10:10 a.m. Food and drinks will be provided for all participants, and childcare is available as well. There's also an exciting raffle with prizes, ranging from our tasty Bigelow teas to two plane tickets to anywhere (!) in the U.S., donated by Warren Travel Agency.
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which is blogging publicly. and changing my screen name to something that feels more like me.
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On Aug. 31, 2010, trees were illegally cut down in Gov. Lot 1. For those of you who may not be familiar with this location, it is the area north of Emmet Court and east of some property lines on South Harbor Drive. This is city-owned park land and is also dune land. The value of the trees that were leveled and damaged were estimated at $10,000-plus. That does not include the price that we taxpayers paid to obtain the dollar value of the damage.
The person responsible for this atrocity got away with simply paying the city $1,000, which was paid off by monthly payments of $100.
I am appalled by the way this was handled by the city of Grand Haven. How someone who was responsible for the $10,000-plus destruction that took place on city park land — dune land, especially — got away with simply paying $1,000 is outrageous.
This was never brought to the attention of our city attorney, per my conversation with Sam Janson, assistant to the city manager. This crime (felony offense?) should have been handled by the Ottawa County Prosecutor's Office.
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In last night's GOP presidential debate Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann lambasted Texas governor Rick Perry for his executive order, which never went into effect, that sixth grade girls should receive a vaccine to prevent HPV, a sexually transmitted disease that causes cervical cancer. Bachmann knocked Perry down a notch, arguing that the episode was an example of crony capitalism (Perry's former chief of staff was the chief lobbyist for the drug company that manufactured the vaccine).
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PINE BLUFF, Ark. (KTVH) -- Pine Bluff high school is filled with talent and not just in athletics. One senior is leaving her mark on the school in paint.
Bright colors and inspiration line the halls of Pine Bluff High School thanks to one student artist.
Ashley Gragg is finishing off her last year of high school and over the years has made sure her talent will not be forgotten. She says, "Everybody says they want to leave their mark on their school but I feel like I get to leave a real mark."
And that mark is her art. Ashley says, "Until they decide to paint over the walls, my name is on the building. That's a nice feeling."
But art wasn't always Ashley's gift. Most of her life she thought she was striving to reach a different goal. She says, "My 10th grade year my teacher used to always beg me, come to art club. And I was like "uh uh" I got track practice."
Ashley started as a track star, but later discovered her passion in art where she paints this mural that highlights the diverse student body of Pine Bluff High School. She says, "It's a nice feeling being able to contribute to the school...you get to leave your legacy."
Ashley painted these murals with hopes to inspire students now and in the future. Her murals also include faces and quotes from well-known African Americans throughout the hallways. She says, "Tupac was actually the first face that I did. And it turned out really good, so that's when I decided to go crazy and do like 10 faces."
She wanted to depict faces students of her generation could better relate to. She says, "We all know Martin Luther King, but Tupac that's somebody that we know, we listen to. When it's somebody you can actually relate to, you take more away from it."
Ashley plans to go to college next year for art and be recognized for her talent some day. She says, "And if I was to get famous on art, of course I won't forget where I came from, because people always talk down on PB but, I feel like it has a lot to offer. We are the leaders of tomorrow."


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Before the turn of the (last) century, when the interaction of malt and water chemistry was not well understood, brewers in Pilsen used the temperature range of 86-126°F to help the enzyme phytase acidify their mash when using only pale malts. The water in the area is so pure and devoid of minerals that the mash would not reach the proper pH range without this Acid Rest. Most other brewing areas of the world did not have this problem.
Pale lager malt is rich in phytin, an organic phosphate containing calcium and magnesium. Phytase breaks down phytin into insoluble calcium and magnesium phosphates and phytic acid. The process lowers the pH by removing the ion buffers and producing this weak acid. The acid rest is not used nowadays because it can take several hours for this enzyme to lower the mash pH to the desired 5.0 - 5.5 range. Today, through knowledge of water chemistry and appropriate mineral additions, proper mash pH ranges can be achieved from the outset without needing an acid rest.
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This card has a unique dual-purpose: if your opponent has MANY weak minions (eg, Hunter) you can play an Auchenai Soulpriest and then use this as a free board wipe (minus chunking your soulpriest). On the other hand, if your opponent has few-or-no Minions and you have several that need healing, this is essentially a free heal for you.
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Warning:Also heals enemy minions!
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This is a very underrated card. I personally love it. comboing it with an injured blademaster on turn 3 (since this card is free) fully heals the blademaster, giving you a 4/7 on turn 3. It's also amazing board clear if combo'd with an auchenai soulpriest, which will live with 1 health remaining.
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This is probably one of the best priest cards. Not only can trigger insane combos with
Northshire Cleric
, but also works as a board wipe in combination with
Auchenai Soulpriest
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Unfortunately, this card isn't as awesome as it might be. Don't get me wrong, it's got its uses, especially in conjunction with Auchenai Soul Priest, but most opponents do not leave damaged minions on the board. They trade if they can and hold off if they can't in most situations. This is doubly true against a Priest, because most competent opponents are going to be wary of big, blowout Northshire Cleric and Lightwarden combos. This card is theoretically amazing on a board where there are a whole lot of damaged minions, but that almost never occurs, even super late game.
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Early game combined with a
Northshire Cleric
Wild Pyromancer
can draw you bunch of cards.
Note that
Wild Pyromancer
will trigger after a spell effect so do not waste circle first.
If you get a early
Power Word: Shield
buff Pyromancer (He will trigger AoE after you do it) and then do circle and get at least 2 cards + each for damaged enemy minion (+ PW:S previously). I would not recommend doing this combination with 2 Northshire cleric in game unless you're an empty hand.
This is really strong early game opening but be careful if you play against rush deck you may want to save circle for Auchenai to clear the board.
My opinion is that this is one of the strongest priest's spells, very versatile and cost zero mana.
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Should cost 1 mana.
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It's not a cult, It's a circle.
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It isn't really a circle.
This card is used in
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I have a brand new forum devon walsh 46, thats never been used,
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its probably a few years old. how much is it worth if I was to sell
it is worth ONLY whatever someone is willing to pay for it!
check on eBay and prepare to feel gutted! (ie, it is worth more to you if you use it and thrash the crap out of it!)
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Get ready for the San Francisco Fog's annual mega-fundraising event that is sure to laugh your socks off! Sabrina Matthews, one of the hottest lesbian comics working today, will be our special guest comedian for the evening. Bobaloo, who some have described as "rapid-fire silly," will be adding more punchlines to the evening.
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It's a battle against both sides of the pond as the San Francisco Fog Women take on the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy from the United Kingdom!
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The San Francisco Fog R.F.C. was well-represented in the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union's Women's Grizzlies Developmental Side last Sunday as Bridget Madell and Ruth Parr from the Fog Women's Side starred in their match against MARFU (Mid-Atlantic) Women's Senior Select Side at Treasure Island on Sunday, April 13, 2008. Shortly after, the Fog found out that Bridget made the Pacific Coast Grizzlies Select Side. Congratulations to both Bridget and Ruth!
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In the ninth inning Monday, Aroldis Chapman loosed a triple-digit explosion over the top of Nick Swishers head. The wind from the pitch parted Swishers hair, even underneath his helmet.
Then, Chapman did it again. Mr. Erstwhile 106 played buzzball twice, understandably irritating Swisher while also, quite possibly, momentarily liquefying his knees. After Swisher ripped a hard lineout to left field, he had a few words for the Reds closer. Silly Cleveland radio guy Tom Hamilton had a few more. Hamilton thought it would have been neat if Swisher had lasered a line drive to Chapmans temple.
This came a day after Chicago Cubs pitcher Matt Garza suggested Johnny Cueto neednt have sailed a pitch over the head of Garzas teammate, David DeJesus, in the 6th inning of that game.
Oh, waaah.
Meantime, Brandon Phillips and Shin-Soo Choo both were hit by pitches, and silently took their bases, per the agreed-upon rules.
This is cool.
This is what the kids used to call Swag. Its the epitome of Paul Browns acting like youve been there before. Let the losers whine. The cool kids just shut up and play.
Anyone else see something very right developing along the river? Besides the obvious. Since starting 13-12, the Reds are 20-7, including a 14-3 run that continued in Cleveland Wednesday night. But theres more to it than that. Even as eight of those 14 Ws did come against the Cubs, Marlins and Mets. Wins over lightweights dont detract from the confidence built.
Let Dusty Baker worry about stuff getting nasty. Some of us like the Swag. It suggests a willful, skillful determination that has defined the St. Louis Cardinals for years. Individual confidence ebbs and flows across The Big162.Team self-belief doesnt have to.
St. Louis finds a way. Its a skill, acquired across seasons of triumph over suffering. St. Louis wins because its St. Louis. The Cardinals are doing it again this year. Theyve used eight rookie pitchers already. They have the best record in the game.
The Reds are catching up. It shows in their comeback wins, and in their steady rolling starting pitching. It shows in the occasionally, apparently deliberate wildness of Chapman (probably) and Cueto (most definitely). Last year, the Reds learned the value of the daily grind. Now, theyre discovering that when Swag mixes with grind, the results can be dominant.
We are the Reds. You are not.
Occasionally, Chapman is wildy wild. His release point is somewhere up near Lakewood. When that happens, his pitches act as if theyre on an around-the-world cruise. Chapman wasnt intending to plunk Swisher, not with a two-run lead and one out in the ninth.
He might have intended to message him, though. Nothing wrong with that.
Its no different than barrel-sliding into second base, to bust a double play. When it comes to grind and swag, how different were the pitches of Cueto and Chapman from every one of Joey Vottos at-bats? Each is saying, This is my game. I will tell you how we will be playing.
Bakers solution was interesting. He suggested Garza and Cueto find an alley somewhere, and get fist-busy. Garza should know going in that a straight right leg from Cueto in 2010 basically ended the career of St. Louis catcher Jason LaRue.
An alley fight would be OK. If you had a choice, would you watch a fight between Garza and Cueto, or an actual Reds-Cubs game?
Baseball fights generally are silly, unless youre Nolan Ryan, just cold-cocking Robin Ventura. That was epic. Mostly, hitter charges mound. Pitcher throws up arms. Benches empty and swarm. A few players attempt a peace, or at least look like theyre trying. The rest of the players hang on the outskirts, talking about the Land Rovers they just bought.
The stuff that prompts the ill will has a purpose though. In the Reds case, it has been to develop a quiet, core confidence that, you know, theyre simply better than you are.
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