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Dubai: Jalal Bin Thaneya will make no new year's resolutions tonight because he is already living out the most important resolution of his 25-year-old life — his fund-raising walk from Abu Dhabi to Makkah.
The wind is howling all around him as he takes a break to allow Gulf News to catch up with him. It had been a very clear and calm day all along until the evening arrived, he says, which led to a finely choreographed dance between the wind and the sand. He is watching the performance as he speaks, pitching his voice just a bit above that of nature's drama. "It's been a good journey so far. We are getting there," he says. A slight hesitation later, he says, "But what is bothering me is the smell of fertilisers all around."
He is smack in the middle of land that is being nurtured for a dairy farm. "As far as the eye can see, we have dairy cultivation here and the smell of fertilisers can be a total distraction." He is trying to make it past this stretch as quickly as he can. But the same stretch has also given him an extraordinary sight to remember — a freight train.
'Thundering apparition'
"Two days back, I saw a blur of a motion in the landscape straight ahead of me. Somewhere at the back of my mind, I realised I was seeing a train receding into the distance but that thought slid off my mind. And then last night, suddenly, through the darkness of the desert came this thundering apparition. The whole desert seemed to shake with the weight of it as it charged through the night, its lights cutting through the dark like huge lasers. It turned out to be a two-kilometre long train."
Only after his body and mind were wired by the sound and sight of it did he remember that he had seen two straight lines cutting through the desert. "I did see the tracks back there but then they were not exactly like tracks, more like two parallel metal embeds in the sand that sometimes nearly get covered by it."
He is still, he confesses, amazed by the sight. The train has left tracks in his mind. "A train in a desert," he murmurs to himself, unable to leave the thought behind.
Bin Thaneya is about 1,100 kilometres away from Makkah. Put that way, it sounds like he is very far off but the truth is he has covered almost half the distance in the 21 days that he has been on this mission.
Still along the Al Harad highway, he aims to reach Riyadh Saturday or Sunday.
In all these days, he has met just three people. In the last six days, he has come across another person.
'Able to connect'
These stunningly bare meetings are however working to reiterate what he has come to believe every time he undertakes a mission — the less you own in life, the richer your evolution as an individual. "Look at these people," he says. "They don't have much material stuff. They live in extremely demanding surroundings. They don't have access to most of the stuff city dwellers do. And yet, they are so generous, genuine and able to connect with a stranger."
The single biggest truth he encounters in these minimal surroundings is that the basic human spirit is thriving. "I find innocence is alive. I see simplicity being lived out in front of my own eyes. In all that we are losing, we are also able to preserve something at least."
Of course the days are tumbling into one another, time is flying and the miles are food for his feet, but physical motion and mental acceleration do part ways at times — especially when it is time to eat. The familiar rustle of grains, dates and cereal — his staple diet on this mission — in a plastic bowl is not music to his ears all the time. "My rations are not satisfying on some days," he confesses. "The sacrifice is taking its toll." Dreaming about delicious foods, of course, is not a choice either given his circumstances.
That kind of mental debilitation is something he will not subject himself to as there is too much at stake. "But yes, sometimes, it can be an issue when you have not eaten hot food for days or you can't even cook a simple hot meal because the wind puts out any fire you want to start."
Right now, he is short on water and hasn't been able to wash his clothes for two days because of it. But the tribulation is an old one. He has been there before.
He is looking forward to reaching Riyadh because beyond that he will be taking on an entirely different terrain — rocky mountainous paths that change their mood after every step.
He may be a 1,000km away from Makkah but as he puts it, "it's always in my heart. I am never too far from it." It's a thought he will hold close for comfort tonight as he sleeps and the night segues into a new year.
Man with a mission
- Jalal Bin Thaneya is a 25-year-old Emirati based in Dubai
- He graduated from Middlesex University in Dubai in 2010
- This is his fourth endeavour to raise funds for children with special needs, following a walk across all seven emirates, climbing all the 90,000 steps to the top of Emirates Tower in 12 days and crossing the Rub Al Khali in a fortnight
- Corporate organisations and individuals wishing to donate for the Dubai Centre for Special Needs can contribute the funds directly to the centre


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Las Vegas Sun sports reporters Ray Brewer and Case Keefer fill out their brackets for the Sunset and Sunrise regional tournaments.
As Eris Winder approached the free-throw line with 18 seconds left in his team's game against Durango Tuesday, the Palo Verde senior leaned his head back and yawned for a quick moment.
He could have kept taking in air for a few more seconds. Winder deserved a deep exhale at minimum after the dazzling display of basketball he put on for the previous 15 minutes.
Winder scored 23 of his 24 points in the second half against Legacy, enabling Palo Verde to overcome an 18-point halftime deficit to win 63-59 in the first round of the Sunset Regional playoffs.
"I could see he was pressing," Palo Verde coach Paul Sanchez said of Winder's slow start in the first half. "He was trying to do too much and not just letting the game come to him as he did in the second half. He got a chance to catch his breath a little bit at halftime. And then, we come out and play our normal game where everyone chips in and Eris leads us."
For the third straight year under Winder's watch, the Panthers advanced to the regional semifinals. Palo Verde takes on Bishop Gorman at 8 Thursday night at Durango.
This after Gorman's staff was ready to start scouting Legacy at halftime. With Winder on the bench for the opening six minutes because of a violation of team rules, the Panthers had no offensive rhythm.
It didn't get much better when he checked in, as the Longhorns went on a 16-2 run aided by three Winder turnovers.
"I was kind of down on myself with some stuff that happened earlier today," Winder said. "I had to put that off to the side for this game because I didn't want to go out my senior year this way."
Legacy led by as much as 19 behind strong games from Khari Sloane — 13 points, six rebounds, three blocks and three steals — and Donovan Gray — seven points, five rebounds and five assists.
But the Panthers clamped down on defense starting in the third quarter and let that spark their offense. They out-scored the Longhorns 21-6 in the period to get back into the game.
"We were able to settle down right away in the second half by putting some baskets down," Sanchez said.
Deciding to escape double teams on the perimeter by posting up down low, the 6-foot-1 Winder made several of those buckets. The fourth quarter was when he really went off, though.
Winder scored 12 points in six minutes, which included sinking all four free-throw attempts, making a turnaround fadeaway off of the glass and jumping over the defense for an alley-oop on an in-bounds pass.
His first miscue seemed to come with 30 seconds left and the Panthers trailing 60-59. Winder threw up a floater from the free-throw line that completely missed the rim, but landed in the hands of senior forward Sam Hutchings.
Hutchings converted an easy layup that turned into the game-winning score.
"Right place, right time," Hutchings said. "The ball fell in my hands and I went up to score."
That's a humble description that might describe one play, but Hutchings' performance as a whole was much more glamorous. He was the Panthers lone constant against the Longhorns.
Without Winder on the floor, Hutchings scored the team's first eight points. Hutchings finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and four assists in what Sanchez thought was the best game he had ever played.
Hutchings was just excited to extend the season.
"We've had a ton of injuries and other team problems, but our guys have been fighting all year long," Sanchez said. "I think we've gotten used to having to fight for everything we get. I'm real glad to see that they get another chance to play another night."
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A WIDNES dad battling Crohn's disease is embarking on yet another gruelling challenge.
Paul Hardaker, aged 43, is riding across the Pyrenees on his adventure motorbike, hoping to complete the mountainous 771 miles in seven days.
His complete route will cover around 2,500 miles.
His plan to row 28 miles across the En glish Channel in a sea kayak has been postponed due to bad weather. He is confident he will get the all clear to do this next month.
The civil engineer from Hough Green has already sailed single-handed around the UK coast on board a 27ft yacht.
He aims to raise awareness and £10,000 for Chrons & Colitis UK, a charity which helps sufferers like himself.
Paul, of Flanders Close, who set sail for Santander on Monday, said: "I've never done anything like this before.
"I'm hoping to ride 10 hours a day. It is going to be hard. I'll have to keep my energy levels up. I will be carrying five litres of water on my back.
"The terrain will include glaciers. There will be no phone signals."
Paul will be camping and surviving on dried food, boiled in a bag on a portable stove.
Paul lives with his partner, Lisa, aged 42, and their sons Ben, aged 14, and Eliot, aged 16.
He hopes his test of endurance will inspire other Crohn's sufferers to feel more positive about their condition.
Paul said: "It is surprising what your body can do once you commit yourself to something. I want to inspire people to push themselves to the limit.
"I've had this disease for 13 years. I am fortunate as I manage really well with it.
"I will be stopping and talking to people about this disease."
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He added: "It gives me a huge boost knowing that people are behind me. Without their support, there is no way I could get through this."
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-- Amanda Schlabach, 67, 2870 County Road 114, died Sunday morning, Oct. 31, 1999, at her residence after an extended illness.
Services will be Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Jonas Yoder residence, County Road 114, Baltic, with Bishop Mose E. Hershberger officiating. Burial will be at Burkholder Cemetery, Clark Township, Holmes County.
Friends may call anytime at the Schlabach residence. Smith Funeral Home in Sugarcreek, is handling arrangements.
She was born Feb. 5, 1932 in Holmes County to Adam H. and Lizzie Miller and married Emanuel Schlabach on Nov. 10, 1953. He survives.
Other survivors include children and their spouses, Esther and Vernon Hershberger of Baltic, Sylvanus and Sara Schlabach of Millersburg, Adam and Faith Schlabach of Glenmont, Delbert Schlabach of Berlin, John and Donna Schlabach of Berlin and Emanuel Schlabach Jr. of Wooster; 10 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; her mother of Millersburg; sisters, Mrs. Noah (Saloma) Raber and Mrs. Andy (Annie) Raber, both of Millersburg and Mrs. Emanuel (Fannie) Yoder of Baltic; and brothers, Jonas and Emanuel Miller, both of Baltic.
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Affiliation: Dartmouth Medical School
Country: USA
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- Using built environment characteristics to predict walking for exerciseGina S Lovasi
Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Int J Health Geogr 7:10. 2008..In order to limit confounding by prior health conditions, the sample was restricted to participants in good self-reported health and without a documented history of cardiovascular disease...
- Computing travel time when the exact address is unknown: a comparison of point and polygon ZIP code approximation methodsEthan M Berke
Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Int J Health Geogr 8:23. 2009..Travel time is an important metric of geographic access to health care. We compared strategies of estimating travel times when only subject ZIP code data were available...
- Association of the built environment with physical activity and obesity in older personsEthan M Berke
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Am J Public Health 97:486-92. 2007..We examined whether older persons who live in areas that are conducive to walking are more active or less obese than those living in areas where walking is more difficult...
- Protective association between neighborhood walkability and depression in older menEthan M Berke
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:526-33. 2007..To evaluate the association between neighborhood walkability and depression in older adults...
- Cancer care in the United States: identifying end-of-life cohortsEthan M Berke
The Center for Healthcare Research and Reform, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
J Palliat Med 12:128-32. 2009..We examined several techniques of identifying end-of-life cancer cohorts with claims data that is population-based, geographically scalable, and amenable to routine updating...
- Does neighborhood walkability moderate the effects of intrapersonal characteristics on amount of walking in post-menopausal women?Cynthia K Perry
Department of Family and Child Nursing, University of Washington, Box 357262, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Health Place 21:39-45. 2013..Specifying types of walking (e.g., for transportation) can elucidate the relationships among intrapersonal factors, the built environment, and walking...
- Impact of a managed-Medicare physical activity benefit on health care utilization and costs in older adults with diabetesHuong Q Nguyen
Department of Behavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98199, USA
Diabetes Care 30:43-8. 2007..The purpose of this article was to determine the effects of a managed-Medicare physical activity benefit on health care utilization and costs among older adults with diabetes...
- End-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer is highly intensive overall and varies widelyNancy E Morden
Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:786-96. 2012..They also suggest that best practices in end-of-life cancer care can be found in many settings and that efforts to improve the quality of end-of-life care should include every hospital category...
- Breast cancer stage at diagnosis and geographic access to mammography screening (New Hampshire, 1998-2004)Maria O Celaya
New Hampshire State Cancer Registry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Rural Remote Health 10:1361. 2010..Recent studies have shown inconsistent results in their investigations of the possible association between travel distance to mammography and stage of breast cancer at diagnosis...
- Practical and policy implications of using different rural-urban classification systems: a case study of inpatient service utilization among Veterans Administration usersEthan M Berke
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, HB 7251, 35 Centerra Parkway, Room 206, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
J Rural Health 25:259-66. 2009..Several classification systems exist for defining rural areas, which may lead to different interpretations of rural health services data...
- Alcohol retail density and demographic predictors of health disparities: a geographic analysisEthan M Berke
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1967-71. 2010..We examined whether the geographic density of alcohol retailers was greater in geographic areas with higher levels of demographic characteristics that predict health disparities...
- Quality of care for cardiometabolic disease: associations with mental disorder and ruralityNancy E Morden
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
Med Care 48:72-8. 2010..We assess whether quality of care disparities by mental disorder status are magnified for individuals living in rural areas...
- Distance as a barrier to using a fitness-program benefit for managed Medicare enrolleesEthan M Berke
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Aging Phys Act 14:313-24. 2006..Health systems providing fitness-program benefits as a way to increase physical activity levels of their plan members should consider location of program facilities in relation to members' home addresses to maximize use of the benefit...
- Objective measurement of sociability and activity: mobile sensing in the communityEthan M Berke
Center for Population Health, The Dart mouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:344-50. 2011..We assessed the feasibility of a wireless mobile device in measuring sociability and physical activity in older adults, and compared results with those of traditional questionnaires...
- Healthcare cost differences with participation in a community-based group physical activity benefit for medicare managed care health plan membersRonald T Ackermann
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1459-65. 2008..To determine whether participation in a physical activity benefit by Medicare managed care enrollees is associated with lower healthcare utilization and costs...


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Cloud computing: is it a cure-all for every technical vice that vexes how an organization manages its data? We at CloudTweaks obviously only answer this question in the affirmative. Though slightly marred by several wrinkles in its ease of use and trustworthiness, the cloud remains an indisputably worthwhile component of any IT-heavy operation. Nevertheless, conducting a thorough aptitude assessment can provide an organization with unique reassurance that cloud computing can dovetail attractively with their aims. Launch such an assessment by considering some of the following questions on cloud's potential for you.
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Marvel_Man 4 years ago#82
Can we just make this a sticky?
I really don't care about the series but I hate the effect COD has on gaming. Halo 4's MP is a joke because it tried to emulate CoD, forgetting that it's NOT CoD.
My steel has been tainted by the blood of a weakling!
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m4sturch33f 4 years ago#83
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From: Pezofpower | #075fact of the matter is however; the vast majority of people who do play Call of Duty do not play any other video games.
It's disgusting to see that you can't comprehend the negative impact COD is making on the game market. The only thing you are really defending at this point is the stagnation of gaming.
I hate on any FPS because every person who loves them says RPGs are boring because you do the same thing over and over, which baffles me because how is that different from shooting something over and over. RPGs at least have a story, as opposed to point, shoot, repeat. Now I know the single player campaign's do have stories but I have never seen anyone play the single player campaign of an FPS EVER!
GunningSoul (Topic Creator)4 years ago#85
Gaming is stagnating... because before it wasnt.
The blatant blindness of nostalgia is at work, and it does admirable work.
What stagnation, are you joking? Stagnation as in what? That now gaming is a stale and grey world of unoriginality, and that before it was a colorful wonderland of innovation and creativity? The so-called golden age of gaming was marred with platformers and five hours long games, yet you do not complain about these being short or copying the popular formula of their time. What the hell do you want to play that there isnt nowadays, you baboon?
Does every game out there copy Call of Duty, is that what you pretend to say? Do you even know how many first-person shooters were released last year? Make an uneducated estimate, just to see? What's that, a billion millions? Not exactly, the number is around 20. And what about this year, 9!
Your cynicism is digusting and so completly shut off from reality. If there is something here that is dying, it's not this industry. No, it's you, inside. Gaming is as fun as before, and for every game that you nostagicly hold up to the heavens like a shining beacon of perfection, there is a modern counterpart that is just as fun and ingenious. You may want to consider leaving the bias for the golden past behind when grabbing a controller, so you wont moan that it's surprisingly not akin to Donkey Kong Contry when you shoot people in the face. And otherwise, why do you even bother?
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ChaosSanctum 4 years ago#86
Well now... There's a cornucopia of reasons not to like CoD. None of which imo have to do with it being a trite waste of time, the same every year, and 'ruining gaming'. Sure all of that is true, but it's not why I hate it. I dislike it because IT'S BORING. The campaigns are dull as dishwater, and if I have to be called a 'fa***t albino nig**r or a retar*' by some backwards little kid on the internet; I'd prefer to at least play a game that's fun. BLOPS/2 the campaigns weren't as bad as say the MW series, but they're still boring. The multiplayer is rinse/repeat, and the community is simply atrocious. As for why people don't b***h about say, a new Mario is because, Mario is non-competitive. You chill, you play it, you're done. You don't get online and screamed at for not wasting your whole life playing it.
Being 'good' in CoD is knowing the maps. Where to camp, where enemies spawn, where barrels/cars/etc. are so you can chuck nades at 'em from wherever, where's a good place to hide, etc. It's nowhere near the same thing as being 'good' at Soul Calibur. Sure people can win [usually even alot and have pretty impressive w/l records] by spamming, throw-whoring, ring-outting, whathaveyou, but they're still not 'good'. They can't hit the justs, they can't impact, so on and so forth, but win or lose; IT'S FUN, and you've got no one yelling at you besides yourself if you lose.
You enjoy CoD, then hey that's great play what you want, but don't get mad at others for having the opinion that it's a terrible piece of shi*. Most people who play CoD are casual gamers; they don't wanna sit down and dump 60 hours into some JRPG about anime-guy1 and anime-guy2 both being in love with anime-girl420 while they do magic and fly giant robots and shi*. Personally, I love it, but that's me.
digitalwill2000 4 years ago#87
The easiest way to unite people is through hate.
Subconciously people follow this trend. Of course, there are many enigmas who arent susceptable to peer pressure or need to have their thoughts dictated for them, like me.
Internet Troll = Someone who attempts to aggravate online.
GameFaqs Troll = Anyone with an opinion...
m4sturch33f 4 years ago#88
GunningSoul posted...
Gaming is stagnating... because before it wasnt.
Check out this kid avoiding the topic of COD pumping out the same game with a different name. That's stagnation, brogamer.
And yeah, the market wasn't stagnant, back in the day; there were new mechanics, methods of progression story/character wise etc in pretty much every game on the market and it was that way until casual scrubs like you demanded less complexity in games and more run and gun drooling action. Then they caught on that you guys would buy any installment with the title on the box.
Still having a hard time comprehending the history of gaming, baboon?
From: Pezofpower | #080
We'll just have to disagree I guess.
Well since I buy two copies of many MP games, I'll pretend that my second copy of BLOPS 2 was for you. Just so you can feel like you contributed too.
Of course, the $80 limited edition is the game I'll have bought in your name.
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Pezofpower 4 years ago#90
GunningSoul posted...
Gaming is stagnating... because before it wasnt.
Mass Effect, was painfully hindered by CoD's populairty. The first game was a beautiful RPG with Shooter elements where stats were more important than how amazing you were at shooting. Then when CoD picked up right around ME2 It became the first iteration of A headshot fest with some RPG elements. ME3, Ending nonsense aside, was an even further departure from the first game. Complete Genre shifts to attract a new crowd is a real issue. This isn't nostalgia this is literally changing gameplay because of the CoD phenomina.
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You saw the adventure touring checklist we put together while we were prepping for the trip. It was long, many people laughed. We used just about everything on that list. Here's how some of our favorite items performed on the trip to Labrador.
Flare Pistol
Michael Moore once posited that Americans are so obsessed with guns because they're scared. And that's exactly why Grant and I took this flare pistol along, we were scared. Of bears.
Ever since we got into that fight with a black bear in the Adirondacks, we've become paranoid campers. Every time a fox or a raccoon or a porcupine comes stumbling through a campsite at night, we're freaking out that it's another bear that has completely lost its fear of humans. Labrador has the largest bear population in North America.
Since we live in New York and can't really legally own guns (technically you can, there's just more red tape than we're willing to deal with) as a result and because trying to get one across the border would have been an enormous hassle, we looked for other options. How about a device that fires an explosive incendiary round at high velocity out to a couple hundred yards with some rough modicum of accuracy and that isn't regulated by any laws we're aware of? Perfect. It goes bang, bears go away. Way better than bear spray that requires you to be within spitting distance of said bear for it to work. Plus, we're not out to kill Yogi, just convince him to leave us alone. We didn't get a chance to use this, but Grant's mom says flare pistols are a great bear deterrent.
Obviously we don't endorse firing shit at animals willy nilly, nor discharging incendiary explosives all over nature. Be an adult about things please.
Baby Wipes
From one extreme to the other. From a wilderness camping luxury to an outdoors necessary. What, you mean you still camp without baby wipes?! Aside from the obvious use, they're also great for just cleaning your hands or face. Buy the moisturizing kind, after weeks outdoors your skin needs it, and not just the skin on your face.
Klean Kanteen
I bought this not just to take to the gym, but also because it fits into the standard water bottle sleeves on my hiking pack, actually I bought two so that pack would be balanced. Tough as nails and, because this model is unlined, unpainted stainless steel, you can use it to boil water. That's actually super handy as it's easy to place within a fire, just cover the lid in tin foil and use your multitool pliers to lift it in and out. Just stick it straight into the middle of a fire, supported by wood on all sides and it'll have your water boiling quicker than any other method. As an added benefit, I'm the only guy at Body Elite with burned sap all over my water bottle, take that Mr. Fake Tan.
SOG Powerlock Multitool
This is the multitool I use for big jobs. The USP of the Powerlock is a hinge system that doubles the input force to the pliers/wire cutters. Once you try that, you'll never use anything else; the pressure of a firm handshake is enough to cut quarters in half. That means tasks like working loose seized bolts or just gripping your Klean Kanteen securely become twice as easy. Since I carry separate knives, I removed the blade and replaced it with a seatbelt cutter, all tools are user replaceable/customizable. I've now got wire strippers, scissors, a flat blade and phillips screw driver, 1/4-inch driver, can opener, awl, wood saw, wire and blast cap crimpers all in one tool. Haven't really needed the blast cap crimpers, yet. Built to take a beating, which it has many times and it still looks almost new.
4Sevens Maelstrom G5 Flashlight
Still use a Maglight? This LED flashlight puts out 350 lumens and throws a very tight, artifact-free hotspot out to a couple hundred yards. It's like carrying one of those pistol grip spotlamps in your pocket.
Having said that, what's essentially a car high beam isn't all that practical as you'll find yourself needing flood, not throw, 99 percent of the time. Luckily, it's got low modes that enable it to go all the way down to .2 lumens and stay on continuously for 7.5 days.
Mainly I used this for keeping an eye on the bikes at night and making sure no bears were feasting on the bear bag hung a couple hundred yards outside of camp. It's an awesome light, but something a little smaller is probably more practical more of the time for most people.
4Sevens is a new company based out of Georgia making very high-end LED flashlights. Their build quality, output levels and features are peerless, but don't buy directly from them; while they charge $150 for this light, it's widely available elsewhere online for around $100. As an extreme example of what the latest in battery and LED technology are capable of, this is a neat toy.
Fenix Flashlight Headband
Looking like a dork beats holding a flashlight in your mouth while you work with both hands. This headband is cheap, effective and has a flashlight mount that's near universal, although I did have to pad out the little light with a bicycle inner tube to make it fit.
550 Paracord
The most useful thing on earth. Seven tiny nylon strands inside can double as fishing line or fine cordage while the whole thing together can support, as the name suggests, 550lbs. Don't be an idiot and use it for climbing rope.
Shoe laces, bear bags, tying shit to the bike, dental floss, fishing line, you can use it for anything.
Maratac AAA
This is one of my favorite things on earth. I carry this everyday on my keychain, but took it off and wore it in the headband for the trip. It's barely larger than the AAA battery it takes, weighs nothing and puts out up to 80 crisp, clear lumens. That's 8 lumens more than a huge four D cell incandescent MagLite. If that's not enough, it can last for up to 50 continuous hours at 1.5 lumens and, like all LED lights, you'll never have to change the bulb.
The little Maratac is more than enough for just about any task outdoors, but it's a very floody light, so don't expect it to penetrate more than 20 yards or so into a pitch black night.
I used this every night and was still on the same lithium battery when I got home. For $22, it's a ridiculous bargain. Some people may find the mechanically identical ITP A3, with its integrated keychain loop, more practical.
"Bic" Lighter
There's no more reliable, easy or cheap way to get a flame in even the worst conditions. Make sure you get the clear plastic kind so you can check fluid levels and the ones with adjustable outputs make starting fires super easy if you turn them into blow torches.
ESEE Fire Starter and Buck Harstook
I use the little Buck Hartsook neck knife as a scraper for the fire steel to save my nicer knives wear and tear and because it's just easier. The idea is that you scrape or carve off some of the mish metal rod with the knife, creating friction and a spark at the same time and throwing a gob of molten metal into tender (you prepared tender, right?), thereby setting it ablaze. It's non mechanical and works when wet, so you never have to worry about it running out of fluid or breaking.
This particular fire steel is super nice because that huge anodized aluminum handle makes it easy to hold and has a little waterproof compartment inside for some tender; a button compass is housed in the lid. Don't judge its effectiveness by this video, I wasn't paying attention and was scraping an unused portion of the rod which still had some coating left on it. Had I scraped an already worn portion, it would have thrown out enormous sparks so bright they'd have flared out the iPhone camera. A starter this nice is serious overkill, but I like nice toys. If you don't know what you're doing and don't need a solution this rugged, then it's probably easier to just stick with a lighter.
Leatherman Squirt PS4 Multitool
This lives on my keychain alongside my Maratac AAA every day. It's a lot smaller than the SOG, but because I've always got it on me, I use it a lot more. Despite being smaller than a lighter, it's made extremely well and is very tough, I rely on it for much larger tasks than I should, but it hasn't broken yet.
The PS4 is new this year and, as the name suggests, combines scissors and pliers in the same tool. Having this on hand means you can adjust things on the bike, cut zip ties, remove a hang nail, open a beer or do umpteen other things without going into your bag for a bigger tool. Ridiculously handy.
Howard Leight Max Lite Earplugs
I've been using these for years, ever since I saw them win a Ride Magazine comparison test in England and ordered my first box of 200. They're cheap and disposable, which is nice when you drop them in a mud puddle, but very effective and all-day comfortable. They're the quietest earplugs of any kind that I've ever worn. Using these meant I could wear a noisy MX helmet on the highway in complete comfort. In fact, they're so unnoticeable once you put them in, that you can easily fall asleep wearing them, which is nice when you're on a plane next to some Turkish kid who won't stop asking for help.
Lost Mountain Iron Works "Works" Pack/Sheath
This is intended to be, along with the knife it houses, an emergency grab bag that can fit the essentials you need to survive outdoors and nothing more. It's extremely overbuilt and versatile, but there is one small niggle: the kydex sheath it comes with is non-retentive and relies on a shock cord wound around the handle to hold the knife in. Great when you're using it as a pack because that knife's not coming out ever, not so great when you're using it as a sheath and you want to access the knife frequently. No big deal, I plan to replace the standard sheath with a retentive kydex one from ESEE.
The ESEE fire starter and a diamond honing rod were included as standard.
I planned to used this on the trip as a fishing kit, but since we didn't get the chance — damn flies — I just threw assorted outdoors odds and ends into it. Now it lives in my survival closet full of contractor bags, power bars, water purifiers, paracord, a poncho, a spare flashlight, some cash and other goodies ready to go if the zombie invasion forces me to flea my carefully prepared apartment.
Adventure Medical Kits Sportsman First Aid Kit
No readymade first aid kits are that good, but this one is less bad than most and it comes in a handy little bag. I ditched the guide book it came with — if you need to perform first aid and you have to look something up in a book, you're screwed — and replaced some of the cheaper items with separately purchased spares like the real Ace bandage and bottle full of assorted pills you can see in the top photo. A handy selection of Band-Aids and little trial packs of medication, but really this should be a basis from which you can build your own kit. I think the only thing in it that we used during the trip was the Alkaseltzer. Scotch gives you a wicked hangover.
ESEE-6 Knife
Sure, most times you camp you can just pick up dead wood off the ground to use in your fire, but if it's raining or there's not much wood on offer, you need some ability to process logs and limbs into useable firewood. This knife gives me the ability to do that and to perform other bushcraft skills.
Calling the ESEE a compromise knife doesn't do its quality or usefulness justice, but while it's just about long enough for real woodwork, it's fairly light, so it's not a chopper. That's down to its relatively thin .188-inch thickness. In return, it's way easier to pack and carry than something like a machete or even other, thicker wilderness knives. ESEE also uses unfashionable 1095 carbon steel, currently unpopular because stainless knives have made people too lazy to do basic upkeep in the field. If you let this knife sit around wet, it'll get surface rust. The flip side to that is that this 1095 is the easiest steel to sharpen I've ever worked with and it holds an edge longer and through more abuse than any other knife I've owned.
Check out the tang on this thing, this is a very strong knife. The handle is micarta, which helps justify the $120 price as it's more expensive than other materials, but positively spoils your hands. No blisters here. Other quality touches are the full flat grind, 1.56-inch blade thickness, the exposed pommel and the powder coating. As you can see in this video of me battoning a very tough, if slim, piece of old driftwood, I literally beat on this thing and it liked it. The ESEE-6 will last a lifetime.
Ultrathon Insect Repellent
You need insect repellent if you're traveling to Labrador. In addition to the omnipresent black flies, mosquitos swarm everywhere too. The idea with using a cream is that it's a smaller, lighter package than a giant aerosol can and it doesn't make you smell like you dumped gasoline on yourself. This little tube is still half full after two of us used it frequently for two weeks.
34.4 percent DEET, the packaging includes a warning that it'll strip paint, so I'm reluctant to rub it into my face. Instead I rub it on my collar and under the brim of my ball cap, which seems to do the job. I'm not so precious about rubbing it on my exposed arms or even on my legs inside my pants at the top of my socks to keep out ticks and chiggers. Nothing is totally effective on black flies, but this seemed to help a little bit.
Sazon Goya (Sin Achiote)
Goya claims these spice sachets are, "an absolutely fool proof way to make everything taste not just good, or even great, but sensational — every time." They're not lying, this is my secret weapon for camp cooking. Rather than add spice, it adds umami, which means you don't taste it so much as it just makes your food taste better. To cook a steak on a campfire just rub some of this, plus some salt and pepper into it, then roast it over the open flame. You'll never complain about camp food again.
Twisted Throttle Mini Foot Pump
Tiny and effective, this pump is coming with me on all future bike trips. It's just so damn useful. Despite the size, the vertical cylinder and the way you apply your body weight to each stroke makes using it a cinch. When we finally got back on pavement south of Manic 5, it only took five minutes to air up our tires. It comes in a little zipper bag that I've turned into a complete tire repair kit with plugs, patches, reamers, glue, the works. Rather than rely on finicky CO2 capsules, we were able to cart around a fully functional air pump, which, if we had gotten any flats, would have been a godsend. The only problem is that the built in pressure gauge was wildly inaccurate, so we had to carry a spare. It weighs one pound, it's longest diameter is six inches and it only costs $24. Amazing.
Generic Aluminum Mug
Sometimes its the simplest things that work the best. I bought this at the dollar store, it's as light as a feather, yet big enough to cook dinner in. Sure, it's thin as hell and got dents in it the first time I handled it in the store, but this is my new universal camping dish.
Home Made Cotton Ball Fire Starters
Virtually free (especially if you steal them from your girlfriend), waterproof and more effective than any commercially available fire starter. To make them, just roll cotton balls around in petroleum jelly until they're coated, then stick them in something. To use, peel them apart and apply a spark or flame to the dry inside fibers. It'll put out a four-inch-high flame for at least two minutes.
Mosquito Head Net
Essential if you're traveling to Labrador as its the only effective method to keep the black flies off. Wear whenever you stop and you won't be bitten. Much. Cheap and ubiquitous.
ESEE Izula
I obviously have a thing for ESEE knives. This one's made from the same 1095 carbon steel and is the same thickness as the 6 which means it takes a razor edge easily, holds it and will never, ever break. The ultimate back up knife, this is way more usable in a camp setting than a folder as it's easier to clean and doesn't have a mechanism to gum up. The blade sits at a slight angle to the handle, which means that despite its tiny 2.88-inch blade, it can work its way through wood quickly and efficiently. It's so useful that if you found yourself stranded somewhere with just this knife, you wouldn't even miss something larger.
Oh and that spork in the picture? Worst. Spork. Ever. I just ended up using the knife like some cartoon cowboy.


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The pigs have full access to a large bush pasture with wet wallows and lots of roots and grass to eat. They are supplimented with local non GMO grains, Diatomacheous earth, and all the whey we have left over from cheese making. No chemicals or drugs are used, as so far there's never been anything to treat - this life is just a healthy way for a pig to live!
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I'm not an attorney, but I have spent some time in court, and while all judges preside "over tough cases including our most serious felons and crimes," most of my fellow citizens who appear before a judge are somewhere between frightened and petrified. We pray for a judge who will listen to what we have to say and carefully consider our situation before passing judgment.
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We were Judy Greer's last interview of the day for Jeff, Who Lives at Home, but she kept her energy up. She has the serious role in the comedy. As Ed Helms' wife, their marriage is in crisis and they perform Duplass Brothers' improvisation to work through their issues. She wants to buy a house and start a family and he wants to buy a Porsche. We also talked about Greer's upcoming TV pilot, where she'll be funny again.
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I want a nice responsible girl like Linda. Where can I meet someone like her?
Baton Rouge it turns out. Good question, I don't know. I hear internet dating.
The cliché is he's frustrated and complaining about this traditional home life and wants exciting Porsches. I think Linda's awesome.
Oh, that's nice of you to say. I think she's pretty cool too. I think she's a little lost herself but I like her. I like her positivity.
Is improvising dramatic scenes different or tougher than improv comedy?
It's different but I don't know that it's harder. You don't immediately know. When you're improvising it in comedy and people laugh, you're like okay, that worked. When you're improvising in a drama you don't totally know if it's working. I mean, there's some part of your gut that knows when it's working and when it's not but as far as what the camera's seeing, you don't have that immediate input.
It seems like they have a pattern that's been established for years. Did you and Ed discuss what those passive aggressive or destructive patterns would be?
No, it was really organic and kind of natural and came out of the moment. We didn't really talk about our backstory or anything. It was just all kind of happening.
Is improvising more like living that drama than if you had a script you could act?
Yeah, because you have to sort of draw a little bit more on your own life, if you want to. For me, it's sort of like going back in time and remembering arguments I've had with people, discussions I've had with people. We have the script and in times of uncertainty I could go back to the script always. Obviously in real life there's no script but when I didn't really know what to do, instead of making stuff up that didn't feel organic to the moment, I would just go back to the script.
Linda is sympathetic, but is it a bummer to have the serious role in a comedy?
No, no, not really. I've had my fair share of funny roles so I don't mind it. And I think for me it's just nice to get to do something different at work.
Yeah, the opposite question is have you ever felt pressured to be the wacky sidekick and be depended upon to bring the comedy?
Well, yeah, definitely. But it's always fun. There's pressure there as well but yeah, it's fun to get to be the one that makes everyone laugh.
Was it fun to pour ketchup on a Porsche?
It was fun for me. It wasn't fun for the guys on the crew. Everyone seemed really irritated that I was doing it. I wanted to remind them, like, this is in the script. I'm not doing this because I want to, but it was kind of fun.
Did they have to clean it off and do multiple takes?
Yeah, we did it a couple times. They had to clean it a couple times. They didn't like that but it wasn't my fault.
When did you discover you could be the one who makes people laugh?
Well, I feel like when I was a young girl, it wasn't like I was performing but I definitely enjoyed getting a laugh and I kind of knew how to be really super goofy and silly and to make people laugh. I've been told it's sort of disarming and I like the idea of making people feel comfortable. When you can make them laugh, you can usually make them feel comfortable.
Does that help in a business like Hollywood?
Well, it's helped give me a career in Hollywood. [Laughs]
But to disarm people behind the scenes and in meetings.
I don't know. I think so. It's not my overall goal but as long as I feel more comfortable, I'm kind of more concerned in meetings and stuff with me feeling better. If I can be funny, sometimes that makes me feel better.
Do you get to be in the 10-episode "Arrested Development" season Mitch Hurwitz is planning?
I don't know. I'm waiting to find out.
I'm sorry for such a guy question, but when you did "say goodbye to these," were you wearing something they pixilated out?
You didn't go method and really flash Jeffrey Tambor?
No, I wore a nude sock on my cock. Oh, that was a different thing, sorry. It was a Bando. But it was nude colored.
Did you get to experience awards season with The Descendants?
Yeah, I did. It was really awesome and sort of overwhelming and very exciting.
Has this been a year of doing a little bit more dramatic work than usual?
Yeah, it has. I've been able to find some really cool roles that I feel like stretched me as an actress, as a performer and have been really satisfying artistically.
What is "American Judy?" Are you writing that for yourself?
No, I would never do that. It would be 900 pages long. I'm not a good editor. I have two awesome writers. They're a team, Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan are writing it for me and it's a half hour single camera pilot for ABC that's based on my life.
What aspects of your life did you collect for comedy material?
Well, I kind of want to make a joke about being an undercover agent for the CIA, but it's mostly just that I fell in love with a guy who lives way out in the suburbs and he has two kids and his ex-wife is a sheriff. So that's what the show is about. I marry him and move out to the suburbs and am now a stepmom.
Do you still live out of L.A.?
We split our time between his house and my house. My house is in the city and his is very far away, in traffic.
You've been in a few really cute shows that didn't get going. What did you learn about the business through those so you could get your own show going?
I think it's a miracle that I got my own show going so you'll have to ask, if there's a God, him. I learned don't buy an expensive car when you get a pilot. I try not to wear my heart on my sleeve when it comes to television because it's anybody's guess why some things stay on the air and some things don't but I haven't really mastered it yet. I still find myself getting very excited about the prospect of being on an awesome television show and then having my heart broken when it doesn't get picked up or gets cancelled, but I'm learning to just keep going and not be bitter.
What's coming up on "Archer?"
Gosh, that's a good question. I'm seriously blanking. We got our fourth season pickup so we're so happy about that. I'm probably the worst person, I have it DVRed and I just haven't even had the chance to keep up with what episode is on the air.
How great a gig has that been?
It's the best job. If it paid a little more I wouldn't have to get other jobs but for now I have to have other ones. [Laughs]


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Cloud Computing is the latest buzz in the field of IT as it has reduced the cost substantially for enterprises. Businesses should not just adopt cloud computing based on the hype but should have in-depth knowledge of various aspects of cloud computing before going for it. Although there are cloud service providers who provide excellent services, there are still some threats for cloud computing that must be addressed before going for it. The following are some of the common threats to cloud computing.
1. Security
Businesses with data offloaded to the cloud are exposed to possible security breaches like hacking. This happens if the cloud service providers fail to address the security issues in the service they provide. People working for the cloud service provider are exposed to confidential information of an enterprise.
2. Outages
Although the cloud service providers claim services without disruptions, they are not completely free from outages. Service disruptions in cloud computing can be devastating for businesses. Operations of a business could entirely be halted if the cloud fails to provide the service to the employees. Businesses could lose possible customers of their online business due to outages. Outages in cloud computing can be predicted. Businesses must ensure that the service provider has the necessary mechanisms in place to avert service disruptions.
3. Malicious Insiders
Employees working for the cloud service providers can have varying access to the enterprise information stored in the cloud. So a malicious insider could gain access to confidential information about a business and could harm it. Cloud service providers should be transparent about the process of hiring people, granting access and monitoring them.
4. Abuse
Cloud based servers can be used to launch attacks and spread malicious software programs. Cloud service providers must take steps to strictly maintain the registration procedures for its customers. This can be vital in tracking and averting possible attacks.
5. Servers
Data from multiple clients can reside in the same physical server in the cloud computing environment. So a person gaining access to one client can gain access to all other clients as well.
6. Confusion with Terminology
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While many of our friends are planning trips to the beach and Disney World, we're planning more of a "staycation summer" at our house because we're trying to save money to take that first big Disney World trip next summer. We will indeed spend plenty of time at our cabin in Wisconsin like we do every year, but we're hoping to do other fun things with our boys as well.
If a "staycation summer" is what you're looking into this summer, here are a few of my ideas for you.
- Pool passes. This is our first summer to buy passes to our community pool. In the past, we've been able to use our neighbors' pool, but they've moved at I'm not about to spend another summer without a pool! While the initial purchase cost us around $150, I figure we'll get our money's worth in just a few weeks of using. Buying a pool pass can be a great way to have a lot of fun with your kids all summer.
- Pick a Park. Pack a picnic lunch, bring the camera, load up the kids, and try out a new park in the area. At the beginning of summer break, have your kids help you make a list of the parks in the area you'd like to visit. Pick a new park to visit each week and cross them off your list at the end of the day.
- Take Them Out to the Ballgame. Taking your kids to a Major League Baseball game can quickly make a dent in your summer travel budget by the time you buy tickets, pay for parking, and feed everyone. Have you thought of checking out a Minor League baseball team for a fraction of the cost? Tickets to our local team's game start at $10 per seat, and they have a lot of promotional games too.
- Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, for free? Oh My! Take a day trip to your local zoo. Two of the zoos in our area have free admission, and another has specific "free" days throughout the summer. You may also want to consider getting a membership to your local zoo if you'll use the pass enough. We received a pass to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago for Christmas, and we figure we'll have it paid for by going only two times this summer. (I'm sure we'll use it more though!)
- Visit a Museum or Two. Check out your favorite museum's website (or perhaps one you've wanted to visit) for discounted or free admission days. Museums are a great way for your kids to learn without even realizing it!
- Enjoy Your Kids. Some of our best days are days we just hang out at home as a family. Whether we're playing basketball in the garage or baseball in the backyard, the important thing is being able to spend time together as a family. Your kids don't care if every minute of the summer is spent going from one activity to another, they just want to spend time with you: their parents.
Once you've decided what kind of "staycation summer" activities you'll do with your family be think about other ways to save money on those activities.
- Pack a lunch and snacks. You'll save a lot of money by having a picnic lunch at places that allow it. My kids think it's a big deal to get to bring their own lunch boxes!
- Sign up for Groupon or Living Social notifications. We recently purchased one for $14 at a Children's Museum. Without the Groupon, it would have cost us almost $40.
- Buy admission tickets online if possible. Sometimes you'll get a discount for purchasing ahead.
- Go as a Group. Sometimes planning a trip with as few as 10 people can get you discounted admission.
Before you know it, summer will come to an end and it will be time to school shop and send your kids back to school. Summer fun doesn't have to cost a fortune; pick a few staycation ideas and have fun with your kids this summer!
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Job interviews, negotiating salary and training are just a few components of obtaining a job. Having a positive attitude during each of these steps offers benefits to you and your employer. Tony Beshara explains in his book "The Job Search Solution" that a positive attitude helps job-seekers rebound from negative experiences and get hired more quickly than those with a pessimistic demeanor.
A positive attitude entails remaining optimistic and expressing enthusiasm through verbal and non-verbal actions. This cheerful mentality is conveyed by smiling, expressing compliments to fellow coworkers and keeping in good spirits during arduous or difficult circumstances. Addressing your interviewer with a friendly tone of voice and mirroring by replicating the other person's hand gestures and posture are other ways to convey a positive attitude.
During the initial interviewing phase, interviewers respond more favorably to candidates with a positive attitude, particularly in industries that value customer service. For instance, a positive attitude conveys to the interviewer that you are more likely to respond favorably to customer inquiries, order placements and complaints. Many trainers prefer teaching people with a positive attitude because such an attitude typically expresses a willingness to learn. Bright spirits are also contagious and positively affect coworkers. A National Public Radio article describes a study conducted by the Center for Epidemiological Studies that concluded happiness is contagious: One person exhibiting a good mood tends to increase happiness more than the converse, negative people depressing the mood of others.
Overcoming Obstacles
A positive attitude makes it easier for you to engage in effective problem-solving at work and pursue healthy stress-relieving outlets such as going for a walk or breathing deeply. Imbuing optimism also helps you keep bad news in perspective. For example, if one prospective job declines to hire you, a proper outlook may compel you to believe that the reason is because another better-fitting opportunity will reveal itself shortly.
Personal Benefits
Obtaining a job with a positive outlook yields personal benefits as well. Rosy outlooks impart a favorable impression on bosses and coworkers, which facilitates making friends and creating an enjoyable working environment. Additionally, people prone to see the benefits of a situation are much more likely to find their work meaningful and significant.
Stress and frustrations with work provide meaningful signals as well. In some instances, general job dissatisfaction compels workers to seek employment with a business more closely aligned with their general interests and passions. Although you should strive for a maintaining a positive attitude during job interviews, pay attention to how work circumstances affect your attitude: If you are a generally positive person but the position generates stress and unhappiness, consider switching jobs instead of finding ways to improve your attitude. Gina Ekerman, author of "Human Resource Management," explains that workers develop positive attitudes as a result of increased job satisfaction and, conversely, negative attitudes if employees are dissatisfied with the nature of the job. Thus, employers have a role in ensuring a good attitude as well.


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Jamar Smith RumorsAll NBA Players
Angelico Biella started the Serie A campaign with 3 losses and 1 win. The Italian team is on the verge of waiving rookie Ramone Moore who did not satisfy the staff with his performances (7.5ppg). The dream of the Italian club is Jamar Smith but the price for the player is too high for Biella. Another name is Darius Johnson-Odom as soon as the Lakers will waive him from the roster.
Though Smith is billed more as a natural scorer with a long-range shooting touch, at 6-foot-3, he'll have difficulty distinguishing himself among the influx of more seasoned players Boston already has at the shooting guard position. Boston is using the preseason to see if Smith can be molded into a backup point guard, and even though he didn't play major minutes in either of the first two preseason games, his time on the floor revolved around facilitating the offense. Doc Rivers said he's still looking for Smith to be more consistent, though he understands he's trying to lead a squad of veterans, while going head-to-head with Rondo in practice. "[Smith hasn't] been consistent yet. Listen, I wouldn't want to have to guard Rondo everyday in practice," said Rivers. "That would be no fun. I think Jamar would probably echo that. I don't know if he's a point or not — and that's one of the things we're working and we'll find out.
As Mickael Pietrus has discovered, there may not be much room left at the inn now that Dooling is coming back. That said, the Celtics have still not spent their $1.9 million biannual exception on anyone. Their roster, including Dooling and the recent addition of Jason Collins, is now one over the league maximum at 16. Guard Jamar Smith will be brought into training camp on a non-guaranteed contract, and guard Dionte Christmas is partially guaranteed.
The Celtics now have 13 players under contract for next season, quietly adding guard Jamar Smith two weeks ago. They are trying to add Dionte Christmas to the mix and add another inside player, as well.


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A rigorous third-party evaluation of Minnesota Reading Corps has found that elementary students tutored by Reading Corps members achieved significantly higher literacy levels than students without such tutors, and that the impacts were statistically significant even among students at higher risk of academic failure. United Ways of Iowa, in partnership with local United Ways and school districts, is currently replicating the Reading Corps model in Iowa.
Iowa Reading Corps, a strategic initiative of United Ways of Iowa, currently engages 10 trained, full-time Reading Corps members at eight public elementary schools across the state of Iowa, reaching nearly 200 children. Reading Corps members provide one-on-one, research-based literacy interventions to students in kindergarten through third grade who are below grade level in reading. Members also collaborate with their local United Ways to engage in volunteer recruitment and community engagement activities to strengthen the relationship between the school and community. By combining the people power of AmeriCorps with proven education strategies, this evidence-based program is successfully addressing one of our nation's most critical priorities.
For the 2013-2014 school year, United Way of Story County covers the living stipends for three Iowa Reading Corps AmeriCorps members who are currently serving at Central Elementary in Nevada, Ballard East Elementary in Cambridge, and Sawyer Elementary in Ames,
The pilot also has members serving at Washington Elementary in Sioux City, Oskaloosa Elementary in Oskaloosa, Hoover Elementary in Mason City, Jefferson-Edison Elementary in Davenport and Neil Armstrong Elementary in Bettendorf. Other participating local United Ways include United Way of Siouxland, United Way of Mahaska County, United Way of North Central Iowa and United Way of the Quad Cities.
The research on the Minnesota Reading Corps, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, used a randomized controlled trial of more than 1,500 students in kindergarten through third grade at 23 urban, suburban and rural Minnesota schools during the 2012-2013 school year.
Among the key findings:
• After a single semester of tutoring, the average kindergarten student with a Reading Corps tutor performed twice as well as students without one.
• After one semester of tutoring, Reading Corps members helped the average first-grade student perform 11 percent better than untutored peers, and 26 percent higher than the expected level for on-track students • Students with higher risk factors (such as dual language learners and students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch) who received Reading Corps tutoring significantly outperformed students who didn't receive tutoring.
• Student performance did not vary by Reading Corps member characteristics (i.e., gender, race, age, years of education, full/part-time AmeriCorps status, or prior education experience), nor by the specific school at which the tutoring occurred, which suggests the model is highly replicable.
Results of the Iowa Reading Corps will be available later this year.
The Reading Corps impact evaluation is part of the Corporation for National and Community Service's priority to develop a knowledge and evidence base to support the agency's mission, programs, and strategic goals. More information, including a research brief, full report, appendices, process assessment, and other materials can be found on the CNCS research page.


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Things are staying pretty interesting in the North American LCS, as some upsets occurred this week as well as one being squandered late in the game. Still a lot left to be determined this split, which is different from the clear ending from the spring. As for my week four predictions, I did a little better this week improving to 5-3. Here are the results, my pick italicized and the winner in bold.
Team SoloMid vs. Cloud 9
Evil Geniuses vs. LMQ
Team Dignitas vs. Curse
Counter Logic Gaming vs. compLexity
Curse vs. LMQ
compLexity vs. Team SoloMid
Counter Logic Gaming vs. Evil Geniuses
Cloud 9 vs. Team Dignitas
A solid weekend of games, as some upsets happened like Curse over LMQ, and some would even say Cloud 9 over Dignitas or TSM taking out Cloud 9 were as well. I would be one saying that, as I picked the opposite result in these three. Evil Geniuses almost beat LMQ as well, but they made some mistakes over 50 minutes into the game and LMQ surged to take the win. Not as much change this week from my week three power rankings as there was from week two to week three, but still some. Here are my week four power rankings.
1. Team Dignitas (7-3)
Their run at the top continues, but they got their third blemish of the split this week losing to Cloud 9. They were able to beat the defending champs in week one, but were unable to do it again. They were able to put away Curse though, and maintain their pole position this week.
2. Team SoloMid (6-4)
They sneak ahead of LMQ and CLG this week in the rankings as they were able to win both their games this week against Cloud 9 and compLexity. They've had the talent all split, but have just maybe started putting it together this week. Solid play from WildTurtle at AD carry, going 13/1/5 (K/D/A) against Cloud 9 and then 6/0/9 against compLexity.
3. Counter Logic Gaming (7-3)
CLG stays put at number three despite also winning both their games, but their competition was a little easier than TSM's as they beat compLexity and Evil Geniuses this week. Solid play this week in the bottom lane, as Doublelift racked up 17 kills and Aphromoo broke out Braum in one game and got 21 assists this week. If Link can get back into his spring split groove, watch out for CLG.
4. Cloud 9 HyperX (6-4)
No LMQ here? Nope. Cloud 9 may have lost to Team SoloMid, but they were able to take down top dog Dignitas this week. Not any real flashy statistics for them this week, but LemonNation did manage 18 assists. It seems as though after two dominant splits the rest of the league has figured them out.
Not a good showing this week for LMQ. They got lucky pulling out the win against Evil Geniuses, and then looked bad against Curse. The team managed to combine for only 7 kills this week, and managed the lowest team KDA of .75. Not good at all for the team who is currently in third place in the standings.
6. Curse (3-7)
Can't pick with them, and can't pick against them. Either way, they prove me wrong. Curse had a decent showing this week, as they beat LMQ (who they almost beat week one), and didn't get dominated by Dignitas in their loss. Solid week for jungler IWillDominate, as he went 4/0/0 as Rengar against Dignitas and 1/0/14 as Elise against LMQ.
7. Evil Geniuses (2-8)
Despite no wins this week, they should have beaten LMQ and didn't suffer too bad against CLG. They did replace their jungler Snoopeh this week, however, with Helios. Helios is a recent recruit from Najin Black Sword in Korea, and his recruitment is similar to when CLG added Seraph in the top lane.
8. compLexity (2-8)
I hate to always rag on compLexity, but I'm as baffled by how they beat Coast to get in the NA LCS as I am by their choice of capitalization in their name. At least this week they didn't have the lowest KDA as a team, which is a title they regularly hold. I will give some praise to Westrice in the top lane, as he did manage to get as many kills as deaths (5) against CLG.
Action again continues this Thursday at 3 PM Eastern time, not the usually Saturday. This is due to the European LCS travelling to London for the week. Preview of the matches will be coming later this week as always.


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Gale GordonDec 11, 2012 Staff
Gale Gordon, of Riverton, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Riverton Memorial Hospital. He was 92 years old.
Cremation has taken place, and there will be a memorial service in the summer.
Gale O'Dean Gordon was born March 9, 1920, in Stapleton, Neb., the son of Henry Francis and Sarah Ellen (Burnside) Gordon.
In 1924, he and his family moved from Nebraska to the Waltman/Hiland area and took up a homestead there. He attended school until the eighth grade while there.
His father died in 1932, so he and his mom moved to Lander, where he worked on many of the farms and ranches in the valley. He played guitar with many of the guys on Saturday nights at Milford and other hot spots around town.
He married his sweetheart, Rosalie Cornwell, on June 16, 1941, in Lander. They had three children: Gary, Kenny and Elizabeth.
He went to work for the Casper Dairy, living in Casper and Hudson. In November 1946, they moved to Sand Draw where he worked for Sinclair Oil and Gas until his retirement in March 1982.
In September 1982 they moved to Dubois, and they moved to Riverton in 2009.
His family said he loved to tinker with old cars, restoring what he could, going fishing, having a garden and hunting.
He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Rosalie, of Riverton; daughter Elizabeth Pryor and her husband Doug of Riverton; sons Kenneth Gordon and his wife Kathy of Riverton and Gary Gordon and his wife Linda of Lander; grandchildren DeAnna and David Western of Gig Harbor, Wash., Kelly and Rod Ruffing of Minot, N.D., Gary and Leslie Gordon of Kalispell, Mont., Michelle and Brian Duke of Beverly Hills, Fla., Amy Monrow of Riverton, Jennifer and Cory Sinclair of Beverly Hills, Fla., Kevin and Tina Gordon of Riverton, and Karmen Allen of Riverton; and stepchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Frances; and a brother, William Gordon.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton. Online condolences may be left at www.thedavisfuneralhome.com.


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There is a wildly talented young power forward who may not play tonight against my Indiana Pacers. His name is Andray Blatche, and whether you'd describe him as "mercurial" or "moronic," fact is he is the main thing getting in his own way to becoming an NBA All-Star.
If I could recommend a mentor for Blatche, I might suggest Chris Webber. One of the most talented PF's of all-time, C-Webb in his day also had to learn to mature before he could flourish. Back in '01, he did did this to the Pacers: 51 points, 26 boards in one game.


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A Middle East expert told the House Foreign Affairs Committee today that the United States interest in the Middle East is to limit the Soviet influence, and that unmitigated support of Israel is the only way to achieve this. Marver H. Bernstein, dean of the Woodrow Wilson Graduate School of Princeton University, in testimony before the Middle East Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said: "Settlement of the refugee issue or establishment of the sovereignty of the Palestinian Arabs will not resolve the crisis over Soviet control of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East generally…therefore the United States interest lies in maintaining a balance of power that maintains Israel's strength vis-a-vis its neighbors." Mr. Bernstein said that the Soviet strategy is no longer to continue hostilities to assure the Arab need for their help, but warned that if hostilities do continue "the next stop is probably (Soviet) participation in full scale combat."
Alvin J. Cottrell, a staff member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University, agreed with Mr. Bernstein that "the problem is no longer a local or regional conflict." Mr. Cottrell added, "Stability may be imposed over the area. The question is who will impose the stability." Mr. Bernstein gave a nine point program for peace: a United States policy of unequivocal strength; military and economic assistance to Israel; convincing the Western nations to stop supplying the Arabs with arms; deploying additional Polaris units to the Sixth Fleet; no troop reductions in Europe as long as there are Soviet troops in Egypt; reaffirming the United States intent to maintain the balance of power; warning the Soviets that their presence at the Suez Canal is unacceptable; insistence that a firm, secure peace is the only answer; and support of Israel once peace is made.


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