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Bella Gets Her Truck Fixed
This is sort of a continuation of "Bella and Edward make a Lemon Meringue Pie." You don't have to read the first story to get this one, but it is one of my favorites. Everyone knows that Edward broke Bella's truck. In the beginning of that story Edward teases Bella about her broken truck sitting at Charlie's and she vows to herself to get it fixed. I hadn't originally planned to continue the story, but I thought it might be fun to see if Bella could get her truck fixed without Edward finding out. Rated M for multiple lemons.
1. Chapter 1
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Edward gave me a quick kiss and hopped up off the floor extending his hand to help me up too. I couldn't help but giggle at his pants still hanging around his ankles.
"Yours are under the table." He grinned sheepishly.
I collected my clothes as Edward pulled up his own trousers and began picking up the pieces of broken bowl, the bag of flour and the other things that had gotten knocked off the table in our exuberance. I took my bra out of the sink and headed upstairs for a quick shower to get the sugar and lemon juice out of my hair. Twenty minutes later I walked back downstairs into a spotless room, floor mopped, dishes washed and put away and the table set for dinner. No evidence remained of the mess we made in the Charlie's kitchen while making his present. Edward had even managed in my brief absence to find a needle and thread and sewed his buttons back on his shirt.
We spent the afternoon tidying up the rest of the house. A single guy living alone doesn't produce much dirt; but all the same, I thought it would be nice to do what we could. The hamper was bulging at the seams so I ran a couple of loads while we cleaned. With Edward there it didn't take much effort. I laughed at him lifting the Charlie's sofa and easy chair effortlessly with one hand so I could get to the dust bunnies below. All I could think of was Elasti-girl running the sweeper while her husband did the same thing.
"Where's your red tights?" I teased.
"Huh?" Edward looked up at me confused.
"In the movie, Mr. Incredible has red tights."
"Must have left mine in the phone booth." He smirked.
Five-thirty finally came rolling in and we took our places on the couch in the freshly vacuumed living room. Charlie must have seen the Volvo parked in the street. He didn't bother trying the lock.
"Happy Birthday, Dad!"
"Well, isn't this a nice surprise."
I hopped up off the couch and went over to the front door giving Charlie a big hug. "I didn't know what to get you so I thought maybe a nice home cooked dinner would be better than taking you out."
Charlie looked around at his picked up living room. "How long have you kids been here?"
"Most of the afternoon."
"You should have said you two were coming. I wouldn't have stayed so long at the river.
"We wanted to surprise you."
He certainly would have been surprised if he came home early.
"Bella and I kept ourselves occupied." Edward said smiling innocently.
Charlie's back was to my blushing face, putting his fishing gear in the closet as I made my escape into the kitchen, my misbehaving husband following behind.
He walked into the room to join us sniffing the air and grinning. "Do I smell lemons?"
"Edward and I baked you a pie this afternoon."
"A day of fishing and pie for for supper." He came over and gave me another hug. "I don't think my birthday can get much better. Thanks you two."
I shewed the men out of the kitchen and threw the steaks we bought earlier in the broiler and tossed some potatoes in the microwave. Charlie and Edward went and sat in the living room watching ESPN while I cooked. When the food was done, I called them back in and we all sat down to eat, even Edward. Now that we were married, his "Esme made dinner before I got here" excuse wouldn't fly. I watched as often as I could without being obvious, trying to figure out what he was doing with his dinner. I would see him cut his steak; put it on his fork, look like he was chewing, but never once did I catch where it was going.
"How am I going to survive once you take off for school?" Charlie said as the last of his dinner left his plate.
Edward's eyes tightened as he glanced over at the weak smile on my face. We both knew that maybe I would see my dad a few more times, but all too soon I would be leaving him forever.
"I think I managed to save a little room for that pie." Charlie said, leaning back on his chair and patting his belly. "You kids having some too?"
I got up and walked over to the cupboard to get my dad a clean plate, "No thanks, dad. I'm stuffed. Besides, it's your present not ours."
I looked over inquisitively as Edward covered up a snort by coughing.
"How about you Edward?"
"Not necessary Chief. Bella gave me all the lemons I needed this afternoon." Edward replied.
Was he taking lessons from Emmett? The plate in my hand clattered to the floor as I was caught by surprised at his comment. Embarrassment always makes me clumsy.
Both of them started to laugh. I bent over and picked it up and got him a new one, almost happy that I had an excuse now for my red face.
"At least this one didn't break." Edward snickered.
Fine, two could play this game. My eyes narrowed as I shot him a dirty look. "Hey, it wasn't my fault that mixing bowl got knocked off the table today."
Edward didn't miss a beat. "It was entirely your fault. You're contagious."
Charlie chuckled along, blissfully unaware of the true meaning behind my husband's little joke.
All in all, it was a nice night. After the dishes were washed up, we all headed out to the living room. Of course my dad turned the game on, but the volume was low and we spent the evening talking about Edward's and my plans for classes and how our packing was going. It was almost nine-thirty when we decided to head for home. Charlie got up and walked us to the door.
"I almost forgot Bells." Charlie called to us from the porch as Edward and I headed down the driveway. "Before you two head off next month, let me know what you want done with your truck."
I did my best to keep my expression smooth. This didn't even require me to lie. "Don't worry about it dad. I'll call and get it towed out of here this week." I was pleased that neither of them inquired where I planned to tow it to.
"Not too late to sit in it for a few minutes if you want." Edward smirked as he paused at the door of the Volvo about to let me in.
What had gotten into him? Well, I was not going to rise to his taunts. "It's not necessary." I replied serenely. Edward cocked his head to the side, examining my expression. I just grinned back and got into car, ignoring him.
I was sure that I looked distracted, but my smile did not fade as we drove down the road toward home. I began to think about how I was going to accomplish my goal. I had said to myself that it would be towed to the garage on Monday, tomorrow morning, but I was going to have to shift that to Tuesday. That was when the family would be heading out to hunt. I was pretty sure Dowling's had a tow truck so getting it to a garage shouldn't be a problem. I had no clue to what Edward might have done to it or how long it would take to get it undone, so keeping him out of Forks and away from accessible minds would be important. That shouldn't be too hard, I thought. We really didn't go in town that much anyhow.
I figured my biggest hurtle would be if Alice saw my plans. I hoped that something like my devious scheme to get my truck repaired was too trivial to pop up on her radar. Knowing her, if it did pop up on her radar, she would make a hasty exit for the next couple of days. I snickered at the thought. My sister-in-law would have as much fun hiding something from my husband as I was going to.
"What's so funny?"
"Oh, nothing Edward."
His eyes burned with curiosity. It was all I could do not to laugh at him. I was surprised that he managed to drive the rest of the ride home without begging me to spill.
Our road veered to the left off the Cullen's driveway about a mile and a half before it reached the main house. Edward had cut the single lane through the woods to our cottage, bypassing the river so we could get vehicles in.
I hopped out of the Volvo and headed into the house. I could feel my husband's eyes burrowing a hole in the back of my head as he followed me in, still trying to figure out what was going on in my head. We weren't far past the threshold when my phone rang.
It was Alice. She must know.
"Hey, Alice" I greeted my sister-in-law, trying not to sound wary as I stepped out of my sneakers and walked past the living room and toward our bedroom, my husband close on my trail.
There was no reciprocating greeting. "I just saw this wonderful pair of shoes at Gucci on Rodeo Drive and just have to have them."
Maybe for a normal person this greeting would seem bizarre, but having known Alice a few years now, I didn't worry that this intro, nor the information, all by itself would be considered unusual. I decided to play along. Alice must have seen that this call was necessary. Maybe he was planning a trip up to the main house once I was asleep.
Just to confirm my suspicions, I laughed and said. "Is there anything that you don't see?"
"Only stuff I probably wouldn't care about anyhow." She snickered back.
His face was thoughtful as he listened in to my conversation with Alice. I began to worry as she jabbered on about a road trip to L.A. and that she was leaving tonight. I could see the gears turning in his head. I was positive that he would be hunting her down just as soon as I shut the phone.
"Why don't you come with me Bella?"
Was this invite was for Edward's benefit, to throw him off the scent? It had to be for him. She wants me to say no.
"How soon are you leaving?" I replied innocently, spinning the plot out and giving me few moments to think. A way to distract Edward was beginning to form in my head. I felt the heat rise to my face. God, I hope she didn't see this too. Oh well… I put my grin back on my face and ran the tip of my finger down Edward's nose.
"Twenty minutes." She chimed. "We have to go soon or they're going to be gone when I get there.
"It's kinda late, ya know."
"You can sleep in the car on the way."
"No problem with the weather?" I inquired conversationally after pressing my lips to his shoulder.
"Nope, light rain when we pull into the parking lot."
"Hmm… let me see…" My free hand moved down Edward's stomach, settling on the snap of his khakis.
"Can you wait for…?" I leaned into his chest, inhaling his sweet scent and popped the snap. "…I'd say at least an hour"
Unbuttoning his shirt as I pulled it out of his pants, I began to trace figure eights on his chest with my nose
"Longer," he whispered into my hair. His hand had moved to my backside, running his fingers along the bottom curve. I giggled in response. Any worries I had that he was going to find Alice before she left this evening were rapidly disinergrating.
"I suppose I can give you an hour. I'd really like you to come." Alice was perfect, just the right touch of annoyance mix with pleading. She should get an academy award for this performance.
I ran my fingers over the growing bulge in his pants. "I don't know... I got a couple of things to take care of here."
"Let me talk to her" Edward said holding out his hand.
I handed him the phone, happy to now have both hands free. He cleared his throat as I began to unzip his fly, licking my lips.
"I don't… think…" He paused as I got down on my knees, pulling his pants down.
"…that's she's available… this… evening." I began to make the same figure eight over his boxer briefs. "Why…" His voice cracked as my breath blew thru the cotton fabric "why… don't you… ask… umm… Rose."
He snapped the phone shut before she had a chance to respond.
Mission accomplished.
Her warm fingers reached in and pulled me out of my underwear. I staggered back a step and fell over the end of the bed. She snickered, just like she had in the car. Was this what she was thinking about? Was this the reason that she had been blushing the entire way home, her heart sputtering unevenly at odd moments?
Didn't seem prudent to waste time pondering it now.
My pants fell to the floor. I propped myself on my elbows and saw that she was still on her knees, crawling on top my trousers, not bothering to push them aside. She raised her eyes, bright with mirth to mine. My mouth dropped open as her little pink tongue moved side to side across her upper lip. She continued to giggle as she reach up and ran her nails down my thighs catching my boxers, pulling them down to my feet.
My legs shook involuntarily as her pulsating tongue slithered up my bare shin as one sock at a time went to the growing pile on the floor. She laughed with delight at that and wormed her head between my knees, pulling out her ponytail and shaking the brown mane out like a blanket, trapping the warmth. I could feel the heat and the wetness of her respiration between my legs. With her breasts pressed up against me, even the warmth of her body seeped thru her clothing, enveloping the lower half of my legs.
Continuing to crawl up me, she grazed at the hair on my thighs with her teeth, stopping to look up regularly, taking in my gaping expression and laughing again. I closed my eyes, exhaling, trying to get a hold of myself. Higher and higher the heat rose. Everywhere her lips made contact with my hard flesh it burned and tingled with electricity, vibrating the current through the rest of my body. I looked down again, past my full grow erection. She was on her feet now with her knees slightly bent, her head in my lap. The insides of my legs were growing damp from the moisture of her condensing breath. She reached up with her hand; her finger zigzagged up the twitching shaft. When she reach the head her hand wrapped around and began to stroke up and down as her teeth gnawed at the inside of my thigh, trying to find purchase against the stone flesh.
I sat up. The grin vanished and her eyes widened as I lifted her off the floor, tossing her lightly on to the comforter. She rolled over and my eager mouth joined hers at the head of the bed. Her hot breath tore down my throat, scorching me, the euphoric ecstasy of her pulling my tongue into her mouth made my head spin. I didn't think of myself as a masochist. Time had desensitized me somewhat to the pain, the innate pleasure being so strong it all but drowned it out.
We lay side by side. While our lips stayed joined, her fingers were at the buttons of my shirt, finishing off what she had already started. I shook one arm out of a sleeve and ran my hand down the length of her soft body, reaching down to wrap her leg around my waist as I rolled her on top of me. There was a faint trace of pie on the blouse that I was now pulling out of her shorts. I chuckled into her mouth at the memory of our earlier lovemaking. She pulled away from me, her eyes questioning.
"Your shirt smells like flour."
She looked positively gleeful as she pushed off my chest grinning again, straddling me between her knees. She pulled the blouse off over her head and shook it out on me before tossing at my face. I inhaled deeply taking in it all in, the flour, the lemons, the smell of the borrowed shampoo, different from her usual. The sweat from the heat of the kitchen today was particularly intoxicating. The sound of her laughter rang throughout our bedroom as I made no effort to remove it. Finally, she pulled the delicious smelling fabric from my face herself.
My wife seemed in no hurry. She continued to sit astride me, the denim of her shorts taunting me, blocking my passage inside her. Her hand slid up her own neck, into her mouth. She swung her hair behind her back moaning, slowly pulling her fingers out from between her teeth and settling them on her collarbone and the powder blue strap that rested on it. Bit by bit she nudged at the thin satin line. I stare mesmerized as it crept down over her shoulder, resting across her arm. As she began to repeat the process, my hands that were lingering on her back pulled higher, unhooking the eyelets and liberating her firm breasts.
I sat up, half my shirt still hanging off me. I had to have some part of her at my mouth to taste. I heard the fabric tear as she wretched the last of my clothing from me, yanking until the sleeve pulled from my wrist and flinging it over the side of the bed. She bowed away from me, over my hand behind her. Her head rolled back while I carefully held the soft round mound in the palm of my hand, my tongue licking the border where the pale flesh met the pink nipple before allowing my lips to fall on it. She locked her hands in my hair, bracing herself against me and start to rock up and down against my hard shaft.
It had all become too much. A low growl erupted from my chest. I couldn't take it anymore. Neither she nor her shorts gave protest as I tore them from her. Our heart beat wildly as I twisted and half threw us sideways back down onto the bed, climbing on top of her and diving into the warm moist folds between her legs. Her head was partially off the mattress. Her backside lay atop of one of the pillows that had been jostled from the top of the bed. The angle was wonderful, tilting her pelvis and allowing me to penetrate deeply as I began to make love to her. Legs wet with sweat clung at my waist and her back arched. I curved myself to the shaped, my tongue catching the dew in the valley of her bosom before my mouth cemented itself to the pulse in her neck that was already running wild with abandon through me, throbbing from my scalp to my toes.
"Yes, Edward! Yes" she panted jubilant as I continued to move inside her. One hand dug into my scalp. The other pulled away from me, reaching out and pushing against the nightstand a couple inches from the side of her face. The lamp and the alarm clock rattled and the book that was lying on the edge fell to the floor as I thrust into her, over and over. The pale skin at her neck and chest turned crimson as we both grunted and gasped for air. I could feel her tightening around me, the pulsating muscles throbbing, begging for release. She was so close. I could smell it. I concentrated, waiting in anticipation of the best part.
"God, I love you!" she screamed as she came.
The words rang in my ears, vibrated off my fingertips. With one final push I exploded, the bedspread that we lay atop tearing in the hands I would give almost anything to have holding on to her instead.
She fell asleep on top of me. I was grateful that I only got the comforter and didn't damage the electric blanket underneath that cover us now. My arm wrapped tightly around her as I spent the night engrossed in her dreams. Even in her sleep she giggled, the words pie, truck, and bucket seats sprinkled in with my name.
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Providence, Rhode Island – Junior David Hawley scored on a feed from junior Andrew Feinberg with 1:55 left in overtime to lift 14th-ranked Brown to a 13-12 come-from behind victory over Hartford before a raucous crowd of 617 at Meister-Kavan Field. The win lifts the Bears to 1-1 on the season, while Hartford falls to 1-3.
Brown trailed, 12-10, with 12:26 left in the game following a goal by Hartford's Aidan Genik. Bears' senior Reade Seligman drew Brown to within a goal, 12-11, with 8:22 remaining, and Feinberg knotted the score, 12-12, scoring on a pass from sophomore Parker Brown with 3:04 left in the game.
Hartford won the face-off in overtime and went on the attack. Brown junior All-American defenseman Peter Fallon gave the Bears possession with a take-away in the defensive zone, and the Bears cleared to the Hartford end. Feinberg took the ball behind the net and spotted Hawley for the game-winner, setting off a jubilant celebration.
Feinberg was the game's top scorer with four goals, while adding an assist. Parker Brown added a hat-trick for the Bears, while also adding two assists. Hawley finished the game with two goals.
The day didn't start out well for Brown as the Bears fell behind, 5-2, after one quarter.
The Bears came roaring back to out-score the Hawks, 5-1, in the second quarter to grab a 7-6 lead at the half. Sophomore Parker Brown scored two goals in the spurt, with sophomore Rob Schlesinger, Feinberg and Hawley scoring one goal each.
With Brown leading 9-8 with 5:24 left in the third quarter, Justin Bearse, Ryan Compitello and Aiden Genik scored three straight goals for Hartford to grab an 11-9 advantage. Parker Brown scored his third goal for the Bears to make it 11-10 for the Hawks, before Genik scored once again to give Hartford a 12-10 lead.
Brown goalie Matt Chriss registered eight saves in goal, while Hartford's Scott Bement turned aside 14 shots.
Genik led the Hawks with four goals, while Bearse added three tallies.
The Bears will be back in action again on Saturday, March 13, traveling to Philadelphia to face St. Joseph's, starting at 1:00 p.m.


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MEMBER for Lyne Robert Oakeshott has weighed into the recent increase of violent robberies and home invasions in Port Macquarie and the Mid-North Coast.
He released a statement yesterday just a day after the last robbery occurred in the rural area of Port Macquarie on Fernbank Creek Road. His statement in part read:
Concerned that state MPs are not doing enough to address a serious increase in home invasions along the Mid-North Coast, Independent Lyne MP Rob Oakeshott has taken up the matter with the NSW Police Commissioner.
Mr Oakeshott wrote to Mr Andrew Scipione earlier this month to express concern about the seven home invasions that have occurred in Kempsey, Port Macquarie and Taree since April this year.
"I know the NSW Police Force is doing what it can to investigate these matters, however, my concern is that as the number of home invasions grows, so too does the risk that someone will be seriously injured or killed," Mr Oakeshott said.
"With great respect, I have suggested it may be time to consider additional strategies to reduce the growing occurrence of crime in our region.
"I've asked Mr Scipione to consider police numbers in the region, because a highly visible police force is an obvious deterrent to crime. "But police numbers are not the only deterrent. We need the NSW Government to invest resources in our region; to develop strategies that will reduce crime.
"There is strong criticism from the legal sector, for instance, of a lack of drug and alcohol services in our region. We need the NSW Government, which is responsible for policing and for crime strategies, to act before this matter of increased home invasions becomes any worse in our region."
State MP Leslie Williams, hit back at the claims by Mr Oakeshott.
She says his claims that she is not doing enough to address crime in our area is simply not true.
"Firstly since the Liberals & Nationals came into Government, 15 new police officers have been appointed to our area which equates to around one new officer every six weeks. The Minister for Police, Mike Gallacher has also visited the electorate and met with police in Port Macquarie and Laurieton," Mrs Williams said.
"Secondly, I share the Member for Lyne's concerns about local crime rates, but rather than issuing a media release attacking other parliamentarians on the matter, I actually went on patrol last Friday night for six hours with local police officers in Port Macquarie to see the issues first hand.
"I can tell you that our police are working extremely hard solving crime and I am pleased to say they are getting good results," Mrs Williams said.
"In the past three months they have arrested 31 people who have committed around 50 offences involving break and enter, break enter and steal, as well as being charged with being armed with intent.
"So while we have seen an increase in offences, to the credit of our local police we have seen an increase in arrests."


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Culture shock
Four years in veterinary school are drawing to a close. After a half-dozen interviews, you've landed your first job, perhaps as one of several associates to a DVM who runs a busy animal clinic.
Until now, you've settled into a way of campus life that is routine, predicable and comfortable. You reason that you will adapt as well to a routine where you'll work with others in the real world of veterinary practice. It can't be that difficult, you think.
Apparently, it can.
It's a statistic that holds true in the veterinary medicine, says Dr. Charles Neer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM, who teaches classes in professional development in the Department of Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Veterinary Medicine.
"Many students will make a change, move to another practice, within their first year. Or at least that's the way it has been for a while now," he says.
Behind the high turnover is culture shock — the emotional jolt often experienced when transitioning to a new lifestyle and environment.
Adjusting to new environments
Lalervo Oberg, an anthropologist with the United States Operations Mission to Brazil, defines culture shock (in a Worldwide Classroom online editorial) as "a malady, which afflicts most of us to some degree. When an individual enters a strange culture, all or most of his familiar cues are removed. He or she is like a fish out of water. No matter how broad-minded or full of good will he may be, a series of props have been knocked out from under him."
Oberg speaks of culture shock as it applies to international relocation, but the principle's the same for graduating veterinary students entering the business world, experts say.
"Students find there's a big difference, a bridge to cross, from the classroom experience to actual practice," Neer says. "Some are affected more than others. Those who have had some limited exposure (during college) to business or to an office environment do better than those who have not."
Covering all bases
Dr. James Lloyd, DVM, PhD, who teaches a class on career development and practice management at Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, agrees.
He and Neer, however, have developed ways to help students make a smooth transition to the working world.
"We encourage our students to do more than just off-site interviews or very short on-site interviews. We want them to spend at least a full day — a typical, busy full day — interviewing on site at a practice," Lloyd says.
He explains that a student's "cultural fit" to a practice environment is just as important, if not more so, than issues such as salary, working hours and benefits.
"We encourage students to listen to their hearts, not just facts and figures," he says.
Lloyd's class works to prepare students entering practice by having them make out a checklist, covering questions: What are the working hours? Will I be comfortable with that schedule? Will I be flexible enough to change hours if necessary? What procedures will I be allowed to perform? What are the practice's policies on various issues such as euthanasia? Am I comfortable with them?
At OSU, Neer teaches what he calls "non-technical competencies." He says they include life skills, communication, leadership, writing resumes and a workshop on interviewing techniques. "These are now part of our core curriculum for veterinary students," Neer says. Each is worth one hour of credit per quarter.


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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE CURRENT FILAMENTATION INSTABILITY by Brian Allen A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) December 2012 Copyright 2012 Brian Allen
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Gundersen, Martin A.
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|Plasma instabilities can produce strong anisotropies, accelerate particles to high energies and generate large electric and magnetic fields. The Current Filamentation Instability, CFI, is of central importance for the propagation of relativistic electron beams in plasmas. CFI has potential relevance to astrophysics (afterglow of gamma ray bursts), inertial confinement fusion (energy transport in the fast-ignitor concept) and beam-driven plasma-based accelerators (placing an upper limit on the plasma density and accelerating gradient). ❧ The work in this dissertation combines a review of theory, particle-in-cell simulations and design and execution of an experiment that resulted in the first conclusive observation of the current filamentation instability. Current theory of CFI is reviewed and discussed. Simulations, with a particle-in-cell code, were conducted to validate theory for the finite size bunch and plasma used in the work and provide insight for the experiment. The design of a high-magnification imaging system to observe the result of the instability and the setup of the experiment are detailed. Finally, the experimental results are presented and discussed. ❧ The experiment was conducted at the Accelerator Test Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory with the 60MeV e⁻ bunch and 2cm long plasma with variable density. The experiment included the systematic study and characterization of the instability as a function of the beam charge and plasma density, or ratio of bunch transverse size to plasma skin depth c/ɷpe or 1/kpe. The transverse beam profile and size (σᵣ) is measured directly at the plasma exit using optical transition radiation from a thin gold coated silicon window. Experimental results show the transition from plasma focusing (kpσᵣ << 1) to CFI (kpσᵣ >> 1) is characterized by the appearance of multiple (1-5) beam filaments and the linear scaling of the transverse filaments size with the plasma skin depth. Suppression of the instability is demonstrated when lowering the growth rate of the instability by reducing the beam charge. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with theory and simulations.
|plasma physics; plasma instability; CFI; PWFA
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"Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other international leaders urged countries and private businesses on Thursday to fight increasing efforts to restrict access to the Internet by repressive governments and even some democratic ones. Opening a two-day conference on digital freedom here sponsored by Google and the Dutch government, Mrs. Clinton warned that restrictions on the Internet threatened not only basic freedoms and human rights, but also international commerce and the free flow of information that increasingly makes it possible." Uhm, Mrs. Clinton... SOPA...?
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Johnson's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise and partners help companies fast track profitable ventures that hold promise for positive social impact
May 28, 2014
The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University hosted the second Intrapreneur Lab in New York City, May 20 to 22, 2014. The program – a partnership with Accenture Development Partnerships, Business Fights Poverty, and Leadership Laboratories – helps corporations launch profitable ventures that hold potential for positive social impact.
Participants enter the Lab with an idea or early stage project. The program kicked off in New York City with 3-days of intensive coaching by leading social entrepreneurs and experts, including the founder of Vodaphone's M-Pesa, Nick Hughes; Amit Mehra of Reuter's Market Light; the global managing director of Accenture's Institute for High Performance, Robert Thomas; and Erik Simanis of Cornell's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise.
"The Lab is an intimate setting that helps corporations fast-track their ventures," said Simanis, managing director of Market Creation Strategies and core faculty member of the Lab. "It provides them deep exposure to the accumulated learnings of leading companies and doers in the field."
The New York City sessions will be followed by a three-month incubator-phase, in which participants receive a combination of consulting support from Accenture Development Partnerships, executive coaching from Leadership Laboratories, and introductions to social enterprise experts through Business Fights Poverty. The end-goal is to help participants build a sound business case and a rigorous plan to pilot test their ideas.
The Intrapreneur Lab was first held in October 2013 at Oxford University, with managers from Barclays, GSK and Novartis. Companies participating in the New York City program include Mars, Barclays, Cemex, and Pearson. The next Lab will be held in Oxford in fall 2014, with a fourth planned for South Africa in winter 2015.
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A 9-year-old Springs girl ran home from the Springs School at a little after 3 p.m. on Oct. 17 after being approached by a man on a bicycle. Mariano Melchior Galindo, 35, of Springs was arrested 40 minutes later when a town police officer spotted him, still on his bicycle, near the school.
After being read his Miranda rights, he reportedly gave the police what they termed a "confession statement." He was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor.
Bail was set at $200 the next morning.
Mark S. Lester, 49, of East Hampton was arrested on the morning of Oct. 15 after a dispute at 162 North Main Street in East Hampton turned physical. The complainant, Brian K. Damark, also of East Hampton, told police that during an argument Mr. Lester poked him with a tire iron, then brandished it threateningly, as a weapon.
Mr. Damark left, went home and called the police, who spoke with both men before placing Mr. Lester under arrest. He was arraigned later that day in East Hampton Town Justice Court by Justice Catherine Cahill, who released him without bail, due to his longtime roots in the community, but with a future date in court.
Town police took Elliton L. Jordan into custody on Oct. 16 after New York City police arrested him in Queens for violating, in July, 2011, an order of protection issued by the East Hampton court. The charge was criminal contempt in the second degree, a misdemeanor. He was released the next morning on $400 bail.
A man accused of an assault on Sept. 1 at 3 a.m. at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett was placed under arrest on Oct. 11 after turning himself in.
Peter A. Mangiameli, 43, of Bridgehampton had reportedly punched Robert Anderson of San Francisco several times, cutting his face and breaking the bones around an eye. The victim was treated afterward at Southampton Hospital. Mr. Mangiameli was charged with assault with intent to cause physical injury, a class A misdemeanor. Due to his roots in the community, Justice Lisa Rana released him without bail the next morning, according to the police report.
Privet bushes dug up in March of this year resulted in the arrest of Dennis M. Gallagher, 56, of Northwest Woods. The privet was on a Springs-Fireplace Road property belonging to James Pine. According to the report, Mr. Gallagher had his landscapers dig it up in order to transport them to his Diane Drive property. A neighbor on Springs-Fireplace Road saw what was happening and called the police, who took three landscapers into custody for questioning. They were released after giving statements to detectives.
Police then showed a photo lineup to an unidentified witness on May 2. Mr. Gallagher surrendered on Oct. 17, and was charged with a class D felony, grand larceny. Justice Rana released him later that morning without bail.


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And it would probably go better with your sister if you dont explain all the above to her in detail, just stick with no, that wont work for us Ill have to pass.Besides, what if the flight is late
When I get to my parents' house, I am thrilled to leave my youngest in their care, since I know they love her and I trust them. This makes it easy for me to go out or just take a nap. I think this is more an issue with how you view your parents rather than how you view your child. Your parents raised you, so you know their "style".
Also, this is a vacation, I presume to visit the entire family. And they are guests in her parent's home. While I have no problem making plans with other family and friends during a vacation to visit parents, I don't think I'd do it on the first night. "Hi, Mom and Dad, I just got in from a long flight. Her are my bags and my cranky child, I'm going off to have fun. See ya!" The OP is right to recognize that the first night is not the night to do this for several reasons.
Your sister doesn't sound like a very nice person. She wants you to dump your "wild animal" child on your parents because she wants to have fun. Not fair to your child or your parents. Maybe I just don't tolerate eye-rolling.
I do somewhat agree with Toots that it wouldn't be the end of the world if I DID leave him the first night, but this is supposed to be a nice, relaxing vacation. There is going to be some transitioning issues, and historically my son does not do well with transitions, so why delay that point?
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A Fort Towson man died Wednesday night, after Lewisville Police shot him. Police say the man pulled a gun on their officers.
It started when employees at a Lewisville McDonalds called 911 Wednesday night, saying a man was pointing a handgun at customers.
Police soon tracked down Roger P. Hamill, the suspected gunman. They said Hamill pointed the gun at them, prompting officers to shoot him.
Responders rushed Hamill to a near-by hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Tammy Edwards taught Hamill at Fort Towson High School. He and her son were best friends. She describes Hamill as a second son.
"I was glad for the friendship that my son and he had," she said. "I can't imagine losing a child."
Edwards said Hamill served three tours of duty in Iraq. She said he struggled re-adjusting when he got home.
"I heard he was doing a lot better," she said. "And I sure hope and pray he was."
But she still doesn't believe Hamill would ever try to hurt someone.
"No, that does not sound like Roger Hamill the student I had, at all," she said.
And Alicia Brents - another former teacher - agrees that this wasn't the Hamill she knew.
"No. No! And that's what shocks me."
She said he was always a great kid and well-liked - even into adulthood.
"I'm in disbelief. I can't believe that," she said. "You never know what's gonna happen these days."
Edwards said she was always proud of Hamill.
"I hope he served the military [well], I heard good things. I hope he served as good as anybody," she said. "I know he was dedicated. And I wouldn't have wanted this to happen to him."
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DANVERS — Beneath two glittering chandeliers, nearly 200 of the Republican Party faithful cast ballots Saturday morning in a straw poll for the US Senate race, choosing state Representative Daniel Winslow.
Winslow won 79 votes, compared with 55 for Michael Sullivan, the former US attorney who has been widely seen as a front-runner, and 59 for Gabriel Gomez, a private equity investor from Cohasset.
Organizers said the nonbinding poll, which cost each voter $10 a ballot, was a chance to gin up excitement for the coming campaign and connect candidates with activists.
Politicians used it as an opportunity to shake hands and introduce themselves, although all three downplayed their expectations of winning.
Winslow, the winner, slipped out of the Danversport Yacht Club before the votes — yellow slips of paper cast in a clear plastic storage bin — were tallied, to spend the afternoon campaigning on the North Shore. But before he left, he said in an interview that he thought the event sent the wrong message.
"They gave us three minutes to speak today; three minutes is longer than I ever wanted to spend in a yacht club," said Winslow, of Norfolk. "I am not a tea-and-crumpets Republican. I am here because there are activists here. I am running a grass-roots campaign."
Sullivan, of Abington, said that after two intensive weeks of gathering signatures, he had not encouraged his supporters to give up another Saturday.
He said state officials told him on Friday that he had 22,000 certified signatures and he appreciated the efforts that volunteers statewide had made to gather them.
Of the 55 supporters who showed up to vote for him Saturday, he said, "I'm grateful that they are here and grateful that they took some time out." But, he added, "I wish nobody spent a penny, to be honest with you. I wish people were out doing something important with their families."
Gomez acknowledged that his campaign was "suffering from a lack of name recognition," but said he hopes to change that as he tells his personal story about serving as a Navy SEAL and growing up as a first-generation son of immigrant parents, with Spanish as his first language.
"I've got to tell you, I'm thrilled and still in a little bit of shock we got that many votes," Gomez said.
The mood was upbeat in the large ballroom where the straw poll was held.
Angela Davis of Foxborough, who previously chaired a woman's coalition to support Scott Brown, brought her 9-year-old daughter, Sophia, and said she was enthusiastic about Gomez.
"He represents where the electorate is right now, and he reflects a lot of the priorities I have right now," she said, citing his military service and his large family.
Polina DeSantis of Lynn said she had helped gather hundreds of signatures for Winslow and had helped organize a group of about 25 people, including minorities and people with disabilities, who had been interested in attending. What kept them away, she said, was the $10 cost for voting, which organizers said would be used to cover the cost of renting the function hall.
DeSantis, who runs a social services organization aimed at aiding victims of domestic abuse, said she supported Winslow because she thought he would help change the face of the Republican Party.
"I stand here and am looking at a sea of [faces with] very little minorities," DeSantis said.
Events began with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, a singing of the national anthem, and then short speeches from the candidates.
Sullivan spoke appreciatively about the efforts of volunteers who gathered signatures and said that the situation in Washington was "broken."
"I'm excited about the prospects for our party," Sullivan said.
Gomez said he would support term limits for members of Congress and a law prohibiting former congressmen from becoming lobbyists.
Winslow gave the most rousing speech, describing working his way through college as a carpenter. An air of collegiality pervaded the event.
"I want to say at the outset," Winslow said, "any one of us is better than either one of them," referring to the two Democrats, US Representatives Edward Markey and Stephen Lynch, who are also running for the US Senate seat vacated by John F. Kerry.Carolyn Y. Johnson can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @carolynyjohnson.


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Discussion in 'General MMA discussion' started by Reckin007, Oct 9, 2013.
Demian Maia was the next guy to beat GSP....LOL
The troll on this one is just god lol
I do not
haha come on...don't tell me when Maia rolled around on Fitch for 3 rounds there weren't comments in here about how he could do that to GSP and has some epic game to beat him. Silly stuff like that.
Shields just has the type of style to make great fighters not look good, win or lose.
Actually now that I think about it I think I said once that Maia would be an interesting fight for GSP lol
while we're at it...remember when erick silva was the supposed to be the next big thing.
He's still fuking awesome
ha...yeah I thought of that, but realistically he just got caught. He was well on his way to winning and then some magic comeback ensued. Maia was working on a title shot and then got Maia'd for 3 out of 5 rounds.
Not sure what to think of Maia at 170 just yet. His last three fights he looked awesome, but just didn't seem to have any killer instinct tonight.
I guess the verdict is still out on Erick Silva. But to see him get knocked out cold like that by a guy not known for his power, doesn't look too good. I think this loss really sets him back, he won't be fighting any top 10 guys anytime soon.
he fought reckless and paid the price.
he had his back turned, blatantly disregarding kim's skills, and he paid the price for it.
GSP? No. And no one who watched the Anderson Silva/Demian Maia title fight has ever thought that again. All respect to Maia, but he's lost his way somewhere.
I do remember a time when Maia looked like the guy to beat and at that time, who could argue.
This troll thread fails on so many levels. It doesn't incite rage and it doesn't discredit anything.
Well on his way to winning? He got handled the first round and in the second both were super gassed and Erick was outlanding him. But even still it wouldve been one each before the third.
I didn't watch Shields vs Maia - I had a gut feeling it was going to be one of those fights.
Pretty sure that the majority of people didn't think Maia was going to out grapple GSP and it was going to end up like every other fight that GSP has against grapplers.
Erick Silva though... I'm not going to lie that was disappointing. I feel like he really needs to learn to respect peoples stand-up, even people who aren't primarily strikers.
maia fitched fitch and shields fitched maia. the next likely occurrence is kim to fitch shields to keep the cycle going.
Only because Shields shut down Maia it doesn't mean GSP would have. Shields is a better overall grappler than GSP. The problem with the GSP/Maia match up would've been GSP's striking superiority, but I think on the ground he still could have proven to be a threat to GSP.
Yeah, Erick was struggling out there and was knocked out by a guy throwing the same punch he was throwing, but throwing it better. Lotta work to do to fulfill all that promise.
Put it this way…… A pure BJJ tournament has better striking than what was on display last night.
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One Man's Passion for Entrepreneurship and Education
"Johnson helped to prepare me for the challenges of starting my own businesses," he says. In his MBA program, he focused on finance, and he recalls particularly enjoying Professor Hal Bierman's courses. One example of how his Johnson education benefited his work: "Capital budgeting courses gave me an extremely valuable tool – the skills to analyze projects before making calculated but risky business decisions."
Quintanilla believes strongly in giving back and has made generous financial gifts to Johnson over the years. Recently, he and his wife established the Carlos and Clara Quintanilla Fellowship at Johnson, an international scholarship. "One of the main areas that my family foundation is interested in supporting is education, because education is key for the development of not only individuals, but also communities and entire countries. Social and economic progress follow educational investments. My family believes strongly that we need to help educate the next generation of leaders of our community in Monterrey, Mexico."
For Johnson scholarship recipients, he hopes that the funding "will help students to get a great education and enable them to become great entrepreneurs. Start-ups like Apple, Microsoft and Google have always created more new jobs and generated more wealth around the world than established companies. Entrepreneurs have had more impact in local communities than big companies."
Quintanilla's passion for entrepreneurship is evident in his own extraordinary career. "I chose this career path over 30 years ago, when most Latin American MBAs chose to work as employees of big banks or large corporations. Being an entrepreneur and starting your own business can be very challenging and nerve-wracking. But successfully building your own business is as satisfying and fulfilling as finding the love of your life, marrying her, and seeing your children grow up to be successful" – all of which Quintanilla has also done.
Today, he is president of Quintanilla, Hache y Asociados (QHYA), a family owned and operated business that focuses on investments in the Mexican financial sector and on developing industrial parks in the United States. He is a founder and active participant in several financial services companies, including securities brokerage houses, asset management companies, and banks.
Among the most notable endeavors in his long list of accomplishments is helping to found two financial organizations and take them to successful IPOs. In the early '90s, Grupo Financiero Value was one of the first financial groups that traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange, and Banregio, founded in 1994, is now the twelfth largest bank in Mexico. Another notable project was his involvement in the 1980s in founding a venture capital firm, one of the first major participants to trade in emerging markets debt, which has since become a multibillion dollar sector of the international securities market. And another – Quintanilla's development of some 500 acres as industrial parks in southern Texas has played a significant role in driving economic growth and making it one of the most vibrant economic regions of the United States.
Even as he oversees his multiple ventures and actively searches for and develops new opportunities, Quintanilla makes helping educational and charitable institutions a priority in his life. He has served as a trustee for several Catholic schools and other eleemosynary institutions and now serves on the University of Michigan Engineering Advisory Council, where two of his sons were educated.
Johnson benefits greatly from his volunteer efforts in several areas, as well as from his generous gifts. He currently serves on the Advisory Council and Major Gifts Committee. Along with other alumni, he is working to establish the new Cornell-Queens Executive MBA (CQEMBA) program in Monterrey, Mexico. He is also active in mentoring Johnson students and in working with the Admissions Office to follow up with admitted Mexican students.
Quintanilla's impact on the world and on individuals is significant, and among those who have noticed are the members of Johnson's Latino Business Students Association. In 2011, they awarded him their second annual Distinguished Latino Alumni Award. He was chosen for "his exceptional achievements and significant contributions to his profession, his community and society as a whole, and to Johnson, as well as for promoting the advancement of Latinos in the business world."
There are unquestionably many more chapters yet to be written in the saga of Carlos Quintanilla's passions for entrepreneurship and education. They'll no doubt make fascinating reading.


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Derek Fisher news conference
Fisher began the news conference with an emotional opening statement, thanking the NBA, the Utah Jazz and the Lakers. He also offered some insight into what his family has experienced throughout this trying journey. From there, he took some questions from the media, listed below.
On his daughter Tatum:
"Tatum's status right now is moving in the right direction and in a great direction. We've had three rounds of treatment, and she's progressively gotten better each time when we've been back to New York. We're due back in New York soon to get a follow-up evaluation to the last last treatment, really give us an accurate idea of how she's doing. But she's doing great, moving in the right direction now and we feel comfortable that right now, three rounds of treatment, where we can settle into and we'll be able to transition into observation and evaluation here in Los Angeles. Our doctor will remain our treating physician if there are any treatments that become necessary again in the future, but we've found a collective group of doctors that we need here in the Los Angeles area, so that we'll be able to transition into very soon."
On whether he was surprised that the NBA and the Utah Jazz agreed to let him out of his contract in such an unprecedented manner:
"I'm not surprised, because I think what most people will find that if you get an opportunity to spend some time with a lot of the guys in our league, a lot of other professional athletes in a lot of sports, you'll find that there are really kindhearted, thoughtful, considerate young men that are out there competing and playing in a lot of these sports. Because of negative stories that often hit the front page or the top stories, a lot of that kind of gets lost in the shuffle. But I'm not surprised. Definitely not by the Jazz, their response to doing something that would allow someone to think of their family first, because that's what they've always prided themselves in as an organization.
"I think the NBA often times as a league takes a lot of image hits because of individual decisions that are made by players or management or anyone involved with our league at times. But I think what you'll find more times than not, if you really get a chance to be around in more personal settings with athletes and people that compete in the NBA, is that they're really hundreds of great young men that are great fathers. They're great husbands. They do the best that they can on a day-in and day-out basis, so it doesn't surprise me. It may surprise some people, but it doesn't surprise me that when things really come down right to it and there's something that an individual really needs from a team or from our league, when it's a situation like this, more times than not you'll find that people will step up and do the right thing."
On whether Kobe called him about this decision like he did to comfort Fisher about his daughter's situation:
"No, he actually has not called me related to my decision as a player. The conversations that Kobe and I have had in the last several weeks have been exclusively about our families. And I wasn't surprised when he called me about my family and my situation, but it felt great to hear from him because of our relationship. Because of what I'm going through with our daughter, he having two little girls himself, I think that just took our relationship to an even deeper level. There was just another link there, having daughters and knowing that as a dad, there's almost nothing more special to you, other than your wife, that means the most to you as the health and the well-being of your little girl. That's what we've exclusively talked about as we've talked in recent months and recent weeks. Obviously, I'm aware of what he's going through and the decisions that he's making or not making. But I've always kept my comments related to that at zero, because it's not my place to judge or say what's right or wrong in terms of his decisions."
On how much the "home" aspect, the familiarity with the Lakers and L.A., played into this decision:
"The aspect of us having a history here in Los Angeles really factored in after we identified Children's Hospital in Los Angeles as a place where we could get the best care. Once that happened, then of course, between the Lakers and Clippers, because of the history, because of the relationship that Mitch and I and 10, 20, 30 people that still work here and are a part of this family, the comfort level was there. But in terms of making our initial decision to identify this city, Los Angeles came from our doctor. We got the list from him. And then from there, we were able to work through the different things that we wanted to identify. It's really a three-pronged approach to finding the best place. And for us, four because we have a treating physician in New York. We also needed a pediatrician who has some experience with this. A pediatric ophthalmologist, who'll watch the eyes for us. And then a pediatric oncologist, who specializes in cancer for kids. So once we identified that group that we could find here, having history here in Los Angeles, period, we zeroed in here. From there, it became a matter of having discussions with the individual teams."
On whether lining up in the backcourt with Kobe is an exciting prospect:
"Yeah, it's extremely exciting. Just today, I'm finally getting a chance to think about the basketball aspects of coming back. I've been a little guarded because of how many things have gone into getting here, not knowing if this moment would ever come. It's exciting to think about working with Kobe again and working alongside him again. And all of the guys on the team. I think this team in the last couple years, even though it doesn't maybe feel that way obviously for Mitch and the guys that have been here, because of spoiling ourselves in the past with championships, there doesn't seem like there's been a great deal to be proud about. But any team that's made the playoffs in the Western Conference in the last couple years has done a lot, because the Western Conference is about as tough as it gets. The youth that Kobe and the guys have played with and battled with and all the injuries, key guys in and out of the lineup the last two years, to still make the playoffs and still be competitive in the Western Conference is phenomenal, really. So I'm looking forward to adding what I can add to the things that are already here. Not feeling as if I'm an answer or a solution to anything, but hopefully just adding value, adding depth, adding experience and allowing us to win a few more games so that we aren't a 7 or 8 seed. We're a 2, 3, 4 seed with home-court advantage in the first round, allowing ourselves to build some momentum as we go into the postseason."
On whether he thinks his rejoining the team will have a positive effect on Kobe wanting to return:
"I can't answer that question accurately, but I'd like to think so and I hope so. Like I said, I've made a concerted effort not to question or even mention anything about what he said, comments that he's made. It's just not the relationship that we've had since I left here. We've gotten closer from the time that I left until now. When we played together, we were close, but it's gotten even closer since I've been gone, because it was almost like we were forced to talk more because we didn't see each other that day. So I'd hope that me returning and adding some familiarity to the situation in terms of the triangle offense and just a feeling of camaraderie and family that we established here years ago, that it would help in his decision. I can't if it will. I hope so. Like I said, I don't come in here feeling as if I'm the answer to anything, but I hope that I get a chance to play with him forever. I hope to finish my career playing alongside of him, because Lord knows how young he is, he'll be playing longer than I will. But I hope to be able to finish up playing alongside him."
On how much thought, if any, he gave to stepping away from the game this season or retiring:
"Well, the thoughts about stepping away from basketball were there because of the decision I was making. Like I said, I did not know what was out there or what would be out there once the decision was made. I knew that there was a very short list of cities that I could even play in, in terms of taking care of and providing for my family, and then being able to play basketball. So when I made the decision, I didn't know out of those five cities and those teams in those cities what opportunities would be there. And really just by faith, I made the decision and I felt comfortable with it. I knew that, worst-case, basketball is not something that's really defined who I am as a man and as a person. I felt confident that if basketball was not meant to be a major part of my life right now for a number of reasons, obviously Tatum being first, that I could move on with life and be happy and just as fulfilled doing other things. So the thought was there. The concern was there, but it was not one of fear, that if I did step away from the basketball that I would regret the decision or I would feel bad about it. I actually felt as though we'd be OK right away."
On talking to the Clippers, and what was the main factor in choosing the Lakers. Was it being closer to the championship? The deal itself?
(Editor's note: Before Fisher answered, Mitch Kupchak smiled, then joked, "You were talking to the Clippers?")
"Yeah, I was talking to the Clippers. What are you thinking? What's wrong with this guy. No, once medically we were in good shape and we knew that Tatum could get good care, the thoughts about now I can think about playing basketball again and which team is best, those thoughts immediately started to happen. And from there, knowing that I wanted to play basketball, that I love to play the game, of course you have a responsibility to try to find the best deal that you can at that point. But it wasn't driven by any one particular thing. It wasn't driven by financials. It wasn't driven by the status of the team or if one team was closer to this goal or that goal. It was really what I felt was best for my family, in terms of the fit. And then ... having played with this organization for so long and having shared so many great memories and moments and times with so many of the individuals that are still here, including this knucklehead right here (motions to Kupchak), the conversations started to progress at a higher speed than other teams."
On whether he could ever picture himself in a Clipper uniform, as opposed to a Laker uniform:
"Well, being here for eight years and winning three championships, I never thought I'd wear another jersey. And so with the changes over the last seasons and wearing two different jerseys is something that in this business you finally have to open your eyes to. You think that you'll be somewhere forever and that life's gonna just go to plan, and that's just not the case. I think that I could see myself wearing any jersey at that point. But now, I don't really have to quite worry about that so much at this point. I can put this one back on and feel good about it."
On where Fisher and his wife found the resolve to deal with Tatum's illness:
"The resolve to bring us through to this moment and in moments going forward, in my opinion, and I feel comfortable speaking for my wife as well, really just came from our faith in God. I don't think that either one of us claim to have the individual strength and that we can run back to you how we got to this point. It's really just something that we've just woken up every day, each day, one at a time and trying to do our best for that day. And it's been really stressful. It's been really emotional. It's put a strain on our family at times. But like I said earlier, the strength of my wife has given me more strength, and I think that Tatum's strength and seeing what she's been through and that she wakes every day just ready to have fun and be a 1-year old. That's inspiring to us as husband and wife and as parents. So I think that the resolve and the strength has started from our faith and through the people around us. Through the support and the prayers of my former Utah teammates and that extended family and now my Laker family. And all the prayers that we were being sent, even before the possibility of me coming back. The support has just been overwhelming, and I think that we've gained strength from so many different sources outside of ourselves, and that's what has allowed us to really hold on strong."


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Sunday, November 4, 2007
Living Trilobites?
Posted by Andrew at 3:20 PM
Labels: imposters, trilobites
8 comments:
- Nick said...
I am curious why people reject the isopod or horseshoe crab as evolutionary descendants of the trilobite, yet have got no trouble at all with birds from dinosaurs?
- November 9, 2007 at 10:24 PM
- Andrew said...
One of the main differences between the extinct trilobites and existing crustaceans is that crustaceans lack several of trilobites' defining characteristics, a specific example being calcite lenses in their eyes. The only living creatures with calcite lenses are a certain fly species and some types of brittle star.
The unique combination of highly specialized features identifies trilobites as a separate arthropod group from crustaceans(isopods) or horseshoe crabs. Crustaceans have long existed along side trilobites as discreetly genetically differentiated arthropod group, as incapable of interbreeding as scorpions and centipedes.
- November 10, 2007 at 3:45 PM
- Nick said...
That makes sense. Still, I wish it were possible to extract some DNA from trilobites to establish definitively how they sit in the evolutionary tree versus DNA still extant today! Of course I understand morphology and other indicators allow us to do the analysis with some degree of confidence, but some part of me wants to think some of those ancient chromosomes are still crawling around somewhere!
- November 10, 2007 at 11:03 PM
- Andrew said...
I wish some were still around as well, in some deep ocean trench, like in the Godzilla movies. I really wish they'd made the move from salt to fresh water or from inter tidal to terrestrial environments, then there'd have been a better chance of their survival into modern ages- maybe... They might've been picked off by the early small mammals.
- November 10, 2007 at 11:32 PM
- Sushroom said...
- February 22, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- obama numbscull said...
You go through so many mental hoops so that you can find proof of evolution. Even when similar designs are found all over, but in no straight line. You continue to search for evolution and reject God.
- September 2, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Mike Welton said...
I love trilobites. They have facinated me since I was a child. The fossil record shows they existed for 300 million years. Humans will be lucky to exist for another 100. I hate it when religious circles treat our evolution as a joke. Denying it is like denying your parents existed. The truth is out there. Wake up!
- November 25, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- Surrender17 said...
Evolution exists to an extent. Example. Lizards are not linked to birds other than being made by the same creator. Evolution exists only in the adaptive sense. Example. Climates change, so over time creatures acclimate to those changes and in doing so "evolve." Ignoring the fact that there has always been an omnipotent being present is admitting your choice to be blind. To deny both is to be a fool. I AM awake, are YOU?
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A smuggler carries food from Kentucky Fried Chicken to be delivered through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt
Finger lickin' good it may be, but this is taking things a little too far.
Some residents of Gaza have taken to smuggling in fried chicken and all the fixin's from neighboring Egypt through an elaborate process involving wire transfers and tunnels. I'm not even kidding, I read this on the internets.
The New York Times reported today that an enterprising young entrepreneur named Khalil Efrangi has made four of these runs totally about 100 meals, saying "it's our right to enjoy that taste the other people all over the world enjoy."
Border crossings are tightly controlled by Israel and Egypt by a so-called blockade that has been in place since 2007. Getting a bucket original recipe is hardly the most pressing issue for most Gazans, but as Egrangi puts it, "I accepted this challenge to prove that Gazans can be resilient despite the restrictions."


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Meet the U.S. team for the International Crown at Caves Valley
The inaugural International Crown women's golf tournament tees off from Caves Valley in Owings Mills on Thursday. Here's a quick look at the four members of the top-seeded United States team. For bios on the golfers from the other seven nations competing, CLICK HERE.
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WW just making up the boundaries as he goes,
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WW just making up the boundaries as he goes,
Play about to resume after a lengthy rain break - let's see if we can get 100 runs for the day. Presumably they can go on for an extra hour if conditions allow?
Kudos to Benn and Rampaul, the only Windies batsmen today who seem to be aware that people paid to come in and see this. Just 21 behind now.
Rampaul should train with Nash. Has obvious batting ability, and like Nash, shows most of his three stumps to the bowler. Maybe he do with the bat what he's not fit to do with the ball.
Historic moment, 500 dismissals for Mark Boucher. And he looks hardly a day older than when he made his first.
When Bravo and Shiv were batting, they were still a good 100 or so runs behind. Given Ramdin's poor form with the bat, and the long tail, if Shiv and Bravo had swung their bats, and got out irresponsibly, the Saffers could press the advantage. Remember, this was before the rain washed out a good hour and a half's play....
As we saw in England's tour of the Caribbean last year, even on dead batting tracks, the WI could collapse, and leave it to the tailenders to hang on for the draw.
I've stated that I'm not a Dowlin fan, but felt he deserved this series, based on his stats in Test cricket. He's had his run, and failed. But with Barath injured, there really wasn't much alternative to him as opener. Smith and Richards have not succeeded in the longer format of the game.
As for Samuels, his stats in test cricket aren't particularly great. He's been inconsistent with the bat, much like Bravo....
Harris is bowling way outside the legstump of the right hander (Bravo), who's batting has been inconsistent, and being in a losing team, is wary of taking an unnecessary risk, losing his wicket, and getting his team in trouble again. The pacer is bowling quite a bit outside offstump as well....
If this was a WI team that was at least winning some of their recent matches, then they'd feel confident having a go. But they just want to get thru a match without losing, and that sentiment is understandable, in a way.
That, and Smith's negative bowling plan, made risk-free runs hard to get.
On the whole I agree with what you're saying, but only to an extent. And that extent came after an hour and some into the morning session.
I would blame the pitches than the teams. With that pitch, it's hard to force a win.
EDIT: OZ's 'Gabba record since 1987. Simply awesome. Only 8 losses there ever, half of them in the 80's when the Aussies were pretty damn average.
I was telling you the man shouldn't be anywhere near the side Mike and you kept on backing the guy, there's no point trying to deny it!!.


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Simply artistic license? (*shocked*). Surely not!! (*grin*) Though it's undeniable that they HAD to put the wolves in. Not only would ardent fans instantly guess what was going on, but they'd lose all the wolfy bits of the battle.
Agreed, your suggestion is a bit wobbly canon-wise, but I like the general tenor of it. If in this case NOTHING the werewolves do could possibly change the future, then theoretically Alice's vision should firm up, because all the indeterminacy they usually introduce has been eliminated. All possible futures are the same -- so she should be able to see it.
Well, she should be able to see the non-wolf parts of it. I think there's still a problem about how she could see the wolves themselves, since obviously their particular part in the vision must still depend on their future choices.
The real problem here, seems to me, is Stephenie's decision all those years ago to allow wolves to wipe Alice's visions of EVERYONE out. I guess she needed it to get the plot of NM rolling (if Alice sees Bella surface after cliff diving, the rest of NM is toast), but it's basically a headache going forwards....
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