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Jake and Amir
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Jake and Amir (2007–2015) are a comedy duo that work for CollegeHumor. In mid-2007, the pair began uploading short improvisational skits online, eventually starting their own blog, Jake And Amir Dot Com. The characters of Jake and Amir are caricatures of their real-life personas, Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld.
- Jake: So pimp. Just so fucking pimp. Soaring like a majestic eagle or something. Like, it's like, "That's it, right up in the air. That's my kite." I'm not even explaining it right 'cause I'm so amped still. Like, your adrenaline is pumping, it's just in the sky and you just don't let go. You can't let go of the kite. It's just... it's the best feeling when you just see it in the wind, blowing and shit, unraveling the spool. So phat, you don't even know. The phattest fucking thing in the world. Flying that kite, I owned it. I was, like, owning all day long. All morning. Started in the morning and then into the afternoon. Owning the kite, owning the sky. It was so fucking sick. Sprinting across the grass. Picturing it now, it almost brings a fucking tear to my eye. It wasn't happening but it felt like people were cheering, just like (making crowd noise into closed hand).
- Amir: You're treating me so different now that you know I have a tattoo.
- Jake: Really trying not to.
- Amir: It's embarrassing telling you this shit because I don't-
- Jake: [interrupting] You don't have to.
- Jake: When you get a tattoo it's of something and in a specific spot. So it's of a bear, you said, and where is it?
- Amir: Let's go to a fucking bar.
- Amir: It's not on my shoulder or anything. It's like, on my area.
- Jake: Your "area?"
- Jake: It says "GAY!"
- Amir: Those are my initials.
Practical Joke[edit]
- Amir: I tied your shoes together!
- Jake: [laughing] Fuck you, dude!
- Amir: "Fuck me," huh?
- Jake: I'm sorry, I didnt mean anything...
- Amir: I'm trying to play a joke, and "Fuck you, man?" That's all I get back? I'm sorry, wow, I'm a dick for playing a joke on my friend.
- Jake: I didn't mean it like that.
- Amir: Someone I thought was my friend at least. Why are you untying your shoes? That means the joke's over. That means our relationship is over. When you fell over I laughed because I respected you. How wrong I was! Shame on me.
--126.96.36.199 23:59, 25 November 2013 (UTC) njkkjkjkjkjkjkkkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjjkkjjkjkjkjjkjkkjkjkjjkjkkjjkjkkjkjkjkkk
High Five[edit]
- Jake: What was that?
- Amir: "Torn." Just this, it's like about a guy who just walks around beating people up. He stabs people and then just plays with blood. And beats the shit outta people for fun. I figure for high five, we'll come down, and it's like "Nothing's right. We're torn."
- Jake: A girl wrote it. And a girl sings it. It's about a girl who got broken up with by a guy.
- Amir: I put it on my workout mix cause it's like so, it's just core.
- Jake: You don't go to the gym.
- Amir: No, but...
IQ Test[edit]
- Amir: I took an online IQ test. I got a 180.
- Jake: Did you deduct 50 points?
- Amir: No. Why?
- Jake: For being dumb enough to take an online IQ test.
- Amir: Psht, no. It didn't say that. It didn't say to.
- Jake: How many questions were there?
- Amir: Ten. It was so hard.
- Jake: Alright, ask me one.
- Amir: If you turn a right glove inside out will it fit on your left hand?
- Jake: ...Yeah.
- Amir: Wrong!
- Jake: No, that's right.
- Amir: Okay, yeah. That's the one I got wrong. So, 9 out of 10. Still pretty sick.
- Jake: Sounds like a scam.
- Amir: We'll see what the "scam" is when I get my diploma.
- Jake: So you have to pay for that diploma, right?
- Amir: 49 bucks but it comes in a sick frame.
- Jake: Just got a text message. From you. "180."
- Amir: I dunno. Was it me?
- Jake: Yeah, it was. It says who texted me.
- Amir: Yeah, I mean, sometimes it says "restricted."
- Jake: Sometimes if you press the right buttons it says "restricted."
- Amir: Maybe.
- Jake: That part's so funny. It's really funny. Go back, play it one more time. The look on your face is priceless. Just watch that one part. That part's so funny. Just rewind it. Just watch that one part again.
- Jake: Your face at that one part is priceless. I have a really good idea, if we just take a screen cap of that one part and we'll take it into MS Paint and write something like "Box of Popcorn, $4.99. Movie from BlockBuster, $2.99. Amir's face at this part, priceless."
- Amir: Those have been done. I mean, we're not going to make a Mentos ad anytime soon.
- Amir: You know how yesterday when I was like, "You probably don't get it?" When you make suggestions like that I'm pretty sure that you don't get any of these jokes. Like, what's funny about this one?
- Jake: Kites are gay.
- Amir: No. That's not it.
- Jake: Ask me one and I'll tell you the joke.
- Amir: Why is the "High Five" one funny?
- Jake: Because "Torn" is gay!
- Amir: No. It's not. The joke is never-
- Jake: [interrupting]Okay, you're gonna deny that "Torn" is gay?
- Amir: The joke is never "because blank is gay." That's never the joke. It's not because Kite is gay.
- Jake: It helps. It helps the joke.
- Amir: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- Jake: What? What are you talking about?
- Amir: Just, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. One of those days.
- Jake: … What are you referring to?
- Amir: I'm not referring to anything. It's just like a proverb. You just say it when there's silence in the room. Just to say something.
- Jake: That's not how those work.
- Amir: Let me explain it to you. I don't think I'm explaining it right. If I'm sitting here in silence, and you're also sitting there, I'll just be like, "Don't get out of the wrong side of the bed this morning" and then you can tip your cap or whatever.
- Jake: Do you honestly think that's how proverbs work? Forget it, I'm just going to ignore you for the rest of the day.
- Amir: Hey, what do you think about Third Eye Blind?
- Jake: They're pretty ace.
- Amir: What's "ace?"
- Jake: "Ace" is just like when something's cool.
- Amir: Wow, that's pretty ace.
- Jake: I just made up the word "ace" because you always steal my words. And I wanted to see if you would do it. And you did.
- Amir: What??
- Jake: "Ace" isn't real. I just wanted to see if you would steal it.
- Amir: Wow. That's really un-ace of you. I mean, I thought we were gullies, man!
- Jake: Yeah, I made that one up, too.
- Amir: What? What about tarnacks? Spokelins? None of these are real?
- Jake: No.
- Amir: Synydarnx?
- Jake: Synydux? No.
- Amir: Tight?
- Jake: No, that one's real.
- Amir: Ace!
- Amir: Uh...oh! I totally forgot to tell you, he's so funny.
- Girl: Is he? I love funny guys.
- Amir: He's so nice and funny. Uh, today...no, it's stupid...
- Girl: No! Tell me, tell me. I wanna know. Yea.
- Amir: Today, we were looking at your Facebook profile on his computer, and he was humping the monitor and high-fiving people and cracking up. So funny.
- Girl: [sarcastic] Really? That sounds so funny.
- Amir: You think so?
- Girl: Yea.
- Amir: Oh, let me think of other jokes he did. Oh! He printed out your face super-big, and he cut a hole over the mouth and he and then he started humping it --
- Jake: [to Pat] She actually thinks I'm cute. She likes me.
- Amir: -- and then he cut a hole over the eye and he was humping that too! Going around the office like a cowboy still high-fiving people.
- Girl: That's awesome.
- Amir: Can you see, by the way?
- Girl: Yea. Why?
- Amir: He said he'd fuck you blind. It's so weird that you can still see. We should really go talk to him.
- Girl: Yea, we should! It'll be fun. Let's go! You want to?
- Amir: You want me to lead you there?
- Girl: Yea, let's go!
- Amir: Cuz you're blind.
- Girl: It'll be so much fun!
- Amir: [thumbs up to Jake] Uh, you know my friend, Jake, right?
- Girl: Yea, Jake. I can fuckin' see you, I'm not blind. [slaps Jake and leaves]
- Amir: Wow, that was awesome. My boy's gettin' Frenched tonight!
Hallie Part IV and Ace and Jocelyn Episode 6[edit]
- Jake: Ace and Jocelyn, Ace and Jocelyn. From Space or whatever. Astronaut accountants. Nah nah nah.
March Madness Pt 2[edit]
- Amir: Um, I just got back from the doctor, and he said that I was very sick, actually.
- Jake: Really?
- Amir: Yea, he thinks I may have March MADNESS! FEVER! AND PNEUMONIA!
- Jake: What did you get on your SATs?
- Amir: Sixty.
- Amir: Is it too late to change my Final Four?
- Jake: Uh, no.
- Amir: Okay, good. I wanna make it a Final Six.
- Jake: Oh, it's too late to change the format of the tournament, though.
- Amir: Eh, Sheesh. When was that due?
- Amir: Portland State, no it's not. Cleveland State, no it's not. Utah State, no it's not.
- Jake: That one's a state.
- Amir: Uh, Florida State.
- Jake: Also a state.
- Amir: Sheesh. Okay, Oklahoma?
- Jake: Yep. Ooh, two for five. That sucks. You were- You started out strong, though.
- Amir: I know. I was lucky. I didn't know, I was just guessing.
- Jake: I know.
- Amir: I wanna watch my blanks, though! Blanks, for the wolf! For the epic wolf.
- Amir: [bad Australian accent] Ay, you're watching Jake and Amir, and we filmed this in Spain!
- Jake: Wow.
- Amir: Jake, I am about to say something that's gonna blow your mind. Gimme, like, ten minutes.
- Ten Minutes Later...
- Amir: Ekaj.
- Jake: My name backwards. Clever.
- Jake: I hate ice cream.
- Amir: It tastes like a mouth- It's like a mouth full of buttholes in my mouth. It tastes like acid.
- Jake: I think it's delicious.
- Amir: I think it tastes like delicious acid.
- Jake: It tastes like ass.
- Amir: Yea, it tastes like delicious ass is what I meant.
- Jake: But in a bad way.
- Amir: Yea, in a bad way.
- Amir: You are like a flippflopper and then I can't decide what I like because you are always all over the place.
- Amir: When I steal yours, it makes us better friends because we have the same opinions. I mean, what don't you get?!
- Jake: I don't get why you're being so honest about it.
- Amir: Oh my god, okay, let me formulate my own opinions, right? And then, maybe, if they match, we can possibly be best fr- I MEAN, JUST LISTEN TO MYSELF, IT SOUNDS CRAZY!
- Jake: I hate nuggets.
- Amir: Don't.
- Amir: Oh, by the way, did you see what Jake was wearing today?
- Sam: Uh...wasn't he wearing a cardigan?
- Amir: Uh, I don't know what that is, but he was wearing a sweater with buttons that went down.
- Sam: I don't know what a cardigan is either.
- Amir: So why'd you say it?
- Sam: I was making an educated guess.
- Amir: Well, stop being an educated guest, and start...being...a... So.
- Amir: My parents can drop us off if your parents can pick us up.
- Sam: My parents are not how you say, "alive."
- Amir(Laughing): Oh yeah! I forgot!
- Sam(High-Pitched Voice): They died in a plane crash!
- Amir(High-Pitched Voice): They died in a plane crash!
- Sam(HPV): They died in a plane crash!
- Amir(Normal): They died in a plane crash.
- Sam(Normal): When I was four.
- Amir: You know what sucks?
- Sam(HPV): Think about my parents all the time?
- Sam: Remember that Jake-themed birthday party I threw for you on my birthday?
Master Cleanse[edit]
- Amir: Hi, you're watching Jake and Quincy.
- Jake: That's half right.
- Amir: I'm Jake.
- Jake: So, totally wrong.
- Amir: Okay, it was away. It was in a box.


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Space station computer outage may require spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A computer outage at the International Space Station may require a spacewalk by astronauts.
NASA said Friday night that a backup computer on the outside of the orbiting lab is not responding to commands. The main computer, called an MDM or multiplexer-demultiplexer, is working fine and the six-man crew is in no danger. But the computers control some robotic functions that would be needed for next week's planned visit by a private SpaceX supply ship. A backup computer would need to be operating for redundancy of those robotic systems.
Mission Control is deciding whether the computer can be repaired or must be replaced. NASA is still aiming for a Monday launch from Cape Canaveral of the SpaceX cargo ship. But that could change, depending on the faulty computer.


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What do you do when you're a terrorist pent up in a huge, rundown compound with no phone or internet? Write down "vague, aspirational" terror plots in your notebook, the NYT reports. Like derailing a train on Christmas.
The semi-plot, seized in a cache of documents when Bin Laden's house was raided, hadn't been put into any sort of motion - but imagined tampering with American train tracks to send one flying off a bridge on a significant day. Christmas, the 9/11 anniversary, or State of the Union Address were all considered. Despite being nothing more than conceptual scribblings, Homeland Security's taking the notion seriously, and has dispatched warnings to rail companies.
We wonder what else was in that notebook - no doubt the guy came up with more than this half-baked train idea during all those years. [NYT]
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Americans are notoriously sedentary - and we have the heft and health problems to show for it. But citizens in some cities are a lot more sedentary than others, according to Men's Health. The magazine looked at exercise and TV viewing habits in cities across the country and then cross-checked the data against CDC data on each city's incidence of deep vein thrombosis, a potentially lethal blood clot that can be caused by inactivity.
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Louisville kicks off our top 20 list. Maybe residents watch too many horse races, like the town's Kentucky Derby, rather than doing something active - like riding a horse. Time to take the reins, Louisvillians?
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Lincoln is home to the storied University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. But folks in town don't seem to do much husking - or any other form of exercise, for that matter.
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The fourth-largest city in Ohio appears to be the least active in the entire state. Way to aim high, Toledo. Only 17 cities were more sedentary, according to the Men's Health rankings.
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The home of famed investor Warren Buffett might want to invest a bit more time in exercise. Omaha finished seventeenth on the list.
A city known for its annual four-day BBQ Rib Fest recently started a Fort4Fitness festival that aims to teach residents to improve their health habits. Will that get Fort Wayne off the lazy list?
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Sioux Falls, the largest city in South Dakota, is also the fastest growing. But judging from its fifteenth-place finish, its citizens aren't the fastest moving.
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Wichita has been active in the fast food industry - it's the home of the nation's first White Castle and Pizza Hut restaurants. But the ranking suggests people who live there could get a bit more active physically.
Memphis' most famous citizen, Elvis Presley, wasn't exactly a model for healthy habits. And Memphis residents have other things do to there besides exercise - like pigging out at what claims to the the world's largest pork barbecue cooking contest.
The "Sparkling City By the Bay" is also one of the windiest coastal cities in America. Maybe people in Corpus Christi should take up wind-surfing to get a bit more exercise.
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Cars are big in Charlotte, a hub of auto racing and the home of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. But with an eleventh place finish in the rankings, maybe Charlotte residents ought to get out of their cars and walk.
You can't spell Birmingham without spelling h-a-m. And fatty food is celebrated in this Alabama city. Too bad exercise doesn't seem to be. It came in tenth in the rankings.
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This town's residents apparently need to spend more time walking the "Streets of Laredo."
The word "exercise" apparently isn't music to the ears of people living in Music City.
Arkansas' biggest city seems to have a little appetite for physical activity.
On its official website, Tulsa is touted as "a great place to live, work, and
play." But what do they play in Tulsa? Video games?
Oklahoma's capital came in fifth on the sedentary city list. Basketball fans may know the city for the Thunder franchise, which in an ironic twist of fate, moved from the number one most active city on the Men's Health list - Seattle.
Residents of Charleston have access to the Kanawha State Forest, but they sure don't seem to spend much time on hiking trails. The city finished fourth on the list of most sedentary cities.
Jackson is known as the City With Soul - famous for its gospel, R&B, and blues musicians. Wouldn't you sing the blues if you lived in the nation's third-most sedentary city?
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Start your engines? Maybe let them idle is more like it. The home of the Indy 500 has citizens who are less active than those of any other city but one.
Is Lexington the nation's laziest city? Though it has more 100 parks, its citizens seem less motivated to move than those of any other city.
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John Kerry has proven to be a mostly-uncontroversial candidate for Secretary of State, but there's a new wrinkle: now that he's in charge of world diplomacy, he's going to sign his tweets with JK. What could go wrong!
Sure, most people who matter will probably understand that "THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED - JK" means John Kerry wrote it and not that the State Department is kidding about an international crisis.
Then again, we live in a world of complete, semi-functional morons who have Internet access.
Good luck, JK. [State Department Twitter via Kevin Roose]


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That's the passion the Bulls need. I'm guessing you're short and fed up. I'm still for Gasol, though I hear the Grizzlies have talked with a number of teams. The hangup with the Bulls appears to be the Grizzlies' interest in Andres Nocioni. I'm not fully sure why, probably less for Nocioni's ability than for what he does for them. But with his base-year status, it may be too difficult to find the right pieces for a deal. I didn't want Randolph or Curry but believe the Bulls could use someone on the inside to at least change the pace of the jump-shooting game. Not to spend all game throwing it in and standing around, but for a change of pace in the game. When you were a kid, didn't they always pick the big guy first in the playground games? There's a reason.
Since Kobe loves Luol so much, how about Deng and Wallace for Bynum, Radmanovic and Kwame's expiring contract? Wouldn't that appease Kobe, make them instantly more playoff-ready and give the Bulls one hell of a young group of bigs to go with their collection of littles? Which side wouldn't do this? --Ashley, Chicago
Lakers, Lakers, Lakers. Kobe doesn't love Luol so much. He seemed to hate the Lakers more. Actually, he hated Bynum last spring and summer. But what's happened is the Lakers have become one of the great stories of the NBA this season. Their defense is much better, their bench is much deeper and they are big up front. And Kwame Brown got hurt, which was a huge break. They had to play Bynum, and he's showing he could be an elite center. Kobe isn't going anywhere and never was. He hates to admit it, but he's better off, and the talk is the Lakers are looking hard to move Kwame's expiring contract for another piece and make a serious championship run.
I'm not a Bulls fan, but I think you might remind your readers what a crap-shoot player evaluation can be. Even the best make mistakes. Jerry West traded Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell for Glen Rice, and Sam Perkins for Benoit Benjamin. Joe Dumars took Darko over Carmelo Anthony. It's not as easy as it appears in hindsight. Having said that, I never understood signing Ben Wallace to a long, expensive contract. He was a glorified role player? What was the thinking? --AJ, Providence
It's hard to find people identifying themselves as Bulls fans this season. I know John Paxson's dad has written me this same point. Just kidding, though he does write me on occasion, as he once played in the NBA. You are right. It is tough, and the best make huge mistakes. What they do is don't dwell on them, get rid of them and move forward.
My guess is the Bulls would like to do that with Wallace, though the thinking made sense at the time. As much as you'd like to have Tyson Chandler now, assuming you were a Bulls fan, he would have been even more of a quivering wreck under Skiles last season and probably would have had a nervous breakdown by now. They committed themselves to Skiles and his style, and Chandler couldn't cut it. They had cap money to spend for one summer. The alternatives were Joel Przybilla and Nazr Mohammed, as they were looking for size.
Here was the chance to take a starter from their biggest rival and add veteran, championship experience. It made a lot of sense, and even national observers called the Bulls the winners of that summer. Who knew Wallace had sent in his retirement papers?
If the best move for the Bulls was to acquire Pau Gasol, which price would the Grizzlies ask? If you were Memphis' GM, what would you ask for in return? --Nicolas, Switzerland
The assumption is the Bulls won't include Deng, whom they wouldn't put in a deal last year. Memphis probably wouldn't want Hinrich, because they have point guards. And they might not want Gordon, because he's up for a contract and they'd have to pay him. So I'd probably ask for some combination of Noah, whom they liked in the draft before taking Conley, Sefolosha, Duhon, Nocioni and a No. 1 pick, though I'm not sure it's doable. If I were Memphis, I'd probably want them to take a bad contract off my hands, which make it even harder to match salaries.
I like the way Aaron Gray gives the Bulls a new dimension on offense, but why is it that no one comments on how often he gets beat by his man back on defense? I have seen multiple plays this season where after taking a shot, he jogs back while his man sprints down, forcing a switch and an open shot for another player or a layup for his man. Isn't this the same type of thing the coaches complain publicly about with Tyrus Thomas? Why does Gray get off the hook for his defensive lapses and lack of conditioning? --Stephen Noh, Wilmette
Because he is sprinting. That's the problem with Gray. The fastest he runs, and he does really try, looks like everyone else's jog. He's in shape. Thomas could do it, but he just doesn't always choose to. That's what upsets coaches.
What happened to Ben Gordon's knack for hitting game-winning shots? It's what made him a (quasi) star his rookie year. It seems as a cerebral player he has lost his edge, even before his contract issues. --Dan Smilow, Tempe, Ariz.
The first time, you catch people by surprise. After that, unless they're stupid, they pay attention and adjust. Teams know it's more difficult for Ben when he has to put the ball on the floor or make a move. He's really better suited to play like Richard Hamilton coming off screens and rising quickly, though he's about 6 inches shorter. It was amazing he hit so many as a rookie. He shouldn't be judged against that. It's usually better to be good later than sooner. Ben is finding that out.
The Bulls need a big man (duh), but we are not going to get a Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan anytime soon. So instead of overpaying for a Pau Gasol, who has really never proven himself in the playoffs, why don't they go after a younger big man whose trade value is at its lowest point right now? Al Horford is still a rookie, but I really see him being a big-time talent. Couldn't a package of Tyrus Thomas and Ben Gordon be put together with a couple of minor pieces to grab him? --Drew Williams, Richton Park
Maybe Shelden Williams. I know it's hard to believe, but few teams are dedicated to improving the Bulls, as unfair as that seems. Horford is a power forward for the next decade for Atlanta. Plus they're not about to give up cheap players who are good. They'd be glad to deal Speedy Claxton. Young big guys or big guys of any kind are difficult to come by. Why you may be able to get someone like Gasol is for other than basketball issues, like the dire financial situation with Memphis. Or if you are just dumb like Minnesota and apparently owe something to your former team.
I was wondering if we gave up Kirk, Gordon and Tyrus for Gilbert Arenas. Arenas is a star, and I heard rumors he wants out. Arenas, Sefolosha and Deng. Then we can go for a big man in free agency next year. That is a pretty good core to build around. --David, Trevor, Wis.
Arenas is an interesting figure, if a bit goofy. OK, a lot goofy. He can opt out, but now with him saying he may not even play again this season, it would seem the Wizards have no alternative but to re-sign him, given his local popularity. Yes, he is a star, sort of, but he's certainly erratic, eccentric, an indifferent defender and a wild shooter. Otherwise, I love the guy. First-team all-interview, for sure. Look, guys like Jordan were great not only because they could score but defended, passed the ball, made plays. I don't see much of that from Gilbert, just enhancing his stats. Washington has played very well without Arenas, so it might be tempted to make a deal, no matter how unpopular locally and risky. But it would likely be for big guys and/or All-Stars, none of whom the Bulls have.
How about a deal for Al Harrington? He can score in the post, and Don Nelson isn't exactly enamored of big men. --Don Priola, Albuquerque
He's not big. The Bulls once coveted Harrington, and it's how they got Deng. They bought the No. 7 overall pick from Phoenix to trade to Indiana for Harrington. The Pacers then asked for No. 3, the deal fell apart and the Bulls used both picks instead. I think they ended up better off.
Do you think Boylan will be hired as permanent coach, or are we better off getting Rick Carlisle, Larry Brown, Hubie Brown or Doug Collins? --Abram, Phoenix
Boylan has a chance, but, of course, it depends on the season and playoffs, as I believe they'll be there. I don't see any of the others, as they're all the tough-guy, demanding types, which is too close to Skiles.
How about this trade: Thomas, Noah and Thabo to Sacramento for Ron Artest. Then Gordon, Hinrich, Smith and the No. 1 pick (probably lottery) to the Clippers for Brand and Maggette. If it doesn't work, you can always trade Sam Smith for future considerations. --Rafael, Lima, Peru
Since there's virtually no chance, my guess is it becomes me for a box of used socks.
Maybe it's just me, but it looks like the Bulls have most of the pieces for a championship ballclub in the NBA. I believe that if the Bulls could get T-Mac in a Ben Gordon and Ben Wallace trade that the Bulls could win now. When T-Mac is healthy he can lead a team, and he is a go-to player. The team then would have Kirk, T-Mac, Luol, Andres and Aaron Gray. I know there is no way to compare, but the team would look a little bit like Michael's Bulls. Only without Michael. I think all they need is a go-to guard who can take over games. What do you think? Why are people saying the Bulls need a big man then? Why can't they just draft or get a great guard? --Matt, Aledo, Ill.
Well, he was the best guard. Also, McGrady never has been healthy. One of the Pistons was reported to have called McGrady "Half man, half a season." He's the Western Conference's Larry Hughes. He breaks down; that's just part of the deal with him. Sorry, but McGrady, Hinrich, Deng, Noce and Gray isn't quite Jordan, Paxson, Pippen, Grant and Cartwright. Nice try, though. The Bulls appreciate your optimism.
I was appalled at Boylan's play-calling at the end of the Orlando game. They kept having Wallace run pick-and-rolls with Gordon. Gordon is small and not a good passer, and Wallace is no threat rolling down the lane, so all they accomplished was leaving Gordan double-teamed by one of the league's biggest and best defenders. I was surprised to see a player raving about Boylan's X's-and-O's skills in the paper when Boylan had just killed their chances for a big win with some very bad play-calling. --Ron Fisher, Sugar Grove, Ill.
I see it as more than one game. Boylan shouldn't have to be doing it, but he's trying to win back Wallace. Yes, $15 million a year should be enough, but Wallace seems to have gotten his feelings hurt, and Boylan is putting Ben out late in games and involving him in offensive plays to try to wake him up. It may pay off in the long run. It's too bad he has to do it that way. Larry Brown got the most out of Wallace by always drawing up a few plays for Wallace. He couldn't complete them, but he liked to be involved. Flip Saunders told Ben to get out of the way since he couldn't shoot, dribble, etc. If Boylan pulls it off, he may get to keep the job.
Noah seems to be the favorite big guy off the bench in the Boylan era. So what is Paxson going to do with Tyrus Thomas? It makes sense for him to be used in a trade, but can any GM face the pressure of letting go of his No. 1 pick? --Mike Lojkovic, Monterey, Calif.
As you can see, it changes game to game. I don't believe after all that's happened that Paxson worries about that anymore. I believe he'll trade anyone if he gets the right deal. Right now, Thomas' value is down, and they'll probably keep him awhile or include him in a multiplayer deal if there is one.
What's your gut on Boylan? Does he have the experience and the team to make a run this year? If not, will the Bulls concentrate on improving the team first before spending a lot on a coach, or will they bring in someone with a reputation and price tag to match under the assumption that the talent is already in place? --Steve, Denver
I think Boylan is a solid guy. He asks me about my golf sweaters, which I consider the height of sophistication. I don't believe they have anyone in mind now. I think they'll look to build a team a certain way and then either keep Boylan or get a coach and tell him to do the job. I think they tried to accommodate Skiles too much. It worked for a while, but they may feel they let go of or passed on players who could help in the future.
Glad to see the venerable Ask Sam back on the site. It was no fun bouncing wacky trade proposals off my family and friends. How about Chris Duhon and Ben Wallace to Miami for Shaq? Miami gets a point guard and some defense in the middle. The Bulls get a guy who can draw the defense in a bit and give the shooters some room. Provided Shaq heals soon, which team would be the first to veto the trade? --Geoff, Chicago
I came back for questions like this. And stop calling me vulnerable. Shaq is the 800-pound gorilla in the room for a lot of reasons. One is he appears to play like he's 800 pounds. And the Heat cannot say it wishes he were gone. He has two years left on his deal, and the latest thinking is he'll stay around because he's getting divorced and will give up quite a bit of money in that. He's had a great, Hall of Fame career. But he's past his time, especially as the game speeds up. It's sad to see him being abused on the court as he is. The Heat is a mess with and without him. It's not like teams are feeling bad for Pat Riley, but no one wants his problem.
I was wondering what ever happened to playing Deng at shooting guard. I think it might be a good fit. They could bring in Noce, or even Tyrus Thomas or Joakim Noah (granted, the last two are a stretch) into the starting lineup and get a little bit bigger. --Dan, Grand Rapids, Mich.
It was talked about in preseason, and Skiles never embraced it. It was one of many reasons he's gone. I believe once the Bulls right themselves, perhaps get back to .500, Boylan will begin taking a look at things like that.
It seems frosty between Ben Gordon and Kirk Hinrick on the floor. Is this really the case? --Kim, Iowa
I don't think so. Ben always looks like that. The rumor was he and Deng didn't hit it off, but Ben mostly goes his own way with his own people and works awfully hard and is in the gym a lot shooting. I know, I know, then how could he be so bad to start the season? I don't know, but he does work at it.
Since Boylan has taken over, turnovers seem to have drastically fallen. Nothing kills a team like turnovers. So why are they down? Motivation? Coaching? Changed offensive sets? Is it temporary or not? --Bob, Norfolk, Va.
I'm told he's having more milk-and-cookies breaks in practice. I think he's simplified things some, especially with the fast break, and changed some lines the big men run from end to end, when they do, as Skiles would note. Though it would seem more that the players are more alert and responding now that they've been put on notice. There's always a honeymoon period with a new coach. Let's see after a dozen or so games.
Any truth to the rumor I'm hearing that Skiles was fired after telling Paxson he could not win with this group of players? If true, it was typical Skiles, brutally honest, sometimes to his detriment. True or not, Paxson must realize there are some on this team who need to go and that this team still is lacking in enough talent to be really good. --Eric Harrell, Crownsville, Md.
I think it was something like that. There was more to it, of course, but in a sentence, the coach and general manager disagreed. Each felt the other needed to do a better job. As I've said, Skiles is like Larry Brown or Doug Collins. Brown tended to fix your mess and wonder how he had done it with whom he had. When he couldn't change the roster, he'd be out. Skiles seems to see it much the same way, though it's not like many coaches have long tenures anywhere. If someone can make progress, he's done well.
I have to say over the last four games, I've been impressed with this team. Even though I liked Skiles, I think it was time for him to be cut loose, especially with his style of doing a five-man substitution and not getting the younger guys like Sefolosha the experience they need. Do you believe the rotation will open up to see Sefolosha start at shooting guard? --Bryce T. Englin, Yokota AFB, Japan
Sefolosha, by all internal accounts, was a quivering mess under Skiles. I think they're giving him time to decompress and then perhaps another shot, though starting might be too much for this season unless he truly impresses. Going into the season they hoped he'd be that big guard at times to send Gordon to the bench. I think there's again that hope.
Whoa, Samuel. Heretofore you seemed a little too quick to dismiss the quick release or trade or whatever of J.R. Smith, and you seemed to say that "the Bulls" decided that Tyson Chandler didn't fit. Now you write that "the Bulls, in fact, were burned a little too much trying to accommodate Skiles' coaching style, having let J.R. Smith and Tim Thomas go for nothing and agreeing to deal Tyson Chandler." Are you writing revisionist history? --Richard Lachmann, Honolulu
They say journalism is history in a hurry. I did agree with some of the moves because I believed players like Smith wouldn't work here and would cause more problems than he's worth, and he's been no prize in Denver. I liked Chandler, but they'd recently re-upped with Skiles, and the Bulls were trending up. Chandler wasn't, and the Ben Wallace signing seemed to address the Chandler deal with the kind of veteran they didn't have. I've written that the Bulls believed they tried to accommodate Skiles too much, perhaps slanted the team too much that way and shouldn't do that for any coach because any coach is generally short term. I would not have kept Smith and didn't believe Chandler could play here at a time it appeared Skiles would be here two to three more years.
Who are the likely candidates to replace Skiles next season (Boylan excluded)? --Rahul Chatterjee, Los Angeles
I can't even guess now.
It seems to me that the biggest problem the Bulls have is the decline in Hinrich's game. Beyond the turnovers and foul problems, you have a guy who is no longer a viable scoring option. Is there an explanation for his decline, and do you get a sense of the coaches trying to do something about it? --Alex, Boston
No one is really sure. He's not a pure point guard, so Boylan has made the adjustment to use Duhon that way more, though as we can see Duhon's shooting remains a big issue. Until the Bulls get a true point guard, Hinrich is the best they have, and I'd stick with him. Plus I think his shooting will improve and, his defense remains good.
Who will be the "big trouts" in the free-agent pool? --Rui Teodoro, Alpiarça, Portugal
Not sure the Bulls can fish in that pond. The biggest ones are the players with opt-outs, and most teams won't take them. These include Brand, Arenas, Marion, Iverson, Baron Davis and Jermaine O'Neal. All could re-sign with their own teams. Corey Maggette and Ron Artest could leave. The unrestricted free agent class is limited, led by Antawn Jamison.
Why don't the Bulls play with an 11-man rotation? They have the deepest team in the league. Thomas, Sefolosha, Griffin and Gray should be playing, not riding the bench. They've been tired down the stretch recently, so why not go to the bench early and often, with Noah, Tyrus, Thabo and Griffin in addition to Nocioni and Gordon? --Ethan, Philadelphia
I can see Boylan trying to win over the veterans first. There aren't many coaches who are facile enough to use a deep bench. It's usually veterans like Phil Jackson and Hubie Brown. I thought that would be an advantage for the Bulls this season, being able to overwhelm teams with depth. But the coaches lost confidence in the young guys, and it will take time to get that back.
Will the Celtics break the Bulls' single-season wins total? --Jim Harlan, Chicago
No, which is the same answer I gave about this time in 1996 when the question was raised about the Bulls winning 70 games. But the Celtics have been amazingly successful. They're undefeated against the West, and after the relatively soft opening schedule, they swept the four games, including a Lakers-Jazz back-to-back. That's impressive. Ask me again in March.
Mickael Pietrus wants out. Why don't the Bulls give up Duhon for Pietrus, as the Bulls need a bigger 2 guard and the Warriors need a backup point guard? --Josh Roels, Glenwood, Ill.
The Bulls actually thought about drafting Pietrus when they took Hinrich. He likes to shoot a little too much. The problem is you need his permission for a trade in his fifth season because he has to yield his Bird rights and has said he'd only give it if guaranteed a starter's job and 35 minutes. I doubt the Bulls would do that.
I am going to go out on a limb here, but I watch every team play on NBA League Pass every night. And right now, I would easily say the Bulls are one of the worst teams in the NBA. I am tired of people making excuses. We are horrible, no offense, a so-so "we try really hard but don't get the job done" defense, and we were so enamored of the team last year, we passed up any good trades. Everyone's stock is down, and Deng just got hurt. Please be sensible and agree with me that not only are we going to miss the playoffs, but we will have a lottery pick come draft day. --Jonathan McGraw, Chicago
You are watching too much NBA and not sleeping enough. I think the Bulls will get back in the middle of the race for the fourth through seventh playoff spots.
What are the chances of Kobe and the Lakers barging into the top four of the Western Conference playoff seeds? Or if they fall, who is the best matchup? --Larry Ngo, Manila
The Lakers look like a good bet for No. 4 or 5 now, though I think they'd love another crack at a small Phoenix team now that the Lakers are bigger and have beaten the Suns twice already.
I understand Jim Boylan is trying to get the Bulls back into the playoff picture, and he is also tying to win himself a long-term deal. But isn't he hurting himself and the Bulls long term? First off, if he does not get Thomas some real minutes, I think he will lose Thomas forever. And if he keeps playing Joe Smith this many minutes, he may end up on the injured list in the near future. Is this all about winning games, or is this about showcasing some of their players for trades? --Jose, Chicago
Winning first. Remember, Boylan also wants the job, and the best way to get it is to win. I know Paxson talked about developing players, but not if the cost is losing. Smith actually complained quietly that Skiles didn't play him enough. So we'll see. Players recover. When Thomas plays and if he produces, he'll be fine, and he's only in his second season.
What do you think happens with Gordon? A. Is traded before deadline? B. Re-signs to a five-year, $58 million contract? C. Takes a one-year tender? D. Leaves and the Bulls get nothing? I like Gordon, but I think he'll ask for too much money. --Carlie Armstrong, Harbor Springs
He remains the tough one. I think come summer they'll look to include him in a deal. But he remains their best scorer, and you'd better get scoring back if you do that.
Scottie Pippen (a.k.a. "No Tippin' Pippen") is remembered as one of the best basketball players in Bulls history, and one of the biggest jerks. Even implying that he would be a viable candidate to lead the Bulls, or any franchise, is silly. He is the antithesis of a leader. I just don't understand how you could even contemplate backing the idea of him as a head coach, especially of a group of emotionally fragile players like we have in Chicago. Utter silliness. --Jordan Marsh, Chicago
Would you feel that way if your name were Pippen Marsh?
Pippen has earned a shot. What about Cliff Ray as assistant? Pete Myers as defensive expert? Would these guys fit with Pippen? Let's get the lobbying for Pip going! --Stu Scudder, Lake Forest
It's something I threw out there, and it's generated a lot of comment, both pro and con. I don't think Pippen is ready because I do believe you have to do some coaching to be a coach, even if you have a feel for the game as good as he did. But teams could think a bit more out of the box on candidates instead of recycling so many of the same old names.
After watching fairly impressive YouTube footage of Scottie Pippen playing in Finland, I must ask: Would Pippen still be an upgrade over Chris Duhon, and would Paxson ever consider it? --Farhan, Rio Rancho, N.M.
Been there, paid for that, and I think they regret it as it didn't work four years ago.
What are the chances that the Bulls bring back Marcus Fizer to try to solve our low-post scoring woes? I know he was injury-prone, but I didn't think the Bulls gave Fizer's flower enough chance to bloom. --Hansel, Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Sure they did. But there was fertilizer everywhere he went.


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With this app and our Wi-Fi network, we've taken an exciting step in making it possible for our visitors to have personalized experiences at the museum. - Douglas Druick, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute.
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 20, 2013
The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce the launch of "Art Institute of Chicago Tours," a free "indoor GPS" app for Apple and Android devices that presents 50 rich and varied tours of all the public spaces in the museum and its thousands of works on view. The custom tours offer information on more than 300 works of art, 50 different ways to organize a visit to the museum according to a visitor's interests, and turn-by-turn navigation, made possible by the museum's new complimentary and open Wi-Fi network and "indoor-GPS" software. The "Art Institute of Chicago Tours" app allows museum-goers to explore unfamiliar parts of the museum, learn more about their favorite works and artists, and plan personalized visits to the museum.
Map apps that help smart phone users get around outdoors are consistently the most popular in the app stores. Venues such as art museums have long hoped to provide a similar experience indoors, but have faced barriers from the technological limitations of satellite GPS. With its new Meridian-powered app, the Art Institute of Chicago becomes the first art museum in the world to offer visitors an "indoor GPS" app for both iPhone and Android. The Art Institute of Chicago's app will give visitors that familiar glowing blue dot on the map, guiding them to art works, facilities such as restrooms and checkrooms, and more.
"While we treasure works of art from the past, we're also mindful that we need to ensure that these works remain relevant and accessible in the present," said Douglas Druick, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute. "Installing a Wi-Fi system throughout our museum—even the 120-year-old original Michigan Avenue building—allows us to now offer visitors an experience of the museum that is shaped around their interests. We've created an array of tours that will hopefully satisfy everyone—from a family in the museum for the first time to those interested in diving more deeply into specific collections to visitors who want to see works created specifically by Chicago artists. With this app and our Wi-Fi network, we've taken an exciting step in making it possible for our visitors to have personalized experiences at the museum."
The complimentary app, developed by the Art Institute using Portland, Oregon–based Meridian's indoor-GPS software, is available from the App Store for Apple devices and from Google Play for Android devices. Its 50 tours are organized into three categories: "occasions," themes, and collections. The "occasion" tours navigate visitors through a first date, family visit, relaxing solitary time, or impressing out-of-town guests. The "occasion" tours also offer timed tours for visitors depending on how long they plan on spending at the museum—whether an hour or a full day. The themed tours organize works of art around 25 common ideas or features, including Chicago artists, children in art, fashion in art, the architecture of the museum, special frames around the museum, and self-portraits throughout the collection. And the collections section includes 15 tours of the museum's permanent holdings by subject area, such as American folk art, contemporary art, African art, arms and armor, Renaissance and Baroque art, and Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. (The only collections at the museum not covered by the tours are those that change frequently, such as photography, textiles, and works on paper.)
Each tour includes six to ten works of art with short texts as well as turn-by-turn directions and maps made possible by the museum's new indoor positioning system. Additional features of the app include descriptions of and directions to current exhibitions at the museum; the ability to learn more about specific works by accessing the Art Institute's website, complete with videos on many of the works; and directions to amenities such as restrooms and restaurants. Tours will be periodically added to the app, leading to a library of options for visitors every time they come to the museum. While the turn-by-turn navigation works best at the museum, the app also allows users to "tour" the Art Institute from an El platform, living room, or line at the grocery store.
The Art Institute will continue to offer the popular Acoustiguide audio tours of the museum, available at both the Michigan Avenue and Modern Wing entrances and outside certain special exhibitions. With the audio tours and the new wi-fi tours app, the works of art at one of the world's greatest museums have become even more accessible—at the fingertips of visitors both inside and outside of the Art Institute.
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Timbers top rival Sounders, Whitecaps win Cascadia Cup
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Even a few tense moments and a flurry of shots at the finish didn't dissuade Portland coach Caleb Porter from believing that the Timbers were going to beat the Sounders.
"We dodged some bullets, for sure," he said. "But in the end I thought it was our game to win."
Kalif Alhassan scored late in the first half and the Timbers held on for a 1-0 victory over Cascadia Cup rival Seattle on Sunday night, denying the Sounders a chance to clinch a playoff berth.
BOX SCORE:Portland 1, Seattle 0
The Timbers (13-5-14) moved into first place in the MLS Western Conference, pulling them closer to the postseason spot with two games left. Portland has not lost in six straight overall matches, and hasn't lost at home in 14 straight.
"Everybody is dialed in," midfielder Will Johnson said. "Everyone is on board."
It was the third straight loss for the Sounders, who fell to Vancouver Whitecaps 4-1 on Wednesday night. The Sounders (15-11-6) dropped into third place in the conference standings as the playoffs loom.
Seattle star Clint Dempsey, captain of the U.S. national team, appeared to injure his shoulder in the first half and twice went to the sidelines to seek treatment. But he returned for the second half.
He was trying his best, but he was carrying his shoulder," Seattle coach Sigi Schmid said. "He couldn't go into challenges and tackles, he couldn't run normally. All those things affected him."
With the Seattle loss, Vancouver claimed the supporters-created Cascadia Cup, an annual three-way competition between the Sounders, Whitecaps and Timbers.
The Timbers were last season's recipients of the Cascadia Cup, which was introduced in 2004 when all three teams were part of the United Soccer Leagues First Division. But the actual rivalry between the three teams dates to 1975, when they were part of the North American Soccer League.
Both the Sounders and Timbers were missing players because of international duty. The Timbers were without defenders Rodney Wallace (Costa Rica) and Alvas Powell (Jamaica) and forward Ryan Johnson (Jamaica). The Sounders were without midfielder Brad Evans and forward Eddie Johnson, both of the U.S. national team.
Schmid decided to go with Marcus Hahnemann in goal instead of usual starter Michael Gspurning. It was Hahnemann's third start this season.
Dempsey's header came close in the 14th minute but hit the crossbar, denying him of his first goal with the Sounders. A short time later, he was seen running to the sideline holding his left shoulder. He was briefly looked at by a trainer before heading back on the field.
Dempsey came off again in the 27th minute and his shoulder was treated on the bench. He had just returned from a hamstring injury that has kept him out since Sept. 13, entering Wednesday's match against Vancouver in the 51st minute before starting against the Timbers.
Schmid was concerned about the beating Dempsey has been taking.
"You look at the times that Dempsey got fouled, that's gotta stop," the coach said. " The referee's got to protect him, and they don't, and it doesn't matter if a foul is early in the game or late in the game."
Alhassan doffed his jersey after his goal from the top of the box flew past Hahnemann, running to the corner and dancing for the fans before he was mobbed by his teammates.
"I was excited," said Alhassan, who is from Ghana. It was his third goal this season.
The match was heated throughout, but tempers flared after Portland's Darlington Nagbe was fouled in the 72nd minute. In the back-and-fourth between the two teams, Seattle's Osvaldo Alonso elbowed Will Johnson and was sent off two minutes later with a red card.
Alonso had to be pulled away from the officials by teammate Steve Zakuani before he left the field. Schmid also vociferously argued the ejection.
Zakuani's had a shot that hit the crossbar in stoppage time, and defender Jack Jewsbury helped to stop and clear a rebound.
"We hit the crossbar in the first half, we hit the crossbar again in the second half, even playing a man down. I didn't think we deserved to lose this game at all," Schmid said. " We deserved to come away with at least a tie."
It was the third meeting this season between the two teams, but first in Portland. The first ended in a 1-1 draw and Seattle claimed the second 1-0.
The Timbers have not earned a playoff berth since joining MLS in 2011.


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Thanks to Oloriel of MindLoveMisery's Menagerie for hosting this week's prompt. First we are to go to Wikipedia and go to the 'Random Article' Button, his is our title. Second we are to HERE and find a randomly generated picture.
Ring the bells ring them, sound organ pipes too,
Atlantis sinks to obscurity.
Earth trembles, calls with a tune sung,
Ring the bells; last time you'll hear them out loud.
Artistic endeavour, artisan's craft,
Carved pipes; hear the organ it booms last.
Earthquakes, rocks tumble, falling into time.
A void in the earth barely felt until now.
Modern humans are obsessed by her,
A lost city never found; for it's day —
Full of vision, construction, art, thought.
City that felt it was the greatest,
The gods thought otherwise; earth swallowed,
City Atlantis whole, taking everyone.
Down to earth's depths, in it's belly kept,
Here lies Atlantis hidden, there wasn't —
Much difference between 'us' now and them.
Or hundreds of cities –past, present;
Civilization thousands of years old,
It isn't that the the ocean and land,
Just ended a city; it's the people,
Inside who forget about decency.
Treating each other terribly and —
No thought for tomorrow, hearts so,
Cold, stone rigid; they sink themselves down,
Into the water until they're nothing.
Nothing but a dream, not even memory,
Just something modern people wonder of,
Forgetting lessons as Atlantis did.
©Mandibelle16. (2017) All Rights Reserved.


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Call for Special Session Proposals
95th ESA Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
August 1 - 6, 2010
Call Open: October 4 - December 3, 2009
We invite proposals for special sessions at the 95th ESA Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held August 1-6, 2010, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center..
Special Sessions complement the formal scientific program, providing an opportunity for presentations or extended dialogue and exchanges beyond what is usually possible in the regular scientific sessions. These sessions are not intended for the presentation of formal research papers, and they do not run concurrently with the symposium, organized oral, contributed oral, or poster sessions.
Special sessions do not conform to any single structure. They may, for example, involve one presenter, a series of lectures or a panel; a film, video or illustrated lecture; or a discussion. The Program Chair has the option of scheduling Special Sessions in the 75 minute time slot after the Opening Scientific Plenary on Monday morning, August 2 (10:15-11:30 am), or during the evenings of Monday August 2-Wednesday, August 4. Evening sessions run between 8-10 pm. To assist in assignment of a meeting room, you must indicate the expected minimum and maximum attendance. Special sessions may involve a ticket for a drink or refreshments for the participants, but it is important to list that in your proposal. NOTE: If refreshments are served, attendees will be required to pay a fee to attend the session in order to cover the cost of refreshments, unless the costs of these are covered by a sponsor for the session.
For examples of past special sessions, please consult the program schedule from the ESA Albuquerque meeting, held in August 2009.
Applications must be received on or before December 3, 2009, and be submitted using the online submission site at http://eco.confex.com/eco/2010/cfp.cgi
- Evaluation Process and Criteria
- Submission Procedure
- If Your Proposal is Accepted
- One Presentation and Organizer Limit Rules
- Session Fees
- Cancellation Policy
- Application Format
- Critical Dates
A. Evaluation Process and Criteria
Proposals for Special Sessions are reviewed and selected by the Program Chair in consultation with peers he may invite to assess proposals.Proposals may be from any area of science related to ecology, but those that pertain to the overall theme, Global Warming: The legacy of our past, the challenge for our future, are especially encouraged. We also welcome proposals that explore connections with the social or natural sciences, or that are directed to ecological education at any level. The primary criteria for acceptance include scientific merit, probable interest by meeting attendees, and a clearly written and compelling description. Limits of space and time may make it impossible to accommodate all worthy submissions. The Program Chair has final authority for acceptance and scheduling for any proposed special session.
B. Submission Procedure
All proposals MUST follow the format of the online proposal submission form. Incomplete or inaccurate information provided on these forms may result in the proposal not being accepted. Information requested includes complete contact information for all co-organizers, a description (250 word maximum), a summary sentence (50 word maximum), and a list of speakers/panelists, if appropriate. The description should include a justification for the session as per the evaluation criteria listed above. If there is a sponsoring group/agency for the session, this should be mentioned in the session description or summary.
All sessions must have a lead organizer who serves as the primary contact, who will be readily available by email and phone in the months leading up to the meeting, and who is expected to be present at the session. A secondary contact is also required.
C.If Your Proposal is Accepted
All organizers will be notified of the acceptance of their proposal by January 14, 2010. If accepted, your session description will be posted on the annual meeting website and a summary sentence will appear in the printed program. The description and summary sentence should be written with particular attention to attracting attendees and submitted in the correct format on the website proposal submission form available through the ESA website. Other contributors and their topics can be mentioned in the description, but there is no space for a detailed agenda.
D. One Presentation and Organizer Limit Rules
Note that the organizers and/or speakers during a special session are not precluded from also being first author or presenter on a poster, contributed oral, organized oral, or symposium talk.
To promote diversity of sessions and topics, no person will be permitted to organize more than two workshops or special sessions at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
E. Session Fees
An important note regarding funds: Acceptance of your proposal does not obligate ESA beyond assuring you of a meeting space and inclusion in the printed program. We stress especially that no ESA funds are available for honoraria, refreshments, or travel expenses for special session participants. Further, meeting registration is not waived. ESA will not reimburse session organizers for expenses. Anyone participating in any capacity in a special session must be registered for at least one day. Organizers are responsible for making these facts clear to persons they invite to participate.
F. Cancellation Policy
Once a special session has been accepted and listed online, it imposes a serious burden to cancel it. Do not submit a proposal if you are uncertain that you will be able to fulfill your obligation to organize and conduct the session. Once a special session is accepted by the Program Chair, cancellation by the session organizers will preclude the organizers from being allowed to submit any proposals for special sessions for the 2011 ESA annual meeting.
G. Application Format
Please note this information must be entered on the website proposal submission form. It is provided here only to assist you in planning your submission. Also, note that the website format may differ slightly from the format listed here. All information requested must be submitted.
Components of a Special Session Proposal
- Title of the session
- Description of the session (250 words max.)
- Summary sentence (50 word max.)
- Names and contact information for the lead organizer, a secondary contact and any co-organizers
- Expected minimum and maximum number of participants
- Proposed starting and ending times:
10:15 - 11:30 AM (Monday only) or 8 - 10 PM (Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday)
- Preference of day for this session:
Monday, August 2 - Wednesday, August 4
- Anticipated equipment needs:screen, LCD projector, dedicated laptop computer, slide projector, overhead projector, flip charts, VCR and monitor, Internet connection (note that provision of an internet connection cannot be guaranteed and incurs additional fees)
- Room set-up desired: theater, conference, hollow square, rounds, other
- Outside underwriting of special session fees and/or group or agency sponsors for the session (if any)
- Is the session intended to follow a symposium or organized oral session? If so, which one?
- Is the session linked to a business meeting or mixer of any ESA Section, Chapter, or other group? If so, which one?
You MUST submit your proposal using the website proposal submission form. You will be notified electronically concerning receipt, review, and acceptance of your proposal, using the return e-mail address that you provide. The notice of receipt will include a reference number that you will need to retain. If the return email address is incorrect, you will not be notified. If you do not hear from the Program Chair or the Program Assistant regarding receipt of your proposal by December 15, 2009, please contact Jennifer Riem to confirm that your proposal was received. You may view your proposal by accessing the website and entering your proposal number. The website and proposal number will be provided to you when we acknowledge receipt of your proposal. The complete scientific program should be on the ESA website by May 15, 2010, by which date each accepted proposal organizer or submitter should check for the exact time and location of her/his session. Organizers are responsible for notifying all participants in her/his session concerning the date, time, and place of the session.
H. Critical Dates
- December 3, 2009: Deadline to submit Special Session proposals
- December 15, 2009: Contact Jennifer Riem if you have not received confirmation of your submission
- January 14, 2010: Notification of proposal acceptance sent to organizers
- February 18, 2010: Notification of date, time, and location of special sessions sent to organizers
- May 15, 2010: Final scientific program published. Organizers should check time and location of their session and notify their presenters.
For further information, consult the ESA web page (www.esa.org/pittsburgh) or contact the Program Chair, Frank Gilliam, or the Program Assistant, Jennifer Riem.
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It's no wonder emotions spilled over as the controversial verdicts in the Casey Anthony murder trial were read on Tuesday. Inside the Orange County Courthouse tears were shed and embraces shared by Anthony and her defense team. Outside, angry shouts of No!, No way! and Ridiculous! from the throngs who had gathered.
A six-week-long trial to decide the fate of a mother charged with the calculated murder of her 2-year-old child will do that.
The drama kept watchers in Central Florida and around the nation spellbound with heated charges and counter-charges of deceit, child abuse, sexual abuse, cover-ups and indecent parenting.
What remains a wonder, the day after the jury absolved Anthony of murdering or abusing Caylee Marie, is that Chief Judge Belvin Perry managed to keep his courtroom from turning into an emotional circus.
The kind of circus, you'll recall, that Judge Lance Ito not only tolerated but seemed to encourage while he was presiding over the O.J. Simpson case many years ago. The judge deservedly became a source of relentless late-night TV mockery.
Belvin Perry was no Lance Ito.
Whether you agree or disagree with the jury's verdict — but accept it, everyone must — Perry dealt with Anthony, attorneys for Anthony and the state, witnesses, the jury and the trial's spectators with a firm yet fair hand.
Perry set an example for decorum that was a refreshing shift from some of this sensational case's uglier and embarrassing moments. Protesters cursing at Casey Anthony's family members outside their Orlando home. Casey's brother narrowly missing some of the protesters with his car. Self-serving bounty hunters and assorted charlatans trying to capitalize on the notoriety. Devotees of the trial literally fighting to get a seat inside the courtroom. A well-known cable commentator constantly referring to Anthony as "Tot-Mom" instead of her name.
But in Perry's courtroom, sanity and, thank goodness, the rule of law, reigned.
One courtroom spectator served out a six-day jail sentence from Perry for making a profane gesture at an attorney for the prosecution.
Jose Baez, the lead attorney who helped his client escape all but the most minor charges, was admonished by Perry for failing to provide prosecutors with the information due them concerning witnesses for the defense.
Jeff Ashton, the generally professional assistant state attorney, drew Perry's wrath for his sophomoric smirking during Baez's summation.
But Perry also repeatedly made the point of showing his respect for witnesses and the men and women of the jury who put their lives on hold to hear the excruciating details surrounding the Anthony case.
Love or hate the jury's verdict, Perry ran a textbook courtroom. Looking back, and moving forward, there may be few sources of pride in this case, but Belvin Perry's unwavering respect for the law will be one of them.
That's something everyone should be able to agree upon.
It's no wonder emotions spilled over as the controversial verdicts in the Casey Anthony murder trial were read on Tuesday. Inside the Orange County Courthouse tears were shed and embraces shared by Anthony and her defense team. Outside, angry shouts of No!, No way! and Ridiculous! from the throngs who had gathered.


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By Army Staff Sgt. Mark Schenk
Special to American Forces Press Service
Oct. 28, 2008 - For their efforts in building more than 25,000 square feet of housing and administrative offices for 1st Cavalry Division soldiers of 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 29 Air Force airmen received cavalry combat spurs – symbolic of cavalry service in a combat zone -- from the squadron's commander here Oct. 20.
Army Lt. Col. Daryle Hernandez awarded the spurs to the airmen of Detachment 3, 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, after receiving the official "key" to the base.
After 12 years of Air Force service, Tech. Sgt. Charles Tolbert said, building Forward Operating Base Hunter has been an overwhelming experience.
"The golden combat spurs we were awarded today are the highest honor I have received in any of my deployments in the Air Force," said Tolbert, a Cincinnati native who is the detachment's electrician. "To say I am very proud is an understatement."
The civil engineer squadron also is responsible for building Forward Operating Base Garry Owen, a base recently built from scratch and used by the 4th BCT as a headquarters to counter weapon smuggling along the southeastern Iraq-Iran border.
The Airmen graciously accepted the spurs, but admitted they couldn't have accomplished their mission without help from the soldiers here. The Air Force unit recognized those soldiers with certificates of achievement and challenge coins for a job well done.
"It was a lot of work and long nights, but the real reward is having a nice, comfortable safe place to sleep and work," said Army Sgt. Victoria Brenic, a native of Copperas Cove, Texas, assigned to the regiment's Troop D.
(Army Staff Sgt. Mark Schenk serves in the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office.)
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New University of South Carolina Beaufort women's golf coach Alexis Bennett doesn't have much flexibility with her roster.
Bennett, who was hired in August, has only five players eligible for the fall season, so everyone's score counts toward the team total.
The roster size hasn't held back the Sand Sharks yet, as they posted a second-place finish in their fall opener this month at the Coastal Georgia Invitational.
"It was a quick turnaround," Bennett said of arriving at USCB nine days before practice started. "I still don't know all the ins and outs of each player's game yet."
Bennett acknowledges she inherited a talented group of returners from Lindy LaBauve, who resigned after her second season to become a teaching apprentice in Georgia.
Bluffton High School graduate Kendra Collins, a senior, led the Sand Sharks at Coastal Georgia, tying for the individual title after inclement weather prevented a playoff. Junior Tori DeGroodt tied for third and sophomore Samantha O'Donnell of Hilton Head Island tied for eighth.
Junior Lindsey Mapes and sophomore Hayley Miller round out the lineup for USCB, which starts a two-day event Monday in Spartanburg. The Sand Sharks will finish the fall season Oct. 7-8 in Charleston and Oct. 21-22 at the Wilmington Island Club in Savannah.
Bennett expects to add one more talented player to the lineup before the spring season begins. Newcomer Lina Sekerkova of Bratislava, Slovakia, will become eligible in January.
"She should bring the team score down a few strokes," Bennett said.
Meanwhile, USCB men's coach Chris Cuneo, whose team finished third at Coastal Georgia, has plenty of options at the start of his fourth season.
Cuneo got solid performances from two new players: Freshman Alan Cooke and junior Chandler Vilcheck, a former Louisiana Tech transfer.
Cooke, a former International Junior Golf Academy student from Vienna, W.Va., tied for 12th and posted the Sand Sharks' best score at Coastal Georgia.
Vilcheck, who tied for 18th, is a Bluffton resident and Hilton Head Christian Academy graduate. He played last fall at Louisiana Tech and transferred to USCB in the spring, but did not play for the Sand Sharks to save a year of eligibility.
Cuneo said Vilcheck's family lives near senior Brian Langley in Colleton River Plantation. Langley, a former Virginia Commonwealth transfer and USCB's top returner, helped convince Vilcheck to come to USCB.
"I definitely feel like our roster is deeper, top to bottom," said Cuneo, whose team finished fourth at last season's Sun Conference tournament. "The guys who came in have added more competitiveness (to practice)."
USCB will try to defend its title Monday and Tuesday at the Thomas University Invitational in Valdosta, Ga. The fall schedule also includes events Oct. 14-15 in Hallandale, Fla., and Oct. 28-29 in Lakeland, Fla.
"This team has tons of potential," Cuneo said. "They've just got to step up and get the job done."


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Biscottini da Te' al Cacao e Nocciole
Italy's Langhe region, in the heart of Piedmont, produces some of the finest wines in the world. However, to many foodies, Langhe is first and foremost synonymous with nutty and chocolaty treats. The local hazelnut, "Tonda Gentile", is in fact considered the highest-quality hazelnut in the world, and the jewel of the Italian production. Even the famous food writer David Lebovitz writes, "I do not like to speak in superlatives, so when I say that the hazelnuts from Piedmont are really the best I've ever tasted—believe it".
The pure, fresh air of these vine-covered hillsides does seem to work some kind of magic on both the flavor and texture of the nut. And magic it could well be: the Langhe hills, topped by medieval churches and often wrapped in a mysterious fog, which fades the natural colors into soft purples and muted greens, inspired in the past many superstitions about witches' gatherings! Of course, after the Piedmontese confectioners came up with Torrone (Italian honey nougat) and then with Gianduja (chocolate with hazelnut paste) , everybody figured out that those mysterious witches they feared must in fact be good fairies.
My personal Langhe fairy was my mother's friend Matilde. Matilde, an elderly Piedmontese piano teacher with a formidable gift for baking, was solely responsible for turning my sugar-hating self (I did not eat dessert until age 10) into the cookie monster, and all with this easy recipe below.
- 1 and ¼ cups flour (plus more for dusting)
- 1 and ¼ cups powdered sugar
- ½ lb blanched (peeled) hazelnuts
- 1 cup (or 2 sticks) butter, cold and cut into cubes
- 4 yolks
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- salt
Grind the hazelnuts in your food processor with 2 or 3 tablespoons of the confectioner's sugar (taken from the total. The sugar absorbs the nut oil so that you don't end up with marzipan). Sift the flour with the cocoa, and combine it with the butter – either in a stand mixer or using ice-cold hands (keep a bowl of ice nearby).
Add the ground hazelnuts, the rest of the sugar (but reserve 2 tbsps for decorating), the yolks, and a large pinch of salt, and knead into a ball. Wrap in plastic and place into the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes .
Preheat your oven to 350 F. Using a cold, flour-dusted rolling pin, roll the dough on a floured surface (even better: roll between two sheets of parchment or wax paper*). When it's about 1/3" thick, cut it into discs using a cookie cutter. Arrange the cookies about 1" apart from one another on a cookie sheet lined with parchment.
And bake at 350 F for 15 minutes. Allow to cool and dust with the remaining confectioner's sugar. Serve with a hot pot of black tea!
• If the dough is very sticky, dust its surface with flour before placing it between the two sheets of parchment or wax paper.
• Lift the sheets out and put them back on several time, to prevent them from sticking to the dough and creating creases.
• Turn the dough over several times, so that it is rolled out evenly
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Amazing Sugar Cookies by CouldntBeParve
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Following Elijah's stunning victory over the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18, he turns his attention to drought that continued to linger over the land. Back in 1 Kings 17, Elijah had announced a drought on the land because of the apostasy of the people. They had backed into Baalism and paganism. And their failure to remain faithful to the Lord carried the judgment of God removing his word from the people, signified by the lack of rain or dew. This was also a polemic against Baal, the storm god. The Baal cycle would be broken and the LORD would show himself to be God.
"With which person in the Bible do you most identify?" This is a question I have often asked others in the church over the years. Most of us lack even enough self-awareness to able to answer the question. Others among us have a propensity to appeal to the best characters in Scripture.
Alcuin of York – More Than a Scholar
In 781, a Saxon monk named Alcuin had an encounter that changed his life and became the catalyst of the dynamic but short-lived Carolingian Renaissance. The man he met was the Frankish King Charles (later known as Charlemagne). As many others him, Charles was struck by Alcuin's intellect and abilities, and invited him to join a group of scholars at his court.
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim and Her Christian Plays
Anyone who is familiar with the works of the Roman playwright Terence (185-159 BC) knows that they are an interesting depiction of the realities of his day. They are comedies, and generally end with a marriage or reconciliation. They could easily find their way into our movie theaters, if some of their ethics didn't rub against the grain of most viewers – even in our permissive society.
One summer, a family man (and personal friend) traveled to Paris, where he spent a morning enjoying Luxembourg Gardens. In time, he noticed a group of mothers who, he realized, were so engrossed in their conversation that they tilted toward neglect of their children. He watched as one child wandered ever farther from her mother in the crowded park. Not yet two, she began to follow a family, apparently thinking its mother was her mother. When the group crossed a street and hurried onward, the child was finally quite alone.
In recent years, it seems increasingly rare to hear believers say, "I grew up in a happy home and we had everything we needed." I almost never hear anyone say "I am making progress as a disciple," although healthy believers should keep growing (below). The unfettered gratitude we hear in Psalm 16:6 has gone missing: "The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed I have a beautiful inheritance." It has become difficult, even fraught, to say "My life is good," in public at least.
Christians are frequently reminded to "remember the reason for Christmas," meaning, of course, that we should turn our attention away from the cultural trappings and to the fact that Jesus was born to Mary in Bethlehem. But this Christmas, perhaps we should fix our attention a little more closely, not just on the details of Jesus' birth, but on the miracle of the incarnation. In so doing, we join a great cloud of Christian witnesses, who have reflected deeply on this glorious mystery.
It can be easy to become atomistic in the way we handle the Bible. By this I mean that we can unwittingly break its message down into its component parts in a way that fails to appreciate its organic unity. Even though, as the Westminster Confession of Faith indicates, it does indeed have many 'parts', there is 'consent' [agreement] between them all (WCF 1.5). Since this is so, we need always to bear in mind where this consent and convergence of all the parts is found. It does so ultimately in Christ.
Every preacher knows – at least in some sense – that we are called to 'preach Christ' as we expound the Scriptures. We heard it in our homiletics classes in Seminary and we've been challenged about it in the numerous seminars, conferences and workshops on preaching we attend in the course of our ministry. But what does it mean and how are we to go about 'preaching Christ' in a way that neither does violence to the text, nor comes across to our hearers as contrived and artificial?
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"As long as he believes in something, that is what's important."
With those words the man in front of me simultaneously dismissed the authority of God and justified a younger relative who had embraced an animistic system of belief. For the older gentlemen, it was the act of believing in something supernatural that mattered, not the object of that belief itself.
According to the Westminster Confession of Faith, "The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof….neither doth Christ, in the Gospel, any way dissolve, but much strengthen this obligation" (WCF, 19.5) Obviously, the Westminster Divines were not claiming that one's obedience merits anything before God. They knew their Bible. The Jews had sought to establish their own righteousness on the basis of their law keeping and failed.
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This summer, Bobbi Brown's Desert Twilight Eye Palette ($60) was released as part of the Fall 2012 collection. Although many beauty lovers have a weakness for lip products, mine is eyeshadow palettes. I bought one sight unseen. The palette comes in a beautiful brushed champagne metal package, and it sufficiently small to slip into a carry-on makeup bag to make it eminently travel friendly.
The palette contains a well-chosen, slightly mauve-toned selection of colors. This includes everything from a shell-matte highlighter to a deep espresso liner color. Two of the colors (top right, and third from the left on the bottom) are Bobbi's sparkle formula, which gives a sheer wash of sparkle. Although this isn't my favorite formula, I thought that the combination of mattes and shimmers in the palette made the sparkle colors inclusion tolerable.
Unfortunately, I found that the eyeshadow texture of this palette was not up to par. In the past, Bobbi Brown has released some buttery soft palettes that I still love (including this Modern Classic, which was limited edition and I still use quite frequently). The highlighter is very sheer even by Bobbi Brown standards. Most of the textures are quite hard using my standard eyeshadow brushes. It was hard to work up good pigment and texture with these.
Here is Bobbi Brown's Desert Twilight Eye Palette swatched next to the comparatively richly-pigmented and buttery soft Guerlain Les Fauves. Although the Bobbi Brown palette was workable, I believe that you can do a little better in this season of richly-textured neutral palettes.
I'd like to compare Bobbi Brown's Desert Twilight to the Nars American Dream (reviewed here by The Beauty Look Book), so I am going to get one. For now, I'd wait to invest in the Bobbi Brown.