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How to choose a backpack is really important. Your backpack will go with you almost everywhere, so getting a good one is essential. Make sure you get a good comfortable one. There are backpacks designed specially for women as well. Make sure you get a backpack that fits your height and body shape.
Some features to look out for include:
– Tough water resistant material – It does not have to be 100% waterproof, but make sure that it is fairly waterproof. You don't want to know that any time you are caught in the rain – you'll open your bag later to find wet clothes. Tougher material will also stop it from tearing easily.
– Padded straps around the waist to put more weight on your hips and take the strain off your shoulders and back. It should be adjustable so you can tighten it and loosen it easily.
– Padded shoulder straps – these will help take the strain off your lower back.
– A Contoured Back – this will fit your back better and be more comfortable.
– Adjustable fit – not only do the hip straps need to be adjustable, but the shoulder straps and the strap that connect the head part of the backpack to the shoulder straps should be adjustable as well.
– Smaller straps that connect the two shoulder straps across your chest – these are really good for taking away shoulder strain, but make sure that the style is securely fastened to the shoulder straps. If it clips on then the can work their way off and you may not realise until later that you have lost them. I can bring you this brilliant tip because I've lost mine!
– Compression Straps – these are useful to help compress down your pack into a more streamlined and easier to manage shape.
– Lockable Zippers – there need to be at least two zippers on each compartment, so that you can lock them together.
– Internal Frame – most backpacks now have an internal frame, but old style ones still have an external frame. I first saw these while hiking in New Zealand, they had chunky metal frames on the outside. Don't get one of these. Internal frames are usually made of tough plastic or carbon fibre and so are much lighter. They won't get caught on anything and make the backpack slimmer and easier to handle.
– More than one compartment – this is really useful when packing. If you have a separate smaller compartment then you can put things that you want to get a quickly – passport, money, food – in there and they are less likely to get lost in with everything else or squashed.
– Multiple entrance points – make sure that your pack not only has the traditional opening at the top where you can stuff anything in, but also has a long zip that will allow you to open it up fully. Invaluable for packing and much easier if you suddenly realise you need something and that it is further down the pack.
– Ventilation – backpacks hold themselves close to your back and so can often make you quite hot. Some have tension-mesh suspension system that makes a permanent air space between your back and the pack, others have a channel design.
Have a look at Find the best – a backpack comparison website.
What about how to choose a backpack size?
GET A SMALL BACKPACK. This is essential, I can't stress it enough.
Choose a backpack that is small.
I read lots of warnings before my first backpacking trip and though that I had listened to them. I hadn't.
The first time I tried my hand at 'backpacking', I took a 60L backpack and assumed that whatever I put in it would be pretty much fine. When I tried to put it on I couldn't lift it. When I finally put it on, it was so heavy the muscles in my shoulders started to spasm.
Needless to say I left some stuff in Turin with the Couchsurfing people I stayed with, sent some stuff home in Genoa, sent some home in Rome and lastly sent some stuff home in Luxor.
I was a standard stereotypical overloaded turtle, with a big pack on my back and a small day pack on my front. It was ridiculous, and I will NEVER carry that much again.
The thing is, if you get a big backpack: YOU WILL FIND A WAY TO FILL IT UP!
Save yourself the temptation and buy a small backpack.
I'll write it again in case you're as thick as I was. Choose a small backpack.
The one I have now is 40L – a far cry from 60L. It is 10 kg when filled. I only got one that big because I wanted to take my computer with me and I was going to Harbin in winter and needed extra warm clothes. If you aren't going to take your computer, or are going to a place like South East Asia – go smaller.
A small backpack is essential because:
1. It will be too damn heavy!
– What feels ok to carry in the first hour won't feel ok to carry after 5 hours. What is ok to carry on nice day at home won't be ok to carry hot humid days. What is ok to carry when you are excited for your tip won't be ok after a really long bus trip, or while hiking.
2. If your backpack is too large, storing it in lockers may be a problem.
3. Likewise it needs to be able to fit through luggage security scanners.
4. Large backpacks are annoying on almost any form of transport.
– Taxi? It is much easier to take it in the car with you and will head off any issues of the taxi taking off with your luggage still in the boot.
– Plane? It saves time and hassle if you take your backpack as carry on luggage. The plans company also won't have the opportunity to loose it. The only time I've had a problem doing this was with Air New Zealand. They seem annoyingly strict with weight allowances; also going to Eua island in Tonga. The plane only had 6 passenger seats.
– Bus? Train? Much better and much safer to have the backpack with you under your seat or in the overhead compartment than out of sight in the separate luggage compartment.
– Tuk tuk? Motorcycle taxi? Subway? Tram? A large backpack is really big pain in the ass.
– With over-crowded transport this is especially true. If you are on a crowded mini-bus, or have a standing space ticket on a train there may not be a storage compartment – your backpack must come with you. How much more awkward do you think it would be with a huge backpack?
5. A light backpack will allow you to move quickly. This is great for catching trains, buses, escaping touts and avoiding traffic. Your travels will be so much better if you can jump in and out of transportation with ease.
6. A heavy backpack will make you an easier target for thieves.
7. A heavy cumbersome backpack will make you stick out like a sore thumb even more in an unfamiliar environment. You will feel more vulnerable if you are lugging around a large backpack.
8. It will also make you tired and wear your patience down a lot faster.
In fact you should test out your backpack and planned weight before you go.
Find a large hill somewhere near where you live. Fill your backpack up with what you plan to take on your trip and the lug it up the hill. Be honest with yourself, and if it's too hard; dump some stuff.
So leave Behind:
The Tent
Unless 100%/95% of your trip is base around camping or hitchhiking in remote places DO NOT bring the tent. Thankfully on my first backpacking trip I didn't, but it was certainly considered.
The Sleeping Bag
Again unless you are camping or hitchhiking in remote places for your entire trip this just isn't needed. I did take a sleeping bag on my first 2 and a half month backpacking style trip. I used it once.
The camping equipment
Ditto for the last two points, unless you are camping/hitchhiking….. Leave it at home.
The multiple pairs of stylish shoes
Luckily I've never been guilty of this one, probably because I've always been too lazy to go shopping in the first place.
I have however seen other travellers with about 5 pairs of shoes. They are a significant extra weight, they are bulky and they are useless. Bring one pair of good walking/hiking shoes and maybe one pair of light sandals of the thong/flip flop/jandal variety for the beach/hostel room/chilling at the end of the day.
If you want something more formal then ONE pair of foldable flats (black is a good multi purpose durable colour) for random invites to events/ occasional fancy restaurants, or job interviews are a good idea. Practical formal stuff for guys? Sorry no idea.
Half of what you think you need
I saw this particular warning before I went on my first backpacking trip. It did make me cut down on stuff, but not nearly enough. Seriously you can take buy stuff when you get there, it's often cheaper. You can wash your clothes in the bathroom sink and hang them over the bars of your bunk to dry. You don't need most of the stuff you think you do.
For more information about fitting a backpack specifically for you visit Wild Backpacker sizing guide.
Last rule
While travelling, if you add something new. You must get rid of something else. A nice skirt for the beach? Chuck a top maybe. Don't let your backpack creep it's way up the weight ladder.
About Zoe Byrne
Zoe Byrne is a real life escapee from New Zealand who loves to travel, explore off the beaten track, scuba dive, hike and try new things. She feels really odd writing about herself in third person - so hi! I'm Zoe and this is my blog about my favourite obsession - Travel and all things related. Click here to read more

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FEED: I have a specific thing for daffodils, and especially here in the late-mid-early-mid-winter. I usually think of them hard at the very beginning of March, but at the moment I am needing them desperately so I feed myself on this photograph.
Daffodils so reliably make me happy, with their wholly improbable shape. It's silly, maybe, but every single time I see one I just feel such wonder that they make that wonderful shape. That trumpet, with the frills. I like the full-on yellow ones more than I like the yellow and white ones, but daffies do it for me no matter what.
SEED: It's a long day for me, up and out early for a flight back to Austin, connecting through Houston so the flight will take me longer than it ordinarily would. And then a dash home to get ready for poetry group in my house, a (mostly) monthly event that I dearly love. Every month we each bring copies of two poems (whether you write them or just select them) and this is one I'm bringing tonight. I shared it on facebook several days ago and it has stuck with me:
If You Could (Danny Bryck)
I know, I know
If you could go back you
would walk with Jesus
You would march with King
Maybe assassinate Hitler
At least hide Jews in your basement
It would all be clear to you
But people then, just like you
were baffled, had bills
to pay and children they didn't
understand and they too
were so desperate for normalcy
they made anything normal
Even turning everything inside out
Even killing, and killing, and it's easy
for turning the other cheek
to be looking the other way, for walking
to be talking, and they hid
in their houses
and watched it on television, when they had television,
and wrung their hands
or didn't, and your hands
are just like theirs. Lined, permeable,
small, and you
would follow Caesar, and quote McCarthy, and Hoover, and you would want
to make Germany great again
Because you are afraid, and your
parents are sick, and your
job pays shit and where's your
dignity? Just a little dignity and those kids sitting down in the highway,
and chaining themselves to
buildings, what's their fucking problem? And that kid
That's King. And this is Selma. And Berlin. And Jerusalem. And now
is when they need you to be brave.
is when we need you to go back
and forget everything you know
and give up the things you're chained to
and make it look so easy in your
grandkids' history books (they should still have them, kinehora)
is when it will all be clear to them.
READ: Nothing to note here — mainly because I'm out of time on this dashing day. I'd love to hear what you're reading, though!


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A week ago today, Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy spent an hour talking with an absolutely wonderful woman. Even though she and I are years apart in age, we do share one very important thing in common – and this is what bought us together for a visit on that sunny afternoon.
Both she and I live with rheumatoid arthritis.
What made my visit even more special was the fact that – for the first time in my life – I was sitting down face to face with another person so that both of us could share our stories about living with rheumatoid arthritis.
To be honest, I took me a while to build up the nerve to go through the visit. Oh, it had nothing to do with her. It was all me. By meeting another person who has spent a lifetime living with rheumatoid arthritis, the rheumatoid arthritis that I was actually struggling to confront was my own, and not hers.
Was it okay for me to cry if I felt the need to?
How was I going to react to any visible deformities?
Am I really doing the right thing?
These and many other thoughts raced through my head in the days leading up to our visit.
Just a few minutes into our conversation, all of my fears were put to rest. In front of me I had this incredibly strong woman who has been living with rheumatoid arthritis for almost three decades. And while her body showed visible signs of her long struggle with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, her person radiated nothing but strength.
This physically fit thirty-something guy couldn't help but look up to this feeble lady with anything other than amazement.
Her first words were "the pain – get used to it. Learn to accept it, and make it part of your life, because it's not going away." Her statement was not the least bit cruel. Instead, she spoke with wisdom and experience. As I have only recently begun to accept (again) the chronic nature of RA pain, I really appreciated her advice.
She then proceeded to show me her hands. The wrists were permanently swollen and out of place, as were the knuckles. One pinky finger is scheduled for an upcoming joint replacement. These hands were a true testament to time, and they were beautiful. She had no shame whatsoever as she held out her hands so that I may inspect them. (I silently kicked myself for even worrying how I might react when I saw her hands.) If only everyone could be so proud.
We traded stories of different medical treatments and their sometimes horrible side-effects. She could not handle Arava, but is on methotrexate. I could not handle methotrexate, but am on Arava. We swapped homemade remedies for protecting our stomachs, and shared information about nutritional supplements.
She pulled a large tube of Aspercreme out of her purse, and gave it to me as a gift. Little did she know that just a week before, my sister had sent me a box of arthritis products and orthopedic aids via international courier – but the large tube of Asprecreme that was originally included in this package had to be removed due to customs regulations. Somehow, a tube of Aspercreme still managed to find its way into my hands.
We wrapped up our visit by talking about the importance of continuing to carry out activities that bring pleasure to one's life; that by spending time on something we enjoy it is possible to temporarily get our mind off the pain and disability. In her case, knitting has become too painful but weekly bridge is something she continues with a vengeance.
As I walked home that afternoon, I couldn't help but think back to some arthritis forum messages that I had recently read online. Some women, who have lived with rheumatoid arthritis for twenty or thirty plus years, voiced their concerns about openly discussing their experiences of living with rheumatoid arthritis in front of us "newbies". They thought that by sharing the details of their lives with RA, they might scare those of us who have only recently started on this journey.
To all those women who have lived a lifetime with RA, please let me say that when I hear your words and your stories, I am inspired by your lives and by your strength. Please do not think that you are scaring me. During some of my most difficult flares this past month (which have been some of the toughest moments yet), messages and posts from people who have lived with RA for decades have flashed through my mind – and I often find myself thinking: If they can get through this, so can I!
Thank you for the inspiration.
Stay tuned…for the next adventure of Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy!


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It's getting easier to be green
American Photo recently published "Assignment Earth: A Photographic Mission to Save the Planet". This is a series of articles including ways for photogs to embrace sustainability, (Thirteen Ways to be a Greener Photographer), and several galleries by "conservation photographers"–those who shoot with the intent of raising awareness about environmental issues.
There is also a mini feature of products that are "low impact", but with the exception of a solar panel, rechargeable batteries and recycled photo paper, they are products that would inspire "upgrade" behavior that would likely lead to more stuff ending up in a landfill somewhere. It is a slippery slope to recommend buying new products to become more "green"–sustainability is a mind set, not a product line. That said, there are times when it is simply necessary to purchase new products, and at those times, it's nice to see the market being populated with more responsible choices.
One product I've been experimenting with that didn't make the list is ViaStone. This is a tree-less paper made out of limestone. I first read about it on TreeHugger, and managed to get my hands on some earlier this year. I've only been able to try the matte finish papers, but the print quality is very nice. The finish limits its useful application, but it works well for brochures, letterhead, and the like. I'm hoping to find a more artful use for it as well, like b+w prints, for example.
The double sided business cards are microperfed, but do not separate as cleanly as some other similar products. Tiny ridges are unavoidable, and unfortunately lend a less than professional presentation.
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- Self Regulating Descender for use on inclined planes, with a load bearing cable.
- Angle of load bearing cable is to be from 30° to 6°
- Useful Length is 60m or 100m
- Metal Housing, 5mm Stainless Steel Cable
- Manual Cable Retraction
- Speed of Descent is automatically regulated at 4m/s
- Maximum load is 136kg
- Weight is 20kg
System Diagram
Installation Principle
This is an example of the unit being used to evacuate from an Oil Derrick:


text: On 9/9/07 clare wrote: > Hi Sean, and Michael and Joachim; > Sorry for late reply, Mailout was broken. > > Pity this seems to have been submerged in mails about Apple. > However I hope that leads to much more emphasis on the documentation > side of the Open Source feature of the Neo1973 and OpenMoko itself. > THis is where, in my opinion the real strength of the product will > emerge. It is already evident in that a large number of people > paid about 10 times the cost of a functional phone from ebay, > even knowing it would take effort to get it usable. I couldn't agree with you more. We've been talking a lot internally about how to get the quality (and quantity) of our documentation increasing. Michael and Roh will both be working on this a lot in the (very) near future. If there are things that you would specifically like to see please let us know. -Sean


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Fraxinus americana - White Ash
Family: Oleaceae
the scientific name
Fraxinus americana is a broad-spreading, large shade tree of moderate growth rate. White Ash has excellent autumn foliage, bark character and bold texture in winter but is not urban tolerant.
Fraxinus americana is a broad-spreading, large shade tree of moderate growth rate. White Ash has excellent autumn foliage, bark character and bold texture in winter but is not urban tolerant.
-large deciduous tree
-maturing at 70' tall x 70' wide
-upright rounded growth habit
-medium growth rate
-opposite arrangement, medium to dark green and pinnately compound, casting a dense shade
-leaflets (usually 7) are ovate and usually entire on the margins
-autumn color - vivid orange, yellow, maroon, red, purple, or combinations thereof, usually in late Sept. and completely abscised by
-dioecious (male and female trees)
-green to purple inflorescences in Apr. are not especially showy
-green changing to brown clusters of samaras on female trees, littering the ground or gutters with winged seeds in autumn
-thick and stout stems are olive changing to brown and lenticeled
-leaf scars are U-shaped with the brown pubescent lateral buds resting within the leaf scar
-gray-brown and smooth in youth, becoming very deeply furrowed and ridged in a few short years, with the ridges interlacing to form a diamondback pattern of 2" thick bark with age
-smooth gray bark persists in larger diameter branches than in Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
-quickly losing its central leader to yield several large upright or spreading branches for a very rounded habit
-full sun
-adaptable to soil types and soil pHs but overall not especially urban tolerant (especially to soil compaction, drought and air pollution)
-propagated by cuttings grafted onto seedling understock
-Olive Family, with several disease (leaf spots, branch cankers, mycoplasma-induced decline and dieback) and pest (oyster shell scale and wood borer) problems
-abundantly available in B&B form, including several cultivars noted for growth habit or autumn color variation
-zones 3 to 9
-native to the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. and Southern Canada; a major tree of midwestern forests
-moderately quick growth for a shade tree
-brilliant autumn color
-bold texture in winter
-ornamental bark
-symmetrical rounded shape
-not especially urban tolerant
-some pest and disease problems, including borers
-dense shading leads to dead stem litter from the interior of the canopy
-surface roots with age
-shade or specimen tree
-medium texture in foliage and bold when bare
-thick density in foliage and average when bare
and Cultivars
- Search
OSU PlantFacts for additional plants in this species
-large shade trees and those with excellent autumn color
-large trees that grow moderately fast
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Look And Feel
The 8.4-inch Galaxy Tab S felt most comfortable when held in landscape mode using two hands. This orientation puts the power and volume controls at the top, and Home, Back and Recent keys under the right thumb. With the same digit, a swipe in from the right edge will invoke the Multi Windows Menu. The GTS' capacitive controls follow Samsung's new (and improved) format, with Recent replacing Menu at left, Home/fingerprint scanner (which is a Synaptics Natural ID capacitive sensor) in the middle and the Back key at right. Long-pressing the recent key invokes the Menu function, and long-pressing the Home key now links to Google Now.


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With this landmark 1984 album, the Minneapolis trio Hüsker Dü picked hardcore punk up out of its monotonous rut and drop-kicked it into the future. Structurally, Zen Arcade is defiantly anti-punk — a double album with an operatic narrative and unorthodox segments of acoustic folk, backward tape effects and psychedelicized guitar à la the Beatles' White Album. Yet in challenging the rigid hardcore aesthetic of "loud 'n' fast rules," Hüsker Dü created a brave new music that was true to punk's raging energy while articulating the anger, confusion and fear of a generation that had outgrown "Blitzkrieg Bop." The result was Tommy by way of CBGB.
"We started out as a punk band," said Bob Mould, the band's singer and guitarist, in 1985. "We had a real garage mentality about everything. We'd get pumped up, and a song that was generally midtempo would come on full throttle. We didn't have a lot of control over that sort of thing." Indeed, the Hüskers' 1981 debut album, Land Speed Record, set the thrash-rock standard. But, as Mould pointed out, "hardcore is basically music for young people. We were growing up, and [Zen Arcade] showed a lot of that."
Hüsker Dü's coming of age took place during the summer of 1983 in an empty church in St. Paul, where the band created Zen Arcade's twenty-three songs. "There was so much change," drummer Grant Hart said in 1986. "We were constantly jamming. We'd pick a chord, any chord, and then go for it. 'Reoccurring Dreams' [Zen's frenzied instrumental climax] would go on for an hour."
The album, primarily written by Mould and Hart, was recorded the following October in a mere eighty-five hours. All but two songs were first takes, and the mixing was done during forty straight hours of work. Total cost: $4000. Yet the depth and detail of the story belied the economy with which it had been committed to tape.
According to Mould, Zen Arcade is about a young computer hack from a broken home who dreams about killing himself after his girlfriend dies of a drug overdose. Instead, he lands in a mental hospital where he meets the head of a computer company who hires him to design video games. "Then he wakes up and goes to school," Mould said. "The only thing we never agreed on was the name of the video game. We thought it was Search."
While the story is fictional, Mould allowed that the songs contain elements of autobiography. "Some of us are from broken homes, some of us have had friends die," he said. "I don't think that's anything new."
But the power and imagination with which Hüsker Dü married fact and fantasy on Zen Arcade, and the album's subtext of striving and hope, helped elevate punk to a higher, more expressive plane. "It's an admission of humanity," said Mould, who has gone solo since the band's breakup in early 1988. "You can't just scream and holler all your life. You have to step back a minute, look at yourself and say, 'Yeah, I am fucked.' And try to change it."


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which means it is larger than my current limit of 9^(9^(9^5)). As a matter of fact
it is larger than 9^(9^(9^(9))) which I have struggled with for more than 10 years.
I have an even bigger challenge for you, would you be so kind as to calculate 141!^(162!^164!) for me please? to as large an accuracy as you dare! (ridiculous, I know!)
I was not born in July. Records of my birth have been destroyed. Hospital burned down and so did the rectory.
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As far as I know only three people know for sure, and two of those are doubtful.
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- Henrietta Howard (née Hobart), Countess of Suffolk (circa 1688-1767), Mistress of George II and architectural patron. Sitter in 9 portraits.
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Current affairsNotorious 'Thief Taker General' Jonathan Wild is hanged at Tyburn. He ran one of the most successful gangs of thieves of the era, while appearing to be the nation's leading policeman.
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Owner of car was in passenger seat (has only liability). Driver of vehicle (his girlfriend) has full coverage with 100,000 for injury. I incurred a rib fracture, a cervical strain and a lumbar strain. I have emotional problems that root back to my childhood and I go to a psychologist weekly for this. We were on the freeway going 80mph. I was sleeping in the back seat (laying down, but with my seat belt on). The driver lost control of the vehicle some how and we went from the middle lane and head on collided with the center divider ( I know crazy). After the initial impact we started to spin counter clock wise, then struck the center divider again in the back left (when I was seated). The vehicle was completely totaled. I've had nightmares and trouble sleeping. On top of this the owner of the vehicle had threatened me if I told the insurance what happened ( he wanted to do insurance fraud). I had to get a lawyer and endure this injuries for 3 months before I was aloud to seek treatment. On monday I will start my Physical therapy for 12 sessions.
My question is: can my lawyer seek damages from both parties even if my medical bills don't pile up to the liability maximum? (fractured rib don't run up the medical bills). Would I be eligible to go after both his 15/30 and her 100,000?
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England: Fool's Mile, a retired 5-year-old greyhound likely having a flashback to her days of racing from the crowd noise and lights at a soccer game, escaped from her owner and disrupted play while running four laps.
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Andrew Wiggins was once hailed as the best high school prospect since LeBron James, compared to Wilt Chamberlain and Danny Manning before ever playing a game at Kansas, and has heard so much about how good he was that he never had to worry about how far he had to go to reach such acclaim.
His special athletic gifts brought Wiggins to this point, but he was always going to need more to be a star in the NBA.
Now, he has the ultimate source of motivation — a rejection from the game's best player and proof that his omission from James' homecoming love letter to Northeast Ohio wasn't a mere coincidence. The Cleveland Cavaliers are prepared to send Wiggins, the No. 1 pick in June's NBA draft; Anthony Bennett, the top pick in 2013; and a future first-round pick to Minne–sota for Kevin Love as soon as Saturday, when Wiggins finally will be eligible to get traded.
No matter how good Wiggins can become, James will be 30 in December and didn't have time to wait on a 19-year-old to figure it out.
James needs Love now.
Wiggins needed his heart broken.
The game's greats have excelled by using real or imagined slights to push their talents to extreme levels. And this was a special sort of slight. Wiggins is about to become the first No. 1 overall pick since Chris Webber in 1993 to be traded before ever suiting up for the team that drafted him. In prior situations in which he was challenged and forced into action, Wiggins responded with brilliance.
His best high school game — he scored a career-high 57 points — coincided with an unflattering Sports Illustrated article that examined his flaws and the struggles of Canadian players in the NBA. His best collection of successive games at Kansas — 41 points against West Virginia, 30 against Oklahoma State and 22 against Iowa State — came after fellow top-three draft pick Joel Embiid sustained a back injury that ended his season prematurely.
With the trade to Minne–sota, Wiggins' NBA career begins in much the same way — with doubts and more responsibility.
Wiggins had an uncomfortable interview with ESPN last month in which he squirmed in his seat and responded to a question about whether Cleveland wanted him by stating, "Yeah … I hope so."
The Cavaliers wanted to acquire Love without surrendering Wiggins because they were excited about Wiggins' tremendous potential. In workouts and practices with the team, Wiggins had revealed his considerable talent and an ability to make exceptional plays look routine. He also had natural instincts that could help him quickly become a solid, NBA-level defender and an elite defender in little time. But Minnesota scoffed at any package from Cleveland for Love that didn't include Wiggins, and so the sacrifice had to be made.
The Timberwolves have made a habit of squandering the talents of special players. So Wiggins isn't landing in an environment with a tradition for grooming big-time winners. Minnesota has been better at preparing stars to help their next team win.
Kevin Garnett won an MVP award and reached the Western Conference finals in 2004 with Minnesota but was inevitably forced to bail because of the organization's inability to surround him with suitable talent to compete in the West. He won a title in Boston in his first season with the Celtics.
In his six years with the Timberwolves, Love never had an all-star — or even borderline all-star — teammate, never reached the playoffs and now will have to prove that he can do more than stuff the stat sheet.
Wiggins could have benefited from being in Cleveland to receive daily lessons on work ethic, leadership and personal brand management from James. But he also could have spent so much time deferring to James or even Kyrie Irving that he'd never actually develop into the player that his talents suggest he could become.
Wiggins told his college coach, Bill Self, that he wants to be in Minnesota, which he pretty much had to say with that state appearing likely to be his home for possibly the next five years, at least. But Wiggins is on to something. He should want to be in Minnesota.
With the Timberwolves, Wiggins won't have much choice in the matter — he will be expected to lead and perform and his mistakes will be more tolerated than on a team with championship aspirations. What Wiggins is truly made of will be revealed in a place where he will be free to explore the limits of his talents and won't be limited to slot into a role.
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Three quick things from UK's 48-14 win over Alabama State:
1. A long, weird game. If you are a long-time fan of Kentucky football you are of course very familiar with weird, freaky occurrences that are not so positive, but Saturday night may have taken the cake.
Starting wide receiver Javess Blue took a football to the eye during warmups. The eye swelled and the junior college transfer was unable to play. Then when fellow receiver Alex Montgomery caught a six-yard touchdown pass just five seconds into the second quarter, the true freshmen landed wrong and injured his knee doing a chest-bump on the post-score celebration.
Thankfully, Kentucky won by 34 points anyway.
2. The Whitlow Show. If we didn't know it before, we know now that Jalen Whitlow is Kentucky's quarterback from here on out. He threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more, including an 88-yard scoring sprint just two plays into the game.
Whitlow's passing game is still wildly inconsistent, but the kid can make plays with his feet. He extends plays. He picks up yards. Because of his gimpy ankle, Whitlow ran the ball just 10 times, but was effective in doing so.
If he can stay healthy, the sophomore will be the guy from here on out.
3. Some familiar faces. It was a good game for some guys we had not heard much from in awhile. Dyshawn Mobley carried eight times for 36 yards. Jeff Badet caught four passes for 48 yards. Demarco Robinson made four grabs for 44 yards. Stephen Borden caught a 38-yard TD pass from Whitlow. Joey Herrick and A.J. Legree each caught two passes.
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Buoyant and energetic, "Sing a Jubilant Song" is a splendid showcase for SATB choirs. The lyrics are adapted from Psalm 98, the source of masterwork texts throughout history. The driving accompaniment propels the voices through the rhythmic, articulate opening and closing sections and the more legato middle verse. Building in harmony, texture, and intricacy from beginning to end, this piece will have all listeners eager to "Sing to the Lord a new song!".


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Mumbai: Sanjay Gandhi National Park loses another tigress
Tigress Beauty, passed away on Saturday, just three months after the death of another tigress at the park; experts suspect Beauty's death may have been caused by bladder infection
Nearly five months after she was brought to Sanjay Gandhi National Park, the 2.5-year-old tigress, Beauty, passed away on Saturday night from what the experts suspect was a chronic bladder infection.
Beauty was named after ex-chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's wife, Satvasheela (beautiful), and was brought to SGNP to boost the popularity of its tiger safari. File pic
The tigress was brought to the national park to boost the popularity of the tiger safari, but had been ailing since her arrival in the city. She is the second tigress to have died at the park this year, following the demise of four-year-old Puja in February.
Also Read: SGNP's tigress Puja dies after long illness
mid-day had reported that Beauty had fallen ill and had stopped eating food just a week after she was brought to the city on December 15 ('Ailing Beauty: National Park's tigress takes ill', December 27). She had fallen ill yet again in January, and was suffering from indigestion and problems in relieving herself. The tigress had also shown signs of aggression when she was brought to Mumbai.
mid-day's report on December 27
However the SGNP authorities had then said that the reason for the same was change in weather. Sources said the veterinarians who treated her now suspect that she may have been suffering from chronic cystitis (bladder infection) even before she got here.
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Speaking to mid-day, SGNP veterinarian Dr Sanjiv Pinjarkar said, "Since last week, Beauty had not been eating and was facing problems in passing urine and stool. We were closely monitoring her condition but she died on Saturday night at around 8 pm. The reason for her death might be chronic cystitis; the post-mortem has been done and we are awaiting the final reports to know the exact reason for her death."
Beauty's post-mortem
was conducted on Sunday morning, for which a senior doctor from the Bombay Veterinary College was also present. She was cremated in the afternoon.
>> She was hit by a moving train in 2013 and lost her cubs in the mishap
>> Her hind limb was fractured in five places z A steel rod was placed in the leg
>> She was named after former CM Prithviraj Chavan's wife, Satvasheela (beautiful)
>> Satvasheela was known to visit Beauty while she was recovering from the accident