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June 7th, 2012
Aperture Announces Fall 2012 Books
For Fall 2012 Aperture presents a list of new and re-issued publications, from the startling and fresh, to new editions and long-awaited anthologies. Read more about our upcoming releases, and view a slideshow of Fall 2012 cover art below.
Upcoming titles include:
• A New American Picture by Doug Rickard
• 101 Tragedies of Enrique Metinides
• Petrochemical America by Richard Misrach and Kate Orff
• The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin
• Life's a Beach by Martin Parr
• Labyrinth: Daido Moriyama
• Aperture Magazine Anthology: The Minor White Years, 1952–1976
• The Garden at Orgeval by Paul Strand
• Unbuilt: Louis I. Kahn at Roosevelt Island, Photos by Barney Kulok, Essay by Steven Holl
September 2012
A New American Picture by Doug Rickard
Doug Rickard's A New American Picture offers a startling and fresh perspective on American street photography. While on first glance the work looks reassuringly familiar and well within the traditional bounds of the genre, his methodology is anything but conventional. All of the images are appropriated from Google Street View; over a period of two years, Rickard took advantage of the technology platform's comprehensive image archive to virtually drive the unseen and overlooked roads of America, bleak places that are forgotten, economically devastated, and abandoned. With an informed and deliberate eye, Rickard finds and decodes these previously photographed scenes of urban and rural decay. He rephotographs the machine-made images as they appear on his computer screen, framing and freeing them from their technological origins.
12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (31.8 x 24.8 cm); 144 pages, 90 four-color images; Hardcover with jacket; ISBN 978-1-59711-219-2 ; $60.00; September 2012; Rights: North America
101 Tragedies of Enrique Metinides
101 Tragedies of Enrique Metinides is Enrique Metinides' choice of the 101 key images from his life photographing crime scenes and accidents in Mexico for local newspapers and the nota roja (or "red pages," for their bloody content) crime press. Accompanying each image, extended captions give his account of the situation depicted, describing the characters and life of the streets, the sadness of families, the criminals, and the heroism of emergency workers—revealing much about himself in the process. Having received his first camera at the age of ten, Metinides became a capable street photographer by the time he was twelve, already working with police and firefighters to get his best shots. Now also found in museum collections around the world, his images are compelling, immediate, sometimes shocking, and always authentic. Selected photographs are also paired with their original newsprint tearsheets, collected by Metinides, the typography of which have inspired the design of this book. The photographs have been compiled by Trisha Ziff, a filmmaker and curator who knows Metinides well, and who also contributes an essay about his life, work, and personality.
8 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. (21.6 x 26.4 cm); 192 pages, 150 four-color images; Hardcover with jacket; ISBN 978-1-59711-211-6 ; $50.00/£35.00 ; September 2012; Rights: World
Petrochemical America by Richard Misrach and Kate Orff
Petrochemical America features Richard Misrach's haunting photographic record of Louisiana's Chemical Corridor, accompanied by landscape architect Kate Orff's Ecological Atlas—a series of "speculative drawings" developed through research and mapping of data from the region. Their joint effort depicts and unpacks the complex cultural, physical, and economic ecologies along 150 miles of the Mississippi River, from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, an area of intense chemical production that first garnered public attention as "Cancer Alley" when unusual occurrences of cancer were discovered in the region.
This collaboration has resulted in an unprecedented, multilayered document presenting a unique narrative of visual information. Petrochemical America offers in-depth analysis of the causes of decades of environmental abuse along the largest river system in North America. Even more critically, the project offers an extensively researched guidebook to the way in which the petrochemical industry has permeated every facet of contemporary life. An exhibition coinciding with the release of the book will take place at Aperture Gallery in fall 2012.
13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm); 216 pages (plus 24-page insert), 150 four-color images; Hardcover; ISBN 978-1-59711-191-1; $80.00/£50.00; September 2012; Rights: World
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a visual diary chronicling the struggle for intimacy and understanding between friends, family, and lovers—collectively described by Nan Goldin as her "tribe." Her work describes a world that is visceral, charged, and seething with life. First published in 1986, this reissue recognizes the persistent relevance and freshness of Nan Goldin's cutting-edge photography.
Over the past twenty-five years, the influence of Ballad on photography and other aesthetic realms has continually grown, making the work a contemporary classic. Nan Goldin's story of urban life on the fringe was the swan song of an era that reached its peak in the early eighties. Yet it has captured an important element of humanity that is transcendent: a need to connect.
This new edition of The Ballad of Sexual Dependency has been printed using new scans and separations created by master-separator Robert Hennessey from Goldin's original slides and transparencies, rendering them with unparalleled sumptuousness and impact.
10 x 9 in. (25.4 x 22.9 cm); 148 pages, 126 four-color images; Clothbound with jacket ; ISBN 978-1-59711-208-6; $50.00/£35.00; September 2012; Rights: World (excluding France)
Life's a Beach by Martin Parr
In the United Kingdom, one is never more than seventy-five miles away from the coast. With this much shoreline, it's not surprising that there is a strong British tradition of photography by the seaside. American photographers may have given birth to street photography, but according to photographer Martin Parr, "in the UK, we have the beach!" Here, he asserts, people can relax, be themselves, and show off all those traces of mildly eccentric British behavior.
First released in a signed and numbered limited-edition run, Life's a Beach shows Parr at its best, startling us with the moments of captured absurdity and immersing us in the rituals and traditions associated with beach life all over the world. A trade edition will follow in spring 2013.
11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm); 98 four-color images; Slipcased hardcover; Signed and numbered limited-edition; ISBN 978-1-59711-224-6; $150.00/£95.00; September 2012; Rights: World (excluding France)
October 2012
Labyrinth: Daido Moriyama
Throughout Daido Moriyama's extensive career, he has continually sought new ways of presenting and recontextualizing his work, frequently recasting his images through the use of different printing techniques, installation, or re-editing and re-formatting. In each iteration, images both old and new take on changed and newly charged significance. This volume, created during preparations for several international survey exhibitions, offers both the photographer and the viewer the opportunity to consider the photographer's life work in a fresh light.
Moriyama has always sought meaning in the raw accumulation and gestalt of sequences of images. Labyrinth makes public an exercise in reconsideration that the photographer has assigned to himself. In opening up this private process of re-examination to a wider public, Moriyama continues to challenge the viewer and his own practice, as well as the larger mechanisms by which photography functions and creates meaning.
11 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (30 x 35 cm); 304 pages, 300 duotone images; Paperback with flaps; ISBN 978-1-59711-217-8 ; $80.00/£50.00; October 2012 Rights: World (excluding Japan)
Aperture Magazine Anthology: The Minor White Years, 1952–1976
Published on the occasion of Aperture magazine's sixtieth anniversary, this is the first anthology of Aperture magazine ever published. This long-awaited volume will provide a selection of the best critical writing from the first twenty-five years of the magazine—the period spanning the tenure of cofounder and editor Minor White.
The texts and visuals in this anthology were selected by Peter C. Bunnell, White's protégé and an early member of the Aperture staff, who went on to become a major force in photography as an influential writer, curator, and professor. Several documents from Aperture's founders and individual articles are reproduced in facsimile, and the book is enlivened by other distinctive elements, including a portfolio of each cover, and a selection of epigrams and editorials that appeared at the front of each issue. An extensive index of every contributor to the first twenty-five years of the magazine makes this an indispensible resource.
6 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (16.5 x 23.8 cm); 448 pages , 150 four-color images; Hardcover with jacket; ISBN 978-1-59711-196-6; $39.95/£25.00; October 2012 Rights: World
The Garden at Orgeval by Paul Strand
After a lifetime of working on a series of "collective portraits" in far-flung places such as Mexico; Ghana; Italy; Tir a'Mhurain, Scotland; and his adoptive country, France, an aging Paul Strand decided to concentrate on still lifes and the stony beauty of his own garden at Orgeval, France, as a site in which to distill his discoveries as a photographer. The work that constitutes The Garden at Orgeval is marked by close and careful study of the forms and patterns within nature—of tiny button-shaped flowers, cascading winter branches, and fierce snarls of twigs. While the images bear the same directness and precise vision that is quintessentially Strand, the work also reflects a growing metaphorical turn.
Renowned photographer Joel Meyerowitz—whose own affinity toward Strand's Orgeval series stems from a lifetime of photographing in different genres and ultimately returning to nature as an enduring subject—has selected the photographs in the book, and he responds to them in an accompanying personal essay, reflecting on issues, including the contemplation of one's garden, and growing old. Beautifully produced in a modest size, in the manner of a volume of poems, this book's task is to do credit to Strand's final work, both as an individual and as a key figure in Modernist photography.
8 x 10 3/8 in. (20.3 x 26.4 cm); 96 pages, 42 duotone images Clothbound; ISBN 978-1-59711-124-9; $45.00/£30.00; October 2012, Rights: World
Unbuilt: Louis I. Kahn at Roosevelt Island (Photos by Barney Kulok, Essay by Steven Holl)
In October 2012, Four Freedoms Park—the last design Louis I. Kahn completed before his untimely death in 1974—will open on Roosevelt Island in New York City, over forty years after its commission as a memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Barney Kulok's black-and-white photographs of the building site function as a meditation on the materiality and formal underpinnings of Kahn's architectural thinking. Unbuilt is at once a historical record and a multilayered visual investigation of form and the subtleties of texture—elements of fundamental importance to Kahn's philosophies. As architect Steven Holl writes, "Kulok's photographs free the subject matter from a literal interpretation of the site. They stand as 'Equivalents' to the words about material, light, and shadow that Louis Kahn often spoke."
11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm); 80 pages, 40 duotone images; Hardcover with jacket; Signed and numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies; 987-1-59711-TKT-K; $TK.TK/£TK.TK; October 2012, Rights: World
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|2009-04-15 14:40:00
|Nalle Hukkataival bouldering in Rocklands - South Africa
|2009-03-08 12:37:38
|Lukasz Dudek climbs Martin Krpan 9a
|2009-01-13 22:03:37
|Bogdan Rokosz climbs Sprawa Honoru 9a
|2008-09-24 14:35:51
|Chris Sharma: Jumbo Love 9b first ascent at Clark Mountain
|2008-09-22 16:21:16
|Gabriele Moroni on Nagay, 8c in 4 goes!
|2008-09-19 11:54:23
|Tyler Landman euro bouldering tour
|2008-09-08 12:26:19
|Richard Simpson is back: Born 4u 8c in Frankenjura
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15 April 2009 - 14:40:00
News: Nalle Hukkataival bouldering in Rocklands - South Africa
Here we go with a nice video of Nalle Hukkataival & friends bouldering in South Africa!
08 March 2009 - 12:37:38
News: Lukasz Dudek climbs Martin Krpan 9a
Lukasz Dudek climbs Martin Krpan 9a in Mišja Peč, Slovenia.
13 January 2009 - 22:03:37
News: Bogdan Rokosz climbs Sprawa Honoru 9a
Bogdan Rokosz climbs Sprawa Honoru 9a in Mamutowa Cave, Poland.
24 September 2008 - 14:35:51
News: Chris Sharma: Jumbo Love 9b first ascent at Clark Mountain
Chris Sharma has made the first ascent of Jumbo Love 9b in California, in the Clark Mountain crag. Chris has commented his ascent stating that Jumbo Love is the hardest climb his has done.
22 September 2008 - 16:21:16
News: Gabriele Moroni on Nagay, 8c in 4 goes!
Gabriele Moroni managed to get the super classic Nagay, 8c at Covolo (Italy - Vicenza) in just 4 goes.
19 September 2008 - 11:54:23
News: Tyler Landman euro bouldering tour
Tyler Landman - Ty - is hunting perfect boulders and chilly conditions around Europe!
He and some friends have moved from London to France: first stop Fontainebleau!
08 September 2008 - 12:26:19
News: Richard Simpson is back: Born 4u 8c in Frankenjura
Strong man Richard Simpson is back!
After a period of lack of motivation after getting Action Directe, 9a, Richard started trining again!
07 September 2008 - 23:57:29
News: Rock Master 2008: Patxy Usobiaga and Johanna Ernst lead winners
Flash news: the SPanish Patxi Usobiaga and the Austrian (15) Johanna Ernst are the lead winners of the the XII edition of the prestigious Rock Master (Arco - Italy) !
This is the first victory at the Rock Master for both of them.
05 September 2008 - 15:34:02
News: Mark Katz Rocklands report: Desperado 8A ~ 8B flash
The British boulderer Mark Katz has recently came back from his honeymoon in South Africa.
Mark took the chance to spend two and a half weeks in Rocklands, which is about three hours north of Cape Town in the Cedarburg mountains.
Needless to say, Rocklands is the South African bouldering Mecca!
05 September 2008 - 12:40:23
News: Trango Expedition 2008: Gaz Parry & friends on the steps of Wolfgang Gullich
The above words have been used to present the Trango 2008 Expedition!
These is a truly European expedition composed by the British Gaz Parry and Jerry Gore, the French Denis Roy and Pierre Muller and the Polish David Kaslikowski and Eliza Kubaska.
25 July 2008 - 12:16:31
News: La Sportiva 1928-2008: 80 YEARS OF INNOVATION
In the 20's, 30's and 40's, Narciso Delladio hand-crafted wooden clogs and leather boots for many lumber-jacks and farmers of the Fassa and Fiemme valleys (Dolomites, Italy).
26 May 2008 - 11:00:00
News: Adam Ondra on Action Directe, 9a (Video)
Adam Ondra did it! No doubt he was the man ready to add its name to the list of the repeatitors of the mithical 9a benchmark Action Directe!
01 May 2008 - 10:56:44
News: MELLOBLOCCO 2008: the bouldering meet
Are you ready for the bouldering event of the year?
From Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th May 2008 the legendary Melloblocco® is back in Val Masino. This international rendez-vous that, for 5 years, has attracted thousands of boulderers from all over the world for the most impressive gathering of people who love bouldering, climbing and the breath-taking wilderness of Val Masino.
30 April 2008 - 17:57:13
News: Street Boulder Contest Genova (Italy)
A new leg of the famous Buildering meeting Street Boulder Contest will take place in north-west Italy, and more precisely in Genova.
29 April 2008 - 07:15:00
News: Solution: Think BIG
In the year of its 80th anniversary, La Sportiva is proud to announce that its revolutionary climbing shoe Solution (which received the title of IF design award in 2007 for its ultimate combination of technical characteristics and aesthetic contents), has now gained another exclusive title: The Best In Gear award (BIG), from specialist American magazine Rock & Ice!

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QUOTE | "I was so fed up of people telling us we should do free-to-fucking-play, in-app-fucking purchases, whatever the fuck that is, and that consoles were dead. So fuck all of those people and their fucking shitty stance." - Graeme Struthers of Devolver, talking about why he's happy to see next-gen consoles doing well.
Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week ...
QUOTE | "Consumers love the device; they love the experience. They'll buy it" - Microsoft's Xbox chief Phil Spencer, talking about the Kinect and why it will continue to be important even though it's not included in the $399 Xbox One package.
QUOTE | "These are multinational, enormous corporations and if they get their way, they could stifle this indie community in the media." - Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning, talking about why net neutrality is the biggest issue facing games today.
QUOTE | "There are just toys everywhere and everyone's talking about games non-stop. You're not having people showing you spreadsheets and talking about business plans." - Sony Worldwide Studios' Scott Rohde, talking about how the atmosphere has changed at Sony's offices to be more game-centric and indie-friendly.
QUOTE | "Freemium effectively focuses on a niche - they just happen to be whales who spend unlimited amounts of money." - Ustwo director of games Neil McFarland, talking about why they priced Monument Valley as a premium game.
QUOTE | "We wanted to tell a story over ten years." - Bungie COO Pete Parsons, talking about the company's plan for Destiny and why it's requiring a $500 million investment from Activision.
QUOTE | "Our vision is to provide what we call a gamer lifestyle." - Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester, explaining the company's vision and why Magicka 2 is coming to the PS4.
STAT | $100 billion – Amount of revenue that game software of all types is predicted to generate globally by 2018, according to analyst firm DFC Intelligence; this compares to the $64 billion globally expected for this year.
QUOTE | "How, as a smaller independent developer, can you make sports games in a more accessible way?" - Peter Garcin, executive producer at HB Studios, talking about the difficulties of doing sports games without a license.
QUOTE | "As more and more projects may fail to deliver on their promises due to lack of planning or oversight, crowd funding for games will become increasingly difficult." - Cloud Imperium Games co-founder Ortwin Freyermuth, suggesting that lessons from independent film financing could help crowd funded games.
STAT | 54 million – Number of copies of Minecraft sold across all platforms, according to Mojang; the console editions combined have now sold more than the PC/Mac versions.
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How the Los Angeles Lakers Rebuild Their Front Line If Dwight Howard GoesJuly 4, 2013
Watch out, Los Angeles Lakers fans! The sky is falling!
Earl Clark is leaving town!
Okay, so maybe I'm being facetious about the impact of losing Clark to the Cleveland Cavaliers on a two-year, $9 million pact, as reported by Sean Deveney of the Sporting News. He brought some nice things to the table as a versatile, athletic rebounder, shooter and defender under Mike D'Antoni last season.
But the real story here still rests on the meaty shoulders of Dwight Howard. The free agency pitches have been, well, pitched, and now Dwight is off to Colorado, where he'll spend time clearing his head and mulling over his options for the future.
Anything other than a return to LA for Howard would all but ensure that the Lakers are screwed (to some degree) for the upcoming season. Their current salary situation is such that they're already deep into luxury tax territory, even without Howard's hefty payday on the books, and thus subject to a number of crippling personnel-related restrictions under the current collective bargaining agreement.
Howard's departure would leave the Lakers with Pau Gasol, Metta World Peace and Jordan Hill in the frontcourt and only the mini-mid-level exception, worth a shade over $3 million per season, and veteran's minimum contracts with which to woo free agents to the City of Angels.
That's hardly ideal, to put it mildly, and even less so when considering a couple other crucial factors:
1. Kobe Bryant will be out for at least the first month or so of the season while recovering from a torn Achilles. Heck, he probably won't be anywhere near proper playing shape until, say, February or March of 2014 at the earliest, assuming he ever will be.
2. Steve Nash is coming off an injury-plagued season that, in nearly every way, was his worst since the 1999-00 campaign with the Dallas Mavericks. Moreover, Nash turns 40 in February of 2014, which means he's at the point of his playing career where bouncing back is more a matter of wishful thinking than of realistic expectations.
Like I said, the Lakers will be in a bind for the time being if Howard heads elsewhere. They'll have oodles of cap space with which to lure marquee free agents next summer (LeBron James? Carmelo Anthony? Chris Bosh? Paul George?). But, for now, they'll have little choice but to take their lumps if Dwight does, indeed, skip town for Houston or Dallas or Oakland or Atlanta.
Of course, Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak isn't going to just sit at his desk, twiddling his thumbs and shrugging his shoulders until July of 2014. You can be sure he's already poking around the market in search of reinforcements along LA's front line.
So far, the rumor mill has mentioned the Purple and Gold in connection with Chris Copeland, per Al Iannazzone of Newsday, Kenyon Martin, according to ESPN's Chris Broussard, Brandan Wright, via Jared Zwerling of ESPN New York, and Byron Mullens, as reported by Dave McMenamin of ESPN Los Angeles.
Not exactly a "Murderer's Row" of Dwight replacements, to say the least. Copeland also figures to garner a more lucrative deal from one of his other suitors that the Lakers won't be able to match.
As far as Mike D'Antoni's spread pick-and-roll system is concerned, though, Copeland would be a solid addition. The 29-year-old sophomore-to-be nailed 42.1 percent of his three-point attempts with the New York Knicks last season. He fits the description of a stretch 4 about as well as anyone on the market at the moment.
So, too, does Byron Mullens—in playing style, anyway. The 24-year-old 7-footer launched jumpers with reckless abandon for the Charlotte Bobcats in 2012-13 (3.9 three-point attempts per game, to be exact), with results about as poor as you might expect. Mullens shot 38.5 percent from the field, 33.5 percent from mid-range, and 31.7 percent from three.
But hey, at least he's comfortable on the perimeter and he's certainly not gun-shy...so there's that.
Martin and Wright aren't long-range shooters by any stretch, but they're instead cut from the cloth of high-energy, defensive-minded bigs. K-Mart was surprisingly effective in such a role off the bench for the Knicks last season, bodying up against opposing forwards and centers while chipping in 7.2 points and 5.3 rebounds for good measure.
Of course, the last thing the Lakers need is another dude in his mid-30s with a lengthy history of injuries.
Brandan Wright's been beat up plenty in his time as a pro, but he doesn't turn 26 until October, so there's still hope for him to stay relatively healthy over the course of a season.
He posted numbers (8.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 59.7 percent shooting) not entirely unlike K-Mart's in a reserve role with the Dallas Mavericks during the previous campaign. His size, length, athleticism and relative youth would render him a welcome addition to the Lakers' locker room.
Still, neither Wright nor any of the other aforementioned free agents are going to get folks in LA all that excited, nor should they. Realistically speaking, the best the Lakers could hope for, with any of these guys added to their current group, is another trip to the playoffs without any semblance of home-court advantage in the perpetually deep Western Conference.
However, their choices might not end there.
If Dwight decides he wants to play for the Golden State Warriors and is able to force a sign-and-trade to the Bay (a highly unlikely scenario at this point, but I suppose it's too early to rule anything out), then the Lakers might be able to extract some useful size from their NorCal neighbors.
The Dubs could dump Andrew Bogut's expiring contract on the Lakers, along with, say, Harrison Barnes/Klay Thompson and either Richard Jefferson or Andris Biedrins, as Marcus Thompson of the Contra Costa Times suggested. Bogut would give LA another defensive-minded giant up front, with Barnes or Thompson filling in for Kobe on the wing and Jefferson or Biedrins handing out towels and water from the end of the bench.
Except that plan is anything but foolproof, for a number of reasons:
1. Dwight might not be so keen to sign with the Warriors if they were to give up one of their three young studs (Stephen Curry, Thompson, or Barnes) to bring him aboard.
2. The Lakers have already made clear their intention to decline any and all sign-and-trade proposals, per ESPN's Marc Stein.
3. LA's resistance therein would only calcify if Barnes or Thompson weren't included. After all, what's the point of paying salary and luxury tax penalties for a hobbled Bogut and a useless Jefferson/Biedrins on a team that isn't going to contend for much anyway?
Clearly, frontcourt reinforcements will be hard to come by for the Lakers if Dwight does, indeed, take his talents elsewhere. The question is, what caliber of bigs do the Lakers actually need to be competitive next season?
Perhaps not as high a caliber as you might think.
According to NBA.com, LA outscored opponents by 6.4 points per 100 possessions in the 970 minutes that Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace were paired up and by 10.1 points per 100 possessions in the 164 minutes that Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill played together last season. Those three shared just 83 minutes in 2012-13 but owned a 20.7-point edge per 100 possessions therein.
To be sure, we're talking about very small samples for the latter two combinations, though there's at least some evidence to suggest that a Lakers front line with Gasol at center next to Jordan Hill or Metta could be good for LA.
And don't underestimate how much more efficient Gasol is when Howard isn't hogging his typical turf. Per NBA.com, Pau averaged more points (15.7 to 13.9) and rebounds (10.2 to 8.5) and fewer turnovers (1.7 to 2.6) per 36 minutes, and shot better from the field (47.8 to 45.9) and from three (.333 to .263), when Dwight wasn't around.
These disparities make a ton of intuitive sense. For one, Gasol got better (i.e. closer) looks at the basket when Dwight wasn't clogging the paint, and he grabbed more rebounds when Howard wasn't there to clean the glass.
Pau also chipped in more assists with Howard by his side (5.2 to 3.1) because he was often relegated to facilitation from the high post under those circumstances, as opposed to being the primary post scorer whenever Howard needed a breather.
The point is, Pau's most comfortable playing center and is still more than capable of being a productive option on the low block.
In that case, the Lakers wouldn't need any major additions to remain reasonably competitive out West. They're certainly not claiming a title with just that trio, though a winning record wouldn't be out of reach, so long as Nash is healthy and Jodie Meeks can cover a bit for Kobe while the Mamba works his way back from injury.
Still, sneaking into the playoffs is hardly victory enough to satiate the Lakers, who've long maintained championship expectations and will continue to as long as there are superstars around to demand them.
Which means at least another three years, if Kobe's most recent retirement proclamations to Lakers reporter Mike Trudell are to be believed.
Good luck doing that if Dwight isn't around.
For all of his obvious faults, Howard remains one of the premier big men in the NBA and is arguably the best at his position when healthy. Remember, the guy about whom Lakers fans griped for being selfish, disinterested and uncaring (among other things) is the very same one who averaged 17.4 points, 2.4 blocks and 1.1 steals; shot 57.8 percent from the field; and led the league in rebounding last season.
He did it all while hobbling through the lingering effects of major surgery on his back and playing with a torn labrum in his shoulder.
Dwight may never again dominate the league like he did during his heyday in Orlando, but it's not far-fetched to think he'll come closer to that next season, after a summer replete with rest and proper conditioning, than he did in his first (and perhaps only) go-round in purple and gold.
Simply put, the Lakers aren't better off without Howard—not now, and not over the duration of what would be a five-year, $118 million deal.
They can stay afloat in the choppy seas of the Association without him.
But merely avoiding drowning and sailing through to golden, championship shores are two very different things—the latter of which would probably take years more to achieve with a Dwight-less frontcourt.


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Conger secures win in 11th with painful RBI
Skaggs impressive in hometown debut; Trout, Shuck belt homers
ANAHEIM -- It took a 98 mph heater in the ribs, but Hank Conger didn't mind a little pain for the gain. It got the job done Friday night for his Angels.
"He hit me good -- but I don't even feel it now," Conger said of the final pitch of a long night by Mets right-hander Jeurys Familia, a walk-off hit batsman forcing home veteran Raul Ibanez with the winning run in a 5-4 Interleague decision taken by the Angels in 11 innings.
Young Tyler Skaggs kept them in the game with his two-seam fastball, control and poise, and the Angels found power in the absence of Josh Hamilton from a likely source (Mike Trout) and an unlikely one (J.B. Shuck) before it all came down to Conger vs. Familia with the bases loaded and one out.
"My approach was to take it up the middle, get a ball in the air," Conger said. "Towards the end of that at-bat, his sinker was starting to work. He threw me a nasty one 2-1. Then he threw a fastball that was coming towards me, and I said, 'Get in there ... take one.'"
He didn't figure in the decision, but Skaggs, the pride of Santa Monica High School, settled in and made an impressive home debut in front of 42,871 Angel Stadium fans.
Slamming the door on the Mets after a two-run fourth inning had given them a 4-2 lead, Skaggs made it through seven innings and kept his team in the game with control (no walks), efficiency (89 pitches) and variety. His repertoire included a two-seamer that helped induce 14 groundouts to go with his four strikeouts.
"Definitely a dream come true, what you dream about as a kid, playing for the Angels," said Skaggs, who had at least 30 family members and friends in the stands. "It was amazing.
"I threw the two-seamer probably 80, 85 percent of the time. Throwing first-pitch strikes is huge. It dictates the at-bat for me."
Through two starts with his hometown team, Skaggs has walked only one hitter while striking out nine in 17 innings, his ERA an excellent 2.40.
"That's a great game," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of the 22-year-old lefty, acquired from the D-backs in the Mark Trumbo swap. "Look at four runs in seven innings -- he pitched much better than that."
Mets right-hander Dillon Gee was protecting a two-run lead in the sixth when, with one out, he walked Howie Kendrick, who'd doubled and singled earlier.
Recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake with the loss of Hamilton for at least six weeks after surgery Friday on his left thumb, Shuck turned on a Gee fastball and lifted it inside the right-field pole to bring the Angels even at 4.
"J.B. had a terrific spring and was one of the toughest cuts we've had around here Opening Day," Scioscia said. "He had a great attitude about it."
The homer was the third of Shuck's Major League career in 521 at-bats. Gee departed after a two-out single by Erick Aybar, turning it over to Carlos Torres. The right-hander struck out the dangerous Trout to leave two runners stranded.
Trout's third homer of the season, a rocket to left center, got the Angels even in the bottom of the first after singles by Eric Young and Daniel Murphy and David Wright's double-play grounder produced a run against Skaggs.
"I made a pitch I was actually trying to make," Gee said of Trout's homer. "He's one of the best for a reason. You've got to tip your hat."
Trout didn't feel right at the plate in recent games and did some swing maintenance before the game.
"I made a tweak in my approach, with the position of my front leg, and I could feel the difference," said Trout, who had been in a mini-funk with the bat. "I was swinging at inside pitches that I thought were strikes but weren't strikes. I got myself straight."
Kendrick's double and Chris Iannetta's two-out single handed Skaggs a lead in the second. But catcher Travis d'Arnaud -- a product of nearby Long Beach -- smoked a first-pitch homer to get the Mets even in the third. It was his first homer of the season and second of his Major League career.
Skaggs gave up a pair of fourth-inning runs on three consecutive hits, Josh Satin's two-run double coming after a single by DH Andrew Brown and an opposite-field, ground-ball double by Curtis Granderson against a shift.
Showing his poise, Skaggs left Satin at third by retiring Juan Lagares and d'Arnaud.
"You've got to keep battling, keep your composure and throw strikes," Skaggs said. "Fortunately, the team picked me up and I was off the hook."
Skaggs didn't let Wright move past second after his leadoff double in the sixth, retiring Brown and Granderson and catching Satin looking at a third strike to end the threat.
The Angels had chances to win it with the bases loaded in the eighth and two on in the 10th, but Albert Pujols grounded out each time to end the threats.
The win -- giving the Angels a 7-6 series edge against the Mets -- went to Michael Kohn, the fourth reliever on a night the Angels' bullpen was first-rate. Joe Smith, Ernesto Frieri, Fernando Salas and Kohn combined to hold the Mets to one baserunner over the final four innings.


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(CNN) -- Students and teachers from a Maryland private school who were quarantined in China because of swine flu concerns have been released, the mother of one of the students told CNN's "American Morning."
Chinese health authorities prepare to take temperatures of passengers on a plane from Germany this week.
"I've heard both from my daughter and from one of the teacher chaperones. They are quite excited," said Alesia Peterson, whose 15-year-old daughter Erica is one of the 21 students on the trip.
"They had their temperatures taken. They were all normal. So they were allowed to leave. They boarded a bus which was filled with flowers and gifts and they're heading on to their next destination."
The Chinese government quarantined the students from Barrie School and their three teacher chaperones at their hotel because a passenger on their plane to China was suspected of having swine flu, said Vicky Temple, the director of communications for the school.
Mike Kennedy, the head of Barrie School, said U.S. consular officials have since told the school that the plane passenger does not have swine flu, or H1N1.
Kennedy said the students were kept in their hotel rooms -- on two floors of a four-star hotel in Kaili, part of Guizhou province in southern China -- since about noon Monday.
The students are scheduled to return to the United States on Sunday.
"They've missed the lion's share of the itinerary," Kennedy said Thursday.
"It's very frustrating," he said, but added, "I understand, and I'd like to say that the Chinese officials have been as kind and friendly to our kids and chaperones as they can be."
China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported that the Guizhou Province's health bureau announced earlier this week that it had discovered two dozen Americans who had been within four rows of the suspected swine flu, or H1N1, case on the plane.
The plane had departed from San Francisco, California, on Friday.
While in quarantine, some of the students had roommates, others did not, said Peterson, who told CNN she got information from the teacher chaperones. The kids were allowed to have their doors open and speak across the hall. They were also allowed to use the phones and had e-mail access.
Chinese authorities delivered three meals a day in baskets. To try to stay entertained, some kids used those as makeshift bowling balls.
Asked whether she was upset about what happened to her daughter's trip, Peterson responded, "I'd have to say they're visitors in a foreign country. And as such, we have to adhere to whatever the rules of the foreign country are."
She added, "I actually had just some concerns as a parent would have. But I have absolute confidence with the teacher chaperones that were there and had been monitoring and keeping us informed the whole time."
Peterson has offered her daughter a future trip overseas to help make up for this one. "I think we might have to wait a few years. If she would like to go back to China, I would love for her to do so."
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Seeking out the best bites for under $15 a head.
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Balade is a new Lebanese restaurant on First Avenue; it replaced Christine's, a long-standing institution that, despite its history, served unremarkable fare in its later years. Sure, it's sad to see it go, but the new tenants are serving what they pitch as authentic Lebanese fare from a menu stacked with salads, mezze, pitzas and sandwiches. I stopped by last week to put it to the Apps Only test.
First off, the bread basket: still-warm-from-the-oven rolls that were half-pita, half-pizza dough, with a light crust and ultra puffy interior, served with olive oil flavored with sesame seeds and sumac, the tangy dried spice often found in Lebanese cooking. A standout bread basket is a good omen for any Apps Only meal, and Balade's was certainly above average.
We started out with one of Balade's mezze options, Grilled Haloume Cheese ($5), slices of the dense, salty cheese griddled until brown and served with cucumber and tomato slices. Haloume isn't for everyone; it's very dense, verging on rubbery, and fairly salty. If you like that, as I do, then you'll love this dish. The cucmber and tomato lighten the heavy dish as far as a dish of fried cheese can be lightened, I suppose.
Balancing out the haloume was the Spinach Salad ($8), a simple salad of fresh spinach with piles of tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded carrot and mushrooms arranged around it and finished with crumbled feta cheese. We ordered it with Balade's house dressing, a lemony vinaigrette flavored with more sumac lending it a tangy finish. It doesn't get much simpler than this, but the ingredients were all of good quality (save for the bland tomatoes) and the feta was especially tasty.
Also from the mezze menu, we tried the Jwaneh ($7), a plate of four chicken wings served over romaine lettuce. The wings were very tasty, rubbed with a hot spice blend and nicely charred on the outside with perfectly cooked meat underneath. While the flavor was spot on, seven bucks seemed a bit steep for this dish. More wings would make this seem more worthwhile—or even putting it on top of a real salad rather than lettuce that just gets coated with chicken grease.
Whatever value we lost on the wings was made up for by the Tarboush Chicken Pitza ($10), a large, thin pita topped with thinly sliced marinated chicken, toum (Lebanese garlic aioli), tomatoes, onions, pickles and, slighlty perplexingly, a thick honey dijon sauce. The flavors all worked together, and though the honey dijon seemed a bit out of place, it wasn't a dealbreaker by any means. The pitza (pita + pizza = pitza; cutesy, I know, but it does get the point across) was not only tasty, but the best value of the night.
What we tried at Balade, we enjoyed, but we left multiple menu sections untouched. I wish they'd pare it down a bit; something for everyone is nice, but Balade seems to have 3 or 4 or 8 things for everyone. It was almost like the recently opened restaurant was trying too hard to impress us with options. While Balade may lack confidence, it's certainly on the right track, and if you're looking to share a meal of small plates with friends it'd be hard to go wrong here—we spent exactly $15 per person before tax and tip, hitting the Apps Only target price right on its head.
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"Reed was recognized for her high degree of clinical knowledge, her ability to liaison with other Department of Defense medical professionals and her flawless management of clinic operations," said the Coast Guard in a press release. "Her dedication and overall efforts exceeded command expectations."
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Reed has completed in several marathons, throughout the county, for charity and raised funds for cancer research and Seattles Childrens Hospital. She spent countless hours assisting a blind athlete in completion of swimming and distance running training in preparation for upcoming competitions, and acted as the athletes guide as they jointly completed three half-marathons.
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15 marked the end of the 3rd and final round of AJPM's Childhood
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Entries focusing on environmental factors included design guidelines for school architecture to provide optimal healthy eating spaces, and another offered a plan to transform popular neighborhood streets and avenues to boost children's activity levels and consumption of healthy food.
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Exceptional proposals for local government action included a model ordinance
to help communities set a healthy baseline for retail outlets that sell
foods and beverages. Another described formal collaboration between a healthcare provider and a municipal community center to
offer patients the opportunity to learn cooking skills and get
exercise, neither of which was possible in the clinic setting. A
first-ever joint use agreement between the clinic and the city parks and
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provided by an interdisciplinary team during monthly patient and family
A healthcare team was also central to a project to provide group medical visits for obese and overweight Latino children.
During interactive sessions at health centers, a team consisting of a
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Durham gas station, convenience store may be rebuilt
DURHAM -- The town's local convenience store and gas station may be demolished and rebuilt from the ground up if the Planning and Zoning Commission approves a Branford company's request for a special permit.
On July 18, the commission held a public hearing to discuss Alliance Energy Corporation's request for a special permit for the reconstruction of the existing filling station and convenience store at 24 Main St. The hearing was continued and will be held Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. at the Durham Public Library. A notice of public hearing sign was posted on the front of the convenience store building.
Back in January, the store was forced to close due to an outstanding amount of unpaid sales tax.
During this meeting, Russell Cyr, of TO Design LLC, addressed the commission on behalf of the applicant and also described Alliance Energy's proposal in detail. Alliance Energy owns the property.
Cyr went over the site boundaries, the site plan as well as proposed activities to raze the existing structure with commission members.
"The proposal is to reconstruct a brand-new building and pump dispensers," Cyr told the commission, according to the July 18 meeting minutes.
The town fire marshal, William Witecki,will be involved in the building process and commission member Frank DeFelice suggested he be consulted before the construction begins. Other commission members along with Town Planner Geoff Colegrove agreed that the town's Fire Chief Rob Chadd should look over the plans. The commission is currently awaiting the receipt of the town engineer's review.
The existing building is split-level, and if the proposal is approved by the commission, Cyr said a one-story structure will be built directly behind it. Backfill, too, will be added behind the existing structure.
The proposal also asks that the property be extended onto some 16.5 feet of Swamp Lane, a town road that was discontinued in 1905.
Commission member Lisa Davenport raised concerns about the sidewalk width considering the new construction.
The width complies with the building code, and is also in compliance with the ADA wheelchair access requirements, said Kevin Doyle, a representative from Alliance Energy.
Cyr said stormwater drainage will be installed, which picks up site drainage. Cyr noted it was likely that the existing state Department of Transportation road drainage will be extended to an area in front of the parcel. However, the DOT will not make review comments until after the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, which is its standard operating procedure, the meeting minutes state. If for any reason, the DOT decides to alter the site plans, Alliance Energy will have to go before the commission once more.
DeFelice asked the representative from Alliance Energy for details on the photometrics plan, expecially with respect to the color of the LED lighting, as information was not clear.
Doyle was not certain of the particular detail, but mentioned that it would match the lighting of other operations owned by the company.
DeFelice also inquired about gasoline deliveries to the site given the "tight radii," the meeting minutes report.
Doyle said the company used an "autoturn" software program to determine that the site will work to accommodate deliveries. The actual fill spots have not yet been added to the site, he added.
Resident Mayn Perry, of 21 Main St., took issue with delivering gasoline after hours, saying that it might be "intrusive" to the neighborhood, which is usually quiet at night.
Perry said the back-up beeping noise would be disturbing, and told the commission that current gas deliveries seem to be done at an appropriate time. According to the meeting minutes, she also said she was in favor of the new building being positioned farther away from Main Street.
Perry also raised questions about the speakers used at the pumps to broadcast music and/or advertising. Doyle told Perry that such broadcasting is becoming quite standard, the meeting minutes report.
The placement of the building and pumps at a greater distance from the main road should alleviate any problems, Doyle added.
It was noted that the area is a commercial zone and there is a noise ordinance in place. There is also a volume control on the system.
Colegrove said 55 decibels is allowed during the day and 45 decibels is acceptable at night in a residential zone.
But the commission can stipulate decibel levels because of the closeness to the residential neighborhood.
While some in attendance thought the new store hours of operations would be from 5 or 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., opening and closing times were excluded from the applicant's presentation. Such information needs to not only be clarified, the commission said, but also provided for the record. Hours of operation can also be stipulated by the commission.
Both the hours and the decibel levels can be conditions of any approval, Colegrove pointed out.
Commission member Joseph Pasquale suggested the applicant consider the installation of backup generators in order for the town to have access to fuel during a crisis, referencing the past two storms in 2011.
Dumpster location and servicing also needs to be included in the plans and in the application, the commission said.
After requesting to see more information from the applicant, the commission unanimously agreed to continue the public hearing to its next regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at the Durham Public Library. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. and the public hearing will follow at 8 p.m.
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- Judy1223 said...
Wow, Heather! Congratulations...you are being published all over the place, and rightly so! I love the adorable bunnies card, and I can't wait to see the layout published, too!
- April 9, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Carin McDonough said...
What a cute card, just love the tails! Congrats on the publication :)
- April 10, 2011 at 3:03 AM
- Isha Gupta said...
Congrats Heather on being published and to be published. Super cute card. Thanks for the giveaway...it would really be nice to see the magazine in person.
- April 10, 2011 at 5:35 AM
- Nathalie said...
That's really awesome Heather! I happy for you, for both the card and the scrapbook page. You rock!
- April 10, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- walchowDesign said...
Congrats, Heather for your publication! Love your cute bunnies! Wished I could buy the magazines over here! Good luck with hunting!
- April 10, 2011 at 4:35 PM
- Deirdre said...
Heather, congrats on both publishing spots.... woohoo!... adore those bunnies.
- April 11, 2011 at 6:01 AM
- Sara said...
Congrats on both pubs!! The card is so cute!
- April 11, 2011 at 8:44 PM
- Latrice said...
I loved this super sweet card in CARDS magazine. I'm so glad I met you! You're awesome my dear.
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(AP) -- Depending on whom you ask, Rep. Bob Goodlatte is either trying to stand in the way of landmark immigration legislation or he illustrates the new face of the GOP trying to find common ground on a contentious issue.
Either way, the soft-spoken collector of elephant figurines and signed baseballs is asserting his pivotal role in the immigration debate as it moves into a critical phase on Capitol Hill.
Goodlatte, a conservative Virginian, took over as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in January, with jurisdiction over both immigration and gun control for House Republicans. He alarmed some immigration advocates last week by saying his panel will tackle the issue piece by piece, advancing a series of narrowly crafted measures rather than a single sweeping bill like the one pending in the Senate and endorsed by President Barack Obama.
That broader legislation, crafted by a bipartisan group of eight senators, is headed for votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee starting next week.
Kica Matos, director of immigrant rights and racial justice at the Center for Community Change, called Goodlatte's move "a desperate attempt to delay and disrupt overwhelming momentum" behind legislation to provide legal status and eventual citizenship to millions of foreigners now in the U.S. illegally.
A prominent liberal who's worked with Goodlatte disagreed.
It "confirms what I have been saying publicly and privately about the new tone and new interest among Republicans," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill. "They want to solve the immigration policy issue and not just exploit it for partisan politics."
Goodlatte's approach is nothing new for him. For two decades in the House, he's plotted a steady, deliberate course on issues from agriculture to Internet privacy. He looks for consensus where possible, but without abandoning his conservative ideology or departing too much from the GOP party line, people who know him say.
The difference now is that instead of laboring largely behind the scenes, Goodlatte heads a committee with jurisdiction over key pieces of Obama's ambitious second-term agenda, most prominently immigration. He says he's eager to advance the matter, convinced that his piece-by-piece approach is the best way to get the issue moving in the House but not declaring the method will prevail at the end of the day.
"This process can be long, but it allows every representative and senator to have their constituents' voices heard," Goodlatte said. "And by taking a fine-tooth comb through each of the individual issues within the larger immigration debate, it will help us get a better bill that will benefit Americans and provide a workable immigration system."
In many ways Goodlatte, 60, has been preparing his entire career for his new role, including a first job out of law school as district staff director for an earlier Judiciary Committee member, Caldwell Butler, who served during the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. A Massachusetts native who moved to Virginia for law school and stayed
-- but remains a devoted Red Sox fan -- Goodlatte, who lives in Roanoke, also worked as an immigration lawyer helping clients navigate the byzantine steps involved in bringing workers legally to the U.S.
Goodlatte, who wears thin-rimmed glasses and, sometimes, a brown suit with a tie adorned with American flags, is almost universally described as approachable and willing to listen to opposing views. In addition to collecting baseballs and elephant statuettes that crowd the shelves of his office, he's a history buff who has traveled to the homes and birthplaces of almost every U.S. president and grows most animated when rattling off obscure facts about them.
Goodlatte's most high-profile role in Congress to date came during last session's heated debate over Internet piracy. As head of the his committee's intellectual property subcommittee, he helped shepherd the Stop Online Piracy Act, which ignited a firestorm of opposition from critics claiming it would result in censorship and stifle innovation.
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Congress abandoned the bill in an embarrassing retreat, with Goodlatte and other backers derided as Luddites with no understanding of the Internet. Goodlatte says now that the debate never played out as he would have preferred.
"I worked on that for a long time and was working in a different direction, and then a decision was made to go a different direction, and it was a bill introduced by the chairman of the committee, not me," he said.
That acknowledgement may point to limits to what Goodlatte might do on immigration, or any other issue. He's not seen as likely to bolt from what GOP leaders decide. "He's not a rogue chairman," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., a senior Judiciary Committee member.
Indeed Goodlatte is not going to have the final word on how any immigration overhaul moves forward in the House. That will fall to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who could end up using an individual bill passed by Goodlatte's committee as the vehicle for negotiating a compromise with the Senate on whatever more sweeping legislation it passes. A bipartisan group of House members operating separately from Goodlatte also is working on wide-ranging immigration overhaul legislation, though it's unclear when those lawmakers will conclude a final deal and release their bill.
Despite his preference for a step-by-step approach that some activists fear could drag out immigration overhaul until it comes to nothing, Goodlatte sounds decidedly open to compromise on the trickiest policy issue for Republicans in the debate
-- how to deal with the estimated 11 million immigrants already here illegally. He envisions a legal status short of citizenship for them, and from there the potential to make use of the existing legal avenues to naturalization, whether through work or family connections.
And he said he sees potential for overlap between his approach and the more aggressive citizenship path sought by Obama, most Democrats and some Republicans, including John McCain and Marco Rubio in the Senate.
"I think there's a lot of discussions going on about this both on Capitol Hill and by different groups outside of the Congress that leads me to believe that it's possible to find common ground," says Goodlatte.
Unlike some on the right, Goodlatte says it's important to compromise where necessary in order to advance legislative goals. That approach has earned him some local opposition from the Roanoke Tea Party, which has produced Wanted! posters featuring his photo. At the same time Goodlatte says the Republican Party would be best served by returning to its core conservative beliefs and communicating them clearly, rather than trying to change to appeal to new groups of voters.
"People can be misled and stampeded," Goodlatte says, "and that's a lesson that the Congress needs to learn about the legislative process and communicating with people."
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This was the tournament where Brazil were supposed to shake off the historical scars of the 1950 "Maracanazo" when Uruguay defeated them 2-1 in Rio de Janeiro's famous stadium the last time they hosted the World Cup. Yet they never even made it to the Maracana this time, collapsing horribly to Germany 7-1 in the semi-final in Belo Horizonte's Mineirao stadium. It would be hard to pinpoint one pivotal moment as goal-after-goal flew past the imploding Brazilians. But it was perhaps when Toni Kroos's left-foot shot put the Germans 3-0 up in the 24th minute that the horror really set in for the capacity crowd and millions of Brazilians watching round the nation. Five goals went in during a 19-minute spell of the first half in Brazil's record World Cup defeat and their first loss at home in 64 competitive matches since 1975. The "Mineirazo" will haunt Brazil forever.
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez had been the two-goal hero of a 2-1 victory over England, but he turned villain in the next game against Italy by inexplicably biting defender Giorgio Chiellini towards the end. The Italians were still complaining when Uruguay scored from a corner to win 1-0 and reach the last 16. Suarez's joy at victory was short-lived, though, as his action touched off worldwide controversy and brought a nine-match ban from playing for Uruguay and four-month prohibition from football – the toughest sanction ever given at a World Cup. After initially clutching his teeth on the pitch as if he was the injured party, Suarez eventually apologized and Chiellini forgave him. The incident did not stop Suarez's 81 million euro ($111 million) move to Barcelona.
Bayern Munich midfielder Mario Goetze had been having a disappointing tournament for Germany and was dropped in the latter stages. But that all changed after he came on as a substitute in the final against Argentina. In the 113th minute, with the score at 0-0 and penalties looming after a tense game where both sides missed good chances, the 22-year-old creative midfielder received a cross from Andre Schuerrle. He controlled it on his chest and slammed it past Argentina's Sergio Romero to win the game, send his homeland into raptures and write himself into football history.
Brazil's World Cup effectively ended when Colombia defender Juan Zuniga charged into their marquee striker Neymar with a raised knee during a rough quarter-final. Neymar, whose four goals and exuberant play had carried the team, left in tears on a stretcher with a broken vertebra. Brazil won that game 2-1, but the emotionally fragile team collapsed afterwards, losing 7-1 to Germany in the semi-final and 3-0 to the Netherlands in the third-place playoff. The fans' chanting of Neymar's name and the team's holding aloft of his number 10 shirt prior to kickoff against Germany were moving at the time but look hollow in retrospect given the trauma that followed.
Veteran Germany striker Miroslav Klose's close-range strike against Brazil in the semi-final after 23 minutes made him the tournament's all-time leading scorer with 16 goals. The 36-year-old had moved level with former Brazil striker Ronaldo on 15 when he scored in Germany's 2-2 draw against Ghana in the group stage. The best German striker of his generation, Klose has played in four World Cups and now scored 71 goals in 136 appearances for his country. The mild-mannered, Polish-born Klose, who is also a trained carpenter, was typically modest about his achievement. "Miroslav Klose in the club of 16 and everyone's welcome to join," he said afterwards.
While much of the world had focused on Brazil's Neymar, Argentina's Lionel Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo as potential standout performers, it was Colombia's attacking midfielder James Rodriguez who arguably overshadowed them all with consistently brilliant performances – and six goals – in his nation's dream run to a first quarter-final. His best moment came against Uruguay in the last 16 when the ball arched towards him 25 meters out. Rodriguez had the presence of mind to glance over his shoulder to check the positioning of the goalkeeper before chesting the ball down and, in one fluid movement, turning and firing a left-foot volley in off the underside of the crossbar. The Netherlands' Robin Van Persie, scorer of an extraordinary "salmon"-like header against Spain, and Australia's Tim Cahill, who smacked in a fantastic volley against the Netherlands, may disagree, but for most pundits Rodriguez's was the goal of the tournament.
No-one shakes it like the Colombians. Their joyous, hip-swaying goal celebrations will live long in the memory, much as Cameroon's did back in 1990. It was left back Pablo Armero, with a history of dancing for club and country, who led the way after scoring against Greece in their opening game in the fifth minute. The rhythmic 27-year-old raced to his bench, crossed himself, called team mates around, and then led a clearly rehearsed but nonetheless fabulous dance of salsa steps and raised arms that quickly went viral back home. The dances kept on coming as Colombia fired in 12 goals and reached the last 16 for the first time since 1990. Only Ghana ran Colombia a close second with their moves, striker Asamoah Gyan leading the team in a leg-cocking 'chicken' dance after scoring against Germany.
Cameroon's miserable World Cup hit a shocking low when defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto head-butted team mate Benjamin Moukandjo towards the end of their 4-0 capitulation to Croatia. Players from both teams intervened to halt the shameful scuffle that symbolized the chaos in the 'Indomitable Lions'. "Such behavior is really disgusting, it won't do, it's impossible," said coach Volker Finke. Earlier in the same game, midfielder Alex Song was sent off for bizarrely elbowing Croatia's Mario Mandzukic in the back right in front of the referee. And all that after a team strike over money prior to departure for Brazil, and injury to captain Samuel Eto'o.
Algeria ended their 28-year-old wait for a World Cup goal when Sofiane Feghouli converted a spot-kick in the 25th minute to give them a 1-0 lead over Belgium. The players, representing the only Arab nation at the World Cup, wore their Muslim faith proudly by kneeling in prayer to give thanks for the goal. The north Africans lost that game 2-1, but went on to score another six goals in a surprisingly fruitful campaign which ended with a 2-1 loss to Germany in the last 16.
In the dying seconds of extra time with the score at 1-1 in their last-16 game, Chile striker Mauricio Pinilla hit a thunderous shot that rattled off the crossbar to leave Brazil counting their lucky stars as they went to penalties. Chile lost the shootout, but had Pinilla's shot gone just slightly lower, he would have become a national hero by overturning a painful history of defeats by Brazil, who also knocked them out of the 2010, 1998 and 1962 World Cups. Back home, Pinilla had a tattoo of the shot made on his back with the caption: "One Centimetre from Glory." Chileans say the crossbar haunts their sleep.


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With the wonderful weather this weekend, it seemed a shame to stay indoors and contemplate the prospect of an Easter holiday filled with exam stress. Thinking that one day off couldn't possibly hurt, I headed into the city to a sun-glazed Brindley Place for this month's edition of Birmingham Book Festival's Tell me on a Sunday. Storytellers and listeners alike were welcomed into the bright, airy cafe of the IKON Gallery to cluster round small tables complete with tea-lights and orange flowers, all enjoying a late lunch or afternoon tipple. This month's story theme was 'Hope and Glory'.
Cat Weatherill's spirited introduction captured the room as the lighting dimmed to create an intriguingly intimate atmosphere. Beginning with her own story, Cat told of the money troubles she faced during the early years of her marriage and how she was inspired to apply for the TV game show Wheel of Fortune. In a captivating telling, Cat relived the suspense, excitement and enthralling hope that the chance of winning the show's cash prize gave her. Even through to the final moments she kept the audience in the dark, not revealing til the last moment that she was to succeed in winning. Cat held the room in complete focus throughout her story, displaying the power of hope and how that hope transpired to the glory of her much needed victory.
Next to the stage was Gavin Young to tell of the racial inequality he witnessed as a child in his native South Africa. Without pretence, he described the harrowing nature of segregation, outlining in small memories how the prejudices faced by black people entered his consciousness. Movingly, he remembered the confusion he felt by the divisions society insisted on creating between him and his childhood friend. Finally, he gave an impression of the changes that have taken place since his youth, outlining a vision of hope brought about by changing opinions and a gradual regression of racial prejudice.
In a distinct contrast of subject matter, a lady stepped up to the stage to share the hope she experienced through realising her identity as a mother. In a moving, yet somewhat graphic description of events surrounding her daughter's birth. Though sometimes being in danger of isolating some younger members of the audience, she managed to lighten her story with comedy and bold similies to keep the room on her side. Another lady told of her escape to Europe with friends during a rough patch in her marriage, reliving the freedom that she felt in her youth with humorous tales of drinking, flirting and running off without the group. This was introduced as an attempt to 'experiment with reality', a claim that was soon brought to life through the description of a talking fox with an aristocratic English accent deep in the French countryside. However, this telling was certainly set to continue for far more than the prescribed seven minutes, so with regret, the story was left 'to be continued' in next month's session.
Following this was Natalie Cook, who seemed to bring light to the room in her bright red dress and a jauntily placed flower in her hair, telling of the hope brought to her by a particular moment from her past. She described being on a long car journey with her partner. When a certain song on the radio reminded him of an emotionally significant childhood memory, Natalie recounted the connection she felt with him, encountering the rare case of knowing that another person understands the world the way you do. Her story invoked the importance of memory and the clarity that certain moments can hold; even if they are from a distant past or an unfamiliar life, they can still be held as a precious source of hope.
Finally came a story from local writer and musician Richard Stokes, who with fantastic energy and charm told of his time working in a record shop in London. Through a combination of disenchantment with his job and mild frustration with his boss, he found himself one day ordering nine hundred and ninety-nine copies of blues singer Albert E. King's Greatest Hits out of spite. This was, understandably, to the great rage of his boss, but equal amounts of amusement to Stokes's Sunday audience; a truly engaging, fantastic telling.
As acknowledged by some of the storytellers, Tell Me on a Sunday is certainly gathering a regular following, with a growing audience returning to the event each month. The chance to experience performance storytelling of this standard, and in such a perfectly welcoming venue, is indisputably rare. These are stories that will make you think, make you feel and challenge your perspectives, all whilst making you laugh. This event is a real Birmingham gem.
The next Tell Me on a Sunday is on Sunday 22nd April, 4pm – 6.30pm at the IKON Gallery and the theme is 'Feathers and Bones'.
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I was on your Facebook page a few minutes ago. A few people are
complaining that yall are posting too many old pictures of Jim Carrey.
His fans, (I'm one of them) would like to see more recent or more Updated pictures of him. Please find some recent pictures of Jim and post them. Like for instance: Pictures taken this year and this month.
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Family House Diaries: Experiencing UNC as a patient, not a student
24-year-old Cedric Faison of Battleboro, N.C., intended to spend this spring semester finishing his undergraduate music education degree at East Carolina University. Instead, he's spent most of the term at UNC Hospitals being treated for a brain tumor.
Written by Elizabeth Swaringen for the UNC Medical Center News Office
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Cedric Faison intended to spend this spring semester finishing his undergraduate music education degree at East Carolina University. Instead, he's spent most of the term at UNC Hospitals being treated for a brain tumor.
"I've always liked UNC, but this isn't the way I intended to spend time in Chapel Hill," said Cedric, 24, from Battleboro, N.C., in Edgecombe County. "I was a Tar Heel before my treatment, but I'm even more so now."
A few headaches last fall weren't concerning to Cedric, but a debilitating headache two days before Christmas sent him to his local emergency room. Within six hours, he had been airlifted to UNC Hospitals. A series of tests, including a biopsy, confirmed an aggressive, primary tumor in the left side of his brain.
"Technically, it's known as gliomatosis cerebri, and only 200 cases have been recorded in medical literature since the late 1940s," said David E. Morris, MD, associate professor at the UNC School of Medicine, co-director of the neuro-oncology multidisciplinary program at UNC Hospitals and leader of Cedric's health care team.
"It's most common in patients between the ages of 20 and 50 years, and in Cedric's case, the tumor's location can impact speech, the processing of information and the function of strength on the opposite side of the body," said Dr. Morris. "For someone who is right-handed, as Cedric is, this is especially concerning. Given the rareness of the tumor, its location and Cedric's age, we felt it best for him to be treated at a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center hospital like UNC."
For six weeks, Monday through Friday, Cedric received radiation once a day and took an oral chemotherapy daily. At the completion of the radiation treatments, Cedric was switched to a maintenance chemotherapy regimen that gives him one week-on and three weeks-off therapy.
"Cedric's tolerated the radiation and chemotherapy well, with no debilitating side effects," Dr. Morris said. "He's been able to go about his daily routines, and so far, so good."
But Cedric hasn't played his clarinet – his musical instrument of choice – since his diagnosis. "I didn't want to put any undue pressure or mess up what's going on in here," said Cedric, patting the hairless left side of his scalp. "But I'm doing good, just a little tired. My speech is better and my thought process is a lot better. For a while, I couldn't read my computer screen and that scared me. My motor skills and balance are tested weekly, and I'm tested with questions that require me to reason and think. So far, I've passed all those tests."
During the six weeks of his daily radiation treatments, Cedric and his mother, Barbara, 55, stayed at SECU Family House, a 40-bedroom hospital hospitality house minutes from UNC Hospitals that provides comfortable, convenient and affordable housing for adult patients undergoing treatment for critical illness and trauma and their family member caregivers.
"Being able to stay at Family House made Cedric's treatment at UNC possible," said Barbara. "We couldn't make the drive from home every day. That first Monday the traffic was terrible, and it took us an hour to go five miles. We already had enough stress without that."
Thereafter, Barbara's husband and Cedric's father, Charles, an employee of Kaba Ilco (formerly Unican Security Systems) in Rocky Mount, drove them to Chapel Hill Monday mornings and picked them up on Fridays after Cedric's treatment so the family could be together on weekends. During the week, Cedric and Barbara took the shuttle to and from UNC Hospitals and SECU Family House.
"I like it here at Family House because it's calm, and I like calm," said Cedric. "And we've met some wonderful people."
"We even met another band parent who's here with her husband," said Barbara. "She knows about the big competition near Scranton, Penn., that Cedric attended in high school because she's been there with her own child. She knows all about those long weekends and late nights from September through November when you have a child in high school band."
Barbara has been able to cook for Cedric in the SECU Family House kitchen, but both also have appreciated the generosity of volunteer groups from town and campus who organize home-cooked meals for Family House residents several nights a week. And the North Carolina Botanical Garden across from SECU Family House has beckoned for more than one spring afternoon walk.
"Still, as Dorothy said, 'there's no place like home'," Barbara said, looking forward to returning to her sweetheart Charles, to Battleboro and to her work as a substitute teacher in the Edgecombe County Schools before April's end. "We've been here for what we've had to do and enjoyed it – as much as you can enjoy being treated for something like this.
"Cedric's had a very helpful team, and we trust them," Barbara continued. "When we've had questions, they've had the answers. They seem to care – a lot – and because of that it's easy to trust them. And I don't trust just anybody with my 'heart-drop' as I call Cedric and his two brothers."
Cedric now plans to graduate in May 2011, taking a full year to complete what's needed to fulfill his degree requirements without putting undue stress on his healing body and mind.
"I was on track and ready to graduate this May, but my treatment is more important," Cedric said. "I want to be better and well and enjoy my studies as I intended. I want to be ready for band camps and to teach some private lessons to middle- and high school students like I've enjoyed before."


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