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- Updated: July 2, 2010
The Celtics announced their Summer Leauge roster today. Some of the highlights include second-round pick Luke Harangody, this seasons late additions Tony Gaffney and Oliver Lafayette as well as the Celtics' 2008 second round pick 7 foot Turkish center Semih Erden. Noticeably missing will be first round pick Avery Bradley who hurt his ankle during a workout about a week before the draft. Bradley will have surgey on the ankle and be out six to eight weeks.
A few interesting additions to the roster are Jaycee Carroll a sharpshooting guard out of Utah State and Ryan Wittman another sharpshooter from Cornell whose father is former NBA player and coach Randy Wittman. Carroll averaged over 20 points a game at Utah State in his final two seasons there. Last year he played for C.B. Gran Canaria 2014 in Spain. Against solid competion in Spain's best leauge Carroll averaged almost 19 points a game while shooting 58% from the field 39% on threes and 84% from the free throw line. If Carroll could bring that outside shooting to the Celtics he would have a great chance at making the team. Ryan Wittman is another player who could possibly give himself a chance at making the team. Wittman is 6 foot 7 to Carroll's 6 foot 2 and he also posseses a great jump shot. Wittman lead the Cornell Big Red to the Sweet Sixteen last year before they bowed out to Kentucky. Wittman averaged 17.5 points a game last season for the Big Red while shooting 47% from the field, 43% on threes, and 83% from the line. The Celtics jump-shooting and scoring problems have been well chronicled as they were 17th in the leauge in three point percentage last season and 16th in three pointers made. If either Wittman or Carroll can prove themselves athletic enough to compete in the NBA they could be vital additions to the team as shooters of the bench. While no one is expecting to find the next great superstar in the summer leauge it could be a huge help to the Celtics to be able to help fill their shooting void with a cheap player like Wittman or Carroll.
On the big man front things are a little more sparse. Harangody is a less athletic version of Big Baby, an impressive feat considering Big Baby is no super athlete himself. Tony Gaffney is a solid shot blocker who is a little too skiny to make much of an impact. It will be interesting to get a look at Erden as he is mostly unknown. Erden has played in his native Turkey for the past several years and hasn't compiled any impressive statistics but he is a young player who is 7 feet tall and who has some experience playing against tough competition. One other interesting player the Celtics added to the summer leauge roster was Michigan's Deshawn Simms. Simms is a 6 foot 8 combo player who drifts between the wing and the post. Simms averaged 17 points a game at Michigan last year while pulling down around 8 rebounds. For his career he shot around 70 % from the free throw line and 30% on threes. Simms showed a lot of athletic ability during his time at Michigan and he showed a real knack for scoring around the rim. If he can find a way to be more consistent with his jump shot Simms could have a place in the NBA and possibly even on the Celtics. A big thing to remember when wathcing the Summer Leauge this year is that the Celtics only have, including Paul Pierce and Avery Bradley, six players under contract for next season which means there are plenty of roster space to fill out even after the Celtics bring in a few free agents and possibly bring Ray Allen back.
You can take a look at the full roster here on ESPN. http://espn.go.com/blog/BostonCeltics/post/_/id/4675583/cs-announce-summer-league-roster.
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It will be interesting to see what happens with this team because there is defeniately a chance for a few of these guys to make the team. My guess would be around 3 make it just because of how many open roster spots. It will be interesting to see who emerges out of this group of guys to actually make an impact during the summer league games.
Semih Erden may need to play this year with Perkins out. They need a shooter to make the club and Ryan Wittman shoots it as well as anybody although foot speed may hurt him. Bradley, Harangody and Erden would be my three locks unless there are surprises. Hopefully other spots may be filled in free agency or a Danny trade. Even with a Ray Allen return, that second shooter is a critical need. Austin will be coaching at least a couple of these kids in Maine next year.
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posted Sept. 21, 2006
Poachers: You can run, but you can't hunt or fish
What began more than 20 years ago as an agreement between three Western states to help prevent poaching and to punish and track habitual wildlife violators is now law in 25 states.
With laws becoming effective in Florida next month and in Tennessee Nov. 1, the Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact will join half of the country's states with a shared central database containing the names of wildlife law violators.
Simply put, the Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact puts wildlife lawbreakers on notice that their activities in one state can affect their privileges in all participating states.
And any way you look at it, that's a good thing.
In the past, when someone was found guilty of illegal hunting or fishing practices and had his hunting privileges revoked as a result, there was nothing to prevent him from obtaining a license to hunt or fish in another state.
That's no longer the case, thanks to the reciprocating agreements contained in the Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact.
In addition to the new associate states, compact members include Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
To date, it is estimated that the IWVC has identified more than 4,000 poachers and other game violators whose hunting and fishing privileges have been revoked in compact-member states.
As more state agencies understand the benefits of jumping onboard as compact associates, expect to see a big push in the Midwest and East in coming years. Legislation is pending or expected in approaching sessions in Alaska, Kentucky, South Carolina, Maine, Ohio, West Virginia and Delaware. FORUM | MAILBAG
posted Sept. 20, 2006
National Hunting and Fishing Day: Support for sports is strong
This Saturday, Sept. 23, marks the 35th annual National Hunting and Fishing Day. Established by Congress in 1972, the day acknowledges the conservation and economic importance of hunters and anglers.
Historically, it's a day when outdoor groups, shooting and hunting organizations, and conservation clubs set up displays at malls and county fairgrounds across the country to tout their accomplishments and encourage others to enjoy the benefits of our country's rich hunting and fishing heritage.
A recent poll leading up to this annual observance indicates a strong majority of American adults support hunting and fishing and reveals that support for hunting has increased over the past decade.
"Without hunters, many game species would go unmanaged and become unbalanced, with populations too high or too low to suit an environmentally-conscious public," said Mark Duda, executive director of Responsive Management, the firm conducting the survey.
While three of every four persons polled approve of hunting, more than nine of every 10 respondents approve of recreational fishing, Duda said, as suggested by the poll date below:
Do you approve or disapprove of legal hunting? (2006)
77.6% approve (45.4% strongly approve, 32.2% moderately approve)
16.3% disapprove (8% strongly disapprove, 8.3% moderately disapprove)
6.1% neither approve nor disapprove, don't know
Do you approve or disapprove of legal hunting? (1995)
73% approve (40% strongly approve, 33% moderately approve)
22% disapprove (11% strong disapprove, 11% moderately disapprove)
5% neither approve nor disapprove, don't know
Do you approve or disapprove of recreational fishing? (2006)
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5.2% disapprove (2% strongly disapprove, 3.2% moderately disapprove)
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Do you approve or disapprove of legal fishing? (1995)
95% approve (65% strongly approve, 30% moderately approve)
3% disapprove (1% strongly disapprove, 2% moderately disapprove)
2% neither approve nor disapprove, don't know
Beginning this year, National Hunting and Fishing Day has an official home and celebration headquarters at the Wonders of Wildlife, National Fish and Wildlife Museum and Aquarium, located in Springfield, Mo.
Your intrepid ESPNOutdoors.com News Hound reporter will be in attendance for the weekend full of events and will share some of the experiences with you in next week's blog entries.
Safety reminder: Be careful heating tents, campers and cabins
The startling death of two hunters in Washington state last week, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, serves as a grim reminder to hunters heading into the mountains for big-game seasons to be especially careful when heating tents, camping trailers and cabins.
The Lewis County Sheriff's Department reported this week that bowhunters Fred Ramiskey, 62, and his son-in-law, Melvin Daniel, 39, apparently died of carbon monoxide asphyxiation while they slept in a 25-foot travel trailer.
A third hunter who slept in the rear of the trailer near an open window said he awoke Friday morning with a severe headache and discovered the two men dead.
The survivor said when the three hunters returned to the trailer Thursday evening they turned on its central heating unit and a portable propane heater while they prepared dinner, later turning off the portable unit.
It seems like every year a few of these tragic hunting tales hit the newswire.
Carbon monoxide poisoning is preventable. If you must use unvented propane heating units, use them only in ventilated areas and in conjunction with a CO detector or monitor. FORUM | MAILBAG
posted Sept. 19, 2006
Bluegills protecting cities from terrorist activity
Some major U.S. cities are using bluegills to monitor their public drinking water supply as an early detection system against possible terrorism.
Also known colloquially as bream and sunfish, the popular panfish is being used to guard drinking water in San Francisco, New York and Washington from substances such as cyanide, diesel fuel, mercury and pesticides.
Bluegill are kept in tanks constantly replenished with water from the municipal supply, and sensors register changes in the breathing, heartbeat and swimming patterns of the bluegills that are known to occur in the presence of toxic substances.
"Nature's given us pretty much the most powerful and reliable early warning center out there," said Bill Lawler, co-founder of Intelligent Automation, the company that produces and markets the bluegill monitoring system.
Software produced by the company measures "sunfish stress," so to speak.
"The idea is to have happy, stress-free fish. Once we have minute toxins in the water, the fish will react," Lawler said.
The moment a swimming water guard shows any sign of stressful behavior, water authorities are notified via e-mail or a phone call.
So, vigilance, you brave bluegill. America depends on you. FORUM | MAILBAG
Another tall er, long hoof tale
After reading our posting about the long-hooved whitetail and seeing the photograph, Pennsylvania bowhunter Lucas Miller e-mailed a photo of the deer he arrowed in the Keystone State during the 2005 archery season.
"It also had the elongated hooves and it was on all four (hooves)," Miller wrote. "The buck had no trouble chasing does and seemed to get around just fine."
Miller said when he queried folks from the Pennsylvania Game Commission about the cause of the excessive growth, they suggested that an especially mineral-rich diet could be behind the oddity.
In my humble and decidedly unscientific opinion, it seems like if that were the case, other deer in that specific region would exhibit similar overgrowth symptoms.
Miller offered his own observation that just might hold water, though.
"I think it could be started by a long period of inactivity when no wear on the hooves results," he opined. "After the original curl the deer had trouble wearing the growth down."
I think our savvy reader may be on to something.
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posted Sept. 18, 2006
Hey, anglers, share the love
My friend and associate Mark Taylor, the fine outdoor writer for the Roanoke (Va.) Times, used his column in yesterday's paper to relate an epiphany of sorts that he recently experienced while fishing Oregon's steelhead-rich North Umpqua River.
It seems that Taylor, his brother and a friend were flyfishing a pool when another angler a non-flyfisher approached.
Decisively, Taylor announced to the newcomer that he could not fish the pool because there was no room.
The disbelieving angler informed Taylor that 30 miles of flyfishing-only water existed upstream, but the outdoor scribe stood firm, up to his hips in the Umpqua.
Disgruntled but non-confrontational, the rejected fisherman walked away from the stream and sat on a rock.
And Taylor, a wise and reasonable guy at heart, began thinking.
"There exists between flyfishermen and conventional fishermen a natural chasm, and too often it's a divisive one.
"In the eyes of plenty of flyanglers, conventional tackle anglers are a bunch of bait-chucking, worm-plunking, fish-killing, stream-littering, resource-abusing rednecks.
"Many conventional fishermen don't think much of flyfishers, either, considering them a bunch of fancy pants, "A River Runs Through It"-watching, influence-peddling, elitist poseurs who think that money can buy fishing bliss.
"The attitude is not good for anyone."
Well said, Taylor, it's good advice for all of us.
Oh, yeah, and after he was unsuccessful using his flies, Taylor invited the waiting bait angler to give it a shot. FORUM | MAILBAG
Illegals' garbage emboldens border bears
Regular readers of the ESPNOutdoors.com News Hound blog will likely recall some of my past rants about how the influx of illegal aliens into the U.S. across our Southwestern borders is a far deeper issue than simply one of politics, jobs and immigration.
The border situation should concern all hunters, anglers and those who have respect for this unique and environmentally sensitive region of the world.
Simply put, the border region of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona is fast becoming one enormous garbage dump. Abandoned vehicles, empty water jugs, tossed clothing, rotting food and human waste are strewn across the cactus-studded landscape.
As if the harsh desert elements aren't enough of a challenge for hunters, throw in some desperate illegal immigrants, drug smugglers and border bandits for good measure.
Earlier this year I wrote that Arizona Game and Fish biologists believe the mule-deer population in the southern half of the state has been negatively impacted by border activity. This is especially the case in shaded washes where deer normally bed and at watering holes both areas of high illegal traffic.
And now authorities are saying that trash left by illegals has attracted black bears and acclimated them to people, resulting in a spike in bruin vs. human encounters this summer.
Kurt Bahti, Arizona Game & Fish Department field supervisor, told the Tucson Citizen that authorities have killed at least four problem bears this summer. Since mid-June, Bahti said his department has received more than 30 calls about nuisance bears.
"We've got more doggone bears than you can shake a stick at," Bahti said.
Tom Skinner, wildlife program manager for the Coronado National Forest, said that illegal immigrants coming through the Huachuca Mountains simply discard unwanted trash and leftovers by the ton, teaching bears that people mean food.
"The number of job seekers, drug smugglers and other illegal traffic coming through the mountain ranges has resulted in interactions that we're concerned may exacerbate human-bear interaction," Skinner said.
"There's a tremendous amount of trash including food items that's being left on these travel ways." FORUM | MAILBAG
posted Sept. 15, 2006
The mysterious long-toed deer of Alma, Wis.
Since posting my Tuesday blog about the whitetail deer found in Alma, Wisc. that sported unusually long hooves, I have been in contact with some folks close to this wild wildlife tale.
Jarrad Fluekiger, walleye guide and co-owner of The Main Channel Fishing Shop in Alma, e-mailed the photo of this strange-looking deer, along with some details.
Jarrard wrote that Jeff Rieck, a family friend, hit and killed the deer with his pickup one evening last week.
Folks around Alma have been seeing the long-toed wild buck for the past couple of years.
Landowner Curt Youngbauer said he's seen the buck in different areas in the past and it appeared to have some difficulty getting around. He said when he last saw the buck in the spring, only its front hooves appeared overgrown.
"When we asked the DNR about the unusual hooves they were as surprised and confused as we were," Fluekiger wrote. "They could only figure that either the deer found some high protein minerals or that the deer had some kind of bad gene."
My friend Mike Faw, prolific outdoor writer and editor of the Sports Afield Almanac, says he's only seen the malady in two other whitetail in his life.
"One case was nearly as severe and the other was less per hoof," Faw said. "When deer are afflicted, it seems to be all hooves. The deer also walk semi-normal and can run, but the hooves can make a distinct flopping noise that can be heard a considerable distance away. Neither deer that I saw had been confined or unable to walk for a time, so the excessive growth could not be explained."
How about our blog readers? Can you shed any light on this oddity of nature?
posted Sept. 14, 2006
"We didn't have time to be scared"
A fathers' and sons' deer-hunting excursion to Alaska's Afognak Island could have ended in tragedy when an enraged, 400-pound grizzly sow charged the foursome last week.
Instead, it was the composure and quick thinking of a 17-year-old that likely changed the outcome of the potentially deadly encounter.
Bryan Martin of the Kodiak Daily Mirror writes that John Burnett and his 13-year-old son Caleb were hunting with Pat McCarty and his teenage son, Andy, when the bear leapt from the thick trailside cover.
"The bear came out of the bushes covering ground at an amazing speed, like a racehorse," the elder Burnett said. "Pat, my friend, began backstepping. The bear seemed to be lined up on him. He fell to the ground cutting his hand."
In the hubbub, McCarty was able to fire a warning shot at the bear's feet.
"The whole thing was happening fast, 15 seconds," Pat said.
It was 17-year-old Andy McCarty who stood his ground, calmly loading his 30.06, then firing into the bear's chest as it charged.
The teenager shot the bear a second time, hitting it in the shoulder. His father and McCarty each shot the bear once.
The grizzly expired about six feet from the McCarty, who credits his son for saving his life.
"We didn't panic. We weren't trembling," McCarty later said. "We didn't have time to be scared." FORUM | MAILBAG
Investigators in Key West, Fla., report that a diver apparently drowned last weekend after spearing a huge fish and becoming entangled in the line.
The preliminary autopsy of Gary Cagle, 42, indicates that he drowned while free diving in 25 feet of water.
Key West Police divers discovered a speared Goliath grouper tightly wedged into a hole in a coral reef, with the victim's body still tangled in the line, according to the sheriff's report.
"It looks like the fish wrapped the line attached to the spear around the victim's wrist. The fish then went into a hole in a coral rock, effectively pinning the man to the bottom of the ocean," Monroe County Sheriff's Detective Mark Coleman said in a news release.
As the largest member of the sea bass family, the Goliath grouper, or jewfish, can grow to 8 feet and weigh up to 700 pounds.
The incident reminds me of the book The Helldivers' Rodeo, by one of my favorite authors, Humberto Fontova, who writes about similar fatalities and near misses occurring to adventurous divers who frequent offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
"These 'rigs,' as locals call the offshore oil platforms that dot the Gulf off Louisiana's coast, claim several divers each year not the rig itself, or course, but the waters under them…three divers in the summer of '99 alone," Fontova writes.
Fontova spins a wild tale about spear fisherman Gerry Bourgeois, who wrestled a 450-pound jewfish up from 170 feet with one hand stuck in the fish's gills, and the other stuck in its mouth. Fortunately, Bourgeois' story ends happily.
A wildman of the outdoors, Fontova's writing is a hilarious mixture of Jacques Cousteau, Robert Ruark and Hunter S. Thompson. Also check out his book The Hellpig Hunt, subtitled: "A hunting adventure in the wild wetlands at the mouth of the Mississippi River by middle-aged lunatics who refuse to grow up." FORUM | MAILBAG
posted Sept. 13, 2006
Hunters have deep pockets
Now here's some new data that you just might not want to share with your spouse right away at least not during the next few weeks leading up to the opening of most big-game hunting seasons.
According to a new report commissioned by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the average American hunter will spend about $96,017 on hunting during his or her lifetime with approximately $17,726 of the total on hunting equipment alone.
The study indicated that between the ages 16 and 75, an average American hunter annually spends $70 on rifles, $53 on shotguns, $9 on muzzleloaders, $21 on handguns, $49 on ammunition, $12 on decoys and $49 on dogs and supplies.
The report was prepared by Southwick Associates, the nation's leading research firm specializing in economic and demographic data relating to the outdoors and game and fish agency issues.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation notes that the data speaks volumes about the economic importance of hunters and shooters and sends a strong message to lawmakers and others in decision-making positions. FORUM | MAILBAG
Agencies promote "firewood awareness"
Some states' natural resource departments are launching major campaigns to educate hunters, campers and others who regularly spend time outdoors about how moving indigenous firewood from region to region can spread some of the most destructive insects and diseases that impact forests and timberlands.
The most notorious tree-killer in the Midwest is the emerald ash borer a beetle that is responsible for destroying more than 20 million ash trees in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana since 2002, with most of the devastation occurring in southeastern Michigan.
The three affected states are enforcing quarantines and fines to prevent potentially infested ash trees, logs or firewood from moving out of areas where emerald ash borer resides.
"When you move firewood, you move everything that's in it," said Indiana state entomologist Bob Waltz.
"This could include emerald ash borers, gypsy moths, Asian longhorn beetles, beech bark disease, and numerous other pests and diseases that otherwise would have a very difficult time spreading."
State foresters say that the transporting of wood by an unaware public is the primary reason for the widespread infestation of the ash borer.
"In some cases, such as with emerald ash borer, were it not for people moving firewood, the insect could advance only about a half-mile per year," Waltz said.
"With people transporting firewood, these things can move as far as a vehicle can take them and will thrive anywhere that provides the right host." FORUM | MAILBAG
posted Sept. 12, 2006
8 escaped Idaho elk shot by officials
Here's the latest on the situation in Idaho and the area surrounding Yellowstone National Park, where as many as 160 trophy domesticated bull elk escaped from a private ranch and may pose a threat to the genetic purity of native Rocky Mountain elk in the region.
The Jackson Hole Star Tribune reports today eight of the escaped elk were killed yesterday by Idaho Game and Fish Department officials; the animals will be tested for their DNA and possible disease.
The escape of the animals and their dispersal within 10 miles of Yellowstone raised fears they might spread illness and affect the genetic purity of the expansive wild elk herds located in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
As blogged here Friday, early reports indicated the elk may have been a strain of red deer not native to North America though officials are now saying they simply aren't certain of the herds' exact origin.
According to its Web site, the private Chief Joseph Idaho Hunter's Retreat charges clients $5,995 each to shoot a trophy domesticated elk.
Idaho Fish and Game Director Steve Huffaker said his agency has heard reports that some of the reserve's elk may have been crossbred with red deer in an effort to grow larger antlers.
"We don't know for sure whether we're dealing with hybrids," said Terry Mansfield, deputy director of the Idaho wildlife agency.
The 2,000-acre reserve is owned by veterinarian Rex Rammell and reportedly contains 500 trophy elk and mule deer. Reserve hunting memberships go for an incredible $1 million each (yes, you read correctly).
By Idaho law, red deer are illegal to import into the state, although there were red deer game farm operations there as recently as the 1980s.
Whatever the outcome of the situation in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, you can bet it will prompt Idaho game officials to take a long, hard look at the future of operating private-hunting reserves in that state a practice already banned in neighboring Wyoming and Montana. FORUM | MAILBAG
Forget everything you know about deer tracks!
In one of those you've-got-to-see-it-to-believe-it stories, alert ESPNOutdoors.com News Hound blog reader Bruce Norton of Rushford, Minn., scanned and e-mailed a clipping from Sunday's Winona (Minn.) Daily News showing a whitetail deer with the most bizarre footwear we've ever seen.
Besides sporting respectable headgear, this buck that recently fell victim to a vehicle near Alma, Wis., has hooves that appear to be at least five to 10 times the average size.
Not only would one expect that these malformed toes led to this nice buck's demise on the roadway, it's hard to even fathom what kind of track in left in soft soil.
The photo's caption indicates that Jarrad Fluekiger at The Main Channel Fishing Shop in Alma intends to have a full mount made of the unique animal.
The caption also notes that biologists believe that a diet high in specific minerals or proteins may have led to the oversized hooves.
Unfortunately, the Winona paper has not posted the photograph on its Web site.
So once again, we turn to our astute blog readership. Have you heard or read anything about this specific deer? Or are you aware of this anomaly occurring in other ungulates?
Got a similar take or differing view? Post on our Message Board or our Mailbag.
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It was a very intense story that had me binge listening for hours on end. The male and female narrators really helped to bring out the story more and allowed me to dive into the mind of both Amy and Nick as seperate beings.
It really did; I had no idea how the story would end. There were scenes I had hoped for and characters I wished would triumph, but I could not truly grasp how the story would unfold until the last two chapters.
Julia Whelan did a PERFECT job in her roles, even simply as Amy. She kept my attention and made me feel exactly what she wanted me to until the very end.
The way to book ended me moved me the most, because it was not what I expected but realistic in many ways. I felt disgust, sadness and disappointment, but not in a "I hate this ending" kind of way; I felt for the characters outside of Nick and Amy. Without giving away too much, this whole book had me writhing with emotions, both negative and positive.
I am glad to have listened to this book before the movie comes out. It allowed me to see the big picture of everything in my head and to get a sense of the characters on their own without having to refer myself to the actors portraying them on the big screen.
"It Was SO GOOD and then..."
Yes, but only with a different ending.
The story was captivating. The performance admirable. I couldn't put it down.
Then, in the end, there was a great drop and a huge disappointment! I will never buy this author's book again. I gave it 3 stars because it was a great book...until the last chapter. If you like Stephen King endings, you will love this book.
Yes, I would change the ending. It never really reached a conclusion. It just sort of ended.
I liked that they didn't rely on one narrator to perform both the primarily male and primarily female voiced chapters.
No. The first quarter or third of the story is primarily made up of the two main characters waxing poetic about their lives up until the point of the first event of the story. While I later understood its necessity, it was really, really boring. Then the story picked up and became very entertaining and suspenseful, but that's only worthwhile if it ultimately reaches a clear resolution, which it didn't.
"had to stop"
I was about about to finished part 1 on the audio. I was forcing myself to listen. So I went looking for a spoiler. I am not one of those who goes to the last page but I was wary of this book. People either hate it or love it. I personally decided that I did not want sick twisted thoughts from these people in my head. I quit it. Delete. Sorry that is a bit of a spoiler but I wish I would have known. So if you like grim towns, sorry people and a long, long running mystery of whiney dribbling bits of failing and pychos ....go for it.
Long what's the point if you switch
Voices ok. Hated the character of Nick's father.
I thought it might but then no. I don't want to ever think about it again
The movie will probably be a great scary event.
"A Love-Hate Relationship with a Book???"
Never has a book created such emotional turmoil for me, the reader. I wanted to slap Nick silly for being so stupid and blind. I wanted to KILL Amy. When have I ever wanted to KILL a character in a book? I hated it and swore I wouldn't finish it. But I couldn't put it down. What a delightful, evocative, rollercoaster of a read!
"Ick factor........"
This book is very contemporary. All the elements are there. Still, there is an ick factor.
I can see people acting in this way.....and it is not pretty. There is not a moral factor of good or bad. Just the ickiness of human nature explained.
A thriller that is not so emotional.
The twin sister. Nick needs a male friend.


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The Way Things Look to Meby Roopa Farooki
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The Murphy family has never tried to be different; they just are. When Yasmin, the youngest sibling, was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, her older siblings learned to adapt to less attention and more responsibility, to a sister with "special abilities" that no one, not even they, could ever truly understand. Since the deaths of their parents, the three siblings
The Murphy family has never tried to be different; they just are. When Yasmin, the youngest sibling, was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, her older siblings learned to adapt to less attention and more responsibility, to a sister with "special abilities" that no one, not even they, could ever truly understand. Since the deaths of their parents, the three siblings have become adults in their unique, tragic ways. Asif, the responsible oldest brother, has been left to take care of Yasmin by their middle sister Lila, the stubbornly rebellious beauty who resents Yasmin for her emotional distance, and for stealing their mother's love and attention. As Yasmin's committed caretaker, Asif is worn down. A young professional, he feels his freedom slipping away as he tries hard to keep the remains of their family together.
When the unthinkable happens, threatening the Murphy siblings' delicate balance, will they stand together or fall apart? Roopa Farooki's The Way Things Look to Me is a deeply moving portrait of Brothers and Sisters, of three siblings caught between duty and love in a tangled relationship both bitter and bittersweet.
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THE WAY THINGS LOOK TO ME (Chapter One) As If He Wasn't There
Asif Declan Kalil Murphy has a brooding resentment of his name, and by extension, of his deceased parents, although he resents them for many more things than his name, up to and including their untimely departure from life. The trouble with his name, he thinks, is that it promises so much more – it promises that he will be interesting and exotic and larger than life, Irish charm and whimsy blended with South Asian mysticism and romance. Asif finds it impossible to live up to his shining name, and so shudders moth-like just beneath it; avoiding introductions and hiding behind initials. He finds it much easier to be A Murphy, a Murphy like any other, just one of the crowd of immigrants of Irish descent littering north London. Or better still, simply AM; I am what I am, thinks Asif, as his tube rumbles into the disappointing depths of Finchley Central, where the rain has made the edges of the platforms slippery, and there is a strong smell of ammonia from an unidentified source. I am what I am, he muses, not special or flawed or creative, just unimpressive, dull as dishwater, little old neutral old nothing old me; at a certain point, he thinks, he really needs to stop blaming his parents. But not just yet. He's still young, he's just twenty-three years old, and he suspects that he has years of grievance left in him. He's an accountant like his British Asian mother before him; he lacks her strong will, but he has inherited her fickle constitution; his father was a hero who died on a peace-keeping mission several years before his wife's congested heart was to claim her; Asif knows that he has nothing approaching his father's courage, but he shares his sense of duty, and propensity to follow orders. It seems a bad joke that the very things that got Asif's father killed are the things that deny Asif his own life; Asif is not the sort to swear, but he admits to having experienced a secret, soaring thrill the first day he heard the Larkin quote, from Lila, of course: 'They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do.' It was so brilliantly and starkly true. Like a song he'd been humming his whole life had finally been put to words.
He walks up the steps at Finchley Central, and away from the gritty high street down the narrow, tree-lined roads towards the family home that he has inherited from his begrudged parents and that he shares with his youngest sister, Yasmin. The higgledy-piggledy streets are untidy and the knobbly, sore-looking trees are not slightly picturesque, but despite this, the walk to and from the tube is his favourite time of day. It's when he doesn't have to be at work worrying about his performance and whether he'll Consistently Meet Expectations or Consistently Fail to Meet Expectations at his next appraisal, and when he doesn't have to be at home worrying about pretty much the same thing, waiting to be appraised wordlessly by Yasmin's NHS-assigned specialists instead. During the walk he is in between things, and no worse than anyone else; certainly not any different. During the walk he imagines that he has secret superpowers, as he is invisible, in his smart suit and precisely ironed shirt, and good shoes and tattered briefcase, which he inexplicably carries like a prize, as one might a broken nose, as though it has a scent of history about it; he is the sort of pleasant-faced young man that no one would notice.
His mobile phone rings as he turns into his street, and he stands at the corner shop in full view of his house, watching the curtain in the upstairs window twitch. Yasmin is looking out for him, as she always does between 6 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. He knows from past experience that if she doesn't see him there, she panics, and so he never digresses from his usual path without warning. He has got so used to seeing the curtain twitch in the upstairs window each and every evening that he wonders whether he'd panic himself if he didn't see it, as though Yasmin's symptoms might be contagious; after all these years of accommodating her infuriating demands for consistency and routine, her habits and neuroses, it would hardly be surprising if he unwittingly adopted some himself. He searches for his phone in every pocket, with mounting panic, until he finally locates it; he is relieved to see that it is just his other sister calling, and answers hurriedly, aware that Yasmin is waiting and watching. 'Hi Lila, what is it?'
'I'm fine, thank you for not bloody asking. You're losing your manners spending all your days locked up with Yasmin, I've always said it would happen.'
'I don't spend my days locked up with Yasmin, just the evenings. I spend my days locked up at work,' retorts Asif, feeling guilty that Lila has managed to sum up so swiftly and with so little premeditation what he has been wondering himself.
'At Accountants' Anonymous?' sniggers Lila, pleased with her joke. 'Same difference. I'm returning your call from yesterday afternoon.'
'Oh good, you got the message. That bloke who took the call seemed really out of it.'
'Mikey? He owns the record shop. He is always out of it; I think he did too much dope as an adolescent or something. Still does. Has a fantastic arse though, I'm considering sleeping with him when I'm single again.'
Asif, becoming rapidly appalled at how quickly he can lose any sense of conversational control with Lila, ignores the merits of this unknown Mikey's arse and asks, 'So you're coming round tonight, at eight-ish? I'm getting a curry in for us.'
'What? As if, Asif! Spend a Friday night in with you and sodding Miss Spock. Not bloody likely.' Lila begins to laugh, and then, realizing that her cackle sounds self-consciously cruel, like a cartoon villainess, stops abruptly. 'I'm seeing Wesley tonight, anyway.'
'That's nice. Where are you meeting up?' asks Asif with pointed civility, watching the curtain twitch a little bit more.
'The Central,' admits Lila grudgingly. The Central Bar is only ten minutes' walk away from the house, a fact that hangs unspoken in the air between them.
'Then come around at eight anyway,' asks Asif at last, trying to sound business-like rather than pleading; he often gets lost between these two tones when making perfectly reasonable requests at work of the office support staff. 'You can bring Wes if you want. Or leave him there for half an hour if we embarrass you. Yasmin has something important she wants to discuss with us; she wouldn't tell me what. Something to do with school, I suppose.'
'Why is it always about Yasmin?' mutters Lila. Asif doesn't answer, as, of course, she knows why already. 'OK, I'll pop around, but just for half an hour. And get me a veggie samosa please.' Asif smiles; both he and Lila know that she doesn't really want a samosa; asking him for one is her way of saying that she'll be there, it's her promise, wrapped up in pastry and stuffed with steaming and aromatic vegetables. His smile fades a little when he sees the curtain at the window has stopped twitching; he hopes that Yasmin isn't sitting in the corner sulking because he took so long on the phone.
When he walks into the house, it is exactly fourteen minutes past 6 p.m., so Yasmin has only had to stand at the window for fourteen minutes that day. He tries to convince himself that he doesn't need to worry about Yasmin; she'll probably be a complete delight all evening, and will behave beautifully when Lila and Wes come round. As if, Asif, he mocks himself, the childish mocking that Lila so perceptively started almost as soon as she could talk, and has never tired of since. Of all the inspiring Asian names available, why did his parents call him an unanswered question, 'As if?' The idea of something still wanting, a road untravelled, an unfinished comparison, which of course it was. They had expected a girl, whom they were going to call Kalila, which is how he had ended up with his third name. Asif Declan Kalil Murphy. A Murphy. AM. Little old nothing old As If he wasn't there.
When Asif enters his house, he goes through to the kitchen, and sees Yasmin washing up plates at the kitchen sink; her hair is pulled back in a sensible ponytail, and she is wearing a grey T-shirt and her soft, baggy jeans. She seems so normal that it almost looks contrived, as though she has made preparations for a stranger to come in and say Hi-Honey-I'm-Home.
'Hello Asif,' she says with polite, almost rigid formality, but she does not turn towards him or acknowledge him in any other way. He is home as he always is, and that is enough for her. There is something a little bit wrong with the scene that an outsider would take some time to work out, a bit like those spot-the-difference pictures in the backs of magazines, where you have to find the tiny mismatch, a different detail in the background greenery, a strand of hair misplaced. Asif is used to Yasmin, and doesn't need any time to work it out; he can see that the plates that she is scrupulously washing up are already clean, she has probably just taken a stack straight out of the cupboard or dishwasher. Sometimes Yasmin irons already ironed clothes, although he's not very comfortable with her using the iron if he's out of the house, for obvious reasons. And sometimes she launders already clean bedlinen. Just for the calm, soothing feeling of fulfilling domestic routine; the beautifully ordinary things that their mother used to take care of, when not taking care of Yasmin.
He doesn't comment, but puts his briefcase down, and tells his sister, 'Lila's going to be here for 8 p.m. just like you asked.'
'Great, thank you,' says Yasmin mechanically, putting the last clean plate in the rack.
'She might bring Wesley,' Asif adds. 'Or she might leave him at the bar and come by herself.' He sees Yasmin's shoulders stiffen, not because she dislikes Wesley, but because she dislikes the uncertainty of whether he will be there or not.
'Great, thank you,' she says at last, and this time she remembers to face Asif, and looks him deliberately in the eyes. Yasmin's own eyes are hazel, clear and rather pretty; specialists have occasionally commented on Yasmin's pretty eyes, something which Asif thinks is wholly inappropriate. He never leaves her alone with anyone whom he doesn't know and trust, specialist or not, and especially not with any overqualified creep who remarks on her looks; Yasmin has never had a boyfriend, and he worries that her inexperience, youth and vulnerability would make it too easy for the wrong sort of man to take advantage. After Yasmin has held his gaze for a count of Mississippi One and Mississippi Two, just as their mother taught her to do, she takes the plates out of the drying rack and puts them back in the sink, to wash up all over again.
Asif watches her for a moment, and considers asking her about her day; smarting slightly about Lila's earlier offhand remark, he wonders whether he should remind Yasmin about it being good manners to ask how someone is when she speaks to them. But then he'd have to remind Yasmin to listen to the answer as well, and to respond to it. It suddenly seems too much like hard work, and he doesn't feel up to it, he'd just like to have a beer and watch the TV for a bit. The rest of the evening stretches out painfully before him, another evening in which he has to entertain Yasmin, or rather, let her entertain herself, while he watches over her. His little sister's warden. Fridays are the worst, as he knows he won't be escaping the next morning, but will have to be there for the whole, aching weekend, making nutritious dinners which will probably be rejected in favour of neatly compartmentalized ready-meals, planning improving activities to get Yasmin out of her room and away from her TV and computer for at least a little while. He imagines that this is what single mothers feel like. He realizes uncomfortably that he would rather be anywhere than here.
Asif tries to console himself with the fact that at least Lila will come round tonight, but he knows that she will only stay for a little while. She doesn't consider looking after Yasmin to be her job; she doesn't even think that Yasmin needs looking after, as though it is all some elaborate game that Yasmin has played for the last nineteen years in the interests of being bloody-minded. And so Asif is left to do the looking after, and the coping, and the caring; as he has his whole life, and especially now that his parents are dead. No wonder he hates them; resents, he corrects himself sternly, I resent them. It's OK to resent your dead parents, but it's not OK to hate them just because they're dead. It feels like just the sort of fine distinction that he'd have to explain to Yasmin.
Asif orders the takeaway and gets his beer out of the fridge; there is a photo of his mum with the three of them as children on the fridge door, with little Yasmin on her lap, but sitting scrupulously forward, to avoid touching her siblings. Lila and himself are pushed out to the side. When he was a child, he used to believe that his mother was the most beautiful woman in the world, practically bridal with her permanently fresh-faced and dewy complexion. Now, as he looks at the photo, he can see that she is smiling with unnatural, strained calm, her expression almost assessing, as though she is daring someone to criticize her or her offspring. He hears his mother's voice, 'Engage with her, Asif; you need to engage with her, or she'll never learn to…'
'To what, Mum?' Asif had replied with adolescent annoyance at her deliberately trailing off. 'To be normal?' The look his mother had given him was so disappointed that he'd almost rather she'd hit him; as she sometimes had Lila. A disciplined slap to show where the acceptable boundaries were; a slap issued with sadness rather than anger, along with the quiet command, 'Go to your room and think about what you said.' And how Lila had sobbed that obvious, overused phrase, clutching her sore face, a phrase which probably haunted her now, years later, 'I HATE you, I wish you were DEAD,' before running upstairs.
Sometimes he thinks he should take the photo down, but it seems to him that would be an act of defeat; as though his mother would just say I-told-you-so from the safe distance of her harp-twanging cloud. How easy, it would be, not to engage with Yasmin. Just to share the house as indifferently as flatmates who've come together through an internet ad, and to coexist like toddlers sharing a set of toys at a nursery, sitting side by side but not playing together. Leading parallel lives, never having to connect. She could sit at her computer, and watch the same episode of The Simpsons and wear the same clothes all week without him commenting, and he could go to work and go to the pub and snog a kind-faced stranger and come back drunk and pass out on the couch without having to notice whether or not she'd eaten or done her homework or kept her medical appointments. Engage with her, Asif, his mother tells him coldly. Yasmin's not sorry for herself, so why are you?
Asif sighs; he is unable to be disobedient, even to a memory. 'Thanks for washing up, Yas,' he says. 'So, how was school today?'
'School was fine,' says Yasmin automatically, abruptly putting the last double-washed plate in the rack, and walking away from the sink. She looks at Asif, Mississippi One, Mississippi Two, and then leaves the room, and heads upstairs.
'Did anything interesting happen?' Asif perseveres, calling up the stairwell.
Yasmin pauses and looks at her feet; lots and lots of things have happened today: Tilly came into History class ten minutes late, and had a red bruise on her neck that she tried to hide with a fringed purple scarf, and there was a spider in the corner of the Great Hall where they had assembly, descending on a silky line which caught the light, and they sang one of Yasmin's least favourite hymns because it had five typos in the hymn book which always annoyed her, and one of the first years had cried in the loos and Yasmin had remembered to ask what was wrong but had forgotten to listen to the answer and left when the bell went for her next class, and she had walked around the playing fields eight times clockwise and eight times anticlockwise at lunchtime, and she had gone to the canteen and had orange juice and grated cheese and bread for lunch, and Mr Hutchinson had read The Pardoner's Tale at the afternoon sixth-form lecture in what was meant to be a Middle English accent, but she had counted thirty-one inconsistencies in his pronunciation, and his lip had had a bubble of spittle on it when he'd finished, and in French class they had started reading Camus' L'Étranger which starts off with the line 'Aujourd'hui, Maman est morte,' and the opening chapters are meant to shock you because the character's mother had just died but he still went on a date with a girl while he wore a black armband and watched a funny film starring a famous French comedian, but it hadn't shocked Yasmin at all, as she had wanted to watch The Simpsons after Mum's funeral and only hadn't because of Lila…
Yasmin looks up from her feet and down the stairs towards Asif, as she tries to work out if any of these might be classified as 'interesting'. Just a few seconds have passed since he has asked his question, and all these images and many others are melting and swirling with insistent lucidity around her head, each with their own texture and shape and taste and music, each recollected moment as present and loud and impressive as the next, as though demanding that they get plucked out and chosen, even though she knows that they are probably Mostly Irrelevant. Her gaze fixes and focuses upon the drink in Asif's hand, and she says with no further hesitation, 'Yes, I had orange juice at lunchtime. They normally run out by the time I get to the canteen, but there was still some today.' She feels satisfied with herself for this small achievement; he has asked, and she has replied, the perfectly ordinary tennis of conversation, a matter of returning the ball with appropriate speed, and not letting it bounce out of play; there are no spectators at this rally, but if there were, they would be looking left and right and left again, as Asif's words and then her own go thwack-thwock across the invisible net of each other's consciousness. Her response isn't slightly interesting to her, but she hopes that it is interesting to Asif.
Asif smiles at her encouragingly. 'That's nice. Our office canteen doesn't even have orange juice. Just lots of complicated mixed fruit smoothies. You've been there, you remember, don't you?' Yasmin smiles back, to make him happy by showing that she is, but as she is distracted by the importance of returning his smile, she doesn't really register what he says, and realizes that she has let the ball bounce out of play; asking him to repeat himself would bring attention to this, so instead she makes an assenting sound that follows, rather than accompanies her smile. It seems to Asif as though she is agreeing with unnecessary solemnity to what he has just said, effectively closing the conversation, so he attempts nothing further as she carries on upstairs. A moment later, Asif hears the familiar theme tune to The Simpsons playing from her bedroom, a sound he used to love and now heartily loathes.
THE WAY THINGS LOOK TO ME Copyright © 2009 by Roopa Farooki.
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ROOPA FAROOKI was born in Pakistan and brought up in London. She graduated from New College, Oxford and now lives in southeast England and southwest France with her husband, twin baby girls and two sons. Bitter Sweets, her first novel, was nominated for the Orange Award for New Writers 2007. The Way Things Look to Me was longlisted for the Orange Prize and the 2011 Impac Dublin Literary Award. Her four novels have been published to literary acclaim internationally and translated into a dozen languages.
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Pilot's License Suspended Following Damage to LNG Facility
An administrative law judge has suspended Pilot John C. McCarthy III's license Friday for eight months, with additional 12 months probation, after ruling that the Coast Guard proved its case of negligence and misconduct against him. The judge's decision stemmed from a March 14, 2006, incident on the Savannah River where the tank vessel Charleston, piloted by McCarthy, passed the liquefied natural gas facility on Elba Island at a speed in excess of 14 knots during an LNG transfer. The surge resulting from the vessel's speed caused an emergency dock shutdown, cargo hose separations, the collapse of a gangway, and mooring lines to part. All emergency equipment at the LNG facility functioned as designed and no LNG was released as a result of the damage. Following a comprehensive investigation, the Coast Guard pursued action against McCarthy's license due to concern that his negligence posed a hazard to navigation and based on the pilot's past history, which included three previous proved charges for negligence. In addition to the action taken against McCarthy, the Coast Guard determined the Captain of the tank ship CHARLESTON was also negligent in his role and was issued a letter or warning in lieu of suspension or revocation. The Coast Guard is responsible for navigational safety on the Savannah River and enforces a Regulated Navigation Area to ensure the safety and security of LNG operations
W&D Delivers Z-Drive FiFi Tug
Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. of East Boothbay, Maine delivered Bulldog, a 98 x 37 ft., 6,700 hp, Z Drive firefighting tug, to Crescent Towing of New Orleans, La. Bulldog provides ship-assist and escort services for LNG tankers at the Elba Island LNG re-gasification terminal in Savannah, Ga. Bulldog is a new Washburn & Doughty in-house design and the first tug built at the yard for Crescent Towing. Washburn & Doughty's Chief Naval Architect and Vice President, Bruce Washburn
USCG to Evaluate LNG suitability of Columbia River
The Coast Guard received official notification of Northern Star Natural Gas LLC's plans on January 18, 2005. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Portland will assess safety and security issues associated with liquefied natural gas tankers traveling on the Columbia River in order to make a recommendation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding Northern Star Natural Gas LLC's proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Bradwood, Oregon at Columbia River mile 38.
LR to Class BC Ferries' LNG-fueled Newbuilds
BC Ferries has awarded Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. of Gdansk, Poland contracts totaling $165 million to build three new Intermediate Class LNG-fueled passenger ferries, to be classed by Lloyd's Register (LR). The new intermediate class vessels will be the first vessels in BC Ferries' fleet to operate as dual-fuel capable, using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) or diesel fuel for propulsion and power. Mark Wilson, BC Ferries' Vice President of Engineering, said
ABB Wins Contract from Chinese Shipyard
ABB announced that it will deliver advanced electrical propulsion systems for four LNG carriers under construction by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. The LNG vessels are a joint venture between China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Limited (CLNG) and Teekay, and will operate under 20-year time-charter contracts with Methane Services Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BG.
Novatek CEO: Sanctions Hurt Yamal LNG, Upbeat on Plans
International sanctions have undermined the ability of Russia's Yamal LNG project to raise necessary funds but it will be launched as scheduled, Leonid Mikhelson, head of the plant's main shareholder, said in a televised interview on Tuesday. The company, co-owned by Gennady Timchenko, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, was placed under U.S. sanctions in 2014, soon after the final investment decision had been taken on the Yamal project in late 2013.
Hyundai Merchant Marine Denies Rumors
Hyundai Merchant Marine, South Korea's largest shipping firm, denied on Thursday a local report it had begun a debt-rescheduling program led by creditor banks. "It is not true that the company began a debt-rescheduling program led by creditors and the government formed a debt team due to rising debts," the company said in a statement. The JoongAng Ilbo newspaper quoted an official at the FSS as saying that the new debt-rescheduling team was formed as some financial institutions were inclined
LNG Marine Fuel Taking Hold in America: FMC Commissioner Speaks
In his speech at the LNG Export & Export & Infrastructure Conference Federal Maritime Commissioner Doyle gives insights on the consequences of the adoption of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a marine fuel in the United States. The text from the Federal Commission Newsroom is as follows: "Good Afternoon: I am a Commissioner with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. The Federal Maritime Commission is an independent regulatory agency responsible for regulating the
LNG Carrier Cool-down by SLNG a First
Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) has performed its first vessel cool-down service, following an agreement signed with Malaysian shipping company MISC. This is the first agreement for vessel cool-down services that SLNG has entered into, and the first cool-down was performed on one of MISC's LNG ships, the Seri Bakti. SLNG began commercial operations on May 7, 2013 and has since been providing throughput services for LNG ships transporting LNG in tanks under cryogenic temperatures
LR to Support LNG Bunkering in Portsmouth
Lloyd's Register (LR) is working with British port to develop operational procedures and technical standards required for safe LNG bunkering operations. LR has commenced a project to identify the technical specifications and develop operating procedures for safe LNG bunkering in Portsmouth International Port. The project will position Portsmouth to develop its ambitions to become an LNG bunkering facility and hub – the first in the United Kingdom.
First US LNG Shipment Goes to China
The first liquefied natural gas vessel from the lower 48 U.S. states is on its way to China, according to a Reuters interactive map on Friday, the latest sign that the expanded Panama Canal is allowing U.S. exports to reach the world's top LNG buyers in Asia.
LNG Market Needs More Vessels than Currently on Order
Despite the current weakness in LNG shipping rates, Drewry maintains its bullish long-term outlook for LNG shipping and believes that the market will require more vessels than listed on the current orderbook, according to the latest edition of the LNG Forecaster report published by global
Staying Afloat Down Under?
In recent years, Australia has been a major growth area for offshore gas production and a key driver of offshore CAPEX, says Clarksons Research. However, the prospects for Australian gas projects that have yet to be sanctioned are looking increasingly uncertain due to weaker LNG
LNG-fueled Bulker Ordered from Korea
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has signed a contract to build a 50,000 dwt bulk carrier with ILSHIN LOGISTICS. The project is a collaboration between POSCO and ILSHIN LOGISTICS to develop the first in a new generation of ships for greener shipping.
Bangladesh LNG Terminal Edges Closer
Excelerate Energy L.P. ("Excelerate"), Petrobangla, and the Government of Bangladesh executed the Terminal Use Agreement ("TUA") and the Implementation Agreement ("IA") for the construction and operation of Bangladesh's first LNG import terminal –
First LNG Vessel Transits Expanded Panama Canal
Today, the Panama Canal marked another milestone with the transit of the first-ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier through its expanded locks. Shell-chartered Maran Gas Apollonia—measuring 289 meters in length and 45 meters in beam—arrived Monday from the Sabine Pass LNG
Two SAAM Tugs Christened in Chile
In early June, after a traditional blessing ceremony held in Valparaiso, Chile where SAAM S.A. is based, the company officially puts two more new Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3200 class tugs Yunco and Huairavo tugs into operation. Representatives of local authorities, the Chilean Navy
Two DNV GL Approvals for GTT Training Software
GTT Training, a GTT subsidiary dedicated to training liquefied natural gas (LNG) professionals and to the development of associated simulation tools, has obtained two approvals for G-Sim training software from DNVGL in accordance with their standard for Maritime Simulator Systems.
IOC Mulls Buying GSPC's Stake in Mundra Terminal
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country's largest oil company, is in talks to buy debt-laden Gujarat State Petroleum Corp's (GSPC) stake in the under-construction Rs.4,500 crore ($669 million) Mundra LNG import terminal, according to PTI.
Panama Canal Launches Green Award System
The Panama Canal has launched the Green Connection Award, a new initiative to recognize customers who demonstrate excellent environmental stewardship, and to encourage others to implement technologies and standards to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
LNG: Did the Greeks Get it Wrong?
In December 2013, Alibra's market report front page read: "When in shipping, do as the Greeks do." At that time, Alibra was referring to the fact that 31% of the LNG carrier orderbook had been ordered by Greek owners.
MOL Signs Long-Term Charter with Uruguayan JV for FSRU
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Lakler S.A., agreed to conclude a charter contract with Gas Sayago, for a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) project in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Ship of the Year Award for NYK Vessel
Japan's first LNG-fueled ship, Sakigake, which is a tugboat owned by NYK has been recognized with a Technology Special Award at the 2015 Ship of the Year Awards sponsored by the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE)
First U.S. LNG shipment to cross expanded Panama Canal
The United States will ship its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo through an expanded Panama Canal next week. The waterway shaves distances between export plants dotted along the Gulf of Mexico and Asia to 9,000 miles from 16,000, allowing U.S
GTT Cuts Outlook on Ship Construction Delays
French supplier of systems for marine transportation of liquified natural gas (LNG) Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) reported strong growth in its first half results on Thursday but cut its 2016 revenue outlook, blaming delays in the construction of some ships.


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Who to Start Message Board
Osama Ben Dover Osama Ben Dover Nov 16, 2011 8:04 PM Flag
Starks or Ball?
Should i start James Starks against Tampon Bay or Lance Ball against Da Jets?
Please lend me your thoughts if you would.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
the thing is no matter what at minimum starks will get you 7 points in a standard league,very consistent,so could be 7 or more
Ball for sure. Denver will run all day, and Jets is not nearly as good against the run as they once were. Even last week when they Pack blew out Min, they kept passing. Doubt Starks will get to double digits, Ball has a pretty good chance.
- 1 Reply to JoelyS
Ball will have more opps...starks will be restricted because Rogers arm and accuracy..Balls the guy
did you forget jets def?ball can have 40 carries but with maybe 50-60 yards!
Yeah but Tebow can't throw a rock let alone complete a pass. Ball will get a lot of work. Starks get 8 carries instead of 5. Rogers is still warming up.
- 1 Reply to Matthew
Osama Ben Dover Osama Ben Dover Nov 16, 2011 8:38 PM Flag
Good point bro. But the flip side could be that Rogers blows the freakin Bucs up early. If that happens then Starks could get alot of carries later in the game when Pack is burning clock. Just like last week.
- 1 Reply to Jorge
Osama Ben Dover Osama Ben Dover Nov 16, 2011 8:34 PM Flag
Thanks bro.
Never play an RB from GB
- 1 Reply to Matthew
Osama Ben Dover Osama Ben Dover Nov 16, 2011 8:30 PM Flag
Definitely appreciate your response but still not sure b/c Starks consistently puts out a solid 7 to 9 points weekly.
Does any one else have any input?
how dare you ask that.starks is going to run alot,gant is not playing!ball vs jets,i dont think so!
- 1 Reply to Jorge
Osama Ben Dover Osama Ben Dover Nov 16, 2011 8:09 PM Flag
The other option was Lance Ball from Denver. Moreno is out and Mcgahee's hammy is fubar. denver runs like a mofo b/c Tebow can't throw.
So with that in mind should i go with James Starks versus TB or Lance Ball versus Jets?
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