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Sheridan College has built a distinction as the premiere institution to go to for animation. The school has its world-famous reputation, a resonance in the industry that cannot be argued and employers are constantly pleased with their recruits.
The Animation Career Review ranked Sheridan as the best in the world for animation out of 100 schools, a distinction given to Sheridan for having the most sought after graduates.
Five of its graduates worked on Pixar's Brave, which recently won the Golden Globe award for best animation feature. Another six graduates of the program are nominated for the Feb. 2 Annie Awards.
So, what makes Sheridan's Bachelor of Applied Arts – Animation so special?
"We've been teaching animation for 40 years. We have endurance and we have a real commitment to the art of animation," said Angela Stukator, associate dean, animation and game design, who is in charge of overseeing the Animation program.
The commitment is firstly to the fundamentals of the art form before anything else.
"We steer students clear of 2D and 3D digital animation until they have a real sense of how to pursue the art using pencils, paper, paint," she said. "It's a classical approach to the art form."
Commitment is nothing, of course, without execution, and that's where the animation faculty at the school pride themselves. It begins even before students begin class.
First, the program is tough to get into. Animation sees approximately 800 yearly applicants for its 125 spots. Over the course of five days, some 30 faculty members pore over the portfolios of each applicant, each one assessed for life drawing, character design, layout, storyboarding and personal artwork.
"We don't bring in anybody into the program that has weak skills. They have to be good to get in," Stukator said. Once a student is in, it's competitive, she adds.
"The students learn as much from each other as they do from their instructors. They're the cream of the crop. They're from all over the world and they're coming to Sheridan because they know it's the best."
Then, for the next four years, each student must live, eat and breathe animation. For every hour of class time, each student can expect as much as three hours of homework. Having a part-time job during the school year is next to impossible.
"I don't think easy comes into the lexicon of anything to do with animation. It's completely meticulous work. It takes a very special kind of person to have the patience and the precision to be an animator," said Stukator.
Despite the heavy workload, with students working in studios until the early hours of the morning, the graduation rate is fairly high in the program, something the faculty members pride themselves on. Approximately 95 students will graduate at the end of the four-year degree program. This, Stukator said, is largely due to the stringent enrolment process and student dedication.
"We support the students. We give them everything they need to be successful and then it's up to the student how they respond to the environment," she said. If a student puts in their full effort all four years, the end results will be worth it, Stukator added.
The program consists of nine full-time instructors and another 30 part time, all of whom are people from the industry, including from such production houses as Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar, Corus and others. Those instructors impart their knowledge to the students, teaching them what they will need to know to get employed.
"The industry is now better than it's been in a long time because animation is in everything. Before it was features and Saturday-morning cartoons. Now, it's the Internet, simulation, advertising, mobile devices. For the students, the possibilities are limitless in terms of what they can do with their animation skills," Stukator said.
Major production houses end up with boatloads of Sheridan graduates who get to work in big-budget, blockbuster films. Last year, more than 40 Sheridan graduates had credits on Academy Award-nominated films.
"The graduates are out there. They're working and it feeds the reputation of the institution and it makes us know we're doing something right because our graduates are out there getting jobs and making a mark on the industry," Stukator said.
There's a lot of interest in the program from the international community as well. The program gets students from places such as the U.S., Korea, China, India and Brazil.
In addition to international students coming here for the program, schools abroad are even getting in on the local action.
Sheridan animation has an ongoing partnership with a similar program at a university in China. This past summer, students from the animation programs at both schools collaborated on an animation film, titled Mashutaha, which is a Huron word for grandmother. It incorporates both traditional and 3D animation components.
While most of the third-years at the Sheridan program were out on their internships over the summer, a group of 12 students did their internships at school, working on Mashutaha, which began with a group of students from the year before.
"The film we started last summer is absolutely huge," said professor Michel Lyn Hannan. "The film they're working on that's left over from last summer is about 10 minutes long and it's huge. There's 3D, 2D, there's different programs like Flash and Flipbook. It's immense."
This past June, the students flew to China and spent three weeks in Beijing where they presented the film. At that time, the schools also started on a new series of films.
The in-school internship is a busy one for students. They have a limited amount of time to complete one film before they begin another.
Animated films are drawn object-by-object, frame-by-frame and incorporated into the layered film.
Despite a rush to finish, last summer's in-school intern students were excited to be part of the project.
"Everyone has their own thing that they love. If you love it, you work on it as hard as you can," said one collaborator, Brandon Cheong.
Another student, Kim Newton, said the hard work is worth it for the end result.
"I'm here for the love of art and creating something and seeing it move on the screen. To bring something to life is exciting," she said.
Cheong acknowledged he had a hard time getting into the program originally. He went to a high school that was high on academics and not on art, which made it difficult for him.
"I had to try a couple of times before I got accepted into the program," he said.
There are some things students can do to improve their odds of getting accepted. Cheong took Sheridan College's one-year Art Fundamentals program, which introduces students to various arts. It also eases the application process as students get a chance to build and improve their portfolios.
There may be other roadblocks for students as well. Tuition is deregulated for the program so it is higher than the standard university tuition rate in Ontario. However, Stukator said, this pays for the hardware and software that students gain access to. It also pays for such things as bringing in horses to the campus for the students to draw. The students also go on excursions.
Furthermore, this is a degree program, not a college diploma course as Animation switched formats in 2003. There were a number of reasons for the change, Stukator said.
"It is now a kind-of standard of education to have a bachelor's degree. We did it also to allow students to have further pathways after graduation. They can go to graduate school, get a Master's degree, or they could go into Teacher's College," she said. "(Also) it became very difficult after 9/11 to secure visas and having a degree eases the process of securing a visa to work internationally."
Stukator said after second year, students work mostly in 2D, but have the option to make films in traditional cartoon, 2D, 3D or stop motion. However, the school has been adding more 3D courses into program in recent years as there has been a boom in the film industry.
"The innovation and artistry of 3D has been evolving over the last decade or so and the possibilities are endless," she said. "I don't think 2D will ever die. It's labour intensive. It's a different aesthetic and we really do try and make the students understand the style is inexplicably bound to the story you're telling."
Sheridan is known for its strong 2D program, but as the industry changes more and more to 3D, Stukator said Sheridan will evolve too.
"As we evolve, and we're always evolving, and more 3D films are made, I anticipate we'll be known for excellence in 3D animation."
To help the animation program stay up-to-date, the animation faculty hold their Program Advisory Committees at least twice a year. They include members of the industry. Aside from the two meetings, there is constant dialogue between faculty and the industry all year round.
Sheridan also offers further opportunities to its students when they complete the animation program. The school has several eight-month, post-grad certificate programs. They are computer animation, digital character animation, and digital visual effects. While the animation program touches on all of these, these certificate programs allow students to specialize in those skills even further.
To help the students deal with their heavy workloads, production studios are available to students in third and fourth years to work on their film projects. They stay open until 2 a.m.
Graduates also end up in major video game studios, including Electronic Arts, Microsoft Games Studio and Blizzard. However, the school has launched its bachelor of applied arts in game design program this past September. Stukator said this won't result in changes to the current animation program, but there may be a shift in enrolment as students interested in game design will likely apply for the new program.
About five years ago, the program introduced stop-motion classes. Even though it's more of an introductory course, with puppetry basics and puppet-making classes, it has gained momentum quickly and is already highly regarded.
Instructor Chris Walsh oversees the fourth-year final student films and specializes in stop-motion animation. He said there are opportunities for graduating students in the stop-motion industry as major films and TV series are constantly coming out.
"It's a specialized form of animation," he said. "When there is a production and you're trained in it, your odds are good for being hired because you are specialized."
Sheridan grads have gone on to work at some major studios on stop-motion productions, perhaps among the biggest of players is Laika. The studio has released such films as Coraline and, recently, ParaNorman.
"We've had graduates walk right out of this room in fourth year to making a film to Laika and other major feature film studios. They have the skills to get themselves in the door and then they continue to learn from there," Walsh said.
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Let me say first of all that I'm not one of a member of the media cheer squad for Steve Jobs and Apple. But there is no doubt that the iPad, described by some as the iPhone on steroids, will have a big impact on the printed word. Writing from San Francisco, Stephen Hutcheon says this is Apple's big entry into the e-book market. Books will be able to be downloaded from Apple's new online iBookstore shop and read using a new application. Jobs says five of the world's leading publishers - Hachette, Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan - have already signed up and he expects more to follow. It will also have a massive impact on textbooks. School and university students will have access to more up to date material at a lower cost.
It won't happen immediately. iBooks is initially US-only. But as The Age literary editor Jason Steger writes, publishing is set to become a two pronged approach of hard copy and e-books. The electronic version is just another way of getting writers' books to readers.
Still, you would think that eventually the electronic version will dominate. In his book, Print is Dead Jeff Gomez says the internet is killing print little-by-little by removing it as a necessity for most people. Information is spread by websites and most people communicate by email. Sports scores and classified ads are found in newspapers but most people get this information online. Print is gradually being erased. Gomez argues that publishers should see this as an opportunity, not a threat. "Just as videos and DVDs proved to the movie business that their trade had little or anything to do with film itself, so too will digital reading prove to publishers that cardboard and pulp are merely the passing adjuncts to its most important processes," Gomez writes.
In many ways, the digital reading experience can replicate everything you get from a magazine and newspaper, and more because you can be turning the pages, or tapping on pictures to get video. You can check out the possibilities, even the sound of the page turning, on the clip of the digital Sports Illustrated here:
Will the iPad save newspapers? CNN reports that publishers have already lined up content deals with Apple. The big unknown is how this is going to be priced. It won't save every newspaper. As The Economist says, some newspapers rely too much on classified advertising which have already migrated to online sources. Tablets are also expensive, although as this piece of analysis suggests, the New York Times would make more money if it got rid of its printing presses and distributors and gave each of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead. Would the same economics apply if they supplied every reader with an iPad?
All up, the latest development suggest print is on the way out. How do you feel about that? How attached are you to print? Is it the same as reading online? How different is it? Do you think print will disappear?

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By Bobby Harrison
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JACKSON – When Thad Cochran last spoke at the Neshoba County Fair in 1997, he had to dispel rumors that he would be a candidate for governor in 1999.
"I really think it is my duty to the people of Mississippi and to the people of the U.S. Senate to continue my service in the Senate," he told fairgoers on a hot August day in 1997, echoing similar comments he made at the 1996 fair.
After the speech, when surrounded by members of the media, he made it clear he would not be a candidate for governor in 1999. In a playful interview with the media, the then-59-year-old Cochran did not rule out a future run for governor – citing then-West Virginia Gov. Cecil Underwood, who was first elected at age 34 and years later re-elected at age 74.
Borrowing from a Beatles tune, Cochran said, "If you still need me and love me when I am 74, check back with me then."
Cochran, now 76, is scheduled to speak for the first time since 1997 at the historic Neshoba County Fair political speakings on July 31. There will be no speculation about the six-term incumbent U.S. senator running for governor.
He is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate and the Pontotoc County native who now calls Oxford home has been involved in the most fierce campaign of his political career that started in 1972 when he was elected to the U.S. House representing the Jackson area and southwest Mississippi.
Cochran defeated previously little-known state Sen. Chris McDaniel, a Tea Party favorite, in a bare-knuckled Republican primary. McDaniel received the most votes in the first primary on June 3, but not the majority needed to avoid a runoff. In the June 24 runoff, Cochran won by 7,667 votes out of the 392,197 cast statewide.
Since the loss, the McDaniel campaign has alleged instances of fraud and voter irregularities on the part of the Cochran campaign and its supporters and has indicated it plans to file a legal challenge to the results.
The Cochran campaign, which admits it has been preoccupied by what it says are baseless allegations by McDaniel, has said it's turning its focus to the November general election against Democrat Travis Childers of Booneville, a former U.S. House member.
Campaign spokesman Jordan Russell said, "Sen. Cochran is looking forward to kicking off the fall campaign at the Fair and sharing his conservative message with the people of Mississippi."
The Cochran seat was never thought to be a factor this November when the Republicans strive to pick up six seats to capture that new majority.
And most still believe the seat is safe for Republicans. But there is at least a little lingering doubt caused by the hard feelings created by the bruising primary where McDaniel supporters say the election was stolen from them.
Childers wants debates
Up to this point, Childers, who will speak just before Cochran on July 31 at the Neshoba County Fair, has run a relatively low-key campaign. He won the Democratic primary with ease against token opposition and has been overshadowed by the McDaniel-Cochran feud.
"Their race really became about personalities," Childers said recently. "I don't know why. But it should always be about issues. I look forward to explaining my position on the issues … and quite frankly we should be debating issues and not talking about personalities."
Childers promises that if elected he will avoid the partisan bickering that has engulfed Washington, and "will work with anybody who has a good idea."
Childers has suggested four debates between him and Cochran – one in each congressional district.
He said that suggestion is "not overreaching and not too hard on anybody."
Cochran refused to debate McDaniel and has not agreed to any debates with Childers.
But in less than two weeks, Cochran and Childers will make their cases before fairgoers and the statewide media in back-to-back speeches under the historic tin-roofed Founders Square pavilion.
Last time out
Much will be different from the last time Cochran spoke at the Fair. In 1997, he was viewed as a possible gubernatorial candidate for two reasons – he had lost a bid in 1996 against then-fellow Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott for Senate majority leader and many Republicans feared they had no other candidate to compete with the Democrats' top tier candidates, then Lt. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove and Attorney General Mike Moore.
At the time, Cochran said no thanks, but jokingly and perhaps prophetically told voters to call him if they still needed and loved him when he is 74.
A now 76-year-old Cochran is hoping voters do and is going back to the Neshoba County Fair political speakings to make his case.


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Fri Jul 13 2012 08:49 Month of Kickstarter #13: Summer Reruns:
Not really happy with today's crop of projects! I covet today's Month of Kickstarter Platinum object, the Nomiku sous vide cooker, but I'm not going to drop $299 on it. I need new pots, not a new gadget.
As you can tell, my observations on last year's MoK have changed the way I approach this year's. There are some projects that are interesting but whose owners clearly aren't hustling (or whose hustling has failed). Last year I thought those projects just needed a little publicity and that my writing about them could make a difference, but it never helped. So now I don't think it's worth the time it would take to write them up. I can't hustle for you.
Of course, that calls into question the whole point of Month of Kickstarter. Last year I excluded projects that are obviously going to succeed, and now I've started to exclude long-shots. Is there really that much in the middle? How did I think this year's MoK would be easier than last year's?
Anyway, instead of backing a new project today, I've bumped up my Pitfalls and Penguins pledge to get the signed copy. Live the anticlimax!
If this keeps going on I'll go back to backing projects much more impulsively, and see how I feel about that.


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On this week's "Jersey Shore," tensions run high between the roommates, Sammi and Ronnie's relationship hits some road bumps and it's no longer safe for guidos on the boardwalk.
Vinny's conquests
At the end of last week's episode, Vinny hooked up with some cougar trash bag. Turned out it was their boss and landlord Danny's date. This week, Vinny was freaked out about the fallout. When he finally got to work, Danny confronted him and did nothing about it. Wah, wah, wah.
Later, Vinny is talking to Mike's sister on the phone. He asks Mike if she can hang out that night at the club. Later, when she arrives, the whole house is shocked to see that she looks like Mike with a wig on sans "the situation." Vinny is totally turned off. After a few shots at the club, though, she starts looking pretty good to him. Again, nothing ends up happening. Double wah, wah, wah.
The house vs. Sammi and Ronnie
The roommates are starting to get annoyed by Sammi and Ronnie. While they do go out, they stick to themselves and typically leave early. Snooki thinks they're wasting good bonding time. A few nights later, she confronts them and they don't really care what Snooki or the other roomies think.
Sammi vs. Ronnie
One of the nights, after leaving early, Sammi and Ronnie begin fighting in the cab. She calls him stubby (which is kind of right on) and he makes fun of her Flintstone toe. I'm going to take his word on that one. Don't need to see it. Back at the house, Sammi gets way too dramatic about Ronnie's remarks about her yabba, dabba toe. Has anyone else realized that Sammi talks like a baby when she's sad? After apologizing several times to Sammi, Ronnie gives up. He decides to go out creeping with the guys for trash bags. I don't think he ever really meant to do it. I think he was just trying to push Sammi's buttons, because he ends up turning around and going back. Sammi, who was convinced Ronnie was going to bring back a trash bag, finally forgives him.
Snooki vs. "The Grenade" and her friend, "The Hippo"
Mike meets up with some girl who he had at the house previously and invites her back. Little does he know that she's bringing "The Grenade" back and a new friend, "The Hippo." When Mike tries to enlist Pauly to take "The Grenade" on again, he refuses. Mike then asks Snooki if she'll throw out the extra trash bags. After Snooki asked the girls to leave, they don't take it very well. After trading insults, "The Grenade" goes off and "The Hippo" charges poor Snooki. Even the guys can't handle the grenade blasts and "The Hippo" who's hungry for a piece of Snooki. Snooki takes a few punches to the face before the police arrive and break up the fight. Snooki blames Mike for getting hit again, because he keeps bringing trash bags around.
I think that's fair, since he did ask Snooki to get rid of them. After some play fighting, Mike promises Snooki he won't bring so many trash bags around. That's going to last about an hour, huh?
Vinny's big Italian family
Vinny's family comes to visit and his mother cooks the gang a meal. I can't believe how many Italians poured through that front door. According to Snooki, Vinny's mom was a "real" Italian woman like her grandmother, who also never sat down while everyone else ate, then cleaned the mess up only to eat alone at the end. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of Italian women who would argue with Snooki about her definition of "real." Just a hunch.
Ronnie gets into a fist pump
After Snooki told Ronnie and Sammi that they ought to "live it up," they decided to go home. Earlier at the bar, some guy was heckling the cast while they were drinking. Later while Ronnie and Sammi are walking home, the guy turns up outside and continues to insult them. Ronnie ignores him, but Sammi starts to throw her own insults the guy's way. Ronnie loses his cool and shoves Sammi, telling her to stop feeding into the guy. She gets annoyed and walks off. The guy then starts egging Ronnie on over pushing a girl. Ronnie goes nuts and charges the guy. I have to hand it to Ronnie. He got some good punches in. The comical part, though, is how Sammi and the guy's girlfriend tried to pull the guys apart by pulling on the back of their pants, which does virtually nothing.
Later, the guys get break it up when they hear police sirens. On the way home, Ronnie blames Sammi for causing the fight with her insults to the guy. At the house, Sammi turns it around and says she can't believe that Ronnie pushed her. That basically trumps anything Ronnie had on her and he apologizes to her.
Next week: Atlantic City! Good thing, because Seaside Heights seems over the cast.
Quotable quotes from "The Shore":
"Gym. Tanning. Laundry. That's how you make the guidos." – Vinny (on his male roomies' daily routine)
"It's like the Navy Seals. I get sent out first, do a little reconnaissance, bring girls back." – Mike (on how the guys gather trash bags at the club)
"If I didn't [care], then I'd go find another creature outside." – Ronnie (on how much he cares for his creature, Sammi. Awww.)
"Someone needs to teach her how to fight or duck." – Pauly (on Snooki getting punched again)
"They probably smelled the food." – Mike (on why "The Grenade" and "The Hippo" ended up coming over)
"Oh my god. [F-bomb] Christmas. – Snooki (on the meal Vinny's mom made)
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Still waiting for Posada
Two hours before game time, there's still no word on Jorge Posada and his banged up knee. Posada was in the clubhouse briefly, but he walked in and out without really talking.
There were no new lockers in the clubhouse, so I assume the team did not make a call-up to fill the spot. We're talking to Girardi in a few minutes. Hope to have something then.


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In it, but not of it. TPM DC
Gingrich Threatens EFCA Twitterer With Lawsuit, Doesn't Understand Twitter
By that, Gingrich's attorney means the group posted this.
Which could, I suppose, be interpreted both as a solicitation of Gingrich and Anuzis as well as a statement about them (though does anybody really think Gingrich would sign a pro-EFCA petition?) But anybody with even passing familiarity with Twitter knows that the message isn't purportedly written by the people named in it. It's directed at them. Hence the ampersand.
The website for The Truth About EFCA can be seen here. And the Twitterer who's being threatened with the lawsuit has a blog of his own where he's written a post about this ordeal. We've contacted him (by direct Twitter message!) and we'll let you know what, if anything, he has to say about his sudden brush with Twitter scandal.


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Kelly? Check. Brenda? Check? Donna? Check. The boys? Not so much. Still, season one of '90210' was a tasty mix of past favorites and fresh, new characters (the burning-to-be-bad Annie, neurotic Silver, good guy Dixon). Launched to heavy fanfare, the series found its way in the second part of its initial season and has some nice momentum going into the season two premiere next month on The CW. Buy the season one DVD right here.
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The four southern belles (and Anthony) are back for more in season two of the beloved 'Designing Women.' Many fans say this is where the series really hit its stride. Bernice pops in more and more, and guest stars such as Gerald McRaney (the future Mr. Delta Burke), Scott Bakula and Billy Baldwin add to the fun. Get all the season two episodes on this four-disc set and buy the season two DVD right here.
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Whitney Port struck out on her own in 'The City,' a spinoff of 'The Hills' in which our wannabe fashionista packed up her things and moved across the country to New York. What did she find? A tough job at DVF, a catty co-worker (the eye-rollingly bitchy Olivia) and some roommate drama of course. Oh and a rocker boyfriend, naturally, who could just be stringing her along. Fun music, pretty people, and lots of drama – did you expect anything less? Buy the season one DVD right here.
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Chris Nowinski on the WWE: "I Feel Like It's Something the Feds Should Look Into Because That's Not A Safe Work Environment"
September 17, 2009 – 10:45 am by Jimmy ShapiroSRI continues to work in new writers. This post is courtesy of Chris Fedor of WKNR in Cleveland. You may not know exactly who Chris Nowinski is, but he has an amazing story. Nowinski went to Harvard, where he starred on the football team and then went on to the WWE to become a wrestler. Because of his time playing football at Harvard and his time wrestling in the WWE, Nowinski suffered a number of concussions. His wrestling career ended in 2003 because of a concussion. He was diagnosed with a disorder known as post-concussion syndrome. Following his retirement from wrestling, Nowinski went on to write a book titled Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis, which details his career-ending injury and also talks about the effects and dangers of concussions in football as well as other sports. Nowinski is also a co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, an organization dedicated to furthering awareness of sports-related head injuries.
He has spearheaded investigations into the deaths of notable athletes such as Chris Benoit and Andre Waters and continues to do everything he can to raise awareness of the effects concussions can have on former athletes that played in contact sports. Some of his findings have led the WWE and the NFL to change how the athletes are medically treated. Recently 16 former athletes, including six former NFL players have agreed to donate their brains to the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy following their death to continue the study about concussions in contact sports. In addition, it was announced on Monday of this week that current players Matt Birk, Lofa Tatupu, and Sean morey have agreed to donate their brains upon death.
Chris Nowinski, The former WWE star an co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institue joins Fan 590 in Toronto with Bob McCown and Stephen Brunt to talk about the continued research of concussions in sports in the wake of NFL players donating their brains to his institute for medical research as well as the dangers of wrestling in the WWE.
On how the research mitigates these kinds of injuries down the road:
"That's a great question. What you're dealing with in terms of brain trauma in general is two major issues. One is acute treatment of a concussion. Science thinks that managing a concussion properly through rest, you actually minimize the long-term damage. That's one aspect. The other aspect is this long-term disease that we're seeing in so many brains of ex-athletes. The more we learn about this disease and the more we learn how common it is, in fact we looked at over 10 NFL players and almost all of them had this disease, it will lead to changes with the way the game is played in terms of reducing overall trauma; hits to the head and even reducing full-contact practices in a sport like football, those changes can be made now to protect athletes. In the long run, we understand the disease is caused by an abnormal protein and it can lead to treatments while you're alive."
On the effect that brain damage had on Chris Benoit:
"I wrestled with Chris for five years and I worked with his father so that we could study his brain. I would say that was 99 percent a brain injury story. He had the most damaged brain of any of the athletes that we looked at to that point. It was showing critical symptoms that people weren't quite catching that could be brain injury related. I see a lot of wrestlers now who worked with him or traveled with him on the road in those last couple of months and he was acting bizarrely. He was crying in inappropriate situations and he was refusing to call matches because he was having trouble remembering what to do in the ring. Whether the steroids contributed to the rage factor and while a lot of these guys have killed themselves, he was the only one that we studied that killed other people. Maybe the combination is a more deadly combination when you're losing your mind to have such high testosterone levels, but I don't think any of it would've ever happened without the brain injuries."
On who is looking out for the health of the wrestlers in the WWE:
"Nobody. I think what happens in the WWE is a real shame. I think those guys are pretty badly exploited. I was not too happy about what was in place when I had my concussions in terms of there were no proper management protocols in place, there wasn't education in place and people didn't know what to do with me, but also the way they handled the Benoit situation. I was still working for them when we got Benoit's brain and somehow I wasn't working with them afterwards. They were not happy about us exploring the possibility that there was brain damage from his work in the ring. There are two major issues with wrestling. The one that is really frustrating about the poor management of concussions is because wrestling is performance and is essentially fake; you can work around an athlete and not take away from the show. You get a guy that has had a concussion and they can't do physical things, but they can get on a microphone, they can have the type of match that exposes them to no risk, but still be out there doing something. On the flip-side, I think the risk of having a guy who has been concussed in the ring too fast is greater than it is in other sports. I would not dare get in the ring right now with someone who I know has been concussed considering your life is in their hands and they can drop you on your head or jump from the top rope and be off by two feet and put their knew through your skull. There are plenty of stories about guys getting hit in the head during a match, everybody knowing they're blacked out on their feet, yet they don't have a protocol in place to stop the match. It's absurd. I feel it's something the feds should look into because that's not a safe work environment."
On the effects he's feeling following his concussions
"I would say my memory is not as sharp as it used to be. I have an impossible time remembering faces in any situation, worse than anybody I know. My big problem was with the headaches for five years. My head throbbed nearly all the time. That's finally done so I actually am happy to wake up in the mornings now, which is a new thing for me. It was the headaches, the memory problems and the depression that would come with that. Then for four years I slept-walked and I had to be medicated so I wouldn't hurt myself every night, but that's gone too."
Listen to Chris Nowinski on The Fan 590 in Toronto
Tags: Chris Nowinksi, Concussions, NFL players donate agree to donate brains to Sports Legacy Institute, Sports Legacy Institute, WWE


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For The Love Of Layered Templates
There's a sale happening at Designer Digitals now through Wednesday at 6AM EST that I don't want you to miss out on - 40% off all Paper Packs and Layered Templates. 40% off is a pretty great deal considering that the Quarterly Sale is usually a 30% off sale.
You can check out my gallery over at Designer Digitals to see more of my digital and hyrbid layouts.
Now while I think there are some fun papers available, it's really the templates that I love and use. I use them in a few different ways including making fully digital 12x12 or 8.5x11 scrapbook pages, creating hybrid pages (a mix of digital and traditional) and using layered templates to create pages for Project Life®.
In Project Life® I regularly use two kinds of layered templates: (1) 6x12 Layered Templates and (2) 3x4 or 4x6 Layered Sentiments.
Currently I have two 6x12 Layered Template sets available: Words & Photos Vol.1 and Words & Photos Vol.2. I've got a video tutorial on how to work with these templates here.
Here's a peek at an upcoming week of 2014 that will be posted soon that uses the Words & Photos 6x12 Layered Template Vol.2:
They are such a great way to get longer stories added to Project Life®.
Using Words & Photos Vol.1.
Or maybe you'd like to add some Day In The Life stories to your Project Life® album like I did last year using this Day In The Life 6x12 Layered Template Set. Check out all my posts last year that include that template set here.
Some of my other personal favorite template sets include:
What We've Learned From You | Check out a big post about what I created using that set here and the updated post where I share the 4x6 album here.
And then of course there are Week In The Life sets:
Week In The Life - The Is Our Life | See how I used this template set for my 2013 Week In The Life album. There is a second set available as well called This Is My Life. Check out a video on working with these sets here.
Autobiography Layered Template Set | This one also includes a front cover, back cover, and spine. This is a great set if you've been wanting to document a bit more about your own story right now.
10 Rounded Corner Layered Templates
For single page layouts I love:
Pieces Of Life. Here's a layout I created using that template:
Simply AE | Remember This. Here's a layout I created using that template:
Simple Series No. 1. Here's a layout I created using that template:
Love One Another (AE Simple Series No. 7)
In addition I have a bunch of 3x4 layered sentiment cards available. These are great for adding to Project Life®. You can read more about working with those here.
And really that's just a quick glimpse at all the layered templates I have available. You can see them all here.
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After the leaf blower wouldn't kick over, cleaned the spark plug and replaced the gas. Fired right up, albeit with a lot of blue smoke. Any mods for it? Next week, replace the spark plug, filter and oil on the Torro. That time of year again. And maybe add an ///M badge to it.
BMW is missing out on the whole sports-push-mower market segment. Here's a nitrous-powered lawn mower, they named it Mow-Zilla.
I did the full Griot's on the exterior of my son's 2000 Saab 9-3. Clay bar, Machine Polish 3, One Step Sealant.
Picking up my Toyota T100 today. Stupid #1 spark plug backed out and blew out the threads. No easy way to fix for sure, Toyota dealership insists on complete head job (both heads) - $4K - with new head. Now my '95/125K mile $7K T100 is worth $8K. Don't ever let anyone tell you that Toyotas are cheaper to maintain than BMWs (although this head job is cheaper than an N52/N54).
Did you already do the repair? Spark plug thread repair inserts from HeliCoil or TimeSert are readily available. And why both heads?
A helicoil was put in 2 1/2 years ago. It blew out (I have the head) and there was nothing to be done like that. Well, perhaps heli-arcing new material in after cleaning it out and then re-tapping. But the spark plug hole is big enough to take the larger plug threads from older spark plugs... so I don't have much confidence of anything holding. They're just being picky about removing both heads. Have to admit, if you re-build (or replace) a head on a V-anything, the other side ends up being weak. The cost to do the other head was negligible in the scheme of things.


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Sunday, June 18, 2006
I don't want to talk about it.
69 comments:
Go bloggless. I can't handle sports tomorrow. I've got a headache and my knees hurt. I really think we're looking at 7 games, though. Mavs fans. Let's take a break and come back Tuesday. I'll talk to you then, I'm out.
How about making some free throws down the stretch?
- Todd said...
Can't go to sleep now...too worked up and mad
not trying to be negative here...but i don't like our chances of winning two straight. We can't stop Wade.
I cringe at the thought of the visitors celebrating a title on our court. - 11:49 PM
It's hard to beat a team that has three refs willing to bail out their golden boy everytime he's breathed on. It's time for home court advantage to mean something for us.
- bgtyma said...
Personally never have complained about this before but... Officals, Officals, Officals...
So glad my hopes were so high after the entire Ticket broadcast staff declared that the series wouldn't be coming back to Dallas.
Nice prognosticating guys. Good thing you all can tell funny jokes. - 11:52 PM
Because we know that no team is capable of ever beating the Mavericks straight up, it's always the refs that screw the Mavericks out of everything. If the refs had been fair, this playoff run would have been over already and the Mavs would have gone 16-0 of course.
I don't even want to bring up officiating. Still, could've won. Can anyone answer me to why was Avery wasting Devin Harris's fouls on Shaq when it wasn't a shooting situation in OT? Josh..what were you thinking? Man, are we a stupid basketball team sometimes. Crap.
All the elbows thrown, stitches, flagrant fouls in this series, and the game and perhaps Finals ends on a Dirk touch foul.
Way to go NBA. I'm done. - 11:58 PM
Hey "Me" - Fuck you
That was a horrible call at the end. 18-0 FT for the Heat in the 3rd quarter. That combined with AWFUL last second plays by the Mavs = LOSS.
Triple Damn it. - 11:59 PM
Now we gotta listen to the national Dwayne Wade d-suck. That's maybe what bugs me the most. 11-28 from the field and he's all friggin world. Hey Laura where's the consolation parade route start?
I guess they don't want it, huh? 'Cause they're certainly not playing like they deserve it. And yes, Fuck overtime Josh Howard. And how about you lead this team for a change, superstar Dirk?
How many times have you seen a final shot with a foul called? Zero? Oh, wait, I mean one. Who says superstars don't get preferential treatment.....
I refuse to complain about officials. This is going 7 games. Mavs will be up 2 points with 3 seconds left in game 7 and Wade will steal, turn, shoot...and my satellite will crap out. I will curse out loud...a vile curse that my son will repeat at Vacation Bible School the next day. He will be labeled a "troubled child" and will end up joining an all-male off broadway production of "Mama-Mia". My wife will divorce me and I will be found dead, at the age of 45, in a van parked under I-30 in Fort Worth..wearing nothing but a rhinestone encrusted speedo. Cause of death...not enough rain.
I need more RAIN!!! - 12:01 AM
"How many times have you seen a final shot with a foul called? Zero? Oh, wait, I mean one. Who says superstars don't get preferential treatment....."
Actually, two. Dirk against the Spurs this year. Game 7. - 12:03 AM
So, is Howard's untimely timeout the most infamous moment in Mavs history? This team has had its share of crappy moments, but perhaps none have had a bigger impact. Of course, we would have to assume that the Mavs would have made a shot if they advanced the ball to half court. Do we need to examine Howard's head? Even if he were asking Avery if he did wanted out timeout (which didn't seem to be the case given his gloomy look on the bench and the fact that he wasn't the one who was arguing), he still missed two HUGE free throws, and he's blown countless fast breaks with his inability to make a quick decision. I love the guy, but I get tired of his poor decision making. Perhaps it's just a result of his youth, but it's frustrating for a guy that is so talented.
Dirk's regression continues. He's gone from being the man who steps up when the Mavs need him, back to the guy that can be thrown off of his game if you rough him up. Granted, that fade away in over time was huge, but so was the free throw he missed at the end of the 4th.
I hate blaming the refs for anything, but there were several phantom calls on Dwyane Wade tonight. I just hope the refs are going to fellate the Mavs the way they did the Heat in game 5. - 12:03 AM
I got a huge laugh during the pregame show when one of the guys said he thought at the beginning of this series dirk could be better than larry bird
Sports needs me more than I need sports. The NBA damn sure needs me more than I need it. Hello, summertime.
we need to get dj mbenga more involved.
have faith - 12:05 AM
Please. If you clowns want to blame Josh Howard (or the refs or the nightlife or the home fans) for this loss, you've got better things to worry about. Bob, don't you be guilty of this either (see Daniels, Phoenix Game 1).
The entire team was lucky to be in this the whole time. Every time I saw someone drive into the lane and then pass out behind the arc after just a raised eyebrow from Shaq, I just want to scream, "Hey take your schlong out from between your legs while you are passing it back out!" This is ridiculous.
I think I'll just give myself an exploding high-five to end it all. - 12:08 AM
- Pete said...
While I'll do (and have already done) lots of bitching about the refs, I place a lot of blame on J Terry's last second miss at the end of regulation. LEAN IN AND SELL THE FOUL for pete's sake.
But you can honestly tell me that the refs handed Miami games 3 and 5.
Ditto to Curtis. And previous anonymous, no one says that stars don't get preferential treatment. - 12:10 AM
I blame the following people:
1. Dirk
2. Overtime Josh Howard
3. City of Dallas, Parade Division
4. Refs
5. The French (why not?)
6. David Stern and his whole anti-basketball, superstar touting, market-driven, PA announcer screaming, overhyped league.
7. The Mavs, for not being the better team. - 12:11 AM
"6. David Stern and his whole anti-basketball, superstar touting, market-driven, PA announcer screaming, overhyped league."
YES! WWF Basketball at its worst. The refs turn their heads at the wrong time in both "sports" for the sake of the show. - 12:17 AM
I was the "We all knee-jerk too much" guy a few days ago, but is it time to knee-jerk now? I know that the Heat have only done what they were supposed to do, win their games at home, and if the Mavs do what they are supposed to do, we're partying in downtown on Thursday night. But this loss hurts. As a 20+ year fan of this team, my mind hurts but my entire chest is killing me. By the way, anyone know how much TiVo remotes cost, I'll have to buy a new one soon after Howard called that timeout.
Anyone else watch the post-game on ESPN like a car wreck? I couldn't turn it off, it makes me sick.
Howard had a great game, but if they can't win this series, he will go down in history along with Derek Harper. Honestly, would we ever remember him if the Mavs had won the NBA Finals the next year with him at the helm? No way... To get both Howard and Stack off the hook, along with under-acheiving Dirk, this team will have to ride Jason Terry of all people and win this series.
By the way, anyone out there want to question giving Jet a big deal? Without him, we may be watching the Heat celebrate tonight.
I'm going to bed. Let's try to pull this thing out on Tuesday night and send it to a classic game 7... Go Mavs! - 12:18 AM
Um kill me.
We have angered the basketball gods. - 12:18 AM
some one let the mavs know goning to the hole= a win.... If the mavs dont win.. Josh sould be droped from reunion tower..
oh nelly is loving this....
lora miller needs to die.. - 12:18 AM
- Brandon at GSR said...
I'm out in the NBA as well.
As long as David Stern is presiding over this farce of a league that's completely ruining a game.
Sure, blame Howard for missing two free throws in the last minute and for his brain cramp at the end. And give Dwayne Wade credit.
Even thought he did not get fouled at the end and he bowled over Griffin on his way to the game tying bucket at the end of regulation.
But we wouldn't want the refs to make a call that might decide the game, do we?
F David Stern
F Stu Jackson
F Joey Crawford
F Bennett Salvatore
and F Joe DeRosa
"Actually, two. Dirk against the Spurs this year. Game 7."
I can find a photo of that legit foul on Manu if you'd like. - 12:25 AM
I'm glad Dirk kicked a bunch of stuff on his way out.
It was like watching Frankie Muniz try to destroy a hotel room.
I'm sure THAT will get everything back on track.
i hate this game. - 12:27 AM
I've only lived here four years. Fortunately I can still get away from this team. I'm not going to let them turn me into a goddamn Red Sox fan. The winning isn't good enough to make up for that kind of losing.
How about a double team on wade?
How about a foul call on Shaq for trying to sumo wrestle dirk?
Cuban, shut your fucking mouth.
Wade > Dirk
Riley > Avery
Cuban = Gay - 12:37 AM
NBA Refing has been a joke for years. Ever since the game changed from the 80s type ball into the 90s ball. It's like the NFL and holding.
Miami is getting the calls. Blame their aggressiveness and Cuban's fat mouth. I guess the Heat are more likeable. Maybe the refs read the blog here. You aren't helping yourselves. - 12:52 AM
If we had upset the baskeball gods when laura miller opened her pie hole, where are they every time the announcers and the signs come out saying wade is the next MJ and MJwho? Jordan was the quintessential basketball player with umpteen rings and every record you can think of and the media make wade seem like he would crush Jordan if they played against 1 another. Give me a break. The conspiracy theory about the league being out to get the MAVS is alive and well people!!! Jus look at the FT diff between the teams and tell me wade and shaq never get called for fouls. wade pushin off and shaq throwin elbows around like theyre on sale is rediculous.and so is the NBA. Nuff said.
Anybody notice that Wade's free throw line (21-for-25) was exactly the same as the entire Mavericks team? Because nobody seems to be mentioning it.
Those among NBA followers who suggest the league is fixed have a case after tonight.
Who doubts the Mavs will get the calls on Tuesday and force game 7?
I am so tired of the d-suck we're hearing about Dwyane "My name is misspelled because my mom is an illiterate whore" Wade. The guy is a poor defender who reaches and grabs his way around the court. He's a good offensive player who relies on getting EVERY fucking bump called. What the hell?
I'm so mad I can hardly see.
Lay off Josh Howard's timeout. With only 1.9 it was probably meaningless. But the phantom foul on Dirk at 1.9 - get mad at that one. Shit.
OK, get mad at Josh for the 2 missed free throws. Shit.
Dirk has struggled, but he did come up huge in OT.
OK, I've got to force myself to bed now... - 1:01 AM
- Brandon at GSR said...
My life force is drained.
And I'm in doghouse for letting this game get to me too much.
Helllloooo Couch. - 1:02 AM
Incidentally, I'm salivating over tomorrow's match between Sweden and England.
What the Metroplex really wants to know is:
Will England throw a match to avoid playing Germany? - 1:03 AM
- Jay Clendenin said...
i'll repeat what i said earlier...
"did the heat turn on their 'no fouls' cheat?"
...seriously...stack was already benched. the refs didn't need to penalize the mavs any more for that foul. - 1:04 AM
- go mavs said...
Dirk, Where are you?
Josh, Nice disappearing act.
Adrian, No official in the history of the game will give you a charge call on that play, dont fall down and give him an uncontested look.
Dirk, If you read this, meet us in Dallas.
Marquis, Grow a sack, its time to man up.
Stack, Its time to take you first title
Jet, Thanks for being the Mavs heartbeat.
Devin, Make a damn lay-up
Avery, What you are doing is not working, find something.
Dirk, You are an unstoppable force, when you don't take yourself out of the game.
What is it Mavs, Do you want to take it and break their hearts, or are you ready to get rolled and hear about your lack of heart? - 1:05 AM
I guess you know you listen to Bob and Dan too much when in the last five seconds of OT I only had Norm's "Damnit" drop and Bob's "Retard" drop on a repeating loop in my head...
All I want to see on Tuesday is Dirk taking it to the basket, EVERY TIME DOWN THE COURT. When the Heat bring the triple-team, he can start dishing.
I am so freaking tired of him backing down so that the announcers can d-suck Udonis "My mom is an illiterate whore so my name is a fucking mess" Haslem.
F the Refs - 1:11 AM
"And I'm in doghouse for letting this game get to me too much.
Helllloooo Couch"
Same here. Can I get back into a time machine to 1993 when I didn't worry about wins and losses with this team? - 1:12 AM
- david Alexander said...
Bob, we need you man... I need you to either calm me down or fire me up because as I read through these comments I agree with 95% of what everyone is saying and I am really buying into the conspiracy theory...
A great segment idea... Are we all just a bunch of homers? Or is there really something to what's being said here?
I trust you Bob... If you say we're being a bunch of homers, I'll shut up, stop wanting to kick the chair and admit defeat. If we're getting beat, we're getting beat. That happens in sports... and if that's what we're watching (a fairly judged sport) I can handle that...
Talk to us Bob... Tell me if I'm crazy... - 1:17 AM
The Mavs overcame so much in this game- the loss of Stackhouse, another subpar game from Dirk (though the Heat deserve much credit here), and an incredible free throw disparity. But after all this they shoot themselves in the foot with missed free throws, questionable coaching decisions, and a most unfortunate timeout. Wow, this one really stings.
It all comes back to No. 41. Dirk- as great as JET was tonight, the Mavericks will not win the series unless you figure this out in Game 6. You can't let Haslem or Posey take you off your game; it's unacceptable. They are role players on their team, you're the star of yours. Play like it, show us what we've seen from you in the past, and the Mavericks have a legitimate chance to win the next two games. If not, we'll all have a LONG summer to ponder what might've (and probably should've) been. - 1:29 AM
How about a rousing chant of David Stern sucks reverberating throughout the arena Tuesday night for the national television audience?
You heard it here first....
Mavs will get killed on Tuesday, and even if they somehow win, they'll lose in Thursday. No point in watching fellas. - 1:30 AM
Let's forget the bogus/inconsistent Stackhouse suspension. Forget the first 4 quarters of the game. Forget the first 3 quarters where the Heat took FOUR times as many free throws as the Mavs (36-9). Forget the 3rd quarter where the Heat got to the line 18 times to 0 for the Mavs. Forget that Wade took as many free throws as the entire Mavs team. Forget that the Heat, as a team, took twice as many free throws as the Mavs (49-25).
Just look at the final play. The game was completely stolen from the Mavs here.
1) On the inbounds, it should have clearly been an over-and-back violation on the Heat. You're allowed to catch the ball in the backcourt. But you must establish your position in the backcourt first. Wade did not. Wade jumped from the frontcourt (both feet completely in the frontcourt) into the backcourt and caught the ball in the MIDDLE of his freakin' jump. That's as easy to call as it gets. As Cuban said, that should be clear, at least to most high school referees. So the Mavs would have gotten the ball there with 9 or so seconds left. Heat would have had to foul. Mavs would have had a 2 or 3 point lead most likely.
2) As three Mavs defenders swarm on Wade on the perimeter, Wade shoves Jason Terry, a straight-arm basically, an obvious offensive foul. But ok, sometimes they don't call contact like that, even if it's obvious, they want the players to decide games.
3) But if that's the case how do you explain the foul on Wade with 1.9 seconds to go? Mavs defended it as perfectly as you can. They had 3-4 defenders on him, he fought his way through them all off-balance, threw up a weak shot off the backboard, Mavs get the rebound. They call a foul on Dirk. Replays showed the only contact from Dirk on Wade was his right hand resting on his back. There wasn't a shove, there wasn't any contact on the arms/hand/wrists, it was a no-call all the way.
4) With 1.9 seconds left, Mavs still have a chance even if Wade makes both. Only way to take away that chance is to take away the Mavs' final TO. Avery signals several times for a TO after the second free throw. Referees know Avery doesn't want a TO now. He's not an idiot. Even if you give the refs the break on this one and put it solely on Josh for signaling for a TO there, the fix was already in with the 3 previous blown calls.
NBA should be ashamed of themselves. The Mavs know they outplayed the Heat in that game. They had it flat-out stolen by the refs, no arguing it on this one. They had their chances to win, sure, they missed a shot here and a free throw or two there, but they so clearly outplayed the Heat in the first 4 quarters and then had it ripped away from them on that final play in OT. How can they possibly defend those first 3 calls they missed (the 1st one primarily since that one isn't subjective in the slightest)? There's no possible way it can be justified. - 1:33 AM
Let me just say I am a huge fan of basketball I would like Dallas to win. But that german on the mavs is way overated. Missing clutch FT, put an average defender on him and he disappears. Regardless if the refs screwed things up, the Mavs need a player to play with fire like DWade. That 50 point game isnt enough to say dirk is all that great Dirk is the Mavs, and the Mavs got no heart.
If there is a conspiracy its your own damn fault quit being so cocky and take a seat in the owners box sometimes. - 1:36 AM
If there is a conspiracy its your own damn fault quit being so cocky and take a seat in the owners box sometimes."
When rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it? - 1:39 AM
- eric in keller said...
Ok, all you UT fans. Jwayne Jarrett just scored with 6 minutes left in the 4th seemingly dashing our hopes and dreams. We need two scores to win and our backs our firmly against the wall. Do we have two touchdown drives left in us? More importantly, do the Mavs have a Vince Young to lead them to those two scores?
Jay, thanks for the Mavs sports point. - 1:41 AM
"And I'm in doghouse for letting this game get to me too much.
Helllloooo Couch"
Yup, me too. I put myself there b/c my fiance is from San Antonio and I don't want to see his smiling face next to me. It physically hurts!
-Maria - 3:08 AM
- RangrPic said...
I would like to see Wade's last drive to the basket play. I thought he caught the inbounds pass in the frontcourt, then went into the backcourt, which should have been a backcourt violation.
I quit life.
the fact is, whether or not they got jobbed by the refs, the Mavs have to move on and get ready to tie the series and force a game seven. it will be a bad sign if we hear the players, and more importantly Avery, still complaining about the refs. i think Avery has already given it too much attention. he needs to let Cuban bang that drum and get back to getting his team prepared.
we got screwed, plain and simple. but it's time to "put it behind ya buddy!"
Arthur - 6:29 AM
JonG summed it up better than I could. Oh and 'Eric in Keller', Vince Young never disappeared like Dirk has the last 3 games. Even when VY was miserable he was at least a factor; Dirk had the quietest 20 point night I think I've ever seen. I can deal with a superstar trying to take over a game and failing a lot better than him becoming wallpaper. A note to Dirk: you've now used up all the credits you earned in the Spurs series. Time to re-earn some respect with your play or you go back to being another soft European player.
Mavs are either one loss from the biggest non-Yankees choke job in history or 2 wins from one of the most dramatic series wins in years. It's their choice which one it is.
I'm awake and I'm not feeling any better. I live in Houston and it was pretty stormy all night but I usually sleep right through it. I barely slept last night. Why do I care? It's just sports...
Thankfully my wife gets me and didn't make me sleep on the couch, then I wouldn't have gotten any sleep.
So Bob, are you going to talk us down from the ledge? I don't believe in conspiracy theories so I don't buy that. But I do believe you can be incompetant and there were two very incompetant parties last night. The refs (DWade's foul, the back court violation, etc.) and the Mavs defense. How can you give up that many free throws and how can you, for the 2nd time in this series, not close out a game??????
Dirk, we as Mavs fans BEG YOU, please show up. It's all hands on deck time and we need you, this team needs you, this city needs you. Step up and be the next Dallas Mega-Super star.
JET, thanks for being the team for now.
Stack, show 'em how pissed you are and put together the best game in an NBA finals from the bench ever.
Devin, I know you're young, but take the bull by the horns and show that you're going to be a star.
Diop and Dampier, play like you did in the 1st two games.
AJ, get back to being a genius.
Let's GO MAVS! Let's GO MAVS - 6:50 AM
in regards to the missed backcourt violation:
from CNNSI.com
Cuban was standing against a wall, shaking his head while gathering his thoughts before speaking to reporters when assistant coach Larry Riley alerted him to the missed backcourt violation.
"You can't be established in the frontcourt, then jump into the backcourt," Cuban said after watching a replay. "My understanding from the rule book is, if you are going to catch the ball in the backcourt, you have to be in the backcourt to catch it. You can't be established into the backcourt after you catch it or that's a backcourt violation."
The Mavericks came into the game already furious over the decision to suspend Stackhouse because of hard foul in Game 4.
This latest incident, and possible league action against Cuban, makes things even more interesting as the Heat take a 3-2 series lead to Dallas for Game 6 on Tuesday night.
"This is going to leave a bitter taste in everyone's mouth," Howard said. "We're going to come out and play hard in Game 6 and Game 7."
Arthur - 6:51 AM
wow - I wandered into Spurs Central - where your team never gets beat (they only get screwed), 'nobody respects us' and the league doesn't want us to win. (although in this case it's a Cuban-Stern thing instead of the small market/boring thing.)
I just woke up from Summer Bash. Wow, what a party. Act like your 20 with a 30 year old body and you get what you deserve I guess.
Was there a game last night? - 7:20 AM
Have the Mavs ever been swept in a playoff series in recent memory?
So why should it (losing 4 straight) start now?>
With all of Dallas behind them and TICKED OFF??
With all the CONTROVERSY?
With thousands of FANS??
Dallas ain't losing Game 6 : win by 15+
Then, with newfound confidence, Dallas wins Game 7 by 6-8 points - 7:47 AM
WHY is everyone upset??? The Mavs will win in 7 --
Game 3: Miami plays the PERFECT GAME, Wade scores 40+, Shaq is awesome, they hit 3 after 3, Dallas gives up (leading bt 13 with 6min to go), crowd behind them, GERIATRIC PAYTON MAKES THE GO AHEAD SHOT, Dirk MISSES the tying FT.... and ***MIAMI ONLY WINS BY 2.
Game 4: Dallas waves the white flag. Shoots 22 three pointers, makes 3? Dirk has a "nightmare night". More 30+point Wade explosion, Starters pulled early in 4th quarter, J-Ho a NO SHOW, Stack's hard foul... ***MIAMI wins big, yet DALLAS STILL WAS ONLY DOWN BY 10 LATE IN THE 3RD***
Game 5: Dallas plays WITHOUT 13ppg Stack, Wade shoots as many FTS as Dallas, Dallas gets NO FTA in the 3RD, Damp & Dirk "almost" were the heroes, Wade scores 40 but half of that is at the foul line, Avery gets a technical, bonehead timeout, DIRK misses ANOTHER FT, J-HO misses TWO STRAIGHT FTs, an Overtime game at an Away crowd..... and ****MIAMI ONLY WINS BY 1 IN OT*****
Why the freakouts?
Dallas played as terrible as possible, and yet 2 made fts in 2 games and we'd be the nba champs yet?
I know knee jerk reactions are ruling, and I know it's natural to be afraid of being down 2-3 (TNT's Kenny Smith's houston team came back and won facingn that in '94), but c'mon, i mean, all the freaking stars and planets had to align perfectly and Miami BARELY survived! Is there ANYONE HERE that ACTUALLY THINKS Miami can win a game in Dallas??? ANYONE???? - 8:34 AM
overlooked stat from game 5: the Heat only had 12 turnovers.
that won't stay the same in Dallas. 20+ turnovers in game 5. i guarantee it.
Arthur - 8:44 AM
After each loss the comments on this blog are carbon copies. This stat, that stat, this trend, that trend.
There are no more excuses. I've read them all on this blog. Wake up, Avery melting down shows me what the mindset of the team is.
Heat in 6
When are they going to release the plans for the Cowboys Super Bowl parade? - 8:59 AM
Damp & Dirk "almost" were the heroes
You must have loaded up a Tivo replay of Game 2 or something, because we weren't watching the same game.
Life sucks. My wife is mad at me for breaking the DirecTV DVR remote and kicking a bag of dog food so hard that it exploded all over the kitchen. A Mavs championship was my only hope of enjoying the sports drought before football season. Now we are done. We have no heart. The team is in full panic mode. The refs suck, but we may suck worse. The only highlight in all of this is this blog quote:
"Dwyane "My name is misspelled because my mom is an illiterate whore" Wade"
That is f'ing genius.
I vote we drag Laura Miller from her home and burn her like the evil witch she is. That may please the basketball gods and at least give us a game 6 win. - 9:16 AM
The Mavs have been the Mavs in both games 3 and 5. They kill themselves at the end. You can't shoot 100% from the free throw line, so you must miss sometime. We just choose to keep our average level at the end of the game. Make free throws, make layups and Duh-wayne (ha!) and refs are not even a consideration. And lets stop shooting the 3 (not you Jet). It's usually a wasted possession. I don't think Avery even lets them practice it anymore. Drive to the hoop, make the layup, get the foul. That's a man's 3.
It's still the refs and conspiracy and aliens. - 9:19 AM
Dwyane's dad is also named Dwyane, so Dwyane's Jr's mom is innocent
First off, completely agree with anonymous from 8:34 AM. Game 3 was Perfect Storm, Game 4 was White Flag, and Game 5 was Montreal Screwjob, Miami edition.
We are so much better than these punks that it isn't even funny.
Here's what we really need... Send in Josh Powell or Mbenga to stand under the basket, wait for Wade to appear, and deliver one of those classic Arn Anderson spinebusters. Think Shaq's the intimidator... not after that move.
Side note... the guy who talked about the Damp/Dirk heroics was hoping that the Dirk pass to Damp which made it 93-91 near the end of regulation would be the game winner.
Side note 2... You know what the deal with the free throws might be... and the shooting in general... that god awful shooting backdrop created by the crowd wearing all white. It's gotta be like looking into a monochrome kaleidoscope and trying to find an orange bar. - 9:39 AM


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You've heard of "planking", and its meta-lame little cousin, "owling". Well…there's a disgusting new barista trend sweeping the nation, sort of like the "Goatse" of latte art. All it needs is a name…
[youtube]aXcanh2aSe8[/youtube]Truly deplorable.
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Long John Silverback says
I personally poured a delicate rosetta into Howard Schultz's gaping, eager mouth on October 27th, 1988, at a former 'Il Giornale' location in suburban Seattle. He, too, tried to take it make a lovely display of it, but wound up choking on the sheer volume of my microfoam.
The Onocoffee says
Not to detract from this worthy effort, but this was first attempted by Daryn Berlin, the very first SouthEast Regional Barista Champion, at the 2008 Mid-Atlantic NorthEast Regional Barista Jam (predecessor to the current MANE Coffee Conference) and was documented here:
You'll even see that self-appointed god of coffee get uptight about the word "uvula". Typical.
Oh No Not Onocoffee says
Not to detract from your lame attempt at self-promotion veiled in correction, but as always, you're wrong. http://www.flickr.com/photos/66932307@N00/sets/72157602159441022
James Hoffmann says
Actually I think this is the original:
The Onocoffee says
Cho – you're so tired.
justin says
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J says
Latte Art Throw Up?
Matthias says
this was done like two years ago
way to keep up, sprudge
spinderella says
the fake tabloid extremism of this feature is obviously parody. way to be a humorless elitist numbnuts, ya numbnuts.
Jeremiah Ruffentumble says
I've seen pics but never video before. I could watch barista boys attempt this kind of latte art all day…
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