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The idea behind our Ridiculously Short Fiction Contest, though, isn't to create a forum for fast and easy fiction. As contestant after contestant pointed out, few literary challenges are as difficult as attempting to shoehorn a good solid story into 100 words or less. These writers sweated. They lost sleep. They tore their hair out of their scalps in bloody clumps. They resorted to illegal substances. All in the service of the dark jealous god of literature. A panel of judges made up of Alibi Food Editor Gwyneth Doland, Alibi Copy Editor Stephanie Garcia and yours truly dug deep into this mountain of words and came up with quite a few sparkling gems that I'm sure you will enjoy.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
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The bird life at Lake Balboa is incredible right now.
These pelicans do a wondrous synchronized diving act. I waited to tape it today but they were camera shy.
Those black spots behind are coots. They fly to Canada in the summer. I may have to fly to New Jersey because my mother is in the hospital and things aren't going well.
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Oh dear...
I was worried something might be wrong when you hadn't posted anything new over the weekend. I'll be thinking about you, and I'm sure you'll be in the thoughts of your other readers too.
- Jan 12, 2009, 7:00:00 PM
- Sally said...
Thanks Namo. She went into the hospital for a blood problem in her leg but is suffering from off and on full blast dementia ever since.
- Jan 12, 2009, 7:12:00 PM
- Linda said...
Sally, these photos are amazing.
That's so tough what's going on with your mom. Keep in touch and know that we're thinking of you.
- Jan 12, 2009, 7:50:00 PM
Thanks for posting the beautiful bird photos -- so interesting. Sorry to hear about your mom. We'll be thinking of you. She is lucky to have such a caring daughter.
- Jan 13, 2009, 5:29:00 AM
- Mean Jean said...
Thinking of you.
- Jan 13, 2009, 1:46:00 PM
- Mean Jean said...
Thinking of you.
- Jan 13, 2009, 1:46:00 PM
- Sally said...
Thanks for all your nice thoughts.
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by Kerny » Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:24 pmThunderbolts 120 by Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato
Warren Ellis' Thunderbolts run is one of my favorite things ever. He got to play with some of my favorite villains (Norman Osborn, Venom, and Bullseye) and some guys who I didn't really know well but he made me like them (Songbird & Moonstone)
120 is the issue where Norman finally loses his grip on sanity and it is absolutely glorious. I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way, because Bendis pretty much based Dark Reign off of the Ellis-Bolts run and while it was good, it just wasn't THIS good.
The issue opens with the best naked lunatic rant you'll ever read, with such quotables as "Smells like death,blondes, and victory" and Norman betting Hitler never had as many problems as he does with leadership. Norman gets naked and puts on his Green Goblin costume, and all hell proceeds to break loose.
The main plot sees the Thunderbolts under mental siege as they captured 4 mind controller types and they have taken over the minds of Venom, Radioactiveman, and others. Swordsman takes this time to rebel against Norman, or maybe he's mind controlled too? It doesn't really matter.
Norman proceeds to swoop in and kick the ever living shit out of The Swordsman, a scene in which again Bendis would build upon to kick off Dark Reign. "You can't do this to me, I'm a Baron!" Swordsman shouts, only to be rebutted with "I AM GOD" and manical laughter. Swordsman ends up crucified by goblin batarangs for his efforts.
Deodato's art was great as well. His use of shadows was great as was his depiction of Osborn as a insane Tommy Lee Jones. Pretty sublime.
This was the penultimate chapter in this arc, and the rest of the run is filled with crazy character spots and kickass action. Highly recommended
by Punchy » Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:55 pmBest ever monologue in comics.
by God-Man » Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:59 pmAction Comics #583
Alan Moore and Curt Swan's "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" is the benchmark I measure Superman stories against. Nothing I've read before or since compares, not even Moore's other Superman tales. When I first read the story when I was a kid, It was darker, more violent, more exciting and smart, and ultimately more optimistic than any Superman book I had read up to that point. We saw the final defeat of Brainiac, Luthor, and Mister Mxyzptlk. Superman chose Lois over Lana, and eventually started a new life with her after giving up his powers after killing Mxyzptlk. "Whatever Happened..." was a revelation, and the second part of the storyline perfectly capped off Moore's farewell to the Pre-Crisis Superman.
by Eric Ratcliffe » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:25 pmStarman #55 "taxicab confessions"
This was a point in the series where David Goyer was helping Robinson on the book but it was as strong as it ever was. The story was told by 3 different characters, 2 of which being more obscure of the DC universe.
Jack and Mik were still lost in space during this issue and it tells the tale of their adventure against a repugnant creature who was very much like jabba the hutt. It didn't hurt that they were also saving Starfire in the story.
The 3 different ways that the story are told are clever, one is told as if it was a pirate story, the second as if it was a classic golden age comic and the third was the real deal.
All in all, this was just another example of why Starman is one of the best comics of all time and could use the medium to the best of it's ability.
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by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:31 pmI don't know if I could ever agree with myself on what are my favorite single issues, but both Hawk's Swamp Thing choice and Starlord's classic X-Men pick are both two of my all-time favorites too. I loved the whole Dark Phoenix arc when it came out and it was actually shocking for Phoenix to die at the end of it. The "Days of Future Past" story would have to be an all-time favorite too, for blowing my young mind at the time. Makes me sad for my dear departed first comics collection, that would probably have made it easier to answer the question of favorite if it hadn't been destroyed. This X-Men issue too:
But there's so many others, books I'd have to spend serious Google time figuring out what #s and stuff they were. I don't know if I could ever answer the question definitively at all. I will say due to the trend of decompressing storylines it's a lot easier to think of older favorite single issues than more recent ones though.
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Mithus wrote:Continuing with your ontology, you wrote – before it comes to the subject of Magnetism - , that strong negatives waves, which encounter the strong positive waves of a larger particle, create many points of inertia, which prevent the smaller negative particle from getting too close to the positive particle, instead it veers off to a side, orbiting the positive particle.
Why is it that the negative particle doesn't crash into the positive particle, or, in association to psychology, why don't negative and positive influences mix and neutralize each other?
This gets into more detail concerning my prior post:
James S Saint wrote:Mithus wrote: But then, the next point is: "When a small negative particle approaches a larger positive particle, the smaller particle grows asymmetrically with its greater increasing noise closer to the larger positive particle."
When the mind filters out those negative influences to keep it's (positive) emotional charge, what does it mean that those influences still increase and grow "asymmetrically"?
That is an issue of extreme impedance mismatching. The term "asymmetrical" was referring merely to the physical shape of the particle. In a uniform space, a particle will maintain a spherical form. But within a gradient, it becomes less spherical and when in the situation of being a small charge getting very close to a large mass with the opposite charge (an electron approaching a nucleus), the small particle becomes relatively flattened, such as in the pict below:
This behavior is due to the gradient between the two objects becoming too steep, forming an impenetrable wall between them. Such is what causes the tiny negative electrons to merely float around and orbit much larger positive nuclei of atoms to which they are otherwise drawn strongly toward. Analogous things happen concerning psychology and sociology.
Wave Propagation
For a wave of anything to propagate past a point along its path, that point must raise or lower to the instantaneous value that the wave represents moment by moment as it is passing. As a wave of water passes a certain point, the level of water at that point must increase or decrease to match the wave pattern. It is by that action that the wave propagates from point to point. Each point along the path must reach the value of the prior point in order for the wave pattern to continue. And how quickly those values can change determines the speed of the propagation:
James S Saint wrote:The concept of MCR is still valid but in physics it occurs due to maximum affect rate that is logically possible whereas in psychology it occurs due to maximum perception rate physically possible.
Speed of Propagation
Light propagates at the speed that it does because it is logically impossible for anything to affect anything else at a faster rate than what we refer to as "the speed of light". The speed of PHT is a little different because its propagation rate depends upon how quickly the physical substratum can be affected, how quickly neurons respond. Faster neurons (electric wires or optic fiber) would allow for any associated perception to change faster.
In the physical universe there is a Maximum Change Rate of affect, MCR, directly responsible for the "speed of light in an [absolute] vacuum". As an electromagnetic wave propagates through space, the electric potential, the "voltage" at each point must raise and lower such as to reflect the value of the passing wave, just as the water level must for a passing water wave. And there is a maximum change rate possible referred to as the MCR. Voltage cannot change faster than the MCR. The MCR is an issue of the voltage having to change at faster than infinite rate in order for the wave to propagate any faster. Because nothing can change faster than infinitely fast, there is a maximum possible propagation rate - "the speed of light in an [absolute] vacuum" - a natural impedance.
The Physics
Since space is filled with propagating waves crossing each other, the voltage values at each point raise and lower such as to reflect not merely one wave passing by, but many waves simultaneously crossing each point. The voltage value at each point is merely the sum of all of the intersecting waves at that point.
Statistically, that means that often the addition of all of the waves will reach the MCR. When that happens, the waves must take longer to continue their travel, thus delays arise in the form of extremely brief "traffic jams". Those single point traffic jams are "MCR points". And the number of them occurring within any given region of space is what gives space its "density" (the "permittivity of free space"). The higher the density of space (the "Affectance density"), the slower light will travel through it because it is not an "absolute vacuum" and delays must occur. When the density reaches extremely high levels, we refer to it as "mass" or "dark matter". Light can still very slowly pass through the dark matter, but gets completely blocked and dispersed by mass. When the change rate gets too high, the waves simply cannot pass until sufficient time has elapsed, "delays". Particles of impenetrable mass are formed when too much delay has caused traffic jams that cannot ever disperse ("subatomic particles").
The Impenetrable Wall - An Exclusion Barrier
The point is that delays occur due to the extreme change rate required at each point in order to have many waves crossing. And that means that if a point in space is at a very high positive value due to a positive wave or pulse traveling by and a very negative pulse happens immediately afterward, the rate of voltage change at that point can become nearly infinite. And that means that a MCR point has occurred and any waves involved must delay their travel. They are impeded.
The very same traffic jam effect that causes limited propagation speed and a mass's inertia also delays strongly positive and negative waves as they interact. And since the electron subatomic particle and the nucleus of an atom are made of such strongly negative and positive waves or pulses, as they approach each other, the constant stream of pulses associated with each particle form a steady impenetrable wall of MCR points between the two particles.
Particle Annihilation
The question becomes, "Why don't they just gradually cancel and disperse into neutral, random radiant energy?" And if the two particles were of equally yet opposite charge and also the same size, that is exactly what would happen. If one of the two particles is not of significantly greater mass, the two particles, although delayed a bit, would annihilate each other into merely a puff of EMR noise of sufficient magnitude to express the amount of energy involved - a "photon". If one is of much greater mass (thus greater energy), it cannot be dispersed at the same rate as the other even if they were otherwise annihilating each other. And that means that the dispersing does not take place.
As particles are releasing tiny portions of their traffic jam, they are constantly absorbing more and reforming themselves from that same surrounding EMR noise that they help create, the ambient space - mass field - "gravity field". For a total annihilation to occur, there must be equally opposite potential and also equal mass. If the annihilation is not total, the particles merely reform as perhaps smaller particles. And if one particle was much more massive than the other, each tiny little pulse interaction between the two particles is not of equal opposing potential because the one with the larger mass will be more spread out. If each tiny portion is not annihilating, the whole cannot annihilate either.
And that is why an electron will never merely rush into a nucleus even through strongly "attracted" toward it. There is an impedance barrier between them. The theory concerning orbiting centrifugal force as the cause, is bogus. If an electron didn't fall into a nucleus merely due to an orbiting centrifugal force, a great, great many electrons would never establish an orbit to begin with as they immediately plunged directly into the nucleus causing serious radioactivity disintegrating all materials (so don't be misled).
Now Back to Psychology
Psycho-Impedance Exclusion Barrier
Sociologically speaking, that same impenetrable wall is formed by the prospect that Israel become Catholic. The two entities are actually drawn toward each other, yet they can never converge. The change would be too great for the high priests to mentally handle. All progress would halt as they argued among themselves as to which is to be more sacred than what. Yet they would hang around each other and feed off of each other's opposing behaviors - the negative not being able to fall into the positive. The same is true for many conceptually defined groups that maintain a sacred order and priority.
The social groups cannot converge because of the totally unacceptable mental and emotional changes required of the persons involved. It is not merely an issue of "those are the bad guys and we are the good guys". It is far more an issue of which idea is believed to be of higher priority, true, or serves a greater purpose. How easy would it be for you to accept that 2+2 is really 5 .. and truly accept the belief? Could you merely accept the irrationality? Most people certainly could not and thus would not. So if any proposed theory ends up requiring that one believe that 2+2=5, the theory will not be accepted by anyone who accepts logical mathematics. The theory might seem plausible and be strongly associated with logical mathematics, but despite such close association, logical mathematics and the theory could never converge. There are many mind puzzles proposed throughout the history of philosophy that demonstrate how two perceived truths can not converge. They are called "paradoxes" - both A and B seem to be true, yet if A is true, B cannot be true and vsvrsa.
If contrary theories had an equal amount of application (aka equal "mass" - instances of usefulness), a person is likely to dismiss both into a neutrality of favor and indifference of belief - "annihilation" of acceptance. And if the two theories were equally opposite in perceived hope and threat, no passion toward either direction would be generated - neutral PHT. But given that mathematics requires 2+2=4 in millions of applications and it is merely a newly postulated theory demands that 2+2=5, annihilation into non-belief of both will not occur. The new theory will be rejected, kept separate and isolated (hovering around mathematics, yet never converging with it). Why? Because the field of mathematics is far more spread out into millions of applications and not so easily dismissed.
Socio-Impedance Exclusion Barrier
And socially, given Catholicism is spread so much more widely than Judaism, the two could never annihilate each other even if they had otherwise equally opposing potential .


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Wheaton College softball team used an eight-run rally in the sixth inning to come back from a 7-0 hole against MIT during the second game of a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader on Friday afternoon at Briggs Field. The Cardinal and Gray were unable to escape the sixth, as the Lyons (15-12, 6-6- NEWMAC) scored seven runs with two outs in the frame to secure the two-game sweep, after taking game one, 9-4. With the losses, the Tech falls to 4-13 and 3-5 in league play.
The Lyons took game one behind solid performances at the plate by their two, three and four hitters, Amanda Poplaski, Katy Salka and Kristen Hunt, who were a combined 8-for-13 with seven RBI and five runs scored. Poplaski singled to lead off the third, stole second and came home on Hunt's RBI single. Hunt would add a second run in the frame, coming home on a sacrifice fly. In the fifth, Salka's double to left-centerfield plated Poplaski and Jenna Rocha.
Tech would cut into the visitors' lead with a pair of runs in the second and fourth innings. Katie Harrington drove in a pair for the Cardinal and Gray with a sac fly in the second and a base hit in the fourth, but it would not be enough to overcome 13 Wheaton hits. Allison Baker earned her 10th win of the season in the opener, going the distance while allowing four runs on 11 hits and striking out four.
Things started off well for the Engineers in the nightcap, as they plated six runs of their own in the third inning. Leah Alpert and Nydia Ruleman led off with back-to-back singles and Alpert advanced to third on a fielder's choice. Alpert was able to get under the catcher's tag on Anna Christensen's ground ball to put MIT on the board. After a passed ball, Jessica Oleinik knocked in Christensen and Harrington with a double over the centerfielder's head. Keri Dixon's run-scoring single prompted a pitching change for the Lyons, as Rachel Merrick replaced Baker. Merrick would allow two more runners to come across in the frame but was able to hold Tech at bay for much of the game after that.
MIT had runners in scoring position in both the fourth and the fifth innings with a chance to invoke the eight-run rule but were only able to plate one in the fifth.
Trailing 7-0 entering the top of the sixth, Hunt began the rally with a triple into the right-centerfield gap, scoring on a throwing error on the play. A double, hit batsman and slow roller loaded the bases for the Lyons. However, Tech seemed to be in a position to escape the jam as Oleinik induced ground balls by the next two batters that resulted in a pair of force outs at the plate. The final out would prove to be elusive for the Engineers, as the next six Wheaton hitters reached base, including a two-run double by Rocha and a base-hit that scored two by Hunt, in her second at-bat of the frame. In all, 13 Wheaton batters came to the plate during the decisive sixth inning, resulting in eight runs on just six hits with three errors by the Cardinal and Gray.
MIT mounted a final comeback attempt in the seventh, as Jessica Iacobucci hit a one-out single and moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. The go-ahead run then reached base on an error by the Wheaton shortstop but Ruleman was struck out on a breaking pitch to end the back-and-forth affair.
Merrick earned the game two win, pitching four and two-thirds innings of relief, allowing two runs on seven hits with four strikeouts. Despite pitching very well through the first five innings, Oleinik was saddled with the hard-luck loss, surrendering eight runs, only three of which were earned, on nine hits over five and two-thirds.
Five Tech hitters recorded at least three hits during the doubleheader, led by Iacobucci, who was 4-for-6. Emily Creedon had three RBI on three hits, including a pair of doubles. Hunt finished her afternoon 5-of-9 with five RBI and three runs scored while Poplaski went 4-for-8 and crossed the plate four times.
Both teams will hit the road tomorrow for NEWMAC doubleheaders. MIT heads to Springfield College while Wheaton travels to Clark. The first games for each will begin at 12:00 p.m.


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In truth, my travel perks stop at the Midtown Tunnel. Nevertheless, my husband and I set out on Dec. 16 for a really big trip. Our flight to Hong Kong was delayed 23 hours. We missed our connection to Bali, where, on Dec. 21, we were to board a ship for a month-long journey to Australia and New Zealand.
In Hong Kong, the airline put us up in what turned out to be not Hong Kong, but the New Territories of former mainland China. Nearly dead from jet lag, we landed in the Panda Hotel in a neighborhood that reminded me of the worst slums of Brazil (not that I've been there, but I watch the Discovery Channel).
Imagine the elegance of the Peninsula or the Mandarin Oriental in the heart of Hong Kong. We were imagining that, too, but this was the Panda, a strange high-rise tower built over a vast complex of malls. You know how China has a population of a billion and a half people? They were all staying at the hotel, and they were all shopping the malls for basic goods. This wasn't the Fifth Avenue of China. It was the retail equivalent of junk food — toasters, razors, low-end clothing and alarmingly dangerous kids' toys.
We had only one night there before the next flight to Bali. Peeling wallpaper in the room. Enormous buffet of raw fish and other critters I wouldn't think of touching, much less eating. I remembered my travel doc's cardinal rule: Never eat at a hotel buffet in a foreign country. My husband did (dinner was included), and he survived.
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"It's a sin to cook a strawberry," proclaimed Aunt Sister piously.
But she never had a slice of this delicious strawberry bread, toasted and slathered with smooth cream cheese.
Strawberry season is late this year due to the cool weather, but the fruit tastes better than ever, maybe because we've had longer to anticipate its coming. Here's the recipe for the delicious bread from the Charity League cookbook "Taste of the Town, Second Serving." And, to make Aunt Sister happy, here's a recipe using fresh berries.
Strawberry Bread
3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 cups strawberries
4 eggs, beaten
11⁄4 cups vegetable oil
11⁄2 cups pecans, chopped
Stir dry ingredients together, mixing thoroughly. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add berries, eggs, vegetable oil and nuts, stirring gently until just mixed. Do not over-stir. Pour into 2 greased and floured (I used baking spray) 9x5-inch loaf pans. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 1 hour. Cool 5 minutes in pan; then turn out onto racks to continue cooling. This bread makes a nice gift and freezes well. You can make it with frozen berries when fresh are not in season.
Strawberry Divine Pie
2 cups strawberries
1 14-ounce can sweetened, condensed milk (Eagle Brand)
4 tablespoons lemon juice
Pinch salt
1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
1 8-ounce carton nondairy whipped topping (Cool Whip)
2 graham cracker crusts
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
Wash, hull and slice strawberries. Using a paddle type plastic or rubber spatula, mix condensed milk with lemon juice and salt. Fold in strawberries and pecans (I like to toast the pecans first). Gently fold in the topping. Spoon into pie crusts and chill overnight. Serve topped with whipped cream.


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Seaver is pitching today, Bench. Aren't you sick or something?
- Sparky Anderson
Veteran Reds fans remember well the day Tom Seaver came to Cincinnati. On June 15, 1977, hours before the trade deadline, the Reds sent pitcher Pat Zachry, infielder Doug Flynn and minor league outfielders Dan Norman and Steve Henderson to the New York Mets for Seaver, arguably the game's best pitcher. It was incredible. The two-time defending World Champion Reds just got better. The 6 1/2 game deficit the Reds were facing in the division standings at the time suddenly looked a great deal smaller. The division-leading Dodgers suddenly seemed much more vulnerable. Tom Seaver was a Red!
For the Reds, Seaver represented the best option for a team beset with pitching problems but that boasted one of the game's best lineups and gold glove-caliber defense at virtually every position. Off to a sluggish start due largely to the ineffectiveness of the pitching staff, the Reds needed significant help if they hoped to catch the strong Dodger in front of them.
To say that Seaver had the credentials to cure many of the Reds' pitching ills would be a gross understatement. By June of 1977, "Tom Terrific" had earned three Cy Young awards, struck out 200 batters in a record-tying nine consecutive seasons, posted four twenty-win seasons and paced the league in ERA three times. In addition, he had been named to nine National League All-Star teams, won the Rookie of the Year award and had led the Mets to two pennants and a World Championship. An intelligent and durable pitcher, Seaver was known for his impeccable control and possessed one of the game's best fastballs. In the minds of many Reds fans, the arrival of Seaver all but guaranteed another title.
Seaver compiled a 14-3 record in his twenty starts for the Reds. Included in that record were fourteen complete games, four of them shutouts. Along the way, Seaver was selected to play in the All-Star game a tenth time and, on September 15th, notched the 200th win of his career, beating the Dodgers, 3-2. Unfortunately, his excellence on the mound could not overcome the Reds otherwise pedestrian pitching staff and the club ended up finishing a distant second to the Dodgers in the division.
In 1978, Tom Seaver made history with a 4-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals that was both the first no-hitter of Seaver's career and also the first no-hitter pitched by a Red at Riverfront Stadium. The milestone game occurred amidst one of the most frustrating seasons of Seaver's career as the Reds' once productive offense failed him in many starts, conjuring recollections of the light hitting Mets lineups that so bedeviled Seaver during the first decade of his career. He would end the year with an uninspiring 16-14 record despite posting a 2.88 ERA. Of greater significance was the Reds' failure to reach the post-season for a second consecutive year.
In 1979, Seaver reeled off eleven consecutive victories and finished with wins in fourteen of his last fifteen decisions helping the Reds to their first division title since 1976. The Reds met the Pirates in the NLCS. Seaver pitched eight strong innings in the opening game and left with the score knotted at 2-2. The Pirates went on to win Game 1 in eleven innings and proceeded to take the next two games and the pennant. Seaver's Game 1 start was his only postseason appearance in a Reds uniform.
The Reds would flirt with contention in 1980 but Seaver would struggle through the worst statistical year of his career that also included his first visit to the disabled list. The previously durable righthander finished with a 10-8 record and what was, for him, an inflated 3.64 ERA. It marked the first time in his career that his ERA was higher than the league average. Nonetheless, Seaver remained determined in his pursuit of two of pitching's most hallowed numbers: 300 wins and 3000 strikeouts.
The 1981 players' strike delayed Seaver's quest for 300 wins but did find him recording his 3000th strikeout on April 18th. The strike lasted for fifty days and had the duel effect of denying the Reds a playoff berth (despite posting the game's best record) and interrupting what might have become the very best season of Seaver's career. At the conclusion of the abbreviated season, Seaver's record stood at 14-2. His win total and winning percentage led the National League and his winning percentage (.875) was the highest of his career. The phenomenal season of Dodger rookie Fernando Valenzuela was all that prevented Seaver from winning his fourth Cy Young Award. It was an altogether remarkable season that earned Seaver a Comeback Player of the Year award.
Seaver was dealt back to the Mets following the Reds' disastrous 101-loss season in 1982; a year in which Seaver managed only a 5-13 record. He resurrected his career in his return stint in New York and moved on to solid seasons with the White Sox and Red Sox before retiring after the 1986 season. He reached 300 victories while pitching for Chicago on August 4, 1985. He joined the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1988 and entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame with what was the highest percentage of votes (98.5 percent percent) in the Hall's history up to that point.
In 2006, Reds fans voted Tom Seaver into the Reds Hall of Fame. On July 16 of that year, Seaver joined Tom Browning and Lee May in the Hall of Fame's 2006 induction class.
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My Codeine Coma
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Oh so true! The only thing I've found I can take without the repercussions you speak of above is Tylenol 4, which I've sadly found in the last week or 2 no longer makes things manageable. My pain relief reserved only for nighttime is a muscle relaxer that really does just take me away but hence why it's a nighttime med. I don't have to worry about not being able to drive or concentrate or stay awake. I wish people understood more of what it's like- the meds in particular in this instance. My mom has been a superstar the last 10 months since I was diagnosed and she is definitely trying so hard to make it the easiest it possibly can be for me but there has still been a time or two where she's said 'you need to take them when you hurt so bad' but to me I always hurt so bad. More weighs on my decision to take something... I have to hurt more than I normally hurt without waiting too long before I decide.. I don't ever want to get to the point that they don't do their job because I'm taking them too often but I'm also starting to wonder if I'll have no choice in the matter. Dealing with immense pain or letting a rx help me deal with the immense pain- if the latter will take less energy that I don't have to offer, chances are that's what I'm going to go with. I'm very glad I found you. :)ReplyDelete
Oh so true I wish the MD would understand how bad the pain gets and I wish I could fine a drug that would help the RA now on orencia and I dont think this is the one for me good luckReplyDelete
- Anonymous16 January 2011 at 20:53
I know where you are coming from.ive been diagnosed with R.A for the las 2 years ( had it apparantly for about 4-5yrs) and have it severe and aggresive in all of my joints.....They are just crying out to me all the time"HELP".!!!!!!!!! Drives me sooo mad.!!!ReplyDelete
Im on Humira and also methotrexate at present (in 09 i was on sulfasalazine and methotrexate)very bad to my liver.!!
i have been quite ill with the humira/MTX combo also,but dealing with the pain via painkillers is sometimes the only real benefit to at least getting a few hours sleep at night
I either take a couple of (100mg)tramadol tablets @ night and during the day co-codomol (30/500mg)
these are ok but really play havoc with my stomach....Also because of the pain trying to get some sleep and do a full 9 hr day at work gets to me and at present feel really low and struggle for the will to live.... :(
I just hope theres a cure for it somewhere in the near future.!
ive never really had neat codeine tablets before and was just wandering perhaps i should try these as an alternative..?
anyway good luck with your R.A and wish you all the best,i feel for the pain,the anxiety,the madness and the confusion that is R.A


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UConn's Calhoun looks sharp in return to court from surgery
STORRS -- Kevin Ollie waited for the signal, but it never came.
In his first team practice back from double hip impingement surgery in the off-season, Omar Calhoun could have waved to his head coach if he needed a break during a four-hour practice Saturday on campus.
Calhoun never did, though, battling through each drill and playing along with the rest of the UConn Huskies on the first official day of practice.
"I'm surprised and happy with his progress, the different things he's able to do," Ollie said, getting his first look this season at Calhoun. "He pushed through. A couple times, I thought he was going to tap out, but he didn't. That's showing character."
Calhoun, a 6-foot-6 swingman who landed on the Big East All-Rookie team last year despite playing with painful hips, hopes the beginning is a springboard to a solid sophomore campaign.
"I should be a lot better this year based on feeling healthy," said Calhoun, who had surgery on his left hip in March and the right hip in April before spending the summer on the mend.
Prior to Saturday, Calhoun's fellow Huskies liked what they saw from him just playing in pickup games in recent weeks at Gampel Pavilion since the students returned to school.
"He's been looking good considering the surgery he had and how long he's been sitting out," junior guard Ryan Boatright said. "He looks good, but he still has a few things he needs to do to get back to where he was and be at the level he wants to be at."
In 29 games last season, Calhoun turned in a solid resume with 11.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per night. He scored in double figures 18 times with three 20-plus point games that included a career-high 22 against Maryland-Eastern Shore.
"I knew I could do a lot more, but I just couldn't really do it," he said. "But I was able to make the most of what I could, so I am actually kind of happy about the way I performed last year based on my condition.
Now that he is healthy, Calhoun is confident he can have a far greater impact on the floor with a Huskies team that will open the season ranked in the top 25.
"I should be able to do a lot more as far as defensively, really just every aspect of the game," he said. "Offensively, just handling the ball, finding guys and being able to penetrate the lane -- just everything is enhanced from me being able to move a lot better."
Calhoun sat out the Husky Run on Wednesday, but was a full participant in the marathon first workout.
"I was feeling a little sore here and there throughout the practice, but I was just trying to push myself," he said. "If I start feeling sore later, I might rest a bit the next day, but I don't like to stop short in practice. I'm just going to keep challenging myself and that's what's going to help me at the end of the day."
The no-quit mentality Calhoun brought to the floor served as an inspiration for his teammates and his head coach.
"I think all of our team fed off that with him being out four months, coming back, doing the drills in practice I put him through," Ollie said. "It shows me he has heart, it shows he's gotten better, he's matured from a freshman to a sophomore.
"His freshman year, he wouldn't have been able to do that, so that just shows the conditioning he's put himself through and it shows what (trainer) James Doran has done for him. He's done a remarkable job getting ready for this practice."
Relaxing in the front row of seats at Gampel afterward, Calhoun appeared satisfied with his first day workload.
"The first day is always intense with Coach Ollie just going after it," Calhoun said. "We just have to rest up, ice and be ready for tomorrow."
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The driver of the truck, Billy James Harrison, 32, died at the scene, according to a news release from the Grand County Sheriff's Office. Another Moab man, Patrick Kim Bierschied II, was a passenger in the vehicle. Bierschied, who sustained serious injuries, was transported to Moab Regional Hospital for treatment.
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Rodeo Bulls Kick Higher and Buck Harder
A great bucking bull can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and an entire industry has sprung up that's dedicated to breeding these superior beasts. The result? A lot of cowboys with broken bones. WSJ's Michael M. Phillips reports.
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2002 Ford Super Duty F-250 - Ultimate Super Duty, Part 1Posted in Project Vehicles on August 1, 2002
Ah, the smell of a new truck. Almost as good as the smell of a Sawzall blade slicing through the sheetmetal of a new truck. Introducing this years double-whammy project truck from 4-Wheel & Off-Road. This time were starting with a zero-mile, new-in-every-way truck, not a rusty and abused basket case. Can we stand to whack sheetmetal thats never been washed or waxed? Toss shocks in the trash that arent even broken in? Replace engine parts that dont have a layer of oil on them? With a smile!
4-Wheel & Off-Roads Ultimate Adventure is the ultimate test of trail vehicles. Four ultra-tough trails strung together by roughly 1,000 miles of asphalt. Most participants have dedicated off-road vehicles on the trip, so the road miles are the toughest for the vehicles to handle. This year, 4-Wheel & Off-Roads official Ultimate Adventure project vehicle will take a different approach. Well start with a work truck that is quite at home on the pavement, and make upgrades to make it more capable off road. We didnt choose weenie trails this year to accommodate our extra-large vehicle, so well pay careful attention to off-road performance and protection throughout this buildup. The beauty is that this project vehicle will hit home with Ford Super Duty owners, whether youre dreaming of an ultimate tow vehicle or an awesome off-road fullsize.
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We picked up our Super Duty from Mullahey Ford in Arroyo Grande, California, with just the road wear that occurs driving the truck off the assembly line and into the transport, and a few trips around the dealership. We ordered the truck as a Super Cab shortbed for a number of reasons. A short wheelbase is helpful off-road, but you cant get a standard cab shortbed Super Duty. You can order a standard-cab longbed with a wheelbase of 137 inches, but for a couple of extra inches in wheelbase (141.8) you can have so much more room in the cab.
We also needed the Power Stroke engine. We havent had an opportunity to tweak on one of these in a number of years and were dying to see what we can do with the 7.3L turbodiesel. We accidentally got the Lariat package, which netted us every power convenience you could imagine, including rich, Corinthian leather. Guess there are worse screw-ups to make. Toss on the telescoping mirrors, premium in-dash six-disc stereo, chrome steps bars, and a limited slip and we were pushing a $40,000 MSRP. But what a swingin truck.
We lit the diesel and hit the highway to head back to the office. Were just as spoiled as the rest of the world when it comes to modern trucks, and the bouncy ride of the empty F-250 took a while to get used to. We were also reminded of how big this truck was any time we tried to make a U-turn or pull into a tight parking spot.
But thats not what a Super Duty is all about. Its about having the ultimate tow vehicle and utility truck, and it does those things just fine. The 444ci diesel pumps out 250 hp at 2,600 rpm (275 hp with the six-speed) and 505 lb-ft of torque at 1,600 (520 with the six-speed). Even though there are inches of gas-pedal travel (were not exaggerating) before the motor comes to life, once youve planted your foot, a stock Power Stroke is capable of getting the 6,000-pound (empty) truck moving pretty well. We made it downright scary, but youll read about that in a little while.
Weve had the truck about a month and have a definite list of likes and not likes. We dig Fords straightforward definition of truck: Its heavy-duty, relatively simple, and crude in all the right places. It has a great foundation: solid axles front and rear, leaf spring suspension, and an awesome engine. We were surprised how much we liked the adjustable pedals, which allowed us to get more comfortable in this truck than in any other Super Duty weve driven. What didnt we like? The turning radius, the billet-blah hard-plastic dashboard, and seat heaters with switches and lights where you cant see them. To make matters worse, they automatically turn off after about 10 minutes. Whats with that? We plan on fixing the other shortcomings (lack of height, departure angle, limited traction) in the coming months.
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We drove the truck from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City to hit a couple of Ultimate Adventure product sponsors. This trip and some local miles were just starting to knock the knobbies off the tires when we pulled into the Les Schwab in Centerville, Utah. If you live in the Northwest, you know Les Schwab as the place to get tires, but it also carries the full line of Tuff Country suspension products. We were met in the parking lot with the typical Les Schwab greeting (young man running up to the window welcoming us and asking how he can help today), which frankly just scares a good-old boy from Los Angeles. Jeff Beba from Les Schwab and Shane Jones from Tuff Country knocked out the installation of a complete 6-inch Tuff Country lift in about five hours. That included a precision alignment and a testdrive after all the work was done. The Tuff Country lift for these trucks is simple and bulletproof. It comes with all the brackets and parts youll need, and there are several options to ensure your truck will best meet your needs with the kit installed. We left the stock tires in place for now, but well be fitting this thing with beastly Michelin tires eventually.
1,340 Miles
Far from having the engine broken in, we pulled into Advanced Turbo Systems (ATS) to break the seal on the 7.3L. The crew at ATS knows how to squeak maximum power out of diesel burners of all types. They have a lot of experience with the Power Stroke and have a simple multistep program for improving the output of these engines. The first step is replacing the factory exhaust with a true 4-inch mandrel-bent stainless system and a high-performance muffler. Step two is a multistage computer module that gives you a stock setting, towing mode, and high-performance stage. The icing on the cake is a propane-injection system that works with the diesel fuel to improve power and fuel economy. What more could a tow-freak ask for? Even if youre not towing, these parts combine to make this Super Duty a 6,000-pound cruise missile. They also tossed on a trio of Auto Meter gauges for precise engine management, and an ATS compressor housing to overcome the common turbo stutter that becomes very noticeable when you start making killer power. Well have to dyno and dragstrip this thing once the engine is fully broken in.
2,057 Miles
The final destination for this month was Avalanche Engineering where the Super Duty will be fitted with rock sliders to protect the acres of shiny sheetmetal. Well bring you details on this stop next month, but for now its time for us to hop a plane home.


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The Things You Learn When You Send A Freedom Of Information Act Request About What The Gov't Knows About You
from the evil-criminal-edition dept
I am repeatedly identified as a member of a different, more mainstream liberal activist group which I was not only not a part of, but actually fought with on countless occasions. To somehow not know that I detested this group of people was a colossal failure of intelligence-gathering. Hopefully the FBI has not gotten any better at figuring out who is a part of what, and that this has worked to the detriment of their surveillance of other activists. I am also repeatedly identified as being a part of campaigns that I was never involved with, or didn't even know about, including protests in other cities. Maybe the FBI assumes every protester-type attends all other activist meetings and protests, like we're just one big faceless monolith. "Oh, hey, you're into this topic? Well, then, you're probably into this topic, right? You're all pinkos to us."When you read stuff like this, and then think back to the various cases we've seen of the FBI manufacturing their own terrorist plots, it really makes you wonder if the money we're spending on law enforcement for these kinds of things is money well spent... or if the FBI really just has way too much time (and money) on their hands.
In taking a general survey of all area activists, the files keep trying to draw non-existant connections between the most mainstream groups/people and the most radical, as though one was a front for the other. There are a few flyers from local events that have nothing to do with our campaign, including one posted to advertise a lefty discussion group at the university library. The FBI mentions that activists may be planning "direct action" at their meetings, which the document's author clarifies means "illegal acts." "Direct action" was then, and I'd say now, a term used to talk about civil disobedience and intentional arrests. While such things are illegal actions, the tone and context in these FBI files makes it sound like protesters got together and planned how to fly airplanes into buildings or something.


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Sixth sense: Monitoring blood glucose
On World Diabetes Day, we find out about a non-invasive blood glucose monitor being developed by engineers and clinicians at Cardiff and Swansea universities.
Daily testing of blood glucose levels is part of everyday life for people with diabetes. For those with type 1 diabetes, in order to check the effectiveness of their most recent insulin injection and to decide how much to inject next time, this can be up to ten times a day. Most people use a test that pricks the end of their finger to produce a small drop of blood, which is then tested to show what their blood glucose level is at that time.
Researchers at the University of Cardiff and Swansea University are developing a new blood glucose monitor: one that measures glucose levels continuously and is completely non-invasive. They aim to produce a small electronic sensor that attaches discreetly to the body and measures the levels of glucose in the blood throughout the day and night, with no pain or sensation for the patient.
Changes in blood glucose levels, as well as other changes in the body, affect microwave fields within the sensor. The sensor records these changes and alerts the patient immediately when their blood glucose level requires attention. This will hopefully assist in providing better management of – and information about – the condition, without the need for regular finger-prick tests.
Professor Adrian Porch, Director of Research and Innovation in the School of Engineering at the University of Cardiff, leads the research team, which includes a diabetes expert as well as engineers. "Many health problems associated with diabetes come from poor management of blood glucose levels," says Adrian. "We hope that our monitor will lead to better management of the condition, and therefore health benefits for the patient."
Adrian hopes the device will be ready for market by spring 2014. At the moment, they are trialling the sensor head and next will work on making the portable electronic part. Although there's still some way to go, the project could become the next step in the effective management of diabetes.
On World Diabetes Day, we'd love to hear your comments about this project. Do you have diabetes, or know someone with diabetes whom this could help? Would it be a better alternative to existing monitors?
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14 Nov, 2012 1:10 pm
Please include voice chip so the results are audible from the start! Blind people with diabetes find HBGT very difficult, you try getting blood spot and test strip together at the same time without looking!
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Hi kiwihelen, that's a very good point, well made, many thanks and best wishes, Adrian


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I've read that pictures are necessary: this one (mine, CC-ed) could be used (if the queslity is considered acceptable by the community): http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am_neuron/1303785088 This is somewhere nearby Bergen YMCA hostel; either Nedre Korskirkeallmenningen (Torget is to my left), or the next one, parallel street (locals, please correct). I've browsed through the rest of my pictures from Norway, but this is the only one of Bergen, which passes my internal quality control. I-am-neuron 12:39, 19 May 2008 (EDT)
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Hello! The name "Bergen" is also the often used short name of the town "Bergen auf Rügen" on the island called "Rügen" in Baltic Sea, the capital town of the administrative district Rügen (district) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. --Atlas 04:22, 1 Feb 2006 (EST)
The famous Royksopp is from Bergen just thought you would like to know! Traveler2006 13:52, 28 March 2006 (EST)
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I don't think that there should be so much about Varg Vikernes' trial under the section about Fantoft stave church. Maybe a line about the fact that a satanist most probably was responsible for the arson, but I think it's wrong to give the entire history of the case here – that belongs in Wikipedia and is of no interest to the average traveler. Unless someone can convince me not to, I will rewrite the paragraph and remove some of the info. --22.214.171.124 16:10, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
The article claims the following: "At Strandkaien and in Strandgaten, you'll find Bergen's red light district at night. As prostitution is legal in Norway, it is unfortunately very visible. (Prostitution is NOT legal in Norway, and even tho the chances are slim you will be fined 30 000 kr if you´re caught braking this law. It´s not elegal to sell, but verry much elegal to buy..) Prostitutes can be very ongoing. Although the risk of getting in to trouble is very low, families should be aware of the area, as not to expose their children to the sad reality. "
It is true that there might be some prostitutes in this area. However they are very reare to be seen. Personally I have been living many years in Bergen, and have seen prostitutes there only a few times. I disagree that this is a large problem in Bergen.
As a 3rd. opinion i would say that prostitution is visible in Bergen if you are in Strandgaten. I used to live in that area before and if i was walking alone you could be sure to get at least one confrontation by one of the 3-4girls. If you stay outside of these areas prostitution is not a large problems and people should generally stay away from these areas. (That depends... If you want to experience Bergen by night you´re bound to come to this area sooner or later. It´s pretty close to the city center heart. Allmost right next to the fish market just a street away, and the famous blue rock. This area is always a bit crowded, because of that fact, and because the area is packed with pubs and nightclubs. And if you happen to find yourself in Bergen with your family, then you shouldn´t roam theese streets during the night with you´re kids anyway because of all the drunk people. If you happen to do this anyway, and you spot some prostitutes. Then I´m pretty sure they´re not going to scare you´re kids even half as much as a raving drunk madman would. If you´re lucky, then there´s just one raving drunk madman.)
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This article is great! I've nominated it for DOTM May 2008. However, my one concern is that some parts of this — eg. every man's right, the bits about Norwegian police and so on — belong more in the Norway article than here.
And an OSM map of Bergen that could be used for Wikitravel is now available here. Jpatokal 23:08, 9 February 2008 (EST)
Great Infobox about aquavit. But I think this belongs to the article about Norway. Since aquavit is a tradition not special only for Bergen, but rather for all of Norway. ViMy 12:52, 15 February 2009 (EST)
Can this article become a star ?[edit]
Maybe. But then we need a map. Are ther anyone out there that can make maps. I have tried to figure out how to do it. But ... ViMy 07:01, 4 July 2010 (EDT)
This is indeed a great article. I cropped and brightened the lead image, but I'm still not sure it's the best for the top of the article, as it is fairly colorless. I would also encourage you to spread the images out a bit throughout the article, to break up the large sections of black on white text, and to enlarge the pictures a bit. Currently, they are all using the syntax "thumb|right", but "right" is redundant, and could be replaced with "260px" or "280px"—something like that.
Some work left to be done, but it would be fantastic to see our first Norwegian star! --Peter Talk 20:10, 5 July 2010 (EDT)
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This section are organized by districts. Should drink be aranged by price range. And See alpabheticly? What do you think ? ViMy 15:34, 20 July 2010 (EDT)


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'Razor'-sharp Emery solidified Hawks' goaltendingby Brian Hedger
CHICAGO -- Ray Emery came to the Chicago Blackhawks on a tryout offer in training camp before last season.
The way he's playing in net for Chicago right now, during the team's record run to start this season, it's easy to overlook that fact -- not to mention the career-threatening hip injury that nearly ended the 30-year old Emery's hockey career at age 29.
After a somewhat turbulent 2011-12 season with the Blackhawks -- who had the same kind of year as a team -- Emery has bounced back strong to provide Chicago (21-0-3) with a rock-solid second option in net to red-hot starter Corey Crawford.
"Guys have confidence with him," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said of Emery. "He seems like he's finding pucks, he's big in the net and [he's] handling it well outside of the net. [His] rebound control is in place, but the consistency of his approach has been great."
Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night at United Center, his record improved to a perfect 10-0-0.
It's the most wins in a row by a goaltender to start a season in National Hockey League history, and Emery also holds the record for consecutive wins to start a career -- prevailing in nine straight starts to begin his career with the Ottawa Senators. Emery also improved his record as a Blackhawks goalie to an impressive 16-0-3 in games he's played at United Center.
Good luck getting him to take the credit.
"It's the team in front of me," Emery said of his stunningly good record at the Madhouse on Madison Street. "It's a pretty good squad. You always want to play well at home. It's probably a bit of luck that it's turned out that way, but with a team like this … some nights it's hard to lose with a group like that."
Wednesday night's game was a good example.
Despite coughing up an early lead and trailing 2-1 to start the third period, the Blackhawks found a way to pull out another heart-stopping victory. They potted two goals in the final period, including a shorthanded marker by captain Jonathan Toews to tie it at 2:19 followed by the game-winner from Daniel Carcillo with just 49.3 seconds left.
In between those goals were a number of saves by Emery to keep the game tied -- which is something he's done all season. Emery (2.02 GAA, .925 save pct.) has been especially good filling in for Crawford, who missed four straight games with an upper-body injury (all Chicago victories) and then had a separate upper-body ailment force him to leave a 3-0 win in St. Louis on Feb. 28 after just one period.
Emery played the remaining two periods and preserved the team shutout. He also played outstanding on Feb. 2 in Calgary during a 3-2 shootout win, making a career-high 45 saves in the process.
"Certainly, Ray earns a chance to get right back in there whenever we're considering the next game," Quenneville said. "He's done everything he can do to get more [starts] and he's gotten more this year, as well."
The fact that's happening at all is pretty amazing.
Despite an impressive return to the NHL in March 2011 with the Anaheim Ducks, in which he went 7-2-0 with a .926 save percentage and filled in admirably for injured starter Jonas Hiller, Emery wasn't given another contract offer by Anaheim.
He became a free agent on July 1 of that year and then waited almost a month without hearing from any teams. Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman picked up the phone on July 27 to offer the tryout opportunity and Emery took it.
Bowman was looking for a veteran to back up Crawford. Emery was just looking for a chance to prove he could be a dependable goaltending option again -- after a painful, six-hour bone graft surgery in April 2010 that took bone from his lower leg and transplanted it into the ball of his hip joint to correct a career-threatening condition called avascular necrosis (AVN).
The doctor who performed it simply hoped Emery would regain the ability to walk normally the rest of his life. Emery wanted more, after enduring the invasive surgery and painful rehab that followed.
Walking into the Blackhawks camp in September 2011, all Emery had was his own belief that he could do it. He had no guarantees and no fibula in one of his legs. Still, he did enough to earn the backup role and a one-year contract.
His 15-9-4 record and 2.81 GAA in 34 games also garnered a new one-year contract to return this season, reported by capgeek.com to be worth $1.15 million.
During the long offseason, Emery continued working hard off the ice to strengthen his legs and improve his balance. He did a combination of strength training, yoga and ballet-related exercises, which he said were a big help.
"I only have one bone in my lower leg, where every other guy in the League has two," Emery said during a postgame radio interview on WGN earlier this year. "It's kind of different that I've got to keep that balance and pay attention to that. I feel like some of those different exercises [are] just trying to compensate for that injury there."
As for the hip joint, Emery said he's gotten "a clean bill of health" recently. It's certainly shown this season, as the guy nicknamed "Razor" has combined with Crawford to give the Blackhawks a dynamic 1-2 punch in net.
"Does it make it easier?" Crawford asked incredulously, after watching Emery keep Chicago's winning ways rolling in his absence. "We're here to win, so when Ray goes in there and does a great job, it's great for our team to have another guy playing well."
A guy who came to the Windy City on a tryout offer, whose performance this year has probably made a few GMs ask themselves the same question: "Why didn't we think of that?"


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My Mum is the best friend you could ever have. I have no doubt I wouldn't be where I am today without her. Throughout my life she has always been there for me. Her only wish in life was to have a family and she has a great one at that (if I say so myself). Seriously though, she has brought me up to face problems head on and her strength has encouraged me to make the most of life. Support for someone living with RA is vital and I could not do this without her.
I remember when I first became ill and she was devastated. Everyone wants to have a healthy child who can live a normal life and it must have been a massive blow to her aswell as me when I was diagnosed. But her support and encouragement not to give up has got me through my darkest hours. I am grateful I always had a place to call home, no matter what situation I was in. Knowing that someone is always there is a wonderful thought. She is not there to simply pick up the pieces when things go wrong but to celebrate when things go right.
It's her birthday this week and it's got me thinking about how I could have coped without her. The simple answer is, I couldn't. She was the one who pulled me from my bed when I hit my all time low (not literally but you know what I mean). If she hadn't have told me to pull myself together I'd probably still be in my bed now dwelling on everything. I am so thankful that she dragged me out of my state of self pity (not that I was happy about it at the time, I would have been happy to continue in self pity and loathing of my life). I hope she knows how much I appreciate her. I also hope you are lucky enough to have a Mum like mine because life would be really crap without her. If it's not your Mum maybe there is someone else in your life to inspire you. Having someone to look up to is vital. They show you the way without having to lead you there and make sure you know you are not alone. I have never felt alone through this because of her.
I want those of you who are suffering to remember to thank the person who makes you breakfast on a bad day, carries you when your ankles are fat and washes your hair when you can't lift a shampoo bottle. My Mum is a great help in my daily life. She helps me make my bed (which is kind of embarrassing at the age of 24 but try putting a duvet cover on when you can't lift your arms). She makes me dinner when I haven't the will to eat (shed be the first to admit her cooking hasn't always been great but has got better over the years!) But most of all, she took me in when I fell apart and I had nowhere else to go. So this is to you, Mum, Happy Birthday and thank you for all you have ever done for me.


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