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Murali Vijay made England's bowlers toil in unresponsive conditions as India induced a successful slow grind on day one of the Investec Test series at Trent Bridge.
Vijay's fourth Test century, and first outside India, underpinned a total of 259 for four as Alastair Cook's hosts kept going admirably but to little avail.
Sunny skies and a docile pitch were England's enemy, after Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss, and Vijay batted all day for an unbeaten 122 from 294 balls.
The India opener shared half-century stands with Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and finally his captain Dhoni (50no), who helped to put on an unbroken 81.
Vijay grabbed the impetus for the tourists with a rush of early boundaries off James Anderson on his way past 50 in only 68 balls - but thereafter he was in no hurry.
There were nonetheless some memorable cover and square-drives in particular among his 20 fours whenever England erred in length or gave him some width.
It was soon clear wicket-taking options were limited by the lack of life in a surface groundsman Steve Birks later admitted he had hoped would be much quicker.
England conceded 106 for one before lunch, in 30 overs, as Vijay coasted past his half-century with 11 fours.
His first three boundaries came from successive deliveries in Anderson's first over of the match - two controlled edges down to vacant third-man and the third off his pads.
Anderson had his 50th Test victim at this ground when Shikhar Dhawan pushed forward and edged to the diving Matt Prior.
But otherwise, he had no joy in a seven-over new-ball spell which cost 40 runs.
There were already ominous indications of the pitch's limitations, Liam Plunkett twice seeing apparent attempted bouncers from round the wicket making landfall twice before they reached Prior.
Cook had plenty to ponder therefore as he ran through five bowling changes, and all his options, in vain search for a second wicket as Vijay and Pujara closed out the morning in a partnership of 73.
The afternoon began very differently.
Cook switched Anderson to the pavilion end, in partnership with the ultra-economy of Stuart Broad again, and set inventive fields to try to make something happen.
It very soon did, Anderson finding a modicum of inswing with a slower ball as Pujara mistimed a drive and was very well caught by Ian Bell, diving one-handed to his right at a short and very straight mid-on.
Broad's second spell either side of lunch read 6-4-5-1, his wicket coming after Cook brought a second slip in from the off-side ring to the new batsman and Virat Kohli compliantly followed a touch of movement off the pitch to be neatly caught by Bell.
Rahane edged an attempted drive at Broad just short of the same fielder as England's two senior pace bowlers continued to dry up the run rate.
Ultimately, though, Vijay and Rahane passed the patience test to put India back in charge by late afternoon.
England had to wait until after tea for the next, and last reward, for their efforts.
Rahane escaped one chance in Cook's direction at silly point, looping but falling short, as Plunkett went round the wicket again; then, without addition three balls later, an attempted pull somehow toe-ended straight into the England captain's midriff to end a stand of 71.
Vijay's progress stalled dramatically on the last lap towards his century as he spent 48 balls in the 90s, and 14 on 99 before scampering his 100th run with a single to midwicket.
The opener stayed the course, though, alongside Dhoni - who began slowly but was soon helping to farm comfortable runs off Moeen Ali's off-breaks.
Plunkett summoned the energy to hit Vijay on the forearm with a short ball, in the 80th over.
But when the second new ball failed to bring another breakthrough for England, Dhoni posting his 64-ball 50 just before stumps, the obvious expectation was that India will reach a substantial rather than formidable first-innings total here.
Vijay did not score off the last 35 balls he faced - but had ensured already his team hold the early advantage in a match which will continue to unfold only slowly.
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That place is The Hawkeye Compulsion, the new joint venture of HS and The Hairgel. Four writers, one topic, and updated far more frequently than my little old corner of cyberspace. And the topics I don't really follow (like recruiting) will likely be covered by someone who cares far more about such things. So fear not, loyal readers. I have not left you.
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The animated motion picture stars WALL.E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class), a robot who for hundreds of years has done the one thing he was designed for, but when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE he discovers a new purpose in life.
In development at THQ's Heavy Iron Studios, the WALL.E video game will see players taking control of WALL.E and EVE in an adventure based on the upcoming animated film. Relive the movie's most thrilling moments set across ten worlds packed with familiar characters and key locations from the movie.
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Kim Guadagno didn't take questions, but told reporters that Zimmer's claims are not only false, but also illogical and do not withstand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. "Any suggestion, any suggestion that Sandy funds that were tied to the approval of any project in New Jersey is completely false," she said. "Standing in Union Beach, as we are today, with some of the mayors whose towns were devastated by Sandy, and also being a Sandy victim myself, makes the mayor's allegations particularly offensive to me." Guadagno said she thought she had a good relationship with Zimmer and is surprised that she would mischaracterize the conversation about development and job creation in Hoboken. "I have devoted an extraordinary amount of time to bringing projects, to creating jobs and retaining jobs in Hoboken," she said. "I proudly support and continue to support the creation of jobs in Hoboken and all of New Jersey, and I will continue to work on those projects."
Zimmer responded with the following statement:
"I am genuinely disappointed that Lieutenant Governor Guadagno has lived up to her promise that she would deny linking Hoboken's application for Sandy hazard mitigation funding with expediting a private development project," said Mayor Dawn Zimmer. "I met with the U.S. Attorney for over two hours yesterday, answered all their questions and turned over my journal in which I described my conversation with the Lieutenant Governor and Commissioner Constable. I stand by my word, remain willing to testify under oath, and I will continue to answer any questions asked of me by the U.S. Attorney's office."
Zimmer said she met with federal prosecutors in Newark for several hours Sunday at their request and turned over a journal and other documents.
On Saturday, Zimmer said Guadagno and a top community development official separately told her that recovery funds would flow to her city if she expedited the commercial development project by the New York-based Rockefeller Group.
On Sunday, she went a step further and said on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley" that Guadagno told her that the request "was a direct message from the governor."
"The lieutenant governor pulled me aside and said, essentially, 'You've got to move forward with the Rockefeller project. This project is really important to the governor.' And she said that she had been with him on Friday night and that this was a direct message from the governor," Zimmer recalled Guadagno saying.
Christie spokesman Colin Reed issued a statement Sunday saying, "Mayor Zimmer's categorization about her conversation in Hoboken is categorically false."
Zimmer said in a statement Sunday night that she will "provide any requested information and testify under oath about the facts of what happened when the Lieutenant Governor came to Hoboken and told me that Sandy aid would be contingent on moving forward with a private development project."
Hoboken was nearly swallowed by the Hudson River during Sandy, with three of its electrical substations and most of its firehouses flooded, businesses and homes submerged, the train station inundated with water, and people trapped in high-rises because elevators didn't work and lobbies were underwater. Zimmer has proposed a comprehensive flood mitigation plan and has applied for $100 million in grants to help make it happen.
Zimmer said she didn't reveal the conversation with Guadagno until now because she feared no one would believe her. But, with Hoboken having received just $342,000 out of $1.8 billion in Sandy recovery aid from the state in the first funding round, she said, she is speaking out in hopes her city won't be shut out in a second funding wave, when the state is due to disperse $1.4 billion. Hoboken has also received millions in federal aid.
Christie, meanwhile, is embroiled in another scandal that threatens to undercut his second term and future presidential ambitions. The U.S. attorney's office and a state legislative panel are investigating allegations that Christie aides engineered traffic jams in Fort Lee by closing lanes to the George Washington Bridge, possibly as payback against the town's Democratic mayor, who didn't endorse Christie for re-election.
Democratic Assemblyman John Wisniewski, the legislator leading the state investigation, told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that his committee would look into Zimmer's political payback allegation as well.
"I think we have to give the allegations serious thought," he said, "because this is a pattern we've heard time and time again throughout New Jersey."
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, told "Meet the Press" that Wisniewski is part of a "partisan witch hunt" and should step down.
Wisniewski countered that his committee of eight Democrats and four Republicans is bipartisan and would continue its investigation.
The committee issued 20 new subpoenas Friday as the traffic jam plot reached deep into Christie's administration; the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the bridge; and Christie's re-election campaign.
Zimmer said another member of Christie's administration, Community Affairs Commissioner Richard Constable, approached her later in May to reiterate what the lieutenant governor had said. According to Zimmer, he told her Sandy aid "would start flowing" to Hoboken if she backed the development project.
Lisa Ryan, a spokesman for Constable, said Zimmer's claim was false and questioned why she waited eight months to come forward. Ryan also asked why Zimmer didn't take her concern to authorities "if she was so distraught."
David Samson, whom Christie picked to chair the Port Authority, is among those subpoenaed. He is a founding partner of the law firm representing the Rockefeller Group, the New York City developer seeking to build commercial space in Hoboken. A lobbyist for the group, Lori Grifa, was a member of Christie's administration before leaving to work for a law firm. Calls to the firm went unreturned over the weekend.
Wisniewski said he has no plans to subpoena the governor, and there is no evidence Christie knew about any lane closing scheme in advance.


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PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Major League Baseball will greatly expand instant replay to review close calls starting this season.
MLB announced Thursday that owners, players and umpires have approved the new system.
Each manager will be allowed to challenge at least one call per game. If he's right, he gets another challenge. After the seventh inning, a crew chief can request a review on his own if the manager has used his challenges.
The so-called "neighborhood play" at second base on double plays cannot be challenged. Many had safety concerns for middle infielders being wiped out by hard-charging runners if the phantom force was subject to review.
"I tell you the fans will love it," baseball Commisioner Bud Selig said after owners met and voted their unanimous approval. "It's another in a long list of changes that will make this sport better than it already is."
All reviews will be done by MLB umpires at a replay center in MLB.com's New York office. To create a large enough staff, MLB agreed to hire six new big league umpires and call up two minor league umps for the entire season. A seventh major league umpire will be added to replace the late Wally Bell.
Baseball was the last major pro sport in North America to institute replay when it began late in the 2008 season. Even then, it was only used for close calls on home runs.
The NFL, NBA, NHL, some NCAA sports and major tennis tournaments all use a form of replay, and even FIFA and the English Premier League have adopted goal-line technology for soccer.


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Local Golf Professional named 2014 PGA Merchandiser of the Year
Plymouth, IN - Chad Hutsell, PGA Head Golf Professional at Swan Lake Resort in Plymouth, IN, has been named the recipient of the 2014 PGA Merchandiser of the Year Award for Resort Facilities in the State of Indiana. This is his second nomination and first time winning the award. It is also the 3rd time in the last 8 years that Swan Lake Resort has garnered this honor.
Hutsell joined Swan Lake Resort as the PGA Head Golf Professional in January of 2012. Past experiences that have molded Chad's merchandising background include stops at Highland Golf & Country Club (Indianapolis, IN), Plymouth Country Club (Plymouth, IN) and The Course at Aberdeen (Valparaiso, IN).
In his current role, the Brownsburg, IN native along with the PGA Professional Team of Brian Natzel, PGA (Director of Instruction), Clint Miller, PGA (Assistant Golf Professional) and Matt Hovermale, PGA (Assistant General Manager) ensures that the retail business at the facility lead the industry in terms of service levels, aesthetics, product offerings, guest experience, recognition and profitability.
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STOCKTON - William Hoeurn didn't want bad circumstances to make him another statistic.
STOCKTON - William Hoeurn didn't want bad circumstances to make him another statistic.
Month after month the city has been a national leader in foreclosures. In the third quarter of last year, one in 67 Stockton households received a foreclosure filing, according to RealtyTrac.
Hoeurn, 66, a special-education classroom assistant and a refugee from Cambodia, was desperate to stay out of the cascading bad news.
A Sunday morning conversation last year at the Episcopal Church of St. Anne made all the difference.
Hoeurn ran into Luis H. Sanchez, a Stockton-based regional manager with NeighborWorks, a home-ownership assistance program.
"He was struggling with his mortgage payments," Sanchez said. "I told him to drop by the office. We were trying to work out a loan modification, and we did."
Hoeurn and his wife, 53-year-old Nancy, had each been working at two jobs - and they had two adult children in the home also contributing to a $2,300-a-month mortgage. After Sanchez helped out, the payments dropped to about $900 a month.
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The family qualified under last year's landmark $25 billion attorneys general settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage lenders, including Bank of America. The money is aimed at providing relief for distressed homeowners.
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I wouldn't say that HAMMER would be a good replacement for ZFS (though I haven't done extensive testing of HAMMER like I have of ZFS), but it is a good file system. here are teh baisc goals of HAMMER
Instant or nearly-instant mount. No fsck needed on crash recovery.
• Full history retention with easy access, via the live file-system. That means
being able to CD into snapshots of the file-system and being able to access
previous versions of a file (or directory tree), whether they have been
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• Good performance.
• Queue-less, incremental mirroring.
• Ability to re-optimize the layout in the background, on the live file-system.
• No i-node limitations.
• Extensible media structures to reduce compatibility issues as time
• Support for very large file-systems (up to 1 exabyte)
• Data integrity checks, including high-level snapshot tar md5s.
• Not hamstring a clustered implementation, which has its own list of
• Not hamstring a remote access implementation.
more info here: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/hammer/hammer.pdf
I will do a comparison between ZFS and HAMMER later in the week.
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two good things about HAMMER:
It's a clearer, simpler design and not as complex, as ZFS.
If you compare how long the development of these two file systems took and how many problems the ZFS port of FreeBSD had I would say it's the BSD ZFS.


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Obama misses target: President's promise on gun control will accomplish nothing
On Wednesday morning, with smiling and nervous children at his side, U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled his new gun control proposals in Washington.
His plans are a direct response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last month and are supposed to be about making sure such attacks never happen again.
The New York Times hailed the gun control proposals as the right thing to do, The Washington Post called the proposals "a sound response."
The reality is the central promise of President Obama's plan will accomplish nothing.
At the core of the president's plan is a call to reinstate the 1994 assault weapons ban. So-called military-style assault weapons have been the focus of gun control advocates since it was reported the shooter at Sandy Hook used an AR-15 to carry out his massacre.
If the proposed ban is passed by Congress, it will mean some rifles will be outlawed based on how they look.
Scary rifles that look like they could be used by the army will be banned, while far more deadly rifles will still be allowed.
But even that misses the point.
The president and other gun control advocates love to point to America's staggering number of firearms-related murders each year to support their call for the assault weapons ban.
In 2010, the FBI reports there were a staggering 8,775 murders using guns.
What the gun control advocates who want to ban the AR-15 won't tell you is the vast majority of those murders — 6,009 — were carried out using handguns and only 358 involved rifles.
In fact, according to FBI statistics, there were more than twice as many people killed using fists and feet in 2010 than were killed with all sorts of rifles, assault or otherwise.
The big gun problem in America is the use of handguns by criminals, primarily in big cities. The president's big proposals won't do anything to stop that.
Obama told his audience on Wednesday, "If we can save just one life, we have the obligation to try."
By that standard, America should not only be banning hands and feet, which kill more people than rifles, but also backyard swimming pools.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were an average of
3,533 unintentional drownings each year between 2005 and 2009. That proves swimming is far more deadly than the rifles Obama will seek to ban.
What Obama is doing with the call for an assault weapons ban on certain types of rifles is proposing an action that will make people feel good, but it won't address the issue of gun violence in America.
Even Chuck Todd, a reporter for the left-leaning MSNBC, said the president was using more emotion than fact on Wednesday.
Nobody wants more mass shootings to happen, nobody wants to see another Sandy Hook. But what about the
6,009 Americans who died from handguns in 2010, or the 6,501 in 2009 or the 6,800 in 2008?
Keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill should be the focus for those who want to stop mass shootings like Sandy Hook, Colorado or Virginia Tech, not banning rifles based on their looks.
As for the thousands killed by handguns each year, President Obama's message is, you're on your own.


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Although Google stock has risen sharply since the summer, nearly tripling the rise in the S&P 500 during the same period, one analyst thinks the tech company is now a less compelling opportunity for value investors. Still, he does see it as a name to own for growth investors.
Following a 39-percent surge in Google's share price since June 14, the stock's price-to-earnings ratio has risen to about 17x from 12x. This has sparked a change in investor sentiment, according to a new research report from BMO Capital Markets. The firm's analysts downgraded the stock to "market perform" from "outperform," but maintained a $790 price target on its shares.
"That should be interpreted as saying this is a core holding, but it's not something we'd put new money to work in right now," said Daniel Salmon, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets. "Instead we'd maybe look elsewhere to do that and instead look for a better entry point on Google."


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Erin Kurtz enters her fourth season at the helm of the Spartan men's and women's swim program looking to continue the successes of the last three seasons of York College swimming.
Kurtz came to the Spartan program after spending 2011-12 as a volunteer assistant at her alma mater Shippensburg University. Kurtz served as the interim head coach for the Red Raiders during the 2009-2010 season.
The Spartans have had great success over the last three seasons. The Spartan men's team is a combined 25-14-2 overall while they are a sterling 11-3-1 in CAC competition. The men placed third in the CAC in Kurtz's first two season but jumped up to second this past season.The women's program reached a high-water mark of a third place finish at the 2014 CAC championships as the women have totaled 15 meet victories in the last three seasons.
Kurtz has guided Kyle Walthall to the Spartans' first Division III National Championship appearance as he earned an invite to the championships in 2014. Walthall made the most of his appearance as he earned All-American honors in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke. Walthall bettered that in 2015 as he earned podium finishes in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke to become a four-time All-American. Walthall is the first Spartan swimmer to earn Division III All-American status.
During Kurtz's tenure, the Spartans have set 32 new school records, had a CAC Swimmer of the Year (Walthall in 2014), one CAC Rookie of the Year (Walthall in 2013), three CAC champions, and three CAC championship records.
Kurtz brings a wealth of experience to the Spartan program. She spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Kutztown University prior to her stint at Shippensburg. Kurtz also has Division I coaching experience as she was a graduate assistant coach at Texas Christian University.
In her time at Kutztown, Kurtz coached two swimmers to NCAA automatic cuts while the Golden Bears broke 13 school records during her tenure.
"I'm very excited about the direction of our program," states Kurtz. "Our progression is evident in our results and I only expect us to continue that progression moving forward."
Kurtz has extensive experience and an impressive track record in the pool. She was a four-year All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) swimmer at Shippensburg while she earned All-American status in the 500, the 1,000, and the 1,650-freestyle in all four of her seasons as a Red Raider. She won the PSAC title in the 1,650-freestyle during her junior year. She picked up seven All-American awards as a sophomore, including four in relay events at the NCAA Championships.
She finished her swimming career with four individual PSAC championships and 16 NCAA Division II All-American awards. Kurtz still holds Shippensburg school records in four of the six freestyle events. All four of those record finishes came during the 2004 NCAA Division II Championships where she finished third in the 1,000-yard freestyle, fourth in both the 200 and 500 freestyle and ninth in the 1,650-yard free.
Kurtz feels the York College swim program is a great place for not only current student-athletes, but also potential swimmers that want an all-around balanced college swimming experience.
"We give our student-athletes tough workouts, a great dry land program and a fantastic academic experience," says Kurtz. "We are continuing to build two programs who becoming a strong force within the Capital Athletic Conference."
Kurtz, who is a Reading, Pennsylvania native, is married to Chris Kurtz and they reside in Mechanicsburg with their children, Noah (4) and Carly (2).
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Senate Democrats, looking to forestall the across-the-board spending cuts set to take place in March, are planning to push their latest version of the Warren Buffett-style minimum tax on millionaires.
The political advantage is it builds on the 2012 elections in which President Barack Obama and many Democrats campaigned on the idea. And it avoids divisive fights over a series of individual loophole closings in the Tax Code, some of which tax writers prefer to deal with in the context of corporate tax reform.
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Past tax estimates indicate that as much as $46.7 billion could be raised over 10 years from the so-called Buffett Rule — a minimum 30 percent tax on millionaires.
Indeed the revenues generated could be considerably higher, according to some economists, because of the tax deal last month that allowed dividend income — important to the wealthy — to be taxed at a lower 20 percent rate.
The hope is to marry this revenue with more select spending cuts, chiefly at the expense of farm subsidies and defense. For example, as much as $25 billion could be taken from direct cash payments to producers, an outdated system of subsidies that has been harder to defend given the level of farm profits in recent years.
Whatever cuts are made from defense will be significantly less than the $43 billion in reductions threatened in March. Moreover there is a new push by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) to enact an omnibus appropriations bill to replace the expiring continuing resolution March 27. And that could provide immense relief for the military services which have been hobbled by the CR's limits on operating and maintenance accounts.
The final package — being ironed out by Mikulski, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) — is not expected to be rolled out until next week. Votes may not occur until after the Presidents' Day recess, putting the issue in front of the Senate on the eve of the March sequester deadline.


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Pyongyang barred South Korean managers and cargo from entering North Korea's Kaesong factory complex this month and recalled 53,000 North Korean workers. Seoul promised unspecified "grave measures" if Pyongyang didn't respond to its demand for talks by noon Friday (0300GMT).
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Note to bartenders, bouncers, and business owners the world over: Don't mess with gay-list celebrities.
Broadway star Nick Adams -- who is as well known for his extensive theater résumé as he is for last year's tabloid-concocted tiff with A Chorus Line costar Mario Lopez over who had the better bod -- took to his Twitter and Facebook page over the weekend after he and his boyfriend were turned away from a predominantly straight Manhattan bar.
Adams tweeted that he and his boyfriend were denied entry to the Turtle Bay Grill and Lounge by a bouncer who claimed their white T-shirts were in violation of the bar's dress code. Adams says he and his boyfriend were holding hands, something he says the bouncer took notice of and, with a laugh, turned them away.
"At first I was like, OK, I'm just being a little sensitive to this, I think, " Adams told Advocate.com. "But then I watched this group of guys [in white T-shirts] go right in. Obviously, they were there with their girlfriends and not gay.
"You get a sense sometimes from people that they are uncomfortable with your sexuality or they're going to treat you differently because of it," Adams continued, "and I 100% felt that way in that situation."
Rather than cause a scene, Adams hopped online. Through Twitter, Facebook, and his personal blog, Adams told his story and, within minutes, his fans went crazy.
Comments began to pile up on his blog, including one from a man identifying himself as the general manager of Turtle Bay, who wrote that the club never allows guys in white T-shirts to enter and called Adams's allegations "ignorant, irresponsible, and flat-out wrong."
That seemed to make his fans even more mad -- between his Facebook and blog post, within a day, more than 100 people had weighed in, with some even posting photos from the Turtle Bay website of guys wearing white T-shirts. Then came an e-mail from the marketing and public relations manager for Turtle Bay, who reached out to Adams in response to complaints the bar had received in a letter the actor posted on his website.
"I feel terrible about this impression/misconception and want to do everything I can to rectify the situation as soon as possible," Kristi Paris wrote in the e-mail. "May I please invite you and your friends in as my guests for lunch/dinner and drinks on us? I'd love to meet you and your friends and have the chance to personally apologize for any negativity you experienced here."
In the letter, Paris reiterated the club's dress code and suggested Adams and his boyfriend might have even been denied entry because the club was at capacity. She made no mention of the people who were allowed into the club wearing white T-shirts.
Paris told Advocate.com that the no white T-shirt rule has been in place since "around April, " and that she isn't surprised to find that photos of people wearing white shirts in the club are available online. She said the rule is enforced to prevent people from showing up that the bar in Hanes undershirt type tee's.
She added that she personally reached out to Adams because "the last thing I'd want someone to associate with a place I worked for is that it might be homophobic."
Adams says that while he appreciates Paris's attempt to make amends, inviting Adams and his friends to a bar where they'll eventually spend money isn't quite what he had in mind.
"I work with a group called Live Out Loud, I'm constantly doing work with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, so if they want to donate a check or cash to that, awesome. An apology letter that sort of makes it look like I was confused about what was happening is not what I was looking for."
Despite everything, Adams says he's shocked and thrilled at the response he's received from friends and fans.
"It's been tough times for [the gay community], and I think people are more sensitive now to little things like this that, in 2009, are just unacceptable. And especially with the help of the Internet -- we're a strong community, we have a lot of pride, and I think it's beautiful to see people I don't know back me up on this and say, 'We shouldn't have to deal with this.'"


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Feb 19, 2013, 09:45 EST
SYDNEY, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre connected travel agents worldwide will now be able to make bookings for Jetstar Japan (GK) – Japan's low cost carrier. The carrier recently signed a global distribution system (GDS) agreement with Sabre Travel Network to provide worldwide access to its fares and schedules.
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"Adding the ability to distribute through well-established global distribution systems such as Sabre is an important step towards expanding our market reach. We are committed to making our low fares accessible to as many travelers as possible and contributing to the growth of the travel industry in Japan," said Miyuki Suzuki, chief executive officer, Jetstar Japan.
With this agreement, Jetstar Japan will be able to reach out to new markets including the high-yield corporate channel. Sabre's StandardConnect is integrated into the normal Sabre display, enabling agents to immediately book the carrier's content without training on new formats or workflows.
"In the past low cost carriers traditionally have not distributed through GDSs but this trend has been changing, with many of these carriers realizing the extended reach that GDSs such as Sabre can provide to them," said Hans Belle, vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific, Sabre Travel Network.
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The Jetstar Group (subsidiary of the Qantas Group) is Asia Pacific's fastest growing and largest low fares network by revenue. It is made up of Jetstar Airways in Australia and New Zealand together with Jetstar branded airlines, Jetstar Asia in Singapore, Jetstar Pacific in Vietnam, Jetstar Japan and from 2013 (subject to regulatory approval) Jetstar Hong Kong. Jetstar branded carriers operate up to 3,000 flights a week to around 57 destinations. The Jetstar Group carried more than 20 million people in FY12.
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San Francisco's municipal Wi-Fi initiative isn't the biggest such project in the world, but it may be the most keenly watched. And after this week's award to Google and Earthlink, the battle to win the best deal for the city's residents is only just starting.
That's largely thanks to San Francisco's activist community, who've tackled the tough questions that evangelist sites like Muniwireless (which rely on technology vendors for sponsorship) have avoided.
As the smoke clears, it's evident that San Francisco has failed to win the kind of deal for its poorer and less computer literate residents than the one Earthlink provided in Philadelphia. In San Francisco, Earthlink will operate the high speed, pay-for service, while Google will operate the free, low-speed tier.
However, while Earthlink provided Philly citizens with 10,000 free computers, and skims a percentage from the paid-for service to fund training initiatives, no such guarantees have been made in Baghdad by the Bay.
"It's very disappointing," said Sydney Levy, program director of Media Alliance and a co-ordinator for Internet 4 Everyone.
He also said the free portion is too slow. While Mountain View residents will get 1mbit/s free from Google, San Francisco's is 300kbit/s.
"It's going to be another digital divide. It's going to be another dinosaur".
In fact, a municipal Wi-Fi network can widen, not close the "digital divide". The Charleston, Ga Post and Courier quotes consultant Craig Settles for the observation that:
"Typically, the people who need internet access the least are the ones who use municipal Wi-Fi the most."
So municipal Wi-Fi simply saves money for the people who can already afford it.
"There is no way you are going to improve or resolve the digital divide issue if all you do is put up the network and say, 'that's it'," Settles said.
The city should have mandated future upgrades, he said. He wants the TechConnect project team to acknowledge that training is essential, and that it isn't starting with a blank piece of paper.
"There are resources being used in local communities that have the expertise to work on chunks of this issue. There are many groups involved in computer training and computer refurbishing - so any solution needs to acknowledge it's not starting from scratch. These groups know how to do it in Spanish and in Chinese, and they know how to do it in BayView."
Two other areas of concern remain unaddressed, according to critics.
An audit by the Electronic Privacy Information Centre earlier this week found the Google/Earthlink bid wanting.
"Both [free and fee] services require the user to sign on, thus creating the opportunity for persistent tracking across sessions. The Google advertising supported service would target advertisements to individuals based on their internet usage and other information," it notes.
Kimo Crossman, the computer consultant and blogger who did more than anyone to expose the backroom machinations of the project, criticizes it for failing to provide the emergency services with guarantees.
Small municipalities have deployed Wi-Fi in combination with VoIP to replace older radio services for the police. Advocates say New Orleans' mesh Wi-Fi network showed its potential for disaster situation. So long as it isn't raining, it isn't foggy, and there are no leaves on the trees.
"There's nothing here for the emergency services. You'd think with the 100 year anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake, this might have been worth some thought."
TechConnect's criteria for the RFP can be found here.
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Photos: Diddy Gets Dapper at Private 'Boardwalk Empire' Screening
The Ciroc flowed like moonshine this weekend as Diddy hosted an ultra chic 1920's themed party in Los Angeles for the premiere of Boardwalk Empire's fourth season. Several celebs were on-hand also looking dapper in their Prohibition Era looks, and were treated to a screening of the first episode of the new season. Check out photos from the Diddy's Boardwalk Empire event int he gallery that follows.


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� ON SALE AT 10 A.M. FRIDAY: B.B. King with Robert Cray, 7:30 p.m. April 21, Durham Performing Arts Center. $65 to $125; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
� ON SALE AT 10 A.M. FRIDAY: Taylor Swift with Ed Sheeran, 7 p.m. Sept. 12, Greensboro Coliseum, and 7 p.m. Sept. 13, PNC Arena, Raleigh. $29.50, $84.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
� ON SALE AT 10 A.M. FRIDAY: Tenacious D, 8 p.m. March 8, The Ritz, 2820 Industrial Drive, Raleigh. $40; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
� ON SALE AT 10 A.M. FRIDAY: Olivia Newton-John, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, Durham Performing Arts Center. $40, $75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
� ON SALE AT 10 A.M. FRIDAY: Price is Right Live, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. $32 to $42; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
� ON SALE AT 10 A.M. SATURDAY: Kid Rock, with Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Greensboro Coliseum. $29.50 to $89.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
� ON SALE AT 10 A.M. MONDAY: Teen Choice Live, featuring gymnasts Gabrielle Douglas, Aly Raisman and Jordyn Weiber and musicians Megan & Liz, 7 p.m. Jan. 18, Greensboro Coliseum. $28 to $108; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
� ON SALE AT 10 A.M. DEC. 21: Comedians Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall with Reno Collier, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 13, Durham Performing Arts Center. $49.75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Blue Man Group, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9-10, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. $55 to $65; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Greensboro Symphony presents �Spanish Night: Mad about Carmen,� 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro, and 8 p.m. Jan. 19, Dan Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. $24, $42; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Willie Nelson and Family, 8 p.m. Jan. 18, Durham Performing Arts Center. $51, $78.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Justin Bieber, 7 p.m. Jan. 19, Greensboro Coliseum. $39.50 to $79.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Bryan Adams, 8 p.m. Jan. 22, Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh. $45, $75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Don Williams, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24, Durham Performing Arts Center. $32, $75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Zac Brown Band, 7 p.m. Jan. 26, Greensboro Coliseum. $45, $59.50, $69.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Tony Bennett, 8 p.m. Feb. 1, Durham Performing Arts Center. $69, $128; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Rascal Flatts, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15, Greensboro Coliseum. $24.75 to $54.75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Winter Jam 2013, featuring TobyMac, Red, Matthew West, Jamie Grace, Sidewalk Prophets and Royal Tailor, 6 p.m. Feb. 16, Greensboro Coliseum. $10 at the door. Visit jamtour.com for more details.
Ongoing concerts
The Barn Dance, 6341 Phillippi Road, Julian: karaoke nights at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Fridays of each month; country, gospel, rock �n� roll and bluegrass music at 7:30 p.m. each Saturday. $5 for karaoke nights ($2 for children under age 12). $10 on Saturdays, $5 for children under age 12. Doors open at 6 p.m. Fridays and 5 p.m. on Saturdays. (336) 685-9200 or www.thebarndanceinc.com.
501 Country Dance, Little River Community Center, 6305 N. Roxboro Road, Durham. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the dance is from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. every Friday. �Big Daddy� Steve Winston will lead the dances. (919) 732-3267.
Friday nights at Company Shops Market Co-op: Live entertainment Fridays at 268 E. Front St. in downtown Burlington. This Friday, Justin Johnson performs at 6 p.m. Free. Visit companyshopsmusic.com or call (919) 448-7309 for more details.
Music for a Great Space presents Trio Solisti, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11, Christ United Methodist Church, 410 N. Holden Road, Greensboro. $20. Next up is Red Clay Saxophone Quartet on Feb. 8 at Greensboro College. Tickets available through Carolina Theatre at (336) 333-2605.
Haw River Ballroom, 1711 Saxapahaw Bethlehem Church Road, Saxapahaw: Chatham County Line Electric Holiday Show Dec. 21 ($15, $18). Big Fat Gap Dec. 22 ($10, $12). For more details, visit www.hawriverballroom.com.
Monster Jam, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11-12, Greensboro Coliseum. $20, $25; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Comedienne and Emmy-winning talk show host Whoopi Goldberg, 8 p.m. Jan. 13, Durham Performing Arts Center. $55, $100; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
World�s Toughest Rodeo, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19, PNC Arena, Raleigh. $18, $28, $38, $75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Comedian Rodney Carrington, 8 p.m. Jan. 24, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. $44.75; tickets available through Tickemaster.
Comedian Robin Williams, with guest David Steinberg, 8 p.m. Jan. 26, Durham Performing Arts Center. $65, $125; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, 7 p.m. Feb. 2, Durham Performing Arts Center. $48, $64, $79; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Yo Gabba Gabba Live, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Feb. 18, Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. $48; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Comedian Bill Cosby, 8 p.m. Feb. 22, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. $45, $75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Alamance County
�Melville Dairy Retrospective,� featuring milk bottle and advertising art collections of Melville Dairy, runs through December at Alamance Community College�s Scott Collection, 1247 Jimmie Kerr Road, Graham. Get more details at (336) 506-4122.
Kathleen Gwinnett�s �Visions of Italy� runs through December at Point of View Gallery, 717 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington. Visit pointofviewgallery.com or call (336) 270-4998.
Elon University�s Student Juried Exhibition runs through Feb. 5, Isabella Cannon Room, Elon University. (336) 278-5610.
An exhibit of works by David Borawaski runs through Feb. 12, Arts West Gallery, Elon University. (336) 278-5610.
�The Armory Show: One Hundred Years Later,� celebrating the centennial of the groundbreaking New York City show, opens Saturday and runs through June 23, Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. Visit reynoldahouse.org or call (336) 758-5150 for more details.
�Stephen Hayes: Cash Crop,� an exhibit featuring 15 life-size sculptures of human beings in shackles and grappling with the trans-Atlantic slave trade, runs through Sunday, Guilford College Art Gallery, Hege Library, on campus off Friendly Avenue in Greensboro. Visit guilford.edu or call (336) 316-2438 for more details.
�Juan Logan: Without Stopping� runs through Sunday, Weatherspoon Art Museum, at Spring Garden Ave. and Tate Street on the UNC-Greensboro campus. (336) 334-5770.
�Essence: A Juried Art Show� runs through Sunday, Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main St., Danville Va. Visit danvillemuseum.org or call (434) 793-5644.
Artwork by Tinka Jordy is on display through Dec. 30 at Eno Gallery, 100 S. Churton St., Hillsborough. Visit enogallery.net or call (919) 883-1415.
�Nature, Big & Small,� watercolors by Dot Wilbur-Brooks, runs through Dec. 30, N.C. Botanical Garden, on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Visit ncbg.unc.edu or call (919) 962-0522 for more details.
�Real to Reel: The Making of Gone with the Wind� runs through Jan. 13, N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh. Visit ncmuseumofhistory.org or call (919) 807-7900 for more details.
Winter Show 2012 runs through Jan. 13, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro. Visit greenhillcenter.org or call 9336) 3330-7460.
�Ceramic Art of NC University and College Faculty� runs through Jan. 19, N.C. Pottery Center, 233 East Ave., Seagrove. Visit ncpotterycenter.org or call (336) 873-8430 for more details.
Theater / Dance
SunTrust Broadway Series presents Jekyll & Hyde, Jan. 8-13, Durham Performing Arts Center. Tickets range from $17.50 to $35 at all Ticketmaster outlets.
Centre of Performing Arts (COPA) presents �The Enchanted Forest,� 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Feb. 9, Paramount Theater, 128 E. Front St., Burlington. $5. Get tickets through COPA at (336) 228-1553 or the Paramount Theatre box office at (336) 222-TIXS.
Auditions / Entries
Community Theatre of Greensboro will hold auditions for �Cabaret,� directed by Mitchel Sommers, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 13 and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 14, Studio Theatre, Greensboro Cultural Arts Center, 200 N. Davie St. Come with a prepared song or karaoke CD (music only). Accompanist provided; CD player available. Production dates are March 8-24 at The Broach Theatre. Visit ctgso.org or call (336) 333-7470 for more details.
Submit calendar listings in writing to the Times-News Accent department, 707 S. Main St., Burlington, the Tuesday before the Thursday of publication. Or, fax information to (336) 229-2463. You can also add events at events.thetimesnews.com. Simply follow the instructions.


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Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Review
If you have read any of the number of computer hardware enthusiast websites and visited the forums, the same question is repeated over and over. What motherboard should I get? If the person is asking for an Intel based system, at least someone will start the ball rolling and invariably you will get the "just wait for the X48 boards." Well wait no more, that time has come. Gigabyte has just released its motherboard with the X48 chipset, the GA-X48-DQ6. The DQ6 series of boards from Gigabyte are at the top of the the food chain in its lineup. This one includes features such as "Ultra Durable 2" construction, which uses lower ESR solid SMD capacitors for a longer useful life span, Lower RDS (on) MOSFETs for reduced temperature through lower switching resistance, and Ferrite core chokes for reduced power loss and EMI interference. "Ultra Cool" and "Crazy Cool" coupled with Silent-Pipe cooling technology offer up to a 50% performance increase with this noiseless cooling solution. Will the "Green" features of the X48-DQ6's DES Technology offer an energy savings over the Intel solutions, or will it work in conjunction with them to really drop power consumption? I don't know, but I aim find out.
Is the X48 chipset something new and exciting or just a well binned X38 with support for 1600MHz frontside bus processors and DDR3 support? Will the performance be on par with the X38 and P35 chipsets or will the latest chipset have that extra something special? Does the GA-X48-DQ6 have that something special? Follow along as I find out!
Closer Look:
Gigabyte has radically changed the look of the product packaging for this series of motherboards. Gone is the traditional white background with a single color highlighted around the product name. The front panel highlights many of the desirable features of the GA-X48-DQ6. These include the Dynamic Energy Saving features which promote a 70% power savings and 20% greater efficiency when enabled. Ultra Durable 2 technology with Lower RDS (on) MOSFETs, Ferrite core chokes and Lower ESR solid capacitors. Supporting the latest 45nm processors from Intel should allow the new Wolfdales and Yorkfield chips to be run right off the bat. The rear panel again highlights the energy saving features using a chart to map out the savings as well as a specifications table.
The front panel has a flip open cover that features additional documentation on the features of the GA-X48-DQ6. Some of those not mentioned earlier: Crazy Cool, Ultra Cool, Dual gigabit LAN and full Blu-Ray - HD-DVD audio support. A quick glimpse of the cooling system is shown through the window in the packaging.
The inner box that contains the GA-X48-DQ6 has a large window to get a better view of the product. The X48-DQ6 is housed in a clamshell that seems to be the latest rage in packaging of the latest high end boards. Under the clamshell is the box that contains the bundled accessories as well as the product documentation.


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Phoronida is a small taxon of sessile, vermiform (worm-shaped), marine invertebrates that, like brachiopods and bryozoans, are suspension feeders, using a specialized organ called the "lophophore." Phoronids generally live in the shallow waters of continental shelves, with the chitinous tubes they secrete either buried in sand or attached to rocks or the shells of other invertebrates (some species can bore into rock and shell). The diameter of phoronids is only about 1 – 3 mm, but they range in length from 2 – 20 cm. The body-plan is fairly simple, consisting of the anterior lophophore – whose ciliated tentacles can be organized in a ring, a horseshoe, or a spiral around the mouth – the trunk, and the ampulla, the swollen posterior end. In addition to its use as a feeding organ, the lophophore is used for gas exchange. Species with larger body-size have lophophores with proportionately more tentacles and, therefore, more complex overall lophophore shape. Phoronids have specialized blood vessels containing hemocytes with hemoglobin, which is unusual in invertebrates. Most phoronids reproduce clonally and sexually and most are hermaphrodites. Packages of sperm are released into the surrounding water where they're collected by the lophophores of other individuals. Eggs are fertilized internally, and zygotes are either released into the plankton or brooded in the lophophore.
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Ovarian or Uterine Cancer Diagnosis
Right Specialist, Right Now
The biggest factor in how your treatment will end is making the right decision about where your treatment should begin. Many hospitals and physicians treat women's cancers, but it's a challenge to find one place with the skill and expertise to do it all. At Cedars-Sinai Women's Cancer Program we have more experience, more options and more positive outcomes.
If you are a woman with ovarian or uterine cancer, your road to survivorship should not be traveled alone. You need a cancer specialist by your side — one person who leads the charge for your care. At Cedars-Sinai, a cancer specialist will be there — from diagnosis to surgery to chemotherapy — guiding you on your road to recovery.
Often, for women treated elsewhere, the typical journey can be challenging: She's diagnosed by her gynecologist. She's referred to a surgeon. Then, after surgery, she meets with an oncologist who manages her chemotherapy and radiation. Throughout this ordeal, she has had three or more physicians – equally competent and skilled — but she is left with having multiple people coordinating her care.
At Cedars-Sinai, we approach women's cancer differently. One of our physicians confirms the diagnosis. As a gynecologic surgeon who is a fellowship-trained surgical expert, she or he will then perform the surgery. After the surgery, the same physician will guide your plan for chemotherapy or radiation and will be with you and your family throughout the journey.
Ovarian and Uterine Cancer Diagnosis
Ovarian cancer is often referred to as the "cancer that whispers" because its symptoms are vague, and a diagnosis is often not made until the cancer is advanced. Known for being the fifth-leading cause of cancer deaths among women, it often goes undetected until it has spread into the pelvis and abdomen. No effective screening test is currently available for the early detection of ovarian cancer, but that hasn't stopped our physicians from researching ways to detect it at an earlier stage, when a cure is more likely.
Uterine cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States, diagnosed in approximately 40,000 women each year. It often generates early symptoms of abnormal vaginal bleeding, which allows for diagnosis in its early and curable stage. However, death rates from uterine cancer have been on the rise, more than doubling over the last five years.
Quality of Care
Quality measures are important indicators for measuring the success of a program and its physicians. The specialists at Cedars-Sinai Women's Cancer Program perform the most uterine and ovarian cancer procedures in Los Angeles. Our physicians have the expertise, skill and treatment options available to help patients live longer. In fact, our five-year survival rate for Stage 3 ovarian cancer is well above the national average.
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Research for Her is a large data registry — clinical trial program — that focuses on finding treatments and cures for cancers that specifically impact women including breast, ovary, uterine/endometrial, cervical and vulvar cancer. Open to all women over the age of 18 with or without a prior history of cancer, Research for Her is a way to be a part of efforts to improve early detection of cancers, better target treatments and explore treatment options for individuals with cancer.
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Lamar Odom making a case for sixth man of the year award
The concept still becomes difficult for Lakers forward Lamar Odom to grasp.
He remains in serious contention for winning the NBA's Sixth Man award, yet he acknowledged he'd never envision being in the running for such an honor in the first place after the Clippers selected him as the No. 4 pick in the 1999 NBA Draft. Even when the Lakers acquired him in 2004 from Miami as part of the Shaquille O'Neal trade, Odom didn't see this scenario happening. He was considered the Scottie Pippen type player to Kobe Bryant, but a failed playoff appearance that season and two first-round exits in 2006 and 2007 eventually spurred the Lakers to acquire Pau Gasol on Feb. 2008. That sent Odom to the bench, a permanent spot Coach Phil Jackson wanted him to embrace as the 2008-09 season opened.
"At first, it was hard for me," Odom said. "From a business standpoint, the year Phil wanted me to come off the bench was my free agent year. You know how that goes. When you're a free agent, you want to start and play as many minutes as you can. But it was the right decision."
It's hard to argue after two consecutive championships. That's why Odom waxed nostalgia about the support Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol have given him in accepting the bench spot. It's also why he if he receives the honor-- voted by 125 media members and announced at the beginning of the NBA playoffs - he plans to leave the award at the scorers table as a tribute to the fans at Staples Center who greet him with a loud reception when he enters the lineup.
Winning the sixth man award would represent the same reason why Jackson lobbied the Lakers' front office during uncertain contract negotiations with Odom during the 2009-offseason, why many consider Odom to be snubbed from this year's All-Star game and why he proved instrumental in the U.S. winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship for the first time in 16 years. The value he brings to the Lakers goes beyond the consistent numbers he's posted this season, including a third team-best 14.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per-game and a career-high 53.7% mark from the field assuming he maintains that pace for the final nine regular-season games. It's the way he changes the course of the games off momentum plays, adjusts to various positions on the floor and, more importantly, embraces a role he had once staunchly rejected.
"He's a guy willing to sacrifice for the team," Lakers forward Pau Gasol said. "He could put up bigger numbers if he was more selfish that way. But that's not what the team needs from him."
It's uncertain whether Odom will win the sixth man of the year award. There are others up for consideration after all. When the Lakers and Mavericks meet Thursday, a perhaps unfair barometer will be used on how Odom and Jason Terry go up against each other, two completely different players both Jackson and Odom say considering Terry is a guard expected to score and Odom is a forward expected to rebound. But it's still an intriguing storyline nonetheless, considering Terry averages a second team-best 6.4 points, 4.2 assists and 1.1 steals. And in an interesting twist, some Lakers wondered if his 34 starts during would penalize him, even though the only the criteria remains that he has to play more games off the bench.
In those 39 games as a reserve and 34 games as a starter, Odom seamlessly filled the same role. He plugged in the void the Lakers needed. He can focus on providing coast-to-coast dunks and layups and outlet passes, sparking the momentum plays he wants to provide off the bench. Or when Bynum missed the first 24 games when he rehabbed from his surgically repaired knee, transition back into the lineup as a reserve the following () games and served a two-game suspension for picking up a flagrant foul type 2, Odom immediately filled that starter's spot, by replacing the post presence and widening the floor for the backcourt. Frankly, Odom's role has remained mostly the same as a starter and reserve, but he initially saw it as a blow to his ego.
"As a sportsman, you're used to starting," he explained. "I used to be one of the guys and go to guys on the team. I'd be lying if I told you it didn't. I'll be honest with you, a little bit. I've always started for every team I was on and was one of the first three options."
A 2008-09 season that Odom characterized as "up-and-down" and a 2009-10 season where he said he "mentally accepted" the role soon paved the way to where Odom currently sits. He's being considered for an award Jackson argues should measure the "impact a player has on a team." Even with being demoted to a bench position, in no way has Odom's impact been diminished.
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Observing geologic processes and landforms using Google Earth
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