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Staten Island, NY-- On Saturday January 2, 1999 Father Peter West of Priests For Life offered a Memorial Mass for Angela Baird. The Mass was offered at the National Memorial To The Unborn in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Angela was a 19 year old St. Thomas Aquinas college student and pro-life activist from Spokane, Washington who died in November 1997 after a fall while hiking in the mountains near her school in California.
Father West said "Pro-life people all over the country have been touched by Angela's love and concern for the unborn even as she was dying." Angela had fallen 70 feet into a ravine. As she waited for hours to be taken to the hospital she prayed the rosary for the pre-born babies and her family.
Father West continued " But even before her death she was an example for all of us by her dedication and perseverance in prayer and charity. She faithfully prayed each week in front of the abortion mills either in Spokane, WA or Ventura, CA. Angela had a tender heart for pre-born babies and offered concrete assistance to women in crisis pregnancies." Fr. Frank Pavone, International Director of Priests for Life and an official of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family, said, "Priests for Life desires to present to the youth of our day Angela's marvelous example. Roe vs. Wade declared of all those in their mothers' wombs after January 22, 1973, that they were not persons under the law. When the young speak up for the unborn, they speak in a poignant way also for themselves. They are not merely future leaders of the pro-life movement; they are leaders today."
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2/02/2007 11:54pm, #1
Kung-fu in MMA....This is how I got here.
For those of you who do not know me I am a kung-fu instructor and MMA coach. I started Judo in 1978 and crossed trained in Kung-fu in 1980. The system of Kung-fu is irrelevent but it's English translation loosely translates to 5 houses of boxing, 5 ancestor boxing or 5 boxing families. I think you get the 5 part of it. Training with my sifu was quite interesting as I came across many of my brothers who trained in kickboxing, ke?po, karate, and various other systems of Kung-fu such as Lohan, Eagle Claw (Southern System), Leopard Fist, Tiger (with some color I believe it was white), Crane (never really found out if it was a specific style) and 7 Star Praying Mantis. In 1986 one of my Sihung who also did ke?po suggested we adopt a belt system and shortly after that I was awarded my blackbelt (yeah you heard me that's exactly how it happened, no testing just here you go)
Training under this system paved the way I would train for the rest of my life. I had always heard stories of Shaolin being told but as others were mystified by the Shaolin temple it was more of an analyzation of history for our group. What we were told was that the Shaolin temple was actually protected by actual warriors who had come to the temple seeking some 'center' in their life. Each warrior, bandit, and such would exchange ideas. Monks started to train in the martial arts brought to the temple to keep up their health and well you start to get the idea. The whole idea of some Buddha teaching the monks martial arts never really came into play.
So more to the gist of this post. After going to college I wanted to give my shot at full contact martial arts. I saw a kickboxing poster and started training at the local Hung-gar School where they also did Muay Thai kickboxing and became the sparring partner of the person who eventually win the title belt on that same card. My first few outings in kickboxing were actually quite boring, I tended to win in the first round by pure force, no skill despite all my training, I never learned to relax in the ring and just tore into my opponents with flagrent disregard. It wasnt' until my fourth match which was touted as Pro-Am (treated as a Pro but didn't get paid) that I finally found somebody I couldn't knock silly. Fortunately for me he decided not to continue the fight for the second round. As my cornerman stated "shot your load didn't you?" http://users.ameritech.net/nckenpo/bros.htm
At this time I was actually training with some of the wrestlers and Judoka in my area. I had my own Kung-fu group at a local park, I was going to college but I felt that I finally found my nitch in life. It was about this time that somebody had told me about shootfighting. A competition that happened in Japan where you could go full contact and actually fight on the ground. My friend , who was a Japanese fanatic, brought me this tape on Shootfighting and I instantly saw where I wanted to go. I studied the tapes, I loved the leg locks and I learned how to apply the pressure as best I could. I then was told about these fights down south, just north of Los Angeles where these guys met in a gym and fought each other. Fight promoters were looking for the next big thing. I didn't know exactly what that meant but I went down and there was this huge wherehouse with matting inside. There was about 40 to 50 of us (surprisingly I wasn't the youngest). Essentially it was like a free fighting session. You could pay to enter the floor or do it for free. It was like gambling, if you layed down 15 bucks they would too, and winner would take it all. The rule set was simple you talked it over with your opponent whatever you agreed to went except no weapons, and serious blood shed would stop the fight. My first opponent never knew what hit him. I told him I did kung-fu, I weighed about 175 at the time and he was about 6' 190 maybe 200. 'Fight basically went like this; he threw a punch, I ducked locked up his waste and while he was still standing I jumped on his back Princess Bride style and choked him out (unconscious, he didn't know about tapping)
This was also my first run in with a system called Gracie Jujitsu. Two guys saw what I did and told me that they train with the Gracie family. I'm like "the who?" They explained it to me; they trained with Rickson Gracie but it went in one ear and out the other. Later that month I opened up a magazine to see Rorion Gracie's advertisement on the Gracie Challenge. Me, I could care less I wanted to make it to Japan. One of my students introduced to me an instructor that did SAMBO. I'm like what? SAMBO, it's Russian form of grappling. They like leg locks. I was like Leg locks!? Show me the way. I was at home again.
In the mean time another friend of mine introduced me to Taekwondo. I wasn't that impressed but he asked me to come meet his instructor. I just wanted to get to Japan. I told the Taekwondo instructor that I taught Kung-fu but I'd love to work out with him and his other blackbelts. After 2 weeks training I got caught up with one of his blackbelts that went for a sweeping position. I tapped the person on the shoulder and gave him the nod "yeah you got me I don't want to be swept onto the wooden floor". At that time the head instructor said "Yeah watch out you don't want to get into a grappling match with him". I looked at him funny and said "Sir I know how to grapple". So we continued, he swept my foot out and I dropped to the floor, swept him and ankle locked him. The head instructor came over and asked me where I had learned to do an ankle lock? I told him originally from shootfighting but I hooked up with a SAMBO instructor. The head instructor looked at me funny and about that time the SAMBO instructor who I had been working with walked in. "Tim, you know this guys?" The SAMBO instructor confirmed and I was invited to start doing SAMBO with this group. This was 1993.
A few month later everything would change. Royce Gracie appeared, UFC, I didn't need to go to Japan. I started to do less kickboxing and sport matches and started to concentrate more on my ground game. I sent my application in and actually got to talk to Art Davie (if you don't know who that is you need to study your UFC some more). It was 1995, I was almost done with doing Sport Karate tournaments although they were still fun to attend, my last real sport karate tournament came in 1997 when I decided I wanted to do nothing but kickbox, NHB, and teach SAMBO and Kung-fu.
My chance to get into the UFC passed me by. My hand was broken when my application was accepted for UFC 5 and they wanted me to match up to Marco Ruas for UFC 7, I chickened out I said no thank you, not enough money unless they wanted to match me up to Joe Charles first and I would meet Ruas in the final. They asked me if I would take on Varelans, I said I'd take him too, Ruas would be too much in the first match up. They never called me back. By 1999 I had done 2 more MMA matches but had done several smokers at various gyms in the "Inland Empire" as well as some kickboxing matches and a few full contact karate matches (really over blown old school point sparring matches with take down rules. 2x2 minute rounds, unlimited points, take downs scored and no full contact to the face, leg kicks did not count for points.)
My most memorable fight:
After a Pro Am San Shou match I was offered a chance to fight in this new federation called DRAKA, Russian Kickboxing. I was to be matched up with this guy named Eugene Jackson http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/f...?FighterID=222 . Never heard of him. Much to my detriment I thought I was going to die when we met up. We were supposed to fight at 190lbs. I weighed in at 189, Jackson weighed in at 202. I said **** it I've trained to hard not to fight tonight. I was promised 10k to win and 30K to defend the title in Vegas 3 months later. None of that would happen.
First round between Jackson and I he knocked me out of the ring (I was hanging onto the ropes). I believe this is where he broke my jaw. I waded out the first round. As I limped back to my corner I had no idea how I was going to beat this guy.
In the second round Jackson opened up with a spinning back kick, bad maneuver as I took him down. He then tried to take me down later in the round and I reversed it with a high altitude hip throw and listened while the air rushed out of him. The round ended. He won round one but I won round two, three rounds to go. My corner didn't understand my strategy "why aren't you punching him?" That was a great question. He loved that over hand right and all I knew is to stay away from it.
The third round came, I circled to Jackson's right (that's right, was circling into the over hand) less than 10 seconds into the round he lead with the over hand, I ducked and let lose a straight right, I figured if I could get him to go back I could dish out some punishment of my own. I didn't expect the next thing to happen. Jackson's face hit the canvas as if he fell from a plane. My bottom jaw was down on the canvas I couldn't believe what just happened. Cecil Peoples, the referee, actually had to yell at me to get to a neutral corner for about 3 seconds, which is an eternity in the ring. As Peoples turned back he counted up to 5 and waved his hands. I had won, I pullled a Rocky Balboa out my ass looked out into the crowed to my wife and said "I love you!". The crowd had gone wild chanting "your the man your the man" and I did a flip (landed on my ass) in the ring but recovered with a kip up (nip up to some of you dumbfucks).
If any of you visit me it is the only trophy I have left from my competition days, I hang it on my wall proudly as 1 year later Draka fizzled out. I never had to defend the belt.
Kung-fu to me was all about training with whoever would come along, like the Shaolin Temple. These ideas of only training one way under one sifu? Well my sifu was never like that I had many sihungs and each taught me something different. My specialties were Eagle Claw (joint locks) and leopard fist (punching). I later crossed trained in Hung-gar which showed me the importance of strong stances which helps me with my "anti grappling" sprawls (The way I do sprawls are a bit different than our wrestling counter parts but they work). A few years ago my Eagle Claw instructor came to see what I was doing and gave me permission to start my own system.
I now have my own fight team, my own system of Kung-fu that incorporates everything I ever did with one main philosphy "Did it work? Then shut up!":thebirdma
2/03/2007 1:18am, #2
I've always been curious as to how you made the transition from Kung Fu to MMA.
Thanks for sharing. You rock.
2/03/2007 1:55am, #3
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Omega If you ever make it my part of the world I would enjoy studying under you.
2/03/2007 5:13pm, #4
Guys, I will be putting some techniques and training I use from my kung-fu training here. I just got carried away with that story and decided to just run with it.
2/03/2007 5:45pm, #5
Omega, thanks for posting. Some of that is new to me too. So here's the question: Animals? Whuh? It seems that most animal styles are silly, over-stylized dances that have no real martial cross-over. How did what you do differ . . . or did you just intimidate people with fancy poses and then kick them in the crotch?
2/03/2007 6:05pm, #6
It sounds like what you've done is what I heard a lot about when I was involved with Shaolin Do, but it never made it past the point of talk. Cool ****."Keep a sharp knife, shiny boots and be on time."
2/03/2007 6:31pm, #7
As someone who has rolled with, and trained with briefly with Omega, I can say in all honesty, he is the real deal!
One of my heroes, and the one of the reasons I'm training and fighitng MMA.Originally Posted by Sifu Rudy Abel
2/03/2007 7:03pm, #8
2Originally Posted by Repulsive Monkey
*edit: In other words you may want to fight like a boxer but you see the world as a kickboxer but your body is better suited to be a wrestler.
One of my senior Sihung translated this one time for me many years later "The idea is to understand mind, body, and spirit and then get them to cooperate with each other. Your heart may say you are a Dragon, your mind might say you are a tiger but you have the body of a crane"
Our sets (forms) were there just to get your body to understand movement, that was it, the more you would understand movement the easier it was for you to teach your body to fight correctly. Like I said we had all types of martial artist training with us. Each brought a different idea with them although they rarely shared it. Classes weren't everybody line up and start working out to a cadence, classes were more like a boxing gym where you met up with guys and our sifu would come along and correct what you were doing. You were always expected to start and finish on your own. A lot of people would get kicked out for awhile for not coming to train with the proper mind set (myself included). I was there for 3 years before being introduced to sparring. My sifu never really sparred in the traditional sense. He would just come over and smack you up side the head and such. I learned to spar by all my other brothers not by my sifu. I learned how to train by my sifu. Big differance.
2/03/2007 9:17pm, #9Originally Posted by Omega the MercilessRanked #9 internationally at 118lbs by WIKBA http://www.womenkickboxing.com/wikba...rch%202009.htm
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In Genesis 12:1 we read that God told Abraham to leave his home and his relatives and everything he had known and travel to an unknown land far away. He was to trust God to lead him there.
Being a Christian, I've made my decision. That decision offers no compromise; therefore, I'm closed to anything else.
I'm sorry, I won't look at your link as I loathe the smurfs.
It is all but impossible for the skeptical or critical mind to consider "scripture" anything more than pure fiction. I doubt that I will ever understand how a modern human mind, with the most recent understanding from the sciences including history, archaeology, biology, astronomy, and geology, could ever accept the writings of ancient people who had no such understanding. Bizarre.
The only things worse than the smurfs are Alvin and the Chipmunks. Try sitting through an entire movie with a hangover.
Those two facts together explain why religion persists so well in the modern day. Besides, religion has inertia on its side too, and it takes a while for that to wear out.
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NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man charged with driving a tractor over seven police vehicles and crushing them is facing another charge.
The Orleans County court says Roger Pion (PEE'-on) was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of driving with a suspended license.
Pion already faced 14 criminal counts after police say he drove his dad's tractor over six cruisers and a van at the county sheriff's department in Derby on Aug. 2.
Police say he then drove the tractor toward downtown Newport before they stopped him. They say he had been angry over a previous arrest for marijuana possession.
Pion has pleaded not guilty to the charges. He received financial support from people worldwide after his arrest. He thanked them when he left a correctional facility last month and said he had no regrets.
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Bring your family and friends to the Great Northwest Wine Fest in Mound City, Mo. on September 30.
This is a major fundraiser for Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation.
On September 30, 2017 Griffin Park in Mound City, Mo will be overflowing with local artisans, wine enthusiasts, great food and much more. Most of the wineries involved in this wine fest have been deemed as winners in Missouri's Governor Award Winning Wines. Each winery has its own unique taste and grape varieties, specialty named wines and some are made with Mound City's grapes. The festival welcomes thousands of visitors each year.
Guests can leisurely shop the various local artisan booths, enjoy wine tastings, and food vendors. Wine may be purchased and tables are available for relaxing while enjoying the musical entertainment. Those who purchase "wine sampling" tickets are able to taste various wines at each winery booth and will take home a wine glass as a souvenir. Those who do not wish to participate in wine tastings can buy a regular admission ticket.
Uncork with live tunes and wine! Relax with family and friends in Riverwood Winery's auditorium or outdoor patio (weather permitting) as Brad Allen, Kansas City jazz vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, returns to the winery! If you enjoy Nat King Cole, Diana Krall and Harry Connick, Jr. you will enjoy Brad's music. Riverwood Winery will have wine, whiskey, beer and food trays available for purchase. No reservations are required to join in the fun.
Fayette Area Community Theater is hosting their 2nd Annual Wine and Spirits Walk on September 30 from 4 to 7 p.m. on the beautiful and historic Fayette town square.Ten wineries and distilleries will providesamples of wines and meads at tasting tables within various businesses around the square and will also selltheir product by the bottle. Guests can relax in a seating areaas they enjoy live music and dinner available at several restaurants. Artisans will dsiplay their crafts for sale. Early-bird tickets are available for $15 each at the FACTWine and Spirits Walk Facebook page, or through the Eventbrite website (FACT Wine and Spirits). Tickets are $20 each at the door. Guests 21 and olderreceive a commemorative engraved FACT Wine Walk glass and a wristband that grants access to the tasting tables.
Seven wineries on the Hermann Wine Trail will explore thetimeless marriage of wine and cheese, two of the oldest foods known to man.The wineries will offer samplings of dishes that feature cheese as the mainingredient and pair that with a wine.Participating wineries; Adam Puchta,Bias, Dierberg Star Lane, Hermannhof, OakGlenn and Stone Hill.The $30ticket price includes a souvenir wine glass.Purchase tickets in advanceonline at www.HermannWineTrail.com or call the Hermann Welcome Center at800-932-8687.
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BALTIMORE — The ball trickled up the third-base line, rolling so slowly that Baltimore third baseman Wilson Betemit could have counted the stiches.
Betemit hoped the ball would roll foul as it spun in the chalk. It stayed fair. And thanks to a good bit of hustle, Eric Hosmer ended up on second base with a 55-foot double that played a key role in Kansas City's 4-3 comeback victory over the Orioles on Saturday.
Hosmer went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to help the Royals make up a three-run deficit. He singled in the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, but his swinging bunt in the seventh was no less significant.
With the Orioles up 3-2, Hosmer hit the slow-roller that turned into a unique two-base hit.
"Greatest double I've ever seen," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "That's a heads up play by Hosmer to be able to get to second base."
Humberto Quintero followed with an RBI double down the left-field line to make it 3-all.
"It's one of those things where you're just running down the box hoping it stays fair," Hosmer said of his hit. "To be honest with you, I kept shuffling, shuffling, and I realized I had a chance at second. I saw his back turned, so I just decided to take off."
Betemit committed himself to letting the bunt roll, a decision that did not pay off.
"I can do nothing about it. It stayed on the line," Betemit said. "I had to wait, fair or foul, and it stayed inside. I didn't have time to get the ball to second to get the out."
In the Kansas City eighth, Mike Moustakas led off with a single off Pedro Strop (3-2), who came in with 13 straight scoreless appearances. A walk and a single loaded the bases for Hosmer, who lined a single to left.
Greg Holland (1-2) pitched the seventh, and Jonathan Broxton got three outs for his ninth save in 11 chances.
Chris Davis and J.J. Hardy hit solo home runs for the Orioles, and Adam Jones extended his career-best hitting streak to 17 with a third-inning triple. It was only the second time this season that Baltimore lost a game in which it homered.
Kansas City closed to 3-1 in the fifth inning when Johnny Giavotella led off with a double and scored on a single by Hosmer.
Billy Butler homered off Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen in the sixth to make it 3-2.
Then came Hosmer's seventh-inning dash.
"Usually, when the ball comes off the grass there at our park it goes foul," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "The only thing you can do is line it up where your body is facing the runner as opposed to behind him so you can see. But I'd say a high percentage of time that ball rolls foul. That was another example where things just didn't go our way."
Kansas City starter Felipe Paulino gave up three runs, five hits and five walks in 5 2/3 innings. He allowed only one homer in four starts this season before surrendering two to the hard-hitting Orioles, who lead the majors with 72.
Davis staked the Orioles to a 1-0 lead with an opposite-field drive to left in the second inning. It was his eighth homer of the season and second in two games.
Later in the inning, Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson collided with left fielder Alex Gordon after Gordon caught a line drive for the third out. Dyson limped to the dugout with a right hamstring bruise and was replaced by Mitch Maier.
Yost said Dyson probably would not start Sunday. "He might be a little sore but I think he will be available to play," the manager said.
Hardy led off the third with this 10th home run, Jones hit a one-out triple and Matt Wieters followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
NOTES: Jones and the Orioles have reached agreement on a six-year contract through 2018, a deal worth about $85 million. The formal announcement will come Sunday. ... Kansas City snapped a 3-game skid. ... Baltimore fell to 6-2 on Saturdays. ... KC's Jeff Francoeur went 2-for-4 and is 13-for-25 in his last six games.


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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Angola received a boost to its free speech from Portugal, which refused to allow Angolan generals to stop the publication of a book exposing corruption and human rights abuses in the southern African country's lucrative diamond mines.
Portuguese prosecutors this week threw out a libel suit against a book that alleges Angolan generals own a diamond company and a security firm that carried out killings and the torture of workers toiling in the southern African nation's mines.
The dismissal of the challenge, brought against Angolan writer Rafael Marques and his publisher over his book "Blood Diamonds: Corruption and Torture in Angola," represents a free-speech victory for a nation where the government has long been accused of corruption and mismanagement of oil and diamond riches. While the challenge played out in Portugal, Angola's former colonial ruler, Marques said the court case could have bankrupted and effectively silenced him while frightening others investigating government corruption.
"Their belief was being very rich and very powerful, especially within the Portuguese economy where they have made massive investment, they would have create the situation by whereby I would not be able to afford a lawyer to defend myself," the author told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "They thought by putting me in a situation of poverty, I would not have been able to afford the cost of justice."
Mining company Sociedade Mineira do Cuango and security firm Teleservice-Sociedade de de Telecomunicacoes, Seguranca e Servicos filed the complaint against Marques and publisher Tinta-da-China after the book was published. The book linked the generals to the companies, which Marques allege carried out about 100 killings and tortured hundreds of others with the aid of soldiers and weapons supplied by military armories.
On Monday, the Lisbon Attorney General's office issued a ruling that said it decided the book falls within the scope of legitimate use of a legal right — freedom of expression and information — which is constitutionally guaranteed. The prosecutor said since there was no public crime committed in its view, it wouldn't bring charges against Marques and his publisher.
Officials with the two companies could not be immediately reached Wednesday by the AP.
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' government is accused of corruption and mismanagement of oil and diamond riches. His party is the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, or MPLA, which won the August election.
Angola was a Cold War battlefield for 27 years, with Cuban soldiers and Soviet money supporting dos Santos' MPLA and apartheid South Africa and the United States backing UNITA. Half a million people died in the war, more than 4 million — a third of the population — were displaced and much infrastructure was destroyed.
Since the war ended in 2002, Angola has dominated the list of the world's fastest growing economies and is sub-Saharan Africa's second-largest oil producer, after Nigeria. Oil-backed credit lines from China — Angola is China's No. 1 oil supplier and its second biggest importer is the United States — have fueled a building boom of houses, hospitals, schools, roads and bridges. Average life expectancy has gone up from 45 in 2002 to 51 in 2011.
But 87 percent of urban Angolans live in shanty towns, often with no access to clean water, according to UNICEF, and more than a third of Angolans live below the poverty line. Meanwhile, human rights activists accuse government and military officials of looting their country's oil and diamond wealth.
Associated Press writer Barry Hatton in Lisbon, Portugal, contributed to this report.
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Robert H. Hess, 81, of Glen Spey, NY, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013. He was born in New York City on November 23, 1931.
"Hess" was a veteran of the Army, and proudly served during the Korean War. Hess was married to Gladys (nee Concepcion) for 46 years.
He is survived by his loving wife, Gladys; his three children: Robert Hess and wife, Patricia of Middletown, NY, Ann Marie and her husband, Tony of Glen Spey, NY, and Doreen and her husband, Daniel of Monroe, NY; and nine grandchildren: Robert, Toni Ann, Kayla, Anthony, Olivia, Colin, Matthew, Michael, and John.
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How the 1960s' Most Iconic Artists Made Art Contemporary
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A leading figure in the development of Arte Povera and Conceptual art, Michelangelo Pistoletto is best known for his "mirror paintings" beginning in the 1960s, which first used grounds of metallic paint on canvas before rejecting canvas entirely for polished steel. Pistoletto's life-size, photo-silkscreened images of people atop highly reflective surfaces integrate the environment and viewer into the work. In his "minus objects," sculptures that explore how objects become artworks through the ideas they express, Pistoletto uses "poor" materials as a liberation from the traditional art system, as in his 1967 work Venus of the Rags, a copy of the classical figure set against a mound of old clothes and rags. An early performance art innovator, Pistoletto founded The Zoo in the late 1960s, which joined artists, intellectuals, and the public for collaborative "actions" that unified art and daily life.
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Debates rage about the most effective scorer or best passer in the NBA, but what about the lineups that decimate the opposition? We look at five that did last season, including one you probably didn't expect.
The amount of statistical data available for the NBA is continually growing. There are tables upon tables of information readily available, ranging from familiar base statistics like points per game to in-depth shooting splits that detail shot distance and whether the field goal was assisted.
These numbers without context aren't useful, but with a deft touch, they can be powerful. It all depends on what context is sought after, though. Individual basketball players can be broken down to shooting charts and percentages, but basketball is a fluid, five-man sport. Often, we focus on a player's eye-popping statistics.
But what about those killer lineups in the league? Lineups that suffocate their opponent on defense, shred through nets on offense, or dominate both ends of the floor?
Let's start somewhere simple before venturing deep into the "advanced stats" forest. First, we'll single out the five lineups with the best +/- point differential per 48 minutes last season to identify groupings that found success in the simplest form. These lineups will be our "guinea pigs," so to speak.
The Lineups
To crunch it down and regulate the sample size, we'll only look at five-man lineups from the 2012-2013 season with a minimum of 300 minutes played together. Here are the results, per the NBA's media-only stats website:
Included are lineups from both 2013 NBA Finals teams, a team that made it to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals and a lineup from a team that didn't make the playoffs at all (Toronto).
The Heat have TWO of the best five-man lineups, but swapping one player from their "better" lineup (Haslem for Battier) created a 7.9 +/- swing. More on this later.
Most of these lineups are didn't play together much, but the Pacers' lineup spent a whopping 1,218 minutes together on the floor. That's a huge sample size and testament to consistency creating results.
These five lineups have been singled out as great, but we still have little idea as to why or how. Let's try to hit at that question.
Miami Heat (1), the offensive masters
Players: Shane Battier, Chris Bosh, Mario Chalmers, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade.
Profile: This lineup was the best in the league on offense, averaging 11.4 points per 100 possessions more than the league average. It's not surprising that the 2013 NBA champions had the best lineup in the league, and the Heat did it with a small ball group.
What was the fuel to their high-octane production? This lineup put up the highest amount of three-point attempts per 48 minutes (21.4) out of the five "killer" lineups and still shot over 41 percent from deep. They were dangerous from both corners, converting 46 percent from either side.
This lineup was dominant by Tom Ziller's "green triangle" shooting efficiency measure. They shot the lowest percent from the free-throw line at 75 percent, but also attempted the most free throws (24.9), adding up to the highest amount of free throws made (18.7) in comparison to the other four lineups. Sometimes, quantity outshines quality. What's a great free-throw percentage without free-throw attempts?
The other remarkable aspect of this lineup, beyond "oh my god they were so incredibly efficient," is that they still held opponents to nearly nine points per 100 possessions less than league average defensively. Also, it had a rebound percentage 2.2 percent higher than league average despite not playing a "true" center. Erik Spoelstra found a balanced small ball lineup that could do it all.
This was Miami's second-most used lineup, behind their more "traditional" lineup that includes Udonis Haslem instead of Battier.
Miami Heat (2), the "traditional" lineup
Players: Chris Bosh, Mario Chalmers, Udonis Haslem, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade
The Numbers: Instead of Shane Battier in the lineup a player who shot a career-high 43 percent from deep in his first year in Miami Udonis Haslem joins LeBron and company. What happens? The Heat see huge drops across the board offensively. Three-point percentage dropped by nearly 5 percent, and this lineup take 5.7 less attempts per 48 minutes. They also took 6.3 less free throws per 48 minutes and made just 14.2, according to the NBA's Media Only stats website.
Thus, offensive rating is the most drastic difference between the two lineups. Miami's top lineup averaged 16.7 more points per 100 possessions than Miami's second-best lineup. To further illustrate the monumental gap between the two, that's .1 away from being equivalent to the gap between the Haslem lineup and a Detroit Pistons' unit featuring Jose Calderon, Jason Maxiell, Greg Monroe, Kyle Singler and Rodney Stuckey that ranked third-worst in offensive rating, averaging 83.7 points per 100 possessions.
But this lineup still made it into the top five because it held up better defensively. Here's a chart comparing the two lineups:
One player can make a huge difference in a five-man lineup, but the Heat's "Big Three" and Chalmers were still dominant with either Haslem or Battier.
The NBA's best defensive lineup
Players: Tim Duncan, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Tony Parker, Tiago Splitter
Profile: It's only fitting that the NBA Finals went seven games and featured a five-man group that was the most effective offensively taking on the NBA's best defensive lineup. The San Antonio Spurs' starting lineup held teams to a paltry 87.7 points per 100 possessions, the best of any lineup with a minimum of 200 minutes together on the floor, according to the NBA's media-only stats website.
This lineup limited second-chance points by grabbing nearly 81 percent of the available defensive rebounds. The Spurs' remarkable defense is one of the reasons Splitter fetched a four-year, $36 million contract with the team. Here's a quick look at the on/off numbers for the Spurs' big man:
Aside from the lockdown defense and glass cleaning, this lineup also shot the highest percentage from deep (over 44 percent) in our killer lineups group. This unit was deadly from the right corner, shooting over 57 percent, but only attempted 13.1 threes per 48 minutes.
A low three-point attempt rate and the lowest amount of free throw attempts per 48 (17.6) out of the five lineups explains their offensive rating of 105.9 points per 100 possessions, which landing right in the middle of our study group.
Im honored to be on this team right now because hes going to be great for years to come, and Im going to hold on as long as I can. -Tim Duncan on Kawhi Leonard.
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Exclusive program trains rising leaders in skilled nursing facilities
Twenty-one nurses from Central and Western New York area nursing facilities have completed the Foundation for Quality Care's Director of Nursing Leadership Program, an exclusive program for nurses in senior management roles who aspire to become or remain leaders in the long-term care profession.
The Director of Nursing Leadership Program is part of the Long Term Care Leadership Institute, which was developed by the Foundation for Quality Care, a non-profit research and educational foundation affiliated with the New York State Health Facilities Association. The innovative program, assisted by funds from the New York State Department of Health and Labor - Health Workforce Retraining Initiative, provides college-level credits through the State University of New York Institute of Technology's School of Nursing and Health Systems in Utica.
"No one is more important to the delivery of quality care than nurses and nurse leaders. We need to do everything we can to support them," said Richard J. Herrick, President of the New York State Health Facilities Association and the Foundation for Quality Care. "Programs such as these are critical to the long-term success of skilled nursing facilities in New York state."
The Long Term Care Leadership Program was designed to provide nursing leaders with an ongoing educational and peer networking program that promotes personal development, core competencies and best practices in the role of long-term care nursing.
"The institute is even more critical in these times of staffing shortages and increased quality of care and financial pressures in the long-term care profession," said Richard Patterson, executive director of the Foundation for Quality Care. "This program trains the current and, most importantly, the next generation of nurse leaders who care for New York's most frail populations."
The 21 participants who have completed the Director of Nursing Leadership Program are:
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Exercise Wednesday: Rude
I hate people when they're not polite. — The Talking Heads, Psycho Killer
Yesterday, as I flew home from a business trip, my flight was overbooked. It was a Friday and everyone wanted to get home. And the flight attendant in charge was visibly distracted. As I waited for a seat assignment, doing my best to mask my impatience, I heard her say she didn't feel well. But there were people practically surrounding the gate kiosk, looking for seats, trying to get on a flight–basically trying to get home.
And not all of them were pleasant about it.
When people are tired and frustrated, like the soldier trying to get home for a wedding that night, or the young mother who just found out her family's seats weren't together, they're going to be rude. But not everyone needs those extremes. Some people are rude because they sense an imbalance of power in a relationship and want their way. Some don't relate well with other people. And some are just selfish or mean.
My characters then to have superior manners. They'll wise-crack. They'll mutter on their breath. But they typically display acceptable or better manners in dealing with others. And that's not always a good thing.
Sometimes a character has to be rude because of the nature of the character and the circumstance. And sometimes a character is just a jerk from time to time.
Today's exercise is for you to take a character that's normally a reasonable person, and make them rude. Of course, everything your character does has to have a reason, so while you're writing the scene, you should also understand why your character is being rude.
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Fats are confusing. Bad fats, good fats , omega-3s, saturated, unsaturated, trans…it can be difficult to keep them all straight. Not to mention that fat was targeted as THE macronutrient to avoid in the 1980s-1990s thanks to low-fat campaigns by organizations such as the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. A couple decades later, we've realized that fat wasn't necessarily the issue with the standard American diet. Fats play a vital role in how our body functions, so it's important to know which ones are best for you.
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It's worth mentioning here that there is such thing as a trans fat. This type of fat is mainly a result of industrial fat production. Trans fats are found in products such as margarine or other highly refined "foods." This type of fat is linked to instances of cardiovascular issues like obesity and heart disease and should be avoided at all costs.
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An experienced interviewer uses a systematic protocol of open-ended questions designed to elicit information about the process and content of the jury deliberations as experienced by each juror. Both general and case-specific items are covered. Jurors are interviewed individually either by telephone or in-person. The post-trial juror interview should be done as soon as possible after the completion of the trial, while the case facts and deliberation process is still fresh in jurors' minds. Some courts prohibit or restrict post-trial juror interviews. Care must be taken to ensure all local and state rules are followed, and juror's rights are respected at all times.
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Typically, the panel consists of employees and managers who volunteer for this duty and who are trained in listening, questioning, and problem-solving skills as well as the specific policies and guidelines of the panel. A peer review panel may be a standing group of individuals who are available to address whatever disputes employees might bring to the panel at any given time. Other panels may be formed on an ad hoc basis through some selection process initiated by the employee, e.g., blind selection of a certain number of names from a pool of qualified employees and managers.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A fire engulfed a sprawling mixed-use building near downtown Indianapolis filled with tires and wooden pallets Saturday, producing a towering pillar of black smoke that prompted the evacuation of a five-block area surrounding the structure, authorities said.
Capt. Rita Burris of the Indianapolis Fire Department said about 100 firefighters from six departments were battling the fire that was consuming the two-story brick building about one mile southwest of the city's downtown.
The building was rocked by numerous explosions that Burris said are believed to have been small propane tanks exploding from the heat of the fire.
She said the building houses tire- and pallet-recycling businesses, a bicycle shop and storage facilities, but none were believed to have been open when the fire was reported Saturday afternoon.
The blaze produced such a large plume of black smoke that firefighters ordered the evacuation of a five-block area around the building due to the health threat posed by the smoke, Burris said.
"We've got tires, we've got pallets and we've got siding made of materials that are producing thick, black smoke — a lot of toxins. It's thick, black smoke," she said.
Early Saturday evening, Burris said crews were probably hours away from bringing the fire under control and that firefighters might order additional evacuations if the wind shifted. The fire was reported about 1 p.m. EDT and was still burning seven hours later.
She said the only injury has been a firefighter who hurt his knee at the scene.
Because of the scope of the fire, crews had to ask the local water department twice to boost water pressure so that they could get enough water to start dousing the flames, Burris said.
Fire crews were expected to remain at the scene through Saturday night working to put out the fire. Once the fire is out, Burris said crews will remain on the scene for several days to make sure the blaze doesn't ignite again.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police spokesman Chris Wilburn said the businesses inside the building contain about 85,000 tires, 60,000 wood pallets and a 500-gallon propane tank that's about one-quarter full. He said firefighters were directing water toward the tank to prevent it from exploding.
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text: A resident of 23rd-century Earth becomes involved in a revolution after discovering the hidden truth about society's rulers in director John Boorman's sci-fi drama. Sean Connery plays Zed, the central rebel, who begins the film as a member of the Exterminators, a band of skilled assassins who exact a reign of terror over the lesser Brutals. The Exterminators answer only to their god, a gigantic stone image known as Zardoz. Haunted by doubt about Zardoz's true divinity, Zed chooses to investigate. His disbelief is confirmed when the god proves to be a fraudulent tool of the Eternals, a secret society of brilliant immortals who pretend to divinity in order to exploit the masses. Knowing the truth, Zed sets out to reveal the hoax and destroy the Eternals' unjust rule.~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says too many boaters are breaking state laws intended to make it harder for invasive species to spread in lakes and rivers.
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Morning Five: 11.14.13 EditionPosted by rtmsf on November 14th, 2013
- The residual from Tuesday's Champions Classic buzzed throughout the sports world on Wednesday, with considerable discussion devoted to rank-ordering the superstar freshmen who were on display (Parker, Randle, Wiggins was a popular order), discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the four teams, and projecting the areas in which each will get better. But perhaps the biggest storyline that came out of the game was related to the interview that Duke's Mike Krzyzewski gave afterward. In response to a media member's question about the not-exactly-secretive practice by NBA teams to tank games in order to position themselves for high draft picks next summer, Coach K waxed poetically in his response about the virtues of good old-fashioned competition: "As an American, I wouldn't like to think that an American team would want to lose or create situations where you would want to lose. […] Maybe I'm naive and I'm going to go read a fairy tale after this." Full clip here. Speaking of competition, ESPN cleaned up with its broadcast of the double-header, recording the second-highest rated regular season non-conference game in history for #1 Kentucky vs. #2 Michigan State, and the nightcap game wasn't terribly far behind.
- Sports Illustrated hit the newsstands on Wednesday with spectacular timing, choosing to release its 2013-14 College Basketball Preview issue in the wake of all the good Champions Classic vibe and avoiding the AP and USA Today/Coaches polls' mistake of choosing Kentucky for its top spot. Utilizing a neat four-region cover format, the experts at SI instead went with Louisville as its preseason #1 team, although there aren't any real surprises among the rest of their list (Harvard at #20, maybe?). For their full top 20 rankings and excerpts of some of the articles printed in the preview, check out this SI.com One and One post here; for complete scouting reports on each of the ranked teams, check out their online post here. But if you really want the full experience, get analog and enjoy the magazine the way it was intended — in hard-copy, ink-and-paper, magazine format.
- Speaking of the Cards, the AP announced on Wednesday that the school had negotiated the exit fee from its one-year foray with the AAC as it looks to head to the ACC next July. The final number turned out to be $11 million, which is roughly the revenue that Louisville creates in the price of a handful of hot dogs and beers at the Yum! Center during a basketball game. OK, not really, but the most profitable basketball program in the nation — estimated to bring in an annual surplus of $23-$28 million per year — shouldn't have any problem whatsoever in finding enough couch change to write the check. With a move to its new conference starting next season and all the additional television revenue that will come with being a part of the dominant east coast sports league, expect those coffers to continue to rise.
- When Louisville joins the ACC in 2014, the next basketball season will culminate in a blockbuster ACC Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina, for the 25th time. But with the push to save itself and add teams from above the Mason-Dixon Line, the league is looking to make its hallmark event a bit more inclusive and cosmopolitan than the longtime location of league HQ. A part-time move to New York City is an inevitability, but before the nation's oldest conference tournament heads to the Big Apple, the league has decided to take baby steps with a trip to Washington, DC, in 2016. The ACC has accepted this dance with the District once before at the Verizon/MCI Center in 2005, an event that was notable for its relatively light attendance over the course of the weekend. The DC area had also hosted several ACC Tournaments prior to that at the old Capital Center in Landover, Maryland, but in all of these events, the Terps and maybe Duke were the only real attractions. Syracuse, Notre Dame and to a certain degree Pittsburgh, on the other hand, all have huge alumni bases in the East Coast megalopolis between Washington and New York, now just an easy train ride between city centers. And Louisville fans travel well. Contrasted with nearly a decade prior, expect the 2016 ACC Tournament even without local team Maryland involved to be a fantastic success.
- Finally today, if you read nothing else, read this story from SI's Seth Davis about Duke guard Andre Dawkins' struggles with clinical depression. By all accounts, depression is a medical condition that people who don't suffer from it have a lot of trouble understanding. Why not just pick yourself up? Why not just find something that makes you happy? The truth is that picking yourself up and finding something meaningful is extremely difficult for those with the disease. The complicated brain chemistry involved with the condition doesn't just go away because they want it to, and as Davis elucidates so nicely with the story on Dawkins, the only way it can be solved is through therapy and (sometimes) medical intervention through antidepressants. The happy ending here is that Dawkins is back on the Blue Devils for his senior season and he really wants to play basketball again, something that he had almost no desire to do two years ago. That's a win right there, and Davis should be commended for bringing this encouraging story to the forefront. Even if you hate Duke, you'll have to root for Dawkins after reading this one.


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Miguel Caballero's line of suits, shirts, and jackets is the first to merge high fashion with even higher security.
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"Who here hasn't been shot?"
Miguel Caballero is walking around his company's showroom in Bogot�, Colombia, holding a .38-caliber revolver. "You!" he says, pointing to German Gonzalez, a 20-something salesman who's been on the job for just two weeks. "You're next."
Gonzalez wiggles nervously into an $850 brown suede winter jacket and zips it up to the collar. A foot or so away, the smiling Caballero lowers the weapon and takes aim.
"One!" Gonzalez takes a deep breath and stares up at the ceiling. "Two!..." A deafening blast sends Gonzalez lurching backward - and then screaming out in relief, clutching at the hole in the jacket where the bullet has come to a safe stop.
No, this isn't some cruel corporate hazing ritual. For Caballero, founder and CEO of the company that carries his name, this is just a showman's way of demonstrating his products.
Caballero sells a line of armored clothing that fits like Armani but deflects point-blank gunfire like the Popemobile. Last year the 38-year-old entrepreneur sold an estimated $7 million worth of bulletproof trench coats, business suits, suede jackets, and denim casuals to executives, political leaders, undercover agents, and other VIPs - people who demand more than a bodyguard for protection and don't like the bulk or SWAT-team look of flak jackets and vests.
"There are hundreds of companies that make bulletproof vests," Caballero says. "We make bulletproof fashion."
Behind the style, though, is some groundbreaking substance. Instead of heavier Kevlar materials for armored lining, Caballero developed and patented a weave of nylon and polyester that can stand up to gunfire without sacrificing convenience or comfort.
The first Kevlar-based bulletproof leather jacket he created weighed 11 pounds. Today the same garment, with the new material, is just 2.6 pounds - about the heft of something you might try on at Nordstrom (Charts).
That's helped attract A-list customers, including Presidents Alvaro Uribe of Colombia and Hugo Ch�vez of Venezuela, who each own a bulletproof guayabera, a thin cotton shirt common in the Caribbean.
"It's not just about bulletproofing with style anymore," Caballero says. "Bulletproof clothing is becoming a style."
In fact, the company held its first runway show in Guadalajara in January, featuring Mexican models sporting a new line of casual wear. Afterward, Caballero's Mexican office sold in four weeks what it had projected to sell for the year.
And in August, Caballero will open a high-end boutique in one of Mexico City's most exclusive shopping districts. The store's neighbors? Armani, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany.
That kind of cachet goes a long way. Exports jumped nearly sevenfold from 2004 to 2005 and now account for 80 percent of sales.
Perhaps the most enviable sign of global success: the debut of knockoffs. The CEO says he's spotted counterfeit Caballero jackets for sale in Venezuela and the Netherlands.
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Should The NFL Change kick off Rules?
There are few plays in football more exciting than the kickoff return for a touchdown. A fleet player weaving his way in and out of traffic to take the ball 90 or 100 yards for six points is always thrilling. There's another side to kickoffs, though.
The injuries to Kevin Everett of Buffalo and Cedric Killings of Houston remind us huge men are sprinting downfield where other huge men are waiting to throw their bodies in front of them. Injuries are bound to happen and as we've seen they can be especially serious. That's why agent Peter Schaffer wants the league to change the rules for kick coverage to try and enhance safety. He spoke with the Denver Post:"To worry about these kids spending the rest of their lives in a wheelchair makes you instantly want to make a change. There has to be a change. There are often 300-pound men running straight into each other on the wedge. The wedge has to be outlawed."Schaffer represents Tony Palmer of Green Bay. Palmer fractured a bone in his neck on a kickoff against the Giants ending his season and jeopardizing the rest of his career. Along with outlawing the wedge, Schaffer suggests having the coverage teams start in a 3-point stance and on the 30-yard line to slow their acceleration downfield.
While I understand Schaffer's concern I don't see the NFL making any changes that radical.
The wedge has been part of the game from day one and is the most natural way to block for a return. Teams have dynamic returners like Devin Hester and Ted Ginn because they change games and aren't likely to vote for a rule change that's going to limit their effectiveness. By the same token, having the coverage units start in a down position would be a big advantage for the returners. No coach or GM is going to get behind something which costs them that much field position.
If they do tweak something it would probably be the amount of running start that coverage players can get before the ball is in the air. That seems reasonable and the league does a little something to improve player safety almost every year. Anything else would likely be too drastic for the league to swallow. It sounds horrible but injuries, even life-threatening ones, are a fact of football life and there's no way to make the game completely safe.


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Is it just me or is something fishy going on with what seems to be the attempted rigging of the number of supervisors of Adams and Middlesex townships? You have two people in the same camp attacking from two different directions.
First, there is Adams resident Charles Clark thinking the township will be better served with three supervisors. After all, five supervisors are way too many for a growing township like Adams. And then there's Middlesex resident Crystal Yost, who feels Middlesex would be better run with five supervisors. After all, three supervisors just can't get the job done.
They have opposite opinions on how many supervisors it takes to run a township. But, they both have the same mission: To twist the townships specifically to their own agendas. Clark, who loves to throw out petitions (not his first rodeo) knows how to work the minority numbers to his favor. With 8,854 voters in Adams, you need only 442 to file a petition. They filed 491 names. I would bet 60 percent to 70 percent of the signatures came from a home with the minimum of a husband, wife, and potentially an older child of age. With 3,008 voters in Middlesex, you need only 150 to file petition. Wow! They got 243 signatures. I'm now ready to double down my bet from where those names came from, too!
It's scary that these two people, who spearheaded the removal of five supervisors, want to step over the 8,000-plus Adams Township voters who voted for the supervisors to serve their full terms. I guess the majority of voters shouldn't count. Clark and Yost want to fire all five supervisors and then make them run again for only three positions. Who's next on the hit list: mayors, council members, judges, and anyone else who is voted by the people for an elected position?
In my book, it's just plain unconstitutional to remove elected officials who have done nothing legally wrong. For the 23 years that I've lived in Adams the supervisors have done a great job in making the township a special place to live. Clark claims, "The behavior of the supervisors is atrocious." Normally, I would politely agree to disagree. But, I find their devious actions atrocious.


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