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NBA Playoffs: Heat 98, Celtics 79

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Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) drives against Boston Celtics forward Brandon Bass (30) during the third quarter in Game 6 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals, Thursday, June 7, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

By Brian Mahoney

Associated Press

BOSTON ? LeBron James refused to let another season end in Boston.

The Eastern Conference finals, and his chase of an NBA championship, are headed back to Miami for a Game 7.

James had 45 points and 15 rebounds, overwhelming the Celtics and leading the Heat to a 98-79 victory Thursday night that forced the decisive game.

Pushing away elimination right along with every defender who tried to stop him, James shot 19 of 26 from the field and finished four points shy of his playoff career-high while playing 45 minutes, not sitting down until the victory was long secured.

Dwyane Wade added 17 points for the Heat, who need a victory at home Saturday to return to the NBA finals.

Rajon Rondo had 21 points and 10 assists for Boston. Kevin Garnett and Brandon Bass each scored 12 points, but Paul Pierce had only nine on 4-of-18 shooting.

In the site of some of James? biggest disappointments, the only disappointed ones Thursday were the thousands of fans who hoped to see a celebration but instead filed out of the TD Garden midway through the fourth quarter, just before the league MVP called it a night.

Miami barely won Game 2 before dropping the next three games, but this one was never in doubt. James was a one-man force on what?s supposed to be a Big Three, carrying the Heat in the first half while Wade made only 1 of 6 shots.

The Celtics were hoping to complete a comeback from a 2-0 deficit, as Oklahoma City did, and advance to face the Thunder in the NBA finals. But they missed 13 of 14 3-point attempts and will have to win a second straight game in Miami to play for the title.

James? season was twice ended in Boston while playing for Cleveland, the Celtics emerging as the winner in a Pierce-James duel in Game 7 of the 2008 East semifinals, then beating the Cavs in Game 6 of the second round two years later.

That was James? last game with Cleveland, leaving that summer for Miami and the All-Star help that Wade and Chris Bosh could provide.

He needed none of it Thursday.

He had 30 points by halftime and spent the night silencing the Celtics crowd and perhaps some of the doubters he somehow still has. He set the tone for the game by making 6 of 7 shots and scoring 14 points in the first quarter, and he made sure the Heat were never challenged from there.

Meanwhile, Pierce, whose 3-pointer over James was the biggest basket of Boston?s Game 5 victory, missed 13 of 16 shots through three quarters, including all six 3-point attempts.

The Heat obviously weren?t deflated by that loss and came to fight, scoring 10 straight points to build a 10-point lead shortly after Mario Chalmers was called for a technical foul after getting mixed up with Ray Allen. They extended it to 12 points later in the period, taking a 26-16 lead into the second after shooting 58 percent in the period.

Wade finally got on the board with a jumper to open the second, but he seemed strangely passive even with Miami trying to save its season.

No matter. James didn?t need the help.

He had consecutive baskets for a 15-point lead and came up with a basket every time the Celtics tried to get any rhythm. He soared high above the rim ? and any other player ? for a follow dunk after the Celtics had crept within eight in the final 2 minutes of the half. Miami led 55-42 at the break.

James made 12 of his first 13 shots before missing from the perimeter on his final attempt of the half.

Only Rondo kept it from being a blowout, scoring 19 points and adding five assists in the half. Relishing the challenge, he even emulated Garnett by doing a couple of knuckle pushups after being knocked to the court while drawing a foul, but he couldn?t keep up with James and needed some help that never arrived.

The Celtics, trying desperately for one last championship before the expected breakup of their Big Three, hope this one doesn?t get added to recent series losses against Orlando in 2009 and the Lakers in the NBA finals in 2010, when they lost Game 6s with chances to win series and then fell in Game 7.

James? first basket of the third quarter increased the lead to 17 points, and from there it was just a matter of coming up with another score any time the Celtics tried to make a run.

Boston never came close, and when a 3-pointer by Shane Battier made it 81-63 with 10:19 to play, Celtics coach Doc Rivers spent part of a timeout standing alone on the court with his arms folded, leaving it to the players to try to come up with an answer that wasn?t there.

Bosh entered with 5 1/2 minutes left in the first quarter of his second game back after missing nine with a lower abdominal strain, finishing with seven points and six rebounds.

Notes: James is the first player to score at least 25 points against the Celtics in eight consecutive postseason games since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from April 28, 1974, to May 27, 1984. ...The NBA playoff record for points in a half is 39, set by Golden State?s Eric ?Sleepy? Floyd on May 10, 1987, against the Lakers. ... The Heat switched to their red road jerseys after losing in the black here earlier in the series.

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06/07/12 23:37

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Identifying The Real Culprit Behind Killer Vascular Diseases

Reporting in the journal Nature Communications,researchers write that they were able to track down the cells causing clogged arteries. Dr. Jill Helms, co-author on the study, discusses why stem cells are to blame and how the study could lead to more effective treatments.

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PFT: Ex-Colt overcomes video-game addiction

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As it turns out, the folks who wrote the groan-inducing 1980s song Pac-Man Fever were on to something.

In 2008, former Colts defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock retired from the NFL to a video-game addiction.? Specifically, the addiction was a manifestation of depression and ADHD, very real illnesses that continue to have unfair social stigmas attached to them.

The fact that Pitcock would walk away from an NFL career because of these problems demonstrates how real they are.

Pitcock, according to the Orlando Sentinel, has overcome the addiction and the depression and is now playing football again, for the AFL?s Orlando Predators.

For Pitcock, the popular series Call of Duty unleashed the illness.

?I couldn?t put it down,? Pitcock said.? ?If I visited family or friends, I timed it down to the last second where I could still play another game.?

His routine was simple.? ?I?d go to McDonald?s for breakfast, order a bunch of food, come home and play for 18 hours into the next day, then crash, sleep for seven hours and do it all over again,? Pitcock said.

And so, after one season in the NFL, he walked away.? ?I didn?t want football to be a part of my life,? Pitcock said. ?It wasn?t just football.? I felt like doing nothing.?

The situation got worse after he retired.

?I broke about four games in half, burned them, microwaved them, put a torch to them, letting my aggression out to get rid of them,? he said. ?But the next day, I was at Target buying another game.?

Pitcock eventually got treatment, and he?s doing well.? His journey should provide hope and inspiration to the estimated four million Americans who are addicted to video games.

Though he has tried a few times to get back into the league since being cured of his addiction, it makes sense with 90 roster spots for someone to take another look at whether he can get back to the form that made him a third-round pick only five years ago.? Especially since giving Pitcock another shot would be another small step toward recognizing that mental illnesses are no different than physical injuries.

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Business Phone System and Its Functional Service

A business phone system may be described as a multiline telephone system used by business houses. The system ranges from a small key system to a huge PBX (Private Branch Exchange). Technically speaking, PBX is a derivative of the central office telephone systems as it operates in a similar manner.

Communication is critically important to any businesses and the business phone system has to be effective and with flexible features to improve employee productivity and customer service. Besides, the phone system must not be too complicated but user-friendly. The system has to be scalable with expandability provision for a growing business organization.

When deciding to buy a business phone system, you need to look into the following:

1. Is the system capable of all the features and functions your business needs?

2. Is it easy to operate and user-friendly?

3. Will be the seller be agreeable to offer a free demonstration of the system so that you can know its capabilities first-hand?

For most organizations, the single most important piece of office equipment is the telephone. Business phone systems generally start at an affordable price and increases proportionally to the size of the system and number of features you opt for.

Do not be tempted to buy features and functions that you may never need or use ? as otherwise you will be needlessly spending money. Merely elect the basic features that will be beneficial to your business. The features you should consider are ? Auto attendant, Conferencing, Automated Directory, Voice Mail, Call Hold, Call Forwarding, Speed Dial, and Music on Hold, Back up Power Supply.

There are several other advanced and sophisticated features like Remote Location Find Me / Follow Me and Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) which may not be strictly necessary for small and midsize businesses. Judiciously select features that will bring value to your business and improve your business efficiency.

The next question you should think of is the size of the system and to how many employees/departments you want to provide extensions. Please bear in mind the system you select has expandability provision so that you are not required to discard the system when your business grows.

When deciding on the size of the system, you will have to do a bit of pre-study to know the exact volume of your telephone traffic. The simple formula is ? the sum total of incoming and outgoing calls at any given moment is the number of lines (or trunks) that you will need. Common configurations of PBX systems are 3, 8, 12, 16, 24 or 48 lines. Remember if you size this too low, callers will frequently get a busy signal if all the lines are being used.

Some of the notable system features are ? Account Codes, Caller ID, Call Logging, Direct Inward Dialing, Group Rings, Night Service, Off Premise Extension, PC Administration and Silent Monitor:

Some of the notable telephone station features are ? Alphanumeric Display, Background Music, Barge In, Call Forwarding, Call Timer, Call Waiting / Camp On, Conference Calling, Direct Station selection, do not Disturb, Flash Key, Headset Capability, Call Hold, Intercom, Message Waiting, Microphone Mute, One Touch Keys, Paging / Public Address, Soft Keys, Speed Dial, Call Transfer.

The voice mail features include Answering Machine Emulation, Automated Attendant, Caller ID with Return Call, Conversation Record, Fax Detection, Multiple Company Greetings and Unified Messaging.

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Tech News Today 516: All hash, no salt

Tom Merrit, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell were kind enough to invite me to sit in on the TWiT Network's Tech News Today show yesterday. We discussed LinkedIn's password breach, IPv6, whether Facebook will go the way of Friendster, Google's map event, and, of course, a little Apple and iOS.

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