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shoes on his feet, food in his stomach or hope in his heart, Marwan Koukash fled Palestine as a nine-year-old refugee, fearful of the life ahead of him. Yesterday, with Gucci loafers on his feet, 100 horses at home in England and another a strong chance of winning the Melbourne Cup, he was the first observer at trackwork at Werribee, lapping up the luxurious opportunity looming at Flemington tomorrow. Koukash owns hotly fancied Melbourne Cup chance Mount Athos, and if he wins the Cup tomorrow he will take the Cup where it has never been before. The famous trophy has been raised by sheiks, shonks, schoolteachers, fishermen, casino owners, bankers, hoteliers ... but never a refugee. Five years ago, he had never even stepped on a race track. Tomorrow he might be king of the racing world for a day. Far from being tormented by his past, Koukash is inspired by it. It made him. Had their been no tortured early life, there would be no Melbourne Cup visit for him and his family. "I was a refugee, and I think that drove me to work a lot harder in life to get where I am," Koukash said. "I look back and think it made a man out of me at a very young age. It has been a great journey. You have lows, but I have had a lot of highs as well. "We lived in a small village in Palestine and all of cheap jordans free shipping a sudden you see war planes coming in, and horrible things happening. The only thing we could do was to run away from home. "My father was overseas at the time. My mother just grabbed u.s. "I remember vividly that I did not even have my shoes on. "For three days, we walked to Jordan. We had no food, nothing, just the clothes we had on. "I have a big family and I remember I was the only one with no shoes. "The only food we had was some bread and cheese, which we all had to share. "We lived in Jordan in a refugee camp for two or three years. My father went to Kuwait to get a job. "In 1970, we experienced another war. When we started to settle down in Jordan we experienced Black September (a conflict between Palestinian groups and the king of Jordan). Yet another civil war, so we had to leave again. "We became refugees again, we went to Kuwait and then life started getting better for us. Then I went to London to study. My father made it in Kuwait and he could pay for me to get an education." DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE CUP SWEEP The lessons of his brutal life as a refugee never left him. Driven by the desire to prove himself and take his precious chance in life, he powered through an engineering degree in Liverpool, became a professor and started a corporate training and property business that has earned him enough to feed the 100 ho

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Secretary of State John Kerry and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have ended a meeting in Jerusalem optimistic about the prospects of further peace talks with the Palestinians. Mr Kerry told reporters yesterday he was pursuing a "quiet strategy" to rekindle trust between the two sides, whose last round of talks broke down in September 2010. "I think it's fair to say we made progress," he said. Measures such as building up the Palestinian economy "could be critical to changing perceptions and realities on the ground, all of which can contribute to forward momentum". Praising Mr Netanyahu for his "good faith efforts", he said the two leaders had agreed "to do some homework" over the next few weeks "with a view to seeing how we can really pull all of the pieces together". Mr Netanyahu said, "I'm determined not only to resume the peace process with the Palestinians, but to make a serious ef.fort to end this conflict once and for all." Earlier, after meeting with President Shimon Peres, Mr Kerry made it clear that the issue had been a priority when he took over his role from Hillary Clinton. He said that if he had not believed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be resolved, he would not have taken on the job. Palestinian officials are reported to have told the US they would take part in a peace initiative if Israel released Palestinian prisoners. This is Mr Kerry's third visit to the Middle East since he became Secretary of State in February - suggesting that the Obama administration is serious about attempting to resolve the conflict. When President Barack Obama visited Israel and the Palestinian territories himself last month, he urged Israelis to "Put yourself in (the Palestinians') shoes, look at the world through their eyes". Mr Peres said yesterday at a joint news conferen. plesponse wkemea sures ce: "The two-state solution is the best solution and the parameters for that agreement already exist." It appears that Mr Kerry's plan is to begin four-party talks in Jordan attended by the US, Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Israel's biggest-selling newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported that Mr Kerry would visit the region every few weeks for six months. He would then brief Mr jordan shoes Obama "for him to decide whether he sees a real chance for an agreement between the two sides and, as a consequence, declares a 'presidential initiative' or, alternately, the US opts to give up and let the process die". Mr Kerry also said "no option is off the table" regarding Iran's nuclear program. "Our eyes are open and . . . the clock is moving and no one will allow the diplomatic process to stand in the way of whatever choices need to be made to protect the world from yet another nuclear weapon in the wrong hands." 

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Coast Titans fullback William Zillman says he doesn't want halfback role made vacant by departure of Scott Prince GOLD Coast utility Will Zillman believes the replacement for departed halfback Scott Prince should come from the Titans' collection of rookie halves. Zillman is one cheap jordan shoes of several players touted as cheap jordans free shipping a possible replacement for Prince in the No.7 shirt in the 2013 NRL season, but the 26-year-old says he's not the man for the job. The former Canberra flyer says young guns Jordan Rankin, Beau Henry and Albert Kelly are showing why. they are the leading contenders to be the Titans' halfback. "My spot in the team probably is at fullback,'' Zillman told AAP today. "We've got some great younger guys that are looking to fill the shoes of Princey. They're big shoes to fill but we've got two or three guys that are really training the house down and vying for that position. "There's already plenty of competition there and I think that'll bring the best out of us.'' Another role left vacant at the Titans following Prince's departure is the captaincy, with Zillman a. plesponse wkemea sures mong several candidates for the position. State of Origin representatives Nate Myles and Ash Harrison are also believed to be in line for the captaincy. Zillman, who said leading the Titans would be a "great honour'', hoped the club would make a decision shortly. "My guess would be that jordan shoes for sale it is something the coaching staff would want to figure out quite quickly,'' he said. "The quicker it's resolved the more pressure that's taken off us and we can just concentrate on starting to form our team and getting ready for round one.'' 

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still had too much baseball in him last year, by far," said Jerry Krause, the Bulls' vice president for basketball operations and a former veteran scout for four major league teams. "He didn't have a training camp. He hadn't played in a year and a half and he hadn't had a training camp, so that wasn't Michael Jordan that you saw last year." Neither, in the traditional way, is cheap jordan shoes the Michael Jordan we're seeing this year. On offense, Air Jordan makes only occasional appearances now. It's not a paparazzi game anymore. . He's more of a jump shooter now. He doesn't drive and slash as much as he used to, but he does post up a lot, get the ball and then go to work close to the basket. Often, with the Bulls starting two 6-foot-6 players jordan shoes in the backcourt, that creates favorable matchups, sometimes against undersized point guards. "I don't think he's jumping and dunking on people as much," Knick guard Derek Harper said. "I think now, Michael is playing with his head more Air Jordan 7 7-7 than anything. He's playing a very smart game." Said Bull Coach Phil. Fenhui diviation Fui divination Jackson: "I think it has evolved, because he's much more conscious about taking his time to figure out where the defenses are. He's not always in the attack mode now. Sometimes, it's passing the ball, just drawing the double teams and finding the open guys." It helps that he is with the Bulls. Scottie Pippen is a great ballhandling forward, good enough that he can start the offense and give Jordan a rest from true point guard duties. Luc Longley is a very good passing center. Likewise Toni Kukoc as a 6-10 forward. 

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Delivers Blast From Past From his shoes to his shots, it was 
vintage Michael Jordan in what might have been his last game at Madison Square 
Garden. Jordan, wearing an original pair of red, white and black Air Jordan 
sneakers from his rookie season, scored 42 points Sunday with a dazzling display 
of shooting as the Chicago Bulls beat the Knicks, 102-89, at New York. "Some of 
the moves seemed to be coming from 1984," Jordan said. "I kind of went 
retroactive today." Jordan shot 17 for 33 from the field, with some of his 
baskets coming on moves as outlandish as his signature line of shoes were 
considered in 1984 when they first came out of the box. "I was doing some 
cleaning up at home and ran into them," Jordan said,. adding that he decided to 
wear them as a "sign of appreciation for all the respect I received here." It 
might have been Jordan's final game at the Garden because he has said he will 
retire at the end of this season if the Bulls do not retain Phil Jackson as 
coach. When Jordan finally checked out with 1:03 remaining and the Bulls ahead 
by 13, the sellout crowd of 19,763 gave a 15-second standing ovation to one of 
its greatest tormentors. Scottie Pippen scored 25 points and Dennis Rodman had 
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shoes rebounds for the Bulls, playing a team with a winning record 
for the first time since Feb. 25. Allan Houston scored 24 points for the Knicks, 
who lost their third in a row after being outscored, 28-18, in the final 
quarter. Fenhui diviation Fui divination . Seattle 99, Minnesota 98--Vin Baker 
scored 27 points as the SuperSonics erased a 13-point second-half deficit at 
Minneapolis to snap a two-game losing streak with an overtime victory. Kevin 
Garnett's turn-around jumper Air Jordan 
11 7-6 to win the game for Minnesota bounced off the rim as time 
expired. Sam Mitchell led the Timberwolves with 21 points. Washington 100, 
Philadelphia 91--Rod Strickland displayed his full range of scoring moves to 
score 26 points and dish out 10 assists as the Wizards held off the visiting 
76ers. Chris Webber scored 23 points as the Wizards, who won for the fifth time 
in seven games, Jordan 
Spizike moved within a half game of eighth-place Cleveland in the 
battle for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot. 

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Johnson: He also says he is going to ask the Seattle SuperSonics for an NBA tryout because he "could probably block a 235-pounder out of the middle better than Jordan can hit a baseball." Trivia time: In what league are the sports franchises known as Bullfrogs, Barracudas, Phantoms and Vipers One man's view: From Dave Kindred of the Sporting News: "Johann Olav Koss is a Norwegian speedskating hero who set a world record in the 10,000 meters that may stand for half a century. . . . In his moment of victory, Koss announced what he would do with the $30,000 awarded him by Norway's Olympic Committee. He would send it to Sarajevo, where money is needed desperately. "Perhaps other athletes made private donations. Of Americans, only Bonnie Blair announced hers. She would give $5,000. Two seats away at a press conference, the new American millionaire Nancy Kerrigan jordan shoes for sale did a recital of her soup contracts, sh.oe deals and sunglasses agreements before ending the spiel with a giggle. 'So many,' she says. She offered the Sarajevans nothing." Changing times: The Edmonton Oilers, who set an NHL record with 36 shorthanded goals in 1983-84, are the only team without one this season. Hope springs eternal: He is 64 and hasn't won anything except a couple of Senior Skins since 1988, jordan shoes but Arnold Palmer has a feeling that he will win again on the Senior PGA Tour, maybe this week in the GTE West tournament at Ojai Valley. Palmer underwent a sinus operation a few days after Christmas, but a month later he shot a 69 at Pebble Beach. Three similar rounds would win on the 50-and-older circuit. "I feel that my game has improved a great deal, especially my iron play," Palmer says. "It's given me a lift to want to play a little cheap jordans free shipping more, too. As a result, I think that my new mind-set and my better game will make me more comp. Fenhui diviation Fui divination etitive this year." Long season: If Florida's Bob Kudelski plays in all remaining Panther games, he will set an NHL record for most games played in the regular season--87. Kudelski played 42 games for the Ottawa Senators before the Jan. 6 trade that brought him to Florida. The Panthers had only played 39 games when Kudelski arrived, so he has the chance to play in the remaining 45, establishing an NHL high. Clever commercial: A motor oil company, showcasing national top-fuel champion Eddie Hill in a magazine layout, came up with this: "On the NHRA drag racing circuit, there are 117 straightaways . . . but only one Hill." Trivia answer: Teams in the Roller Hockey International League. Quotebook: Volleyball star Bob Samuelson, on why the U.S. team went through an 18-38 season: "I don't think, in the middle of a game, we should be worrying about getting a bulkhead seat on the flight home." 

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is perhaps the first year, in fact, that the Air Jordan or any other athletic footwear will be considered collectible the instant it hits store shelves. Some stores are taking deposits on the $140 model and are already sold out. Others--such as Niketown in Beverly Hills--anticipate lines and even a one-day sellout. "Better come early and bring your sleeping bag," warns one salesman. Fans buy them for different reasons. Many want a piece of the Jordan mystique. Some just want a collectible shoe that will appreciate in value; others think their Jordan-assisted engineering is unbeatable on the court. "I think Air Jordans are revolutionary jordan shoes for sale basketball shoes," says Okubo, who plays basketball at Venice Beach in every pair of his half-dozen Air Jordans. "The design, the style, the color. . . ." Although competitors have tried to topple the 12-year reign of the Air .Jordan (Reebok with its Shaquille O'Neal model, Fila with its Grant Hill shoe), none has come close. Even in the early '90s when collectors complained that the shoe had a boring, generic design ("The fourth through the 10th models were not so popular because they looked really jordan shoes similar and people were tired of them," says a collector), it remained the most prestigious shoe in the sports world. Nike keeps a tight leash on the Air Jordan, keeping catalog pictures from retailers until the weeks before its release, limiting information (Nike representatives did not respond to interview requests for this story) and limiting supplies so that few stores expect to carry the shoes longer than a week. "They almost Air Jordan 7 7-7 create the anticipation and demand and then hold back the supply," says Larry Weindruck, spokesman for the National Sporting Goods Assn. in suburban Chicago. "The. Fenhui diviation Fui divination y're pretty astute when it comes to knowing what needs to be produced." Even advertising for the Air Jordan has become decidedly soft-sell, with little in the way of print ads and only a silent commercial featuring Jordan and his "jump man" logo in a flash. In Japan, fashion magazines circulated early pictures of the model in the same way car enthusiast magazines display "spy" photos of, say, an upcoming Porsche. It works, leaving fans even more giddy with expectation. On the Internet, unofficial Nike and Jordan Web sites circulate bootleg photos of the upcoming shoe ("The '97 Jordans!" gushes one) while stores get flooded with phone calls about the shoe's release date. "We don't even get a chance to put them on display," says the manager of one Westside athletic shoe store. "People put down a deposit early and they're out the door the day they come in." 

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Phil Jackson complained that the Bulls were flat after they lost for the fourth time in four road games, 89-85, at Phoenix on Thursday night. "The guys have jordan shoes no energy," Jackson said. "They're just going through the motions." The Bulls looked like they were playing in slow motion in the first half, falling behind by 18 points in the second quarter. The Bulls came into the game shooting 41.1% and averaging 82 points on jordan shoes for sale the road compared to 44.8% and 91.6 points at home. Fitch had hinted that he might change his starting lineup after the Clippers surrendered a season-.worst 45 points in Wednesday night's 122-113 loss at Miami. Fitch, who said that he might pull names out of a hat to pick his starting lineup, started Pooh Richardson at point guard in place of Darrick Martin, Wright in place of center Stojko Vrankovic and Murray in place of Loy Vaught, who sat out the game because of back spasms. Although Fitch refused to criticize Vrankovic, he had no choice but to bench him, after only 20 points and 11 rebounds in his last five games. Wright, who played a team-high 35 minutes against the Heat after twisting his right ankle in the . Fenhui diviation Fui divination in final minute of Tuesday night's 112-94 loss at Orlando, had eight points in the first quarter as the Clippers took a 27-14 lead after 12 minutes. Martin, who replaced Richardson a month into last season, got off to an awful start this season, shooting 30.2%. Martin played a season-low seven minutes in his last game. Richardson made a 25-foot shot at the end of the first quarter to bring the sellout crowd Jordan Spizike to its feet. Dennis Rodman, who had 14 rebounds and 10 points, drew a flagrant foul with 12 seconds left in the second quarter for knocking Barry to the court. 

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you don't practice hard, he's going to get on your case and he's going to burn you and make you look foolish," said Bulls reserve center Bill Wennington. "If you're doing something physically that you're not capable of, or if someone on the floor is just better than you -- I won't say he accepts it, but he'll live with it. But if you fall asleep out there, he'll ride you. And it doesn't just happen in practice, he rides you for weeks. He won't let you forget it." Is this really the Jordan Son of Mars end After scoring 23 points to win the All-Star Game MVP award nearly two weeks ago, Jordan was surrounded at center court by his peers as he cheap jordan shoes received the trophy. But before accepting the honor, commissioner David Stern -- addressing the Madison Square Garden crowd and the international audience watching on television -- made a public request. "I'm only going to .give him this trophy," Stern said, "if he promises to come back and do it again." Jordan's reply: "I have no problem with that." The request by Stern could be seen as selfish. Jordan is the game's biggest draw, which was proven by the drop in television ratings when he retired in 1994. With a slight decline in attendance this year, the Bulls have played before 516 consecutive sellout crowds -- the longest consecutive sellout streak in the league spanning more than 11 years (the last time the Bulls didn't sell out a home game was Nov. 17, 1987, against Washington). And it's the same on the road. When the Bulls travel to Atlanta on March 27, they will likely play before 55,000 at the Georgia Dome. The two teams drew 45,790 at the Georgia Dome on Nov. 7, and the Hawks have received permission from the NBA to open up seating that would raise the. once ptofco nomic capacity to 55,000. Never mind the fact that most of the fans in attendance -- some driving from as far away as Tennessee -- likely won't get a good view of Jordan. They just want to be in his presence, which is evident by the thousands of flashbulbs that go off in arenas every time the All-Star guard steps to the free-throw line. So, with so much clamor, is this really goodbye "I don't think Jordan Spizike so," said Hawks center Dikembe Mutombo, an All-Star teammate. "When you look at how he's been playing the game the last two months, he's elevated his game to another level. My question is, what is he going to do next He has too much love for the game." That love has never been in question. The question is whether Jordan will want to be around a team with no Jackson, Pippen or Dennis Rodman (the contracts for all three are up after this season).  

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Krause nor Reinsdorf are talking about the status of the team beyond this year. The team went as far as to issue a prepared statement from Reinsdorf just over a week ago, saying: "All talks about retirements, replacements or roster changes are premature. This management brought this coach and these players back this season to try to win a sixth NBA championship. With half the season and the playoffs still ahead, that should be everyone's focus. That's my focus. Period." It's amazing that the Bulls have been able to keep their focus on the court to enter tonight's game at 40-15. Chicago has won six straight games and has the best record in the Eastern Conference, impressive when you Jordan Son of Mars consider that Scot.tie Pippen missed cheap jordans free shipping most of the first half of the season while recovering from off-season surgery on his left foot. Much of the credit for keeping the Bulls afloat goes to Jordan, who celebrated his 35th birthday Tuesday with a 27-point performance in a win over Indiana that gave Chicago the best record in the East. There are signs of age (although, at his current pace, he's likely to have the highest scoring average of any 35-year-old in league Air Jordan 11 history). Known for acrobatic dunks in his early years, Jordan tends to pick his spots for the spectacular these days. His current 28.4-point scoring average is the second-worst of any full season he has played (he averaged 22.7 in 18 games of his seco. once ptofco nomic nd season, and 26.9 in the 17 games he played when he returned in 1995). And Jordan's 45.5 shooting percentage is the worst of any full season. Yet Jordan is a better player today than he was 10 years ago, when he averaged 35.0 points. Don't believe it Ask the man himself. "My game has elevated from just being a spectacular dunker or player," said Jordan, who is the only Chicago player to not have missed a game since his return from retirement in 1995. "It's all about all-around playing, moving the ball around, not trying to be a one-dimensional player. I think that's when I can look in the mirror and say, 'Hey, I'm a complete basketball player. I'm the best basketball player that I can be.'