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I think the Axe commercials in which women get off and start grinding metal objects because some dude recycled his can ofbody spray are stupid (mainy because Axe is really sexist, their website being the worst offender) but the music playing throughout the commercial is pretty cool.
Anyway, it's an as yet untitled track by Avon for his upcoming album, "The Cut," which I'd like to get ahold of. I'd also like to get his recent release, "Salary Man." I might just go out and buy it, but I'm hoping I can find it by Torrent.
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About midway through the 2009 Emmys, the last time Neil Patrick Harris hosted the salute to all things television, award winner Jon Stewart quipped, "We've all been to a lot of these shows, and they usually suck."
The joke packed high praise for Harris, whose relentless energy, quick wit and musical prowess (he crooned "Put down the remote" Sinatra-style in the fun opening number) elevated not only the Emmys but the awards show genre at least for one night.
Four years later, Harris returns to the Emmys with high expectations – and nearing a crossroads in his career with CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" in its ninth and final season. Harris' Emmys encore may not be a command performance as much as part of a long-term audition for an even bigger stage: the Oscars.
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Not that he's getting to the Dolby Theatre anytime soon. Ellen DeGeneres, a Mark Twain Prize winner and daytime talk show powerhouse, is hosting the next Academy Awards in March. DeGeneres, it's worth noting, hosted or cohosted the Emmys four times before first being tapped for the Oscars in 2006.
Harris, meanwhile, has been honing his hosting chops by helming the Tonys four of the last five years, making the show accessible and entertaining even for those who don't breathe Broadway. The Oscars would give him an opportunity to play before the largest showbiz in-crowd of them all, the Hollywood glitterati and billions of their close, personal friends watching at home.
Seth MacFarlane's irreverent Academy Awards performance this year, in a sense, makes it easier for Harris to hurdle the barrier of not being known much beyond U.S. television ("Harold and Kumar" and "Dr. Horrible" aside). MacFarlane, the voice and creative force behind "Ted" and "Family Guy," arrived at the Oscars as an unfamiliar face to most of the world – yet he managed to boost ratings, even if some uptight types don't want him to show his face on the big stage again.
Emmy Outlook: Chance of Breaking Records
Harris is funny, without irking too many folks – unlike MacFarlane or our dream Oscars host Ricky Gervais who spent three turns at the Golden Globes podium skewering the Hollywood elite to their primped faces.
With the 2009 show, Harris kicked off a good run for the Emmys, which has seen fine performances in the years since by Jimmy Fallon, Jane Lynch and Jimmy Kimmel, all possible future Oscar hosts. The sometimes thankless job (just ask Anne Hathaway and James Franco) has no shortage of potential takers. DeGeneres might not be going anywhere anytime soon. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's tag-team Golden Globes gig this year proved a worthy successor to Gervais and prompted Oscar-hosting buzz. Stewart, who made his 2009 Emmys crack about a year-and-a-half after last hosting the Academy awards, could return.
Harris, no doubt, will be dancing as fast as he can Sunday as he shoots for far better than an Emmys broadcast that doesn't "suck" – and perhaps aims for a higher platform as his career enters a new stage.
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Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.

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Markets closed at their lows of the day as fiscal cliff talks seem to go nowhere.
First the scoreboard:
Dow: 12,878, -89.2, -0.6 percent
S&P 500: 1,398, -7.3, -0.5 percent
NASDAQ: 2,967, -8.9, -0.3 percent
And now the top stories:
- After much delay, last night, Euro area leaders agreed on a deal that would get Greece its next round of bailout funds. Markets initially rallied on the news, but that rally lost steam.
- For the most part, U.S. economic data was encouraging. Durable goods orders growth was flat in October, which was better than the 0.7 percent decline expected by economists. More importantly, orders excluding transportation jumped 1.5 percent, which was far ahead of expectations. The surprise improvement in core capital goods orders was particularly encouraging as it is widely recognized as a reliable recession indicator.
- Housing data continues to be positive. The Case-Shiller home price index climbed 3.0 percent year-over-year, which was just marginally better than the expectation for a 2.95 percent increase.
- The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence report was particularly encouraging. The index jumped to 73.7 from 72.2 in October. This was higher than the 73.0 economists were looking for. This was also the highest level since February 2008.
- The stock market action was pretty tame for most of the day. But the wind got knocked out just before 2:30 when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid came out of fiscal cliff talks and said he was "disappointed" as "little progress" was made today. Here are 13 must-see charts on taxes, spending, and the fiscal cliff >
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Celebrity ads for diet aids should be banned, says top doctor
Social media companies should ban "damaging" celebrity-endorsed social media ads promoting weight loss aids, England's top doctor has said. Some celebrities with large followings are promoting products such as diet pills and detox teas on social media. Prof Stephen Powis, NHS medical director, argues these products have a damaging effect on the physical and mental… Read More »


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Fings ain't what they used to be
Broadband customers, who tend to be a bit Victor Meldrew at the best of times, are getting unhappier with the service they receive from internet service providers.
Research company Point Topic found that the number of customers who said they were "very" or "fairly" dissatisfied with after sales support more than doubled from seven per cent last year to 18.3 per cent this year.
And there are less happy punters around too - in February last year 92 per cent of customers were "very" or "fairly" satisfied with service overall, but this fell to 77 per cent this year.
Point Topic chief consultant Tim Johnson told us: "We were surprised by the sharp change in the numbers. But a deeper analysis shows that customers on unbundled lines are less content according to every measure.
"The big switch to unbundled lines both by existing players and by the likes of Sky and TalkTalk looking to offer so-called "free" broadband has turned thousands of orders into unhappy customers."
The survey found one in four customers willing to switch providers and predicts churn will be the big factor of 2007 - especially with Ofcom's moves to make MAC numbers more easily available and consumers increasingly understanding how the process works.
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Charles Schwab chief investment strategist Liz Ann Sonders had some encouraging words for scared investors, telling a financial advisor audience Tuesday at ETF.com's InsideETFs conference: "I personally think the bull market we're in now will be the best we see in our lifetimes."
The optimistic economic stance is not new for the Schwab economist, who has been consistently bullish in her frequent public appearances, but coming off a few days of rough market reversals, particularly in emerging markets, her superlative use of the word "best" underscored her high degree of confidence.
Sonders was careful to note that that what economists term a "secular bull market" does not exclude the possibility of market corrections. In fact, she noted that the stock market crash of 1987 came within the greatest bull market in history.
What's more, Sonders said strong stock market years like 2013 tend to be followed by subsequent strong years, and the fact that we have had five consecutive years with positive market returns did not dampen her outlook for 2014.
That is because of both positive macroeconomic and microeconomic trends. Foremost among the former has been a long-developing but far from played out renaissance in U.S. manufacturing and energy production.
Two months ago, the U.S. actually produced more oil than it imported — a milestone — but Sonders has been following the trend since her first visit to mainland China in 2007, when two U.S. CEOs advised her to pay attention to what they foresaw as a "reshoring" trend within the decade.
Those CEOs foresaw, and Sonders brought data to support, that it would become uneconomical to remain in China and other emerging markets as well for a variety of reasons including restrained U.S. labor costs, rising emerging market labor costs, and abundant energy and low natural gas prices in the U.S.
In addition to the narrowing of the cost gap, the advantages that the U.S. has always had, such as a strong rule of law, superior infrastructure, labor market stability and advanced technology, are further draws for manufacturers restoring operations back to the U.S.
Sonders cited a key measure called landed cost gap; she cited studies by the Boston Consulting Group showing that once that measure reaches a level of around 15% to 17%, the economics of reshoring become positive. The U.S. is now at 16%; consequently, Sonders is optimistic about a resurgence in U.S. industrial activity.
And since U.S. manufacturing plants are out of date and badly in need of upgrading, she foresees a burst of private business spending that will further contribute to an expansion of U.S. GDP in the years ahead.
In fact, with the exception of federal spending, the key components of GDP growth have been positive, and the governmental spending drag — a consequence of the budget sequester — will peter out midyear and become neutral, she says.
Another macroeconomic positive the Schwab economist feels has not received due attention is the continuing shrinking of the deficit—down now to 3.3% of GDP and possibly in the high 2% range—because of both of the key contributing sides of the equation: government spending, as a result of the sequester, continues to shrink while the economic expansion is adding to revenues
On the microeconomic side, Sonders was upbeat about corporate earnings, answering bearish fears that U.S. companies are past peak profit margins by saying that markets can and do rise a year or two past such a peak, warning that only an earnings collapse — which she does not foresee — would signal danger.
Other conditions she sees as fueling the market's rise is a level of sentiment she regards as "still lukewarm," with stocks as a percent of household financial assets at merely the average level over the past 60-plus years.
At the institutional level, there is additional room for stock buying, since pension funds now have more fixed-income than equity exposure while endowments' equity level is just 31%, down from 50% a decade ago.
These low levels of equity participation are a legacy of the flight to safety after the last crash, and the resurgence of interest in stocks remains in its infancy.
Stock market bears often cite elevated valuation levels as reasons for fear, but there, too, Sonders was unconcerned, calling valuations "neutral" by and large and saying that bulls and bears alike can tell any story based on the many ways there are to slice and dice valuations.
The Schwab economist relies more on forward P/E guidance (while stating its potential to mislead) rather than Shiller CAPE, a measure that distresses market bears.
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Born in 1982
Home: Sweden
Style: wrestling
Team: Pancrase Gym
Division: under 98.9 Kg
Wrestling/ADCC record:
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MMA record: 3 – 0 – 1
Ilir Latifi is a powerful swedish wrestler. He trains in Pancrase Gym and nowadays he devotes himself to MMA. He became known in the world of martial arts after destroying the ring in his fight against sambo fighter Blagoi Ivanov last year. The fight was declared no-contest. After that Ilir fought and won Roman Mihocka, Luis Silva and Darko Krbanjevi.


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The world of Survivor is a harsh and unforgiving world. Torrential rains, incessant bug bites, poor hygiene, massive egos. It's a place where people eat souls for breakfast and throw their opponents to the lions. Things like "good sportsmanship" and "Christian values" are not welcome in this place where "turn the other cheek" could be your ticket to hell. Survivor is pagan, Mayan, hedonistic... Satanic. Smile and you may find your neighbor bathing in your blood before the day is done. Pray and you're sure to find yourself tied to a spit roasting over an open fire. Shake an innocent hand and you'll find your head - your pretty, luscious, blond head - sitting on a spike on a lonely and desolate island while flies feast on your eyeballs. "Nice" is a four letter word in this jungle of hate - it's offensive, objectionable, obnoxious and outlandish. You have to scrub the niceness from your epidermis in order to succeed in the world of Survivor. Hmmm, I wonder if they have Buf-Puf's on Redemption Island... let's recap, shall we?
We begin our tale of evil under the cover of night on a teeny tiny island off the mainland known as Rhode Island (Redemption Island). Francaressca is the island's sole inhabitant. She's only been there for a few minutes but already she's got a hankering for chowda and talks with an annoying accent. Francappucinoca, perhaps filled with adrenaline and an inexplicable urge to ghosthunt, knows that sleep won't be easy. In fact, sleep may not come at all. Making her way to a "Welcome To Rhode Island" sign, Franczechrepublica reads the brochure and discovers she's to survive on a tiny ration of rice and water and with only the most basic of supplies. Franchoirpractica sighs in response and mumbles that's it ok. It'll all be ok. She has a chance to come back and, hey, in the end this might just be the best thing that's ever happened to her. She's got flint and a no muss no fuss hairdo. As far as Francheesecaka is concerned, she could still win this thing.
Back at Omarion (Ometepe), the weary shell-shocked tribe returns as the most seasoned veteran, Boston Rob, declares that that Tribal Council was the craziest one he's ever been to... ever! Furthermore, Rob knows that both Phillip and Kristina were lying. Their lips were moving and that's proof enough for him. While Rob relies on gut instinct to fuel his opinions, Phillip prefers his commanding officer. Crouching behind a bush listening intently to the radio piece in his ear, Phillip quietly nods in response to something and then whispers indistinctly into an old water bottle with a twig sticking out of it. I think he just received instructions from Langley, but I can't be sure. After carefully hiding the ear piece in his tighty pinkies, Phillip motions to Rob that he'd like a word with him. Rob reclucantly follows him out of the camp and listens while Phillip informs him, "You own my vote." Rob politely smiles and nods as Phillip clicks his heels, salutes and then marches away. Sydney Bristow, eat your heart out.
A new day dawns and with that, a hunger. A hunger so primal and pure the only thing that can satisfy it is a hunt fit for a warrior. Spear in hand, eyes shifty, Phillip has stripped down to his pink loin cloth and is about to confront his enemy - a bright red cantankerous crab with an attitude problem and a length of about 4 inches. Crabs are fidgety sideways creatures. Horizontal in their thinking they tiptoe over rocks back and forth, back and forth, very much like the watch of a hypnotist. Even the most adept of warriors can be rendered dumbstruck by a crab's wiley yet balletic movements. Phillip has prepared for this moment though. He's trained his whole life to take out this enemy - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tripoli, the east wing of the men's ward at Bellevue. Observing from behind a bush, Pretty Pony (Matt) and his lady friends watch the fearless warrior approach his prey. With one arm raised above his head and the other stretched forward for balance, Phillip takes his aim and hurls his handmade spear through the air. Crabby McCraberson catches the spear in his teeth and spits it back at his opponent. For that, he'll pay. Ohhhh how he'll pay. Unphased by failure, Phillip takes his stance again and I can't decide if he's Kunta Kinte or Christopher Atkins from the fish spearing scene in the Blue Lagoon. Kunta Kinte was black, but Christopher Atkins liked to take two coconuts and pretend he had breasts. It doesn't matter really. All that matters is that the hunter has caught his prey. He has served his country proudly and now he can enjoy that teeny tiny crab leg spread on a cracker. Victory!
Over at Zappa (Zapatera) a very different creature is greeting the day. Rooster Ralph is cock-a-doodle-doing himself into a frenzy. He, too, feels the primal pull of the wild only he chooses to express it as performance art. The tribe claps and approves with smiles and laughter. They like this quirky man with his own built-in sweater. However, a predator lurks in the trees and observes the scene in disgust. It's Lucifer (Russell Hantz) and he is not happy. Like a cheerleader jealous of another cheerleader, Lucifer seethes and blows smoke out of his nose. He doesn't like what he sees at all and decides then and there that Rooster is the dumbest player to ever walk the hallowed grounds of Survivor. You know what, Lucifer? You're a jealous little bitch with a huge insecurity problem and a desperate need to impress people. Will we ever see Ralph's emails on TMZ? Most certainly not, but we saw yours, traitor. You have hearby lost your right to gloat and strut with your peacock feathers in full bloom. More importantly, you've lost my respect.
So, while Lucifer is off trying to collect a harem of people he deems weak and susceptible to mind control - Stephanie and Krista - Rooster is out in the jungle searching for stones cuz, you know, that's what people in the hills of Virginie do. In addition to rocking on the front porch of a questionably structurally sound cabin with a shotgun in your lap, sometimes you just wanna go out and dig for rocks. Rocks can be used for all sorts of things you know. You can heat them up at night to keep your toes warm. You can hammer in a nail with them. You can throw them at people. You can use them to pound dough into submission. Stones are valuable to hill people. It's not like there's a Home Depot down the street or anything so it's perfectly normal for a man masquerading as a rooster to go out and shove the pockets of his overalls chock full o'stones. Only, wouldn't you know it? Underneath an ant covered rock collected by Rooster lies the highly sought after prize Lucifer would skin an innocent child for - the Immunity Idol. Rooster has it and Lucifer is out looking for it. You know, just when I think the world is out of balance and all these natural disasters are just a precursor to the Mayan Prohecy coming true, a beautiful and simple act of justice takes place that makes everything ok again. You can't help but smile to yourself and feel a heaviness lift from your chest when you witness a miracle like that.
Over at Omarion, another miracle is taking place - the miracle of love. Pretty Pony and Mascaroni (Andrea) are making goo-goo eyes at one another and basking in each other's blondeness. I'm calling Andrea "Mascaroni" because have you noticed how after 5 days she still has make-up on? Either she's not washing her face in the sea or that's the most powerful mascara ever in the history of mascara. I'm gonna take a guess that it's Christian Dior SHOW. Have you ever tried their waterproof mascara? Wash your eyes with a pumice stone and you're not getting that shit off. It's awesome! Anyhow, Pretty Pony is telling Mascaroni that he prayed to get put into the "right" alliance. Now, if some guy told me that I'd stifle my giggles and slowly get up and walk away. Not Andrea! She hugs her knees, smiles and invites him to her home in Wisconsin. Butterflies fluttered, a deer ran gaily in the distance and everywhere was happiness. Had this been animated, a squirrel or a chipmunk would have started to sing in that moment. Fairies would have carried a crown of flowers and placed it atop of Mascaroni's head. Hell, they would have put one on Pretty Pony's head too. I mean, come on, not even a fairy can ignore those blond tendrils. Had a dwarf strutted into the scene I wouldn't have been the least bit surprised. It was all very Disney.
And, what do you suppose every Disney movie needs? A villain - a killer of love if you will. Boston Rob is that killer. He sees Pretty Pony and Mascaroni giggling under their rainbow and he's not pleased. It's not that he's jealous like Lucifer was over at Zappa. Rob is more tactical than that. He looks upon the twosome as more than a love match. He looks at them as a "pair" in the game and he knows exactly how powerful a pair can be. He did it himself with his now wife and mother of his children Amber. A pair is a threat to his game so he begins to devise a plan to crush the burgeoning love affair into nothing more than a bloody pulp with a few blonde hairs sticking out of it. *shivers*
Rob puts his plan into action by deciding that Natalie might be a good person for him to team up and go to the end with. She's kind of weak, not too bright and a lot giggly. He'll literally have to carry her on his back to the end, but it might be a worthwhile sacrifice to make in the name of a million dollars. The Survivor Svengali thinks that maybe Phillip or Pretty Pony should be the next person to go home. The thought of losing either one makes me sad as I've grown to appreciate the absolute neverending wealth of material those two can give me.
Now we arrive at the big Immunity/Reward Challenge. The first order of business is for Ralph to give back the Immunity statue. He kisses it goodbye, hands it over to Dimples and says, "I'll get it back." Stephanie giggles and says, "See you tonight!" All this flagrant vocalizing of assured victory from Zappa is pumping up Phillip's inner animal. It's growling and clawing at his intestines just barking to get out. He shouts with his dry mouth, "I will outlast any man over there!" Dimples asks about the women. Phillip replies that he'll save them for another day. Then he stopped, dropped, rolled and started shooting (with his finger) at an invisible enemy in the trees. I think it was the Predator. I'm not sure. All I know is that in that moment I was confused and delighted all at the same time. I wrapped myself in the kerfluffle of emotions that Phillip ingnites in me like a warm blanket on a cold night. Lovely.
Alright so here's how it's gonna go down: Teams have to swim out to a platform, climb to the top, smash a tile and retrieve a key. Once you've retrieved all five keys, one person will use those keys to open a box and retrieve a ball. The remaining two tribe members will use that ball to break five tiles. The first tribe to break all the tiles wins Immunity. In addition, they win a basket full of fishing gear. As Zappa has one extra member, they decide to sit out David. Survivors ready, go!
Grant and Steve go flying into the water with Grant practically bumping into the wall on his dive. They both grab their keys and Ashley and Sarita take off next. Ashley smashes and grabs like a champ while Sarita struggles to keep her bikini bottom on and does the side stroke across the pool allowing Omarion to gain a nice lead. Pretty Pony has already reached the wall and is well on his way to smashing his tile before Julie even dives off her platform. Pretty Pony passes the baton to Mascaroni. She catches a glimpse of his glistening pecs coming out of the water and promptly belly flops into the pool. It's ok Mascaroni. Sparkly pony pecs will do that to a girl.
Both Julie and Mascaroni get their keys with Omarion keeping their one key lead. Next is Lucifer and Boston Rob battling it out like veterans do. They claw their way up the walls like spider monkeys with a mission. Mike is up last for Zappa while over at Omarion Rob has passed the final key on to Natalie. All she has to do now is unlock some locks. Girlfriend has no luck with those keys because Omarion catches up within seconds and now Stephanie is also working on her locks. Stephanie gets her box open before Natalie giving Ralph a one toss lead over Phillip. Phillip finally gets his ball and proceeds to throw it at the imaginary tiles in between the real tiles. Over and over again we should be hearing smashes, but instead we're hearing bounces. While over at Zappa, Rooster is a throwing and smashing machine! Smash! Smash! Smash! Meanwhile Phillip has fashioned a bunker out of twigs and leaves and is hiding behind it as he proceeds to shoot his balls into the woods at the Predator again. Eventually the Predator moves by the tiles and, out of sheer luck, Phillip begins to smash some and catch up to Rooster. Both "gentlemen" have four tiles smashed and now it's just a matter of will, strength and whether or not the Predator will choose to wander over to the last tile left. Alas, he does not and ZAPPA WINS IMMUNITY AND REWARD!!!
The Zappa tribe jumps up and down in celebration and out of the sad depressed cloud of Omarion emerges and blond tanned Christian. It's Pretty Pony and he wants to shake the hand of the winning team. *smacks forehead* Oy vey. Nail meet coffin. Boston Rob watches puzzled as a member of his own tribe is congratulating his mortal enemies. While Rob is trying to figure out what the hell just happened to his tribe, Lucifer is over on his tribe scurrying to gather up the reward basket before anyone else can get to it and the clue that's most likely waiting inside it. The clue to nothing... ahahaha!!!
OK so Zappa enters their camp and in the basket he's carrying, Lucifer can see the Immunity Idol clue coming out of one of the flippers - ooops I mean, fleeepers. So Lucifer pockets the clue thinking he's uber stealthy and whatnot when, in reality, Rooster has just witnessed the entire scene. Rooster does what any smart Rooster would - he tells the rest of his tribe that Lucifer took the daggum clue out of the daggum basket yet neglecting to tell them that he has already found the Idol himself. That's how it's done. Secret secret, keep that shit a secret! Meanwhile, Lucifer grabs his concubines, Stephanie and Krista, and is off to show them the Idol clue in privacy. Mike gets word of how Lucifer hid the clue in his pants and marches off to see why Lucifer is being so sneaky. Mike wants a chunk of that clue pie too!
Mike approaches the coven of misfits and the conversation is immediately changed from where the clue is to how much Sarita sucked in the challenge. That is, until Rooster approaches. Rooster goes right up to Lucifer and asks him where the clue is. Lucifer crosses his arms and tries to deny the clue's existence. Besides the fact that Rooster knows he's lying, Lucifer is just hands down a terrible liar. His inner urge to gloat will always get the best of him. That's what happened with the whole TMZ thing - he just wanted to brag. Pride. The one thing Lucifer will never conquer in his life is pride. I find myself saying this every season he's on and every season I'm right. He never learns and that's why he'll never win. It's as simple as that.
But this drama isn't over yet cowboys and cowgirls, this drama is just beginning. *claps hands* Lucifer knows he's in a tight spot so he's adjusts his tactic a little bit. Denial didn't work for him so next he tries to reason with Rooster. He says, "Calm down now. This is how the game is played." And then, like a broken record, we hear his trademark line, "You're either with me or against me." Ooooh we're really scared! I'm shakin' in my shoes now. *makes a 'W' with fingers* Whatever! Rooster says the clue belongs to everyone not just Lucifer. He says a bunch of other stuff too but it's real country. I mean, it's like craaazy country - can't understand a word of it. Rooster asks him again if he has the Idol and, again, Lucifer says no. Rooster says ok and goes in for a fist pump. Lucifer gives him the pump but then says, "I don't like how you comin' at me." And with that, the rivalry of my dreams is born. It's going to be a Lucifer/Rooster showdown and I don't know about you, but I'm Team Rooster. *takes out banjo and begins playing*
Let's take a little break and whisk ourselves off to Rhode Island, shall we? Francrumbcesca has just found her luxury item in a woven basket on the outskirts of town. I always wondered what happened to the luxury items of Survivor yesteryear. I guess we now know. They're put into a basket that looks like a snake would be charmed out of. Mystery solved. So, Franchillyesca's luxury item is a journal. Now she can jot down her innermost thoughts and perhaps even some Survivor poetry. Roses are red, Violets are blue, My name is Francesca, Fuuuck you. Franclubsodaesca seems happy in the little home she's made. She dreads the idea of having to share it with someone and doesn't mind being all alone on her little island. I think I'd be like that too. Like, you know when you watch those prison shows and the really bad people are in Ad-Seg (administrative segregation = solitary confinement)? To me, were I to ever end up in prison (for the crime of being too fabulous), that would be ideal. Why would I want to be mixed in with the general population where someone could totally punch me or pull my hair? No thank you! I'd much prefer a room of my own with my own bathroom and daily room service. That's how I'd roll in lock up. *beats on chest and flashes gang sign*
Back at Omarion, Phillip has found his imaginary podium and it's time once again for Pre-Tribal Council. This, of course, is when Phillip debriefs the troops and tries to weave a magical web of reverse psychology over the tribe. It's only day 5, but the tribe has come to expect this of Phillip. They figure they'll just indulge the poor guy and then he can go off and play with the Predator some more. It's much easier than making a fuss. I totally get it. I used to pick fights with anyone who said something stupid, but now I'm all grown up and it's like, "I'd rather just watch Gossip Girl, 'kay? I'm not in the mood to fight." I'm totally mature now, can't you tell? So Phillip says something about the tribe playing gallantry-ly and I immediately penned a letter to Oxford Dictionary requesting that "Gallantry-ly" is added to next year's edition. I'm pretty sure it will be. It's a classic.
Now, there's no question that Phillip is the reason Omarion lost the challenge, but there's also no question that Pretty Pony is playing a pretty decent social game so far. He's pretty, he's nice, he's likable, he's young - Rob might not be able to compete with that in the end and he knows it. He was willing to let it slide though - at least for a few more weeks. Pretty Pony fucked it all up though when he went and shook Zappa's hand. Let's ask ourselves why Pretty Pony did that. Was it really because it's a Christian thing to do or was it all for show and to get a little air time? My gut tells me that no guy who looks like that can be the good little Christian that he claims to be. He's the spitting image of Charlie Hunnam and if there's one thing Charlie is, it's a panty dropper. I have a sneaking suspicion that Pretty Pony is up to his elbows in poontang back at home and isn't that like the fifth commandment or something - Thou shalt not be up to your elbows in poontang? I went to Catholic school for 12 years. I'm sure I'm right about this one.
Meanwhile Kristina is taking no chances this time around. She's buffing her Immunity Idol 'til it shines and putting that bitch around her neck now. She has no choice but to play it and she seems like she's ok with it for the most part. She asks Phillip if he's worried and he says he's not. He's always wanted to go to Rhode Island - high crime rate, lots of dunes to hide behind. That's like Six Flags to a man like Phillip.
On the beach Rob is meeting with Grant and Ashley talking about the Pretty Pony problem. It's crazy that they're in this position so early in the game, but they that decide that Pretty Pony is a person that needs to be disposed of asap. As far as Pretty Pony and Mascaronie are concerned, Phillip is going home. As far as Phillip is concerned, he's supposed to wait for the cue at Tribal Council and then recieve for further instructions. *laughs* You have to admit that was kind of a genius move on Rob's part. Telling Phillip to wait for the secret message is just sooooo Phillip! It's perfect! Deal with crazy with some more crazy. If I was out there I'd be giving Phillip all sorts of secret missions to carry out when really I'd just be having him fill my canteen when I was too lazy to do it myself. I'd plant it in his head that maybe the government got him on Survivor. Can you imagine? Oh my god, that would be so much fun!
And now we arrive at Tribal Council. It starts out innocent enough. Kristina talks about the Idol a little and then Dimples turns his attention to Phillip. He asks Phillip about the animal within him and we are treated to a guided tour of Phillip's body. It turns out Phillip wasn't lying when he said he had an animal inside him. In fact, he has two! The gorilla and the lion. Someone get Aesop on the horn. The gorilla is scrappy and would be beaten up by other gorillas if he performed as poorly as Phillip did. But the lion is the king of jungle and eats Christians for sport. There's a story there somewhere. I'm not sure what it is, but I think at the end Jason Bourne swims away and Julia Stiles is happy about it. All I know is Dimples, as well as myself, is enchanted by Phillip. Time to vote...
If anyone would like to play the hidden... "I'm playing it Jeff! I'm playing it!" Man, did a lot of people on Twitter get pissed that Kristina interrupted Dimples last night. LOL I didn't see it that way though. I saw it like that thing was burning her neck itching to get off and bitch didn't want to waste one more second with her safety in jeopardy. I thought it was funny. The Immunity Idol literally hurled itself off of her chest and into Dimples' hands. Love it!
Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to love now as Pretty Pony is the 2nd person voted out of Survivor: Redemption Island. I don't think this will be last we see of Pretty Pony though. Clearly, he'll kick Franconquistadora's ass in the duel and who knows? Maybe he'll just keep winning. What do you guys think? How did you feel about last night's elimination? Are you Team Lucifer or Team Ralph? Has your opinion of Phillip changed? Will Matt being voted out unleash Andrea's inner Banshee? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
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ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on April 2, 2009 12:00 AM EST
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I'm not really sure why we have NDAs on these products anymore. Before we even got our Radeon HD 4890, before we were even briefed on it, NVIDIA contacted us and told us that if we were working on a review to wait. NVIDIA wanted to send us something special.
Then in the middle of our Radeon HD 4890 briefing what do we see but a reference to a GeForce GTX 275 in the slides. We hadn't even laid hands on the 275, but AMD knew what it was and where it was going to be priced.
If you asked NVIDIA what the Radeon HD 4890 was, you'd probably hear something like "an overclocked 4870". If you asked AMD what the GeForce GTX 275 was, you'd probably get "half of a GTX 295".
The truth of the matter is that neither one of these cards is particularly new, they are both a balance of processors, memory, and clock speeds at a new price point.
As the prices on the cards that already offered a very good value fell, higher end and dual GPU cards remained priced significantly higher. This created a gap in pricing between about $190 and $300. AMD and NVIDIA saw this as an opportunity to release cards that fell within this spectrum, and they are battling intensely over price. Both companies withheld final pricing information until the very last minute. In fact, when I started writing this intro (Wednesday morning) I still had no idea what the prices for these parts would actually be.
Now we know that both the Radeon HD 4890 and the GeForce GTX 275 will be priced at $250. This has historically been a pricing sweet spot, offering a very good balance of performance and cost before we start to see hugely diminishing returns on our investments. What we hope for here is a significant performance bump from the GTX 260 core 216 and Radeon HD 4870 1GB class of performance. We'll wait till we get to the benchmarks to reveal if that's what we actually get and whether we should just stick with what's good enough.
At a high level, here's what we're looking at:
|GTX 260 Core 216
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|80 / 80
|80 / 80
|64 / 64
|Core Clock
|Shader Clock
|Memory Clock
|Memory Bus Width
|Frame Buffer
|Transistor Count
|Manufacturing Process
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|TSMC 55nm
|TSMC 65nm
|TSMC 55nm
|Price Point
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|ATI Radeon HD 4870
|ATI Radeon HD 4850
|Stream Processors
|Texture Units
|Core Clock
|Memory Clock
|975MHz (3900MHz data rate) GDDR5
|900MHz (3600MHz data rate) GDDR5
|993MHz (1986MHz data rate) GDDR3
|Memory Bus Width
|Frame Buffer
|Transistor Count
|Manufacturing Process
|TSMC 55nm
|TSMC 55nm
|TSMC 55nm
|Price Point
We suspect that this will be quite an interesting battle and we might have some surprises on our hands. NVIDIA has been talking about their new drivers which will be released to the public early Thursday morning. These new drivers offer some performance improvements across the board as well as some cool new features. Because it's been a while since we talked about it, we will also explore PhysX and CUDA in a bit more depth than we usually do in GPU reviews.
We do want to bring up availability. This will be a hard launch for AMD but not for NVIDIA (though some European retailers should have the GTX 275 on sale this week). As for AMD, we've seen plenty of retail samples from AMD partners and we expect good availability starting today. If this ends up not being the case, we will certainly update the article to reflect that later. NVIDIA won't have availability until the middle of the month (we are hearing April 14th).
NVIDIA hasn't been hitting their launches as hard lately, and we've gotten on them about that in past reviews. This time, we're not going to be as hard on them for it. The fact of the matter is that they've got a competitive part coming out in a time frame that is very near the launch of an AMD part at the same price point. We are very interested in not getting back to the "old days" where we had paper launched parts that only ended up being seen in the pages of hardware review sites, but we certainly understand the need for companies to get their side of the story out there when launches are sufficiently close to one another. And we're certainly not going to fault anyone for that. Not being available for purchase is it's own problem.
From the summer of 2008 to today we've seen one of most heated and exciting battles in the history of the GPU. NVIDIA and AMD have been pushing back and forth with differing features, good baseline performance with strengths in different areas, and incredible pricing battles in the most popular market segments. While AMD and NVIDIA fight with all their strength to win customers, the real beneficiary has consistently been the end user. And we certainly feel this launch is no exception. If you've got $250 to spend on graphics and were wondering whether you should save up for the GTX 285 or save money and grab a sub-$200 part, your worries are over. There is now a card for you. And it is good.
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SiliconDoc - Monday, April 6, 2009 - linkSo he just told you why he's gettting NVidia, and the little red fanboy in you couldn't stand it. You recommend taking steps that void the warranty, but why should you care - then you blabber about a 4850, but he already noted the 260 - and finally you let the last word in you could barely bring your red rooster self to say GTS250 - as in you might as well get it.... if you have to - 'cept he was already looking above that.
You red ragers just have to spew about your crap card to people who already seemingly decided they don't want it. Why is that ?
You gonna offer him red cuda, red physx, red vreveal, red badaboom, red forced game profiles, red forced dual gpu ? ANY OF THAT ?
you tell him to HACK a red piece of crap to make it reasonable. LOL
What a shame.
Hey, maybe he can hack the buzzing fan on it , too ? Reply
helldrell666 - Monday, April 6, 2009 - linkWhat the hell are you talking about?
Im not a fan boy of any of those big companies that don't give a shit about me.
I have used both nvidia and ATI, and both produce great graphics cards.
I had a 8800gtx before my current 4870, and i had and athlon x2 6400+ before my current core i7 920.I go with whoever has the product with the best price.
SiliconDoc - Monday, April 6, 2009 - linkNo, you are a fanboy and you are exposed. Deal with it. Reply
helldrell666 - Monday, April 6, 2009 - linkIt's you, who the fanboy is.You're trying hard to show the advantages of nvidia cards over the ATI cards, and guess what, you fail.
And i don't give a rat ass about CUDA.Im a gamer, and what matters to me is the card's gaming performance and the features that enhance my my gaming experience "which is what 99.9% of who buy those cards care for", Like physx, which is a true con for nvidia cards.But physx isn't supported on most games, and the physx effects that nvidia is trying to promote can be easily processed on a decent sub 300$ cpu by enahncing the on cpu physx performance via a driver/software that could utilize all cpu cores and utiliz the cpu processing power in a better way.
Ohh wait.ATI has DX10.1 and tessellation which nvidia doesn't have, and thanks to your nvidia, we didn't get much games that support
DX10.1, and we didn't get any game that supports tessellation which is a geometry accelerating technique that can accelerate geometry processing by up to 4 times using the same amount of floating points aka. processing power.If tessellation, which is included in ATI cards APIs since the Hd2000 series days, was used in those demanding games like crysis and stalker, we would've been able to play them using sub 300$ graphics solutions.Put aside the DX10.1 features like the aa enhancement.....and the GRS color detector that allows the gpu to use more accurate color degree for a texel using a more advanced texturing algorithm compared to the tri/bi-linear buffering teqnique used in nvidia's illegal uncompleted DX10 API.
SiliconDoc - Monday, April 6, 2009 - linkrofl - the long list of your imaginary hatreds against nvidia - you FREAK fanboy.
The problem being, that just like some lying retard, you blame ati's epic failure with tessalation on who ? ROFL NVIDIA.
Sorry bub, you're another one who is INSANE.
You won't face what IS - you want something that isn't - wasn't - or won't be - so keep on WHINING forever, looney tuner.
In the mean time, nvidia users outnumber you, enjoy the large amount of added benefits, and don't have a 2 billion dollar loss hanging over their heads - with a company that might collapse in bankruptcy - and lose support of the already problematci drivers.
You bought the wrong thing, now you have a hundred could be would be if and an's and garbage can complaints that have nothing to do with reality and how it actually is.
Fantasy red rooster fanboy.
LOL - it's amazing. Reply
helldrell666 - Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - linkFreak fanboy......? Hatred....? Are you serious...or ....?
I don't hate any company because i have no reason to.I blame nvidia for not allowing those few developed games companies to include those great features in these very few modern demanding games.
Accelerating physx processing using the gpu is a great idea, but is it worth it?
Is the cpu realy unable to keep up with the gpu in games due to it's slow physx processing ability?
Are those primitive physx effects realy that heavy n a modern quad core cpu?
These are questions that you should ask yourself before trolling for the idea.
And i have to remind you that ATI has coded Havok physx effects in
OPEN-CL programming language, which in case you don't know, is standard langauage compared to nvidia CUDA, which is based on some kind of c programming codes.
Talking about the drivers, i haven't had problems with my 4870 on MY Vista 64bit OS, compared to my old 8800gtx that almost brought me a heart attack.
As for your beloved nvidia, we need nvidia as much as we need AMD and INTEL to keep the competetition alive, which in its turn will keep innovations going and adjust the prices.
Ohh... and thanx to the red camp, we can get a decent graphics card for less than 300$.so have some respect for them.
as for you, i wonder how old you are, cuz you don't seem to have a mature logic. Reply
tamalero - Monday, April 20, 2009 - linkdont worry, this guy clearly as mental issues, a nvidia paid troll. Reply
SiliconDoc - Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - linkYeah, sure. Just like any red rooster, you never had a problem with ati drivers, but nvidia drove you nearly to a heart attack, but I have problems with logic or detecting a red rooster fanboy blabberer ! ROFL
Dude, you keep digging your own hole deeper.
Then you try the immature assault - another losing proposition.
YOU'RE WHINING about nvidia and yeah, you do blame them, and after going on like a lunatic about wanting offload to the cpu, you admit it might not work - yes I read your asinine quadcore offload blabberings, too, and your bloody ragging about nvidia "not letting" your insane fantasy occur - purportedly to advantage ati (not like you're banking on intel graphics).
So red rooster, keep crowing, and never face the reality that is, and carry that chip for all your imiginary grievances of what should be or, what you say could have been.
In the mean time, know you are marked, and I know who and what you are, and I'm sure you'll have further whining and wailing about what nvidia did or didn't do for ati. LOL
Logic ? ROFLMAO
" I, almost had a heart attack " said the sissy. lol " But I'm an objective person with logic ". roflmao Reply
Jamahl - Monday, April 6, 2009 - linkWow what a stunning pile of crap i've just read.
ATI's can fold, guess what it's downloaded via CCC.
ATI has open source cloth physx, stream and avivo which pisses all over that trash nvidia call 'purevideo' or whatever.
But best of all, you can ACTUALLY BUY A 4890 whereas the 275 only exists in the Nvidia fanbois tiny little green with envy minds. Reply
The0ne - Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - linkIf you haven't noticed, SiliconDoc is basically ignored in all his responses. Be wise and do that same. He'll eventually kill himself :) Reply


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The Hope Movement began was founded by Christian Couple for years ago. Greg Bearss, pastor at LakePointe Community Church, and his wife, Kristi Bearss, believed that they need to cater to a problem that their community is not addressing enough.
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ESPN FC writer Roger Bennett visited with players from past World Cups to collect their memories of playing on football's biggest stage. The following is an excerpt from Roger's conversation with retired United States striker Brian McBride who was part of the U.S. squad that made a Cinderella run to the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals.
McBride recalls the lead-up to the tournament and the methods used by head coach Bruce Arena to inspire the squad to reach unprecedented heights in U.S. Soccer history.
"The expectations were low for our squad after 1998 when we had shot ourselves in the foot... but because of that performance, as soccer players, it felt like so much was riding on the tournament for us in terms of the future of the game.
Behind the scenes, there was a lot going on in terms of negotiations for our contracts with the U.S. Team. We felt if we played well at the World Cup, our performance would give us a great contract. A bad showing could see money taken off the table. So before the tournament even began, the camaraderie this squad shared and the willingness we had to work together and emphasize the collective over the individual. After 1998, we knew we needed to stick together.
That tone began back at January camp when everyone got together. [Head coach] Bruce Arena did not give the normal coach's address where he just welcomed everybody. He simply (referred to the first World Cup game and) said: "We can beat Portugal. As a player you always want to believe, so when Bruce just set the tone and came right out with it, every time we met after that, we kept repeating it. Cynics would say he brainwashed us, but we started to believe it -- a parallel I imagine to how this current U.S. team feels right now.
This was a special group of players. John O'Brien, "Jonny O" was one of the most talented players I have been around, Clint Mathis was coming into this own with all that confidence. Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley were young and fearless. They both play the game with joy -- couple that with the defensive solidity of Eddie Pope and Brad (Friedel) and top it off with Claudio Reyna and you can gain a sense of why we were confident.
When we left the U.S. there was not much fanfare. It was different back then. 1994 put football on everyone's tongues. In 1998 we had laid an egg. Americans love winners and we were not that. But we knew winning the World Cup was not necessarily the only way for us to win. We only had to make progress.
The opening game against Portugal was special because it set the tone. I love my goal in that game because I knew exactly where my wife and mother were in the stadium and was able to point to them after scoring, but the truth is if the game had gone on for another 15 minutes Portugal would probably have tied it up.
The Mexico game in the round of 16 was one in which we played with so much confidence. We knew them so well. We knew we could beat them and we had a gameplan that really played out to perfection.
Mexico blew us away from the outset but we always knew they would have the ball more. The way Bruce set us up tactically was perfect. We knew we had to keep our shape. We knew we were not in the Azteca where we would soon be exhausted chasing the ball. We knew we needed big performances -- Brad Friedel had one -- but we never got flustered. We had the understanding they would have the ball but we knew we could hit them on the break or with direct balls or with free kicks. Our mentality was one of patience.
I have forgotten a lot about my career but I remember my goal vividly. I got fouled. I heard Claudio (Reyna) screaming bloody murder for me to play the free quick to him quickly so I put the ball down and tapped it to him. He overlapped and I charged forward. In my mind I knew I had to get to the box. (Reyna) got to the end line. Josh Wolff normally would stop his run two or three yards past the post and wait for the ball, but this time he kept running. Somehow he knew I was coming late into the box which was really unusual and he was able to see me unmarked and flick the ball with the outside of his foot with perfect placement and pace. All I had to do was to think where the Mexican goalkeeper and defenders were and place the ball in the goal. I kept telling myself not to panic and make sure I did not lean back and sky it...
When it came to the goal celebration, normally I am the guy who people jump into my arms whether I score or not. But this time, I ran to Claudio to jump into this arms. I jumped and he jumped into me at the same time. It was a little awkward, both then on the field and now when you look at it.
How did it feel? For me it was more a goal for the team. It solidified our sense that we could do this. I am not trying to pretend I was not overjoyed. I was. But it was a goal that was about all the hard work we had put in from the May camp onwards with the group. It was special for all of us. Like most of my goals it was not one I made. It was a team goal I was just there to put it away.
Afterwards in the locker room, it felt we were as close as a group of guys could ever feel. We had proved to ourselves, and we hoped to most of the soccer world, that we could play. To be honest we had little sense of the growing following back in the United States. I have never been someone motivated to prove people wrong. I always just cared about winning. And to look at those guys down to the 23rd player and know this was a group of winners made me feel so fortunate."


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When I became a mother, I knew that being selfish wasn't an option. I had twins, two little beings with needs I had to fulfill. Each day I learned more and more what not being selfish was, what it was like to put my own needs aside to care for babies who depended on me. It's not easy, but it's beautiful ... what we do as parents.
If my babies didn't fall asleep when I hoped they would, I didn't leave them in their room to cry it out, hoping their little lungs would get tired as they worked themselves up to a cortisol frenzy, stressing out their tiny little bodies while their minds think, Mama isn't coming for me. Why am I alone? My life -- the TV show I wanted to watch, the meal I wanted to eat, the phone call I wanted to make -- was easy to put on hold. I didn't become a mother to let my kids cry their faces off. I didn't become a parent to ignore their needs. But some callous researchers are trying to tell parents that it's fine to let babies cry.
Just like the Australian researchers responsible for this questionable conclusion want you to ignore your child's cries, I want parents to ignore these researchers. What they are saying is damaging because I truly believe it's in every mother's instinct to go to their child if they cry. A mother's instinct should be respected. And the very facts these scientists present are problematic.
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There were only 225 children tracked in this study, and only half went through sleep training, most popularly called crying it out. Yet not all of them cried it out; some parents did the "camping out" method where they stayed in the room to soothe baby often by putting a soft hand on baby's belly to let her know mama is still there if she cried. Here, the parent didn't leave until baby fell asleep. Camping out is not the same as crying it out. I don't think that's enough to make a bold statement that crying it out is okay for babies. Because shouldn't it be a parent's job to make sure baby isn't crying every night at bedtime? When a child cries when he hurts himself, should we ignore those cries, too? If we go with this kind of CIO logic, ignoring a child's cries when he's hurt will help him learn that he will get hurt in life, get over it, move on, shut up because no one cares, no one is going to kiss your boo-boo and make it better.
So how do we deal with our kids' bedtime as parents? What about our lack of sleep, eating food and actually being able to have a moment to chew and enjoy it, having a moment to watch Real Housewives? I think we all deserve that, but when we sign up to become a parent, we often have to put our kids first. I'd rather be the one who cries myself to sleep because I'm overtired than have my child be upset at bedtime. I'd rather bear the burden. I'm bigger, older, stronger. My early life has already been shaped by the decisions my parents made. Now it's my turn to do the best for my children. And to me, letting my kids cry it out isn't the best I can do. It's selfish. Letting my kids cry it out is essentially telling them, Sorry, mommy's not in the mood for this bedtime routine. I have better things to do. Sleep training doesn't seem worth it when there is a risk of damaging my child's brain development.
We also cannot forget that they have linked crying it out with hyperactivity in kids. The study also says that while sleep trained kids turned out fine, the benefits were often short-term. Very often just when a parent thinks their child successfully graduated from crying it out to a good night's sleep, they regress and more "training" needs to happen. That's a sad cycle of too many tears. And the researchers also warn that there are some kids who will not benefit at all from sleep training, and that it may do more harm than good.
Sounds to me that there are too many variables. And when it comes to my kids' health and well-being, that's not something I want to risk. I'll just have another cup of coffee and put my DVR to good use -- and I'll remember it's just a phase. These early years fly by and soon enough your kid will be all grown up and you'll spend mornings wishing she'll wake up and join you for breakfast.
Does this change your mind about crying it out? What do you think of sleep training?
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Rand Paul to headline Lincoln Day Dinner
Senator Rand Paul will headline the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner.
The event will be held on Friday, May 10th in Cedar Rapids at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center. Doors will open at 6:00 PM, with dinner and program lasting from 7-8pm. A private sponsor reception will take place prior to the dinner.
"Senator Rand Paul's 13 hour filibuster earlier this month caught the attention of Republicans across the nation who are seeking GOP leaders who will stand up to Barack Obama." said Spiker. "As the 'First in the Nation' state, we immediately extended an invite to Senator Paul to allow him to introduce himself to Iowa Republicans."
The appearance of Rand Paul, who is rumored to be mulling a run for President, is the latest in a long line of political leaders the Iowa GOP has hosted during Spiker's leadership of the party.
"As Chairman, I've made it a priority to deliver committed and high-profile Republican leaders to speak at our events. Senator Paul's appearance in May is just the most recent instance of the Iowa GOP providing value to its activists, donors and supporters."
Iowa GOP officials noted that since Spiker's election in February 2012, national leaders including: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, Governor Bob McDonnell and Governor Mike Huckabee have each headlined an Iowa GOP event.


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Roy Halladay is on the market. Would you like him as a Yankee?
They are the 3 most in need with the pieces to make a serious run at it.
Boston and NY are always considerations but I think all in all he will stay where he is.
Roy Halladay is 32 years old. In about three years, he's going to not be as good. In about five years, he's going to be league average.
If we did somehow trade for Halladay (it'd cost us a bundle to convince the Jays to trade within the division), not only would it require us to give up some very, very valuable pieces (Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes, Jesus Montero our 40 HR power catcher in the minors, Austin Jackson our 5-tool AAA outfielder, etc.) but we'd have to sign Halladay to an extension once we got him. That extension would likely be for 5-6 years, and would be at 20 million dollars a year, 120 million in total. For a pitcher who's not going to be all that great in 5-6 years? I don't really think it's worth it.
And those of you worried that the Red Sox are going to get him...needn't worry, as the Red Sox hardly need starting pitching right now - and if the Red Sox wanted to get him, they'd probably have to deal their star 1B prospect Lars Anderson - and given the fact that Mike Lowell is on his way out, they'll need a 1B since Youkilis is probably going to play third.
Just let him go to some NL team like the Phillies where he'll never face us. Even if he did go to the Phillies and we faced the Phillies in the WS the rest of the Phillies' rotation sucks anyway so whatever
The Jays aren't going to accept that deal especially with Ian Kennedy's recent aneurysm. Ryan Pope is...questionable, given his high ERA (but good peripherals). McAllister is good, but Cervelli is a backup catcher.
The Yankees have tons of pitching prospects to deal but the Jays aren't looking for pitching prospects given that they have a strong rotation already (and that's WITH half of their rotation in the DL, when McGowan, Marcum, and Litsch come back they won't need Zach McAllister).
What the Jays DO covet is the most talented hitting catcher ever to grace the major leagues since Mike Piazza. The latest news out of the rumor mill indicates that Halladay being traded is even less likely than it was before.
Don't get me wrong, I want him. But I want Jesus Montero more.
This story is completely and utterly overblown.
All that the Jays' GM said was, "If someone calls asking for Halladay we will listen."
He did NOT say we are going to trade him.
He did NOT say we are actively trying to trade him.
He did NOT say we are going to trade him for pennies on the dollar.
There's no way this guy winds up in NY in a Yankees uniform. Toronto will not trade him to someone else in the AL East, period. Yankees, if they were to make a play, would HAVE to give up Hughes, and that's where it starts...it'd prob. have to be something like Phil Hughes, Austin Jackson AND something else, realistically.
No way he goes to the Yankees, end of thread.
Yankees need to go after Holliday not Halliday. We are going to lose most of our outfield to free agency. Damon/Matsui/Nady.
A OF of Gardener/Cabrera/Swisher isn't that appealing. (Gardener and Melky only work well as a platoon.) Austin Jackson isn't ready yet.
So hopefully
1. SS. Jeter
2. RF. Swisher
3. 1B. Teixeira
4. 3B. Rodriguez
5. LF. Holliday
6. 2B. Cano
7. DH. Posada
8. C. Cervelli
9. CF. Cabrera/Gardener
It's true that the Jays aren't actively trying to trade him. That being said if they were given a really good offer, they wouldn't hesitate to do it. For example if we offered them Jesus Montero, Austin Jackson, and Joba Chamberlain, the Jays would give us Roy Halladay in a heartbeat.
We need to go OF shopping but I'm not sold on Matt Holliday. In fact, I'm dead set against getting Matt Holliday. His home/road splits have always been questioned and he's been accused of being a terrible player outside of Coors Field. Well, take a look at his play right now. He's got a .792 OPS. For a left fielder? That's not all that spectacular. It's also a contract year for him so he should be playing BETTER but no he's playing worse than he usually does. Add on the fact that it'd probably take a Mark Teixeira-sized contract to land Holliday and there's no way I'd want him on our team. He's a good defender but he's absolutely awful on offense outside of Coors Field. Obviously if we could get him for a decent-sized amount then I'd be all for it but seeing as how we can't...
I'm more keen on trading one of our pitching prospects to a NL team with some decent outfield prospects. We have a ton of young pitchers and we can afford to part with a few of them...


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Riley Cooper's impressive return to practice was a welcome relief to a Philadelphia Eagles team lacking depth at wide receiver in the wake of Jeremy Maclin's season-ending torn ACL.
The position took yet another hit Tuesday. Arrelious Benn's season is over after he sustained a torn left ACL, the team's official website confirmed. It's the same ACL that was repaired in 2010.
There was some thought that new Eagles coach Chip Kelly could harness Benn's run-after-catch skills as a screen-heavy slot receiver. Working behind DeSean Jackson, Cooper, Jason Avant and undrafted rookie Russell Shepard, though, he was far from guaranteed to make the final roster.
The injuries to Maclin and Benn give Damaris Johnson a clear upperhand for the fifth receiver spot. We don't believe Cooper was ever going to be released, and Benn's injury likely eliminates any chances of it happening.
Factoring in linebacker Jason Phillips, the Eagles now have seen three players go down with ACL injuries since training camp opened.The Around The League Podcast is now available on iTunes! Click here to listen and subscribe.


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• SECTION 3: Seventh-seeded Apple Valley dusted off its glass slippers Thursday night, beating second-seeded Cretin-Derham Hall 4-2 in the section quarterfinals. The Eagles jumped out to an early lead with two goals in the second period and killed several power plays, winning despite being outshot 27-18. The Raiders pulled within one late in the third period, but Apple Valley's empty-net goal put the game out of reach. ... Fourth-seeded East Ridge's Jack Greeley scored in overtime to give his team a 4-3 win over fifth-seeded Hastings. Tyler Guck stopped 19 shots for the Raiders. ... Third-seeded Eastview's Zachary Driscoll stopped 27 shots in his team a 4-0 shutout victory over sixth-seeded Rosemount. The Lightning capitalized on each of its power play chances and had 38 shots on goal.
• SECTION 1: Fans of top-seeded Lakeville North fans were nervous in a scoreless game with eighth-seeded Winona, but two late goals gave the Panthers a 2-0 victory. Will Dupont got the shutout for Lakeville North. Winona's Andrew Yeske stopped 58 shots.
• SECTION 2: Top-seeded Edina outshot eighth-seeded Shakopee 82-16 and rolled to a 7-1 victory. Connor Hurley and Dylan Malmquist each tallied two goals for the Hornets. ... Fourth-seeded Bloomington Jefferson scored three goals in the third period in the Jaguars' 7-4 victory over No. 5 seed Holy Angels. Johnny Panvica scored twice and Grant Martens stopped 27 shots for Jefferson. ... No. 3 seed Burnsville held a one-goal lead for much of the game against sixth-seeded Bloomington Kennedy, before two last-minute goals gave the Blaze breathing room in a 3-0 victory. Chris Mallon stopped 16 shots for Bursnville. ... Blake Busch scored twice as No. 2 seed Prior Lake beat No. 7 seed Chanhassen 6-1.
• SECTION 6: Grant Besse finished his hat trick just seconds into the second period to help top-seeded Benilde-St. Margaret's cruise past No. 8 seed Armstrong 8-0. Besse finished with four goals. ... Five early goals helped No. 4 seed Eden Prairie beat No. 5 seed Holy Family 7-1. Steven Spinner led the Eagles with a hat trick, and Jake Gerdes stopped 29 shots. ... No. 3 seed Wayzata scored four early goals to set the tone against sixth-seeded Hopkins, finishing with an 8-2 victory. Akash Batra and Chase Heising each scored twice. ... No. 2 seed Minnetonka took advantage of its power-play chances to score five times in the second period in an 8-0 rout of No. 7 seed Minneapolis. Tommy Vannelli and Max Coatta each scored twice. Paul Ciaccio had the shutout.
• SECTION 1: Fourth-seeded Northfield scored twice in the third period to beat No. 5 Albert Lea 3-2. ... Alex Gregor scored two of New Prague's three goals in the second period as the No. 3-seeded Trojans defeated No. 6 Faribault 3-1. Northfield goalie Evan Bisek made 16 saves.
• SECTION 2: Five different players found the net for No. 3 seed Delano in its 5-1 victory over sixth-seeded Chaska. Delano goalie Aaron Grangroth stopped 26 shots.
• SECTION 4: Fifth-seeded Chisago Lakes finally found the net in double overtime to upset fourth-seeded St. Paul Academy 1-0.
• SECTION 3: Matthew Cowger's two goals helped sixth seed Hutchinson take an early three-goal lead against third seed Litchfield, in a 3-2 victory.
• SECTION 5: Third seed Princeton scored twice in the third period to beat sixth seed Sauk Rapids-Rice 4-1. Dan Muench scored twice for the Tigers. ... Second seed St. Cloud Cathedral scored 11 times in the second period to stomp past seventh seed Mora/Hinckley-Finlayson 17-1. Austin Poganski scored five times and Will Hammer three times.
• SECTION 8: Top-seeded East Grand Forks routed eighth-seeded Lake of the Woods 6-1 behind Brandon Loven's two goals. The Green Wave had 72 shots. ... Fourth-seeded Crookston defeated fifth-seed Kittson Central 6-2. Dylan Klatt had two goals and Parker Epema stopped 17 shots in the victory. ... Second-seeded Thief River Falls stormed past seven seed Detroit Lakes 8-1. Logan Engelstad had a hat trick for the Prowlers.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Actor Alec Baldwin said New York City's tabloid media culture was forcing him to move out of town after a series of headline-grabbing incidents he was involved in last year, according to an article published on Monday.
"I probably have to move out of New York," Baldwin said in a New York Magazine article. "I just can't live in New York anymore."
Emmy-award winning Baldwin, who was repeatedly portrayed in press accounts last year as a hot-headed homophobe and bigot, struck out at prominent gay journalists who had criticized his behavior.
Baldwin described columnist Andrew Sullivan and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper as the "Gay Department of Justice" after both men publicly criticized his alleged behavior and language.
"I haven't changed, but public life has … You're out there in a world where if you do make a mistake, it echoes in a digital canyon forever," Baldwin said in a cover story entitled "I Give Up".
Last February, Baldwin was accused by a New York Post photographer who is African-American of using a racial slur.
Following "Sopranos" actor James Gandolfini's June funeral in New York, Baldwin called a British reporter a homophobic slur in a tweet.
The actor repeated his defense in the New York Magazine article that he did not view the term he used as a homophobic slur.
Baldwin, who grew up on Long Island, currently lives in Manhattan with his wife and new baby.
In the article, Baldwin also recounted a Broadway feud with Shia LaBeouf that led to his co-star being fired from the cast of the play "Orphans" after the two argued during rehearsals.
He said he was "fired" from his late-night talk show on cable TV news network MSNBC "all of the sudden, out of nowhere…"
The show, "Up Late with Alec Baldwin," was axed after the actor apologized for comments he made to a New York photographer, shown in a video on celebrity website TMZ.com that a gay rights group described as homophobic.
In the article, he described TMZ.com managing editor Harvey Levin as a "cretinous barnacle on the press".
"For me, (2013) was actually a great year, because my wife and I had a baby," the actor said.
"But, yeah, everything else was pretty awful."
(Reporting By Chris Francescani; Editing by Scott Malone and Sophie Hares)