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June 25, 2012
It may be a tough spring for some allergy sufferers: The unusually warm winter has ushered in an early start to seasonal sniffling, sneezing and watery eyes.
Hay fever symptoms are most often triggered by an allergic response to pollen, and a mild winter can cause trees and grass to produce the allergen sooner. Plus, scientists in the Netherlands recently found hay fever feels worse at the beginning of the season than later in the summer, even when pollen counts are the same.
Hay fever afflicts more than one in five people. It's not really possible to avoid pollen completely, but here's how to reduce your exposure and keep springtime allergies under control:
» Shift your morning walk. Consider moving it to the afternoon. Pollen counts are usually highest from 5-10 a.m., so limit time outside during those hours. And if possible, skip outdoor chores that stir up allergens, such as gardening, or at least wear a mask while doing so.
» Shut pollen out. Wind can carry the pollen from trees and grass for miles. So even if you don't live near a park, it's best to keep your windows and doors closed when levels »are high. Find pollen readings at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology's National Allergy Bureau (aaaai.org/nab).
» Hang laundry indoors. Pollen may cling to your clothes, sheets and towels if you let them air-dry outside.
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Shaquille O'Neal was a large man -- both on and off the court. But even giants eventually have to fade into the sunset.
Shaq announced Wednesday that after 19 NBA seasons that he was hanging up his size-23 sneakers.
"We did it. Nineteen years baby," O'Neal said in a video message posted on Tout.com. "I want to thank you very much, that's why I'm telling you first, I'm about to retire. Thank you, talk to you soon."
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The short clip doesn't encompass the four-time NBA champion's legacy in the sport. He won consecutive titles with the Lakers in 2000, 2001 and 2002, and a fourth with Miami in 2006.
The Big Aristotle played for Orlando, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Cleveland and Boston.
Shaq retires with two scoring titles, an NBA MVP and three Finals MVPs.
Fittingly, his last minutes on an NBA court were against the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals. He played sparingly and was on the bench in a suit when Miami ousted Boston in Game 5.

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As reported by the omnipresent TMZ, it looks like Kanye West has attacked another member of the paparazzi after being swarmed by a group of them at LAX. An eyewitness claims that Kanye was leaving a terminal when approximately five of them surrounded him and started snapping pictures. One of them was particularly aggressive, hitting him with nonstop questions. After asking him not to do so multiple times to no avail, Kanye grabbed the man and attempted to wrestle his camera away from him, but he curled into a fetal position and 'Ye dropped him.
Paramedics and police are currently on the scene, but the nature of the photographer's injuries are as yet unknown.
In 'Ye's defense, he did warn them about this. Just a week ago, also at LAX, he grabbed a paparazzi's camera and demanded he stop what he was doing. "Don't talk... don't talk to me... I don't wan't to hear paparazzi talk to me or anybody I know... and tell everybody never talk to anyone that anyone knows... don't talk to themselves... DON'T TALK EVER AGAIN." The cameraman didn't stop, though, and 'Ye ran at him and attempted to rip the camera out of his hands.
The photographer in question today wasn't so lucky.
Peep video evidence of the altercation below, and photos in the gallery above.
Kanye West has been named a felony suspect for attempted robbery following the LAX incident, where he attacked the photographer and tried to take his camera. The victim, who suffered injuries and was taken to the hospital, wants to press charges.
[Update: Cher Applauds Kanye For His Actions]
While there's been no further word from the "victim" of last week's incident, veteran pop star Cher has spoken out on it, applauding 'Ye for his mild takedown of the photographer. Having been in the spotlight for years, she's no stranger to the behavior of "those loathsome parasites".
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Soap actors don't get much credit, but they do have the most rigorous acting schedule, so I've always thought they got a bad rap. They film at least one episode a day, with little to no rehearsal, and are asked to get it in one take.
James Franco (Spider-Man, Milk, TV's Freaks & Geeks), who in addition to starring in movies is pursuing dual master's degrees in writing and filmmaking at both Columbia and New York University, is now taking on the challenge of soap acting.
The actor reportedly phoned General Hospital and asked to be on the show. No dummies, they quickly obliged, and he'll be appearing in a handful of episodes spread out over two months beginning late November opposite two of GH's top stars, Steve Burton (Jason) and Kelly Monaco (Sam).
In other (shocking) casting news, Jonathan Jackson is returning to GH as Lucky Spencer. He grew up on the soap as the son of Luke & Laura and won three Daytime Emmy awards. He was once rumored to be the next Anakin Skywalker but the role went to Hayden Christensen instead. Sadly, this leaves the gorgeous Greg Vaughn out of a job (he and his wife are expecting their second child), but I can't imagine he'll be unemployed for long.
Sarah Brown is finishing up her storyline as Claudia on GH this November, but she'll be following in the footsteps of former co-star Rick Hearst (ex-Ric, GH) by going to The Bold and the Beautiful. Writer Bradley Bell has created a role for her. Let's hope she's paired up with Hearst!
And finally, The Young and the Restless appears to be without its biggest star -- at least for now. Eric Braeden (Victor) apparently couldn't come to an agreement regarding his contract and has left the soap. The same thing happened with Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) and Jess Walton (Jill), but fortunately the two actresses returned after a brief absence. We can only hope the same happens with Braeden.


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When Matt Read wasn't named a Calder Trophy finalist, it was understandable, but Philly fans were irked.
When Claude Giroux, coach-described "best player in the world," wasn't named a Hart Trophy finalist, Philly fans were furious. On Monday, the humiliating snubs were completed, when Peter Laviolette was not among the three finalists for the Jack Adams Award, presented annually to the best coach. The apoplexy came in the form of a conspiracy theory, from a local columnist who really should know better but proved beyond a doubt that he does not.
Comcast's regional sports sites (CSNChicago, CSNNewEngland, etc.) are a newish venture into online-only, but still professional sports coverage. We like them because they employ a lot of talented people in one- and two-paper towns. Fans should like them because they provide an alternative to the ESPN family of city-centric sites. With the injection of NBC's cash (and cachet), they're indispensable for original writing and reporting devoted solely to your local teams. So it was surprising to read John Boruk's screed from yesterday on CSNPhilly.com, in which Peter Laviolette's snub was the last piece of evidence needed to call out a media-wide conspiracy against the Flyers.
After Peter Laviolette failed to make the list of finalists for the Jack Adams Award Monday, and now that the Flyers have been completely shut out of the NHL's postseason awards, perhaps I should investigate into the actual existence into the N.H.W.A.P.F — the National Hockey Writers Against the Philadelphia Flyers — which is simply an extension of the P.H.W.A. (Professional Hockey Writers Association).
Just how many members comprise the N.H.W.A.P.F., I'm not quite sure. However, this group of secretive scribes has not only excluded Laviolette as an Adams finalist in the past few weeks, but also Claude Giroux as a finalist for the Hart Trophy as MVP and Matt Read as one three finalists for the Calder Trophy. It's also not out of the realm that this little-known group also paid off a number of NHL general managers who dissed Paul Holmgren as a G.M. of the Year candidate.
It goes on like this. There's no ventured justification for the voters' dislike of the Flyers franchise. (It's hooey, of course. Media folks have been so beaten down by the job that they're no longer "fans" of any team. You want to keep them happy? Make sure the heating lamps in the press box dining room are working.) Boruk's column rightly took heat, and he reacted the way any well-paid professional from a legitimate news outlet would: he took the article down. (He also later insisted that it was "tongue and cheek.")
At some point, it was put back up, in all its paranoid and inaccurate glory. The world can see that John Boruk thinks the PWHA has it out for the Flyers because Lavy didn't get a Jack Adams nod, and also that John Boruk has no idea that the PWHA doesn't actually do the voting on the Jack Adams. That'd be the NHL Broadcasters' Association, a salient fact that destroys the whole underpinnings of the pattern Boruk is trying to highlight.
The hyperlocalization of sports media is almost always a good thing. More coverage specifically tailored to your sphere of interest. But this lovely mess shows one of the possible drawbacks: in trying to give readers what they want, the pro can go native. A conspiracy theory, a glaring factual error, and an attempt to just delete the whole thing once it gets criticized—that's the sort of shit that belongs on message boards and poorly formatted Blogspots.
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Merchants angry over getting yanked by Yelp
Business owners threaten lawsuit after online service pulls many positive reviews
Four years ago, Geri Rebstock started using Yelp, a popular site for consumers to review local businesses and services. She critiqued her favorite veterinarian, a neighborhood print shop and an acupuncturist who took care of her bad wrist.
But Rebstock's reviews and personal account vanished from the site recently after Yelp accused Rebstock, who owns a small interior decorating business called Geraldine Rebstock Interior Design, of trading glowing reviews with other business owners.
"It's Orwellian," Rebstock said. "I had reviews of my business from several years back and they kind of erased my identity.
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"It's frustrating that they are being mean-spirited," she said. "Our business pages still appear, but one another's reviews have been removed."
Last week, Yelp purged an undisclosed number of accounts after finding that the business owners had swapped positive reviews with other business owners. Yelp also regularly deletes reviews it believes are phony. The move sparked an outcry among local businesses, and has even led some entrepreneurs to band together with thoughts of a class-action lawsuit. Their reasoning is, if they legitimately spend their money and patronize a service, why can't they review it?
The outrage underscores Yelp's increasing influence as more people browse the site before deciding where to dine, shop and spend their time and money. And it highlights the balance the growing startup is trying to strike as it continues to nurture its community while also meeting the needs of local businesses and earning money from advertising.
Founded in 2004 in San Francisco, Yelp has expanded to 18 metropolitan areas and now reaches more than 11.5 million people a month. More than 3 million reviews appear on the site. At its core is a community of everyday consumers guiding each other to the best a region has to offer, from the hippest bar to the most well-stocked baby store.
Its growing popularity, however, means that some users have tried to game the system, much as some people have sought to use certain tactics to try to get their site to the top of a Google search result. It's a practice that Yelp continues to try to stamp out, said Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman.
"When we see local businesses trying to exchange reviews, quid pro quo, it violates the spirit of Yelp," he said. "When a reader comes to Yelp looking to patronize a business and spend their hard-earned money, the reviews should be from customers who have found that business on their own volition."
Used for networking
Some business owners feel differently. Joyce Van Horn, an astrologer in San Francisco at Partners in Healing, said that through a networking group, she met and tried a personal trainer and an acupuncturist. Likewise, others in the group have discovered and used her services as an astrologer. She said she didn't realize that practice broke Yelp rules.
"The fact of the matter is every person I reviewed, I had used their services and every person who reviewed me used my services," she said.
In some cases, she added, she even wrote a negative review or didn't post one at all because she had a bad experience. "I don't think that's gaming at all," she said. "I believe in ethics."
On Friday, Van Horn received a message that her personal account - and her 32 reviews - had been deleted. She also found that some of the reviews for her business had been removed.
Adryenn Ashley, a publicity and marketing specialist from Mill Valley whose account was also deleted, decided to fight back. On Wednesday she created Yelp-Sucks.com and YelpLawsuit.com, asking people "yanked by Yelp" to sign up for a class-action suit. Less than 24 hours later, she had 25 signatures. Ashley said she understands Yelp's intent to serve its community, but felt she had been caught up as collateral damage.
"The class-action suit is not about the money," Ashley said. "I want an apology and I want my URL back."
Stoppelman said Yelp carefully made the decision to delete the selected accounts. The move was necessary to maintain Yelp's integrity, Stoppelman said. "If you're the consumer and about to spend $90 on a massage, are those the reviews you want to read?" he said. "Trust is our oxygen."
Becoming widespread
Yelp isn't the only site that faces this dilemma. More consumers are turning to each other for reviews and feedback, from travel sites such as TripAdvisor to retailer Amazon.com.
"This happens in Wikipedia, in online forums, on any social site where money is involved," said Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst for Forrester Research. If Yelp doesn't enforce its rules, "it will lose credibility and trust and less people will use it."
Yelp also routinely removes reviews it believes are spam. Sometimes that means legitimate posts are also deleted.
Lawyers with Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Gibson & Harris LLP said they were dismayed to find that Yelp flagged most of the positive reviews of their law firm as untrustworthy, because they were written by first-time users. As a result, the Web site blocked 11 positive reviews, leaving a couple of unflattering comments.
"Our complaint is that the average person looking at it would not know about it," said David Gellman, managing partner at the firm. "Our business is very reputation-based, and we know more and more that our clients find us on the Internet."
That's not to say that businesses are powerless. In late April, Yelp introduced "Yelp for Business Owners," a free service that lets owners claim their business on the site, be part of the Yelp community and reach out to their customers. In some cases, businesses have used the opportunity to thank their customers; others have reached out to critics for a second chance and have been rewarded for it.
"If you are a great local business, you will do great on Yelp," Stoppelman said. "Consumers win and businesses win. That's the way it should be."


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The week in review
Best vindication for Mark Spicer: The former Albemarle fire marshal, fired for attempting to erase a video of him hugging an arson suspect, successfully appeals a misdemeanor conviction for destroying public records, reports Reed Williams in the Daily Progress.
Best news for oenophiles: Wine lovers and wineries can ship bottles out of state, the Supreme Court rules 5-4 on May 16.
Best quote following the decision: "This is the best day for wine lovers since the invention of the corkscrew," Clint Bolick, counsel for the Institute for Justice, tells the Associated Press.
Latest contender in the Board of Supervisors' race: Christian Schoenewald, a Loudoun County transplant, challenges incumbent Chairman Dennis Rooker for his Jack Jouett seat.
Latest contender in the 58th District race: Albemarle School Board member and Democrat Steve Koleszar takes on Republican incumbent Rob Bell for the district that includes Greene County, most of Fluvanna and precincts in the north, east and south of Albemarle.
Latest Scottie Griffin sighting: Cvillenews.com reports she's one of 17 applying for a $142,659-a-year school superintendent's job in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Most confidential agreement: UVA prof James Sofka who is accused of inappropriate conduct toward the female Echols Scholars he once advised, says he's happy that he'll spend the next year on paid research leave, according to John Yellig in the Progress.
Least confidential: A judge refuses to impose a gag order on lawyers involved in lawsuits resulting from the Clifton Inn fire November 14, 2003 that killed two women.
Latest in the Joshua Torbick saga: The man arrested early July 1, 2004, almost immediately after Virginia's tougher DUI laws went into effect, pleads guilty May 10 to four felonies, including shooting into a Woodbrook house. After leaving, Torbick backed into a neighbor's house and caused an estimated $20,000 in damage. In October, police searched his York Place residence and found drugs, guns, and material that could be used to make pipe bombs.
Latest in the Ralph Sampson saga: The 1980s UVA basketball legend is arrested again for failing to pay child support. Sampson was last in court on the same charges in 2003.
Worst week for brandishing weapons: Sharon Lee Bobek and Michael George Boyle are arrested for felony child endangerment after a shot is fired at the Flow Automotive window on Pantops May 10. Former UVA basketball player Elton Brown is arrested May 11 for allegedly brandishing a gun outside Belk at Fashion Square Mall. And two Fluvanna elementary school students are charged with bringing two guns and a knife to school May 6.
Worst loss of forensics expertise: Sergeant Ralph Barfield announces his retirement after 28 years on the Charlottesville Police. Barfield was instrumental in advocating for the state's DNA database.
Best break for Albemarle first-time homebuyers: The county allocates $250,000 for down payment loans with interest deferred until the sale of the property.
Best news for Greene County: MZM, a national security firm, is buying the Coran Capshaw-owned former Technicolor plant and is expected to bring hundreds of new jobs, Kate Andrews and David Hendrick report in the DP.
Worst day for bad printing: May 12, when the photo of the Progress' new managing editor, McGregor McCance, is out of register on the front page. McCance moves from the Roanoke Times.


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1. Syracuse vs. 5. Butler
Original Pick: Syracuse over Vanderbilt
What I've Learned: Syracuse continues to be the best team in country when it plays well, making me continue to regret my decision to pick Kansas to win it all. With that said, this team has been thin all year, and they are even thinner without Arinze Onuaku.
I've been dead wrong, though, on Butler—the only 5-seed I picked to lose in the first round. Ever since a somewhat slow start, people who were high on the Bulldogs before the season—like Tim!—have let them fly under the radar, ignoring the fact that the last time this team lost was before Christmas. Matt Howard and Gordon Hayward are a dynamic pairing, and I can see them giving the Orange a serious run. In the end, though, I'll go with favorite.
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Present Silanyo officially reopened Hargeisa's Egal International Airport, these after the completion of the last phase of the re-carpeting of runaway and modernization of the facility of the airport
Ethiopian Airlines will now restart daily flights from Addis Ababa to Hargeisa, According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Air Transport in Somaliland.
For almost a year, all international flights to Somalialnd have been through Berbera Airport (BBO).
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Established in 2005 as a partnership between the Institute of Cancer Medicine at the University of Oxford and 12 of India's leading comprehensive cancer centres, INDOX's aim is to conduct high quality research that will help to reduce death and suffering from cancer in India. We are particularly interested in investigating the causes of cancer in Indian patients and how cancer can be prevented and treated cost effectively in India.
INDOX has established itself as India's leading academic oncology network, conducting a number of clinical studies in common cancers in India and providing training and fellowships to Indian clinicians and scientists.
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Anderson Cooper kicked off his new daytime talk show on Monday, beginning with an interview with deceased singer Amy Winehouse's parents and boyfriend.
"Anderson," which airs at 4 p.m. on weekdays various channels nation-wide, got to an emotional start. The father of the troubled British singer, found dead in her London apartment several weeks ago at age 27, said he believed his daughter's spirit was at the funeral when a black butterfly flutted around the guests.
"It landed on Kelly Osbourne's shoulder, then flew around me," said 59-year-old Mitch Winehouse. "Have you ever heard anything like that in your life? It's incredible. Has anybody ever seen that?"
He and his wife also reiterated how no drugs were found in the singer's system in a toxicology report.
Cooper is best known as the anchor of CNN news show "Anderson Cooper 360" and a CBS' "60 Minutes" corespondent, but he dips into an entirely new audience filling in at Oprah's old, coveted time slot.
So far the show has gotten mixed reviews. The L.A. Times warned him against "dumbing down his brand" with frivolous celebrity-focused television, while Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker wrote that "anyone who thinks viewers won't accept Cooper in this role" is "foolish." The Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove wrote that "Cooper knows the nature of the market he has entered, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to thrive in it," even if that means going spray-tanning with the Jersey Shore's Snooki.
It's not the first time the silver fox has dabbled in the daytime genre. He has filled in several times for Regis Philbin in "Regis and Kathy Lee," and speculated to be a top contender for Philbin's replacement after the legendary talk show host's retirement. Cooper also anchored a season of the reality show, "The Mole."
"Everybody has different sides to them," he told The New York Times. "I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to work different jobs that show different side of you."
For Tuesday's show, Cooper says he interviewed French actor Gerard Depardieu-- whose incident peeing on an airplane prompted the silver fox to giggle "like at 13-year-old at a Justin Bieber concert" for nearly a minute on his "360" segment, "The Ridicu-List."
Depardieu later said the incidents was due to a prostate problem, and Cooper says the interview was all done in good humor. He did not giggle, but rather "laughed heartedly," he told Fox Los Angeles.
Selected Reading: The New York Times, Anderson, The Huffington Post


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Grab one corner and crack it like a whip. Of course, longer terrycloth bath towels work better than paper towels, especially those torn into short squares.
My neighbor here at the ranch came up with a neat idea when a skylight recently smashed in a hail storm. The resident RV repair guy was away for a couple of weeks, and he (the neighbor) was unable to get on the roof. He pushed a small umbrella up through the opening, deployed it, and secured the handle. Voila! A dry coach interior until the repair guy returned.
I use an indoor/outdoor thermometer, the kind with the readout at one end of the wire and the sensor on the other end, to see how cold my fridge is. I just put the sensor over the door so the end is inside and leave the readout hanging on the outside of the door. Keeps me from looking inside to check to see if it's cold or even too cold!
Windshield Wiper CoversDriving around the southwest, you don't have much rain so little need to use the windshield wipers. So I've gotten kind of lazy and hadn't taken off my covers while driving. Well, in that high wind leaving FMCA-ABQ, both covers blew off, first time in thousands of miles. So I went to Lowe's and bought new exact replacements---for $1.18. I use the pre-scored foam pipe insulation, 6' long, 1" OD. I cut it in half and I have windshield wiper covers for each wiper blade for less than 60¢ each. Keeps the blade off the windshield and protects the rubber from the sun.
For those of us "mature" enough to remember curb feelers, here is an updated model.I used swimming noodles, marked the distance I need to comfortably open my slides, and inserted them into the fence. Now I watch the noodles in the mirrors, line the rig up so they just touch and perfect parking! And if I get too close and bump the noodles, no worries!
We have manual 'scissor' type stabilizer jacks (4) on our travel trailer and rather than cranking each jack down by hand, I bought a Camco Leveling Scissor Jack Drill Socket to use with my husbands cordless drill.It only takes us a few seconds to go around and lower/raise up each of the jacks.
One suggestion on the smoke detector.... Invite the cigar smoking friend OUTSIDE the motor home and remove the detector to the outside for the test... That way the rig don't smell of cigar for the next way too long.For water spiogts and a few other things as well. Get a small pump spray bottle (Most drug stores have them, as do dollar stores) and fill with bleach water, Just a "Cap full" for the small bottle is more than enough. Spritz the spigiot at the park before you start to get your hoses out. it will be nice and sanatary when you hook up.... No matter what the dog ... Or it's master... Did before you arrived. Also useful when you need to clean up an unsanatary mess.. Germs consider Bleach to be... Well, let's just bugs like Raid Better.
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June 05, 2014
By Kenneth D. Miller
Assistant Managing Editor
The spirit of late District 1 Los Angeles Unified School Board member filled the air on 48th and Crenshaw Blvd. on Tuesday June 3 at the campaign of retired and revered educator George McKenna.
As McKenna arrived at his headquarters to greet supporters wearing LaMotte's customary Mardi Gras beads, dancing with colorful umbrellas twirling and a New Orleans buffet awaiting, he had already realized that the fight to fill the vacant District 1 Seat would have to wait.
"She's here in her spirit. I wish she were here and then I wouldn't be here," McKenna said. "But now that I am a candidate I want to do the right things for the reason that I entered the race."
Although he was outspent 2-1 in campaign contributions, he led Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas aid Alex Johnson 44 percent to 25 percent at press-time, indicating that a runoff is likely between the top two candidates in a special election in August.
"It's a commitment for me, something that I made to the educational arena a long time ago," McKenna added.
He says that he's prepared for the long haul and embraces the continued challenge.
"Now there's an opportunity to make people see that there is more to our lives than test scores. How did we let our children get away from us and call them drop outs?
Like it's part of a normal process! Like planes fly crash and still fly! Why do we let them do that?"
"I'm prepared (for a runoff) because I made the commitment. I used to run track so I know how to sprint and run a marathon. I'll be ready," he adamantly stated.
His campaign received many of its donations from parents, teachers and students in the $50 to $100 range, an old school grassroots ground game that former City Councilman Bob Farrell likened to the years of the late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley.
Farrell called the runoff a victory.
"It's a victory all the way around because we were clearly out spent, but our supporters are the constituents of the district that will roll up their sleeves and work as hard as necessary to elect George McKenna."
Since Lamotte died last December, her seat has gone unfilled although it has an appointee.
In August, that is sure to change, when voters decide between McKenna and Johnson.


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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Parker's double-double leads Spurs past Kings
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[February 20, 2013]
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
(AP) -- Tony Parker had 30 points and 11 assists to lead San Antonio to a 108-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night, giving the Spurs their 15th win in their last 16 games.
Danny Green scored 21 points, including 5-for-8 shooting on 3-pointers, for the Spurs, who have the top overall record in the NBA (43-12) as well as the best road mark (21-10). Kawhi Leonard added 15 points and Manu Ginobili 12 as San Antonio won at Sacramento for the 10 straight time.
Brois Diaw had 10 points and Tim Duncan added nine points and 14 rebounds for the Spurs.
Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points for the Kings, who have dropped three straight. Tyreke Evans had 20 points, Marcus Thornton added 16, and Jason Thompson and DeMarcus Cousins had 11 each.
The Spurs came out strong in the opening quarter, showing no effects of the layoff during the All-Star break. They established a double-digit lead on numerous occasions in winning their third straight.
Thornton made back-to-back 3s and followed with a fast-break layup, pulling the Kings to 103-100 with 55.9 seconds to go. However, Parker drove the lane for a layup with 19.7 seconds remaining and Ginobili made a free throw 8 seconds later to put the Spurs up by six points.
San Antonio has four games remaining on its season-high nine-game road trip then it will play 17 of its final 24 at home. They return after playing Sunday in Phoenix.
The most intriguing aspect regarding the underperforming Kings this season is off the court, where the uncertainty of the team's future lingers.
Mayor Kevin Johnson is trying to prevent the Kings from moving to Seattle and wants to put together a financial plan by late next week. Whether the Kings remain in Sacramento will likely be determined during the NBA's owners meeting April 17-18.
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A Seattle-based group of investors, headed by hedge fund manager Chris Hansen and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has already reached an agreement with the Maloof family to buy 65 percent of the franchise.
On Tuesday night, the Sacramento City Council voted to lend its support to keeping the Kings in town and helping to build a new downtown arena.
A pair of jumpers by Thompson pulled the Kings to within 85-81 early in the fourth. But Green quickly hit a 3 and Parker added consecutive baskets, giving the Spurs a 92-91 advantage.
Parker continued to penetrate the Kings' defense in the third quarter when he scored nine points. Green was also effective, making two 3-pointers and scoring eight points to help San Antonio take an 83-74 lead into the fourth.
The Kings got going offensively in the third quarter after shooting just over 28 percent in the first half. Both Evans and Cousins scored nine points and Thomas had eight.
Parker had 13 points and six assists and Leonard had 12 points in the opening half for the Spurs, who led 50-41 at halftime. Thomas scored 10 of his 14 first-half points in the opening quarter.
NOTES: Kings missed 18 of 22 shots in the first quarter and trailed 28-19. ... Stephen Jackson was not with the Kings for personal reasons. ... Cousins and Evans, the Kings' top two scorers, shot a combined 1 for 9 and had five points in the first half. ... The Kings play the next five games on the road where they are 5-23 this season. The trip concludes March 1 game at San Antonio.
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Joe Biden celebrated his 71st birthday Wednesday, and just like anyone's wacky 71-year-old uncle, there are some memorable moments to look back on, um, fondly.
While he was initially known for his gaffes, that's not what we enjoy about the man who might just be the most interesting vice president to watch in modern American politics.
Biden's not shy in public situations. He has an ability to turn an workaday campaign stop or speech into an internet meme, just by cuddling a biker or dropping an F-bomb within range of the press (whoops!).
In honor of his birthday, here are five unforgettable Biden moments:
Mr. Biden Goes to Costco
During what was possibly the most GIF-able event of 2012, Biden took a surprise shopping trip at the grand opening of a Northeast D.C. Costco. While wearing mirrored aviator sunglasses.
The veep snacked on samples, called his daughter to ask advice on a watch, and hugged employees and the Costco co-founder alike. (We've noticed he has a different view of personal space than most people.)
Highlight: When a hairnet-wearing worker felt comfortable enough to remove a crumb from the vice president's face.
Have Biker, Will Travel
Biden was chatting up customers in the Cruisers Diner in southern Ohio while on the campaign trail last year when he met a group of bikers clad in black leather vests and bandanas. Biden waved over a female motorcyclist, telling her, "I know who runs the show." (Did he?)
The woman had nowhere to sit, so Biden moved a chair in front of himself and, despite the fact that he did fetch said chair, he nearly pulled her into his lap. Because that's what you do with bikers sometimes. (Photo: AP)
The F-Bomb Heard Around the World
You'd think the shockingly close embrace would be enough. But Biden wasn't moving in for a hug so much as he wanted to mark the significance of a landmark moment: Shortly after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Healthcare Act into law, Captain Obvious leaned in and (in)famously told him, "This is a big f---ing deal."
The bleep-able moment "sullied" the passing of the legislation, said the editorial staff at the Hartford Courant, deflating "a significant moment for the president." But they weren't the ones who garnered YouTube fame.
Also, see what we mean about the personal space? (Photo: Getty Images)
Biden Celebrates End of Shutdown, With Muffins
The day after the government shutdown ended, Biden greeted returning EPA workers with muffins, setting down four plastic trays on the counter at the security desk. Still unknown: Whether he bought them at Costco.
The move was a part of the political choreography that top government officials used in an attempt to raise worker morale after the shutdown. But the only one we know of who brought food? Biden. (Photo: News4)
"The Most Beautiful Women in the World"
Well, OK. At a 2009 meeting with then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev, Biden gushed praise on the women of the country, telling Viktor Yushchenko, "You have so many beautiful women" in the country. (Above, he meets one of them: former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo: AP)
"I cannot believe that a Frenchman visiting Kiev went back home and told his colleagues he discovered something and didn't say he discovered the most beautiful women in the world. That's my observation," Biden said through a translator.


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Chris Brown Leaves Rehab Facility for Outpatient Treatment
The singer thanks his fans for the "encouragement and support," in the midst of seeking rehab
Chris Brown has left the rehab facility he entered last month after his assault arrest but is still receiving treatment, his rep tells PEOPLE.
"Chris is continuing his rehab program as an outpatient and is also completing his community service in the Los Angeles area. He appreciates all of your encouragement and support," the rep says.
The Grammy-winning R&B singer, 24, entered the unidentified rehab facility shortly after he and his bodyguard Christopher Hollosy were released Oct. 28 without bail from a Washington D.C. jail after a felony assault charge was reduced to a misdemeanor.
They had been arrested following an altercation with another man outside the W Hotel. Brown is still on probation for beating up Rihanna in 2009. Brown s sentence also included community service and a yearlong domestic violence course.


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LMC Welcomes Dr. Charles Harmon and Ryan Holt to Board of Directors
Lexington Medical Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Charles Harmon and attorney Ryan Holt, both of Lexington, to its board of directors. Lexington County Council recently appointed Harmon and Holt to three-year terms beginning now and running through March 2015.
Dr. Charles Harmon will serve as the board's physician-at-large. Dr. Harmon is a board certified surgeon with Lexington Surgical Associates. He has practiced medicine in Lexington County for more than 30 years. Dr. Harmon received his medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He completed a residency in General Surgery at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. A husband and father of two children, Dr. Harmon and his wife Diane live in Lexington. He previously served on the Lexington Medical Center board of directors from 1997 to 1999. He has also served as Lexington Medical Center's Chief of Staff.
A Lexington County native, Ryan Holt is an attorney with Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. in Columbia. Previously, he served as a judicial law clerk to The Honorable R. Knox McMahon in Lexington County. Mr. Holt graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law where he held several leadership positions in student government and activities. He received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of South Carolina Honors College, where he was elected Vice President of the Student Body and inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Holt lives in Lexington with his wife, Jill Jackson Holt. He is a deacon at First Baptist Church of Columbia, member of the Lexington Rotary and has served on the University of South Carolina Alumni Association's Richland-Lexington Board and the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Council.
In addition, the Lexington Medical Center board of directors recently re-elected its current offers to serve another term: Dan Jones, Chairman; Al Harman, Vice Chairman; and Vince Rhodes, Secretary.


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A more moderate Mitt returns?…. How will conservatives react?... Questions about Romney's "redistribution" counterattack… When leaving out part of the tape… New information contradicts White House line that attack on U.S. embassy wasn't premeditated… Romney's money problem… And NBC/WSJ/Marist to unveil new polls of CO, IA, and WI.
NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Chris Cillizza discuss on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports Mitt Romney's new moderate tone and new battleground polls showing an advantage for President Barack Obama.
*** A more moderate Mitt returns? After originally standing by his comments at that May fundraiser in Florida, where he was surreptitiously recorded saying that he can't win the "47%" of Americans who are dependent on the government, Romney backed down last night. "This is a campaign about the 100%," he said at a forum in Miami sponsored by Univision, per NBC's Garrett Haake. But Romney did more than back down from those 47% remarks; he also softened his tone on health care, immigration, and gay rights. "Now and then the president says I'm the grandfather of Obamacare. I don't think he meant that as a compliment, but I'll take it," he said, going on to praise the Massachusetts law. He also clarified his earlier remarks on self-deportation. "I said I'm not in favor of a deportation, a mass deportation effort rounding up 12 million people and kicking them out of the country," he said. "I believe people make their own choices as to whether they want to go home, and that's what I mean by self-deportation. And he added this about gay marriage: "I would like to have the term marriage continue to be associated with a relationship between one man and one woman, and that certainly doesn't prevent two people of the same gender living in a loving relationship together having gay domestic partnership, if you will."
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd reports on Mitt Romney's appearance at Univision's "Meet the Candidates."
*** How will conservatives react? Last night was the candidate many of us expected to start seeing in June or July, not in September -- it was the Romney of 2004. And on health care, we have seen Romney make moderate-sounding remarks on the subject, but then he's had to walk them back after receiving criticism from conservatives. That's the thing to watch today: Will we see any conservative blowback about Romney's comments last night? Or will conservatives cut him slack for the first time this campaign because he's on the ropes? We know the campaign is exhausted from litigating every little thing with their conservative critics, especially since it believes it's running a more ideologically conservative campaign than any Republican in a generation.
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Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney arrives at Univision and Facebook's "Meet the Candidates" Forum moderated by Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos in Miami, Florida, September 19, 2012.
*** Questions about Romney's "redistribution" counterattack: Before Romney backed down from his "47%" remarks, the campaign tried to change the subject, seizing on a 14-year-old remarks of Obama talking about "redistribution." We have more on those 1998 comments below, but here's a question we have: Who is that counterattack playing to outside of the conservative base? After all, Obama hasn't exactly hid his intention to raise taxes on the wealthy to help pay down the deficit. "Now, I've cut taxes for those who need it -- middle-class families, small businesses," Obama said in his convention speech earlier this month. "But I don't believe that another round of tax breaks for millionaires will bring good jobs to our shores or pay down our deficit." And here's a second question: What happened to Romney's message of jobs, jobs, jobs? The "redistribution" push smacks of a campaign trying to win a news cycle but stumbling in its attempt to have a core message.
TODAY's Matt Lauer speaks with Ed Gillespie, a senior adviser to the Romney campaign, about the candidate's recent controversies and how he has handled the steady drip of bad news.
*** When leaving out part of the tape… : But here's something else about those 1998 remarks from Obama -- they're not the whole story. As NBC's Mike O'Brien reported last night, the actual video of the 1998 "redistribution" comment by Obama shows the then-state senator speaking about "competition" and "the marketplace" in his VERY NEXT sentence. In the whole clip, Obama says: "I think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution because I actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody's got a shot." Then he adds," How do we pool resources at the same time as we decentralize delivery systems in ways that both foster competition, can work in the marketplace, and can foster innovation at the local level and can be tailored to particular communities." The second sentence could have been uttered by Bill Clinton or another former member of the DLC.
As both presidential candidates stump in battleground states, Mitt Romney tried to turn the page on a troubled few weeks with a message of inclusiveness at a town hall meeting in Florida. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
*** Speaking of context: Meanwhile, Republicans yesterday jumped all over a Politico piece, noting that a portion of Romney's comments in that Mother Jones video on Middle East peace (where Romney acknowledges that there could eventually be peace) had been omitted. First Read reached out to Mother Jones' David Corn, who argued that the portion wasn't included in its initial video because Romney had said it before. (Mother Jones later posted the entire video, as has NBC News.) Both of these new video revelations don't necessarily negate what Romney also said about the Middle East (that Palestinians don't have an interest in peace and that a two-state solution isn't feasible), and they don't negate that Obama talked about redistribution. But they also don't tell the whole story.
*** Contradicting the White House's official line: And speaking of maybe not telling the whole story, the White House maintains that the attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya, which killed four Americans, wasn't a coordinated terrorist attack. "Based on the information that we had at the time and have to this day, we do not have evidence that it was premeditated," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said yesterday. But every piece of new information suggests that al Qaeda may have had a role in that attack. Here's the Wall Street Journal: "U.S. intelligence officials are investigating indications that al Qaeda's North African affiliate is connected with militants involved in the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya, the top U.S. counterterrorism official said, providing the first public acknowledgment of the extremist movement's possible involvement in the deadly assault." So if U.S. intelligence officials are hinting that al Qaeda's North African affiliate is connected to the attack, then how can the White House stick by this not "premeditated" line? The introduction of al Qaeda into the story indicates some form of pre-meditation unless were parsing "aspirational" and "opportunistic" from full-fledged pre-meditation. Given the proximity of Election Day, it's not hard to figure out the story the White House fears on this: There was a pre-planned terrorist attack on an American ambassador on the anniversary of 9/11 of all days.
*** Romney's money problem: As your First Read authors have been pointing out for a while now, Mitt Romney's fundraising is not as impressive as it looks in those initial press releases. Why? Not ALL of the money the being raised by Team Romney is available for the Romney campaign to use in TV ads. The New York Times: "Despite what appears to be a plump bank account and an in-house production studio that cranks out multiple commercials a day, Mr. Romney's campaign has been tightfisted with its advertising budget, leaving him at a disadvantage in several crucial states as President Obama blankets them with ads. One major reason appears to be that Mr. Romney's campaign finances have been significantly less robust than recent headlines would suggest. Much of the more than $300 million the campaign reported raising this summer is earmarked for the Republican National Committee, state Republican organizations and Congressional races, limiting the money Mr. Romney's own campaign has to spend." The bottom line: Romney has a small donor problem; if he didn't, he would not have had to borrow money in August against his general election funds and he wouldn't be so reliant on these high-dollar events he's regularly planning rallies around.
*** More polls! Looking to pore over more Obama-vs.-Romney horserace polls? Well, we're releasing three new NBC/WSJ/Marist state surveys tonight at 6:30 pm ET -- of Colorado, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
*** On the trail: Both Obama and Romney are in Florida today: Obama, at 2:10 pm ET, attends in the Univision forum in Miami that Romney hit yesterday… Romney holds a rally in Sarasota at 3:55 pm ET… And Ann Romney campaigns in Wisconsin and Iowa… Also worth noting: NBC's David Gregory moderates a noon ET debate between Virginia Senate candidates Tim Kaine and George Allen, and Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown square off in a debate at 7:00 pm ET.
Countdown to 1st presidential debate: 13 days
Countdown to VP debate: 21 days
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Countdown to Election Day: 47 days
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We predict that in the future a large sum of money will be invested in recruiting highly trained and skilled personnel for data handling and downstream analysis. Various physicians, bioinformaticians, biologists, statisticians, geneticists, and scientific researchers will be required for genomic interpretation due to the ever increasing data.
Hence, for cost estimation, it is assumed that at least one bioinformatician (at $75,000), physician (at $110,000), biologist ($72,000), statistician ($70,000), geneticist ($90,000), and a technician ($30,000) will be required for interpretation of one genome. The number of technicians required in the future will decrease as processes are predicted to be automated. Also the bioinformatics software costs will plummet due to the decrease in computing costs as per Moore's law.
Thus, the cost in 2011 for data handling and downstream processing is $285,000 per genome as compared to $517,000 per genome in 2017. These costs are calculated by tallying salaries of each person involved as well as the software costs.
These numbers would be seriously bad news for the future of genomic medicine, if they were even remotely connected with reality. Fortunately this is not the case. In fact this article (and other alarmist pieces on the "$1000 genome, $1M interpretation" theme) wildly overstate the economic challenges of genomic interpretation.
Since this meme appears to be growing in popularity, it's worth pointing out why genome analysis costs will go down rather than up over time:
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Former "Jersey Shore" star Angelina Pivarnick hopes to take her aggression from the small screen to the rink.
The reality starlet, notorious for her on-screen scuffles, confirmed rumors on Monday that she has aspirations to be a pro wrestler.
"Yes, it's true!" the brunette guidette told TooFab.com. "I would love to wrestle."
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Pivarnick, who left the reality series after an a brawl with Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi in September, cited she'd like to give one particular cast member a fist pump in the wrong direction.
"I want to try to beat up JWOWW," said Staten Island-native about her ex-cast mate. "I would love to fight her, to be honest with you. She always like to run her mouth, so I want to see how much she's really got, I want to see what she can do."
The 24-year-old bartender is reportedly in discussions with TNA Wrestling. TMZ reported Sunday that the pro-wrestling promotion company has yet to make the news official, but is working on a deal. The gossip has also posted video from a gloves-off Atlantic City scuffle allegedly involving Pivarnick last month.
Things ended bitterly on the "Jersey Shore" for Pivarnick. She said she ditched the reality show because she was called names and was the victim of pranks, including one where cast mates put olive oil and grated cheese in her bed.
"It bothers me hearing the names they call me, and that it looks like I'm the backstabber," she said last October about her experience on the show. "My head is really f---ed up; I see a therapist, I cry a lot. It's probably going to take me a year to get over this."
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Actor Stephen Baldwin is convinced his devotion to Christianity has cost him his Hollywood career.
"The Usual Suspects" star became a born-again Christian after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and he has been outspoken about the lengths he would go to stay true to his faith ever since.
But Baldwin insists his religious beliefs have made him unpopular in the industry, revealing no filmmakers want to work with him because he is often considered too controversial.
He tells "Good Morning America," "I'm getting ready to direct two or three movies next year that are faith-based films. I'm kind of full-blown faith-based right now and that's just where I'm at in my walk of Christianity. But isn't it weird, that as a Christian, I had a casting director come up to me two years ago and say, 'I'm really sorry because I've brought your name up in castings for a while now and they all just look at me like I'm crazy."
Reporter Amy Robach then asked, "Is it possible to be successful in Hollywood and be an outspoken Christian?" and Baldwin responded, "Sure doesn't seem like it now does it?"
Religion has been a hot topic in Hollywood as of late – teenage "Two and a Half Men" star Angus T. Jones hit the headlines earlier this week after publicly calling the comedy "filth" following a recent spiritual awakening. He has since apologized.


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Discussion in 'Droid Bionic Roms' started by DroidTh3ory, Dec 8, 2011.
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AWESOME! Thank you for all your work. I was running Purity 2.5 for quite a while...flawless. Love the Anesta pack (looks like black alien which I think is awesome but hasn't been ported to Bionic).
Only thing is the link is down.
Seems like the link is broken. Seems to try to go to http://xzxxxxxx/
I can't wait to flash this ****. If I wasn't already drinking at the bars...
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Nothing is live yet guys... Building the OPs and links
My bad bro. Like I said I'm bar crawling and saw this updated so I got excited lol.
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Waiting as well!
am I ight that coming frombuild 4, we wipe?
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waiting on this to flash as I just got my bionic yesterday and just rooted it so doing setup to titianbackup and then will flash this as liquid told me to use this since these guys are great friends with us at team liquid lol
ALWAYS ALWAYS follow the instructions from the OP. Do what they say and you will be fine.
Installed this earlier today! Loving it so far! Smooth sailing! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
LINKS are LIVE!! Get it!! A bug turned up in the AOSP ADD-ON. I will add it when it is fixed. BionicBox is updated. READ THE OP!! and as always... ENJOY AND REPORT!!
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Bubba Watson conjured a miraculous par from pine straw to become only the third left-hander to win the Masters with an emotional playoff victory over Louis Oosthuizen at Augusta National on Sunday.
The American clinched his first major title with a two-putt par on the second extra hole, the par-four 10th, where South African Oosthuizen bogeyed after ending up just short of the green in two and failing to get up and down.
Both players had ended up well right off the tee, Oosthuizen gaining a fortuitous bounce off a tree before playing his second shot from the first cut of rough.
Although the long-hitting Watson ended up deep in the tree line, he had an avenue to the green and struck a superb high draw off the pine straw with a gap wedge for his ball to settle 10 feet from the pin.
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After Oosthuizen had chipped up 15 feet past and narrowly missed his par putt coming back, Watson had the luxury of two putts for victory.
His birdie attempt slid past the cup but the 33-year-old from Bagdad in Florida gathered himself and tapped in for victory before embracing his caddie.
"I never got this far in my dreams," a teary-eyed Watson said in the Butler Cabin before being helped into the revered green jacket by last year's Masters champion Charl Schwartzel of South Africa.
"I got in these trees, hit a crazy shot that I saw in my head and somehow I'm here talking to you with a green jacket on.
"It's a blessing," Watson added, after joining fellow left-handers Phil Mickelson (2004, 2006 and 2010) and Canadian Mike Weir (2003) as Masters winners.
Asked to explain how he had pulled off his stunning approach on the second playoff hole, Watson replied: "I had a good lie, had a gap where I had to hook it 40 yards or something.
"I'm pretty good at hooking it, so I just hooked it up there and somehow it nestled close to the hole."
A self-taught golfer who learned the game by hitting wiffle balls around his house, Watson became the eighth consecutive first-time winner of a major and the 11th in the last 12 championships played.
Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion who had earlier spectacularly grabbed a two-shot lead with a stunning albatross two at the par-five second, paid tribute to Watson.
"We had a great day," Oosthuizen told reporters. "It's fine, he had an unbelievable shot there. I played well ... but great stuff from him and he deserves it."
The duo had finished the regulation 72 holes on 10-under-par 278, Oosthuizen carding a three-under 69 and Watson drawing level with a sizzling run of four birdies from the 13th on the way to a 68.
British world number three Lee Westwood birdied four of the last six holes for a 68 to share third place at eight under with Americans Mickelson (72) and Matt Kuchar (69), and Swede Peter Hanson (73), the overnight leader.
Four-times winner Woods made a humbling exit from the tournament after battling his way to a 74 and a five-over total of 293, his worst Masters finish as a professional.
Woods finished level with U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy (76) in a tie for 40th despite the pair being labelled by some media as tournament favourites in a "two-horse race".
On a glorious sun-splashed afternoon, cheers repeatedly echoed around the Georgian pines as the fans were treated to dazzling shot-making and a few unexpected blunders with five different players holding at least a share of the lead.
While American Bo Van Pelt and Australian Adam Scott each recorded a hole-in-one, Oosthuizen sparked some of the loudest roars ever heard at Augusta with his remarkable albatross at the second, where he holed out from 253 yards with a four-iron.
The gap-toothed South African watched as his ball pitched just short of the green before bouncing and then rolling some 50 yards and curving left to right before dropping into the cup.
Oosthuizen thrust both arms skywards before high-fiving his caddie, having recorded the first albatross, or double-eagle, at the second hole and only the fourth ever at the Masters.
Although Oosthuizen bogeyed the fourth and the 10th for his lead to be cut to one, he regained control with birdies at the 13th and 15th and several clutch par putts before being caught by the charging Watson.
Fan favourite Mickelson had been one stroke behind overnight but he left himself with too much ground to make up after an adventurous triple-bogey at the par-three fourth.
After his tee shot deflected off the grandstand into bamboo trees left of the green, the American hit two poor right-handed shots then struck his fourth into a bunker from where he got up and down for a six.
Woods rued his tendency to allow old habits to creep back into a swing he has grooved with coach Sean Foley over the last two years.
"This is a golf course you just have to dominate the par-fives, and I did not do that at all this week," the 14-times major champion said after mixing five bogeys with three birdies.
"I fall back into the same old patterns again and I just need to do more reps. Thank God my short game was good this week and my putting was really good. Unfortunately they were all for pars, not for birdies." (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Nick Mulvenney)


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Is Your Cold Medicine Safe For High Blood Pressure?
When you feel that first funny tickle in your throat or cough one too many times, you may be tempted to run out and buy the first over-the-counter (OTC) medicine that promises fast relief. However, if you're the "1" in 1 in 3 American adults living with high blood pressure, it's important to exercise extra caution.
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One of the major (and most annoying) symptoms of a cold is sinus congestion and decongestants are usually the go-to remedy of choice. Decongestants thin the blood vessels in the nose, relieving the stuffiness. Other blood vessels throughout the body may be affected as well.
With high blood pressure there is already increased pressure on the blood vessels, and narrowing the vessels more increases the risk of raising blood pressure. Decongestants may also prevent high blood pressure medications from working properly.
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Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are pain relievers (like ibuprofen, for example) and are taken to relieve the aches pains that often come along with a cold or the flu. Most cold and flu medications contain NSAIDs, but these may cause your body to retain fluid and increase your blood pressure due to decreased kidney function.
Like decongestants, NSAIDs can conflict with high blood pressure medications and additionally cause issues in people with high blood pressure who are not on medication.
Products containing decongestants or NSAIDs should be clearly marked on the packaging for your convenience.
If you have high blood pressure and need to treat a cold or the flu, it's best to look for medications that specifically say they are approved for use with high blood pressure, such as Coricidin.
Using a saline (salt water) nasal spray or Neti pot instead of a decongestant is also a good option.
Some of best cold and flu remedies, even with high blood pressure, are "old school" favorites: stay hydrated with water or tea, keep warm, build up your immune system with fresh fruits and veggies, and get plenty of rest.


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Chester Cheetah once said, "It ain't easy bein' cheesy." Keeping things cheesy and guilt-free can be even more challenging. Luckily, we've got it down to a science here at Hungryland. In celebration, we're crowning CHEESE your next Edible Idol!
Spreadable Cheese: The Laughing Cow Light Wedges and Smooth Sensations Cream Cheese Spreads When we need a boost of delicious cheesy flavor, we go with wedges of The Laughing Cow Light. The Creamy Swiss is classic, but all the flavors rock! Each spreadable wedge has a mere 35 calories and 1.5 - 2g fat (PointsPlus® value 1*). When we need rich cream-cheese texture in a portion-controlled package, it's all about the Cow's Smooth Sensations wedges. Each of these has 45 calories and 4g fat (PointsPlus® value 1*). Shredded Cheese: Reduced-Fat Mexican-Blend Shortcut city! You get flavorful varieties like Monterey Jack and cheddar all in one ready-to-use package. Perfect for tacos, nachos, and so much more. An average 1/4-cup serving has a respectable 80 calories and 5.5g fat (PointsPlus® value 2*). Click for a couple of new recipes featuring the yummy stuff! Sliced Cheeses: Sargento Reduced Fat Made with 2 percent milk, these slices are fantastically creamy with superb meltability. Choose from Swiss, Colby-Jack, Provolone, Medium Cheddar, and Pepper Jack. Each slice has 50 - 60 calories and 3 - 4g fat (PointsPlus® value 1 - 2*). Not bad at all! Two more reasons we love 'em? They're completely natural and impressively low in sodium. SCORE. Crumbled Cheese: Reduced-Fat Feta So much flavor in these bitty crumbles! While we sometimes turn to fat-free feta in order to keep the calories and fat down in decadent recipes, the reduced-fat kind is our typical go-to. A 1/4-cup helping has around 70 calories and 5g fat (PointsPlus® value 2*). Uh-mazing in Mediterranean-inspired eats like these Yummy Yummy Chicken Gyros and Spanakopita 'Panadas. Grated Cheese: Reduced-Fat Parmesan-Style Topping In a category of its own, we're crazy about this sprinkle-on-everything stuff with a slightly sharp flavor. We love the way it adheres to French fries, adds specialness to sauces, and delivers the perfect finishing touch to a bowl of no-guilt pasta. And of course, we love how few calories it brings along with it -- a 2-tsp. serving has only 20 calories and 1g fat (PointsPlus® value 1*).
Grill It! The grilled cheese sandwich is an icon in its own right... so much so that we already gave it its own Edible Idol feature. Check out our GC-making must-haves, along with some incredible recipes. Oh heck, click here for a couple of new recipes as well!
Mac It! The combo of macaroni and cheese is one of those classic pairings we all go gaga for. Each of those things is great alone, but they're MUCH better together... and even better still when guilt-free! Read up on everything you need to enjoy mac 'n cheese without inhaling too many calories and fat grams. Yup, it too is an Edible Idol!
Snack It! Cheese is delicious without even trying. You CAN dress it up, but you don't need to. Here's a bevy of cheeses we could nibble on all day long. Many of them work great in recipes as well... Click here for a few recipes that call for several cheesy snack staples!
Cheeseburger Mac Attack - Like the delicious love child of mac 'n cheese and a cheeseburger... This slow-cooker recipe rocks! Gooey-Good Baked Mac 'n Cheese - Homestyle mac 'n cheese can be hard to resist, but there's no need to fight with stats this impressive. Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers and Cheesy BBQ Chicken Rollups - The peppers and chicken contain cheesiness beyond compare! SW Chicken Mac 'n Cheese - Prefer your cheesy mac with chicken? Click for a knockout recipe! Bacon Cheeseburger Egg Bake and Greek-Style Egg Bake - One crammed with Swiss and cheddar, the other packed with feta. You can't go wrong with this duo! Deep-Dish Bell Pepper Pizzas and Mini Thin-Crust Pizzas - Eat your pizza with a twist. Whether you choose pepper-bottomed pies or tiny thin-crust pizzas, the cheese factor is in full effect. Hungry Grilled Nacho Wrap - Gooey fast-food wraps are crazy tempting, which is why we had to make over this Taco Bell creation. Indulging in ours is much smarter than hitting the drive-thru for the original. Three-Cheese & Veggie Deep-Dish Pizzettes and Cheese-Filled Mini Meatloaves - A couple of recipes made in a muffin pan that really know how to celebrate the big cheese. Portion-sized comfort food for the win! Still Hungry? Click here for ANOTHER cheesy recipe roundup, featuring classics like our Turnip the Disco Fries and Four-Cheese Stuffed-Silly Mushrooms!
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