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NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship
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|Current season, competition or edition:
2014 Division I Championship
|No. of teams
|United States
|Most recent champion(s)
|Division I—Duke
Division II—Limestone College
Division III—Tufts
|TV partner(s)
|ESPN, CBS College Sports Network
|Official website
The NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship refers to one of three championships in men's field lacrosse contested by the NCAA since 1971 to determine the top team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III.
- NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship
This tournament has determined the national champion since the inaugural 1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Prior to this, from 1936 through 1970, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) awarded the Wingate Memorial Trophy to the NCAA Division I annual champion based on regular season records.
The NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship, with the semi-finals and finals played in National Football League stadiums, is among the most attended NCAA Championships
See also[edit]
- United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
- Wingate Memorial Trophy
- North-South Senior All-Star Game
- Pre-NCAA Lacrosse Champion
- NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship
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The GFC hit Las Vegas hard, but now the self-styled entertainment capital of the USA is once more rising from the Nevada desert, re-energised by the vision of a new wave of entrepreneurs.
As a symbol of the rise and fall of Las Vegas, it is perhaps unfair to single out The Harmon, but it's almost impossible not to. An elliptical blue-glass skyscraper shining in the desert heat, The Harmon was designed by Sir Norman Foster, who is arguably the world's most famous architect. It was to be the signature tower of the CityCenter project, the largest privately funded construction project in US history, featuring buildings by top-flight architects adorned with $US40m ($38.4m) of contemporary art.
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Then came the GFC. First, The Harmon was cut from 47 stories to 27. Later, defects were found in the building. Now it is slated for demolition; exactly when, nobody is sure. In the meantime, it sits in the middle of the Las Vegas strip, empty and wrapped in advertising, a reminder that until the fickle forces of international capitalism killed the party, Las Vegas was the fastest growing region in the US and, as Time magazine called it, "the new all-American city".Since the bust, Vegas has fallen on hard times. Unemployment is up, tourism is down and 70 per cent of homes are worth less than what was paid for them, giving the city a worse rate of foreclosure than Detroit. It seems a bleak picture of the so-called Entertainment Capital of the World, home to about 590,000 people.Recently, however, Las Vegas has begun to experience an unlikely revival. A coalition of big business, local enthusiasts and state government has responded to the challenges of the city's present by drawing on its past, reinvigorating Downtown Vegas, the true heart of the city, and turning this long-neglected area into one of the most promising post-recession developments in America. The Las Vegas Strip familiar to many is, for the most part, a fairly recent invention. Amid the pirate ships and fake Venetian canals classic hotels, such as the Flamingo and Tropicana, remain, but most were destroyed to make way for the mega resorts of the 1990s and 2000s. Further to the north, around the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street, hints of old Vegas still linger.This is Downtown, where the city's gambling industry was born and casinos such as The Golden Nugget, Binion's, El Cortez and The Plaza recall the days of the Rat Pack, mafia boss Bugsy Siegel and reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. Today, commercial and residential developments are creating an urban bar and restaurant scene while the nearby Arts District has galleries and artists' spaces. Vintage clothing and furniture stores cater to a new, sophisticated class of resident and tourist looking for an alternative to the Strip's frenetic commercialism or the blandness of the suburbs."When I became mayor, Downtown was really in a state of depression," says local politician Oscar Goodman. "I decided that if I was going to have a cause it was to revive Downtown."As a three-term mayor of Las Vegas (1999-2011, now replaced by his wife, Carolyn), Goodman is one of the most recognisable figures in the city. A criminal lawyer, Goodman represented some of the biggest names in Vegas organised crime. His flamboyant antics are legendary: he brags about drinking a bottle of gin a day, has his own set of collectable figurines and played himself in Martin Scorsese's Casino. He is also the face of an excellent new steakhouse in the revamped Plaza Hotel: Oscar's, offering "Beef *Booze *Broads". "I was sitting with a casino executive," says Goodman, recalling the day of the market crash. "He said, 'Oscar, we're going to the bank today to get a loan to develop part of the casino.' He got a phone call. Comes back. He's ashen. I thought somebody had died. He said, 'They cut off our credit. There are no loans.' It happened that fast."Despite economic uncertainty, and much opposition, Goodman pushed on with his program for Downtown, overseeing projects including the Smith Center, a concert hall and theatre venue that has given Vegas a dose of high culture to complement its low. Perhaps Goodman's greatest legacy, however, is The Mob Museum.Housed in the ex-Downtown courthouse, the National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement (its official name) ranks beside the Bellagio fountains and dancing white tigers as Las Vegas' new must-see. It's a superb look not only at the "colourful identities" who founded Las Vegas, but at the growth of organised crime across America. Exhibits include the wall from Chicago's Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929, complete with bullet holes and bloodstains."I had to fight people," says Goodman on the foundation of the museum. "They didn't want to admit that our history was unique. Many of our founding fathers in Las Vegas were involved in criminal activity. That was tough for a lot of people to swallow."The opposition to The Mob Museum is, perhaps, symptomatic of a town notorious for neglecting its history. Little in Las Vegas is safe from the wrecker's ball – classic hotels such as the Stardust and the Sands were imploded with relatively little opposition, their memory preserved only in the Neon Museum, a haunting collection of classic signs now preserved as a record of city history.Not all locals are indifferent to Vegas' past. "Uncle" Jack LeVine is a blogger, Vegas history enthusiast and the only real estate agent in town specialising in classic homes of the mid-century modern period. Most of his business is done within the older urban areas around Downtown, areas that fell into disrepair in recent decades but which are now being transformed by young professionals."The mid-'90s was the peak of the flight out of Downtown," says LeVine. "At that time, the only people who were buying were gay guys. But then interest started to grow. We got the artists and the musicians moving in. People wanted these houses because they realised the art had gone out of architecture."Although the bottom fell out of the housing market, and prices remain stagnant, LeVine says the interest in "mid-mod" homes increased during the crisis as bargain hunters jumped on undervalued historic neighbourhoods such as the architect-designed Paradise Palms. It was helped along by a sudden pop-cultural shift, evidenced by the TV series Mad Men and the soul revival led by Amy Winehouse and Bruno Mars. Nostalgia for America's golden period is now found everywhere, from fashion to interior design to food."These forces continued to grow during the downturn. My business got bigger and bigger. I used to have to explain to people what 'mid-century modern' meant. I don't have to any more."Seth Schorr is one of the new Vegas-bred entrepreneurs investing in Downtown. Their vision differs from previous developers who built huge, self-contained resorts on the Strip. Schorr sees in Downtown the potential for a true city centre, where locals and tourists mingle with mutual benefits. "This is about authenticity, whereas the Strip is about fantasyland," says Schorr. "Downtown Las Vegas is unique [in] how much business owners cooperate. Everyone knows that for Downtown to succeed it's got to be a collaborative effort."Schorr is developing The Downtown Grand on the site of the old Lady Luck, a Vegas icon fallen into disrepair. It will re-use older buildings on the site, preserving their vintage character. "It's a perfectly good building. Knocking it down wouldn't make sense in any other city. People say, 'Oh, you're just rebranding the Lady Luck.' And I say, 'No, it's a totally new hotel.' Only in Las Vegas do people [say]: 'If you don't knock it down, how is it a new hotel?'"The Downtown Grand is just one of many hotel projects giving a new twist on old Vegas. The D Las Vegas is a slick revamp of Fitzgerald's casino, complete with old-school, coin-operated slot machines. The city's oldest hotel, The Golden Gate, has been expanded, and the much-loved El Cortez – whose Cabana Suites offer superb Vegas retro glam that sets the benchmark for Downtown accommodation – is undergoing a slow-but-steady refit.Of all the movers and shakers in the new Vegas, it can be said that there is one whose influence is supreme. Tony Hsieh is the CEO of Zappos, an online retailer that grosses more than $US2b per annum. In 2004 Hsieh moved Zappos from San Francisco to Las Vegas. This year, in a deal brokered by Oscar Goodman before he left office, it will move again, this time from its suburban headquarters into the old Downtown City Hall building."Our aim is to make this the most community-focused big city in the world, in the place you'd probably least expect it," says Hsieh. "Our hope is that if we do that and share what works and what doesn't on the Downtown Project website then it will inspire others into revitalising themselves."The Downtown Project is Hsieh's $US350m ($336m) personal investment. Over the next few years he will spend $US100m on land purchases, $US100m on high-density real estate development, $US50m investing in new small businesses, $US50 million on a start-up fund for tech businesses and $US50m in education, arts and culture. He aims to make Downtown Vegas the new hot spot of the creative industries and give Las Vegas a much-needed civic heart."Because there's such a vacuum around it, the people who decide to stay here really, really care about community," says Hsieh. "More so than any other place I've lived, including San Francisco."Hsieh's influence will be crucial, but the area has such potential you can't help but feel that with or without him, this will be one of the most exciting regions of post-recession America. "The word's getting out about Downtown. We have the community feel of a small town, but the infrastructure to support 40 million visitors a year. It's kind of the best of both worlds."
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Neon Museum810 Las Vegas Boulevard.+1 (702) 387 6366. neonmuseum.orgIncludes the Neon Boneyard, a pop-art graveyard of fallen Vegas icons. Book ahead online for tours.
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We are an incurious citizenry and unless we mend our ways it will surely be our undoing. We can no longer rely on corporate-owned media to be the Fourth Estate. Anyone who has watched the snippets of Rev. Wright's sermons that have been played ad nauseum on the mainstream media and compares them to this researched, reasoned and factual interview must know that the Fourth Estate is dead. And so, in a time of long hours, long commutes and busy schedules, we have one more thing to do: We have to educate ourselves about what is going on in the world. We have to seek the truth. ABC News, NBC News CBS News, CNN, MSNBC...they won't deliver the news to us. In fact, They may indeed be working against us to ensure we stay uneducated and malleable. At best, their concern is for profit not truth.
And then we must combat those people--a sad majority--who don't wish to know the truth. In the Moyers interview, Rev. Wright said something that I think is the crux of the challenge we face:
I think I come at that as a historian of religion. That we are miseducated as a people. Or because we're miseducated, you end up with the majority of the people not wanting to hear the truth. Because they would rather cling to what they are taught. James Washington, now a deceased church historian, says that after every revolution, the winners of that revolution write down what the revolution was about so that their children can learn it, whether it's true or not. They don't learn anything at all about the Arawak, they don't learn anything at all about the Seminole, the Cheek-Trail of Tears, the Cherokee. They don't learn anything. No, they don't learn that. What they learn is 1776, Crispus Attucks was the one black guy in there. Fight against the British, the- terrible. "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal while we're holding slaves." No, keep that part out. They learn that. And they cling to that. And when you start trying to show them you only got a piece of the story, and lemme show you the rest of the story, you run into vitriolic hatred because you're desecrating our myth. You're desecrating what we hold sacred. And when you're holding sacred is a miseducational system that has not taught you the truth.I have met the willfully ignorant people that Rev. Wright describes and heard much from them all over the Internet, on television and on the street, throughout this presidential race.
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The State of Tennessee is looking to add more park space and this week comes major steps in expanding.The Cumberland Trail is currently 190 miles of trail that stretches from Signal Point near Chattanooga, to Cumberland Gap National Historic Park at the border of Kentucky and Virginia. "First time here at this park was probably about 20 years ago when I was in college," said Craig Finley.Finley is an avid hiker and visits the Cumberland Trail as often as he can."In this area this is my favorite thing to do and if I couldn't do it, I guess I would have to find another hobby and I don't think I could find something that I would enjoy as much," said Finley.But it's not something he has to worry about, after Tennessee State Officials announced the purchase of over 1000 acres of land in Rhea and Bledsoe counties, in order to add to the Justin P. Wilson Cumberland State Park. "I think it's really great. It's really beautiful land," said Finley.Arthur Gothard tells Channel 3 the acreage will connect existing Tennessee park land and state natural areas along a proposed 300 mile route. A trail that he says is currently not continuous. "It ties in different places along the road. So you'll have to drive to other areas to hike this that and the other," said Gothard.The 1000 acres will hold 10 new miles of trail on the Cumberland Trail and will also provide protection to seven miles of streams and forest landscape, something Finley says he's happy about."It's peaceful, It's quiet. You hear birds and the river rather than cars and lawnmowers," said Finley. "I think now that the State is taking stewardship over it. It's much more secure, it's much less likely that it will be developed here."If you'd like to know how to can help in the efforts to complete the trail, you can click here.
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Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) is recovering from the bird flu and continues to expand in China. Yum! Brands, a quick-service restaurant company with 38,000 locations in more than 120 countries, has three strong global brands, including KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. With its improving sales number, the bird flu effect starts to ease.
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In its recent regulatory filing, Yum! Brands indicated same-store sales for its Chinese operations fell by about 19% in May, including an estimated 25% drop at KFC locations and a 12% increase at Pizza Hut restaurants. The May sales number was in-line with analysts' estimates, according to Consensus Metrix.
In April, Yum! Brands' Chinese sales were down 29%, while KFC dropped 36% and Pizza Hut increased 5%. The company expects China restaurant sales to continue recovering and to turn up in Q4. With the uncertainties in China, the management is expecting a mid single-digit EPS decline in 2013.
What is Yum! Brands doing?
The company continues to take strong actions to improve the operation and protect its brand names. As indicated by Chief Executive David Novak, Yum! Brands has eliminated 1,000 smaller, less sophisticated chicken suppliers to control the quality and started 30-second TV commercials to promote quality assurance. The company initiated a strong decisive action with the launch of Operation Thunder.
Strategically, the company is shifting its development focus to Tier 3 cities (smaller cities that ranked below 30 based on population). Between now and 2020, there will be 200 million more people in the consuming class in China, where 70% of those individuals are estimated to reside in cities that are grouped as Tier 3 and smaller.
As compared to major competitor McDonald's, Yum! Brands has a fourfold advantage in the number of restaurants in Tier 3 through Tier 6 cities, and the company continues to drive sales in those markets.
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McDonald's is also negatively impacted by the bird flu. It experienced a decline in China sales for May. Despite the drag from China, May sales at the established restaurants increased 2.6% globally for McDonald's, which is better than the 1.9% expected by the analysts. The Dollar Menu and breakfast items helped drive the U.S. business.
McDonald's has introduced new products such as chicken McWraps and egg white McMuffins while expanding its test of a late-night breakfast menu. Consequently, May results were better than April's, which declined 0.6%. By focusing on its three global growth priorities, including optimization of the menu, modernization of the customer experience as well as broaden accessibility, McDonald's should quickly recover from the bird flu and continues its growth globally.
On the other hand, Burger King Worldwide (NYSE: BKW) and Wendy's (NASDAQ: WEN) have rolled out a broad variety of special menus and value deals. They have deployed similar business strategies of store renovations and extended hours to stay competitive.
Burger King, as the second largest fast-food hamburger chain in the world, continues to accelerate its international development and implement its re-franchising initiative. Once Burger King reaches 100% franchise business model, its will be one of the few pure play franchisor/real estate companies in its peer group with enhanced cash flow. By improving its financial position, similar to Yum! Brands, Burger King will accelerate its expansion globally, as demonstrated with its recent push into South Africa.
To stay competitive, Wendy's has been revamping its restaurants and will have 200 refreshed stores this year and 400 in 2014. The company forecasts growth of 2% to 3% for 2013 while same-store sales at company-owned restaurants increased 1% in Q1. By focusing on improving same-store sales instead of growing store numbers and managing its cost effectively, Wendy's is expected to improve its profit margin and offer more value for investors.
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While Yum! Brands has been negatively impacted significantly by the bird flu in China in April, it showed signs of recovery in May. Yum! Brands' major competitor, McDonald's, also suffered from a decline in sales in May. Both are expected to recover from the bird flu, which has a history of being short-lived.
However, the competition for the fast-food market continues to heat up as major players continue to roll out new products and services. While Yum! Brands gets hit the most during the bird flu, it is expects to benefit the most once the sickness issue is settled as the company continues to strengthen its food supply control and expand its operation in Tier 3 and smaller cities.
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Clausen, a former Notre Dame quarterback, tweeted a photo of a BCS National Championship game shirt made by Irish fans that has the slogan "Catholics vs. Cousins" on it. The controversial slogan is a play on a shirt made for the 1988 national championship game between Notre Dame and Miami that was labeled "Catholics vs. Convicts", but many 'Bama fans didn't find Clausen's new swag to be too funny.
The third-string quarterback for the Carolina Panthers was bombarded with angry tweets from Crimson Tide fans, prompting Clausen to delete the photo from his Twitter account. He also tweeted an apology to upset fans.
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(RNN) - Basketball fans, if you haven't gotten to know Clemson - the confoundingly simple overachievers who have as good a shot as any to knock off undefeated Syracuse - then take this opportunity to say hello.
First things first, don't confuse Clemson orange with Syracuse orange, which is so closely related to the athletic program that they actually named the teams Orange.
Orange you glad we got that all cleared up? Thank you, thank you. Don't forget to applaud for the next act as well.
Both these teams play defense as effectively as any team in America, yet they do it in totally different fashions.
The Tigers (15-6, 6-3) can pester opponents to death with their man-on-man defense, and they do an excellent job of rotating to help. That formula is the reason they're among the nation's leaders in scoring defense (second), field goal percentage defense (ninth), 3-point percentage defense (fourth), and they lead the ACC in blocked shots per game.
K.J. McDaniels is Clemson's Swiss army knife. His per-game averages in points (16), rebounds (seven) and free throw shooting (86 percent) lead the Tigers. Although he's only 6'6", his 55 total blocks leads the team by a wide margin. Landry Nnoko, a 6'10" center, is their next best shot blocker with 37.
Syracuse (22-0, 9-0) is built from a different mold. The team's unofficial nickname might as well be "2-3 Zoners" because that's all they play, and it shows.
Unlike the Tigers, who practically lure shooters to the paint so they can pounce, the Orange try to make sure the ball stays as far away from the rim as possible. It works, as proven by the 36 shots from 3-point range Duke hoisted up Saturday.
Syracuse has far more scoring options, so even if the Orange shooters run into a brick wall of defense, surely someone can emerge and save the day.
Isn't that right, Tyler Cooney? Or C.J. Fair? Or Jerami Grant? Or Rakeem Christmas?
Eh, you get the point.
Virginia Tech at No. 25 Pittsburgh, noon
Pitt (19-4, 7-3) finally emerged from its sleep walk and prevented three straight losses by taking out Miami in overtime Wednesday. Lamar Patterson scored a school record 10 points in the extra frame.
Any upset-minded fans who have notions the Hokies (8-14, 1-9) will break their nine-game losing streak… yeah, not so much.
Pitt is 192-24 in the Peterson Events Center and playing its first game there since dropping two straight against Duke and Virginia. In other words, the Panthers are a little motivated.
North Carolina at Notre Dame, noon
Could it be that someone has taken a defibrillator to North Carolina's basketball season and brought life back to the Tar Heels? It sure looks like it.
UNC (15-7, 5-4) won four straight by an average of 14.5 points since getting embarrassed by Virginia on the road Jan. 20. The Heels need to beat Notre Dame just to prove they haven't slipped back into the schizophrenic pattern from the first half of the season. And yeah, it would help their credentials for the NCAA Tournament.
The Fighting Irish (12-11, 3-7) have shown flashes of brilliance with an upset of Duke and close losses to Ohio State and Iowa. Notre Dame is a solid, middle-of-the-road team, but clutch moments evade them. As do wins.
Florida State at Maryland, 3 p.m.
Here's a name you don't hear very often: Boris Bojanovsky. It's a big name for an equally large man. He's 7'3", to be exact. It's amazing ACC Weekend has overlooked him for half a season considering he's so huge - the tallest player in the history of the FSU basketball program, according to their sports information department.
The sophomore has been vital this season for the Seminoles (14-8, 5-5). If he had enough attempts to qualify, his 61 percent field goal shooting would lead the ACC. He leads the team in blocks (fourth in the ACC), and he swatted seven shots in their upset of then-No. 22 UMass on Dec. 21.
If Bojanovsky adds some weight to his frame [he's listed at 240, which he most definitely is not], he could play more minutes and become more of a physical rebounder, making this a frightening team to face.
Maryland (13-10, 5-5) looked like it was waking up from a stupor when January started. Then it dropped three straight before finally beating Virginia Tech on Wednesday.
This is the last of four games that comprise the Terrapins' most winnable stretch in the conference schedule. Beating FSU would make them 3-1 during those four games, so they need this one.
No. 11 Duke at Boston College, 6 p.m.
The Blue Devils (18-5, 7-3) could not have asked for a better rebound from Syracuse - home against Wake Forest and at BC, one of the worst teams in the conference. UNC is next, so Duke should take this opportunity to fine tune their boxing out technique.
The Eagles (6-16, 2-7) will give Duke plenty of opportunities to work on offensive rebounding. Their shooting defense is the worst in the ACC.
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The Cobb County Public Library System is honoring the contributions of women throughout history with several events in March.
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Restoration Druid Healing Buffs, Debuffs, and Useful Abilities (MoP 5.4)
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On this page, we list the buffs, debuffs and useful abilities that a Restoration Druid brings to a raid in World of Warcraft MoP 5.4. We also list equivalent buffs and debuffs that other classes provide.
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|Mark of the Wild
|Increases the Strength, Agility, and Intellect of all party and raid members by 5% — does not stack with Embrace of the Shale Spider, Legacy of the Emperor, and Blessing of Kings
|Faerie Fire
|12% Armor reduction — does not stack with Dust Cloud, Tear Armor, Expose Armor, Glyph of Sharpened Knives, Sunder Armor, and Devastate
|Targetable 20% damage reduction - external defensive cooldown
|Combat resurrection
|Nature's Cure
|Removes all Magic, Poison, and Curse effect (8-second cooldown)
|Grants mana to a raid member.
|Raid-wide healing cooldown
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|Raid-wide movement speed burst (automatically shifts to Bear Form - although the form requirement is removed by Glyph of Stampede)
|Dispels enrage effects from the target.
|Crowd Control
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|6-second incapacitate
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|20% damage reduction for 12 seconds, 1 minute cooldown
|Movement speed burst (automatically shifts to Cat Form)
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Texas police chase, fatally shoot Florida fugitiveTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS | February 17,2013GRAPEVINE, Texas A Florida prisoner who escaped after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was shot and killed by Texas law enforcement officers early Saturday after police responded to a report of a home burglary, authorities said.
Alberto Morales was shot shortly after midnight when officers, with assistance from a police helicopter, spotted him in a wooded area near a lake in North Texas, Grapevine police Sgt. Robert Eberling said. Two hours earlier, officers responded to a report that jewelry and mens clothing had been stolen during a break-in at a home near where Morales was found.
Eberling declined to say whether Morales did anything to provoke the officers into opening fire, citing the pending investigation. He said the fugitive was still wearing part of his prison-issued jumpsuit as well as jogging pants, but Eberling said he couldnt comment on whether the stolen clothing and jewelry was found with Morales.
The residents arrived home around 10:30 p.m. Friday to discover the burglary at their home and called law enforcement officials, Eberling said.
The 42-year-old Morales escaped Monday at a Walmart store parking lot in Grapevine, a community near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Police said he used a sharp piece from his eyeglasses to stab a Miami-Dade detective who was transferring him by car to Nevada, where Morales was to serve a sentence of 30 years to life after being convicted of a sexual assault.
Detective Jaime Pardinas was expected to recover after being treated at a Dallas hospital for deep stab wounds to the neck, shoulder and back and a collapsed lung. It wasnt clear when he would be released.
Pardinas was accompanied by Miami-Dade Detective David Carrero during the transfer. They flew to Houston with Morales and then decided to drive the rest of the way after he became disruptive on the flight. They had stopped near the store while waiting for a third officer who was flying to the Dallas area to join them.
Department policy requires three officers to be present for ground transfers of prisoners.
On a recording of a 911 call of the incident released Wednesday, Pardinas can be heard breathing heavily as he tells the operator that hes been stabbed.
He described Morales height, weight and appearance and then added, Hes a schizophrenic.
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Since the first days of Cooking Channel, I don't think I've watched more than an hour or two of Food Network. Not even a conscious decision, just happening that way.
I love this channel. It's almost always on. Two Fat Ladies RULE. I want a bike with a sidecar, too. I like the Indian chick (spice goddess, I think) and I have a soft spot for Chuck's Day Off. David Rocco kinda bugs me, but for some reason I still watch. I'll watch anything Jamie Oliver is on, and I want his garden. Saw a salmon episode where he pulled everything from the yard, sat down on a stump, didn't even wash anything and just started grilling right there. His cutting board was another stump. Loved it. Drink Up is a GREAT show, too. So many good shows. There's another show...something Exotic or Exotic something (chef is Roger Mooking) that I really like, even though I hate how he says "obedient ingredient" about 20 times a show (he picks one main ingredient and uses that throughout).
I started watching it last week, I love the old shows, 2 Fat Ladies and Iron Chef. Even though it wasn't a Food Network show, I wish they would run some old Rob Rainfords License to Grill shows, that show was great.
I keep forgetting about this channel. I need to stay on top of this.
Thankfully the Cooking Channel is to Food Network what VH1 became to MTV.
All Food Network is now is an ever growing collection of cheesy-ass reality/competition programs.
While this channel has been good the few times i watched it (too hard to watch a lot of it not being in HD), i really don't get all the Food Network hate and the comparisons to MTV is downright unfair.
Even though there are a lot of gimmicky shows on FN i find most of them entertaining and they actually revolve around food, cooking or chefs whereas all of MTVs shows having nothing to do with music.
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The art of the handwritten note is more a rarity than common practice these days.
There's always the special occasion like a thank you letter to grandma.
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It's called Felt. Tomer Alpert is the CEO and founder. He believes that the handwritten note is not dead and his company's mission is to make sure it doesn't die.
"For me, it's the authenticity behind it. Nobody's handwriting is the same as anyone else -- people make the loops differently," Alpert says. "And you get to connect with the individual behind the message in a way you simply can't with a computer generated type place."
The app turns the user's digital writing into physical letters. You can select from a variety of thank you or even sympathy cards, write a note using a finger or a stylus, and then the app mails the letter for $3.99.
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FotoViajeros: International Experience / Transnational Identity
Viajeros are individuals who travel back and forth between El Salvador and different U.S. cities, transporting and delivering letters, food, and money to family members across borders. In El Salvador, loved ones eagerly await their monthly remittance and news that all is well. In exchange, the viajeros fill up their bags with morolico, duro-blando, Petacón, and other culinary tastes of home, easing the pangs of absence for the newly arrived and the naturalized alike.
With some two million Salvadorans living in the U.S.—500,000 of them in the greater D.C. area—the country of El Salvador offers a lens into issues of migration, immigration, and cultural identity that are central to much contemporary art and photography.
With that in mind, and following the model of the viajeros, during the spring semester 2007, a group of Corcoran students and faculty participated in a travel-oriented course to El Salvador. Led by Salvadoran-born U.S. artist and Fulbright scholar Muriel Hasbun, the FotoViajeros learned about the history and culture of El Salvador and employed photography as the passport into a culture that was foreign to most. Additionally, photography was used as a way to begin a dialogue and a cultural exchange with the people of the smallest Central American country and the largest immigrant group in the D.C. area.
With this exhibition, the FotoViajeros, Aimee Anthony, Petra Barth, Caleb Churchill, Genevieve Cocco, Harry Chun, Valerie Dryden, Susan Etheridge, Muriel Hasbun, Gregory Nash, and Susan Sterner constructed a glimpse into the complex dynamic that was experienced—both here and there—and witness the legacy of a traumatic past in the resilience of the everyday.
Gallery 31 is the Corcoran's newly dedicated exhibition space for the Corcoran College of Art + Design. The space will host exhibitions by the Corcoran's faculty, students, alumni, visiting artists, and annual senior thesis exhibitions. The name was selected by the students, referring to the area's previous designation as "Room 31" in original Corcoran plans. Located at the New York Avenue entrance of the Corcoran, Gallery 31 will be open during Gallery hours and will be free to the public.
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Chivalry isn't dead -- it's just following you around with a gleam in its eye, looking mighty suspicious. That's the conclusion of a new survey that says that acts of chivalry -- like opening doors for ladies, offering to carry her heavy bags, or even paying for dinner -- are so rare that women view them suspiciously. I have to say that's true. I remember a guy who insisted on walking me home in the rain after a date. He had an umbrella and I didn't, so he nicely offered to keep the umbrella over my head until I made it home. But I could only view this unusual offer with suspicion and kept thinking that he probably only wanted to know where I lived -- so maybe he could stalk me. Sad, I know. But once you get one stalker, you're never quite the same.
Here are 12 chivalrous acts women might view suspiciously.
Walking you home. As I related, when a guy offered to do this for me, I kept worrying that now he would know where I lived. The whole time we walked, I kept saying things like, "You don't need to walk me home. Seriously. YOU DON'T NEED TO WALK ME HOME." But he insisted, and we got right up to my door. But then I refused to enter until he left because I didn't want him to see the number of my apartment. Prudent or overly suspicious?
Carrying your bags. Sorry, but if some guy I've never met before offered to carry my bags, the first thing I'm going to think is that he's going to try and run off with them.
Walking on the street side of the sidewalk. I once dated a man who always had to walk on the street side. He'd even leap around, mid-walk, to get there. I began to think maybe he only wanted me to see one side of his face. I finally asked him about it, and he said that in case a car ever splashed water or dirt our way, he'd be the one to take the brunt of it. That had never occurred to me!
Locking the passenger side door. Accckkkk! Why's he locking the door?!! Help!!!
Offering you a ride home. Stranger danger!
Calling you to say goodnight. He just wants to make sure you're home.
Turning off his phone during dinner. Maybe he doesn't want the other woman to call.
Always offering to pay. He wants sex.
Cutting up your food. He has some creepy child fetish.
Ordering for you. Control freak.
Offering you his seat. I'd probably faint if this ever happened to me. That's how strange it would be.
Bringing you flowers. Unless it's Valentine's Day, he did something wrong and feels guilty.
There are some chivalrous things that I personally love and don't view with suspicion, such as offering his coat on a cold day (so sweet) and opening a door. But yeah, I agree that some acts of chivalry can be downright suspicious. Sad, but that's the world these days.
Do you ever view acts of chivalry with suspicion?
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The only ones that would bug me are cutting up my food, ordering for me, and locking the passenger door. I don't see the problem with the other ones. If you are getting a creepy vibe from a guy then just leave and don't contact him again, but what's wrong with a guy doing nice things? You'll end up like my sister with a guy who treats her like shit, steals from her, lies to her, who would never do any of the chivalrous things on this list because she finds nice guys too stable and boring.
I realize that there probably aren't many guys who read these blogs, but just in case there are... I highly doubt if most women view most of these classy acts of etiquette as suspicious.
And seriously, are there grown men who actually try to cut up a grown woman's food for her? That's not an act of chivalry, that's just bizarre.
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Sorry, thought this was another Jeanne Sager, blog, Thanks for the correction.
Uh, no, but that says a lot about you, Kiri.
What is sad is that there was a "drop" in a generation somewhere here that Ladies would think this is suspicious... My husband is showing these steps to dd by doing it for me and (or) her so that she know a REAL MAN is what she is looking for. Not, a loser that does none of that with out being reminded....
Coming from someone who is paranoid, you sound really paranoid. I can see how you'd think SOME of the things you've listed but, again, I am paranoid. I don't think most rational women think like this.
If more women were to act like ladies, then more men would act like gentlemen.
I do agree on the cutting of the food, and ordering food for you-unless you're at a high end French/insert other country restaurant and he wants to impress you with his language skills and orders a meal for you after the both of you discuss what kind of food you might be interested.
But if a man or even a young man in his early twenties, wants to do even a few of these things for you and continues to do them, that shows he was raised right. Just because a man opens a door for you, that does not mean you are any less of a woman. In a time when people hate each other for no reason at all, a little kindness like this can go a long way.
And who wouldn't want to recieve flowers any day of the week? Maybe he did do something wrong, or maybe he cares about you deeply. Stop being so scared and grow up.


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The mild tannins and fresh, sweet fruit flavors of Zinfandel grapes and the wines they produce have made them a firm favorite around the world. For people looking for wine which carries simple but pleasant, uncomplicated but refreshing flavors and aromas, Zinfandel is ideal. As such, it has become a widely planted grape across the New World, despite it having origins in southern Europe. These thin-skinned grapes grow in large, tight bunches are surprisingly delicate and sensitive to climatic conditions if they get too hot, they are likely to shrivel on the vine, and being a tightly packed bunch, Zinfandel grapes are also prone to rot and decay. However, their mild flavor and sugar-rich juices offer vintners an opportunity to show off their skill and expertise, and are a fantastic grape for demonstrating the features of the terroir they are grown on in the bottle.
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Whilst there are several strains of native grape varietals in the United States, it was the introduction of the European species which prompted the country to begin producing wines on a large scale. Over the past few centuries, experimentation and cross-breeding has produced great successes in regards to the quality and suitability of the fruit grown in states such as California, Oregon, Washington and New York, and the past few decades have seen New World wines from the United States reach much higher standards. Arguably the finest United States wines have always come out of California, where the climate and terrroir is most suitable for fine wine production. The masterful blending of classic grape varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, amongst others including Syrah and Chardonnay, have had world beating results in recent years, prompting many to suggest that there has never been a better time for buying and drinking United States wines.