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This is an excerpt from Coaching Basketball Successfully, Third Edition by Morgan Wootten and Joe Wootten.
Stationary Moves
After a player has caught the ball and squared up to the basket in the triple-threat position, he is ready to attack the defender. He can do so by using what I call "stationary moves." I use that term because the player makes the initial move from a stationary triple-threat position, before putting the ball on the floor in a dribble.
Strong-Side Drive
From the triple-threat position, the player executes a jab step. The purpose of the jab step is to get the defense to react. The step should be made with the right foot by right-handed players, and the left foot by left-handed players.
To ensure that the offensive player stays balanced, the jab step should be quick and short (only about 6 inches [15 cm]; figure 8.3a). If the defender does not react quickly enough to the jab step, the offensive player should then take a longer step with the same foot, trying to get his head and shoulders by the defender (figure 8.3b). The player should then close the gap and explode to the basket with one dribble (figure 8.3c).
While teaching stationary moves, emphasize the advantages of using the dribble effectively. Players should try to get to the basket using the fewest dribbles possible. This helps prevent their defender or another defender from getting into the play and possibly stopping the drive. Also emphasize to your players the importance of keeping their head up while dribbling. This will give them the court vision to see both help-side defenders and their own teammates to whom they can dish the ball if the defense collapses when they drive.
Crossover Step
If the offensive player executes a jab step, and the defender responds by sliding over in the direction of that step, the offensive player can then go in the opposite direction with a crossover step. First, a right-handed offensive player jabs with the right foot, forcing the defense to react and take away the strong-side drive (figure 8.4a). The offensive player then starts to cross the right foot over to the left side (figure 8.4b), stepping by the defender's foot and putting the defender on his right hip. The player should keep the ball as low as possible as he rolls his shoulders through and steps by the defender. The offensive player keeps the defender on the right hip, and he puts the ball down left-handed to protect it from the defense (figure 8.4c).
Once again, the offensive player should attack the defender by going in a straight line to the basket, thus limiting the defender's chance to recover. The fundamentals of effective dribbling, closing the gap, and keeping the head up apply to the crossover drive just as they do to the strong-side drive. When executed properly, either of these moves can lead to a jump shot or power layup if the defense reacts to the offensive player's footwork.
Jab Step to the Jumper
The defense will eventually adjust to the jab step by taking a retreat step to prevent the offensive player from slicing to the basket. As the defense retreats, the offensive player now has room to go straight up and shoot the jumper (if within shooting range).
To get the shot off, the offensive player must maintain balance after making the jab step. The player can do so only by keeping the feet shoulder-width apart and staying low. This is why it is important to teach players to keep the jab step short. A jab step that is too long will force the offensive player to reset, and the defense will be able to recover in time to stop the shot.
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text: Groundhog Day: It's Time to Watch It Again, and AgainEric Limer2/02/13 9:00pmFiled to: movie nightGroundhog Day37EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink It's never not a good day to watch Groundhog Day, and today is even more not not a good day to watch it. Quite possibly one of the weirdest, most off-beat "holiday movies" out there, Groundhog Day is just begging to become a habit, something to recite sections of. Advertisement I'm going to assume I don't have to extol the virtues of this film to the lion's share of you. You know, how Bill Murray's performance as news anchor going slowly insane and depressed and then slowly uninsane and undepressed over 10,000 years (!?) of being stuck in the repeating mundanity of Groundhog Day is a total delight.Wait, what? You've heard this all before? Why am I not surprised. Just go give it a (another) watch. [Amazon] Reply37 repliesLeave a reply


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-- Miss USA and Tough Enough contestant Rima Fakih reached a plea deal with Michigan prosecutors in her DUI case Wednesday morning, hours before she was due to stand trial for her arrest on December 3, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan.
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CHICAGO — The Texas Rangers have acquired Alex Rios from the Chicago White Sox, beefing up their outfield for the stretch run with All-Star Nelson Cruz suspended.
The White Sox will receive a player to be named later or cash. The teams announced the move on Friday.
The Rangers, who began the day a percentage point behind Oakland for the AL West lead, were looking for help. Cruz, their All-Star right fielder and 2011 AL championship series MVP, was suspended 50 games Monday by Major League Baseball following its investigation into the Biogenesis clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs. He was leading the Rangers with 27 home runs and 76 RBIs.
Rios, 32, is batting .277 with 12 home runs, 26 stolen bases, 55 RBIs and 57 runs scored. He joined the White Sox after he was claimed off waivers from Toronto on Aug. 10, 2009.
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text: Bill Simmons's Very First Visit To ESPNBarry Petchesky2/09/12 2:05pmFiled to: Bill simmons archiveBill SimmonsEspnBristolSportsCenterNewsSimmons vaultThe bill simmons archivetweet6EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkWe've been dipping into the Bill Simmons archive, a salvaged cache of the Sports Guy's old columns from AOL Digital Cities, none of which survives online. Today's jaunt down memory lane is a field trip Simmons took to Bristol in 1997, under the auspices of his friend Gus Ramsey, a SportsCenter producer. It was an uneventful August day, with one minor news story and few highlights, and it's a fascinating look at how SportsCenter is assembled when nothing really happened in the sports world. And, as with a goodly number of Simmons's AOL columns, it takes the form of a running diary.Advertisement"Behind the scenes at ESPN" was published on August 5, 1997, and starts off with a bang: Cowboys coach Barry Switzer's arrest.3:00 — Gus greets me in the ESPN lobby with a big grin on his face: "Barry Switzer! Arrested for trying to bring a gun on the plane! It's just breaking now." Let the fun begin.3:02 — Live television! Betsy Ross is anchoring the 3:00 P.M. update in the encased ESPNEWS glass studio. Since ESPNEWS has only cracked two cable systems in the United States (GUS: "You can get it now in San Jose and, um... somewhere down South, like Nashville"), I've just doubled Betsy's viewership to two.3:10 — So far I've seen SportsCenter 6:30 anchors Charley Steiner & Chris McKendry and "Baseball Tonight" analyst Dave Campbell and stared intently at all of them. It's mesmerizing to see TV people in person — they never look the same, and you always forget they have a waist and legs. Except for Charley Steiner. He looks exactly the same as he does on TV, and he has no legs and no waist. Charley Steiner is just a head and a torso. I'm serious.3:13 — Just stared at Chris McKendry for so long that I think she just alerted security downstairs. Think I'm in love.It wouldn't be a Simmons column without commenting on a lady anchor's looks, nor without jabs at the WNBA. But give him credit for staking out his position early: at this point, the WNBA had only existed for two months, and it didn't yet have the perception of a failed league propped up by NBA dollars. But on a Monday night with just a few baseball games on the calendar, the inclusion of WNBA highlights on the 11 p.m. SportsCenter became a looming threat.Advertisement3:19 — Gus is mapping out the 11:00 SportsCenter. It's split into ten segments — the 10's, the 20's... on through the 90's. The 10's are the first segment of the show, and every single highlight and voiceover has to be matched ahead of time. Right now it goes: 1) Intro; 2) Lead-in; 3) Hellos; 4) Switzer lead-in; 4a) Switzer press conference highlights; 5) Astros/Marlins highlights; 6) Braves/Pirates highlights... and so on. Then commercials. Then the 20's. Everything is subject to change, depending on what happens in the next 8 hours.3:24 — Just spent five minutes daydreaming about things that could happen that would make Gus have to rewrite the main script — a major injury, a trade, a no-hitter, a team plane crash...[...]4:00 — Meeting's over. With Switzer, a Denver/Miami exhibition game and only ten baseball games, it's a pretty lackluster sports day. It even looks like WNBA highlights are a possibility. Yikes.4:01 — Gus whispers to me, "God, this is a dreadful show."4:15 — On Gus' master schedule, the WNBA sneaks onto the show — in the "90's," the last segment before the show ends. Gus looks distraught.We get Simmons's take on ESPN on-air personalities as he meets them for the first time, including "some guy named John Buccigross."3:45 — [Karl] Ravech is funny. Everyone calls him "Ravi" and he's exceedingly sarcastic. At one point the "story rundown" guy announces that Joe Thornton has signed with the Bruins. "Oh, that's big," Ravech growls.5:55 — Some guy named John Buccigross is working the ESPNEWS shift. During yesterday's show, the seat on his chair actually dropped down during his telecast, a video clip that's been replayed at least 200,000 times by his co-workers today. I wonder if he'll send it to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Buccigross.6:48 — Just talked to Rich Eisen, a frontrunner to succeed Keith Olberman as Patrick's permanent sidekick on The Big Show. He's a former stand-up comic who occassionally throws in "Midnight Run" references with his voiceovers. Other candidates are Mike Tirico, Ravesh, Kenny Mayne, and John Buccigross' brother, Butch Buccigross. It's the big gossip topic at ESPN this days.10:05 — Speaking of cool guys, Dan Patrick is the man. He has a big cubicle with a framed Pete Maravich Sports Illustrated cover, a framed Maravich rookie basketball card and a poster of the cast of the "White Shadow." I think he might be the coolest guy I've ever met. I'm not kidding.10:10 — You can tell Patrick's weary of people asking him about the departed Olberman — the two Big Show partners even collaborated on a book together — but you can also tell Patrick misses him. People even stop him on the street and ask Dan if he misses Olberman.10:11 — Dan tells a couple of stories about Olberman trying to mess him up during the show with a nostalgic smile. Personally, I think Patrick looks like a kid whose best friend moved out of the neighborhood. His new partner - when chosen - has big shoes to fill.Producers are still scrambling to fill an hour's worth of material, but have their choice of in-house packages. To really date this diary, the options are Anaheim's young slugger Jim Edmonds, or the Mets' Pete Harnisch, who was returning from a bout with depression.Sponsored5:45 — Gus needs one more feature piece to fill his "80's" section of the show. Filler alert!!! He decides on a week-old piece about Jim Edmonds that's been run on just about every ESPN show but the 11:00 show. Even a regurgitated Jim Edmonds piece goes above WNBA highlights. WE GOT NEXT!8:40 — Whoops! Jim Edmonds just went on the disabled list! That means his filler piece is OUT of Gus' masterpiece schedule. Does that mean the WNBA moves up? Of course not! He decides to run another week-old filler piece on the not-quite-as-depressed Pete Harnisch. WE GOT NEXT!!!As the show approaches, a few games run late thanks to rain delays and injuries. Their highlights are only readied as SportsCenter is already in progress, meaning the carefully crafted schedule is rejiggered on the fly. There's one casualty:Advertisement11:55 — Because of the pushed-back baseball games, the Milwaukee "breakdown" finally runs in the final segment (the "90's). You know what this means? No WNBA!!!!11:57 — During the Milwaukee piece Gus turns to me and says, "WNBA... gone." I feel like hugging him.That's the day, and Simmons is smitten. But in just four years' time, he'd be working for ESPN—and wouldn't have to live in Bristol.Reply6 repliesLeave a reply


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Broadening wiretap laws to include videotaped surveillance could either safeguard privacy or thwart efforts to recover stolen property, a U.S. senator was told Monday at a hearing not far from a school that's being sued for trying to find missing laptops by activating their webcams.
Sen. Arlen Specter, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, said at a field hearing of a Senate subcommittee that he believes existing wiretap and video-voyeurism statutes do not adequately address concerns in an era marked by the widespread use of cell-phone, laptop and surveillance cameras.
Specter had said earlier that federal legislation might be needed to regulate the technology and said later Monday that testimony at the Philadelphia hearing had convinced him. Among those testifying, from a statement read into the record at the hearing, was Blake Robbins, the Harriton High School student who sued the Lower Merion School District.
"My family and I recognize that in today's society, almost every place we go outside of our home we are photographed and recorded by traffic cameras, ATM cameras, and store surveillance cameras," Robbins wrote. "This makes it all the more important that we vigilantly safeguard our homes, the only refuge we have from this eyes everywhere onslaught."
Robbins accuses the district of spying by secretly activating webcams on the school-issued laptops; officials admit they did so but said they were trying only to locate 42 lost or stolen computers.
Neither Robbins nor his parents attended the session, which did not specifically focus on the Lower Merion case — the subject of ongoing county and FBI investigations. Instead, five experts debated how best to strike a balance between privacy and security concerns.
Lawyer Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation argued that wiretap laws, which now cover audio recordings, should be broadened to include videotaped surveillance. But others disagreed, arguing that wiretap charges should not apply, lest they entangle innocent people using software tracking programs to try to find their own stolen phones or laptops.
"If it does fall under (the Wiretap Act) in the new legislation, we hope there will be an exception for stolen devices," said John Livingston, chairman of Absolute Software Corp., the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company that acquired the LANrev TheftTrack software program deployed by Lower Merion.
The panel debated whether any new law should focus on the intent of the person using the camera; whether the subject's location affords them an expectation of privacy, such as a home or locker room; or the full context of the situation.
Only one person from the Lower Merion district testified, a parent opposed to the Robbins family's lawsuit who urged a middle ground between security and privacy concerns.
Bob Wegbreit said a warning might suffice to let families know the district might activate webcams without a student's knowledge. Students could then choose to keep the computers in other parts of the house, instead of their bedrooms, said Wegbreit, whose group fears the lawsuit will damage the upscale district's finances and reputation.
Federal legislation might help clarify what school districts, employers or others can and cannot do, he said.
"There's no question that I believe the federal government should be legislating in this area," said Fred H. Cate, an Indiana University law school professor who specializes in cybersecurity issues. "We've seen a proliferation of video cameras in every aspect of our lives."
Specter, the only senator in attendance Monday, agreed to lead the effort, noting that at least one federal judge voiced concerns a quarter century ago that privacy laws were not keeping up with emerging technology.
"My sense is my colleagues will be responsive," Specter said. "If there is a gap, it ought to be closed ... after 25 years."
Associated Press writer Andrew Miga in Washington contributed to this report.


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Blog Archive
LPSC 2013: The Smaller They Are, The Better They Shake
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/03/25 08:04 CDT | 1 comments
Really cool movies from Jim Richardson propose to explain how the same physics of impact cratering can produce such differently-appearing surfaces as those of the Moon, large asteroids like Eros, and teeny ones like Itokawa.
Beautiful butterfly crater on Mars (another HiWish granted!)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/11/08 07:16 CST | 6 comments
I asked Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to take a photo, and it turned out better than I had imagined: an incredibly fresh, well-preserved, dramatically rayed oblique impact crater.
More Evidence for Impact Origin for Colombia's Vichada Structure
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2012/05/08 03:43 CDT
Evidence continues to pile up that the Rio Vichada structure in Colombia is indeed the largest impact structure in South America.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/03/05 04:15 CST | 1 comments
Each Magellan images of Venus seems to be a work of abstract art.
Six days in the crater (day one)
Posted by Pat Donohue on 2012/02/03 10:02 CST
This is the first in a series of posts based on field notes and memories supplemented by background reading material from the Meteor Crater Field Camp that was held from October 17-23, 2010.
Notes on Dawn at Vesta from the 2011 American Geophysical Union meeting
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/12/08 03:19 CST
A report on the press briefing and talks from the Fall 2011 American Geophyisical Union meeting about the data on Vesta collected so far by Dawn.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/19 11:21 CDT
When Mariner 10 flew past Mercury, it caught an immense impact basin lying half in and half out of sunlight, which they named Caloris. Even with only half the basin visible, scientists knew it was one of the largest in the solar system. Geologists had to wait more than 25 years to see the rest of Caloris, and when they did it turned out to be even bigger than they had thought. But the fact that Caloris was only half in sunlight was fortuitous in one sense, because it meant that the spot on Mercury that was exactly opposite the area of the Caloris impact was also partially in sunlight. That spot looks weird.
LPSC 2011: Sponge-moon Hyperion
Posted by Mike Malaska on 2011/03/23 02:51 CDT
Saturn's moon Hyperion has a bizarre sponge-like appearance that is in dramatic contrast to other heavily cratered bodies in the solar system.
LPSC 2011: Kirby Runyon on Mars, the Moon, Hartley 2, and Ganymede
Posted by Kirby Runyon on 2011/03/15 01:57 CDT
Kirby Runyon, a second-year grad student at Temple University, offered to send me some writeups of selected presentations from last week's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and I enthusiastically agreed.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/01/27 05:32 CST
I've spent the day noodling around in the current issue of Icarus, following up some of the more interesting stories within its table of contents, and came across a picture of this very cool crater -- actually, set of craters -- on Mars.
Door 26 in the 2010 advent calendar
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/12/26 02:00 CST
Time to open the twenty-sixth door in the advent calendar. Where in the solar system is this rayed crater?
Opportunity bags a few craters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/11/10 04:46 CST
In the last few days, Opportunity's passed by several craters, and the rover drivers took advantage of the chance encounters for what they call "drive-by shooting" (a phrase I can't say I'm particularly fond of, but they didn't ask me).
LPSC, Day 2: Impacts onto icy moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/03/03 03:29 CST
There has been big news from Moon and Mars here at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, but I can't find the time to wrap that stuff up into a properly illustrated blog post; while I'm still on site at the conference I'll be tossing the easier-to-digest bits into the blog.
Planetary Society Researcher Max Rocca Discovers Largest Impact Crater in South America
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2010/02/13 12:00 CST
It was January of 2004 when the elegant curve of the Vichada first caught the attention of geologist Max Rocca of Buenos Aires. Could the course of the river have been shaped by the circular outlines of an impact crater? Rocca decided to find out.
A pretty picture of Concepcion crater
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/02/01 10:37 CST
It looks like the rover team thinks Concepcion is pretty enough (in both aesthetic and a scientific senses) to be worthy of the full-color Pancam panorama treatment; color frames started arriving on Earth over the weekend.
Opportunity's thousand-year-old crater
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/01/29 10:59 CST
Since leaving Marquette Island on sol 2,122, Opportunity has been barreling southward on her journey toward Endeavour crater. On her horizon for the last several sols has been a very small but very fresh looking crater named Concepción.
The Martian Craters Asimov and Danielson
Posted by Ken Edgett on 2009/05/27 12:41 CDT | 2 comments
The Martian Craters Asimov and Danielson
LPSC: Thursday: Rovers, Titan, Mars, Venus Express, Neptune
Posted by Ted Stryk on 2008/03/14 03:49 CDT
I spent a large portion of the day at the Lunar and Planetary Institute's library and presented my own poster during the poster sessions, so my coverage of Thursday's sessions is limited.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Here are some of Friday's most notable stock moves.
Dell Inc. US:DELL shares rose 5.4% as the computer maker joined a broad rally in the technology sector. Read: H-P, Dell lead strong tech gains.
MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. US:MAPP shares surged more than 20% following positive regulatory news regarding its new migraine drug.
Research In Motion Ltd. US:RIMM CA:RIM shares rallied nearly 14%. Investors are getting optimistic about the BlackBerry 10 smartphone. RIM's shares had surged on Thursday in Toronto following a bullish research report from National Bank. Read: RIM gets big bounce — and it's still cheap.
Beating Black Friday: Deals, gifts
WSJ Off Duty has 10 hot Cyber Monday food deals you can score from the safety of your couch. Plus, a look at gifts for the super-rich, from luxury cars to high-end speakers.
KIT Digital Inc. US:KITD shares plunged more than 64%. On Nov. 21, the company said that due to errors and irregularities, it was restating financial statements going back to 2009, and canceled its stockholders meeting.
Top tickers trending
RIMM: Nils1975: It's National Bank's Kris Thompson, who caused $RIMM biggest jump since '09 btw. http://t.co/AtJJtnDC --> he'll be one to follow from now on
ericjackson: "@Dasan: Yes, I'm long $RIMM and @ericjackson was quoted in Bloomberg story today admitting he bought some recently" true
protradermike: $RIMM huge short squeeze and margin calls tomorrow - would hate to be short - buying huge in the morning
WMT: On the biggest shopping day of the year, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT, +1.15% was drawing plenty of chatter. Investors were also discussing an investigation into its India operations. Shares of Wal-Mart rose 1.9%. Read: Bharti Walmart suspends staff in antibribery probe
retail_guru: India investigation of Wal-Mart reflects realities of doing business but also $WMT need to diversify quickly into growth in emerging markets
BrianSozzi: Wal-Mart doing a better marketing job than Target on its Facebook page. More updates. More deals shared. $WMT $TGT #BlackFriday
GPS: Another retailer, Gap Inc. GPS, -0.95% ,was also drawing attention.
StockTwits: Gap, TJX TJX, +0.03% and Coach COH, +0.43% to deliver strong sales during holiday season http://stks.co/iFdm via @Sverrisson_S $GPS $TJX & $COH
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) has put himself in charge of a new body to coordinate cybersecurity, in a sign of Beijing's concern over its vulnerability to online attacks and its desire to retain tight control over the Internet.
Reports in China's media yesterday said the central Internet security and information leading group is to draft policy for boosting the country's defenses, as well as expanding and improving Internet access.
"Efforts should be made to build our country into a cyberpower," Xi was quoted as saying, calling for more innovation in the industry and improvements to Internet access and connection speeds.
Online opinion must be properly guided, while the Internet should help spread "mainstream values and positive energy,'' Xi said. With a population of 1.3 billion, China has 618 million Internet users, the most of any country, although much of the rural population remains gravely underserved.
"No Internet safety means no national security," Xi said, adding that without boosting Internet access there can be "no modernization."
No details were given about the group, one of several broad-based coordinating agencies nominally led by Xi and other top leaders. Reports on Thursday's inaugural meeting at which Xi delivered his remarks did not mention any specific new initiatives.
The US accuses the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and China-based hackers of launching attacks on US industrial and military targets, often to steal secrets or intellectual property. China says it likewise faces a major threat from hackers, and the country's military is believed to be among the biggest targets of the US National Security Agency and the US CyberCommand.
Between January and August of last year, more than 20,000 China-based Web sites were hacked and more than 8 million servers hijacked by zombie and trojan programs controlled from overseas, the head of the Chinese Cabinet's Information Office, Cai Mingzhao (蔡明照), told a conference in November last year.
Zombie and trojan attacks were up 14 percent over the same period in 2012, Cai said. He estimated that China's economy was losing tens of billions of US dollars to cyberattacks every year.
Virginia-based Internet security company Mandiant drew attention last year when it issued a detailed report tracing attacks on 141 companies to a Chinese hacking unit in Shanghai that experts believe is part of the PLA's cybercommand. Beijing denied the accusations.
Partly as a response, a US-China joint cybersecurity working group was established and has already met once to foster cooperation against third-party threats.
China has enthusiastically promoted the idea of international cooperation on cybersecurity, but its proposal for a set of rules governing online behavior has been rejected by the US as opening the door to greater regulation and censorship.
The authoritarian Chinese Communist Party government heavily polices the Internet for content deemed politically subversive, as well as sites promoting gambling, pornography and other illegal topics.
Much foreign content is blocked, including social media sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. However, that has not prevented China's government and state media outlets, such as national broadcaster CCTV, from maintaining a lively presence on such blocked sites.


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Hoffman's fall off the wagon began with abuse of prescription drugs, but eventually turned into heroin. Hoffman said he'd only been snorting heroin for a week when he realized that things were headed nowhere good, and he entered rehab. He spent 10 days in an East Coast detox facility before checking himself out. He's now back on a movie set in Europe, and all is reportedly well.
I hope so. It's somehow much more unsettling to live in a world where Philip Seymour Hoffman has a drug problem than, say, Lindsay Lohan.
Hoffman has a major role in the upcoming "Hunger Games" sequel "Catching Fire." A recent teaser trailer prominently features him plotting to destroy Katniss.
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Leading trainer Charlie Stewart is already off to a great start in defending his 2011 Leading Trainer title at Hooiser Park Racing & Casino. Stewart headed the 2011 trainer's title with 46 wins and $304,825 in earnings for the meet. The 24-year-old was also the youngest trainer to ever accomplish that feat for any breed at Hoosier Park. It was Stewart's first training title. Ryan Bellamy finished a close second with 34 wins while North America's leading trainer, Ron Burke wasn't far behind him with 33 wins.
"It was quite an honor to be the leading trainer last year because there are a lot of great trainers here," Stewart said of his title. "I didn't expect to win it, but it was nice to be recognized in such great company. I'm looking forward to this year and am hoping my horses will be as competitive as they were last year."
An Indiana Native, Stewart has been training horses since he was 14. Working with racehorses has been a family affair as Stewart's mother, Gay Bankson, trains thoroughbreds. However, he got a taste of working with Standardbreds when he worked for well-known trainer Modie Beeman as a teenager. Beeman lived less than a mile away from Stewart's childhood home.
With 267 career wins and over a million dollars in earnings recorded as a trainer, Stewart ended 2011 with 82 wins and over $600,000 in purse earnings. Stewart has posted back to back seasons with his training bankroll surpassing the $600,000 mark.
He spent his winter racing his stable of fifteen around the Canadian circuit. While most his starts were recorded at Woodbine, he also started horses at Flamboro Raceway and Georgian Downs. He looks for his horses to be race tight kicking off the Hoosier Park meet.
"I'm very excited to be back at Hoosier," Stewart said. "I had a good winter in Canada and my horses raced well but I'm glad to be back. Hopefully, we can keep that momentum going and get off to a good start here. This has always been my favorite place to race."


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Top 10 threats caught by Fortinet's FortiGate security appliances in February 2006:
1 Adware/BetterInternet 10.61%
2 W32/Netsky!similar 8.71%
3 W32/Bagle.DW-mm 8.14%
4 W32/Grew.A!wm 8.05%
5 W32/Bagle.DY-mm 7.52%
6 HTML/Iframe_CID!exploit 6.65%
7 W32/MyTob.fam-mm 2.20%
8 Adware/ZangoSA 1.92%
9 W32/Mytob!similar 1.71%
10 W32/MyDoom.M-mm 1.63%
Top 5 new threats appearing in February 2006:
1 W32/Bagle.DW-mm 8.14 %
2 W32/Bagle.DY-mm 7.52 %
3 W32/Bagle.FJ-mm 1.25 %
4 W32/Bagle.DX-mm 1.25 %
5 W32/Bagle.DZ-mm 1.12 %
Top 10 countries reporting infections in February 2006:
1 United States of America 20.84%
2 Korea, Republic of 8.26%
3 India 7.25%
4 Philippines 5.45%
5 Japan 5.34%
6 Mexico 4.62%
7 Taiwan 4.51%
8 China 3.84%
9 Thailand 3.19%
10 Malaysia 2.91%
Virus Activity
For the very first time, this month's most prevalent threat is an Adware: Adware/BetterInternet accounted for 10% of the total threat activity in February. Since all previous top threats were mass-mailers, Adware/BetterInternet is also the first non-replicative threat to top our charts.
This is certainly impressive and highlights a concerning trend in an Internet connected world where users are overwhelmed with advertisements and spam. It also leads us to conclude that Adware is a growing issue and is beginning to account for a more significant portion of malware activity. And, the strategy pursued by mass-mailing threats has evolved. This is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that while the most prevalent variant of Bagle this month accounted for only 8% of the global activity, all new Bagle variants seen this month accounted for 20% of the global activity.
Bagle: the Valentine's fragmentation bomb
A closer look at the activity of four new Bagle variants over February in Figure 1 (below) reveals the authors strategy: a typical "fragmentation bomb" infection scheme, where authors opt for several reduced and consecutive outbreaks spanning over the whole month rather than one big outbreak. This increases the success rate measured by the number of effected targets and avoids attracting too much media and police crime unit attention.
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El Duque looks to give Mets leg up
El Duque looks to give Mets leg up
Minaya, with his team's pitching rotation already in disarray and with October already on his to-do list, watched Hernandez dispose of the Pirates with the assortment of pitches, arm angles and speeds that have distinguished him from most pitchers in the world.
A man who embraces diversity in all phases of his life, Minaya saw the void in the Mets rotation and was certain Hernandez's uniqueness, experience and prowess would be a proper fit. He mentioned the specter of strikeouts that day as he critiqued El Duque's May 22 start -- the Pirates struck out nine times in eight innings against Hernandez -- and he let it slip.
"You like strikeout pitchers in the postseason," Minaya said.
The general manager wasn't fantasizing as he envisioned Hernandez's high kick and high socks on the mound at Shea Stadium in a high-profile, high-hopes October moment. It was a plan more than a prophecy. Perhaps it was a premonition.
The highest profile moment in a Mets season since 2000 happens on Wednesday afternoon, when the National League Division Series begins at Shea. El Duque will be the man in the middle and, the Mets hope, money on the mound. With Pedro Martinez a postseason scratch, the responsibility of starting Game 1 has been assigned to Hernandez.
"If we can't have Pedro," Minaya said, not hiding his druthers, "who would you rather have?"
Hernandez has emerged from the Mets' summer of the Russian Roulette Rotation as the team's most consistently effective starter. He hasn't come by the Game 1 assignment by chance. Pitching coach Rick Peterson, quite aware of Martinez's potential unavailability two weeks ago, aligned his pitchers so that either Martinez or Hernandez would start the first playoff game. That Tom Glavine is in line to start Game 2 isn't coincidental either.
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Orlando Hernandez's career strikeouts per nine innings | ||||
Year | Team | IP | SO | SO/9 |
1998 | Yankees | 141 | 131 | 8.36 |
1999 | Yankees | 214 1/3 | 157 | 6.59 |
2000 | Yankees | 195 2/3 | 141 | 6.49 |
2001 | Yankees | 94 2/3 | 77 | 7.32 |
2002 | Yankees | 146 | 113 | 6.97 |
2004* | Yankees | 84 2/3 | 84 | 8.93 |
2005 | D'Backs/Mets | 162 1/3 | 164 | 9.09 |
Career | 1167 | 958 | 7.39 | |
*Sat out 2003, while with the Expos, because of injury. |
In his final preparation for the 15th postseason start of his career, Hernandez polished his strikeout pitches in five innings against the Braves on Thursday night. He struck out nine batters for the third time this season, the first time since May 22. And in doing so, he opened some eyes.
There he was, age 36 or 40 or whatever -- and, really, what does his age matter in October? -- striking out nine of 25 batters, putting his record in 20 games with the Mets at 9-7 and putting himself in position to add to his postseason image.
The strikeouts were not lost on Minaya and manager Willie Randolph, who know how easily a best-of-five series can turn on one play -- or misplay. The more strikeouts, the less the defense handles the ball.
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Strikeouts per nine innings, Mets starting pitchers | ||
Pitcher | GS | S0/9 |
Oliver Perez | 6 | 10.19 |
Pedro Martinez | 23 | 9.29 |
Orlando Hernandez | 20 | 8.64 |
John Maine | 14 | 7.37 |
Victor Zambrano | 5 | 6.33 |
Tom Glavine | 31 | 6 |
Dave Williams | 5 | 5.14 |
Brian Bannister | 6 | 4.76 |
Alay Soler | 8 | 4.6 |
Steve Trachsel | 30 | 4.32 |
Only in starts for the Mets; five starts minimum |
Hernandez has become more of a strikeout pitcher this season, his first in the National League. The nine-in-five performance put his season ratio of strikeouts per nine innings at 9.09, the highest in his eight active seasons. His ratio with the Mets was 8.64.
"The strikeouts come this year," he said. "I don't try [for them]. I want to get outs any way. In the playoffs too."
Only after his work was completed on Thursday night did Hernandez address his playoff assignment, and the reason for it.
"I don't feel good, because Pedro's not going to be with us and Pedro's hurt," he said through a translator. "But I have to assume the responsibility that they give me and face the truth. I'll be ready for it.
"Yes, I think now I can think about the playoffs and talk about the playoffs, because this is my last start before the playoffs and I feel like I'm prepared for it, that I'm ready for it. I think this is a positive way to finish the regular season. Now I can concentrate on the playoffs."
Hernandez often has been at his best in the postseason. But he doesn't appear to be the force he once was with the Yankees, even when his bases-loaded escape against the Red Sox in the 2005 ALDS is considered.
In his first 10 postseason starts, Hernandez produced an 8-0 record. And it is those performances the Mets recall most readily and on which they now hang their hope. Since then, he has produced a 1-3 record and a 3.63 ERA in 39 2/3 postseason innings.
Whether that de-evolution has meaning won't be determined until Wednesday afternoon. Until then, as Randolph likes to say, "It is what it is."
Marty Noble is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Races – Human, Andorian, Bajoran, Benzite, Betazoid, Bolian, Ferengi, Pakled, Rigelian, Saurian, Tellarite, Trill, Vulcan, and Alien.
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Kalamata olive
Kalamata | |
A bowl of Kalamata olives
Olive (Olea europaea) | |
Color of the ripe fruit | Dark Purple |
Origin | Greece |
Notable regions | Kalamata |
Hazards | Verticillium wilt and cold |
Use | Table and oil |
Oil content | 6.8% |
Leaf | twice the size of other olive varieties |
Shape | big, plump almond-shaped |
Symmetry | Slightly asymmetric |
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
Energy | 284 kJ (68 kcal) |
Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. |
The Kalamata olive is a large purple olive with a smooth, meaty texture named after the city of Kalamata in the southern Peloponnese, Greece.[2] Often used as table olives, they are usually preserved in wine vinegar or olive oil. Kalamata olives in the European Union are protected with PDO status.[3] Olives of the same variety grown elsewhere are marketed as Kalamon olives.[4][5][6][7][8]
Kalamata olives are grown in Kalamata in Messenia and also in nearby Laconia, both located on the Peloponnese peninsula. They are almond-shaped, plump, dark purple olives[9] from a tree distinguished from the common olive by the size of its leaves, which grow to twice the size of other olive varieties.[2] The trees are intolerant of cold and are susceptible to Verticillium wilt but are resistant to olive knot and to the olive fruit fly.[10]
Kalamata olives, which cannot be harvested green, must be hand-picked in order to avoid bruising.
There are two methods of preparing Kalamata olives, known as the long and short methods. The short method debitters the olive by packing them in water or weak brine for around a week. Once complete, they are then packed in brine and wine vinegar with a layer of olive oil and slices of lemon on top. The olives are often slit to decrease the processing time. The long method involves slitting the olives and placing them in salted water in order to debitter them, a process that can take as long as three months. Levels of polyphenol remain in the olives after processing, giving them their slightly bitter taste.[11]
- ^ "Kalamata Olives". Livestrong.com. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ a b Miller, Korina (2010). Greece. Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-74179-228-7.
- ^ Quinn, Jennifer (29 July 2004). "Selling porkies - an almighty pie fight". BBC News Online Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ "Kalamon and Kalamata Olives – legislation changes the name".
- ^ "On the different varieties of Greek olives".
- ^ "What is the difference between Kalamon olives and Kalamata olives?".
- ^ "Greek Olive Species".
- ^ "Olive Cultivars of South Africa".
- ^ Antol, Marie Nadine (2004). The Sophisticated Olive: The Complete Guide to Olive Cuisine. Garden City Park, NY: Square One Publishers. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7570-0024-9.
- ^ Wiesman, Zeev (2009). Desert Olive Oil Cultivation: Advanced Biotechnologies. New York: Elsevier. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-12-374257-5.
- ^ Kailis, Stan (2007). Producing Table Olives. Collingwood, Vic.: Landlinks Press. pp. 206–207. ISBN 978-0-643-09203-7.


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Lori Ditlefsen 9/23/2003 6:51:44 AM
That's pretty funny Dominique! The look on this birds face is great! Nice job capturing it. #61258Kathleen K. Parker 9/23/2003 7:50:45 AM
Dom, is he or she one of the owlettes? His eyes say to me, "Get it over with fast, Dom." LOLDominique Declerck 9/23/2003 10:43:59 AM
Merci Lori, do you think that the little girl from your picture "You're Not Big Bird" would also be afraid?? LOLBonjour de France #209636
Dominique Declerck 9/23/2003 10:51:57 AM
LOL, Kath .. this bird is a Stone Curlew .. en France, un Oedicnème Criard. #209650Paula Showen 9/23/2003 4:27:31 PM
This is sooo funny, Dominique!!! I love it! Great capture!!! #209828Patricia A. Kuniega 9/23/2003 4:30:04 PM
I just love the expression on this bird! It's a real hoot! #209832Lori Ditlefsen 9/23/2003 7:44:20 PM
Dominique, I don't know if the little girl would be scared, but if it came at me the right way I'd sure run! LOL #209937Dominique Declerck 9/24/2003 12:02:58 AM
Merci Patricia, when I opened your gallery, a lovely perfume of your flowers cames along just to France... Bravo for your pretty garden gallery. #210050Dominique Declerck 9/24/2003 12:10:50 AM
Merci Paula, congratulation for the nice photos of Florida. I like your gallery very much. Bonjour de France #210053Dan S. Coquia 10/17/2003 11:37:19 PM
Such a curious expression Dominique. Congratulations! #236948Dominique Declerck 10/18/2003 5:41:33 AM
Thank you, Dan.Susana Matos 10/19/2003 12:32:11 AM
Congrats and good luck,Kathleen K. Parker 10/19/2003 5:15:13 AM
Oh Dom, I just got back in town and didn't know about your win til now. Many many congratulations. Kath #238596Dominique Declerck 10/19/2003 11:31:08 PM
Merci, Susana!! ... Merci, Kath!! Un grand salut de France, Dom #239424Mary K. Robison 9/18/2007 1:55:44 AM
Another MUCH belated CONGRATULATIONS! to you, Dom! This bird's expression is priceless! You had very good timing to catch him like this. #4805793
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This week Hurricane Tomas hit Haiti at a critical time when Haitians are working to contain the cholera outbreak and continue rebuilding after the January earthquake that drove many into temporary dwellings. The cholera outbreak alone has claimed more than 440 lives and led to the hospitalization of over 6,700 Haitians to date.
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"Haiti's children have suffered one disaster on top of another this year," Trayle Kulshan, UNICEF's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Cluster Coordinator, said yesterday.
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Joomla! will be exhibiting at its second UK LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. Last year, the London-based event, saw Joomla! win recognition and awards (if you haven't voted yet, you know what to do).
The conference and expo provides a must see open source event for decision-makers and technical professionals. The event delivers key information and resources all under the roof of Olympia, London, 25-26 October.
This will be the first LinuxWorld where Joomla's "next-generation" 1.5 framework will be officially on exhibit as a Beta release. By coming to the show you will have the chance to meet key developers of the project, Johan Janssens and Louis Landry, and community members Mitchell Annabele and Waseem Sadiq.
You will be able to not only see Joomla! 1.5 Beta being pushed to the limit; you may well tap into a wealth of knowlege from the Joomla! pros attending. Visit the guys at the Joomla!, Open Source Matters stand number OV4.
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Wilco works as an IT manager for a health care insurance company and lives in Wijhe — and brings a wealth of experience including management, strategy and structure skills. Wilco said the new workgroup will initially aim at pushing out the Joomla! 1.5 Beta release and then move on to deliver a more cohesive workgroup strategy to further secure Joomla's future. If you're reading between the lines, this approach frees up key code contributors to concentrate more on code.
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Rob Schley, of Los Angeles, California, has been appointed as the team coordinator for our Quality and Testing Workgroup . Rob replaces Robin Muilwijk, who has served in this position during the past year and has helped establish critical quality processes essential to our overall release operations. Robin will stay on as a global forum moderator and a Quality and Testing working group member and will continue to leverage his expertise within this group. "I'm honored to have been a part of such a great team and I'll continue to participate so I'm not going far.", said Robin.
Rob's forum persona is RobS and by the professional quality of his posts became an extremely valuable poster of security-related information about Joomla! Rob presently works for a small hosting company based out of LA, and also does security audits. He is currently preparing to start his own business built around the Joomla! phenomena.
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MSI Adds 15.6" CX500DX Notebook: Core 2 Duo Plus Discrete GPU
The entire machine measures just 3cm thick and weighs 2.48kg, and the exterior Color Film Print means that the paint changes color in the light. Spiffy! Other specifications include an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, a 250GB/320GB/500GB SATA hard drive, DVD Super-Multi drive, a 4-in-1 card reader, VGA output, three USB 2.0 ports, audio in/out, 6- or 9-cell battery 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Ethernet and a 1.3MP camera. Of course, MSI also tosses in their ECO Engine for saving power when you don't need everything jacked, and the 1366x768 resolution panel is about average for a lower-end machine such as this.
No price or release information is given, but the Core 2 Duo chip signals that this will be a bargain machine. The discrete GPU is a great addition, though, and we certainly wish more lower-end machines would provide the ability to play back 720p/1080p movie clips like this one presumably will.
MSI CX500DX - Outstanding Performance at Super Value
The CX500DX is equipped with the high end ATi Mobility Radeon HD545v discrete graphics card (512MB VRAM) and cinema-class 16:9 ratio LED display for crisp, rich pictures.
Taipei—MSl recently unveiled the 15.6" CX500DX designed to provide high end multimedia entertainment at super value. It comes with the souped-up ATi Mobility Radeon HD545v discrete graphics card (512MB of display memory) with theater-class 16:9 ratio LED backlit display for clear, crisp multimedia viewing. The CX500DX is graced with strong, flowing lines epitomized in the 45-degree beveled edges. It is less than 3cm thin and tips the scales at a mere 2.48kg with the battery.
MSI Marketing Director Sam Chern points out, "MSI meticulously crafted the edges of the CX500DX, giving it the beveled edges that characterize our C series notebook computers. In addition, the body is sheathed in MSI's exclusive Color Film Print, exuding layers of color which shift with changes in lighting. The resulting shimmering surface gives the CX500DX a classy, unassuming, and stylishness taste and puts it in a class all its own."
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Uniquely beveled edges: The CX500DX continues the tradition of elegant design that marks MSI's Classic series of laptops, employing distinctive beveled edges for a more aerodynamic feel. The I/O ports, DVD-ROM, heat ventilation openings, and even the 6 cell high capacity are all made of one piece, giving this laptop a strong, clean profile. The CX500DX is less than 3cm and weighs in at only 2.48kg—truly a highly stylish, mobile machine. Color Film Print: MSI's unique Color Film Print technology gives the CX500DX a luster that highlights the baked enamel protecting the wrist rest areas from scratching, the high tech brush finish of the touchpad buttons, and the integrated LED halo indicator lights, giving the elegantly stylish CX500DX a high tech feel.
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ATi Mobility Radeon HD545v discrete graphics card: MSI's CX500DX comes equipped with the high end ATi Mobility Radeon HD545v discrete graphics card (with 512MB of display memory) that supports UVD 2 and ATi Stream technologies for enhanced display performance. Not only do you get richer colors and crisper resolution, it plays HD films in all formats, including Blu-ray. Prepare to enjoy an all-new visual and acoustic feast. Cinema-grade 16:9 HD LED backlit display: The CX500DX comes with a cinema-class 16:9 ratio wide angle, HD (1366×768) LED backlit display to maximize the cinematic experience, while maximizing battery power.
1.3 million HD pixel webcam: The CX500DX comes with a 1.3 million pixel high definition webcam for crisp, high resolution images. Now, you can easily update friends and family about what's happening in your life, using instant messaging or conference calls.
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Fast forward one and 1/2 years....
On Tuesday, Dumplin' and I went to their wedding. It was a simple, lovely, beautiful wedding and I was so pleased to be included.
Here is the bride... she borrowed my headpiece - I was so thrilled! My Christmas present to her is the shawl she is wearing.... can you guess the pattern?
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Q. Can Coconut Oil Help You Lose Weight?
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A. There is science to suggest that the tropical oil may cause a slight (temporary) boost in your metabolism.
Anytime you eat, the process of digesting food burns off about 10 percent of the calories you consume. For example, if you consume 500 calories in a meal, your body uses about 50 of those calories to transform food into the energy that fuels your body. But theoretically if you eat a 500-calorie meal and replace the fat from oils or butter with coconut oil, your metabolism will speed up and burn more like 15 percent, or 75 calories.
It comes down to the molecular structure of the oil and how the body digests it. The fatty acids in coconut oil (called medium-chain triacylglycerols, or MCT) are shorter and more water-soluble than those in other oils, such as olive or canola. "So they're more directly routed to the liver, where they're readily burned for fuel," explains Peter Jones, Ph.D., professor of food science and nutrition at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Therefore, they have less opportunity to be deposited in fat stores.
But there is no scientific evidence to show that consuming coconut oil helps people lose weight. There is one recent study, however, using an MCT oil, which suggests coconut oil may work in the same way. In the study, 31 overweight men and women followed a low-calorie diet that included just over a tablespoon for women and just under two tablespoons for men each day of either an MCT oil or olive oil. After four months, the MCT-oil users lost an average of 7 pounds; the olive oil group just 3 pounds. The investigators suggested that the metabolic boost produced by the MCT oil likely played a role.
Even if coconut oil does help people lose weight, few nutrition experts recommend it, since coconut oil is loaded with saturated fat: 12 grams in 1 tablespoon versus 7 grams in a tablespoon of butter.
Bottom Line: The extra calorie burn produced by coconut oil might give you a slight edge, but only if you make room by eating less of something else. A tablespoon of any oil sets you back around 120 calories.
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I first bought Coconut Oil from Whole Foods for my Diverticulitious....I love it! — Anonymous |
02/22/2012 - 5:06am |
I am originally from Sri Lanka. My parents used coconut oil during their entire whole life time - both lived, 90 years with no serious illnesses whatsoever. My mom used to make a traditonal sweet for the New Year, we were her great helpers, we scraped coconut, stir the during the process - which takes hours to properly cook, etc. She used more than 26 dried coconuts, brown rice flour, etc., with the other ingredients needed. At the end of the cooking, we used to collect the oil, very carefully, and my mom always used to keep them in clean glass bottles. That's the oil she used in the household, except using for hair. So, even though, we are somewhat foolish having avoided coconut oil and started using other oils - that our great-grand-parents, grand-parents, parents never would have heard of. Actually, coconut oil was the only oil was in use in the ancient times, in Sri Lanka, and people live healthy, long lives, without been to a doctor at all. So, it's better, if we start getting back to naturals, rather than be the supporters of modern businesses, sadly had become a huge problem. Thisha — Anonymous |
02/23/2012 - 5:51pm |
I started using organic coconut oil 1 yr ago and all I can say is that my psroaisis is gone my energy is up my weight is good and my hair and skin are much healthier and bowel movements are regular. In general organic coconut oil is better for me.At my last med check up my DR asked what I had changed in my diet, I told him I started to use coconut oil !! the one you told me not to use!! He said keep at it it's doing wonders for you. As far as canola oil no way its genetically modified by nature because of the rapeseeds that it is made of! RAPESEEDS FIRST USE IS THE MAKING OF MUSTARD GAS,rape seed oil is used in machinery, the making of canola Oil, and causes many life threatning problems, animals and insects wont go near it. — Anonymous |
02/23/2012 - 6:05pm |
There is recent study indicating that coconut oil is good for curing Alzheimer's symptoms, due to its balance of the right kind of fatty acids, even though saturated fats. I would suggest more research be conducted, because it seems to make a very remarkable difference in improving the mental condition of several Alzheimer's patients. — Anonymous |
02/24/2012 - 12:04am |
There is a slight flaw with the concept of this article. Fast metabolism doesn't "burn" calories. People with a high metabolism are efficient at converting food to energy and storing it in the body, usually in the form of fat. People who are thin actually have a LOWER metabolism. They are inefficient at utilizing the energy in food, and it passes through their system, in the form of waste. It is a myth that metabolism burns calories. (where does the energy go?) If coconut oil helps lose weight, it must be for a different reason. — Anonymous |
02/24/2012 - 8:33am |
Health pros/cons aside, coconut oil is awesome to cook with! I had never even heard of it until I saw a relative using it. It adds no flavour to whatever you are cooking unlike other oils and margarine or butter! — Anonymous |
02/24/2012 - 9:18am |
Our body needs good fat...all of our cells are made of good fat. The American processed pre-packaged food and fast food style of living is the cause for obesity. If Americans made their food from scratch using coconut, olive, canola oil (and other good oils) and even butter they would not be obese to the degree they are now. If you have traveled anywhere outside of USA, you will nitice that overweight people in other countries just don't look like the overweight people in the USA. This craze of low fat and low sugar (meaning cancer causing substitutes) are bad for our body. What's the point of drinking skim or even 2% milk? To avoid fat? All the nutrients of dairy, like Vitamin D are fat soluble. So drinking to Vitamin D fortified skim milk is a big joke. There are many examples how big companies lure in consumers with their low fat low sugar labels...chances are if it has a label, you shouldn't be eating it. Learn how to cook and know what you are putting into your body! — Anonymous |
02/24/2012 - 10:09am |
I come from Goa a place on the west coast of Southern India. Using coconuts have been a long standing tradition of the people from this part of India, including daily curries, not forgetting the sweetmeats. The assortments that can be churned out of coconuts is amazing. In the good old days, people in Goa used to dry the coconut and the dried kernel was used to extract oil, the oil was used both for cooking and frying; an excellent source of energy and people used to live longer lives eating only dishes made from coconut, certainly coconut has excellent nutritional values. To-days marketing gimmicks have changed the face of Goa. — Anonymous — Anonymous |
02/24/2012 - 11:43am |
Coconut oil can give you terrible diarreha, maybe that's why you lose weight.... — Anonymous |
02/24/2012 - 12:45pm |
I am from Trinidad and grew up on coconut oil. My parents, grandparents, neighbours and in fact almost everyone in the village where I lived cooked with coconut oil. They also mixed it with some other stuff and used it to massage their bodies and as a moisturizer in their hair. They lived a long healthy life without medication and did not have many visits to the doctor. — Anonymous |
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The 4th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach on July 13, 1944, a month after the D-Day invasion (June 6, 1944) of the French Normandy coast. Within weeks, the "Breakthrough" division was sweeping across France. During the Battle of the Bulge, the unit provided badly needed support to the encircled US forces in Bastogne, Belgium. In late March 1945, the 4th crossed the Rhine River into central Germany and, by war's end, had reached the Czech border.
On April 4, 1945, the "Breakthrough" division overran Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp and the first Nazi camp liberated by US troops. Created in November 1944 near the town of Gotha, Ohrdruf supplied forced labor in the form of concentration camp prisoners for railway construction leading to a proposed communications center, which was never completed because of the rapid US advance. In late March 1945, the camp had a prisoner population of some 11,700, but in early April almost all the prisoners were evacuated on death marches to Buchenwald. The SS guards killed many of the remaining prisoners who were too ill to walk to the railway cars.
The 4th Armored Division's discovery of the Ohrdruf camp opened the eyes of many US soldiers to the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
The 4th Armored Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1985.
Casualty figures for the 4th Armored Division, European theater of operations
Total battle casualties: 6,212
Total deaths in battle: 1,366
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The commanding general of the 4th Armored Division refused to sanction an official nickname for the 4th, believing that the division's accomplishments on the battlefield made one unnecessary. "Breakthrough" was occasionally used, apparently to highlight the division's prominent role in the breakout from the Normandy beachhead and liberation of France in 1944.


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Like most health law watchers, I was surprised by the recent Supreme Court decision. I'm sure that on this issue, as with everything else, zealous responses rationalize the result and split the country down the middle.
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RESTON, VA —The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) today held its first "Industry Day" with interested parties on the Special Notice and draft Request for Proposals (RFP) documents. More than 425 representatives from federal, state, local jurisdictions, associations, and the vendor community participated in person or via webcast.
Held at FirstNet's headquarters, today's Industry Day was a key next step in FirstNet's ongoing efforts to consult with interested parties on acquisition matters regarding the development of a nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN). The event was an interactive conversation that included an overview of the Special Notice and draft RFP documents by FirstNet officials, as well as questions and feedback from participants.
"We are pleased with the attendance – both in-person and on the webcast – and the quality of our discussions," said FirstNet Acting Director TJ Kennedy. "It shows there is a great deal of interest from market participants and the public safety community in establishing the best possible network for public safety." Kennedy was joined by officials from FirstNet's acquisition, finance, technical, and state plans teams in delivering presentations and addressing participants' questions.
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Motown Records is the focus of the Grammy Museum's first Architect of Sound awards
Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and R&B icon Smokey Robinson will be honored with the first Architects of Sound awards, bestowed by the Grammy Museum at its inaugural benefit gala Monday. Music veteran Randy Jackson will serve as host, and the ceremony will close with a concert featuring Boyz II Men and Kelly Rowland.
In recognition of their contributions to Motown, Gordy will receive the Architect of Sound: Vision Award and Robinson will receive the Architect of Sound: Artist Award. The awards, selected by the museum and its board of directors, honor members of the music industry who have been instrumental in shaping America's musical legacy and the sound of a specific genre.
Gordy's hit-making Detroit label paved the career paths for Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5, among many others. Also a songwriter, boxer, producer, director, entrepreneur, teacher and visionary, Gordy was active in the civil rights movement and released the recorded speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Robinson, dubbed America's "greatest living poet" by Bob Dylan, rose to fame in the 1960s making hits with the Miracles. He became vice president at Motown, serving as house producer, talent scout and songwriter, penning and producing hits for The Temptations, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye and others.
The contributions of Gordy and Robinson to Motown "have truly changed the landscape of American music," museum executive director Bob Santelli said in a statement. "We are grateful to these extraordinary industry leaders who will be helping us celebrate not only our first gala, but also our upcoming five-year anniversary of the Grammy Museum."
Proceeds from the event at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles will support the museum, an interactive and educational facility designed to engage children and adults in the power of music through exhibits, special programs, performances and more.
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Kane and Reigns go at it now. Reigns with a clothesline and another. Reigns with a big right hand but Kane fires right back. Kane takes a Superman punch and goes down. Reigns runs around the ring and nails the dropkick on Cena. He runs around again and nails one on Orton at the announce table. Reigns runs around the rest of the ring and dropkicks Kane. Reigns yells and turns around to spear Orton through the barrier. Fans chant "holy s--t" as we go to replays of that sequence. Fans chant "this is awesome" as Reigns comes back in with Kane. Reigns goes for a spear but Kane grabs him for a chokeslam. Reigns powers out and nails a spear but Cena breaks the pin right before the 3 count. Cena covers Kane but Reigns breaks it at 2. Cena tosses Reigns out to the floor. Cena nails an AA on Kane but Reigns runs back in and barely saves it. Reigns with a 2 count on Kane as Cena breaks it. Cena and Reigns trade shots now. Cena hits an AA on Reigns but Kane stops the pin.
Kane hits a big chokeslam on Cena and one on Reigns. Kane covers Reigns for a 2 count. Kane calls for a Tombstone and scoops Reign but Reigns slides out. Reigns nails a spear for a 2 count as Orton breaks it up. Orton with a RKO on Reigns. Cena AA's Orton on top of Kane and covers Kane for the win.
Winner: John Cena
- After the match, Cena celebrates as Reigns recovers on the outside and looks on. Cena poses with his title belts and stares back at Reigns. We go to replays. Cena poses with the titles by the entrance and salutes as Battleground goes off the air.
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