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Blue Angels team visits hospital, two county schools
By Kenneth Fine and Phyllis Moore
Published in News on April 24, 2009 1:46 PM
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Caroline Bryan, 5, gets an autographed poster from Blue Angels flight surgeon Lt. Johannah Valentine during a visit to Wayne Memorial Hospital Friday morning.
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U.S. Navy Blue Angel Lt. Mark Swinger tells seventh-grade students at Greenwood Middle School about the hard work it took for him to become a Blue Angel.
Caroline Bryan's eyes lit up as she approached the three sailors standing inside the Wayne Memorial Hospital auditorium this morning.
And she smiled when one of them, Lt. Frank Weisser, asked for her name.
The 5-year-old might not quite know what an autograph is -- or the meaning of "G-force," a term she heard several times during Weisser's lecture.
But none of that seemed to matter as she watched, in anticipation, as he and other members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels made their marks on a glossy picture of six F/A-18 Super Hornets flying in formation.
The Blue Angels spent their last morning before performances at this weekend's Wings Over Wayne air show out of the skies -- focused on an "equally important mission."
Some were with Weisser in that hospital auditorium.
Others, like Lt. Mark Swinger, were at Greenwood Middle School.
The purpose of both visits was the same -- to get some face time with those who will likely be among the crowd during their performances, to share the team's history, and, potentially, to spark some young boy or girl's interest in a military career.
Swinger told students at Greenwood about all the Navy flight demonstration team does, but beyond the 10-minute video and questions from the audience, his mission was very specific -- to emphasize the importance of learning, teamwork and dedication.
"All this stuff you guys are doing now really matters," he told the seventh-graders.
Groans rose up from those around him.
"I know, I know, I didn't think that either when I was in seventh grade," he said.
In fact, growing up in Virginia, he had no idea he would enter the career field that now takes him around the globe performing daring feats and visiting hospitals and schools.
So he felt obliged to give the students the information he didn't get until much later in his life.
Being a Blue Angel, he told them, is not just about mastering the art of flying a fighter jet.
It's also about teamwork and trust, he said, a message Weisser echoed at Wayne Memorial.
"If you're not working together as a team, this doesn't happen," Swinger said.
Nate Stewart, a member of the team's maintenance crew, agreed.
"Without teamwork and without trust we could not do that job," he told those gathered at Greenwood. "If one man messes up just a little bit, every man around him is going to suffer the consequences -- not only in the Blue Angels but on the fleet."
And how does that all apply to seventh grade? Singer asked.
"The stuff you do in seventh grade, all the classes that you take get you to eighth grade and then to college," he said. "Everything you do, you have to work for."
Beyond the festivities this weekend at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, the men said they value the opportunity to interact with students and to discuss the benefits of military service, explaining the opportunities available in the Navy and Marine Corps.
The questions at Greenwood ranged from the size of the planes to whether the uniform was hot and how Swinger kept his shoes so shiny.
But several also wanted to know more about job and how much it paid -- about $2,200 to $5,000 a month.
"I was expecting that question," Swinger said. "I figured that would be the second question we'd get asked."
Meanwhile, hospital staff were asking about potential health risks associated with pulling Gs, whether or not pilots followed a particular diet and other medical questions.
In response to one woman, who asked what kind of food the pilots were encouraged to eat, Flight Surgeon Lt. Johannah Valentine quipped, "This is not the time to go on a low-carb diet."
As both the lectures ended, both Greenwood and Wayne Memorial were presented with a laminated photo of the Blue Angels in formation for their respective facilities.
Several Greenwood students commented that they were impressed with the presentation.
Katie Mooney, whose father is in the military, said she learned a few things.
"I didn't realize it was such a small space inside (the plane)," she said, "and that they can fly like two feet apart and not crash."
Elisa Fleming also appreciated the information and that the men took questions from the students.
"I think I will take away (the message). It will follow me through high school and encourage me to go to college," she said.
For Quaviis Holloman, a career in the military might be a possibility.
"It was something new because my family, they're not in the military. I liked the presentation. I like how much they make. I might want to join."
Marquis Colebrook is part of a military family -- his father is retired and mom is in the reserves.
"I liked it," he said. "I have been to the air show a lot, but I haven't learned as much about it as I did today."
Jonathan Otana also thought it was "pretty cool."
"I just learned some stuff that I didn't think they actually do," he said. "I didn't think they put that much work into it."
And then there was Caroline, that 5-year-old at Wayne Memorial who walked away with a smile -- and a memory to hold onto -- until her next encounter with the Blue Angels.
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Adopting Skepticism Towards Social Media
Prior to the massive emergence of the social media, the task of preparation and edition of news used to be performed by the members of press, whom we believed to be well-educated on the matter. Thus, I think, we can believe that a certain code ethic of journalism must have already been established on the basis of the experiences of doyen journalists. I must remark, nonetheless, that I have never witnessed that an event, in which I or my friends or family have been somehow involved, being covered by the press on the basis of its facts and such facts only.Continue reading
In Pursuit of a Guru
It was 20 years ago; I had just graduated from university. After a short-winded software developing adventure with a friend of mine, I decided to do my military service upon the insistence of my uncle. However, I had to travel first. Under the influence of the many parapsychology books I read during my university years, my interest in India and the Nepal region had increased greatly. After reading the Lonely Planet book on Nepal which was given to me by a traveler friend in those days, I started to believe that I could take a trip to the Far East on my own. At the end of September 1996, I started my journey to the capital of India, New Delhi with a one-way ticket, a backpack, a sleeping bag and my trusty old camera.
I arrived at the airport in New Delhi at 03:00 am. I did not know what to do next or where to stay. I arranged a place to stay for the night through the information desk at the airport. I took a taxi. When we stopped on a deserted street, the taxi driver pointed to the inside of a dark building. I do not think I was able to sleep at the hostel that night. But I hit the streets early in the morning. The owner of one of the canny travel agencies noticed my weird, anxious and searching eyes and took me inside his tiny shop. My travel route was determined within an hour. Agra, Varanasi, Jaipur, Kathmandu and Delhi. Train and flight tickets were prepared. A car and driver were arranged for. I was sure I was overcharged for all these, but I still paid much less than I would have in Europe.
We hit the road posthaste. A short, thin and weak man stopped in front of the shop half an hour later with his tiny Indian Tata car and said let's go. I remember I did not have any impact on how things turned out from this part on during my trip. I spent the first few hours of our journey trying to figure out whether cars traveled on the right side of the road or the left side in India.
When we arrived at the town we were to stay at, the driver would take me to a nice restaurant, he would eat outside at a separate table. Although I invited him over several times, I understood that he wanted to be with his friends at the restaurant rather than chatting with me and I did not insist. I still remember the delicious taste of the amazing vegetarian dishes with curry sauce. Each dish was served with buttered bread fresh out of the oven. I never went hungry in India. Chicken meals between the 35th and 46th pages of the thick book they handed me, the menu that is, were my favorites.
One of my main reasons for coming to India was my curiosity towards the Indian culture. After all the books I read about Hinduism and Buddhism, maybe I could meet a guru in an ashram and he would change my life with just one sentence. What a dream! When I shared these thought with my driver, he promised to stop at several ashrams on the way and introduce me to the people there. Nevertheless, he also warned me that I would be disappointed.
Was that the magic word that would enlighten me?
We stopped at one of them; the first word that the bearded man who welcomed me was "Money". "Is that all?" I said to myself. I came over from the other side of the world, entered an ashram in a remote corner of India and the guy said "money" as soon as he saw me. Was that the magic word that would enlighten me? When we were back on the road, my driver smiled at me with an expression on his face like he wanted to say 'I warned you'. A few days later, he pulled over while we were going on an asphalt but narrow and dusty road; he turned to me and said now I'm going to introduce you to a real guru. My expectation was of course a man with a huge beard in a majestic building. But instead, there was a poor skinny man in front of me, wearing only a piece of cloth in place of underpants, living in a tiny, boxy and dark hut. Of course, he had a beard but it was obvious that he did not grow it so that people listen to his words. A few of his followers, who were as frail and naked as him, were meditating around the sides of the road. When I went over to him, at first he hugged me and then served me some kind of food made of bird eggs which was the only thing he had at that moment. I took so as not to offend him and ate it for the same reason. While I was expecting him to ask for money, he just smiled. I learned that they were feeding on the grass growing by the roadside and meditating throughout the day. Except for the piece of cloth they wore instead of underpants, the only thing these people owned was their own self. They did not have identity cards. In other words, there was no difference between their existence and absence for the rest of the world.
We were not able to communicate verbally that day, but after that meeting I learned to ask this question: "What do we actually have?" and that I don't need magical words to learn.
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Devices that make our lives easier, eventually tend to get smaller and smarter. The limits of the sizes of devices will be determined by human ergonomics for some devices, and others will be in atomic dimensions thanks to nanotechnology. In the future, many devices, also commonly used in healthcare, will enter our daily lives as well as our houses; just like the sphygmomanometer.Continue reading
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We can see that nature doesn't have a concern about forming everything symmetrically, when we look at a scenery, trees or clouds. Nevertheless, there must be a benefit in having a symmetrical appearance for some living beings, because this feature evolved and preserved itself for millions of years from the past to the present.Continue reading
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On the last days of engineering school, a teacher I liked said, "Even if you develop the world's most useful software, you aren't considered successful if you fail to market it.". Even though we didn't fully understand the meaning of this at that time, as each year passed, my experiences kept hitting me in the face with facts. What was it that they didn't teach us at engineering school?
They teach the students in an engineering faculty how to approach and analyse problems like an engineer. Analytical thinking skills are one of the essentials when it comes to being successful in our education. But us engineers make a habit of using these skills in our everyday lives and creating an analytic world around us, or imaging the whole world is like so.Continue reading
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I recently bought a DVD set of the Woody Allen's movies I hadn't watched, which I saw at a shopping center, with great joy. I can say that Woody Allen has become a member of our family for the last week.
The movies we watched are:
- Deconstructing Harry
- Celebrity
- Sweet and Lowdown
- Anything Else
- Everyone says "I love you"
- Mighty Aphrodite
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
- Small Time Crooks
- Hollywood Ending
After watching so many movies, my engineer brain couldn't stand without creating an algorithm for the Woody Allen movies.
- The main topic of the movies is relationships between men and women. So, love, marriage, desires, dreams, infidelity, separation, etc.
- The movies mostly take place in New York. Because he's a New Yorker. Alternative locations are Paris, Rome, Venice.
- He also plays in most of his own movies. In fact, saying that he plays himself in his own movies is more accurate. He probably doesn't stick to the text in the script during his parts either. He could even be improvising. Woody Allen, describes himself as an atheist although he's from a Jewish family. But he doesn't neglect to make a small reminder of the genocide in almost every movie. The characters he plays in his movies are mostly socially handicapped, over intelligent or naive, extremely chatty, obsessive, characters who make fun of their appearance, romantic or characters who can't control their emotions.
- The subject is told using a humorous language. The backbone of the scenario is based on the following logic: Unexpected events occur in the main character's life. These incidents bring good results with them in an unexpected way, when normally they are supposed to result badly. We can sum it up as situations starting with foolish behavior, somehow concluding with small happiness.
- Characters we often encounter in the movies are: psychiatrists that are of no use, stupid prostitutes, normative Jews, unsuccessful artists and himself with his overly obsessed personality.
- At the end of the movies, you end up with a feeling "how much fun our silly lives actually are" inside.

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Reporting from Milwaukee — Just when the Dodgers thought they might get an early jump on the Brewers, Milwaukee killed the Dodgers' rally by turning a triple play in the second inning Monday night.
Matt Kemp led off the inning with a walk and moved to second base when Juan Rivera singled. James Loney then hit a grounder up the middle that was grabbed by Brewers second baseman Josh Wilson.
Wilson then made a nice backhanded flip of the ball — with his gloved hand — to shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt to force Rivera, and Betancourt threw to first baseman Prince Fielder to get Loney.
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A look at four keys for the Bears to beat the Detroit Lions.
1. Stop the run. Stop the run. Stop the run.
Remember what happened last time the Bears played the Lions? The Bears run defense made Reggie Bush look like an All Pro running back. … He's not. The Bears need to tackle a lot better than they did in that Week 4 loss to the Lions. They need to tackle better than they have for most of the year. And it's not just tackling, either, that's been a problem for the Bears. Several times against the Packers, the Bears were filling the wrong gaps and leaving gaping holes for Eddie Lacy to run through. If the Bears can stop the run even marginally better than they did against the Lions previously, they will have increased their chances of winning by leaps and bounds.
2. Take care of the football
The other big problem the Bears faced when they played the Lions earlier this season was that they were careless with the football, specifically Jay Cutler. Cutler has had a great season. Aside from his incomplete Redskins game, when he left the game due to injury before halftime, Cutler's only bad game was against the Lions. He turned the ball over four times, sometimes on really poorly thrown balls. One of Cutler's interceptions that game truly turned the tide of the game in the second quarter. The Bears had their chances to come back, though. I don't believe in one play early in a game affecting the whole outcome of a game, but that second quarter interception down the sideline to Brandon Marshall killed the Bears that quarter. We don't know yet if Cutler will play this week or if Josh McCown will take the snaps again. But either way, the Bears have to take care of the ball.
3. Sustain long drives
The Bears laid the groundwork Monday night for how to beat teams the rest of this season while trying to compensate for their struggling defense. No, I'm not talking about injuring each team's starting quarterback, although that was the biggest factor in the Bears' victory over the Packers. I'm referring to the long drives the Bears sustained to chew up the clock and keep the ball in their hands. The most impressive drive of the game was the final one, a drive that was 18 plays long spanning 80 yards and almost nine minutes of game clock. That is the kind of drive that wears down a defense, particularly the big fatties in the middle of the defensive line. The Bears have that opportunity against the Lions, whose "big fatties" include Ndamukong Suh, the dirtiest player in the game. The Bears can wear down the Lions defense quickly if they come out early in the game and keep them on the field for long periods of time.
4. Get off the field on third downs
What we saw Monday night against the Packers was a Bears defense that did a much better job getting off the field on third down, something that has been a problem for them for much of the year. Again, it was against Seneca Wallace so we have to be careful about jumping too quickly to a conclusion, but it really helps a defense keep fresh throughout the game — and gain confidence — to tighten the clamps and get off the field on third down. If the Bears can force the Lions into third-and-long situations, they have a much greater chance of knocking off their divisional foes.


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Author Notes: Originally created at the Detroit athletic club in the 1920s, a Last Word, equal parts gin, lime, maraschino liqueur, and chartreuse, is perfectly suited for rotgut bathtub gin, which is almost certainly what was used in the original cocktail. Bold, spicy, vegetal and tart, the Last Word has become a favorite amongst cocktail enthusiasts and is appropriately named for both its relatively high alcohol content and the intensity of its flavor. This cocktail is a closer. —Erik Lombardo
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The Knicks may not need more from J.R. Smith in tomorrow's Game 5, but they almost certainly need better.
As the sixth man, Smith has emerged as one of the Knicks' most relied-upon players. Smith has taken the second-most shots of any Knick in the playoff series against the Heat, trailing only Carmelo Anthony, and in Game 4, Smith played the second-most minutes after Anthony.
Smith, though, is coming off two horrible games. He shot a combined 8-for-33 from the field at the Garden, going 5-for-18 in the Game 3 loss and bottoming out at 3-for-15 in Sunday's Game 4 victory. He went 1-for-13 from 3-point range in the two games.
Smith was one of the Knicks' best players in Games 1-2, averaging 15 points and sinking 13 of 28 shots. He said his confidence is unshaken despite his Game 4 misery, but admitted his shooting stroke is totally off.
"It's terrible right now. I'm shooting terrible from the field. I can't make a bucket," he said. "I've got to stay in the gym and keep getting shots."
Smith may not have to shoulder as much of the scoring load if a re-born Amar'e Stoudemire, who exploded for 20 points in Game 4 after missing Game 3 because of a left hand injury, posts another big game and Jeremy Lin is re-activated following his rehab from knee surgery.
But Lin remains questionable and starting point guard Baron Davis is done for the season because of a devastating right knee injury, so Smith might be counted on to orchestrate the Knicks' attack at times tomorrow night in Miami. Interim coach Mike Woodson said on a conference call yesterday "there's a possibility" of employing a big lineup that features either Smith or Anthony playing point guard.
"It's something I thought about doing [in Game 4]," Woodson said.
The 26-year-old Smith may be playing for his next contract. He has a player option for next season, though he is likely to decline it and enter free agency. Another horrible shooting performance won't help.
"It's a matter of me catching the ball in the right spots," Smith said. "Sometimes my hands are too close together. Sometimes they are too far apart. It's a matter of catching it right and letting it go."


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British boyband One Direction helped raise $80,000 for charity on Saturday (21Jul12) by serving as flight attendants for a group of lucky fans.
The What Makes You Beautiful hitmakers welcomed specially-selected passengers aboard the British Airways jet for the journey from London to Manchester, north-west England in aid of Flying Start, the airline's charity partnership with Comic Relief.
The five stars donned special T-shirts to promote the cause and were on hand for the duration of the flight to help out their fans, as well as posing for pictures and signing autographs.
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Rangers have confirmed striker Kyle Lafferty has been suspended for two weeks amid reports of a dispute with manager Ally McCoist.
The club would not expand on the reasons for the punishment but reports claimed he had failed to report for Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash against Hearts, which Rangers won 3-0, after being troubled by a hernia problem.
The Northern Ireland international came off the bench in the previous game, a 3-1 win over St Mirren two weeks previously.
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AMHERST, Mass.—The Amherst College Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Bruce Diehl, will perform their winter concert Friday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. in Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music Center at Amherst College.
In addition to holiday tunes by Stan Kenton and jazz favorites by artists including Woody Herman and Les Hooper, the performance will feature the works of Amherst College professor and composer, Eric Sawyer, and Jeff Holmes, composer, conductor, professor and director of UMass's African-American Music and Jazz Studies program.
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The output in 2001 was an average of 104 new ebooks per month.
Project Gutenberg reached 5,000 ebooks in April 2002. EBook #5000 was The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, an English version of Leonardo's early 16th-century writings in Italian. Since its release, this ebook has constantly stayed in the Top 100 of downloaded ebooks.
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A 47-year-old Chicago woman traveling to a family reunion in Atlanta with her boyfriend was killed in a vehicle crash near Nashville Friday night, Tennessee authorities said today.
Killed was Noel J. Gaston, who was riding in a Dodge Ram pickup that struck the rear of a disabled semi-trailer truck pulled over along Interstate 24 near Murfreesboro, Tenn., at around 10 p.m. Friday.
Gaston's boyfriend, Paul Hypolite, 41, also of Chicago, was driving the Dodge and was taken to Middle Tennessee Medical Center for treatment for minor injuries, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Morgan.


text: Ray White has been active in the Asian market for nearly 20 years. We have over 130 offices in the region. During 2012, we sold over $1bn of Asian property, as well as sold Australian and New Zealand property to Asian buyers such as the sale of Versace Hotel on the Gold Coast for $68.5m. In 2013, we were ranked as the leading real estate brand in Indonesia reflecting our leadership in that significant market. We are also active in Dubai, Lebanon, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.


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How many mutants from the world of X-Men can you recognise?
X-Men: Days of Future Past is currently pulling in the punters and making a considerable chunk of money at the world box-office. Long time X-Men fans are being rewarded for their patience with some of the clunkier entries in the franchise with a multi-universe, time travelling epic. Director Bryan Singer (who last went behind the X-Men cameras in 2003's X2) returns, bringing together the original cast and Matthew Vaughn's brand new First Class ensemble for the type of blockbuster fans have been screaming out for.
Related: X-Men: Days Of Future Past after-credit scene explained
However, with an impressive cast including Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and every other actor in Hollywood, there are so many mutants in the movie that it can be hard to keep track of who's who. Here at Hypable, we've always been obsessive about the smaller details — and we know many of our readers are as well. So, to separate the Toads from the Charles Xaviers, we've created a quiz.
All you have to do is identify the mutants, the actors who play them, or their family ties in the following ten questions, and you'll be assigned one of five ranks which you can show off to your friends. If you're still looking for some X-Men fun when you're finished, check out a list of easter eggs we found in Days of Future Past.
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ralph Dau said the case brought by the state Attorney General's office was legislative in nature and should not be decided in the courts.
Among the eight defendants are former city administrator Robert Rizzo and former assistant city administrator Angela Spaccia. Rizzo is charged with more than 50 counts for orchestrating a scam that nearly bankrupted the working-class suburb.
In March, the judge heard defense motions to dismiss the case and issued a tentative ruling granting the request. He then took the case under submission and finalized the ruling on Monday.
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OK, but why?
Friday, Cleveland catcher Kelly Shoppach hit one toward the gap in left-center. But because he jogged out of the batter's box, he was thrown out at second. On Ch. 9, Michael Kay immediately made that point. He was then fully supported by tape. Good stuff.
Saturday on Fox, Johnny Damon, against Cleveland, did the opposite of Shoppach. He easily made second because he ran hard on contact. Also supported by footage, Tim McCarver noted that Damon ran from the start: "That's where doubles and triples are created." Good stuff, again.
But here's the problem: What Kay and McCarver told us and what their networks clearly showed us we know.
What we don't know is why so many major league players don't hustle. Or don't care.
When did running to first base become an option? Why does it persist as an option? That's the part that needs explaining. Why wear spikes?
In Cleveland's case, Eric Wedge, as the Indians' rookie manager in 2004, essentially fired Milton Bradley in spring training after Bradley didn't run out a fly that wasn't caught. Wedge told Bradley to go away and stay there. You'd think that such a message would never need repeating, not to big leaguers.
It was 1-0, Rangers, Friday, Game 1 of their Stanley Cup second-rounder with Pittsburgh. Play was on when VERSUS, the NHL's cable network – and an extra-cost channel, no less – threw up a graphic that covered the lower third of the ice.
The graphic was a come-on for Verizon something or other NHL podcasts or tadpoles or peapods.
It stayed up 15 seconds and was packed with logos and words.
You couldn't see through it or around it. You couldn't watch the two-thirds of the action that VS. allowed if you read the graphic. And there was barely time to read the entire graphic even if you were inclined to try. All common sense was lost to this graphic.
Once again the promise that TV once fulfilled – providing viewers the best seat in the house – had been swapped for mindless excess.
Yesterday, throughout Game 2 of Rangers-Pens, NBC indiscriminately posted both teams' shots-on-goals followed by both teams' "chances."
Thus, when the Pens had out-shot the Rangers, seven to four, NBC determined that the Pens had four chances to the Rangers' one. But according to whom?
Any shot on goal is a chance – heck, Friday's game was determined by deflections – so why bother stealing attention from live play for no good reason?
Jorge Posada, Saturday, tied the game with a two-out, two-strike, three-run pinch-hit triple. An inning later, Posada, catching despite a bad throwing shoulder, threw out Grady Sizemore trying to steal second, the first time Sizemore was caught in eight tries. And all I could hear was Chris Russo, a couple of years ago, dismiss Posada as an unworthy All-Star, just someone chosen because the AL has to have a catcher.
Fox has signed ex-Ravens coach Brian Billick as an NFL game analyst. . . . How would Fox apply its "Burger King Hot Zone" box to, say, Yogi Berra, who commonly lined base hits off pitches out of the strike zone?
First the media, broadcast and print, do their best/worst to whip rivalries into holy wars.
Then, after Jose Reyes gets kneed in the head in Philly and the fans cheer, the media makes shame-shame; what has the world come to?
Lookalikes: Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano and New York Gov. David Paterson. . . . Derek Jeter's new Ford TV commercial presents him as a hero worshipped by a kid. Funny, a previous Ford commercial showed Jeter and Your-Ad-Here social activist Spike Lee flooring Mustangs on NYC streets.
Joe Buck and McCarver, Saturday, got into how Alex Rodriguez has had one miserable postseason after another. "Three poor performances in a row," said McCarver. "And it hasn't been a situation where he hasn't had the opportunities, because he has."
Sure, Rodriguez is now easily viewed as a three-straight postseason washout. Yet . . . In the Yanks' 2005 five-game ALDS loss to the Angels, Rodriguez came to bat 23 times. OK, he had only two hits but he walked six times and twice was hit by pitches, an on base percentage of .435.


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An undular bore is a type of gravity wave in which a frontal boundary pushes into and gently lifts a shallow, stable layer of air at the surface. As gravity pulls the layer back down, it causes smooth rolling waves. The effect is similar to that of water rippling from a pebble dropped in a pond. According to the author of the study, Phil Lutzak, by analyzing six specific parameters, his forecasting method can predict the time and location of an undular bore, and also anticipate its strength, forward speed, and horizontal wavelength. Undular bores can cause rapid, 180-degree shifts in vertical winds of more than 35 knots, and if the bore plows into a very moist environment, it can induce severe thunderstorms. Using standard operational forecasting methods to analyze wind profiles, atmospheric density, and moisture, Lutzak's forecasting tool can help pilots avoid the dangerous conditions caused by undular bores.
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Spike Lee Tunes Up His Flux Capacitor
Plus: J.J. Abrams to make movie about a house and Hollywood may finally have the perfect starring vehicle for McLovin.
Lee Goes Back in Time: Spike Lee will direct and co-write Time Traveler, the memoirs of Ronald Mallett, one of the first black theoretical physicists, who just happened to be obsessed with building a time machine. Could this project be part of Lee's elaborate plan to get back at Clint Eastwood by going back in time and killing his great-grandfather? [Variety]
Abrams Goes House Hunting: J.J. Abrams will reteam with Paramount to adapt Penelope Green's New York Times article about a Fifth Avenue home whose owners discover secret panels and clues that lead the family on a scavenger hunt. Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky (Monsters vs. Aliens) will pen the script, basically a Manhattan version of National Treasure except the treasure is realizing your dad runs a private-equity firm. [Variety]
Last Call for Josephson: Oni Press continues its Hollywood blitzkrieg as Universal options The Last Call for Barry Josephson to produce. Graphic novel, written and illustrated by Vasilis Lolos, follows two teens who get hit by a train — an "interdimensional soul carrier" — and must solve a mystery to return home. After watching this video, though, we don't think getting hit by a soul train would be all that bad. [Variety]
Sopranos in Mourning: Lorraine Bracco and Jamie-Lynn Sigler will appear together in Son of Mourning, a mistaken-identity indie comedy with Heather Graham. The announcement marks what The Hollywood Reporter calls another "Sopranos mini-reunion," because apparently there's nothing else worth mentioning about these two. For the record, Ms. Bracco, we loved you in Riding in Cars with Boys. [HR]
Karem Debates the Merits of Hollywood: Stephen Karem's Off Broadway play, Speech & Debate, will get the big-screen treatment from Overture and Jason Blum's Blumhouse. Karem's hilarious and smart play focuses on a high-school drama queen who rounds up misfits to join the newfound speech and debate club. Could we have at last found a starring vehicle for Christopher Mintz-Plasse? [HR]


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ALBANY — Bring it on!
Momentum is growing to legalize professional mixed martial arts in New York.
Nearly half the state Assembly has signed on to a bill that would sanction and regulate the sport.
The growing support comes after red-faced Assembly members learned in The Post that one of their own staffers mixed it up in an amateur MMA bout just blocks from the Capitol.
The bill now has 64 backers, the most it's ever had, in the 150-member Assembly, proponents noted yesterday.
"It's a recognition of the fact there are a growing number of members in favor of regulating it and bringing it to New York," said the bill's sponsor, Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle (D-Rochester).
He said Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) promised to bring the bill before the 106-member Democratic conference before the end of the legislative session in June to "see if there's a consensus."
But with just 49 Democrats backing the bill right now, Morelle cautioned, "We don't have a majority of members in our conference."
The Post reported last week that 334-pound Assembly aide Joe Brady got into the cage at Albany's Washington Avenue armory for a legal amateur MMA match as his bosses hemmed and hawed on the bill
The measure, which would make New York the 49th state to legalize professional MMA, has passed the Senate each of the last four years.
Gov. Cuomo has said he'd be open to legalizing the sport if it could be shown to create economic activity and generate revenue.
"We know that MMA will help bring jobs, revenues and economic development to New York and will allow our fans to see the fastest-growing sport in the nation in arenas close to their homes," Ultimate Fighting Championship Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta said yesterday. "More New Yorkers view UFC events on pay-per-view than residents of any other state."
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Today Tonight – Altiyan Childs Seriously How Old Is He?
OK I have now watched the Today Tonight interview, and first I have to say my readers are smarter than the average bear.
Brain Dead Dave for months has been predicting for months that Altiyan would be back driving forklifts sometimes soon and it looks like that will be true.
Culinary Boner also said Steve Gold and the Altourage had model themselves on the show Entourage and Ari Gold and he was right.
I am starting think our Charles Manson cult theory is right – did you see the tattoo of the number nine on Altiyan's neck.
Here are a few thoughts on the interview:
- What is Altiyan's mental age? He is 36 (similar age to me) and his thought processes are like a 12 year old. Brain Dead Dave (regular commenter for new readers) alluded to the similarities to Michael Jackson in jest, but Altiyan has this Peter Pan complex, a boy who won't grow up. He just seems very simple.
- The 15 year olds body language screamed get me out of here. In fact she didn't look comfortable at all having him touch her. I think it is her mother who is wanting to shag him, she was all over him. Also disturbing she made him executor to her will after only knowing him for two months.
- The 19 year old girlfriend, Nikki Kingston looked like she was propping him up. I now suspect Altiyan is incapable of having a relationship with anyone with a higher mental age of 20.
- The gist of the story was Steve Gold has ripped off Altiyan's winnings. I kind of feel sorry for him, but he is 36, so should have been a bit savvier in getting proof of his financial status.
- There were no questions regarding whether he knew about the illegal substances, but there were lots of tears.
- His father was in the story, but thankfully they did not interview him, if any of his Facebook rantings are anything to go by,
- And finally Altiyan who is broke again got taken for a ride, by not being paid for the interview.
Oh and Altiyan just because you are misunderstood does not make you an artist.
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- 1 scruffnkelsmum { 04.11.11 at 8:44 pm }
well said McDuff…. :):)
- 2 davsimp { 04.11.11 at 9:01 pm }
Well it finally aired here in WA (wait awhile) and yes RR if he WAS done over by that Yankitoff dude then I too feel sympathy for him.
The 15 year old looked like a deer caught in the head lights whilst her Ma looked like she was ready to tear the rags off the poor wretch. And we know he is poor, because he told us. As for the 19 year old, she seemed to be almost cringing in parts.
Altiyan missed a golden opporuinity to put his P.O.V. across, opting instead for wild hand gestures and chewbacca the wookie noises. (Will not repeat what my buddie had to say during the whole interview/fiasco)
Anyway, I'm feeling majorly ripped off here, I am sure I was promised footage of yankitoff fleeing out of the window in his undies. Anyone know what colour they were?
- 3 brain dead dave { 04.11.11 at 9:13 pm }
Yeah,it definitely looked like the mother was up for it,too. It was like an episode of Jerry Springer "Hillbilly Love Triangles"
Thanks for the mention,RR.
- 5 suziwong66 { 04.11.11 at 9:36 pm }
Dear Brain Dead Dave,
RE: "It was like an episode of Jerry Springer "Hillbilly Love Triangles""
I'm going to try very hard not to be creepy Altiyan style, but i think i love you LMAO
- 6 brain dead dave { 04.11.11 at 9:37 pm }
Would Altiyan even be aware that before he would even see a cent from the album,the cost of recording and promoting it is taken out? Since he's composed none of the material he won't get a songwriting royalty. That'll go to U2,Bon Jovi etc..the poor buggers whose work he's exhumed and violated.
Then there's the cost of producing a film clip.Wes Carr's clip cost $20,000 a couple of years ago and that had to be shot twice.
- 7 brain dead dave { 04.11.11 at 9:47 pm }
Thank you suziwong 66, very kind of you.
- 8 Paul { 04.11.11 at 9:51 pm }
All I can say is thank god I never watched this shite.
- 9 joan { 04.11.11 at 10:15 pm }
This just popped up on the Culturage facebook page so did Sony flick him already?
Kerrie Hadfield
Any investors around wanting to help sink some money into a VERY worthwhile venture – what about a group effort to fund Alts album?
- 10 davsimp { 04.11.11 at 10:16 pm }
suziwong, join the queue sister, we all love BDD. I have had food come out of my nose whilst reading his posts.
- 12 jord { 04.11.11 at 11:02 pm }
Did he actually say that he had lice or did i mishear him?
- 13 joan { 04.11.11 at 11:16 pm }
Jord yes he said he had lice because he loves his fans to much, oh dear the cultirage have lice
- 16 joan { 04.11.11 at 11:25 pm }
RR scary thought!!
- 17 Kaylen { 04.11.11 at 11:27 pm }
RR – eeewwwwwwwwwww. Thoughts about Altiyan have entered my head that were never supposed to be there! eeewwwwwww.
It was probably the former, though. His fans don't seem very clean (or sane). 😉
In re: to the interview. Felt uncomfortable throughout; it's like he isn't totally there. Surely he can't be that naive? Or that creepy?
I felt really uncomfortable when he interacted with the 15 year old. I half expected him to do something illegal.
I think the 15 year old was fearing that, also, by the look on her face!
Man. How sad. Props to the 19 year old for taking him for a ride, though! Take advantage of him while he's still got some fame left, girlfriend! 😉
Wonder how long before his fans start returning here, demanding their apology they said we would owe them after this aired?
hahaha. Yeah right!
- 18 brain dead dave { 04.11.11 at 11:46 pm }
As far as I know, head lice prefer clean hair meaning Altiyan should be relatively safe. Surely he's not that broke he can't buy some cheap hair conditioner or pinch some from a motel.
Crabs will happily set up house in eyebrows ,however and hasn't he got a bushy pair of them?
- 19 raiden { 04.12.11 at 1:34 am }
Of course Elle did not want to be there, the bullshit pedophilia accusations are not new and she has been dealing with it for months. They are genuinely friends though, she calls him Uncle Alty.
Altiyan's number 9 tattoo has been there since 2004 so I do not know what you are on about there…
Altiyan was naive and people close to him have lamented his lack of street smarts but it does not make him any of the horrible things he has been accused of ever since X-Factor started.
Apart from the money that Altiyan lost, personal details of many fans were obtained through a scam fan club advertised on the Altourage Crew Facebook account (now deleted).
And for the record, Facebook is not an accurate representation of Altiyan's fan base; I often speak to fans who resent being associated with that mob that seems to think the man is God Himself.
- 20 Culinary Boner { 04.12.11 at 9:30 am }
He surely meant crabs not lice. Frank Zappa covered this very topic in his cautionary tale about the perils of living in 'band' houses on the very aptly named "We're Only In It For The Money":-
Every town must have a place
Where phony hippies meet
Psychedelic dungeons
Popping up on every street
First I'll buy some beads
And then perhaps a leather band
To go around my head
Some feathers and bells
And a book of Indian lore
I will ask the Chamber Of Commerce
How to get to Haight Street
And smoke an awful lot of dope
I will wander around barefoot
I will have a psychedelic gleam in my eye at all times
I will love everyone
I will love the police as they kick the shit out of me on the street
I will sleep . . .
I will, I will go to a house
That's, that's what I will do
I will go to a house
Where there's a rock & roll band
'Cause the groups all live together
And I will join a rock & roll band
I will be their road manager
And I will stay there with them
And I will get the crabs
But I won't care
Because . . .
- 21 davsimp { 04.12.11 at 10:25 am }
Here is the link for those who missed it.
"Yes Australia I have lice because I love my fans just a little too much" I mean WTF?? I won't be able to read their facebook cult page now without scratching my head.
- 22 brain dead dave { 04.12.11 at 10:43 am }
He admitted on national TV that he's a lousy performer.
I'm lovin' how Culty Kezza's got on to the front foot and floating the idea of the Cultourage coughing up to fund the doomed album of originals. Not like a cult at all to ask members to bankroll the fantasies of the leader.
Spot on Boner. I've got that album.
Then you've got Deep Purple's "A200",inspired by a the name of a product used to treat crab infestations.
"Crabsody In Blue"' from AC/DC comes to mind,too.
- 23 seekoutthetruth { 04.12.11 at 11:42 am }
Do not believe everything you saw on that show, a lot of people are covering up the truth. All the blame is being put on the ex manager. Yes he is dodgy as all hell, but so is Altiyan, people in the music industry behind the scenes know the truth, the 15 yr old and her family got some of this money. That mother disgusts me!!!!!!! Do some digging around and you will find out what really has gone on.
- 24 joan { 04.12.11 at 12:04 pm }
I didn't believe a lot of it the 15 yr old did not want to be in the position she was in, lol at the Cultirage fan on poor old Kochie's wall wanting Kochie to organise a benefit concert for Altiyan and his family BIG lol's
- 25 brain dead dave { 04.12.11 at 12:10 pm }
Yeah,normally I can't stand Kochie but in this situation I'm feeling twinges of compassion for him.
- 26 Culinary Boner { 04.12.11 at 12:39 pm }
Hey BDD, nice record choices mate. Further to Altiyan and his acolyte's continued vocational training in the perils of sleeping in rock 'group' houses they might also want to consider ACDC's following cautionary tale (one that's guaranteed to have Alt's tearing up a couple of times a day more than usual).
You tell 'em Bon, you ol' misogynist you:
"Poker face was her name
Poker face was her nature
Poker straight was her game
If she knew she could get you
She played 'em fast
And she played 'em hard
She could close her eyes
And feel every card
But how was I to know
That she'd been shuffled before
Said she'd never had a Royal Flush
But I should have known
That all the cards were comin'
From the bottom of the pack
And if I'd known what she was dealin' out
I'd have dealt it back
She's got the jack, she's got the jack
She's got the jack, and who knows what else?
She's got the jack, yeah, yeah
She's got the jack, she's got the jack
She's got the jack, she's got the jack
She's got the jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack
She's got the jack
She's got the jack, she's got the jack,
Ooh, It was a bad deal, (Jack)
She gave me the (Jack), hey"
- 27 slippycaff { 04.12.11 at 1:29 pm }
She may be 19, but she sure looks 16. Ewww. Gross.
- 28 joan { 04.12.11 at 1:44 pm }
Hook him up to a lie detector could be compelling viewing, RR Morning show?
- 29 sourkraut { 04.12.11 at 1:53 pm }
You sound like you are quoting something from the poet laureates Pete and Dud Possibly "the Horn" or possibly "cancer"
- 30 sourkraut { 04.12.11 at 1:58 pm }
Or was it "the worst job in the world"?
- 31 Culinary Boner { 04.12.11 at 2:19 pm }
Sourkraut, think your on to something here. This faux rock god issue thingy is now getting boring and needs a dose of Derek & Clive's 'The Worst Job He Ever Had'. Cough, phlegm…
- 32 Culinary Boner { 04.12.11 at 3:03 pm }
… it's was me worse job that
being a pubic louse for a rock star and 'is groupies
Oh, I went for that job
oh yeah, what happened?
I some fuc*ken standards ya know…it was loyalty thing… 'e said he wanted to share me around…but I told 'im I'm a one-man louse not some tart…
- 33 seekoutthetruth { 04.12.11 at 3:43 pm }
- 34 jasmine { 04.13.11 at 12:22 am }
Wow! Altiyan's Dad Jadran (Croataro Croat) As i read is his alter ago…. Is attacking a hater…Calling her every vial name his broken english can spell… Would love for the media to get hold of that one… Hrmmm and i heard altiyan was bought up by a gentleman. If this is anything to go by… I'd like to know where the gentleman part comes from.
- 35 brain dead dave { 04.13.11 at 1:22 pm }
Mentor Ronan Keating was on Sunrise this morning,saying that Altiyan and himself have been texting each other,that it' not Altiyan's fault etc. He didn't really want to say much as his primary mission was to perform a track from his new album of Bacharach covers/maulings. Didn't mention his "international superstar" knocking around with nubiles.
- 36 seekoutthetruth { 04.14.11 at 1:15 pm }
I am at a loss to as why none of the previous contestants on the X Factor have gone public yet re his relationship with the 15 yr old I have read some comments on a couple of their private facebook pages, why have they been silenced, I do not think a Uncle figure would pash his 15 yr old adopted niece or do they in his culture?
- 37 Monday'sChild { 04.14.11 at 8:26 pm }
You pretty much summed it up, he just didn't have the support network he needed. It's like letting a sugar addict loose in a candy shop with a pedophile offering free candy. Sad
- 38 hmm { 11.22.11 at 10:19 pm }
You people should be ashamed of yourself saying disgusting hurtful things about about someone you dont know…its appalling. This man is a better person then the lot of you put together..think about it would u like to be insulted, and hurt over a bunch of rumors??
- 39 hmm { 11.22.11 at 10:20 pm }
You people should be ashamed of yourself saying disgusting hurtful things about about someone you dont know…its appalling. This man is a better person then the lot of you put together..think about it would u like to be insulted, and hurt over a bunch of rumors
- 40 laughing { 12.02.11 at 7:28 am }
Roll on next year…….lol……then all thee truth will come out and it won't be a good look for Altiyan
- 41 No Ordinary Fans { 12.09.11 at 6:09 pm }
- 42 hmm { 12.18.11 at 3:29 pm }
I like how u guys twist news stories about people to good work on that hey..
- 43 hmm { 01.14.12 at 2:31 pm }
get a grip on reality…
- 44 hmm { 01.31.12 at 11:27 pm }
Im sorry are you telling me to get a grip on reality???? maybe u should. Know-one asked ANY of you to listen to Altiyan, Know-one asked Any of you to like him or his music, just because you dont it doesn't give any of you the right to put ALTIYAN down. so like i said get a grip on reality…………


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- Park at Magens Bay and take a chartered safari bus to the starting line. Buses will leave Magens at 5:30AM. This service will be $10 cash to be paid on site in the morning. Advance tickets may be purchased at Caribbean Chiropractic leading up to the event. Please park at the end of Magens near (but not blocking) the finish line.
- Park at the school. Starting line parking will be available next to the fruit stand at the intersection before Montessori (2 minute walk). The Montessori parking lot will be closed on the day of the race.


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Bristol Palin's latest baby bump pic attacked by haters (PHOTO)
Bristol Palin is about ready to pop.
More: Pregnant Bristol Palin reveals that her unborn baby's already been named
The daughter of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin shared a new photo of her baby bump on Instagram, showing just how close she is to welcoming her baby girl into the world. The snap featured Palin, her dog and her 6-year-old son, Tripp, hamming it up in front of a full-length mirror for the selfie.
Palin captioned the sweet family photo, "2 1/2 weeks(ish) until we become a family of 3!!"
More: Pregnant Bristol Palin reveals gender of baby number two (PHOTO)
But like any photo the controversial celeb posts online, this one didn't take long to draw out the haters, who commented with remarks like, "More babies out of wedlock. Not cool," and, "How is she pregnant AGAIN after things didn't work with the 1st guy & now apparently not the 2nd either...?"
The hate isn't entirely surprising considering the strange circumstances surrounding Palin's second pregnancy: She announced she was expecting at the same time she revealed she was calling off her wedding, just weeks before it was set to take place, and she still hasn't confirmed whether her ex-fiancé is the baby's father, though she did say that the pregnancy was "planned." The little girl, named Sailor, will be Palin's second child out of wedlock after she made her career as a public speaker preaching abstinence before marriage.
But despite all that, Palin seems excited to be a mom of two, and she certainly doesn't deserve all the hate. Many of her followers came to her defense, leaving comments saying things like, "Congrats to you don't let any of these haters get to you. You are a great mom both kids will be well loved which is more than what some kids get these days. Keep your head up."
More: Sarah Palin finally speaks out about her daughter Bristol's pregnancy


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When the season began, Kentucky Coach John Calipari discouraged the natural inclination to compare the incoming freshmen with the stellar group of first-year players of the previous season.
That no one protests when Brandon Knight gets mentioned in the same breath as John Wall now speaks to how good Kentucky's point guard play has been this season.
"Brandon Knight, I think, is as good a freshman as maybe I've seen in this league since I've been in it," Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings said Monday on a Southeastern Conference teleconference. "People will be quick to say John Wall, etc., etc. I think Brandon Knight is as good a freshman — at least at the point guard spot — as I've seen in this league since I been in it."
When asked who should get consideration for SEC Player of the Year, Stallings offered an impromptu list of candidates that included his own John Jenkins, Chandler Parsons of Florida, JaMychal Green of Alabama and Scotty Hopson of Tennessee as well as Knight.
Earlier this season, Stallings suggested that Knight might be a better point guard than Wall in half-court settings.
Knight scored so many points in high school (31.2 a game as a senior), his ability to be a pass-first point guard came into question.
"I think he's absolutely a point guard," Stallings said. "He just shoots better than a lot of point guards do. He runs the team. He can defend his position. He passes the ball well. He handles it well. I think he's great."
During his turn on the teleconference, Kentucky Coach John Calipari noted the improvement made by Knight this season. The UK coach said Knight began the season making too many turnovers and not handing out enough assists. "He's flipped that completely around," Calipari said.
Calipari also noted improved defense.
"He was awful in pick-and-roll defense early in the season," the UK coach said. "Now he's pretty good."
Besides better shot selection and communication, Knight has also became more coachable, Calipari said.
"His coachability has just gone through the roof," Calipari said. "Early on, like all freshmen, it took him time to accept he was going to be coached. You're going to be coached. ... When you're right or wrong, you're going to be told, coached, challenged.
'He's gotten better and better and better."
For a record-tying sixth time, the SEC named Knight its Freshman of the Week. He averaged 18 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in victories over Vanderbilt and Tennessee last week.
A sixth Freshman of the Week award tied Knight with James "Hollywood" Robinson for the most. Robinson won the award six times in 1990-91.
Stallings also endorsed the Player of the Year candidacy of Jenkins, the league's leading scorer.
"Because I don't see anybody else covered in the league like he gets covered," the Vandy coach said. "I don't see adjustments made, entire defenses selling out to one guy the way I see defenses selling out to him. That to me is an indication (that) he presents special problems."
Acknowledging a bias toward his own player, Florida Coach Billy Donovan said he'd love to see Parsons named SEC Player of the Year.
Donovan noted the multiple contributions made by Parsons, whose scoring, passing and rebounding led Florida to the SEC regular-season championship.
The SEC plans to announce its coaches' all-league team, plus Player of the Year and Coach of the Year on Tuesday.


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Open Thread: Talk About What Matters Most to You
Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
This post was originally published on August 12, 2014* at Black Girl Dangerous.
A Black person is murdered by cops, security guards or self-appointed vigilantes every 28 hours in the U.S. The killing of an unarmed Black teenager named Mike Brown in Ferguson, MO, which has resulted in protests in that town and harsh police push-back and brutality against even more of its citizens, and which, via social media, has gotten the attention of people around the world, probably isn't even the latest occurrence, at just three* days old.
Talking to people on Twitter about Mike Brown and what's happening in Ferguson right now, I've noticed (again) how easily folks get distracted when Black people are murdered by the police. It seems as though every detail is more interesting, more important, more significant—including looting of a Walmart in Ferguson, which a local Fox news station focused its entire coverage on—than the actual life that was taken by police.
So, to get folks back on track to focus on what matters most here—the killing of yet another unarmed Black teenager—I've compiled this list of 6 Things To Stop Being Distracted By When A Black Person Gets Murdered By the Police.
1. Over-Simplified Talk of "Riots"
According to media outlets and some residents, there's been rioting in Ferguson since the killing of unarmed teenager Mike Brown. There have been reports of peaceful protests turning less than peaceful, with people confronting cops, throwing things at them, etc. I don't know if the stories of rioting are true. Most of the video I've seen of Ferguson shows the protesters themselves gathered or marching relatively calmly. Angry sometimes, sure. But anger is a perfectly normal response to your unarmed teenage neighbor being gunned down in the street by police (police who have now showed up at your peaceful protest with attack dogs and riot gear). But let's get something straight: a community pushing back against a murderous police force that is terrorizing them is not a "riot". It's an uprising. It's a rebellion. It's a community saying We can't take this anymore. We won't take it. It's people who have been dehumanized to the point of rightful rage. And it happens all over the world.
To read the rest of this post, please visit the original piece here.
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Crystal Apple Award
Each year the SDB Christian Education Council solicits nominees for the Sabbath School Teacher of the Year.
Any member church (or branch church) of the General Conference may nominate ONE Sabbath School teacher (Nursery through Adult).
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The Christian Education Council selects a person from those nominated to be honored at General Conference. This person receives a certificate of award and a crystal apple.
The deadline for nominations for this award for the 2015-2016 Conference year is June 15, 2017. The nominations form can be downloaded below. Upon completion of the nomination form, it should be sent to the Director of Education and History, Nick Kersten, either by email (firstname.lastname@example.com) or by postal mail (SDB Center, Attn: Nick, PO Box 1678, Janesville, WI 53547). Nominations sent by postal mail must be postmarked by June 12, 2017 to be accepted.
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Artist Uses The Power Of The Sun And A Magnifying Glass To Create Stunning Drawings
Source: www.themindunleashed.org | Original Post Date: October 9, 2014 –
Jordan Mang-osan is an award-winning Filipino artist that has harnessed the sun's power to create beautiful artwork. He uses a magnifying glass by focusing the sun's rays into a super-hot point that he then uses to burn his beautiful drawings onto wooden boards.
Mang-osan draws upon the culture, history and environment of his native Cordilleras region and of the Igorot people, of whom he is a member.
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Your bathroom is always going to get a fair bit of foot traffic, especially if it's located in the centre of your house or if you've only got one. Therefore it's important to take time to decorate your bathroom just like you would any other room in the house! Just remember an attractive well-put together room will always add value to your home!
Start with Storage Solutions
The amount of storage space you require of course depends on the amount of people regularly sharing the room. Obviously the more people, the bigger the storage space required!
To keep the space looking polished and tidy you might want to opt for a concealed waste bin. Secondly to hide away all of your health and beauty products when they're not being used a mirrored shaving cabinet is always a classy choice. Finally to eliminate the need for a towel storage cupboard install a large towel rack - bonus points if it's heated!
Choose Your Tapware Carefully
Gone are the days where the only finish for tapware was chrome. Nowadays you can opt for something more daring- e.g. bath bathware. The sleek design and matte finish make it a striking yet complementary addition to any modern bathroom.
Beyond finish, you can also choose between tap mount and shape. Check out this article to learn the differences between wall, hob and floor mounted spouts.
Functional Gadgets
In the same finish that you selected for your tap ware you now need to install some functional, yet decorative gadgets. This includes robe hooks, toilet brush holders, soap dishes, toilet paper holders, glass shelves and soap dispensers. Check out www.renovatorstore.com.au to find all of these items in the one place!
Purely Decorative Items
Once you've set aside all the functional aspects of the bathroom is time to turn your attention to the purely decorative items. Before you start you should pick a theme to stick to for that bathroom. For example, you might opt for a simple, minimalistic look or alternatively choose an Asian-inspired style.
Within that chosen theme you might want to pick the main colour theme to stick to. For example, if you pick green you might want to coordinate towels, rugs and a decorative vase displayed on the vanity.
Other fun decorative items to investigate into include candles, a framed piece of art or even a funky shower curtain!
Just remember that all the small details in the room can really bring your bathroom to life. Functionality and style are both incredibly important and you must work to seamlessly combine the two!


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Robin Thicke: All He Wants For His Birthday Is Paula Patton
Robin turns 37 on March 10 and the 'Blurred Lines' singer wants one thing and one thing only for his birthday — to be reunited with his ex Paula Patton, a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
Robin Thicke is celebrating his 37th birthday, and instead of wishing for a fancy car or a new watch, all the singer wants is his estranged wife Paula Patton back in his life, HollywoodLife.com is EXCLUSIVELY reporting. Do YOU think she'll make his birthday wish come true?
Robin Thicke's Birthday Reunion With Paula Patton? — She's All He Wants
Robin's starting off his birthday on the right foot by putting his family first and making the necessary strides to win back his wife, Paula, 38. We're told she gave him some pretty strict ultimatums during their split and our sources say Robin has been in complete compliance.
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"He has done everything that Paula has asked of him and he really wants to spend his birthday with her and their son," a source close to the couple EXCLUSIVELY explains to HollywoodLife.com.
The source says that's a HUGE possibility, considering Robin has the day off from his tour and he's literally been begging Paula to budge.
"He really has realized that she is everything to him and he doesn't want to make the same mistakes that his father made with him," the source adds.
Paula Patton Giving Robin Thicke Another Chance?
Robin's hard work appears to be paying off because Paula is finally coming around, listening to Robin and observing his actions. She now feels their marriage could possibly work again, our source says. "She is really liking the person he is showing her. It's the Robin she fell in love with."
"He isn't totally out of the doghouse yet but the chances of them being back together very soon are in the high 90 percent," the source adds. "It's only a matter of time. He is really doing work."
So HollywoodLifers, do YOU think Paula should give Robin another chance? Let us know!
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As well as currently knitting a blanket for my auntie, I am also going to be knitting baby booties. I don't have any exciting pregnancy news, I'm knitting them to be included in packs that go to hospitals and families where babies were born too soon. I enjoy knitting and it's the least I can do. This is my first bootie and was knitted in rainbow wool as a prototype, but the actual booties will be white wool.
I'm knitting them for a branch of 'Angel Wings Forever Dressed in Love'. They provide clothes, gowns, bonnets, nappies, shawls, blankets and teddy's made from donated wedding dresses for babies gone too soon. You can find out more about their amazing work here: https://www.facebook.com/Foreverdressedinlove


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Michael Rubenstein
In Public Works: Infrastructure, Irish Modernism, and the Postcolonial, Michael Rubenstein documents the relationship between Irish modernism and a restricted segment of the material culture of the modern state known colloquially as "public utilities" or "water, gas, and electricity." The water tap, the toilet, the gas jet, and the electrical light switch: these are all sites, in Irish modernism, of unexpected literary and linguistic intensities that burst through the routines of everyday life, defamiliarizing and reconceptualizing that which we might not normally consider worthy of literary attention. Such public utilities—material networks of power and provision, submission and entitlement—are taken up in Irish modernism not only as a nexus of anxieties about modern life, but also as a focal point for the hopes held out for the postcolonial Irish Free State. Public utilities figure a normative and utopian standard of modernity and modernization; they embody in Irish modernism and in other postcolonial literatures an ideal for the postcolonial state; and they figure a continuity between the material networks of the modern state and the abstract ideals of revolutionary republicanism (liberty, equality, and brotherhood). They define a new territory of contestation within the discourses of civil and human rights. Moreover, public utilities influence the formal qualities of both Irish modernist and postcolonial literature.
In analyses of literary works by James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Elizabeth Bowen, Denis Johnston, Samuel Beckett, and Patrick Chamoiseau, Rubenstein asks us to think about the industrial networks of the twentieth century alongside self-consciously "national" literary works and to understand them as different but inherently related forms of public works. In doing so his book maps thematic and formal relationships between national infrastructure and national literature, revealing an intimate dialogue between the nation's literary arts and the state's engineering cultures.
"Public Works, Michael Rubenstein's pathbreaking book, brilliantly explores relationships between modern 'engineering cultures' and literary cultures. Juxtaposing literary texts and electric power generators, plays and water schemes, he offers us nothing less than a new way to read literary modernism's engagement with the real. His book represents a major intervention in postcolonial studies, uncovering new and pragmatic models of imagined community after colonialism. Additionally, Rubenstein's work marks a significant move in contemporary Irish studies by developing paradigms that help us read Ireland's postcolonial statehood in a global context. It also offers highly original readings of a series of Irish late-modernist writers, all in a timely and truly interdisciplinary project, beautifully done."
— Enda Duffy, University of California, Santa Barbara
"One of the most original and important contributions to Irish studies, and to a number of other fields as well, that has been written by a young scholar in recent years. It will be an important and much discussed book. It participates in, and outlines the future of, significant new directions in areas such as Irish studies, modernist studies, postcolonial studies, and the study of the relations among technology, materiality, and culture." — Marjorie Howes, Boston College
"Can you imagine a Joycean appeal for the payment of taxes? If you do not find it easy, you may be ready to take in the superb literary flair and pitch-perfect sense of present urgencies that puts Public Works at the sharpest edge of new scholarship. Michael Rubenstein makes a tiger's leap into the recent past, when the intimacy of the home had not yet learned to take for granted its connection to networks of electricity, gas, and water. He has written the book on the very hot topic of infrastructure, and he's done so while also figuring out a new direction for postcolonial studies. You will never be able to read Ulysses the same way again." — Bruce Robbins, Columbia University
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". . . This brilliant book offers riches in abundance not only for scholars in Irish studies but for anyone concerned with literature and culture as they function in the world today. It is theoretically rigorous, intellectually wide-ranging, and never less than a pleasure to read." — Contemporary Literature
"Michael Rubenstein's Public Works asks us to look at a new dimension of a specifically Irish modernism when he argues for the vital importance of infrastructure, specifically electricity, water, and gas. Following the lead of Bruce Robbins, Michael Bérubé, and others, Rubenstein frames his argument within 'a Benjaminian, redemptionist, weak-messianic story about the development of public utilities as the development of a common good.' " — James Joyce Quarterly
"Michael Rubenstein's wonderfully clear, engaging, smart, and witty new book . . . deals primarily with the history, politics, and legacy of the Irish Free State by looking at large-scale municipal projects. . . . There is much to admire in this book: unique readings of canonical texts; fresh connections between painting, literature, engineering, politics, and economics; and . . . a keen sense of the key questions of our contemporary moment: namely, the usefulness and value of government." — James Joyce Literary Supplement
"Public Works: Infrastructure, Irish Modernism, and the Postcolonial offers an innovative take on the multiple functions of public utilities in literary discourses, with an emphasis on those that consider the effects of modernization in Ireland. Michael Rubenstein's approach brings to the fore the previously understudied subjects of water, gas, and electricity as agents in the development of the Irish Free State between 1922 and 1940." — New Hibernia Review
"Public Works is a refreshing addition to both modernist and postcolonial studies, and one that is almost certainly indicative of a new kind of scholarship in both fields. By taking the somewhat counterintuitive approach of linking works of engineering to works of literature, Rubenstein has produced a truly interdisciplinary study that provides valuable insights into some of Ireland's most important literary figures." — Modern Fiction Studies
"In terms of its imaginative research, its theoretical risk-taking, and its startlingly original views of Irish modernity, Michael Rubenstein deserves to be included on this short list of infrastructure must-reads." — Irish University Review
"Public Works received the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize in 2011 and the Rhodes Prize for Best Book in Irish Literature from the American Conference for Irish Studies in 2010, and it will certainly influence subsequent work in both fields through its well-honed examination of the connections between public utilities and Irish modernism. Among its many accomplishments, Public Works provides new readings of well-tread modernist texts." — E3W Review of Books
Winner, 2010 Rhodes Prize for Best Book in Irish Literature, American Conference for Irish StudiesWinner of The Modernist Studies Association Book Prize for 2011