Kouts' Conor VanDyke and Matt Morgart try to stop Bowman's Elijah Ray in the third quarter Friday night during the sectional semifinal at Bowman Academy in Gary March 4, 2011. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
There was never much of a doubt for Elijah Ray. It was pretty much IUPUI in a landslide.
INDIANAPOLIS — Senior Tahnee Reed and sophomore Natalie Walseth each set career highs in kills, but the South Dakota volleyball team’s rally fell short against Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Saturday as the Coyotes fell, 26-24, 25-20, 20-25, 19-25, 15-11 in Summit League action in Indianapolis, Ind. The Coyotes, who were playing their sixth straight five-set match, fall to 13-14 overall and 6-8 in the Summit League with the loss, while IUPUI improved to 13-14 overall and 7-8 in league play.
The Jim and Betty Dye Scholarship Program offers four-year, undergraduate tuition scholarships up to $3,000 per semester to seniors from high schools in Lake and Newton counties who will attend Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Northwest, Purdue University West Lafayette, Purdue University Calumet, IUPUI, or Ball State University.
Jaguars to tip off exhibition slate at 7:00 p.m. in the Jungle
INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI basketball team will tip-off the 2011 exhibition slate when it hosts IU East on Tuesday (Nov. 2) night at 7:00 p.m in the Jungle. The Athletics Department is offering free admission to all in attendance, however in lieu of the ticket cost, donations to the IUPUI United Way Campaign will be accepted at the door.
Here are a few nuggets:
• Shabazz Muhammad (right), the nations top-ranked recruit in the Class of 2012, made a visit to USC over the weekend. His father, Ron Holmes, played at USC. He’s also considering Kentucky and recently visited Lexington.
Gary Andrean players Ana Nicksic (14) react to a point during the IHSAA Class 3A volleyball semi-state at Plymouth High School, Plymouth, Ind. Saturday Oct. 29, 2011.| Joe Raymond ~For Sun-Times Media
He may not have reached his goal at Saturday’s cross country state finals in Terre Haute — a top-25 finish — but Highland’s Jake Baranowski had no regrets after finishing 38th with a time of 16:15.
Miami Protests School administrators stress student safety
An infamous church known for picketing the funerals of fallen servicemen, voiced its message at local schools last week.
The controversial Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) appeared locally to protest at Oak Hills High School, the Ohio State University and Miami University Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Finally, an original horror film — just in time for Halloween. It would be easy to say that this story was extremely exaggerated, but unfortunately, I wouldn’t be surprised if something like it happened in this current climate. Not surprisingly, director Kevin Smith took a controversial distribution approach to this controversial story.
As I read about the latest court battle involving the Westboro Baptist church, it finally put me over the top when Margie Phelps-Roper commented about how attorneys general "spent thousands of dollars" (" Court voids ban on funeral pickets ," Oct. 21) fighting her church's picketing of soldiers' funerals.
NEW YORK (AP) - The updated National Football League injury report, as provided by the league:
MIAMI DOLPHINS at NEW YORK GIANTS — DOLPHINS: DOUBTFUL: CB Vontae Davis (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: G Richie Incognito (ankle), S Reshad Jones (knee), DE Kendall Langford (hip), RB Daniel Thomas (hamstring). PROBABLE: RB Reggie Bush (neck), CB Nolan Carroll (hamstring), S Chris Clemons (hamstring), T Marc Colombo (knee), WR Clyde Gates (groin), QB Matt Moore (ribs), DE Jared Odrick (knee). GIANTS: OUT: CB Prince Amukamara (foot). DOUBTFUL: RB Henry Hynoski (neck). QUESTIONABLE: T Stacy Andrews (back), DE Justin Tuck (groin, neck). PROBABLE: LB Michael Boley (knee), RB Brandon Jacobs (knee), G Chris Snee (concussion), DE Osi Umenyiora (knee).
L’omofobia non esiste.
Basta fare le vittime! Il concetto è chiaro, ce lo dicono ogni giorno.
La violenza contro le persone GLBT è un’invenzione delle lobby gay che detengono il potere a livello internazionale e influenzano la politica (soprattutto quella italiana), cercano di sovvertire l’ordine “naturale” delle cose, si inventano questioni di genere e avanzano inconcepibili richieste di uguaglianza.
In 1964, the players for the NBA All-Star Game refused to leave the locker room at the famed Boston Gardens. The game was going to be televised, a huge step forward for the league, and the players knew this was their best chance at getting the owners by their tender parts. They refused to walk onto the floor unless the league recognized their union and promised a pension plan, paving the way for the players to finally start having some say in how the league they drove was run.
Joyce McKinney was a small-town beauty queen who became famous after a young Mormon missionary claimed she had kidnapped him, chained him to a bed and raped him. The bizarre tale gripped Britain in the Seventies and is now retold in a fine documentary. Andrew Anthony recalls it
Joyce McKinney is one of those names that for people of a certain age opens a doorway into the past. To mention it is to be transported back to the Seventies, when TV was limited, food was awful and sex was naughty. Back then, computers were the preserve of boffins in white coats, but even if journalists had managed to lay their hands on some mainframe monster the size of a small house, and programmed it with all the ingredients of the perfect tabloid story, the results could never have matched the bizarre and compelling tale of a wannabe beauty queen 's obsessional love.
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Recession pushes mom, 3 kids to brink as each day brings a search for shelter By E.B. FURGURSON III, Staff Writer
"Where are we staying tonight?" 8-year-old Jacob Wojciechowski asks his mom when she picks him up from school.
At the end of a long day, Bonita Wojciechowski opens a motel room door for her children, Gracie, 5, Jacob, 8, and Dylan, 11. The family is caught up in the circle of homelessness, as Bonita juggles trying to find a job with figuring out each day how to feed her kids and keep a roof over their heads.
, said her brother’s final words were “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow,” in an Oct. 16 eulogy she delivered that was published Sunday in The New York Times.
Simpson remembered the man she first learned about when she was 25, living in New York and working at a small literary magazine. A lawyer had informed her that she had a rich and famous long-lost brother.
We get some more background on the Evil Queen's curse in the second episode of "Once Upon a Time." There was also some wonderful stuff between Emma and Snow.
We pick up with the next morning after Emma decided to stay in Storybrooke. The clock tower is working and everyone is taking notice.
The episode begins with Ted narrating to his kids that in the fall of 2011, all of his friends were in relationships so when Barney’s brother James came to visit it caused a “slight logistical problem.”
Shoot to the gang at McClaren’s with their respective relationship partners plus James as Marshall says they need a bigger booth. Nora gets up to use the bathroom and then Barney asks the gang if they want to know where he and Nora are going later in the evening. Ted says, “Don’t ask. It’s a trap.” But, Kevin asks anyway.
Rhys Ifans and Anna Friel at the Ivy restaurant (Pic: Rex)
Anna Friel has told how Notting Hill actor Rhys Ifans has brought the Friel-good factor back into her life after her split from long-term partner David Thewlis.
Anna, 35, admits she's smitten with Welsh star Rhys after they met on the set of their new TV movie Neverland earlier this year.
FORT WAYNE – Climb on a motorcycle and head west down Cook Road and it seems the whole world lies in front of you.
The gray pavement across flat fields of beans draws you farther west toward more empty roads just waiting for you to open the bike up a little, to let the Honda’s V-45 Magna engine sing as you watch fences begin and end, fields roll and houses come and go, houses like the one you left a few minutes ago where your wife and two sons are waiting for you.
Supernatural storyteller Tom Slemen brings you three spooky Hallowe’en tales
OVER half a century has passed now, but Violet Lessing can still clearly recall the terrifying Hallowe’en night of 1960 when she had an encounter of the spine-chilling kind on Bidston Hill.
No one believed her story at the time, but my research suggests that Violet was not lying about her ordeal, and she had not been the victim of a sick hoaxer.
It may seem strange to hear that the NBA labor deal is 95% done, with the NBA lockout now 121 days old and commissioner David Stern cancelling an additional two weeks of games on Friday. Yet that’s exactly what Howard Beck of the New York Times asserts .
The N.B.A. and the players union have agreed on contract lengths and luxury-tax rates, trade rules and cap exceptions, and a host of oddly named provisions offering “amnesty” and “stretch payments” and less onerous “base-year” rules.
for living up to his responsibilities in the World Series for not making himself available to the press is that they have hardly lived up to their responsibilities in regards to how they have been with him.
They have been reckless and downright careless in how they have represented his contract situation since before last year. No wonder he's not ready to confer his most private thoughts with them in a moment of pain.
What would Saturday mornings be without Lee Corso and his wild antics? It's tough to imagine such a thing.
College Game Day was in SoCal this morning for the Pac-12 showdown between the Stanford Cardinal and USC Trojans. While many expect the game to be a closely contested one, Corso and "Cam" from Modern Family made their predictions for the matchup. We have a video of it after the jump...
Lee Corso is just one of many sports personalities that have slipped up on live television.
It's only human to lose track of your surroundings, forget what it is you're doing and say or do some things that you aren't proud of later.
Take PsychoSteve Lyonsfor example.
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Following up on their miracle victory against the Wisconsin Badgers, the Michigan State Spartans are going to have an extremely tough matchup going into Lincoln and taking on the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Proprio così, a quanto pare anche YouTube avrà una sua Tv; il colosso Google ha infatti deciso che è giunta ora di approdare nell’intrattedimento digitale, ufficialmente si chiamerà Google Tv ma, per YouTube tutti lo chiamano già YouTube Tv, capiamo allora meglio, la faccenda dei canali tematici Youtube .
Movement. Un mega raduno techno house al Palaolimpico di corso Sebastopoli 123 chiude il festival Movement, con le energie di migliaia di giovani sacrificate domani dalle 21 sull'altare pagano di Halloween.
Mostruoso il cartellone: lo guidano gli inglesi Underworld, duo simbolo della generazione «Trainspotting», il capoclasse francese Laurent Garnier con il progetto live L.B.S., il decano Carl Craig in formato 69; e ancora, Derrick May, Visionquest, Cassy, Green Velvet, John Digweed, Guy Gerber, Damian Lazarus per un totale di 30 set sparsi per la struttura nei differenti punti dance. Ultimi biglietti alla cassa per 30 euro, after party segreto dalle 5 alle 10 annunciato in loco.
Bakersfield's Jimmy Watkins teamed with Michael Blatchford of Cypress and Dean Tracy of Portland, Ore. to snare a silver medal in the men's team cycling sprint Monday at the Pan American Games in Mexico. The trio set an unofficial U.S. record with their time of 44.036.
Watkins also placed fourth in the keirin and fifth in the men's individual sprint.
Instead of moving forward, Kory Kindle (Ventura) took a few steps back to find his role on the Cal State Bakersfield men's soccer team.
The junior switched from striker to left defensive back last season.
After a year of learning, experimenting and understanding, Kindle feels much more comfortable on the field this season.
I recently attended a Bakersfield College Renegades game and am greatly disappointed. I understand that officials are not the highlight of the game, nor the most loved, but they should still be respected.
My father was a back judge at this particular game, and my mother, myself, and my two young sons, aged 1 and 7, attended the game. When unfavorable calls were made, people started yelling the typical insults: "Boo!," "Who paid you, ref?," and "Ref, you suck!"
Frontier's Triton Douglas (42) will be charged with defending D.J. Martin tonight, while Bakersfield High tangles with Centennial.
UPDATED, 12:21 a.m.: Another week in the books. We know it was a good night for the St. Louis Cardinals. Who else will sleep well?
Mike McKenna of Sacramento greets Kay Supan-Frost of Rancho Cordova at their 50th reunion.The two were a part of the golden grads group from the Red Bluff Union High School class of 1961 who toured the school Friday afternoon.
The Golden Grads of Red Bluff Union High School from the class of 1961 returned to the school Friday for a chance to catch up with each other while taking a tour of the school.
LOS ANGELES -- California coach Mike Montgomery's surprise announcement Friday that he had recent surgery for bladder cancer and is now cancer-free overshadowed Pac-12 media day, when UCLA was picked to win the newly realigned league's title.
Montgomery took the stage at The Conga Room at LA Live across the street from Staples Center and immediately told reporters that he was diagnosed a month ago and had surgery last week. The school had announced his surgery on Oct. 19, but didn't disclose any details about it.
Oregon State coach Craig Robinson is embarking on his fourth season with the Beavers, but the first that he can truly call the team his own.
All 13 players were brought in by Robinson, whose hiring at Oregon State made headlines because he is President Barack Obama's brother-in-law.
"I know how this works," Robinson said. "This is year four. We should be making some huge steps in this year and the coming years. So I'm excited about that."
Following the release of his 10th solo album The Darkside, Vol. 1 , Fat Joe has spent the better part of 2011 finishing up the follow-up The Darkside, Vol. 2 , his first official mixtape out October 31. With guest appearances from Raekwon, Jadakiss, and French Montana, Joe returns to his hardcore hip-hop roots after 2009’s more commercially-minded Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2) , enlisting Cool & Dre and Macho as executive producers and handing the bulk of production over to fledgling producer Mark Henry.
If Grainger Games did retailing like they spoiled the Games Media Awards this week, they would probably be the world's greatest retailer.
The games seller rocked up at the UK awards with a posse of bikini-clad models, midgets, a huge Hummer car and some branded condoms, which were liberally dispersed. Some of Grainger's staff got hammered and behaved obnoxiously. On its website, Grainger said: "We wholeheartedly apologise if we offended anyone at last night's GMAs. We never intended to upset anybody."
Protesters will march on Downing Street on Saturday to highlight a big increase in the number of black people dying in police custody this year.
In 2010 three black detainees died in police custody. Between January and August 2011 there were eight.
This increase comes at a time of overall decline in deaths in all forms of custody. According to a report from the independent advisory panel on deaths in custody there has been a 16% reduction in all custody deaths between 2000 and 2010.
Preppy British fashion brand Hackett has defied the high street gloom to report a 30% increase in sales as wealthy tourists flock to its shop in London's upmarket Chelsea.
The retailer, best known for its brightly coloured polo shirts and chinos that are the off-duty uniform of City professionals, said sales jumped from £58m to £75.6m in the year to March, while profits rose from £3.6m to £4.3m.
Jurors in the spot-fixing trial involving Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif will resume deliberating next week after they were unable to reach a verdict on Friday.
No decision yet: the jury in the spot-fixing trial of Salman Butt and Mohammed Asif will return to court on Monday to continue deliberations Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Mikael Backland of the Calgary Flames supports a Movember mustache against the Minnesota Wild during NHL hockey in Calgary, Alberta, Monday, November 29, 2010. AL CHAREST/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames supports a Movember mustache against the Minnesota Wild during NHL hockey in Calgary, Alberta, Monday, November 29, 2010. AL CHAREST/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY Dane Cutforth, Brian Pucci and Jeremy Fabian, firefighters with the Grande Prairie Fire Department, sport their Movember mustaches during a Clairmont fire call on a cold day. The GPFD raised over $12,000 for prostate cancer research and awareness. SUBMITTED PHOTO ROBERT CHAULK Elaine Knipe gives husband Steve's month-long moustache a little brush prior to the judging of stache's for the Movember challenge Wednesday at St. Thomas- Elgin General Hospital. Steve, president of the STEGH Foundation, joined with fifteen hospital staffers to raise money for prostrate cancer research during the month of November. CRAIG GLOVER The London Free PressKeith Lammars, left, Rick Santos and Paul Panabaker, of Davis Martindale show off their Movember mustaches before shaving them off at the end of their month-long fundraiser for prostate cancer in their office on Tuesday, November 30th, 2010. The trio have raised almost $4,000 during the month which has seen hair growing the upper lips of men all over London. Despite complaints from loved ones, they do plan on making this an annual event. SUE REEVE The London Free Press Employees at Strik, Baldinelli & Associates Ltd. are sporting their mustaches as they participate in Movember to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer. Shown from far left are, Joseph Schnurr, Brad McKellar, Graeme Baker, Aaron Strik (one of the owners) Kevin Moniz, Matt Stead, Adam Van Bruinessen and Tomislav Tomljenovic far right. Lincoln McCardle, London Movember Chair (2010). (in red) Noah Hinton and Cooper Lewis joke around, fake mustaches and all, while they wait for the mustache shaving to begin. Six teachers at Jacob Beam Public School in Beamsville celebrated the end of Movember by allowing the top earning students the chance to shave their mustaches in a school assembly Wednesday morning. ELLIOT FERGUSON Sentinel-Review Josie Atkinson of the Oxford County unit of the Canadian Cancer Society joins Paul Graham and other moustachioed members of the Woodstock Fire Department on the final day of their Movember fundraising campaign. Sun Media photo Elliot Ferguson/Woodstock Sentinel-Review/01/12/2010
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LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Jeremy Darroch, the chief executive of British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC ( BSY .LN), was awarded a GBP2.2 million retention bonus in shares during News Corp.'s ( NWS ) failed GBP8 billion bid to take full control of the satellite broadcaster, the Financial Times In London reported Saturday, citing a report published by Incomes Data Services.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Whole Foods Market reminds shoppers that it is the one-stop shop for all the kosher must-haves for the holidays. With a vast array of kosher certified selections – from whole organic turkeys, pumpkin puree and roasted chestnuts to latkes, matzo meal and Hanukkah gelt – the natural and organic grocer has something for everyone looking for delicious kosher products that meet the company's high quality standards.
MIAMI -- He marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., brushed shoulders with Robert Kennedy and produced concerts by a who's who of 1960s and '70s rock stars from Bob Dylan to Jimi Hendrix.
And now Roger Abramson, a Miami Beach, Fla., transplant from Ohio, has a place of honor in his home state's Civil Rights Hall of Fame.
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Tickets are now on sale for Yo La Tengo's eight nights of Hanukkah shows at Maxwell's in Hoboken.
The shows, which have become an annual tradition, this year run through Christmas, from Dec. 20 to 27.
It’s hard to believe that November is just around the corner. And it may still seem a bit early to plan for Christmas or Hanukkah, but the key to not going over-budget through the holidays is to plan ahead. Here are some simple steps to help.
1) Make a list of the people for whom you need or want to buy a gift.
(CN) - A Jewish man cannot use the major holidays involved with his faith to have longer custody of his children than his ex-wife, a federal judge ruled.
Lori and Howard Rosenstein divorced in 2005 after nine years of marriage. The divorce decree allowed each parent to choose the children's religion during the time they had the children in their care.
Happy birthday to Joaquin Phoenix, Julia Roberts and Bruce Jenner!
The younger brother of the late River Phoenix is better known as Joaquin, but when he was 4 years old, he decided he wanted a more earthy name like his siblings and denominated himself Leaf , after raking leaves in the backyard with his dad. Aside from acting in hit films like Gladiator , Signs and Walk the Line , he is also a huge animal rights advocate. Phoenix is a strict vegan, PETA spokesperson, and once refused to wear shoes during a Prada photo shoot because they were made out of leather. And while filming Gladiator , Quills and Walk the Line , he requested the costume designers make his outfits from synthetic materials. In 2006, Phoenix won a Best Actor Golden Globe for Walk the Line . He definitely could relate to Johnny Cash and his drug and alcohol problems. In 2005, the actor checked into rehab for alcoholism. Although he announced in 2008 that he was quitting acting, it looks like Phoenix is going to take back his words. According to IMDb , he'll star in 2013's The Master .
There's a certain kind of holiday purist who gets very upset (and usually vocal) when Christmas songs and decorations preempt a proper acknowledgment of Thanksgiving. These individuals are going to be particularly unhappy this year, because Halloween just got bumped, too. Bieber's Under the Mistletoe has hit the Internet, everyone! Christmas starts nooooowww!
MIAMI, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Pepe Aguilar, Paula Fernandes, Ricky Martin, Pitbull with Marc Anthony, and Romeo Santos with Usher (in their live television debut as a duo) are the latest artists added to the lineup for the 12th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards ( www.latingrammy.com ) telecast, it was announced today by The Latin Recording Academy®. Confirmed to present awards are Chiquinquira Delgado, Erik Estrada, Silvia Navarro, and Blanca Soto, as well as Muppet Kermit the Frog. The biggest night in Latin music is set for Nov. 10 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will air live on the Univision Network ( www.univision.com ) from 8 - 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central). For updates and breaking news, please visit The Latin Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter (which just surpassed a milestone 500,000 followers) and Facebook: www.twitter.com/latingrammys and www.facebook.com/latingrammys .
By Michael Kruse , Marissa Lang and Jodie Tillman , Times Staff Writers
Michael Lohan was staying at the Tahitian Inn in Tampa when he jumped off a third-story balcony.
TAMPA — More than 20 journalists spent much of Thursday waiting at Orient Road Jail for a man who is famous for being the father of a woman who is famous for being a Hollywood starlet turned incorrigible thief and drunk.
BY KEVIN C. JOHNSON > POST-DISPATCH POP MUSIC CRITIC .kjohnson@post-dispatch.com
Halloween in the streets of the Central West End is always a sure bet, but the St. Louis area will be bustling with ghoulish activities in nightclubs, concert venues and more. Here's a rundown, but be forewarned: They're a scream.
Well isn’t this a shocking bit of news?
Lindsay Lohan and all of her legal and personal woes were bound to have her showing her freckled funbags to some magazine sooner or later. It’s not like we haven’t seen them before but now we’ll get to see if the carpet matches the drapes in Playboy. Reports have surfaced that the magazine will cough up a cool $1 million for Lohan to take it all off for the magazine. Now, while this isn’t shocking, it makes you wonder how much more of a downward spiral Lohan‘s career will delve in before she smashes into the pavement. It’s apparent that Lohan‘s life span seems to get cut shorter and shorter each day as another legal, family or drug and alcohol problem surfaces. Posing for Playboy in the midst of career turmoil is a sign that the end is near and we’ll likely see her on Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab shedding tears over not being able to gulp down vodka and pills. (Her father, Michael Lohan, was already a guest on the show.)
Rose Thornquist’s cheery bedroom—recently painted in her color choices of lilac and apple green—contains an unexpected surprise: a bookcase stacked with yellow ducks in many forms. Actually, several aren’t yellow: they are lilac and green like her room.
When asked how many she has, she replied: “I counted yesterday and I have 134.”
Men are beginning to rediscover the allure of clutching to a smoking pipe, and they're doing it this time without any of the health hazards
Any smoker will tell you that quitting is not easy. From nicotine patches to peer counseling, there are now endless resources for those wanting to get off what is arguably the most addictive drug in the world. But for the type of men who refuse to ask for directions or are reluctant to try couples therapy, quitting cold turkey can seem like the only option worth considering. Unfortunately, that is also the least effective.
As the NBA Lockout tacks on another day and the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t get to host the Indiana Pacers last night as originally scheduled, the latest buzz surrounding negotiations revolves around the much-discussed amnesty clause which will allow each of the 30 teams to rid itself of one poor contract.
Tiger Woods was infamous among his many mistresses for allegedly refusing to use protection during sex and ex-mistress Rachel Uchitel may have shared the habit. She’s reportedly pregnant.
The 36-year-old’s pregnancy, if true, might explain her quickie Las Vegas marriage to Matt Hahn , a 26-year-old former Penn State University football player, ten years her junior.
ALLEN IVERSON is still not worried about practice.
Iverson announced the rosters for his Las Vegas Superstar Challenge, scheduled for Nov. 12 and 13, and was asked whether he would be practicing to get ready for the event.
"I didn't come here to talk about practice," he said, laughing, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "I'll have enough workouts to make sure I come here in shape and ready to play."
Connie Britton stars as Vivien Harmon in American Horror Story on FX.
One of the last big U.S. cable brands to cross the border arrives Monday. Will it be a hit or an American Horror Story?
FX Canada launches at 9 p.m. Monday with a special Halloween night airing of American Horror Story , the creepy new drama from Glee producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Rogers Digital and East Link subscribers can enjoy a two-month free preview (channel 318 on Rogers Digital and in high definition on Rogers’ channel 565 in Ontario only). Distribution on other Canadian carriers is still being negotiated.
Cleveland Cavaliers' number one draft pick, Kyrie Irving, recently conducted an interview with Dime Magazine. In said interview, Irving discusses his time at Duke, his thoughts on the NBA lockout, and his upcoming career with the Cavs.
You can read the whole interview here. I pulled out some of the more notable excerpts after the jump.
Even though Friday's labor talks broke off without an agreement, we're looking on the bright side. Our 5-on-5 crew shares what they're looking forward to the most in 2011-12:
1. What's No. 5 on your 2011-12 list of Things I'm Looking Forward To?
Kevin Arnovitz, ESPN.com: I wonder where Dwight Howard will be playing on March 1 and how that team will be composed headed into the stretch drive. What I'm not looking forward to is the kind of Melo-drama that preoccupied the league and disrupted the Nuggets last winter.
With the first month of the NBA season seemingly set to be wiped out, it’s about the time that basketball writers start writing the expected “Who will lose the most by missing the season?” column. So with no evident Rogue of the Week this week, here’s a different spin on the lockout: the top five teams or players that will MOST benefit from missing an entire season.
The Associated Press is scheduled to release the pre-season college basketball top 25 today.
Here is my initial ballot:
1. North Carolina (29-8) – Three Tar Heels’ players would have been first-round 2011 NBA Draft picks. They didn’t come back to celebrate a Sweet Sixteen appearance. Roy Williams knows how to handle jumbo expectations – and talent like Harrison Barnes, Tyler Zeller, John Henson, Kendall Marshall …
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From the Los Angeles Times' Ministry of Gossip blog:
KIM KARDASHIAN'S MARRIAGE IS JUST FINE, ROB KARDASHIAN SAYS
Newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries have been dancing around rumors of marriage trouble, prompting brother Rob Kardashian to give them both a hand on "Dancing With the Stars."
It’s been ten years since we heard from Semisonic. The band's last album, All About Chemistry , was released in 2001 and faired poorly on the North American charts. Without a doubt, the Minneapolis rock trio peaked in 1998 with Feeling Strangely Fine , which featured the Grammy-nominated hit “Closing Time”. Thirteen years later and it's still the the last call anthem for all bars/clubs out there.
Producers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders announced today the official opening night and first preview dates as well as the public on-sale date for the new production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's landmark musical EVITA. The show will open on Broadway Thursday, April 5, 2012 at The Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway), previews begin Monday, March 12, 2012 and tickets go on sale this Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 10:00 AM via www.ticketmaster.com / 1-800-745-3000.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct 27, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Los Angeles Film School is proud to announce two of their oft-celebrated alumni, Chris Bessounian ('06) and Tianna Langham ('02), were awarded the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for 2011 for Guns and Saris.
Tianna Langham has worked on numerous projects, such as Detached and The Wrong Hands. Chris Bessounian has worked for the companies Self-Raising Flower and HBL Media. Together, they pooled their talents for the award-winning short, The Kolaborator, which has screened at over 50 film festivals worldwide, and is also the winner of many prestigious honors, such as the British Academy Award for Excellence and the Best Short Film Award from the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. Another collaborative effort by Langham and Bessounian, entitled Butcher of Bosnia, was also a semi finalist in the 2010 Nicholl Fellowship for its screenplay.
The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, Christian music’s largest annual tour and Pollstar’s No. 1 tour in attendance for the first quarter of this year, has announced its highly anticipated 2012 artist and city lineup.
PERFORMANCE: The Port Aransas Historical Association presents Grammy-nominated singer Don Edwards performing at 7 p.m. Friday at the Third Coast Theater, 502 E. Avenue G., Port Aransas. Cost: $50. Information: 361-749-7300.
Back in 2007, the French electro duo Justice burst into the music scene with their debut album, Cross. They rose to extreme popularity all over the internet and have been nominated for four Grammy awards with one win. If you weren’t partying or dancing to “D.A.N.C.E.” or “Phantom pt. II” on full volume back in ‘07, then you weren’t living. The sound of Justice was fresh and exciting. It sounded as if rock ’n’ roll snorted cocaine and stumbled into a time machine. On Monday, Justice released Audio, Video, Disco, their highly-anticipated sophomore studio album.
The 15th Annual Carl Jackson “Home for Christmas” Concert, will be held again this year on Saturday, Dec. 10 in Louisville with two shows, 4pm and 7pm.
This show completely sells out each year, and folks come from five states to see these incredible Nashville musicians that hometown native, Carl Jackson brings to his hometown of Louisville.
BOCA RATON, FL, Oct 27, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- PhoneGuard, Inc., a subsidiary of Options Media Group Holdings, Inc. (pinksheets:OPMG) (otcqb:OPMG) and a provider of mobile applications, today announces its Chairman, Keith St. Clair, will host an investor update conference call on November 7th to provide a general investor update and to discuss several specific new upcoming business opportunities for the Company. These opportunities relate to the release of new promotional materials from Company spokesperson, two-time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Justin Bieber.
By Veda Jo Jenkins | Live Shows | October 27, 2011
John Oates performs a solo set at the Bamboo Room. (Howie Grapek / GPO)
“You Make My Dreams” come true – referring to the popular Hall and Oates tune from the ’80’s can go both ways. For John Oates, he’s still living his dream of performing and for those in the audience it was a chance to meet the man behind the words. We both had our dream come true.
When Mitchell College hosted motivational speaker Al Duncan, the speaker shared his own life struggles and what he calls his "Duncan Nuggets" as part of his focus on at-risk youth.
“Knowledge is power if you use it,” he said.
The event was led by Alexis Jones, a former Survivor contestant and founder of I Am That Girl, and sponsored through the National Society of Leadership and Success. This organization, with a mission of supporting the leaders of tomorrow, was producing Duncan's appearance for broadcast to over 240 other college campuses.
Hasidic Jewish men sit in front and women sit in back on the B110 bus between Borough Park and Williamsburg in Brooklyn.
It looks like little has changed on the B110 Williamsburg-to-Borough Park bus line, where self-segregation among the sexes remains as entrenched as ever.
Researchers found that only 10 percent of California’s public elementary schools receive high-quality science-based education, according to a study released Tuesday.
The study found that the state’s public elementary schools neglect the sciences in their attempts to improve scores on statewide testing, which focuses on mathematics and English.
Dodgers ace took time during 1956 MVP season to thank fan
By Jim Mills / Special to MLB.com | 10/27/11 3:06 PM ET
Don Newcombe went 27-7 with a 3.06 ERA in 1956 to capture the Cy Young and NL MVP Awards. (Los Angeles Dodgers)
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When most students study the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, they learn of the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Thurgood Marshall. But the name Lincoln Lynch belongs in textbooks as well, especially when the discussion focuses on Long Island's own struggles to integrate blacks and whites.
Thanks to the Internet and the prevalence of cyberbullying, bullying is “worse today” than in past generations, Lawrence Township parents who attended an anti-bullying workshop at Lawrence High School were told last week.
The Oct. 19 workshop, which was sponsored by the Character Team at Lawrenceville Elementary School and funded by a grant from the Lawrence Township Education Foundation, was intended to provide parents of students in preschool through sixth grade with ways to work with school personnel to help prevent, identify and stop bullying.
On Thursday’s Piers Morgan Tonight , Donald Trump revealed that representatives of Occupy Wall Street wanted to do an interview with him. Morgan, who won Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice in 2008, asked the real estate mogul what he thought of the movement. “I sort of think it’s cool,” Trump exclaimed. “There’s something I like about it.”
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DANVILLE — After performing three times at two different schools Wednesday, Victor Pacini wasn’t showing any signs fatigue.
Pacini, a motivational speaker from the Chicago suburbs, had three grade levels of Meade Park Elementary School students on their feet singing, clapping and dancing to an upbeat song he wrote. And that was just the beginning of his rousing 45-minute presentation.
Thursday, October 27, 2011 By Donesha Sibley, Michael Cheung
MUSICAL CHAIRS: The drastic cuts have packed music teacher Wendy Kornbeck’s remaining four music classes beyond capacity. She says there are not enough chairs for everyone. - Alejandra Torres
Budget cuts and low enrollment in Venice’s music program have caused dramatic cuts this year. Six of last year’s 10 music classes were eliminated and the choir has been cut in half.
The Old West is new again with the season’s hottest trend in heels: the modern western boot. Here, fashionista Jeanne Beker channels her inner cowgirl to corral the city’s top takes on the cool classic.
JEANNE BEKER’S TOP PICK - “The modern Western boot is definitely back. It’s become a classic. They’re comfortable, they have a sexy edge to them and they just make you feel good!”
The Beechwood football team has several key players battling injuries heading into Friday's non-district regular-season finale with Newport Central Catholic, including senior quarterback Taylor Davis, who will miss the next two games.
According to Beechwood head coach Noel Rash, Davis suffered a hairline fracture of his collarbone and won't be available until the second round of the playoffs.
, easily their finest album since the Eighties, when they figured out how to mix up New York disco and London punk and L.A. glitter and Euro electronics into their own style of louche jet-boy synth-whoosh. They crashed through the boundaries of rock culture all the more effectively by doing it as a way to meet girls. And they apparently met quite a few.
NADV. St Michael's Hospice fundraiser Vicky Taylor, checks in on Ben Davis right, and Jason Odle from Vida Media Ltd, as they swap their offices for a shop window to raise cash for the Hospice. 111024AR7pic2.
SPENDING a week in a shop window on full view to the public may not be everyone’s cup of tea.
GATLINBURG — Throughout the 2011 season, the Gatlinburg-Pittman Lady Highlanders (18-1-1) have faced obstacles and overcame them.
Six times in the season the team has climbed TSSAA’s levels of classification to battle larger AAA schools, and they’re 5-0-1 in those contests — with wins over Seymour, William Blount, Morristown East and Jefferson County and a tie against Dobyns-Bennett.
[Updated with videos] The Dandy Town Hornets are the 2011/12 Dudley Eve Champions after beating the North Village Rams 1 – 0.
North Village Rams Starting Line-Up: Jason Williams, DeVrae Tankard, Tyrell Burgess, Kofi Dill, Dakai Grant, Jason Davis, Kaiwon Dill, Sammy DeGraff, Ralph Bean Jr., Lashun Dill, Jason Lee.
Children's retailer continues to pioneer the industry focusing on fashion, entertainment, and shopping made fun.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- 77kids by American Eagle, the "kid cool," durable clothing and accessories brand from American Eagle, is taking on the challenging holiday retail environment by keeping with their core objective to create the most unique and innovative retail experience that focuses on fashion, gifts, interactivity, technology, music, and fun. Aiming to take the stress out of holiday shopping, 77kids by American Eagle creates an engaging environment for kids and a place where gift seekers can easily find trendy yet affordable apparel and accessories as well as other excellent gifts to make for the most enjoyable retail experience possible. 77Holiday excitement also ramps up post-Thanksgiving with the 77Super Gift Giveaway offering the chance to win prizes such as Xbox Kinect, iPad, Nintendo 3DS, and more just by stopping by the store or making a www.77kids.com purchase in addition to a fun Facebook photo contest where customers have the chance to win holiday cash.
A Shelbyville man led deputies on a chase through three counties before stopping late Monday night, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Department.
Jason Ryan Davis, 29, of Belmont Avenue, was initially blue-lighted by Deputy Steven Daugherty near Wartrace because one of his vehicle's headlights was out, the BCSD said.
Reginias Davis left last night’s school board forum with about four pages of notes scribbled on loose leaf, the initials of the candidates marked in caps next to the paragraphs.
The Stratford resident was lucky enough to have had her question about school bullying answered by all five of the contenders -- only about a third of the questions, submitted via index cards, were addressed due to time constraints.
The film's cast includes Jason Bateman and Hope Davis; project will be shopped to foreign buyers at the upcoming American Film Market.
Exclusive Media Group has picked up international rights to ensemble drama Disconnect , whose cast includes Jason Bateman , Hope Davis , Frank Grillo , Michael Nyqvist and Paula Patton .
Cape Town-100408. Athol Trollip ,Parliamentary Leader of the DA along with Lindiwe Mazibuko , Deputy Shadow Minister of Communications, discuss the ANC's wasteful expenditure of over a billion rand since July last year, in Parliament today .Picture: Jason Boud.
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Usually you wouldn’t attribute the underdog title to a top 10 pick in the NFL Draft. In Darrius Heyward-Bey’s case, this rule is ignored because most NFL Draft observers, myself included, felt that Heyward-Bey should not have been picked in the first or second round.
Google always seem to be bending over backwards in order to make our online existence that little bit easier, whether it be a new function here, a smoother experience there or an imaginative Google doodle for us to coo over.
And it seems to have done it again with this update to its tab page. The update brings some new functionality which should make sorting out apps a breeze, as you can drag and drop them to rearrange or send them to the bin. You can also scroll through multiple pages using arrows at the side.
The history of Christianity, as atheists are fond of reminding us, is one that has been drenched in blood. Whether religious war, inquisition, or colonial violence, there’s been great evil committed in the name of God. What role has the idea of Satan played in the development of this culture? Theologian Miguel De La Torre, with co-author Albert Hernàndez, has just published a book, The Quest For the Historical Satan, that takes this question by the tail.
From Ash in The Evil Dead and Dewey and Randy from Scream to Fright Night's Charley Brewster, Tommy Jarvis from Friday the 13th and more, 411's Mike Gorman counts down the top 10 scream kings of all-time!
9 times out of 10 when a discussion starts about horror films and the characters that survive them, we eventually find ourselves recounting the adventures of the women who find themselves targeted by the monsters, aka the Scream Queens. This group includes some of the more famous like Jamie Lee Curtis whose Laurie Strode has long battled her brother Michael Myers in the Halloween films. This Halloween I thought it might be more interesting to see if a gender switch is possible when it comes to these characters. Do Scream Kings exist? I think so and this week I bring you ten (well technically twelve) male characters who I think qualify.
If you don't have Jack to do this Halloween, Let BW be you ghoulish guide.
These days, zombies abound in pop culture. A Google search on "zombies" brings up a bevy articles that claim the zombie apocalypse is a real possibility, like cracked.com 's, "5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen," which cites brain parasites, neurotoxins and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Whether you’re just beginning your career or are in the middle of a career transition, taking the time to think about what really matters to you in life can save you years, even decades, of heartache. Here are some things to consider.
1. Money isn’t everything . Family often encourages you to go for the career where you can make the highest income. Unless you have a passion for the job that makes the highest income, going there is going to be a source of incredible misery for you. While paying the bills is important, happiness and satisfaction are even more important.
Bad news, Nexus One owners. Google's first smartphone will not be getting the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update because the device is "too old," Google told reporters on Wednesday.
Android product management director Hugo Barra told The Telegraph that the Nexus One's hardware wasn't new enough to run ICS, although it only came out in 2010.
Dear Lifehacker,
Rooting my Android phone went well, but I've tried to flash a custom ROM and now I think I've bricked my phone. Is there anything I can do?
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First of all, lets get something straight. Most people use the term "bricked" improperly. A bricked phone means one thing: your phone won't turn on in any way, shape or form, and there's nothing you can do to fix it. It is, for all intents and purposes, as useful as a brick. A phone stuck in a boot loop is not bricked, nor is a phone that boots straight into recovery mode. These are things you can usually fix, and they're a lot more common than a truly bricked phone. If your phone is actually bricked, you won't be able to fix it yourself (but there are things you can do—see the end of this article). For those other problems, you have a few options.
By Alison Fensterstock, The Times-Picayune NOLA.com
If you're 25 or younger and a rock fan, take a minute to imagine this: You live in a world with no Facebook and no Twitter. Nobody has a smartphone -- nobody has a cellphone. There's no mass texting.
The plot of CBS’s new sitcom 2 Broke Girls sounds like some other shows—two waitress roommates trying to save enough money to open a cupcake shop and make it big— but it’s a far cry from the kinds of shows that used to target 20-somethings.
The show is written and produced by Whitney Cummings, a comedian whose jokes mostly follow a general outline: Women are crazy and men are broke losers.
Swing Time's annual Halloween Costume Ball with dancing to Halloween-themed music, a costume parade and contest with prizes for best, scariest, hottest, funniest, swingiest and most original costumes, trick-or-treating and a monster shim sham. Lessons for Zombie Style Shim Sham dancing at 7 p.m. 8 p.m. $8. Gulfport Casino, 5500 Shore Blvd. S. (813) 840-3715. swingtime.info.
Nokomis' Leah Edmonson (19) hits the ball slightly wide of the post as Belfast goalkeeper Julia Ward and Brittany Mellor (right) defend during the first half of their Eastern Maine Class B field hockey final in Hampden Tuesday evening. Buy Photo
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New CBS comedy series “2 Broke Girls” is attracting criticism for their portrayal of a Korean character and their alleged use of racial stereotypes.
The character of Korean immigrant Bryce (Han) Lee, as played by Matthew Moy, runs the diner where the “2 Broke Girls” (played by Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs) are employed. As we mentioned in our recap back in September , the only drawback to the series premiere was that Moy's character certainly "walked the line of turning into a stereotype."
After topping the 800 mark a couple times in Kansas City this season, Anthony Judd finally broke through in Topeka to highlight last week’s city bowling action.
Judd, a four-time city bowler of the year, strung together games of 245, 279 and 277 for an 801 series a week ago Tuesday night in the Gage Majors League at Gage Center Bowl. The series ranks third on the men’s season honor roll.
My birds are still AWOL. I haven’t taken the time to call the Extension office to find out why. Other folks report their birds are also in exile. I have one old Hummingbird that stayed behind, too long a trip to South America for the old guy is what I suspect. Also missing in action for most of the last month is Roy. He’s due back this week then Mark leaves, when he returns Nicole goes on vacation. Our 38-year employee, Debbie, now retired, will come in and pitch-hit. Mosquitoes are swarming but hold on just a few more days. Despite aggressive spraying, both by land and by air, the south winds bring in a new batch as soon as the old bunch is killed. It’s hard to get ahead of them. We should see some relief by the weekend. Temperatures should drop down in the 40’s allowing the spraying to catch up to them. The good thing is that floodwater mosquitoes don’t carry diseases, such as West Nile, etc.*****Because of this drought, with rainfall expected to be 40 percent less this winter, our roads face greater damage. As the soil shifts, so does pavement. Cities and states will face major road repairs. Also 40 percent to 50 percent of our trees are expected to die. That breaks my heart but it also will be expensive to remove dead wood. Look for more concrete slabs to crack due to the drought, which is not too unusual in this area. We just thought it was bad two months ago when we even had Neighbor Cox doing his rain dance. It has gotten far worse since. Some rainfall is expected Thursday which might help surface plants but not much else. *****Gotta move on. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.
Qué lejos queda 2009. Hace tan solo dos años y parece una eternidad para las ficciones. Esa temporada se estrenaron 'Cómo conocà a vuestra madre', 'Community', 'Modern Family', 'Parks and Recreation' y 'Glee', un puñado de series que todavÃa se mantienen en forma. 2010 fue un año pobre (por no decir desastroso) en producciones cómicas y en este inicio de curso de 2011 las apuestas de humor de la mayorÃa de cadenas habÃan despertado muchas expectativas. Nada más lejos de la realidad. Las nuevas comedias han arrancado sin fuerza, faltas de ideas y tendentes a la mediocridad. '2 Broke Girls' es la única dispuesta a romper esta tendencia y situarse a la altura de las ficciones veteranas. Repasamos sus muchos fallos y pocos aciertos:
The daisy-like tickseed, like this one found during a hike at the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area, is a common Florida wildflower and is featured on the state’s wildflower license tag.
A Catesby’s lily, also known as a pine lily, found along the hiking trail at the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area. The lily is named for 18th-century naturalist Mark Catesby. It is found throughout Florida and flowers in the summer and fall.
Three of the teams that were widely expected to be favorites for World Series contention (Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees) are at home licking their wounds.
Two teams not even expected to make any progress at all (Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Indians) surprised just everyone connected with baseball.
Chicago White Sox relying on Adam Dunn, Alex Rios and Jake Peavy for 2012 - MLB News
Chicago White Sox relying on Adam Dunn, Alex Rios and Jake Peavy for 2012 - MLB News
The Chicago White Sox management is relying on their three best players and expecting a bounce-back effort from them in the next Major League Baseball season.
Solon -- In high school soccer, one moment of indecision in a golden-goal overtime period can be the difference between victory and elimination.
The Hudson boys soccer team had to deal with that cruel fact Oct. 24.
The Explorers rallied from an early 1-0 deficit, only to have Solon score the winning goal in overtime in a 2-1 victory in a Division I district semifinal game at Solon's Stewart Field.
’s 3-0 victory over the Kings changed your expectation level? Leave your comments below and send your tweets to@HartyLFC.
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How damaging was Wisconsin's loss to Michigan State? The BadgerBeat team of Adam Mertz, Tom Mulhern and Andy Baggot dives into that question and looks ahead to the Ohio State game.
Founders Jenny and Andy Czerkas profile The River Food Pantry on Madison's north side, where demand is high for groceries, a hot meal and clothes.
BOSTON—Central venous catheters (CVCs) for hemodialysis (HD) access are responsible for a high incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in children, according to data presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of American annual meeting. As a result, greater efforts are needed to encourage the use of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) in pediatric HD patients, researchers at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., concluded.
Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray takes a 91-yard carry to the end zone against the St. Louis Rams in Week 7.
Considering he was facing such a crap defense like the Rams, I had figured DeMarco Murray would make the most of his chance as the lead back in the Cowboys’ offense. Little did I know that he would go on to lead the league in rushing yards with 253. That stat was good enough, but him chipping in a 91 yard scamper for a touchdown was icing on the cake. Many will tell you that Murray looked good simply because the Rams are that bad. But going up against an Eagles Defense that gives up an average of 123.8 rushing yards a game along with a 4.8 yards a carry average to opposing running backs, it’s easy for me to consider Murray a low-end RB1 for Week 8. In my opinion, Murray isn’t a one-week wonder.
This week's First Fifteen takes a look at the biggest games with four major NFC contenders on bye:
1. Tim Tebow takes a backseat for a minute to the Lions, who have reached a flashpoint in their season. With two straight losses, the darling Lions must respond and find some solutions to a growing problem. The past two weeks against the 49ers and Falcons, despite the postgame blowups with coaches' handshakes and talk of dirty play, they have been smacked around a little and outmuscled at the point of attack. On top of that, the Lions have gotten out of rhythm offensively with QB Matthew Stafford looking off his game, and head coach Jim Schwartz chalks that up — using a basketball analogy — to those teams slowing the tempo down. "Maybe you are a team that likes to fast-break and you got (an opponent) that is slowing the ball down going down the court or knocking it down after a made basket so you can't fast break or the other way around," Schwartz said. "You haven't played your game, you played the opponents' game. I think, in particular the last two weeks, that has been the case with us offensively, defensively, special teams-wise is we have played on our opponents' terms rather than our own terms." Well, guess what, Jim: No one slows it down like the Broncos ... or do they? Keep reading.
Last season, the most prized draft pick heading into the 2011 NFL Draft was Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. After an outstanding 2010 season in which he led the Cardinals to an Orange Bowl title, Luck was guaranteed to be the No. 1 pick. The only problem with that, though, was that he stayed in school, determined to win a national championship.
1. Adrian Peterson (MIN) -- The league’s best running back against the league’s worst (statistically) defense vs. fantasy running backs. You do the math. Christian Ponder showed enough last week to keep Carolina from having 8 or 9 in the box on every play.
2. Ray Rice (BAL) -- Even the Baltimore defense is speaking out against the play selection of the Ravens offense in their embarrassing loss on MNF. Look for Baltimore to get back to what they do best -- use Ray Rice liberally.
Calvin Watkins joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. He's covered the Cowboys since 2006 and also has covered colleges, boxing and high school sports. A native New Yorker, Watkins lives in the Dallas area with his wife and two children.
Todd Archer joined ESPNDallas.com in November 2010. He's covered the NFL since 1997 and the Cowboys since 2003. He covered the Bengals and Dolphins before arriving in Dallas. A Massachusetts native, Archer lives in the Dallas area with his wife and two children.
ARLINGTON, Texas – The University of Texas at Arlington’s Women’s and Gender Studies program will be host of next month's LUNAFEST, a national touring film festival dedicated to raising awareness of women’s issues and highlighting women filmmakers.
The festival, sponsored by LUNA nutrition bars, features 9 short films and opens at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the Maverick Activities Center’s Lone Star Auditorium, 500 W. Nedderman Drive. Tickets are $5 per student with UT Arlington identification, and may be purchased online at www.lunafest.org/arlington. Tickets are $10 for everyone at the door.
WHEN horse racing legend Bart Cummings entered Government House to meet the Queen, the Spring racing carnival was on the trainer's mind.
''I hope you back a winner,'' he said.
The Queen smiled and replied: ''Thank you, but I don't bet''.
Cummings, who has trained 12 Melbourne Cup winners, spent several minutes chatting with her majesty, who is a keen horse enthusiast and has previously visited Flemington race course.
TWO veterans of the sport of kings and queens - the Cups King, Bart Cummings, and the Queen herself - shared their love of the track when they met for lunch in Canberra yesterday, the spring racing carnival on their minds.
''I hope you back a winner,'' said Bart, 83, a dab hand at the art of winning, having trained 12 Melbourne Cup winners.
It didn't start with anyone in today's NBA, nor will it end with them. Be it through free agency or by indirectly forcing a trade by not signing a contract extension, this is not a new practice.
Because this is not a new trend in the NBA, the backlash and criticism LeBron faced by joining theHeatwas quite baffling.
Sinking to new depths, he brings on Bush "brawn" Joe Allbaugh, who backed Giuliani in '08. Is Perry the next Rudy?
Topics: Rick Perry , Mitt Romney , 2012 Elections
Rick Perry’s craven embrace of birtherism in Parade Magazine shouldn’t surprise anyone. Much like Mitt Romney, he’ll say whatever he thinks he needs to in order to win election. But he’s not as smart as Romney, and he’s got no chance in a general election unless he climbs from his new depths in the Republican primary pack. So the man who’s been known to flatter secessionists made a play for the birther vote this weekend, along with the support of the movement’s leader, Donald Trump.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Budweiser extended its sponsorship of the World Cup through the 2018 edition in Russia and the 2022 event in Qatar on Tuesday, confident that fans would look beyond FIFA's corruption scandal and focus on the tournaments only.
Anheuser-Busch InBev's chief marketing officer Chris Burggraeve said the global impact of the World Cup remained "phenomenal" for the world's biggest brewer and expected Budweiser to continue to enjoy the same kind of success the 2010 tournament in South Africa had created.
John Jay College professor Nicholas D. K. Petraco talks statistical analysis and forensics at the Americas Seminar at Worcester Polytechnic Institute yesterday. (JOHN FERRARONE)
WORCESTER — It helps solve crimes, reduce infections and create the wings of a manmade insect.
Despite the 'double dip recession' scenarios being played out in the international markets, more than USD 67 billion worth of projects have been revived in the GCC in 2011, according to a Sharjah-based project tracker firm.
"These figures are totaled on the estimated project values. In the GCC, projects with a combined value of USD 29 billion are already under construction with Dubai alone accounting for over 30% of the revived projects," said Ben D'Souza, Chief Operating Officer at BNC Networks, an independent project tracker research firm , which compiled the data exclusively for Zawya.
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Quotes of the day by those who would protect the status quo:
•“Public services delivered by public employees have worked very, very well.” — Councillor Glenn DeBaeremaeker
•“I can tell you there are many, many things we don’t know (about this garbage contract) ... we don’t know where the trucks will be stored or what day pick-up will be ...” — Union sister and long-time CUPE apologist Janet Davis as she rubbed her hands in despair.
A candidate for Ross Township Commissioner filed a complaint Friday alleging that two incumbent commissioners in contested races did not file the proper paperwork or pay the required bond to post political signs.
John Sponcer, candidate for Ward 3, filed the complaint with the township code enforcement department, saying no permits had been secured as of Oct. 21 by his opponent, Commissioner Dan Kinross or Commissioner Dan DeMarco, of Ward 1.
Intermittent rain showers greeted the members and guests as they approached the home of Martha and Ed Dykes for the Rumbling Waters Arts Club meeting on Oct. 10.
President Martha Dykes began the meeting with the invocation. After introducing the guests and the members, a short business meeting was held.
Questions about activity fees, student-funded field trips and exactly where money was being allocated were all topics of conversation at the Exeter School District's first community forum of the school year.
Members of the administration and school board answered questions and heard concerns and accolades from parents and community members at Reiffton School on Monday night.
At its Oct. 24, 2011 meeting, the Ann Arbor city council considered but rejected a proposal to reappoint a historic district study committee for an area along Fourth and Fifth avenues near downtown Ann Arbor. Subsequently, a separate proposal to enact an emergency moratorium on demolition in the proposed study area was withdrawn. It would have included an area roughly from William south to Madison along Fourth and Fifth avenues, as well as some addresses on Packard Street.
Here’s a peek at some of the stories we’re working on today.
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EVAN TAYLOR . Max Reinhart introduces us to a cancer-stricken 19-year-old from Mentor who's taking part in a Cleveland event today to raise money for cancer research.
There really wasn't any doubt.
Evidence that Earth is warming is based on three sets of temperature readings. One set is maintained by NASA, one by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and one by a collaborative effort between Britain's Meteorological Office and the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, a dataset generally referred to as HadCRU. All of them have painted essentially the same picture: a global temperature increase over land of slightly under 1 degree C (1.8 F) over the past century.
NORTH LIMA - Paul J. Highfield Jr., 76, of North Lima, formerly of Salem, died at 12:40 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 at the Shepherd of the Valley in Boardman.
He was born Jan. 3, 1934 in East Liverpool, Ohio, the son of the late Paul Joseph Sr. and Roberta (Hoskins) Highfield.
Mr. Highfield was last employed with the Ward Trucking Co. in Altoona, Pa., as a truck driver. He was a member of the St. Jude's Roman Catholic Church in Columbiana and a former member of the St. Paul Catholic Church in Salem.
Saskatoon's Ward 3 will see new representation Monday night.
Ann Iwanchuk will be sworn in as a city councillor after her by-election victory earlier this week.
The councillor-elect said some of her top priorities include traffic flow in parts of the city.
“There’s other things we’d like to see like the snow removal system, expanding the bus service level from that area, there’s a number of concerns that’s been raised with me that I would like to get to work on right away,” said Iwanchuk.
NASA will store some rocket engines, slow work on others and study still more as it struggles to squeeze the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) Congress has ordered into a flat, $3 billion annual budget for development.
Early flights of the SLS will use surplus space shuttle main engines (SSMEs) and, as side-mounted strap-ons, the five-segment solid-fuel motors developed for the terminated Ares I crew launch vehicle’s first stage.
I’ve been watching OpenStack , the emerging open source cloud standard, for more than a year now. Without a doubt, open source cloud projects generate buzz on TalkinCloud. But where exactly do VARs and MSPs fit into the OpenStack conversastion?
Since the OpenStack project’s mid-2010 launch, the community of open source developers and solution providers building on the platform has grown from just two — Rackspace and NASA — up to more than 110 today. And technology titans like Dell , Citrix , and HP have all signed on, with even traditionally hardware-focused Intel submitting code to the OpenStack community.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Oct 25, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- GMR Global Mineral Resources Corp. ("GMR") (frankfurt:GLLN), a Canadian-based resource, exploration and development company trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (trading symbol GLLN), is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Claus Wagner-Bartak as Chairman of its Advisory Board.
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How would it feel to see you classmates 65 years after graduation? Most of us can only hope to live to see the day. But for the Belleville High School Class of 1946, it was one joyful occasion they were truly grateful to celebrate.
The class got together Sunday at the Forest Hill Field Club in Belleville Avenue for its 65th Class Reunion. 39 classmates came with their husbands and friends from both near and far.
Cervera Real Estate recently hosted its quarterly top producer awards celebration dinner which recognizes associates for their outstanding sales performance in the real estate industry. The dinner was held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Miami which is on 1435 Brickell Avenue on October 11, 2011, and recognized real estate agents for their top sales performance from branch offices in South Florida.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- PGA National Resort & Spa, home of the PGA Tour Honda Classic, five championship courses and world-class amenities, announces the celebration of its 30-year anniversary in November.
PGA National's recent revitalization includes numerous enhancements to its 379-room resort hotel, clubhouse, golf courses, spa, health and racquet club, and conference and meeting space. Among the new contemporary additions was a stunning zero entry pool, newly-named signature restaurant - Ironwood Steak and Seafood - and trendy, atmospheric lobby iBAR. The final phase of a complete room transformation will take place in 2012.
Margarita Abramov remembers the first time she saw St. Augustine, Fla., in the summer of 2010.
“We drove over the Bridge of Lions, and I couldn’t believe it. I thought, ‘We’re in Europe in the middle of the United States,’ “ said Abramov, a native of Russia who came to America in 1978. “I knew we had to live here. It was so special. We bought a house and moved our children here right away.”
Monday, Oct. 24, 10 a.m. Hear! Here! (Woodland Chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America) at Woodland Community & Senior Center, 2001 East St., with speaker Jane Plocher on speech therapy. There will be opportunity to discuss your personal hearing problems.
Monday, Oct. 24, 11 a.m. The Food Bank of Yolo County will distribute food to eligible residents at the Guinda Grange Hall, 16787 Forrest Ave., Guinda. Participants may receive food at only one site. Eligible participants are asked to bring a bag to carry their food home. For more information call the Food Bank at 668-0690.
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This Sept. 16, 2011 photo, shows the Carnival Imagination cruise liner, foreground, docked in the Port of Miami awaiting departure for a three day cruise to Nassau.
Stupid? He thinks it was a streak of genius.
Jace Lankow, the 22-year-old who stripped down to his skivvies, ran wild and inadvertently sparked a bench-clearing riot during last week's UCLA-Arizona football game after coming onto the field dressed as a referee, told police he did it because he wants to be a contestant on the TV show "Wipeout."
BUCKLEY Ridges beat off the rain to score a solid win over North Dandenong in the Dandenong District Cricket Association on Saturday.
After making 150 on day 1 of the clash Ridges bowled out Norths for 35 in 25 overs with Te Ahu Davis (5-11), Chris Batchelor (3-8) and Jeremy Kuru (2-14) doing the damage.
THE $242 million the Baillieu government is spending to slash ambulance fees will not save lives and would be better spent on paramedics, according to the Labor opposition.
The comments by Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews come after Ambulance Victoria had a backlog of 47 jobs on Sunday night.
The ambulance union said the shortage forced paramedics to leave patients in hospital waiting rooms and then head off to other emergencies.
. If you’ll remember, Hogan recently ripped off a Tebow jersey while yelling things on SportsNation , and Gumbel didn’t take kindly to it:
Such venom – even though it seemed to us the Hulkster’s whole Tebow rant was in jest anyway. Hosts Colin Cowherd and Michelle Beadle requested he say something to fire up the quarterback, after all. And hey, maybe it worked – the Broncos did beat the Dolphins today, with Tebow rallying the squad after a (very) slow start. We know, too, that Tebow is very much aware of those who downplay his talents.
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What started as a discussion on the North Delridge e-mail list quickly turned into something bigger – a bike ride with a visiting City Councilmember, to explore the possibility of a big change for 26th SW, a future as a “greenway” – a street-use concept the city is exploring (as detailed in this recent story from the Seattle Times [WSB partner]). Jake Vanderplas , who first brought the idea forward, CC’d us on a followup letter he sent to the entire City Council, recapping the ride and the concept. We asked for his permission to republish it here – so more people hear about the idea in the early stages:
It's nice to know people read this column. My good friend Ned Finney sent me the following story, which I am glad to bring to you:
"Hi Frank. After reading your Sept. 26 article, it occurred to me that a record had indeed been broken in this association. To my knowledge there has never been a two-handed release bowler that has shot a perfect game. That ended when Cody Johnson did it on the last week of Brookfield's Adult Junior League on Aug. 8 with games of 300, 225, 208 for a 733 series. So, unless there is another two-handed bowler in this association that did it already, Cody would be the first. To top that accomplishment, Cody is only 16 years old. What a bowling career he will have with a start like that. But Cody comes from a great bowling family. His brother Zach is just an awesome bowler with numerous high games and series. Unfortunately, he has been so busy with other things that he is unable to commit to a league. That leaves us with Aaron, the boys' father, who I think is a shoo-in for the Hall Of Fame with five 300 games, six 11 in a row, a 299, an 814 series and an almost record-breaking 855 series. What impresses me about the Johnsons is their uncanny ability to adjust to lane conditions rather than give up and blame poor scores on the lanes. Speaking of smart adjusting, one of the best at it, Gary Grant, shot another 300 on Oct. 4 to add to a long list of accomplishments. It's hard to believe that he is not on the list of Hall of Famers."
The Beaver Local High School junior class parents held a 'closest to the pin golf ball drop' fundraiser on Saturday at the Calcutta Volunteer Fire Department. The cost was $50 a golf ball. The $2,500 first place prize went to Mike Volino; the $1,000 second place prize went to Greg Eisenhart; the $500 third place prize went to Heidi Meredith. Pictured (from left) are juniors Clayton Brightwell and Jordan Reinke and junior class mom Michelle Davis as they determine the winner. (Photo by Ana Yanni)
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It’s not enough Tim Tebow was named starting quarterback after last game but he also has to go to Miami and show up for a Florida Gator celebration.
Tim Tebow has helped a possible sellout crowd in Miami. Not only are the Bronco faithful elated, but he’s getting a hero’s welcome from his home state. If that isn’t a recipe for disaster I’m not sure what is. All eyes will be on this young man to replicate his heroics at Florida while giving the Bronco faithful new hope. There is probably as much pressure on Tebow this Sunday as he’s ever experienced in his career.
Howard Schnellenberger was asked about the Middle Tennessee spread offense that dominated his defense in Saturday’s 38-14 loss.
“They got us going, the speed of their offense and we knew it, that’s what they’ve beaten us with the last three years and it beats a lot of people,” he said.
Here is where his answer took a bizarre twist.
Dan Wheldon, the IndyCar racer who died of head injuries on Oct. 16 from a 15-car pile-up at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was honored on Saturday, at a funeral that was held in his adopted hometown of St Petersburg, Fla.
Hundreds of people gathered to attend the funeral of the 33-year-old, which took place at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. The funeral will be followed by a public memorial, to be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
How many Lego bricks does it take to build a theme park? If you’re looking at the recently opened Legoland in Florida, the answer is 30 million.
Park visitors enter Legoland Florida during its grand opening celebration in Winter Haven, Florida October 14, 2011. REUTERS/Pierre DuCharme
A year ago, Sarasota celebrated the 100th anniversary of the arrival of boomtime developer Owen Burns, who came here and created a city out of what was then a sleepy fishing town.
But 24 years before that, another outsider arrived, and what he did was create a sleepy fishing village, and then turn it into a town.
I am typing this postgame report from the press room on the event level at Verizon Center. It’s a quiet place of work which is situated not far from two very noisy places. One of those is the old Coaches Club bar from which I can hear many ecstatic Caps fans clinking glasses in celebration of a great win. The other noisy spot is inside the Caps dressing room, where the players who made the convincing win over Detroit happen have a right to be loud.
staff writer Tom Jones last week about the broadcast.
Is there a difference between doing a game in London and a game in the United States?
In the end, it is a football game, and fans of the Bucs and the Bears and of the NFL are watching the game. Obviously, we are going to recognize that the game is in London and that it is special. But it's still a football game. That is our priority.
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Qatar shares rose the most in more than two weeks after United Development Co. said earnings more than quadrupled and oil advanced for a third week. Israel’s benchmark index climbed to the highest close since August.
United Development, the Qatari real-estate and energy investor, surged the most in more than seven years. Qatar Electricity & Water Co., the Middle East’s second-biggest utility by market value, rallied 2.9 percent before financial results scheduled for this week. Qatar’s QE Index rose 0.8 percent, the most since Oct. 6, to 8,432.86 at the 1 p.m. close in Doha. The Bloomberg GCC 200 Index climbed 0.4 percent and Israel’s TA-25 Index rose 1.8 percent.
Qatar’s shares gained the most in almost two weeks after United Development Co. (UDCD) said earnings more than quadrupled and oil advanced for a third week.
United Development, the Qatari real-estate and energy investor, headed for the biggest gain in more than seven years. Qatar Electricity & Water Co. (QEWS), the Middle East’s second-biggest utility by market value, rallied 4.6 percent before earnings scheduled for later this week. Qatar’s QE Index (DSM) advanced 0.7 percent, the most since Oct. 12, to 8,422.82 at 11 a.m. in Doha. The Bloomberg GCC 200 Index (BGCC200) climbed less than 0.1 percent.
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England boss Fabio Capello is reported to have been offered a staggering £30 million to head to Qatar in an advisory capacity after the finals of Euro 2012, according to The Mirror.
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Statistics show that technology has not reduced the number of foreign workers recruited for selected jobs in Qatar according to the “Qatar Population Status 2011, two years after the launch of the population policy”, a report issued by the Permanent Population Committee (PPC). Among those jobs are civil engineers, technicians, cleaning workers and accountants. Qatar is experiencing comprehensive development and an economic boom which involved the recruitment of 1,271,000 foreign workers, which amounts to 94.2% of the total economically active population in 2010, the report says. Female labour force (LF) amounts to 12.3% of the overall LF. Semi- skilled and unskilled workers are around 75% of the total foreign workers. 11% of the total non-Qatari LF are domestic workers. 86.3% of Qataris work in the public sector. The report also says that around two thirds of Qatar population of 15 years and above are single. Doha has the highest population density in the country with 47% of inhabitants living there. The density is 3,394 persons per sq km, while Al Shamal has the lowest rate at 1% - less than nine persons per sq km. In education, the number of students increased as well as opportunities for males and females within the Qatari education system. The number of students enrolled in public, independent and private schools rose from 65,675 males and 65,381 females in 2004 to 92,117 males and 88,225 females in 2010. Spending on public health care amounted to 7.2% of the total budget of 2010-2011. Consequently, life expectancy increased to 78.2 years in 2010 and infant mortality rate declined to 6.7 per thousand in the same year. Women’s economic activity improved significantly, around 36.6% of the total labour force in 2010 was Qatari women, which is a large figure compared with most Arab countries. Due to the requirements of the economic boom and World Cup 2020, Qatar faces demographical challenges that necessitate PPC to maintain a sophisticated balanced scheme to simultaneously cater for development projects and preserve the Qatari identity and culture in the society. Also, PPC tends to limit dependency on foreign labour force by encouraging Qataris to marry and urging them to reproduce. In this respect, efforts are going on to raise awareness and reduce the adverse effects of some social practices such as dowries, and wedding expenses. There is also a trend to develop urban centres far from Doha by providing job opportunities and opening new facilities there.
Die 100 Langstreckenflugzeuge der Qatar Airways wollen beschäftigt werden. Oslo heißt die jüngste Flugstrecke, die direkt von Doha bedient wird. Nachdem zuvor bereits Kopenhagen und Stockholm in die Flugstrecken der arabischen Gesellschaft aufgenommen worden waren, bedient Qatar Airways nun die wichtigsten Destinationen in Skandinavien. Aber auch die zentraleuropäischen Staaten haben es der Fluggesellschaft angetan. Bevor Akbar al Baker in Oslo landete, hatte er die Strecke nach Sofia eingeweiht.
Agenţia Judeţană pentru Ocuparea Forţei de Muncă Satu Mare oferă, începând cu data de 24 octombrie, 157 de locuri de muncă în judeţ şi alte 43 în ţările Uniunii Europene. Vezi aici lista acestora.
Dintre cele 157 de locuri de muncă vacante, disponibile de săptămâna viitoare, 154 sunt în municipiul Satu Mare. Cele mai multe oferte, 34, sunt pentru confecţioneri - asamblori articole din textile, urmate de 18 cereri pentru şlefuitori, lustruitori. Se mai caută 10 confecţioneri din articole din piele şi înlocuitori, opt tâmplari la şlefuit, şapte tâmplari artizanali, câte cinci cusători piese din piele şi înlocuitori, muncitori necalificaţi în industria confecţiilor, paznici, pregătitori piese încălţăminte şi tâmplari universali. Oferta mai conţine câte trei posturi de agenţi comerciali, lăcătuşi mecanici, lucrători gestionari, şoferi de autoturisme şi camionete, tâmplari la croit şi dimensionat şi zidari. De asemenea, se caută câte doi asamblatori montatori profile aluminiu şi geam termopan, confecţioneri tricotaje după comandă, contabili, croitori, ingineri producţie, operatori introducere, validare şi prelucrare date, operatori maşini de tricotat rectiliniu şi reprezentanţi comerciali. Mai sunt disponibile câte un loc în următoarele posturi: asistent manager, agent turism, asistent comercial, barman, bucătar, casier, confecţioner tâmplărie din aluminiu şi mase plastice, electrician de întreţinere şi reparaţii, inginer autovehicule rutiere, inginer construcţii civile, industriale şi agricole, ospătar (chelner), şef departament logistică, şofer autocamion/maşină de mare tonaj, sudor, tehnician agronom-exploatare, tehnician în industria confecţiilor şi tricotajelor, tehnician în industia textilă şi tâmplar manual ajustor montator. Municipiul Carei are două locuri de muncă vacante, un post de încărcător – descărcător şi unul de magaziner, iar la Tăşnad se caută un tâmplar universal.
The decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar has been called into question by new FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger, with the German saying some of his fellow members had been pressurised by their governments to vote for the bid.
The comments from the 66-year-old president of the German Football Association to the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper are significant as he was appointed last week by FIFA to head one of the new committees established to clean up the organisation.
Tampa Plant High teacher Nancy Farnsworth and her husband Webster Farnsworth died in a horrific multi-vehicle crash Friday while returning from lunch in Clearwater, Florida.
The late educator was a longtime teacher at the South Tampa high school, where she taught math for Hillsborough County Public Schools over a decade. Sadly, the life of the beloved teacher ended tragically during the weekend of a family celebration.
The crowds of demonstrators and tourists flocking to Zuccotti Park have certainly irritated some of the local residents , but what about the businessmen who around there? During lunch hour on a sunny afternoon last week, we went down to the financial district to talk to men and women who work in various corporate fields around Wall Street. And while many seem to shrug off Occupy Wall Street with a mere eye roll, others had something more articulate to say. A number of those interviewed asked to keep their identity and place of work hidden, perhaps fearful of backlash—but here's what the suits told us:
When Heather Kellar learned that Wells Fargo was going to start charging her a $3 monthly fee to use her debit card, she closed her account and found another bank.
Heather Kellar, of North Augusta, switched to First Citizens Banks from Wells Fargo because she didn't want to pay the bank's new debit card fee. The new fee would have cost her $3 a month.
Central bankers need to update their outdated analytical toolkit - My thanks to a reader for this interesting article ( may require subscription registration ) by Gillian Tett for the Financial Times. Here is the opening:
Eight years ago, Claudio Borio, a senior economist at the Bank for International Settlements, co-authored a paper which warned that the world's financial system was spinning out of control, due to excess in the complex credit world. At the time, the paper was largely ignored, if not derided by many senior policymakers. But now it looks prescient; so much so, in fact, that Borio and his co-author, Bill White (who also used to work at the BIS), are some of the few economists who have emerged from the recent financial crisis with their reputations intact.
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In international finance, reputations are made on the big call. Get a bold prediction right and you might become a legend. Blow it, as Alan Greenspan did, and you’ll be a goat.
Mark Carney began making his reputation as economic policy maker quickly – on March 4, 2008, to be exact, only a month after taking over as the Bank of Canada’s eighth Governor. Faced with the first tremors of a recession in the United States, he did something unexpected, slashing the bank’s key interest rate by half a percentage point. Six weeks later, he cut deeply again.
We are on the eve of destruction. The signs and symptoms are everywhere. In the US, the top 1 per cent is getting richer and the other 99 per cent are mostly getting poorer. The first GFC barely took the glint off the bumper bars of bankers' limousines. They continue to gobble everything up and disgorge it on the bottom percenters. Most commented Articles
With all the divisiveness in Washington these days, it might seem unusual for President Barack Obama’s nominations to coast through the Senate.
But Thomas Curry is one of those people whose nominations should be as close to a slam dunk as possible.
Curry, a former Massachusetts banking commissioner, hasn’t necessarily been whisked through the Senate. Obama in July nominated Curry to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the unwieldy-sounding agency that oversees national banks. The Senate’s banking committee approved the appointment last month. A Republican on that panel who had raised concerns about Curry told Reuters earlier this month that he wouldn’t oppose Curry’s nomination, and he knew of no other opponents in the Senate.
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Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Qatar is worried about the effects of European legislation on sovereign wealth funds and is willing to cooperate with Europe on its economic crisis, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani said.
Qatar's thriving tourism and hospitality was showcased at the largest travel show in Asia, ITB Asia, held in Singapore 19-21 October, 2011. The Qatar Tourism Authority led a delegation of 11 of the country's top hotels and tourism operators - representing the depth and breadth of Qatar's hospitality offering - in attending the event, which is now in its fourth year.
