The Red Sox continue to monitor the market for left-handed reliever Brian Fuentes. (AP)
Of course Brian Fuentes would make a nice addition to the Red Sox bullpen. If the free agent were to sign with Boston, he would give the Sox something they do not currently have: An experienced left-handed reliever with a long history of dominating lefties (while also remaining reasonably effective against righties).
No surprise here, really. With a lefty Ellsbury leading off, Pedroia is one of the best right-handed on-base guys on the team, and actually seems to perform slightly better against righties despite being one himself. His contact ability (4% swinging strikes last year was a career high) and patience should build up pitch counts early, and if nothing else, he'll likely move Ellsbury along should he get on ahead of him.
Editor's note: Each day this week, Tony Lee will examine one part of Carl Crawford's journey to major league stardom. On Thursday, his patience and dedication to the Rays during their down years was covered.
When Carl Crawford uttered those words earlier this month while being introduced to Boston media and responding to a question regarding his new set of teammates, he was not dissing Tampa Bay, the organization which gave him his start and allowed him to rise to stardom. But it was impossible for him to glance at the roster in Boston, one which now included the speed demon, and have any other kind of reaction.
Here’s the best thing we can say about the 2010 Red Sox [team stats] season: It laid the groundwork for what’s shaping up to be one heck of a 2011.
General manager Theo Epstein has long had this offseason circled as one that could remake the franchise. With Padres slugger Adrian Gonzalez expected to be available via trade and speedster Carl Crawford hitting free agency, Epstein’s dream Plan A was to land both.
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With their offseason acquisitions of first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford, plus a rebuilt bullpen, the Sox are already being billed as the top team in the American League heading into 2011. It doesn’t hurt any that free agent lefty Cliff Lee spurned theto sign with the Philadelphia Phillies.
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What a year it was in Boston sports.
We began 2010 with an outdoor hockey game at Fenway Park. The Winter Classic was classic indeed, a mild winter’s day that saw the Bruins win in overtime. It was a day that reminded us that Boston truly is a great hockey town, ice and grit permanently mixed into its DNA.
The Manhattan skyline as seen from the western side of Greenwich Point, Friday afternoon, Sept. 17, 2010. 9/22/10 GT photo = Greenwich Scene. by Bob Luckey Photo: Bob Luckey / Greenwich Time
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Chu-Ying Ku of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company of Fort Lee, NJ, performs the Ribbon Dance with other members of the troupe at Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, CT, Monday morning, March lst, 2010. The school was celebrating the Chinese New Year. 3/2/10 GT photo = The Year Of The Tiger. Chinese New Year Roars In. by Colin Gustafson Photo: Bob Luckey / Greenwich Time
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Across Europe, 2010 was a year of doom and gloom. PIGS went to the slaughter; that warm glow from across the Atlantic cooled; WikiLeaks—letting us know what diplomats really think—soured international relations for good; and the pin-up of the age, Julian Assange, was revealed as at best unchivalrous.
There has been a lot of discussion on this particular thread on Seeking Alpha regarding AAPL, so I decided to do some technical analysis on this stock to see if the charts are suggesting if Apple is a short as the author suggests.
It’s been quite an active thread with many traders criticizing the author for even thinking about shoring this stock.
The product's compact design is the perfect solution at home, in the office or while traveling.
MINNEAPOLIS (PRNewswire) - Bracketron, the leading manufacturer in mounting solutions for mobile consumer electronics, today announced a versatile new desktop stand for the popular Apple iPad. The ultra slim iPad Lift features eight convenient viewing angles and the ability to collapse flat for easy portability when you're on the go. The nonslip feet and sturdy design securely hold your iPad in both portrait and landscape modes for ultimate flexibility.
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Having sold 1.6 million related items, the iPhone 4 dominated the ranks of eBay as the site’s number one “Top Shopped” item of 2010. Second place on the list went to the iconic Barbie doll, selling 1.17 million related items. Military jackets rounded off the top three most sold items with 1.03 million related items sold.
Just weeks after Tiny Cup closed its doors, the popular neighborhood coffee shop on 279 Nostrand Ave. has re-opened and been given a Southern makeover.
New Brooklyn resident Amber Arthur has taken over the business, which has been open again since last week, and brings a vast wealth of coffee knowledge with her. As of the owner of Izzy's Coffee Den in Asheville, NC, her shop was voted as having the best coffee in the state.
Apparently Jello shots are all the rage, especially for New Year’s. I’m not a drinker, otherwise would probably know this. This is my recipe for kid-friendly Jello shots. Though you may think all normal jello is kid friendly, it isn’t as special as this recipe.
Jake Locker came back for another year where he had never had a winning season, and still didn't have one after winning the Apple Cup. But on the last night of his career, he finally is on a "winning" team. So is Mason Foster, who went out with yet another in a long, long series of double digit night of tackles.
The last time Nick Holt 's defense faced the Nebraska Cornhuskers they gave up the most points to an opponent in Husky Stadium history in a 56-21 loss on Sept. 18. With the rematch set for tonight's Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl , the Husky defense must show noticeable improvement if they want to keep their second year defensive coordinator off the hot seat.
Summerland AFL takes on Darling Downs at Fripp Oval, Ballina, in May. With a number of new ventures, there might soon be far more opportunities to represent the region in Australian football.
AS FAR as ambitions go, none could be more adventurous, which is why a plan to field a Northern Rivers team in the premier Queensland AFL competition will be more long-term rather than ‘long-shot’.
The Madison High School girls basketball team poses with the championship trophy Wednesday after winning the first Siena Heights High School Holiday Tournament.
It was the host team taking home the title in the first ever Siena Heights University Holiday Tournament.
After dropping semi to Brownsburg, No. 3 Jeff downs No. 2 Carmel in consolation game
By KEVIN HARRIS Kevin.Harris@newsandtribune.com The Jeffersonville News and Tribune Wed Dec 29, 2010, 11:59 PM EST
NEW CASTLE — It was a bittersweet day for the Jeffersonville girls’ basketball team Wednesday at New Castle Fieldhouse.
In a season where the talent pool in WPIAL Class AAAA is deep, North Allegheny might have swum to the early lead Wednesday.
Kelly Brennan scored 21 points and No. 2 North Allegheny used a strong start and finish to defeat No. 4 Bethel Park, 56-50, in the championship of the North Allegheny tournament.
BOARDMAN 45, LAKE 42 Brooke Meenachan scored a game-high 23 points and the visiting Spartans outscored Lake, 19-8, in the final quarter to win this Federal League matchup. The Blue Streaks, who led 22-13 at halftime, were led Tana Bornstein’s 11 points.
MASSILLON 42, OLMSTED FALLS 30 Massillon’s Antionea McElroy scored 15 points to lead the Tigers to a comeback victory on the road.
SOUTH BEND — Elkhart Memorial piled up the points in a game-deciding run in the third quarter versus Michigan City Wednesday night.
City coach Mike Megyese then piled on the postgame praise for the undefeated Class 4-A No. 4 Crimson Chargers and their star Akyah Taylor.
Taylor, along with Alyssa Wagner and Khadijah Moore, led the second-half charge as Memorial rolled to a 55-36 girls high school basketball victory in the title tilt of the South Bend Holiday Tourney at Adams.
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Belfast — There are many reasons why the Medomak Valley girls basketball squad has started the 2010-11 campaign unbeaten and ranked first in Eastern Class B, but one important element is the fact the Panthers have figured out how to pull out victories even when they do not play their best.
TRENTON -- Some of the games were "fixed" and George Washington wore a hair extension, but a belief that "the show must go on" infused the Patriot Quiz Games at the New Jersey State Museum Auditorium yesterday as participants took turns testing their knowledge of American history.
Part of a six-day Patriots' Week celebrating Trenton's role in the American Revolution, the games went on as scheduled despite remnants of the weekend snowstorm that resulted in cancellation or rescheduling of a series of activities designed by the Trenton Downtown Association to promote tourism.
He told her she'd won millions of dollars and that he'd deliver it to her door. He promised that she and her husband would soon be worry-free. And though she had her doubts, over several weeks she found herself sharing family and financial information with him.
In the end she eventually admitted to herself what she already knew in her heart: She'd been scammed. It's a lesson that cost one Green Valley woman about $10,000 to learn - everything in her checking account.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo has shifted the venue for his first major policy speech from the state Assembly chamber to the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, roughly doubling the capacity with about 1,000 more seats.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says requests for invitations to the Jan. 5 State of the State Address have exceeded the Assembly capacity.
Continuing on from my surprisingly well received previous festive match incident catalogues (thanks a lot for that, by the way!), this match day saw the arrival of the Toon Army to the old gal that is White Hart Lane. A summation of yesterday's match is hardly necessary; the words 'Anthony Taylor, you unrestrained imbecile!' spring to mind. But, in keeping with my Christmas pledge, blah blah, you get the drift.;) Newcastle, fresh from Mike Ashley's latest attempt at ensuring that the phrase 'Cockney Mafia' lives on long after the Guy Ritchie movies have been forgotten, arrived in North London in a blaze of anticipation, despite having seen their 2-1 win over Liverpool negated by a 3-1 defeat to City. Now managed by Alan Pardew, whose sole claim to fame is attempting a fist-fight with Arsene Wenger during his spell at West Ham a while back, the proud Geordies arrived full of hope that the morale-boosting win over mighty Liverpool would prove they could beat a lesser team like us. No one had the heart to inform them that, while they had been away, some distinctly unappealing things had happened to that team. Nevertheless, 90 minutes, two goals and only the second clean sheet of the season later, here's what I noticed from the game at hand.
• Albright Theatre Company has auditions for “The Diary of Anne Frank” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Jan. 2-3, at the Batavia Government Center (third floor), 100 N. Island Ave., Batavia. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. Visit abrighttheatre.com or call (630) 406-8838 for more information.
GO! do si do: Swing your partner into the next decade with the annual New Year's Square Dance at 8 o'clock sharp Friday in Hudson's Town Hall.
GO! for some Moe: Well, nyuck-nyuck-nyuck and woo-woo-woo: It's a 24-hour New Year's Three Stooges marathon on AMC, from 9 a.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday.
Redlands' cultural year began in January with the announcement of "The Music Man" returning to the Redlands Bowl and wrapped up in December with the 25th anniversary production of LifeHouse Theater's "Scrooge."
In between, the Redlands Footlighters wrapped up their 64th season and began their 65th, the Redlands Symphony Orchestra moved from its 59th season into its 60th and Redlands Theatre Festival presented its 38th summer repertory season.
90+3 min: Kyrgiakos' header is harmless and Wolves have a goal kick. There's about 45 seconds left.
90+2 min: The ball is down near the corner flag at the Liverpool end. Mick McCarthy will be delighted. The Wolves players surrounding the ball conspire to be flagged offside, and Reina pumps his free kick forward. It's cleared for a throw by Zubar.
DALLAS -- As if they didn't already know it, the Dallas Mavericks discovered how life is without Dirk Nowitzki.And it isn't very good.The Toronto Raptors ran the court hard and hit the boards even harder en route to stunning the Nowitzki-less Mavericks 84-76 Tuesday night at American Airlines Center. The 76 points were the fewest the Mavs have scored all season as they suffered a serous power outage.The loss snapped the Mavs' five-game winning streak and dropped them 2 1/2 games behind San Antonio in the Southwest Division. The Spurs, who play in Dallas on Thursday, hammered the two-time defending world champion Los Angles Lakers 97-82 on Tuesday.Dallas (24-6) entered Tuesday's game following an impressive 103-93 win at Oklahoma City on Monday. However, Nowitzki sprained his right knee in that game and wasn't available to play against the Raptors.Nowitzki's absence was like the Supremes trying to sing without Diana Ross."When you're missing your best player, it's always difficult," Mavs guard JJ Barea said. "We're going to have to do a better job in the next game."Barea acknowledged that the Raptors (11-20) were the better team on this night. Toronto won the scoring battle in the paint 48-24, and it had a 25-9 advantage in fast-break points."They outplayed us at both ends," Barea said. "They played great defense on us and we couldn't execute."The Mavs only shot .413 percent from the field and got outrebounded 42-35.Toronto led 23-13 after the first quarter, 46-40 at the half and 64-59 entering the final period."I think Toronto played a great game and we were subpar," Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said. "We got off to a sluggish start, particularly defensively."I think we were in too much of a 'try and make things happen' mode and not enough trusting the team and the system and really working together."The Mavs are 5-1 in the second game of back-to-backers. This also was the third ugly home loss of the season for the Mavs, who also were defeated by lowly Memphis (91-90) and Milwaukee (103-99) at American Airlines Center earlier in the season.Meanwhile, forward Caron Butler had his right shooting hand heavily taped after the game. Butler said he injured the fourth and fifth fingers on his right hand, but added: "I'll be fine."
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It seemed an impossible goal: one volunteer, with one kettle, raising $15,000 for the Salvation Army in St. Charles, this holiday season. The bells and kettles had been collected and retired for the season at the Salvation Army Corps Office there Tuesday night. The guy they call 'Kettle Man Sam' had done it: but not by bell alone.
What happened between Brown v. Board of Education and that January day in 1970 comprises some of the most monstrous inhumanity in the cruel annals of American history. Recently, in a cover feature in the conservative Weekly Standard on his presidential ambitions, Mississippi governor and fellow Yazoo native Haley Barbour had occasion to reflect on that place, in those years. The best that can be said about his recollection is that it is not 100 percent a lie -- just deeply confused, mostly wrong, and indicative above all of a cynical man who has made a lucrative career of exploiting racial trauma when it suited him, or throwing it down a memory hole when it did not; which is to say, an archetypal Dixie conservative.
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The year 2010 has not been an easy year for America. The country was on the brink of a deep depression, the auto industry, GM & Chrysler, faced going under, which would have had a domino effect with citizens throughout the country waiting in bread lines. Large banks and mortgage companies had over extended in the last decade and were in deep trouble. When the year started, the country had lost eight million jobs, unemployment reached nearly 10 percent. Today, as we face 2011, the country is not healed yet but the recovery is moving forward. The government saved the auto industry and mortgage companies. Many workers are still unemployed but unemployment benefits have been extended. Jobs are returning and being added daily. However, making up the eight million lost jobs while trying to create work for those who are constantly coming into the job-hunting age has been the most difficult. I’ll always remember 2010 as the year we came close to facing our second Great Depression. The coming year, 2011, will continue a slow recovery. I predict that unemployment will drop to eight percent by the years end. Not good enough but digging out of a big, dark hole. I believe the country will better understand in a year the benefits of the new health care plan. It has been difficult to understand because it becomes law in phases. It probably didn’t go far enough to stop rising cost. A government health plan option is probably the only way but insurance companies have too much clot. It will never happen. More people will appreciate the insurance plan and it’s benefits in years ahead. It’s never been fully explained in a way laymen can understand it. All in all, 2011 will be a better year for the country. In the past year government divide has been nasty and polarizing. It will continue but I’m confident that despite the roadblocks, America will prevail and march on to better days. I have to move on. Come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.
With only days left on the bench, Wasco County Circuit Judge John Kelly has decided the time is right to reveal some of the secrets used to further the mystique of his profession.
“You have to steel yourself so that you are prepared to be disturbed by what you see or hear but you don’t look disturbed,” he said.
From the birth of a tiny horse to the death of a literary giant, New Hampshire saw its share of highs and lows in 2010.
Einstein, a 6-pound, 14-inch tall pinto stallion, was born in April in Barnstead, 3 pounds lighter than the smallest newborn horse listed in the Guinness Book of Records. His owners later moved him to an out-of-state boarding facility in part to shield him from the national spotlight.
Two teams without much bowl experience get together Thursday in the Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas.
Southern Methodist University (7-6), which lost in the Conference USA title game, meets the United States Military Academy (6-6), which is in a bowl for the first time since 1996. This is just Army's fifth bowl ever, and it's only the 13th for SMU. It's the Mustangs' second bowl in a row, but last season's postseason appearance was the school's first since 1984.
Born into a family of Sudanese cattle farmers, Manute Bol didn't start playing basketball until he was sixteen years old. A U.S. college coach spotted him and convinced him to come to America, and the rest is history. At 7'7'', Bol became the tallest man to ever play in the NBA and attendance soared when he played on the road. He endeared himself to fans (whom he called his "friends") and was often juxtaposed in posters next to fellow Washington Bullet Muggsy Bogues, the NBA's shortest player at 5'3". More than a curiosity, during his ten year career Bol was one of the best shot blockers in the league and even developed into a decent 3-point shooter.He remains the only player in the NBA to have more blocked shots than points scored. "I had a good time with the American people," Bol told Sports Illustrated after retiring from basketball. "I hope they remember me as a good guy who played hard. I wasn't Michael Jordan, but I was somebody called Manute Bol." Bol died on June 19, 2010.
Previamente, el presidente dominicano dictó una conferencia magistral en el Aula Magna de la Universidad de La Habana.
El mandatario cubano también recibió en el año que concluye a otras personalidades como el primer ministro de Santa LucÃa, Stephenson King, y el de Granada, Tillman Thomas; asà como al presidente de Botswana, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, y de Siria, Bachar Al Assad.
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According to him, during 2010, many international organizations and parliaments of various countries adopted a strong resolution Georgia's support and its territorial integrity, which can be regarded as laying the foundation for what would entail these documents.
It was finally time to break out the Ouija board that was re-re-re-gifted to me (must be a new replacement for the Christmas fruitcake) and see if I could get some ideas for Tampa Bay sports awards. As my hands slowly moved across it for the first time I realized that piece of wood didn’t have any logos or pictures on it and the words it spelled out I can’t use here. So back in the box it went, its next destination my condo dumpster.
Like it did in much of the country, girls basketball in Massachusetts underwent a transformation in 1972. That was the year the landmark Title IX legislation for female athletes was officially enacted. Within three years the girls had demanded their own state tournament and with it came unprecedented opportunities for players everywhere – especially in Westwood. Here’s a look back, in chronological order, at some of the town’s all-time girls basketball greats:
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Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer World War II veteran Michael Demich, 89, receives medals to honor his military service today at the St. Joseph Community Center in Lorain. Back in September, a robber broke into his home and took his Purple Heart medal.
Nic Nowak of Marblehead, left, receives the Rookie of the Year award and the second place Club High Point Award from South Shore Outboard Association Comadore Alan Akerstrom at the SSOA Annual Awards banquet earlier this month.
Marblehead’s Nic Nowak, a first-year high-speed outboard racer, was the proud recipient of the American Powerboat Association’s (APBA) Region One Rookie of the Year Award for 2011.
Boothbay Harbor — The entry window for the sixth annual Maine Photography Show is open through Feb. 1. Each year since its first call for entries in 2005, the show has attracted talented Maine photographers looking for a comprehensive statewide exhibition judged by a nationally respected jurist. Each year, the show has grown and improved; the last show, juried by John Paul Caponigro of Cushing, exhibited 101 pieces selected from more than 750 entered.
Photo credit: Getty Images | Comedian Jeff Dunham performs onstage during the American Country Awards 2010 held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas , Nevada . (Dec. 6, 2010)
He may not have the high profile of a Sarah Silverman , a Chris Rock or others who have film and TV to thank for making them household names, but Jeff Dunham is the biggest comedy act in the world.
He was The Boss, and George Steinbrenner came to revel in all it would suggest.
He filled a room with loud talk and big money, making promises of players to come, games to be won and the titles that must follow. He was the principal owner of the New York Yankees, but commander was really more like it.
On Tuesday night, the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles will play the first Tuesday game in the NFL since 1946. The fact has been repeated in nearly every article about the controversial, delayed game and leads to the natural follow-up query: Why were they playing Tuesday games back in 1946?
By Allen Hmiel: Watching Shannon Briggs gets massacred all 12 rounds against Vitali made me think of other Boxing mismatches and one side lopsided total devastation that have happened over the years. Briggs performance was absolutely pitiful and embarrassing to the sport and along with Briggs’ getting his face smashed in and pummeled unmercifully he got a paycheck for being an undeserving opponent.
In his heyday, Muhammad Ali was not only the most famous athlete in the world; he was also the most loquacious. It’s not for nothing that one of his first nicknames was “The Louisville Lip.” He could always be counted on to whip out a quip as snappy as his jab. Here’s an example, from an exchange with sportscaster Howard Cosell during Ali’s first reign as world heavyweight champion (1964-1967):
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Agnetha Faltskog of the Swedish supergroup ABBA, does not rule out a one-off reunion of the hit-making quartet, she said in an interview.
"A reunion, at a one-time occasion, perhaps for some benefit is something I think we all could consider," Faltskog said in the latest issue of women's magazine Magasin M.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at least gets credit for trying to forge a coexistence alliance between those who advocate biotech agriculture and those who do not want any part of it.
This lofty goal came out of the recently released USDA-APHIS Environmental Impact Statement to pave the way for resumption of Roundup Ready alfalfa seed sales. Vilsack wants to gather everyone together and see if he can broker such a lofty union and keep RR alfalfa and other ag biotech issues out of the courts.
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Preamble Preamble? Australia 98 all out. England 157 for nought. There's your preamble!
"Come on Rob," says Vicki Prout. "Have frozen my proverbials off wandering round a French mountain village in the vain hunt for anywhere showing 'le creekette' but to no avail, so OBO over to you, come on I want to get excited!" You want to get excited? Just leer at this all day!
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Damn it all. Why are all my favorite entertainers dying?! I get it, my taste is from decades past and people get old – but Teena Marie? This one I’m mad at because the woman was only 54-years-old. It turns out that the amazing songstress had encountered some health scares in the months leading up to her tragic death. Teena had suffered from a series of seizures, including a grand mal seizure as recently as a month ago that resulted in a couple of broken ribs after collapsing. An ambulance was called at the time, and the singer ended up having another one on the way to the hospital. After that, friends say that she was so shook up about her recent onslaught of health scares that she would even have someone sleep next to her for fear of the episodes reoccurring. What a shitty way to have to live your life. Apparently Teena did have someone sleeping next to her the night before she passed, but it wasn’t until a nap the next afternoon that her daughter found her unconscious. Holy crap! Her daughter? Poor girl. Obviously the cause of death is unknown still since there were no illegal drugs found at the scene – the only drug found was diazepam, which was prescribed to Marie for her seizing – and of course this crap always seems to take longer when there’s a celebrity involved, but she is suspected to have died of natural causes. This could very well be the case since the R&B singer reportedly stopped taking her diazepam and replaced it with herbal remedies. Jeez, what a waste of an amazing talent. That woman could sing her white ass off. She said it herself:
A National Anthem should be sung in its original version in the original language it was composed. All citizens should learn the meaning whatever race they belong. The national Anthem should be sung in Sri Lanka only in Sinhala. One national anthem, one nation.
Article 7 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka states “ The National Anthem of the Republic of Sri Lanka shall be "Sri Lanka Matha," the words and music of which are set out in the Third Schedule”.
TVGuide has reported that Monahan will be voicing “a lion choo-choo conductor with mad storytelling skills in Sprout’s new animated series Drive Dan’s Story Train .” According to the singer, the show approached him about it because “they wanted someone that had something to do with trains.” In case you don’t know how the show works, Pat Monahan has set up the formula to each episode: “There’s a problem at the beginning of the show, and then we read a story related to the problem. There’s always a happy ending, which is perfect.” It sounds like a cute show for kids, and since Monahan loves children, he had fun doing the show.
C'est fascinant, comme les jours se suivent et se ressemblent
Depuis la fin août, le cybermarchand Amazon a ouvert un Kindlestore en Angleterre, avec, dixit la firme, « le plus large choix parmi la plupart des livres les plus populaires que les gens veulent lire à bas prix ». Une véritable réussite, pas nécessairement axée sur les livres que l’on pourrait croire.
However, 'NCIS' is not too far behind from taking overall season crown by MICHAEL HINMAN , Posted Dec-26-2010 Add a comment
There's no surprise on what is sitting at the top of the ratings.
Blame it on Bristol Palin. Or just television audience's desire to see D-list celebrities dance. But ABC won the fall with "Dancing With the Stars," thanks to a 15 percent jump in ratings, sending it right past "NCIS," which wasn't too far behind for CBS.
Street Corner Symphony fell just short of the season two title on “The Sing-Off” Monday night.
Friends and family gathered at the Alabama Wing House in Atmore rooting on the six-person ensemble, which Lottie native Adam Chance Ray is a member, as it aired from Los Angeles on NBC. His parents, Glenn and Kristi Ray, were in California to watch their son perform live.
The Montreal singer-songwriter blends the wry wit of Ben Folds with the flair of Rufus Wainwright. Wilkins sits down with Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz to talk about his city, his inspiration and his intriguing new video. All Things Considered
A musician from Montreal, Ben Wilkins plays piano-powered alternative pop that recalls Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright. It's a different sound for a city that has more recently embraced dramatic indie rock like that of Arcade Fire and Patrick Watson.
Unter deutschen Weihnachtsbäumen werden in diesem Jahr auch zahlreiche eBook Reader unterschiedlicher Hersteller gelegen haben, die nun mit digitaler Literatur befüllt werden wollen; selbst wer ein Lesegerät mit integriertem eBook Store sein Eigen nennt, stößt hier schnell an die Grenzen des Angebots. Hinzu kommt vielfach die Auseinandersetzung mit harkeliger Verwaltungssoftware und merkwürdigen Fehlermeldungen. Wir geben einen ersten Überblick für den deutschen eBook-Dschungel.
(Indianapolis Star (IN) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 26--So, Christmas is over.
I really hope you got everything you wanted. But if you didn't, there's no better day of the year to go shopping for yourself.
It's the day after Christmas, and sales online and at bricks-and-mortar stores are in full swing.
The Kindle is now the best-selling product in Amazon history, eclipsing the previous leader “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” (book 7), according to the seller’s web site.
“We’re seeing that many of the people who are buying Kindles also own an LCD tablet. Customers report using their LCD tablets for games, movies, and web browsing and their Kindles for reading sessions,” [Amazon founder and CEO Jeff] Bezos said.
Today, it’s little bits and pieces of stuff that isn’t local, but it is of local interest.
Several friends have applied to Google for a new laptop.
It’s free.
Why is the world’s largest Internet search engine giving away free laptop computers? To “beta” test its new computer operating system. For those who don’t understand, operating systems are the heartbeat that make the hardware do what it does. Right now, there are three primary operating systems: Windows, MacOS, and Linux. When you start your computer, it’s the first screen that greets you.
1: Flipboard becomes the breakout news reading app of 2011. With its latest round of updates in December, Flipboard introduced Google Reader and made some significant changes to sharing and navigation. I expect Flipboard to introduce more such upgrades in 2011 and begin to expand to other devices than the iPad. These moves will push Flipboard into becoming a very popular app to browse, curate and share news each day. It won't usurp Google Reader for curating and sharing activities, simply because Google Reader can be used on the PC. However for mobile surfing, which will be an increasingly important way to browse news in 2011, Flipboard will rule in curating and sharing of media.
Google's efforts with the six-year old Google Books project have yielded 15 million scanned books, a new cross-platform e-bookstore, and a temporary copyright shield that lets Google sell "orphaned" works; but the task of scanning every book cannot be left solely up to Google and its partners.
Samsung to release iPod touch competitor at CES 2011
Since he got his iPad last summer, Steve Nagle has gotten used to downloading the latest must-reads from Amazon.com. But last week, he made a switch. Instead of going to his old standby site, Nagle downloaded "Freedom," the new Jonathan Franzen novel, from www.bookshelfwinona.com, owned by the Book Shelf, a small, brick-fronted bookstore in his hometown of Winona, Minn.
By Letters to the Editor
Laura Vecsey’s commentary “A painful public legacy” is commendable, though I fear some will see it as a topic to be avoided.
To my mind, Elizabeth Edwards was culpable in seeking to give the American people, myself included, a president whom she knew to be a liar and a philanderer.
One helped drop an atomic bomb on Japan during World War II. The other survived that bombing and also the second bombing that came only days later.
Morris Jeppson was a weapons test officer aboard the Enola Gay and helped arm the atomic bomb that was dropped over Hiroshima. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was the only person recognized as a survivor of that bombing and the bombing of Nagasaki that came three days after.
There will be no ambushes in today's Independence Bowl, though. The Yellow Jackets and Falcons instead might feel like they're looking into a mirror. (On TV: 8 p.m., ESPN)
Georgia Tech (6-6) is the nation's top rushing team, averaging 327 yards per game, while Air Force (8-4) is right behind at more than 317 yards per game. There are some subtle differences to each team's scheme -- both coaches agree that Air Force likes to take a zone-read approach -- but there's no doubt that there will be very few surprises.
BOCES student Kali VanAlen sits with Chloe Turner and Izabella Cronin during cookie time at the preschool in the F. Donald Myers Education Center. (ERICA MILLER/The Saratogian)
BOCES student Michaela Bowers plays with Andre Culpepper-Wehr during the BOCES preschool class. (ERICA MILLER/The Saratogian)
We survived WikiLeaks, BP’s Gulf of Mexico crude spillcam from April to mid-July, leaked phone rants which showed us a dark side of Mel Gibson and ash escaping from that Icelandic volcano with the catchy name, Eyjafjallajokull. Leak that!
The BP spill leaves us an 80-mile “kill zone” where scientists say oil settled and destroyed virtually all life except CEO Tony Hayward. He got his life back, although not by May 30. One calami-tea party after another, except here in the Jack, where we offset spills with thrills from Herman’s Hermits and Judy Ivey.
Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, who is commended for being a role model to young people, heads the "Ten Best-Mannered People of 2010," by the National League of Junior Cotillions, according to a press release.
The 2010 best-mannered individuals are:
• Drew Brees for being a positive example and helping New Orleans rebuild.
Ohio could become a national leader in preparing K-12 educators.
By Christopher Magan , Staff Writer Updated 1:26 PM Monday, December 27, 2010
The methods for training and evaluating new teachers in Ohio are evolving, positioning the state to be a national leader in the way it judges teaching colleges.
Postponed because of the first snowstorm of the winter, students at JFK Middle School got to experience what itÂ’s like in school after hours at the character education lock-in event.
Kristine Schuh, co-advisor of the character council, the event organizers, along with Jeff Clarke, made it clear that the lock-in - for which kids pay $20 to have fun into the wee hours of the night and sleep over in the schoolÂ’s gym - was equivalent to the hottest contest coming to HSBC Arena. Students stand in line a half hour prior to ticket sales a month before the event to attend the lock-in. A line usually forms, twisting and turning throughout the halls of JFK Middle School.
FONTANA - Parents of troubled teens have the aid of a new program that could help set the youths straight.
The Fontana Unified School District and the Fontana Police Department have joined forces to launch the Fontana Leadership Intervention Program, or FLIP, a youth intervention program that aims to instill accountability and discipline in youth headed down the wrong path.
HYDERABAD: Two engineering first year students died in a road accident near Pedamberpet on Sunday morning.
The tragic incident occurred at around 11.30 am when three girls and an equal number of boys, all pursuing their bachelor degrees in the city, were going on three bikes to Ramoji Film City (RFC). Near Pedamberpet, a speeding truck (AP 24 Y 5655) rammed into one of the bikes from behind.
Michael Baird speaks to students in his History and Appreciation of Art class Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, on the first day of classes for the Cape Girardeau Partnership for Higher Education. Baird is an art instructor at Southeast Missouri State University. Classes meet at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center.
CHATTANOOGA — Some educators are starting to turn the way they teach high school science upside down.
Rather than starting off in ninth and 10th grades with biology and chemistry, they are going to begin teaching physics first. The idea is to teach physics -- normally a course for later grades -- to freshmen in an effort to get them familiar with scientific concepts.
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Courtney Fraser likes staying up until 2 a.m. and sleeping in, but her mom isn’t wild about it.
Fraser, an Oklahoma State University freshman, recently returned home to Omaha, Neb., for her first extended break since starting college in the fall. She is facing the same challenges as many other college students — a clash between growing independence and life back at home. Although half of Fraser’s family is OK with her sleep schedule — her dad is also a night owl — Fraser’s mom still tries to rouse her in the mornings.“It’s kind of weird after living on my own,” said Fraser, whose newfound freedom is being checked for the first time in four months.Many students who return home look forward to quality family time and perks like free laundry or home-cooked meals. But conflicts can arise between students, parents or siblings over issues like curfew and independence.Dr. Stewart Beasley, a counseling psychologist in Edmond, said parents and students need to be flexible and make adjustments.Beasley is also a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Oklahoma’s College of Medicine.Parents must realize that their children are often returning home with a greater sense of independence, and students need to be aware that the lifestyle they were accustomed to at school might be disruptive to their family, Beasley said.Beasley encouraged parents and students to discuss ground rules and schedule family time.Oklahoma State University freshman Ryan Robinson is splitting his time this winter break between his father’s house in Scottsdale, Ariz., and his mother’s in Vancouver, British Columbia.Robinson said relaxing at home has been a nice break from the stress of school.He was excited to see his family members and girlfriend, who lives in Arizona, but sad to leave his friends from school.“I’ve kind of gotten used to this being my home,” Robinson said of Stillwater.Oklahoma State University senior Natalie Coleman moved back home for breaks during the first three years of college.At first, it was great to enjoy home-cooked meals and relax without schoolwork looming over her, Coleman said.But it became harder for her to make the transition between being on her own and being back home as she got older.At home she was often alone while her parents worked.That was a stark contrast to life in her sorority house where she was often surrounded by dozens of other students.Coleman said she got cabin fever at home.Fortunately, her parents were supportive and helped make the transition as easy as possible. Coleman said she also learned to be flexible.“I wish there was an easier way to handle it, but it is all a part of growing up,” Coleman said.This holiday season, Coleman will be spending time at home in Oklahoma City and with her fiance’s family in Dallas.Fraser said she was ready to be on her own when she started college this fall, but being back home has many advantages.She has enjoyed seeing her family and friends.Her parents are also happy to have her home. Fraser said home-cooked pork chops and chicken Parmesan are a welcome break from the food she eats at school.
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Dropping out of college has a cost — mostly to the students whose careers might be in jeopardy but also to taxpayers who help fund college education.
Eight four-year colleges in the Rochester region are estimated to have $93 million in public dollars invested in almost 5,000 students who did not return to their college after their first year, according to a new study that looked at the five-year period ending with the 2007-08 school year.
In the modern game, coaches’ expectations are soaring, inflated by three decades of kickers’ increasing proficiency. “There are only 32 regular positions for 32 teams for guys to kick field goals, but everybody knows there are a lot more kickers than that who can kick well,” says Tim Hasselbeck, a former NFL quarterback who is now a football analyst for ESPN. “If you’re a kicker, you’re all alone. … It still comes down to those one or two kicks in a game. And if one guy fails, there’s always somebody else to take over.”
Driver opens fire at another car in D.C.
A man driving through the Third Street tunnel in Northeast Washington opened fire at another car, police said.
The shots were fired early Sunday morning after a car tried to pass a Dodge Charger with tinted windows. As the car passed the Dodge, passengers started yelling at each other, authorities said. The driver of the Dodge then started shooting at the other car, seriously wounding one of the passengers.
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By Laura Gunderson, The Oregonian
They charged extra fees, refused to deliver and failed to pay wages.
Sometimes, the companies featured in The Desk this year cleaned up and apologized. Sometimes they vanished.
In general, 2010 has been a good year for consumers. Federal legislation has changed how banks charge fees and how wireless providers bill cell-phone users. And the states have prevailed in a number of cases, including last week's settlement with DirecTV that will provide restitution for certain customers who felt the satellite company wasn't clear in its marketing pitches and contracts.
Rich Wisneiwski 12/24/2010 When the snow falls it usually means bad roads, shoveling, and inconveniences. But for other people, they can`t wait.
Many businesses dread the snow, because it keeps customers at home, but there is at least one business that thrives on it.
"It`s key to get it early, it drives businesses for the whole season," said Brandon Solem a salesman at Paradise Day Spa.
Продукты, события и исследования, которые обеспечивали прогресс человечества в уходящем году, передает Forbes.
7,46 млн iPad продала Apple за первые полгода их существования (Apple).
Откровение, за которое надо благодарить создателей iPad, состояло не в том, чтобы сделать планшетный компьютер (они существовали и раньше), и даже не в том, как именно его сделать. Но до Джобса и компании никому, похоже, не приходило в голову, что такое устройство может хорошо продаваться, и не только пользователям, но и производителям контента.
By Clay Horning CNHI The Muskogee Phoenix Fri Dec 24, 2010, 04:18 PM CST
You can tire of Bob Stoops’ unwillingness to view reality.
In the form of defending a senseless two-point conversion try, or of his refusal to acknowledge some very real road problems the Sooners finally appeared to solve at Baylor, Oklahoma State and the Big 12 title game, he can try a very calm person’s patience.
HACE UNOS DÍAS el INEGI de Eduardo Sojo junto con Cofetel de Mony de Swaan, dieron a conocer los datos de una encuesta sobre el uso de computadoras.
Según esto, a la fecha 38.9 millones de personas son usuarios y 29.8% de los hogares tiene una.
Aunque esas cifras sonarían como favorables la verdad es que el país está lejos de dar el salto que se requiere para reducir la brecha digital.
COMENTÃRIO CONVIDADO: MARCELLO SIMÃO BRANCO ENTREVISTA JORGE LUIZ CALIFE
Ano passado a Devir lançou a "Trilogia Padrões de Contato", de Jorge Luiz Calife, em um único volume. Primeiro publicada entre 1985 e 1991, a Trilogia é considerada um clássico da ficção cientÃfica hard brasileira. Agora a editora de São Paulo lança "Angela entre dois Mundos", quarto romance de Calife e uma narrativa que explora acontecimentos anteriores à Trilogia - entre eles, a infância da heroÃna Angela Duncan e os seu primeiros contatos com a superinteligência alienÃgena conhecida como TrÃade. No romance, Angela se envolve com uma busca pela mãe, cuja espaçonave se perdeu no espaço anos antes. O artista Vagner Vargas criou uma ótima ilustração de capa para o livro. A Devir planeja lançar em 2011 o segundo livro de contos de Calife.
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View full size AP File Photo Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.
The Penn State Nittany Lions continued their preparation for the Outback Bowl game against Florida with a practice session at the Philadelphia Phillies' spring training complex on Wednesday.
This spring potentially will be a period of great activity at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). If all goes well with tests that are currently being conducted on NASA’s oldest shuttle orbiter, Discovery, the final mission in the orbiter’s storied career will take place on Feb. 3.
STAGE FEATURE on Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset Limited
HOLIDAY LISTINGS :
To be honest, the quantity of theater playing this week in Los Angeles is about as thin as it gets. Still, our comprehensive LISTINGS are back up. Things do pick up in January, so stay tuned. Coming Wednesday night, a review of 2010 -- that would be the year, not the show.
Perhaps, a revision is necessary to address the needs of many programs throughout the FBS.
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the program, not a player was stirring, not even a coach."
OK—that was weak.
Do you believe in Santa Claus? I bet most, if not all, of the head coaches, fans, and athletic directors in the FBS hope that St. Nicholas comes down the chimney on Christmas Day to deliver presents for their beloved teams.
The Badgers (11-1) play TCU (12-0) on Jan. 1 in Pasadena, Calif. TCU's offense is as prolific as Wisconsin's. Both teams average 43.3 points, fourth in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
On his lunch break and at night Doeren is calling Northern Illinois recruits and checking in with his new staff. He has been moonlighting since being named Northern Illinois' head coach Dec. 13. He's replacing Jerry Kill, who left NIU for Minnesota.
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Dante and Dylan Steffenino captured individual titles to lead Upper Perkiomen to third place at the King of the Mat wrestling tournament Thursday.
Dante Steffenino went 5-0 at 103 pounds, earning first with a 1-0 win over Drew Turner from Parkland, N.C. Dylan Steffenino went 5-0 at 112, taking gold with an 8-5 decision over Jacob Stevens of Soddy Daisy, Tenn.
I hope Temple, and that jersey, is the right fit for you, coach.
One day, we'll laugh about this.
Laugh about what, you might ask?
Wait, you seriously don't get it?
Okay, here goes nothing.
The University of Florida will have to replace another coach (Will Muschamp replaced Urban Meyer) following the loss of Steve Addazio, who was the team’s offensive coordinator the past six seasons, to Temple University.
Addazio has spent the past 15 seasons with some of the best programs in college football. He was the offensive line/tight end coach at Syracuse from 1995-1998 until moving to Notre Dame until 2001. He then spent time with Indiana between 2002-2004 before taking over at Florida.
The outcome of the Progressive Gator Bowl Jan. 1 might not matter much for the fortunes of the two coaches, Dan Mullen at Mississippi State and Rich Rodriguez at Michigan.
Win or lose, Mullen will remain beloved in Starkville as the coach who brought the Bulldogs to their first New Year's Day Bowl since 1999 and orchestrated victories over Florida and Georgia on the way to an 8-4 record.
It’s easy for any born-again atheist to come down hard on religious piety and expose church hypocrisy for all its worth. But it’s that time when it’s expected to muster all one’s chits for God and bless the whole world, no exceptions.
Really?
Come next Friday, Saturday and Sunday all churches, synagogues, and mosques will be doing their usual brotherhood sermons, extolling the virtues of peace and love and welcoming the stranger into one’s home, unless they’re undocumented, of course. Our Christian Senators didn’t seem to like that part of ‘his’ teachings when it came to the Dream Act.
For Latinos in the US, 2010 was a challenge. High school drop out rates did not improve, the economic crisis affected them deeply, and the Senate vote on the DREAM Act stumped hopes of immigration reform for undocumented young people. Columnist Esther Cepeda talks about what's changed for Latinos.
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Representative Carl Wimmer has filed a bill to end Utah’s special in-state college tuition program for students who are illegally in the United States.
Wimmer’s bill balances compassion for students brought to the United States illegally by their parents with fairness for foreign students who play by the rules, Utah students who are trying to get into college and get the courses they need to graduate and for Utah taxpayers.
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With President Obama's legislative victories behind him including health care, repeal of "don't ask don't tell," an arms treaty, tax rate deal, he's vowed to have a laser-like focus on the economy in the coming year...again.
At a press conference Wednesday before heading to Hawaii for a Christmas vacation he said, "And my singular focus over the next two years is not rescuing the economy from potential disaster, but rather jumpstarting the economy so that we actually start making a dent in the unemployment rate and we are equipping ourselves so that we can compete in the 21st century."
Some Republicans are crowing over the 2010 Census, but any red-state gains they make will depend on two big ifs: whether the party undergoes a virtual religious conversion and supports immigrants, or it gerrymanders like mad.
Most news reports this week on the new population figures understated the size of the immigrant impact. If you add their American-born children, immigrants accounted for fully three-fourths of the nation's population growth over the past decade, and not the slightly less than half that was widely reported, based on counting the foreign-born only in the Census Bureau's parallel 2009 American Community Survey .
I'm getting whiplash trying to follow the Democrats' talking points. First, it was a disaster when President Obama agreed to extend the Bush tax cuts. Obama was a wimp. Then it was a horrid error to allow the omnibus spending bill to die (and with it all that funding for Obamacare). The White House, liberals complained, also blew it on the Dream Act. Yet now, presto: Obama has mounted a phenomenal comeback!
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Phoenix, AZ - Hispanic Republicans are dismayed that the United States Senate has not shown compassion upon our Hispanic youth, as it voted down the DREAM Act. The disappointment we feel is indescribable. It cannot be said too strongly that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Obama bear the most blame for this tragic event, as they delayed getting this vital legislation to the floor.
Stephen Griffiths, the self-styled 'crossbow cannibal' who was sentenced to life for the murder of three women. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
At the trial of Stephen Griffiths – the self-named "crossbow cannibal" – the judge is reported to have said: "It is one thing to terrorise and kill, but to dismember and eat parts of the victims takes it to another level of the exertion of power and sexual gratification." As if killing another human being isn't extreme enough, eating them afterwards apparently compounds the seriousness of the crime; it's unforgivable. But given that the real tragedy – the loss of life – has already occurred, what is it that makes cannibalism so disturbing and unacceptable for us?
Club owner Brian Kennedy said: “I am personally very disappointed that this has not worked out. We will now undertake a thorough search to secure the best coaching team and structure for the future. We have a superb crop of young players coming through the academy, a set of established internationals plus the desire to make a number of key new signings over the next six months.”
The Social Network each won three awards at the annual meeting of the Utah Film Critics Association, including sharing Best Picture of 2010. David Fincher shared directing honors for The Social Network with Inception director Christopher Nolan, while Aaron Sorkin won for The Social Network 's screenplay. James Franco won in the Lead Actor category for his performance as trapped hiker Aron Ralston in 127 Hours ; the film also earned cinematography recognition for Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle.
CHAMPS—The Eagles White boys’ U-16 soccer team took first place in the 2010 Coast Soccer League with a record of 10-0-1. The team then won seven straight games in tournament play to claim its first League Cup. Team members are Jack Duncan, Shane Ryan, Spencer Kozik, Matt Lariviere, Nick Chavira, Daniel Trautman, Luke Hoffmann, Emiliano Amaro, Jake Lanski, Vidal Espinoza, Eduardo Faroni, Vitor Faroni, James Davis, Juan Jose Leon, Erick Sandoval and Luis Juarez. Christopher McGinty and David Remedias are coaches. Scott Trautman is the manager.
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Chi è il cantautore più amato a Roma? Chi è colui che ha accompagnato con le sue parole e le sue melodie tantissimi romani e non solo?
Chi è l’artista che ama così tanto Roma, tanto da regalargli ben quattro concerti sotto le festività natalizie?
Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men’s basketball team jumped out to a 40-26 halftime lead and never looked back, defeating Manhattan Wednesday evening 70-57 in Anderson Arena.
Bowling Green won its second consecutive home game by shooting 51 percent from the floor and building a first-half lead. Manhattan never got closer than 10 in the second half as BGSU forced 24 Jasper turnovers by producing 15 steals.
, but the major focus will be keeping you up to the minute on Baltimore’s major sports teams and themes, whether it’s throwing up the Orioles lineup the minute it’s announced or updating you on the latest sprained ankle in Owings Mills. Oh, and by the way, that’s Mr. Schmuck to you.
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While wondering whether Brett Favre texted pictures of his feet to Rex Ryan ...
I saw the mlbtraderumors.com post ranking each club according to its offseason spending and braced for the inevitable Orioles bashing. I knew it was coming, so I may as well address it.
(It also allows me to mention Adam LaRoche again, keeping my streak intact.)
Grant Abrahamson, Anna Adams, Victor Aguero, Chelsea Ahola, Tiani Arce, Brian Arness Jr, Shane Ball, Danielle Ballard, Robert Barker, Jennifer Barnes, Jo Barnes, Daniel Beck, Nik Beebe, Lindsey Belden, Rebecca Bennett, Amiee Bohannon, Amber Bolin, Sheena Booth, Brooke Bowman, Ronda Boyer, Austin Brigden, Mikkelann Briggs, Carol Bruce, Michelle Bruce, John Bryan, Sunshine Bryan, Danica Bryant, Thomas Burckhardt Jr, Karen Burge, Shannon Burkhalter, Amy Burton, Rio Byman, Tricia Byman, Josh Byrnes, William Carey, James Cargill, Michael Cargill, Mackenzie Carr, Douglas Casey, Rachel Casey, Katherine Chakos, Anna Chamberlain, Cheryl Chambers, Xin Chen, Kimberly Christensen, Skylar Clark, Travis Colby, Kari Coleman, Kayla Courser, Stephanie Cox, Patricia Cramer, Amy Cronk, Nicole Dahlke, Ashley Dalgarno, Daniel Davidson, Natasha Davidson, Kayla Davis, Jyella Deloney, Kimberly DeMarcus, Tiffany Dennis, Dominic Dimaio, Justin Dominiak, Bozena Drabik, Paula Duncan, Steven Dworkis, Arnold Eastman, Jeffery Edwards, Jamis Fannon, Lashay Ferguson, Deney Flatz, Sheila Foley, Edward Fox, John Freeman, Taylor Froberg, Michelle Fuller, Tirzah Fyffe, Rebecca Gann, Sean Gestson, Kahli Gillis, Melissa Gilman, Irina Goldinov, Sheryl Gonzalez, Rachel Gordon, Ellen Graves, Bryan Grizzle, Robert Groeschell, Krista Haflich, Jenny Haines, Brett Hale, Heidi Hamer, Candice Hammons, Britney Hanson, Amber Harman, Angela Harper, Brittany Harrison, James Hastings, Rachel Hawkins, Caroline Hendrickson, Dana Hendrickson, Tia Henthorn, Jaimi Hernandez, Luis Herrera, Constance Hill, Liana Horton, Martha Howaida, Kristian Huffman, Jeri Humbyrd, Steve Hunter, Tierna Hunter, Constance Ierokomos, Andrew Ingalls, Robert Isbell, Jo Jacobsen, Sue Jarrard, Joshua Jaspers, Karen Jaster, Serina Jenkins, David Jennings, Vanessa Jobe, Amanda Johnson, Cory Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Vernon Johnson, Brian Jurvakainen, Kassy Kandle, Carl Kangas, Brian Kelly, Eric Klinginsmith, Richard Knehr, Sara Kohler, Kate Kopman, Kellie Kramer, Brian Kujala, Ashton Kyllo, Jesse Kysar, Shayla Lane, William Larson, Derek Lavey, Hoa Le, Rebecca Lewis, Virginia Littell, Amelia Longbons, Caleb Loosli, Galiel Lopez, Crystal Lusk, Christopher Mahon, Brandie Marzillo, Shelby Massey, Jesse Mattila, Kaili McCown, Joshua McDaniel, Jason McDonald, Kerri McDonald, Linda McElroy, Tyler McNeil, Cassandra Meder, Lester Meirndorf, Elijah Merkwan, Nigel Metz, Julia Micheli, Danny Mjelde, Heidi Modin, Tamera Moir, Michael Monaghan, Michael Monda, Patti Moore, Samantha Moore, Charlotte Morgan, Elizabeth Murphy, Paul Muxen, Robert Neal, Robert Neilson, Amanda Nelson, Jacob Nichols, Margaret Nicklous, Kayla Nielson, Mark Nimz, Helen Norman, Holly Ojeda, Adrian Otten, Claire Ouellette, Ruben Pacheco, Jeffrey Parcel, Tonya Parcel, Mary Paris, Michelle Parker, Michael Parkhurst, Daniel Parsons, William Parsons, Tammy Patterson, Julia Payne, David Peckham, Nicole Pederson, Stephanie Peerboom, George Pence, Jordan Penner, Benjamin Perrigo, Christina Peterson, Philip Pettit, Leslie Pfannes, Rebecca Phillips, Christina Pinard, Ronald Plemmons, Candi Pratt, Susan Privette, Lainey Ralston, Rochelle Rascon, Aaron Reynolds, Lisa Reynolds, Phylis Reynolds, Kathren Rintoul, Samantha Rintoul, Krista Roberts, Jaimie Robinson, Mandy Rogers, Tami Romano, Chris Ross, Gary Rotz, Jasmine Saccio, Rory Sage, Nicolas Sanchez, Rustee Sanders, Carrie Schlecht, Adam Scott, Robert Scott, Kelsey Sharek, Dale Shaw, Tamera Sherman, James Shier, Sherri Simpson, Chad Smith, Kenneth Smith, Lisa Smith, Paul Snair, Isaac Staat, Darren Stankey, Erica Staples, Benjamin Stewart, Chance Stewart, Amanda Stoddard, Corey Strand, Harley Strine Jr, Joshua Sutinen, Kaylyn Szczurek, Jordan Taylor, Mary Taylor, Christopher Tinney, J Tootoosis-Didier, Randall Trapp, Genieve Tumapat, Jacob Ubl, Jessica Umiker, Debbi Valentine, Lorla Victoriano, Brittany Vigoren, Jordan Vossen, Peter Wallin, Alyssa Ware, Tiffany Wend, Carrie White, Zachary Williams, Josiah Willis, Matthew Wilson, Ayron Wisecarver, Meghan Wolf, Cara Workinger, Holleigh Yaden, Nathaniel Yanez, Cynthia York, Katie Young and Madeline Zbaeren.
Flyers, are both finding that elusive first victory hard to come by this season.
Their second meeting of the campaign finished the same way as the first encounter, with honours even.
The two teams looked set for a long evening when three of the first four matches went to a decider, with Fastbats taking a 3-1 lead thanks to a win each from Keith Smith, Helen Shields and Greg Hill.
It's apparent many Kansas City fans have changed their opinion of quarterback Matt Cassel.
I asked fans if they now believe in Cassel and they overwhelmingly answered “yes.” Cassel was maligned after a so-so first year in Kansas City last season and a slow start in 2010. However, Cassel has been terrific for the past two-plus months. Sunday, he reached hero status when he led the first-place Chiefs to a critical win at St. Louis 11 days after he had an appendectomy. The Chiefs lost, 31-0, at San Diego without Cassel the week before.
PRINCETON, Ind. - For a few moments it looked as if the Mt. Carmel Golden Aces basketball team was going to post a win, its first of the season.
The Aces trailed the North Knox Warriors, 28-25, with 5:23 left in the game.
The year 2010 brought sad moments both in death and health issues involving celebrities. From soul singers to kings of the big screen, bad luck in health didn't steer clear of the most highlighted, Hollywood cases in 2010.
QUEEN OF SOUL ARETHA FRANKLIN BANNED FROM PERFORMANCE
After undergoing "...a highly successful surgery on December 2 for an undisclosed ailment", it was later reported that Aretha Franklin is fighting pancreatic cancer. The 68-year-old singer has canceled all of her holiday and personal appearances through May 2011. While Aretha plans to spend the holidays with family and looks forward to a full recovery, pancreatic cancer is a fast moving cancer which causes questions and deep concerns from fans about her future health in the New Year.
Jazz saxophonist James Moody died at the San Diego Hospice on the afternoon of December 9, a week and a day after receiving his fourth Grammy nomination. He was 85 and had battled pancreatic cancer for ten months. Moody 4B would prove to be his final album. Recorded in 2008, it was released this year and was nominated in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category.
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Grade 9: Paula Adams, Sydnie Anthony, Enes Atici, Joseph Ayers, Jasmine Barbee, Allison Baseheart, John Baumgarten, Candace Bear, Alan Bearnson, Max Bell, Katie Berryman, Elaine Binnix, Vanessa Bolton, Mason Brennenstuhl, David Brown, My Bui, Nhi Buy, Rajna Bulut, Meshalia Carpenter, Abraham Carter, Ana Castillo, Sneha Chhachhi, Robert Clark, McKenzi Cline, Quentin Cooke, Rachel Crider, Steven Curry, John Dallas, Seth Davis, Bailey Deglow, Lejla Delic, Rachel Doyel, Lauren Elson, Melissa Escoto, Chandler Fane, Tamara Fravala, Rachel French, Rebekah Furbush, Caitlyn Galloway, Helen Games, Albert Gazaryan, Ashton Gentry, Michael Gentry, Paige Glass, Wesley Glenn, Makayla Gray, Schuyler Green, Jalyn Harper, Devin Hayes, Tate Hays, Angel Hazel, Haylee Hazel, Antonio Hernandez, Sergio Herrera Lopez, Kara Hodges, Taylor Holland, Jordan Hunter, Havanna Hurt, Kacy Ives, Sera Jent, Kaylan Johnson, Austin Jones, Robert Jones, Tyler Jopes, Bailey Jordan, Anna Joyce, Alicia Kanan, Joshua Kelley, Yedarm Kim, Jason Korba, Kennedy Labron, Ian Langford, James Lewis, Brenden Lutz, Hayley Maciel, Annie Malmquist, Kendra McCloughan, Jacob Mills, Olivia Mitchell, Omar Moncayo, Suzanne Moore, Elmira Muradova, Mary Nalley, Preston Osborne, Alicia Paladino, William Patton, Duncan Paul, Auburn Payne, Demi Perkinson, Benjamin Peterson, Caroline Pinerola, Abigail Potter, Brandon Potter, Emily Pride, Trevor Prieskorn, Sidney Pruitt, Cassady Puckett, William Ramsey, Megan Reid, Hunter Rogers, Nathan Rogers, Jessica Rounce, Stephen Ruanto, Jonathan Schaefer, Seaton Sheldon, Courtney Sherrill, Jannah Shive, Laurie Simic, Patrick Simms, Lauren Sims, Macmillan Slattery, David Smart, Alisa Smith, Morgan Smith, Rachel Smith, Michael Steenbergen, Clayton Stivers, Lillian Stivers, Suljeman Sulejmani, Grace Summar, Molly Thomas, Napoleon Tisdale, Sydney Tisdale, William True, Margaret Vaughn, Vanessa Veletanlic, Aliyah Walker, Meagan Ward, Chase Warner, Allison Webb, Lauren Wheeler, Lexie Wheeler, Emily Whitaker, Rachel White, Christy Wilkins, Kelly Wilkinson, Madelynn Williams, Marisa Williams, Allison Woodard, Sarah Woodward, Rachel Wulff, Kathryn Wyrick, Kevin Ziegler.
A large, growing blanket of fresh mountain snow is beckoning to skiers — if only they can get there.
Another 2 to 3 feet of snow is expected in Colorado's central mountains today on top of 2 to 4 feet that has fallen on most areas there since Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
A winter-storm warning remains in effect for most of western Colorado until 5 p.m. Thursday, with wind gusts of more than 30 mph near the Continental Divide, forecasters warned Tuesday night.
at the county spelling bee Jan. 19:
Sean Mcosker, grade 6;Cameron Brandon, grade 7;Ben Marshall, grade 8.
Classroom winners who participated in the spelling bee were: Anne-Tillery Melson,Jayme Thomas,Nick Rabak, Cameron Gillis, Izzy Ahlm,Becca Austin,Lindsay Durant,Maggie Sylvester,Willie Davis,Madeline Clark,Cole Sowers,Sean Mcosker, Gabi Hull,Nick Cook,Katelyn Dreeke,Riley Randall,Sophie German,Cameron Brandon,Lydia Bullock,Scott Barksdale,Tara Adkins, Josh Ball,David Walden,Zoe Beals,Amanda Sullivan,Bridget Stadelmyer, Makenzie Clower,Ben Marshall,Aaliyah Wright,Kelly Pedigo, RaQuan Veal,Henry Darron,Mason Woodyard,Kelly Thompson,Brittni Wright,John Camstra,Gabrielle SivertsenandTim Keoprasert.
After reading the emotional reactions to Tom Coughlin four days after the Giants' meltdown against Philadelphia, I guess I won't vote for him for coach of the year, although ...
Almost every season, he belongs somewhere in the top five-to-10. As does Andy Reid, who is getting roasted for not challenging the "not down by contact'' call that led to the TD that gave the Giants a 31-10 fourth-quarter lead over Reid's Eagles. Imagine if the Eagles had lost ...
Burke boys basketball coach Earl Brown admits life without Del'Javon Simmons, Sidney Sanders and Michael Heyward has been difficult.
The trio led Burke to a 73-8 record and two appearances in the Class AA state championship game in three years before graduating in May.
The Bulldogs have experienced growing pains without the talented trio that combined to average 47 points per game last season.
All three main party leaders saw their approval rating drop in the last month of 2010.
The opposition Labour Party maintains the upper hand in Britain, as support for the Liberal Democrats has plummeted to its lowest level since the General Election, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative sample of 2,003 British adults, 41 per cent of decided voters and leaners (+1 since late November) say they would support the Labour candidate in their constituency in the next General Election.
Britt Reid is the son of LA’s most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene – until his father mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father’s more industrious and inventive employees, Kato, they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. But in order to do this, they decide to become criminals themselves – protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets. Using all his ingenuity and skill, Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car equal parts firepower and horsepower. Rolling in a mobile fortress on wheels and striking the bad guys with Kato’s clever gadgets, The Green Hornet and Kato quickly start making a name for themselves, and with the help of Britt’s new secretary, Lenore Case, they begin hunting down the man who controls LA’s gritty underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky. But Chudnofsky has plans of his own: to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all.
While most years it represents little more than five days of standing by potted plants waiting for the underwhelming to finally occur, periodically, the baseball winter meetings actually reflect the mood of the game. The 2000 meetings in Dallas represented such a moment, when the combination of American economic muscle fueled by booms in technology stocks and the housing market and a game reinvigorated by new stadiums, steroids and home runs, translated into a baseball spending frenzy.
This year’s baseball offseason has been a tumultuous trip so far with Jayson Werth signing a 7-year/$126 million contract with the Washington Nationals that shocked numerous baseball executives, the Boston Red Sox doing their best to cement themselves as a World Series favorite next year by adding Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez, and Bobby Jenks among others, and the Philadelphia Phillies swooping in at the 11 th hour to land the prized Cliff Lee. With all the noise that these offseason additions have made, some teams have been making some quiet moves to make a run in 2011. One of those teams is the Oakland Athletics.
Angels pitcher was among three people killed in crash last year: The repeat drunken driver convicted of three counts of second-degree murder for the alcohol-induced, high-speed crash that killed Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others last year wept Wednesday as he was sentenced to 51 years to life in prison.
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The Boston Red Sox made their moves. Trading for Adrian Gonzalez and signing Carl Crawford has transformed the Red Sox from one of the better offensive teams in the league into the most feared lineup in the American League.
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Major League Baseball teams continue to spend money like a Qatari soccer official.
Since the Giants beat the Rangers in the World Series, Major League Baseball teams have signed 72 free agents (you can follow along with our MLB Offseason Transaction Tracker).
Those free agents have signed for a total of $1.005 billion (data via MLB Trade Rumors and Cot's Contracts. You can see the entire list below).
All-Star outfielder Carl Crawford, whom the Angels deemed the perfect fit to rejuvenate their offense, instead went to the Boston Red Sox.
The Angels are back at the drawing board, determining their next course of action after missing the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
Arte Moreno has changed his tune about spending and winning. Has he given up on 2011 as financial realities appear?
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Dec 22, 2010 - Countering numerous news reports and a never-ending stream of internet rumors,Angelsowner Arte Moreno told the LA Times that the Angels never made an offer on Carl Crawford . Moreno expressed shock at the $126 million deal thatJayson Werthgot from theWashington Nationalsand broke down many reasons why the Angels would not go seven years on Crawford, pointing out that the asset of speed leaves a player before the power does. Moreno was crystal clear in his logic of not wanting to raise ticket prices in order to subsidize these somewhat risky deals. But why the bluster in October when, after the first sub .500 season of his tenure, he told the very same rag that he would spend whatever it takes to get to the playoffs.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Carl Crawford has left Tampa Bay for Boston, but he hasn't forgotten a group of people who helped make his nine seasons with the Rays a success.
The four-time All-Star who agreed to a $142 million, seven-year deal with the Red Sox this month picked up the tab Wednesday for lunch at Tropicana Field, where about 150 Rays employees feasted on a barbecue meal the Gold Glove left fielder arranged to have delivered to the home of the AL East champions.
at the United Methodist Church Sunday when he saw a sign in front of its Washington, D.C., building that read "Pass the DREAM Act." Phillips simply could not reconcile the measure — which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children if they have clean records and a college degree or two years in the military — with traditional Christian values. Compassion was not Jesus' thing, right?
Lost in the din of legislative weekend activity concerning “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the DREAM Act, Congress actually took a rare ambitious step toward addressing a growing problem in our country.
The Food Safety and Modernization Act, which was raised from the dead after a procedural error seemed to doom its passage and should improve the level of safety in America’s food supply, passed the Senate Sunday. The House OK’d it Tuesday.
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Pedro Ramirez, president of the Associated Students, Inc., at California State University, Fresno, was named one of the “ Top College Role Models of 2010 ” by the Huffington Post, an online news and blog site, for his role in lobbying for the DREAM Act after he admitted to being an undocumented resident.
• National union leaders meet with Obama, concerned about his back-pedaling on tax cuts for the wealthy. That bill, meanwhile, is signed, and should be sealed and delivered by New Year’s.
• Procedural votes kill the immigrant-aiding DREAM Act in the Senate, but a big-deal food safety bill, which was nearly undone by improper protocol after it passed weeks ago, passed again.
Byron Whitesides wrote a derogatory letter that disgusted me. He claims that it would be a threat to the country if the Dream Act was passed. That's not true. It would only be a threat to you, Byron, if you didn't do what you had to when you were in school to ensure that your job was secure. We are always going to be competing for jobs in this world. Will you blame the illegal immigrants on the poor status of the economy?
Senator was hosting holiday celebration December 22, 2010 - By Jenni Vincent, Journal staff writer
MARTINSBURG - U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin told state reporters Tuesday he takes responsibility for a decision to attend a family function last Saturday, which meant he missed two key Senate votes - including the immigration DREAM Act and an opportunity to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law.
If you think there’s too much politics, too much petty bickering, and too much putting party over country in our nation’s capital, well, you’re right. We’ve still got some work to do to make Washington look a little more like Montana.
But from cracking down on Wall Street and insurance company greed to cutting taxes and creating jobs for Montana families to repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, we’ve gotten a lot done.
As I understand the way the newspaper business works, your paper comes up with the headline for those stories you choose to publish. Page A3 on Sunday had the headline, "Republicans block Dream Act." Reading the story, the reader discovers the bill failed by five votes.The majority of the half-page article wailed about how unfair it is to the young people it was intended to help and included quotes from several students and others who were in favor of the bill. Not until the last paragraph or two were we told that three Republicans switched over and voted for the bill while five Democrats voted against the bill. Since the bill failed by five votes, how can you say the Republicans blocked the bill? Seems to me that the Democrats killed the bill and deserve whatever blame your editorial stance wants to assign. - Ronald Maty , Chandler
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BEND, OR -- The DREAM Act, which would have allowed young people brought into the U.S. by undocumented immigrant parents, failed in the Senate over the weekend. The proposals, backed by both Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, received 55 votes, but needed 60 to pass. The Act would have allowed young people to gain citizenship by meeting several requirements, including attending college or enlisting in the military. Francisco Lopez with CAUSA (said his immigrants rights coalition will ask the state legislature to at least allow in-state tuition for students of immigrant parents.
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In calling Ralph Friedgen’s ouster a “business decision”, first-year Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson made it clear that a coach’s win-loss record is no longer among the chief criteria for continued employment. Anderson needs a coach capable of bringing more fans to Byrd Stadium and selling those painfully empty luxury suites in Tyser Tower.
-Florida rivalry isn't strange.
"You're in this business long enough, you're around guys – you become friends with them," Fisher said. "He's going to try to beat me. I'm going to try to beat him. But it has nothing to do with respecting him and what he does and how he does things."
The night the Florida news broke, Fisher said he called Muschamp. It was "a good conversation," Fisher said, in which Fisher offered his congratulations and Muschamp offered his appreciation.
University of Florida offensive coordinator Steve Addazio was in town Monday to talk to Temple about replacing Al Golden as football coach, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Golden, who guided Temple to an 8-4 finish this season, accepted the job at Miami last week.
Addazio, 51, worked at Florida under Urban Meyer, who will coach his last game for the Gators in the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl against Joe Paterno and Penn State. A spokesman for the Florida athletic department said Addazio was expected to work the bowl game.
Now that all of the SEC and national coach of the year awards have been doled out, here’s the “official” ranking of the jobs done by the SEC's 12 head coaches this season:
1. Gene Chizik, Auburn: The Tigers are 13-0 and playing for a national championship. What else can you ask for? Plus, Chizik was a rock in managing all the Cam Newton distractions the last month of the season and was able to get his team to focus on the prize that much more during all the controversy.
Many factors: I don't doubt the prospect of rebuilding the University of Florida's football team played a role in Meyer's decision ("Urban Meyer Leaves UF to Protect His Legacy," Luther Campbell, December 16), and many of Uncle Luke's comments contain a grain of truth. But taken as a whole, it's difficult to believe only that one factor led to his decision. After all, he had already built the team in his image once and was very successful in doing so. (Remember that last national championship?)
Unfortunately, the injury bug turned those dreams into dust. Demps suffered a foot injury in the third game of the season against Tennessee and was never 100 percent the rest of the year. He did play in 10 games and rushed for a team-high 531 yards, but that total, as well as his three touchdowns, were the lowest single-season marks of his three-year career.
Well, so much for the Temple speculation.
Steve Addazio, rumored to have interviewed for the Owls vacancy Monday, has instead apparently decided to head in a westerly direction and remain an assistant on someone else’s coaching staff.
The Florida offensive coordinator, according to multiple reports/rumors, appears to either be on the verge of being hired or has been hired as Texas’ new offensive line coach. In addition to his coordinator duties with the Gators, he was also Urban Meyer‘s line coach for the past five seasons.
10. There is a misconception, at least I think it's a misconception, that Urban Meyer is going to play a major role in coaching the 2011 football team. Two things everyone has to realize — 1. Meyer is stepping away because of health issues, which means stepping as far away as possible; 2. If Meyer wanders out to practice and talks to Chris Dunkley about the best way to run a route, it's an NCAA rules violation. You are only allowed to have nine coaches. That's how Southern Cal got into trouble. Well, that and paying Reggie Bush's parents. Meyer will always be a part of the Gator Nation and has been embraced by Will Muschamp. But Florida knows it can get tricky if the former coach is hanging around. UF has the best athletic director in the country and the best compliance guy in the country. They will figure it out.
