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The last time Louisiana Tech was this good Karl Malone patrolled the courts on the university's Ruston campus.
The last time Louisiana Tech was this good Karl Malone patrolled the courts on the university's Ruston campus.
Second-year coach Michael White might not have a leading man like Malone on his roster, but the program is back among the nation's best thanks to an ensemble cast that hasn't lost in more than two months.
Louisiana Tech moved into the Top 25 on Monday for the first time since a 13-week run during the 1984-85 season, edging Colorado State for the No. 25 spot. The Bulldogs (24-3, 14-0 Western Athletic Conference) are on a 16-game winning streak and haven't lost since an 80-72 setback to McNeese State on Dec. 12.
Louisiana Tech has two home games this week to bask in its newfound popularity — on Thursday against Utah State and Saturday against San Jose State.
"It's crazy to think about how long it's been," said White, 35. "It's a neat accomplishment. Our kids are excited about it. But does it make us any better on Thursday against Utah State? No. We need to handle this correctly."
Malone was the unquestioned superstar for the Bulldogs when they advanced to the NCAA's round of 16 in 1985. White has put together the program's current run with a deep team that's led by guard Raheem Appleby, who scores a team-high 14.7 points per game.
Appleby said White's subtle leadership and trust in his players has led to success. The Bulldogs often use 11 players in the regular rotation each game, employing a high-energy approach that has worn opponents down.
"We don't have 100 offensive sets or slow the ball down very often," Appleby said. "We're built to score in transition and that's why we don't really have any stars. Our offense doesn't go through any one person, we just get it out on the break and make things happen."
White played his college basketball at Mississippi in the late 1990s, starting at point guard for the Rebels as they advanced to the NCAA tournament three times during his career. He was also an assistant for the Rebels from 2006 to 2010 under coach Andy Kennedy before taking the job at Louisiana Tech.
White comes from a family with deep ties to college athletics. His father Kevin White is the athletic director at Duke. His brother Danny White is the athletic director at Buffalo and another brother, Brian White, is an associate athletic director at Louisiana Tech.
Kennedy said Michael White has all the attributes needed to be a good coach.
"It was great to talk with Louisiana Tech during the hiring process because I had no doubts he'd be ready," Kennedy said. "He was a coach on the floor even when he played. He's got a good way, a good demeanor about him. He understands teaching and knows how to make adjustments. His success doesn't surprise me at all. I'm very proud of him."
White has built Louisiana Tech's program quickly since coming to Ruston in 2011. The Bulldogs finished 18-16 last season, including a 6-8 mark in the WAC, but made a conference tournament run to the finals before losing to New Mexico State. That late-season success was an indication of things to come.
"We've got a good group of guys who have sold out to defending," White said. "We're offensively challenged at times. On nights we make jump shots, we're pretty good. Some nights we're just glad to get off the court one point better than the other team."
Now Louisiana Tech is trying to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1991.
The Bulldogs might have to win the WAC tournament to assure a spot in the field. They're No. 52 in the NCAA's most recent RPI rankings and have not played a particularly difficult schedule.
White said his team's focus is just winning more games and earning the No. 1 seed in the WAC tournament.
"This (national ranking) is really just another hurdle," White said. "It's another obstacle that could deter focus or it could provide more encouragement about reminding us about how we've got to keep improving."


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – On a last-second effort, Georgia College men's basketball (7-8, 3-5 PBC) did what no other team in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) has accomplished this season, beating GRU Augusta (14-3, 7-1 PBC) 56-55 at the Centennial Center.
Down 55-54 with 0.3 seconds remaining, senior Royal Thomas (LaGrange, Ga.) elevated, took a pass from Ryan Blumenthal (Kennesaw, Ga.), re-directed it off the glass and in for the win as time expired. Royal Thomas finished with 11 points.
The game was a battle nearly throughout, as neither team mounted a double-digit advantage. A six-point Jaguar lead at the 5:06 mark was quickly erased by three-point plays on consecutive possessions by Larrentis Thomas (McDonough, Ga.) and Blumenthal. Larrentis Thomas finished with 12 points and Blumenthal 13.
With just 13 ticks left, K.J. Sherrill muscled his way for a lay-in, giving GRUA a 55-54 lead. Royal Thomas took the in-bounds the length of the floor and missed a lay-up from the left side, the rebound tipping off a Jaguar defender out of bounds to set up the fraction-of-a-second heroics.
Larrentis Thomas nearly pulled in a double-double with eight rebounds to lead the way for Georgia College.
Both teams battled defensively, the Bobcats out-shooting GRUA 41 percent (23-56) to 37 percent (20-54) from the field. The Jaguars edged Georgia College on the glass 39-34, including 14-11 on the offensive boards.
Sherrill led the scoring for GRUA with a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double. Devonte Thomas aided the cause with 10 points off the pine. Nine of the 11 players that saw action reached the scoring column for the Jaguars.
The Bobcats are back in action Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. hosting No. 15 USC Aiken (15-2, 7-0 PBC). Wednesday's game will serve as "Spirit Night" for the Bobcats.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.

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The son of Candy Ride and the Storm Cat mare Common Hope was making his first start for Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer in the Prevue after being purchased privately following a handy victory Oct. 19 at Golden Gate Fields. Corey Nakatani will again ride.
Hollendorfer also will be represented by Larry and Marianne Williams' Tamarando, who closed from last Nov. 23 to win the $100,000 Real Quiet Stakes under leading rider Rafael Bejarano. The son of Bertrando displayed his class this summer with a victory in the Grade I Del Mar Futurity Sept. 4. Bejarano has the return engagement.
Fog City Stable's Tap It Rich, beaten 3 ¼ lengths in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile in just his second start, will try to give Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his seventh victory in the CashCall. The gray son of Tapit worked a mile in 1:42 Dec. 2 and will have Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith aboard.
Reddam Racing LLC's Bond Holder, who finished fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, became a Grade I winner when he pulled off a 10-1 surprise in the Front Runner Stakes Sept. 28 at Santa Anita. Regular rider Mario Gutierrez has the mount for trainer Doug O'Neill.
Other likely starters are the John Sadler-trained duo of Kobe's Back (Joel Rosario) and Candy Boy (Gary Stevens), both owned by Lee and Susan Searing's C R K Stable; the Ken McPeek-trained pair of Magdelena Racing's Rankhasprivileges (supplementary nom, no rider) and Magic City Thoroughbred Partners' Sheikinator (supplementary nom, no rider); J K Racing's Brother Soldier (Craig Dollase, Edwin Maldonado); Brewster Racing Stable et al's Karma King (Dollase, Joe Talamo); Gary and Mary West's Poker Player (supplementary nom, no rider) and Reddam Racing LLC's Electric Eddie (supplementary nom, Ben Cecil, no rider).
Who says lightning doesn't strike twice?
Sports broadcaster Jim Rome, who recently sold two-time Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Mizdirection for $2.7 million, has suddenly found himself with a major contender for Saturday's Grade I, $750,000-guaranteed CashCall Futurity and a 2014 Kentucky Derby prospect.
Alex Solis II was responsible for Rome's involvement with Mizdirection and was Johnny on the spot when Shared Belief became available.
"I've worked with Jerry (Hollendorfer) for about a year now," Solis explained. "He told me (Pam and Marty Wygod) had a horse for sale and to take a look at him and put together a partnership. I went up north the next morning at 5 a.m. and liked what I saw. I did my homework on him. He had a real good (speed) figure and his maiden race was very impressive. All the credit goes to Jerry."
"Usually it's so difficult to put these things together, but this was so fast, it was ridiculous. Jerry took a third, and out of my two thirds, I solid pieces to Rome, Jason Litt and KMN Racing."
"I think Rome is happy," understated Solis.
Incidentally, Solis' father, Alex Solis, is tied with Laffit Pincay, Jr. for most victories among jockeys (4) in the CashCall Futurity.
Comma to the Top, whose career highlight was a victory in the 2010 CashCall Futurity, has been retired but will remain with trainer Peter Miller as a stable pony.
"That day he won the Futurity gave us our biggest thrill," said Miller. "It was pouring rain and there was a long delay in the paddock for a shoe repair, but he won easily."
Miller stated that it's a long process to transfer from a race horse to a stable pony.
"It usually takes about six months," said Miller. "You have to re-break them and get them used to a different saddle."
A 5-year-old bay gelding by Bwana Charlie, Comma to the Top ends his career with 14 victories in 33 starts and earnings of $1,349,406. He is one of 36 horses to win at least five stakes races at Hollywood Park.
"He owes us zero," added Miller. "As long as I'm around, he'll have a home."
Pandora Stud's Lucayan, second in the Grade II Del Mar Handicap Aug. 24, heads a field of 8-10 expected starters in the Grade II, $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup, which will be run at 1 ½ miles Saturday, Dec. 14.
The French bred from the barn of Hall of Fame Neil Drysdale is seeking his first United States victory after finishing second or third in a trio of Grade II events. The 4-year-old worked six furlongs in 1:14 2/5 Sunday morning and a determination as to his status for the Turf Cup is forthcoming.
Among his challengers will be Niall Racing's Temeraine (trainer Tom Proctor, Gary Stevens), winner of the Grade III Kentucky Turf Cup Sept. 14 at Kentucky Downs.
Other possible starters are Wachtel Stables or Friedman's Artic North (Peter Miller, Joe Talamo), Dye or Venneri Racing's Bright Thought (Jorge Gutierrez, Edwin Maldonado), Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's Segway (Richard Mandella, Mike Smith), Madeline Auerbach's Empty Headed (Barry Abrams, no rider), Huntsville (Abrams, no rider), and Robert Trussell, Jr.'s Et Tu Walker (Patrick Biancone, no rider).
CLOSING STRIDES—Streaming, winner of Saturday's Grade I Hollywood Starlet, and Fiftyshadesofhay, second in the Grade II Bayakoa Stakes, both came out of the race in good order, according to Mike Marlow, assistant to Bob Baffert. Jerry Hollendorfer, who saddled Broken Sword for a victory in the Bayakoa and Taste Like Candy for a runner-up finish in the Starlet, reported that each returned in good health. Hollendorfer has now won the Bayakoa in back-to-back years (Lady of Fifty in 2012) and three of the last four years (Washington Bridge in 2010)………Gary Stevens and Mike Smith had little luck in the Longines International Jockey Championship, held Saturday night at Happy Valley in Hong Kong. Smith accounted for the only points earned between the pair with a third place finish in the second leg. Winner of the competition, Australia's Kerrin McEvoy, paid tribute to the two American Hall of Famers in his post-event comments. "It's been a fantastic experience riding with such greats as Gary Stevens and Mike Smith and I'm grateful to the Hong Kong Jockey Club for inviting me here,'' said McEvoy. ……..Rafael Bejarano increased his advantage in the jockey standings last week and now holds a 27-21 lead over Martin Garcia. Joe Talamo is third with 20. The trainers are well grouped, with Baffert holding a 13-11 lead over Peter Miller. John Sadler is third with 10…… With one player eliminated Saturday, it's down to the final four in the $2,500 winner-take-all Show Me the Money contest.


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Since purchasing my Ducati in 1996, I've had a love-hate relationship with it. When the weather is right, the motorcycle is freshly detailed, and the engine mechanics are in complete adjustment, there is no better feeling in the world like aggressively shifting through gears at wide-open throttle cresting an apex of a turn while dragging knee on a back country road.
The downside to Ducati ownership is the required frequent maintenance:
- Incessant wear and tear of a racing dry clutch
- Multiple cold start attempts due to having racing carburetors
- Endless adjustments of the desmodromic valve assembly
- Replacement of the fragile camshaft belts
Enter 3D Print Technology
I have a soft spot for spending countless hours creating tangible items from blocks or rounds of metal in a machine shop. However, when reducing time-to-market, minimizing cost, or more importantly, returning my Ducati motorcycle to road-worthy condition, 3D Print Technology is the "go-to" additive manufacturing process to create parts, assemblies and tooling in many industries.


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In this passage, Paul deals a redemptive fact - the old self was crucified with Christ. Knowing this, it is impossible for a truly regenerate person to live a life of rebellion against God. There is much misunderstanding of this truth today. We pray this lesson gives you confidence in Christ alone and an eagerness to serve Him daily.


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50 Cent: Bulletproof - The Game
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Video Games,
Rapper 50 Cent will be the main character in an upcoming video game set to be released later on this year. Fiddy will be playing himself in 50 Cent: Bulletproof.
50 Cent: Bulletproof will star hip-hop artist 50 Cent, including his likeness and voice. The game will have a plot that focuses on New York's drug underworld, putting players to the task of uncovering an international conspiracy.
Okay so maybe we don't have many details on the game to make it sound better than it looks – however, the game's visuals look great. GameGossip has more screenshots for your viewing pleasure.
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Samsung's 82 Inch TFT-LCD HDTV
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Home Entertainment,
Come on now, Samsung. Why do you taunt us so? Obviously this 82" TFT-LCD high definition television isn't even on the market yet (you can expect to see it in a couple of years), but once it does hit retail, who is going to be able to afford one? Oh well, it sure is a nice way to hit CeBIT with style.
Read More | Samsung Release
South Park Studio Version 2
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Internet,
If you have ever wanted to create your own South Park character - or create yourself as a South Park character - now is your chance. The South Park Studio over at Planearium allows you to put together bits and pieces, Potato Head style, to create your own South Park characters. I must say, they did a good job with this one. It is definitely fun messing around with all the different pieces they have to offer. Feel free to link to some of your creations.
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Pilot Watch With Slide Rule
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Wearables,
My geek meter went right past the 11 mark when I saw the Pilot Watch, which has a built in slide rule. If you didn't know, a slide rule is a device made obsolete by the invention of the electronic calculator. For those of us who want to get nostalgic or flaunt their supergenius, the slider helps you solve time, distance and speed equations, provide currency conversions, multiply, divide, and perform any conversion of a linear nature such as ounces to grams, kilograms to pounds, miles to kilometers, etc. Impress your date and calculate tips at the same time! It retails for $250.
Read More | Think Geek
Imp-2003 Flash-Based Shuffle Player
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Portable Audio / Video,
It's amazing how quickly others can copy a product. Still, I guess competition is a good thing. Behold the Imp-2003, an iPod shuffle-like device from I-Money Tech of China. It's screenless and random, as you'd expect. But what makes it even better is the built in SD slot for additional MP3 goodness, and a plastic loop built into its chassis so that you can swing it on your neck - or other body part of your choice.
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Plan Your Own Group Meetings with Meetup.com
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Internet,
We're all for getting tech-heads together to share ideas and have an all around good time. Meetup.com is a free online service that helps you set up meetings in your area. It includes member profiles, links to maps, event planners, picture galleries, and even a built-in message board. We've even planned a series of get-togethers ourselves in New York for fans of the upcoming PSP handheld. Private messaging requires a fee on the service, but hey, that's why there's email and IM.
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PodGear iPod ShuffleStation
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Accessories, Portable Audio / Video,
The PodGear ShuffleStation reminds me of the Altec Lansing inMotion iPod speakers. Basically, you sit the iPod shuffle on the based provided on the ShuffleStation, and the two stereo speakers play the music from the shuffle. Very simple. If plugged in, the ShuffleStation will also charge the iPod shuffle while it is docked. The unit also works with 4 AAA batteries, but will not charge the iPod when using this method.
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Motorola ROKR iTunes Phone To Be Unveiled Thursday
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According to MSNBC, Motorola is supposed to take the wraps of the much anticipated ROKR iTunes phone this Thursday, March 10. The device has been shrouded in mystery, as many have been waiting to see what Motorola and Apple had come up with ever since the initial announcement was made months ago. Motorola has had great success recently with the RAZR V3 line, which catapulted the phone manufacturer to the number 2 spot - right behind Nokia. With more RAZR versions on the way, as well as the PEBL and ROKR lines, Nokia better take heed, quickly.
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Grab A Gmail Invitation From iSnoop
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Internet,
In an effort to reduce the amount of emails I receive per day asking for a Gmail invitation from about 300 to 295, I urge anyone that doesn't seem to have a friend on the Internet (since it seems that everyone I know uses Gmail) that can simply send them an invitation to check out the iSnoop Gmail Spooler. Just head on over there and put in your email address. You can expect a nice, fresh Gmail invitation arrive in your Inbox shortly. If it doesn't come, try it again. Just don't email me asking why.
(Thanks, illwon!)
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Lighttwist [1] is an application that allows projecting images on planar and non-planar surfaces. It creates an immersive experience by compensating for irregularities and deformation of the projection screen. Lighttwist deals with images, video or 3D and can also synchronize images with sound from several speakers.
Set up
- surface to be projected on;
- projector(s);
- camera (sees what the viewer will see);
- network for synchronization between the camera and projectors.
Great thing about Lighttwist is its scalability. Setting up network with multiple computers is not necessary. One of the solutions for home use is to get a video splitter to split the DVI output from the computer to control several projectors (there is a variety of mini projectors on the market suitable for use in the small rooms). Again, main purpose of Ligttwist is to create an immersion experience, which allows to showcase artistic work with bigger impact on the viewer. But besides that there were also proposed various different uses for the Lighttwist, such as using it in the surgery room [2] or in the classrooms (e.g. planerariums, presentations, as proposed by Yuval Levy).
Description of the problem
- Simplest case
- Screen to be projected on is flat, projector and camera are perfectly aligned. We only need to find the invertible map that transforms pixel coordinates from the camera space to the projector space. Only in this simple case we can use homographies represented by 3x3 invertible matrices
- General case
- Geometry of the screen is arbitrary, multiple projectors are not necessarily aligned with the user. Also requires catadioptric or fisheye lens to capture what observer sees in this case. Since use of homographies to establish correspondence between the camera space and projector space is no longer possible, use other techniques, such as structured light. [3].
- Resolution
- There is a big difference between the resolution of a camera and projector(s). The ratio is normally 4:1 (camera having approx. 1000x1000 pixels and projectors 4000x768 pixels) and can go up to 8:1 when projecting on a hemisphere.
- Size of the images
- It is hard to manage images of size 4096x768 (in case of 4 projectors). It is even harder to manage video.
- Lack of content of appropriate quality
- It is not the biggest challenge when it comes to images, but there is no video camera that can support required resolution.
GSoC project
Right now Lighttwist is able to project a single row of images. To create a seamless picture, areas illuminated by different projectors must overlap, but these areas also look brighter. To compensate for it image from one projector is blended with its neighboring projectors. One of the things that needs to be done is to extend this to allow projecting several rows to use Lighttwist for more complicated surfaces (e.g. corners, which would allow to make it more usable in the home setting, where it is not always possible to create a cylinder or a hemisphere to project on (see Applications)).
One of the simplest approaches is to simply create a mask for each projector so that areas of overlap are only illuminated by one projector. But due to vibrations and inevitable numerical errors this might result in noticeable gaps in intensity. Better thing to do is to precompute the alpha mask for each projector with values between 0.0 and 1.0. Alpha values can be treated as weights assigned to each projector at a particular pixel. So we need to develop a way to smoothly reduce the intensity of the projected image closer to edges (where it overlaps with another projected plane). Also to get a uniformly illuminated image we need to introduce the constraint that at any pixel in the image all aphas must sum up to 1.0.
We can apply a commonly used in mosaics blending technique:
- for every pixel in the image:
- each projector that illuminates this pixel gets weight of 1.0 and 0.0 otherwise
- for each projector alpha = weight*factor, where factor is a distance from the pixel to the edge of the projected plane of this projector (all in camera coordinates). Normalize alphas.
Alpha for a given pixel depends on the distance to the closest invisible (for this projector) pixel. Function used to compute blending doesn't have to be linear, this is just the simplest solution. This would most probably work in case, where all projectors are the same. In case they are not, we need to take care of gamma correction either before or while doing blending.
- I plan to devote 40+ hours per week for GSoC. I will be able to start working on the project as soon as my exams are finished, which is 6th of May. More detailed plan of attack is described in my GSoC application [4].
NOTE: Most of the content of this page, unless otherwise noted, comes from the email discussions with Yuval Levy and Sébastien Roy.
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Prank of the Week: Fugitive Transforms Into Mannequin [VIDEO]
Time for another great prank from the gang at Just For Laughs: Gags! This time, innocent passers-by at a mall see an fugitive on the run. Then a police officer, played brilliantly by my friend Denis Levasseur, approaches the unsuspecting victim to see if they saw where the criminal went. Watch what happens next!


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The Japanese Disaster Relief Fund – Boston (JDRFB) was created in March 2011 as a local vehicle for giving aid to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. This two-year fund was a unique collaboration among three nonprofit organizations: the Boston Foundation, the Japan Society of Boston and the Fish Family Foundation.
Thanks to your generosities and support, JDRFB has distributed 24 grants to 19 nonprofit organizations and volunteer groups providing direct support to survivors of the disaster in Tohoku. With this, our mission accomplished and our operation completed. JDRFB is no longer accepting or soliciting further donations, grant proposals or requests for funding.
We will continue to work with our existing grantees and provide occasional updates and news of their progress. If you'd like to continue your support of Tohoku, please visit our grants page for the complete list of our grantees for you to consider directly contributing to.
With the completion of JDRFB's work, a final report has been published. A hard copy as well as an electronic version is available. Again, we thank you for your support!
JDRFB Final Report on Tohoku - March 11, 2013
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JDRFB Final Report on Tohoku - March 11, 2013
Awarded Grants: Round 4/Final - March 2013
Awarded Grants: Round 3 - December 2012
Second major gift from the Japanese Association of Greater Boston (JAGB) - June 5, 2012
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted (NFS:MW) is a racing video game, developed by EA Black Box game's street racing-oriented game play, with certain (but not all) customization options from the Need for Speed: Underground series. The game is also succeeded by Need for Speed: Carbon, which serves as a sequel to Most Wanted. Most Wanted has been released for Windows-based personal computers, the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360 (as a launch title), Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and mobile phones. Another version of Most Wanted, titled Need for Speed: Most Wanted: 5-1-0 has been released for the PlayStation Portable. This is the First game in Need for Speed series to be rated T (Even though the European Version is Still Rated 3+ ). Need for Speed: Most Wanted 'Black Edition', a collector's edition of Most Wanted, was released in celebration of the Need for Speed series' tenth anniversary and in conjunction with the release of Most Wanted. The Black Edition.
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When Doug Martin was growing up nearby in Stockton, Calif., he couldn't have dreamed about anything quite like this.
The Buccaneers running back had more than 60 friends and family in the stands at Oakland, and he gave them something to see, running for 251 yards and four touchdowns.
"Just about everybody was here," Martin said, via Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune. "My mom was here, of course, and a whole bunch of family members and friends. Even some of my teammates from high school were here.
"I'm just glad I could put on a good show for them."
He did more than put on a show, he re-wrote the Bucs record book. Along with his 272 yards from scrimmage, he set new franchise single-game records for rushing yards and touchdowns.
He also joined former Broncos back Mike Anderson as the only backs with 250 yards rushing and four touchdowns in a game, and is the first player since 1940 to score three touchdowns of at least 45 yards.
With nearly 500 total yards the last two games (including a nationally televised one), he's proving to be the backbone of one of the league's hottest offense. They became the first team in franchise history to score at least 28 points in four straight games, and they're up to fifth in the league in scoring.
"It's huge to have an offense like that," veteran defensive back Ronde Barber said. "We have forever been the kind of team that just stuck around and stuck around in games. But now we're taking control of games, we're scoring a lot of points and that's big. It's fun to be on this team and it's fun to watch a guy like Doug Martin have the kind of games he's been having here lately.
"We knew as soon as he got here that we had something special with him, so all the praise he's going to get after this is deserved. The kind of stuff he did today and last week, that stuff gives you a winning edge."
That he's able to do it as a first-year player, on a team that's lost both starting guards to injury, makes it that much more impressive.


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A Hingham, Mass., man was arrested Saturday after police said he bit off pieces of a man's ears during a fight.
A Hingham man was arrested Saturday after Weymouth police said he bit off pieces of a man's ears during a fight.
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During the fight, which he said stemmed from an ongoing dispute between the two, large parts of both his ears were bitten off. Friends retrieved the body parts and brought him to South Shore Hospital. He was later transferred to a Boston hospital.
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After my Nov. 3 column, ""Why are there increased levels of copper in my oil?"" was published, I received some valuable advice from industry experts on the subject.
After doing further research, here's the rest of the story: First of all, the column was on the mark, but I feel I may have been off base pointing out the brand of oil that may have explained the reason for the increase in the copper level according to the oil analysis. The phenomenon of higher copper in the oil cannot be attributed to a specific brand of oil. The condition is not brand specific, but is more than likely a result of an oil additive used as an anti-scuffing agent.
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War crimes and crimes against humanity have been and continue to be committed in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya by NATO. Amongst these crimes, the Atlantic Alliance has been using depleted uranium against Libya, specifically civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Bombed sites in Libya have been visited by professional scientists working in the Surveying and Collecting Specimens and Laboratory Measuring Group. The scientists and trained experts have conducted field surveys looking for radioactive isotopes (radioisotopes) at bombed sites. The samples from these sites were then scientifically analyzed at the laboratories of the Nuclear Energy Institution of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Analysis in Libya through inductively coupled plasma has shown that several sites contain even higher than expected doses of uranium. Holes caused by NATO missiles also have high radioactive measurements, as do the fragments of NATO ordinance. Sites analyzed by the teams of scientists include Bab Al-Azizia and Souk Al-Ahad.
The teams of scientists have found it hard to conduct their important work during the NATO bombings. They have put their health in jeopardy and their lives at risk. Moreover, many of these sites have been bombed numerous times and again on different days. This adds an extra dimension of danger to the teams.
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The U.S. and NATO are using "dirty bombs" in Libya. These are the countries that claim that Iran and Syria are attempting to make nuclear weapons. So far, however, it is these very same countries that are using weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and use nuclear technology in an irresponsible and criminal manner. An international war crimes tribunal is in order. The Obama Administration, Nicolas Sarkozy, David Cameron, and NATO cannot be allowed to stand with impunity.
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Court records show police are investigating the abduction of Avon father James Robertson as a homicide.
AVON -- A third man has been charged with kidnapping a 37-year-old Avon father earlier this year.
James M. Feeney, 44, of Dedham was arraigned in Stoughton District Court Tuesday on charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap James Robertson on Jan. 1, 2014.
Robertson, a welder by trade, was taken from his home by two men wearing guns and badges who claimed to be constables for a supposed probation-related drug test and has not been seen since.
Two other men were also charged with kidnapping Robertson by the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office late last month. Court records indicate police are investigating the disappearance as a homicide.
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At the grave of a fallen soldier stands a pale white horse, regal and majestic, with his mane in tight braids. In Anima, the photographer Charlotte Dumas delves into the quiet moments in the lives of burial horses, known for participating in the funeral ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery. The magnificent equine creatures— who by day serve as living manifestations of moral ideals, patriotism, and righteousness— are caught by Dumas's lens in nighttime moments of introspection and rest.
After the flags are folded, after the firearms have rang out, the horses remain in their small box stalls, resting on humble beds of shavings and hay. Shot under Dumas's gleaming twilight lighting, the animals are pictured in the final minutes before sleep. In stark contrast with the colorful visions of their burial services, they are bathed in a moody Rembrandt-esque glow that streams in from metal bars, seemingly retreating into an unknowable equine psychology.
Yet within these peaceful moments, Dumas captures an anxious sense of unrest. A horse's glinting black eye remains open as he twists his neck, revealing waves of muscle under short-clipped fur; a long nose, its hair worn away by a bridle's noseband, pokes out into the light, emerging from sleepy darkness. The neck and back of the creature is fixed in the frame, isolated from the rest of the body, as he goes to stand upright, his withers stained with manure.
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When he was drafted by the Ravens in 1996, Jonathan Ogden joined an organization without team colors or a logo.
As he stood behind the podium Saturday night at Fawcett Stadium and peered out into a crowd loaded with purple jerseys and T-shirts, Ogden couldn't help but appreciate how far he and the organization have come.
Seventeen years after Ogden became the franchise's first-ever draft pick, the Ravens have an established fan base, two Super Bowl championships and their first ever Hall of Famer. Ogden, who became one of the best left tackles in the history of the NFL in his 12 seasons in Baltimore, officially joined the pantheon of NFL greats when he was inducted as part of a seven-man Hall of Fame class.
At 39 years old, Ogden became the youngest Hall of Famer in this class and the first to play his whole career as a Raven. He was inducted along with coach Bill Parcells, offensive lineman Larry Allen, wide receiver Cris Carter, defensive linemen Curley Culp and Warren Sapp, and linebacker Dave Robinson.
"When we got there, those first few years at Memorial Stadium, the Ravens were new to everybody. It was a new team and we were new to the city. We were all rookies together. I watched us grow, myself as a player and the fans as an NFL city from infancy to one of, if not the best, football towns in the National Football League," Ogden said. "I'm so very proud to have been the Baltimore Ravens' first ever draft choice, and I am so humbled to be the Baltimore Ravens' first ever Hall of Fame inductee."
Ravens' fans, who made their presence known in this northeastern Ohio town this weekend, even shouting the customary "O" during the national anthem Saturday, were already talking about returning in five years to celebrate linebacker Ray Lewis' career. Lewis retired after 17 seasons following the Ravens' second Super Bowl championship in February.
However, this weekend, they were more than happy to see Ogden, who normally shuns the spotlight, receive the adulation and acclaim that he deserved after a career which included 11 Pro Bowl selections, four first-team All Pro awards and one Super Bowl victory as part of the 2000 Ravens.
"We were counting down the days for five years to see the first Raven get in," said Brian McDonald of Dundalk. He came to the ceremony with his father, Tom, and his son, Greg, along with family friend Neil Krebs of Garrett County. "We've been Ravens' fans since the beginning. We've been to both Super Bowls. Why not come here? This is the best individual honor you can get."
For Hagerstown resident Brian Gaetano, Ogden's induction was a long time coming for the franchise.
"I was a season ticket holder the last year before [the Colts] moved and [Bob] Irsay took my money," said Gaetano who attended the event with fellow Ravens' fan Greg Lamp and his son, Joey. "We have deserved this for years. This is important for us."
Ogden's speech, the first of seven to be delivered Saturday night, lasted 13 minutes, 35 seconds and was vintage Ogden, whose nastiness and intensity in battling the league's best and fastest pass rushers belied a humble, intelligent and gentle man off of it.
He got emotional talking about his late father, Shirrel, who he called "the most influential person in my life." But he didn't cry, fulfilling a promise that he made early in his speech. He talked very little about himself, preferring to use the time to thank family members, friends and his teammates and coaches along the way, from his high school at St. Albans in Washington, D.C. to UCLA to the Ravens.
"As I examine my career, I look back and kind of say this is where it was supposed to end for me, but not because of arrogance or cockiness, but it's because I was taught lessons," Ogden said. "Yes, I was blessed with tremendous God-given talent, but talent isn't enough. A lot of people have talent, but they don't always live up to it."
Ogden was presented by Ravens general manager and Hall of Fame player Ozzie Newsome. In a video tribute, Newsome said, "I don't know of any left tackle who played the position better than Jonathan Ogden."
It was Newsome who made the decision in 1996 to select the mammoth offensive lineman out of UCLA with the fourth overall pick despite owner Art Modell's preference to take troubled Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips.
"I think that worked out well for everybody," Ogden joked after leading off his speech by thanking Newsome.
Wearing the Ravens' 2013 Super Bowl ring that Steve Bisciotti made sure each member of the Ravens' Ring of Honor received, Ogden thanked the team's current owner and several other members of the organization who were on hand to support him. That group included Ray Lewis, Kyle Richardson, Larry Webster, Michael Jackson, Harry Swayne and Brad Jackson, and former coach Brian Billick.
He saved some of his kindest words for Modell, the team's former owner who passed away last year.
"Without a doubt, one of the most generous and kindest individuals that I have ever met," Ogden said. "I really wish he could be with me today. Someone once said to me, if you can't tell the history of the game of football without mentioning this person, then they are with a doubt a Hall of Famer. Well, there is no way you can tell the history of pro football without mentioning Art Modell so hopefully one day we can get him here because what he's meant to the league has been tremendous."
Ogden's induction capped a storybook six-month span for Raven' fans that started on Super Bowl weekend. A day after Ogden learned that he'd get his gold jacket and Hall of Fame bust, the Ravens won their second Super Bowl with a thrilling 34-31 victory. The win allowed Lewis to go out on top after a 17-year career in one uniform.
Like Ogden, Lewis is expected to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer when he is eligible in 2018.
Lewis, who was drafted 22 picks after Ogden on that fateful 1996 draft day which would set up the franchise better than Newsome could have ever imagined, quickly became the face of the team and the defense its identity. Few players, however, could match Ogden's excellence, and the unparalleled package of talent, physical gifts and intelligence and that he brought to the Ravens.
At 6-foot-9 and 345 pounds, Ogden is widely considered the prototype of what a left tackle should be. He had the size, but he also had good foot speed, great strength and extraordinary flexibility for a man of his size. He combined that by being a master technician and student of his craft.
"He's part of the foundation of this franchise, part of the reason that we have two Super Bowl wins here," Newsome said. "If you're taking a journey, the first steps are the hardest steps you have to take and taking Jonathan was our first step."
Ogden and his size 16 feet took the final step of his career Saturday night and it was one that he'd never forget.


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A gathering of Maronite Christian bishops in Lebanon last week called for the disarmament of roving Palestinian terrorist groups that, along with homegrown terrorist militias like Hizballah, are making life in the country untenable.
The bishops decried the "fragile" security situation in southern Lebanon, which is largely the result of the unchecked activity of heavily-armed Palestinain groups like the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Lebanon's previous governemnt had vowed to disarm all unauthorized militias. But it has since been replaced by a puppet government that all but answers to Hizballah, which has no intention of laying down its arms or disarming its Palestinian allies.
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Prior to 1970, Lebanon was considered the jewel of the Middle East, and Beirut was often compared to Paris. In that year, however, things drastically changed when Jordan's King Hussein violently ejected Yasser Arafat's PLO. Arafat chose Lebanon as his new base of operations, and his PLO and all its associated terror groups proceeded to brutalize the Lebanese population and subject the country to decades of unceasing warfare.
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A change in Menlo-Atherton High School's academic calendar, shifting first-semester final exams from January to December, has been "very successful," according to Steve Lippi, instructional vice-principal at the school.
Now in its sixth year, the pre-winter-break exam schedule is popular with students, teachers and families alike, Lippi said.
"It's been a win-win situation for everybody," he said.
As Palo Alto schools consider the contentious issue of shifting their own calendars to pre-break finals, officials from neighboring high schools said they do not recall the decision being terribly controversial in their own communities.
"Parents liked the idea of having finals finished before Christmas, and I don't think the teachers minded it either," Mountain View High School spokesperson Ginny Donaldson said.
Both Mountain View and Los Altos high schools shifted their calendars more than five years ago.
In Palo Alto, Superintendent Kevin Skelly has recommended a similar switch beginning in 2011.
The Board of Education is set to take a final vote on Skelly's proposal Nov. 9.
In the meantime, board members have urged citizens to weigh in by e-mailing their thoughts to firstname.lastname@example.com. District officials will track the comments and summarize them prior to the board's Oct. 26 meeting.
At Menlo-Atherton, the biggest drawback to the new calendar is that the first semester is "much shorter than the second semester, typically 82 days compared to 98," Lippi said.
"However, this is only a problem for semester-long classes, such as Government and Econ. The great majority of our classes are year-long, and therefore the fact that one semester is shorter than the other works its way out by the end of the school year," he said.
Other commonly cited difficulties -- an earlier school-start date in August and stress-filled conflicts between finals and holiday music performances and other activities -- have sorted themselves out, Lippi said.
"We just have to coordinate that a little bit differently," he said, adding that holiday concerts are scheduled the week before finals.
"That last week before break was always hectic anyway, with some students leaving to travel, so we tended not to schedule a whole lot of activities during that time."
M-A students began the current school year Aug. 18, eight days ahead of Palo Alto's start date. M-A's first-semester finals will be completed by the time students are dismissed for the holidays Dec. 17.
Second semester begins Jan. 3 and ends June 3.
Skelly's recommendation to shift Palo Alto's calendar springs from a desire to give students a clean, work-free break over the holidays, Assistant Superintendent Scott Bowers told the school board Tuesday, citing concerns expressed by students and research by Stanford University senior lecturer Denise Clark Pope.
For 2011-2012, Skelly's proposal calls for students to begin school Tuesday, Aug. 16, and for first-semester finals to end Wednesday, Dec. 21.
For 2012-2013, students' first day would be Tuesday, Aug. 14, and first-semester finals would conclude Friday, Dec. 21.
The 2011-2012 school year would end May 31, and the 2012-2013 school year would end May 30, under Skelly's proposal.
A survey of other school districts in Santa Clara, San Mateo and Marin counties indicates a trend toward moving finals to before winter break, Palo Alto district officials said.
The number of districts with pre-break finals went from 11 out of 21 districts in 2008 to 15 in 2010.
Forty-six of the 61 high schools surveyed have pre-break finals.
Many local private schools, including Castilleja, Menlo and St. Francis, also have made the switch.
"This has been quite successful for us," Castilleja Head of School Nanci Kauffman said.
"Not only do we find that it has reduced stress for the girls, but it has also allowed us to begin second semester in January with our Global Week Program, unencumbered by the need to tie up loose ends from first semester."
At Mountain View High School, Assistant Principal Mike Mathiesen said that after a few years of working out minor kinks, the new calendar has come to be viewed as "the new normal."
"Any change always causes a little bit of, 'Whoa, what are we doing here?' It disrupts people's personal lives, and some of the opposition was responding to that," Mathiesen said.
"But I haven't heard any issues with it in the past three or four years."
Mathiesen recalled that impetus for the change came from students, and the calendar was piloted for a year by Los Altos High School before being adopted system-wide in the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District.
Performing-arts departments have attempted to schedule holiday concerts to minimize the necessity for students to miss class, he said.
But the "positive feedback" from students happy to have a work-free winter break has outweighed the other concerns, he said.
Palo Alto teachers' union representative Trina Gogarty said teachers are "willing to pilot this before-the-break finals idea."
However, teachers "are a diverse group with lots of diverse interests in the calendar." Some have expressed concerns about problems with uncomfortably hot classrooms if the school-start date is moved to the third week in August rather than the fourth week, as it is now, Gogarty said.
Tekla Nee, mother of three students in the district, told school board members Tuesday the calendar change "will require my family to make huge sacrifices with little benefit.
"This may be an experiment to you, but these are my daughter's only junior and senior year of high school. It's not an experiment to her; it's her life. Don't do this to her," Nee said.
The district's growing number of south Asian families would welcome a calendar change that included a three-week, not two-week, winter break, said Walter Hays and Jordan parent Ashima Agarwal.
"Talking with friends from the Indian and Asian communities, we often discuss how we can't go back to our countries to visit our parents in the summer because it's scorching hot," Agarwal said.
"Two weeks of winter break is not enough time to go back to India -- you can't just go there for 10 days. Our concern is just adding another week to winter vacation so we also get to see our families," she said.
Among school board members, Camille Townsend appeared to be the most openly skeptical toward the proposed calendar change. Board member Dana Tom has indicated he leans in favor of pre-break finals.
Other board members expressed confidence in the process the district has established to gather comments before making a final decision.


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Bloody hell. Talk about blast from the past.
Welcome back, man. Been a while.
Bloody hell. Talk about blast from the past.
Welcome back, man. Been a while.
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There's more chance of Nathan Hauritz taking 10 in the match than 330 being racked up tomorrow.
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Cant see it happening.
330 is 3.5 runs per over, with the bowlers picked that's going to be a terrific batting performance I think.
It does depend on who gets the runs, if it's Ponting, Clarke, Haddin for Australia is going to be more likely then a Hussey or Katich ton.
NO is my answer.
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"Even within the spectrum of live sports events, the Super Bowl stands apart, almost as a national holiday," EA President Frank Gibeau said in a press release. "The Super Bowl is a bull's-eye in terms of cross-over to our core demographic and the reach is outstanding."
The commercial caps a lengthy multi-channel marketing campaign that included a Facebook app, a special-edition release of Dante Alighieri's epic poem "Inferno," an animated DVD, a six-issue comic book series, hidden online advertising, an action figure, and even a mock protest of the game at E3.
"While digital outreach to Facebook, Twitter, and online bloggers is a core part of our marketing strategy, we felt that advertising during the Super Bowl is an excellent way to introduce this new IP to a massive cross-section of people who are likely already familiar with the dark and twisted 'Divine Comedy,'" Gibeau said.
"Hell Awaits" will premier in the fourth quarter of Sunday's big game on CBS, and will hit the shelves in the U.S. on Tuesday, February 9.
Sharkey says: The mock protest came back to bite EA and cast the game in a negative light for many a gamer (particularly God of War loyalists). What's your take? Has EA piqued your interest, or have the company's aggressive efforts turned you off?


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Friday Cat Blogging
Posted by MEC on December 28, 2012
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December 28, 2012 at 3:21 am
Definitely has a more positive cattitude about the Ckicky Thing than Lady Lightfoot did.
Probably figures, correctly, that the clout of his weapons-grade cuteness carries across a photographic link.
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Happy new year all!
Thought I would start a new thread for this year.
old sketchbook is here : http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56507
Some quick stuff done here and there last month and so.
Happy new year all!
Thought I would start a new thread for this year.
old sketchbook is here : http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56507
Some quick stuff done here and there last month and so.
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First in legendary SB!
Amazing as usual. Third guy in that stretched characters picture's armor looked like a 3D model for a moment.
Further crits later when I have the time
wow, awesome! I haven't checked out your old sb yet, but by the looks of this one I think I'd dig it. I really like all the "banners".
M@! Dude! These are awesome. No crits from me. Happy new year brotha and keep on rocking!
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hey m@, very cool stuff as usual, you freak me out with the light
i have one crit though, the first character has an awesome torso and head, but there's something odd going on with his right part of the hip and leg(our left), like the leg is beginning too far up.. i dunno, could be wrong
keep the good work up!
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You have such amazing talent. These are gorgeous. Keep inspiring!
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Very nice works
Your artwork gives me this tingly feel in my pantalones...
Mainloop- man i must be dyslexic.. cuz i thought you asked how many people are on lsd
Wow nice stuff man! Great new stuff, I like the small "banners" as well! How long time did you spend on these ? each ?
was wondering when we were gonna see new stuff from ya, awesome
Rhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaargl ! Je suis super-content, là ! Can't wait to see more, m@.
Good job, man.
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fucking hell . unbelievable!!
great way to start the new year m@. way amazing stuff
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always fantastically inspiring
my sketchbook
Wow! Some of your stuff is photo realistic ! Nice one dude. I can't wait to see more.
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show us more, show us some more!
5 stars from me
hey howd you do the detailing on the knights armor so well?
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The enviros are pure boss! I can't thank you enough for this and I must detest to my failure as a critic...
wow m@, amazing work sir. Thanks for starting off the new year Fresh!!
amazing work m@! thx for inspiring until now and probably for the next years ( probably 4 ever )
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AHH! amazing stuff. Im especially lovin' the panoramic environments. Do you have any tutorials for your digital environments?
m@ is here to stay \o/
great artwork.
Holy cow, I'm trying to figure out how to subscribe to this thread. You really started off with a bang!
Wooo! (faints)
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Pope Francis marks anniversary with tweet: 'Please pray for me.'
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis marked his one-year anniversary Thursday with a simple tweet: "Please pray for me."
Francis' appeal echoed his gesture on that rainy night one year ago when he came out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and introduced himself to the world. Rather than impart a blessing on the crowd below, Francis asked first for a "favor," asking the crowd to bless him.
Francis has continued to ask for prayers, ending nearly each appearance with a similar request.]
Francis spent his anniversary tucked away on retreat south of Rome with senior Vatican cardinals and monsignors. The Vatican said nothing special was planned, just prayer and meditations.
But in his hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentines were celebrating, particularly the poor who live in the "misery villages" of the capital where the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio ministered as archbishop. In the Villa 1-11-14 slum, a huge screen was set up for residents to watch an interview Francis gave recently to FM Bajo Flores, a community radio station that broadcasts from the slum.


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THE BROWN MAN EXPERIENCE: In Our Own Words
Until January 31, 2015, El Museo del Bario, New York
In The Brown Man Experience: In Our Own Words, artist Michael Paul Britto utilizes two of the most powerful tools we have as a society for dismantling structural racism: individuality and voice. Currently many of the systems within mass media, institutional practices and public policy often reinforce negative cultural representations, depicting people of color in ways that are dehumanizing and perpetuating inaccurate stereotypes.
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Father, Husband, Educater: Stopped & Frisked, 2014.
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Brown Man Experience, 2014.
"The Brown Man Experience" was initially developed during the 2014 Performing Artist Residency at Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education in the South Bronx.The interdisciplinary work incorporated personal histories, social statistics, and video interview accounts from local men of color on their experiences with racial group inequity. The final project culminated in a theatrical soundscape and visual performance that gave the audience a multi-sensory experience of the perspective of what it is to be "Brown Man" in America.
Nannies on Parade, 2010.
Based on the positive response and success, "The Brown Man Experience" has become an ongoing, evolving project, as with "In Our Own Words," that will explore the complex facets and consequences involved in the social construct of race. Such as the processes by which racial understandings are formed, re-formed and assigned to groups of people as well as the long-term ramifications these have on the individual and society as a whole.
MICHAEL PAUL BRITTO's multidisciplinary work includes video, digital photography, sculpture, collage and performance. He has been awarded residencies at the New Museum, Smack Mellon, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation and LMCC. Britto has exhibited at El Museo del Barrio, The Studio Museum of Harlem, The Zacheta National Gallery (Warsaw), The Kitchen, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Victoria and Albert Museum (England). His work has been written about in The New York Times, Art In America and The Brooklyn Rail.


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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/30/nasa_employee_419_victim/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 30th April 2008 A Nigerian man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after tricking a NASA employee into clicking on an email attachment that installed malware on her government-issued computer. According to a Justice Department press release, the unnamed Washington-based employee received the email from an individual she had had met on an online dating site. As a result her computer passwords, bank account numbers, social security number, driver's license information and address were all disclosed. NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) began investigating the breach in December 2006 and quickly traced the attacker to Nigeria. A joint investigative team comprising Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), US Attorneys in Washington and New York and the OIG's computer crimes division convened an undercover operation that eventually led to 27-year-old Akeem Adejumo, who according to a court document also went by the name of Stephen Williams. Adejumo pleaded guilty to two counts of obtaining goods by false pretenses and forgery and was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Lagos State High Court in Nigeria. The success this international team had in identifying the culprit is impressive. But it's important to note that this breach never would have happened without the cooperation of one very gullible (and likely delinquent) NASA employee. There's no word whether she has been fired or disciplined, or whether NASA has taken steps to prevent similar episodes from happening again. A NASA spokesman said he was looking in to the matter. _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.com
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