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When Travis Releford knocked a loose ball forward as time struck zero, Kansas head coach Bill Self punched the sky the hardest he ever has since the Jayhawks beat Missouri in the final Border War game.
Clearly, beating Oklahoma State 68-67 in double overtime Wednesday night meant just as much as any of the biggest rivalry games for Kansas.
The play that won the game came from a rather unlikely source. With Elijah Johnson sitting on the bench with five fouls, Naadir Tharpe backed his way into the lane and rolled to his right, dropping in a bucket for the lead and ultimately the win.
"The just made a huge play right there - biggest play of his life, I'm sure," Self said.
"Whenever it left my hand, for whatever reason, I knew it was in," Tharpe said. "Some people tell me that's a big time shot. I'm still disappointed with some previous plays, but at the end of the day we won the game, and thats what we came here to do."
Tharpe made only two baskets all game and finished the game with only four points. Travis Releford had 18 and was a spark plug for two big stretches in the second half.
Offensively, neither team was off the charts: Both teams combined for five three pointers (KU only had one) and Kansas barely broke 41 percent shooting.
Defense was the theme of the game, with Kevin Young and Jeff Withey combining for 25 rebounds with the team collecting 50 off the glass. Oklahoma State had 41.
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"Our whole focus is the win the Big 12," Releford said. "We knew we weren't going to run the table, unfortunately it happened they beat us at home - our focus was just to come in and get a win."
Kansas survived rally after rally from Oklahoma State (19-4) that wanted to win just as badly, maybe even more so in front of a soldout Gallagher-Iba Arena. Markel Brown had 20 points, including a jumper that gave the Cowboys a lead with less than 20 seconds to play in the second overtime. It was a rare bucket that saw only three in both overtimes.
"We had a couple opportunities and didn't make them, but hats off to Kansas, give them credit," Oklahoma State head coach Travis Ford said.
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A ninth Big 12 regular season title is within reach but it would be a lot more difficult had Brown made that shot.
We probably still have thr toughest road of anybody but we are still in the game," Self said. "This was huge tonight."
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Bannan booked for a cynical trip on Michael Carrick in midfield.
Four minutes added-time...
From the corner, Jonny Evans rises high to head just over the bar.
Nani breaks on the left though and finds Berbatov. His shot is on-target, but blocked.
United keeping the ball with ease in the centre...
Evans sets up a United attack with some fine composed play in defence. Comes to an end between Valencia and Berbatov though. Different wave-lengths.
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Five minutes to play. This is fizzling out.
Nani thinks he is shoved over whilst trying to shoot. Hutton emerges with the ball and the referee waves play on.
Now Evra looks to spring forward in attack, but the pass to him is overhit and the Frenchman has to scamper back.
Strong defending from Patrice Evra to deny Alan Hutton who thinks he is bursting into the area.
Given has to react quickly once more to tip over Antonio Valencia's deflected shot.
Nani must have thought he would turn in Valencia's corner. Blocked at the near post.
Shay Given saves with his face! Welbeck must have thought he had scored from Rafael's set-up play
Cleverley on for Scholes
Worrying moment for Given who handled outside the area. Got away with it as the referee allows Welbeck to play on.
Villa free-kick. Wasted by Gary Gardner.
Samir Carruthers on for Stephen Ireland
Berbatov on for Rooney
GOAL Manchester United 3-0 Aston Villa Rooney at the double!!! Once more it is Antonio Valencia the provider, picking out Rooney in the centre who pokes home through James Collins' legs.
Lovely play from Rafael to dispossess Agbonlahor and launch United forward. Having a good game in defence.
Nathan Baker wins the ball at the back post but heads wide. Would have been a foul.
Agbonlahor attempts an ambitious effort from 25 yards. Mishit, but it's a corner to Villa.
Villa look to spring a surprise, but Alan Hutton's cross is poor and Jonny Evans wins the header with ease.
Beautiful pass from Valencia finding Rooney unmarked in the centre, but he screws his shot wide.
United keeping the ball once more. Attack building...
Heskey rises in the centre and looks to loop a header over De Gea, but the Spaniard tips the ball over the bar.
The handball shout was not bad. They have been given.
Appeals for hand-ball in the area by Nathan Baker. Nothing given.
Clark heads off with Heskey coming on
Ciaran Clark is down again. Looks a bit dazed.
United work the ball to Valencia and the winger fires a low cross across goal. James Collins does well to clear.
Nani replaces Ashley Young
United attack, but Villa have formed two lines in defence. Tough to break down.
United are readying Nani on the sidelines. Very little happening on the pitch.
Everyone should be ok. Clark just getting the cut dealt with. Lets get going.
Players receiving treatment now. Delays once more.
Evra and Callum Clark down after a collision. Clark with a cut to the head, Evra with a sore collar-bone area.
Villa looking a bit more lively now, but lacking any cutting edge.
Rafael rises high to clear Callum Clark's cross from the right. A moment or two later, Barry Bannan fires wildly over from 30 yards.
A really scrappy start to the second-period. United need to get their midfield pair on the ball once more.
The game has slowed right down with those incidents. Nothing doing though and lets play football!
Hutton booked after catching Ashley Young late in midfield.
Bit of a delay as Agbonlahor recieves treatment. Nothing serious.
Scholes for catching Gabriel Agbonlahor.
Almost a horrendous defensive mess from Aston Villa, but Wayne Rooney can't capitalise.
Welbeck brings down a pass in the middle and dummies a shot to try and slip Wayne Rooney in on goal. To no avail.
Unbelievable from Paul Scholes. Beautiful raking ball out to Antonio Valencia within seconds of the half getting underway.
SECOND-HALF is underway at Old Trafford
Almost second-half time then. More of the same, or are Villa going to up their game?
Paul Scholes in midfield has been magnificent so far. A place at Euro 2012 this summer?
Villa are looking clueless to be honest. They are obviously talented youngsters, but to play at Old Trafford is a tough ask.
HALF TIME Manchester United in complete control to take advantage of some sloppy defending.
United just keeping the ball now.
One minute added time...
A delightful step-over/dummy from Nathan Baker to allow the cross to reach Welbeck though.
GOAL Manchester United 2-0 Aston Villa Welbeck at the far-post!!! Unbelievably poor defending from Villa. Ashley Young's tame cross is allowed to roll right across the face of goal for Danny Welbeck to turn home.
Unlucky for Welbeck, looking to get behind Nathan Baker. Tough to achieve, but a slip makes it impossible.
Scrappy couple of minutes. Villa raising their game heading into half-time
Wayne Rooney is not having his best game. Another shot is off-target.
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Rooney slots home the penalty
Gardner booked for a late tackle on Paul Scholes
Rooney not having his finest game. Dispossessed by Gardner whilst looking to find Valencia.
What a terrible shot. Valencia looks to curl the ball with the outside of his foot, but it flies for a throw-in.
All United now. Villa are under-siege.
Fine save from Shay Given. Valencia drills the ball across goal, Welback gets a foot to the ball and Given bats it away from point-blank range.
Michael Carrick shows lovely feet to break into the area. Terrible pass though.
He's back and straight into the action, looking to pick out Rooney with a 60 yard pass that is only just intercepted.
Scholes is now down injured. Won a tackle in midfield, but stayed down. Should be ok though.
Ashley Young's corner is pulled back to Scholes at the edge of the area and he lashes a volley just wide of the post. Wow. Great technique.
Welbeck wins a corner for his side, looking to trick his way past Nathan Baker. The defender stands strong.
Stephen Ireland looks to curl the ball in at the far post from 20 yards. Not far wide, but De Gea seems comfortable.
James Collins is having a stormer so far. Valencia crosses to the far-post and Welbeck fires at goal, but Collins throws himself in the way.
Swung in by Ashley Young from the left, Carrick flicks it on and Wayne Rooney heads wide at the back-post. Tough chance.
Danny Welbeck skips past his marker and looks to curl an effort in at the far post. Corner.
Lovely stuff from Rooney, whose clever back-heel almost finds Welbeck. James Collins is there to mop up the danger.
Back with United in midfield...
Close from Aston Villa. Ciaran Clark rises high to flick his header just wide of the far-post.
Bit of a slow spell as Rafael curls a cross out for a goal-kick. All Man Utd so far.
Rafael breaks down the right and his cut-back finds Rooney. The England man works some space and fires a fine effort on goal, but Given saves well.
Taken short. The ball eventually comes to Welbeck at the back-post, but Nathan Baker does brilliantly to block his header.
United probing in midfield. Young fouled again 30 yards out. Free-kick.
STAT Ashley Young has now won eight penalties since the start of 2009/10. Twice as many as any other player.
Villa penned in their own half now. Good pressure from the United front-line.
Villa look to attack, but the ball is lost as Stephen Ireland attempts an audacious back-heel.
Valencia gives away a free-kick for a foul on Lichaj in the Villa area. Working hard as per usual the Ecuadorian.
James Collins denies Paul Scholes a shot on goal after clever work from Ashley Young. Top defending.
Eric Lichaj does brilliantly to cut out a ball looking for Antonio Valencia. Showed great pace there.
Carrick The United midfielder is somewhat harshly booked for a foul in midfield.
There is definite contact on Ashley Young, but it will cause controversy that one. He looked for contact you might say.
GOAL Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa Rooney from the spot!!! The England striker slots it calmly in the bottom corner.
PENALTY to Manchester United. Foul on Ashley Young.
Young looks to release Evra down the left this time, but Alan Hutton is there to intercept.
Lovely play from Carrick and Rooney to create a shooting chance for the England striker. His shot is on target, but hits team-mate Ashley Young.
United playing keep-ball in midfield now. Trying to take the initiative early on.
Straight away a slight chance for United at the other end as Ashley Young rises at the near post from Valencia's cross. The cross is just too high though.
Straight away Villa have a chance, but Weimann's left-footed effort is tame.
KICK-OFF at The Theatre of Dreams
Minutes silence observed for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini at Old Trafford, who tragically died yesterday.
STAT ATTACK Manchester United are undefeated in 29 of their last 30 matches against Aston Villa in all competitions.
The teams are out into the glorious Manchester sunshine. Lets get going!
A young Aston Villa line-up once more today. Will they be able to take-on the title challengers without fear and cause a shock? Or will they wilt in the face of the Red Devils might?
Think this game may be boring? Think again. Remember that Federico Macheda goal from 2009? In April, against Aston Villa. Will history repeat itself?
So, Manchester United host Aston Villa with the Red Devils looking to restore their five point advantage at the top of the league.
Aston Villa: Given, Hutton, Collins, Baker, Lichaj, Bannan, Ireland, Clark, Gardner, Weimann, Agbonlahor. Subs: Guzan, N'Zogbia, Delfouneso, Heskey, Cuellar, Johnson, Carruthers.
Man Utd: De Gea, Rafael Da Silva, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Young, Rooney, Welbeck. Subs: Amos, Jones, Berbatov, Giggs, Hernandez, Nani, Cleverley.
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Coaches once dotted the streets of 19th century Boise - horse-drawn carriages that helped get riders from point "a" to point "b" in style.
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MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – Rob Harding's one-out single in the bottom of the 11th scored Brandon Murray from second and gave the College of Charleston a 6-5 victory over The Citadel Sunday evening at The Ballpark at Patriots Point in Southern Conference action. With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 17-24 on the season, 7-11 in the SoCon, and host Georgia Southern next weekend at Riley Park.
With the score knotted at 5-5, Bradley Goodson doubled off the wall in left to lead off the 11th. TJ Clarkson intentionally walked Murray to set up the force out and Daniel Aldrich popped up a fielder's choice on a bunt, with the Bulldogs getting Goodson, the lead runner, at third. Harding then slapped a 0-1 pitch through the left side that plated Murray with the winning run.
The extra-inning game was the first ever played between the two local rivals in a 104-game history that dates back to 1899. The Citadel leads the all-time series, 58-46, but the Cougars have taken the last five meetings.
Joe Jackson led the Bulldogs with three hits on the evening, while Hughston Armstrong collected three RBI. Clarkson (1-4) suffered the loss, allowing one run on two hits and three walks in two innings with two strikeouts. Fellow reliever Ryan Hines turned a solid performance, scattering three hits over 4.1 shutout innings and striking out three. Starter Logan Cribb gave up five runs on eight hits in four innings with three strikeouts and three walks.
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Charleston evened the score at 2-2 in the third on Harding's second RBI single of the game and took a 4-2 lead in the fourth. Back-to-back singles put runners at first and second and Goodson's RBI base hit to right gave the Cougars the lead and Murray sacrifice fly to second allowed Gantt to score the second run of the frame. A RBI groundout by Jimmy Holton increased Charleston's lead to 5-2 in the fifth.
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Just down the way, another artist dangles human hair braided into a giant rope that drapes from a buttress made from apple wood.
Visually and aesthetically, they feel disconnected. But look closer, and one will see they are linked by a conceptual thread that suggests a cycle of life. Eventually, the drum will stop beating. The plants will die. The hair has already been combed from the scalp.
These pieces -- by Alicia Eggert, Lauren Fensterstock and Diana Cherbuliez -- represent continuum and pattern, and are part of an ambitious new exhibition at UNE, "Maine Women Pioneers III."
The exhibition will unveil in four phases through next summer. The first, on view through Dec. 16, is subtitled "Vanguard" and features avant garde, experimental and innovative works by nine women who explore ideas using mixed media, conceptual installation, performance and video elements.
In addition to Eggert, Fensterstock and Cherbuliez, other artists in this show are stalwarts of the contemporary art scene in Maine: Susan Bickford, Amy Stacey Curtis, Lihua Lei, Julie Poitras Santos, Carrie Scanga and Ling-Wen Tsai.
Britta Konau, former curator at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, makes an argument in her catalog essay that women are uniquely qualified to lead the way to the future because they are comfortable working in new media. Traditionally, that has meant photography -- Berenice Abbott is a good example.
In the 21st century, that means video and performance art.
"These new disciplines come without the ideological baggage of male-dominated tradition and thus supply a level playing field," Konau writes. The nine women "engage in mostly non-traditional media and often make work inter-disciplinary, participating in the current trend of abolishing specialization in a particular medium. All of them are extremely innovative and constantly push their media, and themselves, to further the dialogue that art of today is."
It's coincidental, perhaps, that they live in Maine. Their vision, experience and practice, Konau argues, are of national and international levels.
The "Vanguard" exhibition certainly supports Konau's arguments.
The show feels fresh, witty and probing. It is less about visual stimulation and more about connecting people with ideas and concepts.
Tsai uses her feeling of "in-between-ness" as a Taiwanese artist living and working in Maine in her communal piece "Sitting Quietly." She arranges stools in a small circle, each with a sound-canceling headset. Participants are asked to sit quietly. The headsets cancel the noise of the drum and human chatter, and encourage a contemplative state.
What happens in that contemplative state is less important than finding it. It is about finding balance, control and isolation in a communal setting.
Poitras Santos uses two levels of the gallery for her piece, "twist: when one wonders what." The piece includes objects, video, sound and performance. The dominant element is a snake-like tangle of black ropes that is unraveled by a performer perched on a stool. She wears a black-feathered jacket.
When the performer is not present, the rope sits unattended, the jacket hanging. As the rope is unwoven and undone, its inherent tangles become comprehensible and orderly.
Eggert, who teaches at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, explores time. In addition to being an artist, she is a mechanical engineer. Her kick drum, which she's titled "Pulse Machine," works mechanically, and is programmed to beat like a heart until it can beat no longer.
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Artists and gallery goers mingle at a recent gathering of the artists of "Maine Women Pioneers III: Vanguard."
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Diana Cherbuliez discusses one of her pieces, "Let Myself Down," which she created using her own hair.
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Susan Bickford, amid her piece, "Torndado," which was inspired by the death of her father earlier this year.
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|Hi everyone, I initially posted this over on the cleaning forum but surprisingly I had only one answer so far and it was to basically get over my need to disinfect. So I'm hoping someone here can help.
Let me first explain that I have two small children with kidney conditions and some immune system challenges as a result, and I like to keep at least the toilet and sink area reliably germ free. I'm not trying to make my bathroom or anywhere in my house a sterile operating room. And in fact the rest of my house is a cluttery mess, so I'm definitely not some neat freak. And my kids don't use an antibacterial soap.
But I would like to find something, even a home brew, that would reliably destroy the most common things such as influenza, strep, ecoli, salmonella, etc... any of these things could have a huge impact in my kids especially since their susceptibility comes through their urinary tract, i.e. kidneys, i.e. in the washroom. And the medication they take daily seems to suppress their immune system, making them all the more susceptible.
Can you recommend some greener, eco friendly, natural, biodegradable (whatever you want to call it) recommendations for ways to kill those nasty germs so I can stop using softscrub and lysol?
--Toilets, he's still using softscrub with bleach. OMG do I hate that stuff, but I don't know what else cleans and disinfects as well.
--We also have a slab marble countertop in the bathroom and haven't found anything that really "disinfects" stone... so we use a little palmolive liquid dishsoap on a sponge then wipe it shiny with Method's new stone cleaner and microfiber cloth. But I'd rather just have one step instead of two on the counters, and ideally something that will actually kill or destroy germs and not just wipe up the dirt.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!
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|Has nothing to do with disinfecting, but if you tub bath your childern in the tub with standing water, stop. Many kidney problems are made worse by tub bathing. Either use a shower or a cup/small bucket to put water on body, soap, rinse using the bucket filled with water and poured over body.
Vinegar will clean and disinfect just don't leave the liquid on the marble. Open the windows and let fresh air in. The things you are worrying about are almost all killed naturally in a resonable period of time by air and sunlight if possible. Do some checking on the time the organisims you are worried about will remain alive when just dried and exposed to air. Sunlight is a major plus.
A good side effect of sunlight is that your childern will absorb calcium better if given a time in the sunlight for their bodies to change the sunlight to Vitamin D.
Depending on their ages letting them run arround without underwear but with pads on where they sit most may be of benefit. Talk to your doctor about this.
It might be that not using the stool but a invalid stool such as older people use may be an alternative to the regular stool until they are better. Bucket can be dipped in bleach or vinegar and water then air dried after each use.
Not knowing the ages and sex of the children hampers the use of some of these suggestions.
- Posted by kristimama (My Page) on Tue, Aug 25, 09 at 1:19
|Maifleur, what a thoughtful post and for the extra ideas about caring for their kidneys. What they have is congenital, structural with the kidneys and they're not technically ill but their medication (antibiotics) seems to leave them chronically catching everything. I. Mean. Everything. I give them acidophilus in pill form daily, 12 hours after their daily dose of prophylaxis antibiotics to prevent infection, but winters are still awful for us because one illness morphs into another and I know it's the antibiotics that are affecting their gut health. But don't get me started on that... for now until they outgrow this or get surgery it's a necessary evil.
Anyway, back to the bathroom issue, I didn't realize that vinegar by itself would "disinfect". I will look into that.
Still looking for a recommendation or concentration of vinegar to use in the toilets, if there is one.
- Posted by serenespirit (My Page) on Mon, May 17, 10 at 22:16
|Hi kristimama
If you're after a safe, greener, eco friendly, natural, biodegradable household cleaner, you might want to check out BioPure Probiotic Household Cleaning Concentrate by ONEgroup, the certified organics people.
The cleaner contains powerful probiotic bacteria, antioxidants and enzymes that break down grease, grime and dirt and neutralise odours. It can be used safely in septic systems and is fully biodegradable.
It works differently from antibacterial products in that it doesn't just kill bad bacteria, it uses good bacteria to create more good bacteria that dominates the bad bacteria. So your home stays naturally clean without the chemicals.
The product comes in a highly concentrated form so you will need to dilute it (check product label for best dilution formula) before using.
All the best with your children's health and I hope all of you stay healthy and happy.
- Posted by singsanctus (My Page) on Thu, Jul 29, 10 at 13:35
|5% vinegar in water should do fine for you. I usually measure mine at about 25% so I can see it visually to measure, but you'll be able to smell it pretty strongly at that dilution.
I've also seen recommendations to follow back over the surface with h2O2.
If you start looking into those two, there are studies you will be able to use to judge their effeteness rates for yourself with.
|Most people won't realize how brilliant Flipsit is. I realize Flipsit is meant to be a product you use in your home, but it's a shame public places don't use it on their toilets, too. Even the cleanest public bathroom is cleaned less than once an hour. Some toilet seats are only disinfected a couple of times a day. The toilet seat in your home is probably disinfected only once a week!
Why does that matter? Because 99% of antimicrobial sanitizers don't work properly.
Even Purell which is used in more public establishments than any other brand has a dirty little secret. Purell and all alcohol-based sanitizers will kill 99.99% of germs, but as soon as the alcohol dries, their protection vanishes. And germs will multiply until the bathroom is cleaned again.
With Flipset, you never have the touch the toilet set. So your chances of infection are greatly reduced.
It's a shame the US Government Center for Disease Control (CDC) has supported and promoted the use of alcohol-based sanitizers even though they know full well alcohol-based sanitizers only kill germs for the 5-7 seconds the alcohol is wet. Once the alcohol dries, the protection vanishes!
Of course, the same is true in your own home if you use an alcohol-based sanitizer on your toilet. That's why Flipsit is such a clever product. It helps protect you against germs where they are sure to lurk.
Buy this from here- http://bit.ly/12Imnge
Here is a link that might be useful: Flipsit
- Posted by MinnesotaFats none (My Page) on Sun, Mar 31, 13 at 17:03
|I have never seen where vinegar is a disinfectant. I think if you research just using a quality green cleaner like BioWorx.us VOC free green glass cleaner the surface will be as free of germs as if you use a disinfectant cleaner. Disinfectants and germicides are more of a marketing gimmick than anything. Germs like bacteria take time to kill with disinfectants. The problem with household cleaners is that the disinfectant/germicide needs a certain amount of liquid contact time to kill the bacteria. The products dry out before they can kill what you want killed. There are studies showing plain water leaves a surface with less bacteria than the disinfectants and germicides do. I also think, in Kristimama's case a clean surface without a germicide will be healthier for her kids with less bacteria to contend with.
|Let them play in the dirt outside to build up their immune system. Don't feed them any fast foods or junk foods or foods that have been treated with hormones or antibiotics. I use white vinegar to clean. Not sure if it is a good cleaner. I can't stand chemicals. Google it.
- Posted by DaveLindahl5432 4 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 16, 13 at 12:10
|I know I can help with this I am a distributor for Vollara www.myvollara.com/stormking . My house is green and I clean my whole house with water because I use the living water Ionizer to do it. All my surfaces are getting cleaned with the Fresh air purifier which sanitizes all my surfaces 99.5% and clean my air plus I clean all my laundry with cold water ( No soaps no fabric softener no dryer clothes and save 478$ annually. We also have supplements for the immune system and other health problems. Were the company that the drug companies hate plus we are part of NASA and work with there doctors and scientist to develop alternate ways to good health than the way the the health system in this country is. And gardners I use the water on my grapes and trees and it helps keep them vibrant. I sure hope this helps becasue we have helped alot of people with lots of health issues. Please check out my site and start yourself to a healthy life.
|As we all know that Green disinfectants don't contain any ingredients that could be harmful to your health or the environment. Basic green disinfectants are White vinegar, Baking soda, Borax, Hydrogen peroxide, Club soda (fresh), Lemon juice, Liquid castile soap, Corn meal and Olive oil.
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Ruben Paul is one of the most unique and versatile comedians working today. His irrepressible energy, quick wit, and vivid story telling take audiences on a hilarious ride from beginning to end. This was evident in his recent stand out performance on George Lopez's Talk Show, Lopez Tonight on TBS. He became the 2nd comedian ever to perform on the show. Ruben talks honestly about his life, and has insightful observations that bring audiences together no matter their age, race, creed, or color.
In 2009, he was hand picked by Russell Peters to perform on the Showtime Network Special Russell Peters Presents, which exposed him to a brand new international audience. Other stand up appearances include: CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, ABC's Comics Unleashed, HBO's Comedy Showcase, NBC's Friday Nights, and B.E.T's Comic View, just to name a few.
Ruben was born and raised in Carson, California which is one of the most diverse cities in the Los Angeles area. "I grew up in an all black neighborhood, went to an all Mexican high school, went to an all white church and shopped at a lot of Asian stores," he quips. Ruben's upbringing was the foundation for his universal appeal. His undeniable charisma, and spontaneity make him a crowd favorite every where he goes.
Ruben's talents have garnered him many honors including being chosen as one of the "Best of the Fest Comics" at HBO's prestigious U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Ruben has also toured extensively with Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, and Cedric The Entertainer as well as performing for U.S. troops around the world.
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It was so funny when Pau did that to Chris Paul! Since he is on the varsity team I think it's OK.
Lakers' World Peace 'sons' Nets coach Avery Johnson after three-pointer
By Ben Golliver
Somewhere, Clippers guard Chris Paul is watching this replay in a full rage.
Lakers forward Metta World Peace "sonned" Nets coach Avery Johnson by rubbing his head to celebrate a three-pointer during the fourth quarter of a Tuesday night game at the Staples Center. Johnson, who played 16 years in the NBA as a 5-foot-10 point guard, was standing on the sideline, surveying his team's defense. World Peace hit a left corner three and jogged past Johnson, applying the head rub with his right hand, before heading back to play defense. Johnson did not respond.
World Peace had reason to celebrate. His three-pointer, which came at the 4:39 mark, was the Lakers' first field goal of the fourth quarter. The Lakers went on to defeat the Nets 95-90 in Mike D'Antoni's coaching debut. World Peace finished with 17 points on 6-for-13 shooting in 39 minutes.
The head rub has been taken as a sign of disrespect. Back in January, Lakers big man Pau Gasol angered the Clippers' Paul by rubbing his head during an in-game conversation between the crosstown rivals.
"I got a son of my own," Paul told the Los Angeles Times after the incident. "I don't know if Pau got kids, but don't touch the top of my head like I'm one of your kids. I don't know what his intentions were, and it doesn't matter. I don't know if he's got kids, but I'm not one of them."
Gasol apologized and said there was "nothing mean about it."


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I was caught up short when I bumped into a media colleague earlier this week and he said to me: "What have you got against NASCAR?"
This was in regards to a column I wrote in which I suggested that NASCAR, in suspending owner Joe Gibbs for six races for a relatively minor transgression (among other penalties levied against other competitors), was acting irrationally.
So when he said what he said, I said something flippant in reply but afterwards I thought, "Uh-oh."
I like and admire the journalist in question, so if he's wondering about my motives, perhaps others are too and that's why I've called you all together today to say this:
I think NASCAR is the best organized and best managed racing business in the world.
In the world.
Formula One has been held together by one man, Bernie Ecclestone, and I guarantee you that when he either retires, is fired, or forced out, or dies, F1 will be a mess of public bickering and backstabbing. And the Indy car series, regardless of who's been in charge, has been in chaos much of the time ever since the original split that saw CART break away from the USAC in 1979.
Yes, NASCAR has been, essentially, a France family business and it's been their way or the highway. But I don't think they've abused that trust and they've reached out to the grassroots by sanctioning and administering local racing just about everywhere in the United States and, on occasion, in Canada. Their regional racing series – eight, including the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series – has given (and is giving) scores of ambitious and talented racing drivers a professional environment in which to grow and demonstrate their talents. Their diversification program has demonstrated a commitment to helping minorities, be they non-Americans, drivers of colour, or women, advance in the motor sport. In short, no other sanctioning body has even attempted what NASCAR has already achieved.
So I'm a big fan of NASCAR.
That doesn't mean I like everything – I think they need more road course races, with at least one during the Chase – but in a clutch I would take Mike Helton, Robin Pemberton, Brian France and the rest of the executive group over anybody that the other big leagues have to offer.
Which makes it even more puzzling for me, after reading what I've just written, to understand that penalty against Gibbs. And a $25,000 fine charged to Denny Hamlin when all he did was say he didn't like the new car.
When something goes wrong in a business, or a marriage, or whatever, things that don't normally happen start happening.
They are usually signals, or symptoms, of something else going on – sometimes beneath the surface and away from public view.
So I wonder what's happening inside NASCAR?
Because a $200,000 fine for next-to-nothing ain't normal.
I posted a report on Monday afternoon about the visit to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park of executives from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and a truck from the Turner Scott Motorsport stable.
Led by series director (and former Sprint Cup competitor) Chad Little, the contingent gave Old Mosport the once-over in advance of the truck race there on Labour Day weekend - called the Chevrolet Silverado 250, by the way - and driver Nelson Piquet Jr. shook down the TSM entry in order to record data that will be shared with other teams in the series who won't even see the facility until they arrive for the Sept. 1 race.
Although Piquet was the only one to get any track time, three other drivers came up for a look-see including defending truck series champion James Buescher, 20-year-old hot-shoe Jeb Burton (son of Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton and nephew of Jeff Burton) and Miguel Paludo, a Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup driver now trying his hand at NASCAR.
But in posting my report, I didn't have time to include photos so I've posted a bunch with this post over at wheels.ca that were taken by me (uncredited) or by Gary Grant, who writes Auto News for Toronto Star Wheels and the Insider Report for wheels.ca
(That's his photo here, by the way, with Paludo (left), Burton, Piquet, CTMP co-owner Ron Fellows and Buescher.)
Also, if you want to take a video tour of Mosport with Piquet, courtesy of Joel Robinson, click here
Road racing in Ontario will officially get under way at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park this coming weekend, May 4 and 5.
The 63rd annual (wow!) British Empire Motor Club Spring Trophy Races will involve eight classes, including the BF Goodrich GT Challenge, GT Sprints presented by CSC Racing, Toyo Tires F1600 Championship, Formula 1200, Formula Libre, Formula Four, Vintage/Historic and G70+.
Action gets under way with a driver's meeting in front of the infield restaurant at 7:45 a.m. Saturday morning. For more information, the weekend schedule and FREE TICKETS, go to the CASC-Ontario website (click here).
Speaking of NASCAR, and penalties (see lead item), the two Richard Childress Racing crew members arrested and charged with assault after approaching driver Piquet and another man outside the speedway in Richmond, Va., last Friday night following an altercation in the pits earlier have each been fined $15,000, suspended for the next four Nationwide Series races and placed on probation till the end of the year.
Piquet and another driver, David Scott, who got into a shoving match in the pits, have been put on probation till June 26th.
Oh, and late-breaking news has the penalties against Team Penske, for trying to sneak unapproved parts past NASCAR inspection, upheld by an appeals panel. Just about everybody has been suspended for six races (not the drivers) and the crew chiefs for Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski have been fined $100,000 apiece.
About as appalling as the refereeing in the NHL, if you ask me.
Denny Hamlin says he will start the Talladega 500 on Sunday and then give way to relief driver Brian Vickers. That's what he tweeted Tuesday.
"They (his doctors) all came to the conclusion they were happy with me starting Talladega and getting out when it's a safe time to get out,'' Hamlin said.
He told ESPN.com that he would drop to the back of the pack and then pit at the first caution, confident that he and Vickers can switch and not lose a lap under yellow.
Okay, I want to say right here and now that if he's out there, and he's racing, and he's feeling good, that Denny Hamlin will not get out and let Brian Vickers in. He just won't.
He's a tough mother when it comes to pain. He's done it in the past and he'll do it again.
Mark my words: Once in the car, he won't leave it.
It's official. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, known officially this season as Panther DRR with driver Oriol Servia up, will drop out of this season's IZOD IndyCar Series following the Indianapolis 500.
Co-owned by Indy new-car dealer Dennis Reinbold and former driver Robbie Buhl, the team has run full-time in the series for the past 13 seasons.
Even if you're low buck, car racing is a financial drain and these guys, racers to the core, can't afford to keep doing it.
Sorry to see them go. They gave it their all.
Here's what's on tap at Toronto Motorsports Park. Starting today on the road course, motorcycle lapping is scheduled till 5 p.m. Registration is at the track and it's $115 plus HST. Open car lapping is scheduled for Friday from noon till dusk for $130 plus HST. If you can't make it till 5 p.m., the price drops to $90 plus HST.
Finally, on the dragway, the first Friday night test and tune will cost $20, $10 for spectators. ONDR Nostalgia Drag Racers plus test and tune on Saturday is $30 for competitors and $15 for spectators. Test and tune on Sunday, the 5th, is $30 for participants and $10 for spectators.


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Thursday, April 24, 2014
WASHINGTON — Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.
A rescue worker checks the rubble in a residential area in Moore, Oklahoma May 21, 2013 after a massive tornado struck the area May 20. Emergency workers pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado May 20, and officials lowered the death toll from the storm to 24, including nine children. (REUTERS/Richard Rowe)
An aerial view of destroyed homes in Moore, Oklahoma May 21, 2013, in the aftermath of a tornado which ravaged the suburb of Oklahoma City. Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and thousands of survivors were homeless on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado tore through Moore, wiping out whole blocks of homes and killing at least 24 people. Seven children died at the school which took a direct hit in the deadliest tornado to hit the United States in two years. (REUTERS/Rick Wilking)
On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-scale rating of EF5 for wind speed and breadth, and severity of damage. Wind speeds were estimated at between 200 and 210 mph. The death count is 24 so far, including at least nine children. The United States averages about one EF5 a year, but this was the first in nearly two years.
To get such an uncommon storm to form is "a bit of a Goldilocks problem," said Pennsylvania State University meteorology professor Paul Markowski. "Everything has to be just right."
For example, there must be humidity for a tornado to form, but too much can cut the storm off. The same goes with the cold air in a downdraft: Too much can be a storm-killer.
But when the ideal conditions do occur, watch out. The power of nature beats out anything man can create.
"Everything was ready for explosive development yesterday," said Colorado State University meteorology professor Russ Schumacher, who was in Oklahoma launching airborne devices that measured the energy, moisture and wind speeds on Monday. "It all just unleashed on that one area."
Several meteorologists contacted by The Associated Press used real time measurements, some made by Schumacher, to calculate the energy released during the storm's 40-minute life span. Their estimates ranged from 8 times to more than 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, with more experts at the high end. Their calculations were based on energy measured in the air and then multiplied over the size and duration of the storm.
An EF5 tornado has the most violent winds on Earth, more powerful than a hurricane. The strongest winds ever measured were the 302 mph reading, measured by radar, during the EF5 tornado that struck Moore on May 3, 1999, according to Jeff Masters, meteorology director at the Weather Underground.
Still, when it comes to weather events, scientists usually know more about and can better predict hurricanes, winter storms, heat waves and other big events.
That's because even though a tornado like the one that struck Moore was 1.3 miles wide, with a path of 17 miles long, in meteorological terms it was small, hard to track, rare and even harder to study. So tornadoes are still more of a mystery than their hurricane cousins, even though tropical storms form over ocean areas where no one is, while this tornado formed only miles from the very National Weather Service office that specializes in tornadoes.
"This phenomenon can be so deadly you would think that something that catastrophic, that severe would lend itself to understanding," said Adam Houston, meteorology professor at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. "But we're fighting the inherent unpredictability of these small-scale phenomena."
Unlike hurricanes, which forecasters can fly through in planes and monitor with buoys and weather stations, usually over a period of days, tornadoes form quickly and normally last only a matter of minutes. While meteorologists and television hosts chase tornadoes and try to get readings, it's not usually enough. This storm lasted 40 minutes — long for a regular tornado but not too unusual for such a violent one, said research meteorologist Harold Brooks at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla.
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Submitted by TURTAPOE
Carbs: 20g | Fat: 3.3g | Fiber: 1.5g | Protein: 4.5g | Calories: 125
This recipe is really easy; it's really more of a process than a recipe. Rice paper wrappers, which are available in the ethnic sections of most larger supermarkets these days, are a great way to wrap your veggies and protein for a quick snack or light lunch.
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Carbs: 18.3g | Fat: 1.9g | Fiber: 3.8g | Protein: 16.6g | Calories: 156.4
My favorite Mexican restaurant serves a guacamole that's heavy on vegetables--and flavor. To slim it down even more, serve with carrots, celery and cucumber slices.
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Carbs: 6g | Fat: 6.7g | Fiber: 3.4g | Protein: 1.1g | Calories: 81.5
Use coleslaw mix to make a quick & easy treat! Eat as a snack, side, or a meal.
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Carbs: 13.9g | Fat: 1.7g | Fiber: 1.1g | Protein: 5.5g | Calories: 91.2
This "Spinach & Avocado Cannellini Bean Hummus" is what would happen if hummus and guacamole mated!
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Carbs: 20.2g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 5.1g | Protein: 6.3g | Calories: 150.4