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State ordered to pay $75K legal-fee award to PETA as it protests ban on New Year possum-drop
Posted Jul 30, 2013 3:35 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
Even though it had been ordered by a North Carolina administrative law judge to stop issuing a temporary permit that allowed a Brasstown business to capture a wild possum and lower the animal, in a clear plastic box, to the ground at midnight on New Year's Eve, a state agency continued to protest.
And now a Wake County Superior Court judge has ordered the state Wildlife Resources Commission to pay $75,000 in legal fees to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals because of the agency's continued legal battle he animal rights group. PETA called the agency's appeal frivolous, and Judge William Pittman last week said the state "acted without substantial justification in pursuing its claims," according to the Associated Press and the News & Observer.
Soon after filing an appeal, the state agency quickly dismissed it, the newspaper explains. Meanwhile, lawmakers passed, and the governor signed, a bill to allow Brasstown to continue with its annual Possum Drop, by making clear that animal cruelty charges do not apply to such an event. It's not clear from news coverage exactly how the new law will interact with the previous judicial ban on issuing a possum-drop permit.
"This decision backs up PETA's position that the Wildlife Resources Commission issued the permit for this crude and cruel activity illegally in the first place," said Jeffrey Kerr, who serves as PETA's general counsel. "The WRC compounded its unlawful conduct by filing a baseless appeal and sticking taxpayers with the bill."
The articles don't include any comment from the wildlife commission. However, state Sen. Jim Macon, R-Macon, is a supporter of the Possum Drop, which he calls "a good, wholesome event," the AP reports. The marsupial is released back into the wild afterward.
See also:
ABAJournal.com: "Judge Halts New Year's Eve Possum Drop, Cites Patrick Henry"
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These are the hottest 10 pop songs of the week as determined by About Top 40. This chart is compiled consulting data from various music industry charts and sources. It is intended to indicate the hottest rising hits. Recordings that have reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart are disqualified from this chart.
1. Lorde - "Royals"
16 year old Lorde is headed to the US later this month for a series of concert performances. Her song "Royals" is turning into one of the big pop hits to watch this fall. The song has already sold over 600,000 copies here in the US. It has topped both the alternative and the rock songs radio charts.
2. Drake - "Hold On We're Going Home"
Drake's third studio album Nothing Was the Same is scheduled to be released September 24, 2013. His first two albums have both reached #1 on the album chart and have been certified double platinum for sales. Drake has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards and received one for Best Rap Album earlier this year.
3. Eminem - "Berzerk"
Eminem's album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is set to be released November 5, 2013. Rick Rubin and Dr. Dre have both worked on production. "Berzerk" is quickly beginning to climb pop music charts around the world. It is already a top 20 pop hit single in both Australia and New Zealand.
4. Miley Cyrus - "Wrecking Ball"
Miley Cyrus is set to release her fourth studio album Bangerz on October 4, 2013. The new collection is expected to have a strong influence from hip hop. The music video from Miley Cyrus' previous hit "We Can't Stop" set a record for the fastest clip to 100 million views taking only 37 days.
5. Sara Bareilles - "Brave"
Sara Bareilles' single "Brave" is gaining significant exposure through comparisons between it and Katy Perry's new hit "Roar." Some believe it is a case of plagiarism. Sara Bareilles has tweeted about the controversy simply saying, "All love, everybody. All love." "Brave" has reached the top 10 on the adult pop radio chart.
6. Robin Thicke - "Give It 2 U" featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Give It 2 U" is the second single from Robin Thicke's #1 hit album Blurred Lines. The music video for the single was directed by Diana Martel who directed the music video for his #1 smash song "Blurred Lines." The music video includes additional rapping from 2 Chainz and both 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar appear in the clip.
7. Big Sean - "Beware" featuring Jhene Aiko and Lil Wayne
Rapper Big Sean was one of the biggest new artist of 2011. His debut release Finally Famous hit #3 on the album chart. It featured three top 5 R&B hit singles including the top 10 pop hit "Dance (A$$)." "Beware" is the first single from Big Sean's second studio album Hall Of Fame which was released last week.
8. Selena Gomez - "Slow Down"
Earlier this summer Selena Gomez hit #1 on the album chart for the first time with her official solo debut Stars Dance. "Slow Down" is the second single from the project. It was produced and co-written by the Cataracs. "Slow Down" is already a top 20 hit on the dance songs chart.
9. AWOLNATION - "Sail"
Rock band AWOLNATION was formed by Aaron Bruno in 2009. They released their first album Megalithic Symphony in March 2011. It has climbed into the top 20 on the alternative albums chart. Three songs from the album have reached the top 10 on the alternative songs chart including "Sail." The song first entered the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2011 for a 20 week run. It re-entered the chart earlier this year and continues a slow climb.
10. Chris Brown - "Love More" featuring Nicki Minaj
"Love More" is the third single from Chris Brown's upcoming studio album X. It was debuted with a live performance at the 2013 BET Awards. "Love More" has hit the top 10 on the R&B singles chart in the UK.

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A: Apple's Find My iPhone feature is only designed to be used with devices that are configured under a single iCloud account—essentially for your own personal or family devices. This means you can't actually add your boyfriend's iPhone unless he has signed in to Find My iPhone with your iCloud Apple ID and password on his iPhone, or unless you sign into the Find My iPhone app with his iCloud Apple ID and password.
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Lawton_A Lawton mother will spend the next two years in jail for driving drunk with her children in the car.
Brandy Martinez was sentenced Wednesday after previously pleading guilty to the charge. Her sentence also requires her to wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet for one year and pay a $1,000 fine.
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Source Of Melodic Gravity Vol. 07
The new compilation of Source Of Melodic Gravity. In this album Vol.07, you can find out supreme house tracks composed by Aerostatik, Dang Nguyen, C-Bis, Vansam, Patrick De Jonge, Spark Plugs, Jun Phan, German Kreff, Arabescos, Ks-System, Cysko, High Rollers, Luciana Stephan, Jeffbeat. Look out for our House/Progressive/Electro/Techno and other compilations that will give the perfect spectrum of house lovers just can't be without!
- Aerostatik - Lie To Me
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- Vansam - So Free
- Dang Nguyen - Ocean Waves (Patrick De Jonge Remix)
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- Jun Phan - Liberty
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German Kreff feat. Roma - Love Is Not Enough
German Kreff is back with the newest single 'Love Is Not Enough' in collaboration with vocalist Roma. One of the talents fresh in Argentina, German Kreff spent out his long time to finish the catchy lyric and we are proudly deliver you all this unmissable production.
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Buenos Aires Glamour Beats 2013
Eternal Sunday presents Buenos Aires Glamour Beats 2013, an electronic music compilation that features some of the best tracks released by the label during 2013. The album contains 12 tracks by artists and producers like Dsynchronize feat. Evi Adam, KooLTURE, Fr3ak Y Los Ali3nados, Lea Rognoni, German Kreff feat. Arabescos, and others.
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Some 30 Antiquarian Booksellers from the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany will show valuable and rare items.
The Fair dates are Friday March 14th 2014, 14:00 - 20:00 hrs
Saturday March 15th, 10:00 - 18:00 hrs
and Sunday March 16th, 10:00 - 17:00 hrs
Location: Sint Jans' church on the main square in Maastricht, "Vrijthof"
At the same time the famous TEFAF, worlds largest Antiques and Art Fair takes place in Maastricht.
Admission ticket € 5,00. Cloakroom inclusive (obligatory)
NEW: Guided Tour MABP
See details on the site of the Tourist Office
MABP is part of the festival "DURING TEFAF 2014".
More information on the site of VVV (Tourist Office)
Although there are some more weeks to go before the Fair takes place a number of participants has already informed us about specific and rare items they will shw on the Fair.
Click for more infomation about the specifics.
Each year the organization team of MABP als organizes an exhibition. Part of it can be seen at the Fair part of it on a specific location. The exhibition during MABP 2014, "Boek aan de wand" ("book at the wall"), is about book illustrations, local illustrators wil exhibite. More info.
Illustration: Janneke Hertoghs
In 2013 the theme was "ontbijt op bed" (breakfast in bed"). See ontbijt op bed.


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Why it matters: Billions of dollars in additional funding are needed to support an updated E-Rate program to ensure all U.S. students have high-speed broadband and wireless. Success would be a game-changer for learners living in a connected world — and for the educators supporting them.


text: The scroll at the bottom of Comcast sportsnet said "an MRI showed no significant damage" in reference to Merriweather. The injury looked bad, and the way the players all consoled him made it look less than hopeful. Haven't seen it anywhere else but that's great news. And Orakpo's agent also said he'd be ready by the season opener. Of course we want team confirmation on both, but considering how panicked I saw some poeple last night things are looking much better.


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This year, instead of the Oregon Manifest just being in sunny Portland OR, it spread it's proverbial wings and created The Bike Design Project. 5 cities. 5 teams. 5 bikes. 1 universal party to reveal each team's bike of tomorrow TODAY. Those 5 cities were San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, Portland, and Seattle... and we just happen to have hubs in all those cities. Boom. Party time. Continue reading
Chrome Seattle HUB Grand Opening Party
Here at Chrome we're making moves. Bob Seger wrote a song about it, it's called "NightMoves" – it's probably best to listen to this song as you read this. >> Except instead of a song about teenagers discovering their sexuality in the woods, Chrome is discovering a new home in America. Enter, our sixth HUB: Chrome Seattle. On a summer night, on a sweet summer night we welcomed friends both old and new, to break in Chrome Seattle like we have all HUBs before it. We threw a party. A pinball party.
Chrome Pop-Up | Chrome 20 LA
What better time to go to Southern California for a month than late November? It's right around the time that other parts of the country start getting frigid, but in So Cal the sun is still out and you can ride your bike around in a T-shirt... just a T-shirt. I believe the term is "Porky Piggin' it". It sounded great to us, so when we got a chance to team up with Orange 20 to build a Chrome Pop-Up Hub in their gallery space we jumped on it. We assembled a small crew, loaded up our good ol' Chrome van, faced the ocean, turned left, and hit the road headed for Los Angeles, doing burn outs along the way. Continue reading
Chicago Black Ops Citizen
The Chrome Black Ops Citizen is inspired by the same all-black Chicago flag patch worn by tactical units throughout the city. Like the patch, the Black Ops Citizen uses all black for the entire bag, with the exception of the grey stars and d-panel. Made in USA. Guaranteed for life.
The Chicago Black Ops Citizen is only available at our Chrome HUB on Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park, and select Chicago area Chrome Dealers.
Participating Chicago Chrome Dealers:
Belmont Army
The Bike Lane
Blue City Cycles
Comrade Cycles
Cycle Smithy
Kozy's Cyclery
On The Route
That's Our Bag
Chrome_20 Goes Live
It's going to be a good month. We've teamed up with the iconic bike shop Orange 20 to bring you a one-of-a-kind Chrome HUB in LA. We call it Chrome_20 and starting November 22nd it's going to be a month-long party.
Orange 20 is great, the staff kicks ass, and they have been influential in shaping the Los Angeles cycling culture. We're more than stoked that they invited us into their space; we're pumped to share some beers (many beers) with the Orange 20 crew over the next 4 weeks.
Chrome_20 is more than just a spot to pick up some bombproof Chrome gear…
First off, we're hosting a month-long Streets of Chrome photography show. We've reached out to our friend Van Styles to curate an exhibition of Los Angeles street photography. Along with his own photoset, Van selected the work of Sagan Lockhart and Jefroe in the show. Van kills it behind the lens and has more Instagram followers than you; Sagan Lockhart is one of the creative geniuses affiliated with Odd Future; Jefroe is the creative director of At Large Media in LA. This show is uniquely Los Angeles and we're humbled to be showing this work.
Chrome_20 is also home to #Wrenched_LA our interactive Instagram wall featuring favorite local spots. The first interactive edition of our Wrenched city guide, #Wrenched_LA is powered by the people. Chrome_20 features a wall-sized map of LA. Whenever a photo is posted to Instagram with the hashtag #Wrenched_LA, we're going to print the photo and post it on the map. Next time you're at a rad spot in LA take a photo and tag it #Wrenched_LA. Favorite dive bar: #Wrenched_LA, killer burrito: #Wrenched_LA, amazing coffee: #Wrenched_LA, best place to watch the sunset: #Wrenched_LA. You get it. We're asking you to show us your city. At the end of this thing we'll have a wall documenting the best places in LA. It's going to be awesome.
Each week you'll have a chance to win a 2013 Chrome Coveted Jersey. Starting with an alleycat on 11/22 at 7pm, a fixed gear cross race on 11/29 at 7pm, and an uphill sprint race on 12/7 at 1pm. This will be your last chance to get a 2013 Chrome Coveted Jersey - don't miss out. We'll get you more information about the ongoing events but for now: the party starts November 22nd at 7pm – 10pm. We'll have a DJ and beer from New Belgium Brewing (thanks!), you can check out the photographs, and its your first chance to score a Coveted Jersey.
The address is:
4357 Melrose St.
Los Angles, CA 90029
We'll be there:
Mon.-Sat. 11am - 7pm
Sunday 11am - 5:30pm
Meet the Makers: Lara Kessler, Demon on Two Wheels and PDX Bag Maker
NAME: Lara Kessler
BIRTHPLACE: Outside Philadelphia, PA
Track: Blue TR250
Road: Veloforma F1R
Commuter/ rain/ training: Giant OCR A1
DAY JOB: Chrome Custom bag maker/ seamstress/ designer
HOBBY: Riding or racing bikes and sewing at home. I never get tired of it.
Daft Punk: Get Lucky
Black Sabbath: Changes
Misfits: Skulls
Lana Del Rey: Born to Die
Beastie Boys: An Open Letter to NYC
How did you get started sewing and making things?
I'm all leg with a short torso. I wanted to start designing clothes that fit my body shape and were ahead of the times. It's also an under-appreciated skill that is taken for granted until a person actually knows someone that posses the ability and then all of a sudden, everyone has 500 things that need altering or repair. I like being that resource and making a little extra money in the process.
What was your favorite thing you've ever made?
My wedding dress. And the Misfits Crimson Ghost Citizen Messenger Bag for Halloween 2012.
You've been making custom bags at the Chrome HUB in Portland since it opened, what bags have you made that've been your favorite?
Definitely that Crimson Ghost bag, the Chicago Bulls Hip pouch, and the Shark Attack and Pendleton fabric Citizens, too.
Have you encountered any odd #ChromeCustoms requests?
I get asked regularly if I make custom knife rolls.
What attracted you to work at Chrome?
It's pretty amazing that I can say I'm one of four people in the world that holds the position of Chrome Bag Maker. It's like running my own tailoring shop in the heart of the Chrome Portland store. I've met a lot of cool people in the time I've been here.
What's your favorite off-the-shelf Chrome product and why?
The Yalta Night Backpack and the Sotnik Duffel Bag. Yalta Night because I'm not normally comfortable wearing a lot of black on my bike, especially as PDX moves into the greyer months, and I know I'm very visible using this bag from that 3M reflective pocket on the front. Even better is that it's a subtle reflective coating and only extremely visible when light hits. If a car tags me from behind, I know it's entirely their fault. And the Sotnik because it's an amazing travel bag! You can carry it in so many different ways and no matter how much you pack in it, it will always fit in the plane overhead compartments.
You're a Cat 2 track cyclist, been crushing it in time trials at Alpenrose Velodrome for the past three years. How's the season going for you?
2013 was a transition from track to road for me. I wanted a different challenge on the bike and I had never focused on road racing - I had only used it as leg speed work for the track. Road requires a lot more miles in your legs and it's also different muscle memory. My race season started really early this year and I went hard trying to get at least top 3 right off the gun. I was successful until about July and then my legs were pretty gassed, but I wouldn't quit. Harsh reality: I still have a lot of work to do with my development.
What are your future racing plans?
I will most likely return to the track in 2014, but still work hard racing road. My cycling team is road racing focused and it's a solid team that has developed pro riders. That is not my aspiration, but I'm going to try my hardest to be of that caliber.
What's your favorite place to ride other than the track?
The Crater Lake rim!! Or Fairmount Loop/ Council Crest Climb in PDX.
What's your favorite thing about living in Stumptown?
After living in Chicago for 6 years where the only hills are overpasses, I'm extremely thankful to have so much varying elevation here. I love climbing hills on my bike and the views are gorgeous once you reach the top.
What's your favorite recovery meal?
After all those hill climbs, I usually blend up some Chocolate almond milk, yogurt, peanut butter, banana, honey and some post-workout powder. And sometimes a shower beer.
Great sushi is in abundance here so I prefer to treat myself to that when I can.
Any shout outs?
lil bub
Meet the Makers: Caroline Borucki talks bags, music and inspirational decay.
NAME: Caroline Borucki
BIRTHPLACE: Hinsdale, Illinois
BIKE: Biria Citibike step-through in olive; her name is Laverne.
DAY JOB: Chrome Chicago bag maker/seamstress
SIDE PROJECT: My apparel & craft brand, self titled 'caroline borucki'
Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham & the Pharaoh
Can't Hardly Wait - the Replacements
Age of Consent - New Order
Glass Figurine - Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
Yekermo Sew - Mulatu Astatke
Let's start at the beginning. How did you get started making things?
I was an avid thrift store shopper in high-school, so eventually I decided to alter clothing to my liking. After getting a good response from classmates, I decided to study apparel design in college.
What was your first sewing project?
I was captivated by fabrics with rad prints, so the fit and sizing of thrift items didn't impact my purchase. I know my first projects revolved around transforming long skirts into bubble skirts, and muumuu's into fitted dresses.
You've been making custom Chrome bags in Chicago for a long time, can you tell us about some of the favorite bags you've made?
My favorite bags have most definitely been the holiday bags I've done. I draft/cut out special patches that have resembled a reindeer, snowman, color string-lights, Frankenstein and jack-o-lanterns. The time it takes to create them is well worth it when it comes to Chrome Chicago visitors commenting on them. I get really excited about the holidays, so I'm pretty into perking everyone else up about them too.
Have you encountered any odd #ChromeCustoms bag requests? Has there ever been anything really crazy?
My favorite requests are from dedicated fans; I've done a few bags inspired by Zelda and sports teams. I assist with choosing the right color scheme and patch placement to make the bag perfect. From the day I began I have been asked by a multitude of people about firearm and rifle scope bags/accessory attachments. I give my input on how to go about it, but still waiting to see images of their final results.
If you could have one stock Chrome bag which would you choose?
My favorite bag is my Metropolis, but if we are talking about a bag I've been eying I would say the Sotnik. WHY? Only because I like wearing/using bags that I can fit into. Plus they are great in packing all my merchandise to events & fashion shows.
Besides making custom bags at the Chrome HUB in Chicago, you also have your own line clothing, cards and frills, how do you create balance in your life?
It's pretty tough, I'm lucky if I remember to eat throughout the day. I try to map out a weekly schedule of to-do lists, while making a habit of waking up at 6am to go to my workspace before Chrome. Never skipping my morning bagel & cream cheese is most important.
Your clothing line takes inspiration from nature's seamy underbelly – a decaying peach, intertidal sealife – what qualities inspire you? What is your process of getting inspired?
I'm inspired by botany, mostly rooted in mycology and plants. The textures and colors associated within these topics is extremely inspiring for me, and I love to use new techniques to mimic the appearances. I try to classify each collection with a specific biological taxonomy, the goal is to learn as much as I can about science along the way of creating collections each season.
Your clothes are very sculptural, how did your education as a sculptor effect your design decisions?
After getting experience in sculpture I realized how similar it could be translated into fashion. While in college I did a lot more sculptural fashion pieces, but when trying to branch into the industry I've had to tone down my ideas for wearability. I appreciate the one-of-a-kind mentality for art, so everything I produce is hand-crafted to be different. I've branched into a lot of 'craft' because having a variety of outlets allows for me to continually develop new skills.
You got started out in fashion, what drew you to work at Chrome?
Having life-time warranty products is a pretty rare occurrence, so knowing Chrome had such high standards for their products made me really want to be part of the team. I have always been a 'bag-lady,' carrying around a bunch of cheaply-made thrift-found luggage bags while making daily commutes. It wasn't until I made my own first Chrome bag that I realized I didn't need to invest in a new bag every couple months.
Can we pick your brain a bit about Chicago? What's your favorite thing about living in the Windy City?
I've been in the Chicagoland area my entire life, so for me walking down the street and running into people I know on a regular basis is probably my favorite part. Witnessing Chicago's crazy weather is always exciting. Plus the food out here is fabulous!
If you some have time off, but only enough for a bike ride where do you go?
I ride around the forest preserve, specifically the Salt Creek Trail. I've been riding that trail since my brother led the way when I was in elementary school. Plus, hanging out with deer in the forest is one of my favorite things to do when I have the time.
What's the best music venue in Chicago?
It's not exactly a venue, but my favorite Chicago performance was at the Fourth Presbyterian church downtown. I saw Andrew Bird's holiday show there in 2009, and it was simply fantastic.
Besides having fun at Third Thursdays, do you have a favorite bar?
Hopleaf, it has the most amazing selection of Belgian beers, as well as delicious grub.
Limited Edition collaboration with famed Japanese skate/fixed brand T19 and skate legend turned track bike savant John Cardiel.
We partnered with Japanese skate/fixed crew T19 to create a limited edition ORP, our lightweight rolltop daypack designed with skate legend and track bike savant John Cardiel. T19 was one of the initial startup skate companies in Tokyo and has been shaping the skate culture in Japan for over thirty years. They've worked with Stussy, New Era, and Fragment. We're stoked to work with them.
T19 was founded in 1984 by five street skaters in the Shibuya and Harajuku area. T19 also helped spark the original track bike movement in Tokyo. A decade after the formation of the team, the brand T19 Skateboards was born. During the track bike show hosted by Subcrew (HK) in Beijing in 2010, the T19 team got to know John Cardiel through NYC's John Igei. A year later, T19 and John Cardiel came together again during the FTC/Chrome Japan Tour and the idea emerged to make a T19 x Cardiel bag.
The T19 ORP features T19's signature blue and a custom T19 patch designed by pro skater and graffiti artist Hirotaka Sasao, 笹尾弘貴 a.k.a. " CHAKA." The Operation Readiness Pack (ORP) is lightweight and water-resistant and can be used as a daypack or rolled up and stowed in another bag for travel ease.
Limited quanitties for the T19 ORP now available.
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1. Nephilim – the Mighty Battle Form!
Very soon, warriors of Adan will receive the chance to turn into a Nephilim, a special form that can only be assumed in combat.
• To be able to turn into this crushing entity, you will first have to complete a series of challenging trials. When you're done, take part in special Events to gain access to the Nephilim transformation .
• From 3 to 6 pieces of Equipment will be available to make your Nephilim even stronger.
• Transformation will be available after accumulating a certain amount of special energy in combat. The Nephilim doesn't last long, but during this brief period of time you will be insanely powerful.
• Instead of usual combat magic, the Nephilims wield new Spells which surpass anything you've seen before in power. A unique type of Mana is required to cast these Spells .
• Nephilims have three Classes just like your Character does in normal form. As a Nephilim, you will be able to destroy foes who are otherwise invincible.
2. Conquerors of Abyss
• Adan's warriors will be tasked with going into the very heart of the Abyss to destroy the Chambers of Genesis where terrible monstrosities are bred for new Shaab's army.
• Bravehearts who accept the challenge will earn Defender of Adan Reputation and Sparks of Abyss in combat with the monsters.
• Treasuries of Shaab and Amphoras of Oblivion await heroes who will claim the amazing riches, including the Eye of Abyss, which is required to craft the Maul of Devastation.
• Also, during this Event, you will have a chance of receiving elements of the unique Star Ciklotor Collection .
3. Bows
A new weapon type – Bows – will become available very soon!
• Defender of Adan Reputation is required to purchase a Bow.
• Bows cannot be used while mounted.
• Three types of Arrows will be at your disposal.
• Warriors will receive Arrows according to their daily Battleground Rating.
4. Daily Battleground Rating
In March, Rating interface and mechanics will be redesigned.
• Rating points will be awarded separately for every Battleground. If you fail to achieve the required number of victories before the Rating is reset, you won't receive any rewards.
• When you reach the required daily Rating in one of the Battlegrounds, you will be granted the chance to buy Arrows and Power-Ups that increase the rate at which you earn Reputation.


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Because its offices were interspersed among several levels of a building … Long and her assistant were initially installed at opposite ends of the floor. After weeks of collaborating by telephone, to the amusement of everybody but (editor) Harold Ross, they donned roller skates and whirled back and forth between their desks, bobbing and weaving between overstuffed trash cans, abandoned cigarette stubs, and small mounds of stray pencil shavings. Finally, out of pure exasperation, Ross moved them both to a vacant restroom.
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Title:A fight between the U.S. and Canada over proposed U.S. visa rules; charges of racial profiling are aired
Author:Tony Best
Publication:New York Carib News
Original Language:English
Blurb:The government in Ottawa is charging that the Bush Administrations new security requirements to screen Canadian immigrants from many countries but not those from white Dominion areas are blatant racism and class warfare. Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Guyanese, Bajans, Grenadians, Antiguans and others are wondering about outcomes that can affect West Indians and Africans who have made Canada their home away from home.
Body:Ordinarily, many of the disputes between the U.S. and Canada dont catch and hold the attention of West Indians living in the various provinces of the Dominion of Canada.
But Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Guyanese, Bajans, Grenadians, Antiguans and others are sitting up and wondering about the outcome of a serious battle being waged by the two neighbors that can affect West Indians and indeed Africans who have made Canada their home away from home.
Its a fight over who in Canada should be forced to secure U.S. immigration visas if they plan to enter the United States. The government in Ottawa is charging the Bush Administration in Washington with blatant racism and class warfare and emotions are getting charged with few people betting on the eventual outcome.
The dispute centers on a plan by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to force some Commonwealth citizens, especially those from the black nations in the Caribbean and Africa to acquire U.S. visas before they can enter the United States. The proposed rule would apply to the West Indians and the Africans who are landed immigrants in Canada, meaning that they have acquired Canadian citizenship, or are permanent residents and have gone through a rigid screening process.
I am annoyed by this, said Denis Coderre, Canadas immigration minister. I have to go to Washington on Nov. 15. I had several reasons to go and now I have another one. There is a perception, right now among Canadians that something is going (wrong) there, meaning between the United States and Canada.
The minister is upset because the proposed plan, would apply to immigrants from the Caribbean, Africa, India and Pakistan, but would exempt immigrants from the white Commonwealth countries of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, along with Singapore and Brunei.
Canadas Foreign Minister Bill Graham is also upset and plans to raise the issue with Colin Powell, the U.S. secretary of state, whose family tree has roots in Jamaica. Powell has been under fire in recent weeks from Harry Belafonte, the world-famous entertainer and civil rights advocate who compared Powell with a house slave.
Grahams cabinet colleague, Coderre, has gone on record as calling the Bush Administrations plan a form of racial profiling, which would end up creating two classes of Canadian citizens: those who were acceptable to immigration authorities across the border and those who could be denied entry.
And that, says Coderre, is unacceptable to Ottawa.
Just the other day, the Canadian Foreign Ministry took the unusual step of issuing a travel advisory on its website urging Canadians born in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to think twice before traveling to the United States for any reason.
Earlier, Graham had intervened with U.S. officials and succeeded in getting Washington to drop a plan intended to force all Canadian citizens who were born in Iran, Iran, Libya, Sudan or Syria to be fingerprinted and photographed on arrival in the United States. While the Foreign Minister says the decision about Commonwealth citizens and visas was fundamentally a decision of the American authorities, he wants the United States to recognize that the immigrants in Canada are contributing to our economy and they may well be helpful by traveling to the United States for business and other reasons.
That was why he is hoping to be able to persuade the American authorities that this measure isnt necessary.
For its part, the United States said the proposed rules were designed to improve domestic security in the wake of the events of September 11th last year. But Canada has rejected that argument, saying that the permanent residents and landed immigrants from the Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere had already been screened and there wasnt a good reason to investigate them a second time.
Caribbean diplomats and other West Indians in Canada are perplexed by the move.
When you exempt some of the Pacific peoples from the continent of Europe, then it does make one raise questions as to really what is, in fact, the motive, said Vic Johnson, Barbados high commissioner in Ottawa. It is quite unfortunate that we are now categorized, even if inadvertently, as persons who are regarded as (security) risks. We dont know what the motives are and what the methodology was that the United States government used to determine the persons whom they have identified to be excluded from easy admission to the United States. But it does look a bit strange that the Caribbean, which does not have a history of terrorism, is being put together with those nations which the United States says poses a risk.
West Indians living in Canada have been moving freely between their adopted home and the United States for decades, visiting relatives who live in New York, Detroit, Miami, Boston, California and other parts of the United States. They also travel to the United States regularly to attend social functions and to conduct business in the United States.
Its more than passing strange that the immigrants in Canada, who are exempt from the U.S. visa requirement, come mainly from countries which are considered white, such as Australia, New Zealand and Britain, said a West Indian in Toronto. It smacks of racial profiling to me and it is important that the Canadian government seek a change of policy.
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Plan ahead before planting a tree, because tall trees planted under utility lines are expensive to maintain and potentially hazardous. Power failures may result from tree limbs that break off and hit the power lines. Tall trees that have grown into the utility lines may conduct electricity making the tree dangerous, even potentially fatal. Tall trees planted under utility lines require regular pruning by the utility company that is costly and results in an unnatural and unhealthy tree form.
What is a utility-friendly tree?
Utility-friendly trees are small, reaching 25 feet or less at maturity. Such trees do not grow into, and thus interfere with, power lines. Utility-friendly trees are a safe solution to potential conflicts between power lines and urban trees. Utility-friendly trees contribute to the urban forest in many of the same ways that larger trees do by providing shade, spring flowers, fall color and habitat for wildlife.
We are working with local nurseries and garden centers to have these tags placed on Utility Friendly Trees. These trees will not interfere with utility lines or need major pruning to prevent outages. Please look for these tags or read the information included with any tree that you want to plant near utility lines.
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This morning, Peter Guber, in The Harvard Business Review, reminds us of the power of story telling in Using Stories to Overcome Fear. Do you want to hear a beautiful story, that will inspire you to become fearless?
Listen to Arianna Huffington at Women@Google, interviewed by a very blossoming Sheryl Sandberg, then in a very advanced stage of pregnancy.
"I left Greece when I was 18 to go to Cambridge where I studied Economics. I saw a magazine article about Cambridge when I lived in Athens in a one-room appartment with my mom, divorced from my father, with no formal education. I looked at that picture and I said "I want to go to Cambridge." Everybody said you're insane. My mother said "Let's see how we can do it." And that is the mother that I had. She was this extraordinary human beeing who believed that you should never let your fears stop you from attempting to fulfill your dreams. If you failed, that didn't matter. If I failed along the way, she wouldn't love me any less. And so that kind of unconditional loving is the foundation of my life."
Isn't it a beautiful story of mother and daughter, of their unconditional love, of mentor and empowerment?
All the ingredients of a fairy tale are there, just like in Ursula Burns's story
The initial situation the little girl in a one-room appartment in Athens, with her divorced mother (who had tuberculosis…)
The obstacles: gender, class, culture, language, finances
The values of a pure heart: Hard work, perseverance, unconditional love
The Fairy God Mother: her own mother, Elli Stassinopoulos.
The Education of the Hero : Arianna Huffington graduated in economics from Girton College, Cambridge University. She became the president of the Cambridge debate team.
The First Trials : she failed many times, but she remembers, during an interview by Moira Forbes, her biggest failure.It was when her second book was refused 36 times and she was running out of money. "The only way to make sure you never succeed is to stay in your comfort zone and never fail. The difference between success and failure is perseverance."
The Magical Potion: she is fearless! Nothing can stop her, she never gives up! (another magical potion element is sleep too…)
The Helpful "Animals": that's what she calls the supportive people that the "universe" sent her. (like the Barclay's bank manager in London who gave her an overdraft)
The Happy Ending : Arianna Huffington has become today the most powerful woman in media history.
The power of a story is that it gives each of us the permission to dream and the keys to make that dream come true. It engages us and transports us, mind, body & soul all together. Stories plug directly into our unconscious and our emotions and are resonating individually for each of us, in a unique manner.
That's why they are almost "magical"… and certainly a major skill any global leader should develop.
Today I intended to write a post about Arianna Huffington, in my series about 12 Women Leaders, to illustrate the Networker/Monitor dilemna.
As I researched the web for some articles and videos, I quickly understood that Arianna Huffington was making the headlines with the merger with AOL.
"I guess that makes this AOL's — and HuffPost's — Sputnik Moment!" Arianna Huffington, February 7th 2011 at The Huffington Post
I can't wait to write the next post developing The Networker Style of Leadership, characterized by social interactions, networking and hedonism, in opposition with The Monitor, focused on hard work, self-discipline and perseverance. Arianna Huffington definitely masters the art of juggling with paradox and dilemna!
A very timely illustration to what Umair Haque calls The Age of Dilemna…
But this is another story!
Which stories are helping you overcome fear and become "fearless" in Love, Work and Life?
If you want to read another inspiring story, here's Ursula Burns 's Fairy Tale Story in The Corporate World.
Big Mama Marion will come back with some other stories very soon!


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Almost four decades ago, a simple idea of trade fair laid the foundation of CHEMTECH series of events that still continues to revolutionize the chemical industry. CHEMTECH is the World Meet of Process Industry in India putting Indian Chemical Process Industry on the global map almost for the two decades even before the era of globalization had set in.
Since 1975, the exhibitions, trade fairs, conferences and interactions organized in various events by Chemtech Foundation have been acting as a global platform that works towards the overall betterment of specific industries. The exchanges of views, opinions, technical know-how and technological advancements among the broadest network along with recognition of talents of the industries have been bridging the Indian Process and Allied Industries with the Global Chemical Process Industry.


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"Men are called to be right, Some to be resourceful, Others to be reasonable, But few choose to be righteous."
"The journey is long and hard. Lost is he, who seeks destines path! Only to find, himself in the way."
"If you are patiently waiting when the heaven is demanding that you should act, you will spend the rest of your life waiting! be sensitive! - Mordecai Uka Dike"
"The world is not going to change positively based on our scriptural knowledge,but by holy and righteous lifestyle!- Mordecai Uka Dike"


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urnatur: swedish eco tourism
Urnatur translating to 'essence of nature', is a Swedish forest getaway, where visitors can stay in cabins and spend time reconnecting with nature. The unique hand-crafted cottages and tree-houses are located in the Swedish Holaved Forest, and work in harmony with their surrounding environment.
UrNatur opened the doors to the wood hermitage in 2007. 6-15 guests can fit in the hermitage and can occupy six cabins. Only the conference hall and the tin castle, has access to electricity. UrNatur is perfect for day-long workshops, seminaries, lectures and other activities.
Forester Håkan Strotz and Biologist and Designer Ulrika Krynitz, bought the small farm Sjögetorp in 1993. Håkan worked as a teacher at Omberg's Nature School, while Ulrika founded a textile design company 'Qualle' in 1999. during many summers they organized a handcraft festival called 'ragnarök'. with strong shared interests in design and crafts, but also nature, ethno-biology, self-sustainability and cooking, the UrNatur project slowly took form.
The owners wanted to be able to offer a fantastic experience - similar to those of our parent's generation - for city people who spend too much time far from nature. Houses are built from the storm-felled trees and are designed and built from scratch by Håkan.
Guests cook on an open fire and a single 12 volt lamp is powered by solar cells on top of the bath house roof.
All food offered at UrNatur is local, wild crafted or home grown. The bath house is the largest of all the houses, it contains a wood fired sauna, which heats two generous wash rooms.
via designboom, video from the Anthropologist via Kristin
Posted | Tags: eco tourism, garden, nature, well being
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This is incredible! I can only dream of visiting it now, I wish there someplace like this in the states!


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Detroit Bad Boys - All Posts A community of Detroit Pistons fans since 2005 http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48119/detroitbadboys-fave.png 2014-08-28T08:00:06-04:00 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/rss/current/ This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. 2014-08-28T08:00:06-04:00 2014-08-28T08:00:06-04:00 Unheralded additions all finished in top 25 in one of most valuable shots in basketball
Pistons were among NBA's best at taking quality shots and among the worst at making them. Jodie Meeks, D.J. Augustin, Caron Butler and Cartier Martin are here to change that.

Many have looked at the Detroit Pistons offseason and decided that it was pretty blah. New head coach and president of basketball operations Stan Van Gundy told the media and fans that he wasn't going to try and hit a home run and instead going to try and string together a few singles.

Those singles ended up being Jodie Meeks, D.J. Augustin, Caron Butler and Cartier Martin.

Not much to get excited about. But by one extremely important metric three of these four players measure out as top-25 performers in the NBA. The above the break 3, which is the 23-foot, 9-inch shot as opposed to shorter 22-foot corner 3-point shot on either sideline. But we'll get back to that a little later.

The Pistons were actually quite good, surprisingly good even, at taking the most efficient shots in basketball last season. The huge problem was that they couldn't actually make those shots.

Some of this was expected. The team added some high-volume inefficient scorers in Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings, and coaches Maurice Cheeks and John Loyer played Smith with Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond on the floor together for 1,360 minutes. Offense and spacing were going to be an issue.

Scoring was, indeed, a problem, but not because the team was having to settle for the wrong kinds of shots -- they just couldn't get the right people to take, and make, the right kind of shots. And understanding that helps you understand a lot about the offseason additions of Meeks, Augustin, Butler and Martin.

Is the team smart for taking the best shots in basketball or stupid for taking a lot of shots they couldn't convert?

First, consider what the best shots in basketball truly are. Instead of just relying intuition, I'll rely on one of the many basketball fans smarter than myself -- in this instance Ian Levy at Nylon Calculus -- to prove or disprove my intuition. Levy determined the expected value of each shot and developed a metric he calls Expected Points Per Shot (XPPS).

He writes, "by calculating the total number of points scored on shots from each location and dividing it by the number of attempts we arrive at an expected value for shots from each location. Here are those averages."

 Restricted Area	 1.183

 In the Paint (Non-RA)	 0.793

 Mid-Range	 0.788

 Corner 3	 1.157

 Above the Break 3	 1.048

 Two Free Throws	 1.511

Unsurprisingly, the best shots are at the rim, from 3 and at the free-throw line.

The Pistons ranked sixth in the NBA in XPPS. They took a lot of quality shots. The only team that took more shots at the rim than Detroit was the Philadelphia 76ers (36.2 percent to 35.2 percent), and the team took more than 19 3s a game.

The only problem was that the Pistons couldn't make these quality shots -- especially at the free-throw line and from 3. Looking at actual points per shots, the only team worse than Detroit in the NBA were those same 76ers. The Pistons ranked No. 15 in field goal percentage at the rim (meh) and dead last in above the break 3s, and free throws, and second-to-last in non-restricted area paint attempts (uh oh).

Some of this is a chicken and the egg scenario. Hack a Drummond will be in full effect until he can start hitting his free throws at better than a 50 percent clip. Is the team smart for taking the best shots in basketball or stupid for taking a lot of shots they couldn't convert? Would they have had the chance to take such good shots if they could actually make them? We'll let Josh Smith answer those questions.

Just how much an improvement will the new additions be in the areas where the Pistons are weakest? The answer ranges from very good to nearly elite.

In the end, only four teams in the NBA under-performed based on their shot profile -- the injury-depleted Chicago Bulls, the injury-depleted and talent-bereft Milwaukee Bucks, the coaching and talent-bereft Pistons and the extremely talent-bereft 76ers.

The Pistons, obviously, upgraded their coaching, and they've certainly added a lot of shooters. So even if they were just stuck taking all of the shots they did last season, the team would already greatly improved. Of course, opposing teams probably aren't going to leave Meeks as wide open at the 3-point line as they did Smith, but when they run out on Meeks that is going to open things in the lane for Drummond, Monroe and Smith. And that means the Pistons should go from an average rim conversion team to top 10 or even higher.

But what about the free-throw and 3-point lines? The most valuable places on the court? Just how much an improvement will the new additions be in the areas where the Pistons are weakest? The answer ranges from very good to nearly elite.

The Pistons big men were abysmal at the free-throw line, and Drummond, Smith and Monroe have to improve there. Enough said.

But last year the guards weren't a stellar crop. Jennings, Kyle Singler, Rodney Stuckey and Will Bynum combined to shoot 79.7 percent a season ago from the charity stripe. Jennings was a career 81 percent shooter in Milwaukee but dipped to 75 percent last year. A return to norm wouldn't be unexpected. Singler improved modestly from year 1 (80.6) to year 2 (82.6) and another improvement is likely. But Stuckey is gone and Bynum is likely to be replaced in the rotation. Those two players shot 82.6 percent a year ago while their replacements, Meeks and Augustin, respectively, combined to shoot 87 percent.

So free-throw shooting, from the guards at least, should see a significant uptick.

But the big improvement should be seen at the 3-point line, which should, again, open up the offense all over the floor. It's no secret that the Pistons were one of the worst 3-point shooting teams in the league last season. Their 32.1 percent from deep was better than only ... you guess it, the 76ers. But the Pistons were actually quite good from the corner 3, where Singler was one of the best performers in the NBA. The real problem was the above the break 3, the most common 3 in basketball, and also a place where the Pistons ranked dead last.

That's where the Pistons newest players come in.

Of the 160 players who attempted more than 90 above the break 3s, look how Detroit's new guys stack up.

Above the Break 3s

 NBA Rank	 Player	 FGM	 FGA	 FG%

 14	 D.J. Augustin (CHI)	 108	 259	 41.70%

 18	 Cartier Martin (ATL)	 40	 97	 41.20%

 22	 Jodie Meeks (LAL)	 123	 307	 40.10%

 25	 Caron Butler (OKC)	 67	 168	 39.90%

 --	 New Players	 338	 831	 40.67%

For comparison, here is how qualified Pistons ranked last season.

 NBA Rank	 Player	 FGM	 FGA	 FG%

 95	 Brandon Jennings	 134	 388	 34.50%

 150	 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	 32	 114	 28.10%

 155	 Josh Smith	 59	 223	 26.50%

 157	 Kyle Singler	 26	 104	 25.00%

 --	 Old Players	 251	 829	 30.28%

A lot has been made in recent years about the increased importance of the 3-point shot and while the corner 3-pointer seems to get all the publicity, the above the break 3 is actually much more important. Because even though smart teams around the NBA know just how valuable the corner 3 is, the above the break shot is much more common.

The No. 1 team in the NBA at the corner 3 last season was the Miami Heat. But while the Heat attempted just under 700 shots from the corners, the team attempted more than 1,100 3s above the break. That is why having elite level production from above the break is so important. Those shots, especially with Drummond, Monroe and Smith in the post, are going to be available.

 The attempts between old players and new players are nearly identical, but the results from the new batch are much improved. And some key perimeter pieces didn't even shoot enough to make the cut. Just think about how many times Stuckey or Bynum passed up an open 3-point attempt (because they couldn't make them) and drove into an extremely congested lane and either turned it over, got their shot blocked or just flat out missed.

Replace those with quality looks for Meeks, Augustin and Martin and the offensive efficiency goes way up. And, crucially, it allows the incumbent players to play to their strengths -- Singler in the corner, KCP driving and focusing on defense, Smith in the post and Jennings shooting less and passing more.

In the end, the Pistons had the right kinds of opportunities despite of personnel and despite the coaching, but they didn't have anybody that could convert.

Van Gundy took a look at the strengths and the weaknesses of his team, stepped into the batter's box and hit a bunch of singles. And along the way it appears he built an actual, functional team.

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After one week off, the Detroit Bad Boys Podcast returns to discuss the FIBA World Cup, answer reader questions and keep raising expectations unreasonably high for Stan Van Gundy's first season in Detroit.

Matt Watson and Sean Corp discuss Team USA's surprising decision to bring Andre Drummond to Spain for the FIBA World Cup. Also, we introduce the first #AskDBB segment, focusing on Drummond's development defensively and how soon until he drags the Pistons back into contention. Next, we dig into Gigi Datome's decision to turn down an offer to return to Europe, and whether he has a future in Detroit's rotation.

Sean points out some surprising statistics about Detroit's new free agents and what that might mean for the Pistons' offense in 2014-15. Last but not least, longtime DBB commenter V. stars in our favorite FanPost of the week.

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 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2014/8/28/6077513/fiba-world-cup-andre-drummond-pistons Matt Watson http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2014/8/28/6077513/fiba-world-cup-andre-drummond-pistons 2014-08-27T00:45:44-04:00 2014-08-27T00:45:44-04:00 USA vs. Slovenia recap: Andre Drummond has No. 1 highlight in exhibition win
USA Basketball takes off for Spain Aug. 29.

In their final tune-up game before tipping off in the FIBA World Cup in Spain on Saturday, Team USA defeated Slovenia by 30 points, 101-71.

Andre Drummond played roughly 7 minutes, all of which came in the fourth quarter when the game was already decided. He finished with 2 points and 2 rebounds, and believe it or not, his only bucket was an alley-oop dunk. It was a highlight alley-oop dunk. In fact, it was the No. 1 highlight from the game.

Watch Drummond's dunk here

Anthony Davis led Team USA with 18 points on 8 shots and added 11 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 blocks. Kenneth Faried contributed 14 and 11 up front in the starting role.

Zoran Dragic, the brother of Phoenix Suns guard Goran, led Slovenia with 16 points.

Team USA opens the FIBA World Cup in Spain on Saturday vs. Finland. USA will also play Turkey, New Zealand, Dominican Republic and Ukraine in pool play.

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Find out where to set your dial for ever game this season.

The Detroit Pistons will air 80 regular-season games on Fox Sports Detorit and Fox Sports Detroit Plus. the team also has two games scheduled to air nationally on ESPN.

This year will be the 18th season of Pistons games on Fox Sports Detroit. The network will also televise a preseason game Oct. 12 against the Washington Wizards. Accompanying the telecasts will be Pistons Live for pre- and post-game coverage. Also returning will be the weekly Pistons360 weekly show.

Enjoy the schedule -- in chart form!

Detroit Pistons Schedule 2014-15

 Day	 Date	 Opponent	 Time	 TV

 Wed.	 Oct. 29	 at Denver	 9:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Thu.	 Oct. 30	 at Minnesota	 8:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Sat.	 Nov. 1	 Brooklyn	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Nov. 5	 New York	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Nov. 7	 Milwaukee	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Sun.	 Nov. 9	 Utah	 6:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Mon.	 Nov. 10	 at Chicago	 8:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Nov. 12	 at Washington	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Nov. 14	 at Oklahoma City	 8:00 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Sat.	 Nov. 15	 at Memphis	 8:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Mon.	 Nov. 17	 Orlando	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Nov. 19	 Phoenix	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Nov. 21	 at Atlanta	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Nov. 25	 at Milwaukee	 8:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Nov. 26	 L.A. Clippers 	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Nov. 28	 Milwaukee	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Sun.	 Nov. 30	 Golden State	 3:30 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Tue.	 Dec. 2	 L.A. Lakers 	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Dec. 3	 at Boston	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Sat.	 Dec. 6	 Philadelphia	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Sun.	 Dec. 7	 Oklahoma City	 6:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Dec. 9	 Portland	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Dec. 12	 at Phoenix	 9:00 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Sat.	 Dec. 13	 at Sacramento	 10:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Mon.	 Dec. 15	 at L.A. Clippers	 10:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Dec. 17	 Dallas	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Dec. 19	 Toronto	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Sun.	 Dec. 21	 at Brooklyn	 6:00 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Fri.	 Dec. 26	 Indiana	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Sun.	 Dec. 28	 at Cleveland	 4:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Dec. 30	 at Orlando	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Jan. 2	 at New York	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Sun.	 Jan. 4	 Sacramento	 6:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Jan. 6	 at San Antonio	 8:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Jan. 7	 at Dallas	 8:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Jan. 9	 Atlanta	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Sat.	 Jan. 10	 Brooklyn	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Mon.	 Jan. 12	 at Toronto	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Jan. 14	 New Orleans	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Jan. 16	 at Indiana	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Sat.	 Jan. 17	 Philadelphia	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Day	 Date	 Opponent	 Time	 TV

 Mon.	 Jan. 19	 at Atlanta	 2:30 p.m	 ESPN

 Wed.	 Jan. 21	 Orlando	 7:30 p.m.

 Sat.	 Jan. 24	 at Milwaukee	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Sun.	 Jan. 25	 at Toronto	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Jan. 27	 Cleveland	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Jan. 28	 at Philadelphia	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Sat.	 Jan. 31	 Houston	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Feb. 3	 Miami	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Feb. 4	 at Indiana	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Feb. 6	 Denver	 7:30 p.m.

 Sun.	 Feb. 8	 Minnesota	 6:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Feb. 10	 at Charlotte	 7:00 p.m.

 Wed.	 Feb. 11	 San Antonio	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Feb. 20	 Chicago	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Sun.	 Feb. 22	 Washington	 3:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Feb. 24	 Cleveland	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Feb. 27	 New York	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Sat.	 Feb. 28	 at Washington	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Mar. 4	 at New Orleans	 8:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Mar. 6	 at Houston	 8:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Sun.	 Mar. 8	 Charlotte	 6:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Mar. 10	 at L.A. Lakers	 10:30 p.m.

 Wed.	 Mar. 11	 at Golden State	 10:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Mar. 13	 at Portland	 10:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Sat.	 Mar. 14	 at Utah	 9:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Mar. 17	 Memphis	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Mar. 18	 at Philadelphia	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Sat.	 Mar. 21	 Chicago	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Sun.	 Mar. 22	 at Boston	 6:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Mar. 24	 Toronto	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Fri.	 Mar. 27	 at Orlando	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Sun.	 Mar. 29	 at Miami	 6:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Tue.	 Mar. 31	 Atlanta	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD Plus

 Wed.	 Apr. 1	 at Charlotte	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Apr. 3	 at Chicago	 8:00 p.m.	 ESPN

 Sat.	 Apr. 4	 Miami	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Apr. 8	 Boston	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Fri.	 Apr. 10	 Indiana	 7:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Sun.	 Apr. 12	 Charlotte	 3:30 p.m.	 FSD

 Mon.	 Apr. 13	 at Cleveland	 7:00 p.m.	 FSD

 Wed.	 Apr. 15	 at New York	 8:00 p.m.	 FSD

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Watch Andre Drummond (maybe) and company take on Goran Dragic and friends.

It's time for another belated (read: late) game thread for USA Basketball. The men's national team is set with Andre Drummond in tow, but before they begin official FIBA tournament action they have one last warm up against Slovenia. Slovenia is led by star point guard Goran Dragic and he is joined by his brother Zoran. Joining the Dragic brothers are another set of brothers -- Erazem and Domen Lorbek. Erazem played a year of college ball at Michigan State University. Connections!

With a full compliment of players and this being the last tuneup, it is likely that coach Mike Krzyzewski will play his planned rotation. Will that leave room for Andre Drummond to get any minutes? We'll find out.

The game is airing on ESPN2 and the WatchESPN app.

 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2014/8/26/6071103/usa-vs-slovenia-final-tune-up-before-fiba Sean_Corp http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2014/8/26/6071103/usa-vs-slovenia-final-tune-up-before-fiba 2014-08-26T14:40:38-04:00 2014-08-26T14:40:38-04:00 USA vs. Slovenia: Will Andre Drummond play in final FIBA World Cup tuneup?
Team USA and Slovenia have tipped off in Spain for the final game of their four-game exhibition slate.

Andre Drummond has played sparingly in Team USA's first three exhibitions before the FIBA World Cup, but it didn't stop him from making the final cut. Will he get off the bench in today's game vs. Goran Dragic and the rest of Slovenia? Let's find out together.

The game already tipped -- we're midway through the second quarter as I hit publish -- but you can follow the action while you're at work on your phone or computer using WatchESPN.

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Stan the Man turns 55 today. What would you give the latest Detroit Pistons coach?

Stan Van Gundy hasn't coached a second of Pistons basketball, but that doesn't mean we can let his birthday go by without highlighting the big day. Stanley Alan Van Gundy was born on this day in 1959 in Indio, California. Van Gundy grew up in a basketball family -- his father was a coach, he was a coach and his brother was a coach (cue footage of him latching onto Alonzo Mourning's leg at your own discretion).

Van Gundy had a variety of low-level college coaching jobs -- Vermont, Castleton, Canisius, Fordham, UMass Lowell -- before jumping up to the big boys in the Big 10 with a job at Wisconsin. He parlayed that into a lower-level job with the Miami Heat where he eventually worked his way up to head coach.

After being fired midseason of Miami's first championship year, Van Gundy landed on his feet and built a powerhouse in Orlando behind big man Dwight Howard. Van Gundy took the Magic to the Finals in 2009. He will look to do much the same around big man Andre Drummond. Let's just hope the relationship doesn't end in a bitter divorce like the one in Orlando.

Van Gundy by all accounts is an extremely hard worker, incredibly charitable to his communities and here's to hoping Detroit Bad Boys gets to wish him a happy birthday every year for the next 10 years at least.

With that being said, birthdays are all, of course, about the gifts. And considering how the last time I tried to deliver a gift personally at the Palace I was escorted off the premises, I figured we'd opt for a poll instead.
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 http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2014/8/26/6069427/stan-van-gundy-pistons-birthday-55 Sean_Corp http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2014/8/26/6069427/stan-van-gundy-pistons-birthday-55 2014-08-26T08:46:13-04:00 2014-08-26T08:46:13-04:00 Gigi Datome wooed by FC Barcelona, decides to stick with NBA
Small forward struggled in limited playing time during his rookie year.

Luigi Datome knows that making it in the NBA isn't going to be easy, and he isn't ready to give up on it just yet. That decision might seem obvious, but the sharpshooting forward from Italy recently confirmed he received interest from Spanish club FC Barcelona. Barcelona is trying to replace star forward Kostas Papanikolaou who signed a deal with the Houston Rockets.

Datome told La Gazzetta dello, via a Sportando translation:

"I want to play at least one more year in the NBA. This is the reason why I have signed for two seasons with the Pistons because several players have difficulties during their rookie seasons" said Datome. "It is great to know that one of the most important basketball teams in Europe is interested in me. They did not offer me and we did not have any negotiation but I talked with my agent and we decided together to remain in NBA" added the captain of Italian NT.

It seems Datome had much more reasonable expectations for himself than many Pistons fans did. Starved for any sort of long-range marksman, Datome was given a guaranteed two-year deal to become an off-the-bench shooter. Datome started the year getting off the bench, and he got up his shots, but they sure weren't going in.

In his final year in Europe he was a member of the rare 50-40-90 club and averaged more than 16 points a game. In the NBA his line plummeted to 47-18-80 and he averaged just 2.4 points per game, eventually falling out of the rotation.

But struggling with the NBA 3-point shot and everything else that comes with the cultural and competitive transition is a common issue for international players. Just last year Brooklyn's Mirza Teletovic became a key rotation player on a playoff team hitting 39 percent from 3 in year two. But during his rookie year he struggled to earn minutes and hit just 34 percent from deep.

And former Piston Jose Calderon also struggled in his first year. As a 24-year-old rookie in 2005-06, Calderon hit 16 percent from 3 on limited attempts, hit 33 percent in year two and has averaged 42 percent for the remainder of his career.

This is pure speculation, but I would be surprised if Datome's agent didn't check in with Stan Van Gundy and the Pistons or get a temperature of Datome's interest from other NBA clubs when making this decision. The Pistons roster stands at 16 players assuming Greg Monroe returns and that means one player has to be released or traded.

The bottom of the roster is probably a fight between little-used Tony Mitchell, Datome and Will Bynum. a veteran on an expiring contract who might stick around as point guard depth and or as a guy with a close to $3 million expiring contract that could help facilitate a future deal.

You have to think Van Gundy thinks Datome can be part of the plan in Detroit (he certainly fits the stereotypical profile of a Van Gundy player), and if he is not sticking in Detroit he could be traded to a club and not just left on the unemployment line stuck looking to latch on to a lesser opportunity overseas than what Barcelona would have represented.

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Ragged Road Hits Detroit To Interview Love Meets Lust
At The Magic Stick this past August, I was asked by the producers of the online reality TV show Ragged Road to give one of their young cast members an assignment: interview a up-and-coming local Detroit band and show them why Detroit is a great place for live music.
After watching Ragged Road's Detroit Episode, I have to say that Love Meets Lust did a great job with the producer fed idea of giving the unsuspecting cast member Jessica a hard time on her very first "rock" interview. However, what the camera's don't show is that after the interview, the guys in Love Meets Lust and I ditched the neophyte, under-21 cast and got hammered with the show's crew in Greektown.
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by Randy Bishop on October 20, 2008 3:57 pm
Gotta love the giant penis behind the interviewer...
by James on October 20, 2008 10:08 pm
Great job, Dave! What a strange and fun little show.


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Hit-and-run: two people appear in court
Two people appeared in court today following the death of a 12-year-old boy who was killed in a suspected hit-and-run in Bradford.
Bilal Raffey Khizar was knocked down by a car which had been followed by police in the city on Saturday. Zain Khan appeared before magistrates charged with causing death by dangerous driving, while Sara Hughes is charged with perverting the course of justice.
The pair, both aged 21 and from Halifax, were remanded in custody until next week, when they will appear at Crown Court.


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I am implementing a calculator in symbian which look as same as windows(desktop) calculator. I have read a post by stenlik in nokia forum itself that its difficult for newbie to develop a calculator in symbian but i have to develop it. I am completed with the gui part plz do help me in following sections:
1) As there will be only one editor box so my code for a+b=c should work like first it display "a" and as i press "+" a should be stored in some memory or buffer and "0" should be displayed on editor and now "b" will be displayed and on pressing "=" it should as the b with memory data and display again on the same editor . So how should i proceed in that help with sample code.
2)As calculator is aligned from the right side how i can achieve that.
3)How to handle the button on the calculator in the gui and how to get the coordinate of mouse movement so that button can be pressed from emulator.
4)how to handle MC , MR , MS , M+ of the calculator.
plz send the sample codes also and if any body is having code of calculator on one editor box and button handling then plz do send me.
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A level-two sex offender accused of placing a video camera in a dressing room during a swimsuit fashion show in Southampton is scheduled to answer a felony indictment on Friday.
Police said that on July 12 Robert Liguori, of 2 Whittier Dr. in Mastic Beach, entered the female models' changing area, positioned the camera on a shelf and left. But before he could retrieve it, an intern discovered the camera, and the fashion designer behind the show, Lu Berry, removed it, according to authorities.
Southampton Village police arrested Liguori at his home on Sept. 18 and executed a search warrant, seizing videos and photos. He was initially ordered held in lieu of $32,000 bail, but on Thursday a Suffolk County Criminal Court judge remanded him to the county jail in Riverside without bail.
Liguori was originally expected to be indicted Thursday, but the case was delayed one day. According to online court records, Liguori could be facing five counts of unlawful surveillance in the second degree, a felony.
He was also recently arrested in an unrelated case in Center Moriches, in which Suffolk police said he exposed himself to a woman working at a clothing store. According to the arrest report, he returned to the store two more times that day, Sept. 7, "placing the victim in fear of the commission of a sex offense against her ..." He was charged with stalking in the third degree, a misdemeanor, and is due in Suffolk County First District Court in Central Islip on Nov. 8.
Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota said Liguori became a registered sex offender after the U.S. Customs Service arrested him in 1998 for trafficking in child pornography, transmitting child pornography, and transporting child pornography interstate.
Southampton Village police said further charges could be forthcoming against Liguori, after detectives finish browsing photographs and other materials collected from his home.


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WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE DEPTHS OF AN ECONOMIC RECESSION, and so prevalent is its grip on our culture that greedy CEOs, evil bankers, and horrible bosses have replaced Eastern Europeans and Arabs as the go-to bad guys in Hollywood films. I hear that the remake of Red Dawn has changed the parachuting Russians to tax attorneys invading in sensible sedans.
Are you out of work? Do you spend your days in your pajamas scrolling Craigslist and yelling at your cats? Are you tired of being judged by your employed friends with their jobs, and their mortgages, and their paid bills? Joblessness getting you down? The Smoking Jacket is here to provide you with fulfilling ways to spend your days while simultaneously creating the illusion that you're still contributing to society. Funemployment makes you look both industrious and interesting enough to not work.
1. Become an Artist
Don't worry. You're not actually going to make anything. Being an actual artist is a fate worse than unemployment. Choose anything, it doesn't matter what. You can be a painter, sculptor, writer, dancer, experimental filmmaker, jazz musician, or poet. Or maybe not a poet. Now that you've chosen your discipline, you no longer have to sheepishly reply: "I'm between jobs," when people ask you what you do. Hell no! You're an artist. From now on, you claim to be writing grants, working on a project, talking to agents. You've managed to become more important and less slovenly while explaining your eccentric mood swings, and of course all the cats. Plus, if you say you're an artist for long enough, there's a good chance you'll eventually get a tenured professorship at some Liberal Arts college. And the great unspoken advantage being an artist is that you don't actually have to produce any work. Ever. Just ask my thesis advisor.
2. Drink
Weeks are long, daytime TV sucks, and drinking is fun. Never has the saying 'it's five o'clock somewhere' been so apropos. Replace that cream in your coffee with Bailey's. Skip those Pizza Pops for lunch, and have a Jack and Coke instead. Don't fall into the trap of drinking alone. Bars are filled with colorful characters at all hours of the day, and with your newfound artist persona, you can write off your midday bar visits as 'research.' And who knows where you'll wake up, maybe with a job! Stranger things have happened. Once, in the midst of a long drunk spell, after being laid off from a frozen pizza and radial tire plant in Des Moines, Iowa, I woke up with a nice little daytime manager gig at a Denny's.
3. Tweet
Are you on Facebook? Do you tweet? Tumbl? No? Why the hell not? This is where you show the world that you're trying to find gainful employment, even if you haven't left your house in three days, and you've replaced the cream in your coffee with Bailey's and coffee in your coffee with scotch. Plus, it's not time-wasting, not when your unemployed. It's called networking. Update your Facebook status with faux tales from the weary job applicant like: "Finding a job is the hardest job you'll ever have." Or: "Man, I feel like I'm close. Good things come in threes! Wish me luck!" Tweet links to other job listings claiming: "This one's not for me, but someone should apply!" Tumbl pictures of your cats. Lots of cats. At least one post a day on all social media sites should involve cats. And your cats should have people names like Esther, or Matt, or Dylan. People will believe that by owning cats, you are a compelling and productive human being because you respect the species enough not to belittle your felines by calling them Fuzzy, or Patches, or Asshole. Use exclamation marks on your social media updates. They tell (exclaim!) to everyone that things are going great!!!
4. Nap
Listen, you've had six cocktails and it's not even noon, your cats have tired of the attention, and your Internet connection is down, probably because you can't afford to pay it. So what do you do? You nap. Napping is the new sleeping. Get yourself some blackout curtains or duct tape garbage bags over your windows. Feel free to use your bed, but the couch is better. If a buddy catches wind of your six-hour naps and suggests the sleeping's a sign of depression, unfriend the guy. That guy's an asshole with a job.
5. Stop Wearing Pants
Listen, pants are a sign of success. And if you're sober and wearing pants at four in the afternoon, you're just showing off. An added bonus is that without pants, there's no pants to get covered in cat hair, and trust me, at this point in your funemployment, cat hair will be a problem. And you're automatically the most interesting person drinking at the bar in the middle of the day when you're pantsless.
Mike Spry is the author of JACK (Snare Books, 2008), which was shortlisted for the 2009 Quebec Writers' Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry, and he was longlisted for the 2010 Journey Prize. His most recent work is Distillery Songs (Insomniac Press, 2011). He lives in Toronto.
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Brendan C. Hall joined ESPNBoston.com as a high schools reporter/editor in May 2010, after four years covering high schools for The Boston Globe. The Westminster, Mass. native also served on the Globe's Bruins beat in 2009.
Preseason Snapshot: Boston English BulldogsBrendan C. Hall
BOSTON -- As part of our ongoing tour leading up to our fifth annual preseason football gallery, today we checked in with the Boston English Bulldogs, riding high momentum in the Boston City League headed into its second year under head coach Brian V...Blog | August 27, 2014
Scrimmage Slants: No. 9 Brockton at No. 5 St. John'sBrendan C. Hall
SHREWSBURY, Mass. -- It's always a treat when Brockton and St. John's of Shrewsbury get together for their annual scrimmage. In this year's installment between No. 9 Brockton and the No. 5 Pioneers, there was some rust to be shaken off, but plenty of...Blog | August 25, 2014
Snapshot: St. John's ready for closeupBrendan C. Hall
SHREWSBURY, Mass. -- We continued our fifth annual preseason football gallery tour this morning with a visit to St. John's High School, where the No. 5 Pioneers are seeking a return to Gillette Stadium after falling in last year's inaugural MIAA Divi...Blog | August 22, 2014
Snapshot: Scenes from Day 4 of training campBrendan C. Hall
For many teams across Massachusetts, today marked the first day of full pads and live contact. And boy, were some anxious to strap them on. Here are some of the best moments from today's slate of action across the Bay State: Nice morning for so...Blog | August 22, 2014
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Greylock's Benzinger commits to Wake ForestBrendan C. Hall
Scholarship-caliber offensive linemen in Massachusetts routinely come from the most uncommon of places, in all shapes and sizes. Exhibit A comes tonight from Williamstown, where Mount Greylock senior offensive tackle Jake Benzinger gave a verbal comm...Blog | August 21, 2014
Top 25 countdown: Nos. 20-16Brendan C. Hall
On Monday, we unveiled our statewide MIAA Top 25 preseason football poll. Today, we continue our annual countdown of the poll with Nos. 20 through 16. ICYMI: 25-21 NO. 20 DOHERTY Coach: Sean Mulcahy (24th season, 112-141) 2013: 12-1, Division...Blog | August 20, 2014
Snapshot: Scenes from Day 2 of training campBrendan C. Hall
Get ready for a swarm of these videos in the coming days. Auburn was the first, but certainly won't be the last, high school football team to do the Ice Bucket Challenge. Northbridge accepted Auburn's challenge: http://t.co/3VSK17D8BR Challeng...Blog | August 20, 2014
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After explosive 2013, Wright ready for encoreBrendan C. Hall
AUBURN, Mass. -- Everybody in Auburn has their own favorite Mark Wright run. "You ever seen his YouTube highlights? Ohh, the spin move," exclaims linebacker Nick Thomas, his voice growing more animated as he takes us through a developing play from...Blog | August 19, 2014
Snapshot: Best of MIAA football's first dayBrendan C. Hall
More than 300 football programs across the state opened training camp today, the first day of MIAA-sanctioned practices. Here are some of the best tweets from around the Bay State. Once again, be sure to use the #RoadToGillette hashtag throughout ...Blog | August 19, 2014
Video: Auburn High's 'Ice Bucket Challenge'Brendan C. Hall
AUBURN, Mass. -- The football team at Auburn High School is the latest to partake in the latest internet craze, the "Ice Bucket Challenge". In the video below, the entire Rockets team partakes in the challenge, donating $214 to the ALS Associatio...Blog | August 18, 2014
Xaverian No. 1 in Preseason Football PollBrendan C. Hall
We kicked off our fifth year of high school coverage this morning with our statewide preseason MIAA Top 25 football poll. To view it, CLICK HERE. The next poll update will be on Monday, Sept. 8, following the first week of action. A few notes ...Blog | August 18, 2014
Plymouth North's Walsh commits to BCBrendan C. Hall
Plymouth North rising junior lefthander Joe Walsh gave a verbal commitment to Boston College last night, he announced on his Twitter account. The 6-foot Walsh has taken unofficial visits to Chestnut Hill several times this offseason, most recently...Blog | August 16, 2014
Needham's Child commits to BryantBrendan C. Hall
Needham High senior defensive end Derek Childs has verbally committed to Bryant University for the 2015 season, head coach David Duffy told ESPNBoston.com tonight. The 6-foot-3, 233-pound Childs is a captain this fall for the Rockets, who a year a...Blog | August 15, 2014
Video: Strom's catch is SportsCenter's top playBrendan C. Hall
Last night, Hopedale resident Ian Strom made ESPN's SportsCenter as the No. 1 play of the evening with this amazing diving catch in centerfield for the Worcester Bravehearts. The Bravehearts, playing in their inaugural season of the Futures Colle...Blog | August 15, 2014
Snapshot: Hockomock Football Media DayBrendan C. Hall
FRANKLIN, Mass. -- Tuesday morning on the field turf at Franklin High School, the Hockomock League held its first-ever football media day for its 12 member schools. Hosted by Franklin head coach and athletic director Brad Sidwell and HockomockSports....Blog | August 13, 2014
Phillips Andover's Hosman commits to UMassScott Barboza and Brendan C. Hall
Phillips Andover baseball infielder Matt Hosman (2015) tells ESPN Boston that he's given a verbal commitment to UMass-Amherst. Hosman, a Peabody native, was considering offers from a host of Patriot League and NESCAC schools before giving his comm...Blog | August 11, 2014