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(WMC-TV) - Two people were reportedly killed in Jackson, Tenn. Wednesday night. Several sources are reporting that one of the men killed was an Arkansas State University football player, according to The Jackson Sun.
The Jackson Sun reports that several websites that cover the Arkansas State University football team are posting about the death of Markel Owens.
A post from the football team's official Twitter account Thursday morning expressed condolences to the defensive lineman's family.
"Today is a tough day for the Red Wolves family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Markel Owens' family and friends at this difficult time."
Police have yet to confirm the identities of the Jackson shooting victims, reports The Jackson Sun. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. on Walker Road.
According to AStateRedWolves.com, Owens grew up in Jackson, Tenn., and graduated from Liberty Technology Magnet High School in 2010.
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Just some informal thoughts on the University of Louisville's victory over Duke in the NCAA Midwest Regional Final . . . Riding shotgun with WDRB sports director Tom Lane on the drive to Louisville from Indianapolis. A year ago, I was on a red-eye flight back from Phoenix and wrote a little blog entry with my impressions. It went over pretty well, so I'll try it again.
My first thought tonight is that 24 hours ago, in writing a bunch of pieces for the web site here, I was struck by the enormity of the game. The stakes for the players and coaches, the historical ramifications for two of the game's heavyweight coaches. In fact, the biggest question all day was about the health of U of L's team, because of an outbreak of strep throat. Funny, that didn't come up in the postgame discussion after U of L's 85-63 win over Duke.Instead, tonight, both on TV and in my first column on the game, the game itself didn't even make the lead.The Kevin Ware injury shifted a game that was larger than life into real-life mode.The role of social media when something like that happens is pretty astounding. As I wrote in my column, celebrities from all over were Tweeting well-wishes to Ware. From the hospital room, Ware's girlfriend Tweeted a photo of him holding the championship trophy.There was plenty of debate on my timeline about CBS replaying the injury multiple times in its broadcast, then approving of its decision not to play it anymore. WDRB did not air a replay of the injury. At least one other station in Louisville chose to. Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated was catching grief for posting an old story he'd done on Ware's recruitment to Central Florida, which landed the school on probation. I didn't look at the story. I don't share the outrage of some who are angry. Maybe if I looked at it I would.I do know that media would be well-served to remember that these guys are human begins, and not even professionals. Earlier this year, the newspaper ran an editorial cartoon that played off an x-ray of Nerlens Noel's injured knee. I thought it crossed the line.Beyond Ware, though, the game itself provided abundant images.With the score tied at 42-42, Seth Curry heating up and fouls mounting, I thought the situation for U of L looked bleak. The Cardinals would not have agreed.U of L then hit Duke with a combination. It got enough of a stand defensively to ignite a spark, then played its most flawless offense of the season down the stretch. Guards Peyton Siva and Russ Smith were untouchable.Richard Pitino, the coach's son and Florida International's head coach, made the observation a day earlier in practice that Siva and Smith are better going north and south than laterally. He suggested that his dad tweak the high ball screen to get those two guards going more at the basket than parallel to it when they came off the screen. Duke couldn't touch it. Siva and Smith got into the lane at will. They "lived in our paint" as Mike Krzyzewski said they had done in the Duke victory over Louisville in November.Chane Behanan nearly teared up in the locker room talking about Ware. Pitino did several times after the game talking about him.On the court after the win, I asked Tom Jurich if he was surprised at the margin given the Ware injury and all the adversity. "Nothing that guy does surprises me," Jurich said of Pitino.U of L president James Ramsey said he was sitting right in front of the spot where Ware went down. "It was a sickening thing," Ramsey said. "The amount of toughness these guys showed to come back after that is something the entire university will be proud of."Sitting beside Jurich when it happened was U of L football coach Charlie Strong, who told the athletic director, speaking about Pitino, "He'll be fine. He just needs to get them in the locker room and refocus."Covering a game for television is far different from covering for the newspaper. I'm still writing columns, but with the paper, I had one shot. For TV, I'll write several. I wrote five stories advancing the game in the hours leading up to it. My first column came on the reaction to Kevin Ware, because that was what people were wanting to hear about.Next up I'll recap the entire game, and take my time doing it, trying to rebuild what happened from preparation to execution.Of course, in television, there's always the TV element, going out and talking about the game on camera.A year ago, the Final Four was a surprise. It was an intimate affair. There were only a few hundred U of L fans in Phoenix. The team was sequestered at a resort a half-hour from the arena. When the coaches went to a restaurant and bar for a post-game party, U of L fans took it over.This team has expected the Final Four, would not be satisfied with not reaching it, and in fact will not be satisfied with just getting there."If we don't win a national championship," a player told me Saturday, "we've failed to get to our goal."That player was Kevin Ware.I remember seeing Tim Henderson enter the game and immediately making a play that won't show up in the stat sheet. He charged to cut off a dribbler in the pass, forcing a cross-court pass that was stolen. At the end of the game, Luke Hancock orchestrated a clearout that got Henderson a three.Last year, because of production concerns, Henderson was left out of the newspaper's Final Four commemorative section for U of L. They'd better put him in this year. The Cards are going to need him in Atlanta.The last guy I interviewed after last year's Elite Eight victory over Florida is the last guy I interviewed after this year's: Trainer Fred Hina.Fred had a busy season last year. He was putting out fires every week. Pitino called him the "grim reaper," because every time he came into the office it was with more bad news.That wasn't the case this season. This time, Hina was calmly explaining to the media what he'd done with Ware, the steps that were taken, what medical details he could give. He said he didn't respond to the severity of the injury when it happened, didn't have the emotional response. But the more he talked, the more you could tell it was hitting him in a delayed way.I ran into U of L radio color analyst Bob Valvano wandering off the court after the team had gone back to the locker room, and he seemed almost dazed for a bit. He told me it had been a struggle to contain his emotions after watching the Ware injury and the team reaction. Later, he would write this reflection on it.Finally, a year ago, on the airplane back from Phoenix, I marveled at the cavalier nature that you could hand your postseason fate to as unstable a force as Russ Smith down the stretch.A year later, his were the hands you wanted the ball in. He was gassed. Every perimeter jumper he tried was pretty badly short. So he just went to the hole. He went to the hole exclusively. Not since watching Derrick Rose with Memphis have I seen guards get to the rim with the ease and efficiency of Siva and Smith in that game.Before the game, I wrote about Smith and Gorgui Dieng, who bring such personality to the team. Dieng looked that the halftime box score, "When I saw I only had one rebound, I knew I had to really bring it in the second half." He did, with a second-half double-double, to finish with 14 points and 11 rebounds.About the last thing I saw before heading off to write was equipment manager Vinny Tatum getting the regional championship trophy. He had someone to show it to. Later, a picture of the trophy surfaced on Twitter, and Ware was holding it. Pitino spent the night with him at the hospital.Periodically through the season I've visited the U of L basketball office to meet with the coach. Since he arrived, there has been an empty spot in the U of L trophy case with a sign that reads, Reserved for the next NCAA championship trophy. For the Cards in Atlanta, their table is waiting.
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Yes, I know this is a little bit late. But in the Forrest underdog to Shogun thread, I came to a realization- Shogun Rua, chillingly brutal as he is at his best, has a fatal weakness to grinding, takedown + top control fighters. Maybe some of you have figured this out, maybe not; at any rate, I have never seen this articulated, and think it bears repeating-
Shogun always loses to grinders ALL of Rua's losses are to grinders (specifically- well rounded grinders).
Gifs, breakdowns, etc after the jump.
Now, before you point to Rua's wins over Arona and Randleman, I will give him credit for those wins. They were swift and decisive. However, Arona had just gone through a grueling battle with Wanderlei, and was exhausted; whereas over on the other side of the bracket, Shogun had a much easier time with his 6 minute TKO victory over Alistair Overeem. Randleman, as we all know, is quite one dimensional, and has historically been a pretty easy submission mark.
From early in his career to his current run in the UFC, Mauricio's main flaw has reared it's ugly face repeatedly. Renato Sobral was the first man to exploit this. Yes, Babalu was already a veteran of some 27 fights at that point, as opposed to Shogun's 4, which is obviously an enormous advantage. Basic synopsis- Babalu gained easy takedowns and worked from top control throughout the entirety of the first round, Shogun was able to stuff him in the second frame and work from the top to tie up the scorecards. The final round was a back and forth grappling match, with Shogun rolling for leglocks on two separate occasions, and Babalu cinching a guillotine he had worked on for some time (initially trying for the arm in, then re-adjusting and clearing Rua's arm for the finish).
And that was fine- there's little shame in losing a war to a skilled veteran like Babalu. Shogun went on to have an EXTREMELY successful run in Pride FC (I entrust your MMA history chops and spare you the details of said run). And in that run, you could point to different grueling fights he had as a rebuttal to my argument, such as the Diet Nog and Kaz Nakamura fights; however, in those fights, it was really Rua's boxing chops that were tested- he was the one executing the majority of the takedowns.
At any rate, during Shogun's tenure in PRIDE, he was never really put on his ass and ground down, and so his endurance was never an issue. An arm snapping mishap against notorious double leg + top position striking machine Mark Coleman can be chalked up to poor falling technique (known as Ukemi in Judo) on Shogun's part- another function of his poor defensive wrestling, and what I personally believe is (at least partially) responsible for his recurring knee injuries.
While we're on the topic of Coleman, I will momentarily leapfrog Forrest and summarize their rematch at 93. First off, I would like to say that the people who say Coleman was going to win a decision are batshit crazy; Shogun got taken down twice early in the first, but then proceded to beat the piss out of Marky Mark, standing and on the ground (even dropping him with a right). Round 2, Coleman got another few takedowns that he did nothing with, and Shogun still beat him up with strikes, as well as hitting a deep omoplata where Coleman was saved by the bell. Coleman was on his way to winning the 3'rd round with takedowns and ground strikes, but we all know how that ended.
Despite the support I show for Shogun here, it was clear that he was pretty damn tired by the 2'nd round, and really gassed by the 3'rd. Mark Coleman is 1 dimensional, and his striking defense has always been an issue for him when fatigue set in. This wasn't a loss, but it certainly wasn't an aesthetically appealing performance either.
The most obvious example of Shogun's woes against grinders is (unsurprisingly) at the hands of Forrest Griffin. Long story short, Forrest did what he does best- apply pressure. Shogun looked good early, landing with strikes and scoring takedowns. But the gumptious Griffin grinded away at the glorified Pride golden boy, grappling Rua until he gasped for air, in one of the gutsiest displays of gusto seen in the Octagon's great history.
And then (alliteration aside), Jon Jones did the same damn thing. Except for this time, there was no comeback; there were no early displays of skill- just Jon Jones throwing flying knees, spinning elbows, and slamming Shogun to the mat. And by the 3'rd round, Shogun was done for. BE poster PDL has mentioned that Jones fought dirty, attacking the throat and using headbutts. As rude as that is, it doesn't change the fact that Shogun would never beat Jon Jones.
Yes, Shogun has had some very bad luck with his knee injuries, but more than anything- he's had problems with takedown & top control specialists. I don't want to call Shogun a frontrunner, because that's obviously not true; however, Shogun's lackadaisical approach to takedown defense, and poor Ukemi has been the major issue plaguing his career. The man will undoubtedly go down as one of the great LHW's of our time, and can still accomplish quite a bit more in our sport, especially by dropping to a more competitive weight of 185. And hell, maybe fighting men his own size will mitigate these problems.
I'm a big Shogun fan, and I don't want this to seem like disrespect in any way. It's just something that came to me, that I felt should be articulated.


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It seems not everyone predicted Jimmy Fallon's ascendency to The Tonight Show.
During his first show Monday, Fallon said, "To my buddy who said I'd never be the host of The Tonight Show – and you know who you are – you owe me a hundred bucks, buddy."
That prompted a seemingly never-ending string of stars to come out and begrudgingly pay Fallon his $100.
Originally posted 02/18/2014 09:30AM
Jimmy Fallon's first monologue on the The Tonight Show had one unlikely crasher: His dad.
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A nervous-looking Jimmy Fallon took to the NBC Tonight Show stage Monday night, but quickly warmed up with the help of family and some famous friends.
"I really don't know how I got here," Fallon, 39, said during a sentimental opening monologue for his first night at the helm of the legendary show.
"I remember asking my parents to stay up late to watch Johnny Carson," said Fallon, whose mom and dad waved and blew kisses from the audience. "I can just think there's some kid asking their parents to stay up to watch me."
After introducing himself to the 240-person audience, the former SNL cast member and Late Show host, backed by his house band The Roots, gave a shout-out to wife Nancy Juvonen and infant daughter Winnie, who were backstage, before warning the audience, "I'll make fun of everybody on this show."
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When Seth MacFarlane and Bill Maher drop by your show to sing to you, you know you're not going to get a sentimental rendition of "The Best Is Yet to Come."
The pair said their goodbyes to Jay Leno on The Tonight Show Wednesday in swinging fashion, serenading the departing host with a song that thanked Leno for "the memories you gave," but mostly for "your rivalry with Dave [Letterman]" and "the beating that you gave."
The pair aren't referring to some previously hidden parking-lot dust-up between the two iconic late-night hosts, but rather, as Maher sings, the fact that "you crushed him in the ratings, and you'll take that to your grave!"
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Jimmy Fallon is bringing The Tonight Show back to the Big Apple, and it looks like the lifelong New Yorker is enjoying staying rooted in the city.
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Seth Meyers is preparing to take the reins of Late Night from Jimmy Fallon when the latter moves to The Tonight Show, and Fallon had his successor on the show Tuesday night for an important tradition: the passing of the Late Night pickle.
This isn't just Fallon being Fallon, however: Apparently it's a real, longstanding Late Night tradition. David Letterman's staff gave the pickle to Conan O'Brien when he inherited the show, and O'Brien gave it to Fallon when he took over.
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Just so you know, Jimmy Fallon has a fallback idea, a Plan B if taking over The Tonight Show, his dream showbiz job, doesn't work out.
In an interview with himself, for the March Men's Health, the smartly comedic Fallon, 39, offers a charming heart-to-heart chat, noting he's ready to become a mail carrier – he already took the test – if his historic gig on the NBC talk show falls apart when he takes over for Jay Leno on Feb. 17.
In addition to wearing shorts in the summer, "You also get to drive that vehicle that should be illegal in the United States where the steering wheel is on the other side," Fallon says gleefully of the government perks of going postal. "They have no rules. They are the punk rock of government jobs."
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[Thanks to bigintangibles for today's game preview. GameThread up at 7:08 -ed.]
Tonight, the Bulls host the Utah Jazz (19-20), a team that had been outperforming expectations earlier in the year, but seems to have settled into its expected course -- at or around .500 (Sportsbook.com put the Jazz's over-under at 31.5 wins before the season).
This will be the two teams' only meeting this season; the Jazz will be playing the tail-end of a back-to-back, and their third game in four nights, with the game against the Bulls being their last on a five-game road trip on which they have gone 2-2 after last night's loss to Philadelphia. The Bulls, on the other hand, will be playing the second game of a six-game homestand with a night of rest on either side.
Getting a win would be huge for Utah, in particular because though it is only 1.5 games out of the 8th seed in the west playoffs, John Hollinger only gives them a 22% chance of making it. The Jazz mirror some of the Bulls statistical strengths (notably: crashing the offensive glass, rebounding in general, and general offensive efficiency), though they are not as good at any, while the Bulls still hold key advantages in other areas.
(Stats from ESPN's John Hollinger)
As we can see from Hollinger's advanced statistics, both teams are excellent rebounding outfits (the Bulls lead the league in rebound rate and offensive rebound rate, while the Jazz are 6th and 2nd overall in those categories respectively), and efficient offensive teams, but as per usual, the difference comes at the end of the floor where the Bulls hang their hats: defense.
While Chicago is, as expected, a top-tier defensive team (ranking 2nd in overall defensive efficiency), the Jazz are mired at 24th overall. The Jazz allow above-average PERs at PG, PF and C, and suffer net negative PERs at PG, SG and SF. Whereas the Bulls are +12 when it comes to point-differential per 100 possessions, the Jazz are -1 (all according to 82games.com).
Of course, as mentioned, where the Jazz are strong is up front -- Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter are all big and tough, and it comes as no surprise the Jazz get PERs of over 20 from their PF and C positions. One way the Bulls may counter that will be to pack the middle, as the Jazz are an atrocious three-point-shooting team (their 30.1% from deep is 29th in the league). And, as we all know, the Bulls can also make things difficult for the Jazz up front with a variety of good-to-excellent defensive bigs...and Carlos Boozer.
The Bulls should be a little mindful of Al Jefferson actually passing, however, especially after he dished out this gem of a quote:
"It took eight years for me to realize if I passed the ball out and guys hit shots, it open[s] me up," Jefferson said. "I guess better late than never."
We could also see another strong game from Derrick Rose -- the Jazz's biggest PER differential is at PG, and Rose has averaged 24.7 PPG on 50% from the field and 47% from behind the 3PT line against Utah in his career. This is especially true with Luol Deng and Richard Hamilton expected to be out, though C.J. Watson is hoping to return (for more details on the injury situation, check out yfBB's update).
One factor to consider is that the Bulls have yet to lose back-to-back games so far this season -- in fact, in the eight games the Bulls have played following a loss, they have won them all by an average of 11.5 points. Coming off the loss to Orlando, you would expect Thibs will have the team ready to go. The Jazz, by contrast, are 10-9 after a loss, and 5-14 on the road.
Oh, and by the way, the Jazz have this guy:
Chicago: Richard Hamilton; Luol Deng; C.J. Watson (UPDATE: KC Johnson says Luol and CJ were held out of shootaround and Rip is out.)
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What seemed like a regular episode of "Community" turned into the bearer of bad news: Pierce Hawthorne is dead.
Well, I guess that depends on who you ask. Some might just be happy that the character is finally gone.
Here comes the aftermath Thursday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m.
Walton Goggins from "Justified" and "The Shield" guest-stars and here's what NBC says about the episode:
"After Pierce Hawthorne's (Chevy Chase) unexpected passing, a team of investigators headed by the no-nonsense Mr. Stone (guest star Walton Goggins), arrives at Greendale to submit the study group to lie detector tests before they can be considered for distributions under the will. Tensions mount as Mr. Stone digs in with the questions and the group members learn a little more about one another than they wished."
I also love the photo of how the study group says goodbye to Pierce:
I would have loved to see the Cookie Crisp wand make a return.
This episode also marks the one where we should find out why Troy is leaving the show. Do you think it's going to be a happy ending?


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Martez Brown, one of the co-defendants in the 2010 double homicide of Stephen Streeter and Keya Prince, will face sentencing Monday at 3 p.m. in Circuit Court I.
Madison County prosecutor Rodney Cummings withdrew a plea agreement for 17-year-old Brown after he admitted to lying under oath.
Brown initially told Anderson police Detective Jake Brooks, shortly after the bodies were discovered, that Smith shot Streeter in the head.
He reiterated his allegation during the jury trial for Jacob Fuller in July. However, during Aug. 29's bench trial for Smith, Brown said it was all a lie.
Cummings decided to move forward with a trial, but said he elected not to charge Brown with perjury.
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— Brad Maushart has been interested in the weather since he was in elementary school.
"My science projects were always weather related, and I was fascinated with storms in particular. Everything about the weather made me curious, and that curiosity carried through the years," he admits.
The son of Neil and Karen Maushart, Guilford, is a 2008 East Central High School and 2012 Ball State University graduate who majored in meteorology/climatology and minored in emergency management and homeland security.
"Going through college, I knew that I wanted to focus on broadcasting for a career. I interned with John Gumm, WKRC, immediately after finishing my first year at BSU. I worked for the next three years with the student run, live news program NewsLink Indiana as a weathercaster, which gave me a great deal of experience that helped me apply for jobs this past spring.
"The hardest part of getting a job in broadcasting is getting your foot in the door. I applied to about 15 different television markets .... (across the country). When I saw the opening in Anchorage, Alaska, I didn't even know if I wanted to apply at first. It was about 4,000 miles from home, and I was completely unfamiliar with Alaskan weather.
"I decided that it would be an exciting new adventure and sent my resume and resume tape to the news director at ABC/FOX. After just a half an hour, I received an e-mail back from the station requesting an interview. After a few weeks, I flew up for a week in Anchorage to check out the town and the station and then signed a contract before flying home to pack. The real adventure was a week or two later when I drove with my mother five days from Guilford to Anchorage."
The young man emphasizes, "I've lucked out with my first job. I'm working Monday through Friday, 1:30-10:30, which is usually considered a chief or primetime position at other stations. Our company, Coastal Television, owns both KTBY, FOX 4 and KYUR, ABC 13. We're known as 'YourAlaskaLink.' I'm the only meteorologist at our station at this time, as it is a rebuilding station.


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The Broncos have more free cap space this off-season than almost all other teams in the NFL. I, like most of you do not want to deter from the building through the draft route, but it is nice to have all of this space. After we resign the guys we want to resign, we can definitely add quality depth and maybe a starter at positions like S, OL, ILB, CB. What are your thoughts???


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DELAND, Fla. – A 10th-inning, RBI double by Derek Wiley lifted Belmont to a 4-3 win over Mercer in second-round action at Stetson on Thursday evening in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. The Bruins are now the lone undefeated team in the double-elimination tournament.
Mercer tied up the contest in dramatic fashion with a two-out rally in the bottom of the ninth frame. Belmont closer Chris Manning retired the first two batters, but a pinch-hit double by Andrew Einert started things. John Dortch advanced pinch runner Richard Bentley to third with an infield single. Another pinch hitter, John Daugherty, then delivered a huge run-scoring single to knot the score at 3, but Wiley's base knock secured the Bruins' win. Manning (3-0) came back to earn the win with a scoreless 10th inning.
Each squad's left-handed starter was sharp in the early going as Mercer southpaw Blake Quarles limited Belmont to no runs and four hits through six innings while Bruins' lefty Carlos Testa tossed shutout, one-hit ball in the first five frames.
Quarles finished his outing allowing one run on four hits in six innings of work. The crafty southpaw had some of his best stuff this season striking out four and issuing four free passes.
Testa was impressive as well giving up two runs on four hits in six innings while fanning a pair and walking one batter.
Following an uneventful opening five innings, the Bears (33-24) finally cracked the scoreboard in the sixth inning taking a brief two-run lead. Matt Crawford notched a one-out double and Eric Renfroe followed with a bloop-single to center. Josh Thompson then delivered a sacrifice fly to score Crawford and Mike Armstrong garnered his team-high 19th two-out RBI with a double to deep left field.
Belmont (33-24) answered back in the seventh taking a 3-2 lead. Quarles walked Brandon McCall to lead off the frame and A-Sun saves leader Cory Gearrin entered the game for Mercer. The second batter he faced, Packy Elkins, recorded an infield single and Wilson Tucker followed with his 11th homer this season. The three-run shot gave the Bruins their first lead of the game.
Gearrin (4-3) battled back after surrendering Tucker's three-run blast, but was dealt the loss. It was the first home run the junior has given up all season.
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ORIGINAL paintings of Malvern's newest public artworks will be up for grabs at a special charity event hosted next week by Malvern mayor Julian Roskams.
Artists Lee Morris and Tom Brown became the talk of the town when they hung three portraits of Malvern's own Edward Elgar at the bus shelter by Rose Bank Gardens, and created a Banksy-style mural of the composer alongside.
Now they have donated the original canvases - not the ones installed at the shelter - and the stencil for the mural to Malvern Town Council, to help fund community arts projects in the town.
They will be sold on Thursday, April 10, at the Mount Pleasant Hotel, with Charles Rambridge from Philip Serrell Auctioneers conducting the auction.
The auction is at 7pm, and is followed at 7.15pm by the Mayor's Mindboggling Quiz Night. Teams of four or five are invited to enter, with all proceeds going to Malvern Special Families, Cllr Roskams' charity for the year.
Cllr Roskams said: "The auction is a great way to raise funds for public art in the town, and we're extremely grateful to Lee and Tom for their generosity."
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I stayed on the fourth floor of the north tower of the Congress in December, 2012. I have stayed in this hotel many times before and always enjoyed my stay and had no bugs. And this time I did not get any bites, nor did my husband. However, the first night when I went into the bathroom, there were two bugs crawling on the floor. I just killed them and threw them in the garbage, thinking it was strange because I had never seen that type of bug before. Then I got into bed, put my hand under the pi
llow and encountered some kind of grit. The bed seemed very clean and nicely made up, but when I picked up the pillow, there was flakes of something black under it. It almost looked like tea leaves, pepper, or shreds of herbs. It was strange, but I thought maybe someone had put lavender in the pillow. Silly me! Later I saw pictures of bed bugs online and realized that the bugs in our room were indeed bed bugs, and the lint under my pillow was probably from bed bugs, too. Creepy. As I said, we were not bitten and have not, evidently, brought them home with us; but this experience definitely "creeped me out" and made me all the more cautious about the hotels I stay in. A thorough examination of every room is needed when you first go in.
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I too have stayed in this hotel a number of times with absolutely no bed bug issues. One time (2010) seven of us stayed there for several days (in four separate rooms spread out around the hotel)- not a single bite between us!
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I have stayed at the Congress Plaza Hotel on numerous occassions since 2006. I have NEVER seen a bed bug or returned with bites. I have stayed in various rooms, from small to large, old to renovated. All clean and bug free.
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I had planned to stay at the hotel over Labor Day Weekend (9/11), but when I went into the room, I immediately check the bed. The first corner I came to, I found a small bed bug crawling along the corner of the mattress. We immediately checked out.
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MADISON (WKOW) -- Several hundred students took part in the Martin Luther King Youth Day of Service and Science and the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery.
The event gave students the opportunity to learn about everything from geology, to community building through a number of different exhibits and workshops.
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Ok so the world has ended, Roy done, Oden out yet another year, and on the same day " The Portland Trail Blazers and Greg Oden agreed to a restructured one-year contract " I say to myself, Huh?
So i had to ask myself the question "if i were Paul Allen or anyone of his ilk, how much would I pay for hope." I mean think about it, 5 years now and 82 games played. Of course i am referring to Oden, the hope being.....elite centers win titles. It is proven, and the combo of LMA and Oden makes anyone jealous.....if/when Oden is healthy. But one out of five years, i looked for a case study similar. There are none, in any sport. Not one player i could find has missed four of there first 5 years in there respective leagues.
So again, How much would you pay for hope? Because that is all that Oden has given this team, that and heartbreak. Now i don't want to hear the random "injuries arent his fualt" crap. Dont care about that, facts are facts. One out of five years, ill say it again. I don't want to hear the Oden hope-fulls that will say that Oden will pull through, no he wont AND thats not the point. Simply, how much......if you were Allen or any other super rich NBA owner......would you pay for hope.
Paul Allen for the record has paid atleast 20million for one player named Greg Oden, and counting. Myself, i would have cut bait on Oden as soon as he was healthy enough to trade him for a good value. Wait has that ever happened?
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LA CROSSE, WI (WXOW)—Local high school students got a chance to see what it's like to be in UW-La Crosse's Screaming Eagle Marching Band during High School band day UW-L's homecoming football game on Saturday.
A chance Two hundred and sixty high school students, from eight area high schools, had two hours to learn to play and dance four different songs like the screaming eagles.
"These kids, they know the music," Tammy Fisher, Screaming Eagles Director said. "I mean it's Party Rock Anthem, it's Cupid Shuffle so its music that they know and they're familiar with."
"Well we already played them before," Xochitl Riley, La Crescent Sophomore said. "We just were doing it together so it wasn't that bad. It was just really cold."
Screaming Eagle Clarinetist Kirsten Berg braved the cold to help the students learn the dance.
She said that was the best part of the day.
"They all kind of looked a little scared at first but I could tell they really were enjoying it," Berg said.
Fisher said their reward for all of their hard work is performing in front of hundreds of people at UW-L's homecoming game.
"I know our audience really appreciates the efforts that they've put into the day," Fisher said.
This was the second year UW-L hosted High School Band Day. Fisher hopes to do it again next year because its a great way to inspire the students to continue playing music after high school.
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- Needle talk: The is hosting the monthly today from 10 to 11:45 a.m. This club offers participants a chance to learn, share, and motivate one another in the art of knitting.
- Theater night: Burlington Center for the Arts is holding its inaugural musical theatre event with a production of "" at 7:30 tonight. The musical will be performed at 6 Lexington Street and the cost is $20 for adults and $15 for children and seniors.
- Healthy living: The , 61 Center St. is holding a "" exercise program for people 55 years and older at 9:15 a.m. today. This class will teach participants methods to live life to the fullest and have fun while strength training, balancing, moving and stretching.
- Norm!: On this day in 1993 the highly-popular sitcom "Cheers" ran it's final episode following an 11-year run on NBC. The show followed the trials, tribulations and petty problems of the regulars of a Boston-based bar. Though it was almost cancelled during the first season due to low rating, Cheers eventually became one of the highest-rated shows in the United States, coming out in the top 10 for eight of it's 11 seasons. And that, as Cliff Clavin would say, is a "little known fact."
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The Film Program at the University of New Orleans is part of the Department of Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts. You will become a part of an enthusiastic and energetic group of faculty and student filmmakers who will challenge you to achieve your creative potential. Though you may plan only to direct, edit, or produce in the future, you will be expected to achieve a basic understanding and competency in all aspects of filmmaking. Here students have the opportunity to explore the full range of the communication arts, from high-tech digital post-production to documentary and dramatic film production and live performance. We also share our building with the Department of Music and Jazz Studies, creating an intimate synergistic atmosphere within a broad spectrum of the performing arts.
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A truly unexplained fall is not compensable. Porte v. RPCS, Inc., No. 32492 (Mo. App. S.D., June 26, 2013), Francis, J.
An 83 year old claimant fell and broke her hip in his Employer's bathroom. The claimant had no recollection of how or why she fell. There were no witnesses to the incident and no evidence or testimony that the floor was wet or of any other apparent cause for her fall. There was testimony that the claimant had an unsteady gait prior to the incident.
The ALJ denied the claim and the commission affirmed the denial stating the claimant failed to identify a specific risk or hazard that resulted in the claimant's fall.
The court affirmed the denial of compensation as the claimant failed to show a "causal connection between her injury and her work activity…under 287.020(2)(b)"
A co-employee driver of a company car is afforded the protection of immunity from a fellow employee's civil suit for "ordinary" negligence, consistent with Hansen v Ritter, 375 S.W.3d 201, (Mo. App. W.D. 2012). Carman v. Wieland, No. 98872 (Mo. App. E.D., July 16, 2013), Mooney, P.J.
Claimant was struck by a fire truck that was backing up to park into their fire house. The claimant was seriously injured in the accident. She received worker's compensation benefits for the compensable accident and sued the driver of the fire truck for her injuries.
The court affirmed the granting of summary judgment on the part of the driver finding that the claimant failed to define a duty owed that was breached. "Critically, a co-employee's personal duties to fellow employees do not include a legal duty to perform the non-delegable duties belonging to the employer under the common law.' Citing Hansen v Ritter, 375 S.W. 3d 201.
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Question: How do I get full articles from the free government site www.eric.ed.gov?
You have a few options.
1.) The easiest to describe is just take the journal title from the citation you want, and look up that journal title in our library catalog (notice drop down menu to specify your search as "Journal Title." Then follow "Online access: Full-text options" links from the catalog record to the SFX page with the yellow bar and click the "GO" button next to the title. It will lead you into one of our vendor databases where you can browse by volume/issue/pages number to find your article.
2.) Maybe even easier to describe is that we also pay for a version of ERIC on the vendor platform called "EBSCOHost." You can find a link to it in our catalog - if you search just the word "ERIC" it will come up as the first result and take you to this link. Once in ERIC on EBSCO, then do the same search there that you did on the www.eric.ed.gov site. Your results should be the same and all will have links to the full text (if we have access to it) through our SFX system. The link says "Check for full-text availability" or something like that. By the way, we have a 3 minute video about searching using the ERIC thesaurus to search on this EBSCO platform.
3.) Lastly, there's the way the pro's do it. There is another free site called www.worldcat.org where you can create a free account where you "set your favorite library" to Drexel's Hagerty Library. This information is saved in your browser, and it will enable the special link in www.eric.ed.gov that shows up at the bottom of every single ERIC article record under the heading Full-Text Availability Options - see the link for "Find in a Library." It will provide a link to the Drexel's SFX linking system and pass you through to our electronic holdings, if we have them.
Any one of those should work. BTW - this is more relevant for journal articles from scholarly publishers. On the other hand, using the eric.ed.gov site for self-published documents usually provides the full text directly without any of this linking issue.


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The Houston Rockets took game 1 convincingly in Portland to steal away the homecourt advantage from the Trailblazers but couldn't muster enough to steal game 2 as well, as the roar of the crowd in the Rose Garden and Brandon Roy's 42 points proved too much to overcome on Tuesday night.
The series is now tied 1-1 but it's essentially 0-0 with Houston now having the homecourt advantage. This is a 5 game series:
@ Houston, Friday April 24th *W
@ Houston, Sunday April 26th *W
@ Portland, Tuesday April 28th *L
@ Houston, Thursday April 30th *W / L*****
@ Portland, Saturday May 2nd L*****
*If both teams hold homecourt the rest of the way, the Rockets will win this series in game 6, like many originally predicted. In years past, the Rockets have lost key home playoff games and must find a way to win all three at the Toyota Center this year. Do that, and my friends, we get out of the first round for the first time in 98217565281596 years.
*****Do it not, lose one in Houston, and we will most likely be forced to play a game 7 in Portland. That loss to Dallas in 2005 by 40 points still looms in the back of my mind. We must win all of our home games. We've done it all year and there's no reason why we can't continue doing so. The Rockets need to tighten up their defense again and hold down their home court.


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The Astros have a nice mix of young, ultra talented outfield prospects drafted out of Georgia high schools and older, more polished college outfielders. Guys like Jay Austin and Telvin Nash are young and have time to progress. College guys like Adam Bailey and Jacob Goebbert are more polished, but have shorter prospect time-frames. Austin Wates is the perfect combination of the two groups. He is young and "toolsy." And he also has college experience. Add another category: young guys signed out of the Domincan Republic. We are all familiar with Ariel Ovando, but another guy, Emilio King, seems determined to make a name for himmself this season.
Emilio King is an outfielder who was drafted out of the Dominican Republic in 2006. Recently, he has made a splash in Lexington by smacking 5 hits, including two homeruns and a double in his first two games. This is a bit perplexing because in nearly 600 professional at bats with the organization prior to this season, he hit only 4 homeruns and has posted a career .325 SLG percentage. He did show potential defensively last year in Greenville, where he had 14 assists in 63 games in RF. However, he has shown little offensively prior to this season to warrant a promotion to A ball. King's power surge may be flukey, but if it is not, Lexington has another potent bat to add to an already imposing lineup.
Another interesting guy at Lexington is Adam Bailey. Bailey, a former Cornhusker, was drafted in the 23rd round last year. He has opened this season by hitting 8 homeruns in his first 29 games. The trouble with Bailey is that he is already 23. He is a bit too old for his level and there is a log jam of outfielders ahead of him in the higher levels. For him to be considered a legitimate prospect, he would need to continue on his current tear all season, and somehow work his way up to Corpus Christi this year. There are plenty of other outfielders in the system in Bailey's situation of being a bit old, but productive. Brandon Barnes and Daniel Adamson are both also at least a year too old for their current level. Barnes is already 25 at Oklahoma City, and Adamson is 23 at Lexington.
Jacob Goebbert may be in a slightly better situation because he has hit his way to Corpus Christi by his age 23 season. He belted 10 homeruns and 48 doubles last year at Lancaster. He seems to have found a away to generate more homerun power this season. He hit 5 homeruns in 26 games at Lancaster before being promoted to double A. His team mate, JD Martinez, who has hit at least .340 every year as a pro, seems to have earned the inside track to Carlos Lee's job whenever it becomes available. Goeberrt has an opportunity this season, in my opinion, to situate himself right behind Martinez.
If there are openings in Houston's outfield in the next few years, it is likely that guys like Barnes, Martinez, Goebbert, or Bailey may bridge the gap between the current Astros outfield and the more exciting prospects who should make their way to Houston in 3 or 4 years. It is also possible that some of these older prospects become more than a bridge. Or, maybe run out of time without getting a shot.


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Speaking to Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore had a simple message for everyone who's been put out by the bad economy in America today.
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The 7th Annual 4-H Robotics Expo was held at University of Maine at Machias on Saturday, March 16th. Over 80 youth from nine schools from Washington County, Penobscot County and New Brunswick gathered to spend the day learning about and sharing their knowledge of robotics. Over twenty teams visited with judges and people from the general public during the morning session, demonstrating their robotic projects. "Maine 4-H is working to put more emphasis on the STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology and Math) skills than ever before to better prepare our youth for the future. Yet, life skills such as public speaking, problem solving, communication and team work are critical as well," says Jen Lobley, UMaine Cooperative Extension Educator. "This event combines it all."
The event is held on the University of Maine at Machias in an effort to connect youth to the campus. The afternoon offers science-based workshops led by faculty and staff members from UMM, UMaine Cooperative Extension, Maine Robotics and even by Quinn Sluzenski, a current Calais High School student and former Expo participant. From learning how to program robots to learning about a science summer camp offering at UMM, youth attend two hands-on sessions in the afternoon. "We want youth to see a variety of sciences, think about areas of study and possible careers that might be related to science," said Lobley. "The workshop presenters are awesome! The kids love the topics and activities!"
The afternoon offers a challenge activity to interested teams. The activity challenged teams to program a robot that would "put out a fire". The teams' mission was to use the robot to cover the fire (flashlight) with a fire box. The team with the fastest score won. Programming the robots along with a lot of patience, critical thinking and problem solving was required.
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Special thanks to our volunteer judges from the community: Jane Bell, Tom Bickford, Danielle Bragg, Katherine Cassidy, Gretchen Cherry, George Crawford, Betsy Fitzgerald, Ben Goff, Mike Henry, Malcolm Holmes, Michelle Jaques, Catherine Kropp, Emily Lobley, Joan Miller, Reece Miller, Andrew Muholland, and Candy O'Brien.
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Image Description: Members of the Mean Green Geckos and the Purple Pins of Edmunds School display the trophy won for Best Overall Presentation at the 4-H Robotics Expo.


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Lending money to friends is a tough subject. When my wife and I first moved to Los Angeles, we didn't have a pot to ….eh…cook with. Like many people, we had no choice. We had to start borrowing money from our friends to get started.
We both worked very hard and, fortunately, we were able to pay everyone back within six months. A few years later, one of the friends who helped us at that time asked us to lend him $3,000.
My wife and I thought that we'd probably never see the money back. But we felt obligated to return the favor. Can you turn someone down who needs your help and who helped you in the past?
We talked to our friend Lenny and set up a comfortable payment plan. In a shocking development, Len actually made those payments…for about three months. After that, he stopped making the payments and didn't return our calls.
We knew he had problems. He maxed out his credit cards and all the credit card alternatives too. The amount he borrowed was significant, but it wasn't enough to put us out in the cold. His behavior, on the other hand, put a frost on our friendship that has never thawed. I see this happening all the time…don't you?
What could my wife and I have done differently in order to have preserved our relationship? Anything?
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1. Since we knew from the get-go Len wouldn't likely pay us back, we should have been honest. We should have either given him the money as a gift or not given him the money at all.
This would have been difficult to do for two reasons:
a. Our last name wasn't Gates…we couldn't afford a $3,000 gift.
b. We just couldn't bring ourselves to refuse Len after he helped us.
2. We could have discussed our fears from the get-go.
Since we knew that Len would have difficulties paying us back – even under the very relaxed repayment plan – we could have discussed this issue from the start. I think this step would have relieved the pressure and possibly allowed us to salvage the friendship. Maybe we should have referred him to Lending Club as an alternative (for more information, see my Lending Club review).
3. We could have asked for collateral.
Again, this one would have been difficult…but doable. We may have gotten our money, but if we would have seized his property the relationship would have ended anyway.
4. We could have told Lenny that we have a "No Loans To Friends" policy.
This would have been super hypocritical because we violated that policy when we asked him for money years before.
Even though my wife and I made the loan never really expecting to see the money back, it hurt. Moreover, Len probably felt ashamed of himself. He found excuses to separate himself from us even though we told him that we had forgotten about the entire thing.
The best solution I've worked out is to never borrow money from friends again. This way, I can invoke the "no loans to friends" policy. Would this approach work for you?
My sense is that even if the person who borrows money from you pays you back, debt between friends sets up a weird dynamic that is very hard to survive. Somehow, the relationship is never the same.
Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? Have you felt obligated to loan money to someone knowing full well you'd never see that cash again? What impact did it have on the relationship?
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Asparagus is a traditional, early-spring food. Green asparagus is most popular in the United States, while Europeans prefer the crisper and milder white asparagus.
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Try to purchase asparagus grown close to home, because it begins to lose its flavor after it's harvested and can take on a woody texture as freshness wanes. Look for firm, round stalks with green or purple-colored, tightly closed tips. Stalks can be pencil-thin or finger-thick. Avoid withered spears and dry or slimy stem ends.
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Asparagus is an excellent source of vitamins K, C and A, as well as folic acid, which is necessary for producing red blood cells. It is also a good source of potassium, fiber, B vitamins, manganese, copper and phosphorous. And best of all, it's rich in health-promoting phytochemicals – compounds that fight cancer, inflammation and free-radicals.
Because asparagus causes most people to produce methanethiol (an essence similar to skunk spray), you may notice a peculiar odor in your urine after eating it. Not everyone can detect this smell, but if you can, don't worry. It's absolutely harmless.
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- To remove the fibrous white base, bend the spear until it breaks. It will snap right where the tender part meets the tougher end.
- Because asparagus is grown in sandy soil, wash it thoroughly to remove the grit from the tips.
- To store: Trim the stems and stand them in a glass filled with 1 to 2 inches of water. Cover with a plastic bag and refrigerate for two to three days.
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Always cook asparagus quickly. If it gets soft, it can lose its flavor. Avoid cooking it in iron pots: its tannins (naturally occurring plant polyphenols) will react with the iron, causing an unpleasant taste.
- You can serve asparagus cold after blanching, which brightens its color. Simply submerge the stalks in boiling water for a few seconds, then quickly cool them in ice water.
- For a quick sauté, cut asparagus into bite-size pieces and add to a hot frying pan with olive oil, chopped garlic, diced tomatoes and shiitake mushrooms. Sauté for one to two minutes. Before serving, season with lemon juice, soy sauce or balsamic vinegar, basil, parsley, tarragon, or rosemary.
- For grilled asparagus, mist spears with extra-virgin olive oil and add a touch of balsamic vinegar, freshly ground pepper and sea salt. Grill for five minutes, rotating the stalks every minute.
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