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Wednesday's Morning Mashup: Magic Johnson defends himself following criticism from banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling | 05.14.14 at 8:01 am ET |
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MLB: Red Sox at Twins, 8:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Tigers at Orioles, 12:35 (MLB Network)
MLB: Yankees at Mets, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
NHL playoffs: Canadiens at Bruins, 7 p.m. (NBCSN)
NHL playoffs: Ducks at Kings, 9:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
NBA playoffs: Nets at Heat, 7 p.m. (TNT)
NBA playoffs: Trail Blazers at Spurs, 9:30 p.m. (TNT)
Soccer: UEFA Europa final, Sevilla vs. Benfica, 2:30 p.m. (FS1)
— Magic Johnson responded to criticism from Donald Sterling by calling the suspended Clippers owner's latest comments "disturbing" and "sad."
In an earlier interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sterling said Johnson is not a good role model for children because he became HIV positive due to his irresponsible sexual behavior. He also questioned Johnson's financial commitment to the African-American community.
"That's his opinion if he things I'm not a role model," Johnson told TMZ. "I know the things that I've done in urban America and for people."
Johnson also sat down with Cooper and said Sterling is struggling with the fact that he "is not welcome back in the NBA."
"He's trying to find something that he can grab on to help him save his team. And it's not going to happen. It's not going to happen," Johnson told CNN. "The board of governors now have to do their job. Adam Silver, our commissioner of the NBA, did a wonderful job of banning him for life. Now the board of governors have got to do their job."
Johnson said Sterling called him after the tape of Sterling's racist comments — including specific mentions of Johnson — was released, but the owner never apologized to him.
"I'm tired of talking about Donald, it's a shame, I wish I would had did something to deserve this," Johnson told CNN. "[I take] a photo with a young lady and I have to answer all these questions."
Shelly Sterling, meanwhile, said she thinks her husband is having mental issues.
"He's not the man I know, or I knew," she told NBC's "Today" show. "There's something wrong. I really think, personally, he has dementia."
— The Clippers did their best to tune out the Sterling distraction in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals, but they squandered a seven-point lead inside the final minute and dropped a controversial 105-104 decision to the Thunder on Tuesday night in Oklahoma City.
"We were robbed," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said, referring to an out-of-bounds call with 11 seconds left that went in favor of the home team — and stood after a review.
"That could be a series-defining call," Rivers said. "And that's not right."
On the ensuing play, Chris Paul was called for touching Russell Westbrook's elbow on a 3-point try. Westbrook hit all three from the line for a one-point advantage with 6.4 seconds left.
Paul then had the ball stripped from him in the closing seconds as he drove the lane.
"Probably the toughest thing I've been through, basketball-wise," said Paul, who also had a key turnover down the stretch. "Everything that happened there at the end is on me. It was just bad basketball."
The Clippers got a memo from the league after a bad call in their opening-round series against the Warriors admitting the officials erred. Rivers said he doesn't want a similar note this time.
"No, I don't need it," he said. "I'll release the memo. They blew the call. That's the memo."
— Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson apparently is not convinced his team is on a fast track back to respectability.
The Texans were among the league's elite in 2012 but are coming off a disastrous 2013 season and have a new coach, Bill O'Brien. Johnson, the team's longest-tenured player, has played on just three winning teams in his 11-year career in Houston, and he acknowledged that "over time it can become very frustrating."
When he looks at the team's roster of quarterbacks, Johnson sees an unimpressive list that includes Case Keenum, Ryan Fitzpatrick, T.J. Yates and fourth-round draft pick Tom Savage.
Speaking to reporters at a charity event Tuesday, Johnson said: "I just kind of wonder sometimes: 'Is this still the place for me?' "
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On May 14, 1981, the Celtics captured their 14th NBA title with a 102-91 victory over the Rockets in Game 6. Who was named finals MVP?
Monday's Morning Mashup: Doc Rivers recounts players' anger after Donald Sterling story broke | 05.05.14 at 7:55 am ET |
Welcome to Monday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
NBA playoffs: Wizards at Pacers, 7 p.m. (TNT)
NBA playoffs: Clippers at Thunder, 9:30 p.m. (TNT)
NHL playoffs: Penguins at Rangers, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
NHL playoffs: Kings at Ducks, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
MLB: Cardinals at Braves, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Soccer: Premier League, Crystal Palace vs. Liverpool, 2:55 p.m. (NBCSN)
— Clippers coach Doc Rivers, in a sit-down interview with ESPN's Michael Wilbon on Sunday, a day after his Clippers eliminated the Warriors in Game 7 of their first-round series, recounted how his players reacted when they first heard about owner Donald Sterling's racist comments last week.
"This was a distraction," Rivers acknowledged. "In our first meeting after the tapes came out and we had a meeting before practice, and when I walked in that room and looked at [the players'] faces, it was bothering them. They were angry. They wanted to DO something. '€¦ As a coach, I had to think about it. I'm not going to kid you. I walked out with my gear on, because I needed the players to see me with the gear on, but it wasn't easy to do it on that day. Because at that moment, at that time, you're representing something else, and you didn't want to and that was hard."
Rivers recalled his experiences with racism growing up in Chicago, but he said sports has helped make him color blind.
"I think sports helps me, too," Rivers said. "Sports, you don't care what's next to you, you just want to know, can he play? I think that does help. I think people who play sports learn that early on. That there's no race. There's people and I think that's important."
Meanwhile, reports emerged out of Los Angeles that the Clippers and Warriors had an altercation in the tunnel after Saturday night's Game 7. The Warriors reportedly did not appreciate the Clippers' celebrating and taunting outside their locker room, and that led to a confrontation.
The teams have had battles all season, on and off the court, and hard feelings apparently have continued. While Blake Griffin usually is in the middle of things, Warriors center Marreese Speights said earlier in the series that Chris Paul "starts all of that stuff."
— Racism continues to be an issue in European soccer, most notably Spain, where for the second straight Sunday there was an embarrassing incident.
In Levante's 2-0 upset victory at Atletico Madrid, midfielder Papakouli Diop danced like a monkey after the final whistle in response to monkey gestures from the crowd.
"They called me a monkey and I turned and imitated a monkey," Diop said. "I'm tired of racism in football. And there's a lot."
Added Diop: "I did the monkey dance to highlight the matter. I wanted people to know what happened. I do not know if it's racist or disrespectful, but they have to stop the monkey noises made by some people."
One week earlier, in a game at Villarreal, Barcelona's Dani Alves picked up a banana that was thrown at him and took a bite of it before taking a corner kick. Fellow players then posted photos of themselves eating bananas to draw attention to the cause.
— Florida State Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston was reinstated to the school's baseball team Sunday after being suspended for a shoplifting incident last week.
Winston, who was issued a citation by police after leaving a supermarket with $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish, was held out of action until he completed community service as part of his agreement with the court.
Winston, FSU's closer, missed the team's three game series against Minnesota.
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On May 5, 1969, in Game 7 of the NBA finals, the Celtics edged the Lakers, 108-106, for their 11th title in 13 seasons. It was the final game for which two Celtics legends?
Doc Rivers: Clippers 'should be better than any team I've ever coached' | 10.03.13 at 11:35 am ET |
He left the Celtics about three months ago, but Clippers coach Doc Rivers continues to make news in Boston.
His latest head-turning comments came at Clippers practice on Wednesday, when Rivers said that he believes his current squad of players could be the most talented group that he's ever worked with.
"They should be better than any team I've ever coached, I really believe that. They're more athletic," Rivers said. "They don't have the veteran IQ, but they should be good in that area. We have a couple of individual defenders that can be dominating on defense. We have great speed, but we don't have the size in some ways as some of the teams I've coached."
That's certainly lofty praise for his new team, as Rivers helped lead some impressive teams during his tenure in Boston, including a 66-win Celtics team that won the NBA title in 2008 and a 62-win squad that won 19 games in a row, the longest streak in franchise history, during the 2008-09 season.
Rivers also found similarities between LA and his prior Celtics teams by stating that he believes the Clippers have a "big three" of their own in Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.
"I've always focused on our big three guys, Blake, DJ and Chris. Their leadership is important to our team. I'm always watching them. I think those are the guys that I have more focus on than anybody else," Rivers said. "That's our big three, I like our big three."
Rivers will make his return to Boston on Dec. 11, as the Clippers and Celtics will face off that night at the TD Garden.
Thursday's Morning Mashup: New NBA players' union president Chris Paul says organization needs 'rebuild' | 08.22.13 at 7:35 am ET |
Welcome to Thursday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB: Diamondbacks at Reds, 12:30 p.m. (MLB Network)
MLB: Nationals at Cubs, 2:20 p.m. (WGN)
MLB: Braves at Cardinals, 8:15 p.m. (MLB Network)
Little League World Series: Mexico vs. Panama, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Little League World Series: Washington vs. Connecticut, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
NFL preseason: Patriots at Lions, 7:30 p.m. (WBZ-TV)
NFL preseason: Panthers at Ravens, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
'¬Ä¬Ę Six-time All-Star Chris Paul was elected president of the NBA players' association Wednesday and said the union needs a "rebuild" following the firing of executive director Billy Hunter six months ago.
Paul replaces Derek Fisher, who was accused by Hunter of conspiring with NBA officials during the 2011 lockout. He gives the union a star turn for the first time since Patrick Ewing was the top representative in 2001, and he said he understands the job won't be easy.
"It was something I saw as a challenge, something I knew I'd be able to handle," Paul said. "It's an unbelievable opportunity, a lot of responsibility comes with this position but I'm very fortunate to have an outstanding committee of guys. The past couple of days have been outstanding, the dialogue we've had as an executive committee also with the players that have come in town, it was amazing."
Paul, who served as vice president the last four years, said naming a replacement for Hunter might take a little more time.
"We definitely discussed [hiring an executive director], but there's no rush," Paul said. "For us, it's all about getting our house in order and making sure that everything moves right in that direction."
Roger Mason Jr., who played for the Hornets last season, was elected first vice president, while Bobcats forward Anthony Tolliver and Lakers guard Steve Blake were named vice presidents.
"We want to make sure that nothing remotely close that has gone on in the union in the past 12 months or so will ever happen again," Tolliver said. "It's a huge job. It's a huge responsibility. I'm glad to be a part of that."
'¬Ä¬Ę Jeremy Lin, speaking to a crowd about 20,000 at a youth conference in Taiwan, talked about how difficult last season was as he placed unrealistic expectations upon himself in his first season with the Rockets.
"I became so obsessed with becoming a great basketball player '€¦ trying to be Linsanity, being this phenomenon that took the NBA by storm," the former Harvard star said. "The coaches were losing faith in me; basketball fans were making fun of me. '€¦ I was supposed to be joyful and free, but what I experienced was the opposite. I had no joy, and I felt no freedom."
Lin, who signed a three-year, $25 million contract last offseason after his NBA breakthrough with the Knicks, averaged 13.4 points and 6.1 assists per game and struggled with injuries that forced him to miss two games during the team's first-round playoff loss to the Thunder.
"The one thing I learned was how empty fame and worldly success really are. … The desire for success never stopped," Lin said. "If the voice that you listen to the most isn't God's voice, then eventually you will experience that emptiness, confusion and misery that I felt when I listened to the voice of Linsanity."
'¬Ä¬Ę New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio found himself involved a controversy this week when The New York Times published a story about his "deep devotion" for the Red Sox.
The Democrat was raised in Cambridge and said, "I have my loyalty to the team of my youth."
Current mayor Michael Bloomberg, who grew up in Medford, also had an allegiance to the Red Sox when he took office in 2001. However, Bloomberg, admittedly not much of a sports fan, claimed to have switched his support to the Yankees.
That doesn't seem likely for de Blasio.
"The team that I grew up with was constantly the underdog but managed to prevail," he said. "I don't know any better lesson in life."
Added de Blasio: "Everyone I knew was a Red Sox fan. Living up there in 1967 — the Impossible Dream season — that moment was incredibly compelling. I just naturally gravitated to the team. 1975 was arguably the greatest World Series of all time."
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On Aug. 22, 1993, which veteran outfielder, acquired a day earlier in a trade with the Tigers, hit a home run in his first at-bat for the Red Sox as part of a 3-for-6 day in a 3-2 loss to the Indians?
NBA free agency update: Knicks reportedly acquiring Andrea Bargnani from Raptors; Dwight Howard sweepstakes heating up | 07.01.13 at 10:20 am ET |
He'¬Ä¬ôs tall, he'¬Ä¬ôs injury-prone, he'¬Ä¬ôs expensive, and soon he'¬Ä¬ôs going to be a Knick — maybe.
The Knicks and Raptors are close to finalizing an agreement that would send 7-foot power forward Andrea Bargnani to New York, ESPN reported, in exchange for center Marcus Camby and small forward Steve Novak.
However, the NBA refused to approve the deal Sunday night, so in order to complete the trade under 2013-14 cap terms, the Knicks are expected to sign-and-trade at least one player they had at the end of the season as part of the deal, according to ESPN's Jared Zwerling. Earl Barron and Quentin Richardson are two candidates.
Howard Beck of The New York Times reports the Knicks also will include their 2016 first-round draft pick, and USA Today indicates two second-round picks will also go the Raptors'€™ way.
In his seven seasons since joining Toronto for 2006-07, Bargnani has averaged 15.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, with those marks down to 12.7 and 3.7 in 2012-13. Tommy Beer of hoopsworld.com points out that Bargnani was the first 7-footer to average both 28 minutes and fewer than four rebounds per game in NBA history this season.
The native of Italy has missed 98 games the last two seasons, including the end of this season after suffering an avulsion sprain of his right elbow. He is also set to make $23 million before his contract expires in two years.
The teams cannot officially complete the trade until July 10.
The Knicks aren'¬Ä¬ôt the only team — or individual — preparing deals to be finalized in a week and a half.
The Rockets are pulling out all the stops as they enter the Dwight Howard sweepstakes, according to Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski. Besides Houston brass, a dinner meeting with the free agent also reportedly featured former Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, plus Yao Ming Skyping in from China. The AP reports the team cut guards Carlos Delfino and Aaron Brooks in an effort to open up some cap space.
Howard will visit with the Warriors and Hawks on Monday, then the Mavericks on Tuesday, writes Sam Amick of USA Today. Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak met informally with the 6-foot-11 Howard Saturday and Sunday in an effort to get a head start on his competition.
The Lakers are using billboards and newspaper ads to woo Howard, and Dallas is getting some help from the community: Fast-food chain Raising Cane's is offering Howard free chicken fingers for the rest of his life if he signs with the Mavs.
The Clippers'€™ acquisition of Doc Rivers, meanwhile, appears to be paying off. ESPN reports that Chris Paul, reportedly one of the driving forces in Los Angeles trading for the coach, is expected to accept a five-year, $107 million extension from the Clippers, and that it is such a sure thing that Paul'€™s agent told other teams to not bother with offers.
Forward Andrei Kirilenko, who averaged similar numbers to Bargnani with the Timberwolves in 2012-13, is turning down $10 million and opting out of his contract in favor of testing free agency again. His 12.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game were his best totals since 2005-06.
Monday's Morning Mashup: Japanese team reportedly had interest in Alex Rodriguez | 06.10.13 at 8:04 am ET |
Welcome to Monday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB: Red Sox at Rays, 7 p.m. (NESN, ESPN; WEEI-FM)
College baseball: CWS regional, Mississippi State at Virginia, 4 p.m. (ESPN2)
College baseball: CWS regional, South Carolina at North Carolina, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
College baseball: CWS regional, Kansas State at Oregon State, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
'™¦ After Alex Rodriguez flamed out in the postseason last fall, there was little interest in the oft-injured third baseman. However, one team reportedly reached out to the Yankees to see if they would be interested in a deal.
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Japan contacted the Yankees through an intermediary, The New York Times reported.
However, the Yankees never responded, knowing that Rodriguez was destined for extensive hip surgery and that he would not agree to play in Japan.
Rodriguez entered this season with five years and $114 million remaining on his contract.
'™¦ Jason Kidd, only days after announcing his retirement as a player, apparently thinks he's ready to step right in as an NBA head coach. According to a report from Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, Kidd is pursuing the Nets vacancy and trying to assemble a staff that would help him overcome his lack of experience.
Kidd, a 10-time All-Star, led the Nets to consecutive NBA finals appearances in 2002 and '03 as part of his 19-year NBA career. He spent the past season with the Knicks.
The Nets are said to be looking at Brian Shaw as their top choice, although the Clippers and Nuggets also have an interest in the former Celtics player and longtime NBA assistant.
'™¦ According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, the Rockets are preparing to make a push to land high-profile free agents Dwight Howard and Chris Paul. The team's interest in Howard previously has been documented, and Howard is rumored to have mutual interest, having spoken with Rockets players James Harden and Chandler Parsons.
Howard, who had a trying 2012-13 season with the Lakers after leaving the Magic, also is said to be intrigued with the possibility of playing under coach Kevin McHale, a Hall of Fame big man.
Paul, also friends with Harden after they played together on the U.S. national team, might be more of a challenge for Houston to pry from the Clippers, as they would need to move some money around to create some room. The Chronicle report speculates that the team would try to move young forward Thomas Robinson or try something more creative. Said a source, "There are about 20 other ways."
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On June 10, 1970, Jim Lonborg was put on the 21-day disabled list and the Red Sox made the rare move of activating a coach to the roster. Which coach-turned-player went on to hit .343 in 38 games that season, while making appearances at all three outfield positions, first base, third base and even catcher?
Friday's Morning Mashup: Ailing Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett 'concerned' about future | 05.31.13 at 7:56 am ET |
Welcome to Friday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB: Red Sox at Yankees, 7:05 p.m. (NESN, MLB Network; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Tigers at Orioles, 7 p.m. (MLB NEtwork)
MLB: White Sox at Athletics, 10 p.m. (WGN)
'™¦ Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett acknowledged feeling uncertainty about his future after experiencing numbness in the fingers on his right hand over the last 4-5 weeks. The 33-year-old right-hander, who was placed on the disabled list on May 15 with a groin injury, had an MRI that will be reviewed by a nerve specialist in Dallas on Monday.
"Any time something like that happens to your arm or you start losing feeling and stuff '€¦ you think about [never pitching again] for sure," Beckett said, via the Los Angeles Times. "I don't really want to think like that right now. I want to think about figuring out a way to deal with this."
Added Beckett: "I'm concerned. I've never dealt with anything like this for this amount of time. We'll just have to see what happens there."
Beckett, traded from the Red Sox to Los Angeles last August, is 0-5 with a 5.19 ERA in eight starts this season. He's in the third year of a four-year, $68 million contract.
The Dodgers are 22-30 and in last place in the National League West, 7 1/2 games behind the first-place Diamondbacks.
'™¦ Jets coach Rex Ryan said it's too early to tell who's leading the competition to be the team's starting quarterback, but Mark Sanchez made it clear what he thinks after Thursday's practice.
"I'm planning in playing," Sanchez said, as reported by the New York Daily News. "I'm planning on starting."
Ryan did acknowledge that Sanchez appears to have regained his confidence after a turnover-prone 2012 season.
"I think he's done a nice job this offseason," Ryan said. "I think he's in great shape. Is he more accurate with the football? I'm not sure what the numbers will say, I really don't know."
Meanwhile, second-round draft pick Geno Smith said he would not be disappointed if he's not starting the opening game Sept. 8 against the Buccaneers.
"Not at all," he said. "The coaches are going to choose who they feel is best for the team. It's not my job to really worry about that.
"It wouldn't hurt my confidence, it just means I need to continue to work hard. It's going to take time."
'™¦ The Clippers' decision to fire coach Vinny Del Negro last week reportedly was done to appeal to free agent guard Chris Paul, with owner Donald Sterling admitting, "This is a players' league, and, unfortunately, if you want to win, you have to make the players happy."
It might have backfired, as Paul reportedly is upset with the team for allowing his name to be linked to the story.
"He's angry right now and his anger is directed toward the Clippers organization," a source told ESPN. "Chris is a man of principle and if he feels like you've gone against his principles, it will affect how he feels about you. He's very agitated that his name has been put out there as the reason for Vinny's firing. He had nothing to do with it."
The Clippers are said to be considering Byron Scott, Jeff Van Gundy, Alvin Gentry, Nate McMillan, George Karl and Brian Shaw for their vacancy.
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On May 31, 1984, Celtics guard Gerald Henderson stole a crosscourt pass and hit a layup with 13 seconds remaining to tie Game 2 of the NBA finals against the Lakers. The Celtics went on to win the game in overtime and win the series in seven games. Which Laker threw the fateful pass?
Wednesday's Morning Mashup: ESPN fires Rob Parker, apologizes for Brent Musburger | 01.09.13 at 7:41 am ET |
Welcome to Wednesday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
NBA: Suns at Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (CSNNE; WEEI-FM)
NBA: Lakers at Spurs, 8 p.m. (ESPN; WEEI-AM)
NBA: Mavericks at Clippers, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)
College basketball: Boston College at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-AM)
College basketball: Nebraska at Michigan, 7 p.m. (Big Ten Network)
College basketball: Louisville at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
College basketball: Iowa State at Kansas, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
College basketball: Minnesota at Illinois, 9 p.m. (Big Ten Network)
College basketball: Arkansas at Texas A&M, 9 p.m. (ESPNU)
College basketball: West Virginia at Texas, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
College basketball: UNLV at New Mexico, 10 p.m. (CBSSN)
College basketball: Washington at California, 11 p.m. (ESPN2)
College basketball: Hawaii at UC-Irvine, 11 p.m. (ESPNU)
College hockey: Harvard at Boston University, 7 p.m. (NBCSN)
'™¦ Two days after Rob Parker went on a Detroit television show and attempted to convince people his comments about Robert Griffin III were taken out of context and that he was not questioning RGIII's "blackness," ESPN announced that it was parting ways with the "First Take" panelist.
"Rob Parker's contract expired at year's end," a statement from the network read. "Evaluating our needs and his work, including his recent RGIII comments, we decided not to renew his deal."
Parker, who had been on the show for six years, was serving a 30-day suspension. A "First Take" producer also reportedly was suspended, apparently due to the fact the show re-aired repeatedly with the offensive comments unedited.
In other ESPN news, the network apologized on Tuesday for announcer Brent Musburger gushing about the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron during Monday night's national championship game. Katherine Webb, the 2012 Miss Alabama, said she wasn't offended — and her Twitter following has jumped about 200,000 since she was shown on TV during the game — but ESPN felt the need to silence critics of the announcer's behavior.
"We always try to capture interesting storylines, and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test," the statement from ESPN read. "However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far, and Brent understands that."
'™¦ Tuesday was a rough day for the NFL's Ryan family. On the same day the Cowboys announced the firing of defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, Jets coach Rex Ryan confirmed that two of his assistant coaches (offensive coordinator Tony Sparano and quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh) would not be retained. The Jets also need to hire a new defensive coordinator to replace Mike Pettine, whose contract expires at the end of this month and is interviewing with the Bills, but apparently it won't be Rex's brother, as a New York Daily News reports indicates the Jets will go with Dennis Thurman.
"I inherited a team that was 31st in the league in defense and made them better," Rob Ryan told ESPNDallas.com. "I [expletive] made them a hell of a lot better. I'll be out of work for like five minutes."
Rex Ryan, who has two years and more than $6 million remaining on his contract, acknowledged Tuesday that he had concerns he might not be retained after the Jets' woeful 2012 season. Now, he has a renewed focus as he looks to turn around the team's fortunes.
"I'€™m approaching this day like it'€™s the first day. Period. Like my first day as a head coach," he said. "This is a new chance for me. This is a beginning, certainly not an end."
Ryan also continued to express confidence in his team.
"We are going to be a dangerous football team," he said. "I can promise you that. I'۪m going to tell you: You'۪re not going to want to play the Jets."'۬'۬Added Ryan: "We'۪re not going to be bullied. We might not win every game, and no team does. But you'۪ve got to stand for something. We'۪re going to be the team you don'۪t want to play."
'™¦ Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain was arrested in his hometown of Decatur, Ala., after he allegedly lied about his identity following a traffic stop for tinted windows. McClain, who was sentenced to 180 days in jail for firing a gun next to a man's head in 2011 (the case eventually was dismissed after the victim decided to drop the charges), insisted police are out to get him.
"I'm falsely accused of everything," he told the Decatur Daily. "It's corrupt. It's terrible."
McClain, 23, the eighth overall pick in the 2010 draft, was suspended by the Raiders two games late this season after arguing with coach Dennis Allen. He played in 11 games (starting nine), recording 60 tackles, one sack and a forced fumble. He has two years and more than $9 million remaining on his rookie contract.
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Jan. 9, 1993, who resigned after two seasons as Patriots chief executive officer, clearing the way for the new staff led by coach Bill Parcells?
Reports: Clippers' Blake Griffin to sign extension, Chris Paul declines | 07.01.12 at 8:35 pm ET |
Clippers power forward Blake Griffin intends to sign a five-year contract extension, according to a report from ESPN.
In less positive news for the team, The Los Angeles Times reports that Chris Paul will decline his three-year, $60 million extension.
Griffin can't officially sign the extension until July 11, but sources told ESPN that the negotiations between the two parties will not be drawn out because no player coming off a rookie-scale contract has ever passed on a max contract extension. The 23-year-old could amass up to $95 million on his five-year extension if he is voted as an All-Star again or named an All-NBA second-team player in the so-called "Derrick Rose Rule."
Paul, 27, still has $17.7 million left on the final year of his current deal and will wait until next offseason to sign a max contract extension of five years and $108 million, according to The Los Angeles Times.
The point guard was acquired last year in exchange for Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu and a first-round pick that turned out to be Austin Rivers.
Friday's Morning Mashup: Kobe Bryant questions 'direction' of Lakers | 12.16.11 at 7:51 am ET |
Welcome to Friday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
NBA Preseason: Bulls at Pacers, 7 p.m. (WGN)
NHL: Bruins at Flyers, 1 p.m. (NESN)
NFL: Cowboys at Buccaneers, 8 p.m. (NFL Network; WEEI)
College basketball: Memphis at Louisville, 4 p.m. (CBS)
College basketball: Notre Dame vs. Indians, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
College basketball: Syracuse at NC State, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
College basketball: Quinnipiac at UMass, 7 p.m. (NESN)
NFL: Patriots at Broncos, 4:15 p.m. (CBS)
NFL: Dolphins at Bills, 1 p.m. (CBS)
NFL: Redskins at Giants, 1 p.m. (Fox)
NFL: Ravens at Chargers, 8:20 p.m. (NBC; WEEI)
NBA Preseason: Celtics at Raptors, 1 p.m. (CSNNE; WEEI)
College basketball: Bryant at Boston College, 1 p.m. (NESN)
Women's college basketball: UConn at Baylor, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
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Getting ready for enduros is a little bit like planning a military invasion. Of course, the Roger Penskes and Chip Ganassis of the world have team managers and dedicated administrative staffs to take care of logistics. My team had ... me.
Okay, that's not entirely true. Even though Michael Jordan wasn't racing this weekend, he'd done yeoman work securing material and formulating our order of battle. John Norris, who was going to be one of our three drivers, had procured the tires. Frank Honsowetz, ex-chief of Nissan Motorsports, now general manager of Ed Pink Racing Engines, agreed to bring up the fuel that we were going to use in our car and the 300ZX he was driving with Marc Jones and Z owner Mark Kalemkiarian. Oh, and Marc bought the fuel. (Thanks, Mark. The check's in the mail, bud. Honest!)
But Friday morning, I was left to my own devices. I braved rush-hour traffic through downtown L.A. to Nissan Motorsports, where I'd parked our trailer. This was my first mistake of the daythe first of many. When I was positioned to hook up the trailer to the superlatively comfortable Suburban I'd borrowed for the occasion from the friendly folks at GM, I realized that I'd left all of my hitches in the race car. I drove crosstown to Technosquare, where the car had been race-prepped, grabbed the hitches, drove back to Nissan, hooked up the trailer and towed it back crosstown for the third timeand counting.
Howard and Richey Watanabe, the owners of Technosquare, had rigged up the hood of our car with a trick-looking rally-style light bar fitted with two spotlights in the middle and two excellent PIAA driving lights on the corners. They'd also equipped the cockpit with what appeared to be enough toggle-switch controls to bring a Mercury capsule back from low-Earth orbit. From the impeccable workmanship, it was clear that Howard and Richey knew what they were doing. Rallying, in fact, is their first love. Years ago, they ran their own rally car. Now, they help out Rhys Millen in his Mitsubishi Pro Rally effort. Unfortunately, they were in Maine helping Millen at this very moment, which means they weren't there to explain the intricacies of the lighting system or the work they'd done on the passenger seat. This was mistake Number Two. Hey, I was on a roll!
I loaded the car on the trailer, tied it down and started to take off. But instead, I stopped to double-check on directions up to John Norris' shop in West L.A. This was my third mistake, and by far the biggest of the day. While I was getting directions, a postal delivery truck pulled into the driveway in front of me. When I climbed back in the Suburban, there was ample room to squeeze past. Unfortunately, the postal delivery guy must have jumped out of his truck without setting the parking brake, and to my horror, the truck started rolling down a gentle decline toward me. I had time to honk the horn and curse at the absent postal delivery worker. That was about it for effective counter-measures. Maneuvering a Suburban hauling a trailer, you see, is more than a little bit like trying to pull a U-turn in the Titanic. While I cringed, the truck slid at an oblique angle against the rear quarter-panel of the Suburban, making expensive scraping sounds before thudding against the front of the trailer.
The Suburban was drivable, thank God, but I wasted more than an hour at the scene, demolishing my lovingly constructed timetable. I wanted to make it up to Buttonwillow Raceway Park by 7:30 p.m. to participate in a free one-hour practice session to test the light gear. The drive from my house takes about two hours in light traffic, so avoiding rush-hour was a must. Unfortunately, I still had to get the car over to John's shop to mount the tires. This took me through the area of automotive hell known as the South Bay curve of the 405, which set me back another hour. Once I made it GT International, I unloaded the car and removed the tires. John dismounted seven old tires, then mounted and balanced new Toyosand didn't they look sweet! (I LOVE Toyos. Would somebody please give me a set of Toyos for my birthdayhint, hint.) But it took time. And he had a lunch engagement along the way. Afterward, in an effort to hurry things along, I loaded the freshly shod car on the trailer while he mounted our three spares. Nevertheless, I still I hit serious traffic back into the Valley. It was close to 4 p.m. by the time I made it home. I returned some phone calls, threw my race gear together, grabbed my significant other, Emily Young, and pretty well raced out the door.
The time was 4:58 p.m. Just in time for rush-hour.
Naturally, I hit traffic. Lots of traffic. Enough traffic to cause major muttering under the breath. I hadn't managed to do a stick of paying work all day. I was hot. I was sweaty. I was dirty. I was tired. John wasn't coming up tonight; he'd promised his wife they'd see a movie. Meanwhile, Jeremy Barnes, our third driver, had called to say that he couldn't make it as well. Like John, he was going to show up at 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning. What are we running here, I thought, an arrive-and-drive program? Anyway, what was the point of having ME test the lights? I'd never driven at night before. What the hell was I supposed to know about it?
Amazingly, I made it to Buttonwillow by 7:30 p.m. When I signed in at the gate, I was told that the session would start at 7:45 p.m. As soon as I found a spot for the trailerwhich wasn't hard because the paddock was virtually emptyI started working like the proverbial one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. It was conceivable that I could have the car ready when the session began. But in the back of my mind, I was remembering the last time I'd thrashed to get a car on the trackwhen I started hot-lapping around Willow Springs with four five-gallon jugs filled with fuel flopping around in the trunk. Major oops. Fortunately, before I could find out what havoc I might wreak tonight, Cal Club worker extraordinaire Mark Smith came by to inform me that the session wouldn't begin until the sun was well and truly down8:15 at the earliest.
This gave me plenty of time to unload and organize my gear. Then, I attached the light bar to the hood. (The hood wouldn't have fit under the tire rack on the trailer with the light bar mounted.) This proved to be a piece of cake; kudos to Howard and Richey for the slick latching arrangement. Unfortunately, figuring out how to work the lights turned out to be something of a challenge. Each pair of lights was controlled by not one but two sets of toggle switches, one with two positions and the other with three. Furthermore, the switches appeared to serve different functions depending on whether the stock lights were in the low-beam or high-beam position. After much experimentation, I figured out how to set the high beams on all six lights, and I decided that this would be the way to go. Not only would it provide maximum illumination, but it would also create maximum irritation for the competition. Actually, I wasn't really thinking about the aggravation factor so much as self-preservation.
Dusk was shading into night when a voice on the P.A. system announced that the track was open. For a few moments, nothing happened: It was as if nobody wanted to be the first one to speed off into the nightand go straight off the track. I wasn't any braver than the other guys; far from it, in fact. But I figured it might be safer to make my first-ever run in the dark with the track to myself. So I climbed into my firesuit, belted into my car and loped onto the track at a canter.
I know Buttonwillow very, very wellthe product of a few hundred laps on the track in various cars over the past six years. But everybody had warned me that things look entirely different in the dark. On several occasions, I'd been told a cautionary tale about another journalist doing a night race at Willow Springs, where he'd also had a few hundred laps in his logbook. On his first lapliterally, lap number onehe went off at Turn 9 and blew all four tires. Yikes! Not that I really needed to hear any horror stories. I was already pretty well spooked all by myself.
It was fairly dark by the time I started my first lap, but not entirely black. Track officials had helpfully mounted reflective stickers at most of the apexes and in most of the braking zones, and my lightsset to maximum blind-the-opposition positionpicked them up no problem. I figured that if I was able to correlate the stickers with my usual daylight reference pointspavement changes, dark spots in the road, etc.I might actually live through the race. I picked up speed as I came down the front straight to start my second lap and got on the brakes much more aggressively than I had on my out lap. For my efforts, I was rewarded with a big whiff of brake burn. It got worse as the lap continued, so I trundled into the pits. When I stopped, Mark Smith told me that several corner workers had reported that my rear brakes were glowing red. Not a good sign.
I stopped back at the paddock and took stock. My first thought was that a piston might be stuck. But there wasn't enough time to jack up the car, pull the wheel and remove the padsassuming, that is, that there was some way for me to get the pads off and then put them back on without burning my hands. (All I had were batting gloves.) But maybe, I thought, it was just a case of the pads being marginally too thick, for some reason, so that they weren't clearing the rotor. That was as good a theory as the first, with the added benefit that it meant I didn't have to do anything to the car. Hope springing eternal, I hurried back out for a second session.
This time, it was noticeably darker, and I have to say, I didn't like the looksor, more to the point, the NON-look of thingsout on the track. But I gritted my teeth and told myself I ought to at least push the car hard enough to tell if the handling had been improved by the changes we'd made to the toe-out at the front and rear. But the first time I committed myself to a left-hander, I heard a nasty thumping noise to my right. I did a couple of more corners, no problem. Then a very fast left-hander and, boom-ba-da-bum. Oh, Christ, I thought. Maybe it's the right-rear shock. For some reason, the adjuster had locked in place during my last race, and there hadn't been any time to get it rebuilt. Maybe, the problem was worse than I'd thought.
I pulled back into the pits for a look. Of course, there were no lights, and my flashlight was back on my trailer. So I opened the passenger door and started crawling around on my knees. Nothing. Completely bamboozled, I leaned up against the passenger seat we'd installed many years ago to give thrill ridesand nearly fell over. The goddamned seat wasn't bolted to the floorpan! Suddenly, I remembered having seen the passenger seat sitting in Howard and Richey's shop a few weeks ago. They'd removed it to get access to a dented body panel. Belatedly, I realized that they must have stuck it back in the car for safekeeping, assuming that I would realize that it wasn't attached to anything. Alas, they didn't understand who they were dealing with. When it comes to my powers of observation, assume nothing.
Back to the paddock to stash the seat. (It was a waste of precious time, but I was too embarrassed to take it out in the pits.) Back to the track for my third stint. By now, it was pitch-black. We're talking about inky darkness. The void of deep space. Zero visibility. My previous thought about being able to correlate my daylight reference points with the reflective stickers on the pavement? Woefully misguided. The lights I was packing were surprisingly powerful, and they lit up the road in front of me like a giant laser. Unfortunately, the most important things to see when you're racing aren't in front of you. They're to the side of youapexes, without which it's virtually impossible to decide where and when to turn. For example: On the back side of the circuit is a kink that's taken flat-out in fourth gear. You're really honking along100 mph at least, maybe more. Even at that speed, it's not a difficult turnas long as you can see the apex. Miss the apex by 10 feet, and you're going to have a hard time keeping the car on the road at the exit. Miss it by 15 and you're in deep shit. My first time past, I missed the apex by so much I couldn't even SEE it. The only reason I didn't go off was because I wasn't full-throttle. My heart rate was pretty well maxxed out, though.
The second trouble area was the Esses. Like the kink, this series of corners is taken flat-out in fourth, no problem. The good news was that all the apexes were marked with reflective markers. The bad news was that the darkness flattened my field of vision so that instead of seeing a lane traced by the markers, all I saw was a confusing sea of lights, sort of like stars on the ground. Making matters even worse, the apexes are guarded by high curbs, and our car doesn't like curbs. As a matter of fact, it actively dislikes curbs. But on one of my half-speed passes through the Esses, I clouted a curb hard enough with the right-front tire to throw off the steering wheel off dead-center. This while lapping a good 15 seconds off my daylight pace. Idiot!
If there was one word to describe how I felt, it would be TERRIFIED. If I had two words, they would be FUCKING TERRIFIED.
I pulled off the track before the session was flagged to a close. Later, when told Emily about my experience, she said, "Well, now you must have a better appreciation for the drivers at Le Mans and Daytona." No, I thought, I have an appreciation for Miles Davis, for Paul Cezanne, for Saul Bellow. As for the guys who win big-time 24-hour races, I'm now convinced they're racers from another planet.
That night, as I drifted off to sleep, I fixated on one happy thought: Somebody had to drive the 240 in the enduro tomorrow night. But it damn sure didn't have to be me.
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One of my favourite radio programs yesterday featured the economist Robert J Shiller and editor-in-chief of The Economist John Micklewait.
Start the Week presented by Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week an yesterdays edition didn't disappoint.
God is back, according to John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of The Economist. He argues that religion is resurgent around the world, driven by consumerism, globalisation and the failure of secular politics such as communism. God is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World, co-written with Adrian Wooldridge, is published by Allen Lane.
Micklethwait's book is avaliable on Amazon.
Economist Robert J Shiller argues that finances are not led by mathematical formulae but by our 'animal spirits'. Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism, co-written with George A Akerlof, is published by Princeton University Press
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Now this is a serious one because Apocalypse is immortal I am hearing? A lot of people are arguing that White phoenix of the crown can't defeat him because of that fact and other facts. Is this true?
Can she?
I believe she can!
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phoenix wins apocalypse is powerful but nothing like this
@iampower: Welcome to the Vine.
Jean wins, and she wins very..very..very easily. I'll be nice because you might get abused here. Try doing your research before making a battle, Jean much less powerful then this could destroy all the life on a planet. Apocalypse can't hope to touch her.
Everyone has a mess up on their first try, you'll get the hang of it.


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IMS Health, a Connecticut based company that tracks data for the pharmaceutical and health care industries, says it will cut more than a thousand jobs by the end of the year.
The cuts come as part of what the Norwalk based company calls a broad based restructuring, aimed at cutting costs and increasing efficiency. The losses represent more than ten percent of IMS's worldwide workforce – the company says it can't yet say where the cuts will come, but they will be across all business lines as well as back office functions. IMS Health says it expects to take a one time charge of up to 90 million dollars to implement the restructuring – that will be booked in the fourth quarter of 2007.
But the company says it anticipates annual savings from the moves of up to 60 million dollars starting in 2009. A company statement said the aim is for greater simplicity, fewer management layers and faster decision making. Among other data, IMS tracks how doctors prescribe medicines – information which it analyses and sells to pharmaceutical companies. IMS took a hit to its stock price last fall, as it unveiled lower than expected third quarter profits, and cut its full year guidance.


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Hawaii Attorneys Davis Levin Livingston
Located in downtown Honolulu, we are a firm of trial lawyers handling litigation matters on all of the Hawaiian islands and on the mainland United States.
The firm accepts cases involving:
With a proven record of courtroom successes and accomplishments, the firm is proud to have set many litigation benchmarks in Hawaii:
• Highest single compensatory personal injury judgment in Hawaii
• Highest sexual harassment settlement in Hawaii
• Highest malpractice judgment in U.S. against a military hospital
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Davis Levin Livingston is rated AV in Martindale-Hubble, the highest ethical and competence rating.
Davis Levin Livingston partners have been admitted to membership in:
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Staff very friendly and helpful. Room clean, tidy and bed comfy. Great location, short walk to magic fountain area and Espanya shopping centre and metro station. Hotel doesn't provide breakfast, but advised us of a great cafe/bakery for breakfast called Audreys just a short walk away. - Anonymous
The location is perfect. it is near to metro station, train station and spain square. The hostal here is very nice and helpful. Even I leave barcelona to Italy and forgot to send out the post card which bought in spain, they still help to send out them after i send from Italy. - Anonymous
This is a family-owned place that is very well maintained and has a congenial staff and atmosphere. For protracted stays the rooms are better suited for single occupancy where space allows a comfortable chair. But for short stays the twin (there are no doubles) occupancy is perfectly adequate. In all cases there is a desk with chair. The best "unadvertised" feature is the location. It is within easy walk of the Sants Estacio international rail station to the north. But within a short block or t - Anonymous
IVAN! Super hospitable! :-) *explained to our taxi driver on the phone where the hostel's location is (word of advice: splurge for a taxi and get off Hostafranca, it is a 2 min walk from there) *helped bring our luggages 3 floors up & down (word of advice: travel lightly!) *had brochures of barcelona laid out as soon as you enter the door (suggested to us the best resto for a paella) *showed us where the metro, stations, and other useful places are we got a good price AND a simple breakfast - Anonymous
Very clean, well located near the metro line 3 which has the best connection with the city center; walking distance from shopping mall Las Arenes and the Montjuïc area. Cheap eateries nearby. - Anonymous
This is like a home-stay family. Facilities is fully equipped (kitchen and bath and shower) Breakfast is included. Staff is extremely friendly and helps us with everything. Location is close to the place of interest. I wish i could stay longer.:) - Anonymous
Rymligt boende med soffavdelning, avskärmad sovavdelning, köksdel och bra badrum samt en liten balkong. Air condition var bra. Bra frukost. Stor Mercadona-affär alldeles bredvid. - Ann-christine
The staff is amazing. The owner is very friendly and makes you at home. He is always available. The room is quite comfortable and the place is well connected. - Anonymous


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August is National Eye Exam Month, a month dedicated to the importance of eye health and safety.
Stomp Out Stigma.
Stand Up For Mental Health
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Meet @ 1:00 PM on W 126th St.
Between 7th & 8th Avenues
Walk Steps off @ 2:00 PM
Walk to Riverbank State Park
Health Fair in park
9th Annual Walk & Health Fair
Health Revival
Worship Service
Come to our ecumenical service Pastors and Imams will pray for the health of Harlem.
Memorial Baptist Church
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A Look Inside The Male Mind
If there's one thing every woman needs to know about, it's the inner workings of the male mind. When a woman is involved in a relationship with a man, or if she wishes to be, knowing how his mind works is essential.
Hopefully, she has already learned-- not the hard way-- that his mind does not work the way hers does.
Where should she start? I recommend that she start by understanding male pride.
Men take pride in their accomplishments but only in those accomplishments that are fitting for a man. A man will take pride in a good golf game or a promotion. He might be sensitive and supportive but he will never take pride in those qualities. Praising him for qualities that he does not see as manly will get a woman nowhere.
When it comes to women, men take pride in their ability to protect and provide.
That is where men live. A woman who ignores it or disparages it will soon discover that her relationship is on life support. Often, she will not even understand why. Unfortunately, the culture does not teach women to respect male pride. More often it teaches them to trample on it. If a woman respects her man's pride, it will become her friend… kind, caring, and considerate. If she fails to respect his pride, it will become her worst enemy.
The culture tells women that they should proclaim their independence and autonomy, thus, that they do not need men to protect or provide for them. Yet, when a woman tells a man that she does not want him to be her protector or provider, he hears that she believes him to be inadequate. The message is insulting, demeaning to his manhood.
Their relationship, such as it might be, has gotten off to exactly the wrong start.
Worse yet, the male mind will attempt to interpret the independence/autonomy message and will start asking himself what she really wants from him. The woman is thinking that her independence will make her more loveable and will make it possible for him to love her for herself alone. She thinks she is offering love and will receive true love in return. Anyone who thinks this way has obviously never had a successful relationship with a man.
A man will mull it over and conclude that she just wants him for sex. Given that he does not want to offend her or to disrespect her, he might decide that the only thing she is going to get from him is sex. Given that he feels insulted and demeaned, a certain amount of hostility will inexorably creep into his sexual encounters.
Of course, there are other tried and true ways to mishandle a man's pride.
High on the list is competitiveness. When a man takes pride in his achievements, a girlfriend should share his pride and express her own pride in him. A competitive woman will not revel in his achievements, but will respond to his success by asserting the value of her own accomplishments. These may be very real, but when a woman presents herself as a competitor, she is denying that she is a partner. She is not telling her man that they are together; she is saying that they are at odds. At least, that is how a man will process the information.


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Just when you thought Israel's sublime beaches couldn't get any better - the country has joined an international flag scheme that recognises their safety and accessibility.
Hygiene-conscious tourists on family holidays already look for the big Blue Flag when booking beach holidays.
Now they can trust nine Israeli beaches to meet the international standards developed by the 30-year-old Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).
All beaches must meet internationally stipulated standards to fly a Blue Flag.
This standard ensures several safeguards, including environmental checks, safe and clean water, a free-to-access beach, available public transport, disabled access, and recycling bins.
Travellers on city breaks to Netanya can reassure themselves that the destination has three beaches with a Blue Flag: Ha'onot Beach, Sironit Beach, and Poleg Beach.
Ashdod has two such beaches: The Lido Beach and the Yud Aleph Beach.
Tel Aviv also boasts two Blue Flag beaches: Metzitzim and Jerusalem Beach, so popular among walkers, who find it beautiful, accessible and friendly.
Haifa and Eilat have one Blue Flag beach each.
Orly Babitsky, from marine education group EcoOcean, said: "More than 70% of the Israeli population is living next to the coast and the beach has become one of the last places that a family can go without having to pay for a family day out."
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I just bought a PT1911 (full size 5" 1911 45ACP). Looking for suggestions as to best options for CCW - both IWB and OWB. Here's my situation:
-average build
-southpaw (I'm worried that the ambi-safety on thePT1911 will dig into my back carrying IWB)
-never carried a 1911 before
-I have a CompTac paddle and C-Tac for other pistols and like their products but am open to others
So just how realistic is it to CCW a full size 1911 wearing normal jackets and shirts?
Thanks for all your opinions/suggestions.


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Astronomy Workshop at School
Around the World in 80 Telescopes
ESO Director General meets Chilean Minister of National Assets
"Light and Colour of the Universe"
Tim de Zeeuw with Beatrix Karl
Interferometry Primer
Solar Mass Star Workshop
E-ELT Simple Review 2010
E-ELT METIS Meeting, December 2009
E-ELT METIS Meeting, December 2009
The E-ELT-HARMONI Meeting, January 2010
E-ELT Active Segmented Mirror
UVES spectrograph assembly
Testing the VLT Power Generators
French actress Juliette Binoche and Irish actor Gabriel Byrne in the VLT control room
ESO Fellows Days
Exhibition Time
The President of Austria, Heinz Fischer is presented with the book Europe to the Stars
Poster of Café & Kosmos 15 may 2012
Hans-Emil Schuster and Lodewijk Woltjer
Hans-Emil Schuster
Break at the Atlas Laboratory
Poster of Café & Kosmos 14 March 2012
UMCE Astronomy School for Teachers
Solar Mass Star Workshop
Waking up to science!
First fringes of Sirius with VLTI
Paranal Observatory: Taking the Bus to the Mountain Top
Swiss Astronaut Claude Nicollier visits Paranal Observatory
An Extraordinary Universe
ESA's astronaut Pedro Duque addresses the audience at ESO
Royal visit to Paranal
M1 Shipment to VLT, 1993
Madsen and Blauuw
Tarenghi Speech
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 symposium, July 1994.
President Piñera inspects ALMA hardware
Performers and crew from AIDA Night of the Proms 2012 visit ESO's Headquarters
Filming The Eyes of the Atacama at the ALMA site
From the Dark Side of the Moon to Paranal
VLT mirror shipped to Chile
Inauguration of the ESO Chile headquarters in Santiago's Vitacura district
VLT First Light
ESO's finance committee visiting La Silla observatory
The International Press at Paranal Observatory
The International Press at Paranal Observatory
Workshop "Fornax, Virgo, Coma et al."
The Portal to the Universe iPad App Screenshot
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5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. | 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock. |
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Kosmos (Humboldt)
Kosmos (usually referred to in English as "Cosmos") is an influential treatise on science and nature written by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Kosmos began as a lecture series delivered by Humboldt at the University of Berlin, and was published in five volumes between 1845 and 1862 (the fifth was posthumous and completed based on Humboldt's notes). Widely read by academics and laymen alike, it applied the ancient Greek view of the orderliness of the cosmos (the universe) to the Earth, suggesting that universal laws applied as well to the apparent chaos of the terrestrial world. In the first part of Kosmos, Humboldt paints a general "portrait of nature", describing the physical nature of outer space and the earth. He then goes on to describe the history of science in the second part of the work.[1]
Kosmos was influenced by Humboldt's various travels and studies, but mainly by his journey throughout the Americas. As he wrote, "it was the discovery of America that planted the seed of the Cosmos."[2] Due to all of his experience in the field, Humboldt was preeminently qualified for the task to represent the universe in a single work.[1] He had extensive knowledge of many fields of learning, varied experiences as a traveler, and the resources of the scientific and literary world at his disposal.[1]
Kosmos was highly popular when it was released, with the first volume selling out in two months, and the work translated into most European languages.[3] Although Kosmos is considered to be a scientific and literary achievement, Humboldt's work has become somewhat outdated with the advancement of natural sciences.[1] However, Humboldt's text has made many contributions to scientific progress in his conception of the unity of science, nature, and mankind.[3]
Background and Influences[edit]
Since the early years of the nineteenth century, Humboldt had been a world-famous figure, second in renown only to Napoleon. As the son of an aristocratic family in Prussia, he received the best education available at the time in Europe, studying under famous thinkers at the universities of Frankfurt and Göttingen. By the time he wrote Kosmos, Humboldt was an esteemed explorer, cosmographer, biologist, diplomat, engineer, and citizen of the world.[1] While considered a geographer, he is accredited with contributing to most of the sciences of the natural world environment found today.[4]
Humboldt in the Americas[edit]
Probably more than any other factor, Humboldt's career was shaped by his travels in South and Central America in the five years from 1799 to 1804.[1] Humboldt said that his Cosmos was born on the slopes of the Andes.[2] Beginning in Venezuela, he explored the Orinoco and upper Amazing valleys, climbed Mount Chimborazo — then believed to be the world's highest mountain — investigated changing vegetation from the tropical jungles to the top of the Andes, collected thousands of plant specimens, and accumulated a vast collection of animals, insects, and geological fragments.[1] From the notes he gathered on this journey, Humboldt was able to produce at least thirty volumes based on his observations.[3] His studies related to many scientific fields, including botany, zoology, geology, and geography, as well as narratives of popular travel and discussions of political, economic, and social conditions.[1]
Humboldt in Asia[edit]
Twenty-five years after his exploration of the Americas, at the age of sixty, Humboldt undertook an extended tour, subsidized by the Tsar of Russia, into the interior of Asia.[1] Between May and November 1829, Humboldt and his two subordinates, C.G. Ehrenberg and Gustav Rose, traveled across the vast expanse of the Russian empire. Upon his return, Humboldt left the publication of the scientific results to Ehrenberg and Rose, while his own work — a three-volume descriptive geography entitles Asie Centrale — did not appear until many years later. This work was very modest in comparison to Humboldt's South American publications. Asie Centrale focused on the facts and figured of Central Asian geography, along with data to complete his isothermal world map.[3] It was during his South American and Asian explorations that Humboldt made the observations crucial to forming his physical description of the universe in Kosmos.[1]
Berlin Lectures[edit]
In 1827, having spent himself into poverty publishing his scientific works, his king, Friedrich Wilhelm III, reminded Humboldt of his debt and recalled him to Berlin. When he arrived in Berlin, Humboldt announced that he would give a course of lectures on physical geography. From November 1827 to April 1828, he delivered a series of sixty-one lectures at the University of Berlin. The lectures were so well-attended, that Humboldt soon announced a second series, which was held in a music hall before an audience of thousands, free to all comers.[2] Beginning in 1828, Humboldt finally gave expression to his concept in his Berlin lectures, and from then on he labored to produce his physical description of the universe in book form.[3] Collaborators pledged to his assistance included the greatest scientists of his generation, including leaders in chemistry, astronomy, anatomy, mathematics, mineralogy, botany, and other areas of study.[1]
In 1828 after the Berlin lectures, Humboldt began formulating his vision in writing. His factual text, heavily loaded with footnotes and references, was sent in proof sheets to all the various specialists for comments and corrections before publication. In this way, he aimed to ensure that what he wrote was both accurate and up-to-date. He continually looked to his friend and literary advisor Varnhagen von Ense for advice in the matter of his style of writing.[3] In total, Kosmos took twenty-five years to write.[4]
Humboldt felt as if publishing Kosmos was a race against death. The first volume was published in 1845 when he was seventy-six, the second when he was seventy-eight, the third when he was eighty-one, and the fourth when he was eighty-nine. The fifth volume, however, was only half-written when Humboldt passed away in 1859 and had to be completed from his notes and provided with an index over a thousand pages long.[3]
Humboldt viewed the world as what the ancient Greeks called a kosmos – "a beautifully ordered and harmonious system" – and coined the modern word "cosmos" to use as the title of his final work.[5] This title allowed him to encompass heaven and earth together.[2] He reintroduced Cosmos as "the assemblage of all things in heaven and earth, the universality of created things constituting the perceptible world."[6] His basic purpose is outlined in the introduction to the first volume:
"The most important aim of all physical science is this: to recognize unity in diversity, to comprehend all the single aspects as revealed by the discoveries of the last epochs, to judge single phenomena separately without surrendering their bulk, and to grasp Nature's essence under the cover of outer appearances."[1]
Humboldt soon adds, Kosmos signifies both the "order of the world, and adornment of this universal order."[6] Thus, there are two aspects of the Cosmos, the "order" and the "adornment." The first refers to the observed fact that the physical universe, independently of humans, demonstrates regularities and patterns that we can define as laws. Adornment, however, is up to human interpretation. To Humboldt, Cosmos is both ordered and beautiful, through the human mind.[2] He created a dynamic picture of the universe that would continually grow and change as human conceptions of nature and the depth of human feeling about nature enlarge and deepen.
To represent this double-sided aspect of Cosmos, Humboldt divided his book into two parts, with the first painting a general "portrait of nature."[1] Humboldt first examines outer space – the Milky Way, cosmic nebulae, and planets – and then proceeds to the earth and its physical geography; climate; volcanoes; relationships among plants, animals, and mankind; evolution; and the beauty of nature. In the second part, on the history of science, Humboldt aims to take the reader on an inner or "subjective" journey through the mind.[1] Humboldt is concerned with "the difference of feeling excited by the contemplation of nature at different epochs," that is, the attitudes toward natural phenomena among poets, painters, and students of nature through the ages.[2] The final three volumes are devoted to a more detailed account of scientific studies in astronomy, the earth's physical properties, and geological formations.[1] On the whole, the final work followed the scheme of the Berlin lectures reasonably faithfully.[3]
Response to Kosmos[edit]
Kosmos was considered to be both a scientific and literary achievement, immensely popular among nineteenth-century readers.[1] Although the book bore the daunting subtitle of A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, and had an index that ran to more than 1,000 pages, the first volume sold out in two months, the work was translated into all major languages and sold hundreds of thousands of copies.[7] Humboldt's publisher claimed: "The demand is epoch-making. Book parcels destined for London and St. Petersburg were torn out of our hands by agents who wanted their orders filled for the bookstores in Vienna and Hamburg." [7]
Kosmos largely enhanced Humboldt's reputation in his own lifetime, not only in his own country but throughout Europe and America as well. Its enthusiastic reception in England, where it came out in the Bohn Scientific Library in a translation by Elizabeth Leeves, particularly surprised him. The reviews were gushing in praise of both the author and his work.[3]
However, some felt he had not done justice to the contribution of modern British scientists and many were quick to point out that Humboldt, who had written so exhaustively about the creation of the universe, failed to ever mention God the Creator.[3]
Humboldt's Kosmos had a significant impact on scientific progress, as well as various scientists and authors throughout Europe and America.[7] Humboldt's work gave a strong impetus to scientific exploration throughout the nineteenth century, inspiring many, including Charles Darwin and his voyage as the naturalist aboard the Beagle.[1] Darwin called Humboldt "the greatest scientific traveler who ever lived."[1]
Kosmos influenced several American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.[2] Emerson read Humboldt's work throughout his life, and for him, Kosmos capped Humboldt's role as a scientific revolutionary.[2] Edgar Allan Poe was also an admirer of Humboldt, even dedicating his last major work, Eureka: A Prose Poem, to Humboldt.[2] Humboldt's attempt to unify the sciences was a major inspiration for Poe's work.[2] Walt Whitman was said to have kept a copy of Kosmos on his desk for inspiration as he wrote Leaves of Grass, and Henry David Thoreau's Walden, like Eureka, was a response to Humboldt's ideas.[2]
Although Kosmos and Humboldt's work in general had such a lasting impact on scientific thought, interest in Humboldt's life, work, and ideas over the past two centuries has dwindled in comparison to what it once was.[8] However, starting in the 1990s and continuing to date, an upswing in scholarly interest in Humboldt has occurred.[8] A new edition of Kosmos released in Germany in 2004 received avid reviews, renewing Humboldt's prominence in German society.[8] German media outlets hailed the largely forgotten Humboldt as a new avatar figure for German national renewal and a model cosmopolitan ambassador of German culture and civilization for the twenty-first century.[8]
Humboldt is also credited with laying the foundations of physical geography and meteorology. His account in Kosmos of the propagation of seismic waves also became the basis of modern seismology.[3] His most enduring contribution to scientific progress, however, in his conception of the unity of science, nature, and mankind.[1] Kosmos showed nature as a whole, not as unconnected parts.[4]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Robert B. Downs, Landmarks in Science: Hippocrates to Carson (Littleton, Colo: Libraries Unlimited, 1982), 189-191.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Laura Dassow Walls, The Passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Shaping of America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Douglas Botting, Humboldt and the Cosmos (New York: Harper & Row, 1973), 258-262.
- ^ a b c Jeff Lee, Alexander von Humboldt (New York: American Geographical Society, 2001).
- ^ Aaron Sachs, "The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism." (New York: Viking, 2006).
- ^ a b Alexander von Humboldt, Cosmos (George Bell, 1883) 1:24.
- ^ a b c Sachs, A. (1995, 03). Humboldt's legacy and the restoration of science. World Watch, 8, 28. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/230005809?accountid=9784
- ^ a b c d Kent Mathewson, Humboldt's Twenty-First-Century Currency: Recent Upwellings, Commemorations, and Critical Commentaries" (New York: American Geographical Society, 2006).


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I always talk about the weather here, at the beginning of The Petting Zoo, and I think that is because what else am I supposed to talk about? If I had it my way I'd just copy and paste "ANIMAL VIDEOS" over and over and over for a longer-than-reasonable amount of time and then we'd get to the jump and we can finally watch all of the wonderful animal videos that I've been putting aside throughout the week. But that's not the way the world works, so here we are, talking about how it was ELEVEN DEGREES THIS MORNING IN BROOKLYN, NY, WHERE I LIVE. Ahhhhh! Listen, if it is that cold where you are and you are at work right now and you can't watch these animal videos right away here is what I want you to do: On your way home, buy hot toddy ingredients. When you get home, make yourself a hot toddy and put on casual clothing and wear a winter hat indoors and watch these animal videos until you are warm inside and out. And then dig a hole in the ground and get a friend to cover you up with dirt and sleep there until next Wednesday, ok goodbye! Animal videos!
10. Cat Washes And Dries Face
9. Cat In Snow
8. Distracted Meerkat
7. Puppies Love Slippers
6. Hedgehog Getting Dry
5. Slow-Mo Floppy Tongue
4. Hamster Eating A Pretzel Stick
3. Dog "Drives" Tractor
2. Girls Play With Fennec Fox In The Desert
1. Howling Mouse
I included two videos of the Howling Mouse today because I never knew it even existed before and it is possibly my new favorite animal. (Thanks for the LIFE-CHANGING tip, Alissa!) The only thing holding me back is the idea of responding with "Howling Mouse" and then having to explain it after someone asks me what my favorite animal is (like, on a date? or in a magazine interview.) and having it seem far too precious. "A tiny, tough mouse that howls at the moon!" Really if someone asked me what my favorite animal was in a magazine interview I would probably say "dog" because I think that is funny and it is also pretty much true. But I'd be very close to saying "howling mouse." Anyway. What other questions do you have for me? "Girls Play With Fennec Fox In The Desert" is the best art film I have ever seen. "Dog 'Drives' Tractor" is hilarious and very sweet. The rest are just cute. CONGRATS EVERYBODY!
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OMG the howling mice even eat bugs Kelly! They can kill all the spiders for you. Truly life-changing indeed.
I am meeting this pup today to see if he gets along with my pup and I may foster him. Fingers crossed, guys. Fingers crossed.
Yay, I'm gald you love the Grasshopper Mouse as much as I do! I mean it eats tarantulas. What is not not love? National Geographic also made a free app all about it;
This mouse is sweeping the hearts of the nation (except for the hearts of grasshoppers, tarantulas, and scorpions)!
Those were my thoughts exactly. The whole time I was watching it, I kept thinking, "Please don't fall. Please don't fall."
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27 People of Zion, in days to come he will lift the heavy load of the Assyrians from your shoulders. He will remove their yokes from your necks. They will be broken because you have become so strong. | 27 In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat. |
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WD-40 COMPANY Instant Mildew Stain Remover, Trigger Spray, 32 oz.
Item#: YYSP-WDF26080 | Model#: 26080Currently Out Of Stock!
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