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RALEIGH — There were stoppages during the game's final 50 seconds when North Carolina State guard Lorenzo Brown, unable to suppress his smile, glanced just beyond the baselines, toward the growing crowd pouring into position.
Forget trying to avoid the surge of chaos that was building, the court-storming rampage that punctuated the 20th-ranked Wolfpack's 84-76 takedown of No. 1 Duke on Saturday afternoon at PNC Arena.
Brown had longed to be engulfed by a triumphant moment like this.
"My wish finally came true," he said afterward. "Once you come to play college basketball, that's what you want. You want a big game like that, your fans to rush the court. So it's an amazing feeling. I'm just happy that it happened. I wanted that to happen."
Suddenly, amid in the swarm, teammate C.J. Leslie didn't know what was happening.
Hoisted off his feet at the epicenter of the mob, the first of the N.C. State players that would body-surf atop the rollicking sea of humanity, Leslie's eyes bugged out as he shouted "what's up!" and spread his arms wide, as if in an attempt to grasp the scope of the delirium.
"I was sitting there cheering and the next minute I was up in the air," Leslie said later. "I don't know who had me up. I can't tell you. It wasn't in my plans."
And how was the view from that perch?
"I couldn't see a bit of court," Leslie said. "I couldn't see not one part of the court. It was just people everywhere. That's going to be a thing, a remembrance, that we'll never forget. We'll always keep this in our memories."
Presently, there's a lot to savor.
For the first time since February 2004, N.C. State conquered the nation's top-ranked team. (Duke was the victim back then, too).
For the first time since 1989, the Wolfpack has secured a 3-0 start in the Atlantic Coast Conference and produced a 10-game winning streak.
Whether Saturday became validation — a proverbial N.C. State-ment — that the Wolfpack indeed is the league's best as was predicted in the preseason, forward Richard Howell and coach Mark Gottfried pumped the brakes on going there.
But that wasn't to diminish what was delivered here by way of N.C. State's assertive second half.
"I wanted it. I've never wanted a game so much in my life," said Howell, a senior. "You always get geeked going against the No. 1 team, especially when they come in your home and they already have the swag in warm-ups like they think they can beat you."
Duke (15-1 overall, 2-1 ACC), which arrived as one of the country's two unbeatens and played without hobbled starter Ryan Kelly (right-foot injury), could not on this afternoon.
With the combination of Leslie's slashing athleticism and Howell's brute strength emerging in full, the Wolfpack (14-2, 3-0) gained control of the interior and constructed a 10-point lead in the second half after trailing by eight in the first half.
Leslie supplied 14 of his 25 points in the second half, and 12 came in the final 10 minutes. Howell scored 16 points and tied a career-high with 18 rebounds, 14 of which were grabbed in the second half.
Less than nine minutes into the game, Duke held a 14-4 edge in rebounding and was pounding the offensive glass.
That changed when Gottfried challenged the Wolfpack during a timeout and Howell vowed to "take full responsibility" on the boards.
"Man, gosh, he was a monster with that," Leslie said. "He put it in his head that he was going to get every rebound and make an effort to get the ones that he couldn't get and the ones that he couldn't get, he got them, too."
Seth Curry (five 3-pointers, 22 points), Quinn Cook (17 points, seven assists) and Mason Plumlee (15 points, 11 rebounds) paced Duke. Curry, plagued by ankle and shin issues, slipped on a wet spot and missed the final 3:14.
"Whenever they looked like they were going to knock us out, we came back," Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "We put ourselves in a position to win and then they made winning plays and wining free throws."
N.C. State led 41-39 at halftime. Then Howell's pair of offensive rebounds and put-back baskets in the first 82 seconds of the second half seemed to establish a take-charge tone.
After Curry's 3 pulled Duke within 58-57, Leslie pumped in six straight points and Rodney Purvis absorbed a foul while scoring in transition, prompting a big fist pump by Brown, whose feed facilitated the bucket. Purvis hit the ensuing free throw, pushing the Wolfpack ahead 67-57 with 7:44 remaining.
The Blue Devils twice trimmed the deficit to four — on Curry's swished 3 with 3:53 left and Plumlee's up-and-under post move at the 2:07 mark.
Leslie answered on N.C. State's next trip by facing up Plumlee, driving and finishing high over him. The Wolfpack clinched victory by sinking 9 of 10 free throws during the last 50.3 seconds — with Brown stealing peeks as the court-flooding scene took shape.
"We heard them loud and clear," Leslie said. "This is what I came here for, to beat this type of team."
-- TIP-INS …: Brown finished with 12 points and equaled a career-best with 13 assists. Oddly, he was the only N.C. State player credited with an assist. … Scott Wood (14 points) and T.J. Warren (10 points) also reached double digits for the Wolfpack, which avoided foul trouble and essentially used a six-man rotation, putting 38 minutes apiece on Brown, Leslie and Howell. … Wood heated up for three 3s and 10 points, including a four-point play, during the game's opening 11½ minutes. … N.C. State's all-time record against No. 1 teams improved to 6-27. … Gottfried used "grown man" to describe Howell's game and "nearly unguardable" for Leslie's play down the stretch.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Miami women's tennis opened Day 1 of the Memphis Invitational with a pair of first round singles victories as well as one win from the doubles bracket.
Sophomore Ana Rajkovic defeated Chattanooga's Alison Storie 6-0, 2-6, 6-0 in the Orange Draw while freshman Andreea Badileanu beat Kelsey Coots from Chattanooga 6-2, 6-4 in the Black Draw.
Sophomore Chloe Heerden fell 2-6, 0-6 in her Pink Draw match to Vanessa Foltinger of Marquette. Senior Christiana Raymond lost her opening round singles match to Tulsa's Isaura Enrique in the Blue Draw, 6-1, 6-1. In the Black Draw, junior Ramona Costea lost her match 3-6, 3-6 to Lipscomb's Viktoria Borck. Junior Alix Thurman was downed 0-6, 3-6 by Memphis' Anki Wind in the Gray Draw. In the White Draw, junior Christine Guerrazzi lost 2-6, 2-6 to Tulsa's Rongrong Leenabanchong.
In doubles action, Thurman/Raymond won 8-7 (4) against Lipscomb's Borck/Welcher before dropping their next match 1-8 to Tulsa's Kuricova/Leenabanchong. Guerrazzi/Rajkovic lost their opening doubles match as well as their ensuing consolation match. Costea/Badileanu lost their opening doubles match and will begin play in the consolation round on Saturday morning.
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One of my research interests is studying the effects of castration treatment for on cognitive function in prostate cancer patients and their impact on the quality of life. Another research interest is evaluating potential therapeutic targets within one of the major cell signalling pathways - the phospho-inositol-3-kinase pathway - in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
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- Chao HH-A, Luo X, Chang JLK, Li C-SR (2009). Activation of the Pre-Supplementary Motor Area but not Inferior Prefrontal Cortex in Association with Short Stop Signal Reaction Time - An Intra-subject Analysis. BMC Neuroscience
- Chao HH-A, Schwartz AR, Hersh J, Hunnibell L, Jackson GL, Dawn T. Provenzale DT, Schlosser J, Stapleton LM, Zullig LL, Rose MG (2009). Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening and Care in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Clinical Colorectal Cancer 8(1):22-8.
- Li C-SR, Chao HH-A, Lee TW (2009) The neural correlates of speeded compared to delayed responses in a stop signal task: an indirect analogue of risk taking and association with an anxiety trait. Cerebral Cortex (4):839-48. Epub 2008 Aug 4.
- Li C-SR, Yan P, Chao HH-A, Sinha R, Paliwal P, Constable RT, Lee TW, Zhang S (2008) Error-specific medial cortical and subcortical activity during the stop signal task – a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neuroscience 155 (4): 1142-1151
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It appears for some strange reason that the App Store ratings seem to be missing as of this morning. On the featured page all of the ratings are gone and show each app has no ratings. Once you click on the app the rating seems to be back but for some reason on the main page the rating is no where to be found.
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App Store ratings M.I.A.?
@Darrell that seems like it would make the rating system much more useful.
I check my app's ratings frequently, and yesterday the ratings were wonky. Sometimes no ratings would show up, sometimes only the full history ratings without it broken down for the latest update's ratings, and sometimes it worked correctly. My guess is that Apple must have introduced new code somewhere that created the bug.
@JJ I hate when that happens. After a JB I noticed bugs before and thought the JB broke something only to find out it was Apples fault haha. I've never broken anything with a JB.
The App Store ratings are useless anyway. It's mostly illiterate 12 year olds who one star an app because it needs some nebulous "update" or something.
Firesign - so true. It's also a lot of competitors trying to trash the competition's ratings. I see a flurry of negative ratings every time a new app is released that competes with mine. And the way Apple asks users who delete an app if they want to rate it is like a movie reviewer only asking people who leave a movie early how they liked it. Apple doesn't let app developers put in-app ratings (always have to reroute to the App store) but somehow they're able to let users who are deleting an app to rate the app without rerouting to their store.
It's stacked and not in the favor of the developers who really try to respond to user's issues with an app.
I noticed this back on the 29th of December.
The ratings system is super flawed there are apps that say the average is 3 stars but when u read reviews theres on 1 star if that but it still says 3 stars i believe so people will keep buyin crap apps i know everyone has seen this
Clearly it's because of the year change the system bugged out just like the Alarms on the iOS devices. :P
I was under the impression that the only reviews that show up are the ones that have something written. If you don't write a review but still give a rating then it doesn't list you. So that means that while all the reviewers could have only given 1 star, other people that only rated the app gave it more than 3 stars and didn't write a review.
I'm wondering if this is part of a larger changeover to the new data center in North Carolina? If so, it might be some data migration issues, particularly related to database linkages. Just a thought.
I've seen other things like my wish list and app update window come and go.
The guy who inputs the ratings had an alarm set on his iPhone to come to change them - ooops.
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"I am interested in long-term humane solutions to manage our horse populations. Our land is precious to the Navajo people as are all the horses on the Navajo Nation. Horses are sacred animals to us." – Ben Shelly, president of the Navajo Nation
Phenomenal news! Horse-welfare advocates just gained an important new ally in the fight to stop the brutal practice of horse slaughter. As reported earlier this week in The New York Times, Ben Shelly, president of the Navajo Nation, announced that the Nation opposes the practice of horse slaughter and has stopped all horse round-ups on the reservation.
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Please be a voice for horses TODAY: Urge your members of Congress to cosponsor the SAFE Act to end this horrific threat to American horses.
It just amazes me how cold and brutal Humans can be towards a majestic animal.
What took Ben Shelly so long? I would have thought that the Navajo people would have been the first in line to oppose horse slaughtering. I know that Navajo people and other tribes value their animals and are thankful people that oppose harming animals in horrific torturous ways. I applaud that he has joined to end this senseless act and hope that he can aquire more Native Americans to join this cause.
I know my dear friend ( Allen Dale June ) who passed away a few yrs ago who was one of the 1st Navajo Code talkers would be very proud today of his people. Thank You for standing up to saving our horses. I would like to see more of our Native Americans standing up with the Navajo Nation on this matter.
Thank you shelly. OMG i'm so happy about this. Horses are such amazing animals they, for heaven sake, do not deserve to be slaughtered.
Thanks to President Shelly and the Navajo nation. If we treated our animals with the respect that the indian does we would be a much kinder place.
Thank you, President Shelly. You give the horses the dignity respect and well-being they really deserve. Mother Earth and her suffering animals are in need of caring humans like you.
Latest news is that they Navajo Agency doing this did not stop and still is going after the horses. President Shelly needs to back up his words with action.
I hope everyone is aware by now that NN Ben Shelly lied!He HAS NOT stopped the horse round up's and many hundreds of horses were sent to slaughter only days after he said he would stop it. The slaughter round up's are still going on! He has retracted saying he would end the slaughter. He flat out lied to everyone!!!


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SIMON BORCHARDT reports on the Rebels' 28-19 upset win against the Crusaders in Melbourne.
These teams did not meet in 2011, because of the conference format, and the general consensus was that the Crusaders missed out on five easy log points.
Richie McCaw's side must have arrived in Melbourne for this 2012 fixture expecting a comfortable bonus-point win but they left with nothing after conceding two quick tries, in the 67th and 70th minutes, which turned the game on its head.
First, replacement lock Al Campbell passed in the tackle to winger Mark Gerrard, who cut back inside and sent scrumhalf Nick Phipps away for the try. Then 34-year-old substitute centre Stirling Mortlock intercepted a poor pass from Crusaders prop Owen Franks and found Cooper Vuna. The winger attracted the only covering defender and gave the ball back to Mortlock, who dived over.
The Rebels then defended that nine-point lead for the next 10 minutes to pull off one of the biggest upsets in Super Rugby history.
And it was a well deserved win, too. They dominated the breakdown, used the width of the field on attack, and Gerrard's tactical kicking was superb from the back.
The hosts had all the ball early on and were rewarded with a try to Phipps, who threw a dummy, burst through a gap between two wrong-footed defenders and planted the ball on the line.
Phipps, though, effectively gave those seven points away on the half-hour mark when he knocked on 35m out. The Crusaders booted the ball ahead, regained possession, and second rower Sam Whitelock scored the simplest of tries after a burst down the left touchline by fullback Tom Marshall.
Flyhalf Tom Taylor kicked the conversion and then slotted his third and fourth penalties to give the visitors a 19-10 half-time lead.
But it was all the Rebels in the second half and while they weren't able to breach the opposition defence in the third quarter, two penalties from flyhalf Kurtley Beale cut the deficit to three.
Then came the two tries that stunned the seven-time Super Rugby champions, and gave the small crowd a reason to celebrate long into the night.


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America has a piggy bank it no longer needs, a piggy bank with sufficient resources to pay for the current fiscal year's sequestration, albeit a resource unlikely to be used because friends and foes might misinterpret its purpose.Sequestration, which is scheduled to go into effect on March 1 per the Budget Control Act of 2011, mandates budget cuts for the next 10 years, beginning with $85 billion this year. Congress is struggling to come up with cuts and revenue to offset this, but has so far failed.There is another solution. In 1975, responding to OPEC's (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) 1973 oil embargo, the United States established the SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve), which now includes four sites in Louisiana and Texas holding approximately 695 billion barrels of..
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Left fullback Steve Kindel, centre back Adrian Cann and striker Eddy Sebrango took time out their busy training schedule to give us their thoughts on a variety of Whitecaps and Galaxy-related topics.
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Please listen to "Don't Tell Me There is No Mystery" and you will probably go into a trance like I did. Incredible song.Published 21 months ago by crafterlady
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you ever gonna send me those pics?
I tried yesterday but the zipped files were still too big. I have at least 37 pics from each course, so the files are NOT small. What types of pics do you want.
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That is so awesome!!! Keep us updated on the progress!
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just a few good basket shots from Iq and CV all of the pics on myspace are from out of town maybe you could create a rar file i have win rar.
I did put them in a rar file, but they were too big.
Do you want pics of the baskets from the fairway, or pics of the fairway from the tee??
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I sent you some from CV and IQ. If you want more let me know.
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Forgetful Heart by Bob Dylan with Robert Hunter
Forgetful heart
Lost your power of recall
Every little detail
You don't remember at all
The times we knew
Who would remember better then you
Forgetful heart
We laughed and had a good time you and I
It's been so long
Now you're content to let the days go by
When you were there
You were the answer to my prayer
Forgetful heart
We loved with all the love that life can give
What can I say
Without you it's so hard to live
Can't take much more
Why can't we love like we did before
Forgetful heart
Like a walking shadow in my brain
All night long
I lay awake and listen to the sound of pain
The door has closed forevermore
If indeed there ever was a door
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verb re·form \ri-ˈfȯrm\
: to improve (someone or something) by removing or correcting faults, problems, etc.
: to improve your own behavior or habits
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transitive verb
a : to put or change into an improved form or conditionb : to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses
: to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action
: to induce or cause to abandon evil ways <reform a drunkard>
a : to subject (hydrocarbons) to crackingb : to produce (as gasoline or gas) by cracking
intransitive verb
: to become changed for the better
— re·form·abil·i·ty \-ˌfȯr-mə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
— re·form·able \-ˈfȯr-mə-bəl\ adjective
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Examples of REFORM
- The program is designed to reform prisoners.
- They want to reform campaign spending.
- The laws need to be reformed.
- The program is designed to help former gang members who are trying to reform.
Origin of REFORM
Middle English, from Anglo-French refurmer, from Latin reformare, from re- + formare to form, from forma form
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: the improvement of something by removing or correcting faults, problems, etc.
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: amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved
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Looking for a fun activity to do after the holidays and before New Year's? Maybe you need a safe container in which to keep a new gift? Are you 8 years old and up? If so, drop by the library on Friday, December 27th at 11:00 am for a Drop-In Craft. You will learn how to fold colorful paper to make a keepsake box (or two!) in as many different sizes and with as many decorations as you want!
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A Global Tsunami of Antisemitism
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Israeli-American Group Congratulates Cavaliers' Blatt on Reaching NBA Finals
JNS.org – An organization whose work focuses on the estimated population of 500,000-800,000 Israeli Americans congratulated David Blatt, the Jewish head coach of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Cleveland Cavaliers and a longtime Israel-based coach, for clinching an appearance in the NBA Finals. The Israeli-American Council (IAC), whose stated mission is "to build an active and giving Israeli-American community throughout the United States in order to strengthen the State of Israel, our next generation, and to provide a bridge to [...]Read more →
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Bacon Flavor Ben & Jerry's 'Not Gonna Happen' Because it Wouldn't be Kosher
Famed ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's will not be introducing a Bacon flavored product to its offerings because the company intends to keep its entire line kosher, Marketing Director Alison Gilbert told AOL's morning show Rise recently. "It's kind of funny, a lot of people look for bacon in our ice cream, which is probably not gonna happen because all of our ice cream is kosher," she said, referring to Jewish dietary restrictions that proscribe the consumption of pig [...]Read more →
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Israeli Judo Team Faces Antisemitic Harassment in Morocco: 'We Will Murder You'
Israeli athletes at a world Judo championship in Morocco reportedly faced antisemitic slurs during the competition, news site WorldNetDaily reported on Monday. "We will murder you," and "you're not wanted here, go home," were among the vituperative attacks directed at the Israeli Judo Association team, which was in Morocco last week for the World Masters Judo Tournament. According to Haaretz, each Israeli teammate was met with boos and jeers upon entering a fight. Additionally, no Israeli flags were present at [...]Read more →
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Lady Gaga Accepts ADL Award: 'Your Philosophies Are So in Line With Ours' (VIDEO)
Pop superstar Lady Gaga on Thursday accepted an award from Jewish human rights group the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on behalf of her Born This Way Foundation, which strives to combat bullying among young people. "Your philosophies are so in line with ours," she said of the ADL upon accepting the Making a Difference Award in a videotaped message, which was shown at a ceremony in New York City. "We want to help young people know that their feelings and who they are on [...]Read more →
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At 80, Singer-Songwriter Leonard Cohen's Jewish Roots 'Very Much Intact'
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FIFA Head Says Israel Should Not be Booted From World Soccer Association
JNS.org – Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) head Sepp Blatter said during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that contrary to Palestinian complaints, Israel has not violated any FIFA statutes and should not be suspended from international soccer's governing body. "We should not come to one federation saying we will exclude them," said Blatter, the Jerusalem Post reported. "If the national association is fulfilling its obligations then there is no need to intervene," he said. "I'm on a [...]Read more →
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Diane Kowalski MD, MMSc
Associate Professor of Pathology and Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology); Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program; Director Residency Program
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Yale Medical Group
Office of Student ResearchCancer Center, Yale: Head and Neck Cancer Surgery Program; Endocrine Oncology ProgramPathology: Cytology; Surgical Pathology | Surgery
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- Dolled-Filhart, M.P., Camp, R.L., Kowalski, D.P., Smith, B.L., and Rimm, D.L. Tissue Microarray Analysis of Stat3 and Phospho-Stat3 (Tyr705) in Node Negative Breast Cancer Shows Nuclear Localization is Associated with a Better Prognosis. (2002) Clinical Cancer Research
- Althausen, AM, DP Kowalski, ME Ludwig, SL Curry, JF Greene. Granular Cell Tumors: A New Clinically Important Histologic Finding. Gynecologic Oncology 2000 77:310-313.
- Kowalski, DP, TY Aw, Y Park, DP Jones. Postanoxic oxidative injury in rat hepatocytes: lactate-dependent protection against tert-butylhydroperoxide. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 199212:205-212.


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The Republican Party has been doing a lot of hand-wringing and finger-pointing since the presidential election. Half the conservative columnists and bloggers say the GOP lost because it overemphasized social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. The other half says the party didn't emphasize them enough. And everyone denounces Project ORCA, the campaign's attempt to turn out voters via technology.
But I've got a suggestion for cutting short the GOP angst: Sarah Palin for president in 2016.
You think I'm joking? Think again.
In 2008, Palin, running as my party's vice presidential candidate, was widely supposed to have cost John McCain the election. But that wasn't so. A national exit poll conducted by CNN asked voters whether Palin was a factor in their voting. Of those who said yes, 56 percent voted for McCain versus 43 percent for Barack Obama.
Furthermore, Mitt Romney, the GOP's anointed contender this year, got almost a million fewer votes than McCain did in 2008. (Meanwhile, President Barack Obama, although winning re-election, lost far more voters than the Republicans, with nearly 7 million fewer voters checking his name on their ballots than did in 2008).
Millions of Americans didn't much care for Obama and his Obamacare spending blowout, but they didn't feel like voting for Romney either. Some said that Romney didn't resonate with recession-hit blue-collar folks in swing states because he "looked like the boss who outsourced their jobs," as one blog commenter quipped.
Gabriel Malor, writing for the New York Daily News' blog, pinpointed another reason: By focusing his campaign mostly on serious economic and political issues such as the national debt and tax incentives, Romney failed to take into account the fact that large segments of the electorate neither know nor care much about serious economic and political issues. What they — a group sometimes euphemistically called "uninformed voters" — do know and care about are the tugs on their emotions, fears, revulsions and heart strings provided by hours and hours of uninterrupted television watching.
The Democrats understood how to reach that constituency. When a barrage of Obama campaign TV ads told them that the GOP wanted to take away their contraceptives or that Bain Capital killed someone's wife, they took notice. When Obama strolled the hurricane-stricken beaches of
Palin can more than keep up with the Democrats in appealing to voters' emotions. Hardly anyone could be more blue collar than Palin, out on the fishing boat with her hunky blue-collar husband, Todd. Palin is "View"-ready, she's "Ellen"-ready, she's Kelly-and-Michael-ready.
A Palin "war against women"? Hah! Not only is she a woman, she's got a single-mom daughter,
Gay marriage? Palin opposes it. But she is also a strong advocate of states' rights, and I'm betting she'd be fine with letting states and their voters grapple with the issue on their own. Remember that all of
Furthermore, looks count in politics, and Palin at age 48, has it all over her possible competition. Men love Sarah Palin, and she loves men.
She's tough as nails too. After Election 2008, she was supposed to have been through. This year eight of the 14 GOP candidates Palin endorsed for Congress won election or re-election, including tea party favorite Ted Cruz for a Senate seat in
Sure, there is going to be never-ending nastiness from the left, but she's already lived through that once. Katie Couric? A has-been. Tina Fey? Her shtick was already wearing thin in 2008.
Some Republicans will say Palin has too much baggage from 2008, and we need to look for a new Sarah Palin. But I don't see what's wrong with the one we've got. Ever since the 1990s, Republicans have been looking for the next Ronald Reagan. Reagan is now revered in bipartisan circles, but during his presidency he was, like Palin, ridiculed by liberals. They cited "Bedtime for Bonzo" and sneered at his no-name college degree.
Sarah Palin is the new Ronald Reagan: charming and affable and unwilling to back down if she's right. I can't see what's wrong with that.
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PIKEVILLE — Even after his team lost 7-5 Friday at C.B. Aycock to fall to 0-2 in the Eastern Carolina 3A Conference, North Lenoir coach Jim Montague refused to let the words "panic" or "concern" enter his vocabulary.
"We've got some kids who know how to play the game of baseball, so I'm not worried," Montague said.
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish."
Unfortunately for the Hawks (1-2 overall), how they started against the Falcons had a lot to do with their loss.
North Lenoir dug itself a 6-0 hole after two innings that could have been even worse. The Falcons had a runner thrown out trying to steal and left the bases loaded in the first stanza, and also stranded a runner in scoring position in the second.
Aycock was a timely hit away from blowing the game completely open almost before it had begun.
"We got off to a bad start, which obviously you can't do on the road against a team of Aycock's caliber," Montague said. "But we buckled down, showed some grit, and made a game out of it, which says a lot about the character of this team."
That character shined through in the fourth. North Lenoir erupted for five runs, getting an RBI single from Landon Letchworth and a two-run base hit from Daron Gray, while taking advantage of three walks and a pair of Falcons errors.
"They helped us by kicking the ball around a bit, but overall our approach at the plate was just much better in that inning," Montague said. "We just couldn't climb all the way out of that hole."
The Hawks left the potential tying run on second and generated just two base runners in their final three at-bats, neither of whom advanced past first base.
Aycock (3-1, 2-0) added an insurance run in the sixth.
Justin Shimer singled in the second for North Lenoir's only other hit.
The Falcons collected seven hits, but three Hawks hurlers combined to walk nine batters and hit another.
"I think the cold weather affected the pitchers on both sides," Montague said. "We didn't pitch well, but it's still early. We're still trying to find the right combinations, and we've got pitchers who haven't had a chance to get into a game yet."
The Hawks will look for their first league win Tuesday when they travel to Erwin Triton.
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Updated with market close information, the downgrade of Bank of America by Credit Suisse, Oppenheimer's upgrade for KeyCorp and downgrade of Comerica, and PNC's announcement on Wednesday morning of several fourth-quarter items.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Fourth-quarter earnings reports will be quite messy for many of the nation's largest banks.
2012 was a remarkable year for bank stocks, with the KBW Bank Index (I:BKX) returning 30%, after falling by 25% during 2011. Bank of America (BAC - Get Report) led the way among the 24 index components, with shares rising 110%, following a 58% drop in 2011.
After a bumpy right toward year-end as the fiscal cliff negotiations dragged on in Washington, bank stocks have been strong so far during 2013, as positive economic reports continue to roll in. Investors, however, can expect plenty of first-quarter volatility for the entire market, including the banks, as the arguments rage in Congress over raising the federal debt limit.Guggenheim Securities analyst Marty Mosby said in a report on Wednesday that during the fourth quarter of 2011, "14 of our 18 Large Cap Banks reported results below market expectations. We expect year-end cleanup decisions to pull down fourth quarter results again." The analyst see some good news for the industry: "Beyond this noise, modest revenue growth, continued efficiency improvements, and deployment of excess capital are creating core earnings growth."
A Lumpy Fourth Quarter Banks Clearing Mortgage Decks
Bank of America has led the way for banks reporting extraordinary fourth-quarter items, announcing on Monday a settlement of its long-running feud with government-sponsored mortgage giant Fannie Mae (FNMA) that will include a cash payment of $3.55 billion and a $6.75 billion payment to repurchase 30,000 loans sold to Fannie before 2008. With some of the costs associated with the settlement having already been reserved for, Bank of America said that the entire Fannie Mae settlement would lower its fourth-quarter earnings by $2.7 billion. In addition to the Fannie settlement, Bank of America also announced that its fourth-quarter results would be "negatively impacted by approximately $2.5 billion (pretax) for the independent foreclosure reviews, litigation (primarily mortgage-related), and other mortgage-related matters," leaving the company to report "modestly positive" earnings. The company said that its estimated range for additional mortgage putback losses had declined to a maximum of $4 billion as of Dec. 30, from $6 billion at the end of the third quarter. Following on the theme of clearing out mortgage risk, Bank of America also announced Monday that Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae had agreed to allow the company to sell the servicing rights on 2 million residential mortgage loans, with unpaid balances totaling $306 billion. About 232,000 of the loans with servicing to be transferred were past due 60 days or more. Nationstar Mortgage Holdings (NSM) announced it would purchase from Bank of America the servicing rights for 1.3 million mortgage loans with unpaid balances totaling $215 billion, for $1.3 billion, while Walter Investment Management (WAC) said it would buy servicing rights on 650,000 loans with unpaid balances totaling $93 billion from Bank of America for $519 million. Bank of America is the largest participant in the $8.5 billion foreclosure settlement between the nation's largest mortgage loan servicers, the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which was also announced Monday. Wells Fargo (WFC - Get Report) announced that its ""portion of the cash settlement will be $766 million, which is based on the proportionate share of Wells Fargo-serviced loans in the overall IFR population." The company also said it would "record a pre-tax charge of approximately $644 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 to fully reserve for its cash payment portion of the settlement and additional remediation-related costs." The effect of the charge will be a reduction in fourth-quarter earnings of roughly 12 cents a share, according to Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher Mutascio. Credit Suisse analyst Moshe Orenbuch on Wednesday downgraded Bank of America to a neutral rating from an "Outperform" rating, saying the stock's "current valuation appears to be ahead of the company's near to intermediate-term performance and appears to be discounting significantly faster improvements in efficiency than we would be expecting." Despite the downgrade, the analyst raised his price target for the shares by a dollar to $12.00. Bank of America's shares were down 5% on Wednesday to close at $11.43. The shares rose 110% during 2012, after dropping 58% during 2011. Citigroup announced that it would "record a pre-tax charge of approximately $305 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 for its cash payment portion of the settlement," while U.S Bancorp (USB) said that its "share of the settlement will include a cash payment of $80 million (pretax), which is expected to reduce fourth-quarter 2012 earnings per share by approximately 3 cents. In addition, the settlement includes a commitment to provide approximately $128 million of other mortgage assistance, such as loan modifications, which is covered by existing loan loss reserves." Mosby on Wednesday raised his price target for Citigroup's shares to $55, implying 30% upside from Tuesday's closing price of $42.46, saying "While we do not expect C to report its full earnings power in 4Q12, we believe that its valuation is based more on reduction of loss potential in Citi Holdings and approval to deploy excess capital in March. Thus, we have increased C's price target to ~95% of year-end 2013's tangible book value." Citi's shares now trade at 0.8 times its reported Sept. 30 tangible book value of $52.70.
Could the Margin Squeeze Be Ending?
A major theme for most large U.S. banks over the past few years has been the pressure on net interest margins (NIM), as the Federal Reserve has kept its short-term federal funds rate in a target range of zero to 0.25% since the end of 2008, while also doing everything it can to push long-term rates down and hold them at their current levels. The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee on Dec. 12 said that it would continue its purchases of mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion a month, while also "initially" continuing to buy $45 billion in long-term U.S. Treasury securities each month, in a continued effort to hold long-term rates down. The Fed also stopped its concurrent monthly sales of short-term securities, meaning that the central bank's balance sheet, at least initially, is growing faster in 2013 than it did during 2012. The Fed's latest actions may not have the desired effect. JPMorgan Chase analyst Vivek Juneja said in a report on Tuesday that "10 year Treasury yields are up sharply by 32bp from early December lows to 1.90%. If this is sustained and followed by equal rise in 30yr MBS yields (up 21bp to date), it could modestly reduce net interest margin (NIM) pressure with lower reinvestment risk." Of course, higher interest rates would also have the effect of slowing down the mortgage refinance wave and lowering banks' income from mortgage originations and sales. Juneja said that "overall, we expect a weak 4Q for large cap banks as pressure on net interest revenues and weak trading should be partly offset by continued strength in mortgage origination revenues and investment banking fees plus improved credit quality with continued sharp decline in loan loss reserves." The analyst said that there was "a sharp pick-up" in commercial and industrial (C&I) lending by banks late during the fourth quarter, "which would not help 4Q12 much but bodes well for 2013." So for the fourth quarter investors can expect many of the banks to trumpet their improved loan growth, while bottom-line results will continue to be padded by the release of loan loss reserves, and a continued decline in net interest margins is offset by strong mortgage results.
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Step two: mention how much skinnier she is than her sister
Step two: mention how much skinnier she is than her sister
Step three: casually mention how terrible it'd be if she were the one daughter in the family that never married
Step four: ask her why everyone hated the bachelorette party she threw for her sister so much
Step five: emulate the way her dad speaks in case she has a daddy complex
Step six: finger her at the rehearsal dinner
Step seven: when giving the rehearsal dinner speech, talk about how excited you are to be gaining a sister
Step eight: Also mention during the speech that you love having sex with your sisters
Step nine: When everyone's watching the bride walk down the aisle, reach over and finger her again at the alter
Step ten: During the mother-groom dance, get a big boner. Then point to it, then point to your sister-in-law and yell over at her: "this is because of your boobs"
Step eleven: During your sister-in-law's speech, wait until she starts tearing up when talking about how much she loves her sister. Cackle really loudly and say "What a bunch of horeshit!"
Step twelve: When enjoying a round of cigars with your groomsmen outside, don't smoke all of your cigar: leave enough room at the end to plunge into your sister-in-law later
Step thirteen: At the big cake-cutting ceremony, rub cake all over our wife's face. Later, when you're caught going down on your sister-in-law, you can tell your wife you saw some cake down there and thought it was your wife's face
Step fourteen: when shaking hands with your father-in-law, feel him out a bit to see if he was one of those incestuous child-molesting type of dads. If so, he may have some hot tips on pleasuring his girls
Step fifteen: Wait until the DJ plays either "Dancing in the Streets," "Brown Eyed Girl", or anything by Jack Johnson. If your sister-in-law sings along with any of that shit, don't bother with her — she has a horrible taste in music and you don't want that spreading to your dick
Step sixteen: Explain to her that she shares exactly 25% of her DNA material with her sister – so it's not really cheating as long as your penis stays in the upper right hand corner of her vagina
Step seventeen: Bang every other female in her family until she finally wants in on the action (save the grandmother for last, just in case your sister-in-law caves before then (because it'd be gross to bang a grandmother (or maybe not)))


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When we make distinctions between natural and supernatural activity in Scripture, not only do we push our modern categories into the Bible, but we also limit God's action.
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When we make distinctions between natural and supernatural activity in Scripture, not only do we push our modern categories into the Bible, but we also limit God's action.
In both form and content, then, Genesis 1 reveals that its basic purposes are religious and theological, not scientific or historical.
When non-believers in France or in Spain read what young-earth creationists are writing about evolution, geology, or astrophysics, they frequently conclude that the Bible is at best an interesting fairy tale.
The story of the Genesis Rock reminds us of how biblical and scientific accounts, despite their different purviews and purposes, remain inexorably linked in our understanding of origins.
Collection of the best articles of the past several weeks on science (and faith) from around the web.
Some of the Christian objections to evolutionary creation come from a misunderstanding of what the Bible means when it says "God created".
When we sit down to read sacred Scripture, we need to develop a rapport with the Bible's various authors and their worldviews. Otherwise, we will unintentionally demand they communicate in the same manner we do.
At BioLogos, we believe that a serious and faithful reading of Scripture doesn't call for a recent origin to the earth, and we are persuaded that God has shown us through the natural world he created that his creative work began much earlier.
Although committed to the principle of sola Scriptura, Calvin recognized that the Bible would have been written in terms its original recipients would have understood. Calvin inherited the medieval cosmology of his time, a way of viewing the world heavily influenced by Greek thought and one which was about to receive shocks from astronomers such as Copernicus and Galileo. But not just yet.
In our sixth BioLogos videocast, we take a look at the age of the Earth. We explain four methods scientists have used to determine that age: tree ring, lake varve, radiometric, and seafloor spread dating, and also offer some theological insight on how an old earth can fit with the first chapters of Genesis.
In this talk, originally delivered at the BioLogos President's Circle meeting in October 2012, Dr. John Walton discusses the origin stories of Genesis 1-3, and why their focus on function and archetypes mean there is no Biblical narrative of material origins.
The BioLogos Forum is pleased to present this infographic about the tools scientists use to determine the age of the Earth. The graphic, titled "How Do We Know the Earth is Old?", uses data compiled and summarized by geology professor Dr. Gregg Davidson.
We've recently been looking at the evidence for an old earth and the long history and vibrancy of this view among evangelical Christians. Today's post features a preview of the updated Question, "How are the ages of the Earth and universe calculated?" revised by Senior Web Consultant and Writer Deborah Haarsma.
In today's video, Brian McLaren discusses the value of considering Scripture in light of the cultures that surrounded them. The Biblical writers were aware of the myths of the power nations that surrounded them, but flipped their stories on their heads to reveal truth about God.
In a recent interview with the Sirius XM radio show Centered, Karl Giberson sat down with host Don Belanus to discuss the book The Language of Science and Faith.
Pete Shaw highlights the story of Noah to explore how the story would have been understood in ancient times and from there he goes on to explore how we might consider it today.
In this video, Brian McLaren discusses the idea of surrogate arguments, in which a debate over one thing is really a means for arguing something completely different. According to McClaren, the argument over the age of the earth is one such argument.
I find that when many Christians think about the way God created our universe, they often bring a static expectation similar to what we bring to an ordinary statue. It's as if we assume the physical realm were merely a rigid three-dimensional sculpture, immovable with time.
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Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood, 7th Edition
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To address the exponential growth in the fields of pediatric hematology and oncology, this classic reference has been separated into two distinct volumes. With this volume, devoted strictly to pediatric hematology, and another to pediatric oncology, you'll keep you on the cutting-edge of these two specialties. The completely revised 7th edition of Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood is now in full color, and provides you with the most comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date information for diagnosing and treating children with hematologic disorders. It brings together the pathophysiology of disease with detailed clinical guidance on diagnosis and management for the full range of blood diseases that you encounter in everyday practice. Written by the leading names in pediatric hematology, this resource is an essential tool for anyone involved in caring for children with hematologic disorders. And, as an Expert Consult title, this thoroughly updated 7th edition comes with access to the complete contents online, fully searchable.
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- Offers comprehensive coverage of all hematologic disorders, including newly recognized ones, along with the latest breakthroughs in diagnosis and management.
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"This is an excellent text of non-malignant paediatric haematology, carrying on the well established tradition of previous editions... The book is underpinned by inclusion of up-to-date information about the pathogenesis of haematological diseases, which is especially important given the huge contribution of molecular geneticists to the understanding of paediatric haematology, and vice versa."
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"This is the gold standard reference in pediatric hematology, an indispensable tool for the offices of practicing pediatric hematologists... it also is an excellent resource for general pediatricians, providing basic information on the hematology of children... The seventh edition updates, preserves, and fulfills the objectives set out by the original editors, David Nathan and Frank Oski, in 1974." - Doody's Review, 4 Stars
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By Stuart H. Orkin, MD, David G Nathan Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Chair, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children's Hospital; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
; David G. Nathan, MD, President Emeritus, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Physician-in-Chief Emeritus, Boston Children's Hospital; Stranahan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Historical Account: "Hedgerows" - The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between Nazi Germany in Western Europe and the invading Allied forces as part of the larger conflict of World War II. Over sixty years later, the Normandy invasion, codenamed Operation Overlord, still remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in then German-occupied France. It is most commonly known by the name D-Day.
The primary Allied formations that saw combat in Normandy came from the United States of America, United Kingdom and Canada. Substantial Free French and Polish forces also participated in the battle after the assault phase, and there were also contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway.
The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks, naval bombardments, and an early morning amphibious phase began on June 6. The D-Day forces deployed from bases along the south coast of England, the most important of these being Portsmouth. The battle for Normandy continued for more than two months, with campaigns to establish, expand, and eventually break out of the Allied beachheads, and concluded with the liberation of Paris and the fall of the Falaise pocket in late August 1944.
The Battle of Normandy was described thus by Adolf Hitler: "In the East, the vastness of space will... permit a loss of territory... without suffering a mortal blow to Germany's chance for survival. Not so in the West! If the enemy here succeeds, consequences of staggering proportions will follow within a short time."


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10/9/13 Kris & Bruce Jenner Seperated
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
The rumors seem to have been true. KRIS and BRUCE JENNER are separated after 22 years of marriage. They issued a statement saying, quote, "We are living separately and we are much happier this way . . . We will always remain best friends and, as always, our family will remain our number one priority." Sources say they have no plans to divorce.
Reportedly, Kim Kardashian isn't ready to marry Kanye West. -- and it's got her mom terrified. Sources tell the New York Daily News that Kanye is pressuring Kim to walk down the aisle. An insider says, "Kanye is obsessed with her. He always has been. He has begged her to get married a few times -- it's Kim that's saying 'not yet.'" And Kim's cold feet has Kris Jenner worried that if she doesn't say yes soon, it will look bad for the family.
A physician's notes on Marilyn Monroe that show she had undergone cosmetic surgery will be up for sale next month along with a set of her X-rays from 1950 to 1962. The set is expected to sell for between $15,000 and $30,000 at auction this November in Beverly Hills. The notes written by Hollywood plastic surgeon Michael Gurdin include references to a 1950 cartilage implant in Monroe's chin, which he said had slowly started to dissolve.
10/8/13 Sexiest Woman Alive...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
SCARLETT JOHANSSON has been named "Esquire" magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive . . . making her the first woman to win the title TWICE. She also got it back in 2006. Last year's winner was MILA KUNIS.
BENICIO DEL TORO got it on with SCARLETT JOHANSSON in an elevator . . . then he gave a BABY to ROD STEWART'S daughter KIMBERLY. And now, he might be seeing CAMERON DIAZ. The British tabloids say Benicio and Cameron went to a restaurant opening together in New York City the other night, and were trying a little too hard to NOT look like a couple. A source says Benicio, quote, "attempted to go unnoticed as he strolled along slightly behind Cameron and her assistant, keeping his head down in a bid to avoid photographers."
The "National Enquirer" says that RICHARD GERE pushed his soon-to-be ex-wife CAREY LOWELL over the edge by TRYING TO GET WITH ONE OF HER FRIENDS. Apparently, after it happened she old his wife that Richard tried to mack on her. She also told Carey that Richard had done this to OTHER friends of theirs. That's when Carey told him she wanted out.
There's a picture going around the Internet that MIGHT depict JUSTIN BIEBER smoking pot. And there's a girl sitting next to him that a lot of people think is Nickelodeon star ARIANA GRANDE. No word yet from either of their camps. But, on a related note, MILEY CYRUS Tweeted a picture of herself wearing a shirt with the words, "Reefer Fever" on it, along with a FAKE picture of Justin toking up.
10/7/13 Halle Berry Gives Birth
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Monday, October 7, 2013
In an interview with Britain's "Guardian" newspaper, Chris Brown said he lost his virginity at the age of EIGHT. The girl was 14 or 15. Chris and his friends had already been watching a lot of porn by that time.
He also said that beating up RIHANNA in 2009 was a huge wake-up call for him . . . quote, "I had to stop acting like a little teenager, a crazy, wild young guy."
HALLE BERRY and OLIVIER MARTINEZ are parents. Halle gave birth to a baby boy Saturday in Los Angeles. There's no word on the name yet. This is Halle's second child. She has a 5-year-old daughter named Nahla with ex-boyfriend GABRIEL AUBRY. A source says, quote, "Olivier hasn't left Halle's side. Nahla visited her baby brother earlier today."
In the new issue of "Harper's Bazaar" MADONNA talks about her tough, early years trying to make it in New York City . . . including being raped at knifepoint. She also talks about posing nude for art students, and staring right at them. She says she was, quote, "Daring them to think of me as anything but a form they were trying to capture with their pencils and charcoal."
10/4/13 Miley Gets Nude
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Friday, October 4, 2013
It was only a matter of time before MILEY CYRUS "graduated" to actual nudity. In a new photo shoot, Miley gets as naked as we've ever seen her. MILEY shows her boobs, nearly exposes her crotch and uses an Arizona Grapeade can as a part of the body only men have. You know, the usual.
It's on between MILEY CYRUS and SINEAD O'CONNOR. Big time. Sinead started it with an open letter to Miley, telling her that she's allowing herself to be prostituted by the music industry. Miley responded by calling Sinead crazy. Sinead called Miley out in a SECOND letter, and Miley Tweeted, quote, "If you'd like to meet up and talk lemme know in your next letter."
STACY KEIBLER was living the high life when she dated GEORGE CLOONEY. But now that he's out of the picture, she might have to return to PRO WRESTLING to support that kind of life. A source says, quote, "Stacy estimates she NEEDS over $50,000 a month to support her current lifestyle. She admits a return to wrestling isn't quite what she had in mind, but the offers are getting too good to refuse."
10/3/13 Latest Hookups
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
The "Star" claims NICKI MINAJ hooked up with ZAC EFRON back in July, and he was THE BEST SHE'D EVER HAD. –Also, the "National Enquirer" says ELTON JOHN secretly set up LADY GAGA and JOHNNY DEPP to meet, because he thought they'd be perfect together. And by the time it was over, they made plans to hang out again.
The coroner's report on CORY MONTEITH came out yesterday, and it didn't offer any surprises. Cory died of a mix of alcohol and drugs. He had a blood-alcohol content of .13%, and heroin was found in his system. In the hotel where Cory died, police found two empty champagne bottles and several glasses . . . plus a used hypodermic needle and a spoon with drug residue on it.
After a five-month trial, the MICHAEL JACKSON wrongful death case has come to a close. Yesterday, the jury ruled that AEG Live was NOT liable for Michael's death . . . and therefore didn't owe the Jackson family millions of dollars in compensation.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.'S 20-year-old son INDIO is in REHAB for prescription painkillers. But his mother . . . Downey's ex-wife Deborah Falconer . . . says he's NOT a junkie. She says, quote, "He was not addicted. He was taking one pill a day. We are hoping to do it the homeopathic way rather than with medications. He's being treated with vitamin supplements and organic foods."
Oprah Winfrey is going to be selling items from her home to make room for a huge 60th birthday bash, in January, at her Montecito, California estate. Us Weekly reports that Beyoncé and Tina Turner may perform, and the guest list could include Julia Roberts, John Travolta and Tom Cruise. Local sources say Oprah is prepping to clear out her 23,000-square-foot mansion for a major makeover in preparation for her big birthday bash.