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Barbara Elaine Travis of Hartly passed away Friday September 28, 2012 in Bayhealth Hospital while battling cancer. She was 70 years old.
Mrs. Travis was born on April 17, 1942 in Peekskill, New York to the late Phillipi Rinaldi and Helen M. Eichler.
Mrs. Travis was a dedicated wife and mother. She retired from Kmart, where she worked for 20 plus years. After she ritired, she enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She enjoyed weekly outing with her friend Barbara Melvin and also looked forward to the monthly dinners with her reitred Kmart Gang. When she would be relaxing, you would never find her without a Suduko book in hand.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband William D. Travis, 1992; her brothers Donald and David Rinaldi and her sister Helen Eichler.
She is survived by her daughters, Cheryl Irish of Hartly, Christine Travis of Felton; grandchildren, Matthew Travis, John Howerin, BriAnna Travis and Stephanie Erwin: A Great Granddaughter Lainey Re` Travis.
Funeral service will be held 1pm Saturday October 6, 2012 Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 E. Lebanon Road (Rt. 10), Dover. Friends may call one hour prior.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to American Cancer Society, 92 Reads Way #205, New Castle, DE 19720.
Letters of condolence may be sent and the guestbook signed at www.torbertfuneral.com.
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Another one of Tiger Woods' professional relationships has dissolved.
Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer ended his working relationship with Tiger Woods just 11 days after it was announced he would help plot the golfer's anticipated return according to the Associated Press.
The subject of Ari Fleischer's quick departure from the Tiger Woods camp was not brought up in either of ESPN's or the Golf Channel's five minute interviews Sunday at Tiger Woods' Isleworth mansion, likely due to time contraints.
"[Fleischer] feels like he's becoming too big a part of the story," Tilghman said after her interview with Tiger Woods. "He felt like that it was time for Tiger to have complete due and his name doesn't need to keep coming up."
Ari Fleischer, who previously advised former President George W. Bush, also worked to rehab Mark McGwire's image shattered by the steriods scandal and with the Green Bay Packers' quarterback controversy surrounding Brett Favre.
No reasons were cited for the split between Woods and Fleischer, according to the Associated Press.


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Due to technical difficulties, we are unable to stream Rock and Roll Night School tonight. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can catch next month's Night School on Wednesday August 17 at 7pm where we'll discuss the role of women during the birth of rock and roll.
Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power is the first exhibit of its kind to explore the history of women in rock and roll. This Rock and Roll Night School, the first of an eight-part series, will provide an overview of the exhibit and introduce key issues concerning the history of women in rock and roll: What roles have women played in the music industry, and how have these roles changed throughout the history of rock and roll? How have women artists pushed the boundaries of what was considered an "acceptable" musical sound in their performances? How do the lyrics of rock and roll frequently objectify women, or conversely allow for a space to exercise a new voice and political action? How do women choose to visually represent themselves through fashion and image? And finally, how does the way that rock and roll history is typically told shape our understanding of women's contributions throughout the twentieth century? Throughout the series of classes, we will watch and listen to key performances and contextualize the music in the cultural, political and social changes of the times.
This event is free and reservations are not required.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's education department presents Rock and Roll Night School, a monthly series of educational, discussion-based evening classes offered free of charge from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The award-winning education department leads the classes, which are geared towards adults interested in gaining more knowledge about rock and roll history. The program explores the history of rock and roll from its roots to its current incarnations.
Special attention is given to the music's impact on society, its reception by fans, and its most innovative practitioners. Each class includes a presentation, music and video clips, and group discussions.
Unless otherwise noted, RSVPs are not needed to attend Rock and Roll Night School.


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A 51-year-old Greenwood man stabbed his elderly parents with a butcher knife Sunday morning and then called 911 to tell them what he'd done, according to police.
Ricky A Brewington's 82-year-old father and 80-year-old mother fled to the Greenwood Fire Department and were later taken to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, where they were both listed in stable condition Sunday afternoon, according to Delaware State Police spokesman Cpl. John Day.
The stabbings reportedly occurred about 9 a.m. in the kitchen of the Greenwood home that the elderly couple share son in the 100 block of Broad Street.
After stabbing his parents multiple times, Brewington called 911 from the home to report what had just occurred, Day said.
A Greenwood police officer was dispatched to the residence and took Brewington into custody without incident, he added.
"We don't know what the motive is right now," Day said.
Brewington is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony.
He is being held at the Sussex Correctional Institution on a $150,000 cash bail, police said.
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Keeping kids focused on school is a challenge for any educator. Getting them to reach higher is even more challenging. As part of our Class of 17 series, we take a look at how a local law firm created an unusual alliance between private and public schools.
The KERA Radio story
Attorney Bill Brewer remembers the time he went to South Dallas to pick up a group of 20 public school students. Riding on a bus, they headed to a private school in north Dallas. Brewer was struck by their reaction.
"Not one of those children had ever been out of their neighborhood," Brewer said. "Not one of them had been past downtown Dallas. Not one of them had ever been in a skyscraper. When they got on the campus at St. Marks, you would have thought they had landed in Oz."
An unlikely alliance
That was in 2001. The group was the first to participate in the Bickel & Brewer Future Leaders Program. More than a decade later, the initiative serves more than 250 students from 21 schools in the Dallas school district. Most of them come from low-income neighborhoods in South Dallas, West Dallas and Oak Cliff.
It's an unlikely partnership between public and private entities. Every Tuesday and Thursday after school, students in fifth through 12th grades head to one of the participating private campuses. The students are picked by their schools based on criteria such as grades and leadership abilities. There are two teachers in each class: one public and one private. The ultimate goal: to get kids ready for college.
Alberto Rios, a ninth grader at the School of Science and Engineering Magnet at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center has been enrolled in Future Leaders, or FLP for short, since fifth grade. His parents didn't finish high school. And like many of his peers, he could end up being the first in his family to attend college.
Meeting parents' expectations
"The transition from eighth grade to ninth — it was very difficult at first because a lot more work was assigned, but FLP has helped me. It trained me over the summer how to take notes and be prepared for those AP classes," Rios said, on a recent evening at St. Mark's School.
Like Alberto, ninth grader Jazkira Combs, also knows what's expected of her. She said her parents started college but never finished.
"That's why my mom is so hard on me," Combs said. "Well, I wouldn't say hard, but she's strict on me to go to FLP and to go to my school that I go to so than I can do better than her and — that's my goal."
Jazkira attends the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership school. What sets these after school classes apart is the low student to teacher ratio, she said. There's a teacher for every eight students.
More one-on-one attention
"I feel like I am more connected with my teachers rather than being at school with more students to one teacher," Jazkira said. "And in FLP, I don't feel like they're just teachers. They become like second parents."
Educators say it's this one-on-one attention that can make a difference between a student staying in school or dropping out. Here, younger students focus on subjects like writing, math, science and technology.
"Eighth grade is kind of a big turning point for us because that conversation shifts," said Executive Director Karen Bradberry.
She said the bar is raised for the older students.
"The idea is that by eighth grade, then we should be able to look at our results and go 'Okay, so how well have we done? Have we closed the gaps that we saw and let's start talking about high school and getting ready."
Plans to expand
Attorney Bill Brewer said there are plans to expand so that as many as 500 kids can participate in FLP. Some of the alumni have gone on to law school and others work part-time in his office. It's not the answer to all education woes, but he says it's one way to help keep kids in school.
"We don't need more teachers, we don't need more buildings, we don't need a wholesale change," Brewer said. "What we do need is the will and the determination to create opportunities."
That kind of thinking seems to have stuck with the students. When asked about his future plans, Alberto said he would try to do well on his SAT. Then, he corrected himself and said he would do well.
Students in FLP have attended schools such as The University of Texas at Austin, New York University, Amherst College and Southern Methodist University. They've received nearly $3 million in awards, including the Gates Millennium Scholarship, Dell Scholarship and Valedictorian State of Texas Scholarships. Below is a list Dallas public and private participating schools
Dallas Independent School District Elementary Schools
Arcadia Park Elementary School
Charles Rice Learning Center
George Peabody Elementary School
J. P. Starks Math Science and Technology Vanguard
John Neely Bryan Elementary School
Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center
DISD Middle Schools
Billy Earl Dade Middle School
Dallas Environmental Science Academy (DESA)
Oliver W. Holmes Humanities/Communications Academy
Raul Quintanilla, Sr. Middle School
W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy
DISD Grades 6-12 School
Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy
DISD High Schools
James Madison High School
Judge Barefoot Sanders Magnet Center For Public Service: Government, Law and Law Enforcement at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
Lincoln High School and Communications/Humanities Magnet
Rosie M. Collins Sorrells School of Education and Social Services at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
School of Business and Management at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
School of Health Professions at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
School of Science and Engineering at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
Private Schools
Episcopal School of Dallas
Greenhill School
St. Mark's School of Texas
The Hockaday School


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Men's Basketball to Welcome Rider Thursday, Bucknell Saturday
Thursday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at Jadwin Gym
Radio: WPRB FM 103.3
Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video | Twitter Updates | Tickets
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 9-3, 3-1 at home, 1-0 at Jadwin Gym
Streak: Princeton 1 overall, 3 home, 1 at Jadwin Gym
Saturday, Dec. 22, 7 p.m. at Jadwin Gym
Radio: WPRB FM 103.3
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All-Time Series: Princeton leads 10-4, 5-2 at home, tied 2-2 at Jadwin Gym
Streak: Bucknell 1 overall, Princeton 1 home, 1 at Jadwin Gym
Last meeting with Rider: Princeton 72, at Rider 71 OT (12/14/11)
Last meeting with Bucknell: at Bucknell 62, Princeton 56 (11/25/11)
Princeton stats: 2012-13 Stats | Rider stats: 2012-13 Stats | Bucknell stats: 2012-13 Stats
Individual 2012-13 game-by-game: 3 Wilson | 4 Koon | 5 Bray | 11 Fabrizius | 12 Elbuluk | 13 Washington Jr. | 21 Darrow | 22 Clement | 24 Barrett | 25 Serwanga | 30 Brase | 33 Lawrence | 34 Hummer | 40 Garbade | 44 Connolly
Individual career stats can be found here.
Last game's starters:
4 • Denton Koon • F/G • So. • 6-8 • Liberty, Mo.
Scored seven points and had a career-best three steals last time out against Fordham.
5 • T.J. Bray • G • Jr. • 6-5 • New Berlin, Wis.
Has not played fewer than 31 minutes in any game this season.
24 • Will Barrett • F • Jr. • 6-10 • Hartsville, Pa.
Against Drexel and Fordham, scored double digits in back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 13-16.
34 • Ian Hummer • F • Sr. • 6-7 • Vienna, Va.
Back-to-back Ivy League Player of the Week
44 • Brendan Connolly • C • Sr. • 6-11 • Brentwood, Tenn.
Season-high three assists last time out against Fordham.
Tonight's top notes:
Rider will make only its second visit in the history of Jadwin Gym Thursday, as its only other appearance in the 43-year-old building was in 2001. Bucknell will be making its first appearance in Jadwin Gym since 1998, when the Tigers won 68-27.
In reaching both the 1,300 point and 600 rebound milestones, Ian Hummer became only the second player in Princeton history to do so, joining Bill Bradley '65.
All Princeton players have a difference in scoring between wins and losses of no more than 3.0 points per game, except T.J. Bray. With a 17-point game at Lafayette and a 15-point game at Kent State, Bray averages 7.7 ppg in wins and 0.5 ppg in losses.
The Tigers have led by at least eight points in all of their games except the Syracuse game this season, but Princeton is 3-5 in those contests.
Outside of the Syracuse game, Princeton's other five losses have come by an average of 4.6 points, all between one- and seven-point margins.
In first halves this season, Princeton is outshooting its opponents .452 to .390 overall and .364 to .349 from beyond the arc. In second halves, opponents are outshooting the Tigers .443 to .415 overall and .405 to .296 from beyond the arc.
Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 16.2 to 15.0 in first halves but is being outrebounded 16.7 to 12.4 in second halves.
Princeton has not shot below 40 percent in any of the last three games, its longest such streak of the season.
After hitting 9 of 19 tries from 3-point range against Kent State, Princeton went on to make a combined 10 of 39 against Drexel and Fordham.
Six Tigers have scored in double figures in a game this season, including Ian Hummer (eight games), Will
Barrett (six games), Clay Wilson (four games), T.J. Bray (two games), Brendan
Connolly (two games) and Denton Koon (one game).
The Tigers are 2-0 this season when they make at least 50 percent of their field goal tries and 1-6 when they make less than half.
Princeton is 2-0 when making at least 45 percent of their 3-point tries and 1-6 when it does not.
Princeton is 0-6 when allowing opponents to shoot 36 percent or better and 3-0 when holding them to lower than 36 percent.
three of Princeton's wins this season have come away from Jadwin Gym.
This will be Princeton's first neutral-court game of the season.
Against Rider:
Princeton and Rider have met 12 times in their histories, but only three of those came after 1950. The teams had a home-and-home series in 2001 and 2002, with Princeton winning first in Jadwin Gym and Rider answering with a win at the then-Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton. The series renewed last year with a Princeton overtime buzzer-beating win in their first-ever visit to Alumni Gym in Lawrenceville.
Last year's game was the highest-scoring Princeton-Rider affair in series history, with the teams combining for 143 points in a 72-71 Princeton win.
Ian Hummer had a double-double in last year's meeting, scoring 21 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Hummer was one of four Tigers in double figures, with T.J. Bray and Douglas Davis '12 chipping in 11 points each and Denton Koon adding 10.
Princeton returns 54 of its 72 points from last season's game, minus the graduated Davis (11) and Patrick Saunders '12 (seven). Rider returns 51 of its 71 points, minus Brandon Penn (seven), Eddie Mitchell (nine) and Jeff Jones (four). Jonathon Thompson (17) and Anthony Myles (15) led Rider in last season's meeting.
Kevin Baggett will be the second opposing head coach for Princeton this season who is in his first season at his school, after Wagner's Bashir Mason. The only other such coach on the schedule this year is Brown's Mike Martin.
Rider led by as many as 16 points in last season's meeting with less than five minutes to go in the first half. Princeton didn't lead until there were less than three minutes to go in regulation, and their only OT lead was on Mack Darrow's buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
Princeton and Rider have two common opponents, in Drexel and Rutgers. Rider beat Drexel 75-66 in Lawrenceville on Dec. 1, while Drexel beat Princeton 64-57 in Jadwin on Dec. 8. Rutgers beat the Tigers 58-52 on Nov. 16 in Jadwin, while Rider will head to Piscataway on Dec. 28.
Against Bucknell:
After not facing the Bison since 2004, Princeton and Bucknell are meeting for the third consecutive season. Princeton had a comeback win against Bucknell in Nov. 2010 at James Madison, but the Bison got revenge a year ago in Lewisburg.
Bucknell was up by as many as 11 points inside of eight minutes to go in the first half of the Nov. 2010 meeting in Virginia before the Tigers outscored Bucknell 53-31 over the last 27-plus minutes.
Bucknell center Mike Muscala is the only player who could have double-digit point totals in all three of the recent meetings, if he does so again Saturday. He had 10 points in the 2010 meeting and a double-double last year with 25 points and 12 rebounds. Ian Hummer also had a double-double last season with 13 points and 10 boards in Lewisburg, but he had eight points in the 2010 game. Muscala and Hummer were their teams' leading scorers in last season's meeting.
Bucknell outshot the Tigers 48.9 percent to 37.3 percent in last season's meeting, and behind Muscala's 12 boards, Bucknell outrebounded the Tigers 34-27.
Bucknell returns 55 of its 62 points from last season's meeting, losing only Bryan Cohen's seven points. Princeton returns only 21 of its 56 points, being without Patrick Saunders '12 (nine), Douglas Davis '12 (five), Ben Hazel (10) and John Comfort '12 (11).
Princeton took 32 3-point tries in last year's game vs. Bucknell, while the Bison took only six. The Bison had a better percentage, making 2 of 6 (.333) to Princeton's 9 of 32 (.281).
Princeton and Bucknell have met 11 times since 1980, with four meetings in the '80s (tied 2-2), four more in the '90s (3-2) and again in 2004 (Princeton win) before the current three-year run.
Bucknell dealt Princeton a surprising 74-62 overtime defeat in Dec. 1996, one of only three regular-season losses Princeton had that season on the way to a 14-0 Ivy campaign and a three-point loss to Cal in the 1997 NCAA Tournament. The other two losses that season were to Indiana and North Carolina.
Bucknell is facing half the Ivy League this season, including wins so far against Dartmouth and Columbia and a forthcoming game at Cornell on Jan. 2. Princeton and Bucknell have one more common opponent, Kent State, which Princeton defeated 62-50 in Kent on Dec. 1 and Bucknell beat 76-60 in Lewisburg on Dec. 4.
The current Tiger seniors are 5-1 against the MAAC during their careers. In 2009-10, Princeton defeated Manhattan and Marist. In 2010-11, the team had wins against Siena and Marist. Last season, Princeton defeated Rider but lost to Siena. The Rider game is Princeton's only game against a MAAC team this season.
Against the Patriot League:
Princeton's seniors have faced Army (0-1), Bucknell (1-1) and Lafayette (4-0) during their careers. Princeton fell to Army in Jadwin Gym in 2009, defeated Bucknell on a neutral floor in 2010, lost at Bucknell in 2011, and have swept Lafayette during their four years.
Entering the Season:
Princeton was picked first in the Ivy League preseason poll, getting 16 of 17 first-place votes out of the pool of two media members from each of the eight Ivy markets and one national writer.
is aiming for its fourth straight 20-win season, which would be a first
since 1999. A fourth straight postseason appearance would be the first
such time since 2002.
Princeton is looking for double-digit Ivy League wins in four straight years for the first time since 2004.
returns three starters from 2011-12, including senior center Brendan Connolly,
senior forward Ian Hummer, and junior guard T.J. Bray. In addition, the
Tigers get back junior forward Will Barrett, who started four of the
eight games in which he played last season before suffering a foot
injury, and senior forward Mack Darrow started 16 games last season as
Princeton returns 11 players who saw game action last season, including five of the seven players who played in all 32 games last season.
Hummer, a first-team All-Ivy League pick last season who has been picked by some outside publications as the favorite for Ivy League Player of the Year, would be the program's first Ivy League Player of the Year since Brian Earl in 1999.
If Hummer duplicated his junior-season point total, he would reach 1,685 points, putting him in 13th place on the all-time Ivy League list. In the last 10 seasons, only Cornell's Ryan Wittman (2,028) has reached the 1,600-point mark in the Ivy League.
Hummer last season had more points (515) than any Tiger since Brian Taylor in 1972 (676).
If Hummer reaches second on the school scoring list, the No. 2 spot to Bill Bradley '65 would change twice in two years after staying the same for 21 years.
Princeton returns 66 percent of its points from last season, even after losing the program's second-leading all-time scorer, Douglas Davis '12.
Returning members of the team shot .483 from the field last year, better than the team's overall percentage of .462 last season.
Princeton has won 17 straight Ivy League games at home, the most since the team won 26 in a row from 1996-99.
Princeton will have its first five Ivy League games at home for the second time in three years. In 2011, the Tigers were able to use the 5-0 start toward a 12-2 Ivy finish.
played a program-record 32 games last season for the second straight
year, making the quarterfinal of the College Basketball Invitational
last season and the Round of 64 of the NCAA Tournament in 2011.
43 percent of the team's points last season were scored by members of
the Class of 2013, including Ian Hummer (515), Mack Darrow (223) and
Brendan Connolly (181). In the opener Saturday, the seniors had 35
percent of the points, with 12 from Hummer and eight from Connolly.
Princeton's 465 assists last season were the most since the 1999-2000 Tigers set the program record
at 505. The stat began being kept in the mid-1970s.
Now in ninth place on the all-time Princeton scoring list at 1,308 points, Ian Hummer is closing in on eighth place, held by Geoff Petrie '70 is in eighth place at 1,321 points. Bob Scrabis '89 is in seventh at 1,365.
Ian Hummer is on pace to stand second in career scoring and career field goals in program history, behind only Bill Bradley '65, by the end of this season. Bradley was a teammate of Ian Hummer's father Ed Hummer '67 for one varsity season, the run to the NCAA national semifinal in 1965.
Hummer is presently seventh on the Princeton list of career field goals made at 510. Peter Campbell '62 is next at 516, followed by Geoff Petrie '70 at 530.
Hummer has 603 career rebounds, good for seventh since the stat began being kept in 1954-55. In sixth place is Andy Rimol '74 with 617.
Hummer's 95 blocks are sixth on the program list since the stat began being kept for the 1974-75 season. Next up are Craig Robinson '83 at 97, Rich Simkus '83 at 98, and former teammate Kareem Maddox '11 at 108.
On the program:
Princeton leads the Ivy League with 26 Ivy championships (56 seasons) and 24 NCAA Tournament appearances (all since 1952).
Mitch Henderson '98, the team's Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach, is the 29th man to hold the job and the fourth consecutive alumnus to do so (John Thompson III '88, Joe Scott '87, Sydney Johnson '97).
Henderson, who played in three NCAA Tournaments for Princeton, spent 11 years at Northwestern under one of his former coaches at Princeton, Bill Carmody, as an assistant coach.
Princeton is tied for second with Kansas, and behind only North Carolina, in alumni as active Division I head coaches. Eight Tar Heels are roaming the sidelines, while six Jayhawks and these six Tigers are doing so: Thompson III '88 (Georgetown), Scott '87 (Denver), Johnson '97 (Fairfield), Henderson '98 (Princeton), Chris Mooney '94 (Richmond) and Craig Robinson '83 (Oregon State).
On Rider: Following a two game stretch in which USC and SMU combined to shoot 55.3 percent from 3-point range (21-38), no Rider opponent has shot better than 35.3 percent from distance in the six games since ... like Princeton, Rider has made only one lineup change during the season, and four Broncs have started all 11 games: Anthony Myles (12.6 ppg), Nurideen Lindsey (12.5 ppg), Jonathon Thompson (10.8 ppg) and Daniel Stewart (6.1 rpg) ... Junior Fortunat started the first eight games, while Dera Nd-Ezuma has started the last three ... Rider is 0-5 when opponents shoot 42 percent or better and 6-0 when opponents shoot 41 percent or poorer ... this is head coach Kevin Baggett's seventh season at Rider and first season as the head coach ... the Broncs last made the NCAA Tournament in 1994, their third appearance.
On Bucknell (entering Marist game): The Bison are 10-1 for the first time since the 1926-27 season, and a win over Marist would give the Bison their best record through 12 games since the 1907-08 season (12-0) ... Bucknell made the Patriot League Tournament final last season, but lost to Lehigh (which upset Duke as a No. 15 seed in the first round of the NCAAs) and went on to win at Arizona in the first round of the NIT ... Bison head coach Dave Paulsen is in his fifth season after leading Williams, his alma mater, for eight seasons that included a 2003 NCAA Division III title ... Bucknell was picked second in the Patriot League preseason poll behind Lehigh, and Mike Muscala and Cameron Ayers were first-team All-Patriot League picks ... Bucknell has outrebounded five straight opponents, and the only time the Bison were outrebounded this season was in its only loss, to Penn State on Nov. 23, 60-57 (outrebounded 38-31) ... the Bison have shot 50 percent or better in each of their last three games ... nine straight Bucknell opponents have shot poorer than 40 percent from the field ... the Bison have used the same starting lineup in all 11 games, and four of those starters average double-figure points: Muscala (18.1), Bryson Johnson (12.3), Cameron Ayers (11.1) and Joe Willman (10.5), with Ryan Hill as the fifth player to start all 11 games ... the Bison have made the NCAA Tournament five times, most recently in 2011 ... Bucknell won NCAA Tournament games in 2005 (Kansas) and 2006 (Arkansas).
Individual Notes
3 • Clay Wilson • G • 6-3 • So.
Eight of his 10 non-3 point field goal attempts have come over the last two games ... 55 of 65 field goal tries overall have come from outside the arc ... went 2 of 9 overall and 1 of 8 from 3-point range last season in 11 total games as a freshman ... averaged 27.8 points per game as a senior in high school, earning statewide 3A player of the year honors in Oklahoma.
4 • Denton Koon • F • 6-8 • So.
Has started the last five games for the first starts of his career ... made 5 of 6 free throws on the way to seven points against Fordham ... made 14 of 16 FTs this season (.875) after shooting .583 (21-36) from the stripe last year ... only freshman to play in all 32 games last season ... had six double-digit scoring games last season.
5 • T.J. Bray • G • 6-5 • Jr.
In his second season as Princeton's starting point guard ... has scored in eight of nine games this season, including a 17-point game at Lafayette and a 15-point game at Kent State ... did not see game action on the Spain trip due to injury ... scored double-digit points in nine of the final 22 games last season ... grabbed as many as eight rebounds in a game on four occasions last season ... had three games last season with as many as seven assists and had at least one assist in every game last season.
11 • Brian Fabrizius (fah-BREE-zee-us) • F • 6-11 • So.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24 ... saw limited action last season, playing in six games ... hit one of the two shots he tried last season, a 3-pointer at Dartmouth ... had a postgraduate year at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire after spending high school at Hersey High in Arlington Heights, Ill.
12 • Ameer Elbuluk (el-BUE-look) • G • 5-9 • Sr.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24 ... first year on the varsity squad after competing as a junior varsity player.
13 • Mike Washington Jr. • G • 6-3 • Fr.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24 ... averaged 17.1 points per game for his career while scoring 1,526 points at Oak Harbor High outside Seattle ... lettered three years as a football receiver ... father was his coach in high school.
21 • Mack Darrow (DAIR-oh) • F • 6-9 • Sr.
Has played in all nine games this season ... scored 21 of his 23 points this season in a three-game stretch between Nov. 28 and Dec. 8 ... played in all 32 games last season, including a stretch of 16 games in which he started ... had eight double-digit scoring games last season ... had four games last season with as many as five assists, including a six-assist game at Evansville.
22 • Chris Clement (CLEM-ent) • G • 6-2 • Jr.
From Nov. 13-24, scored in four straight games for the first time in his career ... saw limited action over his first two seasons while playing behind Douglas Davis '12 before getting starts in the first four games this season ... surpassed single-game career high with the four points he scored against Northeastern, did so again with five points against Rutgers ... scored in two games last season, making a 3-pointer against West Alabama and a field goal against Brown.
24 • Will Barrett • F • 6-10 • Jr.
Has scored in double digits in six of nine games this season ... with 10 points against Drexel and 13 against Fordham, scored double digits in back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 13-16 ... before scoring 20 points in the opener at Buffalo, previous career high against a Division I opponent was nine points, twice in his freshman year against Cal and Dartmouth ... scored double-digits in three straight games (first three games this season) for the first time in his career ... shooting .485 from 3-point range this season (16-33) ... made two starts as a sophomore in 2010-11 and four more starts in his abbreviated season last year ... played 28-38 minutes in each game during the Spain trip, getting as many as 16 points and 13 rebounds.
25 • Isaac Serwanga • G • 6-3 • Sr.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24 ... joined the varsity team this season, had competed with the junior varsity ... has also earned letters at Princeton in football (receiver) and track and field (jumper).
30 • Hans Brase (BRACE) • F • 6-8 • Fr.
Career-high eight points las time out against Fordham, going 4 of 5 from the field ... averaging 3.3 ppg over the last four games after averaging 1.0 ppg over the first five games ... was the only freshman to play for Princeton in any of the first three games ... had first two career field goals against Northeastern ... averaged 14 points, nine rebounds per game for the Hill School in Pennsylvania ... played the last two years there after playing at the Gaston Day School in North Carolina ... both parents are alumni of the University of Goettingen in Germany.
33 • Edo Lawrence • C • 7-1 • Fr.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24 ... first name is Edward, nickname rhymes with "meadow" ... likely the tallest player in program history at 7-foot-1 ... came to the U.S. in 2010 and prepped at the Canterbury School in Connecticut.
34 • Ian Hummer • F • 6-7 • Sr.
First-team All-Ivy League 2012, second-team All-Ivy League in 2011 ... has had two 25-point games already this season, with the first one coming against Northeastern and the second a 28-point effort at Lafayette on Nov. 24 ... had one 25-point game in each of the last two seasons and now has two in the first seven games of this season ... leads the team in rebounding (6.2 rpg), leader in assists (44/4.9 apg), blocks (9/1.0 bpg) and points (15.3 ppg) ... has started every game the last three seasons (counting 2012-13) except for senior night in 2011 ... has also increased his points and rebounds in each season ... added three-point shooting to his skill set last season, making 19 of 60 (.317) last season after not trying one in his first two seasons ... had 101 assists last season, 40 more than he had as a sophomore ... father Ed was a sophomore on the 1965 Final Four team with Bill Bradley '65 and uncle John played six seasons in the NBA, including his first three seasons in Buffalo for the Braves.
40 • Bobby Garbade (gar-BAYED) • C • 6-11 • Fr.
Made season debut at Syracuse on Nov. 21 in his home state of New York ... played in nine games in his rookie season ... went 3 of 5 from the field ... scored in two games, against The College of New Jersey (four points) and Brown (two).
44 • Brendan Connolly • C • 6-11 • Jr.
Team leader in field goal percentage at .523 ... has had two double-digit scoring games this season, both with 11 points at Syracuse and at Kent State ... third season as a starter ... nearly doubled his point total from 2010-11 (98) last season, scoring 181 points ... also nearly tripled his block total, going from 11 as a sophomore to 27 as a junior ... career .538 shooter from the field.
Tigers from the Line
Player 2012-13 Season/Career
3 Wilson 2-4 (.500)/2-4 (.500)
4 Koon 14-16 (.875)/35-52 (.673)
5 Bray 11-14 (.786)/59-89 (.663)
11 Fabrizius 0-0 (.000)/0-0 (.000)
12 Elbuluk 0-0 (.000)/0-0 (.000)
13 Washington Jr 0-0 (.000)/0-0 (.000)
21 Darrow 3-6 (.500)/88-114 (.772)
22 Clement 3-4 (.750)/7-9 (.778)
24 Barrett 16-22 (.727)/38-54 (.704)
30 Brase 4-6 (.667)/4-6 (.667)
33 Lawrence N/A
34 Hummer 25-42 (.595)/267-417 (.640)
40 Garbade 0-0 (.000)/1-2 (.500)
44 Connolly 11-18 (.611)/69-106 (.651)
Individual Season & Career Highs (career highs set last game in bold)
Will Barrett
2012-13 Season Highs
Points: 20 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Rebounds: 9 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Assists: 3 vs. Drexel (12/8/12)
Steals: 3 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Blocks: 3 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Field Goals: 5 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Three-Pointers: 3, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Free Throws: 9 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Minutes: 33 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Career Highs
Points: 20 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Rebounds: 9 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Assists: 4, last vs. Lafayette (11/30/11)
Steals: 3, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Blocks: 3, last at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Field Goals: 5, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Three-Pointers: 3, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Free Throws: 9 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Minutes: 33 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Hans Brase
2012-13 Season/Career Highs
Points: 8 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Rebounds: 5 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Assists: 1, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Steals: 1, last at Wagner (11/28/12)
Blocks: 1 vs. Northeastern (11/13/12)
Field Goals: 4 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 2 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Minutes: 22 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
T.J. Bray
2012-13 Season Highs
Points: 17 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Rebounds: 8 vs. Rutgers (11/16/12)
Assists: 7 at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Steals: 6 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Blocks: 1 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Field Goals: 7 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Three-Pointers: 3 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Free Throws: 4 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Minutes: 43 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Career Highs
Points: 17 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Rebounds: 8, last vs. Rutgers (11/16/12)
Assists: 7, last at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Steals: 6, last at Wagner (11/28/12)
Blocks: 1, last at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Field Goals: 7 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Three-Pointers: 4, last vs. Cornell (2/18/12)
Free Throws: 4, last at Kent State (12/1/12)
Minutes: 46 at Florida State (12/30/11)
Chris Clement
2012-13 Season Highs
Points: 5 vs. Rutgers (11/16/12)
Rebounds: 4 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Assists: 1 vs. Northeastern (11/13/12)
Steals: 2, last at Wagner (11/28/12)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 1, last at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Three-Pointers: 1, last at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Free Throws: 2 vs. Rutgers (11/16/12)
Minutes: 20 vs. Rutgers (11/16/12)
Career Highs
Points: 5 vs. Rutgers (11/16/12)
Rebounds: 4 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Assists: 1, last vs. Northeastern (11/13/12)
Steals: 2, last at Wagner (11/28/12)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 1, last at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Three-Pointers: 1, last at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Free Throws: 3 at Lafayette (11/30/10)
Minutes: 20 vs. Rutgers (11/16/12)
Brendan Connolly
2012-13 Season Highs
Points: 11, last at Kent State (12/1/12)
Rebounds: 8 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Assists: 3 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Steals: 1, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Blocks: 2 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Field Goals: 4, last at Kent State (12/1/12)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 3, last at Kent State (12/1/12)
Minutes: 31 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Career Highs
Points: 16 vs. TCNJ (1/8/12)
Rebounds: 11 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Assists: 6 vs. Brown (3/3/12)
Steals: 2, last vs. Cornell (2/18/12)
Blocks: 4 at Dartmouth (2/25/12)
Field Goals: 7 at Penn (1/30/12)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 4, last vs. TCNJ (1/8/12)
Minutes: 39 vs. Rutgers (11/12/10)
Mack Darrow
2012-13 Season Highs
Points: 8 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Rebounds: 3, last at Wagner (11/28/12)
Assists: 4 vs. Northeastern (11/13/12)
Steals: 2 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 3 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Three-Pointers: 2 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Free Throws: 2 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Minutes: 25 vs. Northeastern (11/13/12)
Career Highs
Points: 19 vs. Columbia (2/17/12)
Rebounds: 9 vs. West Alabama (11/27/11)
Assists: 6 at Evansville (3/13/12)
Steals: 3 at Yale (2/18/11)
Blocks: 3 at Monmouth (12/8/10)
Field Goals: 5 at Yale (2/4/12)
Three-Pointers: 3, last at Pittsburgh (3/19/12)
Free Throws: 9 vs. Columbia (2/17/12)
Minutes: 37 at Rutgers (12/7/11)
Ameer Elbuluk
2012-13 Season/Career Highs
Points: 0
Rebounds: 1 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Assists: 0
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 0
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 0
Brian Fabrizius
2012-13 Season Highs
Points: 0
Rebounds: 0
Assists: 0
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 0
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 0
Career Highs
Points: 3 at Dartmouth (2/25/12)
Rebounds: 0
Assists: 0
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 1 at Dartmouth (2/25/12)
Three-Pointers: 1 at Dartmouth (2/25/12)
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 3 vs. TCNJ (1/8/12)
Bobby Garbade
2012-13 Season Highs
Points: 2 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Rebounds: 0
Assists: 0
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 1 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 3 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Career Highs
Points: 4 vs. TCNJ (1/8/12)
Rebounds: 2 vs. Brown (3/3/12)
Assists: 1, last vs. Brown (3/3/12)
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 2 vs. TCNJ (1/8/12)
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 1 at Pittsburgh (3/19/12)
Minutes: 5, last vs. Brown (3/3/12)
Ian Hummer
2012-13 Season Highs
Points: 28 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Rebounds: 9 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Assists: 7 at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Steals: 4, last at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Blocks: 2, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Field Goals: 12 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Three-Pointers: 1 vs. Rutgers (11/16/12)
Free Throws: 6 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Minutes: 36, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Career Highs
Points: 28 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Rebounds: 15 at Florida State (12/30/11)
Assists: 7, last at Buffalo (11/10/12)
Steals: 5 at Northeastern (12/18/11)
Blocks: 4, last vs. Penn (3/6/12)
Field Goals: 12 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Three-Pointers: 2, last vs. Penn (3/6/12)
Free Throws: 9 at UNC Greensboro (12/13/09)
Minutes: 53 at Florida State (12/30/11)
Denton Koon
2012-13 Season Highs
Points: 10 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Rebounds: 4, last at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Assists: 2 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Steals: 3 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 5 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Three-Pointers: 1, last at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Free Throws: 5, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Minutes: 38 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Career Highs
Points: 13, last at Florida A&M (1/1/12)
Rebounds: 10 at Florida State (12/30/11)
Assists: 2, last at Wagner (11/28/12)
Steals: 3 vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Penn (3/6/12)
Field Goals: 6 vs. Lafayette (11/30/11)
Three-Pointers: 1, last at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Free Throws: 5, last vs. Fordham (12/15/12)
Minutes: 38 at Wagner (11/28/12)
Edo Lawrence
2012-13 Season/Career Highs
Points: 0
Rebounds: 0
Assists: 0
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 0
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 1 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Mike Washington Jr.
2012-13 Season/Career Highs
Points: 0
Rebounds: 0
Assists: 0
Steals: 0
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 0
Three-Pointers: 0
Free Throws: 0
Minutes: 1 at Lafayette (11/24/12)
Clay Wilson
2012-13 Season
Points: 15 at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Rebounds: 3 vs. Northeastern (11/13/12)
Assists: 2 at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Steals: 2, last vs. Drexel (12/8/12)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 5 at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Three-Pointers: 5 at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Free Throws: 2 vs. Drexel (12/8/12)
Minutes: 30 at Kent State (12/1/12)
Career Highs
Points: 15 at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Rebounds: 3 vs. Northeastern (11/13/12)
Assists: 2, last at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Steals: 2, last vs. Drexel (12/8/12)
Blocks: 0
Field Goals: 5 at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Three-Pointers: 5 at Syracuse (11/21/12)
Free Throws: 2 vs. Drexel (12/8/12)
Minutes: 30 at Kent State (12/1/12)


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Okayafrica premiered a track from Gilles Peterson's new collective, Sonzeira today. The song is "Bam Bam Bam" featuring Seu Jorge & Giovanca and is from the album Brasil Bam Bam Bam, out in the U.S. on May 27th via Harvest Records (pre-order).
One of the world's most respected DJs and Brazilian music aficionados, Gilles turned producer for this ambitious venture, setting up camp in Rio de Janeiro with young UK production associates Sam Shepherd (Floating Points); Dilip Harris and Rob Gallagher from 2 Banks of 4; and Kassin from Rio collective Orquestra Imperial. Together they set about recording all-new material with a stellar line-up of Brazilian talent, under the name Sonzeira.
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Last Sunday got our hearts pumping with a white water rafting trip on the White Salmon River. The White Salmon is a 44-mile tributary to the Columbia river that originates in the glaciers of Mt Adams on the Washington side of the Gorge. In October of 2011, the Condit Dam on the lower section of river was removed to allow free flow from the headwaters to mouth. Parts of the river have been designated Wild and Scenic and it is easy to see why.
Sunday was a perfect day to be on the river, only 3 boats went out with our morning trip so we practically had the place to ourselves! The White Salmon is a gorgeous river canyon, with steep, mossy walls, towering trees overhead and cold, clear water.
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We also went over Husum Falls, a rollarcoaster 10-ft drop that gets the blood pumping! After the falls, a few more lazy rapids and we were back at the base. We were starving after all the excitement, so we headed just down the road to Big Man's Rotisserie and enjoyed delicious Ugandan Chapati wraps fresh off the BBQ. Before heading out back to Sakura Ridge, we stopped for a quick wine tasting session at AniChe Cellars on Underwood Mountain. Love these ladies and their wine!


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Researchers report that a variation in the gene ABCA7 causes a twofold increase in the risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease among African Americans. The team, including scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, says this is the largest analysis to date to determine genetic risk associated with late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) specifically in African American individuals.
The Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium compared genetic data from 5,896 African Americans over 60 years of age, with and without Alzheimer disease. The association of Alzheimer's with genotyped and imputed single-nucleotide polymorphisms was assessed in case-control and in family-based datasets. Results from individual datasets were combined to perform an inverse variance-weighted meta-analysis, first with genome-wide analyses and subsequently with gene-based tests for previously reported loci.
The researchers found that the genotypes with the strongest association with the risk of LOAD among African Americans were ABCA7 (odds ratio, 1.8) and APOE (odds ratio, 2.3). These are genotypes also associated with increased risk among individuals of European ancestry, but the association with ABCA7 was 60% stronger among African Americans than what has been observed among individuals of European ancestry.
"While the genotypes are similar between groups, the strength of risk is significantly different," says Gerard Schellenberg, Ph.D., professor of pathology and laboratory medicine in the Perelman School. "ABCA7 was previously identified to be weakly involved in the risk of Alzheimer disease among nonhispanics of European ancestry. Among African Americans, however, the gene is associated with a much stronger risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease."
African Americans have a higher incidence of late-onset AD, which affects 1% of people at age 65 years to more than 30% of people older than 80 years. As much as 20% of the disease-attributable risk is related to the APOe4 gene variation.
The researchers note that if their study can be validated and replicated in additional studies, these findings may have "major implications for developing targets for genetic testing, prevention, and treatment."
The study appears in the April 10 issue of JAMA, in a paper titled "Variants in the ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter (ABCA7), Apolipoprotein E ε4,and the Risk of Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease in African Americans".
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Wednesday's college roundup: Durapau throws shutout for B-CU
Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 11:33 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 9:54 a.m.
DAYTONA BEACH — Deltona's Montana Durapau threw a complete-game shutout as Bethune-Cookman (2-3) won 1-0 over visiting FIU (3-1).
"Montana (Durapau) threw the ball unbelievably," B-CU coach Jason Beverlin said. "He was pounding the strike zone and threw his off-speed for strikes against a very aggressive offensive team. He was in total control the whole way. There was never a doubt, even when they had runners on."
Durapau was perfect through five frames. FIU's Zach Sweety's infield-splitting single broke up the no-hitter in the sixth inning. Durapau downed nine of the final 10 batters, aided in the eighth by a diving catch from Josh Johnson and a perfect throw-out play by Eric Sams going deep into the pocket to snag a grounder.
Durapau gave up three hits, struck out four and walked none on 90 pitches.
Sams was 2 for 4 and scored the lone run. Josh Johnson was 2 for 3.
B-CU PLAYERS HONORED: Bethune-Cookman baseball player Chris Biocic earned Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rookie of the week accolades. He his .429 with one triple and an RBI and had 17 total putouts in two games.
B-CU's Gilbert Kibet was named MEAC men's tennis athlete of the week. Kibet was 4-0 in singles and doubles against Webber International and Hampton.
DSC FALLS 19-15: Kyle Scott was 3-for-6 with four RBIs and two runs scored and host Daytona State (7-7-1) pounded out 17 hits but lost to Brevard Community College (8-6-1).
ERAU WOMEN'S TENNIS WINS: Sixth-ranked Embry-Riddle (2-4, 2-0 The Sun Conference) won 6-3 over visiting Northwood (1-1, 1-1). The Eagles won all three doubles matches. Meena Bennett, Paola Montero and Ana Gonzalez-Hoy had singles wins.
ERAU MEN'S TENNIS WINS:<.b> Top-ranked ERAU (4-1, 2-0 The Sun Conference) won 7-2 over visiting Northwood (1-1, 1-1). The Eagles won all three double matches. Deni Zmak, Simon Felix, Anthony Grasso and David Spennare had singles wins.
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For nearly a quarter-century, I've been told I "had to" see U2, that they put on a show without equal, and were over-the-top fantastic.
Well, after that long and having that many people tell you something, you kind of don't believe it anymore. I mean, how could it be so? Still?
Turns out - to an extent at least - those folks were right. Playing beneath a larger-than-you-pictured, even-though-you'd-seen-the-pictures-stage setting featuring "The Claw," the band rolled out to an overwhelming roar at 8:50 p.m. - nearly a year after originally planned - and launched into "Even Better Than The Real Thing," which was marred by a murky, swirling sound.
The sound kept improving as the band rolled through "I Will Follow," "Get On Your Boots," and "Magnificent."
The band arguably didn't achieve lift-off until after a quiet duet between Bono and The Edge on "All I Want Is You," and a quick take on the Bob Dylan-penned "Love Rescue Me." After the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to the now 70-year-old Dylan - no, he wasn't there - the show really picked up. Even though they've had numerous smash hits, it's unlikely the band has a more well-loved song than "Pride." And even though at 27 it's likely older than many of the folks who were singing the words in the capacity Rice-Eccles Stadium crowd, it still sounds fresh, vibrant and politically poignant - even in completely conservative Utah.
The show may have gotten too political for some when Bono repeatedly touted the work of Amnesty International and sang "Scarlet" as a full-fledged tribute to recently released Burmese political leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent 20 years as a political detainee. It was a fairly emotional scene as the band played video of the freed woman advocating the importance of individual action, which she said was "louder than any rock band."
Other music highlights included all-too quick run through of The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun," (which reminded met that I'd worried way too much about the weather for this show. It was absolutely dry, clear and just about perfect) "Zooropa," "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "City of Blinding Lights" and "Vertigo."
The big finale was arguably a last tribute to Dylan when Bono rambled through a verse of "Blowin' In the Wind," before segueing into the huge hit "Where The Streets Have No Name." Interestingly, the band closed on the far less known "Moment of Surrender" from 2009's "No Line on the Horizon." Like the rest of the show - even though it wasn't exactly what you expected - it lived up to the hype. And considering the weight the band labors under with its now 33-year-reputation fully on the line with each bigger-than-ever-before tour, that's saying something.
And here's the songlist:
U2: Rice-Eccles Stadium: May 24, 2011 Even Better Than The Real Thing I Will Follow Get On Your Boots Magnificent Mysterious Ways Elevation Until The End Of The World All I Want Is You Love Rescue Me Happy Birthday Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Beautiful Day / Here Comes The Sun (snippet) Pride (In The Name Of Love) Miss Sarajevo Zooropa City Of Blinding Lights Vertigo I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Discothèque (snippet) Sunday Bloody Sunday Scarlet Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
encore(s): One The Times, They Are A-Changin' (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me With Or Without You Moment of Surrender


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- 7 cans (4 ounces each) whole green chilies, drained
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Second Period Lifts Lowell to 3-1 Win Over Men's Hockey
LOWELL, Mass. (11/24/12) - It was two minutes that Princeton will think about and wish they could get back. UMass Lowell scored three goals in the final 1:55 of the second period breaking a scoreless deadlock to go on to win 3-1 on Saturday, Nov. 24 at the Tsongas Center.
Up until that point it had been a back-and-forth affair with solid chances by both offenses as both netminders kept the clean sheet.
Terrence Wallin and Scott Wilson teamed up on a give-and-go to break the deadlock at 18:05. Michael Colantone and Derek Arnold did the same just 32 seconds later as Lowell took a 2-0 lead in the second period
A goal by Joseph Pendenza at 19:27 went under video review as Princeton netminder Mike Condon was furious with the call, saying the whistle should have been blown before Pendenza stole the puck and went top shelf. Josh Holmstrom had taken a shot and it looked as though Condon was kneeling on the puck before it was suddenly on Pendenza's stick.
Princeton's Aaron Kesselman would prevent the shutout at 14:51 in the third period. Junior captain Jack Berger dug the puck out of the defensive corner and sent it up along the boards to senior Will MacDonald. MacDonald raced down and fed Kesselman in the slot who fired a goal over the shoulder of goalie Conor Hellebuyck.
With 2:14 remaining, Princeton called a timeout and pulled Condon for the extra attacker. Senior Eric Meland had two shots go wide, juniors Andrew Calof and Jeremy Goodwin had shots wide before senior Rob Kleebaum received a penalty with 20.9 seconds left forcing Condon back to the goal and time expired.
Princeton's penalty kill was 3 for 3 on the afternoon. On the second PK the Tigers were either controlling the puck or clearing it, and didn't allow Lowell to set anything up. Goodwin and Calof had a 2x1 shorthanded chance but couldn't get a shot off with a tangle up in front of the goal. Goodwin had also had a shot hit the crossbar midway through the period, and junior Andrew Ammon had one ring off the pipe two minutes later. The Tigers finished the weekend 9 for 9 on the PK.
Condon finished the game with a season-high 33 saves. He had a huge stop, winning a 1x1 battle with Arnold midway through the third. He splayed out on his stomach and turned the puck aside with his stick. Another big save from Condon came in the second when he kneeled on a shot after the goal had been open on the right side.
Freshman Hellebuyck, a Winnipeg draftee, made 22 saves in his second start for Lowell. The River Hawks are now 3-5-1 overall.
Princeton falls to 3-4-1 overall and travels to Rensselaer and Union next weekend, Nov. 30 & Dec. 1.


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George Palathingal: FINAL ANALYSIS
Disappointing finale. JT's weakest song/video in years winning the big award followed by a shiny but soulless performance of Katy Perry's feeble new single. Also, I have a lot of time for closing presenters Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Allison Williams but I thought MTV could get bigger names than that ...
Thank you all for reading and watching along with us today at the Justin Timberlake concert disguised as the MTV VMAs.
JT clearly stole the show, though shout outs to Gaga's multi-faceted opening and the dedication to the theme of gay rights that saw Macklemore & Ryan Lewis win an award for Same Love as well as getting a performance with topical intro.
See you all at the next awards show.
A special note for the two massive golden lions that are on either side of the boxing ring.
The song ends with Katy holding up a championship belt and her two remaining dancers holding up signs proclaiming "Game" and "Over"
... and well, it is.
To wrap things up there is a full boxing ring set up as a stage underneath the Brooklyn Bridge, with Katy Perry sitting in one corner singing Eye of the Tiger ... no not really, though it's a lyric, she's singing Roar.
Kind of wish she was singing that, though Roar is going well too.
Katy is dressed in silk boxer shorts and a tiger stripe sports bra and is surrounded by backing dancers dressed as sparring boxers.
In the refrain she takes to the jump rope to get in a little skipping.
Timberlake looks genuinely shocked in the crowd.
Once on stage, "What a fantastic intro" says JT in a better British accent!
He calls for some noise for all the performers.
His grandfather passed away in December and that draws silence in the room as he dedicates the award "this is for you Granny" who he hopes is watching.
Joseph Gordon Levitt is here with a quasi British accent to present an award, make that THE award:
Video of the Year
Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell, "Blurred Lines,"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz, "Thrift Shop,"
Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors,"
Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble,"
Bruno Mars, "Locked Out Of Heaven"
And the VMA Video of the Year is: Justin Timberlake, Mirrors
The end is near, but now is a great time to revisit the start.
So here's our video of Lady Gaga's VMA opening number.
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As Bruno finishes we get footage of a "boxer" walking through the crowd with trainers and "Lioness" emblazoned across the back. It is presumably Katy Perry (or meant to be) who is about to sing "Roar, her biggest hit ever, for the first time ever" according to the voice of MTV.
Now, I know what the voice means, but really, that's just some clunky scripting.
Alternatively Bruno Mars was close to hand because he was about to perfrom.
He's on stage now with a laser projected green gorilla (haven't we all been there!)
Unsurprisingly then, he's singing Gorilla.
George Palathingal: EXPERT ANALYSIS
[We're still talking One Direction at this end]
I never thought I'd hear (half of) NYC hipsters Vampire Weekend sing a line from a One Direction song. Especially when they should have been singing from far superior "songs of the summer" Blurred Lines or Get Lucky anyway.
Iggy Azalea. Photo: Getty
So, Iggy didn't win the award she was nominated for tonight, but she certainly won some admirers on the red carpet with this outfit.
Bruno must have either been expecting that or sitting in the front row as he is on stage in three seconds flat.
"This is my first moonman" is the most notable aspect to his speech of "thanks."
Taylor Swift is on stage comparing choosing the winner for the next award to choosing which shoes to wear, but I'm sure she means that as a good thing ...
Best Male Video
Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors,"
Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell, "Blurred Lines,"
Bruno Mars, "Locked Out Of Heaven,"
Ed Sheeran, "Lego House,"
Kendrick Lamar, "Swimming Pools (Drank),"
And the VMA for Best Male Video goes to: Bruno Mars, Locked out of Heaven
Wondering exactly how many people voted for One Direction in the Song of the Summer award?
A cool 8.7 million it would seem.
Those boys would appear to be a bit popular.
That's more like it, he walks to through the crowd (including an incredibly bored looking Rihanna) to jump on stage and sing Started From the Bottom - the clean version - which sounds a lot like this:
TLC are here ... to plug a brand of headphones and introduce Drake.
Drake is on stage singing in profile against a backdrop of clouds on a blue sky ... it feels like a computer ad at the moment.
"This is honestly one of the coolest things ever" says Austin, who then thanks God and his mom.
That's right, Austin is rehearsing for an Oscar.
"I would not be on this stage if it wasn't for you" he says to his fans in a proper truism, given this is a popularly voted category.
Austin Mahone. Photo: Getty
Here we go, Australia's chance for a VMA ... c'mon Iggy!
Artist to Watch
Austin Mahone, "What About Love,"
The Weeknd, "Wicked Games,"
Zedd feat. Foxes, "Clarity,"
Iggy Azalea, "Work,"
Twenty One Pilots, "Holding On To You,"
And the VMA for Artist to Watch goes to: Austin Mahone, What About Love
As Macklemore and Ryan Lewis take to the stage to sing "I can't change" from Same Love, following a good moment of talking about gay rights, I'm wondering what the best part of JT's performance was, so I'll ask you.
Poll: What was the best part of JT's VMA's epic performance?
- Bye Bye Bye with the *NSYNC reunion
- Bringing Sexy Back
- Suit and Tie
- Cry Me A River
- Senorita
- The fun on the escalators
- The speech where he promised us all $500
Total votes: 252.
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One Direction take the stage and are forced to talk over the high pitched squeals of joy from the crowd.
Arsenal fan Ben Winston gets a shout out from Harry and then the well oiled machine give a plug to their movie and leave the stage with a thank you to everybody.
Vampire Weekend then take the stage to present an award for which the polls just closed, presumably having been swamped by 1D fans:
Best Song of the Summer
One Direction - Best Song Ever
Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop
Selena Gomez - Come and Get it
Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Robin Thicke feat. TI & Pharrell - Blurred Lines
The VMA for Best Song of the Summer goes to: One Direction, Best Song Ever
Kevin Hart is back on stage to NOT host and to give a shout out to DJ Cassidy.
Then he gives a shout out to Timberlake's twenty minute set.
"They were out of shape, they've gained some weight," he says of *NSYNC.
"Joey farted" he adds to prove he's not a comedian as much as he's not a host.
He's now promising to drop something when he walks past Lady Gaga so he can get his face "close to your ass."
Stay classy non-host.
George Palathingal: EXPERT ANALYSIS
Got this email about re-formed Brit boy band 5ive coming to Australia in October, moments before the *NSync reunion. Amusing coincidence, even if 5ive wouldn't be allowed to shine Joey Fatone's shoes.
The crowd are on their feet again (the few who sat down - I'm looking at you One Direction) as JT is presented with the award.
A chant of Justin, Justin, Justin goes up:
"There's an extra $500 in your gift bags just for that" he opens.
Fallon tries to leave but JT won't let him. "No, let's make it awkward."
"I don't deserve this award, but I'm not giving it back."
He dedicates the award to the video directors that he's worked with, before acknowledging the other four members of NSYNC.
"We can keep it at my house, but I'm going to share it with them."
Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez and Lance Bass of 'N Sync. Photo: Getty
That concludes a MAMMOTH set from JT who has been going well over twenty minutes, and the applause may last just as long ... or would if Jimmy Fallon didn't try and calm them down, with limited success.
The crowd are screaming, and Fallon tells us if we "could feel the audience they are a loud" which is an odd turn of phrase.
Jimmy is presenting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and points out that while he could say a lot, it's obvious why he's getting it.
He then goes on to say a lot about why he deserves it.
"I'm talking NSYNC, I'm talking solo albums, I'm talking hit after hit after hit, I'm talking Sexy Back, I'm talking Cry Me A River ... that song was about me by the way."
Justin Timberlake performs to the adoring crowd. Photo: Getty Images
JT leaves NSYNC to kick off a performance of Suit & Tie from the new album, which is only fair, but still the crowd gets a bit quieter.
That transitions into Mirrors and Taylor Swift is singing every word of it in the crowd while One Direction ... well they still look like they have no idea who this guy pretending to be as big as they are is.
The five suited boys kick of with My Girlfriend and soon prove that they all have the dance moves in their repertoire too.
We then, of course, transition into Bye Bye Bye.
And a quick cut to One Direction in the audience sees them on their feet ... and presumably wondering who these old timers are.
Someone show them this:
This has been going for over ten minutes now and is still absolutely pumping ... until the music winds down ... aaaaaaaaand:
"You asked for it" says Timberlake as he joins NSYNC on stage.
We've transitioned into Cry Me A River and the crowd are simply adoring this. Everyone on their feet, including a bopping along Will Smith.
Gaga, clad in a shell bikini gives that a big set of applause and now JT has taken to the keyboard to give an intimate It Feels Like Something's Heating Up (Senorita).
Justin is also bringing dancing back, he's confirming he still has all the moves with this extended JT remix where he is moving as well as he's singing (and that is mighty fine).
JT is of course being honoured with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award tonight so no surprise that he's getting the long set, which we're all hoping will soon include NSYNC.
Justin Timberlake during his epic performance. Photo: Getty
A cunning camera twirl later we find JT on stage performing a particularly slow version of SexyBack.
It slides up to full speed and the crowd are LOVING it.
This is as good as we can give you as a reminder:
Tragically they haven't let JT into the building proper, so he is performing out in the foyer it seems.
Thankfully all the random strangers (TM) on the escalator with him happen to know the dance moves.
Take Back the Night sings JT as he enters the food court that we never knew was a part of any good VMAs set up.
Jimmy Fallon is on stage to reminisce of a time he introduced the new time solo artist at the VMAs.
He's now re-introducing "the President of pop" ... Justin Timberlake.
Personally I'm hoping for a Fallon Timberlake reunion as well as an NSYNC reunion.
George Palathingal: Expert analysis
An Aussie producer, who will probably wish to remain unnamed (I can't confirm right now, he's living the showbiz life in LA these days), met an unmasked Guy-Man de Homem-Christo from Daft Punk at their Perth Nevereverland show in 2007.
Two interesting things:
1) He said de Homem-Christo "looked like a Hobbit".
2) He reckons he saw de Homem-Christo minutes before he took the stage in full robot gear ... and neither of them were that close to the stage at the time.
"I really wanted to win Best Rap Video but this moon man means a lot more," Macklemore tells us.
"Gay rights are human rights there is no separation" he adds to huge applause.
Ryan Lewis gets the thanks task and he ends on Mary Lambert who is on stage with them.
Ed Sheeran is up on stage straight away for another award:
Best Video with a Social Message
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love
Beyonce - I Was Here
Kelly Clarkson - People Like Us
Miguel Candles in the Sun
And the VMA for Best Video with a Social Message goes to: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Same Love
"Now I got one of these!" says Taylor who is happy not to be interupted.
We return with a pre-recorded video of Daft Punk playing Lose Yourself to Dance which is used as an intro to Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams. Here to present an award:
Best Female Video
Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble,"
Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko, "Stay,"
Pink feat. Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me A Reason,"
Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop,"
Demi Lovato, "Heart Attack,"
And the VMA for Best Female Video goes to: Taylor Swift, I Knew You Were Trouble
A low key performance from Kanye all up but the crowd seem happy.
Then the voice of the VMAs tells us that Daft Punk are next.
Hard to guess at the staging early on as we are in a close up on Kanye's face behind a mic.
We pull out to see Kanye in silhouette in front of a sepia photo of trees. Kanye may well be performing from an Australia Post stamp.
Jared Leto. Photo: Getty
Jared Leto is now on stage and he actually ISN'T hosting. He's also not talking as the crowd is screaming.
He's there to introduce an artist who has a lot of titles from the "Michael Jordan of music ... and of course a god"
"And those are just the things he said about himself."
It is of course Kanye West.
Kevin Hart is on stage telling us that he isn't hosting ... which sounds like the MTV equivalent of a wedding speech that begins "I won't speak for long."
It always goes forever.
He gives Gaga a shout out before suggesting Miley should go an get a pregnancy test after her writhing with Robin Thicke.
He then tells us AGAIN that he's not hosting, just talking.
This may never end.
Stay away from Robin "unless you want to end up on an amber alert."
He's now rapping ... ish.
Ultimately he has a point which is that we should all vote for Artist to Watch.
We, as a country, want America to text "B" for Iggy Azalea.
MTV Video Music Awards 2013
Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke perform "Blurred Lines". Photo: Reuters
George Palathingal: EXPERT ANALYSIS
That DJ in between acts/ads is DJ Cassidy, who seems to have filled in the late DJ AM's role as DJ-to-the-stars.
I'm not entirely sure how he got so famous or well connected but his coming debut album sounds impressive.
Jessie J told me on Friday that her coming duet with Robin Thicke (just on screen with Miley Cyrus), Calling All Hearts, will be on Cassidy's debut: "[Producer] Claude Kelly played it to me, he was like, 'my friend DJ Cassidy's got this album and I wrote this song and I think you'd be amazing singing it'. He knows how funny I am about recording songs I don't write but I listened to it and I was like, oooh! It's such a tune – it's like throwback soul. Earth Wind and Fire are playing on the track ... it's like one of my dreams, y'know? Some of the names on the album I won't disclose, I don't know if it's a secret or not but it's ridiculous [how impressive some of those names are]."
"They let some independent hip hop artists up here at the VMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAs!" say the band, getting a fraction political.
They speak at length on "the ideas" which consist of camels, and dreadlocks and dudes.
To explain, here's National Music Editor, Peter Vincent:
"Macklemore's video is quite bizarre for a hip hop track - featuring galleons, camels, alaskan huskies and Macklemore dressed as a sea captain. What the?!"
Perhaps not so much an explanation as an expression of bewilderment then!
Best Hip-Hop Video
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us,"
Drake, "Started From The Bottom,"
J. Cole feat. Miguel, "Power Trip,"
Kendrick Lamar, "Swimming Pools (Drank),"
A$AP Rocky feat. 2 Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar, "F**kin' Problems,"
And the Best Hip Hop VMA goes to: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, Can't Hold Us
Iggy Azalea and Lil Kim are on stage and presenting. Australia represent!
They emerge from a giant silver teddy bear astronaut and Iggy first calls for adoration for the "Queen of R&B" Lil Kim.
Lil Kim reminisces on her Brooklyn roots and admires the VMAs for coming to her home town.
Lil Kim then says Iggy being here "all the way from Australia" demonstrates that Hip Hop is now worldwide.
The pair are joined by 2 Chainz on stage who starts rapping and thankfully Miley doesn't take any more clothes off.
Robin Thicke finally comes on stage and Miley strips down because she realises she is overdressed for one of his songs.
As they start singing "You Know You Want It" Miley is down to beige briefs and a bra and ... well, she bends over in front of him and writhes into his crotch for a while.
I yearn for the days of Disney.
Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke perform "Blurred Lines". Photo: Reuters
Miley Cyrus. Photo: Reuters
"We can't stop and we won't stop" sings Miley as audience members can be seen running from the building behind her.
We cross to One Direction sitting in the audience watching and presumably remembering contemplating how much like real life this is: young women bearing teddy bear backpacks chasing a pop star.
Miley is dressed in lingerie, which has to be called a teddy as it's (a) a teddy and (b) has a face of a bear on her belly whose ears are ... well let's just say they're located above his smiling face.
Miley Cyrus performs "We Can't Stop". Photo: Reuters
A brief and random introduction later and it's time for a massive teddy bear to come on stage, and then Alien style, enjoy having Miley Cyrus emerge from its belly.
She's joined on stage by ... a whole lot more teddy bears (many of whom are pink) and Robin Thicke and the VMAs have gone trippy early this year.
George Palathingal: EXPERT ANALYSIS
Selena Gomez - the first of many teen TV idols turned pop stars (see also Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande)
Rising Kiwi star Lorde was appalled by the sentiment of Selena Gomez's Come & Get It. Lorde told me: "I love it musically, I think it's awesome but ... just like lyrically it's so stupid - basically, 'boy, I'm sitting here waiting, when you're ready, come and get it'. You've got teenage girls singing along to that! Young girls who think that that is right ..."
We now get our first plug for the audience voted award Artist to Watch, where we of Australia all hope for Iggy Azalea to win, though we can't actually vote.
"This is my first actual moon man" says Selena who loves us and thanks us.
Time for an award:
Best Pop Video
Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors,"
Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop,"
Selena Gomez, "Come & Get It,"
Bruno Mars, "Locked Out Of Heaven,"
Fun., "Carry On,"
And the VMA for Best Pop Video goes to: Selena Gomez, Come and Get It
Post intro video we are asked to welcome the stars of the new film "One Direction: The Movie ... One Direction!"
Really ... that's more than a little shameless a plug even for MTV.
A team of black-clad dancers remove Gaga's white outfit (keep it down in the back, it's all G rated) and dress her in a blue shimmery number and blonde bob wig.
She's then de-dressed again, reduced to a black unitard and skull cap, which is then Gaga'd up to a yellow wig and red, black and yellow face paint.
Gaga's then de-dressed again by her team, and well and truly undressed this time, to a silver bikini and big dirty blonde wig.
The track is Applause and we can tell by the random letters A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E dangling behind her.
Singer and dancers then give a proper Broadway style bow, in a line across the front of the stage receiving the rapturous applause of the audience. How apt!
Lady Gaga. Photo: Reuters
Lady Gaga. Photo: Reuters
And we're off, with Lady Gaga doing an ad for cleaning your teeth - at least that's how it seems as her head pokes through a big block of white like a ye olde dentistry ad.
"It's shooooow tiiiiiime" croons the head of white.
To resounding boos!
We pull out and she's basically wearing a white Flying Nun outfit except with a big white square for a head.
MTV remind us that they're all about cross-promotion with a trailer for Divergence as its final event of the red carpet.
Five minutes to go, so now is a good time to have a gaze over the list of nominees and make your call on who will win.
Giles Hardie: We are red-dy (like the carpet) for the MTV Video Music Awards to start and will bring you all the action from 11am.
Until then, why not become the office pedant and have some fun correcting people who are calling these the VMA Awards? You could suggest it's like having an ATM machine or a PIN number.
NOTE: Today's blog will feature no more grammar or syntax commentary
Peter Vincent: Provocative Sydney-born rapper Iggy Azalea is among the nominees for Monday's MTV Video Music Awards, a ceremony that has produced some of the most bizarre moments in the history of televised awards.
In 2007, Britney Spears' performance of Gimme More led many to think she was intoxicated; in 2008, host Russell Brand called then-president George Bush "a retarded cowboy"; and in 2009, Kanye West was booed after grabbing the microphone from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech.
Over the years, several musicians, some from the same band (Poison, in 1991), have come to blows during the awards. Madonna has grabbed the headlines several times for her antics, including kissing Spears in 2003.
Bizarre and revealing outfits have long been a feature of the awards. In 2010, Lady Gaga famously wore a dress made of raw meat; in 1999, Lil' Kim's dress deliberately exposed her right breast (with covered nipple); and in 2000, Spears wore a flesh-coloured outfit, leading many to think she was naked.
The hot tip for today's ceremony, according to the New York Post, is that Justin Timberlake will reunite his former boy band 'N Sync for a medley of hits. 'N Sync broke up in 2002.
Australian Iggy Azalea, 23, a model for Levis who raps explicit songs in a southern US accent, is in contention in the Artist to Watch category, for her song Work. Her nomination is acknowledgement of her rapid rise to the forefront of an ultra-competitive sub-genre of aggressive hip hop popular in the US which is populated by brash female MCs (or "femcees"). Her contemporaries include Nicky Minaj, Azealia Banks and Princess Superstar.
Azalea is up against 17-year old tween idol Austin Mahone, electonica duo Twenty One Pilots, the enormously talented Canadian singer/producer The Weeknd and house music producer Zedd.
Azalea was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly and grew up in Mullumbimby, in northern NSW. She moved to the US at 16 and self-financed her early releases, one of which, Pu$$y, got her widely noticed. Last year she became the first non-American female rapper to be included on XXL magazine's influential annual Top 10 Freshmen cover feature. Previous freshmen have included Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore and Lupe Fiasco.
Azalea, who has just released her debut album, The New Classic, has a rapidly growing fanbase of "Azaleans" in the US and UK, where she has played several summer festivals including Glastonbury - although cancelled appearances at the Leeds and Reading music festivals to be in New York for the VMAs.
The major award at the VMAs is Video of the Year, which has no clear favourite in 2013. Among the nominees are Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's Thrift Shop, Justin Timberlake's Mirrors and Taylor Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble.
Timberlake and Thicke are expected to fight out the Best Male Video, and either Swift or Rihanna should win the Best Female category, with Pink and Miley Cyrus also in contention. One Direction is favoured to beat Cyrus to the Best Song of the Summer award.
There are also awards for Best Rock Video, Best Collaboration and Best Video with a Social Message. That award sees Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's chart-topping same-sex marriage anthem, Same Love, up against a song Beyonce wrote for World Humanitarian Day, I Was Here, and performed at the United Nations, as well as songs by Kelly Clarkson, Snoop Lion and Miguel.
The VMAs are decided by public votes on the MTV website.
The MTV Video Music Awards pre-show begins at 10am AEST and the awards ceremony starts at 11am. Giles Hardie will be live blogging from 11am and live coverage will also be on MTV.
Iggy Azalea: The US-based Australian rapper says critics are spinelss. Photo: Getty Images


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