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The U.S. Open may be over but we just can't get enough of our favorite players. We admire them for their athletic skills of course, not just because they have some of the best looking faces and bodies in sports. ... —Glo.
Rafael Nadal2 of 21
Currently ranked number one in the world, Nadal has won eight Grand Slam singles titles along with a slew of other trophies. Aside form being super talented, it's pretty obvious why this swarthy Spaniard is first on our list of hot tennis players.
Serena Williams3 of 21
Even in a cast, Serena Williams looks gorgeous. And with two Olympic gold medals in women's doubles and more career prize money than any other female athlete in history, she's totally on top of her game, too.
Venus Williams4 of 21
Serena's sister, Venus, has won three Olympic gold medals, more than any other female tennis player. She sports stylish duds both on and off the court, and even has her own clothing line, Eleven by Venus Williams.
Roger Federer5 of 21
With 16 Grand Slam singles titles under his belt and 17 ATP Masters Series wins, Roger Federer is a force to be reckoned with on the court. He's also amassed quite a following of admirers including Anna Wintour and Rolex watches, a brand he endorses. We wonder why. ...
Anna Kournikova6 of 21
Because of injuries, Anna Kournikova hasn't played in a few years, but she's still one of the sport's most memorable faces (and bodies) for good reason, don't you think?
Andy Roddick7 of 21
Not only does Andy Roddick hold the record for the fastest serve in professional tennis, measured at 155 mph, but he's quite attractive and married a model (that would be Brooklyn Decker). Can we see some tiny blond tots soon please?
Maria Sharapova8 of 21
Maria Sharapova's L.A. Laker boyfriend, Sasha Vujacic, obviously thinks the accomplished Russian star is pretty hot — and so do Nike, Prince, Canon, Cole Haan and the editors of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, just to name a few.
Ana Ivanovic9 of 21
A talented player, Ana Ivanovic is also a charitable soul and acts as a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, her home country. So we'll forgive her for that unfortunate sock tan.
John Isner10 of 21
John Isner is certainly an accomplished player, but everybody now knows his name after his famous win against Nicolas Mahut at this year's Wimbledon — in the longest professional tennis match ever played (11 hours, 5 minutes of play).
Gisela Dulko11 of 21
Consistently ranked in the singles top 50 over the last few years, this young Argentinian is on her way up, and we'll certainly be watching.
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Dementieva played and won her first international tournament, Les Petits As, in France at the age of 13. She's now 29 and enjoying a world ranking of number 13.
Juan Martin Del Potro13 of 21
In 2009, this young Argentinian became the first player to defeat both Federer and Nadal in the same Grand Slam. If we played him, we'd let him beat us, too.
Andre Agassi14 of 21
Nothing says hot like pink spandex. But seriously, we may have had a thing for Andre Agassi circa 1990 ... and definitely loved that hair.
Arthur Ashe15 of 21
In 1963, while playing for UCLA, Ashe became the first African American player ever selected to join the United States Davis Cup team. Then in 1968, one year before he went pro, Arthur Ashe stadium in Queens (where the US Open is held) was named after the player.
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Pete Sampras may not have won the majority of his matches against his famous rival, Andre Agassi, but he is still one of tennis's highest ranked, most celebrated and best looking players ever.
Björn Borg17 of 21
Swedish player Björn Borg won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles, a record shared only with Roger Federer. But can we talk for a second about how great his legs look in these short shorts?
Jimmy Conners18 of 21
A super competitive player, Jimmy Connors was the only man to win the US Open on three different surfaces: grass, clay and hard in 1974, 1976 and 1978, respectively.
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At the age of 16, Monica Seles became the youngest-ever champion at the 1990 French Open. She officially retired in 2008 but still makes appearances as part of her humanitarian work for IIMSAM, the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition, a group in which the Obamas are also involved.
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John McEnroe, who won Wimbledon three times and the US Open four times, may be most remembered for his competitive spirit and confrontational behavior on the court against rivals like Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors.
Fred Perry21 of 21
Born in 1872, Fred Perry was first a table tennis champ but went on to win three Wimbledons, among other titles. Supposedly, if a game reached the fourth set, the dapper and reportedly arrogant Perry would change into new trousers and polo shirt and then continue playing.


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Even if you're undocumented, you still have rights! Learn more, get help
New Fresno Workers' Rights Clinic
On April 18, the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (Legal Aid) added Fresno to the list of its Workers' Rights Clinic sites. The Fresno Workers' Rights Clinic is a collaboration of Legal Aid, Central California Legal Services (CCLS), the Mexican Consulate, and the Fresno-based law firm of Lang, Richert & Patch.
The Fresno Clinic is housed at CCLS and is staffed by attorneys from Legal Aid, CCLS and members of the local bar, as well as paralegals and law students. Initially operating once per month, the Clinic will provide free legal services to low-wage workers, including farm workers, in the Central Valley who face a range of workplace problems including unpaid wages and overtime, health and safety violations and discrimination.
The inaugural Clinic brought together 20 volunteer attorneys and counselors, most of whom spoke both English and Spanish. Together they provided information and referrals to 28 workers.
Credit for conceiving and launching the Fresno Workers' Rights Clinic goes in large part to the efforts of Ana de Alba, a Berkeley Law graduate and former counselor at the East Bay Workers' Rights Clinic. Born and raised in Fresno where she now lives, Ana practices employment law at Lang, Richert & Patch and is on the board of directors at CCLS.


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Today, it's been two months since I got a kitten. He loves to hide, and then surprise me by jumping out of his hiding place. It was quite a surprise when he launched himself out of my bag during class. FML
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Today, during my first day as a medical intern in a new ward, I was performing a rectal exam. My supervisor thought it would be funny to burst into the room and scream, "Who are you?! You don't even work here, you pervert!" FML
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Today, as usual, my cat was sleeping on my stomach. I couldn't fall asleep so I delicately picked him up and put him down next to me. He got up, hopped back onto me, gave me a slap and then went back to sleep on my stomach. I didn't dare move all night. FML
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Today, while having sex with my girlfriend on the bathroom floor, I felt something tickle my balls. I looked back to see her sister's kitten getting in on the action. I think I just had my first threesome. FML
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Today, my daughter learned a new song. This would be great, except for the lisp her teacher has. I now have a child screaming about the "itchy bitchy spider" at the top of her lungs. FML
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Today, my boyfriend yet again decided to act like Edward Cullen from Twilight, and got his friend to act like Jacob. Every time they're around, my boyfriend always looks stoned and constipated, and his friend is shirtless. I feel like I'm in a shitty romance movie. FML
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Today, on my shift as a nurse, I asked a pregnant woman what she would name her child. She said she saw the name "Chlamydia" on a billboard and decided to name her daughter that, saying it was "beautiful." I informed her that it was an STD, and she replied, "Oh, well no one knows that!" FML
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Today, I asked my mom what her biggest craving was when she was pregnant with me. Her answer: an abortion. FML
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Today, I went out for dinner with my long-term crush, who turned out to be a huge dog person. He asked me which dog breed I like the most. In an attempt to reply with both Labrador and Doberman, I accidentally said Dumbledore. FML
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Today, my neighbor went on vacation, leaving me in charge of his cat and dog. For some reason, he calls his dog "Cat" and his cat "Dog". There are two pet food containers, one labeled "Cat" and the other labeled "Dog". I have no idea which one goes to which animal. FML
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Today, I came home to find my girlfriend crying. Concerned, I quickly asked her what was wrong. She told me tearfully that she couldn't understand why her pet lizards hadn't grown into dinosaurs yet, and that pet store had cheated her. I'm still concerned now, but for entirely different reasons. FML
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Today, I took my new girlfriend to meet my grandmother. We were drinking coffee when my gran leaned to one side and let out a huge fart. Proud of herself, she added, "That one didn't pay his rent on time!" Coffee came out of my girlfriend's nose. FML
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Cancer biologist Johanna Joyce investigates how cancer cells interact with their microenvironment and how this affects tumor growth, metastasis and response to therapy. We spoke with Dr. Joyce in 2006, two years after she established her laboratory at the Sloan Kettering Institute.
My entrée into science was not some dramatic eureka moment. For me, the interest had always been there from an early age. While many of my friends struggled with decisions about what to do with their lives, I was lucky to know that I wanted to be a scientist.
When I was a teenager, my family moved from England to Ireland, taking me from cosmopolitan London to the Irish countryside. While this was a huge change for a 14 year old, one very positive outcome was that unlike in the more restrictive English system I had the opportunity to study a far broader range of subjects, including all the sciences. During this time, I was drawn to the field of genetics, finding it fascinating that you could mutate, or "knock out," genes and produce different observable characteristics in an organism.
Genomic Imprinting & Disease
After completing my bachelor's degree at Trinity College in Dublin, where I received a good grounding in genetics, I went on to the University of Cambridge. As part of my undergraduate thesis, I had done a literature review on the subject of genomic imprinting. (In genomic imprinting, the expression of certain genes is determined by whether the copy of the gene is inherited from the male or female parent.) I found the subject so fascinating that I knew it would be the focus of my graduate research, and I was fortunate to land at Cambridge, which was a hotspot for studies of genomic imprinting in Europe.
At Cambridge, I had the opportunity to work in the lab of Paul Schofield, an important player in the field of imprinting. In Paul's lab, we worked on human diseases that resulted from defects in genomic imprinting, such as cancer. My graduate work allowed me to combine my joint interests in cancer genetics and genomic imprinting, both of which, importantly to me, had clinical implications. Moving forward, I wanted to do some real cutting-edge science, and it was this desire that led me to do my postdoctoral fellowship with Douglas Hanahan at the University of California, San Francisco.Back to top
The Importance of the Microenvironment
Doug's lab was working on mouse models of human cancers, with a focus on angiogenesis — the process by which new blood vessels are formed. At this time, the tumor microenvironment, or the cellular context in which a cancer arises, was being recognized as a key mediator of tumor development. In our work in mouse models of pancreatic islet cell cancer, we showed that a family of enzymes known as cysteine cathepsins, which aid in the breakdown of proteins, plays a critically important role in tumor progression by facilitating angiogenesis and tumor invasion. By inhibiting these enzymes — which we were surprised to discover were predominantly supplied not by the tumor cells but by host innate immune cells — we were able to halt tumor progression.
Once my postdoc fellowship was completed, I knew that I wanted to go on to an institution that would offer the potential to collaborate with clinical investigators. While many places make this claim, I had the strong sense in interviewing at Sloan Kettering Institute that it was more than just an empty promise, although even I was surprised by the number of collaborative efforts my laboratory would become involved with during our first year alone at Sloan Kettering Institute.Back to top
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When I started my laboratory in the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program in December 2004, my team and I continued my pancreatic islet cell cancer research in collaboration with David Klimstra, Chief of the Surgical Pathology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. David supplied an invaluable resource — his collection of approximately 80 pancreatic endocrine tumor tissues (an uncommon type of pancreatic cancer). Studying these human samples, we discovered that the two cathepsins which we had previously identified in mouse models as being responsible for the most extreme reduction in tumor growth when they were mutated were precisely the same two cathepsins that were associated with malignant progression in these human cancers.
Hopefully, this new information can be used to help to refine the design of more precisely targeted therapies in patients with cancer — a goal that we are taking two parallel approaches to achieve. First, we are collaborating with Stanford University's Matthew Bogyo, who is chemically tweaking the structure of the cathepsin inhibitors in the hope of making them more selective. Second, in collaboration with Hakim Djaballah's High-Throughput Drug Screening Core Facility at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, we are looking for other chemical compounds that may act as successful cathepsin inhibitors. The entire team is working closely with the National Cancer Institute to potentially translate our findings into a Phase I clinical trial.
My overall goal is to learn how applicable the findings from one tumor environment are to other types of tumors. To answer this question, we have recently begun work on prostate cancer with Howard Scher, Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and on breast cancer with Memorial Sloan Kettering pathologist William Gerald.
The success of the lab in its first 12 months could not have been achieved without the imagination, hard work, and devotion of my research team. To me, they are true partners. I don't think there is another institution where I could have attracted such a tremendous group of people; thanks to them we have surpassed my initial first-year hopes and are on track for even greater research successes.Back to top


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The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 6by Anand Lal Shimpi on September 27, 2012 8:57 AM EST
Sorry for the delay this week! With Brian in Seoul, me getting back from NYC and Ian in London it was difficult to all get together for our usual Friday recording sessions for the podcast. We managed to get this episode recorded on Monday, but I then had to run off to DC for another NDA event. We did finally manage to get things edited so today we have the delayed episode 6.
This week's podcast begins with our review impressions of the iPhone 5. We also go over the other major smartphone announcements from the past week: Motorola's Medfield powered RAZR i, HTC's Windows Phone 8X/8S and LG's Optimus G. Last week we talked about Haswell from a platform perspective and this week we talk about it more from a CPU performance perspective. Finally, Ian shared his thoughts on Borderlands 2 and playing the title with NVIDIA's Physx enabled.
Also, due to popular request, we have submitted our podcast for inclusion in the Zune Marketplace although we haven't seen approval yet. Show notes including time stamps are also on the to-do list but they didn't make it in this round.
The AnandTech Podcast - Episode 6
featuring Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug & Dr. Ian Cutress
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dishayu - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - linkDoesn't show up in my rss feed yet. Will have to download the m4a, i guess. Reply
TheGuardians - Friday, January 25, 2013 - linkAnand really needs to convince Brian to get a room. There's some serious latent man (boy)-crush happening through-out the podcasts!
Anand's continued giggling & predilection towards anything & everything Brian says is frankly difficult to listen to. This kind of attention disregarding pervasively the other
guests/members of the podcast is surely not diplomatic & equitable - epsecially by someone in a role of leadership as Mr. Shimpi is.. being the CEO & boss of the 'website'/'business'. Reply
n00by - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - linkWhoop Whoop, thanks for the awesome podcast! :D Reply
Fiercé - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - link...I'd like to suggest a roundtable on the relatively new Smartphone OS environment. With the iPhone5 gorilla getting its annual walk up the tallest skyscrapers of the press corp, I'm very interested to hear opinions and impressions on where Google, Microsoft and Apple stand with their Windows 8 Phone, Jellybean and iOS6 situations.
Particularly with the lauded performance improvements encountered on iPhone5 hardware, I'd like to know where Android is with it's Project Butter and how Windows Phone 8 stacks up at stock. I have an HTC One X and while I agree the series doesn't get nearly as much love as it deserves (from a previous podcast), I'd much rather settle for updated timetables regarding Jellybean updates from HTC, Samsung and their ilk as well as if Project Butter will be included in those updates indicating Adreno 225 can handle it... or if we'll have to wait another eternity for another validation period.
This is of particular interest to me now that HTC has released Windows 8 Phone devices, as that suggests a possibility of split resources for OS improvements at HTC HQ.
Cheers! Reply
Fiercé - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - linkGeez, I absolutely butchered the Windows Phone 8 nomenclature.
More coffee, more coffee... Reply
Impulses - Saturday, September 29, 2012 - linkI doubt you'll get any kind of accurate update timetable out of HTC or Samsung, although I believe the latter promised JB by end of year and update leaks have already been floating in the wild, so that's a good sign.
Frankly I'm not terribly concerned with Jelly Bean, the performance improvements and updated notifications are nice but it won't drastically change how I use my phone, my EVO LTE is already pretty damn snappy and if I get a hankering for JB I can just flash CM 10.
I'm much more curious about the future direction of the Nexus line and the rumors of an expanded manufacturer lineup. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - linkSpeaking of the Lightning cable, what do we think of that maybe-authenitcation chip found inside it? Will that block third party cables,or at least make them significantly more expensive? Reply
tipoo - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - linkAnd also since the same port can be used for different outgoing connections, maybe when they shift to USB 3 the same port will be compatible, but you'd need yet another cable becauseof the new pins in USB 3. With 150MB/s smartphone memory chips coming out soon, we may want those sooner than expected. Reply
scavio - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - linkMost people seem to think that it will take a long time before we see fully compatible non authorized third party cables (if at all) due to the chip. I would think that third party cables in general would be more expensive.
Has anyone figured out what exactly the chip does? Hopefully the knock off folks can figure out how to get cables without the chip to at least charge the phone. Maybe it'll only work if you insert it a certain side up or something. I haven't owned an iPhone for a while, but having to purchase $20 cables so that I can charge a phone would stink. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - linkYeah, maybe that chip detects which way it is connected and reroutes the signal, and third party cables would work without it but only in one orientation. I hope, at least. Reply


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Around 1 p.m. on June 6, a Goliad County resident was driving down Farm-to-Market Road 622 at the Perdido Creek Bridge when someone threw a large plastic container weighted down with rocks and water at his vehicle. The container struck the upper right windshield of the driver's car, shattering it. Fortunately, the driver did not lose control and brought the vehicle to a safe stop.
No one was seen alongside the road and investigating deputies believe the plastic container was launched from beneath the bridge, out of the driver's view, as a prank.
Two days later, another motorist reported someone tossing objects from beneath the bridge onto the roadway in front of oncoming traffic. A search of the area by deputies did not locate the person(s) responsible.
It is believed these acts are being done as a prank. However, these acts could easily lead to a serious traffic crash.
Anyone with information about who may be responsible for these acts of criminal mischief is asked to call Coastal Bend Crime Stoppers at 361-362-0206 or 1-877-362-0206.
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Friday, January 1, 2010
Testing new drugs for ALS
ALS Clinical Trials update: Merit Cudkowicz, MD
In the quest for better treatment, rigorous analysis of a potential drug's effectiveness and safety is essential. "Fifteen years ago, there was no treatment for ALS and not much to try. Now, research discoveries are so numerous that we have to prioritize the most promising ideas," says Merit Cudkowicz, MD, director of the Mass General Neurological Clinical Research Institute.
"We feel a great urgency to find new therapies for ALS and that means quickly identifying drugs that should move forward and those that are ineffective," she adds. In the last year, three drugs illustrate the unit's approach.
Ceftriaxone moves forward
In an effort to efficiently identify existing drugs that could be re-purposed for ALS, researchers tested all drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a cell-based experiment to see which might protect motor neurons. Ceftriaxone was a "hit" in this screen and subsequent testing in the laboratory and ALS mice showed that it may help clear the neurotransmitter glutamate near nerve cells, protecting them from toxic over-excitation.
Although ceftriaxone is approved by the FDA for treating acute bacterial infections, Phase I and II trials were necessary to show that the drug was safe for ALS patients and that it could enter the cerebrospinal fluid where the motor neurons function. These trials were successful.
The Phase III trial, which is enrolling up to 600 people at multiple sites in the U.S. and Canada, will determine the efficacy of ceftriaxone for ALS.
Antisense drug ISIS-SOD1Rx begins Phase 1 clinical study in familial ALS patients
The explosion in genomic information has led to the discovery of many new disease-causing proteins. A new class of drugs called antisense molecules bind to messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and inhibit the production of disease-causing proteins.
Isis Pharmaceuticals is sponsoring a Phase I study that will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of a new investigational drug, Antisense oligo ISIS 333611. It will be administered intrathecally (using a pump and a catheter to deliver medication into the spinal fluid) to patients with rapidly progressive forms of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) due to mutations in the SOD1 gene.
Lithium shows no benefit
Investigators and funding organizations joined forces to rapidly replicate an intriguing study from Italy that showed a positive effect of the drug lithium in a small group of ALS patients. Because the results were so striking, many patients were eager to begin treatment with the drug, but a larger study was needed to confirm the results.
Swati Aggarwal, MD ( former Neurology faculty member) and Dr. Cudkowicz, in partnership with the Northeast ALS and the Canadian ALS consortia, quickly launched a randomized trial that enrolled 84 people over four months. Neither the patients nor the physicians knew who was receiving lithium. Unfortunately, the blind study did not show a beneficial effect of lithium on the progression of ALS and was consequently halted.
Although we were disappointed, it is essential that patient shave good information about what works and what doesn't. We will continue to forge ahead on potential drugs using the best approaches we have. We are so grateful for those patients who are willing to volunteer for clinical studies who make this work possible," says Dr. Cudkowicz.
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Supreme Court: State workers don't get double pay
MONTPELIER The Vermont Supreme Court has denied 63 state workers who wanted double pay for working while displaced from their offices following Tropical Storm Irene.
The court affirmed an August 2013 decision from the Vermont Labor Relations Board, ruling that the workers werent entitled to extra money because the emergency situation was technically over a day after the storm.
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Volunteers scan a crowd in an effort to detect and prevent sexual harassment during a demonstration against President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday.
Editor's note: This story includes a correction.
Updated at 7:48 a.m. ET: CAIRO - Walaa Al Momtaz doesn't leave her home for up to five days at a time. The neatly veiled 22-year-old misses her friends at City University, where she studies English and German, but what she faces upon leaving her house defeats her.
Men and boys constantly harass and threaten Al Momtaz on the bus, on the street and at the university.
"Every day men talk to me in a bad way, laugh at me and say things about what I am wearing," she told NBC News. On a recent bus trip, a man stuck his hand through a gap in the seat to touch her.
Al Momtaz has gotten off relatively lightly.
On Nov 25, Al-Ahram state newspaper reported three women were sexually assaulted during anti-Morsi demonstrations by hundreds of men.
In September, Eman Mostafa, 16, was gunned down after she spit in the face of a man who harassed her in the province of Assiut, according to police reports.
The Feb. 11, 2011, attack on CBS News' Lara Logan as she filed a report for "60 Minutes" in Tahrir Square, epicenter of the uprising that forced dictator Hosni Mubarak to step down last year, brought international attention to the problem of sex attacks on women in public places.
Public violence against women was rampant well before the movement that unseated Mubarak in 2011. According to a 2008 study by an Egyptian NGO, 83 percent of women have been victims of harassment.
In the post-Mubarak era, activists and protesters have reported many particularly violent assaults on women. Some experts allege the government and security officials are failing to take the problem seriously. More than 700 claims of harassment were filed across Egypt over the four-day Id al-Adha holiday in late October.
Egypt's Morsi flees palace as protesters battle cops
"It is not a country of law, not a state of law anymore. It has given men a chance to harass women without being accused," said Afaf Marie, director of the Egyptian Association for Community Participation and Enhancement, an NGO.
Some activists fear that women's rights will suffer under the rule of President Mohammed Morsi, who is an Islamist.
Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi reportedly left the palace via the back door to avoid further confrontation, as crowds vented their fury at Morsi's decree granting him nearly unlimited powers. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Government inaction has allowed the problem to spiral out of control, Heba Morayef, director of Human Rights Watch for the Middle East and North Africa, told NBC News. Police no longer inspire fear as they did before the revolution. In addition, locals say it appears there are fewer police on the increasingly lawless streets -- and often none in Tahrir Square.
"The state is failing to respond," she said. "Men don't have to worry about being caught."
Analysis: Supporters of Islamist president push Egypt to tipping point
In addition, filing charges against an attacker is a daunting process in a society where sex is taboo, and police often don't take allegations seriously, Morayef said.
"Failure to prosecute is a major factor in the escalation of violence against women in public places," Morayef said.
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On Nov. 19, journalist Sonia Dridi was wrapping up her live report for French Channel 24 from Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square when a crowd of up to 30 men surrounded her.
As the bodies closed in, Dridi said she concentrated on staying on her feet.
"I was just looking at (fellow correspondent Ashraf Khalil) and felt hands touching me. I was trying to concentrate," Dridi told NBC News by telephone. "At some point I said to Ashraf, 'Oh my God, they are touching me.'"
She didn't know who was a friend or an attacker.
"It is so confusing that at some point I had the impression that those (who were) saying they would help were trying to take advantage," Dridi said.
In 'new Egypt', mobs sexually assault women with impunity
The mob pounded on the glass doors after she reached the safety of a Hardee's restaurant on Tahrir Square, which has become a sort of refuge for women. Dridi realized her shirt was opened and broke down in tears.
"The thing that was so sad was that the Hardee's waiters were … waiting to help me because they are so used to that," she told NBC News.
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Despite the risks, some women are venturing into potentially dangerous situations to stand up for what they believe in.
"I am afraid of harassment," said Mai Alam, 53, who was in Tahrir Square protesting against a recent Morsi decree giving himself sweeping powers. "I am with my husband and I keep pepper spray in my purse at all times."
Charlene Gubash / NBC News
Mai Alam, 53, a state TV employee, was accompanied by her husband at a recent rally in Tahrir Square. She carries pepper spray to ward off would-be attackers.
"But this issue is more important than my fear of sexual harassment," the Egypt TV employee added.
And while women find ways of coping with violence, activists have formed groups to protect them. They say the police often don't intervene when women are attacked.
During a recent holiday, citizen vigilante groups patrolled Cairo during the recent Id al-Adha holiday, The New York Times reported.
At a recent march, men wearing fluorescent vests stood on rickety wooden towers and used binoculars to scan the crowd for signs of sexual mobbing. Local group Fouada Watch has set up a hotline for women, anti-harassment patrols seek to protect women in hot spots and bring alleged offenders to the police, and online services like Harassmap pinpoint dangerous sites.
Analysis: Egyptians warn that Morsi is no friend of US
Prime Minister Hisham Qandil recently announced that a law was being drafted to combat sexual harassment through harsh penalties, calling the issue a "disastrous phenomenon."
As the government decides what, if anything, to do about the epidemic of violence, women like Al Momtaz continue to try and carve out a normal life in a country that has empowered the bad along with the good.
"Everybody thinks that democracy and freedom are a license to do whatever they want," she said.
NBC News' Taha Belal contributed to this report.
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- Supporters of Islamist president push Egypt to tipping point
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A leading producer of high-end computers for gamers and professionals – Alienware – revealed some additional details about its new initiative to install two graphics cards into one PC for hardcore gamers. It seems that the new ALX computers will greatly use Intel's server technologies to make games run faster.
Alienware ALX – New Ultimate Performers
Last week it was announced that Alienware will come up with ALX computers for gamers that will eventually handle two high-end PCI Express graphics cards for extreme performance in conventional 3D games. The most advanced versions of ALX PCs that are slated for release in Q4 2004 will come with Intel Tumwater-based X2 mainboard featuring 2 PCI Express x16 slots and will allow installation of two identical graphics cards into one PC.
However, ALX brand-name does not necessarily mean that the PC comes with two graphics cards. The ALX systems form luxurious ultra high-performance PC lineup that will be available starting from June 2004.
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Despite of some earlier assumptions, Alienware's technology is claimed to be proprietary, patent-pending and has nothing to do with existing techniques, e.g. 3dfx SLI.
"Alienware is using an exclusive software solution as well as a video merger hub. Both solutions are patent pending and were developed in house by Alienware. In addition Alienware has developed a dual PCI-Express graphics slot motherboard (X2). This motherboard is exclusive to Alienware and is also patent pending. To Alienware's knowledge, no other motherboard currently supports dual PCI-Express graphics slots," the company's spokeswoman said.
The dual graphics cards option will not require driver support from the graphics card manufacturers. The system was designed to be stand alone using Alienware's Video Array (including software and merger hub) and X2 mainboard.
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Preliminary testing of dual graphics cards shows performance gains of more than 50% compared to single graphics card configuration. The more graphics intense the application, the more performance increase gained.
The X2 mainboards will be based on Intel E7525 (Tumwater) core logic and besides 2 PCI Express x16 slots as well as 2 sockets for CPUs will also support dual-channel DDR2 memory, Serial ATA ports with RAID capability, PCI-X support, Gigabit Ethernet and 5.1 Dolby Digital audio.
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Alienware keeps silence over the pricing of its ultimate systems with two processors and two graphics cards. Typical machines for extreme gamers from Alienware cost about $3000. Systems with two processors and two graphics cards are likely to cost considerably more: high-end Xeon DP chips intended for 2-way systems typically cost from $851 to $1043 each. High-end graphics cards usually cost $499 each.


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Wildoak Living Feb 4 at 9am: One Billion Rising
Johanna talks with Sherry Glaser about One Billion Rising, a global event to stop violence against women and girls. on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2013 and the events planned in our area.
ONE BILLION RISING began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic:
1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime.
With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS.
On February 14, 1998, Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues started a global movement: V-Day.
On February 14, 2013, V-Day's 15th anniversary, activists, writers, thinkers, celebrities and women and men across the world will come together to express their outrage, strike, dance, and rise in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end at last to violence against women.
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Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday that the CES 2012 will be its last keynote presentation and booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, marking the end of an era when Microsoft kicked off the trade-show.
"We have decided that this coming January will be our last keynote presentation and booth at CES. We'll continue to participate in CES as a great place to connect with partners and customers across the PC, phone and entertainment industries, but we won't have a keynote or booth after this year because our product news milestones generally don't align with the show's January timing," said Frank Shaw, corporate vice president of corporate communications at Microsoft.
Instead of making a huge presence at CES, the world's largest software maker plans to unveil its new products and technologies at special events, its own conferences like Build as well as via social networks.
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer at CES 2011
The widely available Internet as well as social networks and relative easiness to create ad campaigns on the web have already destroyed a number of formerly popular technology trade-shows as big companies withdrew from taking part in them. Microsoft's decision to cease making big presence at the CES a logical one as many announcements that were made during the show were not ready for the market and the company had to cancel products it demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show.
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Before I pull up to the spot you hear my coupe door
Look like I photoshopped that bitch and took the roof off
Damn Los you go too hard
These rappers actin' like Lebron, how you playin' with that heat and scared to shoot dog?
Rappers fake and pathetic
Imagine them bastards takin' my credit
Niggas get blast away and beheaded
Bitch that crown ain't safe cause I said it
I got my shovel I'm comin' don't stumble I got you a big fuckin' tomb
I ain't got no deal but I'm buildin' a bathroom cause I got some shit comin' soon
Man I'm rainin' on them bitches, Travis Porter till the lights out
You beatin' 'round the bush like Travis Barker at the White House
I'm so deep in that top five, can't find out the kid number
They gon have to call big mother, 'Ye gon have to call his big brother
They gon have to have a discussion
Yea that bastards ass is disgustin'
Jay you better find that nigga, go sign that nigga, or go smash his ass, or do somethin'
Huh, magnificent is old, excellent is boring
Some niggas call this amazing I call it this morning?
All yellow diamonds, in my purple drop
She give me brains I come to life, bitch I'm Erkel bop?
Think outside the box, I'm frozen beware
I'm packin' that tre, but I'm to cold to be square
Ice cubes are square, the square sits inside the tray, the tray sits inside the box, here's your lesson for the day
OK, when you this cold, and you ain't in a nice mood
You put square niggas in a box, ice cube!
I like sexy women, fast cars, nice views
Sexy women say "you dress your ass off, nice shoes"
"These old things?"
She said "yes dear, but when did they come out"
I'm like "bitch next year"
Note to the rap game, nobody call next here
Or I'mma snap legs, stack bodies, break necks here
And to XXL, fuck what a nigga say
Y'all did the same old shit, just a different day
Get this straight I'm no freshman
More like the principal it's no question
Run this school and niggas don't test him
But it's the principle that I'm stressin'
Question, when y'all talk about the best how you don't mention me?
I ain't on the bench I'm the benchmark of my century
Cause The Crown Ain't Safe in the hood what's goodie
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Preston Cox and Tammy Knight
Exhibited March
Horticultural Technician Tammy Knight and Nursery Professional Preston Cox each have a separate but equal knack for having cameras at their sides in the right places at the right time. Maybe it comes from an intuitive gift, a keen eye, a little luck, or the opportunities that come from 2000 hours of on-the-job contact time on the Arboretum grounds each year.
Their photographs collectively celebrate over two decades of summer mornings, sodden winter Januaries, and late spring snows. Rare blooms, animal interlopers, and the volatile textures of rhyolite that shoulder into nearly every scene at the Arboretum have fueled their motivations and filled the frames of their compositions.
See more of Tammy Knight's photography
at online albums from 2004 - 2013
These images reflect more than the seasonal, daily-even hourly-nuances of personality that the Arboretum presents to all of us; they illustrate the passion-the verve-that both Preston and Tammy possess in pouncing unflinchingly on these opportunities at the moment they present themselves.
These photographs speak for themselves, and are shown framed and matted, in the Visitor Center Gallery through March.
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Photos in this exhibit are available for purchase; to inquire about ordering specific images in sizes other than currently on the walls, call Preston at 520-689-2723
Boyce Thompson Arboretum is at highway 60 milepost #223 near the historic copper mining town of Superior, a drive of about 45 minutes due East of Mesa. From September-through-April visitors are admitted from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and the Arboretum closes at 5:00 p.m. May-through-august hours are 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. New exhibits begin each month and may be seen daily during business hours; the Arboretum is an Arizona State Park and daily admission must be paid to enter the Visitor Center where our gallery is found. A membership may be purchased in the gift shop on the day of your visit.
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Mesa Art League September-October, 2011
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Legumes of ArizonaMay-Jun, 2011
Pima College & CACApril, 2011
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Kay Cummings February, 2011
Paul Kinslow January, 2011
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Rick Cameron April , 2010
Lawrence March,
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Militants who attacked a natural gas facility in eastern Algeria took as many as 40 people hostage, including three Americans as retaliation for France's intervention in neighboring Mali. NBC's Rohit Kachroo reports.
ALGIERS, Algeria -- Fifteen hostages were reported Thursday to have escaped from Islamist fighters who claimed to be holding 41 foreign nationals after taking over a gas plant in the Algerian desert.
U.S. officials said Wednesday that three Americans were among the hostages, but the report of the escape by Algerian television did not make clear whether they were among those who managed to flee.
Mauritania's ANI news agency reported that one of the kidnappers had claimed two Algerian army helicopters attacked the gas complex, injuring two of the Japanese hostages. It was not possible to independently verify the report, Reuters said. ANI has close contacts with the al-Qaida-linked group that has claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping.
Nearly 24 hours after gunmen stormed the natural gas pumping site and workers' housing before dawn on Wednesday, little was certain beyond a claim by a group calling itself the "Battalion of Blood" that it was holding foreign nationals, including Japanese and Europeans in addition to the Americans, at Tigantourine, near In Amenas, deep in the Sahara.
The raid opened an international front in the civil war in neighboring Mali, just as French troops launched an offensive against Islamist rebels in that country.
Kjetil Alsvik / Statoil via AFP - Getty Images, file
This picture released by Norway's Statoil on shows vehicles parked at the In Amenas gas field in eastern Algeria near the Libyan border. Algerian troops surrounded Islamists holding foreign hostages at the field on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he wanted "to assure the American people that the United States will take all necessary and proper steps that are required to deal with this situation."
British Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed one Briton had been killed and "a number" of others were being held hostage. Algerian media said an Algerian was killed in the assault. Another local report said a Frenchman had died.
"This is a dangerous and rapidly developing situation," Hague told reporters in Sydney on Thursday, adding Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron had spoken with the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The crisis presents French President Francois Hollande with a daunting dilemma and spreads fallout from Mali's war against loosely allied bands of al-Qaida-inspired rebels far beyond Africa, challenging Washington and Europe.
Led by an Algerian veteran of guerrilla wars in Afghanistan, the group demanded France halt its week-old intervention in Mali, an operation endorsed by Western and African allies who fear that al-Qaida is building a haven in the desert.
Hollande has warned of a long, hard struggle in Mali and now faces a risk of attacks on more French and other Western targets in Africa and beyond.
The Algerian government ruled out negotiating and the United States and other Western governments condemned what they called a terrorist attack on a facility, now shut down, that produces 10 percent of Algeria's gas, much of which is pumped to Europe.
A French businessman with employees at the site said the foreigners were bound and under tight guard, while local staff, numbering 150 or more, were held apart and had more freedom.
The militants, communicating through established contacts with media in neighboring Mauritania, said they had dozens of men at the base, near the town of In Amenas close to the Libyan border, and that they were armed with mortars and anti-aircraft missiles.
The group said its fighters had rigged explosives around the site and any attempt to free the hostages would lead to a "tragic end."
Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said the raid was led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who fought Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s and recently set up his own group in the Sahara after falling out with other local al-Qaida leaders.
Belmokhtar is a holy warrior and smuggler dubbed "The Uncatchable" by French intelligence and "Mister Marlboro" by some locals for his illicit cigarette-running business.
In their own statements, the militants condemned Algeria's secularist government for "betraying" its predecessors in the bloody anti-colonial war against French rule half a century ago by letting French warplanes fly over its territory to Mali. They also accused Algeria of shutting its border to Malian refugees.
Hollande has called for international support against rebels who France says pose a threat to Africa and the West, and admits it faces a long struggle against well-equipped fighters who seized Timbuktu and other oasis towns in northern Mali and have imposed Islamic law, including public amputations and beheading.
Islamists have warned Hollande that he has "opened the gates of hell" for all French citizens.
The conflict, in a landlocked state of 15 million twice the size of France, has displaced an estimated 30,000 people and raised concerns across mostly Muslim West Africa of a radicalization of Islam in the region.
NBC News' Robert Windrem contributed to this report.
Related stories:
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ANALYSIS: Why France is taking on Mali extremists
Al-Qaida-linked fighters destroy 'end of the world' gate in Timbuktu


text: Not mind blowing but still unexplainable. weldkatom posted:3/24/2012 10:45:29 PM About two weeks ago i had just finished my shift in work and went out to the "maintenance stores" for a cigarette.It was about 2am and i was alone.This room is full of paints,tools etc and a baler which means there are usually empty cardboard boxes lying about.Anyway i was just sitting there in silence playing with my phone when i heard a slap.Like the sound you get if you slap an empty cardboard box.Not three feet from where i was sitting a box slid about a foot across the floor.Naturally i was a little confused,i looked in the box expecting to find a stray cat or something,nothing,i picked it up searched around it,nothing.The building has a reputation for being haunted and the night staff all report various unexplainable phenomenon including full body apparitions.I have been working there nearly five years now and this is the only thing that i have experienced.As i said not mind blowing but i still cant come up with any rational explanation.spooky1 posted:3/25/2012 4:38:48 AM Hey,welkatom I definitly belive in ghosts & haunting. Mostly from personly experience. Iv heard alot about building hauntings,meaning its common. They say they are more active at 3:00 am, I find them more active atthe2:00 hour.sounds likes it was just trying to get ur attention. Please keep me posted this is my love of the paranormal ! Thx, SpookyLevinus posted:3/25/2012 7:13:38 AM Sounds ghost-like to me. My best advice...if it is haunted, and you've already seen some things...don't go back. I'm fascinated by the ghost phenomenon, but it scares me to pieces too. I would NEVER stay in a haunted building. I've even quit a job because the building was haunted. It is scary and stressful. I like to know about it, not live it. My rule with ghosts is this: If you don't mess with me, I won't mess with you. If a ghost breaks my rule, I go full on Dean Winchester. I'm calling every exorcist and priest and wiccan in a 100 mile radius and won't stop until it is spiritually toasted.Bugsy McCoy posted:3/25/2012 8:33:43 AM i agree the idea of ghosts scares me aswell i am reluctant to experience things but you always wish to have an experience to help draw your own conclusion. my one true experience was not so long ago. i needed to use the toilet in the middle of the night so i went downstairs (where the bathroom is) and i turned the bathroom light on and opened the door and i felt the door hit something and i glanced up and a man was stood behind the door half of him in view and half behind the door as i continued to open the door he dissapeared it was late at night and i was sleepy but this is my most convincing experience. like your cardboard book my bin in the kitchen has often slid or the lid has banged and i too cannot rationalise it. maybe it is a ghost or spirit who randomly releases energy i cant think of any other rational force to explain inanimate objects moving on random occasions too much so to say its the wind. i don't believe my house is haunted i have had a handful of experiences that i cant completely say i was dreaming etc and levinus..... sam is obviously the superior winchester :) Bugsy xxspooky1 posted:3/25/2012 9:22:06 AM First off sam & dean are both lovely. 2nd I wouldnt go quiting ur job.& 3rdly mr.LEVINUS thanks for NEVER sending me my dragon !!! U better send me so,ething NOWweldkatom posted:3/25/2012 10:28:59 AM I am not scared,simply curious and i go into this room every chance i get now to see will anything else happen.This means i am smoking too much though....will keep you posted!! Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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Have program setup so that it runs sticky on startup but does not open the database.
The backup path points to a folder in an external drive that is not mounted on startup (incidently, its the same directory as the password file)
After mounting the drive and opening the database, I go to settings and see that the backup folder has reverted to the default mydocuments directory; the main password file path is correct.
Problem is very repeatable
Not good, as I dont want backup files all over the place!
ps I've also noticed the option to enable antispy in virtual keyboard on settings/general also loses its state occasionally and has to be re-enabled.
pps lol, I couldnt post this to the forum as the site gave the message 'Your message contains too many URLs. The maximum number of URLs allowed is 5.' Had to remove the urls from the sticky system info below. Sort it out!
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November was the third consecutive month of declines in visitor expenditures and arrivals in Hawaii compared with the same month the year before, according to preliminary numbers released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority on Friday.
Total visitor expenditures decreased 2.1 percent to $1.1 billion while visitor arrivals to Hawaii dropped 5.5 percent to 620,051 visitors.
"Major factors contributing to this leveling off include increasingly aggressive competition, adjustments in product pricing and fluctuations in currency exchange rates and fuel costs," said HTA President and CEO Mike McCartney. "As a result, many consumers continue to become more price conscious, which has been affecting visitor length of stay, accommodation preferences and spending."
McCartney says the Japanese market is experiencing a weakening yen and that will be further impacted by an increase in consumption tax in April 2014.
The HTA says it is working with its marketing contractors to increase efforts to help stimulate core markets, including North America and Japan, while strengthening developing markets like China, Taiwan and Oceania.
"We continue to work with our global contractors to adjust our marketing plans to address these forecasted shortfalls, which we project will continue through the first half of 2014," said McCartney.
Tourism has contributed $1.4 billion in tax revenue for the state through November, which is $40 million more than the same period in 2012.


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This image shows a region of space containing a sample of dwarf galaxies studied by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hiding among these thousands of galaxies are faint dwarf galaxies that resided in the early universe, between 2 and 6 billion years after the big bang, an important time period when most of the stars in the universe were formed. Some of these galaxies are undergoing a ferociously fast rate of star formation called "starbursts." Astronomers are striving to deduce the galaxies' contribution to star formation in this crucial era of the universe's history. The image is part of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS).
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I started organic apples, which my son LOVES.....and waited to introduce any other food for 4 days....
He has been struggling with rashes since his 4 mo well visit and has been rx'd many creams.
Last week he went for his 6 mo well visit and dx'd w/ a mild form of eczema. No problem, it is managed with cream when it flares up and Balmex at every diaper changing.
My question has to do with food reactions/allergies and eczema....are they related?
There is no history of any allergies with the faimily or with him with any food so far.....


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Browns signed CB Joe Haden to a five-year, $68 million contract extension through the 2019 season.
NFL suspended Colts ILB D'Qwell Jackson four games for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
Jets waived RB C.J. Spiller and WR Jeremy Ross.
Colin Kaepernick will be the 49ers' Week 14 starter at quarterback.
Panthers MLB Luke Kuechly (concussion) will be evaluated Wednesday to see if he can resume practicing.
Jeremy Maclin (groin) will be a full participant at Tuesday's practice.
According to ESPN's Ed Werder, Jason Pierre-Paul's preliminary diagnosis did not reveal a sports hernia.
Jason Pierre-Paul (groin) is traveling to Philadelphia Tuesday to visit Dr. William Meyers.
ESPN's Bob Holtzman reports Jeremy Maclin (groin) "should play" Thursday night against the Raiders.
Redskins coach Jay Gruden said he wants Rob Kelley to be "more involved" moving forward.
Jerry Jones said the Cowboys do not plan to rest their starters even if they clinch the No. 1 seed.
Jets coach Todd Bowles said he always planned to start Bryce Petty over the final month of the season.


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I liked what I saw from Lin tonite, he's a little raw, but he penetrates to the paint,
oh so much better than TD. and he's rewarded with bench time. damntonidouglas!
way too much Girafferies. the guy has a couple highlights a game, and he deserves 23 minutes?
and still no Jerry Jordan? f*cktoni!
Novak comes in cold at the very end of game? not too smartoni.
technical foul on the coach in crunch time? stupid Macaroni.
well, if this game has led to Craptoni's firing, all the power to the Celtd*cks!
...except Paula Pierceclit, god I hate that woman!