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(Yahoo!) - Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj were one-and-done judges on "American Idol," and Randy Jackson left the show last year after a dozen seasons. But at least there will be one familiar face on "Idol" next year: It has just been announced that Keith Urban, who joined the panel alongside Mariah and Nicki in Season 12, will indeed be coming back to "Idol."
"I will confirm that Keith is returning to show," Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment for the Fox Broadcasting Company, revealed at Fox's Television Critics Association panel on Thursday morning. "Keith did great job last year. Fans really loved him. Keith's a really funny guy. He didn't get to shine last year."
This announcement might come as a surprise to fans who've been following "Idol" gossip — that Keith would be fired from the show (as Mariah and Nicki rumoredly were); that the panel would be replaced with all "Idol" alums likeKelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Adam Lambert; that Jennifer Lopez might return; that will.i.am or Pharrell Williams might come on board; that Fox might go with lesser-known names like alt-country darling Grace Potter or uber-producer Dr. Luke. And all of that is still up for discussion. ("All of the names you read about have been considered," Reilly told reporters, though he added, "There is no deal with [Jennifer Lopez] or anyone else.")
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High schooler throws 194 pitches in one game
People are upset at a high school pitcher for pitching a whopping 194 times in a single game Tuesday. Dylan Fosnacht of Rochester High School pitched 14 innings in his district district tournament, helping lead his school to victory.
So why are people outraged? Immediately on hearing the large amount of pitches, people became concerned about Fosnacht's health. The norm for MLB is to take a pitcher out after 100 pitches to prevent long term injuries, like elbow ligament tears, requiring extensive surgery.
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price showed concern to the teen, even calling for his coach to be fired.
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Exploring secondary mathematics teachers' reasons for avoiding the use of computers in teaching
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FLORENCE, S.C. – The Dooley Planetarium on the campus of Francis Marion University will present a program titled "The Red Planet ," Sunday, May 11.
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I have used it for arthritic pain in my hands, knee, and shoulder. I didn't have much hope of this little gadget working, but was surprised to experience reduced pain with each use. Wish it was larger so it could be used in larger areas of pain without having to keep moving it from spot to spot for 14 minutes in each place.I tried the apparatus on my husband's back, but it didn't help him at all. Ice treatment works much better on the swelling he has in his spine.
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One part of the booklets that came with it says to apply for 3 minutes, another part says 14 minutes. What the heck?
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Pentax announces its first hybrid APS-C camera: the Pentax K-01Thursday February 02 2012
Following the hybrid camera trend and after the limited success of the Pentax Q, Pentax is announcing today a new compact camera with interchangeable lenses, the Pentax K-01.
Probably looking to target savvier photographers, the approach of this new Pentax is very different than for the Q, with a much larger APS-C sensor and the use of the existing K mount.
The choice of the K mount will make the K-01 compatible with a large range of lenses directly at launch, whereas the Sony NEXs and the Nikon 1 J1 & V1 offered only a very limited number of brand-new lenses at release. But the K mount design requires a large flange focal distance compared to lenses designed especially for hybrid cameras. This said, the K-01 is still very compact when coupled with its 40mm F2.8 kit lens.
Overall, the use of the K mount certainly makes the K-01 slightly larger than it could have been with a specific mount. For example, the K-01 is larger in every dimension than the Sony NEX-7 (also an APS-C): 120 x 67 x 43 mm (NEX-7) vs 121 × 79 × 59mm (K-01).
In term of its sensor, the K-01 features a comfortable APS-C sensor such as that for the Sony NEX series. So we can expect a pretty good image quality, especially if the sensor is as good as the Pentax K5's, one of the best APS-Cs in our rankings. Another similarity with the K5 is the sensor shift stabilization system, which is a premiere for a hybrid APS-C and can help you avoid pushing the ISO setting and creating unpleasant noise in low-light conditions.
One last thing: in terms of usability, the K-01 seems to offer a reasonable number of controls that are directly accessible through buttons and wheels. But the total absence of a viewfinder is potentially a show-stopper for certain serious photographers, who might otherwise have been interested in this camera.
Overall, this new hybrid camera by Pentax seems much better armed than the Pentax Q in term of image quality, and we are really looking forward to getting a production sample in our lab to compare it with its competitors.
Further readings for the Pentax announces its first hybrid APS-C camera: the Pentax K-01
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The Pentax K01, Pentax's first serious hybrid, turns in a great performance, arriving in second place in its category. All of the results are available here: Pentax K-01.
It's rare in the world of photography for a manufacturer to come up with an entirely new product line from scratch, and it's equally rare for a famous manufacturer such as Nikon (the world market leader) to offer a new lens mount (Nikon CX). This makes the launch of the Nikon 1 line (Nikon J1 and Nikon V1) a major event in photography this fall.
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Please, explain to me what does "smoothed" mean (In measurments at iso 3200 and higher). Is that some kind of noise reduction, that affects raw files? Maybe i can read about this somewhere?
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DR-greater than 12ev?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how can a sensor with 12bit ADC have more than 12ev of dynamic range in screen view? It seems like quantization noise alone should limit the dynamic range to 12ev. I can see how print view would add a half stop of range since in this case you averaging about 2 pixels to make one, so noise is sqrt2/2 of what is was before normalization. Anyway, if someone could explain how this 12bit sensor can have more than 12ev in screen view, it would be appreciated!
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GordonBGood, a photographic engineer, argues that if the ADC is properly dithered, an extra 1.8 EV DR is available i.e. a 12-bit system has a DR of about 13.8 EV
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Re: DR-greater than 12ev?
You can map those 14 bits into 8 bits.
Added by dosdan | February 02 , 2012
DR: K-01 vs K-5
The K-01 has 12-bit raw. So it's DR figure will probably not be at good as the K-5 at ISO100.
But in the real world, lens flare/glare will probably be the limiter of DR performance, not the sensor/PGA/ADC.


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Susan Rice: US Must Act In Syria
(Washington, DC) -- National Security Advisor Susan Rice says the U.S. must act against the "barbaric" use of chemical weapons in Syria. Rice is speaking to the New America Foundation this morning to detail her case for taking military action against the Middle Eastern country. She said there's no doubt Syria's president unleashed chemical weapons on his own people last month.
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Ryan Seacrest remembers radio idol Casey Kasem
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The radio voice of a new generation is remembering one of his personal idols. Ryan Seacrest is paying tribute to "Classic AT40" host Casey Kasem following the news of his death.
[READ MORE: Radio legend Casey Kasem dies at 82]
Seacrest, who took over for Kasem on "Top 40" in 2004, says in a statement that "it's a sad day for the broadcasting community and for radio listeners around the world." The "American Idol" host recalls tuning into the program every weekend as a kid and dreaming about being on the airwaves.
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. We'll miss you, Casey. pic.twitter.com/cxYhONfrqz
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Kasem was 82 when he passed away over the weekend. He had been in a Washington-state hospice.
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I can not tell you too much about myself, simply because it would easily identify me in the groups I belong.
What I can tell you is that I am an active member of several secret orders, beyond the mainstream regions of Freemasonry into the higher forms of the inner order of Illuminati.
And I have come here to reveal some of the secrets that I feel are of immense importance to all, as well as certain matters that should be for the benefit of everyone and not just us select few.
None of you know anything of what you think you know - not about us, the ones behind the curtains, nor about yourselves. You have been mislead and led astray since before your birth.
The complexity of it all is so vast that it will take time to detail it for you. Thus I will have to start somewhere, and I will come back to add when the occasion lets me. If time allows, I will also answer questions some may have, as long those questions do not incriminate me or reveal for those who knows me from the inside who I am.
Being here at all is risky enough as it is - take what I tell you for what it is and decide for yourselves what you want to do with the information, or whether I am telling you the truth or not.
Let me start with a short introduction of myself, to at least give you the bones without the meat.
My family have been involved with the secret orders as far back in time I have been able to look back in any of our records. I stepped right into the same as soon I was born.
We have close ties with many of the groups and orders most of you will have heard of - and even more of the ones you will never even find the name of. A lot of the Light shines in the Darkness.
The family I come from has a leadership role and a greater importance within these orders. This has given me an unique access to information, understanding, knowledge and greatly guarded secrets that very few are privileged to.
Being in such a position is very rewarding, and you would probably not even believe all the things we oversee and are witness to - not to mention what we experience and are involved with directly ourselves. A lot of it can't be mention, since doing so would endanger my anonymity.
The reason I have decided to come here to open the lid on the door a bit, is because of both the horrific discoveries I have made during my time on the inside, AS WELL as the WONDERFUL discoveries.
Truly a lot can be said, and probably will, but for now in my first attempt at letting you in on the secrets I must detail the utter most important parts.
First of all: You are IMMENSELY deceived. NOTHING is the way you think it is, and not even close to it either. Everything is a lie, and a great hoax put upon you. This includes your own LIFE, your IDENTITY.
Everything around you have been created and put in place to BLIND you from the truth. The Media, is there to deceive you and keep you away from understanding, your job is there to keep you busy and away from discovering your true self, your favorite hobbies and past-time activities have been designed to maintain your business beyond your job to further mislead you from reality, religion is there to hide the truth, technology, science, medicine, all there to derail you from the truth. The person you love, your own family, they are there to keep you away from the truth.
The very Earth under your feet is in place to keep you away from the Truth.
That all may sound preposterous - and I can see why, since it really does sound insane.
But nevertheless, this is the way it really is.
Now this does not mean you are not "real", or that the world, or those things you see around you are not "real". But it does mean that your reality, that which is your everyday, is part of a greater design, spun around you in all its splendor, to maintain you in a level of status quo - to keep you in your current state. Compare it to cows in a field - the field and the farm they live on are real enough, and the cows take it for granted as their everyday life, yet it is still in the end artificially created for the cows to keep them there, as the slaves of the farmer. It is truly a perfect analogy since it is pretty much identical to what is really going on.
In that sense, in YOUR reality, you are the "cows", and the "farmer" is, well, call it the Great Architect of the Universe.
You can also call it the Devil, or Satan - but do NOT call it God.
God did NOT create the World. God did NOT create you. It was a different entity, far from God, in biblical terms you could say it was the "Fallen Angel" mentioned above.
With this I quickly jump through tremendous parts of History, and skip all the important bits in between. We go back to our "present" and Secret Orders - since what I have just mentioned now is one of the MOST guarded secrets of these orders.
And, at the highest level of most orders of any significance this is a well known truth - a truth guarded because of many reasons in itself, but not necessarily for Evil as I will get to in my next post.
It relates to the Secret Orders due to us being in existence since BEFORE the time of the Creation of the illusious world you live within, and the Orders exist on Earth today as the channel that allows for the connection and communication with the Divine, and that which still exists far outside the Spheres of the physical Universe you now experience yourself in.
This is all something I will detail soon, when I have the time to come back to further share some of the secrets I feel must be shared.
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Zac Efron, 26, encountered one of his loyal supporters on Wednesday and was so touched that he posted a kind message on Facebook about it afterward. Talk about a sweetheart!
The lucky lady, Kirby Koo, met Efron when he stopped by her office, the headquarters of Facebook in Menlo Park, California, to promote his new comedy, "That Awkward Moment."
The handsome actor posted a photo of the two embracing with a few words that feel like they could have been taken right out of the script of a Nicholas Sparks movie. (Perhaps Zac was inspired by his role in the 2012 movie "The Lucky One," which is based on a Sparks book!)
Of course, Koo, who's undoubtedly the envy of Efron fans everywhere tonight, responded.
"Zac, I am so incredibly touched by your note," she wrote. "Meeting you was always the dream, but I never could have imagined that you would respond with such genuine kindness and literally open arms. The impact you and your talent have had on me and so many millions of others should never be underestimated. Beyond the actor, thank you for being such a warm, generous person and I'd be humbled to consider you a friend."
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If they are ever found, Flight 370's black boxes should go to the U.S.
The batteries in Flight MH370's black box and cockpit voice recorder that power their locator beacons are at the end of their of their lives. How much longer they work beyond their allotted 30 days is now a matter of unpredictable chance. This coincides with the most optimistic reports yet heard from the search area—the man in charge of the search, retired Australian air force chief Angus Houston, allowed himself to say, "I'm much more optimistic than I was a week ago."
That is striking because it would be wise to use an abundance of caution, given how massive the search zone remains and how high the odds against a rapid success.
Air commodore Houston was responding to results from the Australian ship Ocean Shield. A special ping detector towed by the vessel had caught and held signals using the same wavelength as a flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. On one run, the signals were held for two hours and 20 minutes, on a second for 13 minutes.
The key thing is to be able to compute the exact origin of these signals: position and depth. This is what the technicians are desperately trying to achieve.
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Nikon D7000 newsMonday March 28 2011
Results are now available for 26 lenses tested on the Nikon D7000. In addition to the Carl Zeiss lenses (see article here), other tested lenses include the Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5–5.6G ED VR and the AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5–5.6G ED VR.
You can also compare the behavior of numerous Nikon fixed focal lenses on the D7000 with their behavior on the Nikon D300s and Nikon D90 (see, for example, the Nikon AF-Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D).
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The study of this group of 14 Zeiss lenses is interesting in many aspects. One of the questions arising after such an analysis is more than obvious: is high-end always the best choice?
The focusing rings are always impressively sharp and precise, and the optical formulas chosen in most cases are quite complex. Many glasses, strong engineering, superb manufacturing—in short, state-of-the-art quality.


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I am a middle-aged female that started thinning all over the top of my head about a year or so ago. I'm not exactly sure when it began, as I didn't realize I was losing my hair until I saw a photo of the top of my head and was shocked at all the scalp showing through! (I had noticed my hair was changing, but thought it was just changing quality due to age and my imagination until I saw the photo).I bought this several months ago and have already noticed significant improvement. It has different settings, but the pictures on the settings for females aren't very clear. I think more explanation in the handbook would be useful. It says to use it twice a week, but I try to use it every other day (because then I actually get to it 2 or 3 times a week).My suggestions to the company are (1) make a cordless, rechargeable version! (2) make the "feet" that hold the device above your head softer and more comfortable (although, I admit to being tender-headed and others may not find this uncomfortable), and (3) make it so you can wear it without the earphones--or make the earphones interchangeable with something that goes around your ears instead of covering them.Overall, I'm very happy with this and would purchase it again. If you need to regrow your hair, I do recommend this product.
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Essential characteristics of noiseSunday May 10 2009 Sensor Insight
Noise is an integral attribute of camera sensor performance and understanding it has been essential to establish a reliable and objective DxOMark Sensor Score. This section discusses the nature of the three principal kinds of noise: photonic, thermal or electronic, and pixel response non-uniformity (PRNU), and explains how shape of Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) curves relates to three metrics of DxOMark—dynamic range (low illumination), SNR (mid-tones), and color sensitivity (highlights)."Know your enemy."
—Sun Tzu, The Art of War (6th century BCE)
Serious photographers often find themselves battling with noise. They visit websites, read manuals, and consult with one another about the best ways to fight noise in shadows, in mid-tones, and in highlights. Although mastering specific techniques is crucial to success, it can also be very useful to have a greater technical understanding of what noise is, and what its principal causes are. With DxOMark, we shed light on some metrics that are derived from noise characteristics.
Noise is an integral attribute of camera sensor performance, and is a complex phenomenon that cannot be summarized by a single value. Even though different cameras may produce significantly different amounts of noise, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) curves (which display SNR as a function of the signal value) always have the same shape: SNR, expressed in decibels (dB) starts from very negative values, increases very fast for small signal values, then increases less and less, and eventually seems to stabilize at a limit value. The definition of SNR and why it is important for image quality can be found here.


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Boston Marathon bomber manhunt underway; Boston locked down
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BOSTON—A 19-year-old suspected bomber has so far eluded capture after fleeing from police on foot in the Watertown suburb of Boston Friday night.
Thousands of law enforcement officers finished a nearly 24-hour door-to-door manhunt for the suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings that wounded more than 170 people and left three dead. Officials announced at 6:00 p.m. that they were unable to apprehend the suspect, despite combing through a 20-block area of the Boston suburb of Watertown and shutting down the city's entire public transportation system in an effort to prevent him from fleeing.
Gov. Deval Patrick lifted his previous "shelter in place" order for the city of Boston and many surrounding areas of the city. But Patrick urged Bostonians to continue to be "vigilant" as the "very dangerous" armed and dangerous suspect has not been apprehended.
"We cannot continue to lock down an entire city or an entire state," Massachusetts State Police Col. Timothy Alben said. He added that he believes the suspect is still in the state.
A late-night police chase and shootout left one marathon bombing suspect—26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev—dead and the other, his younger brother, Dzhokhar, on the lam. One police officer was killed and another seriously wounded during the violent spree. The city of Boston and its surrounding areas ground to a standstill for hours as police went door to door searching for the suspect in the suburb of Watertown.
NBC News reported that police uncovered seven improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Watertown and in the brothers' home in Cambridge.
The suspect on the run is a student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He and his brother's family is originally from Chechnya, a volatile and once war-torn southern Russian republic. The family fled to Kyrgyzstan and eventually immigrated to the United States as refugees about 10 years ago.
His older brother studied at a local community college and was a Golden Gloves boxer. Tamerlan Tsarnaev also reportedly had a wife and young child. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was remembered by former classmates as bright and personable, posted links to pro-Chechnyan independence sites on his social media page, and listed his world view as "Islam." It's unclear if either the separatist politics of Chechnya or their religion had anything to do with the suspects' motivations.
Tsarnaev appeared to be posting to his Twitter account even after the attacks, writing in his last post on Wednesday, "I'm a stress free kind of guy." His posts covered everything from cute photos of his cat to rap lyrics. In an interview with The New York Times, the suspects' father said Tamerlan was unable to become a U.S. citizen because he was arrested for hitting his girlfriend, and that he traveled to Russia last year to live for six months and renew his passport.
The suspects' uncle, when told that one of his nephews was killed by the local CBS News station, replied that he deserved it. "He deserved his. He absolutely deserved his," Ruslan Tsarni said. "They do not deserve to live on this earth."
In an emotional press conference, Tsarni said his nephews had brought shame upon his family, and called them "losers." He said they were not "able to settle themselves" and were "angry at everyone who was able to." He said he did not believe they were motivated by radical politics in Chechnya or their Muslim religion.
"Dzhokhar, If you're alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness from the victims [and] the injured," he said. "He put a shame on our family. He put a shame on the entire Chechnyan ethnicity. Turn yourself in."
He added that he hadn't been in touch with the family for several years but would not say why.
"I'm ready to kneel in front of them and ask their forgiveness," Tsarni said of the victims of his nephews' crime. "I respect this country; I love this country ... this country that gives everybody chance to be treated like human being."
The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth announced shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Friday that they were evacuating the entire campus after learning Tsarnaev is a registered student there.
Earlier, at sunrise, Gov. Patrick ordered a shutdown of all public transit and for residents in the city of Boston and on its edges to stay indoors as a massive manhunt for the second suspect was underway. Police focused on a 20-block area of Watertown and said they feared the suspect could be wearing explosives. Amtrak also shut down all trains between Boston and New York.
"This situation is grave and we are trying to protect the public safety," said Alben, who ordered a lockdown of Watertown, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge, Newton, Allston and Brighton. Brookline was later ordered to be on lockdown as well. A no-fly zone has been declared over Watertown. The city of Boston was eerily quiet during Friday's rush hour, the city's busy intersections totally abandoned.
The mayhem began at approximately 10:20 p.m. Thursday in Cambridge when police said the bombing suspects shot and killed an MIT campus officer, Sean Collier, 26. The terror suspects then carjacked a Mercedes-Benz SUV with the driver inside and fled, eventually letting the driver go.
The suspects were then spotted in Watertown, where federal agents swarmed in. At approximately 3:30 a.m., Massachusetts State
Police issued a plea on Twitter for residents of Watertown to lock their doors and not open them for anyone, as dozens of police officers, many of them off duty, searched backyards and exteriors of houses there, and a police perimeter of several blocks was established.
Worried residents were also told to turn off their cell phones out of fear that they could trigger improvised explosive devices.
The suspects exchanged dozens of rounds of gunfire with patrol officers, and lobbed IEDs out of their vehicle, injuring several officers.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot by police and brought to Beth Israel Medical Center. He arrived at the hospital under cardiac arrest with multiple gunshot wounds and blast-like injuries to his chest. The second suspect fled on foot, leading to the tense manhunt that is still underway at this hour. The Boston Globe reported that he ran over his own brother when fleeing, but Alben did not confirm that at Friday's press conference.
A transit police officer, Richard H. Donohue, was seriously wounded during the exchange of gunfire, officials said.
K9 units and SWAT teams searched homes on Spruce Street as officers with a police robot searched an SUV that the suspects had abandoned. Multiple devices were left in the road and two handguns were recovered, according to police scanners.
"We believe this to be a terrorist," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, of Tsarnaev. "We believe this to be a man who has come here to kill people. We need to get him into custody."
[Related: FBI releases photos of suspects in Boston Marathon bombings]
In a radio alert issued issued to fellow officers, the suspect was described as a "white male with dark complexion ... with thick curly hair wearing a charcoal gray hooded sweatshirt ... possibly with an assault rifle and explosives."
Police in Watertown, Newton, Brighton and Cambridge were put on high alert. "Units use caution," an officer said. "He might have an explosive object on his person."


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Offensive tackle Chris Kemme will get a chance to continue his football career with the 0-16 Detroit Lions.
Kemme played in 47 of 49 possible games in his four years at Akron. He was central to the resurrection of the Zips' line over the past two seasons.
He is the third Zip to sign a pro contract, following Bryan Williams (Browns) and Brandon Anderson (Colts). Don't be surprised if you see long snapper Brian Flaherty and linebacker Kevin Grant catch on somewhere, as well.
Men's basketball
Michael Green had been waiting for a scholarship offer. When he finally got one from the school he wanted most, he accepted.
Green, a 6-foot-7 forward, has visited Akron, and the Zips sat atop his wish list. He committed Monday night, according to Tom Gaffney. He averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds as a junior at Dublin's Coffman High School.
Green is a tough rebounder and interior defender. Combine that with his scoring ability, and Green is a player whose skill set Akron has lacked since Romeo Travis.
Presumably, Akron extended its offer to Green after Ralph Hill chose Dayton over the Zips.
Akron has two scholarships to offer to its 2010 class. The last I heard, one would go to Darryl Roberts. I suppose that Adreian Payne would take it if he commits with Akron.
The past year, I have wished Akron would sign a big man, who really isn't all that big -- a guy who has the skill of a blue-chip center but the size of a small forward. The MAC has thrived off of these sorts of players, who aren't really the type to make scouts drool, but are the type to average 15 and eight for their careers.
Akron's second commitment for 2010 is a dual-threat quarterback from southeastern Ohio.
Dylan Potts, 6-foot-1 of Hannibal, Ohio runs the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds. As a junior, Potts passed for 13 touchdowns and ran for 13.
Akron was his only offer, but he also has interest in Toledo and Kent State.
Bryan Williams signed with the Cleveland Browns within 24 hours of the NFL Draft's conclusion. Fellow defensive back Brandon Anderson signed with the Indianapolis Colts.
I strongly feel that Williams can catch on as a special teams player in the NFL. Although the league has precious few kick returner positions, Williams is certainly talented enough to be a gunner on the kick coverage unit.
Over is Akron's streak of four consecutive NFL Drafts with a Zip being selected in the first four rounds.
In fact, no Akron player with his eyes posted to ESPN on Sunday heard his name called. Kevin Grant and Bryan Williams probably had the best chance, and I'm certain they will sign with teams in the next couple weeks.
The MAC was well-represented in the early rounds by historical standards. Northern Illinois' Larry English was the No. 16 pick of the San Diego Chargers. Louis Delmas of Western Michigan (33rd to Detroit) and Mike Mitchell of Ohio (47th to Oakland) were second rounders.
Here are the other MAC draftees:
3rd Round (75th to Dallas) -- Robert Brewster, OT from Ball State 4th Round (109th to Green Bay) -- T.J. Lang, OT from Eastern Michigan 5th Round (171st to San Francisco) -- Nate Davis, QB from Ball State 7th Round (217th to Tampa Bay) -- E.J. Biggers, CB from Western Michigan 7th Round (232nd to New England) -- Julian Edelman, QB from Kent State 7th Round (237th to Kansas City) -- Jake O'Connell, TE from Miami
Men's basketball
Tom Gaffney wrote a story updating fans on Adreian Payne's recruitment.
The nation's No. 11 player was on campus this weekend for the King James Shooting Stars Classic. Payne says Akron is still in the mix because of his relationship with Keith Dambrot.
As of 1:15 p.m., no Zips player has been selected in the NFL Draft.
I think Bryan Williams will be drafted at some point, but don't be surprised if there is a total snub.
The hooligan hippies had a fun night on Saturday, igniting street fires, tearing down traffic signs and chanting "KSU! KSU! KSU!"
As if it's not a big enough disgrace that students are raising Cain, they want everyone to know what fine institution they are representing.
I know I've gone a little poll-crazy the past few months. Asking about the strength of the special teams is probably where I crossed the line.
Here is a question that is truly compelling. What sport's next season is most exciting for you?
Is it the basketball team, which is coming off its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 23 years and will introduce the highest-profile recruit in MAC history?
Is it the football team, which is moving into a brand new on-campus stadium with a deep roster full of promise?
Is it the soccer team, which appears closer to a national championship than any team in university history?
Seriously, I don't know the answer to this question. Do you?
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Zac Jackson of ClevelandBrowns.com wrote a compelling story that looks inside Bryan Williams' past.
The Zips' former strong safety hopes to be drafted on Saturday. He sees himself as a corner, safety or special teams player.
Men's basketball
Touted recruit Adreian Payne will visit campus again this week for the King James Shooting Stars Classic.
Payne's team is All-Ohio Red, which plays Friday at 7:20 p.m. Tom Gaffney will cover the game for the Beacon Journal.
You can view the schedule here. All-Ohio Red is listed as "17A1," which will make more sense when you look at the schedule.
Special teams have been J.D. Brookhart's pet project for the past couple seasons.
You can't argue with the results. The once-atrocious kicking game has been sturdy. The returners have excelled. But there is still room for improvement. With Bryan Williams gone, it is imperative that Akron maintains some sort of advantage on kick returns. The place kicker can get much better. Andre Jones took a large step back statistically in 2008, presumably because teams were avoiding him.
Men's soccer
Caleb Porter firmly believes in the merit of testing his team during the regular season.
Once again, his team will face the nation's stiffest competition in order to prepare the Zips to advance deep in the NCAA Tournament.
Akron's 18-game regular-season schedule includes five foes with top-30 RPIs.
Here are two games Zips fans are certain to circle: Sept. 18 vs. Indiana and Sept. 30 vs. Ohio State. Both games are at Lee Jackson Field.
Two players from Indianapolis' Ben Davis High School visited campus last weekend.
The first player to unofficially join Akron's 2010 recruiting class is one of Ohio's best tight ends, according to Rivals.com.
Six-foot-5 Anthony Ritossa committed on Monday. The product of the Division V Kirtland High School, Ritossa has shown a great amount of skill as a pass catcher, a scout for Rivals.com reports.
Ritossa runs the 40-yard dash in 4.9 seconds. As a junior, he caught 23 passes for 491 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Former Zips quarterback Charlie Frye is working out in Akron, and he hopes to sign with a team before mini-camps begin.
The five-year veteran probably will not re-sign with the Seattle Seahawks. According to a report, he has been working out with Kent State's Julian Edelman, who also is hoping to catch the eye of NFL folks (but probably as a returner or receiver).
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If there is a position that can make or break the Zips' 2009 season, it is running back.
Most will agree that the talent is rich. Most also will contend that the bones, tendons and muscles are fragile.
J.D. Brookhart made it clear who will play in the fall. It is Alex Allen, Dale Martin and then everybody else. If you're in the "everybody else" category, don't fret. Allen and Martin have a first down's worth of medical charts.
Martin was a four-star recruit out of Bollingbrook High School in Illinois, the same school that Ryan Bain attended. He committed to Louisville and sat out his first year with a shoulder injury. In his first spring since transferring to Akron, Martin tore his Achilles' tendon. According to the original prognosis, Martin will be out until at least July and possibly as late as September.
Allen's future is a little brighter, but his past has been riddled with injuries. He used a medical redshirt in 2006 after tearing his ACL. He was granted a medical hardship waiver for last year's season, which ended on Sept. 13 with a hip fracture. Before the injury, Allen averaged 4.8 yards per carry as the starting running back. The fifth-year senior sat out during the spring, probably more as a precaution against re-injuring the hip.
Here is a brief breakdown of the other backs who almost certainly will get a chance...
DeVoe Torrence -- A four-star prospect, Torrence committed to Ohio State. The Buckeyes rescinded their offer when Torrence was charged with rape. He was later acquitted. In terms of talent, Torrence is top-shelf. His lack of experience has hurt him in Brookhart's eyes. Torrence missed some time in the spring with an ankle injury. In the spring game, he rushed three times for 32 yards.
Joe Tuzze -- Tuzze will provide depth and serve as the short-yardage horse if he's healthy. He missed the spring with an injured back. Tuzze had 14 carries in 2008 and averaged 6.1 yards.
Nate Burney -- The 5-foot-6 junior showed this spring that he is capable of taking carries. He is more valuable catching passes out of the backfield.
Gary Pride -- If Pride is healthy, he might get a few carries on unorthodox running plays. Pride isn't the sort of back who you want plowing through the middle, though.
Broderick Alexander -- As the only running back recruit from the 2009 class, the coaches would prefer to redshirt him.
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With the spring season concluded, coaches are back on the road recruiting for the class of 2010.
Northeast Ohioans love a good quarterback controversy.
Or maybe it's just that they hate the starter.
Whatever the cause, it seems like the Browns' most popular player is the one holding the clipboard. That trend always disturbed me, and I feel internally inconsistent in that I have led a charge to get Matt Rodgers some playing time.
Well, I'm professing today that I have changed my tune. Chris Jacquemain is the starter, and he deserves to play until proving he has regressed from last season.
If it was any other year, Akron should go with the running quarterback with a higher ceiling. But this year is the most critical in the team's history. The Zips will garner interest from people who did not even know Akron had a football team in Division I. With a bowl appearance, the team can sucker these people in to becoming long-term fans. With another sub-.500 season, these people will say, "Nice stadium, but I've seen enough."
That said, the risk-reward analysis favors handing the ball to Jacquemain, who improved from his sophomore to junior years and should profit from Walt Harris and Shane Montgomery's guidance to become a better player as a senior.
Before, I had pushed for Rodgers to get meaningful playing time, even if Jacquemain kept the starter tag. Now, I'm thinking Rodgers' only appearance should be in blowouts or in specific situations in which the coaches determine Rodgers skills are better (i.e. Tim Tebow at the goalline, circa 2007).
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My first concern about Jeff Boals leaving was, "Who's going to give me all of my basketball scoops now?"
Just kidding. I actually wondered about what Zeke Marshall thought.
His mom posted on ZipsNation.org that all is well:
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Within a week, Akron will lose its top assistant and recruiter to Ohio State, a source tells me.
Jeff Boals will join Thad Matta's staff with the Buckeyes, as if Ohio State needed any help recruiting big men.
Boals was the primary contact with Zeke Marshall, the No. 40 player in the nation who signed with Akron. Boals also was hot after Adreian Payne, the No. 10 player in the class of 2010. Payne has a visit to Akron scheduled for Saturday. The Buckeyes also had offered a scholarship to Payne. Akron's inside track on Payne certainly made Boals even more attractive to Matta.
Boals had been rumored to Xavier, and the rumors had some merit. Losing him to Ohio State is better in that regard because Xavier and Akron compete for recruits more often.
Keith Dambrot knew he couldn't keep Boals forever. Just like he knew he couldn't hang onto Shaka Smart for very long. Smart is head coach at VCU. Boals' career is on its way up. He is a great person, and he deserves it.
While I'm thrilled for Boals, I wonder how this will affect Akron's 2010 class and Marshall's commitment to the program. Luckily, the 2010 class will only consist of one player, and Marshall is a high-character person. So, if you had to pick a time for Boals to go, it could be much worse.
It seems like college basketball and football programs are in one of two modes: 1) Hemorrhaging coaches to bigger programs. 2) Looking to fire their coaches. Akron is an exception in that Dambrot has no interest in other jobs. Losing assistant coaches is a small price to pay for building a long-term winning program. Look at all of the coaches Kent State has lost over the past decade. That would be much more traumatic.
I'm starting to pick up a pattern for Akron's rebuilding cycle.
In Year 1, a position is full of promise, but no experience. In Year 2, some players have emerged and others still are on the verge. In Year 3, the position is absolutely stacked.
The pattern has been clear with the receivers, defensive line and defensive backs. First, fans think, "Oh crap. These guys won't know what they're doing." Then it's, "Wow, they surprised me." Finally it's, "Just try and find a better unit in the conference."
The offensive line is in Year 3 of this cycle.
The Zips lost only one player from an offensive line that was a fortress in 2008. They protected Chris Jacquemain, who was sacked only 17 times. They spread holes for Dennis Kennedy, who looked like a superstar once he could reach the second level of defense.
Although the departed Chris Kemme was the leader of the group, I would argue that he plateaued will others continued to rise during the course of the season. Sophomore Jake Anderson appears to be the leader to take over for Kemme at left tackle. While Akron lost Kemme, it will gain Paul Simkovich, a touted recruit who sat out last year with a head injury.
The rest of the first string should remain the same with two juniors (Mike Ward and Corey Woods) and two seniors (Zack Anderson and Elliott Bates).
J.D. Brookhart can call on the following horses for depth: sophomores Simkovich and Dan Ronsman, junior Jason Sekinger and senior Casey Estrada. Those guys could start on many MAC teams. Brookhart has the luxury of using them to give the starters a rest.
It is a safe bet that the Zips' pass protection will continue to thrive in 2009. Further, whoever takes the handoffs will probably have a better season than he would behind any other line in the conference. He will have those big men up front to thank.
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Men's soccer
Akron placed a stunning five players on the United States' U-18 club. Kofi Sarkodie and four incoming freshmen will train in California later this month.
This is just another objective indicator of Caleb Porter's prowess.
The Zips will continue their spring season Saturday in Fort Wayne, Ind., against Indiana University.
Find out more on the Zips' U-18 members on the Ohio.com Varsity Letters blog.
Akron is paper thin at tight end. A couple of tweaks, and the Zips best hope at running back is a freshman. Akron added two passing gurus to the coaching staff.
Those three facts suggest that the Zips will use a lot of wide receivers this season. Seeing four- and five-receiver sets should not surprise anyone.
The Zips have a load of players capable of being productive receivers. The issue is sorting through the eight players who might earn playing time.
I compiled a list of all the players to whom Akron has offered a scholarship.
It should serve as a quick way for you to search for a given player. Here is the link. But you can also look on the right panel on this blog, where I permanently placed the link.
As of now, the list stands at 18.
Maybe I'm noticing it for the first time, but the roster now lists Shawn Lemon as a linebacker.
As I have written on numerous occasions, Lemon's attributes beg for him to play outside linebacker as a pass-rush specialist. I think Almondo Sewell is similar in some ways, but he is an All-MAC defensive end, so there's no use in changing a good thing.
Lemon will join potential All-MAC linebackers Mike Thomas and Aaron Williams. Some combination of the talented young backers Troy Gilmer, Brian Wagner and Will Fleming certainly will earn playing time. You also have serviceable upperclassmen Sean Fobbs and Al-Teric Balaam for depth.
When J.D. Brookhart says he wants to rotate between six or seven linebackers, those are the players of which he speaks. I think the linebacking corps is shaping up to be as deep as the defensive line. Well, almost.
The secondary is a different story. It reminds me of the defensive line of this time last year.
Brookhart has four solid defensive backs in Jalil Carter, Tyler Campbell, Manley Waller and Miguel Graham. I think Wayne Cobham can be productive once he leaves the rover position, which did not suit him well.
The starters are fine, but the second string brings a lot of question marks. Brookhart must rely on at least three players who lack game experience. Marvase Byrd and Josh Richmond are athletic enough to do it. Kevin Davis, a juco transfer, probably has more knowledge about what it takes to play secondary in college. Perhaps the coaches can get some minutes out of three-star newcomers Diamond Weaver and Bill Alexander, as well.
Like the defensive line in 2008, the 2009 secondary has some dependable pieces and some untested talent. If all goes well, the unit could develop into a strength for 2010. If injuries occur and development slows, then we're looking at a collapse that could negate the defense's strength: the front seven.
Remember, Akron will enjoy serious talent on the defensive line. It's definitely the best defensive line that Brookhart ever has had, even if Ryan Bain is hurt. With the linebacker positions looking stronger, it's time to get excited about the Zips finally stopping the run.
After the season, it seemed like Akron's four-year streak of having a player selected in the first four rounds of the NFL Draft would end. A couple of Zips, however, are moving up teams' draft boards.
Kevin Grant, for example, worked out with the Washington Redskins last week, a source tells me. RealGM.com ranks Grant as a top-20 inside linebacker.
After running a sub-4.4 time in the 40-yard dash, Bryan Williams also has moved up the strong safety rankings. NFLDraftScout.com calls Williams the No. 17 strong safety. Clearly, Williams has value as a kick returner, too.
Brandon Anderson, Chris Kemme, Andrew Johnson and Merce Poindexter are also candidates for the draft, but their hopes will be more soundly lodged in the post-draft signing period. Longsnapper Brian Flaherty worked out with a scout from the Browns during Akron's Pro Day. Unfortunately, the Browns have one of the league's best longsnappers in Ryan Pontbriand.
The NFL Draft is on April 25. The Zips will be focused more on the 26th, when ESPN broadcasts the third through seventh rounds.
Men's basketball
One of Akron's biggest recruiting rivals took a hit this week when Xavier coach Sean Miller accepted the head job at Arizona.
One player who verbally committed to Xavier already has said he will reopen his recruitment. J.D. Weatherspoon will consider Arizona, as well as the other schools, including Akron, that have offered him a scholarship.
The big prize, of course, is Adreian Payne, the No. 10 recruit in the nation who had visited Xavier. One would think that the Musketeers would fall off the pace in that battle.
Xavier also had interest in Allen Payne and Josh Sewell, two players to whom Akron had offered a scholarship.
I'm not going to talk about stats or scores from the Spring Game. I would rather read the phonebook than a list of meaningless stats or the final score of a game with an unconventional scoring system.
Ohio.com has stepped up its sports coverage with the resurgence of two blogs: Varsity Letters and NewsFlashes.
The former has great recruiting updates. In fact, it posted the story about Adriean Payne before me. The latter has a new author to give you updates about the hated rivals. That way Kent State fans can stop lurking over here.
To be sincere, I am more than happy to have Kent State fans post their thoughts over here. My blog traffic nearly doubled this March, compared to March 2008, and I credit a lot of that to Flashes fans.
For what it's worth, Pat McManamon's blog is Ohio.com's most popular. He does a great job with frequent updates, sound opinions and is one of the best self-editors I have seen.
My all-time Internet favorite, of course, is Bill Simmons. His material can be a boost during boring classes.
Tom Gaffney wrote about Mike Thomas, whose size has not prevented him from becoming one of the conference's better linebackers.
The Blue-Gold game is Saturday at noon in the Stile Field House.
Men's basketball
Warren Lynum II has a Figure Four on the AK-Rowdies Bracket Challenge. He leads by 11 and has North Carolina winning it all.


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Kubuntu Quantal Screencapture
Screencasts and Desktop Recording
Several utilities allow you to capture your desktop (and then create a screencast from it).
FFMPEG with x11grab
FFMPEG includes x11grab, a module for screen capture. This method gives the best results for screencaptures and is one of the most flexible methods, allowing a variety of audio inputs and audiovisual output formats. FFMPEG must be installed first (sudo apt-get install ffmpeg). See here for more details. In brief, an example command to capture to an .avi file using the X264 video codec and lossless 16-bit sound would be:
ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -ab 192k -i pulse -f x11grab -s 1024x768 -r 30 -i :0.0 -acodec pcm_s16le -vcodec libx264 -vpre lossless_ultrafast -threads 0 /home/user/capturedvideo.avi
recordMyDesktop (Desktop Session Recording)
recordMyDesktop is a desktop recording utility, which has both pyGTK and a pyQT4 GUI frontends available. Recordings are saved in Theora video/Vorbis audio files. Only the Gtk version is available from the repositories (but it works well with KDE/Kubuntu nevertheless). To install with the gtk GUI:
sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop
Using recordMyDesktop with PulseAudio
- If you have not installed Pulse Audio Controls and Volume utility, they are useful for monitoring your pulse audio devices:
sudo apt-get install pavucontrol paprefs padevchooser
- Change the recordMyDesktop settings so that the capture device is the one you select through pulse audio:
- gtk-recordMyDesktop -> Sound Quality (ticked) -> Advanced -> Sound -> Device: pulse
This sets recordMyDesktop to use whichever input device(s) are selected through pulse audio. If you have several input devices, all of them will be recorded. This is an easy way to mix inputs.
Istanbul (Desktop Session Recording)
Istanbul is a desktop recorder for the Gnome desktop. It records your session into an OGG Theora video file.
sudo apt-get install istanbul
xvidcap (Desktop Session Recording)
xvidcap is a utility to capture your desktop as a video. Install:
sudo apt-get install xvidcap
CamStudio creates a virtual webcam that can mix several video sources together and can be used for live broadcasting. See the website for installation instructions.
Wink (Presentation Editor)
Wink is a open source tutorial and presentation editor. It allows you to capture screenshots and use them for presentations. Download the .tar.gz source package, install using these instructions, and follow one of the user guides.
wget -O winkcurrent.tar.gz http://www.digital2b.com/mirror_wink/wink15.tar.gz
Note: Wink is a 32-bit application. If you are running a 64-bit system, make sure ia32-libs is installed first:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Freeseer (Presentation capture)
Freeseer is a utility to capture output from a projector or other display device (including another computer). See these installation instructions.
Screencast Demos
- See this Screencast section.
KSnapshot (Screen Capture)
KSnapshot is the default screen capture program included with Kubuntu. Run:
- K menu -> Graphics -> KSnapshot Screen Capture program
The Print Screen key will run Ksnapshot and capture the whole screen, by default.
Online content capture and streaming
- See this section for packages to capture or stream content online (over the Internet).
Video Disk Recording (Personal Video Recorder)
- See this section for information on disk recording from TV cards.


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NJ Mall Gunman Found Dead
(NEWSER) – A suspect believed to have fired several shots in a northern New Jersey mall last night has been found dead inside the mall after a huge manhunt, and officials are telling the AP that he died of self-inflicted bullet wounds. Nobody else was injured in the incident at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, but hundreds of law enforcement officers who arrived at the scene were unable to find the gunman for hours after the mall was locked down, the AP reports. Police identified Richard Shoop, 20, as a suspect and raided his home hours after the incident, reports the New York Daily News.


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School bans 'Tebowing' style post game prayer following ACLU complaint
As reported by the Oakland Press, a high school in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. officially outlawed postgame prayer in response to a formal complaint about violation of separation of church and state that was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The case in question focuses on Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) Lahser High, where the school's football team led traditional post-game prayers at midfield, allowing members of its team and opponents to take part in the tradition of offering thanks for another game completed.
The Tebowing comes in when one considers the position players take when involved in such prayers, standing on one knee with head bowed (which, of course, was the motivation behind Tebow's original craze-inducing pose in the first place). Tebow, of course, is a devout Christian who has made a point of dedicating all of his accomplishments to the big man that Christians believe in upstairs.
According to the Press, school officials immediately said that they would conform to the ACLU's proposed guidelines and would not hold any postgame prayer sessions on school property. At the same time, Lahser officials insisted that they had never intended any student to feel uncomfortable because of the prayer sessions, which allegedly began more than a decade ago at the behest of a student athlete.


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Notre Dame Trying To Stay United During Investigation Into Academic Scandal
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After nearly an hour at the podium, Brian Kelly walked up the steps of Isban Auditorium in the Guglielmino Athletics Complex, his Notre Dame media day duties complete.
Behind him, director of football media relations Michael Bertsch was politely firing a pre-emptive shot at reporters, dissuading them from asking Fighting Irish players and assistant coaches questions about the potential academic scandal that threatens to derail this Notre Dame football season before it starts. Bertsch announced that players and coaches would not answer questions about the "ongoing investigation."
Walking up the steps, Kelly almost breezily echoed the words – seemingly to himself, but out loud: "Ongoing investigation."
The light tone was misleading. Are there two words college coaches like less than "ongoing investigation"? Probably only these two: "You're fired."
If the ongoing investigation ends badly enough, Kelly conceivably could hear those words as well. Of course, that's miles down the road, and certainly nobody in a position of power is saying any such thing at Notre Dame. The school fought hard to keep Kelly from the NFL in January 2013, and he has been its most successful football coach since Lou Holtz. You'd think the administration would dearly love to avoid hiring a fifth coach this century, in yet another reboot intended to recapture the elusive glory days of championships past.


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WATCH: 2 Planes Collide Mid-Air, 1 Crashes, Everybody Is OK
(NEWSER) – It's the kind of story that could've easily had a very different ending: Two planes carrying skydivers collided yesterday in the skies over Superior, Wis., causing one plane to break up and scatter debris over the town as the skydivers jumped clear of the plane. The best part: All 11 aboard the two planes lived to tell the tale, reports theStar Tribune. "We were just kind of lucky that we were at the point where we were out of the airplane," says Mike Robinson, a skydiver aboard the first plane. "If we'd been back in the rear of the airplane when they collided it might have been a little bit different."
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California to Pay Priciest Minimum Wage - in 2016
(NEWSER) – California looks set to adopt the highest minimum wage in the country: $10 an hour. The state Legislature backed the move last night, voting 51-25 in favor of it after the state Senate had approved it 26-11. Gov. Jerry Brown says he'll sign the bill despite earlier concerns, Reuters notes; he was convinced when lawmakers agreed the hike wouldn't take full effect until 2016. "The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs," Brown said. "This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy."


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Veteran White House Correspondent Helen Thomas Dies
Helen Thomas was born the year women got the vote and entered the work force writing radio copy during World War II when the men were away fighting and there were jobs for women. When the men returned home, the women were expected to do the same, but Helen held her ground, displaying the determination and the grit that would mark a career that spanned 10 presidents, from Kennedy to Obama.
When Thomas died at her home in Washington on Saturday at age 92, she took with her the title, dean of the White House press corps, bestowed by her colleagues. No other media figure regularly covering the White House today comes even close to Thomas's longevity and devotion to a briefing room that must compete with and is often overshadowed by a whole new media universe in the digital age.
Woody Allen said 90 percent of life is showing up, and Thomas showed up earlier and stayed later than any other reporter. She never lost her sense of awe at being able to walk up the long winding driveway and enter the White House. President Clinton came to the briefing room with a birthday cake when she turned 77; President Obama appeared with cupcakes for her 89th birthday, sitting next to her in the front row with his arm around her to pose for pictures.
She never let the awe she felt temper her tough questions. She regarded presidents as flawed human beings just passing through, and she had a contentious relationship at times with every president. After she left United Press International for Hearst Newspapers, President George W. Bush took the opportunity to move her out of the front-row seat reserved for wire service reporters in presidential press conferences to a back row where he could better ignore her sharp questions about the Iraq War.
Thomas had her share of scoops, and they included being the first to report on the death of Caroline Kennedy's hamster. Laugh if you will, but this was big news in the age of Camelot, when the public was eager for every scrap of information about the first family and their young children. Thomas called White House press secretary Pierre Salinger at 3 a.m. to get confirmation.
In her book, Front Row at the White House, Thomas describes the phone calls she received from Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, after the break-in at the Democratic headquarters. The Nixon administration portrayed Martha Mitchell as a bit daft, perhaps drunk, and not to be taken seriously. Thomas filed stories that sometimes made it onto the wires, and at other times got spiked by disbelieving editors. As the Watergate scandal unfolded, Martha Mitchell's ramblings looked prescient. She told an interviewer, "Helen Thomas, I knew, would print the truth no matter what it cost her personally, and I wanted the truth to be known."
After Watergate, as journalism became a more glamorous and sought-after profession, Thomas would often get the question "When are you going to retire?" In her 60s, she had no intention of walking away from a career she loved. "They never asked Pablo Casals when he was going to retire," she would say. The famed cellist played into his 90s, just as Thomas came close to doing.
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HERO: Nurse Shoots Carjacker, Breaks Up Criminal Ring
A Milwaukee nurse who shot an attempted carjacker likely helped break up a criminal ring that police believe has been involved in a string of robberies and carjackings as well as a recent shooting.
Two teenagers — a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old — tried to steal Victoria Davison's car last month while she was in it, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
"I want the keys, car, everything," commanded one of the teens, according to Davison.
Davison hesitated, prompting one teen to tell the other, "Go get the cannon" — a reference to his gun.
But Davison had a "cannon" of her own and pulled it out of her gym bag. She fired, hitting the 15-year-old.
"I shot the one that was in front of me. The one in the back of me, he said a curse word, and then he looked at his friend, and then he ran off while his friend was on the ground," Davison told WISN.
"I mean he's 15, but he's making adult decisions," said Davison, a concealed carry permit holder.
The teen is currently in serious condition at a Milwaukee hospital and is in police custody.
In bringing down her attempted carjackers, police believe Davison helped expose a rash of crimes committed by the two teens and their friends.
According to the Journal-Sentinel, several days after attempting to steal Davison's car, the 17-year-old, John Marshall Davis, and a group of teenagers used an "AK-47 style BB gun" to steal a man's SUV. Davis and the other teens took the vehicle for a joy ride, leading police on a high-speed chase.


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Attempted break-in (Again!) at Rihanna's west L.A. home
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(Yahoo!) - An attempted break-in took place at Rihanna's home in L.A.'s Pacific Palisades on Friday, and the suspect may be the same person who reportedly tried to break into her house last Sunday.
According to E! Online, police arrested Jonathan Wooper after he scaled the wall of the "Right Now" singer's mansion and seemed to indicate that he was friends with her.
Last Sunday, security cameras caught a suspect trying to throw a chair at a window at RiRi's abode, however, the Los Angeles Police Department tells omg! that nobody has been arrested regarding that incident and that LAPD detectives are still reviewing the case.
TMZ, which first reported the news of both break-in attempts, concurs the news that a male suspect, 27, has been arrested in Friday's incident. It remains unclear if the LAPD has linked the Friday arrest to Sunday's occurrence.
The singer was not at home at the time of either incident, as she's currently on the Australian leg of her Diamonds World Tour.
Omg! has reached out to the LAPD watch commander in charge of the case, but has yet to receive a response.
The 25-year-old singer has dealt with intruders before. In June, her security team found a man on the roof of her home, although she wasn't there at the time. And back in February, a man entered a home that he thought belonged to Rihanna. It turned out to be a neighbor's residence.
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