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It's rough being Santa Clause, the guy has midgets constantly striking for better wages, little kids peeing on his leg, air traffic control giving him guff when he's just doing his job, etc. For every successful Santa there's a half dozen posers who give the big guy in the red suit a bad rap. Let's take a look at the 20 Baddest Santas who aren't so jolly about their gig.
Let's kick things off with our favorite bad Santa, Billy Bob Thornton
Whatever is going on here it can't be good for the Christmas parade
This is what happens when one has too much Christmas cheer
Happy Holidays from everyone's favorite Santa – Hannibal Lecter
It's hard to be jolly when you've got a shiner like that.
Telling Santa about that pony you want is probably a wasted effort, kids
"Put the money in the bag, unless you want Santa poppin' a cap in yo ass
… And the follow up photo. Crime doesn't pay, fat man
Christmas is done a little different in whatever country this photo is from
"Get your hands off me unless you want on the bad list, you bastard"
What kind of "ho" is this Santa talking about here?
Not the kind of Christmas gift anybody wanted that day
It's been hard times for Santa ever since the elves quit
Merry F$#!ing Christmas to you, too!
"Whoa, babe, watch the jingle bells!"
Childhood memories ruined in an instant
This isn't right in any way whatsoever
Not the mall photo their mom was hoping for
Those eyes are completely absent of any ounce of holiday cheer
Local stops only, Santa
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"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
Arguably the toughest road trip of the season with 2 back-to-backs against
some of the league's best, and the Pacers came away 3-2. That is no small
accomplishment. Everything considered, those loses in Portland and OKC are
quite excusable. The Pacers are still very tough, and I am proud of how well
they handled this road trip. It's nice to have them home again.
Lances play of late is wh there debate about whether granger should start or not when hes back
Danny being the starter has always been more about Danny being healthy than anything else. If Danny is healthy and back to 100%, then he will be the starter because he is the better player. If Danny is not healthy and is back at 50%, he will be a 3D guy and Lance will start.
JMO, but the coaching staff knows who will be where in the rotation when Danny gets back. That question is settled.
Here is the contingent that went to drown our sorrows after the game. If I remember correctly it is Phree Refill, HeWhoIsNotOnPD, LadyAT, BillS, and Roaming Gnome.
Postscript - Gnome is allowed to go to regular season games in OKC, but no playoff games.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
To me, this was the total key to the game. We were a little too stubborn to switch up our defensive model when it was clear it wasn't working. The single coverage of Westbrook and Durant just wasn't getting it done, and with Thabo out there, we could've afforded a little extra pressure on those two.
They had no problem double and even triple teaming Hibbert and PG to good effect last night. They have multiple, explosive scorers on their team.
We need to build a little stronger of a repertoire of alternative defensive schemes in those circumstances. We didn't try zone, double coverage, or anything different than the old usual. When getting spanked like we did last night, there's no shame in trying something different.
Just my $0.02.
Last edited by docpaul; 12-09-2013 at 01:56 PM.
I think Lance could do worse patterning some of his personality and playing characteristics with Westbrook.
If you read the OKC media reports from the game and some of his teammates comments, Durant was sick and tired of hearing how good PG is, so he was ready from the opening tip to show that PG isn't better than Durant.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
Maybe he should have manned up and guarded him then
Single covering a team w/ 2 dead weight (offensively) starters isn't really a good idea. Also, starting Lance on Durant was an epic disaster. Durant on the post should be doubled pretty much immediately, never leave Westbrook or Ibaka open, the only way Ibaka hurts offensively is giving him those open jumpers, he has no post game or anything really atm.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Zach Lowe agrees with all of you about our defensive schemes against Thunder:
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@ZachLowe_NBA 3h Yes, everyone has issues with that play. But IND was unwilling to switch, got burned for it.
I'm sure Vogel will figure it out next time.
Well teams that can hit that mid range jumper present a big issue for our defensive scheme. I don't that we'll change much, maybe just matchups. It would be nice if Lance could evolve to cover Westbrook by the end of this season. G. Hill is at a size disadvantage in that matchup
That is what will most likely happen, Heat vs OKC finals, Wade guarded Westbrook, while they hid Chalmers on Thabo.
Am I crazy to think that Sual needs a shot at OJ's playing time?
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
OKC outshoots us percentage-wise every time we played in the last 3 years (as far back as I checked)...they've also out-rebounded us every game, by a significant number in each game except one, which was the only one we won.
As long as we're all about hotfooting it back on defense and not crashing the boards for offensive rebounds, I don't see how we can beat these guys with any regularity.
Just a rough match-up for us all around.
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[~]) ... Cheers! Go Pacers!
The Pacers' strengths are the Heat's weaknesses, and the same is true just vice-versa for the Pacers/OKC. They match up so well with the Pacers at almost every position.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
Pacers were mentally weak in this game. A guy like Westbrook you have to mentally frustrate into making bad plays, you gotta beat him up alittle bit away from the ball. He hates being bodied up, and will retaliate by throwing his guy out of the way and picking up the offensive fouls. Every bad game i've seen of Westbrook has been a result of him throwing a temper tantrum from the whistles he gets for being too aggressive.
There was one play where OKC moved the ball all the around the court, and the Pacers were actually defending it quite well taking away all the options, and they forced a jumper late in the clock, Westbrook curled in from the 3 point line got a put back dunk over Hill who never laid a finger on him prior to the shot going up.
Pacers never really attacked them, and by golly Lance needs to step it up big time. What is he doing out there if he isn't going to attack the rim and get some fouls.
Honestly though, when both Durant and Westbrook are making tough shots, then they usually going to win pretty easy against anyone. Pacers made them take bunch of tough shots early, and they just kept knocking them down.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Oklahoma shot 70% (everything they flung at the basket went in) while we ranged from 15 - 30% (with tons of bricks, air balls, and inandouts). Our hesitation and exhaustion was apparent, and our frustration manifest. The reffing was tolerable and, for the most part, fair. The Oklahoma fans were exuberant but well-mannered. I kept looking for that third quarter switch to flip, but it became obvious to all the the light was burnt out. These guys need a real rest, and Miami's going to come out of the gate swinging for our jaw. I expect they'll triple team Roy, as OKC did. They'll be much more physically aggressive, and try to pound us into the cracks in the boards.
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I remember last year...so I have hope.
Mmm... probably. I think Orlando's just struggling at the moment, but I think it will get better.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
This ongoing rivalry, alongside Kevin Durant's brilliant 36-point night in OKC's thrashing of Indiana on Sunday evening, may have been why George went with Kevin Durant over LeBron James as the NBA's toughest player to cover. From Scott Agness at the Pacers' website:
Following the Pacers' 118-94 loss in Oklahoma City, George told reporters that Durant is his toughest cover in the league."It is," he said. "It is a tougher matchup. I watch their games, I watch a lot of NBA games. And offensively, KD is most of the times he's scoring in bunches off of iso plays and one-on-one plays."And when they play against us, he's moving a lot. He's the screener, he's getting back-screened and he's coming off pin-downs and it's a little different when I'm guarding him and it makes it a tougher cover."
Understand that the NBA's leading scorer wants nothing to do with talking about George's praise, or anything having to do with the Pacers all-around swingman in the slightest. From Darnell Mayberry at the Oklahoman:
The day before the Thunder hosted Indiana, a certain topic of conversation was considered taboo inside the confines of Oklahoma City's practice facility.It was rising star Paul George."KD don't want me answering this question," Thunder center Kendrick Perkins responded, in reference to Kevin Durant, when asked about the Pacers forward, "because he's getting tired of hearing about Paul George."Mayberry also reports that Durant played Sunday's game with a bit of a chip on his shoulder, yelling "write about that!" at the press row when he left the contest with Oklahoma City up 20 points on the team with the NBA's best record.
Reserve guard Reggie Jackson also sensed something different with his team's franchise player:
"He came out with a vengeance," Thunder guard Reggie Jackson said of Durant. "I think he's tired of hearing about it, too. Whatever got him going, though, I'm happy we got the win."This is the price George has to pay for acting as the go-to guy on the NBA's Next Great Team. The Pacers took their Game 7 loss to the Heat last season to heart over the summer, and sprinted out of the 2013-14 gate with a vengeance this season – winning 18 of their first 20 before falling to Oklahoma City. That run was admirable enough, but it got the rest of the league's attention in ways both good and bad.
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I guess what Durant's mindset is:
I am sick and tired of being #2, now you are telling me I am #3?

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Right-fielder singles with two outs to plate Alcantara in ninth
CHICAGO -- The Cubs have a decision to make soon regarding the big league status of Arismendy Alcantara, the rookie who helped Chicago to a 5-4 win by scoring the walk-off run in front of a season-high 39,544 at Wrigley Field on Friday.
Alcantara, who hit leadoff following a four-hit outing on Thursday, scored on Justin Ruggiano's base hit down the left-field line after blooping a two-out single to right then swiping second. Ruggiano's walk-off single -- the Cubs' first walk off since June 6 -- came on a 2-1 slider that inched past leaping Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons, and it followed a narrow foul down the left-field line on the prior pitch.
"That's stuff you used to do playing wiffle ball in the backyard," Ruggiano said. "You make believe the situation. Now it's coming true. You live for those kind of things."
Regarding Alcantara, manager Rick Renteria wouldn't elaborate on the rookie's big league status past this weekend's series. After the All-Star break, the Cubs will have to make some roster moves to fill out their starting rotation.
"Any player, when they impact you and show you what they have, I think the easiest thing to do is for people to start to speculate if he will stick around," Renteria said, while noting Alcantara will likely play center field on Saturday.
"We'll have to make that decision as an organization when we come to it. It would be premature and irresponsible for me to say something like that, but he does impact the way you view him, for sure."
Alcantara has hit 5-for-13 in his first three Major League games with three RBIs, three runs scored, two extra-base hits and four strikeouts.
Ruggiano's heroics bailed out closer Hector Rondon, who blew his third save of the season, but got the win. Jason Heyward led off the ninth with a double and scored the tying run three batters later on Christian Bethancourt's two-out single.
Atlanta's late rally spoiled a strong effort from Jake Arrieta and an earlier go-ahead rally sparked by the Cubs' All-Star tandem of Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro, who both scored in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead.
Rizzo led off with a sharp double down the right-field line, and Castro reached on a single after consecutive bobbles by third baseman Chris Johnson and Simmons. Then Welington Castillo was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. Chris Coghlan, who is hitting .410 (16-for-39) this month, brought home the tying run with a liner into right, then Luis Valbuena -- pinch-hitting for Mike Olt -- drew a bases-loaded walk to take the lead.
Arrieta took the mound Friday as one of the baseball's hottest pitchers. Heading into Friday's game, he led the majors with a 1.78 ERA since May. Arrieta gave up four hits, three earned runs, three walks and fanned six over 7 2/3 innings.
"It was nice to have myself in a situation being able to pitch in the eighth, kind of getting extended there a little bit, and give our team some innings," Arrieta said. "[Atlanta has] an extremely balanced lineup from top to bottom, first-place ballclub, kind of everything I expected to see from those guys, we got it. ... They really grinded it out, and I had to do the same thing."
In 35 1/3 innings over his last five starts, Arrieta has a 1.78 ERA with 41 strikeouts, 17 hits, seven earned runs and eight walks. The Cubs won four of those five games, including Friday. Though he was pitching very well before the Cubs traded top starters Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel, Arrieta is stepping into the role of ace.
"I kind of slowly put myself in that [leadership] role even when those two guys were here," Arrieta said. "It's kind of a role I've been in before, and I'm pretty comfortable with the responsibilities that come along with a role like that. It's something I embrace."
Daniel Kramer is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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had a lot of pots on the fire this week and I was hoping to share some of the contents with you. And I will… but today I want to keep it simple. So here's a favorite dessert recipe from my file. It's a rustic Italian cake made with lots of lemon and crunchy stoneground cornmeal – polenta.
It's the sort of peasant-style dessert I love. You could cut it into squares and eat it with your hands like a bite of coffee cake, or sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve alongside a generous pile of whatever summer fruit is the sweetest at the moment.
Lemon Polenta Cake
- 1 cup polenta, or coarse-ground cornmeal
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg whites
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place an oven rack in the center of the oven.
- Line the bottom of an 8-inch cake pan or standard loaf pan with lightly oiled parchment paper to fit.
- Whisk the cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside.
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- Stir in the dry ingredients until just blended. Pour the batter into the pan and bake 35 - 40 minutes, or until the top feels firm (not hard) and a toothpick inserted in the center of cake come out clean. Cool completely before serving.
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Located in Downtown Santa Fe, this romantic hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Loretto Chapel and Palace of the Governors. San Miguel Mission and New Mexico State Capitol are also within 10 minutes.
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A restaurant, a 24-hour fitness center, and a bar/lounge are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a 24-hour business center, self parking, and conference rooms are onsite.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This romantic hotel also offers a 24-hour fitness center, multilingual staff, and concierge services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
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When the two were set on the drag strip for a 0-100 mph race, the 4,640-pound Model S Performance simply walked away from the 4,347-pound M5 off the line. This stellar performance is no doubt attributed to the electric car's instant torque that is available from 0 to 5,800 RPM.
The M5 narrowed the lead towards the end of the run, but there's no question that the Model S bested BMW's high-echelon performance sedan in this particular test. However, this is just one test, and we'd like to see a complete head-to-head comparison between the two vehicles in the usual battery of acceleration, braking, and handling metrics.
To see the Model S go up against the M5, take a look at the video below:
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Federal health officials reported Aug. 29 that "mangoes are likely causing" a 16-state salmonella outbreak. Two hours later the Food and Drug Administration posted a voluntary recall notice from Splendid Products for Daniella brand mangoes from Mexico.
However, the Burlingame, Calif., produce distributor had actually begun pulling back the mangoes Aug. 26, asking its customers to do the same, said general manager and founder Larry Nienkerk.
"We want to let everyone know our top priority is public safety," Nienkerk told The Packer on Aug. 28 and repeated in the Aug. 29 FDA recall notice.
"We have notified all of our customers ... and we are working with all the government agencies that are involved. We didn't want to wait."
The recall said the mangoes were sold as individual fruit and can be identified by the Daniella brand sticker and one of the following Price Look-Up numbers: 3114, 4051, 4311, 4584 or 4959. The recalled mangoes were sold at various retail stores throughout the U.S. between July 12 and Aug. 29.
A recall of Daniella brand mangoes in Canada began Aug. 24, although the specific brand was not initially identified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Two distributors – North American Produce Sales, Vancouver, B.C., and Mex Y Can Trading Inc., Mississauga, Ontario – have recalled the Daniella brand mangoes from nationwide distribution in Canada.
The Canadian Public Health Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. both issued statements that mangoes are suspected of being contaminated with the same strain of salmonella that has sickened 21 in Canada and 103 in the U.S.
The Canadian agency specified the Daniella brand from Mexico based on information from distributors.
The CDC's outbreak update Aug. 29 did not specify a brand, but said 70% of the outbreak victims in the U.S. reported eating mangoes during the week before they became ill. Of the 103 sick people in the U.S., 62 had to be admitted to hospitals, the CDC said. The illnesses began July 1, according to data from CDC's PulseNet system.
"Public health officials have not identified a specific type or source for the mangoes that are likely causing this outbreak, and therefore we do not have specific consumer advice at this time regarding eating mangoes." the CDC update said.
California Department of Public Health remains the lead investigative agency for the outbreak in the U.S. Seventy-eight of the salmonella cases in the U.S. have been reported in California, the CDC update said.
"Among ill persons in California, approximately 80% are of Hispanic ethnicity. Many of the ill persons in California report purchasing mangoes from Hispanic markets or grocery stores. Investigations are ongoing to determine the specific type and source of mangoes that might be linked with illness," said the CDC update.


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Inspector Beethoven IIILogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
Handel has been killed and Beethoven is on the case. He has interviewed the four suspects and their statements are shown below. Each suspect has said two sentences. One sentence of each suspect is a lie and one sentence is the truth. Help Beethoven figure out who the killer is.
Joplin: I did not kill Handel. Either Grieg is the killer or none of us is.
Grieg: I did not kill Handel. Gershwin is the killer.
Strauss: I did not kill Handel. Grieg is lying when he says Gershwin is the killer.
Gershwin: I did not kill Handel. If Joplin did not kill him, then Grieg did.
AnswerStrauss is the one who killed Handel.
You need to take turns assuming someone is the killer; that means everyone's second sentence is a lie. If Joplin was the killer, Grieg's lie mixed with Strauss' counteracts the other. If Grieg was the killer, Gershwin would need to be a killer too. If Gershwin was the killer, Grieg and Strauss counter each other again, but with Strauss, everything would fit.
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Are you using Instagram for you salon or personal brand? If so, I'm sure you've heard of the recent controversy surrounding their new Terms of Service (TOS) and Privacy Policy. It's true, not many people actually bother reading the lengthy legal statements – but this particular update to the apps terms was one that garnered much attention.
The language in the new terms, which go in to effect on January 16th, are pretty straightforward, they state that your photographs and associated information (like location data) can be promoted by companies without anyone notifying you about the transaction. The black and white statement reads as follows:
To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you.
Instagram's co-founder, Kevin Systrom, has since released a statement apologizing for the 'confusion.' The above sentence has been removed for the new Terms of Service document. Systrom's apology included a promise that Instagram users do own their own images and an explanation on what that particular sentence was 'supposed' to mean.
Before you get too upset about the new terms, keep in mind that Instagram has always had the ability to copy your photos. (Remember the snoozefestlegalease you agreed to when you set up your account?) These new terms actually make things clearer – and more importantly – more limited. In fact, Instagram has clarified, noting they cannot sell your photos to anyone, or change them in any way, for example. The terms you agreed to simply do not permit this – which is a good thing for our industry!
So, what CAN Instagram do?
"Going forward, rather than obtain permission from you to introduce possible advertising products we have not yet developed, we are going to take the time to complete our plans, and then come back to our users and explain how we would like for our advertising business to work." Systrom wrote.
Meaning that Instagram will come back to us with specific demands on what they want and why.
All in all, the new terms are part of Instagram's new collaboration with Facebook (which acquired the service earlier this year) and are geared toward building better experiences for users. I'll be sure to loop back to all of you after the new changes kick in and share an update.
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Who could have ever guessed that one person could feel
soooooo much elation and such isolation at the same
time? It is worse than missing Thanksgiving. Worse
than missing the the tree lighting ceremony on
the Circle. Worse than missing Christmas and New
Year's Eve. It's nearly as bad as not being able to
share with family and friends for months at a time.
And I'm not there. I'm not in my city sharing in the
euphoric joy of the celebration of my hometown.
I can't tell you how happy I am for the fans, the
organization, Dungy and Manning. But I am happier for
Indy. The city has always done for others with style
and class - now it was time to claim something for
itself. It's been a long time since the old ABA
I thought I had it all set up before I came here -
technology being what it is. I installed Slingbox so I
could watch the Colts, Pacers, IU and local news
through my computer. What I didn't count on was our
internet sucking so much it, eventually, couldn't
provide enough juice to even run the program. So,
about 1/3 of the way through the season - I could no
longer see anything. I adapted. I picked up the local
sports radio station streams and read the online
editions of the Star. But this - THIS is different. I
can't see the team being met at the aiport. I can't
see the planned celebrations. I can't see all
the local TV station coverage. I can't see the parade.
I want to feel like a part of it all.
Am I feeling sorry for myself? Damn straight! And I
don't mind admitting it.
So - I am putting out an All Points Bulletin. If
anyone recorded the game and post game. If anybody is
recording the news coverage of the team coming home,
the downtown celebration, the parade, any "specials"
capsulizing the year, I would do just about anything
to get a DVD copy of it. If anyone recorded Bob
Lamey's call of the game (I could not get the local
coverage) I would like to get a copy of it. It just
didn't seem right hearing us win the ultimate football
prize without Lamey describing it to me just didn't
seem like Colts football.
OK - I'm done. DAMN!


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If you're a fan of sci-fi on TV, you're no doubt a fan of Stargate. The first Stargate TV series - Stargate: SG-1 - recently became the longest running U.S. sci-fi series in TV history, renewed by SyFy Channel for its 10th season. Likewise, the franchise has generated two spin-offs - Stargate: Atlantis and the new Stargate Universe - which have become fan-favorites as well.
The first 10 episodes of Stargate Universe recent hit home video on DVD and Blu-ray and is sure to impress fans of the previous SG series, though much of the new show's setting seem a bit too familiar...at least it will if you were a fan of SyFy's previous hit TV series Battlestar Galactica. While this might make some wonder if SG's creators and writers are running out of ideas, it only take a look at the impressive characters and the story's development over these 10 episodes to realize that there's something exciting, fun and entertaining to be found in Stargate Universe.
Stargate Universe is - at its core - a survival tale. Approx. 80 various military and civilians find themselves aboard the Destiny, a ship created by the Ancients which has been cruising the galaxy - and beyond - for thousands of years. With little hope to return home and no way to control where the Destiny goes or how long it stays in one place, the men and women of SG:U must band together in order to live.
With an impressive cast that includes Robert Carlyle, Justin Louis, Ming-Na, Jamil Walker Smith, Alaina Huffman, and David Blue, Stargate Universe (like previous SG series before it) features a wide variety of character types - from soldiers and doctors to nerdy gamers and government-types - which ensure viewers from all walks will find at least one character they can relate with. It's really these characters in these first 10 episodes which make the series worth watching. As we learn about these characters and their strengths, weaknesses, dreams, and goals, we find ourselves with an emotional attachment to them, hoping they'll achieve their impossible goal of returning home to Earth...but longing for more suspense, adventure, and excitement as they voyage to places unknown.
The special features on the 2-disc Blu-ray set include an extended version of the pilot episode "Air," numerous cast interviews, various cast and producer commentaries on each episode (some more insightful and engaging than others), an informative and in-depth "Destiny Star Map Log" which allows fans to chart the galaxy with the crew and enjoy a variety of behind-the-scenes featurettes (including an insightful and somewhat humorous Stargate 101 documentary presented by SG-1 character Dr. Daniel Jackson), and over 20 minutes of video diaries from the Destiny's "Kino" video devices.
While not featuring as much behind-the-scenes info as some SG discs, most fans will be thankful for the commentaries and numerous featurettes (including over 40 minutes of content exclusive to Blu-ray). For fans of Stargate who haven't been watching Stargate Universe, this is a great place to start. While the story seems familiar (especially to those who watched Battlestar Galactica), there's a lot more to Stargate Universe to explore and I for one and excited to find out where the Destiny is heading...
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LC Canyon 8, Torrey Pines 7
La Costa Canyon junior attackman Aaron Loy picked a pretty good time to score his only goal of the San Diego Section Division I boys lacrosse championship game.
Loy fired home the game-winner with 20.7 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the top-seeded Mavericks to a pulsating, come-from-behind 8-7 victory over second-seeded Torrey Pines before a crowd of nearly 2,000 at Westview High on Saturday.
Loy knifed through the heart of the defense before ripping a low shot from point-blank range, giving La Costa Canyon its fifth section title. The Mavericks (22-1) trailed by three goals with a little more than four minutes to play in regulation before fighting back to beat Torrey Pines (17-5) for the third time this season.
"I dodged down the alley, saw a space, put it in the mixer and just shot," said Loy, whose title-clinching goal sparked a delirious celebration that included about 100 field-storming La Costa Canyon students.
Mavericks senior middie Tom Riis scored a game-high four goals, including three in the final 4:07 of regulation, and went 12-of-18 on faceoffs. Riis scored the equalizer with 14 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime.
LCC junior goalie Bryan Cooper made two of his six saves in overtime.
"We had trust in our defense to get the ball back for us," Loy said. "We had to finish it for them and all the people on the sideline and all the people in the stands."Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Women in Books and Film
It hasn't been a stellar week for women in the arts. Let me be more specific: It's been a lousy week for female writers and women in the film industry.
Notwithstanding the Oscar that Meryl Streep earned for her depiction of England's first female prime minister -- a standout, bravura performance from the gold standard of acting, as I was bemoaning on Twitter (@MeredithOBrien) about the dismally boring Oscar show, I was also keeping tabs on tweets from the Women's Media Center. Their stream of tweets reminded me, as I admired the beautiful gowns the women were wearing, of just how cruddy the state of the film industry is for women right now.
When the organization looked at the list of Oscar nominees in non-gender specific categories they discovered:
- There were six categories in which not a single woman was nominated (directing, cinematography, documentary feature, original score, sound editing and visual effects).
- There were five categories with only ONE female nominee (adapted screenplay, sound mixing, animated feature film, foreign language film and original song).
- Categories where women outnumbered men (costume design, short subject documentary and art direction).
As each category was featured on the Oscar broadcast, the Women's Media Center published a tweet reporting the grim Academy Awards stats. By the time The Artist was named best picture at the end of the show, a total of only three women had walked away with Oscars in non-gender specific categories (for art direction, documentary short and live action short film).
I suppose this shouldn't have been surprising in light of the expose that the Los Angeles Times published just before the Academy Awards in which they'd uncovered some interesting demographic info about the 5,765 "voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences," a voter list that's, apparently, kept secret. The Times discovered that the voters are 94 percent white, 77 percent male and have an average age of 62. "People younger than 50 constitute just 14 percent of the membership," the paper said. Men control "90 percent of five branches [of the organization's 15 branches]" and "women make up 19 percent of the academy's screenwriting branch," 18 percent of the producers and 9 percent of the directors.
I am a woman. I am stating this unequivocally before I make my point, as a sort of disclaimer. As I don't pay any attention to the Academy Awards or the film industry (other than watching what I enjoy...not what others TELL me to take pleasure in), I will only comment on the literary part of this column.
I find it ironic that the female author you mention is Jennifer Weiner. I read "Good in Bed". I will never read another of her books. Why? Because each is described in reviews exactlt as "Good" was...and I loathed it...just as I have detested every other book by a female author that comes under the category of "woman's literature", or "chick lit". The common denominators are simple: all the men are clueless, whether nice but vapid and weak, or cruel and stronger, and the women really don't need them in the end; all of the women are "victims" of some sort; everyone drinks too much, and sex is a weapon, tool and a device for, well. every conceivable issue, anxiety and dilemma. There is a male author who fits into this category as well (who I won't touch either): Wally Lamb. Save me. I have never met a man, who, once trying these books, would further investigate the authors' offerings. They pander to women, and women alone. And they sell remarkably well.
There is a comparable category for males, and it is called "men's adventure", and better bookstores use it. I won't read Clive Cussler, and he typifies the genre: bold, manly men with an excess of testosterone that even highly intellectual lesbians can't resist, who always "get it done", need no help, always seen to have, or be, the proper tool, know everything masculine (how to fix cars, swagger, climb a rope, sneer) and walk off into the sunset. If you're ignoring this subset of literature (some of which is written no more poorly then much of the so "hailed and revered" woman's literature) you've made your argument specious at best. It exists, and has for decades.
The point is, many of the female authors are not producing anything desirable or accessible to those who do not want stories and characters that are interesting only to women, about women, are somewhat...or extremely...misandrist, have poor plot lines, marginal writing and are so full of angst and bitchiness as to be unappealing.
I read female authors: Linda Fairstein, Faye Kellerman, Fanny Flagg, Katharine Slater, Mo Hayder, Poppy Z. Brite, Kathy Reichs, P. D. James. None of them pull any punches, or are in the habit of blaming men for the troubles of their female characters, who generally have strength, character (ironic, isn't it?), intensity and emotional depth...even when they are NOT sympathetic.
My current male author reading consists of James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Johnathon Kellerman, T. J. Parker, several Scandinavian authors, Clive Barker, Dean Koontz, Lee Childs. My older male authors, my favorites? H. P. Lovecraft. Robert E. Howard. Joseph Hellerman and Herman Rausch. Donald E. Westlake and William Faulkner.
I don't read "woman's literature". I am a woman, and I detest it as much as I detest current "man's adventure" (and before you mention Conan, maybe you should read "Red Nails" and some of the actual written stories, in which powerful women act in singular, intelligent and decidedly modern ways). It is slanted, biased, and for me, as unreadable as any Harlequin Romance ever was. Perhaps that's what's causing the lack of attention...some readers want a balanced, interesting story with full characters who don't simply hate the opposite sex.


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Can anyone please confirm that the following scripture are the correct pali/devanagari translations of the three marks of existence and nirvana?
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After years of muscling his way across the screen, Sylvester Stallone seeks a different label: serious actor.
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Stallone doesn't regret the way Rocky took over his life. In fact, it's his favorite role. It doesn't hurt that it also gave him extraordinary wealth and freedom and a place in cinematic history for the successful marketing of the sequel genre. Yet there's a nostalgia that creeps into Stallone's voice today when he talks about his wishes to return to serious acting, to serious roles that don't depend on flexing his muscles and flying through the air with danger all around.
Regret is probably too strong a word for his assessment of some of the movies he has made since 1980. But there are some titles on the list that he's on record as despising in one form or another: Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Judge Dredd, Assassins, Daylight and even the last in his Rocky series. His published comments on those films alone would fill a Worst Nightmares list for most any actor working today.
What seems evident is that Stallone has reached a point in his life where he is scrutinizing almost everything about his past, not just his choices of movies, but his personal life as well. Call it a mid-life course correction, or just the onset of a more mature wisdom. On "Larry King Live," for instance, Stallone recently said that he'd "made tremendous mistakes in my private life where I'm trying to rectify things."
In his Miami mansion, a glittering array of rooms filled with almost-over-the-top baroque treasures and priceless paintings, Stallone is quick to show off one tiny person who is helping mend the past: Sophia Rose, his 18-month-old daughter. Jennifer Flavin, whom Sylvester married last May in London, is also ever-present, being mom and lady of the manor, making sure everything is running right. Even the house, however, isn't safe from the scrutiny of what is right or not right about his life. The Miami digs went on the market last fall for $27 million. Stallone isn't saying where they'll move, but he admits to wanting more time in Los Angeles, while keeping a home "somewhere on the East Coast," probably somewhere less visible than Miami, but with plenty of golf courses to serve his obsession with the little white ball.
When all is said and done, the 51-year-old Stallone knows he will never be able to totally abandon the fighting-against-the-odds character of Rocky. In truth, the challenge to overcome the obstacles is what makes him tick. He often cites the profound feelings of inadequacy that he grew up with, and thus, the glorified hero and the accolades it provides is salve for the struggles of his earlier life. At the same time, Stallone sees himself as a consummate actor, a professional who take can take on any role, be it a serious drama or a comedy. He only wants to be able to assume all sides of his on-screen characters and to be offered serious roles that stretch him as an actor. But in the end, he yearns for a place in cinematic lore beyond Rocky and Rambo.
The desire is honest. You can hear it in his words and see it in his eyes. In his den, a dark, wood-paneled room filled with leather-bound books, leather chairs and rare Bedouin rifles hanging high on the walls, there is a small, homespun knit pillow inscribed with what truly must be Stallone's words to live by: "He lived life on his own terms. He fought his wars. He lost a few. But he never quit."
In a comprehensive interview late last year with Cigar Aficionado, Stallone discussed his life, from cigars to golf to new movies to another retelling of the Rocky legend.
Cigar Aficionado: There are humidors everywhere here. You clearly love cigars. Tell me what about them attracts you.
Stallone: I smoked cigarettes for many years, probably from the time I was about 12 years old. I remember up until the time I was doing Rocky I, I had a cigarette when I was in the ring. That's how bad the addiction was. Finally, I said, "This is only going to bring an early death." There also came a point when I thought that cigarettes looked somewhat silly on adults. Yet I have always been drawn to the idea of an oral fixation, and also feeling somewhat more relaxed with something smoking in my hand.
I was doing the movie F.I.S.T. and it seemed that the character should appropriately be smoking a cigar. So I started, in 1977. I had a neophyte's approach to smoking, but I enjoyed it. It was very odd, but as soon as I had a cigar in my hand, it would catapult me much faster into the character's sensibility than without the cigar. I guess that's very odd. But it makes a cigar an unusual tool. A cigar does that because we've grown up seeing cigars as having a connotation of power or prestige, or at least the man who smokes them seems to be very glamorous and almost monolithic compared to a cigarette smoker. A guy who smokes a cigar seems to be a very confident human being. After that point, I went back to cigarettes once or twice and then I quit totally. Cleaned out my lungs for three years and then went back to smoking cigars intelligently, for lack of a better term, from a connoisseur's point of view.
CA: Have you used a cigar to help you get into character in other movies?
Stallone: No, it was primarily in F.I.S.T. I smoked it in one or two scenes, but it was eliminated because of directorial editing. I've primarily smoked in my private life. Quite often, early on, people were shocked if I was smoking a cigarette. I actually had people come up and blatantly chastise me on the street about smoking a cigarette. A cigar, however, was held in some kind of civil abeyance and people wouldn't do that. Right away there was less of a stigma.
CA: I asked because I haven't seen you associated with a cigar in the way Bill Cosby or Arnold Schwarzenegger are. They're both quite public with their cigars. But you haven't been. Any particular reason?
Stallone: I don't know whether that's conscious or not, but I feel sometimes that smoking is, believe it or not, more of a private affair. It's something that I look forward to, that I covet. Therefore I will purposely deny myself several cigars during the day so that I look forward to that evening cigar with greater relish. I could never continually smoke--I could but I wouldn't be as excited about that expectation at the end of the day or while playing golf. I know when I play golf--golf for me is equated with cigars--I look forward to smoking. Going to the golf course, I know I'm going to light up there. The smoking isn't going to bother anyone and I can have a good old time.
CA: Do you have any particular place you light up during the round? At the start or the middle?
Stallone: Usually it's right after a good hole. So it can be a long time. Sometimes it'll be like the sixteenth. Sometimes it'll be on the first.
CA: Do you have a favorite cigar?
Stallone: I'm very partial to Fuentes. I think the whole Fuentes package is wonderful, but the [Fuente Fuente] OpusX for some reason seems to push all my buttons.
CA: Any particular thing about it?
Stallone: Well aesthetically, it's beautiful. I collect art, and quite often I'll look at a cigar and if it's blemished or the color isn't quite right or I see some fraying or the lines are not architectural, I'm turned off by it. This seems to have everything. And the band is kind of like a Renaissance filigree. It has a kind of bold, what's the word I'm looking for, almost Inquisitional-type X. The band almost looks like a piece of metal; again, the band is so aesthetically pleasing. I think image has a lot to do with cigars and people don't quite understand enough that there is the aesthetic quality. Just the band says it's not just a cigar. I don't like the [Cuban] Cohiba band. I know that sounds odd, but I don't. Not a lot of thought went into the band.
CA: Why, because it's so modern?
Stallone: I don't like it. The old Partagas were fantastic. Really some great old bands. I wish they'd go back to that more often. That Art Nouveau and that kind of Gibson girl look; I guess it's Neo-Classicism.
CA: Most of the ones you describe are examples of turn-of-the-century lithographic art. Do you like that?
Stallone: It's so good. Compared to a modernizing look, which I think defeats the heritage of a cigar. I think of a cigar as old. I think of it as reaching back into antiquity; though it doesn't go that far back, I think of it as that. And I think it is one of those things like a fine wine that has moved on into the modern era but the beauty of it is ancient. I hate to see the modernization of the cigar. I think there is something very interesting about, like an old bottle of Lafite, looking at the decaying label; it is a lot more exciting than looking at something made an hour ago. I don't care how flashy the label is. I don't like a modern label on wine. I know it's odd, but that's the way I feel.
CA: Is it the tradition then?
Stallone: I'm a traditionalist.
CA: Do you have a perfect metaphor for what a cigar is?
Stallone: I guess you could say that a good cigar is a magic carpet ride. It really transports you to another realm of consciousness where, when a cigar is good and the conversation is good, you are now into a heightened sense of awareness. You are as close as you can get to an altered state without drugs as possible, I believe. I believe that a good cigar, a glass of wine and a good conversation is as close to euphoria as you can get in a legal sense.
CA: Could you elaborate on that scene?
Stallone: The perfect smoking moment? OK. I would probably open a very fine bottle of wine or an Armagnac. And, I'd want to be watching a dramatic film. Not an action film, not a comedy. But a dramatic film. In the darkness of the room, the smoke would slowly filter out in front of the screen, rise up in this very sensual manner. The low light would refract through the wine glass. It's almost like I'm on the outside looking in and I have this constant stimulation of the palate. At both levels, wine and cigars. That to me is the perfect smoking experience. Or to smoke outside at night on a windless evening. Because I think the way the smoke dances on the air is also very appealing to me. I hate for it to blow on the wind out of my lips and it's gone.
CA: That's a problem on the golf course, isn't it?
Stallone: You're right. I usually have a golf cigar. I don't bring the good stuff out there.
CA: You say you are private about your smoking, but are there friends of yours that you share cigars with?
Stallone: Absolutely. When you have another fellow who is involved with the cigar as much as you are, then it's wonderful, kind of like the old peace pipe syndrome or whatever. You seem to be bound almost philosophically and you tend to be much more simpatico with that person. Not as argumentative for some reason.
CA: How so?
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Hollands 'in shock' after making 25-man roster
PHILADELPHIA -- Mario Hollands had one word to describe his reaction to being named to the Phillies' Opening Day roster: shocking.
Hollands, a left-handed pitcher who was one of the bright spots in Spring Training, will start the season in the big leagues after making nearly every stop in Philadelphia's farm system over the last four years.
The 25-year-old had an impressive spring, but that didn't stop Hollands from expecting the worst when he was called into manager Ryne Sandberg's office on Saturday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.
"In the back of your mind, you're not expecting it, honestly," said Hollands, who joins an eight-man bullpen. "But it was a good shock. I'm still in shock a little bit."
The Phillies like Hollands' funky delivery, which Sandberg said "creates some ground balls," his effectiveness against both right-handed and left-handed batters and his ability to pitch multiple innings. They also think he can handle the big league stage after performing at a high level in the Venezuelan Winter League for Tiburones de La Guaira over the offseason.
"I think he benefited from playing in Venezuela this past winter," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. "That's a high level of competition and a high level of stress there as well. When you start throwing in those situations and start having success in those areas, that's important."
Hollands said his experience in Venezuela prepared him for Major League camp.
"I think it helped confidence-wise, being able to compete against big leaguers and good players and good teams," Hollands said. "I carried that over into Spring Training."
Hollands still has a long road ahead to remain in the Majors, but he allowed himself a moment to reflect on years of hard work to get to this level.
"It's kind of rewarding, because I've been all over the place the last two years in the organization," Hollands said. "It feels good to know it paid off in the end, to at least make it this far and hopefully keep it going into the season."
Austin Laymance is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jalaymance. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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National Grid awards $490,000 to UB, Launch NY
National Grid is providing almost half a million dollars to support startup business in upstate New York with its CleanTech Incubation grant program.
The company's Global CEO Steve Holliday and New York State President Ken Daly came to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus on Tuesday to award two grants totalling $490,000 to the University at Buffalo and Launch NY, which both are making efforts to grow businesses in the region.
"It is an investment," Holliday said about the grants. "You expect a return. We're not expecting a return back to National Grid; the return is about the economic growth and prosperity of Buffalo. That's the return we'll share in the benefit from."
The grant program supports the development of a self-sustaining model of innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation. The company budgets about $11 million annually for economic development in its upstate New York service territory, according to Steve Brady, company spokesman.
National Grid, which is headquartered in London and provides gas and electricity services in 26 counties in upstate New York, is the first company to provide "direct support" and help launch UB's new High-Tech Entrepreneurship Opportunity Program.
UB's program will work closely with Launch NY's Entrepreneur-in-Residence program. Both organizations support businesses as they're developing and help them "avoid the valley of death," speakers at Tuesday's event said, referring to the critical, and often difficult, beginning stages of a new company.
UB's program will help "the earliest of the early" businesses, ones that are still ideas, said Marnie LaVigne, UB's associate vice president of economic development. The program had a "soft launch" a few weeks ago, and there are already dozens of startups "in the pipeline," LaVigne said.
UB, which received $240,000, will offer up to $10,000 in support for promising early-stage companies that are bringing new technology, products or services to the market. The money will allow young companies to have access to services like market research, technology assessment and legal and accounting services.
The program will help those companies that are ready to advance and connect with Launch NY, which received $250,000. Launch NY offers startups mentoring and long-term advice from experienced professionals. In the past six months, Launch NY has reached out to more than 150 upstate companies to provide services, said John Seman, the nonprofit organization's CEO.
One of the companies Launch NY works with belongs to Heidi Wagner, CEO and founder of MedPath Solutions. Her startup offers a software service that harnesses cancer-related data. The biggest challenge facing high-tech startups is accessing funding, according to Wagner, who currently works as a senior pathologist assistant at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
She said it's "comforting to know" there programs established that are "reducing such challenges."
UB's program is seeking entrepreneurs or startups that are pre-revenue and are boasting a high-tech product or service in the life sciences, advanced manufacturing or clean technology.
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More and more evidence is pointing toward confirmation that Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was indeed ensnared in web of deceit created by Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.
ESPN reporter Shelley Smith on Outside the Lines interviewed a woman who says Tuiasosopo tearfully confessed that what began as a joke sustained by he and two of his cousins on Te'o got out of control. She says she knows the 22-year-old through church and in December, he called her crying about what he had done.
"He said he had done something terrible," the woman told ESPN's Smith. Tuiasosopo was afraid of the damage he'd done to Te'o's career by creating the player's fictitious girlfriend, faking her death in September and drawing Te'o into an emotional tailspin that played out nationally. Deadspin broke the story this week.
The woman's identity was not revealed. She also said Tuiasosopo said "Manti was not involved; he was a victim."
Tuiasosopo is described as a family friend or acquaintance of Te'o. He is a former high school football player from California.
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— Player spoke of girlfriend twice after scam exposed
— Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel shocked
— Notre Dame teammates had suspicions
— Te'o's 2012 season in review
Two other people interviewed on camera by Smith, J.R. Vaosa and Celeste Tuioti-Mariner, said their cousin was also a part of Tuiasosopo's hoax in 2008.
They said their cousin was in an online relationship with a woman whose picture he showed to Vaosa was identical to the one he'd seen used as Lennay Kekua, the girlfriend of Te'o.
"When Lennay said she was gonna be at this park one day, we'd go to the park and Ronaiah pops up and then we go to the gym in Orange County where the kids have volleyball tournaments, and Ronaiah's there," Vaosa told OTL.
The family grew increasingly suspicious and urged their cousin to cut off his relationship with the female persona and Tuiasosopo.
This fall, the family saw and heard the stories about Te'o and Kekua, and how she had been in a car accident and eventually died of leukemia—reportedly just a few hours after the player's grandmother had died. They were convinced Tuiasosopo was involved and began tweeting sarcastic posts to air their suspicions.
According to the personality magazine and website US Weekly, Tuiasosopo is an aspiring singer who manufactured a sob story to get an audition for the TV reality show, The Voice. He failed to pass the audition.
Meanwhile, a Te'o family source told the Honolulu Star Advertiser that Te'o himself has told family and friends that Kekua called him in December and told Te'o she had to fake her own death because drug dealers were after her.
In another development, the woman whose photo was used to portray Kekua has been identified by Inside Edition as Diane O'Meara. She says her photos were stolen. That story contradicts one part of the original Deadspin report in which the woman in the pictures was said to be a high school classmate of Tuiasosopo and he tricked her into sending the pictures.
In an interview Thursday night with 1280 The Zone in Utah, Te'o's uncle, Alema Te'o, said he has met Tuiasosopo and believes he is a liar and scam artist. He says they met at a hotel after the USC vs. Notre Dame game on Nov 24.
At that time, the man told Alema Te'o that he helped out with NFL player Troy Polamalu's football camp. Alema was stunned because he is the camp director and knew nothing of Tuiasosopo's involvement.
"I wish I would have blew that guy up right then and there," Alema Te'o said on the radio show. "He said he was at the hotel, doing entertainment, doing this, doing that…it wasn't true. I was thinking in my mind, 'No you didn't.'"
Just as alarming to Alema Te'o was that Tuiasosopo appeared to be angling to eventually get money out of Manti. When they met at the hotel, Tuiasosopo had a 9-year-old girl with him named Pookah. He said she was Kekua's cousin, when in fact she was his sister. He said he was trying to raise money for a leukemia foundation and that Kekua's friend was battling the same disease that killed Manti's girlfriend and needed help for tuition at Stanford.
Alema immediately called Manti's father, Brian Te'o, to express his concerns. Brian Te'o told his son and, according to Alema, Brian broke ties with Tuiasosopo.
On Dec. 6, Manti Te'o claims to have gotten a call from the same number used by Kekua during the course of the relationship. They continued to exchange calls, Yahoo! Sports said, as Manti grew to learn he had been hoaxed. Still, he continued to talk about the fake dead woman, even during Heisman Trophy ceremony interviews.
He told Notre Dame on Dec. 26 and university hired a firm to do an independent investigation. The results of that investigation were shared with Manti Te'o's parents on Jan. 5, two days before the BCS National Championship.
Meanwhile, some of Te'o's Notre Dame teammates, talking to the Chicago Tribune, conceded they knew little about Kekua. Several believe the relationship wasn't as serious as was portrayed, but that Te'o was still a victim.
"I'm on Manti's side," former teammate John Goodman told the Tribune. "He was screwed over by someone who wanted to play some sick joke. I don't know if they wanted to get close to Manti or they were a huge fan or (they were) playing a joke. Whoever (plays) a sick joke like that for that long has something wrong with them. I don't put this on Manti."


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Down under, right here: Mount Si boys basketball team meets scrappy Australian touring team, on and off the court
Basketball players from two different countries hung out together, learned about each other, and then played a game and left it all on the court.
The Mount Si boys varsity team came away with a lopsided win on the scoreboard last Friday afternoon, Jan. 3. But points weren't really the point in the Wildcats' exhibition match against NPire, an Australian team that drew boys together from cities down under, mainly Melbourne and Canberra.
Npire is made up of boys ages 14 to 18, some finished with high-school-level play, coached by Adonis Jordan.
Until the journey, all but a couple hadn't played together before.
"We met each other at the airport," said 16-year-old Nick Gabsch, following Friday's game. "This is our fourth game."
"We're still learning how each individual plays," said Nicholas Bird.
The boys are currently on their summer break. The seasons are flipped, Christmas is in the warm time of year, and it's about 70 degrees in Melbourne this week.
In the Valley, the touring team stayed with host families, many of them parents of Mount Si players. Hosts took them in, then took them to Snoqualmie Pass for a sledding trip.
"We saw snow for the first time," said NPire player Jordan Hurley. It was great!"
The Australian boys and their Wildcat hosts were reluctant at first, but it took about 10 minutes before they were learning about how both countries operate, money, summer versus winter, "all the crazy things," said host dad Dave Thompson. "They really got to know each other, and at the end, they were good friends." The visitors made an impression.
"These guys are awesome," said host mom Shirley Shattenkerk, mom of varsity player Connor. "They're so polite, well-mannered, I wish I could keep 'em."
The Australians were impressed by Wildcat athleticism.
"In Australia, it's slower, more set plays," said NPire player Jordan Hurley. "The U.S. (style) is more athletic and quick."
The visitors had to adapt to the different plays and extra running involved in American ball against Mount Si, whose starters rushed to a strong lead, 33-23, by halftime. Mount Si's Jack Nelson was in shooting form, and led the Wildcats with 18 points. Mount Si's Parker Dumas and Colton Swain added 11 points, sophomore Isaac Benedict added eight points, sophomore forward Colton Swain added 11, sophomore Matt Myers battled under the net for six and junior guard Ryan Stewart contributed four points.
As Mount Si transitioned in its younger players, the Australians pushed for the hoop, worked around the outside, and dropped some threes in the second half.
Npire's Breadan Sands had nine points, Nick Gabsch added eight, Hurley and Douglas Page had nine. Mount Si won, 69-33.
The game "is a lot more challenging," said Bird. "I put a lot more work in it, because it's so big here."
"They're just getting used to American ball," said Swain. "We're a lot bigger, stronger, faster. It's a different style of play."
"They were here to have fun," said Mount Si coach Kyle Clearman, "more for the experience. They competed with us. We were able to get all of our guys in."
"Coach likes to get as many people as he can into the game," said Swain. "You've definitely got to utilize as much play time as you get."
• Mount Si hosts Sammamish at 8 p.m. this Friday, Jan. 10.
• Learn more about NPire at http://www.npire.com.au/.
Mount Si players mix with the Australian touring team following their game.
Jordan Hurley goes for the basket, with Mount Si's Parker Dumas defending.
Jack Nelson charges for the hoop. He led Mount Si for points against the touring team.
NPire players Nick Gabsch and Nicholas Bird try to stop Mount Si's Matt Myers from making a shot attempt in their exhibition game, Jan. 3.
Isaac Benedict is about to put the ball in.
Matt Myers battles through the press, with Dylan Harrison guarding.
Danny Tomson and Nick Bird are all eyes up for a rebound. Breadan Sands of NPire and Matt Myers watch in the background.
MPire's Nick Gabsch tries to break past Colton Swain of Mount Si.
Colton Swain tries to break through NPire's defense.
Nicholas Bird and Jordan Hurley spar for a rebound.
Mount Si's Danny Tomson looks for an opening.


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10 Ideas the WWE should Consider
by, 08-29-2012 at 10:23 AM (9723 Views)
Okay so the other day I read a blog post written by Callum entitled, "WWE: Future Champions" (Link Here). This article highlighted some WWE stars that the author felt should be future WWE champions and he outlines some good reasons as to why he picked the people he chose. In reading this blog, I found myself agreeing with some of his points as to some future WWE talent that should get some shine as well as some things going on in WWE today that aren't good for these titles. It then got me to wondering about my own grievances and ideas that I have towards the 'E and that if I could have it my way I would enact, so I present for your viewing pleasure, 10 Ideas the WWE should Consider (in no particular order):
1. PLEASE WWE put Naomi back as a Diva's wrestler!!! She can go in the ring for real!
Let's face facts; the WWE Divas division is weak! With the collapse of Kharma no longer being there, the Divas are down to a small handful of capable women's wrestlers, but there is one person who the WWE don't put on in the ring but THEY SHOULD! Her name is Naomi. She pretty much ran the NXT Divas Season and was great in FCW. Don't believe me, Read this blog Knox wrote entitled "The Next Breakout WWE Diva" (Link Here )
2. Kaitlyn, Eve Torres, or Tamina needs to be Divas champ!
Kaitlyn because she can actually wrestle, Eve because she has gotten way better in the wrestling department, and/or Tamina because it seems like she was long overdue. One minute she was dominating the Divas, then a match with Layla and lost, and then nothing. How did that happen?!?!
3. Put the tag belts on the PrimeTimePlayers like RIGHT NOW!!
These two dudes #MillionsOfDollars, #MoneyMakin'Scholars, #PTP aka Darren Young and Titus O'Neil have been building up chemistry and teamwork since the days of NXT being on WWE.com(yeah remember that?). Now WWE makes them a legit threat to the Tag belts, they get a match at SummerSlam…and…LOSE?!?!....WHY?!?
4. WWE needs to give Justin Gabriel, Alex Riley, & Tyson Kidd, some shine (and some gold too)!
Okay so I am just sick and tired, of being like the rest of the IWC and saying something along the lines of "Man, Justin Gabriel, Alex Riley, & Tyson Kidd got some tremendous talent, but they don't really get no attention on TV" WWE needs to fix this ASAP. It's about time to start phasing out these older talents recycled down our throat guys and make way for the new generation.
5. Make Wade Barrett's return (and his Barrage) mean something (World Heavyweight or WWE Belt)!
I'm not the only one who thinks that Wade Barrett is a big bad ass mofo that is ready to take the WWE by storm. Clearly his character has shown he has the cerebral ability to be great (a la being leader of Nexus and Corre). Time to take the mental ability and add it to his bare-knucklebrawler brash and arrogant attitude and make him the big time guy he deserves to be.
6. Where the heck is Dean Amborse?!?! Bring em' out already!!!
Does anyone remember when Dean Ambrose was getting so much love from the IWC? Does anyone remember Dean Ambrose having a twitter war with Mick Foley? Does anyone remember Dean Ambrose wrestling CM Punk in FCW and afterwards CM Punk giving him props and saying he's gonna be a big deal soon? Yeah I do too but one question….WHERE IS HE?!?! He should have been came out onto the main scene in WWE.
7. Keep doing Dolph Ziggler with these almost cashing in MITB spots!
I absolutely love how the WWE is twisting my emotions with Dolph Ziggler. I mean a guy who a lot of people in the IWC think should be a World Heavyweight Champ has the best opportunity to become one, and every time he gets close to cashing it in….something always happens! Whether it be that Sheamus comes to and gives him the Brogue Kick, Randy Orton stops him and gives him the RKO, or he decides at the last second not to cash it in. It makes for some dramatic television.
8. Please stop with the Jerry Lawler matches PLEASE!!!
Look I get it, CM Pink needed a pawn to beat up on and handle to prove his point that he is BEST IN THE WORLD, but of all the pawns he could use, the 'E gives him Jerry Lawler?!?! Gimme a break man! Look Jerry Lawler is a 60-something washed up wrestler who can barely….correction….CAN'T commentate and you guys chose him to be the sacrificial lamb to be slaughtered for the benefit of the CM Punk-I WANT RESPECT campaign?!?! Two words……BAD IDEA!!!
9. Please stop putting John Cena last on my PPVs !!
Almost all of the PPVs this year ended involving John Cena in some form of fashion. In fact Here is a list of the last match to go on a PPV starting at Elimination Chamber (FEB):
- Elimination Chamber (FEB): John Cena def Kane (Ambulance Match
- Wrestlemania 29 (APR): Rock def John Cena
- Extreme Rules (APR): John Cena def Brock Lesnar (Extreme Rules Match)
- Over the Limit (MAY): John Laurinaitis def John Cena
- No Way Out (JUNE): John Cena def Big Show (Steel Cage; Laurinaitis Fired)
- Money in The Bank (July): Cena def Kane, Jericho, Big Show, & Miz (WWE MITB)
- SummerSlam (AUG) Brock Lesar def Triple H
Question: Which one of these things is not like the others?!?! I know Cena is a big deal, but we've seen 8 of 12 PPVs & 7 of 8 had John Cena in the MAIN EVENT!!! Quit putting him there all the time. There are other guys more deserving of that spot……like CM Punk #RESPECT
10. I WISH THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT IT'S SO OBVIOUS TO SEE: at the Royal Rumble, have CM Punk loses the WWE Title to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, only to have John Cena win the Royal Rumble in order to finally get the WWE Title back at Wrestlemainia 29 (only for the WWE to setup Rock Cena III at WM30).
I pose this scenario to you all and save this blog if it comes true:
CM Punk beats John Cena at Night of Champions, and keeps the title til January. The Rock comes in at the Royal Rumble and beats CM Punk for the title while John Cena wins the Rumble. Cena then beats Rock at WrestleMania 29, and then we get a whole 'nother freakin' year of Rock vs Cena because the WWE is going to plan it as the "rubber match to take place on the grandest stage of them all….WRESTLEMANIA 30!!"
You know what I call this: PREDICTABLE WWE PROGRAMMING
You know what's wrong with WWE: PREDICTABLE WWE PROGRAMMING
Thanks for reading, & please feel free to comment about this blog and share your thoughts as this is only my 2nd blog. All the feedback is appreciated (EVEN the negative ones) Thank you and God Bless!!


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myFIVEby is a social app that lets you publish your stories, ideas, insights, expertise, passions and more, without the hassle of setting up and maintaining a full-on blog. myFIVEby combines simplicity, ease of use and community with an elegant interface that lets you open multiple posts on the same screen at once. This one-page structure makes managing content easy, letting you access other people's posts via your own space, instead of having to visit theirs. myFIVEby is a beautifully simple place to write and share ideas, start conversations and discover great content.
"We call it blogging reinvented because it's a dedicated place to write, without the hassle of setup or design and with more people around to bounce ideas off of," explains Harry Marshall, CEO and co-founder of myFIVEby. "That said, it's not just for bloggers and, in fact, many of our members had never written posts online before they found myFIVEby. Now, they tell us that they love expressing their ideas and preserving their stories."
The myFIVEby concept was born in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain, in 2011. There are four members on the team- two from England and two from Barcelona. The members of team myFIVEby come from different backgrounds and met at one of the many startup events that take place in Barcelona. The city provides a huge, growing international startup community, combined with its reputation as a great place to live and big technology-focused events like the Mobile World Congress to be held in 2013.
"myFIVEby was originally intended as a simple network to let people share the five most important principles they live their lives by," continues Marshall. "We soon realized that the structure we'd planned would be ideal for a broader range of content. We focused on reinventing blogging because we had all started blogs and found them overly time consuming (with multiple settings to configure and design) and isolated (often situated on a custom domain, with few ways to interact with others). So, we dedicated ourselves to fixing this."
"It's been really exciting to build something from scratch knowing that people can use it in completely different ways," adds Marshall. "We share the philosophy that it's not what you make that's important, but what you make possible. Simon, who's in charge of our system, is really into music and spent two years on tour with his band. He knows myFIVEby will be a great tool for musicians to communicate with fans. Alex, who works on the front end, is really into details and even used elephant skin to create a specific texture in our logo, which I often tell people because I think it's amazing! Working with a team who share a common objective, while dominating the part they work on, is really great."
"myFIVEby has been in Beta since September, launching in November, and we've been communicating directly with an early group of users to help determine which features work best and why, and what to build upon," concludes Marshall. "We're learning new things every day and, most recently, have been poking, testing, and trying to break things in preparation for our official launch. 2013 will be about growth, fine tuning the product and building on features like our text editor. We also want to start to give users more control over the platform, as well as open it up to developers via our API. We pay close attention to the feedback we receive to make sure our initiatives are in line with what people really want."
Based in Spain, team myFIVEby had several choices when it came to hosting their cloud infrastructure. They choose Rackspace in part for its global brand, world class cloud computing platform, and the startup friendly environment. "We chose Rackspace because we wanted something cost effective that offered great performance, scalability and support. Rackspace delivers on all of those and also makes a huge effort with startups, which is an incredible initiative."
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