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No Good Deed, a movie starring Idris Elba as a man who continually abuses and murders women (strangers and girlfriends alike) and Taraji P. Henson as a woman who is brutally stalked and terrified in her own home while caring for two young children, made $24.5 million at the box office this weekend and sixty percent of ticket buyers were women.
Great. Perfection.
I know that after a long, stressful week of the NFL's lies, Ray Rice's horrific video. Oscar Pistorius' essential acquittal, Rhianna's pulled performance (domestic violence victims are such an unpleasant distraction from the game) and countless other stressors, I can't think of anything I'd rather do more than watch a giant man terrorize and brutalize a woman in her own home. I need me time or I just can't function and I know for me, being reminded that women are all just helpless sexy marks in the face of monstrous sexy psychos is a great way to settle down.
After a week of being slapped repeatedly in the face with images, videos, and press releases reminding me that women get brutalized all the time, I can't think of any better way to chill right out than to sit through eighty four minutes of a sexy film about violence against women.
Thank goodness that Sony had the good sense to cancel all press screenings of No Good Deed in advance of the film's opening. I'm really glad it didn't have the opportunity to spark advance discussions of why we glorify violence against women. That would have been a heady bummer on a weekend treat. I'm so glad that Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson decided to star in this film, since they are talented, charismatic actors who could draw audiences to literally anything, even I bet, a steaming pile of shit if they were in it. I'm delighted that Sony chose to make this film, since high production values are key in nabbing a large audience. I'm thrilled to see a movie perpetuating the idea that men who abuse are sick but the women who allow themselves to be treated badly are just stupid. And I am so grateful that so many women turned out to see No Good Deed because it's important that studios know exactly how we feel about these issues and how willing we are to stand up for where we fit into society.
I hope you feel as great as I do about this, because movies like this help preserve a status quo where nothing changes, which is clearly was $24.5 million worth of people want. Unfortunately, not everyone can appreciate when we all need to unwind and just focus on a fun thing. CBS Sports anchor, James Brown, participated in an hour-long discussion before the Ravens – Steelers game and had this to say about domestic violence:
"…this problem is bigger than football. There has been, appropriately so, intense and widespread outrage following the release of the video showing what happened inside the elevator at the casino. But wouldn't it be productive if this collective outrage, as my colleagues have said, could be channeled to truly hear and address the long-suffering cries for help by so many women? And as they said, do something about it? Like an on-going education of men about what healthy, respectful manhood is all about.
And it starts with how we view women. Our language is important. For instance, when a guy says, 'you throw the ball like a girl' or 'you're a little sissy,' it reflects an attitude that devalues women and attitudes will eventually manifest in some fashion. Women have been at the forefront in the domestic violence awareness and prevention arena. And whether Janay Rice considers herself a victim or not, millions of women in this country are.
Consider this: According to domestic violence experts, more than three women per day lose their lives at the hands of their partners. That means that since the night February 15th in Atlantic City [when the elevator incident occurred] more than 600 women have died."
Fortunately, Sony doesn't have to worry about those women because way more than 600 showed up to the opening weekend of No Good Deed.
Goddammit you guys. Everything is the worst. Picture it: A nice girl lives in Brooklyn off the G train. The G train goes out of commission for the entire month of August. This girl has to take three trains to work. She has to be patient with extra wait times and crowded trains and getting up early and getting home late. It's fine, she tells herself. Come September, all will be resolved. The girl takes the G through its full route on September 2nd to find MTA workers handing out fliers promising the girl that the G train was new and improved, never to return to its previous inefficiency.
Trouble is, the girl is me. And me waited for the fucking G train for 25 minutes this morning. No explanations, no excuses. The conductor just kept yelling at us to stand clear of the closing doors. Some of us were clear, sir. Some of us were clear.
But, unlike the G train, there were several opportunities to quickly jump on disappointment today. Guys, Nev from MTV's Catfish is a piece of shit. Who could have imagined that someone who makes a living following the emotionally delicate journeys of people who are willingly fooled on the Internet would turn out to be a total craphole? Who could have foreseen that someone on reality TV wasn't as genuine as he appeared. Nev, second cutest host in a set of two, posted a hilarious and/or poignant photo of himself in an "abuse free" elevator onto the Twitter today. Fun fact about Nev, he punched a girl in the face in college. At Sarah Lawrence University. She was trying to get him to stop taking photos of her kissing her partner. Fuuuucckkkkk. Next thing you'll tell me Roger Goodell had plenty of opportunities to see that video.
But all of this is just disappointment Funfetti on a disappointment cupcake. Guys, Taylor Swift is fighting with Katy Perry. And Taylor promised us it wasn't even about a guy! And I, sucker for the ages, believed her. I figured they had professional beef, which I totally understand. There was this bitch at my old restaurant who never mise en place-d properly and I would have loved the opportunity to shade her in Rolling Stone. Women fighting over business in the media is the next step in kicking through the glass ceiling, right? Nope, wrong.
Not only are Taylor Swift and Katy Perry* fighting over a guy, they are fighting over human wet sneeze, John Mayer. Of all the men in all the corners unnecessarily playing guitar in the world, they are fighting over John "David Duke dick" Mayer. Taylor, it wasn't supposed to be about a guy, and it's about the guy.
G train, Nev, Katy and Taylor most of all, I can't with you, so I'll hand the mic to Tyra:
*My mom mentioned Katy Perry three times this weekend. This cannot be a coincidence.
I am the worst liar. I just don't have the facial control. Fortunately, I'm awesome at spotting disgusting, cowardly liars, which is why I so appreciate the National Football League and the Baltimore Ravens' honesty.
The non-profit organization and it's Maryland branch bravely expelled worker Ray Rice just 30 weeks after Rice knocked his fiancé unconscious in an elevator and then dragged her body out of it. Commissioner, and natural blonde, Roger Goodell initially suspended Rice for two games and people were outraged. Fortunately, Goodell's flippancy about a league player's displaying such public and brutal domestic violence has been explained: Roger Goodell, everyone at the NFL, and everyone at the Balitmore Ravens' offices simply hadn't seen the 30 weeks old video.
Roger Goodell's assistant must be in really hot water. Goodell is out there doing God and George Washington's work, comissing the league, and it's like, can't someone just please take a look at his inbox or twitter feed or watch goddamn Sports Center or check his Facebook or texts or do a quick Google search on the people he's in charge of disciplining or something? Don't even get me started on the administrative staff of the Baltimore Ravens.
Ravens, NFL, I have a full time job, but I'd be happy to volunteer my time to help you guys clean up your voicemail and Outlook system. Simply using categories and filters could really be helpful. If you guys aren't more careful something really damning could have happened, like mistakenly sending the message that the National Football League doesn't give a single fuck about anything but the bottom line and that it puts such low value on human life that it assumes that no one else will give a single fuck about a vicious assault and might certainly be complicit in covering it up in the interest of touchdowns and ratings.
I sincerely hope that an oversight like this won't reflect badly on an organization that has time and time again displayed an unprecedented value for human life and especially the lives of the women attached to its players. And I sincerely hope there will be no adverse consequences for Roger Goodell, head Ravens' coach John Harbaugh, assistant head coach Jerry Rosburg, or anyone else who I'm sure was trying his very best.
Everything happens for a reason is hard to hear that when you're in the throes of a tragedy like a drunk girl dropping her phone on the subway tracks or the victim of a tsunami that hits the entire eastern part of your country. But morn not me in 2012 or all citizens the eastern half of Japan; your suffering is all part of a synchronicity that child and teen star Andrew Keegan keyed into and used to start his own religion. Zack Dell from Camp Nowhere, bless us all.
You see, Andrew Keegan or the guy from the fold out poster I hung on my wall after cutting it out of Tiger Beat has started his own religion based on the premise that all the world's suffering is synched up because he and two of his bros got mugged at the same time that 15,889 people perished, $34 billion worth of damage occurred, and nuclear reactors exploded in one of the largest tsunamis in recorded history hit Japan. Time truly is a flat circle and I for one am shocked. Not just because I would have pegged one or both of the Carter brothers as the heartthrob(s) from the late 90's / early aughts as the one(s) to start a cult. And not just because Larry Miller seemed to be the most natural spiritual leader of the cast of Ten Things I Hate About You. And not just because Keegan's followers seem to be people who got sidetracked on their way home from Coachella and those kinds of people usually hate hipster bullshit that includes crystals and a nostalgia-inspiring figurehead.
I'm shocked because it took this long for us to get a hot religious leader. What the heck, religious world? Buddha seems like a dad, depictions of Jesus are way too photo-shopped to tell, and I've never even seen an image of Muhammad. In terms of more modern leaders, David Miscavige is too intense, Manson too needy, Oprah is too unwilling to consistently lead. Finally, there's someone who knows how to smolder as he incites our spirits burn with fervor. And while I would prefer to follow Matt Camden of Seventh Heaven over Mary Camden-Rivera's cast-off, Wilson West, I'm in one hundred percent.
I was on the elliptical today watching ESPN because the news depresses me at the gym. Fortunately, ESPN showed a snippet of their "Outside the Lines"* interview with Redskins team owner, Daniel Snyder. He took this interview not to defend his team's shitty preseason performance but to defend his football team's name because it's a rich tradition and he has never met a Native American who objects to the name. He somehow missed the Oneida Indian Nation, the Hoh Indian Tribe, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and the other twenty tribes and fifty Native American groups protesting the name.
To be fair to Mr. Snyder, everyone understands the importance of tradition. The Native Americans slurred in his team name probably understand and appreciate tradition better than anyone. Their tradition is a little bit different than wearing another culture's ceremonial headdress to celebrate adult men giving each other concussions. Their tradition is one of persecution and subjugation under people who look and sound an awful like Dan Snyder. Different traditions, but both special in their own ways.
Dan Snyder's position is one of privilege**, standing on the field, wearing a shirt he was given for owning a team he inherited. He has never known poverty or being mistreated for the color of his skin.
But we learned today that, though it helps, you don't have to be a white man to enjoy privilege. CeeLo Green, songwriter of the ironically titled, "Fuck You" and previous co-host of The Voice pled no contest last Friday to giving a woman ecstasy during a dinner date. The woman alleges she was slipped the ecstasy, passed out, and woke up in CeeLo Green's bed the next morning***. A rape charge wasn't filed due to lack of evidence. Mr. Lo Green then tweeted the following:
Followed by: "If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! so WITH Implies consent," which I think means that awake, I'm allowed to decide but if I'm passed out (whether I got myself there or was helped by a spiked drink) I'm a hollow shell to be used as any man sees fit. Also, maybe that just being with a man means you're DTF. I slept through my inarticulate rapist classes in college, so I'm not sure if I even agreed to take them. The tweets and his account have since been deleted.
Bieber committed his crimes in Canada today, so i don't have a great celebrity candidate for abusing white privilege. Even without a figurehead, many of us enjoy the privilege of not being hassled by police just because of the color of our skin. We enjoy walking up to a porch looking for help when our cars break down without being shot to death. We enjoy the right to protest without being harassed and moved to multiple locations without being told why we were in police custody. Black Americans face a systematic betrayal by the American justice system day in and day out. I do not have the authority to speak about systematic racism but I will say that not shutting up about Ferguson (both the death of Michael Brown and the subsequent mistreatment of protesters there), Eric Garner, John Crawford, Ezell Ford, and countless others is key. Talk about all of it. If you're among the privileged, those conversations will be uncomfortable and guilt inducing. That's pretty small compared with being denied equal rights; privilege at its core. Enjoying a privilege denied to others is profiting from systematic prejudice. And tolerating any kind of privilege legitimizes all of it.
*Respect for ESPN's pun game.
** A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.
***To be fair, if CeeLo's date had never gone out with him or if she'd worn date rape drug detecting finger nail polish or not been audacious enough to have a vagina at all, she might have been fine.
Guys, it's taken me a long time to talk about this because betrayal is something I take really seriously. When I make an agreement with someone, especially when it's personal, it may as well be a blood oath.
A few months ago, I was in my bathroom inspecting my eyebrows. Sacred time. That's when I saw him. We locked eyes in the mirror and though I knew we'd never be in love, that moment changed what we were to each other and ourselves, forever. There was the face of the biggest cockroach in the world, staring from the linen cabinet directly behind me.
I am never great when I meet someone new. I froze and then slowly backed out of the bathroom, closing the door behind me and resolving to think about this in the morning, when I could stand it.
Over the next few weeks, a grudging respect grew between us. He stayed in or on the cabinet and I made a lot of noise before entering the bathroom. It wasn't comfortable, but it was honest. We had an understanding.
So you can imagine my heartbreak when I came into my apartment one night and found that my stalemate had turned into an out and out war. My giant cockroach roommate had stormed the beaches and was now standing on the blinds over my bed. My fidelity was for naught.
I picked up my Lavender Scented Raid* and went to town. Of course, because a roach is only that close to your bed in a personal Hell, he writhed and fell into a bunched up Snuggie I'd crammed into my windowsill to block out cold wind in the winter.
Two glasses of rosé, three hysterical phone calls, and thirty minutes later, I pulled out my bed, unbunched the Snuggie and found his still twitching body. I flushed him, crying both from disappointment in our broken gentlemen's agreement and ickiness, all the while thinking, "This must be how the President feels about Putin."
Since then, I've moved out and I've moved on. But when I see a cockroach now, I kill him instantly. I hate that I'm just not ready to trust again.
*So refreshing as you breathe in brain cell-killing poison.
Taylor Swift is the living embodiment of Voltaire's tragic hero, Candide, as surely as Selena Gomez is the incurably optimistic Pangloss[1]. Just as Candide begins his life in a castle so did Swift begin hers on a Christmas tree farm equally believing that this indeed was the "best of all possible worlds". We know Swift was as brutally ejected from this paradise as Candide was conscripted by the Bulgars, evidenced by the painful journey she takes us on in "White Horse".
Just as Candide loses everyone he loves in hellish, nightmarish ways (syphilis, war, enslavement, rape, shipwreck, etc.) so did Taylor Swift date John Mayer. Just as Candide had to murder, lie, steal, and starve to survive his tribulations, so did Taylor Swift endure Kanye at the 2009 VMAs.
Just as Candide had to journey to the lands of his enemies to pursue a love who had forsaken him, so did Taylor Swift survive that not super well-reviewed cameo in Valentine's Day. Just as Candide finds pessimism-spewing, shade-throwing philosopher, Martin, so has Taylor Swift befriended Suri Cruise.
And now we find ourselves on the other side of Swift's exhausting journey with the masterful "Shake It Off". Because indeed, the "Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate" for it is declared thusly in their name as it is with the players, heartbreakers, and the fakers. But at last with only the backbreaking work of her farm to occupy her time, Taylor has realized that she's "lightening on [her] feet", though others cannot see it. Just as Candide learns that toil is man's only way to find true joy so has Taylor Swift declared that she "can't stop, won't stop grooving". Worry not, people, that Taylor Swift stays out too late or goes on too many dates. Be not like, "oh my god", Taylor Swift's ex man's new girlfriend. Think not about the liars and the dirty, dirty cheats of this world, person listening to "Shake It Off". Taylor Swift has made it through countless trials and tribulations, recorded for posterity in the ballads born of her pain, but at last has learned, whether this is the best of all possible worlds or otherwise, it's best that Taylor Swift cultivate her own garden.
[1] Just as Pangloss retains his optimism through syphilis, losing an eye, nose tip, and an ear, countless enslavements, a hanging, and boredom on a farm, so has Selena Gomez gotten back with Justin Bieber, like, a lot of times.


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NY senators seek fracking delay to await key studyBy MICHAEL GORMLEY
The Associated Press | March 06,2013ALBANY, N.Y. A critical bloc in New Yorks Senate is calling for up to a two-year delay in hydraulic fracturing for natural gas until an independent health review known as the Geisinger study is completed.
The Independent Democratic Conference, which shares control of the Senate with Republicans, said the Geisinger study and two other reviews on drinking water must be completed before Gov. Andrew Cuomo settles the 5-year-old debate.
We have to put science first. We have to put the health of New Yorkers first, said Sen. David Carlucci, an IDC member representing Rockland and Westchester counties.
We cannot afford to make a mistake, said Sen. Diane Savino of Staten Island, another IDC member. We are going to do this the right way, or we are not going to do it all.
Powerful Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he plans an announcement Wednesday on the same topic. His chamber already calls for a two-year moratorium.
Andy Deubler, an executive vice president at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, which would conduct the study, said having results within a year would be a stretch. He said the study will be a 20-year project, broken into five-year segments, and not all the funding required is yet in hand.
Cuomo said late Monday that he hasnt given a deadline for the state health and environmental conservation commissioners he appointed to advise him on a decision on whether to drill for gas using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which injects a mix of water and chemicals thousands of feet underground to crack open shale and release natural gas.
We reject any call for further delay because the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Health Department are perfectly capable of protecting New Yorkers, said Jim Smith, spokesman for the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York. Further delay is a transparent attempt to stall, and theres no reason to stall based on science.
We believe the political forces are stronger than the scientific forces, and that is what is at play, Smith said.
Many federal and state regulators say fracking is safe when done properly and thousands of sites have few complaints of pollution. But environmental groups and some doctors say regulations still arent stringent enough and the practice can pollute ground water. The Marcellus Shale lies under parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discussed the Geisinger report in recent weeks with Cuomo, his former brother-in-law. Kennedy, brother of Cuomos ex-wife, Kerry, called the Geisinger report pivotal when he and several others spoke to Cuomo.
The conversation came at a time when the momentum to approve limited drilling brought Cuomo closer than ever to approving a limited number of wells that would be closely monitored, though Cuomo hadnt made a decision, according to two people familiar with Cuomos thinking at the time.
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Content material Delivery Network Firm Akamai Buys Content Acceleration Software program FastSoft
Content delivery network provider Akamai Technologies has acquired content material acceleration computer software FastSoft
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Content material delivery network provider Akamai Technologies announced on Thursday it has acquired content material acceleration computer software FastSoft for an undisclosed amount of cash.
FastSoft's content acceleration software will complement Akamai's cloud infrastructure options with technology for optimizing the throughput of video and other digital content material across IP networks.
This is the second major acquire for Akamai in less than a year following its acquisition in December of rival CDN provider Cotendo for $ 268 million.
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FastSoft's software consists of patented FastTCP algorithms to increase transmission control protocol, adding intelligence created to improve the speed of dynamic page views and file transfer downloads even though decreasing the effects of network latency and packet loss.
The technology has helped improve website and web application performance across the 1st and final miles, as nicely as by means of the cloud, all without having the need for client software program or browser plug-ins.
Combining FastSoft with Akamai's current network protocols is anticipated to assist enable Akamai to optimize server capacity, provide higher throughput for video, and bring greater efficiency to its worldwide platform.
"FastSoft has created exclusive acceleration software that is expected to be a powerful complement to Akamai," mentioned Bill Wheaton, senior vice president and general manager of media division at Akamai. "Their improvement group possesses comprehensive experience in sophisticated TCP technology that we think can money advance improve the delivery of wealthy media, as well as support future initiatives in the regions of mobile applications and cloud efficiency."
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The law of diminishing returns, which has afflicted so many comedy sequels over the years, strikes again in "Horrible Bosses 2," further proving that just…
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View image Dina Martina shows you how to organize, glamorize, accessorize, extemporize and festivize for Oscar. (photo by David Belisle)
A year later, Dina Martina is back to remind you of how you can make this year's Oscar festivities the most memorable ones of the year!
It's all about the party, people. This year, once again, I have turned to one of my eldest and dearest friends in the biz that we call show, the sparkling professional veteran entertainer Dina Martina (freshly returned from a USO Tour of P-Town), for party tips, decorating pointers, fashion commands and recipe notions. The GLAAD Media Award-nominated celebrity for Best Person in an Off-Off-Broadway Show (because she is glad, for "Dina Martina: Sedentary Lady"), Dina Martina can always be relied upon to present the finest advice in your area. Ladies and Gentlemen, the act you've known for all these years: The Oscar expertise goes to... Ms. Dina Martina!
* * * Dina Martina: Your Haute Guide to Entertaining Oscar-Style! * * *
by Dina Martina
It is now a very short time before the 2007th 2008th annual Academy Awards telecast graces billions of tiny silver screens around the world, and I'm as antsy as a kid in a china shop. I've made quite a reputation for myself over the years as a hostess who throws parties, and I'd love to share with you some of the finer points of how to throw an Academy Awards party that will leave your guests talking all the way through the Barbara Walters Special. Ready? Here goes!
1) Plastic Surgery.
All the stars are doing it (heck, Kenny Rogers is doing it and doing it and doing it), so why not you? I say, treat your face like you'd treat the fabled Red Carpet – remove the unsightly wrinkles by pulling it nice and tight before your guests arrive. Below the neck, however, I'm going against the grain this year by foregoing the requisite liposuction. All the other girls can be underfed fish in big ponds, but not me; I'm getting a tummy augmentation! The only way to stand out in sea of skin and bones is to fight lank with lard, and if it means I'll be noticed -- and remembered -- I'll be proud to resemble the Hindenburg, surrounded by skeletal, radio tower-looking waifs. Goodbye size 2, hello sleep apnea!
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2) Host your own "Red Carpet" segment on the front lawn.
Surprised? Excited? Confused? Well, my friend, studies reveal that the red carpet segment is everyone's fave part of the show anyway, and since I began including this Oscar staple in my party plan, attendance has steadily increased each year by an average of .8%! It makes your guests feel truly glamorous, and your PHQ (Party Host Quotient) just goes bonkers! But before you freak out over just how to successfully pull off this crucial portion of your gala, let me first plant a few seeds in your cranny regarding what I refer to as "RCNs," or Red Carpet Necessities:


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Within months of its original launch, Little Merry Sunshine gained a sizable audience. In March 2009, LMS was named one of Chicago's Best Blogs by the Chicago Tribune, which led to a prominent feature on the front page of online edition of the Tribune on April 17, 2009 (4 years and 7 months to the date prior to LMS joining ChicagoNow). And today, LMS joins the ChicagoNow family. The realization of a dream come true and one step closer to being published.
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Every human would be involuntarily sterilized or fed birth control from infancy. Becoming a parent would require a license that could only be obtained after going through a rigorous batch of qualifying exams. Parenthood would be a privelege granted only to the worthy, NOT a right of anyone with functional genitals. All unlicensed pregnancies would be terminated immediately. No appeal would be possible.
Licensed parents who proved incapable of the task of parenting properly would have their children removed immediately, and would be unable to get another license, ever. The children would be given to people who qualified for a parenting license, but proved incapable of producing children biologically.
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In the real world, no, I don't think the government should have a say in how a woman proceeds through childbirth. That's up to the woman--it is her body and her choice. At the point of birth, as far as I am concerned, the mother's opinions and life are more valuable than the infant's. She should be free to do with them what she will.
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DALLAS -- It all began in this city for Texas A&M coach Gary Blair, literally. He was born and raised in Dallas, graduating from high school in 1963, the year JFK was assassinated here.
He served time in the Marines, then went to Texas Tech and played baseball. In 1973, he started coaching the South Oak Cliff High girls' team in Dallas. It was a job not many would have wanted, but Blair saw something in the sport that captured his imagination as a certified sports junkie. He recognized what was beautiful about a sport with such growth potential.
And Tuesday, in the biggest women's basketball game ever played in Dallas, Blair saw his life come full circle: He's taking Texas A&M to the program's first women's Final Four. The No. 2 seed Aggies upset No. 1 Baylor 58-46 in an all-Big 12 battle at the Dallas Regional final.
Blair, who previously was a head coach at Stephen F. Austin and Arkansas, draws a "plus" sign in magic marker on the back of his hand before games, as a reminder to stay positive with his team. At one point late in Tuesday's game, he saw the plus had started to smudge, so he drew it again.
"I told myself, 'Baylor's going to make a run, can we answer?'" Blair said. "And I looked up in the stands, and there were so many people there. I had my old high school players there, my Stephen F. Austin players, even one of the Arkansas players was there. And it felt so good. This is where it all started for me. I love my city, right here."
There was a loud, passionate crowd of 11,508 at American Airlines Arena, which is about an hour-and-a-half drive from Baylor's campus in Waco, and 3½ hours from Texas A&M in College Station. The yellow and gold of Baylor slightly outnumbered the maroon of Texas A&M in this downtown Dallas arena. But by game's end, it was the Aggies who predominated, as they stuck around for the net-cutting celebration.
This is Blair's second Final Four as a head coach; he took Arkansas that far in 1998. Inexplicably, Arkansas decided it wanted to go a different direction and basically held the door open for Blair to leave. Texas A&M was very glad to get him for the 2003-04 season, and he has taken a program that was once the dregs of the Big 12 and led it to a chance at a national championship.
Texas A&M will meet Spokane No. 1 seed Stanford in the national semifinals in Indianapolis on Sunday (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET) and will try to do to the Cardinal what the Aggies did defensively to Baylor on Tuesday. Which is, essentially, shut them down with defense.
Associate head coach Vic Schaefer is the Aggies' defensive guru, and his scheme this time against Baylor and center Brittney Griner was to have Danielle Adams behind her and Tyra White in front of her.
"Tyra was tremendous helping me on Brittney," said Adams, who along with Griner was named an Associated Press first team All-American on Tuesday. "Coach Schaefer is the god of defense, and we try to make him happy every game. We don't do it often, but I'm sure he's happy tonight."
Considering this effort followed the Aggies' 79-38 semifinal victory over Georgia, yes, you could say Schaefer was pleased with those back-to-back defensive showcases.
"This is the best effort I've ever been a part of," Schaefer said. "Our kids are an intelligent group. They have a great understanding of how people want to score. So what we've done all year long, no matter what we've been in -- man or zone -- we take away how they want to score."
Baylor, which won the 2005 NCAA title and went to the Final Four last season, had defeated Texas A&M in their past eight consecutive meetings -- including three times this season by three, nine and three points. On Tuesday, though, Baylor was in trouble all game. The Lady Bears seemed short on most shots -- including a dunk attempt center Brittney Griner missed in the first half when she lost the ball as she grabbed the rim -- and nothing came easily on offense.
It was Baylor's second-lowest point total of the season, just ahead of the 45 points the Lady Bears scored in their lone Big 12 regular-season loss, at Texas Tech. Griner, who had 40 points in Baylor's regional semifinal win Sunday over Green Bay, had half that total against Texas A&M, coming on 6-of-18 shooting. Guard Melissa Jones, in her final game for Baylor, scored 13 and hit the Lady Bears' only 3-pointer of the game with just 1:32 remaining.
Baylor shot 31.3 percent from the field (15-of-48) and made just 15 of 25 free throws. The Lady Bears had 20 turnovers to seven assists. In all three previous victories this season over Texas A&M, Baylor also had a negative assist-to-turnover ratio. The difference was, in those games, the Lady Bears shot the ball better.
Jones, who valiantly competed the past month despite little or no vision in her right eye, is the only senior who gets much playing time. This is a young Baylor squad, and it showed Tuesday..
"At some point, your youth surfaces," Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. "Some of the things we've been able to get away with through the course of [the season], you're not going to be able to get away with when you play a team four times."
Yet despite their offensive struggles, the Lady Bears were within seven points of Texas A&M with 3 minutes, 5 seconds left.
"Kim was probably over there thinking, 'They've choked every time late in the game, this is our time,'" Blair said. "But we didn't choke this time. We made the plays."
In fact, Texas A&M senior guard Sydney Colson made two huge plays in a row. She was fouled by Griner on a drive to the basket and hit both free throws. Then Colson picked off a pass for a breakaway layup on which she was fouled and converted the three-point play. That gave the Aggies a 12-point lead with 2:41 left that they did not relinquish.
The Aggies' experienced backcourt of Colson (12 points, 4 assists, 5 steals) and junior Sydney Carter (team-high 22 points) played 40 minutes apiece to lead the Aggies (31-5).
"We came out with that confidence and aggressive attitude that we normally have," Carter said. "We started like we did against them in the Big 12 [final]. But this time we kept it up."
Baylor freshman point guard Odyssey Sims had a rough game, much like what Meighan Simmons had for Tennessee in the Lady Vols' loss to Notre Dame on Monday. Both rookies were so good all season, but they struggled in the Elite Eight. Sims missed all six of her shots from the field, finishing with two points on foul shots.
"The difference in the game was guard play," said Baylor coach Kim Mulkey. "We'll get better; we had a great year."
Indeed, Baylor won the Big 12 regular-season and tournament titles. But Texas A&M won the meeting between the two that mattered the most.
In 2008, Texas A&M made the Elite Eight and had a lead on Tennessee, but went cold in the final six minutes and lost. This time, the Aggies did not flounder with the Final Four in sight.
"I know Coach Blair is probably more excited than anybody," said Adams, who had just six points but made her impact more on defense. "We did this through him. We played them three times before and didn't quite get over that hump. But tonight, we gave it our all and played our hearts out."
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Today's Super Smash Bros. Brawl update describes a few techniques that never made it into the instructions manual. These small tips might really help your game.
Ukemi can be used when a hit sends you flying. If you tap the shield button just before you hit the ground, you will slow yourself right down and flip back to your feet.
Perfect shield is where you activate your shield just before a blow hits you. You'll recover from it instantly, meaning you can counterattack right away.
Do I look silly in this hat?
Do you rely on the same moves over and over again to win matches? Think again, stale-move negation means that over time repeated moves will dish out less damage.
That move is so last week.
When your move barely touches an opponent it's called a glancing blow. These will barely have any effect and your opponent won't flinch.
If you find yourself in the water you can swim for a short period of time. How long depends on your damage meter.
Help! This is my best tie!
Small jump is an important technique where you can control the height of your jumps. Using this you can often jump your opponent's attack, but still be near enough to counter quickly.
You rack disciprine.
This might sting a little.
Eating on the floor is just what it sounds like. Tapping A while you're lying down you can grab nearby food without even standing. Caution: This move can lead to indigestion.
Ohh I've got stomach cramps.
A number of fighters in Brawl have the ability to reflect projectiles back at their opponents. Doing this increases the potential damage it will cause. If you bounce it back and forth too much though, someone's reflector is sure to break, giving them a bad time.
Fox sees Stars.
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Aeth said:
Well with the game now out this little update is more useful than a lot of people might think. Tells us the new things we can do and explains things better. Also might explain a few things like "Why are my attacks suddenly getting weaker" or "How did the computer do that?" questions people might be currently asking.
SSB4LIFE said:
So that's what swimming is! Cool update, there were some interesting new techniques.
neil said:
Fox sees stars? Pun skills.
ToTaLgAmEr said:
So this is the thing about swimming, I don't know how much good it will do but cool update.
YoshLee said:
Yoshi's like judo FLIP.
Ultigonio said:
Dude, why did you capitalize the 'S' in Sta? oh :0.
Diddy Kong Lover said:
Cool I still wish Bowser Jr was a character though.
ganon man 62 said:
I new all of these except for the reflector one. Ukemi=Teching. Stale move negation=stale moves. Small jump=short hop.
insultman911 said:
I like swimming.
insultman911 said:
Put Charizard in the water, see how he reacts.
Joewii29 said:
Pit is going to be awesome, it said he can reflect with his angel ring and mirror shield.
Wii Freak said:
The move of fox is how I got sandbag so far.
luwiigi said:
All of these updates look helpful to me.
Senpai said:
Snake straddling a grape bunch, classic.
DKX900 said:
What about Wavedashing?
TruBlu said:
You rack discipline! I lol'd at that. This update was pretty awesome.
doglover said:
Is that indigestion part on the second to last one a joke or can your character really get indigestion on the game?
#1 Peach Fan said:
It kind of helps.
Ultigonio said:
Wavedashing was a glitch, not a programmed technique.
Nintendoof said:
More like feasting on the floor SNAAAKE.
Plaugefiend said:
Charizard=Death for the poor guy in water. Well, at least in the old pokemon games.
Lucario said:
The swimming thing is cool. I always hated when you couldn't swim at great bay in Melee.
Yacht Club Games Interview
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Reggie Fils-Aime Talks Nintendo Third Party Woes
Who needs Call of Duty when you have Mario and Zelda
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I'm excited as well Zach! And thanks Rob, expect more to come! ... Yacht Club Games Interview
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The Wii U is certainly unique - no question about that. Regarding third-party support, I'd make a distinction ... Reggie Fils-Aime Talks Nintendo Third Party Woes
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Nice one Matt, good interview. ... Yacht Club Games Interview
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Is there anyone that doesn't like cake? Not only are cakes a lot of fun to eat, but sometimes they're just as much fun to look at! Shows like 'Food Network Challenge,' 'Ace of Cakes,' and 'Cake Boss' are popular because of the amazing creations the bakers are able to come up with. We happen to have some equally-as-impressive cake decorators right here in our area.
Crazy Local News Stories From the Quincy / Hannibal Area
It's always fun to read crazy news stories. Stupid criminals and bizarre incidents make headlines across the country. Sometimes they happen in our own backyard. Here are some of the craziest local news stories the Quincy/Hannibal area has seen in the last few years.
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Looking for something fun to do with your kids? Here are a few ideas of fun things for kids to do in the Quincy/Hannibal area.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month across the nation, but locally, many groups and organizations are planning events to raise awareness, raise funds, and to honor breast cancer patients and survivors.
'Gone Girl' is a Hit at the Box Office – What Should I Do First, Read the Book or See the Movie?
'Gone Girl' is a hit. The new thriller starring Ben Affleck became the No. 1 movie in the U.S. last weekend, beating out 'Annabelle,' the sequel to 'The Conjuring.' I did not see 'Gone Girl' during its opening weekend, but it's a movie I'm interested in watching. On the other hand, it might be a better idea to read the book before seeing the movie.
Man Will Walk Across Chicago on a Tightrope While Blindfolded
People have been doing crazy stunts forever. Probably for as long as there have been people.There was a great special about Harry Houdini on the History Channel not long ago, and one of the his stunts they highlighted was when Houdini jumped off a bridge in St. Louis and into a hole cut in the frozen Mississippi River... with his hands shackled and body covered in chains. Dangerous stunts aren't new, but they're always making headlines. It has been announced that the "king of the high wire" is going to walk across a tightrope 50 stories high in Chicago... while blindfolded.
Horror Movies on Netflix – Recommendations for October
Is there a better time than October to watch scary movies? Even those of us fans that enjoy them year-round seem to particularly like watching horror movies around Halloween. Most of the cable TV channels amp up their horror programming at this time of the year, and Netflix has some pretty decent choices (and a few not-so-decent choices) for streaming
Big Pink Volleyball Tournament to Benefit Blessing Breast Center Fund
The Kroc Center is inviting the community to participate in their upcoming Big Pink Volleyball Tournament to benefit local breast cancer patients.
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Lifetime will debut a new series called 'The Sisterhood' in November. The show will follow five women who are considering taking religious vows to become Catholic nuns. One of the women, Claire Halbur, is a 26-year-old from Joliet, Illinois. She was brought up in a devout Catholic home, and serves as a a parish music minister.


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Pilot House at Sebasco Harbor Resort
PO Box 75 Sebasco Estates, ME US 04565
Open daily* for breakfast & dinner from mid-May to mid-October Dinner seatings begin at 5:30 pm.� *The Pilot House is closed on Sunday throughout the season. During July and August, please join us for our special Sunday dining event in the Cornelius Room.
207-389-1161, 877-389-1161
From its intimate oceanfront setting, the Pilot House at Sebasco Harbor Resort offers the most spectacular coastal view in Maine. All that – and the food is wonderful too! Maine's fresh flavors are our culinary focus and the Pilot House provides the best of what the Midcoast region has to offer – all with creative, healthy and delicious results.
The Pilot House celebrates and updates regional American heirloom recipes. We take great pride in supporting local and regional organic farmers, lobstermen, fishermen, cheesemakers, dairy farmers, cattle ranchers and producers. As a result, we cook food that recaptures the simple and pure tastes found in locally grown, natural and sustainably harvested ingredients.
Because we support local farmers and strive to raise awareness of sustainable food systems, our menu changes seasonally.
Our progressive wine list is designed to please both novices and wine enthusiasts and our well-trained staff is happy to offer suggestions to fit your palate and budget.
"Resort casual" attire is requested in the Pilot House Restaurant.
To make dining reservations please call the resort at 207-389-1161.
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An immaculately presented four bedroom semi-detached family home in a superb location in East Dulwich with easy access to East Dulwich Station, the amenities on Lordship Lane and also the picturesque Dulwich Village. The home has been lovingly finished with thick pile carpets to the bedrooms and ... More details ›
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86.03 sq. metres (926 sq. ft). Available Now. A beautifully refurbished and very well proportioned three bedroom semi detached family house situated in the heart of East Dulwich. With a good sized reception to the front and with an open plan modern fitted kitchen / dinning area with french doors ... More details ›
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Get expert insight on the Museum of Modern Art's collection!
Rebecca Goyette, a MoMA educator, will lead an interactive talk about modern and contemporary African American artists from the museum's collection. The illustrated talk will feature artists such as Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence and Kara Walker.
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In its Nov. 7, 2014 meeting, the Utah State Board of Education:
Brad Smith Sworn in as State Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Utah State Board of Education voted to appoint Ogden School District Superintendent Brad C. Smith as Utah's 25th Superintendent of Public Instruction. Following the vote Smith was sworn in by Utah State Board of Education Chairman David L. Crandall. Smith will begin his duties on Nov. 10.
Smith has been superintendent in Ogden since 2011. Before that he was a member of the Ogden School Board and an attorney. Smith replaces Martell Menlove as State Superintendent. Menlove retired in August. Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Superintendent Joel Coleman has been serving as interim superintendent since then.
emilie[dot]wheeler[at]schools[dot]utah[dot]gov(Emilie Wheeler), Board Communication Specialist, at (801) 707-8421.
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The Utah State Board of Education added a request for $10 million in ongoing funding to help fund special education intensive services and $300,000 in one-time monies for an office space/building feasibility study on the Utah State Office of Education building in Salt Lake City. Both items were added, along with a doubling of the funding request for dual immersion schools to the Board's existing funding priority requests for the 2015 general session of the Utah Legislature.
For Additional Information
brad[dot]smith[at]schools[dot]utah[dot]gov(Brad C. Smith), State Superintendent of Public Instruction, at (801) 538-7510.
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The Utah State Board of Education has preliminarily approved draft revisions to the standards for the seventh grade class "College and Career Awareness" and is sending them out for public comment before final approval.
The Board also preliminarily approved draft revisions to Rule R277-608 Prohibition of Corporal Punishment in Utah's Public Schools and draft Least Restrictive Behavior Interventions Guidelines and is sending them out for public comment as well.
sherry[dot]marchant[at]schools[dot]utah[dot]gov(Sherry Marchant), Career Connections Specialist, at (801) 538-7594.
thalea[dot]longhurst[at]schools[dot]utah[dot]gov(Thalea Longhurst), CTE Coordinator, at (801) 538-7889.
glenna[dot]gallo[at]schools[dot]utah[dot]gov(Glenna Gallo), Special Education Director, at (801) 538-7757.
judy[dot]park[at]schools[dot]utah[dot]gov(Judy Park), Associate Superintendent for Student Services and Federal Programs, at (801) 538-7550.
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The Utah State Board of Education voted to approve updates to General Financial Literacy standards in accordance with a statute enacted by the 2014 Utah Legislature. The approval came following a period of public comment. The revised standards include:
dawn[dot]stevenson[at]schools[dot]utah[dot]gov(Dawn Stevenson), Student Services Educational Coordinator, at (801) 538-7851.
The Utah State Board of Education gave preliminary approval to the following new rule and rule change. Final approval will likely come during the Board's December 5 meeting:
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The Utah State Board of Education formed a task force to study Rule 277-419 Pupil Accounting in light of changing means of acquiring education, including traditional classrooms, online instruction and distance education, among others. The Board received for further study the report from the task force.
bruce[dot]willaims[at]schools[dot]utah[dot]gov(Bruce D. Williams), Associate Superintendent for Business and Operations, at (801) 538-7514.
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The Utah State Board of Education approved the consent calendar.
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Paul Ehrlich came up with an explanation for cellular interactions based on receptors, earning a Nobel Prize and the title "Father of Modern Immunology"—only to have his theory forgotten.
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