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A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute has revealed that religious Americans think a financial scandal is worse than a sexual one.
The poll was conducted in the wake of several high-profile cases of politicians making headlines for their sexual behavior, including U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., who resigned after he lied about sexually explicit texts he sent to women he met online. More than 90% of respondents say that a public official taking a bribe is an "extremely" or "very serious" moral problem; more than 80% say the same for a politician who cheats on taxes. But fewer than 70% of Americans polled say it's a serious moral problem for a public official to have sex with a prostitute. The poll also discovered that people were bothered more about a politician lying to cover up a sex scandal than about the transgression itself.
Daniel Cox, PRRI's research director, said of the findings, "There's a dramatic difference when people are evaluating public officials' financial versus sexual misbehavior. A significant number of folks think they can separate public officials' personal and public lives." He believes that people tend to think of sexual misbehavior as personal, and therefore private.
Should religious Americans differentiate between misconduct in this way? And why do you think scandals involving sex are not believed to be as serious as financial ones?
Americans are amazingly tolerant of sexual indiscretions. Going all the way back to when Grover Cleveland was president in the 19th century, he was accused (rightfully so, I think) of fathering an illegitimate child. But he still was elected to a second term. (Interestingly, he is the only president who served two terms non consecutively. After his first term, someone else was elected for four years. Then Cleveland was re-elected to his second term.)
Should "religious Americans" be more critical of those who wander sexually? I don't think so. First of all, to quote Jesus when the woman was caught in adultery, "Let whoever is without sin cast the first stone" (John 8:7).
And in another context, Jesus says that whoever even looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery in his heart. Now I won't want to sound like Jimmy Carter, who admitted to having lustful feelings for someone not Rosalyn; but who hasn't admired the physique of someone to whom he/she is not married?
In my book, sexual infidelity is still a bad thing and shouldn't happen, but in a strange way, I think the American public has a mature outlook on those who wander from the marriage bed. Again, they shouldn't wander; but happily, we've come a long way since the writing of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." And there are much worse things, I believe, for which elected officials should be held accountable.
There is a comparison I have seen that seems to make the point that personal morality in the sexual realm is not necessarily indicative of that person's ability to be a good leader. There are three men. One drinks a quart of liquor every day, one cheats on his wife regularly, and one is a vegetarian. Which man would you choose as your leader? The drinker was Winston Churchill, the man who cheated on his wife was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the vegetarian was Adolf Hitler.
Happy moralizing!
The Rev. Skip Lindeman
La Cañada Congregational Church
La Cañada Flintridge
The problem with these distinctions is that they are not particularly helpful, even though the poll pretends to separate transgressions into "bad" and "not so bad as all that." We all have in us the potential to live into the best or the worst of who we are, genetically, physically, intellectually and emotionally. Some of the same qualities that drive us to succeed (however you define that for yourself) make us vulnerable to the bad decisions that take us down that slippery slope to ignominy.
For example, the type of person who becomes a politician is often someone people would like to look up to as capable of making a difference and doing great things. We want to believe their promises. We write them letters appealing to their morality. We encourage our politicians to be the best persons they can be in difficult situations. The world needs great role models; but alas, our politicians are an inconsistent source of greatness and moral fortitude.
It takes a very self-aware politician (preferably surrounded by truth-telling friends and family) to take the admiration and affirmation s/he receives with balance. It is easy for the non-self-aware politician to become addicted to admiration and affirmation, and to begin to seek it out in unhealthy venues. The slide into lust or greed is probably dependent on personality type, which is why the poll is useless.
Rather than judging the people we have elected to public office, we would do well to turn this analysis on ourselves: Have I ever needed something to the point of hurting/manipulating/guilting others into getting it? Have I ever felt like I have broken my own moral code so badly that I am hiding and keeping secrets?
If the answer is sometimes/mostly/often "yes", then the Holy Spirit may be trying to get your attention. Remember that God wants us to live fully, with health and wholeness. Jesus never said that when you find yourself at the bottom of the slippery slope, you have to stay there. He'll put you back at the top. Your spiritually healthy, truth-telling faith family can help you keep your balance.
The Rev. Paige Eaves
Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church
I'm not really surprised by the results of this poll, since I believe I understand why financial misdeeds among politicians are generally perceived to be worse than sex scandals. We elect our public officials to represent us in various levels of government and serve our interests; we give these officials significant responsibilities, and trust that as recipients of our tax dollars, they will work on our behalf in an honest and effective manner.
Violating this trust through corruption in their public lives — by taking bribes that influence their votes, or by cheating on the taxes that we all must pay as citizens — in essence breaks the sacred agreement that was made when elected. While we would certainly like our politicians to be morally upstanding individuals in all areas, we often understand — and often forgive — if they fail in their personal lives. What is unforgivable is taking advantage of the public trust in the performance of their official duties. That is a sin the American people will not overlook.
In my opinion, the most interesting revelation of this poll is that the people surveyed were more bothered by a politician's lying to cover up a sex scandal than by the wrongdoing itself. This speaks volumes about the character of the American people. As a whole, we are a very forgiving nation. We understand that our politicians are not angels, but imperfect human beings who can fail and commit moral sins. What most of us cannot understand or forgive is when an elected official tries to cover up inexcusable behavior by shamelessly lying to us, assuming that we are a bunch of fools who will actually believe outlandish stories.
The Bible relates that King David took Bathsheba as his wife by commanding her husband's death via abandonment during a heated battle. David was subsequently confronted by Nathan the prophet, who rebuked him for his inexcusable behavior. Instead of justifying his actions, King David accepted full responsibility and repented for his misdeeds for the rest of his life. I would suggest that politicians heed the example set by King David. Never betray the public trust. Stay true to your moral bearings — and if you fail, come clean by admitting your failure and sincerely asking for forgiveness. Doing otherwise is a recipe for political suicide.
Rabbi Simcha Backman
Chabad Jewish Center
So a recent poll concludes that scandals involving sex are not as serious as financial ones. I do agree — if illegal behavior is not involved. But not from my own spiritual values.
Illegal behavior overall can affect professional integrity. One can be a sexual being and have a certain way they conduct their sexuality in various forms. But when one displays misconduct in their profession by lying, cheating, or stealing, this demonstrates a lack of professional trustworthiness. The personal lives of those who are not devout do not always have much to do with their professional position, unless they do something illegal, or break the legal and ethical codes of their profession.
I understand why people separate personal lives (i.e. sexual behavior) from professional life ( i.e. illegal conduct). Putting my own morality aside, it makes sense to me. Lying absolutely does affect a professional position. What one does personally, as long as it is not illegal and does not affect their job and duty to the public and/or those they serve, is completely separate to me. I think religious people are beginning to put their own spiritual judgment aside and are looking frankly at this as a professional issue. The statistics demonstrate the ability of those who deem themselves religious to look objectively at situations such as these. I don't think Americans are putting their own spiritual values into this poll; they answered with an unbiased analysis. Using the example of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y, was he engaging with a prostitute? In New York, sex with a prostitute is a misdemeanor, punishable by one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. That would be a professional problem.
So my stance? Financial misconduct and dishonesty are more serious than sexual misconduct — unless that sexual transgression breaks the law.
The Rev. Kimberlie Zakarian
Kimberlie Zakarian Therapy
I don't see it as a matter of sex vs. finances; I think it's a matter of whether or not an offense is related to a politician's official function.
Taking a bribe is a directly job-related sin; cheating on taxes, since politicians are government employees, is also job-related; cheating on a spouse is not related to their work performance at all. If they were using public funds to go on boondoggles with their lover, that would be bad. A legislator having sex with a lobbyist would be bad; the same person having sex with their next-door neighbor wouldn't bother me at all.
If I were the sexually wayward politician's confessor, we'd be having serious talks about sin, repentance, amendment of life and absolution. If I were their therapist, we'd be having serious talks about root causes of their behavior. If I were their friend, I'd probably be smacking them upside the head and asking, "What were you thinking?" And if I were their wife, I'd call my lawyer and head for the door.
But I'm not any of those things; all I am is a member of the general public who may or may not have voted this person into office. As such, all I care about is whether they're doing the job they were elected to do, and doing it well and right. Their personal foibles outside the scope of their office are none of my concern.
No employer giving a job performance review would look into whether or not their employee recycles at home, cheats at cards, kicks the dog or volunteers at the soup kitchen. Whatever good or ill you thought about whatever personal morality you knew about, it would not enter into your evaluation of their job performance.
The public is the 'employer' of politicians; so the scope of what we should be judging them for is limited to whether or not they do their job well — period.
The Rev. Amy Pringle
St. George's Episcopal Church
La Cañada Flintridge
Let's see.
A family-values Republican is caught in a "wide stance." A Democratic man of the people who has recently pledged his body and soul exclusively to another Democrat who is carrying his child is caught displaying his body to everyone in the online universe. A politician who tells the poor to bootstrap it and belt-tighten robs the taxpayers.
Which is more repellent to me? Too close to call.
But gay sex (not sexual behavior in public toilets, of course) is legal. Promiscuous, unfaithful, tacky sexual behavior is legal.
Cheating on your taxes and violating campaign finance laws are illegal.
So I'm not surprised people are less concerned about sex than finances — the gap should be greater.
Yes, your sex life should be private, but you should be smart enough, and psychologically healthy enough, not to conduct it in public — and especially not on the Internet. It is in this arena that people, religious or not, need to demand better of their politicians.
Roberta Medford
Each kind of misconduct (the biblical word is "sin") produces its own unique consequences. It affects both culprit and the people around him in different ways. And I believe that's why people, including people of faith, differentiate between the kinds of misconduct that have been committed. The thinking goes like this: If an elected official is involved in a sexual scandal, maybe he'll destroy his marriage or his credibility, but it doesn't directly affect his constituency that much. It's his personal problem. But if he misuses the tax money taken out of my paycheck, then we have a problem. If he has an affair, that's his problem, but if he lies to me, then it's personal. In essence, we differentiate on the basis of how it directly affects us.
I'm not saying we should think this way. So how does Scripture say we should approach the sin of others? First, we need to realize that we all struggle with different kinds of sin. We all need the grace and forgiveness that God offers through faith in the work Jesus did for us on the cross. Certainly we should take the logs out of our own eyes. God instructs us to confront others' sin in love, allowing the opportunity for their repentance. This having been accomplished, reconciliation and restoration should follow. In situations where the public trust has been grossly violated, and when reputation has been damaged to the point that the person no longer has the credibility to be effective, a time of removal may be necessary. But short of that, public exercises of grace and forgiveness would make life a lot nicer for all of us.
Pastor Jon Barta
Valley Baptist Church
I was not totally shocked to learn that Americans polled by the Public Religion Research Institute made a distinction between the practice of morality by politicians in relation to sexual and financial transgressions. As the pollsters suggested, the distinction made by respondents seemed to be in the difference between the public and private lives of these politicians, not about the relative importance of sexual or financial misconduct.
Politicians are elected by voters to act in the best interests of their constituents, and their actions can affect large numbers of people either positively or negatively. Consequently, they are expected to hold themselves to a higher standard as representatives of those who elected them and the general population. In fact, misconduct by politicians in the financial arena can bring about the collapse of a country. In their private lives, their actions affect a much smaller number of people and may cause damage on a more limited scale.
I was also not surprised that the same respondents saw lying about a sexual indiscretion as more serious than the act itself. When politicians are elected, they pledge that they will uphold the trust that people have placed in them. Consequently, a breach of trust is a serious matter. Trust is a value that spans the distance between both our public and private lives and needs to be expected in both venues. To lie about one's actions to save face in either public or private life is reprehensible.
What I am not saying in this response is that sexual misconduct is to be condoned in either public or private life. But I believe that a politician can behave ethically in his or her role as a representative of constituents while living in a different way as a sexual human being. As a person of faith, my hope is that we will all act in the most ethical ways we can. But as Unitarian Universalist minister Forrest Church said, "We are guilty by reason of humanity."
The Rev. Dr. Betty Stapleford
Unitarian Universalist Church of the Verdugo Hills
La Crescenta


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Heartbreaking video: Man caught abandoning dog on the side of the road
A Texas man who was seen on video abandoning a 1-year-old dog on the side of the road is facing animal cruelty charges.
Cameras installed by the Dallas Marshal's Office caught Gorge Spears leaving a dog by the side of the road in southern Dallas on Monday. Spears turned himself in to police after a warrant was issued for his arrests in Dallas County.
"It broke our hearts to see what happened to sweet little Claira-Belle," said Maura Davies, vice president of communications for SPCA of Texas. "She has found a new and loving home where she can live out the rest of her life."
The SPCA of Texas said Spears admitted to dumping the dog when he turned himself in, stating his sister wanted to get rid of the dog because she couldn't control her. Spears could face up to a year in prison and a fine up to $4,000.
Davies added witnesses who saw Spears' dump the dog helped with the arrest by speaking to SPCA and police.
"It is so important for people to report suspected animal cruelty," Davies said. "It's so helpful to have people contact us directly."
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Icon Toyota FJ44 For SalePosted in News on May 14, 2013
What's a classic four wheel drive vehicle worth, and for that matter, should it be worth as much as a super car? That's a tough question when you consider all the things a super car can do, things like going fast and.. well, that's pretty much it. When it comes to classic iron four wheel drive trucks and SUV's, we think sometimes they should be worth at least that much!
Obviously some off-road restoration jobs are pretty questionable for the asking price but some of them can put manufactures to shame with the amount of attention to detail in their work. Take Johnathan Ward, owner of Icon 4x4, for instance, the amount of work that he puts into just one of his trucks just boggles the mind. So when we learned that they were selling one of their slightly used Toyota four-door FJ44 Land Cruisers, we knew we had to take a closer look at what makes their trucks so popular.
This particular Spruce Green FJ44 is based off a 1972 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser but the differences between it and the FJ40 are quite evident even upon first glance. The FJ44's wheelbase has been stretched to accommodate the two extra doors for more passenger capacity than the old ones ever had. With all that extra weight, Icon 4x4 needed an engine that was tough as nails but could still provide relative reliability as a daily driver so it's no surprise that they stuffed the FJ44's engine bay with a 6.0L LS2 V8 that pumps out 420 horsepower and 470 pound feet of torque to get the big beast moving down the road!
Since rowing your own gears is way more fun than letting a slush-box dictate when shifting should occur, Icon 4x4 installed a five-speed manual transmission which is mated to an Atlas II transfer case for better gearing whether out wheeling tight technical trails or hitting the highway to get there.
Some of the coolest options that Icon integrates into it's custom fleet of FJ44's is a ceramic coated exhaust, heated seating for four with Chilewich textiles, insulated Mercedes canvas soft top (which we imagine is not cheap by any means), LED front & Rear auxiliary lighting, X-Jack, and a full size roof rack with a built in ladder. There are also tons of little time consuming detail items pretty much everywhere you look on the truck. From the billet door handles and foot pedals to the ARB air lockers in the front and rear differentials, no expenses are spared when Icon builds its unique rigs.
If you have deep enough pockets and love classic 4x4's with modern amenities, you can have this very FJ44 for a measly $157,000! Yeah, that's a tough number to swallow. At just about 3 times the cost of a new Ford SVT Raptor, the FJ44 seems like it's quite a bit expensive, that is, until you realize all the work and elbow grease that goes into Icon 4x4's vehicles.
The big question is, is it worth it? That depends - how much are you're willing to spend to have the perfect off road vehicle that can handle pretty much any situation while still looking like a million bucks.. or in this case, 157,000 bucks!


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To the discovery of ancient cultures linked to the world of horses
After the great success of the 2008 edition, with a record-breaking number of spectators (over 150 thousand, up 4% on the previous year), Fieracavalli - International Horse Festival continues its world tour promoting the world of horses.
The event hosted more than 700 exhibitors from 25 countries, 880 journalists and 2,500 animals on an overall surface of 350 thousand square meters, and confirmed itself as an international reference point for horse lovers and those who are just starting.
It is the ability to represent the entire equestrian world that makes of Fieracavalli the most prestigious of all the horses' world, the sports and the collateral initiatives that communicate its passion. The Verona show fulfils every curiosity: from the renowned Rolex FEI World Cup to the thrilling Barrel Racing, from conformationto evening shows, every year this event increases the number of competitions.
The Arab Horse Exhibition is one of this year's key events, featuring folklore, past, history and a long list of spectacular attractions.
The Arab horse has a dedicated space within Fieracavalli, where visitors will be captured by the myths that have always accompanied this wonderful animal. Thanks to the beauty and elegance of its forms, the Arab has become an aesthetic point of reference for experts and amateurs alike, and turned the Arab Horse Exhibition into a very appealing section of the long-running event. 150 purebred Arabians bred in excellent studs from all over Europe are the eagerly awaited guests of the European Championship. ECAHO (European Conference of Arab Horse Organization) decided to entrust the organization of the championship for the seventh time to ANICA, the Italian Arabian Horse Association, which finds in Fieracavalli the ideal partner and showcase. Six international judges will be called to score the competing horses and choose the European Champion for each category. There will be many important studs, VIPs from the Arab world and showbiz people who share the same passion. Demonstrations of conformation, elegance and ability will be accompanied by the atmospheric scenery designed for Aida, which Fondazione Arena di Verona kindly lends to Fieracavalli.
The novelty for this year will be the First Italian Conformation Cup, dedicated to excellent horses born and bred in Italy. The competition will consist of 4 categories (colts up to 3 years old, fillies up to 3 years old, stallions aged 3 and over, mares aged 3 and over) which will be scored on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th by one single judge. The ANICA-registered purebred Arabian horses will also compete in some Western riding specialities: WESTERN PLEASURE, where the horse must show off his/her horse at walking pace, trotting and galloping over the four sides of the arena and in both directions. The horse is then scored according to the elasticity and fluidity of the gaits; and also the well-known POLE BENDING and BARREL RACING. In between competitions during the Arab Horse Exhibition there will be some equestrian shows by the ANICA show group.


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This new, regular feature on NHLNumbers will share interesting stats-related posts from around the web almost every day.
Welcome to your first post lockout links. In this space you will be able to find the best analytical hockey writing from around the internet on a close-to-daily basis. Subject matter will include statistical evaluation, financial analysis, contractual issues, and (sometimes) closely-related tangential works. If you have something you would like to submit for a future edition (your writing or that of someone else) feel free to send it to me via Twitter @JoshL1220 or leave a comment.
The NHL season reportedly is to get underway January 19th. Until then we have all sorts of hot stove action to discuss. Among the topics being thrown around today is the 2013 NHL Draft. At Hockey Prospectus, Corey Pronman released his midseason Top 50 rankings. His top three are as follows:
1. Nathan MacKinnon, Center, Halifax-QMJHL (Previous Ranking: 1)
MacKinnon is an elite prospect in every sense of the word. He can do everything at such a high level and has the tools to potentially be a star if not a superstar. However, this top spot ranking was not an easy call for me. In fact, I would rate it as a coin flip scenario between MacKinnon and Drouin for now, and leaned MacKinnon as he is the safer call. If the positive signs for Drouin keep flowing in at the same pace for another half a season, it will make a tough debate even tougher.
2. Jonathan Drouin, Left Wing, Halifax-QMJHL (Previous Ranking: 5)
MacKinnon's teammate is also an extremely talented player, with elite puck possession and skating abilities. He has been great from the Ivan Hlinka tournament onwards and has the looks of a special talent. I really liked Drouin in the summer, which is why I ranked him fifth, but he has surpassed my expectations. As usual, when the talent levels are even close, I always lean toward the forwards because there is less development risk. That's why I prefer the two Halifax forwards over Seth Jones.
3. Seth Jones, Defense, Portland-WHL (Previous Ranking: 2)
Jones is a unique defense prospect with tremendous hockey sense plus mobility and intriguing physical abilities. He probably steps into an NHL lineup next year and may even be one of those rare defensemen to be above-average right away.
You should follow the link to check out the rest. As always, it's packed full of valuable information. After the jump, training camp previews are beginning to surface! Let's read on.
* At Hockey Prospectus, Ryan Wagman looked for potential buyout candidates for the Western Conference teams.
* At Defending Big D, I previewed Dallas Stars camp by trying to project the 26 invitees.
* Japers Rink had an interesting take on depth charts. They put the Capitals depth chart together in Venn Diagram form. Neat.
* The FlamesNation training camp preview can be found here, courtesy of Ryan Pike.
* Broad Street Hockey talked about every single player on the Flyers roster.
* Lighthouse Hockey continues telling the story of the NHL Lockout through the eyes of Lord of The Rings with their final tale: "The Return of the League".
* Finally, Tyler Dellow of mc79hockey tries to determine if the Oilers are a playoff team this season. His conclusion is surprisingly optimistic.
Optimism must really be in the air. Then again, I think the Stars are too.
Blame the lockout.
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Ailing smartphone maker Palm is trying to get back on top with a new smartphone announced at CES in Las Vegas called the Palm Pre, but can the new model really turn around the fortunes of the company? We managed to get a play with the new handset to find out.
Due for a July release in the US, with the UK coming in the second half of the 2009, the phone is a long way from finished. It's probably also worth saying at this point that we were unable to physically touch the device (well not when Palm were looking), instead Palm walked us through a number of the new features, both at the official unveiling of the device and then for a second time in a private room only open to a select few. It might have been launched at CES, but the general crowd at CES aren't allowed to see it.
Therefore it is still very early days and may likely change somewhat as the months draw on towards launch. That said, and we'll get this out of the way first, we were very impressed with what we saw. If this is what is in store, and the Palm CEO has said that the new phone powered by a new OS is just the start of things, then this could just be the lifeline Palm was hoping for. Here is why.
Starting with the design is probably a good start. The Pre is small 59.57mm (W) x 100.53mm (L, closed) x 16.95mm (D), weighs 135 grams and is very curvy with a glossy front and a matt black finish. The 3.1-inch touch screen with a vibrant 24-bit colour 320 x 480 resolution HVGA display screen dominates the front. When we say dominates we mean it. Like the iPhone there is just one home button at the bottom and no other buttons, well not at first glance.
Although the screen doesn't appear to take up the whole of the front of the phone, it actually does because of the hidden "gesture" area that means you can scroll through menus and pages without having to cover the screen with your finger. A nice touch. Another nice touch is that it's multi-touch so you get the same pinching movement to zoom in as the Apple iPhone. In our demo the zooming seemed incredibly smooth and the response even smoother. It seems Palm has cracked it in the same way Apple has.
It might have a touchscreen, but Palm clearly isn't happy with the notion of having to fiddle around with an on-screen keyboard. The answer, a slide out QWERTY offering that curves its way out the bottom of the phone. Big enough to type on, our demo girl seemed to have no problem typing stuff, but then again it would be interesting to see what it's like with bigger thumbs.
Elsewhere the design features Palm's standard ringer off button so you can silent calls at the press of a button, a 3.5mm headphone jack and even a speaker so you can share the music love. For the photographer or video conference dude in you there is a 3-megapixel camera on the back with an LED flash and a smaller camera on the front for video calling. Unfortunately we weren't shown the camera working.
On the whole the design is very good, it's small, a lot smaller than the BlackBerry Storm and the Apple iPhone and as for the T-Mobile G1, well it makes it look like something from the dark ages, or maybe just the late 80s.
Inside, the US launch device will get EVDO connectivity on Sprint, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, integrated GPS and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support. You'll also get 8GB of on board storage, however no microSD slot to expand it even further and, with SanDisk announcing a 16GB card at CES, that's an impressive 24GB available in total.
Powered by a Texas Instruments chip the company has yet to confirm whether or not a UK version would be 3G or not; let's hope so.
It's also full of sensors; there is a proximity sensor, which automatically disables the touchscreen and turns off the display whenever you put the phone up to your ear, a light sensor that dims the display if the ambient light is low and an accelerometer that automatically orients web pages and photos to your perspective.
A direct dig at Apple - the battery is removable - although Palm has yet to state a promised battery time.
But it's not just a new handset that the company has launched before bunging on Windows Mobile 6, oh no. Palm has developed an entirely new OS for the device called webOS that places the Internet and social interaction at the forefront of what it does and how it works.
Keen, like every other manufacturer to get developers involved, the system will be open to all to develop for and according to Palm will be as easy as building a page on the Internet. If you can code HTML we are told you can code an app for the Palm webOS.
With that in mind Palm already has a stack of players on board including Facebook, but the OS does seem like a breath of fresh air.
There are no close buttons, no save buttons, no dragging and dropping, everything just works automatically saving as you go. It's a brave move and one that is likely to appeal to the masses who are not sure about the intricacies of mobile phones, but still want something powerful enough to stay in touch.
So what you get is a homepage that looks like the iPhone Safari browser application.
Pages float on a virtual desktop running your favourite programmes, be it your contacts list or your web browser. These can then be shuffled through like a deck of cards, worked on and then tossed back into the pile all still while being live.
It's a very neat trick, but our main concern is what this will do to battery life, especially if those apps are continuously requesting information from the Internet.
Interaction in our demo between the apps seemed very good. The interface is clean, easy to understand and borrows a number of features from a number of different devices and programmes.
Taking BlackBerry's ability to start typing your number straight from the keypad, Palm has taken this one step further and allowed you to search the device by typing. Typing blue for example will bring up your contacts, emails and even applications with the word blue in it making access to your data incredibly easy.
Then there is the idea that because everything is running at the same time you can be notified rather like a news channel ticker tape as to what is going on elsewhere in your phone, what messages you've received etc. The beauty is that you can either choose to interact with this information or continue to work in the application you are already in.
Although heavily focused towards the consumer, the business folk aren't being left out either and when it comes to messaging it's got all the usual support; email, including Outlook EAS (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers), as well as personal email support, (POP3, IMAP) IM, SMS and MMS capabilities. All are done from a central bucket so you can monitor and follow everything at the same time in the same place.
And all these functions are before you get on to the social interaction element of the phone that, like the recently launched INQ1 in the UK, synchronises your contacts and their multiple email accounts across the likes of Google, Facebook, Yahoo and so on.
And this is also before you get to the neat features like the calendar squashing the deadspace so you can see what your diary looks like on one page, even if you have a four hour block of nothing in the middle. Palm has really thought about the details.
So what are our first impressions? Well from our brief time with the device we are passively impressed, it's the best thing to come out of Palm since the first Treo and probably like a lot of people are amazed that they've managed, if they do, to have pulled off something so stunning.
It's like a student that was once really good then got in with a bad group only to see the light and buck up his ideas.
Of course it's early days, the demo people where reluctant to stray from the pre-selected demo and when we did convince them to do it you could see that things might still be a little buggy, but this is a phone that isn't due out for another 6 months not one that's already out (hint hint RIM).
Should you be excited? If it can live up to the promise that it's set out, then yes. Palm, it seems is back.


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Also, two cubic Beziers can intersect at up to nine points, while I think it may be true that two Cornu spiral segments each traversing no more than 180 degrees of arc intersect at no more than two points.
This is a little bit unfair :-). If you limit bezier segments to traverse no more than 180 degrees of arc, the number of possible intersections goes most probably down (I managed to get four intersections easily, I doubt that it is possible to have more, but I might be wrong here).
Unless I misunderstood you, your assumption about a maximum of two intersections for two (180°-angle) cornu segments is wrong. Have a look at this image which shows three intersections. Since I don't have a tool to easily create cornu segments I used the image at mathworld for the shape of the cornu segment. The second segments (red) are flipped and 90°-rotated versions of the first segments.
Can you point me to some more in-depth literature? My knowledge is basically limited to the mathworld entry and I am curious on the parameter set used to pick a certain segment of the cornu spiral.
The ease of affine transformations for bezier segments basically stems from the fact, that all points on a segment are a linear (even convex) combination of the control points. I wonder how to transfer at least some of this ease to cornu segments. You really want to render your font correctly at any angle and you really want to be able to scale your font in X- and Y- direction independantly (especially when you want to adjust your font for small sizes to compensate the press gain). It is not at all obvious how to choose the parameters for cornu segments to be able to handle these needs.
In your diary entry from august 13th you mentioned a presentation from siggraph. Interesting read. I think this would be awesome for interpolating the coordinates of a quick mouse movement which sometimes result in jaggy brush strokes with a paint tool
It might be worth to think about a "global" optimizing step in the Y-direction (i.e. try to align baseline, x-height and ascent (of the capital letters) for a certain font size. So you'd avoid uneven base lines and still get more crisp bars. Maybe its just me (or the font...) but the Times example in your whitepaper gives a little "picket fence" impression. The Helvetica sample looks better, but of course Helvetica has a more uniform line width and the sample *has* a focussed capital-ascender.


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5 Reasons Why the Nintendo 2DS is a Good Idea
The internet has had mixed reactions towards the unveiling of the Nintendo 2DS but we believe there are 5 Reasons Why the 2DS is a Good Idea. The 2DS strays from the clam-shell designs that Nintendo handhelds have had since the Game Boy Advance SP was released 10 years ago. It has all the functionality of the current 3DS platform with the obvious exclusion of its 3D technology, and the less obvious lack of stereo speakers. But we believe that Nintendo's current designs are reasonable, which is why we are presenting 5 Reasons Why the 2DS is a Good Idea.
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3D is not for Everybody
Many gamers play their 3DS with the 3D slider completely turned off. When the system came out, there were cries all over the internet that the 3DS had to be locked into a fixed perspective and angle between the player and its screens. We are constantly readjusting the slider in order to achieve the perfect 3D effect, and avoid the blurring that occurs if the slider is too high or if the system is held at an angle. The 2DS is intended for those who would have trouble with the slider and, simply, those who do not care for 3D intertwined with their gaming experience.
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A Comfortable Layout
We have to admit, having nearly all of the controls on the bottom half of the 3DS makes the system seem rather top-heavy in terms of how we hold it. The 2DS's analog stick and front-button placement are at a much more logical place, the top half. For most DS/3DS titles, the analog stick, control pad and buttons interact with the top screen, with the bottom screen either utilizing its touchscreen or being secondary to the action above it. The layout appears rather comfortable and adheres more to the hands than an unfolded 3DS would.
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Lower Price for Playing 3DS Titles
There are plenty of people who wanted to try out 3DS exclusives without having to drop the money for all of the handheld's extra trimmings. People forget that the original 3DS debuted at $249 and was dropped to $169 just a few months later. Parents looking to entertain their children for a reduced rate, and gamers on a budget, can each benefit from the 2DS. Instead of simply taking a financial blow and dropping the price of the current 3DS systems, Nintendo decided to provide the market with something it needs a little more of, variety.
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Won't Break as Easily
The 2DS avoids the most common mishap of the clam-shell design: broken hinges. While this problem was much more prevalent for the Nintendo DS Lite and much rarer for the 3DS and 3DS XL, the 2DS design prevents this entirely. Its large size prevents the average person from putting the handheld in their pocket, thus you won't have to worry about accidentally sitting on it (and its axe-blade shape will lessen the chances of broken screens even if someone does). Furthermore, tablet trends have been subconsciously teaching people to continuously protect handheld items with exposed screens.
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Specifically Designed with Children in Mind
Weighing in at the top of our list of 5 Reasons Why the 2DS is a Good Idea is the most logical choice. We hate to break it to you all, but a VAST majority of Nintendo's handheld library has been intended for a children's demographic. The 2DS system itself might be considered ugly, but when you put it in the hands of a child, does it matter? When you think about it, both the original Game Boy and Game Boy Advance handhelds were ugly as sin, but did children of the '90s and 2000s notice? We don't want to sound like a commercial, but if you already have a 3DS or a 3DS XL, obviously the 2DS isn't for you. And Nintendo isn't trying to force it down your throats. The 2DS simply exists as an ALTERNATIVE to the current 3DS choices.


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Mulka or Mulik as they are called in Konkani are fritters made from fruits like jackfruit and bananas. In most Konkani households they are usually made out of jackfruit and are called as ponsa mulka. But we make them using ripe bananas as well using the same procedure. ?Also since it is difficult to find good quality of jackfruit here in the US, I resort to making them using bananas whenever I have some craving for them.?
These are perfect if you want to have something sweet and have some over ripe bananas to be used. Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside with dominant flavors of cooked banana it makes a good snack. If you do not want to deep fry and prefer low fat version then you can try the banana appe/paniyaram using the Aebleskiver pan. You can also try the pan fried version of bananas, if they are not overly ripe.
Serves 3-4
- 2 over ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup sooji/semolina/rava
- 1 Tbsp wheat flour
- 2-3 Tbsp powdered jaggery/ substitute with sugar if you cannot find jaggery
- ? tsp baking soda
- ? tsp cardamom powder
- A pinch of salt
- Oil for deep frying
- Making batter: Peel the banana and mash it finely in a bowl so that there are no lumps.
- Now add the jaggery, wheat flour and rava little by little and mix so that it forms a thick paste. Add the cardamom powder, salt and baking soda and make the batter ready.
- Frying: Heat oil on medium in a thick bottomed pan sufficient enough to deep fry.
- Check to make sure that the oil has reached the correct temperature, by putting in small amount of batter. If there is a sizzle that means the oil is ready.
- Note: These fritters begin to dark very quickly, so make sure the oil is not too hot.
- Take about a tablespoon of the batter and put it in the oil. Add about 4-5 depending on the size of the pan at the same time.
- After about 20-30 secs turn them around, making sure all sides get cooked evenly.
- Transfer them to a plate with absorbent paper so that the extra oil drains. Continue the above process with the remaining batter.
- This can be eaten as is and forms a wonderful accompaniment with tea or coffee.?


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If GM Sandy Alderson spent as much energy trying to sign R. A. Dickey as he has trying to trade him, the contract would be done by now.
Alderson told reporters in Nashville he's seeking a "difference maker," for Dickey, which means a power-hitting outfielder, preferably from the right side. A difference maker, by definition, would mean a proven commodity, as Alderson said he's seeking immediate help, not somebody the team will "hope" be a player in two or three years.
Alderson is apparently hitting a wall when it comes to asking for other team's prospects, and he's viewing this as an exchange of $5-million contracts.Trouble is, where is Alderson going to find such a presence for only $5 million?
Reportedly, the Mets have talked with Boston, Kansas City, Toronto and Arizona, but their asking price is too high in terms of prospects.
Timing is everything, and unfortunately for Dickey his is muddled and mixed. On one hand, he's coming off a Cy Young Award season. However, the other hand is 38 years old and grips what many in the game still regard as a gimmick pitch.


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I knew it.
I never lost faith. I knew that if I waited long enough, we would get a hook into the city of Bell story, and on Tuesday morning, we did.
That was when former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo, who is presently between engagements, was arrested at his Huntington Beach home and got to do the perp walk from his front door to a police car waiting to whisk him away to the Los Angeles County Jail, which is not a good place to whisked to.
Yes, I know. Everyone is worked up over Rizzo's base salary, which was just under $800,000, plus add-ons, which put him on track to make about $1.5 million a year. But you gotta admit, Bell got a lot of city manager for their money. If you break it down by the pound, it's not that much.
When Rizzo got the fateful knock on his Huntington Beach door, a news photographer managed to capture the moment that all of Bell had been waiting for in one of those classic, perfect-place-at-the-perfect-time shots that news photographers dream about. It shows Rizzo being led away in cuffs by a couple of burly investigators from the Los Angeles district attorney's office.
Rizzo looks totally and understandably bummed, head bowed, eyes down.
And who shot the homerun pick? Daily Pilot photographer Scott Smeltzer, that's who. How cool is that? Like any good shooter, Scott has a nose for news and a lens for the truth.
"When the call came that Rizzo was being arrested at his Huntington Beach home, I quickly jumped in my car and headed for the address I had been given," Smeltzer wrote in the Pilot's "Photo Of The Week" feature.
But it didn't take Scott long to realize that the address he had been given was wrong.
"By the time I got to his actual address, I was certain that I had missed the shot," Smeltzer wrote. "Fortunately for me, I got there just in time."
Two thumbs up, Scott, way up. Your shot may or may not win a Pulitzer, but I predict it will win something big, maybe a couple of something bigs.
But aside from the great pic, since it is my job to notice the things that normal people don't, what struck me was that Rizzo was sporting that excellent orange hair color that older guys and California governors seem to favor for some reason.
And let me ask you this. Am I the only person in the world who thinks that Robert Rizzo is a dead ringer for Martin Short's startling overweight and painfully obnoxious fictional character, "Jiminy Glick," the "entertainment reporter" who knows nothing about entertainment or anything else? I hope not. It's hard to explain Jiminy Glick if you haven't seen him, but Martin Short has forged a good chunk of his career from doing the wildly overweight, frighteningly eccentric character that has no brains but more chins than the San Francisco phonebook.
Scott's great pic also got me to thinking about all the other great news photos that have seared themselves into our collective memory. Everyone has their favorites, but I suppose it depends on your age and your background as much as it does on the picture. A few of my picks would be Harry Truman holding up the 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline from the Chicago Tribune, the "Victory Kiss," Alfred Eisenstaedt's 1945 classic of a sailor in Times Square planting a big smooch on a nurse during the celebration of VJ Day. Two interesting footnotes to that very famous shot: the best we can do is refer to the impromptu couple as "the sailor" and "the nurse" because in the pandemonium of VJ Day in Times Square, Eisenstaedt didn't get either one's name.
In the 60-plus years since that day, scores of men and women have come forward claiming to be the sailor or the nurse, but no one has proved it beyond a doubt. Eisenstaedt also said that he followed the sailor down the street as he kissed a number of women, but ironically, the nurse captured forever in the famous shot was the only woman who slapped him.
I'd also vote for the shot of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald dead on live TV in the basement of the Dallas Police Department, and I've never gotten over the 1985 National Geographic cover shot of the Afghan girl with the soul-piercing blue eyes. The girl's name is Sharbat Gula, and the photographer's name is Steve McCurry. In the same vein, but 50 years earlier, is Dorothea Lange's haunting Depression-era photo of a weary but proud mother, Florence Owens Thompson, with her three ragged children clutching her while shyly turned away from the camera.
So there you have it. Robert Rizzo and Jiminy Glick, Alfred Eisenstaedt and boldly romantic sailors. Will Scott Smeltzer's shot join that long list of photojournalistic icons? Don't know, but if you ever get arrested and dragged off to an arraignment, try to get Scott to shoot it. You'll look really good. I gotta go.


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January 25, 2002
This month, the Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL) is spotlighting Professor Donald G. Morrison of UCLA Anderson for capturing the American Marketing Association's Gilbert A. Churchill Award for Lifetime Achievement in Marketing Research in 2001.
Presented annually by the AMA Marketing Research Special Interest Group, the Churchill Award honors the academic researcher who has contributed in an exceptionally significant way to the field of marketing research. Each month, the YRL exhibit highlights a UCLA faculty member who has received a major honor in his or her field.
Morrison's body of work is well represented in the exhibit, which is displayed in the main floor lobby of the library through the end of January. The exhibit includes a biography of Morrison and selected bibliography of his scholarly work, along with books, journals, photographs and the AMA Lifetime Achievement Award. Among the featured works are the professional journals, Marketing Science and Management Science. Morrison is the founding editor of Marketing Science, which is the leading quantitative journal in marketing, and served as editor-in-chief of Management Science for eight years. The showcase also includes the book, Stochastic Models of Buying Behavior, which Morrison co-authored with William F. Massey and David B. Montgomery.
Along with the impressive scholarly research, the exhibit also offers a glimpse of Morrison's favorite pastime: sports. A black-and-white photo shows a young, sprightly Morrison competing in the long jump while a student at MIT in 1961. Morrison was captain of the track team during his senior year. He was a conference champion in the long jump and finished 3rd in the New England championships in that event.
Since his best jump was 22 feet, 10 inches (about six feet shy of the world record), Morrison never entertained thoughts of going to the Olympics instead of pursuing an academic career. Morrison jokes, "For an MIT engineer, I was a good long-jumper."
He adds: "I was a very good high school and Division 3 athlete, but I knew from the time I was in high school I'd never make a dime in any sport - I just enjoyed it."
Another photo portrays Morrison with former UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young, Charles E. Young Jr., and UCLA Athletic Director Pete Dalis during a charity golf tournament in July 2000.
Since 1994, Morrison has served as the UCLA faculty athletics representative to the NCAA, responsible for eligibility and compliance matters. The post has a great perk — Morrison has opportunities to spend time with many of UCLA's coaches and athletes.
Even some of his scholarly research deals with sports. One of his articles on display is titled, "On the Optimal Time to Pull the Goalie: A Poisson Model Applied to a Common Strategy in Ice Hockey" (Management Science, 1976). The paper examines the strategy of pulling a goalie when your team is behind late in the game and using him as another forward. Morrison found that most coaches wait too long before they pull their goalies.
Morrison said the Los Angeles Kings' owner, general manager and coaches all had access to the paper, but doesn't know if it influenced their game strategy.
Of all his lifetime achievements — at least academically — Morrison is most proud of the fact that six of his former Ph.D. students have become endowed chairs at other universities. All of their names and academic institutions are listed in the exhibit.
"You give them roots and then wings," he said. "It's rewarding to watch them grow as scholars."


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I am requesting Griffith bring back his old Magnum PI/Berserk photoshops.
Had to share this: after a lot of work and a long journey for this instrument, I have now built and designed myself the coolest (looking) guitar ever; behold, "Cherry Axe!"
Nice story there Giff. Damn I wish I had an electric guitar specifically a red one. I also really would love to have a piano even though I don'tknow how to use it properly.
Very cool man, glad to hear this project was a success. Now you can properly cover Mass Effect 2's trailer music!
Nothing like a red strat, especially fiesta red! Anyway, I grew up with a piano and I still don't know how to use it properly.
Haha, I'm sure it's already been done to perfection. I'll play "Tell Me Why" though.
Fiesta red is what I'm thinking to. Well I guess great minds think alike eh. By the way you should try playing Clash on the Big Bridge from Final Fantasy V. It plays when you fight Gilgamesh and I think it would be perfect to play on an electric guitar.
Hahaha you'll need to master the technique of the broken hand, Marty McFly style!
Oh, it certainly is.
Do you guys know where it's possible to get the font that the Berserk logo in English is written in? BTW great images, I've saved a lot of them.


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Finally, it's over…
Today Oilers GM Steve Tambellini held a conference call to announce that the Oilers have finally ended the grovelling, begging, pleading, and video-sending. The Oilers have moved on and will no longer pursue Dany Heatley.
Good news, yes? Well, whether you were wanting the Oilers to land Dany Heatley or just wanting the team to move on, most fans recognized that the Oilers need to do something to make this team better. So far the Oilers are plus Khabibulin, and a new coaching staff, and minus Roloson, Brodziak and Kotalik. There is still a question mark on the top line left wing (and possibly center, although I stand by Horcoff), size issues in the top six , and a lack of faceoff depth beyond Horcoff.
Disappointingly, Tambellini also commented during the phone conference that he feels this team is a playoff contender as is. He also alluded earlier in the off-season that if negotiations with Heatley didn't work out, there wouldn't be any other changes in store for the Oilers. It would be Heatley or bust. Pouliot and/or Brule are likely going to get a big opportunity this year to fill in with the checking center role. And while I do like their offensive upside (albeit somewhat limited, at the moment) I don't think either of these guys can replace the faceoff abilities of a Brodizak, or Reasoner or Stoll.
But hey, it's a new season, and a new coaching staff. We'll just have to be patient and wait and see.


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European Tour. Volvo Golf Champions. Louis Lifts Trophy. January 12 2014
Louis Oosthuizen lifts the European Tour Volvo Golf Champions trophy at Durban Country Club in South Africa. A final round of -4 under par 68 was good enough to see off the competition. Louis and some local fans / Getty Images Louis had some nervy moments towards the end of his round, a poor shot on 16 where he was lucky to be able to chip out, but still made bogey, and then he needed to make a birdie on the last to win; "After my tee shot on sixteen I was lucky that I could chip it out and nearly made a great par. But when I stood over the ball on seventeen I saw that Branden had made birdie on eighteen so I knew that second shot was crucial to give myself a good opportunity and I hit it really close. "And then eighteen, everyone thinks you just need to make a birdie but around that green it's not easy and luckily I was far enough past where I could pitch it back into the grain and get it close. It was nerve-wracking through the round but I finished strong and I'm just happy that I got it done. It's an awesome start for the year. Confidence-wise it's great. I haven't really played well last year with all the injuries so hopefully I can build from here on and just go better next time." Branden Grace captured second place, he also carded a -4 under par 68 in his final round, finishing with a -11 under par total, one shot adrift. He admitted it was terrible watching Louis pass him on the final green; "It was terrible watching it. But the winner at the end of the week is going to be the true champion and he played well so he deserves it. I thought I played some superb golf today. I let a couple slip out there which was unfortunate but if you had told me my first event I would start off with a second place, I would have taken it. This really gives you a push in the right direction so I'm really stoked." Tommy Fleetwood was the leader at the start of play, but he unfortunately could only produce a par last round of 72, which dropped him into a tie for third place with Joost Luiten, both at -10 under par. Tommy said he hit the ball better off the tee, but it was the rest of his game that let him down at the crucial stage; "Today was the best I have hit it off the tee all week and it was a shame the rest of the game let me down. After the long birdie putt on the second my putter went cold and it was not meant to be. It's always great when you can be leading going into the final round of such a big event. I could have been four under, shot 66 and finished on the same score and not learned half as much. You have to take the positives and I have finished tied third in the first event and overall it's been a very good week." Padraig Harrington and French duo Raphaël Jacquelin and Victor Dubuisson were another shot back on -9 under par.


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CHARLOTTE -- Just declare this North Carolina city a "diva-free zone."
Diva searches, Hollywood-laced wrestling, and triple-dipped moonsaults found few aficionados this weekend, as fans from across the country gathered for a celebration of old-fashioned, Mid-Atlantic wrestling.
"It's got better athletes than we ever had in wrestling," said former NWA world champion Terry Funk of today's scene. "But I truly believe we had better wrestlers."
Funk's sentiments were echoed by just about every one of the approximately 500 fans and wrestlers who showed up at the first day of promoter Greg Price's three-day NWA Legends Fanfest.
"No one up there [in the WWE] could go an hour, 90 minutes, or two hours, like we used to go," said former NWA star Paul Jones. One of Jones' favorite opponents, Ole Anderson, quickly added, "Those were some of the best matches I ever had."
Those sentiments were underscored by the guest list, which included the likes of former NWA champions Dory Funk Jr., Harley Race and Jack Brisco; Johnny "Mr. Wrestling II" Walker; and even lesser luminaries like the opening-match tag team of Bill and Randy Mulkey.
Typifying the predominant theme, Jim Cornette, the legendary manager of The Midnight Express, cracked: "Is there even any reason why we should talk about wrestling? Isn't it a depressing topic any more?"
During a rambling question-and-answer session Friday night, Funk, a self-described "real old fart" at 61, emphasized that his comments are not intended as a knock on the current crop of wrestlers.
But WWE scripts and the creative team create characters far too carefully, at the expense of believability and the "suspension of disbelief," he said.
For instance, the bulbous Dusty Rhodes, a frequent foe, one time announced to Funk that he would move like a modern-day aerialist during one of their matches.
Mimicking Rhodes' lisp, Funk recalled the conversation. "He said, 'I'm flying off like an eagle off the top rope. I'm going to fly like a bird. I'm flying like an eagle, Terry ... and when you go down, 1-2-3, they're going to shower me with flowers."
Funk said he got in position to bear the brunt of Rhodes' descent, when "he stumbles on the ropes coming down ... he looked like a sack of shit." But, back in the dressing room, Rhodes was full of glee, asking, "Did you see me fly, Terry?"
"We were who we wanted to be," Funk concluded. "We were extensions of our own personalities."
Funk also made a strong plug for the election of Dick Murdoch to the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. The Texan, who died in 1996, was "an absolute character in the business who needs to be remembered," Funk said.
Funk reached beyond the non-wrestling arena, as well, telling fans he wiped the Scrabble board with Nick Bockwinkel, the loquacious former AWA champion. "He hated that," Funk laughed.
Cornette followed Funk on the Fanfest stage and immediately explained his recent dismissal as a consultant to the WWE. The federation dumped Cornette, a part-owner of its Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental territory, after an altercation with a wrestler. An admitted hothead, Cornette slapped one of the wrestlers in the regional promotion who was not living up to the manager's standards.
Cornette said the disciplinary action was one of the best things to happen to him in recent years. He said he was burned out after booking for various offices for 14 of the last 16 years, and bucked at WWE's insistence on having more say-so in the Ohio Valley territory.
"It got the monkey off my back," said Cornette, who still oversees live events and handles TV sales for Ohio Valley. "When you hate working for yourself and hate your job, you're not doing good for anybody."
Though he is anything but close friends with Paul Heyman, who replaced him, he praised his successor's knack for the business and said the booking and writing end of the work rests in good hands.
Otherwise, Cornette was his usual profane and hilarious self, with a heavy dose of sarcasm directed at the current wrestling product.
"What's going on these days doesn't offend me as a booker, it offends me as a wrestling fan," he said.
The emphasis on nostalgia will take a turn to the more recent, however, with Sunday's scheduled appearance of Bret Hart.
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2. Easter Bunny Cake: My mom made one of these every Easter, and hers always had sweet coconut to make the bunny look furry. I love coconut, but my son does not (little kill-joy). So here's a sans-coconuts recipe. It's still screamin' cute.
3. Lil' Sugar has a whole slideshow of super-adorable Easter cupcake ideas. Some look easier to pull off than others, but I think my favorites are the marshmallow lambs -- sooo cute, little lammies!
4. Bug cupcakes: Don't be grossed out, these are the opposite of creepy! Imagine if ladybugs came in pastel colors -- and were made of chocolate cake. This is a clever idea for a not-so-typical cupcake.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara men's and women's swim teams both earned Academic All-American Team honors for the fall 2008 quarter, it was announced by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.
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Not just standouts in the classroom, the men's and women's swim teams are also standouts in the pool. The Gauchos repeated as the Big West Conference champions in February. The men won their second straight team title and 28th overall. The women picked up their fourth consecutive first-place trophy and their 13th overall.
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Lipscomb athletics is pleased to announce that the Lady Bisons softball team will host the 2013 and 2014 Atlantic Sun Softball Tournaments.
The conference office announced Thursday that Lipscomb had been awarded the bid, which Lipscomb athletics director Philip Hutcheson presented during the conference spring meetings, held earlier this month. All games will be played at Draper Diamond.
Hutcheson listed a number of factors that led to Lipscomb earning the bid for the next two seasons.
"Number one, I think the city of Nashville itself was a big selling point," Hutcheson said. "The city has hosted a number of conference and NCAA tournaments over the years and has proven to be a destination city for tournaments. Nashville is an appealing place for student-athlete and fan tournament experiences.
"I also pointed out that while we aren't happy about it, we have hosted tournaments in the past but not been in the tournament. We've proven that no matter what, we'll do a good job when we host a tournament."
Lady Bisons head coach Kristin Ryman is excited to host the program's first-ever conference tournament.
"It's a big commitment," Ryman said. "Like the other events we've hosted, we want to do it correctly. Our administration is committed to that and the other tournaments I've been to on our campus have been run just as well as any softball tournament we've been to.
"I feel really confident that we will run a really good tournament. It will be a really unique opportunity to have that kind of event on our campus."
Hutcheson echoed her sentiments.
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In May, the Lady Bisons were eliminated from the 2012 A-Sun Tournament hosted by USC Upstate in Spartanburg, S.C. The 2010 conference tournament champions will seek a return to those heights on their home field next season.
"It's exciting," Ryman said. "It's exciting from a recruiting stand point that we have a facility that can handle that type of event and it says something about our university. It's neat for our girls to be able to play on campus and sleep in their own beds every night.
"It's a competitive conference, so we certainly have to do our part. That's the first step in that process. I feel like we have good quality players coming back and a good class coming in so it's just a matter of continuing to do what we've been doing and let the rest take care of itself."
Hutcheson added that the National Pro Fastpitch league (NPF) wrote a letter of recommendation for the bid. The NPF's Tennessee Diamonds played their 2010 season at Draper Diamond.
"Cheri Kempf, the commissioner of the league, spoke very highly of us in her recommendation," Hutcheson said. "I made the point that some of the greatest softball players in the world played at our facility and the commissioner of the league said it was a great experience and they would do it again. That was a big plus for us."
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Zampier Scores 18 Points To Pace Bulldogs
STORRS, Conn. - In Monday night's game with Hofstra, the Yale men's basketball team addressed many of the issues that led to a season-opening loss to Sacred Heart. That made the result all the more frustrating. Nathaniel Lester scored 19 points to lead three players in double figures as the Pride edged the Bulldogs 68-63 in the first round of the Dick's Sporting Good NIT Season Tip-off at Gampel Pavilion.
"Today was a step forward," said senior Jordan Gibson. "We played better at the beginning and were way better defensively [than against Sacred Heart]. We had our chances."
The Bulldogs (0-2) trailed by only three, 63-60, when Gibson made a conventional three-point play with 1:44 left. Cornelius Vines then made one of two free throws, and after a Yale miss, Charles Jenkins helped seal the victory with a driving layup as the shot clock was winding down.
Alex Zampier followed up his career-high 35-point performance against Sacred Heart by scoring 18 points for the Bulldogs. He was 6 of 18 from the field and made all four of his free throws. Gibson added 11 points, while Michael Sands had nine points and a team-high seven rebounds, and freshman Austin Morgan scored nine points.
"We were better tonight than Friday," said James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball. "We're a young team and we're still defining roles."
Hofstra, which opened its season with a loss to No. 1 Kansas on Friday, dominated the boards, outrebounding the Bulldogs 42-22.
The Pride also had control on the inside, especially in the second half when they outscored Yale 22-8 in the paint.
"We can't be a jump shooting team," Jones said. "We have to get some things inside."
Jenkins played the whole game for Hofstra and finished with 17 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Greg Washington added 10 points and Halil Kanacevic had eight points and nine rebounds.
The Bulldogs, who fell behind Sacred Heart 20-8 after five minutes, got off to a much better start on Monday. Michael Grace's short jumper gave Yale a 16-9 lead with 11:11 left. The Pride, though, rallied, tying the score at 23 and then using a 7-0 run to take a 30-24 lead at the intermission.
"We have spurts of bad offense or bad defense, but we'll become more consistent," Gibson said. "We're only two games into the season."
Hofstra built the advantage to 17 midway through the second half before the Bulldogs started their comeback. Gibson and Sands combined to score 12 points during a 24-10 run that got Yale back in the game.
The Bulldogs' defense forced Hofstra into 22 turnovers, which led to 23 points.
Yale plays Colgate on Tuesday in the NIT. The Raiders put up a good fight but dropped a 77-63 decision to 12th-ranked UConn. Tipoff at Gampel Pavilion is slated for 4:30 p.m.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity