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Monday, October 31, 2011
NBA cancels all games through Nov. 30
FILE - In this file photo taken Oct. 4, 2011, NBA Commissioner David Stern listens during a news conference following NBA labor talks meeting between basketball players and owners in New York. Stern canceled all November games on Friday, Oct. 28, the 120th day of the lockout. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)
FILE - In this file photo taken Oct. 4, 2011, NBA Commissioner David Stern listens during a news conference following NBA labor talks meeting between basketball players and owners in New York. Stern canceled all November games on Friday, Oct. 28, the 120th day of the lockout. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)
NEW YORK (AP) ? As NBA players and owners wait to see who will blink first, fans are stuck staring at a blank calendar.
NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled the rest of the November games Friday, saying there will not be a full NBA season "under any circumstances."
The move came about after labor negotiations broke down again when both sides refused to budge on how to split the league's revenues, the same issue that derailed talks last week.
Now, a full month of NBA games have been canceled, and Stern said there's no way of getting them back.
"We held out that joint hope together, but in light of the breakdown of talks, there will not be a full NBA season under any circumstances," he said.
"It's not practical, possible or prudent to have a full season now," added Stern, who previously canceled the first two weeks of the season.
And he repeated his warnings that the proposals might now get even harsher as the league tries to make up the hundreds of millions of dollars that will be lost as the lockout drags on.
"We're going to have to recalculate how bad the damage is," Stern said. "The next offer will reflect the extraordinary losses that are piling up now."
Just a day earlier, Stern had said he would consider it a failure if the sides didn't reach a deal in the next few days and vowed they would take "one heck of a shot" to get it done.
Instead, negotiations broke off again over the division of basketball-related income, just as they did last Thursday. Union executive director Billy Hunter said the league again insisted it had to be split 50-50, while Stern said Hunter just walked out and left rather than discuss going below 52 percent.
Owners are insistent on a 50-50 split, while players last formally proposed they get 52.5 percent, leaving them about $100 million apart annually. Players were guaranteed 57 percent in the previous collective bargaining agreement.
"Derek (Fisher) and I made it clear that we could not take the 50-50 deal to our membership. Not with all the concessions that we granted," Hunter said. "We said we got to have some dollars."
Instead, they'll now be out roughly $350 million, the losses Hunter previously projected for each month the players were locked out. He believed a full season could be played if a deal were made this weekend, but Stern emphatically ruled out any hope of that now.
"These are not punitive announcements; these are calendar generated announcements," Stern said.
No further talks have been scheduled.
There was a sense of optimism entering the day after progress was made on salary cap issues during about 24 hours of talks over the previous two days. Then the sides brought the revenue split back into the discussion Friday and promptly got stuck on both issues.
Stern said the NBA owners were "willing" to go to 50 percent. But he said Hunter was unwilling to "go a penny below 52," that he had been getting many calls from agents and then closed up his book and walked out of the room.
Hunter said the league initially moved its target down to 47 percent during Friday's six-hour session, then returned to its previous proposal of 50 percent of revenues.
"We made a lot of concessions, but unfortunately at this time it's not enough, and we're not prepared or unable at this time to move any further," Hunter said.
Union president Fisher said it was difficult to say why talks broke down, or when they would start up again.
"We're here, we've always been here, but today just wasn't the day to try and finish this out," he said.
There was some good news.
Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said there was essentially a "tentative agreement" on most system issues, with Stern rattling off some of them: Owners agreed to keep the midlevel exception starting at $5 million a year; and contract lengths would be five years for players staying with their teams and four when leaving for another.
"And then we hit a wall," Stern said.
The small groups that were meeting the previous two days grew a bit Friday. Union vice presidents Chris Paul ? wearing a Yankees cap for his trip to New York ? and Theo Ratliff joined the talks, and economist Kevin Murphy returned after he was unavailable Thursday. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban stayed for the session after taking part Thursday.
Fisher said there were still too many restrictions in the owners' proposal. Players want to keep a system similar to the old one, and fear owners' ideas would limit player movement and the choices available to them in free agency.
And though they might be inclined to give up one if they received more concessions on the other, players make it sound as if they are the ones doing all the giving back.
The old cap system allowed teams to exceed it through the use of a number of exceptions, many of which the league wants to tweak or even eliminate. Hunter has called a hard cap a "blood issue" to players, and though the league has backed off its initial proposal calling for one, players think the changes owners want would work like one.
"We've told them that we don't want a hard cap. We don't want a hard cap any kind of way, either an obvious hard cap or a hard cap that may not be as obvious to most people but we know it works like a hard cap," Hunter said. "And so you get there, and then all of a sudden they say, 'Well, we also have to have our number.' And you say, 'Well wait a minute, you're not negotiating in good faith.'"
But if players think what's being proposed is a hard cap, here's another warning: Silver won't rule out the league seeking one again.
"Our response is then let's have a hard cap, which is what we wanted," he said.
"We don't think it's a hard cap. ... We've all been wasting our time if they believe this is a hard cap. We've been spending literally hundreds of hours negotiating the specifics of a system, where they're now saying is the equivalent of a hard cap. We've been clear from the beginning from a league standpoint we would prefer a hard cap."
When players offered to reduce their guarantee from 57 percent to 53 percent, Hunter said that would have transferred about $1.1 billion to owners over six years. Now, at 52.5, he said that would grow to more than $1.5 billion.
But even a 50-50 split would be too high for some hardline owners, because it would reduce only $280 million of the $300 million they said they lost last season. Owners initially proposed a BRI split that players said would have had them around 40 percent.
Though they will miss a paycheck on Nov. 15, Hunter said each player would have received a minimum of $100,000 from the escrow money that was returned to them to make up the difference after salaries fell short of the guaranteed 57 percent of revenues last season.
The real losses, though, could be felt by arena staff and other people who work in fields connected to the game. Stern apologized to them in making the announcement.
But Jeff Lee, a 37-year-old cafe owner and Warriors season-ticketholder in the East Bay, said he isn't discouraged about Friday's setback.
"I'm pretty certain that the season's going to start sooner or later," Lee said. "I know when the season starts it's going to be well worth the wait."
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AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley in Oakland, Calif. contributed to this report.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Is Herman Cain for Real? (ContributorNetwork)
COMMENTARY | Almost out of nowhere, Herman Cain has taken the lead in some polls or tied previous Republican darling Mitt Romney. In the latest Rasmussen poll Cain leads Obama 43 percent to 41 percent. In the Zogby poll he leads all Republicans with 25 percent. Second is Romney with 21 percent. And the recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows Cain ahead of Romney by 27 percent to 23 percent.
So what if anything does this all mean? One thing is people really like what Cain has to say. In the last two debates, he did very well. His message seemed to resonate well with the voters as this began his rise in the polls. Cain comes across as an honest, down-to-earth man, unlike Romney, who genuinely seems to be sincere in what he wants for this country. Cain has a plan for the economy, his "9-9-9" plan, which is pretty simple to understand, although it has been encountering some criticism of late. Cain has said the plan will cost some taxpayers more.
Cain does have a rebuttal to cries that 9-9-9 is unfair to the middle class: "Some people will pay more, but most people will pay less," he said, according to the Christian Science Monitor
But at least it is something.
Cain seems to be a plain-spoken man who says what he feels and isn't afraid to admit he may know everything. But being a successful businessman, I feel confident he knows enough to surround himself with good people in the areas he may not be as educated on.
The other reason Cain may have risen in the polls might be because there are many Republicans and independent voters who just don't like Romney. Where Cain sticks to his message, Romney has a tendency to flip-flop on issues, depending on which way the wind is blowing through his well-styled hair. It almost seems Romney looks at the polls and sees how his opponents are doing, then modifies his position according to whatever agrees with the current leader's position.
One positive for the Cain campaign that has come from these polls is his campaign should be getting an influx of cash. While Romney has the lead in funds -- after all he has been running since 2005 or so -- some people may start thinking Cain has a chance and send money his way. This will allow him to get his name out there through the more conventional means instead of just relying on interviews and debates.
I can't say if Cain will continue to lead or even if he can win the nomination, but if he does it will certainly be interesting to see how he stacks up against Barack Obama. One thing for sure, it will be pretty hard for the Democrats to play the race card, although surely they'll try.
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
Sister Wives' Child #17: First Pic!
Sister Wives star Kody Brown welcomed his 17th child yesterday.
Today, we bring you the first look (courtesy of TLC) of Solomon.
Solomon Brown was born at the polygamous family's Las Vegas home at 2:02 Wednesday morning, weighing in at 9 lbs, 10.5 oz. Here is the little angel with father Kody, mom Robyn, and sort-of moms Meri, Christine and Janelle ...
Robyn's pregnancy was the focus of Sister Wives' Season 3 premiere.
Solomon joins Mariah, Madison, Savanah, Logan, Hunter, Garrison, Gabriel, Aspyn, Mykelti, Gwendlyn, Ysabel, Truely, Paedon, Dayton, Aurora and Breanna.
Three of the children are Robyn's from a previous relationship, so this is her first child with Kody, who has fathered the other 13 kids with the Sister Wives.
Congratulations to the happy, unconventional, ever-expanding family!
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Game 6: Young's double puts Rangers ahead 4-3 (AP)
Boy, the Cardinals are really making a mess for themselves on defense. Not sure if they're tight, cold, rusty or what.
Third baseman David Freese dropped Josh Hamilton's leadoff popup in the fifth for St. Louis' third error ? and that doesn't include a foul ball that Freese had a chance to catch earlier in the game.
Michael Young followed with an RBI double to give Texas a 4-3 lead.
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Interesting little chess match there in the top of the fifth after Young's RBI double. Two outs later, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa intentionally walked No. 7 hitter Mike Napoli, who has 10 RBIs in the World Series. That put runners at the corners for pinch-hitter David Murphy ? with pitcher Colby Lewis on deck.
Texas manager Ron Washington put Yorvit Torrealba in the on-deck circle, and Game 4 winner Derek Holland began warming up hastily in the bullpen. La Russa, however, wasn't fooled by the decoys. Fernando Salas pitched around Murphy, loading the bases with an unintentional intentional walk. Forced to make a decision, Washington stayed with Lewis, who struck out to end the inning.
Lewis worked a 1-2-3 fifth. Lance Lynn is on for St. Louis, and he worked a scoreless sixth.
The Rangers still lead 4-3.
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Napoli's run-scoring single just inside the right field line gave Texas a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning.
St. Louis handed the Rangers a leadoff baserunner when shortstop Rafael Furcal and left fielder Matt Holliday botched Nelson Cruz's popup. Neither took charge, and the ball popped out of Holliday's glove when he reached out at the last moment. It was probably Holliday's ball. He was charged with an error that allowed Cruz to reach second. Cruz scored on Napoli's single.
It was Napoli's 10th RBI of the World Series.
Moments later, Napoli twisted his ankle when he went into second awkwardly. He got caught in between sliding and going in standing up. Napoli, who appears on his way to Series MVP honors if Texas wins, was writhing in pain at first but walked it off and stayed in the game.
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Holliday with a late, high, hard takeout slide on Elvis Andrus in the fourth to prevent a double play. Probably could have been called an automatic DP ? it was borderline at best.
Not necessarily dirty. But not necessarily legal, either.
That helped the Cardinals tie it at 3 on Yadier Molina's RBI groundout. Lewis avoided further damage.
An error by first baseman Michael Young got the inning started for St. Louis. Holliday then drew a walk, putting runners at first and second.
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Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia has been pulled after three innings. Fernando Salas on in relief as manager Tony La Russa once again puts the game ? and the season ? in the hands of his bullpen.
Garcia left with the score tied at 2, but he was missing the command that made him so effective in Game 2. He was helped by two double plays and a couple of wide strike calls from plate umpire Gary Cederstrom. Texas squandered a great chance to build a comfortable lead in the first inning.
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Plenty of Rangers fans at Busch Stadium, hoping to see their team win its first World Series crown. A little surprising, considering how much St. Louis loves its Cardinals.
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That early lead didn't last long for Texas.
Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer to left-center off Lewis in the bottom of the first inning, putting the Cardinals ahead 2-1. Lewis gave up an AL-high 35 homers during the regular season.
Ian Kinsler hit an RBI double in the second to tie it 2-all. Fox announcer Joe Buck says that was the Rangers' first hit in the World Series with runners in scoring position and two outs.
Texas is trying to win its first World Series crown. St. Louis hopes to force the first decisive Game 7 in the Series since 2002.
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Berkman, batting cleanup, connected on the first pitch. Just before that, Albert Pujols also went after the first pitch from Lewis but flied out to right.
Skip Schumaker scored on Berkman's homer after reaching on a one-out single. Schumaker started in center field for the second straight game in place of slumping Jon Jay, who is 0 for 14 in the World Series.
Schumaker can be an offensive spark, and that's why he's in the No. 2 hole in the lineup. St. Louis needs to get some guys on in front of Pujols, Berkman and Holliday so the Rangers are forced to pitch to them ? Pujols in particular.
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Garcia has walked the leadoff batter in each of the first two innings ? not the way you want to attack this Texas lineup. But he caught a break when Lewis bunted into a 5-6-4 double play in the second.
It actually wasn't a bad bunt, but third baseman David Freese was right on top of Lewis, with no threat that he would do anything but bunt. Lewis needed to push the ball to the right side ? easier said than done for an American League pitcher who normally doesn't hit.
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Game 6 is under way, and the Cardinals are in immediate trouble.
Garcia issues a leadoff walk to Kinsler before Andrus singles to left-center, sending Kinsler to third. Hamilton follows with an RBI single.
With runners at the corners, Garcia buckled down. He struck out Michael Young and Adrian Beltre before Nelson Cruz grounded out. Texas leads 1-0.
That's already more than the Rangers managed against Garcia in Game 2, when he yielded only three hits in seven shutout innings while striking out seven.
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Clear skies in St. Louis tonight, after Game 6 of the World Series was postponed a day because of rain. The temperature is 56 degrees with little wind. Not a bad night to play ball.
Much has been made about who would pitch for the Cardinals in a potential Game 7. The rainout gives manager Tony La Russa a chance to bring back ace Chris Carpenter on three days' rest if he wants. But they have to get there first, and nobody is more aware of that than La Russa. He refused to look beyond Game 6 during his pregame news conference today.
On the mound, it's a rematch of the Game 2 pitching duel between Garcia and Lewis. Both were outstanding last time out, and the Rangers rallied in the ninth inning for a 2-1 victory.
Garcia is at his best in Busch Stadium, while Lewis has been Texas' most reliable postseason starter the past two years. He is 4-1 with a 2.22 ERA in seven starts, and it was Lewis who threw a gem to close out the New York Yankees in Game 6 of the 2010 AL championship series.
He gets another shot at a clincher tonight.
Regardless of the Game 5 phone fiasco, the Cardinals have been let down by the deep bullpen that carried them into the Series. But they also need to get their big bats going.
Pujols enters 0 for 12 besides his record-setting outburst in Game 3, when he had three homers, five hits, six RBIs and 14 total bases. Berkman was batting .389, but he had struck out seven times. Holliday was 3 for 18 (.167) without an RBI, and leadoff man Furcal was 3 for 20 (.150).
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Melanie Amaro Has Nothing... But Talent!
Melanie Amaro can be forgiven for a lack of originality.
The X Factor finalist - she advanced to the top 12 on the first-ever live performance show - covered a Whitney Houston classic last night, belting out her take on "I Have Nothing," a song with which any loyal singing competition viewer is familiar.
But Amaro made the track her own with an incredible rendition, leading L.A. Reid to state simply: "We really did save the best for last because, honey, you were unbelievable."
Is there any doubt we're looking at the current favorite?
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
France revises down its growth forecast for 2012 (AP)
PARIS ? France was again forced Thursday to revise down its growth projections for next year, with its GDP expected to increase by just 1 percent.
Worsening global economic conditions have already forced France to cut its forecasts this summer. But President Nicolas Sarkozy promised during a television interview devoted to the European debt crisis that even slower growth would not derail his plans to balance France's budget by 2016.
"We will not deviate from this plan," he said in the interview aired on French television stations TF1 and France-2.
Ahead of next year's presidential elections, Sarkozy has staked his credibility on meeting those targets, despite the fact that France has not balanced its budget in three decades.
He said Thursday that the growth projection for this year remains unchanged at 1.75 percent of GDP. Next year's will slip from an expected 1.75 percent to 1 percent.
Slower growth means France will have to make even more cuts if it is to meet its deficit targets.
Sarkozy said another euro6 billion ($8.4 billion) to euro8 billion ($11.2 billion) needs to be slashed from next year's budget. He said those measures would be announced in the coming days.
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Obama's 2012 pitch: Still unfinished business
President Barack Obama deplanes after he arrives at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. The President is scheduled to attend fundraisers in Denver Tuesday night and speak at Metro State University on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
President Barack Obama deplanes after he arrives at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. The President is scheduled to attend fundraisers in Denver Tuesday night and speak at Metro State University on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
DENVER (AP) ? Raising money and appealing for votes, President Barack Obama is framing his 2012 re-election campaign as a call to complete unfinished business and as a clear choice between his ideas and those of potential rivals who he says are no different than the congressional Republicans who are thwarting him now.
The message lets Obama highlight accomplishments and lump Republican presidential candidates with unpopular legislators. Time and again Obama reminds his campaign backers that the 2012 election will be more difficult than the last. And, aware that some Democrats are less enthusiastic about him than they were three years ago, he is using every opportunity to enumerate achievements, from health care to financial regulatory changes to the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay service members.
Lately, Obama has been telling audiences that he is marking off a list of campaign promises he made in 2008.
"We're through about 60 percent of it," he told a group of 100 donors in Denver Tuesday. "Which isn't bad for three years."
"There's still a lot of people hurting and there's still a lot of work to do," he continued. "And that 40 percent that's not done, I'm going to need you, because I need five more years."
Denver was the last stop in a three-day swing that also took him to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco, a fundraising-rich tour that let him spend time with top Los Angeles celebrities and to get some media attention in the battleground states of Nevada and Colorado.
During a quick stop in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon, Obama sought to draw a distinction between his economic plans and those of his Republican rivals, who he said are only interested in cutting taxes for the wealthy and eliminating regulations.
"It's not as if we haven't tried what they're selling. We have. And it didn't work," he told a 200-person crowd, each of whom paid a minimum of $5,000 to attend.
With his poll numbers sagging and enthusiasm among some of his supporters waning, the president reminded backers that his administration has had significant accomplishments, from overhauling health care to ending the military's ban on gay service members. But he acknowledged that change hasn't always been easy to come by.
"It's not as trendy to be an Obama supporter as it was back in 2008," he said. "We've had setbacks, we've had disappointments. I've made mistakes on occasion."
The Western tour is one of Obama's busiest donor outreach trips of the season. In Los Angeles Monday, he turned to celebrities, including actor Will Smith and basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, to bring in money, and mingled with Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas over canap?s at the movie star couple's home.
Celebrities are a tried-and-true fundraising draw, particularly for Democratic presidents. Both the president and the stars bask in their reflected fame and the endorsement of stars can be a useful asset.
California ranks as Obama's top donor state, and he raised about $1 million in the Los Angeles area alone during the last two fundraising quarters, according to an Associated Press review of contributions above $200.
Not that he needs the votes in California, a solidly Democratic state. However, Sacramento-based Democratic consultant Roger Salazar said the president, echoing national trends, is less popular now in the state than he was when he was elected.
"Democrats by their nature are going to give the president the benefit of the doubt," said Salazar, a veteran of California and national political campaigns. "But they want him to do something about it. They want to see some movement."
Obama is promising some movement. He has been promoting his $447 billion jobs bill, which has been broken up into its component parts in hopes Congress can pass some of them.
He's also focusing on steps his administration can take without congressional approval, including an initiative announced Tuesday to offer millions of student loan borrowers the ability to lower their payments and consolidate their loans. Earlier this week, the administration unilaterally created new rules to allow homeowners who are deeply underwater on their mortgages to refinance at lower rates.
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Associated Press writer Jack Gillum in Washington contributed to this report.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Brawl-room battle! It's Maks vs. Len on 'DWTS'
Monday night was Broadway night on ?Dancing With the Stars,? but despite the fun theme and loads of classic show tunes, the ballroom turned into a brawl-room when one pro and one judge went head-to-head in a post-performance war of words.
Yes, somewhere between near perfect performances from Ricki Lake and J.R. Martinez, and the requisite weekly dud from Chaz Bono, sparks flew.
It all started after Hope Solo completed a rumba that was ... well, about what one would expect from a Hope Solo rumba ? a little stiff, not quite sexy enough and not too precise with the footwork. But it wasn?t the absolute worst routine from her or the low point of the night. (For the latter, see Bono?s ?Phantom of the Opera? number, which could serve as a tutorial in how not to tango.)
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At first, head judge Len Goodman assured Solo that he always thought there was ?so much there? in terms of hoofer potential from her. It just never comes out. From there, tough Goodman took over with heel-lead nitpicks and even criticism for Solo?s bad boots. Then he went for the kicker.
?This was your worst dance of the whole season, in my opinion,? he said.
With that, the audience erupted in boos, and feeling their support, Solo?s partner, the always outspoken Maksim Chmerkovskiy, encouraged the crowd to keep the jeers coming.
Goodman was not amused.
?Don?t start all of that, Maks, 'cause half the fault is yours,? he snapped.
And it was on!
Story: You be the judge! Rate the 'Dancing' contestantsChmerkovskiy pointed out the praise from the audience. Goodman countered, citing his 50 years of experience. The "Dancing" pro? He suggested to the venerable panelist that ?maybe it?s time to get out.?
Fellow judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli briefly jumped in at that point, calling for some judicial respect. But it seemed that Chmerkovskiy had already had enough of the unbalanced judging act that gives props for just for trying for hopefuls Bono and Nancy Grace, and a long list of technical complaints for Solo.
?With all due respect, this is my show,? he told co-host Brooke Burke after the panel flashed two 7s and a 6 for the dance. ?You know, I help make it what it is. I love every aspect of it. I love every professional that?s ever been here, and I love ever celebrity that puts effort in to it every week. Having said that, I?m a little tired that we?re being judged some on effort and some being picked on for heel leads. That?s all I?m saying.?
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Hard to argue with that logic, but some might take exception with the spotlight-stealing effect Chmerkovskiy?s ballroom battle had ? someone like fellow pro Derek Hough, who pulled the best ?Oh no he didn?t!? mug in the background as Chmerkovskiy ranted away. Or Cheryl Burke, who took on the uncomfortable, telltale stare of someone trying get through an awkward holiday meal with the in-laws.
At least it didn?t last too long. Soon enough, the pros and the amateurs put the drama to rest and hit the stage for the just-for-fun group dance, and as group dances go, it wasn?t half bad.
Heck, even grumpy Goodman gave it a thumbs-up.
Pee-wee Herman: I want to go 'Dancing'Who?ll waltz right out of the competition Tuesday night? Well, given the random mix of ousters we?ve seen so far, it seems just as likely that a worthy boot (like the good-hearted but bad-footed Bono) could go as it does a middle-of-the-pack contender (David Arquette). But then again, the butting of heads in the ballroom could hurt Solo even though she stayed mostly silent through it all.
In other words, we?ll soon see.
Ree Hines remains a loyal member of Team Maks. What did you think of the night?s ballroom battle? Tell us on our Facebook page! Also, be sure to join Ree for our weekly post-performance ?Dancing? chat on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. ET.?
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On liberation day, Libyans flock to see Qaddafi ? for proof, closure
Libyans officially celebrated the liberation of the country from the rule of Muammar Qaddafi today, just days after he was killed after fleeing his hometown of Sirte.
Widad El Weila came all the way from Libya's capital, Tripoli ? a two-and-a-half-hour drive ? with her teenage daughters to see the body of former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi.
Skip to next paragraph?We wanted to see it with our own eyes,? she says, ?and we brought the kids to show them that there is nothing more to be afraid of.?
Ms. El Weila was one of only a few women standing in line in the dilapidated outdoor shopping mall on the outskirts of the coastal city of Misrata where Qaddafi's body ? and that of his son Moatassim and his former defense minister Abu Bakr Younes ? have been put on public display since they were killed Thursday.
?I told [the rebel fighters] to ? make sure that everybody knows [Qaddafi] is dead,? interim Oil Minister Ali Tarhouni told the Reuters news agency.
The display ? under flimsy blankets on a stone-cold floor in a commercial freezer ? hasn't seemed to bother the hundreds of Libyan men lining up for a last glimpse at the man who ruled them for 42 years.
Nor has it seemed to bother the vast majority of Libyans who are celebrating the country's liberation, which was officially rung in today by the transitional government?s leader, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, at a euphoric rally in the eastern city of Benghazi.
"We have all waited for this moment," said Mr. Abdel-Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC), in front of the mass of flag-waving revelers. "This revolution began peacefully with the demand for justice, but it was met by excessive violence."
The NTC is reportedly preparing to bury Qaddafi in an undisclosed location to keep his grave from becoming a shrine to the dead leader?s supporters.
At least one person in Misrata has been waiting for a call from the NTC.
Sheikh Hesham Mohamed Embrika runs a cemetery on the beach just outside Misrata where the pro-Qadaffi dead are buried. Mr. Embrika considers it his religious duty to give even the enemy a proper Islamic burial.
?As soon as we heard that Qaddafi had been killed, we prepared a grave for him. We are ready to bury him here, but I think they will have to provide security. Feelings against Qaddafi run high in Misrata,? said Embrika.
Driving along devastated Tripoli Street, the former line, it is not hard to understand why.
Omar Kawa, a 23-year old former rebel, points to the long list of names of martyrs painted on a whitewashed wall. More than 1,000 people were killed during the six-months siege of Misrata ? enough to name every street in the city after a martyr.
?Every family in Misrata has been affected by this,? says Mr. Kawa. ?That means a dead boy, a destroyed house, a wrecked car in every family here.?
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Fox ad ratchets up dispute with DirecTV (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? Hey Trojans, Bruins and Kings fans: "Game over."
That was the banner headline of a full-page ad purchased by News Corp. in the Los Angeles Times sports section on Sunday, warning L.A.-area fans that TV broadcasts of upcoming games could be compromised by subsidiary Fox Networks' ongoing carriage war with former subsidiary DirecTV.
Similar ads in other markets warned fans that they could soon be without televised pro football.
The ad, which urges fans to "Get direct with DirecTV by logging onto KeepMyNets.com or by calling 866-KEEP-MY-NETS," says that Fox broadcast channels could soon go dark, too.
On Thursday, Fox went public with details of an ongoing carriage dispute with DirecTV, announcing that the satellite service has threatened to pull its channels on November 1 if a new contract can't be worked out.
The Fox Networks deal covers not only regional sports cable networks like Prime Ticket and Fox Sports West, but also FX and National Geographic.
A separate deal covering 27 Fox owned-and-operated stations is set to expire on December 31 -- a fact that Fox alluded to Sunday when it said it that Los Angeles viewers could also "soon" lose access to local stations Fox 11 and Fox 13.
Down the road, another affiliate deal covering Fox News Channel is set to expire on January 31.
DirecTV officials -- who are charging subscribers in excess of $80 a month for programing packages -- say News Corp. is seeking carriage-fee increases in excess of 40 percent.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Smashing pumpkins: Show us your MMA carved pumpkins
Artist Ray Villafane created a pumpkin that reminds me of MMA's best punch-faces.
That is an impressive work of art, particularly the flying pumpkin teeth. Could you do any better?
Here's the challenge. Create an MMA-inspired pumpkin and post it on the Cagewriter Facebook page. It can be a fighter, a fight, a logo, whatever. It just needs to be obviously related to mixed martial arts and made from a pumpkin, and not obscene, vulgar or otherwise inappropriate. We will award the best ones DVDs, fight programs and whatever else we can pull from the Cagewriter prize closet.
Read on to see some inspiration from recent fights via photographer Tracy Lee, or look through a collection of Cagewriter's exclusive pictures.
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Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar at UFC 136
Chris Lytle and Dan Hardy at UFC on Versus 5.
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Find a Job and Get Career Advice from The Labor Department's New Social Jobs Partnership Facebook Page [Job Search]
It's no secret that millions of people are having a hard time finding work. The US Labor Department's new Social Jobs Partnership page on Facebook is designed to connected these job-seekers with little-known career resources and job openings.
Right now the page is in development, but you can see organizations and services listed in the career resources section such as the National Association of Colleges and Employers, DirectEmployers, and Job Corps. The Labor Department's My Skills My Future website is one of the resources linked; it helps people find alternative careers based on their current skills.
The Facebook page promises to be sort of an online job fair mixed with career counseling tools and information. Given Facebook's popularity, it has great potential, and this is one Facebook page we hope will be a great success.
Social Jobs Partnership | Facebook via LA Times
You can follow or contact Melanie Pinola, the author of this post, on Twitter or Google+.
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Bring out your dead ? Amazon Kindle Trade-in
Love the new?Amazon?Kindle lines but just can’t justify upgrading to the latest version because your old version still does the job perfectly well? ?Now you can trade your old Kindle (or other e-reader that that matter) using the?Amazon trade-in?program. ?Just enter the model and?condition?of your old faithful friend and receive a gift card ranging from [...]
Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/10/21/bring-out-your-dead-amazon-kindle-trade-in/
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Article Place ? Unified Communications Streamlining VoIP and ...
[unable to retrieve full-text content]In a higher tech globe, communications may look to be more and far more complex as time goes by, and a lot of men and women and organizations are using VoIP or voice over World wide web Protocol as a way to conserve time and enhance ...
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Study: Vaccine reduces malaria in African children
ATLANTA (AP) ? The quest for the world's first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step forward.
The first results from a late-stage test in seven African countries were released Tuesday. They show the experimental shots cut the number of cases of malaria in half in young children.
The vaccine still is at least three years away. More testing must be completed to see how well it works in infants and how long protection lasts. Then the vaccine will be reviewed by government agencies in Europe and in individual African nations.
GlaxoSmithKline developed the vaccine. It targets a malaria parasite found in sub-Saharan Africa. There are no plans to market it in the United States.
The research results were released at a malaria conference in Seattle.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Shahid turns down Vishal?s next
After Ajay Devgn backed out of Vishal Bhardwaj?s ?Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola?, the latest reports have it that now Shahid Kapoor has also refused to be a part of the film. Where Ajay opted out of the project to take up Ashwini Dhir’s ?Son Of Sardar?, Shahid cited date problems as the reason to [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newslatest/~3/FheQqtElbhI/2752.html
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$435,000 could help NY protesters endure winter (AP)
NEW YORK ? After a month of bashing banks and other corporations, the Occupy Wall Street movement has had to become a money manager itself.
It has $435,000 ? most of it from online credit-card donations, but $85,000 of it has been donated in person at the Manhattan park that's become the epicenter of the global "anti-greed" protests, said Darrell Prince, an activist using his business background to keep track of the daily donations.
Handling the money, and figuring out what to do with it, could prove to be one of the biggest challenges for a movement united by anger more than by strategy, and devoted to building consensus among activists with wide-ranging goals.
The protesters have been spending about $1,500 a day on food, and also just covered a $2,000 laundry bill for sleeping bags and jackets and sweaters. They've spent about $20,000 on equipment such as laptops and cameras, and costs associated with streaming video of the protest on the Internet.
And they don't just have money donations. They have a mountain of donated goods, from blankets to cans of food to swim goggles to protect them from pepper spray ? some stored in a cavernous space on Broadway a block from Wall Street.
Though the money is a pittance compared to the profits of many corporations that the activists blame for the nation's financial woes, it's growing. Roughly $8,000 is now coming in every day just from the lock boxes set up to take donations at Zuccotti Park, Prince said. More is coming through the mail and online.
"It's way more support than we ever thought would come in," Prince said.
The cash flow has forced changes in the "finance working group" that arose spontaneously among the self-governed protesters to handle the movement's money. Buckets were once used to collect park donations, and until recently, a 21-year-old art student played a key role in the working group.
Prince, who has worked in sales, said the group is gaining financial expertise. He said the volunteers they recruit for the work generally "have experience running their own businesses or have worked in the industry."
They've also been getting help from a nonprofit group. Occupy Wall Street officially became a project of the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance for Global Justice on Sept. 28, 11 days after protesters began camping out at the park. The status allows the alliance to process donations on the movement's behalf, and makes it responsible for tax reporting.
"They approached us after people started wanting to give them money," said Chuck Kaufman, a coordinator for the alliance. "We agreed, not realizing the volume that it was going to turn out to be. It's been a learning experience for both of us."
The alliance advertises itself as "a little bit of people's think tank, a whole lot of organizing."
The Manhattan activists have been sticking to a simple, organized routine that works in the ragtag protest community.
In the park, passers-by drop bills or coins into monitored lock boxes. Several times a day, volunteers collect the boxes and bring them to a central point. The boxes are then taken to a nearby office space that is itself a gift from a New York union.
Mail containing checks ? made out to the alliance or Occupy Wall Street ? arrives at a UPS branch in the financial district where hundreds of cardboard boxes of contributed supplies also have been shipped.
In the office space, volunteers tally the donations and register them on a computer spreadsheet that's internally accessible to those tracking the finances. Each day's total is deposited at the Broadway branch of the Amalgamated Bank. Amalgamated bills itself as the only American bank that is 100 percent union-owned.
Prince said about $350,000 has been donated by credit card through the movement's website, while the rest was given by mail or in person.
The alliance takes 7 percent of each credit card donation. That gets split between the credit card companies' fees and the salary of the alliance's accountant, Kaufman said.
Prince said volunteers were working to have Occupy Wall Street's financial records posted online as soon as the end of the week.
The amorphous group has no clear plans yet on how to spend much of the money. For now, the fund doles out $100 a day to each of the dozen "working groups" that keep the month-long protest going ? from sanitation and medical to finance and media.
Any other expenditures ? extra laptops, for instance ? are voted on by the "general assembly" of protesters that meets daily, voting "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" on larger items after discussing the pros and cons.
The long-term picture for the movement includes surviving the imminent New York winter.
"A lot of people say we need to get an indoor space" ? in addition to the outdoor encampment, Prince said.
Activists also are working with legal experts to identify alternate sites where the risk of getting kicked out would be relatively low. Last week, the company that owns Zuccotti Park threatened to bar campers from the property, but quickly backed off.
Daniel Levine, 26, a musician from Brooklyn, agreed the movement "needs to winterize." He said the fund could be used to help buy frost-proof clothing and other equipment to keep protesters warm.
"I'm flabbergasted there's this much money, but in a way, I'm not surprised, considering the sentiments that we all share now ? of being disenfranchised," said Levine.
Prince also hopes the movement's money could be used for financial training in what he calls "the model for change" ? defined in myriad ways by protesters, but one "that doesn't look like the Wall Street model."
Protester Megan Blackburn, of Brooklyn, had more immediate ideas for the money as she cleaned the park pavement with a broom and dustpan Tuesday.
She hoped the fund will buy her "a new broom that really sweeps." When asked if she might buy one herself, she said, "Are you kidding? These things are expensive in Manhattan!"
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Global "Day of Rage" peaceful, Rome clears up (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) ? The global "Day of Rage" against the world's financial system won some limited sympathy from political and economic leaders on Sunday, after protests that were peaceful everywhere but Italy.
Cities from east Asia to Europe and north America saw rallies on Saturday denouncing capitalism, inequality and economic crisis, but riot police were busy only in Rome.
The city cleared up on Sunday, a day after masked "Black Bloc" protesters torched cars, attacked banks and hurled rocks.
"They must be condemned by everyone without reservation," Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said.
"Yesterday we once again showed the world the anomaly of Italy and today, again, we have to feel shame," La Stampa newspaper said. Mayor Gianni Alemanno said the capital would long suffer the "moral damage" of the rampage.
Many Italians asked why police had managed to arrest only 12 of the violent demonstrators.
Tens of thousands of other "indignant ones" had marched peacefully against the government of deeply-indebted Italy.
On Sunday a small group of peaceful protesters gathered by a church near where some of the violence took place to continue a sit-in. "We are the real indignant ones," one said. "They stole our day".
Lisbon and Madrid also saw tens of thousands march on Saturday. Spanish outrage has been fuelled by multi-million-euro payouts for top staff at failed regional banks, amid high unemployment and harsh spending cuts.
But most turnouts worldwide were lower. "People don't want to get involved. They'd rather watch on TV," said Troy Simmons, 47, protesting in New York, where the Occupy Wall Street movement that inspired the global day of unrest began.
In New York a few dozen were arrested for minor offences. Chicago police said they arrested about 175 protesters in a downtown plaza where some had set up tents and sleeping bags. Details of the charges were not immediately available.
Other cities across the United States and Canada saw modestly-sized and peaceful demonstrations.
"I am going to start my life as an adult in debt and that's not fair," student Nathaniel Brown said in Washington.
"Millions of teenagers across the country are going to start their futures in debt, while all of these corporations are getting money fed all the time and none of us can get any."
CATHEDRAL CAMPSITE
The wave of protest was not quite all over on Sunday. Around 250 protesters set up camp outside St Paul's Cathedral on the edge of London's financial district, promising to occupy the site indefinitely to show their anger over the global economic crisis.
The group had tried to take over the area in front of the nearby London Stock Exchange on Saturday. After being thwarted by police, the group moved to the cathedral and put up 70 tents. Some said they would stay there as long as possible.
"People are saying enough is enough, we want a real democracy, not one that is based on the interests of big business and the banking system," said protester Jane McIntyre.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he had some sympathy.
"It is true that a lot of things have to be faced up to in the Western world and there have been too many debts built up by states, and clearly in the banking system a lot has gone wrong," he told BBC TV.
"However, protest won't be the answer to that. The answer is (for) governments to control their debts and deficits. I'm afraid protesting the streets is not going to solve the problem."
"We support the right to peaceful protest, it's very important those protests are kept peaceful," Hague added.
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the financial system could not be left in such a fragile state.
"It is our task to make the world financial system much more solid ... that is how I interpret part of the message that comes from this movement," Trichet said in an interview.
But said authorities should not go as far as to "demolish" the banks, as they financed three-quarters of the economy.
"We are halfway there. We have already reinforced the regulation for commercial banks. There is still a lot of work to do, notably on the non-banking (institutions)," he said.
Trichet said the European Union's treaty should be changed to prevent one member state from destabilising the rest of the bloc, and urged stronger euro zone governance.
A dozen tents housing around 40 protesters also appeared in front of Trichet's ECB headquarters in Frankfurt.
ASIANS GRUMBLE, QUIETLY
The rallies tracked the sun from the Asia-Pacific region westwards on Saturday, but the first demonstrations in the east made ripples rather than waves.
Protesters gathered in their hundreds in Japan and across Southeast Asia. Wealthy Singapore didn't even manage that.
The pro-government Sunday Times appeared to take pride in the non-turnout after a call to gather in the financial centre failed to materialize.
"What's missing in this picture?" it asked above a picture of three policemen patrolling an almost empty Raffles Place.
In a region where many countries are still booming, protesters' grievances were less to do with economics than in Europe and north America.
"Anti-capitalism is not my cause but anti-authoritarianism is definitely my cause and as citizens ... we came here to stand up for our rights," said lecturer Wong Chin Huat, 38, at a small protest in Kuala Lumpur.
In Tokyo, many gathered to complain about radiation leaks from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, seven months after an earthquake and tsunami.
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