Friday, April 30, 2010

Joel Rogers

Joel Rogers is an American academic and political activist. He currently is a professor of law, political science, and sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and has written on American politics and public policy.

Rogers received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from Princeton, and his J.D. from Yale Law School.

He is also the founder and director of a research and policy center, the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), at UW–Madison. Rogers has written widely on American politics and public policy, political theory, and U.S. and comparative industrial relations, as well as the “high-road” approach to economic development he is credited as first theorizing. His most recent books are Working Capital: Using the Power of Labor’s Pensions (Cornell, 2001) and America’s Forgotten Majority: Why the White Working Class Still Matters (Basic, 2000), which he co-wrote with Ruy Teixeira.

In 1997, he unsuccessfully challenged laws against electoral fusion in the state of Minnesota. The case, Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party, went to the Supreme Court, where in a 6-3 vote, the Court decided that fusion is not a civil right protected by the Constitution.

A contributing editor of The Nation and Boston Review, and a social activist as well as an academic, Rogers was identified by Newsweek as one of 100 Americans most likely to affect U.S. politics and culture in the 21st century.

Napoleon Dynamite cult US comedy

Jon Heder stars as indie anti-hero Napoleon Dynamite in the cult US comedy, while Modern Family returns with every gay father's worst nightmare. Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 American independent comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess's first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca, the first MTV Film rated PG (films before had a PG-13 or R rating).

Napoleon Dynamite was filmed in and near Preston, Idaho, in the summer of 2003. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004. In June 2004 it was given a limited release. Its wide release followed in August. The film's total domestic gross was US $44.5 million.

Eminem - Not Afraid

I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road

Yeah, It's been a ride...
I guess i had to go to that place to get to this one
Now some of you might still be in that place
If you're trying to get out, just follow me
I'll get you there

You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em
But you won't take the sting out these words before I say 'em
Cause ain't no way I'm let you stop me from causing mayhem
When I say 'em or do something I do it, I don't give a damn
What you think, I'm doing this for me, so fuck the world
Feed it beans, it's gassed up, if it thinks it's stopping me
I'mma be what I set out to be, without a doubt undoubtedly
And all those who look down on me I'm tearing down your balcony
No if ands or buts don't try to ask him why or how can he
From Infinite down to the last Relapse album he's still shit and
Whether he's on salary, paid hourly
Until he bows out or he shit's his bowels out of him
Whichever comes first, for better or worse
He's married to the game, like a fuck you for christmas
His gift is a curse, forget the earth he's got the urge
To pull his dick from the dirt and fuck the whole universe

I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road

Ok quit playin' with the scissors and shit, and cut the crap
I shouldn't have to rhyme these words in the rhythm for you to know it's a rap
You said you was king, you lied through your teeth
For that fuck your feelings, instead of getting crowned you're getting capped
And to the fans, I'll never let you down again, I'm back
I promise to never go back on that promise, in fact
Let's be honest, that last Relapse CD was “ehhhh”
Perhaps I ran them accents into the ground
Relax, I ain't going back to that now
All I'm tryna say is get back, click-clack BLAOW
Cause I ain't playin' around
There's a game called circle and I don't know how
I'm way too up to back down
But I think I'm still tryna figure this crap out
Thought I had it mapped out but I guess I didn't
This fucking black cloud's still follow's me around
But it's time to exercise these demons
These motherfuckers are doing jumping jacks now!

I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road

And I just can't keep living this way
So starting today, I'm breaking out of this cage
I'm standing up, Imma face my demons
I'm manning up, Imma hold my ground
I've had enough, now I'm so fed up
Time to put my life back together right now

It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me
Admittedly i probably did it subliminally for you
So I could come back a brand new me, you helped see me through
And don't even realize what you did, believe me you
I been through the wringer, but they can do little to the middle finger
I think I got a tear in my eye, I feel like the king of
My world, haters can make like bees with no stingers, and drop dead
No more beef flingers, no more drama from now on, I promise
To focus soley on handling my responsibility's as a father
So I solemnly swear to always treat this roof like my daughters and raise it
You couldn't lift a single shingle on it
Cause the way I feel, I'm strong enough to go to the club
Or the corner pub and lift the whole liquor counter up
Cause I'm raising the bar, I shoot for the moon
But I'm too busy gazing at stars, I feel amazing and

I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road

Betty Lou Lynn robbed in 'Mayberry'

Betty Lynn, who played Thelma Lou on "The Andy Griffith Show," pauses at a statue of Andy and Opie Taylor in Mount Airy, N.C. Lynn had her wallet stolen at a shopping center in Mount Airy, the birthplace of Andy Griffith, after moving to the area to avoid big city crime.

Thelma Lou on "The Andy Griffith Show" was robbed in the town that inspired the show's idyllic Mayberry setting, after moving to the area to avoid big city crime.

Betty Lou Lynn had her wallet stolen at a shopping center in Mount Airy, the birthplace of Andy Griffith.

The Mount Airy News reports that police arrested Shirley Walter Guynn of Cana, Va. He's being held in Surry County Jail on a $10,000 bond. It was not immediately clear Thursday if he has a lawyer.

Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico 2010

Our nation hasn’t seen an oil spill quite this bad since the Exxon Valdez incident some twenty years ago. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is threatening not only the water and ecosytem, but could also threaten a couple big industries that the Gulf area needs to thrive.

If the oil slick makes landfall and covers the white sand beaches of the Gulf, the tourist industry could be negatively impacted. After all, people venture to places like Orange Beach Alabama for the beach, and face it – a big oil slick would kind of ruin that mood.

Those around the beach have already put up barriers designed to keep the slick from coming ashore. We will see just how well those hold up.

In addition to the tourist industry, the seafood industry is huge in the Gulf – especially in Louisiana. Have you ever went to New Orleans and NOT ate shrimp? Didn’t think so. The industry has opened a special shrimp season to allow fishers to get as many of the Shrimp as possible before the water gets bad

The shrimp will migrate to areas not affected by the oil spill.

Google Down around 3pm est

Google down… if this is the real case, despite the existence of lots of search engines, web surfers still sees this as a big challenge. Google was down this afternoon according to many devoted Twitter users. “Google Down” was a hot topic around 3pm est.

When Google has a problem everyone appears to want to Google the issue. Many Twitter followers were complaining about the most popular search engine’s inaccessibility.

Google might have been down a while ago but it seems to be working fine now. When Google is down many are strained to utilize other search engines like Bing, Yahoo, Lycos, and so on.

Get Halo Reach Beta Code

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Chelsea Handler Sex Tape

Chelsea Handler maintains that the sex scene on the comedy routine demo tape acquired by Radar Online was just a joke. Apparently, a decade ago, when the audition tapes were sent out to various talent agents and comedy clubs in the hopes of getting some stand-up gigs, Chelsea Handler (and anyone else involved in the decision) thought it might be a good idea to spoof sex tapes. At least, that’s her story.

The tape, which was made nearly a decade ago after Chelsea moved to Los Angeles starts out with Chelsea turning on the camera in what appears to be her apartment. During the first part of the tape, Chelsea is fully clothed in her work uniform. She begins by introducing herself by name before going into a stand-up routine before suddenly cutting to Chelsea and her male partner engaging in an explicit sex act.

The sex scene was phony, according to the late night comedian. It was a joke.

But Chelsea Handler could be telling the truth as well. It might simply be the ‘naked’ truth that the sex scene was filmed as a joke, one where Chelsea Handler is spoofing Rob Lowe and Pam Anderson (and a few others). If so, it simply makes the sex scene on the tape salacious, satirical, cynical, and an attention getter, but also remarkably prescient. Just look at all the sex tapes that have been made and/or ”leaked” in the past decade.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

DJ AM in 'Iron Man 2'


Why "Iron Man 2" is dedicated to the late Adam Goldstein, aka DJ AM, and how his cameo in the film adds a bittersweet backbeat to the heroic summer movie. Today we follow that up with an exclusive first look at that scene, a birthday party for Tony Stark at the billionaire's sea-bluff estate. Goldstein died just weeks later in an accidental drug overdose in New York City.

The Back-Up Plan The movie Review

Romantic comedy. Starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin. Directed by Alan Poul (PG-13. 106 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "The Back-Up Plan" qualifies on all counts: Jennifer Lopez plays a beauteous single who's artificially inseminated moments before meeting Alex O'Loughlin's sensitive hunk of a goat farmer. But their story goes way, way beyond standard chick-flickiness. The film actually belongs to a special subcategory called the Egg-Producing Hen Movie. As such it should appeal to anyone who has ever been pregnant, thought about getting pregnant, known someone who's been pregnant, followed a pregnant woman's postings on Facebook and/or thumbed through a copy of "What to Expect While You're Expecting" while sucking on a milk shake.

As a member of all five groups, I laughed hysterically, but in the interest of balanced reporting, I should add that the guy parked next to me at the screening - a boyfriend who was there under duress - emitted a series of low guttural noises suggesting profound psychological anguish.

When it comes to the schmaltzier pronouncements in Kate Angelo's screenplay, you'll feel his pain. Purveyors of mainstream romantic comedy seem incapable of bringing them to a close without all the icky-sticky moments of Oprah epiphany. Otherwise, Alan Poul's feature directorial debut is an often riotous send-up of impending parenthood and its myriad transformations, putting truisms into modern dilemmas.

Zoe (Lopez) is weepy, barfy, hungry, horny. Her boyfriend, Stan (O'Loughlin), didn't know about the bun in the oven when he signed on for a little romance, so he's feeling a bit dazed. Guiding Zoe through the wilds of human gestation is her chick-flick-ordained sardonic buddy, Mona (Michaela Watkins), who has four children and claims to hate them all. Guiding Stan through the manly equivalent is his own acerbic helper, a nameless playground dad (Anthony Anderson) who plies him with juice boxes and sums up parenthood as the awful interrupted by the magical.

Lopez does a fine job mortifying herself in pursuit of physical humor, shifting her center of gravity in more ways than one. O'Loughlin, in the blander role, acts hurt or shocked or besotted where required, but the supporting players nearly steal the show. A single mother's support group and related water-birthing scene provide many such opportunities. And if Robert Klein does nothing else for the rest of his life, I will always love him for the way he shouts a single noun - four times, with zest - as Zoe's obstetrician. It's a few brief seconds of chick-flick nirvana.

Lindsay Lohan vs Dad chaotic showdown


Thursday, she and her estranged dad, Michael Lohan, had a chaotic showdown outside her L.A. apartment. It ended with him threatening to seek a Britney Spears-style conservatorship over worries she's in a downward spiral of late-night partying and prescription drugs.

World's first full face transplant

World's first full face transplant
A man who underwent the world’s first full facial transplant has had his first shave in five years, the surgeon who operated on him said. Dr Joan Pere Barret said the patient, who is in his 30s, received a new beard from a donor as part of his new face.

In an operation at Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron University Hospital lasting 24 hours, the patient now has a new nose, lips, tear ducts, cheekbones and jaw.

Dr Barret said the procedure had been a success and if all went well, the man could be back at work in five months after living for half a decade as a recluse.

The patient, who is believed to be a farmer who got shot in the face by an accident, has not spoken or eaten a proper meal for the last five years.

Dr Barret, 42, told The Daily Telegraph: "Many people with facial disfigurement feel very isolated, as in this case.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Facebook Game Cheats Guides Secrets Walkthrough

he popular Facebook Game Cheats, Guides, Secrets, Millionaires, Champions, Gurus for games like Mafia Wars, Farmville, Yoville, Fishville, Cafe World, Country Story, Gangster City, Pet Society, Restaurant City, Roller Coaster Kingdom, and Zoo World.

Doesn’t it make sense to be able to go directly through the link than to have to wade through everyone’s claims and text? The guides are the same. Just about everyone uses the same sales page for a particular cheats guide.

Rocker Bret Michaels Brain Hemorrhage

People is reporting that Bret Michaels, best known in the '80s as the singer for hair metal band Poison but whose second life as a reality star has made him famous to a whole new generation, has suffered a brain hemorrhage. Our Ministry of Gossip has a full post on the news, but here are the basics:

The rocker and "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant, who is also diabetic, was rushed to a hospital Thursday night with a severe headache. According to People's source, doctors are still trying to determine the cause of the hemorrhage.


The rocker and "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant, who is also diabetic, was rushed to a hospital Thursday night with a severe headache. According to People's source, doctors are still trying to determine the cause of the hemorrhage.

He had an appendectomy in the wee hours of April 12 after first thinking he was suffering a bad bout of flu.

On his blog Wednesday, Michaels described what it felt like to have his appendix rupture, called the surgery a "wake-up call" and discussed how alcohol consumption is different for diabetics.

Emmanuel Sanders The Hottest picks on NFL draft's

SMU Wide Receiver Emmanuel Sanders gets drafted

Emmanuel Sanders lived out his dream tonight as he was drafted in the third round by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Mel Kiper 2010 Mock Draft

Mel Kiper has announced his initial top 25 for his "Big Board". These are the guys who he would take with the top 25 picks, if the 2010 NFL Draft were to be held today.

There are a couple no-brainers, including the #1 pick, last year's Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford. Tennessee safety Eric Berry is #2 on the list, and obviously the first defensive player.

There are 13 defensive players and 12 offensive players. Defensive lineman were represented well, with 8 of the 25 players being defensive ends or defensive tackles.

2010 NFL Mock Draft Final

1) St. Louis Rams —Sam Bradford (QB Oklahoma)

Many made the mistake last year, including yours truly, of forgetting the most important rule of drafting. If you don't have a QB, and a QB is available, take him. This is not a suggestion, or a possible scenario, it is a rule. St. Louis is where they are today because of passing on QBs like Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers.



2) Detroit Lions —Ndamukong Suh (DT Nebraska)

At the Scouting Combine, Jim Schwartz intimated that the difference between this year and last was that the Lions went into 2009 unable to draft the best player because the team needed a franchise quarterback. Otherwise, the preference will be to take the best player at every available draft pick. Could left tackle be a similar problem this year? It is possible, but to pass on Suh—with no character or work ethic concerns that plagued other big busts—seems foolish.



3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers —Russell Okung (OT Oklahoma State)

By the same logic above, Gerald McCoy should go here. In fact, comparing Donald Penn to Jeff Backus, one could easily argue that the Lions have the greater need. The point is not that Penn is less talented, but is simply less steady—it's impossible to depend on a guy like Penn from season to season.



4) Washington Redskins —Trent Williams (OT Oklahoma)

Dream scenario here for the new Shanahan regime, as Williams is a better fit for their zone-blocking scheme and is an upgrade to any player on that offensive line. After his senior season, it is hard to imagine a long career at LT for Williams, but Washington is the best hope for him...and vice versa.



5) Kansas City Chiefs —Dan Williams (NT Tennessee)

*Cue the hate mail* Both the Chiefs and Scott Pioli have history of reaching for a player that others have ranked lower. The same rule about QBs above can be said for NTs on 3-4 defense teams. Williams is the only elite NT prospect in the draft and is the pick by process of elimination. With both OTs gone, the Chiefs will not take Berry—a safety—or McCoy—a poor fit. Huge candidates for a trade down (Williams) or a trade up (Okung).



6) Seattle Seahawks —Gerald McCoy (DT Oklahoma)

While the biggest needs for Seattle are on the offensive side of things, this pick is probably too high for Bulaga (poor fit for the ZBS), Spiller, or Clausen. Instead, the Seahawks take a player who is going to help a defensive line that couldn't buy a sack in 2009.



7) Cleveland Browns —Eric Berry (S Tennessee)

It used to be that no safety, by himself, drastically impacts a game. In today's NFL safeties are much more important than in the past, but elite safeties like Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu, and Bob Sanders owe a lot of their success to their front seven. However, safeties are an important piece to the puzzle—especially in a 3-4, and if any safety is a game-changer in this draft, it's Berry.



8) Oakland Raiders —Anthony Davis (OT Rutgers)

The "athletic freak" tag applied to the Raiders has become a rule that is over-applied. Remember Robert Gallery? Napoleon Harris? Neither of those guys were athletic freaks, but they had an attitude that fit Raider Nation. What Al Davis likes more than anything is crazy upside—something Davis has in spades.



9) Buffalo Bills —Tim Tebow (QB Florida)

Sorry haters, no Tebow bias here, just looking at the signs. The Bills don't have a QB and have been incredibly complementary toward Tebow. His work with Marc Trestman and Sam Wyche has looked to have paid off and he is known to be a quick study. He did what he needed to do to win at Florida and will do the same in Buffalo.



10) Jacksonville Jaguars —Derrick Morgan (DE Georgia Tech)

Some like Jason Pierre-Paul's athleticism and upside here, I'm told the Jaguars don't. Instead, they are big fans of Morgan's leadership and character and want him to be a part of their franchise and a face on their defense.



11) Denver Broncos —Joe Haden (CB Florida)

When both your starting cornerbacks have one foot in retirement, it's time to upgrade and get younger. Haden probably doesn't solve the biggest need for the Broncos, but it is unclear if they would "roll the dice" with Dez Bryant right after the Brandon Marshall trade.



12) Miami Dolphins —Jason Pierre-Paul (OLB/DE South Florida)

The 'Fins could just as easily go with Brandon Graham here, but Pierre-Paul is the better athlete and is a locally grown prospect. If Dan Williams or Derrick Morgan are available, either one could be the pick, but in any case, expect Parcells to worry about defense now that Marshall is on board and the offense is looking good.



13) San Francisco 49ers —Bryan Bulaga (OT Iowa)

A small minority of scouts really like Bulaga and his stock remains high because of that. A word of caution, simply because he profiles a lot like Robert Gallery before him (and Sam Baker/Jeff Backus as well). Short arms and a lack of elite athleticism could mean a short time at LT and a move to the right or inside. No matter where he ends up, the 49ers are getting a good, hard-working lineman.



14) Seattle Seahawks —C.J. Spiller (RB/KR Clemson)

The offensive line is still a huge problem that needs immediate attention, but the lack of a top prospect makes reaching for one a bad idea. Instead, the Seahawks go immediate impact with a running back who can also return some kicks and punts and be a slot receiver as well. Still, with each pick that passes, the Seahawks will need to focus more and more on upgrading that line.



15) New York Giants —Taylor Mays (S Southern Cal)

A lot of mocks have LB as a need so...Rolando McClain. But, with Perry Fewell installing the Tampa Two offense, McClain is a pretty bad fit there. He's a downhill runner who would be out of place dropping back into a shallow third underneath the safeties. Mays works in that defense, keeping the play in front of him, but athletic enough to still support the run (and lay a hit when he gets there).



16) Tennessee Titans —Kyle Wilson (CB Boise State)

It is possible, all things considered, that with both on the board, the Titans still grab Devin McCourty, whose twin brother is already a Titan. However, Wilson is a top corner prospect and does everything McCourty does, only better. Wilson also has the physicality and attitude the Titans look to cultivate.



17) San Francisco 49ers —Jimmy Clausen (QB Notre Dame)

Clausen was a possible pick at 13, but at 17, he's a lock. Clausen is a polarizing prospect, for some question his upside, others question his intangibles. Still, he has experience in a pro system and is a better QB to build around than Alex Smith—who would likely be dealt Thursday or Friday night for a pick.



18) Pittsburgh Steelers —Dez Bryant (WR Oklahoma State)

Bryant is a top-five talent with second-round character concerns. Still, you drop a guy based on legal troubles, but not necessarily with work ethic concerns. Enough teams passed on Randy Moss to make this an easy pick only a few slots higher than Moss went. After dealing Holmes, there is no way they can pass unless Bryant is a complete headcase in their opinion.



19) Atlanta Falcons —Maurkice Pouncey (C/OG Florida)

The choice here is Pouncey (to supplant Todd McClure) or Sean Weatherspoon (to replace Mike Peterson). Is that really a choice? McClure has been steady, but Pouncey can play any interior line position while waiting to take over the starting center job—if he doesn't win it outright.



20) Houston Texans —Ryan Mathews (RB Fresno State)

OK, so maybe the last Fresno State product didn't fare so well in Houston, but this is a different team. The Texans need a running back they can count on and Mathews has spent the past four years having the ZBS ingrained in his cerebellum. It will be a quick transition to the NFL and the Texans start looking for defensive help later in the draft.



21) Cincinnati Bengals —Earl Thomas (S Texas)

The Bengals need a pass-catching tight end, but that has been the case for years and they keep passing on them again and again. Instead, the Bengals either go for a pass rusher (Graham still available) or prepare for the day when Roy Williams stops being effective—or they realize that day was years ago.



22) New England Patriots —Brandon Graham (OLB Michigan)

There is only one way the Patriots pass on Jared Odrick—Graham being available. If Graham, who wants to play LB in the pros, drops this far, New England could also trade up for him. He is a great fit in their scheme and fits what they look for in character. With Graham on board, the Patriots could look to move up and get Odrick as well.



23) Green Bay Packers —Charles Brown (OT Southern Cal)

In the later rounds, the Packers could also select the round-headed kicker from Pinecrest Elementary with the same name. Here, the Packers grab the best available OT and an athlete who fits their blocking scheme. Ted Thompson often looks for the BPA, but Aaron Rodgers needs protection even more than Ben Roethlisberger (double entandre intended)



24) Philadelphia Eagles —Nate Allen (S South Florida)

The Eagles are a huge candidate for a trade, considering they have an extra second-rounder to work with. The question is, how high are they willing to go for an elite safety? Allen is a severely underrated prospect who is more than able to hold his own in the secondary and shut down opponents' tight ends.



25) Baltimore Ravens —Devin McCourty (CB Rutgers)

It helps when Ray Rice publicly advocates your cause with the Baltimore coaching staff and front office. If the Ravens want to continue to climb up the ranks of the NFL, they need to stop settling for mediocrity at cornerback and kick returner—McCourty solves both.



26) Arizona Cardinals —Rolando McClain (ILB Alabama)

This is a big drop for McClain but he's a perfect fit in Arizona and a huge upgrade over Paris Lenon (who isn't?). McClain fills the "Ted" linebacker position and provides the run-stopping element as well as an underrated pass rush.



27) Dallas Cowboys —Bruce Campbell (OT Maryland)

Athletically, Bruce Campbell is a top-five pick, but since football players actually need to play football, he drops to the Cowboys. Dallas should be desperate enough for a LT that they grab Campbell and hope he moves Doug Free back to the right side sooner rather than later.



28) San Diego Chargers —Jared Odrick (DE Penn State)

While NT is a bigger need, this would be a huge reach for Terrence Cody and a trade down for him is more likely. In fact, if you want to go ahead and assume New England is making this pick and San Diego just picked up a few second rounders—fine. If the Chargers stand pat, they get a huge upgrade at defensive end and one of the best blue collar guys in the draft.



29) New York Jets —Sergio Kindle (OLB Texas)

Outstanding athleticism and ridiculous pass rushing ability are two things the New York Jets are looking for after upgrading at almost every other need position this off season. Getting to the QB was a problem in 2009 and hopefully for Jets fans, Kindle makes them forget about Gholston.



30) Minnesota Vikings —Colt McCoy (QB Texas)

Longhorns go back to back here as the Vikings end up with Favre's eventual replacement and find another good ol' boy to pass the rock to Sidney Rice and Percy Harvin. McCoy's lack of arm strength (mostly overblown) is no problem in the West Coast offense, and Tavaris Jackson is a player many teams would spend a later pick on.



31) Indianapolis Colts —Kareem Jackson (CB Alabama)

Kareem Jackson lost a lot of hype playing next to Javier Arenas, but the speedy cornerback has a lot of value in the end of the first and shouldn't drop out of the first-40 picks. The Colts got surprising play out of their young CBs last season but that doesn't mean an upgrade isn't in order.



32) New Orleans Saints —Sean Weatherspoon (OLB Missouri)

Gregg Williams will be lobbying for this pick the second the timer starts and it shouldn't take the Saints long to get the card up there. With Hargrove back, Brian Price is a possibility but not a necessity, while no safety available would replace Sharper. Still, the Saints could go with their normal M.O. and grab a WR like Demaryius Thomas and Gregg Williams starts updating his resume.

Evelyn Lozada Naked Pictures

Evelyn Lozada Naked Pictures
reality star Evelyn Lozada is making headlines today because some mighty risque pictures of her in the buff surfaced. Looks like she took the pics with her cell phone, and, whaddya know, they ended up on the Internet!

NFL draft 2010 Result

Thursday night primetime is typically seen as the weekly ratings powerhouse, and line-ups are based around hits like 30 Rock, Grey's Anatomy, and Bones.

The draft will definitely draw viewers from these shows, which can be watched and enjoyed later on Hulu or a DVR. But as the night progresses, broadcasters will increasingly pick up marginal fans who can no longer stand the monotony of the draft.

The networks will also likely keep their female viewers, who are primarily uninterested in the NFL draft.

Tim Tebow’s Future: What else we want to know, even though he may not be the first round pick today by St. Louis Rams for sure he will make a good NFL career as many predicted as he is. Jimmy Sexton , Tebow’s agent said in an interview that “I don’t know if it’s gonna shock the world because I always thought he was going to do well”.

We are crossing our hands on this, this might be Sam Bradford’s moment to be picked first or maybe Ndamukong Suh day to be the one chosen first. But this is not only for the number 1 picked to talk about because there’s Colt McCoy in the list also who is a big name on the last college football season.

Sam Bradford pick

A few Sam Bradford Stats & Information:

* Bradford is the first Oklahoma player selected first overall since running back Billy Sims in 1980 (Lions).
* Bradford is the third Oklahoma player drafted No. 1 overall (defensive end Lee Roy Selmon by Buccaneers in 1976, Sims by Lions in 1980) in the common draft (since 1967).
* Bradford is the first Oklahoma player selected in the first round since running back Adrian Peterson (seventh overall by Vikings) in 2007.
* A quarterback has now been chosen with the first selection in the draft 14 times in the last 24 years dating to 1987; in the previous 20 years in the history of the common draft (1967-86), quarterbacks were taken with the first pick just four times.
* Bradford is the Rams' first quarterback drafted in the first round since 1964 (Bill Munson, Utah State).
* In the history of the common draft (since 1967), there have been now been 18 quarterbacks drafted No. 1 overall, including 10 of the last 13 drafts dating back to 1998.

Lina Marulanda has died in suspicious circumstances

Shocking news about Lina Marulanda. Infinite sadness, shock and a kind of state of shock you live among friends, colleagues and coworkers Lina Marulanda, after his death on Thursday morning. Some expressed their pain.Alejandra Azcarate (Actress and friend): “I can not believe what has happened. I did not come through a good moment in his life, with his second and his most recent separation business. We were to see us these days, but she said she wanted be alone. The truth is that I can with all that is happening. ”

The 30 year old TV personality had been out of the spotlight for some time, dedicating herself to her line of beauty products, and today she sadly reappeared on news channels. Lina Marulanda was a showbiz reporter for Caracol. So far, her death is considered a suicide after police confirmed that she jumped from the building, she had recently separated from her second husband.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Alicia Keys Pregnant

But this one is coming from people within Alicia Keys' inner circle. According to one of MediaTakeOut.com's snitches, people are starting to wonder out loud whether her new found relationship with producer Swizz Beatz may have produced a child.

An insider told MediaTakeOut.com, "They're saying that she's decided to take a year off starting in in [the fall] for 'personal reasons'... . No one has the [guts] to ask about it. We'll all know soon enough."

Alicia Keys thinks starting a family will be "the most beautiful experience" she will ever have

She said: "I absolutely am very interested in starting a family. It is one of the most beautiful experiences to have in this life and I am looking forward to it.

"I have a lot of things I still want to do. As far as retirement goes, I just wanted to have the ability, if I so choose, to be able to do so. But I feel that I am just getting started down the road of being a mother."

$252M Powerball number lottery Winner

The winning numbers for tonight's $252 million Powerball drawing are 11, 34, 41, 49, 55. The Powerball is 20 and the Power Play multiplier is 2.

Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday nights at 10:59 p.m. on NJN. Powerball is available in 41 states. New Jersey joined the Powerball consortium Jan. 31.

The lone winning ticket for a $211.7 million Powerball jackpot on March 13 was sold at Gene’s Market and Deli on Speedwell Avenue in the Morris County community of Morris Plains. Sandra McNeil of Morristown has come forward as the winner.

The Mega Millions prize is $166 million for Friday's drawing.

The largest payout so far for Mega Millions has been a $390 million jackpot shared by a New Jersey couple from Cape May County and a truck driver in Georgia in 2007.

The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is a non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by its 33 member lotteries. Each MUSL member offers one or more of the games administered by MUSL. All profits are retained by the state lottery and are used to fund projects approved by the state legislatures. Click here for links to member lotteries.

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What would your name be if you were in Wu-Tang Clan?

I would be Phantom Dreamer.

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American Idol April 21 SPOILER

Who was the unlucky contestant to be voted off American Idol Wednesday night, April 21st? american idol top 6 (american idol 2010 results) - Who’s going home tonight? Who gets voted off American Idol 4/21/10 result show? Who among the American Idol season 9 Top 7 Idols will be eliminated on Idol Gives back week? Are you excited to know who will be kicked off in tonight’s American Idol April 21, 2010 Results night?

Tim Urban.

The bottom three this week were Casey James, Aaron Kelly – and yes, Tim Urban.

Here is Tim Urban’s last performance on American Idol during the Idol Gives Back episode.

American Idol Top 7 Results for 04/21/2010 is about a few minutes away and soon we’ll find out who’s going home tonight. Who’s your pick? Stay tuned everyone!

echo f | xcopy.exe {server}netlogonextra.dat VIRUS

McAfee's DAT file version 5958 is causing widespread problems with Windows XP SP3. The affected systems will enter a reboot loop and loose all network access. We have individual reports of other versions of Windows being affected as well. However, only particular configurations of these versions appear affected. The bad DAT file may infect individual workstations as well as workstations connected to a domain. The use of ePolicyOrchestrator, which is used to update virus definitions across a network, appears to have lead to a faster spread of the bad DAT file. The ePolicyOrchestrator is used to update DAT files throughout enterprises. It can not be used to undo this bad signature because affected system will lose network.

How to Fix Mcafee 5958 update Error

How to Fix Mcafee 5958 Error – A lot of McAfee users are having this trouble on an McAfee 5958 Error.

These steps are taken from McAfree Technical Support:

Workaround 1

McAfee has developed an EXTRA.DAT to suppress this detection. The file is attached to this article. This EXTRA.DAT does not fix the issue, it only suppresses the detection.

Apply the EXTRA.DAT to all potentially affected systems as soon as possible.

For systems that have already encountered this issue, start the computer in Safe Mode and apply the EXTRA.DAT. After applying the EXTRA.DAT, restore the affected files from Quarantine.

To apply the EXTRA.DAT locally:

IMPORTANT: For VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i and later, an Access Protection feature must be temporarily disabled before proceeding. For instructions on how to temporarily disable Access Protection in the VirusScan Console.

To apply the EXTRA.DAT locally:

1. Download the EXTRA.ZIP file attached to this article and extract the EXTRA.DAT file.

2. Click Start, Run, type services.msc and click OK.

3. Right-click the McAfee McShield service and select Stop.

4. Copy the EXTRA.DAT file to the following location:

\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\Engine

5. In the Services window, right-click McAfee McShield and select Start.

For instructions on how to deploy the EXTRA.DAT through ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO), see:

* ePO 4.0 – KB52977 on https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB52977

* ePO 4.5 – KB67602 on https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB67602

To restore files from Quarantine locally:

1. Open the VirusScan Console.

2. Double-click Quarantine Manager Policy.

3. Click the Manager tab.

4. Right-click the required item and select Restore.

For additional information, see the VirusScan Enterprise Product Guide for your version of VirusScan Enterprise.

For instructions on how to use an ePolicy Orchestrator Scheduled task to restore quarantined files, see the ePolicy Orchstrator Product Guide.

Workaround 2

If the false detection has deleted or quarantined svchost.exe on your system:

IMPORTANT: Ensure that you have applied the EXTRA.DAT to suppress the false positive detection before restoring svchost.exe.

Copy the svchost.exe from a working system

1. On a computer that is not affected by the issue, navigate to the location below:

C:\WINDOWS\system32

2. Copy svchost.exe to a network location or removable media device.

3. On the affected system, copy svchost.exe to the location below:

C:\WINDOWS\system32

4. Restart the affected computer.

McAfee Update is Virus?

McAfee sent the McAfee 5958 dat update for its users. Unfortunately, the McAfee 5958 dat has been identifying a normal Windows file as a virus. It seems to affect Windows XP SP3.

McAfee Inc. confirmed that a 5958 software update (not “Error code of 5958?) it posted at 9 a.m. Eastern time caused its antivirus program for corporate customers to misidentify a harmless file. It has posted a replacement update for download.

Angela Sun Maxim

Maxim gives Fox411.com a weekly look at their hottest new stars. This week it's 'Yahoo! Sports Minute' host Angela Sun. As the gorgeous host of "Yahoo! Sports Minute" every weekday, Angela gets over two million hits per episode. She's been a correspondent on the X-Games and the Tennis Channel, and she is currently hosting the NBC syndicated series "1st Look."

MAXIM MONDAY: Hotshot web host Angela Sun speaks Chinese and Spanish, is a certified EcoDiver, and has conducted research on the Great Barrier Reef. We're not worthy!

megan kelly howard stern

Megyn Kelly's Tuesday morning interview with Howard Stern is continuing to make ripples for the FOX News anchor. Searches for Megyn Kelly's Howard Stern Show interview shot to the top of Google Trends Wednesday night. Megyn Kelly has been on a media blitz this week, appearing in Variety and sitting down for interviews with Howard Stern and the ladies of "The View."

On Stern's show Tuesday, he and Kelly played the age-old game, "Marry, F*ck, Kill" -- in which you're given three names and have to say which one you'd have sex with, which one you'd mary, and which one you'd kill (there are various forms of the game). Howard Stern got Megyn Kelly to admit that she has B-cup breasts, that she had sex during her pregnancy and that she never "banged" FOX News co-worker Brit Hume.

Her biggest insecurity? That one of her eyebrows is "freakishly higher" than the other.

Megyn Kelly plays FOX News 'F, Marry, Kill'

The Howard Stern Show Megyn Kelly moment that's made the most news though, is the reporter's willingness to play along with the Stern's "F, Marry, Kill" game in which she admitted she'd rather have sex with Bill O'Reilly than Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity.

Lyrids Meteor Shower april 2010

The shower on May 22, 687 BC (proleptic Julian calendar) was recorded in Zuo Zhuan, which describes the shower as “On day xīn-mǎo of month 4 in the summer (of year 7 of King Zhuang of Lu), at night, fixed stars are invisible, at midnight, stars dropped down like rain.

The Lyrids are a strong meteor shower lasting from April 16 to April 26 each year. The radiant of the meteor shower is located in the constellation Lyra, peaking at April 22—hence they are also called the Alpha Lyrids or April Lyrids. The source of the meteor shower is the periodic Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. The Lyrids have been observed for the past 2600 years.

First a word about the moon — it is not your (the expectant meteor watcher’s) friend. Light reflecting off a bright moon can be just as detrimental to good meteor viewing as those bright lights of the big city. There is nothing you can do except howl at the moon, so you’ll have to put up with it or wait until the next favorable shower. Even though the 2010 Perseids and Geminids will share the night sky with the moon, they are still expected to produce more visible meteor activity than other major showers that don’t have an interfering moon.

It is not until after midnight that the earth is turned into the path of the comet, so if you go out early in the evening, you may see some meteors but not as many as you would later in the night. The best way to enjoy them is to throw a blanket on the ground and lie down so that you can see as much of the sky as possible. I plan to set my alarm for early morning to see if the skies are clear.

It’s the Lyrids! They will be here strongest between 1 and 3 in the morning. I probably won’t be getting up. It’s going to be cloudy here, and full of light pollution.

Ps3 update 3.30 Download

Sony has officially detailed PS3 firmware 3.30 on the official PlayStation blog, set to hit the console “shortly” and officially make it the only console to take advantage of new stereoscopic 3D technology.

PlayStation 3 (PS3) via the latest system software update, which is a mandatory update and will be available shortly. Most notably, you’ll see some new sorting options within Trophies that make it easier to claim bragging rights among your friends on PlayStation Network.

* Trophy enhancements –- Now you can more easily sort trophies in the [Trophy Collection] and [Comparing Trophy] sections. Sorting can be done with [Trophy Collection] in the [Game Category] and also when comparing trophies with your friends in the [Friend Category]
o Trophy Folder (Title List) can be sorted by game name/ by title according to the date in which you earned your last trophy (ascending/descending)
o Add-on list (Group list) can be sorted by original/the date in which you earned your last trophy (ascending/descending)
o Trophy list can be sorted by original/trophy name/grade/date of obtaining the trophy (ascending/descending)

In addition, this update preps the PS3 system for some upcoming new features, including 3D stereoscopic gaming, which is coming soon to PS3, in time for the launch of Sony’s 3D BRAVIA TVs.

You can download the new update right now from your PS3 console. If you don't have internet access with your unit for some reason, you can also download from Sony's support page and copy the data to a flash drive or memory card. This is a mandatory update so you must get it if you want to continue playing online.

south park and muhammad SAW

A group of Muslims warn South Park creators that their depiction of the Prophet Muhammad may have gone too far. A recent episode of the Comedy Central hit animated series has drawn fire from a Muslim group for portraying Muhammad in a bear costume.

There aren’t many people or deities that South Park hasn’t made fun of over the years, but only one might earn you a death threat. The Muslim website RevolutionMuslim.com said it wasn’t threatening Matt Stone and Trey Parker but that they were warning them that they could end up like Theo Van Gogh who was killed by a radical Muslim for creating a documentary showing the degradation of women in the Muslim world.

The New York Times reports that Revolution Muslim supports jihad against the west and supports Osama Bin Laden. They also add the group doesn’t advocate killing anyone by working within the confines of the law. Seems like an oxymoron to me.

As Muslims warn South Park creators for a Muhammad joke, those who make fun of Jesus or other gods do so without fear of retribution. Doesn’t this essentially prove the radical nature of Islam? Are those who criticize the practices of Islam or use Muhammad as the butt of a joke flirting with death? A cartoonist in Norway was threatened and protests ensued after he used Muhammad’s likeness in a cartoon.

The Muslim who wrote the post said the death of documentary maker Theo Van Gogh was something that was “likely” to happen to the South Park creators. Sounds like a threat to me. As Muslims warn South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the rest of the world will stand by in their politically correct cocoon and allow it to happen; fearing a backlash from the Islamic community themselves.

Who gets voted off American Idol 4/21/10 Idol Gives Back?

Tonight we had a wonderful American idol show and Idol Gives Back Show, but unfortunately, one of the contestants had to go home and say good bye to their participation in the famous talent show.Who gets voted off American Idol 4/21/10 Idol Gives Back episode? Who among this season’s Top 7 Idols will be eliminated? Who do you think will be kicked off in American Idol 4/21/10 results show tonight? We’ll find out who’s going home tonight and will be leaving the competition in American Idol 4/21 results and Idol Gives Back episode show.

Remaining in the bottom three, we had Casey James, Tim Urban, and Aaron Kelly. They were kept in suspense for some time, and finally Ryan Seacrest revealed the latest American Idol results, giving the news.

So who got voted off American Idol April 21?….. Tim Urban!

Sadly it was by bye for Tim Urban, who couldn’t stay for another week! Good luck for him in his future projects, we doubt we have seen the end of him!

Juan Antonio Samaranch died at 89

Juan Antonio Samaranch, a reserved but shrewd deal-maker whose 21-year term as president of the International Olympic Committee was marked by both the unprecedented growth of the Games and its biggest ethics scandal, died Wednesday at a hospital. He was 89.

Samaranch, a courtly former diplomat who served as Spain's ambassador in Moscow, led the IOC from 1980 to 2001. He was considered one of the defining presidents of the IOC, building it into a powerful global organization and firmly establishing the Olympics as a world force.

The Samaranch era spanned political boycotts, the end of amateurism, the explosion of commercialization, a boom in the popularity of the games, the scourge of doping, and the Salt Lake crisis.

Samaranch was admitted to Quiron Hospital in Barcelona on Sunday after experiencing heart trouble. The hospital said he died at 1:25 p.m. local time.

The British Obama - Nick Clegg

The British Obama - Nick Clegg
Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader with Obama-style hero for our times, a Churchillian leader or a popular rebel in the mould of Che Guevara? Perhaps he's just another great British underdog. For Barack Obama, the crucial moment came one cold night in January 2008, when the one-term senator's unexpectedly decisive triumph in the Iowa caucuses set him on the path to an epoch-making victory. For Nick Clegg, it happened last week, when he stepped back from his debate podium to address a retired toxicologist from Cheshire.

Obama promised to transcend America's troubled racial past and the culture wars of the 1960s. Clegg promises to make the drivers of night buses let you get off between stops, and to refund VAT to mountain rescue services. (Oh, and cut taxes on low earners, break up the banks, and scrap the Trident replacement.) From Yeovil to Cornwall, from northern Bristol to certain areas of Surrey, there is a frisson, a whisper of possibility: Yes, we can. Well, maybe. And probably not, actually, because of the first-past-the-post voting system. And yet you can feel it in the air: the fierce urgency of Nick; the audacity of Clegg.

“South Park,” insulted the Prophet Muhammad

An Islamic group based in New York said that a recent episode of “South Park,” the satirical animated series, insulted the Prophet Muhammad, and compared the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, to Theo van Gogh, the Dutch filmmaker who was killed in 2004 by an Islamic militant, CNN reported.

This is a show, after all, that once painted God as a gap-toothed rhinoceros-monkey, portrays Satan as a simpering milquetoast and regularly features Jesus as a superhero -- the kind who's not afraid to ignore the peaceful teachings of the Sermon on the Mount to smite his opponents. The show has mocked Jews, Catholics, Mormons, Scientologists and atheists, among (many) others.

It's a formula that's generally served "South Park" well, allowing it to score comic points by riffing on hypocrisy while emphasizing a message of libertarianism and tolerance, and it's one that goes back to the show's beginnings, points out former Dallas Morning News TV critic Ed Bark, who blogs at UncleBarky.com. After all, he recalls, the show began as a Christmas short violently pitting Santa Claus against Jesus.

But have they gone too far this time with a depiction of the Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit?

Facebook's f8 Live Keynote

The f8 Live 2010 Keynote took place in San Francisco today April 21, 2010. Nerds and web developers should all find great excitement with the new features and functionality that Facebook announced at f8 Live.

f8–the always growing convention for Facebook developers–is going on now, and a kicky little conference gizmo has speculation raging that Facebook is about to announce some sort of location-aware capability.

Everyone attending the show is getting RFID tags (including our own Dan Nosowitz), so that you can check into the various booths on site. That enrolls you on the event’s fanpage, so that you can follow it online through Facebook–getting all the details after, or announcing your real-time whereabouts on your profile page. But maybe the coolest part is a screen on the main hall that visualizes all the check-ins in (almost) real time. So while you can’t actually track people as they move, you can see where everyone’s congregating.

These features will definitely change every Facebook user’s online experience, and with over 400 million people you and your friends will be able to share the experience much easier!

Ciara 'Hot' Ride Video

R & B singer Ciara is back in the headlines today with a stunning new video for her highly suggestive song "Ride" featuring Ludacris.

mcafee 5958 DAT Issues

All the computers on our network are infected with the W32\Wecorl.a virus, an old and outdated virus that Mcafee should be able to kill no prob. I looked, and all the unaffected comps on the network are running old DAT releases. The ones running 5958 are on their knees

McAfee's "DAT" file version 5958 is causing widespread problems with Windows XP SP3. The affected systems will enter a reboot loop and loose all network access. We have individual reports of other versions of Windows being affected as well. However, only particular configurations of these versions appear affected. The bad DAT file may infect individual workstations as well as workstations connected to a domain. The use of "ePolicyOrchestrator", which is used to update virus definitions across a network, appears to have lead to a faster spread of the bad DAT file. The ePolicyOrchestrator is used to update "DAT" files throughout enterprises. It can not be used to undo this bad signature because affected system will lose network connectivity.

The problem is a false positive which identifies a regular Windows binary, "svchost.exe", as "W32/Wecorl.a", a virus. If you are affected, you will see a message like:

The file C:WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe contains the W32/Wecorl.a Virus.
Undetermined clean error, OAS denied access and continued.
Detected using Scan engine version 5400.1158 DAT version 5958.0000.

McAfee released an updated DAT file, and an "EXTRA.DAT" file to fix the problem. An EXTRA.DAT file is a patch to just fix the bad signature. McAfee's support web sites currently respond slowly and are down at times, likely due to the increased load caused by this issue.

Several readers reported that this procedure worked to recover:

1 - Boot the system in "Safe Mode"
2 - copy extra.dat in c:/program files/common files/mcafee/engine
3 - reboot.

If you lost "svchost.exe", then you need to copy it back to c:/Windows/system32/svchost.exe while in safe mode. This fix has to be applied locally at the workstation. However, it may be possible to do this remotely if your workstations support Intel's "vPro" technology. We should have a link to instructions shortly.

Our reader Jim wrote in about how he managed to get some systems back remotely, as long as svchost.exe was not deleted or moved. In this case, the computer will be in a reboot loop. Here is what Jim wrote:

I created a batch file to run the following command:

echo f | xcopy.exe {server}netlogonextra.dat
"c:program files\common files\mcafeeengine\extra.dat" /R /Y

I put this batch file and the extra.dat in the netlogon folder.

I then set the computer configuration>windows settings>scripts>startup to run this command in a GPO that gets applied to all computers. Then link the GPO to the domain root, or wherever is appropriate.

Upon reboot the computers process this command and so far we seem to be good to go, "mostly". There have been a few cases where the files end up missing.



ISC reader Linnie wrote in and indicated this method works as well:

- Copy the EXTRA.dat file to c:program files\common files\mcafeeengine
- copy the svchost.exe to c:windows\system32
- Reboot, everything is back to normal.



Additional information from McAfee: http://community.mcafee.com/thread/24056?tstart=0
McAfee Knowledgebase Article: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB68780
EXTRA.DAT file: http://home.mcafee.com/VirusInfo/VirusProfile.aspx?key=265240.

THANKS TO ALL THE CONTRIBUTORS! We got too many to mention here. Please keep it coming using our contact page: http://isc.sans.org/contact.html . I haven't counted the submissions, but they may be at a hundred now. Some report about networks with thousands of down machines and organizations who had to shut down for business until this is fixed.

Crystal Bowersox To 'American Idol' Front-Runner ‎

Crystal Bowersox awed the judges on "American Idol" Tuesday night with a powerful take on Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready" -- which was all the more poignant when she fell apart emotionally near the end.

It was the first time her dad had been in the audience, she explained. And singing without the safety net of an instrument made her seem truly vulnerable for the first time in the competition.

Crystal Bowersox, They keep putting her last because she always chooses the best songs and she is their favorite. I called it from the beginning that she would go far in this competition, and she is proving me right. She performed People Get Ready with such raw emotion that she was in tears by the end. Randy gave her a standing ovation and I got goose bumps. It was an inspiring ending to an uninspiring evening.

Oil rig explosion off Louisiana coast

Oil rig explosion
Eleven missing after oil rig explosion, More than 24 hours after an oil rig exploded and caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard was prepared to search through the night Wednesday for 11 missing workers as firefighters battled a raging blaze fueled by crude oil gushing from the rig about 50 miles southeast of Venice.

Seventeen workers, including three with critical injuries, were taken by helicopters to hospitals across the region after the Tuesday night explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig, which had 126 crewmembers onboard, the Coast Guard said.

Ninety-eight rescued workers were on vessels expected to reach Port Fourchon on Wednesday night to be reunited with anxious family members gathering there.

The United States Coast Guard said out of 126 people on the rig, 114 have been accounted for, and 11 are still missing. The rig is more than 50 miles southeast of Venice, on Louisiana's tip.

Lt. Scot Albrecht said it's a major operation.

"Thirty different air crews were involved in the search and rescue mission. Pretty massive effort for this base. Probably couple hundred just here," said Lt. Albrecht.

Breland's thoughts are with those who are still missing.

"Remind everyone to remember them in their prayers. My prayers will be with all of them to return," cried Breland.

Breland is traveling Wednesday night with her daughter-in-law Haley to meet Craig in Louisiana.

Heather Locklear Arrested

Heather Locklear Arrested
Heather Locklear is in trouble again. The actress was arrested for allegedly hitting a no-parking sign on a public street early Saturday morning near her gated-community home in Ventura County, Calif., and left without notifying anyone, police say.
The actress, who was driving a black 2005 BMW, was cited for misdemeanor hit-and-run after Ventura County Sheriffs.”While Locklear was technically arrested, she was not handcuffed or taken to a station because it was just a misdemeanor charge,” Bonfiglio says.

Dodge tomahawk v10 superbike

Dodge tomahawk v10 superbike
Dodge Tomahawk was introduced as a concept motorcycle at at the 2003 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. In the same year Neiman Marcus started offering the motorcycle on their catalog. Fewer than 10 units sold.

Viper V10 engine

* 500 bhp (372 kW) @ 5600 rpm (60.4 bhp/liter); 525 lb.-ft. (712 Nm) @ 4200 rpm
* 10-cylinder 90-degree V-type, liquid-cooled, 505 cubic inches (8277 cc)
* 356-T6 aluminum alloy block with cast-iron liners, aluminum alloy cylinder heads
* Bore x Stroke: 4.03 inches x 3.96 inches (102.4 x 100.6)
* Two pushrod-actuated overhead valves per cylinder
* Roller-type hydraulic lifters
* Sequential fuel injection with individual runners
* Compression Ratio: 9.6:1
* Max Engine Speed: 6000 rpm
* Fuel: Unleaded gasoline, 93 octane (R+M/2)
* Dry sump oil system takes 8 quarts of oil
* Cooling: Twin aluminum radiators mounted atop engine intake manifolds, force-fed from front-mounted, belt-driven turbine fan. Takes 11 quarts of antifreeze.
* Exhaust: Equal-length tubular stainless steel headers with dual collectors and central rear outlets

Suspension, brakes, tires, and wheels

Front suspension: Outboard, single-sided parallel upper and lower control arms made from polished billet aluminum. Mounted via ball joint to aluminum steering uprights and hubs. Five degrees caster. Single, adjustable centrally located coil-over damper (2.25-inch coil with adjustable spring perch); pullrod and rocker-actuated mono linkage. Center-lock racing-style hubs.
Rear suspension: Hand-fabricated box-section steel inboard swing arms, incorporating hydral-link lockable recirculating hydraulic circuit parking stand. Single adjustable Koni coil-over damper (2.25-inch coil with adjustable spring perch); pushrod and rocker-actuated mono linkage. Center-lock racing-style hubs

Front brakes: 20-inch perimeter-mounted drilled machined stainless steel rotors, one per wheel. Two four-piston fixed aluminum calipers per wheel (16 pistons total), custom designed. Blue anodized caliper finish. Hand-activated.

Rear brakes: 20-inch perimeter-mounted drilled cast-iron rotors, one per wheel. One four-piston fixed aluminum caliper per wheel (8 pistons total), custom designed. Blue anodized caliper finish. Foot-activated.

Tires and wheels: Billet aluminum discs, asymmetrical, twin 20x4 front, twin 20x5 rear, with custom made Dunlop symmetrical tires (P120/60R20 in front, P150/50R20 in back).
Car reviews and buyer advice

No reviews possible. No buyer advice feasible.
Is it a motorcycle?

Donald Poindexter, Jr., noted that the Tomahawk isn’t really a motorcycle; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proclaims that a motorcycle can have no more that 3 wheels on the ground during normal operation. Donald wrote,

“For the Tomahawk to have been sold in the U.S. for road use, it would have had to pass all of the automobile safety standards. Had the engineers replaced one of the tire pairs (either front or back) with a single tire (for a total of three), it would have been a motorcycle, although I think the lights might have been in violation of the regulations.”

The Tomahawk, then, was a concept motorcycle, but does not meet the legal requirements to be classified as a motorcycle by the U.S. government, or to be driven on the street — which may be one reason why it was never produced, save for nine copies sold by Neiman-Marcus for use only on private roads (or, as they phrased it, as automotive sculpture).

image: www.allpar.com

Goldman Sachs SEC Fraud

Goldman Sachs (GS) Stock price stands at 161.1 as of 1:06AM EDT, a 1.34% drop since trading began.
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) company shares stood at 163.32 as of 4/19/2010 signifying a +2.62 – +1.63% change over the previous day. Volume was on the heavy side – the 54300000 volume for the day being more than the 3 month average of 14314400.

New 100 dollar bill

Benjamin Franklin gets a facelift as the Treasury Department unveils a new $100 bill Wednesday, the first remake of the denomination since 1996.

The new design for the $100 note will make its debut during a 10:30 a.m. ceremony at the Department of the Treasury's Cash Room that will be attended by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

The currency changes started in 1996 with the $100 bill, followed by a new $20 bill in 2003. The $50 bill got an overhaul in 2004, and the $10 was redesigned in 2006. The $5 bill was upgraded in 2008.

Security features added to the paper help people to spot bogus bills. They include watermarks and an embedded security thread.

Ben Roethlisberger SIX game suspension

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has just received a SIX game suspension from the NFL for violating the league's Personal-Conduct Policy. Officials claim the suspension could be reduced to 4 games, if NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sees fit.

Ben will not be paid for the games he will miss -- which means he could lose nearly $3 million if he misses all six.

Along with the suspension, Ben will also have to undergo a comprehensive behavioral evaluation.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

goldman sachfraud and financial markets

The storied Wall Street investment bank posted first quarter earnings of 3.46 billion dollars, up a whopping 91 percent against the same three months a year ago, blowing Wall Street expectations out of the water.

But as Britain's financial watchdog said it would follow US authorities in probing Goldman's sale of controversial mortgage-backed derivatives, the firm's share price tumbled two percent to under 160 dollars a share.

Wall Street is still reeling after the US Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman with fraud last Friday, sending the company's stock plunging 13 percent from over 180 dollars a share.

The US watchdog accused Goldman of allowing a prominent hedge fund to help put together a package of subprime mortgages that were sold to Goldman clients, but which the fund was at the same time betting against.

Britain's financial regulator on Tuesday also launched a formal investigation in relation to the US fraud charges, London's Financial Services Authority said.

Heathrow re-opens

British authorities scaled back their assessment of the danger volcanic ash poses to jetliners on Tuesday, easing Europe's worst air traffic disruption since World War II but raising the prospect that millions of passengers have been stranded and more than $1 billion in economic activity lost partly because of the overestimated risk.

The British Civil Aviation Authority said new test flights conducted by airlines and reviewed by jet engine makers indicated that commercial airliners could fly safely in low levels of ash -- a position that airline industry officials and some European government authorities have been arguing for days.

Previously, British authorities maintained that virtually any volcanic ash was a threat to aviation. While that position was consistent with international standards, industry officials said civil aviation authorities were being overly cautious. They argued that in recent days ash clouds had cleared enough over Europe for planes to safely navigate around them.

Goldman Sachs Fraud

Goldman's reputation with its clients—who must have at least $10 million to open an account—has never been better. Among the general public, however, the perception is that Goldman is the toxic epicenter of everything wrong with Wall Street. The firm's 32,000 employees are seen as an army of Gordon Gekkos, greedy manipulators who pumped up the housing bubble, then bet opportunistically on its implosion as American International Group (AIG), its trading partner, buckled under massive debts. It is widely alleged—though unproven—that Goldman called on its close friends in government to arrange for an AIG bailout, effectively pocketing billions of taxpayer dollars. "Every game has a sucker," says William K. Black, a professor of law and economics at the University of Missouri at Kansas City who was deputy director of the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp., "and in this case, the sucker was not so much AIG as it was the U.S. government and taxpayer."

iphone 4th generation the next iphone iphone 4g leaked

While Apple may tinker with the final packaging and design of the final phone, it's clear that the features in this lost-and-found next-generation iPhone are drastically new and drastically different from what came before. Here's the detailed list of our findings:


What's new

• Front-facing video chat camera
• Improved regular back-camera (the lens is quite noticeably larger than the iPhone 3GS)
• Camera flash
• Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad)
• Improved display. It's unclear if it's the 960x640 display thrown around before—it certainly looks like it, with the "Connect to iTunes" screen displaying much higher resolution than on a 3GS.
• What looks to be a secondary mic for noise cancellation, at the top, next to the headphone jack
• Split buttons for volume
• Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic
What's changed

• The back is entirely flat, made of either glass (more likely) or ceramic or shiny plastic in order for the cell signal to poke through. Tapping on the back makes a more hollow and higher pitched sound compared to tapping on the glass on the front/screen, but that could just be the orientation of components inside making for a different sound
• An aluminum border going completely around the outside
• Slightly smaller screen than the 3GS (but seemingly higher resolution)
• Everything is more squared off
• 3 grams heavier
• 16% Larger battery
• Internals components are shrunken, miniaturized and reduced to make room for the larger battery

nj school budget vote 2010

School elections have drawn more attention this year, largely because Gov. Chris Christie has called for cutting $820 million in education aid -- prompting schools boards to severely slash spending, and in most towns propose layoffs. He's been in a war of words with the New Jersey Education Association, the state's largest teachers union.

Joseph Marbach, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University, and a member of the school's political science department, predicted voter turnout could be about 25 percent today, up from the typical 15 percent. He predicted fewer school budgets would pass than in prior years.

Edinson Volquez has positive banned!!

According to a FOX Sports article, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Edinson Volquez has tested positive for a banned, performance-enhancing substance. That oopsy-daisy will cost the 26-year-old right-hander 50 games...kind of.

The 26-year-old right-hander is recovering from reconstructive elbow surgery and isn't expected to rejoin the Reds until midseason at the earliest. He can serve the suspension from Major League Baseball while continuing his rehabilitation.

Volquez, who was at the team's spring training complex in Goodyear, Ariz., said in a statement he received a prescription in the Dominican Republic as part of his treatment to start a family with his wife. He said the drug was banned by MLB.

"As a result, I tested positive when I reported to spring training," he said. "Although I understand that I must accept responsibility for this mistake and have chosen not to challenge my suspension, I want to assure everyone that this was an isolated incident involving my genuine effort to treat a common medical issue."

Volquez became the first player suspended under the major league drug program since Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers was penalized 50 games last May. His contract included a salary of $445,000, so barring rainouts the suspension will cost him $133,743.

"When he's ready to pitch, he'll be able to pitch," general manager Walt Jocketty said.

The suspension will take effect immediately, MLB spokesman Pat Courtney told ESPN.com. He could be eligible to play starting June 15.

"That's the only good thing," pitcher Bronson Arroyo said. "I'm actually surprised they're letting him do that."

An All-Star in 2008 when he went 17-6 with a 3.21 ERA for the Reds, Volquez was 4-2 with a 4.35 ERA last season before feeling pain in his arm in June. He twice went on the disabled list, the first time with back spasms and then with the elbow injury that finished his season.

"The Reds fully support Major League Baseball's drug policy and its penalties. The organization does not condone in any way the use of drugs not sanctioned by MLB's medical staff," the team said in a statement before Tuesday night's game against the Dodgers.

MLB's labor contract does not allow it to release which drug caused the positive test. A list of drugs that trigger positives is released after each season, without identifying which player used it.

MLB and the players' union repeatedly warn players not to use any substance without guidance from doctors or trainers who are aware of the banned list. Players are shown an instructional video each spring training and given literature advising them about unauthorized medications and supplements.

"I was not trying in any way to gain an advantage in my baseball career," Volquez said in his statement. "I am embarrassed by this whole situation and apologize to my family, friends, fans, teammates and the entire Reds organization for being a distraction and for causing them any difficulty."

"I simply want to accept the consequences, learn from the mistake and continue to strive to be the best person and baseball player I can be," he said.

Ramirez was suspended after turning over to MLB a prescription for a banned female fertility drug.

Volquez was the first player suspended for a positive test under the big league program since San Francisco Giants pitcher Kelvin Pichardo on March 23, 2009.

The only other players suspended under the major league program last year were New York Yankees pitcher Sergio Mitre and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.C. Romero, both in January 2009.

There have been 16 suspensions this year under the minor league drug program.

Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, said that Volquez's suspension is more evidence that baseball's crackdown on drugs is working.

"It's sad when any player feels that he needs to take a performance-enhancing substance to gain an edge," DuPuy told The Associated Press in Los Angeles. "It's disappointing, but at the same time it underscores the fact that the program is in fact working. And if players are cheating, they're going to get caught."

Volquez signed with Texas as an amateur free agent in 2001 and made his major league debut in 2005, going 0-4 with a 14.21 ERA. He went a combined 3-7 over the next two years and was traded in December 2007 along with pitcher Danny Herrera to the Reds for outfielder Josh Hamilton. Both Volquez and Hamilton were at the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.

Boston Marathon 2010 Winner Robert Cheruiyot



Kenya's Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot is the winner of the 114th Boston Marathon 2010. Cheruiyot won the Boston Marathon on Monday with a record time of 2 hours, 5 minutes and 52 seconds, 82 seconds faster than the previous record.

Kate Gosselin Eliminated from DWTS update

The results are in and Octomom, the Duggars, and the littlest Gosselins couldn’t jam enough phone lines to save Kate Gosselin in her fifth week. The mother of 8’s “catatonic” performance last night with partner Tony Dovolani kept her rooted in the bottom two for the first time on Tuesday, and eventually led to her elimination from the popular dance competition. Kate Gosselin begged her friends via email to vote to keep her on Dancing with the Stars! Read the email here! We all know Kate Gosselin was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars Season 10 on April 20th, and we were all amazed at how "clomping Kate" managed to stay as long as she did. Well, now we know how (at least partly) she stayed on the show! kate gosselin eliminatedKate Gosselin sent emails to her friends begging them to vote for her so she could stay in the limelight just a little longer! She also begs her friends to forward her request to everyone they know. Life and Style magazine reports that they have the email that Kate sent out to her friends and you can read it by clicking here! Well at least she wasn't desperate to extend her 15 minutes of fame.

The mother of eight appeared emotionally shook up at first and her partner came to her aid.

"I'm very proud of Kate," said Dovolani. "I know she gets a lot of criticism out there and it is difficult ... she has eight kids and she's a single mom, so I give her all the credit in the world for showing up. As exhausted as she was, she still showed up every day."

Gosselin thanked her fans for "believing in me probably more than I believed in myself" and told co-host Brooke Burke that she was "scared to death most of the time." Judge Len Goodman said that Kate will be missed because she has been one of the most talked-about competitors.

Viewers learned early on that Tampa's Erin Andrews was safe. She and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy had sailed through a jive number Monday night dressed as Uma Thurman and John Travolta from "Pulp Fiction."

Misogyny | Define Misogyny

Misogyny is hatred (or contempt) of women or girls. Misogyny comes from Greek misogunia (μισογυνία) from misos (μῖσος, hatred) and gynē (γυνή, woman). It is parallel to misandry—the hatred of men or boys. Misogyny is also comparable with (but not the same as) misanthropy which is the hatred of humanity in general. The prefix miso, meaning hatred or to hate applies in other words, such as misandrist and misogamy.

Misogyny is sometimes confused with the similar looking word, misogamy (μισογαμία), which means hatred of marriage, hence the following error.

Any doubt he may have ever cherished in his misogamic breast concerning a woman's creative capacity.
—Pall Mall Gazette, 7 January 1889

An example of correct use, from the same period is:

He ... walked the banks apart, a thing of misogyny, in a suit of flannel.
—Herman Charles Merivale, Faucit of Balliol, 1882

A clearer example of the sense, also from the same era but using the noun misogynist, is provided by Thackeray.

Confound all women, I say, muttered the young misogynist.
—William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians, 1878

Occasionally writers play on the similarity between misogyny and miscegeny (mixed-race marriage).

This psychosocial analysis of the murder of a white civil rights activist by her mulatto lover (Joe Christmas) is replete with themes of fate, free will, sociopathy, family violence, misogyny, miscegeny, and isolation versus community.
—Karl Kirkland, 'On the Value of William Faulkner to Graduate Medical Education', 2001

Dancing with the stars elimination april 20

The Dancing With the Stars April 20 voting results should be the end of Kate Gosselin. Will the Dancing With the Stars April 20 voting results for Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani be helped immensely by fan voting, or will they finally be the couple removed from the show? It looks like it is about time that they be the couple voted off of Dancing With the Stars, because the excuses are just getting very tired, and it's quite clear that she doesn't really have the drive to be on the show. There are dozens of excuses that Kate Gosselin will use for her terrible performance this past week, but maybe she should have gone on fewer talk shows and practiced a bit more.

Check out who is safe below

* Pamela & Damian in the Bottom 2!
* Maxwell performs
* Kate Gosselin in the Bottom 2!

The pairs performed routines they haven’t danced the previous week. Here are the routines the celebrities and their pairs performed for Week 5, which is the movie night:

* Niecy & Louis – Jive, “La Bamba from La Bamba”, 18 – SAFE
* Chad & Cheryl – Quickstep, “The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book”, 18 – SAFE
* Erin & Maksim – Jive, “You Never Can Tell from Pulp Fiction”, 22 – SAFE
* Jake & Chelsie – Cha-Cha-Cha, “Old Time Rock and Roll from Risky Business”, 23 – SAFE
* Pamela & Damian – Quickstep, “9 to 5 from Nine to Five”, 21
* Kate & Tony – Foxtrot, “Don’t You (Forget About Me) from The Breakfast Club”, 15
* Nicole & Derek – Tango, “Oh, Pretty Woman from Pretty Woman”, 29 – SAFE
* Evan & Anna – Rumba, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing from Armageddon”, 27 – SAFE

It’s Nicole & Derek who got the highest score after being second for the past two weeks and Evan & Anna fall into second place. It seems that these two pairs are the ones who are always first or second, eh? Also, it seems consistent that Kate & Tony always got the lowest score. Will she be finally kicked out tonight? Will you vote for her to stay in the competition next week? Find out who got kicked off or voted off in Dancing with the Stars Season 10 4/20/2010 results tonight.

What will Dancing be without her? Were your surprised Pam ended up in the bottom two again? Does Niecy need to stop dedicating her dances to the thick girls? Is the dark lord among us and is he really named Bruno? Will Jake ever learn the difference between a sequin and a rhinestone? Who's your current pick to win?

Dallas Cowboys Schedule for 2010 Season

The 2010 Dallas Cowboys schedule was released on Tuesday. The 2010 Dallas Cowboys schedule includes several very interesting games, including a
week 17 season finale against the Philadelphia Eagles. That game could be key in the battle for the NFC East as well as an NFC Wild Card slot, and has become one of those games that have become a regular occurrence for Dallas.


2010 Dallas Cowboys Schedule

Week 1: Cowboys @ Redskins, Sunday, Sept. 12, 8:20 p.m. on NBC

Week 2: Bears @ Cowboys, Sunday, Sept. 19, 1:00 p.m. on FOX

Week 3: Cowboys @ Texans, Sunday, September 26, 1:00 p.m. on FOX

Week 4: Bye

Week 5: Titans @ Cowboys, Sunday, October 10, 4:15 p.m. on CBS

Week 6: Cowboys @ Vikings, Sunday, October 17, 4:15 p.m. on FOX

Week 7: Giants @ Cowboys, Monday, October 25, 8:30 p.m. on ESPN

Week 8: Jaguars @ Cowboys, Sunday, October 31, 1:00 p.m. on CBS

Week 9: Cowboys @ Packers, Sunday, November 7, 8:20 p.m. on NBC

Week 10: Cowboys @ Giants, Sunday, November 14, 4:15 p.m. on FOX

Week 11: Lions @ Cowboys, Sunday, November 21, 1:00 p.m. on FOX

Week 12: Saints @ Cowboys, Thursday, November 25, 4:15p.m. on FOX

Week 13: Cowboys @ Colts, Sunday, December 5, 4:15 p.m. on FOX

Week 14: Eagles @ Cowboys, Sunday, December 12, 8:20 p.m. on NBC

Week 15: Redskins @ Cowboys, Sunday, December 19, 1:00 p.m. on FOX

Week 16: Cowboys @ Cardinals, Saturday, December 25, 7:30 p.m. on NFL Network


Week 17: Cowboys @ Eagles, Sunday, January 2, 1:00 p.m. on FOX

Keli McGregor Colorado Rockies Death

Colorado Rockies team president, Keli McGregor, has passed away this morning in his hotel room at Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City.

Keli S. McGregor joined to Colorado Rookies in 1993 aas senior director of operations, became senior vice president in 1996, and executive vice president in 1998 before assuming the club’s presidency in 2001.

Police say they responded to a call from the Grand American Hotel, where they found McGregor deceased in his room.

More from Detective Rick Wall:

"We didn't see anything suspicious," Wall said. "He did pass away of natural causes. The official cause of death will be investigated by the Salt Lake City Medical Examiner's Office."


McGregor was 48 years old. He was with the organization since 1993, and was named president in 2001. He leaves behind a wife and four children.

More on this story as it develops.

Nationals right-hander Jason Marquis and center fielder Willy Taveras were saddened to learn that Rockies team president Keli McGregor was found dead in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Tuesday. No details surrounding McGregor's passing are known.

Marquis and Taveras were members of the Rockies during McGregor's tenure as president of the club. Both players said McGregor was a good person and was known to work out a lot.

"It's a big loss for his family and for his kids," Marquis said. "We had good conversations in the weight room. We were just talking baseball and the Rockies. My heart goes out to his family and the Rockies' organization.

"The loss is going to linger because he meant a lot to people in Colorado and the Denver area. He did some great things. You have to cherish every day you have and every moment that you have, whether you are at work or with your family."

Said Taveras, "To me, he was a great baseball guy. The guy was a big part of the success of the team. We went to the World Series. I used to see him pretty much every day. I would see him at the gym. The guy was working out -- great body, he looked in great shape. It was very surprising."

Nicole Richie Boho Braids Hairstyle

Nicole Richie Boho Braids Hairstyle
Nicole Richie Boho Braids Hairstyle
Nicole Richie Boho Braids Hairstyle
Anyway, Nicole Richie has been seen in photos wearing a cool new hair style called Boho braids. And according to ehow.com, Boho braids look very pretty and stylish. It goes great with a long, flowing dress, or even just with a tank top and shorts for summer.

Boho Braids Hairstyle Nicole Richie fashion craze

Boho braids are the latest fashion craze taking over the internet.Boho braids are perfect for the summer,weddings and will go well with a nice flower printed dress or a more sophisticated look.After washing and blow drying your hair,simply follow the easy step by step instruction in the video below to obtain the simple yet beautiful look.



Here’s how to create a Boho braid:


1. Start by blow drying your hair to make your hair nice and straight, which makes it easier to braid. Part your hair in the center when drying it.
2. Then you want to separate out a 1 inch section on both sides of your hairs part, two inches back from your hairline. Take a 2 inch piece of of hair above each ear, and then clip it out of the way. Pull the rest of your hair back into a low bun. Use bobbi pins to help secure it against the nap of your neck and then tuck in the ends.
3. Next braid each of the top sections you secured in the beginning, down and then pin the ends of it into your bun. Then braid the side sections you had secured over the top of your head and pin the ends against your head. Last you want to smooth your look with a pomade to avoid frizzies or flyaway hair. Or apply a hairspray to lock in your hairstyle.

Resource: eHow.com

Hoped helped and you got a nice Nicole Richie inspired hairdo (she is the one who started the trend).
When braiding your hair always remember that there is no right way to braid,so have fun with it,enjoy it you can even leave it a bit undone for a more romantic look.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

USC football: Dillon Baxter future NFL

Dillon Baxter's a name you've never heard of until now. The USC freshman and former Mission Bay High quarterback has the Internet abuzz with his play at USC's spring intersquad scrimmage, putting on what the LA Times called "a show" and getting the attention of NFL scouts four years (OK, perhaps three years) before he's eligible for the NFL Draft.

Dillon Baxter's 50-yard run has a USC observers mentioning him in the same name as Heisman Trophy winners Reggie Bush and Marcus Allen. In the video below, the 6-foot 199 pound Dillon's run happens at the 51 second mark:

Dillon Baxter's run is not funny; Baxter's stupid fast. In fact, Baxter may be faster than Reggie Bush was at USC; that's just by observation. Cal Football fans Dillon Baxter must be stopped.

Aside from Dillon Baxter's play, the video also has Junior Defensive Tackle DaJohn Harris' rob of the ball (not really a strip as he just took it from him) from quarterback Mitch Mustain and ran 52 yards before Mustain tackled him at the 4-yard-line.

But something the Internet isn't buzzing about, but should be, is USC Head Coack Lane Kiffin's use of a no-back, five-wide receiver formation, and a five-step drop. Lane's bring in a new and more aggressive offensive attack than when Pete Carroll was the USC coach.