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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Wild boar attacks and injures 4 people in Berlin
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Pressey factor looms large for 15th-ranked Tigers
Missouri's Keion Bell, left, dunks the ball past Northwest Missouri State's Matt Wallace, right, and Grant Cozad (45) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball exhibition game, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Columbia, Mo. Missouri won 91-58. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)
Missouri's Keion Bell, left, dunks the ball past Northwest Missouri State's Matt Wallace, right, and Grant Cozad (45) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball exhibition game, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Columbia, Mo. Missouri won 91-58. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)
Missouri head coach Frank Haith, right, watches with new assistant coaches Dave Leitao, center, and Rick Carter, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball exhibition game against Northwest Missouri State Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Columbia, Mo. Missouri won the game 91-58. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) ? Unlike football, Missouri's transition to the SEC might not be so difficult when it comes to the other marquee sport.
Only two players are back from Frank Haith's 30-win debut season, and just one starter, but that's preseason SEC player of the year Phil Pressey. A third cog is back on the front line after a year lost to injury, and then there are all of those blue-chip pickups for the AP national coach of the year to put on the floor when he's ready.
After setting career highs with 10.3 points, 6.4 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals, Pressey spent his summer competing at the LeBron James, Chris Paul and Deron Williams elite camps. Fellow guard Michael Dixon was perhaps the nation's best sixth man with a 13.5-pint average last season, and is a second-team preseason all-conference choice.
Forward Laurence Bowers returns from a left knee injury for his senior season needing just 26 blocks to become No. 2 on the school career list and 126 points for 1,000.
Perhaps it's a team that could finally end Missouri's Final Four drought. Last spring, the Tigers won the Big 12 tournament and were a No. 2 seed in the West before getting upset by Norfolk State in their NCAA opener.
"I really think so," Bowers said. "From a talent standpoint, and just all the intangibles, we have a really good chance. Now, obviously, we've got to still work. You can have all the talent in the world, and if you don't have work ethic it doesn't matter."
There's already a bump in the road, with Dixon and freshman Dominique Bull suspended indefinitely for an undisclosed violation of team rules prior to the exhibition opener. There is still plenty of time to get everyone aboard before the SEC opener Jan. 8 at home against Alabama.
Missouri is loaded with experience, especially for a school that lost Marcus Denmon and Kim English to the NBA draft, plus center Ricardo Ratliffe. The transfer class of Keion Bell, Jabari Brown, Alex Oriakhi and Earnest Ross is considered among the best in history by one publication, and Bell, Oriakhi and Ross started the exhibition opener.
The 6-9 Oriakhi played on the 2011 national title team with Connecticut and has one year of eligibility remaining. Brown (Oregon) and Ross (Auburn) are 6-5 guards and Bell (Pepperdine) is 6-4. Ross has SEC experience and led the team in rebounding during its European tour in August.
Better still, Brown practiced with the team last year.
"It helped me a lot, because I wasn't as far in the dark in terms of what to expect, in terms of how Coach Haith does things," Brown said. "I got to see firsthand for all of last year, start of conference play."
There's no doubt about the focal point. It's the elusive, fearless Pressey.
Missouri always had the inside recruiting track, given Pressey began his college career playing for Mike Anderson, whom he grew up calling "Uncle Mike." Anderson was a college teammate of Pressey's father, former NBA star Paul Pressey. Now at Arkansas, Anderson knows all too well what he left behind.
"I've known him all his life," Anderson said. "Phil is the epitome of a point guard, he's like a coach on the floor. I think he's ahead of his time. Obviously, he's got to go out and play and prove it, but I think he'll be up to that challenge."
Pressey is a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award given to the nation's top point guard. Last year as a sophomore, he broke the school single-season record with 223 assists and his 74 steals is second-most. He is 158 assists and 61 steals shy of school career records.
Pressey and Dixon have piled up 569 assists as teammates and with 212 more will become the top assist tandem in school history in just three seasons.
"Only time can tell how good we can be," Pressey said. "We're going to work every day, and I think we can have a terrific season."
Missouri was the nation's top shooting team last season with 50 percent accuracy, and also was the best at assist/turnover ratio. The Tigers were in the top 10 in scoring (80.4 points), scoring margin (14.1 points), 3-point percentage (39.8 percent), turnovers (10.2) and turnover margin (4.1).
Haith's new team hit the ground running in the exhibition opener, going up 27-3 early against Division II Northwest Missouri State on Monday, and opens the regular season Nov. 10 at home against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. There are games against NIT champion Stanford and either Louisville or Northern Iowa in the Battle 4 Atlantis Nov. 22-24 and with the other side of the draw including Duke.
The Tigers begin a home-and-home series with UCLA, playing on the road this year Dec. 28, and they have a three-game winning streak in the annual Braggin' Rights game against Illinois in St. Louis, with this year's matchup set for Dec. 22.
Associated PressAfghan raid kills 4 Taliban, 3 civilian bystanders
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Hurricane Dating: Get Swept Off Your Feet During Sandy [EXPERT ...
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Learn why a natural disaster is the perfect opportunity to find love!
The east coast is basically experiencing Armageddon firsthand right now. But while Frankenstorm is flooding the streets, your love life could be overflowing, too. You see, when the kids get a snow day (or hurricane day), they play make believe. When you're single, the adult version of the playground is getting online dating inbox happy. There's nothing like a natural disaster to get singles to shack up with someone.
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While all the stores are closing their doors, virtual hot spots are the opposite: today and tomorrow will likely be the highest traffic days for online dating of the season in the Northeast. Well, as long as power and Wi-Fi stay connected, that is. So now that Sandy has rolled into town, keep your head and heart above water by cuddling under the duvet with your laptop and these eFlirting essentials:
- Instant Connection. If a match is "online now," it's the real deal today, not a fluke window open on their desktop. So use the "instant message" functionality to say hello since they're sitting right there rather than writing him or her an email. Even if IM'ing isn't your usual style, it's definitely the best way to make a hurricane boyfriend or girlfriend when you know you're both stuck inside.
- Site Hop. Just because you can't explore the great outdoors doesn't mean you can't do some digital trekking. While traffic is high, it's the perfect time to check out a new community since you'll see new matches. And of course, playing doesn't always mean paying: you can try a free site or opt-in to a full-access free trial like seven free days on Match or Chemistry. And?Jewcier is offering Jewish singles free flirting all week with the code "sandy."
- Weather Report. Usually, talking about the weather is lame. But while Sandy is swirling, it's OK to use the storm as a way to connect. Do it through updates like sharing crazy photos you've found on the web to bond with your match, rather than obvious lines like "Wow, it's pretty windy out there, huh?"
So, power up your devices and let the laptop light keep you warm!
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Laurie Davis is the founder of eFlirt Expert?and author of Love @ First Click: The Ultimate Guide to Online Dating.?She was nominated Best Dating Coach in the 2012 iDate Awards and her advice has been featured in over 200 international media outlets including The New York Times, Good Morning America, Men?s Health and Marie Claire.?For more advice, subscribe to her newsletter.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
NYT: Google actively trialing same-day delivery from retail for the chronically impatient
Rumors have floated for the better part of a year that Google has been prepping a same-day delivery service that would pressure eBay and make even Amazon Prime seem pokey. If we're to believe a pair of New York Times contacts, it's much closer to reality. Google staffers and their close connections are supposedly in the midst of testing the extra-fast shipping option in San Francisco with at "at least one" major clothing chain participating alongside local shops. Most details are still missing, including the price premium for waiting mere hours as well as the implied mobile option; Google certainly isn't talking on the record. We're almost hoping that the story is bogus, as the last thing we need is one less reason to step outside.
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The Yeshiva World Detroit News Editorial: Mitt Romney for President ...
Americans will be making two choices when they cast their presidential ballots on Nov. 6. They will be selecting the individual who will lead the nation over the next four years, a period that promises to be every bit as challenging as the past four. They also will be charting a long-term course for America.
It?s a big deal decision between two honorable men with starkly different roadmaps.
President Barack Obama came into office in 2009 riding a wave of hope and change. Unfortunately, he has not delivered on the nation?s yearning for change nor on the specific promises he made to fix what is broken. The president is asking the country to be patient, but his plan isn?t producing results that would merit more patience, and the president hasn?t spelled out what he would do differently in a second term.
Hope and change are still what Americans are seeking. This time, Republican challenger and Michigan native?Mitt Romney?offers the best hope of changing the nation?s fate.
Romney brings credible plan
We anticipate that Romney will govern in the same manner as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a practical leader who shares his background as a business executive.
Snyder has rapidly set Michigan on the path to revival by applying sound business practices and accountability to government operations. We expect that Romney will also employ a results-oriented approach and be ever mindful of his customer, the taxpayer.
Also like Snyder, we find Romney to be less partisan than the typical politician, and not bound by rigid ideology. The nation will be best served if the entrenched disagreements of the past four years give way to cooperation and achievement.
We are confident that Romney will be focused on the bottom line, and will divert the United States from ?the road to Greece,? as he?s said on the campaign trail.
Hard choices to reduce the debt and deficit cannot be postponed. Spending has increased by nearly 25 percent in four years, $5 trillion was added to the national debt and the annual deficit doubled, with no return to fiscal discipline in sight.
The Keynesian approach has not worked. Despite an $830 billion stimulus and increased annual spending, the economic recovery is the weakest in post-World War II history. Investors remain on the sidelines, afraid to put their money into job creating projects because of the uncertainty about future tax and regulatory policy.
Romney?s five-point plan for economic revival centers on energy independence, a goal that is finally achievable thanks to the natural gas boom and development of the Canadian oil sands; a better trained work force; trade that increases the demand for American goods and services; debt and deficit reduction and promoting the growth of small businesses. If implemented in urgent fashion, we believe the plan will work.
Romney would simplify the tax code and create a regulatory environment that works to protect consumers and assure a fair marketplace, but doesn?t place the regulators in control of every private sector decision.
A solid resume
As a venture capitalist, the ability to make a deal was the key to Romney?s success. He understands that most deals begin with the parties in adversarial positions but must end with them both satisfied that they?ve got as much as they?ve given.
What?s missing in Washington is that willingness to move toward a middle ground. This all-or-nothing attitude has resulted in the inexcusable failure for three years of the president and Congress to pass a budget, a gridlock that has thwarted bipartisan solutions to the debt and deficit, and has now placed the country on the edge of a frightening fiscal cliff.
That?s not leadership.
Romney has been an effective leader his entire career, both in business and politics. As governor of Massachusetts, he worked with a Democratic legislature to produce difficult health care and education reforms. We are optimistic he can restore the art of compromise to Washington.
He lifted the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics out of a desperate financial hole and turned the games into a successful enterprise.
As a businessman, he established a reputation as a turnaround expert, rescuing failed companies and returning them to profitability, allowing them to create jobs and economic opportunity for their communities. The federal bureaucracy is nothing if not a turnaround project.
Aside from his sterling resume, we also see in Romney a strength of character. He?s his own man. We doubt he will be led off course by those who place party ahead of the good of the country. In Monday night?s final presidential debate, Romney passed the commander-in-chief test, demonstrating a level-headed view of foreign affairs.
Thank Obama for auto rescue
Don?t assume that it was a no-brainer for a conservative newspaper to endorse a conservative presidential candidate. We recognize and are grateful for the extraordinary contribution President Obama made to Michigan in leading the rescue of General Motors and Chrysler. Had either of those companies been allowed to go under, Michigan?s economic maladies would have become fatal.
The president stepped up with the support the two automakers needed to keep themselves and their suppliers in business. We have said in past editorials that while Romney rightly advocated for structured bankruptcies in his infamous ?Let Detroit Go Bankrupt? New York Times op-ed, he was wrong in suggesting the automakers could have found operating capital in the private markets. In that article, Romney suggested government-backed loans to keep the companies afloat post bankruptcy. But what GM and Chrysler needed were bridge loans to get them through the process, and the private credit markets were unwilling to provide them. Obama put a rescue team to work and they were true to the task.
We have criticized Obama in past editorials for rewriting bankruptcy law on the fly to hold harmless his supporters in the United Auto Workers union. Still, Michigan is better off today because of Obama?s leadership on this issue.
Had Obama done as well with the rest of the economy, it would be hard to deny him a second term.
But Obama said himself in a midterm television interview that if by the end of his first term the economy was still broken, he should not be re-elected. Well, the economy is still broken, and we have lost confidence in the president?s ability to make the necessary repairs.
Despite his wrong-headedness on the auto bailout, we believe Romney when he proclaims himself a ?car guy.? And he is indeed a son of Detroit, having grown up in the automobile industry. His father, George Romney, was the head of American Motors before becoming governor of Michigan.
Romney understands the industry, and will shield it from regulators who never tire of churning out new layers of mandates. It is important to remember that the automobile industry is never truly ?saved;? there are always new challenges. Romney will be an advocate for Detroit, and if he can make the overall economy stronger, Michigan and the automakers will benefit greatly.
The course of a nation
As we said, this is more than a choice between two individuals. America is locked in a struggle over what it will be as a mature nation.
A country built on rugged individualism finds itself increasingly under the thumb of a federal government that is ever expanding its reach into the lives of its citizens.
Obama has proved himself a disciple of the doctrine that for every problem there?s a government solution.
Romney, by contrast, embraces individual initiative and entrepreneurship. He would turn back the encroachment of the bureaucracy into the private sector.
Romney would replace the heavy hand of government with the invisible hand of a rational marketplace working to produce broad prosperity.
While both poverty and dependency have increased on Obama?s watch, Romney promises to replace government checks with private sector jobs and reverse the decline in middle class incomes. It is heavy lifting, but we favor the candidate who is committed to it.
Romney?s goal is to help all Americans live independent and productive lives, free to rise to the extent of their personal capabilities. He would not shield them from risk or the consequences of their decisions, but neither would he deny them their earned rewards.
Our hope is that?Mitt Romney?would restore faith in the core principles of free men and women, free minds and free markets that made America great, and will keep it so.
(Source: The Detroit News)
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Making My Ex Miss Me - How To Do It
You can't help but smile when you think of the initial stages of your relationship. You always held hands - even if you were just walking to the mailbox. You couldn't get enough of each other, and every waking moment was spent imagining the next time you got to see each other. Everything seemed to be flying high, and you couldn't imagine a time when you didn't feel as happy as you did then. No other option seemed to be possible; unfortunately you realized that you were wrong.
Your ex threw a monkey wrench into all of your plans for the future when they decided to break things off. You're left wondering where things went wrong, and when you lost the magic that you believed defined you as a couple. Instead of wandering around in endless wonder forever, make a progressive step forward. Instead of simply wishing them back, make it happen by doing something that they probably never saw coming.
The Fundamental Aspect of Missing Someone
How many times have you thought about getting back together with your ex since the two of you broke up? Now think about how much time you've spent imagining what your ex is thinking or wanting right now. It's likely that the two are highly unbalanced. That doesn't make you selfish, it makes you human. Overlooking the desires of an ex are normal, given the circumstances, but taking the time to weigh your options can give you a vital piece of the puzzle that often remains missing indefinitely.
The fact of the matter is that how you feel right now isn't going get you very far to earn a second shot at being together. The only thing that's going to matter is how they see you and your previous time together. Not all of their thoughts are negative. They probably share some common, positive memories. When they focus on those and not the reasons behind the breakup, they'll start missing you - and that's the important part of the process. You don't stand a chance until they do.
Going Past the Memories - Remembering the Way YOU Were
You may be in the initial stages of recognizing some things that may have gone awry throughout the course of your relationship. Believe it or not, this is a GOOD THING. Now you have a starting point, and a goal to work towards that you CAN control. This rests on you, and takes the pressure off of what you want your ex to be feeling.
How has your personality changed between when you first started dating your ex and now? For one, the breakup did some serious damage to your emotional state and your self-confidence. While it may not be as easy as simply taking a deep breath and putting it behind you, overcoming that obstacle is a key factor in your plan - and one that you can choose to conquer.
Turn Your Relationship in a Full Circle
When your relationship first began, you were on cloud nine. When your ex broke up with you, you were in the pit of despair. You've run the gambit throughout the process, and so has your plan. Things have gone 180 degrees, and now it's time to turn it around again. It's not an impossible dream - it's a potential reality. Now you can choose to take the control back into your own hands and drive your plan home.
Saying that you've accomplished a lot throughout this time is an understatement of epic proportions but the fact is that all of the effort in the world won't mean much if you aren't able to put the rest of your plan into motion. That means using your head instead of just acting with your heart. Getting back together with an ex is like balancing on a ledge - sometimes you have to risk falling to reach the top. You have to be strong but not pushy. You want to express confidence but not arrogance. You want to say the right things at the right times. All these things work together to create a whole picture, and now you're on the pinnacle of success.
That's why your best option is to utilize your plan wisely instead of just jumping into the fire while hoping for the best. You've experienced a lot and risked more. Don't throw your chance away by acting impulsively. Calm confidence is your best bet when moving forward, even though your insides may be shaky at best.
What To Do Next
Gaining an insight into why you were dumped is an important first step on the road to reconciliation. It is essential that you learn from past mistakes. Getting your ex back is much simpler if you arm yourself with the knowledge needed to do so.
Another thing that you should strive to gain knowledge about is managing contact with your ex. Too many people jump the gun and attempt to contact an ex before the dust has time to settle after a breakup. Timing is key.
Source: http://www.streetarticles.com/reconnecting/making-my-ex-miss-me-how-to-do-it
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Workplace Communication Helps Align Perceptions with Reality ...
Posted by Sally Ann Moyer
Many of us grew up with the age-old adage of ?don?t judge a book by its cover.? We?re taught to see past the surface level and look for beauty beyond skin deep. However, our initial judgments often ignore pleasantries when evaluating first impressions. It?s part of why dress codes are important in the corporate world. Effective workplace communication helps managers better understand employees and look beyond initial perceptions.
It takes less time to gauge others by how they look than by what they can contribute, but we all know looks can be deceiving. In the workplace, we need to remember that critical evaluation beyond appearances is more than just an issue of manners; it?s vital to company success. We might judge others on perceptions but reality brings results at the end of the day.
The tug-of-war between perception and reality can lead to problems of employee efficiency. Robert C. Pozen, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and author of ?Extreme Productivity:? Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours,? wrote for The New York Times about this ?hours over results? problem. More efficient employees might find themselves wasting time just to log the same number of hours as their colleagues. What people notice drives us more than realistically evaluating what we have accomplished.
Pozen criticized the hours-based productivity as a remnant of the industrial age that is ineffective in motivating modern professionals. Playing the game of watching the clock to judge when it?s time to quit working conflicts the specific demands of each task or project. Long meetings are an example of when more is actually less. After too long, attention spans begin to waiver and a meeting can dwindle into unproductivity. ?Pozen recommends using agendas and assigning individual tasks with specific deadlines.
Taking a more regimented approach to structuring meetings requires increased communication. Leaders have to plan ahead, communicate with employees before the meeting and follow-up with individuals after the meeting. Following a communication process will help keep perceptions in check with reality.
Sometimes efficiency comes from looking for ?the big ideas, not the intricate details? as when reading long articles and reports. Communicate with your employees the purpose behind what you send them to read. Employees should also ask questions about materials and determine their relevancy.
When you want to judge an employee?s workplace efficiency, look for objective measures of success. These can help managers move beyond their perceptions. Pozen noted how many managers preferred certain employees simply because they worked long hours, but had little substance to show for all of their time spent at the office. Workplace communication should occur on multiple levels, including knowing how to best manage each employee.
Even if you choose to pursue results over hours, you still run the risk of perception overruling the reality of your efficiency as an employee. Communication drives employee performance. Managers and employees should work together to define efficiency by ranking tasks and taking objective measures to determine the particular priorities of their office. Efficiency is not the same as being quick. An efficient employee may still have to work overtime on some projects.
Assessments can help take some of the guesswork out of communicating with employees. The projects employees produce?should be the real test of their effectiveness. Workplace communication takes more effort than relying on only our perceptions. We run the risk of destroying employee efficiency if we forget the lessons we learned as children to look beyond the surface.
How has perception overshadowed reality in your work experience? Let us know on Twitter or in the comments section below.?
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New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony, center, grabs a rebound against the Philadelphia 76ers during the first quarter of an NBA preseason basketball game, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony, center, grabs a rebound against the Philadelphia 76ers during the first quarter of an NBA preseason basketball game, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
Philadelphia 76ers' Jason Richardson shoots over New York Knicks' Tyson Chandler (6) during the first quarter of an NBA preseason basketball game, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
Philadelphia 76ers' Damien Wilkins (8) drives past New York Knicks' Ronnie Brewer during the first quarter of an NBA preseason basketball game, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) ? Carmelo Anthony winced at the thought.
"My streak is over," he lamented.
Jason Richardson made a three-point play and hit a pair of 3-pointers to start the fourth quarter, and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the New York Knicks 98-90 on Monday night in an exhibition game in the Carrier Dome, spoiling Anthony's return to his college roots.
It was an outcome Anthony was unaccustomed to in the Carrier Dome. As a freshman at Syracuse in the 2002-03 season, he led the Orange to a 17-0 record at home in the dome en route to the national championship, then left for the NBA.
"It's just great to be back in this building once again, knowing how many memories that I have," Anthony said. "A lot of fans supported me tonight. It was a fun game. At this point, it's not about the wins and losses. It's about what we take from the game, just getting better."
Anthony and Raymond Felton each finished with 23 points for the Knicks (2-3). Anthony also had six rebounds, five assists and four steals in nearly 35 minutes. Felton was 5 of 7 on 3-pointers, and Chris Copeland added 15 points.
Richardson had 23 points and Thaddeus Young 22 for Philadelphia (6-1).
Philadelphia led by as many as 24 on Young's floater in the lane early in the third period before the Knicks came alive from beyond the arc. Felton hit a pair of 3-pointers, and Anthony and Jason Kidd each chipped in with one to narrow the lead to 74-65.
Anthony's stepback 3 in the final minute of the period made it 76-72 entering the fourth, and it could have been more. Fouled on the shot by Damien Wilkins, Anthony missed the free throw and an ensuing 3 after Steve Novak corralled the rebound. Novak snared the rebound of Anthony's miss and also misfired from beyond the arc before the buzzer.
"The third quarter we came out, got ourselves together," Anthony said. "We played with some energy, ran our offense, played some defense, got up and down the court, played well. When we play like that, you saw how good of a team we can be."
New York pulled within a basket three times before Richardson gave the Sixers some breathing room.
The Sixers gained a big lead in the first half with a 19-6 spurt that started with Spencer Hawes' 3-pointer from the left wing in the final minute of the opening period. That broke a 23-all tie and the Knicks then went cold, missing five shots and committing a turnover.
Hawes hit a hook in the lane and Royal Ivey and Nick Young hit consecutive baskets to give Philadelphia a 34-25 lead. Richardson and Ivey completed the run with 3-pointers, giving the Sixers a 42-29 lead with 7:09 left in the second.
Two free throws by Tyson Chandler narrowed the lead to 11, but after Felton's 3 closed the gap to 48-36, the Sixers ended the half with a 14-8 rush to lead by 18.
Anthony started the game with a turnaround jumper to send the Knicks on a 7-0 surge. The Sixers answered with a 14-0 run keyed by five straight points from Richardson and a 3 from the left corner by Ivey that completed it.
The Knicks open the regular season Nov. 1 against Brooklyn.
It's difficult to believe it's been a decade since Anthony arrived as a raw freshman at Syracuse. More difficult to believe that he stayed only nine months, but there's never been a brighter winter in this town, to be sure.
When the snow melted in early April 2003, Anthony and his Syracuse teammates were jumping up and down on the hardwood of the Superdome in New Orleans, basking in the glow of the university's first and only national championship in basketball. Despite desperate pleas from the Orange faithful to stay "One more year!", Anthony bade farewell in a tear-filled news conference to announce he was leaving for the NBA.
"Maybe one more year crossed my mind, but four years? That's a long time," Anthony said, a warm smile creasing his face prior to the Knicks shootaround earlier in the day. "It's just motivating to know what I was able to do here by bringing the championship to the university, to the town. You want to bring that back to my respective town now, New York City. It kind of puts everything in perspective."
Anthony has given much more since he left. He donated $3 million to jump-start fundraising for a sleek $19 million practice facility with all the bells and whistles that bears his name. Last year, he attended preseason Madness, and when former Syracuse assistant coach Bernie Fine was fired last November amid sex abuse allegations involving two former ball boys of the team, Anthony made a point of showing up for an early December game in the Carrier Dome in support of beleaguered head coach Jim Boeheim.
"I do a lot in this town, this community, just out of the goodness of my heart, just to give back," said Anthony, who also has two Olympic gold medals. "For me, this is where it all began. It was only right for me to give back."
Anthony also has given money to Boeheim's Courts4Kids project, which has helped build or renovate basketball courts in city parks with another opening in November and plans for more in the future.
Since turning pro, Anthony returned to the Carrier Dome as a Denver Nuggets' rookie in 2003. This was his first appearance in the Carrier Dome since he was traded to New York midway through the 2010-11 season.
Anthony was in town on Sunday and toured the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, where a tape of the 2003 national championship game plays in a continuous loop all day, every day, right alongside the glass national championship trophy. He said it was a humbling experience.
"It was the first time I actually got a chance to get around and walk through the whole facility," he said. "It was kind of surreal for me to be walking around and seeing my name plastered around the building on the outside. I don't know what word to use, but it was shocking to me just to see that. I called my family, sent them pictures of it. It was just one of them moments that I'll probably never forget."
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SKorean activists banned from flying leaflets
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Dad, 4-year-old killed in Calif. shooting; 3 hurt
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) ? A manhunt was underway Saturday for a masked gunman who set fire to his backyard bungalow before shooting five members of a Southern California family, killing a father and his 4-year-old son, police said.
Desmond John Moses, 55, went on the early morning shooting rampage over a dispute with the victims, Inglewood Police Chief Mark Fronterotta told a news conference.
Investigators believed Moses wore a dark cap and a white painter's mask when he entered the home and fired 10 times.
The 30-year-old father was shielding two of his children when he was shot, Fronterotta said, and his 28-year-old wife was shot in both legs but managed to carry the wounded 4-year-old out of the house.
Paramedics found her collapsed on the street. The child, who suffered a bullet wound to the head, died at a hospital.
"This is a horrific crime. It's inexplicable why somebody would do this," the chief said.
Police said Moses lived behind the family on the same property, and had known them for years. Fronterotta would not discuss the nature of the dispute, but the property owner told the Los Angeles Times that Moses had been fighting an eviction notice and recently lost his case in court.
A woman who knew the family, Judy Castellanos, told the Times that the suspect was reclusive and would not let anyone look inside his home.
"He had been asked to leave by the end of this month," she told the newspaper.
After the shooting, police evacuated about 15 nearby houses to search for Moses.
Firefighters also sifted through Moses' badly burned bungalow to determine whether he may have returned after the shooting, but have not found a body.
"There's a lot of rubble, we have to use back hoes to do the job," Lt. James Madia, a police spokesman, said from the scene.
The victims' names were not released pending notification of relatives.
The mother remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Her 7-year-old daughter, who was shot in the chest, was in critical condition. A 6-year-old boy, who was shot in the pelvis, was in stable condition.
An 8-year-old boy escaped injury.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Curiosity Rover Finds More Strange, Bright Objects in Martian Soil
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Curiosity Rover Finds More Strange, Bright Objects in Martian SoilNASA?s Curiosity rover took three scoops from a small Martian sand dune and found several bright particles in the soil. Scientists think these are unrelated to the odd bright object that Curiosity saw last week, which turned out to be plastic that fell from the probe, and are probably indigenous Martian mineral flecks.
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Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women Related to Blood Hormone Levels
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Our 24-Hour Extra Life Gaming Marathon Is Happening Now - News ...
Click here to watch our day-long video game marathon for charity, currently in progress.
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Game Informer is no stranger to gaming marathons. We?ve set gaming marathon world records, for crying out loud. But this time we?re putting our raw talent to a good cause. The Game Informer community has teamed up with Extra Life to raise money for charity with a 24-hour gaming marathon.
On October 20, starting at 8:00 am central time, we?ll begin live-streaming video feed of the games we?re playing and us playing them. Some of us will be playing new, awesome releases like Resident Evil 6 or Dishonored. Others will be playing old favorites or leaving it up to our viewership to help decide.?
We also hope to incorporate some fun interactivity with anyone watching the marathon. Some ideas include rewarding big donators with the power to choose what game we play (anything but Overblood, please). Will you be kind, allowing us to play fantastic games current or past, or will you be cruel and subject us to broken, horrid video games? Our fate could be in your hands. Editor Ben Reeves, intern Jack Gardner, video editor Jason Oestreicher, and myself may also be competing in tournaments and speed runs against one another. We just plan on having a good time playing some awesome games. Other Game Informer staff may be joining our Extra Life team leading up to the marathon.
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Ahead of the bell: High hopes for Google's 3Q
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Google Inc.'s third-quarter earnings should reveal whether investors' recently rejuvenated optimism about the Internet search leader's growth prospects is justified.
The results, due out after the stock market closes Thursday, will affect a rally that has seen Google's stock price surge by 27 percent since the company released its second-quarter earnings in July. The momentum carried Google's stock to a new peak of $774.38 earlier in the month before retreating slightly. The shares closed Wednesday at $755.49.
The run-up reflects Wall Street's confidence in Google's ability to thrive for years to come as its dominance of Internet search and leading role in the mobile market enable the company to sell more advertising to marketers looking to connect with people on computers and handheld devices.
Investors had been concerned about a yearlong decline in Google's prices for ads appearing next to its search results, but those worries have dissipated because it has become clear the company is more than offsetting that trend by selling more ads in different formats. YouTube, Google's popular video site, is emerging as a major marketing vehicle and Google's Android software for mobile devices is also reeling in more advertising, although at lower prices than on desktop and laptop computers.
This will mark the first full quarter in which Google has owned Motorola Mobility, which was acquired for $12.4 billion in May. Motorola Mobility is expected to report an operating loss that will drag down Google's third-quarter earnings. In addition, Google has already said it will absorb a $340 million charge in the quarter to cover the costs for laying off 4,000 Motorola Mobility workers and closing some the device maker's plants and offices.
The stock market's attention will probably be focused on Google's advertising growth. The company's advertising revenue has risen by at least 21 percent from the previous year in each of the previous 10 quarters, so it will be viewed as a disappointment if the company doesn't at least maintain that pace.
Besides poring through the numbers, investors will be tuning into Google's webcast of management's discussion of the quarter to hear if CEO Larry Page is speaking.
Page, 39, missed the second-quarter earnings conference call because of a mysterious throat problem that the company said made it difficult for him to talk. Page spoke at Google conference on Tuesday, so it now appears likely he will be participating in Thursday's call.
Analysts, on average, are expecting third-quarter earnings of $10.63 per share on revenue of $11.4 billion, according to a poll by FactSet. The earnings projection excludes the costs of employee stock compensation and the revenue figure excludes Google's advertising commissions.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ahead-bell-high-hopes-googles-3q-103551868--finance.html
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Conflicting images emerge of NY terror suspect
Bangladeshi Quazi Ahsanullah displays a photograph of his son Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis as he weeps in his home in the Jatrabari neighborhood in north Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. The FBI arrested 21-year-old Nafis on Wednesday after he tried to detonate a fake 1,000-pound (454-kilogram) car bomb, according to a criminal complaint. His family said Thursday that Nafis was incapable of such actions. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Bangladeshi Quazi Ahsanullah displays a photograph of his son Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis as he weeps in his home in the Jatrabari neighborhood in north Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. The FBI arrested 21-year-old Nafis on Wednesday after he tried to detonate a fake 1,000-pound (454-kilogram) car bomb, according to a criminal complaint. His family said Thursday that Nafis was incapable of such actions. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
This image taken from the social networking site Google Plus shows an undated photo of Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis - the same man, who according to witnesses, appeared in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 to face charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to al-Qaida. The Bangladeshi man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly attempted to detonate what he believed to be a 1,000-pound bomb outside the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. (AP Photo) Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul
Bangladeshi Quazi Ahsanullah, father of Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, sits in his home in the Jatrabari neighborhood in north Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. The FBI arrested 21-year-old Nafis on Wednesday after he tried to detonate a fake 1,000-pound (454-kilogram) car bomb, according to a criminal complaint. His family said Thursday that Nafis was incapable of such actions. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Grandmother, left, and aunt of Bangladeshi Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis weep in his home in the Jatrabari neighborhood in north Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. The FBI arrested 21-year-old Nafis on Wednesday after he tried to detonate a fake 1,000-pound (454-kilogram) car bomb, according to a criminal complaint. His family said Thursday that Nafis was incapable of such actions. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Bangladeshi Quazi Ahsanullah, father of Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, weeps in his home in the Jatrabari neighborhood in north Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. The FBI arrested 21-year-old Nafis on Wednesday after he tried to detonate a fake 1,000-pound (454-kilogram) car bomb, according to a criminal complaint. His family said Thursday that Nafis was incapable of such actions. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
NEW YORK (AP) ? At the Missouri college where Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis enrolled, a classmate said he often remarked that true Muslims don't believe in violence.
That image seemed startlingly at odds with the Bangladesh native's arrest in an FBI sting this week on charges of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York with what he thought was a 1,000-pound car bomb.
"I can't imagine being more shocked about somebody doing something like this," said Jim Dow, a 54-year-old Army veteran who rode home from class with Nafis twice a week. "I didn't just meet this kid a couple of times. We talked quite a bit. ... And this doesn't seem to be in character."
Nafis' family in Dhaka, Bangladesh, denied he could have been involved in the plot. His parents said he was incapable of such actions and came to America only to study.
Federal investigators, often accused by defense attorneys of entrapping and leading would-be terrorists along, said the 21-year-old Nafis made the first move over the summer, reaching out for accomplices and eventually contacting a government informant, who then went to federal authorities.
They said he also selected his target, drove the van loaded with dummy explosives up to the door of the bank, and tried to set off the bomb from a hotel room using a cellphone he thought had been rigged as a detonator.
During the investigation, he and the informant corresponded via Facebook and other social media, talked on the phone and met in hotel rooms, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Nafis spoke of his admiration for Osama bin Laden, talked of writing an article about his plot for an al-Qaida-affiliated magazine, and said he would be willing to be a martyr but preferred to go home to his family after carrying out the attack, authorities said. And he also talked about wanting to kill President Barack Obama and bomb the New York Stock Exchange, a law enforcement official said.
Investigators said in court papers that he came to the U.S. bent on jihad and worked out the specifics of a plot when he arrived. While Nafis believed he had the blessing of al-Qaida and was acting on behalf of the terrorist group, he has no known ties, according to federal officials.
Nafis, who at the time of his arrest Wednesday was working as a busboy at a restaurant in Manhattan, was jailed without bail. His attorney has not commented on the case, but in other instances where undercover agents and sting operations were used, lawyers have argued entrapment.
Investigators would not say exactly how he initially contacted the government informant.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, whose department had a role in the arrest as a member of a joint federal-state terrorism task force, said the entrapment argument rarely prevails.
"You have to be otherwise not disposed to do a crime," Kelly said. "And if it's your intent to do a crime, and somehow there are means made available, then generally speaking, the entrapment defense does not succeed."
Nafis was a terrible student in his native Bangladesh, and his middle-class parents said he persuaded them to send him to study in the U.S. as a way of improving his job prospects. They don't believe he was planning an attack.
His father, a banker, said Nafis was so timid he couldn't venture out onto the roof alone.
"My son couldn't have done it," Quazi Ahsanullah said, weeping.
"He is very gentle and devoted to his studies," he said, pointing to Nafis' time studying at the private North South University in Dhaka.
Belal Ahmed, a spokesman for the university, said Nafis was put on probation and threatened with expulsion if he didn't bring his grades up. Nafis eventually stopped coming to school, Ahmed said.
Ahsanullah said his son had argued that a U.S. degree would give him a better chance at success in Bangladesh. "I spent all my savings to send him to America," the father said.
Nafis moved to Missouri, where he studied cybersecurity at Southeast Missouri State University. He also became vice president of the school's Muslim Student Association and began attending a mosque.
But he withdrew after one semester and requested over the summer that his records be transferred to a school in Brooklyn. The university declined to identify which school.
Dow, his former classmate at Southeast Missouri State, said Nafis spoke admiringly of bin Laden. At the same time, "he told me he didn't really believe bin Laden was involved in the twin towers because he said bin Laden was a religious man, and a religious man wouldn't have done something like that," Dow said.
He said Nafis gave Dow a copy of the Quran and asked him to read it. But he "didn't rant or rave or say crazy stuff," Dow said.
"What really shocked me the most was he had specifically spoken to me about true Muslims not believing in violence," Dow said.
Dion Duncan of St. Louis, a fellow student and member of the Muslim organization, said: "Nafis was a good kid. He showed no traces of anti-Americanism, or death to America, or anything like that. He was a trustworthy, honest kid."
"He was polite and courteous. He was helpful. All the things you would expect from a good Muslim kid. He prayed five times a day," Duncan said.
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Associated Press Writers David B. Caruso in New York, Jim Suhr in St. Louis, and Farid Hossain in Dhaka, Bangladesh, contributed to this report.
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