Archive for September 8th, 2008
Lance Armstrong will end his retirement and hopes to compete in the 2009 Tour de France, according to a cycling journal report.
The 36-year-old seven-time Tour de France champion will compete in five road races with the Astana team in 2009, the cycling journal VeloNews reported on its Web site Monday, citing anonymous sources.
Armstrong’s manager Mark Higgins did not immediately respond to a voice mail left by The Associated Press.
The move would reunite Armstrong with Johan Bruyneel, now the team director for Astana.
VeloNews reported Armstrong also will compete in the Amgen Tour of California, Paris-Nice, the Tour de Georgia and the Dauphine-Libere.
The Astana team, however, was not allowed to compete in this year’s Tour after Alexandre Vinokourov was kicked out of the 2007 Tour for testing positive and the team quit the race.
VeloNews, which said Vanity Fair will publish an extensive article detailing Armstrong’s comeback, said the cyclist will race for no salary or bonuses and post his internally tested blood work online.
SportsIllustrated.com
September 8th, 2008
September 8th, 2008
The e-mail looks like a scam: “I have to come up with big-time cash,” writes Max Stephenson. The 18-year-old is headed for New York University, he explains, but his mom is on disability, his dad works three jobs, and all his grants and loans only cover half of the school’s $50,000 annual tab. So to cover the gap, he’s hoping 10,000 friends of friends of friends will each put $2.50 in the mail or send the money via PayPal. “If you’re worried I am one of those internet rip-off artists, call NYU’s admissions office at 212.998.4500,” his e-mail continues, “and ask for someone in international admissions — they handled my admissions as I was recruited to play ice hockey for Russia and spent last year there.”
The thing is, his plea is legit. And two weeks after Stephenson sent his e-mail to 300 of his friends and his parents’ business contacts — and asked them to forward it to anyone they could think of — he says he has already received close to $6,000 from more than 2,000 people.
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September 8th, 2008
Cell phones have long been anathema in the classroom, banned as a potential distraction, at best, and as a possible vehicle for cheating, at worst. But lately, educators have begun changing their tune on mobile phones.
Abilene Christian University will hand out Apple’s iPhone 3G smartphone to two-thirds of this year’s entering class of 950 freshmen. Students will be expected to use the devices to brainstorm ideas and get virtual handouts and podcasts during class. Instructors will use them for such tasks as monitoring attendance.
“This is a new platform for learning, in the same way a laptop or a desktop was a new platform,” says William Rankin, co-director of mobile learning research at the school in Abilene, Texas.
Other schools across the country, from Michigan to Maryland and Texas to North Carolina, are coming to the same conclusion — that advanced wireless devices can be used as much for learning as for entertainment.
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[Thanks, Richard!]
September 8th, 2008
Ingredients:
4 to 6 chicken breasts cooked and cut into bite-sized pieces
1 can of cream of chicken soup
4 hard oiled eggs
1 onion diced
1/4 c. mayonnaise
1/4 to 1/2 c. chopped celery
1 bag of Crushed Cheetos for topping
Directions:
1) Mix above ingredients together and put into casserole dish
2) Crush enough Cheetos to cover top
3) Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
Other celebrity recipes here.
September 8th, 2008
Gov. Palin’s candidacy has sparked debate among some conservative Christians. While many applaud her pro-life convictions and traditional conservative policy positions, some have raised concerns about a woman occupying high office. Some complementarians — those who affirm traditional gender roles in the home and the church — are concerned that electing a woman to the vice presidency (or presidency) undermines the biblical understanding of male spiritual headship. The question is whether or not female governmental leadership is consistent with Scripture.
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September 8th, 2008
A while back I made a post about Brenda Warner. For those of you not in the know, she is the wife of Arizona Cardinals QB Kurt Warner. For the longest time, she was picked on for looking more like his mother than his wife because of her short gray spiky hair. As you can see, she had a makeover.
Recently, I saw an old picture of Cindy McCain, another Arizonian, who did the same thing. This picture is from March 2000 (source AP Photo by Matt York) when John McCain suspended his bid for the GOP Nomination.
And, of course, these are more current picture of Cindy McCain (source). 
Something is in the Arizona water.
September 8th, 2008
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September 8th, 2008
It takes a little getting use to, but other than clicking and dragging, but sure to test out your scroll wheel and the right click feature.
September 8th, 2008
The words that speakers used at the two political conventions show the themes that the parties have highlighted. Republican speakers have talked about reform and character far more frequently than the Democrats. And Republicans were more likely to talk about businesses and taxes, while Democrats were more likely to mention jobs or the economy.
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September 8th, 2008
ATTENTION ALL RECRUITS
RE: DEXTERITY AND ATTENTIVENESS EVALUATION
IS NOW LIVE
Namaste.
I am pleased to announce the release of the third assessment in the
Dharma Initiative’s Volunteer Recruitment Program is available at
www.dharmawantsyou.comThis new test will assess your ability to negotiate a defined space while avoiding objects of increasing velocity.
With two tests now complete I have begun compiling individual Volunteer Assessment Dossiers for release at the end of the program. The results thus far are extremely encouraging. Indeed, they are far above expectations. I feel confident you will continue to produce excellent results in the coming weeks.
Sincerest congratulations to you all.
Namaste.
Hans Van Eeghen
Head of Recruiting
The Dharma Initiative
September 8th, 2008
Yesterday, Dan Aykroyd, while standing in what appeared to be a liquor store and wearing a T-shirt advertising tequila, told a reporter there were “two sharp young writers” working on a screenplay to relaunch the Ghostbusters franchise. And, astonishingly, it’s true! Last night, Variety confirmed that Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, co–executive producers on the most recent season of The Office, are writing a script “designed to bring back together the original cast of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson” in some capacity.
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And remember . . .
Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a god, you say “YES”!
September 8th, 2008
Apple has finally admitted that a British man who left school at 15 is the inventor behind the iPod.
Kane Kramer, 52, came up with the technology that drives the digital music player nearly 30 years ago but has still not seen a penny from his invention.
And the father of three is so hard up he had to sell his home last year and move his family to rented accommodation.
Now documents filed by Apple in a court case show the US firm acknowledges him as the father of the iPod.
The computer giant even flew Mr Kramer to its Californian headquarters to give evidence in its defence during a legal wrangle with another firm, Burst.com, which claimed it held patents to technology in the iPod and deserved a cut of Apple’s £89billion profits.
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September 8th, 2008
There was something hauntingly familiar about the face John Renehan saw on television.
He was certain that it was his father, who had officially been found dead and was cremated five years ago.
Yet there before his eyes on the screen was his father, in a care home and the subject of an appeal on a show about missing people for anyone who knew him to come forward.
‘I sat down in shock. I was sure it was him straight away,’ said Mr Renehan, 42. ‘You know when it’s your father. We look the same and have the same characteristics. It was like looking in the mirror.’
He contacted police and four weeks later DNA tests confirmed that the man he saw on the TV screen is indeed his father John Delaney, now 71.
Father and son have had an emotional reunion and an inquiry is under way to establish the identity of the mystery man for whom Mr Renehan organised a cremation in 2003.
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September 8th, 2008
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September 8th, 2008
- Progress:Â In one week my WiiFit age dropped from 44 to 30.
- One of my closest friends asked if I wanted to go the the Texas Rangers game on Saturday night, and without even thinking I agreed to go. It wasn’t until I arrived at his house that I discovered the Rangers were going to play the Red Sox. I loath the Red Sox and all Boston sports teams. I told myself years ago that I would never go to another Rangers game when the Red Sox were in town because it turns into a home game for the Red Sox since they have such a great following and DFW is full of transplants. But thankfully the Rangers wooped up on them with a win, BOS-8 TEX-15. Not to mention, I was in good company all night.
- To verify last night’s score I visited the Texas Rangers website and discovered this advertisement.
First of all, I don’t think Alyssa Milano would ever wear a Rangers shirt unless she was dating a player, and secondly, this picture looks like a bad Photoshop attemp since her body is slightly turned and the logo appears straight and center.
- Speaking of loathing Boston sports teams, this was my favorite play of the new NFL season thus far:
- My former neighbor is now playing for the Miami Dolphins.
- I read the first chapter of the Coach K book one of my readers sent to me. Two things from that first chapter spoke to me. When he holds his first team meeting, he includes everyone (trainers, tutors, administrative assistants, etc) to emphasize everyone is part of the team. During that meeting he will ask what’s the most devastating thing a player can do academically. Usually someone will reply that it’s getting an F, but Coach K tells them that the most devastating thing is cheating; and then will describe how bad time management leads to cheating. Of course the book gets deeper and more detailed than that, but that just really stuck with me for some reason. I guess because it tells me that cheating is only a sympton and the root of the problem is disciplan and time management.
- I’m surprised Palin hasn’t been interviewed by the media since she was announced as a running mate. I only learned about that from this ABC News blog entry, but it appears that Charlie Gibson will get the first crack at her. I’m actually surprised that Fox News isn’t getting that exclusive.
- I think my friend Barry makes a good liberal media point.
- Faith and Politics gives me tired head. It makes no difference to me that the person I’m voting for is a Christian or Jew or whatever, but I post about that topic because I think my readers find it interesting.
- The NFL on FOX is still using that stupid and outdated futuristic robot theme.
- Frank Caliendo is funny, but MY GOSH that Madden bit is OLD.
- The Falcons appeared to have done well with their draft and free agency picks.
- Do you remember the last first round QB that threw a touchdown with his first pass? David Carr. Let’s home Matt Ryan doesn’t follow that same path.
- The Colt’s new stadium has a retractable roof, it’s the first that I know of that opens sideline to sideline as opposed to the other that open end zone to end zone. Oddly enough, the field wasn’t built to drain water.
- I’m worried about Marion Barber’s ribs, I hear what he has is worst than broken ribs.
- Felix Jones looks like a nice pick up.
- Jerry was right about Terry Glenn not being picked up by anyone. Terry should have signed that injury clause.
- Having two Monday night games is stupid.
- Entourage played “Return of the Mack” – really? They couldn’t find anything more current?
September 8th, 2008
