Nearly eight months after he was fired for making a racially and sexually disparaging remark about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, Don Imus went back on the radio at 6 a.m. today and vowed he would not say anything like that again.
Don ImusHe also introduced two new cast members — a black woman, Karith Foster, and a black man, Tony Powell, both of them comedians — and said they would join him in conducting “an ongoing discussion about race relations in this country.”
“I will never say anything in my lifetime that will make any of these young women at Rutgers regret or feel foolish that they accepted my apology and forgave me,” Mr. Imus told an audience that was listening in person at Town Hall in midtown Manhattan, and at home and in their cars on WABC-AM, his new radio home. “And no one else will say anything on my program that will make anyone think I did not deserve a second chance.”
Still, in many ways, it felt as if the clock had been turned back before last April, when Mr. Imus said what he said and was fired by CBS Radio and MSNBC, which had simulcast his program on cable television.
“Dick Cheney is still a war criminal,” Mr. Imus, 67, told the audience, in an effort to reassure them that he did not intend to completely alter his style, or curb his tongue. “Hillary Clinton is still Satan. And I’m going on the radio.”
On stage at Town Hall this morning, he was flanked on his right by his longtime news reader and sidekick, Charles McCord. Seated to his left, with a microphone conspicuously in front of him, was Bernard McGuirk, the producer whose initial reference on April 4 to the Rutgers team as “some hard-core hos” had prompted Mr. Imus to pile on by calling them “nappy-headed hos.”
The roster of announced guests was familiar to any regular Imus listener. They included Senator John McCain of Arizona, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president, and Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, who is seeking the Democratic nomination; the author Doris Kearns Goodwin, and the political strategists James Carville and Mary Matalin.
And some long-time advertisers, too, came back, including the Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey; NetJets, the corporate aircraft leasing company; the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut, and Bigelow teas. The house band was led by Levon Helm, who had played for Mr. Imus on April 12, which had wound up being his last day.
Mr. Imus wore a tan cowboy hat, a gold-colored vest under a tan barn jacket and worn boots. In his initial remarks, Mr. Imus spoke to the audience from a lone microphone positioned at center stage. At some points, he was defiant, acknowledging that the Rutgers team, which met with him the night of his firing, had found it easier to forgive him than had some of his detractors.
“We signed for five years,” he said of his contracts with Citadel Radio, the parent of WABC, as well as with RFD-TV, which will simulcast his program. “That’s how long it’s going to take to get even with everybody.”
And yet, for all his bravado, Mr. Imus acknowledged that he had been chastened and, at times, humiliated these last few months, and that he ultimately deserved his punishment.
“I think things worked out the way they should have worked out,” he said. “We now have the opportunity to have a better program, to obviously diversify the cast.”
He added, though: “The program is not going to change.”
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/
Monday, December 3, 2007
Master Cleanse Diet Claims Outstanding Results
The Master Cleanse Diet Claims Outstanding Results
New diet plan called The Master Cleanse Diet says that its weight loss results are 'outstanding.' The Master Cleanse Diet is also known as Lemonade Diet. Below is the press release from the company presenting this diet plan.
The Master Cleanse Diet, which is also known as the Lemonade Diet or Master Cleanser Diet is making big waves in the health industry. It has become the latest rage from Health Gurus to Hollywood Actors and Actresses. But is the Master Cleanse Diet all its cracked up to be?
The diet is based off of a mixture of lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup (grade b). This may sound like an odd compilation however the results have been most surprising. This particular mixture, master cleanser enthusiasts say, is the key to cleansing the body of long-term toxins and cleaning the blood, kidneys, liver and colon as well as the intestinal wall. In addition to this many experience vasts amounts of weight loss in addition to the cleanse. Reports have been done that claim people lose around 20 lbs in less than a week.
"I feel better than I have ever felt before" Says Jenny Smith of Portland Oregon,"and I've lost significant weight as a result."
There has been known cases of people continuing the Lemonade Diet for up to fourty days. The diet recommends however doing it a minimum of four.
"The main purpose is not to lose weight" says Jenny," It's about purifying your body and starting over with a diet that benefits you."
Many have also claimed that they do not gain their weight back after the cleanse, just a little bit of water weight. This is due to the persons lack of craving bad foods as a result of the cleanse. They often crave much healthier things like fruit and vegetables which provides much better long-term health benefits than the food they previously craved.
The concept of the Master Cleanse Diet derives from the fact that we live in a fairly polluted world. So polluted that our bodies cannot detoxify properly as a result. This build-up over time can produce long-term health problems including diabetes, cancers, acidity problems as well as many other health problems. This cleanse is supposed to level out the body while intensely detoxifying the system over a period of ten days. It has been said that we are what we eat as well as we are what we most commonly do. This is the stance that the Master Cleansers go by.
The Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet has even hit hollywood in a big way. Famous singer Beyonce Knowles is a large advocate of the master cleanse lemonade diet. It is recommended, however that people go through the diet using a fiber supplement, colon cleanser or natural laxative as the diet does not consist of any fiber.
For more information on the Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet visit www.master-cleanse-diet.net
Editor's note: eMaxHealth does not say this is a healthy diet plan, nor it endorses it. The point of this article is just to present a new diet plan for information purpose only.
Source: http://www.emaxhealth.com/11/18660.html
New diet plan called The Master Cleanse Diet says that its weight loss results are 'outstanding.' The Master Cleanse Diet is also known as Lemonade Diet. Below is the press release from the company presenting this diet plan.
The Master Cleanse Diet, which is also known as the Lemonade Diet or Master Cleanser Diet is making big waves in the health industry. It has become the latest rage from Health Gurus to Hollywood Actors and Actresses. But is the Master Cleanse Diet all its cracked up to be?
The diet is based off of a mixture of lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup (grade b). This may sound like an odd compilation however the results have been most surprising. This particular mixture, master cleanser enthusiasts say, is the key to cleansing the body of long-term toxins and cleaning the blood, kidneys, liver and colon as well as the intestinal wall. In addition to this many experience vasts amounts of weight loss in addition to the cleanse. Reports have been done that claim people lose around 20 lbs in less than a week.
"I feel better than I have ever felt before" Says Jenny Smith of Portland Oregon,"and I've lost significant weight as a result."
There has been known cases of people continuing the Lemonade Diet for up to fourty days. The diet recommends however doing it a minimum of four.
"The main purpose is not to lose weight" says Jenny," It's about purifying your body and starting over with a diet that benefits you."
Many have also claimed that they do not gain their weight back after the cleanse, just a little bit of water weight. This is due to the persons lack of craving bad foods as a result of the cleanse. They often crave much healthier things like fruit and vegetables which provides much better long-term health benefits than the food they previously craved.
The concept of the Master Cleanse Diet derives from the fact that we live in a fairly polluted world. So polluted that our bodies cannot detoxify properly as a result. This build-up over time can produce long-term health problems including diabetes, cancers, acidity problems as well as many other health problems. This cleanse is supposed to level out the body while intensely detoxifying the system over a period of ten days. It has been said that we are what we eat as well as we are what we most commonly do. This is the stance that the Master Cleansers go by.
The Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet has even hit hollywood in a big way. Famous singer Beyonce Knowles is a large advocate of the master cleanse lemonade diet. It is recommended, however that people go through the diet using a fiber supplement, colon cleanser or natural laxative as the diet does not consist of any fiber.
For more information on the Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet visit www.master-cleanse-diet.net
Editor's note: eMaxHealth does not say this is a healthy diet plan, nor it endorses it. The point of this article is just to present a new diet plan for information purpose only.
Source: http://www.emaxhealth.com/11/18660.html
Saturday, December 1, 2007
BCS National Championship Game
MORGANTON, W.Va. -- More than 60,000 people filled Milan Puskar Stadium on Saturday for the most incredible night in West Virginia football history. And they got it.
Poised to claim the program's first spot in a BCS championship game, the No. 2 Mountaineers instead pulled off the most incredible defeat in program history -- surely one of the worst defeats in college football history -- by losing 13-9 to a bad team from Pittsburgh.
Larry Williams can't believe West Virginia blew a chance at a national championship game. (US Presswire)
Instead of playing for the national championship on Jan. 7 in New Orleans, the Mountaineers will go to another BCS bowl game as champion of the Big East -- and chokers of the century.
"It's just a nightmare. The whole thing is a nightmare," WVU coach Rich Rodriguez said. "Just a flat-out nightmare. I didn't sleep well all week -- and I don't think I'm going to sleep well for the next couple."
Rodriguez won't be the only insomniac in the Big East. Commissioner Mike Tranghese attended Saturday night and his mood went from jovial to dour to stunned silent. His conference will still get an enormous BCS paycheck, but it won't get a national champion. Instead it will get another stain as the worst league in the six-conference BCS.
And the Big East officials working this game did all they could to help West Virginia. I'm not saying the officials tried to influence the outcome. Not at all. But they did call two mystifying holding penalties at the best possible time for West Virginia -- first nullifying a Pittsburgh touchdown in the final minute of the third quarter, then wiping out a Pittsburgh first down with 3½ minutes left to play. Those penalties were the only reason the Mountaineers had a chance, but obviously those penalties weren't enough. Not on a night when nothing but the officiating went right for West Virginia.
Quarterback Pat White missed half the game with a dislocated thumb on his non-throwing (right) hand, but he was ineffective before the injury. Kicker Pat McAfee missed field goals of 20 and 32 yards in the first quarter. The Mountaineers fumbled five times and lost three, the worst when backup quarterback Jarrett Brown simply dropped the ball while winding up to throw from the WVU 17. Preseason All-America halfback Steve Slaton slipped deeper into his late-season funk with nine carries for 11 yards. A 15-yard late hit on WVU linebacker Reed Williams moved Pittsburgh into field goal position for Conor Lee's 48-yarder on the final play of the first half.
The Mountaineers didn't just lose horribly. They played horribly, so bad that they could have pulled out this game in the final seconds and still I'd have written -- and I bet I wouldn't have been the only one -- that West Virginia didn't deserve its place in the BCS title game. The Mountaineers were that bad.
And they had to be bad to lose to Pittsburgh (5-7). Beating Pittsburgh was easy this season. Seven teams did it, including mediocre squads from Navy, Louisville and Michigan State. Connecticut beat Pittsburgh by 20 points, and that's the same Connecticut team that West Virginia throttled 66-21 just last week.
And it's not like the Panthers played over their head on Saturday night, because they didn't. Pittsburgh was a one-man team, getting 148 of its pedestrian 225 yards in total offense on runs by freshman tailback LeSean McCoy. He carried 38 times, wearing down a WVU defense that knew he was coming but couldn't stop him. Pitt quarterback Pat Bostick threw for just 67 yards and had two interceptions. Other than McCoy, the Panthers ran 14 times for 10 yards. It was McCoy or bust, and West Virginia busted.
Afterward, West Virginia players and fans lingered, too stunned to leave. While the Panthers celebrated on the field and then in the end zone with the school band and then into the tunnel before finally disappearing, a large group of WVU players and fans didn't move. WVU receiver Darius Reynaud sat down on the 17-yard line, his backside obscuring the Big East logo, and seemed catatonic. After more than five minutes, two teammates finally noticed Reynaud and helped him up and off the field. That triggered the final exodus of WVU fans, whose reward for waiting was parking lot gridlock of epic proportions.
The city expected a far different kind of night. Before the game one exceptionally classless West Virginia fan hit the Pittsburgh team bus with a rock, but WVU fans as a whole are not known for their gentility. Because of the tendency to celebrate big victories by burning couches, garbage or whatever else they can find lying around, the city fire department had doubled its normal workload and police were planning to infiltrate known hotspots with under-cover patrols. Trash bins all over town were emptied earlier Saturday to take away potential bonfire materials.
Nothing in the preceding paragraph was a joke. But West Virginia is. It has to be. The Mountaineers were four-touchdown favorites. They were at home. They were playing Pittsburgh, their most heated rival. This was the 100th edition of the Backyard Brawl. What would have been the greatest victory in team history instead became the most shocking loss.
Rodriguez didn't bother putting on a brave face, either. He looked devastated, as well he should. Unless he wins a national championship -- and wins it at West Virginia, not at any of the schools that might one day try to pry him away from his alma mater -- this loss will be his legacy.
"Obviously I'm shocked we didn't play better," he said. "We weren't looking above and beyond."
Oh, really? Even the West Virginia marching band was looking ahead. At halftime the WVU band titillated the crowd by spelling out BCS for its grand finale. As the band strutted off the field, compressing into four tightly packed rows near the bleachers, the letters "BCS" melted away into nothing.
Source: http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10507338
Poised to claim the program's first spot in a BCS championship game, the No. 2 Mountaineers instead pulled off the most incredible defeat in program history -- surely one of the worst defeats in college football history -- by losing 13-9 to a bad team from Pittsburgh.
Larry Williams can't believe West Virginia blew a chance at a national championship game. (US Presswire)
Instead of playing for the national championship on Jan. 7 in New Orleans, the Mountaineers will go to another BCS bowl game as champion of the Big East -- and chokers of the century.
"It's just a nightmare. The whole thing is a nightmare," WVU coach Rich Rodriguez said. "Just a flat-out nightmare. I didn't sleep well all week -- and I don't think I'm going to sleep well for the next couple."
Rodriguez won't be the only insomniac in the Big East. Commissioner Mike Tranghese attended Saturday night and his mood went from jovial to dour to stunned silent. His conference will still get an enormous BCS paycheck, but it won't get a national champion. Instead it will get another stain as the worst league in the six-conference BCS.
And the Big East officials working this game did all they could to help West Virginia. I'm not saying the officials tried to influence the outcome. Not at all. But they did call two mystifying holding penalties at the best possible time for West Virginia -- first nullifying a Pittsburgh touchdown in the final minute of the third quarter, then wiping out a Pittsburgh first down with 3½ minutes left to play. Those penalties were the only reason the Mountaineers had a chance, but obviously those penalties weren't enough. Not on a night when nothing but the officiating went right for West Virginia.
Quarterback Pat White missed half the game with a dislocated thumb on his non-throwing (right) hand, but he was ineffective before the injury. Kicker Pat McAfee missed field goals of 20 and 32 yards in the first quarter. The Mountaineers fumbled five times and lost three, the worst when backup quarterback Jarrett Brown simply dropped the ball while winding up to throw from the WVU 17. Preseason All-America halfback Steve Slaton slipped deeper into his late-season funk with nine carries for 11 yards. A 15-yard late hit on WVU linebacker Reed Williams moved Pittsburgh into field goal position for Conor Lee's 48-yarder on the final play of the first half.
The Mountaineers didn't just lose horribly. They played horribly, so bad that they could have pulled out this game in the final seconds and still I'd have written -- and I bet I wouldn't have been the only one -- that West Virginia didn't deserve its place in the BCS title game. The Mountaineers were that bad.
And they had to be bad to lose to Pittsburgh (5-7). Beating Pittsburgh was easy this season. Seven teams did it, including mediocre squads from Navy, Louisville and Michigan State. Connecticut beat Pittsburgh by 20 points, and that's the same Connecticut team that West Virginia throttled 66-21 just last week.
And it's not like the Panthers played over their head on Saturday night, because they didn't. Pittsburgh was a one-man team, getting 148 of its pedestrian 225 yards in total offense on runs by freshman tailback LeSean McCoy. He carried 38 times, wearing down a WVU defense that knew he was coming but couldn't stop him. Pitt quarterback Pat Bostick threw for just 67 yards and had two interceptions. Other than McCoy, the Panthers ran 14 times for 10 yards. It was McCoy or bust, and West Virginia busted.
Afterward, West Virginia players and fans lingered, too stunned to leave. While the Panthers celebrated on the field and then in the end zone with the school band and then into the tunnel before finally disappearing, a large group of WVU players and fans didn't move. WVU receiver Darius Reynaud sat down on the 17-yard line, his backside obscuring the Big East logo, and seemed catatonic. After more than five minutes, two teammates finally noticed Reynaud and helped him up and off the field. That triggered the final exodus of WVU fans, whose reward for waiting was parking lot gridlock of epic proportions.
The city expected a far different kind of night. Before the game one exceptionally classless West Virginia fan hit the Pittsburgh team bus with a rock, but WVU fans as a whole are not known for their gentility. Because of the tendency to celebrate big victories by burning couches, garbage or whatever else they can find lying around, the city fire department had doubled its normal workload and police were planning to infiltrate known hotspots with under-cover patrols. Trash bins all over town were emptied earlier Saturday to take away potential bonfire materials.
Nothing in the preceding paragraph was a joke. But West Virginia is. It has to be. The Mountaineers were four-touchdown favorites. They were at home. They were playing Pittsburgh, their most heated rival. This was the 100th edition of the Backyard Brawl. What would have been the greatest victory in team history instead became the most shocking loss.
Rodriguez didn't bother putting on a brave face, either. He looked devastated, as well he should. Unless he wins a national championship -- and wins it at West Virginia, not at any of the schools that might one day try to pry him away from his alma mater -- this loss will be his legacy.
"Obviously I'm shocked we didn't play better," he said. "We weren't looking above and beyond."
Oh, really? Even the West Virginia marching band was looking ahead. At halftime the WVU band titillated the crowd by spelling out BCS for its grand finale. As the band strutted off the field, compressing into four tightly packed rows near the bleachers, the letters "BCS" melted away into nothing.
Source: http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10507338
BCS Rules
Missouri playing West Virginia in New Orleans on Jan. 7 for the national title would be unexpected and unusual, but it would not be the end of civilization.
First, Missouri has to beat Oklahoma, and that hasn't happened since 1998. And West Virginia has to avoid an upset vs. Pitt.
Missouri vs. West Virginia ... why not?
The knock against college football is that you never get Cinderella stories because everything is skewed toward the powerhouses.
So here college football sits on the precipice of a truly oddball game, and people are still going to complain?
If you can accept the BCS is about as imperfect a system as was ever conceived, then you can't be surprised it can spit out Missouri-West Virginia.
If you know there is not going to be a playoff this year, next year or the one after, then what's wrong with this goofball matchup?
It would be better with a playoff, but so would your life be if the boss doubled your salary. And neither is likely to happen.
Maybe USC and Georgia are the best two-loss teams out there right now, but no one should complain about getting Ida-hosed.
Missouri and West Virginia would have played the system and matriculated to the top.
Missouri beat Illinois and Mississippi in non-conference play and absorbed a tough loss at Oklahoma. The Show Me State then showed everyone it was better than Kansas.
If Missouri beats Oklahoma, it will get what it deserves: a trip to the BCS title game.
West Virginia has been a top program for years now. It doesn't play the toughest schedule, but it did beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl two years ago.
If your favorite team does not make it to this year's BCS title game, blame your favorite team. Curse the bad-luck gods.
USC is not in the national title game because it lost to, um, Stanford.
LSU lost two games in triple overtime. Too bad.
If Ohio State had not lost at home, to Illinois, the Buckeyes would be title game-bound ... and they might be anyway.
We have sympathy for Oregon, which seemed primed for a national title berth before losing star quarterback Dennis Dixon to a Heisman Trophy-ending knee injury.
We feel for Oklahoma, which lost to Texas Tech after losing starting quarterback Sam Bradford to a concussion. But Oklahoma also lost to Colorado.
There are breaks in life -- some of them are bad.
So what if it does end up Missouri vs. West Virginia on Jan. 7?
Source: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/football/cs-toptwo26nov26,1,1547940.story?coll=cs-college-print
First, Missouri has to beat Oklahoma, and that hasn't happened since 1998. And West Virginia has to avoid an upset vs. Pitt.
Missouri vs. West Virginia ... why not?
The knock against college football is that you never get Cinderella stories because everything is skewed toward the powerhouses.
So here college football sits on the precipice of a truly oddball game, and people are still going to complain?
If you can accept the BCS is about as imperfect a system as was ever conceived, then you can't be surprised it can spit out Missouri-West Virginia.
If you know there is not going to be a playoff this year, next year or the one after, then what's wrong with this goofball matchup?
It would be better with a playoff, but so would your life be if the boss doubled your salary. And neither is likely to happen.
Maybe USC and Georgia are the best two-loss teams out there right now, but no one should complain about getting Ida-hosed.
Missouri and West Virginia would have played the system and matriculated to the top.
Missouri beat Illinois and Mississippi in non-conference play and absorbed a tough loss at Oklahoma. The Show Me State then showed everyone it was better than Kansas.
If Missouri beats Oklahoma, it will get what it deserves: a trip to the BCS title game.
West Virginia has been a top program for years now. It doesn't play the toughest schedule, but it did beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl two years ago.
If your favorite team does not make it to this year's BCS title game, blame your favorite team. Curse the bad-luck gods.
USC is not in the national title game because it lost to, um, Stanford.
LSU lost two games in triple overtime. Too bad.
If Ohio State had not lost at home, to Illinois, the Buckeyes would be title game-bound ... and they might be anyway.
We have sympathy for Oregon, which seemed primed for a national title berth before losing star quarterback Dennis Dixon to a Heisman Trophy-ending knee injury.
We feel for Oklahoma, which lost to Texas Tech after losing starting quarterback Sam Bradford to a concussion. But Oklahoma also lost to Colorado.
There are breaks in life -- some of them are bad.
So what if it does end up Missouri vs. West Virginia on Jan. 7?
Source: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/football/cs-toptwo26nov26,1,1547940.story?coll=cs-college-print
Sooners Win Big 12, Advance To Fiesta Bowl
Coach Bob Stoops' OU Sooners handled the No. 1 Missouri Tigers 38-17 Saturday night in the Big 12 Championship game and now advance to the Fiesta Bowl.
What OU's win over Missouri might do to the BCS Championship standings is unknown, but it's certain to cause yet another shuffle. Tonight's game was tied 14-14 at the half; OU ran away with the second half, hitting on all offensive and defensive cylinders.
Missouri's fate was foreshadowed in the first half, when they had to settle for two field goals instead of touchdowns and OU scored two TDs.
Missouri did finally score a TD and engineered a successful 2-point play to tie it up. Missouri managed only a field goal in the second half while OU tacked on 24 more points.
Source: http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/12/sooners-win-big-12-advance-to-fiesta.html
What OU's win over Missouri might do to the BCS Championship standings is unknown, but it's certain to cause yet another shuffle. Tonight's game was tied 14-14 at the half; OU ran away with the second half, hitting on all offensive and defensive cylinders.
Missouri's fate was foreshadowed in the first half, when they had to settle for two field goals instead of touchdowns and OU scored two TDs.
Missouri did finally score a TD and engineered a successful 2-point play to tie it up. Missouri managed only a field goal in the second half while OU tacked on 24 more points.
Source: http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/12/sooners-win-big-12-advance-to-fiesta.html
BCS Selection Show
football chaos?
Yep, that's what we've got this morning – BCS confusion and chaos.
No. 1 Missouri drowned in the San Antonio Riverwalk, and couches all over Morgantown were spared Saturday night when Pittsburgh, a 28 ½-point underdog, upset No. 2 West Virginia.
So now, who deserves to play in the national championship game? It figures that No. 3 Ohio State will move up when the final Bowl Championship Standings are released at 7 p.m. today. But the Big Ten champion Buckeyes can only guess who their opponent might be at this point.
Can you just imagine the crazy, confused look on the faces of those coaches and Harris poll voters? Surely they knew that the college football world is relying on them to figure it all out.
I know Georgia (10-2) and Kansas (11-1) were in the BCS top five last week, but they don't deserve to play in New Orleans. If you can't win your division and play for a conference title, you don't deserve to play in the national championship game.
Virginia Tech was sixth in the BCS standings last week. Good team. Excellent defense. The Hokies won the ACC title on Saturday, but there aren't many people bragging on the strength of that league.
Give me LSU (11-2).
The Tigers had a roller-coaster ride through Atlanta like no other on Saturday. Coach Les Miles started the day fending off what he called erroneous reports from ESPN about him leaving for Michigan.
He ended it by celebrating a Southeastern Conference title with a 21-14 win over Tennessee in the Georgia Dome.
"Well, I don't exactly know how votes will go, but we're the champions of the finest conference in America," Miles said. "We played Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida. I challenge any other team in America to go through this conference and come out unscathed."
Here's the thing about Miles' Tigers. Yes, LSU did lose against Kentucky and Arkansas. Both of those are respectable teams, but neither one is anywhere near the BCS discussion. The Wildcats and Razorbacks needed six overtimes combined to knock off the Tigers, though. Anything can happen in overtime.
LSU was seventh in the BCS computer rankings last week. The voters are going to have to do all the heavy lifting on LSU's behalf. It's incumbent on the voters to forget about their ballots last week and vote who they think truly deserves to be 1-2 and play for the national title.
Unfortunately for the Big 12, neither Missouri or Oklahoma is going to get in the BCS title mix.
Mizzou (11-2) can't be included after the way OU dominated the second half and ran away with the final score. OU (11-2) won't climb over LSU and USC into the No. 2 position, either.
Same goes for West Virginia. The Mountaineers (10-2) cannot lose to a big underdog such as the Panthers and then get into the national title game. Now, West Virginia will still be in a BCS bowl by virtue of winning the Big East title. But quarterback Pat White's dislocated thumb injury will be talked about in coal mines for years to come.
The rest of the BCS fallout will be relatively easy once the top two teams get decided. Oklahoma is going to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Missouri and Kansas will battle it out for an at-large berth.
Don't forget about Hawaii. If the Warriors held on late Saturday and finished the regular season undefeated, June Jones' team will be in the BCS mix, too.
You can bet the happiest people on earth were Fox television executives. Now, we've all got a reason to tune into today's BCS selection show.
Then, we can start the argument all over again an hour later.
Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/bdavis/stories/120207dnspodavis.2b09fb8.html
Yep, that's what we've got this morning – BCS confusion and chaos.
No. 1 Missouri drowned in the San Antonio Riverwalk, and couches all over Morgantown were spared Saturday night when Pittsburgh, a 28 ½-point underdog, upset No. 2 West Virginia.
So now, who deserves to play in the national championship game? It figures that No. 3 Ohio State will move up when the final Bowl Championship Standings are released at 7 p.m. today. But the Big Ten champion Buckeyes can only guess who their opponent might be at this point.
Can you just imagine the crazy, confused look on the faces of those coaches and Harris poll voters? Surely they knew that the college football world is relying on them to figure it all out.
I know Georgia (10-2) and Kansas (11-1) were in the BCS top five last week, but they don't deserve to play in New Orleans. If you can't win your division and play for a conference title, you don't deserve to play in the national championship game.
Virginia Tech was sixth in the BCS standings last week. Good team. Excellent defense. The Hokies won the ACC title on Saturday, but there aren't many people bragging on the strength of that league.
Give me LSU (11-2).
The Tigers had a roller-coaster ride through Atlanta like no other on Saturday. Coach Les Miles started the day fending off what he called erroneous reports from ESPN about him leaving for Michigan.
He ended it by celebrating a Southeastern Conference title with a 21-14 win over Tennessee in the Georgia Dome.
"Well, I don't exactly know how votes will go, but we're the champions of the finest conference in America," Miles said. "We played Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida. I challenge any other team in America to go through this conference and come out unscathed."
Here's the thing about Miles' Tigers. Yes, LSU did lose against Kentucky and Arkansas. Both of those are respectable teams, but neither one is anywhere near the BCS discussion. The Wildcats and Razorbacks needed six overtimes combined to knock off the Tigers, though. Anything can happen in overtime.
LSU was seventh in the BCS computer rankings last week. The voters are going to have to do all the heavy lifting on LSU's behalf. It's incumbent on the voters to forget about their ballots last week and vote who they think truly deserves to be 1-2 and play for the national title.
Unfortunately for the Big 12, neither Missouri or Oklahoma is going to get in the BCS title mix.
Mizzou (11-2) can't be included after the way OU dominated the second half and ran away with the final score. OU (11-2) won't climb over LSU and USC into the No. 2 position, either.
Same goes for West Virginia. The Mountaineers (10-2) cannot lose to a big underdog such as the Panthers and then get into the national title game. Now, West Virginia will still be in a BCS bowl by virtue of winning the Big East title. But quarterback Pat White's dislocated thumb injury will be talked about in coal mines for years to come.
The rest of the BCS fallout will be relatively easy once the top two teams get decided. Oklahoma is going to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Missouri and Kansas will battle it out for an at-large berth.
Don't forget about Hawaii. If the Warriors held on late Saturday and finished the regular season undefeated, June Jones' team will be in the BCS mix, too.
You can bet the happiest people on earth were Fox television executives. Now, we've all got a reason to tune into today's BCS selection show.
Then, we can start the argument all over again an hour later.
Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/bdavis/stories/120207dnspodavis.2b09fb8.html
Fat Camp - Camp Pocono Trails
Being fat stinks for everyone, especially teens.
For overweight teenagers trying to “fit in” can seem almost impossible—from getting teased at school to participating in sports many of these kids find it hard just to feel ‘normal’.
They dream of losing weight, looking good and becoming popular and at “Fat Camp” that’s exactly what happens even if they don’t lose a pound!
Through first person encounters, MTV’s News and Docs presents “Return to Fat Camp” on Saturday, December 1st @ 12pm ET/PT and explores the lives of five young people who are battling their weight while having the time of their lives and finally fitting in at a weight loss camp where to them becomes a safe environment.
Viewers can follow the campers’ progress by checking out before and after photos on MTV.com.
The Think Community at think.mtv.com will help viewers cope with issues featured in this episode by providing resources on obesity and healthy self image. Viewers will also be able to comment on the show and the issues on think.mtv.com.
In “Return to Fat Camp,” MTV spends another summer at Camp Pocono Trails with no-nonsense Camp Director Tony Sparber.
Five new campers are hoping to change their lives by shedding pounds, making friends and building self confidence before returning to another challenging year of school.
Viewers will meet Logan, a 14 year old from North Carolina, who is burdened with the knowledge that her family is sacrificing financially to send her to fat camp; Adisa, a 14 year old returning to camp for a second summer with a goal of losing thirty pounds; Dan, a 15 year old who has never been away from his family before; Sam, an attractive averaged size girl who sees herself as overweight and Justin, a 400 pound teenager who knows his weight is more than an image problem and knows he has to do something about it before it’s too late.
In this documentary, viewers will see that while at camp the kids discover a world that is completely new to them – most are finally able to feel comfortable in their own skin, no matter what size they are. Shy, introverted teens that have never had friends are suddenly the life of the party.
In a place where everyone is overweight, they feel accepted and confident. But surprisingly, fat camp can also be a place where the hunted become hunters…Here overweight, ostracized teens turn the tables by picking on their plus-sized peers.
Think.MTV.com is a dynamic, multimedia-driven Community and enables youth to easily learn more about the issues that matter to them most, share their opinions – via uploaded online videos, podcasts and blogs – and connect with others to make a difference.
The site is one of the only to reward members for positive actions taken online or off, serving up chances to hang out with socially conscious celebs, access to exclusive MTV events, exposure on MTV and other national media outlets, as well as grants, scholarships and more.
Source: http://www.daynewsblog.com/news/camp-pocono-trails
For overweight teenagers trying to “fit in” can seem almost impossible—from getting teased at school to participating in sports many of these kids find it hard just to feel ‘normal’.
They dream of losing weight, looking good and becoming popular and at “Fat Camp” that’s exactly what happens even if they don’t lose a pound!
Through first person encounters, MTV’s News and Docs presents “Return to Fat Camp” on Saturday, December 1st @ 12pm ET/PT and explores the lives of five young people who are battling their weight while having the time of their lives and finally fitting in at a weight loss camp where to them becomes a safe environment.
Viewers can follow the campers’ progress by checking out before and after photos on MTV.com.
The Think Community at think.mtv.com will help viewers cope with issues featured in this episode by providing resources on obesity and healthy self image. Viewers will also be able to comment on the show and the issues on think.mtv.com.
In “Return to Fat Camp,” MTV spends another summer at Camp Pocono Trails with no-nonsense Camp Director Tony Sparber.
Five new campers are hoping to change their lives by shedding pounds, making friends and building self confidence before returning to another challenging year of school.
Viewers will meet Logan, a 14 year old from North Carolina, who is burdened with the knowledge that her family is sacrificing financially to send her to fat camp; Adisa, a 14 year old returning to camp for a second summer with a goal of losing thirty pounds; Dan, a 15 year old who has never been away from his family before; Sam, an attractive averaged size girl who sees herself as overweight and Justin, a 400 pound teenager who knows his weight is more than an image problem and knows he has to do something about it before it’s too late.
In this documentary, viewers will see that while at camp the kids discover a world that is completely new to them – most are finally able to feel comfortable in their own skin, no matter what size they are. Shy, introverted teens that have never had friends are suddenly the life of the party.
In a place where everyone is overweight, they feel accepted and confident. But surprisingly, fat camp can also be a place where the hunted become hunters…Here overweight, ostracized teens turn the tables by picking on their plus-sized peers.
Think.MTV.com is a dynamic, multimedia-driven Community and enables youth to easily learn more about the issues that matter to them most, share their opinions – via uploaded online videos, podcasts and blogs – and connect with others to make a difference.
The site is one of the only to reward members for positive actions taken online or off, serving up chances to hang out with socially conscious celebs, access to exclusive MTV events, exposure on MTV and other national media outlets, as well as grants, scholarships and more.
Source: http://www.daynewsblog.com/news/camp-pocono-trails
World AIDS Day raises awareness
Jakarta (1 December) - Today is World AIDS Day: the United Nations says 33 million people are infected with the HIV virus which can cause the disease.
The figures indicate that Indonesia currently has the world's highest rate of infection. Indonesia's first ever campaign against HIV/AIDS, which will encourage the use of condoms, is being launched today.
China is also marking World AIDS Day, with even the Miss World pageant, taking place at a Chinese resort, being used to raise HIV/AIDS awareness.
Earlier this week, the Chinese government announced that it will open a centre for research into the disease. For many years, China has viewed HIV/AIDS as a foreign problem which did not greatly affect the country.
Source:
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5540559/World-AIDS-Day-raises-awareness
The figures indicate that Indonesia currently has the world's highest rate of infection. Indonesia's first ever campaign against HIV/AIDS, which will encourage the use of condoms, is being launched today.
China is also marking World AIDS Day, with even the Miss World pageant, taking place at a Chinese resort, being used to raise HIV/AIDS awareness.
Earlier this week, the Chinese government announced that it will open a centre for research into the disease. For many years, China has viewed HIV/AIDS as a foreign problem which did not greatly affect the country.
Source:
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5540559/World-AIDS-Day-raises-awareness
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