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| + | == Hostess properties picked up by investment firm == | ||
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| + | <html>A privately-held investment firm has snatched up a pair of former Hostess properties in Memphis from IBC Sales Corp. for half a million dollars. | ||
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| + | == Controversial call on Michael Vick backwards pass results in == | ||
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| + | Chip Kelly s offense,[http://www.businessfocus.sk/content/exclusive-chris-dimino-hired-680-fan Exclusive- Chris Dimino hired by 680-The Fan], run by Michael Vick, was electric early, but a small error turned into a major problem. (Drew Hallowell/Getty Images) | ||
| + | The Philadelphia Eagles opening drive Monday night against the Redskins was everything football fans have come to expect from Chip Kelly: frantic, exciting, furiously up-tempo. And the Eagles were on the brink of cashing that possession in for six points, until a bizarre and controversial play resulted in a touchdown in the other direction. | ||
| + | On first-and-goal from the Redskins four-yard line, Michael Vick attempted to swing a pass out to LeSean McCoy, who was looping around out of the backfield. Washington s Ryan Kerrigan got his hand in the way,[http://ing4me.net/foro/index.php?topic=120497.msg130490#msg130490 Cal Worthington, car dealer famed for TV ads, dies], though, batting Vick s pass to the ground. Kerrigan s teammate, DeAngelo Hall,[http://blog.schneider-electric.com/ Israel rejects settlement slowdown as talks loom], then scooped it up and sauntered 75 or so yards to the Philadelphia end zone for a stunning defensive touchdown.<br> | ||
| + | The ruling on the field was that Vick s pass had been thrown backwards, thus making it a fumble when Kerrigan deflected it. After a lengthy video review, referee Ron Winter declared that the play would stand meaning that there was not enough evidence to confirm the call on the field, nor was there anything to overturn it and give the ball back to Philadelphia. | ||
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| + | Several of the replays shown by ESPN made it appear as if Vick had thrown the ball forward. ESPN s officiating guru, former NFL ref Gerry Austin, declared that he thought Vick had thrown from the 9 1/2-yard line and Kerrigan had made contact with the ball at about the 9-and-one-quarter mark. | ||
| + | Sorry, that s not backwards. Unless Vick is throwing a banana ball. | ||
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| + | However, at least one of the angles offered gave the impression of a backwards pass and that s enough, given the ruling on the field. Without conclusive evidence to reverse the call,[http://www.aplblog.org/ Red Sox to pick up Jon Lester's 2014 option], Winter stuck with the crew s initial ruling, giving the season s first Monday night game a very unusual beginning. | ||
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| + | == Abraham Pearson Captured- Detroit inmate who allegedly stabb == | ||
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| + | Abraham Pearson Captured: Detroit inmate who allegedly stabbed deputy, escaped is back in custody, report says By Topics | ||
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| + | Abraham Pearson in a 2006 booking photo. | ||
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| + | (CBS) DETROIT - A Michigan prisoner who allegedly stabbed a sheriff's deputy and escaped from a Detroit courthouse in back in police custody after a 14-hour manhunt,[http://bbs.devpe.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2509561 Ruth Ozeki, Eleanor Catton on Man Booker Prize shortlist], Wayne County authorities searched well into the night Monday and took 25-year-old Abraham Pearson back into custody after someone spotted him hitchhiking and called 911,[http://www.beautyinthebag.com/wordpress/ Commuters grapple with more congestion in Dubai's Jumeirah Lakes Towers], reports the station. The man had been convicted of armed robbery and was awaiting sentencing.Pearson allegedly overpowered Deputy Harrison Tolliver as he was transporting him and two other prisoners into a holding cell, Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon said. Pearson stabbed the deputy with a plastic comb that had been fashioned into a shank, Napoleon said.Pearson stabbed Tolliver in the neck repeatedly, stole his deputy's uniform, ran from the courthouse and carjacked a minivan, which he later abandoned, police allege.Pearson will face 11 additional charges following the alleged attack and escape, Napoleon said, reports he station. Pearson was scheduled to be in court Monday morning to learn his punishment after being convicted last month of carjacking, armed robbery and firearms charges, according to court records.Pearson's defense attorney,[http://www.hebfda.gov.cn/newbbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=207351 Video- Syria welcomes Russian proposal, US Senate delays vote on military strike], James Howarth, said Pearson has a history of mental illness but was found competent to stand trial. He said he believes Pearson's mental health issues may have played a role in his escape Monday. "In his right mind he would not have done this," Howarth said. "In the year I have known him, he has never showed the slightest symptom of being dangerous. Something is very wrong." <br> <br> | ||
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| + | == Human Rights Watch says -evidence strongly suggests- Assad u == | ||
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| + | <html>CBS/AP/ September 10, 2013, 7:13 AM Human Rights Watch says "evidence strongly suggests" Assad used chemical weapons The bodies of people killed in an alleged "poisonous gas" attack are seen in a makeshift morgue in the eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus, in an image taken from unverified video posted by an opposition group on YouTube, Aug. 21, 2013. / YouTube BEIRUT A leading international human rights group said Tuesday that evidence strongly suggests Syrian government forces fired rockets with warheads containing a nerve agent most likely sarin into a Damascus suburb in August, killing hundreds of people. The report by Human Rights Watch was the latest voice to condemn Syrian President Bashar Assad's government for the alleged chemical attack on the sprawling, rebel-held Ghouta suburb on Aug. 21. The attack brought the United States to the brink of a military intervention the Syrian civil war, now in its third year. | ||
| + | 14 PhotosAlleged chemical weapons attack in SyriaThe New York-based group said it examined documents from the alleged chemical attack on Ghouta, and that the nerve agent used was "most likely,[http://www.alsawaei.com/vb-en/showthread.php?p=814353#post814353 Chesapeake Energy could be leaving Broome and Tioga], sarin." The group said its activists were unable to go to Ghouta to collect remnants of weapons,[http://www.wowwiki.ir/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1:Rovahomoimi#Mohammed_Assaf_and_Shamma_Hamdan_to_perform_at_Abu_Dhabi.27s_B Mohammed Assaf and Shamma Hamdan to perform at Abu Dhabi's B], environmental and bodily samples such as hair and blood to test for the chemical agent but that they sought technical advice from an expert on the detection and effects of chemical warfare agents. To support its claims, the rights group said it analyzed witness accounts and "the type of rockets and launchers used" in the attack. HRW also said its experts studied documented medical symptoms of the victims and analyzed activist videos posted on the Internet after the attack. Human Rights Watch released its conclusions in a 22-page report Tuesday. "This evidence strongly suggests that Syrian government troops launched rockets carrying chemical warheads into the Damascus suburbs that terrible morning," said Peter Bouckaert, HRW's emergencies director. Offering details which hadn't yet surfaced in evidence offered by the Obama administration or France -- both of which were quick to conclude that the Ghouta strike must have been carried out by Assad's government -- HRW said the rockets used in the Aug. 21 attack were "believed to be associated with the delivery of chemical agents": | ||
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| + | Photos obtained by Human Rights Watch from Syrian activists show pieces of 330mm rockets which purportedly fell on the Ghouta suburbs of Damascus on Aug. 21, 2013, and a diagram of the type of rocket HRW says was used in the attack. | ||
| + | <br> "Two separate surface-to-surface rocket systems believed to be associated with the delivery of chemical agents were identified. The first type of rocket, found at the site of the Eastern Ghouta attacks, is a 330mm rocket that appears to have a warhead designed to be loaded with and deliver a large payload of liquid chemical agent. The second type, found in the Western Ghouta attack, is a Soviet-produced 140mm rocket that, according to reference guides, has the ability to be armed with one of three possible warheads,[http://patricksekhotoblog.com/ 永久保存版！桧山引退特集号を緊急発売], including one specifically designed to carry and deliver 2.2 kilograms of Sarin." - Human Rights Watch Symptoms of the victims from the attack "provide telltale evidence about the weapon systems used," Bouckaert added. | ||
| + | Play VideoAssad: "Not (a) single shred of evidence" on chemical weapons useAssad himself denied allegations that his forces used chemical agents in an exclusive . His regime has blamed the Syrian rebels, whom they call terrorists,[http://unamovil.unam.mx/node/226892 上沼恵美子がＮＨＫ「生活笑百科」を降板], for staging the attack to gain international sympathy. Assad warned in the interview that there would be retaliation against the U.S. for any military strike against Syria. ". Not necessarily from the government," he said when asked to elaborate, an apparent reference to the possibility the regime could unleash allied militant groups such as the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. He added, addressing the U.S., that it would "pay the price if you are not wise with dealing with terrorists." Assad also denied that he was behind the attack, saying his soldiers were "in another area" at the time and insisting that no evidence has been presented. Washington has cited intelligence reports as saying the attack on Ghouta killed at least 1,429 people, including more than 400 children, though other estimates are much lower. The U.S. has been seeking international support for limited punitive strikes against Assad's regime, which it accuses of using chemical weapons in the assault. President Obama is seeking authorization from Congress for U.S. intervention in Syria. Later Tuesday,[http://itaggers.com/blogs/post/152357 Culture authority forms panel to plan Dubai strategy], Obama will also present his case to the American people in a nationally televised speech from the White House. His campaign comes amid fresh that would allow Syria's government to avert the U.S. strikes. In a sudden shift, diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed gained momentum Monday after Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem , Damascus' close ally, to place Syria's chemical arsenals under international control. Al-Moallem's remarks welcoming the Russian proposal, made during a visit to Moscow, were apparently the first official acknowledgment by Damascus that it possesses chemical weapons. However, it remains to be seen whether the statement represented a genuine goodwill gesture by Syria or simply an attempt to buy time. U.S. Secretary of State that Assad could resolve the crisis by surrendering control of "every single bit" of his arsenal to the international community by the end of the week. Kerry reiterated the U.S. position that there is very compelling evidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against his own people. 2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. <br></html> | ||
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| + | == Signs you're addicted to CrossFit == | ||
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| + | == Will Joe Flacco pitch the new McDonald's 'Blitz Box-' == | ||
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| + | <html>Will Joe Flacco be pitching McDonald’s new “Blitz Box?” Or could he be touting the fast-food chain’s new “steak on any” breakfast option? | ||
| + | As I reported on Tuesday, the Ravens quarterback will soon appear in a . Representatives for Flacco would only tell me that he will be promoting a new product for the restaurant, but they declined to disclose specifics. | ||
| + | McDonald’s,[http://www.uzerbuzz.com/buzz/view/post:316105 Italy's Gennaro Gattuso on a short lease at Serie], meanwhile,[http://bsb.randomossity.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=147473&page=1#pid165974 Charles Lisanby dies at 89; Emmy], this week unveiled several new menu items ― one specifically with a football theme. ― a family meal of two Quarter Pounders with cheese, two medium orders of french fries and a 20 Chicken McNuggets ― is being tested in the Kansas City market. The 2900-calorie box of food will cost $14.99. McDonald’s is a sponsor of the Kansas City Chiefs and the team’s logo appears on the Blitz Box. | ||
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| + | Time will soon tell if Flacco will be touting either of the products in the commercial. | ||
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| + | Flacco made headlines in March when he stopped at an Aberdeen McDonald’s hours after signing a $120.6 million contract, the largest in NFL history. | ||
| + | McDonald's officials could not be reached for comment.</html> | ||
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| + | == You Can See The Historic Flooding On The Chinese == | ||
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| + | <html>A local resident talking on a phone, walks in a flooded street, in Mendeleyevo on the outskirts of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russian Far East,[http://www.skinsight.com/info/forum/skin-conditions-and-skin-disease/rare-skin-disease/fitzgerald-%E2%80%9Cabsolutely-loves%E2%80%9D-tyrann-mathie Fitzgerald “absolutely loves” Tyrann M], Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Flooding in Russia s Far East is the worst since records began over a century ago. | ||
| + | CREDIT: (Credit: AP/ Vladimir Barsukov) | ||
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| + | The Amur is known as the Heilong Jiang in China, and there the damage has been even worse. Up to have been attributed to the floods, as well as 1.4 million acres of farmland, with damage estimates in the realm of . | ||
| + | Really, the only way to get a sense of the scope of the continued flooding is to look at a before-and-after photo. | ||
| + | This NASA satellite image, taken on August 17, 2012, shows where the waters of the Amur River should be in late summer: | ||
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| + | CREDIT: (Credit: NASA) | ||
| + | Here s where things stood on September 8, 2013: | ||
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| + | CREDIT: (Credit: NASA) | ||
| + | These are false-color images that depict water as black and plant-covered land as green. The Amur river flows from the bottom-left to the upper-right. Much of the water remains upstream from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and as it rushes through their city, residents are concerned things will get worse before they get better. | ||
| + | In the first twelve days of August, twelve inches of rain fell on Russia s Amur and Khabarovsk regions. So far, authorities have evacuated at least 16,000 people and the floods have affected 98,800 people in the region. Seventy-four towns and villages have been flooded, inundating 2,700 residential buildings. | ||
| + | Water levels along the river beat a record that had stood since 1897 by two full meters as of Tuesday. The Amur is expected to reach (over 32 feet) this week, which would mean the record would be set another meter higher. | ||
| + | Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin the AP and Channel One about his visit to the area in August: | ||
| + | The Far East encountered an unprecedented disaster. The local old-timers don��t remember ever seeing a flood of such magnitude when the water rose so high in Khabarovsk, in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and in the Jewish Autonomous Region. When I was flying over it in a helicopter it looked like an open sea. The only thing that brings you back down to earth is rooftops showing form under the water. This does make you realize you��re dealing with a disaster. The scope of that disaster was just enormous | ||
| + | Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to work together on flood control and disaster relief just before a meeting of the Summer Davos Forum in China, which starts on Wednesday. | ||
| + | While all we know for certain about these floods is that they are caused by historic rainfall in the region, climate change causes more extreme rainfall events. As National Center for Atmospheric Research senior scientist Kevin Trenberth , A warmer climate therefore increases risks of both drought where it is not raining and floods where it is but at different times and/or places. | ||
| + | A last year showed how climate change could be making the jet stream wavier which increases the duration of extreme weather events, from heat waves to droughts to floods. | ||
| + | Some in Russia may love the idea of to Russia s Arctic seaports, but from the current flooding to the heat waves and wildfires of recent years, it s clear the impacts of climate change are more severe than putting icebreakers out of business.</html> | ||
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| + | == SAN JOSE, Calif.- Google loses appeal in Street View snoopin == | ||
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| + | == Iconic auto dealer Cal Worthington dies at 92 == | ||
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| + | <html>Cal Worthington, a legendary car salesman who rose from poverty to own more than two dozen auto dealerships in the western United States with a folksy grin, a catchy jingle and ubiquitous TV ads featuring his dog Spot, died Sunday. He was 92.The cause of death was unknown. Worthington, who was in excellent health and worked out regularly, died unexpectedly at his Orland home while watching football on TV with his family, said his lawyer Larry Miles.An Oklahoma native raised in the Dust Bowl, Worthington was a self-made multimillionaire who built his fortune as a pioneer and leader in two industries that excited the American imagination after World War II automobiles and advertising. His homespun manner and flamboyant TV commercials elevated him from businessman to pop culture icon.A World War II hero, he started selling used cars on a patch of dirt outside a post office in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1946. He made his way to Los Angeles and bought a Hudson dealership in 1950 as television was gaining popularity in American homes. He started advertising on a live, three-hour country music show that he hosted, and he ran ads during movies that he bought and aired on weekends, when whole afternoons of TV time could be purchased for a few hundred dollars.He competed on the airwaves against other colorful Southern California auto dealers, including Earl Madman Muntz, Fletcher Jones and Ralph Williams, who featured winsome dogs and puppies in their ads. Advised to add an animal to his own TV pitches, Worthington created his trademark TV commercial with a twist in 1971. When I was doing one of the country music shows, there was an old boy who had a gorilla, and he was after me to put him on TV, he told The Bee in 1997. Anyway, I asked him if we could use the gorilla in a Worthington Dodge (commercial). And I asked him if the gorilla was gentle, you know. He said, Aw hell, Cal, he s a good gorilla. That gorilla was the meanest S.O.B. I ve ever seen, Worthington recalled. He wasn t sedated, and we had to chain him to a bumper. So I m coming on live doing this commercial, and that gorilla is back there raising hell. I m saying this gorilla is just full of love and he doesn t eat much. People were laughing and that gorilla was roaring. That was the first time I ever did the dog Spot thing. The lead-in Here s Cal Worthington and his dog Spot became a byword in TV marketing. The over-the-top ads,[http://rpmgr.com/ Video- Protests heat up again in Turkey], featuring Worthington with a tiger, a camel, a frog, a hippo,[http://bryansk24.ru/photo/18342/56526 Never Forget- The Flight 93 National Memorial], a chicken, a cougar and creatures of almost every species anything but a dog made him a folk star.The clincher was a bouncy, corny jingle If you need a better car, go see Cal / For the best deal by far, go see Cal that burrowed deeply into the psyche of car shoppers and made his brand well known to Sacramento residents before he opened his first dealership in the capital in 1981. He created his own advertising agency, Spot Advertising, that produced and aired his TV pitches tens of thousands of times a year in local markets. He changed the landscape of auto advertising, said Doug Brauner, who hosts an automotive TV show and owns the Car Czar service centers in Sacramento. Nobody today doesn t think about Cal Worthington and the success he had when doing their marketing plan. Worthington went on to own a total of more than 23 auto dealerships in five western states from California to Alaska. He told The Bee in 1997 that he had 13 dealerships earning about $325 million in annual sales at the peak of his company in the late 1980s.He began downsizing in the 1990s and sold his last dealership in the Sacramento region, Folsom Imports-Mazda, in 2006. At his death, he owned a Ford dealership in Long Beach and Ford and Mercedes stores in Anchorage, Alaska, Miles said.In 1972, Worthington bought 24,000 acres in Orland and moved permanently to the Glenn County town in 1976. His ranch, the Big W, grows thousands of acres of olives that are pressed into extra-virgin olive oil and almond trees that produce millions of pounds annually for sale domestically and in India, China,[http://jiangcai.uueasy.com/read.php?tid=1660304 Obama Conditionally Backs Offer On Syria CBS Baltimore], Germany, Italy and Spain. A pilot for more than 70 years, he flew his own Lear jet from his home to check on his business dealings, including land holdings he acquired in California, Nevada and Idaho.Calvin Coolidge Worthington was born Nov. 27,[http://casebriefbank.com/ LeBron James Not Sure Where He’ll End Up In 2014], 1920, in Shidler, Okla. The seventh of nine children in a family that he described as Grapes of Wrath poor, he left school to work at 13 as a water boy for a road crew.He joined the Army Air Corps in World War II and was an intrepid bomber pilot on 29 missions over Europe. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and five Air Medals for bravery and service as lead pilot in some of the first American attacks on Berlin.Worthington returned home to Texas with plans to be an airline pilot but was rejected despite his military record for lack of a college education. He bought and worked at a small gas station in Corpus Christi but sold it after a few months to start an auto dealership.He bought and fixed up a couple of used cars and placed them in front of the post office, which drew a lot of foot traffic. He sold the vehicles, bought two more and obtained others on consignment, and discovered his calling. People liked me, he told The Bee in May. I wasn t pushy. I answered their questions. All I knew was I could really sell cars. Worthington moved and hit it big in Southern California, the car culture capital of postwar America. His lanky, 6-foot-4 frame topped with a tipped Stetson and ear-to-ear grin made him instantly recognizable on TV. His genuine, down-to-earth manner charmed viewers and won him a loyal customer following. Cal Worthington was a legendary guy who just happened to pick the car business to go into, said Rick Niello of the Sacramento-based Niello auto dealerships. And he was a humble guy,[http://wiki.postdove.org.195-42-120-209.smartconfig.net/index.php?title=Benutzer:Rovahomoimi#Sammy_Sosa_Has_The_Best_Pinterest_Page_Ever Sammy Sosa Has The Best Pinterest Page Ever], not the character you saw on TV, Niello added. He was very highly respected in our industry. Worthington, who was married and divorced several times, is survived by six children, Rod, Barbara, Calvin, Courtney, Susan, and Coldren; and nine grandchildren.The family is planning services, Miles said.Editors note: This story was changed to reflect that Cal Worthington began selling cars in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1946. | ||
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