Ernie Anastos

Ernie Anastos

El presentador de noticias Ernie Anastos de la cadena Fox Channel 5 quedó como el perfecto grosero luego de decirle en vivo al "hombre del tiempo" Nick Gregory que "vaya a follarse a un pollo" (Keep f---ing that chicken). Ante esta frase, Gregory no le quedó otra cosa más que reirse. Sin embargo, quien se quedó boquiabierta fue la co conductora del espacio del referido canal, Dari Alexander. Ella abrió los ojos con una sorpresa jamás vista en un programa televisión. Por ese motivo, desde hoy empezó una difusión viral del video a través del YouTube y el Facebook.

Hey news anchors, guess what? You're live on-air. Yeah, really. And there's no way of doing a retake. know I'm stating the obvious here, but if anchors out there are anything like Ernie Anastos of FOX 5 News, they just might need the advice. The news anchor dropped the f-bomb on the 10 o'clock news during the September 16th broadcast. Ernie Anastos said, "Keep f****** that chicken!" The look on his co-anchor's face was absolutely priceless. I'm sure Ernie meant "plucked", but he apparently had dirty things going on in his mind. He then made the comment, "Heeeey, lookin' good out there" to his female co-anchor who was demonstrating a workout in an upcoming segment.

Mary Travers

Mary Travers

Mary Allin Travers, a famous American Pop singer of early 1960’s died with leukemia at the age of 72. She died on September 16, 2009 in at Danbury Hospital in Danbury. She was surfing from leukemia since 2005. Bone-marrow transplant was successful apparently but she died with complications arising from chemotherapy . According to some resources her funeral will be held on 18 September. She was the member of folk group, Peter, Paul and Mary. It was the most famous and successful group in 1960’s. Peter Yarrow and Noel “Paul” Stookey were the other group members. Her solo discographies are. She was born in November 9, 1936, Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Her parents Robert Travers and Virginia Coigney both were journalist and worked for newspapers.

She was born in November 9, 1936, Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Her parents Robert Travers and Virginia Coigney both were journalist and worked for newspapers. She was very fond of music from her childhood and her focus was on folk music. In 1960’s she was the only female in folk music. Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died Wednesday. She was 72. Travers, who battled leukemia for several years, died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, said the band’s publicist, Heather Lylis. Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s. The trio mingled their music with liberal politics, both onstage and off. Their version of “If I Had a Hammer” became an anthem for racial equality. Other hits included “Lemon Tree,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Puff (The Magic Dragon.)”

They were early champions of Bob Dylan and performed his “Blowin’ in the Wind” at the August 1963 March on Washington. And they were vehement in their opposition to the Vietnam War, managing to stay true to their liberal beliefs while creating music that resonated in the American mainstream.
The group collected five Grammy Awards for their three-part harmony on enduring songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Puff (The Magic Dragon)” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” At one point in 1963, three of their albums were in the top six Billboard best-selling LPs as they became the biggest stars of the folk revival movement.
They debuted at the Bitter End in 1961, and their beatnik look — a tall blonde flanked by a pair of goateed guitarists — was a part of their initial appeal.
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Raymond Clark

Raymond Clark

muscular Yale lab technician was arrested and charged with murder Thursday morning in the slaying of grad student Annie Le, authorities said. Raymond Clark 3rd, his head bowed, was led out of a Super 8 Motel in handcuffs and placed in an unmarked police car about 8:30 a.m. Traffic was halted on two major boulevards outside the Cromwell, Conn., motel as Clark was transported to the New Haven police stationhouse. "Based on numerous interviews, forensic evidence, and information learned from viewing video surveillance, detectives have secured the arrest warrant for Clark," New Haven Police Chief James Lewis said. Lewis said Le, 24, was not sexually assaulted. He called her strangulation death a case of "workplace violence," but would not elaborate on what might have triggered the attack.

The New Haven Register reported that authorities have linked DNA from Clark, 24, who worked in the same Yale building as Le, to the murder. Undercover investigators were massed in the parking lot overnight - and one motorist passing by shouted, "Get him, get him!" at police. Clark apparently decamped to the motel after cops hauled him from his home in handcuffs Tuesday, obtained DNA samples and let him go. While police were waiting for DNA results, they had gathered circumstantial evidence. Clark reportedly failed a lie detector test and had scratch marks on his chest. And computer records from Yale suggested he was the last person to see Le. Swipe cards Le and Clark used to move through different areas of college buildings showed they were in the same room shortly after 10 a.m. on Sept. 8, The Hartford Courant reported. Le, 24, wasn't seen alive after that, and her card wasn't used again. But Clark swiped into the area where she was found strangled five days later in a crawlspace, a law enforcement source told the paper.

New Haven Police Chief James Lewis refused to give details of Clark and Le's relationship, saying only that they worked in the same building and passed each other in the halls. Cops interviewed Clark several times in the days after Le disappeared, but then he stopped talking with detectives and asked for a lawyer. Clark's lawyer, David Dworski, said yesterday the muscular technician was cooperating with the investigation. "We are committed to proceeding appropriately with authorities with whom we are in regular communication," Dworski said. State police officers impounded Clark's red Mustang yesterday. They also took about 150 pieces of forensic evidence from the Yale lab, where he mostly did janitorial work. Le's body was discovered stuffed behind a basement wall inside the lab on Sunday - the same day she had planned to get married on Long Island. The official cause of her death was ruled as "traumatic asphyxiation due to neck compression."

Marcus Jones

Marcus Jones

When the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter debuts Wednesday night on Spike, most of the eyes will be on Kimbo Slice, the street fighter turned YouTube star who is trying to make it into the UFC. But Kimbo is far from the most accomplished athlete on the upcoming season. That distinction belongs to Marcus Jones, a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end who was a first-round draft pick in 1996 and finished eighth in the NFL in sacks in 2000. Jones talked to FanHouse last week about why he made the transition from football to MMA, and why he thinks fighting in the Octagon is tougher than playing in the NFL. Marcus Jones: Fighting in the Octagon is more demanding on your body. The pain that you go through over a short period of time, all the training that you have to do for just 15 minutes of fighting, to me, that's just incredibly difficult. The biggest factor for me was the Tim Sylvia-Randy Couture fight (in March of 2007). I was 33 at the time and I saw that Couture just started fighting at 33 and was still great into his 40s. I didn't want to be that person who just spends his life standing on the sidelines, wondering, "What if?" so I started taking jiu jitsu classes at Gracie Tampa, and five months after that I had my first fight.

I'm happy that I played football as long as I did. Any time you do a sport you enjoy, it's never a job, it's never work. But I do wish I had started MMA at an earlier age. I ask myself, If I would have started jiu jitsu in my 20s, can you imagine what kind of fighter I'd be today? I'm a much better fighter now than I was during my first fight. In my first fight, I barely knew how to throw a jab. Now I feel comfortable fighting anybody. I wish it would have turned out differently in the NFL, but you have to be comfortable with who you are. I knew early on that I wasn't the caliber of player of, say, a Simeon Rice. I also had a lot of injuries and that slowed me down. I loved college, and I loved playing in the NFL, but there came a point in my career where I knew it was time to move on. To move on to MMA is great because I've always watched it, I've always been a big fan of the sport. When I learn something new, it's exhilerating. We talked a little bit about it. Some of the differences, some of the likes and dislikes. All the guys who were in the Ultimate Fighter house who played in the NFL truly love MMA. It's not like we're just toying with it. I never felt that because, realistically speaking, I was just elated to be on the show. I wasn't there to get attention, I was just there to fight. I think other guys felt that way, too. And at the end of the day, we were all there trying to become the Ultimtae Fighter. No matter what you had done before, that's what we were there for.

Well, I loved playing college football, the camaraderie I had with my teammates there. I didn't feel as much of that in the NFL, but now I feel that with some of the guys I train with at Gracie Tampa, and with other MMA fighters. One of the things I like most about MMA is the camaraderie I've developed with other fighters. It was kind of hard to. There were some guys on the show that I really liked, but you have to understand, this is a competition. There's only one Ultimate Fighter. At any moment you might have to fight someone you're training with. You might have to fight someone you bonded with. I don't want to become really good friends with someone and then have to get in the cage with him and beat him down. Kimbo Slice is obviously the most famous guy on this season, but he's also one of the least-accomplished professional athletes on the show: He hasn't accomplished nearly as much in MMA as someone like Roy Nelson, or nearly as much in other sports as someone like you. Did anyone resent the fact that he's more famous even though he hasn't really done much as a professional athlete? I think Simeon Rice would be a really good MMA fighter. Not only is he a good athlete, he's a nimble athlete. He can move, he has the kind of flexibility you need for jiu jitsu, he has the power. I think he'd be a good MMA fighter.

American Life League

American Life League

TALLAHASSEE, FL-- Redefining when human life begins is the centerpiece of proposed state constitutional amendment. No human life is discarded, no human life is unloved, no human life deserves to be put at the end of an abortion, no human life deserves to be let go," says Shaun Kenney with the American Life League. On Friday the American Life League Introduced the “Personhood Amendment" in Tallahassee. The league says the amendment will change Florida's constitution to recognize a person regardless of age, race or health. And that a person is created at the beginning of biological development of a human being, essentially defining a newly formed embryo as a person. The group has started grassroots efforts in Florida and more than a dozen states across the country to get amendments on ballots as early as 2010.

"We're going to do it the Christian way. We're going to do it through volunteers. People who care about the life of babies are going to go out and gather signatures,” says Dr. Pat McEwen with Personhood Florida. "The American Life League is a fringe group that has been behind these amendments in the past however their record hasn't been very successful,” says Adrienne Kimmell with Planned Parenthood. The league tried but failed to pass similar amendments just last year in states including Colorado. Kimmel says although Planned Parenthood opposes the initial language of the amendment, she is also concerned with how far the final language could go, and whether it could even attempt to restrict access to birth control. "I think what we've seen in other states in the past in Colorado, and other states that I mentioned, is language that could be interpreted as banning birth control," Kimmell says. The American Life League will have to get upwards of 700,000 signatures by February 1st in order to get their amendment on November ballot.

Copyright 2009 The E.W. Scripps Co. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. American Life League is having a surprising effect on the health care reform debate. Media coverage of our activities has brought out a lot of good people and some people who are terribly confused. Here’s one example. American Life League designed a placard for the September 12 taxpayer protest in Washington, D.C. that reads, “Bury Obamacare with Kennedy.” This slogan offended some people, even though it is based on the undeniable fact that President Obama is proposing health care reform that is philosophically in tune with the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s culture-of-death convictions. It is based on the record and the fact that Kennedy was the architect of the so-called health care reform legislation.Many bloggers, such as Pol

Roger Huerta

Roger Huerta

Roger Huerta in a split decision, with two judges scoring the fight 30-27 for Maynard, and one calling it 29-28 for Huerta. With that, Huerta moves on from the UFC to try a career in acting, while Maynard moves closer to the top of the lightweight division. Huerta stalked Maynard around the cage for much of the first round, finally landing some punches in the final minute and a half of the first round. Huerta was able to stifle Maynard's takedown attempts in round one, as well. Maynard landed a few strong shots on Huerta, including one that knocked "El Matador" down for a second. However, Huerta was the aggressor, throwing more combinations and backing Maynard up.

Huerta continued to pus the pace as the third roud started. Maynard finally got a takedown, and tried to control Huera throughout the third. Maynard attempted a kimura that was downright gruesome, as he bent Huerta's arm back in a way that arms don't go. Huerta survived until the two stalemated and were stood up by referee Dan Miragliotta. Roger Huerta returned to the Octagon on Wednesday night and showed that he's still in shape and focused on MMA, but that wasn't enough against Gray Maynard, who defeated Huerta by split decision in a solid fight at UFC Fight Night 19 on Spike TV In the first round Huerta looked surprisingly crisp and effective, showing no ring rust at all even though he hadn't fought in more than a year. Huerta appeared to be frustrating Maynard with his boxing, and when Maynard tried to overpower Huerta in the clinch and on the ground, Huerta showed effective defense in getting free.

The second round was better for Maynard, who started to find some answers for Huerta's striking and land some strikes of his own. By the end of the second, Maynard had turned the tide and was starting to win the fight. A little over a minute into the third round, Maynard finally got the takedown he wanted, picking Huerta up and slamming him to the canvas. Maynard fairly well controlled the next couple of minutes on the ground, and he nearly submitted Huerta with a kimura, who showed amazing toughness just to survive as his arm was being bent behind his back. Maynard improved his professional MMA record to 8-0, and he may be closing in on a UFC lightweight title shot. Huerta falls to 20-3-1, and he may be done with MMA, as he has said he would like to focus on acting and modeling. That would be a significant loss for the sport of MMA, as Huerta still has a lot to offer -- even though tonight, he wasn't quite as good as Maynard. The judges scored it 29-28 Huerta, 30-27 Maynard and 30-27 Maynard. I scored it 29-28 Maynard.

Thelma Houston

Thelma Houston

Thelma Houston continues to celebrate her outstanding career (over 21 albums) and shows no signs of slowing down. This CD release courtesy of Shout! Factory, showcases Thelma Houston’s latest musical gift, “A Woman’s Touch.” This spectacular CD features Thelma’s rich interpretations of many classic R&B and pop recordings, originally made famous by such male vocalists as Luther Vandross, Rev. Al Green, Sting and Marvin Gaye among others. A Mississippi native, Thelma started out in the 60’s performing in gospel music with the Art Reynolds Singers. She then signed to Capitol Records (home of the Beatles, Nat King Cole and Nancy Wilson) in 1967 and had her first hit song called “Baby Mine” and then went on to sign with Motown Records where she released her first solo album called “Sunshower,” which was written, arranged and produced by the legendary Jimmy Webb.

With Motown Records, Thelma claimed the top of the Pop, R&B and Dance charts with her high-powered rendition of “Don’t Leave Me This Way. That Gold Record classic gave Thelma the distinction of being the first solo female artist at Motown to win the Grammy Award for “Best R&B Female Vocal Performance”. Recently Thelma has rocked Rockefeller Center on NBC’s Today Show’s and the summer music special “Hit Me Baby, One More Time.” She dazzled ABC-TV’s “Motown 45,” and glittered at ABC-TV’s “The Disco Ball.” Along with Aretha Franklin & Mary Wilson, she raised the roof on “Love, Rhythm and Blues,” for PBS. The legendary Nile Rogers called upon Thelma to be his special guest for a sold out concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Thelma also toured with CHER on her “Living Proof” concert tour and recently headlined at Harrah’s in Las Vegas.Known as a humanitarian for her charitable causes and her tireless efforts in the battle against AIDS, the City of West Hollywood recently proclaimed a special day as “Thelma Houston Day.”

She has donated her talents to numerous charities including a recent performance at “Devine Design” for Project Angel Food, AIDS Project Los Angeles & the Minority AIDS Project, for which she donated her $20,000 winnings from the TV show “Hit Me Baby,” to. She has also been inducted into the “Dance Music Hall of Fame,” in New York City and honored as an “Apollo Legend,” on the syndicated hit TV show, “Showtime at the Apollo.” Thelma has appeared with Phoebe Snow, Chaka Khan, Mavis Staples and CeCe Peniston as the “Sisters of Glory,” in New York City. This rousing performance received a special request to perform at The Vatican for The Pope. With appearances from Tokyo, Las Vegas and London, Thelma continues to bring audiences to their feet with her dynamic, energetic show. This Diva logs over 200 performances annually and the singer/songwriter is enjoying every moment of her success. “I still feel a tremendous excitement about performing,”states the upbeat songstress,” and I have so many more things I want to do.”

Mary Travers

Mary Travers

Mary Travers, a striking figure of power and glamour in the early-1960s folk music movement, died Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut after suffering from leukemia for several years. She was 72. She was best known as the blond with the bangs who commanded the middle microphone with Peter, Paul and Mary, a trio that brought folk music from coffeehouses to top-40 radio. They also gave much of America its first taste of the young Bob Dylan by helping to turn his "Blowin' in the Wind" into a national anthem. The group reunited several years ago to begin touring, and Travers performed with them until a few months ago, even when she needed assistance on stage.

Travers, like Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow, saw folk music both as an art and as an instrument for change. They sang a number of sociopolitical songs, which Travers later defended. "I'm not sure I want to be singing 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' when I'm 75," she said in one interview. "But I know I'll still be singing 'Blowin' in the Wind.' " She was born in Louisville, Ky., but grew up in Greenwich Village and came up through the New York coffeehouse circuit, singing on her own before she was put together with Stookey and Yarrow by famed manager Albert Grossman, who also managed Dylan. The trio took considerable criticism from fellow folk singers for developing a sound that some considered too "commercial" and not "authentic" enough. Travers always strongly defended the trio's sound, saying that they were in the folk tradition by making music accessible to everyone, not just academic collectors.

Jessica White photos

Jessica White photos

Jessica White photos are all the rage today. Even though he's hardly even done filing his divorce papers with Robin Wright, Sean Penn has been spotted around Manhattan with this Sports Illustrated model hottie, only 25 years old, just like Penn seems to like 'em. The couple recently had dinner at Hotel Griffou in Manhattan before heading to the Mercer Hotel. "They were holding hands . . . and seemed really into each other," according to People.com. Apparently, White isn't the first swimsuit model to "comfort" Penn after a breakup. Soon after his temporary separation from Robin Wright last year, Penn was romantically linked to Petra Nemcova. Who's next? Will they keep getting younger? And whatever happened with his fling with Natalie Portman?

Jessica Simpson hopes a coyote returns her dog. Bill hoped that Hillary would be Al's vice-president. And Jude Law's baby-mama hopes to make a buck. Good morning, and welcome to your Wednesday morning Gossip Roundup! Tom Delay, the former lawmaker who is now on Dancing with the Stars, has been injured after his old ass body couldn't keep up with the show's high-stepping ways. Sean Penn doesn't let the grass grow under his groin, for the actor has moved on from Robin Wright with a model named Jessica White. Rudy Giuliani's gay friend Howard Koeppel insists the former NYC mayor won't run to be the state's Governor. Haha! While Whitney Houston's enjoying new-found success, Bobby Brown's griping about the fact that he's fat. Bloated, we thinl but let's not get picky.

Elena Shapiro

Elena Shapiro

Elena Bright Shapiro was a 20-year-old ballerina with a promising career ahead of her. She died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, when the car she was driving was struck by Dr. Raymond Cook, according to police. Dr. Cook is a cosmetic surgeon and assistant professor at the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill is accused of driving drunk. Dr. Cook has since been charged with second degree murder in Shapiro's death. Dr. Cook posted a $250,000 bond and was released from custody. He also surrendered his medical license and apologized to Shapiro's family. Police say Dr. Cook was driving 85 mph when his vehicle slammed into Shapiro's. The young ballerina's friends and fellow dancers at the Carolina Ballet spoke to The Today Show on Wednesday.

Tragic hubris. Just because a person is a doctor, has a PhD or is a professor of anything doesn't mean they've got any sense. Many of the small planes crashed into the mountains of western NC over the years were owned by and piloted by doctors and other "high achievers". They seem to think that if they can afford it, they can control it and the weather. After all, they play god in their day jobs. Please make him spend the rest of his life performing reconstructive surgeries on disfigured children living in poverty. This country needs to look at the South Koreans. They have a HUGE business Industry for driving cars for people who are drunk. They come to the drunk driver and drive the drunk and the car home. The good doctor will discover that getting his lips done and his butt-lifted takes on a whole new meaning in prison

Jordan Lloyd

Jordan Lloyd

Jordan Lloyd was declared the winner. The show has earned her a sum of $500,000. The viewers witnessed a neck-n-neck fight amongst the final participants. The winner had to supersede two strong competitors, Kevin Campbell and Natalie Martinez, to win the title and the huge sum. The CBS reality show, “Big Brother 11,” enjoys huge ratings on US television. Lloyd, 22, is a waitress from Matthews, NC. She received the highest number of votes from the show’s jury (seven in number). The audience’s votes too backed her immensely. The grand finale-episode, was aired for two hours; some sections of the audience enjoyed every minute of the show, while others were pretty restless and could not hold their patience for such a long time. Ultimately when the results were announced, some were happy with it while some others were a bit disappointed as they wanted Gilbert from Arizona, to win the show.

After Maggie Ausburn , she (Jordan) is the next female contestant to win the title after a span of 5 years. Ausburn was the winner of season 6. At 22, she has earned a special place for herself in the history of Big Brother, as with this win, she becomes the youngest participant to earn the title. The finale was pretty tough as the participants were critically and thoroughly interrogated by the members of the jury. The rest of the 13 finalists were silent spectators who watched Lloyd, slowly but steadily, wearing the title. Jordan Lloyd could almost satisfy all the jury members alike. It is yet to be seen what Jordan actually ends up doing with the huge amount of money she earned from the show. The quirky, goofy pal of fan favorite Jeff Schroeder beat semifinalist Kevin Campbell in the tiebreaker during the live HoH competition, then evicted Kevin, making him the seventh member of the jury.

president s speech

Despite the crossfire from conservatives, the remarks President Barack Obama plans to deliver to America’s pupils on Tuesday turn out to be in the mainstream of back-to-school remarks the previous four presidents delivered in classrooms. The White House posted the president’s prepared text on Monday, and it includes a variety of fatherly advice on persevering, finishing school and pursuing their dreams, plus his admonition that they’re “no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude … no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school … no excuse for not trying.”

President Ronald Reagan told junior-high students they were living in a "time of unlimited possibilities, bounded only by the size of your imagination, the depth of your heart, and the character of your courage." President George H.W. Bush told another group of junior-high students: "I'm not here to tell you what to do or what to think. Maybe you're accustomed to adults talking about you and at you; well, today, I'm here to talk to you and challenge you. Education matters, and what you do today, and what you don't do can change your future."Dan Pfeiffer, White House deputy communications director, said: “As people can see from the text, this is a completely non-political speech that is in line with the tradition of presidents of both parties speaking directly to students about the importance of taking responsibility for their education.”

President Ronald Reagan told junior-high students they were living in a "time of unlimited possibilities, bounded only by the size of your imagination, the depth of your heart, and the character of your courage." President George H.W. Bush told another group of junior-high students: "I'm not here to tell you what to do or what to think. Maybe you're accustomed to adults talking about you and at you; well, today, I'm here to talk to you and challenge you. Education matters, and what you do today, and what you don't do can change your future."President Bill Clinton said teachers need to give students a "high degree of self-awareness and an ability to learn and absorb and grow throughout a lifetime." And President George W. Bush used remarks at a magnet high school to reinforce his campaign message that "every student needs to be challenged."

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Dan Mitchell, Senior Fellow, The Cato Institute, and nationally recognized expert on tax policy and tax reform;French Hill, CEO of Little Rock-based private banking company, Delta Trust,and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President GeorgeH.W. Bush;Grace-Marie Turner, founder and president of the Galen Institute to promote a discussion of free market approaches to health care reform.

3:35 pm EST Changing Demographics: Analysis of 2008 Elections and Future Hispanic Trends Mario M. Carrera, Vice President/General Manager, Entravision Communications Corporation (including Univision Denver);Marcello Gaete, Vice President, Public and Governmental Affairs, Entravision Communications Corporation.To broadcast on Sunday, September 6, 2009: 12:40 pm EST Robert Woodson, Sr., founder and Chairman of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise. To broadcast on Monday, September 7, 2009:

10:00 am EST John Fund, writer of the weekly "On the Trail" column for the Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal.com and author of Stealing Elections:

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obama school speech video

The man who successfully marshaled the power of the Internet unlike any candidate before him had some interesting words of warning for a kids hoping to follow in his footsteps.During a Back-to-School event with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., the president was asked what advice he would give to a young person who hopes to one day be president.Be careful what you post on Facebook, because whatever you do, it will come up later in your life, Obama told a class of about 30 ninth-graders gathered in the school library.

The president's warning was in line with the kind of advice many parents and employers have been giving young people for some time since pictures, video and text posted on the Web can live forever. In fact, a video posted on YouTube that captured derogatory comments about Republicans by green jobs czar Van Jones contributed to the controversy that forced his resignation over the weekend.Obama went on to say that doing well in school was also important "especially if you don't come from some political family where they've got you all hooked up." The third piece of advice for presidential aspirants was to find something that you're passionate about and do that well.

"The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough," the president's prepared remarks read. "It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google, Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other. So today, I want to ask you, what's your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?

obama speech to kids

When I heard the GOP accuse the Obama speech to kids of pushing a socialist agenda, I had to get my hands on a copy of the transcript. This complete transcript comes from Whitehouse.gov. This rather boring, predictable speech turns the socialist agenda hype on its head:

Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today.

I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’re a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now, with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer, and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little longer this morning.

Maybe you could be a good writer – maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper – but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor – maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine – but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.

You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You’ll need the insights and critical thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You’ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.

college football scores

college football scores

Nevada vs Notre Dame College Football Odds Betting ALERT & Predictions - Nevada might have one of the more exciting players in college football leading there pistol attack. Colin Kaepernick is the best QB the Irish will face all year. He can throw for 200 yard and rush for 100 yards almost in his sleep. Not sure the Irish can stop this attack but the Wolfpack will also have there hands full in stopping the Irish offense. The CFB Odds ALERT now has Notre Dame -14.5 favorites over Nevada. 

Nevada's defense does not have great athletes but play way over there athletic abilities. The Wolfpack will be fired up on defense and early should be able to stand up to the Irish. But the sheer size of the Irish lineman will wear them down late into the second half.

Two teams with big goals this season should make this a very good game early. If Nevada's offense can continue to score they might be able to even stick around late into this game. Notre Dame should win late but not sure they will get near the 14.5 points that the oddsmakers have made them.

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steve mazan

Where does time go is the one question that even Alex Trebek, sometimes more condescending know-it-all than Jeopardy! answer man, can’t explain. Not surprising, because we tend to forget that time flies…without layovers and, more important, without a flight plan.

Even those lucky humans with jet packs cannot outrace time. Anyway, comedian Steve Mazan teaches us that urgency, way more than rocket fuel, may be the greatest catalyst of all in the race against time, a lifelong competition that people consider more of a marathon than a sprint, until time catches up to them, typically with disbelief and, worse, without warning.

His inspiring lesson about the power of perseverance culminates in New York City on Sept. 4 with the airing of his appearance on the Late Show With David Letterman. After more than four years of essentially auditioning for the show at comedy venues nationwide and overseas (he has performed for U.S. troops seven times in Iraq and Afghanistan) and through performances on the 20 DVDs he has sent to Letterman’s booker, Eddie Brill, over time, Mazan flew about five hours from California to New York on Aug. 30 to record one five-minute joke at the Ed Sullivan Theater on Aug. 31, fulfilling a dream that began in 2005 after his startling cancer diagnosis.

He missed his original deadline (by more than three years), “but obviously dreams you give extensions to, you make exceptions,” Mazan, a native Chicagoan, says from Los Angeles, his home base now.

Until February or March 2005 (unlike many other cancer patients and survivors, he does not recall his exact D-Day), Mazan, 37 and a comedian for 10 years now, had been climbing steadily toward Mt. Letterman, what he and multitudes of other contemporary comedians consider the summit of success. “I always thought it would happen,” he says confidently, not vainly, “but I wasn’t pursuing it. I was doing my sets, and getting noticed and figured at some point that I’d run into the right people. I wasn’t rushing it or anything.”

stefanie spielman

Spielman graduated from Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio, where he was awarded the Dial Award for the national high-school scholar-athlete of the year in 1983. He is a 1988 graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in recreation education. He was a two-time All-American, and won the Lombardi Award as the best college football lineman or linebacker. Spielman was drafted 29th in the 1988 NFL Draft, by the Detroit Lions. He played eight seasons with the Lions where he led the team in tackles each year. Spielman was a four-time Pro Bowler during his years with the Lions. Spielman played for the Buffalo Bills in 1996 and 1997. In 1996, he set a team and personal record with 206 tackles. His 1997 season was limited because of a neck injury that required spinal surgery. Spielman did not play during the 1998 season, taking time off to be with his family during his wife’s battle with breast cancer.

He returned to the NFL in the 1999 season, with the Cleveland Browns. He retired before the regular season began, after suffering another neck injury. Spielman is also notable for being one of the players notable NFL Draft “guru” Mel Kiper, Jr. has “missed” on, Kiper admitting in a 2001 post that he had underrated the linebacker. In April of 2009 Speilman was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Spielman’s broadcasting career started in 1999, as an NFL studio-show analyst for Fox Sports Net. After two years with FSN, Spielman joined ESPN in 2001. He serves as a color analyst for college football broadcasts, as well as studio analysts for college football. Spielman has won praise from some broadcasting peers, including Sports Illustrated’s Dr. Z, who wrote that “…Chris Spielman will come up with some startlingly accurate observations too.”

Spielman is also a contributor to the Columbus, Ohio based FM radio station 97.1 The Fan; 97.1 is an ESPN Radio affiliate. When not on assignment for ESPN, Spielman is a co-host of the 1-3pm show called The Big Show, along with Bruce Hooley and Kirk Herbstreit. He is a former co-host of the 12-2pm show “Spielman on Sports” with Mike Ricordati. In various shows of Spielman on Sports, Spielman has announced his admiration for the bull Bodacious. His admiration for the deceased rodeo bull inspired Eddie George’s Grille 27 to name a drink after it, naming it Spielman’s Bodacious Bull. Its contents are bloody mary mix, tabasco sauce, and steak sauce. Spielman also appears every Tuesday afternoon on AM 1270 WXYT, a sports-talk radio station in Detroit.

birthday freebies

Hungry for more than just a call from Aunt Pearl on your birthday this year? With a little planning, you can live it up on your special day — without spending a dime. Many businesses offer free birthday treats, from free flan, pizza, ice cream and burgers to beauty products and services. Even Disney joined the action this year with a complimentary trip to the House of Mouse. With the economy in a coma and your friends being unemployed and all, freebies might be the only birthday gift you can count on this year. Local marketing experts say birthday freebies are just good business, especially in these tough times.

"The companies get word of mouth out of it," said Don Capone, owner of Media Rockett, a small-business consulting service in Tampa. "It's just self-promotion. It's a kind of schmoozing. It's for someone to say, 'We got something for free from this company and isn't that nice.' " Most businesses require patrons to sign up for a membership or purchase something in order to get the freebies, so call ahead before you go.

associated press

A furious Defense Secretary Robert Gates has upbraided The Associated Press for its decision to go against the wishes of a young Marine’s family and publish a photograph of him after he was killed in Afghanistan.In a scathing letter to Tom Curley, president and chief executive of The A.P., Mr. Gates called the wire service’s decision “appalling” and said the issue was not one of constitutionality but “judgment and common decency.”The publication of such dramatic images has been relatively rare, partly because journalists are not often on hand to see such incidents and because military guidelines, which The A.P. followed, bar the showing of pictures of dead soldiers before the family is notified.

The A.P. defended the decision, which editors said they made only after careful review and sharing the pictures with the family. In an explanation of its deliberations, The A.P. said it decided “to make public an image that conveys the grimness of war and the sacrifice of young men and women fighting it.”

Before sending the package to its newspaper clients, The A.P. sent a reporter to Maine to talk with the man’s family. They did so out of respect, Michael Oreskes, The A.P.’s senior managing editor, said in an interview, not to ask permission to publish the pictures. But the father, John, an ex-Marine himself, asked the wire service not to publish the picture, saying it would only hurt the family more. He repeated that request in a later phone conversation.

In an advisory to clients, The A.P. said its articles and photographs “offered vivid insights into how the battle was fought, and into Bernard’s character and background. It also includes an interview with his father, an ex-Marine, who three weeks earlier had written letters complaining that the military’s rules of engagement are exposing the troops in Afghanistan to undue risk.”

After the articles and pictures had been distributed but before they were published, Mr. Gates called Mr. Curley to beseech him to change his mind.

“I am begging you to defer to the wishes of the family,” Mr. Gates said, according to his spokesman. Shortly after hanging up, Mr. Gates sent his letter.

Joshua Bernard Death Photo

The photo shows Bernard bleeding after being struck by a rocket-propelled
grenade in a Taliban ambush Aug. 14. Before the photograph was publicly
released, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asked Thomas Curley, AP`s president
and chief executive officer to refrain from transmitting the image. “Out of
respect for his family`s wishes, I ask you in the strongest of terms to
reconsider your decision. I do not make this request lightly…The issue here is
not law, policy or constitutional right – but judgment and common decency.”

“Secretary Gates was right,” Hill added. “The issue is judgment and common
decency.

There is some information, some actions that occur, that are simply too private, too personal, and too tragic to be intentionally broadcast into the homes of millions. For families with loved ones overseas, the fear of what might happen to them is a near constant companion. This photo not only keeps open the wounds of war for the Bernard family, but it also increases the fear for the families of those who are still facing the reality of sudden death every day.

ap photo of dying marine

The Associated Press is defending its decision to transmit a photograph showing a mortally wounded Marine just moments after a rocket attack in Afghanistan.The picture, taken by embedded AP photographer Julie Jacobson, shows Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard suffering severe leg wounds from a rocket-propelled grenade fired at him in an ambush in Helmand province on Aug. 14.

Fellow Marines helped Bernard get to a war-zone hospital, where he died.The AP said it decided to publish the photo even though Bernard's father objected. In a letter to the AP, Defense Secretary Robert Gates strongly objected to the organization's decision.

The AP's senior managing editor, John Daniszewski, said that the image is "part of the history or war" and that the photo and accompanying story are "a respectful treatment and recognition of sacrifice."

The photo accompanied an extensive AP Impact article called "Calm -- then sudden death in Afghan war," by Alfred de Montesquiou and Julie Jacobson.

lance cpl. joshua m. bernard

Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard was a great inclusion to US Marine as sources say, and most importantly will be remembered thus in future. AP published some of his photos which were sensitive enough as demanded by his father. So considering you know about the unfortunate incident already, (Lance Corporal Joshua M. Bernard: the real story)

In this Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 file photo, U.S. Marine Cpl. Braxton Russell pays his respects to Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard during a memorial service at a forward operating base with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, in Now Zad in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Bernard was mortally wounded during a Taliban ambush on Aug. 14. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

FILE- In this Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 file photo, U.S. Marine Lt. Jake Godby pays his respects to Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard during a memorial service at a forward operating base with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, in Now Zad in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Bernard was mortally wounded during a Taliban ambush on Aug. 14. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)