Support Your Child’s Team…Tips for Athleticly Challenged Moms

by Jennifer Dumas You can be your child’s biggest fan whether you understand the game or not! Below are the top 10 ways to show your support ... with team activites such as fundraising, team parties, or uniform orders. This sends your child ... , I will always be proud of you” attitude. Sports are about building self esteem, learning to work as [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 00:47:48

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Wolves lose game, any hope for .500 record

Toward the end of last night's 101-97 loss to New Orleans, Al Jefferson sustained what will likely be a season-ending ACL tear, ... the core of this team, including and most importantly Big Al. Without the centerpiece to your team's ... to be that much further behind in the supposed re-building process we began with the deal to acquire [more...]

Date: 2009-02-09 19:36:02

Game Notes: Bucks at Thunder

by Earl K. Sneed Live bands both outside and inside the Ford Center created the festive vibe heard around downtown Oklahoma City. It was basketball time, and the OKC community had a team to call its own. Sorry Seattle ... and OKC media outlets in the building, before holding his own press conference. Here’s a few excerpts [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 15:15:22

Game Notes: Mavs at Hornets

by Toney Blare Pregame – Walking from my office, I cross a parking lot littered with post cards. “Call Tony, ext ... he? – Cubes in the building. Says he’s no longer considering buying our mutual hometown Pirates ... one of the teams in trouble, supposedly illustrated by the failed Tyson giveaway. Thing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 17:13:26

“William Gallas is likely to have played his last game for Arsenal.” - Kaveh Solhekol

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day: “They think they know everything but they know nothing. I was also 20 years old once ... to him that this is not the route we want to be going down. They should be building his image as a loyal servant ... fact is that the confrontational stance towards team-mates might very well be the correct way [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 09:51:34

Day 31: Friends

Today was spent largely reading, playing games, and with friends (for lunch) ... d asked on more than one occasion, first at our team meeting in the fall, continuing on through ... , if someone had come to me and said, “I’d working on building up some savings, because you don’ [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 22:38:10

Magnificent auditions for Maker Faire

Maker Faire team held an open audition Sunday at the Tech Museum in San Jose ... a soda can. Kate, a procedural artist at a game company, built a custom 3D viewfinder ... his own metal-making tools and he's building a three-wheel electric car. Gayle, a weaver and spinner [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 03:54:44

SWAT Arrives When Game Guns Stir Neighbors

Immersion is a cherished feeling in video games, but the usual realistic graphics and sound, intense plots and motion controls are nothing compared to a SWAT team storming your neighborhood ... Copenhagen, Denmark, played their Playstation too loud and alarmed the residents in their apartment building [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:30:13

Eloquent Eloquence 10/30/08

Why Are We Invoking The Beloved Game of Calvinball? I Get The Cape ... has been lifted, as easily as a statue being placed atop the Comcast building. I'm certain ... , who obviously has a grudge when he fucking sends a monsoon after your team. Now, you get to join the ranks [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 17:06:10

News: Mets not first team to plan in Citi

According to a team press release, on March 29 at 1:10 p.m., St. John’s will take on Georgetown for the first game played in Citi Field. … i was initially disappointed to hear this, as it seems the Mets should be christening the ballpark… but, from what i can gather, this is like a test run for the building, before opening [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 17:05:57

News: Mets not first team to play in Citi

According to a team press release, on March 29 at 1:10 p.m., St. John’s will take on Georgetown for the first game played in Citi Field. … i was initially disappointed to hear this, as it seems the Mets should be christening the ballpark… but, from what i can gather, this is like a test run for the building, before opening [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 17:05:57

Yann Danis Shuts Out Parise & Company

I watched this game from Row C of Section 222 instead of the Blog Box courtesy of the Can-Do Fondue package ... and not out of the building, on line at a concession or yapping in the ladies room. As he said "I should ... with this team for months. But that is the sign of a real veteran. And with 15 seasons under his belt [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 13:25:00

Road Trip

“We will not apologize for our way of life….” This unfortunate phrase from President Obama’s otherwise sturdy inaugural address, echoed through my mind last week as I cruised the suburban outlands of Montgomery, Alabama. All the usual commercial furnishings of consumerist America hugged the flattish ochre and dusty-green landscape of played-out [more...]

Date: 2009-02-03 20:47:34

The Post Up: Harris Heave

by Holly MacKenzie Good Morning Everyone. Hope some/most/all of you got to at least catch highlights of that Devin Harris miracle shot last night ... before it was released wasn’t. A game-winner from halfcourt at the buzzer . That’s fun. It (along ... , there has only been one rookie of the year and he’s right here in this building.” I really, really [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 14:00:45

College Arena Bucket List

by Cub Buenning There are many great venues for taking in a college basketball game, some large and taunting; others intimate, ... With the school’s history linked back to the game’s founding fathers alone, this building, named after ... t ignore. The place itself is a bit unique, in that it is internally encircled with an indoor track [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:31:45

Blogs - a means to finding people to do rhythmic things with?

I found this quite intriguing: Those thinking that online social networking is a substitute for face-to-face interactions might want to think again ... that participants that walked in step were initially more likely to cooperate as a team. In a second ... a simple activity in tandem or separately. As you'd expect from the hypotheses, individuals that [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 20:56:14

Ledger Wins! Jackman Ruins ‘X-Men’: An Oscar Recap

Brilliant directors, creative screenwriters, actors, actresses and various crew members work diligently, honing their crafts and perfecting their art all year for one reason and one reason only: So the Cracked Columnists can make fun of their movies… 5:00 PM PST- Alright, let’s get things started with some sexy red carpet coverage [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 18:04:59

Affective business

Getting the jump on your competition is as simple as knowing what your customers want. If so, empathy, not just innovation, is crucial to success ... resources brought to the challenge were significant in both cases. What makes a company deliver a bravura performance one day and fall flat the next? Empathy. As one member of the team confided [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 16:46:36

Book Excerpt: Everyone Hates A Ball Hog But They All Love A Scorer

The game of basketball is played at many speeds. Each game is affected by a variety of factors, including coaching philosophy, referee calls, ... are going to come in transition. If the team is known for slowing down the game, then you know that a lot ... and player personnel. As a player, I would try to figure out the pace of the game before I played [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:16:17

Loose Lips Daily: Media-Council Hoops Showdown Today!

As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com ... Michelle Rhee’s Schedule “; “ Conservative Catfight Over DeMint Quote ” Morning all, and here’ ... , unilaterally changed the team name from “Damn Media” to something involving the word “hoopsters.” [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 15:39:37

Former Countrywide Officers Seek to Profit From Mortgage Mess They Helped Create

Faithful readers, I know the blog has become more polemic in tone over the last few months. We are in the stage of the cycle, as Warren Buffet put it, the tide has gone out and we are seeing who isn't wearing a swimming suit. Worse, as the powers that be are desperately throwing funds at banks and investors in a doomed effort to return to the [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 05:18:00

Reuters Closes Second Life Bureau, but (Virtual) Life Goes On

The sun shines brightly as I stroll along the curving pier above the water, looking out toward a beautiful island with trees swaying in the wind. There's a looming ampitheater festooned with signs for Thomson Reuters, and a series of concrete buildings that appear ready to hold important meetings. I stride in confidently through the doorway.. [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 21:57:16

Dandelion Saladby Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Global Research, January 12, 2009The aerial war against Gaza launched by Israel just after Christmas, and the ground offensive, with which it rang in the New Year, were shocking in their brutality, but should constitute no surprise, if viewed from the standpoint of long-term Israeli strategic aims [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 15:49:58

John Terry’s sending off “was blatant” as the “scintillating period is over” for Arsenal

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day: “The title is won in May and we are in December. Mathematically we will fight until the end ... of the season? I’m convinced the team is in the right frame of mind to be a part of this title race. It looks ... . That year we got 78 points, five fewer than when we finished third last season, but this year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 09:33:51

Pedro Martinez: A Good Bet in ‘09

By Gary Armida The word “done” gets thrown around plenty in sports. Fans, media, radio hosts are quick to pronounce that a player is “done” after a down season or two. A quick glance before the 2008 season had many publications claiming that Mike Mussina was done as a quality Major League pitcher and that Carlos Delgado could no longer hit [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 04:36:10

ROY Race: Quarter Report

by Earl K. Sneed With one of the best rookie classes in recent memory, it is a privilege that I bring to you these Rookie Rankings ... will be judged by their individual performances, as well as their team’s success. So, if you are a 20-point scorer on a 20-win team, like Kevin Durant was a season ago, you very likely could be docked [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 17:25:49

Game Notes: Grizzlies at T-Wolves

by Myles Brown The week after Christmas is normally reserved for bargain shoppers, but as much product as there is going out the door, ... his defense left something to be desired in the early stages, O.J. moved with the poise of a veteran ... that after 30 games, he’s probably established himself as the best player on his team–and that team [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 20:07:57

China Culture Night in the Swamp

by Alan Paul I’ve been back from Beijing for about two months now and have been missing it quite a bit lately ... projects. Fly into any decent-sized city anywhere in the country and you are likely to find at least one giant public building built with grandiose vision but hazy purposes. Stadiums and arenas [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 18:27:51

Two Checks On The Bucket List: My Morning On 'The Today Show'

Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post comes from Liz Funk who at the impressive age of 20 has just had her first book, Supergirls Speak Out: ... of Simon and Schuster's Touchstone/Fireside imprint, talking with a team of editors, publicists, and sales ... of its adult themes, she brought her daughter to see the highly sexual musical "Spring Awakening [more...]

Date: 2009-02-12 17:53:05

Game Notes: Celtics at Knicks

Have you ever wondered what an Appleson Production would look like simply as a Facebook mini-feed? Well, you’re about to find out ... in the building would be, but there are also updates on new digital friendships and people joining ... Zero-zero YOUNG JEEZY is vibrating through the speakers at the World’s Most Famous Arena First [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:30:52

John Terry’s sending off “was blatent” as the “scintillating period is over” for Arsenal

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day: “The title is won in May and we are in December. Mathematically we will fight until the end ... of the season? I’m convinced the team is in the right frame of mind to be a part of this title race. It looks ... . That year we got 78 points, five fewer than when we finished third last season, but this year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 09:33:51

I Love Money 2: Flame Off

So the debate continues over MILF’s elimination last week. The ‘Old Alliance’ is perplexed that another alliance may have developed ... -who has experience from the season before- is a catcher. He can therefore assist with the building of the catapult from the sideline as well. His fellow builders for the Green Team are It, Saaphyri and Myammee [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 22:57:56

Buying an umbrella in New York

So, I have this New York tradition — every time I come to town I buy a flimsy and wildly overpriced umbrella in some vaguely shady store that sells preposterous New York souvenirs like a miniature Statues of Liberty with Donald Trump’s face on it. I call this a tradition; mostly it’s a necessity because I NEVER remember to pack an umbrella, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 04:49:54

Where Are You? and So They Ask

I’ve been receiving emails from people who cares about me and wanted to know if I would still write for TSB or what had I actually been doing ... gratitude to our team of associate writers who has contributed awesome contents and kept ... , I’ve been investing my time and efforts into building a portfolio of niche sites to generate [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 18:58:43

Reflections

It's that time of year when people see the big number roll over and decide to reminisce over good times and bad, ... , or maybe learn to play guitar or piano. My hobby right now is building web applications and even ... . That's definitely something I want to change. I still want to get more exercise but haven't made any [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 13:57:24

Game Notes: Cavs at Lakers

by John Krolik So there I was, your humble young reporter intrepidly going to what was sure to be an epic showdown between the League’s two marquee stars at the heads of two of the League’s best teams going head-to-head on national television in a playoff-atmosphere packed house at the Staples Center. How did it all go down? Read on to find out [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:22:05

Goldman Sachs Banker Strikes Out for Sandler O’Neill

Investment banks such as Goldman Sachs Group may be big, but they still have to pick their spots and focus on the most profitable clients to advise ... micro-cap, institutions. Sandler O’Neill has a team focused on small- and mid-cap banks. “ ... from serving on the USS Kitty Hawk. The former Navy man spent an intense day in Goldman’s infamously [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 16:27:38

Obama Can’t Stop the Financial Crisis that Will Take these 2 Gold Miners Higher

Byron King from Whiskey and Gunpowder thinks that we’ll see huge market declines in part because of a huge drop in consumer spending ... in the way that Pittsburgh Steelers team owner Dan Rooney is a rabid football partisan. This friend ... s on a first-name basis with many on Team Obama.So what’s on Obama’s plate? “Well, the first thing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-29 18:59:46

Wolfram Alpha Computes Answers To Factual Questions. This Is Going To Be Big.

Editor’s note : Below is a guest post from Nova Spivack , CEO of Radar Networks, ... is building something new — and it is really impressive and significant. In fact it may be as important ... for the Web In a nutshell, Wolfram and his team have built what he calls a “computational knowledge [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 17:38:19

CURIOUS INDEX, 3/4/2009

We’re…thpeechless. Oh, Christ. Lou Holth. Sean Hannity. We’re…out of words. (HT: Team Speed Kills .) ... away, and will instead be signed on to be the first coach at the building UT-San Antonio football ... stretches in program history , and all just in time to greet a new pro-style offensive coordinator Mark [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 15:15:15

Liturgical Gangstas 6: Unappreciated Strengths and Overlooked Weaknesses

Welcome to IM’s popular new feature, “The Liturgical Gangstas,” a panel discussion among different liturgical traditions represented in the Internet Monk audience. Who are the Gangstas? Father Ernesto Obregon is an Eastern Orthodox priest. Rev. Peter Vance Matthews is an Anglican priest and founding pastor of an AMIA congregation. Dr [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 20:03:05

12 Lessons Learned in 2008

“New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, ... , the thrilling NCAA Men’s Finals, or the brilliance of the Redeem Team, the last twelve months ... significant aspects of the NBA that we discovered in 2008. Draft picks are assets, not building blocks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 05:00:54

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009

Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, the Italian government — all are pressuring Israel for a ceasefire. The surprise is Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who states that it would be pointless to condemn Israel without addressing what Hamas is doing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:54:00

Young Steve Downie's Crazy Head [Nhl]

So here's a story that will interest only a handful of hockey geeks out there, but I'm going to talk about it anyway ... one about a little known player that wasn't even on the team anymore was, well, never gonna happen ... the recorder in their face and get a meaningless quote about the upcoming Toronto series. There's Daniel [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 20:30:25

What the Iowa’s Fields of Paradox Taught Hillary Clinton

The fields of paradox lie fallow. The winds have stripped the trees to barren branches, their leaves scattered in haphazard piles waiting for random gusts to rearrange them yet again. In snow-flecked rows amidst hump-backed hills and sleepy-watered creeks, the last leathery skins of dreams and debacles rattle ominously [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 02:50:00

Chelsea’s massive losses invite a fire-sale at the Bridge, Newcastle want Steve Bruce & how Oldham planned to field a woman

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day : “He will be back here on 9 March, and we don’t want to entertain any more conversations now ... . It is a distraction to Galaxy coach Bruce Arena, the team and the fans, and we move on. That’ ... of the team. We’re a month away from our season. They’ve never been in the ballpark. What they’ve tried [more...]

Date: 2009-02-14 09:56:55

Drum Machine: Spinning for War with Iran

Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Feb. 23: There is a lot riding on whom President Obama names as his special envoy to Iran ... of the corporate media bubble, but it never goes away. Very weighty factions in the American power structure ... reported the fact that Iran has deliberately slowed the pace of its nuclear enrichment program [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 15:57:57

Phillip Barnett's MVP Watch

by Phillip Barnett No love for Timmy? These last thre weeks we've had a lot of questions answered about who are the elite of the league and what ... have been taken off completely. As a Lakers fan who has watched Mr. Duncan destroy my favorite team ... well). What's been the most impressive is the way Duncan was still able to play his game despite [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 06:39:52

More Valdeholm, Levels, Clickies, and Raids!

Yesterday was a great day in game. I didn’t just play EQ, I spent a little time in Runes of Magic (which I’ll write about a bit more later) ... to get his internet back, so our team was back to full, teehee. With everyone back it was only a matter ... others in the zone. We headed towards the Smith, and camped a little corner around his building [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 12:44:50

Game Notes: Thunder at Mavs

by Earl K. Sneed There’s no way the Oklahoma City Thunder should have even sniffed a possible victory in Dallas, Saturday night. But they did ... to do with the team’s 11-2 turnaround in recent weeks. SLAM: What are your thoughts on what you’ve been able to do for this team? J.J. Barea: It’s been great. We’ve been winning lately, and it’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 15:43:31

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