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Richardson powers No. 2 Bama past Auburn, 42-14
Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron (10) reacts after throwing a touchdown against Auburn during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron (10) reacts after throwing a touchdown against Auburn during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Auburn coach Gene Chizik looks down after Alabama stopped Auburn on fourth down during the second half of Alabama's 42-14 win in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Alabama running back Trent Richardson (3) looks on before an NCAA college football game against Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen looks up at the scoreboard as Alabama pulls away to defeat Auburn 42-14 during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Alabama linebacker Courtney Upshaw (41) sacks Auburn quarterback Kiehl Frazier (10) during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in Auburn, Ala. Alabama won 42-14. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) ? Trent Richardson and No. 2 Alabama have convinced Nick Saban that they're worthy of competing for college football's top prize.
They'll have to wait a while before for the final decision is rendered.
Richardson rushed for a career-high 203 yards and AJ McCarron threw three first-half touchdown passes to lift Alabama to a 42-14 victory over rival Auburn on Saturday in what amounted to a statement game.
Let the lobbying begin. Saban said he thinks the Tide is one of the nation's best two teams, Richardson's the top player and 'Bama deserves a second shot at LSU.
"This team lost one game in overtime to a very, very good team who's No. 1 right now," the Tide coach said. "And we lost in overtime. Everybody's got to make their choices and decisions about that.
"But I think we've got a great football team and a great bunch of young men who have done a wonderful job and played some really dominant football on both sides of the ball. I think they deserve an opportunity, the best opportunity that's out there for them."
The Tide (11-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) has a week before finding out if its resume is good enough to secure a shot at a second national title in three years. No. 5 Oklahoma State, fourth in the BCS standings, and No. 1 LSU have big games remaining against No. 12 Oklahoma and No. 13 Georgia, respectively.
"That's out of our hands but I think we've proven we should be there without a doubt," said Alabama tight end Brad Smelley, who had six catches for 86 yards and a touchdown.
Richardson ran 27 times and caught a 5-yard touchdown pass in his final chance to impress Heisman voters. He had runs of 35 and 57 yards to set up second-half scores.
"To me, Trent's the best football player in the country," Saban said.
The thousands of 'Bama faithful in the stands seemed to agree.
Fans began chanting first "Heisman" and then "LSU" in the fourth, with a sizable contingent wearing crimson and white remaining in the stands afterward clamoring for a rematch. By then, there wasn't all that much orange and blue left.
The Tide fell to LSU 9-6 in an overtime game that 'Bama fans at least feel didn't settle the matter of which one is better.
Richardson said he'd already gotten a call from LSU star Russell Shepard saying "See you in New Orleans" for the title game.
Even if the national picture remains fuzzy, it's pretty clear which is the best team in the state.
In the end, the win might have given the Tide enough style points to hold onto No. 2 in the BCS rankings whatever happens next week.
"We knew coming in that, hey, if you want to be in the national championship again ? we deserve to be in it ? we had to take care of business," McCarron said. "And that's what we did."
The Tide dominated statistically but didn't put Auburn (7-5, 4-4) away until Dee Milliner's 35-yard interception return early in the fourth quarter. Alabama entered the quarter with a 309-44 advantage in total yards but also gave up touchdowns on a fumble recovery and a kick return.
McCarron completed 18 of 23 passes for 184 yards but only attempted five second-half passes. Richardson handled the rest. He gained 142 yards on 13 carries in the second half against a defense ranked 98th nationally against the run.
"Any time you've got No. 3 in your backfield, a team's going to challenge you," McCarron said.
The result was more than enough to end Auburn's streak of 14 straight wins at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
"I've got a locker room full of guys right now and coaches that are hurting and a lot of fans that are hurting as well," Tigers coach Gene Chizik said. "So this is a tough day.
"We wanted to keep the game close in the fourth quarter and have a chance to win the game. We got to the fourth quarter and felt like we were somewhere in that ballpark, and the fourth quarter got away from us. We kind of self-destructed."
The Tigers' biggest offensive weapons were mostly nonfactors. Tailback Mike Dyer, the SEC's No. 2 rusher, had three carries at the half and finished with 13 for 48 yards.
Clint Moseley completed 11 of 18 passes for a paltry 62 yards and the pick-6. Freshman backup Kiehl Frazier played much of the game but didn't complete either of his two pass attempts.
"It was the best defense we've played against this year," Moseley said. "I feel pretty confident saying that."
The Tigers did threaten an offensive touchdown in the fourth but stalled on downs after getting it to the 5. Then Richardson scampered down the left sideline and sprinted to the other side of the field for the 57-yarder.
Auburn managed to hang around for three quarters. Then Milliner intercepted a badly overthrown pass by Moseley, who has now had three passes returned for TDs in Auburn's three biggest games against LSU, Georgia and Bama.
All those were blowouts but Chizik said his team wasn't having flashbacks.
"It wasn't here we go again," he said. "It was just let's keep fighting and let's keep playing and let's get this thing in the fourth quarter and keep it close enough where we could win it."
The two-point play made it 35-14, and Auburn couldn't come close to a second straight huge Iron Bowl comeback.
Like last season, Alabama led 24-7 at the half. This time the Tigers didn't have Cam Newton pulling the trigger on a comeback en route to a Heisman and a national title.
Auburn struck instantly in the second half. Onterio McCalebb returned the opening kick 83 yards for a touchdown, the Tigers' first score on a kick return in Iron Bowl history.
The Tigers then held Alabama to a field goal and converted a fourth-and-1 near midfield but couldn't sustain the momentum change.
Auburn followed it up with a fumbled pitch for a 10-yard loss, a penalty and a lateral to Frazier, who badly overthrew a receiver deep.
Alabama outgained the Tigers 397-140 and held Auburn to 3 of 15 on third downs.
"Our goal today was to play our best football game," Saban said. "We went out and played the best we could play. I'm satisfied with what our players did from that standpoint."
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Johanna Demetrakas: Crazy Wisdom: A Portrait of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
From the first seminar, called "The Battle of Ego" in Los Angeles, to filming his cremation on a cloudless but rainbow-filled day in Vermont, Chogyam Trungpa blew my mind. Being in his presence was like being suddenly aware of an oncoming truck -- it put every cell in your brain SMACK! -- into the present moment. And in that moment you could be outraged, moved to tears, or inspired ... usually all at once. It was 1971 and I had never met a Tibetan Buddhist high lama before (who had?).
He wore suits, spoke precise English and openly enjoyed women (in spite of being married). At the time, I was married with little kidlets and although I didn't practice it, open marriage wasn't such a shockingly big deal back in the 70s. To quote Pema Chodron, "Sexuality didn't bother people in those days, drinking didn't bother people, but put on a suit and tie? Forget about it." With Trungpa, nothing was hidden; it was up to each person to make their own judgments about the behavior of the teacher. So it took years of practice and study to understand that in Tibetan Buddhism, his outrageous "crazy wisdom teaching style" was just another tradition. Take it or leave it.
There was an urgency about him that was difficult to resist but exhausting to experience. In the film, I begin with phrases from a liturgy he wrote where he warned of the destructive power of the "... thick, black fog of materialism." This is set against a montage of images of contemporary wars, disease, pollution and economic frenzy. Trungpa's words from back in 1968 predicted the state of the world we're living in today. Yet he had complete confidence that humanity was basically good and could reverse the materialistic trend. He dedicated his life toward that goal.
As soon as Trungpa landed in the U.S. in 1970, he began to magnetize some of the country's prominent spiritual teachers and intellectuals -- including R.D. Laing, John Cage, Ram Dass, Anne Waldman, Gregory Bateson and Pema Chodron. Poet Allen Ginsberg considered Trungpa his guru; Catholic priest Thomas Merton wanted to write a book with him; music icon Joni Mitchell wrote a song about him called, "Refuge for the Road." Humor was always a vital part of his teaching -- "Enlightenment is better than Disneyland," he quipped, and he warned us of the dangers of the "Western spiritual supermarket."
In the five years plus of active filmmaking it's taken to make this film, the greatest challenge has been to not be seduced by putting Trungpa into the simplistic categories of sinner or saint. What inspired me was the daunting possibility of creating an experience for the audience to catch a glimpse of the unconditional brilliance of an enlightened mind, Tibetan Buddhist style.
Crazy Wisdom Trailer from Kate Trumbull on Vimeo.
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Vending machine offers DIY banners at Dutch airport
AMSTERDAM?? Ever wanted to meet and greet your loved ones at the airport to be sure they don't miss you in the crowds?
Then try Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, which now has the world's first vending machine capable of printing out personalized giant canvas banners in just a few minutes.
You can pick your message, whether that is "Missed you Mummy," "I love you," "Will you marry me?," or anything else that makes you stand out from the crowd, choose the font and background design, pay between four and 15 euros ($19.98)depending on the length of the banner, and hit the button.
"We came up with the idea because when we were at the airport we'd see all these people welcoming their friends and family with their own banners made of bed sheets and we thought what a hassle using sheets, wouldn't it just be easier to make the banner at the airport," BannerXpress's co-founder Thibaud Bruna told Reuters Thursday.
Bruna's first machine, which was three years in the making, made its debut at Schiphol Thursday. If the waterproof banners prove popular, he hopes to install the vending machines in other locations.
"We hope have them in other airports, but also in stadiums for sporting and music events," Bruna said.
(Reporting By Roberta B. Cowan, editing by Paul Casciato)
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Friday, November 25, 2011
AppBoy Raises A Cool Million To Let App Developers Better Engage And Understand Their User Base
The primary focus for app developers, aside from making kick ass apps, is finding truly effective ways to monetize those apps, whether it be through targeted, location-enabled ad solutions, in-game purchases, or incentivized downloads. As freemium models proliferate, this stuff becomes increasingly important. The other piece of the puzzle is helping app creators manage and understand their user base, because with a more granular picture of who is using the app, where they are, how they're using the app, and so on, developers can design better user experiences, and in turn, open up new monetization opportunities. Appboy, a startup offering a free mobile software development toolkit (SDK) for developers, is trying to do just that. AppBoy, simply put, wants to enable app developers to expand, engage, and better understand their user base. And to help with that mission, the startup is today announcing that it has raised $1 million in seed funding. The investment was led by Blumberg Capital, with participation from Metamorphic Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, Bullpen Capital and T5 Capital.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/T339R9V6tM0/
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
iVoices Thanksgiving: Stuffing, Sauce and Surviving
What traditions do our iVoices like the best? A hilarious peak at our iVoices from around the country, as they get ready to serve, cook and prepare for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Egyptian police battle protesters, 33 dead (Reuters)
CAIRO (Reuters) ? Cairo police fought protesters demanding an end to army rule for a third day on Monday and the death toll rose to at least 33, with many victims shot, in the worst violence since the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
The cabinet spokesman said Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's entire cabinet had tendered its resignation on Sunday. Al Jazeera television said the ruling military council had accepted the government's resignation.
The cabinet spokesman, Mohamed Hegazy, told Reuters he was not aware a decision had been made, while a military source said the council was seeking agreement on a new prime minister before it accepts the cabinet's resignation.
The resignation of the cabinet, in office since March, was the latest blow to the military council's authority.
As night fell, thousands of people packed Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the anti-Mubarak revolt in January and February. The clashes threaten to disrupt Egypt's first free parliamentary election in decades, due to start next Monday.
"The people want the fall of the marshal," they chanted, referring to Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's defense minister for two decades and head of the army council.
Clashes flared in side-streets near Tahrir. Witnesses said looters, not necessarily connected to the protests, had attacked the American University in Cairo and other buildings.
Protesters have brandished bullet casings in the square, where police moved in with batons and tear gas on Saturday against a protest then dominated by Islamists but since driven by young people with secular aims. Police deny using live fire.
Medical sources at Cairo's main morgue said 33 corpses had been received since Saturday, most with bullet wounds. One source at the morgue said the toll had risen to 46. At least 1,250 people have been wounded, a Health Ministry source said.
"I've seen the police beat women my mother's age. I want military rule to end," said protester Mohamed Gamal, 21.
Army generals were feted for their part in easing Mubarak out, but hostility to their rule has hardened since, especially over attempts to set new constitutional principles that would keep the military permanently beyond civilian control.
Police attacked a makeshift hospital in Tahrir Square after dawn but were driven back by protesters hurling chunks of concrete from smashed pavements, witnesses said.
"Don't go out there, you'll end up martyrs like the others," protesters told people emerging from a metro station at Tahrir Square.
CLOUD OVER ELECTION
The violence casts a pall over the first round of Egypt's staggered and complex election process, which starts on November 28 in Cairo and elsewhere. The army says the polls will go ahead.
The United States called for restraint on all sides and urged Egypt to go ahead with the elections despite the violence.
"The United States continues to believe that these tragic events should not stand in the way of elections," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
In an apparent sop to protesters, the army council issued a law to bar from political life "those who work to corrupt political life and damage the interests of the nation."
The announcement was unlikely to satisfy political parties and activists who have called for a blanket ban on former members of Mubarak's now defunct National Democratic Party.
"This is a meaningless move by the military council. In fact this is a slap in the face of protesters and those who died to demand freedom and respect," said activist Mohamed Fahmy. "The council is out of step with the people."
Some Egyptians, including Islamists who expect to do well in the vote, say the ruling army council may be stirring insecurity to prolong its rule, a charge the military denies.
As international concern mounted over the unrest in Egypt, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called for an end to the violence. "This is quite evidently an attempt to thwart a democratic transition process," he said.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Egypt was at a "dangerous moment" and called for a clear transition timetable.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored the loss of life in the past few days, a spokesman said, adding that he "calls on the transitional authorities to guarantee the protection of human rights and civil liberties for all Egyptians, including the right to peaceful protest."
Political uncertainty has gripped Egypt since Mubarak's fall, while sectarian clashes, labor unrest, gas pipeline sabotage and a gaping absence of tourists have paralyzed the economy and prompted a widespread yearning for stability.
The instability could accelerate Egypt's slide toward a currency crisis, forcing a sharp depreciation of the Egyptian pound in the next few months and conceivably prompting Cairo to impose capital controls, analysts said.
"The violence and political noise is going to erode whatever confidence was left in the Egyptian economy, and may result ... in an acceleration of capital outflows," said Farouk Soussa, Middle East chief economist at Citigroup.
The military plans to keep its presidential powers until a new constitution is drawn up and a president is elected in late 2012 or early 2013. Protesters want a much swifter transition.
The army said on Monday it had intervened in central Cairo to protect the Interior Ministry, not to clear demonstrators from nearby Tahrir Square, whom it also offered to protect.
"The protesters have a right to protest, but we must stand between them and the Interior Ministry," said General Saeed Abbas. "The armed forces will continue in their plans for parliamentary elections and securing the vote."
The Interior Ministry, in charge of a police force widely hated for its heavy-handed tactics in the anti-Mubarak revolt, has been a target for protesters demanding police reform.
The latest street clashes show the depth of frustration, at least in Cairo and some other cities, at the pace of change.
Security forces fired tear gas at about 2,000 protesters gathered at a security compound in the coastal city of Alexandria, witnesses said.
Liberal groups are dismayed by the military trials of thousands of civilians and the army's failure to scrap a hated emergency law. Islamists eyeing a strong showing in the next parliament suspect the army wants to curtail their influence.
Analysts say Islamists could win 40 percent of assembly seats, with a big portion going to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Mohamed El-Beltagy, a senior figure in the Brotherhood's political party, was ejected by protesters when he tried to join them in Tahrir Square on Monday. They threw stones and bottles at him and said the Brotherhood was not among "the real revolutionaries," the state news agency MENA reported.
The Revolution Youth Coalition, an activist group, called for a "million-man march" in Tahrir on Tuesday to back demands for a new national salvation government to run the country in the transition phase, instead of the military council.
(Additional reporting by Erik Kirschbaum in Berlin and Andrew Torchia in Dubai; writing by Alistair Lyon; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Maryam Zar: Sanctions on Iran from the Point of View of Its Women
This week Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced new, stricter sanctions on Iranian banks and those doing business with them, in order to put pressure on Tehran to engage in nuclear negotiations. Last week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Mark Kirk introduced an amendment to impose broader, more indiscriminate sanctions against the Islamic republic. They made clear that these were directed at putting pressure on the people of Iran, presumably to topple their government. Arab Spring fever seems to have caught on in D.C.
Practically however, although sanctions imposed on a nation labeled "rogue" may make uninformed readers feel good and some senators more secure about their reelection prospects, they have little foreign policy effect and often fail to achieve the goals they claim to enable. They affect people on the ground in a tragically adverse way, and most commonly affect women and families to a crippling degree. For most women, they make life in a sparse economy even more arduous.
The U.S. senators who have introduced the amendment to impose broader sanctions against the Iranian people argue that if Iran's economy were to "collapse" under the weight of sanctions, then its people would rise up against their government. No doubt, the current regime in Iran is not well loved by its people, perhaps least of all by its burgeoning population of modern-minded women. But sanctions by the West will not motivate a historically nationalist people to topple their own government.
Iran is made up of a population that is overwhelmingly young, with a median age of 26. Its population is evenly divided between male and female, and among women of childbearing age, the average number of children is just under two. Iranian women are educated and make up at least 60 percent of its university population. They are intellectually on a par with the nation's male population, and their intellectual awareness coupled with their right to education, which was established in the 1930s, makes them a demographic that has consistently demanded legal equality and civic freedoms, both under the secular regime of the Shah, and now under the current theocratic regime. Today women in Iran make up more than 30 percent of the nation's workforce as doctors, lawyers, professors and lawmakers and fill a wide range of blue-collar jobs, which are the backbone of the economy. Sanctions threaten to chip away at this level of economic involvement directly and immediately, disempowering women and consequently marginalizing their children, who are already struggling under trying circumstances.
When I worked in Islamic Iran I had many female counterparts in the professional world around me. They were neither silent nor diminutive. They were no more answerable to a patriarchal power than I was, and they were instrumental in executing the work at hand, just as essentially as the men were. They were treated with respect and the dignity that comes with cultural equality (if not the legal equality that Iran's Sharia legal system withholds from them), and though covered from head to toe, they were just as emancipated as my Western counterparts.
Sanctions threaten to take these very women out of the work force. The working women of Iran that make up 30 percent of its workforce and seek economic self-determination, in a part of the world where that kind of involvement is crucial to development, will find their jobs dwindling unmercifully if tougher global sanctions take hold. The women will be inched out of the workforce first as the economy shrinks. No member of the Islamic republic's ruling class will lose their jobs or suffer the indignation of poverty. But the women who work as tailors, housekeepers, shop sellers, fruit vendors, office maids, cooks or assembly-line workers will find themselves nudged out of the jobs that keep a humble roof over their heads and plain food on the family table. Is this where we want the sanctions to be aimed?
Iranian women are an inherently emancipated group. Their struggle for equality has been documented for more than 100 years, and their success can be measured in their achievements, which include a globally renowned Nobel Laureate, celebrated authors, moviemakers, actresses, entrepreneurs, space travelers, journalists, presidential advisors and parliamentarians, both at home and abroad. These are not the women we should marginalize with sanctions that are ill-structured, with questionable strategic impact, and uncertain effects in the short and long terms. There has to be a better way to empower a population looking to disempower the same regime we wish to destabilize.
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Regeneration after a stroke requires intact communication channels between brain hemispheres
Regeneration after a stroke requires intact communication channels between brain hemispheres
Monday, November 21, 2011The structure of the corpus callosum, a thick band of nerve fibres that connects the two halves of the brain with each other and in this way enables the rapid exchange of information between the left and right hemispheres, plays an important role in the regaining of motor skills following a stroke. A study currently published in the journal Human Brain Mapping has shown that in stroke patients with particularly severely impaired hand movement, this communication channel between the two brain hemispheres in particular was badly damaged.
In order to relate brain function and anatomical structure with each other, in this study the scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research and the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital of Cologne combined two imaging methods. They asked stroke patients to make a simple tapping movement using the hand affected by the stroke and recorded their brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging. The data obtained in this way were then compared with data from healthy subjects. As expected from previous test results, compared with the control group, the stroke patients recorded a lower tapping speed and increased brain activity on both sides of the brain. "The increased activity in the healthy brain hemisphere, in particular, points to the impaired processing of motor programs between the two brain hemispheres," explains Christian Grefkes, head of the research study.
In order to demonstrate the structural connection between brain areas, the Cologne researchers used diffusion-based magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI), which can be used to reconstruct longer stretches of nerve fibres. dMRI is based on the principle that cell elements, such as the membrane or extensions, inhibit the spread of water molecules thereby preventing them from diffusing randomly in all directions. Consequently, parallel nerve fibres can be clearly identified using dMRI. Compared to the healthy control group, the stroke patients had lower diffusion values in the corpus callosum region. This would indicate that this interhemispheric communications connection was damaged by the stroke. The most significant deviations from the values of the control group were observed in patients with more severe motor defects and increased activity in the healthy brain hemisphere.
Therefore, in addition to cell death in the actual stroke area, damage to a very distant connection structure plays a crucial role in the inability of stroke patients to fully regain their original motor capacities. "This is why, we are currently examining whether we can regenerate the communication between the brain hemispheres through early and regular stimulation treatment. Our long-term aim is to improve motor deficits in stroke patients," says Grefkes.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Hart Of Dixie ?Homecoming & Coming Home? Episode Review
Feeling homesick over her former life in the busy city of New York, Zoe Hart decides to throw a party for the residents of Bluebell. Get the full review on the hilarious outcome below with our recap of Hart of Dixie’s Homecoming & Coming Home. Usually these attempts at becoming a fully involved member of Bluebell don?t pan out for Zoe, and while this one ended in the same disastrous fashion, it made for a pretty entertaining hour, and also made the doctor feel a little bit more comfortable in her new home. After being nudged by Lavon to play hostess of the annual pre-game homecoming party, Zoe?s swanky plans, with the help of her big city party planning friend wasn’t appreciated by Bluebell?s locals at all. Mid way into plotting out the event, Zoe was also having her doubts. Some other major events playing out while Zoe dealt with Gigi, who ends up sleeping with her love interest, the town vet, was the good old times between Lemon, Wade and George. Apparently these three used to have some fun until Lemon became controlling and stiff according to Wade. Teaming up, the three try to pull off a prank against [...]
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Monday, November 21, 2011
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Smith leads streaking 49ers past Cardinals 23-7
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith (11) scrambles as Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett (90) reaches for him in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith (11) scrambles as Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett (90) reaches for him in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kyle Williams (10) jumps as Arizona Cardinals linebacker O'Brien Schofield (50) reaches to tackle him in the second quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis (85) runs with a catch as Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson (21) reaches in the first quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore (21) runs against Arizona Cardinals strong safety Adrian Wilson (24) in the second quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith (11) passes as Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle David Carter (79) applies pressure in the second quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Any questions about whether Alex Smith and the San Francisco 49ers could throw the ball around washed away with the rain against another overmatched NFC West opponent.
Smith threw for 267 yards and two touchdowns and the 49ers forced five turnovers to blow past the Arizona Cardinals 23-7 on a soggy Sunday at the Candlestick Park.
Smith tossed scores to Kyle Williams and Vernon Davis on the first two drives of the third quarter to help the 49ers pull away for their eighth straight victory. San Francisco (9-1) can clinch the NFC West with a win at Baltimore on Thursday and a loss by Seattle against Washington next weekend.
Patrick Willis, Donte Whitner and Dashon Goldson all intercepted passes by John Skelton. The quarterback for the Cardinals (3-7) lost for the first time in three starts this season in place of the injured Kevin Kolb.
The conditions turned out to be just perfect for San Francisco's style.
With a chilly rainstorm pelting the Bay Area since Saturday, the 49ers defense bullied and bruised Arizona all over a slick field. The Cardinals converted only two first downs in the first half and didn't make it past midfield until late in the third quarter.
Once the rain subsided and a rainbow formed on the north side of Candlestick, the 49ers finally opened up an otherwise passive passing game.
Smith connected with Williams on a route to the near pylon in the third quarter. Williams stretched over the goal line as he was tackled to complete the 8-yard TD catch.
After Skelton sailed a pass that Whitner stood under for an easy interception, Smith rallied San Francisco for another quick score.
He found Davis for an 18-yard touchdown to put San Francisco ahead 23-0. The tight end leaped over sideline cameramen and flexed his muscles to a rain-soaked crowd covered in ponchos and umbrellas in celebration.
Far too much for Arizona's anemic offense to overcome.
Skelton had won the previous two games against St. Louis and Philadelphia since replacing Kolb, who's out with a right foot and toe injury. Skelton was 6 of 19 for 99 yards and was benched after throwing his third interception ? the last to Goldson over the middle on a pass intended for Larry Fitzgerald ? in place of third-string quarterback Richard Bartel to start the fourth.
So much for that budding quarterback controversy.
Even Bartel's only highlight came on a shaky pass between two defenders that landed in Fitzgerald's hands for a 23-yard touchdown for Arizona's lone score. The Cardinals dropped their fifth straight to the 49ers.
About the only fight Arizona showed came in the fourth quarter when Early Doucet appeared to hit Goldson after the defensive back sacked Bartel. Goldson came up and threw two punches to Doucet's shoulder pads and facemask, getting a 15-yard personal foul penalty and an ejection.
The main fight was utter domination.
San Francisco outgained Arizona 431 to 229 yards of total offense. The 49ers also held the ball for more than 44 minutes and even got away with three missed field goals and a slowed-down running game.
Frank Gore started despite a right knee injury that knocked him out of a win over the New York Giants a week earlier, finishing with 88 yards rushing. He needs 61 more to pass the late Joe Perry (7,344) for San Francisco's career rushing mark.
The slick, sloppy surface at the start gave way to several slips.
David Akers had been one of the NFL's most reliable kickers ? making 15 straight field goals ? until a field flooded with water soaked his streak. He converted field goals from 43, 29 and 22 yards in the first half but had two kicks blocked and pulled another wide right.
Calais Campbell swatted the first attempt from 46 yards and Patrick Peterson blocked one from 30 yards. After Willis intercepted a pass by Skelton, the 49ers' offense stalled and Akers lost his footing and sent a 49-yard attempt wide right.
The defense again gave San Francisco a short field when Willis stripped the ball from Beanie Wells and the 49ers recovered. Wells was originally ruled down before the call was overturned on a challenge.
Braylon Edwards dropped a short pass in the end zone on third down and forced another 49ers kick. Later, Smith converted a fourth-and-2 from the Arizona 31 with an 11-yard completion to Williams, setting up a 29-yard field goal by Akers that gave San Francisco a 9-0 lead at the half.
The 49ers regained their rhythm in the second half and the one hiccup Smith showed came late.
He seemed to misread coverage and lofted a short pass that was intercepted in the end zone by Darryl Williams in the fourth quarter.
Smith completed 20 of 38 passes in one of his best games of the season. The only time he threw for more this season was when he had 291 yards in a win at Philadelphia.
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Libya says Gadhafi son to be tried at home
In this image provided by the Zintan Media Center, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, left, is guarded by a Libyan fighter as he is transported to Zintan, Libya, by a transport aircraft following his capture near the Niger border early Saturday Nov 19 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's son, the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large _ was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert. (AP Photo / Zintan Media Center,HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY LOGO MUST BE USED MANDATORY CREDIT
In this image provided by the Zintan Media Center, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, left, is guarded by a Libyan fighter as he is transported to Zintan, Libya, by a transport aircraft following his capture near the Niger border early Saturday Nov 19 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's son, the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large _ was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert. (AP Photo / Zintan Media Center,HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY LOGO MUST BE USED MANDATORY CREDIT
In this image provided by the Zintan Media Center that was taken Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, revolutionary fighters and onlookers gather around the aircraft that transport Seif al-Islam Gadhafi to Zintan, Libya, following his capture near the Niger border. Moammar Gadhafi's son, the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large _ was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert. (AP Photo / Zintan Media Center,HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY LOGO MUST BE USED MANDATORY CREDIT
Eye glasses belonging to Seif al-Islam Gadhafi are seen after his capture in Zintan, Libya, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. The rebels who captured Moammar Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent say they will hold him until a court system is set up in Libya and are demanding that he be tried inside the country. Rebels from the western mountain town of Zintan captured Seif al-Islam Saturday in the southern Libyan desert, raising questions about whether they will turn him over to the new transitional government in Tripoli that took power after Gadhafi fell or to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, which wants to try him on charges of crimes against humanity.(AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)
A stack of U.S. dollars found on Seif al-Islam Gadhafi after his capture are seen in Zintan, Libya, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. The rebels who captured Moammar Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent say they will hold him until a court system is set up in Libya and are demanding that he be tried inside the country. Rebels from the western mountain town of Zintan captured Seif al-Islam Saturday in the southern Libyan desert, raising questions about whether they will turn him over to the new transitional government in Tripoli that took power after Gadhafi fell or to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, which wants to try him on charges of crimes against humanity.(AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)
This image from Libyan television and made available by the Libyan Outreach group via Facebook, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, purportedly shows Seif al-Islam Gadhafi in custody in an undisclosed location. Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, the only member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large, was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert, Libyan officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Libyan TV via Libyan Outreach)
ZINTAN, Libya (AP) ? Libya's new leaders said Sunday they will try Moammar Gadhafi's son at home and not hand him over to the International Criminal Court where he's charged with crimes against humanity. The government also announced the capture of the toppled regime's intelligence minister, who is also wanted by the court.
In one of several emerging complications, however, the former rebel faction that captured Seif al-Islam Gadhafi a day earlier is refusing to deliver him to national authorities in Tripoli, raising concern over whether he will get a proper trial and demonstrating the interim leaders' weak hold over their fractured nation.
In the capital, Information minister Mahmoud Shammam said ex-intelligence minister Abdullah al-Senoussi was captured alive on Sunday by a brigade from a southern region called Fazan, not far from where Gadhafi's son was seized on Saturday while trying to flee to neighboring Niger.
Though they are wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, Libya will likely seek to try both men at home.
Speaking before al-Senoussi's capture, Shammam said Seif al-Islam, the ousted Libyan leader's one-time heir apparent, must be tried in Libya, even though the country's new leaders have yet to establish a court system.
"It is only fair for the Libyan people that he is tried here. ... Seif al-Islam committed crimes against the Libyan people," Shammam told The Associated Press.
"The ICC is just a secondary court, and the people of Libya will not allow Seif al-Islam to be tried outside," Shammam said.
Seif al-Islam, who was once the face of reform in Libya and who led his father's drive to emerge from pariah status over the last decade, was captured by fighters from the small western mountain town of Zintan who had tracked him to the desert in the south of the country.
He was then flown to Zintan, 85 miles (150 kilometers) southwest of Tripoli, where he remains in a secret location. The faction of rebel fighters from the western mountains formed one of the key forces against Gadhafi's regime during the six-month civil war.
Even after Gadhafi's fall in August and after his capture and killing in October, Libya's numerous and sometime competing rebel factions have refused to disarm, raising fears of new violence and instability.
"We have priority over Seif al-Islam ? we caught him, and we were the forefront leaders in this revolution," said Tahir al-Turki, head of the small town's local council, explaining why he would not be sent to the capital.
"He will be safer with us in Zintan. We don't know who will take him or deal with him in Tripoli," he said.
That position shows how powerful regional factions backed by bands of armed fighters are able to act autonomously, even on issues of the highest national interest.
Shammam, the information minister, played down suggestions that a power struggle was brewing over the high-value prisoner or that the position of local officials was undermining the authority of the national leadership.
He said the national leadership had no objection to keeping Seif al-Islam in Zintan until a trial can be organized, but that the small town was not capable of organizing and holding the trial itself.
"If you catch a criminal in Texas, you're not going to bring him to Washington, are you?" Shammam told the AP.
Authorities in the National Transitional Council would also likely face challenges in organizing a trial.
Libya, under the elder Gadhafi's 42-year rule, had intentionally weak state institutions and a government that barely existed. Gadhafi, who held no title, had ultimate authority and did not want the development of any other power centers that might challenge him.
As a result, a capable court system, like other state bodies, must be built from scratch.
The International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo told the AP Saturday that he will travel to Libya on Monday for talks with the NTC on where the trial will take place.
Ocampo said that while national governments have the first right to try their own citizens for war crimes, his primary goal was to ensure Seif al-Islam has a fair trial.
International human rights groups have called for Seif al-Islam to be quickly sent to the court in The Hague, Netherlands, citing the apparent killings in custody of his father and brother Muatassim on Oct. 20 as "particular cause for concern."
The two were captured alive last month by another strong regional group, the Misrata fighters, who also took part in the march on Tripoli that toppled the regime.
By the end of the day they were seized on, they both ended up dead while still in the hands of Misrata fighters in circumstances that have yet to be explained. The Misrata fighters held onto their corpses and displayed them as trophies for days in a commercial refrigerator in their city, where people lined up to view the decomposing bodies.
Authorities there refused to hand the bodies over to national officials and buried them in a secret location.
Libya expert George Joffe of Cambridge University said the decision to keep Seif al-Islam in Zintan and possibly try him in that town shows that the NTC has a tenuous hold over the country.
"You are looking at an organization that has never been able to establish itself properly in the country," Joffe said. "There is a degree of chaos and it is not clear that the NTC can grab control of it."
Meanwhile, new details emerged about Seif al-Islam's capture in which fighters swarmed a two-car convoy in the south of the country that some officials said was on its way to neighboring Niger. The car carrying him got stuck in the sand while trying to escape.
Al-Ajami al-Etery, who led the operation, said Seif al-Islam tried to hide his features by throwing sand on his face when he stepped out of his car.
"He said his name was Abdel-Salam and he pretended to be a shepherd, but we found him out and arrested him," he told the AP.
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Al-Shalchi reported from Cairo.
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Perfect season lost as Cowboys fall to Cyclones
Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden reacts on the sidelines during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Iowa State, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State won 37-31 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden reacts on the sidelines during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Iowa State, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State won 37-31 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Iowa State running back James White (8) scores on a 32-yard touchdown run during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State won 37-31 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Iowa State wide receiver Darius Reynolds (7) runs from Oklahoma State defensive end Richetti Jones (99) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Iowa State running back James White (8) tries to break a tackle by Oklahoma State linebacker Alex Elkins during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State won 37-31 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon drops a pass in front of Iowa State defensive back Leonard Johnson (23) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State won 37-31 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
AMES, Iowa (AP) ? Bedlam will still be a huge deal for Oklahoma State.
It just won't be nearly as big as it could have been after the Cowboys let their dream season slip away at Iowa State.
Backup running back Jeff Woody scored on a 4-yard run in the second overtime and Iowa State stunned No. 2 Oklahoma State 37-31 on Friday night, opening the door for a couple of one-loss teams to reach the BCS championship game.
The Cyclones (6-4, 3-4 Big 12) overcame a 17-point deficit to beat the Cowboys (10-1, 7-1), opening a path for either Oregon or Alabama to face LSU in a rematch for the title.
Oklahoma State will host Oklahoma on Dec. 3 in a game that will now likely determine the Big 12 title. The Cowboys have never won the Big 12, but there was a lot more than the league crown at stake before they were shocked by the Cyclones.
"This one stings. This one's tough. But here's the deal: All the goals we set at the beginning of the year are still there," Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden said. "We still have a chance to win and be conference champions. We still have a chance to go play in a BCS bowl game. So it's there for the taking for us. We've just got to learn from it."
Weeden threw for 476 yards, but he threw three interceptions and saw his Heisman Trophy hopes fade considerably.
None of those picks stung more than his first pass in the second overtime, which was intercepted by Ter'Ran Benton. Woody ran for 6 and 15 yards, then bullied his way into the end zone to give the Cyclones their first ever victory over a top-5 opponent.
"I hate it for the guys. But it's real simple. If you lose the turnover battle in such a big fashion, it's extremely hard to win a game, especially on the road," Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said.
Playing on a day the Oklahoma State community was told that women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and three others were killed in a plane crash, the Cowboys were 27-point favorites against the upstart Cyclones.
Iowa State lost its first four Big 12 games and entered play 0-56-2 against teams ranked sixth or higher in The Associated Press poll.
Cyclones coach Paul Rhoads has had some signature wins in his three seasons in Ames ? but none as big as this.
"We got a group of young men that put their hard hats on every day and just continue to go to work," Rhoads said. "I could not be prouder of the effort they put out tonight."
Iowa State freshman quarterback Jared Barnett found James White for a 25-yard touchdown on the first play of extra time, but Weeden answered with a 6-yard TD pass to Josh Cooper.
Benton's interception set up a thrilling finish for the Cyclones and Rhoads, the defensive coordinator at Pittsburgh when it upset No. 2 West Virginia in 2007.
Barnett finished with 376 yards passing and three TDs for Iowa State.
Oklahoma State stretched its lead to 24-7 less than 3 minutes into the second half and looked set to break it open. Tracy Moore caught Weeden's pass in traffic and stumbled 30 yards for the touchdown.
That could have been it for Iowa State ? but the Cyclones were far from finished.
Iowa State answered with a 32-yard TD run from White and Zach Guyer's 24-yard field goal to make it 24-17 with 4:04 left in the third quarter.
Oklahoma State came in averaging 51.7 points, but it couldn't string together the drives that made Weeden a serious Heisman Trophy contender.
Iowa State took advantage, tying the game at 24 with 5:30 left in regulation when Barnett found Albert Gary sliding in the end zone for a 7-yard TD catch. Oklahoma State's Alex Elkins intercepted Barnett's pass with 3:17 left, but Quinn Sharp pushed a 37-yard field goal right, just over the upright, with 1:17 to go to force overtime.
Iowa State knew it would need a lot of breaks to pull off the upset. The Cyclones caught a few early, recovering a fumble and intercepting Weeden's pass in the first quarter. But they didn't turn either into points, and the Cowboys' defense made them pay for it.
Linebacker Shaun Lewis jumped Barnett's pass and took it back 70 yards for a touchdown, giving Oklahoma State a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter.
The Cowboys led 17-7 at halftime, but the blowout that seemed certain to follow never materialized.
"We were up but we still didn't have a rhythm. It just wasn't working for us. We obviously wanted to put up more points but caused too many turnovers," Oklahoma State defensive end Jamie Blatnick said.
Iowa State held a moment of silence before the game to honor Budke, assistant Miranda Serna and two others who were killed Thursday when their single-engine plane crashed during a recruiting trip in Arkansas.
"The plane crash, for the families and people involved, is just tragic, and honestly, I would have said this no matter the outcome of the game. It's so much more important than this game," Gundy said. "These guys wanted to go out and play the best they could for themselves, for us, the fans, and for OSU, and it just didn't come out in their favor tonight."
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Government closes mortgage scams tied to Google (AP)
SAN FRANCISCO ? Federal government regulators have shut down dozens of Internet scams that had been paying Google to run deceptive ads promising to help desperate homeowners avoid foreclosure.
The crackdown announced Wednesday targeted 85 businesses accused of duping homeowners hoping to lower their home loan payments. The U.S. Treasury Department division overseeing the criminal investigation into the alleged misconduct didn't identify the operations that have been shut down.
Google's name popped up because the Internet search leader had been running the ads that the alleged scam artists used to bait their victims.
In an effort to prevent the abuse, the government said Google has suspended its business ties with more than 500 advertisers and agencies connected to the alleged swindlers.
A Google Inc. spokeswoman declined to comment.
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