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Fox shows a montage of Brian Urlacher being nasty to the tune of U2's "Even Better Than the Real Thing." And Big Fat Meanie, I wouldn't worry about the Bears letting up. They did go for it on 4th and Goal from the 1 up 24-0. Jones gets a couple, then a couple more. San Francisco calls a timeout. Why? Don't they want to make this punishment go quickly? Caldarelli just IM'ed me, summing this game up in three succinct words: "Niners really suck." Grossman has all sorts of time, hits Muhammad way downfield, Muhammad holds on despite being hit as he caught it, and the Bears have 1st and 10 at the 49ers' 36. Benson gets a couple then Grossman hits Moose with a very very low throw on which Moose makes a great fingertip catch just shy of the first. Jones gets it to the 25. Swing pass left to Berrian, but he had to stop to get it, which negates the purpose of the swing pass, and he gets dropped for only one yard.
Tour of California - 2.1 USA, February 19-26, 2006
Today had the last big climb of the race and it was the last climb [of the day], so I had do something to shake the race up because there's not many opportunities left. I had two team-mates sprint full-out on the climb and they were going real fast. When they pulled off, I just kept it going. I think what happened was that the people on my wheel lost my wheel, and the GC riders weren't in the position to grab my wheel or they couldn't, so a gap opened up. I was hoping someone else would come with me... Also, everyone knew the downhill was long and wide open and not very technical; you had to pedal the whole thing, so a group could easily come back and they [the GC riders] were counting on that. But I had to give it a try, because like I said, that was really the last big opportunity to do something.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Illseed Fired From AllHipHop.com! And some rumors!
In a few years, he and the kid and do the Crank Dat dance together in the club. I guess its safe to say, ol' girl is gonna "Lois Lane that n-word."
KATT WILLIAMS EXPLAINS CHICAGO
Now, Katt Williams pissed the good people of Chicago off on that fateful New Year's Eve show 2008, where they said he was high as an eagle, over an hour late and unfunny. Nobody quite knows what happened but my girl Kendra G got to the bottom of it. For the record, Katt charges he gave the audience back their money, but some are saying they never received any such kick back.
Kendra G: Your first show in Chicago, you gave the whole audience their money back.
Fun and games in Barcelona
Femtocells, LTE, WiMAX; the delivery technology gets better, faster, stronger, but where is the content to fill these pipes? There were a few more companies than last year in the content hall of the conference centre, and noticeably more visitors to that area, but the industry remains extremely technology focused. Touch me Technology does, of course, influence the mobile content industry, and in terms of games, touch screen handsets look like the way forwards. Every handset manufacturer showed at least one iPhone copycat device and mobile games publishers are keen to exploit what will undoubtedly be a large installed base of users. Interfaces have always been a huge issue for mobile games and the touch screen could do much more to solve this problem than the original N-Gage or any number of failed joystick peripherals ever will.
P&G announces retirements, promotions
Procter & Gamble Co. promoted a new head to its snack division while also announcing the retirement of its chief legal officer, Jim Johnson, whose career spanned six CEOs, seven presidential administrations and a nearly eight-fold increase in corporate revenue. Johnson, 64, will retire June 1. He will be succeeded by Steven Jemison, 56, P&G's deputy general counsel. P&G made the announcement while also reporting the promotion of John Goodwin, 44, to head its newly revised snack and pet care division. The division is the process of breaking out its $1.6 billion Folgers coffee business - acquired by P&G in 1963 - into a separate company. The division's former head, Jamie Egasti, will head up the new Folgers Coffee Co. when P&G finalizes that transaction, likely between July and December.
Environmental emphasis puts Hub, Cambridge on 'green' list
All that "green living" and pedaling hasn't been ignored. For these and other ecological efforts, Boston and Cambridge were named two of America's 50 Greenest Cities in the March issue of Popular Science magazine. The magazine used data on energy conservation from the US Census Bureau and surveys conducted by the National Geographic Society of cities with more than 100,000 people. The rankings were based on four categories - electricity; transportation; "green living," which involves the number of buildings that are certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Green Building Rating System, as well as the areas devoted to public parks; and "recycling and green perspective." For the administration of Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston, the award was vindication.
Justice done at Celtic Park
It is difficult to recall the visitors creating a clear-cut chance."I thought we played really well and to make that number of chances was more than I could expect," said Celtic manager Gordon Strachan. "Artur Boruc could have been sitting with me."He was forced to reshuffle his side early when both Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Andreas Hinkel retired hurt. In the former's case it was because of a gaping head wound including a burst blood vessel received in an accidental clash with Kilmarnock centre-back Simon Ford's "head of steel", as his manager Jim Jefferies termed it. The Dutchman had five stitches inserted and was refused permission to return by the club doctor because of the worrying amount of blood he had lost. The German right-back came off with a thigh strain but had been suffering from the ubiquitous winter sickness virus.With Derek Riordan on for Hinkel, Paul Hartley showed his versatility by switching to right back from left midfield, while Chris Killen replaced Vennegoor of Hesselink up front.
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