Sneak Peek st Wiz and Amber XXL photo spread
Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa grace the cover of October issue of XXL Magazine.
REPLACEMENT REFS: The end of a bad SAGA!!!!
Last night during the Thursday night showdown between Baltimore and Cleveland, fans applauded to returning referees. A sight we have rarely ever seen in the history of the NFL. Zebras getting the curtain call? Weird! Players such as Ray Rice said "its great to have those guys back, it looked like they knew were they were doing." Although just like before they were some call that made coaches bark a bit, there was certainly nothing overly questionable such as Mondays night controversial call during the Green Bay and Seattle game. Ravens would go on to win 23-16
With the replacement refs under a microscope and every call in the spotlight, there are many interesting points of views to take in. There was indeed bad calls made but what seemed to be just as bad was the constant stoppage and breaks in flow of the game. Even when they didn't make a bad call they would huddle for review to make sure they were getting it right. This slowed and extended games, ruined rhythm's, and scoring drives around the league. After a while we no longer wanted the calls right, we just wanted decisiveness and consistency, even if they were consistently bad!
Some experts are arguing theories of fixed games and bought officials. Others are saying the possibility of the replacements being purposely bad to re insure a reconciliation between the league and the old officials. Here's a thought...with so many upsets and premier teams struggling, are the replacement referees simply a scapegoat for bad play around the league? Um I doubt it! I'm sure the fans have drawn their own conclusion after 4 weeks of misery. Order has been restored and there's a lot of time for your fantasy teams improve.
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Romney caught red handed
As if
the gap wasn’t big enough for Obama, Governor Romney widens the space. We’re
use to seeing and hearing some questionable comments from Romney, but I think
he over did himself with his most recent ones. While apparently being taped
without his knowledge, Mitt Romney says among other things “it’s not his job to
care about those people”. Those people being American citizens of the great
country who he is trying to become the president of. Romney would go on to say
those same people he doesn’t care about pay no taxes in this country. After
saying more than a mouth full, his campaign has been doing damage country ever
since. I’m sure the Obama campaign is tallying up the new voters this week.
Chic-fil a clarifies
I think
by now there is no secret on where Chic-fil-a execs stand on gay marriage, well
maybe. Now the company is reportedly changing their position in which they
stand in reference to gay marriage. If you remember the company not only not in
support of gays but were making donations to anti-gay groups. As of late the
executives have done away with the donations and have since implemented a
policy of protection for their gay employee’s. Seems like a bit of
contradiction, but Chic-fil-a executives claim their just concerned for their
employees and possible discrimination. This new policy comes after 10 months of
negotiations. It will be interesting to see what new publicity will come after
the new change of heart by the chicken folks.
Let me update my Facebook as I hold you hostage
Pittsburgh
was the site of a familiar situation, but its police department was faced with
an unusual decision. 22 year old Klein Michael Thaxton decided take another
Pittsburgh man hostage last week in a high rise suite on the 16th
floor, and chat on Facebook as he did it. After spending a lengthy time
negotiating the police find out Thaxton was entertaining messages from Facebook.
Soon they were force to make a decision whether to going with full force or to
suspend the Facebook account of Thaxton. Detectives say he was receiving
messages and responding to quite a bit of them. Many of the messages were from
friends who were aware of the situation and actually encouraged him to holdout
as long as possible. Finally after all the messaging stopped they were able to
get him out and he is now facing charges of kidnapping, terrorist threats,
aggravated assault and is being held on $1 million dollar bail.
Father first now husband
If
you’ve think you heard it all before this story, well you haven’t. An Ohio woman accidentally married the Father
she never. The sad thing is people around her knew but only her uncle had the
guts to say after her “husband” died. After she finally came to grips with it
she decided to admit it to the world. Learning the devastating news nearly
killed the poor woman; she had 2 strokes and was diagnosed with diabetes as
well. After months of therapy, she encourages anyone who has been separated
from their immediately family to seek them out, not for incest purposes but
just because family is important.
College Football week 4
This
weekend in college football did not disappoint, some top notch games from top
notch conferences. First premier game of Saturday was between Kansas State and
Oklahoma; both teams were top 25 in the land. Oklahoma apparently fell asleep
while watching film because they slept on k-state offense and that would cause
them to fall 24-19, the loss will certainly boot the sooners out the top 10
now. No one expected the Miami Hurricane and Georgia Tech game to be a
spectacular game but if you watched you got just the opposite. The Hurricane’s would come from behind and
take the yellow jackets to overtime and beat them 42-36. One of the biggest
games to forward to and one of the biggest rivalries was Notre Dame and
Michigan. Michigan from the jump was shook and Notre Dame smelled blood, they
capitalize with great defense and win 13-6. The absolute must see game of the
night was the #10 Clemson Tigers taking the #4 Florida State Seminoles. Clemson
would come out knock the noles right in the mouth with a 60 yard touchdown
pass. Noles would respond and finally pull away toward the end of the game and
never looked back. Seminoles win 49-37 and may finally get some votes for those
top 2 spots in the country.
NFL week 3
If
you’re involved in fantasy football or playing in your weekly pool at work you
may have lost big this weekend. Many games that looked like sure victories on
paper were anything but on the field. Lets just call it upset Sunday starting
with the Oakland Raiders beating big Ben and the Steelers. The raiders would
take the win on a last second field goal 34-31. Another odd beating was the
Houston Texans over the Broncos and their newly acquired quarterback Peyton
Manning. Manning wouldn’t have a bad game but the Texans as a whole had a
better game and get the win 31-25. The struggles would continue for Drew Brees
and the Saints. They would go into Kansas City this week hoping to have worked
out the kinks but they just couldn’t get it going yet against the chiefs. The
chiefs get their first win and the Saints fall to 0 and 3. The last unusual win
of the day would have to go to the Vikings, who took on San Francisco. San Fran
came into this game with 2 wins looking for #3, the problem is the Vikes were
thinking the same thing. Vikes would go as far as Christian Ponder would take
them. Ponder was a part of 3 touchdowns
Sunday, including running one in himself. The defense would hold the 49ers to
13 allowing them to win 24-13. Overall a very interesting weekend of football.
Looks for Fall 2012 by Betsey Johnson fashion week 2012
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Serena adds to her grand slam collection
Grandfather: Oops I missed
attempting to scare off some stray cats with his 22 caliber shotgun when he shot his 3 year granddaughter. The man was somehow unaware the child was standing directly in the path he was firing and shot the young girl. Fortunately the bullet only grazed the top of her knee exiting the other side, and she only required minor surgery and a few stitches. The man will not face any charges for the accident but says he will never forgive himself for this and is just happy his granddaughter wasn’t severely hurt.New York gets slammed with storms
Tulane football player suffers life altering hit
Fashion week New York
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VINDICATION For Saints Players
In the words of college football analysis guru Lee Corso, ‘”NOT SO FAST”. What most fans and spectators fail to realize is this doesn’t permanently secure the players for the entirety of the season. Unfortunately Goodell still intends to penalize them, just simply after a correct determination is made. As of right now all players are eligible to play and start. Linebacker Jonathan Vilma who tweeted today” Victory is mine”, he will undoubtedly start. Vilma is the heart and soul of the Saints hard nose defense, and like the rest he intends to be ready for Sunday’s matchup at home against the Redskins.
JUST IN : Michael Clarke Duncan has died
It has been brought to our attention that actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died today. He had been hospitalized since June 13th after suffering from a heart attack. He was 54 years old.
The Oscar nominated actor most known for his roll in "The Green Mile" as the gentle sole John Coffee, was also a security guard for big names such as Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, even the late Notorious B.I.G. He also starred in other Hollywood hits such as Armageddon, The Scorpion King and Planet of the Apes.
Our prayers definitely go out to his family and their loss.
Childhood Obesity "Place Your Blame"
Overweight or Obesity is described as anyone who has an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that could potentially impair his or her health. In the last 30 years the numbers for obesity have multiplied tremendously but now they’re climbing in the category of our children. Child and youth obesity is an unspoken issue and so many around the world are naïve about this epidemic. Children are unfortunately being led down an unhealthy path of destruction. Their everyday lives are being unguided with such negligence and poor supervision.
When people think obesity they naturally think of adult men and women who are largely overweight and have trouble getting around etc. Well that maybe a decent description but it certainly doesn’t only exist in adults. BMI or body mass index is an index for weight to height and commonly used by nutritionist or doctors to determine the appropriate weight for an individual. For adults BMI isn’t often the perfect way to judge people on where they should be due to various body types and muscle capacity; however in children it does bring a more fair analysis on where a child’s weight should be. An example of an obese child according to BMI would be an 8 year old who’s 4’9” and weighs 245lbs. The average BMI has determined that most children at that age and around that height should be about 90lbs or possibly smaller, so right away you see there is a huge weight disparity. The problem is parents are oblivious to test like these and naïve about their child’s weight risk.
If you were to speak to the average mother of an overweight child and explain that her child is obese for his or her age she’d first probably take offense. Second she’d probably either disagree or think that it is perfectly normal to be a bit heavier at a younger age and add that so many kids are. Well truth is it’s certainly not normal nor is it a healthy lifestyle for a child. Before we dabble into the health risk, some of the other issues dispensed from obesity are social or psychologicall, such as bullying and self-esteem. Kids are getting heavier at alarming rates, and being embarrassed and bullied are commonly becoming part of a bigger kid’s life. Children every year lash out in what is really an unsurprising manner, due to bullying and being picked on. We’ve seen that sometimes this lashing out ends tragically. After bullying we tend to find depression, lack of self-esteem, and isolation. All these things can stem from obesity and can ultimately lead to life altering events such as suicide. The unfortunate reality is parents play a huge role in the rise of obesity and are partly to blame.
Not only are the numbers rising but so are the health risks for children. A study done by the World Health Organization determine that 44% of obese children are more likely to have diabetes, 23% will acquire some form of heart disease and the other small percentage could potentially get cancer. The good thing is all these risk are preventable, but only when taking serious and a conscious effort is made. This effort has to come from parents who are not naïve about the weight of their children and also school menu’s and exercising courses. Together everyone most do their part. Thanks to a couple campaigns in the last few years, we have seen schools nationwide make progressive efforts in providing healthier options and an emphasis on physical education. These efforts have and will go a long way in the future in hopes of decreasing the number of childhood obesity. However a generation that came before us once said “it starts at home”.
Parents are the ultimate role models for their children, because they have the opportunity set some type of example for their kids every day. Kids mimic what their parents do, so parents should lead by example and live a healthier lifestyle at home. Help kids realize healthy is cool and understand that ultimately eating healthy will give them the longevity they need to achieve their goals. Along with finding healthier options, parents should work with schools and encourage physical activities at home as well as school. As society evolves and the toys get more sophisticated, kids tend to hibernate from the good old fashion playground, but it often takes a bike or puppy to get them out of the house for some cardio.
At the end of the day the health of children is the responsibility of schools, food distributors but none more than parents. One can only hope that food distributors will be more responsible, but their argument which is a valid one, will always be moderate consumption. So ultimately it falls back on the parents and the school system. The two must work together cohesively. Schools have to continue implement healthier options as well educate kids on what a healthy lifestyle should be and parents have to stress not only the importance of homework but working hard to be healthy.
When people think obesity they naturally think of adult men and women who are largely overweight and have trouble getting around etc. Well that maybe a decent description but it certainly doesn’t only exist in adults. BMI or body mass index is an index for weight to height and commonly used by nutritionist or doctors to determine the appropriate weight for an individual. For adults BMI isn’t often the perfect way to judge people on where they should be due to various body types and muscle capacity; however in children it does bring a more fair analysis on where a child’s weight should be. An example of an obese child according to BMI would be an 8 year old who’s 4’9” and weighs 245lbs. The average BMI has determined that most children at that age and around that height should be about 90lbs or possibly smaller, so right away you see there is a huge weight disparity. The problem is parents are oblivious to test like these and naïve about their child’s weight risk.
If you were to speak to the average mother of an overweight child and explain that her child is obese for his or her age she’d first probably take offense. Second she’d probably either disagree or think that it is perfectly normal to be a bit heavier at a younger age and add that so many kids are. Well truth is it’s certainly not normal nor is it a healthy lifestyle for a child. Before we dabble into the health risk, some of the other issues dispensed from obesity are social or psychologicall, such as bullying and self-esteem. Kids are getting heavier at alarming rates, and being embarrassed and bullied are commonly becoming part of a bigger kid’s life. Children every year lash out in what is really an unsurprising manner, due to bullying and being picked on. We’ve seen that sometimes this lashing out ends tragically. After bullying we tend to find depression, lack of self-esteem, and isolation. All these things can stem from obesity and can ultimately lead to life altering events such as suicide. The unfortunate reality is parents play a huge role in the rise of obesity and are partly to blame.
Not only are the numbers rising but so are the health risks for children. A study done by the World Health Organization determine that 44% of obese children are more likely to have diabetes, 23% will acquire some form of heart disease and the other small percentage could potentially get cancer. The good thing is all these risk are preventable, but only when taking serious and a conscious effort is made. This effort has to come from parents who are not naïve about the weight of their children and also school menu’s and exercising courses. Together everyone most do their part. Thanks to a couple campaigns in the last few years, we have seen schools nationwide make progressive efforts in providing healthier options and an emphasis on physical education. These efforts have and will go a long way in the future in hopes of decreasing the number of childhood obesity. However a generation that came before us once said “it starts at home”.
Parents are the ultimate role models for their children, because they have the opportunity set some type of example for their kids every day. Kids mimic what their parents do, so parents should lead by example and live a healthier lifestyle at home. Help kids realize healthy is cool and understand that ultimately eating healthy will give them the longevity they need to achieve their goals. Along with finding healthier options, parents should work with schools and encourage physical activities at home as well as school. As society evolves and the toys get more sophisticated, kids tend to hibernate from the good old fashion playground, but it often takes a bike or puppy to get them out of the house for some cardio.
At the end of the day the health of children is the responsibility of schools, food distributors but none more than parents. One can only hope that food distributors will be more responsible, but their argument which is a valid one, will always be moderate consumption. So ultimately it falls back on the parents and the school system. The two must work together cohesively. Schools have to continue implement healthier options as well educate kids on what a healthy lifestyle should be and parents have to stress not only the importance of homework but working hard to be healthy.
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Hurricane Isaac Recap
After a week Louisiana residents are still reeling from destruction and begin to pick up the pieces from hurricane Isaac. 7 years almost to the date of hurricane Katrina, many residents were dreading the same outcome yet again. Isaac didn’t slay 1800 residents like KATRINA but its damage was significant. St. Tammany, Acsencion, Plaquesmines, and a few other parishes were nearly drowned out and even 10 feet deep in certain spots. Lots of residents called it déjà vu all over again. Friday which was hot, muggy, and stuck, many residents went back into their homes to salvage what was left. The mayor of New Orleans said its currently another storm that left us in misery but we're thankful to be alive and know that things could’ve of been much worse. As the electricity begins to slowly trickle back on throughout the state, the beauty that remains is the love of New Orleans and its surrounding areas as everyone lends a helping hand to each other.
RNC
The 2012 Republican National Convention aka Obama bash, had to be the story of the week. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan did their best to win over support for their respective side. They did all but physically take shots at current president Barack Obama. Joining the Obama bash was 82 old actor Clint Eastwood. Dirty Harry himself was certainly playing dirty last week in attempt to make light of the president. Unfortunately the senior citizen apparently forgot the punch lines to the joke and the joke was basically on him and so are the current campaign numbers. As it stands president Obama still has a hefty lead over Romney and the comedians.
Chris Lighty
Long time music manager and record label CEO, Chris Lighty committed suicide outside of his home in Bronx, New York. Police Lighty and his wife Veronica was having an argument over financial issues when Lighty stepped outside his home and shot himself. Sources say he was having financial issue and was apparently in debt and it was taking a toll on him. Most are supporting this same story but his business partner isn’t buying saying that foul play might be involved. Micheal Williams stated that Lighty may have been having finaciual issue but doesn’t believe the suicide story. Williams claims Lighty would’ve killed himself over stress and other pressure but not debt. Whichever is the correct story we maybe never know. Lighty managed 50cent, Mariah Carey, Diddy, JA Rule, and many more.
Fan deaths at sports games
In one week 2 fans fall to their deaths at sporting events. The first occurrence was at Reliant stadium in Houston, Texas. A 45 year old man was leaning on an escalator when he fell 60 feet to his death at a Texans-Vikings preseason football game. The second was at the Georgia Dome during the Tennessee and Georgia college football game. A 33 year old Tennessee man was cheering on the Vols after their 2nd touchdown pass of the night when he fell from the upper deck and eventually died from his injuries. No one knows whether alcohol may have been a factor in each each of these deaths but this is the 3rd fan death in a year at a sports stadium, some type of protective measures must been implemented.
College Football is back!
I think the moment college fans have been waiting for finally came this Saturday. College football kicked off this Saturday with some pretty good showdowns scheduled or at least they were supposed to be. Coming into this season the USC Trojans who were previously banned from any type of National Championship contention, came in ranked number 1. Led by quarterback Matt Barkely, the Trojans would take on Hawaii and it would not even be close. The Trojans would run away with a 49-10 win. The game of the weekend was supposed to be #2 Alabama squaring off against #8 Michigan. If there was any game that Heisman hopeful Denard Robinson would’ve needed to play his best game ever it was against the Tide. Instead, Bama would not let Robinson get comfortable at all, they swarmed him on defense and destroyed Michigan with their prolific offense. Freshman sensation T.J Yeldon, would run for over a 100 yards in his debut and quarterback AJ McCarron would throw for 2 touchdowns as the tide rolled to a 41-14 victory. Other notable wins was #12 Clemson beating the un-ranked Auburn down the stretch 26-19, with a crunch time touchdown pass by Tahj Boyd.
$337 million dollar Powerball winner claims his prize
The winner of a gigantic size jackpot finally stepped out of the shadows. 44 year old Donald Lawson eventually claimed his money after leaving the nation in speculation as to who the winner was. Lawson said he was thinking long hard about the things he will do with his money and counting his blessings. He plans to do the normal things and live the simple life as usual despite his huge earnings. The father of two said he doesn’t tend to do anything out of the ordinary but take care of his family and pay debts. Traveling is about the only thing I will add to my lifestyle said Lawson but not much else.
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The 2012 Republican National Convention aka Obama bash, had to be the story of the week. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan did their best to win over support for their respective side. They did all but physically take shots at current president Barack Obama. Joining the Obama bash was 82 old actor Clint Eastwood. Dirty Harry himself was certainly playing dirty last week in attempt to make light of the president. Unfortunately the senior citizen apparently forgot the punch lines to the joke and the joke was basically on him and so are the current campaign numbers. As it stands president Obama still has a hefty lead over Romney and the comedians.
Chris Lighty
Fan deaths at sports games
In one week 2 fans fall to their deaths at sporting events. The first occurrence was at Reliant stadium in Houston, Texas. A 45 year old man was leaning on an escalator when he fell 60 feet to his death at a Texans-Vikings preseason football game. The second was at the Georgia Dome during the Tennessee and Georgia college football game. A 33 year old Tennessee man was cheering on the Vols after their 2nd touchdown pass of the night when he fell from the upper deck and eventually died from his injuries. No one knows whether alcohol may have been a factor in each each of these deaths but this is the 3rd fan death in a year at a sports stadium, some type of protective measures must been implemented.
College Football is back!
$337 million dollar Powerball winner claims his prize
The winner of a gigantic size jackpot finally stepped out of the shadows. 44 year old Donald Lawson eventually claimed his money after leaving the nation in speculation as to who the winner was. Lawson said he was thinking long hard about the things he will do with his money and counting his blessings. He plans to do the normal things and live the simple life as usual despite his huge earnings. The father of two said he doesn’t tend to do anything out of the ordinary but take care of his family and pay debts. Traveling is about the only thing I will add to my lifestyle said Lawson but not much else.
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