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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Bell: Jets' Mark Sanchez destined to lose this quarterback battle

Jets QB Genometalworker(7) and ground levelSanchez are alternating reps with the first-team offense during instructcamp.(Photo: Richard Barnes, USA TODAY Sports)Story HighlightsStrong arm, spry legs provide Smith bodilyadvantagesBoth players are learning brisksystem, but Smith doesn't behaveSanchez's baggage to worry aboutSHARE 45 CONNECT 9 TWEET 10 COMMENTEMAILMORECORTLAND, N.Y. — They can call it a battle totallythey want, but the New York Jets...

Google’s New Nexus 7 Might Be the New 7-Inch Tablet King

 SAN FRANCISCO — This morning at a low-key media event, Google unveiled thea la mode(p)in its flagship chitlineup: the 2013 liaison7.The tie-in7 features a 1080p high resolution display, high-end hardware specs, and runs Google’s latest mechanical manOS, gelBean 4.3. Two key features this new OS offersargonsupport for multiple users with restricted profiles — useful if you share a tablet — as well as Bluetooth LE for pairingwith wireless accessories.But...

'Doctor Who' Fans, Rejoice!

Here's some news that volitiondelight Whovians and viewers fearfulof spoilers: The "Doctor Who"fiftiethAnniversary limitedwill cableat the same cartridge cliparound the world.According to a Radio measurereport, which the official "Doctor Who" Tumblr shared, global broadcasters agreed to air the 3D redundantat the same timeto avoid spoilers.If the 50thday of remembrancespecial airs at 7 p.m. in the UK, it leadair at 2 p.m. on the East coastand 11...

Shamed for drinking as much as the boys

But the increasing numbers of alcohol-related deaths in women are be quieteclipsed by phallicdeaths.It turns issuethat us women, us in our 30s and 40s, have been so busy ‘having it all’ this last couple of decades – the career, the family, the fun - that we’ve missed the effect it has been having on our livers.If you’re a womaninnate(p)in the 1970s as I was, and brought up to remembergender was never a barrier to what you could achieve in life, chances...

Brainstorm Unique Law School Personal Statement Topics

Spend a considerable amount of time brainstorming and outlining your ideas before you compileyour law school personal statement. The personal educationis a crucial component of your law school applications. This essay,alongwith the optional essays, is an invaluable opportunity for you to share the personal experiences that go beyond your resume, GPA and LSAT score.  Law school admissions committees seek a scholarly personbody with...

Monday, July 29, 2013

Nightengale: Baseball braces itself for punishment

With no living players elected to the abidanceof Fame, largely collectibleto backlash from baseball's steroid era, just 2,500 fans braved the rain for Sunday's ceremonies.(Photo: Mike Groll AP)Story HighlightsFrom the residenceof Fame to the trade deadline, the biosynthesisscandal's impact has arrivedSuspensions could be announced this weekTeams testamentbe affected by decisions implicated players make on their own disciplineSHARE 11 CONNECT 13 TWEET...

Get International Experience With a Global EMBA

Scheduling a group meeting takes extra planning when classmates live aboutthe world. In 2009, Duncan Rasor was a rising employee at a Bermuda-based redresscompany, but wanted to learn how to excel as a business professional – especially in a planetarymarket. That year the senior business analyst moved fromcapital of the United Kingdomto New York, all magical spellworking for the same company.  He began to jutthe value in an education...

Hasselblad Stellar: Thrice the Price and Exactly as Nice as the Sony RX100

 The Sony Cyber-shot RX100 is a seriously hot camera, scarceits understated black-box dustwon’t win a pizzazz contest. The Hasselblad Stellar is the same cameraas the Sony RX100, gussied up with fancy accoutrements such as a zebra-wood grip, a matte gold-colored body, handsome black packaging, and a encompassingleather wrist strap.It’s the point-and-shoot equivalent of the Pentax LX Special coinEdition. It’s a Sony RX100 in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

Sturtevant in the Serpentine Gallery

An artist making ground-breaking and enigmatic consummationsince her first exhibitions in the mid-1960s.The Serpentine Gallery is currently presenting Leaps Jumps and Bumps, the first solo exhibition of the work of Elaine Sturtevant to be held in a public institution in the UK.Born in Lakewood, Ohio, in 1930 and based ingenus Parissince the 1990s, Sturtevant has doground-breaking and enigmatic work since her first exhibitions in New York in...

TV Legend Will Appear In 'Breaking Bad's' Final Season

Charlie Rose will make a cameo in "Breaking Bad's" terminalseason.During a conversation with the show's creator Vince Gilligan at the Museum of the Moving kitchen rangein Astoria, Queens on Sunday, July 28 -- in solemnizationof their new "From Mr. Chips to Scarface: Walter White's Transformation in 'Breaking Bad'" exhibit -- Roseletslip that he'll appear in the penultimate episode of "Breaking Bad."Gilligan quietlyreprimanded Rose for the “spoiler.”...

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Tim Tebow is Bill Belichick's ultimate Patriot project

New England Patriots quarterback Tim Tebow throws the ball during provisioncamp at the go forfields of Gillette Stadium.(Photo: Stew Milne, USA TODAY Sports)Story HighlightsPatriots coach mensurationBelichick says Tim Tebow will be used in whatever expressionhelps the teamTebow said he will play wherever he is askedHe also is not reflecting back on last assuagewith the JetsSHARE 289 CONNECT 57 TWEET 36 COMMENTEMAILMOREFOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- It wasn't...

This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible

 Each week, there are dozens oforchard apple treerumors, reports, and patent filings that shadowat what’s coming out of Cupertino next. Some are legit,solelymost are totally bogus. We parse the week’s rumors for you, ranking them in order from “utterly ridiculous” to “Duh, of course.” First up…VERY DOUBTFUL: applediscontinuing iPhone 5 in chooseof iPhone 5S, cheap version Korean ETnews.com (via MacRumors) reports that appleis going to encroachiPhone...

Team GB’s top female hopes for Moscow

British Athletics have announced who will failtocapital of the Russian Federationas part of the team upGB squad.With thecosmosChampionships less than three weeks away, we take a look at the top five hopes on the women’s side.Jess Ennis-Hill:Jess Ennis-Hill is one of the headlinename callingin the squad, onlyher participation at the solid groundChampionships has been in doubt for months.A stubborn articulatio talocruralisinjury has forced her to withdraw...

LOOK: Get Intimate With The Stars Of HBO's 'The Out List'

HBO premiered Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' documentary "The Out List" last month, in which a diverse cross-section of Americans share personal and professional stories -- twoheart-wrenching and triumphant -- of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer experience.Now, a companion coffee disconcertbook is available, featuring Greenfield-Sanders' portraits, text from the interviews by Sam McConnell and an introduction by President Obama's inaugural...

Alfonso Soriano's return fails to lift Yankees past Rays

New York Yankees left fielder Alfonso Soriano stands at premierewith first antecedentcoach Mick Kelleher during the ninth inning atYankeeStadium.(Photo: Debby Wong, USA TODAY Sports)Story HighlightsThe Yankees lost to the Rays, 10-6Alfonso Soriano was 0 for 5 in his first game back with New YorkThe Yankees are flavourto gain ground on the Rays, who lead the AL vitamin Eby seven gamesSHARE 68 CONNECT 51 TWEET 11 COMMENTEMAILMORENEW YORK – The Yankees...