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And don't forget that old George is also a convicted felon. I thought felons were not supposed to own pro sports teams??
Eddie Debartolo (sp??) had to sell his portion of the 49er's when he got caught up in that Loiusiana gambling probe and had to plead to a felony.
And the New Yankee Staium used to be a park/playground for the cities kids/residents. They didn't make out so well.
Maybe they can redo Central Park into a new Jet's stadium.
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WNBA star Brittney Griner and her girlfriend were arrested yesterday for assault and disorderly conduct following a fight in the couple’s Arizona home, police report.
Griner, 24, and fiancee Glory Johnson, a fellow WNBA player, were busted after cops were called to their Phoenix residence Wednesday afternoon. Griner and Johnson each suffered minor injuries during the fight.
Griner, seen in the above mug shot, and Johnson, 24, were booked into the Maricopa County jail, from which they were released early today.
The 6’ 8” Griner stars for the Phoenix Mercury, while Johnson plays for the Tulsa Shock. The couple had been planning to get married next month.
As a result of her arrest, Griner now joins dozens of other top athletes in TSG’s mug shot Hall of Shame.
Fighting, killing, making war. Human beings have been doing it almost from the very beginning and show no signs of an inclination to cease and desist. Many claim that the Christian tradition is ambivalent when it comes to prosecuting wars, even in a just cause—and this, so it is alleged, because the founder of Christia...
For a variety of reasons (mainly focusing on the idea that Jesus’ rejection of force was meant to be unique to him rather than emulated by his followers), Jesus’ refusal of the sword did not keep Christians from employing it in increasing numbers, beginning sometime around the end of the second century. Nor did Jesus’ ...
There are two main reasons why many Christians today wish to disown the tradition’s acceptance of warfare as a potential good. They derive from strains of thought that have seeped into the Christian conscience and inform many modern Christian attitudes toward war. First, there is the influence of Christian pacifism. Th...
This new view of war is all around us. The recent controversy over Senator Bob Kerrey’s activities in Vietnam is a good example. Senator Kerrey received the Bronze Star for actions that have come under scrutiny of late. Apparently Senator Kerrey, while on active service in Vietnam, led a raid in which many civilians we...
The modern ethos of war was first articulated by Erasmus, who argued at length that war was unnatural and unfitting for human beings, and that even just wars are morally unacceptable. But this ethos really began to gain ground during the Enlightenment, when philosophers began to argue in earnest that warfare was unwort...
In his great Church Dogmatics , Barth treated war as an ultima ratio—something, therefore, that is barely human and surely not anything that could be called noble or virtuous. Nor is this sort of thinking confined to Protestants. Catholic moral theologian Charles Curran, for example, once worried in a debate with Paul ...
On one level, Curran is, of course, on the right track. War is not to be entered into lightly—especially modern war with its propensity for disproportionate measures in combat. Nor is it a bad thing to want nations to refrain from going to war with little provocation, as, for instance, certain Italian city-states were ...
Despite the dominant view of war as something inherently ignoble and incompatible with Christian living, most Christians still approve of wars from time to time, deeming them “necessary evils.” This is not necessarily a contradiction, though it is a paradox. Popular opinion on the matter tells us that resorting to forc...
One way of describing this kind of moral thinking is to call it “dirty hands” morality. The thought here is that we cannot both follow Jesus in living nonviolently and be “responsible” citizens at the same time, so we go ahead and behave “responsibly” (i.e., we use force), but we admit that in doing so we get our hands...
There is an additional reason why the bulk of the Christian laity accepts the modern ethos of war: their leaders have bought into it. We see evidence of both pacifism and liberal humanism influencing official Church documents on war in the twentieth century, both Protestant and Catholic. A typical example is the World ...
More recent examples of this thinking can be found in the pastoral letters on war offered by U.S. bishops, both Catholic and Methodist (The Challenge of Peace and In Defense of Creation , respectively). In both pastorals, the bishops assume that just war theory and pacifism share equal status in the tradition and that...
When Thomas Aquinas discusses just war in the Summa Theologiae (II-II.40), he does not do so in the section on justice, but rather in the section on charity—specifically, the love of God. He makes it clear that war is not a vice that is opposed to the love of God. On the contrary, war-making, when just, can be a form o...
But if Aquinas believes that fighting a just war justly is a meritorious act, he also diverges from the modern presumption against the use of force that can be found in many recent moral approaches to war. Stanley Hauerwas, for example, has argued that Christian just war advocates and pacifists share a presumption agai...
Calvin, too, looks at the soldier as an agent of God’s love. As he argues: “Paul meant to refer the precept of respecting power of magistrates to the law of love.” The soldier is thus as much an agent of God’s love as he is of God’s wrath, for the two characteristics are harmonious in God. Calvin argues in this way bec...
How can we follow Christ—even at a distance—while fighting and killing? Calvin gives us an indication by pointing out that Christ’s pacific nature (his willingness to suffer violence at the hands of Jewish and Roman authorities) is grounded in the priestly office of reconciliation and intercession that is reserved for ...
Calvin is not alone in this way of thinking. Aquinas, for example, distinguished between those who follow the “counsels of perfection”—bishops and clerics—and those who do not. According to Aquinas, bishops and clerics cannot be soldiers because these occupations cannot “be fittingly exercised at the same time.” Aquina...
Clergy nevertheless ought to offer spiritual help to the military. Aquinas insists that “among the faithful carnal wars should be considered as having for their end the divine spiritual good to which clerics are deputed. Wherefore it is the duty of clerics to dispose and counsel other men to engage in just wars.” Aquin...
As noted above, many of our contemporaries worry that viewing warfare as a positive good will incline us to fight wars. But this is simply not the case. The tradition has always demanded that the criteria known as the jus ad bellum be met before Christians can give consent to a proposed war. Aquinas writes of three suc...
The issue of how we fight is another matter. Aquinas himself offers little guidance regarding the proper rules for fighting (called jus in bello). Nevertheless, we can extrapolate a handful of guidelines from his writings. For one thing, we can presume that we should fight with the right intention, that is, we must int...
Unlike Aquinas, Calvin has little to say about the requirements for a just war, but he does insist that the lawful sovereign has a duty to take up arms to defend the commonwealth against those who attack it (Institutes IV.20). Calvin also insists that wars should not be waged in anger, nor in order to vent passions on ...
The moral approach to war in Aquinas and Calvin is refreshing for those familiar with modern Christian approaches to warfare—approaches which, more often than not, do little to help Christians understand why they should be prepared to participate in or support war of any kind. Aquinas and Calvin, in contrast, teach Chr...
This strikes a discordant note among many. How, we are asked, can an act of force be loving? The short answer is that force becomes an act of love when it seeks to resemble God’s use of force. In practice this means, among other things, that acts of force must never involve intrinsic evil (such as intentionally killing...
The most noteworthy aspect of the moral approach to warfare in Aquinas and Calvin is that it teaches—contrary to today’s prevailing views—that a failure to engage in a just war is a failure of virtue, a failure to act well. An odd corollary of this conclusion is that it is a greater evil for Christians to fail to wage ...
Darrell Cole, a new contributor, is a Visiting Instructor in Religion at the College of William and Mary.
Veteran WNBA star Sue Bird will join the front office of the Denver Nuggets, the NBA team announced Friday.
She will have the title of basketball operation associate, according to Tim Connelly, the president of basketball operations.
Bird recently completed her 16th WNBA season, all with the Seattle Storm, who made her the No. 1 overall pick in the league’s 2002 draft. She is an 11-time All-Star and five-time All-WNBA first-team selection. She has won three WNBA titles and ranks first in the league in career games (508), first in career minutes pla...
Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has been ruled out for four months with his knee injury - and boss Arsene Wenger admits it might prompt him to spend in the January transfer window.
Fabregas suffered a partial rupture to his medial ligament when he was tackled by Xabi Alonso during Sunday's draw with Liverpool and may be out until the final month of the Barclays Premier League season.
"The news is not good," Wenger said. "It will take three to four months, we count four. He will be working hard to come back earlier but I count four months."
He did however, suggest Fabregas' injury makes it more likely he will be active when the transfer window opens next month.
"It is more likely but we also have internal solutions and we are not desperate," Wenger said.
Wenger is yet to decide who will take the captain's armband, with goalkeeper Manuel Almunia taking over when William Gallas was stripped of the captaincy and Fabregas was serving a suspension.
"We will miss him, of course, but how much is difficult to say," Wenger added.
"We have to find a way and we want to find a way to compensate the fact that he is not on the pitch to give everyone a bit more.
"I'm sure we can deal with it. When he comes back he can help us get over the line in the final months. I believe we are able to do it."
Hazardous investigation due to a sewage spill from a motor vehicle in the 700 Block of West Victoria. Parking enforcement on scene.
If they were doing the best they could they would not be dumping sewage on the streets there are places to go to dump the crap.
Sarcasm is not your strength Roger. But the vehicle is probably one that houses folks without the ability to compete in our community and who are doing the best they can with the little they can muster. So what kind of community can that be?
Sewage from a vehicle I never heard of such a thing! What kind of vehicle can that be?
This commercial property offers a great location and over 13,000+ Sqft. This Former Car Dealership offers A LOT of great shop/warehouse space, office space, a showroom and the adjoining lot is completely fenced with another 1400 sq.ft. +/- building included. If you're needing space.... this is it. Great location at a m...
A new statewide poll shows Florida Gov. Charlie Crist holding a slim lead in the three-way race for the U.S. Senate.
A survey by Quinnipiac University of 1,133 registered Florida voters shows Crist's independent bid slightly ahead of Republican Marco Rubio. Crist received 37 percent to Rubio's 33 percent while Democrat Kendrick Meek received 17 percent in the poll taken June 1 through 7.
Both Republican gubernatorial hopefuls — Attorney General Bill McCollum and businessman Rick Scott — lead Democratic front-runner Alex Sink. Scott leads Sink 42 percent to 32 percent while McCollum leads by a 42-34 margin.
The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.
If you are a Sandgrounder aged 37 or over.... we may have some bad news for you.
New research has revealed that this is the 37 is the age you are too old to be seen in a nightclub, as people that age prefer to stay in than go out.
So, if you are over half way to retirement and thinking of hitting one of Southport's night clubs, like Khepri think again.
Unfortunately, you may no longer be able to paint the town red - just a boring shade of grey.
This age limit was revealed by the Great Indoors Survey by Curries PC World.
It also found that as soon as you reach your 30s, you may be already pushing it on the dancefloor as 31 is the age most of us prefer to stop going out.
And if you still throwing some shapes by the age of 37, just... don't?
Are you sure you wouldn’t prefer to take off the dancing shoes, put on the slippers, and watch the latest box set?
Do you think 37 is too old to go clubbing?
Matt Walburn, brand and communications director for Currys PC World, said: “The Great Indoors study recognises the fact that there comes a time when we appreciate our home comforts more than a hectic social life and it can often be a drag to play the social butterfly at parties and nights out.
“Technology is a big lure of staying in and our findings show how it’s transformed home habits, with Brits proudly investing in their households more than ever before.
“It’s now almost impossible to get bored at home, with endless box sets and the latest technology, such as 4K TV, enhancing the in-house experience, so much, that it often surpasses its ‘outdoor’ equivalent.
“That coupled with social media, online shopping, and gaming with pals often means more pleasure can be had on a night IN than a night out."
Analysts said from the moment we turn 18, the legal age to hit the dance floor in a club, our love of the whirling nightlife only lasts a few years.
Nights out being too expensive was the main excuse for six in 10 unsociable Brits and a further 29 per cent said they simply can’t face a hangover the next day.
Nearly half said evenings out were no longer “their scene” and a further 14 per cent moaned about the unpredictable weather when hitting the town.
Having to get dressed-up (22 per cent), the laborious process of arranging babysitters (12 per cent) and the hassle of booking taxis (21 per cent) were also among the reasons adults are shunning evenings out.
A long-suffering 13 percent of women said their feet hurt too much wearing high heels, so it just wasn’t worth the effort.
Three in 10 of the adults polled said a perfect night-in would be devouring a boxset and nearly a quarter like to spend an evening in whiling away the time on social media the poll found.
Eight in 10 adults polled said they feel relieved when having a night in and they see friends posting pictures on social media of raucous, boozy gatherings.
On the ability to get more complex, director Dean DeBlois said protagonist Hiccup's costume "would normally have been too complicated." The system will be discussed further at Siggraph.
How To Train Your Dragon 2 marks the first feature created using DreamWorks Animation's new Apollo animation platform, developed and implemented over the course of the past five years. And this topic will be part of a featured session presented by DWA on the acclaimed sequel during Siggraph, the annual CG conference th...
Apollo will now be used on all future DWA productions, including upcoming releases The Penguins of Madagascar and Home.
For Dragon 2 — which is already generating Oscar buzz — director Dean DeBlois said Apollo let him do things he couldn't before, including, specifically, getting more complex. "We used to have to simplify a lot of our characters, and animators had to work on characters individually, waiting lengthy times to render," he ...
Dragon's protagonist, Hiccup, with his textured costume, is a perfect example. "This costume would normally have been too complicated. Apollo allowed us to not only have that detail, but also be able to move it around in real time," said DeBlois. "[Apollo also let us have] several characters on several dragons, or in a...
The director added that it also gives the animators an intuitive way to work. "They used to work with pull down menus to make simple adjustments; now they work with a stylus and tablets, just like a stop-motion animator would work with a clay puppet. They can go back and tweak and finesse and bring subtly to the perfor...
The animation platform incorporates the new Premo animation tool and Torch lighting package, as well as other new tools in the pipeline, including data management, effects systems and layout systems. It's supported by a combination of cloud computing with an in-house multicore architecture. Intel was heavily involved i...
To develop and implement a change of this magnitude across the company, CTO Lincoln Wallen said this represents an investment of tens of millions of dollars. The process involved connecting the main DWA campus in Burbank; PDI/DreamWorks in Northern California; DWA in Bangalore, India; and HP in Las Vegas.
"This is the next generation of cloud," Wallen told THR. "This is a new paradigm for large-scale creative expression. This is very efficient as well as extensive, in terms of the refineability and quality of the image."
Commenting on the bigger picture, he added, "It's not just something that can be used for visual effects or animated movies, but for something that numbers of companies will be able to create and deploy for a range of value propositions, whether that be for entertainment or promotion, design or manufacturing."
"In our business, we are exploring what this platform means for the way in which we reach consumers, or entertain consumers, and we can conceive of delivering products that are much more pervasive for movies or new forms of entertainment," said Wallen.
Scheduled presenters on DWA's How To Train Your Dragon 2 session at Siggraph include DeBlois, head of layout Gil Zimmerman, head of character animation Simon Otto and VFX supervisor Dave Walvoord.
A video further describing Apollo can be viewed here.
Her personal life is still filled with drama, but the show must go on.
The Wendy Williams Show did not air new episodes during the first week of April, as host Wendy Williams and her staff had a scheduled week off.
During her five days out of the spotlight, various news sources continued to report on the daytime talk show host’s alleged problems, including her reportedly troubled marriage and her admitted substance abuse issues that led her to move into a sober living facility in Queens, New York.
Page Six has reported that Williams has been seen with and without her wedding ring recently, following allegations that her husband of 21 years, Kevin Hunter, has been cheating on her for numerous years and that his mistress, Sharina Hudson, gave birth to his daughter in March. This has led to much speculation that th...
However, an eyewitness told the outlet that the 54-year-old television personality was wearing her diamond ring when they saw her shopping at a Walmart near Ellenville, New York, during her vacation week.
Additionally, as reported earlier by The Inquisitr, Williams released a new public service announcement on April 5 in which she promoted her Hunter Foundation’s recently launched addiction services hotline. Those struggling with substance abuse issues that want help are urged to call 888-5-hunter to speak to trained an...
Meanwhile, The Wendy Williams Show returns with brand-new episodes beginning Monday, April 8. In a newsletter emailed to fans of the series, Team Wendy said that “Spring Break is over” and previewed what viewers can expect to see on Season 10 of the series.
On her first day back, Williams will spend the hour dishing on “Hot Topics,” and learning about cool, new products during a “Trendy @ Wendy” segment.
On Tuesday, April 9, Williams will interview WWE star Sasha Banks for the first time. Also, Mercedes Sanchez will be in the studio to talk all about the hottest shoe trends for the spring.
MONDAY: Wendy’s back and kicks off the week with an hour of Hot Topics. Plus, Melissa Garcia is here with a new edition of Trendy @ Wendy.

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