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Are They Going to Blow Up an Asteroid?
STS-131 is slated to launch this spring to stock up the International Space Station, not to allow Bruce Willis to blow up an asteroid.
A one-sheet for a star-studded sequel to a remake of a 1960 "Rat Pack" caper film Oceans Eleven gets the NASA treatment for STS-125, the last ever shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, which launched in May 2009.
This poster for shuttle mission STS-119 invokes a swashbuckling archeologist and his search for a crystal skull. Does the shuttle crew hate snakes? More to the point, will Harrison Ford be back for the inevitable sequel?
A comic book cover makes a fine setting for the launch of mission STS-121, NASA’s second return to flight mission. Vrooom! This mission launched in July 2006.
Hey, Why Am I Mr. Pink?
The International Space Station’s Expedition 23 astronauts pick their signature colors in this mimicking of the poster for the film Reservoir Dogs. They don't call each other by colors in space though. Harvey Keitel is cringing right now.
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Extreme sports rider Travis Pastrana has performed a backflip motorcycle jump over a 23m gap between two barges floating on London's river Thames, 11 years after the last rider who tried the stunt suffered serious injury.
Set against the backdrop of London's O2 arena, Pastrana had only 45 metres to accelerate to take-off speed before jumping today, with only 10 metres to come to a stop before he would have fallen into the river.
The vessels used in the attempt were fitted with a steep ramp for the rider's take-off and a more gently inclined one for him to land on.
In 2006, motocross rider Mike Metzger fractured a vertebrae while attempting to backflip between two barges in a stunt for a television program in Long Beach harbor, Los Angeles.
Organisers of Pastrana's attempt said he was the first person to try to perform the trick since then.
Pastrana is known for competing in the X-Games extreme motocross competition and in the US NASCAR motor racing series. During his career he has broken more than 90 bones and suffered 25 concussions.
Pastrana will be touring with his live stunt show "Nitro Circus" in Europe in November and December.
Game of Thrones Season 6 Sneak Peek: Khaleesi's Walk of Shame! Cersei's Dark Vision! Sansa's Foiled Escape?!
HBO unveiled three new clips from Game of Thrones‘ Season 6 on Monday evening, and instead of flogging (sorry, Cersei!) the old question about whether the handsome, dark-haired and repeatedly stabbed Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch is dead or alive, the focus falls squarely on the show’s female protagonists.
An Episode 3 teaser finds Emilia Clark’s Daenerys back among the Dothraki, but — spoilers ahead! — the Mother of Dragons appears to have been brought low, rather than flying high atop a dragon’s back.
Cersei, meanwhile, is still shaken in a scene from the premiere, following her long, naked and absolutely horrifying punishment in the Season 5 finale.
And what about Sansa — last seen leaping to freedom/freezing with Theon at her side? The duo don’t appear to have made it too far beyond the gates of Winterfell before encountering an obstacle that’ll possibly leave them dead in the water before the Season 6 kickoff is over!
Game of Thrones returns Sunday, April 24, at 9/8c.
Press PLAY above for the Khaleesi clip, and below for a check-in on Cersei and Sansa, then drop a comment below!
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After playing a full game and five overtime periods Saturday against Jacksonville State at SunTrust Park, Kennesaw State earned a much deserved bye week entering the FCS playoffs.
Kennesaw State earned the No. 4 seed, a first-round bye and home-field advantage for the second round in this year’s playoff. In its fourth season as a program, the Owls will host a second-round playoff game against either Wofford or Elon on Dec. 1 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium.
After the Kennesaw State’s 60-52 win over Jacksonville State, coach Brian Bohannon said his team was planning to use the bye week to practice, but also to recuperate before beginning specific preparation for their opponent, which will be determined Saturday when Elon plays at Wofford at 2 p.m.
After leading the Owls to back-to-back 10-win seasons, Bohannon was one of 15 coaches named finalists Monday for the STATS FCS Eddie Robinson Award given annually to honor the FCS coach of the year.
Last season, the Owls also clinched a playoff spot, the first in program history, but the team was not seeded high enough for a first-round bye or home-field advantage. Kennesaw State traveled to play Sam Houston State last November and lost 34-27.
To recuperate from Saturday’s long, draining game and prepare for the intensity of the postseason, the Owls took Sunday and Monday off and returned to practice Tuesday.
Kennesaw State’s defense especially needed time to rest after Saturday’s game which, according to Bohannon, visibly exhausted both teams’ defenses during the overtime periods.
Considering the intensity of Saturday’s game and how the Owls were required to dive straight into the postseason last year, linebacker Anthony Gore Jr. couldn’t overstate the importance of the bye week.
Gore finished the Owls’ win over Jacksonville State with team highs in total tackles (9) and sacks (2).
While Saturday’s game was long and grueling for the defense, Burks said he liked what he saw from the Owls’ offense during overtime.
While the usually high-scoring Kennesaw State offense — which averaged 47.5 points entering Saturday’s game — was limited to three touchdowns in regulation, Burks said all 11 players were clicking during the overtime periods.
Burks, who broke the all-time FCS single-season rushing touchdown record (29) during Saturday’s game, totaled 95 yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries and threw for 74 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
If it hadn't been t for Kristy Klima, Ian Ross and Alec Miller, Severna Park might have run away with all the first-place awards at yesterday's Anne Arundel County Championships at Annapolis High.
As it turned out, the Falcons managed to sweep all four of the team titles -- varsity and junior varsity boys and girls -- marking only the third time in the 26-year history of the event that a team swept all four championships.
"We have been aiming to sweep all four races for the last month because we've never done it before and we pulled it off today," said Severna Park coach Ed Purpura, who was a member of the Falcons first county champion team in 1970. "We felt like we were the favorite coming in on the boys' side, but Arundel was the defe...
As did Klima and Ian Ross in the varsity races. Klima, sophomore at Glen Burnie, passed Annapolis' Alison Ross near the two-mile mark and won the girls title in 18 minutes, 57 seconds. Ian Ross didn't have to work quite as hard in the boys race as he finished in 16:34 -- 16 seconds ahead of runner-up Jon Carnes of Broa...
"Ian's been our No. 1 guy all season long and he ran up to his expectations today," said Annapolis coach Brian Funk. "He ran his best time of the year and there was nobody out there to push him."
Ross, who finished behind Arundel's Chad Webber earlier thimonth at Annapolis at the Anne Arundel Invitational -- his only loss to a county runner all season -- didn't seem to mind that no one was breathing down his neck coming down the stretch.
"I took a few days off before the race and I just felt really relaxed through the whole thing," he said. "This is something I have really wanted ever since I was a freshman and I knew if I went out and ran the way I was capable of that I could have it."
Webber finished third in the boys race, followed by Justin Woodbrine of Chesapeake, Jon Mikeska of Old Mill, Chris Robey of Severna Park and Meade's John Thomas.
Alec Miller of Old Mill won the boys B race and Severna Park's Kim Chawn claimed first in the girls JV race.
Ann Crespo of Severna Park took third in the girls varsity racand Chesapeake's Stephanie Stevens was fourth.
L For Klima, yesterday's victory was a bittersweet experience.
"I didn't think I was going to get it, I thought Alison Ross had it and part of me wishes she did," said Klima, as she walked toward the award ceremonies. "I wish me and Alison could have won it together. Last year, it was [Kristen] Nicolini [now at Auburn] who was beating her and she was most likely to win it this yea...
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal Caught in Iranian Power Struggle?
Despite President Ahmadinejad's claim that the hikers will be freed shortly, the Iranian judiciary is balking.
In August we reported on an internal power struggle between Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (“Power Struggle in Iran Pits President Against Supreme Leader”), one that has involved arrests and firings of Ahmadinejad and Khamenei surrogates. The judiciary is controlled by Khamenei and his clerics, and it now ...
THREE out-of-town drug dealers have been found guilty of wounding a Leeds man and conspiracy to supply cocaine following a night of violence linked to so-called “county lines” drug dealing in Harrogate.
Mohamed Abdi, 26, of Tower Street, Leicester, Adirahman Shire, 22, of Oak Street, Leicester, and Julian Soares, 23, of Brixton, London, were found guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm by a jury following a two-week trial at Leeds Crown Court.
Soares was also found guilty of administering a noxious substance and conspiracy to supply heroin.
The charge of wounding with intent relates to an attack at a property on Skipton Road when a 38-year-old man from Leeds was stabbed.
All three defendants were cleared of a charge of attempted murder.
The charge of administering a noxious substance relates to an attack on Kings Road when a 37-year-old man from Harrogate had a corrosive liquid thrown in his face.
Leeds Crown Court heard the attacks were part of a recent phenomenon known as “county lines” dealing in which drug traffickers try to expand their markets from big cities to smaller towns.
Jurors were told how gang members are prepared to use “extreme violence” to gain a foothold in local markets and chase out established dealers.
At around 11.20pm on 20 October 2017, North Yorkshire Police were called to Bilton Working Men’s Club where a man sought refuge after the liquid was sprayed in his face when he was approached by Soares on Kings Road, in the mistaken belief that he was a rival drug dealer.
On arrival at the scene, officers also found a man nearby with stab wounds who was later identified as one of the defendants in the case, Mohamed Abdi, who had suffered a punctured lung during the incident at Skipton Road.
He was taken to Leeds General Hospital for treatment to his injuries and told police he couldn’t remember what had happened.
Around ten minutes later, police received another call, this time from nearby Unity Grove, reporting that two men were injured in an alleyway, one of them seriously, and was asking for help.
On arrival, officers found the 38-year-old man from Leeds who had sustained 12 stab wounds to his body resulting in a collapsed lung and a serious laceration to his ankle that required extensive surgery.
A second victim, who has subsequently been jailed for drug dealing, Audley Anthony St Patrick Mascoll, 54, from Leeds, was also stabbed during the incident, however the three defendants were found not guilty of wounding Mr Mascoll.
The court heard how the injured man was attacked by Adbi, Shire and Soares at a property on Skipton Road after the three defendants had established themselves as dealers in Harrogate in the weeks prior to the incident, “cuckooing” at various addresses. Believing him to be a rival dealer on their “turf” they attacked hi...
All three have been remanded in custody and are due to appear at court this for sentencing.
Detective Inspector Ian Pope of Harrogate Police , said: “This case has all the hallmarks of the violent tactics used by those involved in county lines and caused considerable alarm among the local community. I hope local people are reassured that those responsible have been taken off the streets and now wait to hear t...
“County lines drug dealing is a form of organised crime that has the exploitation of vulnerable people and serious violence at its centre. It ruins lives and communities and we won’t tolerate it in North Yorkshire.
“Our priority is to safeguard anyone who has been groomed or threatened into working for these people, either to sell drugs or forced to give up their home to drug dealers.
“We’ll continue to pursue those who travel to the area and exploit local people and provide support for those who have been victimised.
“We have staff permanently dedicated to investigating county lines and urge anyone who has any information about suspected drug dealing or has concerns for a young person in their neighbourhood, to let us know.
Please call North Yorkshire Police on 101 and pass information to the Force Control Room. If you prefer not to speak to the police and wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Transported back to ancient Rome, these modern day lads will live and fight like gladiators! With their girlfriends to support them, they'll fight for a chance to impress the mighty Emperor and emerge triumphant.
AO New Series: When in Rome! Eight buff 21st Century lads live alongside their girlfriends in a simulation of ancient Rome, and battle like gladiators to make it through to the Emperor's Games.
AO When in Rome! Eight buff 21st Century lads live alongside their girlfriends in a simulation of ancient Rome, and battle like gladiators to make it through to the Emperor's Games.
AO Jordan takes the fight outside the Colosseum as he battles to win over Jade's affections. The girls are asked to make sculptures of their favourite body parts.
AO It is the halfway point on the lads' quest to reach the Emperor's Games, but with two of the boys heading to prison, it is up to their girlfriends to take their place in training.
AO Rome is rocked by the arrival of an explosive new couple, and tensions are higher than ever as the rest battle to avoid banishment and make it all the way to the Emperor's Games.
AO A trip to the Roman launderette leaves the citizens dirtier than when they arrived, and with the Emperor's Games on the horizon, training becomes tougher than ever before.
AO It is the eve of the grand final - the Emperor's Games. Tensions are high as the citizens have one last chance to impress.
AO Series Final: The remaining men compete in the Emperor's Games - the grand final. They and their girlfriends have shed blood, sweat and tears to make it this far, but just one lad will leave Rome a hero and be crowned the Ultimate Broman.
Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, rumored to be in contention for the job of defense secretary, has a long record of opposing sanctions on countries including Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, and Cuba.
Hagel, who serves as co-chair of President Barack Obama’s intelligence advisory board, throughout his career has publicly supported the idea of engaging with rogue regimes and focusing on diplomacy before punitive measures. While in Congress, he voted against several sanctions measures and argued vociferously against t...
"Engagement is not appeasement. Diplomacy is not appeasement. Great nations engage. Powerful nations must be the adults in world affairs. Anything less will result in disastrous, useless, preventable global conflict," Hagel said in a Brookings Institution speech in 2008.
In 2008, Hagel was blamed for blocking an Iran sanctions bill that Senate Democrats supported. That same year, he gave a speech calling for the opening of a U.S. diplomatic post in Tehran. As early as 2001, Hagel said that sanctions on Iran and Libya were ineffective. He was one of only two senators that year to vote a...
In his 2008 book, America: Our Next Chapter, Hagel wrote, "America’s refusal to recognize Iran’s status as a legitimate power does not decrease Iran’s influence, but rather increases it."
That same year, Hagel praised the George W. Bush administration’s deal with North Korea, which included lifting some sanctions on Pyongyang and removing North Korea from the State Department’s list of states that sponsor terrorism in exchange for greater transparency into North Korea’s nuclear program. North Korea late...
"The last thing we want to do or should do in my opinion is try to isolate North Korea," Hagel said in 2003. "They are very dangerous, they’re unpredictable, and they have a past behavior pattern that’s a bit erratic. That is not good news for any of us. So I think we keep the emotions down and keep working the channel...
On Syria, Hagel was a longtime supporter of engagement with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and his father before him, Hafez al-Assad. After meeting with Assad the elder in 1998, Hagel said, "Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn’t come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun."
In 2008, Hagel co-authored a Wall Street Journal op-ed with prospective secretary of state nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), entitled, "It’s time to talk to Syria."
"Syria’s leaders have always made cold calculations in the name of self-preservation, and history shows that intensive diplomacy can pay off," Hagel and Kerry wrote.
Hagel has long been a critic of the multi-decade U.S. embargo on Cuba. He has said the trade embargo on Cuba "isolates us, not Cuba," and voted several times to ease parts of it.
"On Cuba, I’ve said that we have an outdated, unrealistic, irrelevant policy," he said in 2008. "It’s always been nonsensical to me about this argument, ‘Well, it’s a communist country, it’s a communist regime.’ What do people think Vietnam is? Or the People’s Republic of China? Both those countries are WTO members. We...
That same year, Hagel signed onto a letter to Secretary State Condoleezza Rice urging her to alter U.S.-Cuba policy. In 2002, Hagel called then leader Fidel Castro a "toothless old dinosaur" and said he agreed with former U.S. president Jimmy Carter on Cuba.
"What Jimmy Carter’s saying … is exactly right: Our 40-year policy toward Cuba is senseless," Hagel said.
In 2000, Hagel fought against legislation that would have granted citizenship to Cuban refugee Elian Gonzales.
"Chuck Hagel, like many other great national security strategists including Bob Gates and Brent Scowcroft, thinks that unilateral sanctions fashioned by emotion rather than strategic interests make no sense," said Steve Clemons, editor at large for the Atlantic and a longtime Hagel supporter.
"In many of the cases that sanctions resolutions appeared in the Senate," Clemons said, "sanctions by the U.S., unaccompanied by global support, actually reduce America’s leverage in seducing or compelling a problematic nation from taking a different course."

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