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Julian Edelman never let his smaller stature deter him from competing at the highest level.
As a kid growing up, Edelman heard the criticism about his size. He would hear those same doubts while playing quarterback at Kent State and he would hear it as a wide receiver with the New England Patriots.
“As a kid, obviously you heard it a lot,” Edelman said Sunday before stepping into his duties as honorary starter at the Daytona 500. “But it always motivated me as a kid.
Edelman loved competition, and whether football, baseball or basketball, he relished the opportunity to perform.
“That love of competition always allowed me to block out noise that I didn’t need to worry about,” he said.
Edelman is a three-time Super Bowl winner, including most recently earning MVP honors after helping the Patriots to a 13-3 win over Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.
“It’s still pretty surreal,” Edelman said of the past couple of weeks since the victory. “Thinking this is my third Super Bowl win and the team’s sixth, and then becoming the most valuable player was pretty crazy.
Edelman, who was taken by the Pats in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft, faced a challenging transition from college quarterback to wide receiver.
But he’s also quick to admit that his time at quarterback proved to be beneficial, helping him develop into one of the top go-to receivers in the NFL.
“Knowing little intricate details of what quarterbacks like; flat-to-downhill, protecting the throw, angles, spots and zones, all those types of things helped me because I knew those as a quarterback,” Edelman said.
Once again, Edelman has proved doubters wrong. He’s accounted for more than 5,300 yards and 30 total touchdowns during a career that’s spanned a decade.
He credits his success to the offseason preparation he goes through with teammates, including Tom Brady.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2018, 5:33 p.m.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line an 8-inch square pan with parchment paper. Grease the paper. Put the self-rising flour in a large mixing bowl. Grate the frozen butter into the flour and stir it to coat evenly. Gently stir in the buttermilk. The dough will be wet. Spread the all-purpose flour out on a cookie sheet. Scoop evenly sized balls of dough into the flour, making sure they don’t touch. Coat each ball of dough with flour and shake off any excess. Place into the prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter and put them back into the oven for two to three minutes to brown. Serve immediately. Makes approximately 12 biscuits.
Something interesting was recently brought to my attention. It is one of those things that made me wonder, “How did I not know this?” It turns out there is a National Food and Beverage Foundation. While that may not seem like the most exciting of facts, it gets better.
The National Food and Beverage Foundation is home to several entities, one of which is the Southern Food and Beverage Museum located in New Orleans. The museum is a living history organization dedicated to the food culture of the South.
Every year on Oct. 11, the Southern Food and Beverage Museum celebrates Southern Food Heritage Day.
“The culturally rich and delicious food of the Southern states deserves to be recognized and celebrated officially at least one day of the year,” states the group’s website. “Southern food speaks to the essence of America ... We think of this holiday as a chance to reconnect with family and friends and celebrate our country’s collective roots. We encourage you to take time this October 11 to cook up at least one Southern standby.” Can you believe it? There is actually a legitimate holiday set aside with the sole purpose of eating Southern food with your family and friends.
I consider this the best news ever.
It just so happened that I was in New Orleans on Oct. 11. There was a University of Georgia football game in that vicinity last Saturday — but let’s not talk about that. Let’s just say that I celebrated Southern Food Heritage Day in a big way.
First, I visited the Southern Food and Beverage Museum and it was chocked full of interesting facts about each Southern state and the foods for which they’re known. Second, I ate some Southern food, and some Cajun food, and maybe some French food in the form of beignets. Yes, I lived up to the true spirit of the holiday.
I realize that the actual holiday has passed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate. If you’ve been reading my column for any length of time, you know that I am all about bringing together food and family. This Southern Food Heritage Day gives us a great reason to do just that, and what could be more southern than buttermilk biscuits? This is my go-to recipe. It’s easy and delicious.
A man was in custody Tuesday morning following an alleged hammer attack in front of a North Hills home that left one person hospitalized.
A photo of the alleged attacker was provided by family members at a North Hills home on Sept. 22, 2015.
The incident took place in the 8500 block of Aqueduct Avenue (map) and was reported at about 2:22 a.m., according to Officer Mathew Ludwig with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Several people were residing in tents in front of a home on the street when a man came over and trespassed through the front yard, Ludwig said.
When the people in the tents confronted the man, he pulled out a hammer and attacked at least one of them before being stopped, Ludwig said.
The alleged attacker was then held down until police arrived and took him into custody, Ludwig said.
The victim of the attack was hospitalized in unknown condition.
The people staying in the tents appeared to either be the residents of the home or had permission from the residents to be there, Ludwig said.
Brooklyn Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo today called for Police Commissioner Bill Bratton to stop using the term “broken windows” to describe his approach to policing–arguing that the anti-crime philosophy originally called for infrastructure improvements, not increased law enforcement.
Mr. Bratton became famous in the 1990s for implementing a “broken windows” philosophy during the Giuliani administration, cracking down on minor crimes like panhandling and turnstile jumping as a means to discourage more serious offenses. Ms. Cumbo, however, asserted at a City Council hearing on the New York City Housing Authority that the “broken windows” theory is more about polish than police.
“Create a safe environment, create a clean environment, create a place where people want to live. When you move away from that and you start attacking people, you aren’t doing what broken windows is about,” Ms. Cumbo continued.
Speaking afterward, Ms. Cumbo softened her comments, saying “attacking” was too strong a word. She still maintained, however, that Mr. Bratton is misusing the term “broken windows” and called for him to rechristen his policing policy.
Ms. Cumbo said she had addressed her concern to Mr. Bratton and the de Blasio administration in council hearings, but had not seen a response. Still, she admitted that Mr. Bratton’s ideas–credited by many with reducing the city’s record crime rates–might have some basis in fact.
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said she concurred with Ms. Cumbo’s assessment.
The term “broken windows” derives from an article by the same name published in the Atlantic in 1982 by sociologists James Wilson and George Kelling, which explicitly argued that enforcing laws against public intoxication, vandalism and other forms of disorderliness makes residents feel safer.
Mr. Wilson’s and Mr. Kelling’s recommendations for reducing fear of crime–if not the actual crime rates–however, resembled Ms. Cumbo’s suggestions. The two proposed police on familiar terms with community residents patrol neighborhoods on foot, and described a particular situation in Newark, New Jersey as an ideal example.
The two argued having officers patrol in vehicles, or having them use force against suspects, detracted from police-community relations and did not result in residents feeling safer in their neighborhoods.
Mr. Bratton did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Due to an editing error, the author of this story was originally listed as Ross Barkan.
Netflix has added an extra warning to 13 Reasons Why.
Mental health groups are among those to have raised concerns about how the show depicts suicide.
The series tells the story of an American high school student who takes her own life, leaving behind 13 cassette tapes for the 13 people she blames.
Netflix has added a warning card at the start of the show in addition to those before graphic scenes.
13 Reasons Why has been praised for raising awareness of the problems teenagers can face, including sexual assault and mental health.
But it has also generated controversy for showing the suicide of the central character, Hannah, in detail.
Mental health groups, including Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation, have warned that the show risks "glamourising" someone taking their own life.
And the New Zealand film board reclassified the series to stop under-18s watching it without a parent or guardian.
13 Reasons Why is rated 18 in the UK, which the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) says is because of the sexual violence, strong bloody images and the suicide scene.
Netflix announced the new warning in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
"While many of our members find the show to be a valuable driver for starting important conversation with their families, we have also heard concern from those who feel the series should carry additional advisories," it said.
The show is rated TV-MA in the US, which means it's suitable for over-18s.
"Currently the episodes that carry graphic content are identified as such," Netflix said.
"Moving forward, we will add an additional viewer warning card before the episode as an extra precaution for those about to start the series."
In trying to fashion an appropriate punishment, Judge Duffy said he could not impose the death penalty. But he said Mr. Yousef should be barred from seeing anyone but his lawyers, and suggested prison officials prohibit Mr. Yousef from even using the telephone to call his family.
The sentences applied to two separate cases. The first, the World Trade Center bombing, predated the 1994 Federal law that broadly expanded application of the death penalty. The other case involved Mr. Yousef's conspiracy, hatched in Manila and never fully carried out, to bomb American passenger airliners in the Far East. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty in that plot.
During the Trade Center trial, prosecutors said Mr. Yousef came to the United States in September 1992 to organize the bombing because of the United States' support of Israel. The bombing on Feb. 26, 1993, killed six people and injured hundreds.
Before receiving his sentence, Mr. Yousef, whose actual age is unknown but who is believed to be about 30, railed against the United States, Israel and what he termed the Jewish lobby in Washington, saying terrorism was the only viable response to their policies toward the Palestinians and people in other Muslim countries.
Mr. Yousef did not testify in either of his two trials, and his only courtroom statements came as he represented himself during the Manila conspiracy case, in which he denied responsibility for the plot. He has issued one statement to the news media and has given an interview to an Arab newspaper, in which he attacked American and Israeli policies and endorsed the terrorist attacks.
But it was not until yesterday that Mr. Yousef explicitly reversed his earlier denials of responsibility and pleas of not guilty and voiced a virtual admission that he was behind the terrorist attacks.
Judge Duffy, in setting the lengthy term without provision for parole and recommending that the Bureau of Prisons impose the restrictive conditions of confinement, said he was trying to tailor the punishment to fit the criminal, not the crime.
The prisons bureau, based in Washington, has the final say on where and how prisoners are confined. If the agency follows the judge's recommendation that Mr. Yousef be sent to the Government's maximum-security facility in Florence, Colo., he will spend almost all of his time in solitary confinement, allowed to leave his cell for only brief periods to exercise, said Daniel R. Dunne, a prisons bureau official.
If the bureau imposed the additional restrictions limiting Mr. Yousef's contact with the outside world, he would be only the sixth prisoner so confined, among 114,000 now held in the Federal prison system, Mr. Dunne said.
Mary Jo White, the United States Attorney in Manhattan, praised the judge's action, calling Mr. Yousef's crimes ''without parallel and clearly deserving'' of the penalty imposed by the judge.
Afterward, Ms. White and Lewis D. Schiliro, the acting assistant director of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced the unsealing of an indictment that charged another defendant in the Manila bombing conspiracy.
The defendant, Khaled Shaikh Mohammad, whom prosecutors described as a possible relative of Mr. Yousef who helped him finance and develop the airline bomb plot, is a fugitive. Officials said the Government has offered a reward of up to $2 million for information that assists in the arrest or conviction of the fugitive, who is said to be in his 30's.
In court yesterday, Mr. Yousef wore a dark gray suit and a new growth of beard. He strode to the lectern when offered a chance to speak by the judge, and began to attack the United States and Israel, the peace process in the Middle East and the ''Jewish lobby,'' which he said paid bribes to American officials to win their influence.
But Judge Duffy suggested that the hypocrisy began with Mr. Yousef. ''Death was truly your God, your master, your one and only religion,'' the judge said.
Judge Duffy said those hurt by Mr. Yousef's acts included not only those killed or injured physically but also others who bore psychological scars. ''The pain is just as real for those who were trapped in the tower and still can't get into an elevator,'' the judge said.
He said Mr. Yousef's ''sneak attacks'' and decision to flee the authorities and abandon his associates were cowardly acts. He said that possibly the ''only brave thing'' that Mr. Yousef had ever done was fight in the Afghanistan war.
Mr. Yousef complained at one point that he had not been allowed to make phone calls to his family.
He cited Mr. Yousef's uses of a dozen aliases and his refusal to disclose his real name. ''Having abandoned your family name, I must assume that you have abandoned your family also,'' the judge said.
Judge Duffy also fined Mr. Yousef $4.5 million and ordered payment of $250 million in restitution.
Several victims of the blast attended the court hearing. One, Charles Maikish, a former Trade Center official, nearly broke down as he addressed the court on behalf of the families, reading a list of the names of each victim who had died in the bombing.
Patricia Smith, whose pregnant daughter-in-law, Monica Smith, was killed in the explosion, did not speak in court but glared at Mr. Yousef's back as he stood just a few feet in front of her, addressing the judge.
Later, Ms. Smith said she wanted to hit him with her cane.
The primary target on bin Laden's hit list was President Obama. Officials tell ABC News that bin Laden was trying to hatch a plan to kill President Obama by shooting down Air Force One or Marine One, the president's plane and helicopter. Bin Laden hoped to kill General Petraeus, commander of forces in Afghanistan and soon to be CIA director the same way, either in a helicopter or fixed wing airplane with a missile or rocket propelled grenade.
So, to recap, al Qaeda had designs to attack many things: trains, sports arenas, the president, the top U.S. general and probably others. It also wanted militants to infiltrate and attack some target on this year's 9/11 anniversary. But it doesn't look like the plans got past the wishful discussion stage. Again, as in The Journal's report, ABC includes the caveat that "Investigators do not believe the planning got very far."
The operator of popular attractions at Brooklands Park has said he is ‘gutted’ to be leaving after cancelling his lease in protest.
Kevin McCluskey has been the concessionaire of Brooklands Pleasure Park in East Worthing for 11 years, which included owning and running the miniature railway.
His partner, Lynne Carr, owned the café until 2015 when she was told her lease would only be extended for another year, after which she would have to tender for the business. Appalled at the ‘cold’ nature of the news, Mr McCluskey decided to leave his position as concessionaire, despite having six years remaining on his lease.
“After Lynne was offered that I lost all interest – there was no point me being there,” he said.
“We were gutted. For 11 years, we worked seven days a week serving the community. It wasn’t Disneyland but it was an affordable park for people who didn’t have a lot of money.
Mr McCluskey said negotiations over the lease went on for about two years from 2015, but as they reached an impasse he decided to move on, handing his notice in five weeks ago.
He said the council refused his offer to buy the miniature railway as it was not part of their ‘masterplan’, so it is now for sale on eBay.
A spokesman for Worthing Borough Council said: “We can confirm we’ve received notification from the Brooklands Park concessions operator that he wishes to voluntarily surrender his leases at the site, which includes the train.
The miniature train remains in operation for now, while Mr McCluskey has moved to the Midlands.
Viewing Kilauea summit from space before and after the collapse of Halemaumau’s lava lake.
At Kīlauea’s lower East Rift Zone, no incandescence was visible in the fissure 8 cone and no lava was entering the ocean as of August 30, 2018.
Activity on Kīlauea’s lower East Rift Zone and at the summit of the volcano remains greatly diminished as of August 23.
Activity on Kīlauea’s lower East Rift Zone and at the summit of the volcano remained greatly diminished this past week.
Update: multiple previous report stated that the tracking was required. Since then, they have been retracted and we have updated our article to reflect that.
In a report from Reuters, John Hancock was said to have announced that customers who wish to buy a life insurance policy will only be able to do so if they agree to use an activity tracker. However, the company contacted Ubergizmo directly to inform us that it was not the case.
Activity tracking is completely optional and doesn’t necessarily have to be a smartwatch or a fitness tracker, as long as it is capable of logging their activity, like a smartphone such as the iPhone.
Prior to this, John Hancock was one of the companies that tried to incentivize its customers into adopting such devices by offering it at an extremely low price. While we understand where the company is coming from, at the same time we can also see why some privacy and consumer advocates might be worried about the use of health data.
As it stands, the law only says that insurance companies are allowed to increase premiums if the person shows increased risk, but some are questioning how far does this “risk” go? For example if the activity tracker shows the user doing something dangerous like an extreme sport, does that count as a risk factor? Either way it is no doubt a controversial approach but we’ll have to wait and see how it plays out.
Filed in Apple >Gadgets. Read more about Apple Watch, Fitness, Health, Smartwatch and Wearable Tech.
This week, Kelli Ward, the head of the Arizona Republican Party, sought to rally GOP lawmakers to allow on the 2020 ballot a plan to boost the state sales tax for education.
The Green New Deal’s goal is to move America to zero carbon emissions in 10 years.