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Phil Jackson

August 13th, 2011

Phil Jackson had never been swept in an playoff series until today. He was a head coach for twenty years, and went to the finals thirteen times. He won eleven championships. The numbers are absolutely stupefying. Video game stuff. Best ever. Period. Phil Jackson Jackson has left before. His much ballyhooed final season with Chicago [...]

Sean Avery

August 10th, 2011

Avery signed a four-year, $15.5 million contract with the Dallas Stars on July 2, 2008. He had been a roommate of current Stars co-general manager Brett Hull when the two played for the Red Wings. Hull thought the Stars needed more fire and emotion on the ice, and felt Avery would fit the bill. Sean [...]

Psn Status

August 9th, 2011

Oh also, on the subject of PSN being down, if you& 039;re like me and really only use your PS3 for watching BluRays, don& 039;t forget to claim your free games. Even if you weren& 039;t really affected by the downtime in any real way, you& 039;re still eligible for two free PS3 games and [...]

Prison

August 2nd, 2011

For most of history, imprisoning has not been a punishment in itself, but rather a way to confine criminals until corporal or capital punishment was administered. There were prisons used for detention in Jerusalem in Old Testament times, and the Bible details the imprisonment of Joseph in Egypt. Dungeons were used to hold prisoners; those [...]

Uganda Gay

August 2nd, 2011

In January, gay activist David Kato was slain after a Ugandan newspaper, Rolling Stone, published names and photographs of gays under the headline “Hang them!” Uganda Gay The White House released a statement to The Advocate, stating that United States president Barack Obama “strongly opposes efforts, such as the draft law pending in Uganda, that [...]

Liverpool

August 1st, 2011

Liverpool’s rivalry with Manchester United is seen by many Liverpool supporters as even more intense than the rivalry with Everton, and many Manchester United supporters feel likewise about their rivalry with Liverpool compared to that with their own local rivals Manchester City. The Liverpool Manchester rivalry is viewed as a manifestation of the cities’ competition [...]

Nixon

July 30th, 2011

Nixon first gained national attention in 1948 when his investigation, as a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, (HUAC) broke the impasse of the Alger Hiss spy case. While many doubted Whittaker Chambers’ allegations that Hiss, a former State Department official, had been a Soviet spy, Nixon believed the allegations to be true. He [...]

Chaz Bono

July 30th, 2011

that’s ridiculous! I was a tomboy as a kid and I’ve been happily married to a MAN for almost 6 years, and have 2 sons! I still enjoy doing things that guys like to do, like riding quads and going camping and such. But, I also enjoy getting all fancied up to go out and [...]

New Orleans

July 30th, 2011

The city of New Orleans and the parish of Orleans operate as a merged city-parish government. Before the city of New Orleans became co-extensive with Orleans Parish, Orleans Parish was home to numerous smaller communities. The original city of New Orleans was composed of what are now the 1st through 9th wards. The city of [...]

Software

July 20th, 2011

The software’s license gives the user the right to use the software in the licensed environment. Some software comes with the license when purchased off the shelf, or an OEM license when bundled with hardware. Other software comes with a free software license, granting the recipient the rights to modify and redistribute the software. Software [...]