October 31, 2014

5 College Football Players Charged in Assault

Five football players from a state university in western Pennsylvania were arrested and suspended from the school after police say they beat and stomped a man outside an off-campus restaurant, then fled yelling "Football strong!" The victim was in intensive care Friday with severe brain trauma.
The California University of Pennsylvania players attacked Lewis Campbell, 30, of West Chester, as he was trying to stop an argument between his girlfriend and a player at about 2 a.m. Thursday, police said.
Witnesses heard the players yelling "Football strong!" as they fled to a car and Campbell lay unconscious, police said.
The university declared later Thursday that its Division II football team would forfeit Saturday's against Gannon University, jeopardizing its best season in three years.
"Behavior has consequences," the university's interim president, Geraldine Jones, said in a statement.
Officers said they arrested the players — Jonathan Barlow, D'Andre Dunkley, Corey Ford, Rodney Gillin Jr. and James Williamson — at practice Thursday afternoon. They are charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, harassment and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.
Online court records didn't list attorneys for the men, who remained jailed Friday because they were unable to post bail of $500,000 apiece. They face a preliminary hearing Nov. 17.
The California football team has won seven of eight games this season and this week reached No. 19 in D2Football.com, its highest ranking since 2012. The team has two games scheduled after Saturday's forfeit. It is unclear if they will be played.
The team took swift action Thursday to scrub its website of the arrested players, removing their names from the roster and deleting their biography pages.
Ford, a 22-year-old senior from Harrisburg, and Gillin, a 20-year-old junior from Reading, were starters at defensive back, according to a cached version of the team's website.
Barlow, a 21-year-old sophomore defensive lineman from Pittsburgh, and Dunkley, a 19-year-old tight end from Philadelphia, have seen limited action.
Williamson, 20, of Parkville, Maryland, transferred this year after two seasons at West Virginia Wesleyan.
Jones said they would face university sanctions for potential violations of the student code of conduct, in addition to any penalties imposed through the legal system.
At the same time, she said, "it must be clearly understood that the actions of a small group of individuals are not representative of our entire student body, nor of all Cal U student-athletes."

superstar rajinikanth 'Lingaa' Teaser Set to Release Tonight?

There are a lot of speculations doing the rounds that "Lingaa" teaser will hit the Internet with a bang. A short and crisp video-clip featuring the Tamil superstar will be released midnight. It was recently revealed that the teaser will be released ahead of the audio launch, which will happen in Sathyam Cinemas on 9 November.
The makers of the movie want to create a positive buzz before the film's audio release function. Hence, they are planning to release the teaser early. It was previously reported that the teaser will be out on 2 November.
On the other end, editor Samjith's tweet has further fuelled the rumours on the trailer release of "Lingaa". Earlier in the day, he wrote, "Official announcement about the #lingaa teaser will come in few hours please wait for a while."
The first look motion poster of "Lingaa" was released on 29 August for Ganesh Chathurthi. It had become the talk of the town and created trends on the social networking sites. Now, the teaser is expected to make a bigger noise than the first look.
Meanwhile, Rajinikanth fans are fully charged and curiously looking forward for the release of "Lingaa" teaser. They have already started talking, debating and sharing their expectations on the yet-to-be-released teaser."Lingaa", directed by KS Ravikumar is produced by Rockline Venkatesh. Sonakshi Sinha and Anushka Shetty are playing the female lead roles in the film.
Rajinikanth will be seen in dual roles in the multilingual film, which will release on 12 December for the superstar's birthday.

After Ajith, It's Rajinikanth's Turn to Take Internet by Storm; 'Lingaa' Teaser Set to Release Tonight?

There are a lot of speculations doing the rounds that "Lingaa" teaser will hit the Internet with a bang. A short and crisp video-clip featuring the Tamil superstar will be released midnight. It was recently revealed that the teaser will be released ahead of the audio launch, which will happen in Sathyam Cinemas on 9 November.
The makers of the movie want to create a positive buzz before the film's audio release function. Hence, they are planning to release the teaser early. It was previously reported that the teaser will be out on 2 November.
On the other end, editor Samjith's tweet has further fuelled the rumours on the trailer release of "Lingaa". Earlier in the day, he wrote, "Official announcement about the #lingaa teaser will come in few hours please wait for a while."
The first look motion poster of "Lingaa" was released on 29 August for Ganesh Chathurthi. It had become the talk of the town and created trends on the social networking sites. Now, the teaser is expected to make a bigger noise than the first look.
Meanwhile, Rajinikanth fans are fully charged and curiously looking forward for the release of "Lingaa" teaser. They have already started talking, debating and sharing their expectations on the yet-to-be-released teaser."Lingaa", directed by KS Ravikumar is produced by Rockline Venkatesh. Sonakshi Sinha and Anushka Shetty are playing the female lead roles in the film.
Rajinikanth will be seen in dual roles in the multilingual film, which will release on 12 December for the superstar's birthday.

October 30, 2014

WWE Survivor Series 2014: Titles Most Likely to Change Hands at Event

While Sunday's Hell in a Cell pay-per-view didn't have any title changes, expect some of the company's champions to lose their beloved belts at next month's Survivor Series event.
The first name that springs to mind is United States championSheamus. The Irish star has had a long, if unremarkable, run with the secondary belt.
At this point Sheamus isn't really being helped by the title, nor is the belt gaining much prestige from being associated with him.
It's surely time to give someone a shot with it. Maybe The Miz could have another title match in St. Louis and actually pull out the win this time. Or possibly a new challenger, like Bo Dallas, could emerge and snatch the title at the pay-per-view. There are a few compelling booking options here.
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Sheamus' anger over his loss could lead to him turning heel at long last, too—a role he is infinitely better suited for.
A.J. Lee—who retained her Divas Championship against Paige in Dallas—might be another wrestler on the roster set for a title loss.

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Lee has been a decent enough champion, but it's hard to argue that her title reign hasn't been rather dull. Constantly putting her against Paige—boy, did that feud run out of steam fairly quickly—may have been a reason. Nor is she allowed as much mic time as she used to be.
She’s as talented as ever, of course, butWWE doesn’t seem to be using her to the best of her abilities.
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With Lee (hopefully) moving on from Paige now, Nikki Bella looks to be next obvious challenger for the title. Nikki has performed extremely well since turning heel on her sister two months ago. Her mic skills are great, even if her storyline feud with her twin has been mostly mediocre.
She's gotten better as a wrestler, too. While she probably wouldn't be able to carry the Divas division the way Lee or Paige has, it's easy to see her performing fairly well as champion, particularly if the writers try to hide her weaknesses.
Dolph Ziggler could be set to lose his title in St. Louis as well.
The Intercontinental champion has found himself clashing with The Authority over the past few days, and it looks like he may be on JohnCena’s team at Survivor Series.
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Knowing how petty Triple H and Stephanie McMahon can be, itwouldn’t be surprising if they forced him to defend his belt at the event, too, and then interfered to cost him the match.
Survivor Series looks to be a fairly significant pay-per-view—especially in terms of the company’s titles. WWE may very well use the show to reshuffle and revamp things, and give their programming a whole new and interesting direction.

Week 10 college football picks: TCU at WVU, Auburn at Ole Miss; more

Can Oregon end its recent hex against Stanford? Will Auburn hand Ole Miss its second loss in as many weeks? How will West Virginia’s defense hold up against quarterback Trevone Boykin and TCU’s high-flying offense?
The initial College Football Playoff rankings were released on Tuesday night. So, which teams can improve their fortunes with a win this weekend?
SI.com’s college football experts Andy Staples, Pete Thamel, Thayer Evans, Zac Ellis, Martin Rickman, Lindsay Schnell, Brian Hamilton and Ben Glicksman make their picks for this week’s biggest games.
For more coverage leading into Week 10, check out Power Rankingsthe Walkthrough and much more.

'Nasa Confirms Earth Will Experience 6 Days of Total Darkness in December' Fake News Story Goes Viral

Thousands of people have been duped by a fake news story claiming that Nasa has forecast a total blackout of earth for six days in December.
The story, entitled "Nasa Confirms Earth Will Experience 6 Days of Total Darkness in December 2014!" originated from Huzlers.com, a website well known for publishing fake stories with sensational headlines.
The bogus report read: "Nasa has confirmed that the Earth will experience 6 days of almost completedarkness and will happen from the dates Tuesday the 16 – Monday the 22 in December. The world will remain, during these three days, without sunlight due to a solar storm, which will cause dust and space debris to become plentiful and thus, block 90% sunlight.
"The head of Nasa Charles Bolden who made the announcement and asked everyone to remain calm. This will be the product of a solar storm, the largest in the last 250 years for a period of 216 hours total.
"Despite the six days of darkness soon to come, officials say that the earth will not experience any major problems, since six days of darkness is nowhere near enough to cause major damage to anything."
Adding on, the article also carried a made-up quote from Nasa scientist Earl Godoy, saying: "We will solely rely on artificial light for the six days, which is not a problem at all."
Many Twitter users believed the fake news report, and expressed their shock.

இந்த வருடம் டிசம்பர் மாதம் 16ஆம் திகதி முதல் 22ஆம் திகதி வரை உலகம் முழுதும்

இந்த வருடம் டிசம்பர் மாதம் 16ஆம் திகதி முதல் 22ஆம் திகதி வரை உலகம் முழுதும் இருளாக தொடர்ந்து இருக்குமென நாசா நிறுவன தலைவர் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
இந்த இருள் சூழ்ந்த நாட்களில் ஓர் பயங்கர சூரிய மண்டல புயல் வீசுமெனவும் அதனால் ஏற்படுகின்ற மாற்றத்தால் தூசி, துகள்கள் நிரம்ப போவதால் சூரிய ஒளி பூமிக்கு வருவது தடைப்படும் என்றும் அவர் கூறுகின்றார்.
நாசாவின் தலைவர் சார்ஸ் போல்டன் மேலும் தெரிவிக்கையில்,
இந்த சூரிய மண்டலப் புயலால் பூமி இருளில் மூழ்கினாலும் எந்தவித பாதிப்பும் பூமிக்கு ஏற்படாது.
இதற்கு யாரும் அஞ்ச வேண்டியது இல்லை. இது 250 வருடங்களில் ஏற்படப்போகின்ற மிகப்பெரிய சூரிய மண்டல புயலாகும்.
216 மணித்தியாலங்கள் தொடர்ந்து இருள் நீடிப்பதால் ஆறு நாட்கள் பூமியில் மின் விளக்குகளுடனேயே செயலாற்ற வேண்டி வரும் என்று குறிப்பிட்டார்.
இது சம்பந்தமாக மேலதிக விபரங்களை நாசா இணையத்தளத்தில் பார்வையிட முடியுமென விஞ்ஞானி ஏர்ல் கொடோயில் தெரிவிக்கின்றனர்.