Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholic priests to “…proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources” in a message titled “The priest and pastoral ministry in a digital world: new media at the service of the Word”, prepared for the World Day of Communications. Monsignor Claudio Maria Celli (known online as CountClaudio1942*) head of the Vatican’s social communication office, said that priests “who have a certain age will struggle a bit more”, but young priests should have no trouble following the papal message.
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God’s Rottweiler infallibly signals end of Internet as we know it
Super Bowl bound Colts fans can find more than 6,000 Super Bowl tickets for the February 7, 2010 NFL Championship game in Miami online with FanSnap.com. Colts fans can expect to pay roughly $3,000 per Super Bowl ticket, on average, to see Peyton Manning airing it out to Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark, Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie in Miami
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Fans Find 6,000 Colts Super Bowl Tickets Listed Online
I decided to take a look back at the Yankees World Series championship teams of the past 50 years and see who were the prominent players (i.e., starters or key reserves) who the Yanks didn’t bring back the following year. I couldn’t remember a more important position player than Hideki Matsui – and, as of this writing, Johnny Damon as well – who wasn’t with the team the following year. That’s because there isn’t one. And unless Damon does an about face, there will be two in 2010. You could say three if you include Melky Cabrera , but as he was the centerpiece in a trade for Javier Vazquez , it’s not like the Yankees gave up on Cabrera (much in the same way they traded David Wells for Roger Clemens after the 1998 title and Moose Skowron for Stan Williams after 1962). Now, that hasn’t always translated to returns to the World Series, although only once in the last half-century (1979) has a Yankees team coming off a World Series win failed to advance to the postseason.
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Loss of Matsui Unprecedented on Yankee Championship Teams
From 538 : (Illustration: Andrew Gelman, fivethirtyeight.com , ” Healthcare Spending and Life Expectancy ” ) Andrew Gelman at fivethirtyeight.com says: A somewhat misleading (in my opinion) presentation of these numbers has been floating around on the web recently, and so I wanted to post this cleaner graph. (The area of the circle for each country is proportional to the number of doctor visits per person; I don’t know that this information is so crucial but I included it, as it was on the original graph that I’ve modified.) I don’t agree that the original image is “misleading”, but I do agree that this one is cleaner and shows the relationships nicely
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Alternate View: Health Care Cost, Life Expectancy
(Photo: Matt DeLong, D.C. Cops Nab Would-Be Extortionist in Farragut Square ) While Revenge is not necessarily a topic I’d choose to write about, a number of stories that might be shoe-horned into it have leapt onto my browser in the last few days. I may be dense, but I recognize a trend when I see one, and so, here are three tales which might be described as having to do with…a dish best served cold.
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Revenge: Three Tales
Cindy McCain Joins in Calling for Marriage Equality The organizers of the No H8 campaign recently began publishing this picture of Cindy McCain. They represent the main force of funding to continue the fight against the first amendment to the California State Constitution which was expressly designed to deny rights to a group of our citizens. The organizers also said that it was Cindy McCain who initiated the contact and offered her help.
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Way To Go Cindy McCain!
Here’s some news from the Tickets world… Ron Bension is the new CEO at TicketsNow … From the official statement: TicketsNow, a leading online event ticket marketplace and Ticketmaster (NASDAQ:TKTM) company, today announced the appointment of Ron Bension as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. In the newly created position, Bension will work closely with the TicketsNow and Ticketmaster executive teams to develop and produce new offerings for consumers and foster strategic business growth. During his more than 30-year career, Bension has led several major e-commerce, recreation, and entertainment companies to financial and strategic success, bringing a wealth of leadership experience to TicketsNow
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TicketsNow Names New CEO
North America’s professional baseball league MLB or Major League Baseball is the governing body for both the National League and the American League. The National League existed since 1876 but in the year 2000 the two leagues parted ways, and presently MLB now manages the single league of the US. The MLB consists of 30 teams out of which 29 belong to America and one team is from Canada.
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Major League Baseball
Baseball Hall of Fame voting was announced and it did surprise the world. Although Andre Dawson deserves to get the honor of ultimate Baseball fame, he happened to be the only person to get 75% of the voting by members of Baseball Writers Association of America. Called the Hall of Fame voting; the 2010 Baseball Hall of Fame voting quite disappointed fans as only one among 26 baseball players who were present on the ballot could go to Cooperstown
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2010 Baseball Hall of Fame or shame
I've received a lot of e-mails lately asking when we'll be releasing our College Preview content, so I thought it would be useful to post the schedule here. We'll be rolling out loads of college content starting with the preseason Top 25 (and Top 25 capsules) one week from today—that's Wednesday, Jan. 27.
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Preseason Top 25—Coming In One Week
New York Jets fans looking to attend the Super Bowl in the event their team wins Sunday’s AFC Championship Game now have an opportunity to secure the right to buy game tickets at current market prices – before the expected surge should the Jets advance. National Event Company ( www.NECO.com ) today opened a unique “Right to Buy” options market that for a non-refundable deposit of 10% of current prices for all seats available through its service gives the fans the automatic right to purchase those tickets, only in the event that the Jets win in Indianapolis this Sunday . Fans can visit http://neco.com/performers/super-bowl-tickets for more details on the program and National Event Company Super Bowl listings
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Jets fans have another “Option” for Super Bowl Tickets
Glee won the Golden Globe© for best comedy or musical series! Yay! Now we hear via Entertainment Weekly and Pollstar that Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore and Neil Patrick Harris may appear in upcoming episodes and Madonna is filming a Glee episode right now. Our DVRs are set! We first predicted in an October post that you’d find Glee concert tickets on FanSnap. That was when we heard that the Glee cast would sing the National Anthem at the World Series
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“Golden” Glee Concert Tour this Summer
Welcome to the red light camera controversy Tampa! City officials have decided to battle Tampa drivers who run red lights by installing the controversial red light cameras at 10 Tampa intersections according to TBO.com. If all goes according to plans, the red light cameras will be fining Tampa drivers by the end of 2010. Hillsborough County recently installed cameras at 10 intersections as well
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Run A red Light In Tampa? Cameras Are Coming To Take Your Picture And Fine You.
Division I survived a challenge to its new 14-week schedule at the NCAA convention in Atlanta this weekend, but Division II saw its season reduced. Representatives from more than 280 D-II schools voted to slash D-II workloads across several sports, but baseball may have been the hardest hit. D-II schools voted by more than a three-quarters
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Division II Slashes Games
Quote Major League Baseball and the players’ union have expressed concern that the Marlins aren’t using enough revenue-sharing money to increase players’ salaries. BY CLARK SPENCER cspencer@MiamiHerald.com The Florida Marlins have been singled out by Major League Baseball and the players’ union over allegations the club hasn’t been channeling the revenue sharing money it receives each year into player salaries. While team officials say they have done no wrong, they indicated in a joint agreement released Tuesday that payroll would be increased as the team heads toward the opening of its new ballpark in 2012
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MLB, Union: Florida Marlins Need to Spend More Revenue-sharing Money
Quote Pitcher Josh Johnson confirms to ESPN.com that he’s agreed to 4-year, $39 million deal with Florida Marlins. http://twitter.com/jcrasnick Quote Pitcher Josh Johnson reached an agreement on a four-year, guaranteed $39 million contract that will keep him with the Florida Marlins through 2013
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Josh Johnson, 4 years $39 million
Quote JUPITER — First baseman Logan Morrison hasn’t played in a single major league game, but he’s setting a lofty goal this season: Follow Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan and win the National League Rookie of the Year award. “I’d be lying to you if I didn’t want to go back-to-back with him.
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Morrison early favorite for 1B job
Just like the MLB playoffs are all about pitching and defense, the NFL playoffs are about defense and the running game. The Colts welcomed Ray Lewis and the highly respected Ravens D to Indianapolis. On this day though, it was the Colts D that dominated the game, holding the Ravens to just 3 points
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Indy Fans Already Snapping up Colts tickets to AFC Championship Game
While Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao continue to dance outside the ring — calling off the tentative March flight due to disagreements over pre-fight drug testing — Manny Pacquiao will dance with Josh Clottey inside the ring. The Pacquiao – Clottey fight is set for March 13 at Cowboys Stadium
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey Tickets Available Online
Are you ready for some football? NFL Divisional playoffs start today! Here is the lineup: Arizona Cardinals @ New Orleans Saints – 4:30PM EST on Fox. Will Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald be able to outscore Drew Brees and the high octane Saints offense? Baltimore Ravens @ Indianapolis Colts – 8:15PM EST on CBS. Will the Ravens
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NFL Divisional Playoffs Start Today – Cards @ Saints & Ravens @ Colts
A Kentucky judge ruled Friday night that the University of Kentucky can withhold lefthander James Paxton from games until he meets with an NCAA investigator to clear up questions about his eligibility. The Associated Press reported that Fayette County Circuit Judge James Ishmael denied Paxton's request to stop the school from benching him for his refusal
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Judge Rules Against Paxton
Today, Lady Gaga cancels shows, including: The Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City Saturday Jan. 16 — CANCELLED The Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut, Sunday Jan. 18 — POSTPONED Lady GaGa explained what was happening as it was happening via Twitter
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Lady Gaga Collapses Backstage at Indiana Concert Cancels Concert
Stanford running back/outfielder Toby Gerhart has followed Louisiana State two-sport standout Chad Jones' lead, forgoing his remaining collegiate eligibiliy to enter the NFL draft. Gerhart, the Heisman Trophy runner-up after rushing for 28 touchdowns this fall, has withdrawn from Stanford for the winter quarter to focus on the NFL combine in February. “After careful thought and
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Gerhart Opts For NFL
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas has been charged with a felony in connection with last month’s locker room incident. Even though he was charged he has also reached a plea agreement that would result in little or no jail time, according The Washington Post. If convicted, Arenas could face a maximum of five years in
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Gilbert Arenas hit with felony and gets a deal
The Boston Celtics are a much different (worse) team without Kevin Garnett. Last night’s 96-83 loss to the visiting Bulls clearly showed that. Now granted, the Celtics were playing their 4th game in 5 nights so the team was clearly not as energized as they typically are in front of their home crowd at the
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Celtics a Different Team Without Kevin Garnett; Bulls Top Celtics 96-83 in Boston
Tennessee Titans Running Back Chris Johnson is having a good week. Johnson was named the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year on Wednesday and was the only unanimous choice for the A.P. NFL All-Pro Team announced today. It’s crazy to think that Johnson didn’t even get 1 vote in the NFL MVP voting won
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Tennessee Titans Chris Johnson is Having a Good Week
Miami OK’s $92M in bonds for Florida Marlins’ stadium parking BY CHARLES RABIN Miami commissioners gave staff the green light Thursday to move forward with the sale of $92 million in bonds to build the parking sites at the Florida Marlins’ new ballpark.
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Miami OK’s $92M in bonds for stadium parking