Parker scores record 23 to lead West over East

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) ? Candace Parker put on a show in her All-Star debut.

Parker scored a record 23 points to lead the West to a 102-98 victory over the East on Saturday.

"I didn't know what to expect," Parker said. "I hadn't been to one, and this was really special. Being with all these great players and share stories, that's why I'll remember from this All-Star game more than what happened on the court."

The Los Angeles Sparks star was voted a starter for the 2011 game, but couldn't play because of a knee injury. She also missed the 2009 game because she was still recovering from the birth of her daughter.

"Things happen," Parker said. "I learned not to question them and go on my path and take whatever comes. It happened to work out this way."

The wait was worth it as Parker, who earned the game's MVP honors.

While the award was special, Parker and her West teammates were more excited that got the victory for retiring star Tina Thompson.

"We didn't want her to go out with a loss," said Parker, who was quickly heading back to Los Angeles after the game to get to a family reunion that she was hosting.

Thompson, who made her record ninth All-Star appearance, announced her retirement at the end of the season. She had a rough game missing all five of her attempts from the field, but still enjoyed the moment.

West coach Cheryl Reeve put her back in the lineup with a few seconds left to get one final ovation from the fans.

Parker's stellar game helped the league overcome the loss of Brittney Griner and top vote-getter Elena Delle Donne, who sat out because of injuries. The pair have been an attendance and ratings boon for the league.

Griner has missed Phoenix's last five games with a sprained left knee and Delle Donne suffered a concussion in Chicago's game Wednesday. They were poised to make history as the first pair of rookies from the same class to start the WNBA All-Star game.

But Griner sat on the bench, while Delle Donne recovered at home in Delaware.

"It hurts not being able to play, but I'm having a lot of fun just cheering," Griner said.

Even though the rookies couldn't play, the WNBA had seven other first-time All-Stars in the game. That didn't even include Parker.

Despite joking before the game that she was "too old" to dunk, Parker threw down a few in warmups.

After a quiet first half, she helped rally the West after the break. With her team trailing by 11 early in the third quarter, Parker scored seven straight points. After the foul by Tamika Catchings, Parker flexed her muscles and used a nifty stutter-step from the wing for an easy layup. Parker finished off her run with another lay-in.

After Sparks teammate Kristi Toliver hit back-to-back 3-pointers to the tie game, Ivory Latta hit her own 3-pointers to give the East an 81-74 advantage heading into the final period.

Parker, who finished with 11 rebounds, and Toliver wouldn't let the West lose for the fourth time in the past five All-Star games. Parker broke Swin Cash's All-Star game record of 22 points with a layup midway through the fourth quarter.

East coach Lin Dunn, who it was announced will be inducted into the women's basketball Hall of Fame next year, joked that there was a simple reason her team came up short.

"They had Candace and we didn't," she said laughing.

Trailing 100-98 with 30 seconds left, the East had a chance to take the lead, but Cappie Pondexter missed a 3-pointer. Parker got the rebound and Toliver sealed the win by hitting two free throws.

"I see it every day," Parker said of her Sparks teammate. "She's one of the best shooters ever. I was proud of the way she came out and played within herself."

Toliver, who was playing in her first All-Star game, scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half to help the West rally.

"Being here this weekend was a lot of joy," she said. It was humbling to be here but I feel like I belong."

The game also featured the return of referee cam, with Lamont Simpson wearing a device that looks like a pair of glasses. The veteran official caught a pre-game dance off between the East and West. Maya Moore floored the sell-out crowd by breaking out the old-school dance move the worm. She repeated the move when she was introduced as a starter.

Simpson admitted that after he first wore the ref cam in June, he received a lot of emails and texts from friends.

In the fourth quarter, Simpson approached Latta on the court and joked that "there's never been a technical foul in the history of the All-Star game."

In another first, the game was coached by two women for the only time in its 11-year history. Lin Dunn of Indiana coached the East and Reeve of Minnesota was in charge of the West.

Reeve had four Minnesota Lynx players on her West squad. Moore and Seimone Augustus were voted as starters. Reeve chose Lynx center Rebekkah Brunson to replace Griner in the starting lineup.

Minnesota point guard Lindsay Whalen was the first sub in for the West, replacing Taurasi. That produced four Lynx players, who also were on the 2011 All-Star team, on the court at the same time.

The four Lynx stars combined for 24 of the West's 29 points in the first quarter.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/parker-scores-record-23-lead-west-over-east-214935002.html

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Indianapolis church mourns 3 who died in bus crash

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? An Indianapolis congregation on Sunday mourned the deaths of their youth pastor, his pregnant wife and another member who were killed when a church bus overturned with just a mile to go in a return trip from a Michigan summer camp.

Saturday's accident devastated members of Colonial Hills Baptist Church, who had been anticipating a joyful homecoming with the 37 people who were aboard the bus. Youth pastor Chad Phelps, his pregnant piano-teacher wife, Courtney Phelps, and chaperone Tonya Weindorf were killed, said deacon Jeff Leffew.

Dozens of people were injured in the crash, which happened near Interstate 465. On Sunday, six teenagers remained hospitalized, including one who was in critical condition.

Dennis Maurer, a 68-year-old congregation member who was driving the church-owned bus, told authorities that its brakes failed before it struck a raised concrete median and flipped on its side, Indianapolis police said.

The Phelpses, who were in their mid-20s, were expecting their second child, Leffew said. Chad Phelps was the son of the church's senior pastor and became its youth pastor late last year, he said.

"We're going to have a long road, but God is good," Leffew said at a Sunday news conference.

The couple's nearly 2-year-old child, Chase, was injured in the crash. He was treated and released from a hospital Saturday, IU Health spokeswoman Sally Winter said.

The bus had nearly completed its 365-mile journey from Camp CoBeAc, near Prudenville, Mich., when it overturned about a mile from the church, where parents were waiting to pick up their children who had just spent a week praying, zip-lining and playing basketball.

Weindorf, the 51-year-old chaperone who was killed, had five children, Leffew said.

"Tonya was at camp because she has a special-needs child who wanted to go, and she wanted to go and make it a good week, and according to her husband, it was a great week, and that's who Tonya was," said Leffew, who sent four of his own daughter to the camp.

Leffew, of Fishers, said only one of his daughters was on a second bus that pulled into the parking lot, and that he raced to the northern Indianapolis crash site. What he found was surreal ? clothing and other items strewn about and windows missing from the bus.

"You're just praying that it's not as bad as it looks," he said Saturday. His daughters escaped with bumps and bruises.

Troy Riggs, Indianapolis' public safety director, called the crash a "great tragedy."

"They were not that far from home. ... That only adds to the tragedy," Riggs said Saturday.

Duane Lloyd, who witnessed the crash, told WTHR that he saw the crash happen at about 4:15 p.m., which was about the time Chad Phelps tweeted that the group would arrive at the church.

"I heard a skid. I looked back. I see this bus in the air and people falling out of the bus," Lloyd said. "I could have gone my whole life without seeing that."

He said people approached and tried to help.

"People were literally trying to lift the bus," Lloyd said. "You just try to do what you can do."

Three of the six hospitalized teens, including the one in critical condition, were at IU Health Methodist Hospital, Winter said Sunday. The other three were at the Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health. Many of the patients had head, arm and leg injuries, fire officials said.

Leffew thanked rescue workers and good Samaritans who tried to help after the crash, as well as local churches and businesses that have offered their support.

"We are so grateful for that outpouring of love and care," he said Sunday.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/indianapolis-church-mourns-3-died-bus-crash-195306293.html

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Miller's late blitz lifts South Africa to 223

25 overs Sri Lanka 72 for 4 (Chandimal 27*, Mathews 1* ) need 152 runs to beat South Africa 223 for 7 (Miller 85*, Mendis 3-35)
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South Africa dictated proceedings for the first time in the series as they pegged Sri Lanka back in what is a must-win game for the tourists. A fit-again Lonwabo Tsotsobe did the bulk of the damage, with three wickets in a six-over spell in which he extracted bounce and produced seam movement to have Sri Lanka's top order in trouble in more challenging conditions that what they are used to.

Morne Morkel worked well with Tsotsobe, creating pressure from his end with pace and steep lift to give South Africa the good start they had been lacking in previous matches. The pair produced eight dot balls before a run was scored and claimed a first wicket in the fourth over.

Tillakaratne Dilshan offered a simple catch to AB de Villiers at cover as he tried to drive a back of a length ball. De Villiers was in the field and not behind the stumps because Quinton de Kock was the designated wicketkeeper, even though de Villiers confirmed he would "definitely" keep in the ODIs before the tour, "unless I pick up a niggle".

While de Villiers' fitness will come under scrutiny, Tsotsobe seems to have recovered from the ankle impingement which kept him out of the first two matches. He struck again in the same over, in a big way, when he got one to move away from Kumar Sangakkara to have Sri Lanka's talisman caught by JP Duminy for a duck.

Morkel continued to get the ball to jab into the batsmen's ribs, especially Upul Tharanga's, and Tsotsobe removed him. He got one to bounce sharply and take the edge and Alviro Petersen at slip to collected. At 16 for 3, Sri Lanka were under pressure and de Villiers kept Tsotsobe on to ensure they stayed under the pump.

He probably bowled one over too many - his sixth went for nine runs - but Ryan McLaren also assisted with the strangulation. A spinner was only introduced in the 14th over when Robin Peterson came on. He reviewed an lbw shout against Mahela Jayawardene, which Peterson was convinced was out, but replays showed it was missing leg.

Sri Lanka's batsmen were more comfortable against the slower bowlers and de Villiers brought Morkel back to try and unsettle them. But it was Peterson who almost broke through. He drew Jayawardene forward with a flighted ball which spun past the outside edge and thought he had him stumped.

A lengthy delay showed the foot and the line too close to call and with doubt surrounding the dismissal, Jayawardene survived. His stand with Dinesh Chandimal grew to fifty but Peterson had the last laugh. As the halfway stage approached, he produced a delivery which skidded on and bowled Jayawardene through the gate.

With the required run-rate touching six an over and a debutant to come, Sri Lanka will have to work hard to seal the series today.

South Africa 223 for 7 (Miller 85*, Mendis 3-35 ) v Sri Lanka
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After three innings in Sri Lanka, South Africa recorded their first fifty courtesy David Miller. The No. 7 batsman was the only one to show the temperament to survive, at first, and thrive later on against a Sri Lanka attack that gave very few scoring opportunities with good lengths and tight lines.

Still, the hosts will need to register the highest successful chase in Pallekele - the previous best was 198 - to seal the series. They leaked runs in the last two overs, which cost them 38, and that could prove decisive on a pitch that may become more difficult to bat on as the game goes on.

Even if South Africa have Miller and his final burst to thank for keeping them alive, they have to assess their batting performance with a critical eye after their top order failed again. In the absence of the injured Hashim Amla, South Africa fielded a new opening pair - their third in three matches - with Lions' team-mates Alviro Petersen and Quinton de Kock fronting up first.

Petersen was watchful, apart from taking advantage of a stray Angela Mathews ball that veered too far down the leg side, but de Kock battled to curb his attacking instincts. He was loose outside the offstump, though, did not move his feet enough and offered a chance in the fourth over. Tillakaratne Dilshan at slip let de Kock off on just 5 but Sri Lanka struck again two balls later. Lasith Malinga bowled his first bouncer and Petersen was too early on the hook. He gloved it to Kumar Sangakkara.

De Kock retreated even further into his shell with Petersen's departure and continued to look vulnerable outside the offstump. That eventually led to his demise when he was caught in two minds playing at a wide Thisara Perera ball and edged behind.

JP Duminy looked in good touch, as he has throughout the series, but his promise amounted to very little. He drove, cut and swept with authority but when he tried to run Perera down to third man, he inside-edged onto his stumps to depart for another score in the 20s.

Faf du Plessis' stay at the crease was similar. He was involved in risky running with his captain, AB de Villiers and could have been found short of his ground on a few occasions before he eventually was. De Villiers called him through for a quick single and du Plessis could not make his ground.

Neither he, nor de Villiers, has managed a half-century in their last five innings but de Villiers looked set to change that. He showed patience amid the lack of boundaries and cashed in on the few run-scoring chances Sri Lanka offered, such as Malinga's low full toss, but eventually fell to Ajantha Mendis for 47.

Sri Lanka's mystery spinner caused problems for South Africa's middle order. Farhaan Behardien - who bowled by the first ball he faced from Mendis - nor Robin Peterson could pick him but Miller showed more prowess.

He struggled in the early part of his innings but had de Villiers to usher him through and grew in confidence as the innings went on. He hit the only sixes in the South African innings, all off Thisara Perera. Two of them went down the ground, showing Miller's ability to hit into the V, and timed his burst well.

Miller scored 35 runs off the last two overs, including 18 off Malinga, to take South Africa to a total history says they can defend. Their bowlers will need to operate with the same miserliness Sri Lanka's did to keep them in the contest.

Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-south-africa-2013/content/story/655329.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

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Frenship's Smith leads are contingent on 4A all-state baseball team

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Texas Tech signee Stephen Smith was named to the first team for the Collin Street Bakery/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 4A All-State Baseball team released Thursday. Smith, who played right field, led the Tigers to the District 4-4A championship and a deep playoff run by hitting .424 with two home runs and 12 doubles with 44 runs scored. Teammate Cade Davis, a senior outfielder, and Plainview senior second baseman Will Bass were named to the third team. Bass hit. 488 with two home runs and 32 RBIs for the Bulldogs, while Davis hit .445 with 33 RBIs. read more ...

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Chuck Palahniuk Announces Fight Club 2 Graphic Novel Sequel ...

If the Star Wars prequels taught us anything, it?s that people love it when their favorite film universes get rebooted with annoying tiny kids in them, right? Of course they do! That?s probably why Chuck Palahniuk recently revealed that he?ll be returning to his 1996 novel?Fight Club to tell the story of Jack and Marla?s son ? but from the point of view of Tyler Durden. Yay?

Palahniuk?? and I refuse to spell his name correctly past this point on the grounds that I had way too much fun making up fake ones ? announced at Comic-Con this weekend that the story will take place ten years after the events of the original book. Jack and Marla are married?and bored, because of course they are, when suddenly?Jack?s son is kidnapped by Tyler Durden, who still lurks within Jack?s subconscious.

In the official statement on his website,?Palhallayuk?promised a ?dark?and messy? serialized graphic novel, but admitted that it probably won?t see the light of day until 2015 due to contractual obligations. He doesn?t yet have a specific publisher in mind, but says that fellow author?Chelsea Cain ?has been introducing [him] to artists and creators from Marvel, DC and Dark Horse, and they?re walking [him] through the process.?

Honestly, I?m surprised that?Palfalfaduck?didn?t make the switch to graphic novels earlier than this. As the film version of?Fight Club?proved to all of us, his dialogue-heavy, clippy prose style translates much more smoothly to a visual medium. A revisited?Fight Club comic book full of graphic fights and gorgeous David Aja-style art would have been a real no-brainer. Alas, instead we get a weird Taken-crossover of a sequel. You know, eventually.

In the meantime, Cumberchuck Palahnibach is hard at work on his upcoming novel, Beautful You, as well a short story collection featuring Cain and other authors.

(via Collider)

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Source: http://www.geekosystem.com/fight-club-graphic-novel/

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Sony patent proposes camera button to send vital-signs info

Sony has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a way for smartphone users to tag the photos they take with their vital signs. The patent proposes a "camera button with integrated sensors," where the user can tag photos with vital sign information such as blood pressure and body temperature. It's all about integrated sensors.

The patent application filed last November and made known earlier this week is from Sony Mobile Communications in Lund, Sweden. The patent application describes a mobile device camera sensor that records the stats of the photo taker, information including skin conductance, body temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rate, pulse rate, and blood oxygen level.

That information would be recorded into memory and tagged to a specific photo, a new twist in metadata for digital photos. But who would use this and why? You won't get many answers from the patent application, which descries the sensors but does not specify which application areas could result.

Here's at least a possible clue, though. "At Sony, we are targeting the medical business for mid- to long-term growth," the Sony President and CEO, Kazuo Hirai, has said. As a major exporter of consumer electronics, they have not lost sight of the opportunity their technology presents for health products. "We can leverage our technology base in image-capturing sensors, lenses, 3-D technology, image processing, to mention just a few areas," Hirai said in an interview in Tokyo last year.

The technology in the patent application possibly, as a guess, may be used as part of a patient's dealings with doctor's offices and hospitals. The patient could possibly take a photo and attach vital signs without having to be hooked up to medical equipment. The patent application makes the following point.

"Usually when measuring vital signs, sensors, connected by wires to bulky measuring equipment, have to be placed or used on the person's body. However, in this case the measuring of vital signs has to be done in another way since using cumbersome sensors and measuring equipment is not a viable option."

According to the application, the "first aspect of the present invention relates to a method for tagging a recorded image in a mobile communication device, wherein said recorded image is recorded by a camera unit in said mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps monitoring, using at least one sensor in said mobile communication device, a user's vital signs, recording sensor information relating to said user's vital signs when said user operates said camera unit in said mobile communication device and is in contact with at least one of said at least one sensors in said mobile communication device, recording an image from said camera unit when said user operates said camera unit in said mobile communication device, determining a tag based on said recorded sensor information, assigning said tag to said recorded image and storing and organizing said recorded image in a memory in said mobile communication device based on said tag."

The sensor information, it added, may comprise information regarding any of the following user's vital signs: body temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, blood oxygen level and skin conductance. The application mentioned a sensor integrated in a camera button in the mobile communication device, "wherein said sensor and camera button may be operated when said user operates said camera unit for recording an image." The inventor named in the patent application is Gunnar Klinghult.

Explore further: LG Electronics HMD patent sets sights on video viewing

More information: via Engadget

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