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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Record-wrecking heat on Christmas Eve in Albany

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Updated 11:19am, Thursday, December 24, 2015

Bill Presler wears a elf hat while he washes windows on Christmas Eve at the NBT Bank branch in Glens Falls. By 10 a.m., the temperature in the region was well into the 60s and expected to hit the 70s. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

Ben Syden and Sarah Fist of Loudonville go for a run with their dog Luther on Shalimar Ct. on a warm Christmas Eve. Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 in Loudonville, N.Y. Temperatures are expected to hit 70 degrees today. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Record-wrecking heat on Christmas Eve in Albany

ALBANY - By dawn, it was already the warmest Christmas Eve on record in the Capital Region.

At 6:30 a.m., the temperature in the Albany area was already at 58 degrees, one degree warmer than the day"s previous record set on Christmas Eve 1941.

But 10 a.m., it was 66 degrees and the sun was breaking through the clouds.

Another record is likely to fall by midnight: the latest date for measurable snow.

The previous record was Dec. 24, 1928, according to the National Weather Service. But with no snow in the foreseeable future, the region is likely push back that record.

Forecasters said the temperature could rise into the 70s during the day. The National Weather Service in Albany says the temperature record will be obliterated in this region as well as in Glens Falls where the temperature was expected to hit 67 degrees, which is 18 degrees above the previous high of 49 which was sent in 1949.

The morning started out with dense fog. Forecasters predict the day will feature showers and the possibility of thunder.

The temperature is expected to drop into the low 40s overnight before rebounding the mid 50s on Christmas Day.

The daytime temperature is expected to hover in the 40s and 50s on Saturday and Sunday before dropping into the 30s on Monday.

Source: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/At-6-30-a-m-record-breaking-Christmas-Eve-6719249.php

Impromptu "Christmas in Hollywood" duet with Tori Kelly was Michael Buble"s ...

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Please enable Javascript to watch this videoZap2it: What made you decide to do your Christmas special in Hollywood this year?

Michael Buble: You know, what better place to celebrate Christmas than Los Angeles, you know? When I think of Christmas, I think sunshine, palm trees, leaving fajitas for Santa Claus [laughs].

You know what? Every year has been a different place. Every year has been a different challenge and I think it"s kind of cool seeing Christmas from the perspective of different places all over this beautiful planet that we have. I"ve had a Christmas special in the U.K., a Christmas special, obviously, in New York; I"ve come home to Vancouver and now in beautiful Hollywood. So either I"m incredibly brave or I owe the first four places money.

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Zap2it: In your special two years ago, you did a terrific improv version of "Blue Christmas."

Michael Buble: Yeah, I remember we opened with that. That wasn"t even supposed to be our opening, by the way. We had a completely different opening but we were messing around in the hallway and we went, "You know what? This could be fun. This could be a fun way to start the thing."

Zap2it: Do you have anything like that this year?

Michael Buble: Yeah, we do, actually. One of the things that I love most about this special is getting to connect via social media with the fans and fans all over the world. So we did that again this year and this year Tori Kelly actually joined me in one of those moments where someone asks for a certain song and I thought it"d be great to do it with her, so I asked her if she was up for it and it was very impromptu. She came up and did it and it"s always my favorite part, to be honest with you. I really love doing it and it"s cool ...

Source: http://zap2it.com/2015/12/impromptu-christmas-in-hollywood-duet-with-tori-kelly-was-michael-bubles-favorite-part/

Zach Hodskins marca pontos de ouro sem uma mo

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O facto de ter nascido sem a mo esquerda nunca impediu Zach Hodskins de jogar basquetebol. A vida deste jovem de 19 anos tem sido feita de pequenas conquistas e agora alcanou mais uma: marcou os seus primeiros dois pontos no campeonato universitrio norte-americano (NCAA). Foi na vitria dos Florida Gators sobre Jacksonville (89-65), um cesto muito festejado pelo pblico e pelos companheiros de equipa. "Estou feliz pelo Zach, um jovem incrvel que nos mostra como possvel ultrapassar uma adversidade. um orgulho", disse no final o treinador, Mike White.

Chegou universidade no ano passado, jogou alguns minutos mas nunca conseguiu marcar qualquer cesto. Em 10 encontros tinha feito ao todo cinco lanamentos mal sucedidos, mas desta feita a bola entrou.

Zach um bom atirador (tem uma percentagem de trs pontos a rondar os 60 por cento) e no foi em vo que foi escolhido pela universidade da Florida (no entrou com bolsa de atleta). "H muitos jogadores que quando me veem em campo adormecem, acham que no sei jogar, mas quando passo por eles e a bola entra no cesto, eles acordam logo, encaram-me como um verdadeiro adversrio e a eu sei que ganhei o seu respeito. o que mais quero", contara o jovem Hodskins numa entrevista ao USA Today, no incio do ms.

Autor: Isabel Dantas

Source: http://www.record.xl.pt/modalidades/basquetebol/detalhe/zach-hodskins-marca-pontos-de-ouro-sem-uma-mao.html

Bowling Green adds Marcus White as co-def. coordinator, D-line coach

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Faulkner University defensive line coach Marcus White is the new co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach for Bowling Green coach Mike Jinks, according to a source.

Its a reuniting of Jinks and White, who previously worked together at Texas Tech. This season was Whites first at Faulkner after spending the last two seasons in an off-field role at Texas Tech.

The 34-year-old White was an offensive quality control assistant at Houston in 2012, Tarleton States offensive line coach in 11 and worked another year at Houston in 10 as an offensive graduate assistant. A Theodore, Ala., product, he was an assistant at St. Paul"s Episcopal in Mobile, Ala., in 09 and the defensive line coach at Jackson Olin High in Birmingham, Ala., in 08.

White was a defensive tackle for Auburn before finishing his collegiate career at Murray State. He also played for the NFLs Tennessee Titans and in the Arena Football League.

Jinks was named Bowling Greens coach earlier this week after spending the last three years as Texas Techs running backs coach. He was also the programs associate head coach this season.

A well respected former Texas high school coach, Jinks won a Class 5A Division II state title in the Lone Star State in 2010 at San Antonio-area Byron P.Steele IIHigh. He replaces former Bowling Green coach Dino Babers, who took the same position at Syracuse.

The Falcons (103) won the MAC championship this season and play Georgia Southern (84) in the GoDaddy Bowl on Dec. 23.

Source: http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/12/11/marcus-white-hired-bowling-green-defensive-coordinator

Louis Tomlinson"s Birthday Is Hitting Us Hard This Year as We Say Goodbye to ...

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When Louis Tomlinson blows out his birthday candles this year, can we make a wish?

After starting this year not really caring what the members of One Direction were up to on any substantial level, we"re ending 2015 feeling rather bummed that the pop heartthrobs are going their separate ways for an indefinite period of time.

Hiatus, they"re calling it. And while we cynically didn"t believe that for a second when they first announced their intention to take a break, what with the luck-of-the-draw way the insanely successful boy band started out in the first place, we"re now vehemently hoping that Louis, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Niall Horan find their way back to each other sooner rather than later.

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First of all, happy birthday to Louis today as he turns 24. The lad from Doncaster with the David Beckham voice and devil-may-care s**g is wrapping up one of his more life-changing years, to be followed by a most momentous 2016 as he becomes a first-time dad.

Barely more than a boy himself, Louis offered on Good Morning America this past summer that he was "buzzing" with excitement, but otherwise we"re guessing we won"t be hearing too much more from him about fatherhood until he"s actually walked a few miles in those shoesor, better yet, changed a few nappies.

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But while One Direction"s break is perfectly timed for paternity leave, it also seems to be coming at a time when they"re gelling more than ever as a group.

Maybe it was how they calmly rode out Zayn Malik"s exit and it didn"t turn into the beginning of the end, plus they"ve handled what could have turned weird (what Twitter tried itshardest to turn weird) in rather classy fashion.

They"re also actually growing up, and now that they"re no longer a bunch of teenagers they can"t help but be appealing to scads more people.

Or maybe it"s because they knew a break was coming so they were extra relaxed and had a rejuvenated skip in their step (sort of like Jon Stewart"s new lease on B.S.-bashing after announcing he was leaving The Daily Show), but their appearances in the last half of 2015 were spot-on and more charming than ever.

Big props to James Corden for picking up the Zayn-less pieces right away, gathering the group for dodgeball, tattoo roulette and, most recently, a killer edition of Carpool Karaoke and a bonus holiday-themed ride-along as well.

We"re starting to suspect that these blokes actually really like each other...

That could be the magic of television coercing us into drinking the Kool-Aid, but more and more, 1D is growing on us.

Alas, now they"re going away.

READ: 18 ways to pay homage to One Direction during their hiatus

Well, not away-away. Harry, Louis, Niall and Liam will still be hard-pressed to shake the paparazzi from their tails (in descending order of how they"re listed), what with Harry"s everything-about-him; Louis" baby on the way; Niall"s recent tendency to look cozy with Selena Gomez and Liam"s...well, look at him. Aren"tyou interested in what he"s up to?

But of course there"s a chance that the story of their life as a group is coming to an end.

All of them seem to be interested in pursuing music on their own, though they haven"t been too specific, coyly telling the media that they"re just really excited to see what they come up with on their ownin the studio and in life, considering they spent five very formative years commercially joined at the hip.

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"The team knew they had to come up with a solution," an insider told E! News back in August. "Five years dealing with the kind of schedule they were on, there was a danger it was becoming too much."

"They really do get on well," a source also said at the time. "They genuinely care about one another. This has been a crazy ride for all of them and they went through it as a family. They are not done working together yet."

Well, consider us hopeful that the guys don"t enjoy their break too much.

"I think it"s going to be interesting for all of us," Louis mused on The Late Late Show. "It"s going to be interesting just to see what each of us do as individuals and, you know, throughout the break. I think it"s going to be cool."

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Blaine Gabbert on Detroit Lions Matchup, 49ers Third-down Philosophy

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The starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers spoke with reporters prior to the team"s Week 16 road game against the Detroit Lions.

After converting on 2-of-14 third downs last week versus the Cincinnati Bengals, Blaine Gabbert discussed how the offense can improve moving forward. The signal-caller also touched on the play of Joe Staley, Trent Brown and Shaun Draughn.

What stood out to you in terms of the struggles on third down against the Bengals?

"Its what the defense is playing. They know what were trying to do on 3rd-and-15. Were trying to get to the sticks. So thats the coverage that theyre going to play. Theyre going to drop everybody right there at the marker and like I said, make you throw underneath so then they can rally and make a tackle.

So my job on 3rd-and-long is to find some type of completion. Whether it be past the sticks or underneath the sticks, just get the ball in our guys hands and let them make a play."

You don"t want to force anything and make a dramatic error?

"Yeah, its all predicated on what the defense does. Were not hitting check downs because we want to... Youve seen guys hit check downs that go for 25-yards. I love using the example when Joe Flacco hit Ray Rice, I think it was 4th-and-25 in the playoffs and he got 26 yards and they go on to win the Super Bowl. Our guys have the ability to do that. Its just my job to give them the football.

How well has Staley played at left tackle for you this season?

"Joes done a tremendous job. The consistency that he brings day in and day out, and the work ethic that he brings to the practice field is second-to-none. So when you have a guy leading like that on the offensive line, it shows the young guys how to approach daily work. Hes done a great job.

Our entire offensive line had a tough task last week and they played tremendous. Those guys fought their tails off and gave me plenty of time to do my job.

Do you think Brown could be a legitimate starter in the NFL?

"No question. He has all the physical attributes and being a young guy in the NFL, its kind of that maturation process that the young guys go through. Hes getting better on a daily basis and thats what you look for.

He came in and stepped right up and didnt miss a beat when he was in the game last week. Gave us a little juice up there and definitely think thats something he can build off moving forward.

How big of a loss would it be if Draughn can"t play versus the Lions?

"Yeah, Shauns done a tremendous job but like Ive always said, injuries are a part of the game. You never want them to happen to a friend and a teammate but at the same time, its the next man up mentality. So the running backs in that room are eager to step up and fill that void if he cant go, but I hope he heals quickly and we have him back out there."

Source: http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/Blaine-Gabbert-on-Detroit-Lions-Matchup-49ers-Third-down-Philosophy/a2941b99-7ae4-4c6d-b968-4c7a745747cc

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