MSNBC - Jet Li escapes tsunami with minor injuries

MSNBC - Jet Li escapes tsunami with minor injuries

Star injured his foot as he protected his daughter from waves
The Associated Press
Updated: 4:55 p.m. ET Dec. 28, 2004

HONG KONG - Action star Jet Li injured his foot as he protected his daughter from tsunami waves that flooded his hotel in the Maldives, Hong Kong newspapers reported Tuesday.

Li, who played the villain in 1998’s “Lethal Weapon 4,” was with his daughter in the hotel’s lobby Sunday when huge waves gushed into the hotel, the Apple Daily newspaper reported, quoting a friend vacationing with Li.

He slightly injured his foot while picking up his daughter, the report said. Ming Pao Daily News reported Li struck his foot against a floating piece of furniture.

Li made his name in Hong Kong as a martial arts film star before moving on to Hollywood. His screen credits include “Romeo Must Die” and “Hero.”

more on the Tsunami

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please not chicago

Yahoo! Sports: "Warner said he hasn't concentrated on which teams need a starting quarterback next season, but he mentioned Dallas, Chicago and Miami as possibilities."

I think he'd be good in Miami. They have 3 quality WRs (if they'll all be healthy and back) and a solid TE. Just need a RB who can catch the ball. Their defense is very good, too. Miami could turn around in a hurry.

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake of moment magnitude 9.0 that struck the Indian Ocean off the western coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia on December 26, 2004 at 00:58:49 UTC (07:58:49 local time in Jakarta and Bangkok). It was the largest earthquake on Earth since the 9.2-magnitude Good Friday Earthquake which struck Alaska, USA, on March 27, 1964, and the fourth largest since 1900. Tens of thousands were killed by the resulting tsunamis, which were as high as 15 m and struck between 15 minutes and 10 hours after the quake, causing one of the most cataclysmic natural disasters in modern history.

congrats

Big congrats go out to Aaron who got engaged to Kelly over Christmas. Nice job, sir.

clean 

um, that's snow 

 

So Joe, you really miss this? 

Maybe he's just really bored.

Yahoo! Sports: "DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Duke forward Shavlik Randolph will be out indefinitely after being diagnosed with mononucleosis, the school announced Wednesday.
The ailment means Randolph, who is among the team's leaders in blocked shots, steals and assists, will have to sit on the sidelines for the first few weeks of the sixth-ranked Blue Devils' Atlantic Coast Conference schedule.
Patients often are urged to refrain from physical activities for three or four weeks.
The junior is averaging 6.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.
The Blue Devils don't play again until Jan. 2, when they open conference play against Clemson."

snow job

I have a window at work now. It doesn't have much of a view, but still, it's nice to have a window. Today all I can see out of it is snow. A lot of snow. And a scaffold. It looks cold and we are supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow today. Me thinks I won't be working until 5pm.

Hold the onions

Watched Super Size Me last night. Wow. I think this goes down as a much watch film. See what eating at McDonalds 3 times a day for 30 days does to this guy's body. It'll put the fear in you.

The Week In Quotes: December 13-19

Baseball Prospectus | Articles | The Week In Quotes: December 13-19: "'If you create Frankenstein, you can't be real surprised if he eats the village.... It's not his fault. You created him.... The Cubs as an organization had a very permissive attitude toward Sammy Sosa.'
--Steve Stone, former Cubs broadcaster, on Sosa (Chicago Tribune) "

Big three down to one: Mulder dealt to Cards

ESPN.com - MLB - Big three down to one: Mulder dealt to Cards: "The Oakland Athletics continued to wheel and deal Saturday, sending starting pitcher Mark Mulder to the St. Louis Cardinals for pitchers Danny Haren, Kiko Calero and catcher Daric Barton, ESPN's Peter Gammons has learned."

this bites

Top News Article | Reuters.com: "LOS ANGELES, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it has signed an exclusive deal with the National Football League and the league's players, giving EA sole rights to put NFL players, stadiums and teams in its games.

Terms of the five-year deal were not disclosed.

The deal strikes a blow for EA in its ongoing sports battle with Sega Sammy Holdings (6460.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO.O: Quote, Profile, Research)

Sega and Take-Two's 'ESPN' line of sports video games, with their strong reviews and discount $20 pricing, ate into EA's market share this year, forcing EA to cut prices on its sports games.

EA's 'Madden NFL' football games is one of the company's cornerstones, with more than 42 million copies sold over the last 15 years. "

So this is what Curt has been up to

Semi-retired Navy SEAL, Curt Powers, was happily minding his own business when fate steps in to foul things up. After surviving a dangerous mission that has left him physically and emotionally aching, he discovers that his father has recently passed away. This is big news to him, since his mother told him years ago that his father was already dead. Dear old dad left him a cabin by the ocean, Power’s Point, along with six boxes of old family papers. A rolling stone for most of his life, he had finally decided to take a look through the old boxes, when a gray-eyed vixen steals them right out from under him!

Romantic suspense writer, Lily O’Malley, was on her way to drop off some of her books in a storage unit when she happened on an auction. On the block were six sealed boxes, and her curiosity getting the better of her, she puts in the highest bid. What she discovers turns out to be a gold mine of inspiration - so, when Curt shows up at one of her book signings demanding his property back, she’s hesitant to relinquish it. After all, she’s the one who bought the boxes all nice and legal after he missed three payments on the storage unit.

Since Lily is unwilling to back down, Curt offers a compromise - why not return to Power’s Point with him where they can sort through the boxes together? While Lily is a little hesitant to run off with a strange man, she’s not all that anxious to stay in town. Lily’s success as a writer has come with her own stalker. Not only has this man left dirty messages on her machine, but he’s also broken into her house to leave her “gifts.” While going away with Curt isn’t exactly appealing, the idea of getting out of town is.

After groaning upon seeing the title (why do categories always have the dopiest titles?), I found myself pleasantly surprised after the first few chapters. For one thing, Curt and Lily have oodles of sexual chemistry, and the tension is thick right from the very start. Browning has crafted two fine characters that play very well off each other. Curt is an alpha hero with a wounded past, and sexy as hell. The author had me scrapping my chin off the floor by the close of the first chapter, and completely envious of the heroine by the time they are sharing living space. "

yikes

Horror Writers Workshop: "'Aaron Sutter, you are to die, upon yon gallows tree,

I cannot believe the words you've said, the God sworn truth to be.'

'So you will hang unto your death, upon the yonder pole,

and these last words I will say to you, God have mercy on your soul.'"

Austin College. Sherman, Texas

Jason Burton 6'2" Forward/Guard

Health will be the key for Jason this season. Jason played in only 17 games last season and will look to build on that with a full season of play. An aggressive/explosive player Jason adds a dimension of toughness to the Kangaroo’s. As the season wore on last year Jason became a consistent perimeter shooter as well as showing the ability to score at the rim and from the mid-range. Jason adds depth with his ability to play multiple positions.

a thought on emmitt vs barry from the sports guy

ESPN.com: Page 2 - The house doesn't always win: "To me, the best example of this argument was always 'Emmitt vs. Barry.' Whenever people argued that Barry Sanders was better than Emmitt Smith, my head would practically explode. So you'd rather have the guy who gets tackled behind the line of scrimmage eight out of 10 times, then breaks off a 40-yard run, over the guy who rushes for five yards a pop, keeps moving those chains and gets stronger as the game goes along? You really think the Cowboys were winning those Super Bowls because of Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin? Emmitt was the heart and soul of those teams. I loved watching Barry Sanders, and he's in the Pantheon for 'Guys You Should Never Bet Against,' but for one game with my life on the line ... sorry, I'm taking Emmitt. No contest."

best. christmas. album. ever.

Hung for the Holidays

we're all winners here

How Much Caffeine in Drinks -- Coffee, Tea, Soft Drinks -- Caffeine Content: "Soft Drinks
12-ounce beverage milligrams
Red Bull (8.2 oz) 80.0
Jolt 71.2
Pepsi One 55.5
Mountain Dew 55.0
Barq's Root Beer 23.0

8-ounce Beverage milligrams
Coffee, Drip 115-175
Coffee, Brewed 80-135
Coffee, Espresso (2 ounces) 100
Coffee, Instant 65-100
Tea, iced 47
Tea, brewed, imported brands (avg.) 60
Tea, brewed, U.S. brands (avg.) 40
Tea, instant 30
Tea, green 15
Hot cocoa 14
Coffee, Decaf, brewed 3-4
Coffee, Decaf, instant 2-3"

envy

Saw a license plate today that read: NVTHIS

It was on a white, late 90s, dirty dodge caravan.

 

nice to see

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - Rick Ankiel: Pitching Well in Puerto Rico: "Ankiel tossed a seven-inning, complete game shutout for Carolina in the Puerto Rican winter league on Sunday, lowering his ERA to 2.66 and adding to his league-leading 25 strikeouts."

about that

Candy the Talking Doll
Miss Muriel Linton
Small town Christian ventriloquist act with puppet/puppeteer duets and odd cameos from a group of Japanese girls.

So my question is when she was doing the radio show do you think she had the puppet on her hand or just did the voice? Because, you know, it's on the radio!

UE ball player case goes to prosecutor

UE ball player case goes to prosecutor: "A new development in the case against three UE basketball players accused of burglarizing dorms on campus. Monday, Evansville Police turned the findings of their investigation over to the prosecutor's office. Dupree Fletcher, Marcus Butler, and Robert Nelson are accused of stealing more than 6-thousand dollars worth of electronics from Schroeder and Moore dorms on UE's campus over Thanksgiving weekend. The three men were subsequently kicked off of the basketball team. The file is now in Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Stan Levco's hands but no charges have been filed yet."

Frankenstein never scared me

We won our game last night by about 20ish. I even scored 3 points. Pretty excited about that. I started a jump workout this morning that Shawn gave me. It's supposed to increase my vertical. I feel like I'm going to throw up, so I must have done it right. Tonight I have my last movie to watch in my film class. Quite the interesting selection of movies lately. I wish the selection would've been better, but whatcha gonna do?

ESPN.com - Evansville dismisses 3 after on-campus incident

ESPN.com - NCB - Evansville dismisses 3 after on-campus incident: "Associated Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Freshmen guards Dupree Fletcher and Marcus Butler and sophomore guard Robert Nelson have been dismissed from the team for actions off the court, coach Steve Merfeld said Tuesday.
The sanctions apparently come as part of a police investigation into thefts near the university campus, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.
Merfeld said in a news release on the university's Web site that the dismissals are because of an on-campus incident last week that involved the personal property of others.
'Behavior such as this will not be tolerated,' he said. 'Our expectation is that everyone in the program represents the university in a positive light on campus and within the community.'
The 6-foot Fletcher, last year's high school player of the year in Wisconsin, was averaging 8.3 points, 2.0 assists and 1.3 steals in 14.3 minutes per game for the Purple Aces (2-1).
The 6-3 Butler was averaging 1.5 points in 3.5 minutes.
The 6-5 Nelson was averaging 4.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in 10.7 minutes. He appeared in 28 games, including six starts, as a freshman, when he averaged 3.0 points and 1.5 rebounds."

Geek gadget list

Wired 12.12: Wired Tools 2004 whoa, I need to sit down

down in kokomo

So we lost on Monday. By three. I played alright. We just got away from doing what we should've been doing. We'll beat them next time.