
| Cueto's arm, Ludwick's bat lift Reds over Yankees The Cincinnati Reds discovered a new, winning way to wrap up their extended stay in New York. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T21:45:53Z Heat overpower Pacers to tie playoff series (Reuters) - LeBron James and Dwyane Wade combined for 70 points as the Miami Heat recovered from back-to-back defeats to grind down the Indiana Pacers 101-93 on Sunday and level the NBA's Eastern conference semi-final at 2-2. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:19:57Z Golf-Colsaerts beats McDowell to win World Match Play title May 20 (Reuters) - Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts edged outGraeme McDowell to win the World Match Play Championship on thefinal hole in Casares, Spain on Sunday. In tricky, windy conditions Colsaerts never trailed in atightly-contested match and won the 16th hole on the FincaCortesin to move two up with two to play. Northern Ireland's McDowell, the 2010 U.S. Open champion, was ready to shake hands on the par-three 17th but Colsaertsmissed a routine four-foot par putt to extend the contest downthe par-five 18th. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T17:53:21Z Max Scherzer's 15 Ks help Tigers beat Pirates 4-3 Max Scherzer headed off the mound and toward the dugout, where manager Jim Leyland was waiting to offer a congratulatory handshake. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T21:36:12Z Colsaerts beats McDowell on final hole Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts beat former US Open champion Graeme McDowell on the final green to win the Volvo World Match Play Championship on Sunday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T19:30:18Z I'll Have Another set to go for another at Belmont I'll Have Another poked his head out of his stall, started nibbling on his nameplate tacked to a wall and looked up at all the people watching his every move. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:57:11Z Spurs sweep Clippers, advance to West finals LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs steamrolled into the NBA Western Conference finals after a 102-99 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday gave them a clean sweep of their seven-game series. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:39:37Z Strasburg stars as Nationals beat Orioles 9-3 Stephen Strasburg took a swing and looked in amazement as the baseball carried over the left-field wall. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:18:37Z Golf-Byron Nelson Championship scores May 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the third round of the Byron Nelson Championship on Saturday in Irving, Texas 202 Jason Dufner (U.S.) 67 66 69 203 J.J. Henry (U.S.) 68 68 67 Jason Day (Australia) 68 68 67 Dicky Pride (U.S.) 66 68 69 204 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 68 70 66 205 Jonas Blixt (Sweden) 68 70 67 Marc Leishman (Australia) 65 69 71 206 Rich Beem (U.S.) 68 70 68 Bob Estes (U.S.) 73 68 65 Joe Durant (U.S.) 70 71 65 Scott Piercy (U.S.) 66 70 70 Keegan Bradley (U.S.) 67 68 71 Matt Kuchar (U.S.) 66 68 72 Pat Perez (U.S.) 67 67 72 Ryan Palmer (U.S.) 64 70 72 207 Jason Bohn (U.S. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T23:04:50Z James and Wade power NBA Heat past Pacers LeBron James finished with 40 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists and Dwyane Wade had 30 points as the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 101-93 to level their series at 2-2. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T00:24:40Z Dufner clings to PGA lead with Day, Singh chasing American Jason Dufner fired a one-under par 69 to keep a one-stroke lead after the third round of the PGA Byron Nelson Championship but Vijay Singh and Jason Day are among those hot on his heels. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T01:34:16Z McDowell downs Garcia in extra-hole thriller Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell defeated Spanish star Sergio Garcia in a thrilling extra-hole duel to reach the Volvo World Match Play Championship semi-finals on Saturday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T17:45:44Z Thunder steal another to put Lakers on brink Kevin Durant hit the go-ahead three pointer with 13 seconds left to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 103-100 win over Los Angeles to put the Lakers on the brink of elimination. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:07:36Z Clemens trial resumes with more from ex-trainer The Roger Clemens perjury trial resumes with the final day of testimony from Brian McNamee, the government's key witness. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T07:44:25Z Golf-Americans Palmer and O'Hair target Open spots at Lytham May 20 (Reuters) - Former PGA Tour winners Ryan Palmer, SeanO'Hair, Stuart Appleby and Jhonattan Vegas will line up inPlano, Texas on Monday in a strong field of 78 at the U.S. legof international qualifying for the British Open. The quartet will compete over 36 holes at Gleneagles CountryClub for eight spots on offer at the year's third major, to beheld from July 19-22 at Lytham St Annes in England. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T00:04:14Z I'll Have Another could face strong Belmont field I'll Have Another will face several familiar foes in his attempt to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:22:06Z Coyotes beat LA Kings 2-0, avoid West final sweep The Clarence Campbell Bowl was in Staples Center for the first time, waiting to be presented by Commissioner Gary Bettman to the NHL's Western Conference champions. The Los Angeles Kings' long-suffering fans gathered downtown shortly after dawn, eager to witness a series sweep and a coronation. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T23:25:08Z Dufner's 25-foot birdie putt on 18 wins Nelson A month ago, Jason Dufner was a single man still in search of his first PGA Tour victory. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T01:30:48Z Spain's Munoz wins LPGA Match Play crown Spain's Azahara Munoz defeated Taiwan's Candie Kung 2 and 1 in Sunday's final to capture the $1.5 million LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship and claim her first LPGA title. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:53:21Z Golf-World Match Play Championship final scores May 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores World Match PlayChampionship final in Casares, Spain on Sunday. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium)beat Graeme McDowell (Britain) by 1 hole Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T17:55:03Z Golf-Winners of the Byron Nelson Championship May 20 (Reuters) - Winners of the Byron Nelson Championshipsince 1980, following the one-shot victory by American JasonDufner at the TPC at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, on Sunday(U.S. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:28:12Z Dufner closes with birdie to win PGA title Jason Dufner sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole to win the PGA Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday, taking his second title of the year only three weeks after ending a 163-event win drought. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:08:45Z Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million (Reuters) - The earliest known New York Yankees jersey worn by slugger Babe Ruth was sold for $4.4 million on Sunday, a record for a piece of sports memorabilia. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T01:51:36Z Spurs win 17th in a row to put Clippers on the brink Tony Parker scored 23 points and Tim Duncan added 19 as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 96-86 for their 17th NBA victory in a row. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T01:03:04Z UPDATE 1-Golf-Dufner wins Byron Nelson with late birdie * Two birdies in last three holes earn Dufner victory * Sinks 25-footer on 18 to avoid going into a playoff (Adds quotes, detail) May 20 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner holed a 25-footbirdie putt at the last hole to win his second PGA Tour title inthree weeks with a dramatic one-shot victory at the Byron NelsonChampionship in Irving, Texas on Sunday. Dufner, who made his breakthrough on the circuit at lastmonth's New Orleans Classic, pumped his right fist incelebration as his ball dropped into the cup for athree-under-par 67. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:31:43Z Votto hits 3-run HR, Reds hold off Yankees 6-5 Reds manager Dusty Baker went deep into his dominant bullpen to find someone who could put away the New York Yankees. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T22:20:34Z Scherzer's 15 Ks help Tigers beat Pirates 4-3 Max Scherzer struck out 15 — the most by a Detroit pitcher in 40 years — and the Tigers rallied for him with three runs in the seventh inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T20:05:39Z Golf-McDowell reaches Match Play semi with ugly win MADRID, May 19 (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's GraemeMcDowell triumphed in a playoff against local favourite SergioGarcia to reach the World Match Play Championships semi-finalsin Casares, southern Spain on Saturday. McDowell missed a five-foot putt for the match on the 18th,but came through when the pair returned to the same hole tostart the playoff in which Garcia missed from similar range. "It wasn't exactly 'El Clasico' and I feel like I dodged abullet there," the man who holed the winning putt for Europe atthe 2010 Ryder Cup told the European Tour website. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T18:09:57Z Thunder silence Lakers to take 3-1 series lead LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A late three-pointer by Kevin Durant capped a dramatic fightback by the Oklahoma City Thunder as they left the Los Angeles Lakers on the verge of playoff elimination with a 103-100 win in Game Four on Saturday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:11:12Z UPDATE 1-Golf-World Match Play Championship results May 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from World Match PlayChampionship quarter-finals in Casares, Spain on Saturday. Graeme McDowell (Britain) beat Sergio Garcia (Spain) 19th Paul Lawrie (Britain) beat Retief Goosen (South Africa) 6&5 Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) beat Brandt Snedeker (U.S.) 4&3 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) beat Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 3&1 Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T16:41:47Z Strasburg stars as Nationals beat Orioles 9-3 Stephen Strasburg took a swing and looked in amazement as the baseball carried over the left-field wall. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:18:37Z Cardinals' Berkman leaves game with knee injury St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman injured his right knee while taking a throw at first base during the second inning of Saturday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T03:18:36Z Spurs rally to beat Clippers, win series The San Antonio Spurs mowed down another opponent, using their guile under pressure to close out another perfect playoff series. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:39:01Z Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:42:48Z Golf-American Dufner wins Byron Nelson with late birdie May 20 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner holed a 25-footbirdie putt at the last hole to win his second PGA Tour title inthree weeks with a dramatic one-shot victory at the Byron NelsonChampionship in Irving, Texas on Sunday. Dufner, who made his breakthrough on the circuit at lastmonth's New Orleans Classic, pumped his right fist incelebration as his ball dropped into the cup for athree-under-par 67. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T21:47:11Z James, Wade combine for 70 as Heat win Game 4 The coveted NBA championship, the one LeBron James needs to validate everything, was vanishing. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:27:08Z UPDATE 1-Golf-Dufner stays one ahead at Byron Nelson * Late birdie helps Dufner stay a stroke in front * Day three-putts final green to trail by one (Adds quotes, detail) May 19 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner kept his composureafter a slow start to move one stroke clear of a congestedleaderboard in Saturday's wind-buffeted third round of the ByronNelson Championship in Irving, Texas. Overnight leader Dufner, who clinched his maiden PGA Tourvictory at the New Orleans Classic three weeks ago, carded aone-under-par 69 at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas foran eight-under total of 202. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T23:32:11Z Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:42:48Z Asian stars ousted in LPGA Match Play Reigning US Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu of South Korea was ousted 2-up by American Vicky Hurst on Saturday in a quarter-final at the LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T23:22:55Z |
| Dufner closes with birdie to win PGA title Jason Dufner sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole to win the PGA Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday, taking his second title of the year only three weeks after ending a 163-event win drought. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:08:45Z NATO terror plot details emerge Two suspects who appeared in court in Cook County, Illinois, on Sunday are not believed to be part of an alleged terror plot in Chicago during the NATO summit, prosecutors said Sunday. Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 21:52:24 EDT Golf-McDowell reaches Match Play semi with ugly win MADRID, May 19 (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's GraemeMcDowell triumphed in a playoff against local favourite SergioGarcia to reach the World Match Play Championships semi-finalsin Casares, southern Spain on Saturday. McDowell missed a five-foot putt for the match on the 18th,but came through when the pair returned to the same hole tostart the playoff in which Garcia missed from similar range. "It wasn't exactly 'El Clasico' and I feel like I dodged abullet there," the man who holed the winning putt for Europe atthe 2010 Ryder Cup told the European Tour website. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T18:09:57Z UPDATE 1-Golf-Dufner wins Byron Nelson with late birdie * Two birdies in last three holes earn Dufner victory * Sinks 25-footer on 18 to avoid going into a playoff (Adds quotes, detail) May 20 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner holed a 25-footbirdie putt at the last hole to win his second PGA Tour title inthree weeks with a dramatic one-shot victory at the Byron NelsonChampionship in Irving, Texas on Sunday. Dufner, who made his breakthrough on the circuit at lastmonth's New Orleans Classic, pumped his right fist incelebration as his ball dropped into the cup for athree-under-par 67. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:31:43Z Dufner's 25-foot birdie putt on 18 wins Nelson A month ago, Jason Dufner was a single man still in search of his first PGA Tour victory. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T01:30:48Z 45 arrested; 4 cops hurt in NATO fracas More work must be done before NATO troops pull out of Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said as he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday. Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 22:14:00 EDT Coyotes beat LA Kings 2-0, avoid West final sweep The Clarence Campbell Bowl was in Staples Center for the first time, waiting to be presented by Commissioner Gary Bettman to the NHL's Western Conference champions. The Los Angeles Kings' long-suffering fans gathered downtown shortly after dawn, eager to witness a series sweep and a coronation. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T23:25:08Z Golf-Winners of the Byron Nelson Championship May 20 (Reuters) - Winners of the Byron Nelson Championshipsince 1980, following the one-shot victory by American JasonDufner at the TPC at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, on Sunday(U.S. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:28:12Z Cardinals' Berkman leaves game with knee injury St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman injured his right knee while taking a throw at first base during the second inning of Saturday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T03:18:36Z UPDATE 1-Golf-World Match Play Championship results May 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from World Match PlayChampionship quarter-finals in Casares, Spain on Saturday. Graeme McDowell (Britain) beat Sergio Garcia (Spain) 19th Paul Lawrie (Britain) beat Retief Goosen (South Africa) 6&5 Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) beat Brandt Snedeker (U.S.) 4&3 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) beat Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 3&1 Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T16:41:47Z Golf-Americans Palmer and O'Hair target Open spots at Lytham May 20 (Reuters) - Former PGA Tour winners Ryan Palmer, SeanO'Hair, Stuart Appleby and Jhonattan Vegas will line up inPlano, Texas on Monday in a strong field of 78 at the U.S. legof international qualifying for the British Open. The quartet will compete over 36 holes at Gleneagles CountryClub for eight spots on offer at the year's third major, to beheld from July 19-22 at Lytham St Annes in England. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T00:04:14Z Spurs rally to beat Clippers, win series The San Antonio Spurs mowed down another opponent, using their guile under pressure to close out another perfect playoff series. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:39:01Z Spurs win 17th in a row to put Clippers on the brink Tony Parker scored 23 points and Tim Duncan added 19 as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 96-86 for their 17th NBA victory in a row. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T01:03:04Z Chinese firm buys AMC theaters China's Dalian Wanda Group and AMC Entertainment announced Monday a $2.6 billion deal to take over the U.S. theater group, forming the world's largest cinema chain, according to a new release on the deal. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 00:25:16 EDT Asian stars ousted in LPGA Match Play Reigning US Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu of South Korea was ousted 2-up by American Vicky Hurst on Saturday in a quarter-final at the LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T23:22:55Z Dufner clings to PGA lead with Day, Singh chasing American Jason Dufner fired a one-under par 69 to keep a one-stroke lead after the third round of the PGA Byron Nelson Championship but Vijay Singh and Jason Day are among those hot on his heels. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T01:34:16Z Zuckerberg's new FB status: Married Days after his company made its stock market debut, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan. Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 16:45:45 EDT Golf-American Dufner wins Byron Nelson with late birdie May 20 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner holed a 25-footbirdie putt at the last hole to win his second PGA Tour title inthree weeks with a dramatic one-shot victory at the Byron NelsonChampionship in Irving, Texas on Sunday. Dufner, who made his breakthrough on the circuit at lastmonth's New Orleans Classic, pumped his right fist incelebration as his ball dropped into the cup for athree-under-par 67. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T21:47:11Z Ex-Rutgers student may face deportation, jail time Dharun Ravi could face 10 years in prison and be deported to his native India when he is sentenced Monday for spying on and intimidating his gay Rutgers University roommate, who then killed himself. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 02:46:45 EDT Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million (Reuters) - The earliest known New York Yankees jersey worn by slugger Babe Ruth was sold for $4.4 million on Sunday, a record for a piece of sports memorabilia. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T01:51:36Z McDowell downs Garcia in extra-hole thriller Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell defeated Spanish star Sergio Garcia in a thrilling extra-hole duel to reach the Volvo World Match Play Championship semi-finals on Saturday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T17:45:44Z Strasburg stars as Nationals beat Orioles 9-3 Stephen Strasburg took a swing and looked in amazement as the baseball carried over the left-field wall. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:18:37Z Spain's Munoz wins LPGA Match Play crown Spain's Azahara Munoz defeated Taiwan's Candie Kung 2 and 1 in Sunday's final to capture the $1.5 million LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship and claim her first LPGA title. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:53:21Z Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:42:48Z New doctor turned Mrs. Zuckerberg She likes Target, the Food Network and sun-dried tomatoes. She loves taking pictures of her dog Beast, and admits to checking her phone "every five seconds." Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 19:37:59 EDT Clemens trial resumes with more from ex-trainer The Roger Clemens perjury trial resumes with the final day of testimony from Brian McNamee, the government's key witness. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T07:44:25Z UPDATE 1-Golf-Dufner stays one ahead at Byron Nelson * Late birdie helps Dufner stay a stroke in front * Day three-putts final green to trail by one (Adds quotes, detail) May 19 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner kept his composureafter a slow start to move one stroke clear of a congestedleaderboard in Saturday's wind-buffeted third round of the ByronNelson Championship in Irving, Texas. Overnight leader Dufner, who clinched his maiden PGA Tourvictory at the New Orleans Classic three weeks ago, carded aone-under-par 69 at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas foran eight-under total of 202. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T23:32:11Z Gibb, 62, dies after cancer battle Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died after a bout with cancer, according to a statement on his website. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 03:08:36 EDT Golf-World Match Play Championship final scores May 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores World Match PlayChampionship final in Casares, Spain on Sunday. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium)beat Graeme McDowell (Britain) by 1 hole Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T17:55:03Z Thunder silence Lakers to take 3-1 series lead LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A late three-pointer by Kevin Durant capped a dramatic fightback by the Oklahoma City Thunder as they left the Los Angeles Lakers on the verge of playoff elimination with a 103-100 win in Game Four on Saturday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:11:12Z Yahoo, Alibaba reach $7.1 billion deal Yahoo and China's Alibaba Group have agreed to a $7.1 billion deal in which the Hangzhou-based internet behemoth buys back half of Yahoo's 40% stake in the company. Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 23:29:16 EDT Votto hits 3-run HR, Reds hold off Yankees 6-5 Reds manager Dusty Baker went deep into his dominant bullpen to find someone who could put away the New York Yankees. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T22:20:34Z James, Wade combine for 70 as Heat win Game 4 The coveted NBA championship, the one LeBron James needs to validate everything, was vanishing. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:27:08Z Scherzer's 15 Ks help Tigers beat Pirates 4-3 Max Scherzer struck out 15 — the most by a Detroit pitcher in 40 years — and the Tigers rallied for him with three runs in the seventh inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T20:05:39Z Deliberations to resume in Edwards trial The jury in the corruption trial of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards reconvenes for deliberations Monday. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 02:24:40 EDT Thunder steal another to put Lakers on brink Kevin Durant hit the go-ahead three pointer with 13 seconds left to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 103-100 win over Los Angeles to put the Lakers on the brink of elimination. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:07:36Z Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:42:48Z Guard killed in Mississippi prison riot A prison riot that claimed the life of a guard continued into the late night hours Sunday at Adams County Correctional Facility in Natchez, Mississippi, with no clear word from authorities about what caused it. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 01:07:49 EDT I'll Have Another could face strong Belmont field I'll Have Another will face several familiar foes in his attempt to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:22:06Z |
| Spain's Munoz wins LPGA Match Play crown Spain's Azahara Munoz defeated Taiwan's Candie Kung 2 and 1 in Sunday's final to capture the $1.5 million LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship and claim her first LPGA title. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:53:21Z Moving Servers Today Well I like to look at pretty pictures on deployment days to keep my mind on the good side of software. Well I guess it is not that bad, but today we moved Geekswithblogs.net to a new server pool to update hardware, get some extra machines in the mix, and move to SQL Server 2008 R2. If you see any issues, please alert us directly via comments or support@geekswithblogs.com. Thanks and hopefully we will see more benefits that issues.
Technorati Tags: Geekswithblogs.net Publ.Date : Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:55:52 GMT Asian stars ousted in LPGA Match Play Reigning US Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu of South Korea was ousted 2-up by American Vicky Hurst on Saturday in a quarter-final at the LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T23:22:55Z Adding Robots.txt to your ASP.NET MVC 3 Applications One of the things I always forgot to add to my web applications is the Robots.txt file that Search Engines use to see what they should index. This file and site maps help make your site easier to navigate by the bots and let them know what is legal and what you would rather not have the published in their engines. I typically add any administrative pages or account pages even though they are protected by security, no need for the login page to be index if they sniff the link. So how do you add Robots.txt to your MVC 3 application? Glad you asked, here is a little code to get you started. Sample Code 1. Select the controller you would like to use for the robots.txt output. I chose the HomeController in my application as I use it for most “top level” generic links like about us, contact us, index, etc. 2. Create a method called Robots to handle the request. #region -- Robots() Method -- public ActionResult Robots() { Response.ContentType = "text/plain"; return View(); } #endregion 3. Add the Robots.cshtml view to your Controller’s View directory. Here is the code I have in my view, yours will vary. @{ Layout = null; } # robots.txt for @this.Request.Url.Host User-agent: * Disallow: /Administration/ Disallow: /Account/ 4. Load up the class you are using to control your routes, if you are in an Area, this could your AreaRegistration class. If you are at the top like I am and using the standard MVC template, this is probably the Global.asax.cs file. Add your route to this file, mine looks like this. routes.MapRoute("Robots.txt", "robots.txt", new { controller = "Home", action = "Robots" }); 5. Compile and test.
Conclusion If you have an internet facing site, the chances are you will have a bot find you are request this page. You might as well give them the benefit of the doubt and let them know where you want them to go. Also you will save yourself some error log when this page is requested and no controller is found. Just like anything in ASP.NET, there are many ways to solve this riddle, if you use a different approach, please feel free to share it in the comments.
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:47:35 GMT Ex-Rutgers student may face deportation, jail time Dharun Ravi could face 10 years in prison and be deported to his native India when he is sentenced Monday for spying on and intimidating his gay Rutgers University roommate, who then killed himself. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 02:46:45 EDT Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:42:48Z Spurs win 17th in a row to put Clippers on the brink Tony Parker scored 23 points and Tim Duncan added 19 as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 96-86 for their 17th NBA victory in a row. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T01:03:04Z Red-Gate is sending a DBA to Space!
Ok, I think this is the coolest contest I have seen. Red-Gate is sending a DBA to Space! If you have mad SQL skills, you should definitely look into this contest. More Information:
Visit https://www.dbainspace.com/ to learn more about the contest!
Publ.Date : Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:44:52 GMT New Google Reader Layout | Not a Fan I have always been a fan of Google Reader. I have been using it since it first came out and have never tried another feed reader. Yesterday they decided to update the UI to fit their new G+ look and in my opinion, made the application almost impossible to use. I have three main machines I use on a daily basis. A Dell XPS desktop with dual 24 inch monitors, a Toshiba Protégé with a 13 inch display, and a 11 inch MacBook Air. When I am at my desk all day, the Dell is awesome for getting development done, but I don’t like to clutter my noise-generating applications on my development machine so I leave Outlook, Thunderbird, Messenger, Zune, and my social browsing to the Toshiba with 1366x768 resolution. This resolution is standard for most < 15 inch laptops. Now when you open up Google Reader on the laptop you get this huge portion at the top of the page that is wasted whitespace. Big dumb buttons with small text and lots of padding and a toolbar with lots of padding. On a big monitor with 1920x1080 resolution, its ok, but on the small monitor, you are left with half of the page to read your post and the other half for this dumb whitespace. Any who, if anyone has an alternative Feed Reader they are using, please let me know. Publ.Date : Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:39:28 GMT Red Gate Releases The Next Version of Their Performance Profiling Tool Red Gate launched the Ants Performance Profiler 7.0 product today. This application is simply amazing! SharePoint 2010 support! Decompilation without PDB using Reflector’s engine! Azure and EC2 Support! Seriously, if you need a profiler for your .NET applications this one takes the cake. They have some great videos online to show you how the product works and the team is very interactive if you have questions or concerns. There is also a 14 day trial so you can give it a go. The license fee is only $395, which is amazing if you think about the time it could save you on finding out why your app is not performing well.
Here some details I received from the product team:
Check out the site to learn more and feel free to let me know what you think of the product! James Hare did a review of 6.3 last year if you are unfamiliar with the product. Publ.Date : Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:54:31 GMT Gibb, 62, dies after cancer battle Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died after a bout with cancer, according to a statement on his website. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 03:08:36 EDT Strasburg stars as Nationals beat Orioles 9-3 Stephen Strasburg took a swing and looked in amazement as the baseball carried over the left-field wall. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:18:37Z TechEd 2012 Closing Party at Universal’s Island of Adventure Awesome news! The TechEd 2012 Closing Party is at Universal’s Island of Adventure theme park this year. The party is on Thursday, which give you a reason not to leave the conference early and actually catch some of the repeat sessions that you missed from crowds. I am really excited to check out the Harry Potter area of the park, I have heard great things. John and I will be making a presence again at TechEd, stay tuned for more details.
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Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:31:29 GMT Zuckerberg's new FB status: Married Days after his company made its stock market debut, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan. Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 16:45:45 EDT Yahoo, Alibaba reach $7.1 billion deal Yahoo and China's Alibaba Group have agreed to a $7.1 billion deal in which the Hangzhou-based internet behemoth buys back half of Yahoo's 40% stake in the company. Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 23:29:16 EDT Haiti – Two Years Ago Kevin Tews, a very awesome guy who was the organizer of my trip to Haiti two years ago put together and amazing video from some of the photos I took while in Haiti. Even today, I have still not got back to spunk I used to have for photography before this trip. When you see this through the lens, it is hard to want to take a picture of a park or cityscape. Seeing the devastation and the beauty of Haiti definitely changes a person. Link: http://youtu.be/McZDLjUKJ-c Technorati Tags: Haiti,2 Years Later Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:42:04 GMT UPDATE 1-Golf-Dufner stays one ahead at Byron Nelson * Late birdie helps Dufner stay a stroke in front * Day three-putts final green to trail by one (Adds quotes, detail) May 19 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner kept his composureafter a slow start to move one stroke clear of a congestedleaderboard in Saturday's wind-buffeted third round of the ByronNelson Championship in Irving, Texas. Overnight leader Dufner, who clinched his maiden PGA Tourvictory at the New Orleans Classic three weeks ago, carded aone-under-par 69 at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas foran eight-under total of 202. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T23:32:11Z Dufner clings to PGA lead with Day, Singh chasing American Jason Dufner fired a one-under par 69 to keep a one-stroke lead after the third round of the PGA Byron Nelson Championship but Vijay Singh and Jason Day are among those hot on his heels. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T01:34:16Z Chinese firm buys AMC theaters China's Dalian Wanda Group and AMC Entertainment announced Monday a $2.6 billion deal to take over the U.S. theater group, forming the world's largest cinema chain, according to a new release on the deal. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 00:25:16 EDT James, Wade combine for 70 as Heat win Game 4 The coveted NBA championship, the one LeBron James needs to validate everything, was vanishing. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:27:08Z Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million (Reuters) - The earliest known New York Yankees jersey worn by slugger Babe Ruth was sold for $4.4 million on Sunday, a record for a piece of sports memorabilia. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T01:51:36Z Golf-Americans Palmer and O'Hair target Open spots at Lytham May 20 (Reuters) - Former PGA Tour winners Ryan Palmer, SeanO'Hair, Stuart Appleby and Jhonattan Vegas will line up inPlano, Texas on Monday in a strong field of 78 at the U.S. legof international qualifying for the British Open. The quartet will compete over 36 holes at Gleneagles CountryClub for eight spots on offer at the year's third major, to beheld from July 19-22 at Lytham St Annes in England. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T00:04:14Z One Week on New Servers and Everything is Great It has been a week since we moved our Geekswithblogs.net System to a new set of load balanced servers and everything has been going great. I am so amazed at the performance of the new hardware. On average, we only use less than 5% of the CPU at any given moments or the database and web servers. I have seen a performance boost in page load as well, but I will have to confirm that with the statistics as they roll in. This is all in preparation for a new community we are launching with some friends that we will be announcing shortly. We will be launching a nice little contest for our bloggers as well. Technorati Tags: Geekswithblogs.net,Hardware Publ.Date : Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:47:26 GMT Deliberations to resume in Edwards trial The jury in the corruption trial of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards reconvenes for deliberations Monday. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 02:24:40 EDT McDowell downs Garcia in extra-hole thriller Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell defeated Spanish star Sergio Garcia in a thrilling extra-hole duel to reach the Volvo World Match Play Championship semi-finals on Saturday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T17:45:44Z Golf-World Match Play Championship final scores May 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores World Match PlayChampionship final in Casares, Spain on Sunday. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium)beat Graeme McDowell (Britain) by 1 hole Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T17:55:03Z Thunder steal another to put Lakers on brink Kevin Durant hit the go-ahead three pointer with 13 seconds left to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 103-100 win over Los Angeles to put the Lakers on the brink of elimination. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:07:36Z Golf-American Dufner wins Byron Nelson with late birdie May 20 (Reuters) - American Jason Dufner holed a 25-footbirdie putt at the last hole to win his second PGA Tour title inthree weeks with a dramatic one-shot victory at the Byron NelsonChampionship in Irving, Texas on Sunday. Dufner, who made his breakthrough on the circuit at lastmonth's New Orleans Classic, pumped his right fist incelebration as his ball dropped into the cup for athree-under-par 67. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T21:47:11Z Spurs rally to beat Clippers, win series The San Antonio Spurs mowed down another opponent, using their guile under pressure to close out another perfect playoff series. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:39:01Z Thunder silence Lakers to take 3-1 series lead LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A late three-pointer by Kevin Durant capped a dramatic fightback by the Oklahoma City Thunder as they left the Los Angeles Lakers on the verge of playoff elimination with a 103-100 win in Game Four on Saturday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:11:12Z Votto hits 3-run HR, Reds hold off Yankees 6-5 Reds manager Dusty Baker went deep into his dominant bullpen to find someone who could put away the New York Yankees. Publ.Date : 2012-05-19T22:20:34Z Kansas City will be getting a Microsoft Store I have to admit, I am pretty excited about this. I am not sure about the dates, but the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, KS will be getting a Microsoft Store very soon based on this article. I am guessing this is due to the amount of Best Buy stores that are closing. I have never been to a store, but I am excited, what has everyone else thought about the experience? Publ.Date : Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:00:29 GMT My Office @ AJI Software Headquarters One of the great things about 2012 is that I am not in our office nearly 100% of the time during business hours. This is the first time I have been able to work from our office this much in about 4 years. In fact, we have moved three times during that four years and I have only averaged about 10-25% of my time in the office. This means I can actually setup my desk for development instead of business related tasks only. That means THREE MONITORS! My first reaction after a week with this setup: I never want to go back to two monitors. Visual Studio is a beast when it comes to multi-monitor support. It remembers where you placed your floating windows and keeps track of all the other goodies. I do wish I could detach a document and then make it dockable by other monitors, but at least with Windows+Left and Windows+Right and I quickly tile the documents on the external monitors. So far with an MVC application I have been working on I was able to have SQL Server, Visual Studio, detached Solution/Property/Team Explorer and my browsers all open at the same time. I can already find a use for going with 6 monitors now, but that will have to wait… I am definitely excited to see this new setup working for some of our SharePoint consulting and Team Foundation Server help we do. Those projects always have a need for multiple applications and flipping between quickly to get the job done.
Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:42:45 GMT Scherzer's 15 Ks help Tigers beat Pirates 4-3 Max Scherzer struck out 15 — the most by a Detroit pitcher in 40 years — and the Tigers rallied for him with three runs in the seventh inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T20:05:39Z Guard killed in Mississippi prison riot A prison riot that claimed the life of a guard continued into the late night hours Sunday at Adams County Correctional Facility in Natchez, Mississippi, with no clear word from authorities about what caused it. Publ.Date : Mon, 21 May 2012 01:07:49 EDT New doctor turned Mrs. Zuckerberg She likes Target, the Food Network and sun-dried tomatoes. She loves taking pictures of her dog Beast, and admits to checking her phone "every five seconds." Publ.Date : Sun, 20 May 2012 19:37:59 EDT Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T02:42:48Z Clemens trial resumes with more from ex-trainer The Roger Clemens perjury trial resumes with the final day of testimony from Brian McNamee, the government's key witness. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T07:44:25Z I'll Have Another could face strong Belmont field I'll Have Another will face several familiar foes in his attempt to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T22:22:06Z |