Palestra.Net: Not Just for College Kids = Beyond University ....

OK, so, yeah... We'd all like to go back to University ... sure ...

--- Even for me where Penn State University and State College didn't seem so big anymore and seemed to close-in on me and I couldn't wait to get out of town and go chill out some where for a while to really digest it all and clear my head to truly move on = I've been back to Happy Valley at aleast once a year since then ...

There's something about the energy of University that's so sexxy in every way that people everywhere love it and miss it and oft times try and get back to it or recapture it and someway ...

For me it was where the immaterial and material world collided and blended like a "French '77" from the Adams Apple @ The Tavern in good old State College, PA

After catching Tiffany Wilson on Fox & Friends Weekend and then googling Palestra.net, I was pleasantly surprised by most of what I found. The content is well organized, savvy and, at times, even presented in a "popping" fashion.

Of course, just as my wife automatically assumed the reason why I was intersted in a college oriented site ...

it's like Palestra.net's founders, workers, reporters, staff and contributors just couldn't get enough and needed to find a brilliant, mature, rational way to stay-in-touch and live the lifestyle we all still dream about = and make a decen't, credible, respectable living doing so...

Isn't life grand when it's not what you do or who you are that defines you = but how you do what you do?

Palestra.net is beyond University ...

For me it's like the college world and the real world has collided and blended like a "French '77" from the Adams Apple @ The Tavern in good old State College, PA

Palestra.net is the college network-- an online home for everything college students care about. From music to sports, news, entertainment, politics, fashion and even weather, our network of paid student reporters covers it all.
The network was founded in 2006 by a group of former local TV sports guys in Columbus, OH who realized that the media was moving away from the half-hour evening TV newscast to an online and on-demand world.
The goal was simple: build a network of on-campus reporters that would provide students an opportunity to work as paid journalists, while creating unique, entertaining and diverse content for an audience of their peers.
Today, the network has grown to nearly 100 schools and more than 120 student reporters. Reporters have covered every BCS bowl game, college basketball's Final Four, the Super Bowl, the Sundance Film Festival, the Bonarroo Music Festival and events held by every major 2008 presidential candidate. Our student reporters have filed stories from all 48 continental states.
Palestra.net is a content partner of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Channel providing student reporters opportunities to appear on both TV networks.
Beginning in late summer 2008, Palestra.net will launch a content partnership with Fox Sports Interactive, providing our reporters one more national platform on which to showcase their work.
This fall, reporters from some of the nation's best business schools will begin covering campus-related business stories for Palestra.net and the Fox Business Channel.

Tiffany Wilson
Tiffany Wilson, 23, a graduate managing editor of the college journalist Web site Palestra.net, has appeared on the Fox News Channel more than 50 times in the past year, frequently to talk about the election. “Young people want to see their peers on television,” she said.

----From: August 18, 2008

The NY Times
Television Starts to Court the Young Voter
By BRIAN STELTER

Tiffany Wilson in FLA

Tiffany Wilson brings you the news from Northwestern's beautiful lakefront.Tiffany Wilson and Brent Swails bring the news.

Tiffany Wilson and Shelby Holiday = HOT = A+++ +++(+)

Shelby Holiday: Thumbs-UpShelby Holiday and Rod Smith



Shelby Holliday has your San Diego weekend sports update.
ThePalestra.com's student reporter Shelby Holiday chronicles the joys of traveling on her way out to Columbus.
Recent San Diego grad Shelby Holliday blogs about her packing adventures as she gets ready to hit up Europe!
Shelby Holiday reporting from St. Paul, MN (2008-08-31 16:00:12)

The Palestra.net Blog
The Palestra.net Blog chronicles the adventures of a Palestra reporter. From exotic trips to some not so pleasant locations, our team reports constantly from the field. You will get a behind the scenes look at the workings of Palestra.net.

StaffNewslinks

(although I could care less about the other four topical liners this fifth one gained my respect)

>> Ryan Adams Writes Book

Technology

Name: Ric Winkler
Position: Director of Technology & Engineering
College: Penn State University
Major: BS Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Washington, DC
Ric Winker is the director of technology and engineering for Palestra.net. Ric is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Music/Creative Department

Name: Dan Hoffman
Position: jump video cut / graphics semi colon / creative please
University and Graduation date: Ohio University / May 2003
Major: Video Production, specializing in Art & Journalism
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

After packing a 1993 Isuzu Amigo full of what was left of Dan’s college experience, he headed to Columbus, Ohio to work in the mind-numbing, non-creative world of corporate video. In efforts to escape this world, Dan spent his free time making music videos for local artists and exploring the world of online video. Jeff Hopson, a good friend and BBQ enthusiast, was aware of Dan’s creative appetite and introduced him to Palestra.net ... a place that welcomed creativity, passion, and a DIY attitude. Finally, Dan was given the opportunity to wear a tool belt and use a hammer. From here on out, Dan joined a team of people everyday to build the sweetest tree house possible. Now, Dan spends his free time exploring hot sauce, cooling off with a pale ale, and standing next to his lady friend, Robin.

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"Back On The Chain Gang" - Happy Labor Day - Pretenders

Back On The Chain Gang - Pretenders (HQ Audio) Early 80's Classic Pretenders Great Song Vid

Penn State Crushes Coastal Carolina 66-10 = by Sports Guru Brian Kilmeade (Author of The Games Do Count)

UNIVERSITY PARK -- Quarterback Daryll Clark and coach Joe Paterno, the young and old faces of the Penn State football program, each made some history Saturday.

For Clark, a senior who will have eligibility through next season, a 66-10 win over Coastal Carolina was his first start and first victory. For Paterno, in his 43rd season as head coach, it was win No. 373, tying him with Florida State's Bobby Bowden for first place all-time among major college coaches.

It's fair to say the two had differing takes on their historic moments.

Clark eagerly recounted the traditional bus ride to Beaver Stadium, with the starting quarterback seated up front, as is the custom, with Paterno.

"You start seeing a lot of the fans cheering and screaming. You finally get to the part where we stop and get off the bus and the door opened and I looked out and I'm like, 'It's here. It's here,' " Clark said. "I'll never forget this feeling that I had in the morning. I was excited, anxious, nervous, everything. But the time is now, man, and I'm just going to have to keep working hard and hopefully everything goes well this season because I feel like we have a real special thing going right now."

Paterno's message on the bus ride was simple, according to the quarterback.
"Just do what you do at practice and everything will be fine," Clark said. "That made me feel good."

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HOT Vice President Picks for the USA: (I Don't Know - I Think She's Kinda HOT)

...yeah, I think she's kinda HOT

(Taken at the Alaska Airmen's Trade Show in Anchorage, Alaska in May 2008)
tennis anyone?
Always Coca-Cola
CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's choice for his running mate, is a pioneering figure in her state with a strong reputation as a political outsider

Palin, a Republican, is in her first term as governor. She is the first woman and the youngest person to hold the state's top political job.
Palin, 44, married her high school boyfriend, Todd Palin, in 1988. He's an oil production operator on Alaska's North Slope.
They have five children, including a son who enlisted in the Army last year.
Sarah Palin catapulted to top post in Alaska government after a stint in local politics. She was mayor and a City Council member of the small town of Wasilla, Alaska, and was chairman of the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's oil and gas resources, in 2003 and 2004.
The conservative Palin defeated two so-called political insiders for the governor's job, incumbent Gov. Frank Murkowski in the GOP primary and former Democratic Gov. Tony Knowles in the 2006 general election. Palin made her name in part for backing tough ethical standards for politicians. During the first legislation session after her election, her administration passed a state ethics law overhaul
· Professional career: Television sports reporter, 1987-89; co-owner, commercial fishing operation, 1988-2007; owner, snow machine, watercraft and all-terrain vehicle business, 1994-97; chairwoman, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2003-2004.
· Born: February 11, 1964, Sandpoint, Idaho
· Education: B.S., University of Idaho, 1987 · Elected offices: Wasilla, Alaska, City Council member, 1992-1996


w/ Verner Wilson
...yeah, she's kinda HOT for a "barracuda"
She has been named chair of the National Governors Association's Natural Resources Committee. That panel is focused on legislation to ensure federal policies take state priorities into account in agriculture, energy, environmental protection and natural resource management.
She is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and practices two of Alaska's popular pastimes -- fishing and hunting.
She graduated from Wasilla High School in 1982 and received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987.

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“the American Promise" _ Obama Promises He Can Deliver Change

Denver, Colo. — Barack Obama urged Americans today to believe that he had the capability to deliver on the promise of change to the nation and the world that attracted millions to his historic campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

In becoming the first African-American, major-party presidential nominee, the Illinois senator also called for a politically united nation to confront the economic and national security problems that await the next president in January.

“America, our work will not be easy,” Obama told an audience of roughly 84,000 at Invesco Field at Mile High as the Democratic National Convention in Denver came to a close. “The challenges we face require tough choices, and Democrats, as well as Republicans, will need to cast off the worn-out ideas and politics of the past.”

In accepting the nomination, Obama symbolically ended a grueling, 19-month nominating campaign that was first stamped by his decisive win in Iowa’s leadoff nominating caucuses in January .

And with just 68 days until the election, Obama launched a full-throated attack of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain. Obama painted his rival as an ally of President Bush on key economic and national security issues.Obama said McCain, who is scheduled to accept the GOP nomination in St. Paul next week, is to be respected for his military service. The Arizona senator is a Vietnam War veteran and former prisoner of war.

Obama’s campaign moved the convention’s final day from the Pepsi Center arena to the football stadium to allow thousands more people to attend.

“I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring,” he said.Obama, son of an African father and white Midwestern mother, is the black nominee of a major political party.

The significance of Obama’s landmark nomination was punctuated by his acceptance speech given on the 45th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King’s iconic “I have a dream speech” in 1965. The timing was a coincidence, considering the convention had been scheduled for months, before the nominee was decided.Obama invoked the moment as a reminder of what he called “the American promise.”

“At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise – that American promise – and in the words of Scripture, 'Hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.’

”Cedar Rapids Democrat Dale Todd, an early supporter of Obama in Iowa, described the speech as groundbreaking. “It established for the Democratic Party a new culture of political leadership,” he said. “How we govern as a country and how we are seen in the world’s eye will be fundamentally different from here out.”

Des Moines Democrat Jerry Crawford, who was a leading supporter of Hillary Clinton, described the speech as politically savvy. “It was plain spoken, policy driven and had a lot of great lines,” Crawford said.

“Obama knows what is coming at him next week and he wisely threw the first punch.” Ames delegate Stephanie Imhoff said the speech had people of all ages around her in the stadium in tears. Obama’s call to Americans to join together was most meaningful point he made, she said.
By THOMAS BEAUMONT • August 28, 2008

DENVER - AUGUST 28: Democratic U.S. Vice-Presidential nominee Joe Biden (D-DE) (2nd-R), Democratic U.S. Presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) (2nd-L), Malia Obama (L), Jill Biden (R) and Michelle Obama (3rd-L) stand on stage after Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High at the 2008 Democratic National Convention (DNC)
DENVER - AUGUST 28: (L-R) Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, Sasha Obama and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) stand on stage delegates after he accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High at the 2008 Democratic National Convention (DNC)
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (C) stands with his wife Michelle (R) with children Malia (3rd R) and Sasha (2nd R) and with vice presidential nominee Joe Biden (2nd L) and wife Jill (L) and. at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 28, 2008.

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What's Going On???...

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav, which has killed at least 60 people in the Caribbean, struck Jamaica with near hurricane-force winds on Thursday and was on a path to reach New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico oil fields as a potentially. Reuters.co.uk
"To be as simple as possible, I just want to play football ... That's what it comes down to. I know what's on the table, I know what's on the line. I put a lot of work in this and I want to play."
Chargers LB Shawne Merriman decides to play rather than have surgery on 2 torn knee ligaments
'Remarkable' cell-switching research holds promise

By Karen KaplanLos Angeles Times
Article Launched: 08/28/2008 01:31:46 AM PDT

Using a cocktail of proteins inserted directly into the bodies of diabetic mice, researchers have converted normal pancreas cells into insulin-producing cells using a procedure that could pave the way for treating intractable diseases and injuries using the patient's own abundant store of healthy tissue.
The Harvard University scientists activated a trio of dormant genes that commanded the cells to transform themselves, much like loading a new operating system onto a computer.
Within 10 days, the pancreas cells ceased their normal function - making gut enzymes to digest food - and instead produced insulin to regulate blood sugar, according to a study online Wednesday in the journal Nature. Doug Melton, co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and the study's senior author, said the same approach could be used to generate motor neurons for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, make cardiac muscle cells for heart attack victims or create other crucial cells that can repair damage wrought by a range of illnesses.

Indonesia doubles size of Sumatra national park
Sumatra's endangered elephants and tigers are to get a boost from an Indonesian government move to expand one of their last havens.Speaking in Jakarta, head of WWF in Indonesia, Mubariq Ahmad says a four-year-old national park on the island will be more than doubled to 86,000 hectares.The conservation group says 60 to 80 elephants and about 50 tigers are believed to live in the area now to be covered by the park.

1 day ago: US actor Brad Pitt gestures as he signs autographs upon his arrival for the screening of the movie "Burn After Reading" directed by Ethan and Joel Coen during the 65th Venice International Film Festival at the Venice Lido, on August 27, 2008. "Burn After Reading" is presented out of competition.

- Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction, his representatives said Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Duchovny, 48, plays a sex-obsessed character on the Showtime series "Californication," which earned Emmy nods for casting and cinematography. The show's second season begins Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps helps a girl as she swims at the YMCA of Greater New York in New York Aug. 28, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Michael Phelps, a 14-time Olympic gold medalist, teamed with Visa Inc., a Worldwide Olympic Partner, on Thursday to present a Play Every Day jump-start grant to the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) of Greater New York.
The funds will help the YMCA expand participation in its 2nd Grade Swim program, purchase new swimming equipment, and also support aquatic facility expansions in Brooklyn and Queens.

The announcement is a continuation of Visa and its family of Olympic athletes ongoing commitment to the Partnership for Play Every Day, an effort to raise national awareness and support for increasing and improving the spaces where America's youth can play.

2 days ago: US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) watches Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) deliver her speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Billings, Montana, August 26, 2008.

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Crucified frog has Pope hopping mad

AP Photo/Othmar Seehauser

By Philip Pullella in Rome

August 28, 2008 09:04pm
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A MODERN art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that Pope Benedict has condemned as blasphemous may have its days numbered.

The board of the Museion museum in the northern city of Bolzano were meeting on Thursday to choose whether to side with the pope and other opponents of the frog or with proponents who say it should be defended as a work of art.

The wooden sculpture by the late German artist Martin Kippenberger depicts a frog about 1.3m high nailed to brown cross and holding a beer mug in one outstretched hand and an egg in another. Called Zuerst die Fuesse, (Feet First), it wears a green loin cloth and is nailed through the hands and the feet in the manner of Jesus Christ. Its green tongue hangs out of its mouth.

Kippenberger's work has been shown at the Tate Modern and the Saatchi Gallery in London and at the Venice Biennale, and retrospectives are planned in Los Angeles and New York. Museum officials in the northern bi-lingual Alto Adige region near the Austrian border said the artist, who died in 1997, considered it a self-portrait illustrating human angst. Pope Benedict, who is German himself and was recently on holiday not far from Bolzano, obviously did not agree. The Vatican wrote a letter of support in the pope's name to Franz Pahl, president of the regional government who opposed the sculpture.

"Surely this is not a work of art but a blashphemy and a disgusting piece of trash that upsets many people," Mr Pahl said as the museum board was meeting. The Vatican letter said that the work "wounds the religious sentiments of so many people who see in the cross the symbol of God's love".

Mr Pahl, whose province is heavily Catholic, was so outraged by the sculpture of the pop-eyed amphibian that he went on a hunger strike to demand its removal and had to be taken to hospital during the summer. The museum then moved the statue out of its foyer and into a less trafficked area on the third floor. But Pahl's opposition was unflagging and he has threatened to resign as regional president unless it is removed altogether.

Art experts defend the work. "Art must always be free and the artist should not have any restrictions on freedom of expression," Claudio Strinati, a superindendent for Rome's state museums, told an Italian newspaper on Thursday.

Rocky Mountain Way Megyn Kelly ...

Rocky Mountain Way Megyn Kelly

"Well he's tellin' us this And he's tellin' us that Changes it every day Say's it doesn't matter Bases are loaded and Casey's at bat Playin' it play by play Time to change the batter And we don't need the ladies Crying 'cuz the storie's sad, uh huh Rocky Moutain Way Is better than the way we had Hey, hey, hey, hey"

--- On Mon, 8/25/08, John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> wrote: From: John French <mosshead7@yahoo.com> Subject: Rocky Mountain Way Megyn Kelly ... To: americasnewsroom@foxnews.com Cc: redeye@foxnews.com, comments@foxnews.com, feedback@foxnews.com, brian.kilmeade@foxnews.com Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 10:04 AM Hi Megyn, You make me wanna fly out to Colorado you are so magnetically gorgeously beautiful and so SMOKING RED HOT today = A++++++++++++ Did you cut and color your hair? Best of the Roses, Giovanni French "Julian Denver Foxx" mystrawhat.com theneweverydaymedia.blogsot.com

inside the arena…

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"August 26th, 2008 10:33 PM Eastern
inside the arena…
by Greta Van Susteren
President Clinton is two boxes over from the Fox box."

Her remarks came late in the convention’s second night, following a video narrated by her daughter Chelsea and chronicling her rise in politics. Chelsea then took the mainstage at the Pepsi Center in Denver saying, “I’m very proud to introduce my hero and mother, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.”

Looking on at his daughter and wife from inside the hall as an ovation exploded in the room, former President Bill Clinton could be seen on TV monitors mouting the words, “I love you.”

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