ATWATER -- Everywhere Carolyn Williams looked, she was surrounded by basketball royalty.

Turn one way and there's Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.

On the other side of the room, Larry Bird, LeBron James, Charles Barkley.

Some of the greatest basketball players were on hand last month at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., to honor Williams and the rest of the All American Red Heads, who became the first women's professional basketball team to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The Red Heads were part of a 2012 class that also included players like Reggie Miller, Ralph Sampson and Jamaal Wilkes, and former Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson.

Williams, 57, played one year with the Red Heads from 1975 to 1976. She traveled across the country, playing in more than 200 games.

"It's like, 'We're one of them, really? We're in the Hall of Fame like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, my idol?' " Williams said. "You'd see Pat Riley, Chris Mullin, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird. We were pretty much star struck. Charles Barkley came up to us and said welcome to the family. Some of them actually came up and asked if they could take a picture with us!"

The All American Red Heads were basically the female equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters. The Red Heads debuted in 1936 and played until 1986. They traveled across the country, usually playing fund-raisers for schools against teams made up of coaches and other faculty, but also played games in Madison Square Garden and Chicago Stadium.

They played against men's teams and rarely lost. "The men didn't want to lose," said Red Head teammate Patty Bruce. "They broke my nose. They did not want a girl to beat them."

The 5-foot-10 Williams was recruited for the team while playing at Chico State. She was invited to a basketball camp in Mississippi during the summer of 1975. There, she was asked to join the Red Heads.

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Last week, our NHL counterparts at Yahoo stumbled across the Columbus Blue Jackets' mascot dancing to Gangnam Style, the latest fad song to hit the FM airwaves thanks to a funny music video. But Stinger is just bouncing around. The boys at the Kraze 101.3 Morning Krew in Red Deer had a better idea.

Enter, Red Deer Rebels Style, presented by Diesel and Rae:

Anybody who has tired of the original video since it debuted about a month ago can take solace in the fact that the production team behind this video appear to get that simply using the singular dance move in different locations can be tired. There's a lot more "parody" that goes into this one rather than just getting a few people in Red Deer jerseys dancing around in front of the arena.

Sample lyrics:

Hit the ice all Rebel boys and Jesse WallinYeah they're slinging pucks and bucksBecause you know our team is ballin'The other guys got their heads downYou best watch out for DumbaGoals, hits, lay the lumba'

The ABACDD rhyming scheme isn't a poetic convention that I learned in any literature classes, and there are some creative liberties rhyming Wild first rounder Mathew Dumba's name with "lumber", but that's all part of the parody. Also not sure about Rebels' coach Jesse Wallin's name rhyming with "ballin". A few creative liberties.

That next scene in the elevator? That would presumably be taking place at Red Deer's City Hall (I imagine one of the few buildings in Red Deer that has an elevator) since that is Red Deer mayor Morris Flewwelling asking the performers if they're "here for the budget."

Despite the political cameo and the Rebels players dancing in supporting roles, the one thing that keeps this from ranking up there with the Spokane Chiefs' Call Me Maybe or the Barrie Colts' Cha Cha Slide is that this isn't so much a performance by hockey players as it is an honest-to-goodness parody. FM stations like to pump out alternative lyrics of popular songs to back the local team, and that's what this is.

It's pretty enjoyable, all things considered.

Red Deer play at home to Medicine Hat tonight and currently sit 3rd place in the WHL's Central Division with a 4-5-0-1 record.

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12/10/2012

Ahead of today's second session, the air temperature is 21 degrees C, while the track temperature is 29 degrees.

Lewis Hamilton led the way this morning, ahead of Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber, in a session which saw plenty of lock-ups and offs as the drivers struggled with the green and excessively dusty track surface.

A number of teams are running updates here, most notably Lotus and Williams, both of whom are trying new exhausts.

The tyres on off this weekend are soft and supersoft, however, the softer option has yet to make an appearance today.

Having handed over their cars to the reserve drivers this morning, this afternoon Nico Hulkenberg, Bruno Senna, Vitaly Petrov and Narain Karthikeyan get their first taste of Yeongam 2012.

Showing all the eagerness the team displayed this morning, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is first out for this session, followed by Raikkonen and Glock. The German was sidelined for much of this morning's session as his team changed his steering rack.

Within moments of the green light there are eighteen drivers on track.

Drivers are told not to slow in the final corner if entering the pitlane - the warning coming straight from Charlie Whiting.

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She was stunning in a floral applique gown at the Los Angeles premiere of her latest film, Seven Psychopaths.

And Abbie Cornish once again was turning heads botanicals as the movie screened in New York on Wednesday night.

The 30-year-old actress was stunning in a Roland Mouret bustier dress with a washed-out print and fishtail flare.

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Simply stunning: Abbie Cornish wore a white Roland Mouret bustier dress with a washed-out floral print at the New York City premiere of her new film, Seven Psychopaths

The Australian star wore the white figure-hugging frock to the event at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas in the downtown Manhattan district.

The Sucker Punch star paired the dress with a silver clutch and matching manicure as she smiled down the red carpet.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- Convicted child sex abuser Gerald A. "Jerry" Sandusky arrived at the Centre County Courhouse at 8:45 a.m. ET today wearing a red prison jumpsuit and handcuffs. Sentencing for the former Penn State assistant football coach is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. He was convicted June 22 of 45 counts of child sex abuse involving 10 boys over 15 years.

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A few people are scratching their heads and asking why Terry Francona would agree to manage the Cleveland Indians. Why would someone who managed the Boston Red Sox to 744 wins and two World Series titles from 2004-2011 go to a team that ended last season 20 games back in the division standings, ranked in the lower-third of Major League Baseball team payroll, and hasn't won a World Series since ...

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TROY When hockey players travel to Scotland, it's usually to play golf in the summer.

But Detroit Red Wings forward Drew Miller will leave his clubs behind, taking his skates instead, when he heads overseas on Tuesday. He has signed with the Braehead Clan of the Rapid Solicitors Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom.

It's just an opportunity to play,'' Miller said. It's kind of getting repetitive here, skating with half a team. It gives me an opportunity to play in game situations.''

He'll be playing in a 10-team league consisting of clubs in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The league, in its 10th season, has been compared to the ECHL.

I'm not sure exactly where it ranks, but I think they play more of a North American style than most of the European leagues, I'm told,'' Miller said. The biggest thing is playing games and mentally preparing for a game and being in that kind of atmosphere. That's what I'm going to try to get out of it.''

The Clan plays in 4,000-seat Braehead Arena in Renfrew, about two miles outside of Glasgow.

More than 100 NHL players have gone to Europe during the lockout and openings in many leagues are scarce, particularly for grinders like Miller, who has never been to Scotland or England.

It's an area of the world I'd like to be able to see,'' he said. Gives me an opportunity to play during the lockout.''

Miller said he's not pessimistic about the NHL and NHL Players Association reaching a new labor deal in time to salvage part of the season.

It's just that I wanted to be ready when the season kicks off, and hopefully it does,'' Miller said. The AHL is playing; a lot of those guys are going to come back into the quick (NHL) camp we would have (after a settlement). I don't want to be behind those guys who've (played games). That's one of the reasons I want to go over there and stay sharp.''

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If one wants to make a statement, the colour of choice would be red. This bright and bold colour represents a lot of things like love, passion and even anger. It is known as a colour that can invoke very strong feelings or emotions. Red makes heads turn, it makes people stand out and it is a colour that you will surely notice (ever wonder why most road signs are in red?) Because of what this colour represents, it is only fitting that it becomes a signature of the eighties. Vibrant and full of life, this decade is one that a lot of designers look to for inspiration this fall 2012 and one such designer is Marc Jacobs.

For his Marc by Marc Jacobs collection, Marc Jacobs went for a sophisticated 80s inspiration. To get the overall look, he teamed up with Dick Page, the Artistic Director for Shiseido cosmetics. This collaboration between the two artists resulted to a beauty look that features a strong and bold red lip colour with natural looking or bare eyes. This beauty look reminded me of a childhood cartoon, nevertheless, it is gorgeous and great for creating an impact. Check out the how-to right after the break.

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As the Ark-La-Tex prepares for the changing season, the Code Red alert system in Texarkana, Arkansas and Texas is getting an upgrade.

Residents can now sign up to receive winter weather warnings.

Code Red has been providing the twin cities weather warnings since 2005.

The system gives residents a "heads up" during tornadoes, flash floods and thunderstorms and now they're offering advanced warnings for winter storms.

"Anytime you have the opportunity receive information about what's going on, I believe information is power," said Captain shawn Vaughn, Emergency Communications.

Vaughn says even if you already registered for code red, you still have to sign up again to receive the winter weather alerts.

"Winter warnings are only delivered by either text or email," said Vaughn.

Emergency communications network provides the Code Red system to Texarkana. Nearly 80,000 area phone numbers are currently in the system.

The Code Red system upgrade comes at no additional cost to the cities' and counties.'

Vaughn says Code Red helps give residents extra time to prepare if a storm does moves into the region.

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SUZUKA, Japan (AFP) - Britain's Jenson Button headed his departing McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton in opening free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday.

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Vettel heads Red Bull 1-2 in FP3

06/10/2012

Ahead of the final free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix, the air temperature is 24 degrees C, while the track temperature is 35 degrees. It is bright and sunny but there remains a strong breeze.

Mark Webber was quickest in yesterday's second session when the soft (option) tyres finally made an appearance, with Jenson Button leading a McLaren 1-2 in the opening session.

Nico Rosberg suffered a problem which necessitated an engine change ahead of the second session, while there were crashes for Paul di Resta and Michael Schumacher who both went into the barriers at Spoon.

As ever, Fernando Alonso was up there, despite the failings of Ferrari's windtunnel, as were Sebastian Vettel, Romain Grosjean and Bruno Senna.

The resurfacing of the majority of the track has caught a number of drivers out, with lock-ups, tyre blistering and excursions aplenty.

There was also a very scary moment for Petrov when his rear wing fell from his car going into Turn 1, had it happened at 130R one would want to think of the possible consequences.

When the lights go green, Raikkonen is ready and waiting at the end of the pitlane, followed by Kovalainen, Grosjean, Vergne, di Resta, Pic, Karthikeyan and Ricciardo. Webber is among the early risers.

Within a couple of minutes all but Schumacher have been out, only Rosberg staying out for a second lap. Indeed, the German carries on to post the first time of the day (1:35.169) before being joined by his teammate.

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The north state's softball talent continues to turn heads at the collegiate ranks.

Red Bluff High senior Haley Harris has verbally agreed to accept a scholarship to play softball for University of California at Riverside, an NCAA Division I school in the Big West Conference.

Harris' offer comes in a third straight year that an area high school softball player has accepted a scholarship before playing their senior season. Anderson's Cheridan Hawkins, now at Oregon, did it in 2011 and West Valley's Molly McWilliams (Nevada) did it in 2010.

For Harris to have her school of choice locked up before taking the diamond in her final year as a high school athlete eases the pressure of her senior year.

"It's definitely relieving," Harris said. "That's what I was mostly stressed about not knowing where I was going."

UC Riverside so far has been the only school that offered Harris a scholarship, though, she received interest from plenty of other D-I and D-II schools before deciding to be a Highlander.

"They have a beautiful campus," Harris said. "The coaches are different; they're down to earth. Not only will they make me better on the field but with life lessons too."

Harris has been a varsity star for the Spartans the past three years, being selected as a first-team All-Record Searchlight and first-team All-Northern Section pick every season. She is coming off her best season where she hit .462 with four home runs, 55 hits, 40 RBIs and 42 runs.

"One of her best attributes is how competitive she is and how she's not satisfied at any level," Red Bluff softball coach J Howell said.

"It's been her goal as a freshman to get a scholarship to play in college and it's one thing for a kid to say that but it's another thing to put in the long hours of hard work that she has done to do that," Howell said. "It shows her determination, commitment and drive to accomplish something that she's wanted to do since she was a freshman."

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Chrome domes, take note: New research from one of the premier business schools in the U.S. suggests men who shave their heads are perceived to be more dominant, more athletic and better leaders.

Research by information management lecturer Albert Mannes at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business suggests that while men with male-pattern baldness tend to view themselve as having poor self-esteem, those who take the pre-emptive step of shaving a thinning head of hair enjoy numerous benefits in terms of how they are perceived by others.

In the paper, published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, Mannes outlines the results of three recent experiments involving men with shorn heads:

Two of the experiments showed that shaved men were perceived as being as much as an inch taller, on average, and stronger: the survey showed shaved men were estimated to be able to bench press 13 per cent more, on average.

In all three, they were also perceived to have better leadership qualities.

Mannes, who has shaved his head since he started going bald in his thirties, said the idea for the experiments came from his own experience.

"After fighting it for a while, one day I just decided to shave it off," he said in an interview published on the Wharton school's website.

While he received positive reviews from those who knew him, he noticed that new interactions with strangers were different. Others seemed "stand-offish and even deferential" to him, where they hadn't been before.

The experiments also showed a downside, however.

Men with shaved heads were rated lower in attractiveness and also seen as being older. But they nonetheless scored higher than men with thinning hair, who were ranked lower in almost all categories.

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Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has defended a comment he made about Australian telecommunications bosses wearing red underpants on their heads.

Senator Conroy made the remarks in a presentation he gave in New York earlier this week.

A scratchy recording has emerged of Senator Conroy talking about telecommunications and the cost of broadband in Australia during the presentation.

"I'm in charge of spectrum auctions and if I say to you everyone in this room, 'if you want to bid next week in our spectrum auction you better wear red underpants on your head', you'll be wearing them on your head," he said.

"I have unfettered legal power."

Senator Conroy made the comments comparing the Government's position in the telecommunications industry in Australia to that in the United States.

"Not many regulators have quite that much power," he said.

"But we don't just have the power, we believe we have the responsibility to do something."

He said that is why the Government is committed to the National Broadband Network.

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Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy has bragged of his unfettered power to command local telcos, saying it gives him the power to compel them to wear red underpants on their collective heads.

Conroy's remarks were made at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information conference in the USA last week. The context for the comment was Australia's imminent spectrum sale, which like others around the world will be conducted as an auction.

Conroy's speech saw him point out that Australia's auction rules differ from those in other nations, because the Minister has executive power to set the rules for the sale, to the extent that:

If I say to you, everyone in this room, that if you want to bid next week in our spectrum auction, you had better wear red underpants on your head, I have got news for you: you'll be wearing them on your head. I have unfettered legal power.

Inevitably, someone with a camera in the audience recorded the speech posted the results to YouTube.

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The reportedly teetotal Conory is not generally gaffe-prone, but has acquired many fierce critics thanks largely to his backing of a policy to create a national internet filter for Australia. The antipodean nation has also recently tabled data retention proposals that have earned the ire of civil libertarians and the attention of Anonymous.

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Summary: Communications Minister Conroy's boast about his power over the Australian telecommunications industry may not have been far off the mark, according to one US analyst.

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's comments about having "unfettered legal power" to make spectrum bidders wear red underpants on their heads made sense in the context, according to one US telecommunications analyst.

Conroy made the comment in New York last week at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information Conference, boasting about the power that he wields in Australia.

"We are in the fortunate position that the regulation of telecommunications powers in Australia is exclusively federal," he said at the time.

"That means I am in charge of spectrum auctions, and if I say to everyone in this room, 'if you want to bid in our spectrum auction, you'd better wear red underpants on your head', I've got some news for you. You'll be wearing them on your head."

Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull accused Conroy of being a "control freak" in response.

But according to US telecommunications analyst Fred R Goldstein, posting on Australian telecommunications analyst Paul Budde's blog, the comments were "taken out of context" in a similar way to US President Barack Obama's comments about building road infrastructure , which were taken out of context to suggest that governments build businesses.

Goldstein said that in the US, power over telecommunications law is split between the federal government, the states, and the courts, so Conroy's statement was a good explanation.

"Conroy was noting that in [Australia], there is no state regulation for him to contend with, and he's not kowtowing to the [International Telecommunication Union] either. So it's all federal regulation. That was meant to reassure people that the ITU wasn't going to mess things up for Oz. So in context, he was right, and it was perfectly reasonable for him to introduce a bit of jocularity," he said.

"It would not surprise me, then, if an Australian Linux distro called Red Underpants came out."

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Forza Horizon isnt looking to other racing games when it comes to innovating the open world racing genre according to Turn 10s creative director.

Turn 10 Studios and Playground Games are hoping it can attract a whole new generation of petrol heads by exploring games like Red Dead Redemption and GTA.

Turn 10s creative director, Dan Greenawalt, insists Forza Horizons new ideas have come from everywhere but the racing genre.

Red Dead Redemption, Assassins Creed, World Of Warcraft... I dont think its actually the racing games that have come to forefront this year, explained Greenawalt.

We didnt look at racing games at all. As racing game developers, thats not a great place to farm for innovation. The truth is the way you want to farm for innovation is to find the games that have made the connection with players that you want, then you deconstruct them and reconstruct them in your model.

This isnt he first time Forza has looked outside of the racing genre when it comes to generating ideas. Forzas original car trading system was quite obviously taken from the Pokmon series and other RPGs.

So Forza was inspired by Pokmon, Final Fantasy, not because we needed a sword/upgrade fighting system, but because they managed to compel players to do things that made no sense."

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Game of the Week

No. 3 Mission Hills (3-1) at No. 1 Oceanside (3-1) Friday 7 p.m.

For the second straight week, the Red Zone heads to North County for a showdown involving top-ranked Oceanside. The Pirates solidified their spot atop the rankings last week with a 23-13 win at Poway, a victory fueled by a stout defense and a playmaking offense featuring senior quarterback Tofi Paopao. Oceanside hosts Mission Hills, who jumped No. 3 after a decisive win over Valley Center. The Grizzlies came into the season highly touted, and havent lost to a section opponent this season led by a strong core of returning players. A name familiar to Oceansides program quarterbacks Mission Hills junior Connor Wynn, brother of former Pirates quarterback Jordan Wynn (2007-08). Until last season Oceanside had won every meeting between these two teams, including a pair of victories in the Division II finals. In 2011, that streak ended with a 10-10 tie at Mission Hills.

Best of the Rest

No. 7 Poway (2-2) at No. 10 Valley Center (3-1) Friday 7 p.m.

In a matchup of defending section champions looking to rebound from losses to quality opponents, Poway heads north to take on Valley Center. Poway started slow last week against Oceanside and fell for the second time in three weeks. A stellar defense featuring a pair of Division I-bound seniors defensive back Derek Babiash (Arizona) and linebacker Alec Moreno (Nevada) leads the Titans, but their offense has struggled in both defeats. Valley Center suffered its first loss of the season last week at Mission Hills, ending a 15-game winning streak dating back to September 2011. The Jaguars get a chance at a bigger school for the second consecutive week, and will need big plays from the senior duo of quarterback Ryan Kleiman and receiver Michael McInerny to upend Poway. The winner of this game gets back on track, while the loser likely drops out of the Top 10.

No. 6 Eastlake (3-1) vs. No. 9 St. Augustine (3-1) Friday 7 p.m. at Mesa College

Since its season-opening loss, Eastlake has been on a tear offensively. The Titans have rolled up an average of 51 points in three straight blowout wins behind an offense loaded with senior speedsters Aaron Baltazar, Jalen Mondane and Tavarus Green. Sixth-ranked Eastlake heads north to face ninth-ranked St. Augustine, who suffered more than just its first loss of the season against Otay Ranch last week. In the Saints two-point loss to the Mustangs they also lost leading rusher, junior running back Tyler Herburger (86 carries, 504 yards), to a fractured right leg. St. Augustines offense is limping into the game, and its defense will need a solid performance to slow down Eastlake. These two teams met last season in a thriller that St. Augustine won 21-20.

Imperial (3-1) at Francis Parker (3-1) Friday 7 p.m.

Francis Parker has won two games in a row, including a come-from-behind win last week that knocked defending Christian from the unbeaten ranks. If the Lancers want to make it three in a row, they will have to slow down one of the sections most prolific and least known running backs. Imperial is making the two-hour trip west to play the Lancers, and the Tigers feature junior running back Royce Freeman. A 2,000-yard rusher as a sophomore, Freeman has 833 yards and nine touchdowns so far this season, and this game offers the last chance for locals to see Freeman in action during the regular season. Imperial beat Francis Parker 63-31 last season, and this years matchup could have just as many points.

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