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The two longest winning streaks in Division I baseball this year belong to Oregon State. The top-seeded Beavers (54-4), who open the College World Series at noon Saturday against Cal State Fullerton (39-22), will take the field at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska as winners of 21 consecutive games. OSU closed the regular season with 16 straight victories and has outscored opponents 44-9 during its five NCAA tournament games. Earlier this year, the Beavers won a program-record 23 in a row from Feb. 25 to April 9, including a 12-0 start in Pac-12 play. The two streaks have accounted for 44 of the teams 54 victories, another single-season school record. With a winning percentage of .931, OSU is on pace to break Arizona States 45-year-old all-time mark of .914 (the Sun Devils finished 64-6 in 1972). Below is a breakdown of the Beavers winning streaks. Runs scored: 136 (5.9 per game) Runs allowed: 49 (2.1 per game) A loss to Ohio State, which finished 148th in the NCAA RPI, dropped Oregon State to 5-1 early in the season. The Beavers began the longest winning streak in school history with a 5-2 neutral-site victory over Nebraska, which later came to … Continue reading →

The Hindu The anatomy of a soldier The Hindu For all the Marathi mulgis and mulgas in the city who miss home, here is a chance to watch a play in Marathi this weekend. Organised by Mitramandal, Marathi drama Code Mantra will be staged in the city on June 18. A military-themed play, this is said ... Go here to see the original: The anatomy of a soldier - The Hindu … Continue reading →

Updated / Tuesday, 13 Jun 2017 23:01 Former Greys Anatomy star Sandra Oh has landed the lead role in a new BBC America thriller called Killing Eve. Based on the novellas by Luke Jennings, Killing Eve focuses on two fiercely intelligent women: a psychopathic assassin named Villanelle and a bored, desk-bound security operative named Eve (Oh), whos sent into the field to hunt down Villanelle. Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who created, wrote and starred in last year's acclaimed BBC comedyFleabag, will write the eight-episode run, which is set to debut next year. She will be the Killing Eve showrunner. This is Ohs first regular role since leaving Greys Anatomy in 2014. While there she earned five Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe for her performances as Dr Cristina Yang. More recently, she played a recurring role in the third and final season of ABCs American Crime. "Sandra Oh has the ability to go from wrenching to funny to total mess with a genius lightness of touch," BBC America president Sarah Barnett said in a statement. "Phoebe [Waller-Bridge]s vision is absolutely original, and Sandra is utterly perfect casting, we think, for this key role." Here is the original post: Grey's Anatomy's Sandra Oh … Continue reading →

What determines our character? Nature or nurture? Genetic inheritance or social environment? It is an age-old debate, and Alice Birch now adds to it with this startling theatrical triptych about three generations of mothers and daughters. Whatever my doubts about Birchs conclusion, the play is odd, arresting and, in Katie Mitchells immaculate production, highly original in its form. Birchs progress as a writer has been fascinating to watch. She delivered a short, sharp shock in 2014 with Revolt, She Said, Revolt Again which was a subversive, playful piece calling for revolution in everything from sexual relationships to the workplace. In 2015, the Orange Tree brought us an earlier Birch play, Little Light, about sibling rivalries, that suffered from too much withheld information. Since then Birch has written a polemical piece about porn, We Want You to Watch; the admired Ophelias Zimmer, which I missed; and the recent film Lady Macbeth, which transposed a Russian novel to Victorian England and got a five-star review from Peter Bradshaw. On the evidence so far, I would say Birch has a gift for radical experiment in the style of Caryl Churchill and Sarah Kane. In her new play we are confronted by three women, … Continue reading →

The Daily Banter Caitlin Johnstone: Anatomy of an Alt-Left Conspiracy Nut The Daily Banter Caitlin Johnstone: Anatomy of an Alt-Left Conspiracy Nut. We take you inside the mind Caitlin Johnstone, a member of the Alt-Left movement dedicated to spreading vile conspiracy theories and atrocious journalism. Avatar: Ben Cohen; Author: Ben Cohen ... View original post here: Caitlin Johnstone: Anatomy of an Alt-Left Conspiracy Nut - The Daily Banter … Continue reading →

By the time you read this, this will be old news and the nation will most likely have already moved on to the next outrageous thing. However, as Im writing this, Kathy Griffin is making headlines. Who is Kathy Griffin (and why should you care)? Shes a 56-year-old comedian and self-identified D-list celebrity known for being abrasive, brash, crude and sarcastic. Most recently she made the national news when she posed for a photo, holding up the fake, but realistic, bloody decapitated head of President Donald Trump. Immediately, she experienced widespread backlash, and even lost a number of jobs, including a longstanding gig on CNN as their New Year's Eve in Times Square co-host. Within hours, and with two lawyers at her side, she gave a tearful press conference apologizing for her artistic statement, as she called it. Although no one but God really knows a persons heart, its not a stretch to say her apology may not have been heartfelt. She quickly went from, I went too far...I sincerely apologize, to, It is Trump who should apologize...for being the most woman-hating and tyrannical president in history, among other accusations. In other words: Im sorry, but. Whenever someone says, Im … Continue reading →

Get ready to see some new faces in Seattle! The planned "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff revolving around firefighters is going to feature all-new characters. According to the Hollywood Reporter, none of the current regulars on "Grey's Anatomy" are likely to move over to the spinoff. Fans had speculated that Jason George, who plays resident Ben Warren, might star in the spinoff, since he worked closely with firefighters in the season finale. But it seems Shonda Rhimes is opting to focus on new faces. While the news of the spinoff came as a surprise during ABC's upfronts presentation to advertisers, it's been in the works for some time. "he discussions have been going on for a while earlier than this season. It was up to Shonda to tell us when she had inspiration for something that made sense, which was pretty recent," ABC Studios president Patrick Moran told THR. "We talked about the elements of 'Grey's Anatomy' that seem to resonate with the audience emotional storytelling, deep human connection, a high-stakes environment and strong and empowered women and those elements will carry over to the spinoff." The firefighters project is the second spinoff of "Grey's Anatomy," after "Private Practice." And Rhimes has … Continue reading →

Jon Timowski has been described as a social media "troll." In internet slang, a troll is a person who stirs the pot by purposely starting arguments, angering social media users, or posting inflammatory comments solely to provoke an emotional reaction from others. "How do I respond to being called a troll? I really don't," said Timowski, 40, of Lowell. "It is and has been very typical, and telling, for the left to lash out to name calling." Though he disregards such disparaging labels from his critics, Timowski views our polarized country as left versus right, liberals versus conservatives, Democrats versus Republicans. In his personal world, "snowflakes" have nothing to do with winter storms and everything to do with political storms. In internet slang, the word snowflake is used by conservatives or Republicans to mock liberals or describe Democrats who feel they're unique when they're anything but unique. Another insulting connotation refers to snowflakes easily melting when confronted by opposing views. It's an overused insult, I say, even pass at this point. Like most social media users, Timowski is convinced about his political and ideological convictions, which have become heightened since President Trump has been on the scene. Timowksi also is … Continue reading →

The Chiostro Del Bramante, a cloister-turned-gallery in the heart of Rome, is currently presenting Jean-Michel Basquiat: New York City a generous selection of work spanning the short, but immensely prolific, career of this extraordinary artist. The extensive exhibition includes nearly one hundred significant works on loan from the Mugrabi Collection, which includes acrylics and oils, as well as drawings, silkscreen prints, and ceramics completed between the years of 1981 and 1987. Born in Brooklyn, New York to a Haitian father and Puerto Rican mother, Basquiats stunning and breathtakingly rapid ascent to fame and stardom was paralleled by few, if any, other artists in the twentieth century. At Sothebys recently, Basquiats painting of a skull, Untitled (1982) sold for $110.5 million a record price for an American painter, placing him in the art history pantheon alongside Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon. We can be pleased that Yusaku Maezawa, the Japanese billionaire who bought the painting, intends to share his taste for art with the public. However, if we are to truly approach these works at all, it is necessary to get beyond the din of the market the screeching vultures as the late John Berger puts it and give our attention … Continue reading →

What the hell just happened? The Guardians Richard Adams attempts to make sense of the shock UK election outcome. The UK election result is the biggest upset of conventional wisdom since, well, last November. After Trump, the Brexit referendum, Leicester City winning the premier league and the 2015 UK general election result youd think wed be getting used to this. But no. The Conservative partys decision to call a snap election has backfired: rather than winning the comfortable-to-huge majority predicted, the Tories have instead gone backwards. The party has held enough seats to govern in coalition with Northern Irelands Democratic Unionist party but it was a miserable effort in almost every other respect. Nervous and ill-advised, Theresa May achieved the unthinkable: winning more than 42% of the popular vote but losing a swathe of seats in England. (In 2005 Tony Blair won 35% of the vote but a solid majority of MPs.) Labour under Jeremy Corbyn got around 40% and gained more than 30 seats. The Tories piled up wasted votes in safe seats and failed to go beyond their comfort zone to win votes in London and the east of England. And that in a nutshell is why May … Continue reading →