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hoss fly bar stool-highest-paid Hollywood actresses in recent years. Witherspoon landed her first feature role as the female lead in the movie The Man in the Moon in 1991; later that year she made her television acting debut, in the cable movie Wildflower. In 1996, Witherspoon’s performance in Freeway established her as a rising star and led to roles in three major 1998 movies: Overnight Delivery, Pleasantville, and Twilight. The following year, Witherspoon appeared in the critically acclaimed Election, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. 2001 marked her career’s turning point with the breakout role as Elle Woods in the box office hit Legally Blonde, and in 2002 she starred in Sweet Home Alabama, which became her biggest commercial film success to date. 2003 saw her return as lead actress and executive producer of Legally Blonde 2. In 2005, Witherspoon received worldwide attention and praise for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, which earned her an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Witherspoon owns a production company named Type A Films. (more…)Recently featured: Surfer Rosa – Paleolithic-style diet – Nutrition Assistance for Puerto RicoArchive – By email – More featured articles…Did you know…From Wikipedia’s newest articles:…that according to Hindu mythology, the deity Revanta (pictured) was born from the union of the sun-god Surya and his wife Saranya in the form of horse and mare?…that four of the fifteen head coaches of the Green Bay Packers are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?…that the Rose bedeguar gall was used as a cure for baldness, colic and toothaches?…that Scripps marine chemist Edward D. Goldberg suggested using mussels to measure the amount of pollution in the oceans?…that when built in 1868, Louisville’s Fourteenth Street Bridge was the longest iron bridge in the United States?…that Polish novelist Bolesław Prus, who had been a young soldier in the Polish 1863–65 Uprising, wrote a short story, “Fading Voices”, whose protagonist had served in the 1830–31 Uprising?…that English sculptor Henry Weekes’ monument to Percy Bysshe Shelley, modelled on Michelangelo’s Pietà, includes realistic touches such as seaweed wrapped around the drowned poet’s arm?…that microorganisms in the Archaea domain produce antimicrobial protein toxins known as archaeocins?Archive – Start a new article…In the newsMa Ying-jeou of Kuomintang is elected President of Republic of China (Taiwan), replacing Chen Shui-bian. Two referenda on joining the United Nations failed due to low turnout.French swimmer Alain Bernard sets a new world record for the men’s 100 metres freestyle in 47.60 seconds.A permanent coalition government agreement is reached in Belgium, ending a nine-month stalemate, as Yves Leterme (pictured) is sworn in as Prime Minister.David Paterson is sworn in as the first black Governor of New York (and the fourth ever in the U.S.) after Eliot Spitzer resigns amidst a prostitution scandal.The wreckages of HMAS Sydney and the HSK Kormoran are located off the coast of Western Australia 66 years after their mutual destruction in battle.Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events…On this day…March 22: Holi in Hinduism and Holy Saturday in Western Christianity (2008); World Day for Water.238 – Because of his advanced age, both Gordian I and his son Gordian II were proclaimed Roman Emperors.1622 – The Powhatan Confederacy under Chief Opchanacanough killed almost 350 English settlers around Jamestown, a third of the Colony of Virginia’s population.1765 – The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, adding fuel to the growing separatist movement in the Thirteen Colonies in British North America.1784 – The Emerald Buddha of Thailand was installed at the Wat Phra Kaew on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.1849 – First Italian War of Independence: After capturing the fortress town of Mortara, forces led by Austrian General Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (pictured) routed Sardinian troops at the Battle of Novara.1963 – Please Please Me, the first album recorded by The Beatles, was released.More events on this day…Recent days: March 21 – March 20 – March 19Archive – By email – More anniversaries…Today’s featured pictureA Chechen man prays during the First Battle of Grozny, January 1995. The flame in the background is coming from a gas pipeline which was hit by shrapnel.This battle was the Russian army’s invasion and subsequent conquest of the Chechen capital, Grozny, during the early months of the First Chechen War.
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lisfranc joint

lisfranc joint-Tarsometatarsal articulationsTarsometatarsal articulationsLigaments of the sole of the foot, with the tendons of the Peronæus longus, Tibialis posterior and Tibialis anterior muscles.The ligaments of the foot from the lateral aspect.Latinarticulationes tarsometatarsalesGray’ssubject #97 358Dorlands/Elseviera_64/12161630The tarsometatarsal articulations are arthrodial joints in the foot.It is also known as the “Lisfranc joint”. It is named after 18th-19th century surgeon and gynecologist, Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin.Contents1 Clinical significance2 Anatomy2.1 Bones2.2 The Dorsal Ligaments3 The Plantar Ligaments3.1 The Interosseous Ligaments3.2 Synovial Membrane4 Movements5 External links6 References
Clinical significanceA Lisfranc fracture is common among athletes.
Anatomy[edit] BonesThe bones entering into their formation are the first, second, and third cuneiforms, and the cuboid, which articulate with the bases of the metatarsal bones.The first metatarsal bone articulates with the first cuneiform; the second is deeply wedged in between the first and third cuneiforms articulating by its base with the second cuneiform; the third articulates with the third cuneiform; the fourth, with the cuboid and third cuneiform; and the fifth, with the cuboid.The bones are connected by dorsal, plantar, and interosseous ligaments.
The Plantar LigamentsThe plantar ligaments consist of longitudinal and oblique bands, disposed with less regularity than the dorsal ligaments.Those for the first and second metatarsals are the strongest; the second and third metatarsals are joined by oblique bands to the first cuneiform; the fourth and fifth metatarsals are connected by a few fibers to the cuboid.
MovementsThe movements permitted between the tarsal and metatarsal bones are limited to slight gliding of the bones upon each other.
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LIFE: Conquering the dark


LIFE: Conquering the dark-I didn’t know which way to go. Two identical tunnels faced me both dark and ominous; reminding me of an abyss. The tunnel behind me was also engulfed in darkness. As I sat in the tinny patch of light, I didn’t know what to do. There was no way I could go back. The dark had always terrified me. As for going forward, there was another twist; there was a big gap in the floor which I knew I couldn’t jump over, and to add to my terror, the pit was also pitch black.I didn’t know how I had gotten to this place of foreboding. I had just been following my big brother and now I was stuck. What if my family forgot me? What if they left without me? Was I going to spend the rest of my life here? Was I going to give up and die in a place where I would be forgotten? NO! I was going to see my family again. I was going to get out of this nightmare. I just had to swallow my fear, jump, close my eyes and run straight into one of the tunnels. Light would greet me at some point in the tunnel. My phobia was not going to get the best of me. I closed my eyes and pictured my parents; my mother with her warm smile, my father with his kind composed eyes. I thought of them and ran — straight into the darkness, I saw the gap and jumped. I was going to make it! I was going to see my family again.“No!” I gasped loudly. I had fallen just short of the distance needed to get to the other side. I was falling, this was it. It was then that a hand caught mine, saving me from certain death! I looked onto the face of my rescuer, and heaved a huge sigh of relief.From then on, darkness has never scared me. Yet no one believes me, no one believes my story to be true. Truthfully though, I don’t blame them. I mean who would believe that someone got lost and then got over their fear of darkness all in one go, especially if it happened in a fast food restaurant’s play area and you had nothing but a toddler’s word for it.
LIFE: Conquering the dark

Gray puts on his own long-shot exhibition

Gray puts on his own long-shot exhibition- Gonzaga's Steven Gray let it be known early that there would be more than one sharp-shooting guard on the RBC Center court Friday.
The freshman guard from Bainbridge, Wash., deposited seven 3-pointers and scored a team-high 21 points in Gonzaga's 82-76 NCAA men's basketball tournament loss to Davidson, which relied on sophomore guard Stephen Curry's 40 points to knock off the higher-seeded Bulldogs.
Gray made his first five from long distance and finished 7 of 12. He didn't attempt a two-point field goal or a free throw. He made 6 of 7 3-pointers against Santa Clara nearly three weeks ago en route to 18 points, which was his previous high.
"That's just the way it developed," Gray said. "We have been working all week on finding shots off the penetration and early on Jeremy (Pargo) and Matt (Bouldin) found me open and toed up on the line."
"His approach was great," Bulldogs coach Mark Few said. "We really wanted to come out and let it rip."
Gray drew the starting defensive assignment on Curry, so it wasn't like he was getting a break at the other end of the floor. Gray played 35 minutes, his third-longest stint of the season.
"He hit numerous really difficult shots," Gray said of Curry. "I was kind of surprised to look up at the end of the game and see he had 40. I felt like most of his shots were contested, but he was putting them in."
"He hit numerous really difficult shots," Gray said of Curry. "I was kind of surprised to look up at the end of the game and see he had 40. I felt like most of his shots were contested, but he was putting them in."Senior sendoff
As sendoffs go, this wasn't the best for Gonzaga seniors David Pendergraft and Abdullahi Kuso, who spent the closing seconds of the loss watching from the bench.
"This isn't how I thought it was going to end, but I'm very proud and I appreciate my time here (at Gonzaga)," Kuso said. "I kept hoping we'd pull out a miracle. When that final whistle blew, it was really tough."
Pendergraft was seated next to freshman Austin Daye in the Zags' locker room after the loss and was noticeably dejected.
Daye, in an effort to pick up his teammate, said he planned on getting back in the gym and working on his game as soon as possible.
"Because I want to make this guy proud," he said, nodding toward Pendergraft, who responded by tapping Daye on the knee and saying, "You already have, buddy."Morrison sighting
Adam Morrison, Gonzaga's former first-team all-American and first-round NBA draft choice of the Charlotte Bobcats, was in attendance at the game sporting longer locks than he did during his days as a Zag – along with a couple of ugly scars on his left knee.
Morrison, who underwent surgery to repair the season-ending ACL injury he suffered in an Oct. 20 exhibition game, made the two-hour drive from Charlotte to watch his former team play.
"I just got here and haven't had time to talk to the guys," Morrison said during halftime of the Zags' loss to Davidson.
Morrison planned to return to Charlotte for the Bobcats' home game today, but was hoping to return to Raleigh for the Bulldogs' second-round game, which never materialized.

Gray puts on his own long-shot exhibition

Tampa had its day so what's on tap this weekend?

Tampa had its day so what's on tap this weekend?-Tampa, a city not known for its sports drama save a run here or there by the NHL's Lightning and the NFL's Buccaneers, provided the drama that the first round always seems to deliver in some fashion. You want close games? Well, it's a safe bet that fans in other cities might have wanted to trade their tickets for ones in Tampa. No one in the stands can argue they didn't get their money's worth.
Four double-digit seeds winning? Has that ever happened before at the same site? The answer is no. How about the only game that wasn't down to the final possessions was No. 13 Siena over No. 4 Vanderbilt? Plenty of unpaid bracketologists probably had that as an upset but who had the 21-point margin?
Western Kentucky's Ty Rogers had his lifetime moment by draining a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to beat the surprise team of the season in Drake in a thrilling overtime game. Rogers' trey might not have come against a high-major like Valpo's Bryce Drew (over Ole Miss) or had as much meaning like Duke's Christian Laettner's over Kentucky for a Final Four berth, but it will still go down as one of the most memorable for some time.
San Diego took advantage of Connecticut losing lead guard A.J. Price to a knee injury early in the game, then lost its two best scorers Brandon Johnson and Gyno Pomare to five fouls each before a supposedly non-shooter, De'Jon Jackson, buried a step-back jumper with 1.2 seconds left in overtime for the No. 13 seeded Toreros to beat the No. 4 Huskies. (Who knew the Huskies would go 0-2 against the WCC and the Bill Grier-Mark Few tandem this season after losing to Gonzaga in Boston in December too?)
Siena then crushed Vandy. Villanova, a No. 12 seed but hardly a party crasher, dispatched Clemson by holding on for a 75-69 victory despite a near colossal technical foul on Nova coach Jay Wright.
So, the first round is over but before we move ahead to Round 2, let's reflect on the first two days:

Signature moments• Rogers' buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lead Western Kentucky over Drake in overtime.• Duke's Gerald Henderson splitting the gut of the Belmont defense for a game-winning layup with 11.9 seconds left to lift No. 2 Duke to a 71-70 victory over No. 15 Belmont on Thursday night in D.C.• De'Jon Jackson's jumper with 1.2 seconds left to lead San Diego over Connecticut.• Stephen Curry Sburying a 3-pointer to break a tie with Gonzaga with a minute left to send No. 10 Davidson to an 82-76 victory over No. 7 Gonzaga in Raleigh on Friday.
Round 1 DudsAll four No. 1 seeds obliterated the No. 16 seeds: UNC beat Mount Saint Mary's 113-74; Memphis took out Texas-Arlington 87-63; Kansas beat Portland State 85-61 and UCLA dispatched Mississippi Valley State 70-29.
Last few at-large teams• No. 11 Baylor lost by 11 to No. 6 Purdue.• No. 10 Saint Mary's lost by 14 to No. 7 Miami.• No. 10 South Alabama lost by 20 to No. 7 Butler.• No. 10 Arizona, No. 11 Kentucky, No. 11 Saint Joseph's, No. 9 Oregon all lost, as well.
The only potential late additions to the bracket that won in the first round were: No. 12 Villanova over No. 5 Clemson, No. 9 Texas A&M over No. 8 BYU, No. 11 Kansas State over No. 6 USC.
Signature performances• Davidson's Stephen Curry -- 40 points vs. Gonzaga.• Miami's Jack McClinton -- 38 points vs. Saint Mary's.• Kentucky's Joe Crawford -- 35 points vs. Marquette.• Mississippi State's Charles Rhodes -- 34 points vs. Oregon.• Western Kentucky's Tyrone Brazelton-- 33 points vs. Drake.
Big East dominanceThe Big East will have seven of the 32 teams in the second round. The only loser was Connecticut.
Who knew?That UNLV could be so dominant in a 71-58 win over Kent State; that USC would be over-run by Kansas State; that Siena could crush Vanderbilt; that Indiana would go 1-4 in its last five games and bow out in the first round.
OK, now onto the good stuff.
So, Tampa had its day. But here's the spin for round two.
The headline games in Tampa for Sunday are No. 13 San Diego vs. No. 12 Western Kentucky and No. 12 Villanova vs. No. 13 Siena.
For all of the vanilla business going on in Anaheim, Little Rock and here in Denver, the second round looks to be a blockbuster weekend.
Here in Denver on Saturday, there should be a shooting fest between No. 4 Washington State and No. 5 Notre Dame. While the winner could get No. 1 North Carolina in the East, getting to the Sweet 16 will be quite a treat for either program. Meanwhile, in the nightcap, No. 4 Pitt plays No. 5 Michigan State in a likely grinder with the winner having a legit shot to topple No. 1 Memphis in the South.
No. 1 UCLA and Kevin Love will have to try to work around No. 9 Texas A&M's DeAndre Jordon and Joe Jones in Anaheim on Saturday. The other headline game is a classic contrast in styles with the No. 2 Stanford trees in Robin and Brook Lopez going against the guard-dominated threesom of No. 6 Marquette.
No. 1 Memphis won't have a walk against No. 9 Mississippi State (See Rhodes' day above) and No. 2 Texas should be in a for quite a guard showdown against No. 7 Miami with D.J. Augustin going against McClinton on Sunday. Interestingly, these pods are both in the South but different ends so the winners Sunday won't meet unless they reach the Elite Eight.
Omaha will be all about the Sunflower State with the fans getting another look at Michael Beasley and Bill Walker as No. 11 Kansas State goes against No. 3 Wisconsin on Saturday. No. 1 Kansas against suddenly hip No. 8 UNLV could provide some drama, too. OK, so it's not as sexy as the above three regions but K-State-Wisconsin is suddenly a trendy game. Just like Little Rock, these regional pod winners wouldn't meet until the Elite Eight.
Come on, who isn't waiting to see if No. 2 Duke has a hangover against No. 7 West Virginia after the Belmont escape in Washington D.C. And while No. 3 Xavier-No. 6 Purdue doesn't have national appeal, this should be a tight game with star quality.
Sunday's Birmingham matchups are also all high-level with No. 3 Louisville vs. No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 Butler vs. No. 2 Tennessee. Digest those games for a second and at any time of the year you'd want a ticket.
And to think No. 1 North Carolina would walk over No. 9 Arkansas after watching the Hogs pull away from Indiana is a mistake. So, too, is thinking that No. 10 Davidson is done with its magic just because its going against No. 2 Georgetown in Raleigh on Sunday.
The lower-profile conferences have five teams left: Davidson (Southern), San Diego (WCC), Butler (Horizon), Siena (MAAC) and Western Kentucky (Sun Belt). One thing is certain, at least one is getting to the Sweet 16 since USD and WKU play each other. As long as chalk gets to the second weekend, having at least one Cinderella makes the 16 certainly Sweet.
Tampa had its day so what's on tap this weekend?