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Ben Crane is currently 23rd on the money list on the PGA tour. He has won twice in the PGA tour this year and the tournaments are: Farmers Insurance Open and CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia. He started the year well, with the Farmers Insurance Open which was in January. During this tournament, he scored a 68.7 average compared to the field average of 71.75. He also had the best greens in regulations than any other player, shooting 87.5% compared to 69.71% field average. He had the best scramble out of any player, up to 89%. Where the average was 55%. Due to his win, he received $954,000 as his money prize. This also gave him 500 bonus points to his FedEx cup standing.
Another tournament he aced was the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia. Even though he gave up his leading position at the starting of the back nine, he eagled the 15th hole. Brian Davis was leading until the last hole, however, Ben Crane came back with an amazing 2nd shot and making the eagle on the last hole. He won Brain Davis by one shot. This gave him $1 million for his prize money.

1. http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/35/41/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Crane

CD review

Before Their Eyes is a post-hardcore band from Ohio. The have recently come out with a new album, called Untouchable on March 9, 2010. 

Untouchable has a total of 11 songs and can be bought on Amazon for nearly $14. The overall sound of the album is...alternative rock. However, it is quite difficult to place BTE in a certain genre of music because BTE attracts fans from all kinds of genres. Whether you love hardcore breakdowns, or pop dance beats, or even sing along chorus, BTE has it all! The first song of the album is called Hey Dude! Perhaps not the best song title to start an album with, however, the strong, powerful vocals along with some falsettos makes the original. Starting out with harcore song, it moves to a more pop-like song, called Sing to Me. Most of the songs throughout the albums show some kind of emotions. For e.g. the song "Love is Misery" the chorus goes like this: I've had enough, had enough, I've told her, so it's over, love is misery. 

I would say that this album is the best album so far. BTE has released a total of 3 albums, latest one being Untouchable. BTE's current members are Nicholas Moore, Jarrett Hottman, Anthony Damschroder, Jordan Disorbo and Evan McKeever. It's former members include people like, Landon Tewers, Brenden Zapp, Nathan Warren etc... Although I do not know how this CD compares to other similar bands, Untouchable is their catchiest and best album so far. 







Sources:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Their_Eyes
2. http://www.myspace.com/beforetheireyes
3. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://music.is-amazing.com/sites/music.is-amazing.com/files/covers/before.jpg&imgrefurl=http://music.is-amazing.com/2010/03/9/their-eyes-untouchable-2010&usg=__XvQfsdJqI82AYOQ3XzyzD9aUlzI=&h=595&w=600&sz=159&hl=en&start=17&sig2=igajUiPGZESoyt_o6t1jpQ&zoom=1&tbnid=QjZ5FWqjyGeY5M:&tbnh=158&tbnw=153&ei=pending&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbefore%2Btheir%2Beyes%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1360%26bih%3D653%26tbs%3Disch:10,500&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=483&oei=zUIwTcqmBoaHswbW3PyPCg&esq=2&page=2&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:17&tx=97&ty=80&biw=1360&bih=653

News Story

Few weeks back, the BP oil spill was thought to be one of the worst disasters in the U.S. 

But remember Exxon Valdez? All the dead birds covered in black spill? Well, in the Niger Delta, imagine Exxon Valdez happening every year for the past 50 years. 

Experts say that in the Niger Delta, upto 30 million barrels of oil have been spilt in the Niger Delta since oil exploration began in 1958.This is the equivalent of one Exxon Valdez every year for 50 years. 

However, the government in the U.S responds to the BP oil spill and the media all around the world is all over it. Things are different in Nigeria. The Nigerian government cannot bother to give issue statements, sometimes, to decry the situations.


But it is not just the U.S media that have been covering the Gulf disaster with great dedication. Media around the world are covering the Gulf oil spill in a way that not even the NIgerian media covers oil spills in Nigeria.


The Niger Delta, which is home to more than 30 million people and is considered on eof the world's most important ecosystems, produces almost all of Nigeria's foreign exchange earnings. And in the ecosystems now lies dead fish and oily water. This has been the reality for all Nigerians for the past 50 years. Some say that the Nigerians have not had a single night of total darkness due to the gas flares.