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Many people are outraged soon after an act of faith cost a local track team a win and a chance to advance to the state championships. The God gesture disqualified the boys Columbus High School 4 X 100 relay team after they won the regional meet and were on their way to the Texas state championships. As WFAA explained on May. 2, the team was disqualified after one of the runners, Derrick Hayes, pointed up to the sky. "It's a sad deal. I think it's a travesty. Those kids work hard," says K.C. Hayes, the boy's father. "As a team they reached their goal and in an instant it was just gone, over something we think is a non-issue. I guess someone else thinks it is an issue. He just said dad I was pointing at the heavens" K.C. Hayes said. The call to disqualify the team was made by a judge with the University Interscholastic League or UIL, which enforces the rules for high school athletics. "For those kids the work they put in, what are we teaching them?

Miley tops Maxim news was broke by none other than Miley cyrus herself after star surprised all her on fans on twitter by revealing her No, 1 status on Maxim hot 100 list. Miley Cyrus has shared that she is on the Maxim Hot 100 list. The Daily Mail reports on May 4 that Miley tops the Maxim list and will be replacing Bar Refaeli. The magazine has not officially announced the Hot 100, but Cyrus already revealed the news by posting on Twitter. Miley Cyrus is at the top of the Maxim Hot 100 list, and the 20-year-old is not keeping it quiet. Miley used her official Twitter account to thank her fans and announce she is on the list. She also used the tweet to introduce her followers to her new Instagram account by posting her first photo. Cyrus moved up from the 68th spot she earned last year to the top of the list on the Hot 100. Maxim will officially reveal the list on May 15, but Miley Cyrus could not keep the information secret and already shared the news on Twitter. Despite her excite

God gesture disqualifies team after officials deemed it to be an example of “excessive celebration.” The track team will now miss out on the chance to compete at State level. “God” gesture disqualified a team at a Texas high school on Friday. Columbus High School’s Mighty Cardinals track team wrapped up victory in the 4 x 100m relay, beating the rest of the field by a clear seven yards, when runner Derrick Hayes pointed to the sky to thank what he saw as a divine influence. "It's a sad deal. I think it's a travesty. Those kids work hard," says K.C. Hayes, the boy's father. The God gesture disqualified the team after officials deemed it to be an example of “excessive celebration.” The track team will now miss out on the chance to compete at State level. Examiner reports However, the nature of the celebration which caused the team to be disqualified is still up for debate. The Hollywood Gossip reports: “Many in the town, including the runner’s father, called it a v

 Miley tops Maxim came as surprise for his fans as she revealed the info via twitter. Miley tops Maxim magazines Hot 100 list and she was so excited about it that she spilled the beans before the magazine even announced it. According to MTV on May 4, Miley Cyrus tweeted that she ranked first on their list. In the tweet, Miley said she didn't know it was coming out already and said she was happy to rank first and thanked her fans, while also saying that dreams come true. The strange thing about that statement is that the magazine has not come out yet, and the news was not announced by Maxim magazine, so there is no telling why Miley thought it was already out. The announcement comes at the same time that Cyrus has posed in edgy and revealing photographs for V magazine, proving that she is no longer the wholesome Disney princess that she used to be. Last year, Cyrus finished in 68th place while Bar Rafaeli won the entire shebang. Since the voting is by readers and fans, that would e

E! News hacked by The hackers tweeted an 'exclusive' allegedly from Justin saying 'I’m a gay,' prompting 1,200 retweets and 351 favorites. The group behind the hack has also in the past gotten into accounts for '60 Minutes,' the BBC, NPR, Reuters and the Associated Press. E! Online claimed to have an exclusive of Justin Bieber coming out of the closet, but it turns out the account had been hacked.  Don’t Belieb a word of it. The Twitter account for E! Online was hacked Saturday by a group which quickly began spreading bogus 140-character bits of celebrity gossip to its 5 million followers. Nydailynews reports Tweets from the Syrian Electronic Army were posted after E! Online's Twitter account was hacked on Saturday.  “Exclusive: Justin Bieber to E!online: I’m a gay,” the E! Online account announced — prompting 1,200 retweets and 351 favorites. A group billing itself as the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the takeover. The SEA was also beh

Miley tops Maxim She Revealed Her Fans of Topping 'Maxim' Hot 100 List. Miley Cyrus' fans weren't surprised when she told them she was hot on Twitter. (Have you seen her V magazine cover?) But they were surprised when she told them she was named No. 1 on Maxim's Hot 100 list... before the men's magazine got a chance to do so themselves. On Friday night, the former Hannah Montana star tweeted a photo of herself reclining on the beach in a revealing swimsuit and told followers, "Didn't know this was coming out! I'm so happy to be #1 on Maxims HOT 100! #myfanskickass #dreamsdocometrue." Hollywood reports Sure, you could scoff at Cyrus' claim that the honor is a "dream come true," and the fact that the singer/actress leaked the news, but there's no denying she deserves the title — the former child star has proven she's all grown up in a series of photo shoots this year. Plus, it's nice to see Maxim — a publication that nam

Pit bull saves woman from Fire of burning Building. Woman from the New York was saved from her burning home on Friday after a pit bull barked to alert her that the blaze was spreading through the house. Jackie Bonasera, of Long Island, did not notice the fire was spreading as she was upstairs in the bathroom and drying her hair, reported NBC News . When she heard the pit bull barking, she went downstairs and noticed the fire. “I ran out of the house and my neighbors came running over, and then I thought about the dog – I’m like, ‘He saved my life, I have to save his,’” she told the station. “So I just put my robe over my face and I ran back in and I grabbed the dog and then I stood out here and I watched my house burn,” she said. If the dog–named Cain–did not bark, she would have likely died, Bonasera said. Bonasera’s daughter, Alexus Stallworth, called the dog a hero. “They have such bad reps, but he’s such a good boy,” she said. This isn’t the fire time a pit bull has reported

Pit bull saves woman from Fire of Burning House. Authorities said a pit bull saved a woman after her Long Island home caught fire on Friday. NBC New York reported that the dog barked to alert the woman as flames started spreading throughout the house. Jackie Bonasera said she was drying her hair when she heard the dog barking. She said she ran downstairs and saw the flames on the side of her garage. She was able to escape the house. "I ran out of the house and my neighbors came running over, and then I thought about the dog – I'm like, 'He saved my life, I have to save his,'" Bonasera recounted. "So I just put my robe over my face and I ran back in and I grabbed the dog and then I stood out here and I watched my house burn," she said. Bonasera believes she would have been trapped upstairs if the dog, named Cain, hadn't alerted her to the fire. Bonasera's daughter, Alexus Stallworth, said Cain is "the town hero." "He's a

Whoops! Miley Cyrus had one sexy slip-up via Twitter. The 20-year-old star took to her social media to reveal that she has been crowned No. 1 on Maxim’s Hot 100 list, blowing the lid on the mag’s annual round up before they publicly announced it. Miley Cryus shows some skin with a cropped floral top, cutoff jean shorts and black boots while out in Los Angeles. “Didn't know this was coming out yet! I'm so happy to be #1 on Maxims HOT 100! #myfanskickass #dreamsdocometrue,” she wrote next to an eye-catching photo of herself from inside the mag. Miley Cyrus' Twitter photo from August 15, 2012, caption reads, "It was just one of those CUHHH-RAZY pant days" In the shot, Cryus, who is engaged to actor Liam Hemsworth, is seen posing on her side showing off her curves in a gold swimsuit. The singer has replaced model Bar Refaeli, who grabbed Maxim’s coveted “hot” title in 2012. Cyrus was recently featured in a series of racy shots flaunting her figure in V Magazin

God gesture disqualifies team from the Texas State Championship. Members of a boys 4 X 100 meter relay high school track team in Texas were left in tears last weekend after the University Interscholastic League of Texas disqualified them from competing in the state championships because the team's anchor runner made a "religious gesture" as he crossed the finish line to win their regional title. The runner, Derrick Hayes reportedly lifted a finger to the sky in celebration, as he wrapped up the win for Columbus High School. According to his father, K.C. Hayes, he was simply pointing to God. But UIL officials disagreed and slapped the team with an "unsporting conduct" charge, disqualifying them from participating in the state championships. Christianpost reports "It's a sad deal. I think it's a travesty. Those kids work hard," K.C. Hayes told My FOX Houston. "As a team they reached their goal and in an instant it was just

Miley tops Maxim hottest woman of year 2013. The star revlead the info via twitter. Miley Cyrus reveals that she’s Maxim’s hottest woman of 2013, Miley Cyrus decided to leak the news that she placed No. 1 on Maxim’s Hot 100 list for 2013. According to a May 4 report by E! Online, Miley took to Twitter to let her fans know that they helped her snag the top spot. So all that twerking really paid off. Miley tweeted, “Didn't know this was coming out yet! I'm so happy to be #1 on Maxims HOT 100! #myfanskickass #dreamsdocometrue.” Maxim was probably a little miffed that Miley Cyrus decided to leak the news before the site made its official announcement, but it’s fitting that Miley decided to use Twitter to break the news -- Maxim readers vote on who gets to top the Hot 100 every year, so Miley started using the social media site to encourage her fans to vote for her so that she would win the title of the hottest woman of 2013. Miley beat a bevvy of beautiful models, s

God gesture disqualifies team from State Championship. People are outraged after an act of faith cost a local track team a win and a chance to advance to the state championships. The God gesture disqualified the boys Columbus High School 4 X 100 relay team after they won the regional meet and were on their way to the Texas state championships. As WFAA explained on May. 2, the team was disqualified after one of the runners, Derrick Hayes, pointed up to the sky. "It's a sad deal. I think it's a travesty. Those kids work hard," says K.C. Hayes, the boy's father. "As a team they reached their goal and in an instant it was just gone, over something we think is a non-issue. I guess someone else thinks it is an issue. He just said dad I was pointing at the heavens" K.C. Hayes said. Nationalreview reports The call to disqualify the team was made by a judge with the University Interscholastic League or UIL, which enforces the rules for high schoo

Miley tops Maxim hot 100 list 20-year-old revealed on Twitter that she landed the number one spot on Maxim's annual Hot 100 list. The "Can't Be Tamed" singer tweeted on Friday night: Can't help but wonder if Maxim knew the list was coming out yet, either? It seems Cyrus's tweet was the first time most people heard about the news. Omg.yahoo reports Bar Refaeli won the coveted title in 2012 (fun fact: Amanda Bynes was number 59 last year). Other stars who have topped the list include Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Katy Perry, and Olivia Wilde. Cyrus has been making the press rounds to promote her upcoming album, and just last week Liam Hemsworth's fiancée showed off quite the sultry side in a provocative shoot for V Magazine. Can't wait to more (official) photos from the Maxim shoot! What do you think of Cyrus being crowned the hottest woman in the world? Sound off below!

God gesture disqualifies team from School Track Team. Some people are outraged after a high school track team is disqualified from competing in state finals because one runner made a religious gesture. In just a few seconds the boys Columbus High School 4 X 100 relay team went from winning the regional meet, heading to state championships to having it all stripped away. How did the "W" so quickly become "DQ"? Well. when the anchor of the relay team crossed the finish line, he won the race, raised his finger to the sky and that gesture caused the winning regional's relay team to be disqualified. Foxnews reported "It's a sad deal. I think it's a travesty. Those kids work hard," says K.C. Hayes. Hayes' son Derrick Hayes is the runner who won the race then pointed to God, turning a once in a lifetime opportunity into a huge heartbreak that will likely last his lifetime. "As a team they reached their goal and in an instant it was just gone

Pit bull saves woman from the burning building. Dog Pit bull saved a woman from a fire in her Long Island, New York home on Friday, barking to alert her as the flames began to spread from the front to the back of the house. Jackie Bonasera said she was drying her hair in an upstairs bathroom of the home on Gabriele Drive in East Norwich when she heard the dog barking. She ran downstairs and saw the flames on the side of her garage. She was able to escape the house. "I ran out of the house and my neighbors came running over, and then I thought about the dog – I'm like, 'He saved my life, I have to save his,'" Bonasera recounted. Nbcnews reports "So I just put my robe over my face and I ran back in and I grabbed the dog and then I stood out here and I watched my house burn," she said. Bonasera believes she would have been trapped upstairs if the dog, named Cain, hadn't alerted her to the fire. Bonasera's daughter, Alexus Stallworth, said Cain is &

Obama blames drugs: President Barack Obama, concluding a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, is cheering Mexican economic advances and pressing other Central American leaders to deal with poverty and security while reaching out to a politically powerful Latino audience back home. Boosted by reassuring jobs numbers, Obama is calling for greater trade and economic cooperation with the US's southern neighbors, arguing that economic prosperity is the best antidote to drug and gang violence and, by extension, to the illegal immigration that the US is seeking to control. In his radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama also made the case that deepening economic ties with the Americas means more jobs in the United States. "One of the best ways to grow our economy is to sell more goods and services made in America to the rest of the world," he said. "That includes our neighbors to the south." Csmonitor reported During the trip Obama has tried to modulate the e

Reuters) - Boston bands Aerosmith and New Kids on the Block, singer-songwriter James Taylor and country singer Jason Aldean will headline a concert to benefit the victims of last month's Boston Marathon bombing, organizers said on Friday. The May 30 concert at the city's TD Garden arena is also aimed at showing support for the people of Boston after the bombing that killed three people and injured 264. Other artists lined up for "Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration" include singers Jimmy Buffett and Carole King, the band Boston and the J. Geils Band, concert promoters Live Nation and TD Garden said. "Like so many other proud Bostonians who have been extremely generous, we are honored to step up and do our part to help the victims and their families," said Donnie Wahlberg of former boy band New Kids on the Block. "Hopefully this event will not only raise money, but spirits as well," Wahlberg said in a statement. Boston-born Taylor s

May 3 (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson, spotless with his putter, surged into a two-shot lead at Friday's halfway mark of the Wells Fargo Championship by firing a five-under-par 67 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. The big lefthander made everything from inside 10 feet on the soft greens, making him 31-for-31 from those distances during the first 36 holes for a nine-under total of 135. Tied for second on 137 were fellow Americans Nick Watney (70) and George McNeil (68), and Australian Scott Gardiner (67), who made four birdies in a row from the sixth in bouncing back after missing his last eight cuts on the PGA Tour. Another stroke away was a group that included world number two Rory McIlroy (71) of Northern Ireland, Englishman Lee Westwood, who shot a 68 despite feeling under the weather with a chest infection, and Australian Rod Pampling (69), the 10th and last alternate to join the field. Mickelson, who considers the course one of his favorites and has finished 12th or bet

Tanzanian journalists and media stakeholders joined their counterparts in the world to mark the world’s Press Freedom Day with fear, doubt and dashed hope. Their fear, doubt and elusive hope are caused by the brutal events that have clouded the Tanzanian media industry during the past few months. Tanzanian journalists, especially those practising ‘watchdog’ journalism that stands for public interest, are in fear because they are being hunted like animals by their tormentors. If they are not kidnapped, tortured or jailed, they are simply shot dead in cold-blood murder by those who are supposed to protect them. Some have suffered acid attacks and are still nursing the wounds till today. If they survive all these deadly attacks, their newspapers or media houses face indefinite closure from the government, simply because these journalists have angered the ruling elite. Tanzania is rapidly becoming one of the worst places to be a serious journalist and, if the situation is not controlled, w

Three Afghan interpreters who worked with British troops launched a legal bid on Friday challenging the U.K. government's decision not to give them the same assistance awarded to Iraqi interpreters, which their lawyers said is dangerous and discriminatory. The move comes after British Prime Minister David Cameron earlier this week said the hundreds of Afghans who have worked with British forces should — if possible — stay in their country to help rebuild. Law firm Leigh Day said interpreters and their families face the threat of retaliation from the Taliban and the British government has a duty to ensure the interpreters are not left exposed to dangers. The firm said it had filed formal proceedings at Britain's High Court on behalf of the three Afghans to seek a judicial review. Iraqis interpreters who qualified were eligible for a one-time package of financial aid or exceptional indefinite leave to enter the U.K., outside normal immigration rules. "The failure by the U.K.

Building a Better Tech School IF all the hopes and hype are warranted, a nondescript third-floor loft in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan offers a glimpse of the future, for New York City and for Cornell University. In truth, it doesn’t look like much — just cubicles and meeting rooms in space donated by Google. But looks deceive; here, with little fanfare, Cornell’s new graduate school of applied sciences is being rolled out.The sparkling, sprawling new campus on Roosevelt Island filled with gee-whiz technology — still just ink on paper. The thousands of students and staff, the transformative effect on the city’s economy, the integration with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology — those all remain in the future, too.But just 13 months after being awarded the prize in Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s contest to create a new science school, Cornell NYC Tech got up and running. Eight students enrolled in January in what is being called the beta class, a one-year master’s program

A Score or More of Languages in Your Pocket Minh Uong / The New York Times In Douglas Adams’s “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the hero sticks a so-called Babel fish in his ear and can understand everything said to him in any language. Today’s apps for language translation try to accomplish the same thing. While not as accurate or instantaneous, they are nevertheless useful and greatly improved from just a couple of years ago. And you don’t have to put anything slimy in your ear. The reason these kinds of apps have gotten so much better is simply that more people have been using them, said John Garofolo, a senior adviser at the National Institute of Standards and Technology who has studied and tested the software. The more a translation app is used, the more it learns to statistically make correct associations with sounds, text and meaning.The latest translation apps incorporate voice-recognition software so you can speak as well as type in the word or phrase you want translate

Rearranging the Furniture, Minus the Aching Back If you’ve ever sat on your couch and wondered how it would look across the room, or whether the walls would look good in red, that was your inner interior designer speaking. Now apps offer a quick and powerful way to indulge your home design fantasies.Home Design 3D ($7 on iOS) is one of the better ones. It turns a two-dimensional view of your home into a three-dimensional graphic that you can view from any angle and even walk around as if inside. It is so sophisticated you could use it as a starting point for designing a house, rather than just tweaking your interior design. You start in two-dimensional construction mode, adding rooms and adjusting their size and shape to match your place. You can add measurements and drop in items from a database, like a water fountain or a grand piano. There’s a host of options for doorways, windows and other openings, and you can choose to color walls or floors with textures that look like wallpaper

Q.& A.: Using Facebook Chat Heads Q. I use Facebook on my iPhone quite a bit, but lately these little circles with my friend’s profile pictures have been popping up around the screen. What are these? A. The circular images on the screen are Facebook’s new Chat Heads feature, which was included in a recent update to the iOS version of the Facebook app. When you see a Chat Head appear, it means that friend has sent you a message within Facebook. Tap the picture to read and reply to the message. To dismiss a Chat Head icon, touch the image with your finger and drag it down to the bottom of the screen to a gray X.The Chat Heads feature first appeared last month as part of the Facebook Home software for certain Android phones. In Facebook Home, Chat Heads can pop up when you are using other apps on the phone to keep you connected with your friends. On the iOS version, however, the Chat Heads are contained within the Facebook app itself.

Tip of the Week: Find Your System Information Quickly Want to buy that cool new video game but are unsure how much memory or what kind of processor your computer uses so you can make sure the software will work? Both Windows and Mac OS X keep these details, along with other hardware information, in a convenient place.In Windows 7, go to the Start menu and type System into the Search box. Select System or System Information in the results to open a window listing your computer’s details. For a quicker way to the information, press the Windows key and the Pause key on the keyboard to open the System window; the Win + Pause keyboard shortcut works in the newer Windows 8 system as well.On a Mac running recent versions of OS X, go to the Apple menu on the left side of the menu bar and choose About This Mac. The box that appears shows the OS X software version, processor and amount of installed memory. Click the More Info button to see additional details about the computer. If you want a s

Do-Not-Track Talks Could Be Running Off the Rails Source: Mozilla After nearly two years of negotiating and little progress, the international group trying to agree on a Do Not Track standard is convening its final official face-to-face meeting next week in Sunnyvale, Calif.Although many people may not know that advertisers and other third parties operating on Web sites install cookies, which are small bits of code that track users’ browsing history, a small subset of consumers have already activated the Do Not Track mechanisms on their devices. These don’t-track-me browser settings send out signals telling third parties that a user does not want to have his or her online activities tracked.As of March, for instance, 11.4 percent of the estimated 450 million people worldwide who use the Firefox desktop browser had activated the Do Not Track setting, according to a new report Friday from Mozilla.Advertisers say they need to collect tracking data in order to show relevant ads to consume

Shine Starts to Wear Off a Little for Google Glass White Men Wearing Google Glass, a Tumblr Web site, pokes fun at people wearing the augmented reality glasses. screenshot via Tumblr The shiny new thing luster of Google Glass may already be wearing off, even before most people have been able to try one on.When Google introduced Google Glass last year, tech nerds salivated over these augmented reality goggles from the future. But not everyone was excited. Some not on the proverbial bleeding edge of gadgetry wondered if the high-tech eye wear would offer salvation from smartphones, or turn them into zombie-eyed obsessives staring into tiny screens a few inches from their eyeballs.Over the last two weeks, as Google Glass has started to trickle into the real world, the split of tech aficionados and regular folks has only grown.Robert Scoble, an obsessive tech pundit, wrote a glowing review of the new augmented reality glasses and said, “I will never live a day without them.” He then showe

Gadgets to Help Tend a Garden Collecting pollen with a VegiBee, which helped tomato yields rise 38 percent for Bill Whaley, the tool’s inventor. Tim Parker for The New York TimesPicture a tiny drone that arises from your vegetable garden to shoo away hungry deer. Or maybe a houseplant that, when you’re away, meanders through your rooms like a cat following a sunbeam. Or one that posts a request for water on Twitter. The future is knocking at the door of home gardening. And, if some do-it-yourselfers have their way, there is no aspect of nature that can’t be improved with a rechargeable motor and a sensor or two. ake, for example, the VegiBee. Bill Whaley, a former department store executive living in St. Louis, said he invented the device after a disappointing tomato yield. Mr. Whaley concluded that the problem was pollination, and quickly set out to improve on the bees, which were clearly remiss. Looking a little like an electric toothbrush, the VegiBee’s wand is held close to a flow

Tap a Word in a Sentence Three Times and It’s Yours Philtrum. Salubriousness. Thaumaturge. These are three of my favorite words, but they’re not common ones. So you may be reaching for a dictionary right now. But before your fingers close on that printed book and flick through its alphabetically indexed pages, consider this: There are many dictionary apps that could help you do the job more speedily. They may also have features that will teach you new words. And they might even be fun.Dictionary.com Dictionary and Thesaurus is a free iOS and Android app that comes from one of the best-known dictionary Web sites. Unlike the Web site, the app has the advantage that many of its features work offline. This app’s home page is colorful with icons and is topped by a search bar where you enter words you want to look up. As soon as you begin to type in this bar, the app begins to suggest words that may match, so you don’t always have to type in the whole word. If you’re unsure of a word’s spel

On One Phone App, Looks Are Everything Nancy Doniger The quickest hookups in New York these days aren’t happening behind the velvet ropes of No. 8, on the bar stools of Dorrian’s or in the coed bathroom of the Electric Room.Rather, the action is happening on a new smartphone app, and no, it isn’t Grindr.“Anytime I’m at a dinner or an event, social or business, people are buzzing about Tinder,” said Erica Berman, 28, an events planner in Manhattan who said that she uses the app several times a day.Ms. Berman is not alone. Technology has hit a new level of shallow, and New York’s 20-somethings are embracing it full speed.Introduced to college campuses in September, Tinder taps into the most superficial aspect of the dating scene. After downloading the app and selecting their gender, location and whether they like men or women (or both), users swipe through a stack of profile photos (left for “nope,” right for “liked”), based on little more than the person’s appearance. If two users “lik

Brain, Interrupted TECHNOLOGY has given us many gifts, among them dozens of new ways to grab our attention. It’s hard to talk to a friend without your phone buzzing at least once. Odds are high you will check your Twitter feed or Facebook wall while reading this article. Just try to type a memo at work without having an e-mail pop up that ruins your train of thought. But what constitutes distraction? Does the mere possibility that a phone call or e-mail will soon arrive drain your brain power? And does distraction matter — do interruptions make us dumber? Quite a bit, according to new research by Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Lab. There’s a lot of debate among brain researchers about the impact of gadgets on our brains. Most discussion has focused on the deleterious effect of multitasking. Early results show what most of us know implicitly: if you do two things at once, both efforts suffer. In fact, multitasking is a misnomer. In most situations, the person j

Go the Same Way, or Go the Wrong Way With the “Yelpification” of culture, there is increasing strength in numbers. Stockbyte, via Getty Images Not long ago, a friend of mine, a dear man with exquisite taste, took me to dinner at Momofuku Má Pêche in Midtown Manhattan. I point out his taste because, being from out of town, he chose the restaurant on the fly, based on some reviews he had read on Yelp, the social networking site that rates everything from eating establishments to vacuum cleaners to gastroenterologists. The supertrendy place had gotten some raves.Now, if I had the same experience with a gastroenterologist I had chosen based on glowing Yelp evaluations as I did at Momofuku, I would be checking myself into the emergency room. My monkfish — a special favorite of the Yelp hordes — tasted like a pencil eraser. It was also so cold that it could not be described as cooked. It was deceased. As for the destination-place atmosphere, imagine the decibel level of a Justin Bieber conc