DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke has an opening on its mens basketball schedule because of the North Carolina law that impacts lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.The Blue Devils were supposed to host Albany on Nov. 12 as part of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament, but there is no opponent listed on that day in Dukes schedule that was released Wednesday.Holly Liapis, spokeswoman for the State University of New York system that includes Albany, said that game wont be played because of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomos executive order banning publicly funded, nonessential travel to North Carolina.Cuomos order is in response to a North Carolina law that opponents say can allow discrimination against LGBT people.Liapis said SUNY and its campuses continue to support Gov. Cuomo on taking this stand.Its most unfortunate. As an institution, if not personally, we have gone on the record indicating that our state position on this [HB2] is very troubling, if not embarrassing, Duke athletic director Kevin White told ESPN on Thursday.Albany mens basketball coach Will Brown told ESPN on Thursday, At this point in time I cannot comment on the matter other than we are looking forward to playing our new opening night opponent, Penn State.In a statement, North Carolina Gov.?Pat McCrory called Cuomos executive order ridiculous and wants the game to be played.While Governor Cuomo has initiated a ridiculous boycott of our state, thousands of his citizens continue to move out of New York and now call North Carolina home, he said. Millions of dollars of misleading, taxpayer-subsidized commercials nor an executive order will not stop this exodus. Governor Cuomo, our North Carolina borders are open and our citizens are hospitable. Play ball!?With Albany out, Duke released a schedule that had the school playing Marist on Nov. 12. An amended version issued roughly an hour later had a vacancy for that day and indicated that the Basketball Hall of Fame had notified Duke that its opponent has not yet been confirmed.Marist is still Dukes likely opponent for the Nov. 12 game. It is a private institution and wouldnt be affected by Gov. Cuomos decision. Neither would Syracuse, a private school in New York that competes against Duke in the ACC.Duke begins the season with two on-campus games in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off: the opener against Grand Canyon on Nov. 11 and the still-undetermined game the next day.Duke spokesman Cory Walton said tournament organizers are responsible for filling that opening. In addition to Duke, Marist, Grand Canyon and Albany, the remaining four schools in the tournament field are Cincinnati, Penn State, Rhode Island and Brown.Greg Procino, vice president of basketball operations for the Hall of Fame, said in a statement that his group is working with the other schools to reschedule the on-campus games and expects to have that completed in the next week.Duke, Cincinnati, Penn State and Rhode Island are the host schools for the on-campus rounds and are each contracted to have two home games, Procino said.The tournament schedule had been in place for about a year, so this was an unexpected turn of events, Procino said.The North Carolina law signed earlier this year by Gov. Pat McCrory -- known as House Bill 2 or HB2?-- requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. It also excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from statewide anti-discrimination protections.It came in response to Charlotte leaders approval of a measure that allowed transgender people to use the restroom aligned with their gender identity. Supporters have defended the law as a commonsense measure that keeps men from using womens restrooms.It has led to a public and business backlash, with the NBA still weighing whether to move its All-Star Game?from Charlotte. The NCAA this spring announced a policy to require sites hosting or bidding on both its predetermined and merit-based events to show how they will provide an environment that is safe, healthy and free from discrimination.Information from ESPNs Andy Katz and The Associated Press was used in this report. Vapormax Nere Senza Lacci . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. 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The Real Madrid forward has scored 66 goals in 2013, but the last three may be the boost he needs to upstage Messi after FIFA unexpectedly extended the voting period for the Ballon dOr to Nov. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Twelve hours ago, Fagner Dos Santos ate his last meal: two hardened bread buns and coffee. For much of the past decade, the 33-year-old has been battling drug addiction while living on the streets of Rio. When he eats at all, its usually at a grungy soup kitchen or after picking through the trash.Now he and some 70 other homeless men are feasting on a three-course meal courtesy of one of the worlds top chefs. On the menu: Ossobuco with buttery baroa potatoes topped off with a gelato dessert.Who wouldve thought food made for the cream of society would be served to a group of homeless men? dos Santos said, gazing at the open, art-filled dining room and waiters in prim orange aprons that for a short while transported him away from his tough life.The gastronomic destination is the brainchild of Italian master chef Massimo Bottura. Using leftover ingredients from Olympic caterers and other local partners, Bottura created a gourmet soup kitchen, RefettoRio Gastromotiva , that for a week now has been serving up meals to Rios homeless population. The name is a play on the Latin word reficere, meaning to restore, and a nod to the communal dining rooms known as refectories that are a mainstay of monasteries.With questions swirling over the $12 billion price tag of South Americas first Olympics, Bottura wanted to make a statement about the games sustainability by taking on one symbol of Olympic waste: the more than 230 tons of food supplied daily to prepare 60,000 meals for athletes, coach and staff.This is a cultural project, not a charity, said Bottura, who runs the Michelin three-star Osteria Francescana in Modena. We want to rebuild the dignity of the people.Bottura said he was inspired by Pope Francis advocacy for the poor and modeled his project on a similar one he organized last year in an abandoned theater during the Milan worlds fair. His aim is to educate people about food waste in order to help feed the 800 million in the world who are hungry.Its a message that resonates in Rio.Over the past year, as Brazil plunged into its deepest recession in decades, the citys homeless population has struggled. In June, facing a financial calamity, Rios state government had to close or cutback service at 16 meal centers. The splurge on the Olympics has only heightened a sense of abandonment among the homeless, with many reporting being repeatedly removed by police from the citys recently cleaned-up Lapa district, where Botturas restaurant is located.In contrast to the government-run centers, where meals are served on prison-like food trays with throw-away cups, the Refettorio is an epicureans delight, complete with designer wood tables, oversized photos of the staff by French artist JR and a long mural of the Last Supper dripping in chocolate by Vik Muniz, one of Brazils top-selling artists.ddddddddddddAt night the space, built of corrugated plastic on a run-down lot donated by the city, looks like a lit-up box.For the Olympics launch, Bottura assembled a tour de force of local and international celebrity chefs. Once the games are over, the project will morph into a lunchtime restaurant, proceeds of which will fund evening meals for the homeless.Beneficiaries are selected by groups like one that runs a shelter for transvestites who work as prostitutes on Lapas libertine streets. Working the kitchen are graduates of local partner Gastromotiva, a nonprofit cooking school that has turned hundreds of Brazilians from the countrys neglected favelas into cooks.For many of the diners at RefettoRio, the food is unlike anything theyve tasted before. But its the royal treatment they relish most.Just sitting here, treated with respect on an equal footing, makes me think I have a chance, said Valdimir Faria, an educated man who found himself alone on Rios streets, in a downward alcoholic spiral, after his marriage and life in a city hours away fell apart.As dinner service got underway Sunday, a disheveled man identifying himself only as Nilson removed a few radish slices from his eggplant panzanella salad and deposited them in a plastic bucket holding a squeegee kit.I thought it was paper, he laughed, while trading a boisterous grazie, grazie with Bottura.Sundays meal was prepared by chef Rafael Costa e Silva, who normally dishes up fixed-price meals for $150 a head at his swank Lasai bistro in Rio. While he makes a living catering to the rich, he said hell never forget the experience of serving the poor.As dinner wound down, Costa e Silva emerged from the kitchen to thank his guests. It was Fathers Day in Brazil, and so for many of the men gathered who talked about lifes wrong turns and their estrangement from family, emotions ran high.What youve enjoyed is a simple meal but one made with lots of love and care, Costa e Silva said before the dining hall broke into applause. He wiped a tear from his cheek and continued.We wanted you to feel spoiled -- for at least one night.---Joshua Goodman is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apjoshgoodman His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/journalist/joshua-goodman---This story has been corrected to show the Brazilian chefs last name is Costa e Silva, not Cota e Silva. ' ' '