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LOS ANGELES— The Italian media held no punches for Juventus manager Antonio Conte following their 3-1 defeat to the LA Galaxy.
In fact the first question for the manager was a simple one? "Are you ashamed by the result tonight?"
To which Conte offered an expansive response in Italian.
"The performance was not good," Conte said through a translator. "We need everybody to wake up. I put myself first on that list. If we think we don't need hard work and determination anymore, we're not going to get far. We have great players, we have a high-quality roster, but in these last two years we have always gone beyond our limits for the artwork and determination we've shown on the field. We need to return to that mentality."
Juventus are now 0-2-0 during their tour of the U.S. and will be playing in the seventh place game against an undetermined opponent on Tuesday. As Conte looks to get his club ready for their Italian SuperCup match against Lazio on Aug. 18 and the start of the league a week later, he implored his squad to focus.
"I think it's reductive to say that this loss is caused by the fact that we're in preseason and it's just a friendly," Conte said. "We're here in LA, it's a fancy place, we have parties. Everything is very fun. But everywhere you go to play, all over the world, if you don't show the determination on the pitch, you're going to have big problems and, as happened tonight, you're going to lose the game. That's the rule of soccer."
Landon Donovan caught up with his former teammates from Everton following their match against Real Madrid.
The video is below..
LOS ANGELES—The LA Galaxy will be playing for a chance to finish third in the Guinness International Champions Cup against either Chelsea or A.C. Milan.
Originally, the tournament had stated that the winner of the Galaxy's match would be playing in the fifth place game; however, the rules as noted on the bottom of the Guinness International Championship Cup site are as follows:
4. TIEBREAKERS a- Head to head, b- Goal differential, c- Goals for, d- Goals against
Taking those rules into account, the Galaxy advanced on goal differential of zero while Everton and Juventus had a goal differential of minus one. Therefore, the Galaxy moved up from the fifth place game on Tuesday to the third place on Wednesday.
What does all this mean? Well, the Galaxy are planning to take off for Miami on Sunday morning, so it does not change the team's travel plans, but it will cause them to play a day later than expected.
LOS ANGELES – LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena's thoughts from LA's 3-1 victory over Juventus.
ARENA: "I think that our team played well. The result isn't going to change anything in this world. It's an exhibition, but I thought our team had a good attitude about the game tonight. They played well against a very good team tonight. We understand though that we're playing in an exhibition, I don't want to play them when it really counts."
(On the field at Dodger Stadium…)
ARENA: "I actually thought this was the best converted baseball field to a soccer field that I've ever been on. I've been on these for years. I thought that the Dodgers did an excellent job. The field was very good again, and watching other games not only in this tournament, but throughout the years, they usually don't get it as good as this one. I thought the field played as well as expected. "
(On Robbie Keane's performance…)
ARENA: "Robbie played well. He's been out three weeks and our plan all along was to give him some minutes, most likely on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, and we thought about giving him 30 minutes tonight, but gave him the start in the second half. If he had to come out then we would have taken him out. I was pleased that he was able to get 45 minutes."
(On the return of Clint Demspey to MLS…)
ARENA: "I think that it's good. Obviously, Clint is the right person to discuss the reasons for his move, but he's an exceptional player and he'll obviously be a very good player in this league. I think that he's going to obviously say that he wanted to come back home and that's why he made the move."
(On Whether he would have wanted to have Clint Dempsey…)
ARENA: "Sure. I would have loved to have Clint."
ARENA: "We don't discuss any of that."
(On the importance of the win…)
ARENA: "It's just different. Maybe years ago, we could not step on the field, even in an exhibition season, and play as well as we did tonight. We are getting better, but I simply stated don't read too much into this result."
(On the importance of playing at Dodger Stadium…)
ARENA: "I thought that it was good especially for our players from the Southern California area. They thought it was great. I thought it was a nice night, I got here early for the first game and it was great to see the excitement in the stands. I think that this is a wonderful tournament and I'm happy that we've been able to participate in it. All the teams, we get something out of it. The European clubs are moving things along to get fitness and maybe the schedule is a little hectic for them, but for our team, it was a good experience for the young players and, something that can certainly help as we get back into MLS play."
(On any cultural significance to playing at Dodger Stadium…)
ARENA: "It's great. It's a nice experience. I came here the other night for the Dodgers, Yankees game and it was great to be here, then to think that some days later that I would be here with my team is kind of amazing."
(On whether he'll rotate his roster in Miami…)
ARENA: "Not sure yet. We'll see how our players react to this game. We used more players on Thursday in Phoenix so that we could be able to put it a little more quality on the field tonight. I think that the extra days rest is going to help us. The rhythm that we're in of playing Thursday night then Saturday night, then Wednesday night in Miami, and Sunday in Dallas, I don't think that's going to impact us drastically. We should be able to use a full lineup perhaps in both games. I don't think that we'll be rotating for the rest of this tournament, but I do think that as we get into play in August and September, we'll certainly be rotating players."
LOS ANGELES -- The LA Galaxy defeated Juventus 3-1 on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.
Goals came from Omar Gonzalez, Landon Donovan, and Robbie Keane. Juventus' lone goal came from Alessandro Matri
More to come.
On Saturday, the LA Galaxy will take on Italian giants Juventus at Dodger Stadium. Called "the Old Lady," Juventus has won Serie A 29 times, Coppa Italian nine times, and the UEFA Champions League twice.
The Italian side boasts a number of talented stars including midfielder Andrea Pirlo, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, and forward Carlos Tevez. Following LA's match agaisnt Real Madrid, Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Sarvas talked about facing the Italians.
"It'll be my first time facing an Italian team. What I've seen from Italian teams is that they are very organized, tactical, and they defend very deep," said Sarvas. "They're not afraid to defend in the box either. I think that they keep more of the defensive line, not like a Spanish team that will try to dribble and do more magic things with the ball."
Following the ICC, the focus for the Italian side switches to the Italian SuperCup on Aug.18 against Lazio before beginning Serie A play on Aug. 24 against Sampdoria.
Take a look at Juventus in this video below...
Dodger Stadium has been transformed from a baseball stadium into a soccer pitch ahead of Saturday's Guinness International Champions Cup matches.
Earlier, I spoke with Dodger groundskeeper Eric Hanson on the preparation of getting Dodger Stadium ready for soccer.
My interview with him is below...
(On how the grounds crew began the conversion…)
HANSON: "We started immediately after the Yankees/Dodgers game on Wednesday at 10:45 p.m.. We spent three hours doing what we needed to do to prep the field for the sod that was installed early on Thursday morning. From that point on, we did detail work and looked at the grass closely, and then attended to anything that we think might help. Now the lines have been painted and the goals have come in, so it is completely set up."
(On how the reconfiguration was done…)
HANSON: "It mostly involves how we handle the dirt portions of the field because those areas had to be resodded, so to make that work we had to do some work on the skin areas and remove some of the material so the sod will transition nicely. The field runs over the pitcher's mound and we did have to remove that, so it will have to be rebuilt prior to the Dodgers coming back in town next Friday."
(On the challenges for the reconfiguration…)
HANSON: "The whole objective is that we want it to be as good as surface as we can possibly provide. We obviously have time constraints and we have to get it back in shape for the Dodgers on the following Friday, so we do the best that we can in the amount of time that we have. Our goal is to make that field as well play as well as it can."
(On how long it'll take to return the stadium to baseball shape…)
HANSON: "It won't take much time to get that turf off. The sod company will come in and remove it. Then we have to bring the dirt that we took out and put that in on all the places. Also, we have to rebuild the pitcher's mound. We'll spend till next Thursday working on that and doing our detail work to get it back in shape."
(On what it means for Dodger Stadium to host two soccer matches…)
HANSON: "It's a new challenge for us. This is what we do. This is why the grounds crew is here and it's not uncommon. Football has been played in baseball stadiums for many years and that's a conversion that used to occur all the time. Soccer is no different; it's just a different type of conversion. It's just a new challenge for us and that's how we view it. We're anxious to see how it all works out, and hopefully, we can do it again."
CARSON, Calif. – Landon Donovan wasn't the only U.S. National Team star that the LA Galaxy welcomed back to the fold on Friday as defender Omar Gonzalez returned from his brief stint with the U.S. and MLS All-Star team.
Gonzalez went 45 minutes in the MLS All-Stars defeat to AS Roma, but only made a brief shift in the closing stages of the U.S. Gold Cup Final victory over Panama. The Galaxy defender is expected to be in action on Saturday.
"I'm happy to be back in L.A., I'm looking forward to being back with the Galaxy," said Gonzalez. "I'm looking forward to these games, finding a way to improve as a team, and get ready for the second half of the season."
Juventus will the second Italian team that Gonzalez faces in a week after his shift against Roma. But even though the chance to face some of the top teams from around the globe is enjoyable, Gonzalez admits that his focus is simply on improving for the stretch run.
"It's an opportunity for us to face teams from overseas, and not just any teams, but some of the world's best teams," said Gonzalez. "It's a great experience for all of us, and I think that this is a chance for us to tune ourselves up for the second half of the season."
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Brian Rowe got the chance that many goalkeepers have sought out—and dreaded—a chance to field a shot from Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo. But unlike goalkeepers before him, Rowe held firm as he denied the star three times during LA's 3-1 defeat to the Spanish giants.
Despite filling in for Carlo Cudicini, who traveled but did not dress, Rowe did well against the Spaniards as he repeatedly made big saves in the LA defeat.
As for the chance to face Ronaldo? Rowe admitted that there was nothing to it.
"It wasn't different. You just find yourself in the moment and react to it," said Rowe. "Once you start thinking about who you're going up against then it gives them advantage. You just react. It's all natural stuff."
A video of Rowe speaking to the media after the Madrid match is below...
CARSON, Calif. – Carlo Cudicini may get the opportunity to face off against one of the giants of Italian soccer on Saturday at Dodger Stadium—but only if he can complete a fitness test.
Cudicini had been scheduled to play a half against Real Madrid on Thursday, but a back issue suffered in training on Wednesday caused the goalkeeper to miss out on the match against the Spaniards. If he does return to action on Saturday, he'll face a side loaded with his countrymen.
"It's always nice to play against your own — some of them — old mates, and it's always good to speak a little bit of Italian," said Cudicini, who started his career with AC Milan, the same club that his father played for. "I'm an AC Milan supporter, so, of course, Juventus and Inter Milan are the two big rivals. And Juventus is a great club, especially in Italy. They've won so many titles, have got such a great history. It's a game that's always nice to play."
As for his fitness, however, that remains in flux—meaning that backup 'keeper Brian Rowe may be given his second start in three days if Cudicini is unable to go.
"I feel it's better. I don't know, we'll see tomorrow, if it improves a little bit more, then it will maybe again be the 45 [minutes] each," Cudicini said. "Of course, you hope to, but you want to be sure you're 100 percent OK.
"You don't want to risk, first of all because at the end of the day, these are important games for us, but what you're looking for is the [next MLS] game against Dallas [on Aug. 11]," Cudicini added. "You want to be sure you're ready for that game."


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RALEIGH — Defenseman Joni Pitkanen won't be available at the start of the season for the Carolina Hurricanes and that might not be the worst part.
"It's a real serious injury and this could go a long time," general manager Jim Rutherford said.
Pitkanen is expected to undergo further evaluation today in Raleigh and that could determine his status for the season. Rutherford said a career-ending situation can't be ruled out.
"I'm getting prepared for the worst," Rutherford said, pointing out he was told the injury has been described as one more like what might be sustained in an automobile accident than from playing sports.
Rutherford said he found out a week ago that Pitkanen's situation could be much worse than expected. He suffered the broken left heel April 2 against the Washington Capitals and has been going through rehabilitation.
Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller said Pitkanen, 29, is the type of player capable of playing at a certain high level. His absence will impact several areas, Muller said.
Pitkanen played more than 25 minutes per game during seasons when he has been healthy and his role on special teams has been crucial for the Hurricanes.
"He's a difference maker," captain Eric Staal said. "He plays a lot of minutes, plays tough minutes."
The Hurricanes made shoring up their defense one of the offseason priorities. This puts a hitch in that.
"People have different views about Joni," Rutherford said, a likely reference to his penchant for lapses in the defensive zone. "But the fact of the matter is, he played a lot of minutes. … Until we get a better idea of how long he's out, we're going to try to replace him with what we have. There's not many (free agents) left."
This could mean an acceleration in the development of defenseman Ryan Murphy, a first-round draft selection in 2011 who figured to contend for a roster spot during training camp.
"Kirk is going to have to play around with it and see where we're at," Rutherford said.
Muller said it will be a chance to evaluate young defensemen with potentially different roles in mind once training camp opens next week. Carolina added defensemen Andrej Sekera and Mike Komisarek during the offseason.
"We have more depth in our organization right now," Muller said of the defense. "Let's let training camp go and see where we are."
Still, news about Pitkanen's setback in recovery came out of nowhere for Carolina players.
"It's kind of the first I've heard that he might not be around," Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk said. "I just kind of assumed he'd be back. At the same time, it creates an opportunity for somebody to step up."

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Dawn of a new era for Arlington hoops
Arlington star basketball player Terry Dawn sacrificed Friday Night Lights to focus on hoops
The basketball standout also played an important role on the Eagles football team in 2011, but feeling that he had a future in basketball, Dawn made a tough choice to leave football and focus solely on basketball.
"It was (a tough choice) at first," Dawn said. "I talked with my mom and my mom thought it was a good idea. It was generally my idea and I wanted to do it because I knew we had a good chance in basketball. I really wanted to focus on it because I want to play basketball in college and I had a chance to play football in college, but I never really wanted to do it because my heart wasn't there really."
And Dawn was right about one thing, the Eagles do have a good chance in basketball. Arlington comes into this season voted as the favorite to win the 4A Wesco North by the league's coaches. And Dawn is focused on doing whatever it takes to help that and more happen for the Eagles.
"I knew that our basketball team had a chance at being the best team that Arlington has ever had," Dawn said. "And I didn't want to screw that up by me hurting something, or a little nagging injury. And then I also wanted to help our guys to prepare us for the beginning of the season so we aren't starting off just out of nothing. I wanted us to get into the swing of things, get our shot going and keep our conditioning up.
The decision it seems has already had its impact on the Eagles' team.
"You can already see it in our practices," Dawn said. "We don't have that much experience on the varsity part of the team, but everyone is caught up to speed that everyone knows what they are going to be doing."
Dawn seems at peace with his decision and is excited about the prospects of the basketball team moving forward, but head coach Nick Brown said he believes it was still a difficult decision for Dawn to make.
"I think it was really difficult for him," Brown said. "He had been talking about it and it was a tough thing, but he decided to focus on what he wanted to focus on."
Part of Dawn's decision was to help the team and set an example for the younger players. Brown said Dawn has passed that test with flying colors.
"He's done a great job," Brown said. "A lot of times kids will say that they are going to do something and Terry HAS done that. He's been to the gym in the mornings working out, lifting, and shooting. We have a shooting machine and he's on that all the time. Something clicked for Terry in the last summer I think, I don't know what happened, but he's really decided to be the best he can be."
With the tough choice in the past, now it's time for the Eagles to get down to business. Dawn will lead the way offensively, but he and Brown know that the rest of the team will have to contribute if the Eagles are going to fulfill expectations.
"He's all about his teammates," Browns said of Dawn. "It's not about him. It's about making his teammates better and his teammates making him better. He doesn't care if he gets the shot. In the flow of our offense if he makes an assist, he's just as happy. If his teammates make an assist, he's just as happy. It's never about him making the shot."
Dawn's unselfishness will be critical to the Eagles success, but just as important for the team is Dawn knowing when to be selfish.
"The thing about Terry is that you almost want him to be a little more selfish," Brown said. "But again, it's all about the team and we preach that and Terry has bought into that. If we can find those moments where he can take over, because he is going to have to sometimes, but I think he has kind of found the mix of when to do it and when not to do it."
One of the things driving this year's team will be how last season ended. The Eagles missed the playoffs for the first time in several years, something that didn't sit well with the team.
"It drives all of us," Brown said. "It's something that we are frustrated with, we're not happy with, we're not going to accept. I'm not saying we're going to make the playoffs this year, but we aren't going to accept not going without giving our best.
"I think this group's best is pretty good."
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Why I am Taking Action
One in eight U.S. adults has kidney disease and 90% don't even know it. Many people are unaware that kidney disease can be prevented, which is why I am participating in the American Kidney Fund's Virtual Walk. I will join the American Kidney Fund in an effort to make sure our family, friends and colleagues are all aware of this silent killer. We are working together in fight against kidney disease by creating awareness and helping to raise money for programs and services.
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Last year, the American Kidney Fund provided assistance to 1 out of every 5 dialysis patients. This year, Virtual Walkers will be walking to raise money and awareness for those living with kidney disease. You can join me in the fight against kidney disease by supporting my personal fundraising efforts. Your contribution, whether it is $20 or $2,000, will help fund the programs that provide financial assistance to people living with kidney disease.


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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Latest News
Jake Solomon addresses fate of "ultimate psi soldier" in XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Designer Jake Solomon has tweeted a clarification about how things went down at the end of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It's something of a spoiler obviously so best not paid any attention unless...
If you've gotten to the end of the fantastic reboot of XCOM with Enemy Unknown then perhaps you'll want to know exactly what Soloman and his team at Firaxis meant with that ending.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown coming to Linux this Summer
Feral Interactive will bring XCOM: Enemy Unknown and all its DLC content, including expansion pack Enemy Within, to Linux operating systems this Summer, the developer has announced.
The Linux version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be a SteamPlay title that runs on Ubuntu 14.04 and Valve's SteamOS.
Linux version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown spotted in Steam database
Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown has had its cover blown by a nosy-parker who spotted the turn-based strategy lurking within the Steam database with penguins of a dubious nature. It's possible they're extra-terrestrial.
Steam has been making a big push for Linux especially as their SteamOS is based off it. It makes sense Firaxis would want their XCOM reboot ready for Steam Machines.
2K: Firaxis announcing "new AAA game" tomorrow at PAX East
XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Civilization developer Firaxis will be announcing a "new AAA game" tomorrow, according to 2K Games teaser for their PAX East 2014 'pre-show checklist'. More XCOM or Civilization?
The 'Firaxis Games Mega Panel' will commence tomorrow at 4:30pm BST for one hour at the DragonFly Theatre. 2K promise an "exciting sneak peek" at their latest project.
"AI should be a lot better now," says XCOM creator, "but I am not convinced"
Julian Gollop, creator of the XCOM series, has said that "AI should be a lot better now," but that it hasn't really improved since the original XCOM's AI of a "few Kb" designed for 80386 PC. It hasn't leaped with hardware.
While XCOM: Enemy Unknown "does a good job" with its AI, it still "relies a lot on the player triggering stuff." It's behaviour-based and predictable patterns soon emerge.


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Summertime Blues
Summertime Blues
So the off-season has begun for so many goalkeepers out there. College, youth, and many competitive players find themselves with so much free time during the summer season. Well there's a quote I'd like to try and reiterate which I read in High School:
"When you are not training, remember, someone somewhere is training, and when you meet him he will win"
Now I could of hacked this up a little bit, but you all get the point. Right now if you're not doing the best you can to improve your game, someone out there is. When you go back to practice or tryouts or whatever, you want to make sure you worked harder than the other guy or girl. This is your new summer mission.
I have always thought that it is hard to really improve throughout a season. Of course you can make small gains week in and week out (both skill and confidence wise) but the off season is where you set the base.
This summer try to work on things you normally can't. If you need to improve your strength in jumping, then do some plyometric exercises to get your spring a little bit better. If your footwork needs some work, then get out and do some footwork drills. If you simply need to get better, call some older players who need a goalkeeper to shoot on and let them know you're available.
It is not the time to play Call of Duty and socialize with friends online. Trust me, I have enough 20 and 30 year old friends who do that to this day. It is time to set your goals and go after them.
"If not now, then when? If not you, then who?"
Take responsibility for your goals and dreams and get out there to make them happen. Summer is a great excuse for your competitors to relax and get comfortable in their free time. For the ones who are serious about achieving their goals, the time is NOW.
While other people are daydreaming, let's be proactive in trying to make ours come true.
May the posts be with you.....


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Stephen L. Hayford
Contact Information
(812) 855-2716
1309 E. 10th Street
Room HH 428
- Professor of Business Law
- Bloomington
- JD, summa cum laude, Indiana University School of Law
- PhD, Business Administration and Labor Law, University of Iowa
- MBA, University of Arizona
- BS, University of Evansville
Professional Interests
Dispute Resolution, Business Ethics
Stephen L. Hayford is Professor of Business Law in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University-Bloomington. Professor Hayford teaches courses that focus on business ethics and dispute resolution. He is also Visiting Professor of Dispute Resolution at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California. Professor Hayford holds an MBA from the University of Arizona, a Ph.D. in Business and Economics from the University of Iowa and a J.D., Summa Cum Laude, from Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington. After law school, Dr. Hayford served as Law Clerk to the Hon. J.E. Eschbach, Senior Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Following his judicial clerkship, he was a commercial litigator with Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart, a large West Palm Beach, Florida law firm. Professor Hayford is an active labor, employment and commercial arbitrator and mediator. He is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators and has served on the Academy's Board of Governors and as Chair of its Research Committee. He is Immediate Past President and a Founding Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. In addition, he is Chair of the Public Interest Council (ethics oversight board)of BKD, the ninth largest public accounting in the United States. Professor Hayford has published extensively in the law review and dispute resolution literature. From 1996 to 2000 he was Academic Advisor to the Drafting Committee appointed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) to revise the Uniform Arbitration Act.
Selected Publications
- Hayford, Stephen L. (2001), "Unification of the Law of Labor Arbitration and Commercial Arbitration: An Idea Whose Time Has Come," Baylor Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 3, Winter, pp. 783-927.
- Hayford, Stephen L. (2001), "Federal Preemption and Vacatur: The 'Bookend' Issues Under the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act," Journal of Dispute Resolution, No. 1, May, pp. 67-88.
- Hayford, Stephen L. (2000), "Executive Briefing: Alternative Dispute Resolution," Business Horizons, January, pp. 2-4.
- Hayford, Stephen L. (2000), "The Federal Arbitration Act: Key to Stabilizing and Strengthening the Law of Labor Arbitration," Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 21, No. 2, September, pp. 521-574.
- Hayford, Stephen L. (1998), "Reining in the Manifest Disregard of the Law Standard: Key to Restoring Order to the Law of Vacatur," Journal of Dispute Resolution, No. 2, pp. 117-140.


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Long ball, big inning boost Kamiak to win over Jackson
Knights rally late to defeat Jackson
Genna Martin / The Herald
Kamiak players celebrate after teammate Jacob Long hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning against Jackson on Friday. Andrew Paccini was on base at the time. Kamiak won 7-6.
Genna Martin / The Herald
Kamiak's Alex Pettibone (left) dives back to first as Jackson first baseman Alec Kisena catches a throw from pitcher Tyler Wingert during their game Friday at Kamiak High School. Kamiak came back to win 7-6.
Genna Martin / The Herald
Jackson's Alek Baumgartner (30) and Aaron Avalos (42) round third base in the sixth inning of their game against Kamiak Friday at Kamiak High School. Baumgartner scored on his run, but the umpire called Avalos out at home. Kamiak won 7-6.
He ended up placing a towering drive well beyond the left-center field fence.
Long's two-run home run capped a six-run inning for the Knights, who added another run in the sixth and then snuffed out a Jackson rally in the top of the seventh for an exciting 7-6 victory on a wet, blustery afternoon.
It was the first varsity homer for Long, who played on the Knights JV baseball team a year ago.
"I was just looking for a pitch to drive to score the run," Long said. He got a fastball "right down the middle," and as it came off the bat "I was expecting it to be in the gap. But then it just took off."
The six-run outburst erased Jackson's 5-0 lead, and came against Timberwolves starting pitcher Tyler Wingert, who had checked Kamiak on five hits and no runs over the first four innings.
Geoff Lee led off Kamiak's rally with a one-out double into the left field corner. He moved to third on an infield single by Alex Pettibone and scored Kamiak's first run on a single to left by Jacob Bettencourt.
Jackson then got the second out of the inning, and was one out away from taking a 5-1 lead to the sixth. But Andy Crosby bounced a sharp single to left field for another run, and two more scored on a single by Andrew Piccini and an outfield error that allowed Piccini to reach third with Long coming to the plate.
The Knights added an insurance run in the sixth by combining three walks and a hit batter, and they appeared to get another run, though it was disallowed when a base runner was called out for leaving early on Long's apparent sacrifice fly.
Down by two runs in the top of the seventh, the T-wolves nearly sent the game to extra innings. Two runners tried to score on Alec Kisena's one-out drive to the center field wall, but the second runner was tagged out by catcher Wilson Kessel after a relay throw from Lee, Kamiak's shortstop.
"(Kessel) got him right in the foot (with the tag), so that was a good call," said Kamiak coach Steve Merkley.
"All we have to do is slide at home plate and we're tied," said Jackson coach Kirk Nicholson.
The Knights then got a fly ball to center field for the game-ending out.
Merkley was pleased with how his team rallied from a five-run deficit, and by the production from the bottom half of his batting order. The last five hitters in Kamiak's lineup were a combined 9-for-15 with three walks and five RBI.
"At the start of the season we weren't getting any RBIs," he said. "We'd get guys on, but then couldn't get them in. But today we got them in."
It was Kamiak's second win against Jackson in three games this week. The T-wolves took a 7-0 decision in Tuesday's series opener, and Kamiak answered with an 11-1 victory on Wednesday.
"We look a lot more solid than we did a week ago," Merkley said. "We have good pitching, our defense has been real good, and now we're starting to hit."
Though disappointed with the outcome, "it's better that it happens now than in the playoffs," Nicholson said. "This is about learning for us right now, and we have a long way to go. It was a good game for them, it was a good game for us, but if you do some things wrong you pay for them."
Nicholson liked that his team came within a whisker of extending the game with its seventh-inning rally. "It was a good baseball game," he said. "But unfortunately somebody has to lose, and today that was us."
At Kamiak H.S.
Jackson 400 010 1--6 9 1
Kamiak 000 061 x--7 12 1
Tyler Wingert, Jeremy Spring (5) and Alex Kiel; Andy Crosby, Kevaughn Escobar-Umayam (3), Brandon Gustafson (7) and Wilson Kessel. WP--Escobar-Umayam. LP--Wingert. S--Gustafson. 2B--Spring (J), Alek Baumgartner (J), Alec Kisena (J), Kiel (J), Wheadon (J), Geoffery Lee (K). HR--Jake Long (K). Records--Jackson is 1-2 in league, 3-3 overall. Kamiak is 2-1, 4-2.
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History will say, when it records contemporary events in India, that destiny fulfilled itself with punctual and implacable logic. The new Constitution has just come into operation, and already over the greater part of the Peninsula it is a dead letter. The nation refuses to work it. What else could one expect? The British government prepared the mind of this people to receive its gift by two years of intensive coercion. It would discuss the details of the new settlement only with hand-picked delegates of its own choosing.
THE HOUR had come: along the station platform there was a flurry of excitement in the crowd, a light flashed, the porters moved along the quay. I turned and looked up the tracks. The train was sweeping down on us. It bore down swiftly, sweeping in around the edges of the Zoölogic Gardens, the huge snout of the locomotive looming bluntly, the fenders touched with trimmings of bright green. The great machine steamed hotly past and halted. The dull line of the coaches was "broken vividly in the middle with the glittering red of the Mitropa dining car. We swung to action.
This is the first of a series of articles on various aspects of the next four years in American life. The other contributors are: Secretary Henry A. Wallace, Under-secretary Rexford G. Tugwell, Morris L. Cooke, John L. Lewis, Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, Professor Thomas Reed Powell, Bruce Bliven and George Soule.—THE EDITORS. In a cloudburst of votes, the people washed away "Jeffersonian" Democrats, assorted big shots, newspapers, in a deluge of hilarious bitterness—and when the sun rose bright and shiny, there was Franklin D.
Like most great victories, the Roosevelt triumph raises more questions than it answers. It is easy to guess what the people voted against, but not what they voted for. The majority was reluctant to turn the country over to the same crowd that had been represented by Coolidge and Hoover, that had helped to bring on the depression and had done so little to end it or to relieve the distress it caused. Many voters feared what this crowd, if in power, might do to labor or to those on relief, or to the farmers, who plead so long and so vainly for a fair deal before Mr. Roosevelt was elected.


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Oxford, Ohio – Securing themselves at least a share of the Mid-American Conference regular season title, the Miami University women's tennis team swept Western Michigan, 7-0 on Friday afternoon. If the RedHawks win their match tomorrow they will clinch the program's sixth straight MAC regular season title.
"I thought we competed very well today," said head coach Anca Dumitrescu. "Particularly in doubles, I thought it was one of the better doubles matches we have played all year. It was nice to see that. Also in singles I thought we competed well and played the important points well. For us, it's just continuing to go out there with a positive attitude, fight for every point and know that nothing comes easy. We have a great opportunity tomorrow."
Miami (14-6, 6-1 MAC) was able to pick up two of the three doubles matches to win the doubles point. Senior Nimisha Mohan and freshman Andreea Badileanu won at No. 1, 8-4. Playing at No. 2 doubles, juniors Christine Guerrazzi and Alix Thurman downed their opponents, 8-5. With the match point secured, the No. 3 doubles match was not completed.
On the singles court, Miami picked up two points quickly when sophomore Ana Rajkovic defeated her No. 6 opponent, 6-3, 6-0 and Guerrazzi won at No. 5 singles, 6-3, 6-1. Thurman clinched the match with her 6-2, 6-4 victory while playing at No. 4 singles. The next RedHawk finisher was Badileanu who handed in a 6-3, 6-3 effort. Raymond delivered a win at No. 3 singles next, 2-6, 6-3, 10-4. Finally, Mohan defeated her opponent, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 1 singles and completed the RedHawk sweep.
Saturday's 1 p.m. match against Bowling Green, the last regular season home tilt of the season for Miami will serve as Senior Day for the RedHawks. Seniors Nimisha Mohan and Christiana Raymond will both be honored on the court prior to the start of the match.


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Smith Breaks All-Time Caused Turnovers Record; Freshman Hebberd Nets Career-High Five as Women's Lacrosse Bounces Lees-McRae 20-4
April 7, 2011
BANNER ELK, N.C. Pfeiffer Universitys Amanda Smith set the all-time career record for caused turnovers during a 20-4 Conference Carolinas womens lacrosse victory at Lees-McRae on Thursday afternoon. Smith forced six turnovers in the win as the 15th-ranked Lady Falcons improved to 9-5 overall, 4-1 in league play while the Lady Bobcats plummet to 2-8, 0-5.
Freshman Rachel Hebberd led the Lady Falcons with a career-high five goals on the afternoon followed by Natalie Marvins four. Sarah Hebberd, Alex Cook and Liz Melesh each recorded a hat trick. After Lees-McRae tallied the first goal of the match, the Lady Falcons reeled out seven-in-a-row. Following the next Lady Bobcats goal, Pfeiffer again put home eight-straight.
Smith led the defense with her record-breaking six caused turnovers while also leading with Shannon Bonnel and Jessica Moulton grabbing four groundballs. Smith also corralled a game-high five draw controls.
Kaitlin Booth made three first-half saves to get the win. Newcomer Jamie Alcala stopped one shot in her second half appearance.
Pfeiffer gets back to action on Saturday hosting Queens for senior day at N.E. Lefko Field. The initial draw is set for 12:00 p.m.


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The company plans to use net proceeds from the offering for business expansion and working capital.
New York-based Insight Venture Management LLC holds a 26% stake in Cvent and venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates owns a 22% stake. Founder-CEO Reggie Agrawal owns 16% of the company while MicroStrategy co-founder Sanju Bansal holds a 10% stake.
Founded in 1999, Cvent is a survivor of the original dotcom bust. In 2011, it raised a whopping $136 million from NEA, Insight Venture Management and Greenspring Associates, of Owings Mills, Md.
Last year, Cvent reported net income of $4.3 million on revenues of $83.5 million, compared with a loss of $184,000 on revenues of $60.9 million in 2011. With over 1,100 employees, Cvent has clients in 90 countries, among them over 30 Fortune 100 companies.
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Xanthoma is a condition in which fatty deposits form beneath the skin. They range from very small to up to 3 inches in size. Xanthomas are not painful or dangerous, but can be cosmetically disfiguring. Xanthomas may appear anywhere on the body, but are most frequently found on the elbows, joints, tendons, knees, hands, feet, and buttocks.
Xanthelasma is a form of xanthoma that appears on the eyelids.
Xanthoma is typically caused by:
- Elevated levels of fats in the blood
Metabolic disorders including:
- Diabetes
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Some cancers
- Inherited metabolic disorders like high levels of cholesterol in the blood
Although xanthelasma may be associated with high triglyceride and cholesterol levels, it can occur without cholesterol problems.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chance of xanthoma include:
- Having a metabolic disorder listed above
- Having extremely high cholesterol and/or triglyceride levels
- Increased age
Xanthoma may cause:
- Bumps under the skin
Skin lesions that are:
- Many different shapes
- Yellow to orange
- Have well-defined borders
Xanthomas may be tender, itchy, and painful.
Xanthoma is usually diagnosed by examining the skin growths. A biopsy of the tissue will confirm a fatty deposit.
A blood lipid profile and other tests may be done to determine the underlying condition responsible for the appearance of xanthomas.
Treating xanthoma consists of treating and controlling the underlying health conditions that cause the fatty deposits to develop. Better control of the metabolic disorders that can lead to xanthoma can reduce their occurrence.
Xanthomas that are removed can return after treatment.
Other treatment options for xanthomas include:
Surgery may be used to remove the fatty deposits.
Laser surgery with CO2 laser, pulse-dye laser, or Erbium-YAG laser can be performed.
Treatment with trichloroacetic acid may also be used to treat xanthomas.
To help reduce your chances of xanthoma:
- Keep blood lipids and cholesterol at a healthy level
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This forum is dedicated to screen shots showing how you arrange your BibleWorks windows. The goal is to inspire (and even teach) your fellow users to use the program more effectively.
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Ok, this is the LAST straw I have been friend-zoned every single time I try asking out a girl in addition to her entering religious discernment. I have never been on a single date in my entire life because of this. Is there anything I can do not to be friend-zoned? Why do all women only see me as a friend? What am I doing wrong?


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Results vs. Barton (2009-04-04 00:00:00)
April 4, 2009Wilson, NC -- The No. 26 Pfeiffer Falcons and Barton College Bulldogs split a Conference Carolinas doubleheader on Saturday. Pfeiffer won the first game 11-10 and Barton prevailed in the nightcap 12-5.
Game 1 – Pfeiffer 11, Barton 10
In game one Pfeiffer jumped ahead early with a Zach Pou (Stanley, NC) two-run homerun in the top of the first to give Pfeiffer a 2-0 lead.
Falcon pitcher Nick Fogleman (Waxhaw, NC) held the Bulldogs until the fourth. Barton started the inning with back to back doubles and a RBI single by Barrett Martin (Willow Springs, NC) that tied the score at 2-2.
Barton went ahead in the fifth on a three-run homerun by Wesley Francis (Blair, VA). Pfeiffer fought back to 6-5 after scoring two in the top half of the sixth. Following singles by Will Davis (New London, NC) and Ethan Marsh (Asheboro, NC), Preston Lyon (Gastonia, NC) brought both home with a two-out two-run single to left.
The Bulldogs extended their lead in the bottom half of the inning when Aaron Watkins (Newport News, VA) had a RBI double and Will Johnson (Rocky Mount, NC) added a SAC fly.
Pfeiffer battled to take the lead in the eighth. With the bases loaded Myles Pearl (High Point, NC) singled up the middle to score one run and then Lyon connected for a grand-slam to bring the score to 9-7 with the Pfeiffer advantage.
The Falcons tacked on two more in the ninth, the first on an RBI double by Davis that scored Pou and the second when Jesse Dunn (Easley, SC) scored on a wild pitch.
Barton made it interesting by cutting the lead to 11-10 with the bases loaded, but closer Ben Beard (Huntersville, NC) forced Chris Rawlings (Charlotte, NC) to fly out to right field to close out the game.
Nick Fogleman picked up his ninth win of the season. He went 8 1/3 innings giving up seven earned runs on seven hits. Nick Nigito (Whitehall, PA) picked up the loss in relief for Barton going two innings and giving up five earned runs.
Will Davis and Ethan Marsh had three hits apiece for Pfeiffer, while Preston Lyon added six RBI.
Game 2 – Pfeiffer 5, Barton 12
Pfeiffer once again jumped ahead early in game two when Davis doubled home Eric Shoemaker (Huntersville, NC) and Pou.
Barton cut the lead in half in the second with a solo homerun by Ryan McCleney (Chadbourn, NC). Then the Bulldogs erupted for six runs in the third. The inning was highlighted by a two-run single by McCleney and a two-run homerun by Kramer Sneed (Winterville, NC). After the inning the Bulldogs led 7-2.
Barton added three more in the fourth after a RBI single by Francis and then a two-run homerun by Zach Boyette (Marion, VA). Pfeiffer tried to come back in the fifth when Josh Strickland (Liberty, NC) cut the lead to 10-4 with a two-run blast to left center.
Barton tacked on two more runs in the sixth when Jonathan Nichols (Smithfield, NC) connected for a two-run homerun to center. The Falcons tried to start a rally in the seventh after Ryan Brown (Concord, NC) and Strickland started the inning with singles. After a strikeout, Pou brought Brown home with a single of his own, but Pfeiffer was done there and Barton won 12-5.
Jonathan McDaniel (Mocksville, NC) took the loss for Pfeiffer. He went 3 1/3 innings giving up nine runs on eight hits. Sneed picked up the win for the Bulldogs by going a complete game giving up four runs.
Brown led the Falcon bats by picking up two hits. Davis and Strickland added two RBI apiece for Pfeiffer.


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|Posted on Jun 8 2014, 04:51 PM
|This mission was dead. Now it's alive. It has discovered over 3600 planet candidates with nearly 1000 being confirmed. Anyone else following this mission?
|Posted on Apr 21 2013, 11:06 PM
| At least 1 in 6 stars has an "earth-sized" planet. We're at about 2400 "planet candidates" at this point in the Kepler Mission. At this point in the mission and going forward they should start seeing more of the "goldilocks" candidates.
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2013/pr201301.html -- Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysics
http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/nasakeplernews...News&NewsID=244 -- Kepler Jan 7th Release
http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/c...t=delivery1_koi -- Full Exoplanet Catalog
|Posted on Jul 24 2012, 03:17 PM
I agree with that whole heartedly. What about type one civilizations ? Think they are rare and why there has been no communications with aliens .
They come to the cross roads we are at right now . Do or die and well they die and never make it to type 1 civilizations ? I wonder if we will make it ?
|Posted on Jul 24 2012, 11:57 AM
| Just thought I'd update for general purposes.
Kepler has been funded through 2016.
It has discovered 2,321 candidate planets.
One of it's four "reaction wheels" has failed. 3 are required for operation. So there is no more redundancy in that critical system. This event was reported this week.
There is one confirmed planet in a habitable zone and many other candidates yet to be confirmed.
Questions about what is and is not a planet are best answered by exoplanets.eu website.
|Posted on Feb 8 2012, 01:55 AM
| It's not that Vogt is conservative or liberal in his estimates; he's merely going by statistical projection, which is allowable enough scientifically. If you look from a far enough view (which doesn't have to be far at all) it is more than curious that two Goldilocks planets are next to each other - and that they most assuredly are in our galaxian view, being that it is > 80,000 light years across, let alone looking at a shot of a hundred thousand galaxies at once.
imo future data will show that extraterrestrial life is not only true, but perhaps even routine. I don't think life is the big deal we think it is. The Universe holds plenty of opportunities for everything, and life is an opportunist.
|Posted on Feb 3 2012, 07:31 PM
| A goldilocks planet 22 light years away orbiting a triple-star system with an M-class dwarf and two orange K-dwarfs. 4.5 earth masses and 28 day orbital period.
One of the astronomers in this announcement is Steven Vogt ... my impression of him is that he is not conservative ... for whatever that is worth.
UCSC announcement
|Posted on Dec 12 2011, 02:28 PM
I would love to see your psychological profile.
The details of the Kepler mission are pretty easy to come by. You could learn, with a few taps and clicks on a keyboard and mouse, exactly what the Kepler telescope can do.
It is designed to find those small dense planets that other techniques cannot. Small dense planets will not go unnoticed, unless by small you mean something much smaller than Earth.
Here is the relevant section from the wikipedia article:
In terms of photometric performance, Kepler is working well, much better than any Earth-bound telescope, but still short of the design goals. The objective was a combined differential photometric precision (CDPP) of 20 parts per million (PPM) on a magnitude 12 star for a 6.5 hour integration. This estimate was developed allowing 10 ppm for stellar variability, roughly the value for the Sun. The obtained accuracy for this observation has a wide range, depending on the star and position on the focal plane, with a median of 29 ppm. Most of the additional noise appears due to a larger-than-expected variability in the stars themselves (19.5 ppm as opposed to the assumed 10.0 ppm), with the rest due to instrumental noise sources slightly larger than predicted.[31] Work to better understand, and perhaps calibrate out, instrument noise is ongoing.[32]
Since the signal from an Earth size planet is so close to the noise level (only 80 ppm), the increased noise means each individual transit is only a 2.7 σ event, instead of the intended 4 σ. This, in turn, means more transits must be observed to be sure of a detection. Recent estimates indicate a 7-8 year mission, as opposed to the 3.5 year planned, would be needed to find all transiting Earth-sized planets. The spacecraft has enough fuel for such a mission, but there is no funding for it so far.[33][B]
|Posted on Dec 8 2011, 07:47 PM
It was explained on TV, one of the Kepler scientist explained in this program they were just looking for periodic dimming of the light intensity from the 600 stars they were checking.
As the planet crossed in front of the Star the light intensity dropped. If that was regular they would say it is a planet.
They did not mention wobbles in the case.
So I'll stand by what I say the larger the area blocked the more likely to be found.
Small dense ones will probably go unnoticed.
|Posted on Dec 8 2011, 07:25 PM
ACTUALLY, large planets are more likely to be spotted because of the significant "wobbles" they cause in their parent star. The more massive the planet, the more pronounced the wobbles.
|Posted on Dec 8 2011, 06:55 PM
The question in the poll is a hard one to answer
"The Kepler Telescope will soon begin it's 4 year survey of 100,000 stars. How many rocky planets will it find in the habitable zone?
For rocky planets as small as the Earth are harder to find aren't they? Kepler 22b has a volume 13.8 times that of Earth. Size matters.
So you are more likely to pick up water worlds and gas giants due to there light blocking effects


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It would be hard for 'churches' to profit from a deity that did not specify strict codes of behaviour.
How would they profit from those strict codes? (I used to wonder if the Catholic Church was getting kickbacks from Mrs. Paul's or Van de Camps.) Unless you're talking about perpetuating power instead of perpetuating income.


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Havelock High senior Marc Anthony Montanez wants to be a chef.
"I have so many ideas I just want to put to good use," he said.
He found exactly what he wanted on the menu at Havelock High School's annual College Day.
Organized by the school's guidance office, College Day featured more than 50 colleges from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and even Alabama. But, it didn't take long for Montanez to narrow his choice to Johnson and Wales and its culinary arts program.
"When I found out this college had what I wanted, I just knew it was where I wanted to be," he said.
Havelock High juniors and seniors had the opportunity to spend 30 minutes each in the school's gymnasium talking to college representatives and getting brochures. Many learned the early deadline to apply to many colleges is fast approaching.
Senior Catherine Koontz is already prepared for that. Planning to go into engineering in college, she has narrowed her focus to a short list of schools — N.C. State, UNC-Charlotte and Meredith.
"I wanted to learn about what kinds of programs they offered and when I might be able to see the campus," she said, adding that she has a visit planned for Meredith later this month.
She attended College Day last year as a junior but narrowed her focus this year.
"I feel like I'm more aware of what I would like to do now," she said. "I've been doing research on different colleges, so I've been walking around here looking at colleges that I know have my particular field of study."
Koontz said she appreciated the opportunity to talk to college representatives face-to-face.
"I think every junior and senior should take advantage of what colleges have to offer so they can make important decisions about what they want to do," she said.
For the college representatives, September and October are busy as they visit high schools throughout the region. Tony Williams, who is from Pamlico County, was hoping to attract students to Coastal Carolina in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"We don't get a lot of students from this area," he said. "A lot of students don't want to get out of the Havelock area, and if they do, they go to ECU, which is a good thing, but they have options."
He said Coastal Carolina has one of the largest marine sciences programs in the Southeast, and its business program has been ranked among the top five in the world.
But, Williams said he stresses to the students he talks with to go to college, even if it's not Coastal Carolina.
"It doesn't have to be a four-year school," he said. "There's nothing wrong with going to a two-year school, but they need that education. That's the important thing."
Far away from the coast is Appalachian State, located in the North Carolina mountains in Boone. Representative Perrell Bess had a line of students waiting to talk to him.
"We're trying to reach more students from the eastern part of the state," he said.
One of those interested in Appalachian State was senior Madeline Hille.
"I like the mountains," she said. "It's really pretty up there."
She said she's trying to decide about a major in either music education or psychology, so she spent her College Day looking at schools that provided both.
"Most of them seem to have the same stuff," she said. "I just have to find out what it feels like being on campus."
Though not representing a particular college, Mary Lane Smith of the College Foundation of North Carolina attended the event to provide information about setting up an online account that can help students get information and apply to colleges.
She said students ask her most often about paying for college and finding a college that offers particular programs in which they are interested.
"CFNC is considered a community resource," she said. "We are the primary resource for planning, applying and paying for college in the state of North Carolina."
For more information on the College Foundation of North Carolina, go online to www.cfnc.org.


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Engaged 101: A luxury bridal experience
Engaged 101
Sunday, March 24, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
Engaged 101 is a luxury bridal experience for brides planning their dream wedding. From glam to chic, the Engaged 101 bridal workshop is designed to assist you in the production of the biggest event of your life - your wedding! This event will feature a fabulous team of expert presentations, fashion show, vendor booths, hosted appetizers by the wonderful chefs at Noor, cake celebration, GIVEAWAYS, and much more! All guests will receive a complimentary swag bag filled with wonderful items and exclusive promotions from our sponsors!
{See below for a list of Sponsors and GIVEWAY details}
{Registration starts at 9:30am. Workshop will start promptly at 10:00am with a Giveaway!}
{See Parking details. Noor is located on upper level of Paseo Colorado. Parking is recommended at Marengo Ave Parking Structure or Paseo Colorado Parking Garage.}
About our Experts:
Our reputable experts will be available to share the tips and trends in today's wedding industry. Learn from the best of the best for your upcoming wedding. Enjoy a day of pampering and personalized attention! With an event such as Engaged 101's Luxury Bridal Experience, your wedding will be nothing short of unforgettable!
Who should attend?
We invite you and your bridal party to Pasadena's premier event space; Noor for a day of pampering, tastings, give-aways and much more!
{ Workshop includes: } $15 per bride, per guest
* VIP Seating
* Full content presentations from our Expert panel
* Fashion show with appetizers + Cake Celebration
* Entry for FREE Giveaways
* BRIDE VIP swag bag packed with goodies and exclusive offers!
We can't wait to share this exciting event with you!
Engaged 101
Engaged 101 Itinerary:
Driving Directions + Parking Information:
Our Fabulous Experts Speakers and Sponsors:
Links to our Experts and Sponsors & their GIVEAWAYS!
Desi Baytan Photography {GIVEAWAY: 1 hour In-Studio portrait session, retail value at $500}
Posh Peony Event Design {GIVEAWAY: Bridal Party Flowers, retail value $500}
Bling Diva Designs {GIVEAWAY: 5" custom bling cake topper, retail value at $115+}
Fairytale Hair and Makeup {GIVEAWAY: $150 gift card to cover trial, or hair or make up}
Plug Video Productions {GIVEAWAY: brand new Blu-ray player, value $250+}
Erin Grace Events {GIVEAWAY: Bride Emergency Kit, value $150+}
A Twist of Cake {GIVEAWAY: keepsake cookies}
Vox DJ's {GIVEAWAY: iTunes Voucher - $25.00 iTunes Gift Card set}
The Knot {GIVEAWAY: Magazine}
Here Comes the Guide: {GIVEAWAY: Here Come the Guide}
Uniquely Elegant Attire {GIVEAWAY: $1,200 voucher toward a bridal gown}
Friar Tux {GIVEAWAY: One free suit for purchase. Valued up to $149.95.}
Hansen's Cakes {GIVEAWAY: Cake Celebration!}
Great Officiants {GIVEAWAY: $25 gift card}
Smile Lounge {GIVEAWAY: set of photo booth props}
Honeymoon Dreams and Wishes {GIVEAWAY: $50 gift card}
Origami Owl {GIVEAWAY: ONE medium silver locket, two charms and a chain. Valued at $38}
Pull Up A Chair Party Rentals {GIVEAWAY: $40 gift card}
California Wedding Day {GIVEAWAY: Magazine}
Herbalife: Dania Hernandez {GIVEAWAY: Quickstart Program + Shaker Cup}
Sandra Nicole Designs {GIVEAWAY: Custom Bling Champagne Flutes}
When & Where
260 E Colorado Blvd
Sunday, March 24, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (PDT)
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Engaged 101 is co founded by Erin Grace of Erin Grace Events and Cristina Barragan of Posh Peony Event Design. Together they have masterminded a luxury bridal experience for the modern bride.
Early Bird Pricing is $10 until Feb. 28. Register today to get the FULL workshop experience!
Hello Engaged 101 Brides!
We are looking forward to meeting you this Sunday!! :)
We are almost SOLD OUT!!
Just a few quick reminders:
- Registration will start at 9:30am.
- Please have your tickets and ID ready to go. Contact us if you are having difficulties printing tickets.
- VIP seating is limited and will be assigned on a first come first serve basis.
- Brides who arrive prior to 9:45 will receive an additional raffle ticket.
- Our much awaited WORKSHOP will start promptly at 10:00am with our first Giveaway!
- A $15 buffet lunch will be available for sale at registration. Ticket must be purchase prior to 10:00am. Buffet will be served during fashion show.
- IF you registered for a FREE ticket to the Bridal Show ONLY from 2:00-3:00pm, you may upgrade your ticket now to get access to our FULL workshop, fashion show, giveaways, and exclusive VIP swag bag. Upgrade now at www.engaged101.eventbrite.com.
- Tickets will be $25.00 at the door for anyone who is NOT registered and ONLY if seating is available.
- Please view the driving and parking directions/maps listed at www.engaged101.eventbrite.com.
- Parking is available at Marengo Ave Parking Structure or Paseo Colorado Parking Garage.
- NOOR is located on the upper level of Paseo Colorado Shopping Center.
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May 16, 2013
Katlyn Clark
I recently wrote about the right way to register for college classes but for those of you still in high school, let's talk about your course selection strategy. The classes you take in high school play a big role in the college admissions process so here are some tips to help you choose the right ones.
High school students, be smart when registering for classes – your choices here could determine your college fate!
Katlyn Clark is a freshman at Campbell University majoring in journalism and minoring in marketing. She hopes to become a broadcast journalist for entertainment or write for a magazine such as People or Seventeen. In her spare time, Katlyn loves to hang out with friends and family and watch sports; she is a Christian who is so thankful for God's many blessings in her life. Katlyn is from Elizabeth City, North Carolina and loves Tim Tebow, Pinterest, the WWE and cats.
May 17, 2013
Carly Gerber
So you're a high school senior who has worked hard to maintain the impressive grades and variety of extracurriculars that earned you multiple college offers. But before you purchase those extra-long twin sheets and start choosing fall classes, consider how a gap year could positively impact your future.
According to the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, more than 50 percent of students in Norway, Denmark and Turkey take a gap year (also known as a bridge year) before college. In the U.S., however, the practice is far from the norm. A USA Today article recently explored some misconceptions about gap years – it's believed that taking a year off is only for affluent students and students fear that they will be at a disadvantage because they will be a year behind their age group – but in reality, students who take a year off from formal education before entering college find "a focused sense of purpose, independence, self-confidence, grit and resilience," says Abby Falik, who founded Global Citizen Year, a nonprofit that supports gap year choices. And to further debunk the myths listed above, Global Citizen Year even provides financial aid to students who would not be able to afford a gap year otherwise.
Looking back, I believe completing a gap year would have helped me a lot. I enjoyed my time at my first university but I wasn't striving for a specific future. I felt lost and unsure if I was going down the right path...even after switching my major three times and transferring to a new university. Following three high-anxiety years, I took a six-month sabbatical from college – time that allowed me to explore and reflect on my goals. I am happy I made the decision to take a break from college because I was able to determine who I want to be and how I want to get there. I only wish I had done so sooner!
Carly Gerber is majoring in journalism at Columbia College Chicago. She loves fashion and hopes to cover the topic for a Chicago-area magazine. In her free time, she focuses on her blog, loves making jewelry and spending time on Pinterest and Pose. She hopes to use this blog to guide and relate to its followers: college students like herself!
May 20, 2013
Chelsea Slaughter
I read recently this article on the Huffington Post that I would like to share with you all: the eight biggest mistakes that we "20-somethings" make in careers. I chose four out of the eight that college students should really be mindful of because these tips could possibly prevent you from making the same mistakes!
To see all eight of the mistakes, check out the full article here. Can you think of anything to add to this list? If so, let us know in the comments!
Chelsea Slaughter is currently a junior at Jacksonville State University majoring in communications (public relations concentration) and minoring in art. She serves as a resident assistant on campus, is the treasurer in the Public Relations Organization and is an active member in W.I.S.E., NAACP and Omicron Delta Kappa Honors Leadership Society. She aims to work in the entertainment industry post-graduation and is well on her way thanks to an internship with a digital marketer to several music artists. Chelsea strives to achieve all of her goals and motivate others along the way.
May 21, 2013
Mike Sheffey
Large classes or small? As colleges look to save money per student, this has become a key discussion topic. Recent studies are now showing that redesigning the typical lecture-type lesson has proved successful in large class settings, boasting higher exam results than those on the old model...but I think it really depends on the institution.
I can only speak from experience about Wofford College: The largest class I've ever had had about 50 people in it (and the average class size here is 15), though I will soon find out how large classes work when I take a summer course at UNCG to fulfill a gen ed requirement in statistics. I can guarantee that in terms of building professor connections and having instructors as resources outside the classroom, small classes have the advantage but I could definitely see how this setting could be intimidating and that there could be students that flourish more in large-scale lectures.
Attendance policies also seem to be stricter at smaller schools and in smaller classrooms. In a class of 300, nobody bats an eye if somebody's missing; in a class of 12, however, every absence is noticed. Those who are engaged and active in class will probably benefit more from smaller courses, with more direct contact with the professors. But these assumptions seem to be changing. Like I said, the lecture-style of teaching is being altered at bigger schools and being replaced by interactive and virtual courses supervised by professors or teachers. The computers seem to keep the larger classes focused and have directly contributed to better grades in the sciences and visual arts.
When determining what class size is best for you, the best thing to do is to talk to people that attend your prospective schools. How do they like the large classes? Would they recommend them? Do they take any small classes? Are their learning styles similar to yours? Results don't lie but you know yourself better than a statistic. For me, the small classes at WoCo are where it's at. What about you?
Mike Sheffey is a junior at Wofford College double majoring in computer science and Spanish. He loves all things music and has recently taken up photography. Mike works for an on-campus sports broadcasting company as well as the music news blog PropertyOfZack.com. He hopes to use this blogging position to inform and assist others who are seeking the right college or those currently enrolled in college by providing advice on college life, both in general and specific to Wofford.
May 22, 2013
You may be thinking that the day you head off to college, you will be freed from listening to your parents' opinions. Slow that ship before it hits the bridge: While it's true you will become more independent at college, your parents (and their ideologies) still exist.
For example, deciding the major you want to pursue is exciting but just as you have picked it, your parents intercept your joyous mood by interrogating your reasons and drowning you with their viewpoints. Don't get discouraged because this opportunity will help you to become an excellent listener and communicator. Here are a few tips from USA Today to help you become an excellent communicator with your parents:
Becoming a good communicator - especially with your parents - is vital. Many of your parents are financially supporting your college careers and that makes their opinions the most important to acknowledge.
May 30, 2013
Freshman year of college is right around the corner and I'm sure many of you are happy to be leaving those high school days behind you...but don't leave behind EVERYTHING you've learned in high school! As a college student, I learned the hard way which characteristics to keep and kick but you don't have to: USA Today recently shared some but I've included a few of my own tips as well.
Do you have any high school habits you've kept or kicked in college? Let us know in the comments!
May 23, 2013
You have probably fantasized about your college experience being just like the movies...WRONG! If you watched movies or shows like "Glee," "10 Things I Hate About You" and "17 Again" and thought "That is nothing like high school," the same goes for college when it's portrayed on screen: I remember watching "Pitch Perfect" after my first month of college and thought, "College is NOT like that!" Here are some examples from TV and the movies that showcase what supposedly happens in college but doesn't.
Do not take college advice from the movies and TV shows you watch except for the fact that it will be an experience you will never forget. For a more accurate picture of what to expect in college, just ask your friends who are already attending college about what campus life is really like!
May 29, 2013
Summer reading is something we just cannot get away from...even after high school: Most colleges and universities require incoming freshman to complete summer reading and test new students on this material during freshman orientation or in English classes. Here are a few tips to make completing your summer reading a breeze:
Summer reading is only a drag if you wait until the last minute – the sooner you get it done, the sooner you will be able to enjoy your summer without it nagging the back of your mind!
June 3, 2013
Congratulations! Well...sort of. Many incoming college freshmen feel this bittersweet sensation when they read they've been accepted to college but not until a semester or two after their intended start date.
Colleges are adopting this practice more and more and it's no surprise why: Retention rates drop after the first year and this decrease combine with the junior year "I want to study abroad" rush leaves colleges with gaps and vacancies in classes, resulting in less money for schools. This admissions approach is economically better for colleges and universities but is it better for students? Not when they want to take classes somewhere else before that requires full-time student status and not when the students need to get jobs in the semester before they start. This could also potentially disconnect them with the incoming freshman class in the fall and put them in awkward social positions once they arrive.
I personally don't know anyone that this has happened to – the most I've encountered with friends is wait lists – but I know a few that applied to transfer to other colleges and weren't accepted for the following semester, but the next one. It's great news that the student gained admission but there's the question of "Why then and not now?" In an almost B-list manor, colleges are glad to have you but not now – only after the first wave of freshmen.
I know the bottom line is money but in my opinion, this approach devalues all of one's efforts and projects a message of self-doubt and questioning. If colleges plan to keep doing this, they need to figure a way to build the students up during that semester before entry and provide program options and support so that these kids don't feel that sense of bittersweet victory and defeat. Deals with other colleges for transfer credits, extracurricular activities, ways for these students to get ahead and job options on or off campus would be an awesome start. What else do you think schools could (and should) do to bridge this gap?
June 4, 2013
According to the Buffalo News, there has been a decrease in the amount of students who receive their undergraduate degree in four years. Fewer than half of the University at Buffalo graduates graduated in four years and many other universities have seen the same decrease in their students graduating in that once-traditional timeframe. For example, Niagara University had only 60 percent of its students graduate in four years, while Alfred University only had 43 percent of its graduates graduate in four years. These statistics aren't just exclusive to New York State, either: I personally know students from all over who have taken an extra semester or two to graduate.
My circumstances of being a transfer student and a student who has changed her major more times than she can count have caused me to extend my stay at college by a few semesters. Initially, I felt guilt, regret, sadness and self-loathing for needing to spend extra time at college; however, I wanted to feel excited for the future and those negative emotions were only going to hold me back from my full potential. Now, I'm feeling excitement, urgency and passion to take my college career seriously and to become a proud and successful graduate. I feel more mature and wiser because of my setbacks and changes during my time at college.
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August 29 – September 5, 2011
Kuda Huraa, Maldives – June 2011 - The Maldives is set to host the world's most exclusive surfing event this August featuring six world champions, a leading five-star surfing resort, a luxurious 39-metre three-deck catamaran, and perfect reef break waves.
Conceived in conjunction with luxury surf pioneers Tropicsurf, the Four Seasons Resorts Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy will see the sport's biggest legends – including five-time world champion Mark Richards (Aus) – compete across three disciplines that showcase the evolution of modern surfing. Competitors will contest the Single Fin (1970s), Twin Fin (70s and 80s) and Thruster (80s onwards) divisions for USD$25,000 prize money while enjoying the spoils of Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa.
Recent publicity is highlighting what the locals have known for years: that the Maldives is home to some of the world's most impressive, consistent – and warmest – swells. Seven-time world champion Layne Beachley (Aus) is looking forward to embracing the challenge in style. "I've never been to the Maldives and I can't think of a better way to go than in five-star luxury," said the Sydney surfer. "It will be back to basics in the ocean while living it up on land."
Also included in the legend line-up is 1988 world champion Barton Lynch (Aus) with three other surfers yet to be announced.
Never before has a surf competition amassed such a high-profile field in such privileged surroundings. "It's the ultimate surf competition showcasing a hand-picked field of iconic champions with the latest surf craft available," said Event Co-ordinator and General Manager of Tropicsurf, Mark Winson. "We're talking six of the sport's most acclaimed surfers taking on old rivals while competing for high stakes in some of the best surf on the planet."
Resort guests will rub shoulders with the contest's participants in Kuda Huraa's vibrant village surround – home to competitors, judges and supporters alike for the duration of the event.
Guests booking the Resort's all-inclusive four- or seven-night Champions Trophy package – available from August 29 to September 5 only – will also get right on top of the action with competition day passes aboard Four Seasons Explorer and three half-day surfing passes with Tropicsurf. The package also includes: luxurious full board accommodation (excluding beverages); combined recreational activities including diving sessions, shark safari, dolphin cruise and sunset fishing; a Surfer's Massage; nightly Sundowners on Sunset Beach and a 50% discount off round-trip airport transfers via speedboat.
For more details, please visit the official Champions Trophy website at www.surfingchampionstrophy.com. To book the Champions Trophy Package, please contact your travel consultant, visit www.fourseasons.com/maldiveskh or call the central reservations department of Four Seasons Resorts Maldives at tel: (960) 66 00 888 or email: email@example.com
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