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Sweating in heart patients is a sign that there is a problem
In a very interesting study which really indicates that more research needs to be done, investigators have come upon a strange phenomenon: Despite the fact that the American Heart Association has been trying for years to encourage people with shoulder and chest pain, neck and jaw pain to seek care for possible heart attacks, many people wait as long as 22 hours before reporting symptoms.
However, in a recent survey, scientists have discovered that people with clusters of symptoms which include sweating are more likely to seek medical care for their symptoms within 9 hours. This shortened time period greatly increases the chances that the patients will be able to prevent more serious damage from occurring.
It is not yet known whether the sweating indicates a more serious heart attack, or why exactly the sweating causes patients to seek aid. I was not aware until recently that shortness of breath and sweating both are indications of possible heart conditions/heart attacks. I think if I suddenly started sweating for no obvious reason, that would be harder to ignore than muscle pains which can be explained away by a number of things.
Sex with the Ex: Breakup, Get Back Together, Repeat
When the curtains close on a relationship, even one whose end was of my own design, I feel a surge of wistful remorse. Discovering that I am somehow romantically incompatible with another person makes me feel like a failure, as if I lack a critical element of humanity. Like a kid who gets cut from the JV b-ball squad, breaking up makes me feel like I just got booted from the love roster. I end up sullen, listless, and unsure of what to do with myself. I ruminate over every missed shot, and berate myself for every bad play. Inevitably, I wonder if I brought my A-game.
Many relationships I have been in don't have a clear beginning or end. You can point to a first kiss or a teary finale, but like a Mobius strip, the story of love runs in and around and onto itself, and can't always be captured between bookends. After all, just because you stop dating someone doesn't mean you stop loving them. Or, as is often the case when we enter that gloomy period of questioning, doubt, and turnovers that follows a breakup, just because you stop dating someone doesn't mean you stop dating them.
Nearly everyone I know has, at some point, broken up and recommitted to a relationship in a period of less than one week. They break up, regret it, make up, and then sometimes regret that too. I have watched friends slog through this cycle dozens of times with the same partner, sometimes in a span of 24 hours. When both separation and togetherness seem dysfunctional, people tend to gravitate towards a pseudo version of the latter. They don't break up; they don't date; they Breakdate.
There are lots of 'easy' solutions in life, but they're often not very good ones. They're also usually not that easy. Breakdating is the fast food of love and romance: it lacks nutritional value, it's bad for the arteries, and it generates vast quantities of litter. I'm not saying that getting back together with an ex is out of the question, but how, when, and why you do it are crucial. If you've been together for a while and things are going haywire, then you don't stand to gain much perspective by staying together. It's important to be decisive, and recognize that the best chance to salvage the spark between you is to give it air to breathe.
How long should you wait? Probably longer than you think, and definitely longer than you want to. There's no sound in a vacuum, but you won't hear anything anyway above the shouting in your head. You and your ex should give yourselves ample time apart to figure out if being apart (or together) is what you really want. Whatever you decide, remember that there is a next season, and work on your jump shot.
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1. One of the most simple reasons for returning to the ex is this: There's a comfort level that comes only after knowing someone for quite awhile. We tend to look for that in new relationships and, of course, it isn't there yet. We haven't yet cultivated it. We're in a hurry to achieve in a new relationship what we liked about the old one. The sex and intimacy especially, is something we hate having to start over and teach someone else. I speak for women only, obviously, but while we enjoy the deliciousness of new, we still crave the comfort of old. Sometimes we go back and have sex with the ex simply to remind ourselves that we are still desirable even though we've had no luck with new love. Problem with that is it often sends mixed messages to the ex, and to our own-selves, as well.
I'm not saying it's wrong…but people get back together for the wrong reasons. Once we've left it behind, we can't help but miss it, even if it was mostly bad. It was comfortable and familiar and the older we get, the more we treasure comfort and familiarity.
2. Why oh why? I wish I knew. I've been Breakdating someone for ages. I have to agree with Demented Woman, I love the familiarity and the sex is great. We spend so much time together that the void when he's gone seems impossible to fill. And even when we both know we are not a healthy couple, we can't seem to stay apart for more than a month and we can't seem to stay together for much longer either. Wish us luck that we can both move on for good one day. Maybe today.
3. According to that article I believe I may be just starting this cycle but I'm not the one terminating it, however I guess I am responsible for letting everything happen again. It's been a rather weird roller coaster when it comes to us for the last 8 months or so, being cheated on, her comforting me(while technically she was with someone else), etc. etc.. But despite all the drama between us so far I still want to be with her. lol Perhaps I'm misguided or simply a glutton for punishment but in any case I'm not sure if I'll end up breakdating or perhaps my blind loyalty will payoff as someone once said "Hope for the best, Prepare for the worst"
4. After 13 years of being apart, my ex-husband and I are together again. I always loved him and always wanted him back but I waited till now to say so. It is fantastic. Don't wait 13 years to reconnect and love the love of your life. It was wasted time for us. He loves me and I love him and nothing and no one will break us up or keep us apart.
Blue Waffle infection
There is a good chance you have never heard of blue waffle disease. I mean the name sounds really silly doesn't it? Most people have seen gruesome pictures online and immediately become afraid. However, I would suggest you keep your calm and read the rest of this article before you start to panic.
It is a condition or disease that you will have trouble finding in the medical journals. However, it is very real. It is similar to the infection known as vaginitis, but it has a few marked symptoms that set it apart from this more common disorder. While you may not find blue waffles in a medical dictionary, just yet, it is identifiable by a specific set of symptoms and demands a specific regimen for treatment.
Blue waffles is not really a technical term but rather a slang term. Waffle is slang for vagina and blue comes in because that's the color the infected area turns. YUK! Sounds pretty nasty doesn't it? Now from the research I have done it seems as though blue waffles is very similar to vaginitis. It is a sexually transmitted disease (STD), that effects both men and women.
However, it is more common in women. For the most part it is caused by bacteria build up and poor hygiene. So you if you are having unprotected sex or not taking care of yourself properly, you could be at risk for getting this disease.
The symptoms of this disease include itching and inflammation in the vaginal area. You might also have a discharge that changes colors and has a bad odor to it. Many say that the symptoms will just all of a sudden go away on their own. However, I don't know that I would want to wait and see if they will go away. If you think you might have this disease or some other STD, I suggest you go see your doctor as soon as you can.
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Truth be told, we don't even know if it is an actual disease. It started making its way around the internet in early 2010. For all we know it could be an urban myth created for the sake of making money. Yes, the Government and pharmaceutical companies come up with new diseases all the time so they can make new medications for you to buy.
At the time I wrote this article there is no medical information on this disease. Pictures are popping up all over the internet but none of them seem to be from any reputable sites. So don't believe everything you hear or read on the internet.
And even if blue waffle disease turns out to be the hoax of the decade, you should still make sure you are ALWAYS having safe sex and taking care of yourself the right way. This way you know you are safe and won't have to worry about catching a real STD.
Are You in a Sex Rut
Have you been together for so long that you've got every move down pat and can finish in record time? When initial sexual excitement dwindles it must be replaced by realistic and committed efforts from both parties to maintain variety. Communication is critical; don't be afraid to ask for more variety and offer suggestions. Here are five idea's for rut-proofing your sex life.
Any sexual activity is normal as long as it gives pleasure and does not cause emotional or physical discomfort to either partner.
Avoid routine times or places. Skip the bed for the shower, kitchen, or patio. Different settings can enhance the experience with new sights and sounds. If your routine is sex, then sleep, mix it up by starting your day with sex, instead.
Continue the spontaneity of courtship. When everything is brand new it can take months before you've exhausted your sexual repertoire and started repeating maneuvers. Once the doldrums of life take over it can be hard to act on feelings. Go ahead and pay the bills tomorrow if you're in the mood for sex now.
Make time for each other. Remember when it wasn't a gimme that you would be spending Friday night together? Schedule dates and consciously continue the romatic gestures that come easy early on.
Forget normal. Contemporary writers in sexology concur that any sexual activity is normal, as long as it gives pleasure and does not cause emotional or physical discomfort or harm to either partner.
Utilize books of positions and techniques. When read together these books can be used as foreplay and inspire experimentation.
If you're stuck in a rut you got there by doing the same things over and over, and if you find yourself inhappy in your situation then do something about. Don't just sit there wishing things were different- Make them different!
A Flag on the Play
You meet someone nice. You'd like to give them your number but it just seems too bold. So, instead you opt to give them your email address. (One has to be careful about who the give their contact information to!) A few days later there is an email in your inbox. The email is short and sweet– a few compliments; a few questions. You respond with a few witty lines. But, in the reply your crush has said some things that you don't quite like. And they've expressed a negative opinion over some of your lesser qualities. But, you reply in the hopes that some things were just lost in translation.
After another round of unsettling emails you exchange phone numbers thinking that an audible conversation will go more smoothly than the emails. Perhaps they need to hear the tone of voice to really "get it." Phone conversations take place over the next couple of days but they are like stop and go traffic. Every time things start to get rolling you're confronted with the angry gleam of brake lights. Trying desperately not to give up too soon you press on and set a coffee date to chat in person. But the phone conversations never improve and the list of cons has now doubled the list of pro's. Finally you both resolve to stop forcing the issue.
The New Year is often a time to reflect on the past 12 months. To take inventory of your life and reassess the value of your stock. Too often society views being single as a curse. Buy why? We need to stop viewing being single as an affliction and recognize that it is a choice. This year I resolve to stay single until someone who truly deserves me comes along and sweeps me off my feet.
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I am going to be fabulously single. Happy New Year.


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- Multiple sexual partners
- Sex without a condom
- History of sexually transmitted diseases
- A foul-smelling, greenish-yellow or gray discharge from the vagina (often in large amounts)
- Irritation, itching, and/or soreness in the genitals
- Pain or discomfort when urinating
- Pain or discomfort with sex
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- Discharge from the penis
- Itching and/or irritation in the urethra
- Pain or discomfort when urinating
- Burning sensation after ejaculation
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- Avoid sex until your treatment is done and your symptoms are gone.
- Do not drink alcohol while taking antibiotics.
- Always use condoms during sexual intercourse
- Be monogamous or limit the number of sexual partners
American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology http://www.acog.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov
Sex Information and Education Council of Canada http://www.sieccan.org
Sexuality and U - Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada http://www.sexualityandu.ca
Trichomoniasis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/std/trichomonas/STDFact-Trichomoniasis.htm. Updated August 3, 2012. Accessed May 16, 2013.
Trichomoniasis. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what. Updated September 4, 2012. Accessed May 16, 2013.
Trichomoniasis. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases website. Available at: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/trichomoniasis/Pages/default.aspx. Updated March 28, 2013. Accessed May 16, 2013.
Workowski KA, Berman S, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010. MMWR 2010;59(No. RR-12):1-110.
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A few of my colleagues here at Compassion Australia decided to give up coffee this month. Why? We are all participating in a month-long campaign called FAST for FOOD.
If you drink at least a cup of coffee a day, the thought of fasting from coffee is probably pretty painful. But we weighed up the facts:
- Firstly, it's something they could live without . . . albeit sacrificially. For the first week of the fast, they had massive headaches and their bodies screamed for coffee 24-7. I felt their pain.
- Secondly, a cup of coffee costs more than what some of the materially poor earn in an entire day. So the money we save as a part of the fast is then donated towards the Global Food Crisis fund.
We're almost three weeks into the campaign and my colleagues have honored their commitment — not a single drop of coffee. They've also resigned themselves to the fact that it is still a luxury they would like to enjoy after FAST for FOOD.
Still, I respect their choice to wean from something that's become a part of their daily lives, and that they choose to hunger for God when their bodies beg for caffeine. Although, I've found that the reward of abiding in Him is truly incredible. Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount:
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." — Matthew 5:6 (NIV)
The Message phrases "hunger and thirst for righteousness" as to "[work] up a good appetite for God." Clearly, our appetite for God doesn't develop in the same way that our body naturally hungers and thirsts for food and drink. We need to make the decision to work it up.
The Amplified Bible defines righteousness as "uprightness and right standing with God." Therefore, righteousness is a position where we know we are right with God. He promises to bless us if we seek to be right with Him in whatever circumstance we're in.
Not only this, if we choose to focus on who He is rather than our circumstances, we would be "filled" (NIV). In other words we would be "blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous" (AMP<).
No matter what circumstances we find ourselves in, the principle to becoming "filled" remains the same. Like Apostle Paul, we could be content whether we live in plenty or in want (Philippians 4:12). But it is by choosing to seek a person rather than a thing that we learn contentment. Surely, when we're filled with Him we'd be in a better place to give and bless those suffering in the Global Food Crisis, just as He fills us.
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Firefighters' killer left chilling note
Monroe County Sheriff Deputy Chief Steve Scott, second from right, and Webster Police Lt. Joseph Rieger stand by the photo of the dead and injured firefighters during a news conference in Webster, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. Authorities say William Spengler, 62, who served 17 years in prison for manslaughter in the 1980 hammer slaying of his grandmother, set his house afire then sprayed bullets at first responders, killing two firefighters and injuring two others. He then killed himself as seven houses burned on a sliver of land along Lake Ontario. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Marie De Jesus)
Suspect William H. Spengler Jr., 62, in 2006.
Police Chief Gerald Pickering said Tuesday that the 62-year-old loner, William Spengler, brought plenty of ammunition with him for three weapons including a military-style assault rifle as he set out on a quest to burn down his neighborhood just before sunrise on Christmas Eve.
And when firefighters arrived to stop him, he unleashed a torrent of bullets, shattering the windshield of the fire truck that volunteer firefighter and police Lt. Michael Chiapperini, 43, drove to the scene. Fellow firefighter Tomasz Kaczowka, 19, who worked as a 911 dispatcher, was killed as well.
Two other firefighters were struck by bullets, one in the pelvis and the other in the chest and knee. They remained hospitalized in stable condition and were expected to survive.
On Tuesday, investigators found a body in the Spengler home, presumably that of the sister a neighbor said Spengler hated: 67-year-old Cheryl Spengler. Spengler's penchant for death had surfaced before. He served 17 years in prison for manslaughter in the 1980 hammer slaying of his grandmother.
But his intent was unmistakable when he left his flaming home carrying a pump-action shotgun, a .38-caliber revolver and a .223-caliber semiautomatic Bushmaster rifle with flash suppression, the same make and caliber weapon used in the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., that killed 26.
"He was equipped to go to war, kill innocent people," the chief said of a felon who wasn't allowed to possess weapons because of his criminal past. It was not clear how he got them.
The assault rifle was believed to be the weapon that struck down the firefighters. He then killed himself as seven houses burned on a sliver of land along Lake Ontario. His body was not found on a nearby beach until hours afterwards.
The motive was left unclear as well, Pickering said, even as authorities began analyzing a two- to three-page typewritten rambling note Spengler left behind.
He declined to reveal the note's full content or say where it was found. He read only one chilling line: "I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down, and do what I like doing best, killing people."
Pickering added: "There was some rambling in there and some intelligence we need to follow up on."
It remained unknown what set Spengler off but a next-door neighbor, Roger Vercruysse, noted that he loved his mother, Arline, who died in October after living in the house in a neighborhood of seasonal and year-round homes across the road from a lakeshore popular with recreational boaters.
Pickering said it was unclear whether the person believed to be Spengler's sister died before or during the fire.
"It was a raging inferno in there," Pickering said.
As Pickering described it and as emergency radio communications on the scene showed, the heavily armed Spengler took a position behind a small hill by the house as four firefighters arrived after 5:30 a.m. to extinguish the fire: two on a fire truck; two in their own vehicles.
Several firefighters went beneath the truck to shield themselves as an off-duty police officer who came to the scene pulled his vehicle alongside the truck to try to shield them, authorities said.
The first police officer who arrived chased and exchanged shots with Spengler, recounting it later over his police radio.
"I could see the muzzle blasts comin' at me. ... I fired four shots at him. I thought he went down," the officer said.
At another point, he said: "I don't know if I hit him or not. He's by a tree. ... He was movin' eastbound on the berm when I was firing shots." Pickering portrayed the officer as a hero who saved many lives.
The audio posted on the website RadioReference.com also has someone reporting "firefighters are down" and saying "got to be rifle or shotgun — high-powered ... semi or fully auto."
Spengler had been charged with murder in his grandmother's death but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter, apparently to spare his family a trial. After he was freed from prison, Spengler had lived a quiet life on Lake Road on a narrow peninsula where Irondequoit Bay meets Lake Ontario.
That ended when he left his burning home Monday morning, armed with his weapons, a lot of ammunition and a measure of hate.
"I'm not sure we'll ever know what was going through his mind," Pickering said.
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NEW ORLEANS – Mike Iupati's parents moved their family from American Samoa to Orange County when he was 14 years old. It wasn't easy for any of them.
But Aposetolo and Belinda Iupati had a dream — the American dream. They came to the United States so their children — sons Junior, Mike and Andrew; daughter Fionna already had left the islands — could have a better education and a better life. They were willing to make whatever sacrifices were necessary to realize that dream.
The least Mike Iupati could do to repay his parents was hold up his end of the bargain.
"We were struggling when we first came here, living paycheck to paycheck," Iupati said this week from New Orleans, where he'll start at left guard for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.
"For me to be successful and not to live that lifestyle, that was my goal."
Iupati has pulled it off, going from football novice at Western High to All-American at Idaho to first-team All-Pro with the 49ers. And he's just getting started.
Iupati has started every game for the 49ers since they selected him with the 17th pick in the 2010 draft. He keeps getting better. But he's nowhere near as good as he can be.
Click here to watch a video of Mike Iupati in New Orleans for the Super Bowl.
"Mike is just scratching the surface," said 49ers offensive line coach Mike Solari, who described Iupati's potential as "unlimited."
"Physically, he's gifted," Solari said. "He's a big man who can run, who can move. He has natural strength. As he grows as a football player, gains even more knowledge, maturity and experience, you'll see a player who's ascending."
Iupati has improved his technique and awareness. But he's still learning his craft. That's to be expected from someone who didn't start playing football until his sophomore year of high school.
Iupati's first big break came when another NFL-bound Samoan, senior Fili Moala, got hurt. Suddenly, Iupati was playing varsity ball for Western, mostly as a defensive lineman. His instructions were simple: "All they told me was, whoever has the ball, go tackle him."
Iupati was raw but determined. As he has with the 49ers, he kept improving. As legend has it, he beat all five offensive linemen en route to sacking the quarterback as a senior against Los Altos of Hacienda Heights.
"I don't think I've ever seen that happen," Western coach Toby Howell recalled. "And Los Altos was a good football team. They were no slouch."
Iupati flashed NFL ability, but his mailbox wasn't overstuffed with college offers. Academics were an impediment; as with football, Iupati was behind the curve when it came to English.
Iupati had an offer from Arizona, but he didn't have the test scores to go there. He considered junior colleges before deciding to attend Idaho as a Prop 48.
"Mike's never had it easy to get where he is," said Odell Harrington, a former assistant at Western who now coaches at Golden West College. "The route he ended up taking wasn't an easy path by any means."


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On a party-line vote of 14-11, the Armed Services Committee voted to send the nomination to the full Senate, where Republicans have threatened to delay a vote on the president's choice to succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
Democrats have the votes to confirm Hagel, a twice-wounded Vietnam combat veteran and former two-term Nebraska senator, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he would press ahead with a vote on the most divisive nominee of Obama's second-term national security team.
Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., said after the hearing that he was hopeful the Senate could confirm Hagel by week's end.
Hagel has faced fierce opposition from Republicans who have challenged his past statements and votes on
Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, insisted that Hagel provide information on compensation for paid speeches over a five-year period — three years more than required — and suggested that without the information, the committee wouldn't know whether Hagel got money from "extreme and radical groups."
Cruz also suggested that Hagel's unwillingness to cooperate indicated that he was being less than forthcoming with the panel about possible payments from foreign sources.
Hagel already had told the committee that during the past 10 years neither he nor his wife had received any compensation from, or been involved in any business transactions with, a foreign government or an entity controlled by a foreign government.
Cruz's statement angered the committee's chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who rejected the notion of a different standard for Hagel than for other nominees and said he was "not going to accept your suggestion and innuendo."
Another Democrat, Sen. Bill Nelson of
"You basically have impugned the patriotism of the nominee" with suggestions that he is cozy with
Sen. Jim Inhofe of
It fell to Republican Sen. John McCain to offer the strongest defense of his onetime friend, political ally and fellow
"Sen. Hagel is an honorable man. No one on this committee should impugn his character and integrity," said the
If confirmed by the Senate, Hagel, 66, would take charge of a military in turmoil, with looming budget cuts, the drawdown of
Citing those threats, Levin said the committee could not allow further delays to Hagel's nomination.
"We need a secretary of defense," Levin said.
Democrats highlighted Hagel's military background and the unique perspective he would bring to the Pentagon while arguing for giving a second-term president his Cabinet choices.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he wants a secretary of defense worrying about the men and women of the military, and he was certain that would be Hagel's overriding concern.
Republicans contended that Hagel was out of the mainstream on numerous critical issues, from threats in the
"The next secretary of defense will deal with a world on fire, and the testimony of Sen. Hagel was not reassuring," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. McCain said Hagel's performance was the worst of any nominee to testify before the committee.
Hagel's allies acknowledged his struggles, with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., saying she wished he were feistier and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, saying Hagel should have been more forceful. But they argued that should not disqualify the nominee.
All 55 Senate Democrats are expected to vote for Hagel, and two Republicans — Sens. Thad Cochran of
Privately, Republicans say a drawn-out filibuster would be unsuccessful.
More than a dozen Republicans have said they will oppose their former colleague, and several others have indicated they are likely to vote no. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., a member of the Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday she would vote against the nominee, citing his performance at his confirmation hearing.
Hagel seemed ill-prepared under withering cross-examination from committee Republicans in nearly eight hours of testimony on Jan. 31. He was repeatedly pressed about past statements and votes on
In the memo circulated Tuesday, Republicans sought to draw comparisons to the 2005 fight over President George W. Bush's nomination of John Bolton to be ambassador to the United Nations, when Democrats tried to stop the nomination. The position is not Cabinet-level, however.
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From NEHJ: One last salute to the high school champions
By Mike Zhe
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the April 2011 issue of New England Hockey Journal.
After everything Malden Catholic went through this winter, a few minutes of overtime was no huge burden.
Malden Catholic, with its Division 1-bound top line of Mike Vecchione (New Hampshire), Ryan Fitzgerald (Boston College) and Brendan Collier (Boston University), was draped with the team-to-beat label by many outlets at the start of the season.
"I told our kids that it's one thing to win; it's another thing to be predicted to win it and then do it," coach Chris Serino told New England Hockey Journal. "We feel honored that we did it from beginning to end."
It was the first Super 8 title and first state championship for the program in 37 years.
Trailing 3-1 in the second period, Malden Catholic launched a comeback on its rival, capped off by Collier's 30th goal of the season.
Not that the Lancers were just a top line. The second line of Nick Roberto, Mike Iovanna and Garrett White was the team's top-scoring unit in the playoffs, and it got strong defense and goaltending throughout.
After a 2-1 loss at Hingham in late January, the talented Lancers took their game to another level.
"When we were going home that night," Serino said, "I think they were thinking, 'We're not as good as people think. We're going to have to work harder."
The Lancers didn't just work hard.
They worked overtime.
After falling behind 2-1 early in the third period, Marshfield scored twice in the final frame to defeat Wakefield, 3-2, in the Division 1 championship.
After winning just five games a season ago, Wakefield looked poised to complete a Cinderella run, but Marshfield went on the attack. Junior Connor McLean tied the game at 2-2 with 3:35 to go, and then sophomore Mike Carbone buried the game-winner with just 1:31 remaining, giving the Rams their first state title since 2006.
In Div. 2, Tewksbury rebounded from a slow start and eventually downed Franklin, 2-1 in overtime, as Mark Petti tallied a minute into the extra session. The win gave the school its first Div. 2 title in 16 years, and a lot of the credit went to goalie Niko Cunha.
In Div. 3, Marblehead ran away with a 6-3 win over Westfield. Senior forward Chris McLeod had a three-point night, chipping in a goal and two assists to lead the Headers to victory.
In girls Div. 1, freshman forward Catherine Linehan tallied twice for Hingham, leading the Harborwomen to their first title, 3-1, over Acton-Boxboro. In the quarterfinals, Hingham snapped St. Mary's of Lynn's 100-game unbeaten streak (see sidebar).
In Div. 2, after being knocked out of the playoffs in consecutive seasons by Fontbonne, Duxbury finally turned the tide. Hannah Murphy's last-minute goal snapped a 1-1 tie and gave the Green Dragons their first title.
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The biggest championship in New Hampshire has returned to its biggest city.
TrinityHigh School claimed the Division 1 title with a 3-2 win over perennial power Hanover in the final at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The win capped a season that saw Trinity finish the regular season in first place, secure Manchester city supremacy and then take on the best challengers from around the state.
Chris Moquin scored a goal and set up two others in the championship; Ryan Slatky loomed large in goal, making 40 saves; and the Pioneers — who weren't even a playoff team a few years ago — closed out their first championship since 1987-88.
In Div. 2, Ian Duffy scored a pair of goals and Dover used a blitz near the end of the first period to set the tone in its 5-1 win against Merrimack.
The Green Wave, who won a state title for the first time since 2008, scored three times in a little over two minutes to take a 3-0 lead against the top-seeded Tomahawks. Chad Garland earned the win in goal by stopping 16 of 17 shots.
In Division 3, there was no stopping Somersworth, which won its first state title in more than three decades as a program, knocking off Kennett in the championship, 8-3.
The Hilltoppers, who averaged nearly eight goals a game, got a hat trick from Stevie Wolf in the title game and eight more points from his linemates, Jaret Canney and Petter Bulling.
A champion in girls hockey has been recognized for four years by the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association, and in three of those years it's been Hanover. The Marauders won their second straight title with a 7-4 win over OysterRiver, getting a pair of goals from Maddie Dewhirst to cap a perfect season.
First, ThorntonAcademy had to escape Biddeford's shadow. Then, it needed double-overtime to secure the first state title in program history.
The Golden Trojans won Class A when C.J. Maksut tipped in a shot by Sam Canales a little more than six minutes into double-overtime, capping a thrilling 4-3 win against Lewiston.
Before those heroics, the Trojans first had to upset top-seeded Biddeford in the regional final. Biddeford, located just across the Saco River from Thornton, had won three of the previous four Class A titles, and kept a good local rivalry pretty one-sided.
But Andrew Carignan scored a pair of goals in that game and the Trojans never trailed, earning the right to play for their first title.
In Class B, another program that's been knocking on the door recently without the hardware to show for it — York — won its first state championship in overtime, getting a goal from Anthony Figlioli to beat Brewer, 4-3.
The game was a rematch of last winter's Class B title game, which Brewer won, 3-1. This time, Figlioli and linemate Craig Decato each scored twice, with Figlioli ending things 43 seconds into OT when he scored on an improbable shot from behind the net.
St. Dominic was crowned the state girls hockey champion, the third year the Maine Principals' Association has recognized the sport. Lauren Ratsep and Marisa Zamrock combined for five goals for St. Dom's in the 6-1 win over upstart York in the state final.
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Those four empty years seem an awful long time ago now.
MountSt. Charles Academy is again on top of Division 1, sweeping Bishop Hendricken in a best-of-three championship series to win its fourth consecutive state championship. The titles came after a four-year drought.
The drama came in Game 1, when Michael Magerman's second goal of the game — a rebound of a Trevor Plante shot — snapped a 4-4 tie, and the Mounties held on for a 5-4 win.
In Game 2, Plante and Zach Sambursky each scored a pair of goals as the Mount overcame an early 1-0 deficit and dominated, 7-2.
Coventry closed out its first championship since 2003 by sweeping defending champion Portsmouth in Div. 2. Leading scorer Nick Paiva scored two goals in the 4-2 clincher in Game 2, and finished the playoffs with four.
Spencer Patti made 34 saves over the two games to earn the wins in goal.
In Division 3, Johnston/North Providence, in just the team's second year as a cooperative team, did not allow a goal in sweeping MountHope by scores of 3-0 and 4-0 in their best-of-three championship series. Junior Matthew Domaingue stopped all 49 shots he faced.
The girls of Mount St. Charles celebrated a state title for the second consecutive year, skating past St. Mary Academy/Bay View by scores of 2-0 and 7-1 to sweep their best-of-three. Seven different Mounties scored goals in the series, and freshman Briana Castro had two goals and two assists in the clincher.
St. Joseph's ride to the Division 1 final was a wild one. Fairfield Prep simply stormed through anything in its path.
When the smoke cleared, Prep had shut out St. Joseph, 5-0, in the championship game and claimed its seventh state title since 2000.
Bryan Puffer scored twice and John Galliani made 25 saves to earn the shutout for the second-seeded Jesuits.
Fourth-seeded St. Joseph won a pair of one-goal games to get to the final, including a 6-5 shootout over top-seeded New Canaan in the semifinals.
In Div. 2, top-seeded Guilford made the first statement, but Cheshire had the last word. Tyler Violano scored twice, Tyler Carbone made 19 saves and the second-seeded Rams overcame an early one-goal deficit to claim the title with a 3-1 win.
In Div. 3, Watertown/Pomperaug blanked a cooperative from Staples/Weston/Shelton, 4-0. Jack Murphy scored a pair of goals and Trevor St. Onge stopped all 31 shots he saw to help the program win its first state title.
On the girls' side, Jana Persky wrapped up another stellar season with 43 goals and 89 points, and New Canaan romped to a state title by beating Ridgefield, 7-2. That followed a 7-1 rout of Darien in the FCIAC final. Persky, linemate Olivia Hompe and defenseman Madzie Carroll all earned All-FCIAC first-team honors. Hompe set new state records for goals (65) and points (112).
For the second time in three years, Champlain Valley Union skated past Essex in the final to win the Metro Region championship at the University of Vermont.
Goalie Jason O'Brien stopped all 29 shots he faced to record the shutout. Middlebury College-bound Robbie Dobrowski scored with six minutes remaining in regulation to lift the Redhawks past the top-seeded Hornets.
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For the second year in a row, BFA knocked off Spaulding to win the girls Metro Region championship. Goalie Shanley Howrigan posted shutouts in all three of her team's tournament games, stopping 13 shots in the 2-0 win over Spaulding for the title.
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Openside flank Matt Todd joined the All Blacks at training although the management has denied that his involvement is a sign that Richie McCaw is battling with injury.
The All Blacks have operated for the entire World Cup campaign with no specialist cover for McCaw. New Zealand's premier opensider and captain has struggled with a foot injury since before the 2011 Super Rugby season, and insiders say that he will undergo surgery after the global tournament.
There were doubts that he would play against Argentina in last week's quarter-final, and rumours persist that he is not full fit ahead of this week's showdown with Australia.
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It's been 10 years (!) since Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" was released on November 16, 2004. It's no wonder the broken-hearted power anthem is being celebrated after more than a decade, and definitely no question on the many chart-toppers Clarkson still has in her future.
Clarkson, of course, has been enjoying time off since welcoming baby girl River Rose into the world in June. The pregnancy didn't keep out of the studio though. During her time off and following River's birth, she joined country superstar Martina McBride to record "In the Basement" for McBride's most recent album. Clarkson was also a background vocalist on Reba McEntire's "Pray For Peace" and is very much featured alongside Trisha Yearwood on her new single (and album) "PrizeFighter."
Fans should be hearing plenty of new material from Clarkson, and soon. She has mentioned in the last few months that she has been constantly writing and searching for songs for her next album. In fact, she has teased fans that she may even release two albums (including a full country record) due to the amount of great material she's been pitched. It would only make sense given that Kelly sold her house in Texas and moved to Nashville, where she and husband Brandon Blackstock currently reside.
It's been three years since Kelly released her Grammy winning album "Stronger," which spawned her third Hot 100 No. 1 hit of the same title. Since then she's released a greatest hits with three new songs all of which became singles, and also released her long-awaited holiday album "Wrapped in Red."
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With the staying power of reality show music contestants dwindling, one superstar not fading away any time soon is Kelly Clarkson. In a career spanning more than a decade, she remains the most successful "American Idol" contestant internationally, with album sales of more than 25 million and counting.
Much of Clarkson's success has come recently, with her "Stronger" album moving 8,000 copies in the final week of 2012 to pass the million-sales mark. It's the fourth platinum album of Clarkson's career, with 2004's "Breakaway" having sold more than 6 million copies.
The accomplishment is the tip of the iceberg (thus far) for a powerhouse singer who continues to have full creative direction of her music. Already a commercial success with a pop and contemporary sound, she crossed into country music in 2007 when she sang the duet "Because of You" with Reba McEntire, then embarked on the 2 Worlds, 2 Voices tour with Reba the following year. By pairing with Jason Aldean on the power ballad "Don't You Wanna Stay" in 2010, she scored a nomination for female vocalist of the year at the Country Music Association Awards. And in the fall of 2012 she released a soulful duet with Vince Gill called "Don't Rush."
All of this is not to say Clarkson is trading one genre for another. She just refuses to be pigeonholed as a "rock," "pop" or "country" star, and continues to blaze her own path. Following the November 2012 release of a greatest hits compilation, she is currently working on her sixth studio album and has stated that the sound of the new material will be much lighter and happier following her engagement to talent manager Brandon Blackstock.
Clarkson is nominated in three categories for the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013: Best Pop Vocal, Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
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Call it a dream come true, that legendary FOX show called 'American Idol. Back in the summer of 2002, they hailed the winner of the show for the very first season: a young hopeful named Kelly Clarkson. Born on April 24, 1982, she dreamed of becoming a star. And with an RCA record deal, that dream was becoming true.
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Her first album "Thankful" was a nationwide hit, especially with the single 'A Moment Like This.' She followed through with a second album, "Breakaway", featuring the breakaway hits 'Since U Been Gone' and 'Behind These Hazel Eyes' as major chart toppers. It was clear that Clarkson was there to stay in the music industry for an incredibly long time, showing she was not just some one-hit wonder or fluke from a television show.
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There was a reason why she won the American Idol: her voice. Representing a definite maturity unlike her charming, funny demeanor, she appealed both to the R&B; crowd and the Pop performance crowd -- sort of the new-age Paula Abdul, in a way. Her voice was dark and edgy, but her stage presence emitted an beautiful innocence you'd expect from a lighter voice, such as an early Britney Spears or Mandy Moore. Clarkson: clearly an Idol.
Kelly Clarkson Discography
|Album name
|Release date
|I'll Be Home for Christmas
|Mr. Know It All
|iTunes Session
|My Life Would Suck Without You
|All I Ever Wanted
|Already Gone
|My December
|Never Again
|Never Again (Remixes)
|Because Of You - Remixes
|Walk Away: Remixes
|Because of You
|Behind These Hazel Eyes
|Breakaway (bonus disc)
|Since U Been Gone (Jason Nevins Remixes)
|Since U Been Gone
|Low / The Trouble With Love Is
|Miss Independent
|American Idol Holiday (bonus disc)
|American Idol
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|Play Count
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|Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
|Mr. Know It All
|Since U Been Gone
|My Life Would Suck Without You
|Because of You
|Behind These Hazel Eyes
|Already Gone
|Dark Side
|What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)
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date city state venue 05/31/2015 Wantagh NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 05/16/2015 Mansfield MA Xfinity Center 01/15/2015 Nashville TN Bridgestone Arena
Kelly Clarkson Tour Dates 2014
date city state venue 12/20/2014 Nashville TN Bridgestone Arena 10/19/2014 Charlotte NC Symphony Park
Kelly Clarkson Tour Dates 2013
date city state venue 11/24/2013 Los Angeles CA Nokia Theatre LA Live 10/30/2013 Las Vegas NV The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino 10/06/2013 Los Angeles CA Hollywood Bowl 10/05/2013 Chula Vista CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre 10/04/2013 Irvine CA Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 10/02/2013 Mountain View CA Shoreline Amphitheatre 10/01/2013 Wheatland CA Toyota Amphitheatre 09/27/2013 Ridgefield WA Amphitheater Northwest 09/24/2013 Englewood CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre 09/22/2013 Dallas TX Gexa Energy Pavilion 09/19/2013 The Woodlands TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 09/18/2013 Austin TX Austin360 Amphitheater 09/16/2013 Atlanta GA Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood 09/14/2013 West Palm Beach FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre 09/13/2013 Tampa FL MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds 09/11/2013 Charlotte NC PNC Music Pavilion 09/10/2013 Raleigh NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek 09/08/2013 Virginia Beach VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach 09/06/2013 Bristow VA Jiffy Lube Live 09/05/2013 Saratoga Springs NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center 09/04/2013 Darien Center NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center 09/01/2013 Scranton PA Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain 09/01/2013 Scranton PA Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain 08/31/2013 Hartford CT Xfinity Theatre 08/29/2013 Toronto ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 08/28/2013 Clarkston MI DTE Energy Music Theatre 08/26/2013 Cuyahoga Falls OH Blossom Music Center 08/25/2013 Tinley Park IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 08/11/2013 Wantagh NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 08/10/2013 Holmdel NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 08/09/2013 Mansfield MA Xfinity Center 08/07/2013 Camden NJ Susquehanna Bank Center 08/06/2013 Burgettstown PA First Niagara Pavilion 08/04/2013 Cincinnati OH Riverbend Music Center 08/03/2013 Noblesville IN Klipsch Music Center 08/01/2013 Maryland Heights MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 07/20/2013 Chicago IL Wrigley Field 07/19/2013 Eau Claire WI Country Jam USA 07/04/2013 Provo UT LaVell Edwards Stadium 06/08/2013 Nashville TN LP Field 06/06/2013 Nashville TN LP Field 03/01/2013 Grand Prairie TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
Kelly Clarkson Tour Dates 2012
date city state venue 11/18/2012 Los Angeles CA Nokia Theatre LA Live 10/25/2012 Brisbane Qld Brisbane Entertainment Centre 10/20/2012 London London Wembley Arena 10/18/2012 Sheffield South Yorkshire Motorpoint Arena 10/16/2012 Glasgow Glg Braehead Arena 10/14/2012 Birmingham Warwickshire Genting Arena 10/14/2012 Birmingham Warwickshire Genting Arena 10/12/2012 Manchester Lancashire Manchester Arena 10/10/2012 Dublin D The O2 - Dublin 10/05/2012 Perth Western Australia HBF Stadium 10/03/2012 Hindmarsh SA Adelaide Entertainment Centre 10/01/2012 Melbourne Vic Rod Laver Arena 09/29/2012 Deniliquin Nsw Deniliquin Ute Muster 09/27/2012 Sydney New South Wales Sydney Entertainment Centre 09/25/2012 Brisbane Qld Brisbane Entertainment Centre 09/15/2012 Nashville TN Bridgestone Arena 09/14/2012 Tuscaloosa AL Tuscaloosa Amphitheater 09/12/2012 Charlotte NC PNC Music Pavilion 09/11/2012 Virginia Beach VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach 09/07/2012 The Woodlands TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 09/05/2012 Independence MO Independence Events Center 09/02/2012 Noblesville IN Klipsch Music Center 09/01/2012 Tinley Park IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 08/29/2012 Canandaigua NY Constellation Brands Performing Arts Center 08/29/2012 Canandaigua NY Constellation Brands Performing Arts Center 08/28/2012 Toronto ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 08/26/2012 Holmdel NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 08/25/2012 Mansfield MA Xfinity Center 08/23/2012 Bristow VA Jiffy Lube Live 08/21/2012 Wantagh NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 08/19/2012 Bethel NY Bethel Woods Center For The Arts 08/17/2012 Hershey PA Hersheypark Stadium 08/17/2012 Hershey PA Hersheypark Stadium 08/16/2012 Camden NJ Susquehanna Bank Center 08/14/2012 Cincinnati OH Riverbend Music Center 08/10/2012 Clarkston MI DTE Energy Music Theatre 08/08/2012 Alpharetta GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park 08/06/2012 Orange Beach AL The Wharf 08/04/2012 Thackerville OK WinStar World Casino 08/02/2012 Albuquerque NM Isleta Amphitheater 08/01/2012 Phoenix AZ US Airways Center 07/30/2012 Los Angeles CA Hollywood Bowl 07/28/2012 Murphys CA Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards 07/27/2012 Las Vegas NV Live At The Chelsea Ballroom, Cosmopolitan Las Vegas 07/25/2012 Concord CA Concord Pavilion 07/22/2012 Airway Heights WA Northern Quest Resort & Casino 07/21/2012 Ridgefield WA Amphitheater Northwest 06/29/2012 Milwaukee WI Marcus Amphitheater 04/13/2012 Wenatchee WA Town Toyota Center 04/10/2012 San Diego CA Valley View Casino Center 04/07/2012 Indio CA Fantasy Springs Resort 04/05/2012 Las Vegas NV Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort 04/03/2012 Los Angeles CA Nokia Theatre LA Live 03/31/2012 Reno NV Reno Events Center 03/29/2012 Bakersfield CA Rabobank Arena 03/27/2012 San Jose CA San Jose State Event Center 03/24/2012 Boise ID Taco Bell Arena 03/22/2012 Kent WA ShoWare Center 03/20/2012 Salt Lake City UT Maverik Center 03/18/2012 Broomfield CO 1St Bank Center 03/16/2012 St. Louis MO Fabulous Fox Theatre 03/14/2012 Springfield MO OReilly Family Event Center 03/12/2012 Sioux Falls SD Sioux Falls Arena 03/10/2012 Hammond IN The Venue at Horseshoe Casino 03/08/2012 Windsor ON The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor 03/06/2012 London ON Budweiser Gardens 03/03/2012 Niagara Falls ON The Avalon Ballroom At Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort 03/02/2012 Niagara Falls ON The Avalon Ballroom At Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort 02/28/2012 Greenville SC Timmons Arena 02/25/2012 Champaign IL State Farm Center 02/23/2012 Atlanta GA Fox Theatre 02/21/2012 Clearwater FL Ruth Eckerd Hall 02/16/2012 Hollywood FL Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 02/14/2012 Biloxi MS Hard Rock Live Biloxi 02/10/2012 Grand Prairie TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie 02/08/2012 Austin TX Michael & Susan Dell Hall 02/06/2012 San Antonio TX Majestic Theatre San Antonio 02/04/2012 Bossier City LA Dare Dayclub 02/02/2012 Jacksonville FL Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater 01/31/2012 Durham NC Durham Performing Arts Center 01/28/2012 Johnstown PA Cambria County War Memorial Arena 01/26/2012 Boston MA Wang Theatre 01/24/2012 Manchester NH Verizon Wireless Arena 01/21/2012 New York NY Radio City Music Hall 01/19/2012 Verona NY Turning Stone Casino 01/17/2012 Albany NY Times Union Center 01/15/2012 Atlantic City NJ Trump Taj Mahal 01/13/2012 Mashantucket CT The Mgm Grand At Foxwoods
Kelly Clarkson Tour Dates 2011
date city state venue 12/10/2011 Sunrise FL BB&T Center 12/08/2011 Lowell MA Tsongas Center 12/07/2011 Philadelphia PA Wells Fargo Center 12/02/2011 Chicago IL Chicago Theatre 12/01/2011 Wallingford CT The Dome at Oakdale Theatre 09/24/2011 Las Vegas NV MGM Grand Garden Arena 08/06/2011 Sudbury ON Sudbury Arena
Kelly Clarkson Tour Dates 2010
date city state venue 07/27/2010 Cuyahoga Falls OH Blossom Music Center 07/24/2010 Toronto ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 07/23/2010 Montreal PQ Parc Jean-Drapeau 07/20/2010 Noblesville IN Klipsch Music Center 07/18/2010 Shakopee MN Canterbury Park 07/17/2010 Tinley Park IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 07/13/2010 Englewood CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre 02/19/2010 London London Wembley Arena
Kelly Clarkson Tour Dates 2009
date city state venue 12/13/2009 Hollywood FL Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 12/11/2009 Pensacola FL Pensacola Bay Center 12/10/2009 Columbus GA Columbus Civic Center 12/07/2009 Corpus Christi TX American Bank Center 12/05/2009 Beaumont TX Ford Park 12/03/2009 Las Cruces NM Pan American Center 12/01/2009 Fresno CA Save Mart Center 11/29/2009 San Jose CA San Jose State Event Center 11/28/2009 Reno NV Reno Events Center 11/24/2009 Seattle WA WaMu Theater 11/22/2009 Kelowna BC Prospera Place 11/18/2009 Victoria BC Save On Foods Memorial Centre 11/07/2009 Phoenix AZ Arizona State Fair 11/06/2009 Las Vegas NV Hard Rock Hotel And Casino- The Joint 11/04/2009 Lubbock TX United Supermarkets Arena 11/02/2009 Cedar Park TX Cedar Park Center 10/31/2009 St. Charles MO Family Arena 10/29/2009 Lincoln NE Pershing Center 10/27/2009 Rosemont IL Rosemont Theatre 10/25/2009 Detroit MI Fox Theatre Detroit 10/23/2009 Milwaukee WI Milwaukee Theatre 10/21/2009 Knoxville TN Knoxville Civic Auditorium 10/19/2009 Pikeville KY Eastern Kentucky Expo Center 10/17/2009 Youngstown OH Covelli Centre 10/15/2009 Rama ON Casino Rama 10/13/2009 Boston MA Agganis Arena 10/10/2009 Atlantic City NJ Trump Taj Mahal 10/09/2009 Fairfax VA Patriot Center 10/06/2009 New York NY Hammerstein Ballroom 10/04/2009 Portland ME Cross Insurance Arena 10/02/2009 Uncasville CT Mohegan Sun Arena 09/12/2009 Allegan MI Allegan County Fair 09/11/2009 York PA York Fair 09/06/2009 Thackerville OK WinStar World Casino 09/04/2009 Essex Junction VT Champlain Valley Expo 09/03/2009 Allentown PA Allentown Fairgrounds 08/30/2009 Saint Paul MN Minnesota State Fair Grandstand 08/27/2009 Syracuse NY NY State Fair


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It looks like Tiger Woods is back on the prowl.
The golfer was spotted earlier this week with a blonde beauty on the golf course in his gated community, RadarOnline.com learned exclusively.
And the blonde was an Elin lookalike, an eyewitness told RadarOnline.com.
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Tiger and wife Elin have both hired divorce lawyers and have been estranged since Tiger's secret cheating life was exposed.
Elin has refused to move back into the house they once shared, choosing instead to continue living in a rented house approximately one mile away.
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Tiger and Elin have virtually no contact anymore, as RadarOnline.com first reported.
"Tiger was on the golf course the other day, hitting balls," an eyewitness told us. "He was with a very pretty blonde who looked a lot like Elin. She was sitting in the golf cart while he was playing.
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"They were talking and laughing and obviously having a good time."
RadarOnline.com has also learned that Tiger has been back in the nightlife scene in Orlando. He has been out several nights — without Elin.
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"Tiger has been out frequently," another source told RadarOnline.com. He particularly likes Embers, a restaurant/bar.
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Tiger and Elin have been leading separate lives, with Elin taking four trips without Tiger during the past two months.
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On Saturday, March 27th, a first of its kind music / transportation festival called City Sound Tracks will be held in St. Louis. The event's main purpose is to highlight the importance of transit in the metro area less than two weeks before a very critical vote in St. Louis County on a sales tax increase intended for maintenance and expansion of Metro St. Louis.
The Greater St. Louis Transit Alliance has created a website for the measure, called Prop A, that can be found here. All the information you'd ever need to know about the measure can be found on this site. And remember, the election is on April 6, 2010. If you're registered in St. Louis County, please vote Yes for Prop A.
As for City Tracks, the festival will highlight the convenience of Metro by holding concerts on dueling stages in two urban neighborhoods of the City of St. Louis. 27 local bands will rock out for 12 hours starting at 10am either Downtown near Union Station or in the Central West End near Tom's Pub & Grill. A list of the bands can be found on the City Sound Tracks website, where users can also make donations to the cause and buy t-shirts. I recommend you do both.
Whats Up Magazine, a local independent street publication sold by the homeless and disadvantaged, has joined together with Tracking Progress, KDHX, and STL Style to organize this innovative music festival.
Get out to the festival, if even for just a few hours and help support the region's transit system. It's the framework upon which this region will grow. Let's make it big and strong. That's what she said.


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Rondebosch and Wynberg have a tough weekend ahead as they tackle the powers from Paarl, Gimmies and Boshaai respectively. The Paul Roos-Bishops encounter should be an exciting one, while SACS also take on Drostdy.
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The Grey derby in PE will attract plenty of attention, but their will be another big game when Queen's face Selborne. Marlow also host Oakdale, while Dale duel against St Andrew's.
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