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PDX Social Innovation Community Convenes May 19
Behind every social innovation there's a story. Sometimes they reveal a clear and unwavering path and others talk about a winding, shifting, evolving idea. On May 19, Impact Entrepreneurs and Social Venture Partners bring these these stories to the stage to inspire and encourage everyone to find pathways to creating positive social and environmental impact. We invite you to join us for Changemakers Night.
Jeremy Hockenstein was on a direct professional trajectory, checking all the boxes from Harvard to McKinsey and Co. as a management consultant when, on vacation in Cambodia, he was struck by the gap between what he saw as young people's tech skills and their employment prospects. Now he leads an international enterprise focused on training, employing, and supporting the education of thousands of young people in Cambodia and Laos.
Dr. Jane Stevens had been a newspaper and magazine journalist, focusing on health, science and technology for 30 years when she began digging into a massive body of evidence about the consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences. She now leads two news-based organizations focused on changing systems to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences, and to stop traumatizing already traumatized people.
Kazi Huque was managing and negotiating venture capital deals as a finance controller with Intel Corporation and undertaking a project to determine consumption of computing power around the world. Realizing that only 20% of the global population was being reached by computing technology, he saw an opportunity. Now Huque leads Grameen-Intel, developing a growing portfolio of software products for healthcare and agriculture, targeting micro-entrepreneurs who serve their local communities in emerging nations.
Impact Entrepreneurs and Social Venture Partners invite you to explore social innovation through the lens of these three speakers. Through their stories, a set of musical performances, and the vibrance that just happens when Portland's social change community gets together, we hope you will be inspired to discover paths to social impact.
The event will take place in the recently renovated Revolution Hall in the historic Washington High School in SE Portland on the evening of May 19. Attendees will explore the space and meet one another over light food, local microbrews and Oregon wine from 5 – 6 p.m., then will gather in the auditorium for a set of performances, presentations, and discussions. The program will close at 7:30.
Social Venture Partners and PSU Impact Entrepreneurs present:
Changemakers Night
Kazi Huque – CEO, Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd
Jeremy Hockenstein – Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Divide Data
Jane Stevens – Founder of ACES Connection & ACEStoohigh.com
Tuesday, May 19
Reception 5-6pm, Interactive presentations and discussion 6-7:30pm
Revolution Hall, Washington High School, 1300 SE Stark, Portland
Tickets: $50 for general admission, $15 for students
Register here: http://bit.ly/1xkn7cs
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One Word Takeaways from the 2015 Ashoka U Exchange
In 2012, PSU was selected as an Ashoka U Changemaker Campus, a designation honoring our university's excellence in social innovation education and commitment to making higher education a world-changing experience.
Ashoka U is a highly respected international non-profit organization which believes that: "In a world that is changing faster and faster, students need interdisciplinary, entrepreneurial, and solutions-oriented skills to succeed. Ashoka believes the way colleges and universities can stay relevant is to embed Changemaker skills such as empathy, teamwork, leadership and changemaking into their culture and across their curriculum." As we recently reported, research shows that employers agree.
Our world in the 21st century requires us, as changemakers, to improve lives and strengthen our planet in a period where the pace of change itself has changed. We can't keep up – let alone lead – by simply learning, doing, and repeating. In the words of Ashoka's founder, Bill Drayton, "It's the change game, not the repetition game. If you don't understand that, you can't lead."
Last week, the three authors of this post were among the 700 attendees at Ashoka U's annual convening, the Exchange. We celebrated the now 30 Changemaker Campuses, including public universities and private colleges all over the world who are building a global "Everyone a Changemaker" movement.
Starting with one word to express our experiences, these are our reflections.
Cindy Cooper, Director, Impact Entrepreneurs, School of Business Administration*
The Exchange was reinforcing. It was reinforcing to coalesce with a committed group of dedicated educators and innovators who are in solidarity about the promise of higher education to build changemakers for a better world.
PSU's mantra is "Let Knowledge Serve the City." Our expression of this ethos at PSU's Impact Entrepreneurs is to contribute to creating the conditions that enable people to make choices for good.
These lofty ideals fuel us as inspiring visions of the future should. But the climb is real work, and the air can get thin. We face challenges every day to grow and improve our programs, deliver on goals and measure our impact. We constantly ask ourselves: How do we support more staff, faculty and students in being changemakers? How do we generate more strategic and effective collaborations across campus and with a global community of partners? How do we equip more impact-driven innovators with the resources they need to succeed? How do we know we are generating more happiness and less suffering?
Being among hundreds of individuals candidly sharing their efforts to get the values and skills of changemaking to reach as many people as possible helps us develop better approaches and validates our progress so far. It says we are on the right track, but don't stop, keep going, aim higher. Reinforcement makes us stronger, more creative and more resilient. It is the meditative oxygen we need to reach our promises to ourselves and each other.
The 2015 Ashoka U Exchange and the chance to connect with a vast network of inspiring leaders in higher education provided a deep breath of reinforcement: a solid foundation of best practices and the esprit de corps to press on.
Abby Chroman, Project Manager, Impact Entrepreneurs, School of Business Administration
Advancing social innovation in higher ed. doesn't mean leaving behind expertise in policy, or engineering, design, medicine, journalism, or law. It means creating environments where disciplines are integrally connected for real world application. The 2015 Ashoka U Exchange demonstrated intersections among what I see as some of the most important skills, schools, movements, and ideas in the world today.
Packed into a classroom in the classic-looking University Of Maryland campus on the last day of the Exchange, I listened in on a discussion about public policy and social entrepreneurship, particularly in the context of higher education. The panelists were brilliant. They explored the historic context for the existing relationship between academia, social innovation, and public policy, and with active engagement from the audience, closed with practical ways to grow the impact of that intersection.
In another session authors and NYT columnists David Bornstein and Tina Rosenberg along with NYU professor Robert Lyon and instructor Sri Naomi Bishop facilitated a conversation about the power of solutions narratives both as journalistic practice, and as content for curriculum. The discussion brought forth everything from existing structures for publication in news and journals to ways instructors can find relevant tailored materials for lessons, and the tension and importance of in-depth reporting in a fast changing world.
As a Millennial working in social entrepreneurship and higher ed., I'm sensitive to the question about what role higher ed. has if we can't predict the future. From where I stood in snowy Washington, DC last week, something came into focus for me. The particular role of higher ed. might be changing but it's not becoming less important. Colleges and universities have the ability to strengthen and empower individuals in deep and complex disciplines to shift and tip systems that span sectors, borders, and schools of thought. What other institution can do that? The more we enforce the intersections of disciplines for real world solutions, the more I want to be a part of this.
Angela Merrill, Changemaker Campus Liaison, Impact Entrepreneurs, School of Business Administration & Institute for Sustainable Solutions*
Much how the fibers of an artist's canvas provide a surface from which to paint, the interwoven and reinforced fibers of the community at The Ashoka U Exchange provide students a surface from which to create a masterpiece of the world.
A favorite pastime of mine has always been to draw unguided, yet inspired, doodles on the pages of my sketchbooks. Every line, dot and abstract figure looks different to create a whole and impacting image. The conference format too creates an environment to explore various topics to compose a "big picture." There were personal development sessions and workshops on systems thinking or "the science of change," insights on international development as well as the role of social entrepreneurship in social justice.
However, what sparkled were connections with student leaders from various universities. To me, it created a diverse gallery of the initiatives that are thriving with the support of the Ashoka U canvas. A friend from Brown spoke of "Pop-Up Classes" in changemaking, while students from the University of San Diego spoke of their sunny, music-filled social impact career fair while Fordham detailed a program that equips students with consulting skills to gain credit and work experience.
We, as Portlanders, are organically drawn to lead social change, and the canvas surface has been prepped. My question for the students, faculty and staff at Portland State is this:
How do we want our changemaker masterpiece to look?
*A special thank you to reTHINK: PSU and the Institute for Sustainable Solutions for generously supporting our participation in the Ashoka U Exchange.
Meet Our 2015 Social Innovation Incubator Members!
The Impact Entrepreneurs Social Innovation Incubator has emerged from hiatus! After taking a year off while we created our online certificate in the Business of Social Innovation, we are thrilled to be back.
We are excited to be working closely over the next year with four amazing new members. Check them out:
Construct Foundation is building a portfolio of partners and mutually reinforcing education initiatives to identify and support new models for teaching and learning, prioritizing K-12 students in Portland Metro's underserved communities.
Gender Gap Year is closing the gaps in women's representation, leadership, power and pay through an innovative gap year program in Portland Oregon. Through badging, boldness, action, and self exploration, the year long program empowers women between 18 and 22 to live authentic, connected, and strategic lives of equity.
Lanyi Fan incubates locally-generated solutions and facilitates international relationships to address the high unemployment and environmental problems encroaching on existing livelihoods in West Africa.
The Pathways to Prosperity Initiative, an intrapreneurial program of nonprofit Self Enhancement Inc. (SEI), provides at-risk urban youth and their families in the Portland area "with the knowledge, skills and support needed to leverage economic opportunities and increase financial capability."
Meet past members, find out more about the Social Innovation Incubator, and stay tuned to this blog for upcoming interviews with the inspiring founders from the 2015 class!
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Social Innovation in Higher Ed
We've set off to attend the annual Ashoka U Exchange. The event has grown each year and now includes over 650 university representatives and students who will convene in Washington D.C. to discuss and learn about how to further social innovation in higher education. The Exchange includes sessions such as "bringing social solutions narratives into the classroom" and "systems thinking for leading changemakers."
Impact Entrepreneurs' Director Cindy Cooper will be a featured panelist in Online Learning: Inspiring Stories from the Front Lines, an interactive conversation about triumphs and failures of booming online learning platforms. As a speaker on the panel, Cindy Cooper will share her experience developing a rigorous online certificate in social entrepreneurship supported by the reTHINK: PSU Provost's Challenge.
Abby Chroman, Project Manager with Impact Entrepreneurs, will moderate Universities as Catalysts for Social Innovation, a presentation featuring two of the 2015 Cordes Innovation award winners that explores how universities leverage existing resources to partner with communities and spark social innovation.
Angela Merrill, PSU's Changemaker Campus Liaison, is heading to the Exchange to research best practices for catalyzing connections and student engagement across campus.
Certificate graduate and Social Innovation Incubator member Gina Condon, founder of Construct Foundation, will also be attending to participate in the K-12 Changemaker Education track.
Follow @PSUimpact and #Exchange2015 for our real time updates on the speakers, field visits and everything social innovation this weekend and look for another IE blog on Exchange highlights early March.
Pathways to Changemaking
This post was contributed by Angela Merrill, Undergraduate at Portland State University's Urban Honors College & Changemaker Campus Liaison
"Wherever we are in the world, we can commit ourselves to change."
– Tichelle Sorenson, Director of the Portland State MBA
Since learning the term 'social entrepreneurship,' as a senior in high school, I have been presented with a variety of definitions for it. From Mohammed Yunus at the Grameen Bank, who was called a social entrepreneur for his work building the microfinance industry, to CanCity in Brazil, which empowers trash collectors to create furniture from melted-down cans, new ventures redefine the field every day.
Now, as the new student intern with PSU's Impact Entrepreneurs, I'm not just out to define social entrepreneurship with a boundary for where it starts and stops because realistically, not everyone wants or needs to become a social entrepreneur. Finding an authentic personal journey to make change is still an important step towards creating more happiness (and less suffering) in our world.
Impact Entrepreneurs and the PSU Alumni Association share my conviction. Earlier this month they invited three changemakers to present at a lively event at Bridgeport Brewery. They each talked about finding their unique path to creating positive social impact throughout their lives and careers. Here my takeaways from their stories.
Todd Ferry
"Know what's out there, contact an expert and help good people do good things."
Currently a Research Associate at the Center for Public Interest Design (CPID) at PSU's School of Architecture, Todd started off studying philosophy as an undergrad and became involved in various NGOs at rape and refugee call centers. Increasingly, he found himself needing to solve problems of design and, after watching a PBS documentary on Public Interest Design, decided to become an architect to work with (and not for) communities of underserved populations. Not only did Brad Pitt narrate the documentary, but it also featured CPID's own director Sergio Palleroni – a leader in the field of Public Interest Design.
Rhian Rotz
"Subscribe to be a lifelong learner and connect with those experts you might not normally connect with. Be curious. Agility is the strongest muscle, so being adaptable and having transferrable skills will help you be ready to tell your story."
A self-proclaimed storyteller, Rhian is a serial "intrapreneur" who leads Corporate Citizenship at Waggener Edstrom Worldwide – one of the largest public relations firms in the world. She enables change by aligning the overall strategy of her clients and employees to create purpose and profit within the corporate giant.
At around 5pm each day, an alarm goes off on Rhian's phone that says "Was today worth it?" She says the day she answers no to the question above, it's the day to quit.
In the same way she aligns other business strategies with purpose, she too has learned that aligning herself with her company and personally defining impact is a key step in the journey.
Eric O'Connell
"Have the audacity to step out of a predetermined role. If you have a crazy idea, do it."
The skills software engineers employ are in high demand across sectors, and Eric's story is no different. Although a first job working for a stock analysis firm paid him well monetarily, something didn't feel quite right. After being fired from this job, he listened closely to his mind/body connection to discover where his passion was leading him – to make things and share them with people. Now a technologist with Idealist.org, he is able to do this by creating a platform that directly facilitates online users to find their own pathway to changemaking. He says, "At Idealist, we don't necessarily have the skills to save the whales. But if you want to save the whales, we want to help you find other people who want to save the whales and can help you do it."
It doesn't matter to me that Eric, Todd, and Rhian didn't introduce themselves as social entrepreneurs. They have found creative and pragmatic ways to solve the problems they see in their lives and they have crafted careers to address those issues. They are changemakers who inspired the audience to find their own pathways to changemaking.
Book Review: "A Path Appears" by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
This review was contributed by Patrick Ditty, Undergraduate at Portland State University's School of Business Administration
"A Path Appears," the latest book by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, takes the reader on a journey starting with the story of a nine year-old girl who convinced people to donate money to provide clean drinking water for individuals around the world and ending with the tale of two college students that turned a homework assignment into an organization that delivers healthy school lunches to low-income schools in America. Through these captivating examples, this book makes the case that you do not have to be rich or business savvy to help make a change, and that problems exist closer to home than you might think.
A primary message in "A Path Appears" is that even small contributions can create a real impact in social issues across our nation and around the world. What may seem like a drop in the bucket can change someone's life for the better. So often we find ourselves not contributing because we feel we don't have enough to offer. This book teaches us that with a small amount of research and care you can make a change no matter how much money, time or experience you have.
Kristof and WuDunn also use this opportunity to challenge the common notion that issues like malnutrition, extreme violence, and lack of education only affect people in developing nations. The authors show us a different reality. They paint a picture in one story of Chicago's west side, where three murders a day is the norm. "How could this happen in a developed country, in a wealthy city?" We ask. "And how can we stop it?" The powerful solution that Kristof and WuDunn illustrate here didn't start with economic development or criminal justice, but with an open mind. Dr. Gary Slutkin, a medical doctor born a raised in Chicago, had an extensive background in infectious diseases. He worked around the world on illnesses from tuberculosis to HIV with a special focus on eradicating transmission. When Slutkin began looking at Chicago's violence as an infectious, transmittable disease, he started to find ways to treat the problem as such. He looked at the time and place where violence would begin to escalate, or to move from one family to another, and that's where he started stopping it. This is just one of the many stories that demonstrate that you don't have to look across the world to find a problem and solve it. Sometimes you just have to look around you.
"A Path Appears" is full of powerful moments capable of motivating even the most skeptical person into wanting to make a change. Every night after reading the stories in this book I excitedly told my wife about things people across the world were doing to make a change. This book will drive you to take action and that step, even a small "drop in the bucket," might just change someone's life.
You can order a copy of "A Path Appears" here.
A Prediction for the Social Entrepreneurship Education Trends of Tomorrow
Social entrepreneurship has come on strong in the education space with an ever-growing number of institutions teaching entrepreneurial skills with a lens on social issues. From the midst of a fast-changing field, Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State University paused to consider the social entrepreneurship education trends of tomorrow.
Business students will choose a focus on intrapreneurship
Social intrapreneurs use entrepreneurial practices inside existing organizations and institutions. Because their innovations ultimately yield bigger impact for their employers, intrapreneurs are in high demand. In the last few years, we have seen the rise of the social intrapreneur as one of the most prized employees. In the next five years, educators will include intrapreneurship in social entrepreneurship curriculum, organizations and institutions will fund employees' pursuit of intrapreneurship education, and social ventures will thrive with intrapreneurs running programs and operations with new ideas and creative leadership. Join The League of Intrapreneurs here.
Boomers will join the ranks of social innovation students
The number of Americans age 55 and older will double in the next 25 years, and they're not ready to quit. They will have a lifetime of experience and want to work on something they care about. It's a huge opportunity. In many cases these encore professionals will seek training and education for their new stage of life and work. They will enroll in social entrepreneurship programs alongside younger generations to build skills and pathways to work with social purpose organizations and companies. Colleges and universities will craft experiences and curriculum for these new cross-generational audiences. Discover research, examples, and opportunities from the encore movement at Encore.org.
The world will see developing countries as sources of social innovation
The old narrative says that when wealthier nations invest in leadership and R&D, the solutions they invent benefit the rest of the world. But the developing world is a rich environment for social innovation where entrepreneurial leaders, often focused on their own markets, are effectively addressing pressing social problems daily. Now companies, countries, and organizations spot ideas from the developing world that could be successfully utilized in other contexts. Education institutions will follow this lead, guiding students to search for solutions from the developing world and practice collaborating with local innovators to grow their solutions for broad, international social benefit. Find a great example in this story about Kenya's leadership in mobile money.
Programs and departments will collaborate across campus
The days are gone when the majority of students leave their university with one skill that they bring to their one job where they work forever. Now students demand a broad spectrum of experiences to support their career, which increasingly include a variety of roles. Social innovation and social entrepreneurship programs in particular will adapt by collaborating across campus, leveraging cross-disciplinary infrastructure, and building pathways for students to get the depth and breadth of experiences that will help them succeed throughout their lives as changemakers. Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State University is collaborating with departments across campus to deliver the Certificate in The Business of Social Innovation.
Employers across sectors will look for changemakers
The most in-demand skills from employers match the goals of social entrepreneurship educators. Examples include leadership, creativity, empathy, hands-on training, problem solving, judgement and decision-making, and perceptiveness. As the overlaps between in-demand job skills and social innovation skills become more obvious, employers will partner with education institutions to fund programs that systematically benefit their workforce, their institutions and ultimately their impact. We've collected information here illustrating how the most in-demand job skills among employers today match social entrepreneurship curriculum.


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FULL-TIME Dramatic scenes as Portugal, sinking and sinking, scored a goal in the last 30 seconds to draw 2-2 and barely save their World Cup hopes. This means USA are not through yet, and all four teams are still in contention in this group. Scoreline 2-2 FINAL
90 + 5' GOAL! With 30 seconds left, a beautiful cross from Ronaldo meets a Varela header into the goal! What a moment!
90 + 5' Into the last minute as Portugal struggle for possession, let alone a shot at a goal
90 + 2' USA were keeping possession for a while and cutting through the Portugal left, but then are dispossessed by a defender who backheels it to the keeper
90 + 1' Five minutes of stoppage time begin as Gonzalez comes in to replace Zusi for USA
89' Moutinho puts in a chipped cross and finds Ronaldo but his header isn't strong enough and Howard watches it roll wide
88' Portugal have never lost 2 opening games at a World Cup. This could be the first time....and it will take them out of the competition. Spain gone, England gone, one of Uruguay and Italy will go, and now Portugal? What a World Cup!
87' Wondolowski replaces Dempsey, who gets a HUGE ovation from this crowd
86' The teams will get 5 minutes of stoppage time. Can Portugal get back and save their Cup?
85' Jermaine Jones has conceded a free kick after a challenge on Valera of Portugal
81' GOAL! USA are 2-1 in the lead and they are ecstatic! Portugal are going out! Incredible scenes in Manaus as a superb pass from the penalty area is put into the goal by Clint Dempsey!
79' Nani's attempt at goal is off target as Portugal get desperate
77' Portugal's mantra has changed drastically with the equalizing goal. They're sending everything forward now, taking a much more direct approach in possession. But they also have no substitutes left.
76' Costa of Portugal gets penalised for committing a foul
75' Jermaine Jones gets a yellow card after committing a foul
73' Ronaldo is adjudged to be in an offside position
72' Yedlin comes off the bench for USA to replace Bedoya
69' Varela replaces Meireles for Portugal
66' Meireles effort hits the target but again the USA keeper is up to the task, pushing it out for a corner
64' GOAL! USA scores! It's Jermaine Jones! USA are level 1-1 with Portugal and the roof has come off the stadium! Jones hit a ferocious swerving ball into the lower corner of the goal and Beto has no chance! That was really USA's goal, the Portuguese defence could have done nothing about it.
61' Ronaldo cuts through the USA right and he has a clear field as the crowd get into it, but his curling kick is way off the goal! That was very uncharacteristic
57' Nani of Portugal commits a foul
55' Great stop by the Portuguese defence. Ricardo Costa it is. Fabian Johnson continues to terrorise the right side and get in a service to the middle of the area. Michael Bradley is alone and his shot beats Beto but Costa clears the ball just in time. The USA coach is gutted.
53' The possession is very even at this stage, 48% to USA and 52% to Portugal. USA have played well.
52' Miguel of Portugal concedes a free kick following a challenge on Zusi, but Portugal's defence intercepts the kick from Dempsey
49' Zusi of USA takes a corner kick, but Johnson's cross gets deflected for a corner
48' Bedoya of USA commits a foul, but Eder's effort is off target
46' We are back for the second half and Portugal substitute William for Andre Almeida, a midfielder for a defender
HALF-TIME Thanks to a brilliant save by Tim Howard, what should have been a 2-0 scoreline for Portugal stays at 1-0. Nani has looked impressive but Ronaldo has not. USA meanwhile, have been very aggressive after that first goal
45' What a save by the USA keeper Tim Howard. Lightning fast kick from Nani from the left, Howard is slightly out of position but he dives and just gets his right hand to the ball, which hits the right post and rebounds!
43' Now Ronaldo flies down the left and finds Nani with a great ball. Nani shoots but Howard is up to the task
42' Ronaldo gets a free kick as the fans cheer. However, his effort is off target as it sails over the bar. What a disappointment.
39' Play is stopped as Jermaine Jones of USA pulls up with an injury near midfield. He makes his way to the touchline to receive treatment.
34' Ronaldo is ruled offside after attempting an effort at goal
33' Eder of Portugal has illegally handled the ball
31' USA's Beckerman now commits a foul
30' Eder of Portugal has been penalised for a foul, a yellow card for this substitute would be terrible for Portugal
29' Ronaldo concedes a free kick following a challenge on Besler of USA
27' Dempsey's curling kick is on target but Portugal block it
24' Bradley again gets penalised for a foul, now he has to be careful
21' Bradley of USA gets penalised for committing a foul, but Joao Moutinho's effort is way off target and goes for a goal kick
18' Zusi of USA gets a corner, but Dempsey's resulting effort is off target and goes for a goal kick
17' Michael Bradley puts Clint Dempsey in on goal with a nice long pass. The No8 gets a shot off but Beto deflects out for a corner
17' That's 4 injuries now for Portugal, and one red card to Pepe. This is excluding Ronaldo who is fit for this game, but how fit is he really to last the World Cup? At this rate, Portugal may not have a proper XI by the Round of 16.
16' Postiga of Portugal is out and Eder comes in. Raul Meireles of USA and Helder Postiga of Portugal were both down on the ground. Meireles lashed out with an elbow at Postiga, who is injured and will go off.
10' Johnson's effort for USA hits the target, but the Portugal keeper blocks it easily
9' Nani now concedes a free kick after a challenge on Bedoya
5' GOAL! Portugal score their first goal of this World Cup and the crowd have gone nuts! It's Nani who is Portugal's hero, as he aims a kick from the right of the penalty area. The USA defence is terrible and the ball easily hits the goal as the US keeper dives the wrong way!
4' ROAR from the crowd, big roar as Ronaldo gets possession again and this time makes a decent pass
2' Poor start from Portugal. They gain possession early on, passing it amongst themselves in defence. Ronaldo's pass runs out of play.
KICK-OFF USA kick off at the Arena Amazonia!
We are ready for kick off as the sky is covered in a beautiful twilight hue
Coach Paulo Bento has made four changes for Portugal, opting for Beto in goal in place of Rui Patricio along with Ricardo Costa, Andre Almeida and Helder Postiga coming on in favour of the suspended Pepe and the injured duo of Fabio Coentrao and Hugo Almeida.
USA are starting with a very conservative starting XI as they have not replaced the injured Altidore. Dempsey thus remains the only forward in front of a 5-man midfield
The national anthems are underway now and Ronaldo is there!
Ronaldo meanwhile, is wearing a knee wrap. He might play but I dunno how well he could play.
It's bad news for Portugal despite Ronaldo's return: Goalkeeper Rui Patricio and forward Hugo Almeida are all out due to injury in addition to Fabio Coentrao
The lineups for the two teams are out:
#POR LINE-UP: Beto, Bruno Alves, Veloso, Ronaldo (c), Moutinho, Costa, Meireles, Nani, A. Almeida, Pereira, Postiga #USAPOR #WorldCup
— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 22, 2014
#USA LINE-UP: Howard, Bradley, Besler, Beasley, Dempsey (c), Bedoya, Jones, Beckerman, Zusi, Cameron, Johnson #USAPOR #WorldCup
— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 22, 2014
Portugal have gone down 0-4 to Germany in a shocker of an opening game. Worse, their star player Cristiano Ronaldo may be out nursing a knee injury. Pepe has already been ruled out after recieving a red card in the game against Germany, and Fabio Coentrao was stretchered off in that match, and won't be playing either. Portugal thus face major challenges as they enter the must-win game against the USA.
Read: Cristiano Ronaldo abandons Portugal training early with ice on knee
USA on the other hand, played well to beat 2010 quarterfinalists Ghana, and after Ghana's draw against Germany, their confidence in their own ability should have been boosted. However, Ghana were very flat in that match against USA. Portugal thus remain firm favourites to win despite their 0-4 loss to Germany.
Read the complete Portugal v/s USA match preview here
Eventually though, assuming Portugal brush aside USA, a lot will come down to Ronaldo's performance in the later games, and the Real Madrid striker showed his ability in the play-off with Sweden scoring four exceptional goals in the 1-0, 3-2 (4-2 on aggregate) win over Zlatan Ibrahimovic's side. Read Portugal's complete team profile here
The US are without Jozy Altidore, who pulled a hamstring in their opening victory against the Ghanaians. Aron Johannsson should take his place. Tactical uncertainty has been a feature of Jurgen Klinsmann's reign, and it has been difficult to predict which players and even which system he will use from game to game, so there may be a surprise in store. Read USA's team profile here

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Malaika's coach Gurjeet Singh told ANI, "Malaika has been training with me since 2008 and today I feel immensely proud of her. This would not have been possible without her parent's support and hard work."
"Our main goal is Olympics and next month she will be going to Spain as well for the Asian Games," he added.
Malaika's proud grandfather also told ANI, "We are too proud of her. In such a tender age she has achieved so much, which is not a small thing. We are thankful to god for his blessings and wish she gets a gold medal in the Olympics as well."
Ranked fifteenth in the world, Malaika secured a silver medal in the women's 10-m air pistol event, her first international medal in the senior category. (ANI)


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#mtlfest Just for Laughs: Russell Peters charms gala crowdRussell Peters rode herd over the first of his two Just for Laughs galas Sunday at 9:30 p.m. at Montreal's Place des Arts. Comics included: Ruben Paul, Wil Anderson, George Wallace, Robert Kelly, Godfrey and Erin Foley.
#mtlfest at Just for Laughs 2014: Best of my comedy festIt was easy to pick a winner from the Just for Laughs shows I saw last week. Only one comic made me cry and seriously (like medically seriously) double over in the sheer pain of laughter: James Adomian.
#mtlfest Just for Laughs: A gala love-in with Jim Gaffigan, the Gaffigan Five, Mike MacDonaldThe Jim Gaffigan Just for Laughs gala Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Montreal's Place des Arts included the comics John Heffron, Dave Hughes, Justin Willman, Ron Josol, Mike MacDonald, Judy Gold and Monroe Martin.
#mtlfest at Just for Laughs: Mega-stars was best gala yetFriday night, the Just for Laughs late gala was host-less with a lineup crammed with strong comic personalities: Lewis Black, Tommy Tiernan, Ron White, Loni Love, Shaun Majumder, Kathleen Madigan, Mike Wilmot and Marc Maron.
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#mtlfest at Just for Laughs: In battle of ex-SNL gala hosts, Andy Samberg winsAndy Samberg hosted the 10 p.m. Just for Laughs gala Thursday, July 24, at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of Place des Arts. Also on the bill: TJ Miller, Noel Fielding, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily Heller, K Trevor Wilson, The Lucas Brothers.
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'...But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy ones, and that the oomny ones use like, inspiration and what Bog sends. Now it was lovely music that came into my aid. There was a window open with the stereo on, and I viddied right at once what to do.'
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(v) to defecate
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A term used to describe a less than desirable woman. Similar to minging.
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The kind of guy that flies across oceans to make a point; someone who has really nice shoulders and the best smile in the world.
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Pennsylvania Farm Market Guide Now Available
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For the first time, the guide is searchable by county, product or market name at www.agriculture.state.pa.us by clicking on "Online Services" and then "Farm Markets."
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Ever had that feeling when you know someone who's going somewhere you've been and loved—say, Europe or Hawaii—and you can't wait for them to have the same great experience you did? At Slalom Consulting, we feel that way about the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. Yes, we're that excited about a conference! If you're a partner attending WPC for the first time this year, you, too, will come to understand that this conference is much more than an event: it's an experience.
However, merely showing up isn't enough. We've learned in nine years of attending WPC that the more mission-oriented partners are heading into the event, the more business value they walk away with. Our company, a Microsoft partner and member of the National Systems Integrator group since 2003, has continually—even aggressively—increased the size and scope of the team we send to WPC over the years to match our deepening business relationship with Microsoft.
From a team of four in 2003 to one exceeding 20 this year, Slalom's WPC contingency has expanded in line with the intimacy we have with contacts in the Microsoft field. We not only have a larger group attending this year, but a more diverse one—including portal practice leaders and Microsoft relationship leaders—to further relationships and interests with Microsoft marketing, product, and sales teams from across the country.
But sending a team to meet Slalom's current needs is logical. What's even more interesting is how our increased presence at WPC over the years—which includes not only sending more staff, but also increasing our visibility through speeches, breakout sessions, and awards—has been somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we increase Slalom's WPC team, we grow the following year. You could say that it works in reverse—that we send more staff to WPC because we grew the prior year—but we cannot overstate how critical this event has been to the success of our company.
Slalom just celebrated its tenth year in business, generating $288 million in revenue (a 48 percent increase over the previous fiscal year). We have 1500 consultants in 11 U.S. markets who localize Big 4– level business and technology consulting capabilities and resources for our clients. We pride ourselves on forming in-depth relationships with clients at the local level. Seattle–based customers are serviced by Seattle–based consultants. Customers in the Northeast are serviced by a team with heavy financial services expertise, etc.—all backed by significant corporate investments in IP and IT to deliver best-in-class solutions.
What's next for us is just as exciting. We forecast continuing year-over-year double-digit growth, and continue to open in new markets every year (Houston and Minneapolis are next!). Our work with Microsoft has been central to all of these accomplishments. The "trusted advisor" business relationships we have with accounts has afforded us a unique opportunity to give Microsoft a view into what's going on at the ground level and collaborate for our mutual success. For that insight and collaboration, we've been recognized by Microsoft several times over the past couple of years. We were awarded the Microsoft "Office 365 Race to Innovate" Grand Prize Championship award, Windows Azure Circle Program, 2010 Microsoft Information Worker Solutions, Collaboration Partner of the Year, and 2011 Microsoft Online Services Solution Partner of the Year.
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A cannulated cow can be referred to a cow that has been surgically fitted with a cannula. A cannula acts as a porthole-like device that allows access to the rumen of a cow. This allows extensive research and analysis of the digestive system of a cow that otherwise could not have taken place. The practice can be traced back to as early as the 1920s.
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A forage analysis can take place due to the access of the rumen through a cannula. Once the cannula is surgically placed in the cow, a cow is then allowed to graze for a certain period of time. Once the allotted time is up, the material that is located in the cannula is collected and tested. This analysis shows producers which forages are optimal for the use of their individual operation.


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Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) His 'Raaz 2' has got an encouraging opening and actor Emraan Hashmi is all set to work in the third instalment of the spooky thriller. He also feels secure enough to start a family now.
'We're trying for a baby and we should be parents by next year. One is never prepared for fatherhood. And if I wait to be fully prepared, it will never happen. But I'm getting into the mindset now,' Emraan, who is married to Parveen Shahani, told IANS.
Talking about 'Raaz 3', he said: 'Yes we're on,' said Emraan. 'The third part will also be directed by Mohit Suri and I'll play the lead. The rest of the details are yet to be decided. The cast of the second 'Raaz' film was totally new. And I think I'm going to be the only actor common to 'Raaz 2' and '3'.'
Emraan feels vindicated by the audiences' response to 'Raaz 2', which also starred Kangana Ranaut and newcomer Adhyayan Suman.
'My wife kept telling me I should try the genre. I had never done horror before. It's believed in the trade that horror films open well and then soon fizzle out. But then it was also believed that a film looking at the seamier side of cricket ('Jannat') would never do well.
'I like to walk the lonely path. That's why you don't see me at parties and functions. Maybe that's why I play the part of the loner and watch another guy take away the girl I love,' Emran said, drawing attention to his loser-lover's role in 'Awarapan' and now 'Raaz 2'.
Emraan, who has been lying low during the publicity of 'Raaz 2' thanks to all the focus on real-life pair Kangana-Adhyayan, says he didn't feel left out.
'Kangana and Adhyayan were a real-life couple. I can't concoct an affair just to be noticed. I was confident my work would speak for itself. Sure enough I believe people clap when I come on screen the first time. I do have fan base, though it might be small,' he said.
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smal??boy u have a big fanbase okay!im included in it!! emran is the best!!!!!!!! i dont wanna watch the movie cuz of the real life couple i wanna watch it for u, emran and inshallah i will!!
Small fanbase? lol.
Most of his movies tend to do well, and so I think it''s safe to conclude that the guy definitely has one heck of a fanbase!
Hopefully he''ll keep on taking up only the best of roles, and avoid too much of the extra-marital-affair centric roles.
I wish him all the very best for the future!
God bless.
smal??boy u have a big fanbase okay!im included in it!! emran is the best!!!!!!!! i dont wanna watch the movie cuz of the real life couple i wanna watch it for u, emran and inshallah i will!!
raaz 2 rock.... emraan an kangna n even adhayan is good in d movie...
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i just came back from raaz 2.. emraan was awesome like alwaysssssssss
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15 Charlotte Street, London, England, UK
Neighborhood: Bloomsbury
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Think back, if you will, to the Bloomsbury set: Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Lytton Strachey, EM Forster, Roger Fry — they lived the perfect bohemian life with houses in the city and the country, lofty aesthetic goals, not so much money as to lose their social consciousness but more than enough to afford a gardener. Enter Charlotte Street, a 21st century reinvention of the perfect Bloomsbury London pad. This is not a design hotel, all blank white walls and chrome trim — rather, it's early twentieth-century England.
The Bloomsbury legend, by the way, has succeeded more as hotel venture than as art. While the fickle British press was mixed on the Tate exhibition, it raved about the Charlotte Street Hotel. After all Virginia's sister Vanessa Bell and her lover Duncan Grant, with their gorgeous Deco fireplaces and teacups, were arguably as much decorators and hosts as they were artists. This building, once a pharmacy, today sports interiors of which the Bloomsberries would have no doubt approved; these spaces are light, airy and full of wit, with curlicued wallpaper, four-poster beds and brightly colored vases. In the drawing rooms, paintings by Bell, Grant, and Roger Fry brighten the walls. There's even a movie house that seats 67 in lipstick red leather cushions amidst pinstriped walls.
The bathrooms are luxurious with walk-in showers and square tubs, and the beds, if not the widest, are easily the softest in the city — and the owners, Kit and Tim Kemp, are not shy about telling you how many times they have been test-driven overnight by the staff.
But you'll hear no such stories about the guests, as Charlotte Street is nothing if not discreet. No wonder, then, that this place is so popular among the trans-Atlantic smart set. But celebrity or not, you'll appreciate the genuinely English-Bohemian warmth, epitomized perfectly by the bar policy, which is one of honour. It's just how the Bloomsbury crowd, with their progressive ideals, would have run this place.
How to get there:
Charlotte Street Hotel is approximately a 5-minute walk from the Tottenham Court Road tube station. If you're arriving from Heathrow Airport the most convenient transfer option to central London is the Heathrow Express train, which leaves Heathrow Airport every 15 minutes and takes 15 minutes to arrive at Paddington Station. One-way fares are available from £18, and round-trip fares from £32. By black cab, Charlotte Street Hotel is approximately a 45-minute ride from Heathrow Airport (depending on traffic) and can cost upwards of £50.
- Complimentary upgrade upon hotel check-in, based upon availability
- One complimentary glass of champagne or one cocktail, per guest, upon arrival
- Guaranteed 11 am check-in
- Complimentary welcome gift on arrival
- 52 Rooms
- Style: Modern Design
- Atmosphere: Lively
- 112 Guest Reviews
- Charlotte Street Hotel
- 15 Charlotte Street
- London, England, UK
- Neighborhood: Bloomsbury
Hotel amenities and services
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- 24 hour concierge
- 24 hour front desk
- Babysitting (on request)
- Bar
- Central air conditioning
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- Room service
- Spa treatments (on request)
- Wi-fi (charges apply)
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- jonathan
- Stayed December 2009
- Rating: Excellent
What I liked:
From the moment you walk into the Charlotte Street, you are welcomed by a serene elegant lobby, and a staff that is courteous and efficient. The sitting rooms beyond the lobby are sumptuous and so comfortable, you want to have a nice gin and tonic, and relax. The rooms are beautifully appointed, the bed extremely comfortable, the bathroom large, well lit, with a superb shower (though getting in and out is a bit treacherous as the tubs are high off the ground). US outlets, radios in the bathroom, a lovely mini bar, a great closet, and what excellent taste. It's a dream of a hotel. It defines comfort, unforced style, warmth of service and great food.
What the hotel could do better:
Nothing; Had a wonderful stay!
- Ekaterina
- Stayed December 2009
- Rating: Excellent
What I liked:
beautiful hotel - helpful staff, relaxed atmosphere, great bar.. very cozy and warm place..
What the hotel could do better:
tap was dripping...
- Stayed November 2009
- Rating: Excellent
What I liked:
It is modern yet comfortable & classic. The place feels buzzy and cool yet not crowded or too 'up itself'. Reception staff were amazing. As Tablet Plus we got upgraded to fabulous suite, a free glass of champagne, free internet and most importantly, early check in. All in all this was a great stay at a gorgeous hotel in a very convenient location. Only problem is parking nearby.
What the hotel could do better:
Charge less for parking!! Otherwise I had a wonderful stay!


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Cheon Ho-jin, from the TV Chosun drama "Go! Mrs. Go!" shot a scene involving horse-riding recently. He showed the heirs of a perfect gentleman with his riding outfit while on the horse.
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The production Group Eight spokesperson said, "He showed great posture riding the horse. Everyone was shocked at the accident but it's such a relief he wasn't hurt".
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Come enjoy majestic Ocean Point and all that the Boothbay Region has to offer. Located on the tip of the East Boothbay Peninsula, the Ocean Point colony has a secluded island feel while being conveniently located just 10 minutes from the quintessential town of Boothbay Harbor.
Highlights of this 4 bedroom classic Maine cottage include a spacious sun-porch, original patina Pumpkin Pine interior, natural hardwood floors, oceanfront dining, and a beach stone fireplace. Two spacious living rooms provide plenty of room for families and a private backyard with BBQ allows for great outdoor activities.
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Our family stayed at this spacious yet cozy cottage in Ocean Point for a celebration of my dad's 90th birthday. The owner was very flexible in helping us coordinate the rental of his cottage with an adjacent cottage to accommodate our group of 26. The location was just perfect for our gathering. The many windows provided a lovely view of the rocky Maine coast with a lighthouse across the bay. My son particularly liked the rustic look of the cottage's interior, while also appreciating the comfortable beds and other amenities which made us feel right at home.
A binder with colorful brochures of activities in the area was most helpful. We visited the Boothbay Botanical Gardens which has a fun hands-on section for kids, rode the steam train and visited the vehicle museum at the Boothbay Railway Village, and flew kites, tossed frisbees and played on the playground at a nearby park. We also spent a lot of time climbing over the rocks and exploring tidal pools. On our last evening, we watched a beautiful sunset over the ocean. This was an absolutely delightful place to stay and we highly recommend it for a get-together of family or friends!
We have spent the last 14 years coming to the Boothbay Harbor area in the fall, and we especially love Ocean Point. This home was very clean, comfortable and a lovely place to stay for this year's visit. We enjoyed the vast collection of books and the updated amenities this house provided. The owners were very accomodating and we would stay there again.
Three girlfriends and I rented this charming house for a week. We hit a rainy patch but this cozy home kept us comfortable and entertained. Charming house, good view, not far from the general store and Boothbay. Another bathroom would always be nice with a house filled with women but that is really my only suggestion. I would go back anytime. P.S. Great owner to deal with!
We had a lovely time at this cozy cottage. Between walks along the rocky shoreline, the adults spent many hours just sitting on the porch and taking in the view. The kids loved the playground and ball field nearby. A special treat was the return of the Ocean Point General Store just down the street. Fantastic lobster rolls made to order and ice cream were a quick walk away.
Everything was ready when we arrived and everything was provided as promised, and more
This is an overdue review to comment on what a wonderful stay we had in Ocean Point last summer. I loved all the little details placed around the house. The porch was a great place to sit and watch the waves crash at the end of an active day and the back room was nice for curling up and watching a movie with the whole family. We all found the house to be very clean and the beds to be very comfortable with nice sheets. It is clear that the house has been updated while still maintaining a cozy cottage feel.The owners were very nice about recommending places to see and restaurants in the area. If I had a summer cottage I would want it to be just like this one, which is part of what made it such a comfortable place. This was one of the best family vacations we have ever had and we cannot wait to return to this cottage again next summer to make new memories.
Ocean Point is truly a Maine coastal gem. Offering something for everyone, visitors can relax and watch the wave's crash against the rocks or head out for a day of endless coastal activities. Fishing, Tennis, swimming, biking and hiking are some of the local activities within walking distance from the house. visitors will enjoy exploring Boothbay Harbor for its great local restaurants, boutiques, gift shops, botanical gardens, and numerous waterfront activities including sailing trips, bay and deep sea fishing, whale watching, boat rentals, kayaking, island adventures and lobster bakes just to name a few!
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Madrid are understood to be ready to pay £20 million to land the Holland international.
They have also drawn up a salary package, including image rights, which the Dutchman would accept, but Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho insists he wants the winger to remain at Stamford Bridge.
Schuster said: "It could be expensive. It is necessary to go slowly. We need to be prepared to make signings until the final day of the window.
"I would be much happier if they were here. The signing of Robben is very important for us."


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Four more Klimts up for auction after record sale
By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) – A Jewish woman who went to court to win
back five Gustav Klimt paintings taken from her ancestors by
the Nazis will sell the remaining works from her collection
after the first fetched a record $135 million.
U.S.-based Maria Altmann, 90-year-old niece of the
Bloch-Bauers who originally owned them, had decided to part
with the works, which had a combined value estimated at between
$100 million and $150 million, Christie's auctioneers said on
The collection hit the headlines in June when it was
reported that Klimt's golden 1907 portrait of Altmann's aunt
Adele Bloch-Bauer had been bought by cosmetics magnate Ronald
S. Lauder for $135 million, the highest price ever paid for a
The portrait is considered one of the Austrian artist's
masterpieces and was the most valuable of the five paintings
owned by Altmann, experts say.
The remaining four were painted between 1903 and 1916, and
include another portrait from 1912 of Adele Bloch-Bauer, who
art experts have long speculated was Klimt's lover.
The later portrait signals the artist's move away from his
"golden period" that also included "The Kiss," arguably his
most famous painting.
The other three works that will go on sale are "Houses in
Unterach on Lake Atter" (1916), "Apple Tree I" (1911 or 1912)
and "Birch Forest" (1903).
A spokeswoman for Christie's in London said the four
remaining paintings would probably be sold privately, as
opposed to at an open auction.
Bloch-Bauer indicated in her will that Klimt's paintings
should be donated to the Austrian State Gallery.
However, after her death in 1925, her widowed and childless
husband was forced to flee Austria when the Nazis took over.
His property, including the Klimts, was confiscated in 1938 and
the paintings ended up in Vienna's Austrian Gallery Belvedere.
Altmann and other Bloch-Bauer heirs began their battle to
reclaim the works in 1998, first in Austria and then in the
United States, where the Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that
Altmann could sue the Austrian government.
Austrian authorities agreed in January to return all five
The sale of the Klimts is at least the third high-profile
restitution case in the art world in recent months.
In June, a painting by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele,
seized by the Nazis during World War Two, fetched nearly $22
million at an auction in London.
A painting by German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
returned to the heirs of its Jewish owners by a German museum
last month will go on sale at Christie's in New York on
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The following are previews of this week's San Juan Capistrano-area high school football games.
Simply put, it's do-or-die for Capistrano Valley's football team Friday as it takes on San Juan Hills.
The Cougars, who defeated San Juan Hills, 24-7, last season, in which they claimed a league co-championship, enter Friday's game trailing San Juan Hills and Dana Hills by one game with two remaining.
"I think, for a playoff berth, we are going to need to win out," Cougars coach Ernie Bucher said. "There's a possibility for a wild card if we don't, but that's not a guarantee. We need to win, and the kids are well aware of it."
For the Stallions, the pivotal Sea View League game represents an opportunity to control their own destiny in vying for the league title in next week's finale.
Should the Stallions and Dolphins both win Friday, it will set up a showdown between the two league unbeatens for the crown on Nov. 8. A Stallions win plus a Dolphins loss this week clinches at least a share of the title for San Juan Hills.
"We're playing another good football team and it's going to be a good game," San Juan Hills coach Aaron Flowers said. "I'm happy for our kids that they have put themselves in a position to play a meaningful game against a good football team; that's all we can ask for. It's what high school football should be and we want to test ourselves."
Last week, Capistrano Valley tallied 16 unanswered points in the second half to escape with a 23-17 triumph over Laguna Hills.
San Juan Hills, ranked No. 25 in Orange County, is coming off a 46-6 demolition of Aliso Niguel in which Jacob Gibson passed for five touchdowns and the defense allowed just three offensive plays of double-digit yardage.
"I felt like we were more consistent on both sides of the ball last week, so that is a positive thing," Flowers said. "But there is plenty of stuff that we have to clean up."
Gibson has been precise and efficient this season (119-of-168 passing for 1,610 yards and 20 touchdowns to just one interception) and Friday may have been his best effort to date. He completed 14 of 18 attempts for 314 yards and forged a potent connection with Matt Mucerino, who caught seven balls for 198 yards and four touchdowns.
Balance has been a key to the Stallions' success, as running backs Brad Kremer (652 yards) and Mike Miscione (609 yards) force teams to play the run, as well.
"They throw about 20 different formations at you; there's only so much in a week's time that we can prepare the kids for," the Cougars' Bucher said. "It makes it difficult to defend them. If you're not aligned correctly on defense, they will hurt you."
Bucher hopes his defense can step it up like it did Friday, when it held Laguna Hills scoreless in the final 24 minutes.
Capistrano Valley's offense is also potent and diverse, while averaging 30.7 points per game. With starting running back William Biehn out since Week 3 with a broken leg, the Cougars have turned to Jordan Bocko (338 yards, five touchdowns) and quarterback Matt Gordon (334 yards, three touchdowns).


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What do French toast with dulce de leche and Hawaiian poke have in common? They're both on the brunch menu at this French-Japanese fusion spot, where you'll also find house-made pastries, Sunday dim-sum specials, and one incredibly decadent croque-madame sandwich.
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Established since 2011, Laser Lipo London has a small team of Strawberry Laser Lipo technicians that offer a discreet home service to clients in the comfort of their own home.
Our technicians are fully trained, insured and have the knowledge to advise clients on healthy eating and exercise which incorporated with this treatment will hugely benefit the dramatic inch loss.
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Leo Mancini, the effervescent Sunningdale hairdresser and make-up specialist has taken her business onto another level. Now, trading as Leo Mancini BeauhoBoutique, she has been joined in her venture by Jayne Gatrell, another familiar face in Sunningdale for her involvement in the fashion sector.
Leo's Salon on Silwood Road (close to Sunningdale Park the De Vere venue and former Civil Service College), has been a favourite destination for hair extensions, hair styling, colouring and creative hair-ups for 20 years and now Leo and Jayne have together re-modelled the salon to incorporate a range of sublime summer clothes - perfect for this lovely balmy weather.
The interior accommodates both the salon and fashion elements comfortably, using the available space more effectively.
Jane's knowledge of the fashion world has enabled her to put together a fabulous range of pure silk, cotton and floaty pieces at jaw-droppingly modest prices. I defy any self respecting fashionista to leave the premises without one item. The exclusively sourced, extremely competitively priced items are the kind of clothes which immediately become wardrobe essentials.
To accessorise, Jane and Leo have selcted Butterfly jewellery, bang-on-trend, the range is a local exclusive.
While I was in the shop, ladies were popping in frequently, for hair styling and to see the new clothing collection.
Leo said: "I think that while the refurbishment was in progress some people thought the salon had closed. Not at all, we are absolutely in business. Jayne and make a very good team and we have an excellent working relationship."
Jayne said: "This is a lovely environment for us and we hope our customers, existing and new, will agree that what we have here is rather special. Certainly we are excited about all the changes and the feedback we have got so far has been very positive. There really is only one way to find out what has been going on here - and that is to come and see for yourself. We know you will like what you find."
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Recovering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is planning to "climb a mountain."
Giffords' husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, told the Arizona Republic on Sunday that his wife is slowly improving, as he sees progress "every few days."
PHOTOS: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords With Her Family
Giffords' doctors reported she's walking a bit. Her speech is gradually progressing, as she's up to giving one-word answers or short, declarative statements, the paper reported.
She's primarily relying on her left side, though she's regained some use of her right arm and leg (which were damaged after she was shot in the left side of her brain).
PHOTOS: Gabrielle Giffords With Her Husband & Friends
She's expected to be present for the launch of her husband's shuttle Endeavour on Friday afternoon in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Arizona Democrat, 40, was shot January 8 allegedly by Jared Loughner in a Tucson rampage that left six people dead.
The victims of the January 8 desert massacre were U.S. District Judge John Roll, 63; 9/11 baby Christina Taylor Green, 9; Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman, 30; Dorothy Morris, 76; Dorwin Stoddard, 76; and Phyllis Schneck, 79. Thirteen others were injured.
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Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 / Sawallisch - Philadelphia Orchestra
1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-04-24Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
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2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Autumn (The Four Seasons); Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Piano and Strings no 7 in B flat, Op. 97 "Archduke"; Concerto...
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Frankl, Peter; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Wolinsky, Robert
Conductors: Chung, Kyung-Wha; ; Tennstedt, Klaus; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Chung Trio; City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; St Luke's Chamber Ensemble; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Dvorák: Cello Concerto, Symphony no 7 / Gutman, et al
1 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-02-15Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141; Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191
Performers: Gutman, Natalia
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
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Dvorak: Symphonies no 8 & 9 / Sawallisch, Philadelphia
1 CD / Warner Classics / 1999-04-20Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
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Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Mendelssohn, Dvorák
1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-05-16Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11/B 39
Performers: Stern, Isaac [Violin]
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Hoosiers Fall to #33 Gophers
April 3, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Indiana falls to 3-2 in the Big Ten after a 6-1 loss at Minnesota. The match was the first Big Ten road test for the young team. The lone Hoosier win came from freshman Will Kendall.
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President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Census Medals for extraordinary performance at a function in Vigyan Bhavan here on Friday.
The President congratulated all the Census Medal winners and said informed decision-making has to be based on empirical data and census is the only source of data that provides information on various individual characteristics right up to the village level for rural areas and the ward level for urban areas.
The President said census in India was a very challenging task in view of its multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-cultural society.
Ever since the first Census of India after Independence, it has been the tradition with the Census Organisation to award silver and bronze medals and certificates of honour from the President to various census functionaries, including enumerators, supervisors, charge officers in recognition of their work.


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Celebrate Christmas with an outdoor living nativity of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ at Calvary Assembly of God. This is an engaging and merry presentation which includes actors, animals, music, and choreography. There is also indoor seating available. Walk into the Bethlehem Village which has crafts and activities for kids. Refreshments will be available for everyone. Performances are Saturday, December 15th at Calvary Assembly of God located at 8200 W. Blue Mound Rd. in Wauwatosa. Show times are 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, and 8:00. For more details go to www.calvarymilwaukee.com or call 414-475-1234.
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