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Grilles are so 20th century.
As we speculated last week, Tesla has put a new face on its Model S, doing away with the faux grille designed to trick people into thinking there was something combusting under the hood.
The new front end is a corporate amalgam of the both the recently unveiled Model 3 sedan and Model X SUV. Tesla apparently thinks that society has progressed enough to accept the disappearance of an air-sucking mouth at the front of a car.

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Check out this bizarre accident in Taiwan where a lady riding through a red light gets hit and walks away apparently uninjured. Fastest dismount I've ever seen...
Check out this bizarre accident in Taiwan where a lady riding through a red light gets hit and walks away apparently uninjured. Fastest dismount I've ever seen...
That wasn't luck, that was pure, calm badassery. She was off the bike before the car made contact!
She surely has quick reflexes and sang froid!
Was the light red for the oncoming driver? Who was in the wrong here?
Papa Tom
"I just need a rest...and by 'rest' I mean a really long bicycle ride."
Wow. She needs to give lessons, that could come in handy.
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Well played miss, well played...
This type of things must happen regularly there. Cat-like reflexes, and so calm and cool.
This looks to me like jerking a tablecloth out from under a set of dishes. The bike was yanked out from under her and she happened to come out standing up. She must have had her left pedal/foot up and right one down so when the bike was hit she just stayed put.
And even after taking that hit, the bike appears to be fine.
She was texting.
omg I was riding along and now I'm walking wtf gtg
Haha - we're laughing together, I hope.
It had a low step frame.......... easy on/off.
- Andy
I can't wait for the next pint of good chocolate milk after a long ride.
I had a lucky get-off years ago. Had a backpack full of groceries and cut down a side street that was cobblestone with old trolly tracks. Tried to cross the tracks to get to the smoother center,wasn't at enough of an angle,and the bike went out from under me. No idea how I did it,but I came off the bike(standard frame),grabbed the left bar-end with my right hand,and just stumbled forward a few feet and stopped. I was just suddenly standing next to the bike holding it by the handlebar. Would love to have seen video of how I managed that.
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Is this even legit? I could see it better if there were more frames per second, but I can't see the amazing move in the video.
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She is lucky she wasn't clipped in...That's one good reason not to use clipless pedals when commuting, faster dismount.
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Anyone know how to make YouTube show that frame by frame?
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I don't know if that was a skilled dismount or the bicycle version of the pulling the tablecloth out from under trick. I suspect some of both, but mostly the latter. The bike hit the bike forward of her, and spun it out from under her, which was only possible because of the very open frame design.
Anyway, the best part was how blase everybody was, including the cabbie who calmly got out to check if any debris might have dinged the cab. Yawn!, car hits bike, lady hops off, so what else is new, ho hum, time to move on.
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Orbcomm Awarded Contract to Provide AIS Data to EMSA
[Satellite TODAY 06-25-12] Orbcomm has agreed to a multi-year framework contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to provide satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data, the company announced June 22.
The framework contract covers up to 500,000 euros ($625,000) for the first year, with options for an additional two years at a cost yet to be determined. Orbcomm reached the deal through its partner, LuxSpace Sarl, an affiliate of OHB System.
EMSA will use the AIS data for ship tracking and other maritime navigational and safety efforts in designated regions and for specific maritime projects.
Orbcomm also announced it is actively participating in a number of other AIS demonstrations and tests, including a Naval exercise conducted by 22 Pacific Rim nations in the Pacific Ocean starting at the end of June. The 18 additional AIS-enabled satellites that will complete Orbcomm's next generation constellation are scheduled to begin launching later this year.


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All the products consumers use on a daily basis need to be disposed of correctly to prevent it from ending up on a municipal landfill area. So says Dr Suzan Oelofse, president of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA).
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She's rightly proud of her efforts to slim down so when Jessica Simpson slipped into a swimsuit for Memorial Day yesterday (May 26) she made sure to get a photograph.
The "With You" singer posted the stunning shot to her Instagram account along with the message, "If I'm in a bathing suit I should pose proudly."
She's getting ready to walk down the aisle and say "I Do," but in the meantime Jessica Simpson is basking in her engaged glory and celebrating her anniversary with fiance Eric Johnson.
On Wednesday (May 21), the 33-year-old posted a darling photo with her beau, adding the caption, "Happy 4yr anniversary, baby!! I am so honored to be the mother of your babies and loved by you every moment."
She began as a pop music singer and after breaking into acting, Jessica Simpson realized she has quite a knack for designing and marketing everything from clothes to shoes to fragrance and accessories.
On Monday morning (May 19) the "With You" songstress appeared on the "Today" show to discuss her experience with building her brand.
They can't go anywhere without attracting a crowd, Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson received a warm welcome as they returned to SoCal via LAX International Airport on Sunday (May 4).
The 33-year-old entertainer and her handsome fiancé were in good spirits as they scurried out of the terminal, having flown back from Washington DC where they attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner the previous evening.
Bringing together the best and brightest in the business, the 2014 White House Correspondents' Dinner kicked off in Washington, D.C. earlier this evening (May 3).
They've never been shy about publicly declaring their affection for one another and Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson posed for a frisky selfie this past Tuesday (April 29).
The "With You" songstress posted the photo to Instagram, featuring the two lovebirds sticking their tongues out towards each other in a pre-make-out moment.
Making the most of a lazy day, Jessica Simpson snapped some photos of her family enjoying their beach outing on Tuesday (April 15).
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Showing off their philanthropic side, Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson were the center of attention as they arrived at the Annual Stuart House Benefit hosted by John Varvatos yesterday (April 13).
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"Drop Some Bombs!" Top 5 Page for this destination Korean Customs Tip by jburron
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For Koreans nothing is enough unless it's done to excess. So why should drinking be any different. It seems to test each other's fortitude Koreans (men, usually, but you'd be surprised!) like to down what's called a 폭탄주/pok-tan-joo (pok-tan is bomb, joo means liquor).
Basically, it's a glass of beer with what we'd call a depth-charge dropped in it of whisky or soju. Let me tell you that 4-8 of these and not many would be standing--especially since this is not the only drinking you'd be doing all night. Koreans usually have 3-4 kinds of alcohol (beer, soju, whisky, mixed drinks, maybe wine) in an evening...all in rather copious quantities.
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Directions: Any bar or restaurant that serves beer and either whiskey or soju (in other words, ANY PLACE IN KOREA).
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This March, Canadian employers are travelling from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and British Columbia, to meet skilled people that want to begin their next adventure, by moving across the Atlantic.
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OK Im back home. I have hundreds of photos but as they are mainly on my camera- not too many related to me going up Ventoux.
Travelled down from Calais in one hit- about 650 miles and arrived in the area where you would pull off the Motorway and turn East for Ventoux at the same time as the Mechanics vans were arriving for the Dauphin Libere Race that was going up Ventoux that day. Think I got the complete set of teams on sightings and with the Bike strapped on the back of the car- Got a lot of Responses from the team trucks as I passed them. Eventually We got into the region of my Camp site that was 30 miles west and realised that I was going to have some good training for the ride up the hill. Lots of Rivers running very low down between the High peaks and with the roads at the bottom following the Course of the river. Next Morning and I was out checking the bike out to see if it would go up hills. Luckily it could as all the roads- unless you went along the valley- went upwards at about 8% for around 6 kms. That first ride was on Friday morning and I found a nice little route to a café in Lussan that was about 11 miles away and had 1500 ft of climbing. All the climbing came at 8% then a corresponding downhill so there was probably about 5 or 6 miles of climbing stiffly on each leg out. The area itself is not that well visited and the roads over the hills had diabolical surfaces on them. Down in the valley though were perfectly smooth well made roads and they were FLAT. Possibly a couple of rises in them to get over a bridge over the river but they were like a billiard Table. The hill roads thoughForget about them. More like Tar and grit thrown over Farm Tracks. At least I could get a back massage with the vibration- and that was going up hill. On my trip over to Lussan though there was one bit of road that seemed to climb more than it looked. It felt like a 15% but it wasnt. The tar and stone were so deep it was like riding in pudding. Only found out when I came downhill later and had to pedal hard to get to 10 mph. Mind you- the town of Lussan was well worth getting out to- Even if they did overcharge for the Drinks.
This first ride was done in around 85 deg F and I had made the mistake of only taking one bottle with me- hence the having to find a Café in the town- and the pic of the Bike at the café back at the campsite- with the Amstell glass there aswell. Lussan is a town set up on a hill, and I have a pic attached of it. Only thing is that between the bike and Lussan- the road drops about 300 ft and the climb up to the town is about 400 ft. The bulk of the climb being in the last 1 km so I had found a slope of the severity that all of Ventoux would be- Even if it was a lot shorter.
So that was the first ride over with. Not too exerting and to be honest- I was not going to be happy on going up Ventoux. These were not the length of the uphills I would find on the Mountain- and were not the severity either. I had to find some way of pushing myself harder and luckily met a cyclist on site that had been there a week or so. He put me onto a steeper hill but still not a long one. That afternoon I decided to go out in the heat and try his steeper hill. Temp of just under 100 and a 10% for about 5 kms. Must be a difference in the Humidity or something because the heat did not affect me. As to the hill- decided to try it in middle ring- just to see if I could hack it. Boy was that hard. Legs were just about to give out and the top of the hill came. At least the lungs were OK so quite happy to go to Ventoux with a hardish ride behind me. All I had to do now was get some food inside me to build myself up so The evening meal was a selection of my favourite French Bar-B-Que. sausage- Merguez. That along with plenty of Salad and chips would just about set me up on the carb front. Then there was the pre- hydration and I can assure you that with me being in my most favourite wine producing region- that was well taken care off.
This is getting a bit too long so I'll write about my Trip up the hill later- When I might have some better photos.


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Oxygenating Dry Skin Cream is a richer version of the Oxygenating Combination Skin Cream, and better for very dry skin. Otherwise, the same review applies.
Replenish and nourish your skin with this triphase, homogenized cream. Velvety-rich in texture, Oxygenating Dry Skin Cream with antioxidants UV protection, revitalizes your skin and improves cellular function. Time-proven Epaline, Royal Jelly, Revitalin and Vitamin C, unite to combat free radicals, hydrate and repair fine lines.
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Pevonia is a spa/salon line of skin-care products that has been around since 1991 and, like countless other spa lines, speaks of its unification of natural ingredients with advanced scientific technology. Its vast range of products showcases all manner of gimmicky ingredients, including caviar, numerous essential oils, marine DNA, and products said to oxygenate skin. Many of their products make mention of being triphase and homogenized. Although that may make them sound special, those terms are common to cosmetics chemists involved in mixing various ingredients. For example, many moisturizers (and emulsions in general) have multiple phases as they are being manufactured. One phase gets a certain blend of ingredients, those are mixed, and then the next phase is added. Hardly anything to brag about.
You may hear aestheticians selling Pevonia products speak of the outstanding results the products provide, all due to the company's fastidious selection of holistic, natural ingredients. It can be a spellbinding speech, but the reality is that many of the natural ingredients Pevonia uses (including lemon oil and arnica) are documented problems for skin, and many synthetic ingredients are included and some are also problematic. Sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate and methylisothiazolinone aren't the least bit natural, and their inclusion in these products is further proof that Pevonia's self-proclaimed title of skin-care leaders in the spa industry is on par with McDonald's spearheading vegetarianism. Of course, the overall message is to not let yourself get caught up in any cosmetic company's grandstanding until you have examined the proof behind the proclamations.
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fairly dependable and gets me where I'm
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starting up
I bought my Ford Tempo new in 1990.
Over the years all it took was a new
muffler. It is excellent on gas and is
built tough. I have been i a few
fenderbenders over the years but it has
always stood up. I drove the car up to
last year when the transmission went. I
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Han Ji Min Of "Rooftop Prince" Wins The Best Actress In Korea Drama Awards
In a romantic fantasy "Rooftop Prince" of SBS, Han Jimin played the main character Bakha, as the drama tells a story of a prince Lee Gak who loses his wife, transcending 300 years in time. She received much love from the viewers by showing her acting skills.
She received the honor of the award, from competing with Soo Ae of "Promise of 1,000 Days", Kim Hyun Joo of "Foolish Mother", Shin Se Kyung of "Fashion King", and Jung Ryeo Won of "Chohanji".
This award ceremony last for 2 hours with Jun Hyunmoo KBS announcer and Eunjung of girl-group Jewelry. Lynn and A Pink performed on stage to congratulate the recipients.


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Just a concept for relax end of day. Pts+ wacom= a few hours..
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Adaptive nano armor for mech. This is very cool!
Is it really nano armor ? I don't think so, or not all the armor. The thing I like the most is the two ships on the background
Wow, I love the design and composition!
Hahahahah "concept for relax end of day"
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Hahahahah "concept for relax end of day"
For me, this would be a work of months...
I really like the application of the textures here.
great!I like so much the colors and the subject! Did you used a texture for the 'honey comb' (I don't know if this is the right word..) on the armor?
I made it with a simple tool in PTS, make a shape by tool, copy,paste and ....^^
Fantastic piece!
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Windom native and University of Minnesota grad Maria Schneider is oft regarded as one of the finest composers, arrangers, and conductors in contemporary music. Working in big-band jazz and the nexus where jazz, classical, and avant-garde connect, Schneider won two Grammys for the 2004 album Concert in the Garden and her composition "Cerulean Skies," and received commissions and invitations to be a guest conductor from dozens of organizations across the globe. For nearly two decades she has led her own orchestra, and paints with sound, exploring a rich palette of tonal colors in compositions that are sophisticated, vividly detailed, and loaded with arresting imagery while exploiting the strengths of her talented musicians. (Photo by Dani Gurgel)
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The apartment as described is very spacious so we were happy with that. The location was really good - not too far to walk from the city shops. Excellent amenities surrounding as they are restaurants and supermarket very close to the apartment. The view was super and the apartment itself was well equipped and most of it modern.
The one comment I would make is that the curtains let light through in both bedrooms so that was the only negative. So curtains need to be changed in bedrooms.
As a host Kata was really responsive which was excellent and gave lots of information pre-arrival which we were grateful for. We had no trouble getting into the apartment or checking out everything worked well.So I would say that Kata was a good host..
We loved our stay here! The apartment was huge and well equipped, even more than we expected, pictures can't do it justice. Location was great, just a 10 minute walk to the shopping area and less to the river. Fantastic views of the Parliament building. Some nice restaurants on the same street, we tried the Italian and it was great. Kata was also easy to contact and very accomodating with being able to leave bags there on our day of departure. Highly recommended and would book again if I return to Budapest
A great apartment in the middle of the city. We liked the balcony with the wonderful view to the Parliament. It's an old flat with some missings, but very central. 3 good restaurants in the building.
Huge, well furnished/equipped apartment in a great location. But our 2 night stay was not up to expectations...
We had no heat the first evening so we texted Kata to let her know, but it was as if she didn't really believe us. It took several more text messages until the problem was resolved the next afternoon.
This is a two bedroom apartment, but only one bed had been made up for us. We looked for additional sheets to make up the second bed, but didn't find any. We improvised with bedspreads, etc.
We couldn't get the TV to work and weren't able to find any instructions.
The shower curtain should have been replaced 6 months ago.
We know Budapest for years as the godfather of our youngest is living there, we are a family of 5. The appartment is eventough the best location we ever stayed: near the parlement, magnificent view from the balcony, appartment with the atmosphere of the 19th century but all comfort and equipment is provided, quiet neighbourhood and 2 minutes walk from tram/metro/bus. Also Kata as a host is communicative and flexibel.
My family and I give thanks to Kata for a great stay in her big charming flat with marvelous view. A very good Italian pizza-restaurant close to the flat, also a Mexican restaurant Iguano in the neighborhood. Both with very good food. Only the weather was a bit windy with rainfall. But that was not her fault ;-).
We did not meet Kata, but had good communication by e-post. She is very helpful and gave us very good information for our stay.
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Very nice apartment and great location. Good conections. We are certainly coming back next year.
Mooi appartement centraal gelegen in Budapest. Ruime woonkamer en ruime slaapkamers. Verrassend goed balkon, supermarkt ad overkant van de straat. Restaurants beneden het appartement, tram halte op 100 meter.
Lejligheden ligger helt perfekt i centrum af Budapest (Pest siden) i en rolig gade og med tre restauranter lige uden for indgangen. Det er en dejlig stor lejlighed med fantastisk udsigt fra balkonen og med elevator, som kan være en fordel, da lejligheden ligger på 4. sal. Der er pænt og rent, men mangler desværre lidt finish før den fremstår helt perfekt. Men det er i småtingsafdelingen og har ikke indflydelse på, om man befinder sig godt i lejligheden. Jeg vil afgjort anbefale den.
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Yzerman: 'I think the best thing for this team is Jonathan Drouin being on it'
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Talk about a whirlwind season for Jonathan Drouin.
The talented forward, and third overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, went from the center of a well documented controversy for a public trade request to a pivotal component for the Tampa Bay Lightning in its playoff quest that fell just short of a Stanley Cup Final berth after a Game 7 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Final.
The 21-year-old Drouin, recalled from the AHL when Steven Stamkos was taken out of the lineup with a blood clot, scored five goals and 14 points in 17 playoff games. And, based on the comments of general manager Steve Yzerman to reporters, he'll be a regular on this team when the 2016-17 season begins in the fall.
Drouin has one more year remaining on his entry-level contract before he's a restricted free agent, as per General Fanager.
Funny how some things can change.
The Drouin trade request was one of the more contentious — not to mention ongoing — storylines this season. But it could be that both sides have since resolved their differences.
"I definitely want to be here," said Drouin, as per the Tampa Bay Times. "I love the way this ended, I guess with this different and weird year. But the way this finished and it's definitely somewhere I want to play."
In this case, the best deal was the one Yzerman never made. Even as speculation and reports and rumor circulated the situation for weeks leading up to the trade deadline.
"He makes us a better team. Simple as that," Yzerman told reporters. "He can do things — a talented young player that's only going to get better.
"I think the best thing for this team is Jonathan Drouin being on it."
Penguins enter Stanley Cup Final as favorites over Sharks: online bookmaker
The Pittsburgh Penguins, led by the likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, were last in the Stanley Cup Final in 2009, when they hoisted hockey's silver chalice.
The San Jose Sharks are in uncharted waters, having never been here before, and that includes Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau, both veterans of more than 1,000 regular season games played.
Perhaps that's why the Penguins, one of the marquee NHL teams given their generational super star Crosby, are -135 favorites to win the Stanley Cup, according to online bookmaker Bovada on Friday. The Sharks were listed as +115 underdogs.
The Penguins, a force in the NHL since a coaching change in mid-December, became the betting favorites to win it all following their series win over Alex Ovechkin and the rival Washington Capitals in the second round.
Game 1 of the final goes Monday in Pittsburgh, where the Penguins will start with home ice advantage.
So far in these playoffs, the Penguins have gone 7-3 at Consol Energy Center. The Sharks are 5-4 on the road, where they actually started 3-0 following the first round against the L.A. Kings.
Right now, the Sharks possess the top three point producers in these playoffs in Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski (the leading goal scorer with 13) and Brent Burns, while Phil Kessel — as part of that dynamic HBK Line — is fifth in the league and leads the Penguins with 18 points in 18 games.
'Two legends' Thornton and Marleau prepare for first Stanley Cup Final
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau have been linked ever since they went one-two in the 1997 NHL draft to Boston and San Jose.
They became teammates with the Sharks more than a decade ago, won a gold medal for Canada at the 2010 Olympics and each had their captaincies stripped as they became the faces of so many postseason failures in San Jose.
Now at age 36 and after more than 3,000 combined games, 949 goals and 2,610 career points in the regular and postseason, Thornton and Marleau have the opportunity to add the only thing missing on their impressive career resumes if they can win the Stanley Cup.
"It's just the next step for us," Thornton said Friday. "We've been doing a really good job of staying day to day, shift to shift. This is just another challenge we're hoping to come out on top on."
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The two will take the ice in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in their careers on Monday night in Pittsburgh, ending a long journey that included many disappointments and criticism that was often undeserved.
"It's two legends," teammate Brent Burns said. "I've said it before. Those two are some of the best players to ever play the game. It's huge to get them here. They've done pretty much everything else. They sometimes take a bad rap in the media, which is unnecessary. Anybody that's played with them sees the way that they work and what kind of teammates they are, what kind of people they are. They're two of the best."
They just haven't always been considered that way because of the lack of playoff success that was at times as much a reflection on the lack of help they got as it was on any deficiencies in their games.
But both also had times when they failed to raise their game at the biggest points of the season. Thornton went pointless during a seven-game series loss to Montreal in his final playoffs in Boston in 2004 while he played with torn rib cartilage. Thornton also posted a -11 rating in the 2010 playoffs in San Jose when the Sharks got swept by Chicago in the Western Conference final.
Marleau struggled in the 2007-09 playoffs when San Jose got knocked out twice in the second round and then lost as the top seed in the first round to Anaheim in 2009. That led to the Sharks demoting him from captain.
The two have had plenty of playoff success along the way as well, but it has been the failures that colored people's perceptions of them, none more than blowing a 3-0 series lead to Los Angeles in 2014 in a collapse that ultimately led to Thornton being stripped of the captaincy.
"We've been through a lot here," teammate Logan Couture said. "I've only been here seven years but those guys have been here longer than I have and they deserve this. They've been through a lot, Patty especially."
Marleau played 165 playoff games before reaching his first final, the most of any player. He lost his first three trips to the conference final and needed 16 trips to the playoffs to reach the final round.
Thornton was next on that list with 150 games, including two conference final losses before making it to the Cup in his 15th postseason.
The fact they will be there in Sharks uniforms only makes it more special. There was talk they could be traded the summer after the 2014 playoff collapse, Thornton had a public feud with general manager Doug Wilson last season and there were reports that Marleau was seeking a trade earlier this season.
Nothing ever materialized and the two are still in San Jose to the delight of all sides. Thornton is playing perhaps the best two-way hockey of his career, posting three goals and 15 assists through the first three rounds and dominating possession against the other team's top players.
After spending much of the year as a third-line center, Marleau moved back to his more familiar spot of a second-line wing alongside Couture. He has four goals and eight assists so far, including two helpers in the third period of the conference final clincher against St. Louis.
"We're just enjoying the ride right now," Marleau said. "We've had some really good teams over the years. This team is a little bit different. The confidence we've built over the regular season and now in the playoffs, I think winning on the road helped us get close as a group during the regular season. It carried over into the playoffs so far. Just having each other's back out there, working for each other."
Stamkos: 'If both sides want it to work out, we'll work something out'
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When it comes to Steven Stamkos, the drama that unfolded in the minutes prior to the official lineup being announced for Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final may not compare to the off-season ahead.
Stamkos is a pending unrestricted free agent, at the end of his five-year, $37.5 million contract. His contract status has provided months of fodder, speculation and excitement about where he could go this summer.
At the age of 26, and one of the most prolific scorers in the league with 312 career goals and 36 this past season, an NHL team is going to have to doll out huge amounts of cash to land the talented forward — the most prized free agent in the past four years — if he decides not to re-sign with the Tampa Bay Lightning and instead tests the open market.
But he's also coming off a post-season in which he played only once after undergoing vascular surgery due to a blood clot. His health situation was publicly revealed at the beginning of April.
The challenge for the Lightning — having made it to the Stanley Cup Final in 2015 and one win shy of the same feat this year — and general manager Steve Yzerman goes beyond trying to reach a deal with Stamkos, though that could be a pricey endeavor as well.
There are numerous players on the Bolts roster that will need new contracts this summer or next. The list includes Victor Hedman, Ben Bishop, Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson, Alex Killorn and Jonathan Drouin. And they'll likely all be asking for raises, too.
Especially the 22-year-old Kucherov, who made $711,666 this season, is a restricted free agent this summer as per General Fanager, and had 11 goals and 19 points in 17 post-season games.
Just the realities of the salary cap, with a team loaded with talented players.
"It's tough to build teams, it's tough to keep teams together," said Stamkos, as per the Tampa Bay Times. "Especially when you have so many great young players that are on entry level deals who are going to get a raise. There's some tough decisions to be made, not only for this organization but for a lot of other organizations.
"I'm sure if both sides want it to work out, we'll work something out."


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Kyle Guessford, 22, was in his room at the apartment he shares with Austin Brunson, 22, looking over some new accessories he had just purchased for his pistol.
Guessford left his room with the gun and walked into the living room and attempted to turn on the mounted flashlight attached to the gun.
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- Tue 3 Nov 2015 - Orchid Mounting Workshop, Bob Bookbinder, 7:30 PM
- Tue 1 Dec 2015 - Annual Holiday Dinner, 7:30 PM
- Tue 5 Jan 2016 - Orchid Culture Success with Superthrive, John Rogan, 7:30 PM
- Tue 2 Feb 2016 - Monthly Meeting, 7:30 PM
- Tue 1 Mar 2016 - Monthly Meeting, 7:30 PM
- Tue 5 Apr 2016 - Monthly Meeting, 7:30 PM
- Tue 3 May 2016 - Annual Plant Auction, 7:30 PM
- Tue 7 Jun 2016 - Annual Awards Evening: Hoagie and Ice Cream Party and Show Table Points Results, 7:30 PM
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NEW YORK (AP) — Maalik Wayns scored 28 points, including two free throws with 22 seconds left in overtime, and Villanova beat St. John's 79-76 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
Wayns, who averaged 32 points in the Wildcats' last two games, made the two free throws to give Villanova a 79-76 lead. Sir'Dominic Pointer missed a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left that could have tied the game.
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Leonor Yolanda, 51, is married with three children. She works in her business baking cakes and snacks. She bakes them for different events like weddings, baptisms and birthdays. She also manufactures furniture slipcovers. She works form 8am until 6pm and has been in business seven years; she does very well. Her dream is to own a pastry shop. She's requesting the loan to buy ingredients like flour, butter, milk, sugar and eggs to make the cakes and snacks. She thanks those who share her dream by this means and commits to make her payments as scheduled.
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La socia es la Sra. Leonor Yolanda ella es casada y tiene 51 años y tiene 3 hijos; La socia trabaja en su negocio de elaboración de tortas y bocaditos, la socia elabora para diferentes eventos como matrimonios, bautizos y cumpleaños, la socia también confecciona forros para muebles, la socia trabaja desde las 8:00 a.m hasta las 6:00 p.m, la socia ya tiene 7 años en este negocio y le va muy bien, el sueño de la socia es tener un pastelería. La socia solicita el crédito para comprar insumos para preparar tortas y bocaditos como harina,mantequilla,leche,azucar y huevos.
La socia que esta pegada a la foto grupal se le tomo la foto despues de la reunion porque pidio permiso por motivos de trabajo.
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Last month's ruling at a meeting of the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges would allow individual colleges to declare their own financial emergencies. They will then have an easier time laying off faculty without having to adhere to some contracted job protections.
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Published: January 24, 1999
I HAD brushed away a thin black dust that kept settling on the pages of the novel I was reading at least three times before I took conscious note of it and began looking around for its source. I was baffled. There were few trees near the pool deck where I was sitting; there was no construction under way. Just row upon row of splendidly lush hills, rising to the snub-nosed peaks of some of Guatemala's trademark volcanoes.
Volcanoes? Could it be? I wiped off another layer of ashy grime and, in my mangled Spanish, asked one of the hotel workers.
''Pacaya,'' he said with a naughty smile. ''Boom.''
Pacaya was one of the volcanoes I could not see, the summit nearest to Guatemala City, some 30 miles away, and it had indeed gone boom. The eruption was modest -- no lava, no loss of lives -- but potent enough to scatter debris all the way to my hotel in the mountain town of Antigua. It temporarily closed the airport in Guatemala City and forced the cancellation of my return flight to New York, stranding me in Guatemala for 24 hours longer than I had planned to stay. And it underscored my entire experience of what is arguably Central America's most exotic country, a place that continually provided surprises -- by turns exhilarating and debilitating, awe-inspiring and crazy-making.
I chose it because it made perfect sense. My sister, Adelle, and I had only a week away in September, and we wanted to fly somewhere that did not require too much time in the air from New York, that was not besieged by other tourists, that provided a satisfying combination of history and natural splendor.
Guatemala fit the bill. The combined traveling time from New York to Miami, and then Miami to Guatemala City, was just under six hours. And in a relatively inexpensive, unhurried eight days -- nine with the unexpected eruption -- we managed to see the Maya temples in Tikal National Park near the Mexican border, the mountain-ringed idyll of Lake Atitlan, the bustling native market in the highland village of Chichicastenango and the colonial town of Antigua -- formally Antigua Guatemala -- with its narrow cobblestone streets and boutiques brimming with jade, religious ornaments and handmade textiles.
But we also learned that Guatemala is not easy, that tourists who head there need to pack an ample supply of patience before they depart. Rickety, sluggish trucks clog the two-lane, serpentine, generously named highways that connect various cities and villages; what should be a one-hour drive can easily expand into three, and road signs in some areas are obscure or nonexistent. The changeable weather makes it difficult to choose the right time or day to ascend a volcano or rent a boat.
Then there is the crime, or at least the fear of it. Although Guatemala is no longer plagued by the political instability of 5 or 10 years ago, it remains an impoverished country in which wealthy foreign tourists are conspicuous and, according to some travel guides and the State Department, ready prey. Tourists have been robbed, assaulted and, in the widely publicized case of five American college students traveling in a group from Maryland last year, raped.
MY experience and those of other tourists with whom I spoke suggested that this threat was overblown, but it nonetheless restricts and governs the movements of any cautious traveler. Although there were activities my sister and I would have liked to do by ourselves, we felt compelled by the advice of hotel employees and travel agents to hire guides.
On our first full day, we took, for about $200 each, a daylong trip to Tikal National Park that included round-trip air fare for the 45-minute flight from Guatemala City to the small northern city of Flores, transportation between the Flores airport and the park and a guide for exploration of the Maya ruins, scattered throughout a dense jungle inhabited by rare birds and spider monkeys. We saw our first monkey no more than a few yards down the footpath into the park.
The astonishingly intact ruins, mostly dating from around 700 A.D., are spread out over several square miles that also include some structures still being excavated, and they are a revelation, accessible to tourists in a way they would not be in a more developed country. The difference, I'm convinced, is liability. If these steeply graded stone temples, with jagged facades that resemble crude staircases, were situated in, say, the Arizona desert, they would undoubtedly be cordoned off. In Tikal, a visitor can climb to the top of each pyramidal structure, a hair-raising experience surpassed only by the trip back down.
Going in that direction, Adelle and I were forced to slither backward, bellies to stone, lest vertigo and utter panic overtake us. We felt like fools, until our guide assured us that more intrepid tourists had met ghastly fates. He said that one American teen-ager took a furious tumble and broke a dozen bones. A German tourist intent on videotaping his descent lost control of more than his camera and ended up in a coma.


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Defusing the Maternal Health Bomb
"The governments the world over must treat maternal health as they do with a defense force in readiness for war or a nuclear launch."
"The most potent weapon against the crisis of maternal death includes providing girls and women with access to an education and empowering information."
It was 11pm and the doctor still had not arrived at the maternity ward in Nairobi, Kenya. Seven women in early labor, three in active labor—all had fear in their eyes. Okeny-Lucia was one of only two midwives in the labor ward, and she was rushing from mother to mother.
"Oh Lord! Save me, save my baby!" More screams came from the furthest corner of the room. "Sister! Sister, oh! Oh! Aaagh!"
Okeny delivered a breech baby that night. Sadly, the baby never cried.
"I felt butterflies in my stomach, and a thin streak of sweat on my forehead," Okeny wrote on WorldPulse.com, an action media network where women are speaking out from 190+ countries.
"The mother raised her head and with a weak voice asked, 'Is my baby dead?' Tears were flowing from her eyes. I did not have an answer. The baby was lost due to the doctor's delay in reaching the facility."
While reading Okeny's gripping personal story, my heart stopped. But hers is just one of many accounts detailing the horrors expectant mothers face around the world. Every day, we hear from women who are facing the dire consequences of governments failing to prioritize maternal and reproductive rights.
We know that every year approximately 287,000 girls and women die from pregnancy-related causes. Every day, 1,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth. What's worse—90% of these deaths are preventable. From the US to Zambia, women are urgently transmitting stories from the center of this carnage. Their voices are like a bomb blast—hair-raising and brutal in their honesty. But they also contain solutions and innovations that can be shared across borders.
Locally, we hear that women health activists know well what is needed to improve their communities.
From her homeland of Uganda, Ikirimat rattles off a list of potential solutions.
"Skilled assistance during delivery," she writes. "Providing adolescents with appropriate, accessible, and affordable health services; increasing modern contraceptive use; upgrading health centers."
Women in the World Pulse community all seem to agree that upgrading health centers and providing women with access to clean, efficient, well-staffed hospitals is key to curbing maternal mortality rates across the globe.
"At the hospital, there was not a single doctor," writes Olutosin from Nigeria. "The room was crowded with women in various stages of delivery. We were forced to labor on benches, as there was only one bed. When the baby crowned at the birth canal, women would be transferred to the only available bed…. Every day, women are sacrificed at the altars of medical negligence in Nigeria."
Precious Meshi Nkeih of Cameroon describes similar negligence.
"With my third pregnancy, I had very poor prenatal care in the hospital where I registered: No lectures on my first visit, no essential tests, and an arrogant midwife who would not answer my simple questions. I eventually evaded this hospital to give birth in a private clinic where the workers were more hospitable. However, when I got my bill at the end, it had been consciously inflated."
99% of worldwide maternal deaths occur in developing countries. But many mothers in high income countries also face barriers to accessing skilled and compassionate health care. In an interesting paradox, while women in low-income countries are fighting to get women access to high quality health centers, women in industrialized nations are fleeing hospitals in favor of homebirths. "
After the five births I have attended as a doula, I made a decision to never give birth in a hospital unless it is a dire emergency," says Ynanna Djehuty of the US. "Why would I want my child to come into the world so violently?" She describes invasion of privacy, intrusive and unnecessary tests and surgeries, and medicalization of a process that she believes should be a sacred and natural experience.
Yet, women from both industrialized and developing nations find common ground in the absolute need for safe, quality, honoring health care.
"We must find a way to make birth a compassionate, safe, and loving experience for women, their male allies, and their children," continues Djehuty.
Taken as a whole, according to grassroots women, the solutions are abundant and obvious. All the ecosystems that support women from the day she receives her first period to the day she gives birth, must be strengthened. And this includes strengthening support from men in women's lives.
"No matter how well equipped our hospitals may be," writes Titilope from her home in Nigeria, "if the care, love, and support of men is missing, efforts at reducing maternal death will continue to be a mirage."
Importantly, perhaps the most potent weapon against the crisis of maternal death includes providing girls and women with access to an education and empowering information to be their own health advocates.
Precious in Cameroon says it best, "I call on my fellow women to study intensely when they are pregnant. We need to stand up for ourselves and put our health first."
As we are discovering at World Pulse, the Internet and new technologies are opening up new pathways for health education. As women use WorldPulse.com to network, they are exposing each other to their shared experiences, and interacting to develop new approaches. They are also foretelling a new, modern future for health care that blends both the ancient feminine wisdom and the highest standard of medical care. This is something that all countries can benefit from: health care that puts women and children first.
For Okeny-Lucia, she will continue raising her voice to resurrect her childhood vision.
"When I was young I thought being pregnant was sacred. Such great respect was placed on the womb that even in public places such as buses, I saw big, fat, short, and tall women and men springing from their seat to allow a pregnant woman rest. 'Mama Keti hapa.' (Have a sit mum). There was special attention accorded to these citizens because we believed they were bringing forth life and that was precious."
If we hope to defuse this global health terror, we must listen and mobilize alongside these women leaders who are the first responders to this pressing issue. By doing so we can gather the cross-border political force and outspoken moral authority necessary to make the quantum leap for women's health at home and abroad.
Hello Jensine,
Thank you for your continued work in making our voices audible for the women's cause. To achieve a quality population, investment in girls and women is paramount. Indeed, the Women Deliver 2013 conference is a great opportunity to deliver women. May the message of the World Pulse community yield positive results in improvement of maternal health of women and girls.
Again thank you for raising our voices at this global platform.
Grace Ikirimat (Community Champion-Leadership Group)
"It takes the hammer of persistence to drive the nail of success."
Grace - Thank you for your comment. I have the highest respect for you and your bold vision and brave work, therefore your comment and all your contributions to making World Pulse what she is becoming means a great deal. WE are raising this issue together!!!
Jensine Larsen World Pulse
Thank you for highlighting the important issue of maternal mortality so poignantly and beautifully. At the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA), we are focused on using mobile phones to get vital heath information directly into the hands of women across the developing world. We know that providing women with messages that are not only in their language and set within their cultural context, but also are kind, helpful, informative and actionable is critical to giving moms with the information they need to take the best care they can of themselves and their babies. We hope to see you at Women Deliver where we will be releasing a set of messages available for free to organizations for download which are focused on the importance of family planning and information needed in the critical post-partum stage.
For more information: www.mobilemamaalliance.org
Hi there MAMA! We love your work at World Pulse. I will not be there, however, one of our representatives who uses mobile phones in India very innovatively will be - please keep you eyes open for one of our speakers on a panel - STELLA PAUL. And meet up with her, say hello. You won't be sorry!
Jensine Larsen World Pulse
What a great article highlighting the conditions in this world for birthing women. The situation is serious and your words have given me even more motivation to focus on my training this coming fall. Thank you!
Ynanna Djehuty
Dear Latinegra - thank you for your comment, it means a great deal. I am so impressed with your work and voice. Also, are you a member of ICTC? Shafia Monroe is a dear friend. I love the work!
Jensine Larsen World Pulse
You are welcome, and thank you! I am a member of ICTC. Shafia Monroe is wonderful and inspires me to continue the work everyday! She is an excellent role model and I hope to be like her in the future :)
With Immense Love,
Ynanna Djehuty
Thank you for this wonderful article and all of your powerful work! World Pulse is providing me with the information and education to find my way and my voice as an advocate for women in the United States and the Globe.
As an United States Marine Corps veteran I find your opening quote very powerful!
~"The governments the world over must treat maternal health as they do with a defense force in readiness for war or a nuclear launch."
I often feel that had I received the education I am now getting-primarily through organizations such as World Pulse- about women and the importance of empowering them globally then my development as a leader would have been quite different.
Because of my conditioning in the military phrases such as 'a force in readiness' fire me up! I now see and more importantly feel the Warrior ethos grounded in feminine wisdom. I have deep gratitude and hope when I see women standing in their truth as leaders on many fronts, in many different fields and staying connected to feminine wisdom. It is turning the tide!
Thank you Warrior Sister-I stand with you!
"I am a woman, that's my weapon!" ~Catherine Robbins
Your comment gives me hope and strength. Thank you for listening and standing together, and with our warrior sisters worldwide who are turning the tide towards peace.
Jensine Larsen World Pulse
Merci, je suis ravie de ce travail en ce qui concerne les femmes. C'est ce que vit du jour au jour les femmes surtout en milieux ruraux où il n' ya pas accès aux soins primaires encore moin l'assistance lors de l'accouchement. Aussi dans ma communauté de base nous venons de sensibiliser plus de 1500 femmes et 300 hommes sur le cancer du sein et du col de l'utérus. Nous avons trouver que suite à l'ignorance plus de 60 pour cent des femmes meurent avec ces cancers, et d'autres le prolapsus. Elles ont besoins d'une assistance. Merci Jeannette World Pulse
Dear Jensine,
Am back from a long abscence of network connection.Reason,I relocated to South Sudan from Kenya.I live in the rural,where network connection is still slow.There are time I opened and only saw he name world pulse for half an hour without the rest of the text. So now am glad ,I came for shopping to the bigger city -Juba and now it is great,I have all the world pulse issues. Thank you all the dearest women of world pulse for honoring me,I have come to a new place and it seems to be the same problem I wrote,shortage of midwives,Alas! So what am doing since am not yet in formal job. I visit women in the market place and neighborhood,in the church and provide my midwifery skills and education. I have made it a routine that with deeply embedded culture,I allow men to tell me the major challenges of childbirth,and in turn I give my advise and a roadmap that can ensure the woman will be taken to the nearest centre or report.There is progress in this part of the world but slow. Wait for my next episode of article. Thank you once again for highligthing women issue in Gucci-chime for change.
Lucia Buyanza -Clinical Instructor