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Houston Early Music
Laurie Monahan, mezzo-soprano and harp
Cristi Catt, soprano
Daniela Toši?, alto
Shira Kammen, harp, and vielle
A window for her eyes Serbian epic poem, The Building of Skadar
(exerpt set to a Serbian traditional melody, freely adapted by Daniela Toši? )
Lyulyala, lyulyala (ancient Montenegran lullaby) Marcos Krieger, arr.
Non sei como me salv'a Dom Dinis (1261-1325)
Natchez Shira Kammen
Raihna Santa Isabel Traditional romanceiro, Alentejo Portugal
- (set to Cantiga de Santa Maria #7 and a traditional ballad from Tras os Montes, freely adapted by Cristi Catt).
Quia ergo Femina (instrumental arr. Shira Kammen) Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Karitas habundat, Antiphon for Divine Love
Slova: Anna Akhmatova and Orthodox liturgy Ivan Moody (b. 1964)
Hebrew Cantillation (Hishbati Etchem) Song of Songs 2:7, 3:6-8
Rex Salomon Worcester Antiphonaire (13th c.)
Erev shel shoshanim Traditional Israeli song
A chanter Comtessa Beatrice de Dia, 12th c.
Nonne sui, nonne/Amour vaint tout fors cuer de felon Bamberg Manuscript, 13th c.
Nouvelle amour Trouvere/Troubadour melodies
- (arr. by S. Kammen)
Trois Sereus La Clayette Manuscript, 13th c.
Careless Love Appalachian Folk song (arr. by C. Catt)
John Riley Traditional American tune
If you love me Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978)
Swallowtail/Red-Haired Boy Tunes from Scottish, Irish and American traditions
I'm going away to Marbletown Appalachian Folk song
Óró 'Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile Irish folk song
Julia Delaney (reel named for the wife of uilleann piper Barney Delaney)
Óró 'Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile
Drawn from our individual and shared passions, this program crisscrosses borders and centuries to tell tales of remarkable women who inspired nations and generations. These women captured the imaginations of artists, composers, and writers throughout the ages.
Mother and Child
I remember The Building of Skadar from my school days when it was forever etched into my memory. It haunted me then and it haunted me even more when I became a mother. This medieval epic poem takes place in present day Montenegro, near the Albanian border, at the dawn of the Ottoman invasion. Three brothers – a king, a duke and a fictitious youngest brother – are charged with building a fortress at an important crossroad. For three years, the fortress was built by day and destroyed at night by the Vila, a female mountain spirit. Finally, the Vila summons the king and demands a human sacrifice. The bride of the youngest brother is the unfortunate victim. She pleads for her life for the sake of her baby. Nevertheless, she is built into the tower. A miracle occurs and through a window around her breasts she is able to feed her son for one year. I selected three verses from the poem and set them to a somewhat altered traditional Serbian melody. To introduce this tale, we sing a Montenegran lullaby by Marcos Krieger. A citizen of Germany, Dr. Krieger was raised in the Brazilian Amazon region, where his parents are missionaries to the Xerente tribe. He is an active conductor, vocal coach, singer, and keyboard artist. – Daniela Toši?
"The Knight, the King, his Wife and her Leper"
Isabel of Portugal (1271-1336)
Born in Saragossa Spain, Isabel left her home to assume the throne of Portugal as a young teenager. The queen quickly won the love of her subjects and was referred to as "The Peacemaker" due to her skillful mediation between various warring factions. She also possessed a remarkable understanding of architecture and engineering. The convent of Santa Clara in Coimbra as well as other hospitals and churches in Portugal were built under her direct supervision. After the death of her husband, she became a nun, dedicating her life to good works. Her popularity increased over time as numerous tales of her "miracles" spread throughout Portugal via song and storytelling. Cannonized in 1625, she was also a central figure of the Crypto-Jewish cult in Portugal, as many drew parallels between her and Queen Ester.
Our realization of fragments of a cantiga de amor by Isabel's husband, Dom Dinis, reveals their marriage as far from perfect. Hints of this are also reflected in Portugal's popular tradition with tales of Isabel outwitting her husband. For our version of the tale, I adapted melodies from Cantiga de Santa Maria #7 and an ancient ballad from Tras os Montes and set them to a traditional romanceiro text. –Cristi Catt
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Composer, abbess and mystic Hildegard von Bingen was an extraordinary woman, a powerhouse whose life and work transcended all the social, cultural and gender barriers of her time. She wrote prolifically on subjects spanning her prophetic visions and Church doctrine to politics and herbal medicine, and corresponded with popes, archbishops and quite notably with her patron, the emperor Frederick Barbarossa. She wrote the texts and soaring melodies to 77 unique compositions as well as one liturgical drama. Karitas (Love) is a central figure in Hildegard's visionary world and her antiphon, Karitas habundat reveals Divine Love as a supremely feminine force rising beyond the stars. –Toši?
Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)
Condemned for her poetry's "preoccupation" with love and God, Akhmatova was harshly denounced as a "harlot-nun" and "alien to the Soviet people." In 1923, she entered a period of poetic silence and literary ostracism, living in exile without fleeing her country. Following the German invasion in 1941, Akhmatova gave an inspiring radio address to the women of Leningrad [St. Petersburg]. She was lovingly called "Anna Chrysostom of all the Russians" by her contemporary, Marina Tsvetayeva. Only later in her life did she receive recognition for her work. –Toši?
"Then I'm the Queen of Sheba"
One of the ancient world's greatest romances was between Solomon, King of the Jews and Makeda, Queen of Sheba, a sacred land abundant in Frankincense and Myrrh. This powerful Queen heard of the great wisdom of King Solomon and set on a journey up the Red, or Erythrean Sea, bearing gifts of spices, gold, precious stones and beautiful wood, to test the King with questions. Her arrival with her large retinue across the desert was an impressive site (3:6 Who is that rising from the desert…). Solomon presented her with many gifts and "everything she desired." He was quite taken by her beauty, power, and virtue, and he desired her greatly. She bore him a son, said to be the first Emperor of Ethiopia. We finish the set with Erev Shel Shoshanim, a beautiful song that is widely used by belly dancers for veil work. The song is popular throughout the Middle East. – Toši?
La Comtessa de Dia (second half of the 12th century)
VIDA: The countess of Dia was the wife of En Guillem de Poitiers, a lady beautiful and good. And she fell in love with En Raimbaut d'Orange, and wrote many good chansons in his honor.
The clues from this brief medieval biography are difficult to trace as certain facts about the Comtessa's life, however, she remains the most famous of the some twenty named women poet-composers, trobaritz, from the Southern French musical tradition, and her song A Chantar is the one song from these composers to survive with text and music intact. The language for the performance is Old Provencal and is the fruit of a challenging opportunity to work with language scholar Dr. Margaret Switten as she headed up the remarkable "Medieval Lyric" project at Mt. Holyoke College. Her scholarship and insight into the details of the language held an important key to unlocking the sentiments of the song's expression. We have paired A Chantar with Bamberg motets expressing the humorous protestations of young nuns doing battle with the cloistered life, the song of an unhappy wife and Three Sisters by the Sea, a lighthearted look at love. – Laurie Monahan
Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978)
Malvina Reynolds is remembered as an influential social activist and song writer. Denied her high school diploma because of her parents' opposition to World War I, she went on to receive a Ph.D. in 1936. A Jewish socialist woman in the midst of the Depression, she was unable to find a teaching position so she became a social worker and columnist for the People's World. In her 40's she discovered her true calling: music. Her song What have they done with the rain? helped end nuclear testing under the Kennedy administration and her songs have been recorded by Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte and countless others. If You Love Me is one of my favorite songs. I sang it with a good friend as we traveled cross country singing for our supper and later with my daughter. I am happy to have the chance to include it here. Larry Polansky, former chairman of Dartmouth's music department, captured its essence: an almost mystical love song… with a slight twist that is at times a deceptively simple suggestion about how to really communicate with a loved one. I wanted to pair this song with another favorite, the Appalachian folk song, Careless Love, which I've known as long as I can remember. According to ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, it is the earliest American blues tune. – Catt
Grace O'Malley aka Gráinne Mhaol (1530-1603)
Grace O'Malley was a famed chieftain, trader, and (depending on your point of view) a pirate or a noble woman. History remembers Grace for her correspondence and meeting with Queen Elizabeth I. Over time, Grace entered the realm of legend and is often seen as a symbol of Mother Ireland. She is celebrated in the folk song Óró 'Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile. You may recognize the tune which is also a famous English/American folk song. – Catt
A window for her eyes (Building of Skadar, excerpt)
And when this slender bride saw
that her plea is all in vain
she turns to Rade the mason:
"My brother in God, Master Rade,
leave a window for my breasts,
and draw them out, my two white breasts,
so when my darling little Jovo comes,
when he comes, he can nurse!"
Again the wretched girl calls out to Rade:
"My brother in God, Master Rade,
leave a window for my eyes,
so that I can look toward the white hall
when they bring my Jovo to me,
and when they take him away."
And so they've built her into the tower.
They bring her dear infant son in his cradle,
and she nurses him for a whole week.
After a week she falls silent,
but her milk still flows for her baby:
she nurses him for a whole year.
Ljuljala, ljuljala
Lully, lully, a mother rocked her son to sleep:
"Ninana, my son
let the dream trick you into sleep, my baby,
let it trick you before it tricks your father,
here comes a sleepy granny.
Non sei como me salv'a
How can I defend myself to my lady
if God should bring me before her eyes again.
By God, I cannot defend myself
so that she won't judge me a traitor.
For a long time has passed
with no word from her, and I have not gone to see her.
I know in my heart
what my beautiful lady will do
when I stand before her.
She'll judge me a traitor with good reason
For a long time has passed
with no word from her and I have not gone to see her.
If her judgment goes against me.
Ay! I am desperate!
What will become of me?
A Rainha Santa Isabel
Chorus: Queen Saint Isabel,
wife of King Dinis,
alms were given to no one
unless they were given
by her sainted hands.
Narrator: One day it happened
that her lap was full
when the king found her
and he asked her:
King: My lady, what are you
carrying in your lap?
Queen: Carnations and roses
for your enjoyment.
King: Carnations in January!
That would be an amazing discovery!
Chorus: Humbly, the Saint
showed him her lap:
revealing a chapel of roses,
another of carnations.
Narrator: One day it happened
that a poor leper arrived
at the palace
with five open wounds.
Queen: Tell me my brother,
if your wounds can be cured?
Leper: My wounds cannot be healed
nor can they be remedied;
I ask, lady,
not to be brought before
your sainted hands.
Narrator: When she heard this, the saint
took him to her room
and from a silver bowl
washed his body
When she was finished,
She took his clean body
to where the King slept
and there he lay down.
A knight happened to see this
and was scandalized:
Knight: Did you know your majesty.
Did you know that your lady,
the queen, my lady
has placed a poor leper
in your bed.
Narrator: When the king heard this,
he was out of patience.
King: Enough my lady.
Your mercy goes too far!
She placed a leper in our bed!
Chorus: When she heard this,
the Saint, lowered her eyes
and then raised her eyes heavenward.
The King drew back the curtain
and saw the Lord there.
King: Now, I say to you my lady.
What is mine, you can give away.
You can give my treasures to the pilgrims
as you wish.
Chorus: In Saragossa, she was born.
In Estremoz, she died.
In the convent of Santa Clara she is buried.
Karitas Habundant
Charity rises
from the depths
past the stars
Embracing all
she gives the supreme king the kiss of peace
Words by Anna Akmatova (1889-1966)
Oh, there are unique words,
those who say them – spend far too much.
Only Heaven's blue is inexhaustible,
and the mercy of God.
Hebrew Cantillation (Hishbati Etchem)
2:7 Daughters of Jerusalem, swear to me
by the gazelles, by the dear in the field,
that you will never awaken love
until its ripe.
3:6 Who is that rising from the desert
like a pillar of smoke,
more fragrant with myrrh and frankincense
than all the spices of the merchant!
3:7 Oh the splendors of King Solomon!
The bravest of Israel surround his bed,
threescore warriors,
3:8 each of them skilled in the battle,
each with his sword on his thigh
against the terror of night.
2:7 Daughters of Jerusalem, swear to me…
Rex Salomon
3:9 King Solomon made a bed for himself
from the woods of Lebanon;
3:10 its columns he made of silver,
the pillow of gold,
its stairs of purple,
the middle he has built of love
for the daughters of Jerusalem.
6:7 Sixty are the queens and eighty the concubines
and the young girls are beyond number;
6:8 unique is my dove, my perfect one,
her mother's only one,
the elect of her who bore her.
5:2 Open for me, my sister, my love,
my dove, my spotless one,
for my head is full of dew
and my hair of the drops of the night.
1:1 Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth,
for your breasts are better than wine,
1:2 fragrant with the best ointments,
4:10 and the smell of your ointments
is above all spices.
7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go out into the field,
let us linger in the country houses,
7:12 Let us go early to the vineyards,
and let us see if the vines have flowered,
if the flowers have borne their fruit,
if the pomegranates have flowered;
there I will give you my breasts.
Erev shel shoshanim
Evening of roses
let's go out to the grove
myrrh, spices, and incense
are a carpet to walk on.
The night comes slowly
a breeze of roses blows
let me whisper a song to you quietly
a song of love.
At dawn, a dove is cooing
your hair is filled with dew
your lips to the morning are like a rose
I'll pick it for myself.
The night comes slowly…
A Chantar
I am obliged to sing of that which I would not,
so bitter am I over the one whose love I am,
for I love him more than anything;
With him mercy and courtliness are of no avail
not my beauty, not my merit nor my good sense,
for I am deceived and betrayed
exactly as I should be, if I were ungracious.
I comfort myself because never was I at fault,
friend, towards you on account of any behavior,
rather I love you more than Seguin loved Valensa
and it pleases me greatly that I vanquish you in love,
my friend, because you are the most valiant;
You are haughty to me in words and appearance,
and yet you are so affable towards all others.
I am astonished at how you became haughty,
friend, towards me, and I have reason to grieve;
It is not right that another love takes you from me
on account of anything said or granted to you.
I recall to you how it was at the beginning
of our love! May God never wish
that my guilt be the cause of separation.
My worth and my nobility
my beauty and my faithful heart should help me;
That is why I send there where is your dwelling
this song, that it may be my messenger.
I want to know, my fine and noble friend,
why you are so cruel and harsh with me;
I don't know if it is haughtiness or ill will.
But I especially want the messenger to tell you
that many people are harmed by excess pride.
Translation by Dr. Margaret Switten
Nonne sui, nonne #71
Motetus: I am a nun. Set me free!
I can't stay here any more.
I can't bear to sound your matins,
which make me suffer pain and ill.
Shivering from the cold, I must stay up late,
and awake early, which torments me greatly.
Nothing about this life pleases me.
The Hours I must memorize
cause me so much frustration,
and when I ought to be sleeping, they ring matins.
Quant voi la flourette #49
Triplum: My heart flutters with happiness!
I have found the love I desire!
It will not last long.
Quant voi la flourete/Je sui joliete/Aptatur #49
Triplum: When I see the flowers
blooming in the meadow and hear
the lark's morning song,
I am happy and sing this little song:
Love has wounded me.
In the name of God! My heart flutters with happiness.
I have found the love I desire.
Gently, kindly, secretly,
it has stolen my heart and made me fall in love so sweetly.
In vain does this burning desire hold me,
wasting away my youth in painful torment.
It will not last for long.
Motetus: I am pretty, gentle and pleasing;
I am a young maid,
not yet fifteen years old. My breasts
are budding and I should be learning about love,
but I am imprisoned.
May the one who put me here be cursed by God!
Evil, base and sinful is he who put me in a convent.
He was very wrong, indeed!
In the convent is much sorrow, for God!
I am too young.
I feel gentle pains of love beneath my habit.
A curse upon the man who put me here!
Nonne sui, none #71
Motetus: I am a nun. Set me free!
I can't stay here any more.
Trop est mes maris jalos
My husband is jealous,
proud, ruthless and cruel
but he will soon be a cuckhold
once I find a way to meet my lover
a man of grace and charm.
I don't care one bit for husbands
they are useless.
I tell you – do your best to avoid a husband!
When I go to the window
he's always spying on me
I wish he were gone, I tell you
He gets in my way when I
try to meet with my lover
He knows I love another.
He can go crazy for all I care.
I tell you – do your best to avoid a husband!
I will boldly face him:
You cruel and foolish villain
I must meet my love without delay
and I'm not talking about you!
Go ahead and be jealous
I'm leaving you for another man
I tell you – do your best to avoid a husband!
Trois Sereus
Three sisters, by the seas-shore, sing in a clear tone.
The youngest, a brunette thinks on her dark haired lover:
I am dark so shall I have a dark lover.
Three sisters, by the sea-shore, sing in a clear tone.
The middle one calls Robin, her lover:
You took me in the leafy wood, take me back there."
Three sisters, by the sea-shore, sing in a clear tone.
The eldest says: "One should love a young lady well,
and he who has her love should keep it.
Careless love
Love, oh love oh careless love
can't you see what careless love can do
Once I wore my apron low
you followed me through rain and snow
Now I wear my apron high
you see my door and now you pass me by
Love, oh love oh careless love
can't you see what careless love can do
I'm going away to Marbletown
Every night when the sun goes down
I hang down my head and mournful cry
True love don't weep, true love don't mourn,
True love don't weep, nor mourn for me
I'm going away to Marbletown
I wish to the Lord that train would come
to take me back to where I come from..
True love don't weep……
If you love me
If you love me, if you love, love, love me
plant a rose for me
and if you think you'll love me for a long, long time
plant an apple tree
The sun will shine, the wind will blow
the rain will fall and the tree will grow
and whether you comes or whether you goes
I'll have an apple and I'll have a rose
Lovely to bite and nice to my nose
and every juicy nibble will be
a sweet reminder of the time you loved me
and planted a rose for me
and an apple tree.
Orò sé do bheatha
Welcome home Graine Mhaol!
Now at the coming of summer.
Tapestry, a Boston based ensemble of women's voices, made its debut in 1995 with the performance of Steve Reich's Tehillim at Jordan Hall in Boston which The Boston Globe deemed "a knockout". The trademark of the ensemble is combining medieval repertory and contemporary compositions in bold, conceptual programming. Critics hail their rich distinctive voices, their "technically spot-on singing" and their emotionally charged performances. The LA Times writes of their performance of Hildegard's O Vos Angeli: "… as radiant and exciting as any singing I've heard all season" and The Cleveland Plain Dealer describes Tapestry as "an ensemble that plants haunting vibrations, old and new, in our ears.
Today, their concert appearances include the Utrecht Early Music and the Maastricht Musica Sacra Festivals, Regensburg's Tage Alter Musik, the Flanders Festivals of Gent and Brussels, Le Donne in Musica, Rome; Jordan Hall, Boston; Hildegard von Bingen Symposium at the, University of Oregon, Eugene; Kalamazoo Medieval Conference, MI; Frick Collection and Rockefeller University, NY; Harvard U., Da Camera of Houston; Early Music Concert Series, Boulder; Denver's Newman Performing Arts Center; Da Camera Society LA; Stanford U., Museum Concert, Cleveland, festivals in Ottawa and Montreal, and many others. In the fall of 2008, the ensemble toured Latvia and also performed at the Moscow Conservatory. Among recent appearances were concerts at e.g. the Library of Congress and New York City's Frick Collection with their new program "American Dreams", at the Bucerius Foundation in Hamburg with works from the 13th to the 15th centuries that will be broadcast by the Norddeutscher Radio, visits to Mexico, Bogota and Brazil. Among the upcoming engagements will be the unveiling of a mini-opera, written for Tapestry, which is based on Tibetan folklore and which will coincide with an exhibition of Tibetan art at the Freer and Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC and which will have its world premiere at the new Ottawa festival Music and Beyond.
Tapestry has made 4 recordings with Telarc International: Angeli, Music of Angels; Hildegard von Bingen: Celestial Light; Song of Songs – Come into my Garden; and The Fourth River. Sapphire Night, their first recording with German label, MDG, won the 2005 Echo Prize. Tapestry released Faces of a Woman on the MDG label in 2007.


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Sarah Harding And Abbey Clancy Hit The Agent Provocateur Runway
Agent Provocater gave the Victoria Secret girls something to worry about in London last night with their glam fest of a catwalk show.
It's the brand's first show in 5 years and we're glad they're back. With the likes of Abbey Clancy, Peaches Geldof, Sarah Harding and Zara Martin strutting their stuff on the catwalk (looking totally incredible - us, jealous?) it was always bound to be a sucess.
High five ladies, it takes a lot of guts to get out there in your undies. FD
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Spreepark Plänterwald
Update Wednesday, 26th of March 2014: The Spreepark Plänterwald has gone back into the hands of the Senate. Promising to keep the area in the spirit of a theme / recreational park, this means that Spreepark will soon be open to the public again! Source: Tagesspiegel.
The story of the Spreepark Plänterwald is one of the most ridiculous around Berlin. It was pretty difficult to find entrance up until a year ago – shut down and watched closely by security, it became every photographers challenge to snap a couple of shots of the decaying, rusty games and rollercoasters.
The entertainment park in Treptow-Köpenick used to be the only one in the former GDR. It opened up in 1969 as "Kulturpark Plänterwald" right by the Spree. From 1989 til 2001 it became the "Spreepark Berlin" with some new attractions for families and their children. But soon enough the park had to close down for the lack of visitors (due to the high entrance prices) and the owner, Norbert Witte, announced the Spreepark was insolvent. He tried to ship his attractions to Lima to counter his debts, but soon it was clear that that was not his only intention. Within the "Flying Carpet" attraction, he had attempted to smuggle 180 kg of cocaine. What a daredevil.
In any case, people ended up in jail and the park was destined to rot away. Nowadays there's a special initiative trying to make the park a new, lively part of Berlin. From this summer on there'll be tours around the leftover attractions, including the impressive ferris wheel. The pictures I took are from last year and should give an impression of the ghostly urban atmosphere.
i love this post, it looks so magical
Recommended movie: Hanna. Plänterwald is the location of the movie's finale and beautifully photographed.
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That's PechaKucha and its mini-lecture format: 20 slides, 20 seconds each, any topic. Improvisational jazz, graffiti, totem poles, you name it. Presented by creative types in a quirky and informative showcase. Yeah, it's that fast.
"In most lectures you start zoning out," says Michael Christoff, an architectural designer and co-founder of PechaKucha in Cleveland. And if the 20-in-20 format doesn't work, there's another strategy: "Halfway through we have a "'beverage break.' " (Read: beer and alcohol.)
Devised in 2003 by two Tokyo architects looking to share their work with peers, the phenomenon has spread to more than 350 cities around the world. Although most presenters are relative unknowns, local celebrities have included the Cleveland Play House's Michael Bloom, East Fourth Street developer Ari Maron and WCPN 90.3 Around Noon host Dee Perry. So why attend PechaKucha, volume 10, at the Old Arcade on Nov. 19, at 8:20 p.m. (that's 20:20 military time)? Here are three good reasons.
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By Rachel Moreno
In 2002, 7-year-old Faith Kirabo lost her father to the AIDS epidemic. Her mother, although infected with AIDS, works in a local market selling grasshoppers and beans to support the rest of Faith's family. In 2005, Faith entered the Gateway Mercy Ministry facility in Kampala, Uganda. At Gateway Mercy, Faith's love for music blossomed. She could often be found leading worship for the other children, as well as expressing her love for dance, drama, crafts, and spending time with friends. Now sixteen, Faith has been blessed with the opportunity to become part of the 15% of Uganda's population to enter secondary school. She is currently attending Summit College Mugwanya as a 'Senior 1' student.
While Faith has been fortunate to continue her education, most Ugandan children do not have the opportunity to proceed through school beyond the primary level. Like Faith, many of Uganda's orphan children, have other pressing needs that must be met. Promise International is reaching out to provide the resources necessary to nurture these children with not only food, shelter, education, and medical care; but our desire is to assure each child that they are loved and cherished.
We hope to introduce each child to a vibrant, personal relationship with Christ Jesus. It is Christ Jesus that inspires every volunteer and worker of Promise International to give, to care and to love children who live far outside the comfortable world we know. Our goal as volunteers of Promise International is to inspire these children to grow into hope filled, productive citizens of their communities. With the love of Christ Jesus and our willingness to stretch, we want to send love a long way!
Will you join us? Will you help us extend the hands of love through practical help to these treasured children?
As for Faith, she humbly writes that there is nothing she can do, but to express the happiness in her heart knowing that people care for her and that her horizons are only full of opportunities.


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"The universe," says Volker Bromm of The University of Texas at Austin, "underwent a crucial transition from a very simple state into a state of ever more complex structure."
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AGENCY: National Science Foundation
The researchers propose to use airborne geophysics to provide detailed geophysical mapping over the Marie Byrd Land dome of West Antarctica. They will use a Basler equipped with advanced ice penetrating radar, a magnetometer, an airborne gravimeter and laser altimeter.
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On April 12, an Animal Control Officer from St. Petersburg, Fla. received a call about a dog found abandoned in the medical dumpster of a nearby hospital. Authorities rushed to the dog's rescue, and immediately scooped her up and brought her to the shelter. She had still been wearing her pink collar attached to a chain.
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Hehe! I am plus size/ overweight. My belly started to get pretty hard and round at around 5 months. I started showing pretty early with both of my last pregnancies though. I was showing at about 12 weeks pregnant. My waist started to thicken at around 8-10 weeks or so. I think it honestly depends on the person.
Mother to Gregory 03/14/2007, Jason 06/06/2010, and Aiden 02/06/2012 <3
It kills you to see them grow up, but it would kill you quicker if they didn't." Amazed that I can love two just as much!
Right around 20 weeks when your fundal height hits your belly button. That's when I started taking belly pics last time :-P
Edited to add: switch to maternity pants - you instantly look pregnant instead of fluffy because there is no waistband cutting into you & creating folds from your (my) belly bloat or button & zipper making bulges. I also prefer the 'secret panel' pants to the 'under belly' style. The panel is more forgiving to fluff :-)
Rachel -TX girl, old lady wife, sahm to Lily Ruth (06/09) and Alec D (04/13)
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Mine got hard around 22 weeks, butit seemed that I did have a little fat hangover under the bump, so wearing mid belly pants would just make it roll under and make the "pouch" hang out a bit, so I wore a lot of dresses with tights as not to poke out in public. LOL as long as I wore a top long enough then you could only see a Watermellon. but every belly is different.
I have the secret fit (am actually wearing them now), but I am constantly having to pull them up. They fit fine over the belly, but slide down in the back. Does anyone else have that issue? My butt is NOT that flat, but it is annoying to do the "pull up my pants and unroll my underwear" dance everytime I walk around, LOL
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my first pregnancy my belly really rounded out and hardened around 14 weeks or so....I am overweight and really short though so the baby didn't have much room. He had to go straight out and was still totally squished in me. This time around I'm already rounding out at 8 weeks....I'm assuming its because your uterus doesn't go back to its normal size for 18 months after you have a baby and my uterus only had 8 months of recovery before I got pregnant so it was already larger than normal :)
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Ok, I'm gonna be a little brave here! I have a little bit of a gut and here is what I looked at 12 weeks during my last pregnancy
and here I was at 22 weeks
I would say it became obvious it wasn't just a gut at around 16 weeks
and if you wanna see where I ended up here is me at 38 weeks about 5 days before I had DD
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Judaism: The Holy Temples
Inspiring pictures of the Temples and beyond.
Published: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:34 AM
The words of the background song are from the chapter in the Book of Psalms lamenting the destruction of the first Holy Temple and the city of Jerusalem, By the Rivers of Babylon.
"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand lose its skill
May my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember thee
If I do not place Jerusalem
Above my highest joy"
Hebrew captions towards end: And despite it all, we have returned.


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Has Benetton's New Ad Campaign Gone Too Far? (Photos)
*Yes, that is President Obama sharing a tender moment with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez for The United Colors of Benetton's new ad campaign. The Italian fashion brand, already known for its provocative ads throughout the years, is already making headlines for its latest effort – an ad campaign showing photoshopped images of world leaders kissing … Continue reading Has Benetton's New Ad Campaign Gone Too Far? (Photos)


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|Pre-Market: Citi Beats Expectations, Facebook Rises on Financial Services News, and Global Markets Move Lower
By Alex Brokaw APR 14, 2014 9:10 AM
Facebook is reportedly closer to offering money transferring services.
Stock futures pointed toward a higher open on Monday. Before the opening bell, Dow Jones (INDEXDJX:.DJI) futures rose 0.32% to 16,032. Futures on the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) were up 0.40% to 1,818.90. Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) futures moved higher, rising 0.41% to 3,4568.25.
US retail sales kicked off this week's economic indicators, as retail and food services sales increased 1.1% from the previous month to $433.9 billion. Sales grew 3.8% year-over-year. Business inventories will be reported at 10:00 a.m.
Citigroup (NYSE:C) reported its quarterly profits rose 4% to $4.1 billion, with earnings per share of $1.30, beating analysts estimates. The good news follows the bank's failure to pass the Federal Reserve's latest stress test and an investigation of $400 million in fraud in its Mexican unit. Shares of Citigroup rose 3.55% before the open.
Ireland's Central Bank is reportedly close to granting Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) approval to offer money services that would let users store and use money on the social media network. This could be a boon for Facebook in the remittance market, reports the Financial Times. Shares of Facebook were up 1.38% in pre-market trading.
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Ultra-thin mechanical movement Manufacture Piaget 882P chronograph with pink-coloured self-winding oscillating weight, date and dual time zone.
Shape: Round
Functions: Date at 6 o'clock, Hours, Minutes, Minutes counter at 3 o'clock (30 minutes), Second time zone at 9 o'clock (24 hours), Flyback chronograph
Technical features: Balance with screws, Double barrel, Vertical coupling clutch, Column wheel, Balance stop
Power reserve (in hours): Approx. 50
Frequency (vph): 28,800
Frequency (Hz): 4
Diameter (lines): 12.00
Diameter (mm): 27
Number of jewels: 33
Thickness (mm): 5.6
Number of components: 275
Finishing: Oscillating weight engraved with the Piaget coat of arms, Blued screws, Circular Côtes de Genève, Circular-grained mainplate, Bevelled bridges
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Review: Bright Starts Ingenuity Playard With Inclined Sleeping
December 31, 2010 by rajee
Filed under Baby Products, Baby Gear, Bright Starts, Holiday Gift Guide, Product Review, Review, Shop
I'm proud to review 'Bright Starts Ingenuity Playard With Inclined Sleeping' as it's an eye catching playard and every visitor appreciated it when they visited our house to see our newly arrived son 'Kabil'. Their first impression was lightweight, pleasing color and portable but they are amazed when we demonstrated how sturdy it's and how much easy to roll between rooms.
The color is so neutral that it'll go with any color combination of your room. What we like about this is its sturdy and portability. It's amazing how quickly it can be assembled or disassembled so quickly. InGenuity is so clever to choose color as it can suit both for baby girl or a boy. It comes with a fold-able mat, so you don't have to buy a mat for this. The diaper changer is really sturdy- unlike some of the other playards out there, this changer actually has 4 clips that hook the changing table on to the playard instead of only two so it does not lean to one side with baby in it!
Also, the diaper/wipe caddy is very sturdy and holds my diapers, full container of wipes and ointments without falling off. As you know newly born babies' digestion system are not developed when they are born, so doctors advise parents to lie down their babies such a way that head should be slightly up but not to use pillows and InGenuity implemented it by positioning the mat for newly born babies and it can be adjusted to make it flat as babies grow! What a lovely piece of design!
It does come with music, vibrations, a mobile, or other bells and whistles like some other brands/ models do, so it's free of wires, honestly which is a good thinking safety reasons.
Let me share my husband's story on how quickly he assembled it. He came from work and saw this box and asked me whether it's some kitchen item or something but the moment he saw the picture, he couldn't believe it on asking me how could it so small and told me that it's for babies only. Then he opened it and my first son joined my hubby to assembled as the color and packing was so attractive as it looks like a carrying bag. Then my husband started taking picture of every stage of assembling and my first son reads the instructions and following the pictures. The bottom line is that it's so easy to assemble or disassemble it, so you don't have ask for extra bed at the hotel/ motel as it can fit in easily in small size car and it's so light and yet very sturdy.
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There were some Dallas Cowboys rumors that the team might draft Johnny Manziel in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Those were unfounded as the Cowboys have a quality starting quarterback in Tony Romo and there were needs in other areas of the team. The Cowboys official website reported on Thursday that Romo was never worried about the Manziel rumors.
According to Romo, he wasn't surprised to see Dallas draft a new protector for his offensive line in Zack Martin with their first round pick. Of course, most of the Cowboys rumors came from fans and some members of the press, who were simply speculating. Romo, on the other hand, probably had a pretty good idea of what Dallas was planning on doing.
Romo said that he has been talking to the coaches and administrators in the organization about what they see as needs. A need for a few years has been the offensive line. With Martin drafted with this year's first round pick, that means Dallas has spent three of their last four first round picks on protection for Tony Romo. Most of the remainder of the Cowboys' 2014 NFL Draft picks went towards rebuilding their defense.
Romo, who is in the second year of a six year, $108 million contract, seems excited about the 2014 season. His season ended early in 2013, with the Cowboys fighting for a playoff spot in the final game of the season for the third year in a row. For the third year, they lost. Questions have risen about Romo's durability for the next five years of his contract.
In a local radio interview on Wednesday, Romo had no concerns about his durability. Romo said that he feels good after the back surgery that ended his 2013 season. He said that he has been able to work in the offseason program, something he wasn't able to do last year. He also said that he will be back to 100 percent by next month.
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Basic Rules of Table Manners
A few tips and rules for basic table manners...
Napkins should be placed on the lap as soon as you are seated. When you get down from the table, leave the napkin, unfolded on the table, to the left of the place setting.
Sit a comfortable distance away from the table, so that with the elbows bent the hands are level with the knives and forks.
Sit up straight, sit square with hands in the lap and do not fidget. Do not put elbows on the table.
If you are served a meal that is already on the plate, wait until everyone has been served before picking up your cutlery, unless invited by your host to start.
Make sure others have been offered anything they might want from the table, such as butter, water, salt or pepper. Help yourself last and never stretch across people.
Do not begin eating until everyone has been served, unless the host or hostess gives their permission for diners to start.
Eat at a relaxed pace and pace yourself to match your fellow diners.
Keep your mouth closed and try to avoid making noises of any kind while eating, either with implements against the plate or teeth, or with actual ingestion of the food, eg slurping soup.
Talking while there is food in your mouth should be avoided at all costs - even when you have a conversational gem up your sleeve.
When you have finished, place your knife and fork - with the tines facing upwards - together on your plate.
If you are confronted with a plateful that is not to your taste, try to soldier on to avoid hurt feelings. Always compliment the cook.


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Over the next two days, TNA will be taping a few weeks worth of IMPACT wrestling television episodes live from Orlando, Florida. Unfortunately, these episodes won't include the tag team of Bad Influence; who many fans believe to be the most entertaining duo in the company. Bad Influence member Christopher Daniels first broke the news via Twitter that he and his partner Kazarian were not booked for the tapings. And, according to a March 14 report by WrestlingInc.com, not only is their absence from the tapings due to TNA just not booking them, Daniels' contract is set to expire in April.
In another unique twist to this story, both Daniels and Kazarian are booked for other indy promotions during WrestleMania weekend instead of TNA's live events.
True to form, both Daniels and Kazarian are having fun with this situation as they entertain their fans via Twitter. Daniels would make the following comments on March 12 about their absence from the upcoming events:
"HORRIBLE NEWS! Due to the heinous acts of The Great Muta at LockDown, #BadInfluence will NOT be at the Impact events in Orlando 3/13-15!"
Daniels would continue to keep his followers entertained with many more tweets including this gem:
"But we feel most horribly for the fans, who must now endure Impact events scientifically proven to be 37% less entertaining in our absence!"
The duo of Kaz and Daniels have been together since the formation of the faction Fortune in late 2010 to early 2011. They would eventually break up the group, but Kaz and Daniels would remain together. However, it wasn't until early 2013 that the duo would formally dub themselves Bad Influence.
Kaz and Daniels won the tag-team titles twice in 2012, earning them the honors of being tag team of the year by The Wrestling Observer newsletter. However, it's this columnist's opinion that the team really excelled in 2013 when TNA allowed Kaz and Daniels to express their creativity, humor and entertaining mic work.
Bad Influence easily became the most entertaining aspect of IMPACT wrestling for most of 2013. They were involved in many top storylines not only in the tag-team division but also as part of the group of wrestlers that helped Dixie Carter rid TNA of Sting and AJ Styles at the end of 2013 and beginning of 2014.
At the LockDown PPV on Sunday, March 9, Bad Influence teamed up with Chris Sabin to take on the Japanese trio of The Great Muta, Sanada and Yasu. Although they came up short in their match, Daniels and Kazarian shined like they usually do. This also adds to the confusion of fans and critics as the company chose to not follow up the 6-man tag-team match success on any of the subsequent IMPACT episodes.
For a company that's been struggling in many aspects, and taking a beating by many critics, it's very troubling that TNA wouldn't book their most reliable and entertaining tag-team. Kazarian echoed this sentiment when making the following comments via his twitter page on March 12:
"When you have players who excel in all facets of the game, they shouldn't be sitting on the bench."
TNA fans can only hope that the company quickly works out deals with both Daniels and Kazarian, who's contract is rumored to end within a few months, and get them back on TV immediately.


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If you're looking for some real world wisdom and insight into how to think about leading technical innovation in complex environments, you'll want to catch this Webinar with Vice Admiral Joseph W. Dyer (US Navy, ret.) Dyer completed his distinguished naval career by leading the business side of Naval Aviation at NAVAIR, Naval Aviation Systems Command. Continue reading
In a cover story written for Time's Oct. 1 issue, Clinton describes the Hult Global Case Challenge as one of his favorite partnerships. There's a reason for that. Founder Ahmad Ashkar, along with partners at Hult International University, hope to create a new generation of profit-motive-driven social entrepreneurial start-ups. Continue reading
On any given week around the country and the world there are gatherings where people sluff on their everyday lives like dead skin and and come to get inspired. BIF8, which stands for Business Innovation Factory's intimate gem of a conference, stood its ground in Providence, Rhode Island this week and delivered vibrant stories from a mix of people creating deliberate and profound change. Continue reading
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Tomorrow, September 12, 2012 Innovation Excellence co-founder Braden Kelley will be presenting a FREE webinar in cooperation with Imaginatik, a leader in the idea management software category. The webinar is titled 'Winning the War for Innovation' and he'll be helping you take a look at whether or not you're ready to accept that innovation has become a top priority. Continue reading
there is one very heartening trend that we're observing as the drumbeat for CEO action gets louder, and it is this – better data driven tools are emerging, and a new discipline that uses them is springing up. CEO's have always loved and demanded data. What we're seeing now is a new acceptance of data as the platform for the agile decision making required for innovating. Continue reading
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The story of Portuguese bloodless bullfighting in California as told through photographs and interviews with the Forcados themselves.
I am a Designer and Photographer whose wife is of Portuguese ancestry. She introduced me to the Portuguese Holy Ghost festas. Being non-Portuguese myself, I became fascinated with the visual iconography and sense of community exhibited by attendees to the festas. I photograph these events through the eyes of a cultural outsider, and capture extraordinary moments that pass as commonplace to the seasoned attendee.
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Writers at Risk: An Editorial
The Washington Post
|[While the Portland Oregonian carries a five-part series called "Christians Under Siege," the Washington Post is the first (and possibly the only) major newspaper with an opinion on the plight of atheist writer Taslima Nasreen, whose death is being demanded by religious mobs in Bangladesh. -- Cliff Walker]
Sunday, 18 October 1998
Friends of Nigeria must hope that Wole Soyinka's instincts are right as the writer returns to his country, four years after fleeing in fear of his life. The 1986 Nobel laureate's decision signals his confidence that political conditions have improved under Abdulsalami Abubakar, who succeeded dictator Sani Abacha upon the latter's unexpected death in June. Mr. Soyinka's passport was confiscated in 1994 after he filed suit challenging the legitimacy of the military government, which had overturned the results of an election in 1993 and jailed the presumed winner, Moshood Abiola. Mr. Soyinka managed to flee. The Abacha government subsequently jailed and hanged another writer and human rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa.
The new Abdulsalami government has announced cancellation of the charge of treason that Mr. Abacha had leveled against Mr. Soyinka in his absence. By returning -- though reportedly only for a visit -- Mr. Soyinka makes himself a hostage to political stability and to Mr. Abubakar's commitment to basic freedom. His celebrity could help brace that commitment by keeping world attention on Nigeria's record in this regard.
It's a service that several other prominent and brave writers are also providing. In Bangladesh, the feminist novelist and doctor Taslima Nasreen -- who fled to Europe four years ago to avoid trial for advocating that the Koran be revised -- returned to her native country to tend, she said, her gravely ill mother. She is now in hiding, and the government has so far resisted public demonstrations and rock-throwing riots from those who demand her immediate arrest.
Finally, there is Salman Rushdie, whose safety evidently remains dependent on the complex interplay of religious and political forces inside Iran. The reformist government recently disavowed any connection with the decade-old fatwa calling for the author's death. The purportedly independent religious foundation that had offered a $1 million reward to Mr. Rushdie's killers reacted by raising the bounty to $2.5 million. His fame and status render him -- like them -- mineshaft canaries for shifting currents of repression in countries that need all the scrutiny on the subject that they can get.


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A post to the FutureCulture Mailing List. June 25th, 1993.
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Two thoughts come to mind.
Many of us have made built great friendships on the net. And I must admit that there is a certain "spell" associated with a net-relationship — there's something sensually tantalizing about the slow progression of crafted words across a screen.
The spell may even lead to a disinclination to voice or fleshmeet a net.friend; one is dismayed by the possibility that he won't turn out quite the way you'd imagined him to be. And so one puts off, interminably, that inevitable phone call, that inevitable "I'll be wearing a white carnation on my lapel" occasion, sacrificed to maintain the fragile illusion of another's persona.
Are we really who we are? What are the implications for basic definitions of "personality"? Emboldened and empowered by anonymity, wholly in control of the persona we convey (unlike in real life or while voicing, betrayed by our leaky bodies) we can be whoever we want to be. This may be a reason for the way our self-awareness changes when on the net.
Factor analysis of a questionnaire called the Self-Consciousness Scale, developed by Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss in 1975, revealed three significant groups correlating self-awareness with personality traits. Private self-consciousness refers to being attentive of one's real feelings: "I reflect about myself a lot." Public self-consciousness relates to a concern with oneself as a social object (Wicklund calls this "objective self-awareness"), for example, "I'm concerned about what other people think of me." The third factor is called social anxiety and refers to the tendency to become upset by social attention; a sample item is, "I feel very anxious when I speak in front of a group." (Sabini, Social Psychology, p 275.)
How does this relate to net.interactions? Welp, let's look at how the net, as a medium, differs significantly from real life. I will, for the most part, consider high-interactivity media such as mailing lists/email, and IRC chat systems.
Interaction is reduced to lines of text, enlivened by the occasional smiley. Intonative information is lost, not to mention the enormous body of nonverbal communication, our vocabulary of gestures and idiosyncratic symbols. Two effects follow from this: cognizant of the reduced scope of our presentation, bereft of props, we are forced to focus on what we say, and how we say it. Our private self-consciousness is increased.
Real-life conversation is a dynamic process of action/reaction, where participants consider the other's perspective and reaction to what one is saying. On the net, though, such cues are effectively suppressed, due either to the paucity of the medium (in realtime chats) or to the asynchrony inherent in any system where messages are long and take time to compose. The delayed medium and unemotional nature of text (as opposed to real physical intimacy) results in a reduction of public self-awareness: it is simply impossible to gauge the response of the audience, and thus one is forced from a posture of rhetorical persuasiveness, to an earnest desire to communicate meaningfully.
As concerns social anxiety - stage fright — In real life, an audience can be supportive, or critical and hostile, but an audience is always conscious of the speaker, and the speaker knows that the audience is forming an impression of him, an impression that he is at this very moment working to construct or change. When communicating with an audience distanced in space and in time, the author of email is no longer constrained by realtime impression-formation, but only by his ability to hold the attention of the reader. In realtime communication such as on IRC, social misapprobation hits less hard; handles, mere strings of text, can be changed at will, and the sheer number of people one communicates with, leads to de-individuation and a flippant and easy escaping of responsibility.
Some analyses implicate the sender, the source of perceived personality, for any misrepresentation. I suggest that it is equally the fault of the recipient: one may be so eager to see what is not there that one falls into the basic traps of attributional errors and confirmation biases.
Consider that the amount of information transmitted during realtime chats is severely limited compared to a fleshmeet or even a phone call; what explains the popularity of IRC? Several factors contribute to the attraction of the IRC. First of all, one can always talk, even when someone else is saying something; lines of text may scroll by, but one's reading speed can easily compensate for the fact that ten people are talking (typing) at the same time. The reduction in message style and content, necessitated sometimes by typing speeds, requires an active social imagination to interpret tightly coded messages. I suggest that it is in this area, of interpretation, that most misunderstanding occurs. One person's intent may be masked entirely by a poor choice of phrases; sarcasm in particular does not carry well across on the net, and a message totally opposite to the intent of the sender may be received.
It is easy to perceive unmeant intents; such misperception occurs when the wrong guess is made, when the facts are made to fit the theory. An attempt at companionship may be misconstrued as crude flirtation; "guy humour" may be interpreted as intentionally sexist and offensive. Given that there is very little context upon which a net.friendship can be built, and that even a single day spent together can exceed a month of time on the net in terms of "getting to know you", I can be only skeptical of the strength of virtual friendships.
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Cabrito now has not one but two pet goats, and Russ gets back its bench.
A couple of upkeep notes — not only did Cabrito get back its stolen goat, but when we were there the other day, it had a new pink goat, too, and the siblings are now guarding the doorway. Meanwhile, across town, we noticed Russ & Daughters has finally replaced the bench that was dragged off by a dog. And all is right with the world again.


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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The RIT Tigers (16-11-6) scored a goal late in the second period and chipped in another early in the third to take control of the game and defeat the Bentley Falcons (9-18-6) by a score of 5-2.
"We had a lot of scoring opportunities in the second period that we didn't put home, and we gave up a goal late in the second period," said Bentley coach Ryan Soderquist. "I don't think it was lack of effort, but a lack of scoring on your opportunities. Our 'D' zone was pretty suspect tonight."
Goals came early and often in the first period as the teams combined for 27 shots on goal. RIT got the scoring going just 2:28 into the contest. The puck popped out from behind the net to the bottom of the left faceoff circle where Bobby Raymond collected it and passed over to Anton Kharin, waiting at the far side of the net, who finished the play.
RIT's lead was short-lived, as Bentley tied the game 1-1 just over a minute later off a two-on-one rush up ice. Dain Prewitt took the initial shot, but Tigers' goaltender Louis Menard made the save. The puck jumped over to Erik Peterson, who flipped it into the net from a tight angle for the goal at 3:49.
The Tigers retook the lead at 7:45, just eight seconds into the first power play of the game. Matt Smith held the puck at the right faceoff dot as a pair of RIT players setup on the far side of the net. Smith passed the puck over to Simon Lambert, who wristed it high over Bentley netminder Joe Calvi's shoulder to give RIT the 2-1 lead.
Bentley climbed back into the game for the second time during the first period to tie the game 2-2 at 14:32 when Prewitt chipped the puck past Menard off a scramble in front of the RIT net. RIT had three chances to clear the zone but couldn't control the bouncing puck and Prewitt made the Tigers pay with the goal.
"We have some skilled forwards up front that can put the puck in the net," said Soderquist. "We are not a team that just shoots pucks everywhere but try to create plays and sometimes the shots are a little skewed that way."
The defenses exerted themselves a bit more in the second period, keeping the team's offense quiet until late in the stanza. As the period wound down, RIT scored to take its third lead of the game.
Matt Crowell controlled the puck just outside the right side of the Bentley crease when he spotted linemate Jesse Newman alone in the slot. Newman had time to settle the puck down, line up a wrist shot, and shoot it under goaltender Calvi's arm for the goal at 16:35 to give RIT the 3-2 lead at the end of the second period.
RIT built on that lead early in the third period when Tyler Mazzei scored at 2:45. Newman dug the puck out of the corner to Mazzei, who had set up unmarked at the top of the crease and put it in the net to give the Tigers the 4-2 lead.
"Going down two goals in this building was pretty tough to come back," said Soderquist. "When they got the two goal lead it stung us quite a bit."
Play opened up even more as the third period progressed, leading to end-to-end action and scoring opportunities for both teams.
RIT's Mike Janda was whistled for a penalty at 15:28, giving the Falcons a late power play, but the Tigers' penalty killing unit limited Bentley to only a single shot during the man advantage.
Bentley pulled goaltender Calvi with 53 seconds remaining, but Lambert tallied the empty net goal at 19:52 to seal the victory.
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Hello, I came across your blog while browsing through another blog. I am glad I clicked on your link! You're site is clean and simple. You're photography is amazing. I wish I can take photos like you. And of course, you're recipes look delicious. If you're a noob, then I must be a super super super super noob. =) I look forward to seeing future posts!
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I have to say that you have a very interesting blog. Keep up the good work!
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Honeywell Aerospace Vice President Robert Witwer Elected as Arizona Technology Council's Chairman of the Board
PHOENIX, Nov. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Continuing to lead its members through a world-class board of directors, the Arizona Technology Council today announced that Bob Witwer, vice president of Advanced Technology for Honeywell Aerospace has been elected as its Chairman of the Board and James Powers, chairman and CEO of Calibrus Call Center Services as its Vice Chairman. Both positions will be up for re-election in October, 2014 for one year terms. Roger Vogel, president, Metrios Management Consulting, now serves as Chairman Emeritus.
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