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Guardian Angels For Soldier's Pet
Rating: 4.9 stars 61 61 reviews 3,505
National Office 9725 FM 1783 Gatesville TX 76528 USA
Assisting our active duty deploying Military, Wounded Warriors, homeless Veterans, and their beloved Pets to ensure the pets are reunited with their owners following a deployment related to a combat or peace-keeping or humanitarian mission or unforeseen hardship related to a medical and/or homeless situation through various programs/services/projects. EIN: 20-2229425
As of August 31, 2015 - 14 pets currently fostered through our Foster Home program with 714 pets reunited since 2007 with their military service members following a deployment related to a combat or peacekeeping or humanitarian mission or unforeseen medical/homeless hardship
Target demographics:
Supporting the military community (active duty of all branches deploying, families of deployed, wounded, and veterans) to reduce the number of unwanted relinquishment of pet ownership to a shelter/rescue group due to their service to our country based on a deployment to harm's way (combat or peacekeeping or humanitarian mission) or unforeseen emergency hardship.
Direct beneficiaries per year:
55 beloved furbabies
Geographic areas served:
All 50 States
Foster Home - Assisting our deploying to harm's way military service members in locating and placing their beloved pets into caring, loving, and safe foster homes so they can be reunited with their beloved pets following such deployment. Military Pet Assistance - consists of a financial funds to assist with unforeseen emergency situations related to veterinary care and short term pet boarding situations related to the pets fostered in homes through our organization. MVP Sanctuary project - Establish the first of its kind sanctuary to care for these beloved pets where we don't have an individual foster home available when needed and to expand our fostering ability to our veterans and families of those deployed with pets who encounter an unforeseen hardship. First sanctuary to be established in Gatesville TX with an on-site private pet care facility and our national office/operations.
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2 people found this review helpful
I had been struggling for a while. I went into a program to help veterans get housing and get back on my feet. This program is transitional housing through the Salvation Army in Charlotte, NC. I got approved for a section 8 voucher just for veterans. The transitional housing does not allow pets however. I needed a safe place for my 4yr. Old German Shepherd, Nana, while I focused on what I needed to do to get back on my feet. Guardian Angel for soldiers pets is that place, I can trust these ppl with my best friend and confidently do what I need to do knowing she is safe.
1 person found this review helpful
They do excellent work. Our Vets need and deserve this.
Efficient, committed, and appreciative.
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Supporting our soldiers and pets, a great combination.
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My neighbor and good friend was being deployed to Afghanistan and needed someone to care for his two big dogs. Unfortunately I am was unable to help him out. He searched online and found Guardian Angels for Soldier's Pet. He was matched up with a foster home nearby. He was able to take his dogs to the foster home so that he could meet the people, see their house and yard and have his dogs meet them and their dogs.
Not only did this couple foster his dogs but they sent him pictures and updates though out his deployment and when he returned they have remained friends. He was more grateful than I can express here. I was so impressed by Guardian Angels and their ability to help my friend.
1 person found this review helpful
I volunteer for Guardian Angels for Soldier's Pet as a Foster Home Coordinator for the state of Ohio and for a while I was doing the State of New Jersey. While trying to place two dogs into foster care in New Jersey I was having trouble finding a home that was appropriate for these two dogs. Being new to the organization I was worried that I would fail to find a home for these dogs because it was a last minute request in the middle of the summer I couldn't find anybody willing to take the dogs due to planned vacations or the few willing to take the dogs had cats in the home and we weren't sure if that would work with these two dogs. When I asked for help several people from other states came forward and offered their assistance. With the help of other group members we found a wonderful home to foster these two dogs. This organization definitely is a tight knit group that works together as a whole to make sure they don't let any military member down.
I was just named the National Media Relations Coordinator a couple of weeks ago and my first few projects have been to interview volunteers and those military members or veterans that they helped. The stories have been so moving. A homeless veteran living in a tent didn't want to get help because he couldn't take his dog with him into transitional housing. Because Guardian Angels found a foster home for his dog he was able to move indoors, get a job, get the help he needed and finally move into his own place where he was reunited with his wonderful dog! He was so grateful and it was so heartwarming talking to him about his experience.
I've also talked to several military people who were deployed and needed foster homes for their pets while they were on duty. They talked about the peace of mind they were given knowing their pet was in a good home while they were away and that allowed them to concentrate on doing their job while overseas.
I'm so proud to be a part of this organization and to know that the many volunteers from all levels and all positions work from their hearts to help support military members and their pets
Our pets are more than just pets. Our returning soldiers need unconditional support and love.
1 person found this review helpful
Caring organization helping our military members that are deployed. Helping to keep their furry friends out of shelters and ready to welcome their military person home.
1 person found this review helpful
This is a great non profit organization for our soldiers! Thank you!
1 person found this review helpful
I have been a foster home volunteer for over 5 years and have fostered 5 cats (one of whom had two stays with us). GASP is a top-notch organization that does tremendously valuable work by giving servicepeople peace of mind, their furry friends a safe home, and foster home volunteers the privilege of supporting our servicepeople.
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Guardian Angels for Soldier's Pet is a caring organization comprised of some of the most dedicated individuals I have had the pleasure of knowing. I have worked as a Foster Coordination Liaison for more than two years, so I know first hand how much these wonderful individuals care for our military members - both present and former - and how hard they work to take care of the furbabies so deployments and life situations can be easier.


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"Out of the Furnace" is marketed as a thriller but that's not entirely correct. It's a drama that's paced like a thriller and eventually becomes one in the second half. It's about working class people in an Appalachian town and the culture of crime that they live in, even if they don't know it. It permeates their lives and they inevitably become a part of it.
Russell (Christian Bale) works a hard job at a steel mill in an industry town, a job where the physical toll is sending him to an early grave. His brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) is an Iraq vet and suffers PTSD. He is repeatedly "stop-lossed" back into combat and when he's home has a hard time finding work. Russell can get him a job at the mill but that's the place that's killing him and their father.
Rodney decides to fight for money for John (Willem Dafoe), a local bookie. It turns out John is in a lot of debt to Harlan (Woody Harrelson), a hillbilly gangster from an inbred community in the mountains. Harlan kills John and Rodney is collateral damage and is killed also. This plays out over the course of the first half of the movie and is the basis for a revenge narrative in the second half with Russell trying to track down and kill Harlan.
Movies are never about what they initially seem to be about. "Out of the Furnace" is about men who are gradually loosing everything until they have nothing left and begin acting out.
The movie is populated with actors like Bale, Affleck, Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, and Sam Shephard, good actors who only appear in movies they want to appear in; and the movie doesn't give them the juicy parts they ordinarily would be attracted to. There must have been something special in this movie's script to attract all that talent.
Consider the scene early on in a bar where on the TV we see, just for a moment, the democratic national convention. Barrack Obama is about to accept his nomination for president for the first time. We see how irrelevant this historic event is for these people. Their only chance for a better life is a president whose stance for change is a gesture only. The movie's best quality is that it's able to represent, on an emotional level, a certain kind of hopelessness in America – working class poor in declining industry towns.
Russell drives home drunk one night and accidently kills two people in a car accident. While he's in prison his brother is sent back to Iraq, his father dies and his girlfriend (Zoe Saldana) leaves him. When he gets out he finds the mill is closing because it's cheaper to buy steel in China and ship it over. After all this Rodney is killed, and you can begin to see how someone like Russell might start acting violently.
The movie's most notable performance comes from Woody Harrelson as the hillbilly Harlan. He's a bad man in virtually every sense of the term. But at one time anyways, his disposition wasn't entirely without hope. Initially we know him as a sociopathic thug only but we eventually start to see him as a more advanced version of what Russell is becoming. We don't know what caused his downward spiral, but it has something to do with generations of hillbilly poverty and excessive use of alcohol and meth. This isn't to say that he becomes a sympathetic character, just that there has been a serious social failure in his life.
In the second half, the movie becomes much more of a conventional thriller defined by manly men fighting to reclaim a rigid masculine identity. There's still some good suspense but the movie looses a lot of steam here and is particularly disappointing after loosing a compelling drama to a by-the-numbers thriller.
The audience this movie is marketed to will probably find the second half more compelling and the first half as justification for the second. But the first half was more of the kind of story I was interested in watching.
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Do you reach for energy bars when you're snacking on the go? How about a protein bar before a tough workout?
Pro athlete Taylor Collins and his wife, Katie, always did, until they realized that all that sugar and those highly processed ingredients weren't really giving them energy – they were draining it!
Determined to create a snack that was truly healthy, energizing, and made with REAL food, they launched Epic Bars. Epic Bars are gluten-free, Paleo friendly, low in sugar and made with 100% grass fed animal based protein. To learn more about the story and the people behind Epic Bars, I chatted with founder Taylor Collins.
How did the idea for Epic Bars come to be? As well as the health benefits.
The idea for Epic Bars came from a shared desire for a product that didn't exist yet. Katie and I are big outdoor fanatics and love endurance sports. We have eaten our fare share of sugary bars and gels and eventually couldn't eat them any longer. It was sugar overload! We both craved something savory, something low in sugar, and most importantly, a product that had whole foods on the ingredient label.
We started imagining what this product would look like, and it was very clear to us that it had to start with an animal-based protein. We wanted to create the ultimate healthy snack, so we decided to use 100% grass fed animals. The nutritional profile of a grass-fed cow is very much superior to a conventional feedlot cow. Grass-fed animals contain 3-5x the amounts of certain vitamins and minerals compared to grain-fed! They are also treated more humanely, and when managed correctly, create a net positive return on the environment. Additionally, with Epic Bars we are tapping into a very ancient source of energy. When you take a step back to reflect, it's very clear that our human ancestors have evolved consuming diets high in animal protein and fat for over 200,000 years. Only recently have human diets shifted to become high in refined sugars, carbohydrates, and processed protein isolates. Our bodies have evolved to identify and digest animal protein unbelievably well – it's encoded in our DNA.
We have seen a lot of nutrition bars based with fruits and nuts but this is new territory for many! What challenges have you faced?
The most common challenge comes from people who might not be current on the most up-to-date medical research. Animal meat and animal fat got a bad reputation for a long time and that is still ingrained in popular culture. So, it is sometimes difficult for people to reconsider the outdated medical research that connects saturated animal fats to heart disease and stroke. I think this is slowly shifting, however, and more people are adapting their diets to include more low-carb, whole foods (like the Paleo diet).
The other obvious challenge is for people to comprehend what our product is. People see our wrapper and they think "energy or protein bar." Before Epic, "energy" bars were only fruit and nuts. So this is obviously difficult for some people to leave their comfort zone and be open minded enough to try.
Our bars are not for everyone, and we tell people that all the time. We think some people thrive on animal protein where others thrive on plant-based material.
Tell us a little about your background. Have you owned a business before?
My background is in rehabilitation. I was a physical therapist interested in nutrition. My partner's (and wife's) background was in psychology and women and gender studies. We have always been entrepreneurs, and eight years ago we started a commercial recycling company in Austin, TX. We operated that for 5 years during college. Three years ago, shortly after selling the recycling company we started a whole food, plant-based energy bar company called Thunderbird Energetica. We have always supported each other and shared a mutual passion to make a meaningful and beneficial impact on the world. We are also two of the most competitive athletes you will ever meet. I think that mentality has helped us tremendously as we apply much of the same thought process to running a business.
When did you realize that Epic Bars made it, (so to say?) Did you ever have doubts?
We realized Epic Bars "made it" on the day we launched the product to the public. In truly EPIC fashion, we launched the bars at Natural Products Expo West (the largest natural foods show in the world). Within the first 2 hours of the show, we had signed the 2 largest national accounts in the country! It was amazing! Everyone was talking about it, people's reactions were incredible, and we walked away with a "NEXT forecast" awarded by New Hope 360 (the organizers of the event). The NEXT forecast was awarded to only a handful of companies that the show organizers felt were doing something truly innovative and category creating.
What is something readers would be surprised to know about you?
One of my favorite things to do in the whole world is to sit around a fire with my wife (business partner) and our chocolate lab after a long hard day at the office. We have a tradition where we howl at the moon for up to 10 minutes. You can feel the stress melt away and our wolf pack bonding. I love it.


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Meet the talented chefs who ensure that each of the Union Square fine dining restaurants at The Westin St. Francis remains a legendary experience day in and day out.
BERND LIEBERGESELL, Executive Chef, C.E.C., and Food and Beverage Director
" You book it - we'll cook it," are the enthusiastic words of The Westin St. Francis Executive Chef Bernd Liebergesell, a 40-year veteran ofWestin Hotels & Resorts, who is currently celebrating his 23th anniversary at the historic landmark hotel in San Francisco.
A native of Kassel, West Germany, Liebergesell is a graduate of the Berufsfachschule of Hotel, Gaststattengewerbe and the Walter Hecker Institute. He was introduced to the culinary profession at age 16 when he started his 3 year apprenticeship program in Kornberg, Germany.
Chef began his career with Westin Hotels & Resorts in 1974 at the Carlton hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has since held positions at the Ilikai Hotel in Honolulu Hawaii, the Houston Oaks Hotel in Houston, and The Cherry Creek in Denver and the Westin William Penn in Pittsburgh. He opened the Westin SFO in 1987 and that's when he fell in love with the California lifestyle.
In 1991 Liebergesell was named the Executive Chef at the Westin St. Francis and since 1995 has held the duel position of Executive Chef and Director of Food and Beverage. He enjoys working with his sixty plus culinary team that always "makes it happen" for him. He likes the history and lore of the historic hotel and the challenges of cooking diverse foods for a very diverse clientele.
He is a certified Executive Chef and has been voted Chef of the Year of the Pacific Coast by the American Culinary Federation. He has won the Inspirational Award from Westin, and the "Antonine Careme" Medal from the Chef's Association of the Pacific Coast. He recently won the California Hotel's & Lodging Association's Stars of the Industry Award for Outstanding Manager of the Year 2012.
Bernd is an avid soccer fan and enjoys sailing on the San Francisco Bay. He resides in San Mateo, California with his wife Annette. His two sons are currently experiencing the college lifestyle at the University of Hawaii, and Chico State.
THOMAS H. RIMPEL, Chef de Cuisine
Being born in the U.S. and raised in Germany has enabled Chef Rimpel to appreciate cultural differences and incorporate them in his creations. He attended culinary school in Hamburg, where he perfected his knowledge of classical European cuisine. Chef Rimpel has been with the St Francis culinary team since 1979.
He describes going from that beginning to preparing a much-praised dinner for 1,200 in honor of George W. Bush as a "miracle", which he now considers just another part of his job. Over the years, Chef Rimpel has created such miracles for Bob Hope, Don Johnson, the Queen of England, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama.
JEAN-FRANÇOIS HOUDRÉ, Executive Pastry Chef
Born in the Southwest region of France into a family business of Boulanger-Pâtissier, Jean François was inspired to become a Pâtissier by his father. He has fond memories working with his father in the family owned pastry shop where everything was created from scratch.
At the tender age of 21, Jean François began working in Southern California for the Vie de France Corporation. He has also worked for the Ritz Carlton, Le Meridien and the Sutton Place Hotel in Newport Beach, where he participated in many Chaines des Rôtisseurs and Tôque Blanche events.
Jean François always had a close connection with French Pâtisserie and he continues to educate himself by studying at l'Ecole de la Pâtisserie Lenôtre. He is always searching for the latest flavor combination but always respecting the French tradition of creating pastries.
Working at the St. Francis is being a part of history. He says this hotel holds a tremendous amount of San Francisco nostalgia. The culinary team at the St. Francis is diverse, creative and professional, my position as Executive Pastry Chef extents itself throughout the hotel.
MEL FOGATA, Executive Sous Chef
"Keep it simple and let the ingredients speak for themselves," is the cooking philosophy of The Westin St. Francis Executive Sous Chef, Mel Fogata, who joined the culinary team in the summer of 2012.
Born and raised in Honolulu until the age of 15 when his family moved to Philadelphia, Fogata brings a wealth of culinary experience garnered from working with some of the country's top Chefs. He attended culinary school at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College in Philadelphia. He began his culinary career in 1996 as an extern under James Beard award winning Chef Jean-Marie Lacroix at the Fountain Restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel, and then was chosen to be part of the Sous Chef team to open Lacroix at the Rittenhouse in the Rittenhouse Hotel, which garnered "Best New Restaurant" by Esquire Magazine in 2003.
Fogata gained extensive experience incorporating Vietnamese and Chinese flavors with French plating techniques as the Sous Chef to James Beard nominated Chef Kiong Bahn at Philadelphia's 20 Manning Grill. He has also worked for several premier hotels in Philadelphia including Loews, Sofitel and Park Hyatt. Most recently, he was the Executive Sous Chef at The Westin La Paloma in Tucson.


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Dr. Siegfried investigates the role of growth factors and hormones in the development and growth of lung cancer.
The laboratory focuses on the effects of these cytokines on control of tumor growth, their role in risk for cancer, and their signaling pathways. Growth factors and their receptors currently under investigation include estrogen, progesterone, the epidermal growth factor family of peptides, and hepatocyte growth factor. Dr. Siegfried's laboratory is interested in the modulation of gene expression by these ligands in malignant lung cells, the relationship between exposure to tobacco smoke and production of hormones and growth factors by cells derived from the human lung, and the role of steroid hormones in influencing tumor growth and growth factor secretion. These pathways are also being investigated as possible chemotherapeutic targets and diagnostic or prognostic indicators for lung cancer. Both cell culture and animal models are used to examine how these hormones and growth factors interact in the development and growth of lung cancer.
These studies are directed toward development of new strategies for lung cancer prevention and treatment through increased knowledge of growth regulatory processes in lung cancer cells.


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The U.S. Didn't Topple Canada in Men's Hockey Today. They May Not Get Another Chance.
Canada won today's semifinal, 1-0.
The Olympics are so much crueler than the sports leagues we watch the rest of the year. Lose in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, or the NBA Playoffs, or in any other league's post-season, and the next season's just a few months away. But lose in the Olympics — in which everything is compressed into a two-week span every four years — and you have to wait an awfully long time to make another run at a gold medal. You have to wait a long time to reignite rivalries. You have to wait a long time to redeem yourself. And it's not just the players who suffer that wait; fans do, too. But this year's Olympic men's hockey tournament is especially cruel: Not only did Team USA lose its semifinal to Canada today, 1-0, it may not even get a chance for true revenge four years from now.
Since NHL players began participating in the Olympics — which is to say, since the Olympics actually began determining which country had the best team of players — Canada had twice beaten Team USA in the gold-medal game. Even advancing that far is a legitimate accomplishment for USA Hockey, but their only win over Canada came during the preliminary round four years ago — a loss Canada avenged by beating the Americans for gold later in the tournament. The U.S. came so close last time, taking Canada to overtime before losing on Sidney Crosby's golden goal, but they still had to settle for silver and cede hockey superiority to their neighbors to the north.
But the Americans were in great shape entering today's game in Sochi. They'd looked very good in four Olympic games so far, getting balanced scoring (and lots of it) while not playing down to opponents. Their top defensive line had been excellent, most notably shutting down a scary first Russian unit. And they'd been healthy: The injury that kept Paul Martin out of today's game was the first serious one they'd had to deal with.
The Canadians, meanwhile, were undefeated, too, but their All-Star collection of forwards had struggled to find the net, and an injury to John Tavares would keep one of their most talented players out of the lineup in the semifinals and beyond. Four years ago, the Americans were considered a team on the rise, but still solid underdogs against Canada. But with the way the U.S. had played in Sochi to this point, they appeared to be a serious threat to finally take down Canada.
It didn't happen.
Canada was absolutely the better team in today's semifinal game. The U.S. has a handful of good scoring chances, but Carey Price stopped everything they threw at him, and they weren't able to generate much sustained offense. Canada forced them to take lots of long shots, with little chance of producing a juicy rebound. Canada was relentless, forcing the U.S. defensemen into their sloppiest game of the tournament. And even when the U.S. had the man-advantage on the power play, the aggressive Canadian penalty kill was stellar.
American goalie Jonathan Quick played well, but he didn't have a chance on Team Canada's one goal, a redirection by Jamie Benn that held up as the game's only goal. That's all it takes in hockey sometimes: one freaking goal.
But here's what makes today's loss even more painful: Four years from now, these American players may not be back to try again — not even the young ones who would still be among the best American players come 2018. For that matter, the best Canadians, and Swedes, and Russians may not be back either. The NHL hasn't yet decided whether it's going to allow its players to participate in the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, and there's speculation that they ultimately might decide against it. There are a handful of reasons why the NHL isn't wild about its players participating in the Olympics — the potential for injuries, the disruption of the regular season — but the one that really matters is that the NHL doesn't directly profit off the Olympics. NHL participation is great for the sport, and may help the game's profile in the United States, but the NHL doesn't control the tournament.
There's been a lot of talk that instead of sending players to the Olympics, the NHL would revive the World Cup of Hockey, which it would co-own along with the NHL Players Association. It could then stage its own international tournament on its own terms, holding it prior to the NHL season and, more importantly to them, profiting off of it. It's possible this won't actually happen — that the NHL will come to its senses and realize how much players and fans like Olympic participation as is. It's also possible that they'll bring back the World Cup in addition to sending players to the Olympics. (A decision could come in the next six months.)
But if NHL players don't go back in 2018, it'll be impossible for the U.S. to properly avenge today's loss. The World Cup would be fun for hockey diehards — it was really exciting for American fans when Team USA beat Canada to win the 1996 tournament — but it wouldn't have nearly the cachet that the Olympics have. And it wouldn't come close to drawing in casual viewers the way the Olympics do.
And while amateur Olympic hockey players are responsible for perhaps this country's greatest sports moment — the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" — those were unique circumstances, not only because of the political environment, but because the upset was made possible thanks to the USSR sending its best possible players while Team USA had to send a bunch of college kids. Watching teams of amateurs and second-rate pros in 2018 won't recreate anything close to that. Even die-hard hockey fans would have trouble getting worked up about it.
This generation of NHL players has grown up dreaming about winning Olympic gold, just they've dreamed about winning a Stanley Cup. The Olympics matter in a way that an artificial tournament like the World Cup won't. American hockey has come a long way, but the last step is taking down a team of the best Canadian players on the way to that Olympic gold. They've come close before, and came close again today. It would be a shame if they didn't at least get another shot in four years.


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Karlgren, Jussi (1992) How Users Adapt to Natural Language Interfaces. In: Workshop on Empirical Models and Methods for Natural Language Dialogue Systems at the Third Conference on Applied Natural Language Processing (ANLP), Trento, Italy. (Unpublished)
Posing complex database queries in informal natural language is a nontrivial task, and users have to learn a language to do this in. This study of natural language database queries indicates that people seem to recycle vocabulary and even syntactic constructions from the system output. A consequence for system design is that an interactive system should output language that a user can use, and set right interaction breakdowns with examples of acceptable language rather than error messages, thus utilizing the natural communicative and adaptive behavior of users.
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Once you "mark a location" is there any way of retrieving the GPS coordinates? I know as soon as you mark it you can scroll through and see the coordinates. But I need a way to find it after you have left that screen.
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Columbia to Visit @PUSoftball in Pivotal Ivy League Weekend
Princeton (21-17, 6-6 Ivy) vs. Columbia (20-18, 6-6 Ivy)
Saturday, April 20 & Sunday, April 21, 12:30 p.m. doubleheaders at Class of 1895 Field, Princeton, N.J.
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All-time series: Princeton leads 25-11
Streak: Columbia 1 overall, Princeton 1 in Princeton
Last meeting: On April 20 and 21, 2012, Princeton and Columbia split two doubleheaders in Manhattan. The first three games were decided by one or two runs, with neither team surpassing three runs in any of those games. The last game went to Columbia 8-2.
At the plate: Princeton is outhitting Columbia .300 to .285 this season.
Top hitters: Sophomore Alyssa Schmidt (40-103, .388) is Princeton's top hitter, while junior Emily Caruthers (43-120, .358) leads the Lions in batting average.
In the circle: Princeton's staff ERA is 2.93, Columbia's is 2.66.
Top pitchers: Senior Alex Peyton (6-6) has thrown a team-high 85 1/3 innings for Princeton, accruing a 2.62 ERA. Freshman Emily Kenyon (8-8, 2.58) leads Columbia in innings, throwing 108 2/3 of the team's 247 2/3 frames.
• Princeton, Columbia and Cornell are each four games behind Penn. The Quakers and the Big Red will meet for four games in Ithaca Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. each day.
• In last year's series with Columbia, Alex Peyton threw 15 1/3 of the team's 26 1/3 innings, going 1-1 with an 0.91 ERA in three appearances. Princeton's staff ERA in the series was 2.39.
• Nicole Ontiveros '12 led Princeton at the plate last year against Columbia, going 7 for 14 (.500). Tory Roberts is the leading returning hitter, going 5 for 14 (.375).
• Princeton out-hit Columbia .264 to .223 in the series last year.
• For the Lions, Brooke Darling had a stingy 0.35 ERA against Princeton last year, getting the decision in all four games (2-2). She threw 20 of the 28 innings. Darling is 8-7 with a 2.57 ERA this season overall.
• Kayla Shimoda led Columbia at the plate in last year's series against Princeton going 5 for 11 (.455). She has a .248 average this season.
• After hitting three home runs last weekend, Alex Peyton is approaching some record home-run totals. Her single-season total of nine is a career high, and it's only five short of the Princeton record of 14 held by Melissa Finley '05, Jamie Lettire '10 and Kelsey Quist '10.
• On the career list, Peyton's three home runs over the weekend gave her 22 as a Tiger, good for a fifth-place tie. Her next home run will move her past Linda Smolka '89 and behind only Jamie Lettire '10 (38), Melissa Finley '05 (37), Kelsey Quist '10 (37), and Kathryn Welch '09 (30).
• Princeton and Columbia have played 18 doubleheaders since first meeting in 2001. The Tigers have had sweeps or splits in 17 of those 18 twinbills.


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Pre-Market: Yahoo May Put Yelp Reviews in Search; Barclays Leaks Data of 27,000 Customers
Vincent Trivett
Yahoo and Yelp could both stay relevant with a search tie-up.
Stock futures declined today following the best week for stocks so far this year.
Yahoo Inc
(NASDAQ:YHOO) and
Yelp Inc
(NYSE:YELP) could see heavy trading after news reports leaked a possible search tie-up between the two companies.
Ahead of the opening bell, futures on the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(INDEXDJX:.DJI) were down 0.22% at 15,704.
(INDEXSP:.INX) futures fell 0.25% to 1,789.00 and
(INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) futures declined by 0.11% to 3,554.25. There are no major US economic indicators due out today.
Wall Street Journal
today that
(NYSE:S) is going back to the drawing board on its planned acquisition of
T-Mobile US
(NYSE:TMUS), its smaller rival. The report comes after the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission both voiced antitrust concerns about the third and fourth largest mobile carriers joining together. The report says that Sprint might still pursue the acquisition after it finds ways to counter arguments that it hurts competition.
(NYSE:BCS) suffered a huge data security breach in the UK. The financial statements, insurance policies, and personal identification of 27,000 customers was leaked to criminals in what is being called the worst-ever data breach at a bank. US-traded shares of Barclays are unfazed, however, as the stock is up 0.8% in the pre-market.
Yelp shares rallied 10.17 in the pre-market today after
Bloomberg reported
that Yahoo will include Yelp ratings of local establishments in its search results. Such a deal could help both companies stay relevant. Yelp ratings could help Yahoo retain search users, and it could drive traffic to Yelp, which has its own competition from
(NASDAQ:GOOG), including reviews from users and Zagat in search results. Yahoo shares also rose 1.40% this morning.
Janet Yellen will give her first semi-annual testimony to the House Financial Services Committee tomorrow. In her first important appearance as Federal Reserve Chairwoman, she is likely to shed light on why the markets rallied so much last week, concerns about emerging market growth, and the Fed's strategy for slowly reducing its purchases of bonds and mortgage-backed securities to stimulate the economy. Especially since the last two jobs reports came in weaker than expected, markets are eager for any hint of the Fed's stance on the labor market's strength.
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The Paarthurnax Dilemma
Skyrim » Quests and Adventures
Skyrim » Quests and Adventures
Added: 09/06/2012 - 08:04AM
Updated: 22/09/2015 - 11:32PM
Last updated at 18:32, 22 Sep 2015 Uploaded at 3:04, 9 Jun 2012
Requires Skyrim version 184.108.40.206.8 or higher.
Disappointed with how ruthless and unforgiving the Blades were at the end of the main quest? Felt like you should have been able to put your foot down and make them see reason? Well now you can!
This mod is a simple, yet badly needed modification to the post-MQ quest the Blades give you to kill Paarthurnax.
Approach the quest as usual. Listen to the Greybeards and Paarthurnax.
Should you decide to spare his life, return to Delphine or Esbern and explain it to them. You may have to be a bit forceful in the process. They may not like what you're telling them, but they're supposed to be there to serve the Dragonborn, right?
Should you choose to go through with slaying him, he will not be alone. Paarthurnax told you he was going to try and teach others the Way of the Voice, and he'll have his first group of students listening intently. Or, well, whatever dragons do when they're perched on rocks looking at each other.
Are you a ruthless savage like your Blade companions, or will you show compassion and forgiveness the Blades don't appear to be capable of anymore? Make your choice, Dragonborn!
Installation Requirements
Official Skyrim patch 184.108.40.206.8 or greater.


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Thursday, April 10th is the opening for the "Enviro" show at Falls Church Arts. The exhibit runs through May 11, 2014. When you put out a call for a show like this, don't expect the regular crowd of painters to show up, because this is a call for sculpture and construction, mixed media and such. Consider the requirements. Teddy Wiant, environmental artist is the curator. According to FCA, work for this show is expected to represent and utilize natural and recycled materials. Having stopped by this morning to check it out, you can see a range of work from free spirited assemblage to polished sculpture. Since the show is still in a state of hanging, this report is missing some details, but that will follow with an article based on this evening's opening.
See the slideshow. As always with Falls Church Arts, you can expect a party atmosphere and lots of excitement around seeing this brand spanking new work. According to a report from Falls Church News, a couple of art teachers from Falls Church are entered in this exhibit: Marc Robarge and John Ballou. This is part of the culture of the community to provide lots of opportunities to engage art and its purposes.
'Enviro' at Falls Church Arts
Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m.
at ArtSpace Falls Church
410 S. Maple Ave
Falls Church, Virginia 22046