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On yesterday's episode of "The Bold and the Beautiful," Ridge wanted Brooke to put that ring back on her finger and marry him. He wanted this for them and for R.J.
Katie gave Liam a nameplate for his desk that bore his new title. Liam was sure he was going to be fired. Katie told him just because he was Bill's son, it didn't mean there was a target on his back. Katie added that she didn't believe Bill set out to intentionally hurt her. Liam said it was sort of like her not intentionally developing feelings for her sister's husband.
Katie didn't understand why Liam had brought that up. She wished Liam had never seen that close moment between her and Ridge. Katie insisted she had spoken to Ridge and things between them were over, even though things had never really started.
Bill wondered why Quinn had kissed him and she said she already told him why. She simply wanted to see if it felt the same. She mentioned being young and stupid when she was with him. He dreaded hearing her talk about their time together again. She insisted she wasn't dredging up the past and said she was glad she ran into him. She added she was glad about the kiss too.
Bill said if she was coming on to him, she would end up disappointed. Quinn assumed he was pining for Brooke. Bill said he didn't pine, he conquered. Quinn suggested he could be losing his touch. Quinn said Bill wasn't the only game in town at this point. Bill said Ridge was the least of his problems. Quinn pointed out that Ridge and Brooke shared a child together. Bill countered with the fact that he and Katie shared a child as well, but they weren't getting back together. He said Katie had moved on.
Quinn wondered if Katie had a new man in her life. Bill predicted that would eventually happen. Quinn thought it would be great if there was another Ridge around because she thought Ridge would be perfect for Katie.
Liam thought Katie was being too hard on herself. She insisted she wasn't going to do to Brooke what Brooke had done to her. Liam insisted it wasn't the same thing, but Katie said it was in her mind. Katie claimed Ridge and Brooke always got back together in the end. She said this time was different because they were different. Ridge had been kind and supportive and her sister had sworn she had changed. She said she did more than put a stop to her and Ridge. She had insisted he go to her sister and propose. Liam didn't get any of this.
Brooke told Ridge when she asked him to marry her, he said he needed a little more time. Ridge told Brooke he was here now and he wanted to put his family back together. "So, marry me." he said to a speechless Brooke.
Bill asked Quinn how things were going with Eric. She said he was charming and good looking. Bill pointed out the fact that he was also loaded. Quinn knew that, but said she didn't believe anyone could compete with the memory of his dead wife. Bill told Quinn that didn't seem to stop her. She thought he was making her sound calculating. He said if the dagger fits, and Quinn barely noticed the dig. She also said he was driven as opposed to calculating and he was the same way. She pointed out the fact that their personal lives reflected that.
Bill told Quinn his personal life was just fine. She wondered if that was why he was hanging out alone working out. She said he was a virile man and all that pent up testosterone must have been getting to him. Bill said he liked to keep in shape. Quinn wondered if he was doing that to be ready just in case Brooke wanted to jump back into his bed.
Quinn changed the subject and ask Bill what the deal was with the Logan women. She said men seemed to be obsessed with them. She said his sons were obsessed, and so weren't Eric, Ridge and even Bill himself. Quinn said she just didn't understand it. She got the attention Brooke received and maybe even Donna's if one liked slutty honey. She thought that Katie was kind and moral. She thought Katie was more Ridge's type. She even believed Ridge was better suited to Katie.
A shocked Liam didn't understand why Katie would send Ridge back to Brooke. He concluded that she wanted this for R.J. She wanted R.J. to have what her son couldn't. Katie told Liam if she thought her and Bill could make a go of it for Will, she would have. For Katie, the trust was just gone. Liam got that. Katie also said Brooke and Ridge's love had been tested a million times and they always ended up getting back together.
Liam said it wasn't about love for Ridge and Brooke. He said it was about the scandal. He thought if Ridge were in a relationship with Katie, he would never have to worry about scandal again. Liam thought Katie should follow her heart. Katie figured she and Ridge were just two lonely people who found a connection with each other. Liam thought Ridge had found something in Katie he never had in Brooke, and that was honesty and integrity. Liam suspected that might be what Ridge wanted now.
Ridge was surprised by Brooke's reaction to his proposal. He said he should have planned something more grand. He should have whisked her away somewhere. Brooke said she didn't need to be spirited away. She said all she needed was him. She wanted the life they would have had if he didn't leave her. Brooke doesn't want that to happen again. She wanted to know if they were going to be together forever. She said she could only accept the proposal if they were together forever. Ridge grew silent.
Bill thought Quinn's concept of Katie being perfect for Ridge was ridiculous. Quinn wondered if he'd rather see Brooke with Ridge. Bill assumed Quinn had somewhere to be, but she said she was free if he wanted to confide in her. He said he didn't confide, and if he did, hers would be the last ear he'd bend. Quinn said Bill really knew how to sweet talk a girl.
Liam continued coaching Katie to realize it was alright for her to be with Ridge. Katie continually said that she didn't want to go there. Liam told her that he was sure Ridge had seen something special in her. He was wearing Katie down. Liam challenged Katie to come up with one thing she had in common with Ridge that he didn't have with Brooke. Katie said it was poetry, and one poem in particular. She said she had known Ridge for most of her life, but felt like she was just discovering things about him.
Katie started to drift off in her memories of Ridge, but then insisted Brooke was the one for Ridge. She told Liam she wanted Ridge and Brooke to be together, and she wanted them to be happy. She insisted they would find that happiness as soon as they got married.
Brooke told Ridge she had to be sure he wasn't going to walk away when things got rough. Ridge promised when he said his vows they would be for real. He was sure they could put their family back together again. He wanted her to be his bride. Brooke said she had always been his bride in her heart. She said that sounded like a yes and agreed to marry him.
Bill wondered why Quinn was so concerned about his personal life. She thought the all powerful Bill Spencer had lost some of his power. He had lost his company, his son and Katie had kicked him to the curb. She said he was batting zero for three right now. Bill said he believed a challenge didn't define a person. Their response however, did.
Quinn wondered how he intended to get out of this mess. Bill said he had pans for Brooke--especially with Valentine's Day approaching. Quinn thought those plans better be grand given the competition. Bill said Ridge wasn't competition. He was a nuisance like a little fly buzzing around. Quinn suspected Bill intended to swat that fly. Bill insisted Ridge was Brooke's past and he was her future. Quinn wondered about Katie. Bill told her Katie would find another man who was worthy of her eventually. Quinn thought Ridge would be that man. Bill countered it would be anyone but Ridge.
Back in her office, Katie's thoughts were on Ridge. She couldn't get images of him out of her head. She heard him reciting poetry and relived that day they spent together in the park.
Ridge wanted to drive up to Ojai to tell R.J. his parents were getting married. Brooke thought it would be a good idea to wait and tell him after they got married. Brooke always seems hesitant about having R.J. around.
On today's episode, Wyatt wonders if Hope really wants to debate with one of his parents is crazier. Bill chats about how Ridge has no right to talk about how Brooke spent her time during his absence or who she spent it with. Liam tells Katie nothing feels worse than missing a chance and regretting it for the rest of your life. Bill tells one of his sons that there is no way Ridge could compete with what he's got planned.
Don't miss today's episode of "The Bold and the Beautiful" and do share your thoughts in the comments section below.


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May 05, 2014
Recommendations from the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry have been approved by University of the Pacific President Pamela A. Eibeck and the University Board of Regents as part of an institution-wide Academic Planning and Alignment process.
As a result, the location of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Residency program will be changing, and the Pacific Dental Care Clinic in Stockton will transition from offering a variety of general dental services to providing dental hygiene care only.
The AEGD program will consolidate to one site, the dental school's Union City Dental Care Center. This change will become effective at the start of the school's new academic year in July 2014. The school will phase out the Stockton-based AEGD program when the current residents graduate June 15, 2014. Residents and faculty will work with existing AEGD patients to complete their treatment or transition them to other local dental providers. The goals of this reorganization are to make the program become financially self-sustaining, increase the connection with the school's San Francisco clinics and programs, enhance global scholar student opportunities, enhance inter-professional relationships with other organizations and continue to provide quality care to patients.
These decisions will impact the future of the dental school's Stockton dental clinic, which is located on the University of the Pacific campus.
The Pacific Dental Care Clinic will change its focus of care. Starting this July, AEGD residents will no longer provide general dental services at the clinic. Dental Hygiene students will continue to provide dental hygiene care to the public. These services include preventive care such as cleanings, sealants and fluoride treatments as well as x-rays, periodontal maintenance therapy and root planing (deep cleaning). Other services such as blood pressure screenings, oral cancer exams, tobacco cessation counseling and nutritional counseling are also available.
Once the AEGD residents finish providing general dental services at the clinic in mid-June 2014, dental faculty, staff and residents will work with AEGD patients on a case-by-case basis to complete their treatment plan over coming months at the clinic, or find another local dental provider.
Patients are also welcome to continue their care through the dental school's AEGD program at Union City Dental Center (Tel. 510.489.5200) or at the school's new clinics at its new downtown San Francisco campus (Tel. 415.929.6501). The Union City and San Francisco locations are each about two blocks from BART stations. More details about these clinics are available here.
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Instagrammers are tagging these photos with #library..
Instagrammers are tagging these photos with #library..
I do wonder what some of these users were thinking when they used the tag "library." Some of these are quite obviously relevant — like the photo of the actual library — but others, such as the various 'selfies' boggle my mind.
Unless we really stretch our imaginations and extend the definition of "library," which we might traditionally see as a space for collections and collaborations of knowledge, towards ourselves. Maybe we as human beings are libraries in and of ourselves, with our webs of knowledge and experiences?
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Liberals like to scream about the causes of poverty. As with everything else they scream about, they cannot get their facts right.
Poverty is not caused by racism or injustice. It is caused by government policies. One of the biggest root causes of poverty is the government policies that create fatherless families.
From the Washington Times:
Nicole Hawkins' three daughters have matching glittery boots, but none has the same father. Each has uniquely colored ties in her hair, but none has a dad present in her life.
As another single mother on Sumner Road decked her row-house stoop with Christmas lights and a plastic Santa, Ms. Hawkins recalled that her middle child's father has never spent a holiday or birthday with her. In her neighborhood in Southeast Washington, 1 in 10 children live with both parents, and 84 percent live with only their mother.
In every state, the portion of families where children have two parents, rather than one, has dropped significantly over the past decade. Even as the country added 160,000 families with children, the number of two-parent households decreased by 1.2 million. Fifteen million U.S. children, or 1 in 3, live without a father, and nearly 5 million live without a mother. In 1960, just 11 percent of American children lived in homes without fathers.
America is awash in poverty, crime, drugs and other problems, but more than perhaps anything else, it all comes down to this, said Vincent DiCaro, vice president of the National Fatherhood Initiative: Deal with absent fathers, and the rest follows.
People "look at a child in need, in poverty or failing in school, and ask, 'What can we do to help?' But what we do is ask, 'Why does that child need help in the first place?' And the answer is often it's because [the child lacks] a responsible and involved father," he said.
The government policies that liberals champion have created an expressway to poverty. In the inner city, women with three, four or five children all with different fathers is not uncommon. The women don't care if they get pregnant. After all, the government is there to give them money. The men just want to be able to have sex with a woman without the commitment of marriage. Unfortunately, the welfare programs in this nation encourage illegitimacy and punish the creation of families.
The simple truth is, one of the fastest ways to avoid poverty is not to have children until you are married and stay married once you have children.
That truth is so simple, even a liberal should be able to understand it.
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Who is this "They" you're going on about? Are they affiliated with "Them"? Anyway, I see that you do have a lot of time on your hands if you can sit around and do this. It's funny because you people think that we're lazy. I see that I'm going to have a lot of fun on this thread. I just hope that before I'm banned, I won't have the desire to consume massive amounts of mountain dew, barn yard erotica, meth, burning crosses and sexing up my close female relatives
"They" are the liberals. What the picture of the little boy shows is how 90% of the black community bring their kids up to think. There's nothing racist about it - it depicts the truth.
LOL - Nabil who is "you people?" I bet you have already consumed your share of more than mountain dew, etc. I am guess you are a black male who is a Muslim convert. That is alright if you want to become a 7th century neantheral. But, do expect to be treated as one. Also, if you treat people with respect, we will show respect back. I don't like being talked down to by a bigot.
Great response Debrajoe!
Also, Debrajoe, it is the Muslims who have sex with children, including female child relatives. In Pakistan, over 70% of marriages are between first cousins. Their pedophile "prophet" Mohammed married his cousin and had sex with underage children of both genders, and they consider him "the perfect man" who is to be copied in all ways, so that explains it. Mohammed married the youngest of his four wives, Aisha, when she was six years old. He molested her every which way from Sunday until she was nine years old, when he determined that he could have sexual intercourse with her without killing her, which he promptly did with great enthusiasm. Nice, huh? It's pretty rich seeing a Muslim making fun of inbreeding and having sex with female relatives, since that is precisely what millions of Muslims do all over the world, right now, today.
Tell us something about yourself, Nabil. Who's your daddy? If I were guessing, I would suppose
that Father's Day is the most confusing time of the year for you(??)
Another thing: We see you've taken an Arabic name. That's interesting. It was probably an Arab
that put your great-great grand pappy in chains and sold him to some white slave trader back in the
long ago.. But then, I guess that Arab did do you a favor. I mean, that long ago Arab businessman
insured that you would be born in the U.S.A. How lucky you are!! Like, you don't have to worry about
the lions coming into your village some dark night, looking for a free handout (you, of course, being the
handout he/she would be looking for). Conversely, I'm supposing that it's you who is living off handouts,
all paid for by all of us mountain dew guzzling, meth producing (and consuming), cross-burning, in-
cest ridden, lovers of barnyard animals.
But then, I'm just guessing, Nabil. I would also guess that you came into this world on my dime.
Meaning that I (or we) probably had to pay for your mama to drop her calf (you) in some sanitary
delivery room of some welfare hospital in the good old U.S.A. Well, Nabil, somebody had to pick
up the tab when your mama did her thing in that delivery room ___ and you've probably been suck-
ing on that government teat ever since ___ thanks to the forced contributions us folks have been
making toward keeping you up and running on a daily basis.
How close am I hitting to home, Nabil???
You do have one problem though, Nabil: One of these days the well is going to run dry ___ and
you aren't going to have any idea where to get your own water! Between now and then, I do hope
that no one bans you from this sight. We rarely get true insight from welfare trash on this thread.
And, one more question for you, Nabil, before you go back to work, selling the meth that us hill
billies manufacture and pimping for your sister: How many b****** kids have YOU fathered since
Allah graced us with your presence?
Just wondering. It costs more for us to raise bastards than when you were just a little b******!
Another thing: try to kick the coke, my man ___ and get checked regularly for A.I.D.S. Hell, the
examination is free ___ since us hayseeds will be paying for it!
Semper Fi!
Donald, I love your response! In my darkest moments this is how I feel. (Then I feel guilty for such thoughts!)
Semper Fi!
" They" are the liberal( socialist) media. " They " are the ones who voted for a dictator because he gives free cellphones. " They " are the ones who have had generation after generation on government entitlements. " They " are the ones who say they are being "held back" because they have different color skin or " talks funny". If you are a Christian then there should be no room for racism in your heart or life.God made us all. He gave us a free will and what did we do with it? We learned how to hate someone because they are different. The path is clear. Either you believe in one race, the human race, or you are not Christian or at least not a practicing one. Love thy neighbor. What a simple statement. Why is it such a hard rule to follow?
"They" although not the 1% of the country, are part of the 1% of the global population and it should be quite apparent right now that the anticolonialism president isn't all that interested in Americans. It's going to be a rude awakening when "they" are to be part of the giving and not the given.
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Critics Assail NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Tactics
Joseph Midgley, who identifies himself as a homeless New Yorker, is no stranger to the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy.
"I have been stopped and frisked four times," said Midgley, who volunteers with the advocacy group Picture the Homeless. In each instance, he said, police asked if he had anything illegal and proceeded to search him even after he said no. "I was never ever charged, never even given a ticket."
Midgley joined a group of critics who turned out Tuesday to challenge police tactics on the steps of City Hall. The event came in the wake of The Wall Street Journal's report that police performed a record-high 684,330 stops last year.
The number of stops jumped by 14% over 2010 totals — a pattern of increases that has been repeated nearly every year since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002, said Darius Charney, lead attorney in a lawsuit challenging the stop-and-frisk policy. In Bloomberg's first year, the number of people stopped by police was under 100,000, he said.
Civil rights advocates, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and City Council members participated in the press conference, calling on the Bloomberg administration to change the way stop-and-frisks are used and charging that the current system is racially biased.
"Acknowledge that this is a problem," said City Council Member Jumaane Williams. "I am not against stop and frisk as a police tactical tool, but it is being abused in my community in a way that would never be allowed."
Critics noted, as the Journal reported, that 84% of those stopped in 2011 were black and Latino. "Little wonder, then, that police in New York City is a tale of two cities," said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
She said blacks are stopped more than six times as often as whites, while Latinos are stopped by police four times more frequently than whites. Men of color between the ages of 14 and 24 make up 7.2% of the city's population but account for 41% of the stops, Lieberman said.
Lieberman put the stop-and-frisk policy in the context of Bloomberg's philanthropic efforts to address the hurdles faced by young, underprivileged men in New York City. Police stops "are a significant part of the problem," she said.
The NYPD has said the practice has helped to bring down crime numbers and save lives. Homicides dropped 4% in 2011 compared to the low tally from the year before, and in total remained under 600 for the 10th straight year. Major crime, which includes violent offenses and serious theft, ticked up by less than 1% last year.
On Monday, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne estimated that over the past 10 years, there were 5,628 fewer homicides than in the decade before Bloomberg took office — as a result, in part, of the stop-and-frisk policy.
"There is no empirical data that shows stop and frisk reduces crime," Charney countered on Tuesday.
Councilman Williams, who represents Brooklyn, echoed that skepticism. "We cannot feel comfortable with these numbers," he said. "We cannot feel comfortable with a mayor who says just we don't care what you are saying, a commissioner who says we just don't care about what you are saying — we are going to do what we want anyways."


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For Immediate Release
June 16, 2011
Menlo Park Draft EIR Fails to Comply with California Environmental Quality Act
The Menlo Park Downtown Alliance, a group of downtown business and property owners, has asked Shute, Mihaly, and Weinberger, a highly-respected law firm specializing in government, land use, natural resources and environmental law, to analyze the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) recently published by the City of Menlo Park. Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City's proposed Specific Plan for Camino and Downtown triggers the need for this DEIR. After reviewing the DEIR, the firm has issued a detailed analysis that concludes that the document is deficient in a number of areas.
In particular, the DEIR violates CEQA:
· by failing to provide an accurate project description that accounts for all of the development that could be approved under the Specific Plan
· by failing to provide specific project level review for the City's short-term public projects (sidewalk widening, pocket parks, paseo, central plaza, parking garage)
· by failing to sufficiently analyze the impacts to historical, biological, and air resources
· by failing to consider the potential for urban decay
· by failing to properly analyze the impacts on water supply
· by failing to consider transportation and air quality impacts during the construction period
· by failing to consider a reasonable range of alternatives, including an alternative that would reduce the project's significant impacts on air quality, greenhouse gasses, and traffic
and because it relies on mitigation measures that are not certain to occur.
Downtown business and property owners have long argued that the City's Plan will have detrimental impacts on the downtown and community as a whole. "The proposed downtown portion of the Specific Plan will create a congested downtown, a more city-like atmosphere, rather than the small-town atmosphere now enjoyed by our residents," said Mark Flegel, a downtown business owner and co-chair of the Menlo Park Downtown Alliance. "I fail to see the benefits of high-density build-out either for businesses or residents," he added.
The DEIR itself concludes that the cumulative impact along with development of the Plan area would adversely affect operation of local intersections, local roadway segments. It finds further that there would be "significant and unavoidable" negative environmental impacts on air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, noise levels, traffic circulation and congestion.
"There is no doubt that our many small and unique businesses downtown will suffer and many will leave if this Plan is implemented. One only has to look at other nearby cities and towns (e.g. Redwood City and Sunnyvale) to see the results of this kind of misguided city planning," said Nancy Couperus, a downtown property owner and a founder of the Sunday Farmers Market.
The comment letter, which was commissioned by the Menlo Park Downtown Alliance, enumerates in detail the ways in which the DEIR violates CEQA's mandate to consider a project's potential impacts on the environment. In a number of cases it calls on the City to provide a full and proper analysis, and to revise and mitigate the environmental impacts.
To read the entire DEIR Comment Letter from Shute, Mihaly, and Weinberger, click on the following website:
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Being Yourself & More
Say what?
You go online… and try to act "normal"?
Here, do this.
From now on:
1) Watch the personals every day. Only send messages to the new ads.
2) When you get a reply, email and ask her for her number. Tell her that you're swamped with a million messages from supermodels who keep bragging about how much money they have, and she needs to act fast or you'll be gone.
3) Get her number as soon as possible, and get her on the phone.
4) Do not, under any circumstances, talk about lame normal stuff.
Now get back in there, stop acting normal and make something happen!
reader's commentI have been using your techniques for the past month and my "popularity" is soaring. I would like to thank you for finally saying what I have thought for years. Here is my question. About five years ago I used to go to this bar and there was a server that I was just gaga for. Back then I was very shy and reserved. We talked here and there, nothing ever happened more than that and that was only when she brought me my drinks. Well, this weekend was my first weekend out since I moved back home and she was working at this new bar. I went to go approach her and all of sudden my mind was blank so I just backed off before she even knew I was going to approach her. How should I handle this, especially since she has been bartending for at least five years and she has seen it all and been hit on by everyone! What would you do?
D.V., West Virginia
my commentsOne of the keys to approaching women like this one who are hit on all the time by guys is to be as totally cool and calm as you possibly can.
By the way, bartenders are excellent candidates for asking "Hey, do you have e-mail?"... because it's very low-key and non-threatening.
Try this... roll into the bar, and when you see her say, "Hey, long time no see... so you're still tending bar after all these years, huh?"
See if she remembers you. If she doesn't, then make some small talk about how you used to come in the other bar where she worked. But keep it short because she'll probably be busy.
Then say, "So what, are you married with ten kids now?"
This is a cute way to ask a woman that you haven't talked to in awhile if she's single...
Then say, "Well, I'm going to get back to my friends... good seeing you"... and just as you turn, shoot back over your shoulder, "Hey! Do you have email?"
If she says "Yes," then say, "Great, write it down for me."
Remember, the key is to be laid-back and cool about it. Just act like you're connecting with an old female friend from high school.
David DeAngelo
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Andreas Dreuw, University of Heidelberg (dreuw/at/uni-heidelberg.de)
Ville R.I. Kaila, NIH, Washington (ville.kaila/at/nih.gov)
Roland Lindh, Uppsala University (Roland.Lindh/at/kvac.uu.se)
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James M.W. Murray, Imperial College, London (j.w.murray/at/imperial.ac.uk)
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Dan Nailen's Lounge Act: Movies Large and Small
This weekend in Salt Lake City, you can see one of the biggest rock bands ever in a newly remastered concert film, and a slew of small, indie flicks via the Salt Lake City Film Festival. What's your pleasure? Read More


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DETROIT -- It takes one to truly appreciate one.
The Detroit Red Wings, who last season set the NHL record with 23 straight home victories, are the latest stunned admirers of the Chicago Blackhawks, who on Sunday again found a way to continue their tear through the Western Conference.
The Blackhawks' come-from-behind 2-1 shootout victory was 2:02 away from being their first regulation loss in 22 games (19-0-3), the longest such stretch to open a season in NHL history, but Patrick Kane's power-play goal assured the visitors of at least one more game with the run intact.
Kane also gave the Blackhawks a second point by scoring the deciding goal of the shootout and improving his team's record in one-goal games to 12-0-3.
The Red Wings, like many other opponents this season, just shook their collective head about it afterward.
"It's not easy what they're doing," Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg said. "They find a way to win. They get a point every game. I saw some stat where I think [15] games are one-goal games. It's impressive to find a way to get that tying goal or that go-ahead goal. We'll see how long it lasts."
People said similar things about the Red Wings last season, when it seemed like they just couldn't lose on home ice. Like that team, these Blackhawks are gaining momentum to keep their run going with every victory they pile on top of it.
"They have confidence and they believe in themselves, that's what you do," Zetterberg said. "They've been playing real well. Even when they're down one or two goals, they have that feeling among the group that they can turn it around. They've been doing it so far."
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock also was impressed.
"It's amazing," he said. "In a competitive League, they're not making it competitive. In saying that, they're [12-0-3] in one-goal games. So they find a way to win. That's depth and that's skill."
It's also something that started in the Blackhawks' front office a year ago, when Chicago general manager Stan Bowman made a trade with the Winnipeg Jets to acquire puck-moving defenseman Johnny Oduya.
Bowman also traded to get Viktor Stalberg after Chicago won the 2010 Stanley Cup, then selected third-line center Andrew Shaw with the 139th pick of the 2011 NHL Draft.
There was a trade to get speedy fourth-liner Michael Frolik, and Cup-winning goalie Antti Niemi became a free agent after Bowman walked away from Niemi's arbitration award.
That move ultimately is what gave Corey Crawford a chance to shine, and he is making it look like a brilliant decision; the 28-year-old leads the League with a 1.41 goals-against average to go with his 10-0-3 record.
Bowman brought in veteran backup goalie Ray Emery prior to the 2011-12 season, and that move is working out great too.
"You've got to give Stan Bowman credit," Babcock said. "He's done a good job of retooling the roster. They're no different than any other team that won the Cup. They had to get rid of players. The players they acquired have come of age."
It's impressive, even to the Red Wings, a franchise that's long been considered among the NHL's best. Detroit is undergoing a semi-rebuild with younger players getting opportunities, but there is enough talent to make the Blackhawks sweat out nearly every game the teams play.
There also are enough holdovers from Detroit's recent glory days to appreciate what the Blackhawks have accomplished nearly halfway into a 48-game schedule.
"I think they play a little different [than we do]," Zetterberg said. "They try to stretch teams out a lot. I don't think we did that. They have the puck a lot, and that's what we're trying to do as well. They had their group together for a few years now and you can see that. They have a lot of good chemistry among the guys."
The Blackhawks also have a collective attitude of thirsting for more.
"You're definitely thinking about it," Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp said of the run. "[But] I don't think you see a change in our style of play, whether we're up a goal or down a goal. That's an important thing."
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WWE Title at the Home Run Derby
WWE is getting a lot mainstream exposure on Tuesday after Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones gave the winner of the 2013 Home Run Derby, Yoenis Cespedes, a WWE title belt that was given to him by creative writer Kevin Eck. Check out SportsCenter's "Highlights of the Night" featuring the belt at this link.
Ultimate Warrior's Relationship with WWE
To recap some of Sam Roberts' interview with The Ultimate Warrior that Brooks posted here, Warrior said he doesn't work with Vince McMahon and WWE about his role in the game. He said he isn't fighting with WWE right now. Warrior said he doesn't watch WWE programming but is aware of the top guys.


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by Heather, August 12, 2014
* Get a part time job that works around your schedule – Many small businesses look for part time help. Local restaurants, coffee shops, book stores or shops at the mall often need help after normal business hours.
* Start a small business – It is easy to start a small business that you can run either on the internet or locally. Look to direct sales type businesses for little cash outlay and start earning money quickly.
* Freelance Work – Use your skills for freelance work outside of the office. Administrative jobs, web and internet work, and any skills that you use in your business day can be turned into a money making opportunity. You can set up an account on sites like Fiverr or do your own marketing.
* Seasonal Work – Holiday time is a good time to pick up extra work at local shops. Fairs and festivals look for part time help. Also look at harvest work if you live in an area with a lot of farms, processing and similar work.
* Temp Agencies – Register at a local temp agency for temporary jobs that can occur on weekends or after hours.
* House Sit, Watch Pets or do Yard Work – Offer to house sit, walk and care for pets or even do some baby sitting on the side. Start a local yard work business.
* Mystery Shop – Sign up to do mystery shops. There are many companies that perform mystery shops on restaurants and businesses. You should never have to pay a fee to sign up and receive leads.
Any of these options will help add additional money into your pocket. Always research a job you find on the internet.


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Google offers millions for tech charity projects
Technology and cash to change the world
GOOGLE HAS REVISITED its Impact Challenge fund with a fresh stash of cash for investing in technology projects to do good works.
Google has £3.2m that it plans to chop up into £500,000 and £200,000 pieces and award to projects. It has some history of doing this, and we have previously seen the firm put money into saving rhinos.
There is an application process for the Google Impact Challenge, and the judging panel will take a chin-stroking stance in July. Four plans will get half a million, while six more will be awarded £200,000.
Judging will be luminaries including Jimmy 'Web' Wales, Peter 'Dragon' Jones and Emma 'Telly' Freud.
"At Google, we get very excited by innovations that make peoples' lives better. The Impact Challenge gives us the chance to focus that passion on the dynamic British non-profit community," said Matt Brittin, who is both a judge and Google VP for Northern and Central Europe
"Charitable organisations and modern technology both have the power to transform lives, so I'd encourage all UK charities to think big and apply."
Britten also judged the Impact Challenge last year and then the Kenyan rhino Raspberry Pi plan was given a winning nod and a solar green light. We heard later last year that the system has had an immediate and positive impact.
Jimmy Wales welcomed the opportunity to put on a judging hat and assess the entries. "The Google Impact Challenge gives every charity in the UK the opportunity to consider how they can harness the unprecedented power of technology to achieve their aims," he said. "And I am very proud to be a part of an initiative that helps worthy causes deliver life-changing results." µ
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The folder C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles is using 8.35 GB disk space which is huge. Since I need to back it up, I deleted maybe 50% of mail, including everything with attachments, and that folder still takes exactly the same amount of space, that is 8.35 GB. What can be wrong? I tried to close the application, to reboot the PC, nothing helps. And it was Shift+Delete, i.e. Trash folders are empty.
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Valentine's Day is getting closer and it is time to think of something nice to make for your sweetie. Who is sweeter than candy and sugar? Your honey and so is the honey in the jar of your cupboard. This cake recipe is super moist and full of flavor. It has a similar taste to that of a spice cake and so is the texture. The honey just adds more flavor to the cake while providing added moisture for a delicious dessert. Try baking this one for your Valentine and enjoy a moist spiced cake and a great big kiss from your honey too.
- ½ cup of vegetable oil
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 ¼ cups of honey
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups of flour
- 3 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- ½ teaspoon of ginger
- 1 teaspoon of allspice
- 1 teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon of cloves
- 1 cup warm black coffee
- Preheat the oven to 350'.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the sugar and oil together with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.
- Then add in the honey and eggs, mix until color turn a lighter shade.
- Then in another mixing bowl sift together all the dry ingredients.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to sugar mixture a little at a time and adding a splash of the coffee as you go until all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed together.
- Grease and flour two loaf pans or use floured baking spray.
- Pour the batter into the pans and bake in the oven for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Once cake is done baking let sit for 5 minutes the transfer the cake from the pan to a baking rack to cool completely.
- Once cool place cake on a platter to slice and serve.
- Enjoy!
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First Aid Training for Mental Health.
Learn the 5-step plan to help distressed individuals in need.
Illustration credit: Joyce E.M. Wall
A FREE training program that addresses mental health issues was offered in June 2010, by Birmingham Group Health Services, Inc. (BGHS), Ansonia, Connecticut. They plan to run the program again in August 2010. The educational program is called Mental Health First Aid USA (MHFA). It is an international program operated by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare and is designed to bring public awareness to mental health issues. It helps people to recognize and understand the signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders and how to respond to them.
The highly interactive 12-hour, 3-day course (spread out over 3 weeks) presents a comprehensive view of the risk factors, warning signs, and treatments associated with mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Areas of focus include depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, psychosis, eating disorders, and tobacco, drug and alcohol consumption. The Mental Health First Aid Action Plan is applied to each of these situations. The mnemonic used to remember the procedure is ALGEE. This 5-step action plan is applied to each illness and disorder and is used in practice extensively throughout the course.
A= Assess for risk of suicide or harm
L= Listen non-judgmentally
G= Give reassurance and information
E= Encourage appropriate professional help
E= Encourage self-help and other support strategies
This is a highly informative and beneficial course for people of all ages and any profession as it provides the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to aid an individual in a crisis situation. Completion of the course results in Mental Health First Aid certification, which is good for 3 years. The information obtained from this course allows you to assume a helpful role when you encounter a distressed individual. When you respond to the situation as a Mental Health First Aider, you are minimizing the person's distress by approaching them in an informed manner and helping them to help themselves. Your role is valuable in offering support as it is cultivating wellness, self-care, and providing coping skills that, ultimately, enhances the wellness of others.
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The ISS Progress 15 craft lifted off on time from the Central Asian launch site at 12:03 a.m. CDT (503 GMT), and less than 10 minutes later settled into orbit. Moments after that, automatic commands deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas.
As the Progress launched, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke were asleep. The Station was flying just to the southwest of Baikonur at an altitude of 230 statute miles at the time of launch.
Two engine firings were scheduled overnight to raise and refine the Progress' orbit and its path to the ISS for an automated docking Saturday morning at 12:02 a.m. CDT (502 GMT) at the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module. The Progress is loaded with 1521 pounds of propellant, 110 pounds of oxygen and air to replenish the Station's atmosphere, 926 pounds of water and more than 3000 pounds of spare parts, life support system components and experiment hardware.
Among the spare parts launched today to the Station are new pumps for the U.S. spacesuits onboard that experienced cooling problems in early June while being prepared for a spacewalk to repair a failed power controller. The suits are undergoing troubleshooting in the hope they can be placed back into service in the near future. The repair spacewalk was eventually conducted in Russian Orlan spacesuits on June 30.
Also on the Progress are clothing articles for the next residents that will occupy the Station. Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov are scheduled to launch Oct. 9 on the Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle from Baikonur to begin a six-month stay on the complex, replacing Padalka and Fincke.


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FEATURE: Meet The Minutewomen - Griffin
Feb. 11, 2014
AMHERST, Mass. - Take a minute to get to know sophomore Arielle Griffin of the UMass tennis team. Griffin, a Jamaica N.Y. native and Computer Science major, recorded two singles wins in the fall 2013 season. She also tallied a doubles win alongside teammate Sonia Bokhari against UConn (10/10).
Griffin opened her spring campaign with a singles win over Brown 6-1, 6-4 in the squad's first dual match of 2014 (1/31). The sophomore also posted back-to-back singles and doubles wins against Bryant and Long Island last weekend. Griffin clinched both No. 1 doubles victories alongside teammate Yuliana Motyl (2/14-16).
When did you begin playing tennis?
How did you get involved in the sport?
Do you have any family members involved in tennis?
What is your favorite memory attached to the sport?
Who is/was your favorite coach?
What are your hobbies outside of tennis?
Who is your most admired person and why?
Who is your most admired athlete and why?
Why did you choose the University of Massachusetts?
What is your typical routine on the day of a match?
Go through a checklist to make sure I have everything I need for the match in my tennis bag.
Do you have any superstitions for before or during matches?
What are your goals for the season?
How are you preparing mentally and physically for the spring season?
Give a reflection on how you think the 2013 fall season went. What were you happy with? Are there things you hope to improve upon for the spring season?
What are your plans for after college?
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We recently saw Verizon launch their first iPhone commercial, which was nothing more than watching the clock and waiting. Still, at the same time it was rather refreshing to not see them come bashing the AT&T iPhone right out of the gate. Needless to say, the Verizon iPhone and AT&T iPhone have still found their way into the same commercial — courtesy of Apple. Of course, the network bashing has gone and in this case, they are playing nicely.
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The rich get richer as the New England Patriots are expecting All-Pro Tight End Rob Gronkowski to start practicing this week.
According to Shalise Manza Young of the Boston Globe, league sources indicate that Gronkowski will start the process of getting back into the swing of things this week.
Gronkowski was injured November 18th, and initially the hope was he'd be ready for the 49ers game.
The timing adds to speculation that Gronkowski has a chance to play in Sunday's game. Though it's doubtful he'll face the 49ers, the Patriots and the medical team have taken extra precautions on Gronkowski's arm, having an internal cast inserted into Gronkowski's arm as well as an external one to help expedite the healing process.
The release of Visanthe Schiancoe adds to the intrigue as the 49er game gets closer, as well as the possibility of getting the number one seed in the AFC is dangling in front of the Patriots faces.
The Patriots offense hasn't missed Gronkowski out scoring their opponents by 65 points.
In 2012, Gronkowski has 53 receptions for 748 and 10 touchdowns.


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"Heart of Oak" is the official march of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It is also the official march of the Canadian Navy, as well as the Canadian Forces' Naval Operations Branch.
The music was composed by Dr William Boyce and the words were written by the 18th Century English actor David Garrick. Heart of Oak was originally written as an opera.
The "wonderful year" referenced in the first verse is 1759-60, during which British forces were victorious in several significant battles: the Battle of Lagos on 19 August 1759, the battle of Quebec City on 13 September 1759 and the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759, foiling a French invasion project. These were followed a few months later by the Battle of Wandiwash in India on 22 January 1760. Britain's continued success in the war boosted the songs popularity.
Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer,
To add something more to this wonderful year;
To honour we call you, as freemen not slaves,
For who are so free as the sons of the waves?
(Chorus sung once...)
Heart of oak are our ships, jolly tars are our men,
we always are ready; Steady, boys, steady!
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again.
We never see the French but we wish them to stay,
They always see us and they wish us away;
If they run, we will follow, we will drive them ashore,
And if they won't fight, we can do no more.
(Chorus sung once...)
They swear they'll invade us, these terrible foes,
They frighten our women, our children and beaus,
But should their flat bottoms in darkness get o'er,
Still Britons they'll find to receive them on shore.
(Chorus sung once...)
[Verse sometimes omitted]
Britannia triumphant, her ships sweep the sea,
Her standard is Justice—her watchword, 'be free.'
Then cheer up, my lads, with one heart let us sing,
Our soldiers, our sailors, our statesmen, and king.
(Final Chorus sung twice...)
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to FunkyBalletAfrican Town
DTH Tours the World in 'Apollo' Program
By Susan Yung
Copyright 2001 Susan Yung
NEW YORK -- Dance Theatre of Harlem's
"Apollo Show" program, seen Wednesday, is so nicknamed as it's a City Center reprise
of the same bill which met with great popular acclaim at the Apollo in June. Comprising
works by Arthur Mitchell, Augustus Van Heerden, Laveen Naidu, Geoffrey Holder,
and Robert Garland, the program was chock full with enough crowd-pleasing theatrics,
catchy music, and some solid dance to indisputably sweep any talent show in town.
The 1999 "South African Suite," in
eight movements (choreographed by Augustus Van Heerden, Laveen Naidu, and Mitchell)
was set to joyous, jangly music by the Soweto String Quartet and Arthur Mitchell
(though it's not made clear who contributed what), performed live by the ensemble
on a platform which elevated the musicians above stage level, and any visual distraction
to the audience. I can't say whether the music is representative of music from
Soweto, but it reminded me of bluegrass grounded with lots of African percussion
-- the best of both worlds. Long-limbed Caroline Rocher began the dancing with
langorous poses in silhouette, showing a highly refined aesthetic of stretching
the legs so straight while sitting in second that her calves and heels raised
off the floor, and walking on toe (in pointe shoes) and on her hands to recall
the elegance of a giraffe.
Other songs featured partnering with
multiple turns, or infectiously energetic group sequences which intermixed African
dance segments with ballet, which tended toward the rudimentary. While not exactly
natural bedfellows in my mind, after a while the two vocabularies seemed to catalyze
one another, while at other times the one offered relief from the other. With
the exception of a bunch of sloppy double tours en l'air by the men, the handsome
company showed off in ballet sections. Camille Parson demonstrated that ballet
dancers are indeed capable of lighting up a phrase of African dance when invited,
combining outrageous, loose-torsoed phrases with controlled, epic battements.
The men fared rather less well as warriors; there seemed to be only so much they
could do with thrusting fists and stamping; perhaps the looming threat of real
war sapped this section's basic natural appeal.
"Dougla,"Geoffrey Holder's showcase
(Holder is credited with choreography, costumes and music, that's all) has not
aged a bit since its premiere in 1974. An exercise in sheer style and attitude,
it is loosely arranged around a couple's wedding -- a good excuse for some old-fashioned
pageantry and ritual. To a percussion-based score with an underlying bass drum
heartbeat, lines of women and men both clad in voluminous white skirts and red
pom-pommed cock's combs strutted across the stage, flicking their heads to give
us a royal glare, or wagging their fingers. Even the curtain call was programmed
down to the robotic clapping of the cast, who shimmied their heads while bowing.
Though the choreography tended toward the rhythmic stride or dramatic gesture,
"Dougla" could easily be seen on a Broadway stage, and would no doubt please any
crowd that happened in.
Robert Garland's "Return," to tunes
by James Brown and Aretha, among others, was the most choreographically satisfying
piece of the evening, with ballet teaming up with funk. The music called for sections
of strutting funkiness (excuse me while I grope for funk terminology), but it
was surprising how rhythmically complex some of the ballet sections were. And
how initially strange it was to watch basic, conservative ballet steps done to
a repeated howl of "baby, baby," yet which seemed perfectly okay the second time
around. Paunika Jones and Donald Williams stood out for their excellent funk and
ballet techniques and their generous senses of humor. In "Return," Garland succeeded
in blending theatrical, funny touches with formally sound, meaty choreography,
and the fine dancers -- and hence, the audience -- seemed to find a little extra
merit in this combination.
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College Hockey:St. Cloud State Sweeps Again, 4-1
Gordon, Borer Lead Huskies To Victory
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Coming into Saturday night's game at the National Hockey Center, St. Cloud State had three streaks they were looking to lengthen. They hadn't been beaten in 11 straight, hadn't lost in 14, and hadn't lost to Alaska-Anchorage at home in the last 29 meetings.
In each case, the train keeps rolling.
Andrew Gordon had two goals and an assist, and captain Casey Borer added two assists to lead No. 5 St. Cloud State to a 4-1 victory over Alaska-Anchorage to complete the weekend sweep.
"It was the hardest fought weekend we've seen all year," said SCSU head coach Bob Motzko. "We're spent. They're spent. It was a physical battle all weekend long."
Contrary to Friday's first period, St. Cloud State (14-3-3, 8-3-3 WCHA) was the team coming out with guns blazing and taking shots. After only having four shots reach the net in the first twenty minutes on Friday, SCSU put 16 shots on net on Saturday.
Like Friday, it was the attacking team which would score first, and it was St. Cloud who would claim that title on Saturday. Andrew Gordon was the playmaker and the goal scorer wrapped in one midway through the second period, as he threaded a pass through the legs of UAA's Nick Lowe to senior Matt Stephenson at the point. Stephenson then dished to freshman Andreas Nodl, whose shot rebounded to Gordon, who had immediately cut to the slot after making his pass. Gordon scooped up the loose puck and put it between the legs of Anchorage netminder Nathan Lawson for the 1-0 lead.
Alaska Anchorage (10-10-2, 6-10-0) would take a penalty late in the first period which largely carried over into the second. The penalty kill stood tall despite several close opportunities for St. Cloud State on the advantage, including a wrist shot by sophomore John Swanson which rang off the crossbar near the end of the power play.
Swanson's shot caromed almost all of the way out of the zone, just as the penalty expired, and UAA began the counter-attack almost immediately. Regrouping in the neutral zone and gaining possession, the Seawolves created a three-on-one going the other way, and as junior Luke Beaverson glided to the right of the St. Cloud net, he dished the puck into the slot to find freshman center Paul Crowder. Crowder took a wrister that beat SCSU goalie Jase Weslosky five-hole to tie the game at one, just two minutes into the second period.
Physical play was the name of the game for the first four periods of the weekend, and it quickly became apparent that it was taking its toll on both teams during the second period. Neither team was able to gain much of a foothold during the second stanza, which featured plenty of end-to-end action, but with few quality scoring opportunities for either side.
It was right in the midst of the back-and-forth battle, however, that St. Cloud would take the lead for good, and once again, it was Andrew Gordon making the key play. Gordon would pick up the puck in the neutral zone and rush the attacking zone along side junior Nate Dey, but instead of continuing the charge or passing to Dey, he made a backhand pass just after crossing the blue line. Senior Casey Borer rushed ahead to collect the puck onside, and then crossed the defense with a pass to Dey on the left side of the UAA net. Dey's shot hit the net on Lawton's short side with about a minute and a half left in the second to swing momentum in St. Cloud's favor.
The Seawolves were clearly tired during the third period, but they worked hard early to try and find their second equalizer of the evening. As the period wore on, even their tenacity was not enough to overcome a bizarre goal midway through.
John Swanson took a pass from Borer within the attacking zone and skated to the right side of the UAA goal. With freshman Ryan Lasch positioned behind the net, he tried to make the pass and then cut to the slot. Lasch could not collect the puck, but somehow, without touching it, the puck curled in front of the net. Lawton, moving from right to left across the crease, did not see where Swanson's pass had ended up – and as the puck curled, it glanced off of his left skate and into the back of the net.
"I didn't touch it," Lasch insisted. "I don't know how it got in front." Swanson was ultimately credited with the goal.
"We'll take 'em," said Borer. "I'm sure they would have taken one like that tonight. [Lawson] played well overall, but it was a tough bounce."
Six minutes later, Andrew Gordon would score his fifth goal in four games in almost the exact same fashion as he had scored in the preceding three – with a redirection of a shot from the point. This time, it was senior Justin Fletcher making the delivery, and with quick reflexes, Gordon tapped the puck down out of the air and into the net.
"I like to make fun of Fletcher," said Gordon. "I tell him that if I have anything to do with it, he's not going to have any more goals for the rest of the season. The guys are starting to make fun of me for all those greasy goals I'm scoring, but I'll take 'em."
Freshman Jase Weslosky stayed perfect for SCSU, winning his fourth game in as many collegiate starts between the pipes. He made 20 stops on 21 shots.
For UAA, coming to St. Cloud has been a disheartening road trip for nearly 20 years – since the opening of the National Hockey Center, the team has played thirty games without a single victory, their record now standing at 0-28-2. The Seawolves haven't posted a win in St. Cloud since November 1987. With the loss, they fall into a tie with Michigan Tech for seventh in the WCHA.
"When they get opportunities to score, they bury their chances," said UAA head coach Dave Shyiak. "I wasn't happy with the way we played tonight. We had chances in the second period where we could have gone up, but we didn't capitalize on our opportunities, and then we lost our discipline and composure in the third period. Our puck movement tonight was very poor."
For St. Cloud State, the win extends their winning streak to 12, and their overall unbeaten streak to 15. The Huskies now move into third in the WCHA, with two games in hand over second-place Denver.
"We've had four solid lines," said St. Cloud head coach Bob Motzko. "We've been getting a more balanced offense to go with our defense. It hasn't just been one line – a lot of the same guys on point to be sure, but we've been having other groups step up to fill the void when we have rough nights. It was [Marty] Mjelleli at Michigan Tech. Last night, it was Lasch. Tonight it was Gordon. Last week it was Dey."
"You're not going to play well every single night," said Borer, "and I'm sure one night we're going to get stung if we don't show up. Sooner or later we're probably going to lose and it'll become about how we deal with that. In a perfect world, you'd never lose, but losing games is part of any kind of athletics and we need to be ready for it."
"You gain confidence when you start winning game after game," said Shyiak, who played on a Northern Michigan squad which had a WCHA record 26-game unbeaten streak during the 1990-91 season. "It makes you better as a team. Even when you don't play your best game, you find a way to win, and that adds even more confidence."
St. Cloud's next opponent will be Minnesota State, as the Huskies and Mavericks kick off a home-and-home series next Friday at the National Hockey Center. Alaska-Anchorage stays on the road visiting No. 20 North Dakota.
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is one of the rare national park sites that the vast majority of visitors cannot drive to. Located west of Juneau, Alaska, visitors must arrive by plane or boat. There is one road in the area, but it connects the park with the small town of Gustavus where an airfield is located.
It is cruise ships that bring travelers to Glacier Bay, but with the Alaskan cruise season running only from May to September, visitation is limited. (The park itself is open year-round with limited services for boaters available mid-September to early May.) Not all Alaskan cruises stop by Glacier Bay; some head instead for Tracy Arm, another glacial feature 45 miles south of Juneau, so check itineraries before booking.
Because of the large size of cruise ships, at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve national ranger-naturalists bring the park to the ship. Arriving by boat, rangers climb aboard and set up displays and Alaska Geographic bookstore items in a large lounge – on the MS Westerdam rangers were in the Crow's Nest – and present slide show presentations in the ship's auditorium. As the ship approaches the spectacular Hubbard Glacier, passengers and rangers head to the bow of the ship to look and listen as the glacier calves.
In such a cold region one might not expect to see wildlife, but sea birds find small icebergs perfect for float trips of their own.
Over 200 years ago, the path the cruise ships take was non-existent and covered completely in ice that was 4,000 feet thick in some places. In some ways, visitors take a journey through time in this region: the land with forested growth is older, having been uncovered by the ice first, while vegetation on the exposed land closest to the icy glaciers is younger. Could this be the effects of global warming or a natural progression as the remains of the last ice age recede? Ongoing research in the park continues.
Ships typically spend nine hours cruising the park, including the extended stay at the Hubbard Glacier. When it is time for the rangers to return to shore, the park service sends another boat out and rangers climb down to it.


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Alisha Glass
Position: Setter
Height: 184 cm/6-0
Weight: 158
Hometown/Residence: Leland, Mich./Leland, Mich.
Birth Date: April 5, 1988
College/Major/Grad Year: Penn State/Kinesiology/2015
Joined Team: June 2009
Most Notable
- Named USA Volleyball Female Indoor Athlete of the Year for both 2013 and 2014
- Named Best Setter of 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Italy 2014
- Selected Best Setter of 2016 NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament as USA won gold and spot in 2016 Olympic Games
- Named Finalist for 2014 Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year
- Earned gold medal in three consecutive FIVB World Grand Prix Final Rounds (2010, 2011, 2012)
- Selected Best Setter of FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in 2010 and 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix
- Led Team USA to gold medal at 2013 NORCECA Continental Championship and was named Best Setter
- Starting setter at Penn State all four years and led Nittany Lions to three consecutive NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball championship titles
2016 - NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament (Gold)
2015 - FIVB World Cup (Bronze)...NORCECA Championship (Gold)
2014 - USA Volleyball Cup...FIVB World Grand Prix (5th Place Prelim)...FIVB World Championship (Gold)
2013 - Pan American Cup (Gold)...USA Volleyball Cup…FIVB World Grand Prix (6th Place-Best Setter)...NORCECA Championship (Gold-Best Setter)...FIVB Grand Champions Cup (Silver).
2011 – Montreux Volley Masters (Fourth)…Pan American Cup (Bronze)...FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold)...NORCECA Championship (Gold)...FIVB World Cup (Silver).
2010 – Tour of China…Pan American Cup (Bronze)...FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold-Best Setter)...Tour of Brazil...FIVB World Championship (Fourth).
Did You Know
- Averaged 10.22 assists per set in 2013 while starting 28 of 31 matches
- Set Team USA to consecutive gold medals at the Pan American Cup (2012 and 2013)
- AVCA All-America First-Team in 2008 and 2009 after being selected second-team as sophomore in 2007
- Started on 2004 U.S. Girls' Youth National Team that won NORCECA Championship and was named Best Setter
- Finished prep career as natonal and state high school record hold in season aces (296), career aces (937) and career kills (3,584)
- Mother Laurie Glass was her high school volleyball coach
- Likes to do jigsaw puzzles in her free time
The Big Blurb
On what made her fall in love with the game: "I am just a fan of the sport in general. I think it is so complex. It requires so much of your brain, along with the physical aspect. You have to train as hard as you can to be bigger, faster, stronger. But also you have to train the mental game. You have to learn the game. You have to learn the opponent, learn yourself, learn your teammates. And so there so much to learn from it, you are constantly evolving. There is not a peak you are going to hit." - May 2013 Interview with USA Volleyball
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This place was exciting, and wildly under rated. This Examiner spent the day walking the shoreline of this vast lake that pools up behind the 80 plus foot high dam. No Dam in Connecticut can compare to this massive behemoth. Stretching several miles in length on both sides the water pool's up into lakes with endless shores and the water is clean, clear and cold.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers runs this massive concrete structure at the intersection of three mighty Connecticut rivers. The Fenton, Mt. Hope and Natchaug Rivers all empty into the base of this massive dam creating a pool of deep water year round.
According to the US Army Corps Of Engineers website, over 16 billion gallons of water can be held back by this engineering marvel. With gates that are opened and closed to help reduce flooding along the Thames River miles away. All the facts about this place can be found at US Army Corp of Engineers.
Want some real fun this weekend with or without the family in tow. Then this place has it just right, as the locals know; who will crowd the place on nice days. You too, could find yourself whiling away the hours, walking the shoreline of this massive artificial lake. But make sure to save sometime and rest up on a bench on the top of the dam.
There are many trails to hike through here, but your bound to spend most of your time along the lake. Check out the slideshow.
Here are some quick directions so you can get the most out of your trip.
From Route 84
Exit onto Route 195 head towards UCONN.
Go past the University of Connecticut in Storrs.
Take a left onto Bassetts Bridge Road
Turn right onto Mansfield Hollow Road Extension
At stop sign go straight onto Mansfield Hollow Road
Continue to the Dam at end and park.
Or stay on Bassetts Bridge Road drive over the top side of the dam into the Mansfield Hollow State Park.


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I was waiting to cross the street at an intersection and a group of men pulled up to where I was standing, rolled down the windows and began yelling comments such as " Damn, where'd you come from." They got upset when I refused to respond and the comments became derogatory.
I stopped for a latte on my way back to my office from yoga class. While waiting in a long line, I heard a man say, "D*mn girl! You look fine." I turned around and it was this gross, disheveled guy dressed in an old army jacket and he was obviously speaking to me. I ignored him but he persisted by saying, "You got a man? I know you got a man because… (unintelligible sexual grunt)."
At that point I just got out of line and hurried back to the safety of my office. While I didn't feel physically threatened, the experience was very demeaning. I wear yoga pants, because I do yoga, not because I am putting myself out there to be ogled like a piece of meat!
I was working late and I had to go to the parking deck after dark. I got on the elevator and at the last minute this man catches the door and slips into the elevator with me. Then when the doors were closed he stared at me and smiled and was all chatty like "Long day?" I just faced forward and ignored him but I noticed out of the corner of my eye that he was carrying a small bag over his shoulder and I immediately thought "rape kit" and started totally freaking out. But I managed to keep it together and I was so relieved when the doors opened and I could get out. But then he FOLLOWED me and I was totally freaking out because he walked right behind me all the way to my car and I was expecting him to push me between cars and assault me or force me into my car and drive off. But when I got to my car he just kept walking but I still felt totally creeped out and could hardly sleep all night.
I was going to run some errands around 8pm, I stopped at the gas station and I noticed a creepy looking van. I felt like the male driver was looking at me in creepy way but I tried not to pay it too much attention to it. I got my gas and left quickly. I continued on to the store and I was in the store for at least 35 minutes. As I walked out to my car the same van from the gas station pulled up in front of my vehicle, so I got in my car very fast, locked the door, and started my car. He rolled down his window and was saying something so I cracked mine to hear it. He said "Did you get me anything?" I shook my head now and pulled off quickly. It may seem like something relatively small, but for me it was very traumatizing. I don't know if he followed me from the gas station or anything. This isn't my first experience with street harassment, just the scariest one. It's not fair that as a woman I have to be scared to go out and run errands alone. This incident occurred in Sanford NC, in the parking lot in front of Rue 21. (Near Walmart)
Sitting at the table by the window of the Starbucks on Franklin St.: a car full of you men pulled up and while waiting at the light a guy in the back started waving at me- I mouthed STOP and looked unhappily at them and then back down at my books but when I looked back up the one was still waving and smiling and the other guy in the backseat was making an obscene gesture repeatedly at me. They kept doing this until the light changed.
Always shouting at me at Sheetz parking lot in graham followed me into the store 3 times my age to get my number because I didn't come out of the store fast enough for him.
Walking down the street in my neighborhood to the cafe, a man in a car at the stoplight stared at me, then called out as the light changed and he drove off. He looked back and yelled a second time. All I caught was "sexy."
I'm riding the bus back from work. A white man with a large belly comes to sit in the front of the bus perpendicular to me while the bus is en route. He begins to stare and smile. He reaches his hand out at me, close enough to touch me, but not quite making contact.
He is briefly distracted by a woman in a dress coming on the bus, who sits in front of him. He is now directing his attention to her, staring, and smiling, and subsequently straining forward. Reaching trying to touch her, trying to see under her dress. Curling his finger under her dress. She sits locked in position, ignoring him, pretending to be unaffected by his advances. He turns back to me, I mimic her.
We are so close to the bus driver, and it's a relatively full bus, but no one says a word.
Eventually the man saunters up to the front of the bus, past the yellow line to which the bus driver now decides to comment: "Sir you have to stay behind the yellow line. Sir, are you o.k?"
Who gives fuck- I think. If someone like this was no longer in our society today, I think we'd be doing a little better.
He eventually gets off the bus.
I see the woman in a dress, tearing up. I can't say anything to her. I have no words for what has happened, for what happens every day to women everywhere that is just largely accepted. I was scared. I was fucking scared, and I didn't know what to say in the moment.
I wanted to tell him to fuck off. I wanted to tell him I wasn't/ she wasn't his property. That he had no right to stare, smile, and attempt to grope.
But, I was scared.
I was upset getting off the bus, this is one of the few times I've felt unsafe on there, and I thought I had finally moved to a place where shit like this didn't happen, but it does. It does, and it's still accepted, it's still considered o.k. and I'm still considered the crazy one.
I called my mom after getting off of the bus, who simply told me to ignore men in that situation, that I was getting too worked up, and that she dealt with that crap all the time. That things like this wouldn't change, and couldn't change, that this was "just the way it is".
This shit, is normalized. How fucking scary is that. Where's the hope here? What do you say in that instance? I thought of calling the cops to report the incident, but I knew of the statistics, and I didn't want to hear more people tell me I was overreacting.


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When you're a relatively unknown band, you can only dream of performing live on television for millions alongside one of the world's biggest pop stars. That dream became a reality for Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino of A Great Big World, who received the rare opportunity to open for "The Voice" last Tuesday night, performing a duet with coach Christina Aguilera.
"I honestly don't remember the performance. I did not want to see Cee Lo or Adam Levine or any of those guys because we hadn't met them yet," Axel says.
Luckily for them, the stripped-down piano performance of "Say Something" was an instant hit, jumping to #1 on iTunes and receiving praise from the likes of OneRepublic, who tweeted, "Love it when a great song comes outta nowhere & explodes. Kinda like this: 'Say Something' by @AGreatBigWorld."
Love it when a great song comes outta nowhere & explodes. Kinda like this: "Say Something" by @AGreatBigWorld http://t.co/RDuwvQdyP9
— OneRepublic (@OneRepublic) November 6, 2013
Although A Great Big World only formed in 2012, this isn't the New York-based duo's first time at the rodeo. Their single "This is the New Year" was covered on "Glee" earlier this year, and the band hit their stride when "Say Something" was featured on "So You Think You Can Dance." That's when someone from Aguilera's team stumbled across the song, presented it to the pop diva and the rest is history.
"We got a call like 'Are you guys open to collaborating with Christina Aguilera?' " frontman Axel recounts, "Of course we're open to collaborating."
The pair admit the final song, which was inspired by "some pretty bad heartbreak," turned out completely different than what they expected — in the best way possible. That's because Aguilera came in with "beautiful melodies" already crafted.
"We learned where she is in her life," Vaccarino says of working with Xtina. "And that she only wants to take on projects that inspire her," Axel added after the pair revealed it was the "Voice" coach's idea for them to perform on the major stage.
It seems Aguilera is truly inspired, posting an instagram with the humble pair from the set of their music video.
"It looks better than real life," Axel says of their first big-budget video, one they still call "simple" and plan to release as soon as possible. And while they're still reeling from their newfound success, A Great Big World were also announced on Tuesday (November 12) as performers at the 2013 Victoria Secret's Fashion Show alongside Taylor Swift and Fall Out Boy.
As for their exes who inspired the hit song, the pair have moved on. "You can't take credit for those songs," Vaccarino says, before Ian adds, "Yes, absolutely. Amen."


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Jaroslav Mitac poses in his east-end townhouse on Friday. He's a pastor at the Hamilton Gypsy Church,which serves Roma who fled the Czech Republic. (Cory Ruf/CBC)
An evangelical pastor, Jaroslav Mitac describes an unenviable task that has become a significant part of his job: consoling congregants before they're deported.
"I talked with one family [Friday]," the 47-year-old said, speaking through an interpreter. "They were so unhappy because they had to go home on Monday."
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Government trying to crack down on 'ghost consultants'
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False immigration promise lures student to Quebec
Vipul Patel thought that coming from India to study in Canada would be a good way to gain a foothold in a country he hopes will become his permanent home.
But nearly a year after making the move, the 23-year-old is frustrated, confused and not sure who to believe in the sometimes murky — and costly — world where ghost consultants mingle with legitimate agents wanting to help foreign students come to Canada.


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