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(Sept. 20, 11:30 a.m.) -- Jeanne, the latest storm to threaten the Eastern Caribbean, has spared the Bahamas and is moving away from land; the government of the Bahamas discontinued all watches and warnings as of 6 a.m. yesterday morning. The National Hurricane Center reports that the storm poses "no immediate threat to any land areas" and is drifting to the north/northeast at about seven miles per hour.
Jeanne moved through the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, wavering between tropical storm and hurricane status -- though at this point its 65-m.p.h sustained winds put it in the tropical storm category. Most reported damage (at least as far as tourist visits are concerned) was minor, and cruise ports reopened soon after Jeanne departed.
There are two new storm systems forming in the Atlantic: Hurricane Karl and Tropical Storm Lisa (which may reach hurricane status as early as tomorrow). However, both are too far from land to pose an immediate threat. Cruise lines have not yet altered itineraries in regard to either of these storms, forecasted to avoid land for at least the next few days.
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In Denver, there is no shortage of comedy showcases or open mics. New rooms and comedic alliances are constantly coming alive, offering new talent the opportunity to see and be seen at multiple rooms even on the same night. It's a bit of an all-the-comedy-you-can-take buffet, and although most rooms have their own feel and their own flavor, it's rare to find a room that changes the dynamic or steps outside of the traditional art form of stand-up comedy.
With this in mind, I'd like to introduce The Narrators, a monthly storytelling event held at Paris Bar in the Highlands.
The Narrators is the brainchild of local comedian Andrew Orvedahl. It's built on the art of storytelling and crafted around a monthly theme. Although there are a great deal of comedians that partake in the evening, it's open to other artists as well. This month's event featured comics, actors, a journalist, a storyteller, and a musician, affording the audience a wide-range of life experiences and artistic takes on the theme of "Integrity...or Lack Thereof".
The theme proved to be an interesting one. Storytelling lends itself to the entire emotional spectrum, and as much as comedy was a definite part of the show, there were moments that were poignant, revealing, and at times a tad long-winded, but such is the risk one takes in this type of performing environment. As Orvedahl put it, "In stand-up, you learn the economy of style and how to cut out all of the fat, which is really important in storytelling." It's an interesting balance, mending the fat of the details with the climax and direction of the story.
Orvedahl emcees The Narrators, and on his own, he is strongly embedded in the best-of-the-best of Denver comedy, performing regularly at Comedy Works and various big-name rooms from Wrist Deep Productions' Los Comicos Super Hilariosos to Bobby Crane's Hot Stand Up at Vine St Pub (happening tonight for anyone who is interested!). He also is a third of a unique comedy trio with Ravi Zupa and Mat Reichhardt that goes by the name of Threople. In his own words, The Narrotors was "inspired out of his frustration at not being able to tell longer stories during his stand up set." He raised the point that most audiences who have come to listen to stand-up simply don't have the patience for stories without multiple punch-lines, and that The Narrators is a forum where those stories can happen.
The show itself is a definite diversion from the norm, but a welcome one. Where the movement is not simply from punchline to punchline, but from moment to moment, a building of emotion and intrigue that is a breathe of fresh air from the Denver comedy scene. It lives on the first Wednesday night of each month at Paris Wine Bar, with a start time of 8pm. The theme for August is "Near Death Experiences" and it will be guest-emcee'd by Mark Lee, a stangely hilarious local comic, and if you're not good at counting Wednesdays, the actual date will be Wed, Aug. 4th.
If you or someone you know seems like they would be a good artistic fit for the show, contact Andrew Orvedahl at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks for reading about Denver comedy, and if you'd like to contact Nicole, you can reach her at email@example.com, 'hear' her twitter occasionally at DenverComedy, and if you facebook friend her, she might accept.

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The Salar ethnic minority, with a population of 87,697 (as of 1990), mainly lives in the Xunhua Salar Autonomous County in eastern Qinghai Province. There is also a sparse distribution in Gansu, Xinjiang and some other counties in Qinghai Province. The Salar people have their own language which belongs to the Turkic Austronesian of the Altaic Phylum. As a result of frequent contact with the Han, Hui and Tibetan people, the language of the Salar contains quite a number of words taken from the Chinese and Tibetan languages. These days most young and middle-aged can speak Chinese. The language of the Salar people has no written form and Han character is widely used in daily life. The ancestors of the Salar people were the Samarkand people who migrated from Central Asia to China during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). They entered into the eastern Qinghai Province and settled down in the Xunhua area. The continuous integration of the Samarkand people with the Tibetans, Huis, Hans, and Mongolians finally gave birth to the present Salar ethnic minority. The Salar people call themselves "Salar'er". Han people usually call them "Sala", "Salacu", "Salahui", etc. With the founding of the PRC in 1949, following consultation with this ethnic minority, the official name of Salar ethnic minority was established. The Salar people take agriculture as their mainstay, and are adept at horticulture since gardening is well developed. They are especially famous for the planting of chili and red peppers, as well as the apiculture. The Salars live in mountainous areas in which rugged mountain paths diverge and the Yellow River flows by. Nowadays, you can still see the brave Salars steer their wooden rafts along the Yellow River. All the Salar people believe in Islam. Like other Muslims, the Salar people strictly obey the rules of studying the Muslim scripture, attending religious service, and going on pilgrimages. Influenced by the Islamic culture, the Salar people mainly celebrate the Corban Festival, the Almsgiving Festival and the Kaizhai Festival.
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College Hockey:Wilson scores game-winner as Colgate upsets Nebraska-Omaha
Smith short-handed goal early in game sparks offense
OMAHA, Neb. — Colgate denied No. 14 Nebraska-Omaha a four-peat in its own tournament on Saturday, defeating the Mavericks, 4-3, in the Maverick Stampede final at CenturyLink Center.
The Raiders (2-0-0) looked poised to pull the upset right from the start, and the unranked visitors stayed with and bested UNO (1-1-0) over the course of the game.
Colgate also exhibited a greater killer instinct than the Mavericks, and late goals in the first and second periods — the second in the form of freshman Joe Wilson's game-winning goal — proved deadly daggers.
Saturday's first period saw both offenses roar out of the chute, and goals soon started flying in. Colgate forward Austin Smith opened the scoring, beating UNO goaltender John Faulkner with a short-handed goal just 1:46 into the game.
UNO countered with two goals of its own, with the strikes coming 31 seconds apart. Forward Terry Broadhurst got UNO started, drawing the Mavericks level at 4:34 with a goal coming at the end of a three-on-two rush.
Freshman Josh Archibald then gave UNO a 2-1 lead, kicking the puck out of a scrum behind the net and taking it back up himself before beating Raiders goalie Eric Mihalik low at the near side to cap a great individual effort.
The hosts nearly got out of Saturday's first period with their lead intact.
Emphasis on 'nearly.'
In the frame's final throes, Colgate defenseman Spiro Goulakos sent a centering pass across Faulkner's goalmouth to Raiders forward Nick Prockow. Prockow had time to make a play, and he deked past the UNO goalie before slotting the puck home with 29 seconds to go in the frame.
UNO responded well, as Broadhurst restored parity 2:21 into the second period with his second goal of the game. The Mavericks offense went dark after that however, and Colgate quickly took over.
Raiders forward Kurtis Bartliff leveled the game at 3-3 7:53 into the period, swatting home an airborne puck inside Faulkner's crease. Colgate struck once more in the second period.
This time, again, lethal timing played a big role.
A fourth goal had looked in the works for a while in that period for the visitors, and they got it with two minutes to go. Raiders forward Chris Wagner and linemate Smith served as tic and tac entering the UNO zone before Smith fed Wilson, the toe, with the newcomer having time and space to beat Faulkner.
"Joe's a great player, and that whole line just seems to be very comfortable together already." Colgate coach Don Vaughan said. "I think the older guys have brought Joe and the other younger guys along quickly, which is a really positive thing.
"Joe's a weapon for us, and all of our higher-end guys are, but they've got a great supporting cast playing with them, too."
Saturday's final period came and went without either team adding to the scoreline. Colgate shut the potent UNO offense down very well in the third period, and the Mavericks rarely looked a serious threat to tie the game back up.
"Especially in that last ten minutes, our bench was really focused, probably about as focused as it's been in a while," Vaughan said. "We're coming off of a really challenging regular season last year. We had a great run in the playoffs though, and I think we've built up a lot of confidence since then.
"That confidence is something that's helpful for games like this, because good results in these games will help us out a lot in the long run."
Vaughan's counterpart on Saturday, UNO coach Dean Blais, was quick to praise Colgate for its ability to close out the game and stop the Mavericks' Stampede title streak at three.
"You have to give Colgate all the credit in the world," Blais said. "They didn't panic in that third period, and they played a great road game. They got the puck in and out, and obviously with their seven seniors, leadership starts at the top, and they certainly had it.
"We made a few mistakes, and they capitalized and were opportunistic. I didn't think they carried the play that much, but they did what they had to do to win the game."
Colgate now returns home to prepare for a big home series next weekend against No. 2 Miami. UNO, on the other hand, takes its first road trip of the season next weekend, with the Mavericks taking part in the Alaska Goal Rush tournament.
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Free. covla.com FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 'DYING CITY': 7:30 p.m., The Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans. By Christopher Shinn. $20. (504) 298-8696 'CHESAPEAKE' BY LEE BLESSING: 7:30 p.m., Barristers Gallery, 2331 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans. One-man show about art, politics, rebirth, renewal and retrievers. $15. morbidanatomy.blogspot.com 'THE KING AND I': 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road, Covington. $28, adults; $15, students. (985) 893-1671 UNDER THE BOARDWALK MUSICAL REVUE: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., New Orleans. $30-$50. (504) 522-2081 TRUE BLUE BAYOU, A LINDA RONSTADT TRIBUTE FEATURING DORIAN RUSH: 8 p.m., Allways Theatre, 1030 Marigny St., New Orleans. $21. (504) 758-5590 or brownpapertickets.com FRIDAY-SUNDAY 'GISELA IN HER BATHTUB & A HAND OF BRIDGE': 8 p.m., The Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., New Orleans. Performance by The 9th Ward Opera Company. $10-$20. (504) 948-9998 'CINDERELLA'S GLASS SLIPPER': 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, St. Philip Neri Parishioner Center, 6500 Kawanee Ave., Metairie. St. Philip Neri Drama presents a musical retelling of the classic tale. $10, reserved; $7, adults general; $4, children general. Email email@example.com or call (504) 382-5481 'CANDY LAND' THE MUSICAL : 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., New Orleans. $20, adults; $18, students and seniors. (504) 862-7529 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM': 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 6 p.m. Sunday, New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane University, Lupin Theater, New Orleans. With the help of new technology, viewers will be led from an elegant but earthbound palace into a magical forest where some of the inhabitants may not be bound by anything at all. $15, students; $20, seniors; $25, general admission. 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College Hockey:Women's D-I picks: Oct. 5
It's that time of year, which means Arlan and I are off to the races in our picks race. I won the regular season last year by one game, going 188-64-24 (.724) against Arlan's 187-65-24 (.721). I also did well in the playoffs. We'll see who gets the Picks Champion title and six-pack of beer that goes along with it. Some interesting games are on tap this weekend, so let's dive right in.
Friday, Oct. 5
Boston University at Boston College
Candace: BU ended last season on a roll before falling in a triple-OT heartbreaker to Cornell in the NCAA tournament, while BC made it to the Frozen Four for the second straight year. BC lost the season series to BU last year, but they didn't lose as many key cogs as the Terriers in the off-season. Boston College 3-2
Arlan: First game of the season and I'm already befuddled. Boston College 4-2
Northeastern at Colgate
Candace: Despite losing Florence Schelling, I think Kendall Coyne and the Huskies should be a solid threat again. This should get them off to a good start. Northeastern 4-1
Arlan: Colgate struggled against speed in its opener; the Huskies are speedy. Northeastern 6-1
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 5-6
Ohio State at Minnesota-Duluth
Candace: The Bulldogs looked good in sweeping the professional Minnesota Whitecaps last weekend in an exhibition series. Without Natalie Spooner, the Buckeyes will struggle early season. Minnesota-Duluth 4-2, 4-1
Arlan: No Spooner, no McIntosh, no road magic. Minnesota-Duluth 3-2, 5-3
Minnesota State at North Dakota
Candace: The Mavericks surprised by getting a tie against Wisconsin last weekend in a game they should have won. However, the Sioux have the high-flying Lamoureux twins, and in this case, offense trumps defense. North Dakota 5-1, 6-1
Arlan: The Mavericks will be the first of many teams this season to find Grand Forks inhospitable. North Dakota 6-1, 7-4
Clarkson-St. Lawrence
Candace: A home-and-home between two arch-rivals to start the year. St. Lawrence came on real strong in the second half of the year last season. Tough one to call. Carly Mercer and Erica Howe are back as juniors, and should keep the Golden Knights near the top of the ECAC. The Saints however, have more offense. I'll go against the grain and pick a Saints sweep. St. Lawrence 3-2, 3-1
Arlan: First looks at two teams on the rise; I'll go with home ice. St. Lawrence 3-2, Clarkson 2-1
Bemidji State at Providence
Candace: Two teams who lost all-star goaltenders to graduation. I'm thinking split. Providence 4-2, Bemidji State 4-3
Arlan: The Beavers have typically not started the season as slowly as the Friars. Bemidji State 4-2, 4-3
Mercyhurst at Quinnipiac
Candace: The Lakers reload every year. Quinnipiac is a growing team, especially with offensive stalwart Kelly Babstock, but I think Mercyhurst gets the sweep in this one. Mercyhurst 4-2, 3-1
Arlan: Series like this are especially crucial for the Lakers this year. Mercyhurst 4-1, Quinnipiac 2-1
Saturday, Oct. 6
New Hampshire at Syracuse
Candace: The Orange have beaten the Wildcats the last two years, but I don't see it happening this go-round. New Hampshire 4-2
Arlan: The Wildcats avenge a loss from the teams' last meeting. UNH 5-2
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Intro by Odeisel, Interview By Tora B
Coachella was off the meter this year, with performances that ranged from seasoned veteran superstar acts like Kanye West and Erykah Badu to new jack and alternative burgeoning acts like Odd Future. Planet Ill was out there in that California sun this past weekend for the US leg of the show. After catching some of the Saturday show, we took a seat at the Belve Music Lounge to get a couple interviews, snap and few pictures and relax. Tora B sat down with method actress Taryn Manning, fresh off dropping a single as a singer/songwriter and baring it all in the recent Playboy "Sex and Music" issue. They chatted about Twitter, Playboy, internet meanies, and the highway to Heaven.
PlanetIll: What's the craziest tweet you've ever gotten?
Taryn Manning: That I've ever gotten? I've gotten people's damn phone number on twitter. I DM to take their phone number down because I let them know, you're going to get harassed. I get mean things that people say; like why even waste your energy? You know whatever, you're on the internet like, Facebook or Twitter and they don't have a life or have anything to do, so they say mean things.
PlanetIll: How do you feel about the negative comments that are tweeted to you?
Taryn Manning: They are really mean. They do bother me but I'm just like, yea. You know what, I mean it just like that. However, you must take the high road and ignore it.
PlanetIll: Recently, you had tweeted, "There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on faith, chance, intuition, and willingness to be surprised." What inspired this amazing quote?
Taryn Manning: Sometimes when I tweet something inspirational or positive, I lose followers. Or if I tweet something like talking crass or talking crap to people, I gain followers. I was reading a book and it was a quote that I tweeted. Sometimes words from obstacles that we have in our lives that actually fit us. That quote was inspirational. Like, it's by chance. You and I can one day be friends after this because at the end of the day you must live your life.
PlanetIll: You recently covered Playboy's April "Sex and Music" issue. How was that experience?
Taryn Manning: It was cool. I was asked to do Playboy couple of times and I decided not to do it until now because I was too young. I had just wanted that vibe that represented me because I didn't have the big boobs! I just wanted it like where it was fun vibe and sexiness combined.
PlanetIll: You're a well known actress who takes on difficult and challenging roles. How do you transition from being that type of actress to being a singer/songwriter?
Taryn Manning: It's not really a transition because I am both. It's that with being a singer, I am able to sing my feelings. However, with acting I am able to be someone else for a moment; I don't mind not being Taryn, to have a little escape. Put her away! I don't mind letting her out, come back Taryn!
PlanetIll: Where do you see yourself musically/acting wise 5 years from now?
Taryn Manning: I just want to keep creating music and acting. I'm not going to be worrying myself; I plan to keep working on my craft.
PlanetIll: What's the first thing God is going to say when you get to heaven?
Taryn Manning: I have no idea! I mean, I never killed anyone or hurt a child. You know, I've been a good person. Maybe, I haven't been the best girlfriend. I don't know. But, I think He'll let me in.
PlanetIll: What would you like your last words to be for this interview?
Taryn Manning: I have a new song out called, "Turn It Up," at www.tarynmanning.com. It's also, free to download. Plus, I just performed my new record!
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On March 27, 2014, Manalapan health Examiner Stacey Chillemi had a friend Kim who suffers from chronic pain review one of GOOD Body Products "St. John's Wort Muscle and Joint Relief Sugar Scrub." This product offers a natural remedy to relieving pain and discomfort.
How it works
Arnica And St. John's Wort Muscle And Joint Relief Sugar Scrub contains only natural ingredients. It is composed from Arnica-Infused Olive Oil, St. John's Wort Oil, Rosemary and Lavender Essential Oils and sugar. The sugar scrub absorbs through the skin to help with pain and research has found that these ingredients can aid to help treat other conditions as well as pain. To give you a better understanding of these wonderful herbals they used I did my own research to briefly tell you about some of the benefits that come from using them.
Arnica Infused Olive Oil: The oil is made from the arnica plant found in the central and northern regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is native in the mountains of Europe and Siberia and cultivated in North America. The infused arnica oil is beneficial for muscle aches or injured muscles, sprains, bruises, dislocations, swelling due to fractures, trauma to soft tissue, rheumatic pain, and inflammation from insect bites. It makes excellent massage oil for sport injuries and sore muscles, as it helps to reduce bruising and relaxes tense muscles.
St. John's Wort Oil: This herbal is a powerful natural medicine for temporary depression. It has become the world's most popular calming herbal supplement for banishing the blues and controlling stress and has also been used to calm the digestive tract, treat chronic fatigue syndrome, anxiety, menopausal mood swings and a host of other ailments.
Rosemary Oil: This herbal has an old reputation for strengthening the memory and sharpening the senses (including vision). Long used to stimulate circulation to virtually all parts of the body, it also helps to enhance good digestion, eases pain and nervous anxiety, and may even help restore the look and glow of youth.
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What the reviewer thought
I myself do not usually suffer from much pain, but I know several people that suffer from mild to chronic pain. In addition, I have epilepsy and people with epilepsy should not use any herbal products containing St. John's Wort because this herbal could provoke seizures when you have epilepsy.
So, with that said, when I received the Arnica And St. John's Wort Muscle And Joint Relief Sugar Scrub, I asked one of my friends who suffers from muscle spasms and terrible PMS all the time to try the product and tell me what she thought of it. She used it several times while she was in the shower and bath. During this time, she was experiencing pains in her legs and cramps caused by her menstruation and she when she used the scrub she noticed a huge difference. The pain in her legs decreased drastically, her cramps went away and she said she felt much calmer and focused. She was not biting everyone's head off in the house. She was able to function and do things around the house instead of lying on the couch because of the pain she experiences.
The Arnica And St. John's Wort Muscle And Joint Relief Sugar Scrub came quickly, packaged well and when she tried it, she told me what a difference from any other products and medicines she ever tried before. She loved that that there were no side effects and loved how calm and relaxed she felt afterwards. She told me he was going to continue using this natural pain relief scrub. She was very impressed and gave it five stars.
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For American in North Korea, The Wait Continues
Kenneth Bae, the American being held prisoner in North Korea, has been looking for a lifeline from Washington. But it's not clear if help will be coming soon.
Earlier this week, Mr. Bae, a tour operator and Christian missionary, spoke with Choson Sinbo reporters from a Pyongyang hospital he had just been moved to. Mr. Bae told the Japan-based, pro-North Korean newspaper that his health was deteriorating, and that he wanted the U.S. government to "actively work" for his freedom.
Although officials at the U.S. State Department have acknowledged Mr. Bae's deteriorating health, the government has been cautious about making any commitments and promises about the 45-year-old resident of Washington state.
In a Tuesday afternoon press briefing in Washington, deputy spokesperson Marie Harf hewed closely to the government's long-stated position — that the North Korean government ought to grant amnesty to Mr. Bae and release him immediately.
In response to questions from the press, Ms. Harf said she wasn't aware of any plans to send a high-level official to help with his release, and sidestepped queries about whether any such moves were being considered.
If there's any glimmer of hope for Mr. Bae and his family in coming days, it may come in the form of a visit to the region by Robert King, the U.S. State Department's special envoy on North Korean human rights issues.
The State Department said Tuesday that Mr. King, who has worked to secure the release of U.S. citizens previously detained in the North, will travel to China, South Korea and Japan next week. Mr. King plans to meet with senior officials in all three countries, though there is no mention of a stop in North Korea.
Mr. Bae, who was detained in November 2012 and sentenced in April to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile acts" against the country, is now the longest-serving U.S. prisoner in North Korea in recent memory.
As his detention stretches into its 10th month, Mr. Bae has appeared increasingly gaunt and Choson Sinbo reported that he has lost 23 kilograms, or about 50 pounds.


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May 7, 2014
* COMPLETE FRESNO STATE SOFTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE (PDF)This Weekend: at Nevada (25-24, 7-14)
Location: Christina M. Hixson Softball Park, Reno, Nevada
Dates: Start Times
Thursday, May 8: 4 p.m.
Friday, May 9: 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 10: Noon
- All-Time Series (First Year): Fresno State leads, 39-13 (1978)
- 2013 Series: Fresno State won 2-1 (FS 6-4, 4-3 wins; Nevada 1-0 win)
- Host Web site: www.WolfPack.com
- Videostream Link: http://www.gobulldogs.com/videos/
Leading the MW for the fourth straight week, the Fresno State softball team (30-19, 14-7) caps the regular season with a three-game series at Nevada (25-24, 7-14) this Thursday-Saturday, May 8-10.
The Wolf Pack comes off a three-game sweep at Utah State last weekend, while the `Dogs topped Colorado State, 2-1, in its final home action of 2014.
Fresno State is currently tied for the MW lead with a 14-7 conference record with Boise State, while last year's champion San Diego State sits one game back at 13-8, and will host the Broncos on Thursday-Saturday.
Two other teams have mathematical chances at tying for the conference title - Colorado State and UNLV - who are tied for fourth place this week at 12-9 (and Fresno State beat both teams by 2-1 margins the last two weeks). On Thursday-Saturday, UNLV plays at Utah State, and CSU hosts San Jose State.
The next day, ESPNU will televise the 64-team NCAA Tournament selection show live on Sunday night, May 11 at 7 p.m. PT.
Next weekend, 16 NCAA Regional sites will host three-day, four-team, double-elimination action from Thursday-Sunday, May 15-18.
Each regional winner then advances to eight Super Regional sites for a best-of-three, two-day series on Thursday-Sunday, May 22-25, with every game televised by ESPN networks.
The eight remaining teams then advance to the ESPN-televised Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City, May 29-June 4. More information on the NCAA Tournament and WCWS is available at the www.NCAAsports.com website.
Last week, the `Dogs went 2-1 at home vs. Colorado State on Senior Weekend and have won six straight conference series (and five straight via 2-1 margins).
Fresno State won the opener, 5-1, behind a two-hit complete game by Jill Compton (19-9), while the `Dogs scored all five of their runs in the sixth inning.
Prior to the 7-2, second-game victory, Bulldog Diamond was renamed Margie Wright Diamond in honor of the hall of fame former head coach. Two of Wright's former players cleared the fences as senior Stesha Brazil cranked a pair of solo homers, and junior right fielder Michelle Solomon connected on her first grand slam of the season and third career-wise. Compton added five strikeouts in her two innings of relief en route to her second save of the season, and starter Hannah Harris (9-9) got the win.
In the 8-7 finale loss on Senior Day, the `Dogs scored three runs in the seventh inning and had the tying and winning runs on base before falling to the Rams who entered the weekend in a tie for second place in the MW.
- Three Bulldogs are hitting +.300 this year - junior center fielder Brenna Moss (.356, 7 2B, 2 3B), freshman left fielder Kierra Willis (.321, 2 3B) and sophomore second baseman Whitney Smith (.315, 6 2B).
- Not surprisingly, Moss and Willis are also the team's top hitters in MW play (.413 / .383). Five others are topping .300 after 21 conference games this year - senior left fielder Kapri Angotti (.382), sophomore catcher Paige Gumz (.379), senior first baseman Stesha Brazil (.358), senior shortstop Brooke Ortiz (.338) and Smith (.324).
- Five players have homered this year - Stesha Brazil (10), Vonnie Martin (7), junior right fielder Michelle Solomon (6), junior DP Kelly Megee (2) and Paige Gumz (1). Career-wise, Brazil and Martin ranked seventh and 11th on school career lists (26 / 16). Martin and Solomon have grand slams this year (vs. Boise State and Colorado State), and Solomon and Brazil are the only `Dogs to have two round-trippers in one game. Two weeks ago against UNLV, Solomon and Brazil became the first Fresno State players to hit homers on back-to-back pitches this year.
- Fittingly on Senior Day Weekend, three of the four players that hit +.400 vs. the Rams for the three games combined were seniors - shortstop Brooke Ortiz (.556, 5-for-9, 3 RBI, SB), first baseman Stesha Brazil (.500, 4-for-8, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB) and DP Kapri Angotti (.400, 2-for-5, RBI, BB). Three other starters topped .300 - junior DP Kelly Megee (.400, 2-for-5), sophomore Paige Gumz (.375, 3-for-8, RBI) and junior center fielder Brenna Moss (.364, 4-for-11, BB).
- After Jill Compton, Kiley Shae Aldridge and Hannah Harris won MW Pitcher of the Week honors the past six weeks, all four Bulldog sophomore pitchers have won honors under the guidance of head coach Trisha Ford. In 2013, Compton won a pair of awards, as did sophomore Taylor Langdon once.
- Jill Compton's no-hitter two weeks ago vs. San Jose State made her the 16th Bulldog to pitch multiple no-hitters in her career. Former great Jamie Southern leads the list with eight, followed by fellow All-Americans Melanie Parrent (7), and Carie Dever, Amanda Scott and Wende Ward (6).
- The past two months, the Bulldogs have scored the biggest and third-biggest run tallies in school history in wins vs. Boise State (24-4 (5) and New Mexico (20-0 (5)).
- Fresno State has scored seven wins this season against NCAA Tournament returnees - 1-0 shutouts of No. 6 Washington, No. 14 Nebraska and N.C. State, and a pair of victories vs. both San Diego State (5-4, 2-0) and San Jose State (8-1, 2-0).
Earlier this week, former All-MW honoree and sophomore right-hander Jill Compton led the league in shutouts (8) and opposing batting (.219), and stood second in ERA (2.14), strikeouts looking (47), and third in starts (28), wins (19), saves (2) and strikeouts (147).
Sophomore Taylor Langdon again paced the league in saves (4), and stood ninth in games in relief (12) and 10th in games finished (9), and sophomore Hannah Harris also stood fourth in ERA (2.61), fifth in shutouts (3) and eighth in opposing batting (.270).
At the plate, senior shortstop Brooke Ortiz topped the triples category (5), and six other `Dogs were spotted offensively - All-MW center fielder and junior Brenna Moss (stolen bases, second, 29; hits, fourth, 62; runs, fifth, 39; triples, 10th, 2), senior third baseman Vonnie Martin (walks, second, 36), sophomore second baseman Whitney Smith (toughest to strike out, third, 1:18.6 at-bats), junior right fielder Michelle Solomon (triples, fifth, 3), senior first baseman Stesha Brazil (triples, fifth, 3; homers, sixth, 10; runs, seventh, 35; RBI, seventh, 39) and freshman left fielder Kierra Willis (triples, 10th, 2).
Team-wise, the Bulldog pitchers still pace the conference in lowest opposing batting average (.248), fewest hits allowed (312), saves (6) and double plays (25), and stood second in ERA (2.56) and fewest homers allowed (24). Offensively, the `Dogs rank first in triples (16) and third in stolen bases (70).
In the ninth edition of the NCAA's weekly softball rankings released Monday, sophomore pitcher Taylor Langdon ranked 11th nationally in the saves category (4).
Eight other `Dogs stood top 150 nationally - sophomore pitcher Jill Compton (shutouts, 17th, 8; wins, 47th, 19; ERA, 94th, 2.13; hits allowed, 98th, 5.55 p/7 innings; strikeouts, 100th, 148), senior third baseman Vonnie Martin (walks, 30th, 0.73 p/g), junior center fielder Brenna Moss (stolen bases, 24th, 0.59 p/g), senior shortstop Brooke Ortiz (triples, 10th, 5), sophomore second baseman Whitney Smith (toughest to strikeout, 61st, 1:18.6 at-bats), junior right fielder Michelle Solomon (triples, 97th, 3), senior first baseman Stesha Brazil (triples, 97th, 3) and sophomore right-hander Hannah Harris (shutouts, 148th, 3).
Team-wise, Fresno State's highest national rankings were in triples (10th, 0.33 p/g), double plays (10th, 0.51 p/g), fielding (43rd, .969), stolen bases (43rd, 1.41 p/g), ERA (52nd, 2.56), win-loss percentage (75th, .612) and scoring (97th, 4.80 p/g).
Fans can find NCAA statistics updated every Monday at the http://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/ranking_summary URL address.
Heading into the week, Fresno State owns a 39-13 edge vs. Nevada in the series that dates back to 1978. The `Dogs won two of last year's three games held in Fresno by 6-4 and 4-3 scores, while the Wolf Pack took the second game, 1-0.
WOLF PACK SCOUTING REPORT (www.GoWolfPack.com)
In MW play this season, the Wolf Pack (25-24, 7-14) swept Utah State (7-1, 5-3, 3-0) last week and New Mexico earlier in the season (13-5 (5), 8-0 (6), 3-1). In prior series, Nevada went 1-2 vs. San Jose State (10-1 (5) win; 7-6, 4-2 (8) losses), and got swept by Boise State (1-0, 9-6, 8-4 losses), Colorado State (7-1, 8-3, 4-3 losses) and UNLV (13-1 (5), 7-4, 3-2 losses). ... Other notable non-conference wins this year have come vs. BYU (10-9, 20-10), Portland State (6-2) and Hawai'i (11-2 (5)). ... In this week's NCAA team stats, Nevada's highest rankings were in doubles (fifth, 1.65 p/g), scoring (37th, 5.73 p/g), batting (56th, .301), slugging (67th, .451) and triples (70th, 0.20 p/g). ... Senior right-hander Karlyn Jones leads the nation in fewest walks per seven innings (0.52 p/g), and three others ranked top 100 nationally - sophomore shortstop Megan Sweet (doubles, fourth, 0.43 p/g; runs, 22nd, 1.04 p/g), sophomore outfielder Danielle Wilitz (triples, 31st, 4) and sophomore utility player Amanda Weis (slugging, 75th, .696; homers, 96th, 11). ... Sixth-year head coach Matt Meuchel led the team to a 30-23 mark last year - the team's first winning season since 2009 (also his first season at the helm and the year the team won the WAC title). In prior positions, he also served as an associate head coach for Nevada and helped the team to an NCAA bid and WAC title in 2006. He also served at Arizona State as its summer camp director (1997-2000) and volunteer coach (2001), McNeese State as an assistant coach (2002) and Oklahoma State as an assistant coach (2007-08). His resume also includes a stint working with the 2004 Greek Olympic Team.
Last year at Fresno, the `Dogs won the first and third games by 6-4 and 4-3 scores, respectively, and Nevada took the second game, 1-0.
In the first game, Paige Gumz and Michelle Solomon both went 2-for-2 and had two and one RBI, respectively. In the circle, Jill Compton struck out three, walked one and gave up 11 hits and four earned runs in the complete game.
In the second contest, Diane Runge went 3-for-4, and was one of six `Dogs that hit safely. Hannah Harris struck out none, walked one and allowed three hits in the complete game.
In the finale, two `Dogs had multiple hits - Brenna Moss (2-for-4) and Gumz (2-for-3). Compton pitched the first three innings, struck out three, walked one and allowed four hits. Harris got the win for pitching the final four innings, struck out none, walked none and allowed three hits.
For the three games, Gumz led the team in hitting (.625, 5H, 2B, 2 RBI), and, six others topped .300 - Maria Sio (.500, 2H), Kelly Megee (.500, 1H), Runge (.444, 4H), Solomon (.375, 3H, 2B), Moss (.333, 4H, RBI) and Vonnie Martin (.333, 3H).
In the seventh NCAA RPI ratings of the season Fresno State still ranked second in the league and 52nd overall among the nation's 293 teams. The remaining MW teams' rankings follow: San Diego State (48), Colorado State (74), Boise State (78), San José State (83), UNLV (90), Nevada (142), New Mexico (176) and Utah State (180).
This week's RPI rating is again well ahead of last year's year-end position (116), and a full current listing is available here ( http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/softball/d1/ncaa-womens-softball-rpi ).
With her four saves this season, sophomore Taylor Langdon has tied a team season record, and that same total ties for seventh-most in a career for the `Dogs.
At the plate, senior first baseman Stesha Brazil drilled her ninth and 10th homers of the season last week vs. CSU, and her 26 career-wise is seventh-most in school history (not to mention the four she hit as a freshman at Houston in 2011).
Junior center fielder Brenna Moss stole two more bases last week vs. Colorado State to up her career total to 74 - second-best for Fresno State. That total ranks 26th nationally among active collegians (and seventh among players that are juniors or younger). Her 29 stolen bases this year is second-most in a season for Fresno State all-time, and five behind her school record from last year (34).
The Bakersfield, Calif., native's triple against New Mexico moved her to 16 career-wise and fifth all-time for the `Dogs (and third nationally among active collegians). Moss's nine triples in 2013 is also second-best in Bulldog history behind former Olympian and All-American Laura Berg (11, 1995).
Among all-time game bests, her three stolen bases vs. Boise State and San Diego State this year tied her school record vs. UNM in 2013. Likewise, her four runs opening week vs. UC Riverside also matched a school game record.
Thanks to two walks vs. CSU, senior third baseman Vonnie Martin now has 36 on the year - fourth-most for Fresno State and only seven behind the shared school record of Christina Clark and Gina LoPiccolo (43).
With her triple vs. UNLV, senior shortstop Brooke Ortiz has five, three-baggers on the season and 12 career-wise - a tally that stands 14th nationally among active collegians and ninth all-time for Fresno State.
In her first month as a collegian, sophomore pitcher Jill Compton made history in February 2013 with the program's 70th no-hitter vs. St. Mary's, and the first Bulldog freshman to achieve the feat since 2006. In late April, she repeated the feat at San Jose State with a 2-0 win.
Last year, the squad combined for a school record 87 stolen bases in 54 contests. For comparison's sake in 2014, the `Dogs have swiped 70 bases after 49 games (which would equate to 74 in a 52-game season).
Sophomore Jill Compton picked up her third MW Pitcher of the Week honor last week after she went 3-1 in her six appearances vs. UNLV and San Jose State.
In her 2-0 win at the NCAA Tourney returnee Spartans in the series finale, the Oceano, Calif., native logged her first no-hitter of the season, second career-wise, and 71st in school history.
She also won the series opener vs. SJSU, 8-1, and struck out seven in both contests to tie her second-highest total of the year.
Later in the weekend series vs. the Rebels, she logged a 1-0 shutout in which she struck out six, and allowed only four hits and one walk - also only the third shutout of UNLV this year by any team, and first in MW play.
The day before on Saturday, she picked up first career save after retiring the final two outs in the 6-3, second-game win vs. the Rebels with the tying run at the plate.
In the opener vs. UNLV, she pitched seven scoreless innings, before allowing a run in the eighth inning in the 1-0 decision.
In previous weeks, senior first baseman Stesha Brazil and sophomore pitchers Hannah Harris and Kiley Shae Aldridge were rewarded with MW Player and Pitcher of the Week honors in March and April to give the team nine honors from six current players the past 1 1/2 years.
In past years, Compton and Taylor Langdon combined for three honors in 2013, while senior third baseman Vonnie Martin was a two-time MW Player of the Week last season, and senior shortstop Brooke Ortiz was a WAC Player of the Week in 2012.
Second-year Fresno State head coach Trisha Ford welcomes back starters at seven of the eight field positions, and 2013's top three pitchers.
All four of last year's All-MW picks are also back - senior infielder Vonnie Martin, junior outfielder Brenna Moss and sophomore pitcher Jill Compton and catcher Paige Gumz - while senior infielder Brooke Ortiz was an All-WAC choice in 2011.
Other starters back from 2013 include senior outfielder Kapri Angotti, senior first baseman Stesha Brazil, junior outfielder Michelle Solomon and sophomore infielder Whitney Smith.
Last year in Ford's first season, the Bulldogs went 30-24 overall and tied for second in the MW Conference with an 11-7 mark.
Head Coach Trisha Ford and the Bulldogs have looked to their seven-member newcomer class to make an immediate impact in the spring of 2014.
Her first recruiting class is entirely from California and includes catcher Niki Kaleialii (Oakley), infielder Liza Liddell (La Verne), and outfielders Melissa Gilbert (Merced), M.J. Jimenez (Newark), Alanna Layton (Acton), Christina Rodriguez (Livingston) and Kierra Willis (Pleasant Hill).
Willis has started 40 games at DP and in left field among her 47 appearances this year, while Liddell has made six starts at second base among her 14 appearances. Rodriguez had appeared in 31 games as a pinch-runner and stole bases vs. Sacramento State, Long Beach State, Utah State and San Jose State; Jimenez pinch-ran ran vs. No. 8 Oregon and Riverside; and Kaleialii has seen time behind the plate vs. UC Riverside, No. 25 Texas, Boise State and New Mexico.
As preps, Kaleialii helped her team to three Bay Valley Athletic titles and was a two-time captain; Liddell was a four-time all-league selection at third base and shortstop; Jimenez was a three-time All-League pick; Gilbert helped lead Merced High School to three CCC titles; Layton was a CIF All-League First-Team choice; Rodriguez was a multiple all-conference choice; and Willis was a four-time first-team all-league selection.
Among the Bulldogs' 52 games this year against 31 opponents, its non-conference slates featured five WCWS returnees in 2013 national runner-up Tennessee, Arizona State, Nebraska, Texas and Washington.
In the opening months of the year, Fresno State faced another Super Regional advancer (Oregon), a seventh NCAA Regional Finalist (N.C. State) and four other NCAA tourney qualifiers (Arizona, Houston, San Diego State and San Jose State).
Among the tilts in February and March, the `Dogs posted 1-0 shutouts vs. No. 6 Washington and No. 14 Nebraska on the same day in the finale of the Judi Garmin Classic, while it lost by one run the opening three weeks to No. 2 Tennessee (5-4) and No. 8 Oregon (10-9 (8)).
Among conference foes, the `Dogs went 2-1 against both last year's NCAA Tournament representatives from the MW and WAC (San Diego State / San Jose State) in April.
Overall, the `Dogs have played 15 contests against 11 squads that advanced to last year's 64-team NCAA tournament field (not to mention four teams that have combined for 12 national titles in their school histories).
Not only do 23 of the 24 members of the Bulldog roster hail from California, but many proudly call the Central Valley their home.
Two players are from the Fresno area directly - seniors Kapri Angotti (Clovis) and Kim Fisher (Fresno) - and also played their initial collegiate seasons at Fresno City College. Two others' hometowns are less than an hour's drive away - freshman Melissa Gilbert (Merced) and sophomore Bria Kennedy (Hanford) - and two other starters are from the Central Valley, senior Stesha Brazil (Turlock) and junior Brenna Moss (Bakersfield).
Looking northward, seven players matriculated from the Bay Area - freshmen Christina Rodriguez (Livingston), Niki Kaleialii (Oakley), M.J. Jimenez (Newark) and Kierra Willis (Pleasant Hill), sophomores Kiley Shae Aldridge (Lompoc) and Whitney Smith (Auburn) and senior Brooke Ortiz (Lodi).
Ten players hail from the nation's most fertile softball fields (Southern California) - freshmen Alanna Layton (Acton) and Liza Liddell (La Verne),sophomores Jill Compton (Oceano); Hannah Harris (Santa Barbara), Taylor Langdon (Glendora) and Paige Gumz (Chino Hills) and juniors Michelle Solomon (Beaumont), Maria Sio (Lake Forest), Kelly Megee (Riverside) and Taylor Green (Chino Hills).
The team's only non-California resident is senior Vonnie Martin (Plano, Texas) who is only a 22-hour 1,556-mile drive from Fresno.
Last week, sophomore pitcher Hannah Harris was rewarded for her excellence in the classroom and on the field with Capital One Academic All-District honors.
The Santa Barbara, Calif., native was one 12 players selected for the District 8 squad and one of three pitchers. Sporting a 3.44 cumulative grade point average, the media communications and advertising major was also a recent MW Pitcher of the Week.
To be eligible, players must be at least a sophomore academically and be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA. Nominated student-athletes were then voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America in their respective districts.
All district honorees are now in consideration for 2014 Capital One® Academic All-America honors that will be announced on May 30.
Harris is the second Bulldog honored under second-year head coach Trisha Ford after Diane Runge was selected in 2013, while senior shortstop Brooke Ortiz was chosen in 2012.
All-time in Fresno history, 34 players have been honored since 1985.
Similarly last year, six players were named to the 2013 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete team that was released in October.
The group of senior infielder Brooke Ortiz, junior infielder Kelly Megee and catcher/infielder Taylor Green, Harris and Taylor Langdon and former senior outfielder Diane Runge were selected based on their +3.50 GPA's for the 2012-13 academic year.
The six-member class tied the largest in Bulldog softball history, and are among 39 Fresno State players that have received similar honors since the 1997-98 school year. Runge and Ortiz are three- and two-time honorees and the 10th and 11th Bulldogs to claim multiple honors. In addition, Runge and Ortiz were CoSIDA Academic All-District First-Team choices in 2013 and `12, respectively.
Last spring, nine `Dogs picked up Academic All-Mountain West honors - Harris, Langdon, Megee, Ortiz, Runge, senior catcher/infielder Stesha Brazil and infielder/outfielder Vonnie Martin, junior center fielder Brenna Moss and sophomore infielder Whitney Smith.
Overall in school history, the softball team has racked up 108 academic all-conference honors since it began WAC play in 1993 and MW action in 2013.
Last Saturday, Bulldog Diamond was rechristened Margie Wright Diamond in honor of the hall-of-fame former Bulldog head coach.
Before the game, the field welcomed a ribbon-cutting ceremony and first pitch by the former 27-year head softball mentor. Also honoring her that day was University President Dr. Joseph I. Castro, Director of Athletics Thomas Boeh, Congressman Jim Costa and former Bulldog softball player / Fresno Fire Chief Kerri Donis.
En route to an NCAA record 1,294-450-1 ledger with the `Dogs, she guided Fresno State to 10 World College World Series trips that included one NCAA title (1998), three NCAA runner-up finishes (1988, `89, `90), three NCAA third-place finishes (1991, `92, `97) and three NCAA fifth-place finishes (1987, `94, `99).
The 10-Time Conference Coach of the Year led Fresno State to 17 conference titles, 26 NCAA Tournament bids (1986-2011) and 178 straight weeks in the NCAA Top 25 en route to NFCA and ASA-USA Softball Hall of Fame nods.
On the individual front, her Bulldog players included 53 All-Americans, 15 Olympians, 29 Conference Players/Pitchers/Freshmen, 16 Academic All-Americans, eight professional players, four Honda Award Finalists and two NCAA Top VIII Award winners.
Away from the collegiate spectrum, she served as the 1998 ISF World Championship Gold Medal head coach and 1996 U.S. Olympic Gold Medal assistant coach.
The venue has served as the collegiate softball national attendance leader 13 times since 1991. An NCAA all-time largest regular-season softball crowd of 5,724 saw the team's versus Arizona (March 14, 2000), and also topped the 5,000 mark twice at home versus UCLA in 1996 (5,427, February 24 - stadium opener) and 1997 (5,167, February 8).
Team MW Record Pct. Overall 1. Fresno State 14-7 .667 30-19 Boise State 14-7 .667 30-19 3. San Diego State 13-8 .619 36-17 4. Colorado State 12-9 .571 31-15 UNLV 12-9 .571 23-28 6. San Jose State 11-10 .524 28-23 7. Nevada 7-14 .333 25-24 New Mexico 7-17 .292 16-36 9. Utah State 6-15 .286 18-32
Pl. Team Pts. 2013 Finish Overall 1. SDSU (7) 63 1st 13-5 35-18 2. Fresno State (2) 56 2nd 11-7 30-24 3. Boise State 42 4th 9-9 25-26 4. Colorado St. 38 2nd 11-7 25-24 San Jose St. 38 1st-WAC 17-4 42-15 6. Nevada 36 4th 9-9 30-23 7. UNLV 27 6th 7-11 21-31 8. New Mexico 13 7th 3-15 21-35 9. Utah State 11 8th-WAC 5-16 11-43
Taylor Langdon - Saves, 1st, 4 (11th); Games in Relief, 10th, 13; Games Finished, 9th, 10
Jill Compton - Shutouts, 1st, 8 (17th); ERA, 2nd, 2.14 (94th); Strikeouts Looking, 2nd, 47; Saves, 3rd, 2; Starts, 3rd, 28; Opp. Batting, 1st, .219; Wins, 3rd, 19 (47th); Strikeouts, 3rd, 147 (100th); Innings, 5th, 179.2; Appearances, 6th, 35
Hannah Harris - ERA, 4th, 2.61; Shutouts, 5th, 3 (148th); Opp. Batting, 8th, .270; Fewest Hits, 6th, 34; Starts, 10th, 18
Brooke Ortiz - Triples, 1st, 5 (10th)
Vonnie Martin - Walks, 2nd, 36 (30th)
Michelle Solomon - Triples, 5th, 3 (97th)
Brenna Moss - Stolen Bases, 2nd, 29 (24th); Hits, 4th, 62; Runs, 5th, 39; Triples, 10th, 2
Stesha Brazil - Runs, 7th, 35; Triples, 5th, 3 (97th); RBI, 8th, 39 (97th); Homers, 6th, 10
Kierra Willis - Triples, 10th, 2
Whitney Smith - Toughest to Strike Out, 3rd, 18.6 (61st)
Triples - 1st, 16 (1st)
Stolen Bases - 3rd, 70 (3rd)
Opposing Batting - 1st, .248
Fewest Hits Allowed - 1st, 312
Fewest Runs Allowed - 1st, 157
Double Plays - 1st, 25 (10th)
Saves - 1st, 6
ERA - 2nd, 2.56 (52nd)
Fewest Homers Allowed - 2nd, 24
Fielding - 1st, .969 (43rd)
Batters Struck Out Looking - 4th, 64
Strikeouts - 4th, 210
Win-Loss Percentage - 3rd, .612 (75th)
Complete NCAA Stats - http://bit.ly/1gPx6rG
Complete MW Stats - http://bit.ly/1dCQGFB
Stolen Bases 2. 74 Brenna Moss, 2013- (1st is 86)
Triples 5. 16 Brenna Moss, 2013- (4th is 17) 9. 12 Brooke Ortiz, 2011- (9th is 12)
Home Runs 7. 26 Stesha Brazil, 2012- (6th is 29)
Hitting Streak 8. 14 Brenna Moss, 2014 8. 14 Vonnie Martin, 2013
Saves 7. 4 Taylor Langdon, 2013- (4th is 5) 10. 2 Hannah Harris, 2013- (8th is 3)
Stolen Bases 1. 34 Brenna Moss, 2013 2. 29 Brenna Moss, 2014 (1st is 34)
Triples 2. 9 Brenna Moss, 2013 (1st is 11)
Sacrifice Hits 14. 19 Maria Sio, 2013 (9th is 20)
Walks 4. 36 Vonnie Martin, 2014 (4th is 35)
Saves 1. 4 Taylor Langdon, 2014 9. 2 Harrah Harris, 2013 (4th is 3)
Rank Team Record Pts Prev *1 Oregon (29) 47-6-1 797 1 2 UCLA (3) 46-5 757 2 *3 Arizona State 43-8-1 731 3 4 Florida State 47-6 702 4 5 Florida 45-10 678 5 6 Alabama 44-10 640 6 *7 Tennessee 42-9 607 8 *8 Washington 30-13 548 11 *9 Arizona 40-11 514 9 10 Michigan 40-11 504 7 11 Georgia 42-12 429 16 12 La.-Lafayette 41-7-1 422 14 13 Oklahoma 43-10 411 15 14 Missouri 41-15 403 13 15 Minnesota 38-9 385 12 16 Kentucky 41-14 370 10 17 Baylor 41-12 316 17 *18 Nebraska 40-14 229 19 19 Tulsa 47-7 218 18 20 Notre Dame 37-10 187 22 21 USC Upstate 44-5 144 23 22 Auburn 38-16-1 116 20 23 South Alabama 38-11 99 21 24 Texas A&M 35-20 71 24 25 LSU 34-21 49 25
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin (18), DePaul (16), James Madison (11), Northwestern (11), Mississippi State (7), UCF (5), *N.C. State (2), IPFW (1), Lipscomb (1), USF (1).
Dropped out: None
* (asterisk) indicates Bulldog opponents in 2014
Rank Team Record Pts Prev. *1. Oregon (17) 47-6-1 497 1 2. UCLA (1) 46-5 469 2 *3. Arizona State 43-8-1 462 3 4. Florida St. (1) 47-6 439 4 5. Alabama (1) 44-10 424 5 6. Florida 45-10 395 7 *7. Tennessee 42-9 380 9 *8. Washington 30-13 339 10 *9. Arizona 40-11 325 8 10. Oklahoma 43-10 316 12 11. Michigan 40-11 301 6 12. La.-Lafayette 47-7-1 291 13 13. Missouri 41-15 241 15 14. Georgia 42-12 226 18 15. Kentucky 41-14 217 11 16. Minnesota 38-9 216 14 17. Baylor 41-12 201 17 *18. Nebraska 40-14 164 19 19. Tulsa 47-7 142 16 20. Notre Dame 37-10 94 22 21. Auburn 38-16-1 77 20 22. South Alabama 38-11 74 21 23. LSU 34-21 70 23 24. USC Upstate 44-5 56 24 25. Texas A&M 35-20 22 25
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin (20), DePaul (12), South Florida (7), Northwestern (6), *Texas (6), Central Florida (6), Mississippi State (2), *North Carolina State (2), Lipscomb (1)
New to Poll: None
Parenthesis denotes first place votes.
* (asterisk) indicates Bulldog opponents in 2014
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- noun - used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
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It's deja vu all over again for Crystal Cruises. Two years after treating Symphony to the line's most extensive dry-dock to date, Crystal has announced it will once again treat Symphony to the line's most extensive dry-dock to date ... but this time the bill's much higher (some $23 million vs. $12 million).
The previous dry-dock included the redecoration of penthouse and penthouse suite accommodations. This time around, all 416 staterooms will be transformed to resemble boutique hotel rooms with Murano glass bedside lamps, Rubelli fabrics, leather headboards and 20-inch flat-screen televisions; bathrooms will feature glass oval sinks and granite countertops.
Other updates include:
The Tiffany Deck, the ship's main entertainment area, will be outfitted with fresh color schemes, construction and contemporary lighting.
The Starlite Club will be updated with a dramatic round bar and window walls studded with Swarovski crystals.
Crystal Casino will be treated to a new black and silver color palette; Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em and state-of-the-art slots will also be added.
Boutiques and shops will be completely redesigned; a private area for high-end jewelry will be added to Facets.
The Bistro Cafe is on tap for new tiling and wall finishing, and fresh carpeting.
In addition, dozens of behind-the-scenes improvements are planned, such as all new computer equipment. Computer University@Sea will feature wireless Internet access after the refurbishment.
The 51,044-ton, 960-passenger ship's "new" renovation will begin on October 31 and last two weeks, ending on November 12.
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A twenty-two year old shocked the UC Santa Barbara college campus community of Isla Vista, California, just outside the resort town of Santa Barbara, with a shooting rampage that left six people dead and 13 injured. Attached is the one of the latest videos about the troubled man.
If you missed the story here's a brief summary:
Eliot Rodger, armed with semi-automatics and a drive to get 'revenge' for what he deemed mostly slights by women, attached his three dorm mates with a knife and then headed out on a killing spree by car until he was either gunned down or shot himself (the jury's still out on this but he definitely died of bullet wounds). Rodger posted threatening messages on blogs and YouTube saying he wanted to get "revenge".
According to all the news sources this Examiner has been viewing, listening to and reading, "Elliot Rodge was identified by his father Peter Rodger, through attorney Alan Schifman as the shooter." The father was the assistant director for one of the "Hunger Games" films. One of the Rodger's postings said, "Girls gave their affection and sex and love to other men but never to me.
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I would like to know if I am expected to memorize coding in a workspace or am I allow to fall into references whenever I am unsure.
In a week of non-stop self learning, I feel I can understand the basics html and CSS, but am I required to memorize every single code once I get a position in this field or is it fair to use references to provide you the edge to finish your development. I was always under the impression you had to hand-code everything but I am wondering if I'll be looked as less of a developer if I fall to references. Understanding that if I do memorize most things, it will save me the time it will take me to code something but I don't want to feel penalized if I need to refer back to a code because I need refresh myself.
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The mobile Veteran Center, which is under the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs out of Denver, made a stop in Meeker last week.
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Letter to the Editor: Open letter to veterans in county
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to all Rio Blanco County veterans.
Cell phones sought for soldier calls
RANGELY I Each week, the Cell Phones for Soldiers program mails approximately 12,000 calling cards to veterans at home and soldiers overseas. Each card provides veterans and troops 2-1/2 hours of talk time with family and friends.
Concert for veterans in Grand Jct.
Glasscock receives medal
MEEKER I Brice Glasscock, an IT technician for Rio Blanco County and a Staff Sergeant in the 928th Area Support Medical Battalion (ASMC) National Guard Unit based in Montrose, Colo., was surprised when his commander, Major Ed McLean, presented him with the Meritorious Service Medal last weekend when he reported for training.
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RBC I A small group of retired veterans makes 36 metalized film window stickers and magnetic vehicle plaques that provide a way for all U.S. veterans to show their service.


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In the NY Times, Jori Finkel profiles Enrique Martínez Celaya, whose show recently opened in LA. "The questions he explores in painting (and in his related writings) belong to religion and philosophy: the meaning of life and death, the purpose of consciousness, and what it means to be good or do good. He is as likely to talk about Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, or Herman Melville and Paul Celan, as Joseph Beuys and Lucian Freud. Although he shows regularly with John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco and Sara Meltzer in New York (and has a retrospective that will open next year at the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg), he recognizes that he is not exactly of the moment. 'So many contemporary paintings have this wink to say we're both in on the joke,' he said. 'Any time I find myself being witty or clever, I paint over it.'
"For all of the paintings in his studio that day, he relied on the same basic technique. He mixed wax into oil paint (about a 1-to-3 ratio), building up one thin layer after another to achieve a matte finish and translucency of color. ('Shiny paint makes me feel like I can't breathe,' he said.) Some paintings have as many as 20 layers. In the process he often painted over shapes or even human figures so that the finished canvas could contain less by way of content than it once did. One muddy, mountainous painting originally showed a boy sitting off to one corner holding the head of a deer. Now both the boy and head are gone. In another canvas a boy stands in a deep field of dandelions, his face popping out like an overgrown flower. But the more you look, the less the image yields. There is no expressive or virtuosic brush stroke, and little realistic detail, to flesh out the figure or reveal the boy's age or size. Mr. Martínez Celaya said it was intentional. 'There's not enough there to hold you emotionally. You begin to sink into a black hole.'"'It's strange to love painting and be so much anti-painting,' he added. 'I'm not interested in luscious, sexy, virtuosic painting, but the destruction of the image, undermining the certainty of the image.'" Read more.
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The Morris Animal Refuge held its annual FurBall at The College of Physicians - Mutter Museum on Saturday, March 10th. The shelter is the country's second oldest and has the support of many Philadelphia animal lovers.
We were hearing a lot of buzz about Barry Gutin's Cuba Libre, a fairly new restaurant and bar in Old City, so naturally we had to check it out. Our hotspot check revealed a fun restaurant with authentic Cuban cuisine. As the night wore on and people finished eating, the bar area filled up. The crowd was along the lines of Gutin's clientele from his other establishments Egypt and Shampoo. Try the appetizer sampler plate to start off your meal or, if you're bound for the bar, try a Mojito, a blend of white rum, hierba buena (mint), lime juice and guarapo (pure sugar cane juice).
NFL greats and local noatables gathered at the charitable grand opening celebration of Phildelphia's Shula's Steak House. Eagles Fly for Leukemia teamed up with Don Shula on March 7th to raise money in support of pediatric cancer and leukemia research. One hundred percent of the evening's proceeds went to the cause.
The Sofitel hotel recently hired a new chef for their restaurant, Chez Colette, a French brasserie. Culinary maestro Guy Reinbolt, a native of Alsace, France, asserts that people "eat first with their eyes", a statement plainly reflected in his beautifully presented creations. Aesthetics and flavor are sometimes mutually exclusive – but not here. Amazing that something so prettily presented tastes as good as it looks. A note for chocoholics: La Bourse, Sofitel's swanky bar and lounge area, serves a Chocolat Buffet Nitecap (after nine pm) - all the chocolate you can savor for just under $13! You may see us there, gorging ourselves on their signature goodies!
The Friends of the American Red Cross held their 2nd annual Red Ball at the Union League in Philadelphia on Saturday March 3rd. The sold-out crowd of 900 or so revelers partied on late into the night. A great benefit, with seemingly limitless eats donated by gracious area restaurants, a generous open-bar and scads of happy, good-looking supporters enjoying it all. What more do you want in a party? All the proceeds go to Community Disaster Education, a Red Cross program that teaches students how to prepare for and respond to emergencies.
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The hotel service chain Airbnb is starting to feel the heat from housing rights groups and New York public officials alike in what the company feels is its most fertile market. But their fight to go legit in New York City will be considerably more of an uphill climb than the company may think. For some tenant's rights groups and the electeds, the chain represents the decades old practice which used many NYC landlords, that is using a residential apartment as an illegal hotel. For the building owners, this business model was used to clear out rent regulated buildings, including SROs in order to convert them to market rate housing or coops/condos. The estimated loss of rent regulated housing is estimated at 300,000.
A coalition brought about the 2010 updating of the multiple dwelling laws which defines the state's policy for rent regulation. The legislation also clearly defines residential housing as opposed to commercial hotel properties. One of the major differences between two is that a resident must rent his or her space out for a minimum of 30 days. Anything less than that and a unit is seen as being used for illegal transient purposes.
To the great joy of many tenants, various housing groups and representatives OSE (Office of Special Enforcement) finally cracked down on several well known illegal hotels on days after the law actually went into effect, May 2011. Two groups of landlords did challenge the law in the courts as being unconstitutional but the judge upheld the law stating that there was no evidence that the landlord's businesses were being damaged in anyway. But the celebratory atmosphere turned out to be rather brief since some of the larger building owners and or landlords continued to thumb their noses at the law seeing that any fines received was only the price of doing business. The price for violating the law was a mere $500 dollars no matter if they were illegally renting out one room or 20.
In 2012 those concerned for the rights of rent regulated tenants won another victory with the passing of the so called fines bill also known as bill No. 404-A. Instead of receiving a flat fee for running one's building as an illegal hotel, the perpetrators are now charged per-room per-night. And the fines do go up if the infractions continue. So for example, a first time offender would receive a $500 fine a room per-night. After that the fines would go up to $1000 dollars and so on.
It didn't take too long for the face of illegal hotels to take a dramatic turn. The tenants fight went from being between them and the landlord where the rules are clear to tenant to versus tenant and landlord which has made the fight increasing more difficult as has the fact that the operation is in part being bank rolled by the founder of Ebay, Pierre Omidyar. Airbnb also reports to be operating out of hundreds of thousands of units worldwide bring in well over $10 billion dollars, much of which they currently using to persuade electeds to overturn or gut the multiple dwelling laws which tenants rights groups fought so hard to obtain. Their main weapon it seems is the nonprofit front group Peers which is made up of the who's who of the illegal hotels trade. http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-industry-mouthpiece-astroturfs-for-d... . This supposed nonprofit is used as an organizing tool to bring together students, coop/condo owners and many others who use their units for transient purposes if they happen to be away on vacation or have an extra room for rent. The later it should be noted is not actually illegal since the tourists are merely guests as long as the person or people who are lawfully renting out the room are present at the time.
During a 48 hour time period Thursday through Saturday of last week, Peers was able to set up 168 visits to forty state officials. According to the head of the group these offices ranged from "From Lewiston to Syracuse to Manhattan, they told personal stories about what Airbnb had made possible for them". In an email sent by Ashley Baia of Peers to a "Susan B" the head of the group boasted about getting 700 members of Airbnb to contribute an average of $12 dollars apiece. As one might expect the vast majority of stories told to those electeds willing to listen, usually involved how wonderful using Airbnb was and how it helped them save their homes or allowed them to go to school. What was omitted from these stories however was the other uses some customers found in using the service.
According to an article by Dana Sauchelli and Bruce Golding, entitled "Hookers turning Airbnb Apartments Into brothels" escort services have also found Airbnb to be useful. http://nypost.com/2014/04/14/hookers-using-airbnb-to-use-apartments-for-... . In many cases, these escort services use a bundle of rooms as crash pads where the girls can take their clients and charge an hourly rate. According to one sex worker "It's more discreet and much cheaper than The Waldorf," the sex worker spoke on condition of anonymity. "Hotels have doormen and cameras. They ask questions. Apartments are usually buzz-in." The woman who was not identified in the article claims to charge $500 dollars an hour. The Escort service which she works for operates primarily in the financial district or Mid-Town West for weeks at a time. After that the room or rooms are turned over to other hookers to take their Johns. In order to avoid getting caught, the service agency has the girls set up their own profiles on the Airbnb website using a prepaid debit card.
New York is certainly not the only city where AirBNB apartments are being used for sex work. The problem has been reported in several buildings in 192 countries. In Washington DC one female client of Airbnb stated that two men that she rented her place out to wound up using it for a men on men erotic message parlor.
In another report, released by the Gothamist, a "XXX Freak Fest" occurred in the home of a local professional standup comedian Ari Teman. http://gothamist.com/2014/03/29/comedian_who_found_freak_fest_orgy.php.
According to the author of this article, Ben Yakas, Teman had rented out his studio apartment located in Chelsea to a member of Airbnb who claimed that he needed somewhere to stay while he was in town for a wedding. As it turned out the customer, identified as "David", held what amounted to as a mass orgy. After Ari discovered what had happened, due to pictures taken at the event and a number of his things being broken, he started getting harassing messages from a worker at Aribnb, "It's not a random guy, very specifically it's the guy in charge of customer advocacy for AirBNB." Apparently much of this harassment which has been coming from the company's customer advocate team leader Simon McGrath has since moved onto twitter (see above link). Ari has tried to contact the company but has received no direct response. However, he has been receiving a series of anonymous emails with harassing messages, most of which don't make any sense. He believes they could very well be Airbnb related and has since began taking legal action. Because this case is still underway further detail are not on offer.
However enabling the sex trade is not be Airbnb's only legally questionable activity. As stated above, the company has taken to the continuation of the illegal hotels problem that housing groups such as the West Side Neighborhood Alliance and the SRO Law Project has been fighting for years. Since the presents of this company has exploded, public officials and tenant's organizations have seen their fight take on a different phase. http://pix11.com/2014/04/22/officials-say-nyc-airbnb-rentals-making-hous... . Attorney General Eric Schniederman has issued a subpoena to Airbnb demanding that the company hand over its customer list, an order which is now being fought in the courts. Airbnb insists that the subpoena is an infringement of privacy and that their service helps many renters keep their homes but public officials such as Liz Kruger and Charlie Rangel see if very differently.
Rangel has stated that its not New York residence who are prospering from this company, it's the operators like Airbnb which exacerbate long standing problems in New York City like the warehousing of apartments and offering many landlords or "super clients", those who operate more than 30 rooms for the company an incentive to use normally rent regulated housing for transient purposes. This practice only leads to the furthering housing and rent crisis plaguing the working of NYC. As Liz Kruger stated, Schniederman is certainly within his rights to obtain the list since what Airbnb is doing violates New York State housing law.