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Newell and Morey to Represent Canada at National Development Camp
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CALGARY, Alta. - Rising junior Kimberly Newell has been invited by Hockey Canada to Canada's National Women's Development Team selection camp. Joining Newell at the camp is Princeton assistant coach Cara Morey who was chosen as an assistant coach for the national development team earlier this month.
The camp will be held Aug. 8-17 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.
The 42 players attending Canada's National Women's Development Team selection camp will be split into two teams, which will participate in several practices and intrasquad games, as well as off-ice dryland training, fitness testing and high performance classroom sessions
From the selection camp, Hockey Canada will choose 22 players for a three-game series against the United States' Women's Under-22 Select Team, scheduled for Aug. 21-24 in Calgary, Alta.
This is the second consecutive summer that Newell has earned an invitation to the camp. She participated last year and was asked to be a part of the Canadian national women's program for the Canada's National Women's Program Red-White Series.
Newell earned a gold medal with the Canadian U-18 team at the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship. She recorded her first international shutout against Finland in Dec. 2012. With Princeton this past season, the starting netminder finished with a 12-13-4 record, a .906 save percentage and a 2.74 GAA. She stopped a season-high 41 saves in a 2-2 tie with eventual national champion Clarkson on Feb. 8, and had nine 30+ save performances. In her career at Princeton she has a .911 save percentage, a 2.79 GAA and 21 30+ save performances, including a career-high 47 saves against Ohio State in 2012.

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Who Is Harmed and Unharmed by Higher Long-Term Rates?
Howard Simons
Industry groups whose returns shifted include REITs, utilities, and a host of consumer staples companies.
You can always be certain that we are living in uncertain times, which is why the old Wall Street adage about markets not liking uncertainty is so devoid of content. It was not even
four months ago
that I could analyze which industry groups' behavior diverged the most and least from the broad market's behavior as a function of excess global liquidity.
Now the question has to be which industry groups have been hurt the most and the least by the sudden rise in long-term interest rates. As an aside, this shift and the concomitant bearish steepening of the yield curve were visible back in
; had it not been for developments such as the bungled Cypriot bailout in March -- remember that? -- and Japan's expansion of QE in April, we would have been at our present bond sell-off earlier.
Hurt by Higher Yields
Let's compare return streams for 144 industry groups in the S&P 1500 Supercomposite across two periods. The first period will be from the November 14, 2012 downside breakout in the yen and the beginning of our own post-election rally through May 2, 2013. The second period will extend from the first upside breakout in ten-year Treasury yields through the release of the FOMC June minutes last week.
A total of 21 groups' returns changed at a 90%+ confidence interval; all of these changes were from higher returns to lower returns. The list is dominated by REITs, utilities, and a host of consumer staples, such as personal products, tobacco, and soft drink companies; unsurprisingly, the homebuilders are on this list, too. If these groups sound like a who's who of winners from the November 2012 - April 2013 period, a time when supposedly defensive issues were leading the market, it is because they are. The REITs include some well-recognized names like
Simon Property Group
Plum Creek Timber
Public Storage
(NYSE:WY), and
American Tower
(NYSE:AMT). The consumer staples list is populated by firms such as
(NYSE:KO), and
Avon Products
Unfazed by Higher Yields
A total of 14 groups' returns were unchanged at a 90%+ confidence level. Unlike the list above, these have no strong connecting theme. In only two of the cases -- household appliances and leisure facilities -- did returns decrease after May 2, 2013 from the November 2012 - May 2013 period. These two groups include firms such as
International Speedway
Life Time Fitness
(NYSE:LTM), and
(NYSE:WHR). I guess if you're determined to shoulder press a refrigerator while running around a racetrack, higher Treasury yields are not going to stop you.
The pattern from earlier in the year -- having supposedly defensive stocks leading the way higher as investors chased yield -- was not sustainable; at some point, dividend yields had to approach an arbitrage bound with both corporate and government bonds. Growth, or the embedded call option on earnings, is a much more sustainable path to higher equity returns.
As firms availed themselves of the opportunity to issue debt during the period of artificially low rates, and as corporate balance sheets still show a large amount of cash, higher yields will be less damaging to corporate profitability than they might have been at an earlier time. The real question is whether governments will be able to function with their high debt loads after a decade of incontinent spending habits once the Federal Reserve stops monetizing their debts.
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It's been awhile since I've done a post like this, but the usual "filler stories" have been wanting. The past two BA transaction updates have been wanting, either reporting no news or news that we already had reported. Given that it took nearly two full weeks for the J.D. Martin move to make room for Adam LaRoche, I'm not holding my breath to find out who else will be cut or outrighted (but props to SpringfieldFan to keeping the Big Board up to date).
Since we're not quite at the point where I can jump into parent-club fray under the guise of spring training — in a more perfect world, I'd be going to Viera for a week, but the budget (both monetary and spousal tolerance) isn't there — I thought I'd pass along a few links with some commentary.
All three books have been ordered, so the anticipated posts of what the experts think are forthcoming. But it's useful to see what other online folks think outside our little bubble, even if it's under the dreaded auspice of rankings.
Fangraphs listed its Top 10 Nats prospects, with only one real surprise: J.P. Ramirez as its #10 pick. Our spies will feel some validation when they read this:
His ticket to the Majors is definitely tied to his bat. He's not a speedy player by any means, which hampers him on the base paths and in the field. His arm is also average-at-best and he'll be limited to left field.
MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo ranked Bryce Harper as the #2 OF prospect, which thus far has raised a couple of hackles, but is a good example of the hair-splitting that I can't stand about rankings. Why wouldn't you rank a five-tool guy with 800+ professional PAs ahead of a kid that has less than 40 (counting the AFL as official, which it isn't)? I took that to mean: Wow, that must mean Mike Trout is pretty damn good.
Finally, the folks over at www.prospectjunkies.com have been making their Top 10's, and guess what? They rank Harper the #1 OF prospect. Derek Norris comes in as their #7 catching prospect. (For those of you wondering, they've been sour on Ramos as a hitter, which is fair as you can see they value offense more than defense) while Danny Espinosa comes in as their #9 shortstop
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Do you have any suggested sources to get an understanding of who does and does not have options? With all of the drama with the last couple of roster spots for the starting rotation, bullpen, and bench, options will play a significant role in who stays and who gets cut from the 40-man roster.
Garrett Mock is an interesting case. His time is starting to run down, but you think that he deserves to get one more year in Syracuse if he has the options left. Wish baseball-reference.com had an options piece on their player pages.
Mock is one of the more challenging players to determine options for, but I believe that the team avoided using an option in 2010, leaving him him at one more option year.
Sorry, I meant "at least one more option year." Between his injury history and the arcane rules about "professional experience," I'm not sure if he could be eligible for a 4th option year as well.
souldrummer, Sue_D: The 'options remaining' question has been a personal soapbox issue of mine for a few years now. I've never understood why that information isn't part of the player data published by MLB.com, at the very least, other than that may put a staff researcher / cross-checker out of work on every team in MLB.
For most of the players on the Nationals roster, I've taken a look at their profiles on sites like Baseball Reference & done my own calculations to come up with a number (Start with 3; 1st promotion to Majors, subtract 1 option, Majors & minors in same year, subtract 1 option). For players acquired by the Nats, I try to keep up, but there are rare occaisions when teams can apparently be extended a fourth option on a player, which screws me up completely; End rant.
Correction: 1st 'in-season' promotion / demotion while on 40-man roster, subtract 1 option; If the player has been purchased (outside the 40-man), no option is lost.
I am going to kick a dead horse with some humor and lazer point wording.
Has Bryce Harper been ordained as THE NATURAL by fans and Rizzo/brass to the point that
trading Burgess was so subconscience that no thought was given to how the LH hitting outfield depth chart could evaporate with RogBern not elevating his game, Ankiel playing worse than KC numbers indicated or Bryce blowing out a knee or meeting a bi-polar barbara hershey look alike ???? Something tells me my guardian angel namesake may head to the Cubs and just enjoy the wind blowing out for years.
I have a good friend @ TSN on-line who shares with me a concensus down there that Rizzo overpaid for Gorzy. I still believe that Rizzo could have snapped up Zach Duke for AJ Morris even.
somebody responded to my comment that Gorzy represents the mound meat which has spelled last place for Bucs in PITT for years since Drabek and Zane Smith, ( that expos trade was clever- Moises Alou, Willie Greene turned into John Wetteland and a serviceable Scott Ruskin.
You may know I am not into polls, rankings, etc etc…JP ramirez looks like trade meat for an AL deal. Clark, Rizzo and co. better harvest this June draft with some lumber in the likes of Dickerson, Oropeza from USC or as we have come to know with Rizzo—major Big 12 plucking.
Sue, what is the story with Maxwell??? rehab with light duty in Florida or a lower A ball club or
just hanging out in SYR in cold weather???
Go Packers!
agree on Maxwell acessment. too bad he could not have been the cats meow so the 7 year deal for Werth and surrendered picks were spent elsewhere….all goes back to the empty moving van from Montreal ( Bowden should not get all the blame for having to band aid thye Opening seasons rosters)..I grew up with Buf Selig in my backyard, so I have many gripes on that schmuck!
my guys to watch this summer. Rick Hague and Russell Longhorn Moldenhauer ( and built like one)…
lets hope Werth has a Clay Matthews, Jr. year. Good story for that family. Papa and Uncle never reached a Super Bowl but Junior does in year 2. good.
All quiet: Unless your Shairon Martis. He just got DFAed. Not a big loss to me. Wish him well, but we'll see whether he sticks in the system. If I were him, I wouldn't accept the assignment.
Good Luck and much success to Shairon Martis. At a STH event he told us how to say "Let's Go!" in Curacaoan (a mish mash of several languages) => "Bangt Arriba!"
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Seersucker's Fried-Chicken Fund-raiser; Leske's Bakery to Open in Park Slope
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Seersucker's Second Annual Fried Chicken fund-raiser is scheduled for February 25, and it will benefit P.S. 58 Kid's Vegetable Garden. For $50 a head, diners can get an iceberg wedge salad, Nashville-style fried chicken, and rice pudding with pear cremeux. Help build a garden while stuffing your face. [Grub Street]
Park Slope will get a new bakery on Tuesday, February 12. Leske's Bakery will open its new outpost in the morning with a celebratory cookie-breaking. Yes, everyone in attendance will get a free black-and-red cookie to break — plus tea and hot chocolate. The free goods keep rolling in, as Leske's will give free coffee to the early-rising customers every day from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. [Grub Street]
Chobani Soho is introducing two seasonal flavors just in time for Valentine's Day. Raspberry and chocolate, which is very love-appropriate, and smoked salmon and dill, which is less so. The sweeter option comes with pecans and drizzled honey, and the fishier option is a parfait topped with olive oil, lemon juice, and bagel chips. How New York. [Grub Street]
Mezetto will start a new happy hour special on Monday, February 11. The East Village Mediterranean spot will offer $3 steamed falafel buns and will rotate in special off-menu buns. All beers will be half-price. [Grub Street]
Juice Press introduced two new juices this week: Paris and Miracle Mylk. Paris is a mixture of pineapple, pear, carrot, orange, lemon, ginger, and beet. Miracle Mylk's main ingredients are hemp and sesame mylk, cucumber, chlorophyll, and sea salt. If you're cleansing, any dietary change-ups must sound exciting. [Grub Street]


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Paced by a five run seventh inning, the Round Rock Express (10-7) cruised to a 6-0 shutout over the Iowa Cubs (8-9) on Sunday afternoon at Principal Park. Iowa has been shutout in two of its last three games and currently sits at the bottom of the PCL in team batting average, currently at .211.
The big inning for Round Rock began with a single by former I-Cubs outfielder Brad Snyder and came off Iowa starter Carlos Pimentel. An errant pickoff throw by Pimentel allowed Snyder to advance to third. Snyder scored on an RBI single by Chris Gimenez, chasing Pimentel from the game and giving Round Rock a 2-0 lead.
Zach Rosscup took over for Pimentel and was greeted with a double by Express center fielder Jared Hoying. An intentional walk to Ryan Strausborger would load the bases for Round Rock. Kensuke Tanaka and Bryan Petersen each reached on RBI walks by Rosscup, extending the lead to 4-0. Two batters later, Brett Nicholas' two-run single increased the lead to six runs.
Iowa wasn't able to get any sustained offense in against Express starter Nick Tepesch (3-1). Tepesch pitched six innings, giving up five hits and two walks, while striking out five.
Pimentel (1-3) took the loss for Iowa, going six innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks, while striking out five. Rosscup followed Pimentel and gave up three runs on two hits and three walks in two-thirds of an inning.
Adam Rosales began the scoring for Round Rock launching his fourth home run of the season in the fifth.
Matt Szczur and Logan Watkins had two hits each for Iowa. Javier Baez, in his first game back from a sprained ankle, went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
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Letters to the editor- July 11, 2014
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Eradicate violence, not human beings
After hearing the tragic news of the brutal killing of Israeli and Palestinian teens, as a Jew and as a human being, I am equally upset by the murder of – and the murder committed by – members of my people. They are equally abhorrent, whatever our views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It is not these groups that are at odds. Extremists in both groups are at odds with moderates who, like most of us, want to live in peace and safety. Realizing this, we can work together to address the true issue facing us.
We are not naïve. We know that anger is a natural response to years of built-up hostility; that those who truly commit crimes, on both sides, should be punished. But we also know that revenge only leads to escalating violence.
I don't claim to have the answer to solving this crisis. But I do know that we must continue to strive for communication, understanding and trust, taking the first step on a long journey toward reconciliation.
My thoughts and prayers are with the families of all victims. I hope you will join me in reaching out to one another, praying for a world where no parent mourns the death of a child.
May we work to eradicate the violent behavior of human beings and not the human beings themselves.
Paul Sidlofsky,
The writer is the rabbi for Temple of Israel in Wilmington.
The minimum wage kills beginner jobs
Some seem unable to grasp the concept that the free-market price for goods and services is the only unbiased mechanism that fairly balances supply and demand. It works for products and for services.
When an outside force inserts itself – like the coercive force of government dictating a minimum wage – it distorts the balance and harms the economy … and job opportunities are lost.
Although a government-defined minimum wage sounds fair and just for those with a job, it isn't particularly fair and just to those without one.
Simply put, when the cost (price of labor) of a low-skilled, entry-level position is arbitrarily established and then increased, the number of these positions will decrease.
For those unskilled and without work experience, pricing their labor so it is attractive to business makes perfect sense.
Once employed, they can begin to develop skills that will increase their value and increase wages.
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X2Go Client for Windows (220.127.116.11+build4) released
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Dear all, this is to announce a new Windows-specific security update release of the X2Go component ,,x2goclient''. The change in this release of ,,x2goclient'' is: o Cygwin OpenSSL was updated from 1.0.1g-1 to 1.0.1h-1. This fixes the 6 security vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL Security Advisory [05 Jun 2014]: CVE-2014-0224, CVE-2014-0221, CVE-2014-0195, CVE-2014-0198, CVE-2010-5298 & CVE-2014-3470 Note that the previous announcement on 220.127.116.11+build3 was about Win32 OpenSSL being updated. Now, Cygwin OpenSSL has also been updated. With 18.104.22.168+build4, all versions of OpenSSL bundled with X2Go Client for Windows have been updated. All Windows users of 18.104.22.168+build3 and earlier are strongly encouraged to update to 220.127.116.11+build4. This includes users of the "misc" fonts and "full" fonts builds. For more info on this release, see this page: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:release-notes-mswin:x2goclient-188.8.131.52 Regards, Mike DePaulo


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Hedonistic, noisy, urban – in short touristy, Roses is the other face of Cadaqués. It is however just as appealing, albeit in its own way.
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A weekend in Seville
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The town that produced Christopher Columbus, Don Juan, and Carmen (who never actually existed) certainly deserves more than a long weekend. You can get round the highlights in three or four days, but you'll leave wanting more.
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Recent renovations to a stunning architectural heritage and new epicurean establishments serving ever-exciting cuisine: things are moving in Barcelona! No doubt about it, the Catalan capital embodies urban modernism.
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The Terres de l'Ebre region in the south of Catalonia offers a landscape and heritage like no other. For a natural park that is home to a phenomenal diversity of flora and fauna, a well-protected coast, the architectural heritage ..
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In 2011, the Adrià brothers - Ferran and Albert - opened two new establishments in Barcelona. Under the direction of younger brother Albert, Tickets and 41º Experience are different yet complementary concepts aiming to uphold the ..
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While less popular than Seville or Granada, Malaga also has a number of attractive propositions that make a visit well worthwhile. Here are nine good reasons to stay during the summer or at Easter in Andalusia's second largest cit..
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Ferran Adrià is well known in the world of Catalan cuisine for being the father of molecular gastronomy and as chef of the renowned El Bulli. However Catalonia has another kind of gastronomy that's age-old, traditional and populis..
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Generations of writers and artists have gathered at the Cafe Gijon in the centre of Madrid. Now its very survival is under threat because Madrid City Hall has called for bids on the operating lease for its outside terrace, which g..
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Albert Adrià, brother to legendary Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, is taking cues from other avant-garde restaurateurs by adding more sensory layers to the dining experience at 41° Experience including music, light shows, and a ticketi..
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At first sight, this coastal working-class village aligned with the Basque separatist movement has very little to recommend it. But Pasaia's blend of genres – from the old sailors' manors to the commotion of the docks - produces a..
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Codorníu is a veritable institution in the Spanish Pyrenees. Winemakers since the 16th century, the group produces several distinguished vintages, especially their sparkling wines. Head for the north of Spain to visit the most rep..
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Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the monumental city of Salamanca extends from the Roman bridge to the Puerta de Zamora.
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Euronews Talents, one of euronews' latest projects, will seek out and promote new hidden talents in any domain that is driving inspiration in societies world-wide (business, music, art, education etc.). Euronews Talents will help preserve global treasures and create a cross-cultural dialogue through innovative and diverse initiatives.
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Men's Basketball Gameday: Webber International
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Release: 12/07/2012
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- After Monday's 86-63 win over Stetson, B-CU (3-6) is looking
to assemble its first winning streak of the 2012-2013 campaign when it hosts Webber International (4-4) Saturday at 4 p.m. in historic Moore Gymnasium.
B-CU UPDATE: After making just 10 three pointers in the previous three games, B-CU's 3-point shooting returned against Stetson as the Wildcats hit seven against the Hatters. The
Wildcats have made six or more from behind the arc in 6 of 9 games this season, including 13 at Kent State.
COLEMAN COUNTING: Adrien Coleman has s led the Wildcats in scoring the past five games and six of the nine games so far this season. He has been in double figures for 12 consecutive games dating back to last season's Mid-EasternAthletic Conference tournament. The Stetson game against was the eighth 20-pointer of his career.
DUKES COUNTDOWN: With the B-CU career 3FG record secured, Kevin Dukes' next goal is the 1,000 point mark. The senior needs 97 points to become the 25th Wildcat to reach the century level.
ABOUT WEBBER: The Warriors are members of The Sun Conference, an NAIA Division II league that includes nearby Embry-Riddle. B-CU has won the previous three meetings, including a 71-64 decision last year. Brian Pace is averaging 16.2 and Jakeem Hill 13.9 for Webber, which has won two straight.
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Salt: Potentially More Dangerous For Vegans and Vegetarians
Adapted from Dr. Fuhrman's book Disease Proof Your Child:
Although a low-saturated-fat vegan diet may markedly reduce risk for coronary heart disease, diabetes, and many common cancers, the real Achilles' heel of the low-fat vegan diet is the increased risk of hemorrhagic (vessel rupture leading to bleeding) stroke at a late age. Apparently the atherosclerotic (plaque-building) process that creates a local intravascular embolism (traveling clot) may be protecting the fragile blood vessels in the brain from rupture under years of stress from high blood pressure. Admittedly, hemorrhagic stroke causes a very small percentage of deaths in modern countries. It still is worth nothing that if strict vegetarians are to have the potential to maximize their lifespan, it is even more important for them to avoid a high salt intake because salt intake increases blood pressure. Almost all of the soy-based meat analogues and many other health food store (vegan) products are exceptionally high in sodium.
A number of studies both in Japan (where the high-salt had made stroke a leading cause of death) and in the West have illustrated that fewer animal products and a low serum cholesterol were associated with increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke.1 Keep in mind, stoke mortality is significantly higher in Japan and exceptionally high in certain areas of China where salt intake is high, in spite of low-fat diets. It is also well established that Third World countries that do no salt their food are virtually immune to hypertension, the age-related rise in blood pressure we see in 90 percent of Americans, and they are immune to the incidence of strokes.
The high salt ? high blood pressure ? stroke causation chain may be more likely a late-life event in a vegetarian successfully maintaining excellent heart health. So avoiding excess sodium may be even more important for a vegetarian than for an omnivore. Of course, excess sodium increases both heart attack and stroke death in all diet styles, but in a vegan, the high-salt diet is even more likely to rear its ugly head as a cause of late-life morbidity and mortality, especially since they will often live longer and not have a heart attack first.
1. Gillman MW, Cuples LA, Millen BE, et al. Inverse association of dietary fat with development of ischeimic stroke in men. JAMA 1997;278:2145-2150. Iso HM, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, et al. Prospective study of fat and protein intake and risk of intraparenchymal hemorrhage in women. Circulation 2001;103:856. Sasaki S, Zhang XH, Kestleloot H. Dietary sodium, potassium, saturated fat, alcohol and stroke mortality. Stroke 1995;26(5)783-789.


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What about your new show, Undone with @AmandadeCadenet, excites you most? The late-night space as we know it is very male dominated, so the goal of this show is to offer an alternative perspective and speak to that smart, engaged female audience. A lot of media that's made for women underestimates our intelligence. I don't want to be a part of that.
Why include your Twitter handle in the title? Social media is a huge part of the show. I want to have a space where everyone's voice can be included. If you have a question for a guest, you can tweet it to me or let me know about a topic you're interested in.
You did an interview series for Lifetime in 2012 called The Conversation, in which friend Demi Moore was your executive producer and pals like Gwyneth Paltrow and Lady Gaga were your guests. Will your famous BFFs come on this show, too? It's natural to make friends in your community and collaborate with them. I'm lucky to be part of a supportive group of women, and we jump at the opportunity to work together, so yes, I'm sure there'll be friends of mine who come on the show.
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Mounting concerns about global energy supply are fueling a drive by the oil industry and some U.S. lawmakers to end longstanding bans on domestic drilling put in place to protect environmentally sensitive areas.
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May 21st, 2008
Shell was accused yesterday of "selling suicide on the forecourt" by pressing ahead with tar sands operations in Canada and continuing to flare off excess gas in Nigeria while pulling out of renewable schemes such as the London Array - the world's largest offshore wind scheme.
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Gazprom and the Russian government have long had a close relationship, but the revolving door between them is spinning especially fast this year. But Gazprom also epitomizes the risks of state capitalism: waste and inefficiency.
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The spills, at the Alabama Biodiesel Corporation plant outside this city about 17 miles from Tuscaloosa, are similar to others that have come from biofuel plants in the Midwest. The discharges, which can be hazardous to birds and fish, have many people scratching their heads over the seeming incongruity of pollution from an industry that sells products with the promise of blue skies and clear streams.
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The Luoyang Zhonggui High-Technology Co. of Henan, China, is a green energy company, producing polysilicon for solar energy panels. But the byproduct -- silicon tetrachloride -- is a highly toxic substance that poses environmental hazards.
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A company controlled by the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain accused Alcoa Corp. of a 15-year conspiracy involving overcharging, fraud and bribery.
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February 14th, 2008
Dueling reports released yesterday -- one by a consortium largely funded by the biotech industry and the other by a pair of environmental and consumer groups -- came to those diametrically different conclusions.
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MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's tennis team dropped their second-straight Atlantic Sun Conference match on Saturday, this time to in-state rival Kennesaw State, 6-1.
The Bears (5-12, 1-5 A-Sun) picked up just one win on the day, coming at the No. 4 singles position as freshman Roxy Bartz defeated Kennesaw State's Therese Lagerkvist, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 10-8 in the third set tiebreaker.
The win is Bartz second in the last four and her seventh in her freshman campaign, which is also tied for the team-lead this year.
The Bears were swept in the doubles competition as the Owls cruised to 8-2, 8-3, and 8-2 victories at the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 positions respectively. It was the fifth time this season that the Bears were swept in all three doubles matches.
The singles portion of the match did not go in the Bears favor as well as Bartz was able to avoid the KSU sweep with her win at No. 4. Outside of the Bartz, the Bears were knocked off in straight-sets in the remaining five singles matches.
Mercer heads to Jacksonville State this Tuesday for its final non-conference matchup of the year. The Bears and Gamecocks get underway at 3:30 p.m.
Kennesaw State 6, Mercer University 1
Apr 06, 2013 at Macon, Ga. (LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center)
|Singles competition
|1. Virginie Stein (KSU) def. Lucie Payrat (MER_W) 6-3, 6-1
|2. Jana Hueckinghaus (KSU) def. Isabel Dennis (MER_W) 6-1, 6-1
|3. Alexandra Apostu (KSU) def. Liza Klyachkin (MER_W) 6-0, 6-0
|4. Roxy Bartz (MER_W) def. Therese Lagerkvist (KSU) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 10-8
|5. Tamara Plocher (KSU) def. Natalie Franklin (MER_W) 6-0, 6-2
|6. Isabela Castro (KSU) def. Amanda Bertani (MER_W) 6-1, 6-1
|Doubles competition
|1. Jana Hueckinghaus/Alexandra Apostu (KSU) def. Lucie Payrat/Isabel Dennis (MER_W) 8-2
|2. Tamara Plocher/Virginie Stein (KSU) def. Natalie Franklin/Roxy Bartz (MER_W) 8-3
|3. Blaire LaSure/Therese Lagerkvist (KSU) def. Liza Klyachkin/Amanda Bertani (MER_W) 8-2
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|Kennesaw State 9-9
|Mercer University 5-12
|Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,2,6,5,1,4)


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Former sportswriter Bill Konigsberg's new YA novel explores what happens when a closeted gay boy falls for a straight boy who starts to fall in love back.
Rafe has different problems from the average gay boy. His parents are so accepting of his gayness that they threw him a coming out party. But his proud PFLAG President Mom has pushed him into the role of the gay poster boy of his Colorado community. A role he has become tired of. He doesn't want to be the "gay kid" or "different," he just wants to be Rafe. He wants to be one of the guys. He wants to know what it feels like to be friends with other guys without, what he feels is, the barrier of his gayness between them. To this end, he enrolls in an East Coast all-boys boarding school in his junior year of high school to start over fresh, with people who don't know him.
SL: Rafe moves across the country so he can have a "do-over" and try not being the openly gay kid at school. Not surprising, he secretly falls in love with another boy. But surprisingly, the boy starts to fall in love back. Is this a romantic fantasy of yours? Did it ever really happen to you?
BK: I suppose there is some level of fantasy involved in this scenario. I definitely, as a kid, had fantasies about finding a guy who was just "one of the guys" who would love me. I was, in a lot of ways, "one of the guys," much like Rafe is. But I was also different in that I knew I was gay, and I was out to some people. That separated me from a lot of the guys, in a way that felt too powerful to overcome, and I hated that.
SL: Ben is the ideal heart throb: a muscular jock who is an honest, sensitive guy, with an intellectual bent, serious about his studies (Immanuel Kant in hand with his reading glasses on), a hero who stands up for fellow students that are getting picked on, but who can be very open and vulnerable with a close friend. I fell in love with him just reading about him. Did you create your ideal guy?
BK: Basically, Ben is a teen version of my partner, Chuck. He is perhaps a little more of a jock than Chuck, who is, like Ben, a farm boy with an intellect and an unusual way of speaking. I definitely saw Ben as Chuck the entire time I was writing, so it was easy for me to fall in love with him on the page. What I love is that so many readers feel the same way about him!
SL: What made you decide to cast a bisexual character as the heart throb?
BK: It's so interesting to me that you put this label on Ben. Not because it's wrong, because, as I think about it, it's as apt a label as any. But because, I myself , never really categorized Ben, sexually. The book is all about labels, and how labels often fail to really describe or embody us.
The label "bisexual", as I see it, is perhaps one of the least repressive labels out there. I see sexuality as a continuum, with many, many people having at least some level of sexual feeling for both sexes at some point in their lives. That leaves far more space on the continuum for bisexual folks than anyone else. And certainly, as a teen, Ben fits somewhere on that continuum.
SL: Although Ben had a serious girlfriend back home, he now has emotional and sexual feelings for Rafe and has begun to explore them. But due to his ultra-conservative family, he feels he has to put the brakes on and cannot fully explore, or live out, his bisexual side, because he would lose his family. Is he a chicken? Or is this a valid reason, in your opinion? Will he come out in college? Or if Ben gets married to a woman and has kids, as he plans, will he just wind up in a bi and gay married men's group later on?
BK: Perhaps Ben will, as an adult, choose for himself the label "gay," or "straight," or "bisexual," as that's really all a label like that means; they are self-selected. I'm not sure what he'll choose, and I don't want to decide that for readers, as I think readers have every right to decide for themselves what a book means and what's going to happen to the characters. I don't mean to choose a cop-out, but I always want readers to have the chance to insert themselves and their ideas into my books. It's part of the process! As for whether he is a chicken? I wouldn't say so. I think that some people have very strong feelings of allegiance to their families of origin, and simply have trouble labeling themselves in ways that might separate them from those families. To me that's not a chicken, that's a person with a different set of priorities than I had as a teen. My whole thing was "to thine own self be true."
SL: Ben, unaware of Rafe's homosexuality, thinks both of them are exploring their newly minted emotions, and sexuality, together. When he finds out that his friend was gay all along, he feels betrayed and lied to by Rafe, even if it was a sin of omission. Is this a cautionary tale?
BK: In some ways it is a cautionary tale. Hearts are very delicate. It can be really easy for us, when we see something we want, to forget that an omission is essentially a lie, and a lie can tear a heart apart. I would definitely caution people to be very careful around the hearts of those we love, and Rafe, as wonderful as he is in many ways, is not all that careful around Ben's heart.
SL: After hanging out with the cool kids, the jocks, Rafe realizes most of them aren't so cool after all. They can be unkind to each other. They have exploitative, sexist attitudes towards girls. And they're homophobic. Are you trying to warn kids that the grass isn't necessarily greener?
BK: I wouldn't have necessarily stated it that way when I wrote it, but I think you're on to something. Yes, we all have ideas about how other people's lives are more interesting, or more shiny, than our own. In my experience, that's entirely untrue. One thing we often have to remember, and teens especially need to remember, is that when we judge our own interior life with the exterior lives of others, it's like judging our dress rehearsal against their final performance. We know all of our foibles and frailties, but generally we don't know about those of strangers. And all people have them. So yeah, the grass is basically NEVER greener…
SL: When Rafe leaves Colorado, he leaves his BFF Claire Olivia behind, the one person in Colorado who really gets him. They reconnect when he goes home for a visit. She seems like the perfect BFF: did you ever have a female friend like that? Or is she the best friend you wish you had?
BK: Claire Olivia is an amalgamation of many friends I've had over the years and especially as a teenager. She has pieces of my friends Sonia, Rhonda, and Eliza, all of whom were teen friends whom I still have good relationships with. I have a weakness for wacky women, and characters like this tend to show up in my books, I must say. I see a big difference between Claire Olivia in Openly Straight and Carrie in Out of the Pocket, but a few readers have remarked that there are strong similarities.
SL: When Rafe comes out again, he finds support and friendship with the GSA crowd, and Toby, a gay boy he was already friendly with, but had never told he was gay. But he's doing it on his own terms: low key and one of the guys--not as the gay poster boy.
BK: Yes, to me this seems like a moment where Rafe is being more authentic with who he is. Of course, he's just figuring out who he is, too. So he's trying things on. When he tells Toby, Toby gets a little "girl-talky" with him. Rafe isn't sure how he feels about that, but he tries it on for a moment. I definitely can relate to that "trying on" feeling. How do I enjoy being? What kind of person am I? Do I fit any labels, and do they fit me? These have all been big questions for me throughout my life.
SL: The one thing that disappointed me about the book was that your bisexual, or bi-curious, character, who was admirable in every other way, walked right back into the closet, after sticking one toe in bisexual waters. There are many out bisexual kids in high schools and in GSA's. Before GSA's even existed, I was out as bisexual in high school. Why didn't you have any out bi kids in your story?
BK: It's a fair question, but to me, the answer is simply that there aren't any bi kids because no bi kids are among the cast of characters. An openly bisexual character may have been an interesting addition to this novel, but he (or she) isn't in there. As for Ben and the closet, yes, it's true he doesn't "come out" about his feelings. But I don't think he's ready to. I think these feelings – at least acknowledging them – is very new to Ben. He thought the feelings were new to Rafe, too, and he felt that they were exploring this together. When this turns out not to be true, it's no surprise that he'd retreat into the closet and lick his wounds.
SL: I would love to see an openly bi character somewhere in your next book. Even if it's a supporting character like Albie, Toby or Claire Olivia.
BK: To answer your question: My next book is already written. It's called The Porcupine of Truth, and the two main characters are a straight white male, and a gay black female. I'm working on another book right now, however, and the labels in that book seem a lot more fluid. Maybe there will be a bi character!
SL: You had a high profile coming out in 2001 and must have an idea of what it feels like to be a gay poster boy…
BK: Yes, my coming out was very public. Of course, it wasn't my ONLY coming out, as I came out to friends and family before that. But it was my public coming out, if that makes sense. Coming out, to me, is something we have to do over and over again in our lives, and if we wind up in the public eye – as I did – at some point that process takes place publicly. It was good for me. It helped make me a more honest person with the world. I no longer had to hide any part of me from anyone.
SL: After you came out, did gay and bi athletes come out to you privately? How many and from what sports?
BK: A lot of gay and bi athletes came out to me in emails, both after my coming out at ESPN.com and when I wrote Out of the Pocket. None of them were professional athletes, but some were college athletes. I couldn't say how many, but I would say at least 10. And from all different sports – baseball, football, lacrosse, tennis, swimming, running, soccer, to name a few.
SL: In your 2001 coming out column on ESPN.com you noted that, "no male figure in one of the four major team sports ever has revealed himself to be a gay, at least while still playing." How do you feel about the recent coming out of the NBA's Jason Collins?
BK: It was awesome! I was so thrilled that he came out, even though it did sort of make both my ESPN.com piece and Out of the Pocket "historical pieces" in a way. It's history, and it's happening right now. I'm thrilled to be alive and watching this all play out, and I know it's just beginning.
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Meet the Staff
Gary Bryant, Vice-President & General Manager
Gary has a quarter century of experience in radio broadcasting. He graduated in 1989 from Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. Immediately after graduation, he went to work selling radio advertising for a local station, WMTY, owned at the time by legendary South Carolina broadcaster, the late Wally Mullinax. When Mullinax sold WMTY, Gary joined WRIX, WRIX-FM and WANS in Anderson County, SC.
Unlike most career broadcasters who worked their way up from programming into sales, then management, Gary has focused his entire broadcasting career in advertising sales assisting local businesses develop a larger customer base. "My philosophy on radio is that I'm not in this business to sell you commercials, I'm in this business to help you sell something" says Bryant.
Gary and his wife are the proud parents of three children and consider the three pillars of their life: family, church and work.
Ann Wilson Anderson – Sales Representative
A lifelong resident of Oconee County, is the proud mother of three grown sons, and proud grandmother of four, with a fifth grandchild due in May.
Ann worked in banking for many years, and held a seat on the board of Directors at First Union National Bank.
After the sudden and tragic death of her husband, Bruce, Ann was a stay at home Mom for several years, raising their three sons.
Ann later worked at Walhalla Middle School, as secretary for the Assistant Principal, and worked as a licensed agent for Associated Employee Services.
In 1990, Ann attended Tri-County Technical College, majoring in Radio and Television Broadcasting, where she maintained a 3.90 average.
In 1991, after seeing Ann's name on the Dean's List, Marvin Hill, then General Manager of WGOG, called and asked her to come in for an interview.
Hired in April of 1991, Ann worked as an announcer for WGOG, three afternoons a week. Two months later, a sales position opened and Ann was offered the job. Her job includes sales, writing ad copy, producing ads, hosting remote broadcasts, billing, collections, and more. In April of 2009, Ann will have been with WGOG-96.3FM for 18 years.
Over the years, Ann has been active in many civic and community projects including helping get the very first Walhalla Oktoberfest off the ground in 1978; working with Oconee Community Theater; 15 year Garden Club member and past president; and volunteering at Oconee Memorial Hospital. Ann has emceed numerous Fashion Shows and has judged, as well as emceed numerous Beauty Pageants in Oconee & Pickens County.
An active member of College Street Baptist, Ann sings in the Choir, plays Hand bells in the Adult Hand Bell Choir, and performs with College Street Baptist Church's Interpretive Movement Group.
Kris Butts – Operations Manager/Morning Drive Host
In his 22nd year on the airwaves of 101.7 WGOG, Kris Butts can be heard each morning from 6-10 AM on The Golden Corner's Morning Show, the #1 rated morning show in the Tri-County region.
Kris, a 1998 graduate of West-Oak High School, also hosts The Broadcaster's Almanac, the long-running Flea Market, and the lunch-hour Classic Country Cafe. An avid sports fan, he also serves as studio producer for game-day broadcasts on the Furman/IMG Sports Network.
Kris, a long-time member of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club, is married to the former Jessie Ann Bryant of Salem, SC. Kris and Jessie live in Westminster. They attend Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Walhalla.
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Brandon Kessler – Sales Representative
Brandon is a graduate of Mauldin High School in Mauldin, SC. After high school he attended North Greenville University. Brandon holds a bachelors degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Marketing.
Brandon began his radio career in college sports broadcasting at North Greenville University. He worked as the Sports Director for the college radio station announcing NGU Football and Basketball games. He went on to win the Most Promising Radio Broadcaster award his freshman year and finished with honors in Mass Communications.
Local radio is nothing new to Brandon. After college, Brandon went on to work for 1150AM/103.3 FM WSNW in Seneca as the Sports Director and Sales Representative. He then went to work for Clear Channel in Greenville, SC in sales and found that local radio is where he felt at home. Brandon has been a part of the WGOG staff since September of 2007.
In his free time Brandon enjoys fishing, hiking, bowling, softball, basketball and watching college football. He is married to the former Brittney Bowling of Simpsonville, SC. Brandon and Brittney are now proud parents. Their daughter Harper was born in June of 2013. They also have two dogs, Ralph and Esther.
Dick Mangrum – News Director
Dick Mangrum has worked in radio news in four states, but his home is South Carolina. And his backyard is Oconee County. He arrived a few months before Armstrong walked the moon and has been recording Oconee County life pretty much ever since.
At one time he wanted to do something other than to chronicle the local events, but he got "hooked" on news when, while learning broadcasting, got to see David Brinkley live with Chet Huntley and a Lawrence Spivak-moderated Meet The Press. At WGOG, he learned from three of the station's legendary announcers: George Allgood, Jerry Dyar, and Marvin Hill.
Will Parker – Sunday Operations
Will is a native of Seneca, and graduated with honors from the broadcast program at Tri-County Technical College. Will is a big fan of country music, NASCAR, and the Clemson Tigers. He can be heard delivering local news, and hosting the Sunday mid-day report on WGOG.
Tom Rusk – Host, "Golden Corner Gospel"
Tom began his career in radio in Indiana in the mid-60's. In late 1980 he moved to Central Florida and continued his career in radio sales working in Kissimmee and Lakeland. He took over management of a Christian station in 1987 where he worked until the early 90's. At that time he went to work at Walt Disney World in transportation in bus operations. During that time he also facilitated seminars for the Disney Institute. Upon retiring from Disney in 2006, he and his wife, Kathy, retired to West Union where they built their dream home. Tom, along with Wayne Morton, begin hosting the "Golden Corner Gospel" program early April 2007. In January of 2014 Tom was selected as the recipient of the Singing News magazine's Golden Mic Award. Tom is also the driving force behind the Mayberry Comes to Westminster festival held annually the first weekend in May. Tom is also a 24 year veteran of the U.S. Army reserves where he served as a chaplain assistant.


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I went to the range this morning to practice with my LCP and a Glock 36. Everything went smoothly with the LCP as always. Great ccw.
I had 2 new magazines for the Glock 36. First magazine, no problems. With the next magazine there were problems. First round was difficult to chamber, it took 3 attempts before the round was stripped into the chamber. First round fired and ejected, second live round was jammed in between the feed ramp and the slide at a 90 degree vertical angle. Removed the magazine from the pistol and the remaining rounds litterly fell out of the magazine.
Looked down inside the magazine and the follower was stuck toward the bottom of the magazine. While looking at it, the follower exploded upward and partially exited the top of the magazine at a 90 degree angle. Good thing I was wearing safety glasses.
(fix pics ~ qks)
The rest of the range session went smoothly. I called Glock customer service this afternoon and left a message asking for a new magazine.
This was a good day for reminders, always test your equipment, and always wear those safety glasses when shooting. You never know what can happen.


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April 10, 2013
2013 Statistics | MPSF Release | MPSF Statistics
LOS ANGELES - The No. 4 UCLA women's water polo team (21-4, 3-2 MPSF) hosts Loyola Marymount on Friday (7:00 p.m.) followed by a double-header on Saturday with Cal Baptist (1:00 p.m.) and Pomona-Pitzer (3:00 p.m.) at Spieker Aquatics Center.
Sophomore attacker Emily Donohoe leads UCLA in scoring with 56 goals (2.24 goals per game), which ranks seventh in the MPSF. Freshman Rachel Fattal is second on team in scoring with 41 goals (1.64 goals per game), which ranks 14th in the MPSF. Freshman center Alexa Tielmann is third on the team in scoring with 23 goals while freshman defender Alys Williams is fourth on the squad with 21 goals. Senior attacker Gisselle Naranjo and sophomore attacker Danielle Ferraro are tied for fifth on the squad in scoring with 20 goals each.
Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper, Sami Hill is currently second in the MPSF in saves per game at 10.72. She is also third in the MPSF in goals against, giving up 5.92 per game. Hill is also second on the team with 25 assists and is fourth on the squad with 17 steals. Freshman Alex Musselman hasn't played enough games to qualify for MPSF rankings, but she has allowed just 5.80 goals per game and is averaging 6.92 saves per game.
True freshman Rachel Fattal leads the Bruins in steals (31), sprints won (31) and field blocks (19) and is second in scoring (41 goals) and in exclusions drawn (20) and is third in assists (23).
Freshman attacker Kodi Hill leads the team in assists with 26 on the year. Hill also has 10 goals, 14 steals and is tied for third on the squad with six field blocks on the year.
Brandon Brooks is in his fourth season as UCLA's head women's water polo coach in 2013. He was named the third head coach in program history on June 3, 2009, and has compiled a 92-23 (.800) record.
The No. 4 women's water polo team dropped an MPSF match at No. 2 Stanford, 8-1, last week. Emily Donohoe scored the lone goal for the Bruins, which dropped to 21-4 overall and 3-2 in the MPSF with the loss.
The Bruins host 11th-ranked LMU on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. The Lions are 17-9 overall and in second place in the Western Water Polo Association with a 6-1 league mark. Loyola Marymount is led by junior driver Alexandra Honny (Riverside, CA), who leads the team in goals (41), assists (29) and steals (58). Senior utility Jessica Morelos (Santa Barbara, CA) is second in scoring with 38 goals. Freshman goalkeeper Claire Wright (Lindsay, Ontario, Canada) has played in 16 games and is averaging 6.8 saves per game while allowing 6.0 goals per contest.
The Bruins host Cal Baptist on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. The Lancers are 16-16 overall and are on a modest two-game winning streak. Cal Baptist is led by sophomore utility Laura Kocsis (Budapest, Hungary), who leads the team in goals (77), and is fourth in assists (25) and is second in steals (34) in 31 games played. Freshman two-meter Hannah Evans (Menifee, CA) is second in scoring with 61 goals and she leads the Lancers with 73 exclusions drawn in 28 games. Freshman goalkeeper Meghan Rowland (Corona, CA) leads the team with 121 saves and is second in steals with 42.
The Bruins host 5th-ranked (Division III) Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. The Sagehens are 11-15 overall and 2-2 in the SCIAC. Pomona-Pitzer is led by sophomore utility Alyssa Woodward (Riverside, CA), who leads the team with 64 goals. Freshman utility Katy Schafer (Los Altos, CA) is second in scoring with 43 goals while sophomore attacker Sarah Westcott (Menlo Park, CA) rounds out the top three in scoring with 41 goals. Senior goalkeeper Sarah Tuggy (Los Angeles, CA) has played in 26 games and is averaging 9.1 saves per game.


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The Bulls home dominance over the Golden State Warriors continued as they won convincingly 103-83.
Taj Gibson scored a game-high 21 points and the Bulls (31-26) outplayed their opponent in every faucet to win their seventh game in the last eight outings. The Bulls outrebounded the Warriors 56-41, shot 24-for-30 from the free throw line and held Golden State to 35.7 percent shooting.
The Warriors have now lost 10 out of their last 11 in the United Center and it was only the seventh time this season that they've failed to reach 90 points. No starter for Golden State was able to crack double-figures in scoring.
"I think it was a good mentality from the start of the game," said Joakim Noah, who finished with 17 rebounds and seven assists. "Having Jimmy (Butler) back definitely helped. Taj, from the beginning of the game, before the game even started, I could tell he wanted to get into the game real bad. It felt good to see everyone playing with that intensity."
Butler returned after a two-game absence and provided 16 points and three blocked shots. Carlos Boozer added 15 points and 13 rebounds and Mike Dunleavy chipped in with 15 of his own.
While there was no shortage of intensity for the Bulls, Kirk Hinrich definitely helped set the tone with making sure Warriors All-Star Stephen Curry never got into any semblance of an offensive rhythm. Denying him the ball, face-guarding him, chasing him off of screens; Hinrich was a big reason for Curry missing eight of his 10 shots as he finished with a season low five points and five assists in 28 minutes of play.
"He is such a tough cover," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "If you give him any space at all, he's got the tricks to get a shot off. Kirk gives you toughness all the time. You can never measure his true value by statistics. If you go by what he is doing for our team, the things he does it really ignites and inspires our team. He plays to win. We know how important he is."
The Bulls took control over the game in the second period after leading 24-21 after one.
They scored 35 points in the second on 57 percent shooting and forced Golden State into seven turnovers that they converted into 11 points. They clamped down on the Warriors in the third, holding them to 19 percent shooting and led 80-56 heading into the fourth.
"We're a confident group and today was a big win for us," Noah said. "Playing against a team with great offensive firepower, definitely one of the best teams in the West; to come out there and kick their ass like that, it feels great. There's no better feeling. I'm going to drive home really happy tonight."


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So my new piece on Filthy Gorgeous Things is live and open for your reading pleasure. The piece, which I've called "Hush," talks loudly, purplish and long about secrets.
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Secrets in and of themselves are sexy. Knowledge, especially knowledge that is personal and private, is sexy. Power is sexy. And secrets, those delightful, frisson-bearing scraps and orts of information, hold power. A secret told enough times becomes a story, and while stories hold pleasure and while stories carry power, a story lacks the whispering, murmuring, susurrating sexiness that a secret does. "Secret": all sibilance and cutting consonants, even the word is sexy.
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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The man suspected of trying to pull a 12-year-old girl into a wooded area in Arlington is a sex offender who was living in a half-way house.
The girl kicked the man in the groin Sunday and ran away. She identified the sex offender in photos that she was shown by police.
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Tonya Harding doesn't look like the young figure skater who was embroiled in a major American figure skating scandal and perhaps that is because she is 20 years older. The former figure skater is still looking to clear her name and put to rest some rumors surrounding the infamous scandal that she and skating rival Nancy Kerrigan were involved in. Sitting down with Access Hollywood on Wednesday, the once famous skater still denied any involvement in the worse attack ever seen on the ice.
The day everyone will never forget is when Nancy Kerrigan was hit in the knee by a man with a police baton during a practice round on the eve of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. It was a moment that brought shame to the figure skating world and revealed the competitive nature of the sport.
"If they proved that I had done something wrong, how come I wasn't in jail?" asked Tonya Harding when questioned about her involvement. The star denied ever doing anything illegal. "They gave me 500 hours of community service. They sure nailed everybody else for doing things."
Every Winter Olympics the darlings of the figure skating arena are seen by the fans. While the rules of Team USA have changed to make the athletes accomplishments on the ice count, according to Harding it wasn't always that way.
The star alleged that she, along with other athletes who entered the ice during her glory days, were extensively scrutinized. From the way she put her makeup on to who she hung out with after skating. Tonya suggested that Team USA wasn't picking the best skater, but more of a camera friendly celebrity.
Today Tonya Harding is staying out of the rink and away from the spotlight. Tonya Harding has a son and a life of happiness that gives her reason to move forward. However, she long with the rest of the world will never forget the day that Nancy Kerrigan was hit in the knee by a club.


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Published: Friday, October 18, 2013 at 3:12 p.m.
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Buildings and property formerly owned by Zeek Rewards will be sold during an auction to be held within the next two months, according to court documents filed Thursday.
U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen signed an order approving of the terms of the auction, which will include the company's former headquarters, a warehouse and about 1,200 other items ranging from office furniture to music and entertainment memorabilia.
The specific date of the auction is still unclear, but it will be advertised in multiple publications, including The Dispatch, at least 30 days prior to the event, according to the order.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shut down Zeek Rewards and its parent company, Rex Venture Group, in August 2012. The agency accused the company of raising more than $600 million through the sale and offer of unregistered securities. The SEC also called Zeek a "classic" example of a pyramid and Ponzi scheme.
Court-appointed receiver Ken Bell estimates that about 840,000 Zeek users lost money, and about 174,000 claims, totaling about $550 million, were submitted through the claims process that ended in September.
Earlier this week, Bell said in an electronic letter that his team will begin sending determination letters by email to tens of thousands of claimants in the next few weeks. For more information, go to www.zeekrewardsreceivership.com.
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Two Years Ago!Feb 28th, 2013 | By KevB8ll | Category: Blues News, Fans, Kev's Ramblings, Lead Article, Matches, Memories, Wembley
I don't think I'll ever forget that day. Not only the fact that we beat Arsenal, who at the time were in 4 competitions – but being there with my son and really good friends. The atmosphere, the tension, the nerves, the winning goal, just amazing.
So I thought you might like to read some of the articles we had post final. Enjoy and remember that wonderful day:
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March 2, 2011
LONG BEACH, Calif.-- Stanford Swimming opened up the Pac-10 Championships at Belmont Plaza in hopes of its 30th-straight conference title by finishing the first day of competition in first place, following a win in the 800 free relay and a second place finish in the 200 medley relay.
Stanford has 74 points and Cal has 72 points, with the Bears finishing first and third. USC, which were second and third, have 66 points.
With four Pac-10 teams ranked in the top-10 to start the competiton, Stanford's Rob Andrews touched the wall ahead of USC's Dimitri Colupaeve with a time of 6:19.17. USC swam a time of 6:20.88.
Stanford actually trailed to start, with Bobby Bollier racing third behind USC and Cal. Mitchell Stoehr then passed USC's Patrick White into second behind Cal's Samuel Metz, before Morgan Priestly moved in front on the third leg to stay passing both Cal's Isaac Howell and USC's Jack Wagner.
In the 200 medley relay, Cal took home the title with a time fo 1:23.92, ahead of Stanford's four-some of Matthew Swanston, Curtis Lovelace, Austin Staab and Alex Coville. Guy Barnea started things off for the Bears in the backstroke ahead of Swanston, as Damir Dugonjic extended the lead at the halfway point following the breast, before Stanford's Austin Staab closed the gap in the fly. Bear Olympiian Nathan Adrian countered with the fastest sprint to win it.
The championships run through Saturday in Long Beach.
Stanford at the Pac-10s
Full Results: http://www.socalswim.org/HTResults/2011Pac10Men/
200 Medley: 2. Swanston/Lovelace/Staab/Coville, 1:25.42
*800 Free Relay: 1. Bollier/Stoehr/Priestley/Andrews, 6:19.17


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While some in the scientific and religious communities have declared an end to the tensions between faith and fact, the conflict continues to have impacts on health, politics, and the environment.
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Scientists describe the genetic changes associated with solitary-to-social transitions throughout bee evolution.