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Heart-Centered Leadership is a transformational business book, one that is keenly attuned to the growing awareness of the need for more mindful leaders who realize that self-care and authenticity have a deeply significant impact on the satisfaction and well-being of their workforce and, by extension, the bottom line. Providing a counterpoint to the ethical bankruptcy of contemporary business, Heart-Centered Leadership champions the message that sound ethical practices must begin from within. By the careful application of seven underlying principles and virtues, the authors describe a clear path that sets a course for successful leadership that rises above the confusions and contradictions of other strategies. Richly founded on interviews with leaders, examples drawn from diverse businesses, reference tools, scientific data, and exercises to aid in the actualization of these principles and values, Heart-Centered Leadership goes beyond theory, empowering you to integrate this knowledge into your life.
Heart-Centered Leadership: Lead Well, Live Well
By adopting the principles of Heart-Centered Leadership, you'll boost over-all profitability by:
Boost Profitablity
- Creating emotionally engaged, tuned in employees who are highly motivated to want to do their very best work for you
- Creating a workplace that attracts—and keeps—the best and the brightest
- Keeping customers and clients satisfied and using your products and services consistently
"Technological advances drive unprecedented global connectivity in 'real time,' but in Heart-Centered Leadership, Susan Steinbrecher and Joel B. Bennett, Ph.D. offer 'real time' solutions to elevate a leader's abilities to better manage the employee-manager relationship and communication in a time of great uncertainty and digital exuberance, an era which calls for a bit more 'heart' in the business equation."
Judy Martin
Journalist/Work Stress Consultant / WorkLifeNation.com
"BRAVO! Heart-Centered Leadership is a must-read for enlightened executives seeking to do business the right way."
Frank Sonnenberg
Author / Managing with a Conscience
"In their transformational book Heart-Centered Leadership, Susan Steinbrecher and Joel B. Bennett, Ph.D. offer leaders a research-based guide for moving beyond the outmoded, traditional business practices of the past into a place of powerful authenticity and ethics. Taking the 'inside out' approach, leaders learn to expand their capacities and stretch beyond their own limitations in order to serve their companies in ways that create both financial health and greater human happiness. This book, with its step-by-step 'whole person' approach to business is a vital key to the development of a better world."
Jean Houston
Author / The Wizard of Us
"Susan and Joel's book takes a close look at what often guides our decisions—and what should guide our decisions. In a culture where we rush to obtain goals that are often defined by societal pressures and external circumstances, Heart-Centered Leadership serves as a necessary reminder that each of us has unique goals and purposes, and in order to access them, we need to slow down and take a look within. In creating more responsible and conscious businesses, following steps to heart-centered leadership is something a lot of us could benefit from."
Jeffrey Hollender
Co-founder and former CEO / Seventh Generation
"This book is simultaneously inspirational, heartfelt, and pragmatic. Wonderfully articulated, it offers practical tools that guide readers to feel with the heart and discern with the mind, and ultimately, become great leaders."
Eva Selhub, MD
"The world of business desperately needs more heart-centered leadership. Focusing on an employee's whole self and creating an environment of trust and support will undoubtedly allow each person to unleash their creative genius to the benefit of everyone associated with the organization. Operating this way is not only enriching and fulfilling, but, ironically, it's also the most enduring and profitable approach to business."
Kip Tindell
Chairman and CEO / The Container Store
"The authors invite—no compel—today's business leaders to build up their moral courage to do the right thing. If leaders adopted the attitudes and practices of warmth, humility, authenticity, coupled with integrity advocated here, we'd have a new world within a year. Recommended reading for leadership training."
"Susan and Joel brilliantly expose us to how our own inner selves influence our leadership styles and hence our success in business and society. This book shines the light on how self-knowledge, trust and authenticity can unleash tremendous employee engagement, boosting both retention and business results."
Nadim Kilzi
V.P. Manufacturing / Starbucks Coffee Company
"There is a notable parallel to the seven principles of Heart-Centered Leadership and delivering a rich, meaningful culture within an organization. This book showcases practical models and constructive research around love and caring—essential sentiments for noble human behavior and means for principled leaders. It is a book worth reading for any leader who cares enough to lead well."
Kent Thiry
Chairman and CEO / DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
"The lessons and techniques presented in Heart-Centered Leadership makes this a must read for any leader that wants to succeed in today's fast paced world. Susan and Joel have brought to life core principles that every leader should understand and embrace, and we have found the book to inspire us in numerous ways to grow our leadership via principled decision making, connection, and engagement—all essential for success in the 24/7, 100% customer satisfaction driven environment in which we operate."
Bill Duncan
Global Head, Brand Management / Homewood Suites by Hilton
"Modern science has proven that our decisions and behaviors are primarily driven by our unconscious feelings, beliefs and thoughts. So much for the assumption that we are logical rational machines in business. We are, indeed, humans in business. Heart-Centered Leadership guides modern leaders to tap into the limitless power of our humanity. You will step out of yesterday's leadership legends and into the next generation of leadership to fuel breakout success for your organizations, your people and yourself. In today's ever-changing world, filled with threats and uncertainty, Heart-Centered Leadership is just the guide every leader needs to lead their teams into new levels of motivation, performance, productivity and just plain satisfaction."
Rebel Brown
Keynote Speaker, Coach, Consultant and Author / NeuroBusiness
"Heart-Centered Leadership by Susan Steinbrecher and Joel Bennett presents the path from management to leadership, and on to heart-centered leadership, leading from your best you, on the inside. But the authors don't stop at simply pointing the way. Once you have a good look at where you are, Heart-Centered Leadership presents 7 principles and their corresponding virtues that will enable you to move as far as you want to go toward being the best heart-centered leader you can be. Take the journey! Make a difference in your leadership and your sphere of influence."
Mike Henry Sr.
Chief Instigator of the Lead Change Group / co-author of The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution... One Person at a Time


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In another study, Love and her colleagues are attempting to develop an adhesive test strip that will signal whether a woman is at risk for developing breast cancer. A premenopausal woman could cover her nipple with the strip. If the strip picks up biological clues that the woman is at risk, it would change visibly, alerting her and her doctor to the need for further testing and follow-up.
Solid and Strong Bones
In 2006, Yongwon Choi, PhD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, discovered that targeting a specific gene inhibited bone decay and stimulated bone growth in mice. Within 10 years, he'd like to find out whether altering the action of that gene in humans could prevent or delay the onset of osteoporosis, a disease that affects 10 million Americans — eight million of whom are women, says the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
It appears that inactivating the gene in question (Atp6v0d2) increases bone mass by immobilizing the action of osteoclasts (cells that break down and help resorb bone) and boosting the brawn of osteoblasts (cells that form bone). Current medications do one or the other but not both, Choi says. "If we can find a way to get to our target gene with a drug, we may be able to help the millions of people with osteoporosis."
Having Your Genes Tailored
Scientists are sure that genes influence the risk of type 2 diabetes, but they don't know which ones. If they did, they believe, they could develop drugs that would alter the action of those genes and help rein in the soaring prevalence of the condition. Leading this needle-in-a-haystack search is Joanne Curran, PhD, a genetic researcher at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, in San Antonio. Curran and her colleagues will spend the next five years analyzing 100 genes believed to play important roles in diabetes to see how they influence blood glucose, insulin production, and body fat.
"Right now, the best prevention we have for diabetes is lifestyle change," Curran says. "But what if you have a genetic predisposition that's causing your high levels of blood glucose? Then lifestyle changes alone may not help. That's why we need to find the genes involved, and the DNA variations that affect those genes' function.
"In 10 years' time, we're still not going to know everything, but we're going to be a lot closer than we are," Curran adds. "There will likely be many more useful treatments on the market that will help prevent or treat diabetes."
More from Your Over-40 Health Guide
Originally published in MORE magazine, May 2008.

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One hundred and twenty years later, on a warm June
evening, I sit on the shore of a massive beaver pond in
Ontario's Algonquin Provincial Park, watching water bugs
etch ephemeral lines on the glassy surface. I chose a spot
near the long, curved dike that contains the pond at this
end. From this vantage, the structure is unremarkable.
Viewed from downstream, as I would do later, it stands an
impressive two metres high, a thick, angled rampart of
sticks, mud and sprouting greenery.
Within 10 minutes of my arrival, one of the dam builders
appears. At first, it looks like a plank of waterlogged wood,
but as it nears, I start to make out details:
knobby ears, black-bead eyes, water-slicked
mahogany fur. When it gets close enough
that I can see its nostrils flaring, I expect a
startled dive. Instead, it approaches to within
a metre of the shore and cruises back and
forth in front of me for several minutes.
Peering down into the tea-coloured water, I observe the
ruddering action of its tail and the slow, alternating kicks
of its webbed hind feet. Its small front paws remain tucked
close against its chest. The beaver watches me intently and
intermittently emits a low rumble that sounds like a cross
between a growl and a purr. Finally, it swims over to the
dam, clambers out of the water and stands as if posing for
the Canadian nickel, then belly-flops back into the pond
and paddles away. How pleased Horace T. Martin would
have been to know his prognosis was wrong.
The beaver revival is, indeed, one of the continent's
great conservation success stories; beavers are thriving
throughout their traditional territory in North America.
But as beavers continue to multiply, not everyone is
cheering them on. Each year, the average adult beaver
cuts approximately one metric tonne of wood — about
215 trees — for food and building materials. Not only
do we complain when they compete with us for timber
or meddle with the scenery, we also object when their
dams flood highways, farm fields and waterfront real
estate. In 2010, one even killed a husky in a suburban
park in Red Deer, Alta.
Yet a growing body of research suggests
that we need more beavers not
fewer, that beavers perform a vital service
to the riparian world that will be particularly
needed in the drought years ahead.
It may be an argument Canadians don't
want to hear.
Before the European invasion of North America
began in the late 1400s, beavers inhabited almost all of what
we now call Canada and the United States, plus a sliver of
northern Mexico. Except for the driest western deserts and
the alligator-patrolled swamps of the Florida peninsula, they
ranged from coast to coast and from just south of the Rio
Grande to the Arctic treeline, as well as north along the
Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers to the Arctic Ocean.
Pre-contact beaver-population estimates vary widely,
from a conservative 60 million to an extravagant 400 million.
In the words of explorer and cartographer David
Thompson, the entire northern half of the continent was
originally "in the possession of two distinct races of Beings,
Man and the Beaver." Thompson's authority to make such
statements came from surveying and mapping one-sixth of
North America and talking with countless aboriginal elders
who had known of the beaver's glory days.
Cherie Westbrook, an associate professor in the
University of Saskatchewan's department of geography and
planning, corroborates Thompson's anecdotal evidence and
brings an ecohydrologist's perspective to the discussion.
According to Westbrook, 85 percent of all watercourses in
the United States — and a comparable, though unquantified,
percentage in Canada — are headwater streams and,
therefore, small enough to be dammed by beavers. This
continent-wide network of fine blue lines represents
a wealth of potential beaver habitat. "We're talking about
beaver in nearly every headwater stream across North
America prior to European colonization," says Westbrook. It was a bonanza that would set off North America's first
natural resource stampede.
At first, the fur trade was merely a sideline for the cod
fishermen who sailed back and forth across the Atlantic in
the late 1400s and early 1500s. But their discovery of Castor
canadensis could not have come at a better time for the Old
World, where an insatiable demand for hats made from the beaver's dense under-fur was fast depleting the supply of
materials. By the mid-1500s, the once common Eurasian
beaver, C. fiber, existed only in a few isolated corners of
Scandinavia, Siberia and the Far East, and the rush for
North America's "brown gold" was on.
French, English and Dutch traders shipped tens of thousands
of beaver pelts annually in the early decades of the fur
trade. Then they pushed inland and intensified their efforts.
Throughout the 1700s, annual exports of beaver pelts rarely
dipped below 100,000. Some years, they may have topped
300,000. But the real problem wasn't the body count. It was
the fur trade's relentless, colony-obliterating progress across
the continent, which wiped the species right off the map
even as the cartographers were drawing it. Sheer numbers
were no match for the traders' technology and greed.
The first concerted attempt to arrest the beaver's precipitous
decline was led by George Simpson, governor of the
Hudson's Bay Company. Between 1821 and 1850, he
imposed a series of trapping moratoriums and quotas on
the company's western interior districts and prohibited
agents at those posts from buying the skins of beaver cubs
and summer-killed adults, whose fur was of little commercial
value. These conservation measures were moderately
successful but too geographically limited to make a difference.
South of the border, independent American trappers
were scooping up beaver pelts — "hairy banknotes" in the
lingo of the mountain men — as fast as they could find
them. Counter to his own conservation efforts, Simpson
responded by aggressively expanding his operations west of the Rockies, deliberately eliminating beavers from parts
of Oregon and Washington before rivals could get there.
By the early 1900s, there was scarcely a beaver to be
found south of the forty-ninth parallel and throughout
much of Canada. Records for Rupert House, the Hudson's
Bay Company's oldest trading post, reveal just how dire
the situation was, even in a remote area like James Bay. In
the winter of 1928-29, after months of scouring the
25,000 square kilometres around Rupert House, the community's
desperate trappers had only four beaver pelts to
show for their efforts.
Meanwhile, hundreds of kilometres to the south,
Archibald Belaney, an English immigrant who had adopted
a First Nations persona and the alias Grey Owl, had taken
up the beaver's cause. In 1928, after years of making his
living as a trapper in northern Ontario and Quebec,
Belaney swore off trapping and set out to save the species
he had come to see as a symbol of Canada's vanishing
wilderness. His passionate and eloquent writings, published
under his pseudonym, soon drew international
attention to the beaver's plight.
In 1928, the Dominion Parks Branch made a 13-minute,
black and white silent motion picture featuring Grey Owl — wearing his customary buckskin jacket and moccasins —
and his two pet beavers, Rawhide and Jelly Roll. No
professional filmmaker had ever filmed beavers in a natural
setting, and Beaver People (which can be viewed on the
National Film Board website) was a hit.
The following year, the parks commissioner offered
Grey Owl a job and a new home by a secluded lake
in Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park. In his role
as a live tourist attraction, the lanky, blue-eyed "Indian"
solemnly greeted the hundreds of visitors who canoed and
hiked to his cabin each summer and introduced them to
Rawhide and Jelly Roll. The celebrity pair always came
when he called, assured of receiving apples, peanuts and
other treats. They also fulfilled their other obligation,
producing annual litters to help rebuild the park's
decimated beaver population.
Great article and enlighteningly informative! It is still unfortunate that beaver work is still far too often disrupted to all our detriment, and beaver trapping is often still not well regulated so that even where there may not be conflict there is often still destruction to this critical species and the ecological benefits that would result from their protection. Thus I have launched a petition drive to get signatures and support to protect more of U.S. Public Lands as sanctuaries for wildlife and habitat: Petitions.moveon.org/sign/wildlife-and-habitat
Thanks for the positive feedback about my article. I can't take credit for the wonderful photos, but I can pass on an explanation for the p.59 oddity. A note in the Reverberations section of the Jan/Feb issue says the animals in question are coypus and that the photo was mislabeled by the stock agency that provided it. (Not nearly as fine-looking as our beaver, in my opinion.)
I really loved the articles about the beavers. They are not rats or vermin. They are TRULY necessary to the ongoing ecology of all our environments! BUT, I do have one question about a picture that was in that article. A mother with two kits, sitting in the crux of a tree. Definitely not beavers! The rat tails gave it away. Maybe they were Muskrats! I'm kinda disapointed that this wan't caught before publication. The critters in the picture can't be passed off as beavers!! Muskrats and otters are definitely a big part of our marine mammals, but I think a beaver picture would be more to the point of the article.
What a smart look at this unsung Keystone Species and ecosystem engineer! My own low-lying city was worried about flooding and proposed killing our local colony. Public outcry forced the city to install a flow device instead which has successfully controlled flooding for 5 years. Now because of our beaver-created wetlands we regularly see otter, heron, woodduck, steelhead and even mink in our tiny urban stream!
Any city smarter than a beaver knows how to manage their challenges and why they are essential to healthy streams!
Heidi Perryman, Ph.D.Worth A Dammartinezbeavers[dot]org
Your article, "Rethinking the Beaver" a good one. As a teacher and student of Canadian history, I was aware of the important role that the beaver served in the exploration and evolution of societies in the northern part of this continent. I was, however, intrigued by the photograph shown at the top of page 59 in the magazine. While not a zoologist, I have seen plenty of the critters in the wild, but the animal shown there bears little resemblance to what I would typically expect to see when looking at a beaver. Is this the European Castor fiber?


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"Alright Gumball now tell me. Who else would you like to see yourself with?" The traveler asked with look of amusement on his face. Gumball stood there and thought. Who else was there that he could see himself being with, or at least dating?
The thought raged in his head for a few minutes until he finally reached a decision. "Well since this is just a dream anyway. How about
um Carrie
" He said pushing his fingers together with a little blush smile.
"Carrie you say? Why isn't that the cute little ghost girl you hang around with?" The traveler asked becoming intrigued at this new request.
"Yea were friends and sure she used my body for her food addiction that turned me into a fat blob, but she's also been there for me at times. So I figure what's harm right." The cat stated still blushing a little.
"Hmm well do you like her?" The traveler asked leaning over to Gumball. "Well yea I just told you that." Gumball said looking confused. "Maybe even a little more than friends?" The traveler asked again getting even closer. Gumball now a little uncomfortable with the man's face being merely inches away replied. "Um well maybe I guess, but I
" "Do you love her?" The traveler interrupted with a big smile.
"W-WHAT! NO! I just told you that we were friends, and now you're asking me if I love her. Isn't that what were supposed to be going to the future to find out?" Gumball said
stepping back to get some breathing room.
The traveler chuckled to himself before he continued. "Ah young love so beautiful whether or not your lover's dead, but that's not quite the case either." "What do you mean by that?" Gumball asked now stumped.
"Caries dead is she not?" asked the traveler. "Yes I guess she is." Gumball stated knowing that he was probably going to get some bad news. 'Since Carries dead then doesn't that mean she'll stay the same age, and never be any different?' Gumball thought with a frown.
"Well that's only partly true" The traveler remarked, now with a serious look on his face. "Wait what's that supposed to mean?" Asked a still perplexed Gumball.
"I know what you're thinking about and understand that a ghost is someone who's not truly dead, but in fact is still very much alive. The only thing she's missing is her body, but there are ways around this as you my learn latter. Otherwise there isn't much of a
difference between us and her. Her spirit is still bound to this Earth just as yours and mine is, and is still capable of enjoying life." The traveler explained to a very confused Gumball who was starting to become nervous about his choice.
"W-Well then w-why are we just standing here shouldn't we be time traveling or s-something." Gumball stuttered still a little afraid of what the traveler had just told him. Even if he did not fully understand it still frightened him a little.
"Hmm a little anxious to see our choice now aren't we? Well right you are Gumball now just take my hand close your eyes, and we'll be off." The traveler said as he held out his hand for Gumball to grab.
I guess it's time to see if Carries awesome, crazy, or if she's still somewhat creepy.' As Gumball thought this he grabbed the man's hand closed his eyes, and off they went into a white void. Gumball did his best to see what was going on but the light at the end of this large tunnel was too bright to be able to see so he was forced to keep his eyes shut.
"Here we are Gumball!" The traveler said with a warm smile. Gumball opened his eyes back up to see himself standing in the streets of Elmore looking at all of the houses and he admired at how well kept they were much like his own.
"Wow this reminds me of my neighborhood!" Gumball said in excitement his mouth open happy to see the mowed lawns in the bright sunlight. It was warm as if it was summer, and Gumball enjoyed it letting it soak his fur like a hot shower.
"Now remember Gumball were not just here to enjoy the day you know." The traveler stated as he noticed Gumball sunbathing. "O right
sorry. Now um why does it look so familiar here?" Gumball asked still amazed at how familiar it looked.
"Well I'm glad you asked because you only live five blocks away from your parent's house." The traveler said as he pointed in the direction to where his parents lived.
"Really? Wow which ones my house?" Gumball said in excitement. "Now Gumball were not here to evaluate your assets were here to see you and Carrie remember." The time traveler scolded. "Yea your right sorry.
So where is she anyway?" Gumball asked now getting back on track.
"Right over there." The traveler pointed to a woman kneeling down over a flower bed with a gardening hat on. "Is that her?" Gumball asked now a little nervous. "Yes it is now don't be afraid she can't see or hear you so go up to her and see what she's like." The traveler nudged Gumball towards the adult Carrie.
Gumball was still a little nervous but after a few moments he worked up the courage to go and see her. 'O what have I gotten myself into? What if she's still emo like when she was a kid? O man I really starting to freak out.' Gumball's thoughts went back and forth like this as he walked over to the working Carrie.
As he came to about five feet of the adult ghost he was about to lean over and take a look at her. When without warrant her head came around and she looked straight at him with in enraged look on her face. "GUMBALL!" She shouted, and as she did Gumball thought his life was over. 'O god I thought the traveler said I'd be fine!' Then she yelled almost instantly after "MARMALADE!" Gumball thoughts quickly changed. 'Who's Marmalade?'
There was then a crash at the front door as tall blue cat and a blue haired ghost girl both ran out into the yard and then towards Carrie and knelt as they pleaded. "We didn't do it honey it was probably robber's!" Gumball said soon followed by Marmalade. "Yea mom dad and I are innocent we didn't do anything. It was probably Sindy or Gumdrop not us!"
"Do you guys even know why I yelled?" Carrie questioned. "Ugh to be fully honest no we don't, not at all." Gumball said now looking confused and curious. "Well I'll tell you why. It seems somebody kicked their soccer ball into my flower garden, and destroyed my daisies, and the last two I saw playing soccer was you guys." Carrie said in a very authorativ tone.
dad and I put the ball away when we were done playing." Marmalade pleaded. "Yea honey we ended up giving it to Gumdrop and Charcoal." Gumball stated. "You gave it to them! O now where are they?" Carrie asked still looking mad. So she looked around the yard, and had finally become fed up with searching.
"Well for the love of
Gumdrop, Charcoal you're in so much TROUBLE!" Carrie shouted in the air so they would hear her.
This time two figures bolted from behind the house without looking back once, and they kept running towards the street. One was a blue cat not unlike Gumball, and the other was green creature with black hair. "Where do you think you two are going?" Carrie yelled. "Sorry mom, but we can't be here right have to go and meet the guys so bye." Gumdrop shouted halfway down the street. "Yea sorry aunty I'll see you later!" Charcoal shouted down the street. "Wait for me guys!" Marmalade cried as she dashed to catch up to the two refuges.
Carrie shuttered and turned back to the adult Gumball. "Ugh why do I even bother with them?" "I'm sorry honey, but I'm sure it was just an accident you know. I'm sure they didn't mean anything by it, and if it makes you feel any better I'll stay out here and help you fix it. How's that sound?" Said the Gumball as he got up from the ground and went over to hold his wife.
"Yea I guess you're right. Hmm funny you always seem to know just what to say you know that." Carrie said with a smile embarrassing Gumball a little bit. "Well I guess I haven't changed much since we were kids." Gumball said jokingly.
"Now if I remember correctly your mouth used to mess things up for you all the time." Carrie stated with her eye crocked. "Now why did you have to remind me about that? Don't you remember how much of a stud I was?" Gumball asked still carrying the same joking tone. "O yes you were a real ladies man that's for sure, and not a single girl left you alone. Carrie said sarcastically. "Well you still think I'm worth hanging around." Gumball replied.
"O yes I just can't help it, but then again I married you so I don't have much of a choice now do I." Carrie said joking sweetly. "That's right and now that you're in my clutches you'll be mine forever, and you'll never escape. Because I just won't let you go Muahaha!" Gumball said with an evil laugh.
"Well I'll hold you to it there my great big terrifying man. Now how about I go make us something to eat hmm? Carrie asked winking at Gumball. "Sounds good to me I'm famished after that little episode. So what are you going to make?" Gumball asked. "Whatever you like Gumball." Carrie said as she started for the house.
"Wait Carrie can we have dessert first?" Gumball asked grabbing Carries arm. "Dessert
What do you mean?" Carrie asked with puzzled look. "I mean this!" Gumball then leaned in and gave her a soft kiss.
"Now hold on there Gumypuss you'll have to finish eating before you can have anymore." Carrie teased. "Well then I guess I'll have to eat quickly then wont I." Gumball replied as he gave her another even longer kiss. "Well alright then I guess I'd better get started." Carrie said as they both turned up the porch and disappeared into the house.
The young Gumball was now dumbfounded. It seemed as if Carrie was a whole new person, and come to think of it now she was gorgeous to. Sure she seemed to have the same anger problems that she did as a kid, but she didn't do anything creepy with it, or make any threats.
He had always known Carrie to be a depressed emo girl who just didn't seem to care all that much about anything. Sure he had to admit that she was cute, but the transition from who she was to this it amazed him! She was taller, had longer more well-kept hair, and her body had developed into that of a woman. She had a sleek figure the curved from her chest down to her waist, and finally flared out into her tail (which made it look like she was wearing a dress).
She was even showing emotions now that he had never seen in the Carrie he knew. She seemed happier now. Happy with him, and those kids were they really theirs? They all looked like either Carrie or himself. Well
all except for who-ever that green kid was, but that didn't matter right now. What did matter is that Carrie was kinder and sweeter now, and he liked that.
As Gumball was standing there calming down from his little freak out session the traveler walked up to him and asked with a grin. "So do you like what you see?" "W-well
I um
Yea actually I do." Gumball said. "Looked like you were about to be mauled there for a second didn't it?" The traveler said with a hint of humor in his voice. "Yea about that
You know how they say that when someone's about to die they see their life flash before their eyes?" Gumball asked turning towards the traveler. The man glanced over and said. "Yea
" "Well all I saw was an angry ghost just about ready to kill me so I call bull on that one!" Gumball stated with a serious tone.
The traveler lit up in laughter. He wasn't sure if it was because it was funny or if it was because it just happened so perfectly. Gumball noticed this and asked him. "So
is that all I get to see?" The traveler recomposed himself and then toke a moment to think. "Well that all depends. Would you like to stay a little longer? Gumball's ears perked up at hearing those words. "Yea! I mean um
I just want to see a little more of her and our family." The traveler smiled and gave him a wink as he asked. "So are you starting to like her then?" Gumball blushed and looked at the ground not wanting to acknowledge the question.
"That's alright you don't have to answer, but let's say we just go a little further shall we?" The traveler asked and who then extended his hand for Gumball to grab. Gumball looked up and toke hold, and just as before he was instructed to close his eyes, and when he reopened them it was night.
The night air was cool but still inviting. The street lights were on and there was nobody in site. "Alright Gumball let's say we go have some dinner." The traveler said with a smile. So they both walked up to the door and stepped inside unnoticed like the wind.
As they entered Gumball couldn't help but feel at home. The place was decorated with a few pictures, and a few pieces of nice furniture, including a large family sized couch. Gumball had never been here before but it resembled his parent's house so much that he felt at home, and it felt good.
"So shall we check in on the family?" The traveler asked now making his way towards the kitchen. Gumball followed not wanting to be alone in his older versions house. As they entered the dining room the table was packed. Gumball and Carrie sat on either side of the table with three kids sitting between them. Gumball was speechless and all he could think was 'Wow so this is my family'.
"O Carrie can you pass the ribs?" Gumball asked looking very hungry. Carrie looked up and said. "Sure thing dear just need to get the girls some." Marmalade and Sindy were sitting next to each other and both said in unison. "Yay ribs we love ribs!" "Yea well you guys are still to lame to be able to fully enjoy them." Gumdrop said with an evil smirk on his face.
"Shut up Gumdrop! Just because you use your stupid homemade steak sauce on your ribs doesn't make you a food coinsurer." Sindy said angrily. "Yea so you just keep your stupid comments to yourself before I decide to lick you." Threatened Marmalade. "HA! I'll take both of you on. You think I'm scared? You can't beat me not even if you paralyze me Marm's." Gumdrop shouted at his sisters. "O yea well we'll
" Sindy and Marmalade were cut off by their mother who said in a stern voice. "Would you kids knock it off were having dinner." "Yea listen to your mother. She and I worked a long day today and we just want to have a nice dinner without you guys fighting." Gumball said coming to Carries aid.
"Thanks Honey." Carrie said smiling. "Besides we can all agree that Gumdrop would win." Gumball said with an evil smile. "WHAT!" Squealed Sindy and Marmalade with their faces twisted in a look of shock and betrayal. "Alright now let's eat!" Carrie said taking a big bite into her ribs. Gumball, and Gumdrop followed suit leaving Sindy and Marmalade wide eyed in shock. "This tastes good mom." Gumdrop said. "Yea there pretty tender and the sauce is just right." Gumball added. "Well thanks guys I'm glad you think so." Carrie said with a smile.
"So how is it for you Carrie everything good?" Gumball asked. "Yea everything's perfect, but the biscuits are a little funny tasting." Carrie said picking up what looked like a baked blob. "O yea sorry about that mom. Dad and I were trying out one of Grandmas recipes." Marmalade said looking a little embarrassed.
"Yea my mom's been at it again with the cook books and she's trying to get Darwin to do the same thing." Gumball added. "O not this again
Where does your mom get these books?" Carrie asked looking a little discouraged. "I don't know, but it's my mom so I do what I can to make her happy." Gumball said resuming his meal. "Hear that kids you dad keeps his momma happy." Carrie said trying to get a reaction, but nobody gave one. "Ok then well kids how about school?" Carrie asked trying to get the conversation to move in another direction
"So what do you think about this?" The traveler asked. "They all seem so happy and carefree just like my family." Gumball said softly. "So did you notice anything else?" The traveler asked looking at the table. "Um
let's see
Wait is Carrie eating? What the W-What!" Gumball said in pure shock. "But I thought she couldn't eat she's dead. So why isn't the food just falling through her like at lunch? Gumball asked frantically.
The traveler hushed him and toke a second before speaking. "Well Gumball you see she's not really dead otherwise she wouldn't exist at all. She's lost her body, but her spirit is strong." Gumball looked at the traveler with a confused look not knowing what he had meant. "When you were kids she was still dealing with being alone and not knowing what the future would hold for her. She was scarred, angry and alone until you came into the picture." Gumball was still confused, and he was about to say something, but the traveler continued.
"You see the spirit acts just as if it was a physical body, and that body can become stronger. Your love gave Carrie strength. Your love made her feel confident and made her feel safe. So as your love continued to grow from being just friends all the way until you were married. You gave her strength, and that allowed her to become physical again. Her will to be with you, and live with you eventually made her strong enough to be able to eat again. Thanks to you she's now able feel, taste, and can now slate her hunger and quench her thirst. It was the second greatest gift you had ever given her."
"Second?" Gumball asked. "The first is your kids, and they are as dependent on your love as Carrie is. You and your kids make up Carries world. You all give her purpose, and reason to live and be happy." The traveler explained with a plain look on his face.
"Wow so what happens if I don't choose Carrie, what would happen to her?" Gumball asked feeling bad and wondering about if his decision would ruin her life or not. "Now you see I don't know the answer to that one. I'm only here to show and tell you about what could be. She could be just fine and have someone else to love, or she could be a miserable dead beat ghost for the rest of eternity I don't know. All I know is what I see here right now." The traveler explained.
Gumball remained silent for a while after. He just watched his and Carrie's family eating and enjoying each other's company. He knew that it was only a dream for him and not a reality, but for some odd reason one that he couldn't quite explain. He felt a sort of attraction to her now. He was starting to crush on Carrie, and even though he felt weird about crushing on this thirty year old woman. It just felt natural for him, but just like a dream he knew that nothing was set in stone, and that it would be awhile before he would get to see this Carrie again. So he just stood and watched them all eating, and laughing just as he did with his parents and siblings.
"So are you ready to leave?" The traveler asked. "Yea I think I've seen enough for now." Gumball replied with a blank expression. "Are you not happy with this?" The traveler asked now looking confused himself. "No it's just that it's going to be awhile before I'll ever see her like this again that's all." Gumball said now looking a little sad.
"Well that's the point of it all. So many choices so many outcomes, but you can only pick one of them. So don't worry so much about Carries future right now. She'll find her own path, and whether that's with you or someone else nothings set in stone. So right now just worry about figuring out your future, because that's what's important here. You don't want to sacrifice your own happiness out of pity for someone else. I know that sounds cruel, but remember Gumball you have just as much to do with it as she does." The traveler said with a look that Gumball had only seen before with his father. Only this time it wasn't about sausage, or dating advice.
"Alright then so I guess it's time for someone else then?" Gumball asked now seeming a little better. "So you've already thought of someone else have you? Glad to see you're still willing to see more of your matches. Alright now we must leave this time first so you'd better hold on tight." The traveler said extending his arm out for Gumball to grab. "Hmm. Well like you said nothings set in stone." Gumball remarked as he grabbed hold of the traveler's hand, and as soon as he did off they went back through the tunnel of light through which they had come. Gumball again tried to see what was happening, but just as before his eyes were forced shut, and when he opened them they were back at the spot they had left.
"So Gumball tell me. Who's your next choice?" The traveler asked looking at him with another big warm smile.
My part for project. My portion of the story will take Gumball to see his future life with Carrie. I know it's quite long, but I felt it was necessary.
So hope you all enjoy this part of what I'm assuming to be a great project, and I'm glad I was able to be apart of it.
Here is the link to the intro of the story [link] hope you enjoy it.
So hope you all enjoy this part of what I'm assuming to be a great project, and I'm glad I was able to be apart of it.
Here is the link to the intro of the story [link] hope you enjoy it.
i believe that gumball would eventually hook up with Penny.... but it is pretty cool!
Now I understand why more people tend to like GumballXCarrie more than the other pairings...
of all the other futeres this is the one that i enjoy the most COOL STORY BRO
Nice Story Dude!
I saw that last minute.
That's really make me interest. Nice write, Buddy!
That's really make me interest. Nice write, Buddy!
thank you buddy I have to ask what did you mean by last minute?
Wow that was awesome
Can't believe you actually used Gumdrop XD
Can't believe you actually used Gumdrop XD
Hey thanks man!
I have to say that it's got to be the most popular fan-fic family for the show, and you a now have been using him in your pics a lot. So I hope it was ok that I used him.
I have to say that it's got to be the most popular fan-fic family for the show, and you a now have been using him in your pics a lot. So I hope it was ok that I used him.
Woah, this was really good.
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
One question: do you think you could put in a link to the beginning in the description?
Yea sure thing. For you I'm asuming.
Actually, for other people who are reading this chapter so they can find where to make their other choices.
Ok so just a link to the intro of the story? because I set a link up to your page but wheres the intro at?
assuming sorry grammar
No problem!
nice story i like


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WHO: WSU Cougars (2-2 overall, 1-1 in Pac-10) vs. Boise State Broncos (3-1 overall, 0-0 Big West)
WHAT: Non- Conference Cougar Football, Band Day, Armed Forces Day, Future Cougar Day
WHEN: Saturday, October 7, Kickoff 2:00 p.m. PDT
WHERE: Martin Stadium (37,600, FieldTurf), Pullman, Wash.
TV: Fox Sports Net will show WSU-BSU delayed until 10:00 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 8
THE COACHES: WSU - Mike Price (Puget Sound '69) has a 61-68-0 (.473) record at WSU in 11 years and a career mark of 107-112-0 (.489) in 20 seasons at Weber State (1981-88, 46-44-0) and WSU (1989-present). BOISE STATE ? The Broncos are coached by Dirk Koetter, in his third season at BSU...Koetter's career and BSU coaching record is 19-9.
WSU VS. BOISE STATE: The Washington State - Boise State series only dates back two games and three years...the two teams first met in 1997, with the Cougars picking up a 58-0 win on their way to the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth...a year later, 1998, in Boise, the Broncos gave the Cougars quite a scare before WSU pulled out a 33-21 victory...BSU led 14-6 in that game before WSU took the lead late in the third quarter...even then WSU only led 26-21 with less than two minutes to play...here's a series breakdown:
Most WSU Points: 58 1997 (58-0) Most Boise State Points: 21, 1998 (21-33)
Widest WSU Victory: 58, 1997 (58-0) Widest Boise State Victory: None
Longest WSU Win Streak: 2, 1997-98 Longest Boise State Win Streak: None
Last WSU Win: 1998 (33-21) Last Boise State Win: None
Last WSU Win Pullman: 1997 (58-0) Last Boise State Win Pullman: None
Last WSU Win Boise: 1998 (33-21) Last Boise State Win Boise: None
WSU at Home: 1-0 Boise State at Home: 0-0
WSU at Boise: 1-0 Boise State at Pullman: 0-0
Mike Price vs. Boise State: 2-0 Dirk Koetter vs. WSU: 0-1
WSU Streak: +2 BSU Streak: -2
COUGARS DO WELL ON THE ROAD: WSU's 21-17 win at California last week was the Cougars' third straight road win, dating back to the final game of the 1999 season at Hawaii...the Cougs have defeated in order Hawaii, Utah and now Cal, all on the road...this year the visiting team has won all four WSU games, the Cougars going 0-2 at home and 2-0 on the road...in 1988, the home team lost each time in WSU's first four games, with the Cougars winning at Illinois, Minnesota and Tennessee and losing at home to Oregon...in the fifth game WSU downed California in Pullman to snap the string of home losses.
- P 2: WSU's 22 starters include 11 freshmen/sophomores
- P 2: Trufant picks three passes in last five WSU games
- P 2: Matson to make 25th straight start
- P 3: WSU's Injury update
- P 3: Lamont Thompson to redshirt
- P 4: WSU scoring streak at 182 consecutive games and 159 at home
- P 4: WSU +2 in turnovers and 80% in Red Zone
2000 CAPTAINS: WSU - QB Jason Gesser (17), RB Adam Hawkins (37), DE Austin Matson (61), WR Farwan Zubedi (41). BOISE STATE -- Game captains.
BREAKING DOWN TOP 22-44: Against California WSU's starting lineup of 22 players included 3 freshmen, 8 sophomores, 3 juniors and 8 seniors, while the Top 44 (two-deep) consisted of 11 freshmen, 11 sophomores, 12 juniors and 10 seniors...in the two-deep, WSU lists 24 freshmen and sophomores and 20 juniors and seniors.
MOST STARTS: Austin Matson and Reed Raymond each have made 24 starts in their Cougar career, although Raymond is now out for the year with a knee injury...here are the players with the most starts going into the BSU game:
Austin Matson -- 24 straight [24 total]
Reed Raymond -- 24 of last 26 games [24 total]
Billy Newman -- 15 straight [16 total]
Chris Martin -- 15 straight (missed 1999) [15 total]
James Price -- 13 of last 15 (missed 1999) [14 total]
Deon Burnett - 13 of last 14 games [13 total]
Farwan Zubedi -- 11 of last 16 [11 total]
COUG FOOTBALL HAS TWO SETS OF TWINS: WSU's football roster in 2000 includes two sets of identical twins...they are offensive linemen Reed and Ryan Raymond (Moses Lake, Wash., born 10/23/77) and linebackers Brandon and Ryan Pickering (Monroe, Wash., born 3/31/77).
MORE BROTHERS: In addition to two sets of twins on the Cougar roster, there are five other pairs of brothers...they are Fred and Josh Shavies, Adam and Blair Hawkins, Pat and Collin Henderson, Raonall and Kealan Smith, and Deon and Anthony Burnett.
WSU-WASHINGTON CONNECTION: Two members of WSU's 2000 football roster boast brothers who have played at Washington...Cougar Ing Aleaga's brother Ink was a standout 1994-95-96, while Russell Mizin's brother was a senior in 1999.
WSU ON THE ROAD AT HOME: In years to come it may be a trivia question -- When did the Cougars play on the road at home?...Sept. 18, 1999 Idaho was officially the home team and the Cougars were the visiting team, complete with white uniforms...Idaho currently uses WSU's Martin Stadium as their home field in an effort to qualify for NCAA D-I status...the Vandal's Kibbie Dome is not large enough to allow Idaho to meet the average needed for D-I status...this year Idaho plays three home games in WSU's stadium.
BURNETT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Deon Burnett, a true freshman in 1999, notched the best season ever for a Cougar freshman running back...among his accomplishments:
- Burnett was the first true freshman at WSU to start at RB since Derek Sparks, 1991 (Sparks had one start),
- Burnett broke the Cougar record for rushing yards in a game by a freshman with 136 yards at ASU,
- Burnett's 974 rushing yards was a WSU freshman record, topping the previous mark of 425, Rueben Mayes, 1982,
- Burnett's 12 rushing touchdowns and 12 total touchdowns were the most ever by a Cougar freshman,
- Burnett scored four rushing touchdowns against ULL, a freshman record and one short of the school record,
BURNETT 2 SHORT OF 100: Deon Burnett came within two yards of his fifth 100-yard game, rushing for 98 yards and a 6.1 average against Idaho...through three games this year he has rushed for 180 yards, averaging 4.7 yards per carry, but he has yet to score a touchdown...his 100 yard games last year came consecutively against Cal (104), Louisiana-Lafayette (110), ASU (136) and OSU (112).
BURNETT NEARS 1200 RUSHING YARDS: Sophomore Deon Burnett has now run for 1,154 career yards, leaving him 585 yards short of a spot in WSU's top 10 list...Burnett would need to average 73 yards per game for the rest of the season to earn a spot on WSU's career list by season's end...tenth on WSU's all-time list is Dan Doornink, who gained 1,739 yards during career, 1974-77...ninth place is held by Bernard Jackson, who gained 1,779 during his two Cougar seasons, 1970 and 1971.
BURNETT SIDELINES: Sophomore Deon Burnett was sidelined last week against California with a bruised bone in his knee...the injury was suffered in practice the week of the game...his status for Boise State is not yet known.
MINNICH TOPS 100 YARDS: Dave Minnich, the ex-Marine running back who joined WSU this fall as a junior out of Mt. San Jacinto JC, ran for 118 yards against Utah to lead WSU's rushing game that produced 213 yards on the ground...during his two-year JC career, Minnich averaged 134 yards per game, so he certainly is no stranger to 100 yard games...he finished his career with 2,679 rushing yards.
TRUFANT PICKS FOURTH PASS: Sophomore Marcus Trufant, who had two interceptions while starting seven games last year, picked off two passes in WSU's first three games this season...Trufant picked off a pass at Utah, then made a diving interception against Idaho...as a true freshman last season, he had his first interception against Louisiana-Lafayette, then returned one 45 yards at Hawaii...this season the Wilson High of Tacoma graduate has made 22 tackles in WSU's four games, deflected two passes, forced and recovered a fumble against Stanford, and stolen two enemy passes.
LONG DRIVES: WSU has had six scoring drives of 70 yards or longer in the first four games, including five drives of 80 yards or more.
INJURIES: WSU's injury report for Monday, Oct. 2 from the training staff: Deon Burnett (knee, possible), James Price (broken hand, doubtful), Al Genatone (leg, questionable), Melvin Camarena (ankle sprain, questionable), Derrick Roche (quad bruise, probable), Tyler Hunt (knee bruise, probable), Tomasi Kongaika (knee sprain, questionable), Melvin Simmons (shoulder, doubtful), Farwan Zubedi (knee, possible), Nick Lambert (quad strain, doubtful), Serign Marong (back, probable) Jason White (ankle, possible), Rien Long (ankle, possible). Out indefinitely are: Ing Aleaga (broken foot), Lamont Thompson (neck), Wendell Smith (shoulder), Sam Lightbody (ruptured thumb ligament), Ira Davis (knee bruise), Reed Raymond (left knee, torn MCL).
LAMONT THOMPSON TO REDSHIRT: Senior Lamont Thompson, who shares the WSU record with 14 career interceptions, will redshirt during the 2000 season and rehab his sore neck that has kept him out of all workouts since spring...the senior is currently undergoing physical therapy and neck strengthening exercises...several visits to specialists revealed no structural damage to Thompson's neck area.
OFFENSE OFF TO GOOD START: WSU has generated 1,151 yards in total offense through three games, averaging 384 yards...the last time WSU generated more in the first three games was 1,427 in 1997.
COUGS STINGY IN FIRST QUARTER: WSU's defense has allowed 378 first quarter points in the last 84 games (4.50/quarter) over the past eight years...WSU allowed 41 first-quarter points in 1993, 29 in 1994, 45 in 1995, 43 in 1996, 48 in 1997, 87 in 1998, 71 in 1999 and 14 in 2000.
ZUBEDI AND HIS UNIQUE PET: Wide receiver Farwan Zubedi, one of WSU's four co-captains, has a unique pet that draws some folks to him while others will take the long way around him...Zubedi has a pet snake...not just your common garden snake hidden in the folds of his cloths or in a pocket...it's a 4-foot boa named Unique...hard to hide and not everyone's favorite pet...unfortunately neither Zubedi or Unique have seen action for the Cougs in the first two games...Zubedi missed the first week of fall camp after spilling his motorcycle the week before camp opened...he suffered a bruised and lacerated knee...he returned to practice the second week and was working his way to the top of the depth chart when an infection set in and he missed the first three games....he may return for limited play this week.
PRICE THIRD IN WINS: WSU coach Mike Price is third among the current Pacific-10 coaches with 107 wins... Arizona's Dick Tomey leads Pac-10 coaches with 156, followed by ASU's Bruce Snyder with 123 and Price...Price, in his 12th season at WSU, is second in consecutive years at the same school...Tomey is in his 13th year at Arizona.
MIKE PRICE AMONG WSU'S BEST: Only one Washington State football coach with tenure of five years or longer at WSU put together a better record than Mike Price...Price, in his 11 seasons at WSU, is 61-68-0 (.473), while his career mark is now 107-112-0...Babe Hollingbery was 93-53-14 (.625) during his 1926-42 (17 years) tenure...Price's record is the best at WSU in the last 50 years for coaches with a tenure of three or more years...Price's 61 wins at WSU ranks second to Hollingbery's 93...Jim Walden is third on the victory list at 44.
COUG LINE AVERAGES 291: WSU's offensive line currently weights in at a collective 1,459 pounds, or an average of 291.4 pounds...the heavyweights of the group include Phil Locker at 311 and Ryan Raymond at 304, while Josh Parrish weighed in at 284 this fall...the lightweights are Tyler Hunt and Derrick Roche, each at 280 pounds...prior to the loss of 312-pound Reed Raymond to a season-sending knee injury at California, the line averaged 294 pounds...last year's line weighed 1,489 and the 1998 line tipped the scales at a WSU record 1,508 pounds.
WSU SECOND IN PAC-10 DEFENSE: Since 1992 WSU has been in the top half of the conference in defense all but once (1992)...the Cougs won the defensive title in 1994, allowing 229 yards a game, the best average in the league since 1982 and the second best since 1971...in 1993 and 1997 WSU's defense was ranked second in the Pac-10.
COUGS SCORE OFTEN: Since 1980 WSU has averaged more than three touchdowns a game, currently boasting an average of 25.2 points per outing.
COUGS GO MARINES: While looking for a few good men the past two years, the WSU coaching staff discovered the Marines...a pair of WSU players are former Marines, Wendell Smith and Dave Minnich...Smith, from Spokane's Gonzaga Prep, joined the Cougars last fall as a freshman after four years in the service...this season WSU brought in running back Dave Minnich from Mt. San Jacinto College...originally from Stonington, Conn., Minnich spent four years in the Marines before going the jaycee route...Smith is currently sidelined following shoulder surgery in the spring.
RED ZONE: WSU has scored 8 times in 10 trips inside the 20 yard line in 2000, scoring 4 touchdowns to go with 4 field goals...here's a look at WSU's red zone success the last four years:
NOTHING LIKE HOME: The Washington State Cougars perform much better at home than on the road during Mike Price's 12 year tenure...at home the Cougars are 34-27 (55.7%) and on the road the team is 27-41 (39.7%)...WSU's 6-0 home record in 1997 is the best ever for the Cougars.
COUGARS VS. RANKED TEAMS: The Cougars have yet to meet a ranked team in 2000...WSU did not meet a ranked team in 1999...in 1998 WSU lost to No. 4 UCLA, No. 15 Oregon and No. 10 Arizona...in 1997 WSU defeated No. 22 USC and lost to 21st ranked ASU...unranked at the start of the season when WSU won, UCLA finished the year ranked seventh...in the final game of the year, WSU lost to co-national champion Michigan...in 1996 WSU lost at No. 5 Colorado, defeated No. 25 Oregon and No. 19 California and lost to No. 12 Washington...WSU, in 1995, suffered losses to three nationally ranked teams: No. 2 Nebraska, at No. 5 USC and at No. 12 Oregon.
TURNOVERS: WSU is +2 in turnovers this year...after a -1 in the opener against Stanford, the Cougs came back and were +1 at Utah and +2 against Idaho...WSU's turnover margin was -4 in 1999, -17 in 1998, -1 in 1997, -9 in 1996, 0 in 1995, +9 in 1994.
SCORING STREAKS: WSU currently has three significant scoring streaks on the line:
- The Cougars have scored in 191 consecutive Pacific-10 games, the longest active streak for any league team...the last time WSU was shut out in Pac-10 play was at Oregon State in 1975,
- WSU has scored in 182 consecutive games since a 44-0 shutout at Ohio State in 1984,
- The Cougars have scored in 159 consecutive home games since a 21-0 loss to Oregon State in Pullman in 1956.
MIKE PRICE TV SHOWS: The "Mike Price TV Show" airs Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. PT on KHQ, KNDO (Yakima) and KNDU (Tri-Cities) television stations....KHQ's John Fritz hosts the shows...FOX Sports Net Northwest's nightly (7:00 p.m.) Northwest Tonight program also gives extensive coverage to Price and Cougar football.
JIM STERK RADIO SHOW: "Cougar Conversation with (WSU AD) Jim Sterk" is aired each Sunday for 30 minutes at 10:30 a.m. on Spokane's KXLY Radio (920)...former Cougar player Paul Sorensen hosts the weekly show with the WSU athletic director.
WEEKLY WSU PRESS CONFERENCES: WSU hosts a weekly press conference each Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. in the Media Information Conference Room, Bohler Addition 195. All in-season head coaches and selected players (when available) will be available for the phone conference and in-person interviews. Contact the WSU Media Information Office for more information. Members of the media may attend in person or participate by use of the telephone.
LISTEN TO COUGAR GAMES ANYWHERE: Cougar football fans can listen to the Voice of the Cougars Bob Robertson's broadcasts, even if a network station is not in your locale. TRZ Sports Service Inc.'s "Teamline" provides the hookup directly into the Cougar Sports Network. Call 1-800-846-4700 and punch in the Cougar access code 5938. The cost is charged to your VISA or Mastercard.
LIVE TELEVISION: Pac-10 television action Saturday, Oct. 7, will include Arizona at USC on ABC regional at 12:30 p.m. PT and Stanford at Notre Dame on NBC at 10:30 a.m. PT. Fox Sports Net coverage will include California at Arizona State at 3:30 p.m. PT and Oregon State at Washington at 7 p.m. PT.
FSNW-TV: FOX Sports Net (Northwest) will replay Washington State's game against Boise State Oct. 8 at 10:00 a.m.
TICKETS: Tickets for all Cougar home and away games are available through the WSU Ticket Office, North 225 Grand, Pullman, Wash. 99164-1910, or by calling 800-GO-COUGS (available toll free from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands).
AUDIO ON INTERNET: WSU's football broadcasts are now available on the Internet through FANSonly, WSU's Web provider...the address is: http://www.wsucougars.com.
WSU RADIO: Bob Robertson, Scott Pelluer, Jeff Aaron, and Bud Nameck combine talents on the 24-station Cougar Sports Network. Robertson is in his 34th year of broadcasting Cougar sports, while Pelluer, a former Cougar player, is in his second season as a Cougar broadcaster. Broadcast time is 60 minutes prior to kickoff. Additionally, the one-hour "Mike Price Show," produced and distributed by Learfield Communications, airs weekly on most network stations live at 7:00 p.m.. Robertson is the show's regular host...all broadcasts are available via the internet. To listen, and for complete broadcast schedules, connect to wsucougars.com.
SATELLITE: WSU uplinks a 15-minute football video package each Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. (C-Band, Telstar 6, Transponder 19 V, 93 degree west, ) with coach and player interviews recorded at practice that afternoon...the service is provided by Northwest Public Television on the WSU campus (if trouble, call 509-335-5177). The Pacific-10 office transmits a weekly 30-minute highlight package each Wednesday at 12:00 noon PDT on Telstar 5, Transponder 16, C-Band (if trouble, call 310-543-1835 or the Pac-10 office).
PRICE AND PLAYERS AVAILABLE: WSU head football coach Mike Price is available for individual media interviews 11:00-Noon Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (expect prior to road games). Arrangements for Price interviews must be made through his office, 509-335-0250. WSU players are available for interviews before and after practice each Tuesday and Wednesday and before practice each Thursday. Contact Rebecka McKinney at the WSU Media Information Office.
PRICE PHONE CONFERENCES: Mike Price is available for media interviews three times weekly via a conference phone hookup, Sunday at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. and Thursday at 2:30 p.m. For access information contact the WSU Media Information Office.
COUGAR INFOCONNECTION: Members of the media may access WSU press releases, game statistics and other sports specific information through InfoConnection. For information on how to access information from all 10 Pac-10 schools and the Pac-10 office, contact the league office or any of the Pac-10 sports information offices.


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College Hockey:Returning Tataryn Shines As Colgate Dumps Sacred Heart
HAMILTON, N.Y. — It wasn't pretty and it wasn't smooth, but Colgate rode special-teams play to a 5-1 victory over visiting Sacred Heart on Friday.
Junior Zac Tataryn, who returned to the ice this season after a year away from the game, assisted on the Raiders' game-winning goal and scored the final tally of the contest in the third period, bringing his two-game total to three points on the young campaign.
"Zac played great," said Colgate (5-1-0, 0-0-0 ECACHL) head coach Don Vaughan. "Last week he got his feet wet after a year off, and we just know he's going to continue to get better. He brings a lot of energy to the game. He took a penalty because I think he had a little bit too much energy. But he'll settle down."
Tataryn intercepted a Sacred Heart (3-2-0, 3-0-0 AHL) clearing feed in the high slot and flicked a wrist shot past Pioneer goalie Jason Smith, giving Colgate its second five-goal game of the year.
"Their defense made a bad play and passed it right to me," he said. "I was one-on-one with the goalie, and I shelved it. I knew he was going to go down, so I put it top glove."
Tataryn showed quickness throughout the night, outracing defenders to loose pucks and spreading the Pioneer defense thin. His aggressive play led to an ill-advised penalty as well, as the Ottawa native chased every puck and hit forcefully.
"I get to the rink about two or three hours before and I just get really, really mad," said Tataryn. "When I get on the ice I have no lack of energy. I'm pretty much furious on every shift."
Of course, Tataryn merely joined the parade to the penalty box. Referee Jeff Fulton whistled 18 different players on 23 minor calls, issuing 19 power-play opportunities and 46 minutes in penalties.
"We're still all getting used to it," said Vaughan. "It's a learning experience. Some guys are calling it tighter than others. There wasn't a lot of flow early on, but I think the guys got used to it as the game wore on."
The choppy play only encouraged Tataryn, who sees his opportunities in the future multiplying thanks to current officials' practices.
"It breaks up the flow, but it's good for the little guys like me," he said. "It takes out the clutching and grabbing, and eventually the game's going to be better."
Colgate's special teams played a key role in their four-goal victory. The Raiders clicked with the man advantage, scoring three times on nine opportunities. Scoring leader Mike Campaner, tri-captain Darryl McKinnon, and the school's first-ever scholarship athlete, Marc Fulton, each found twine on the power play, posting the home team to a 3-0 advantage. Meanwhile, Colgate's penalty kill refused Sacred Heart a power play goal in 10 chances.
"I'm very happy about our penalty kill," said Vaughan. "That's something we worked a lot on this week. For me, it's about taking pride in it and having the confidence that you know you're going to kill it off."
The Raiders even scored a goal while down a man, as defenseman Joey Mormina blocked a cross-ice pass and tapped the rolling rubber past a sprawled Smith. The shorthanded tally marked Colgate's fourth of the season, equaling its total from all of last season.
"He had actually stepped up a few seconds before that to break things up, and when they tried to go back at him again he stepped up again. The puck just bounced in front of him, and only a guy with about a 20-foot wingspan like he has scores that goal. It was a great goal and a very important goal."
Sacred Heart managed to get on the board only once, when Rocco Molinaro roofed a perfectly-placed shot past Colgate netminder Steve Silverthorn. The Pioneers generated multiple chances, especially in the third period. Silverthorn turned aside multiple Sacred Heart rushes, including making three consecutive rebound saves without a stick.
"I think we maybe play down to the other team's level sometimes," said Tataryn. "Not to take any credit away from Sacred Heart… they were a lot better than I thought they were going to be. But if we play like that against Brown and Harvard next weekend, we're going to have some problems."
Sacred Heart, which entered the night's contest on a three-game winning streak, hopes to relocate that magic at Cornell on Saturday. Meanwhile, Colgate plays host to the Cadets before beginning league play against the Bears and the Crimson next weekend.
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Jax Taylor may be back on the market.
After a few months of on-and-of dating with Carmen Dickman, the pair seem to have grown apart and Dickman appears to be hinting that their relationship is very much over.
On May 12, following the rumored split, Dickman tweeted, "God will never give you something you can't handle #blessed." On May 13, she tweeted something even more telling.
In a message posted by the "Perfect Couple" Twitter account, Taylor appears to be targeted by Dickman for his recent behavior.
"I guess our parents stayed together simply because they didn't have 1000 other people following them or liking their pictures at their disposal when their marriage or relationship got hard," the message read. "Nowadays, when our relationship hits the rocks we can just log on and get high off of this false sense of security and appreciation. We value our worth based on comments and inbox messages filled with colorful words that have no depth. Meanwhile, the person who loves you when there is no filter on your face becomes an option & the rest of the world who just sees your representative becomes priority."
Although the tweeted message could be completely unrelated to Taylor -- and to their relationship -- it sure seems relevant. Since Taylor is in the public eye, he surely gets tons of compliments about his looks online, but would he really value strangers' opinions over that of his girlfriend?
Filming on season three of "Vanderpump Rules" began earlier this month, so if the two have split, fans will likely get to see it all go down when the series returns to Bravo.


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Oct. 7, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. -
Arizona Volleyball (10-6, 2-5) fell to No. 5 USC (12-3, 7-1), 3-0 (27-25, 25-21, 25-19) on Friday night at McKale Center. Senior Cursty Jackson (Los Angeles) led all players in kills with 17 and sophomore Candace Nicholson (Long Beach, Calif.) led all players with 15 digs.
"We were playing them and not executing well at the end," Arizona head coach David Rubio said. "We can stay with teams until the end, but when it counts the most, we don't execute."
USC came out strong in the first set, roaring out to a 10-5 lead, but the Wildcats never trailed by more than five. When the Trojans went up 20-15, Arizona scored four-consecutive points with two kills from Taylor Arizobal (Newport Beach, Cailf.) to narrow the score to 18-20. The teams traded points until USC had its first set point at 24-23, but the Wildcats held to even it at 24 on another Arizobal kill. Arizona held off two more set points, but the Trojans took set one, 27-25.
In the second set, the Wildcats came out strong after scoring the first two points and stretching the lead to 4-1, but USC came back on a 9-1 run to make the score 11-6. The Trojans led 21-14 and Arizona fought back to make the score 23-20, but USC finished the second set 25-21.
The Wildcats went up 5-1 in the third set, but the Trojans came back and tied the score at 6-6. The teams played evenly until USC pulled away and won set three 25-19.
Arizona freshman Madi Kingdon (Phoenix, Ariz.) recorded her 10th double-digit match of the season with 10 kills and senior Marketa Hanzlova (Liberec, Czech Republic) added 11 digs.
"I like my team, we are getting better every week," Rubio said. "We are in position to win but we are just not getting it done at the end. If you are putting four freshmen on the floor, you are going to take some lumps."
Alex Jupiter led the Trojans with 16 kills and Sara Shaw contributed three blocks.
The Wildcats will return to McKale Center on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. to take on No. 2 UCLA.
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text: Nov 26, 2012 19:01 Despite compromise talk, fiscal deal is still elusive Despite compromise talk, fiscal deal is still elusive FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, file photo, shoppers wait on a check-out line in the Times Square Toys-R-Us store after doors were opened to the public at 8 p.m., in New York. U.S. shoppers hit stores and websites at record numbers over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, according to a survey released by the National Retail Federation on Sunday. They were attracted by retailers' efforts to make shopping easier, including opening stores on Thanksgiving evening, updating mobile shopping applications for smartphones and tablets, and expanding shipping and layaway options. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) JIM KUHNHENN| Associated Press Nov. 26, 2012; 7:00 p.m. Comments WASHINGTON (AP) — Talk of compromise on a broad budget deal greeted returning lawmakers Monday, but agreement still seemed distant as the White House and congressional Republicans ceded little ground on a key sticking point: whether to raise revenue through higher tax rates or by limiting tax breaks and deductions. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, pressed his case for revenue derived by reducing tax loopholes rather than raising tax rates on wealthy taxpayers, as President Barack Obama insists. Boehner, voicing the Republican stance, said: "The American people support an approach that involves both major spending cuts and additional revenue via tax reform with lower tax rates." At the White House, Obama spokesman Jay Carney reiterated the president's pledge not to sign legislation that extends current tax rates to the top 2 percent of income earners. "That is a firm position," Carney said. Congress and Obama have until the end of the year to avoid across-the-board tax increases that would do away with rates set during the administration of President George W. Bush and restore higher tax rates in place during President Bill Clinton's administration when the economy was robust and the federal government had a budget surplus. White House and congressional leadership aides said Obama spoke separately with House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over the weekend. The aides would not reveal details of the conversations. Obama last met with the bipartisan congressional leadership to discuss the fiscal cliff on Nov. 16. No new meetings have been announced. Boehner and other GOP leaders planned to meet Wednesday with members of a bipartisan coalition of former members of Congress and business leaders that has advocated cuts in spending in major health care programs as well as changes in the tax code to raise more money but also to lower rates. Obama met with some members of that same coalition earlier this month. Top officials from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and from the Business Roundtable met with senior White House aides on Monday. In addition to looming tax hikes, the new year could also result in steep spending cuts in defense and domestic programs. Lawmakers and the White House fear that such a combined "fiscal cliff" would undercut the military and set back an economic recovery. Republicans say that while they are open to revenue increases, Obama also has to agree to reductions in entitlement spending, particularly in massive health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Carney on Monday said Obama was open to changes in those programs, but said Obama does not want to address Social Security as part of the fiscal cliff discussions. "The president has long made clear that he is open to discussions about strengthening Social Security as part of a separate track," Carney said, adding that Social Security is not contributing to the deficit. Looking to buttress their case on taxes, White House economists warned Monday that the uncertainty of a potential hike in taxes next year for middle class taxpayers could hurt consumer confidence during the crucial holiday shopping season. In a new report, President Barack Obama's National Economic Council and his Council of Economic Advisers said that if lawmakers don't halt the automatic increase in taxes for households earning less than $250,000, consumers might even curtail their shopping during the current holiday season. Alan Krueger, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said it was important for Congress to extend the current rates for middle class taxpayers "without delay, without drama" to avoid a drop in consumer confidence. "As we approach the holiday season, which accounts for close to one-fifth of industry sales, retailers can't afford the threat of tax increases on middle-class families," the report said. Meanwhile, the stock market edged lower in the morning as the outcome of the budget talks remained inconclusive. Retailers such as Macy's, Target and Saks were down, amid fears that consumers might cut back this season. But the National Retail Federation reported earlier that 247 million shoppers visited stores and shopping websites during the long Thanksgiving weekend, up 9 percent from a year ago. They spent an average of $423, up 6 percent. The White House report also said a sudden increase in taxes for middle-income taxpayers would reduce consumer spending in 2013 by nearly $200 billion, significantly slowing the economic recovery. The figures echo estimates by private forecasters and by the Congressional Budget Office. Many middle income taxpayers also would be exposed to automatic tax increases under the Alternative Minimum Tax, which is designed to guarantee a certain level of tax payment by wealthier taxpayers. According to the report, a married couple earning between $50,000 and $85,000 with two children would see a $2,200 increase in their taxes. Obama wants the Bush-era tax rates to remain at their current level for households earning less than $250,000. He is calling on Congress to increase taxes for families earning more than that threshold. Obama's plan is part of an overall deficit reduction package that would increase tax revenue by about $1.5 trillion and reduce spending by a similar amount over 10 years. Congressional Republicans, led by Boehner, have said they are open to including discussions about additional revenue but have balked at any plan that raises tax rates on the wealthy. They argue that the higher rates would also hit some small businesses, stifling economic growth. Instead, they have advocated changes in the tax code that would eliminate tax breaks and loopholes that primarily benefit the wealthy. Several key Republican lawmakers have also said they would not be bound by a no-tax-increase pledge that they have adhered to in the past. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Monday that the rapidly approaching deadline accounts for the more serious tone to the debate, but also reaffirmed the GOP's opposition to raising tax rates for the wealthy. "We've got to have the president step up and say, here's my position on how we reform these entitlements and start managing down the deficits," he said. —— Associated Press writer Andrew Taylor contributed to this report. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Georgia Tech's APR Scores Reach Record High
Eleven Yellow Jacket team saw scores improve or remain the same
June 11, 2013
THE FLATS -- The Academic Progress Report (APR), released Tuesday afternoon by the NCAA, confirmed that Georgia Tech's APR scores have improved once again and are at a record high. For the 2011-12 school year, Yellow Jacket student-athletes collectively exceeded a score of 985, the highest score to date for Georgia Tech.
Highlights of the report include:
"It is very encouraging to see that our Academic Progress Rate scores continue to climb each year, and that our student-athletes are excelling in the classroom," Georgia Tech athletic director Mike Bobinski said. "Congratulations to all of our student-athletes, coaches and academic support personnel for their hard work and commitment to academic achievement."
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Wishes is Disney Cruise Lines newest original stage show, presented exclusively aboard the Disney Fantasy.
The stage spectacular, performed in the 1,340-seat Walt Disney Theatre, is a heartfelt story about three best friends who discover the secret to being a grown-up is staying connected to their inner child.
Full-scale production numbers and special effects bring excitement to the stage as the cast performs original songs and classic Disney tunes with a contemporary twist, including Ive Got No Strings from Pinocchio featuring Pinocchio and marionettes.


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Mingo County Vows to Continue Drug Trade Crackdown
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WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) - Williamson Police Chief Dave Rockel says the crackdown on Mingo County's drug trade will continue, and the slaying of Sheriff Eugene Crum has only "awakened the sleeping giant."
Rockel commands the county's drug task force. He says dealers should know Operation Zero Tolerance will continue. He tells media outlets investigators will honor Crum's legacy, and no tip will be ignored.
Crum's widow, Rosie, is serving as interim sheriff but won't go on patrol.
She'll perform administrative duties until the county holds an election in May 2014 to fill the remainder of her husband's term.
Shooting suspect Tennis Maynard, meanwhile, remains hospitalized. State Police said Tuesday he's up and moving but considered critical because of a gunshot wound to the liver.
A deputy shot him in a chase after the shooting.
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February 16, 1999
This Week - UCLA In Seattle For Dual & Team Indoors
UCLA travels to Seattle where it will face the University of Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 16, then compete in the USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships hosted by Washington Feb. 18-21. The Bruins' first round opponent in the tournament will be Southern Methodist University.
New Rankings Due Out Tuesday, Feb. 16
The First ITA National rankings of 1999 will be released on Tuesday, Feb. 16. UCLA currently has two individuals ranked in singles, but two of the top three Bruin players did not compete enough during the fall to retain a ranking and are expected to reappear.
About This Week's Opponents - Washington & SMU
The University of Washington is ranked No. 18 entering the week and has two singles player and one doubles team listed in the fall edition of the national rankings. Robert Kendrick is No. 8 entering the season and brings a 16-3 overall record into the week, while Andy Posavac is tied for No. 96. Eric Drew played the most recent at No. 1 singles and remains undefeated, 6-0, in duals. The doubles team of Kendrick and Nick Quatrochi is listed No. 25 in the rankings. The Huskies entered the week 5-1 in dual matches and are 1-1 in Pac-10 action. Last year, UCLA suffered its first loss of the series at Washington (2-5), then won 4-2 in Los Angeles to bring the series record to 10-1.
Southern Methodist is tied for No. 10 in the fall edition of the national rankings and owns a 6-1 record entering the week. The Mustangs have three singles players and two doubles teams listed in the fall edition of the national rankings. Leading the way in a tie for the No. 17 slot is senior Ignacio Hirigoyen who enters the week 16-8 overall and 5-2 in the No. 1 singles slot. SMU's top doubles team of junior Dustin Mauck and senior Keith Pollak is ranked No. 7 and boast a 16-7 overall record, including a 4-3 mark in the No. 1 position. UCLA owns a 12-2 advantage in the all-time series with SMU.
Last Week - Bruins Victorious Over San Diego & USC
UCLA improved its home record to 5-0 with victories over the University of San Diego and cross-town rival USC last week. Despite a chilly day, the Bruins posted their third sweep of the season en route to the 7-0 win over San Diego on Wednesday. The largest crowd of the season turned out for the annual battle with rival USC on a beautiful sunny Friday afternoon. UCLA dropped the doubles point for the first time this season, but managed to recover and register a solid 5-2 win over the Trojans.
Player Notables - Keeping The Slate Clean
Three Bruins are undefeated in singles dual matches entering the week. Sophomore Chris Sands owns a 7-0 record with matches in the Nos. 4-6 positions, while junior Marcin Rozpedski is 3-0 in the Nos. 5 and 6 slots and sophomore Noah Newman won his only dual in the No. 6 position. The Bruins No. 2 doubles team of senior Jason Cook and junior Brandon Kramer is also undefeated in dual matches. Their 7-0 slate includes one win in the No. 1 slot, and the duo is 9-1 overall.
UCLA's top doubles team of sophomore Jean-Noel Grinda and junior Jong-Min Lee had their perfect dual record tarnished on Friday with a loss to USC's team of Ryan Moore and Nicholas Rainey. This is the same team which handed Grinda/Lee its only other loss during tournament action on Jan. 16.
Next Up - Bruins Return Home To Host UC Irvine & Rice
The Bruins return home to host the twice rescheduled UC Irvine match on Thursday, Feb. 25 then entertain Rice on Saturday, Feb. 27. Both matches begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Los Angeles Tennis Center and admission is FREE.
UCLA MTN Quick Facts
Current Team Rank: Tie No. 5 - Fall (12/8)
Team's Dual Match Record: 6-1
Pac-10 Record: 2-1
Head Coach: Billy Martin (6th season)
Current Career Dual-match Record: 116-26
Last Year's Record: 17-8 overall, 5-2 Pac-10
Final Team Ranking: Nation - 7
Bruins' Last Lineup w/Records
Pos. Name Dual Overall 1S Jean-Noel Grinda 6-1 13-2 2S Zack Fleishman 4-2 10-7 3S Jason Cook 6-1 7-2 4S Brandon Kramer 6-1 16-6 5S Jong-Min Lee 2-2 8-5 6S Chris Sands 7-0 14-4 7S Marcin Rozpedski 3-0 3-0 8S Noah Newman 1-0 7-4 1D Grinda / Lee 5-1 5-2 2D Cook / Kramer 7-0 9-1 3D Rozpedski / Sands 1-2 1-2Bruins In The 98-99 ITA National Rankings
Team Fall Doubles PS Fall UCLA 5 tie Grinda/Lee 23 NA
Singles PS Fall Singles PS Fall Cook 63 NA Fleishman 85 66 Grinda 10 NA Lee 36 Kramer t92


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College Hockey:Michigan Survives Mercyhurst on Hilbert's Late Goal
Lakers Earn Praise in Defeat, Just Miss 'Miracle' Win
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Someone forgot to tell the Mercyhurst Lakers that they were supposed to lie down for this one.
"I guess I'm as happy as I could be without winning a hockey game," said Lakers head coach Rick Gotkin.
[q]No. 6 seed Mercyhurst took No. 3 seed Michigan for quite a ride in their first-round Western Regional match. The Wolverines managed to pull ahead with four minutes left in regulation for a 4-3 victory, but the Lakers scored first, came from behind to tie the game late in the opening stanza, took another lead early in the third, and came very close to pulling off the upset of the tournament, all in spite of being outshot 51-24 before a decidedly Michigan crowd.
"We knew we had a daunting task," said Gotkin. "I felt as long as we stayed in the game … that we'd have a chance. We felt that way obviously until the last three minutes, and even after they scored … we had a couple of pretty good looks at their goal."
Michigan head coach Red Berenson conceded that the Lakers "could have won the game."
"I think a lot of people were wondering what kind of a team Mercyhurst would be," said Berenson, "and I think they saw that they're a good hockey team, obviously an excited team. They stayed in a game that maybe could have gone one way or the other, just as we had to stay in that game.
"Certainly Mercyhurst … represented their conference well."
Mark Kosick tied the game in the third for the Wolverines and Andy Hilbert had the game winner with 3:33 left in regulation. Josh Blackburn made 21 saves in the win, but Peter Aubry was spectacular at the other end, stopping 47 of 51 for the Lakers.
"We couldn't score on our best chances," said Berenson, "and certainly Aubry played a solid game for them."
It was Mike Muldoon who scored the first-ever NCAA tournament goal for Mercyhurst and a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) team, assisted by Louis Goulet. Goulet fished the puck from the right corner and passed to Muldoon in the slot. Blackburn, drawn right to defend against Goulet, left an essentially open net for Muldoon, who sent it home at 3:31 in the first to give the Lakers their initial lead.
Four minutes later, The Wolverines answered with two goals six seconds apart, gaining momentum from Blackburn's point-blank stonewall of Peter Rynshoven's shot from the crease, six minutes and change into the game. At 7:11, Scott Matzka took the puck across the blue line into the Mercyhurst zone, changed directions, went from backhand to forehand, and wristed it clean past Aubry to tie it up.
Then at 7:17, after winning the ensuing post-goal faceoff, Mike Cammalleri put Michigan ahead by one with his slapshot from the top of the slot.
With two quick goals and a wide shot margin, the rest of the period seemed to belong to the Wolverines, until Brad Olsen put Mercyhurst back in it with his backhander at 18:31. Capitalizing on a turnover behind the Wolverine net, Olsen poked the puck in between Blackburn and the right post, low and close in.
The game remained tied at 2-2 through two, with Michigan outshooting Mercyhurst 36-15 going into the third.
Adam Tackaberry put the Lakers ahead with his goal at 6:15, picking up Jody Robinson's rebound on a Laker power play. Blackburn stopped Robinson's shot from the lower right circle but gave up a big hop that went to straight to Tackaberry, who tucked it in behind Blackburn from the left of the crease.
Behind a goal with a dozen minutes left in regulation, Kosick said the Wolverines were "definitely desperate. We had been getting chances all game."
It was Kosick who made one of those chances count on the Michigan power play at 9:22 to tie the game yet again, netting a goal-scorer's goal from the bottom of the left circle. Aubry went low, and the crashing Kosick went high to make it 3-3.
Hilbert's one-timer from Jay Vancik and Mike Cammalleri won the day for the Wolverines at 16:27. Cammalleri took the draw in the left Laker circle and dropped it back for Vancik, who passed to Hilbert high in the slot. Hilbert fired and beat Aubry midway up on the glove side, nothing but net.
"This was definitely a tough game," said Hilbert. "Both goaltenders played a great game in net. We knew it would tighten up in the end. We had nerves at the beginning, but we were able to pull it together in the end."
Berenson said he liked the way the Wolverines played when they were behind in the third.
"Like Mark said, there was some desperation, but also there was some patience. We stuck to our team game in the third period, and that was important. Had they scored again it could have been lights out, but we got the goals we needed. We've been here before but still I like the way our team handled some adversity tonight."
With a record of 26-12-5, Michigan advances to play the No. 2 seed St. Cloud State Huskies Sunday at 5:30 p.m. The MAAC champion Lakers end their season 22-12-5.
"This has been a tremendous experience for me personally and certainly for all of our kids," said Gotkin. "This is something that we've never known or experienced but it really has been our honor.
"I'm sad … but I'm not disappointed. I've really had the privilege to work with 27 fantastic guys that made me look like a genius most nights."
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"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Peter Thomas may be a married man, but he is smart enough to know that he can't cheat on Cynthia by hanging out with random women at the bar. In fact, he even has his own bar where fans from the show often come in to hang out. Last week, Life & Style reported that he had been spotted flirting with another woman and immediately, there were rumors of cheating. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on Jan. 27, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Peter Thomas' supposed cheating turned out to be false.
The article claimed that "Peter was flirting up a storm and grinding on a brunette named Ella," with their source adding, "And he was giving people a thumbs-up while she did it! He also put his hands around her waist and nuzzled her neck." Eyewitnesses revealed that the two had a great time, which only sparked the rumors. "There was tons of laughing, flirting…and twerking," the source added. However, Peter was ready to fight back.
"So many of y'all so desperately want 2 see my marriage fail. But guess what? It ain't gonna happen. Now, I can't even dance w/ my 30yo kid!" Peter shot back at the rumors. It turns out that "the other woman" was indeed his grown daughter. "This is the BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN I WAS ALLEGEDLY CHEATING ON MY WIFE WITH AT THE GLODEN GLOBE PARTY, my daughter. Get it right media # ediot," Peter revealed.
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HTC event to take place on April 12, GSM HTC Evo 3D may be unveiled
HTC announced that it would host an event in London, UK, next month, on April 12.
While the company doesn't say what's going to happen then, the invite for the event may give us a clue. More exactly, the invite's 3D-ish background suggests that HTC could be getting ready to officially introduce the GSM version of the Evo 3D (which should, naturally, be released in Europe soon).
The HTC Pyramid – which was seen in some live photos just recently – might also be unveiled.
Of course, HTC could have other plans for April 12, which don't include new smartphones.
Maybe new tablets, then? We don't know, but that's a possibility, too.
Via Engadget