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It was announced today that 12 regular-season Connecticut Sun games will be televised live on CPTV Sports. The first game to be televised will be on Sunday, May 18, when the Sun travel to Minnesota to take on Maya Moore and the Minnesota Lynx. This will be the third straight year CPTV will carry Sun games, and all of the CPTV telecasts will be road contests.
A complete schedule of games that will air live on CPTV Sports is as follows (all times Eastern):
- Sun., May 18 @ Minnesota Lynx, 5 p.m.
- Wed., May 21 @ Chicago Sky, 12:30 p.m.
- Fri., May 30 @ Chicago Sky, 8:30 p.m.
- Fri., June 13 @ New York Liberty, 7:30 p.m.
- Sat., July 5 @ Tulsa Shock, 8 p.m.
- Thurs., July 10 @ Indiana Fever, 12 p.m.
- Tues., July 15 @ Seattle Storm, 3 p.m.
- Thurs., July 17 @ Phoenix Mercury, 10 p.m.
- Tues., July 29 @ Atlanta Dream, 12 p.m.
- Fri., Aug. 1 @ San Antonio Stars, 8 p.m.
- Sun., Aug. 3 @ Los Angeles Sparks, 3:30 p.m.
- Fri., Aug. 8 @ New York Liberty, 7:30 p.m.
In addition, 18 Sun games will be webcast on WNBA Live Access (including all five games in May), while NBA TV will televise five Sun games, and ESPN2 one.
The first independently owned WNBA franchise (before the Sun moved from Orlando where they were known as the Miracle, all WNBA teams had been affiliated with NBA counterparts), the Sun has qualified in eight of its 11 years in the Nutmeg State, and have reached the WNBA Finals twice.
For a complete 2014 Connecticut Sun television schedule, please click HERE.
CPTV Sports is available on the following cable channels in Connecticut:
Comcast, channel 966 (with Comcast Danbury, Bethel and Ridgefield on channel 256)
Cox Communications, channel 805
Cablevision, channel 139
Charter, channel 223
Thames Valley, channel 87
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In addition, CPTV Sports is available over the air on channels 24.3 (Hartford), 49.3 (Bridgeport), 53.3 (Norwich) and 65.3 (New Haven). CPTV Sports will be available on AT&T U-Verse fall 2014. The station also has a channel on YouTube offering programming highlights.
The Connecticut Sun will open their 2014 season on Friday night when they entertain the New York Liberty, led by UConn legend and former Sun superstar Tina Charles. Tip-off is at 7:05 p.m., and tickets can be purchased by clicking HERE.


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"You have to always remember to be yourself."
- Vanessa Minnillo
Vanessa Minnillo was crowned Miss Teen South Carolina and then Miss Teen USA in 1998, and since then has found fame as a TV host and personality, most notably as a VJ on MTV's Total Request Live from 2003 to 2007. She's recently been romantically linked to Nick Lachey.
Now that she's in her mid-20s, Vanessa Minnillo's raw sexual power has matured. Ask anyone who's seen her bikini spread in Stuff magazine, or her cover on American Cheerleader magazine -- she's gone from hot to sizzling.
Vanessa Minnillo BiographyVanessa Minnillo was born on November 9, 1980, at Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga, Philippines. Her father, Vince Minnillo, was a USAF aircrew member stationed at the base. Her mother, Helen Berecero, was a Filipina who Vince had met and married while stationed in the country. Vanessa was raised alongside an adopted brother, Vincent, two years older than her.
Vanessa traveled widely throughout her childhood. When she was 1 year old, the family moved to Los Angeles where, in 1983, her parents separated. Vanessa moved with her mother to Florida, then to Nevada. Following a 1986 divorce, Vanessa's mother entered into a second marriage with another serviceman. The new family moved to Turkey.
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Vanessa was forced to flee the country with her mother and brother when Iraq, Turkey's neighbor, invaded Kuwait in 1990. Upon their return to the U.S., Vanessa and her brother were dropped off at their father's doorstep. They haven't heard from their mother since.
Vanessa and her brother settled into life with their father and stepmother in Charleston, South Carolina. Vanessa always excelled scholastically, even as she attended seven different schools while abroad, and she continued to excel at Charleston's Bishop England High School.
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In 1997, Vanessa was encouraged to enter a beauty pageant by her boyfriend's father. That October, she was crowned Miss Teen South Carolina. The victory qualified her to compete in the national Miss Teen USA pageant. In August 1998, she swept all categories at the event, held in Shreveport, Louisiana. Unfortunately, live coverage of her remarkable win was pre-empted by a televised address by then-president Bill Clinton about the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Vanessa returned to high school, where she continued life as an honor student and head cheerleader. She spent her weekends, however, traveling the country as Miss Teen USA and as a national spokeswoman for The Partnership Against Drugs.
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Although she felt that a college degree is essential, the immediate opportunities for Vanessa coming out of high school were such that she wanted to strike while the iron was hot and pursue a career in showbiz. An appearance on Live With Regis and Kathie Lee had demonstrated that she had natural ease in front of the camera.
Vanessa moved to Los Angeles and worked as a host on Fox Sports Net and ESPN, and enjoyed a stint on the daytime soap The Bold and The Beautiful. She was a runner-up for replacing Brooke Burke on E!'s Wild On.
In 2003, Vanessa did her first work for MTV. She appeared on Beach House 2003, and network execs were pleased with her work. In September 2003, she started working full-time at MTV's Times Square studio in New York City. In addition to ad hoc voice work, she was a regular VJ on Total Request Live until 2007.
vanessa minnillo is named no. 97 in 2008 top 99Vanessa continues to host other shows and specials, including 2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion, Spring Break Celebrity Fantasies, MTV Prom Date, and Never Before Scene: I, Robot.
Vanessa Minnillo also found herself in the spotlight during a fling with New York Yankee Derek Jeter.
Although Vanessa Minnillo owes a great deal of her stardom and popularity to her tabloid-watched relationship with Nick Lachey, her spot on AskMen.com's 2008 Top 99 Most Desirable Women list proves that she's not just another pretty face that's going to fade into celebrity oblivion.

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2. Roadrunner 4 years ago
I wouldn't want a balloon animal from this guy... especially when he comes out of the bathroom after a performance!
Me too #4 - I find it difficult to watch movies about divers running out of oxygen underwater for the same reason. By the time I'm nearly blue in the face I remember that it's only a movie and I can start breathing again.
6. stretchpadawan 4 years ago
Yep, i got the gaggs as well.
So, later on, does he "pass" the balloon?
7. Threeme2189 4 years ago
I bet he burps like an elephant after that
Enjoy. it is a trick after all.


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Senior Zach Dahleen wrapped up his superb Saluki career on Saturday; Photo Credit by Chris Zoeller
May 31, 2014
By Tyler Wooten
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Saluki track and field concluded its stay in Fayetteville as five Salukis competed on the final day of the NCAA West Region Preliminary Round Championships at Arkansas' John McDonnell Field on Saturday.
Southern's first event of the day was the men's discus where junior Curtis Wideman and sophomore Josh Freeman were each looking to punch a second ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on June 11-14. However, both Salukis fell short in the event. Freeman finished up in 38th place overall at 51.67m (169-06), and Wideman took 47th at 49.23m (161-06).
SIU was next represented by senior Zach Dahleen in the 1500 meter run quarterfinals. After qualifying Thursday night, Dahleen fell short of booking a return trip to the national meet as he finished 23rd overall at 3:54.42. Today's performance wraps up an extraordinary Saluki career for Dahleen, who was a seven-time Missouri Valley Conference champion and holds the all-time SIU records in the 1500 (3:41.18) and indoor mile (4:00.16) -- in addition to two All-MVC finishes in cross country as well. In 2012 Dahleen earned Second-Team All-American status in the 1500 as a national qualifier.
Fellow Saluki senior Kenya Culmer also concluded a superb career at Southern after bowing out in the high jump in a tie for 31st place (1.67m/5-05.75). Culmer was a two-time MVC Champion and four-time NCAA West Region qualifier in the high jump, and during her time in Carbondale she broke and reset both the indoor (1.83m/6-00.00) and outdoor (1.80m/5-11.25) all-time SIU marks multiple times. Culmer earned a trip to the national meet indoors this past year after winning the MVC indoor title on a dramatic career-best clearance of 1.83m (6-00.00).
In the end, the Salukis ended up with six national qualifying performances from five student-athletes on the first two days of the regional meet. Earning a trip to Eugene were: junior Josh Freeman (shot put), junior Ashley Gaston (discus, shot put), freshman Kyle Landon (high jump), sophomore Alexus Scott (shot put) and junior Curtis Wideman (hammer throw). Five national qualifiers are the most for Southern outdoors in two seasons since SIU sent 12 to the national meet in 2012.
"It was a really good meet," said SIU head coach Connie Price-Smith. "I was excited we got five through. I was getting a little greedy today, I was hoping for a couple more to qualify. I was hoping Zach or Kenya would be able to sneak in tonight. But, overall I think it was a really good meet in a tough three days of competition."
Since Coach Price-Smith took over the combined men's and women's track and field programs in 2004-05, Southern has accumulated 44 outdoor national qualifiers (4.4 per year) and has had at least two representatives at the national meet outdoors each year. Over the past five seasons alone (dating back to 2010) SIU has had 27 outdoor national qualifiers.
This is the first trip to outdoor nationals for each qualifier this year, and Freeman is the only one with any NCAA championship meet experience as he was an indoor qualifier this past season in the shot put (10th place).
"None of them have been there before," Price-Smith said. "Josh made it indoors, but outdoors has a different feel. My hope is that they can go out and make finals and finish top-eight."
For a handful of SIU's qualifiers -- particularly Scott in the shot put, Gaston in the discus and Wideman in the hammer throw -- this weekend was a proving ground as they were each up against higher-seeded competition and not expected to do as well as they did.
"Curtis and Alexus both had to PR to make it in, and they did," Price-Smith said. "Curtis was sitting in 10th and then he got bumped down, and then he got bumped down again, and we told him he needed to get in and get after it and he did it. I think already having Josh and others in the meet at that point made him push that much more to not be left behind."
Price-Smith attests that the same could happen in Eugene with the whole group, as SIU and the rest of the West Region will join the qualifiers in the East Region for a highly competitive championship meet.
"You never know what's going to happen," Price-Smith said. "Coming into this some of our athletes weren't ranked very high, but they ended up qualifying anyway. I'm really proud of all of them, and I know there's more left in them."


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Hoelzle, L E; Helbling, M; Hoelzle, K; Ritzmann, M; Heinritzi, K; Wittenbrink, M M (2007). First LightCycler real-time PCR assay for the quantitative detection of Mycoplasma suis in clinical samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 70(2):346-54.
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Mycoplasma suis cannot be cultivated in vitro. Therefore, PCR-based methods are irreplaceable for the diagnosis of M. suis infections especially when clinical symptoms are not evident. Currently, no easy and reliable method allowing the quantitative detection of M. suis is available. This report describes the development of a quantitative LightCycler PCR assay based on the msg1 gene of M. suis (LC MSG1 PCR). No PCR signals were obtained with closely related haemotrophic and non-haemotrophic mycoplasmas, with other bacteria, and with M. suis-free blood and tissue arguing for a high analytical specificity. Test sensitivity was found to be 100%, and test specificity 96.7%. To test the diagnostic suitability of the LC MSG1 PCR, 25 pigs with clinical porcine eperythrozoonosis and 25 healthy pigs were investigated. All ill pigs revealed a positive real-time PCR result whereas only one healthy pig was detected to be M. suis-infected. M. suis was quantitatively detected in 19 blood specimens of 100 sows from Switzerland and in 17 of 160 post-weaning piglets from Germany. In conclusion, this new LC MSG1 PCR assay represents a powerful tool for the improvement of the current M. suis diagnosis and for prevalence and pathogenesis studies.
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When China welcomed the dawn of the Chinese New Year 2014 on January 31, it wasn't just the Asian nation who decided to celebrate.
The West too has taken interest in the Lunar New Year , with 15-day festivities ready to be kicked off.
From China to Australia, the whole of the globe begin their celebrations when the first new moon of the Lunar New Year rises and will continue to be part of all the fun till the end of the full moon day, said an IBTimes report on January 31.
In Australia, people of Sydney have geared up for a three-week festival, no less. In what could be the world's largest Lunar New Year festivals outside China, Australia gets into festivities mode in gay abandon.
For the US, the Chinese New Year turns out to be a tourism boon, with more and more Chinese planning holiday visits to the American shores.
It has been reported that 1.5 million Chinese tourists had visited the US in 2012, and spent more than $8.8 billion. The numbers are expected to zoom this time around.
Termed the Year of the Horse, this year London too is all lit up for the festivities. The European destination joins Australia as the biggest ever lover of the Chinese New Year festivities.
Parades, entertainment shows, shopping fun and the color Red take over every nook and corner of the world where the New Year is celebrated.


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Conversation Partners Employment Opportunities
The Writing Center's Conversation Partners program serves international and ESL students who wish to practice listening and speaking in English. Conversation Partners meet one-on-one with language learners to provide friendly conversation and informal language teaching. Ideal candidates will have experience living, working, or studying abroad; interest and/or experience in language teaching and learning about other cultures; current or recent enrollment in a language-related course. Conversation partners will have regularly scheduled shifts of 5-15 hours per week at a rate of $10/hour.
If you are interested in applying, you should send your resume (or CV), a cover letter, and three professional references (contact information only) to Elisabeth Ursell at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Your cover letter should tell us, briefly, a little about you--your academic interests; your experiences with languages and international cultures. Please also tell us what interests you about working with the Conversation Partners program.
Your references should include contact information for three people (recommendation letters are not required). These references should be either faculty who know your academic skills, general engagement in international cultures and ability to work with peers, or current/previous employers who can speak to your strengths as an employee. A combination of both would be ideal.
Application materials should be emailed to Elisabeth Ursell at email@example.com.
Application deadline: April 18, 2016
Please note that due to the large number of applicants we typically receive, not every applicant will be contacted for an interview. If you do not hear back from us within a week of the application deadline, you may email Liz at email@example.com to inquire about your application status.
Interested in volunteering? Please note that volunteering opportunities are granted on a case by case basis.
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Our Meet and Greet events. Meet and Greets provide an opportunity for international and IELP students to chat with alumni, volunteers, and our staff in a larger group setting while enjoying games and food. More information on dates and times of Meet and Greets can be found here (link to schedule).
Language Exchanges (coming soon!): Starting Fall 2014, we will be offering language exchanges for the following languages: Mandarin-English, Korean-English, and Arabic-English. If interested, email Liz at firstname.lastname@example.com indicating what language you'd like to practice.
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Cathy Zimmer-David Zimmer Quilt Cold Case: CBS News is reporting today that two brothers have been arrested and charged with the unsolved murder of a California woman who was killed 25 years ago. Authorities say David Zimmer, 66, of Half Moon Bay and his brother Robert Zimmer, 69, of Santa Clara are charged with murder of former San Jose resident Cathy Zimmer, 38.
Cathy Zimmer Cold Case Summary:
Cather Zimmer is a 38-year-old mother who disappeared in 1989 after attending classes at a local college. She was later found wrapped in a handmade quilt in a car located at the airport, according to NBC News.
The South Bay woman had been strangled to death. The case has gone unsolved for more than two decades, until her husband was arrested in March 2014 in connection with her murder.
Cathy Zimmer Murder Case Themes: death by strangulation, mother of two murdered, cold case, unsolved murder and California murder
Wednesday, March 8 1989
- Cathy Zimmer takes her children to school and then attends classes at the San Jose State University. After class, she heads to an eye appointment to be fitted for contacts. She never arrives.
- When Cathy Zimmer fails to arrive home, her children are worried that something may have happened to her.
Friday, March 10
- The body of Cathy Zimmer is found wrapped in a beautifully colored quilt inside of her Chrysler New Yorker, according to the New York Daily News.The police investigation reveals few clues and the case goes cold for 25 years.
- Cathy Zimmer's daughter, Debbie Lawrence, along with her brother, still remember their mother and seek closure in the case.
- San Jose detectives working on the cold case murder of Cathy Zimmerman ask for the public's help in identifying a homemade quilt that was found wrapped around the body of Cathy Zimmer 25 years ago. The released photograph is the first time during the investigation that detectives have made that information public.
- Police arrest David Zimmer and Robert Zimmer in connection with Cathy Zimmer's murder. David Zimmer is the victim's husband. Robert Zimmer is David Zimmer's brother.
Today's Update in the case against David Zimmer and Robert Zimmer
Monday, March 11
- David Zimmer, the victim's husband, pleads not guilty in court to first-degree murder.


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The Hilton Melbourne Airport has direct pedestrian access to the South Terminal and International Terminal. There are also a number of hotels nearby. Other accommodation in and around Melbourne can be booked through the information desk (tel: (03) 9297 1805).
Hilton Melbourne Airport has direct pedestrian access to the South Terminal and International Terminal at Melbourne Airport. Among the facilities at the hotel is a 24-hour gym, a selection of meeting rooms and an on-site restaurant.Melbourne 3045 Arrival Drive Melbourne 3045 Australia Tel: (03) 8336 2000. Web: www.hilton.com
Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport is close to the terminals at Melbourne Airport and runs a shuttle bus service to the airport. The hotel has a 24-hour business centre, 'Park, Stay and Go' parking facility and an on-site restaurant. Melbourne Airport 10-14 Centre Road Melbourne 3045 Australia Tel: (03) 9933 5111. Web: www.ichotelsgroup.com
Motel Formule 1 Melbourne Airport is a short walk from Melbourne Airport, on Caldwell Drive; rooms are charged at a standard rate and can accommodate up to three people. Caldwell Drive Melbourne Airport 3045 Tullamarine Australia Tel: (03) 8336 1811. Web: www.formule1.com.au


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I'm developing a standalone application using java, I have a Login screen, wherein user enters his username and password. For each instance of the application, user have to enter his credentials. From a usability standpoint, I thought of keeping a remember me check Button. My question is, as I am not using any database, how do I persist the user details. I have some rough thoughts, storing them in a property file and retrieving. I think there may be better approaches than the one I had. Any Ideas and suggestions?
It's not uncommon to store user credentials in a file. It is common to use a text file where each line is a delimited set of user credentials, like the following.
The format is not important, but it is good practice to avoid storing clear-text passwords. The credentials above use a cryptographic hash function that generates an "irreversible" byte array, which is then Base64 encoded to reduce it to ASCII characters. This is known as a "password digest". When a person enters their password, it is first converted to the digest form which is then compared with the stored digest.
SHA1 is the recommended hash function, and I use Base64 because it it produces smaller digests that hex encoding. Here's some sample code:
It is also important where you store this file. Simply hashing your password is not a sufficient means of protecting your data. The credentials file should be inaccessible to the end user. Although SHA-1 is irreversible algorithmically, it is susceptible to brute-force and rainbow-table attacks, and therefore must remain securely stored. Especially for weak passwords.
Presumably, you are using a password because you are protecting some data or resource that the user would otherwise not have access to. There is no sense password protecting an application if there is no data, or if the data is otherwise accessible to the user from the file system. So I'm not sure what you are protecting -- you say you have no data-base.
If you are protecting data on the local file-system, and it is only accessible to one user, I would suggest encrypting the data using an AES cipher and using the user's password digest as the encryption key. The draw-back to this is that the user can never change their password.
If you are protecting data on a shared file-system, or a time-share PC, data should probably be stored in an access controlled directory and accessed using some asymmetric key system like RSA.
If you are protecting access to a remote service, the passwords should be stored on the remote system.
So we really need to know what you are protecting.


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On Sunday, April 13, 2014, at approximately 8:00 p.m., Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to a convenience store on Sen. J. Bennett Johnson Avenue, Lake Charles, in reference to an armed robbery.
Upon arrival deputies spoke with the store clerk who advised a man, later identified as Joshua L. Hickman, 21, 600 Avenue J, Apt. # 405, Lake Charles, entered the store brandishing a handgun and demanded money.
After stealing an undisclosed amount of money, Hickman fled the store in a car.
The Sheriff's Office conducted an extensive search of the area but was unable to immediately locate Hickman. Approximately 5 hours later, deputies located Hickman and the car he was driving at his home, and apprehended him without incident.
During further investigation, deputies recovered a plastic bag containing a large amount of marijuana from inside Hickman's car.
Hickman was booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with first degree robbery; and possession of CDI (marijuana) with intent to distribute.
His bond is still pending.
CPSO Cpl. Casey Steech was the arresting deputy and Detective Brent Young is the lead investigator on this case.


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This petition has been created due to the large response I have received when I questioned some friends about their feelings toward Comcast Cable. Comcast has been price gouging everyone for cable, phone, and internet service. They start you off with a triple play package at $99 for one year or six months and then jack up the price to $129 to $150. This is absurd considering the low cost of phone service today and internet. Now somehow they are in bed with the government and forcing everyone on HD adding another charge to your bill. If you are fed up like I am, please join me by signing this petition and have our screams of bloody murder heard throughout California! If you want fair pricing on cable, internet, and phone service, sign this petition.
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Feb. 22, 2014
By Jason Clay
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FRESNO, Calif. - Taylor Thompson swished a floater in the middle of the paint as time expired to lift the Fresno State women's basketball team to a come-from-behind 72-70 victory over Utah State on Saturday in the Save Mart Center.
After trailing by 10 with 4:47 to play, the Bulldogs (16-10, 10-5 Mountain West) climbed their way back into the game and led by three after a layup by Raven Fox with 25 seconds left on the clock. Utah State (11-15, 5-10 MW) came down and guard Jennifer Schlott, who scored 35 points on the afternoon, knocked down a 3-pointer to tie the game with seven seconds remaining.
Thompson took the inbounds pass under her own basket, dashed up the center of the court and was met by two defenders at the top of the 3-point line. Hesitating for a split second, Thompson was able to work her way around the Aggie defenders and into the lane where her leaning floater from the middle of the paint hit nothing but the bottom of the net to give Fresno State the victory.
"I just said I'm going to take the best shot that I can get or I'm going to get it to someone who has the best shot for them," Thompson said. "I prayed when the shot went up and it went in, so it was good for us."
The bucket, which capped off a strong game for the senior as Thompson finished with 16 points, eight assists and five steals, completed what was a furious comeback for the Bulldogs.
"What a great game for our team and a great game for an incredible crowd, our Red Wave was amazing tonight," said head coach Raegan Pebley, who picked up the 150th win over her coaching career and it came against the school she coached for nine seasons before coming to Fresno State in 2012.
In a game of runs, the Bulldogs were in a 10-point hole with 4:47 remaining.
Fox quickly cut that down to six with a layup and two free throws in just over a minute. Thompson, after her fourth steal of the game, converted a layup at 3:07 to make it a four-point game, 65-61.
Then after a turnover by Schlott, Thompson found Bree Farley at the top of the key and she knocked down a 3-pointer to cut the lead down to one.
Schlott answered at 2:17 to push Utah State's lead back up to three, but Farley came right back with four points over the next two minutes to give Fresno State the lead, first with a jumper on the baseline and then with a pair of free throws. Her last free throw put Fresno State up 68-67 with 57 ticks left on the clock.
"Bree had a big three at the end of the game when we were trying to come back and she got herself to the foul line at the end there," Pebley said.
Thompson then forced Schlott into another turnover with her fifth steal that led to Fox's layup to give Fresno State the 70-67 lead. Schlott, who was on fire all game and hit 14-of-24 shots, came right back to tie the game, setting up the stage for Thompson's game-winner.
"Jenn Sshlott is outstanding, she is an outstanding player and you can tell that she is really the leader and catalyst for that team in a lot of ways," Pebley said.
Fresno State led by as many as 14 behind eight early points from Farley in the first nine minutes of the game. Utah State climbed back into it and cut the Bulldogs' lead down to one, 35-34 at the half.
"Our coaches definitely spoke to us about it being a game of runs," said Farley, who scored a team-high 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting. "I think having confidence in our team, knowing that it is never over for us and I'm just so proud of our girls to really fight so hard that we were on the right side of the scoreboard this time."
After losing three games already in conference play by three points or less, Pebley was pleased to see her team pull through at the end in this close one.
"We needed a close win like that," she said. "We've had some painful, close losses and to win a close game like that will really help us as we head into the [conference] tournament."
Fox, like she was on Wednesday in the win over Wyoming, played a big role coming off the bench. She matched her career-high that she set against the Cowgirls by again scoring 13 points. She was 5-of-9 from the field and 3-for-3 at the free-throw line while also recording two steals.
The Bulldogs only shot 38.1 percent whereas Utah State shot 51.8 percent, but Fresno State forced the Aggies into 19 turnovers while only turning the ball over five times itself - a season-low.
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College Hockey:Quinnipiac almost halfway there
Don't look now, but Quinnipiac is almost halfway to last season's 21-game unbeaten streak.
The Bobcats beat Brown Friday before salvaging a 3-3 tie in a national championship rematch with Yale on Saturday. Quinnipiac is riding a ten-game unbeaten stretch since losing its opener Oct. 11, and is now 9-1-1.
It was a year ago this weekend that QU's aforementioned 21-game unbeaten stretch began with a 3-2 overtime win over Colgate. The Bobcats were 3-3-1 last season before beating the Raiders in overtime, but have gone 36-6-5 over the last calendar year, including the NCAA tournament.
There are plenty of familiar faces from last year's national runner-up team – Connor and Kellen Jones, Matthew Peca, Jordan Samuels- Thomas, and Danny Federico are all back. But the Bobcats have gotten plenty of contributions from several freshman, most notably leading scorer Sam Anas and defensemen Derek Smith and Devon Toews. Sophomore Michael Garteig has played every minute in goal after sitting behind Eric Hartzell last year. In fact, it was Garteig who started the final game before QU's 21-game streak last season, a 2-1 loss to American International last Nov. 6.
Quinnipiac hosts a pair of struggling teams in Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend, and then has a home-and-home series with travel partner Princeton the next weekend.
I had the Bobcats sixth in my preseason ballot, but that's quickly looking like an error on my part. Look for Quinnipiac, as well as Yale, to be in the mix come NCAA tournament time.
Big Green trying to get on track
On the opposite end of the spectrum from is Dartmouth, who fell to 0-6 with a pair of losses over the weekend. Dartmouth is outshooting their opponents by an average of 30-28 per game, but are giving up 5.5 goals per game, last in the country. No one among the trio of Cab Morris, James Kruger or Charles Grant has posted a save percentage above .850. The Big Green got some bad news this week, as senior forward Eric Robinson was injured during practice and is out for the season.
Dartmouth was the last unbeaten team last season, and had a shot at a first-round bye deep into the year. There's talent in Hanover, but the Big Green will need to turn it around quickly, especially given the shorter schedule played by Ivy teams. They've been in all but two of their games, so if they can straighten out the defense, things could start going Dartmouth's way.
North Country duo keeps on rolling
They've been doing it in different ways, but Clarkson and St. Lawrence have been two of the league's better teams in the early going. The Golden Knights matched their win total from last season with a 2-1 win at Harvard Saturday. That gave Clarkson six wins in one-goal games, after losing seven one-goal contests last season. A big reason for the Golden Knights turnaround has been an improved defense, as well as the play of goalies Steve Perry and Greg Lewis.
Meanwhile, the Saints have been simply outslugging their opponents, averaging four goals thus far. Senior Greg Carey has 19 points in ten games, while freshman and younger brother Matt leads the team with seven goals. Freshman Gavin Bayreuther has a rocket shot from the blueline, while veterans Jeremy Wick and Chris Martin have made contributions as well.
These teams meet for a home-and-home series on Dec. 6 and 7.
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'Kitchen' heats up with wartime drama
Irish home is both haven and prison as WWII horrors
rock family's foundation
by Hedy Weiss
Theater Critic, Chicago Sun-Times
published January 29, 2008
Far more than any meal (other than the liquid variety), it is emotional turmoil that is served up in "Dolly West's Kitchen," playwright Frank McGuinness' simultaneously black Irish and deeply Chekhovian drama, now in director Kimberly Senior's altogether sterling production at TimeLine Theatre. And it is in this kitchen -- the hub of activity in the West family's comfortable home in County Donegal -- that individual character and fate are set on "high simmer."
On the one hand, the West home is the natural gathering point of a decidedly unsettled family and the "outsiders" who find temporary refuge in their midst. Yet its creamy, comfortable confines are at once seductive and deceptive. The West house is relatively safe -- a bit of a haven in the neutral, recently liberated Republic of Ireland that remains relatively untouched as the horrors of World War II rain down on despised English neighbors and the rest of Europe. Yet it also is a prison of sorts, a place some of its occupants resent because it is emblematic of the fact that they don't quite have the guts to leave home and forge the lives they dream about.
Ahead of her time
The one person who did leave is Dolly West (that ever interesting and intelligent actress, Kat McDonnell), but she had to return. A Euro girl before her time, she was a free-thinking art history student when she headed off to Italy and ended up running a restaurant, coming home to Ireland only when Mussolini began getting in the way. Though not really suited for marriage, she still carries the flame for her world-traveling, periodically bisexual and Protestant lover Alec Redding (Cliff Chamberlain, aptly attractive and ambiguous), who just happens to show up again.
Dolly's beautiful sister Esther (the ever-watchable Danica Ivancevic) can only dream. As she feels trapped in her marriage to a decent, devoted man she does not love (Mark Richard, ideal), temptation flares with the arrival of a handsome American soldier, Jamie O'Brien (a most subtle Aaron Golden). Meanwhile, Jamie's fellow soldier Marco Delavicario (Joshua Rollins as the sassy-sad clown) is gay and "out," and forges a life-altering bond with the West sisters' angry, closeted brother (a fiery Niall McGinty), who initially resents the Americans.
As for Rima (Kathleen Ruhl), the elderly yet terrifically salty matriarch of the West family, she knows her children well and knows, too, that the trouble in her household stems partly from the wounds of her own husband's infidelity and temporary departure years before. Ruhl is phenomenal in a performance worth the price of a ticket all by itself.
Plucky, naive and daring
This being an Irish play, there also is a sassy young maid, and Anna Owens is a unique creation to which actress Sara Hoyer gives exactly the right mix of pluck, naivete and daring. Anna will not be trapped in the kitchen.
McGuinness is a writer of great energy, poetry and depth, and here he also captures the way war, even at a slight distance, can heighten emotions and trigger impulsive choices.
As always, Brian Sidney Bembridge's set is magic -- a raised, cutaway kitchen with buttermilk-washed walls, a well-aged wooden table, and a door that leads to a rocky garden and the great ocean beyond. Like all of "Dolly West's Kitchen," it is a richly self-contained world bursting with the possibility of "elsewhere."


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Wyoming Women's Golf to Host Cowgirl Classic
Tenth annual tournament held at Southern Dunes
UW Golf Unveils Ron R. Richardson Golf Performance Center
The state-of-the-art facility was funded entirely with private gifts
Cowgirls Close Out MW Championship
Woodard was the Cowgirls highest finisher tying for 14th
Cowgirl Golf Closes out Fall Season in Palm Desert
Blunt Claims Second-Straight top-15 finish
Wyoming Completes Solid First Day at Own Tournament
Blunt Pacing Cowgirls at 153 (+9)
2012 Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate
2012 Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate at The Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif.
2011 Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate
Photos of the 2011 Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate.
2013-14 (Junior): Stancato was a constant presence in the Cowgirls lineup during her junior season. Stancato tied for the team-high playing in 30 rounds during the season, as she carried a stroke average of 79.2. Her best finish of the season came at the WSU Cougar Cup finishing tied for 14th with a score 230 (+14). In the season opener at the CSU Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic she finished tied for 15th with a season-best three-round tally of 222 (+6). During the event she recorded a season-best round of 73 (+1). Stancato also shot a season-best score of 73 (+1) in the second round of the Price's "Give `Em Five" Intercollegiate. At that event she tied for 27th at 225 (+9). Stancato also appeared in the Mountain West Championship finishing 43rd with a score of 247 (+31).
2012-13 (Sophomore): Samantha Stancato continued to excel during her second season in the Wyoming program. She played in all 11 tournaments and was UW's top finisher in three events, as she averaged 79.3 strokes per round. Her best performance was a 220 (+4) to finish fourth at the Fresno State Lexus Classic. The performance was UW's season-low tournament score and single round, as she shot a career-low 71 (-1) during the second round. She also paced UW with a 227 (+11) at the Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate and a 233 (+17) at the Rose City Collegiate. She earned three top-25 finishes during the season.
2011-12 (Freshman):Stancato started her Wyoming career on a strong note during her first season with the Cowgirls. In 27 rounds of action, she averaged 79.7 strokes per round. In her very first event she finished as UW's second scorer with a 234 (+18) at the CSU Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic, and she also finished second on the team at the Fresno State Lexus Classic in the spring with a 232 (+16). Her top score of the season was a 157 (+13) at the weather-shortened Nevada Wolf Pack Classic to tie for 31st, while her top finish was a tie for 22nd at the Fresno State Lexus Classic in the spring with a 232 (+16). She also carded a 230 (+14) at the MountainView Collegiate in the spring, which included a career-low 73 (+1) in the first round.
High School: Stancato lettered all four years of her prep career under coach Jill Kirkham at Coronado High School. As a senior, Stancato finished third at the state tournament to earn all-state honors and carried a 75.8 scoring average during the season. She won the regional tournament her final two years and was named all-area four times. During the summer before her freshman year, Stancato qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship by finishing fifth at the sectional qualifying tournament in Denver. As a junior, she finished 16th at the state tournament while sporting a 79.4 scoring average. She finished tied for first at an event Nov. 6-7 in Arizona on the Future Collegians World Tour, shooting a 148(+8) over two rounds. Stancato claimed 22nd and 27th at the state tournament as a sophomore and freshman, respectively. In the classroom, she was on the 3.75 GPA list for three years and was a member of the academic all-state team as a freshman. She was also involved in National Honor Society and student council.
Personal: Originally of Colorado Springs, Colo., Samantha was born to Perry and Lucinda Stancato on April 12, 1993. She has two sisters and one brother. Her grandfather Frank Stancato played football at the University of Denver. Samantha was also recruited by Colorado, Colorado State and Minnesota. She has not declared a major.


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Justices Seem to Frown on Law Muzzling Lawyers
Tucked into the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act is some strange language forbidding lawyers from advising clients "to incur more debt in contemplation of" a bankruptcy filing.
Indeed, it sounds like a sound proscription: nobody wants lawyers encouraging clients to load on debt before filing for bankruptcy in the hope that the debt will soon be erased. But is such a prohibition constitutional?
Such was the issue confronting the justices during argument on Tuesday. As the NYT's Adam Liptak points out in this article, the justices largely seemed to think the provision was ill-advised, though not all seemed to agree that it was unconstitutional. Click here, also, for the story by the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle.
The lawyer for the government, William M. Jay, said the law should be narrowed rather than struck down. That is, the law should be read to bar "only advice to take on debt with an intent to abuse the bankruptcy laws, such as advice to charge a vacation, concert tickets or some similar purchase to a credit card, knowing that the purchaser will enjoy the full benefit of the purchase and then shed most or all of the debt in bankruptcy."
Such an argument didn't win over the justices, however. Justice Ginsburg asked about medical expenses. Suppose, she said, that a woman was "just told by her doctor that she has a serious cancer that needs operation and radiation and she is at the end of the line on resources." Could the woman's lawyer advise her to take on more debt to treat the cancer?
It depends, said , a lawyer for the government. Lawyers may not advise clients to add debt in two situations, he said: in an effort to abuse the bankruptcy system or to defraud creditors.
Chief Justice Roberts, however, balked at the suggestion, telling Jay: "It seems to me that a lawyer trying to give correct, legal, ethical advice has got to pause before every sentence" and worry about whether the advice will later be seen as a violation of the law.
The case, Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz v. United States, No. 08-1119, was brought by a Minnesota law firm that objected to three parts of the law. Arguing on behalf of the firm was Dechert's Eric Brunstad. Click here to read the transcript from the argument.


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Executive Chef Robert O'Brien, with the award-winning The Steak House Restaurant, discussed the reasons for their success. "We purchase Midwestern choice beef from the heart of the corn belt in Nebraska. The cattle are raised on grass the first six months and finished on corn for 180 days.
The Steak House utilizes more than only one process, both drying and wet aging. Using both takes the meat to another level. Our meat is wet-aged from 21 to 28 days then dry-aged for another 21-28 days.
We follow old-school traditions serving big portions cooked on a Mesquite charcoal grill. The flavor imparted into a good aged-steak and the steaks appearance is much better than cooking over a gas grill.
Another big part of their success, the longevity of the employees. The cooks, the waitresses and waters have all been working here 20-28 years. They are happy employees who know how to treat our guests.
Ron Randazzo, the General Manager, knew couples who brought their children and now the children grew up and bring their own family.
All of these reasons combined with the way we cook the meat make the Steak House an unforgettable dining experience."
Serving from 200-300 dinners a night, the Steak House has been pleasing their guests for more than 32 years.
The Exhibition Kitchen is in the center of the restaurant allowing guests to watch the chef turning the steaks on the Mesquite charcoal grill.
The Steak House only serves dinners, there are no ala carte meals. Chef Robert chose to keep the tradition throughout the years. The dinners include the entrée, soup or salad, vegetable, choice of potato and freshly baked breads.
Dinner prices range from chicken breast at $30 to twin Australian lobster tails at $79. The New York strip, porterhouse, rib eye, Filet Mignon and prime ribs dinners range from $43 to $53.
Executive Chef Robert O'Brien feels, "We want you to come in, have a fantastic meal and leave happy with a big smile on your face. That is our goal every night."
Chef Robert also oversees all of Circus Circus Hotel's restaurants. For reservations or information, call (702)-794-3767. The Steak House Restaurant is located inside Circus Circus Hotel & Casino, 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard.


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Liberal Bee Jays won the 4th of July game 6-4 over the Dodge City A's Sunday night before a large crowd at Brent Gould Field. Arkansas lefty and third year BJ Christian Kowalchuk (1-1) pitched six innings allowing two runs and striking out four in his first win. Lamar's Brandon Ward-Hersee pitched an inning an one-third for his fifth save. The Bee Jays got off to a strong start offensively scoring four in the first after Dodge scored one. Concordia's Joe Vaskas hit a two run homer before Lubbock Christian's Mark Gomez doubled home a run and College of Sequoias Joe Perez singled home a run. Dodge plated another run in the second to make it 4-2. The Jays added a run in the third when Gomez singled home Rhode Island's Kyle Borden. The BJ's added a run in the fourth when Seward's Kelby Tomlinson doubled home Oklahoma Science and Arts' David Masters.
The Bee Jays win their seventh in a row and improve to 16-6 overall and 8-6 in the Jayhawk League. The A's lose their ninth straight to fall to 10-14 overall and 4-11 in the Jayhawk League.
The fireworks were delayed about 15 minutes after the game due to the wind. About 30 Vietnam Veterans were recognized and given a standing ovation after the game. Staff Sergeant Mike Miller and the son of Jared Plunk of Turpin who was killed June 25 in Afghanistan threw the ceremonial first pitches.
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In a book worth reading, The Indomitable Investor, the author, Steven M. Sears, offers a behavioral explanation for the cues that encourage gambling.
The idea that simple cues can induce people to gamble, or assume financial risk without understanding the issues, is powerful in the financial world. The parallels between the stock market-especially the parts that appear on broadcast financial news-and casinos are undeniable. If you go to the gambling casinos, Knutson says, people are wearing skimpy costumes, they're giving you free alcohol, there are bells and lights and things like that, which don't necessarily seem related to the odds of gambling. But these are cues that might activate brain regions that encourage risk taking and get people to gamble more.
Las Vegas style cues are increasingly used to describe and frame investing. The stock market is regularly portrayed as a quasi-casino by major broadcast media whose television studios are filled with flashing lights and beautiful women and handsome men who enthusiastically and confidently comment on the passing scene. Big winners are widely praised and sometimes appear on camera to talk about their victories or offer their views. The most powerful cues are rising stock prices. They are unsubtle, incredibly seductive, and accompanied by such a celebratory cacophony that if Lazarus arose from the dead he would rush to trade stocks.
Rising stock prices arguably cause individual investors to behave like the rats behavioral psychologist B. F. Skinner manipulated to test his conditioning theories. In his now famous experiments, Skinner put a rat in a cage. He dropped food into a metal bowl. It landed with a thud. The thud caused the rat to scurry to the bowl. How does that differ from the investor who rushes to buy stocks after hearing someone talk (or shout) on financial TV shows? Eventually, Skinner changed the rates at which various behaviors were repeated to earn a reward. Soon, he concluded he had found gambling's primary mechanism. Why do people spend hours in front of a slot machine, pulling the arm again and again? Skinner says it is because of variable-ratio reinforcement schedule.
It is familiar in gambling devices and systems which can arrange occasional but unpredictable payoffs. The required number of responses can be easily stretched, and in a gambling enterprise such as a casino the average rate must be such that the gambler loses in the long run if the casino is to make a profit, Skinner wrote. His description sounds a lot like the plight of many investors.
The similarities between Sin City and Wall Street are ingrained in the market's culture.
Whats the difference between Las Vegas and Wall Street? goes an old stock market joke.
In Vegas, they buy the losers drinks.


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It had been 12 hours and 35 minutes since Ben had departed to attend a important Peace Treaty between the Amanga's and Darirunian's. Of course, that meant that Rook was left with the task of watching over his and Ben's young eight month old daughter Bianca Blonko.
Gwen and Kevin were unavailable taking their son Devlin to the annual Tractor pull Festival, Grandpa Max was off Fishing, as Grandpa Carl and Sandra were on their 35th wedding anniversary and Rook's parents were on another planet!
"Why can't Vanessa do it?" Rook had asked, unsure of his skills of raising his daughter on his own.
"Well, she's gone to a Therapist Convention in Florida" Ben had explained packing up his stuff, getting ready to head on out.
"But, Dark Spectre Queen Vanessa isn't a Therapist!" Rook rubbed his forehead in aching confusion.
"I know, she's hoping to Find One," Answered Ben, who picked up their daughter from her spot on the floor to give her a nuzzle and kiss, she had been playing with her sponge bob toys, while her Father tried to back out of sitting.
"I love Bianca, you know that, Ben." Accepting Bianca as she was handed to him by Ben. "I'd...just prefer it if there were one or more child raising expert's in the house to help me."
Ben smirked, hip cocked as he gave his Husband a doubtful stare.
"Since when has Kevin Levin qualified as a "Expert Child Raiser?"," Asked Ben incredulity. "Look, feed her, change her, play with her and keep her safe." Ben leaned forward to place his lips against Rook's in a soft lingering kiss. "It's only three days and I'll be back."
Rook sighed, because he refused to admit he "Pouted" as his Flame-Sharer, Husband and carrier of his child, pulled back to head out the front door calling out a "I love you." To Father and Daughter as he headed outside, morphed into Jetray and flew off.
Which brings us to This moment.
"Come on, Bianca. Nummy-nummy-num!"
Rook cajoled his little daughter who sat on her High-Seat, pulling backwards as her Father tried to feed her a jar of mashed peas.
"Come on, Fluerd-dah, open up for Pati." Rook used foreign pet names to ease his little Girl. The newly wed couple had taken to using foreign names and such around Bianca to expose more of her Father's Culture to her but despite the familiarity, it didn't convice her to open her mouth.
"Aaaaahhh...Come on, Bianca. It's good, see?" He demonstrates by placing the spoonful of food into his mouth. "Mmm....." Eyes widen at the surprisingly good taste, his daughter looks at him curiously as he scoops up another spoonful. "Mmm...!" Rook then tries another jar. "Mmm... strained peas."
The day passes casually, Rook attempts to finish some reports with a baby on his knee, until said Baby makes it so it's icky to bounce her bottom on his knee.
*Sniff-Sniff* "Oh, Lachiskma!!" Rook explained, holding his squealing daughter at arm's length in horror. "If that's what a little bit of strained pea's smell like, I'm certainly gonna be regretting eating those Four jars!"
Rook carried his daughter upstairs and after some squeamish changing and cleaning he manage to get her into a new diaper. Unfortunately, the tabs wouldn't stick so taking his proto-tool he switch it to staple gun mode and staple them together.
"There now.." Rook lifted his daughter up to nuzzle against her bare belly, causing her to giggle at the sensation. "We'll just keep my improper use of the High-Tech weapon i was given a secret from Paraviti, okay?" Rook smiled at his daughter, who just blankly stared back at him.
In the kitchen Rook entertained his daughter with a hand puppet show, a bunny on his left one and a woodcutter on the right, he was hiding underneath the table as his daughter sat on the high-chair. Sadly, the family Dog Lucifer mistook the Bunny for a real one and attacked his hand.
"Ahh! AHH!! NO, BAD DOG!! BAD, LUCIFER!! DOWN!! DOWN!!"
Rook struggled with the Doberman, said dog attempting to wrench his Master's arm off as bianca giggled and clapped her hands at the sight.
Finally it was time for bed and Rook set Bianca to lay in her crib, her father frazzled, scuffed, bitten and scalpbruised up from the dog attack. But none worse for wear, except exhausted. Then he attempted to sing her to see.
"Go to sleep...
And good night...
La-la la la la la la...
May your Christmas Days be bright!"
"Good night, my little Nors-Sug." Rook said, kissing his daughter sweetly on the side of her face as he flicked the lights and left the bedroom in darkness.
After Rook leaves, Bianca looks forlornly at a photo of Ben, climbs out of her crib, across the kitchen floor, out the doggie door and spots something tall...and blue! She crawls over in a rush, assuming it's her Papa's Big Chill form, but it's only a bush.
Sadly looking down, Bianca crawls off into the Night looking for her missing Mama/Papa.
The next morning Rook comes into Bianca's room holding up a bottle in his hand.
"Bianca, time for your 9:00 A.M. feeding," Rook called out cheerfully, feeling a little better about having to watch over his child by himself. It wasn't as difficult as he thought, which changed when he pulled back the blanket in her crib to reveal her GONE!!
"HOLY FLECKNAR!!!" Rook screamed in horror.
Rook frantically looks all over the house, he searches the laundry hamper in the bathroom.
He searches the basement.
He even searches the Villainous lair of Dr. Animo, after taking him out of Course.
"I TOLD YOU, MY MUTANT DINGO'S DID NOT STEAL YOUR BABY!!" A very upset Dr. Animo cries out, hanging by his feet from the air by a cable, black and blue from Rook's attack. Mutant Dingo's lay scattered beaten to a pulp.
Bianca Blonko is shown on a Escalator, falling over after it ends at a floor, swiftly crawling around looking for her Mama.
She spots a tall, yellow and black lightning hairdo in the beauty salon...pressing herself against the glass to peer at the figure, who's seated in a chair with it's back to her, it must be her Mama in Shock-squatch form!!
Actually, we see a woman, who's hair has been blown up to look like Ben's furry, hairy form, dyed the specific color. The hairdresser hands her a mirror to peer into.
"So, what's the verdict?" The Hairdresser asks.
The woman gasps in horror, when she realizes she's been given a Ben 10 hairdo.
"Oh, dear God! I can't even put a bag over my head!" She covers her face, spinning around to kneel over in horror.
"Yes you can." The Hairdresser lies through his teeth.
Bianca see's the woman spin around and moves on, once realizing it's not her Mama/Papa. Slowly she crawls away.
Rook meanwhile having searched the entire house, picks up the phone and dials a number, which happens to be the Missing Children Hotline
"Hello, I'd like the department of Missing Babies?" Rook softly inquires.
"Please hold." The Operator on the other end answers back.
''Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong and I just can't live without you
All day long, wearing a mask of false bravado.
Tryin' to keep up a smile that hides the tears.
But as the sun goes down, I get that empty feeling again.
How I wish to God that you were here''
It's all too much and Rook covers his face crying into the palm. Oh, Lords of Fortuna, what was he going to do!? he barely had their daughter for two days and he loses her, possibly forever.
Elsewhere Bianca has mistaken a Parking Lot Inflatable Balloon, Two School Mascot's and a New Zoo animal as her Mother. But sadly none of them were.
She then spots a shadow that looks like her Mother's "Ripjaws" form, she whips around...only to see a guy dressed like Ripjaws handing out flyers.
"Hey! Want to take a BIG BITE out of our Clearance Sale?" Flyer guy asks passerby.
"Don't touch me." The person snaps quickly rushing off.
Rook sits at home at the kitchen table, sinking into depression....and a bowl of Chocolate reeses peanut-butter cups ice cream. When the Plumbers badge he has near him rings.
"Hello!?" Rook asked hurriedly, expecting it to be the Plumbers or police, calling to say they found Bianca.
"Ben!!" Rook startles hearing his husband's voice, but recovers to clear his throat of gooey peanut chocolate ice cream. "Ben, Hi...how's the Conference?"
"Oh, it finished." Rook's eyes widen as he twists the spoon in his hand to a tiny ball. "Yeah, it turns out the Princess of Planet Amanga and The Prince of Darirun had been in lvoe for a long time. The meeting brought it forward so their speeding through with the peace treaty signing."
Rook's eye twitches, that means he has LESS time to find Bianca. He might as well tell the truth.....sorta.
"Uh, Ben, My Love, how would you feel if I said the dog ran away?" A shocked gasp was his answer.
"Rook, that's awful! Lucifer is the puppy of the dog I had since I was Ten years old!" Ben says stricken over the phone. "When Gabriel died, Lucifer was the sole reason I didn't fall into total depression."
Rook winces, if he feels THAT way about the Dog. What will he be like with Bianca Missing!?
"I got good news for you, the dog Didn't run away." Rook speaks quietly in shame.
"Oh..." Ben replies baffled. Why did Rook say it in the first place? "Well, you can coem meet up with me at the Bus station in an hour. And bring Bianca. Bye."
Ben hangs up, and Rook promptly bangs his forehead against the table in terrified frustration. This was it! The end of his marriage to the most wonderful, exquisite and handsome man he ever met and he ruined it all in ONE DAY!!
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..." Takes deep breath "-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
A concerned group has gather at The "Biffy-Buffy-Pumped Up Muscle Store" Chief Gumshoe is standing below with his subordinates holding onto a trampoline as Gumshoe shouts through a megaphone up to the roof.
"Please! Don't jump! I know you're going through some tough times, but you have your whole life ahead of you!"
Pan across to show Bianca serenely asleep atop the roof of the shop, nestled next to the store mascot, which is a tall, red, black striped and bald headed creature, Fourarms.
Rook paces back and forth, dreading going to face his husband and tell him the truth of what happened, but what sorta excuse could he give Ben?
Rook rushes to the front door and opens it to see Gumshoe on the other end.
"You the man who reported the lost baby?"
"Yes!" Rook answered perking up, hopign beyond hope this person had news of his babies whereabouts.
"Can you describe her?"
"She's a beautiful little girl, with markings not unlike mine and..."
"Bingo!" Gumshoe had his hands behind his back and pulls out Bianca, who squeals happily seeing her Daddy, who gratefully clutches her tightly to his chest.
"Now wait a Sec!" Gumshoe warned. "Your wanted on Three Counts of Criminal neglect, Buster and.." Is cut off as Rook grabs him, overcome with gushing joy.
"OHTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!" Rook speedily said kissing Gumshoe on the mouth over and over.
"Uhhh..." Gumshoe floored. "Right, well..." Awkwardly rubbing the back of his head blushing. "Just don't let it happen again."
Gumshoe made a speedy retreat, to avoid another lip on lip contact from The overjoyed Pappy.
"Ahh!" Rook held his daughter up in the air beaming as she spins around overjoyed at his baby girl returned to him. "Oh, My Sweet, Sweet, Nors-sug, you've returned to me!!"
"Baahhh-bha!" Bianca cooed at her Daddy happily.
"Only ONE thing could make this moment happier."
Rook's and Bianca's head whipped toward the front door where Ben stood in the doorway, fuming in aggravation, thou Rook couldn't figure out why...
"Oh...OH!!" Rook's eyes switched from his Flame-sharer over to the clock, he was meant to get Ben at One'O Clock.
"It's three O'Clock." ben's arms were crossed frowning, his foot tapping away at his husband just leaving him in the lurch. He drops his arms and starts to stomp toward Rook. "I have half a mind to take away your Pancake Privileges MI--"
"AhMa!!" Bianca yelled in joy, kicking her legs and stretching out her hands to her Papa.
"Hey, there's my little Princess!!" Ben gasped in happy excitement to see his little girl. Sweeping her up into his arms joyfully, smooching her on the cheek happily as she giggled overjoyed to have her Mama.
"I'm sorry, Ben. Me and Bianca were just..." Unsure whether to tell him the truth. "....we were having so much fun, we lost track of the time."
"Oh..." Ben smiles at his husband, pressing his cheek against Bianca's. Ben smirking at Rook's soft expression, seeing how much their skin tones clashing, as Bianca had markings like her Daddy. "Well, if you had so much fun I could always go and leave you to alone for..."
"NO!!" Rook shouted, holding up hand in alarm before dropping them and smiling gently at Ben and Bianca. Who jumped at Rook's reaction. "I...would prefer to have All my loved ones with me, so I can properly enjoy their love."
"Oh." Ben sticks out his tongue at Rook teasing. "It was a joke, Rook. I liked being by myself for a while, but I love being back with my two best pals in the world."
Ben hugged Bianca tightly, pressing a kiss to her forehead with Rook sighing with a nod. Before loosely wrapping his arm around Ben to pull the two together.
"I'd have to agree with you there, Love." Rook nuzzled the top of Ben's head affectionately. "I don't want EITHER of you out of my sight for a looooooong time."
And Rook meant it, honestly.
Four hours later thou he had to rush out and buy ALL News footage of Bianca on the roof of that Muscle Growth Store, so Ben NEVER found out what happened.
The End
Rook Alone by bbb35Watch
©2012-2016 bbb35
MalexMale pairing of Ben/Rook or Brooken. And mention of Male pregnancy
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A small little Rook and OC Daughter moment for my friend I made a SEVERE Faux pau a few days ago, so this is my way of apologizing and smoothing things out between us.
Hope she likes
Bianca Blonko belongs to @
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A small little Rook and OC Daughter moment for my friend I made a SEVERE Faux pau a few days ago, so this is my way of apologizing and smoothing things out between us.
Hope she likes
Bianca Blonko belongs to @
Best little story ever for this ship! XD I loved it!
man, did you know that "blonko" is rook's first name, don't you?
lol i loved how rook just paniced like crazy. i mean i would too if my child was missing
Please make another one like this!
i hate u
I like this. You and Dreamer come up with the best stuff. Also who's was the mommy? It's Ben isn't it?
yes, exposure to soem odd flower's, cause him to develope a Womb OUTSIDE his body, sorta like a kangeroo. He had a purple skin like pouch ove rhis stomach for a while
What Ben or Rook? Please be Ben and a kangeroo womb cool.
Ben, that's why I mentioned the Purple like skin dis-coloration, Rook's all Purple already
But yeah, I may pr may not do a fic detailing their dealing with a pregger's ben
But yeah, I may pr may not do a fic detailing their dealing with a pregger's ben
That would be funny to see Ben prego. Also do you think Max, Gwen, and Ben's father would cartoon chance after Rook for getting Ben preg. And what weird food would Ben eat as a preg.
Thanks I don't want to be a bother
I don't want to be a bother but can you make a fanfic about how Ben got started smelling the pollen and how the hole birth went and how rook dealt with knowing he was going to be a dad and all the stuff you mention like the Margie ceramone and sex
I love the deep breath between the lengths of the nooooo! Also the fact that it only took a couple of Rook's kisses to keep him out of jail. Awesome work. I can't wait to read more of your stuff!
Well thanks, I appreciate it. There's more coming up. I'm doing a Twenty Word prompt, got two down.
XD Great job. Poor Rook is gonna need therapy after all that! BTW, you made a mentioning of Rook's hair...Rook doesn't have hair.
"Imaginary hair." Sorry, thanks for catching that. But what do you think?
Any suggestions for future Broken fics?
Any suggestions for future Broken fics?
Sorry didn't mean to fave and run there
LOL the dog is just too funny
Why thank you
Lol, this is great XD I kept laughing the whole time I read it
One question, though. Why is Bianca's middle name "Ethan"?
One question, though. Why is Bianca's middle name "Ethan"?
I'm glad you liekd it. Makes me feel truely forgiven, but because you liekd it and I know you'll read them, I'll do more after I finished my "Female Undine Warrior" Fic.
Her middle name is Ethan, cause they have Kevin to thak for bringing them together, sorta. And helping in the deliverign of Bianca, sorta.
If it wasn't for that Slimy, sychopnathic, sock-headed, souce leadign me along, breaking my heart and leaving me for gwen. I;d have never wonded up with my strip skinned Knight in Shining Proto-Armor (beams, glomping onto Rook)
Her middle name is Ethan, cause they have Kevin to thak for bringing them together, sorta. And helping in the deliverign of Bianca, sorta.
If it wasn't for that Slimy, sychopnathic, sock-headed, souce leadign me along, breaking my heart and leaving me for gwen. I;d have never wonded up with my strip skinned Knight in Shining Proto-Armor (beams, glomping onto Rook)
Could it be at least a female variation of Ethan? "Bianca Blonko" sounds pretty and girlish and then there's "Ethan" making it sound all masculine and stuff X3
That's the funny point, but yeah I can do that.
It's sorta like a embarassign middle name.
Benjamin Kirby Tennyson!!
Sterling Mallory Archer!! And so on, but I agree
It's sorta like a embarassign middle name.
Benjamin Kirby Tennyson!!
Sterling Mallory Archer!! And so on, but I agree


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Things to see and do - Viñales
Leaving for Cuba
Viñales Valley :
Nearby tourist site
Viñales Valley
Viñales Valley : Michelin's recommendations
Tucked away in the mountains, this hidden valley is a little slice of paradise. Here among its curious terrain of "mogotes", tranquillity reigns. Dotted by bohios (palm-leaf roofed houses), a red earth landscape is punctuated by the varied colours of its rich vegetation. As well as the village of Viñales and the Santo Tomás cave, sights include: the mural de la Prehistoria (a painting executed on a hillside), the Casa Taller with unusual sculpture, and the Izquierdo "religious" community.


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As you're reading this, I'm probably in my little Volkswagon driving five hours North to visit Jean. Remember Jean? She's my dear friend who, exactly one year ago, was hit by a car and killed while crossing the street in Brooklyn. I remember what I was wearing and doing and feeling the second I heard the news. I'll never forget that sleepless night–looking back, I know I was completely in shock and the realization would only slowly sink in. Still today, every single time I drive across the Golden Gate Bridge I think of Jean. I'm not really sure why except maybe because of how much she loved the city and how she wanted to move here someday, have a family and settle down.
I debated for a long time about driving up and seeing Jean's grave on the anniversary of her death. I've never gone to visit a grave and done the whole 'bring flowers and hang out' thing. I don't really know what that looks like. I guess I'll find out. I'm already stressed about what color flowers to bring and worried I may truly unravel. But Jean's mom is there and her brother's driving up, and I want to spend time there. Just being. Just sitting on her couch and chatting. I hear a rumor that we're actually going to plant an illegal rhododendron bush by her headstone (apparently, digging in cemeteries is kind of looked down upon).
Last week, I was thinking about Jean–knowing September 28th was getting closer and closer. I hopped over to her blog, a place where she was exploring the person she was becoming after moving to New York: a writer, an explorer, a lover, a friend. The last entry on her blog was dated September 22: the same date I was sitting there underneath my covers starring at my computer screen…one year later. This was Jean's last blog post–the last words she had on public record for all to read. And you know what they said?
"I live in special city, I have parents who love me despite my flaws, I have friends who know all of my misgivings and we can laugh about it openly. I know I'm not perfect, I'm flawed and selfish and downright goofy at times. But underneath all that, the person I see, is someone who is doing their best, who is honest, who is nice and also very caring. I am out there, loving and learning and at the end of the day, I can respect myself for that."
Every time I read that I get chills. If only we can all be so lucky to have such understanding and gratitude towards the end of our lives. I wish that for everyone, and I thank Jean everyday for showing me what a life well lived really looks like. That girl knew how to take a risk and have a good time. She may have been messier than anyone I've ever met, she may have spilled bacon grease all over the stove and left uncountable trails of sunflower seeds wherever she went, but she lived the hell out of life.
So now…I'm on the road, cookies in tow. Because while I don't really know what people do when they visit a gravestone, I do know that when you stay at someone's house you should always bring a little something. Preferably, something sweet.
Homemade Oreos
These are the perfect chocolate sandwich cookie: nice rich flavor from the cocoa powder, perfectly crisp cookies, and fluffy filling. I use Valrhona cocoa powder and don't get caught up with whether one or another is dutch-process or not: just use the darkest, highest quality cocoa powder you can find/afford. For the cookies themselves, I adapted the recipe from Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It and experimented with a filling that I was happy with: not too firm and not too sweet. Just right.
For the cookies:
For the filling:
Pour the sugar into a food processor and process for 30 seconds. Then add the flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa and quickly pulse to combine. Add the butter and process very quickly just until coarse crumbs form. Blend in the egg yolks and vanilla and scrape the melted chocolate into the batter. Mix to combine.
Preheat the oven to 400 F and grease 2 baking sheets. Make sure the oven rack is in the center of the oven. Gather the dough together on top of a piece of parchment paper or wax paper and divide it in half. Shape each piece into a flattened rectangle. Set one disk aside and roll out the first one by covering it with a sheet of parchment or wax paper and rolling it into about a 13 by 15 inch rectangle. The dough will be 1/4 inch thick.
Cut out as many cookies as you can using a 2-3 inch round cookie cutter (or the bottom of a glass). Gather any remaining scraps and cut out more cookies. Bake for 7-9 minutes, or until the edges are very slightly darkened. The cookies may rise a little during baking, but flatten out again once cool. Since these cookies are naturally dark, it's easy to over bake them, so be careful. Cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Repeat with the second half of the dough. If it gets too soft, put it in the fridge for five minutes. Cool all the cookies on a rack for at least 30 minutes before frosting.
To make the frosting, place the butter and lard/shortening in a mixing bowl and gradually beat at a low speed, pouring in the sugar and vanilla as you go. Turn the mixer on high and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
To assemble the cookies, fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2 inch tip with the frosting. Pipe teaspoon-size circles of filling onto the center of one cookie, and gently place another on top. Work all the filling evenly inbetween both cookies by pressing them lightly together. Can store at room temperature, in an air-tight container, up to 1 week.


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What is in this article?:
- The U.S. military, the nation's largest user of fossil fuels, could be the catalyst for reducing the country's dependence on imported oil by moving to alternate energy forms — in the process providing the demand that the fledgling industry needs to become financially viable.
- The Department of Defense uses 90 percent of fossil fuels consumed in America.
THE USS MAKIN ISLAND, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship built at Pascagoula, Miss., is the Navy's first hybrid vessel, with both diesel and electric drives.
Still a maritime nation
Many people don't realize, Mabus says, that the U.S. "is still very much a maritime nation — 90 percent of the world's commerce goes by oceans, and 95 percent of the world's telecommunications goes underneath the oceans. The U.S. Navy is guaranteeing free access to those oceans for everyone, not just our own ships."
The Navy and Marines, he says, constitute "the most flexible, most formidable expeditionary fighting force the world has ever known. We give the president the most options in the time of crisis — but to do this, one thing we absolutely must have is fuel."
In a following press conference, Mabus said, "It has been proven over and over that if the military provides a market first, it then moves out to the rest of the industry, the rest of America. We're absolutely committed to homegrown sources of energy."


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I find it rather odd, that Si has a fresh glass of Ice Tea with him, no matter where he goes. That just seems strange to me. How does Si make his ice tea? That is a mystery to me. Is it even ice tea that Si is drinking in that glass?*Disclaimer ~ This Might Not Be The Same Recipe That Si Uses
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I came across this Putname problem (2007, B2) the other day:
Suppose that $f: [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$ has a continuous derivative and that $\int_0^1 f(x)\,dx = 0$. Prove that for every $\alpha \in (0,1)$, $$ \left| \int_0^\alpha f(x)\,dx \right| \leq \frac{1}{8} \max_{0 \leq x \leq 1} |f'(x)|. $$
I became interested in seeing if there was a solution using Fourier series. Here is what I tried:
For $x \in [0,1]$, let $F(x) = \int_0^x f(t) \, dt$. Extend $F$ to an odd function on $[-1,1]$, then extend $F$ to a periodic function on $\mathbb R$ with period $2$.
It follows that $F''$ is continuous, except possibly at $\mathbb Z$. We can represent $F''$ by its Fourier series $$ F''(x) \sim \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n \sin \pi n x, \qquad \text{where } a_n = \int_{-1}^1 F''(x) \sin \pi n x \, dx $$
It follows that $$ F(x) = -\frac{1}{\pi^2} \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{a_n}{n^2} \sin \pi n x $$
Let $M = \max |F''(x)|$. My goal is to show that for all $x \in \mathbb R$, we have $|F(x)| \leq \frac{1}{8} M$, but I have been unable to do this. I've tried two different approaches, both of which gave me $|F(x)| < cM$ for some constant $c > \frac{1}{8}$.
1st approach. For each $n$, we have: $$ |a_n| = \left|\int_{-1}^1 F''(x) \sin \pi n x \, dx\right| \leq M \int_{-1}^1 |\sin \pi n x| \, dx = \frac{4}{\pi}M $$
So $$ |F(x)| = \left|\frac{1}{\pi^2} \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{a_n}{n^2} \sin \pi n x \right| \leq \frac{1}{\pi^2} \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2} \cdot \frac{4}{\pi}M = \frac{2}{3\pi}M $$
I see that part of the problem with this approach is that the bound on the $a_n$ is too weak. We know by the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma that $\lim_{n \to \infty} a_n = 0$, so we should be able to get better bounds.
2nd approach. Let $u_n = \frac{1}{n^2}$ and $v_n = a_n \sin \pi n x$. By the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have $$ \left| \sum_{n=1}^\infty u_n v_n \right|^2 \leq \left( \sum_{n=1}^\infty u_n^2 \right) \left( \sum_{n=1}^\infty v_n^2 \right) $$
We have $\sum u_n v_n = -\pi^2 F(x)$ and $\sum u_n^2 = \sum \frac{1}{n^4} = \frac{\pi^4}{90}$, and using Parseval's identity, we also have $$ \sum_{n=1}^\infty v_n^2 = \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n^2 \sin^2\pi n x \leq \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n^2 = \int_{-1}^1 F''(t)^2 \, dt \leq 2 M^2 $$
It follows that $$ |F(x)| \leq \sqrt{\frac{1}{90} \cdot 2M^2} = \frac{1}{3\sqrt{5}} M $$
Is there any way for me to improve the constant factor?


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Yes, it's that time again; we're nearing the finales for many long-running reality TV shows. This season, the three main shows I've watched are: The Amazing Race, Dancing With the Stars, and Survivor. While I've enjoyed the other two, I'm afraid I may be pretty much over Dancing With the Stars.
Dancing With the Stars: At the beginning of the season, way too much of the focus was on Kate Gosselin. I never watched her own reality show, and after seeing her on DWTS, have no desire to do so. In addition to being rather mean-spirited, she absolutely couldn't dance; could barely walk. I thought she would be voted off the first week, but instead, lasted for several weeks. Continue reading


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LeAnne Branam (McGahuey)
Varsity Volleyball Coach
This is the seventh year for LeAnne as the Head Coach for the Panthers. The past 3 seasons the Panthers have made it to the 4A state tournament and are looking for their 4th trip back this fall!
LeAnne graduated from WHS in 2002 where she was a standout athlete for the Panthers. She earned 11 varsity letters while excelling in volleyball, basketball, and tennis. She was a 2x 1st team all league hitter and as a senior she was selected as the Big 9 player of the year. LeAnne went on to play 4 years at Central Washington University where she was a 2x All-American while earning degrees in Nutrition and Exercise Science and a Master's degree in Athletic Administration. After graduation LeAnne was the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Central Washington University for one year prior to her move back to Wenatchee. She got married this summer and is now a wife and step-mother of 2 beautiful children!
LeAnne serves as the Wenatchee School District Assistant Athletic Director.


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