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Yogamatters Get A Grip mat towel + dots
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The Get a Grip yoga mat towels are an integral piece of kit for yogis on the go and hot yoga devotees.
Soft and super absorbent, this yoga mat towel will wick away moisture as you sweat, ensuring you don't slip in a sweaty, hot yoga practice. Wave goodbye to sliding hands and feet in downward facing dog! With a smooth towel finish on one side and non-toxic silicon dots on the other, you can use with dots facing down to keep the towel firmly in place on your yoga mat or floor, or with dots facing up for extra grip for your hands and feet.
Laying a mat towel over your mat or the floor also serves as a hygienic, protective layer - ideal if you're borrowing a mat at a yoga studio, or practicing on a hotel room floor.
Weighing just 750g, this yoga mat towel is extremely lightweight, so can be scrunched, folded or rolled in to your bag, and taken on your travels without adding hardly any extra weight. And since it's machine washable, you can pop it in the wash after a particularly sweaty session.
Choose from a rainbow of colours available.
If using the towel of a light-coloured mat, there is a chance that the colouring may dye the mat below.
Also available without silicon dots as a standard
Get a Grip yoga mat towel
*Not for sale into the USA, Canada, Japan or Australia
*This product absorbs moisture and cannot be returned for hygiene reasons.
* Please note that the towel colouring process can cause slight variations in colour between batches. The current stock of our black towels is a slightly washed-out, as oppose to 'jet black' shade of black.*
: 60cm x 183cm (full mat size product)
: 600g
Made from
: Polyester
with silicon dots
Suitable for
: Keeping you stable and static during a sweaty yoga practice
Care instructions
: Machine washable and dryer safe. Easily washed after each practice.
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: China
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Grip mat towel
This mat towel has a lovely colour & texture and is excellent value for money - a branded similar item costs more than double and I can see no difference in quality. Rolls up small for packing - great on holiday or on top of studio mats - though like all mat towels it will rumple during dynamic classes.
l will buy more of these
This is a great towel. It's got good absorbency for hot yoga, great grip, it's is light weight & quick drying.
You are going to love this product
It's taken a while in the making, but we think we have come up with a really good product! If you have tried other mat towels in the past, do not be put off. The advantages our product has over the competition are numerous, but top of the list must be the fact that it's way better value - and it really works well! It is full sized - that means it's probably the same size as your yoga mat. It doesn't stretch as much either so it will hold it's shape in use. Pop one in your bag and use it over the communal mat in the studio. Easy to wash and dry (although you don't need to wash before use to get rid of production chemicals). Let us know what you think!
it is a very good product , thanks to it i don't slide anymore on the mat provided in my yoga center. great idea!
it's absolutely great, many people from my yoga center (my teacher included) want one, so i've given them your address.
helena blanchet
good purchase :)
As a regular Bikram kinda guy, this rocks.. in addition to the class mat (which gets too slippery under-foot for standing poses like standing separate leg pose or triangle) its makes a great grippy addition, basically if u sweat in your practice its great.. there's something quite complete about sweating lots in a class but knowing that you're not leaving that for the next person to deal with.. a grippy mat towel.. perfect for bikram or the kind of person that needs to wash their mat lots.. v-cool..
Matt Taylor
Get a grip yoga mat towel
This product is definitely helpful if you have sweaty hands and feet. It stays in place on a normal yoga mat quite well
Anne Johnson
grip yoga mat
these towels are very useful for astanga practice if you sweat a lot! i encouraged my students to buy them as it leaves the yoga mat dry for the next student and lengthens the life of the mat! some have to get used to them as they can slip and distract you in the beginning (useful to put down from the seated postures onwards) but worth it
debbie jenkins
Bought one to try out at my studio and finding it great for my students..it does take getting used to though as the blanket tends to slip sometimes particularly coming from down dog to standing poses but all in all its been a worthwhile purchase.
Get a grip yoga mat towel
Great product for Bikram and Power VInyasa yoga.
I was nicely surprised with how much grip this Grip towel provided! It covers the whole mat and I'll definitely take this on my travels instead of taking my yoga mat bag. I chose the pink which is a lovely colour!
Susie Law
Love it
Great for Hot Yoga
I bought this for holidays and to use over a studio mat if I'm on my bike. It's lightweight and has a good grip. I would recommend.
Great mat towel!
Perfect for Bikram Yoga. In fact, I like it so much I'm getting a 2nd one!
Get A Grip Mat Towel
An excellent product. Really does stop you slipping in downward dog. Also fab to slip in your bag if popping away for the weekend and don't have space for your mat. Have recommended it to fellow yogi's! Excellent service & quick delivery. Thanks Yoga Matters. Namaste.
Kelly Smith
Get a grip mat
This mat is excellent. I am already recommending it to my students.
Jane Mark-Lawson
Great Product
This definitely solves my problem of slipping on my mat. I've put it over my regular yoga mat and it works a treat, providing a little extra cushioning for hard floors! Would recommend for any yoga classes where hands and feet get sweaty :)
Get a grip Yoga mat towel
Freda Rutherford
Get a Grip
I really wanted to love this towel, having bought one in order to improve the poor grip of my new mat. I'd carefully read all the reviews, and came to the conclusion that this towel was exactly what I had been missing. Nevertheless, while trying it out today in class (a regular Yoga class), spreading it on my mat with the dotted side faced up, I realized the the slightest sweat on the hands made them glide over the little plastic knobs, which are very smooth in themselves. The other side of the towel, I quickly discovered, was completely smooth and therefore slippery. So disappointing!
Light and easy...
Really great towel, easy to carry around and use. Great for Bikram, (although I don't do Bikram) and also to carry around and use while travelling if you didn't want to take your mat!
Brilliant product!
Bought this to stop my hands sliding in downward dog. This is a fantastic yoga accessory - does exactly what it claims to!
Jacqui D
Get a grip!
Fantastic product for great value. I LOVE my Grip Dot towels, this is my 2nd one and I just stick them in the washing machine and they are fresh and ready to go again. Highly reccommend this product if you are an Ashtangi and need the grip when things start to heat up. Fi
Fi C
Fantastic Buy
I do Bikram Yoga and was in danger of doing myself a serious injury by the amount of slipping on my ordinary towel. One of the teachers recommended these towels. This is one of my best buys ever. The towel fits the entire mat and doesn't budge. It absorbs sweat so effectively that the towel never felt wet. I wash it nearly everyday and its as good as new. I trawled the internet for the best price and Yogamatters was the cheapest. The ordering and delivery was great with no problems. This product is excellent.
a great towel!
This towel is perfect for Bikram yoga - it's really highly absorbent and prevents slipping. It dries fast after washing and after many washing cycles it still looks like new. After having one for some time now I decided to order a second one and was amazed with the prompt delivery - received it in a day!
Yogamatters get a grip mat
Recomended to me by a yoga teacher. I lay the plastic bead side down on a cheap foam mat. If my feet and hands are a little clammy, I don't slip at all. If required, I use a water spray to dampen the mat a little. Either way, I don't slip at all when using this mat. Machine washable and comes in a carry bag. I'm well please and would recomend highly.
Product and service both tops
I am very satisfied with my mat towel. It does the job and is also pretty. The color I chose (purple) was perfect. More than that, Yogamatters provides great customer service. I will certainly buy from this shop again.
C Verschuur
Pro's outweigh the Con's
Pro's: does anti-slip job very well; lightweight & v easy carry around; v easy to wash clean; good price; Con's: Ripples a bit, does not stay fully flat (seems to stay flatter over time/use/repeated washes)
A great buy
This towel is excellent to use in Bikram. It covers the entire mat and has loads more sticky dots on it than just about any other mat towel I've seen. I will be buying another one.
Michele D
get a grip mat
I purchased the get a grip towel after reading the positive reviews. I used it in non heated ashtanga class dots up and I could not get a grip! It was worse in the heated class. Using it dots down is better. I would not buy again or recommend it. Disappointing.
Response to Lex
Hi Lex, The mat needs to be used with the dots down, so try that next time for a lot less slippy practice.
Yogamatters customer service
Get a Grip Yoga Mat Towel
I purchased this towel a short while ago and was pleasantly surprised by its price. The quality was as good as more expensive towels, it stays put on the mat during Bikram yoga and washes very well.
gillian mccreadie
Perfect towel for slippy hands!
I just wanted to leave a review saying how great the get a grip mat towel is! I find that my hands quickly get sweaty in the astanga & vinyasa flow classes I go to, and it's a nightmare trying to focus in down dog when I'm trying not to fall over! The get a grip mat towel has totally changed this - I use it nub side down over my mat; the nubs keep it perfectly in place on the mat, and my hands stay firmly in place on the towelling side. This has made a big difference to my practice, keep up the good work!
Great solution
I was having difficulty with my grip as I sweat a lot during the class and this towel has really help me to get it.
Great buy
has really made my bikram yoga sessions better, no more adjusting towel between postures or having towel bunch up.
Was kept updated on delivery as stock was low. Excellent product. No more slipping around in bikram, really absorbent which means I can grip my feet better, easy to transport around, love that you can stick it in the tumble dryer too as it means I can use it again the next day if I need to.
excellent performance and comfort
I just bought the 3rd one. Works very well and stays intact in spite of frequent use (ashtanga) and washes.
Great Grip!
I was looking for the perfect towel that wouldn't slip while doing certain yoga moves - and now i've found it! I've got into Hot Yoga so decided it was about time I invested in my own towel (hygiene purposes as well!). I used it for the first time on Saturday and i've washed it too - all turned out good and no colour running, which I was worried about. I would recommend this towel!
Brilliant for travel, light, grips surfaces well on holiday. I also find it particularly useful with grip side up as helps foot grip so much better. win win
Really pleased with this. Surpassed my expectations: I am travelling and have been using this with the dots down on an old mat of my mother's. It doesn't slip at all and the texture is lovely - I normally can't enjoy any synthetic fibres, but lying on my belly doing asanas and turning my cheek to rest against this towel mat is really lovely.
yoga on the go
I was looking for a yoga mat I could pack in a bag to travel with as I work away a lot and slippy hotel carpets are annoying and I don't want to take up half a suitcase with my full mat. I also wanted something that was easy to take along to classes so I don't have to use the smelly gym ones. This is perfect. I bought this and the travel mat and both work well for what I wanted them for, very happy.
Yoga grip towel
Lovely product, no more slipping, good quality, would recommend.
Best grip-dot towel I have
And I have 4... all different makes! This one is by far, the best. :)
Pink yoga towel
I bought this because of the Friday 13th offer. Shame there wasn't a choice of colours, for my husband. But saying that the mat is perfect for hot yoga, helps you grip the mat, washes well (don't use fabric softener) and tumble drys easy on low setting. I think they are essential for a good old hot sweaty yoga session :-)
Great quality, thick towel mat
I love this towel mat. I've had a Yoga-Mad grip dot towel mat for a while and decided to invest in a second one as I'm an Ashtangi with a daily practice so it gets a lot of use! This one's actually thicker, softer and slightly larger so I much prefer it, especially the pink one which is a lovely soft colour. I think it's slightly heavier than my other one but hardly noticeable and that does mean it actually stays in place a bit better. Highly recommended.
Great mat towel
I bought this mat towel to take to Kerala, it worked brilliantly, giving excellent grip. I've used it again on my return, it gives a lovely surface to work on and can be put directly on the carpet at home or on my mat in the studio. It washes well too. the mat-towel is also very useful to put over chair seats for grip (turn it bobble side out) or for padding under the feet for Virasana etc. I'm very happy with it and at such a good price, it's a bargain!
Great product. My palms would slip when trying to do Bakasana which made me feel unsafe and nervous about the pose. This solved the problem giving me the grip I needed.
Get a grip
Used the towel on top of my May with the grip facing up, the warmth was good especially at 430 meditation in cold weather but unfortunately it moves and crinkles up with movement. Colour good.
Yoga mat
Excellent product, and prompt delivery too. I have already used it and I am very happy with it. rolls out easily and doesn't take long to take the curl out of the end.Very good value for money.
Great yoga towel
I love this yoga towel, it is so useful. Much more portable than a yoga mat, it just folds up into my bag. It solves 2 problems, I am a bit icky about using communal yoga mats in class, this might be a bit un-yogic of me, but I don't want to pass on my athletes foot, and I really don't want veruccas. Also, altho I am not doing 'hot yoga', they do keep the room warm and during an intense session, my hands can get sweaty and slip. So this mat keeps me steady and hygienic. Perfect!
Very good
It's light to carry around and I don't have to worry about sweating on my mat. Very good product!
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Arthur D. Yaussy, 93, passed away Friday, December 27, 2013. He was born September 15, 1920, in Follansbee, West Virginia, to William J. and Sarah L. (Henthorn) Yaussy. He was a resident of Wadsworth for 23 years, previously of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Arthur was a graduate of Morris Harvey with a degree in Chemistry. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served in WWII, and was a member of the Seville Presbyterian Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Helen; brothers, Harry and Paul; sister, Helen Pfefferl.
He is survived by his sons, Mark Yaussy of St. Albans, West Virginia and Dale Yaussy of Wadsworth; grandchildren, Sarah (Jason) Dunbar, Janet Yaussy; great grandchildren, Jonathan Dunbar, Sadie Yaussy; several nieces, nephews, other family and friends.
Friends and family may call Sunday, December 29, 2013, from 6 to 8 P.M., at the Zak-Thacker & Monbarren Funeral Home, 132 N. Portage St., Doylestown. A private burial will take place at Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Monroe County.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Seville Presbyterian Church, 101 Center St., P.O. Box 63, Seville, OH 44273.
Online obituary and guest registry are available at www.zakmonbarrenfh.com

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College Hockey:New Line Combination Pays Off For Badgers
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves has been searching for that line since the start of the season — that one line that goes out and plays with intensity that sets fire to the whole team.
Saturday, he found that line and it came up big.
Rene Bourque, Ryan MacMurchy and Andrew Joudrey accounted for all four Badger goals in a 4-1 victory, completing a series sweep of Quinnipiac. Bourque and MacMurchy, the team's top two scorers last year, came together with the standout freshman to produce a line that was seemingly unstoppable.
"They carried a great part of the game," Eaves said. "They worked hard and made the plays that they needed to. By doing what they did I think it was infectious to our group."
From minute one it was obvious that, once again, the Bobcat goalie would be the key to keeping the game close. Junior Jamie Holden did his job in the first period by stopping 21 Badger shots.
Freshman Brian Elliott started in net for the Badgers and made his first collegiate save six minutes in, one of only three shots that he had to stop in the first period.
It was only a matter of time before the Badger scoring line got things rolling. MacMurchy skated the puck into the zone and found a way by a double-team, getting the puck to Bourque, who fired it over Holden's glove. That gave the Badgers a 1-0 lead, something that they hadn't yet done this year.
It took Quinnipiac more than seven minutes to put a shot on net in the second, but eventually the Bobcats tied it up. Forward Ryan Morton got the puck to Matt Craig, who burned the defense and skated in on Elliott. After faking once, he squeezed a backhand shot through Elliott's legs to knot the game at one.
Quinnipiac stayed patient all weekend. The Bobcats didn't get many chances, but when they did they took advantage.
"The one thing that you can say about that team is that they really compete," Eaves said. "They did not quit. They are a competitive group and that is why they are successful in their league."
However, only three minutes later the power line struck again. Bourque and Dan Boeser got the puck to MacMurchy, who did most of the work himself, faking a centering pass which turned the defenders around, leaving him open. He took advantage, firing a wrister past Holden and giving Wisconsin the lead once again.
The second period was penalty-free until the 20th minute. After the buzzer sounded multiple players from each team went at it. This wouldn't be the last time that the referees had to break things up, as they handed out roughing minors to two players from each squad.
It took a mere 28 seconds for the Badgers' first line to put up an insurance goal in the third. This time it was Joudrey who took a pass from MacMurchy and angled the puck in off Holden's stick.
"I just think we had a mindset coming into the game," Joudrey said. "We felt pretty confident out there. We knew we could overpower them and win every shift.
Aggressive play continued for the next 12 minutes when Badger freshman Ryan Suter took a five-minute major for slashing at the neck of a Bobcat defenseman. Suter, preseason WCHA rookie of the year and seventh overall pick in this year's NHL draft, was whistled all weekend, tallying 13 minutes of penalties in the two contests.
Minutes later, roughing minors were dealt after Wisconsin tri-captain Andy Wozniewski got into it with Bobcat Matt Froehlich. Not to be outdone, Suter took a penalty of the same kind just two minutes later. However, Quinnipiac forward Tim Morrison got the best of Suter, grabbing his facemask for a five-minute penalty.
"Ryan is going to get picked on all year," Eaves said. "He has to learn to take people's numbers and wait for a time and chance when the play is going on."
Wisconsin's prolific line was not done, taking advantage of four-on-four play. With just over a minute to play MacMurchy grabbed the loose puck at center ice and skated in all alone. After faking Holden to the right, he went with his backhand for his fourth point of the night.
"I feel better knowing that I'm contributing points and scoring for team because otherwise I don't feel like I'm doing my job," MacMurchy said.
After one more scuffle the buzzer sounded. The Badgers avenged last weekend's sweep by posting one of their own, controlling play all weekend to bring their record back up to .500.
"I just think they outplayed us," Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. "They were hungry and at home. They were excited and they deserved to win the game."
Bourque and MacMurchy, who entered the weekend scoreless, each walked away with two goals and two assists in the series. Boeser, a tri-captain, came through with three assists.
"We definitely have a lot of things to work on as a young team but we just have to keep working and keep getting better," MacMurchy said. "All the guys have great attitudes and I'm excited about where this team is going."
The goalies highlighted the weekend for the Bobcats. Holden matched senior Justin Eddy's performance Friday night with 46 saves of his own.
Unfortunately for them, their efforts were not enough as the Badgers found a way to score — six times on 97 shots, a performance that Quinnipiac could not match as the Bobcats mounted 37 shots on the weekend.
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Roch Lockyer: Hutch
Roch Lockyer (guitar)
Roch Lockyer (guitar), Art Lande (piano, finger harp, vibes),
Bijoux Barbosa (bass), Mike Marlier (drums).
Composed by Roch Lockyer.
Recorded: Denver, Colorado, November 23, 2008
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
Though guitarist Roch Lockyer learned music though "osmosis," as he likes to say, it was not until age 33 that he sought out guitarist Jimmy Bruno to get really educated. "Hutch" opens up with a funny Mike Marlier drum-and-vocal outtake. He rights himself to kick off the piece. Quickly we find ourselves immersed in a blues bebop mix. Heading the tune in that direction, with a touch of funk, are bassist Bijoux Barbosa and pianist Art Lande. The bouncing lines contain plenty of intricate unison playing and scalar runs. Lockyer is a fine player above and beyond his technique and ideas. His choice of tone here is borderline muddy, which gives "Hutch" a deeper quality. Drummer Marlier leads the band into a swinging section before Lockyer, Lande and Barbosa take effective solos. The engaging melody returns as foil to more unison playing and interplay. "Hutch" is a fun yet challenging number. Lockyer has surrounded himself, and his composition, with a highly skilled unit that can play music of high caliber no sweat.
Reviewer: Walter Kolosky
Tags: 2000s jazz · guitar
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ATLAS is an international randomised clinical trial to determine reliably the optimal duration of adjuvant tamoxifen in early breast cancer (see page 2 of the January 2004 newsletter). It is already established that about five years of tamoxifen provides a definite improvement in long-term survival and reduces the risk of recurrence and of developing a new cancer in the opposite breast. However, there is uncertainty about the optimal duration of tamoxifen and whether a woman should stop her tamoxifen after a few years or continue for several years longer (Lancet 2005; 365:1687-1717). With about 1 million women now taking adjuvant tamoxifen, this question is of major importance and must be addressed reliably through large-scale randomised evidence. The main focus of ATLAS is to establish whether 10 years of tamoxifen confers greater benefit overall than just 5 years of the same treatment. The results from ATLAS in combination with the other smaller trials of the same question (see page 2 of the January 2005 newsletter) will affect the management of hundreds of thousands of women worldwide and potentially could avoid several thousands of unnecessary deaths, and although this is a study of tamoxifen duration, its results will be relevant to the appropriate duration of other, newer, hormonal treatments. ATLAS has now completed its recruitment phase with over 15,000 women randomised making it the largest cancer treatment trial so far undertaken. See the latest ATLAS newsletter for more information.
Brief Summary of the ATLAS Trial
Newsletters: June 2001, January 2004, January 2005, November 2005
Powerpoint presentation from latest ATLAS Steering Committee, (Microsoft Powerpoint format 2.2Mb) 24th September 2005
Address, telephone and fax details for the ATLAS Trial Office in Oxford
Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG) - http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/projects/ebctcg.shtml
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I thought I'd bring your attention to three upcoming conferences that crystallize the enormous changes taking place in the legal services marketplace these days. I aim to attend all three, but if you can get to even one of them, you'll be exposed to some tremendous insights into what's happening in the legal profession right… Read more »
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Like Thomas Friedman and Malcolm Gladwell before him, Chris Anderson is becoming known for books that identify and name an evolving trend that connects business and society. You've probably read or head about his newest book Free: the Future of a Radical Price. It's generating a tremendous amount of heat around the idea that the… Read more »
2009 InnovAction Award winners
After serving two stints on the judging panel for the College of Law Practice Management's InnovAction Awards, I spent this past year as Chair of the Awards. One of the great parts of that job is that I get to contact the winners, which I had the pleasure of doing last week. Now that the… Read more »
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2009 Futures Conference
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….and so once again, best wishes from all of us on the faculty to you, the class of 2012, as your journey through law school begins. Before I yield the microphone, I have some news to share both with you and with my colleagues: that little lottery ticket I bought on a lark at the… Read more »
Join "Legal Innovation" at LinkedIn
As I've mentioned before, I'm serving as Chair this year of the InnovAction Awards, an annual presentation by the College of Law Practice Management (which, by the way, has announced the September dates for its high-powered Futures Conference). The InnovAction Awards recognize and promote law firms, legal departments, and other providers of legal services that… Read more »
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West Virginia University head football coach Dana Holgorsen held his first press conference of the 2013 regular season yesterday. In his opening statements Holgorsen remarked that he was uncertain of what his football team did well on offense. Few, if any, of the skill position players on offense have played in a game for the Mountaineers.
Holgorsen also stated that his football team would prepare to play William & Mary the same way they would prepare to play Alabama in the opener next season and Marshall in the season opener last year. Holgorsen added the preparation would be the same for Oklahoma in the second game this season.
Those statements beg the question, if a coach is not sure how his team will perform how can they prepare the same? Last season the Mountaineer offense had experience, next year the offense will be far more experienced. An inexperienced offense entering it's second game is more experienced too.
When asked, Holgorsen said that even if he knew what his offense did well he wouldn't tell anyone. Coach speak is alive and well in Morgantown. Holgorsen and his staff are not the type of coaches to enter a football season undecided about the abilities of their players.
There may be questions of how those particular players might perform in front of 65,000 fans, that is no doubt the only question Holgorsen, and his staff, need to answer. They know enough to decide which of the players on this team will redshirt for this season, barring injury to other players:
Andrew Buie, Running Back
Ellijah Wellman, Wide Receiver
Marcell Lazard, Offensive Lineman
Grant Lingafelter, Offensive Lineman
Jacky Marcellus, Offensive Lineman
Tyler Tezeno, Offensive Lineman
Stone Underwood, Offensive Lineman
Darrien Howard, Defensive Line
Shelton Gibson, Linebacker
d'Vante Henry, Linebacker
Isaaac McDonald, Linebacker
Earlier in fall practice, offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson and Holgorsen expressed their displeasure with the inside receiving corps. Those receivers have worked their way out of the proverbial doghouse. Jordan Thompson, Mario Alford, and Devonte Mathis will all see playing time on Saturday.
There will be decided differences on how those inside receivers are used this season compared to last. The depth at running back is much better for 2013 than it was in 2012. Because of personnel groupings if Holgorsen adds a running back, H-Back, or tight end the inside receiver must come to the sideline.
Last year with Tavon Austin at inside receiver, and arguably the most talented player on offense, removing him from the line-up for another player seemed ludicrous. That problem no longer exists. While the current group of inside receivers are no doubt talented, none seem ready to post the gaudy numbers or produce the number of game changing plays.
Tavon Austin is a tough act to follow. The depth in the running back position shows the most promise in replacing the Lion's share of Austin's production from last season. Instead of one player posting those numbers as many as nine will take on that task.
Or put differently, a defense will not be able to key on one player at one position. Instead, it will need to focus on three positions and nine different players. Add an effective running game to the equation and the problem facing those opposing defenses expands exponentially.
Holgorsen stated he is uncertain which of the two quarterbacks still competing for the starting job on Saturday will actually run out onto the field. Paul Millard and Clint Trickett have three practices this week to state their case as that player.
Holgorsen added that he would like the ability to give all of his quarterbacks snaps in the season opener. It is those plays in a game that separated Millard and Trickett from redhsirt freshman Ford Childress. In other words Holgorsen has a plan for getting Childress the game reps he is lacking.
Holgorsen also gave defensive coordinator Keith Patterson a vote of confidence when he stated that he was excited to see the defense perform on Saturday. That is coach speak telling Patterson he has done a good job and Holgorsen believes in his plans for the defense.
That appears like a lot of plans from a coach that isn't sure about the ability of his players to perform in a game. Coach speak is a wonderful thing when you've been languishing through an off-season that felt as long as this one. While it may never truly go away throughout an off-season, coach speak during a game week press conference is on another level, it transcends anything the off-season can present.
Football season is upon us, and while I am certain to change my perception as the season progresses, coach speak is alive and well at the Puskar Center. I can only welcome that development with open arms.


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Bennington woman accused of embezzlementFebruary 12,2013Woman accused of stealing
BENNINGTON A Gage Street teenager pleaded innocent on Monday to a felony charge of embezzlement after police said they believed she tried to take about $37 in clothing from a store on her second day working there.
Kayla Vosburgh, 19, of Bennington, was arraigned in Bennington criminal court on Monday on the felony charge and a misdemeanor charge of petit larceny. She was released without bail.
In an affidavit, Officer David Dutcher, of the Bennington Police Department, said he went to the Label Shopper in Bennington on Jan. 23 to meet with the store manager, Barbara Barber.
Dutcher said Barber told him Vosburgh was a trainee in her second day at the store on Jan. 22 when Barber saw her coming out of a dressing room. Barber said she then checked Vosburghs bag because the store has a policy to check all employees bags at the end of the day.
According to Barber, she found about $37 in clothing in the bag. She said Vosburgh told her that her mother had bought the clothes for her.
Dutcher said when he spoke to Vosburgh later, she said she had been a frequent shopper at the store before working there and bought the clothes that were allegedly found in her bag but Barber told Dutcher she never saw Vosburgh in the store before she started working there.
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Make no mistake. This was a punch to the gut.
New Orleans simply does not lose Super Bowl bids. And by all accounts, the Big Easy was the big favorite to win the bid for the 2018 event.
But in the biggest upset since Joe Namath's Jets stunned the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, NFL owners awarded Super Bowl LII to Minneapolis instead.
This was like Meryl Streep losing Best Actress to Rosanne Barr. Or Michael Jordan losing a dunk competition to Greg Kite.
Minneapolis? Sure, they have a fancy new stadium but even Prince would admit the Twin Cities owned few advantages otherwise in this competition.
Minneapolis is a relative neophyte in the big-event hosting game compared to New Orleans and Indianapolis. Before this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game in July, you have to back to the 2001 Final Four to find the last time it hosted a major sporting event.
Further, word in league circles was Minneapolis' financial package had more holes than a Whiffle ball.
And the weather? The average high temperature in Minneapolis on Feb. 4 is 18 degrees. That's Fahrenheit. The Arctic conditions require the city to link its downtown grid by 69 square blocks of enclosed skyways.
No, everything seemingly was in New Orleans' favor.
History. The Crescent City had hosted the event a record-tying 10 times.
Timing. The 2018 game would potentially kick off New Orleans' epic tricentennial celebration.
Emotion. The game would likely be Tom Benson's final bid as Saints owner.
What's more, New Orleans boasted arguably the most creative, comprehensive and attractive Super Bowl package in its formidable history as a Super Bowl host candidate.
But in the end, none of it mattered. NFL owners sent a message to New Orleans and the rest of the league on Tuesday. New stadiums trump tradition.
"This is a shock," said Rod West, CAO of Entergy and co-presenter of New Orleans' bid.
Minneapolis' commitment to build a $1 billion stadium outweighed all of the jazz and jambalaya New Orleans had to offer.
The NFL's track record of rewarding Super Bowls to cities is well established. The last eight teams with new stadiums that bid for the Super Bowl have now been successful on their first try: Houston; Phoenix/Glendale, Ariz.; Detroit; Dallas; Indianapolis; San Francisco/Santa Clara, Calif.; and Minneapolis.
Minneapolis' state-of-the-art facility is funded by $498 million in Minnesota taxpayer contributions. The stadium is scheduled to open in July 2016 and NFL owners obviously felt obligated to reward Minnesotans' commitment as soon as possible.
"It's much more competitive to host these Super Bowls," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. "The new stadiums are obviously a big factor, and I think, drive and influence owners' perspectives."
One other thing was at play here. New Orleans' prolificacy as a Super Bowl site appears to have had a counterintuitive effect on its bid. In a process now more competitive and inclusive than ever, familiarity might have bred contempt among NFL owners. With more cities than ever wanting a piece of the pie, a share-the-wealth philosophy prevails.
As difficult as it might be for all of us to conceive, the rest of America might be experiencing a bout of NOLA fatigue.
"It concerned me that if New Orleans won again that it would be very discouraging for other cities," Minnesota bid committee co-chair Marilyn Carlson Nelson told the NFL Network. "If it became ... always the first vote for New Orleans it would have been discouraging and it would have been hard to come back (for future bids)."
The same can now be said for New Orleans. City and team officials sank countless resources into the bid. Jay Cicero and Sam Joffray of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation worked tirelessly on the proposal over the past four months. They fully expected to win this thing.
"We were right there," Cicero said. "In the end, we felt it was the new stadium that did it for Minnesota, and we congratulate them."
On the heels of losing the bid for the 2016 College Football Championship to Glendale, Ariz., this is now the second major setback for New Orleans in its bid to host a major event. The competition for major events grows more intense each year. New Orleans understands this harsh reality today more than ever.


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A proposal to change the makeup of the C-Tran Board of Directors was pushed back Tuesday to December.
Prior to the board's meeting, the C-Tran board composition review committee met to discuss the allocation of seats on the board.
By law, the C-Tran Board of Directors has nine voting members. Currently, the city of Vancouver has three seats, as does Clark County. The remaining three seats are shared by Camas and Washougal, Battle Ground and Yacolt, and Ridgefield and La Center.
On Tuesday, Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke proposed that the town of Yacolt — which has a population of 1,615, according to the state's Office of Financial Management — should get its own seat. Under Mielke's plan, Yacolt's vote would carry the same weight as Camas (population 20,320), Battle Ground (population 18,130) and Washougal (population 14,580).
Ridgefield (population 5,545) and La Center (population 3,015) would share a seat, while Vancouver (population 164,500) and the county would get two seats each.
Mielke's rationale was that Battle Ground doesn't want to share a seat with Yacolt any longer, and Yacolt doesn't want to share with either Ridgefield or La Center.
His proposal drew swift opposition from Ridgefield Mayor Ron Onslow, La Center Mayor Jim Irish and Washougal Mayor Sean Guard, who questioned why the smallest jurisdiction should get its own vote. Guard asked if he even heard Mielke's proposal correctly.
Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, who was filling in for Vancouver City Councilor Bart Hansen, said there's "no rhyme or reason or basis or fact," to support giving Yacolt its own vote.
Mielke's motion was seconded by Battle Ground City Councilor Shane Bowman.
But Guard proposed pushing Mielke's motion back until the Dec. 10 meeting, after the C-Tran Board of Directors discusses whether to amend the bylaws to clarify bloc veto powers.
Currently, Vancouver and Clark County have bloc veto power. Attorneys for the jurisdictions have expressed different opinions about what would happen to the bloc veto authority if Vancouver or Clark County gave up a seat.
Tom Wolfendale, the attorney for C-Tran, suggested that the Board of Directors amend the bylaws to resolve the matter.
Guard's motion was seconded by Irish and passed by a vote of 6-4. County Commissioner Steve Stuart, Leavitt, Onslow and Camas Mayor Scott Higgins joined Guard and Irish, while Mielke and Bowman were joined by Commissioner David Madore and Yacolt Town Councilor Lewis Gerhardt.
Composition committee
The members of the Vancouver City Council have made it clear they strongly oppose giving up a seat on the Board of Directors. But while the city represents the majority of C-Tran riders, the city has only one vote on the composition committee. That means Vancouver's vote on the committee, representing 81 percent of C-Tran riders, carries the same weight as Yacolt's, which represents 0.1 percent of riders.
Higgins questioned whether C-Tran would survive under Mielke's proposal, as Vancouver would likely challenge the decision.
"We are not willing to sacrifice the entire transportation system just to get our voice heard better," said Higgins, his sentiment echoed by Guard.
Madore urged the board to take action Tuesday and to end "turf wars" and the abuse of bloc veto power.
Leavitt said there hadn't been complaints among C-Tran representatives about "turf wars" or abuse of bloc veto power until 10 months ago, a reference to when Madore took office.


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Dec. 5, 2010
Box Score
Player of the GamePlaying in his first collegiate game on a hostile floor, freshman Trevor Releford performed admirably in one of the toughest arenas in college basketball. In 30 minutes of action playing point guard and facing 94 feet of defensive pressure, he finished with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting and two of the team's eight assists. Eight of his 12 points came in the second half including four in the first three minutes of the second half as he tried to erase a 10-point halftime deficit. He tallied the second highest efficiency rating on the team in the game and out of the starting five, boasted the top +/- rating with Purdue outscoring the Tide by just seven points during the 30 minutes he was on the floor.
Play of the GameThe Crimson Tide's play of the game came midway through the first quarter when Charvez Davis and Tony Mitchell forced a Purdue turnover at midcourt with Davis collecting the loose ball and tossing a baseball pass to Senario Hillman at the top of the key. Hillman put up a lob pass for a streaking Mitchell to dunk and put the cap on an 8-0 run that gave the Tide a 3-point, 16-13, lead with 8:30 to play in the half.
Turning Point of the GamePurdue's historically staunch defense lived up to its reputation by holding the Tide without a field goal for nearly seven minutes to go on a 17-0 run that turned a three-point Alabama lead into a 14-point deficit that it would never fully recover from.
Stat of the GameAlabama struggled to score for most of the game and averaged a season-low 0.73 points per possession. It was just the second time this season the Tide averaged less than a point per possession. Had the Tide scored at its season average of 1.01 points per possession, it would have scored approximately 65 points, making the complexion of Saturday's 66-47 loss much different.
Top LineupsThe Tide used 15 different five-man lineups against Purdue with three of them managing to outscore the Boilermakers. The combination of Tony Mitchell, Trevor Releford, Charvez Davis, Chris Hines and Kendall Durant posted the top mark on the day by outscoring Purdue by eight points during the 4:04 they were on the floor together. The starting lineup of Mitchell, Releford, Senario Hillman, Hines and Charles Hankerson, Jr. spent a game-high 8:13 together on the court and were outscored 16-14 during that span.
Additional Game Notes• Purdue's 17-0 run was the biggest surrendered by the Tide this season.• Tony Mitchell finished one rebound shy of his third straight double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. In the last three games, Mitchell is averaging 15.3 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. • Purdue became the sixth opponent and third straight that UA has held to 40 percent or less shooting from the field. • Purdue's E'Twaun Moore is only the second player to score 20 or more points against the Tide this season.• The Boilermakers take a 5-2 lead in the all-time series and have won two straight over the Tide.
Purdue +/- ReportDurant +6Engstrom -1Carter -4Davis -6Releford -7Hankerson -9Mitchell -15Eblen -17Hines -18Hillman -24


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I went on vacation to Istanbul, ate the city, came back, and then ironically caught the flu over here. I am hopefully on the mend after 2 weeks of rest. Not only is it driving me insane (they don't have Golden Girls on Lifetime anymore) but feeling this crappy is not my cup of tea. I'll have some stuff posted this week. Thanks for being patient. At the end of the day, vacation was so worth it.
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Today, Hartford Books Examiner welcomes M.J. Rose.
A featured guest at next weekend's Mystery Writers Workshop sponsored by R.J. Julia Booksellers (see event details below), Ms. Rose is also the author of The Collector of Dying Breaths (Atria Books, $25.00). She has published thirteen previous novels and co-written two works of non-fiction. An international bestseller, she is also a founding board member of International Thriller Writers and launched the first marketing company for authors: AuthorBuzz.com. Ms. Rose makes her home in Greenwich, Connecticut.
The Collector of Dying Breaths was published earlier this month, and has received high praise from both contemporaries and critics alike. Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants, noted, "Mysterious, magical, and mythical, this book is as heady as the fragrances, potions and elixirs that saturate the pages…Twists and turns abound…It had me guessing until the very end. What a joy to read!" Further, The Washington Post raved, "Rose is an unusually skillful storyteller. Her polished prose and intricate plot will grip even the most skeptical reader."
From the publisher:
From the internationally bestselling author, a lush and imaginative novel that crisscrosses time as passion and obsessions collide
Florence, Italy—1533:
An orphan named René le Florentin is plucked from poverty to become Catherine de Medici's perfumer. Traveling with the young duchessina from Italy to France, René brings with him a cache of secret documents from the monastery where he was trained: recipes for exotic fragrances and potent medicines—and a formula for an alchemic process said to have the potential to reanimate the dead.
In France, René becomes not only the greatest perfumer in the country, but also the most dangerous, creating deadly poisons for his Queen to use against her rivals. But while mixing herbs and essences under the light of flickering candles, René doesn't begin to imagine the tragic and personal consequences for which his lethal potions will be responsible.
Paris, France—The Present:
A renowned mythologist, Jac L'Etoile—trying to recover from personal heartache by throwing herself into her work—learns of the sixteenth-century perfumer who may have been working on an elixir that would unlock the secret to immortality. She becomes obsessed with René le Florentin's work—particularly when she discovers the dying breaths he had collected during his lifetime.
Jac's efforts put her in the path of her estranged lover, Griffin North, a linguist who has already begun translating René le Florentin's mysterious formula. Together they confront an eccentric heiress in possession of a world-class art collection, a woman who has her own dark purpose for the elixir . . . for which she believes the ends will justify her deadly means.
This mesmerizing gothic tale zigzags from the violent days of Catherine de Medici's court to twenty-first-century France. Fiery and lush, set against deep, wild forests and dimly lit chateaus, The Collector of Dying Breaths illuminates the true path to immortality: the legacies we leave behind.
Now, M.J. Rose reveals a few pages from the book of her life …
1) As a child, did you wear your literary lust loud and proud or were you a closet bibliophile?
Loud and proud. I used to walk and read... that's how addicted I was.
2) What book(s) were you likely to be caught keeping company with under the covers?
I used to steal books from my mother's bookshelves before I was really ready to read them and she had eclectic and popular taste so I read everything from The Valley of the Dolls and The Great Gatsby. If it was a novel - I wanted to read it.
3) What are you reading currently & what is your initial impression?
I'm reading Accidents of Marriage by Randy Susan Meyers which comes out in Sept. and I am blown away by her talent.
4) What one book do you always recommend when asked?
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
5) Which of your own books would you suggest to readers & why?
The Collector of Dying Breaths - because it's the most recent.
6) Is there a book or author that readers would be surprised to know you've read and liked?
I don't think so. Every book has its readers and its reasons for being beloved.
7) Who is the one author that would, or did, make you weak in the knees upon meeting?
When I met Anne Rice after decades of loving her work, I got all choked up.
8) Has there been an "I've made it" moment in your career?
It was getting my first agent. I was so excited that I'd achieved that goal.
9) What is your greatest literary ambition?
Just to keep writing... I have simple ambitions. :)
10) Fill in the blank: Hartford Books Examiner is _____.
Just wonderful and we need dozens more just like the HBE in other cities!
With thanks to M.J. Rose for her generosity of time and thought.
Ms. Rose will appear at the Mystery Writers Workshop presented by R.J. Julia Booksellers next Saturday, April 26th, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Other authors will include James Benn, Roberta Isleib (aka Lucy Burdette), Daniel Palmer, Barbara Ross, and Spencer Quinn. The cost is $50/person, and includes morning and afternoon panels, lunch, and meet & greet time with the authors. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the store at 203-245-3959. The event will be held at the Madison Winter Club, located at 251 Boston Post Rd. More information can be found here.


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At ComicCon over the weekend, there were a surprising number of wearable beauty looks mixed in among the zombies, Power Rangers, and Stormtroopers. But we were particularly enamored with Deborah Ann Woll's and Jennifer Morrison's milkmaid braids.
Woll, who was there promoting True Blood (she plays babyvamp Jessica), gets extra points for her chic take: a sleek crown with perfect placement for her face shape. Morrison's braid, on the other hand, is a little too undone and loose. Take a tip from Ted Gibson, who suggests letting your natural texture come through in your braid but spraying it with hair spray (he likes L'Oréal Professionnel Texture Expert Infinium 2 Working Spray) to keep it from coming apart.
What's your take? Is the milkmaid braid up your alley? Or is the look too Heidi for you?
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There are a few things to consider: Price On average Thomson Reuters is known to be less costly than Bloomberg. One thing to consider when looking to save money is that most vendors will use some kind of ladder pricing. So if you cannot get rid of either Bloomberg or Thomson Reuters completely then you may not save as much as you expected. Technology ...
I don't know exactly about Reuters but often implied volas in the Black 76 world are quoted (forward) ATM. Thus the forward equals the strike and they dissappear from the formula: $$ C = E[(F-K)^+] = \exp(- r t) (F N(d_1) - K N(d_2)) $$ and $d_1 = (\log(F/K)+\sigma^2/2T)/(\sigma \sqrt{T})$ and $d_2 = d_1 - \sigma \sqrt{T}$, see e.g. here. In the ATM case $...
I will be adding here some resources that I found during the research, hopefully it will turn useful for others: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/master-symbol-database-most-cost-98173.S.51776671 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters_Instrument_Code
I think the best you may be able to do here is creating your own unique identifier in your code based off underlying, maturity date, put or call, and strike price, and then match the two data sources on that key. The only identifier Bloomberg seems to have for options on futures is their FIGI number, and I'm doubtful that Reuters supports that. Here's an ...
I think your request is too broad. ITUB, for example is an Italian company and has ADRs traded in several stock exchanges. Hence, if you do search in Eikon, you find multiple tickers for it. And I failed to find critea, which could yield single return value for each tickers you supplied. I used request: =RSearch("Equity", "TickerSymbol:" & B3 & "*"...
Each vendor has their own symbology universe and each exchange, market, or country may have their own standard identifiers. To date the majority of identifiers have also been dynamic, i.e. when a company renames, merges, relocates, the identifier may change. Some symbology systems operate on different levels of granularity whereby prices can be filtered to ...
try www.tr8tool.com. It looks like they have a bunch of major names already mapped.
Bloomberg provides unique identifiers, I assume Reuters does the same thing. It might be a good idea to use those, or at least track them. Presumably you have pricing data on each of these? You could always check a few close prices against each other to check if you have matched the strings correctly.
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Many vendors will be in full swing for those looking to cool off from the summer heat. For example, StormBreaker Brewery located at the intersection of N Beech Avenue and N Mississippi Avenue will have a DJ spinning some records in their beer garden, extra beer pouring stations and a booth right outside of the brewery selling merchandise. Also, they donated a couple of kegs to the festival beer garden.
Saunter around the fair's six stages and sample over 40 bands. If possible, stop by the Fremont Stage presented by Por Que No & Ecliptic Brewing from 6:15pm to 7:00pm and catch a set by The Beauty. It's a treat you won't want to miss. Other acts include Holiday Friends, Atomic Arts Theater, URAL THOMAS & THE PAIN, Tiburones, Norman Sylvester Band, THANKS, Ghost Ease, Genders, Sneakin Out, Three for Silver, Ryan Sollee (of Builders and Butchers & Friends), The We Shared Milk.
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If you cannot remember the exact amount of the payment protection insurance loans, the virtual calculators help you to decide the same. It is when you have been able to able to gauge the loan amount, rate of interest and the policy on which it was made. This is where the right choice of the PPI claims calculator company would help you to a great extent. How would you know if you have been wronged in terms of the mis sold payment protection policies? In many cases the payment protection insurance policies have been added into the loan without being given a clear explanation. The complete PPI tenure and the legalities need to be explained to you else it is clearly a mis sold policy. If the client had some health issues, at the time of taking the loan, that can also be called a mis sale of this type of policy. Often when the person had no fixed or regular income and yet the policy is included in his loan, it is a mis sale.
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Kamisama Kiss is a 13 episode Romantic Comedy Anime based on the Manga of the same name, put out by TMS Entertainment. It follows the exploits of Nanami, a hapless, hopeless, homeless high school girl, who saves a stranger from a dog, gets to live in a shrine because of it, and receives godhood for being a swell gal. Along the way, she falls in love with Tomoe, a fox Yokai (a type of demon), and gathers the attention, affection, and rivalry of a whole host of celestial beings large and small.
- Good writing. Kamisama Kiss is nothing if not cleverly written. The amount of one-liners, sarcastic ripostes, and double entendres is rather impressive, given the brevity of the series.
- Foxfire. Despite being a sort of 'reverse-harem' type of romantic comedy, Tomoe still manages to get in a lot of fights. Many of these are quite cathartic as he blazes blue fire into a particularly annoying enemy.
- Doesn't get old. Being only 13 episodes long, Kamisama Kiss is short, sweet, and doesn't wear out its welcome. If you skip the opening song (which is, shall we say...suggestive?) and end credits, these thirteen episodes amount to just over a mere 240 minutes. That's the length of the extended cut of 'The Two Towers.' A viewer can get through this series without going to the bathroom!
- Repetitive. How many times do I need to have it explained to me that Kurama is a Tengu (crow yokai)? Or that he's a rockstar? Or that girls fawn over him. Seriously, it's only 13 episodes, I remember the guy!
- Macguffins. I am starting to realize that this simply can't annoy me, as we are talking about anime. Still, Kamisama Kiss has a few instances where the solutions to the problems are things that don't add up, and aren't explained. Why does Nanami time travel to find the eye, fail to get the eye, then find out it was in her already? Do they explain that somewhere and I just missed it? I can make assumptions, but they are just that.
In the end, Kamisama Kiss is a fun little series that's well thought out, humorous, and has a cute art style. Most of the voice acting is top notch, and most of the annoying characters are only single appearances.


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Feb. 3, 2004
For the first time since 2000, the UCLA Baseball team (1-0) started its season with a win as the Bruins posted a 4-1 victory over UC Riverside at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
Right-hander Casey Janssen got the opening day start and mowed down nine Highlanders in his four innings of action. The Fountain Valley native did not allow a run on two hits in his outing.
The Bruin offense got started in the second frame as Matt Thayer hit a solo home run in his fist at-bat of the season. With the round-tripper UCLA led 1-0.
In the third inning, the Bruins would post three runs as Billy Susdorf started the rally with a leadoff walk. After going to second on a passed ball, Susdorf moved to third on a single from Wes Whisler. After Chris Denove walked, Susdorf would score on single from Thayer. Brandon Averill drove in Whisler with a single to left field and Brett McMillan brought Denove home with a sacrifice fly. After three innings, UCLA led 4-0.
Sophomore Hector Ambriz (1-0) relieved Janssen to start the fifth inning and kept the Highlanders off the scoreboard for four frames to earn his first win with a three-hit, one-run performance. Ambriz also struck out four Highlanders.
Tony Festa would break up the shutout with a solo home run in the top of the ninth for UC Riverside's only run of the day.
UCLA will take a 10-day break from intercollegiate action, but will host its annual alumni day on Saturday, February 7. The festivities will start at 11:00 am with a home run hitting contest, while the 2004 team will take on the Bruin pros at 2:00 pm.


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