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Girls high school hockey fans who braved the beastly weather Thursday night got to witness one of Minnesota's top female athletes, Kelly Pannek and she did not disappoint, scoring the hat trick and picking up two assists to lead the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights to a 7-0 win over the Roseau Rams in the Class AA quarterfinals at the Xcel Energy Center in St.Paul.
Pannek, a finalist for Ms. Hockey, is playing for her second state title of the school year. Last fall, she led the BSM girls soccer team to the Class A title.
Both teams didn't tally in the first period.
In the second period, the Red Knights armor began to shine bright as Catilin Reilly, who will play next season at Penn State, scored the opening goal and assisted on three others. Her goal came on a pass from Pannek and she scored from the left top of the crease. Reilly set up the second goal, passing to Pannek in the center slot and she picked up the goal. Pannek, a Golden Gopher signee went top shelf for her second goal. BSM would pick up their fourth goal as Reilly fed Kassandra Peterson at the left point in front of the Red Knight bench and she lined the puck into the goal.
Brittany Wheeler, credited with two assists in the second period scored the Red Knights first third period goal. Pannek, stationed on the left side of the net, found Wheeler in the center slot and she sent it into the cage. It was also Pannek who picked up the hat trick after receiving a pass from Alicia Praus and she fired it from 7th St. to send the game into running time. Praus would score the game's final goal on a rebound.
Red Knight goalie Abby Miller recorded her seventh shutout of the season and extended her state career record to 30.
BSM out shot Roseau 26-13.
The top seeded Red Knights improved their record to 26-2-1 and will play the winner of the Mounds View-Lakeville North game Friday, February 21 at 8 PM at the Xcel Energy Center. The Rams fell to 16-13 and will play the losing team of that game in the consolation semifinals Friday at noon at Ridder Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.
For one of the few times in a state tournament game, there was no band present from the two schools to play the National Anthem, so a recording was used, which is also common before many high school sporting events.


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This is the fifth installation of a promised series of articles on what veterans have endured. This series deals with life as a radar flight controller in Vietnam. Again I ask my readers to compare this one individual's experience with those of bureaucrats who did not have their retirement benefits cut. Readers should note that the civilians that I am talking about do not feel that their retirement benefits are generous. 1967 was just a daily repeat of these kinds of events. Our losses over the North became heavier. This war sucked! I hated Johnson and McNamara. In the autumn of 1966, I was working the flight follow scope on a night shift. This is when the "Blue Tree" Frag Order missions were being conducted by the RF 101's stationed at Tan Son Nhut and the RF-4's stationed at Udorn, Thailand. These unlucky slobs got to fly from the Chinese border straight down the northwest, or northeast railroads into Hanoi and Haiphong, and then south towards South Vietnam. They were recce aircraft and would snap photos all the way. These flights were conducted at treetop level to some concealment protection and surprise against North Vietnamese AAA and SAM attacks. If their terrain guidance radars became inoperable, they would have to climb to higher altitudes, which placed them in extreme danger of being shot down. A little know fact was that these missions did not need to be flown at all. We had satellite coverage that provided us with detailed BDA. The civilian leadership did not want the Soviets and Chinese to realize that we had such a strategic reconnaissance capability in place. So these poor slobs flew down these corridors like ducks passing in a county fair shooting gallery. I had been flight following one RF-101 pilot for a couple of night ops and we recognized each other's voices. He informed me that he was going to fly the next night also and he would identify himself as "Grandmother 10" so we could continue with our private chatter, which was against regulations and proper radio communications procedures. The next evening I came on duty at 17:00 hours and saw that we had one aircraft down in the North. It was an RF-101 out of Saigon. I briefed the other weapons controllers to look out for "Grandmother 10". That night no one called in with that cover name. Throughout my tour in Vietnam, I asked every RF-101 pilot that I ever controlled if he was "Grandmother 10". No one knew what I meant. This war sucked! Why were we fighting this war this pathetic way? Our senior military officers were forbidden to effectively fight the war they were directed to fight. We were all cannon fodder for the whims of politicians and failed General Motor's executives. During my tour, Lieutenant Charlie L. and I were sent up to Dong Ha, a charming little spot on the DMZ separating North and South Vietnam. We flew up there on an AC-47 "Spooky" gunship. This is where I learned that I possessed a repressed sixth sense. It was something very primitive and had never been tapped. We were to man a small Forward Air Control Post, call sign "Water boy". When we disembarked the plane, I sensed intuitively that this was a most unhealthy place to reside. It looked peaceful enough. There was a light breeze the distant mountains toward Laos looked pleasant, but imminent danger and doom was a reality for me. I rushed over to the canvas covered radar darkroom and viewed the plotting board. On the board the friendly artillery fire was drawn to show where the artillery firing fans were located and what altitudes the artillery went up to. Our radar site was surrounded 360 degrees by firing batteries and all of them were firing in-bound toward our station. My gut instinct was correct. That very night an NVA regiment passed between our nothing little radar post and the runway, which was only 300 meters from us. Thank God, the NVA was not interested in some little radar site and they passed by without incident. Some of the first big battles in northern I Corps were beginning to take place in this area. Our fine US Marines were valiantly fighting against a well-equipped and armed enemy. We were starting to have high mortality rates on Hills with eight hundred numbers (meaning their height in meters). The bodies of these young men were being brought to Dong Ha so that C-123 "Provider" cargo transports could ferry them to DaNang, or Saigon for shipment home. We had a couple of refrigerator vans to keep the corpses in, but there were so many KIA that we had no means to preserve them. Eventually, we even ran out of body bags and they were being stacked like cordwood. I was horrified as I watched personal letters blow out of unbuttoned pockets of jungles fatigues. This was truly a horror movie! I hoped that a miracle would take place and I would be sent back to Monkey Mountain. An act of God took place and Charlie and I were sent back in the nick of time. We flew back to DaNang on a USMC C-130 Hercules. The aircraft commander was a USMC E-9, one of the last enlisted pilots in the military. Shortly after we returned to Monkey Mountain, the NVA blew that place away. Artillery and mortars leveled our little Quonset huts at Dong Ha. Back at Monkey Mountain, the "Rolling Thunder" and the "Barrel Roll/Steel Tiger" operations were keeping our two shifts extremely busy. Our fighters were going down in the North and over Laos like clockwork. I assisted in controlling numerous rescue operations over North Vietnam, Laos, and the South China Sea. I remember 2 December 1966 and the demise of Commando 01 over Channel 72 in Laos that was a real "dog and pony show". Years later, I learned who Commando 01 was. He was then Colonel Heinie Aderholt, later Brigadier General Harry C. Aderholt, and the famous Air Commando. An Air America pilot under my control rescued Heinie and another crewmember. A passenger (an O-6) was not recovered because he did not have a personal locator beacon with him. They were brought down by NVA "Triple A" around Channel 72, which was a TACAN navigation site located on a remote mountain peak in Laos. Air America, Byrd and Sons, and Continental Airlines all flew CIA missions for the US in the secret war in Laos. They would be given $6,000 for every rescued airman that they could retrieve. This was an unbelievably daring rescue and this pilot had some big brass ones to do what he did! Eastern and Western Air Rescue squabbled over whose responsibility it was to conduct this emergency rescue. They would not even scramble their A1E "Spad" fighters to provide CAP and suppression fire for these special operators down in Laos. I had to beg to get the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing to scramble some F-4 fighters to provide combat air patrol for these men in harm's way. Time was of the essence and if it had not been for the courage of this Air America pilot, all three of these men would have been sacrificed forever.
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The Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) features utilities that allow you to monitor and manage the performance of a Java virtual machine (Java VM) and the Java applications that are running in it. The Java SE Monitoring and Management Guide, published in August 2008, describes those monitoring and management utilities. The guide is intended for experienced users of the Java language, such as systems administrators and software developers. Learn more.


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>Brookings Oregon News, Sports, & Weather | The Curry Coastal Pilot
This ship is sinking
I have lived here in Brookings for over 26 years now, and read the Curry Coast Pilot, cover to cover upon each receipt.
As you now know, our sheriff of Curry County has resigned. I don't blame him. He is not the captain of this sinking ship (Curry County), so why should he stick around it die! The fact is, the Curry County commissioners, for over 60 years have known, that the Federal O&C revenues would come to an end. For every one of those commissioners, they put their heads in the sand, and ignored what was sure to come.
Forget the people who elected them. Raid the Road Fund, Give themselves and county employees raises and more perks.
Even though these same citizens struggle to make ends meet, and live through a constant barrage of rantings for more taxes; so that funds can be gathered to pay services, that we county citizens need, and require.
Yes, we will have to raise property taxes, no doubt. In the recent election I did not vote for anyone running for commissioner, I voted for Home Rule; however the Good Old Boys, via false alarm scaring tactics, succeeded in this being voted down! So now what.
I can tell you.
Either we raise our property taxes to meet the funds needed by this county, or face being taken over by the state. So let's see, anyone with any intelligence knows that government running anything, is going to cost about three times what it would be in the private sector, plus our greedy state government would be given the opportunity to tack on "operational costs" for running this county for us. ...
Curry County Ship is sinking. Fix this mess ourselves; and get rid of three overpaid "public servants," who are only out for more power and wealth for themselves.
John O'Hara
Baseless accusations
I have been asked by numerous veterans county wide who know of my dedication to them and their fellow servicemen and women, if they could respond on my behalf to the blatantly false and defamatory public statements made by a fellow veteran in recent issues.
Although I have not worked directly with our former VSO department for some time now, I did during the 2013 year and data is proof a lot of service to our Veterans was accomplished. During that time and right after taking office, I assisted in creating and passing, the first ever Veterans' Extended Outreach Grant Program for the State of Oregon, which brought in approximately $1 million for VSO Departments throughout the state.
I am grateful for the work VSO O'Neal has done on behalf of our veterans, am sorry to see her leave the area and wish her the best in all her future endeavors.
As far as Mr. Dietz's defamatory comments, they are baseless. Although offered, he has never made an attempt to contact me on any issue. Moreover, I think it is downright shameful of him to use our veterans' issues as his political football.
I will continue to work on issues affecting our citizens in all areas, especially veterans. Please remember to give thanks as I do every day to our servicemen and women for the rights and freedoms we enjoy within our United States of America.
David Brock Smith
Curry County
As one door closes
The recent closings of two businesses in Harbor means hard times for the local economy and for those who lost their jobs.
I find it hard to believe that Shell and Shop Smart were not operating in the black. Perhaps it was not enough of a profit to satisfy corporate headquarters.
Hopefully Goodwill Industries will provide jobs for some and help for others. This nationwide 501C nonprofit is more than a thrift store. They provide rehabilitation, counseling, and training. Some of their other services may become available locally.
As one door closes, another can open.
Joe Willett
Which belief for you?
"Skip" Howard's letter (July 5) clearly outlines his beliefs. But that is what they are: "beliefs" with no more proof for them than we theistic believers have for ours, because no one can "prove" a "belief."
However, "beliefs" are ordinarily based on some kind of available data. And the data available is much more rationally understood to support "theism" than the "atheism" of evolution.
Some examples: How could the sense of hearing have developed accidentally and incrementally, since the small bones and nerve connections required would have neither served nor survived any intermediate state according to the "natural selection" principle (also termed: "survival of the fittest") which Mr. Howard depends on? Similarly, consider eyesight and blood composition and skin makeup — each of these being intricately composed of inter-related elements — but without meaning or purpose or survivorability if only partially combined.
And how could it be that a self-reproducing organism all at once unalterably required an appropriate "mate" to continue to exist? Which form should have had the better ability to survive: the self-reproducing one or the two-sexes required one?
And how could a defenseless sheep have first developed at all let alone survived with so many predators ready for an easy meal?
Go ahead with your "beliefs," Mr. Howard. But realize that natural facts do not really support your claims. So please don't try to impose them on us who not only believe a Creator but a Savior.
Theodore Allwardt
County vs. rights
In its Citizens United ruling SCOTUS stated that money is speech.
Therefore, restricting whom I may or may not give money to would seem to be a violation of the First Amendment's guarantee of Freedom of Speech.
Curry County's "Hate the Homeless" ordinance violates both the First Amendment and the Citizens United ruling.
Dennis Raney
Crazy nickel project
This ridiculous plan to allow speculating for nickle on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest is a question of mixed up priorities.
Does the Oregon Water Resources Department protect our water and the needs of the citizens of Curry County? Or is it dedicated to serving a so-called British company that wants to pollute our creeks and rivers with that sludge that would result from their finding the nickle they so greedily desire to root out of the protective Earth's crust?
Citizens need clean water, and water grows ever more dear when pollution comes around with bad mining practices. Heavy metals and sludge come into our crystal-clear streams. Fish and citizens' health go bye-bye.
How can the deadline for comments be so soon? I just heard of this crazy project. Can I trust the Rogue River National Forest and the Oregon Water Resources Department to make an evaluation that protects our interests?
Please tell me my suspicions are wrong.
Kathryn Justman
Drive carefully!
We should all drive very carefully in the next few months. Be aware of the cars around us.
We were almost broadsided today by a young lady speeding around a corner where she should've yielded. Probably missed our car by less than a foot.
Just because we all know our roads doesn't mean our summer visitors do.
Pay attention and be alert and be safe.
Violet Burton
Leaks, mold are gone
I have a single-wide manufactured home that's over 35 years old. It provides income for me as a rental.
I have been renting it out but could not stop the roof from leaking no matter what I did. I was facing the prospect of having to tear it down because of mold and I couldn't afford to replace it, so there goes the income.
As a last resort, the idea of putting a pond liner over the top occurred to me. After all, there is nothing more watertight then a pond liner. This is the same material old inner tubes were made of and is pretty rugged. At the time it cost about $350 to purchase a piece big enough to cover the roof. I hired someone with a cherry picker to lift the roll onto the roof then about three hours with two people to roll it out, cut out around the vents and fasten it to the edges of the house.
I did this about five years ago and there hasn't been any sign of a leak since, and the mold problem went away during the first summer. There has been no deterioration of the rubber and I see no reason why it won't last for at least another five years,
It paid for itself after the first year.
It will make the home a little warmer, since the rubber is black and absorbs sunlight, but I see no reason why it can't be painted white, to reflect the sun.
Bill Vogel
How's that working?
When the pain of suffering is greater than change ... you will change.
I would like to ask all of those who voted against the Charter: So how's that working out for you ? I think that change is desperately needed ... and I would like to share that I am not opposed to a modest property tax increase ... or perhaps a value-added tax (sales tax) ... or a gas tax increase (no, not all three).
What I am opposed to is spending $$$ that we don't have. Even if the county employees are deserving of a raise ... you just don't spend $$$ that are not there ... and as far as the commissioners giving themselves a raise ... well ... words fail me. (sigh)
Jim Peterson
A true analogy
One night years ago, while frog gigging around 3 a.m., my light beam fell on a large bullfrog, sitting, eyes surprised by death.
Out of his mouth hung the rear end of a large rat whose entire upper body was lodged down the frog's throat. Both were suffocated.
There they sat in the light. Shocking!
That scene has come to mind from time to time and I've used it as an analogy for some life's lesson or other.
This time the analogy is Curry County government.
S. Jordan


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College Hockey:Minnesota vs. Minnesota-Duluth, The Greatest Games
Women's Hockey's Top Rivalry Never Rests
It would be tough to argue that Minnesota vs. Minnesota-Duluth women's ice hockey now ranks among the greatest rivalries in college sports given that the programs have only been playing each other for five years. But has any rivalry in college sports been better in its first five years than this one?
Some quick trivia – in those five years, how many combined WCHA regular season titles have been won by the Gophers and Bulldogs? How many WCHA postseason titles? How many national titles?
The answer to all three questions, of course, is five.
But the greatness of the rivalry comes not just from the individual success of the two programs, but also from the passion of the players and the upward spike of attendance whenever they get together on the ice.
Every one of the 24 UMD-Minnesota contests to date has been shockingly unique in the build-up, the on-ice action and the off-the-ice reaction. In just five years, UMD-Minnesota games have decided at-large berths, conference championships and national tournaments. Each team has come back from a two-goal deficit to win, and one team has come back from a three-goal deficit only to lose. Each team's athletes have played through old injuries and suffered new injuries. Each team has won the conference regular season championship only to watch the other win the national championship.
The rivalry has had everything hockey purists would want – sharp shooting, clever passing, fast skating, disciplined defense, creative takeaways, superb conditioning, gutsy efforts and solid bodychecking. Just because bodychecking is illegal in women's hockey doesn't mean it's absent, especially with these teams.
The all-time series could not be more even. The Gophers have the edge in overall record (11-10-3), total goals scored (72-66) and WCHA regular season titles (3-2). But UMD has the edge in WCHA postseason titles (3-2) and national titles (3-2).
This past January, USCHO counted down the six greatest UMD-Minnesota games of all time. Ten months later, the list has been expanded to 10. With Minnesota and UMD both entering the 2004-05 season series undefeated and ranked among the nation's three best teams, this list will likely be needing updates for a long time to come.
The Best of Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota
10) February 12, 2000 – Minnesota 2, UMD 2 (OT) – WCHA regular season at the DECC
Rankings and Records: No. 4 Minnesota (24-5-0), No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth (19-3-2)
The Setting: The Gophers had lost the first two ever meetings with UMD back in December and needed to sweep this pair in February to have any realistic chance at the first WCHA regular season title. The problem for the Gophers was that their top two defensemen Winny Brodt and Courtney Kennedy were both out battling injuries. Minnesota still managed to beat UMD 4-3 the night before, but the chance of a repeat looked slim the next day given the battered roster.
The Run of Play: In a surprising turn of events, Kennedy ended up playing through her injury, a deep gash to her knee suffered just days before. She made an immediate impact, assisting on the Gophers' first goal.
UMD went up 2-1 going into the second intermission, but the game still proved to among the finest played by Minnesota goalie Erika Killewald. She made 51 saves and kept the game close enough for Gopher top scorer Nadine Muzerall to tie the game for good early in the third period.
Memorable Anecdote: To prepare herself for the game, Kennedy spent the entire night before icing her knee. "It was a gutsy performance by a lot of people," Minnesota coach Laura Halldorson told the Star Tribune.
Upshot: The tie meant the UMD won the first season series against the Gophers, 2-1-1, and ultimately the WCHA regular season title, but the weekend was still successful for Minnesota considering the injuries. The three of four points against UMD that weekend proved crucial to the Gophers earning an at-large bid to the national tournament after the Bulldogs won the league postseason crown as well.
9) October 21, 2001 – Minnesota 1, UMD 1 (OT) – WCHA regular season at the DECC
Rankings and Records: No. 1 UMD (3-0), No. 6 Minnesota (2-1)
The Setting: Defending-champ UMD was coming off a 7-0 victory the day before against the Gophers, who had the look of a rebuilding team with just 14 skaters dressed. The Bulldogs were a heavy favorite to repeat as NCAA and WCHA champions with almost their entire roster returning from the year before. A sparse crowd of 710 showed.
The Run of Play: This game initially looked like it would be more of the same as Laurie Alexander put UMD up 1-0 in the first minute. But Minnesota's Gwen Anderson tied it nine minutes later, and that was it for the scoring. UMD outshot Minnesota 38-18, but freshman Gopher Brenda Reinen made 37 saves to keep it close.
Memorable Anecdote: The Minnesota players would refer to this game as the turning point of the season – they realized that day they could compete with the best. This game might not have been the most exciting to watch at the time, but it turned a whole program around. Minnesota exceeded expectations across the board in 2001-02 after a disappointing 2000-01 season that ended short of the Frozen Four.
Upshot: When the teams met in January, Minnesota swept UMD, and by March, the Gophers were the WCHA regular season and postseason champions and the No. 1 Frozen Four seed. UMD got the last laugh, however, by winning the 2002 NCAA title after Brown upset the Gophers in the national semifinals.
8) March 4, 2000 – UMD 2, Minnesota 0 – WCHA championship game at Bloomington Ice Gardens
Rankings and Records: No. 3 Minnesota (30-5-1), No. 7 UMD (24-3-3)
The Setting: A standing room only crowd of 1,826 packed the Ice Gardens for the Inaugural Women's WCHA championship game. UMD had won the first two meetings but Minnesota took three of four points in the second go-round despite a battered roster. An automatic berth to the national tournament was at stake. With selections being made in two weeks, the loser had little clue as to whether its season would be over.
The Run of Play: Goals by Navada Russell in the first period and Brittny Ralph in the third period gave UMD all the scoring it would need. Minnesota would hit nothing but posts, crossbars, and the body of Finnish goalkeeper Tuula Puputti for the full 60 minutes. The tournament MVP, Puputti made 31 saves for the shutout, including 27 in the last two periods.
Memorable Anecdote: Halldorson told the Star Tribune after the game, "It's clear that they're the best team in our league this year. I think we're a close second." Her concession speech proved to be premature.
The Upshot: UMD earned the WCHA automatic bid to nationals, but the Gophers earned an at-large berth to the same tournament. They would meet again in the national semifinals.
7) March 14, 2004 – Minnesota 4, UMD 2 – WCHA championship game at Ridder Arena
Rankings and Records: No. 1 Minnesota (27-4-2), No. 6 UMD (20-11-2)
The Setting: Minnesota was well on its way to the top seed in the Frozen Four, while UMD was holding on to a thread of hope to get there. Most of the crowd of 1,500 expected the Gophers to conclude their home schedule on the highest of notes.
The Run of Play: The day began awkwardly for Minnesota goalie Jody Horak, who rushed to the bench when she saw the referee's hand up and teammate Krissy Wendell with the puck. The next thing she knew, the puck was in the net and UMD had 1-0 lead. The Gophers were not deterred by the mishap, however. They scored four unanswered goals before the second intermission and Horak stopped a career-high 43 shots in the 4-2 Minnesota victory. Gopher co-captain Kelsey Bills' injury-plagued season took a turn for the worse when she couldn't take her usual place on the third line in the first period, but she came out for the second period and gave her team a lasting lead with a goal on her first shift.
Memorable Anecdote: After the game, UMD coach Shannon Miller campaigned for her team to be rewarded with a Frozen Four berth, because in her opinion, the Bulldogs had the best results in the country against top four teams. When Minnesota coach Laura Halldorson was asked whether she thought the Bulldogs would be in Providence, she responded with a quick no. When asked why, she asked how many losses they had. Finding the answer was 12, she said, "That's a lot."
Upshot: UMD indeed failed to make the Frozen Four for the first time in the history of the program. The Gophers earned the top seed and went on to win their first NCAA title
6) February 29, 2004 – Minnesota 7, UMD 5 – WCHA regular season game at Ridder Arena
Rankings and Records: No. 1 Minnesota (23-4-2), No. 6 UMD (17-10-2)
The Setting: The Gophers had dealt UMD loss No. 10 by a 4-2 margin the day before, and conventional wisdom was that the three-time champion Bulldogs could not lose an 11th game and still make the Frozen Four to defend their title. A crowd of 2,359 showed at Ridder to watch the Gophers deliver the supposed death blow.
The Run of Play: The first two periods were as back-and-forth and heated as any in the history of the rivalry. Entering the third intermission, the score was tied 5-5, neither team had led by two goals, and each team had held the lead twice. After the Gophers took a 5-4 lead on a power play late in the second period, an ensuing scuffle led to three double minor penalties for each team. UMD's Tricia Guest was also assessed with a third penalty, which ironically worked in the Bulldogs' favor because it led to a Caroline Ouellette shorthanded goal. The 5-5 score held until the 11th minute of the third period, when the Gophers' Krissy Wendell and Kelly Stephens scored 23 seconds apart on the same penalty kill and held on for the 7-5 win. The Gophers finished with three shorthanded goals, two more than they had on the power play.
Memorable Anecdote: The weekend was Natalie Darwitz's second after returning from an elbow injury that kept her out six weeks. The Gophers had originally reported that Darwitz would be out for the season, but UMD coach Shannon Miller never believed that for a second. "As soon as I saw that [injury report], I told my team, there's no way that Natalie Darwitz is going to be out for the rest of the season – she'll be back by the next time we play Minnesota," Miller said prior to the series. "I want Natalie Darwitz to be on the ice every time we play Minnesota." Darwitz proceeded to score three goals and an assist in the Gopher sweep of the Bulldogs.
Upshot: The sweep of UMD, the Gophers' first since the 2001-02 season, was a huge confidence boost leading up to the postseason. The sweep didn't really eliminate UMD the Bulldogs might have made NCAAs had they won out their season and the WCHA tournament but it certainly deeply wounded their hopes of a title defense.
5) December 3, 1999 – UMD 5, Minnesota 4 – WCHA regular season game at Mariucci Arena
Rankings and Records: No. 4 Minnesota (10-3), No. 7 UMD (10-0)
The Setting: A crowd of 1,620 showed up to witness the birth of college sports' next great rivalry. Minnesota, being the established program, was the favorite. But UMD, coached by former Canadian Olympic coach Shannon Miller, expected to give the Gophers a tough battle with an outstanding first-year program powered by transfers and Scandinavians.
The Run of Play: UMD scored in the first minute of each of the first two periods to grab a 2-0 lead, and Minnesota trailed 3-0 by the end of the second period. All three goals came via the combination of U.S. Olympian Jenny Schmidgall (now Potter) and Swedish Olympian Maria Rooth.
Then the wildness began in the third period – six goals were scored in the span of seven minutes. Four of the first five goals belonged to the Gophers, as they scored two in shorthanded fashion to tie the game 4-4. But on the same Duluth power play in which Minnesota had tied the game, defenseman Brittny Ralph delivered the game-winner for UMD.
Memorable Anecdote: The Bulldogs' top goal scorers for the game were Schmidgall, who scored two of the first three UMD goals and assisted on the second, and Ralph, who scored the last two UMD goals. Not coincidentally, both were former players for Halldorson at Minnesota. Ralph, in particular, stepped up her game – she had only nine goals that season.
Upshot: UMD would win 1-0 the next day in a game with far fewer fireworks. The Bulldogs would win the final regular season series and the WCHA regular season and postseason crowns, but that meant nothing when the teams faced off in the national semifinals.
4) January 10, 2004 Minnesota 4, UMD 3 (OT) WCHA regular season at the DECC
Rankings and Records: No. 1 Minnesota (13-1-1), No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth (10-6-1)
The Setting: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Undefeated Minnesota was supposed to finally assert itself in this series against a three-time defending champion UMD team that had struggled with its lack of depth, but the Bulldogs blew out Minnesota 4-1 on Friday night. Now a home crowd of 1,587 looked for the UMD sweep on Saturday.
The Run of Play: The script looked familiar for the first 50 minutes. Senior Tricia Guest scored to put UMD ahead late in the second period, and the game seemed locked up when freshman Noemie Marin scored to put UMD up 3-1 with just under 10 minutes to go. But Minnesota stormed back as Lyndsay Wall's power play goal and a late score from Natalie Darwitz tied the game. Just 15 seconds into overtime, Kelly Stephens'
goal sent the Gophers home victorious.
Memorable Anecdote: Late in the game, Minnesota coach Laura Halldorson decided to pair Stephens, Darwitz and Krissy Wendell on the same line at even strength for the first time since the previous season. She said she made the decision simply because her team needed instant offense. "We just dug deep, that's what it boiled down to," Halldorson said. "It was just a matter of not giving up. We really put a lot of pressure on them and carried that momentum into overtime."
Upshot: Women's college hockey hasn't been the same since Stephens, Darwitz and Wendell were paired together again that night. An elbow ligament injury to Darwitz from this game postponed the reunification of the line for six weeks, but once she was healthy, no one could stop the Minnesota trio in the run to the NCAA title.
3) November 30, 2002 – UMD 4, Minnesota 3 – WCHA regular season game at Ridder Arena
Rankings and Records: No. 1 Minnesota (13-0-1), No. 3 UMD (9-1-2)
The Setting: 3,056 fans packed Ridder Arena to see the most talent ever assembled in the Minnesota-UMD rivalry. The Bulldogs were the two-time defending national champions with most of their 2002 roster returning, plus Canadian Olympian Caroline Ouellette and Jenny Potter back from a two-year hiatus. Minnesota had won the recruiting battles for freshmen U.S. Olympians Krissy Wendell and Natalie Darwitz. UMD was the preseason favorite, but the Gophers had climbed to the No. 1 spot due to their superior results against Brown and Harvard two weeks earlier.
The Run of Play: Led by two goals from Darwitz, Minnesota led 3-1 deep into the third period, but the Bulldogs scored three unanswered goals in the third period to win it, including two in the final three minutes from Maria Rooth to complete a hat trick.
Memorable Anecdote: UMD had almost two weeks off prior to the series after a disappointing loss to
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Away from competitive skating since 2007, Canada's Emanuel Sandhu placed fifth at the Skate Canada Challenge earlier this month.
Brilliant when he was on and a hair-pulling experience for his fans when he wasn't, at his best the young man with a background in ballet was untouchable.
Skating to "Journey of Man," watch him put it all together, much to the delight of the capacity audience at the 2001 Canadian Championships.


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Join us in the AUTISM BRAINSTORM Community on Google+ as we discuss how technology can help improve the lives of children with autism. Experts from around the globe come together to share their personal stories and advice – see a full roster of panelists below. A big thank you to AT&T for reaching out to Kathleen Tehrani, and inspiring this conversation – their Speak Hope campaign focuses on providing technology to benefit those affected by autism. To help support the Speak Hope cause, tweet #ATTSpeakHope and AT&T will donate $1 for every tweet with that hashtag up to $25,000, now through June 30.
Watch the LIVE EVENT here on the EVENT PAGE or view the video recording after the event by following the same link.
Panelists and topics are:
RYAN STAFFORD: Early intervention success story
DR. ROBERT NASEEF: Virtual networking for fathers
LOIS JEAN BRADY: Award winning AAC app-"InnerVoice"
QAZI FAZLI AZEEM: Google Glass Experience and Autism
DR. ELISABETH WHYTE: Gaming/Eye Gaze and Autism research
DR. STEPHEN SHORE: The Boston Higashi School's look at PARO the robotic seal's use for ASD
MICHAEL BOLL: Use of technology and SHINE ACADEMY in Shanghai
RYAN STAFFORD works as AT&T's Marketing Director of Emerging Business Markets. He has a 9 year old son with autism who is a self-learned coder.
*Ryan will be sharing his son's incredible successes as a self taught coder through the use of YouTube videos
DR. ROBERT NASEEF is an author, psychologist and facilitator of the GUY TALK series on AUTISM BRAINSTORM. An online networking panel for fathers of children with special needs. Robert Naseef, Ph.D. has practiced for over 20 years as a psychologist. He is a graduate of Temple University and specializes in families of children with disabilities.
*Robert will be discussing his GUY TALK series, which utilizes technology to reach more fathers and more families via Autism Brainstorm's google hangouts.
LOIS JEAN BRADY is the author of APPS for AUTISM, published through Future Horizons, update due for release in July 2014. Lois is a regular panelist in the AUTISM BRAINSTORM community Hangouts and facilitates: AUTISM BRAINSTORM: Apps for Autism. Lois is a Certified Autism Specialist with over two decades of experience working as a Speech Language Pathologist specializing in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Educational accomplishments include a Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Certificate in Assistive Technology, Certificate in Computer Based Intervention and completion of an Animal Assisted Therapy Program.
*Lois will be discussing 'InnerVoice' which is her award winning AAC app
QAZI FAZLI AZEEM (Azeem) is Pakistan's 1st & South Asia's only International self advocate for the Autism Spectrum since his awareness work started in 2006. This past week Azeem finished his time in the U.S. through the US State Department's Fulbright Scholarship. He completed his MFA (Communication Design) terminal degree at MassArt's Dynamic Media Institute. Azeem was a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab and a global design ambassador for the Interaction Design Foundation. His ed-tech project was presented at the 2014 US Dept. of Education / White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) - Education Datapalooza in Washington D.C.
Azeem's team won the Spring 2014 Harvard Innovation Lab (iLab) residency, was a semifinalist in MIT $100K and MassChallenge Entrepreneurship competitions (April 2014).
He presented at Autism Conferences & workshops in Pakistan (2006-2012), India (2008), Qatar (2008), UK (2008) and Bangladesh (2009), spoke at a panel at the United Nations in NY on World Autism Awareness Day 2013. His involvement in international projects are numerous.
*Azeem will be discussing his experience as a "Google Glass" tester and some possible applications of Google Glass for ASD
DR. ELISABETH WHYTE has been a lecturer and post-doc at Penn State University since August 2012. She teaches undergraduate psychology courses in an e-learning environment through the World Campus. She is currently conducting research examining face recognition abilities in adolescents with autism. Elisabeth is an occasional panelist in the AUTISM BRAINSTORM community Hangouts. Regarding her current research, Elisabeth says the following: "We have an early version of our social skills video game that is almost complete. We are primarily targeting nonverbal communication (and especially use of eye gaze in socially relevant situations). The current content in the game involves a detective theme where the player chases after criminals in a sewer maze under the city. The helper characters in the maze use pointing, head-turn, and finally subtle eye gaze gestures to indicate which direction the player should run in the maze in to catch the criminal. We are still working on programming the game (especially the animating of the faces). We are doing our first pilot testing of the game later this summer. An exciting new feature we are working on starting next Fall is adding brand-new inexpensive eye tracking technology into the game, where individuals with autism will be able to use their own eye gaze in meaningful social communication with other characters in the game, and will be able to use these new eye tracking devices in the comfort of their own home (it connects to computers using USB connections). The game will know where the players are looking, rather than relying only on keyboards and mice to make responses, and thus the characters in the game can actually respond to the eye gaze of the players."
*Elisabeth will discuss her current Gaming/Eye Gaze project
DR. STEPHEN SHORE is a professor at Adelphi University where his research focuses on matching best practice to the needs of people with autism. In addition to working with children and talking about life on the autism spectrum, Stephen presents and consults internationally on adult issues pertinent to education, relationships, employment, advocacy, and disclosure as discussed in his books. Dr. Shore is a panelist on nearly all of the the AUTISM BRAINSTORM community Hangouts and has a regular WWDSS (Where in the World is Dr. Stephen Shore?) segment with Kathleen Tehrani of Autism Brainstorm Community on G+.
*Stephen will present the research project conducted at the Boston Higashi school which involves a robotic seal and its effects on children with autism
(The following is a pdf of PARO the robotic harp seal and some broader applications). http://www.dijtokyo.org/events/T_Shibata_1310.pdf
MICHAEL BOLL is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Technology Coach at Concordia International School Shanghai. Michael enjoys helping educators, parents and students harness the transformative powers of technology.
Michael is an enthusiastic instructional designer and presenter. He works to make his courses and presentations information packed, slightly provocative and fun. He recently co-founded Innovative Professional Development an online PD platform with the mission of facilitating outstanding professional growth opportunities for all teachers.
Michael has a teenage son with profound autism and is keenly interested in the special needs community and its population of diverse learners. This interest led Michael and his wife, Lori Boll, to open an innovative school in Shanghai, ShineAcademy.asia, for their son.
*Michael will share the use of technology at SHINE ACADEMYThe Hangout will culminate in an organic discussion of the promising uses of these technologies for the improvement of life for everyone, on, off and around the autism spectrum.


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LOUISVILLE - A Shepherdsville man is in the Louisville Metro Corrections Center on charges that he tortured and killed cats in the area.
Alex Phelps, 24, of Shepherdsville, entered a not guilty plea on Friday in Jefferson District Court.
He is facing four counts of torturing a cat. Bond was set for $50,000 cash by District Judge Donald Armstrong.
HEBRON ESTATES - No sense waiting until the first of the year. You might as well get sworn into office a few weeks early.
Mayor Jerry Clark and commissioners David Allen, Russell Forshee, Kathy Merrifield and James Tucker were sworn into office for the city of Hebron Estates.
City attorney Mark Edison handled the duties of swearing each into office, which begins on Jan. 3, 2011.
NICHOLS - Western Bullitt County has more hills and curvy, steep roads than most of the area, some accessed by Bullitt County Public Schools buses.
In an attempt for better preparation in the event of an emergency, Nichols Fire Department routinely practices school bus emergency rescue situations.
Nichols training officer Dannye Allen said firefighters practice on older buses provided by BCPS.
LEBANON JUNCTION - A Bullitt County man was recently found guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine.
A Bullitt Circuit jury found Jason Argenbright of Lebanon Junction guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine in October 2009.
According to testimony delivered by members of the Bullitt County Drug Task Force, a meth lab was found in a garage outside the residence Argenbright was living in.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Walter Sholar has told the tale about his high school dream of serving as county attorney.
That has been accomplished over the past 21 years. But he also realized a bigger dream - to be an attorney.
As his days as county attorney come to an end after five terms, Sholar is ready to embark on his real passion of helping people.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - While disappointed with the defeat at the polls, Sherman Tinnell said he is proud the accomplishments made over the past four years as mayor.
"It was a learning experience," Tinnell said of his second term as Shepherdsville mayor. "Things had really changed in government."
Serving a five-year term in the mid-1990s, Tinnell had his share of excitement, including snowstorms and the flood of 1997.
NICHOLS - On Monday, the theft case against former Nichols Fire board chairman and treasurer James Johnson Jr. was sent to the Bullitt County Grand Jury.
The next evening, members of the Nichols Fire District board of trustees were taking steps to get a tighter control over the finances.
Johnson, the long-time chairman of the fire district board and treasurer for the district, was arrested recently and faces a felony charge of theft by unlawful taking over $10,000.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - After handing out business cards and shaking hands with anyone within arm's length the past 12 years, the question is a simple one.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Despite the lack of assistance through the federal stimulus incentives, the Shepherdsville-Bullitt County Tourist and Convention Commission is moving forward with the expansion of its showcase facility.
A local man sustained relatively minor injuries after crashing a black Ford Mustang into a telephone pole on Cedar Grove Road Monday morning.
When Shepherdsville fire and police units arrived on the scene in the 400 block of Cedar Grove Road near I-65 around 9:40 a.m. the car was found totaled with the driver lodged inside.
Cpt. Matt Smothers of the Shepherdsville Fire Department said firefighters had to remove the driver-side door to extricate the victim.
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Palazzo Nuovo
Despite a number of changes that have taken place over the centuries, this section of the museum has more or less maintained its original XVIII century aspect.
The decorative features of this area have remained unchanged, and this has influenced the layout of sculptures and inscriptions.
The fine pieces of ancient sculpture come mainly from private collections belonging to high-ranking churchmen and noble Roman families.
Unlike the Palazzo dei Conservatori opposite, the interior space of this building and the arrangement of its architectural features are of symmetrical design.
Palazzo Nuovo is so called because it was built ex novo, using Michelangelo's blueprint when he redesigned the Palazzo dei Conservatori a century earlier to complete the renovation of the Capitoline Square.
The museum was opened to the public in 1734, under Pope Clement XII, who had already purchased the Albani collection of 418 sculptures the previous year, as an addition to the works already on display at the Vatican Belvedere and donated to the Capitoline museum by Pope Pius V in 1566, and the sculptures that could not find a place in Palazzo dei Conservatori. The collections are still arranged according to the exhibition concept of the eighteenth century.
Great Hall
Palazzo Nuovo - Great Hall
The great central hall has preserved its original wall decorations and its XVI century gilded wood coffered ceiling.
In the centre we can see a row of statues in coloured marble, including two centaurs from Hadrian's Villa, both are the work of Greek sculptors.
Other important sculptures, statues of emperors and reproductions of Greek masterpieces are also arranged along the wall.
The "great central hall," as it was called in the Eighteenth century, is, for its size and monumentality, the most representative area of the Museum. Of particular interest is the rich coffered ceiling, at the centre of which stands the coat of arms of Innocent X Pamphili (1644-1655), who supervised the completion of the Palazzo, and the great arched portal, decorated with winged Victories, designed by Filippo Barigioni in first half of the Eighteenth century.
At the centre of the hall are placed, with great visual impact, five black marble masterpieces: at the ends of the room there are two statues, smaller than life-size, which represent Zeus and Asclepius. These precious sculptures, part of Cardinal Albani's collection, were discovered in 1711 in the excavations of an imperial villa at Anzio, which was frequented by Nero and Hadrian.
Another colossal basanite statue depicts the Baby Hercules, with his iconographic attributes (the apples of the Hesperides and the lion's skin); it was found on the Aventine and purchased by the Conservators in 1570.
At the sides of the room are two grey-black marble sculptures of centaurs, found together at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli. These two outstanding sculptures, works of superb technical virtuosity, bear the signatures of Aristeas and Papias of Aphrodisias in Caria (modern Turkey). One is a mature, bearded centaur, with a pained expression, and the other is a young smiling centaur with his arm raised, representing an allegory of love in the different stages of life.
On the walls are placed valuable works depicting gods, mythological characters, and portrait statues.
Worthy of notice are:
- the beautiful Wounded Amazon, a copy after a statue by Polykleitos (fifth century BC) for the temple of Ephesus, signed by the copyist Sosikles;
- the monumental statue of a Hunter, a portrait of a man of the third century AD, adapted from an early-classical prototype of Perseus;
- the imposing portrait statue of Hadrian (117-138 AD) as Mars, with helmet and shield;
- the imperial couple Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Minor, as Mars and Venus.
The busts of emperors and private citizens are placed on the shelves.


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Release Date: 2012-10-05 (NY)
Genre: Drama,
Rating: NR
Duration: 1hr 37min
Simon lives with his older sister in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, twelve-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Everyday, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little family afloat with his small-time hustles and his sister is thankful for the money he brings in. But when Simon partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, he begins to lose his boundaries, affecting his relationship with his sister and plummeting him into dangerous territory.
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TC TO EDWARD CHAPMAN ; 28 September 1858; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18580928-TC-EC-01; CL 34: 204-205
Chelsea, 28 Septr, 1858
Dear Sir,— I fear to say how many "Author's Copies" I shall need, so many different people have helped me in that confused Enterprise! On the other hand, if we get to a second Editn, I promise to be extremely moderate.
The List shall be sent you in a day or two,—so soon as you are ready;—and I will call, or get the Books sent hither with your man to wait, that I may put the Autographs on them, and wash my hands of the affair. Larkin's maps, especially the last,1 are beyond all praise.2
Be so good as have at least two Copies here for me, some time in the course of Wednesday (tomorrow). I have done little else but sleep, and wash myself, since I got home out of Germany.
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On February 11, 2014 manga and anime publisher Viz Media released the first volume of "Deadman Wonderland", and they gave us the opportunity to dive into this insane adventure.
"Deadman Wonderland" is written by Jinsei Kataoka and features illustration by Kazuma Kondou. The anime version of the series is available in North America from FUNimation Entertainment.
The series follows Ganta Igarashii, a middle-school student who is framed for murder when his entire class is slaughtered before his eyes. Having been the lone survivor, and witnessing the class' murder by the mysterious "Red Man" first-hand, Ganta is determined to get revenge against the killer.
There is one problem however, because he is the sole survivor of the massacre, Ganta is accused of the murders and finds himself being found guilty, and sentence to death. His sentence is to be carried out at Deadman Wonderland, a privatized prison with some interesting ways of gaining funding, it also functions as an amusement park where the prisoners work.
The prison has some unusual rules for Ganta to get used to, prisoners must work in order to earn credits, which are then used for food and other luxuries. As a death row inmate, Ganta also has to eat a "candy" every few days, which prevents the collar he always wears from killing him with the poison constantly being injected.
In volume one of the manga, Ganta struggles to adapt to his new life, but he also makes a friend named Shiro, a female inmate who is a little odd but seems to already know Ganta. With Shiro's help, Ganta enters the Dog Race Show, a race where the inmates avoid deadly obstacles in order to earn credits, while a crowd watches and cheers as inmates die. Ganta also meets the "Red Man" once again, and tries to square off with him using a strange ability that is connected to his blood.
"Deadman Wonderland" has a great story, it is dark and there is just a slight amount of comedy to go along with the action and bloodshed, giving it a creepy yet interesting balance. Ganta is completely out of his element in the prison, but even this early in the series you can see that he has what it takes to grow a little tougher in order to survive. It will be interesting to see how he develops and how Shiro is tied to all of this, as well as who he can really trust among his fellow inmates.
Visually I really liked the "Deadman Wonderland" cover, it features an image of Ganta alongside Shiro on the cover that is very well drawn and beautifully colored, while the back has the "Red Man" covered in blood and smiling. Inside, the black and white images are detailed fairly well, especially the more violent scenes (like the bloody aftermath of the classroom). The characters are also drawn well, with facial expressions being a major focus, and the designs fit with their personalities, although Shiro looks much to innocent for someone crazy, though that does fit with her playful side.
The translations all have nice flow and read well. The text is also a good size, while the dialog boxes don't get in the way of the images.
Included at the end of the manga are a few little extras that fans may enjoy, including a small section where Deadman Wonderland (the prison) is discussed by the mascots. Also included are a few four-panel comics starring some of the series' main cast.
Admittedly, I've already seen the "Deadman Wonderland" anime, so I have some idea as to where the story is going early on, but that didn't take away from my enjoyment of the manga at all. Ganta's predicament makes for a great mystery-filled story, and the more you read, the harder it is to put the manga down.
Volume one is just an early introduction to the characters and what is happening, but it moves at a fair pace, so readers have a slight grasp of what is happening, for now. Although Ganta's journey in Deadman Wonderland is just starting, there is already a ton of bloodshed to keep action fans happy.
If you enjoyed series like "BTOOOM!", "Jormungand" or "Black Lagoon", then "Deadman Wonderland" is a manga that you shouldn't pass up.
Deadman Wonderland Vol. 1
Publisher: Viz Media
Story by: Jinsei Kataoka
Art by: Kazuma Kondou
Number of Pages: 216
Age Rating: Older Teen
Release Date: February 11, 2014
(A review copy of "Deadman Wonderland" volume one was provided by Viz Media.)


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This command:
find ./ -name "mybinaryrpm-1.0.24-1.1.i586.rpm"
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but I only want the output:
How can I get this?
What I am really trying to do:
- Read the input file that contains a line separated list of binary file names
- Search for files with corresponding names within current directory recursively
- If more than one match is found, then consider only one search result and copy the file to the corresponding destination directory.
Current code:
while read line; do
binaryRpm=$(find ./ -name "$line" -exec basename {} \;)
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## Same Name, then ONLY ONE FILE MUST be Compared and copied to
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If "The Real Housewives of Orange County" fans knew this season of the reality show would be so explosive off camera, they might not have decided to watch the series and just tuned into HLN. With Tamra Barney involved in a major custody battle with her ex-husband there has been a media frenzy with so many reports and fans gossiping on social media. According to Radar Online on Friday, the worse portrayal of the reality star was on air by Nancy Grace.
The HLN host who usually weighs in on high profile cases was quick to read some off the allegations on her show. Highlighting some of the more extreme parts, Grace kept asking questions about the star as she divulged details from the court documents.
There was no response from Tamra Barney on the show, but the reality star has finally weighed in about the allegations and the attack she is facing from the media and individuals about her parenting.
"If being a monster is taking my kids to every dr apt, paying for braces & clothes, vacations & therapy by myself," tweeted Tamra Barney from her official Twitter account on Friday.
The news media hasn't done Tamra Barney any favors by sharing the court documents and details with the public during the custody issues the reality star is facing. While every situation is different, there are a lot of people weighing in with little to no knowledge except what is seen in the headlines.
This has also taken away from the actual Bravo show. People are becoming so interested in the case, they are losing interest in the show. With Nancy Grace picking up the story, there is no telling how far it will travel as the host loves to do sound bites on stories as she keeps tabs on situations. It is a powerful way to feed stories and keep the interest alive with the viewers.
Will this issue settle down so fans can focus on the actual "The Real Housewives of Orange County" show? Or should everyone expect to hear more about Tamra off screen until this custody battle is resolved?


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The Roman Catholic Church has just elected a new Pope: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 76-year-old has chosen the name Francis.
He's the first Jesuit pope in history and the first from the Americas.
On homosexuality:
Bergoglio is seen an unwaveringly orthodox on matters of sexual morality, staunchly opposing abortion, same-sex marriage, and contraception. In 2010 he asserted that gay adoption is a form of discrimination against children, earning a public rebuke from Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
He also has referred to marriage equality as the work of Satan:
Bergoglio began "I write these lines to each of you who are in the four monasteries of Buenos Aires. The people of Argentina will face in the coming weeks, a situation whose outcome may seriously injure the family. This is the bill on marriage for same sex. "
Then he added, "At stake are the lives of many children who are discriminated against in advance by depriving them of human growth that God wanted to given with a father and a mother. At stake is a total rejection of the law of God, engraved in our hearts as well".
The Archbishop stated flatly "we are not naive: it is not just a political struggle, it is a destructive attempt to God's plan. It is not just a bill (this is only the instrument) but a 'move' from the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God."
TIME translates "a destructive attempt to God's plan" slightly differently: "a scheme to destroy God's plan."
Bergoglio also apparently said that same-sex marriages were somehow evolutionarily inferior, "a real and dire anthropological throwback."
But apparently, even though he thinks our families harm children and our loving marriages are Neolithic tools of Satan, the good Pope Francis has the audacity to say that he believes gays and lesbians should be treated with "respect." Sorry, sir, but if that's your definition of "respect," you can keep it.
Le sigh. As I predicted, it looks as though the Catholic Church's worldwide crusade against LGBT people and our rights will continue unabated under the newly-elected Pope Francis.
UPDATE: The Vatican is reporting that the new pope's name is simply Francis, without a Roman numeral afterwards; this article has been updated to reflect that correction.


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Hail, Caesar!: A collection of comic cameo performances
(12a) Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 106 mins. Starring: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes
(12a) Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 106 mins. Starring: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes
Jonathan Romney picks the best and worst Oscar decisions and presents his guide to 2011
As millions prepare to tune in for Sunday's Academy Awards, let Geoffrey Macnab play the role of Hollywood quizmaster
Watching the Academy Awards could send anyone to sleep, even if they're in the correct time zone. But organising your own sweepstake is one way to add some extra drama to proceedings on Sunday night.
The week in culture
It's not easy being relied on by Hollywood royalty –but for Loyd Catlett, it's been a remarkable ride. Guy Adams meets him
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin
As the remake of True Grit hits our screens, the Coen brothers tell James Mottram why this acclaimed version of the classic Western is among their best work
This category is the Grand National of the Oscars, withThe King's Speech and The Social Network the front-runners. My choice,True Grit is a beautifully crafted affair, that combines a majestic sweep with trademark Coen bros' black humour.
What possessed the Coen brothers to remake the classic, which starred the greatest screen cowboy of all time? Far from being an exercise in nostalgia, says John Walsh, the new movie captures thoroughly modern themes of moral redemption
Tom Jenkinson has been moving jazzwards for a while, with releases such as his Solo Electric Bass live recording and the broader-based Hello Everything shifting away from the computerised sample-bricolage approach of his earlier albums.
Gleeful reports in the British press this week regarding Carla Bruni's trials and tribulations on Woody Allen's film set suggest Meryl Streep need not be losing any sleep quite yet. We're told – with maybe a hint of exaggeration – that it took France's First Lady a whopping 35 takes to convincingly exit a grocery store. Apparently the problem was caused by the fact "Madame Fancy Pants" couldn't stop staring at the camera! As the Daily Mail helpfully pointed out, it's not the first time she's tried to "monopolise" the lense. Apparently on a visit to London she shamelessly deployed all her "feline charm" in the direction of hapless snappers "licking her lips seductively" and offering a "husky 'bonjour'." (Glad I missed all that). Still, suggestions Bruni's take-tally could be one for the record books are wide of the mark. According to film historians, that honour still goes to one Shelley Duvall, who was obliged to perform 127 takes of the infamous" baseball-bat" scene with Jack Nicholson in The Shining before director Stanley Kubrick was satisfied. Still time Carla.
Woody's bright and breezy tale has a heart of darkness
At the time of writing, I don't know what films appeared on the list of Oscar nominations announced on Thursday, but the results are such a foregone conclusion that I can confidently predict that Slumdog Millionaire will win Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay; Milk will win Best Original Screenplay; and Kate Winslet will win Best Actress.
This is the complete list of the 2009 Academy Award nominations:
Milk is a typical gay-as-Issue movie. Where are the films about ordinary homosexual life, asks Philip Hensher
A recession may have taken hold in adland, but 'bring it on' says Farah Ramzan Golant, the gutsy head of Abbott Mead Vickers. By Ian Burrell


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There Will Be Journalists
Local students prove that rumors of a dying profession are greatly exaggerated
By Shane Cohn 04/11/2013
Journalism is dying.
At least that is what the skeptics will tell you. And if you're a headline-only reader, it would be hard to convince you otherwise. Convincing you that just as much as any other time in American history, the people want to be informed. They want fraud to be exposed. They want the news.
Because in the headlines, you've likely come across news about another print newspaper laying off employees, limiting its publication days, switching to online-only presence, or ultimately, in a final act of mercy, stopping the presses and ceasing to exist.
But that isn't news anymore. Print still fights tooth and nail, though there has been a reluctant concession to the digital world. The idea of receiving something as big as the world news for free is irresistible. The concept of "free" is crushing the print journalism industry, just as "free" toppled the music industry.
Besides delivering the news, newspapers helped define the world, and people subscribed to them, believed in them and it shaped their daily life and views. Many daily papers had two editions, one in the morning and one in the evening. Now they struggle just to maintain a smaller version of the morning paper, and many have resorted to only a few staff writers with the majority of news being culled from the Associated Press.
Photo by Matthew Hill, ©2013
Clockwise From left. Journalism teacher Melissa Wantz, English teacher Kelly Savio, Felicia Perez, Jackson Toar, Aysen Tan, Glenda Marshall, Kienna Kulzer, Katie Sones, Canela Lopez, Megan Kearney, Rachel Crane, and Allison Clark.
While the Watergate scandal brought a tremendous resurgence in kids going back to graduate school for print journalism, the idea of kids today doing the same thing would be like paying a small fortune to learn how to weave baskets. It's a good skill, but hardly practical in the modern world.
This leaves one to wonder about the future of hard-hitting journalism, regardless of it being digital or print, and if the younger generation has any interest at all in stepping into this question mark of a field.
The success of a local high school journalism program, however, reveals the relevance of this age-old profession.
In the past four years, the Foothill Dragon Press at Foothill Technology High School in Ventura has become one of the more elite high school journalism programs in the country. Since its conception in 2008, the digital pub has won three Online Pacemakers — the highest and most competitive award for classroom journalism in the country; a Gold Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association; been named best high school news site four years running by the Ventura County Star; and the Tri-County Journalism Education Association named it the best online newspaper for the past four years.
"Because of the caliber of students at Foothill, this has become a successful program in a short period of time," says Melissa Wantz, the journalism instructor. "This makes it a lot of fun because success builds on success, and other kids hear about it and want to be a part of it."
It's wild that in 2013, Wantz has to turn away students from a high school journalism program. It's an elective and students really only need to take it once to satisfy college requirements, but the idea of producing lasting content and seeing tangible recognition has found its place at Foothill. The class maxes out at 40 students, but 60 applied for next year, including 25 students who reapplied.
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"It doesn't feel like a class, but like a very large project," says Foothill sophomore Ben Limpich, Dragon Press news writer. "We want to make this site as good as possible. People are actually getting affected by it, and that connection to people is so unique."
"I think that people, no matter what age, are looking for a community to provide their work in," says Wantz, who worked as a journalist at the VC Star for nearly a decade before becoming a teacher. "I think journalism provides the best possible community because you're working with articulate, smart, well informed people and it's fun to work with people who know what's going on, or think they know what's going on, and there are lots of arguments, but it's fun. I think that is what draws people to the class and it's that kind of person that would be drawn to journalism in the future."
Regarding the future of journalism, a look at the Dragon Press analytics provides a snapshot of how people are digesting their news. During this past school year, the online Dragon Press attracted 40,211 visits and 17,370 of those were unique visitors; 7,657 of those visitors were using a mobile device. Two years ago, there were only 424 visits by way of mobile device, and 3,663 unique visitors. The top two mobile devices used were the iPhone and iPad.
It will still be decades, however, before, and if, American print journalism completely folds. Wantz believes boutique weeklies and major newspapers will always have a place in society.
Tim Gallagher, owner of 20/20 Network and former publisher and editor at VC Star, says that while the generational tech gap begins to blend, some habits will always die-hard.
"The largest demographic poll is baby boomers, and they are print readers by preference," he explains. "They will be around for decades, but it gets smaller and smaller and smaller."
According to a recent Pew Research Center study, 74 percent of U.S. newspaper readership is concentrated in people older than 45. Most advertisers are always seeking a younger audience, which means publishers are struggling to attract enough print advertisers to maintain a profitable print circulation, and to keep journalists on staff.
"We [print] lost the advertising game, the classified game and couldn't support the structure we built," says Gallagher.
Lucas Wiltjer, 15, who will be the Dragon Press editor-in-chief next school year, doesn't think print will be around much longer because his generation is growing up reading the news with handheld devices.
"I see it happening," says Wiltjer about the permanent switch to online media. "Print is losing that tactile experience because soon it won't occur to people that using an iPad or a Kindle is all that different."
The shift to online readership means an immeasurable amount of news sources, as anybody can report and publish, which can obviously clog the mainline for accurate, responsible reporting. Does this result in the tanking of journalism, as many, especially youth, now turn to social media as a primary news source?
Wantz doesn't think so. In fact, she believes quite the opposite.
"I think they know how to cut through the BS and get to the truth," she says. "They're living in a world surrounded by so many multiples of information, multiple degrees of information [more] than what we grew up with, and they're swimming in it. To survive in this world, or even make sense with their friends when they talk about the world, or go to buy a product, they have to wade through the crap that is out there and the misinformation. And they've had to wade through that from the time they started reading on the Internet. They get good and sophisticated at discerning what's legitimate in a way that sometimes adults in the world don't give them credit for."
Gallagher agrees, but said that with the glut and variety of news feeds now available, it has also become wonderfully convenient to only digest the facts you want to hear.
"The journey of learning the truth is important. Unfortunately, now people turn to the website or TV station that agrees with their point of view," he says. "What I learned is if your mother says, 'I love you,' go check it out."
The 2012 State of the News Media produced by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism confirms that people are turning away from their trusted news sources because they simply aren't as content rich anymore.
KEYT News Director Jim Lemon says his station is constantly adding multiple ways to communicate to more people, especially younger folks.
"We have a website, mobile apps, a TV platform and we're spending millions of dollars here upgrading facilities with HD gear, but all with the intent of reaching viewers," says Lemon.
The news media has completely flipped in a way to make it relevant for the times, leaving little room for nostalgia.
"There is a much more active process today and not nearly as passive at it used to be," says Lemon. "It used to be in the old days you sat down, and we pushed it at you and you received it. Now you choose and you pick and you read and share and you comment and engage with a story."
In Wantz's class, the students learn from her about writing story leads and headlines, ethics and responsibility, managing a website and a staff. From there, the students essentially take the lead and have made it the award winning publication it is. Student-editors use iPads to manage their staff and publishing. They're driven and mature, and understand the importance of their digital legacy. While other students their age may have a digital footprint consisting of a Facebook account or sports activity, come college or job application time, these new journalists are leaving behind a searchable legacy that shows they care about their place and time in the world. Wantz believes this plays a large part in the growing popularity of high school journalism.
"When a college admissions officer or employer googles the person on the résumé or application, they're going to see their body of work already," Wantz explains. "They can see you're articulate and that you can write and it's a skill lots of employers and colleges would like to see. It shows you're serious and that wasn't available when we were in high school."
As a sophomore English major at CSU, Channel Islands, Grier King is the managing editor of the school's print newspaper. People ask her all the time what she's doing getting into a dying profession. "Without a younger generation in place that's passionate about this field, it will wither," King says. "But I feel as though we [journalists] have to take on this responsibility with the understanding that we, almost exclusively, hold it."
Statistics can be pulled and shaped to take either side of the print/digital news argument, but the one thing we can be sure of is we're standing smack in the middle of it. Ten years from now, the way we digest news will perhaps be more certain, but the technology curve will be ever changing. The one constant of it all will be the craving for the truth. And as long as there is that craving, there will be news. There will be journalists.
Local daily paper joins others in erecting a cyber paywall
Trend reveals struggle for revenue online
by Shane Cohn
The Ventura County Star recently announced to its advertisers late last month that the publication will be erecting a paywall for much of its online content.
On March 25, a letter from the advertising department stated that "most content will be reserved for subscribers. In addition, some important breaking news stories and features will be available without a subscription, but only for a short time."
Current newspaper subscribers will have complete access to online news, the letter stated, and there will also be digital-only subscriptions available.
Margie Cochrane, publisher of the VC Star, was not available to comment about when the paywall would be erected, though sources at the Star indicated it would happen after the end of the month.
The decision to implement a paywall has been trending for daily newspapers around the country, as publications are tinkering with ways to drive revenue when online ad sales are not matching what print ads were once able to produce. While digital newspaper advertising is supposed to be the future of ad revenue, Pew Research Center's State of the News Media 2013 reported that in 2012 newspapers lost $16 in print ads for every $1 earned in digital ads.
The report noted that 450 of the nation's 1,380 dailies have started or announced plans for some kind of paid content subscription or paywall plan. Major publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle and the Washington Post have all implemented some form of a paywall. The Los Angeles Times last year issued a metered paywall that allows readers to access 15 stories a month without a paid subscription.
"The metered product," said Joe Wirt, director of affiliate relations for the California Newspaper Publishers Association, "is giving skeptical and thrifty consumers a way to get a taste of it, and to see hopefully, the content you find locally and nowhere else is worth something."
While much of the populace is used to reading their news online for free, Wirt said the paywall is something that most newspapers in California are considering. Because people will be paying for a product that was once free, Wirt said, readers will likely be judgmental about their purchase and publications will need to take advantage of the different facets of multimedia that the print experience doesn't offer.
"You're going to have to up your game a bit," said Wirt. "They [newspapers] are all looking to see what the other guy is doing, to see how their market will bare."
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Does "Rolling in the Deep" also make you want to throw up, Kate Winslet?
New York crowds love songs by New York artists.
'Cause Bonnaroo performers make no mistakes.
The punk rock legend joins recent transgender icon Laura Jane Grace on stage for a duet on The Replacements' "Androgynous."
It might actually be great? We're not sure yet.
Even more specifically, "End of Time" a cappella. Doesn't that suddenly sound like a fantastic idea now that you've read it?
Glitter, blood and semen flow freely on Badu's naked sister in the "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" video.
By way of a Nicki Minaj song.
The rap group cover the BBoys' "Paul Revere" live at JazzReggae Fest.
She covers the Weeknd, and it's easily among the best things she's done.
The "Too Close" singer runs through "We Are Young" solo on electric keys.
The two take on the Soulja Boy classic (sic) in a years-old cut now surfacing on the internet.
All they needed was Carly Rae Jepsen instead of Hayley, and it'd be a perfect trifecta.


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TC TO THOMAS STORY SPEDDING ; 12 August 1841; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18410812-TC-TSS-01; CL 13: 212-214
Newby, Annan, N.B. 12 Augt, 1841—
Dear Mr Spedding,
We look daily, from all our windows here, out at your Mountains, or the grey storm-veil of your mountains; and had been often thinking of you before your letter came.1 A visit from us, which depends on two parties, Destiny and Mortal men, is predetermined by one of these: we will hope that the other will not, as so often before, play us false! As proof that resolve is already passing into action; tho' small action, learn that I have last night procured from Fraser of Regent Street a travelling map of Cumberland, significant I do believe of your very footpaths; with this I hope to drive and fare: to such length have we already gone. I fancied that I knew Helvellyn and Saddle-back here;2 this morning I try to confirm them by the new authority; but the light is never good: not once, for seven years, have I seen these beautifullest mountains of a right colour; sometimes about sunset they get to be, not of azure, but of a kind of mournful dirty bishop's-purple, which is their best; for which too I am thankful. Not a peak of them that is not rich with old memories for me; sad and beautiful as Life is, as Death is. On the whole, it is long since I have had so interesting a Dialogue with any of my Fellow-creatures as with this waste sandy ever-moaning Tide-flood of the Solway! A great, an ugly, inarticulate, lamentable but veracious kind of thing; with hoarse voice as from Eternity; of whose meaning there is no end. And my friends the Seamews, the Gulls and the Sandlarks—not to say the Halve-net Fishers, and the two-and-thirty Winds of heaven, bringing cloud-fields and savage wind-music out of all lands under the Sky, and from the very Sky itself! Cockneydom shrinks all into the size of a worm-eaten walnut, and this whole existence of ours with its Peel-ministries and solar systems is worth little and worth much!— Let us be thankful.—
We quit this place precisely about the time of your return out of Yorkshire;3 I think the very day before. We have then a visit of about a week to my Mother-in-law's "Templand, Thornhill, Dumfries"; after which,—we think seriously of what is next to be done!
The great obstacle here is, getting across the Firth. At Wigton, I think you once said, we are but some 16 miles from you? From Wigton here we can scarcely be above 7 or 8; not above 15 even at Scotsbrig from which we should likeliest start. To go round by Carlisle is heart-breaking; to stay all night in an Inn,—with the beautiful likelihood, among others, of not sleeping; of coming to you blear-eyed, shattered, half-distracted and undone! Some how or other we must manage to get on in a single day. It seems there is a man hereabouts, there are men, who will "guide" a bad old gig and quiet horse over to Bowness at low-water, and we ourselves can go at high-water and find it ready there. Do we come by Ireby after Wigton, or how? Some way or other we must actually try to come,—and not waste our map, and so much else!
For the rest, pray let us have nobody at all, except the Colonial Secretary and what the ground naturally brings.4 We bargain for pot-luck in all senses; pot-luck, the Colonial Secretary and a little tobacco. If Speech come, well; if Silence (as the Colonial Secretary understands), still better. I should like to climb Skiddaw; but there will be no weather for it. I could also hope to make acquaintance with Long Meg and her Daughters, unless their place be too distant;—old Druid Meg!5 We must drive down one day moreover and see the good Miss Fenwick;6 then back again by you, and see the Marshalls.7 My Wife, you observe, counts at present on going with me. We shall have for all these enterprises something like a week of time. After which the Pilgrimess bends towards Tynemouth and Miss Martineau; the Pilgrim not thitherward (having been there already), elsewhither, into unknown Space.
On the whole if you let us hear from you the day after your return, it will be as speedy to address, "Scotsbrig, Ecclefechan" (Thornhill lies rather apart from Mail ways); I will answer shortly: we shall see better then what face Destiny makes. Much too, alas, must depend on the weather!—
Adieu, dear hospitable Spedding. Remember us in all kindliness to the Lady Bountiful;8 to the sardonic Ex-Secretary. Yours always
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The symptoms and characteristics of FASD can present themselves in a wide variety of combinations, from mild to severe. Although FAS is defined by a set of certain characteristics and diagnostic criteria, children and adults can exhibit many combinations of characteristics in any degree of severity. Two children, both with the same diagnosis, can act very differently from one another and have varying skills and needs. This broad range of cognitive and behavioral disabilities associated with prenatal alcohol exposure is often attributed to dosage, timing and patterns of drinking during inutero exposure to alcohol. Recent studies on FAS and ARND suggest that specific neurobehavioral functions are consistently impaired, whereas others are spared so the outlook for persons diagnosed with FAS or ARND should not be considered hopeless.
Every person with FASD is an individual, and like all individuals, has a unique personality and combination of characteristics.
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Land Of The Free!
Christine Lehman
From: "Christine Lehman"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: September 13, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: Land of the Free!
Hi, Cliff,
This morning, after reading the latest accounts of the tragedy in New York, watching the news, and wondering what's next, I checked my e-mail and found the following charming little missive addressed to my "Atheist Gal" page:
I'm sorry you feel this way. You know a lot of times people's reaction to Jesus is based upon their relationship to their own father. How is your relationship w/your own father? Take a few minutes and evaluate your relationship w/him. See if there is some parallels between that and your outlook on God. You may be surprised. Please don't be upset w/this email, I mean no harm or insult.
I sent "Ivan the Terrible" the following in response:
I think you ought to be ashamed of yourself, sending me this. This is America, the land of the free. Especially now, when so many of our loved ones have died at the hands of fanatical religious terrorists, you ought to be thanking your God that you live in a free country, where people like me are free to express our beliefs and our opinions without fear of reprisal. Think about it.
It may sound corny but I was so angry. Since our President has declared tomorrow a "National Day of Prayer," I think it's even more important to remind people that those of us who don't pray are Americans too.
What do you think?
Christine Lehman
aka "Atheist Gal"
From: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
To: "Christine Lehman"
Subject: Re: Land of the Free!
Date: September 13, 2001 7:15 PM
Let's respond, first by sending out letters to the editor and to our public officials. Secondly, let's be willing to commit the ultimate crime of criticizing religion in the wake of all this.
Cliff Walker
Positive Atheism Magazine
Six years of service to
people with no reason to believe
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Brittany is a photographer skilled in both film and digital travel, portraiture and wedding photography based in Winnipeg. I see big and beautiful things in this lady's future, she is so passionate, talented and hard working which is a failproof combination. I had the pleasure of working with her to create her portfolio/blog website. It's a completely custom WordPress site that will allow her to do all of the updating and changes on her own. I'll let her tell you the rest!
"this website is something i've been looking forward to for years if i'm being honest. and i just needed the right partners to pull it off. the new brittanymahood.com will function as both my blog and website, because really, do i need both? no. home page will always have latest posts like a blog and the navigation on the right will take you to any category you wish to go to. voilá."
"ashley (ashleynicole.ca) was instrumental in bringing my vision to life. i knew i wanted some sort of floral motif that fit my brand, but it was ash's idea to use real flowers that we shot ourselves. ashley is a wonderful photo stylist and i had never seen a brand use real flowers before, so i was all in. with the lovely lauren at academy florists providing these david austen roses, it all came together."
Above are some of my favourite couple shots from Brittany. See what I'm saying? She's one talented photographer. Enjoy your new website, Britt! xo
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SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — No sleep till … Scranton? Young Jeezy spent all night recording his Thug Motivation 103 LP, then flew out early Monday morning (July 27) to Pennsylvania for the opening of Young Money Presents: The America's Most Wanted Music Festival .
Young went straight from the plane to the Toyota Pavilion stage to practice for Monday night's kickoff. The bill features Jeremih, the just-added Pleasure P, Drake , Jeezy and headliner Lil Wayne.
"It's definitely a bigger plateau," the Snowman said, just a few hours before the show, comparing it to previous stage treks like the Georgia Power and Street Dreams tours. "Me and Wayne went on my Street Dreams Tour. That's two and half, three years ago. This is our third time being out. But this is amphitheaters — it's outside, so you have a whole different feel."
Jeezy said that while his crowds have grown more diverse over the years, he still raps for his environment when he gets on the mic.
"Yeah, I still do it for where I came from, I do it for the 'hood every time," Young said. "But it's good to see [a new audience]. It's broadening, every year, every time. To be doing it here — we in PA, man. This looks different. I'm just ready to see what the crowd is gonna be like. How they gonna feel. It looks like energy already."
Jeezy was impressed with the size of the stage as well as the intricate sets that will take place on it. Young also said his game is being stepped up for this five-week festival run.
"For the most part, you gotta really be creative at this point," he said. "I been doing this five, six years strong. You gotta switch the show up a little bit. I brought the band out. I got a eight-, nine-piece band. I'mma go in."
A few years ago, even Jeezy couldn't imagine himself backed by live instrumentation onstage.
"It sounds crazy, but I got a lot of musical music," he said. "Despite all the ghetto classics I got, I got music. I wanted to present it as music. Especially since I'm working on a new album, and that's kinda where I'm going with [the sound]. I wanted to get them started early. But this feels right. This is the plateau to put that on and you give it to them."


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Yosemite Rose Bed & Breakfast Lodging
A Yosemite Area Inn and Resort near Yosemite National Park
The Map
|Yosemite Rose, a Yosemite National Park resort and inn is located 18 miles West of Yosemite off highway 120
|Yosemite Rose one of many Yosemite area resorts and inns near Yosemite National Park
|Yosemite Rose is a Yosemite area resort inn located on a 210 acre ranch in the high Sierra. Come during spring and watch the young calf's being born.
|A Yosemite National Park resort inn located near Yosemite National Park A unique resort inn nestled in the high sierra near Yosemite National Park
From the San Francisco Bay area:
|Take highway 205 passing the cities of Livermore then Tracy to Manteca. From Manteca take highway 120 through Oakdale. Continue on highway 120 to Groveland. From the San Francisco airport the distance is 150 miles and should take less then 3.5 hours to drive.
From Northern California:
|Take highway 99 to the city of Manteca. From Manteca take highway 120 through Oakdale. Continue on highway 120 to Groveland.
From Southern California:
Take highway 99 to the city of Merced. From Merced take highway J59
to highway 120. Continue on highway 120 to Groveland.
Merced details:
From Groveland to Yosemite Rose Bed and Breakfast:
Downtown Groveland is only 2 blocks long. After leaving Groveland
travel East towards Yosemite 7.1 miles. Turn left onto Ferretti Road.
Travel 2.1 miles to the Yosemite Rose Bed & Breakfast. Helpful
landmarks - You will pass the J132 (Smith Station) Junction on the right.
From Yosemite's Big Oak Flat Entrance on Highway 120:
|After leaving the park on highway 120, travel approximately 16 miles West. Turn right onto Ferretti Road. Travel 2.1 miles to the Yosemite Rose Bed & Breakfast. Helpful Landmarks: Ferretti Road is located a hundred yards past the U.S.Forest Service Station Groveland District Office.
........Entrance to Yosemite Rose B&B lodging and cabins.........
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Reverend Stephanie has been called, anointed, and appointed since 1999.
At Morgantown Baptist Church in Burlington, N.C. she sang in the mass choir and was named leader for the Praise and Worship team. She served nine years under the leadership of Bishop Steven W. Clay formerly of Morgantown Baptist Church and followed him to God's Favor Outreach Ministries in Graham, N.C. In 2001.
While still at Morgantown, Stephanie attended The School of Theology in Burlington, N. C.
After serving as Associate Minister and Chairperson of the Marketing Committee at Morgantown, the Holy Spirit unveiled "Divine" purpose."
It was January 2007 that Minister Stephanie received the call to Pastor. She is the founder of Life Changing Experience Outreach Ministries, Inc. Reverend Stephanie Oliver is a 2009 honor graduate from the United Cornerstone School of Divinity located in Thomasville, N.C. under the instruction of Bishop Dr. George B. Jackson.
She is currently an associate minister of First Baptist of Lexington under the leadership of Dr. Herbert Miller 11, and also a student of Destiny Ministries Bible College in Kingston NC and extension of Johnston Community College in Smithfield North Carolina seeking her Master's in Christian Counseling.
Under the direction of Dr. Fredrick and Marcia Rhoe . It was September 29, 2012 Reverend Stephanie opened up Life Changing Family Home while she is under the instruction of Dr. Carrie Dudley of Kingston North Carolina, and is currently opening up a School of Divinity from Bachelor to Doctrine in 2013, and Life Changing Experience Outreach Ministries, Inc.
Her short term goal for ministry is to open transitional housing for elderly men and women in Thomasville and to employ the residents through her business. To operate a Daycare, lawn service, janitorial service, and food bank for people that have been miss placed or homeless.
Reverend Stephanie is dedicated to God and ministry and equally dedicated to her family. Her mother, Ivey Gaymon and father Calvin Henderson are both residents of Thomasville. Stephanie is the wife of Minister Gayland Oliver of Greensboro, Stephanie has set a good example and built a strong foundation for her children.
She teaches her children that through Christ all things are possible as well as that education is the key to success. Her daughter Larissa Makupson, a former student of St. Augustine. She is now seeking her degree in Medical office.
Calvin Makupson a former U.S. Army Soldier currently seeking his degree in Nursing and Elijah a student of GTCC College. Her grandsons are Jeremiah and David Jr.
Reverend Stephanie attributes her success in business and family to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Pastor Stephanie's motto is "If you lose the passion, you lose the power." She has a passion for ministry and God who is first in her life. God has given her the power and grants her the authority to do all things well.