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SAN JOSE -- The Sharks on Sunday were dealing with the possibility they may be without their steadiest defenseman for their biggest game of the season so far.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, injured in the first period of Game 5, did not practice Sunday and is questionable for Game 6 of San Jose's Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. The Sharks lead the series three games to two.
The Sharks boarded a flight to Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, and as of a few hours earlier, coach Todd McLellan said he did not know if Vlasic would make the trip. "We had a meeting, we had a quick practice -- I've got to go deal with that as the next thing," McLellan said. "Obviously he didn't skate today, so he may make the trip and we'll see how he is tomorrow."
Vlasic, who has played in all 84 Sharks postseason games since his 2006-07 rookie season, left the ice at 14:09 of the first period after Kings center Jarret Stoll checked him into the boards. On the play, Stoll's right knee appeared to hit hard into the back of Vlasic's left leg. After that, Stoll's right forearm connected with the back of the Vlasic's head.
Stoll received a two-minute minor penalty for roughing on the play, but as of Sunday afternoon there was no indication there would be any supplemental discipline from the NHL.
Vlasic's absence left a huge void Saturday, as the Sharks were outshot by the Kings 41-30 and had trouble cleanly getting the puck out of their own zone for most of the game.
"He's a guy that plays a lot of minutes for us, and he's a very steady player," McLellan said Sunday. "We have other players that we can put in there. Matt Irwin and (Matt) Tennyson have been waiting for their opportunity, and if need be, they can go in and I'm sure they'll give us the game that we need from them."
If Vlasic is unavailable, the Sharks most likely would turn to Irwin, who had 20 points in 62 games this regular season. He also played in all 11 of the Sharks' playoff games last season, including the seven-game second-round series against the Kings. Tennyson does not have any playoff experience.
"If I play tomorrow, I'm ready to go," Irwin said. "It's the playoffs, right? So anytime you get an opportunity, you want to make the most of it."
If the Pavelski line stays intact, it will try to counter the Kings' third line of Stoll, Justin Williams and Dwight King that was arguably Los Angeles' strongest on the forecheck Saturday.
"We feel that they have three very dangerous lines," McLellan said. "Jarret Stoll's line may have been the best over the last little bit, so adjustments also come into play that way."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks.


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Julie from QuilterGeek made this awesome Tetris quilt, and then created a Tetris quilt tutorial so you can make one too. Julie says, "I'm still practicing my machine quilting, but I really like this freehand design. I approached it like a curvy meander, but turned 90-degree angles instead. I was a bit wary of using the variegated thread, since any wonky quilting would show up very clearly on the back fabric, but I really like the way it turned out.", and we agree!

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Contract-service providers expand
In March 2011, in response to increased client demand for cold and dedicated frozen storage capacity for biopharmaceuticals, Almac's Pharma Services business unit expanded its commercial facilities to include an additional 6124 ft2 of cold and frozen storage. The expansion was a joint investment with a commercial client for which Almac provides central European Union importation, warehousing, and distribution services. This space includes dedicated -70 °C, –20 °C, and 2–8 °C storage for drug antibody, drug linker, bulk drug substance, placebo, and filled vials. The company added 20 additional dedicated freezer units to its existing 10 for the storage of the monoclonal antibody and bulk drug substance products.
The opening of its North American headquarters in 2011 and the addition of cold-storage capacity in the EU were in addition to several other expansions in Almac's clinical-trial-materials operations. In January 2012, Almac opened a new £3-million ($4.7 million) 30,000-ft2 building at its Craigavon headquarters, which will house 150 employees from Almac's Clinical Services business. In December 2011, Almac launched a new forecasting platform, Compass, which is designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the supply-inventory process during clinical studies. Compass is part of Almac's Supply Chain Management services to aid in the packaging, labeling, and distribution of trial supplies on a global level. Also, in June 2011, Almac's clinical-services business unit increased its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with the addition of five new depots in Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, thereby providing the company with 36 depots in its network with another five planned for 2012.
In August 2011, Catalent Pharma Solutions expanded its cold-chain supply and distribution capabilities in all major areas of the company's cold-chain storage and distribution, including 2–8 °C and–80 °C capabilities, in some cases more than tripling existing capacity for storage and distribution. The cold-chain expansions at Catalent's European sites in Bolton, United Kingdom, and Schorndorf, Germany, were scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011.
Catalent also made other key moves to improve its clinical-services business. In October 2011, the company opened an European development and clinical services laboratory in Swindon, United Kingdom. This expansion followed recently expanded clinical-supply service capabilities in Schorndorf, Germany. Also, in 2011, Catalent acquired the clinical-trial supplies business of Aptuit, positioning the company as the number two provider globally in clinical-supply solutions.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Despite a late rally with 13 minutes left, the Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team (0-2) dropped their second game of the season, falling 71-58 to Pac-12 foe Colorado (2-0) Wednesday night at the American Bank Center. Junior Jessica Jammer gave the Islanders a spark off the bench to lead all scorers with 22 points, three-shy of tying a career best.
Myeisha Myles added 10 points and nine rebounds in 31 minutes of play while newcomer Verne'qua Taylor chipped in nine points and five boards in 36 minutes of action.
The Islanders trailed by seven out of the half but a steal from Taylor to junior Damequia Montgomery for a layup brought the Islanders within five. The Islanders continued the rally cutting the Buffs lead to three with 17:50 with a Myeisha Myles jumper off a missed shot by Taylor.
After trading buckets back and forth the Islanders took their first lead of the game, behind Jammer's jumper in the paint with 13:50 left.
Colorado answered with a 6-0 run before buckets from Alisa Roberts and Zoey Vega-Vega brought the Islanders within two at the 11:32 mark. But the Buffs took the lead for good with a 7-0 run with 3:43 left.
The Buffs were led by four players in double-figures for the second time this year. Chucky Jeffery had a double-double with 19 points and a game-high 16 boards. Jen Reese (13 points), Lexy Kresl (11 points) and Brittany Wilson (10 points) led the Buffs to their second win of the season.
Jammer had a career night going 10-for-13 at the charity stripe. The junior also added six rebounds. Montgomery led the Islanders on the glass with nine.
At the half, the Islanders trailed 33-26, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi outrebounded the Buffs 26-22. The Islanders were led by Jammer with nine. Colorado was led by Meagan Malcolm-Peck with seven points and Jeffery led the glass with eight boards.
The Islanders will hit the road for the first time this season when they travel to Jonesboro, Ark. to take on Arkansas State on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m.


text: Sitting in front of a tray filed with turkey, gravy, stuffing and fresh cranberry sauce, Alex Magowan smiled. He attended Bread & Broth's 24th annual Thanksgiving dinner in Grace Hall of St. Theresa Catholic Church for the first time Monday, praising both the food and the atmosphere. "It really hits the spot," Magowan said. About 65 volunteers with the nonprofit, which feeds the hungry in South Lake Tahoe, served roughly 200 meals Monday, according to Bread & Broth Executive Director Diane Weidinger. Food Donation Coordinator Robert Strachan said Bread & Broth ordered 23 turkey breasts, 35 loaves of bread for the stuffing, 50 large cans of yams, 35 apple and pumpkin pies and 180 rolls for the meal. She estimated about 20 percent of the food came from donations, while the nonprofit purchased the remainder of the ingredients. The grand total amounted to well over $500, she said. Sandy Bobman, a weekly volunteer coordinator who has worked with Bread & Broth for the last seven years, said Monday that the community has always been very supportive of the program. Tables along the hall's far wall were full of take-home bags packed with extra food for the holiday, and there were plenty of leftovers. Support didn't just come in the form of donated food though. Cooks like Cherie Kagan started preparing food on Saturday and Sunday, arriving again at the hall Monday to finish cooking. "We provide a place for people who might not otherwise have a place to go. It's like a party. You can turn the meal into something that's a great gift. You see the same faces here. We have people living in motels or in the woods, and who have to decide between paying rent or paying for heat," Kagan said. Forty-year South Lake Tahoe resident Mike Pickens said he's dined at Bread & Broth's Thanksgiving dinner three times and that he's very grateful for the service the program provides. "I really like coming here to St. Theresa's. It's really good food. People come here from all walks of life. This is a really great place," Pickens said.


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Mikmoto: Deeply Rooted and Giving Back
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Pearl has been a constant companion in beauty by women around the world and Mikimoto remains in the forefront in the manufacturing of cultured pearls. But this isn't the only thing that Mikimoto does for women. The Japanese cultured pearl jewelry giant also have been contributing to higher causes. Young Survival Coalition (YSC) has been supported by Mikimoto in addressing the needs of young women affected by breast cancer. Last 2009, Mikimoto donated a whopping 50% of their proceeds from "Everything is Possible with Hope" Collection to YSC. With women as inspiration for beauty and being deeply rooted in Japan, Mikmoto doesn't stray from those that have shaped the brand and continue to give back whenever they can.
After the devastating 2011 earthquake in Japan, Mikimoto donated a new pendant to aid the rebuilding in Japan. The pendant showcases the Akoya pearl – an iconic Japanese gem. The pendant features a cultured 7.55mm Akoya pearl with a disc of red enamel set in sterling silver representing the flag of Japan. The retail price for the pendant is $290 and all of the net income gained has been all donated to the Japanese Red Cross. Mikimoto also has been very active in keeping their production processes at par with environmental standards. Mikimoto factories earned the deep trust from local communities that are involved in production by adhering to laws and regulation to prevent pollution. Sometimes, there's a moral dilemma presented by patronizing quality brands that contribute social and environmental harm. But one can always be assured that the maker of the pearls resting on her neck and the cosmetics on their skin is an agent of good and not of harm. For pearls the bring beauty and hope visit Shreve & Co. – authorized dealer for Mikmoto.
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Fudeko Takahashi Cohler received her early musical training in Japan. She studied violin first with Hirotsugu Shinozaki and Koichi Hasegawa. After winning First Prizes in the All-Japan Student Music Competition in both the Elementary and Middle School Divisions, she studied with renowned pedagogue Saburo Sumi at Toho Music High School in Tokyo.
She won the Special Prize of Japan's International Representative Competition and was sponsored by the government of Japan to compete in the Nicolo Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy. Her success at the Paganini competition made her the first Japanese citizen ever to win a top prize at an international competition without having previously studied abroad.
After graduating with the First Prize from the Toho College of Music, Takahashi Cohler received the Seiji Ozawa fellowship and came to study in the United States with Dorothy Delay. She won the Pierre Mayer Award for the outstanding violinist of the Tanglewood Music Center, and was concertmistress there under both Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa.
She has played in lessons and masterclasses for numerous famous violinists including Leonid Kogan (Moscow Conservatory), Yehudi Menuhin, Josef Gingold, Pinchas Zukerman, Gabriel Builon, Pierre Jari, and Michelle Auclair (Paris Conservatory).
Takahashi Cohler received the Artist Diploma from NEC under Ms. Delay and continued her studies with Ms. Delay at Juilliard. Later Takahashi Cohler became a teaching assistant for Ms. Delay at the Aspen Music Festival and joined NEC's Preparatory School faculty as Ms. Delay's assistant.
Takahashi Cohler is the former concertmistress of Boston Civic Symphony and Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also a former artist in residence of the Gardner Museum. She is married to clarinetist and conductor Jonathan Cohler who is also a member of the NEC Preparatory School faculty and Assistant Conductor of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. Her son Yuga Cohler is an alumnus of NEC Prep and YPO.
B.M. with highest honors (Toho Gakuen School of Music), Artist Diploma (NEC); Studies with Dorothy Delay (The Juilliard School).


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TIME FOR US: PLACE306 Health + Spa in Del Mar is helping couples celebrate one another all year with its Time For Us package, a 12-month offering of customized health and spa services. Sessions begin with a meeting with a life coach and are based on monthly goals to help focus on good health, lower stress levels and a strong relationship. Individual options are massage, body treatment, skin care, acupuncture, homeopathy and nutrition. Then couples can head out together for massage lessons, guided couples meditation on the beach, a guided hike and more. The package is $4,800 per couple for the year. Too much? The Eyes for Love package, available Sunday and Monday, helps prepare for a Valentine's Day date with $50 off a one-hour essential facial plus set of eyelash extensions by Lash Out. Go to www.place360healthspa.com or call 858-793-1104.
SWEET DEAL: The Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant in San Diego's Old Town is offering a sweet deal for Valentine's Day: Book two nights between Feb. 10 and Feb. 15, and receive a $50 gift certificate to the restaurant and saloon. A special three-course menu will be available all week for $29.95. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 619-297-1874. Go to www.oldtowncosmopolitan.com.
SWEETHEART SKI: Celebrate love and snow together with Big Bear Mountain Resorts' special ---- free lunch for two on Feb. 14 (a $27 value). To get a free lunch, book two young adult or adult all-day tickets online at least one day before Feb. 14. Go to www.bigbearmountainresorts.com.
VALENTINE'S DAY HIDEAWAY: Stonepine Estate Resort in Carmel is offering a Valentine's Day Hideaway package starting at $1,095 (private houses and suites are $1,395 to $2,000). The package includes room, a private massage for two, a picnic lunch and candlelight dinner. Go to stonepineestate.com or call 831-659-2245.
MAKE A PLAYDATE: Hotel Solamar in San Diego offers Valentine's Playdate and A Robemantic Retreat packages. The Playdate package (code PVAL) includes deluxe room, sparkling wine and chocolate-covered cherries, and a hosted evening wine reception. The Robemantic package (code ROBES) includes two leopard-print robes, a $25 dining credit and an evening wine hour. The package is available through Feb. 28; go to www.hotelsolamar.com or call 619-819-950.
ESCAPE TO HARD ROCK: Hard Rock Hotel San Diego offers a Rock 'n' Romance package, starting at $199 per night Feb. 11-14. The package includes room, chilled champagne and a "whipped cream bikini" amenity, VIP access to Float and 207, or a free in-room movie, and a 90-minute Your Body Is A Wonderland couples experience at Rock Spa (an interactive mud body treatment and a 50-minute couples massage). Also, Nobu is offering a seven-course menu for an additional $120 per person. Go to www.hardrockhotelsd.com or call 888-593-6177.
PALM SPRINGS VALENTINE'S DAY: Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Palm Springs is offering a Valentine's Escape package, available throughout February starting at $309. The package includes a three-course dinner for two at bluEmber and a $25 daily resort charge. There are also spa add-on items available; go to www.rancholaspalmas.com/valentine-escape.
ROMANCE IN NAPA: Milliken Creek Inn & Spa in Napa Valley is playing Cupid for guests staying Feb. 9-15; during those dates, guests will enjoy free Romance Turndown Service, which includes a split of champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries, scattered rose petals, candles and music. Go to www.millikencreekinn.com/packages.php or call 800-822-8418.
LOCAL VALENTINE: Stay local for Valentine's Day at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, which is offering a beachfront one-bedroom suite on Feb. 12 to celebrate. The package also includes a bottle of champagne with chocolate-covered strawberries on arrival, a Month of Romance three-course dinner for two at The Marine Room and breakfast for two in Club Dining on Feb. 13. The package is $599; go to www.ljbtc.com.
GO BIG: The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe is taking Valentine's Day to the next level with two packages. The Ultimate Valentine's Package for Two is $4,000 and is available for the night of Feb. 14. It includes roundtrip limousine transportation to and from any location in San Diego County; the Honeymoon Suite, with champagne and caviar on arrival; a couple's massage in the suite; cocktails and hors d'oeuvres on the suite patio; an eight-course dinner with wine pairings prepared personally by Executive Chef John Beriker, served on a custom-built platform over the pool and accompanied by three violinists, flowers and candles; champagne with a quality one-half carat diamond resting in the lady's glass; golf cart transportation back to the suite; and breakfast for two in the suite the next morning. Or take it down a notch with a Valentine's Room and Dinner package, available Feb. 11-14 for $575. The package includes a deluxe room, a three-course champagne dinner and a full breakfast for two in-room the next morning. Go to www.theinnatrsf.com or call 858-756-1131.
AIN'T LOVE GRAND: The Grand Del Mar is offering the Ain't Love Grand package for Feb. 1-28 for $945 per night (additional nights are $365 Sundays through Thursdays, and $395 Fridays and Saturdays). The package includes one night's accommodations with an upgrade; a dozen long-stemmed roses; fireside champagne, caviar and oysters for two; a do-it-yourself spa treatment turndown amenity; breakfast for two in bed or at a resort restaurant; and a 2 p.m. late checkout. Call 858-314-2030. Also, all month at The Spa, the Cupid's Classic treatment in the couple's suite includes a 30-minute mineral-rich bath for two, accompanied by champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries; a 60-minute Swedish massage; and a 30-minute moisturizing aromatherapy scalp massage. The spa package is $725 per couple; call 858-314-2020. Go to www.thegranddelmar.com.
NEWPORT BEACH VALENTINE'S DAY: Pelican Hill in Newport Beach is offering a handful of packages in February, with a couple geared to Valentine's Day. The This Weekend, Whisk Her Away package starts at $545 per night (available through March) and includes one night in a garden-view bungalow; breakfast for two at the Coliseum Pool & Grill; a private cabana with sparkling prosecco and fresh berries at the pool; and two 50-minute spa treatments. Or get creative with the Build Your Own Valentine's Weekend Getaway, available any weekend in February for $775. The package base is one night in a bungalow guest room, a bottle of sparkling prosecco and strawberries, a rose-petal turndown, continental breakfast in bed and a late checkout. Then choose one of the following: a couple's red pomegranate body gelato 50-minute treatment, romantic bath for two, spa cuisine lunch and Crystal Cove fitness walk; a round of golf for two at the Ocean North or Ocean South course; or a dinner with wine pairings for two at Andrea, complete with mini red velvet cake, handmade truffles and a bottle of red wine back at the bungalow or on a private terrace. Other packages include The Great Villa Family Escape; Ladies' Spa Daycation; and Winter Dine & Stay. Call 800-820-6800.
L.A. EXTENDED WEEKEND: Several hotels in downtown Los Angeles are inviting couples to extend Valentine's Day weekend with their hotel packages. The Omni Los Angeles has a Sweet Rendezvous package that includes sparkling wine, truffles and breakfast with morning cocktails. The Los Angeles Athletic Club has From Russia With Love, which includes a three-course Russian dinner and morning Russian aerobics. And the Standard Downtown L.A. has The Love Inn, which includes champagne, chocolate-dipped strawberries and a long breakfast in bed. Go to www.downtownla.com.
BE MINE, VALENTINE: The Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto is inviting couples up north for its Be Mine, Valentine package, available Feb. 11-14 for $299 per night (add a consecutive night for $189). The package includes a deluxe king room, a bottle of champagne, rose petals and candles, a $25 dine-in gift certificate to Il Fornaio, artisan chocolates, evening port and cookies in the main lobby, late departure and more. Go to www.gardencourt.com or call 800-824-9028.
HOT TO THE TOUCH: Andaz San Diego offers a Hot to the Touch package Feb. 1-28 starting at $239. The package includes a bottle of champagne, a dozen red roses, strawberries, an "intimacy kit," breakfast for two at Quarter Kitchen and a late checkout. Go to www.andazsandiego.com or call 619-849-1234.
SWEETHEARTS SAIL: If hotel packages seem too expensive, the Maritime Museum of San Diego is offering a less-expensive option with its Sweethearts Sail on the Bay, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 13. The four-hour scenic cruise on the tall ship Californian will show off the San Diego Bay, marine wildlife and local attractions. Tickets are $60 for adults and $35 for children, and include keepsake photos, souvenirs and a gift bag for each guest. Go to www.sdmaritime.org or call 619-234-9153.
B&B VALENTINE: Several California bed and breakfast inns are offering romantic getaways for Valentine's Day. For example, the Mount View Hotel & Spa in Calistoga has the Heart to Heart Special for $309; it includes a 25-minute chocolate hydrotherapy mineral mud bath, a 50-minute couple's signature massage, a bouquet of roses, a bottle of sparkling wine, Napa Valley truffles and a personal love note. Or, the Brewery Gulch Inn in Mendocino has a $430 add-on that includes a romance basket, a backpack picnic and hot stone massages for two. Check out all the packages at cabbi.com.
KEEP ROMANCE ALIVE: Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes has several packages for February to help couples keep the romance alive. The KISS (Keep It Simple Sweetheart) package starts at $455 per night and includes room, dinner for two and breakfast for two. Date Night starts at $810 per night and includes a two- to four-bedroom villa, a romantic dinner for two while the kids enjoy Tidepools kids club, and breakfast for the family in the morning. Reconnect starts at $450 and includes bungalow, day spa access, a spa welcome amenity, all-day dining at the Spa Cafe, and 10 percent off spa and salon services. Go to www.terranea.com or call 866-802-8000.
SEASIDE ROMANCE: Jamaica Bay Inn in Marina Del Rey is offering a Valentine's Day Special for Feb. 12-15 for $299 per night. The package includes one night in a Marina view room, chocolate-covered strawberries, a bottle of champagne, a seven-course chef's dinner paired with wine and cocktails, and a late checkout. Go to www.jamaicabayinn.com or call 888-823-5333.
MEXICO OR MAUI? Looking to get out of town for Valentine's Day? Head to either Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, or Ka'anapali Beach, Maui. The Esperanza Resort in Cabo's Para Dos package, starting at $4,118, includes a room for three nights, daily breakfast, a dinner for two, a one-day car rental and picnic lunch, two massages and more; go to www.esperanzaresort.com. The Ka'anapali Beach Hotel in Maui's Island Romance package starts at $1,899 and includes five nights' accommodations, a rental car, daily breakfast and more; go to www.kbhmaui.com.
CHECK IN, ROCK OUT: Hard Rock Hotel San Diego has partnered with Gibson Guitar to offer "Check In, Rock Out," a program that allows guests to take a top-of-the-line Gibson guitar to their rooms to rock out, at no cost. The program launches Thursday with an appearance by former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist and Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde. At check-in, guests can select a guitar, a Pocket Pod Amp and high-definition Beats by Dr. Dre headphones (so other guests won't be disturbed). Go to www.hardrockhotelsd.com.
ORBITZ WINTER SALE: Through Feb. 27, Orbitz is offering hotel discounts at up to 30 percent off in its Winter Savecation sale. Go to www.orbitz.com/sales.
SOUTHWEST DEALS: Southwest Airlines Vacations offers regular deals on hotel and flight packages. Go to www.southwestvacations.com or call 800-423-5683. Here are the latest local Southwest deals:
-- Save up to $125 on Las Vegas vacation packages. Book a flight and hotel package and save $25 per night on the hotel, up to $125; plus, receive more incentives, like a free night or free dining, at some hotels (book by Feb. 17, for travel Feb. 11-Aug. 11; code is LAS25PNFEB).
-- Have relatives coming to town? Book a Disneyland vacation package and receive a fourth night free. Flights must go into Los Angeles, Burbank, Ontario or Orange County; package also includes hotel accommodations at one of the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort, a four-day Park Hopper ticket, Magic Morning admission and more (book by Feb. 19, for travel through April 11).
-- Receive $75 off Colorado vacation packages (Breckenridge, Keystone or Beaver Creek) of four nights or more; also receive a free night at select properties (book by Feb. 24, for travel through April 24; code is VAILSKI75).
RBI SPECIALS: Rancho Bernardo Inn is offering several packages to celebrate winter. The Big Man on Campus package, starting at $349 per night through Feb. 28, includes a golf game or lesson with a boxed lunch and beer; an athlete's massage or a men's skin fitness facial; a Scotch-paired tasting dinner at El Bizcocho; and a room stocked with male-inspired goodies, including cigars, men's interests magazines, beer, a game system and a deck of cards. The Sugar & Spice package, starting at $349 per night through Feb. 28, includes a spa manicure and pedicure with mimosas and muffins; a spa amenity; a gourmet spa lunch; a selection of Oprah books; and a room with "Sex and the City" in-room DVD, flights and bites. The Spa & Lunch package starts at $140 (Monday through Thursday) through Feb. 28 and includes a 50-minute facial or massage, or an 80-minute manicure and pedicure; and a spa lunch. Go to www.ranchobernardoinn.com or call 877-517-9340.
STAYCATION SPECIALS: The rest of the country is buried in snow, so why not vacation in San Diego? The San Diego Marriott La Jolla has three specials that take advantage of San Diego's sights. First, stay two nights and receive a third night free, as well as a 20 percent food and beverage discount. The deal is available through Feb. 28; use the code ES1. The Legoland Park & Sea Life Adventure package starts at $199 and is available through June 30. The package, which requires a two-night minimum stay, includes parking and two tickets to Legoland (use the code EB7). Also, the San Diego SeaWorld Adventure package starts at $199 and is available through June 30. The package, which requires a two-night minimum stay, includes parking and two tickets to SeaWorld (use the code EW5). Go to www.marriott.com/sanlj or call 858-587-1414.
GRAND SLAM: Kimpton's FireSky Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz., is offering a Play Ball package for baseball spring training from March 1-31. The package starts at $199 and includes accommodations, a basket of baseball snacks and a bucket or beer. Go to www.fireskyresort.com and use the code PBAS.
BREW WITH A VIEW: The Omni San Diego hotel is celebrating San Diego's beer scene with its Brew With a View package, available throughout 2011. Starting at $249, the package includes accommodations for two, a pre-arrival phone call from the hotel concierge to review a brewery tour list, a welcome amenity with local beer, and a "Burgers & Brews" lunch at McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant. Go to www.omnihotels.com or call 800-THE-OMNI.
SHRED & BED: Get the best of both worlds with the Vegas Shred & Bed package, available for arrivals through April 20 at the Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel. Rates start at $164 per night; the package includes two adult full-day lift tickets for Utah's Brian Head Resort (three hours from the hotel), trail maps, a road map, access to the hotel's steam room and sauna, and two bottles of water. Call 866-716-8137 and use the code LBPKG1-10.
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Are you looking for a budget apartment in Brussels? Stop searching! This is the perfect place for you to stay during your journey or business trip. The apartment is suitable for up to 4 people, so you can come over with your friends and stay together in the same flat.
In this apartment you have a fully equipped kitchen with all the necessary amenities, so you can cook your favorite meals, feeling just like at home. In the living area you have a satellite TV and DVDs to watch your favorite shows or movies while relaxing in the king size bed. In the house you can find some other amenities like hair dryer and ironing equipment as well as wireless internet. The kitchen and toilet are separate for your own comfort.
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We are very welcomed by host Francesco who holds office in the building itself. The apartment was small and a bit dingy furnishings. There was clearly smoked and it smelled stale.
We zijn heel vriendelijk ontvangen door gastheer Francesco die in het gebouw zelf kantoor houdt. Het appartement was klein en een beetje groezelig ingericht. Er was duidelijk gerookt; het rook onfris.
It is a very nice appartment. The neighbourhood though is not what we expected it to be.
The hosts are very friendly and helpful.
Very nice apartment, big and comfortable. The kitchen is basic but there's everything you need, the bed is good and the couch is a big plus. The location is also good, metro is very close and city centre at walk distance. I can just recommend this place!
Perfect host and very nice people ,ready to help .day and at night!
proper room and we were so sorry we had to leave....
15 minutes walking of the center.PERFECT!
Fair priced. Had a comfortable stay.
Our stay at this apartment was great. Clean, tidy and very neat. We really felt ourselves at home. Great experience. Thanks a lot.
We had a very enjoyable visit to Brussels staying at the Medina apartment. It was very clean and comfortable and well situated near the Brussels Midi station and a easy walk into the city centre.
Fantastic place near station and Francesco is very helpful
The apartment is clean, easy to find and is close to the Midi station and several tram lines. Walk to the center is a quarter of an hour. Nearby there are several restaurants that stay open late. The apartment is well equipped, perhaps you need to have certain commodities such as oil and salt to cook, as the kitchen all right.
El apartamento está limpio, es fácil de encontrar y está cerca de la estación de Midi como de varias líneas de tranvía. Al centro a pie hay un cuarto de hora. En la zona hay varios restaurantes que abren hasta tarde. El apartamento está bien equipado, tal vez le falta tener ciertos productos básicos como aceite y sal para poder cocinar, en cuanto al menaje todo correcto.
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Definition of syncretism in English:
noun[mass noun]
1The amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought: interfaith dialogue can easily slip into syncretism
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- If multiculturalism means syncretism, then religious conservatives of all faiths will certainly opt out.
- The marriage prohibition consequently played into the concern over intermarriage as a source of religious syncretism and idolatry.
- Speaking of which, in terms of religious syncretism it is interesting to see how frequently quantum uncertainty is starting to pop up in discussions about religion.
2 Linguistics The merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language.
Example sentences
- This is not the final word on problems with syncretism; there are many more that I don't have the space or the insight to point out here.
- A good framework for morphology would cover the whole territory, rather than carving out one small portion of the territory for a special Missing Form treatment, admitting syncretism everywhere else.
- In the current literature, instances of syncretism are being increasingly cited to support particular models of morphology and feature structure.
- Example sentences
- The result is a further syncretization of an already syncretic form, but one which is capable of having strong musical, political, and cultural resonances in Aotearoa.
- Kingston is at times unsure whether these practices are 'Buddhism' or something more syncretic: 'Chinese religion.'
- Actually, this is a whole lot like what I just described in terms of cognitive dissonance and syncretic religions.
syncretist noun& adjective
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- Up to now I'd been thinking that I needed to rediscover a more syncretist Christianity, allowing freedom of sacred expression and lifestyle.
- Many Nicaraguans, especially in rural areas, practice a syncretist form of religion that combines indigenous religious beliefs with Catholicism.
- The tree of Paganism invites both purists and syncretists to rest under its leafy canopy.
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- Their priesthood and sanctuary were judged illegitimate, their text of the Torah corrupt, and their cult syncretistic - contaminated by the paganism of their Mesopotamian conquerors.
- These exogamous marriages introduced the possibility of idolatry and syncretistic practices into the community.
- But the Church of Rome is itself syncretistic - a structure in which elements of pagan culture, superstition and naturalistic religion have taken root over the ages.
Early 17th century: from modern Latin syncretismus, from Greek sunkrētismos, from sunkrētizein 'unite against a third party', from sun- 'together' + krēs 'Cretan' (originally with reference to ancient Cretan communities).
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On behalf of Lake Tahoe Historical Society we again thank Camp Richardson's Adam Fountain, Mai Dalton and staff for setting up the Lodge Room for our recent quarterly Tahoe history program. Members and guests love helping us keep Tahoe's unique history alive and Camp Rich makes it possible.
Our next program will be in April.
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text: Brazil got crushed today in their World Cup game against Germany. The ending score was 7-1, which is such a trouncing in soccer that Germany could have played their towel boy and some kids from the Make-a-Wish Foundation and still won by like, 3 goals. Brazil lost this game at home too, in front of thousands of despairing fans. So when the game stopped being interesting (when it was 5-0 at halftime), there was still plenty of opportunity for entertainment in watching the absurdly bummed super-fans in the stadium. Here are some highlights from among their lowlights:


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2011 Ladies Grinch Spiel Pictures and Poem
Here are some pics from the Ladies One-day Grinch Spiel!
Twas the Spiel Before Christmas – by Jamie Crump
'Twas the 'spiel before Christmas, yellow rocks through the house,
"You've got too much brawn!" the skipper did grouse.
The stones flew by fast; today the ice is quite keen!
And oh, what a curl, like Duluth's never seen;
The leads rocks sailed through, flew through to the hack,
Nobody swept, in fact, they turned back!
The second threw light, both just over the hog,
Again no one swept, they were drinking eggnog!
At this point in the end, the opponent sat three,
One rock was up top, and two more on the tee,
She yelled to her third, "We need a nose-hit!"
The skip was sure angry, her front end was pure…. **awful**
When the vice slid out, she was right on the broom
"We'll clear the guard, we've got plenty of room!"
Sailing wider and wider the rock started to fall
And ticked the red rock, behind a rock wall.
She threw up her hands, oh what could be done!
Five red rocks in the house, yellow not a one.
If we don't draw the pot, I'll be ready to shake,
She left it wide open, an easy take-out to make.
The skip sighed as she knew they were in trouble
She had the right line, and she just missed the double.
They have the hammer, they've got the last shot,
So our only chance is to draw to the pot.
Her weight was light, despite sweepin' and hopin'
The rock wouldn't curl and hung out in the open.
She looked at the back line, only one red rock was there
They're going to have seven! She loudly despaired.
Her opponent crouched down and aimed her rock
Our skip grimaced and prayed and rubbed her shamrock
Just like that, wouldn't you know, the rock just stopped spinning
It picked! It picked up some murp right at the beginning!
The opponent missed her open take-out for seven,
Yellow stole one point, a gift down from Heaven!
The ice fell a hush, for curlers all knew the reason
Curling miracles happen, after all, 'tis the season!


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Federal Trade Commission Charges Four Familiar Weight-Loss Companies With Fraud
We aren't the only ones who have always felt like their ridiculous claims are, well, ridiculous
Oh, you can't lose weight and get a "gym body" just by sprinkling some weird powder of undisclosed ingredients onto your food? You don't say. The ambitious (and completely unrealistic) claims made by sketchy weight-loss products like Sensa and LeanSpa may be tempting -- who wouldn't jump at the chance to achieve said gym body without spending one precious second on the elliptical? -- but we've always seen them for what they are, and that's sketchy. How these companies have been able to continue their ridiculous marketing over the years is beyond us. At last, the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down, and they're not going to let these products get away with it anymore.
The commission is no stranger to instigating lawsuits with these companies, and this time, four familiar brand names are on the chopping block. We expected this type of shady behavior from Sensa Products, HCG Diet Direct, and LeanSpa... but our beloved L'Occitane? Well, let's just say we've got a serious bone to pick with their body creams promising a "noticeably slimmer, trimmer you." And the fraud is all but official: the four aforementioned companies, who neither admitted nor denied their fault, will pay a collective $34 million to swindled consumers.
RELATED: 10 New Weight Loss and Diet Myths and Facts
Says Jessica Rich, the director of the commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, "Resolutions to lose weight are easy to make but hard to keep" -- don't we know it -- "and the chances of being successful just by sprinkling something on your food, rubbing cream on your thighs or using a supplement are slim to none. The science just isn't there." You hear that, Kardashians? We know you achieved your trim bodies and weight loss through boring old diet and exercise, not those weight-loss supplements they pay you millions to shill! [New York Times]
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The Smithsonian's National Zoo is home to six western lowland gorillas that reside in two groups at the Great Ape House. Based on recommendations from the Gorilla Species Survival Plan (SSP), the zoo manages one gorilla troop, and one bachelor group. The two groups alternate indoor and outdoor space, depending on the time of day and the weather.
Baraka was born at the National Zoo in April 1992 to Haloko and Gus, but was raised by Mandara, who was discovered carrying him only a few hours after his birth. In 2004 he moved to the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, but returned in 2006 to assume leadership of the National Zoo's gorilla group. Baraka is a full-grown male gorilla, or silverback, and is the largest member of our gorilla troop. He weighs nearly 400 pounds and can easily be identified by the large crest on his head. Like all adult male gorillas, he has a saddle of silver hair covering his back. Baraka has a laid-back personality, but will not hesitate to discipline the other members of the troop if needed. While it is rare to see, lucky visitors to the Great Ape House may get to see Baraka playing with Kibibi. Baraka's full name, Baraka ya Mwelu, means "blessing of light" and is made up of Swahili (Baraka ya) and an unknown bantu language (Mwelu) spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
Kwame was born at the National Zoo in November 1999, and lives in the Zoo's bachelor group with his brother Kojo. He is a sub-adult male, or blackback, who is growingevery day. Kwame is even starting to develop some silver hair on his lower back and shoulder area. Blackback males may not become a full grown adult silverback until they are in their late teens or early twenties. A quick learner, Kwame is eager to participate in positive reinforcement training and figure out new enrichment items.
Kojo was born at the National Zoo in November 2001. He is the second-youngest member of the troop and one of the most playful. As a sub-adult male, or blackback, his personality is a mixture of adult and juvenile behaviors. The two brothers, Kojo and Kwame, live in their own bachelor group that is separate from the gorilla troop. Bachelor groups are found in the wild when sub-adult males become too rambunctious for their natal group and band together with other sub-adult males. Kojo is an advanced tool user and enjoys enrichment items, especially sheets and blankets. The two brothers are only two years apart in age and very similar in body size and structure. Kojo is still the smaller of the two boys, but catching up to Kwame in size.
Mandara was born at the Lincoln Park Zoo in April 1982, and came to the National Zoo in October 1985. Mandara is sometimes referred to as "Super Mom" due to having six offspring of her own: Kejana (now at Disney), Kigali (now at Kansas's Sedgwick County Zoo), Ktembe (now at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo), Kwame, Kojo, and Kibibi (all at National Zoo). Of her six offspring, three remain at the National Zoo: Kwame, Kojo, and Kibibi. She is also the adoptive mother of silverback Baraka. Mandara is an extremely intelligent gorilla, who is a master of communicating her wants and needs to her caregivers. With her strong personality she is able to not only keep her juvenile Kibibi in line, but also Baraka. She is named after a mountain range in Cameroon.
Calaya was born on August 30, 2002 at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. In February of 2015 she was transferred to the National Zoo based on a breeding recommendation from the Gorilla Species Survival Plan, and resides in the gorilla troop with Baraka, Mandara and Kibibi. In the wild, females will emigrate away from the group they were born into in search of an unrelated mate. She is very socially savvy with the other gorilla members and tends to avoid conflict. Calaya can often be seen sitting on one of her favorite enrichment toys, a pink spool, carrying it with her from enclosure to enclosure.
Born at the National Zoo in January 2009, Kibibi is the youngest and smallest member of the National zoo's gorilla troop. She is full of energy, and never stops moving for very long during the day. She can often be seen pestering her mother Mandara, or even playing with the silverback Baraka. Kibibi excels in the zoo's cognition research program and outperforms all of the other gorillas on the touchscreen based programs. "Kibibi" means "little lady" in Swahili.
In the morning, the gorillas are fed together as a group. Food items are cut up and spread throughout the enclosures encouraging gorillas to forage as they would in the wild. In the summer food is scattered in the outdoor yard, in the cooler months food is hidden in the hay. In the afternoon, the gorillas are separated for their diet, to ensure that each individual gets his or her share of preferred food items such as fruit and chow.
The morning diet is generally made up of vegetables, which may include kale, celery, green beans, carrots, and sweet potato. Evening foods include more greens such as romaine, kale, cabbage, or dandelion along with the fruits and vegetables du jour. Bananas, apples, oranges, mango, grapes, melon, and papaya are often included. Onions, broccoli, turnips, white potatoes, squash, cucumbers, and beets are also staples.
Throughout the day, the gorillas are given additional forage items, such as popcorn, peanuts, or jungle mix. Browse (fresh tree trimmings) is given daily and includes bamboo, bradford pear, willow, mulberry, or maple.
Gorillas may live about 35 years in the wild, and beyond 50 in captivity.


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Authorities in Fargo say they've recovered materials alleged to have been used in the manufacturing of several thousand dollars in counterfeit bills.
Fargo Deputy Chief Patrick Claus says the department and the U.S. Secret Service initiated an investigation into reports of counterfeit currency being distributed within the Fargo-Moorhead area beginning Dec. 31.
The Forum newspaper reports that four incidents involving fake bills were reported Wednesday in Fargo, two in Moorhead, Minn., and one in West Fargo.
The Red River Valley SWAT Team executed a search warrant Thursday morning that resulted in equipment used to manufacture the counterfeit $20, $10, $5 and $1 bills.
Claus says 32-year-old Terry Bruce Higdem and 33-year-old Nicholas Tom Seeley, both from Fargo, were each arrested on a counterfeiting charge. Attorney information was not immediately available.
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Charging an iPod with an onion and Gatorade Nov 25 2008
How to charge your iPod using just an onion and some Gatorade. Oh yeah? When we were kids, we ran digital clocks off of potatoes and loved it! Fear the power of the tuber!
Update: It's a myth, busted by Mythbusters no less. Like I said, tubers rule. (thx, everyone)


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Eileen Helen Kokenge, 88, passed away May 22, 2012, at St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton, CA. Mrs. Kokenge was a devoted wife to Cyril Kokenge, who preceded her in death. Loving mother to Kathleen Rounds Meyers who also preceded her in death.
She was born January 3, 1924 in Halbor Iowa. Survivors include, sisters Gladys and Rita. Sons, Eugene, Thomas and Johnny. Grandchildren Shannon, Jason, Jeremy, Brian and Thomas Jr. Numerous great grandchildren.
A memorial mass was held at St .Martin De Porres Catholic Church. The Rite of Committal was held at Rose Hills Memorial Park.


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This July 17, 2013 image provided by Meagan Greene shows wildfire smoke near Idyllwild, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. Tensions heightened late Wednesday after winds shifted, causing the fire to change course and head in the direction of Idyllwild, an artist community and hiking destination in the San Jacinto Mountains.(AP Photo/Meagan Greene)


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4. Pittsburgh Steelers
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Total Points: 71
Two Super Bowls are what ultimately bumped the Pittsburgh Steelers up to being the No. 4 team in our rankings. Of course, it helps to have drafted players like Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu and Maurkice Pouncey.
The Steelers have only drafted nine Pro Bowl players, including two between rounds five and seven. However, even more surprising is that Pittsburgh has only drafted four All-Pro players. Only 16 teams had fewer All-Pro players than the Steelers, despite Pittsburgh having above-average success in recent years.
What makes the Steelers such a quality team in the draft is that they have great success at finding starting-level talent. They've drafted 25 starters in the league, with 19 of those starters coming in the earlier rounds. Those 19 starters drafted between rounds one and four are tied for the second-most of in the NFL.
Simply put, Pittsburgh knows how to find players who can come in pretty quickly and provide solid production. It's a huge reason why they've been such a consistent team over the past decade.


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How many hours is the battery life with one starndard ubuntu-desktop (11.04)?
How many hours is the battery life with one starndard ubuntu-desktop (11.04)?
Vote for: Focus more on stability and bugfixing in the LTS releases.!!
Mine just arrived a couple days ago, and now I'm very tempted to upgrade to 11.10. But I want someone else to do it first...
I would like to know how the fan is behaving with 10.11 and how silent the whole notebook is with an SSD installed?
OpenDungeons a open source game in the style of Dungeon Keeper
I just ended up installing it! Which was perhaps foolish. But so far it seems to be working fine.
11.10 report:
overall brilliant, no huge complaints. Some graphics problems: I get thin black bars across the screen from time to time, and occasionally the system freezes. I'm guessing it's a problem between this kernel and Sandy Bridge graphics...? I don't want to tweak anything yet, though, in the hopes that a fix will be showing up soon.
I have been running 11.10 for two weeks, and did a clear install. (Wiped windows 7).
I am extremely happy with the Vostro, Intel I5, 2gb ram and 320gb harddrive. Did not want to spend 400$ extra on the ssd-drive.
I bought it with backlight in the keyboard, which is extremely handy at night,
All shortcut keys are working ("fn+f2" etc).
So in my opinion its a nice buy, though the fan is running at, what seems, 100% most at the time, though the CPU is "inactive". But I quess/hope there will be a fix soon.
I did a clean install without even booting the windows setup so I don't know how long the battery it's supposed to last but I managed to get the battery life up to 6.30-7h on a v131 (without the SSD) using the jupiter applet and passing additional options to grub as suggested by this post. Basically, you need to modify /etc/default/grub, replacing the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT with this one (I also enabled usb autosuspend by default, which apparently isn't normally):
(you'll need to run update-grub2 after editing that file, or the changes won't be applied)Code:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force usbcore.autosuspend=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i1915_enable_fbc=1"
I had a couple of freezes since then, I believe it's one of the i915 options (the original post suggested that they are disabled by default because of some stability issues, so this may very well be the case). I'm now trying to understand which options causes the freeze by running the system with only one option enabled each time, but I still didn't figure it out at this time.
Other than that, everything it's working flawlessly except:
- the fingerprint reader isn't working, as there are no drivers available.
- the hand-over-keyboard sensor isn't working (is it a sensor, that thing just over the touchpad? I didn't boot into windows so I don't know for sure, but it looks like it). Anyway, enabling the relevant option on gnome3 (disable touchpad while typing), doesn't work.
- finally, the hybernation doesn't work. It works one out of ten times, the resuming step fails and the system reboots itself automatically. At least for me, this is the most prominent drawback.
Hello, after a long search in the forum I am posting in this thread hoping that #1 my questions are relevant and #2 I am not imposing since I am a complete novice with Ubuntu and my questions might be rudimentary to most of you.
I have recently purchased a Vostro V131 (i3 2330 cpu, 2Gb ram, 320Gb 7200rpm HD) with Ubuntu preinstalled. My question is:
How do I go about installing Windows 7, in dual boot mode, thus preserving the existing Ubuntu installation?
At 1st boot, after the DELL - F2 screen, I was presented with a purplish screen with 4 selections. Two Ubuntu options (one normal one recovery) and two memory test options (one normal, one with console(?)). I went with #1, the defaul selection, after the 10 sec countdown, e.g. "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-8-generic".
It went through the DELL intitial setup and then the Ubuntu configuration. It also asked me if I wanted to created recovery media so I did that on a USB drive. This step took a while. Finally, it booted into the Ubuntu desktop.
I had never been in a Ubuntu environment before, but it felt intuitive enough. For the most part everything worked, including networking and wireless.
So, where and how do I go from here? I would like to keep this Ubuntu installation and get to know it, but in the meantime I need a "windoze" platform so I can do my work as well.
Can you please help me, I appreciate all responses in advance.
Thank you!


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The Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships Sunday at Breckenridge, Colorado. The Breckenridge event is the first of five U.S. qualifiers for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Nick Goepper launches backwards off a jump during the Ski Slopestlyle Final. Goepper went on to win the Ski Slopestyle Final. .
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Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread Ebelskivers
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1 TBSP brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
6 TBSP melted butter, divided
1-2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely diced
2 ounces white cheddar cheese, cut into small cubes
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cayenne and regular pepper and salt.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs and 3 TBSP of the melted butter.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Add in the diced jalapenos.
Heat ebelskiver pan over medium heat. Brush each well with some of the remaining melted butter. Add a scant TBSP of batter to each well.
Top with one of the cheese cubes, then cover the cheese cube with more batter. Do not overfill wells.


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Arab African International Bank Bldg,
Riad El Solh Street,
Nejmeh, Beirut 2011 5211
Working Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:00pm
P.O.Box: 11-3216, beirut, Lebanon
Telephone: + 961-1-962500
Fax: + 961-1-962491
E-mail: email@example.com
UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.
World leaders have pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015. UNDP's network links and coordinates global and national efforts to reach these goals. UNDP furthermore helps developing countries to attract and use aid effectively, and in all our activities, we aim to promote the protection of Human Rights and the Empowerment of Women.
UNDP has made considerable progress in increasing programme focus at the country level, consistent with the corporate strategic results framework. The policy frame work represented by the MDGs, the mandate of UNDP and the specific roles assigned to UNDP through international consensus at the World Summit for Sustainable Development and the International Conference on Financing for Development, which further guide UNDP's work.
UNDP has been operational in Lebanon for nearly five decades, since 1960. Its presence in the country has been continuous in the best of times and in the worst of times, in times of war and peace. The period immediately following the Lebanese Civil War which had raged since 1975 until 1990 and which was superimposed by further invasions and military occupation, was a period of transition for the country as well as for UNDP.
As an organization, we have had to continually evolve in orientation and coverage to help in the identification of national needs and priorities in an often rapidly changing development and security setting in order to support the achievement of long-term development objectives. UNDP strives to reflect the ability and resilience of the Lebanese to adapt to continuing development challenges.
2006 in particular was a unique year, as significant resources were programmed in the early recovery and post-conflict portfolio, becoming the largest UNDP programme. This programme delivered significant results in the areas of physical reconstruction and recovery of livelihoods in 2007, many of which will be completed in 2008.
In partnership with the government of Lebanon and its partners in development, UNDP upholds a number of principles in our work:
The Resident Representative of UNDP Lebanon is officially accredited to the country and represents the highest level of accountability of the UNDP in Lebanon. The Representative delegates authority to various levels of management such as the Country Director and Deputy Resident Representative. Decisions in the office are made by various bodies in UNDP, including the Management Group for setting the direction of the UNDP programme priorities, and the Programme and Operations Groups focusing respectively on project management and financial and human resources.
New projects and programmes are developed between these groups under the leadership of the UNDP Representative together with relevant government counterparts.
UNDP in Lebanon works closely with the Council of Reconstruction and Development, a public authority established in early 1977 partially to replace the Ministry of Planning. This close collaboration has been imperative in taking decisions in a timely and efficient manner. While the CDR became the entity responsible for reconstruction and development, its role has evolved to include initiatives that address social and economic issues, and has therefore become the de facto government counterpart of UNDP. Projects and programmes are developed in close consultation with the CDR as well as the relevant line Ministries and departments involved in the initiative.
The UNDP office and the government are not the only decision-makers as regards the nature and direction of the work of the UNDP in the country. Donors play a key role in supporting the development activities, with financing and material support. Programme reviews are held on a six-monthly basis that brings together the government, UNDP, and the donor to discuss progress towards development results, also known as Tripartite Review meetings.
Contract Type Sub Total
Service Contract 301
UN Volunteers 4
Total 357
Arab African International Bank Bldg,
Riad El Solh Street,
Nejmeh, Beirut 2011 5211
Working Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:00pm
P.O.Box: 11-3216, beirut, Lebanon
Telephone: + 961-1-962500
Fax: + 961-1-962491
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There are times in the life of a Christian when we need to bring Christ and His cross back to the forefront. Pastor Gary Wilkerson exhorts the church to clear the stage of worship that is more about image and entertainment than it is about awe and reverence for God. It's time to clear the stage of pastors who merely give pep talks and spend very little time in prayerful preparation. We must clear our own hearts of lukewarmness and heaping to ourselves teaching that tickles our ears. Church, let's clear the stage and put Jesus first!
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"Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany" (John 11:1). Most Christians know the story of Lazarus. He lived with his two sisters, Mary and Martha, in the town of Bethany. Their home was a favorite resting place for Jesus. Christ knew that this close-knit family loved him, and he loved them dearly in return. He even made their home his spiritual retreat. It was an oasis of quiet for him away from the pressing crowds.
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The rural village of Srah Keo is a rarity in Cambodia: It's thriving in the midst of drought. Most homes in this historically poor village boast a bountiful vegetable garden. They're also ringed by mango trees bearing luscious fruit. And the children, once malnourished, are healthier and happier than ever.
Losing their parents is tragic enough. But orphans then face a second trauma. They're taken to an unfamiliar place — an orphanage — where they don't know anyone. Often they're cared for by workers whose best efforts are stretched thin by overwhelming needs.
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The book of Nehemiah offers a vivid picture of what happens to the church in times of ruin and apostasy. When Nehemiah and 43,000 other Jewish patriots returned to Jerusalem, they found the city lying in total ruin. The walls were torn down and the gates removed, so the inhabitants had no protection from their enemies . . . and a whole parade of antagonists plundered the city as they pleased.
These enemies had been given total dominion because of Israel's backsliding and disobedience to God's Word. Nehemiah wrote, "Because of our sins: also they [our enemies] have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress" (Nehemiah 9:37).
Jerusalem here is a type of the church of Jesus Christ today. Like the Israelites, many Christians are under sin's dominion and the iniquity in God's house has brought on distress and bondage, spreading poison throughout the Body of Christ.
Please pray for my husband Paul so that he may open his heart to God and let Christ be his Lord and Savior. Pray for him to receive a new heart and be led in light through the Holy Spirit.
Please pray for my daughter's healing from alcohol addiction and for her to come back to God.
My daughter just had a baby and had been drinking and abusing her prescriptions. Doesnt think she has a problem She also is raising 5 more children.
Im a Student at Summit International School Of Ministry and i need Money to pay for tuition , Please Pray !
There is a friend of a friend that is suffering deeply with depression and anger. He's desparate and seeking relief from this mental torment. His name is Tom.
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My family desperately needs an income. And health.
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Salvation for Edward, Phyllis, Kenny, and Danielle.
Suffering from throat ulcer from last 1 year God may heal me soon.
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Please pray that my marriage will be restored. My wife and I are separated but if we submit to the will and heart of the Lord we will know a greater love.
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My husband has been battling anxiety. I know as he does God is able to deliver him from this attack.
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Salvation of ex ron and reconcilliation, provision.
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I contracted malaria in Mali in 2005. I am still in an intense battle to this day. Please pray that God will guide and restore me.
Miracles and wisdom needed for a widow facing multiple challenges.
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BJ has been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma. Surgery is not an option. Please pray for healing and for strength for BJ and her family.
Please pray for my daughter to receive double measure of strength and wisdom as she seeks her life's calling spiritually and professionally.
My son was in the hopital in ICU. He has improved some. Please pray for noticeable improvement today. Also, for my huband who needs to return to Jesus. That his health issues will also improve. I know the Lord is Faithful, but need to see his goodness.
Please join me in my prayer for a house for my son and I in Wayzata MN.
Please pray for me that I may be used of God for His glory, that I may live for Him all the days of my life. Thank you.
Please pray that the Lord would restore my prodigal daughter to Himself & her family! Also, that the Lord would deliver her from alcoholism.
My Daughter Joyce and Lindsey Joyce were in a car accident. It destroyed her hip joint and Lindsey needs mental healing, she is mentally challenged and is on meds. I know God is able
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Please pray for my husband Don as he has diabetes and is losing the use of his legs. If this happens I cannot take care of him in our home.
Could you please pray for my son Wesley and my family so they can have a relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ.
I need to go to the dentist tomorrow. Please pray for peace would rule my heart and my tooth problem be very minor. Thank you.
Please pray for my wife Betty. Shetakes care of a 91 yr. old woman at her house. She is very critical of my wife belittles her etc. Please pray the woman comes to Jesus or my wife finds a better job.
I would like to request prayer for my daughter Regina and her mother, one is living in sin and the other is in bad health.
My son Michael was arrested this morning and is in jail. Please pray that he forsakes the drugs and alcohol, and wants to walk with Christ.
Please pray that this week my wife and I will get closer and that she will starting dropping the idea of divorce. I know The Holy Spirit is at work in her and I request to please pray that a miracle happens this week!
Please pray for God to save my wife Linda, and our family, Tony,Rhonda,Meagan,Zack,Jessica,Paige,and Brandon.
Please continue to pray for my prodigal son, Ryan (19). He left home last Sunday. He struggles with a drug addiction. He's trying to get clean on his own because he doesn't want to go to Teen Challenge for a year. He recently lost his job and has very little money. He has been raised in a Christian home and we love him very much. Thank you for your prayers.
Johnathanhas a calling on his life to be a Missionary. The hurt of the past has turned into bitterness. He needs salvation. I'm standing on God's promises for his life.
Please pray that God would heal my husband's heart...brokeness from his past. I believe that God has such a plan for his life and our family.
Please pray for my adoptive elder son for total deliverance from his addiction to alcohol.
For my son, Jerrod, that he will be able to get a job where he and his family live. My grandson Easyn has severe ADHD and a receptive expressive disorder. Daughter-in-law, Cassie - be able to get a job in her local school district.
Please pray for my son and daughter who've been diagnosed as bi-polar and suffer bouts of depression. Pray for deliverance for each.
Please, pray for the salvation of my son, Fabio
My Grandson needs salvation. He was in Ramadi Iraq during the war.He has PTSD and has has lost all his faith in God.
Pray for an 8 month old baby girl who was born prematurely. She has never been able to leave the hospital and is having severe problems. Dr's are running out of things to help her.
Please help me pray for my family and husband, for God to heal him of Epilepsy and bring him closer to him. Thank you!
Please-please pray for my brother, he needs God's healing from alcoholism, his marrige is falling apart because of it. Thank you!
Our Pastor of 38 years died suddenly at the age of 64, he preached the full Gospel. Our Elders by faith and prayer have decided that they don't want to follow the plans of man but are going to wait on God. Please pray for wisdom and direction at this time!
I am requesting your prayers for my unborn child. I have had 2 miscarriages. The doctors have not been able to determine the cause. Please pray that God strengthens me and my baby everyday.
recovery from a recent cardiac arrest and surgery. Trying to move nearby children need God's help selling house and moving
Please pray for my son Eric. He is lazy. He is addicted to alcohol, energy drinks, pornography and pills. He and his wife have 4 children and one on the way.
Please agree with us for God to meet all our needs, restore and heal our hearts and minds, and continue to do His will in our lives.
Please pray for my son John, who needs a job. He struggles with gender identity issues and has marriage problems.
for healing of Shingles. . . that prescriptions would be only beneficial and not harmful
Please pray for a financial miracle for my husband and me. Also for direction of what God wants us to do for his kingdom.
Please pray for daughter Daphne. That job possibility coming up is where God wants her to be.
Please pray for my daughter who is addicted to Oxycodone. She has known the Lord Jesus as a child but she is very resistant to turning her life over to God. She thinks she can handle her own problems.
I am subjected to severe financial problems and suffering from financial situations, my fathers family is in a dangerous situation pray for us to get relief. Remember us for spirtual growth.
Please pray for me and everything in my life, thank you wery much.
My husband & I have been separated 4 months! Please pray for restoration!!! Joanne
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Prayer for bill weston,and tom anderson both men have had a stroke. One is a believer (bill), tom is not a believer.
please pray for my sister Rachel who is suffering with paranoia and needs God's divine touch on her mind, soul and body, this is possible with GOD.
Please pray for my friend who is struggling with drug and alcohol addiction and needs salvation. He has no self control and needs to let God have full control over his life.
I would like to pray for a healing for my youngest daughter & myself. We have seizures that can not be controlled, only by the grace of our Father. Pray for his mercy on us.
Please Pray for a good job for me and good stewartship. For deliverence of drug addiction and drinking that is out of control
Urgent prayer request for my daughter for housing and for gas money she is a college student and going thru a divorce she is living in a coeed dorm and I am a single parent struggling for housing Pray for a Miracle for us
We would like for you to agree with us in prayer for my son junior to be fully delivered from drug addiction. We are asking for the Lord to turn my son into a man of GOD, a servant.
Please pray for my niece Lori. She has breast cancer. She is only 36 and has three small children. We are believing for a miracle of healing.
Freedom from porn addiction.
Please pray for my husband Peter not to proceed with divorce and for his salvation. Pray for the salvation of my mother Jean, my sister Wendy, my daughter Sarah.
My granddaughter is 21 years old and she is a heroin addict & a crack addict, she smokes both, she feels unloved and suicidal, my heart is breaking. Please pray, thank you.
The Lord will meet the needs of my grandchildren and put a trusting and loving care taker to help care for them while my daughter attends school & her husband works.
Prayer that bondages will be broken in our lives & the lives of our loved ones.
We're engaged, pray that God will raise up our relationship for his use to glorify his name.
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Please pray for strength and a fearless heart and mind. Deliverance from relentness attacks from the enemy.
My son andrew returned from Afghanistan, and is unemployed. He is looking for a job, he has 14 years of experience. Please pray that he will find a job immediately. He has been back over a year now.
7 months old Nina suffering from frequent uncontrolled seizures. Our trust is in God alone.
Healing in pancreas and kidneys and liver for a Corporate prayer group at our church for the Holy Ghost baptism and for the Fire of God in my city
please pray for my sister. Her name is Emanuela. She needs to spiritual deliverance and mentally healing.
Please pray for the salvation of my friend Jean-Pierre who is atheist. Several month ago, he asked me for a Bible.I believe God can save him through His Word. Thank you for joining me in prayer.
Please pray that God heals my body and my mind, I have alot of health issues right now and really need Gods healing hand.
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Please pray that the Lord would provide a house for the addicted and homeless in the city of Birmingham UK where the love of God can be ministered to broken lives.
My friend Martha just found out she has cancer of the liver. She called me today to tell me the Dr. said there isn't anything they can do but cemo. If the mass does'nt shrink she will have about a month left. Martha is 80 years young. She called me today to tell me and said she is at peace. She loves the Lord ! She tryed to comfort me! I would like to continue praying for a miracle.
Please pray for my wife. She has fainting spells and her muscles are growing weaker. She has trouble getting up out of bed , her chair andf the doctors cannot find a reason for it. But I know that God can! And He can heal her.
I am about to go homeless and have no where to go I am a christian and Older I have no vehicle I have been living in between relatives. I need a church and a Pastor. Please Pray for a miracle for me and for the Lord to reassure me Its winter and I also need a Good Job I have had tremedous health issues and huge medical debts.
Praise LORD ALMIGHTY!I need healing from legs pain and huge depressionlet HIM bless you because you give me peace
Please pray in agreement with me for the salvation of my mother who is 89 yrs old and does not know the Lord as her Savior yet.
Needs healing for her eyes please send prayers up for her. She is almost blind in both eyes.
Please pray for my son that the chains of addiction are permanently broken. Please pray he uses his new found freedom to reach out to others who suffer from the same evil hold.
Please pray for Tsvetomila Todorova. She has lung cancer. She is a young christian and is a believer in prayer and healing. The cancer is near going into the liver.
Please join me in praying my children will SOON be saved and glorifying God as they walk with Him in obedience and joy.
Please pray i for physical healing
Please pray for Danny's salvation. The Lord to draw him to Jesus Christ in true faith and repentance.
Please pray for Keira a 6 mo old baby. She has to have heart surgery. She was born 3 mo early and has never been able to go home because of one physical problem after the other. Also pray for her mommy and daddy and the rest of their family.
Please, pray for my son Alexander, age 27. He used to take heroin, but now is on methadone. He was in a rehabilitation center, but shortly after that he returned on drugs again. He believed in Jesus, but not now.
I am a college student going thru a divorce and have a three year old staying at his dads not a christian home I live in a coeed college dorm Pray for tmy dads salvation and that he would help us and for the Lord to bring me christian friends and a body to worship the Lord in
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Kick Back and Spend
Cup of tea while you wait? Complimentary mini-massage as a precursor to your cut, color, and style? Such perks and atmospherics aren't new to marketers; many retailers go to great lengths to create robust customer experience settings — music, lighting, scent, design, and more — whether in an attempt to associate their brand with pleasure or as an acknowledgement that consumers simply enjoy shopping in pleasant environments.
Marketers may be on to something, but more and differently than they know, says Professor Michel Pham. In a study undertaken in collaboration with Iris Hung of the National University of Singapore and Gerald Gorn of the University of Hong Kong, Pham found that consumers in a more relaxed state of mind consistently increase — and often substantially inflate — their monetary valuations of products and services compared with those in a less relaxed state of mind.
In their initial experiment the researchers induced feelings of relaxation in their participants by showing a video of nature scenes or playing a recording of instrumental music. When these participants were then asked to assess how much a series of different products — from a digital tire-pressure gauge to a scarf — were worth, they consistently estimated higher values for each of the products compared with a control group of less relaxed (but not stressed) participants who were feeling equally pleasant.
When the researchers switched up the experiment by asking relaxed participants first to think about a product's characteristics in a more concrete way before being asked to place a value on it, the effect of relaxation was eliminated. In other words, when relaxed participants thought about products in a more concrete, less subjective way, their valuations did not increase much compared with control groups. This suggests that relaxation increases monetary valuations by triggering more abstract thought processes in the brain. Indeed, when participants were asked to describe their frame of mind when assessing the value of the products, the more relaxed participants reported more abstract thinking and less concrete thinking than participants who hadn't been "primed" for relaxation beforehand.
"Relaxed consumers tend to imagine the higher-order benefits and goals that might be fulfilled by having the product. They could make a heartwarming family movie with a new digital camera or be better global citizens by driving a hybrid car," Pham says. "That's a more abstract, contemplative mode of thinking. Whereas less relaxed consumers tend to focus on more lower-level aspects — the specific, practical characteristics of the product, like how much memory the camera has or what gas mileage the car gets."
The researchers were careful to distinguish between a merely pleasant mood and feelings of relaxation, noting that the two don't necessarily co-exist. A child about to open many birthday gifts and an athlete about to take the podium to receive an award are both probably in exceptionally pleasant moods, but too excited to be relaxed.
The effect holds true for a variety of products and services, not just, as might be expected, for products typically associated with relaxation, such as spa services or a weekend retreat, but also for less relaxing products such as gym memberships or bungee jumping sessions, and "vice" products such as casino memberships and rich desserts. What mattered was the state of mind at the time of the purchase or, as here, the valuation, which depending on the experiment, increased between approximately 10 to 20 percent when participants were relaxed. (These experiments used nature videos and instrumental music to promote feelings of relaxation, but Pham notes that a number of techniques or stimuli could be used to the same effect.) The researchers emphasize that their data indicate that it is relaxed consumers who consistently attribute higher valuations for products, not less relaxed consumers who decrease their valuations of the same products.
Ultimately, says Pham, their findings suggest that consumers may pay more for products and services if marketing professionals can find new ways to encourage customers to sit back and relax. As for consumers, while some types of decisions might best be made under contemplative circumstances, when it comes to shopping, they might do well to focus on the practical aspects of products before letting their imaginations — and wallets — run away with them.
Michel Pham is the Kravis Professor of Business in the Marketing Division at Columbia Business School.
Michel Tuan Pham
Professor Pham's business expertise covers the areas of marketing strategy and management, branding, customer and consumer psychology, trademark psychology, marketing communication, and executive decision making. His most recent research focuses on the role of feelings, emotions and motivation in consumers' and managers' judgments and decisions. His numerous publications are widely cited and have appeared in many leading scholarly journals including...
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TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI (14-10) vs. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (9-22)
Tuesday, Oct. 29 • 6 p.m. • Dugan Wellness Center • Corpus Christi, Texas
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi volleyball team is looking to snap a three-match losing streak Tuesday, Oct. 29 when it returns to the Dugan Wellness Center to host Prairie View A&M in a non-conference match. The Islanders come into the contest against the Lady Panthers with an overall 14-10 record.
After a tough road swing against Oral Roberts and Central Arkansas, the Islanders are ranked 31st in digs and 39th in assists in the nation. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi dropped a 3-2 loss to Oral Roberts before falling 3-1 to Central Arkansas.
Ashley Phelps propelled the Islanders' offense against the Sugar Bears with a career-high 21 kills and four Islanders finished in double figures in digs. After UCA captured the first two sets, the Islanders battled back to win the third set before dropping an intense fourth set. The match featured 27 ties and 11 lead changes. Shaquinn Parker recorded 11 kills and five block assists while Logen Bourque registered her ninth double-double of the season with 43 assists and 13 digs. Ivy Baresh led the Islanders' defense with 15 digs while Shayla Maldonado added 14 and Megan Olivarez chipped in 11.
Bourque continues to be a leader for the Islanders' offense. The senior is ranked 28th in the nation in assists with 11.13 assists per set, which is good for second place in the conference. She is the first Islander to reach 4,000 assists in a career with 4,197. Bourque has tallied 50 or more assists in seven matches this season. The Houston native is fourth in the Islanders' record book in career digs with 1,023 and is currently tied for fourth in service aces with 71.
The Islanders currently sit in second place in the conference in assists (12.93) and digs (16.52) and third in kills (13.54). Baresh is ranked sixth in the conference with 3.47 kills per set and 13th in digs with 3.57. The sophomore is also ranked 11th in service aces. Phelps is right behind Baresh with 3.08 kills per set (11th SLC) while Brianna Brink is averaging 3.02 kills per set (13th SLC). Hailey King and Maldonado have powered the team defensively. King is averaging 3.73 digs per set (11th SLC) with 302 digs on the year and Maldonado is averaging 3.16 digs per set, which ranks eighth in conference matches only.
Prairie View A&M enters Tuesday's match with a 9-22 record. The Lady Panthers have victories over Southern (3), Huston-Tillotson (2), Grambling State (3) and Alcorn State (1). Magda Zietek leads the team with 2.53 kills per set and Kelsey Espinosa runs the offense with 6.93 assists per set. Defensively, LaKeisha Allen leads the Lady Panthers with 2.51 digs per set.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi will meet Prairie View A&M for the 17th time in program history, with the Islanders holding the 15-1 series advantage. Last season, the Islanders swept the Lady Panthers, 3-0 in Prairie View, Texas. Bourque led the Islanders with 24 assists and seven digs while Brink chipped in seven kills and Phelps added five.
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The Islanders will continue play at home Thursday, Oct. 31, when it host Nicholls in conference play. First serve is set for 7 p.m.
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