text:
POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Guelph, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: COL: 2003-288 overall
Reached the 20-goal mark for the second straight year, finishing with 20 goals, 17 assists and 37 points in 72 games…Shared the team lead with five game-winning goals, while his 20 goals overall ranked third on the squad…Finished tied for fourth on the club in points…Scored two overtime goals in 2011-12, giving him five in his career (third-most in franchise history)…All five of his OT winners have come since Jan. 1, 2011, tied with Steven Stamkos for the highest total of any NHL player during that time span…Had a three-game goal streak, Oct. 13-17, matching his personal best… Scored the OT winner at Toronto on Oct. 17 to cap off the franchise's first-ever 5-0-0 road trip…Recorded his first career fighting major on Nov. 10 vs. NY Islanders and his second a week later on Nov. 17 at Minnesota…Missed eight games due to a groin injury, Dec. 15-29… Appeared in his 200th career game on Jan. 2 at Los Angeles…Tallied 12 points (6g/6a) in 11 games during the month of February, his most points ever in a single month…Recorded his fifth career OT marker on March 20 vs. Calgary…Had a personal-high eight shots on March 28 at Vancouver.
2010-11: Shared the team goal-scoring lead with a career-high 27 goals…Also set personal bests in games (77), assists (18) and points (45)…Led Colorado with four game-winning tallies and set a new single-season franchise record with three overtime goals…Jones' three OT markers tied for second in the league, trailing only Ilya Kovalchuk (4)…Scored two of his three overtime goals in the month of January, becoming the first Avalanche player to score two OT goals in one calendar month since Peter Forsberg in October of 2000…Finished second on the club with six power-play goals…Did not dress on Oct. 21 vs. San Jose (arm)… Scored a goal in his 100th NHL game on Oct. 30 vs. Columbus…Missed two games due to a hand injury, Nov. 6-9…Combined with Brandon Yip to score 17 seconds apart on Nov. 15 vs. St. Louis, the Avs' fastest two goals since Oct. 22, 2005…Tied for the league lead with three game-winning goals in the month of January… Scored his first career OT goal on Jan. 4 vs. Buffalo and added his second on Jan. 18 vs. Vancouver…Suffered a shoulder injury on Jan. 26 vs. Phoenix and sat out on Feb. 3 vs. Minnesota…Did not dress on April 7 at Dallas (leg)…Scored the overtime winner in the season finale on April 10 vs. Edmonton, breaking the franchise record for overtime goals in a single year.
2009-10: Suffered a knee injury on Nov. 28 vs. Minnesota, forcing him to miss the final 55 games of the season…Placed on IR, Nov. 29 (retroactive to Nov. 28)…Ranked second on the team with 10 goals at the time of the injury, and was leading the club in game-winning (3) and short-handed goals (2)…Missed the first four games of the year due to a chest injury suffered in a preseason game on Sept. 23 vs. Los Angeles…Scored a short-handed goal and had an assist in his season debut on Oct. 12 at Boston.
2008-09: Suffered a shoulder injury on Jan. 27 vs. San Jose, forcing him to miss the final 34 games of the season…Was placed on IR, Jan. 29 (retroactive to Jan. 27) and underwent season-ending shoulder surgery on Feb. 18…Had seven goals in his final 22 games after recording just one through his first 18 contests…Did not dress on Oct. 23 vs. Edmonton because of the flu…Was loaned to Lake Erie (AHL) on Nov. 6 and recalled the next day on Nov. 7…Tallied his first career two-goal game and had an assist on Jan. 10 vs. Pittsburgh…Missed four games (Jan. 15-21) due to a back injury suffered on Jan. 13 at Columbus.
2007-08: Dressed in each of the last 18 games for the Avalanche after being recalled for the third and final time on Feb.15…Played in 27 games overall for Colorado, tallying six points (2g/4a)…Spent most of the year with the Lake Erie Monsters (AHL), where he collected 30 points (14g/16a) and a team-high 12 power-play goals in 45 games…Originally recalled on Dec. 20 and made his NHL debut on Dec. 21 vs. NY Rangers… Became the lowest Avalanche/Nordiques draft choice to ever make it to the NHL (288th overall)…Played in two games for the Avalanche before being reassigned on Dec. 23…Was recalled again on Jan. 19 and reassigned on Jan. 23…Picked up his first NHL point with an assist on Jan. 20 vs. Columbus…Recorded his first NHL goal and added two assists on March 11 at Atlanta. PLAYOFFS: Skated in all 10 postseason contests for the Avalanche…Made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut in Game 1 of the WCQF at Minnesota on April 9…Tallied his first career playoff point with an assist in Game 6 vs. Minnesota on April 19.
2006-07: Named Ivy League Player of the Year as a junior at Dartmouth, the first unanimous selection since 1980…Became Dartmouth's first-ever finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award…Named to the RBK/AHCA All-American First Team (East) and USCHO All-American Second Team…Led the Big Green in goals (18), assists (26) and points (44)…Won the ECAC scoring title with 31 points (11g/20a) in 22 league games…His 44 overall points tied for first in the ECAC…Finished sixth in NCAA scoring at 1.33 points-per-game…Earned first team All-ECACHL and All-Ivy League honors as well as being named Academic All-ECACHL for the second year in a row…Signed a two-year contract with the Avalanche on May 21, 2007.
2005-06: Named first team All-Ivy League as a sophomore…Led the Big Green with 17 goals in helping Dartmouth to its first-ever ECAC hockey title…Finished second on the team in points (34)…Tied for eighth in the ECAC in goals and his 0.52 goals-per-game average ranked 25th nationally.
2004-05: Played in 34 games as a freshman at Dartmouth College.
2003-04: Named to the BCHL First All-Star Team (Coastal) after collecting 93 points (33g/60a) in 53 games for the Coquitlam Express…Performed at the BCHL All-Star Game…Served as team captain.
2002-03: Limited to 35 games at Coquitlam due to injury…Winner of the Express Scholastic and Community Involvement Award.
2001-02: Made his BCHL debut with Coquitlam.
2000-01: Participated in the PIJHL All-Star Game as a member of the PoCo Bucs.
David and his wife, Kim, have a son, Ronan, who was born on Sept. 4, 2012…Resides in North Vancouver, B.C., during the offseason…Was born outside of Toronto but grew up in Vancouver…Is the lowest Avalanche/Nordiques draft choice to ever make it to the NHL (288th overall)…Visited cancer patients at HealthONE's The Medical Center of Aurora on Oct. 20, 2010…Partcipates in the Avalanche's "Team Fit" program to encourage physical fitness among elementary school children…Was his high school's graduating class valedictorian.


text:
Forbes: Ruger falls below two hundred day moving average
In trading on Wednesday, shares of Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE: RGR) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $47.91, changing hands as low as $47.04 per share. Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. shares are currently trading down about 2.9% on the day.
Post a comment
You must sign in before you can post comments. If you are experiencing issues with your account please e-mail email@example.com.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
A High Point University student was awoken after crashing into a lake.
No email address was supplied by
To complete your registration on this site, please supply an address.
Please confirm or modify the email address to which you will have subscription offers sent.
For a more personalized experience, please supply the following optional information.


text:
June Fokken, 87, of Willmar, formerly of Bunde, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at Bethesda Pleasant View in Willmar. Funeral services were held Friday, July 20 at Bunde Christian Reformed Church with burial at the church cemetery.
June Elaine (Albrecht) Fokken was born September 2, 1924 in Montevideo, the daughter of Wally and Verna (Guse) Albrecht. She was baptized and confirmed into the Christian Faith at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Montevideo. June grew up and attended school in Montevideo graduating with the class of 1942. On June 8, 1942 she was united in marriage to Egbert Fokken at the Bunde parsonage. To this union four children were born. They farmed near Bunde and were lifelong members of Bunde Christian Reformed Church. June enjoyed fishing, snowmobiling, and walking. She especially enjoyed volunteering at the Clara City Care Center and was recognized for her many dedicated hours. Egbert passed away in 1981 and June remained on the farm until 2008 when she moved to Brookside Manor in Montevideo. She has been under the care of Bethesda Nursing Home since June of 2011.
She is survived by her children: Jim (Barb) Fokken of Hibbing; Karen Nieuwbeerta of Montevideo; Loren Fokken of Clara City; Edith (Gene) Tensen of Sunburg; 7 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren; and several other relatives and friends.
June was preceded in death by her husband Egbert Fokken in 1981; grandson Gregg Fokken in 2002; son-in-law Harlan Nieuwbeerta in 2004; sister 'Dotty' (Dagmar) in 2001 and brother 'Bud' (Carroll) in 2003. Arrangements were with the Wing-Bain Funeral Home of Clara City.
Comments are currently unavailable on this article
Location, ST | website.com


text:
For anyone interested I posted a full race report with photos here:
http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/Forum8/HTML/010657.shtml[/URL" target="_blank">
I meant to post it in the boomers forum woops!
Here is the short version:
My goals for this race were:
1 – To finish healthy so that I can enjoy the New York Marathon on November 4.
2 – To get another BQ so that I don't have to worry for two more years.
3 – To better my course PR of 3:32:40.
4 – To better my marathon PR of 3:26:49.
5 – To run a 3:20:00 marathon.
For those who don't wish to read the full report I succeeded in the first three should have done all … no excuses…but I'm happy and will prepare for New York now.
Gun time – 3:28:39 – Chip time – 3:28:31
Course PR – by 4:09
You had a great race! And I love the pics of you taking over the guy at the end. Looking good!! Congrats on your BQ.
Way to "go, go, go" Bob. That's what I found myself saying as I looked at the pictures. Congratulations.
I don't know when I've seen a post of yours with so much emotion. It was fun to experience the race with you. Excellent race and if I could grit my way through a wall like you did, I'd be a happy runner.
If 333 had turned around and seen your face, he would have stopped in his tracks. Grrrrrr. Tell your wife her pictures are wonderful, especially the one with the hah-ba in the background. glidegal
P.S. Your scars have healed nicely.
Competitive til the end. Great job Bob, and congrats on the BQ.
Great job, Bob. Many others of us can just dream...
- Runnin' in Rochester
Rochrunner[/URL" target="_blank">
Scam Man,
Another fine run you can be proud of.
Dark Horse
I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course
Hey, Bob ...great race! You BQ'd and got a course PR! ... not a bad day's work! I thoroughly enjoy your detailed RRs ... you carry us along with you during the race. The pics only add to the drama. The course sure did sound like it had a lot of hills. To me, even small ones, seem like mountains near the end of the marathon.
How did you feel about going out a little too fast? All said and done, do you think it affected your time much? Will you do anything differently for NY?
Congrats again, Bob! Good luck in NY!
You are a running machine. This month Maine, next month...New York. Amazing. Keep it up...and congratulations.
The longest journey starts with a single step
Hi Bob,
What a greta RR - I think I held my breath and leaned into every turn up until mile 15 or 16! You did an amazing job of running, up until the mental demons crept into your head in the latter stages of the race. But to still get a course record and a BQ and to nip 333 at the finish is outstanding!
Congratulations on a fine race, and best of luck in the Big Apple. And please tell your DW that her photos are fantastic.
Congratulations, Bob, on qualifying again. Your RRs are always so informative and we love the pictures. It does seem like you bonked, yet it's hard to figure out why. Does your HR record offer any clues? Maybe you were getting dehydrated? It's in the can, anyway; now you can just run NYC for fun.
a volleyballer with a running problem
<br />Fortunate
Profile[/URL" target="_blank">
[http://This message has been edited by Fortunate One (edited Oct-10-2007).|http://This message has been edited by Fortunate One (edited Oct-10-2007).]
Congratulations to the Maine man.
It all happens in Maine.
Thanks for another great report. Thank your wife for the pictures......they say it all too.
Good luck in New York.
Way to go Bob. Great report and pics. Nice that you accomplished some goals along the way. Thanks for taking us along.....
Good running all,
...very Strong Racing//..........Congratulations on the BQ........
ACTIVE is the leader in online event registrations from 5k running races and marathons to softball leagues and local events. ACTIVE also makes it easy to learn and prepare for all the things you love to do with expert resources, training plans and fitness calculators.


text:
(1 review)
(1 review)
Portable RefrigeratorsPortable refrigerators are a good way to keep additional food cold when on the road. While many RVs come with a fridge built in, campers usually don't. The best you might hope for is an ice box that can be stood up for fridge-like use. Fortunately, there are many different sized portable units that can be taken along to keep your food cold and fresh.
Portable fridges are typically made of high impact polypropylene and are well insulated. They even have memory functions to help them maintain the preset setting between uses. Some have wire dividers that keep foods separate as well as handles to make moving them about easy. Many can be plugged in both in a traditional outlet and a DC plug.


text:
The Bears 'Game Tee' sports a distressed, soft hand ink "Chicago Bears Football" graphic boldly on front.
Enter full name. We'll ask for delivery information at checkout.
This tri-blend tee is a comfort to wear and a sight to behold.
Additional Details
There are currently no items in your shopping cart.
Your web browser's "cookie" feature must be enabled to use the shopping cart. If you added an item and received this message, it is possible the cookie is being blocked. Please adjust your browser's privacy settings to allow acceptance of 1st party cookies and try again.
Web Development by Americaneagle.com 2016


text:
POSITION: Goaltender
CATCHES: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Kamenogorsk, KAZ
DRAFTED: SJS: 1994-219 overall
Calder Memorial Trophy (1)
Claimed off waivers by the Islanders from the Detroit Red Wings on January 22, 2011. Agreed to a one-year contract extension with the Islanders on Mar. 21, 2012. Agreed to a one-year contract with the Islanders on July 5, 2013.
Selected by the San Jose Sharks in the ninth round, 219th overall, of the 1994 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Signed as a free agent by Magnitogorsk (Russia) on December 2, 2004. Signed as a free agent by St. Petersburg (Russia-KHL) on July 7, 2010. Signed as a free agent by Detroit on January 20, 2011.
Started 41-of-48 Islanders games during his second season with the team, posting a 23-11-7 record with three shutouts, a 2.50 goals against average and .910 save percentage...His 23 wins were one shy of the league lead...Climbed into 18th place on the NHL's all- time wins list (Finished season with 335)...Led all NHL goaltenders with four points (0g/4a)...Ranked seventh in the league with 1,036 saves...Earned points in five straight starts from Jan. 21-31 (4-0-1)...Earned his first shutout of the season and 53rd of his career on Feb. 23 at Buffalo (35 saves)...Started 10 straight games from Feb. 26 - March 19 (5-3-2) and 25-of-27 from Feb. 26 - Apr. 23 (15-5-5)...Recorded an 18-save shutout on March 14 at Tampa Bay, the 54th of his career...Recorded a 26-save shutout on March 24 vs. Florida, passing Ed Giacomin and Bernie Parent for 19th place on the all-time shutout list with his 55th...Unbeaten in 10-straight starts from Apr. 1-23 (7-0-3).
2011-12: Posted a 19-18-3 record in 42 games during his first season with the Islanders...Led Islanders goalies in games played, wins, shutouts (2), goals-against average (2.55) and save percentage (.914)...Missed 24 games due to injury...Suffered a lower-body injury on Oct. 27 at Pittsburgh and missed three games...Missed 12 games with a groin injury suffered on Nov. 17 vs. Montreal... Started a team season-high 11-consecutive games from Dec. 22 - Jan. 14...Recorded his 300th career win on Jan. 14 vs. Buffalo... Named the NHL's Third Star of the Week for the period ending on Jan. 22 (3-0-0 record, stopped 89-of-91 shots)...Won a team season- high four-straight games from Jan. 14-21...Missed three games with the flu from Feb. 18-24...Appeared in his 600th NHL game on Mar. 11 at NY Rangers...Suffered a lower body injury on Mar. 27 at Pittsburgh and missed the final six games of the season.
2010-11: Appeared in 22 games with St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League, posting an 8-8-5 record with a 3.02 goals against aver- age and a .888 save percentage...Recorded two shutouts...Signed an NHL contract with Detroit on Jan. 20...Claimed off waivers by the Islanders on Jan. 22...Suspended by the Islanders for failing to report.
2009-10: Ranked second in the NHL with 44 wins during his 10th and final season with the San Jose Sharks...Finished second in the league in saves with 1,998, sixth in save percentage with a career-best mark of .922, and 10th in goals-against average at 2.43...Appeared in 71 games, ranking fifth in the league...Became the 38th goaltender in NHL history to reach 250 wins on Oct. 3 at Anaheim.
2008-09: Ranked second in the NHL with 41 wins, tied for fourth with seven shutouts and tied for 12th with a 2.44 GAA...Tied a career high with a 10-game winning streak from Oct. 28-Dec. 4, posting a .920 save percentage and a 2.08 GAA...Played in his 450th game on Dec. 13 vs. St. Louis...Set a Sharks franchise record for individual shutout streak spanning 170:58 from Jan. 20-31...Missed seven games (two - flu, five - lower body injury) Feb. 26 - Mar. 12...Earned his 30th victory on Feb. 19 vs. Los Angeles...Reached 40 wins for the second consecutive season with a 2-1 victory at Edmonton on Apr. 2.
2007-08: Named to the NHL First All-Star Team...Finished second in the voting for the Vezina Trophy (top goaltender) and seventh for the Hart Memorial Trophy (most valuable player)...His 46 wins led the league and were the fourth-most in a single season in NHL history (48 - Martin Brodeur, NJ - 2006-07; 47 - Bernie Parent, PHI - 1973-74; 47 - Roberto Luongo, VAN - 2006-07)... His 77 appearances tied for the league lead and tied for third-most in NHL history...Finished second in the NHL in minutes played (4,560:56), tied for third in shutouts (6) and tied for third in GAA (2.14)...Ranked second in the league in one-goal wins (25)...Named Sharks Player of the Month for October...Named the NHL's Number Two Star of the Week from Nov. 12-18...Posted a shutout streak of 271:20 against Phoenix, marking the second longest stretch in the NHL since 1989, with only Dominik Hasek's 281:57 against NY Rangers from Nov. 28, 1997-Nov. 25, 1998 surpassing it...Named NHL's Third Star for week ending Dec. 30...Named NHL's Third Star of the Month for December...His 43 consecutive starts to start the season was the NHL's second-longest streak since 1989-90. Martin Brodeur (44 starts from Jan. 3-April 13, 1996) is the only goalie to have a longer streak...Started 50 consecutive games from March 24, 2007 at Carolina through Jan. 12, 2008 vs. Toronto. In that time, had a record of 30-12-7, a .916 save percentage, a 2.08 GAA and five shutouts...Recorded his 40th career shutout at Edmonton on Jan. 29, making 13 saves...Named a Western Conference All-Star. Became the first All-Star goaltender to not allow a goal in a period since Nikolai Khabibulin in 2002. Also did not allow a goal in the Skills Competition...Earned his 200th win in his 418th game on Mar. 7 at Chicago (200-149-29)...Tied his single-season high with his 67th appearance (2001-02) on Mar. 11 at Nashville, reaching the 40-win plateau for the first time with a 2-1 victory.
2006-07: Tied for second in the NHL in shutouts (7), tied for sixth in GAA (2.29) and ranked 12th in save percentage (.914) during his sixth full season with San Jose...Posted a 25-16-4 record in 50 appearances...Named the NHL's Third Star of the Week for Mar. 5-11...Set a franchise record for individual shutout streak (166:07) Mar. 2 at Dallas through Mar. 9 vs. Vancouver.
2005-06: Went 16-19-7 in 45 games during his fourth full year with San Jose...Signed a four-year contract extension on Feb. 7.
2004-05: Played part of the season with Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia), posting a 2.00 GAA and three shutouts in 14 games.
2003-04: Posted his third 30-win season (31-19-8) and established a career high with nine shutouts (T-3rd in the NHL)...In 59 appearances, recorded a 2.20 GAA and a .921 save percentage...Named NHL Defensive Player of the Month for February.
2002-03: Went 19-28-8 in his third full season with San Jose...Became franchise's all-time leader in minutes played (10,287) and goaltender games played (184), passing Artus Irbe in each category, in a 6-2 win Feb. 5 vs. Carolina...Ranked fourth among all NHL goaltenders in wins (33) during the 2002 calendar year.
2001-02: Tied for second in the NHL in shutouts (7) and third in wins (37)...Finished fourth in Vezina Trophy voting...Played in 100th NHL game Dec. 6 at Calgary...Became San Jose's all-time shutout leader with 11 (38 saves) on Dec. 14 at Colorado, also the site of his first career shutout (Jan. 19, 2000)...Posted a seven-game win streak from Jan. 30-Feb. 28...Named NHL Player of the Month for February...Became seventh goaltender in NHL history to score a goal and first netminder to score a power-play goal on Mar. 10 at Vancouver.
2000-01: Captured the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's top rookie, garnering a total of 565 points and 50-of- 62 first place votes...Finished fourth overall in voting for the Vezina Trophy...Selected to the NHL's All-Rookie Team...Named The Sporting News NHL Rookie of the Year in a vote among NHL players... Led NHL in road GAA (1.94, only netminder to have sub-2.00 road GAA)...Named PlayStation "Rookie of the Year"...Had a 32-21-7 record with a 2.19 GAA and a .915 save percentage in 66 games... Posted four consecutive road victories (Oct. 20-25)...Posted 11-game unbeaten streak (9-0-2-0) from Oct. 20-Nov. 14...Named NHL Rookie of the Month for November...Posted 20th win in 28th game, becoming the second-fastest rookie goaltender since 1990-91 to reach the 20-win mark (P. Lalime, 27 games, 1996-97...Named NHL Rookie of the Month for December (second consecutive month) after posting a 7-2-2 record, 2.11 GAA, .924 save percentage and two shutouts. Became the first rookie since Pittsburgh's Patrick Lalime (Dec. and Jan. 1996-97) to win the award in consecutive months...Named NHL Player of the Week for Jan. 22-28...Selected to play in the NHL All-Star Game and stopped 11-of-16 shots in 20 minutes of action for the World Team All-Stars.
1999-00: Made his NHL debut on Jan. 1 at Nashville, stopping all four shots faced in relief...Picked up his first NHL victory on Mar. 2 vs. Nashville, facing two shots in 35-plus minutes of relief...Shutout Colorado for a 0-0 tie in his first NHL start, stopping 39 shots on Jan. 19...Spent most of the season with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League, going 12-4-3 in 20 appearances... Also appeared in two AHL games with Kentucky, going 1-1-0 with a 1.50 goals-against average.
1998-99: Tied Kentucky's franchise record for wins in a season with 26 during his second professional season in North America...Ranked second in AHL in shutouts, tied for second in wins and finished eighth in GAA (2.62)...Named the Itech AHL Goaltender of the Month for November...Posted his first career shutout on Nov. 8 at Cincinnati.
1997-98: Played his first season in North America with Kentucky of the AHL...Earned his first professional victory on Oct. 4 at Cincinnati, stopping 23-of-29 shots.
1996-97: Signed first North American contract in summer of 1997.
2013: Made his 10th Stanley Cup Playoff appearance and his first with the Islanders, going 2-4 during the Islanders' Eastern Quarterfinals against Pittsburgh.
2010: Made his ninth playoff appearance with San Jose, going 8-7 with a 2.56 GAA and a .907 save percentage in 15 games...Defeated Colorado and Detroit in the first and second rounds, respectively, before being swept by the eventual champion Chicago Blackhawks.
2009: Appeared in six first-round games against Anaheim, going 2-4 with a 2.82 GAA.
2008: Posted a 2.18 GAA in 13 playoff games, advancing past Calgary in the first round before falling to Dallas in six games...Appeared in his 50th postseason game in Game 4 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals at Calgary on April 15...Recorded his sixth postseason shutout in Game 2 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. Calgary on Apr. 10.
2007: Posted a 2.23 GAA with a .923 save percentage in 11 games as the Sharks advanced past Nashville in the opening round before falling to Detroit...Posted his fifth postseason shutout in 2-0 victory on Apr. 26 at Detroit in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals, stopping 34 shots.
2006: Made his lone postseason appearance in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals at Edmonton on May 12 in relief of Vesa Toskala.
2004: Tied for second in the NHL in GAA (1.71), fourth in wins (10) and third in save percentage (.935) in 17 games as the Sharks advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
2002: Posted a 2.61 GAA with a .904 save percentage in 12 games as the Sharks advanced to the second round...Picked up his second career post-season assist on May 1 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals at Colorado...Clinched his first career playoff series win in Game 5 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals on Apr. 26 vs. Phoenix.
2001: Made first playoff start in game one of Western Conference Quarterfinals at St. Louis on Apr. 12...Posted his first playoff win and shutout (28 saves) in Game 2 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals at St. Louis on April 14, becoming one of seven goalies since 1943-44 to record a shutout in his first playoff win...Combined with Miikka Kiprusoff to become the first goaltend- ing duo since 1995 (Washington's Jim Carey and Olaf Kolzig) to capture their first career playoff wins in the same series.
2000: Made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, stopping all 10 shots faced in 20 minutes of action in Game 6 of the first-round series with St. Louis.
Represented Russia at two Winter Olympic Games (2010 - Vancouver; 2006 - Torino) and two World Championships (2011 - Slovakia; 2008 - Halifax & Quebec City). In 2008, helped Russia win it's first World Championship gold medal Since 1993. Earned five wins and was named a Media All-Star and Russia's best player as voted on by coaches. Was also voted the "Best Goalkeeper" by the Directorate in 2008...Represented Kazakhstan at the 1994 World Championship (C Division).


text:
Daily Kos: Should Sen. Warren challenge Clinton in 2016?
Warren is the best politician I've ever witnessed at explaining the economy and the banking system in terms everyone can understand, without glossing over complexities.
To improve the chance of seeing your comment posted here or published in the New Hampshire Union Leader:
- Identify yourself. Accounts using fake or incomplete names are suspended regardless of the quality of posts.
- Say something new, stay on topic, keep it short.
- Links to outside URLs are discouraged, if used they should be on topic.
- Avoid comments in bad taste, write well, avoid using all capital letters
- Don't cite facts about individuals or businesses without providing a means to verify the claim
- If you see an objectionable comment please click the "Report Abuse" button and be sure to tell us why.
Note: Comments are the opinion of the respective poster and not of the publisher.Be the first to comment.
Post a comment
You must sign in before you can post comments. If you are experiencing issues with your account please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Spell Catcher X
The ultimate spelling and writing software! Multilingual spell checker, thesaurus, dictionary, shorthands, autocorrect, autocomplete, text manipulation, key saver...
Spell Catcher is a powerful, all-in-one spell checking and writing software solution-a program that's so much more than a spelling checker, its name only hints at its capabilities. With Spell Catcher, you'll write better and faster-in virtually any application. Use it to spell check e-mails, letters or documents, instant messages, and more! Spell Catcher can watch for errors as you type, and automatically fix common typos. Shorthand Glossaries let you define your own abbreviations for repetitive phrases-even thousands of characters long! Use the dictionary or thesaurus to look up a word you've just typed to check its meaning or search for a more precise alternative.
Required OS: 10.5
Tags: textexpander , text , snippets , dictionary , thesaurus , spelling , spell
5 Opinions
Its the first program I reinstall on any machine be it a PC or a MAC. I write in English and Spanish and the dictionaries for both languages are excellent. Absolutely a must have app and worth investing the time in learning and configuring keyboard shotcuts.
This is probably the application that has most changed my life. I would vote it my number one choice to take with me to a desert island, assuming I were allowed a Mac to use it on. I spend hours typing on my Macs, and as I never learned to type, my atrocious typos litter everything I write. Some applications have in-built dictionaries, Word being the only one with a really decent one. Most have none, and when they use Mac's default language checking utility, it is not easy to switch it from one language to another. In browsers, there was, until recently no way out of this which meant hours of agony proofreading every comment, contact form or blog post before sending it, only to discover the appalling typos afterwards. Spell Catcher, on the other hand, is multilingual, unobtrusive, yet always there lurking in the background in nearly any application I use (except Mail, which seems to a law unto itself in a number of fields). Spell Catcher is slightly complicated utility to get to grips with, because it has so many subtly planned features that I was initially slightly irritated by it. But after a few days of using it I reckon I would be lost without it.
Spell Catcher X is one of the handful of programs I would hate to have to live without. Kudos to developer Evan G. for creating and maintaining such an elegant little program.
I've been using Spell Catcher since it was called Thunder 7 many many years ago. It is the most important application for me since I can't spell (most engineers can't) and my favorite is the shorthand, capabilities, since Iâm lazy, e.g., type ai and you get allergist/immunologist.
This is the first utility I install on a new Mac. This is so useful to me that I evaluate other apps by how well they work with Spell Catcher X. It has the tools that make writing so much easier.


text:
An abnormal growth of skin under the free edge of the nail plate.
nail diseases
Sara Cole submitted a nail disease photo and won a Clear Nail retail display and Callus & Cuticle Removers from Dr. G's in a random drawing.
Did you know that nail problems make up about 10% of all dermatological conditions? It's true, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.
Straight A's for Our Top Q's: With topics ranging from private label retail to proper mix ratios, nailsmag.com's 10 most-viewed questions cover a lot of ground.
Onychatrophia is a wasting away of the nails that is generally permanent.
Dr. G's Clear Nail Antifungal Treatment kills fungus of the skin adjacent to the nail using Tolnaftate 1% as its active ingredient.
Herbal Synergy Nail and Cuticle Enhancer
Doug Schoon's Brain DVD
Get a free preview issue and a Free Gift
Subscribe Today!


text:
All inclusive fitness services
Our expert trainers take all of the guesswork out of your program by giving you the exact steps to achieve your fitness goals.
Whether you want to lose weight, increase your overall health, recover from an injury, or prepare for competition, a Foundation Fitness trainer will take you there.
Come in for a free consultation and take back your health, and life, today.
Tour our fitness studio


text:
I am new to running, and actually have only been very physically active for a year and a half. I started by simply going to the gym 2-3 times a week and working with a trainer. I've gained strength and energy and somewhere along the way decided to run a 5K. I have tried the Cto5K a couple of times, and joined a group training for a 5K. My problem is I simply cannot breath!!! I've corrected my posture, tried pacing and counting, and a number of other techniques, but still, I am very short of breath. I can fast/power walk 4.2mph, and breath OK, but if I try to jog even at that slow pace, I have to stop after just a couple of minutes.
Can anyone give me some other ideas to try to increase my lung capacity?
The reason you have trouble breathing when your run is because you use larger muscle groups more vigorously than when you walk. You have to ease your lungs into running. Try this little trumpet player trick: before your activity, take as big a breath in as you can. Fill up from the deepest part of your abdomen all the way to the top of your lungs. Hold that breath in, and while you do, do stretches; arm stretches, torso stretches, leg stretches. Keep that breath in, and take periodic 'sips' of air. When you feel like you can't hold the breath any longer, slowly breathe out the entirety of the air. Do this exercise twice, then begin your warmup walk. During your warmup walk, make sure your breath is rhythmic, and you are breathing as deep as you can.
Another trick you could try anytime is timed breathing: give yourself a moderate beat or click in your head and take a deep breath in in 8 beats and out for 8 beats while raising and lowering your arms with the breath(this makes sure you are expanding your lungs and diaphragm properly). Then do the same thing for 4 counts, 16 counts, 2 counts, longer and shorter, switching it up as you see fit. Maker sure when you do this, you are filling your lungs completely not just taking little breaths then make sure you are emptying your lungs completely as well.
These are a couple of exercises that I have used in my years as a trumpet player to expand my lung capacity. Don't forget though that you have to ease yourself into running. Only run as far as you can, or use a training program. Only increase your milage by 10% a week or you risk injury. Hope these exercises help. They mould make more sense if I could demonstrate them and the proper way to breathe (yes there is a proper way to breathe), but that just isn't possible in a message board!
I struggle with feeling out of breath also. I've been running for about a year but lost condition over the winter.
Some things that have helped me are:
1. Stay relaxed through your upper body as you run. Don't get tense and stiffen up through your shoulders, upper back, or neck. If your rib cage can expand as you breathe, you will take in more air.
2. Every now and then, deliberately take a complete breath that really fills your whole core down to the waist.
3. Do a deliberately strong exhale, followed by a deliberately deep inhale. Many of us never completely exhale, strangely enough! Shallow breathing can lead you to that hyperventilating feeling, light-headed and almost faint. Deeper breathing can help prevent that.
4. Finally, you probably know this already, but wind sprints are great for increasing your aerobic fitness. Go to a local football field (when no one is around!) and sprint as fast as you can from the goalpost to the 50-yeard line. Walk back. Repeat. Work up to 10 sprint/return sets. You'll see a big benefit very quickly.
5. When running, take a little walk break when you need to. Keep moving briskly but just let your lungs get caught up and heart rate down a bit. As time goes on you will need these less and less.
Keep on running!!
Thank you, that's really cool advice. I think I will try that.
Visit my blogs!
Health and Fitness: http://meaningfulactivity.blogspot.com/
Lifestyle blog: www.thesongsontheway.com
"No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated,but healed instead." -Hebrews 12:11-13
A little progress report to those who gave advice:
This morning I tried the full breath/stretch exercises before my warm up walk, and during the walk tried to get into a rythm of breathing. I kept the rythm for the first half mile, then lost it! I couldn't stay relaxed in my upper body or keep the breaths rythmic. Finally stopped and walked for two more miles just to get some cardio in. Tomorrow, I am going to try the wind sprints. I have a goal to run a 5K under 40 minutes. I realize that is not a very fast or difficult goal for most, but so far, I have run 2 5Ks this summer and they have been very very slow. No shin splints, no stitch in the side, no knee or hip problems... just breathing. I usually exercise with my 25 year old daughter and her friends. They are so much more fit than I am... I have to keep reminding myself it's not fair to compare myself to them! Thanks for all the advice and encouragement. It's the best advice I've received so far, even better than my trainer!
@ thoroughbred21
+1 Good advice. When I first started running (and started back running) I made it a point to take an occasional very deep breath when I felt I was close to getting out of breath. And I also made sure to occasionally exhale fully, usually by blowing, so I could get as much fresh oxygen back in my lungs as possible. I do think that helps increase lung capacity. I never "learned" those techniques but they were just instinctive and worked for me.
Breathing in rhythm or cadence, however, has NEVER worked for me. The few times I've tried it, it has been so distracting it actually made running harder. I am of the opinion that many people make breathing more complicated than it needs to be. Your body needs oxygen and is going to figure out how to get it. Maybe for competitive athletes trying to wring out the best possible V02 max, special breathing patterns might be useful. For most of us recreational runners, though, the only thing that will make breathing more comfortable is continuing to do the exercise until we get into condition.
To the OP, unless you have asthma or another medical condition, in which case you should check with your doctor, you just need to keep running slowly and consistently to build your conditioning . Even though you have walked a lot there is still a whole other level of conditioning to reach for running since your body demands much more oxygen, so take your time and work up to it.
"Do or do not. There is no try." Yoda
11/13/2011 Harrisburg Marathon 4:08
10/9/11 Harrisburg Half Marathon 1:40:41
11/24/2011 New Castle Turkey Trot 5K 21:22
8/6/2011 Attack the Gap 10K 49:19
I have had the same problem--but ONLY outside....I do just fine running a full 5k on a treadmill, but when I get out on the road just running a 1/2 mile kills me in the breathing dept. Thank you for asking about this and it's good to know we're not alone!
SO glad to see this post. I too am very new to running and this is my biggest struggle, and very discouraging. Matter of fact I joke that I am going "running" and always put it in quotes, as I stop so frequently due to breathing that it is not really running. Really interested in if the "sprints" exercise helps. Please keep us posted!
I'm so glad that you started this post. I have been stuck on w5d2 of c25k for about 3 weeks now. I can walk all day long and not get winded, but as soon as I start running I can last about 5mins tops. I will try the breathing exercises tomorrow.
James, you asked good questions... I am 55 years old, and in reasonably good health. My health was not good for many many years, but 2 years ago, I realized that with my mom and dad both diabetics and suffering from osteoporosis and heart disease, that I had better do something or I would live long but in poor health. I lost some weight and began to go to a gym with a personal trainer and nutritionist. I eat well, am strong and energetic now and my daughter who loves to run asked me to do a 5K with her. That's how I started. Now... it's a personal challenge. It's not unrealistic, I don't think... I mean, it's not like I want to WIN a 5K... I just want to be able to go through one and still breathe.
"Do or do not. There is no try." Yoda
11/13/2011 Harrisburg Marathon 4:08
10/9/11 Harrisburg Half Marathon 1:40:41
11/24/2011 New Castle Turkey Trot 5K 21:22
8/6/2011 Attack the Gap 10K 49:19
ACTIVE is the leader in online event registrations from 5k running races and marathons to softball leagues and local events. ACTIVE also makes it easy to learn and prepare for all the things you love to do with expert resources, training plans and fitness calculators.


text:
Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Walmart at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.
Get it today!Shop Now
OrAdd to Wish List
DESI1007 Features: Glass Tempered, rolled, and dyed premium fireglass Specifications: Retains an additional 3000-5000 BTUS of heat. Price: $28.26
© Copyright 2016 - Christmas.com. All rights reserved and protected by Christmas Spirit


text:
Mens Nike Classic Striped Crew Socks 3 Pack
The Nike 3-Pack Men's Classic Striped Crew Socks are designed to keep you looking conservative while providing a durable, comfortable fit. These crew socks feature quality fabric, the iconic Swoosh design and ribbed cuffs. A reinforced heel and toe provide increased durability in high-wear areas. Show your Nike pride with any outfit.


text:
Fatcow Coupon Codes 2015 – Find all the latest 2015 promo codes and discounts for Fatcow Webhosting.
If you are looking for reliable and high quality web hosting solutions, look no further. FatCow is the ideal solution to your web hosting needs. They offer quality web hosting at affordable prices. They also have various offers that make it cheaper to get their services. Currently, there is an offer to register for a web hosting package which includes a free domain name for only $49 per year. In addition to these offers, there are FatCow coupons which allow you to get their services at a discounted price.
FatCow features
FatCow offers high quality web hosting services for any kind of website, whether it is a small personal website or a big corporate website. Their web hosting packages often include free domain name registration and 24/7 hour support. A list of over 200 domain name extensions is available to enable you to create the perfect domain name for your website. They also have VPS and dedicated hosting. With this service, you are able to get more speed, more control and more flexibility. Currently, strong>FatCow gives you 1GB free storage for every FatCow account you create.
The marketing services offered at FatCow are worth the money. They offer website back up services with an automated daily backup that restores any lost or damaged files. You can also defend your site against malware by using their advanced security scans thus enhancing the performance of your website. FatCow makes it easier for potential customers to find your website with a customized search engine marketing program.
FatCow gives you the opportunity to build your own website without prior programming knowledge. This is made possible by the use of their website builder. The website builder contains a large number of website templates which you can tweak in order to create your own personalized design. You are also allowed to incorporate a WordPress blog.
For those of you who already have a website and domain name on another web hosting platform you can easily transfer them to FatCow. They offer free domain transfer and a free domain name. You also have a money back guarantee in case you do not like their services.
It is possible to start a webhosting business using your own brand name by purchasing a FatCow reseller account. You can start from as low as $49.95 per year.
FatCow affiliates earn as much $150 per signup. It is free to join the FatCow affiliate program and you get quick payouts. After you sign up as a FatCow affiliate, you receive a code for a link to add to your site or email. Each time someone clicks on your link and signs up for a FatCow hosting plan, you receive the commission set for that particular service. The commission ranges from $25 to $150.
FatCow pays you $35 for referring someone to them. The process is pretty simple. All you have to do is share your referral link via email, twitter or facebook. You should ensure that your referral enters your domain or username in the "Friend or website who referred you" field when setting up their account. After they have been with FatCow for 30 days, you will receive your $35.
FatCow coupons
FatCow coupons allow you to get discounts on the services offered by FatCow. Coupon codes are always available for different services all year round. Keep your eyes and ears open to take advantage of the FatCow coupons as soon as they are released.
Customer support is great at FatCow. They respond quickly to customer queries and take immediate action when a problem arises.


text:
Please use Firefox or Internet Explorer to view reports on this website. Other
browsers may not display reports correctly.
WEAVE Online Website
- WEAVE is the Assessement and Management System for UWM. If you are prompted to "Please enter your institution's WEAVEonline abbreviation:", enter uwm.
Student Surveys
|Brief Description
|Senior Survey
|Satisfaction survey detailing student experience ranging from advising to faculty to facilities, etc.
|National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
|Student responses to the National Survey of Student Engagement center on the degree to which they spend time on various learning activities. The topics explored are linked by previous research on student success in college.
UWM Governance for Assessment
General Education Requirement (GER) Assessment


text:
404 File Not Found
Host by NetBox Version 2.8 Build 4128
Lash Appeal
Longing for long lashes? Mascara Terrybly is a tinted lash serum enriched with By Terry's exclusive Lumicoat Care Technology. This mascara pigments the lashes naturally while boosting lash volume, length and thickness. Lashes are visibly transformed day after day.
Especially Suited For: All skin types
Essential Elements: Mascara Terrybly features By Terry's exclusive Lumicoat Care Technology for booster lash growth.
• Imported- fr
SALE Price
Set a Recurring OrderIt SAVE TIME
Roll over color to view in more detail. Click color to select.
Color: (BYT_499)
Please choose which cart you want to add the item.
By choosing one of the above, you are able to shop for both yourself and a registrant at the same time. Once you are ready to checkout your items will be waiting for you in both your personal and registry shopping carts.
Still need assistance?
Please contact us at (1-888-696-0423)
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®by PowerReviews
Best Uses
Reviewed by 6 customers
Sort by
Best Uses
Comments about Mascara Terrybly Mascara:
Love, love, love this mascara! For years, I wore Dior and Lancôme but they stopped making blue and no other brand measured up. The reviews for By Terry convinced me to give it a try, and I agree - it's the best mascara I've ever used. Silky smooth application, rich color, no flaking or drying... perfection!
Best Uses
Comments about Mascara Terrybly Mascara:
I'm really picky about mascara, I've never bought mascara for this amount, but I'd do it again and again. This stuff is WONDERFUL!!!! It really doesn't clump, I decided to go a little different and get the blue, well I'm glad I did. The color is amazing, my lashes looked great (daughter thought they were fake) and no clumping. The blue is very subtle, yet when you get a bit closer you see it and it's not like an electric blue, but perfect and I have brown eyes and it made them pop. You'll love this and well worth the money.
Best Uses
Comments about Mascara Terrybly Mascara:
The mascara I used for years got discontinued a year and a half ago. I have been draining money trying to find a mascara that compared, but to no avail. I came across this mascara, and honestly, I bawked at the price at first, but decided to give it a try. SO GLAD I DID. This is an amazing mascara. The first few times using it, I was underwhelmed, but it just got better and better, until I was addicted (and relieved...my pursuit is over!). This mascara doesn't flake, even when you are at the end of the tube. It glides on easily. It doesn't clump. It doesn't run easily. It washes off easily. Best of all - it actually moisturizes your lashes. I have lost less lashes since using it. They are even slightly thicker. I am eager to use the other products By Terry.
Best Uses
Comments about By Terry Mascara Terrybly Mascara:
First time a mascara has not actually flaked!
Best Uses
Comments about Mascara Terrybly Mascara:
By far, hands down, the best mascara I have ever used. Totally worth the cost. After you use it, you will never want to try anything else. Makes your eyes look amazing!
Best Uses
Comments about Mascara Terrybly Mascara:
Simply the best mascara I have ever used. Worth every penny!


text:
A lockdown at Jefferson Elementary School ended after just an hour when deputies said they couldn't find any evidence of a man with a gun near the campus. (WRDW-TV)
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2012
BURNETTOWN, S.C. (WRDW) -- On Tuesday, just after noon, Jefferson Elementary in Burnettown was put on lockdown. Students say they saw a man in a green or blue shirt with a black mask on holding a rifle only yards from the school.
"My child told me he saw someone in the woods," said one parent, who prefers to remain anonymous for the sake of her child who attends Jefferson Elementary.
Two days later, the parent still wants answers. Even after the threat was cleared and the lockdown lifted, she didn't learn about it until hours later.
"I received a phone call from the principal. She does one call through all the school system to the parents. It was between 5:30 and 6 o'clock," the parent said.
Her cellphone's history shows it was 5:21 p.m. to be exact.
"I believe that all parents should have been notified as soon as the event happened, instead of waiting that late," she said.
Principal Becky Wilson told News 12 she's heard that concern. She says she's the only one with a password to send out robocalls, and she was busy with law enforcement at the time. She says besides the call, a note was sent home with students so it would get to every student.
However, on Tuesday, a News 12 staff member called up there to ask what the lockdown was about. The staffer didn't say his name or that he worked for the news. The receptionist told him the lockdown was a drill.
Of course, News 12 later found out that was a lie.
"It doesn't matter what the situation is. I'm going to panic when it comes to my child, and I should have been the first one to be notified, so I could go up there and get him out of harm's way. That is my job as a mother to protect him," the parent said.
Principal Wilson does admit receptionists lied and told some callers it was a drill. She says that's a something they regret.
However, she says the larger lesson here is what they learned. She says the school wants to hear from parents, and teachers will actually be meeting next week to discuss lockdown policy improvements.
Of course, not all parents were dissatisfied with the response. Parent and PTO Board Member Paula Holley told News 12 in a statement: "I was well informed of the situation by a note in my child's folder and a phone call that evening. I am so thankful they put my child's safety first by focusing all of their time and efforts on securing the school and making my child safe. Calling me to immediately notify me of the situation would have taken the focus away from the safety of my child and I can not even imagine someone suggesting that this should have happened. I know the [Jefferson Elementary School] faculty would protect my child with their own lives because my child sits in class right beside their own children."


text:
Echo Duck Calls continues to add new members to its diverse game call flock, the most recent being the Breaker single-reed acrylic. The Breaker is designed to reach out to high flyers, but maintains the ability to coax even the most reluctant ducks. Just introduced to the market by former world-champion caller Rick Dunn, the Breaker is available in four color choices.
For more information, visit www.echocalls.com.
Receive a free DU decal when you signup for our free monthly newsletter.
need help logging in?
My DU is your personal portal to the hunting, conservation and local DU information that you care about the most. Learn how it works.
Create your free My DU account today!
*Note: If you have a member login from the previous website, you may enter it here to access your My DU account. Visit our FAQ page for more details.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
Prairie drought peaks.


text:
Police say they've made an arrest in the disappearance of a St. Paul woman. Her husband was taken into custody Tuesday.
Kira Trevino failed to show up for work at the Mall of America Friday. Her abandoned car was found Saturday in the mall's parking lot. Police say her cellphone and purse were inside.
St. Paul police Sgt. Paul Paulos says detectives have enough evidence that a crime was committed in the woman's disappearance. Paulos did not say what led to the arrest.
The Star Tribune (http://bit.ly/13jlE5K ) says police say the investigation remains a "missing persons" case.
Location, ST | website.com


text:
HP Pavilion will be dark Thursday night. And that means no throng of teal-wearing hockey fans streaming through downtown. Fewer Shark-tini drinks will be served at the Fairmont Hotel and not as many Shark-a-ritas ordered at Henry's Hi-Life, either.
The NHL lockout is about to become real in San Jose, and businesses that depend on rabid Sharks fans to boost profits are bracing for an unwelcome chill to their bottom lines now that hockey is on ice.
"I probably speak for downtown business owners when I say we'd love for them to settle and get the season under way," said Alison McKennon, general manager of Hotel De Anza. "You just see this flood of people downtown that you don't see on regular nights. There's a buzz in the air that's great for businesses."
Thursday was supposed to mark the first preseason game at the Shark Tank. Fans would park cars at downtown lots, eat at restaurants before the puck dropped and maybe stop off at a nightspot later. About 500 people who work at the arena on game nights also would be punching the clock.
Instead, downtown -- the heart of Sharks Territory -- won't have that standing-room-only feel.
Not surprisingly, the owners and players are stalemated over money as they try to divvy up $3.3 billion in annual revenues.
The owners say the players must accept a much smaller cut of the league's revenues to help franchises operating in the red. For instance, the Sharks' parent company claims to have lost $15 million last season despite selling out every game. The players union, while willing to accept a little less, counters that the owners could fix their problems with increased revenue-sharing among themselves.
Meanwhile the dispute has left fans, who make the 17,562-seat Shark Tank one of the league's loudest arenas, gnashing their teeth. So far, preseason games through Sunday have been canceled, and it appears increasingly unlikely that the regular season will begin as scheduled Oct. 11. The worst-case scenario is this will be a repeat of the 2004-05 labor impasse when the entire season was lost.
As the spat between rich players and even richer owners continues, the collateral damage is about to include people with much thinner wallets.
"We know it's going to be very tough on the bartenders and servers," said Sarah Duran, who works at the downtown Britannia Arms. "It's going to be a lot less hours for everyone. As a server, your income really is based on tips, so we all want a lot of business."
A sampling of restaurants and hotels near the Shark Tank indicated they already are scaling back. That doesn't surprise Scott Knies, the executive director of the San Jose Downtown Association, who said businesses typically get a 30 percent bump on game nights.
"Hockey can turn a good week into a great week when you have that wave of teal pouring down Santa Clara Street," Knies said. "So you bet we hope the billionaires and millionaires can come to an agreement."
For instance, over at the Poor House Bistro, owner Jay Meduri plans on having six fewer workers Thursday than he would have scheduled if the Sharks were playing.
"It's a situation where we're all kind of losing," Meduri said. "I think the average people are getting hurt more than the actual hockey players."
Roger Noll, a Stanford University professor emeritus and leading authority on sports economics, believes there will be a minor impact on tourism when people don't travel to San Jose to attend games. But while local fans won't be heading downtown, he said they likely will just spend their discretionary dollars elsewhere.
"Bars and restaurants near the arena suffer while businesses in other centers of entertainment do better," Noll wrote in an email.
That loss downtown could be huge. Dan Rascher, a University of San Francisco professor who conducted a 2008 economic impact study for the city, found that each Sharks game brings in $800,000 of spending outside the arena. Part of the reason, Rascher said, is only 28 percent of fans attending games live within the city limits.
"If you're a Sharks fan in Oakland, you're probably not coming down to San Jose if there are no games," said Rascher, who teaches sports economics and finance.
San Jose's coffers also will be affected, Rascher added. He found that each game generates an average $30,000 in sales and hotel occupancy taxes.
One positive, at least in the short term, is there are only four home games scheduled for October. The arena, which is billed as one of the country's busiest, has a full schedule of other events in October including concerts by Madonna, Carrie Underwood and Barbra Streisand as well as Disney on Ice in the coming weeks.
But Malcolm Bordelon, the executive vice president of business operations for Sharks Sports & Entertainment, acknowledges the frustration over the lockout.
"It's unfortunate this labor dispute has had a negative impact on the people who are so important to us," Bordelon said.
Sharks star Patrick Marleau said the players also are acutely aware that others are paying a financial price in the lockout.
"We know it's affecting everyone from restaurants to the blue coats," said Marleau, referring to the ushers at the Shark Tank. "I know when I'm driving to games, you see people all over downtown, heading to restaurants. They're all spending money that really can have a trickle-down effect throughout the community."
A settlement can't happen soon enough for Richie Aranda, general manager of Henry's Hi-Life, the bar and grill that's a long slap shot away from the Shark Tank. The lockout is why there are "a good six people" not on his payroll who normally would be right now.
"People are preparing for a long, long lockout," Aranda said. "They're bummed out that there's no hockey. It's sad because we've got a great team. Now we've just got to get them playing."
Contact Mark Emmons at 408-920-5745.


text:
LEGO Shop Home Themes Mixels™ VULK
- Item: 41501
- Ages:6+
- VIP Points: 0
- Pieces:69
- Retired product
Put the heat on the nasty Nixels with the red-hot hands of VULK, one of three quirky, creative Infernites in LEGO® Mixels™ Series 1!
Melt mountains with the sizzling hands of VULK!
One-eyed VULK is the strong but dim-witted member of the red-hot tribe of Infernites which live in the magma wastelands near the planet's core. The scorching-hot hands of VULK can melt escape routes through solid rock and fend off Nixels… just stay clear of this loyal and goofy Mixel's super-hot high-fives!
- Features translucent, fiery hands and poseable joints
- Collect all three Mixels in the Infernite tribe to build the super Mixel tribe combo
- Go to LEGO.com/mixels for exclusive building instructions, animations, wallpapers and much more
- Watch all your favorite Mixel characters on Cartoon Network
- Play the game available for iOS and Android
- Stands over 2" (6cm) tall
You May Also Like
- locale
- numRecs
- 5
- -inc-price
- true
- -inc-inventory
- true
- -rec-builder
- LEGO_rec_builder
- dataItems
- title_en-IT
- link_en-IT
- image_link_en-IT
- category_en-IT
- retail_price_en-IT
- sale_price_en-IT
- BV_rating_en-IT


text: excellrec wrote: Creepy man. This appears to be becoming the beginning of the end? the short version of interviews, or some typical ones? The disgruntled etching away at posts felt invalid. Don't stop posting at the message board sage. From looks of it, it would seem as though underground fame is startin to break ya down. The im'ers are just gonna keep getting more and more. The interviews appear to be growing in frequency. How are ya gonna cope man? Cutting and pasting this story probably wont last to long before interviewers do what they're best at, being intrusive. Maybe ya need to take some time off? go to New Zealand. My woman always wants to go there. She says it's beautiful and peaceful... yeah but i dont think there will be any need for a hip-hop producer there anytime soon. i think i'll just shoot for commercial success and make dough for a few years then drop out of site. Awwww just a back up plan though...wait this reply was supposed to be about sage.whoops


text:
NHPUC grants PSNH rehearing on investigation into Merrimack Station Scrubber costs and cost recover
TransCanada said that it had previously pointed out that PSNH's construction of the variance provision would lead to the absurd result that PSNH could have spent an unlimited amount of money on the Scrubber and never had the duty to seek a variance from the law.
Post a comment
You must sign in before you can post comments. If you are experiencing issues with your account please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Buffett's Ketchup Bet: Unlikely Another Bidder Emerges
Warren Buffett's big bet on ketchup isn't likely to face much competition.
In a research note to clients Deutsche Bank analyst Eric Katzman predicts it's unlikely that another bid will emerge for H.J. Heinz, which agreed to be acquired by Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and private-equity firm 3G Capital for $72.50 a share, or more than $23 billion. The deal is seen as the largest-ever in the food industry.
Shares recently rose 20% to $72.50 on heavy trading volume.
Heinz is a packaged-foods company known for its iconic ketchup brand but recently has been battling weaker North American sales.
"CEO Bill Johnson's tenure over the last 15 years has been marked by mixed results as the company was transformed into a more global player," Katzman said. "We see this sale as a logical and value-creating end game for his public leadership."
Johnson stands to make $100 million from the company's buyout, according to Bloomberg.
"With packaged food companies struggling over the last 18 months with weak volume and high inflation, absolute valuations have been towards the low to middle end of historical ranges," Katzman said. "CEO Johnson has always been an advocate for industry consolidation and this could prove to be a signal to investors that other companies may need to consider consolidation as well."
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.


text:
These risotto balls are stuffed with a little cube of cheese just to put them over the top. I used pepper jack here, but once again, use whatever cheese you like or have on hand.
Risotto Balls (Arancini)
2 cups risotto, chilled
2 ounces cheese, cubed 1/2"
1 cup all-purpose flour
salt and pepper
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
Tabasco (optional)
1 1/2 cups Panko bread crumbs
1 tsp Italian seasoning
2 TBSP fresh parsley, chopped
vegetable oil, for deep frying
I used my deep fryer to make these, but if you're going to make them on the stove, use a heavy pan and heat about 3" of oil to 350 degrees.
Set up a work station with three separate shallow containers. In the first container place the flour and season with salt and pepper. In the second container, whisk the eggs with a few drops of Tabasco (if using.) In the third container, place the Panko and season with Italian seasoning and parsley.
Prepare a baking sheet with waxed paper. This is where you'll place your prepared risotto balls before deep frying them. Prepare another baking sheet with paper towels. This is where you'll place your deep fried risotto balls to drain.
Take about a heaping tablespoon of risotto and form it into a ball, about 1 1/2". Make a small hole in the ball and insert the block of cheese.


text:
Alberta Premium Canadian Whisky
Review: Alberta Premium Canadian Whisky (84/100)
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on January 05, 2012
Alberta Premium is the flagship whisky of Alberta Distillers Limited (ADL). The whisky is one of the few 100 % rye grain whiskies in the world. In fact, according to Davin de Kergommeaux, of Canadian Whisky, ADL produces more 100% rye whisky than every other distillery in North America combined! This makes the people at ADL, perhaps the world's most renowned experts on rye whisky.
This also means that Alberta Premium, the flagship whisky from the distillery renowned for its rye whisky, must be pretty good. And in fact, Jim Murray, one of the world's most renowned whisky critics, not only thinks this whisky is good, he thinks it is great! For years he has extolled the virtues of the Alberta Premium in his Whisky Bible even naming it the best Canadian Whisky in 2006, 2007, and 2009. (The year that is missing, 2008 was the year that Alberta Premium 25 Year Old won the award.)
In the Bottle 4/5
In my previous reviews for the Alberta Premium 25 Year Old Whisky, and the Alberta Premium 30 Year Old Whisky, I expressed disappointment in the standard bottle that ADL uses for its Alberta Premium brand. In fact, in one of those reviews I referred to the bottle as a relic from the 70s. I am a little more forgiving when this bottle is used for a 5 to 7-year-old whisky. I do not expect to be wowed as I would for a premium 25 or 30-year-old whisky. And to be honest that 'relic from the 70s' bottle is growing on me. I just wish the label had a little more pizazz. But then, that just seems to go against the conventions of ADL. They expect the consumer will judge the whisky inside the bottle, not the label on the outside.
In the Glass 8.5/10
I poured out a small sample of the Alberta Premium into my glass and began with a look at the whisky before I began to nose it. It is a nice golden amber spirit which is just beginning that transition in colour from amber to copper. I gave my glass a tilt and a slow swirl and discovered an oily sheen on the inside of my glass which gave up long slender legs which moved rather slowly back down into the whisky.
The initial nose from the glass is of a fruit-filled rye with very obvious notes of vanilla. There is a presence of oak and a touch of citrus zest in the background. As the whisky decants, the fruit gains momentum, and I also begin to sense a light touch of almond in the breezes. Surprisingly (to me at least) when the glass is fully decanted the whisky has mellowed as the fruit has lost its momentum. After about ten minutes of breathing, I can sense a dusty dry grain field wafting from the glass.
In the Mouth 50/60
Taking my first sip I notice the initial flavour of the whisky is full of fruit and spice, and the dustiness of the rye (which I happen to love) is seemingly swamped out of existence. A light bitterness similar to citrus pith appears and as I sip a few more times that sense of fruitiness continues to grow. At this point I have found myself wishing for more complexity and for other flavour sensations to appear.
Of course, patience is a virtue that is well recommended, and for this whisky I was rewarded as I waited and allowed the glass to breathe. First some orange peel and some light almond flavours began to appear. Then a light sweetness began to separate from the fruity rye. After a full ten minutes of sitting the rye finally began to turn dusty. The progression of the whisky in my mouth followed a similar pattern to what I had previously noticed on the nose.
Although I did finally taste the dusty style of rye which I love , it was not a complete reward. A light bitterness accompanied the flavour and I did find the fruitiness of the whisky still wanted to dominate. I did catch glimmers of the excellence which Jim Murray wrote of when he described this whisky. Alas, they were only glimmers, and I found myself reaching for some ice and ginger-ale rather than preferring to sip the whisky straight.
In the Throat 13/15
The exit is full of spicy rye and citrus fruit. I catch light trails of corn in the exit and to my relief the light bitterness I noted earlier did not linger but quickly vanished. I suspect many will like this spicy fruit filled finish much more that I, but I am a dusty dry rye sort of fellow, and when I encounter this much spice, I believe it should be offset by a touch more sweetness to bring forward the balance I prefer.
The Afterburn 8.5/10
This whisky is very good, it can be sipped and enjoyed if it is given proper time in the glass to breathe, and with an ice-cube or an equal share of ginger-ale it is even better. Amazingly this is one of the lowest priced whiskies in my marketplace, and if you are a bit of a bargain hunter, then this 100 % rye grain whisky is well worth seeking out.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
5 Responses to "Alberta Premium Canadian Whisky"
January 23, 2012 at 5:11 pm
At first I liked the Alberta Premium almost as much as the Alberta Springs 10 years. However the more I compared the two I realized it simply did not have nearly have the same complexity. In Ontario the Premium and !0 years are the same price so it is a no brainer as to which one to buy. It is certainly nice to try a 100% rye whiskey as the flavor profile is quite different and it is very smooth and the Premium one is very tasty. I will give it an 8.6/10 and it is certainly worth a try. Does anyone know if Alberta Distillery plans on selling an older expression of the Premium like the 25 year old from a while back?
January 6, 2012 at 7:40 am
Hi Chip,
I appreciate your candid review of the Alberta Premium 5 yr old. I agree that it's not the best for sipping but then, what could compare to their 30 yr old. The 5 yr old is one of my favorites but what I really like to do is mix it with their 10 yr old Alberta Springs in a 50/50 mix. The result is a flavour that their extinct 7 Canadian Whiskies used to have – great caramel flavour and a delight with cola. Personally, I do like their standard bottle. It takes me back to the 60s in fact when I would watch my uncle pull a bottle of his favorite rye out of the bag right after getting to the cabin. There's just something wonderfully simple and reminiscent about it for me. Please keep up the great reviews – they're a weekly staple for me, as are many of the products you review. Cheers.


text:
PEBBLE BEACH -- Once again, the San Francisco 49ers stood five yards from glory Tuesday. And as the last ball of the day lofted high into the afternoon air above the 18th green, Dwight Clark's chip shot landed a few feet from the hole, then rolled harmlessly away. Another day, another disappointment for the Niner faithful, many of whom showed up dressed in red and gold at the Chevron Charity Shootout -- a chilly warm-up event for the AT&T National Pro-Am -- looking for a little redemption.
They didn't get it, although many of them came closer to catching a ball -- sometimes right in the teeth -- than Michael Crabtree did at the end of the Super Bowl. At the Pebble Beach Golf Links, the 49ers' heavily hyped "Quest for Six" was finally reduced to Getting Down in Eight.
This was the day the Niners were supposed to get their victory parade down San Francisco's Market Street, the second civic celebration in four months following the Giants' World Series victory. But there were no active 49ers present here. They were back in Santa Clara, emptying out their lockers at the team's training facility, maybe drawing up one last red zone play on the white board. And the only parade for the 49ers on this day was down the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, as the Giants won the five-hole event and most of the available prize money for charity.
Lots of jitters
The Niners sent four players, none of whom had played in at least a decade, and were overmatched by the Giants' star-studded eight-man contingent. Even the event's sponsor struck a slightly disconsolate note about the shortage of Super Bowls won by the current 49ers' roster. "We had hoped to have two world champions here today," said Glenn Weckerlin, global marketing director for Chevron.
The Giants were led by starting pitchers Matt Cain and Ryan Vogelsong, who broke a tie with a gorgeous chip. Vogelsong worried before teeing off that he wouldn't be able to hit it straight enough to stay on the notoriously narrow fairways. When a tournament official asked if he was ready, Vogey replied evenly, "Ready to throw up."
He wasn't the only one with the jitters. Giants championship manager Bruce Bochy didn't particularly want to leave the practice green. "I'm not going to lie, I'm a little nervous," Bochy said. "If there's a gallery out there, I don't want to hit anybody." Bochy then lumbered up to the first tee and proceeded to plunk a spectator 50 yards down the right side of the fairway.
Dwight Clark, the celebrated wideout who retired in 1987, took his first shot wearing a battered 49ers helmet, which had an old-style face mask so enormous he could scarcely see he ball. "I'm going with the helmet," explained Clark, who recommended members of the gallery do the same. "Seriously, I would back the hell up."
Hitting his second shot from out of bounds, Vogelsong warned spectators to move behind a cart path, and when they didn't, he lined a sizzling drive right at them. The first hole took 40 minutes to complete, and so many players flew the green they became eligible for gate space at SFO.
Play didn't improve dramatically on the second hole. A pair of deer wandered onto the fairway while players were teeing off, but so many shots corkscrewed out of bounds that the deer went on grazing unmolested until the gallery passed.
'The Catch'
Giants' broadcaster Mike Krukow showed up in a pair of orange knickers, custom made for him by Payne Stewart's former plus-four tailor. "My wife wouldn't let me out of the house in an outfit like that," said Duane Kuiper, Krukow's partner in the broadcast booth. Kuiper had no problem with Krukow's golf game, which was more than Krukow could say. "Even if he's not playing well," Kuiper said, "he talks a good game."
Despite all the foul balls, everyone seemed to be having a good time. It took 2 1/2 hours to play five holes -- there have been World Series games completed faster -- and at one point Dwight Clark was spotted walking down the 17th fairway with a Bloody Mary in each hand. The Catch, with vodka.
When former Giants hitting star Will Clark scattered spectators with an errant shot on the 18th fairway, he bellowed, "Take that with ya!" to the fan he had just belted. Most of the gallery had adopted a protective crouch in time for his next shot, which flew the green by about 20 yards. Just then, former Niners' tight end Brent Jones hit a stellar chip, to which Bochy drawled, "They should make you pee in a bottle."
Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in 6 days.
Contact Bruce Newman at 408-920-5004; follow him at Twitter.com/BruceNewmanTwit.
WHAT: A PGA Tour event played on three courses on the Monterey Peninsula.
WHERE: Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore Course) and Pebble Beach Golf Links.
WHEN: First groups tee off at 8 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and 7:30 a.m. Sunday, weather permitting.
FORMAT: The 156 professionals will be paired with 156 celebrities. Each duo will play each of the three courses from Thursday through Saturday. The players making the cut after Saturday's round will play the final round at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Sunday.
CELEBRITIES: Scheduled to play are Bill Murray, Ray Romano, Carson Daly, Josh Duhamel, Andy Garcia, Chris O'Donnell, Kenny G, Huey Lewis, Wayne Gretzky, Matt Cain, Aaron Rodgers and Kelly Slater.
TV: Noon-3 p.m. and 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday on the Golf Channel. Noon-3 p.m. Saturday on CBS. Noon-3:30 p.m. Sunday on CBS
PRIZE MONEY: A total purse of $6.5 million with $1,152,000 going to the winner.


text:
Myrtle Doris Raddatz, 83, of Morgan was born to eternal life November 11, 2012 at Gil-Mor Manor at the age of 83 years, seven months, 22 days. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church in Morgan. Visitation will be held 4:30 - 8 p.m. today at the Redwood Valley Funeral Home in Redwood Falls, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Friday. Interment is in the Redwood Falls Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service - Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Myrtle Doris Kuehn was born January 20, 1929 in Sheridan Township, Redwood County to William and Sophie (Kloempken) Kuehn. Myrtle was baptized at her parent's home on January 24, 1929, and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Vesta May 3, 1942. She attended District #114 in Vesta Township through the eighth grade. On August 17, 1952, Myrtle was united in marriage to Orville E. Raddatz at St. John's Lutheran Church in Vesta. After their marriage, the couple farmed the family farm in Redwood Township of Redwood County until they retired and moved to Morgan in 1992. Orville died on January 9, 2001. Myrtle moved to Gil-Mor Manor in Morgan on December 28, 2004. Prior to losing her eyesight, Myrtle enjoyed reading, playing Solitaire, flowers, embroidery, and listening to music. Throughout her life, she was a dedicated wife and mother and took special interest in her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren
Myrtle is survived by her daughters: Beverly (Bob) Hoffbeck of Clements, Evelyn (Delwin) Junker of Comfrey, Marilyn (Ben) Williams of Overland Park, Kansas, Karen (Quint) Dooley of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Carol (Dave) Roberts of Aurora, Col.; 15 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by sisters: Irene Evers of Wood Lake and Diane (Harland) Asche of Willmar, and sisters-in-law: Pearl (Kuehn) Anderson, Elviera Raddatz, and Elaine Just and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Orville, sister Evelyn and brother Melvin (in infancy), and a brother Orville.
Location, ST | website.com


text:
Skip to Content
Search All Programs & Services
Search by Name, Specialty, Program, or Research
Make a Donation
Make an Appointment
Ask a Question
Refer a Patient
Health Information > Condition Information > Allergy: Symptoms
Reviewed on 12/11
By Dr. Milgrom
Henry Milgrom, MD
Dept. of Pediatrics
View full profile
There are many different types of allergic conditions. An allergic condition is the appearance of allergy signs and symptoms in specific organs or areas of the body. The most common allergy symptoms affect the nose, sinuses, lungs, and eyes. However, in some conditions organs such as the skin, digestive system, and blood vessels can be affected as well.
Not all allergic reactions happen the same way. Some allergy symptoms occur immediately after exposure to an allergen, while others take hours or days to occur. Scientists think that the biological events leading up to immediate allergic reactions are different from those that result in delayed allergic reactions.
Immediate allergic reactions typically occur within minutes of exposure to an allergen. Allergic reaction time will vary depending on a person's genetics and on the site of the body affected.
Delayed or late-phase allergic reactions generally occur two to six hours after exposure (and even longer in some people). Signs and symptoms of delayed or late-phase allergic reactions are generally the same as those for immediate allergic reactions.
In the case of allergic asthma, a delayed allergic reaction can cause other problems such as loss of sleep due to nighttime asthma attacks. There are ways to time allergy and asthma medications to reduce symptoms of the delayed allergic response.
Learn about signs and symptoms of different allergens and allergic conditions:
Reviewed on 12/11
Henry Milgrom, MDProfessor
View full profile
Enter your email address to receive health tips, recent research findings and news about National Jewish Health.
1400 Jackson St Denver, CO 80206 1.877.225.5654 Network of Locations Contact Us
© 2016 National Jewish Health Policies & Guidelines | My National Jewish Health


text:
- The Bundesliga's Finest
- Currently Unavailable
Dutch winger Arjen Robben signed with Bayern Munich in 2009 from Real Madrid. Known for his ball control and technical prowess, he can also unleash the power of his strong left foot. Robben is also a part of the Netherlands' national team and has appeared in thee Euro Cups and one World Cup.
Bayern Munich's Bundesliga success is unrivaled in Germany. Show your support for FCB with their official third jersey from adidas.
Dull/shiny striping across the shoulder for a cool look with an embroidered Bayern Munich team badge, championship stars and an adidas logo embroidered in silver on the front. Screened sponsor design on the front. Mia san mia is embroidered on the back of the collar, which translates to we are who we are.
100% ClimaCool polyester.
Lamentamos que todavia no hay descripción en español para este producto.


text:
"The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another ... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world."
That's how iconic American composer Leonard Bernstein defined artistic brilliance. Rigor, chutzpah and ego were key to Bernstein's mystique and Hershey Felder channels all of those qualities in "Maestro."
Felder orchestrated a similar homage to musical genius in "George Gershwin Alone" last year. Now he returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with another charmer that tickles the ivories and the funny bone. While this piece shares many characteristics with that breezy Gershwin monologue, there's far more dramatic heft to this one-man show, which runs through July 3 at the Rep, than meets the eye.
Joel Zwick directs the 105-minute piece with panache, framing Felder's virtuosity at the piano well. If the play doesn't probe as far beneath the surface of Bernstein's character as one might wish, Felder crystallizes the watershed moments in the maestro's life with poetry and sensitivity. Certainly the songs, particularly the selections from "West Side Story," are as magical as ever. And it's no mean feat that Felder launches the show with video of the real Bernstein in all his charismatic glory but then proceeds to compete with that image in our mind's eye.
At first the play seems to echo the "Gershwin" show with its glib mix of childhood anecdotes and musical epiphanies. The son of a beauty supplier, Bernstein was raised on the harmonies of Jewish mysticism, and his yearning for something greater colored the arc of his life and work. His fate was sealed when his meshugeneh Aunt Clara got divorced and gave his family her piano.
Alas, Bernstein's father wanted him to be a mensch, not a minstrel. He had no interest in the arts so little Lenny paid for his own piano lessons ($1 a pop). The upstart schmoozed his way from one elder statesmen conductor to another until Bruno Walter fell ill and he had the chance to conduct the New York Philharmonic on a national broadcast. He was young and unprepared, not to mention hung over, but he seized the chance to soar.
In the end, Felder seems to connect more deeply to Bernstein than to Gershwin. He captures the weight of the musician's struggles, how he was driven to please his demanding father and how he was distracted from composition, his first love, by conducting. He also explores how Bernstein thrived on television, using the medium to bring classical music to the masses, but ran afoul of serious composers who looked down their noses at his flair for showmanship.
Perhaps the most intriguing aspects of the biography concern his love life. Felder teases out some insights into how Bernstein's bisexuality affected his life and career and how men and music and power become inextricably entwined in his mind early on in life.
Still, the psychological aspects of this biography aren't quite as compelling as the window the show affords us into the rarefied world of the symphony hall. While Felder's facility with the piano is at the core of his performance style, he takes pain to explore the mystery of the art of conducting here. Watching this deconstruction of the craft, the way the conductor suffuses the composition with his own personality, is fascinating.
It's in this role as music teacher, illuminating the continuum that led from the greats to Bernstein to his own proteges, that "Maestro" hits its highest notes.
Contact Karen D'Souza at 408-271-3772. Read her at www.mercurynews.com/karen-dsouza, and follow her at Twitter.com/karendsouza4.
Created and performed by Hershey Felder
Through: July 3
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Thrust Stage , 2025 Addison St.
Running time: 1 hour, 45 minutes, no intermission
Tickets: $29-$87 (subject to change), 510-647-2949, www.berkeleyrep.org


text:
Apple, Are You Interested in the World's Largest Market?
A corporate strategy article by Thunderbird students.
With $100 billion in cash and closing in on the richest market cap in history, many feel that Apple is at the top of its game.[i] Nevertheless, at some point, Apple's products will reach saturation levels at the high-end of the market in developed countries. To keep the top spot, Apple will need to direct its growth efforts to emerging markets and find ways to make its products both relevant and widely available to customers outside of its traditional target markets.
In spite of its strong worldwide sales, Apple has long ignored an underserved market segment that, if tapped, could enrich its coffers even more. Far away from high end markets in developed countries, lay the "poor" representing 65% the world's population.[ii] On average, individuals in this "bottom of the pyramid" (BOP) group earn $2,000 per year or less; however, because of the large number of consumers in this group, their aggregate purchasing power is immense.[iii] This BOP segment represents a tremendous opportunity for Apple to serve a market that currently relies on second-tier technology for mobile devices and media platforms, yet is eager for lower-priced, high-quality goods and services. In spite of their low incomes, those in the BOP segment often spend 10% to 500% more than those in higher-end segments on similar goods.[iv] By offering a high end brand at a price competitive with second-tier products, Apple could drive tremendous sales volumes and acquire a large share of the BOP market.