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World Vision is providing supplies to overwhelmed hospitals in the conflict-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is working to meet the needs of displaced and vulnerable children and families.
Since the recent surge in violence between M23 rebels and government forces in the eastern DRC city of Goma, hospitals in the area have been overwhelmed by an influx of wounded troops and civilians, according to reports.
Medical facilities report hundreds of injuries and dozens of rapes. Residents, especially children, are developing respiratory issues and diarrhea due to unsanitary conditions since fleeing their homes and settling in temporary camps.
Cholera remains a serious risk in the overcrowded camps.
"The lack of equipment is the main challenge in our hospital," says Dr. John Baeranyi, the lead physician at a Goma health center. "We would like to meet all of the needs of raped women and the wounded, but we do not have enough equipment, not enough supplies."
Some doctors reported working three days without sleep or adequate resources to care for people, said Aimee Manimani, a World Vision communications manager in DRC. Hospitals treat many patients for free when they have no means to pay. In other cases, penniless patients are refused medical treatment.
"Yesterday, I was forced to sell our food to be able to bring my little brother, who is just 1-and-a-half, to the health center," says 14-year-old Neema, who lost her father and mother since the clashes erupted in her village in Kibumba in July.
"I had 1,200 francs, which I presented [to] a nurse, begging him to heal my brother."
About 130,000 people have been displaced in the past two weeks, adding to the more than 840,000 people displaced this year by the ongoing conflict in eastern DRC.
World Vision has provided seven medical facilities with kits that include items like surgical masks and examination tables. It also distributed clothing for babies and adults, and toys for children.
During the initial response, World Vision provided food to more than 46,500 displaced people in Goma camps and surrounding areas.
"Most families are arriving in Goma with nothing, as all of their belongings have been stolen or abandoned in flight," says Sarah Carrie, World Vision's quality assurance manager in eastern DRC.
World Vision plans to open Child-Friendly Spaces, which will give children a safe place to play, learn, and receive counseling. World Vision also plans to provide household kits, including plastic sheets, bedding, cooking pots and pans, and essential household items, for families affected by the violence.
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Definition of Chickasaw in English:
noun (plural same or Chickasaws)
1A member of an American Indian people formerly resident in Mississippi and Alabama, and now in Oklahoma.
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- The same is true with respect to the other four 'Civilized Tribes '- Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks and Seminoles - all of whom had shared the Cherokees' fate by 1840.
- Of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes (Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, Seminoles, and Cherokees), only the Cherokee, whose language is classified as Iroquoian, speak a non-Muskogean language.
- The 'Five Civilized Tribes,' the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles, resolved to stay where they were, though they eventually ceded most of their land.
2 [mass noun] The Muskogean language of the Chickasaw, now all but extinct.
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- In subordinate dependency, the dependent clause may precede or follow the independent clause, as in the Chickasaw example.
Relating to the Chickasaw or their language.
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- The Chickasaw language is still so similar to Choctaw, for instance, that linguists surmise that the separation of the two could not have occurred very long ago.
- Coming to the ring wearing an Indian headdress and famous for his tomahawk chops and Indian-strap matches, McDaniel was actually one-eighteenth Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian.
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VAIL --Legendary dancer Jacques d' Amboise will drop in on the Colorado affiliate of his celebrated arts education program, National Dance Institute today as the master teacher pays a visit to The Youth Foundation's Celebrate the Beat class at Homestake Peak School in Eagle-Vail at 4 p.m.
The Colorado branch of the program, VVF Youth Foundation's Celebrate the Beat initiative, was founded by Artistic Director Tracy Straus and uses the award-winning teaching method developed by d'Amboise for the National Dance Institute. The program was introduced to the Vail Valley in 2007 by Damian Woetzel in his first year as artistic director of the Vail International Dance Festival, at the suggestion of Woetzel's wife, ballerina Heather Watts.
Since its inception as a week-long workshop for young children, Celebrate the Beat currently provides 1,000 elementary school students throughout Eagle County the chance to dance as part of the year-round school curriculum.
"Jacques is a living legend for so many reasons," Woetzel said. "He is an incredible dancer who was a huge part of making ballet thrive in America, and a brilliant educator who has led the way in using the arts to spur creativity, excellence and confidence in children. Having the genius behind the National Dance Institute work with the kids here in Vail is wonderfully inspiring."
The visit to the Vail Valley will be the third for d'Amboise. During the summer of 2010, he taught a Celebrate the Beat class at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, while also attending a CTB class during last summer's Vail International Dance Festival.
D'Amboise joined the New York City Ballet in 1950, and he performed with the company as a principal dancer for more than three decades. In 1976, while still dancing with New York City Ballet, he founded the National Dance Institute in the strong belief that the arts have a unique power to engage and motivate young people toward excellence.
D'Amboise has received numerous honors and awards, including the 1990 MacArthur Fellowship, a Kennedy Center Honors Award, a National Medal of the Arts, a New York Governor's Award and an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Boston College.
"He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'," a 1984 PBS documentary film on d'Amboise's work with the National Dance Institute, won an Academy Award, six Emmy Awards, the Peabody Award, the Golden Cine Award and the National Educational Association Award for advancement of learning through broadcasting.
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Last week, the art world was abuzz over a new exhibit that opened at the Museum of Arts & Design in New York City.
The show, entitled Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting, highlights the work of 27 artists who use fiber in unexpected and unorthodox ways—minuscule mittens made from wire, a 35-foot-wide American flag knit with telephone poles, a massive hand-knotted nylon net evoking a nuclear mushroom cloud.
Art critics used terms like "high-low hybridization" and "anything-goes pluralism" to describe the show, not to mention an abundance of grandmother and doily references. I wanted a knitter's take on the show, so I asked author and knitter Lela Nargi to attend the opening and tell us what she saw.
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I am of the firm belief that holidays should be memorable. They should be a refreshing break from the humdrum monotony of our everyday lives. A holiday's benefit, indeed, is that break from the everyday world (hints of Marcel?) and a chance to contemplate what matters. Recharged, then, I should be ready to tackle the challenges of the workplace with renewed vigor.
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19.10.2012 - Spanish Genmedica Therapeutics S.L. has raised €12m in a series B financing round led by the British investor Asclepios Bioresearch.
Genmedica develops dual action, small molecules which act against both oxidative stress and inflammation (OSIF), two processes that are emerging as critical in the pathogenesis of a wide range of diseases. It's lead compound GMC-252 has shown in multiple type 2 diabetes animal models to act as a potent anti-diabetic, lowering glucose and lipids. "The deal with Asclepios allows us to quickly advance our clinical plans with an experienced partner and start dosing patients this year. This will allow us to generate phase 1 safety data in 2013 and preliminary efficacy data in early 2014", stated Alec Mian, CEO of Genmedica.
In 2011, the Barcelona-based start upo raised €3m in a series A round from local investors Caxia Capital, BcnEmpren, Unifondo-Uninvest and Venture Cap.
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The story is the same across Salida, where 300 crew members are dining, shopping and filling hotels while they work on filming the seventh installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise up on Monarch Pass.
"They are taking care of us when we shouldn't be busy at all," Redfeather said.
The engine-revving movie is turbo-charging Salida, just as it did Colorado Springs a month ago when the crew filmed on Pikes Peak. For the past three weeks, hundreds of crew members have packed the parking lot at Monarch ski area. U.S. 50 closes every so often while the filmmakers capture mountaintop scenes with exploding RVs, rolling Mercedes-Benzes and souped-up Dodge Chargers racing up and down Monarch Pass.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH, FLA. – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi golf team shot an opening-round 312 to sit in a tie for seventh place at the 35th Annual FIU Pat Bradley Invitational on Sunday at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club. Krista Fenniak led the Islanders with a 76 to sit 16th through the first 18 holes, while Taylor Slagle is one shot back in 21st.
Host Florida International leads the way through the opening round after shooting a 296, while Cincinnati is just one shot back. Florida Gulf Coast and Boston College are tied for third at 303. UC's Olivia Dose delivered the low round of the day, shooting 69 for a two-shot lead on the field through the opening 18 holes.
Fenniak had a consistent round throughout, with just one hiccup on the 11th hole. The junior delivered 13 pars, three bogeys and a double bogey – on the par-4 11th. She added a birdie on the par-5 18th to post a 76 – her sixth round of 76 or better out of 13 rounds this fall.
Slagle started on the sixth hole and opened her day with two pars and two bogeys to sit plus-2 heading to the turn. She then shifted into high gear on the back nine, notching a birdie on the 10th, then seven pars and a birdie on 18 to return to even heading to the 1st tee. But a double on 1 and bogeys on 3, 4 and 5 left her with a 77 through the first day of competition.
Sophomore Vanessa Johnson delivered the team's best performance on the front nine, but a tough stretch on the back had her with a 79 on day one to sit in 35th. Johnson bogeyed her first hole – the 4th – but followed that with six straight pars to sit at plus-1 heading to the 11th. After a double on 11, she followed with bogeys on four of the next five holes to fall to plus-7, but responded by finishing her round with five straight pars to end the day.
Lindsay Biehler carded an opening round 80 to finish in the fourth slot for the Islanders. She posted two double bogeys – one on the 14th and one on the 1st – to go along with five bogeys and a birdie on the 18th to finish her opening round in 40th place. Senior Nikki Dunn struggled with an 89 in the first round of play.
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Will Bale succumb to the media hype?
Talking about who will replace Daffy has lead the 'medja' to speculate about Bale's role.
But what is Bale? Is he a winger? Is he an old 'inside forward'? Is he a striker?
I like the fact that Bale has the confidence to come inside and let off a few shots, and his goals have certainly not done us any harm over the past couple of seasons. I wish Lemmon had a similarly lethal right foot and also chipped in with more goals.
But at what point does more become less? I pointed out in previous seasons how many shots he then had. That trend seems to be as prevalent this season.
Is that urge to score then detracting from his wing play?
This season, even Daffy, who isn't renowned for his unselfish play, has as many assists.
I pointed out on another thread, that this may not be entirely Bale's fault, as he does put in a few decent crosses that, if not converted, do not appear in any stats I've seen. So it may the fault of Dempsey/Ade/Daffy/Lemmon/Glyphy etc for not getting on the end.
The question that I haven't answered myself is, would I prefer Bale acting more as a provider rather than going for goal himself? He terrorises defences when in full flow, and presumably scares them even more because they now know he can also put the ball away. Would/could we have scored more though, if he had more thought to play the pass rather than take the shot?
What is the balance? Would any of you have him play any differently? More shots? More assists?Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Personally John,i prefer us to play with the 2 wide men.
But only if they have pace and the ability to go get past defenders with confidence which currently Bale and Lennon can do.
I'm hoping that Holtby might be encouraged to cover the left hand side(if playing) when Bale goe's on one of his runs which still gives alternatives on both sides,should he get blocked off by 2 or 3 defenders as he does seem to drag half of the opposition with him.
As you've already mentioned,Lennon doesn't seem to possess a pair of shooting boots and unless he finds apair in the near future should stay wide as normal and continue as he is with his crossing into the box for others to get on the end of.
Sadly none of our midfield seem able to strike the ball as crisp as the lkes of Gerrard and Lampard who seem to get on the score sheet quite often(especially Lamps).
I was hoping that Dembele was going to be an improvement on Modric's tally but to my knowledge his debut goal is the only one.
Yes we get the odd one here and there from the others,but aren't the midfield players the one's with all the skill and should all be able to find the back of the net like Mata of Chelsea but sadly this is not the case at the LANE.
Our goal tally looks pretty poor to the 3 teams above us and even the Arse and so shooting practice should definately be on our agenda as i can't remember the last time we scored 3 goals or more.
So it's shooting pactice or a very good striker for me.
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I also tend to prefer Bale wide. I have liked wing play since the formation used to be 2-3-5. To me it gives the opposition more of a problem as it allows the 10 player space. BUT, I still want to see Bale (and Lemmon) rack up >10 goals each a season!
I see Joe has posted about Glyphi and giving him a go - and the 'medja' is now talking of Bale playing the Messi role. Personally, I think we leaped into the market last summer without a clear idea of what we wanted or needed. So now we have Holtby/Glyphy/Dempsey at least vying for the 10'ish role, with maybe also Ade and Bale in the frame.
I suppose part of the problem is temporarily gone given Daffy's forced absence, but I wonder whether AVB will toy with the idea of playing Bale central (behind Ade) with Holtby/Dempsey/Glyphy then left.


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Katherine Webb, also known as Miss Alabama 2012, says she wasn't creeped out by 73-year-old sportscaster Brent Musburger ogling her during college football's national championship game on Monday.
We're pretty sure she's in the minority on that one.
Webb, 23, is the girlfriend of Alabama star quarterback A.J. McCarron and, yes, a beauty pageant winner. Toward the end of the first quarter, with Alabama already up 14-0, a shot of Webb popped up on the TV screen. And Musburger pretty much forgot there was a football game happening in front of him.
"Wow, I'm telling you. You quarterbacks, you get all the good-looking women," Musburger said to fellow announcer Kirk Herbstreit. "So, if you're a youngster in Alabama, start getting a football out and throw it around the backyard with Pops! What a beautiful woman. Wow."
Don't the old guys always throw footballs around the back yard in those Viagra commercials?
The cameras later made their way to Webb when the score became 28-0 and, sure enough, at the end of the game.
"There is Miss Alabama, with the victory kiss," Musburger said.
Reaction on Twitter and elsewhere made it clear that plenty of viewers found Musburger's remarks inappropriate.
Webb apparently didn't mind the attention.
"It was kind of nice," she told the Associated Press on Tuesday. "I didn't look at it as creepy at all. For a woman to be called beautiful, I don't see how that's an issue."
Right. Until Brent Musburger shows up in the bushes outside your house.
Webb said that during the game, her iPhone was dead, but several friends seated nearby showed her what was happening on Twitter and pointed out that pictures of her were being shown on TV.
"I just couldn't believe it," she said. "I was just in complete surprise."
Dee Dee Bonner, McCarron's mother, said the two laughed in the stands as Webb's Twitter count grew.
"We were like, 'Oh my God,'" Bonner said. "She said, 'All I want to do is date your son.' We've been laughing about it. It's quite shocking."
As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, Webb had topped 163,000 Twitter followers, trumping boyfriend McCarron's 110,000. Before the game, Webb -- who graduated with a business degree from longtime Alabama rival Auburn University in 2011, according to her pageant biography -- reportedly had about 2,000.
After carefully weighing the winds of public opinion -- never mind that it was their producers who wouldn't stop showing Webb on camera -- ESPN released a statement Tuesday, saying, "We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test. However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that."
No he doesn't.
Webb earlier told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that she first encountered McCarron on Twitter, and they met in early December when he attended the Miss Alabama USA pageant in Montgomery. The two visited over the holidays and publicly confirmed their romance right before the New Year.
Webb's pageant biography says she was born in Montgomery and worked for Chick-fil-A as a training director in Columbus, Ga., before moving to Los Angeles to pursue modeling. She finished in the top 10 in the national pageant.
Bonner said Webb is considering moving back to Alabama to be with the quarterback.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has a job offer for her.
Trump, owner of the Miss Universe Organization, tweeted Tuesday, "We are going to ask Katherine Webb to be a judge at the Miss USA Pageant coming up in Las Vegas."
SO THIS IS WHY SHE'S A DISASTER: Because we just don't spend enough time talking about the Lohan family, know that Dina Lohan has sold pictures of herself with a black eye she says ex-husband Michael Lohan gave her back in the '80s.
Entertainment Tonight is displaying on its website a picture of Dina Lohan holding Lindsay as a small child, while sporting a bright shiner on her eye. Dina Lohan went public earlier this week, saying Lindsay's constant problems are likely the result of seeing her mother being abused by her father when she was young.
During an interview with the New York Daily News, the mother of four alleged that Michael physically abused her in front of their daughter Lindsay, saying "that's why she's so screwed up."
Well, good to know it had nothing to do with Dina. Obviously she had no choice when it came to pushing her child into the entertainment industry.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Dina revealed details about the alleged abuse, saying, "I will tell my story, about abuse and how I've survived it and how my children have survived it. It shed some light on my children's behavior, having to witness it."
Michael Lohan, of course, vehemently denied abusing his ex-wife, telling ET, "(Dina) hit me with an ice tray, and I turned around and swung. I didn't punch her. I didn't do anything deliberately to attack her. I swung out of reflex ... she's twisting everything."
The story surfaced after Lindsay Lohan didn't show up in court Monday morning, where prosecutors were supposed to determine whether or not to charge her for allegedly assaulting a psychic who allegedly was trying to steal the guy she was kind of stalking (we say that the nicest way possible ... really). The case was continued.
Photos appeared of Lindsay Lohan in London last weekend, where some websites have alleged she was paid $100,000 to party with Middle Eastern royalty.
Funny enough, Dina was allegedly there with her. She went public with the abuse story after reporters started asking about Lindsay's no-show in court.
"Lindsay saw her dad abuse me -- that's why she's so screwed up."
"Michael beat the hell out of me," Dina told the Daily News, of the alleged 1986 incident. "When Lindsay saw the photo, she was furious," said Dina. "She said, 'Tell the world! Talk about it!'"
Dina said she was forced to live with her parents as Michael went in and out of jail for insider trading and securities fraud. She says he came to visit her in 1990 and raped her.
"He said, 'I love you and I want to be with you,' but then it went dark. It went dark really quick," said Dina, adding that Michael raped her as her children slept.
"(They) were sleeping, and I just knew I had to stay quiet -- I don't want to wake them," she said.
When her parents came home later, Dina said they insisted she go to the hospital. The Daily News reported that, according to Nassau County Hospital medical records, Dina did go to the ER to report a rape. She was examined by doctors and her clothes and other evidence was gathered in a rape kit. Notes on the report indicate doctors called the police and also a coalition for abused women.
Dina never pressed charges, she said, because once again, her husband was already on his way to jail.
Michael called Dina's version of events revisionist history, insisting that their sex was consensual. He said Dina invited him to her parents' house and took the lead with their intercourse in a first-floor bedroom.
He said Dina's rape allegation was caused by her jealously when calling hin later that night to discover he was with another woman.
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CHARLIE SHEEN NOT DONE BEING CHARLIE SHEEN: Charlie Sheen has a new goddess.
It was really only a matter of time, when you think about it.
TMZ reported Tuesday that Sheen, 47 (going on 60), and 24-year-old porn star Georgia Jones got together in October and wasted very little time in moving their, er, relationship forward. Jones moved in with Sheen almost immediately and has been there since.
And to show how far Sheen has come when it comes to old-fashioned values, know that he especially likes Jones because she only does films with other women. Which wasn't the case with his last porn star girlfriend, Bree Jones.
According to sources, this isn't just some fling, says TMZ. Sheen likes this girl a lot. Obviously, since he hasn't even tried bringing another woman into the relationship yet.
Sheen and Jones made their public debut last week while on vacation in Mexico. Sheen told TMZ, "I was a big fan before we met, and now I'm an even bigger one ... nose to toes, she's as 'top shelf' as they get."
Awww ... .
KIMYE BUYS A MANSION: Well, now we know it's not a sham relationship.
Kim Kardashian and future baby-daddy (as far as we know) Kanye West have bought an $11 million mansion in Bel Air.
There goes the neighborhood.
TMZ reported Tuesday the future parents are buying a 10,000-square-foot home in a private, gated community. America's favorite couple (no, really) made the deal a few weeks ago and they've already gutted it and are designing a 14,000-square-foot dream home in its place.
With that much space, it better have a bowling alley.
The new home will be an Italian-style villa, with a gym, movie theater, full hair and makeup salon, bowling alley (YES!), basketball court, and indoor and outdoor pools.
Their thrilled new neighbors, who will certainly be dropping by soon with welcoming casseroles, include Jennifer Aniston, Chris Paul and Joe Francis.
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1788: Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1793: Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, N.J.
1861: Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements and supplies to Federal troops at Fort Sumter, S.C., retreated because of artillery fire.
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1945: During World War II, American forces began landing at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines.
1951: The United Nations headquarters in New York officially opened.
1960: On his 47th birthday, Vice President Richard Nixon became a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
1968: The Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon, marking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.
1972: Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, speaking by telephone from the Bahamas to reporters in Hollywood, said a purported autobiography of him by Clifford Irving was a fake.
1987: The White House released a Jan. 1986 memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan by Lt. Col. Oliver L. North showing a link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
1993: The two owners of a fast-food restaurant in Palatine, Ill., and five employees were found shot and stabbed to death. (Two suspects were arrested in May 2002; both were convicted in separate trials and sentenced to life in prison.)
1997: A Comair commuter plane crashed 18 miles short of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing all 29 people on board.
2002: U.N. weapons inspectors said there was no "smoking gun" to prove Iraq had nuclear, chemical or biological weapons but they demanded that Baghdad provide private access to scientists and fresh evidence to back its claim that it had destroyed its weapons of mass destruction. Thousands of Venezuelan bank workers stayed home to support a nationwide strike seeking new presidential elections.
2007: President George W. Bush, on his first visit to Israel as president, warned Iran of "serious consequences" if it meddled again with U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. military reported nine American soldiers were killed in the first two days of a new offensive to root out al-Qaida in Iraq fighters holed up in districts north of Baghdad. Johnny Grant, the honorary mayor of Hollywood, died in Los Angeles at age 84.
2012: Iranian state radio reported that a court had convicted former U.S. Marine Amir Mirzaei Hekmati of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death. (The Obama administration and his family deny Hekmati was a CIA spy.) President Barack Obama announced that chief of staff William Daley was quitting; he was succeeded by Obama budget chief Jack Lew. Former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. No. 2 Alabama beat No. 1 LSU 21-0 for the first shutout in BCS title game history.
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BIRTHPLACE: Richmond, BC, CAN
DRAFTED: CHI: 2003-14 overall
|Posted a career-high 48 points (9G, 39A) in 82 games during the 2010-11 regular season … Has reached a career-high nine-goal mark three times … Holds the franchise record with eight career overtime goals (regular and postseason combined) ... Tallied a career-best four points (4A) on Oct. 7, 2005 vs. SJS, a franchise record among rookies … Skated in a regular-season career-high 31:22 on Nov. 3, 2011 at FLA ... Notched postseason career highs with 12 assists and 15 points in the 2014 playoffs … Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics … Won the Stanley Cup in 2010 and 2013 with Chicago.
|2013-14: Earned 41 points (7G, 34A) in 82 regular-season games, second among club blueliners … Shared the lead among team defensemen in goals … Ranked second on the team with 142 blocked shots … Recorded eight multi-point games … Tied a career-long four-game assist streak (4A) from Oct. 24-28 … Tallied his 200th career assist on Nov. 14 vs. ARI … Tied a season-long four-game point streak (2G, 4A) from Dec. 6-11 … Recorded a season-high seven hits on Dec. 14 vs. TOR … Skated in a season-high 26:57 on March 23 vs. NSH ... Recorded 15 points (3G, 12A) in 16 Stanley Cup Playoffs games … Set postseason career highs in points and assists … Paced team defensemen and ranked third among league blueliners in playoff points … Led the club with six power-play points (2G, 4A) … Notched multi-point efforts in his first four games of the postseason (1G, 1A on April 17 at STL; 1G, 1A on April 19 at STL; 2A on April 27 vs. STL; 2A on May 2 vs. MIN) … Posted two three-game point streaks (5A, April 27-May 4; 1G, 3A, May 28-June 1) … Missed three games due to suspension (April 21-27).
2012-13: Ranked second among team blueliners with 20 points (8G, 12A) in 47 regular-season games … Posted a +12 plus/minus rating … Posted 106 hits and 103 blocked shots as one of seven NHL blueliners with 100-plus blocked shots and hits … Recorded four multi-point games … Logged a season-high 27:37 of ice time on Jan. 27 vs. DET … Took a season-high five shots on goal on Feb. 15 vs. SJS … Registered a season-high eight hits on March 1 vs. CBJ … Tied a career high with two goals, both on the power play, on April 20 vs. PHX … Was one of two Blackhawks to net a goal on his birthday (April 20 vs. PHX) … Missed one game due to injury (Feb. 19) … Tallied four points (3G, 1A) in 23 postseason games en route to the 2013 Stanley Cup championship … Netted two game-winning goals and was one of only two league defensemen to net more than one GWG … Notched his first career playoff GWG in overtime in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals on May 29 vs. DET … Tallied the OT GWG in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 19 at BOS … Set a franchise record with eight career OT goals (regular and postseason) … Skated in a career-high (regular and postseason) 39:12 on June 12 vs. BOS.
2011-12: Paced team defensemen and tied a career high with nine goals and ranked third among club blueliners with 34 points (9G, 25A) in 78 regular-season contests … Reached the 30-point plateau for the fifth time and the 20-point mark for the seventh consecutive season … Shared eighth among NHL defensemen and ranked second on the Blackhawks with a +21 rating … Ranked seventh in the NHL among defensemen with a team-high 198 hits … Paced Chicago with 165 blocked shots … One of four NHL defensemen to register at least 190 hits and 150 blocked shots … Registered a career-high 156 SOG … One of two NHL blueliners to record 150 hits, 150 blocked shots and 150 shots on goal (B. Seabrook) … Finished second on the club with a career-high 24:43 average TOI … Recorded six multi-point games, second among club blueliners … Tallied three points (2G, 1A) over a season-long three-game point streak from Feb. 3-10 ... Collected an assist in the 500th regular-season game of his NHL career on Dec. 11 vs. SJS … Recorded his 200th NHL point (1A) on Dec. 2 vs. NYI … Missed four regular-season games (Nov. 16-23) due to injury … Tallied three points (1G, 2A) in six postseason appearances vs. PHX in the Western Conference Quarterfinals … Led team blueliners with 18 SOG … Ranked second in the league with a postseason career-high average TOI of 30:01 … Paced Chicago with 12 blocked shots … Shared the game high with a postseason career-most 7 SOG in Game 1 at PHX on April 12 … Recorded 33:45 TOI in Game 3 vs. PHX on April 17.
2010-11: Ranked fifth on the club and led team defensemen with a career-high 48 points (9G, 39A) while being one of two Blackhawks to appear in all 82 regular-season contests … Tied his career high with nine goals and set a career best with 39 assists … Netted a career-high 5 PPG to lead team blueliners … Ranked third among NHL defensemen with 227 hits … Finished second on the club with 154 blocked shots … Ranked second on the Blackhawks with 24:23 TOI per game … Paced the team with 2:46 of shorthanded TOI per game … Registered a team-high 27 assists at home and led club defensemen with 30 points (3G, 27A) at the United Center … Led team blueliners with 10 multi-point games, including one three-point outing … Registered a pair of assists on Oct. 16 vs. BUF for his first multi-point outing of the campaign … Recorded a season-high 6 SOG on Oct. 9 vs. DET … Logged a season-high 28:30 TOI on Oct. 11 at BUF and on March 9 at TBL … Registered one assist in five playoff games during the WCQF vs. VAN … Notched his only point of the postseason with a helper on the game-tying goal to force overtime in Game 7 at VAN on April 26 … Missed Games 4 and 5 due to injury.
2009-10: Collected 26 assists and 30 points in 78 regular-season games … Ranked second among Blackhawks defensemen with a +20 rating … Led the club with 153 blocked shots … Ranked second on the team and paced club blueliners with 208 hits … Posted six multi-assist games and seven multi-point outings … Compiled two season-long three-game point streaks from Oct. 2-8 (4A) and Nov. 13-19 (3A) … Collected the 100th assist of his NHL career on Dec. 13 vs. TBL … Ended the longest shootout in Blackhawks history with an 11th-round game-deciding goal on Dec. 1 vs. CBJ ... Netted the overtime GWG on Oct. 12 against CGY to cap the biggest comeback in franchise history (down 5-0) ... Credited with a Blackhawks season-high nine hits on Dec. 5 at PIT ... Missed the Oct. 24 game vs. NSH, ending a streak of 223 consecutive regular-season games played … Netted a postseason career-high four goals and added seven assists in 22 games en route to the 2010 Stanley Cup championship … His 11 points shared seventh among NHL defensemen, while his four markers ranked second among blueliners … Paced league blueliners with 81 hits and shared fifth with 36 SOG … Finished second on the team with an average TOI of 24:10 … Registered a career-high three points (1G, 2A) in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals on May 3 against VAN … Tallied seven points (1G, 6A) over a four-game stretch from April 24-May 3 … Posted four multi-point outings.
2008-09: Appeared in all 82 regular-season games and shared the lead among team defensemen with eight goals … Ranked fourth among club blueliners with 18 assists and 26 points … Led Chicago with 224 hits and 113 blocked shots and ranked fourth with a career-high +23 rating … Ranked second on the team with an average TOI of 23:19 … Tied a season high with two points three times (March 13, 20 and 27) … Registered the overtime GWG on March 27 vs. NJD … Accrued the 100th point of his NHL career with an assist on Jan. 11 vs. NSH … Posted a season-long three-game point streak from Nov. 1-9 (1G, 2A) … Accrued a season-high 9 PIM on Nov. 14 against STL … Paced Chicago with 11 assists and led team defensemen with 12 points while appearing in all 17 games during his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut … Paced Chicago with an average TOI of 26:00 … Shared the squad lead with three assists and three points during the Western Conference Final vs. DET … Posted seven points (1G, 6A) in a postseason-long five straight games (April 22-May 2) … Notched his first playoff point with an assist on April 18 vs. CGY ... Netted a postseason career-high two assists and three points, including his first NHL playoff goal, on April 25 in Game 5 vs. CGY ... Led Chicago with 24 hits in the quarterfinals, tied for first with five assists and shared second with six points .... Recorded a team postseason-high six blocked shots in Game 2 of the WCF on May 19.
2007-08: Paced Blackhawks defensemen with 23 assists and shared the lead among team blueliners with 32 points while skating in all 82 regular-season games … Ranked second on the squad with a 21:29 average TOI … Matched a season-high two points six times … Notched a season-long four- game point streak from March 29-April 4 (5A) … Logged a season-high 34:14 TOI on Jan. 8 at MTL … Netted a career-high two goals, including the GWG, on Dec. 23 vs. EDM.
2006-07: Shared the lead among team defensemen with four goals and ranked second with 20 assists and 24 points in 81 regular-season games … Missed his only game of the season on Dec. 17 vs. COL due to injury … Led Chicago with a career-high 104 PIM and ranked second with 129 blocked shots and 146 hits … Racked up a career-high 22 PIM and two fighting majors on Dec. 2 at NSH … Participated in the YoungStars Game as part of the 2007 NHL All-Star Game festivities on Jan. 23 in Dallas.
2005-06: Paced Blackhawks defensemen with 27 assists, 32 points and a +5 rating in 69 regular-season contests as a rookie … Ranked second among club rookies and sixth on the team with 32 points … Ranked second on the team with 27 assists … Dished out four assists in his second NHL contest on Oct. 7 against SJS, matching a Blackhawks single-game record for points and assists by a rookie … Notched his first two career NHL goals in overtime (Nov. 2, Nov. 6) … Posted an assist in his NHL debut on Oct. 5 vs. ANA.
2004-05: Ranked second on the Western Hockey League's Lethbridge with 42 assists and third with 54 points and 107 PIM in 63 regular-season contests … Made his professional debut, appearing in three regular-season contests and six postseason tilts for the AHL's Norfolk Admirals and logging one assist in the playoffs.
2003-04: Ranked second on Lethbridge with 29 assists, fifth with 41 points and tied for fourth with 107 PIM in 61 regular-season games.
2002-03: Ranked third on Lethbridge with 33 assists and fourth with 113 PIM while potting nine goals.
2001-02: Collected 33 assists, 39 points and 70 PIM in 67 regular-season tilts with Lethbridge … Appeared in four postseason contests, posting two points (1G, 1A).
2000-01: Held scoreless in four regular-season games with Lethbridge during his junior debut.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Won a gold medal competing for Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver … Posted one assist, 2 PIM and a +2 rating in seven games … Appeared in eight games with Team Canada at the 2006 World Championship … Won gold with Team Canada at the 2005 World Junior Championship, posting three assists and a +6 rating during the tournament … Represented Canada at the 2004 World Junior Championship, recording three points (1G, 2A) in six games … Played seven games for Team Canada at the 2003 U18 World Junior Championship, logging six points (3G, 3A) and 4 PIM for the tournament winners.


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The full color ads make you hungry. Prime cuts of beef, perfectly aged and exquisitely marbled -- so juicy and pink that they trigger a Pavlovian response. Steak. Salivate.
Thumb through any in-flight magazine and you'll see the ads for the nation's top steakhouses. Like pasta to Italy, steak is America's signature dish -- and a significant part of the 52.2 billion pounds of meat we consume in the United States each year, according to the USDA.
For steak lovers, San Francisco has plenty of options.
House of Prime Rib, Ruth's Chris, Harris' and Boboquivari's all set the standard when it comes to a great steak. And a new contender is starting to sizzle -- a steakhouse on Nob Hill, 1777 California, called Osso — as in "osso good."
In the soft glow of warm wood and quiet conversation, Osso's Jim Wagner shares secrets to serving the perfect steak. It starts, organically, with how the meat is sourced. Think farm to fork -- the new buzz words.
"We have eight guys who go out to Omaha and select the animals for us," Wagner says. "Ninety percent of them come from small farms. Then they cut the meat to our specifications and age it."
The aging process is an art in itself. Steaks are wet-aged or dry-aged, and it's a matter of personal preference. We order both and find the dry-aged brings out more of the buttery quality of the meat. Both are exquisitely tender.
"All the marble and the fat content -- that's what you're getting the flavor from," Wagner says. He points to the open kitchen where chefs prep the porterhouse, filet mignon and bone-in New York. No broilers here -- they're cooking each steak on a skillet to keep the juices close to the meat.
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Michael Larsen, also known as Eyedea, passed way...
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Waynesboro, Ga--All roads out of Waynesboro Saturday lead to the Georgia Dome and Atlanta. Heck, the school sold out of their 4000 tickets they had for pre sale so a big crowd will be wearing the blue and white. So too will a crowd in support of peach county.
This year's Bears have been nothing short of record breaking. If they could muster 45 more points in the title game, they will set the state record for points in a season. Led by the two headed quarterback system of Corey Mayton and Donquell Green, scoring has not been an issue. Ever since day one this team has had one goal and only one goal. Now they're 48 minutes away from reaching that goal.
"Basically it tells everybody that we're ready for anybody, anytime, anywhere." said Davonte Lambert "Like Burke County, is the real deal this year and we aren't playing no games."
We know the 48 minutes that we're going to have to tangle with Peach County this Saturday will be the toughest 48 minutes of the season." said Eric Parker "I think you have to go in with attitude and you have to go in with a conviction of preparation."
Don't sell the Trojans short, they've won three of the last six state crowns and their defense, stout giving up an average of nine points a game. It's a 4:30 kick off from the dome and of course you can get tickets there if you're interested in going.


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Absolutely every time I get on the phone my children suddenly become the most needy and mischievous kids ever! As a result, I often have to interrupt my telephone conversations to either catch my children from creating havoc, or to hush their constant whinings of "Mooooommmmmyyyyyy!!!!!"
My mother often giggles as she talks to me when she hears the comments I have to make to my children. Then, one day as we talked, she made a list of the things I had to say to my children to try to maintain peace while I spent a few minutes talking to her. I thought I'd share some of those things so that any other moms who have the same problems with the telephone/children connection can sympathize with such predicaments. So enjoy my list of things I've said to my kids while on the telephone:
• Please don't lick the dog.
• Quit sitting on your sister!
• Don't eat ANYTHING that came from the floor
• You are supposed to go potty in the bathroom – not anywhere else!
• Please put your pants back on
• Don't sit on the counter you could fall off and . . . oh dear.
• No! Wait! Don't touch . . . ewww . . . I'll call you back later.
• Please don't lick your sister.
• What is that! Where did you find that?!?
• No, I don't want to check to see if your foot is dirty. If it is, just go wash it.
• Is it alive or is it dead? AHHH! It's alive. Get it outside now!
• Please stop climbing on me.
• Sure you can watch another movie . . . . (ahh, more quiet time).
• It is NOT ok to throw mudballs at your sister. Go wash your hands now. . . . oh. . . . ok. Bath time.
• You've already had eight yogurts?!? No, you cannot have another one.
• Please tell me that you did not just eat the dog food.
So, if you have kids that seem to get into the most amount of trouble when you are on the phone (or the shower), take solace knowing that your kids aren't the only ones.
***Celese Sanders is a wife, a mother to three, and a syndicated columnist. Please feel free to write to her with questions or comments at email@example.com.
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December's storms have boosted the spirits of California's water watchers, with the season's first Sierra Nevada water survey revealing a snowpack deeper and wetter than normal.
The ritual trek along Highway 50 near Lake Tahoe to survey the state's water outlook revealed more than four feet of soggy snow, with moisture 34 percent above average.
That compares to last year's depth of 0.14 inches -- scarcely more than a few scattered patches.
"We are doing great -- off to an excellent start," said Ted Thomas of the state's Department of Water Resources. Last year was dry, except for late spring showers.
The crucial reading means the state will be able to deliver at least 40 percent of the supply requested by state water project members this year -- and it expects to give more, as -- and if -- winter storms accrue.
The measurements are particularly important because California is entering a fourth year of drought.
The gusting Pacific storms nudged San Jose's cumulative seasonal rainfall to 7.19 inches, a big splash beyond last year's 1.55-inch total. So far, Concord has had 9.64 inches; Livermore, 8.29 inches, and Oakland, 10.63 inches. This time last year, none of those cities had more than two inches.
The next week or two are expected to be dry, with temperatures ranging from the low 30s to low 60s, said Austin Cross of the National Weather Service in Monterey. He couldn't predict whether dry skies will persist through January.
That's no cause for concern -- it fits a pattern of a midwinter dry spells alternating with rains, Cross said.
Fresno farmers rejoiced while keeping a close eye on thermometers. On Wednesday night, to prevent freezing delicate oranges, huge fans blew air through the orchards and warm ground water poured through irrigation channels.
"This is fantastic news," said Fresno County Farm Bureau director Ryan Jacobsen, who views the snowy Sierra from his office. "The San Joaquin Valley is considered a desert. We would not be in existence if not for the snowpack above us."
Welcome signs of winter are everywhere in the Bay Area. White-blossomed milk maids and manzanita shrubs are blooming along Mount Diablo's Mitchell Canyon and Donner Canyon areas. And three beloved waterfalls are cascading down the flanks on the Clayton side of the mountain, visible to hikers on the Falls Trail, said naturalist Leslie Contreras.
Wednesday's clear winter skies gave Diablo's visitors views all the way to Mount Shasta, Mount Lassen, the Sierra and the Farallon Islands.
Fungus fans are thrilled by the appearance of mushrooms, delicious when they're not killing you. Our coastal mountains are home to more than 1,000 species, which start bursting through the soil two to three weeks after the first rains.
"Rains are heaven sent," said mycologist Phil Carpenter, "prime minister" of the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz, who is busy preparing for the annual Jan. 11-13 Fungus Fair. "This is our time to glory."
Other harbingers of the season, banana slugs, have emerged from their summer hiding spots -- finally able to travel along moist routes.
Chinook salmon are swimming up Mt. Tamalpais' Marsh Creek for the first time in 60 years, weary after spawning and a long journey from the ocean.
"December was very kind and generous to California's rivers and streams," said Steve Rothert, California director American Rivers.
Early rains are also important for local steelhead trout, said environmentalist Matt Stoeker, who monitors the Peninsula's San Francisquito Creek. "Having a heavy flow in December means fish are able to get out of the Bay and upstream to spawn."
Migratory birds are arriving in the Bay, a critical stop along the Pacific Flyway.
Stunning white snow geese, visiting from the Arctic, were in a flock of Canada geese at the Sunnyvale Baylands Park. Other avian winter visitors include red-breasted nuthatch near Mount Madonna and pine siskins feeding on redwood cones atop tall trees along Highway 152. In the Central Valley, vast flocks of sandhill cranes and tundra swans have gathered.
But water-lovers are trying to temper their enthusiasm in a still-young winter.
"We still have a lot of season left to go," said Jacobsen. "We're really encouraged, but the rains have to continue for it to be a true success."
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Luke Black is looking forward to playing in his first professional football game.
The Marietta native, who played his prep ball at Parkersburg Catholic and collegiately at Fairmont State, will be suited up in an Omaha Nighthawk uniform when the Nighthawks kick off their season at Sacramento (Calif.) at 11 p.m. Friday.
"I learned that I made the team on Monday, and that was great news," said the 23-year-old Black, who has been in the state of Nebraska, trying out for the team, since last week. "It's a step in the right direction."
The Omaha Nighthawks are a member of the United Football League (UFL), which began play in 2009.
Also in the league are the Sacramento Mountain Lions, Las Vegas Locomotives, and the defending champion Virginia Destroyers. Many of the players have National Football League (NFL) experience. Quarterbacks Jeff Garcia and Daunte Culpepper once donned a UFL uniform.
All UFL contests are televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network.
"The competition is really tough," Black said. "I feel so blessed, and want to help the team in any way I can."
On the Nighthawks' roster, Black is No. 95. He's listed as a 6-foot-6, 265-pound defensive tackle.
Black is the son of Gregg and Sheri Black, who will be in attendance for his first professional game.
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I love brownies. I always have and I always will – without nuts. I love all kinds of nuts, by the handful, in baked goods and sprinkled on a variety of food items. But, a chocolate brownie without nuts is heavenly. They are included in our snack basket and I always receive compliments. Bill and I almost always have a small piece as a taste test to insure quality. At least that's our reasoning, but we can't come up with an excuse for adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream, except that it tastes so good.
I've been making this same recipe since 2004 when I found it in an issue of "Cook's Illustrated", a wonderful magazine filled with recipes that have been tested to the max. So, I will give all the credit to the magazine for these delicious chocolate brownies.
Do you have a favorite recipe you would like to share? I would be delighted to test it out in my kitchen.
The Best Chocolate Brownies:
1-1/4 c. cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. baking powder
6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine
1-1/2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
2 /14 c. sugar
4 large eggs
1 T. pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Fit a piece of tin foil on the bottom and up the sides of a 9×13 inch baking dish. Spray with nonstick cooking spray – not too much.
Whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder and set aside.
Melt chocolate and butter in a large bowl in the microwave on high for 45 seconds. Stir and heat for another 30 seconds. Stir the mixture until it is completely smooth. You may have to repeat for another 15 seconds. Gradually whisk in sugar.
Add eggs one at a time, whisking after each addition until thoroughly combined.
Whisk in vanilla. Add flour mixture in three additions, folding with a spatula until batter is completely smooth.
Thansfer batter to prepared pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Cool on rack to room temperature, then remove brownies. I flip them over to remove the foil, then flip them back again. Cut to desired squares, sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy.
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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Madison, WI, USA
DRAFTED: CHI: 2002-282 overall
|NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (2006) Missed majority of 2009-10 due to knee injury in pre-season at Minnesota, September 20, 2009. Signed as a free agent by Dallas, July 1, 2010. Signed as a free agent by San Jose, July 1, 2012. Missed majority of 2013-14 due to recurring back injury and hand injury vs. Edmonton, March 25, 2014. Signed as a free agent by Vaxjo (Sweden), October 17, 2015. Signed as a free agent by Malmo (Sweden), January 13, 2016.
|2013-14: Missed the final eight games of the season due to injury…Played in 15 games before leaving the game early due to injury on March 25 at Edmonton…Activated from IR and made season debut 10:06 on Feb. 5 vs. Dallas…Missed the team's first 57 games of the season due to injury…Underwent back surgery on Oct. 17.
2012-13: 3rd amongst team forwards in blocked shots (33)…4th on the team in hits (65)…3rd amongst team forwards in penalty kill time on ice per game (1:17)… Scored his first goal as a Shark on March 5 at Vancouver…Recorded his first point as a Shark on Feb. 26 vs. Colorado… Fought Dorsett on Feb. 11 at Columbus and earned his 500th career penalty minute in the process…Played in his 300th NHL game on Jan. 24 vs. Phoenix…Playoffs: 7th amongst Sharks forwards in blocked shots (5) and led the team in faceoff percentage (76.9%), winning 20 of his 26 postseason draws…4th amongst team forwards in average shorthanded time on ice per game (1:12).
2011-12: Appeared in 65 games with Dallas, posting 19 points (6-13=19), 76 PIM and a +6 ranking…Set a new career high in assists (13) and points (19)…Finished 1st on the team with a 55.8% in the faceoff circle, 3rd on the team in PIM (76) and 6th on the team in plus/minus rating (+6)…Averaged 1:26 shorthanded ice time per game…
2010-11: Posted new career-highs in goals (8), assists (6) and points (14)…Ranked 2nd on the team with 91 PIM…Recorded his only multi-point game of the season at Edmonton on Jan. 20 (1-1=2)…Dallas was 38-18-7 when he was in the lineup in 2010-11…Missed 19 games due to injury… Skated in his 200th career NHL game vs. San Jose on Dec. 16…
2009-10: Missed the first 65 games of the regular season due to injury…Finished the season with 4 points (1-3-4), 14 PIM, and a +2 rating in 13 games…Scored career-high two assists in one game on Apr. 6 at Dallas…Playoffs: Won Stanley Cup with Chicago…Appeared in 15 games, posting 9 hits, 6 blocked shots, and 15 shots on net…
2008-09: Played in 66 games…Posted 6-3=9, 93 PIM, and a +3 rating…Ranked 2nd on the team with 93 PIM…Logged 1:53 of shorthanded time per game…Skated in his 100th career NHL game on Oct. 31…Playoffs: Played in 17 games, posting 3-2=5, 30 PIM, 35 hits and a +3 rating…Netted the Western Conference Quarterfinals series-clinching goal, his firstever Stanley Cup Playoff point vs. Calgary on Apr. 27…Averaged 2:25 shorthanded time per game, 3rd amongst Chicago forwards…
2007-08: Played 81 games in his first full NHL season…Posted 8 points (4-4-8) and 214 PIM…Scored his first NHL assist on Dec. 12 vs. Los Angeles…Scored his first NHL goal Jan. 22 at San Jose…Ranked third in the NHL and first on Chicago with 214 PIM… Became the first Blackhawks player since Bob Probert in 1998-99 to rack up more than 200 penalty minutes in a single season…Averaged 2:50 shorthanded time per game, second amongst Chicago forwards…
2006-07: Appeared in nine games with Chicago during his first NHL season, notching 2 PIM…Made his NHL debut on Oct. 16 at St. Louis…Posted 21 points (11-10- 21) in 64 games with the Norfolk Admirals (AHL)… Tallied his first professional point with an overtime goal against Manchester (AHL) on Nov. 12…
2005-06: Captained the University of Wisconsin to the NCAA Championship during his senior year… Posted an assist on both goals in the NCAA championship game… Won the team's National W Club Community Service Award and was a Community All-American…Ranked third on the Badgers with 24 assists and 33 points.
PERSONAL: "Bur" or "The Legend" lists these favorites: Steak (food); Golfing and fishing (offseason activities); Golf (sport besides hockey); Rockstar (movie); Breaking Bad (TV show); Jason Aldean (musical artist); Cabo San Lucas (vacation spot); Kollege Klub in Madison (restaurant); Jeremy Roenick (hockey idol); Winning the Stanley Cup in 2010 with Chicago and winning the 2006 National Championship with Wisconsin (hockey moments(; Montreal (road city); Chicago Blackhawks (non-Sharks jersey)…Has the hidden talent of being able to play drums and the guitar…Would be a gym trainer if he was not playing hockey professionally… Says Brad Pitt would be the actor to star in a movie about his life…Can't live without his guitar…Says his parents were the biggest influence on his hockey


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The�Emmys�were held on a�Monday�night this year for the first time since 1976, but apparently that didn't deter people from tuning in.
Although the telecast was�down about 10 percent from last year's show, this year's�Seth Meyers-hosted outing was the second-highest rated Emmys of the past eight years. It drew 15.6 million viewers overall�and earned a 4.2 rating in the 18-49 demo. The awards show�was the most-watched night on any network since the Oscars aired on ABC back in March�and drew�35.2 million viewers.
Backstage at the Emmys: What you didn't see on TV
The Emmys typically take place on a�Sunday�night in September, but were bumped this year due to NBC's preseason football coverage.
The show failed to draw a significant number of viewers from other networks, however. CBS' Under the Dome�(6.6 million, 1.4) and ABC's�Bachelor in Paradise�(4.6 million, 1.3) and Mistresses�(3.2 million, .9) were steady from last week.�Under the Dome, however, dropped�from last week's 1.5 rating in the demo�to hit a new series low.�MasterChef�(5.3 million, 2.0) and�Hotel Hell�(3.9 million, 1.6) on Fox also matched their previous week's numbers.
Watch This Tonight — See why�Covert Affairs�is our editors' pick:
View original Ratings: Did a Monday Night Telecast Hurt the Emmys? at TVGuide.com
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BOULDER - Bruce "Edge" Edgerly navigates a maze of pallets - each laden with boxes reaching the ceiling - in his Boulder warehouse.
"What do we call this room now?" he asks no one in particular.
"The Float Department," comes an answer from behind a tower of cardboard.
"Ah. It's a department now," Edgerly says as his employees tear open boxes and stock swelling shelves with an array of Backcountry Access' Float backpacks, each boasting compressed-air cylinders that - with the yank of a ripcord - inflate airbags designed to save backcountry travelers caught in avalanches.
The avalanche-airbag backpacks are the latest wildly popular avalanche-safety tool that the 18-year-old company - acquired last week by K2 Sports - has developed, adding to a list that includes probe poles, shovels and the continent's most popular avalanche beacon.
As gear developed for traveling in avalanche-prone terrain explodes - skis, boots and bindings sales have soared 57 percent over the past three seasons, according to SnowSports Industries America retail statistics - Backcountry Access has emerged as a leader in the $40 million annual backcountry-accessories market.
"If you would have told me 20 years ago that I could have made a small fortune in backcountry skiing, I would have said you were nuts," said Edgerly, who co-founded Backcountry Access with Bruce "Bruno" McGowan in 1994. "Now everybody is jumping in. It's the real deal. It's mainstream."
K2's purchase of the 45-employee company adds the first backcountry brand to the sporting giant's quiver of 14 ski, snowboard, snowshoe and sneaker names. Terms were not disclosed.
To read this article in its entirety, go to http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_22359216/boulders-backcountry-access-pioneers-avalanche-safety-gear-education?IADID=Search-www.denverpost.com-www.denverpost.com


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Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Tuesday
By Gerald F. Seib and David Wessel
Recommended reading from around the Web:
The emerging deal in the Senate to temporarily reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling promptly "provoked grumbling Monday night among restive House Republicans," raising questions about its fate in that chamber and ensuring that the deal will pose a challenge for House Speaker John Boehner. [WSJ]
As details of a budget deal begin to emerge, it appears that Democrats' largest concession on Obamacare may be forgoing a 2.3% excise tax on the medical-device industry — a clear display of heavy lobbying influence in both parties, writes Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis). [The New Republic]
Richard Kim objects to the seeming early coronation of Hillary Clinton as the presumptive Democratic 2016 presidential nominee, writing that "anointing Clinton now isn't just anti-democratic; it paints a big sign on the party's door: No New Ideas Here." [The Nation]
Tim Harford (@TimHarford) explains why the efficient markets theory, which has taken a beating in recent years, merited a Nobel prize in economics. Any follower of Eugene Fama, the prize's recipient, "would have smelled a rat" long before the subprime crisis occurred, he says. [FT]
Janet Yellen isn't merely the first woman to head the Federal Reserve; she's also "the first acknowledged dove" on monetary policy, and "disquiet about that stance is growing" among those who worry about inflation, including Republicans in the Senate. [The Economist]
Harvard professor Claudia Goldin predicts the "Yellen effect" won't quickly boost the number of women who major in economics as undergraduates, and says emphasizing that economics is a valuable life skill that can be applied to many fields and encouraging women in introductory courses will help. [Bloomberg]
More than half of 436 small private colleges and comprehensive state institutions surveyed last month met or exceeded their enrollment or their revenue goals for the fall, while nearly half fell short of targets. Respondents indicated they were putting more money into financial aid, often in response to enrollment figures. [Chronicle of Higher Education]
What We're Writing
The Wall Street Journal hosted a breakfast with former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday.
Mr. Panetta faulted the White House and Republican leaders for failing to negotiate on major budget issues, saying a complete lack of trust between both sides was creating political dysfunction and punishing Americans, writes Damian Paletta. He also urged skepticism toward prospects of meaningful progress by either Iran and Syria, writes Siobhan Gorman.
Jerry Seib writes in Capital Journal that three nationally prominent Republicans—Rand Paul, Chris Christie and Paul Ryan—have improved their standing during the shutdown fight while their party's has slid backward. Jerry discusses his column on the News Hub.
Sign of the Times
Minor milestones we've spotted:
Banks have trimmed short-term debt holdings by more than 50% in the past two weeks, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. [WSJ]
Some 42% of urban highways in the U.S. are congested, and one in nine of the country's 607,380 bridges are structurally deficient. [WSJ]
Gambling and horse racing interest groups shelled out more than $59 million on lobbying and political contributions in New York since 2005. [New York Times]
The season premiere of "The Walking Dead" generated 1.17 million tweets. About 16.1 million people tuned in for it. [WSJ]
The most dedicated cable news viewers average 72 minutes of home viewing a day, while heavy viewers of network TV news watch almost 32 minutes a day. [Pew Research Center]
For critical perspectives on politics and the economy from Jerry Seib & David Wessel, visit Seib & Wessel and follow them on Twitter @GeraldFSeib and @davidmwessel.


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Evelyn M. Weller, 78, of Chambersburg, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Lininger-Fries Funeral Home Inc., Mercersburg. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery, Mercersburg. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service Monday in the funeral home.
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Sally Poole is the owner of Poole Communications, with offices in Hannibal, Marshall and Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She is very involved in Hannibal and Quincy, IL., with memberships in the Chamber of Commerce, Hannibal Arts Council, Affordable Community Education, Lions Club and Rotary. She has helped in the fund-raising campaign to build a Hannibal campus for Moberly Area Community College. Currently she is helping to start the Hannibal Chamber Business Development Committee.
In business it's important to be bold, outgoing, happy and charming. Business schools actually cultivate that type of personality because it has been successful behavior in the past. Well, that might be changing. Susan Cain has written about how quiet introverted people have a tremendous amount to offer. In fact, many of our new inventions were developed by these type of people. She points out how important it is to appreciate and support both types of personalities - not that there are only two!
As I've now worked on my business for almost thirty years, I've come to appreciate the quiet times. The time at work before all my colleagues get here. The time after work when I finish things up and line out my next day - and even the occasional weekend. It's when I do some of my most productive work. I love having the time to think things through without interruption.
It might be a good business model - find some quiet time for yourself to focus on those important things that you just aren't getting around to doing. That time may be some of the best time you have each day.
Here's a link to Susan's website and a little more information about Quiet.
Here's a link to our website if you'd like to learn a little more about my business, Poole Communications.


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Women's Health
Alcohol Linked to Cancer Risk in Women
Feb. 24, 2009 -- Women who drink as little as one alcoholic beverage a day -- be it beer, wine, or hard liquor -- have an increased cancer risk, a study shows.
Researchers followed more than 1.2 million middle-aged women for an average of seven years. The women were participants in the ongoing Million Women Study in the U.K.
Those who drank alcohol consumed on average one drink a day. These women had an increased cancer risk with increasing alcohol intake, especially for cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, mouth, throat, and esophagus.
Based on their findings, the researchers estimated that alcohol could be to blame for 13% of these cancers in women.
The link between alcohol and breast cancer has been extensively researched and reported on, but the study is among the first to link low-to-moderate alcohol consumption to other cancers in women.
"There were no minimum levels of alcohol consumption that could be considered to be without risk," cancer epidemiologist and study researcher Naomi Allen, DPhil, of the University of Oxford, tells WebMD.
Alcohol and Breast Cancer
Most of the excess cases were breast cancers. Allen and colleagues concluded that as many as 11% of breast cancers can be attributed to alcohol consumption.
Last year, about 250,000 women were diagnosed with invasive and non-invasive breast cancers in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. The latest research suggests that 27,000 of these cancers were alcohol related.
The study also shows that:
- Women who drank only wine had the same risk for developing cancer as those who drank beer, spirits, or a combination of alcoholic beverages.
- Less than 2% of the women in the study regularly consumed more than three drinks a day, but each additional drink increased risk.
- Women who smoked and drank alcohol had an increased risk of oral, throat, and esophageal cancer that was greater than the risk associated with smoking alone.
Allen says the findings cannot be extrapolated to men, because they were not included in the study. Most of the research on alcohol and cancer in men has been limited to heavy drinkers, but Allen says it is likely that low-to-moderate alcohol consumption increases cancer risk in men as well as women.
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Taste of History Night
Presented by The National Museum of Civil War Medicine, The Frederick Keys & Brewer's Alley
Join us for an evening of baseball & beer!
Celebrate the debut of Gettysburg Wheat, the fourth beer from the commemorative Civil War Beer Susequicenntial Series. Also available from the Civil War Beer Series- Proclamation Porter & First Draught!
Pre-sale Ticket price includes: admission, reserved seating and 4 tokens for 6oz beer tastings.Additional beer tokens can be purchased for $2 each at the entrance to the Courtyard. A portion of the proceeds from every presale ticket will benefit The National Museum of Civil War Medicine, just be sure to mention the promotional code medicine. The game starts at 6:00pm, Fireworks will follow.
To purchase tickets call the Key's Box Office at 301-815-9900
Promo Code: medicine
Rain Date: July 17th, 2013


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The mission of the Palo Alto Library Foundation is to spearhead fundraising campaigns to support a modern, dynamic library system that serves the needs of everyone in the city. With the Grand Re-Opening of Rinconada Library on February 14, 2015, the last of our city libraries to be remodeled, that is exactly what we have — vibrant locations with modern facilities and fantastic programming, dozens of new computers, and thousands more books, DVDs and e-books.
The Palo Alto Library Foundation Board of Directors has carefully reviewed our mission, the state of the city's library system, and the other options that the community has for supporting libraries. We have completed our mission and concluded it is time for our organization to cease operating, and we will do so on June 30, 2015, the end of our fiscal year.
Please join us as we celebrate our foundation's success, our city's modern library facilities, collections, and programming, and our donors, who helped make it all possible!
To support our libraries contact:
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2010 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 53 games, starting 50 for the Islanders … hit one home run with 23 RBI hitting .283 … second on the team with 191 at-bats … broke the school's record-long hitting streak in the opening game of the season against Prairie View, in which he went 5-for-9 with four RBI in the doubleheader … his streak ended at 24 games against Nebraska (2/26) … went 4-of-7 in stolen bases during the season … had two doubles, three hits and four RBI against Prairie View (2/21) … also had three hits in the second game against PVSU … had a big series at McNeese, delivering three hits in each of the first two games and driving in six runs with a homer in the Saturday affair … went 6-for-6 with four runs against Central Arkansas (5/8) … played summer baseball for the Victoria Generals of Texas Collegiate League and was fourth on the team with a .309 batting average.
2009 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 53 games, starting 49 … named to the Ping! Baseball Freshman All-America team … led the Islanders with a .335 batting average … finished season with a 22-game hitting streak … second on team with 65 hits, three triples and nine stolen bases … was third in on-base percentage at .394, and runs scored (33), while fourth with 18 walks … recorded first multi-hit game of career against Texas State, going 4-for-4 with a run scored … finished Texas State series going 7-of-12 in three games … went 2-for-4 against Houston Baptist with a career-best four RBI … had solo home run against McNeese State as he was 3-of-4 in series finale … belted second home run of his career against nationally-ranked Texas … posted eight multi-hit games during 22-game hitting streak to end season averaging .378 (34-of-90) during the stretch.
High School: Played for Calallen High School and coach Steve Chapman … helped team to a 42-1 record and state title his senior season … team won state in 2005 as well … batted .405 with a team-best 55 runs scored and 24 RBI as a senior earning all-state honors … reached base 50 straight games … named all-district, all-metro and all-South Texas three times … lettered in football three seasons twice earning all-state honors.
Personal: Jeramie Marek was born Oct. 16, 1989, in Corpus Christi, Texas … son of Linda and Randy Marek … is majoring in kinesiology.