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Judicial chaos: Offenders charged while leaving court
AFTER leaving court, having just pleaded guilty to various charges, five offenders took little time to work out a way to find themselves back before a judge.
Stationed outside Gatton Magistrates Court, police saw three people exit the courthouse only to get in their cars and commit offences behind the wheel.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Alister Windsor said the three were picked up for driving offences before they had travelled more than 200m down the road.
"There were a couple of mobile phone infringements - they were on their phones," Sgt Windsor said.
"That fine is now in excess of $1000, which makes it a very expensive phonecall."
The third offender kept his hands off his phone but instead decided to perform a burnout, with the courthouse still visible in his mirrors.
Later that day, police pulled over another two offenders who had pleaded guilty to driving offences and had been disqualified from driving.
"Within 24 hours, they were caught driving again," Sgt Windsor said.
Unable to give up driving for even a day, the offenders only made matters worse for themselves, landing a fresh court date with the prospect of a lengthy disqualification period to come.
"Because they are facing a charge of driving while disqualified by court order, they're facing a mandatory two-year disqualification and that's in excess of any fine or other penalty the court may impose," Sgt Windsor said.
"Anyone who chooses to do that really is making a huge mistake."
Police had stationed a "spotter" outside court, tasked with noting anyone leaving court who broke the law.
"He was making observations, inclusive of matters before the court," Sgt Windsor said.
"Interceptions were conducted as offenders drove away."


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As part of London Cocktail Week, we had the fantastic opportunity to try our hand at ice sculpting in a special 'meisterclass' run by Jägermeister. With the aim of providing the basics of home ice making for cocktails, this class was not only incredibly fun but left us with some truly useful skills to impress future dinner guests (being raised in Surrey gave us an appreciation of the fine art of hosting!).
Starting with a huge block of crystal clear ice, we were armed with two types of knives, a hefty mallet and an assortment of strange looking ice picks to hack ourselves out an array of impressive ice shapes, starting with a basic cube to elaborate diamonds and spheres.
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To prepare cocktail worthy ice sculptures, the carver must firstly take a slab of prepared ice and saw through slightly with a sharp serrated knife before tapping their way through with the mallet. This formed two smaller blocks, a process that was repeated a number of times until a cube small enough to fit inside a rocks glass was formed. Once this initial shape is created, you can carve away corners to create a multi sided shape that captures the light at each intersection, or continue to whittle down using 45 degree angles to carve out a diamond shape.
One of the most difficult and rewarding shapes was undoubtedly the sphere (ok, ok, we only really managed an ovoid/ice egg but still!), which was created by chipping away using a strange three pronged fork/pick/ice thing. This caused ice shards to fly everywhere in a refreshing flurry of ice rain, really great fun!
A lot harder than it looks (we may have clumsily cut ourselves a few times), this masterclass was a really unique experience in a week full of events that stood out as one of the most memorable and inspired things we've done in a while as part of DrinkingTwins – look out for twin ice sculptures in the future!
During LCW at Big Chill (where these masterclasses were held), Jägermeister served a selection of fun and classic cocktails accompanied by bar flaring and DJ events that made the whole place vibrant and fun. Located on the Big Chill terrace, Jägermeister's Der Wald Bar, transported cocktail lovers to a contemporary German forest complete with fairy lights and foliage – a great immersive way to lose yourself in the world of Jäger!
This included impressive sculptures and ice luges where Jägerlovers could indulge in an ice cold filtered shot, poured straight down the hatch, perfectly served at -18°.
A delectable selection of £6 cocktails were available from Jägermeister's Hubertus Circle bartenders, including: Black Magic, Manifest Hunter's Tea, Jägermeister Sour, Jungle Hunt and Manifest on the Rocks, plus Jägermeister's signature cocktail – Jägermeister Mule.
Nicole Goodwin, Marketing Director for Mast-Jaegermeister UK comments: "An inherently complex spirit, Jägermeister naturally lends itself to being enjoyed as an ice cold shot, as well as being used for experimentation and cocktail creation. We're delighted to be continuing as official sponsors of London Cocktail Week and partnering with Big Chill as our festival venue. This year, we've curated cocktails and experiences that we think surprise and excite consumers, ultimately inviting them to reimagine the possibilities of Jägermeister."

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Divas is a contemporary love story with a delicate and unexpected twist; we pursue Damian and Adam as they tell the story of their relationship, one tells it from beginning to end, the other from end to beginning, in a skilfully crafted tale of love, lies and heartache. The story is, in essence, a Rubiks Cube – at times more colours matching up than others, though (spoiler) you will never match all of the colours by the time you reach the culmination of the play. Which some may find frustrating, though I anticipate many, like myself, will find the ambiguity a delightful contraption and far from unsatisfying.
It was wholly refreshing to see 'gay' as a character note, rather than placed at the epicentre of the story, it successfully sells itself as a love story, without sensationalising same sex relationships. It felt as though the roles could be played by a same-sex couple, or a heterosexual couple, Samuels has trapped a relationship, not a mode of sexuality within his writing. It also sensitively explores class and the conflicts that may arise in a relationship of two people with different upbringings. Interestingly, Damian declaring 'I read the Dictonary' [in order to become more 'intellectual'] certainly got a laugh from the audience, but scrape the surface from a seemingly humorous statement, and see the still existent rift that exists between the classes – education being a defining factor – the man from a working class background, desperate to familiarise himself to the similar artistic tastes and desires of his middle class boyfriend. That is perhaps one of the finest things about this play – it moves away from gay as a 2D plain and starts to explore the intersections.
It transpires that Adam and Damian first connect through their love of Divas – who, as if by magic, have materialised in the form of three sassy women, who underscore the story with a number of old Motown classics, sung soulfully and with spirit. They also dip in and out of the action to play the roles of friends and family, it's a clear concept, that worked for me, and made good use of their presence on stage. They were never too intrusive of the action, but added a great layer to the story.
If you're not sure what to see at Edinburgh, I highly recommend scheduling Divas in to your visit, Samuels writes with skill, insight and eloquence, to create a refreshing and unique story of love, loss and lies.
Book tickets here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/divas
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For any digital marketing campaigns to be successful, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and AdWords are the main building blocks for any Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and are the most crucial tools. Both tools have their own similarities and differences. Depending on what marketing results you want to achieve for your business, you can use them both or separately.
If you're new to digital marketing, you must have heard people mention words like SEO, PPC, CPC, click through rates, AdWords among others. Of course, you must be wondering what exactly they mean. We'll clear that for you before giving you reasons as to why SEO has a better return on investment (ROI) that AdWords.
What is AdWords?
AdWords is a platform that is owned by Google and is used for advertising. As a company or business that's advertising, Google AdWords allows you to market your services or products by placing ads on the different Google product pages like Gmail or YouTube, Google Search Results and to other Google affiliated websites that take part in publishing ads on behalf of the Google AdWords program known as Google AdSense.
With AdWords, your payment for the service is more flexible. You can either pay when a user clicks on the ad you placed which is known as Cost Per Click (CPC) or when your ad gets seen by people also known as Cost per Thousand (CPM). Cost Per Thousand simply means that the advertiser pays for an ad for it to get one thousand clicks or impressions or views.
What is SEO?
The most used and the most successful form of Search Engine Marketing, is the Search Engine Optimization. SEO is the process of getting free traffic that ranks better in the search engine results of Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines. However, for you to accomplish this, you'll need to have or own a website that searches engine friendly.
Search engines find it easy to read websites that are search engine friendly. Moreover, users find them easy to navigate for content based on how fast and functional they are topped with the user experience. Major search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing give search results to users based on what's relevant. This is determined by how content – local listings or videos – from different websites are ranked on the search engine.
With SEO, the top organic search website results listings are shown first because the respective search engine recognizes them as the ultimate authority. For organic results, no amount of money from advertisers can cause their sites to be highly placed than others.
Comparison Between AdWords and SEO
Both AdWords and SEO serve the purpose of giving your brand, products or services better visibility. The internet is flooded with basically the same things difference being the websites they are available on. So, how do these two compares:
- SEO gives you free traffic while traffic generated from AdWords is paid for
- AdWords is mainly for Google sites and any other websites that have Google AdSense whereas SEO applies to all the different search engines that exist
- SEO requires a lot of work to enable you to get on the first page of any organic search result while with AdWords, your ads are shown on the bottom and top of the Google search results
- AdWords gives you immediate results as people can see and click on your ads thus generating traffic to your site. On the other hand, SEO is long-term, and you will need more time to get a good ranking and free traffic to your site
- Calculating return on investment (ROI) for SEO is a bit more difficult as several factors come into play while with AdWords, it's quite easy to calculate ROI
- SEO traffic is long-term once your website's ranking is high while with AdWords, once you stop your campaigns, you stop getting traffic to your website
- AdWords allows you to use multiple keywords all together whereas, for SEO, your keyword use is limited in order to get good results
- SEO results are solely from the search results pages while with AdWords, you are able to advertise on both the Google owned websites and websites that are in the Google AdSense program
Why Does SEO Have a Better ROI Than AdWords?
When your content ranks high in any organic search result, you won't have to worry so much about marketing. Your digital marketing spending will be dismal. Getting free traffic to your website can help with lead generation thus increasing your sales revenue.
When people make their search on different search engines, they will always get two results; either a paid ad or organic search results. From our observations, people who click on ads will often go back and try to find more information about a service, product or company by searching through the organic search results of the different search engine they are using.
A study released by Google shows that over 60% of users use their mobile phones to search for local products or services that they need with the top 5 organic search results pages getting many visits. In short, even though you are the best at what you do but can't be found on the top 5 search results, your brand won't be able to attract new users who are actively on the internet searching for your services.
As mentioned earlier, SEO has better ROI than Google AdWords or any other type of paid advertising. So, what exactly makes SEO stand out and be one of the tools that you can leverage on for your digital marketing needs?
Organic results are much more trusted by people than Ads
The best way to learn the behavior of people online and what they trust is to analyze data on what they click. For example, when searching for services or products, most people will ignore the ads at the top and look for websites offering the desired information. This is what is referred to as ad blindness; users moving past ads without bothering to read them.
However, depending on the industry, some may get high click through rate from the ads as compared to an organic search. This is however rare. From research, organic searches have always had a higher click-through rate compared to ads placed on the different search engine pages. Research shows that 75% of all page clicks come from organic searches. Such data can't be ignored. With effective SEO, you should be able to have your business on the first five pages of Google, Yahoo, Bing or other used search engines.
Web traffic from organic search results accounts for about 51% while that of AdWords is about 10%. Additionally, business services get 70% of organic traffic while ads get about 3%. For every pound spent on SEO, an organic search result traffic generates a profit of about £2.74 whereas on ads, for every pound spent, your revenue generation is -£0.95
Most users find pop up ads annoying and intrusive. Pop up ads tend to do more harm than good. Moreover, with the availability of pop up and ad blockers, most users will never come across your pages. As such, you are investing money and time in ads that barely get seen. Although AdWords gives you immediate results over a short period, SEO can double or triple the results once done right. With AdWords, you'll spend more and get less.
Recommendations from family or friends contribute heavily on SEO
Word of mouth has and continues to be one of the key ways that people buy products or services from companies. Before the internet age, it was one of the most reliable ways that people made purchases. Why? Because people trust their family and friends more than they trust ads popping up on their Google or Bing search.
How so? For example, if I've used a certain product and liked it and a friend is shopping around for the same, and they seek my opinion, I'll, of course, praise the product. Why? Because it worked for me. My friend will, therefore, be convinced and will end up buying the same product. Such direct recommendations have a huge impact on direct traffic to the product's website.
Direct traffic refers to traffic generated from people searching for your services directly via typing your website's URL or from their bookmarked pages on their browsers. These direct searches have a higher click through rate than that of Google AdWords. People who want to purchase a product recommended by friends will come directly to your website and search for the product.
They might look at a few competitor pages before coming back to your website to make the purchase. Your business showing up on the first page of an organic search proves that it's genuine and credible. This helps build trust in people, and they are likely to engage, make a purchase and become a repeat customer. Moreover, this helps in client retention. Ironically, people will in rare occasions click through organic search results that are SEO generated then go back and click on AdWords campaign.
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Even before spending a dollar on digital marketing, you need to be able to calculate your projected return on investment. Businesses are all about making money and not losing money. The one question you need to ask yourself is which of the two – SEO or AdWords – will give you a better ROI. If not for anything, knowing which of the two will give you better value for your money should help you decide.
As mentioned earlier, AdWords have a short-term impact compared to SEO which has multiple benefits over a long period. Although investing in SEO isn't immediate, the little money spent on it will continue to work and triple in profits compared to AdWords where you'll most likely not make profits. For example, building your SEO can help you get ranked on the first page of Google. Being third on their page gives you on average a 10% click through rate. On the other hand, placing your ad on the first page of Google gets you on average a 2% click through rate.
The above percentages give a clear representation of what works and what doesn't. Although SEO has a better return on investment, it's important to note that the results will take time. SEO relies on keywords used. Unlike humans, search engines rely on certain special codes to understand your content. Once you have your content, the engine will locate your website and associate the keywords used with your site. As such, every time someone uses that keyword, your website shows up first.
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Just as Rome wasn't built in a day, so does getting results from your search engine optimization. They will not happen overnight. Optimization is a continues business. Just like a car needs to be serviced and maintained, so does your website's optimization. Moreover, the older the wine, the sweeter the taste. The same wine analogy applies to your SEO efforts. The more you optimize it:
- the better your ranking on search engine pages
- the more visibility and direct organic traffic to your site
- the more lead generation for your business
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The general rule for keywords is what services your business offers plus the area. For example, if your business specializes in window cleaning services and is located in Los Angeles, your main keyword needs to be 'window cleaning services Los Angeles.'
Which of The Two Is Best for My Marketing Needs?
Both are good. For start-ups and small to medium sized business, getting visibility, sales, and leads is very important. Such business can start with Google AdWords as it gives immediate results. While ads help generates traffic to your site, you can work on optimizing your website and making it readable for search engines.
However, for AdWords, you will need better monitoring tools. This can help you analyze campaigns that are performing well and giving better ROI and help leverage on those. Without that, you end up losing lots of money.
In the long run, with a well-optimized site, you won't need to spend heavily on AdWords. If your SEO works well, you can use AdWords for promotional content, e.g., when you have sales offers to boost your SEO traffic. Additionally, you will need a bulletproof content marketing and social media strategy.
Content marketing will enable you to create content that's rich, and of high value to your audience, SEO will help with the optimization of your content for the different search engines thus boosting your organic traffic, and social media will help market and promote your optimized content to your targeted audience.
Bottom Line
You can comfortably use SEO and AdWords at the same time as they aren't competitors. Both tools need to be part of any of your digital marketing strategy.
Still, SEO is more sustainable several years down the line. A well-optimized site might be all you need to start reaching your target market and increasing your revenue.
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Violence on Friday in Basra left two dead and 39 wounded. Parliament is expected to hold an emergency session on Saturday to discuss the situation, and the security council reportedly met on Friday.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani blamed the government for the disorder and called for a new government with higher standards to be formed. Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said on Friday that the government must send more money to Basra.
Much of the ire has been directed toward militias, institutions perceived to be under the influence of Iran, and Iran itself, which they accused of being behind government corruption. Protesters stormed the Iranian consulate in Basra, then set it on fire. The building was empty of workers when attacked. Before security forces shot at the protesters to drive them out, they were filmed destroying items inside the building. Video of rioters raising the Iraqi flag over the consulate has been shared on social media. The border crossing between Basra and Iran was sealed shortly afterwards. Attempts to also penetrate the United States consulate were quashed.
The protesters also gathered at the headquarters of the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq militia and were able to set it ablaze before heavy gunfire drove them away. This militia was allegedly funded by Iran. It's leader, Qais al-Khaz'ali, threatened to retaliate against the demonstrators. There are also reports of attacks on wounded Shi'ite militiamen in hospitals. Many see the militias as Iranian-controlled.
Elsewhere in the province, demonstrators entered a water injection station at the West Qurna oil field, took two people hostage, and left peacefully after about an hour.
Protests also took place in Baghdad and Karbala.
At least 37 people were killed, and 50 were wounded in recent violence:
In Basra, two were killed and 39 were wounded.
Seven bodies were recovered in Mosul.
One person was killed and two were wounded during an attack on Chalabi.
In Baghdad, a bomb wounded three people.
A bomb in Taji wounded two people.
Twenty militants were killed in Husseiniyah.
And operation in Telol al-Baj left seven militants dead and four wounded.
A number of Kurdistan Workers' Party (P.K.K.) members were killed in Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq.


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When director Andy Muschietti's first adaptation of Stephen King's It debuted two years ago, the movie about a menacing clown went on to become the highest-grossing horror film of all time—earning a record $700 million in ticket sales worldwide. On September 6, Pennywise resurfaces in It: Chapter Two, with Muschietti returning to direct a star-studded cast including Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, and Bill Hader. The second installment picks up 27 years after the events of the first film, with the grown-up versions of the kids once known as the Losers Club reunite in their childhood town of Derry, Maine—when the killer clown, again played by Bill Skarsgård, comes back deadlier than ever.
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For Chastain, playing the older Beverly Marsh—a woman who was bullied at school and abused by her father as a teen—was an empowering experience.
"Beverly is one of the bravest characters I have played. [What] I love the most about her is that she's willing to face the difficulties from her childhood and overcome them," said Chastain on the fog-smoked arrivals carpet prior to the screening. "She knows that if you suppress memories and suppress sadness, you can't move forward. It takes a lot of courage to face your fears and sadness, and to me, Beverly is fearless."
Pennywise feeds off fear, which manifests throughout the film; it opens by depicting a brutal hate crime described in King's original novel, in which a gay couple is attacked by a group of teenage bigots. The incident was inspired by the true-life story of Charlie Howard, a gay man killed by a group of teens in King's home state of Maine in 1984. Xavier Dolan, the actor and director of films and music videos, plays a role inspired by Howard; his character, Adrian Mellon, is violently assaulted and tossed off a bridge.
Dolan, who is gay, defended the graphic nature of the sequence, calling it true to life: "The scene in the movie literally happened to a friend of mine recently. He got gay-bashed last weekend," he said on the carpet. "He was battered and got kicked in the face. The description of how it happened is exactly like the scene that was shot in the movie. The scene was originally written in the book in the '80s, and gay-bashing is still happening now. Gay-bashing is violent, and it's necessary to show the violence. It's not going to stop until we make a statement and a visual of it. So it's great that a big movie puts it up front for people to see it, that it's not fantasy. Andy shot it in a way that's very direct. He was very honest about it. There was only one way to show the violence: real, and not aesthetically pleasing. People said to me it's very hard to watch, and I want to them to realize that it's violent."


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Social Security recipients can now get their benefits verification letter and conduct other business online, as part of enhanced Web services introduced Monday by the federal government.
The letters, which state the amount of the recipient's monthly benefit, are used to verify income when, for instance, someone is applying for a loan or for special programs, like those offering reduced rent based on income. The letters are now available online for those who are retired and receiving Social Security, as well as those who receive Supplemental Security Income, which pays benefits to those who are disabled.
Recipients can also change their address and manage electronic delivery of their monthly benefits payment on line.
The availability of the letters and the other options represent the first "significant expansion" of the agency's online service, known as mySocialSecurity, since it debuted in the spring, said Michael Astrue, commissioner of Social Security.
The service initially made online access available to annual Social Security statements, for those who are still working. The statements list the annual income used to calculate benefits, as well as estimates of future benefits based on one's age at retirement.
To access information online users must set up an account, which requires them to answer questions to verify their identity before choosing a user name and password. Users can also opt for enhanced security, which requires providing additional information–such as a partial credit-card number. The system's verification system has been set up to balance convenience with the need for protecting an individual's privacy, Commissioner Astrue said. About three million people have created accounts so far.
Previously, recipients seeking benefits verification letters had to wait for one to arrive in the mail or visit a Social Security office in person. Last year, the agency processed about nine million requests for such letters, he said. Reducing the number of people who come into Social Security offices for such letters will allow staff at the offices to spend more time on more complex transactions, he said.
(Verification letters are separate from the annual notification to Social Security recipients of any increase in their benefits due to cost-of-living adjustments, an agency spokesman said.)
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In La Mesa, CA, auto loans have become much tougher to obtain. We place your application with companies who frequently give auto loans to consumers in La Mesa, CA. Just click here to submit your application.
Acceptance And Rate Of Interest
- Average La Mesa Income: $22,089 Annually
- Average CA Credit Rating: 672
For the most part, car loan companies will be expecting you to hold a consistent job with $1500 income monthly. Besides that, your total monthly debt, including your auto loan, must not surpass half of your income. For consumers who live in La Mesa, CA, this equates to $921 (average). Salary or credit score lacking? You might still be able to meet the requirements by taking one or more of these steps:
- Have a Co-signer
- Trade in a Car or Truck
- Furnish a Larger Down Payment
- Go with No Credit Check Loans.
Autos with No Down Payment in La Mesa, CA
Hoping to find zero down car loans in La Mesa, CA? We help people find zero down car deals all the time, though down payments are advisable if you have enough cash. Nearly all creditors will be satisfied with a down payment of 15 to 20%.
The other aspect to consider is your car payments. Don't spend more than 18-20% of your income for your California car loan. Let's consider numbers for the average La Mesa car shopper.
- Yearly Income: $22,089
- Monthly Income: $1,841
- Payment Range: $331-$368
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We make it simpler to get a bad credit car loan in La Mesa, California.
Fortunately for anyone who needs a bad credit car loan in La Mesa, CA, we can often match you up with a lender who doesn't just refuse consumers who have credit scores below 600.
If you earn more than $1500 on a monthly basis and have a debt to income ratio below 50%, your chances of being approved are quite good.
Bankruptcy Car Financing in La Mesa, CA
Maybe you've experienced a bankruptcy or repossession? A great many California residents worry that they can't finance a car with bankruptcy or repossession. Fortunately, there are creditors who offer automobile financing for folks with bankruptcy and very bad credit in La Mesa, CA. Generally, the bank or investment company will expect you to pay a high interest rate and offer at least 20% down.
Buy Here Pay Here Financing: La Mesa (CA)
Countless CA buy here pay here lots enable you to finance a car or truck without any credit check. But this reduces your chances of improving your credit ratings.
When it comes to buy here pay here dealerships, often known as no credit check or in house financing dealerships, the dealership doesn't rely on 3rd party loan companies to offer car loans. Simply put, these locations grant in house auto loans to California applicants who've got bad credit scores.
If you've got a low credit score, opting to work with a BHPH car lot in La Mesa, CA may seem like the best choice. Regrettably, they are not without several significant disadvantages, which include high aprs, hefty down payment requirements, much higher risk of predatory financing practices, and modest inventory.
But don't worry, we may be able to help you get approved for auto loans at better rates than you could expect with a your job is your credit vehicle lot.
La Mesa (CA) Used Car Lots That May Offer Auto Financing
- Drew Ford, 8970 La Mesa Blvd, 91941
- Car Mart, 7480 El Cajon Boulevard, 91941
- Auto World, 4949 Baltimore Drive, 91941
- Auto Finance Group, 7474 University Avenue, 91941
- Burger Carl Leasing, 8333 Hercules Street, 91942
- Baldwin Auto Sales, 8174 Center Street, 91942
- Auto Wholesale House, 8710 Washington Avenue, 91941
- Carl Burger's Chrysler World, Interstate 8 & Jacks, 91941
- Auto Authority, 7675 University Avenue, 91941
- Carl Burger Dodge Chrysler Jeep, 8355 Hercules St, 91902
- Don Keating's Used Cars, 8381 La Mesa Blvd, 91902
- Carl Burger's Chrysler-Jeep, 8333 Hercules St, 91902


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The value-added version of 2013 GAC Toyota Camry is on the domestic market
March 13, 2013, the value-added version of 2013 GAC Toyota Camry is on the domestic market officially, total of the listing include 3 models, the price range is 17.98-20.98 million. Consistent with the previous information we get from the sales channels,and the major distributors of GAC Toyota has begun offering this several models.
In the 2.0L displacement level, the Camry increased 2 models, respectively elite version 2.0E and 2.0G comfortable version, the price and positioning were lower than the current 2.0G luxury edition which official price is 199,800 yuan.
In the 2.5L displacement level, the new Camry 2.5G increase a more comfortable version of this model, this model relative to the current 2.5G Deluxe Edition, it decrease the keyless start system, cruise control, reversing video images, 6 inches multimedia touch screen and xenon headlights.
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About USBecome. Capture.
A place for coaches
The things that matter to me…(besides family, coffee, and dogs)
Grow through experience
There's a lot of pressure to grow a huge platform, launch an already successful and thriving coaching practice, and then present an illusion of success to clients. We aren't about that, and it's a sure path to eventual burnout or self-destruction. The best way to be in integrity with your work is to value and put experience first. That's why the first place I always suggest every new coach work is on their coaching skills and personal development and then to get clear on their message, ideal client, and the best way they connect with potential clients.
Be self-aware and aware of your clients
There is no certification training that can teach you about you. Very few certification trainings ask you to also take into consideration how social, economic, and other factors impact your clients' relationship to food and body. You can go get 10 more health coach certifications and you'll have a lot of knowledge, and an emptier bank account, but you'll still be seeking that missing piece: the power of self-awareness. A coach who knows themselves knows how to hold loving boundaries and how to stay curious and patient with clients and students. You're better able to learn, internalize, and hold space for others and to take their experiences into account.
Create quality while honoring who you are
When you've put experience first, valued your own self-awareness, and have begun to really develop and understand your message and what kind of coach you are, you can create amazing programs and a beautiful presence in your marketing that you can be proud of. Put love and quality into everything you do: do the research, really show up for client sessions, write the edgy content, do the bold photoshoot of your dreams, put on memorable in-person events, design a course you're excicted to teach, get on stage. Do it all, and care about the quality of it too.
I'm Sarah Lucille BTW.
My "Credentials" for those of you who care about such things:
Bachelor of Arts in History
Masters in Education
Certified Eating Psychology Coach and Holistic Health Coach
Director of Student Services and Communications at Institute for the Psychology of Eating
Mentor and Consultant to Coaches
Mom, Partner, Burlesque and Pole Dancer
Gemini, Queer as Can Be, In a Co-dependent Relationship With Coffee
The gist of what I do: I help holistic health coaches find the words to communicate how they help others and create their signature coaching programs.
I love to communicate and strategize, especially with wellness coaches. I understand how important your work is for your clients and for you. You chose a holistic approach because you care about your clients experiencing long term, sustainable results they can feel great about. I also get how challenging it is to capture all that you do in one elevator speech. You've been told to pick a niche, pick an ideal client, and promise results you don't feel great about promising.
I'm here to tell you, because I know from my own experience and my own work as someone very entrenched in the eating psychology coaching world, you do NOT need to do any of those things to connect with your best clients. In fact, they might actually slow you down.
And because I'm a systems person and a learn-from-my-own-mistakes kind of lady, I went through the whole spending thousands of dollars, taking down my own businesses, and testing the crap out of everything to discover the important things. They took my own practice from petering to way over booked to the point I had to restructure! So they matter. It's not some formula either. I just had to get to the bottom of why so many marketing tips didn't work for almost every holistically focused health and wellness coach I met...
They weren't made to work for you. They were made by marketers who can build businesses through manipulation and deceit. You can't.
For one, it literally makes you sick when you try. Doing anything out of alignment with your values is going to take you clean out.
And second, your clients are smart like you and already suspicious because, let's face it, they've been in an abusive relationship with the dieting industry for too long. They're hungry for a fresh approach! That includes in your marketing.
FINALLY: too many of those approaches counter who you are as a coach and result in your clients connecting with an idea of you...not you the coach.
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Pregnant Kim Kardashian is set to get a VERY special season's greeting this year!
With her bump getting bigger and bigger (and her maternity wear getting increasingly experimental), we're all itching to know when Kim Kardashian's little one will arrive.
Kim Kardashian pregnancy wardrobe
Well it seems that, just like his daddy Kanye West, the baby boy already loves to make a statement as he's apparently due to enter the world on Christmas Day!
Yep, doctors have estimated 25 December to be 34-year-old Kim's due date, sources close to her and Kanye tell TMZ.
And it sounds like the couple are already well prepared, having apparently booked a Deluxe Maternity Suite at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in LA, the same hospital where their 2-year-old daughter North was born in June 2013.
Kim has reportedly been told by doctors that she can expect to give birth naturally but a Caesarean section could be carried out if required for safety reasons.
The reality star suffers from a condition where the placenta grows too deeply into the uterus and this could pose a risk to her health.
A Christmas due date might come as a bit of a surprise to fans. Kim previously hinted that the bubba was due in November when an Instagram snap she posted in June was captioned: '4 months'
Nonetheless, we can imagine that Yeezus will be pretty thrilled by the idea of his child arriving on Jesus Christ's birthday!
The birth of a child is always an incredible occasion and for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West meeting their little one will be especially sweet given the struggle they faced to conceive.
Kim was open about her troubles getting pregnant before announcing she was expecting in June and has admitted that she may even need to have a hysterectomy after delivering her son.
'I had this condition called placenta accreta,' she told C magazine last month. 'There were a couple of little operations to fix all that, so that created a little hole in my uterus, which I think made it really tough to get pregnant again.
'They think I'll have placenta accreta again, so if the placenta grows a little bit deeper than it did last time, then they are prepared to have my uterus removed.'
Let's hope everything goes okay with the festive arrival of baby number two.
Watch the changing face of Kim Kardashian in pictures…
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Long non-coding RNAs play an important role in human complex diseases. Identification of lncRNA-disease associations will gain insight into disease-related lncRNAs and benefit disease diagnoses and treatment. However, using experiments to explore the lncRNA-disease associations is expensive and time consuming.
In this study, researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University and the University of Pittsburgh developed a novel method to identify potential lncRNA-disease associations by Integrating Diverse Heterogeneous Information sources with positive pointwise Mutual Information and Random Walk with restart algorithm (namely IDHI-MIRW). IDHI-MIRW first constructs multiple lncRNA similarity networks and disease similarity networks from diverse lncRNA-related and disease-related datasets, then implements the random walk with restart algorithm on these similarity networks for extracting the topological similarities which are fused with positive pointwise mutual information to build a large-scale lncRNA-disease heterogeneous network. Finally, IDHI-MIRW implemented random walk with restart algorithm on the lncRNA-disease heterogeneous network to infer potential lncRNA-disease associations.
Flowchart of the IDHI-MIRW
a building three lncRNA similarity networks and three disease similarity networks by calculating the Pearson correlation coefficient and Gaussian interaction profile kernel similarity. b forming the lncRNA/disease topological similarity networks with RWR and positive pointwise mutual information. c constructing the large-scale lncRNA-disease heterogeneous network by integrating lncRNA/disease topological similarities and known lncRNA-disease associations. d predicting the potential lncRNA-disease associations by implementing RWRH
Compared with other state-of-the-art methods, IDHI-MIRW achieves the best prediction performance. In case studies of breast cancer, stomach cancer, and colorectal cancer, 36/45 (80%) novel lncRNA-disease associations predicted by IDHI-MIRW are supported by recent literatures. Furthermore, we found lncRNA LINC01816 is associated with the survival of colorectal cancer patients.
Availability – IDHI-MIRW is freely available at https://github.com/NWPU-903PR/IDHI-MIRW .


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I'm following in Catherine's (of Walking with Cake) footsteps today and posting a few memorable links.
Palestinian teen killed in suspected revenge attack by hard-line Israelis, Al Jazeera America
Promoting better products or just promoting consumption?, This Kind Choice
Brainstorming Keywords, Etsy Blog (I've been working on SEO this week)
Set Me As a Seal, Rene Clausen (we sang this in church choir this morning; it's always a lovely one to sing and listen to)
Dus of Cuddly Cacti just got back from Mexico and has stocked Mitla Moda with some great new arrivals: Shop here
Over 50 Workers Injured in Yet Another Disaster…, North Face Death Traps
Retailer Asos Resumes Taking Orders After Warehouse Fire, Wall Street Journal (did you guys hear about this?)
Anything interesting on the fair trade front? On the internet cats front?


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Offit Kurman Attorney Neil A. Morris Represented Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA | April 28, 2015 Neil A. Morris, of Offit Kurman, Chair of the Labor & Employment Group Philadelphia Regional Office, recently represented Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania prevailing for the Township in a labor arbitration before the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"). This matter involved the discharge of a Police Officer who was accused of the abuse of a prisoner and other violations. Warminster Township v. Schmalz. The matter, from the employer's viewpoint, was complicated by the fact that the Officer was arrested and tried in criminal court but was found "not guilty" at a non-jury trial. The Township matter was an administrative proceeding lasting 11 trial days over more than two years. The AAA Arbitrator found in the Township's favor and upheld the discharge. The decision is not appealable.
firstname.lastname@example.com | 267.338.1383 Neil Morris has passionately represented employers for the last 25 years. Mr. Morris specializes in the areas of labor and employment, municipal labor law, employment discrimination, defamation and business litigation. Mr. Morris has served as Special/Labor Counsel for more than 35 Pennsylvania Townships and Boroughs, the County of Bucks and many private employers. He is often brought into municipalities to handle "crisis" situations involving employees and/or management. Mr. Morris handles cases throughout the country including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia. In 1999, Neil achieved one of the highest defamation jury awards ever in Pennsylvania for a business client. He also has extensive appellate experience arguing appellate cases before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Superior Court and Commonwealth Court as well as various Federal District Courts and before the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third, Fourth and Tenth Circuits. Mr. Morris has also argued successfully before the Mississippi Supreme Court.


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Silver Spring, MD 20916
Dr. Craig D. Uchida is the President of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. where he oversees contracts and grants with cities, counties, criminal justice agencies, foundations, and foreign nations. Dr. Uchida is currently working with the Los Angeles Police Department to design and implement Predictive Policing and with the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office to assist in reducing Mortgage Fraud in the county.
Dr. Uchida has studied violent crime, policing, and a variety of programs in the criminal justice system. He is the author of numerous journal articles, government publications, and monographs. He is the co-editor of two books on drug enforcement and police innovation and is co-author of a book that assessed the security of the Nation's dams, published by the National Academy of Science.
Dr. Uchida was a senior executive within the US Department of Justice. He is the former Assistant Director for Grants Administration and Senior Policy Adviser for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). As the Assistant Director for Grants Administration he and his staff were responsible for developing and implementing the grant making process, making grant awards, and grant monitoring. When he left the COPS Office he had provided $3.4 billion to over 9,000 law enforcement agencies for over 65,000 officers. His efforts at the COPS Office resulted in two major US Department of Justice Awards – the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award in 1995 and the JustWorks Award for innovation in government in 1997.
Dr. Uchida is active in numerous Asian American organizations locally and nationally. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, the Co-Chair of the Japanese American Network in Washington, DC, and the Treasurer of the Washington DC Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, the oldest Asian civil rights organization in the country.
In 2007, Dr. Uchida was selected by the Department of Defense to participate in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference that toured the Middle East. He was one of 45 business people selected to meet members of the US Central Command and tour military bases in Djibouti, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar.
Dr. Uchida received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany and holds two Masters degrees, one in Criminal Justice and one in American History.


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Thornden Secondary School in Chandler's Ford is one of the best schools in the country and it had a visit from local MP, Steve Brine, this morning who wanted to see for himself its progress.
Mr Brine met with Headteacher Su Whelan and visited large parts of the campus meeting students and staff and sitting in on parts of lessons. He also sent time in the school canteen, meeting catering staff and hearing about the healthy eating menu choices.
Thornden is ranked 'Outstanding' by Ofsted and has around 1400 pupils. It is an Academy school.
Steve said; "I always enjoy my visits to Thornden because it really is an example of excellence right across the board. It has a really nice feel and there's a calm about the place which aids good learning. Su Whelan has taken it to the next level since arriving as Head and it was extremely interesting to hear about the food choices students have and how the school is working with us in Government to face up to the obesity challenge.
"It was also a chance to chat a little about plans, in their infancy at the moment, to form a Multi-Academy Trust with nearby feeder school Hiltingbury Juniors. I think that partnership promises a great deal, in terms of successful transition at Year 6/7 as one example, and I look forward to seeing plans develop during this academic year."
Pictured; Steve Brine with headteacher Su Whelan in the student dining area.
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Today was a fairly warm day. Yet another abrupt change from the conditions of yesterday.
We drove south, firstly to Southport. I think I had been expecting this place to be a bit larger, but it really is just a hamlet – but a pleasant little place. It certainly features some excellent sea views.
Southport is the most southerly town in Australia – hard to believe, but it was once Tasmania's second largest town! It began as a whaling station, gained a big convict station and then supported timber milling. There was a substantial port used to ship timber to England.
When the French explorer D'Entrecasteaux discovered this area, in 1792, he called it Baie de Moules (Bay of Mussels). I think this is much more evocative than the prosaic "Southport"!
After driving around the few streets of the township, looking about, we drove out Lady Bay Road, to the east, to Burial Point. There were good rock shelves there, but they were no good for fishing from, because of lots of weed in the water – from the bull kelp "forest" there. We saw a couple of snorkellers in the water – maybe looking for crayfish or abalone. We got some mussels from the rocks for possible use later a fish bait.
There was a fenced off burial area, containing a row of flattish mounds – seven or eight of them. Our guide information did not give any clue as to the origins of these graves. We wondered if they were from a ship that anchored in the bay, before there was a settlement? Or from a whaling station? There may once have been wooden markers, of course, but nothing remains there now. A mystery!
We continued on along the unsealed coast track to Lady Bay, where we were able to park Truck just off the road and have our lunch, looking out over the bay to Bruny Island, where there were, clearly, bushfires. As we ate lunch, watched some wrens flitting busily about.
Continued following the track. It turned inland and became Peacock Road, an unsealed forestry track that turned out to be a pleasant detour to complete our circuit back to the main highway.
Continued south again, on the Cockle Creek road, all the way to its end. Left Truck there and followed the walk track around the shoreline, to a clearing by the sea where there was a bronze sculpture of a whale – a memorial to the whaling days that were so important around here. The sculpture was done by the same man who did the Steppe Sculptures, and the seal on the rocks at Constitution Dock in Hobart.
Although there is no settlement at Cockle Creek now, in its whaling and timbering days, it boasted some 2000 people! The original whaling station was integral to this.
We loved the bronze whale, and its sheer scale.
From here, John wanted to keep walking around to Fishers Point, and I thought that was a good idea. This was a pleasant walk of about two kms each way, along a series of little beaches, with some rocky and boulder scrambles in between these; and finally, a short section through scrub.
At Fishers Point, which is at the southern entrance to Recherche Bay, there was a navigation light, and the brick remains of an old pilot station that was established in 1836. The fact that this was there shows how much shipping there was around these parts at that time.
We explored around the Point for a little while and admired the views, then retraced our steps back to Cockle Creek. The walk back was superb, because we were looking across the bay to the dramatic peaks of the southern wilderness. Just beautiful.
We dawdled by the Cockle Creek for a while, watching little fish swim about in the water under the bridge, and a small penguin (a Little Penguin?) darting around in the water near the creek mouth.
There were lots more campers in the strip alongside the road, than there had been a few days ago. Someone explained that most were probably people taking a four day weekend break, as Monday is the Regatta Day holiday in Hobart and surrounds.
Drove back to Dover. There, we went to the "new" supermarket to buy some snack foods that on impulse, we decided we craved. Also a big tin of baked beans, for tea. I bought some postcards there too – of Adamsons Peak, which is a real landmark, behind Dover.
We drove 118kms today.
We sat outside the van, eating our snacks and having a can of beer. Then M, the park owner came along and gave us two big pieces of fish he'd caught – stripey trumpeter. So we had that for tea, instead of the beans. It was absolutely delicious – a beautiful fish to eat.
After tea, John was snacking on chocolate and broke a tooth on a piece. He took out a big chunk of tooth! It didn't ache but left behind really sharp edges that were annoying.


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Nicolas Cage as Magnum P.I.?
Nicolas Cage I used to think was a good actor, a great on screen personality. Then something happened, or rather nothing did, and he just kept playing the same character and his film choices became poorer and poorer. Now he's being linked with the Magnum P.I. film role, and my heart sank.
Apparently he's in negotiations for the role of Magnum P.I., a film that has had a chequered history. With Tom Selleck not returning after defining and owning that role in the TV series, and the script touted to be a comic parody, there's little hope of anything good coming of this. Add to that the fact that there has been actor after actor rumoured with this and you should take a sachet of salt to this story.
The rumour is that Nicolas Cage is in negotiations for the role and is impressed with the script, a script that marries crime investigation with comedy as did the original show. However the original show didn't have Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage on screen.
Bang International have the rumour through Cinema Blend, and it's one that I'm really inclined not to believe, or want to rather.
Charlies Angels, Starsky and Hutch, Magnum P.I., CHiPs, what next? Cagney and Lacey? Oooh, how about a Sledge Hammer film? Come on Hollywood, there's loads left to plunder yet. Follow that videogame model and rip the heart out of everything that has cheap rights available.


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No more late night trips to turn the lights off for Ormond Beach Leisure Services staff.
There was once a time when Leisure Services Director Robert Carolin would get phone calls in the middle of the night alerting him that the field lights were accidentally left on after a game at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex.
He would then either have to physically drive out to the field himself or send someone to turn them off. Now, he can grab his cell phone from his nightstand and shut them off remotely, and he can do so from anywhere in the world as long as he has cell reception.
"Now, it's really simple," Carolin said.
This feature is just one of the new upgraded lights in fields five through 10 at the sports complex, which have been in operation for the last three months. The lighting by Musco, a sports lighting company, cost the city $1,236,225, much of which was paid using the FEMA reimbursement Ormond Beach received from Hurricane Matthew. The original wooden light posts were loosened by the storm, causing the fields to close down until they were removed.
The city originally planned to simply replace the posts with the same high-intensity discharge lamp lighting but rerouted to LED because it was cleaner and is more uniform across the field, Carolin said. He added that the new LED lighting lasts longer and has a 25-year full-maintenance warranty system with Musco.
Aside from city staff, coaches and sports associations can now be assigned pass codes so they can turn the lighting on and off with their own phones. Carolin said the new improvements also include security lighting for the parking lots and almost zero glare away from the field.
"It's like a curtain drop," Carolin said. "So I could stand, literally, on the other side of this pole in the middle of the night and if my security lights weren't on, you couldn't see me."
Carolin said the lights also make the sports complex fields more marketable to outside teams and allow more flexibility for the leisure department regarding the times of day games can be held, especially during the fall and winter months.
"Due to the type of lighting it is, which is probably one of the best sports lighting that you could get with today's technology — and it's the most efficient — it's gonna be a much safer play because you're gonna be able to see if there are any undulations in the field," Carolin said.


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ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
A large part of modern experimental platforms operate in an out-of-equilibrium context, and are subject to drive and dissipation. As such, the theoretical description of their dynamics can be challenging. In this course, we present a set of methods that allow to compute the dynamics of open quantum systems.
First, we will focus on environment-induced quantum dissipation. In the case of quadratic interaction between the system of interest and its environment, we will show how to derive an exact master equation describing the dynamics of the system density matrix by using a path-integral formalism. This formalism, which is related to Keldysh path integral/non-equilibrium Green functions techniques, fully takes into account non-Markovian effects due to the interaction with the bath and can be widely used in a variety of contexts to describe bosonic or fermionic systems. We will discuss several examples where the use of such formalism allows to identify and describe original bath-induced physical effects.
In a separate lecture, we will introduce in detail the quantum trajectories technique, and discuss its physical interpretation and implementation. This technique involves rewriting the master equation as a stochastic average over many individual trajectories, which are evolved in time numerically as pure states. The main advantage is that it allows to reduce the size of the propagated object from N^2 to N, being N the size of the Hilbert space. Despite the penalty of having to sample over many trajectories, this remains still more efficient computationally.
Theory Lectures, March 12, 19, 26; 2019, 10:15. Blue Lecture Room


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Men's Hockey Upsets Amherst in 4-3 Win
February 27, 2013
Heading into this past weekend's NESCAC tournament quarterfinal matchup against Amherst on Saturday, Feb. 23, the Middlebury men's hockey team did not have recent history in its favor.
Middlebury was 0-5 in its last five games against the Lord Jeffs heading into last Saturday's contest, including a 5-3 loss just a week before and a close, 4-3 defeat in last year's tournament title game. In fact, not since a 4-1 regular season win in January 2011, 25 months before, had the Panthers bested Amherst.
Despite Amherst's recent series domination, Middlebury used four unanswered goals, including two in the third period by Louis Belisle '14, to hold on for a 4-3 win and advance to its 13th NESCAC semifinal game in 14 seasons. The Panthers are slated to take on the number-seven Bowdoin Polar Bears this Saturday, March 2, for an opportunity to compete in the program's 12th NESCAC title game.
Even though the Panthers had some recent struggles at the hands of Amherst, head coach Bill Beaney said his team was prepared for the challenge.
"I think that of the five games we lost to them, if you take away the empty net goals, you had five one-goal games that could've gone either way," said Beaney. "You have to believe in yourself and keep doing the little things. I also can't tell you that we played better this past Saturday than the previous one."
Belisle echoed his coach's outlook on the matchup.
"We knew that we're going to play a fierce Amherst squad, and that all the returning players still remember the loss in the final game last year," he said. "We were in a bit of a slump against this team in the past few years, but we were not going to let them end our season two years in a row."
Both teams opened the game playing solid defensive hockey. After remaining knotted at zero for the game's first 16 minutes, Amherst's Andrew Kurlandski jammed a rebound past Middlebury goalie Mike Peters '15 to give the home team the 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission.
Even though his team played strong defense, Belisle talked a little bit about his team's slow offensive start.
"We played a strong first period, but we seemed to be hesitant to go forward and attack with numbers in the offensive zone, and [Amherst] capitalized on a turnover," he said. "Starting the second period we applied pressure on them, attacked with speed and created odd man rushes. We took control of the game and imposed our rhythm."
Captain Chris Steele '13 also mentioned how Peters kept the team in the game in the second period.
"Mike Peters was great in the net for us, especially in the second period," said Steele. "He made a bunch of saves that kept us in it and the team rallied around that. Knowing that Peters was on top of his game allowed us to impose our style of play on Amherst for a large part of the game."
The turning point for the Panthers came at 6:54 of the second period, when Robbie Donahoe '14 converted on a four-on-three power play opportunity with assists from Matt Silcoff '16 and Ronald Fishman '16. Then, after several impressive saves from Peters to keep the game tied, Robbie Dobrowski '15 scored off an Amherst turnover at the 13:24 mark.
Beaney spoke to the importance of Peters's play and Dobrowski's go-ahead goal in the second.
"The big difference was our goaltender Peters played well and in my opinion won the game for us in the second period when Amherst had a number of opportunities that he stopped," said Beaney. "He didn't give second chances and anticipated where the puck would be and was huge in that regard. On Dobrowski's goal, Trevor Pollock '13 did a great job forechecking, knocked a puck loose onto the stick of Dobrowski – a positive goal for us."
In the third period, Belisle took over the offensive load to seal the game for Middlebury. He struck first 3:24 into the frame when he took a feed from Evan Neugold '16 and buried a wrist shot in the top left corner of the net. Then, after holding Amherst out of the net for the next 12 minutes, Belisle beat the Amherst goalie with a low five-hole shot, finding helpers from Dobrowski and Silcoff.
Belisle said he was happy to help his team with the two goals.
"It was very important for the team to come out strong in the third period, and put the game out of reach early," he said. "We swarmed them right from the drop of the puck, and I was able to take advantage of great plays made by my teammates. Those were undoubtedly two of the most important goals of my Middlebury career, and they came as a result of a relentless effort by the team. Our main goal was to win the game, and this is what I am most excited about."
Beaney also spoke highly of his junior's clutch performance.
"[Belisle] led the way, and the goals were huge," said Beaney. "He has really come on from a scoring perspective since we moved him back to defense. He has to be one of the, if not the, top-scoring defenseman in the NESCAC. Playing from the back allows him to attack with speed and to create a lot of opportunities. We nominated him for a NESCAC all-star selection, and he has been one of our top three or four players this year."
Belisle, with his 13 goals and 10 assists, along with Silcoff, with 11 goals and 12 assists, are tied for 11th in total league scoring with 23 points apiece.
After leading 4-1 late in the period, the Panthers survived a late scare when Amherst scored two goals in the game's final three minutes. After Kevin Ryder scored his third of the year at 17:13, Kurlandski added his second of the game with an extra Amherst attacker on the ice. Middlebury withstood the late onslaught, escaping with the 4-3 win.
"When things at the end started to get close there was a sense of calm confidence on the bench and we knew we were going to get it done," said Steele. "[Peters] showed great maturity throughout the game, and there was never a doubt that he would get the job done."
Looking forward to Saturday's matchup against Bowdoin, the Panthers need to find some success against a team that recently stymied them in a 3-0 loss on Jan. 19, despite outshooting the Polar Bears by 13.
"I think this group could win the whole NESCAC championshsip," said Beaney. "We've always had great games against Bowdoin – we've had a good run in the playoffs against them. I know our guys will come in playing loose and confident, and the game will be fun with a great atmosphere."
Steele also stressed the importance of preparation and focus in practice leading up to the game.
"Preparation in practice this week will be the key to success in the NESCAC semis," he said. "As a team we have matured since last playing Bowdoin, and the younger guys now have a little bit of experience with playoff hockey. It's a new season and I know that our guys are ready to take advantage of the opportunity we have at hand."