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Social Business Innovation Challenge
We are proud to announce the winners and finalists for the 2013 NH Social Business Innovation Challenge. On September 30, 2013, finalists teams presented at the New Hampshire Social Business and Microfinance Forum. The winners in each track were selected by our distinguished Final Round Judging Panel, made up of 10 individuals who provide an incredible breadth and depth of expertise and perspective as social business thought leaders, investors, and operating founders/CEO from around New England, the United States, and internationally. The top three prize winners received their awards from Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus at his keynote address.
We give sincere thanks to our Preliminary (Online) Round Judging and Final Round Judging Panels and sincere congratulations to our winners and finalists!
Community Track:
Student Track:
First Prize: $4,200
Agua Inc.
Bret Steiman (Durham, NH)
First Prize: $4,200
PLAN: The Post-Landfill Action Network
Alex Freid (Political Science/Philosophy, Lee, NH)
Second Prize: $2,000
Senergy Solar
Bob Lambert (Portsmouth, NH)
Second Prize: $2,000
HYdration for Dominican Republic with Agua TEam (HYDRATE)
Emily Carlson (Ocean Engineering, Durham, NH)
Third Prize: $1,000
Nearby Registry
Allison Grappone (Concord, NH)
Third Prize: $1,000
Toby Dewhurst (Mechanical Engineering, Dover, NH)
A Woven Thread
Katherine Berube (Concord, NH)
Better Future Alliance
Stuart Arnett (Concord, NH)
Focused Sustainability
John Clifford (Madbury, NH)
Green Alliance
Jim Cavan (Portsmouth, NH)
Samuel Boduch (Barrington, NH)
Containing Homelessness
Zachary Howard (Business Administration, Durham, NH)
Nathaniel Brown (Mechanical Engineering, Lyme, NH)
Micro Loan Network
Ethan Ash (Business Administration, Nottingham, NH)
Sustainably Reclaimed
Sean Michalski (Business Administration & Sustainability, Manchester, NH)
The Securitization Solution
Bryan Merrill (Political Science & International Affairs, Londonderry, NH)
To coincide with the visit by Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and pioneer of the microfinance industry, the Paul College of Business & Economics at the University of New Hampshire is proud to announce the Social Business Innovation Challenge.
Muhammad Yunus saw pervasive poverty in Bangladesh and knew he had to do something. He lent $27 USD to 42 families to pay their debt to local creditors. This simple idea led to the creation of the Grameen Bank, which eventually launched a worldwide revolution, giving access to banking for the first time to some of the poorest member of society. Today we call this simple idea microcredit. Yunus won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work permanently improving the lives of millions.
What is your idea that could change the world? Share it at the Social Business Innovation Challenge!
The Social Business Innovation Challenge invites individuals and teams from across the state of New Hampshire to identify pressing social and/or environmental issues at the state, national or global level, and then find an innovative business-oriented approach to solving them. Finalists from around the state will compete on September 30th in Durham, New Hampshire for cash prizes to help them launch their innovative idea.
The competition will feature two tracks:
- Student Track: Open to current full-time or part-time matriculated students (undergraduate, masters, or graduate level) and 2013 graduates of a New Hampshire-based universities or colleges.
- Community Track: Open to any current or aspiring social entrepreneur, community member, or businessperson who is a resident in the state of New Hampshire.
The Social Business Innovation Challenge is designed to be an "innovation accelerator" and to encourage participants to develop original, innovative proposals (versus detailed business plans) in the form of a three-minute video and two-page paper. Proposals may describe the development of a new enterprise or a new entrepreneurial initiative for an established social business.
Important Dates
|September 5-17
|Information and support sessions (click here for current listing).
|Tuesday, September 10 at 6:30 p.m.
|Movie "Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus" followed by information session.
|Friday, September 13
(Revised Deadline)
|Deadline for community and student team registration.
|Friday, September 20 at 5:00 p.m.
|Deadline for entries to be uploaded to the competition website.
|September 21-24
|Preliminary round of judging (online review of all submissions by panel of judges).
|Wednesday, September 25
|The date by which finalists will be notified.
|Monday, September 30
|Final competition in Durham.
|8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
|Final round of judging (eight finalist teams from each track).
|10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
|Winners will be announced by Professor Muhammad Yunus and showcased during the keynote address as part of the New Hampshire Social Business and Microfinance Forum
Entry Guidelines and Format
- Participants must first register to compete HERE by Friday, September 13.
- Participants must prepare two components as part of their entry and upload these to the link provided after registration, by Friday, September 20 at 5:00 p.m. EST:
- A video of a strict maximum of three minutes adhering to these technical specifications:
- .mov or .mp4 file
- Resolution of 720p or 1280x720 progressive (Note: these mean the same thing: some video programs use one label, while other programs use the other label.)
- Codec: H.264 set to a minimum of "medium high" quality (Note: most programs ask you to specify quality on a range from Lowest to Highest - somewhere around medium high to high works well, or if it's a numerical scale, about three-quarters of the way up.)
- Challenge entrants in both tracks are encouraged to contact UNH's Parker Media Lab with questions about video formatting. PML is located in the Dimond Library on UNH's Durham Campus. It is staffed and open Sunday-Thursday 10-10 and Fridays 10-5. You can contact them for advice by phone at (603) 862-1747 to speak with any of the staff team, or by email to reach PML's manager, firstname.lastname@example.com.
- An accompanying brief written summary "pitching" their concepts for a social business, with a strict maximum of two pages (PDF, 12 pt. type, margins 1 inch or more).
- The Preliminary Round of judging will take place online, September 21 - 24 by an impressive panel of judges.
- Eight finalists in each track will be notified by September 25.
- The final round will take place at UNH on September 30 with an illustrious judging panel.
- Winners will be announced by Professor Yunus at his keynote address.
Guidelines on Content
The Social Business Innovation Challenge is designed to be an "innovation accelerator" and to encourage participants to develop original, innovative proposals to address the social and environmental issues facing the state of New Hampshire and beyond through a market-based approach.
Submissions will be judged partially on the viability of the initial proposal; that is, fully developed business plans are not to be submitted and are not within the scope of the competition. See below for additional judging criteria.
Your team's video should be the primary tool for summarizing the nature and scale of the problem you want to address and for "selling" the innovativeness and effectiveness of your social business solution.
It should highlight the following key areas:
- The social and/or environmental problem to be addressed and the opportunity
- Your proposed social business solution
NOTE: Please see the additional resources section for helpful links, including examples of noteworthy social businesses. Public domain videos, photos or other content can be included in your three-minute video. Written permission is required for all copyrighted and protected source materials.
Written Summary
Your two-page written summary will be the other key component of your entry and will be reviewed by judges in both rounds of the competition. This document gives you the chance to expand a little more on some of the important components and key concepts found in your three-minute video.
The two-page summary should address the following key areas, as appropriate to your idea:
- The Problem:
What specific social (or environmental) problem does your innovation address?
Why is this social problem important and who benefits from addressing it?
What is the scale of the problem?
Is the problem localized or is it of national and/or global importance?
What is/are the root cause(s) of the problem?
Are there additional contributing factors to the problem?
Are current solutions to the problem offered?
Are they effective?
Why or why not?
Are any of them market-based?
- Your Social Business Innovation:
As briefly as possible what is your vision?
What change do you ultimately want to create in the world?
Why do you believe a market-driven solution will be most effective at addressing the problem?
How will you achieve your vision through your social business? (In non-technical terms, briefly describe the strategic approach of your social business innovation.)
How will you bring your social innovation to the intended market?
How will your social business be financially self-sustaining within a reasonable time period?
What is the geographic area and size in terms of number of people served by your social innovation?
What is your social business "value" proposition, that is, what are the recognized benefits the social innovation brings to the market?
Why is your solution innovative?
Why is your solution more effective than existing solutions aimed at addressing your identified problem?
How do you know that your social innovation is actually addressing the root cause(s) of the problem, and not just a symptom?
How will your solution create the intended impact?
How long will it take for your social innovation to have a lasting and meaningful impact on addressing the problem and at what cost? (Note: Social innovations that are closer to being implemented and at a lower cost in addressing the problem will be judged more highly than those that require significantly more time to bring to market and at a higher cost.)
NOTE: Please see the additional resources section for helpful links, including examples of noteworthy social businesses.
Eligibility and Terms
Entries in both tracks must meet the criteria of a "Social Business":
- Present an innovative solution to a defined problem (such as poverty and climate change) facing the state of New Hampshire, region, nation, or world.
- Social businesses aim to be market-based and financially self-sustaining through earned revenues and profits rather than grants or donations.
- Social businesses harness the best of market-based approaches, but have a primarily social, rather than financial, objective.
Student Track
Participation is open to current full-time or part-time matriculated students (undergraduate, masters, or graduate level) and 2013 graduates of a New Hampshire-based university or college.
Submissions by individuals or teams are encouraged, including those from campus student organizations, clubs, class projects, or class sections.
Teams may have up to five (5) members, but only two (2) students from each team may present if selected for the Final Round. All team members are expected to be in attendance at the final round.
Each team is strongly encouraged to have a faculty advisor from their university or college.
Community Track
Participation is open to any current or aspiring New Hampshire social entrepreneur, community member or existing business.
- Submissions can be by individuals or teams.
- There is no limit on team size, but only two (2) members from each team may present if selected for the final round on September 30. All team members are expected to be in attendance at the final round.
- Entries from existing social businesses should be in the formative stages of development (i.e., less than one year old) or should represent a major new entrepreneurial initiative for an established social business.
In order to enter and compete in the Social Business Innovation Challenge, teams must agree to the following:
- Complete the registration form by the deadline.
- Submit all entry materials by the required deadline.
- If selected for advancement in the Online (Preliminary Round), teams must commit to participate in the Finals Round on the Durham UNH campus to be held 8:00am-9:45am, Monday, September 30, 2013
- If selected for advancement in the Online (Preliminary) Round, teams must also commit to attend the New Hampshire Social Business and Microfinance Forum on the Durham UNH campus to be held 10:00am -12:15pm, Monday, September 30, 2013 to hear Professor Yunus' keynote presentation and to be present for the announcement of the Challenge winners and awarding of prizes by Professor Yunus
- Agree to allow all submission materials to appear on the Challenge website
- Certify that you own, or have the owner's permission to use/present, all intellectual property utilized in your entry materials, including any technology
- Agree to allow photos of your team and video footage of your presentation from the Finals Rounds to be used on the Challenge website and in future publicity
- Agreee to abide by UNH/USNH IT and Acceptable Use Policies
Judging Criteria and Process
A panel of judges will evaluate submissions using three primary criteria:
- Clearly defined social and/or environmental problem to be addressed
- Originality and clarity of the social business innovation, and potential for social or environmental impact
- Demonstration of a high probability of success defined as scale of intended impact, sustainable over a reasonable time period.
Click HERE to view the scoring rubric. Judging will take place in two rounds:
Online (Preliminary) Round
- After teams have uploaded their entries to the competition website, the Online (Preliminary) Round will be judged by a distinguished panel of social entrepreneurs and experts from across the state and the nation. Judges will review and score each entry, both the video and the written summary.
- A total of eight (8) teams from each track will advance to the Final Round.
Final Round
- Eight (8) teams from each track will present their entries, in person, in the Final Round.
- A maximum of two (2) representatives from each finalist team are allowed to present, although other team members are encouraged and invited to be present in the audience.
- The two team members representing each finalist team are required to arrive at the competition venue no later than 7:00 a.m. for check-in and important AV briefings.
- The two members representing each finalist team are also required to be in the audience for the entirety of the Final Round (8:00 - 9:45 a.m.) and for the Keynote Address and Awards Presentation (10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.)
- Each team will have a total of five (5) minutes to introduce their team members and to introduce and play their video in front of a panel of Final Round Judges.
- The Final Round judges will have five (5) minutes for Q&A with each team following their presentation.
- All Final Round team presentations and Q&A sessions will be videotaped.
Please note:
Members of the public are encouraged and invited to attend all presentations, but only the panel of judges will be permitted to ask questions of the presenting teams. Other student teams are also not permitted to ask questions.
- To avoid distractions to presenting teams, audience members will only be allowed to enter and exit during breaks between presentations.
Judging Panel
Final Round Judges
Howard Brodsky, Co-Founder, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, CCA Global Partners
Laura P. Dagan, Chair, Board of Trustees, Champlain College
Ron Grzywinski, Retired Chairman and Co-Founder, ShoreBank Corporation
Gary Hirshberg, Co-Founder/Chairman, Stonyfield Farm
Mary Houghton, Retired President and Co-Founder, ShoreBank Corporation
David T. Ives, Executive Director, The Albert Schweitzer Institute and Adjunct Professor, Quinnipiac University
Andrea Levere, President, Corporation for Enterprise Development
Chris Macrae, President, Norman Macrae Foundation
Eric Schwarz, Co-Founder and CEO, Citizen Schools
Jackie VanderBrug, Senior Vice President, U.S. Trust
Online (Preliminary) Round Judges
Online Judging Panel Chairperson:
Greg Van Kirk, Co-Founder, Community Enterprise Solutions and Social Entrepreneur Corps, 2012 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year (Latin America), Ashoka Lemelson Fellow and Ashoka Globalizer
Online Judging Panel Members:
Ben Anderson, Chief Operating Officer, Preserve Products
Ted Barber, Co-Founder, Prosperity Candle
Michael Behrmann, Co-Founder, Revolution Energy
Mike Bellamente, Executive Director, Climate Counts
Matthew H. Benson, Partner, Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson pllc
Peter Cooke, Principal, Cooke and Associates
Tania Ellis, Special Advisor and Managing Director, The Social Business Company
Alyson Genovese, Principal, Cause Solutions
Michael Gurau, President, Clear Innovation Partners
Rebecca Hamilton, Director of Product Development, W.S. Badger Company, Inc.
Amy Seif Hattan, Corporate Sustainability Officer, Thornton Tomasetti
Margaret Heffernan, CEO and Author
Nathaniel V. Henshaw, Managing Director, CEI Ventures, Inc.
David Herring, Executive Director, Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation
Lindsay Hyde, Founder, Strong Women Strong Girls
Jill Kickul, PhD, Director, Stewart Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship, Stern School of Business, New York University
Deborah Leipziger, Principal, Deborah Leipziger Consulting
Sarah Littlefield, Director of Finance, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund
Andrea McGrath, Principal, Connecting Capital
Moriah Meyskens, Adjunct Professor of Management, University of San Diego
Mark Newton, Vice President Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability, Timberland
Brett Peirce, Founder and Executive Director, Meridian Stories
Betsy Peters, CEO, Possibility U
Dave Rowell, Executive Vice President for Sales, Foss Manufacturing
Charles J. Spies III, Chief Executive Officer, CEI Capital Management LLC
Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder and CEO, Practically Green
Beth Tener, Principal, New Directions Collaborative
John Ujda, Vice President of Marketing, Better World Books
Michelle Veasey, Executive Director, New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility
Jennifer Walske, Partner, Myriad Investments, LLC, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business, University of San Francisco
Linzee Weld, President, No Small Potatoes Investment Club, Steering Committee, Slow Money Maine
Laney Whitcanack, Executive Vice President, Federated Media Publishing Inc., Co-Founder and Board Member, The Princess Project
Winning proposals will receive exciting benefits and prizes. The cash awards below reflect the minimum amount each winner will receive and may be increased by a successful award crowdfunding campaign.
- 1st Prize - $3,000 $3,900 cash*
(The increase in the 1st place cash prize is thanks to the generosity of donors to the crowdfunding campaign)
- 2nd Prize - $2,000 cash*
- 3rd Prize - $1,000 cash*
*Cash prizes for the Student Track are provided by the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and the Bud Albin Fund. Cash prizes are intended to provide investment to a social business, to help fund its establishment and/or growth, or to help winning students further their education around concepts related to social business.
- 1st Prize - $3,000 $3,900 cash*
(The increase in the 1st place cash prize is thanks to the generosity of donors to the crowdfunding campaign)
- 2nd Prize - $2,000 cash*
- 3rd Prize - $1,000 cash*
*Cash prizes for the Community Track are made possible in part by a grant from the Transformation and Innovation Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Cash prizes are intended to provide investment to a social business, to help fund its establishment and/or growth.
In addition, the first place winner of the Community Track will receive:
- 100 hours of consulting generously donated by PixelMEDIA, a leading New Hampshire-based web strategy, design and development firm.
- Six months of complimentary participation in the New Hampshire Innovation and Commercialization Center (NH-ICC)'s Accelerator Company Program. In partnership with the University of New Hampshire, the NH-ICC is dedicated to accelerating business and innovation in New Hampshire.
Logistics and Travel
Faculty and students who are travelling to participate in the Social Innovation Challenge can reserve rooms at the Holiday Inn Express or the Three Chimneys Inn, both located in Durham, NH, just a few blocks from the University of New Hampshire. UNH has negotiated special rates for participants. Reservations must be made no later than September 20, 2013 to qualify for these special rates.
- Holiday Inn Express
- Tel: (603) 868-1234
- $99 per room per night
- REFERENCE WHEN BOOKING: UNH Yunus Visit
- The Three Chimneys Inn
- Tel: (603) 868-7800
- $129 per room per night (or $119 per night for single rate)
- REFERENCE WHEN BOOKING: UNH Yunus Visit
Information and Support Sessions
Interested in learning more, brainstorming, or getting feedback on your idea? Come to these events, open to both students and community members statewide:
Thursday, September 5
|Net Impact UNH Brainstorming: "How Would YOU Use Business to Change the World?" (with pizza!)
|Monday, September 9
5:40 p.m. - 8:40 p.m.
UNH - Durham Paul College (room 235)
NH Social Business Innovation Challenge LEAN STARTUP WORKSHOP with:
Marc Sedam, Executive Director, Office for Research Partnerships and Commercialization, and New Hampshire Innovation Research Center
Fiona Wilson, Assistant Professor of Strategy, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship, Paul College
Have a passion for solving social and environmental problems but worried you haven't got what it takes to be a social entrepreneur? Got some initial ideas for entering the Social Business Innovation Challenge, but need some help? Worried you can't pull together your proposal by the submission deadline? You can if you attend this workshop!
Spend an intense, but invaluable three hours, learning the "Lean Startup" approach and actively work on your proposal ideas for the Social Business Challenge. Based on the best-selling book, "The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses," this approach is based on the belief that everyone can be a social entrepreneur, and helps social venture startups shorten their product development cycles by adopting a combination of business-hypothesis-driven experimentation, iterative product releases, and "validated learning".
|September 9, 10, 12, and 13
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
UNH - Durham MUB Union Court
|Faculty and Net Impact UNH will be available to answer questions.
|Tuesday, September 10
6:30 p.m.
UNH - Durham MUB Theater 2
|Movie "Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus" followed by information session (with pizza at 6:00 p.m.!)
|Wednesday, September 11
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
UNH - Durham Paul College Lobby
|Faculty and Net Impact UNH will be available to answer questions
|Thursday, September 12
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
UNH - Durham MUB 304
|Net Impact UNH Brainstorming: "How Would YOU Use Business to Change the World?" (with pizza!)
Tuesday, September 16 and 17
|(Registered Teams Only) Video production hints and tips, and drop-in support for short video production Q & A.
Additional Resources for Teams
Examples of Innovative Social Businesses
With sincere thanks to Hummingbird Pictures LLC and Holly Mosher, Director and Producer, Bonsai People.
- Grameen Kalyan – Healthcare
- Grameen Shikkha – Education
- Grameen Check – Clothing
- Grameen Shakti – Alternative Energy
- Grameen Green Children Eyecare Hospital
- Grameen Communications
- Grameen Danone Foods - watch video
- ROC USA – Affordable Housing
- CE Solutions – Microconsignment
- ARZU Studio Hope
Examples of Social Business Entries in Other Competitions
The following videos are examples of more advanced levels of competition, but they may nevertheless inspire your creative process.
- Oregon Social Business Challenge
- Final Round of Competition, Georgia Microcredit and Social Business Conference 2011 (Note: This file may take several minutes to load.)
- Dell Social Innovation Challenge
- Lehigh University's EUREKA! Ventures Competition
- Brigham Young University's Peery Social Entrepreneurship Program's Social Venture Competition
- Arizona State University Innovation Challenge
- Columbia University Social Venture Pitch Competition
Resources to Help Guide the Creation of Your Video Entry
For All Competitors
Although the services of the Parker Media Lab at UNH (PML) are available only to UNH students, they have a number of web-based resources to help any competitor in the Social Business Innovation Challenge with your video submisson. In particular, we recommend the "Guides" section of the website:
- Recording Tips: http://parkerlab.unh.edu/recording_tips.html
- Free Resources: http://parkerlab.unh.edu/free_resources.html
- Survival Guide: http://parkerlab.unh.edu/survival_guide.html
- Copyright Laws for Students: http://parkerlab.unh.edu/copyright_students.html
- What Are Intellectual Assets: http://parkerlab.unh.edu/intellectual_assets.html
For UNH students only:
For registered UNH students, the Parker Media Lab (PML) also supports students and faculty in production of rich media. Staff of the PML have the expertise to guide you through the project and the PML also provides you with all the guides, and equipment to help you plan, shoot and edit your media assignment. Find out more online at http://parkerlab.unh.edu or come in Sunday-Thursday 10-10 and Fridays 10-5.
- Muhammad Yunus's Keynote Address, Georgia Microcredit and Social Business Conference 2011
- Muhammad Yunus, TED Talk on the History of Microfinance
- Muhammad Yunus on the idea behind Social Business
- Final Round of Competition, Georgia Microcredit and Social Business Conference 2011 (Note: This file may take several minutes to load.)
Other Useful Links
Download Fliers
- New Hampshire College Student Flier (color)
- New Hampshire College Student Flier (b&w)
- UNH-Durham Student Flier (color)
- UNH-Durham Student Flier (b&w)
- Community Entrepreneur Flier (color)
- Community Entrepreneur Flier (b&w)
Contact Information for the Challenge
Dr. Fiona Wilson
Assistant Professor of Strategy, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship
Peter T. Paul College of Business & Economics, University of New Hampshire
Email: email@example.com


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Although the Hershey Bears' home opener was spoiled on October 15, they have won all four of their road games away from Giant Center prior to Saturday. Two of the wins occurred in the great state of New York, one in Virginia, and the fourth coming from the arena which houses the Bears' I-81 rivals from Wilkes-Barre.
Saturday the Bears squared off against the lead affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, as they looked for their first "W" of the young season at home. Bryan Lerg recorded a goal and an assist along with first star honors for the W-B in route to a 3-1 win over Hershey.
Right out of the starting gate it seemed the Bears were fighting fatigue from the bus ride home the night before from Albany. After a Zach Miskovic infraction, the Pens would hit pay dirt on the power-play only 3:33 into regulation. Brian Gibbons would tip a Jason Williams shot, beating Braden Holtby to give the Penguins the early advantage.
Gibbon's goal would be the lone tally for either team throughout the opening period. The Hershey Bears lead in shots 17-14, as well as penalties, 3-2. At the 9:25 mark of the opening period, Sean Collins appeared to make an attempt to lift the stick of Eric Tangradi. In doing so, Collins then raised his elbow and sent a hit to the head of Tangradi. Play continued on but was whistled dead as Tangradi stayed down on the ice covering his head.
Collins was sent to the box briefly, but after the officials gathered to discuss the play, he was set free and not charged with a penalty. It was an open ice hit that neither official received any good view of, leading to the non-call. After the Pens were denied of what could of been a long power-play, chippy, after the whistle play began between the two rivals.
Similar to the opening period, the Bears began the second flat lacking any grade "A" scoring opportunities. At the 7:18 mark, Colin McDonald on an odd-man rush would drop a pass to defenseman Simon Despres. Despres fired it low to the ice passed Braden Holtby to make it a 2-0 game.
Just over three minutes later, the Bears' soft defense allowed another odd-man rush which again lead to a Wilkes-Barre goal. Bryan Lerg snapped a cross-ice feed from Paul Thompson into the net, far side on Braden Holtby. It would be the Penguins' 23 shot of the game on Holtby. After two disappointing periods in Hershey for the hometown fans, the Pens carried a 3-0 lead into the visiting locker room.
As the Penguins put a three spot on the board during the second period, the Bears did the same under the shot column, as Brad Thiessen only had to make three stops during the middle stanza. Keith Aucoin, Graham Mink and Patrick McNeil were the only three Bears who registered a shot. Aucoin after two periods had six of Hershey's 20 overall shots.
The Bears' best hockey of the night came with only three minutes remaining, where Boyd Kane tallied his second goal of the season on the man-advantage. It pulled Hershey within a reachable margin, but they weren't able to pull off the stunning come from behind win.
Throughout the 60 minute contest, the Penguins were given nine power-plays. Five of the nine Hershey infractions came from getting beat by a player. Garrett Mitchell, who played in his first AHL game of the season, was sent to the box on two different occasions where he was beat and forced to take a high-sticking and a hooking minor. Keith Aucoin, who is an AHL veteran was even sent to the sin-bin for a hold, after a delayed defensive recovery.
The Penguins continued their undefeated road record stretching it to 3-0, as the Bears hope the third time is the charm Sunday at home, still looking for their first victory of the season at Giant Center.
Sunday's game will begin at 5 p.m. against the Syracuse Crunch.

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Album review: Lucero gets deep into Memphis soul with 'Women & Work'
With their latest studio record, "Women & Work," the alt-country rockers known as Lucero have managed to harness fully the music of their hometown to make their most Memphis-sounding record yet.
The album, their second consecutive project recorded at Ardent Studios with producer Ted Hutt, presents the musicians at their polished best. In an interview last fall singer Ben Nichols told me that the group had "stumbled" into their last record "1372 Overton Park." Here, the prior experience the band received recording at the historic studio completes the transition from a country band with punk roots to a rock outfit brimming with soul.
The title track begins with Rick Steff (piano/organ) providing rock 'n' roll boogie-woogie piano and some Chuck Berry-style guitar that harkens back to all those songs recorded across town at Sun Studios more than a half century ago. Yet, Nichols' lyrics bring the song back to a modern punk-rock reality with the line, "The women and the work and the booze in between. Got ya puking in the aisles and smashing TVs."
Newer styles, not previously found in Lucero's repertoire, further enhance the quality of these songs. Though filled with elaborate instrumentation and warmth, the band still retains a raw feel. For example, "Juniper" is a bluesy stomp whereas the band goes full-on soul for "Who You Waiting On?" complete with a Booker T.-esque B-3 organ from Steff. Not just content to add horns to the sound with Memphis professionals Jim Spake and Scott Thompson, the outstanding background vocals from "the Ho-Moans" — aka Susan Marshall and Reba Russell — offer further proof that Lucero is comfortable with the Memphis sound.
Nichols' songwriting continues a theme to incorporate chasing love, pining for lost loves and the ever present references to having some cocktails. Not until the album closer, "Go Easy," do the lyrics feature a protagonist that has the girl, but even then it's tenuous as the opening line indicates, "Hold on, darling hold on. A storm is coming on. I'll keep you safe." With the background vocals, mournful horns and piano included, this track takes on a deep spiritual quality.
Lucero manages to slip back into their old sound for "I Can't Stand To Leave You" and "When I Was Young," songs with picked guitar chords and pedal-steel flourishes that could easily find a home on the band's previous albums "That Much Farther West" or "Nobody's Darlings."
Steff's boogie-woogie piano returns for "Like Lightning," the most upbeat track on the album — a sure barn-burner in a live setting. Nichols belts his signature raspy vocals as he sings about chasing after the girl he's head-over-heels for: "She's got a kiss like a thunderbolt. Electric lips that shock me to the bone."
Die hard fans of "1372 Overton Park" may lament the ratio of rockers to weepers, but what the band gave up in fury only earned them depth with a sound that suits their experience level. Like a new tattoo, they now wear the sound of their hometown proudly.


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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1 - Saturday: Arrival in Dubrovnik.
Arrive at Dubrovnik airport and transfer to Kolocep island, 30 minutes sailing time from Dubrovnik. Your accommodation will be a private guesthouse. After settling into your room, there will be time to go for a swim and relax on the sandy beach. Meet your guide and the rest of the group for dinner to get to know each other and discuss the itinerary.
Meals: D.
Day 2 - Sunday: Sea kayaking Zaton Bay
Safety and sea kayaking instructions will take place on the beach in the morning. Having chosen our kayaks, we head out to the mainland. Our destination today is Zaton Bay, located 8 kilometers northwest from Dubrovnik. Zaton is a deep bay protected from wind by the surrounding mountains, making it ideal for sea kayaking. We will enjoy the views lovely turquoise coves and rocky cliffs, as well as traditional 15th and 16th century waterfront Dubrovnik Villas as we kayak past them. Return to Kolocep in the afternoon.
Meals: B, D.
Day 3 - Monday: Sea kayaking to Lopud island
Back in our sea kayaks today as we cross the channel to another of the Elafiti Islands, Lopud. Our goal today is the sandy Sunj beach, one of the most beautiful and popular beaches in the entire area. There will be time to relax in the sun, go for a swim in the warm, crystal clear Adriatic, have lunch and enjoy an ice cream, cold beer or a cocktail in a beach bar. Lopud has some excellent hiking trails and offers spectacular views of the Elafiti Islands archipelago.
Meals: B, D.
Day 4 - Tuesday: Sea kayaking around Kolocep island
Paddle, swim and snorkel around Kolocep island, Croatia's most interesting sea kayaking and hiking island with its dramatic scenery full of hidden dark caves, high cliffs and colorful reefs. Walk through Gornje Celo and Donje Celo, well preserved romantic Mediterranean villages and along high cliffs. Have a pleasant noon siesta in the quiet and relaxing atmosphere of Gornje Celo turquoise bay near Skerac – kayakers' favorite restaurant.
Meals: B, D.
Day 5 - Wednesday: Optional trip
Beach day. You are free to do whatever you enjoy the most - relax and sunbathe, swim, snorkel, walk and explore the island more or sea kayak. Alternatively you can take an optional trip to Mljet Island National Park. Two salt water lakes surrounded by a lush, green forest, the larger one with a small island with a 15th century Benedictine monastery in the middle, make this island a spectacular location for kayaking, hiking, cycling and swimming.
Meals: B, D.
Day 6 - Thursday: Dubrovnik sightseeing, optional visit to Lokrum island
Visit Dubrovnik, the most beautiful of all Mediterranean towns, for sightseeing, shopping in ancient streets and walking along city walls. Ice cream or coffee taste best in open air bistros along Stradun, Old Town's main street and promenade. Take an optional boat ride to Lokrum, the "cursed island" near Dubrovnik with its Benedictine monastery, botanical garden, small lake popularly known as the "Dead Sea" and Fort Royal Castle. Alternatively you can participate in 1-day Trebizat river canoeing excursion in Herzegovina including a visit to Mostar, a wonderful old Ottoman Empire town and trading post (to be booked and paid on spot).
Meals: B, D.
Day 7 - Friday. Sailing around Kolocep and Sveti Andrija islands
Sailing is the main activity planned for this day. A catamaran will take us on a half-day sailing trip around the exotic St. Andrija island, a favorite spot for thousands of birds, fishermen and dolphins. There will be several opportunities for swimming and snorkeling.
Meals: B, D.
Day 8 - Departure.
Transfer to Dubrovnik for homebound flight. You are welcome to schedule your homeward transport for any time. If you decide to spend more time in Croatia, our guides will be happy to recommend other beautiful places to visit - especially those you won't find in tourist guide books.
Meals: B.
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C'mon, people, the tournament is just for fun. It's a diversion for people who like theme parks and theme park rides.
I'm probably one of the only people in the world that feels the Tower of Terror (in any of its incarnations) has always been far over-rated. It's a ride that's practically ALL about the pre-show, the building facade and the theme. All of these things just disguise the fact that the meat-and-potatoes of the experience is an extremely brief, simple drop ride. There, I finally said it! I don't really like drop rides that much. If you removed the elaborate overlay and just presented the actual ride, it would be more fit for Six Flaggs than Disney. I didn't really get all the hype when it opened, and I still don't get it.
Haven't voted just yet, I'm slightly torn...ToT at Tokyo DisneySea sounds exciting!
But I really like Indy, always grab a FP for that.
Plus the ToT at DCA is super "AP heavy".....Folks repeat the opening monologue in unison & photos are always ridiculous (and I've been guilty of that :-(
But I still enjoy it.
I'll guess I'll go with...
It captures the feel of Indiana Jones movies and has THE best queue without resorting to gimmicky touch screens that Disney seems to love in WDW lately. Tower of Terror in Florida is the best of the lot, but the queue isn't as great at Indy. Indy doesn't seem to break down anymore either, and has a fantasticly fresh paintjob!
Indy is a solid ride, and featured one of Disney's first interactive queues. It immerses you into the story, and is a well executed extension of the franchise (much moreso than Florida's stuntshow).
But without the build up, without the elevator literally moving forwards though the Twilight Zone, without the gardens, without the randomized drop sequences, and with the over-the-shoulder restraints (yes, I do believe that DisneySea's version has OTSR, which I'm sure does not help to supply the amount of airtime that the Studio's version has), I think that Tower of Terror at the Studios seems to be a stronger attraction.
However, DisneySea's really has a beautiful facade and the disappearing idol has to be one of the most impressive things I have ever seen. I do like that it strays from the Twilight Zone tie-in and builds a story of its own. And in the end, it's unique, but its still Tower of Terror which I absolutely love, and therefore it gets my vote.
Bryce, I'm pretty sure that the Tokyo version still has seatbelts, but just has an additional shoulder belt (similar to a car seatbelt) instead of just a lap belt like the other versions of the attraction. Probably more restrictive, but not airtime killing.
I'm going to guess 90% of ToT votes were based on DHS and not the Tokyo version.
As with Splash many of its votes came from MK and not DL
I think with exception to FJ most attractions benefit from having clones also attracting votes, with exception to PoTC whose most visited location is also its shortest and most maligned version.


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I attended the screening of Gun Hill on June 21st in Nashville. The International Black Film Festival of Nashville, (IBFFN) and Black Entertainment Television, (BET) worked in collaboration to bring Tate, Director/Producer Reggie Bythewood and Composer Terence Blanchard to participate in a discussion after the screening.
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Breaking news today: According to the New York Times, pediatricians reconfirm their recommendation that children under 2 step away from TV and simply talk and play. The American Academy of Pediatrics cited that passive television viewing could slow language and physical development in infants and toddlers. The AAP recommends that parents talk, play and interact with their kids instead of turning on the boob tube and vegging out. (Those are my words, not theirs, but I think they'd agree.)
In an aside, I find that my language and physical development also slow when I watch too much TV. For instance, the start of the new TV season often results in weight gain, loss of muscle mass and the inability to form a retort any longer than, "Really? Really?"
The recommendation comes with a warning about "Secondhand TV. " By that term, the AAP means the unintended consequences of the TV being on all day in a household, which results in both distracting the parents from interaction with their kids and grabbing the attention of the toddler with, say, the Mega Doppler 7000 Weather Map or the highly addictive theme music from House Hunters. Raise your hand if your guilty of Secondhand TV?
In an aside, it makes me think of the many "secondhand" influences that I exposed my children to like the Sport Illustrated Swim Suit issue or microwave popcorn. What damage did I render with my over-use of headbands or seltzer water? Time will tell I guess.
I love TV, but not for kids. And really, really not for babies and little kids. That doesn't mean I have a perfect record. Far from it. My active older son didn't sit in front of a TV until he was 2 and I was pregnant, overcome by morning sickness all day long and trying to get through the day in an un- air-conditioned house during a hot Pasadena summer. A large purple dinosaur provided us with a few minutes of rest on such days and I was grateful. Then, the first set of recommendation came out in 1999 when I had a 3 year- old and an 1 year- old and used the TV as a distraction tool to get the baby fed while the toddler freaked out. We managed to confine our TV viewing to Barney and Oprah, but I knew that I had already lost my advantage in the TV war.
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The other day, I was walking around the Rose Bowl when a mother with a toddler in a stroller went past me. The mom was talking away to her baby (not on a cell phone!) and pointing out all the many wonderful people, dogs, and trees to point out on such a walk. It made me smile, thinking of the constant talking I did to my kids when they were little. That's one lucky kid, I thought.
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Dr. Mark Smallwood recently posted on Twitter that he hoped the need for more family doctors would become an election issue among the candidates vying for a spot on city council in the upcoming Sept. 24 election. — Star photo by Geraldine Brophy
CORNER BROOK Dr. Mark Smallwood says he sees the stress a shortage of family doctors creates in Corner Brook every day and believes municipal governments can play a role in helping attract new physicians to alleviate the problem.
The general practitioner recently posted on Twitter that he hoped the need for more family doctors would become an election issue among the candidates vying for a spot on council in the upcoming Sept. 24 election.
Smallwood estimated there are probably somewhere in the vicinity of 5,000 residents in the Corner Brook area who do not have a family doctor. With no doctors currently accepting new patients, he said the stress is felt by both those who have no doctor and the doctors who find themselves having to deal with those patients when they show up in the emergency department with ailments.
In addition, Smallwood said there is an economic reason for the city being more involved. Having more family doctors, he noted, could help convince new business to come set up shop in Corner Brook.
"We all know timely access to a family physician has a direct correlation with quality of life and a correlation with the city's ability to attract business," he said. "Often, that is people's first question: will I be able to get a family doctor?"
Smallwood hasn't gotten much feedback from his tweet, although he said one candidate said it was a question that should be directed towards the area's MHAs.
Smallwood disagrees that the municipal council and the local business community don't have a role. He also thinks it is not something that would create a financial burden to taxpayers.
"We always put it off as a Western Health issue or an MHA issue, but I really do feel cities can accept a role in making it a physician-friendly community to come to," he said.
His suggestion is a sort of coalition that would include municipal representatives, business leaders and others with a stake in recruiting more doctors to join forces with the local health care authority and provincial government representatives. Together, he said, the coalition could make a concerted effort to convince prospective physicians that a place like Corner Brook is the right spot for them to come practice.
Whether it's a business offering up certain incentives to new doctors or helping find space for a clinic, Smallwood it would all go to show interested physicians that the city is doing its part to help recruit them.
"I feel the city can play more of a role as coordinator of things ... If there was a coalition within the city that can work with businesses to find options in terms of space to set up a clinic, for example, that would be huge," he said of how the municipal government could help.
Smallwood, who said he is willing to help coordinate a coalition focused on recruitment and retention, believes the family doctors who are already in Corner Brook like it here and are comfortable. He would just like to see the city roll out more of a welcome mat to any others contemplating coming here.
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In his 1999 novel In Search of Klingsor (translated into English in 2003), Mexican super-brain Jorge Volpi proved he was very good at an impressive number of things: crafting an elaborate table of contents; seamlessly inserting fictional characters into a vast historical landscape; and fusing mathematics, quantum theory, German mythology, and wartime espionage into a pulpy but unwaveringly intelligent hybrid.
Last year's Season of Ash, which was published in Spanish in 2006, is just the second of Volpi's nine novels to make the jump to English, and it contains many of the same elements that made Klingsor so engrossing. Instead of Nazi Germany collapsing, it's the USSR. Instead of German myth, you have peripheral stories about the stock market and genetics. And instead of the atomic bomb for a grand central symbol, there's the meltdown at Chernobyl.
This time, however, the disparate elements rarely gel into a satisfying whole. What once seemed effortless now sags and lumbers. Even if it isn't technically the second one Volpi wrote, this novel has sophomore slump written all over it.
Troubles start early. Klingsor was able to keep its nonstop, egghead assault of information in check by anchoring it to a simple detective story: one man in pursuit of another. But in Season of Ash, we're immediately thrown into the deep end with no fewer than three female protagonists, each of whom gets 20+ pages up front devoted to plunging into her tangled family history. The book opens on December 31, 2000, at the very end of the action. So from here, after each storyline introduces a mysterious (to us, anyway) corpse, we jump back nearly a century to try and slowly figure out how so many scattered ducks came to be in one tidy row.
Also consider that the story is narrated by one Yuri Chernishevsky, a dangerous (and transparently unreliable) writer who has murdered one of the three central women, a Hungarian scientist named Eva. Because we know right away that their relationship ends in blood, both of their storylines take on a particularly menacing undertone. Like John Shade and his deranged assassin in Pale Fire, tension comes from watching these far-flung characters gradually and inevitably crash into one another.
Come to think of it, Yuri is his own Charles Kinbote, too—a potentially psychotic intellectual whose testimony is nonetheless the only official record we have.
If this sounds arduous already, grab a helmet: we haven't even gotten to the historical baggage yet. Volpi uses a massive amount of the 20th century as fodder for his story, running the gamut from Greenpeace to the fall of Russian Communism to the Human Genome Project. One character is, apropos of nothing, run over by an Israeli bulldozer in a Palestinian camp. It's ostensibly done in service of the characters, but they're far too broad to leave much of an impression, and time and again they get lost amidst the constant noise of their surroundings.
The book's non-fiction elements are, in fact, engaging, and even occasionally gripping. Without an effective fictional glaze to hold everything in place, however, it's like reading fragments from an extremely biased textbook.
If there's a larger question being addressed here, it has to do with fate and free will. Are we defined by our DNA, or can we reinvent ourselves for the right cause? Are we all just tiny cogs in the unthinking machine called history, or can a single individual effect real change? Volpi seems to be suggesting the latter—too bad it's the supposedly dynamic figures in the book who come across as the most indistinct and, well, cog-like.
The place where Season of Ash moves from confusion to outright irritation isn't Volpi's fault at all. Rather, it's a crime co-perpetuated by his translator, Alfred Mac Adam, and his proofreaders at Open Letter. The book is filled with typos and punctuation boners, not to mention a slew of creaky, Frankenstein-like sentences, where standalone clauses are fused together with dashes, italics, and colons. This is a big reason the novel reads as unwieldy and chaotic as it does, and it only makes you pine all the more for the cool fluidity Kristina Cordero brought to her translation of Klingsor.
I could also have done without the endless repetition of epigraphs that Volpi ascribes to cities and politicians, which appear on nearly every page. You have Moscow, "city of wide avenues." New York City is the "navel of the world," and Berlin, "an island surrounded by cannibals." Ditto for Brezhnev, "the cunning mummy," all the way to Bill Clinton, "imperial seducer."
The first time you see these epigraphs, they're charming. By the fortieth time, however—and this is something of a common thread in Season of Ash—you just want to vigorously shake your copy of the book until all of the excess falls right out, gathering in a little pile of type at your feet.
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Hogwarts castle exterior complete at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Written by Robert Niles
Universal Orlando sent along a photo of the now-completed exterior of Hogwarts Castle in Islands of Adventure:Tweet
The castle will be the home of the new Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter land that will open at the park this spring.
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From 126.96.36.199 on January 25, 2010 at 2:42 PM
I can't wait for this to open - we are trying to plan a vacation accordingly!
From Joshua Counsil on January 25, 2010 at 3:12 PM
Beautiful in itself, but very out-of-place in the park. All of the other islands, with the exception of Jurassic Park, feature bright, colorful landscapes and backdrops. Jurassic Park does not, but, unlike Hogwarts, has no structures that can be seen all around the park.
This was a major design concern with Disney's parks, and one of the things that can genuinely trick you into believing your surroundings (it has, though, been somewhat ignored in recent years - see Soarin' backdrop from Canada pavilion at Epcot).
From Robert Niles on January 25, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Let me take another view: I've always been a bit disappointed with the way that the various land at IOA have blended together. To me, they *should be* separate "islands," visually distinct from one another. That's what makes the park "Islands of Adventure." So I'm glad to see Universal finally doing something to realize that original concept.
From Tyler Bell on January 25, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Universal is by far my favorite theme park empire,and FINALLY completeing the castle is another step towards the openning of WWHP.Also I just came back from UO and the castle is truly amazing.
From Rob Chandler on January 25, 2010 at 6:02 PM
absolutley stunning, makes me very excited and i can not wait to go back to florida! planning my next trip for 2011
From James Rao on January 25, 2010 at 8:08 PM
It is so amazing that I am almost considering adding a few days for Universal during my May visit to Orlando. If it just hadn't been for that RRR fiasco last year....
No, I cannot waver. I will visit in 2011 after everything is running smoothly. It is just too expensive to plan a visit when no firm opening dates have been announced.
Still, the castle looks wonderful.
From Sylvain Comeau on January 25, 2010 at 9:38 PM
The castle does look great. Looks like they aren't skimping on this. They are clearly aiming to make Potter one of their key draws for years to come. Hopefully the ride itself will live up to expectations.
From Joshua Counsil on January 25, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Robert -
I should have been clearer. I enjoy contrast between lands, but do not enjoy seeing one island's landmarks when I'm in another section of the park.
From Steve Ward on January 26, 2010 at 3:52 AM
Wow it actually looks like the artists renderings.. thats damn impressive!
Will be going next year for sure
From Rob P on January 26, 2010 at 4:05 AM
I agree with Joshua on this one. It could have been disguised a little. Not only would it then not impact on other areas of the Park by providing an unwanted backdrop but it might also have added to it's own mystique.
That said I do recall visiting Universal in either 1996 or 1997 ( we went both years) when they handed out "passports" to the proposed Islands of Adventure. They also had a visitor centre so you could see how some of it might look. The overall concept seemed to me to be of a number of separate islands that you visited by land or sea. Each with it's own distinct flavour and style.
In the real world I suspect that you might be able to see neighbouring islands lying close by in the distance so, to that end, Universal's layout isn't without substance but , like Joshua, I think it might have been better to conceal them from our view until we got there.
Robert :
From Joshua Counsil on January 26, 2010 at 5:44 AM
Thanks, Rob P. Couldn't have put it better.
From TH Creative on January 26, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Arthur: Camelot!
Sir Lancelot: Camelot!
Sir Robin: Camelot!
Sherpa: It's only a model.
From Robert Niles on January 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM
I say let's do it, Rob. Send me the scan and I'll post it.
From Ryan Sanford on January 26, 2010 at 2:25 PM
I wonder how big this Hogwarts castle is compared to the Magic Kingdom...
From luis gonzalez on January 26, 2010 at 6:49 PM
i heard that the first 10 riders on the new harry potter ride get a date with maggie smith
From Joshua Counsil on January 27, 2010 at 12:40 AM
Maggie Smith is hot, Luis. I'll take that deal.
From Rob P on January 27, 2010 at 5:38 AM
My Dad once danced with Maggie Smith at a party at the Old VIc theatre !!
From James Rao on January 28, 2010 at 7:18 AM
On another note: our very own Mr. Niles was quoted not once, but twice, in today's article about the Harry Potter expansion in the USA Today! Kudos to our founding father for his ascension into stardom!
From 188.8.131.52 on January 31, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Im so excited for it to open but i was wondering would you be able to stay inside the castle/Hogwarts? Like you can stay in the cinderella castle overnight, are you going to be able to do that at Hogwarts?
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