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Fulbright Scholar Program
The program aims to provide educational exchange experiences which would be valuable not only to the scholar, but also to the recipient's home institution, its faculty, and its students, as well as to the U.S. host institution. Fulbright Scholars serve as cultural ambassadors; they should be prepared to speak not only about their research with academic colleagues but also about their country and culture with academic and community groups.
The program provides opportunities to Ukrainian scholars and professionals to establish new contacts with academic and professional colleagues in the U.S.; to develop collaborative research relationships with U.S. scholars and professionals; and to pursue scholarly work in the U.S. without interruption. Grant recipients will have free and open use of their host institution's extensive library resources to enhance their knowledge, gather literature unavailable in Ukraine, and to revise or create new scholarly publications.
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The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program (NCS) is a global program that annually brings together 25-30 research scholars and professionals from the U.S. and participating countries around the world. Through a series of three plenary seminar meetings and a Fulbright exchange visit, scholars engage in collaborative thinking and multi-disciplinary research on a theme of global significance. NCS Scholars engage in multidisciplinary collaboration under the leadership of a Distinguished Scholar Facilitator and work together to seek solutions to issues and concerns that affect all humankind and deserve the attention of researchers, policy makers and practitioners.
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In 2008 through the efforts of Fulbright Commissions and U.S. Embassies in 70 countries, Institute of International Education (IIE) received 109 nominations in a wide variety of science, technology, and engineering fields. Pavlo Bohutskyi has been selected as a 2008-09 finalist from Ukraine for the prestigious International Fulbright Science and Technology Award.
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Brock University has garnered $85 million in support of its Bold New Brock capital campaign, exceeding its original goal by $10 million.
Brock President Jack Lightstone shared the news today at a celebration event at the University where he also announced Brock is extending the campaign to the end of 2015, with a new cumulative goal of $110 million.
"This decision is endorsed by Brock's board of trustees, but it is driven by the motivation of our partners to assist Brock, and also by the unmet and growing need that still exists," said Lightstone. "We must remain committed to sustaining our momentum to positively impact the cultural, social and economic well-being of Brock, Niagara and Canada,"
Extending the capital campaign will include support for the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts and Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex projects, as well as raise money for the new home of the Goodman School of Business, and Brock's strategic plan.
Bold New Brock, the largest fundraising and advocacy campaign ever undertaken by the University, was launched in March 2009 to increase endowments for student financial assistance, invest in teaching and research facilities, expand knowledge and empower faculty as educator-researchers building intellectual capacity.
The campaign had an even loftier goal of strengthening Brock's relationships with its alumni, benefactors, governments and the community, to create invaluable academic assets that will benefit Niagara and all Canadians economically, socially and culturally for generations to come.
David Petis, Brock's Vice-President Advancement, said the University is proud that many of the 14,000 campaign gifts have come from Brock faculty, staff and students, whom he called "the foundation of the success."
"It has been amazing to see the support of so many help raise the level of philanthropy at Brock," he said.
Highlights of the Bold New Brock capital campaign to date include:
* approximately 185 new student awards and the creation of 13 new athletic awards
* more than 25 newly named spaces, including the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex and Goodman School of Business
* Brock's endowment fund has doubled from $28.6 in 2008 to $57.2 million today
* construction of the Matheson Learning Commons, used by thousands of students on a daily basis
* 87.4 per cent of the gifts received through the Bold New Brock campaign have been directed to priority projects of the institution

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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 8th Mar 2012 17:59 UTC, submitted by kragil
Microsoft has disclosed just which limitations Windows Phone 'Tango' will have on low-end devices (256MB RAM). It's pretty hefty - most importantly, the ability to 'multitask' has been disabled. Aren't there more powerful unlimited Android phones out there? What's the point of all this?


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Hell was already frozen anyway, but apparantly, the SkyOS team is trying to bring hell's temperature to absolute zero, since they are saying 2007 might see a release of SkyOS 5. "After what seems about 30 years worth of work (I'm sure even more to Robert), SkyOS will finally be released to the public. Lots of details are still being worked out on this one (as well as the obvious issues still present in the system), but we're really shooting to make it happen."
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Stop comparing it to Ubuntu Linux, Comparing SkyOS to Ubuntu is like battling a peice of grass with a few thousand lawn mowers.
SkyOS is making awesome progress and i am pleased to have given up $30 for betas.
Looks like sirhomer is a poor loser because one or two things don't work how he likes.
Go code your own OS sirhomer, i would love to see you do much in 100 years as robert has done recently.
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Post-Chávez Election: Henrique Capriles Supporters Rally in Caracas
CARACAS, Venezuela – More than 100,000 backers of Henrique Capriles, the most serious challenger ever of the deceased Hugo Chávez, rallied in the streets of Caracas a week before the country's first election in the post-Chávez era.
Most of the roughly 100,000 people who converged in the city center on a hot, sunny Sunday afternoon tried to shrug off forecasts of victory for Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in as acting president after Chávez died March 5 following a long battle with cancer.
"He's capable of offering opportunities to get us out of this disaster."
Capriles said the big turnout in the capital was evidence that he'd win at the ballot box next Sunday.
"Today the streets of Caracas were filled with happiness, today the streets of Caracas were filled with hope, today the streets of Caracas confirm what's going to happen," Capriles said.
Chávez had defeated Capriles in October, but by the slimmest margin of his 14-year tenure as president.
Maduro, who rose from bus driver and union organizer to foreign minister under Chávez, is expected to benefit from an emotional outpouring of solidarity among Chavistas who have benefited from the generous social welfare state he created under the socialist banner.
But many critics contend that Maduro has been saddled with a fiscal hangover due to heavy Chávez spending ahead of October's vote.
Jesus Barroso, a 52-year-old retiree, said he believes Maduro will win handily next Sunday. But he predicted Maduro would not be able complete the six-year term because economic and social woes would prompt Venezuelans to remove him through a recall.
"I don't think he'll last very long in the presidency," Barroso said.
Supporters of Capriles chanted anti-government slogans and waved red, yellow and blue Venezuelan flags as they converged on a main avenue in downtown Caracas, where the 40-year-old governor of central Miranda state, was scheduled to speak.
Upbeat demonstrators danced to music sound trucks, which blasted "Fresh Lie," a newly composed song by Puerto Rican salsa musician Willie Colon that pokes fun at Maduro.
Capriles has repeatedly accused Maduro of failing to resolve pressing problems including frequent power outages, crumbling infrastructure, shortages of basic foods and double-digit inflation, and supporters say Capriles can do better.
"He's capable of offering opportunities to get us out of this disaster," said Maria De Llano said of Capriles, noting that she has difficulty finding some medicines and foods such as coffee, sugar and chicken due to sporadic shortages.
Meanwhile, Maduro invoked Chávez during a rally in the southern state of Apure, telling his backers that "El Comandante" is watching over them from Heaven.
"He's protecting us," said Maduro, speaking as if Chávez were omnipresent.
Indeed, images of Chávez seem to be everywhere in Venezuela. His smiling face is posted on billboard along highways. State-run television channels regularly broadcast footage of his speeches.
And Maduro's campaign organizers set up loudspeakers that play sound bites of Chávez's voice at rallies.
A recent poll by the independent polling firm Datanalisis showed Capriles trailed Maduro 49 percent to 35 percent in a sampling of 800 voters from March 11-13. The poll, with 16 percent of respondents undecided, had a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
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A competitor to bankrupt Abound Solar says it would gladly recycle about 100,000 of the company's discarded panels. Colorado officials recently ordered Abound to clean up the waste.
First Solar in Tempe, Ariz., said it has approached its one-time opponent and the trustee overseeing Abound's bankruptcy case with the offer to recover materials from the solar panels.
"We've reached out to see if our recycling facilities can get their modules," said Alan Bernheimer, public relations director for First Solar's Americas division.
The offer as-yet has no parameters or money attached, details Bernheimer said are still being worked out.
Colorado health and environment officials in January ordered Loveland-based Abound to clean up hazardous waste at four Front Range locations, citing thousands of "unsellable" solar panels and thousands of gallons of toxic liquids.
The panels contain cadmium telluride, of which cadmium is considered a toxic substance and a known carcinogen by federal health agencies.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee Adam Singer estimated the cost of the whole cleanup to be $2.2 million.
Abound filed for bankruptcy in July 2012, just two years after it received $400 million in loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy. The company had used about $70 million of the guarantees.
Bernheimer said First Solar is uniquely positioned to recycle the panels, with an ability to recover "95 percent of the materials and 90 percent of the glass."
The company typically recycles its own production — estimated at about 70 million panels created since production began in 2002 — but since each carries a 25-year warranty, "we don't have a huge volume" to recycle from, Bernheimer said.
"The industry as a whole needs to demonstrate a sense of responsibility," he said. "When you make something , you should be responsible for it when it's completed its life cycle."
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ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE SERVICE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH JOHNSON PROPERTY SERVICES AND CUMMINS AIRFIELD SERVICES, FOR SNOW REMOVAL AT MARION MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, and declaring an emergency, as amended
WHEREAS, on August 12, 2013 by passage of Ordinance 2013-41,
Council authorized the Service Director to prepare specifications and advertise for bids for snow removal at Marion Municipal Airport, and
WHEREAS, based upon bid opening held September 12, 2013, the combination of both service bids was determined to be best was thereby determined.
BE IT ORDAINED BY the Council of the City of Marion, Marion County, Ohio:
Section 1. That the Service Director be directed to enter into contract with Johnson Property Services, W. Center St., Marion, Ohio, and Cummins Airfield Services, 3054 Likens Rd., Marion, Ohio, for a two year period and option for third year at mutual agreement.
Section 2. That cost per "unit" per hour consisting of vehicles with plows and experienced operators. 20 ft. plow $165. /hr., 18ft. plow $200. /hr., High speed broom $300. /hr., 11 ft. plows $100. /hr. sand application $150. /ton and sweeper $90. /hr. Work and services will be divided between Johnson Property Services and Cummins Airfield Services.
Section 3. That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the adoption of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of this Council, and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Corpus Christi The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ In today's solemnity (which was celebrated last Thursday, May 26th in some locations), we honor the most holy Body and Blood of Christ. This feast was promoted by St. Juliana of Liège (also known as St. Juliana of Cornillon), who lived between 1191/2 and 1258, an Augustinian nun in charge of a leper colony. Jesus appeared... Read More


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Re: Favorite video game character?
John-117 is one of the most hardcore people ever. He has to be my favorite. Although Revan is pretty awesome as well.
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Right size, FOX quality
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They breathe OK and they're thin enough to where they fit under my jersey (long, short and 3/4 sleeve). I'll sometimes wear these when I'm riding a really technical XC trail.
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Smart Watches, Smart Buy?
More manufacturers are working on wearable tech, but it may not yet be time for smart watches and Google glasses. Kelli Grant reports.
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... I ... let's break twenty doubts wearable tag SmartGlass watches expected ... to come in ten billion dollar industry by twenty sixteen bid ... to keep it on to outfit yourself with debt Kelli Grant offers a finance correspondent John one take over from ... MarketWatch she's got some answers ... global ... Micra soft Apple they're all D into this market Kellyanne but I want you want to have a deductible ... of what's coming what we can put a piece of wearable Technologies pointed to ... one of them are still rumors so we're not quite the run-up da da is going to be the exception Goebel classes which are the actual glasses ... the most is is going to be something that looks like a wristwatch Cerberus foreign technology that ... of course it tells time but it probably also does a lot of functions that your fungus to similar into an incoming phone call as reducing speed earphone in that way incoming e mail from one to calendar appointments ... you can check your Facebook messages I get to tweets ... all those interesting feature phone does but a handy little worse this one so basically we're no longer have to reach our back pocket to get something we just trust or respect that extra motion was too much for us the cities and led by Mr. I continually see people out with their phones now it's the medial more subtle tired of that says we need now people are the restaurants to stop and sniff their risk write ... to Simon was Ardi on the market that we can see a lot of these ... so-called smartwatch just kind of this number anyway to call ahead to watch cassettes or not the main function but ... they they do everything I did they didn't think this is a big aspect of the wordy scene alight and yes we seen actually a number of these devices that for years one of them in a couple years ago was Motorola's model active which is a two hundred and fifty Heller devices an MP three player to fitness tracker ... and it can happen in her phone in the lurch into the missed calls emails counterpoint all of this thing so ... that that's been out there for awhile and also seen a lot of Kickstarter tech projects up and coming off just a string of them or maybe a dozen or so watches that showed up at the Consumer Electronics Show in January we got a ... hundred and fifty dollar Pavel Bayer's ... in a two hundred and fifty dollars Martian there's all sorts of interesting watches that are out there ... I've that are possibilities but they're from smaller players seem likely to be a little bit more cautious about how well does it work in is it worth the money you're shelling out and does it ... do too many things and that can be one problem with something you some of these gadgets is that if it did to much ... they become to cough and people don't want to use them ... this rich fine I guess to figure out which of these gadgets will will focus in on what particular by the note type of of of of devices can be ... exact that some of them are really complex you can even for a few of them actually answer your phone just buying in imports commanding in the U S debt which ... might be a little much for some people ... can try to do much for me honestly that I'm so it ... remains to be seen really what people are going to be interested here first we are waiting to see it with a major player like Apple I mean it or something like and I watch coming out I think that's can just ... I value that Apple was going to trust ... I'm thinking with that woman with a cool glass in a note especially that of the video component of glasses such a big selling point because you not have to act and actually serve mess something up in fact if a steep investments happen and what you see is what you doing what you get ... on and Google has a cool factor to it ... as Apple does the Micra soft keying in on this ... not the same cool factor may be but maybe they have an opportunity to do and that's been a near certain don't have the cool factor right away but enough to come up with something really innovative in the analysts we talk to said that's the great opportunity for them to position themselves a step that must have gadget because for all of these ... interesting an early adopter having a smart watch is gonna get you that the cool early adopter bye bye ... to some extent with so many players in the markets about not just having a smartwatch but having the right one which may mean waiting customers a bigger player it's got something am and what what's that all right Kelli Grant thank so much being with this you can read more about that on MarketWatch dot com


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Wed, 30 March 2011 at 4:20 am
Britney Spears: 'Jimmy Kimmel' Performances!
Britney Spears performs her smash single "Till The World Ends" during Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Los Angeles on Tuesday (March 29).
Watch the clip below, along with two comedy sketches featuring Britney. "Hi, I'm Britney Spears and this is the POO COCKTAIL SUPREME." Love it!!!
Earlier today, it was announced that Enrique Iglesias and Britney will not be touring together any longer.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
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EclipseLink 2.4.0 Development Plans
This page is a working document for what is being planned and developed for EclipseLink 2.4.0, which is part of the Juno coordinated release shipping in June of 2012.
- Build
- Tycho/Maven Migration Incorporate the use of Tycho to generate OSGi bundles using a manifest-first methodology. This will remove the need for BND, but will rely heavily upon developers properly maintaining the manifest files.
- Enhanced Schema Provisioning: Schema upgrade to handle application version upgrades. Upon request the Schmea will be extended to add additional tables, columns, indexes.
- MetadataSource support for PU Properties: bug 373120 During the bootstrap of a JPA persistence unit the Metadatasource will provide additional PU properties that can come from an external source to customize the PU properties used in the EntityManagerFactory creation.
- Gemini JPA: With the Gemini JPA 1.0 release scheduled to come out this summer the current solution available (which we have deprecated) need to be fully transitioned to leverage the Gemini solutions. This will involve updates or migration of examples but may also involve a coordinated Gemini release if feature work is included.
- ER 356812: Database Change Event Cache Invalidation
- ER 350484: Cache indexes
- ER 312146: Enhanced JPQL
- ER 362899: Support NoSQL Databases
- MOXy
- Parse DDL to extract database metadata. Change the way type metadata is accessed by DBWSBuilder, providing support for the following enhancement requests
- 325124 DBWSProvider does not handle package REF CURSOR
- 339721 DBWS should support strongly-typed package REF CURSOR
- 339909 - DBWS should support optional argument queries
- 329435 - DBWS does not handle %ROWTYPE mix of PL/SQL types and JDBC Advanced types
- DBWS Generation of JAX-RS Web Services.
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Were you a fan of the board game Risk? Did you ever have a secret fantasy that you could take over the world? Would you like to do both at the same time and do it all via the touch screen interface of your T-Mobile G1?
If you do, Aevum Obscurum is the game for you.
At $4.99 in the Android Market, it is one of the pricier games. Noble Master Games offers a limited version to try before you buy. In fact, they recommend playing the game for a bit before shelling out $4.99. They realize that Aevum Obscurum isn't for everyone. However, for fans of turn based strategy games, this is the Holy Grail of Android games.
Not Quite World Domination, But Close
Aevum Obscurum is loosely historically accurate. You can take over the known world of the 13th century. That means Europe, North Africa and parts of the Middle East. In the full version, you can choose the number of other empires you must compete against. On its lowest level, there are three other kingdoms. It is quite easy to win on this level, and as a result it is a great level for training. Games on the highest level, with 32 other kings to defeat, can stretch out for days, depending on how much you play.
Good Realism
For a cell phone strategy game, there are some good elements of strategic realism. Choosing England as a base shows the difficulty of water based invasions. Fortified states are much more difficult to invade, and building a tower increases how far you can see and what information about surrounding provinces is available.
A Good Implementation of the Computer Version
Aevum Obscurum is based on the computer game of the same name. One thing that may disappoint players of the computer game is that multi-player games aren't available on Android. This may or may not be available in the future, but playing the game against computer opponents is quite challenging.
If you are a fan of historical turn based strategy games, Aevum Obscurum is a danger to your free time. It is infectious. Games can last for days, and it can become difficult to keep track of two battle fronts while having other kingdoms invading your flank. It is great fun, and simply one of the best games available for Android.
Aevum Obscurum for Android
Version: 1.0.2
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Late summer and early fall are great times to save on the essential supplies for schools and offices, with deals on everything from paper to personal computers. It's also a great time to make end-of-summer, stock-up and big-ticket purchases that don't involve the school books. Here are some items you may want to consider purchasing within the next few months.
Big-ticket items. As companies prepare to unveil new models for the coming year, they're also more than ready to offload the current year's inventory. This can mean savings on big purchases such as:
Do your homework on which dealerships, brands and stores are offering the deepest discounts and don't be afraid to ask about add-ins or additional features that normally cost extra. Dealerships and even big-box stores are typically happy to discuss price options in order to quickly switch over inventory.
Stock up for next summer. Take the time to anticipate what you may need next summer, while being cautious about buying certain items or sizes that might not work out - such as for rapidly growing children. Here are a few ideas:
These summer favorites will see significant discounts to make room for fall attire and items for the holiday season.
Traveling soon? Speaking of the upcoming holiday season, it's time to begin booking airfare for out-of-state and international trips. A good rule of thumb is to purchase your tickets two months in advance and compare prices on multiple well-known travel sites. Be sure to read the fine print for blackout dates, cancellation options and other special policies.
School and miscellaneous supplies. It's called back-to-school shopping for a reason. Watch for deals on supplies for the kids, your home office and similar items. Dorm room sales are great for basic home purchases on small kitchen appliances, linens, storage containers and more. Consider using coupon and other cash back apps to help boost your savings even more. Similar to airfare, read the fine print to ensure you aren't spending more to only save a little.
Be prepared. Write out ahead of time what you're hoping to purchase and your ideal budget. It's easy to get caught up in the deals and promotions and you may end up overspending and buying items you have no real use for.
Finally, don't forget to take advantage, when possible, of your state's tax-free weekend.
Tax free weekends by state:
Arkansas will begin on Saturday, August 4 and end on Sunday, August 5
Missouri will begin on Friday, August 3 and end on Sunday, August 5
Oklahoma will begin on Friday, August 3 and end on Sunday, August 5
Arvest Bank is warning consumers about scams related to gift cards.
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), many people are being targeted by scammers asking for payment in the form of gift cards. These scammers may call people claiming to be with the IRS, or tech support, or a so-called family member in need. If you've gotten a call like this, you know that the caller will then demand the gift card numbers and PIN.
And, poof, your money is gone.
Scammers are good at convincing people there really is an emergency, so lots of people have made the trip to local merchants to buy gift cards to send these callers. And scammers love gift cards – it's one of their favorite ways to get your money. These cards are like giving cash – and nearly untraceable, unless you act almost immediately.
Here's the most important thing for you to know: anyone who demands payment by gift card is always a scammer.
Gift cards are for gifts, not payments. If you've bought a gift card and lost money to someone who might be a scammer, tell the company who issued the card. (The contact info might be on the card, but might require some research). Tell them their card was used in a scam. If you act quickly enough, they might be able to get your money back. But – either way – it's important that they know what happened to you. And then please tell the FTC about your loss by visiting www.ftc.gov/complaint*. Your report helps the FTC try to shut the scammers down.
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To report a lost or stolen credit, debit or ATM card, please contact Customer Service immediately at (866) 952-9523 or by using our Contact Us page.
To report a suspicious email, phone call or text message, please forward the suspicious email to, or send a message to: email@example.com.
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More and more U.S. workers are replacing their commutes for remote and flexible work environments these days.
In fact, telecommuting has grown 115 percent in the past decade, according to data from Global Workplace Analytics.* That increase has been due, at least in part, to the millennial generation. They have opted for telecommuting positions in order to achieve a healthy work-life balance, Forbes reports.*
There are many benefits of working from home, including reduced commuter costs and increased productivity.
If you're considering working from home, here are a few office staples you will need to ensure maximum success—and productivity:
A well set-up office can go a long way in ensuring you remain productive, and effectively leverage the advantages of working from home.
Millions of Americans use dating sites, social networking sites, and chat rooms to meet people. Many form successful relationships, but romance scammers also use these sites to meet potential victims. They create fake profiles to build online relationships, and eventually convince people to send money in the name of love.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, thousands of reports are made each year about scammers who create fake online relationships only to steal their victims' money.
Unfortunately, an online love interest who asks for money is almost certainly a scam artist. Caution should be used when a newly formed relationship partner begins to ask for money.
The FTC has created a new infographic, developed with the American Bankers Association Foundation, which lists common signs of online dating scams and what to do if someone you meet online asks you for money. Victims may be embarrassed to talk about their experiences, but consumers can help one another by sharing this information. A simple phone call, email or text, saying "Look what I just found" and sharing this information may make a difference in someone else's life.
Below are specific tips from the FTC to identify a scammer in an online dating environment:
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Start in Bentonville is a two hour session aimed at helping potential entrepreneurs turn their side hustle into their main hustle. Come at 8:30am for networking, coffee and light breakfast items provided by The Buttered Biscuit. At 9:00am, we'll kick things off with Start-up Junkie's Ellen Brune who will talk about product market fit and market research. Then we'll roll into how to build your lean canvass with Jeff Amerine, also from Startup Junkie. Have an idea for a product or service that solves a problem? Come to this session and learn how to get your idea off the ground!
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You've mastered your local market and you're a small business rockstar here in Bentonville- but what's next? Join us for this informative session and hear from experts on how to go beyond and capture international markets, get your product in with a large organization or even selling to the government.
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Walmart Auditorium Bentonville Public Library 405 S. Main St. Bentonville, Arkansas 72712
Grow in Bentonville, presented by Arvest, is a two hour session that will help small business owners understand tax planning, financial management systems, and cash flow management. Come at 9:30am for networking, coffee and light breakfast items provided by Snack Lab. At 10:00am, we'll begin with Judy Coker, an Enrolled Agent in Northwest Arkansas. Judy is an income tax professional, licensed by the US Department of Treasury, to represent taxpayers before all levels of the Internal Revenue Service. Judy is an educator, a planner, and an advocate. She believes that even though she can't change a small business client's tax history, she can change their tax future. At 11:00am, Carolyn Kennedy, Director of Treasury Management for Arvest will discuss cash flow management and the affects it can have on your business.
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This weekend's match will be a battle in a big city on a big lake with the Chicago Fire traveling to Toronto for their fourth away match this season.
It was just three short weeks ago that Chicago turned the momentum in their favor with a road win against D.C. United ending their brief winless streak at the start of the season. This should be a much more relaxed club, now unbeaten in their last three, but they're not satisfied or happy about relinquishing their 1- nil lead vs. Chivas USA last weekend and only walking away with a point at home.
This weekend should mark CJ Brown's 350th match across all MLS competitions. The humble leader feels that it's important for the Fire to come out with more energy and excitement then the Chivas USA match – especially when considering that Toronto usually packs in over 20,000 at home, so it's imperative for the Fire to quiet those raucous fans with an organized and patient attack. Brown also reiterated the importance of focus for the full 90, and he wants to see cleaner passing from his club.
On the attacking side, Patrick Nyarko could have a big afternoon. Toronto's defense seems a little dicey and inexperienced. He has the confidence of a player who wants and needs the ball, and isn't afraid of its possession at crucial times. The Fire should also be stoked by the return of the Big Pole, Krzysztof Krol. Prior to receiving a red card in the Houston Dynamo game, he was enjoying the best match of his young MLS career. It will be nice to have his size and physical presence in hostile territory.
On the Toronto side, they are strong in the middle with Dwayne De Rosario and Julian de Guzman. Strangely enough they were both on the bench to begin last week's match in Salt Lake.. Remember, this is the first time in MLS history that half the teams will not make the playoffs…food for thought, Coach Preki. Points are more precious than ever and it will be even more so next season with 18 clubs in MLS.
DeRosario continues to be very dangerous for Toronto. He notched his sixth goal of the season on a penalty kick in last Saturday's 2-1 loss to RSL. If not for some big stops by keeper Stefan Frei, the deficit could have been larger. Former Fire player, Chad Barrett, would probably love to shine versus his old club, and has been a valuable member for Toronto this season. Lastly, this will be the Fire's first foray into the new 3.5 million dollar grass pitch installed in April at BMO field. The Reds of Toronto must like it – they are a perfect 2-0 at home, while losing all four road matches.
I say that perfection comes to halt with a 2-1 Fire victory on Saturday, propelled by Patrick Nyarko's first goal of the season, as he gives defenders one more thing to worry about in MLS.


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Gulf Coast (Texas)
Texas's Gulf Coast stretches for hundreds of miles, from the Louisiana border to Brownsville on the Rio Grande. The beaches are excellent, and oil-rich cities like Houston make for fun nightlife, too.
Other destinations
Home to some of the best beaches in America, the Texas Gulf Coast region draws millions of visitors to this Texas playground. Stretching some 350 miles from South Padre Island & the Rio Grande Valley, all the way to Beaumont & the Louisiana border, this region is renowned for its wildlife & natural beauty, as well as the home of America's space program.
The Texas coast is like no other. Stretching about 367 miles as the crow flies along a gentle arc that makes up the northwestern edge of the Gulf of Mexico, there are actually over 3,300 miles of shoreline along its islands, bays and river mouths.
It's no wonder that coastal communities are the most densely populated and fastest growing areas in the country. The opportunities and resources that originally lured Native Americans and settlers continue to attract people to the coast today. Throughout the year, tourists travel to the shore to enjoy recreational activities and visit locales with relaxed surroundings.
Coastal residents and tourists seek out beaches and bays for fishing, swimming, wildlife viewing, picnicking, camping, boating, and other activities. Tourism is big business in Texas, and coastal communities rely on their beaches and bays to attract tourists, who spend billions of dollars each year.
Texas coastal communities continue a coastal historic heritage with an active economy. Whether the coastal traveler is interested in fishing, birding, beachcombing, or simply sight-seeing, the Texas coast has some-thing to offer everyone.
Read more at: Texas Gulf Coast Area Information
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What we're about
Mission Statement
The Nikola Tesla Inventors Club was formed to promote the legacy of Nikola Tesla by raising awareness of his accomplishments, picking up where Tesla left off, and furthering his work. We bring together those with a genuine interest in Tesla through educational programs, workshops, meetings, and public events. NTIC also selects several inventors per year who have demonstrated a promising idea that exemplifies Tesla's life and work. We help patent and and bring these ideas to market by forming an appropriate team of professionals including engineers, attorneys, and business/marketing specialists.
Dear members and Tesla followers:
We have brought to successful conclusion our key yearly event in which
we celebrated Tesla's birthday and many of his scientific
accomplishments. We are grateful to all of you who are members, for
your participation and efforts. We also appreciate the moral support
and encouragement from all of you Tesla followers and would like to
invite you to join us by participating in at least some of the 30
events that are planned for the upcoming year.
There are so many things that are planned for the next year that there
should be no problem for everyone to find something of interest to get
involved with.
If you are an administrative type, helping us to organize events would
be greatly appreciated. We will be working on bringing over the
travelling Tesla Museum . Then there are various
collaborations between Tesla Museum, Art Institute of Philly,
and other universities on everything from art to
educational projects - including school assembly programs that are
being worked on with the Franklin Institute.
If you are technical then you can get involved with all sorts of
projects - from rebuilding our web site and launching an internet
radio service to participating in events such as building your own
Tesla Coil. Or if you are creative and artistic then one of the
possibilities is getting involved with production of a film "Tesla and
If you are good at fund raising then our
501(c)(3) registration is something that could keep you quite busy anddealing with lots of connected and influential individuals and
organizations. Or if you are a scientist or an inventor then please
get involved and let us know what you need and how The Tesla
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assistance to you.
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individuals like your self. So, please either contact us or come out
to one of our upcoming events.
P.S. If you have the drive and if you share most of our vision of
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Surgery Center in Metairie, LA
Surgery at East Jefferson General Hospital consists of over 150 team members dedicated to the care of each patient having a surgical procedure. Our surgeons have garnered national recognition for developing innovative procedures and using technology to pave the way for advancements in all areas of surgery.
Groundbreaking procedures are employed at EJGH across surgical disciplines, including orthopedics, urology, prostate care, and gynecology with nationally recognized success in minimally invasive spine surgery. In addition, East Jefferson General Hospital has become one of the first to routinely use the da Vinci Robotics System for hysterectomies, allowing for minimal scarring and speedy recovery.
But perhaps more important than our skilled physicians, expert use of robotics, targeted radiology and leading edge surgical techniques, is the personal touch each patient experiences at East Jefferson. An entire surgical team is dedicated to every patient because we view them as more than a disease that needs to be treated or a problem that has to be solved. Our surgery department is stocked with blanket warmers, so patients can feel the homey warmth of a blanket just pulled from the dryer, before they go into surgery and when they are in recovery. It is the balance of surgical talent and human compassion that makes East Jefferson General Hospital's inpatient and outpatient surgery departments renowned for excellence.
Surgical Specialties at East Jefferson include:
Certified Nurses in the Operating Room (CNOR)
Many of our nurses have advanced certification and many more are in the process of acquiring advanced certification. CNOR credentialing represents a level of professional achievement and a demonstrated knowledge of clinical competence and practice standards. Just as important, achieving a CNOR credential demonstrates proficiency in support of quality patient care and sets a standard of commitment to the profession of operating room nursing.
Patients are our number one priority at the EJGH center for surgery. Metairie, LA is our home, and we are dedicated to our patients from the North Shore, New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, and the surrounding River Parishes. Contact us for more information about our surgery center.


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Gardening 101: Six Spring Vegetables to Plant Now
Cool season vegetables like radishes and greens are completely underrated in my book. They grow well from seed, mature quickly, you can often harvest them at different stages and eat multiple parts of the plant. I gathered together a few of my very favorite spring vegetable varieties here, but I'm curious to know what you are planting in your garden right now.
'French Breakfast' radish. I would grow these radishes just for the pleasure of pulling the pretty roots up out of the ground. Unlike most salad radishes, which are globe shaped, this variety features cylindrical red roots with blunt white tips. Harvest them just as their shoulders push through the soil. And don't even think about composting the greens--cook them just like you would spinach. They are delicious! Always direct sow radish seed into the garden. Seed is available from Territorial Seed Company.
'Violetto' Artichoke. This gorgeous artichoke is pretty enough to plant in a flower bed. It produces purple artichokes that are held above a 2 1/12 foot tall mound of deeply serrated dove grey leaves. Artichokes are actually flower buds. It's hard to resist harvesting every single bud, but if you leave a few on the plant, you'll be treated to large, purple, thistle-like flowers that lure in tons of bees. 'Violetto' artichokes survive the winter down to USDA Hardiness Zone 6. In cooler climates they can be grown as annual for a fall crop of artichokes. Grow artichokes from seedlings.
Broccoli Rabe. Sow this super fast growing green now and you'll be harvesting its tender leaves and broccoli-like heads in just under two months. Broccoli rabe leaves taste like a cross between mustard and turnip greens and the heads are sweet with just a bit of heat. Be sure to harvest the plants before the buds open up and reveal their bright yellow flowers. Direct sow broccoli rabe in the garden. Seed is available from Territorial Seed Company.
'Golden India' Snow Pea. This pea grows nearly seven feet tall and has incredible two toned purple blossoms followed by pale yellow snow peas. Harvest the pea shoots (the tips of the vines) for salads and stir fry. Pick the pods when they are just three inches long and tender--any larger and they tend to become quite tough. Either direct sow seed or plant seedlings of peas in the garden. Seed is available from John Scheeper's Kitchen Garden Seeds.
'Forellenschluss' lettuce. If I could only grow one lettuce, it would be this heirloom romaine. It has lovely green leaves dappled with red and tastes delicious when harvested as a baby green or as a mature head. Its sweet leaves have a bit of a crunch to them and the lettuce grows well even in hotter weather. Fabulous! Either direct sow seed or plant seedlings of lettuce. Seed is available from Seed Savers Exchange.
'Lacinato' kale. I grow a ton of kale because it can be harvested at the baby stage and used in salads or when mature for cooking. This Italian black kale has heavily textured leaves and a sweet flavor. The architectural plants grow nearly 3 feet tall and look great if underplanted with 'Bulls Blood' beets or red lettuce. Grow kale from seedlings or direct sow seed into the garden. Seed is available from the Seed Savers Exchange.
Willi Galloway writes The Gardener column. She lives in Portland, Oregon and writes about her kitchen garden on her blog DigginFood. Her first book Grow. Cook. Eat. A Food-Lovers Guide To Kitchen Gardening will be published in January 2012.
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Setoguchi's OT goal gives Wild 2-1 win over Predators, snaps 3-game losing streak
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Devin Setoguchi's power-play goal at 4:21 of overtime gave Minnesota a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators and snapped the Wild's three-game losing streak on Saturday night.
Setoguchi took a pass from Mikko Koivu and fired a shot past Chris Mason for his first goal of the season and the Wild's 23rd in 11 games.
Cal Clutterbuck also scored, and Niklas Backstrom stopped 25 shots for Minnesota.
Paul Gaustad scored for Nashville, which had a four-game winning streak broken.
Gaustad was whistled for a hand-pass penalty on a faceoff at 2:48 of overtime. Gaustad held his hands up in bewilderment as he skated to the penalty box, and coach Barry Trotz yelled at the officials.
Mason — starting in place of Pekka Rinne — turned aside a couple of Wild scoring chances, but couldn't stop Setoguchi's shot.
Nashville took a 1-0 lead midway through the first period after Craig Smith charged past defenseman Ryan Suter to set up Gaustad's goal.
The Wild invested $196 million to bring in Suter and high-scoring forward Zach Parise during the offseason, but the investment hasn't resulted in more offense yet.
Wild fans booed the home team during a 4-1 loss to Vancouver on Thursday, and were restless on Saturday before Clutterbuck tied the game at 1 by tipping in Suter's shot from the point at 12:59 of the second.
Nashville entered the game allowing only 1.81 goals per game, lowest average in the NHL.
The Wild came out firing, though, heeding coach Mike Yeo's advice to shoot more. They held a 10-6 edge in shots after one period.
Rinne has turned away 112 of the last 115 shots he faced, but Mason got the nod because the Predators will be playing in Chicago on Sunday.
In his second start of the season — both against Minnesota — Mason stopped 30 shots.
Backstrom, who was pulled early in Thursday's loss, is 19-2-4 in games after being removed for non-injury reasons.
NOTES: Gaustad's goal was his first since last Feb. 19. ... Wild forward Dany Heatley has no points in six games after he scored goals in four of five games. ... Parise has one point in six games after totaling nine in his first five. ... The Wild have won just two of nine against Nashville.


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If you're older than, say, 45, you probably remember when coats and ties were standard office wear. When fax machines were state of the art. And when the idea of "working from home" was a laughable fantasy.
But times change: Business casual is in, faxes are almost gone, and flexible work practices (FWPs) are increasingly common. While employees tend to love them, FWPs can carry a stigma in some circles. Work and Organizations faculty members Lisa Leslie and Colleen Flaherty Manchester explored that topic in research that focuses on how FWPs affect an employee's career prospects. Their process included an online survey of 482 Fortune 500 firm employees, along with lab studies that involved 156 participants.
One finding: Employees and managers tend to view FWPs from different perspectives. "Employees are more likely to report that they use FWPs for both work-life balance and productivity reasons," says Manchester. "They view the two as synergistic."
Not so for managers. "We found that when managers attribute employee use of FWPs for productivity reasons, they assume that the employees are more committed and thus reward them with higher levels of career success--regardless of the employees' actual level of commitment," says Leslie.
"That finding confirmed one of our hypotheses," she adds. Alternatively, they proposed that "if a manager thought an employee was using an FWP purely for work-life balance reasons, it would lead to the assumption that the employee has personal life issues that detract from his or her commitment to work--and that the employee is less committed than someone who doesn't use an FWP." This prediction bore out in the laboratory study, but was not supported in the field study.
In other words, much is riding on a manager's perception of why the employee wants an FWP. Says Manchester: "If you're an employee, it's key to make the productivity case when you request an FWP."
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, India, Jan 14 – Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims led by naked, ash-covered holy men streamed into the sacred river Ganges on Monday at the start of the world's biggest religious festival.
The Kumbh Mela in the Indian town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million worshippers gather over the next 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters, believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings.
Before daybreak on Monday, a day chosen by astrologers as auspicious, hundreds of gurus, some brandishing swords and tridents, ran into the swirling and freezing waters for the first bath, signalling the start of events.
Assorted dreadlocked holymen, seers and self-proclaimed saints from all over the country have assembled for the colourful and chaotic spectacle that offers a rare glimpse of the dizzying range of Indian spiritualism.
"I am ecstatic. When I enter the Ganges I feel so happy, it's a feeling I can't explain," said Mokshanand, a heavily bearded guru who emerged shivering from the water in a small pair of saffron-coloured underpants.
"Our biggest wish is that there is peace and that people should look after each other," a member of the Naga Sadhus, a devout, fierce and famously nude sect of followers of the Hindu god Shiva, told AFP.
For most ordinary Indians, the Kumbh Mela is a religious holiday enjoyed in an almost carnival atmosphere, where prayers and blessings are offered and sought alongside family or friends camping together at the vast festival site.
The hardships of being squeezed in the crowds, enduring endless whistling and barked orders from thousands of policemen and even catching a cold in the chilly January weather are seen as a price worth paying for a dip.
"I was a bit reluctant to go in at first because of the cold, but I was pushed into the river by the mass of people," Indu Bala Dhawan, a 70-year-old grandmother from western Punjab, told AFP.
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The Kumbh Mela takes place every 12 years in Allahabad, in northern Uttar Pradesh state, with smaller but similar events every three years in other locations around India.
It has its origins in Hindu mythology, which describes how a few drops of the nectar of immortality fell on the four places that host the festival — Allahabad, Nasik, Ujjain and Haridwar.
For men like Ram Krishna Verma, a 42-year-old farmer from the state of Chhattisgarh, who has travelled some 700 kilometres (430 miles), it is a time of solemn duty as he has come to scatter the ashes of his late mother.
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Edward Snowden recently declared "mission accomplished" in his crusade to change the NSA, although the collateral damage will cost us all in the long run. You could tell by his smug response that he knows what he did has broad consequences. The problem is that the consequences are bigger than he wants to admit and I am sure will he will choose to ignore.
By revealing the secrets of the work the National Security Agency (NSA) does with American technology companies and products, he has created far reaching implications for these companies, ones that will hit the pocketbooks of everyday Americans.
Recently, his documents have revealed the work of NSA's Tailored Access Organization and what they do to gain access to hard to reach targets by planting backdoors and other items on products shipped to other countries in addition to other NSA activities. He previously detailed what the NSA does secretly with company networks and the acknowledged work with technology companies.
Want a similar situation? Huawei, the Chinese electronics giant closely associated with the Chinese military, has been hit constantly with the allegations of the Chinese planting backdoors in important networking equipment. Huawei recently suggested they may exit the U.S. market for lack of traction due to these concerns. But American companies such as CISCO and Juniper Networks will now feel the pressure in other countries that Huawei was feeling here in the U.S. and unlike Huawei which was rumor and innuendo, Snowden's disclosures provide a paper trail against our U.S. companies.
The consequences will be for sure; it will be a slow bleed over a long period of time. The price that these hardware and the software companies such as Google and Microsoft will pay for unknowingly and knowingly assisting the NSA will be paid in the international marketplace for a long time. This in turn will trickle down to you and me as the bleed turns into the need to start charging for services that we all enjoy free today or product costs increase causing dips in profitability negatively influencing our retirements as subscribers and contracts dry up and markets decline for U.S. tech products around the world.
Edward Snowden thinks that he made the world better, but due to his narrow minded focus on only the NSA, he will ignore the full cost of his disclosures. Costs that many around the country, and especially in the technology world will pay for, including you and me, even though none of us asked for it.
If Edward Snowden was truly sound in the belief of his mission, he would come to the U.S. and face the music. But since he knows he stole federal property and threatened to dispense of it as blackmail to avoid being caught, his role of a hero will always be tempered by his cowardly behavior. The U.S. should not drop charges against him and he should come back, hold his hands together as he enters the airport, accept arrest and prove to everyone that he is right in the court of law. Avoiding a true showdown, he proves that he knows what he did was wrong and wishes to take the easy way out. He should at least apologize to all of us for making us pay for his crusade.


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The UFC crowned its first women's strawweight champion last night. Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas tore through the cast of The Ultimate Fighter season 20 and met one another in the finals.
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Complaining about Windows Vista is a national past time on Internet forums these days. Windows Vista 'costs too much', 'has onerous product activation', 'requires too much hardware', etc. These complaints are often followed up by a very simple boast: 'I'm just going to switch to Linux'. But in today's landscape, how viable is that statment? Is the threat to switch to Linux an empty one, or is it entirely possible?"
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The one who scores big goals!
Heck, the one who scores goals, period.
Kane scored the winner against the evil Red Wings in
What's more, Kane did it with a display of that dazzling talent that has disappeared for long stretches this season. Kane went to the tough area of the Detroit slot just outside the crease, took a short, hot pass from Patrick Sharp, quickly saw he had no shot, then brilliantly went to his backhand and beat goalie Jimmy McDonald late in the second period.
Spectacular, timely and important. Yeah, that's the Patrick Kane I remember.
Before the trade deadline, I wrote that Kane was 50
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in goals. Just to clarify: not a good thing. Kane was First-Team All-Overrated. Or maybe First-Team All-Overhyped or All-Overpaid. Whatever, Kane was the poster child for an underachieving Hawks team. The little guy was coming up, yep, little.
Compare and contrast with the equally paid and commercialized Jonathan Toews, injured but not forgotten. Kane doesn't kill penalties like Toews. Kane doesn't always take faceoffs or dominate the dot like Toews. Kane doesn't score like Toews.
Problem is, the only thing Kane can do is score. That's the only way he can make a difference. Sure, he can backcheck, take his man, execute the defensive-zone principles that Joel Quenneville has stressed since he replaced Denis Savard a Stanley Cup ago.
But wise up, Kane has to score goals. Big goals. Like the shorthander against Nashville in the 2010 playoffs. Like the Cup winner in overtime in Philadelphia. Like the hat trick that wiped out the universally loathed Canucks the postseason before they won the Cup.
He wasn't doing it this season. Score big goals? Heck, he couldn't outscore Viktor Stalberg.
If Kane was going to produce virtually nothing when the team desperately needed him to score, then you had to wonder out loud how much will he fall off in a year or two when his no-movement clause kicks in?
If the Hawks had traded Kane to Columbus for Rick Nash at the deadline a week ago, I'd have led the parade, and I believe there would've been a lot of people lining up behind me.
But something happened at the trade deadline. The passing of the trade deadline, actually. It's as if Kane woke up surprised to find himself still a hood ornament for the Hawks.
In the first game after a deadline when a lot of relieved players go on holiday, Kane registered a goal and assist in a big comeback against the Maple Leafs. Before that, Kane had one multi-point game in his last 17.
Then came Sunday's game-winner, Kane's third goal in four games. Before that, it took him 16 games to manage three goals.
Kane has been centering a line that has included Marian Hossa and sometimes Sharp. Whoever has been on that other wing, Kane's line has been the Hawks' most dynamic of late. Kane seems to have more jump. He has shown more speed. He has been dangerous --- the most dangerous he has been all season.
At the same time, even without the likely concussed Toews, the Hawks are playing their tightest and smartest hockey of the season. Small sample size, yeah, but I'm trying to b e Stevie Sunshine here, people.
The victory in Detroit marked the Hawks' second 2-1 straight win on this three-game road trip against playoffs teams. They beat the evil Wings on Sunday the same way they defeated Ottawa on Friday --- they checked, they skated, they took advantage of opportunities on their dogbreath power play, they got another huge game from their goalie, and their best players were their best players. A perfect road game.
Heck, a perfect playoff game.
This is the way the playoff race is going to be for the next five weeks. It will be spectacular, timely and important if Kane continues to play like a big boy, especially with Toews out.
No, check that: It will be demanded, especially with Toews out.
This little run might be just a spike in an uneven season for Kane and the Hawks. Or it might be that Kane has watched Toews lead in so many ways for so long that the Hawks' little boy finally is growing up.