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Porn star Hillary Scott is originally from suburban Naperville, Illinois, but grew up in nearby Chicago. She first got interested in porn when, after her mother put a cable box in her room, she would stay up late and watch Cinemax. During high school, Hillary dated another female and didn't lose her virginity to a boy until age 16.
She moved to L.A. in 2004 to join the adult industry and went straight into anal, which is how she prefers it. She works without condoms in all of her b/g scenes. Hillary has landed some high-profile roles, replacing actress Jessica Sweet as Britney Rears in film three of the Britney Rears series and playing famous TV babe Marcia Brady in Not the Bradys XXX.
Hillary has won numerous awards for her performances, including the coveted AVN Female Performer of the Year 2007, the F.A.M.E. Awards Dirtiest Girl in Porn in 2008, and AVN's Best Group Sex Scene for Icon in 2009.
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Real Salt Lake's recent run of good form has come as a result of them getting contributions from everywhere, and that was once again the case on Saturday afternoon.
RSL defender Aaron Maund started at center back in the team's 1-0 win over Toronto FC, and that made him the 19th different player to start a game in MLS play for the Claret and Cobalt this season. Maund's performance not only helped Real Salt Lake pick up their latest cleansheet of the season, but it also provided more proof of the broad depth the club has.
Maund had previously started against the Charleston Battery in an Open Cup game a couple of weeks ago, but he was much more impressive on Saturday against the same Toronto FC side that traded him to RSL before the season started.
"I thought he was super — super," said Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis in a postgame TV interview. "It wasn't a perfect game. I thought he made a couple mistakes at the end where I thought he should be heading to players and headed to their players and caused us to have to look at second chances a little bit. Super, super reaction because the last time he played it was a bit of a struggle for him at home. I thought this might be the right time. He had a good reserve match down in Phoenix for the guys. I thought he acquitted himself very, very nicely. Welcome Aaron Maund to the team."
Maund, who went the distance against TFC in what was his first league appearance of the campaign, said after the match that he is happy to be where he is now.
"It's good to see my old teammates and stuff like that, but when you step on the field it's all business," he told reporters after the match. "For that 90 minutes, it's a war, but it was good to get a result here. It was a tough game and I think we did well with it."
Besides trotting out a different starting lineup, RSL also deployed a different formation from their traditional 4-4-2 with a diamond midfield. They instead used a 4-3-3, starting three forwards in Olmes Garcia, Devon Sandoval and Joao Plata. The formation wasn't perfect, but it had plenty of bright spots as well.
"I think so," said Kreis on if he felt the formation was effective. "As we say, the questions are always answered in the matches. We can talk on the chalkboard as much as we want, we can run through things in practice and see that we like it, but the players answer the questions in the game. I think that they did a pretty nice job today. It wasn't perfect, but it was their first time at it. It's nice to see we have another option."
For RSL, this couldn't have come at a better time. Departing for CONCACAF Gold Cup national team duty are regulars Alvaro Saborio, Kyle Beckerman, Nick Rimando and Tony Beltran, and their absences mean over a third of the team's starters will be missing, something that Kreis surely feels a little better about after seeing how many options he really has.

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According to IMDB, this is 168 minutes long!
"No good movie is too long, just as no bad movie is short enough."
1. Inland Empirebecause lynch has attained kubrick-like God status for me. (what a difference a few years makes!) when i first came to xixax, lynch was the only one of the directors with forums who i was not already in love with. but after seeing all his films (and especially his show Twin Peaks) i became a convert. so even though i saw Mulholland Drive in the theatre a few years ago i had no idea how special that was until much later. so now, i'm dying for whats next. a new lynch movie will trump all others this year, and the fact it's so 'secretive' makes it even more desirable. i hope it finds a release before 07.
I'm going to school in Boston so I'm definitely going to be making the trip for this. Pan's Labyrinth is the Closing night film, which, like everyone else who's seen it, I really recommend.
Fung Wah bus anyone?
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Turkey and Argentina have dominated the headlines, but the South African rand and Brazilian real are the next worst performing currencies since the onset of the crisis. Is this justified?
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The V-8 engine, powerplant of choice for several generations of RVers and the public at large, may be going the way of leaded gasoline.
According to a report in Automotive News, a panel of experts speaking Tuesday (April 21) at the 2009 SAE World Congress believe that tightening emissions standards and volatile fuel prices could spell the end for a nearly century-old engine design that first piqued interest in a big way with the introduction of the Chevrolet overhead-valve V-8 in 1955.
At least one panelist, Mary Ann Wright, CEO of the Johnson Controls-Saft joint-venture battery company, referenced an April 17 ruling by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases endanger the public. The ruling is expected to lay the groundwork for further reductions in such emissions.
"You are going to see the discussion starting to shift to not only reducing fuel consumption but CO2," Wright said.
As noted during the panel discussion, contemporary engine technology, combined with lighter-weight vehicles, improved vehicle aerodynamics and more efficient transmissions, would be able to effectively counteract the need for larger-displacement engines without adversely affecting acceleration and towing performance.
However, while speakers such as Don Kapp, Ford Motor Co.'s director of powertrain research and advanced engineering, extolled the virtues of such breakthrough technology as Ford's EcoBoost – a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter engine that produces 355 hp, about the same as a V-8 – no one apparently addressed the torque values of such designs. While V-8 engines are seldom used today in automobiles, they remain a cornerstone for light-truck sales due to the engine's ability to create large amounts of torque – pulling power – at relatively low engine rpm.
Developing technology wasn't the only topic under discussion. According to Minoru Shinohara, a senior vice president at Nissan Motor Co., driver behavior is yet another factor in vehicle efficiency that needs to be addressed. Nissan is working on a number of in-car technologies aimed at improving feedback to the driver, including:
- An accelerator pedal that pushes back slightly when speed is increased too much.
- An Ecometer that keeps the driver informed about vehicle performance.
- Carwings, a program that alerts drivers to traffic congestion along a computed route and selects alternative paths.
Other technologies presented included a chain-driven starter-alternator by supplier BorgWarner Inc. intended to eliminate fan belts. The company also is researching more efficient turbochargers and transmissions.
"Turbocharged engines offer 15% to 30% better fuel economy and as much as 20% reduction in CO2 emissions," said Roger Wood, executive vice president of turbo and emissions systems for BorgWarner, in predicting that the use of turbochargers would grow by 135% by 2014. Meanwhile, Uwe Grebe, executive director for advanced engineering for General Motors Corp., suggested that smaller turbocharged engines could account for as much as 20% of the market by 2014.
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There are several different ways to look at a performance like the United States' 1-1 draw with Chile last Saturday night.
First, there is the fact that you always play to win. That's the point of sport, the point of competition, and by that measure, the US came up short. And it wasn't just on the scoreboard, but in the body language of the players on the field for the first 45 minutes. There was a distinct lack of urgency from nearly the entire side.
In a way, that's understandable. It was just a friendly against something less than the Chilean first team.
But while it's partially comprehensible, it's wholly disappointing. Whether it's the Chilean reserves or a World Cup final against Brazil, you'd hope that just putting on the uniform would be incentive enough for a fully committed performance.
Another way of looking at it – and honestly, the more important way of looking at it at this point in the cycle – is to put individual performances in a box and analyze them a play, or a series of plays, at a time. Bob Bradley was likely much more interested in individuals than in the form of the entire team, since there's a zero percent chance that the exact group we saw on Saturday will ever take the field in any meaningful competition.
And then there's the eternal debate over personnel and tactics. Bradley's first half 4-4-1-1 was pretty impotent, caused in large part by a few guys not being up to the task athletically. Notable for that were Jeff Larentowicz and Mix Diskerud.
Larentowicz simply doesn't have the range to play in the Double-6 at the MLS level, let alone the international level. With the Colorado Rapids, Larentowicz is asked to be a sweeper rather than a two-way central midfielder, and the shiny new MLS Cup they have is a testament to how well that tactical approach works.
As a sweeper, Larentowicz sits in front of the central defense and organizes the game, making himself available as an outlet and allowing his central midfield partner (usually Pablo Mastroeni) to roam all over the field. The same tactics were used by FC Dallas, with Daniel Hernandez staying deep and McCarty, who has since moved on to D.C. United, being the roaming box-to-box midfielder.
Bradley's decision to go with the Double-6 despite fielding two central midfielders better suited to different tactics is an insight into what the coach will field once he has more of his first choice central midfielders (Michael Bradley, Stuart Holden, Maurice Edu, Jermaine Jones, Ricardo Clark, José Torres) on hand, and it's a fair bet we'll see that formation next month in Egypt.
And to that I say, gird your loins. The fatal flaw of the Double-6 is the gap that tends to appear between the central midfield and central defense, and if you recall, that gap is from where England's goal, both of Slovenia's goals and Ghana's first tally all came last summer.
On the flip side, the US' best performance was the second half of that Slovenia, game with Edu playing as a sweeper and Michael Bradley further up – exactly how Colorado and Dallas play.
So, not to crush the elder Bradley, but the Double-6 with this personnel and this series of data points remains a strange and frustrating choice.
While Larentowicz's range issue affected the ability of the team to coordinate the midfield and build from the back, Diskerud showed himself to be a bit out of his depth as a supporting striker/advanced central midfielder in the 4-4-1-1.
Nobody expected him to be Diego Forlán, or even Clint Dempsey, but Diskerud should have been able to offer more than he did. He was pretty consistently muscled off the ball – and this was not a particularly large or physical opponent – and his touch in traffic left much to be desired.
Chris Wondolowski, stranded on an island for most of his 60 minutes alone up top, was the primary casualty. Even so, Wondo had several very classy attacking plays on the night and will hopefully get another chance in the future, hopefully playing alongside another true striker.
The good news about Diskerud is that once he was moved to a flank midfield position midway through the second half, he became much more involved and productive. In fact, the whole team looked better for that stretch, which coincided neatly with the insertion of Sporting Kansas City's Teal Bunbury and the New York Red Bulls' Juan Agudelo, and a switch to a more traditional 4-4-2.
In terms of "individual performance," Agudelo again stole the show, just as he did in November at South Africa. And you can see that Bunbury has a forward's bloodlines as he plays a simple, hard-working, unselfish game reminiscent of Brian McBride. Barring injury, both will factor into Bradley's thinking for every roster from here on out.
Defensively, the most telling part of the night is that Tim Ream played the whole 90. The first half was alongside Omar Gonzalez, playing a very deep line; the second alongside Marvell Wynne, playing what was an extraordinarily high line against a team as quick in attack as Chile. In that regard, it looked very much like a final exam to see if Ream has the flexibility to make the jump into the first team.
He probably does. Ream wasn't outstanding – aside from Agudelo, no one was – but he was very good, which on a night like Saturday, is good enough. And Ream's biggest strength, his ability to distribute, will only be enhanced by getting games alongside the regulars.
In a few weeks' time, we'll find out more.
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San Francisco Magazine (June 2006)
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Wall Street Journal (April 28th, 2006)
"One of California's most renowned wine retailers... The store's success lies in part in its incredibly wide selection, ranging from Bordeaux's top growths to obscure cult bottlings. Anything in the store's inventory is available online... It's a little like having a personal sommelier; the only thing missing, of course, was a sample sip. "
Des Moines Register (March 16th 2006)
"California-based K&L serves up a rich Web site with a vast selection of wines--from rare to common table wines--at good prices. While the selection of wines from around the world is strong (particularly in Italian and French wines) the site distinguishes itself by the breadth of West Coast wines offered... There is lots more here, including wine reviews, monthly wine clubs that automatically send you wines every month at reduced prices, wine e-mail alerts, which notify you of new wines or if a wine you are waiting for becomes available, and a free wine newsletter."
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"California-based K&L is understandably strong in West Coast wines--from the Napa Valley heavy hitters... to lesser-known gems. Not that it's a slouch in other world wine regions; its French and Italian offerings are also particularly fine. K&L's generally competitive pricing looks even better when you click into the inventory clearance area... Also helpful: the excellent information on regions, subregions and microregions shown with each wine description."
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"Here's one of those little things that makes living in San Francisco worth all the hassle: One of the most notable wine merchants in the nation is headquartered here. While our friends in other parts of the country are left to peruse the K&L Web site (awesome in its own right), we can stop in and read labels, talk to real people, and taste. Sure, wine snobs still go to Napa Valley, Sonoma, or
down the coast to shop for vino. But who wants to brave that kind of traffic every time you throw a dinner party? For more specialized needs, customers can consult with K&L's various wine specialists. The store also produces a list of vintages coming into stock, and allows customers to join a wait list to be notified when their favorites are in the store. The prices are outstanding, and because K&L imports from small producers as well as the big houses, there are great deals to be had on some terrific wines that you'd never otherwise find. For the more serious fancier, the shop buys old and rare wines from collections in California and Europe, so this is a good place to find a special addition for your cellar."
SF Weekly (May 14, 2003)
"A well-known wine retailer in California, K&L Wine Merchants in San Francisco and Redwood City, is considered by many to have the best online wine site in the country, with a notable list of California, Oregon and Washington wines, as well as just-released and rare vintage French, Italian and German wines. It has terrific prices and a highly informative Web site as well."
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A dogfight is developing in some pet-free condominium complexes across South Florida.
The reason? A loophole that allows pets if residents can get them classified as "emotional support animals." It's apparently as easy as getting a physician, psychiatrist, social worker or mental health professional to sign a letter saying the resident gets emotional support from the pet.
"It's almost an epidemic here at the beach," George Zamora, a property manager for Regatta Real Estate Management, told The Miami Herald.
"It's highly suspect when people start asking whether or not they can have a pet, and all of a sudden, they show up and say they need emotional support," said Zamora, whose company manages 93 condominium associations in Miami-Dade County. "If you legitimately have an issue, you don't ask."
Marcela Alvarez lived at Bay Garden Manor Condominium on Miami Beach with her husband for 14 years. When they got divorced, her chiropractor suggested she get a pet. Alvarez talked to an endocrinologist, who agreed to sign the letter. "I thought, 'Oh why not? If you think that's important to you, then that's fine with me,'" said Dr. Marco Fiore, who signed for Alvarez.
Alvarez got a Jack Russell named Pelusa, who now lives in the pet-free building.
It's a different story for Steve Vincent, who lives in the building and recently had a kidney transplant. Doctors told him avoiding fur is a medical imperative and he's tired of having dogs "sniff" him in the elevator.
"I'm all for everybody being happy and living a healthy life," said Vincent. "But you can't do that at other people's expense.
Attorney Paul J. Milberg recently held a seminar to teach property managers to deal with requests for emotional support animals. He explained what kinds of questions they can ask, the documentation needed and the methods available to protect themselves in granting an accommodation.
Dog trainer Rose Lesniak says she has received calls from people seeing letters for their condo associations and can tell right away whether someone has an emotional need.
A dogfight is developing in some pet-free condominium complexes across South Florida.


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Doubleknot's property reservations solution makes life easier for Girl Scout councils. Visitors can view accurate availability and book online at any time. Doubleknot automatically handles routine tasks like checking availability; taking bookings for properties and add-ons like equipment, meals, and recreation options; ensuring that mandatory forms are completed; and accepting payments.
You can set different availability schedules and pricing for different groups, and support early booking or different pricing for in-council and out-of-council groups. Payment schedules with automatic billing reminders offer flexibility to your visitors without creating extra work for staff to track upcoming and past due payments.
Best of all, Doubleknot offers turnkey services for Girl Scout councils: We provide initial configuration of all your properties as part of your startup package.
The camping department, caretakers and property department all have what they need. The camp caretakers love that they can log into the website or even look at information on their phone. It's easy for them to access the reports they need to get information about upcoming reservations.–Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
The camping department, caretakers and property department all have what they need. The camp caretakers love that they can log into the website or even look at information on their phone. It's easy for them to access the reports they need to get information about upcoming reservations.
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When a camp or event reaches capacity, registrants can choose to join a waitlist. Automatic waitlist management moves people off the waitlist and into the program in the right order so your camps and events are always full. (Administrators can also override capacity if they need to.) And, custom registration forms ensure you have all the information you need about every scout.
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Chen still looking to join China in Classic
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Royals left-hander Bruce Chen still doesn't know if he'll be pitching for China in the World Baseball Classic next month.
At issue is satisfying officials that Chen's grandparents were born in China. They moved to Panama where Chen was born in 1977. He played for Panama in previous Classics, but the team was eliminated in the qualifying round last November. So Chen enlisted with China and practiced with the team three days last week in Peoria, Ariz.
"I don't have any birth certificates from China," Chen said. "I'm giving them everything I can and seeing what I can find. They want me to play, but they want to be sure everything checks out good."
Chen has been working out at the Royals' complex -- he lives nearby -- and wants to get the matter settled soon. Right now, he doesn't know if he's preparing for Classic tournament play or strictly to compete for the Royals' rotation.
"I have to make a decision soon because it's not fair for the Royals, it's not fair for Team China," Chen said.
China opens Classic play in Japan on March 3 against the host country, but has some exhibition games prior to that.
"I have to prepare myself. If I'm going to pitch for China, I have to make sure I'm ready because those games are important," Chen said. "It's not like Spring Training where you're working on stuff to get your arm strong. I already have to have my arm strong."
Meantime, the search for documentation of his grandparents' birth in China continues. Papers to that effect found in Panama apparently are not sufficient.
"They want a direct link," Chen said.


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David Petraeus: Retired four-star Army general who became the director of the CIA in September 2011 after a distinguished military career, including commander of US and international troops in Iraq and, later, Afghanistan. He resigned from his post at the CIA last Friday after admitting to showing "extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair."
Paula Broadwell: Author of All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, the recent hagiographic biography about General Petraeus.
Like Petraeus, she graduated from West Point, America's elite Army college. She met Petraeus in 2006 at Harvard, where she was a graduate student and she decided to write a Ph.D. dissertation on him once he took command in Afghanistan in the summer of 2010. She visited Petraeus in Afghanistan, joined his inner circle and began an affair with him in late 2011, two months after Petraeus was named CIA director by President Obama.
Jill Kelley: A Florida woman who became friendly with Petraeus and his wife, Holly, when the general was head of Central Command in Florida, just prior to his posting in Afghanistan. Kelley volunteers to help injured veterans and their families at the base in Tampa and is also an unofficial social coordinator for senior military leaders. Kelly began receiving harassing anonymous emails in May 2012, accusing her of inappropriate flirting with Petraeus. Kelley reported the emails to the FBI. There is no evidence she had an inappropriate relationship with Petraeus.
Unnamed FBI Agent: A friend of Kelley who referred her anonymous emails to the FBI's cyber crimes unit for investigation. The FBI traced the emails to Broadwell and during their investigation of her, also turned up the sexually explicit emails between Broadwell and Petraeus. The unnamed FBI agent was removed from the case this summer after his superiors became concerned he was obsessed with the case.
Evidence of his obsession: he sent shirtless photos of himself to Kelley [a married woman] at some point before the investigation began, something the FBI learned only later.
John Allen: Current commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan who is under investigation by the Pentagon after the FBI probe into Petraeus uncovered thousands of pages of email transcripts containing "potentially inappropriate" communications between General Allen and Jill Kelley. Allen has close ties to Petraeus, serving as his deputy at Central Command and succeeding him in Afghanistan. The precise nature of the emails between Allen and Kelley and the details of their relationship are unknown at this point.
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Towheaded and small-voiced, Felix von Perfall's countenance seems to define childhood innocence. But look into those eyes. Those eight-year-old eyes have seen war, they've seen ... things, things no seven-, six- or five-year-old should ever know.
"Call of Duty, it's a good game, but it's really—I wouldn't advise it for younger kids," Felix told WNYW-TV in its examination of holiday gift-giving trends on yesterday's 5 p.m. news.
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Big Rapids, Mich. - Nationally fifth-ranked Ferris State University capped a weekend home sweep of visiting Northern Michigan and recorded its third-straight victory as the Bulldogs skated to a 2-1 triumph before a sold out crowd on Saturday (Feb. 8) night in Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) play at FSU's Ewigleben Ice Arena.
The Bulldogs, who posted a decisive 7-1 win in Friday night's series opener in Big Rapids, built a 2-0 lead against the Wildcats and held on for the win. The victory was FSU's 20th of the season as the Bulldogs improved to 20-6-3 overall and remained on top of the league standings with a 15-3-2 conference record.
Freshman forward Jared VanWormer opened the scoring for the Bulldogs only 3:44 into the contest as he notched his second goal of the season in the first period off a feed from junior forward Dominic Panetta along with sophomore Dakota Klecha. The assist was Panetta's fourth of the year while Klecha notched his first of the campaign.
The 1-0 lead stood thru the remainder of the first period and the entire second frame as a pair of injuries hampered the Bulldog lineup and shortened the bench. However, the FSU defensive end and junior goaltender CJ Motte were up to the task as the Bulldogs shutout the Wildcats for the opening two frames.
Ferris State pushed its lead to 2-0 at 4:21 of the final frame when senior center Cory Kane scored in front of the net for his second goal of the weekend. The original shot was fired by Klecha, who picked up his second assist of the game, and tipped near the net by VanWormer as the Bulldog freshman tallied his second point of the game before Kane scored the lamplighter.
The Wildcats, though, answered at 12:47 of the third period for their only goal of the night to trim the margin to 2-1 off the stick of Darren Nowick, who recorded his third marker of the year. Wade Epp tallied his fourth assist this year on the goal.
Northern Michigan pulled its goaltender for part of the final two minutes, but could not come up with the game-tying goal as the Bulldogs pulled out the win.
The Wildcats held a 30-23 edge in total shots for the game with 10 in the first, five in the second and 15 in the third. The Bulldogs netted five shots in period one with eight in the second and 10 over the final 20 minutes of action.
Neither team was successful on the power play as the Bulldogs finished 0-of-3 and the Wildcats were held in check on four opportunities with the man-advantage.
Overall, Ferris State had four penalties for eight minutes with Northern Michigan called three times for six minutes in the box.
Motte played the entire 60 minutes in net for the Bulldogs and made 29 saves, including a game-high 14 in the third period, while improving to 19-4-3 in net this season. Meanwhile, Mathias Dalhstrom played 58:37 between the pipes for the Wildcats and had 21 saves.
By virtue of his game-opening goal, VanWormer received the game's first star and Kane earned the second with his game-winner. Nowick picked up the third star for NMU.
With the victory, Ferris State also improved to 5-1-2 in the last eight outings against Northern Michigan and it marked the Bulldogs' 10th win at home this season.
Northern Michigan fell to 11-15-2 overall and 9-10-1 in league action this year with the setback.
Ferris State held onto at least a two-point lead over second place Minnesota State in the WCHA standings pending the outcome of the Mavericks' matchup with Bemidji State late Saturday night. FSU also owns two games in hand over Minnesota State with eight games left on the regular-season schedule.
Saturday's sellout represented the Bulldogs' third in the last four home games and came on the heels of a near-sellout for Friday's opener. The "Dawg Pound" student section was also sold out in what represented its 45th consecutive sellout for one of college hockey's most vocal student groups.
Ferris State hits the road next weekend for a two-game league series at Bemidji State on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 14-15) in Bemidji, Minn. The opening game gets underway on Friday at 8:37 p.m. (ET) with the finale on Saturday at 8:07 p.m. (ET).
The Bulldogs will return home on Feb. 21-22 to host Alaska-Anchorage inside the Ewigleben Ice Arena with both games set for 7:07 p.m. (ET) starts. Tickets for the weekend series can be purchased in advance thru the FSU Athletics Ticket Office located inside the Ewigleben Sports Complex, online at StarTickets.com or by calling 1-800-585-3737. For more information, please visit FerrisStateBulldogs.com.


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Every Monday morning, the day after my favorite day of the week but still hours before that week's slate of games officially wraps up with "Monday Night Football," I will bring you my weekly premature NFL power rankings.
Why Monday? Because who wants to wait until Tuesday or Wednesday for power rankings?
Why 11 teams? I don't really have a good answer for that one. I've always liked odd numbers.
What am I basing them on? Who my gut tells me are the toughest teams to beat that week.
Why isn't my team on the list!?!?! Take a deep breath and try not to take these too seriously.
1. Houston Texans (last week -- 1): They proved they can play from behind in a thrilling overtime win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, but getting torched by the immortal Chad Henne is a concern.
2. Green Bay Packers (2): It wasn't pretty, but they picked up a divisional win over the Detroit Lions on the road. I'm anxious to see how they play Sunday night in New York against the Giants.
3. Denver Broncos (3): They have won four games in a row and they could realistically run the table, assuming they can beat the Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in the middle of December.
4. New England Patriots (6): Tom Brady and Co. keep short-circuiting scoreboards, whether they are at Gillette Stadium, across the pond in London or elsewhere. They have scored 170 points on their four-game winning streak.
5. Atlanta Falcons (4): Matt Ryan threw five interceptions and they still won? Oh, it was against the Arizona Cardinals. Nevermind.
6. San Francisco 49ers (5): They play the Chicago Bears tonight, but their concussed quarterback (Alex Smith) is not expected to suit up.
7. Chicago Bears (7): See above, and their concussed quarterback (Jay Cutler) is also out. Maybe we should watch "Gossip Girl" instead of "Monday Night Football" tonight? Nah.
8. Baltimore Ravens (9): Remember a couple of weeks ago when people were calling the Ravens frauds? Well there's something to be said for winning close games, especially in an environment like Heinz Field.
9. New Orleans Saints (NR): They are 5-5, their offense is borderline unstoppable and the defense is coming around. I don't know if they're going to make the playoffs, but no one wants to play this team right now.
10. New York Giants (10): They lost two games heading into their bye week and have to play the Packers coming out of it. I still don't see them not winning their NFC East, but they must stop the bleeding here soon.
11. Pittsburgh Steelers (8): Not only did they lose to the Ravens, but it is also unclear when they will get Ben Roethlisberger back. They are still in good shape, but a playoff spot is by no means guaranteed.
On the rise: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The way they are playing, it shouldn't be long until they crack my top 11.
Free-falling: Philadelphia Eagles. Well at least we know Nick Foles ain't the answer yet. Drive safely, Andy Reid.


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Pillar 2 comes at you from many angles but CCH Tagetik has you covered. Our Pillar 2 application has pre-built ETL for extracting data, integration with your risk calculation engine, built-in Pillar 2 calculations, and best practice reports that can be customized and contains both the numbers and the narrative for ORSA submission. And the reports roll-forward to save you time, every time.
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CCH Tagetik for Solvency II, Pillar 3 includes standard formulas, provides narrative elements for risk assessments and pre-built templates. We support outputs – with XBRL validation and the EIOPA's taxonomy – and inputs - with data integration and an audit log - so reports are transparent and compliant.
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Confidently calculate your capital requirements (MCR, SCR) with packaged Solvency intelligence.
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'Cruzar la Cara de la Luna' a fast-moving story
There's no harm in calling "Cruzar la Cara de la Luna" a mariachi opera. Houston Grand Opera has to attach some kind of description to it, if only to give potential ticket buyers an idea what it is.
But let's put that label in perspective. "Cruzar" has more mariachi in it than opera, and that's all for the good. Its appeal lies mainly in what makes it different from most opera.
Above all, there's the mariachi music by Jose "Pepe" Martinez. Not only is it suave and melodious, but its almost unceasing glow reaches into the souls of the characters: No matter what disruptions and hardships they face, they hold onto their hopes and forge ahead. They express themselves in simple, heartfelt numbers that come across like songs, not arias. That suits them.
That leads us to another difference from opera. "Cruzar" - the story of a family divided across the U.S.-Mexico border - doesn't engage in the histrionics that opera typically revels in. Even when a central character dies in a desert, no one stops to lament. Life goes on.
If you had to link it to the opera world, "Cruzar" - in English, "To Cross the Face of the Moon" - would be a chamber opera. It has only a handful of characters. HGO's staging doesn't even use a set as such. There's just a bench and a bed, with lighting on a backdrop helping set the mood.
Admittedly, having a mariachi band - Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan - stretched across the rear of the stage adds a flashiness that most chamber operas don't have. But when the lights on the band go down, all the attention goes to Laurentino, a Mexican-American nearing the end of his life, and his family.
So HGO isn't doing "Cruzar" any favors by performing it in the Brown Theater, the big hall at the Wortham Theater Center. The story's impact comes from the fact that its characters could be real people. But the Brown Theater dwarfs them. They aren't the larger-than-life figures who typically populate the opera stage.
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Even more detrimental: Presumably because of the theater's size, the cast and Mariachi Vargas were miked Thursday at the opening-night performance. The amplification served them badly. The singers' voices often sounded outsize and hard. Mariachi Vargas' violins came across as wiry.
"Cruzar" would probably have been much better served if HGO had staged it in Wortham's smaller auditorium, the Cullen Theater. The audience would've had more of an up-close-and-personal view of the action. There would've been little or no need for microphones.
Be that as it may, the singers - all of whom performed in the work's premiere in 2010 - were completely at home with the music and story.
Brian Shircliffe, playing the American-born son of patriarch Laurentino, set the tone for the lyricism that ran through all of "Cruzar": In the little song about a butterfly that opens the piece, he sang warmly and cozily, accompanying himself on a guitar.
The rest of the cast brought their roles a spirit and sincerity that came across despite any side effects from the microphones. Even the singers whose training was in opera sounded at home.
Octavio Moreno gave Laurentino dignity. Cecilia Duarte captured the flirtatiousness and strength of Laurentino's first wife, Renata. Vanessa Cerda-Alonzo, a mariachi singer, had earthiness and soul as Renata's friend Lupita. Playing Laurentino's Mexican-born son, David Guzman sang with ringing tones that helped "Cruzar" reach its climax.
It built to that climax steadily. Martinez and librettist Leonard Foglia - who was also the stage director - had crafted a concise, fast-moving story. Maybe there were a few times it swept along almost too quickly. Powerful events came and went with little time for their import to sink in.
But there was a virtue in that. When the moment the story was aiming toward finally arrived, and the music did briefly fall silent, the power was that much greater. Was "Cruzar" an opera? That didn't matter at all.


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JACKSON - After Huricane Isaac pushed the game back to the weekend, the Millsaps Majors and the Mississippi College Choctaws finally squared off on hot, muggy Saturday afternoon at Harper Davis Field. Millsaps got a huge day from sophomore Mike Barthelemy and the offensive line as they defeated Mississippi College 23-17 to snap a three-game losing streak to their arch rivals.
"My offensive line had a field day, everything was open," said Barthelemy "Today we prevailed and did what we had to do."
And the offensive line did work leading the Majors to 268 total rushing yards with 150 of them coming from Barthelemy.
The Majors (1-0) got things rolling early on as they took the opening kickoff and drove it into Choctaw territory immediately thanks to a 45 yard run from Barthelemy. However, the Majors could not take advantage of the opportunity after a fumble.
The Millsaps defense responded by holding Mississippi College (0-1) deep in their own territory thanks in part to a sack by junior Joiner Stewart and sophomore Jeff Milner.
This time, the Majors took full advantage by putting together a eight play, 35-yard drive capped off by a one yard plunge by Barthelemy to go on top 6-0. Millsaps attempted to go for two to catch the Choctaws off guard, but could not convert.
The teams traded three and outs before Mississippi College drove the ball down to Millsaps 29 yard line as they looked to even the score. Facing a fourth and four, Stewart and senior Russell Pellichino came up with a huge sack to turn the ball over on downs.
The Major offense could not take advantage of the opportunity as the first quarter came to a close and MC used their next drive to get on the board in the second after a 31 yard field goal from Chris Campbell.
Millsaps answered right back. After runs of 12 and seven by Barthelemy, senior Garrett Pinciottihooked up with senior Kegan Joplin for a 43 yard gain down to the Choctaw 18 yard line. The Majors eventually settled for a 30 yard field goal by sophomore Beau Brady to cap a seven play, 67-yard drive and give Millsaps a 9-3 lead.
However, MC took the lead going into half after they capped a drive of their with a 19 yard rushing touchdown from Therion Robinson to go up 10-9.
After a few three and outs to start the second half, the Majors retook the lead for good after the offense put together a huge nine play, 80 yard drive capped off with a Pinciotti touchdown pass to Joplin from 14 yards out to make it 16-10. The key to the drive was the running of freshman Jalen Jones who came on for carries of six, seven, and 37 yards in consecutive plays.
The Major defense continued to hold strong as the teams went into the fourth quarter.
The fourth quarter started with a bang as sophomore Zach Bell got into the backfield and sacked quarterback Jonathan Redd to stall a Mississippi College drive.
The offense responded completed a huge pass to sophomore Charlie Strauss for 21 yards and then using his own legs to pick up 14 yards to get the Majors into striking distance. The play of the game then came as Pinciotti reared back and found junior Jonathan Moore on a fade route for a beautiful, diving 28 yard catch to put Millsaps up 23-10 with 10:04 to go.
"The ball was in the air and all I thought was here we go," said Moore. "I caught it and came down with it, the best part was to get to celebrate with my teammates."
The Choctaws did not go down easily as they responded with a 10 play, 78 yard drive resulting Les Lemmons catch and score to cut the score to 23-17 with 5:36 remaining.
MC got the ball back with 3:26 remaining, but the Major defense continued to hold strong and held them to a three and out to give the Major offense a chance to run the clock out.
"All week we wanted to be the more physical them, when we got together today, we wanted to hit them in the mouth," said senior linebacker Jeb White who picked up seven tackles. "We came out there and tried to hit them mouth every single play, when we got tired, we kept hitting them in the mouth."
Facing third and seven, Pinciotti completed a perfectly executed screen to Barthelemy who ran straight ahead for the first down and the victory.
For the Majors, it was important to finally get a win over Mississippi College after coming so close on many occasions.
"It means a lot to us, and not just us, but our community," said Barthelemy. "We had to come out here and play for the alumni, for our school, and for us, we are all family."
Barthelemy finished the day with 150 yards rushing on 29 carries and a touchdown while Jones added 77 yards on nine carries.
Pinciotti had a great day, going 12-for-22 for 161 yards and two touchdowns. As important as the win over MC was to him as a senior, he knows it's only one game.
"It's good to beat them going out in my last year," said Pinciotti. "Like Coach Pelch said it's only the first one, we'll enjoy it for a couple hours, but then all of our focus turns to LaGrange."
Pinciotti saw a focused group hit the field this afternoon and wants to see more of it this season, "We need to come together, I told everyone this was most prepared and focus I've ever seen a team, we have to do that every week."
Joplin led all receivers with five catches for 70 yards and a touchdown while Moore had two catches for 45 yards and a touchdown.
Defensively, White led the way with seven tackles while sophomore Alex Jackson added six. The Majors defensive line was outstanding, picking up three sacks on the afternoon. The defense was great all afternoon as they only held the Choctaws to 74 yards rushing and 284 yards of total offense. They also got off the field by holding MC to 1-of-12 on third down conversions (8%).
For the Majors, they hit the road for the first time in 2012 as they travel to LaGrange, Ga. to take on the LaGrange Panthers. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.


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In his latter years, the King of Pop's iconic style veered toward the bizarre -- from covered faces at best to pajamas at worst -- but there is no denying that Michael Jackson has had a huge influence on the world of fashion, from zippered jackets to arm bands to sequins to those endearing socks and loafers
Bright red, scrunched at the sleeves, and ultra-fitted, this jacket launched a nationwide obsession with tough-yet-slick motorcycle jackets and decades worth of imitations (some covered in zippers, some ultra-bright and boxy).
2. The Sequined Glove
Granted, it's since been the subject of more than a few laughs in the decades that followed, but in the '80s, everyone was rocking this eye-catching accessory. If you were brave enough, it was completely encrusted with glittering sequins; for those a bit less courageous, it was crisp white.
3. The Military-Meets-Marching Band Ensemble
Jackson was one of the first to popularize this snappy style, complete with gold roping, slim-cut pants, and shiny shoes. For evidence of how this still lingers today, look no further than Balmain's Spring 2009 runway show -- ultra-tailored military jackets and vests galore. (Interestingly enough, Jackson gave Balmain some love right back!)
4. The Fedora and Skinny Pants
Could MJ have been a hipster ahead of his time? Dancing around in his ultra-slim pants, long hair, and eyes half-hidden under the brim of a tilted fedora, he certainly got the basic idea right.
5. Gold, Gold, and More Gold
He might not have gone for the gold chains that other members of the music community started rocking in the '80s and '90s, but he certainly wore his fair share of bling--from gilded futuristic-looking armor to chunky belts, badges, and faux ammo straps worn across his chest.


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For comedians, the professional environment is informal: profanity and raunch that would be far out of line in most workplaces are common, and personal foibles the weirder the better are routinely mined for material. But Louis C.K.s behavior was abusive, the women said.I think the line gets crossed when you take all your clothes off and start masturbating, Ms. Wolov said.
I'm sorry but the formatting of this information is fucking hilariousQuoteFor comedians, the professional environment is informal: profanity and raunch that would be far out of line in most workplaces are common, and personal foibles the weirder the better are routinely mined for material. But Louis C.K.s behavior was abusive, the women said.I think the line gets crossed when you take all your clothes off and start masturbating, Ms. Wolov said.
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...And its not the fault of people who didnt report it, or audiences who arent sophisticated enough to separate the art from the artist. Its the fault of the artists for being secret creeps or criminals, and the fault of the system for making it possible for them to act this way for years without being punished.The allegations against C.K. also constitute a form of betrayal, against an audience that trusts artists to make edgy, even unlikable work, and gives them the benefit of the doubt when they wade into the deepest, darkest parts of their imagination.A well-crafted, intelligent story about the impact of rape, domestic violence, pederasty, and so forth is already tough to watch. It becomes a horrendous experience once you add the possibility that the writer or director actually did what theyre depicting, and might be getting off on making the audience squirm by representing it while not fessing up to their relationship with it. Its a power move, rooted in the thrill of subterfuge and shock: an artists version of indecent exposure.C.K. did this in season four of Louie, when he built an episode around the main character forcing himself on his best friend (played by Pamela Adlon, the shows co-producer and frequent co-writer). I supported these episodes because, as far as I knew at the time, they were a storytelling gambit that juxtaposed the self-aware, self-questioning public entertainer Louie, who was seemingly close to Louis C.K. the comedian (represented in a stand-up sequence in that very same show), against the private version of the character, a sexual-ethics train wreck who put his urges and sense of entitlement ahead of consent. This story struck me at the time as a brave, if potentially foolhardy, attempt to complicate the audiences reaction to the character, and caution us that artists might not be as good as the public face they show us.But the conclusion of that story a happy ending that found Pamela forgiving Louie and entering into a romantic relationship with him was gross, and in retrospect, it seems a harbinger of allegations that came to light today. As I told former Vulture recapper Danielle Henderson in a conversation about the season, That scene at the end of Pamela Part 1 just keeps bobbing up like something nasty that you want to stay at the bottom of the ocean of the shows subconscious. You want it to stay down there because it complicates what should be a sweet and rather redemptive arc.Finding out that C.K. is a sexual predator immediately changes our perception of that two-parter. Now it seems like some kind of cover story, and any art that it contained is overshadowed by the sense that it was all a con job, regardless of whether its grappling with morality was sincere (and I think it probably was). The Times revelations make it seem in retrospect as if C.K. was trying to get away with something in those episodes convincing people that he was more like the Louie who joked onstage about male hypocrisy and impulse control than the predator blocking a door; or the C.K. who made I Love You, Daddy, a work that seems designed to taunt anyone who ever had a problem with Woody Allens sexual politics and behavior, or worried that the rumors about C.K. might be true.C.K. betrayed the trust of the women he exposed himself to. Their experiences should always be considered first when his name is discussed and his legacy debated, just as we should think about the TV-writing career that Mad Mens Gordon never had, and the star parts that Rose McGowan, Annabella Sciorra, Mira Sorvino, and others might have had if theyd never been cornered by Weinstein.But C.K. also betrayed the trust of his audience. So did Spacey and Cosby and the rest.


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