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Dry C.O.B.
Haystack Naturals Dry C.O.B is a mixture of Rolled Corn, Oats and Barley to create a grain based supplement for horses and livestock.
Guaranteed Analysis:
|Crude Protien:
|Min. 8.0%
|Crude Fat:
|Min. 2.0%
|Crude Fiber
|Max 7.0%
|Max 4.0%
Ingredients: Rolled Oats, Rolled Corn, Rolled Barley
Feeding Instructions: Feed in limited amounts as a grain supplement to livestock in addition to hay or pasture. No vitamin/mineral supplement has been added. Store in a dry cool area. Do not feed moldy feed to any animal.
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First, let's make it clear that, despite appearances, this is one of those "riddim" albums where all 16 tracks have the same backing track, a mellow, rootsy groove based on John Holt's lover's-rock classic "I'll Be Lonely." Since listening to the same riddim over and over can get monotonous—no matter how good it is—this is best for DJs buying two copies to mix and for those who own a multi-CD changer. That said, the artists here are mostly top-shelf, and the songs go easy on the ears. George Nooks delivers an uplifting message on the album opener "Don't Give Up" as does the great Freddie McGregor on "A Prayer." Sanchez turns in an engaging lover's-rock performance on "Memories." And Wayne Wade and Melonie duet on a compelling cover of "I'll Be Lonely" (Melonie's solo on "True Love" is also wonderful). Other notables include Pam Hall, Glen Washington, Nadie Sutherland, Mikey Spice, Twiggy and Fiona. The songs alternate between positive/religious material and romantic yearnings. It's as smooth as guava jelly all the way through.
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Kentchurch Court
In Spring, snowdrops, wood anemone, and wild daffodils carpet the Rhododendron Wood. Following on, with around 50 species cultivars of rhododendrons and azaleas planted in the 1950's. Embothrium, Eucrypia, Enikanthus, Magnolia, Halesi and Styrax provide an interesting planting in this mature woodland setting.
In Autumn, Acer, Betula, Cornus, Euonymas, Quercus and Cercidiphyllum, provide wonderful colour. The newly created Walled Garden contains 20 different geranium species, 14 digitalis species and cultivars (largely perennial) and 9 nepita species.
The Vegetable Garden is divided into 3 areas. Vegetable plots, pergola (covered with roses and clematis) and a newly planted area with spring bulbs and cherry trees. The herbaceous borders will hopefully be of interest to visitors throughout the season with euphorbia, peonies, Echinacea, crocosmia, perennial phlox and asters. Homemade cakes and tea are a perfect way to finish a visit to the gardens here at Kentchurch Court.
Fact File
Opening Times: April – September. Please ring to confirm opening times. 11am – 5pm
Admission Rates: Adults £5.00. Children under 14 Free. House tours by appointment only.
Group Rates: Same as above
Facilities: Plant Sales, Tea room – group bookings by appointment
Disabled Access: Yes
Toilets on Site: Yes
Coach Parking: Yes
Length of Visit: 11/2 hours
Special Events: Refer to website
Booking Contact: Mrs Jan Lucas-Scudamore
Kentchurch Court, Nr Pontrilas, Herefordshire, HR2 ODB
Telephone: 01981 240228
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.kentchurchcourt.co.uk
Location: From Hereford take the A465(T) road towards Abergavenny. After ten miles, at Pontrilas turn left and follow signpost to Kentchurch. After two miles, just after the Bridge Inn, fork left. After a further half-mile the road bends sharp right down a short hill. Opposite Church, turn left through white gates and up drive.
Updated: 08/12/2017


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I've been meaning to post this for six months, but a trip to Vijays sister restaurant in Wembley and Toby Young's flattering review in The Independent on Sunday reminded me to do so.
To continue with my exploration of restaurants in Kilburn, I finally got to try out Vijay, an established old school South Indian restaurant at the Kilburn end of Willesden lane, having passed by so many times.
This place is not exactly flocked wallpaper but it hasn't been tarted up; it has lisping service and plain decor, with a row of bain marie's containing various curries running down the middle of the restaurant. They had a lunch deal, a buffet for a good price but I decided to order a la carte.
Uthappam is a cross between a curried pizza and a pancake, made out of ground rice flour, a typically Southern Indian dish. The vadai, doughnuts covered in yoghurt were good, I must declare I preferred my own version.
The two curries pictured here look identical but aren't: dahl and Keralan Dhai curry? Lemon rice was a nice change to pilao and breads, Puri and Chapati, were not bad.
The Salt lassi was one of the best I have had.
Bill was reasonable approximately a tenner each without wine.
Vijay India Restaurant
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Tryon Place at Cary Parkway features 205 apartment units, 172 garage parking spaces and 198 surface parking spaces on 12.5 acres. 61% of the site consists of open space comprised of undisturbed buffers, natural areas and landscaped green space. Tryon Place is conveniently located close to employment, shopping, cultural and entertainment venues in the Raleigh-Cary and Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Tryon Place's amenities include a clubroom with lounge area, pool table and internet cafe, fitness center, swimming pool and sundeck, outdoor fireplace, grilling areas and secured parking.
Unit amenities include nine-foot ceilings, granite counters, ENERGY STAR appliances, washer/dryer, storage, balconies or patios, and walk-in closets.


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Roebourne's break away native title group speak out for first time
The town of Roebourne has been split down the middle since the Wirlu-Murra native title group began breakaway negotiations with Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals. Members of the Wirlu-Murra group have spoken out for the first time about allegations that they're FMG stooges—telling 360 Documentaries' Kirsti Melville the story of the town's division, and why they just want an outcome.
If James Price Point is preoccupying activists in the Kimberley, down in the Pilbara the increasingly nasty fight between iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group, FMG, and the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, or YAC, is the talk of the region.
This multi-million dollar battle is being played out in the most unlikely of settings: the small, dusty, predominantly Aboriginal town of Roebourne.
The day of a big meeting at YAC and outside in the 40-degree heat, Hayden Woodley—son of YAC's CEO Michael Woodley—is cooking kangaroo tail stew on an open fire.
'Look how strong this tail is,' he says, indicating a six-foot-long piece of meat. 'He'd look you in the eye, yeah—probably punch you too. Probably stand up on his tail and give you a kick.'
The jovial mood belies the tension that's been brewing in Roebourne over the past few years. The iron ore miner FMG approached this community in 2008, wanting to mine the nearby Solomon Hub, a project worth billions of dollars on an area of land over which the Yindjibarndi have a native title claim.
Roebourne is a poor town struggling with overwhelming social issues. It may not want mining but it needs the jobs and the money for health, housing, and education. By 2010, though, negotiations had broken down. FMG put an offer on the table; the people rejected it.
'The first offer that they made in 2009 was $1.5 million a year,' says Michael Woodley, the CEO of YAC.
But the deal offered a flat fee for the life of the mine, rather than an annual royalty payment. The YAC demanded a 5 per cent annual royalty, which would have equated to about $68 million per year, according to Mr Woodley.
'I mean, if you're operating in Africa, for instance, or Iran or Iraq or whatever, you'd be paying more than 5 per cent,' he says. 'And you'll do it respectfully. But because it's in Australia, they think they can walk all over the Indigenous people.'
Eventually the YAC settled on a 0.5 per cent royalty in line with industry standard deals offered by companies like BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. However, FMG has forged ahead without the YAC's approval, with the case currently under consideration by the Full Bench of the Federal Court. A decision is likely to be handed down in the coming months.
'They've said that, "Look, we don't want to replace governmental welfare with mining welfare. We prefer to give Indigenous people jobs and training and business opportunities,"' Mr Woodley said. 'But Rio said, "We'll give you 0.5 per cent, and we'll give you every other thing as well. We'll employ you if you're up to it. We'll train you if you want to."'
The other side
But as negotiations with the mining company have dragged on, some people have lost patience. Yindjibarndi elder, Allery Sandy, was one of them. She's now with a breakaway group, the Wirlu-Murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation. This is the first time Wirlu-Murra has told its side of the story behind the split. It's important because much has been made of FMG's alleged role in helping set up the group.
'There was always argument arising within the meetings that the elders questioned, "Where is Yindjibarndi at now, and what is happening?",' Ms Sandy says. 'And we were always told, "There's nothing." And we were told to "be quiet, you don't know what you're talking about." And then family feuds started, and abusing started, and I've had enough. And I said, "I've had enough of seeing you bullying old people," you know? "You've got no respect." And that's the time when we broke away.'
One woman from the Wirlu-Murra breakaway group says she was told in a meeting with YAC 'You'll fall in a ditch,' if she didn't stop asking questions.
'Well, I raised my hand,' the woman says. 'I said, "I'll forgive you for all the things you've done and said to me, but I will move on with Wirlu-Murra."'
Divide and conquer
After the Wirlu-Murra split from YAC, a negotiation between the breakaway group and FMG commenced, causing a scandal in Roebourne.
'Out of that came FMG's dirty tactics, talking to a few individuals who had different ideas and agendas,' YAC's CEO Mr Woodley says. 'It's better for them to deal with individuals and manipulate them than to deal with a community that has a strong vision.'
Since then there's been a series of issues calling FMG's integrity into question. Several consultants have come forward claiming they were told to alter reports or not get paid.
And under native title law mining companies must negotiate in good faith for six months with the official prescribed body corporate, which in this case is the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation. FMG did this but YAC rejected their offer.
Seven people had their name on this native title claim over the land to be mined at Solomon Hub. Four of them belonged to YAC. A minute's drive away at the other end of town sat the other three claimants at Wirlu-Murra who were happy to take the deal.
But FMG had a problem—the deal had to be signed by all the people on the native title claim. So their best bet was to try and get the opposing four at YAC struck off the claim so the Wirlu-Murra could legally accept the deal.
This is why there's long been suspicion the group was set up by FMG. It's a claim backed up by former Wirlu-Murra lawyer Kerry Savas who told the ABC's 7:30 program:
'Wirlu-Murra was set up by FMG in order for FMG to have a party to deal with. So what they did was create their own and they created the Wirlu-Murra. Controversial's probably not the word, the word is illegal.'
But Ms Sandy of the Wirlu-Murra group says Mr Savas's accusation is bogus.
'We started our group before Kerry Savas came along,' Ms Sandy says. 'Every time we pick up a newspaper to see where's our story, always a story about white men splitting us up. But it never, ever happened that way. It never. Wirlu-Murra was split up by their own people, their own Yindjibarndi people.'
Peter Meurs, a director at FMG, also denies the Wirlu-Murra were set up by the mining company.
'YAC is one organisation that represents the people and we were approached as Fortescue by other people from the community, particularly the women, that really wanted to work with Fortescue,' Mr Meurs says.
All sorts of allegations are being hurled from one end of Roebourne's main street to the other. And whatever the truth, what gets lost in all the media flurry about this bitter falling out is that much of Yindjibarndi country has been lost to mining.
Lorraine Woodley, Michael Woodley's wife, calls Yindjibarndi country the 'most beautiful place on earth'.
'Everywhere you go, you think it's desert, but we know where the waterholes and the rock holes [are],' she says. 'Everyone thinks it's dry now. There's always water somewhere.'
Michael Woodley says the land is indivisible from Yindjibarndi identity. He says the entire boundary of his ancestral lands is enveloped by the FMG mining tenement.
'It's a big country, made up of rugged hills and in between those are gullies and gorges and rivers, mainly full of spinifex and river gum trees and bloodwood trees and snappy gum trees also,' he says. 'That's who we are. Everything about us is based upon our religious beliefs and observances on that country.'
Family against family
Hayden Woodley, Michael's son, says the fight has set family against family in the town.
'You know, you've got families torn against each other; it's devastating for us as young people,' he says.
Michael Woodley agrees: 'My uncle Bruce, him and I didn't have a talking relationship after this thing happened for nearly two years. My uncle reared me up.'
The week 360 Documentaries were in Roebourne big news broke. The Chairman of Wirlu-Murra, Michael's uncle Bruce Woodley, came out and backed the claims of those consultants who say FMG set up the breakaway group and is stopping attempts at reconciliation—claims FMG and Wirlu-Murra vehemently deny.
Ms Sandy calls the story 'a pack of lies.'
'We had a little plan that here was YAC and here was Wirlu-Murra,' she says. 'This go this way to YAC; half the money goes to Wirlu-Murra and that way we can still run our own organisations. But he [Bruce] did not want that. He wants to be the one who runs the whole show.'
Earlier this month, Michael Woodley and YAC were successful in their Federal Court bid to have the native title claimants who are part of Wirlu-Murra struck off the claim and other YAC members added.
This means YAC are now the only group legally allowed to represent the Yindjibarndi in their negotiations with FMG and it's left Wirlu-Murra powerless. But it's a hollow victory. All it means is that the mining company can't sign a deal with the breakaway group. It doesn't mean they can't mine Yindjibarndi land.
Locked out
Lorraine Woodley says that even though a mining agreement has not been struck with FMG, the Yindjibarndi are currently locked off their land.
'We tried to go out there to document some sites that they found, but they barricaded the road for us,' she says. 'All we want to do is show our kids what was there. We would like to stop mining there, because it's a beautiful country. It's got hills as tall as you can see and valleys you can… it just takes your breath away. Who'd want to give that up? And if mining's going to be there, it's going to take all that away from us. They're going to destroy this hill; they're going to destroy that river. That river connects with this river and that river; it's like a big jigsaw puzzle in our country.'
Ms Woodley says she would go without the proposed compensation if she thought mining in the area could be stopped.
But Michael Woodley says there's nothing they can do to halt mining on their land. 'Mining is God in Australia,' he says.
In the end, Roebourne is a kind of no man's land, caught between boom-time capitalism and a culture for whom land is everything. But there are positives here too. Rio Tinto alone employs 1000 Aboriginal people in the Pilbara; FMG, 300. Between them, more than $300 million worth of contracts were given to Indigenous businesses last year. And some negotiations are genuinely respectful and sophisticated and the money on offer a springboard for economic empowerment.
But most of the Aboriginal people we met are engaging with the mining industry because they have no choice. They're simply trying to get the best deal they can.
In this vast landscape even huge industrial development is a mere pinprick—the equivalent of just one seat in a massive football stadium. That's the whitefella's argument.
But for Aboriginal people that pinprick, that one seat in the stadium, is some mob's entire country, some mob's nation.
Think about this: if someone from the corridors of power offered your community, your family, millions of dollars in exchange for the loss of your land and culture, would you take it?
Half of us probably would. But the other half would almost certainly go down fighting.
Listen to Red Dirt Dreaming Part Two - The Pilbara at 360documentaries.


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The Best Traditional Thai Massage in New York City
Traditional Thai Massage is one of the world's oldest healing modalities that used to be performed by Buddhist monks. It is a combination of ancient meridian pressure points and stretching protocols to loosen up tight and stiff muscles. Clients wear comfortable clothes during treatment and the therapist uses her hands, elbows, knees and feet to encourage the body to come back to a state of harmony. Thai massage helps to reduce stress, promote blood circulations, increase vital energy and improve range of motion.


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It's grot-day, otherwise known on the Ross report as Filth Friday. Due to my 12 hour working day this will be the briefest of brief blogs.
A wise pervert once said that a picture tells a thousand words. Well, that's dandy because I've got a stack of snaps to share.
My choice was difficult this week after being inundated with requests from work colleagues, but I've stuck to my massive guns and selected a lady I think you will all dig.
Today's eye candy hails from the States, allow me to introduce the saintly Kate Upton as this weeks object of affection. From what I can muster, Miss Upton is known chiefly for her sizeable assets and a collection of trouser tearing viral videos.
Take a look at this 'Cat Daddy' vid. It makes no sense, but who really cares when making no sense is this foxy.
As for the females, I'm throwing you a morsel of man. It may seem an obvious choice but I also realise that including this chap in my blog will, without fail, drive traffic and views to the site.
No apologies for that.
Therefore, bean flick yourselves to Mr Channing Totum, I mean Tatum. Tee-hee.
Plus, 'Magic Mike' was very decent and his comedic chops were earned in '21, Jump Street' alongside the human version of a deflated skin balloon, Jonah Hill.
Enjoy and I'll be coming back-atcha like Cleopatra on Monday.


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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2012, Article ID 542937, 13 pages
PHBV/PCL Microparticles for Controlled Release of Resveratrol: Physicochemical Characterization, Antioxidant Potential, and Effect on Hemolysis of Human Erythrocytes
1Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of Ponta Grossa, 4748 Carlos Cavalcanti Avenue, 84030-900 Ponta Grossa, Brazil
2Laboratory of Quality Control, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, P.O. Box 476, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Brazil
3Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Department of Pharmacy, State University of the Center-West, 3 Simeão Camargo Varela de Sá St, 85040-080 Guarapuava, Brazil
4Department of Materials Engineering, State University of Ponta Grossa, 4748 Carlos Cavalcanti Avenue, 84030-900 Ponta Grossa, Brazil
5Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Paraná, P.O. Box 19081, 81531-990 Curitiba, Brazil
Received 30 October 2011; Accepted 30 November 2011
Academic Editor: Gian Maria Pacifici
Copyright © 2012 Jessica Bitencourt Emilio Mendes et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Microparticles of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) containing resveratrol were successfully prepared by simple emulsion/solvent evaporation. All formulations showed suitable encapsulation efficiency values higher than 80%. PHBV microparticles revealed spherical shape with rough surface and presence of pores. PCL microparticles were spherically shaped with smooth surface. Fourier-transformed infrared spectra demonstrated no chemical bond between resveratrol and polymers. X-ray powder diffraction patterns and differential scanning calorimetry analyses indicated that microencapsulation led to drug amorphization. These PHBV/PCL microparticles delayed the dissolution profile of resveratrol. Release profiles were better fitted to biexponential equation. The hypochlorous-acid-scavenging activity and 2,2-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical cation discoloration assay confirmed that the antioxidant activity of PHBV/PCL microparticles was kept, but was dependent on the microparticle morphology and dissolution profile. Resveratrol-loaded PHBV/PCL microparticles showed no cytotoxic effect on red blood cells.


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Day 4
Time to break into the video camera. Today's robot uses de-soldered components from the video camcorder.
Day 5
So far, the robots have been quite small; Boba (day 1) being the tallest at 45mm. So for day 5, I wanted a robot taller and with a less electronic feel to it.
I was very pleased with the result however this robot took several stages of gluing which can be very impractical when you have only one day to build it. The main structure is metallic and thus heavy, so the robot was unable to support it's own weight whilst gluing. Consequently, I had to re-glue it in several places in the following days. I originally used a cyanoacrylate-based, 2 part glue that had a low shear strength which is not ideal for inflexible metals with low surface contact between parts. Epoxy or screws are definitely the way to go for fixing metals.
Day 6
Today I couldn't resist. I had the head piece more-or-less from the twin light sensor mount on the video camera. I had hoped to build in a PCB to make the robot look 'roboty' but within my one day slot, getting the chassis to work took up too much time. Managing the build progress ad-hoc is all part of the challenge and the fun. Plus, he still looks cool!


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Woman plans to use her recovery from accident to help others
By KRISTIN WILSON
Linda Fasulo is baffled when she hears people say, 'I can't.'
The expression of defeat is something she never allowed herself to say as she recovered from a serious automobile accident and traumatic brain injury.
That was 11 years ago. Since then, Fasulo, 26, of Rohrersville, has graduated from high school and is preparing to graduate from Shepherd University. Her journey - from a coma to a career in social work - has been anything but easy, she says. Still, she is determined to use her life experiences and the obstacles she's overcome to help others heal.


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Union joins perennial powers in Frozen Four fieldby Adam Kimelman
Boston College, Minnesota and North Dakota are three of the glory programs of NCAA men's hockey. They've combined for 65 Frozen Four appearances, and every year but one since 1997 at least one of them has been among the last four teams playing.
However, only one college hockey team this season won its regular-season and playoff conference championship: Union College. Though the Dutchmen might not have the cache of the other teams in Philadelphia for the 2014 Frozen Four, they have just as good a chance of adding an NCAA title to the school trophy case.
290 - Times prior to the Frozen Four that Minnesota and North Dakota have played each other, the third-most games in any rivalry. The only teams to play more often are Michigan-Michigan State (299) and Colorado College-Denver (294).
77 - Points this season for Boston College's Johnny Gaudreau, the most in NCAA Division I hockey this season. He also led all college players in goals (35), assists (42), game-winning goals (seven) and plus/minus (plus-41).
35 - Points scored by Union senior defenseman Mat Bodie, third among all NCAA defenders this season and most of any defenseman at the Frozen Four.
24 - Number of times Boston College has been to the Frozen Four, tied with Michigan for the most ever. Minnesota is making its 21st trip, tied for the third-most, while North Dakota is there for the 20th time, the fifth-most. Union is playing in its second Frozen Four after getting there in 2012.
15 - NHL draft picks on North Dakota's roster, the most of any of the four teams. Minnesota has 13, Boston College has 10 and Union has one.
5 - Players with ties to the Philadelphia region: Boston College's Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Gaudreau (Carneys Point, N.J.); Union's Nick Cruise (Dresher, Pa.), Charlie Vasaturo (Sewell, N.J.) and Cole Ikkala (Romansville, Pa.)
4 - Prospects each from the Florida Panthers (Ian McCoshen, Boston College; Michael Matheson, Boston College; Kyle Rau, Minnesota; Rocco Grimaldi, North Dakota) and the Chicago Blackhawks (Chris Calnan, Boston College; Kevin Hayes, Boston College; Nick Mattson, North Dakota; Luke Johnson, North Dakota) on Frozen Four rosters, the most of any team. In all 22 NHL teams have at least one prospect skating in Philadelphia this weekend.
2.16 - Goals-against average for Boston College freshman goaltender Thatcher Demko, NHL Central Scouting's top-rated North American goaltender for the 2014 NHL Draft. In 23 games he is 16-4-3 with a .920 save percentage and two shutouts.
1 - Team in the NCAA Tournament field that won its regular-season and conference tournament title. Union went 18-3-1 in the ECAC to win the conference title by eight points, and then beat Colgate 5-2 in the conference tournament final.
-- Adam Kimelman
Union was the top-ranked team in the final USCHO.com poll, earning 31 of 50 first-place votes. They went 30-6-4 to finish first in the East Coast Athletic Conference and beat Colgate in the conference tournament final. Wins against Vermont and Providence in the East Regional earned Union its second trip to the Frozen Four in the past three years.
Union will play in the first semifinal Thursday, against Boston College (5 p.m. ET, ESPN2), with Minnesota facing North Dakota (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2) in the second game. The winners will play Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN).
It's the 24th Frozen Four appearance for Boston College, tied with the University of Michigan for most ever. Union is making its second trip following a loss in the national semifinals in 2012 in Tampa, Fla. However, coach Rick Bennett doesn't consider his team an underdog or a gate-crasher.
"We're going for our second [Frozen Four]," Bennett, named Wednesday the American Hockey Coaches Association coach of the year, told NHL.com. "Some of these other schools happen to be going for their 40th or whatever they're going for. Kudos to them for having programs that have been there that many times. The last time I checked it's the 2013-14 season. We're fortunate enough to be in the Frozen Four and that's how we're looking at it."
Union has 13 players from the 2012 team on the roster for this year's Frozen Four. Bennett said the veteran leadership will make this year's trip a bit more manageable.
"We're not just happy to be on this bus ride to Philadelphia," Bennett said. "Last time, going down to Tampa, charter plane, we get off and there's a mariachi band, the whole works. That was something else. You're caught off-guard with that stuff. The veterans that were on that previous trip I'm sure have passed along to the younger guys what to expect."
Among the key veterans for the Dutchman is junior defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, the lone NHL draft pick on the team. The fact he was a 2012 third-round pick (No. 78) of the Philadelphia Flyers could make Union a local favorite.
Gostisbehere had eight goals and 21 assists in 40 games, his 29 points tied for seventh among college defensemen and his 151 shots on goal was No. 1 among defenders. He also tied Boston College defenseman Steven Santini for the lead among defenders with a plus-28 rating, is a finalist for ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman and made the top 10 in voting for the Hobey Baker Award.
"He's very dynamic," Bennett said. "I can see why people notice Shane a lot, because there's tremendous skills and excellent feet and he's very exciting to watch. He can break the puck out, he's good on the penalty kill, he's good on the power play. He's good in all facets of the game."
Union has another high-scoring defenseman in senior Mat Bodie, who was third among defensemen with 35 points in 38 games.
"We try to make it very difficult for the opposing team to try to guard not only the forwards but they have to be aware of our [defensemen]," Bennett said. "… When it's time to go we're going. There's no red lights back there."
BC, which went 28-7-4, led all NCAA teams with 160 goals (12 more than Union's 148), and had an NCAA-best plus-71 goal differential.
The Eagles boast the top line in college hockey, led by top-two NCAA scorers, junior forward Johnny Gaudreau and senior forward Kevin Hayes. Gaudreau, a 2011 fourth-round pick (No. 104) of the Calgary Flames, led all NCAA players in goals (35), assists (42) and points (77), and is a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.
Hayes, taken by the Chicago Blackhawks with the 24th pick of the 2010 draft, was second to Gaudreau with 63 points, and senior Bill Arnold, who tied for sixth nationally with 52 points, completes the trio.
Anchoring the Eagles' defense is freshman goaltender Thatcher Demko. The youngest player in college hockey, Demko went 16-4-3 with a 2.16 goals-against average, .920 save percentage and two shutouts. He's also NHL Central Scouting's top-rated North American goaltender for the 2014 NHL Draft.
"He was so far ahead of the under-aged players last year that if he was draft-eligible in 2013 he would have probably been drafted high; that's how far ahead he was then and is now," NHL Central Scouting's Al Jensen told NHL.com.
Union and BC have played one other time, a 5-1 Union win at the 2013 NCAA East Regional. The other semifinal features opponents a bit more familiar.
Thursday will mark the 291st time Minnesota and North Dakota have faced each other, the third-longest rivalry in NCAA history, behind Michigan-Michigan State (299) and Colorado College-Denver (294).
The Gophers went 27-6-6 to win the first regular-season Big Ten title. They were sixth nationally in scoring with an average of 3.51 goals per game and are led offensively by junior forwards Kyle Rau and Sam Warning. The Gophers' strength is their offensive depth, with seven players totaling at least 25 points.
"They have great team speed," Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves told USCHO.com. "They play with great pace. They have a really good skill set."
They also can bring the offense from the back end, led by sophomore Mike Reilly, a Columbus Blue Jackets prospect who had 32 points in 39 games. Minnesota assistant coach Mike Guentzel compared Reilly to Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Paul Martin.
In goal, sophomore Adam Wilcox, a 2011 sixth-round pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning (No. 178) went 25-5-6 with a 1.89 GAA and .934 save percentage.
North Dakota, which went 25-13-3, beat Ferris State in the Midwest Regional Final 2-1 in double overtime to get to the Frozen Four for the 20th time. The team is led by Florida Panthers prospect Rocco Grimaldi, who had team highs of 17 goals and 39 points.
UND relies on offense from its defense, a group Eaves said, "might be the best offensively in the country."
Sophomore Jordan Schmaltz and junior Nick Mattson each had 23 points and senior Dillon Simpson had 22. Simpson also had an NCAA-high 107 blocked shots.
In goal, Zane Gothberg, a Boston Bruins' 2010 sixth-round pick (No. 165) won 20 games with a 1.99 GAA and .926 save percentage.


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McCusker to auction Linn cacheted first-day cover in Feb. 4 sale
A Sept. 1, 1923, cacheted first-day cover for the 2¢ black Warren G. Harding memorial stamp, to be auctioned Feb. 4 by James T. McCusker. The envelope's printed cachet was created by George W. Linn and is generally considered to be the first cacheted FDC.
The Feb. 4 public auction No. 350 by James T. McCusker will include an example of the first cacheted first-day cover, created in 1923 by Linn's Stamp News founder George W. Linn.
The cover was prepared for the United States 2¢ memorial stamp honoring President Warren G. Harding, who died of an apparent heart attack Aug. 2, 1923, while visiting San Francisco.
The stamp (Scott 610) was issued 30 days later, on Sept. 1, in Marion, Ohio, where Harding had worked as a newspaperman and later launched his political career.
Linn, then a stamp dealer and printer in Columbus, Ohio, created a small number of black-bordered mourning envelopes bearing a printed cachet reading "In Memorium, Warren G. Harding, Twenty-Ninth President, Born Nov. 2, 1865, Died Aug. 2, 1923."
The spelling of the word "memoriam" is incorrect in the cachet.
The precise number of cacheted covers Linn serviced is not known. Estimates have included "100 or fewer" and "about 200."
Envelopes in three sizes were used to create the FDCs. The example in the McCusker auction measures 8.7 centimers by 6.5cm with a 0.3cm black border. It is described by the auctioneer as extremely clean and scarce and is offered with an opening bid of $250 against an estimate of $500 to $750.
The auction also includes a set of the 1¢ to $5 1893 Columbian stamps as plate proofs on card (Scott 230P4-245P4), described as grading extremely fine to superb with deep rich vibrant colors. The set is offered with an estimate of $2,000 to $2,500 and an opening bid of $1,000.
United States and worldwide stamps and covers, including autographs and free franks, also are featured in the auction, which will take place at the firm's gallery at 804 Broadway in Raynham, Mass.
For more information, visit www.jamesmccusker.com.


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Tolu 'Toolz' Oniru covers TW Magazine's March 2013 issue
Award winning media personality Tolu "Toolz" Oniru is the cover of this month's edition of TW magazine. Toolz, who started in radio a few years ago, has extended her brand to include television & online media. She opens up like never before on her meteoric rise to the top, building her brand & that famous curvaceous body!
A different cover was posted online a few days ago. However, the management of TW has asked for it to be ignored
I don't know about you guys, but I kinda like the fake cover better… T0olz looks a bit stiff and uncomfortable in the actual cover. The pose in the fake one makes me believe Toolz is powerful, in control and independent


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Sonoran Stars: Cowboy Jubilee
April 14, 2010
CAVE CREEK – Sonoran Stars: Cowboy Jubilee on April 24 is the place to be for everyone who wants to create a legacy that will last millennia!
Desert Foothills Land Trust's annual "signature event," Sonoran Stars raises funds to support the Land Trust's work on 16 preserves and its goal of protecting 10,000 acres of unprotected public land and 1,500 acres of private lands over the next ten years.
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of this popular event, Sonoran Stars has more of everything that creates a memorable evening: a significant cause, gourmet dining and fine wine, silent auction, a raptor release, dancing under the stars, and exciting entertainment.
Sonoran Stars is pleased to present two of America's most highly respected artists on stage with their bands, country music legends Lacy J. Dalton and Rex Allen Jr. It's truly a Cowboy Jubilee!
Sonoran Stars starts at 5:30 p.m., with cocktails and a silent auction. The auction offers a range of exceptional opportunities. Beautiful Golden West Cowgirls will tempt you with raffle tickets, so bring your wallet!
Dinner, beginning around 6:15 p.m., is made even more special by the gorgeous setting and spectacular Arizona sunset. A short Land Trust program with an emotional Wild-at-Heart owl release follows dinner.
Enjoy the best of country and western music after dinner when Rex Allen Jr. and Lacy J. Dalton take the stage!
Tickets for Sonoran Stars benefiting the Desert Foothills Land Trust are $250 each, available through the Sonoran Stars reservation line 480-659-5133 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Dress is western wear or festive casual attire. The Rancho Mañana Golf Club is located at 5734 E. Rancho Mañana Blvd., Cave Creek. Parking will only be available off-site with luxury bus transportation provided to Sonoran Stars Cowboy Jubilee. Call the DFLT office at 480-488-6131 for details.


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Honeysuckle camping area
From the 1960s to the 1980s, a space-tracking station operated at Honeysuckle Creek; today, it's the site of a well-developed campground that comfortably accommodates small and large groups. It's 16 km south-west of the visitor centre via Honeysuckle Rd from Naas Rd. Bring your own firewood, although a gas/fuel stove is preferred.
Who to contact: Namadgi Visitor Centre (02) 6207 2900; or Canberra Connect 13 2281
This campsite is located in Namadgi National Park
Rolling grassy hills unfold towards the horizon, hardy snow gums create woodlands on the subalpine slopes and higher still are alpine meadows with fragile wildflowers in season. Namadgi National Park is only 32 km from Canberra, but a world away from city life. It covers almost half of the ACT.
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Arsenal right-back Bacary Sagna is being heavily linked with a move to Italian club Inter Milan.
The 27-year old France international is being targeted by the Nerazzurri as they seek a potential replacement for Maicon who may be out of the San Siro this summer.
However, Sagna's agent Christophe Mongai did not confirm nor deny a link with Inter.
"In the next session of the market I expect many transfers of full-backs," he told tuttomercatoweb.
"If Maicon were to leave it would be logical that Inter Milan think to a player like Sagna.
"Have I had contact with Inter? There was speculation but nothing concrete. Possibly we'll talk more in the future.
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Hernanes targeting 'special' win over Roma
Former Lazio midfielder Hernanes hopes to inspire new side Inter to victory when they visit Roma on Saturday.
The Brazilian is a veteran of the Rome derby between Lazio and Roma, scoring four goals in nine appearances for his former employer in the fixture.
And Hernanes insists the tie still holds a special place in his heart, despite having made the switch to Inter in January.
"It can't help but be a special opponent after three and a half years with such intensity," he is quoted as telling Gazzetta dello Sport. "I have always had a peaceful rapport with Roma fans. They'd ask me for a picture and then say they were Romanisti.
"The way to face Roma is to play like them. Keep the tempo up, pressing them high up the field without the ball and be sure not to make mistakes coming out of your own half.
"Every mistake can be a counter-attack and a very costly one too."
Hernanes graced the second Rome derby of last season with a superb strike in a 1-1 draw, and the 28-year-old labelled the goal one of the best of his career.
"The most important goal I scored against Roma was also perhaps the greatest of my career," he added. "I combined with Senad Lulic, feigned a shot with my right foot and then took it on to my left for a shot into the top corner."


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The Story of Ozone
Sixth Edition
Ozone Therapy is Safest Known Therapy
Ozone has been found to be an extremely safe medical therapy, free from side effects. In a 1980 study done by the German Medical Society for Ozone Therapy, 644 therapists were polled regarding their 384,775 patients, comprising a total of 5,579,238 ozone treatments administered. There were only 40 cases of side effects noted out of this number which represents the incredibly low rate of .000007%, and only four fatalities. Ozone has thus proven to be the safest medical therapy ever devised.


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PM Nawaz leaves for Saudi Arabia
Sharif will also hold talks with Saudi officials on the matters of mutual interest.
In his two-day visit of Saudi Arabia Pakistan's Prime Minister will inquire about the health of King Abdullah and hold meetings with Saudi officials, a spokesman of the Prime Minister House said.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will also offer Umra during his Saudi visit.


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Find free coonhounds for adoption by visiting online classified sites, such as Craiglist.com or kennel club classified forums, or by calling local breeders and veterinary clinics to ask if they know of available dogs. Visit pet stores and feed supply stores to check their bulletin boards for ads placing free coonhounds.
There are several coonhound breeds, including the Blue Tick Coonhound, the Red Bone Coonhound, the Plotthound, and the Treeing Walker Coonhound. Active dogs with demanding exercise needs, coonhounds are frequently rehomed by people who weren't prepared for the commitment of owning a hunting breed. Many times, they are offered for free.
Craigslist.com offers pet placement ads in their Community section. In addition to that and other online classified, such as local newspaper websites and eBay classifieds, check the classified forums at kennel club websites. The United Kennel Club has a classified forum for coonhounds at UKCDogs.com. Coondawgs.com also featured a listing of free and orphaned dogs.
SimplePetCare.com lists dogs available for free, and they warn to beware of scams. Always speak with someone on the phone, and look to adopt dogs within short driving distance in case the dog isn't as represented.
Word-of-mouth is a useful tool when searching for a free coonhound. Ask local breeders, hunters and veterinary clinic staff to tell you if they hear of free dogs in need of homes.


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Hannah + Sean's Wedding Preview's at Blackstock Country Estate
Chceck out Hannah and Sean's beautiful autumn wedding at Blackstock Country Estate right here! >
Hi there! Thank you so much for stopping by my site! I'm Matthew Page, a natural and contemporary wedding photographer based in sunny Eastbourne, East Sussex - working across Sussex, Kent, Surrey and beyond! My wedding photography is all about telling your fascinating and unique story, whilst capturing you having the best time on your big day!
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Matt is a terrific photographer who oozes passion and enthusiasm. Without a shadow of a doubt, Matt made our wedding- in fact, I received more compliments about Matt than my own wedding dress! He really gets to know you as a couple, to tailor your photos in a way that shows who you are as a couple and capture the spark between you. He's incredibly friendly and comfortable to be around and we now consider him a friend. Thank you so so much Matt, you are everything and more that we could have asked for in a photographer, and so glad you shared our special day with us, and captured it in the most perfect way.Georgie + Miles Hardy
We cannot rate Matt highly enough!! We were privileged enough to have our engagement shoot and our wedding photography booked through Matt, and our pictures have been amazing!! Matt is incredibly professional, skilled, patient, friendly and was a delight to deal with from start to finish. Nothing is too much trouble, and our photos were even better than we had imagined! Don't look anywhere else for your wedding photography, you won't find better!Gemma + Craig Carter
Matthew was an absolute dream to work with. From our first meeting to our wedding day he made us feel at ease. I didn't have to worry about a thing! We asked for very natural shots and that's exactly what we got. Beautiful pictures and stunning colours. Aside from being a great photographer, Matthew is a truly top bloke. Very easy going and friendly, all our wedding guests loved him and we had a good giggle doing our couple shots. I can quite honestly say he exceeded our expectations and I would 150% recommend him!!!Lauren + Paul Cheetham
Matthew photographed our wedding earlier in the year and we couldn't be happier. The photos were beautiful and the album was amazing. As well as being a fantastic photographer Matthew is a great guy. He is very professional and very friendly and made us feel really relaxed for the photos. He went above and beyond what we were expecting which helped make our day that much more special. We really couldn't recommend Matthew highly enough. We will certainly be going straight to him next time we need a photographer. Thank you Matthew :-)Tiffany + Howard Jeffery
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Matthew did our wedding photography earlier this year... absolutely fantastic! My wife and I wanted our photos to be completely natural and Matthew ensured that he blended in perfectly with the other guests so that nobody knew where the camera was. He is a true professional and the end photos were fantastic. Great value for money too. Matthew is.... (click below to read more)
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Ah, summer. Many of us not only look to summer as a break from the ordinary, rutted routines of the other seasons, but as a way to break away from our ordinary reading habits. Hence, we look around for best sellers and very often books we would not ordinarily have the chance to read. We ask folks not only where they might be headed for vacation, but we ask, what are you reading?
Thanks for asking! I finished recently reading July 1914 since this August marks the 100th anniversary of World War I. Very informative read. I also just finished Lawerence Wright's, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood & The Prison of Belief. Very informative but not as great as his The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda And The Road To 9/11. Currently I am in midway in I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For EducationAnd Was Shot By The Taliban. She is such an inspiration! I just began Jennifer Michael Hecht's Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It. This is a stirring contribution to encouraging persons to not go through with suicide without making it a religious argument. And of course, I read Dan Brown's Inferno for our Book Club and also we'll be discussing this coming Sunday Annie Dillard's, Holy the Firm.
You may not want to plow through several books and perhaps prefer a good read but not something that overwhelms you by page count or topic. May I suggest something to you? What if you could read a brief essay in less than half an hour that kindles your mind and lifts your spirit? What if you could do that and enjoy pondering contemporary issues, significant spiritual themes and do that simply over a brunch, a breakfast or at seaside? Sounds good doesn't it? I want to suggest that you read a book of sermons this summer. Yes, sermons. Peter Gomes, formerly chaplain of Harvard University Chapel, has a collection entitled, Sermons: Biblical Wisdom For Daily Living. He writes cogent, penetrating essays/sermons that will boost your spiritual IQ. Or try Frederick Buechner's, Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons. Buechner is a novelist and a very thoughtful Christian preacher whose sermons read like short stories. Wonderful prose to beguile you while ambushing you with truth. Finally, consider your pastor. I have three books of sermons that you can find on Amazon ( "Dr. Bledsoe's Books." ) Or if you have an iPad and prefer a novel, you can download my Rooster's Table: A Multicultural Apocalypse at the iTunes and iBooks store. After all, how much easier can it be to talk with both your pastor and the author at the same time?
Happy reading. Happy Summer. May the light of this season of sun translate into an enlightened mind! See you Sunday~


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On Tuesday I spent a few hours in the pediatric unit of Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute meeting with one of the top Pediatric Onocolgist in NYC.
Life is something that all of us are given without choice.
But we do have a choice in how we want to live it.
Over the past few wks I have been humbled. I have been emotionally strangled, feeling as if I would take my last breath soon.
I think I'm a talker, a socialite, a joker and Miss Personality and hearing that something could possibly change the direction of my life but more importantly my child's life brought me to a very quiet place.
Over the past few wks I withdrew and didn't care much about anything because nothing mattered anymore.
I tried to put on a happy face, maybe make a 'happy' post on FB here & there but inside I was crying.
When you hear the words, 'solid mass,' your brain instantaneously goes numb. When your child asks the Dr., "Do you think I have cancer?" You sit there unable to speak, in shock at his directness and maturity but still unable to process the direction the conversation is going in because it is impossible. Your child is healthy and there is absolutely nothing wrong with him.
When the Dr. answers him…that's when you feel your soul start to leave your body.
A few wks go by. A couple radiology exams are given.
Now here we are at Sloan, in our back yard but where so many people travel from all over the world to get the best medical treatment. As we sit and wait, my son with his head in my lap, I gently run my fingers through his long curly locks of hair.
A small child walks past us and though laughing and seemingly happy, has a mask covering her mouth.
I feel guilty, my son has beautiful hair -she has none -from her chemo treatments.
My son looks at her & quickly looks up to the ceiling, his eyes slightly fill w/water.
I know he feels bad for her. I know he his scared for himself.
I am petrified.
We are both quiet and do not speak.
I recall conversations with the Dr. Words go through my brain. Not sentences- I didn't hear any. I only heard words. Imperative, prudent, enlarged, blood flow, mass, benign, advisable.
We sit and we wait.
After a long exam, review of reports, a lengthy conversation,
my precious son, by the grace of God is given a green light & though will have to be seen in 2 months there is no need to worry.
A mother's love for her child is undoubtedly the strongest kind of love that exist in this world. When something is wrong that is not fixable or controllable we can't function.
Embrace your child. Tell him or her you love them to pieces.
Pick your battles wisely- because as I have learned recently, nothing matters. Absolutely nothing, except health & a good state of mind.
You just don't know what life will throw at you. One minute life is grand & you are thriving and then you discover a lump… And life changes.
I have always considered myself a religious person.
Faced with thinking my baby has cancer — the breaks went on to God.
I stopped praying. I stopped saying my Hail Mary's. I stopped talking. Life just stopped.
And I didn't care.
I am grateful beyond words that my son is "healthy."
I recently read that if you humble yourself, God will exalt you. If you don't God will do it for you. Well I guess he did it for me. And now I am thankful & tell the Lord as much.
I was brought to my knees in despair and in tears that flowed for days & weeks on command.
There is nothing anyone can do to me to hurt me. Nothing. No words nor actions.
Now I stand here, my faith stronger than ever. I am stronger than ever.
I'm Ready for whatever comes next.
Life is good.
No, life is fkn horrible! It's cruel & challenging BUT you only get 1. So what do you want to do with it? How are you going to face things that come at you sideways?
Be quiet, be strong, have faith & be fierce.
I know what I'm not going to do. I'm not going to complain about things I have no control over.
I'm not going to get upset if dishes don't get done or my son didn't put his laundry away. Because it just doesn't matter.
Life matters. Love matters, that's all that matters.
Just love your child, your family unconditionally. And make sure they know undoubtedly that your love is without judgement.
Walking back through the waiting room w/pictures on the wall in 3D & an amazing fish tank a little boy drove by in a big wheel. The nurse said, "Look at you!"
The mother said, "His birthday is tomorrow."
I looked at the mother & told her her baby was adorable. Happy birthday. It's my sons birthday tomorrow to.
She said glancing in my sons direction, "Happy birthday." Her baby was staying. Mine is leaving.
Outside I feel the air coming back into my lungs. I feel the tightness that has been gripping my chest ease.
My son stops on the corner of 2d Ave & East 68th St. He looks at me, extends his arms out & gives me a huge hug.
No words are necessary from him. Then he said quietly, "I love you."
I told him, "I love you more than my own life."
I share this because I want you to recognize what's important in life. We tend to take life for granted.
Humble yourself before you are humbled & brought down to your knees to feel scared, helpless and given a heartache like you can't imagine.


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Kamryn Pettway Commits to Auburn: What 4-Star RB Brings to TigersMarch 4, 2013
Gus Malzahn and the Auburn Tigers have received their first 2014 commitment, as 4-star running back Kamryn Pettway, a former Florida State commitment, has verbally pledged to the Tigers.
Pettway is a big-time commitment for the Tigers in many ways, and stealing him away from Jimbo Fisher and the Seminoles has to feel pretty good for Malzahn and his staff. Florida State is without a doubt one of the bigger recruiting draws in the country under Fisher, so landing Pettway is yet another indication that Malzahn belongs amongst the best of the best recruiters in the nation.
Justin Hokanson of AuburnSports.com reports on the commitment:
Pettway visited Auburn's Junior Day last weekend and visited again on Sunday. His last visit sealed the deal.
"After I came for another visit, I loved the experience. I like the coaches, I feel very comfortable and it's close to home. I grew up an Auburn fan. I can stay close to home and play in the SEC," said Pettway.
"It feels awesome to be the first commitment in the new class. I can help bring in more recruits."
Pettway was formerly committed to Florida State before decommitting last week.
What, exactly, does Pettway bring to Auburn as a commitment?
The first factor is somewhat obvious, but it's an extremely important point to consider: Now that Auburn has landed one top-notch commitment, others are soon to follow.
He is a highly-ranked in-state recruit—ranked as the No. 16 player from the state of Alabama, according to the 247Sports composite rankings—and like he said, per Hokanson's report, he'll be able to help bring in other recruits.
I've said it time and time again, but it remains true every time: Talent begets talent, and where one elite player goes, others tend to follow. Landing Pettway's commitment is a great way for Auburn to start off the 2014 cycle.
Pettway also brings a lot to Auburn as a football player.
He has tremendous size 6'0'', 224 pounds, and he has all the makings of a true power back. He'll be very tough to take down because of his size alone, but he combines that with good agility, vision and footwork.
Pettway is very much so a momentum runner, meaning that once he hits the hole and picks up a head of steam, he'll be tough to tackle, even at the SEC level. He has the ability to lower his shoulder, drive his feet and pick up extra yards, and he should be a go-to runner in the red zone or in short-yardage situations.
Overall, this is a huge pickup for Malzahn and the Tigers. And Auburn is poised to start the 2014 recruiting cycle in the same way it finished 2013: as one of the hottest recruiting programs in the nation.


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BodyWorks is proud to present our Spring 2017 Community Artist: Kim Cunningham
Artist Statement
Since moving to the Monadnock Region in 1979 I have worked primarily as a graphic artist and illustrator. I also co-directed the Jaffrey Civic Center with my husband, Scott, from 1991-2000. We began building our own home and studios in Hancock in 1988 and are now both full-time artists. In 2009 I published my first children's book, Absolutely Wild, with David R. Godine Publisher. I am currently working on two more.
Over the years I've had the pleasure of exploring many different media, from papermaking to bookbinding to Japanese brushpainting. Taking classes at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, the Haystack School of Crafts in Maine and the Sharon Arts Center have expanded my horizons tremendously. But my main focus has always been printmaking, especially carving blockprints and experimenting with repeating patterns and multiples. My strongest influences include the arts of Native Americans as well as works from Africa, Japan and Australia.
A natural progression of my work has been to create collages on board with prints, handmade papers and wax. In search of more texture and dimension I often add found metal objects or ceramic reliefs. Handbuilt clay animal sculptures and mask forms are luring me even further down a three-dimensional path. I try to capture a creature's spirit and personality as simply as possible while at the same time celebrating the plastic nature of clay.
The landscape and animals of my New Hampshire home are a constant source of inspiration. Through my work I hope to share with others my delight in the natural world and joy in being an artist.
Are you interested in exhibiting work in our studio gallery? Click here to contact us!


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It's that time of the night again and Caitlin is once again on the phone to her dad – discussions again centering around the sheep, whether it will be a 'girl' sheep or not, and whether it is actually a good idea to dye the sheep pink (Caitlin is concerned that the sheep's mother will be cross with it for dying its coat ….)
What these conversations are showing me though, is just how much my daughter misses her dad and just how important he is in her life. I've been battling with the concept of allowing my child (whom no one can look after like me – with apologies to Erik :-)) to go so far away from me for more than 3 months. Realising how much Caitlin misses her dad's input into her life on a daily basis doesn't make the decision any easier to swallow, but it does convince me that this is exactly what both of them need.
She is so excited at the idea of going to school on the island for a while and seeing her friend Ryan (who was born four weeks after her and with whom she was the greatest of friends when they were both babies). I am comforted by the thought that she will be with her Muddish and Fardi (god mother and father on Tristan) and surrounded by the largest group of babysitters ever gathered together in one place. The thought that she will have the experience of unprecedented freedom, of a welcome into every home and that she will come back to South Africa calling everyone 'Tiddy' or "Buddy' makes me smile… I just wish I wasn't going to miss her so very, very much!


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The field for the Grade 2, $1 million Louisiana Derby looks very much like the one that contested last month's Risen Star, the main prep for Saturday's 1 1/8-mile signature event of the Fair Grounds meet.
In the 1 1/16-mile Risen Star, run on February 22, the Todd Pletcher-trained Intense Holiday flattered the form of the South Florida three-year-old contingent with a last-gasp victory over a loose-on-the-lead Albano, who is stabled at Fair Grounds with Larry Jones.
Those two, plus five other Risen Star participants, are joined in the Louisiana Derby cast by Grade 2 winner In Trouble, stakes winner Louies Flower, and the stakes-placed King Cyrus to form a field of 10 in the feature on a stakes-laden program.
The Risen Star was the first stakes victory for Intense Holiday, who had futilely chased top East Coast classic prospects Cairo Prince, Honor Code, and Havana since October. That score was preceded by a distant third-place effort in the January 25 Holy Bull behind Cairo Prince, the expected favorite in Saturday's Florida Derby.
Intense Holiday will break from post 1 and is the 2-1 morning line favorite under Mike Smith.
Albano, who inherited a lead no one wanted in the Risen Star and ultimately missed by a nose, might have a more difficult time replicating those tactics from post 10 in the Louisiana Derby. However, the Istan colt has maintained his form all winter, commencing with a victory in the six-furlong Sugar Bowl in December and a runner-up finish in the Lecomte prior to the Risen Star.
Vicar's in Trouble, the Louisiana-bred colt who blew the doors off his rivals in the Lecomte by 6 3/4 lengths, was hobbled with post 13, raced four wide around both turns and finished third, nearly five lengths behind the top pair, when favored in the Risen Star. The Mike Maker trainee could bounce back with a more ideal trip from post 6.
Among the Risen Star also-rans back to make amends are the Delta Downs Jackpot winner Rise Up, who made a quick retreat in the Risen Star after chasing Albano in second to the quarter pole. The Rockport Harbor colt adds blinkers and thus is expected to show early foot once more.
Gold Hawk, a son of classic winner Empire Maker and champion Caressing, was the beaten favorite when third in the Lecomte and then was a wide-trip fifth in the Risen Star. He will be the focus of intense scrutiny hailing from the barn of embattled trainer Steve Asmussen.
The other Risen Star also-rans in the Louisiana Derby lineup, maiden winners Flat Gone and Commanding Curve, would appear to have work to do to make an impact.
In Trouble is the leading newcomer on the scene. Undefeated in two starts last season, including the Futurity at Belmont Park, the Tiz Wonderful colt turned in a praiseworthy effort in the March 1 Gotham at Aqueduct, where he set a pressured pace and only yielded by a half-length at the finish to Samraat and Uncle Sigh, two rivals who held a fitness edge having competed throughout the winter.
The Louisiana Derby field is completed by Louies Flower, a narrow winner of the Springboard Mile at Remington two back but last of 12 in the Southwest at Oaklawn most recently, and King Cyrus, who steps up in class following a wide-trip second in a minor stakes at Calder.
The Louisiana Derby is worth 170 points -- 100 for first, 40 for second, 20 for third and 10 for fourth -- in the "Road to the Kentucky Derby" series that determines qualifying for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 3.
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Sydney: Left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc is the only change, coming in place of injured fast bowler James Pattinson, in the 12-man Australian squad for the third Test against India in Perth, starting on January 13.
Pattinson is carrying an injury in his left foot and has consequently been ruled out of the remainder of the four-match Test series.
Like Pattinson, Starc is too a 21-year-old fast bowler who is rated immensely even though he has just four wickets from two Tests he has played. The 1.96m tall New South Wales bowler is known to generate tremendous pace and bounce.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon continues to be the squad despite his mediocre performance of the first two Tests.
It is likely though that he would be replaced with swing bowler Ryan Harris as there are indications that Australia would go with four fast bowlers at the bouncy WACA pitch.
The 32-year-old Harris is said to be his captain Michael Clarke`s favourite. He picked up 35 wickets from only eight Tests before he was laid low by injury.
Commenting on the squad, national selector John Inverarity said it was always the intention of selectors to rest Pattinson after the Sydney Test.
"The intention of the National Selection Panel was to rest James from the Perth Vodafone Test match as this young man has played in four Test matches over a period of just five weeks. This intention has become a necessity after post match scans have revealed James` foot injury," he said.
Updating on Pattinson`s injury, Australian team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris, said, "James Pattinson reported some left foot pain after the second innings of the Sydney Test match. Whilst he was able to bowl unrestricted in the game he did have pain towards the end of the match.
"As such, he had x-rays and scans after the game that have cleared him of a stress fracture but have demonstrated early stage bone stress injury of the metatarsal bone of the left foot," he said.
"He will be managed carefully over the next few weeks and will not be available for selection for the remainder of the Test series against India."
The Australian squad: Michael Clarke (capt), Brad Haddin (vice-captain), Ed Cowan, Ryan Harris, Ben HIlfenhaus, Mike Hussey, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.


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With around 20 new characters being introduced into Season 3 this year, you'd think we would have gotten around to a Game of Thrones Mailbag by now. Come on, IGN! The night is dark and full of questions!
For the first time, Game of Thrones took a week off during its seasonal run by not airing its ninth episode this past Sunday, so now's the perfect time to answer any questions you guys might have. And like past GoT Mailbags, this is really a call out for questions from those fans of HBO's Game of Thrones who haven't read the George R. R. Martin books. Perhaps you have questions about some of the new places like Yunkai or Riverrun. Or families like the Tullys, Tyrells and Reeds. Or what was all the talk about the other castles along the wall? I mean, the opening credits only show Castle Black, right? And why do horrible things keep happening to penises!? Send any questions you might have to email@example.com or Twitter and we'll post the answers tomorrow.
As always, we won't tackle questions that are about things still to come. So nothing like "What was it that Melisandre did with Gendry's blood in the fire?" or "Will Gendry's penis be okay?" Like all TV shows, most things will come to light in their own time. But there might be things you forgot about. Like when Beric Dondarrion appeared with Ned Stark, or when Cat and Robb made a deal with Lord Walder Frey; both scenes being from Season 1. Just don't ask us what Jon Snow did with his tongue when he went "south of the wall." Y'all should know that.
The next Game of Thrones episode, "The Rains of Castamere," airs Sunday, June 2nd on HBO.
If you've read the books and want a spoiler-safe place to discuss your thoughts, please visit IGN's Game of Thrones wiki. While you're there, feel free to contribute key differences you see between the TV and book version of the lore. If you comment on this article, please be mindful of others who haven't read ahead and stick to discussion of what's been aired. Thanks!


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Two words are in the back of the mind of every author after the debut novel is published: sophomore slump.
At a book signing and reading last year at Schuler Books & Music in Okemos, mystery author Bryan Gruley was asked by a former co-worker from The Detroit News if the thought ever crossed his mind that he had only one book in him.
"He asked that question very innocently," Gruley said, "but that very afternoon I had turned in the manuscript for my second book to my editor. We both knew it sucked."
Gruley who won the prestigious Strand Magazine Critics Award for mystery writing and was nominated for the Edgar Award for his first book "Starvation Lake" did what he had to do: He threw out the second manuscript and started over.
"I had my sophomore slump," he said, "but you won't get to see it."
For readers, that was a great decision. Gruley's second book, "The Hanging Tree," is a masterpiece of detective fiction, with the right amount of blind alleys that leave the outcome always in doubt. The author, who is the Chicago bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, has topped his first book while capturing the essence of a hockey-crazy Michigan small town.
Gruley retained his "Starvation Lake" protagonist, Gus Carpenter, a small town newspaper editor and now amateur detective, who returned to his hometown to regroup after a major league scandal at his former news job.
Gruley said what was missing in the discarded manuscript was "heart," and he set out to find it by rereading his own book and then two books by noted mystery writer Dennis Lehane ("Gone, Baby, Gone," "A Drink Before The War"). Gruley, who is also a dedicated amateur hockey player, d i s c o v e r e d from his reading that he had forgotten to tell stories.
In his "real" second book he details the tragic story of Carpenter's second cousin, Gracie, a hometown girl who leaves for the big city, returns home 20 years later and then, six months later, ends up hanging from a tree. Was it suicide, or was it murder? For Carpenter, who was like a brother to Gracie during high school, solving the mystery becomes a personal mission.
Along with the dramatic tension, Carpenter's love life is cranked up a bit in this second book, His rekindled relationship with his high school sweetheart, Darlene, also a deputy sheriff, is complicated when her estranged husband, a hockey nemesis of Carpenter, shows up to reclaim his wife.
This isn't the only new development in Carpenter's life: A newspaper story he wrote about a proposed new hockey rink in Starvation Lake divides the town and threatens his job.
Although the hockey action takes something of a back seat in his second novel, there's enough on-ice and off-ice chicanery (and an appearance by the Zamboni) to satiate hardcore fans. But the unraveling of Gracie's life and her untimely death on the community's hanging tree is center ice.
Gruley said an actual "Hanging Tree" — covered with twisted shoes, boots and tennis shoes — on U.S. 131 near Kalkaska was the inspiration for the story. He first saw the tree while on assignment for The Wall Street Journal.
Although Carpenter does take one detour downstate to piece together Gracie's former life, Gruley deftly creates a sense of place of the northern Michigan he knows and loves. Not only does Gruley's father still have a cottage in the region, but early in his newspaper career Gruley worked at an Antrim County Weekly newspaper.
Starvation Lake may be a fictitious place, but it fits the description of hundreds of towns and cities in northern Michigan. And when Gruley focuses on the people who inhabit Starvation Lake he is at his best. He puts you in a seat at the local diner right alongside all the characters who inhabit it.
The book tour for his new book starts next week, and Gruley is looking forward to it: "I love good questions and I love talking about the book."
Gruley is an accomplished writer both in his day job and in his new fiction career. He led a team of reporters on a post-Sept. 11 Wall Street Journal feature that won a Pulitzer Prize in the breaking news category. His 2003 feature, "War Stories," was an alternate finalist for the feature writing Pulitzer.
Gruley won't be in the Lansing area for awhile, but he is sharing a panel with two other "Northern Noir" writers — Steve Hamilton ("A Cold Day in Paradise") and William Kent Krueger ("Heaven's Keep") — at the Kerrytown BookFest in Ann Arbor on Sept. 12.
'The Hanging Tree' by Bryan Gruley (Simon & Schuster) In stores Tuesday, Aug. 3 www.bryangruley.com www.thehangingtree.com


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To write a 50,000 word novel in a month is a daunting task. I may be crazy, but this is the third year I've done it and I love the process.
In order to make it successfully over the finish line, I've found that you must move forward in your writing at all times. There's absolutely no time for revision--no time for even correcting spelling errors -- as you go along. As they say at NaNoWriMo headquarters, November is for writing. December and beyond are for editing.
So, I follow their advice and put one word after another after another, and I don't look back. In December, when the clock stops ticking, hopefully, I'll have 50,000 or more words. Then I can take all the time I want to go back and do the research to back up what I've written and to edit in an attempt to straighten out the mess my 50,000 words have become by the end of the month.
Anyway, I chose this as a topic for today's blog because I want to share with you how freeing this process is. It's just a joy to not worry about spelling, structure, or any of those maddening details that I agonize over on a daily basis. No, to make it to 50,000 words, I just slap those words down as fast as I can and I enjoy every minute of it.
I'm not sure of the tangible rewards of this process to my writing, but I do know that it usually gives me a new zest for writing -- it recharges my batteries. If you promise to not look back at what you've written and only move forward, you have a month free from slapping yourself for using the wrong verb tense, for telling instead of showing, or for not giving each character an individual voice, etc. What a great experience it is to "let it all hang out."
It's too late to join the NaNoWriMo group for this year (I mean you could, but 50,000 words in a week is a stretch), but I'll remind you next year to give it a try. Or, try it as a regular exercise throughout the year. You might get hooked on this free-form writing. I am.
And, don't think for a minute that nothing ever comes of all this writing. The Zen of Max will be out in January or February 2010. It's a revision of my 50,000 words from NaNoWriMo in 2008.


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The notorious street artist WhIsBe will place several of his 7-foot-tall Gummy Bear sculptures at the entrance of the SCOPE Miami Beach art fair, which returned to Ocean Drive for its 17th installment last night, and runs through December 10th. This year, SCOPE will feature 140 exhibitors from 25 countries and 60 cities.
"I'd like to have those there because I see the impact that they have as public art installations," says WhIsBe (shorthand for What Is Beauty?) who is exhibiting new works, too, including his Social Networking sculpture, expanding on his theme of cultural examination and socio-awareness. He was first internationally recognized for his McDictator work, which was a mash up of Ronald McDonald and Adolf Hitler.
The "Vandal Gummy," a basketball-center-sized Gummy Bear holding a Department of Corrections placard that was recently installed in the lobby of 4 World Trade Center has become an instant hit with locals and tourists alike. "It's insanely popular. It's so wild," says the artist. "I would have never thought I'd have a sculpture in the lobby of the World Trade Center if you had asked me a few years ago," he adds.
His moment in the sun started after developer Larry Silverstein invited a group of street artists to work on a mural project on the vacant 69th floor of 4 WTC. "It's like, I did a mural project on the 69th floor, it's super dope, I got to paint with my homies and had a great time," WhIsBe says. Silverstein's idea proved successful; in addition to giving young artists coveted space, the mural helped sell the property. Spotify, the music streaming service, rented the space after seeing the art installation.
Negotiations for the lobby sculpture followed; WhIsBe acted as his own agent. He is the only artist from the original mural group to have an additional piece in the building.
"The opportunity at the World Trade Center, and what's come from that just spiked my career in terms of momentum," says the New York native, who notes that just having the opportunity to paint in the World Trade Center is incredible. WhIsBe grew up painting, studied at the School of Visual arts, and after a hiatus, turned to street art five years ago. He has now exhibited at art fairs including Art Basel, Art New York, and Art Southampton, and had an installation at the New Museum. His work is in the collection of MOCO Museum Amsterdam.
This year SCOPE fair sponsors include artnet, the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami and the Perez Art Museum Miami.


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