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It has been four years since the Golden Baseball League awarded Santa Clarita its own baseball team. It's been a year since the man who helped get that franchise has spoken to anyone who could help finalize it.
You want crazy, the Foothill League will give you crazy - Michael Jackson crazy. You got scandal, surprise and lots of scoring - all in week one of the winter season.
The Hart High girls basketball team is the second Santa Clarita Valley prep sports program in as many days forced to forfeit all of its wins and dismiss a player because of falsification of residency.
Stan Delus was relieved of his duties as Canyon High girls basketball head coach Wednesday night, and the Cowboys had to forfeit all 11 wins for this season, because residency records for transfer players Vanessa Aguilar and Alexa Davison were falsified.
Within a couple of weeks, Canyon High graduate and three-time Olympic softball medalist Crystl Bustos will be signing a contact to resume playing with the Akron Racers of the National Pro Fastpitch league.
Canyon High girls basketball head coach Stan Delus gave up his job and his team forfeited its 11 victories so far this season because of falsified student records, school administrators said Thursday.
When McDonald's released its California nominations for its All-American High School Basketball Team Wednesday, there was one surprise name from the Santa Clarita Valley. Ariel Hale, a senior power forward from Canyon, was one of 35 girls from across the state nominated.
There was a lot of motivation going around in the Foothill League after The Signal's Winter Sports Previews, which ran from Saturday through Tuesday. We're not taking credit for anything, but certainly those editions rubbed some local athletes the wrong way.
The Canyon boys soccer team had a sack full of motivation coming into its league opener at West Ranch High. In typical fashion, Cowboys head coach Khris Savage took every opportunity to use it.
The road to a Foothill League championship in girls basketball has gone through Newhall Avenue. Hart High has won seven straight titles, including a share of the crown last year with Saugus.
Hart High head basketball coach Zach Koebel goes one-on-one with a select few of his players at practice. Megan Ford, now a center at Cal Poly Pomona, was one of his favorites last year in his first season leading the Indians.
Teams are going to key on a couple of Valencia girls basketball varsity veterans this season.
Former Indian named Player of Week Hart High graduate Megan Ford was named Wilson California Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 29 - January 3. Ford, a freshman center at NCAA Division II Cal Poly Pomona, averaged 18 points and 9.5 rebounds in a pair of games during the week. On Jan. 3 she scored 22 points, making 10-of-16 shots, and pulled down 10 rebounds in ...
Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks boys head soccer coach Patrick Thompson put the breaks on any good-feeling Valencia got after the Vikings defeated the Knights 2-0 at Dr. Paul A. Priesz Stadium Wednesday.
Just two years into her high school golf career, Hart's Amanda Corr has gone through two year-end battles.
Coming into the 2013 softball season, there was a lot of hope within the Santa Clarita Valley that come playoff time, a Foothill League team could make a run.
For one of the most competitive baseball seasons in Santa Clarita Valley prep history, the area gets no rewards in the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.
The most successful boys tennis season in Golden Valley High history ended Wednesday with the Grizzlies losing 16-2 to La Canada High in La Canada in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs.
The Hart Indians boys tennis team is still alive in the CIF-Southern Section Division II playoffs and it can thank two unlikely heroes.
Mother's Day is Sunday and Dylan Freyre will go camping with his mother, Stacy, to celebrate.
West Ranch outfielder Tony Slauson verbally committed to Cal State Northridge earlier this month, according to Wildcats head coach Casey Burrill.
With so many strong teams in the field, not much was expected from the Foothill League's three teams in the CIF-Northern Team Divisional at Soule Park Golf Club in Ojai.
Something didn't feel quite right about the Hart Indians being up six runs on the West Ranch Wildcats on Friday at West Ranch High.
The Foothill League boys tennis prelims is usually an event of little surprise.
This Foothill League continues to be the wackiest in one respect and the most competitive in another respect in recent memory.
It was the bottom of the seventh inning.
There's hope at Golden Valley.
West Ranch boys golfer Joey Downey would have really had to have a blow-up round on Wednesday at TPC Valencia in the sixth and final Foothill League match to not win the league's Most Valuable Player.


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U.S. venture capitalists dipped deeper into their pockets to fund start-ups last year, despite a slowdown in the fourth quarter. The appetite for mature consumer web companies remained strong, while interest in early-stage companies tumbled.
In 2011, U.S. companies scored $32.6 billion in 3,209 venture capital deals -- a 10 percent increase in capital raised and 6 percent increase in deals from 2010. The median amount invested in a financing round rose 16 percent to $5 million, Dow Jones VentureSource said Friday.
The fourth quarter of 2011 saw a decline in both capital invested and deal activity from the third quarter as investors put $7.4 billion into 803 deals for U.S.-based venture companies. The decline, which mirrors a fourth-quarter drop in exit activity, is notable because the final quarter of the year is traditionally one of the most active for financings and exits.
The fourth quarter may have seen a temporary slowdown as venture capitalists reset their expectations for the exit market and entrepreneurs adjusted their companies' valuations to suit the current climate, Jessica Canning, global research director for Dow Jones VentureSource, said in a statement.
Overall in 2011, venture investment continued its steady post-recession ascent with notable strength in enterprise solutions, Canning said.
Large later-stage rounds raised by well-known web companies, including Twitter, Zynga and LivingSocial, pushed investment in the consumer information services industry to $5.2 billion for 452 deals during 2011, a 23 percent increase in capital collected and 14 percent increase in deal activity from the previous year.
While 72 percent of the capital raised for the sector went to later-stage deals, there was still strong interest in seed- and first-rounds, which accounted for 57 percent of the sector's deals.
The median amount invested in a first round for a Web start-up shrank 33 percent to $2 million, while the median for a later-stage round ballooned 43 percent to $10 million.
Venture capitalists still have a strong appetite for early-stage Web start-ups, but more mature companies may be swallowing some of the available cash, Zoran Basich, editor of Dow Jones VentureWire, said in a statement.
As companies delay the process of entering the public markets during a difficult time for IPOs, the additional venture funding they need is leaving investors with less capital for new investments.

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Immunization is a worldwide health and development success story, saving hundreds of thousands of lives yearly. The US Centers for Disease Management and Prevention has mentioned most individuals who tested constructive for Covid-19 can return to work or faculty 10 days after the onset of signs, except the sickness requires hospitalization. The clinicians accompany patients on their lifelong well being journey, via common health and specialising in ladies’s health points ranging from menstruation to fertility, pre and put up-natal care, menopause and beyond.
That can provide help to feel higher and avoid weight gain. People with psychological agility are likely to have lower charges of Alzheimer’s illness and age-associated mental decline. Till then, folks with SARSÂ could receive mainly supportive remedy, with oxygen and fluids to assist ease symptoms, and antibiotics to help prevent or treat secondary infections.
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She’d been a member of the Students in Rural Health program at Kansas University that seeks out rural school college students who are fascinated with drugs. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) studies that since 2004 there have been no known instances of SARS anyplace on this planet. The brand new coronavirus appears to be less deadly than SARS , nonetheless.
Kewajiban pemenuhan Liquidity Protection Ratio (LCR) dan Web Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) bagi financial institution BUKU 3, BUKU 4, dan Bank Asing harus dipelihara serendah-rendahnya sebesar eighty five% sampai dengan 31 Maret 2021. COVID-19 could also be more difficult to include because the virus that causes this disease spreads extra simply and sometimes causes mild signs.
For specific medical recommendation, diagnoses, and remedy, seek the advice of your health care supplier. There are presently no remedies approved by the US Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) for COVID-19, but the antiviral agent remdesivir has been made out there through an FDA emergency use authorization for sufferers with severe illness (outlined as requiring supplemental oxygen, ventilatory, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO assist).

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Ketchikan’s school board is considering cutting 57.5 full-time-equivalent positions next school year in hopes of covering health insurance costs and creating a balanced budget. Should positions be cut, cost savings are expected to be about $3 million.
The board discussed ways to balance the 2023-2024 budget and held a work session on health insurance costs Wednesday night.
During the work session, representatives from the consulting firm USI explained why the district’s self-insurance health plan was in deficit. The district’s recommended annual budget for healthcare by USI last year was $8.4 million. Only $6.7 million was budgeted. The plan is to adjust next year’s budget to address that issue.
School District Superintendent Michael Robbins says preliminary estimates assume borough funding will remain flat and the Alaska Legislature will not increase the base student allocation. He expects student enrollment to be down by 13% from 2020 numbers, resulting in decreased state funding. This year’s budget is $42 million. A $39 million budget is proposed next fiscal year. Robbins says what he and staff propose is very conservative.
“And I think that that’s a good place to start, because it’s a lot easier to add than to take away.”
Robbins emphasized discussions are in the early stages, and the budget is not due to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly until April, giving the district time to explore options and gather public input.
Robbins says 90% of the budget is fixed costs, such as salaries, utilities and building maintenance. He says once the school year starts, those items can’t be reduced. Robbins says addressing health care costs is key.
“Our healthcare is a priority. Paying for our healthcare as a district and not accruing any more debt. So when we put together a budget, that is our number one priority, to make sure, besides student achievement and learning, which is always our number one goal. But on the fiscal side of it, is to ensure us that we do not have any more accrued debt on the healthcare.”
Robbins says there are 42 filled positions at risk of being cut, and 15 additional positions are vacant and likely will not be filled. That’s a 16% decrease in staff. Robbins says cuts would affect all departments. He says principals best know the needs of their schools and he’s working with them to come up with options.
“They have known this for the last couple of months and they know this is the direction that we’re going in. And then I sat down with every principal and talked through what those personnel decisions (might be) and what we could do at the district level and what they have to do at their level and they’re still working through those programs.”
Robbins says another option to consider is increasing class sizes since student-to-teacher ratios are below state averages. He noted district elementary schools have a 15:1 ratio which is well below the state average of approximately 21:1.
“Not just elementary school, but just classroom consolidation to make sure we have class sizes…But what we don’t want to do, and I think we need to be cognizant of this, is we don’t want to have 45 in the class either. So that’s a delicate balance that we have to take a look at.”
Robbins was asked about the option of closing a school building. He did not advise this saying it would be a long-term decision. If a school closes, the state requires it remain closed for at least 7 years.
“What the state doesn’t want is to willy nilly just like a light switch, ‘You’re opened. You’re closed. You’re opened. You’re closed.’ It has to be a very good reason to do that.”
He says a closed school would still need to be maintained and secured, and pointed out there would be increased transportation costs, since some students would have to travel to schools outside their neighborhood; a decrease in state funding and vandalism concerns.
There was also discussion about going to a four-day school week with longer school days. Robbins says that would present problems, too, as childcare is already hard to come by, and schools are safe, warm environments for some students.
“I would be hesitant to remove that safe place based on not a lot of monies being saved, if at all. I just think what’s best for our kids is to have them in our schools. And if we can do that and keep them there, I think that’s what’s best for our kids.”
Robbins says school funding is a statewide issue, and it’s important for districts, parents and other concerned citizens to speak with their legislators.
School Board President Stephen Bradford requested more details on possible budget cuts be brought to the board at its next meeting, February 8.


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ISHPEMING — The Hematites football team had a vacation of some sorts with a much needed bye week before they prepare for a big matchup against Negaunee.Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
Ishpeming is undefeated at 5–0 and last week, they were idle, getting a chance to heal up before they take on the Miners tomorrow. But Coach Jeff Olson is a little worried about some possible rust the players might have.
“Hopefully we didn’t lose our spark. We were playing pretty good football at that time. Hopefully that layoff didn’t set us back at all where the kids relax a little bit. It’s a two–edged sword. We got a little bit of extra time to prepare for Negaunee, couple kids with bumps and bruises got to heal a little bit so right now we’re hoping we’re not going to be looking for a letdown,” Olson said.
“It was good for me because I got to relax a little bit and get better physically and just recover from the last few weeks. And same with the whole team, we got to get a little healthier, recover and also get a little more practice in without having the stress of a game on Friday night,” said Finegan.
One player they’re hoping heals up quick is quarterback Ozzy Corp and Coach Olson provided an update on his condition.
“Well, we’re hoping he’s at full strength. He tweaked an ankle last night in practice so now we’re going to monitor that. We’re hoping the rest brings him to full strength. We think he will be so that’s the good news. But you never can tell with two injuries like he had. One hit and he could be back to the same way,” said Olson.
Kickoff for the game is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Hematite Field.

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Westman Islands, Iceland-based singer/songwriter quickly received attention across Iceland, Scandinavia and elsewhere for the old-school soul, funk, pop-inspired sound of his debut single “Color Decay;” in fact, the single managed to be a major breakout hit as it landed at number 1 on the Icelandic charts. And as the result of the single’s success Meyvant wound up dominating that year’s Icelandic Music Awards with nominations for Best Newcomer and Best Male Singer, which he also wound up winning. And adding to a growing profile both nationally and then internationally, Meyvant has received airplay on Radio X, BBC Radio London, Amazing Radio and KEXP.
Now, earlier this year, I wrote about “Neon Experience,”the first single off the Icelandic singer/songwriter’s highly-anticipated full-length debut Floating Harmonies, a mid-tempo song that paired a mid-tempo arrangement comprised of a warm and soulful horn line, a gorgeous and dramatic string arrangement, twinkling keys, a sinuous bass line, a sultry and slow burning bridge, and an infectiously anthemic hook with Meyvant’s silky falsetto singing lyrics possessing an uplifting and resilient message. And while sonically being reminiscent of Daptone Records, Simply Red and Chet Faker (who recently decided to write and record under his given name Nick Murphy), the song could inspire the most jaded and cynical. “Mighty Backbone,” Floating Harmonies‘ second single paired a strikingly similar arrangement of horns, strings, guitar and bass with complex polyrhythm while possessing a breezy yet careful and deliberate attention to craft that made the song sound as though it were recorded in 1963 — but with a modern production sheen and an underlying bittersweet tone.
And with the release of the album’s third and latest single “Beat Silent Need,” the Icelandic singer/songwriter will arguably cement himself as one of the finest, contemporary, blue-eyed soul singer/songwriters on either side of the Atlantic as his sound nods at 60s and 70s soul, paired with thoughtful and heartfelt lyrics. In this case, this particular song focuses on loneliness and the desperate need for love and to be desired, the self-doubt, confusion, misunderstandings and fear that frequently sabotage our relationships, the difficulties of honestly connecting with others and the blind hope that in every subsequent relationship that we’ll somehow get it right — although most of us fail miserably some way or another.
The recently released video begins with a couple in the middle of a bitter argument as the man drops his woman off for a pregnant woman yoga class taught by a neglectful asshole. When the women bolt from their class, they are subsequently chased by both the yoga instructor and our protagonist’s boyfriend. And it ends with the pregnant woman, worriedly driving herself and her companions to a hospital as they all experience labor pains — without the asshole men in their lives.
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An important week in store for Liverpool football club as Kenny Dalglish delves into the transfer market in the hope of freshening up the Reds squad. It is certainly needed and some top quality signings could give Liverpool that extra impotence for a late surge on the top six of the Premier League.
At FFC we have seen a mixed bag of articles which includes Dalglish getting the green light for transfers; Raiola confirms Liverpool interest and five reasons for Liverpool’s defensive demise.
We also look at the best Liverpool articles around the web this week.
Memories of The King – This is Anfield
The Battle of the Pools! – Kopblog
Indefensible: Liverpool’s Defensive Woes – Tomkins Times
An exciting prospect, but where would he fit in? – Live4Liverpool
Dalglish knows how to steer the ship – This is Anfield

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|Meet The Freshmen|
In 2009-2010, six players debut on the Gopher roster. Three of them – defensemen Megan Bozek and Mira Jalosuo, and goaltender Noora Räty – are new to the state of Minnesota as well.
“As far as I can tell, they’re really enjoying it here at the University,” Coach Brad Frost said.
In the previous dozen years of Gopher women’s hockey, 94 players have lettered, with 62 being from Minnesota, another 19 hailing from the rest of the United States, and 13 coming from Canada. Jalosuo and Räty are the first to come to the team from outside North America.
“I always kind of wondered, how would they mesh with the team, but that’s been seamless,” Frost said. “They’re great people, and they fit in really well.”
Bozek comes to the “U” from Buffalo Grove, IL, where she played for the Chicago Mission club team. Bozek and the Mission won the USA Hockey U-19 championship in 2008, so one might think that would be her biggest thrill so far in hockey. Or perhaps the gold medal earned with Team USA at the U-18 World Championships in January. No, she looks back a little farther.
“When I was in fifth grade, I was actually playing boys hockey, and we went up to a tournament in Canada,” Bozek said. “We won the championship, and I got the MVP, and I was the first girl in like the 72-year history of the tournament to get the MVP. That’s one of the things that always makes me smile.”
It requires more than just natural talent to be able to record landmark achievements by age ten. She credits her brothers who are five and two years older with getting her exposed to hockey early, plus teaching her a lot about it along the way. Now, Frost and the Gopher staff are responsible for her continued development.
“Over the summer, he told me things that I needed to work on,” Bozek said. “Obviously that would help the team, and that would help me transition into college. He’s kind of letting me play my game right now, which is being an offensive defenseman.”
Early observations would confirm that Bozek is more likely to initiate the offense than the typical young defenseman.
“We don’t generally put reigns on [our defensemen],” Frost said. “It’s just a confidence level for her. She believes she is good at rushing the puck, which she is. She picks her spots pretty well. Just a strong, powerful skater, so anytime she has that ability and that look to get up ice, we certainly let her do that.”
When searching for where to continue her education and hockey career, Bozek was drawn to Minnesota.
“I really liked the coaching staff,” she said. “I think the selling point was the girls on the team. When I came here, everyone was so open, so welcoming. It was just a really good feeling going to a team knowing that you’re welcomed, that you’re going to help them.”
Thus far it has been a symbiotic relationship – she’s helped the team, and their strong start has eased her transition to college life.
“I absolutely love everything,” Bozek said. “Classes are going really well, hockey couldn’t be better, and everyone’s just having fun.
“It helps a lot just knowing at the end of the day that you have a ‘W’ under your belt and everyone is happy. Even if you had a few bad shifts, you still got the two points.”
Though it is still a ways down the road, the kinesiology major has plans for her days after college.
“I want to be a physical therapist,” Bozek said. “I’ve been to physical therapy for the past three years for different things, and I just love going there – even though I have injuries. I love just the concept of helping people, and hopefully being a physical therapist for a sports team.”
For the second straight year, Samantha Downey is adapting to a new school and hockey team. After living in Silver Bay and playing for the Mariners through her junior year, Downey’s family moved to Hermantown and she spent her senior year at the much larger Proctor-Hermantown-Marshall High School.
“Coming from Silver Bay to Duluth it was a big difference; everything was a lot bigger,” she said. “It made it easier meeting new people, and I guess I learned to socialize a little bit more, so coming here was a lot easier.”
Downey narrowed her college choices down to three schools.
“I was looking at North Dakota and Bemidji. I guess the University is known for having a great hockey team and great academics, and I’ve wanted to play here since I was in fifth grade. It was kind of a no-brainer.”
For much of the first semester, Downey skated on the Gopher’s third line.
“It was really nice playing with the third line,” she said. “You got those pretty regular shifts, and I got to see how fast the game was and understand just the way our team plays. Just getting that experience, now I know what it is like. I’ll be ready, hopefully, the next time.”
According to her coach, some acclimation period is typical for players with her background.
“It generally takes our Minnesota high school forwards at least a semester, sometimes longer,” Brad Frost said. “I think Sam and Becky have both fit in very well, however, it’s definitely an adjustment. The pace is different, everybody is bigger, stronger, and faster, and all of a sudden they’re learning new systems and how we expect them to play.”
As Downey attempts to digest the college game, she can observe seniors like Brittany Francis, Kelli Blankenship, and Jaimie Horton, all of whom are in their fourth season as forwards in the Gopher program.
“I look up to them very much,” Downey said. “During practice and games, usually I sit and watch what they do first, and not necessarily imitate it exactly, but I learn from them.”
For the last month of 2009, she had the difficult task of staying ready to hit the ice with her power play unit while not always getting regular shifts when the team was skating 5-on-5.
“My legs tighten up a little, but I guess it is mental,” Downey said. “If you stay focused, you should be able to do it.”
“With Sam, she played center in high school, and we for most of the year have had her at wing, and now we have her back at center, her natural position,” Frost said. “Again, it’s just a big jump with the speed of the game.”
At the same time, Downey has made a smooth transition to other parts of being a college student.
“I absolutely love it. Campus life – it seemed huge when I first came here, but now, you just have your certain classes you go to and it seems smaller. Gopher life, I enjoy it. It’s really nice and I love being around the team and meeting new people.”
After being undecided when she chose Minnesota, Downey has selected a common course of study for Gopher players.
“I decided I’m going to major in kinesiology and become a P.E. teacher,” she said.
When it came time to select a college to continue her studies, Katie Frischmann had varied locations from which to pick.
“The schools I was choosing between were here, Ohio State, and the University of Connecticut,” she said. “I chose to come here because it’s pretty close to home; I live in Rochester, so it’s only an hour and a half. I can see my family and they can come to a lot of the games; my brother plays at Augsburg, so I’m only five minutes away from him.”
“The campus here, and the hockey program, the support staff, everything just felt right. There’s so much opportunity here. It just felt like the right place for me.”
Frischmann played with her high school Rochester Century team as a ninth grader, then competed with the Minnesota Thoroughbreds for the next three years.
“Coming from playing with the Thoroughbreds where the pace is a little faster and there’s a little more intensity in the games, I think she’s made the transition maybe a little smoother than the others,” Coach Frost said.
The move to the Thoroughbreds came at a personal cost.
“The drive was at least an hour and twenty minutes to practice, three or four or five times a week,” Frischmann said. “So if we had an hour practice, I was gone for a good five hours of the night. So coming here, it is kind of nice having my dorm and walking the five minutes to the rink instead of driving the hour and twenty. It was a huge time commitment, but it was the right choice.”
The Gophers usually have at least one player asked to spend part of her season at forward and another portion on defense; this year, Frischmann has inherited that role.
“Sometimes it’s kind of hard; I walk in the locker room and I have a forward jersey hanging [in my locker], the next day it’s D,” she said. “It’s nice to know how to play both. Sometimes it’s hard the first couple of days being back at one or the other, getting back in the swing of that position. It’s not too bad; it is kind of fun to change things up every once in a while.”
Because the team has a full contingent of six full-time defensemen, Frischmann’s place on the line chart has usually been at forward when everyone is healthy. However, she saw her most extensive action of the season on the blue line when Alexandra Zebro was out with an injury.
“It was nice to get some consistent playing time and get a feel for it, and get more comfortable out there. It was nice that when I’m back consistently at D that I’ll know what to expect.”
That would seem to be her position of the future on a team that graduates two defensemen but has signed only one in the next recruiting class.
“That’s what the coaches have told me – the plan right now is that I’ll be back at D next year,” Frischmann said. “As far as a preference, I don’t really care; I think both are fun. I feel more comfortable at D. That is what he originally recruited me as, defense. That’s what I’ve been playing since like seventh grade.”
“She’s handled the role or the roles very well – kind of a difficult position, I would imagine, to be in, in particular as a freshman,” Frost said. “Her natural position I would say is playing defense. We’ll probably need her at D second semester at times.
“She’s accepted her role; she just wants to play, she just wants to contribute, and anywhere that we put her that she can do those things she’s happy with. It’s probably been one of the biggest transitions for her, simply because she’s had to learn a couple of positions.”
Like any student, Frischmann has to settle in to a course of study as well as a position on the ice.
“I don’t really know what I’d like to do – sports psychology or something,” she said. “I’ve kind of always wanted to go to med school. But whatever I end up doing, I’d like to keep coaching, either youth, or something involved with hockey.”
The likelihood that a hockey player from Lieksa, Finland would wind up on a Minnesota team that had never had anyone from Europe was not great. However, the first link in the chain of events that ultimately brought Mira Jalosuo to the Minneapolis campus may have been the signing of Bobbi Ross five years earlier. Before Ross started her Gopher career, she made the acquaintance of the six-foot defenseman.
“We were roommates in 2004 in summer camp,” Jalosuo said. “The camp was in [Vierumaki,] Finland. It was like some development camp. There were five players from Canada, five from Finland – from different countries. There were almost a hundred players.”
“Noora was on our team as well, and she and Mira were good friends even then,” Ross said. “One of my most prominent memories of Mira is her slap shot. We did some dry-land training where we worked on shooting, and when we were working on slap-shots, she was shooting harder than the 30 year old male instructor that was trying to help us out. He stopped us and had everyone come watch her shoot, and he was basically speechless the whole time. Overall throughout the week, she was a terrific roommate, very helpful and so easy to get along with!”
Jalosuo’s meeting of Ross became her introduction to the Minnesota Gophers.
“I first decided that I wanted to play in the USA because here is the best women’s league, and of course, here is good education,” she said. “I got to go to school and play hockey at the same time.”
What she won’t be able to do is to see much of the people from her home.
“That’s not so hard for me, because I have lived four years by myself, so it’s okay,” Jalosuo said. “But of course, I miss my family and my friends. Sometimes it’s hard.”
Between Gopher road trips and Finnish national team travel commitments for 4 Nations Cup, MLP Nations Cup, and the Winter Olympics, Jalosuo won’t even get to settle down for long in her new home of Minneapolis. The absences create another obstacle in keeping up with academics, but she takes that hurdle in stride as well.
“I think that it’s not a problem, because usually I miss like half of my year in high school because of hockey, so I will miss only one month, and that’s not bad,” Jalosuo said.
“My friends say, ‘I am so jealous of you, that you can travel to different countries.’ But actually, I can see only hockey rinks and hotels. Sometimes when we are there like two weeks, we see something else.”
So far, she has not been surprised by life in America.
“My best friend plays in Mankato, and she has told me how living here will be,” Jalosuo said.
The demands of her position with the Gophers are slightly different than playing with her national team -- she described differences in her role on the breakout. Overall, she has adjusted well.
“Of course there are some language problems,” Jalosuo said.
Her coach lists some of the defenders attributes on the ice.
“Mira is obviously a very big body; her stick is taller than some of our players,” Frost said. “She has great instincts. She has very good vision. She anticipates well, which allows her to be in the right position. And the other thing that she does is if she does get beat, she has a great battle level, and she competes to get back, and with her reach she’s able to recover pretty quickly.”
Jalosuo is studying chemistry, and would like to some day work in a laboratory.
“I know she is going to be an incredible addition to the Gopher team for her personality as well as her on-ice skills,” Ross said.
“Minnesota wasn’t always my first choice growing up,” Becky Kortum said – a statement not often heard from Gophers who grew up in the state. “But when Brad Frost became the coach and I met him, and I came down here on my visit and saw what a great school it was, and saw what a great team we had.”
“It had everything that I was looking for in a school, so I made my decision pretty much right away and I didn’t look anywhere else. I committed like January of my junior year.”
Before her career at Hopkins High School was complete, Kortum led the Royals to the state tournament in 2009 for the first time since 1997.
“Playing in the state tournament was probably the biggest thrill of my hockey career,” she said. “Everyone grows up wanting to play in the state tournament, and having that opportunity was one of the coolest things.”
One downside for a decorated high school player like Kortum who attends college close to home is in trying to meet the expectations that people in the hockey community have for her.
“I was Ms. Hockey [in Minnesota High School hockey], everyone is watching what I do. So if I don’t perform, I’m just another one of the girls that grew up, went to college, and didn’t really do anything.”
As we often find in life, graduating to the next level means starting to climb a new ladder.
“I’m no longer the best player on the ice, but I think that’s a positive thing, because everyone on my team pushes me to be better,” Kortum said. “I just have to step up my game and play at my top game every game.”
“It’s a huge adjustment, especially to try and keep my confidence up, because in high school, if I needed to score, I’d go score. Here, I’m not that person any more. I have a different role, and I’m embracing it, but I’m trying to work towards being that player again eventually.”
Her coach thinks she’s progressing well, and being a fixture on the team’s second line all season would confirm that.
“Somebody like Becky, who really didn’t play a lot of center in high school, we put her at center because we like her size and her speed and the way she distributes the puck,” Frost said. “She’s continuing to grow in that area, and now that she’s getting more comfortable with it, I think she’s starting to take a few more chances offensively.”
Players coming out of high school can sometimes be overwhelmed by the much longer season of D-I, but Kortum doesn’t see that as being a problem.
“I like the longer season; it’s fun for me,” she said. “I never really lose passion – I get tired once in a while. It’s rigorous, but it’s manageable.”
She brings a similar passion to her academic pursuits.
“I’m thinking about choosing physiology; it’s not definite, but that’s what I’m heading towards. I’d like to get into med school and become a doctor. I’m not sure in what specialty, but something medical. I like health sciences.”
A year ago, Mira Jalosuo and Noora Räty came to the United States to visit three college campuses: Ohio State; Minnesota-Duluth; and Minnesota.
“Actually, before we came here to visit, I had no idea where I was going to go,” Räty said. “When we made our visit here, I was sure that I wanted to play here. It was absolutely the best place for us.”
Already possessing two excellent goaltenders, Minnesota may not have seemed to be in the market to add another starting-caliber netminder. But with one Olympic games already on her resume, along with a pair of defeats of the powerful U.S. National Team, Räty is not a typical talent. Minnesota’s coach was happy she chose his program over the other two WCHA schools.
“It wasn’t just great being able to get her, it was also great knowing that the other two teams weren’t,” Frost said. “It was kind of a double success, so to speak.”
Räty admitted to some second thoughts after signing with the Gophers.
“Before I came here, I was like maybe I should have gone to Ohio State,” she said. “But after we played them, I was so happy that I came here. I don’t care if I play every game, or if I play one game a week. I’m fine with that.”
“That’s what I really admire about her – she had an opportunity to go to either of those places and play every game, at least this year and maybe in the future,” Frost said. “She chose to come here with two other really good goalies and battle and not play every game. She’s accepted that and still chose the University of Minnesota, because this was the right fit for her.”
Her impact on the team was immediate.
“We’ve used her a few times already and she’s been very successful, and brought kind of a new jump and a new spark to our team,” Frost said.
Räty intends to be a kinesiology major at Minnesota.
“My dream is that I’d like to have my own gym in Finland or somewhere, and for that, I would like to be a personal trainer.”
Räty understands that she has a lot of hockey in front of her, wedging an Olympics into the midst of an already arduous NCAA season.
“Just keep your body strong, and be mentally strong,” she said. “There can be [times] when you’re homesick, but you just have to get over them, be ready to play all the time, and keep it fun.”
That type of dogged determination is common for people from her country. Being of Finnish heritage, one of the words I heard often while growing up was “sisu”, which Räty explained.
“It’s like toughness, and you never give up, you always keep going. You don’t care what happens. Every person in Finland, they have that.”
But with all of the experience and toughness, Räty is much like any other college freshman a long way from home.
“We’re going to Finland after we play Wisconsin. We have 4 Nations there. We play next to my home, so I will see my family. It’s going to be great.”
|Player photos provided by the University of Minnesota.|


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For continued success in online stock trading, you need not only advanced trading software but also insight to identify stocks with massive opportunity. The electric car industry is heating up as much as the autonomous vehicle industry. Both are closer to mass market reality than ever before, making them hotbeds for investment. For now, we'll focus on the electric car market.
Investopedia's Shoshanna Delventhal reports Investment firm SkyTop Capital Management's Auto Management Hedge Fund focusing on stocks potentially benefiting from the national and global push towards electric cars, as part of SkyTop's greater focus on industries that face disruption on a broad scale, particularly the auto industry. It expects electric vehicles (EVs) to become mainstream in the next 20 years. It recommends some EV industry stocks, many of which supply crucial components to the major automobile companies looking to manufacture electric as well as autonomous vehicles.
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Let's start with Aumann ($AAG). This German company manufactures equipment that enables mass production of EV engines and supplies to companies such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen. It has an advanced technology for winding copper wire within an electric vehicle (EV). That improves the efficiency of the motor and increases its range. That's a very attractive feature that can make these EVs more practical without the need for frequent charging. It helps improve the use of the EV even beyond city limits, to inter-city travel. It is an important factor in effective marketing of modern electric vehicles. SkyTop expects Aumann's CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) to continue in the region of 25% to 30%.
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Sherritt International ($SHERF) is another EV stock suggested by SkyTop. This is a Canadian power generation as well as oil and gas company that is also one of the largest foreign investors in Cuba. So what does an oil and gas company have to do with electric vehicles? Well, the company carries out cobalt mining. Cobalt is a major ingredient of batteries in electric vehicles. If you check the price of cobalt, you'll know that it has experienced a nearly 250% surge in the past few years. Right now, there have been some issues faced by the company in the Congo that have caused its Cuba mine to be among the least expensive cobalt and nickel mines in the world. That makes it quite attractive when considering the current and future growth of cobalt as mass production of electric vehicles increases.
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Constellium ($CSTM), another SkyTop favorite, is trading at a price much lesser than that of its rivals, considering the enterprise value to Ebitda. Constellium deals with aluminum production, which is a very important ingredient in the manufacture of modern automobiles that rely so much on lightweight construction. That's also a factor for electric cars. Aluminum is lighter and stronger, and the preferred choice for electric automobile bodies.
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Visteon ($VC) is a spinoff of Ford Motor Co. ($F) and provides various components to the auto industry. Most important of this is the consolidated electronic and infotainment cockpit features it offers. Future cars will have everything digitalized and Visteon would be more than ready to pounce on the opportunity, not only supplying such systems to high-end cars but also to vehicles in the lower spectrum, according to SkyTop's managing co-partner Dan Sobol.
Visteon is attractive now since the stock trades at only below 10 times the projected Ebitda for 2018. Sobol thinks Ebitda margins would improve to 14% from somewhere around 11.6% in a period of three years thanks to a better mix and greater cost-cutting.
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Whether it’s a hangover from a pandemic-disrupted few years, a sign that writers had particularly productive lockdowns, or perhaps it’s the many centenaries coming up – Ulysses, The Waste Land and Jacob’s Room – but 2022 is positively groaning with great novels. We’ll leave the Observer’s peerless debut feature to cover new novels from the UK and largely focus on books published in the first half of the year.
Prepare your hearts, for Douglas Stuart is back. After the extraordinary success of Shuggie Bain, his second novel, Young Mungo (Picador, April), is another beautiful and moving book, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow’s housing estates. Also following up a painfully affecting predecessor is Hanya Yanagihara, whose To Paradise (Macmillan, January) gives us three stories far apart in space and time but each unique in their power to summon the joy and complexity of love, the pain of loss. I’m not sure I’ve ever missed the world of a book as much as I miss To Paradise now I’ve left it. A new Kamila Shamsie novel is always worth celebrating, but Best of Friends (Bloomsbury, October) is something else: an epic story that explores the ties of childhood friendship, the possibility of escape, the way the political world intrudes into the personal, all through the lens of two sharply drawn protagonists.
Tilted Axis Press is the home of some of the most incandescent and urgent writing from all corners of the globe. I’d never heard of Monique Ilboudo, who manages to be both Burkina Faso’s ambassador to Scandinavia and a prolific author. So Distant From My Life (September) is the story of Jeanphi, a young man from the fictional west African city of Ouabany. It’s beautifully translated by Yarri Kamara and the best book about the hope and despair of the migrant experience that I’ve read. NoViolet Bulawayo’s second novel, Glory (Viking, March), is set in the fictional state of Jidada. Here the “Father of the Nation” – an old horse – rules over the other farm animals, who narrate the tale. Robert Mugabe is there in all but name in this striking allegory – an Animal Farm that shows how narratives of liberation and self-determination curdle under a dictator’s power. There’s another very different Africa in Marlon James’s Moon Witch, Spider King (Penguin, March), the second in his Dark Star trilogy. Even more gripping and inventive than its predecessor, the story of the 177-year-old witch Sogolon is like Tolkien on ayahuasca.
Two debuts from the States worth looking out for. The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara (Grove Press, June) is a brilliant and beautifully written book about capitalism and the patriarchy, about Dalit India and digital America, about power and family and love. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is a celebrated poet, but The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois (HarperCollins, January) is her first novel, and what a novel it is. Stretching across generations, it charts the history of an African American family from slavery to the present, all centred on (another) fictional city: Chicasetta, Georgia.
Akwaeke Emezi’s debut, Freshwater, announced them as an explosive new voice in 2018. That they are already on to their seventh book – and this at the age of 34 – shows the frantic energy of their work, the range of their vision. Their third adult novel, You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty (Faber, May), is the story of Feyi, an artist, and her best friend, Joy. It follows Feyi through a wild summer of creation and destruction, art and music, and lots of sex. Is Deesha Philyaw’s The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Pushkin Press, May) a novel? Is it a collection of linked stories? Whatever it is, it’s glorious – the smart, sad and very funny portrait of several generations wrestling with their desires and their faith. Jessica Andrews’s first novel, Saltwater, was wonderful. The follow-up, Milk Teeth (Hodder, July), is even better. A story of young love and desire that’s full of the most gorgeous writing.
Alex Pheby’s Mordew was a stunning success for the dependably brilliant Galley Beggar Press. Now he follows it up with another super-smart piece of literary fantasy, Malarkoi (August), set amid the ruins of Mordew and with the protagonist of the first novel, Nathan Treeves, dead. I love Sandra Newman’s work and the news that she is currently writing Julia, a feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four, has got me very excited. Before that, though, is The Men (Granta, June), a dazzling work of speculative fiction that imagines a world in which all men, overnight, vanish from the Earth.
Monica Ali’s long-awaited fifth novel, Love Marriage (February, Hachette), was worth the decade it took to arrive. The sharp and independent Yasmin Ghorami is set to marry Joe Sangster, the rakish son of a prominent feminist. This is a proper family saga, both deliciously old-fashioned and full of surprising reversals. Patrick Gale’s latest, Mother’s Boy (March, Headline), delivers a characteristically poised and tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next, with his mother, the indomitable Laura, always there watching over him.
A few final books to look forward to… Guardian football journalist Jonathan Wilson has written a smart and cinematic novella, Streltsov (Blizzard Media, January) about the Soviet football star Eduard Streltsov, arrested on the eve of the 1958 World Cup. If you’re looking for this century’s Ulysses, look no further than Patrick McCabe’s Poguemahone (Unbound, April), a stunningly lyrical novel in free verse that takes place in Margate and in the mind and memories of Dan and Una Fogarty. It may look like a chore at more than 600 pages, but it’s a blast. Perhaps better known until now for her short stories, in These Days (Faber, March) Lucy Caldwell has written a novel of enormous heart; full of luminous passages of prose, this tale of the Belfast blitz is breathtakingly good. Finally, there’s Karen Campbell’s Paper Cup (Canongate, June), the story of a homeless woman making her way across Scotland to return a lost engagement ring. It’s magnificent and devastating and I’m welling up just writing about it.

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The Boston Red Sox are coming to Seattle later this week, and we’re here to prepare you for the bandwagon that may very well run you over on your way to the ballpark. Because we care about our fans.
The first thing you need to know about Red Sox bandwagoners is that most of them aren’t from Boston.
Many of them are actually from around here, in fact, but have been brought down by the Mariners’ losing ways over the years. They are misguided souls, often in the same mold as prostitutes or drug addicts, who are searching for something to cling to when all hope seems lost. They’re not bad people, just full of bad habits.
The second thing to note is that these individuals often feel empowered by the gang environment they’ve created around themselves.
That “strength in numbers” mentality (combined with a heavy dose of adult beverages, usually) gives many a Red Sox bandwagon member the testicular fortitude to shout bad things about your mother, or simply try and pick fights with any Mariner fan (or fan of any other team, for that matter) who dares make eye contact with their holiness. Consider the bandwagon a traveling throne of superiority.
Third, a large majority of passengers on the bandwagon are rather limited in their knowledge of both the Sox, and the game of baseball in general.
For instance, if you get the opportunity, ask them to name more than five players on the current Sox roster (they’ll know two for certain, Ortiz and Papelbon, but it will be a crapshoot after that).
Or, perhaps, see if they can recall former closer Bob Stanley, the man who essentially squandered the ’86 World Series on a wild pitch to Mets outfielder Mookie Wilson.
If you really want to sabotage their failing memories, ask them who the Sox obtained relief pitcher Larry Anderson for during the 1990 stretch run. If they don’t know the answer, they’ll be pissed. But if they actually do happen to know the answer, they’ll be even more pissed. (It was Jeff Bagwell, by the way.) Either way, it’s a win-win scenario.
Fourth, don’t hesitate to comment on the brand new Sox hat the casual bandwagoner just picked up from the Mariners team store. The one he scrambled to get at the very last minute, desperately trying to find any piece of apparel to don in support of the team he’s almost a fan of.
Fifth, if you get bored, start noticing little things about the wagon, such as how many “Garciaparra” jerseys you can count, or how many of the Nationers are dressed like “bros” (khaki cargo shorts, brown leather flip-flops, a too-tight tee-shirt, and the “vintage” looking faded denim blue/Kelly green Sox cap with the curved bill…how’s that for specific?).
Finally, if a bandwagoner gives you any trouble, kindly remind him that since Safeco Field opened, the Sox have a 21-28 mark in the not-so-friendly confines. Call it a small victory (or, more aptly, a series of small victories) for the hometown nine.
You see, the difference between us and them is quite simple. We live and die by our team, and we’ve been there since day one. We haven’t bought high or sold low; we’ve weathered the ups and downs like real fans do.
No, we Mariners fans may not have a championship to our credit, or even more than forty years of history just yet. But at least we can look ourselves in the mirror each morning and know, deep down in our heart of hearts, that we’re true, real-life, honest-to-goodness fanatics of our hometown ballclub. No faking, we’re for real.


Following the pairing of housemates in Big Brother Titans, Ipeleng and Blaqboi have emerged as this week’s Head of House.
After a game of chance, the duo was crowned HoH.
They’d competed in a tissue challenge and earned a spot in another game with Khosi and Miracle Op.
Biggie told the four housemates to play with two balloons each and keep them floating until the buzzer rang.
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On tonight’s episode of Shark Tank, a husband and wife team from New York City make a pitch for their gourmet snack brand The Pizza Cupcake.
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The Pizza Cupcake is a savory gourmet snack made with a melt-in-your-mouth, secret-recipe dough that’s filled with fresh mozzarella and Italian San Marzano tomato. The Pizza Cupcake offers the “taste of truly authentic Italian pizza” in the shape and size of a cupcake.
The Pizza Cupcake is available in two varieties: Margherita and Pepperoni.
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Whether you’re single, married, starting a new relationship, or breaking up with someone (hang in there!), everyone deserves to feel the love this February 14th.
Because, while many countries celebrate Valentine’s Day this month, not everyone will be in the mood for listening to romantic ballads or steamy songs.
That’s why Spotify created Self-Love, a playlist made specifically about appreciating a supremely important person in your life: you.
The music app noticed that streams of self-love themed playlists have been on the rise, with listening increasing about 72%.
Plus, the most popular time of day to stream self-love playlists is the morning, suggesting that people turn to them to help set the right tone for the day.
The green-logo app looked to the listeners’ playlists for their favourite tracks about wellness, relaxation, self-care, and self-love.
The 30 picks featured on the Self-Love playlist include some of the most popular user picks globally — from Hailee Steinfeld’s “Love Yourself” and Panic at the Disco’s “High Hopes” to throwback jams like Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good”.
These songs acknowledge themes of resilience, positivity and survival.
The Full Track List Includes:
Feeling Good by Nina Simone
High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco
Love Myself by Hailee Steinfeld
Sunset Lover by Petit Biscuit
Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars
Let It Go by James Bay
Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara
Don’t Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
On Top Of The World by Imagine Dragons
Alive by Sia
Red Red Wine by UB40
Lush Life by Zara Larsson
Shake It Out by Florence + The Machine
Here Comes The Sun – Remastered 2009 by The Beatles
Follow Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves
Survivor by Destiny’s Child
Me, Myself & I by G-Eazy, Bebe Rexha
One Love / People Get Ready by Bob Marley & The Wailers
There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back by Shawn Mendes
Good as Hell by Lizzo
I Got You by Jack Johnson
Brave by Sara Bareilles
Stay Alive by Jose Gonzalez
Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself by Jess Glynne
Born This Way by Lady Gaga
What A Wonderful World – Single Version by Louis Armstrong
Young, Wild & Free by Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Bruno Mars
New Soul by Yael Naim
Confident by Demi Lovato
So raise your glass and take some time to celebrate your own unique self with this soul-pampering playlist. Curated, with love, from Spotify for you. Listen here.
Plus, if you’re actually in the romantic mood, check out the playlist for lovers called Couples in Love.

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CHS choir invites locals to uplifting music revue
The Claremont High School Choir Department announces their upcoming Choral Pop show, “Dance to the Music.” Listen to all four Claremont High School choirs sing and dance to popular hits from all different time periods.
Come to this uplifting, entertaining event at Claremont High School on October 19 at 7 p.m., October 20 at 7 p.m. and October 21 at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
For more information, contact Joel Wilson at (909) 624-9053 ext. 30462 or visit the website at chschoir.org for tickets and information.


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Original local run poster for a with BUJU BANTON AND YELLOWMAN at FIRST AVE IN MINNEAPOLIS - 22 x 35.
Buju Banton (born Mark Anthony Myrie; 15 July 1973) is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae musician. He has recorded pop and dance songs, as well as songs dealing with sociopolitical topics.
Yellowman (born Winston Foster, 15 January 1956) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay, also known as King Yellowman. He was popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, coming to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation.
These posters were sent to members of the first ave. mailing list and are machine folded. You can iron out the folds and frame this poster for an excellent art history piece.


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Mara Wood and Carolyn Cocca bring you a recap and review of the Star Wars canon released so far in 2017 to celebrate the 40th anniversary! Warning: there are spoilers for EVERYTHING!
Novels: Empire’s End, Thrawn, Guardians of the Whills, Rebel Rising
Comics: Star Wars, Poe Dameron, Doctor Aphra, Darth Maul
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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits…
The person who is endowed, with this heavenly wisdom is above that narrow and selfish spirit which men who act upon worldly motives are always of, who are inclined to think well of, and to wish and do well to such only as are of the same opinion or party, sect, or persuasion with themselves. No, the truly wise and the good man is a man of more enlarged, a more generous, a more Christian spirit and disposition. He is not unmindful indeed of those particular obligations he lies under towards those who are endeared to him by blood, by friendship, by religion. These, all other circumstances equal, will be sure to have the preference, but still they will not so wholly engross his good opinion, his favour, his charity, as to exclude all others from them. No, he will to his power, after the example of his Heavenly Father, be peaceable, he will be gentle, he will be equitable, he will be merciful and charitable to all; and this not out of a motive of vainglory or ostentation, or self-interest, but out of a sincere principle of love to God and to man, without partiality, without hypocrisy, appearing to all what he really is, without disguise, without dissimulation.
(Wm. Thorold, M. A. .)
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Culture is the total set of values, values, behaviors and traditions that are learned and distributed with a group of people. The word is often used by sociology to spell out the current patterns of behavior and belief among members of any society or perhaps community, including this kind of factors for the reason that language, religious beliefs, family unit practices, economic systems, and belief and value devices.
Dating Culture: Dos and Don’ts
Cultural variations invariably is an inevitable area of the human experience, and they possess a great impact on how we procedure relationships. If you’re online dating someone from a different sort of country, it is important to comprehend and admiration the way they believe and respond. This can help one to make knowledgeable decisions and avoid making faults in your relationship.
Human relationships are intricate and personal, and they involve a variety of factors, from the way we speak to the way all of us dress towards the ways we behave and think. Due to this, it is crucial to understand the culture you happen to be dating before you can begin a marriage and job toward building a long term commitment.
When you’re online dating a person from one other country, it is critical to understand the way of life that they are from so you can learn how to communicate effectively with these people. This can help you to have fun with your relationship and avoid any kind of problems that may arise from differences in culture.
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Every time a new member of existing group interacts with other members, they will deliver their own unique connection and thought habits to the group. These patterns will affect how a group communicates and exactly how its way of life is identified.
These kinds of patterns of communication will also impact the ways in which current and long term group affiliates understand and translate information that they receive. As such, the relationship among communication and way of life is a sophisticated and close one.
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As you can see, the between internet dating a girl through your country and dating mylistingbride a guy from another countries is vast. It can be very confusing at the outset, but it’s a good idea to understand the different cultures that exist just before dating.
Understanding the difference among dating a lady from your customs and dating a man from an alternative countries will let you avoid any possible problems in your relationship. It will also allow you to converse more effectively and enjoy your relationship.
When you are looking for a partner via another region, it is important to understand the customs that they sourced from and to consider the differences that exist between you two. This will help one to determine if the partnership will be a good match or not really. This will likewise help you to prevent any conditions that may come up from differences in ethnical values and beliefs.

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LOS ANGELES (AP)–Drought-stricken California is facing a week of heavy mountain snowfall and widespread rain from another series of the kind of storms that were not expected to be likely this fall and winter due to La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean.
Successive waves of precipitation moving into Northern California from Tuesday–the first day of winter–through Sunday afternoon will coat parts of the Sierra Nevada with 1 to 5 feet (0.3-1.5 meters) of snow and possibly up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) at some higher elevations, the National Weather Service said.
The mountain range, where ski resorts had struggled to open this fall, is already sporting glistening peaks after recent storms. The snowfall is important because the Sierra’s winter snowpack normally is a significant source of California’s water.
“We had a big storm already recently. We’re just getting over shoveling and all that so now we’re preparing for the next one,” said Karla Brennan, owner of The Cork & More, a longstanding deli, cheese and wine store in South Lake Tahoe. “I think it’s going to be a white Christmas.”
Snow can sometimes hit the area as early as Thanksgiving. It was welcome this year when it finally arrived.
“Everybody’s saying that they’re having a record-breaking December,” Brennan said. “All of a sudden, it happened in the past two weeks. When the snow came, the cars came up.”
In October, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that a the Pacific Ocean was showing signs of a new La Nina, the flip side of the El Nino ocean-warming pattern, that tends to cause changes in weather worldwide.
Forecasters said much of California would have a 33% to 50% chance of below-normal precipitation, while only the state’s far northern tier had equal chances of above- or below-normal precipitation.
But the storm track has trended farther south than is usual during La Ninas. After a series of mid-December tempests, California’s overall snow-water equivalent–a measurement of how much water is in the snowpack–jumped from 19% of normal to date on Dec. 10 to 76% of normal on Dec. 17, according to the latest U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook.
While the current wet trend is positive, it is too early to know if it will last through January and February. The snowpack normally doesn’t reach its maximum until April and last spring there was minimal runoff because much of the water was absorbed by the drought-parched landscape.
Forecasters noted that this week’s storms will also have potential for significant low-elevation snow, including over Interstate 5 north of Redding, the northern region where last week’s storms shut down the vital highway for nearly 24 hours.
Little break in snowfall is expected after Tuesday and major travel difficulties are anticipated the mountains, the weather service said.
“Gusty winds will further reduce visibilities during this event with local whiteout conditions possible,” forecasters said. “Holiday travelers should prepare for winter driving conditions by packing chains, warm winter clothes, and extra food and water.”
The wet weather pattern will begin to affect Southern California late this week.
The Los Angeles weather office said water vapor imagery over the Pacific shows an atmospheric river developing as moisture streamed from an area east of Hawaii.
Atmospheric rivers suck up water from the Pacific and dump it in the form of snow and rain when they arrive at the West Coast.
Rain and high-elevation snow will likely occur Wednesday through Thursday, followed by unsettled and showery weather through the weekend, forecasters said.
About the photo: A pedestrian carries an umbrella while looking toward the skyline from Dolores Park in San Francisco on Dec. 13, 2021. California is facing a stormy holiday week, with heavy mountain snowfall and widespread rain elsewhere. Forecasters say successive waves of precipitation moving into Northern California from Tuesday through Sunday afternoon will coat parts of the Sierra Nevada with 1 to 5 feet of snow and possibly up to 8 feet at higher elevations. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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This is a mini king cake recipe traditionally served to kings and queens in some French-speaking countries, though it also appears in desserts such as a soufflé.
It is called petit chaton, or “little cat,” because of the whiskers on the pineapple on top of it. This cake’s beauty lies in its simplicity which spells success every time.
The cake is an all-butter cake recipe with a little added vanilla extract. Making it is easy and doesn’t require special equipment other than a springform pan.
You don’t have to be royal to enjoy one, as the flavor is lovely, even if you aren’t a king or queen.
The recipe calls for baking the mini king cake for about 45 minutes in a preheated 325F oven, and it serves nine people when filled with fruit.
How To Prepare Of mini King Cake Recipe?
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
Serving: 9 people
- Springform Pan,
- Cheese Grater,
- Medium-Sized Mixing Bowl,
- 8-Cup Oven-Safe Container,
- Large mixing bowl with cover
Ingredients for the Dough:
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup warm milk (around 110°F or 43°C)
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
Ingredients for the Cinnamon Filling:
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Ingredients for the Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Purple, green, and yellow sprinkles for decoration
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, granulated sugar, yeast, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the warm milk, melted butter, and eggs.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until a dough forms.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead for about 5-7 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- Shape the dough into a ball and place it in a greased bowl. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let the dough rise in a warm place for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
- While the dough is rising, prepare the cinnamon filling by combining the brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and melted butter in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Once the dough has doubled in size, punch it down to release any air bubbles. Turn it out onto a lightly floured surface.
- Divide the dough into small portions and shape each portion into a small ball, about the size of a golf ball.
- Take one dough ball at a time and use your fingers to flatten it into a small circle. Place a teaspoon of the cinnamon filling in the center of the circle.
- Fold the edges of the dough circle over the filling and pinch them together to seal, forming a small ball. Repeat this process with the remaining dough balls and filling.
- Place the filled dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them a few inches apart.
- Cover the baking sheet with a clean kitchen towel and let the mini king cakes rise for another 30-45 minutes, until they have puffed up.
- Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Bake the mini king cakes in the preheated oven for about 12-15 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
- Remove the mini king cakes from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack.
- While the cakes are cooling, prepare the glaze. In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth and well combined.
- Drizzle the glaze over the cooled mini king cakes and immediately sprinkle them with purple, green, and yellow sprinkles.
- Let the glaze set before serving.
Nutrition Facts Of Mini King Cake Recipe
- Calories: 340
- Total Fat: 27g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Cholesterol: 170mg
- Sodium: 310mg
- Carbohydrates: 31g
- Dietary Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 16g
What Is King Cake Traditionally Served With?
Traditionally, king cake is served alongside coffee and tea in the morning. It is also a great dessert to have with roasted turkey or game.
You can enjoy several recipes this cake with, such as blueberries and lemon curd, apricot preserves, and almond paste filling.
These recipes are very good in making this cake very tasty and healthy.
What Is The Traditional Flavor Of King Cake?
The traditional flavor of king cake is praline cream filling. Pralines cream is a mixture of eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla extract, and butter.
How Can You Make A King Cake Healthier?
King cake can be fresher and healthier by substituting half the traditional filling with a low-sugar version, such as mandarin orange or passion fruit.
Also, due to the dry nature of king cake, you can substitute all butter or margarine with egg whites to lighten it up.
When Should You Eat King Cakes?
Several traditions surround king cakes. Some believe that eating one is lucky from birth or when you have a baby, while others think eating one on your wedding day is good luck.
Still, others say a king cake will help bring peace and prosperity to families celebrating it during the holidays.
Can You Make Mini King Cake Recipe Without Eggs?
Of course, you can make a mini king cake recipe without eggs. Use egg whites instead of whole eggs as an alternative to regular eggs.
Since egg whites contain less liquid than whole eggs and are not as dense, weigh the egg whites or measure by volume if necessary to ensure accurate measurements.
Can You Freeze Small King Cake Recipe?
Yes, you can freeze it for up to 2 months. Wrap the prepared cake in plastic wrap, then store it in a freezer bag or airtight container.
To serve, thaw at room temperature for about 2 hours before serving.
The mini king cake recipe is easy to make, and you will discover that this fabulous treat is also delicious.
It’s a traditional cake enjoyed in New Orleans for many years and has become popular in many other countries regarding holidays.
When planning your next holiday feast, including a small king cake on the dessert table.


A San Francisco-based start-up has created the CycleAT tire pressure monitoring system. This device is specially designed to continuously monitor air pressure in both bicycle and motorbike tires and relaying that information to the rider's smartphone in real time. This kind of technology is fairly common in cars but is relatively new in two-wheelers.
The CycleAT tire pressure monitoring system includes a pair of sensor units, one for each wheel. These units house sensors that measure air pressure as well as temperature, wheel rotation and wheel orientation. They are fitted with lithium-ion batteries that offer up to 100 hours of use on a full charge.
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Item description for Twelve Stones: Notes on a Miraculous Journey- A Memoir by Barbara Carole...
Overview "Twelve Stones" is the story of Barbara Ilaynia, a secular Jew who tries to unravel the meaning of existence. She lives and loves with passion, and builds an altar to honor God.
Publishers Description "Twelve Stones" is the story of Barbara Ilaynia, a secular Jew who worships Art and Romance, who tries to unravel the meaning of existence and make every moment a masterpiece. She lives and loves with passion, though not always with wisdom, in Parisian garrets and in Moroccan villages, in the light of Southern France and in sunny California. While embracing the drama of life and inhaling the fragrance of flowers along her path, her search is sometimes misguided by intensity and misled by intellectualism. At the zenith of her quest, Barbara discovers something even more meaningful than truth: She encounters the Source of love. Her life changing confrontation with God transforms a strong willed, sensual, tough minded individualist . . . and then her real journey begins. This book is Barbara's altar of remembrance, built from the stones she has pocketed along her winding path. She builds this altar to honor the God of miracles.
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Barbara Carole, a former Fulbright scholar and graduate of the University of Wisconsin, lived in Paris for several years as a translator and editor at the "Paris Review" before returning to the USA to teach French and French literature at the UCLA. Three years later, she became a writer and researcher for the undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau. She has worked in advertising and marketing as a writer and her writing has also appeared in "The Paris Magazine," "The Los Angeles Times," "The Issaquah Press," "The French Review," "FM Magazine," and elsewhere. Barbara lives near her children and grandchildren with her husband and pets on a forested mountain near Seattle.
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I'm just overwhelmed with this book. I started it in the afternoon and finished it at 1:00 am that same night. Was it just another "religious" book? Oh, no! The pain is so real, the struggle within so devastating. This story validated the struggles of single parenthood, faith in disasters, and tears along with joy. And her writing is so beautiful. I hope she has another book in the wings. This touched my heart.

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The Bayroc House is a timeless classic on the Hatch Estate, and is remarkably well-maintained in original condition (the house is over 100 years old). Holland Painting worked on this Historic Painting Restoration and Wallpapering in early 2015.
The original wallpaper (which was painted over many years ago), was starting to lose adhesion and fall off the walls. The owner requested that we remove the old wallpaper, repair the walls, and re-hang with wallpaper identical to the original unpainted wallpaper.
Holland Painting’s Historic Restoration:
There were several stages involved in restoring this Bayroc sunroom, including: removing wallpaper, removing residual wallpaper paste, fixing cracks, smoothing walls of any imperfections, sealing walls against glue residue, and priming the walls to receive wallpaper.
We removed the hardware from all the windows and removed the paint to reveal the original aged brass. Every window was also removed, and was re-glazed as needed, and re-painted. The windows were also carefully checked and corrected so that they open and close easily ( as many were stuck, or no longer opened). Both entrance doors were also re-finished.
The radiators, still being used to heat the house, were also looked at.
We removed any loose or flaking paint from the radiators down to metal to ensure a sound substrate, and then re-painted them using a high-heat paint.
We were able to find a textile wallpaper that was nearly identical to the original wallpaper. The replacement wallpaper was in itself a work of art: The textile paper is handmade, and only in select batches. (Holland Painting worked with a wallpaper specialist to complete installation).
To complete restoration of the sunroom, Holland Painting suggested another specialist be brought in to seal the terra-cotta floor tiles, to preserve them and to enhance their appearance.

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Embattled crypto lending firm Genesis is reportedly considering filing for bankruptcy. It is also stated that Genesis has laid off 30 percent of its employees. On the other hand, there are speculations on Twitter that the crypto exchange Huobi has also laid off staff and closed internal communications. Here are the latest rumors about two big crypto companies…
Cryptocurrency trading platform Genesis lays off 30 percent of its employees
Genesis is considering filing for bankruptcy and has laid off about 30 percent of its employees, according to information the WSJ received on January 5 from “people familiar with the matter.” The layoffs occurred in several departments that left the firm with the remaining 145 employees. The report said Genesis reached out to investment bank and financial advisory firm Moelis & Co. to evaluate its options for the future. It was added that one of the company’s options was a potential Chapter 11 application. A spokesperson for the company told the WSJ:
As it continues to face unprecedented industry challenges, Genesis has made the difficult decision to cut staff. These measures are part of our ongoing efforts to move our business forward.
Genesis issues deepen
cryptocoin.com As we reported, Genesis has been in the limelight this week amid tensions between Gemini and the Digital Currency Group. Gemini lent money to Genesis and now wants them back. Genesis, on the other hand, stopped withdrawals in mid-November following the collapse of FTX due to too much exposure to Alameda. It also lent $2.4 billion to the now-bankrupt Three Arrows Capital (3AC) hedge fund.
Genesis has also discontinued credit creation and redemption. As a result, Gemini’s yield partner had $900 million in client funds locked in Genesis. In November, Genesis tried to raise $1 billion in bailout funds and said it would go bankrupt if it failed to do so. Judging by the latest developments, this possibility is now closer to reality. Interim CEO Derar Islam stated that the company “needs more time to resolve the growing financial crisis in the lending business.”
What’s going on in Huobi?
On the other hand, some rumors about Huobi, one of the major cryptocurrency exchanges, worried investors. Speculation on Twitter that crypto exchange Huobi is laying off staff has prompted the community to advise users to withdraw funds, although the exchange’s advisor denied the rumors. Huobi advisor Justin Sun, in a tweet on Jan. 5, citing the so-called bankruptcy rumors, saying that the exchange’s business development is “good” and that “the security of user assets will always be fully protected.”
Sun also debunked speculation about disgruntled staff, saying Huobi would “fully respect the legal demands of local employees.” Earlier, on Jan. 3, crypto reporter Colin Wu reported that Sun is converting Huobi employees’ salaries to Tether or USDC instead of paying them in local currency. Wu claimed that personnel who did not participate in the change could be fired. Citing people working at the exchange, Wu reported in December that Huobi had canceled its year-end bonuses and was preparing to lay off half of its 1,200 employees.
According to Wu, the move to switch paychecks from fiat to stablecoins has prompted some employees to protest. A tweet from the BitRun Twitter account on January 4 claimed that the exchange’s “internal employee communication group” was closed and that “all communication and feedback channels with employees” were blocked. BitRun claimed that the app is “not protected by local law.” Huobi is headquartered in Seychelles and has offices in Hong Kong, the United States, Japan and South Korea. It is a public company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.


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David Gilmour's Son Admits Riot Charge
Disgraced university undergraduate Charlie Gilmour was caught on camera clambering over the Cenotaph war memorial in December 2010, when a demonstration against an increase in college tuition fees turned violent.
He was arrested days later and accused of involvement in an attack on a car carrying British royal Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles during the riots, and smashing a store window in a separate incident on the same day.
On Friday, Gilmour attended a hearing at Kingston Crown Court in south west London and pleaded guilty to violent disorder. It was not specified which incident he admitted to.
The 21 year old, an adopted son of Pink Floyd's lead guitarist and singer David Gilmour, who is a student at acclaimed Cambridge University, was warned he faces a possible prison term when he is sentenced later this year.
Judge Nicholas Price, QC, told Gilmour, "You must understand that your plea of guilty to violent disorder is a serious matter and it may be that the proper course would be one of immediate custody."
Charlie Gilmour, who apologized for his behavior in a statement after the riots, is due back in court on July 8. He was freed on conditional bail so he can complete his university exams.
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