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USA improves to 2-1 at Olympic Qualification Event [Moncler Jackets]

Team USA took a commanding lead over France this afternoon and didn’t look back as Chisholm native John Shuster and the American men improved to 2-1 in the round robin of the Olympic Qualification Event at the BLZ Arena.

“It’s very important,” Isaacson said about this afternoon’s win. “We still have a chance. After the first two games it was looking 0-2. To be 2-1 is perfect. It’s fully in our hands so we love that.”

The Americans have four games left in the round robin. The top three teams will advance to this weekend’s playoffs when the two final berths for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games will be decided.

“Slowly we’re getting better picking up on things,” said Isaacson, 30, who played second for Team USA at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. “We struggled in the first two games really badly making shots ... and we made a lot more shots in that game. We made more draws and controlled shooters better. We need to keep building off of each game and getting better and better. It seems to be going that way now.”

The first end started out productive for Team USA but the end result was Shuster having to draw for a single against two French stones. His final rock would come up a few inches short and instead of getting on the scoreboard first, the Americans spotted France, with Tony Angiboust throwing final stones, two points to begin the game.

The U.S. team was chasing France for most of the second end trying to get stones in better position, but not shooting as precisely as they needed. The end result was an opportunity for a deuce but the final skip’s stone came up short and the U.S. scored only a point. Shortly after, the team swapped out Shuster’s eighth stone for one of the lead rocks.

“We got rid of that and it seemed to go better after that as [John] Landsteiner managed them well,” Isaacson said about switching out the stones. “We got a few different tracks [of ice] that first end that were real slow and then it got, depending on the track, picked up really fast, and it caught us a few times.”

In the third end, the U.S. got a stone positioned in the back of the four-foot behind a center guard. Shuster played a freeze to it with his final stone, forcing Angiboust to draw through a port for a single. His stone rubbed on a center guard, however, and the U.S. stole a pair to take a 3-2 advantage.

France struggled with the ice in the fourth end, allowing the U.S. to place multiple stones around the rings. After Shuster drew into the four-foot with his final rock, Angiboust tried to play a soft hit but couldn’t convert and the U.S. stole another point. The American men continued to apply pressure to France in the fifth end, getting stones in the four-foot early to fluster the Frenchmen. A string of misses didn’t help France’s cause either as the U.S. was able to guard their two stones throughout the end and steal two more points.

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What pairs with meat loaf? Hands up if you’d suggest a gutsy red wine or beer. Good strategies. But what if I were to qualify the question with the word cocktail? Any thoughts?

Mixed drinks and comfort foods – not just the lowly loaf but also such cold-winter standards as macaroni and cheese, Granite Whisky Stones manufacturers chili and short ribs – can seem like strange bedfellows. But must they present an impossible match? What if you’re out of wine and beer on a snowy meat-loaf Monday and still fancy an adult beverage? Does the home bar, assuming it’s reasonably well-stocked, present options?

I put the challenge to a few creative Canadian mixologists. Remarkably, they were quick with ideas (and didn’t laugh me out of the bar).

“Meat loaf – I’d go Manhattan right away,” said Frankie Solarik, co-owner of Bar Chef, the vaunted cocktail emporium on Queen West in Toronto, and author of The Bar Chef, a splendid new drinks book. He says the earthy ground beef is a natural counterpoint for the herbal-sweet profile of red vermouth and the nutty mellowness of corn-based bourbon (he prefers bourbon to the more traditional, spicy rye whisky).

My own embellishment: Be liberal with the bitters (two parts whisky to one part red vermouth and three or four good dashes of Angostura bitters); the loaf won’t take offence to the extra kick.

Lauren Mote, bar manager at Uva Wine Bar in Vancouver and co-owner of a company that makes the Bittered Sling line of extracts for cocktails, granite whisky stoneshad a meat-loaf pairing. She suggests a drink called Peater Rabbit, which she created recently for the Uva list. It’s a riff on the Rob Roy, the Scotch-whisky-based variation of the Manhattan.

Combine 11/2-ounces Glenmorangie single malt whisky and 1/2 ounce Ardbeg 10-Year-Old (an especially peaty, smoky single malt) with 3/4 ounce red vermouth, 1/4 ounce Benedictine liqueur and 2 dashes Bittered Sling Cascade Celery Bitters in a shaker with ice; stir and strain into a cocktail glass; garnish with an orange-peel slice.

My next proposed item: beef chili. “Looking at the heat and spice, you need some sweetness,” Solarik said. “I would definitely go Old Fashioned because then you have the notes of the orange as well.”

A foundation of the classic-cocktail canon, the Old Fashioned could not be simpler. A mix of whisky (ideally bourbon or rye) with an Angostura-soaked sugar cube (a splash of water helps dissolve the sugar along with two dashes of the bitters) and a citrus twist on the rocks, it lets the chili do the talking while fanning the flames with a cold, subtly fruity caramel-whisky mellowness.

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Prior was less frantic than during his two brief innings at the Gabba and struck a couple of crisp boundaries but failed to build the innings he needed after nicking Mackin to the keeper.The new ball swung and Michael Carberry clipped a catch to midwicket in the seventh over. Joe Root was again out playing an attacking square drive, caught in the gully for 22, and when Prior fell England were 62 for three and facing a tough time on a slow pitch and slower outfield.As Ballance and Stokes batted together for 17 overs it felt as if the one who blinked first would miss out on a Test debut next week. Ballance was patient, and solid in defence playing largely off the back foot. Stokes was more positive, twice striking the off-spinner Ashton Turner down the ground, but on a sluggish outfield scoring quickly was always hard.Ballance was brought up in rural Zimbabwe on his parents tobacco farm in a harsh environment which possibly enabled him to adapt to batting under the red hot Outback sun.By positioning him at three the selectors hinted he was their first choice to play in Adelaide next week and he batted a little like Trott, in terms of his patience and ability to bat at his own pace rather than try to match Stokes for strokemaking.

Stokes will count himself unlucky. He fell playing positively trying to flick medium pacer Alex Keath to the on side but was caught smartly at short leg by Marcus Harris who stuck out a hand instinctively.Ballance brought up his fifty off 124 balls with his fifth boundary but England again threw away a wicket when he was run out by James Muirhead for 55. Ballance hit to mid off and stated for the run only to hesitate mid-pitch. He sacrificed himself to allow Bell to continue.Bell became Mackin's second wicket when he edged behind but Graeme Swann and Bairstow accelerated the innings, setting up the declaration to give England's bowlers 10 overs before the close which were negotiated without too much alarm.Do not tell us that we have been in these situations before, such as when we lost to the Indian spinners in Ahmedabad last winter or got out of jail against New Zealand in Dunedin with a draw. New Zealand's seamers were very ordinary and so, too, were India's spinners.This feels different - the opposition has more ammunition than us. A genuine fast bowler on flat pitches is an ace that trumps any card we can play. Mitchell Johnson can hurt us, he can intimidate players and put the wind up tailenders.

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It was the glitch on an otherwise imposing record.Australia had all day, but eking is not the modern cricketer's way. Dave Warner's dash is famous, but Clarke outscored him in a partnership of 159 that reaffirmed Australia's grip on this match as surely as Clarke, with his repeated rotation of gloves, made sure of his grip on his bat.cheap Whisky stonesOne of their subsidiary feats was to neuter off-spinner Graeme Swann, mostly by knocking him off his length. In three overs immediately after lunch, Swann was despatched for 38.When at last he claimed Clarke for his first wicket in the match, he was already 200 runs in arrears. Assuredly, Swann will have better days, but he ought not have in this series the sort of day he had at Lord's in July, when he was a cliff and Australia a herd of lemmings.The tension leached out of the match in the afternoon. England suffered the usual misfortunes of an oppressed team two blown referrals, two missed chances, a couple of overthrows and the lower order Australian batsmen went on a run-fest.The psychological advantage in cricket is overrated. In four of the past five Ashes series, the first Test has been misleading, but some feats stand the test of time.

Did the prime minister really dismiss all that "green crap", as the Sun claimed? Downing Street denies it, and I suspect that David Cameron has been the victim either of the Sun's inaccuracy or of overenthusiastic team members assuming they know what he thinks. Either way, someone is running real risks with his image, cheap Soapstone Whisky Stones manufacturersone of the most valuable Tory polling assets.Cameron was certainly sincere when, that fresh spring day, I walked with him from Downing Street to the Department of Energy and Climate Change and he promised the "greenest government ever". He is not just a Notting Hill metrosexual: he also hails from that home counties green Tory tradition that first gave us an Environment Department under the Heath government.He's walked the talk, too.George Osborne came away with the consolation prize of a review in 2014.The tensions are legion. Cameron worked hard to land some wind turbine factories, and was put out when the chancellor went public, bang in the middle of some delicate wooing of foreign investors, with his heavily spun doubts about greenery.

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(At least, I hope it is.)Because I was unsure of what I wanted in the relationship (we were just dating), I was unable to act confidently, which resulted in miscommunication and unclear signals on my part. It's unfortunate that I put someone through my own problems, but the takeaway, at the time, was that everything is a learning experience, no matter how messy.Then there's the subject of dating itself. I came into college believing I should "date around." I also came into college never having gone on a date in a traditional sense (previous romantic endeavors were led on with "hanging out" because I like to be aloof).How this worked out is that I did not ask girls out on dates, but I did keep myself open to meeting new people. You don't have to date around if you're not comfortable with it, but be aware that you're in a situation where you are surrounded by thousands of people who happen to be in your age range and are going through a collective experience called "college." That said, you will meet a lot of people, so be open.On top of that, don't expect every relationship with the opposite sex to become romantic.

There is nothing like an amazing group of platonic friends with whom you may eventually sulk over your amorous affairs.My friends and I always like to joke about getting into relationships. It's that self-deprecating humor that really motivates us (maybe we're doing this wrong). But at the end of the day, with our busy schedules and relationships not truly the number one priority in our lives at the moment, I like to believe I'll be like Shang from "Mulan." I'll become good friends with someone who I thought was a man, only to realize that she has been a cross-dresser this whole time. She'll save my life and the nation in which I live, and instead of professing my love, I'll let her know that she … uh… well, that she fights good.Instead, the cargo flight landed 8 miles north, at the smaller Col. James Jabara Airport.Hours later, the jet took off again and was expected to land soon at its original destination.The plane landed in an area where there are three airports with similar runway configurations: the Air Force base, the Jabara airfield and a third facility in between called Beech Airport.Boeing owns the plane, but it is operated by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, a New York-based cargo-hauler that also provides crews or planes to companies that need them.

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During Caesar's last visit 18 months ago, I shadowed one of Mindham's clients - let's call her Margaret - one morning as she perused hundreds of raw stones. She was considering a custom cocktail ring that would incorporate diamonds from an unworn bangle bracelet inherited from her mother, and looking for the main gemstone.cheap Whisky stonesTrays are stacked around a table, fanned out by colour and type a few at a time. A pale blue gem skids Margaret's knuckles and off her fingertips like a droplet of water and with a hushed thunk, nestles back into its black velvet compartment. In the orderly rows below, more glinting ovals of loose gemstones in shades of pistachio and sage green. Another tray, polka-dotted with spessartite garnets in varieties of vivid mandarin hues that recall organic carrots and below it, tsavorite garnets like robust leafy greens.Margaret runs her fingers over the next group of stones, all in purplish violet-blue. Although she's browsing for herself, she asks me to make a fist and nests a faceted slate blue stone the size of a quail egg in the groove of my index finger, to see how it looks. It is a "very, very rare" aquamarine from the south of India. As I gingerly allow my hand to sway we watch the stone glisten, in silence.

"I just am having a real 'oh' moment," Margaret admits. (So am I.) "I now understand why Elizabeth Taylor was a jewellery addict! I never got it before, but now," she pauses, then sighs. "You start with 'Oh, would be lovely as a ring,' and pretty soon it's 'I could see this one as a necklace …"Caesar plucks a stone from the next tray, cheap Soapstone Whisky Stones manufacturersa range of bottle-green peridots from Pakistan, and lightly polishes it. In the light, it has minty, feminine seafoam green facets. Although she had colour in mind, he also suggests Margaret try a few of the muted watery grey-greens he calls "no-colour" tourmalines. We linger on this tray as she tries various carat sizes out on the tops of her hands.But every couple of years, Mindham also invites the German gemstone wholesaler to his Toronto atelier to meet directly with clients. These select few get to experience selecting gemstones from the dealer for inspiration on custom designs, just as Mindham himself does several times a year.During Caesar's last visit 18 months ago, I shadowed one of Mindham's clients - let's call her Margaret - one morning as she perused hundreds of raw stones. She was considering a custom cocktail ring that would incorporate diamonds from an unworn bangle bracelet inherited from her mother, and looking for the main gemstone.

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It remains to be seen how Martin Scorsese's tale, which will approach three hours in length, will be received.Gaddis, the former second round pick from West Virginia, came into the season competing for a starting spot on the team. He lost the battle for his natural position of right back to Sheanon Williams in training camp, but eventually won the left back starting slot. Gaddis started the last eight games of the 2012 season at left back with mixed results.Gaddis didn't pick up the left back position right away. He seemed to always get caught out of position, and often his excellent recovery speed wasn't enough to cover up for his mistakes. Opposing defenses targeted him as the backline's weakest link and attacked down the right flank repeatedly. In addition he had difficulty adding to the Union attack since he couldn't cross into the box without cutting back on his dominant right foot. The low point of his season was a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of the Galaxy, where Landon Donovan repeatedly caught Raymon out of position and put away a few goals as a result.However, as the season progressed, Gaddis's confidence grew, and his excellent one-on-one defending started to show more often.

Like many players on the roster, Gaddis also has a terrific work-rate. When he makes a mistake, Gaddis uses his outstanding speed and tremendous motor to cover up for his mistake. As Gaddis got more comfortable in the left back slot, the mistakes started to fade away. Perhaps his shining moment of the season was his performance against Toronto FC last month after Fabinho was sent off. Gaddis served as a sweeper while the Union maintained a relentless attack despite being a man down. He was called into service a couple times to suffocate a couple of Toronto counterattacks. Ray's efforts helped keep the away team off the scoreboard until Jose Kleberson scored the glorious free kick in stoppage time that sent PPL Park into hysterics.The Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association released its all-state soccer teams, and several area players made the cut.The Division II girls teams saw three area players on the list, as Canfield senior Paige Bidinotto and Lakeview forward Alli Pavlik earned first-teams honors and Niles defender Mackenzie Cowell earned second-team honors.

We want to be like everywhere else in Europe [fashion dresses]



The cornerstone of the first privately-owned stadium in French football was laid during a ceremony to celebrate construction of Olympique Lyonnais' new home on Tuesday.The foundation stone or in this case a reinforced glass stone contained a parchment with club president Jean-Michel Aulas's inauguration speech written on it.Lyon's new stadium will be a 58 thousand seater stadium and will replace the 40 thousand seater Stade Gerland.Not only is it a change of stadium but also a change of location moving from the south of the city to the eastern suburbs in Decines.Euronews' Julien Huet was at the ceremony and said: "This ultra-modern stadium will cost 405 million euros and will be the first privately-owned stadium in France. Construction will be completed at the end of 2015 or beginning of 2016, cheap Whisky stonesa few months before France host the 2016 European Championships."Lyon's Mayor Gérard Collomb was also present at the ceremony where Aulas told euronews that when the stadium is completed Lyon would no longer be a burden on the taxpayer.


He said: "We want to be like everywhere else in Europe and we were particularly inspired by what Germany did for the 2006 World Cup as well as what happens in England. In other words, to have a development model of the club which includes having your own stadium. That's a new thing here because traditionally Stadia have been built and developed by public authorities. Europe is more and more against investing public money in such infrastructures. When you are looking to set up a pension-type income stream using annuities, you can start the payments right now or sometime in the future. wholesale Soapstone Whisky StonesI call that Income Now or Income Later planning, and it is important to remember that your income stream will be based on your life expectancy at the time you decide to start receiving the payments.With any annuity-income plan, you are making a bet with the issuing annuity company that you are going to live longer than they think you are going to live. If you live longer than your projected life expectancy, then the annuity company is on the hook to pay you regardless of how long you live.

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Gibson said that the batsmen have to learn from their mistakes."When you have a run-out and a couple of soft dismissals within those five batsmen then it puts pressure on everybody else. That is exactly what happened. We have to get better. We have to learn from those mistakes and try not to repeat them - but we were a bit rusty coming and I expect to see a much better showing from this West Indies team in the next Test," he said.Gibson said West Indies have to bat for three days if they want to equalise the series."We won the toss in good batting conditions and we batted 70-odd overs in the first innings. That is just not good enough. We know in India you have to bat long, put runs on the board, 400 minimum in the first innings really. So the 234 that we made was pretty average and that's why you see us trying to get into the nets," he said."We were little bit rusty coming in, but we are not going to use that as an excuse. We still had our opportunities to make scores - we had six or seven guys who got starts and did not carry on.

Only one guy got a half-century. When India batted only one or two of those guys got starts and made hundreds. And that was the difference."On the decision to pick just five top-order batsmen, Gibson said: "When you look at the result, you will tend to want to think that way, but this is the combination that has won us our last few Tests and we back those guys."Gibson said the team management will look into the best combination to win the second Test here."They did not perform as we expect and this is something we have to consider going into the next Test. It is a two-Test series and we have to look at the best combination to put out to make sure we win here. It is the way this team goes out and play that will make the difference," he said.

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