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KALAMAZOO, MIThe Kalamazoo Wings have partnered on a one-year deal to become the ECHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) and Syracuse Crunch (AHL), the team announced Wednesday. The Lightning will become the 11thNHL affiliate in the Wings" 43-year history.
As the premier ECHL affiliate for the Lightning, both Tampa Bay and Syracuse
The Tampa Bay Lightning are the 11th NHL franchise that the Kalamazoo Wings have been affiliated with in the team"s 43-year history.Kalamazoo Wings
will be able to assign players who are on NHL or AHL contracts to Kalamazoo.
"We can"t wait to get to work with Tampa Bay," Wings head coachNick Bootlandsaid. "They have been a hot-bed of talent in the last few years and their organization has been great to work with already."
Established in 1992, the Tampa Bay Lightning are representatives of the NHL"s Atlantic Division, and have appeared twice in the Stanley Cup Final, winning the trophy in 2004 and falling in six games to the Chicago Blackhawks in 2015.
"We are very happy to welcome the Kalamazoo Wings to the Lightning organization today," Lightning assistant general managerJulien BriseBoissaid. "The Wings have maintained a strong commitment to success and we are proud to partner with them. We look forward to furthering the development of our prospects in the ECHL while helping the K-Wings win the Kelly Cup next season."
Tampa Bay finished the 2015-16 season with a record of 46-31-5, and have won at least 46 games in three straight seasons. The Lightning have established one of the league"s most talented rosters sinceSteve Yzerman"s appointment as general manager in 2010. The Lightning are currently facing Pittsburgh for their second straight Eastern Conference championship and appearance in the Stanley Cup Final.
The Syracuse Crunch, who have been the AHL affiliates of the Lightning since 2012, finished the 2015-16 season with a 32-29-11-4 record for 79 points and finished fourth in the AHL"s North Division. As the assistant general manager of the Lightning, BriseBois" duties include that of general manager of Syracuse, and he will work closely with Bootland and the Wings.
"Julien has great knowledge of talent and the game," Bootland said. "Just in the time we"ve had on the phone, it"s easy to see why he"s so respected around the hockey community."
The relationship between Kalamazoo and Tampa Bay includes former Kalamazoo Wings forwardYanni Gourde, whomade his NHL debut this season with the Lightning on December 15, 2015.
In their overall history, the K-Wings have been affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings (1974-1987), Philadelphia Flyers (1984-1987; 2009-2010), Vancouver Canucks (1984-1987; 2011-2015), Minnesota North Stars (1987-1993), Dallas Stars (1993-2000), San Jose Sharks (2009-2010), New York Islanders (2010-2011), New Jersey Devils (2011-2012), St. Louis Blues (2013-2014), Columbus Blue Jackets (2014-2016), and Tampa Bay Lightning (2016-present).
2016-17 season tickets arenow on sale! Tickets can be purchased at kwings.com or by contacting a Kalamazoo Wings ticket sales representative. For more details on becoming a Kalamazoo Wings High Flyer, visithttps://kwings.com/seasontickets.
La "otra mujer" de Ozzy Osbourne, Michelle Pugh, luciendo su mejor rostro
Michelle Pugh is the name of the woman rumored to have had an affair with Ozzy Osbourne, but theres more than one Michelle Pugh in the world. A 42-year-old nail technician from Tacoma, Washington, named Michelle Pugh has been repeatedly harassed by haters, who blame her for the demise of Ozzys 33-year marriage to Sharon Osbourne. In an interview with Us Weekly, Michelle Pugh #2 said the online attacks against her have been hard to take.
It has been really surreal, the other Michelle Pugh said. I wasnt offended by the messages, because I knew they werent for me, but it was quite a hassle for a few days there. The messages were mostly name calling; things you would expect from fans of a female celebrity they love who was wronged! I just deleted them as they came in, I figured it would just be a few, but they kept coming!
Exclusive: Ozzy"s mistaken mistress Michelle Pugh says online attacks have been "surreal." https://t.co/dW4lbWVxSV pic.twitter.com/nLxiY39Q0n
Us Weekly (@usweekly) May 20, 2016
In fact, Michelle Pugh told TMZ she received hundreds of messages with some of the haters calling her names like w***e and home wrecker. Pugh had to block and delete the harassers, and it has hurt her online presence as she tries to build her nail tech business.
The Michelle Pugh involved in the Osbourne scandal has worked as a hair colorist at the high-end Meche Salon in Beverly Hills for a decade. Sharon Osbourne and her daughters are longtime Meche clients who angrily called the salon after The Talk co-host read romantic emails between her husband and Pugh. Pugh was reportedly fired from the salon, after 10 years of employment, in the aftermath of the alleged affair. But while the California Michelle Pughs association with Ozzy ended her Meche career, the Washington Michelle Pugh is dealing with her own career drama.
The biggest inconvenience has been the hijacking of Internet search results away from the online education platform I am building for nail artists called the University of Nails, Pugh 2 told Us. It will take me months to rebuild the search engine optimization that this has thrown askew. Ill have to add my prior name back in for probably another year now!
Another Michelle Pugh has been targeted amidst the Ozzy Osbourne scandal! https://t.co/fmlgXgClgi pic.twitter.com/ZU9fDCn4wQ
HollywoodLife (@HollywoodLife) May 16, 2016
The two Michelle Pughs have never spoken, and the nail tech Michelle says she has had no contact with the Osbournes. It sounds like she just wants her name back!
As for the Michelle Pugh at the center of the Ozzy scandal, she initially called out of work when news of the celeb split first broke. Pughs Meche boss revealed that the stylist called into the salon to say she had a personal emergency to deal with, but TMZ spotted Pugh reporting back to work a few days later. According to Us, at some point, the salon decided to part ways with their top colorist, who worked for 10 years at the celebrity hotspot. Pughs photo and bio still remain on the Meche website.
Ozzy Osbournes hairstylist mistress looks as happy as can be in Beverly Hillshttps://t.co/iG0Nyks4Pspic.twitter.com/ECfjGHSx3s
The world in news (@worldnews_twin) May 14, 2016
Meanwhile, Page Six reported that Ozzy Osbourne has ended his six-month affair with Michelle Pugh because Sharon is his whole life and he cant manage without her. Unfortunately, the Black Sabbath frontman may have to find a way to live without her, because Sharon seems to have had enough and is reportedly considering filing for divorce.
Michelle Pugh #2 has done more talking than the actual Michelle Pugh at the center of the scandal. Maybe at some point, shell open up to tell her side of the story, but for now, the real Michelle Pugh is lying low.
Take a look at the video below for more on Michelle Pugh.
Its not known when Johnny Depp fully made the switch from actor to prop repository.
Most peer-evaluated studies suggest it was somewhere between Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the second Pirates movie. Whatever the case, People Magazines two-time sexiest man alive has been wielding a weird toolbox of wigs, prosthetics and sundry other items for more than a decade now.
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ROSARIO CASTELLANOS, NEWS: GOOGLE GLI REGALA IL DOODLE PER IL SUO COMPLEANNO (25 maggio 2016) - Il Doodle di oggi di Google sar dedicato a Rosario Castellanos, scrittrice classe 1925 scomparsa tragicamente nel 1974. Non sar presente nel nostr paese con pubblicazione su Stati Uniti, Europa scandinava, Indonesia, Giappone e diversi altri paesi. La donna nata a Citt del Messico stata una grande scrittrice con romanzi come Baln-Cann e Il passo dei guardiani. Ovviamente in carriera non ha fatto solo questo a margine di una vita seppur breve piena di impegni. La donna si spense infatti il 7 agosto 1974 a Tel Aviv in Israele ad appena quarantanove anni. I suoi studi li aveva effettuati all"Universit nazionale autonoma del Messico con ottimi risultati e nel corso della sua carriera si proposta come innovatrice e scrittirce pronta a rivoluzionare il mondo della letteratura.
Peter Thiel: successful businesses are based on secrets
While billionaire investor Peter Thiel has been grabbing headlines for his reported support of Hulk Hogans lawsuit against Gawker (as well as his backing of Donald Trump), one of his investment firms has shown interest in something thats a lot less contrarian: batteries.
On Wednesday, battery startup Stem announced that its raised a new round of $15 million, led by Mithril Capital Management, a fund co-founded by Thiel and Ajay Royan to invest in tech startups that are growing quickly. Mithril is reportedly out raising a second fund of $600 million.
A battery from Stem to help building owners lower electricity bills.Photo courtesy of Stem.
Stem buys batteries from battery giants like Panasonic and Samsung, then installs them in the basements or backyards of companies buildings. The startup then uses smart software to shift the energy load of the building over onto the batteries when the power grid rates are high.
With this battery tech, Stems customers like Wells Fargo WFC, Safeway SFY, Whole Foods WFM, and Reliance Steel RS can lower their monthly energy costs significantly. Energy geeks call this type of battery application behind the meter, and its seeing growing interest from businesses with a lot of facilities and high energy costs.
For more on new battery technology watch our video.
Utilities can also work with Stem so that they can shift the energy loads of buildings that plug into their grid over onto batteries during peak times of day, like a hot summer afternoon. In this way, they have another option for how to manage the demand on their grids.
Stem is one of only a couple startups that won huge deals to work with utility Southern California Edison to use batteries to help the utility manage its grid. Stem plans to deploy a whopping 85 megawatts of batteries to Southern California Edison customers by 2021. For comparison, there were only 221 megawatts of energy storage deployed in the U.S. in 2015, according to GTM Research.
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Stems business model relies on the recent drop in the costs of lithium-ion batteries, which began when these rechargeable batteries became the de facto choice for most cell phones, laptops, and many gadgets. Now battery giants like Samsung and Panasonic are investing in growing their manufacturing, and dropping the costs, of these batteries to be plugged into the grid, paired with solar panels and used to power vehicles, like Teslas electric cars.
With this funding Stem has raised $105 million to date ($68 million in the Series C round). Other investors in Stem include Japanese conglomerate Mitsui, Germanys RWE Supply & Trading, the Angeleno Group, power giant Iberdrola, GE Ventures, the investment arm of GE GE, Constellation New Energy, and Total Energy Ventures, the investment arm of French oil giant Total TOT.
Stem will use the funds to grow its customer list. The company says its battery tech has been installed at 440 facilities in California and Hawaii.
Other companies that are competing with Stem include Green Charge Networks, Greensmith Energy Management Systems, Advanced Microgrid Solutions, Tesla TSLA, and even GE. Earlier this month, French power company Engie acquired an 80% stake in Green Charge Networks.
Updated at 9:30 AM PST on May 25th to correct that Stem raised $68 million in its series C round and $105 million in total.
This story originally appeared on Glossy, Digidays sister site devoted to fashion, luxury and tech.
Ever since shewas agirlgrowing up in Rye, New York, Kristen Naiman had athing for clothes. Yet shenever thought about a career in fashionuntil a friend suggested she become a stylist.
I was just like Whats styling? That sounds cool, sure! I really had no idea at all. But I did it, and I loved it, Naiman said.
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Naiman, who is now svp of brand creative at Kate Spade & Company, started at Cond Nasts now-defunct Cond Nast Sports for Women.There, she realized how clothing could bea vehiclefor storytelling, building on her writing studies at The New School and ultimately leading her to the position of creativedirector for Isaac Mizrahi.
As the fashion industry adapts tothe rise ofdigital and social media, Naiman is establishingwhat it means to be a storyteller in a technological age. Her ability to identify content that clickswith consumers and industry players alike has led to campaigns like the #missadventure holiday campaign featuring Anna Kendrick.
We spoke with Naiman about her relationship with style and how it inspires her work. The interview was edited lightly for clarity.
Why do you love fashion?Ive been obsessed with clothes since I was a teeny, tiny kid. I loved style and the ways people use clothes to express themselves and their individuality. Its really the one creative act that someone has to do every single day, and I think that act is always really incredible to me.
Before you were at Kate Spade, you worked for Isaac Mizrahi. How did your experience there shape your current role?I got hired to make a bookwith Isaac on style, and we instantly connected in this amazing way over our love of culture, stories and clothing. He brought me in very shortly after to be an in-house fashion director. My job there was to really connect all of the creative aesthetic dots from conception of the collection to its final visual execution, making sure that all of those dots were connecting and that the story stayed on track.
How hastechnology impacted the fashion industry? Its empowered the customer. Consumers viewdigital media as an expression of themselves and a way to identifytrends among the networks that they inhabit. As such, they become extensions of the brands they purchase, because as soon as they buy something and take a picture and put it on their channel, theyre advocating for the brand.
How has technology democratized fashion?The democratization of fashion happened before digital really took full hold. It really happened much more through the deep industrialization of process over the last decade. This rise of fast fashion was the final democratizer of fashion in the truest possible sense.
Whats an unpopular opinion you hold about the fashion industry?We have a large oversupply of clothing and product in general. Digital has really done a lot to weed through some of that, but theres going to be a backlash both to the proliferation of information digitally and proliferation of products. But it scares people because nobody knows where its going after that.
What about the rise of Instagram and Snapchat?At Kate Spade, we use all of those channels. Its a form of taking the temperature of culture at any given moment.
What would you advisesomeone trying to break into the fashion world right now?You absolutely have to know what your voice is. Theres no way in the world that youre not going to get knocked down, rejected, have doors closed, and the only thing to do is to keep going. That kind of perseverance and optimism is critical to be successful, but definitely in something like fashion, where its competitive and fast-moving.
