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GDB 26: Danger in the Shark tank
December 06 2008 05:21PM
Step 1: Score three goals. Step 2: Gas three goal lead surrendering four straight. Step 3: Score stirring goal with 12 mins remaining to tie the game. Step 4: Have Schremp go in the shootout - get 56 alarm robbed by LaBarbera Step 5: Send in Hemsky to destroy everything.
Repeat as necessary
So what exactly is the plan for tonight? The Oil head into San Jose - who has collected an amazing 16 wins in only 12 games at home this year. The nice thing about tonight? The Oil really have no business winning in SJ so there is no pressure on them. The really nice thing about tonight? The Oil historically have this habit of winning games they have no business winning. Take gassing that 3 goal lead last night then still pulling it out.
And before we start planning the party for Schremp we will continue to reserve judgment. He looked all kinds of awesome again last night -- going so far as to ditch his lid on the one goal in tribute to Coach MacTavish. We can literally hear the "I told you sos" being screamed at the TVs all over the Nation every time Schremp collects a point. We are waiting a few more before we make our decision on how real his realness is.
It touches our heart
The Justice League meeting was a little sparse last night -- and that's perfectly fine. Cause you know that everyone who wasn't in attendance at the JL meeting was out on the town and watching the game somewhere and there in spirit. You just know that the JL is out there on the town all over Canada running beers through them. It's the holidays for heavens sake. We need to be able to bring the JL on the move with us somehow -- and we have a team of scientists thinking about how that would work. In the meantime let the good times roll.
Oh yeah
And there's this.
Hooray for a new thread!! Not sure how much of the game I'll see tonight but that may be better for my ulcers!
May they compete and compete hard. Chugs away!
I must say you guys have alot going on at ON, new site, sweet duds and I saw a sweet video ad on the screens at hudson's. Keep it up Naion
December 06 2008, 05:49PM
Oil drop + skull and a namedrop on the back? Count me the **** in.
December 06 2008, 06:21PM
GAME DAY!!!!!!!!!! Boo YA!
I sure hope tonights JL meeting goes much smoother and I damn well better not be called into work a half hour before the puck drops. I mean MY LORD THUNDER AN WAYNE GRETZ couldn't they find another Rocket Surgeon?
GAME DAY!!! Or if the recent trend continues we'll be calling these SCHREMP DAYS!
December 06 2008, 06:23PM
AWESOME shirt design! I have a good feelin' about tonight...I agree with Wanye that "The really nice thing about tonight? The Oil historically have this habit of winning games they have no business winning." Things are looking up! Garon starts?
December 06 2008, 06:25PM
Oilers site says Roli starts.
December 06 2008, 06:34PM
I'm still waiting for my official Oliers Nation Press Pass. But I guess a t-shirt will do. For now.....
The budweiser is flowing freely tonight JL. Downside is I'm with a Leafs fan tonight, but thank god they are losing.
Is the shirt/on-line store serious?
now that I've fully come to grips with the fact i had SEVEN $11 beers at the Staples Center, I'm off to the fridge to grab a more economical Bud lite. yeah, yeah - say what you will, but when I stopped to fill the ol' tank today, 18 packs were on sale for $8!!! Sometimes quantity over quality will do, eh?
Roll on boys, roll on...
December 06 2008, 07:40PM
socaldave wrote:
18 packs were on sale for $8!!!
God I love the America's and their cheap booze and amazing fast food.
One Sam Adams down while watching the second worst power play in the NHL. Sheesh, I didn't think anyone's power duo (PP/PK) could be any worse than the Oilers, but the Leafs really give it a nice shot. Gotta say that I did get tired of the CBC guys having a crush on Alex O.
December 06 2008, 07:49PM
Who doesn't have a man crush on Ovie though. I'd take him in a heartbeat over Vunderboy in Pittsburgh. So is anyone showing tonight, or should I just continue to crush beers and make fun of another leafs loss tonight.
C'mmon, someone has to have the official scratches for tonight...Grrrr.
Anyone else catch that "Go Oilers" on the crowd mike?
December 06 2008, 08:11PM
Is there a free stream to watch?
December 06 2008, 08:13PM
December 06 2008, 08:14PM
Merci buckets jeashorts. If I make it back to Van City for Christmas, I owe you a beer.
December 06 2008, 08:16PM
Well I'm going back to the homeland for Christmas to swim in our bountiful pools of oil. So we'll probably have to I.O.U it regardless.
Where's the commercial breaks! I have a lack of beer emergency!
December 06 2008, 08:16PM
So it's 5 minutes in and we aren't down 7-0. Good start!
And that, folks, is why we need DR.
December 06 2008, 08:20PM
Yes! Yes! Yes!
December 06 2008, 08:21PM
Seriously, I want to find the guy doing the "Let's go Oilers" chant and give him a big hug. Might even buy him a beer.
Yeah! Commercial!
December 06 2008, 08:23PM
This team is crazy good.
December 06 2008, 08:24PM
HEY Justice League! Sorry I'm late.
December 06 2008, 08:24PM
Travis Dakin wrote:
This team is crazy good.
Yeah, San Jose is unreal. I'm so glad we aren't down 41-2 right now.
December 06 2008, 08:25PM
so how about that Penner getting points out the wazoo lately...
December 06 2008, 08:26PM
Oil are playing well actually attacking - except for that brief 2 minute stretch the sharks danced around us
December 06 2008, 08:27PM
Schremp looks fast.
December 06 2008, 08:28PM
I'll admit I was against MacT dragging Penner through the mud in the media there, but apperentely it worked. Crap talk the whole team now as far as I'm concerned!
Wow. Not only is Rolli looking like a modern day Johnny Bower, being 53 years old and all, but our shot percentage is 100%
Ya, I wonder if we can go a whole game only getting one shot.
December 06 2008, 08:29PM
a game like this oughtta be good for Nabokov Save %
Look at that shot clock. Sheesh. That'll help your goalie's save percentage.
December 06 2008, 08:31PM
San Jose looks like an a amazing team. Kinda the same way team canada looks when they play Slovakia. The Slovaks area good team and could win but team Canada is dominant
December 06 2008, 08:32PM
Terrible call.
December 06 2008, 08:32PM
I took my girlfriend to her first game last year. It was the game against the Sharks where they won 3-0. The worst game Edmonton played in ten years. The sharks were just friggin un-real. I think th Oilers had 6 shots total that game.
Oh hey, a PK! I love those.
December 06 2008, 08:33PM
So, when do we trade Garon? Because clearly Rolli has answered the bell.
I'm trying to find stats on how much ice time SJS's first line has this year. It may just be me, but they seem to be on every other shift.
December 06 2008, 08:35PM
If I was a coach with Thornton on my team, I'd be playing him 45 mins a game.
December 06 2008, 08:37PM
Look at this PK...oh.....crap......
December 06 2008, 08:37PM
I was in the middle of typing ... holy shit we made it through a period. Weak Roli.
December 06 2008, 08:38PM
Good thing I didn't say anything about our powerplay finally playing well. Brutal goal.
That wasn't that weak. He couldn't get back over.
December 06 2008, 08:38PM
one shot on net.....wow
December 06 2008, 08:39PM
One shot one goal. BONUS!!! Que the second period meltdown.
December 06 2008, 08:41PM
Is that first penalty over?
December 06 2008, 08:41PM
I left my work Christmas Party to attend this justice league meeting.
What has happened? Does Schremp have 11 goals?
December 06 2008, 08:42PM
I am telling you, those Sharks are in trouble. One shot, one goal... If we get 3 shots in the second I smell a lead the way roli playing.
I swear to god if the Oil win this game I am giving handjobs to the homeless for Christmas.


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The article recommends exploring the formerly seedy, now-hot Lawrenceville for locally owned boutiques (including Sugar) and eateries (they suggest trying to the lasagna at BYOB Piccolo Forno; we suggest the wood-fired pizza preceded by a margarita at the Round Corner Cantina just across the street). The Strip District gets called out as a foodie destination--there's java at 21st Street Coffee and Tea (a Pop City favorite) and sweet treats at Enrico Biscotti Company.
The article also recommends fashionistas pop into e.b. Pepper and Moda on Shadyside's Walnut Street, and refuel in Squirrel Hill with Thai at Bangkok Balcony and cupcakes at Dozen.
And though Sewickley's not quite a city neighborhood, the borough--11 miles northwest of the city--makes an appearance, thanks to its unique boutiques and the affordably chic food at the Sewickley Cafe.
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While I will not call this ride to Alum Rock Park through the heart of Silicon Valley ideal for casual tourists, it offers a compelling list of things to do along the way.
We start at West Valley Mall in San Jose, one of the world's most congested shopping centers during the Christmas holiday. Park, spend $500 at Macy's, and then head off.
Head east on Forest Avenue, going under Interstate 880 right from the start. The first part of the ride we'll call Medical Row. Here's where you can stop at O'Connor hospital for your outpatient surgery, or see what ails you at any one of the dozens of other medical centers on Forest. Route map provided.
Cosentino's Salad Bar. On the way back you can stop at their excellent salad bar and have lunch at the well-manicured outdoor sitting area.
Rose Garden. It's listed in Wikipedia, so it's world famous. You'll see 3,500 rose shrubs of 189 varieties. I haven't counted them. You'll have to take Wikipedia at its word.
Rosicrucian Museum. The world famous Rosicrucian Museum is filled with mummies and other artifacts from Egypt. I've never understood this organization and its purpose, but the grounds are immaculate, it's open to the public, and the visit is well worth the cost. Take the guided tour to get the most out of the experience.
The Alameda, or El Camino Real, is the oldest road in these parts. It used to have street cars running between downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, but they got ripped out for — what else — cars.
As you pass under the Caltrain tracks at Stockton, just to the left off Stockton is the College Park Station, immortalized in Jack London's Call of the Wild.
After crossing busy Coleman Avenue there's more scenery, the Guadalupe River Park. What a great place for a park. You can watch jets, wheels down, coming in for a landing at San Jose International Airport. Bring your earplugs.
The Taylor Street crossing of 87 isn't bad as overpasses go. At First Street you'll see the long lost street cars, called light rail today.
Gordon Biersch Brewery. Taylor Street has an assortment of housing and restaurants along the "avenues," 1st through 21st. At 357 W. Taylor there's the Gordon Biersch brewery. It was founded by Dan Gordon and Dean Biersch, opening their first brewery restaurant in Palo Alto, California in July 1988.
The Hwy 101 overpass has no exits or on-ramps. Ramps were planned, but a protest by local residents (good for them) put a stop to it, and now we have a super-wide overpass with the right bridge a glorified "bike path."
Flea Market. This Latino haven for all things affordable has ethnic charm, including some great vegetables stands. There has been talk of shutting it down, sadly.
Make a left at a T intersection with a light, Educational Park Drive. Pick up the sidewalk that parallels Penitencia Creek. In a short distance you'll cross the creek.
Immediately turn left into a grassy park. Follow the path through the park headed northeast, the creek on your left. Cross Jackson Avenue and stay on the path next to the creek. Coming up is a bike path under Interstate 680. Watch your head. Not much clearance here.
This place used to be a hangout for gangs and was seriously trashed, but a local resident cleaned up the mess. Admirable work!
Alum Rock Park. The trail ends at Capitol Avenue and more light rail. Go left and stay on the sidewalk for 200 yards to Penitencia Creek Road. Cross Capitol at the light, continuing on Penitencia Creek Road. Stay on this road for about 1.5 miles to reach Alum Rock Park. Check out the mineral springs at the end of the park.
Loop around the park and return the way you came. It's about 18 miles round trip. I take this route often but I never appreciated all there is to see, until now.
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Maybe it die with the other DF coming into contact with it (since obviously 2 DF's cant coexist, unless your BB)
Aggravate, Anger, and Piss off
Yeah, Smiley is clearly gone. It died when it became gas. If it had split off into mini smiley's then the DF apple wouldn't have been created.
I thought it took decades for a DF to reappear - what are the chances that the DF would come back as soon as the thing died and be back so close?
Idk, maybe I missed something.. I'll reread those chapters.
We were never told anything about a DF's creation. The only thing we know is that one can recognize what DF it is by comparing it to a book (possibly written by Vega Punk), non living objects can also gain DF abilities, and BB can steal DF's from users. Because of the latter, and Smiley, we could assume that DF's abilities are transferred to the closest fruit when the user dies, thus BB was prob carrying an apply (remember when he was first introduced, his crew was carrying apple bombs). Of course, this is just an assumption.
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Chapter 13
The Lord tests His people to see if they will worship false gods—Prophets, dreamers, relatives, or friends who advocate worship of false gods will be put to death—Idolatrous cities will be destroyed.
1 If there arise among you a
2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other
3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that
4 Ye shall
5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to
6 ¶If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy
7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
8 Thou shalt not
9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be
10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
11 And all Israel shall hear, and
12 ¶If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
13 Certain men, the children of
14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
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18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.


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Calgary's Roster Hole
Kent Wilson
May 11 2012 12:00PM
Last off-season, we looked at why the Flames were mediocre in a series of posts. This year, I plan to discuss what significant challenges face them in their bid to stay competitive and not be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the dreaded rebuild.
The title image for the post comes from a study by Gabriel Desjardins, looking at the age at which production tends to peak in professional hockey players. Anyone familiar with the Flames roster should instantly recognize why this is bad news for Calgary heading into the new year.
To make the problem more explicit, I put together the club's roster from the recent season, including ages, cap hits, point totals and ice time:
As you can see, a large proportion of the team fell outside of the professional peak age. The 28+ year olds (that's the bad end of the curve) scored 83% of the points, ate up 73% of the cap budget and accounted for more than 70% of the ice time. In contrast, players near or entering peak age accumulated about 19% of the ice time and scored a paltry 14% of total points accounted for.
Unless something major happens in the summer, things aren't going to change drastically for the club next year. Roman Cervenka may help fill the big hole in the middle of the roster, but the only guys at or within two years of peak pro age are Mikael Backlund, Blake Comeau and Blair Jones (the latter two are both RFA's and no guarantee to be retained) up front. Of the three, only Backlund has a fair chance to play in the top-6.
On the back-end, the peak agers end with Butler and Smith, with Smith at 27 close to entering the decline phase (and a support player at best anyways).
What it Means
Obviously points-per-game isn't an exact proxy for player value. There are many highly functional guys who are 28 or older and frankly if the Flames were an elite club, this sort of accounting wouldn't be all that relevant.
The issue is the Flames most certainly are not elite and one can't reasonably look at Calgary's roster and expect significant improvement given the way it's constructed. Most of the money guys are beyond their peak years (some well beyond). It's unlikely that group will all suddenly devolve in lock-step, but the good bet is that they will get worse in aggregate. Time waits for no man and all that. And keep in mind, Calgary's #1 goalie is also 36 years old.
Only a small contingent of the club's roster is on the good side of the age curve and, unfortunately, many of them are bottom rotation guys at best. Cervenka, Butler and Backlund are the only three current players who might take a real step forward as impact pieces in 2012-13, while guys like TJ Brodie, Lance Bouma, Roman Horak and (likely) Sven Baertschi are youngsters who are probably a few years away from playing really meaningful ice time or producing meaningful results.
It's a tough situation to be in, with no obvious solutions. Doubtless this is the reason a portion of the fan base wants to clear the decks and rebuild. If Feaster and company don't want to take that route and still seek to keep the club competitive (or, even more difficult, make real improvements) the challenge they face is to somehow collect more top rotation players who are at or near peak age.
Can't disagree, before coming into the past season the Flames were the second oldest team in the NHL. Not sure where they rank now.Even though this past season, they injected more youth in the line up than every before a lot of those players are not elite level.We have some great young players, but not top level status.
It could be more of the same next season, or worse. There are few things to consider, if Tanguay and Glencross can stay healthy for a whole season they will put up more points. I believe Cammalleri will rebound, he might not score 39 again, but we all know he's better than a 20 goal scorer.
All we can hope for is Baertschi and Cervenka to do some of the heavy lifting, I doubt the Flames could land Parise.
I honestly see no realistic workable solution outside of a total rebuild.
Feaster has done well with getting the bottom 6 younger and faster, but how does one go about acquiring youthful top 6 talent without multiple draft picks or trading vets for prospects?
The only feasible alternative would be to start doing with 1st round picks what Darryl used to do with 2nd round picks. one or two 1sts and a 2nd or whatever for someone else's young guy who has top 6 ability, but is for some reason out of favor with his current club. Duschesne and Niederreiter for instance.
Problem is, I'm not sure getting someone else's headache or disappointment from several different development systems is any better of an option than a rebuild where you can pick who you want and develop how you want and the players come up together.
Also, Calgary has seems reluctant to move 1st round picks. They want the best of both worlds and you just can't do both things.
May 11 2012, 12:57PM
It all comes down to the drafting record, has been pretty bad.
In a recent issue of the Hockey News, league wide draft histories for a wide span of years were reviewed showing who was taken vs. who had the best career/should have been taken in the first round. Was a bit of an eye opener; as for the most part, the first 4 or 5 names on the best career list were quite recognizable/impressive. However, by the time you got down to #10-30 the names were not usually all that impressive. I think Sarich was listed in the top 15 talents to come out of his draft year. Guess what I'm trying to get to is...there are probably only a handfull of players that will be drafted this summer who will have meaningfull NHL careers. With these odds, the Flames recent draft record becomes a little more understandable. Don't get me wrong, I know their draft record has been way below average. I am hoping the tide has turned and we have a string of successful drafts to counter the previous failures (to bring us back to "average"). Good start last summer with Sven, etc.
Also, I thought the Flame's "Hole" was the guy who put the Kibosh on the Iggy to LA trade (whoever he might be).
Places gun to temple*
Following up on this, I recall hearing a fact during a Flames game this year - don't recall it exactly, but it was something like "this is the first game in Jarome Iginla's career that the Flames game-day roster has as many as five players 25 and younger". I may be slightly off on detail, but the point remains - the Flames do not have a rosy history of relying on young players and growing a roster together, at least since 1996.
May 11 2012, 02:08PM
Only thing I disagree with is Brodie. I think he'll be a legitimate 4th dman ad early as next season.
Historically, even when the Flames have added younger players into the lineup, they have not done a particularly effective job at developing them. Guys like Lombardi, Stillman, and Kobasew come to mind. Backlund may be another example, we seem to crush whatever creativity and offensive flair they started with. The fact that these guys go on to score in other environments is telling.
May 11 2012, 03:54PM
@Graham: I can't speak for Stillman, but Lombardi and Kobasew weren't really any better away from Calgary than they were in it. Lombardi's numbers only jumped because he went from 3rd line ES minutes and PK specialization to a de facto top-6 (I think even top line) ES minute centre with PP time. Kobasew hasn't exactly blown me away since he left Calgary, either.
This seems to bring the conversation back to the inevitable "how are the Flames to acquire a first line center under the age of 27?"
Early free agency provides at least the possibility.
Drafting is also at least a possibility, provided the team retain their first round picks and place more emphasis on development and patience.
Trading for one, while perhaps the most oft-cited path amongst fans, is probably the least likely as the Flames don't have enough cash in their wallet (roster players) to afford the average ticket price and there is a reluctance to buy it on credit (picks and prospects).
And thus are Calgary fans introduced to Roman Cervenka as Feaster's proposed "road less travelled" by which the Flames can procure high-end talent (Feaster's description) whilst avoiding the delay of development and the price of acquisition.
I'm just drawing up Calgary's potential roster for next season and I need to hear from some Flames afficianados: do Stempniak, Jones, Comeau and Kostopoulos get re-signed for a minimal increase?
I kind of figured that they didn't really deserve raises, but as Clint Eastwood once said "deserve's got nothing to do with it".
So I built a possible roster for the Flames working off of some general assumptions: that they sign Zach Parise for $8 million a season based on earlier articles here on FN to that effect, that Roman Cervenka plays 2nd line center (as per Feaster) behind Parise and ahead of Backlund and Stajan and that Baertschi plays third line LW.
I assumed there were minimal raises for RFAs and some depth UFAs and replaced Karlsson with Irving as Kiprusoff's backup.
I also added a depth seventh defenseman, let's call him Matt Carkner.
The roster would go like this L to R: Tanguay - Parise - Iginla, Glencross - Cervenka - Cammalleri, Baertschi - Backlund - Kostopoulos (I know, one of these things is not like the other), Comeau - Stajan - Jackman with Blair Jones as an extra skater although it is possible that Jones could see more ice time than Stajan.
The defense would be Bouwmeester, Giordano, Brodie, Butler, Smith, Babchuk and "Carkner".
Goaltending would be split between Kiprusoff and Irving 68-14.
This would leave the Flames with roughly $2 million in cap space (if my calculations are correct-ish).
Jackman and Kostopoulos are both 3rd or 4th liners, as far as I know, and putting one or the other with Baertschi and Backlund is a bit of an oddity, but they both play a physical game and may be able to create some space for the two younger forwards.
Cammalleri could revert to the wing and Baertschi or Backlund could move up to play with Cammalleri if Cervenka or Glencross are struggling.
The first line would be a good mix of creativity and scoring while the rest of the roster would be playing in a role more suited to their relative experience or ability.
The defense would be an area in need of improvement, but it isn't devoid of talent either.
Okay, fire away. How off-base am I?
@Rex: God I hope you are no where close. I think every post of Kent's leads me to the same conclusion time after time. There is only 2 players that will help us get some hopeful type of young NHL ready prospects and decent draft picks & that is Kipper & Iggy. To see them on your roster makes me want to see the team tank coming out of the gate so both would be traded at the trade deadline. This isnt about being competitive anymore. This is about knowing you are falling & are going to hit the floor hard & try to position yourself to bounce back as quickly & high(competitive) as possible. Just give me that tablespoon of Buckleys already & lets get on with healing. Lets hope we get some excitement, potential & future from some of the returns from the trades & we'll supplement that with a top 5 pick next year. Who knows, maybe the hickey Gods will shine on us once & we can win the lottery & get Mackinnon. If we dont do anything with Iggy & he winds up signing with another team & we get zip, I will call for the heads of Feaster & King on July 2/2013.
You're a bit off with your assumptions in center-ice. I agree Jokinen shouldn't be re-signed, but I expect the Flames to try and trade him for at least a 3rd round pick, to give his rights to somebody, at least get something out of him!! But Parise will never come to Calgary, he'll most likely opt to re-sign with New Jersey. They could win the Cup! If we don't find a suitable replacement for Jokinen, Backlund will take the #1 slot so center ice would be 1. Backlund 2. Cervenka 3. Jones 4. Stajan. Stajan and Jones could switch back and forth, as well as Backlund and Cervenka.
I don't want Stempniak or Kostopoulos coming back, so I see them being replaced with Bouma and Aliu. Only re-sign Moss if it is for the same price. No more than 2M$.
On defense, I don't really want to see Sarich or Hannan back. But I think we could keep Sarich if it was for a reasonable pricce. No signing Matt Carkner I don't like his style of play.
I agree with your goalie scenario. All in all pretty good synopsis of the Flames off season.
Too bad Parise isn't a center. And probably will never sign in Calgary. I dont think Kosto will be back either.
But I appreciate the effort.
Parise has played center and LW. I know he is better suited for the wing but I listed him as a center here based on some of your articles here earlier in the season.
I re-signed Kostopoulos as a sort of placeholder. He is replaceable, obviously, and I would defer to your insight on that because I don't follow the team anywhere nearly as closely.
The idea of signing Parise was also one that was high on the agenda back in October/November. I know that this isn't in the best interests of the franchise, and I know that it is highly unlikely that Parise chooses Calgary. I was just spitballing what the roster would look like if Feaster actually did sign him.
No problem, though. I had some time and wanted to play around with capgeek's depth chart.
It was a good lesson in the knots that Feaster is going to have to undo in trying to balance that group and improve the available roster while still finding space for youth and staying on budget.
Without a head coach in place and roughly six weeks until the draft, player personnel and gaping roster holes should be taking a back seat, right now. Hopefully, behind the scenes, the coach has been selected. And the entire management team is working, feverishly, on what direction and style this organization is going to adopt.
I think the reason the organization is waiting is because they are also taking a look at Mike Johnson. Portland isn't out of the playoffs yet by any means and I think that they're seriously considering him as a head coach. Something that might speed up the decision is the fact that the Heat were eliminated. The org is just being polite to the Winterhawk's franchise by not negotiating with Johnson during their Memorial Cup run.
I don't want Comeu back I would prefer Nemiz.
Has he? I've never seen him played the middle in the NHL.
I still consider him a target for the Flames. Or, rather, a pipe-dream given the team's trajectory. convincing any UFA star to consider the club is going to be a tough sell for Jay now.
As you say, though, your exercise shows how tough the road is ahead.
The Devils moved him to the center earlier this year when Zajac was out injured and elevated Matthias Tedenby on the LW. He has also played center at other times due either to injury or roster rotation.
Really playing him in the middle isn't all that different from the Flames playing Cammalleri in the middle. Their playmaking abilities are what draw coaches' attention.
I agree that Parise would qualify as a pipe-dream, which is why I slotted him into my capgeek roster as an $8 million cap hit. I think it would require an overpay to lure him West.
@Graham - Agree, the DSutter + others coaching, especially BSutter did squash creativity of players, certainly Lombardi. Always focussing on defense in practice makes you forget how to dipsy-doodle and as you get older (even 24+) you just cannot do that stuf as well in many cases. I think many players are most agile up to about 25 which sorts of agrees with Kent's graph above. DOn't stifle creativity in young players or they may lost it...darn it!!!
@Kent Wilson
Perhaps a more realistic lineup for opening night would be, LW to RW, Tanguay - Cammalleri - Iginla, Glencross - Cervenka - Mikael Samuelsson, Baertschi - Backlund - Moss, Comean - Stajan - Jackman and have Jones as the extra forward.
I think the addition of Matt Carle to the 2nd defensive pairing with Butler might be a good start and I would trade Kiprusoff in July and try to sign Hedberg or Vokoun to split duties with Irving or Ramo.
Horak would likely be one of the first call-ups in case of injury.
If the Flames were to let Moss go and try to re-sign Stempniak as a 3rd line right winger that would give them a much more balanced offensive lineup and might improve their chances at the post-season.
They still have a glaring hole in the center and their defense is looking suspect, but I wonder if Flames fans would be excited about the prospect of adding more scoring to the lineup.
The team's marketing line could be "let it ride".
The issue I see is if the Flames want a player like Parise(most unlikely chance) vs. Semin (more likely) there will be a huge glut of left wingers. Our strongest position is left wing these days. Not sure where the flames go from here. They will have to make a trade of some kind. Cammi is a keeper, Tanguay is skilled but 4 yrs is waaaay too long. Glennx is gritty and we want him. Sven is the next big left winger, and unlike Kent think he'll make a big impact. We are verrrrrry weak at centre. It would be my priority to go after a big scoring center like jordan staal. I'd be willing to sign backlund and send one of our left wingers and a pick. right wing isnt much better. nemizs is not that great, aliu isnt anything yet and that leaves us with iggy and jacko. d is fine but a free agent signing is a sure thing.


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France 1844 – 1910
[La guerre] c. 1894
oil on canvas
canvas 114.0 (h) x 195.0 (w) cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Purchase 1946
© RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / All rights reserved
War, personified as a wild woman in white, riding a black horse, gallops through a desolate landscape strewn with butchered bodies. Colour and life are drained out of everything, leaving only death and destruction. A clear blue sky heightens the impact of her passing: behind her a tree is burnt black, while the grey tree in front awaits fire and obliteration. She carries a flaming torch and a bare sword—but this is no classical Bellona, Roman goddess of war.1 Rather, she is an elemental force, humanity's worst side made as irresistible as a force of nature.
Rousseau permits no hope in this vision—his most violent subject. Dead and dying humans are cut off like tree limbs, their pale flesh coloured orange like the smoky clouds behind. Jagged black elements recur, from the elongated horse's mane to War's own hair, almost an animal's pelt. The pattern is repeated in some victims' hair, and in the crows pecking at their bodies. Rousseau was very much affected by the Franco–Prussian War of 1870–71 and the Siege of Paris in 1871; the effects were still visible in the streets in the 1890s, with many amputees to be seen.
The catalogue of the Salon des Indépendants, where the painting was first exhibited in 1894, listed it as: 'War; she passes terrifyingly, leaving despair, tears, ruin all around.'2 Rousseau depicts the horse as one of the four ridden by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (from the Book of Revelation), while appropriating the form of Théodore Géricault's flat-out racer in Epsom Derby 1821.3 By this time, Eadweard Muybridge's photographs had proven that all four hooves never left the ground together in this way, but the frightening image of War floating over her victims was more visually compelling than mere empirical reality.
Rousseau's sources for his compositions included popular engravings and illustrations, as well as works by the Old Masters. An anonymous lithograph portraying the Tsar as a caped Cossack with sword was published in the socialist journal L'Egalité on 6 October 1889, and republished as an advertisement in Le Courrier francais on 27 October 1889.4 Another inspiration was Night (Die Nacht) 1889–90, by the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler, shown in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1891.5Hodler portrayed strongly foreshortened prone figures surrounding a hooded black figure of Death.
Like all Rousseau's works, War was received controversially. Both critics and public ridiculed the artist's naivety, or scolded his lack of skill and strange subjects. Others, like the young writer Alfred Jarry and some of the modern painters, celebrated Rousseau's difference. The young painter Louis Roy wrote that War 'may have seemed strange only because it does not recall anything seen up to now. Is this not a supreme quality? ... [Rousseau] strives towards a new art.'6
Christine Dixon
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
From Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and beyond Post-Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay exhibition book, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
- The painting is also known as The ride of Discord, invoking the Roman Goddess Discordia.
- 'La guerre; elle passe effrayante laissant partout le désespoir, les pleurs, la ruine.'
- Musée du Louvre, Paris. The source was pointed out by Michel Hoog in Henri Rousseau, New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1985, p. 120.
- Yann Le Pichon and Joachim Neugroschel (trans.), The world of Henri Rousseau, New York: Viking Press 1982, p. 222.
- Kunstmuseum, Bern. See Hoog, p. 121, fig. 2.
- Review in Le Mercure de France, March 1895, quoted in Dora Vallier, Henri Rousseau, Naefels: Bonfini Press 1979, p. 60.


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Amy, are there threads on the board that you purposely avoid that you want to participate in? Which ones and why?
Sorry for saying sorry =)
Have you ever had to ditch your skippies because you shat yourself or sharted?
Do your kids like Radiohead? Are they going to be able to survive three 10+ hour days at Coachella?
For the record, you are way cooler than my parents, who took me to see Garth Brooks for my first concert.
Hi Amyzzz... Coachella, 10 years from now... Age appropriate, or time to put the glowsticks away? Can you share your reasoning for your choice?
"Who is this doing this synthetic type of Alpha Beta psychedelic funkin'?"
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
An innocuous question: If you could change your first and middle name to something else, what would it be? Cr****
Have Another Hit Of Colorado Sunshine
And what are the plans today for our person of the week? cr****
Have Another Hit Of Colorado Sunshine
Hey Amyzzz.
Please tell the tale of the worst physical pain you have ever experienced.
Best Disneyland ride and why?
Wow, 12 step meetings at Coachella, who knew? SOBERCHELLA.COM
I'm a reasonable male, get off my case....
Amy, who on this board have you met that you find to be surprisingly pleasant in person? Maybe someone you thought was a total asshole / imbecile on here, but later met in person and totally changed your perspective of them.
Best Disneyland ride is Splash Mountain. I love the details (brer rabbit's, brer fox's, and brer bear's houses), the characters, the SONGS, that section in the middle with the black lights and bee hives, I like how in the beginning there's a part where you're outside so you can get hot and ready to get splashed later on in the ride, and you NEVER KNOW for sure how much you'll get splashed. KEEP AWAY FROM THE LAUGHIN' PLACE, YOU MUST BEWARE THE FOX IS THERE, DON'T GO IN!~
2. I'll have to come back to this one. All I can think of now is Animal Collective.
3. I just got an orange Volkswagen GTI (hand-me-down from Jacob), and I really like it, but I've only gotten to use it for a month so far. We don't have much history together yet, but it's as cute as a button. It goes so much faster so much more easily than my minivan did, and I get a lot of compliments on it. We had it lowered too.
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
Ok, Amy. Here it is.
Describe(in detail) your perfect day. It doesn't have to take place in brown, hot Arizona. It can be as outlandish as you'd like. Or completely sedentary.
It's your day.
Also, can you ask Tommy what a pink taco is?
amy, are you dead?
I don't come here on the weekends.
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
You didn't answer my question.
Too rough a crowd? I feel you. Everybody clamoring for a minute to forget their Monday to Friday by soaking themselves in liquor and strangers with an almost fevered dismissal of substance. It's almost like the neon only flickers on Saturday nights.
I'm not answering questions yet.
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
$2 wells, though, so.
Happy 5 th everyone cr****
Have Another Hit Of Colorado Sunshine
I told you I'd be boring. I'm not in the mood to answer questions today. Ron, do you want to take over?
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
McZzzizzzles, what'd you do this weekend?
Did you get hit by the monsoon last night?
amyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz killed the thread.
way to go amyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
It's what I do. I warned you.
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
To be fair, it had become a comfortable practice in thread necrophilia prior to her arrival. I miss it already.
Wow, 12 step meetings at Coachella, who knew? SOBERCHELLA.COM
I'm a reasonable male, get off my case....


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After winning UROC Geoff Roes joked that I hadn't interviewed him after a victory in a while. In fact, it hadn't happened since Western States last year. Although he's won plenty of races since then, this one had to be a gratifying win. Roes also shared that it was satisfying in that he bounced back from 5 or 6 rough spells on the way to the win. In the following interview, Geoff gives us an in-depth look at his race.


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When I first started online research I discovered the GenWebs and knew immediately that I wanted to be a volunteer for that organization. I set out right away to learn html coding so that I would be able to adopt a county. Just so happens that my own county became available as I was learning and I quickly applied to adopt it. I was open about my lack of experience and that I was taking lessons still. I was sure that I would not be chosen because of my lacking knowledge and experience. Big surprise! I was chosen! I try to keep learning so that the site is coded up to date and is convenient for my users. I am grateful that the State Coordinator gave me a chance to work for the INGenWeb. It is very fullfilling.
I spend more time some months of the year on the site. Around the holidays it is quiet and very few submissions come in. In the busy times I will spend up to 3 or 4 hours a week on the site. There have been times I spent much more time working. Getting the site up and running took many hours of work a week, but now that I have it set, I only need to put the data on a page(template) and upload. The County Coordinator chooses how simple or complicated the site is. I also spend time transcribing data for the site. Some months I spend 8 to 10 hours doing that. Again, it is up to the CC how much time is spent there. I'm sure you have noticed that each county site is different. That is because each site reflects the personality of each Coordinator and the amount of time they have to put into the project. How much time spent on the project is up to the individual County Coordinator. I have taken my county from 50 pages to over 2500, and that is smallcompared to some counties. I have a lot of ideas and data I want to provide for my users, so much work is still to be done.
I recommend the GenWebs for anyone looking to volunteer time to providing data and information about genealogy research. I have found it to be a great challenge and a joy. Take a look at your county site. Please consider the GenWebs when looking to volunteer. If you don't feel you can handle a county, remember that the sites are waiting for submissions of data from their users too. You could volunteer data that you have collected over the years in your own research. Next time you go out to that little cemetery in your county, take a while and snap extra photos just to submitt. If you have a book for your county, become a "look-up". You can make your county site better even if you can not adopt it.
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By John L. AndersonSalt Lake City
Dear Editor:
Several years ago three property owners in Big Cottonwood Canyon took a backhoe and cleaned off the debris that was on the road to their property from winter avalanches.
This is a RS 2477 road. That means it is a legal road and was in existence before 1977. This was an old timber and mine road from 1871 and is on the county maps.
They were falsely accused by the Forest Service of criminal trespass for crossing Forest Service land. This was a fraudulent claim in as much as the road was in existence and used for 40 years before the Forest Service was created.
They were hauled into federal court (like gangsters), found guilty of criminal trespass, fined $2,500 each and threatened with a $5,000 fine and a year in federal prison if they ever tried to drive up to their property again.
We now have a federal lawbreaker who intentionally broke some federal laws and refuses to pay for the oil and gas leases he fraudulently won at a federal land auction.
He defiantly and intentionally did this and he is now a hero across the nation. He has movie stars supporting him and even had his photo on the front page of the Sunday Trubune. Where is justice?
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Scholarly Interests
Selected Publications
Beck, E. T., Goldberg, J. L., Knefelkamp, L. L. (2003). Integrating Jewish issues into the teaching of psychology. In P. Bronstein & K. Quina (Eds.), Teaching gender and multicultural awareness: Resources for the psychology classroom (pp. 237-252).
Knefelkamp, L. L. (2000). Encountering diversity on campus and in the classroom: Advancing intellectual and ethical development. Diversity Digest, Spring/Summer).
Knefelkamp, L. L. (1999). Introduction and theory update. In W. G. Perry, Form of intellectual and ethical development in the college years (pp. xi-xxxviii).
Gaff, J., Schneider, C.G., Ekman, R., Ellison, C., Guardo, C.J., Hess, R., Johnston, J.S., Knefelkamp, L., Miller, G., Johnson, R., Levyreiner, S., Spalding, J.R. (1998). Taking stock: A roundtable discussion on general education. Liberal Education, 74, 11-23.
Knefelkamp, L. L., & Schneider, C. (1997). Education for a world lived in common with others. In R. Orrill (Ed.), Education and democracy: Re-imagining liberal learning in
Knefelkamp, L.L. (1993). Higher education and the consumer society. Liberal Education, 79, 8-13
Knefelkamp, L.L. (1993). The multicultural curriculum and communities of peace. Liberal Education, 78, 26-35.
Knefelkamp, L.L. (1991). The seamless curriculum. CIC Deans Institute: Is this good for our students?
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There is an increasing emphasis in studying and understanding the individual's intellectual complexity and its relationship to how one conceptualizes issues of the multi-cultural self in the context of social and professional situations. Similarly, there is a growing concern to study and understand how one conceptualizes issues of complexity of a group within an organization and the use of critical thinking capacities in organizational learning.
In exploring the developmental theories of the multi-cultural self from the context of multiple organizational settings, this workgroup integrates four major theoretical strands: identity development, intellectual development, intercultural sensitivity, and the organizational role. To apply these models, the workgroup is creating the qualitative research protocols and coding manual for the theories.
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by Doug Dickerson
posted May 14 2013 8:50AM
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him go.
– Abraham Lincoln
A well-known story in some sectors of coastal communities such as where I live is that of the crab mentality. It is used to describe selfish or short-sighted people whose thinking bends toward the notion of, "If I can't have it, neither can you".
The crab basket mentality says that if you have a pot of crabs and one is climbing out in an effort to escape then the others will pull him back down rather than allow it to go free. The other crabs had rather share the same doomed fate than allow another among its ranks to climb out.
As a leader you may find yourself in a crab basket with others who have the same intentions for you. You get the raise or promotion and inevitably someone is jealous and you feel that subtle tug. You landed that coveted new account and strangely now begin to feel the claws of others around you. Every time you make an effort to move up and better yourself you have to resist the tug of those who would like to pull you down and hold you back. But you have to learn to let them go. Here are three things to consider as you climb out of the crab basket.
Let go of your past.
Before anyone in your present can restrict you in a negative way you must lighten your load and let go of negative things from your past. So long as you hold on to past defeats, mistakes, or bad attitudes you will never climb to the heights you desire.
Your climb to the top of the basket begins when you make peace with your past and place yourself in a position to climb unencumbered toward your goals and dreams. When you let go of the past you can create your future. Your climb up begins here. You may have to forgive others; you may have to forgive yourself. But you will not move up so long as you allow your past to hold you down.
Let go of bad people.
This is perhaps one of the hardest things to learn as a leader. But if you are ever going to climb your way to the top of the basket and live above the level of mediocrity you will have to separate yourself from those who want to hold you down.
It may be hard because up until now you may have seen these crabs as your friends. They have been colleagues; you have enjoyed happy hour together, and thought of them as allies. But keep this in mind - good people do not try to sabotage your success they celebrate it. Good people do not try attempt to pull you down and but had rather climb up with you. As a leader you have to wise up and recognize that not everyone in the pot with you wants to see you succeed. Be strong enough to acknowledge it and have the courage when necessary to climb alone.
Let go of small dreams.
In the bottom of the crab basket there is not much room for growth and the view is always the same. The way out is up. It's when you fix your eyes on larger dreams and possibilities that you begin to realize that life in the basket is never going to change. The road to your improvement begins with the choice to climb out.
It's been written and asked many times but I will share it again here: What would you attempt to do if you knew that you could not fail? What are you dreams? I don't know what's in your heart but I do know this to be true – until you let go of your past, and let go of bad people, you will always have small dreams. It's time to let go of every bad attitude, toxic relationship, and negative influence that would attempt to pull you down.
Your way out begins with by taking the first step. Let go and start climbing!
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cool man cool and i love how luffy is getting no votes lol i just put him up to please that one person who will say what about luffy LOL although lucci should get one vote lol
Magellan is more badass than all the admirals anyway, they should just promote him
ok icic but i dont know if he could beat enel
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We all know that these zombies can only be destroyed by removing thier soul. So for, there are only two known soul removal techniques. The one used by Nagato and the other one used by both Minato and The Third Hokage. These jutsos aren't your average ninja's jutsos. I doubt if there are other ninjas who are capable of doing such jutsos. There might be some similar jutsos in other villages.
Without using a soul removal technique, I guess the only way to defeat these zombies is by immobilizing and paralizing them
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Skip to comments.WaPo Writer: Holocaust Excuses Polanski Fleeing Child Rape Charge
Posted on 09/27/2009 3:06:23 PM PDT by kristinn
Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum serves up a sickening rationale to excuse film director Roman Polanski fleeing justice for his rape of a thirteen-year-old girl in the 1970s: the Holocaust.
Polanski was arrested today in Switzerland on an arrest warrant based on his fleeing justice in 1977.
Wrote Applebaum in a web posting at "Post Partisan":
He can be blamed, it is true, for his original, panicky decision to flee. But for this decision I see mitigating circumstances, not least an understandable fear of irrational punishment. Polanski's mother died in Auschwitz. His father survived Mauthausen. He himself survived the Krakow ghetto, and later emigrated from communist Poland.
Applebaum undermines her insulting theory by noting that Polanski was cleared as an early suspect in the 1969 Manson Family murder of his wife, Sharon Tate in California, the same state where he pled guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
The Smoking Gun has background on the case including unsealed gandjury testimony taken from the victim two weeks after the attack:
Following his indictment on various sex charges, Polanski agreed to a plea deal that spared him prison time (he had spent about 45 days in jail during a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation). But when it seemed that a Superior Court judge might not honor the deal--and sentence Polanski to prison--the director fled the country.
According to her testimony, Polanski plied her with champagne, half a Quaalude and then anally raped her.
Applebaum has ties to Poland, having lived and worked there--and being married (at least as of this 2006 column) to a Polish government minister.
I would like to believe it is her association with Washington Posties, and not her Polish ties, that has so appallingly affected her judgment.
Using the Holocaust on Yom Kippur to excuse a child rapist. Now that's shameful.
What a SICK pervert. He drugged and raped a 13 year old and he blames it on the holocaust???? He is a victim!! What a puke.
Children can be sacrificed on the altar of the gods of Political correctness in this case an odd bizarre excuse of having survived the holocaust.
What an insult to all those WWII survivors who did not succumb to evil.
Didn't the Mendez brothers plead for mercy because they were orphans?
If he's that mentally ill, as the author claims he is, then he should be in an asylum.
I used to be in love with her. What an idiot.
pretty sick cop-out
he fled before his case was completed.
it is a legal process hung in limbo.
let justice be done.
The man is a cruel, sick twisted pervert and he will be defended to the hilt by the far left. And some screwed up libertarians too.
I've heard of a "stretch" before but this has to be The Mother of All Stretches.
I heard one defendent REPEATEDLY mention that she was the *granddaughter* of holocaust survivors —like that was going to mitigate against her crime or something...! Hahahhahhaah...!
It may be worth mentioning that the judge had reneged on the plea deal.
This is sickening to us, or to any normal person. But I'm willing to bet this arrest will raise enormous amounts of bad feeling among the pederasts, free sexers, and libs in Europe and in Hollywood. Not to speak of the French who sheltered him all those years.
For them, Polanski is a genius, a cinema trailbreaker, a good guy, someone who is misunderstood by us peons.
If Obama goes ahead and deals with the Swiss to extradite him, it will get him into big trouble with his typical supporters. And if he turns the opportunity down, it will get him into trouble with normal people.
I think the Swiss have just managed to hand him a pig in a poke.
Yeah, but the judge, I'm sure, was a Holocaust survivor too, so she's excused. Therefore, Polanski has no excuse.
(Even if the judge wasn't a Holocaust survivor, the judge was a woman and all women are victims and therefore all women are incapable of doing wrong.
Ergo, the judge did no wrong in hinting (hearsay evidence on this only) that she would disregard the plea agreement and sentence him to 100 years. Since the judge did no wrong, Polanski can't use the judge's reneging as an excuse.
Ergo, Polanski has no excuse.
"I used to be in love with her."
I'm sure you mean Sharon Tate and not Anne Applebaum;)
The only thing "shameful" is it took 31 years to do this. The question is now why? You can't hide money there let alone try to have a life without the 0bama hovering over your every move. Why now?
The 0ne has a plan for your every move. If you don't believe me, so what. I could care less.
The 0ne will take care of you and your children. I wont.
More proof of the 'Oprahfication' of our society. Very sad.
Bummer knows he's in trouble with normal people anyhow. But he will prolly find a way of throwing Holder under the bus.
Here's an extended, and fairly revealing interview by Larry King with the girl from Feb 2003.
If you deal with a Swiss bank having no US branches, you're still good to go.
This is more than a pig in a poke. The Swiss gave Bummer a tiger by the tail.
No - Anne - always liked all her stuff and most especially her Gulag (far better than Solzhi's)
It is rare for a Judge to not honor a plea bargain BUT it is never guaranteed that a Judge will accept it, and Judges are not ethically allowed to participate in the negotiations (although some routinely do, or at least give the sides a sign that he will live with it or not). One thing I read in the Larry King interview of victim: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0302/24/lkl.00.html
is that Polanski pleaded to Unlawful Sex with a Minor and that he had already served 45 days when being evaluated (where is the shrink's report?). It sounds like it was reduced from a Rape charge to what amounts to statutory rape, a much less severe charge. He should just stick with his plea and see what the new Judge gives him. The former Judge has apparently passed away. The French and Polish authorities say they will appeal to Obama for clemency. It is out of his hands as it is a state charge. Maybe Ahnold will give him a break, or maybe he'll get out his Conan the Barbarian sword and go medieval on him.
WHY did France AND Germany let this POS go free for so many decades???
If any of us peons sodomized a 13yo and fled to France, we'd be extradited back faster than our lawyer could cash his retainer check.
I say put his butt in jail.
Let's think this through - do we hear Polanski saying, "I couldn't get Mauthausen out of my mind, so I drugged and sodomized a 13-year-old"? Pardon a bit of skepticism here. Or, "I was really upset at Sharon getting knifed by those Manson animals, so I drugged and sodomized a 13-year-old"? Actually we do not hear Polanski saying anything that absurd, and it stretches credulity to hear Applebaum attempting to say it for him.
I'll happily listen to Polanski's side of this, because I haven't really heard it yet. But that one just isn't going to cut it.
If any of us peons sodomized a 13yo and fled to France, we'd be extradited back faster than our lawyer could cash his retainer check.
IIRC this rape occured in Jack Nickelsons house, I can't confirm but I think so.
Was he not involved with Sharon Tate???
*If any of us peons sodomized a 13yo and fled to France, we'd be extradited back faster than our lawyer could cash his retainer check. *
Really? Ira Einhorn would disagree...well, he didn't rape anyone, just murdered her and stuffed her in a trunk, then lived a cushy life in France for a couple decades.
I guess the common denominator is leftism. If Polanski had been a conservative, his ass would be still be in a California prison.
I didn't read the article, but I'm surprised that the Holocaust was the cop-out...one would think having one's 8 month pregnant wife butchered like a hog by the Manson family would get you a pass easier than the Holocaust...oh, well.
Can't wait to see Polanski on Letterman after his case is dismissed. Both of them have such a special appreciation for 13 year old girls.
Of course it does.
And if you disagree you ARE a holocaust denier.
Case closed, get out of Swiss jail free.
"Hitler made me do it!"
So, it is OK to drug and violate 13 year old kids if your parents were murdered during WW2. Or if your wife was murdered by a madman. This Appelbaum is a vile defender of the indefensible. The Washington Post is a good place for her.
It looks like Anne was grasping for straws - this might be the real reason she came up with this absurd story.
Yes, and what she also fails to mention is that Poland just passed one of the strictest laws regarding statutory rape in all of Europe. From now on, any adult convicted of having consensual/non-consensual sex with a child under the age of 15 will not only be subject to a long prison sentence, but if they are released, they are to be chemically castrated!
So on the one hand the Polish government is touting how "tough" they are against sexual offenders and on the other, they are pleading for the US to let this particular sexual offender go.
The good news here is that if you look at the WashPost website, Annenbaum is getting her ass handed to her by her readership who are pointing out the faulty "logic" in her piece.
Polanski has managed to avoid dealing with this because France has refused extradition since he fled there as have some other nations over the years. He finally showed up in a place where the proper paperwork was in place and the local government agreed to cooperate.
There's actually a great article on Salon, in response to Annenbaum's article. The author there reminds everyone the "real" story here: Polanski raped a 13 yr old girl! (And she drives that point home, by citing the testimony of the then 13 yr old girl.) This wasn't simply a case of consensual, yet statutory rape, it was in fact non-consensual rape and Polanski had plied the girl with drugs and champagne in order to lower her defenses before he forced himself on her. The guy even went so far as to worry about getting the girl pregnant, at which point he switched to raping her anally. (The full testimony is available on smokinggun.com)
I totally agree. If you travel down the BS road that Polanski defenders have taken you can make the same case for Hitler himself. Hitler had experienced the horrors of WWI, was gassed with mustard gas, imprisoned and faced a possible death sentence (that was sadly not carried out) for a failed coup attempt in 1923. Hitler's life was so "sad" as to absolve him of the murder of 6 million Jews and about 50 million Europeans and Americans during WWII.
Yea, it's weird how France and Poland have protected this pedophile who committed atrocities that are indeed illegal in both of these countries.
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- Leopard-printed satin & suede upper
- Back zipper
- Oversized bow at exterior side
- Round toe
- Fully lined in grosgrain
- 4" heel
- Leather sole
- Made in Italy
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Hoffnungstal, Gnadenheim (Semsotka), Philippowka
The material in this book covers almost the same history that is
found in Hoffnungstal, und Seine Schwaben by Liebgrandt, and Hoffnungstal,
Bilder einer Deutschen Siedlung in Bessarabien. Both of these books
were earlier reviewed in Heritage Review.
The materials that are new are seven maps on Bessarabia; several
pages on the government of Bessarabian Germans in Russia and Romania
from 1814-1940; five pages on Gnadenheim, a neighboring village
4 km to the west of Hoffnungstal; an article on life after the Repatriation
of 1940, and reports of three visits back to Hoffnungstal in 1977,
1979, and 1983.
About one third of this book (57 pages) lists the founders of Hoffnungstal,
the people who lived there up through 1940. For those who had ancestors
in this region, these lists (plus 65 pictures) can be invaluable
sources of information.


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Valentino Crystal Rope Sandal
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With a collection of beautifully crafted footwear, Valentino is the perfect combination of effortless appeal and iconic style. This crystal-encrusted sandal is the perfect addition to your summer shoe collection.
- Crystal-encrusted upper
- Ankle straps with adjustable buckles
- Round toe
- Fully lined in leather
- 1" crystal-encrusted heel
- Leather sole
- Made in Italy
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Return of the Cranes Celebration
One of the best places for watching the Sandhill Crane is the Open Space Visitor Center, which is located adjacent to farm fields managed by the Open Space Division as wildlife habitat. Since its official opening in 2006, the Visitor Center has become a haven for wildlife enthusiasts, as it allows for unique views of Sandhill Cranes and other bird species, with the spectacular backdrops of the Sandia Mountains and the Cottonwood forests of the Rio Grande.
On November 16th and 17th, join us and take part in FREE programs that honor the winter migratory season of this unique creature.
*Activities include:
All programming takes place at the Open Space Visitor Center unless otherwise noted.
Book of Cranes Exhibit
Silk Paintings Exhibit and Sales by Judith Roderick
Waking Up Crane film
Web of Life Foundation
Albuquerque Origami Society
Solar Scopes
Viewing Scopes
8:00 AM: Bosque Bird Walk, Judy Liddell & Barbara Hussey, authors of Birding Hot Spots in Central New Mexico
9:00 AM: Tai Chi with the Cranes, Sifu Dug Corpolongo
10:00 AM: Craneology 101, Jennifer Owen-White, Valle de Oro Refuge Manager
11:00 AM: Silk Painting Demonstration, Judith Roderick, Artist
11:30 AM: Tin Punch Workshop, Joshua Willis
12:00 PM: Stories of Wolves, film by Web of Life Foundation founder, Elke Duerr
1:30 PM: Love in the Bosque, a musical by Phil Bock
3:00 PM: Love in the Bosque, a musical by Phil Bock
4:00 PM: Fly-Out Walk at Los Poblanos Fields, Bill Pentler
7:00 AM: Fly-In at Los Poblanos Fields, Dave Mehlman, The Nature Conservancy
9:00 AM: Tai Chi with the Cranes at Los Poblanos Fields, Sifu Dug Corpolongo
9:00 AM: Yoga with the Cranes, $15
10:00 AM: Crane Management in the Middle Rio Grande Valley, Kristin Madden, Wildlife Biologist, NMGF
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Birds on Display, Wildlife Rescue
11:30 AM: Book of Cranes, exhibit background, poetry reading, and calligraphy cranes
1:00 PM: Birds in the Pueblo World, Dr. Matt Schmader, Archaeologist
2:30 PM: The Two Roses, Bonnie Schmader (flute) & Donese Mayfield (harp)
*Schedule subject to change