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Secretary of State John Kerry said he has "big heels to fill" and recalled a childhood brush with Communism in first-day remarks to State Department employees that gave no indication of changes he may envision for U.S. foreign policy.
On Kerry's first formal day on the job, he pledged today to focus on the safety of U.S. diplomats around the world and to not let politics obscure the legacy of four Americans killed in the September attack in Benghazi, Libya. He spent the weekend after his Friday swearing-in ceremony making calls to allies around the world.
The former Massachusetts senator is the first white male to hold the job as top U.S. diplomat in 16 years. He takes on the post as the U.S. is working toward withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, facing a civil war in Syria and rising Islamist threats in North Africa, and dealing with tensions over disputed claims in the oil-rich South China Sea. Most pressing may be the looming specter of a confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program.
None of that made it into Kerry's welcome remarks, which he kept light and -- for a famously loquacious speaker -- relatively short. He alluded to his two immediate predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice.
"Here's the big question after the last 8 years," Kerry told the hundreds of employees who crowded the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Building. "Can a man actually run the state department? As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill."
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Kerry thanked Clinton and President Barack Obama "for his trust in me to take on this awesome task."
Obama's "vision and what he has implemented" over the last few years, "without any question, has restored America's place and reputation in the world," Kerry said.
Kerry, 69, is the first white male to hold the job since Warren Christopher stepped down as Secretary of State in 1997. Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Rice and Clinton have held the office since then.
Kerry, a 28-year veteran of the Senate and the former chairman of its Foreign Relations Committee, told the crowd he had the Senate in his blood, "but it's also true that the foreign service is in my genes."
His father was a foreign service officer who took his family overseas to Berlin. His sister worked at the United Nations and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, speaks five languages, he said.
Holding up his first diplomatic passport, issued when he was 11 years old, Kerry told the crowd that when his family lived in Berlin, he once used the passport to bicycle into the Russian-controlled sector of the postwar divided city.
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Tupelo High science teacher Teresa Ware gets charged up by hands-on learning in the chemistry lab and common planning time with her colleagues.
Saltillo Primary's Sandra Magers has taught for 24 years but is constantly hunting for fresh techniques that will help her first-graders.
Pontotoc Middle teacher Angela Harris is combining her passion as a new teacher with the best practices to guide her fifth graders toward deeper learning.
These three education professionals were recommended to the Daily Journal as three of the many examples of excellent teaching in the region.
Excellent teaching is often singled out as the most important element for successful schools, but it comes in different styles, approaches and packages.
"One size does not fit all when it comes to teaching," said Nancy Loome, executive director of the Parents Campaign, which advocates for excellence in Mississippi schools.
However, there are universal attributes of excellent teachers, say Loome and several other Mississippi education experts. Attractive classroom bulletin boards aren't on the list.
Teachers should be experts in the subject areas they're teaching, education advocates say. The ability to grasp, master and communicate content is crucial.
"You can't teach what you don't know," said Tom Burnham, who has led the Mississippi Department of Education and the University of Mississippi School of Education.
Some of these elements are in place in the state's current requirements. For seventh through 12th grade, teachers must have a strong knowledge base in their content areas.
Although the elementary level teachers earn endorsements for particular areas, they aren't required to match the same depth as their secondary counterparts.
Loome would like to see more depth for elementary teachers in a particular content area. The structure of elementary schools – where most educators teach all subjects – also needs to change to reflect more specialization.
"A first-grade math teacher needs to be an expert in math with a full understanding of all the complexities," Loome said. "We think that's really important."
Part of the solution is increasing the academic requirements and attracting the best and brightest into teaching, and that work has begun.
"Internationally, top performing systems are attracting the top 10 percent of university students," Burnham said. "If we increase the rigor, we're going to have better teachers."
Equally important is a passion for teaching and children.
"There are a lot of people who know their stuff who don't have a passion for teaching," Ole Miss Education Dean David Rock said. "That is an issue. We've got to find people who are passionate people."
Unfortunately, there are people in the profession who come to realize they aren't energized by working with children, Burnham said.
"They have to like children and have a personal motivation to see children succeed," Burnham said.
That passion is what drives excellent teachers to spend hours digging through the curriculum, hunting down new teaching methods and staying current in their field.
Classroom management skills are essential, but in excellent teaching they extend beyond getting the rowdy kids to simmer down.
It's creative ways to engage students in the content area.
"It's making learning interesting and relevant," Loome said.
Strong classroom management skills mean being ready for anything.
"You've got to have poise. You are going to be challenged by bright students," MSU Education Dean Richard Blackbourn said. "You are going to be challenged by students who maybe are not performing, who are going to be disruptive. If you're teaching adolescents, they may say anything to you."
Along with that ability to engage, excellent teachers are tuned in to feedback from their students.
"It's one thing to present; it's another thing to teach," Loome said. "It's knowing what students are grasping and how to adjust."
This is where the excellent teachers know when they need to deviate from pacing guides and make sure their students truly learn a skill, she said.
Teachers need to be comfortable with technology, but it's not just using the lastest gadget to spice up their presentation.
Excellent teachers need to be adept at drilling into test assessment data to pinpoint concepts and skills that their students need to master.
"They need to be using data to inform the way they teach," Loome said.
No matter what subject and grade they teach, Loome said teachers need to have one other skill in their tool boxes – the ability to teach reading.
"Unfortunately, too many children in sixth through eighth grade are not proficient readers," Loome said. Teachers at the upper levels need to be prepared to identify children who aren't reading proficiently and get them help.
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THE DAILY JOURNAL continues its year-long "State of Our Schools" series with the fifth installment of a six-day look at the importance of improving teacher quality in Mississippi. Today's stories explore the question of what makes an excellent teacher and include profiles of high-performing educators. Tomorrow's concluding installment will address the challenge of keeping teachers in the classroom. To view the entire series, visit http://educationmatters.djournal.com/state-of-our-schools.
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Chesty Femme Fatale Robs Gas Station at Bust-Point
Australian authorities are asking for the public's help in tracking down a bosom-y, blonde-haired twentysomething female suspected of holding up a gas station on Queensland's Gold Coast early this morning.
The woman, who has been dubbed the "buxom bandit" by police, entered the Arundel service station around 12:30 AM and headed for the cash register. Hoping her pronounced cleavage would distract the CCTV camera away from her clearly visible face, the woman proceeded to threaten the attendant with a knife and demand money.
Police noted that, though the chesty culprit was wearing a fingerprint-concealing glove, she used her ungloved hand to touch the counter and other objects that stayed behind.
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A handful of unexpected things happened Thursday night at Bell Centre in Montreal. Enigmatic centre Tyler Bozak (not a typo) had his first three-point game of the entire season. Didn't see that coming. Phil Kessel followed up a game-winning goal (v. the Islanders) with a four-point game. Sure as hell didn't see that coming. And the Leafs, as a team, did something only elite clubs tend to do.
After the Leafs had taken their 3-1 lead, chased Alex Auld from the Canadiens' net, and tromped into the room after the first period - they blew it. They blew the lead. Just four minutes into the second, the lead was gone. The game was tied. Typically, that's when the Leafs pull the old el-foldo. Nonsensical penalties would be taken. Power-play goals would be surrendered. And Toronto would go home with its tail between its legs. But, for some reason, not in Montreal.
That's when Tyler Bozak (again, not a typo) pumped one on the PP. Then, for good measure, Bozak tallied again to start the third. The Leafs came back to win the game after they'd blown a two-goal lead. Coming back to win a game after blowing a lead is, generally, a characteristic reserved for elite-level teams in any sport.
Now, let met make this perfectly clear, the Leafs ARE NOT an elite-level NHL team. But, by doing what they did Thursday night, they exhibited another characteristic of a winning club. They are becoming the team Brian Burke clearly feels they can be.
Another barometer of a team's overall effectiveness rests in one-goal games. Teams with an over-.500 record in one-goal games are, generally, winners. Right now, the Leafs sit 15th in the NHL in one-goal affairs. Their record is 14 wins, 5 regulation losses and 7 overtime/shootout losses. That's .538. Of course, the Leafs' last four wins have been exactly that – one-goal games. Huge.
Last season, the Leafs ranked 22nd in one-goal games – 16 wins, 8 losses, 14 overtime/shootout losses, .421.
That fact that, prior to Monday's trade deadline, Burke's understood priority is a defenceman, rather than the fan-desired centre to "get Phil Kessel the puck," confirms that he doesn't give a rat's a** about what popular opinion says. Burke's gonna do what Burke's gonna do. How can you not like that?
Was Tyler Bozak's breakout game a harbinger or a one-off? Don't forget, Phil Kessel had a 14-game goalless drought. Is that a distant memory…or could he hit the doldrums again any time? Answers begin Saturday v. Pittsburgh.
Not a horrid weekend. 2 out of 4 possible points. Showed some sparks of a great team. But they are, unfortunatly, in no better place today than they were Friday. Which is a bummer. March is going to be rough. But it's time to let us know if we need to get our hopes up like Flyers fans last season.


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Marian University has been selected to host a Fulbright Scholar from China as part of the Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. Posted by Julie Adams
Marian University has been selected to host a Fulbright Scholar from China as part of The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Sunji Cui, Ph.D. (SHUN-tshee Tswee), an expert in international relations at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, was awarded the Fulbright grant by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Dr. Cui, Marian University's first Fulbright scholar-in-residence, will help to further internationalize the university and The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies by teaching courses in the Global Studies curriculum, assisting the university with developing study abroad opportunities in China, and engaging with the central Indiana community. On Wednesday, September 12, 2012, she will present the first lecture of the 2012-13 Global Studies Speaker Series, entitled United States-China Relations: Creative Thinking for Common Challenges. As with all Global Studies Speaker Series events, this lecture will be free and open to the public and will be held in the Marian University Theatre at 7 p.m. on the Marian University campus. "We are honored to welcome Dr. Shunji Cui to the Marian University community and The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies this year," said Marian University President Daniel J. Elsener. "I'm confident her expertise and guidance will enhance our already outstanding global studies program, and our students, faculty, and staff will benefit tremendously from her leadership." Cui is one of approximately 850 outstanding foreign faculty and professionals who will teach and/or research in the United States through the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program in 2012-13. The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program brings scholars and professionals from abroad to U.S. colleges and universities to significantly internationalize campuses and curricula. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The primary source of funding for the Fulbright Program is an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations and foundations in foreign countries and in the United States also provide direct and indirect support. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. The program operates in more than 155 countries worldwide. Since its establishment in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Fulbright Program has given approximately 310,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and scientists the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. Fulbright alumni have achieved distinction in government, science, the arts, business, philanthropy, education, and athletics. Forty-three Fulbright alumni from 11 countries have been awarded the Nobel Prize, and 81 alumni have received Pulitzer Prizes. Prominent Fulbright alumni include: Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient; John Atta Mills, President of Ghana; Lee Evans, Olympic Gold Medalist; Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate and 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry recipient; Riccardo Giacconi, Physicist and 2002 Nobel Laureate; Amar Gopal Bose, Chairman and Founder, Bose Corporation; Renee Fleming, soprano; Jonathan Franzen, Writer; and Daniel Libeskind, Architect. Fulbright recipients are among more than 40,000 individuals participating in U.S. Department of State exchange programs each year. For more than sixty years, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has funded and supported programs that seek to promote mutual understanding and respect between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, a division of the Institute of International Education. For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, please visit our web site athttp://fulbright.state.gov or contact James A. Lawrence, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, telephone 202.632.3241 or email@example.com.
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Yeah for a chick on the east coast who had to deal with this crap during one of the worst winters ever this is so NOT funny.ReplyCancel
I thought it was funny as hell…guess I am a dick! Go to your local roller or ice skating rink people, same thing happens there….geez oh man.ReplyCancel
It brings back memories, at uni, I lived on campus it had been a strong El Nino winter that was mild mild mild, I don't think we had a single flake of snow, so in March it rained overnight but was cold enough to freeze in the morning but no one realized it until you got out there, and everyone was flailing and falling, including me who fell 3 times, no one was laughing everyone had to pay attention to themselves but there was a lot of cursing.ReplyCancel
I thought this was funny. Not the kids falling, but the guy laughing at them. Those kids are young and can handle a fall along with a touch of humility. I miss those days.
Now if he were outside of a grocery store filming old people fall, that would be dickish.ReplyCancel
I went to college in the Pacific Northwest, where it rained/snowed 10 months of the year,and I lived on the top of this giant hill one year. On the other side of the hill was a frat that, regardless of circumstances, drunken idiots would try to ascend to get to. The results were fucking hilarious, and I guess I can laugh at it now because I definitely busted my ass falling down that hill more than once. Ah, memories.ReplyCancel
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In love with these micro four thirds and four thirds options. Was interested in getting the larger #panasonic_lumix_dmc_g10 before setting eventually on an even larger full dSLR, the #Nikon_D90
Just can't justify the comparable cost for a smaller body at the expense of image quality. Highly suggest it for individuals for whom size and weight plays a much more important role in buying a camera, though! Know there are many more of those types of people out there these days. Just too bad it won't make it to market for Christmas.
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So what are the relative scales that you're talking about. Are the 4/3 options half the size/weight, and 80% of the quality? The DMC-GF2 looks pretty bad ass.
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slight correction: I thought the G1/G2/G10 etc were four thirds whereas the GF1 and GF2 were micro four thirds - simply based on the fact that the cameras are considerably smaller. I knew the G10 etc didn't have mirrors, but it turns out the four thirds design is used with mirrors, like any SLR, and is all but extinct.
A comparison based on weight (body only - no lenses):
Canon G12 (professional P&S w/ lens): 351g
Panasonic GF1 (slightly larger than the GF2): 285g
Panasonic G1: 385g
Nikon D3100 (latest, lower-end full dSLR offering - smaller than other models in the line): 455g
Nikon D7000 (prosumer upgrade to the D90): 690g
Nikon D3s (professional full frame camera): 1,240g
Yale11/09/2010 11:47
As for comparing image quality - that's probably very difficult even for an expert on optical electronics / optics to make. Personally I would say 80-90% is a fair assessment. The photographer's knowledge and ability to photograph properly, the specific subject / environment they shoot most often (eg/ portrait, landscape, low light, etc...), and how well their lens is suited to said type of photography, play much larger roles in the quality of the image, bigger than any technical differences by far.
Here are some direct technical comparisons which should have some meaning, if all else is equal:
DxOMark (which some believe is an arbitrary measurement) gives the GF1 a score of 53 overall - with the ability to capture 21.2bits of colour data with a dynamic range of 10.3EVs. The D3100 has an overall score of 67, 22.5 bits and 11.3EVs. It also almost doubles the GF1's score for low light sensitivity - most likely due to the larger sensors ability to soak up more light.
For interest and comparison to more expensive cameras: the brand new D7000 gets a score of 80 (second highest to date for a APS-C sensor), 23.5bits, 13.9EVs, and the slightly older, professional full frame D3s - used primarily for low light / fast sports photography - gets an 82, 23.5bits, 12EVs, but a low light sensitivity almost 3x that of both the D7000 and D3100 - again not only due to the fact that it generates the image with a full frame sensor much larger than both of those cameras - but a lower resolution one (12MP vs ~14-16MP).
While there are no full reviews of the D3100 out right now, I'd probably point an interested amateur photographer in that direction first.
Amanie11/10/2010 02:42
Thanks for all the camera info. I've been really wanting to get a DSLR, any recommendations? You mentioned the #nikon_d3100, would that be your pick for a mid-range camera?
Yale11/10/2010 02:50
Yeah, I'd hold off until some professionals review it - but that shouldn't be long. Looks like a real winner to me, but you never know.


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Looking Back While Preparing to Move Forward with Summer Meals
This week is National Summer Food Service Program Kickoff Week, an important time to emphasize USDA's commitment to ensure children and teens have access to safe, nutritious meals when school lets out. Through the Summer Food Service Program, federal assistance is provided for state agencies and non-profit sponsors to help children in eligible high-need areas get the proper nutrition they need during the summer when schools are not in session.
Thanks to the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act, students across the country are getting healthier school meals with more whole grains, fruits and vegetables, lean protein and low-fat dairy, as well as less sugar, fat, and sodium. With more than 90 percent of schools meeting the healthy meal standards, children are getting the nutrition needed to reach their full potential. But poor nutrition during the summer months can also affect children's academic performance during the school year. USDA's summer feeding programs help children get the nourishing food they need all year long so they come back to school in the fall ready to learn. Read more »


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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
A little obsessed with blue
Magnolia Square market below
pinterest board for a while now and I posted about it here. At last I had a chance to get my paws on some blue paint and have been painting almost everything around me blue! I started with redoing my backdrop which I use for the design markets - I painted one half in a rich turquoise and the other half got a new lick of blackboard paint. I love the gold frames on the turquoise, some colours are just made to be together. Then on the weekend I decided to paint our living room wall in a dove egg blue - or there abouts, I mixed it myself, with the left over turquoise, some ink and some white wall paint I had lying around... I was quite pleased with the result!
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Social conflict within and between cultural groups forms the context of collections gathered under this subject heading. The development of organizations either supporting or attempting to change the status quo are represented in collections ranging in theme from local social unrest to world war and its aftermath. Special attention is given to the literal and visual propaganda supporting armed conflict.
Several countries and languages are represented in the collections. Two collections, the Mazarinades collection and the French Revolution collection, though they span a century, contain materials depicting the gradual rise and increasing power of the monarchy and the revolution toppling it. The Spanish Civil War collection consists of materials supporting both sides of the conflict and includes a sizable amount of materials extolling the Basque Separatist Movement. Russian nobility, depicted visually through the engravings and photographs in the Iazykov papers, is described politically through materials relating to foreign relations, trade, and economics found in the O'Brien papers. The politics of Chile, Haiti, and China are also represented.
American political history collections begin with the Harper papers, which consist of records of American Colonial trade relations with Britain. Personal experiences and viewpoints of the Civil War are found in the Tupper papers, which show a southern family torn apart by their political views. Vivid, jingoistic posters calling Americans to support the World War II war effort stand in sharp contrast to the reality depicted in the Kenworthy Papers, which contain photographs, clippings, and descriptions of the tortures perpetrated by Japanese war criminals. The Hardin papers focus on American constitutional reform efforts, and the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) collection contains the business records of a Chinese political party branch founded in Sacramento in 1920.
Several collections consist in large part of the political tracts, essays, pamphlets, and journals promoting political action. The Radical Pamphlets collection contains materials dating from pre-revolution Russia to the McCarthy years in the United States, including many rare works by Emma Goldman, Eugene Debs, and others. The Contemporary Issues collection consists mainly of journal and pamphlet material from the late 1950's to the 1980's on a wide range of American social issues and political interest groups. Abortion, the anti-war movement, civil rights, women's liberation, and many other subjects are covered from a variety of perspectives.
Collections in this subject category comprise nearly 400 linear feet of material in a variety of formats, including posters, photographs, newsprint, and realia. Most of the material is in English, but there are materials in Spanish, French, Basque, Russian, German, Polish, Portuguese, and Esperanto. There are no geographical or chronological limits. Other materials can be found in the categories of Ethnic Studies, Language and Literature, and Performing Arts.
- Allderdice, Norman. Collection. (D-404)
- Angelo, Homer G. (1916-1998). Papers. (D-372)
- Berger, Bennett M. (1926-2005). Papers. (D-441)
- Bialuski, Rudolph L. Papers (D-462)
- Blum, Jerome J. Collection. (D-379)
- Brody, David (1930-). Papers. (D-163)
- Camejo, Peter. Papers. (D-504)
- China-Hawaii Photograph Collection. (MC023)
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- Harper, Lawrence A. (1901-1989). Papers. (D-271)
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- Veterans History Project Collection (D-454)
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Leafs vs Rangers - From The Pit That Is MSG
January 19 2011 11:18AM
Ever been to Madison Square Garden's? For all the talk of it being sport's most hallowed grounds, the "World's Greatest Arena", etc.... boy is it ever a giant pit. It's easily the worst NHL arena I've ever been to, and I've seen games at Joe Louis and the Nassau Coliseum. The entrances and exits are too few, too confusing, and painted in 1990's "cool" green and pink which matches the horrific seat colors of purple and turquoise blue. It makes me want to barf. The concourses are barely wide enough for 6 people to walk shoulder to shoulder. The food stations are too few and crowded. And good luck trying to find a bathroom. I'm convinced they don't exist. The only thing present at 7th and 32nd that sucks more than the arena, is the on-ice product delivered by the resident team.
December 29th, 2010. That's the last time the Rangers scored more than 2 goals in a game. It was against the worst team in hockey, the New Jersey Devils, and the Rangers only managed to put 3 onto the board. That was 10 games ago. Miraculously, or perhaps because they employ one of the best goaltenders in the league, the Rangers won 5 of those games and added a loser point against Tampa Bay to emerge from that span with nearly as many points, 11, as goals scored, 12. That's impressively atrocious and proof to the fact that the New York Rangers are incapable of playing exciting hockey. At the beginning of the 2008-09 season, I saw the Leafs play the Rangers at MSG and it was hands down the worst godawful hockey game I've ever watched live. It was a game that ended 0-0 after regulation and OT and saw Freddy Sjostrom of all people mercifully score the only goal in the shootout to lift the Rangers to a 1-0 win. I wanted to hang myself out of boredom.
Follow me after the jump off a high roof for more.
It's not yet been set in stone, but all fingers point to Henrik Lundqvist getting the start tonight with backup (looks up who the hell that is on NHL.com) Martin Biron getting the 2nd game of their back to back against Carolina tomorrow night. Ryan Callahan remains out for the Rangers, which is good news for the Buds because he's their best two-way forward and would have had the task of shadowing fellow American Phil Kessel all game long. Freddy Sjostrom stayed home in Toronto because of a charley horse (the hell?) and Mike Brown sits for his second of a 4 game suspension. Thankfully, Kris Versteeg returns to the lineup after missing a game relegating Brett Lebda to the MSG press box. While not currently injured, 7 million doller man Marian Gaborik is not having a good season and is only on pace for a 50 point, 22 goal season. Scott Gomez 2.0 anyone?
King Henrik is a tough nut to crack, he's second in the league with 6 shutouts, so getting traffic in front of the crease has got to be priority #1 for the Leafs. Shots from the outside aren't going to beat him, so it's time for the Buds to go to the dirty areas of the ice. I think it's time for Wilson to go back to his pre-season playbook and run the powerplay with big man Dion Phaneuf screening the goalie in front of the net. Lord knows he's not getting it done from the point with the man advantage. So a 1st PP unit of Grabbo-MacArthur-Phaneuf-Versteeg-Kaberle is what I'm lobbying for. Heed my call Ron Wilson! With a team that plays for the tie like the Rangers, special teams are more important than usual and will be the key tonight. Expect PP goals to be the decider for which ever team can score them.
Jonas Gustavsson goes tonight so Giguere can face his former team back in Toronto tomorrow night. The Monster's had 13 days of since his last start, a 6-5 shootout win against St. Louis that saw him post another sub .900 game. If he does the same tonight against a team in New York not known for lighting the lamp, then conversation about his future in Toronto need to get even more serious. For Jonas' sake, I hope that isn't the case. Let's win one for the Monster!
January 19 2011, 02:12PM
Lundqvist is probably licking his chops at the thought of facing a bottom five team in goals for with a shooting percentage of 8.9%. As much as it would be great for Gus to get a win, in the battle of dueling Swedes, I'll go with the King on this one.
Brett Lebda is out? Leafs win 4-3, tight game.
Your certainly eating your words now.
Embarrasing one for the Maple Laughs.
January 19 2011, 10:09PM
Your certainly eating your words now.
Embarrasing one for the Maple Laughs.
Get a load of this guy. Tries to eat his computer screen. What a whopper junior.
January 20 2011, 09:27AM
The Leafs getting shut out by King Henrik is not surprising, but the total lack of compete from the team was embarrassing. After a game like that, it's time to stop thinking the Leafs are even close to being a playoff team.
January 21 2011, 08:11AM
@ SkinnyFish
Gotcha. I just figured that you guys might still be on the Leafs to the playoffs bandwagon seeing as how you seemed kind of confident that the Leafs could win.
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Virgin Blue Takes NBL Sky High13/10/2004
Virgin Blue and the National Basketball League (NBL) have today announced a three-year partnership, making the multi-award winning low fare carrier the Official Airline partner of the Philips Championship.
The partnership is the first by Virgin Blue with a major national sporting body with the new relationship flying in the face of traditional sponsorship.
Virgin Blue Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey, said, "Virgin Blue is tremendously excited to form this unique partnership with the Philips Championship. We have not previously entered into sponsorships with sporting bodies because we haven't been able to find one which was a good fit for us. In the Philips Championship, we have found just such a fit. The league is vibrant and exciting and is a perfect match for our own brand."
Both Virgin Blue and the NBL have been in close consultation to develop a mutually beneficial corporate travel deal, which also includes membership for each player to the airline's new era 'Blue Room' airport lounges in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
"Not only will the players and coaches enjoy Virgin Blue's state of the art facilities and award winning service they will also be able to stretch out in our special 'Blue Zone' seats that offer plenty of leg room to accommodate even the tallest of the Philips Championship players", Brett Godfrey added.
NBL General Manager, Chuck Harmison, said, "We are delighted to join with a dynamic partner like Virgin Blue, who we believe is a perfect fit for our own brand image.
"This partnership will see our league enjoy significant player and marketing benefits in terms of cost savings and marketing support. This is a vital partnership that will provide an important assist to the Philips Championship and is yet another piece of terrific news for our league."
To celebrate today's announcement, members of the Brisbane Bullets team will also join Virgin Blue management and crew in the Blue Room at Brisbane Airport.
The Philips Championship tipped off its 27th season on 29 September and will climax with a best-of-five Grand Final series in March.
Please Note: Brisbane media are very welcome to attend today's announcement, with Virgin Blue CEO, Brett Godfrey, NBL General Manger, Chuck Harmison, and the Brisbane Bullets at 10.30am at the 'Blue Room' Lounge, Brisbane Domestic Airport, Level 2 opposite Gate 41.


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Stacy V. Jones
Recent and archived news articles by Stacy V. Jones of The New York Times.
Fire-Resistant Process For Blends of Fabric
LEAD: Many consumers recall the controversy in the 1970's over Tris, a flame-retardant chemical used in textiles. The Consumer Product Safety Commission had ordered manufacturers of children's sleepwear to treat their products with it. But later, the...
June 11, 1988, Saturday
A Pillow to Discourage Sleepers From Snoring
LEAD: Peter Sandler, founder of Thera-P-Cushion Inc. in Markham, Ontario, has patented an anti-snoring pillow. ''It has a success rate of 82 percent,'' said Mr. Sandler, who is wrapping up more than a year of market testing.
June 11, 1988, Saturday
11-Year-Old Develops A Brush for Chain Saws
LEAD: The Patent Office recognized a young inventor this week, awarding patent 4,748,745 to Richard G. Woodbridge, 11 years old, of Princeton, N.J., for his design of a brush to clear excess sawdust from chain saw cuts. ''When you cut a log, the...
June 11, 1988, Saturday
Ibuprofen to Be Used In Remedies for Colds
LEAD: A New York City physician, Dr. Abraham Sunshine, and two partners have received seven patents to use the pain reliever ibuprofen in cough and cold remedies.
June 11, 1988, Saturday
New Device To Block TV Commercials
LEAD: ALBERT P. NOVAK'S quest to kill television commercials continues. Five years ago, the inventor in Goldens Bridge, N.Y., patented a device that lets a viewer electronically mark any undesirable commercial as it crosses the screen. If the ad...
June 11, 1988, Saturday
Home Burglar Alarms That Are Only for Show
LEAD: Home burglar alarms often cost $2,000 installed. Michael Krasik of Seattle has patented a fake alarm called Scarecrow that costs considerably less.
June 11, 1988, Saturday
LEAD: Alden Schloss of Woodland Hills, Calif., who belongs to the Inventors Workshop International, has invented a rotary kite. Patent No. 4,685,642, issued to him this week, says the lift-to-weight ratio enables flying in gentle breezes. The kite is...
August 15, 1987, Saturday
LEAD: A yarn caddy that she calls a Happy Hooker has been invented by Christine A. Wilson of Ventura, Calif. She received patent No. 4,634,077 this week and has begun production.
January 10, 1987, Saturday
LEAD: Compounds patented this week are designed to prevent clots when blood is exposed to plastics and other biochemicals. Prof. Andrew Lasslo, Prof. Marion Dugdale and two former staff members at the University of Tennessee in Memphis were granted...
January 10, 1987, Saturday
LEAD: Luther G. Simjian of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., received his 218th patent this week for a practice putting device that can be used indoors. Golf balls are knocked across a ramp and a level area containing a cup. Balls missing the cup land in a...
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Canada battles powerhouse Sète
MONTPELLIER, France (March 29, 2013)– Canada's Fulltime Centre Team (FTC) men's volleyball team lost all four sets to French Pro A League powerhouse Sète on Friday as it continued its series of exhibition matches in France.
Sète which completed the regular season in second spot and is now preparing for the playoffs won 25-16, 25-20, 25-19, 28-26.
Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., led Canada with 12 points, Marc Howatson of Victoria added 11 and Rudy Verhoeff of Calgary nine.
''Sète kept us unbalanced with their defensive play,'' said Canada's FTC head coach Vincent Pichette. ''Still it was another valuable experience which will only make us better.''
Canada plays its final match of the two week tour on Saturday against Narbonne.
Team Canada arrived here March 17 for a two-week mix of training and matches. They return to their home base in Gatineau on March 31.
Canada's Fulltime Training Centre team on European Tour in Montpellier, France
Players: Louis-Pierre Mainville, Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile-Perrot, Que., Devon Parkinson, Richmond, B.C.; Marc Howatson, Victoria; Nicholas Hoag, Sherbrooke, Que.; Rudy Verhoeff, Calgary; Graham Vigrass, Calgary; Christopher Hoag, Sherbrooke, Que..; Dustin Schneider, Brandon, Man.; Jay Blankeneau, Sherwood Park, Alta.; Jonathan Sloane, Winchester, Ont.; Allen Meek, Sherwood Park; T.J. Sanders, London, Ont.
Head coach: Vincent Pichette, Gatineau
Assistant coach: Denis Gaboury, Ottawa
Head of delegation: Julien Boucher, Quebec City
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A historic temple in Bangkok, Wat Bowon Niwet Wiharn was established in 1829 and is located in the Bang Lamphu neighborhood, close to Khaosan Road tourist area. Its main ordination hall is home to the revered Phra Phutthachinnasi, an ancient Buddha image believed to be built in circa 1357. Wat Bowon Niwet Wiharn was the residence of King Rama IV during his monkhood years before accession to the throne. King Rama VII and Rama IX also resided here during their monkhood.
Opening hours: Daily 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Admission: Free
Contact: Phra Sumane Road., tel: 0 2281 2831-3
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The general reaction to Owen Farrell's nomination for the IRB Player of the Year award has been one of derision and surprise.
On what proved to be a difficult day for the IRB following the five-week ban handed out to Andrew Hore, the general reaction to Owen Farrell's inclusion on the shortlist of nominees for this year's IRB Player of the Year award has been one of derision and surprise.
First and foremost, Farrell is a great talent who made important progress during his first year in the Test arena, with crucial kicks against Scotland and Italy in the Six Nations leading to England's second place finish.
He is not the type to arrogantly swagger around following the news of his nomination – if anything he will be slightly embarrassed.
Farrell will be around for some time too and will continue to improve, but was he one of the top four players in the world over the last 12 months? Absolutely not.
The Player of the Year award is designed to celebrate the sport, not mock it, yet since Richie McCaw contentiously picked up the award in 2009 ahead of Brian O'Driscoll and Fourie du Preez, the system has left itself open to scepticism.
Although McCaw and 2005 winner Dan Carter have been phenomenal and are clear frontrunners, there are still six or so players whose performances over the last 12 months deserve to be recognised ahead of Farrell and perhaps as well Frédéric Michalak.
The immediate name that springs to mind is Juan MartÃn Fernández Lobbe. Argentina's talisman has led them superbly throughout the first Rugby Championship and then the November Internationals, with the draw against South Africa and win against Wales in Cardiff both testament to the Pumas' growth in 2012.
In this bold new era for Argentinian rugby, they need a leader who possesses both outstanding leadership skills but is also a world-class talent. Fernández Lobbe's offload for Argentina's first try against Wales defines his talent perfectly.
But what about Kieran Read? The undisputed best number eight in the world, Read's form has not dipped in about two years. On top of that, he has been the best player in the world's best team throughout 2012, with the All Blacks winning 12 tests and drawing one. His team-mate Israel Dagg has also done enough to be involved from full-back.
Then there is Bryan Habana. 2012 has been a renaissance year for one of South Africa's all-time greats, with seven tries in nine Tests including a hat-trick against Australia. His young team-mate Eben Etzebeth is another worthy of recognition, with his performance against England at Twickenham underlining what a promising talent he is.
Finally, despite Wales' slump from the high of a Grand Slam to a winless tour of Australia and three defeats so far in the November Internationals, Leigh Halfpenny has remained constantly impressive. One of the first on the plane for the Lions tour next year, Halfpenny's solidity under the high ball, pace going forward and excellent kicking game make him worthy of nomination.
All of those six players would have been included without great contention, yet now Farrell must prepare to face fellow nominee Carter on Saturday with the added pressure of being labelled as one of the four best players in the world. It has been hard enough alone for him to re-gain the starting fly-half spot for England, only getting his opportunity due to Toby Flood's injury.
For such an esteemed panel of Will Greenwood, Gavin Hastings, Raphaël Ibanez, Francois Pienaar, AgustÃn Pichot, Scott Quinnell, Tana Umaga and Paul Wallace to opt for a bizarre pick is surprising, but what it makes clear is this.
The IRB Player of the Year award clearly does matter to fans and the media, otherwise there would not be such an uproar over Farrell's inclusion. By continuing in the future to make similar eccentric picks, the award will lose it's value.
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If clean, renewable, community energy continues to expand, the arguments to restart nuclear power plants and build new coal power plants will no longer hold sway in Fukushima.
Over a span of decades, hundreds of thousands of pounds of C-8 was dumped by DuPont into the Ohio River, where it found its way into the area's drinking water.
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Chapter 10
The queen of Sheba visits Solomon—His wealth and wisdom exceed that of all the kings of the earth.
1 And when the
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon told her all her
4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
5 And the
6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which
10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of
11 And the
12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14 ¶Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
16 ¶And king Solomon made two hundred
17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18 ¶Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were
20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
21 ¶And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea a navy of
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for
24 ¶And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 ¶And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a
27 And the king
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Way back in the '80s, things called "music videos" were shown on TV. Some were seriously weird; some were forgettable; and some were classics that we still talk about today. What's your '80s music video IQ?
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Question 1 of 30
What was the first video played on MTV?
"Good Times"
"Video Killed the Radio Star"
The one-hit wonder "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles was the very first video on MTV.
"Rapper's Delight"
Question 2 of 30
What was the date the first video played?
Aug. 1, 1981
MTV hit the air at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 1, 1981.
Aug. 2, 1982
Aug. 3, 1983
Question 3 of 30
Which video got Madonna into hot water with the Catholic church for "blasphemous imagery"?
"Material Girl"
"Like a Prayer"
"Like a Prayer," with burning crosses and Madonna making out with a black saint, really touched off a firestorm in 1989.
"Like a Virgin"
Question 4 of 30
According to a 2011 Billboard poll, what was the best video of the '80s?
The legendary "Thriller" video took the prize.
"Take on Me"
Question 5 of 30
Which video won the first MTV Video Music Award (VMA) for best video, in 1984?
"Billie Jean"
"Burning Down the House"
"You Might Think"
The Cars' wacky "You Might Think" video was the inaugural winner, beating out "Thriller."
Question 6 of 30
What major '80s video featured a technique called rotoscoping?
"Take on Me"
The iconic "Take on Me" by a-ha looked like an animated pencil drawing.
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
"Road to Nowhere"
Question 7 of 30
Which artist won the Video Vanguard Award and video of the year at the 1987 VMAs?
Phil Collins
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel and Justin Timberlake are the only two artists to have achieved this feat.
Question 8 of 30
Which Peter Gabriel video won video of the year in 1987?
The stop-motion, Claymation "Sledgehammer" video won nine VMAs in 1987.
"Big Time"
"Digging in the Dirt"
Question 9 of 30
Which Prince video shows him singing in the bathtub?
"If I Was Your Girlfriend"
"When Doves Cry"
A naked Prince lip-synchs suggestively from a steaming claw-foot tub in "When Doves Cry."
"Raspberry Beret"
Question 10 of 30
Which Robert Palmer video does NOT feature a red-lipped, black-clad girl "band"?
"Addicted to Love"
"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
"Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible," with the all-babe band, have to be two of the most '80s of all '80s videos.
"Simply Irresistible"
Question 11 of 30
For this video, the obscure British band Godley & Creme used the same face-morphing technique as Michael Jackson's "Bad."
Godley & Creme were a very minor one-hit wonder with the song "Cry," but they were also video directors — and this one is a classic.
"Just Like Me"
"Love Takes Two"
Question 12 of 30
INXS won the 1988 video of the year VMA for this Bob Dylan-inspired clip.
"Need You Tonight/Mediate"
The "Mediate" section of the video featured the band displaying the lyrics on large cards, a la Bob Dylan in "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
"Never Tear Us Apart"
"New Sensation"
Question 13 of 30
Duran Duran traveled to Sri Lanka for this big-budget video.
"The Reflex"
"Hungry Like the Wolf"
The "Hungry Like the Wolf" video features Duran Duran romping through the Sri Lankan jungle.
Question 14 of 30
Which band's "Land of Confusion" video featured grotesque puppets of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan?
Huey Lewis and the News
Def Leppard
The members of Genesis were also made into puppets for the video.
Question 15 of 30
Which unlikely artist beat out Michael Jackson for video of the year in 1989?
Tony Bennett
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Neil Young's "This Note's for You," a critique of corporate sponsorship of rock music that was banned from MTV for a time, was the winner in 1989.
Question 16 of 30
In which of these videos does Chevy Chase NOT appear?
Unfortunately, Chase did not don '80s-style exercise gear in Olivia Newton-John's "Physical."
"You Can Call Me Al"
Question 17 of 30
Which of these videos is NOT in black and white?
"With or Without You"
"The Boys of Summer"
"Every Breath You Take"
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
Belinda Carlisle was in full color for "Heaven Is a Place on Earth."
"Summer of '69"
Question 18 of 30
Which comic actor can be seen singing in the chorus in the "We Are the World" video?
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
According to the video's producers, Aykroyd was in the video to represent Hollywood.
Eddie Murphy
Question 19 of 30
According to VH1's "Pop-Up Video" show, Madonna has a blink-and-you-miss-it wardrobe malfunction in this video.
"La Isla Bonita"
"Papa Don't Preach"
Madonna apparently pops out of her strapless top very briefly in "Papa Don't Preach."
Question 20 of 30
Which Wham! video features George Michael dancing around in a "choose life" T-shirt?
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
George Michael also sports some yellow fingerless gloves and very short shorts in "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go."
"Careless Whisper"
"Everything She Wants"
Question 21 of 30
What's the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Alice in Wonderland" video?
"Don't Come Around Here No More"
There are some seriously creepy moments in "Don't Come Around Here No More."
"I Won't Back Down"
Question 22 of 30
Who plays the caterpillar in that video?
Colin Hay of Men At Work
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
Dave Stewart of Eurythmics
Dave Stewart shows up on a mushroom early in the video.
Question 23 of 30
How long is the full-length "Thriller" video?
13 minutes
"Thriller" clocks in at 13 minutes.
16 minutes
19 minutes
Question 24 of 30
What's the most-played video ever?
The aforementioned "Sledgehammer" has been played more than any other.
"Take on Me"
Question 25 of 30
In which video does Steven Tyler of Aerosmith kick through a wall to meet with another band?
"Rag Doll"
"Love in an Elevator"
"Walk This Way"
In the "Walk This Way" video, Steven Tyler hears Run-DMC jamming on the other side of a wall and busts through it.
Question 26 of 30
Which Madonna video is based on the classic film "Metropolis"?
"Express Yourself"
"Express Yourself" director David Fincher was inspired by the stylized industrial look of the 1927 film.
"Crazy For You"
"Open Your Heart"
Question 27 of 30
This animated video won the video of the year VMA in 1986.
"Time After Time"
"Money for Nothing"
Dire Straits went full animation for "Money for Nothing."
Question 28 of 30
How many video of the year VMAs did Michael Jackson win?
Unbelievably, Michael Jackson never won video of the year, and he was nominated three times for "Thriller," "Scream" and "Leave Me Alone."
Question 29 of 30
Milton Berle appears as a dinner party guest in a video by this hair metal band.
Berle and the other guests are beyond shocked when Ratt's guitarist suddenly drops through the ceiling onto their dinner table.
Skid Row
Question 30 of 30
What was the first rap video that aired on MTV?
"Rapper's Delight"
"Good Times"
Perhaps Blondie's "Rapture" would be better described as a "song that includes rap" instead of an actual rap song, but no mind.


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Edna Irene Eason
Edna Irene Eason passed away the morning of Dec. 28, 2013, in Colorado Springs, with her daughter by her side. She was born on April 24, 1924, to Kiel and Bessie (Ewbank) James, in Center, Colo.
Edna married James Louis Eason on Oct. 31, 1943, in Taos, N.M. They had two children. Edna enjoyed sewing, knitting and crocheting any pattern she could find or that anyone would ask for. She was an active publisher for Jehovah's Witnesses for many years.
Her parents, her husband and her son, James Louis (Jim) Eason, Jr., preceded Edna in death. She is survived by her brother, Wendell James, daughter Jerri Eason Robbins, grandchildren, Bret Tuck Baker, Kara Baker, Krystal Baker, Tammy Eason and Brian Eason and by many great-grandchildren.
Memorial services are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Jan. 11, 2014, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 10922 Highway 160 E, in Alamosa.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Cheyenne Mountain Care Center Activities Fund, 835 Tenderfoot Hill Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, in her name.


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Vintage Flame
December 29 2011 01:49PM
Canada plays for the second night in a row, but it should have no bearing on the outcome of this game. The Canadians are rolling right now with 13 goals for and only 1 against, the penalty kill is at 100% and they are getting goals from everyone. In the last game, expectations were put on guys like Mark Scheifele and Ryan Strome; they delivered. Scheifele had two goals in the 5-0 win over the Czech Republic and it seems that one of Canada's biggest strengths when they assemble these teams every year, is that when they need someone to step up, they do.
It's always been a feather in the cap of Hockey Canada and the coaching staff, as to how quickly these teams come together with such limited preparation time.
Not much of a change in the line-up for Canada, and why would you make any significant change on a team that is on an offensive role and is playing defensively sound. I said yesterday that the outcome of the game shouldn't come down to special team play, but Canada's penalty killing was stalwart and while it probably didn't determine the outcome of the yesterday's contest, it definitely helped. Canada has a policy that they don't like to give up more than 4 power plays per game, but yesterday they gave up five, including a 5 on 3 for the Czech's. Canada controlled the game, but if the Czech's had capitalized on a few of those chances, we might have been looking at a much closer game.
Jaden Schwartz – Mark Scheifele – Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Huberdeau – Ryan Strome – Mark Stone
Quinton Howden – Freddie Hamilton – Brett Connolly
Brandon Gormley – Dougie Hamilton
Scott Harrington – Ryan Murray
Mark Pysyk – Nathan Beaulieu
Jamie Oleksiak
Scott Wedgewood played very well in his start against the Czech Republic, earning the shut-out and tallying an assist in his debut. Some say that his long bomb pass up the left side was the offensive spark Canada needed to get going in a game where they were playing somewhat flat. Is there a goalie controversy brewing for Canada? Perhaps, but it will have nothing to do with this game. Canada, in keeping with the equal rotation methodology, will go with Mark Visentin in net tonight.
Thomas Spelling - Patrick Bjorkstrand - Nicklas Jensen (A)
Nicki Kisum - Thomas Søndergaard - Rasmus Bjerrum
Nicolai Meyer - Anders Schultz - Mathias Bau Hansen
Mads Eller - Joachim Linnet - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jonas Sass
Patrick Madsen - Emil L. Kristensen
Jannick Christensen (C) - Tobias Hansen
Anders Thode - Mark M. Larsen (A)
Martin Rahbek
Denmark is still looking for their first win of the tournament, and their losing trends should continue today. Mathias Hansen is the team's top scorer, with 2 goals and Canucks prospect, Nicklas Jensen has two assists. Not a lot to get excited about, but this is one of those teams for Canada, and it will be one of those games as well. Sebastian Feuk has started both previous games for Denmark and will get the nod again against Canada. Feuk has definitely not been the reason for the Danes starting off 0-2 and won't be at fault when they are 0-3. He is a good skating goalie, but he needs to get stronger and sharpen his reflexes. At 6" 2' and 172, he's not small, but there is room to fill out. Building muscle should allow him to move around the net with more agility, given his butterfly style.
Much like Lindsay Lohan, the Danes will probably plea no contest on this one. The game should be over quickly, as it will be less of a test than the Czech's were. Canada is 1-0 against Denmark, beating them 4-1 in 2006, their only contest head-to-head at the WJC's.
Today will be a day to sit back and watch Canada lay down an old fashion beat down. Get some refreshments, hang out with your friends and perhaps invent new drinking games for everytime Canada scores or knocks a Dane on his ass.
This will all be for fun, because the next game is all business for Canada. New Years Eve will be the one everyone's waiting for and is excited to see.
December 29 2011, 02:10PM
You definitely need a picture of that blonde singer from the Heineken commercial, Mette Lindberg from the Danish band Asteroids Galaxy Tour.
December 29 2011, 02:19PM
This game is going to be a car accident for Denmark, its going to get ugly, so ugly that you cant help but watch to see what the final score will be.
Would an over/under for goal differential of 8 for this one be appropriate? I would say yes and I'll take the over.
@Vintage Flame
Sadly no. You'd think their latest export would have at least one image on the web where a Danish flag could be seen. Too bad I don't have time to photoshop a jersey onto her. What a shame, given that their commercial is played at least 4 times an hour during any hockey games lately.
December 29 2011, 05:01PM


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An Attempt At A Defensive Puck Possession Metric
JP Nikota
October 28 2011 09:22AM
I've been scratching my head for a while now, trying to come up with a puck possession metric that focuses on defense rather than offense-driven numbers. I mean, if you're Anton Volchenkov, you might be responsible for preventing a lot of goals, but there's always the chance that last year's New Jersey forwards were incapable of putting shots on the opposition's net, and that your Corsi numbers look bad. What's a defensive defenseman to do? There's got to be a way of measuring defensive contributions that isn't tied to shots or goals.
So here's my rationale: only the puck carrier can be hit, so if there is a lot of hitting in your end of the ice, the puck must be there a lot, right? Even if your team has the puck, and is getting hit a lot in their zone, doesn't that mean that you're struggling to get out? Leafs fans should certainly remember last year's broken-record recording of "to the line, but not out", so anecdotally, anyway, this makes sense.
I've done some work similar to this before, where I calculated whether teams as a whole were hitting more often in the offensive zone or defensive zone, but only recently, with the help of the wonderful Eric T (follow him @BSH_EricT) from Broad St. Hockey, was I able to get individual numbers for players.
What we did was to tally every single hit that each player was on the ice for - that is, not just when each player was being hit or was hitting (that would only reward players that hit a lot) - and determine which zone it came in. Theoretically, if players' teams hit more often in the defensive zone when a given player was on the ice, they're working more frequenty to recover the puck there.
To see whether or not this makes sense as a puck possession metric on an individual player level, I've graphed my new statistic called Zone Hit Ratio (ZHR) to see if there is any correlation to Corsi numbers. Now, I never wanted too close a correlation, because we're trying to measure something different than Corsi is, but the results were nevertheless underwhelming. This graph shows each player's ZHR compared to their Corsi in 2010-11:
So, looking at our ZHR axis, anything over 0.5 means that more than half of the hits a player was on the ice for were in his own end. There's actually a very small correlation between having a good Corsi and hitting more frequently in your own end. Of course, it's such a slight connection that it's more than likely just statistical noise. Given that p=0.174 in this case, I don't think there's much to write home about.
On the other hand, 'who is doing the hitting' has a stronger correlation with Corsi than where the hitting is going on. Here, we're looking for a relationship between a player's Hitter/Hittee ratio (again, for all players while he was on the ice). In other words, "was your team out-hit, or did your team hot more than the opposition while you were on the ice"? All data from the 2010-11 season, once again.
Here, we have a significantly stronger correlation, with a "p" value of 0.021. It's not the greatest thing I've ever seen, but it's worth talking about. It appears that if your team is controlling the play, they're going to be the recipients of more hits. Makes a certain amount of sense, right?
The only downfall of this is that it's not zone-specific, so we can't get at who is doing the most work in the defensive end, but it is a way of looking at who controls the play without examining shots or goals.
I confess to being somewhat surprised at the lack of connection between Corsi numbers and ZHR, which should measure attempts to regain puck possession, but then, there are a number of points to be considered, here. Maybe that there isn't any connection isn't so perplexing, after all.
First, is the unreliability of the data. If we can't even count on the NHL to get faceoff locations right, deciding what is/isn't a hit would be a nightmare of subjectivity.
Second, hitting an opposing player who has the puck is only one way of regaining puck possession. In fact, a well-timed stick lift or poke check is often a better option, because these other options don't take you out of the play. So measuring hits isn't anywhere close to measuring every single puck contestation that occurs in the game, and thus paints an incomplete picture of where defensive work is being done. Of course, puck contestations are far from the only way that puck possession changes, so this also neglects turnovers, dump-ins, and the like. My hope with this study was that hits happened frequently enough (and thus, with a big enough sample size) to measure puck possession in each end of the rink. Not so.
That there is a stronger relationship between the Hitter/Hittee ratio and Corsi is interesting, and merits further investigation.
I'd love to hear your thoughts/ideas on how to go about developing this, or other related ideas, so drop me a line on Twitter (@JPNikota) or leave your comments here.
October 28 2011, 09:30AM
Gunnarsson is great at stripping the opposition of the puck without necessarily making a hit. He just emerges with the puck.
October 28 2011, 10:24AM
There's got to be a way of measuring defensive contributions that isn't tied to shots or goals.
Yes, there has got to be, and there are.
Here's a quick list
Briefly, defensive GVT and defensive PC are great ways. So is DeltaSOT.
Iain Fyffe once had Point Allocations, which looked at how much ice-time a player should have based on his offensive contributions, with any excess therefore being defensive.
You can also look at a player's OZQoC - Offensive zone starts and Quality of Competition.
I've learned over the years that looking at shots and goals allowed isn't ideal, because the great defensive players are matched up against the league's best, and in the toughest situations, meaning they generally allow a lot more shots than their more defensively-challenged teammates (who get carefully sheltered).
Before I even read this, I'll say:
Attention to creating a metric for defenders/defence, which actually reflects the dynamics of the game has long been needed.
Far too long. And if it wouldn't require me to quit my job to put a dent in it, I would have tried starting.
It's frustrating to see hockey boiled down to 1. dozens and dozens of metrics for offence (forwards), 2. sv%, and 3. Time on Ice (or a few other meaningless stats) for defenders.
It turns Hockey into baseball: pitching and hitting.
Are hit counts accurate enough for this?Some places seem to favor the home team when it comes to counting hits.
October 28 2011, 01:31PM
Sometimes offense is the best defense. The lack of scoring on Wayne Gretzky, was that because he was great defensively? Or was it because the other teams were spending time in their own zone and/or so worried about his scoring that they put on defensive players in defensive roles?
How about looking at how well the team does over-all with particular players on the ice? If you really want to separate the two, and if you're happy with how to measure offensive contributions, then just subtract one from the other and you're left with defensive contributions.
Ultimately I do think defensive contributions boil down to preventing opposing offense, which is usually best generated in shots (or attempted shots/Corsi, or goals, or scoring chances, or whatever), but can also be represented by time in zone, or puck possession - which both correlate well with shots anyway.
Of course it's tricky, because not all situations are created equally - there's a big difference between a shift in your own zone against the Sedins, and a shift in the opposing zone against 4th-liners.
Even if you were to calculate expectations based on situations (like zone starts and quality of competition), and measure defensive contributions relative to those, it's still tricky because in one case you're comparing yourself to those who typically play against Sedin in their own end (i.e. great defensive players) instead of the league as a whole.
But I digress. And I apologise if none of this is proving helpful.
Just a couple of points:
The reliability of the recording of hits is as far as I understand not there. I get that you used a more detailed recording of a single team, but it can't be expanded using NHL data, because it sucks (misattributions, bias etc). It also completely ignores positioning, stickwork, and speed.
"So here's my rationale: only the puck carrier can be hit, so if there is a lot of hitting in your end of the ice, the puck must be there a lot, right? Even if your team has the puck, and is getting hit a lot in their zone, doesn't that mean that you're struggling to get out?"
False premises. Hits recorded still only rewards and/or penalizes teams who hit or are hit often. Hitting may or may not have a correlation to good play. You'd have to prove to me that hitting actually measures anything at all that reflects on scoring/scoring chances/prevention of scoring chances/winning games before assuming that it measures something meaningful.
The problem with hitting as a metric is that its effects, if any, are primarily attritional and psychological, as there is no guarantee that a hit will strip the puck or allow your team to gain possession. I don't even think it has the virtue of mirroring zone time, as you won't be getting hit a lot in your own end if you're facing say Lidstrom and Datsuyk, or the Sedins, you just won't have the puck.
The classic 'finish your checks' etc. if consistently applied throughout the game may cause increased turnovers late in the game with hard forechecking etc. when the stress, fatigue and the accumulated hits cause rushed plays to avoid being hit again. That's all anecdotal and 'seen it', and I have no clue how to measure it or how valuable it is. Is it worth one scoring chance? Maybe 2-3 shots a game? 1 more minute of offensive zone time? I have no clue, the only virtue this explanation has is that it actually matches what is seen in psychological research.
I'm sure I've made some mistakes in my arguments, so have at them.
@Robert Vollman
I think JP's concern is that there are players that are effective at limiting possession in their defensive zone, but that team effects arising from teammates having difficulty generating shots is masking their effectiveness.
I don't find the hitting metric very compelling for most of the reasons discussed above. That being said I do think a metric measuring just prevention of possession could be helpful. I would think something like the differential between corsi events against on ice versus average expected corsi events against would render some useful data.
Some one smarter than me would have to sort that out though.


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Born to the parents of Axel and Hilda Heino who migrated from Sweden in 1916. They settled in Latuda, Utah raising three sons, Paul, Elmer, and Max. Elmer was born March 7, 1928.
Elmer married the love of his life Ruth Stone Feb. 10, 1951 and they spent 13 years in Latuda. The remainder of Ruth and Elmer's 57 married years were shared in Helper. Ruth passed away June 27, 2008.
Elmer was a devout Christian and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He worked in the coal mines of Carbon County and was a member of the U.M.W.A. Later worked for Utah Power and Light at the Carbon, Huntington, and Hunter Power Plants where he retired as the Assistant Superintendent.
Elmer loved spending time with his family. He enjoyed camping, fly fishing, hunting, wood working, winters in Arizona, family gatherings, and most of all traveling with his wife. He will be dearly missed by all those who knew and loved him.
Survived by daughter, Sherri (Steve) Henderson, Battle Ground, Wash.; sons, Scott (Sue) Heino, Bob (Jaylene) Heino, both of Price; brother, Max (Jean) Heino, Helper; grandchildren, Cristen, Ryan, Sky, Seth, Scott, Joshua, Jessica, Ashley, Justin, Brittney, Jeremy and Shaylee. Preceded in death by his loving wife Ruth; parents; brother, Paul Heino.
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Southern Utah missed opportunities early, and UC Davis was able to take the momentum in the second quarter and keep it in keeping SUU without a touchdown since the fourth game of the 2001 season when Western Oregon took a 16-3 win in Cedar City.
The Thunderbirds drove inside the 20 twice in the first period but came away with just three points from the two opportunities as both drives stalled, leading to short field goal tries.
"We weren't able to take advantage of those early opportunities and it wound up giving them confidence," SUU Coach Ed Lamb noted.
The Aggies' Jonathan Perkins came off the edge to block the first attempt, a 29-yarder, but Colton Cook knocked the second one through from 30 yards to give SUU a 3-0 lead.
UC Davis got on the board in the second quarter when Manzanares ran 16 yards up the middle on third and short, then moved out to a 14-3 lead on another Manzanares run, this time from inside the one-yard line.
The Aggies moved out to a 21-3 lead on a 19-yard pass from Randy Wright to T.J. King early in the third period but the Thunderbirds appeared to have a second wind as they went to the hurry-up offense and drove to the Aggie 20 yard line.
That drive stalled out as well, however, and SUU missed another scoring opportunity when Cook's 33-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right.
"In every phase of the game we were outplayed," Lamb said. "Their players brought more energy and that starts with [the coaches]. The record favors us, the media favors us but those things don't win games; we didn't match their energy level."
The Thunderbirds finished with a season-low 45 yards rushing but threw for a season-high 281 yards as Aaron Cantu completed 29-of-50 passes – with eight going to Fatu Moala for 90 yards – but he was intercepted twice and sacked four times.
Wright completed 16-of-25 passes for 193 yards without throwing an interception and the Thunderbirds were able to get to him for a sack just once.
Southern Utah dipped to 4-2 on the season and 1-1 in Big Sky play while UC Davis improved to 2-4 and 2-0 in conference games.