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Lucille Ball knew just about everyone in Hollywood, and it seems like all of those celebrities eventually wound up on her show. How much do you know about "I Love Lucy" guest appearances?
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Question 1 of 30
Which guest star appeared opposite Doris Day in "Pillow Talk?"
Richard Widmark
Billy Wilder
Rock Hudson
He played himself in an episode called "Palm Springs."
Question 2 of 30
Which guest star was a well-known Hollywood costume designer?
William Holden
Don Loper
He was particularly noted for his amazing neck ties.
Cornel Wilde
Question 3 of 30
Lucy convinces which new neighbor to attend a PTA show?
June Haver
Tallulah Bankhead
Bankhead plays herself, a libertine celebrity neighbor who attracts attention everywhere she goes.
Betty Grable
Question 4 of 30
Which of the Marx Brothers appeared on the show?
He was reportedly the only one of the Brothers that Lucy got along with.
Question 5 of 30
Which actor spends time at the Ricardo home in an attempt to finish a book?
Barney Phillips
Jimmy Demaret
Milton Berle
It seems like a poor choice of locations for someone who needs to concentrate.
Question 6 of 30
Lucy asks which celebrity to autograph a stolen grapefruit?
Allen Jenkins
Richard Widmark
The episode begins when Lucy and Ethel go on a tour of celebrity homes in Beverly Hills.
Cornel Wilde
Question 7 of 30
Hedda Hopper appeared on numerous Hollywood productions but was famous for what?
A Hollywood gossip column
She was known as a fierce (and fearless) gossiper with many connections.
Marrying numerous movie stars
Being an heiress
Question 8 of 30
Which guest star had her own sitcom, called "Private Secretary?"
Angela Cartwright
Bette Davis
Ann Sothern
Sothern was a longtime personal friend of Lucy's.
Question 9 of 30
What role did Gale Gordon play in multiple episodes?
Ricky's friend
Ricky's attorney
Ricky's boss
He was the owner of the Tropicana Club where Ricky's band performed.
Question 10 of 30
Guest star Harry James was best known for which skill?
Card playing
Trumpet playing
He acted in several productions that requires a big band leader.
Question 11 of 30
Which actress played the supervisor in the memorable episode about the candy factory?
Elvia Allman
Lucy and Ethel fail miserably at their new factory jobs, and the show was an instant classic.
Eve Arden
Hedda Hopper
Question 12 of 30
Which "Lucy" guest was one of 20th Century Fox's biggest stars in the 1940s?
Sheldon Leonard
Van Johnson
Cornel Wilde
He was nominated for an Academy Award for "A Song to Remember."
Question 13 of 30
Which guest also had a starring role in "Green Acres?"
Bea Benaderet
She was actually the first choice to play the role of Ethel Mertz.
Eva Gabor
Kate Bradley
Question 14 of 30
Which guest actor played the Joker in the "Batman" TV series?
Bob Jellison
Cesar Romero
Romero appears in the same episode as Ann Sothern.
Howard Duff
Question 15 of 30
What job does Frank Nelson have during his stints on the show?
Dog trainer
Game show host
He is "Freddie Fillmore," and he's a quiz show host.
Question 16 of 30
Which guest star starred in Alfred Hitchock's "Dial M for Murder?"
Paul Douglas
Howard Duff
Robert Cummings
In real life Cummings learned to fly from a family friend … named Orville Wright.
Question 17 of 30
Who played Mr. Ritter, who attempts to have an affair with Lucy?
Richard Keith
Frank Nelson
Edward Horton
He appeared in just one episode but had a significant career with other shows, such as "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show."
Question 18 of 30
K.T. Stevens plays a new neighbor in the Ricardo's building. Ricky mistakenly believes she is what?
A spy
She also played roles on "The Real McCoys."
A prostitute
A con artist
Question 19 of 30
On how many episodes of the show did Tennessee Ernie Ford appear?
He played Cousin Ernie and wore a funky hat.
Question 20 of 30
To which state do the two couples travel to see Red Skelton?
Lucy subsequently freaks out during a bush plane ride with Red.
Question 21 of 30
What does Sheldon Leonard do that costs the Ricardos money during one show?
Sells Lucy a defective vacuum cleaner.
Both Lucy and Ricky become enamored of Leonard's charm.
Sells them a useless insurance policy
Sells Ricky a head scarf
Question 22 of 30
Which guest star had a huge hit in the 1974 movie "The Towering Inferno?"
Rock Hudson
William Holden
He first rocketed to fame with the film "Sunset Boulevard."
Van Johnson
Question 23 of 30
Which guest star was cast in "The Avengers" movie in 1950?
Fernando Lamas
Lamas was famous for his roles as a Latin womanizer.
Jack Dodson
Howard McNear
Question 24 of 30
With which actor does Lucy have to perform a dance routine in order to impress a rival?
Van Johnson
She begs Johnson to dance with her, and he does, much to Ricky's disbelief.
Gerald Mohr
Hal March
Question 25 of 30
Which guest actor was better known for his role as the barber in "The Andy Griffith Show?"
Howard McNear
His little mustache was unforgettable.
Jack Dodson
Eugene Levy
Question 26 of 30
Which person had a limited appearance in the show but she was a huge star thanks to "Grease?"
Jamie Donnelly
Stockard Channing
Eve Arden
She played herself in an episode titled "Hollywood at Last."
Question 27 of 30
During an episode with which actor does Lucy abruptly find herself in the middle of a bullfight?
Maurice Chevalier
Chevalier received a nomination for Best Actor after his performance in "The Love Parade."
Danny Thomas
Paul Douglas
Question 28 of 30
Lucy and Ethel try to steal the sidewalk footprints of which celebrity, who winds up appearing on the same episode?
Red Skelton
John Wayne
Lucy accidently figures out that Wayne's concrete footprints are loose, giving her the idea to take them.
Frank MacMurray
Question 29 of 30
Why does Lucy ask Roberta (Eve McVeagh) to dye her hair black in one episode?
She needs a disguise to steal artwork.
She wants to move away and start a new family.
She wants to conceal her identity and test Ricky's loyalty.
McVeagh shared onscreen time with Gary Cooper and Ginger Rogers in "High Noon."
Question 30 of 30
Which actress assists Lucy in her attempts to enter a race horse at Roosevelt Raceway?
Betty Grable
In the WWII era, Grable was one of the most famous people on the planet thanks to her hit movies.
Eva Gabor
Stockard Channing

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Thomas Drance
September 14 2012 01:41AM
It is down two - Phoenix and Vancouver. Coyotes Captain Shane Doan will sign a contract deciding where he will play by 5 pm NY time Friday— John Gambadoro (@Gambo620) September 14, 2012
After a summer rife with breathless speculation and a seemingly endless procession of "false" deadlines, our long national nightmare appears to be over. According to a report from Arizona Sports Talk Radio host John Gambadoro, tomorrow by 5 PM EST, Coyotes captain (and mythical beast) Shane Doan will make a decision on where he'll play whenever next season starts. And only two teams remain in the running.
Phoenix, of course, is still the frontrunner to retain their long-time captain. But the other team with a shot according to Gambadoro: the Vancouver Canucks.
Read past the jump for more.
Because he's a regional sports talk radio host, Gambadoro has no profile in Canada. But he's a reliable source and has been out in front on Doan related news all summer long. On July 31st he was the first to report that Doan was meeting with the Canucks in Vancouver, and just last week he was the first to report Shane Doan had already agreed to a conditional four year, 21 million dollar contract with the Coyotes.
The "condition" of Doan's agreement with the Coyotes, was that the sale of the team to former San Jose Sharks owner Greg Jamison needed to be completed by September 15th. As of this moment, that's yet to happen.
But that could change on Friday, according to Mike Sunnucks of the Phoenix Business Journal. The most recent "snag" in the flustercuck that is Jamison's attempt to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes, had been Glendale's last minute demand to re-work the arena management deal that Jamison and the city had previously agreed on. Basically the city wants to restructure the deal so that they pay out 20 million less than they'd originally agreed to over the first five years of the agreement.
According to Sunnucks, Greg Jamison is "open to those changes," and the prospective owner and Glendale City Manager Horatio Skeete "are meeting and hashing out final details." Sunnucks goes on to describe everything that would need to fall into place for the sale to be completed tomorrow:
The arena deal could then be presented to the Glendale City Council for a quick vote. A majority of the seven-member council backed the previous Coyotes deal.
Jamison has the financing in place to buy the team, and sources say the money is actually in escrow.
NHL owners could quickly approve the sale. The NHL has owned the team since 2009.
To recap: if Jamison and Skeete can "hash out" the "final details" early tomorrow morning, then the final deal can be presented to the Glendale City Council for a vote. Assuming it passes, then if Jamison has the financing in place - a pretty sizable if, I think- the NHL's owners would vote and approve the sale.
If all of that can get done before 2 PM PST, then the Coyotes should be able to keep their captain. Good luck with that.
Needless to say, I find it difficult to imagine that the Glendale City Council, Greg Jamison, and the NHL can get their ducks in a row by end of day tomorrow. However, there's still a chance that Doan could waive the "transfer of ownership condition" on the deal he's already signed with the Coyotes, and stay in Phoenix even if Jamison doesn't manage to assume control of the franchise this weekend.
Regardless of the final outcome, Friday promises to be a very interesting day.
On one hand, the potential term and cap terrifies me. Seeing the money he's been offered, and the terms he wants, it might handicap the Canucks in the future.
On the other hand, the potential to see Doan on Kesler or even the Sedin's line, is amazing. He'd finally fill that huge whole we've had in the top six. Even more importantly, Doan would be an invauable asset to Kassian's development. Who better to teach him than one of the best power forwards in the game?
September 14 2012, 04:00AM
If Doan does sign with the Canucks his tenure here will either bring tears of joy or burning rage. There is no middle ground. His inevitable 4 year deal is a long term liability. It's a high risk high reward contract, and only a cup victory would justify it.
Talk about pressure.
The silver lining would be that the microscope isn't as directly focused on Schneider.
Of course staying in Phoenix is the safe and equally profitable way to go...
Ah, but staying in Phoenix assumes the sale goes through and the team stays there, at least over the next 4 years. At some point the NHL has to be sick of owning a franchise (considering the money they're complaining about having lost through the CBA negotiations) and it won't guarantee they stay in town if someone wants to buy them and move them. That's put Doan right back into the situation where he's moving from Phoenix, yet he doesn't actually have control over where.


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Five things: A shocking amount of Flames items
Ryan Lambert
June 20 2013 01:51PM
1. Busy busy busy
At this point in the year, it seems logical that most teams would try to keep things pretty quiet, not too intent to tip their hands with relation to trades, front-office shakeups, or really anything else. There's the odd exception, of course: New York signing Alain Vigneault as coach, Colorado talking to anyone and everyone about exactly what they're going to do with the No. 1 overall pick, a few big contracts for Russian players out of Los Angeles and Detroit.
And yet Calgary has been a topic of conversation for about a week now, for various reasons, and it's nice to some extent to see the extents to which the team is now willing to go to make sure they are at the very least not boring. So without much more ado, I guess let's get right down to the thing I think will probably be most important for this organization going forward.
2. Shanahan or Campbell coming aboard
That's the rumor right now: One of them is going to be leaving the NHL's head offices and likely heading to Calgary, which tells you how nice it must be for both of them at the NHL's head office these days.
Getting Ken King out of his job seems like a good idea at this point simply because he's — if nothing else — a symbol of all the years of frustration the organization has gone through in the last several years. Getting an actual hockey guy into the role, meanwhile, seems like a great idea. Someone to say to Jay Feaster, who is himself not necessarily a hockey guy, "I don't think that's a good idea and here's why," would be a welcome addition to the front office.
Now, as for the fact that it's Shanahan, who has never held a front office job in hockey, and Campbell, who was more or less forced out of his job because of some very embarrassing emails and has been skulking in the shadows ever since, well, the optics aren't necessarily great. That's they're the last two guys to take on the rather thankless task of telling players and teams who's getting suspended and for long and why will probably make the hire a little more mockable, as will the fact that Campbell's last job with an actual team came at a time when you still had to call a phone number to connect to the internet.
Again, this is a change that needs to be made. I think it's a positive. It'll be mocked to some extent, mostly because it's incredibly easy and fun to mock the Flames, but getting more hockey people in an organization oddly devoid of them can't be a bad thing. Well, okay, it might be. But I'm all for the gamble at this point.
3. Trying to trade all the picks
Here's another thing that I think people laughed at a little bit, and which I thought was a great idea. The Flames need a top-end player. They miiiiiiight get one at No. 6, but it seems a little unlikely to be one that would help right when the puck drops on 2013-14.
Colorado was also right to tell Jay Feaster to take his three picks back to the bus station and get lost, because it wouldn't have been an especially good look for the team picking first overall to dump that pick without something significant (say, a good roster player) coming back the other way. With that having been said, Calgary might have been able to sweeten the deal a little more, but that they didn't is also fine.
The idea of a Nathan MacKinnon or Seth Jones in Calgary is obviously an enticing one, but the same could be said of their being in Colorado. Another good gamble by Feaster in my book.
4. No buyouts?
Okay this is less of a good gamble but I guess the team doesn't care because they won't be anywhere near the salary cap and will need all the warm bodies they can get next season, but nonetheless I was a little surprised by this revelation from Feaster last week.
I figured someone on the roster, an older defenseman who sucks and is on the last year of his deal JUST TO PICK SOMEONE AT RANDOM, might be a candidate, but again, I see the need to just keep guys on the roster and maybe take the value in "having someone to show them what it takes to be a pro" or whatever. That's all fine. There will be plenty of rookies on the team.
5. Corban Knight will probably make this team next year
I love love love this trade, and it's a really great thing for Calgary to pull off just to take advantage of Florida being in rather a precarious situation. Obviously I'm not one to give Feaster any credit, and I don't think he's any good at trading (or much of anything, really) in general, but this was great stuff.
Knight is an very, very good two-way center for North Dakota. He excels at the faceoff dot and logged heavy minutes. Here's a real stat I dug up on him ahead of the NCAA tournament when I was writing my EXCELLENT PREVIEW for Puck Daddy: He took 1,024 draws in just 40 games, and won 591 (57.7 percent). That was more wins than the next-closest guy on his team even took total. That's how much he was relied upon by a very good college hockey team this year.
Obviously, quality centers are a bit of a rarity with this team, and honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if this kid gets an extended run-out with the big club this year. He's going to be 23 when the season starts and now seems as good a time as any to see what he's got. We're none of us getting any younger.
June 20 2013, 11:26PM
Given this uncertainty, it makes me uneasy when Andy Strickland reports that the Flames have taken a very big interest in Nichushkin.
The Flames need a for sure home run with this 6th overall pick and I think Nichushkin is not a sure thing... and plus I would rather see them take a center. For me this is my dream
Mackinnon Barkov Lindholm Droiun
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June 21 2013, 12:51AM
I also found this analysis of Nichushkin to be very informative: http://www.coppernblue.com/2013/6/5/4397856/valeri-nichushkin-comparables
While I have some misgivings over some of Tambellini's moves, or lack thereof, I think his generally conservative demeanor was best for the team during the initial building stage. It prevented moving any of the picks or young players for veteran help.
The downside of that though was that it also prevented him from moving any of the veterans for better bottom six help.
Some have criticized the Oilers' drafting for them not selecting a defenseman with a 1st overall, while others have suggested that they ought to have traded away one of those picks for an immediate NHL-ready player.
My opinion on that is that there was never a defenseman who was as good as any of the forward prospects. And trading a 1st overall for an NHL player is highly unlikely to return equal value.
As for comparing situations between the Oilers and Flames, they are at different stages in their respective life-cycles. The Flames have a decent supporting cast, though I don't think it is as strong now as it has been in years previous. What they lack is elite level talent, arguably the hardest thing to acquire. They have some prospects who may yet prove to be second-line top-six in Gaudreau and Baertschi. With luck they will be able to find a first-line forward in this draft and add one or two potential depth players.
If I take off my fan-hat for a moment and try to judge which of the two teams is in the stronger position right now I think it has to go to the Oilers simply because they have a core. The Flames have all the complimentary pieces but nothing solid around which to build, and as Kent has noted on several occasions, that is the most difficult task for a GM.
Here is a caveat though, neither team is in a particularly strong position right now. The Oilers have some major roster issues facing them and there is a tonne of talk about them trading one of Smid or Petry as well as Horcoff and Hemsky in addition to letting go of Whitney, Fistric, Petrell, Jones and Khabibulin. I'm not suggesting those latter names should be kept, but those are a lot of bodies to lose over one off-season.
If we online armchair GMs are right in that the Oilers plan on trading the 7th overall for Jake Gardiner and then acquire a center like Johansen for Hemsky, prospects or more picks, then the roster has taken a step forward. But there are significant challenges ahead and it is difficult even for our online community to imagine that all this can be accomplished in one summer by a rookie GM.
I'm not overly concerned about ELCs right now as I sincerely believe the cap is going to quickly rise back to $70 million. Also, Eberle is very likely to be the first of the core to be traded, if it comes to it.
As for the Flames, the best way to acquire the top talent they need is by drafting, however the time involved in pursuing that route means that any bottom six depth they have today is likely to be irrelevant once those prospects are ready. This coming season will go a long way to determining the viability of the Flames' rebuild. I know this will make me unpopular here, but I would suggest that should they finish the season drafting outside of the top five it would not be in their best long-term interests.
There aren't any real trade options that I can see available to bring in top talent unless it involves trading away multiple 1st round picks and as you mentioned, they have a good collection of support players although their likely market value is not equivalent to the young talented players the team requires (like B. Schenn, Couturier, etc).
All this said, I also believe that Feaster will try and avoid this route and attempt to rebuild the team along lines similar to Burke, avoiding a bottom finish and looking for talent through trade and free-agency while targeting younger players in both cases.
Either way, I suspect that Alberta will be providing plenty of storylines for hockey fans over the next few years. At long last, it will be exciting to be a fan of either team if for no other reason than it will be a change from the past few years.
June 21 2013, 11:14AM
Stajan has been playing like Stajan ever since he came to the Flames. i.e. Thoroughly mediocre. When he first came to the Flames his ice-time was slashed in half, his sh% (i.e. luck) tanked, and he looked correspondingly awful. Last season his ice-time was upped, his sh% normalized, and he looked a lot better. His underlying stats have remained more or less constant (and mediocre). I'm willing to give him some kudos for coming through that "whipping boy" phase without turning into a basket-case, be he's no #1C.
Backlund's ceiling is probably a mediocre #1C, but he shouldn't be relied upon to be available for the entire season. Sufficient redundancy to replace him appears crucial at this point. He appears to be a lot like Moss in that respect.
The Flames still need centers, especially an elite one. Backlund looks a lot better on the 2nd line. Matt Stajan is 29 and probably isn't going to be a very productive player in 3-4 years once the Flames rookies come into their own. He might be a useful piece for the next couple of seasons, but trading him sooner rather than later will maximize his value. If, later next season, the Flames' top-6 looks like it can survive without Stajan he should be moved.
Spot on.
@Rex Libris
This conversation brings to mind something I've been meaning to ask an articulate Oilers fan, are you happy with how the Oilers are constructed?
I ask because I look at the team and see precisely 6 pieces (Hall, Eberle, RNH, Yakupov, Schultz-the-good, and Klefbom) that I think are good fits. The rest looks like a total mess.
For example, as bad as I think Calgary is, I see them as being in a much better situation with their rebuild than Edmonton. The Flames currently lack the centerpieces of their rebuild (in particular, a #1 C, a #1 W, and a #1 D), but otherwise have nice secondary pieces already in place (Gio, Brodie, Baertschi, Backlund, Glen-X, Cammalleri) or on the way (Gaudreau, Gillies, Wotherspoon, Brossoit, Jankowski, Arnold, Reinhart, Knight, etc).
Getting an 'A' grade talent this year, and hopefully a couple of B+ guys later in the draft will go a long way towards setting up the future of the roster.
But for Edmonton, there are holes at #2 C, an entire 3rd line (though PRV may be one of them), a #1 D, 3-4 D, and G.
Compounding the problem is that Hall and Nuge are rapidly burning through their ELCs, Eberle has likely reached his ceiling (I am not one who sees him as a perpetual PPG guy), and overall the roster is on the smurfy side and lacking in guys who can do heavy lifting.
How would you assess where the Oiler rebuild is currently at?
This seems a bit much... I typically enjoy your comments, but really? we are better off right now than Edmonton???!? I'd trade teams teams straight up 1000 times out of 1000 and I believe 30 GMs would as well. Sort of sums up that argument... Not saying Edmonton has done ,uh well beyond sucking, and I know we can do better. But saying all they have is Hall, Eberle, RHN, Yakupov and Schultz but the rest is a mess is a good laugh. Is that it?? Poor Edmonton, they must sure wish hey had some depth players and Tim Jackan like us..
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This seems a bit much... I typically enjoy your comments, but really? we are better off right now than Edmonton???!? I'd trade teams teams straight up 1000 times out of 1000 and I believe 30 GMs would as well. Sort of sums up that argument... Not saying Edmonton has done ,uh well beyond sucking, and I know we can do better. But saying all they have is Hall, Eberle, RHN, Yakupov and Schultz but the rest is a mess is a good laugh. Is that it?? Poor Edmonton, they must sure wish hey had some depth players and Tim Jackan like us..
It's a matter of how you judge the way the rebuild is going.
I definitely prefer the EDM top 6 players to ours, but outside of those six guys, I think the Oilers are in a bad way. Not only that but the six players they have aren't good compliments to each other, and the pieces don't fit.
By contrast, Calgary could make the playoffs with almost the same roster from last year plus some league average goaltending.
A rebuild is about more than just; finish last, draft 1st, wash, rinse, repeat, Win Cup!
In Calgary's case, I don't put the date of the rebuild on Feaster finally announcing one, I put it on the day they dealt Regehr. Since then the team has gotten younger, added draft picks, rebuilt the AHL team, hired advanced stats guys, a draft guru, etc.
If you took three excellent prospects (say; Barkov, Nichushkin and Nurse) and added them to Calgary's current situation they would be competitive much faster and longer than Edmonton adding a similar number of players.
June 22 2013, 11:04PM
It's a matter of how you judge the way the rebuild is going.
I definitely prefer the EDM top 6 players to ours, but outside of those six guys, I think the Oilers are in a bad way. Not only that but the six players they have aren't good compliments to each other, and the pieces don't fit.
By contrast, Calgary could make the playoffs with almost the same roster from last year plus some league average goaltending.
A rebuild is about more than just; finish last, draft 1st, wash, rinse, repeat, Win Cup!
In Calgary's case, I don't put the date of the rebuild on Feaster finally announcing one, I put it on the day they dealt Regehr. Since then the team has gotten younger, added draft picks, rebuilt the AHL team, hired advanced stats guys, a draft guru, etc.
If you took three excellent prospects (say; Barkov, Nichushkin and Nurse) and added them to Calgary's current situation they would be competitive much faster and longer than Edmonton adding a similar number of players.
Wondering who the draft guru guy is?
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That would be John Weisbrod the Assistant GM formerly the Boston Bruins' Director of Collegiate Scouting from 2006 to 2011.
Weisbrod's name has come up a few times in relation to the Bruins' success these past few seasons in relation to his work at the draft.
I decided to take a look at the Bruins draft history to ascribe to Weisbrod the prospects chosen from within his geographic focus (keeping in mind that scouting groups tend to work collectively, but it is usually up to the local guy to do the leg work and rank a preliminary list).
So from 2006 to 2011 the picks, and rankings taken from a variety of sources, are as follows:
2006: Phill Kessel, 5th overall from U. of Minn. Concensus ranking before the draft had him in the top five. Not likely a draft position wherein one could say that Weisbrod "discovered" him, more likely a broad choice made by the majority of scouts with the backing of management.
2007: Tommy Cross, 35th overall, Westminster H.S. Conn. Listed 5th in Boston's blueline depth chart at Hockey's Future, a 6.5 C grade. *I tend to be very skeptical of this source for rankings, but the depth charts are generally fair.
2008: Mark Goggin, 197th overall, Choate Rosemary Hall, Conn. Last on their C depth chart and ranked 6.0 D. NCAA career to date: 35 gp, 12pts.
2009: None directly attributable.
2010: Justin Florek, 135th overall, North Mich. U. 3rd on LW depth chart, 6.0 C, wore the "C" in his last NCAA year.79 AHL gp, 31 pts. Projects as a depth LW with size.
2011: Brian Ferlin, 121st overall, Indiana Ice USHL. 7.0 C, second on RW depth chart. NCAA, 60gp, 45 pts. Projects well as depth RW with size. Rob O'Gara, 151st overall, Milton Academy, Mass. 6th on D depth chart, 6.5 D. One year in NCAA, 37 gp, 7 pts, -5, 32 PIMs. Large defender, projects as bottom pairing, with possible 2nd pairing shutdown ceiling.
Weisbrod has done some decent work, but his work with the Flames is only beginning and we'll have to wait until he builds up a body of work to determine whether he is capable of handling the duties of being a Head Scout (his role, for all intents and purposes).


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If you're a fan of horses and horse-racing you may well have been following the action at Royal Ascot last week. The highlight of this year's meet was the Diamond Jubilee Stakes – named after HM The Queen's milestone which was marked earlier this month.
Her Majesty is also the royal patron of the British Museum's current temporary exhibition The horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot. As part of the 5,000 year story of the domesticated horse, the exhibition explains the origins of what we now know as the modern Thoroughbred racehorse and the role of the Arabian horse.
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Kelsey Grammer fits the part of arrogant Chicago mayor Tom Kane like a glove.
His intense portrayal of the corrupt politician hiding a life-threatening disease in Boss, won the actor a Golden Globe this year - his first for a dramatic role.
But for Grammer, better known to audiences as the funny-guy on long-running television sitcom Frasier, the transition from comedy to drama was not an easy one.
Grammer played psychiatrist Dr Frasier Crane for two decades in three different television shows - Cheers, Wings and Frasier. The latter ended in 2004 after an 11-series run, four Emmys for Grammer and a huge and loyal fan base (20 million in the US tuned in at the show's peak in 1999.)
Since then, on top of roles in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand and 2008's Swing Vote, Grammer has lent his recognisable, gravelly voice to a number of animations including Toy Story 2 and The Simpsons - in which he voices the villain Sideshow Bob.
More recently, Grammer picked up work in a couple of new sitcoms - but they were cancelled after just a few episodes.
Not that Grammer was kept out of the public consciousness. The popular actor, has a sex tape, cocaine addiction and four marriages under his belt - one to a former Playboy model and Real Housewives of Beverley Hills star - which has made him tabloid-famous. And a few years ago some media outlets closely followed the trial of one of the men responsible for the brutal murder of his sister Karen in the mid-seventies.
By the time Grammer met with Boss creator Farhad Safinia to discuss potential projects, he was ready for a challenge - and perhaps a new form of escapism in the vein of drama.
"Frasier hangs pretty heavily over my career," says the actor, 57. "It was just a departure and one that I thought was overdue."
Loosely based on Mike Royko's eponymous book about the late, controversial Chicago mayor Richard J Daley, Boss evolves around Tom Kane, Chicago's ruthless, destructive mayor and the emotional and political power games he plays with those around him.
Gus Van Sant (Milk, Good Will Hunting) directed the pilot episode and set the tone for a dark and moody show where wide, raw shots of the city are juxtaposed with intense close-ups of actors' eyes, hands and lips.
Billed as the show that would propel US cable network Starz to superior ratings - much the way The Sopranos did for HBO or Mad Men for AMC - the cast and network were surprised and disappointed when the numbers plummeted towards the end of the first season.
Nevertheless, Grammer's part in the series has been closely observed, with critics mostly praising his talent for drama. The Hollywood Reporter described his dramatic turn as "stunning" and "eye-opening", while the Los Angeles Times said, "Grammer is able to give Kane the oratorical grace of a modern-day King Lear."
Safinia created the role of Kane for the actor, and while neither he nor Grammer himself doubted he could play the part, they did worry audiences might.
"The only thing I thought might happen would be the audience might resist this character," Grammer says, adding that the first episode of the first season was designed to inform viewers that Grammer had changed roles.
The scene, in which Kane learns he has a debilitating brain disease and less than five years to live, is "designed for people who know me as Frasier to look at the face, get the information," Grammer says.
"And we all felt, arguably, that it pretty successfully convinced people that I was no longer [Frasier]."
As for working on a drama, he actually finds it easier than comedy.
"Comedy is difficult," he says. "It has to be rooted in reality for it to earn a laugh or earn tears or some sort of empathy. The personal process is easier in drama because you just get to come in naked, basically.
"If you trust your skills and learn the lines, what happens is always right. In a comedy that's not always the case - you have to allow for timing and rhythm and projection."
In the second series of Boss, Kane's relationship with his disease is further explored. Like most of the people around him, the disease becomes an enemy.
"You know, people with disease talk about how you end up embracing it or resisting it or fighting it and this is what is going on with him this year, without telling you too much."
When we left Kane at the end of series one, his relationship with his wife Meredith (played by Connie Nielsen) was on shaky ground, and he had betrayed his daughter Emma (Hannah Ware) in pure Shakespearian fashion.
Shakespeare had a big influence on Boss. "We made a choice to make an epic drama - and the best are Shakespearean," says Grammer, who studied acting at the Juilliard School and made his Broadway debut in Macbeth, in 1981 (he reprised the role on Broadway in 2000).
"We wanted a larger-than-life guy, so I guess there's a stage element to [Kane] under this performance. We see a lot of dynamic performers who don't tend to bring that vocal presence to a performance and this guy needs it: he's a great orator, great public speaker - that's one of his political instruments."
When Kane betrays his daughter by putting her in jail, "It's the same scene as when King Lear says 'nothing will come of nothing' and he banishes her," Grammer explains.
To prepare for the role he met former mayor Richard M Daley (Richard J Daley's son), and current Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. "I reassured them that it wasn't really about them, as they were both nervous," he laughs.
"Now what's funny is people will come up from both administrations and say, 'you know that guy, that's me'. Dear God, why would you ever claim that?"
But most of Grammer's political understanding has come from observation, he says.
"We grow up in the political process in America so much. If you're paying attention, this is something you sort of take as second nature."
A staunch Republican, at one stage Grammer even had his own political ambitions, although he says Boss may have stifled them.
"At the end of my life ... like the last act of my life, I thought I might try to serve in some capacity. I don't know and the role has maybe affected my appreciation for it. It might be a world I'm not that interested in," he says.
For now, Grammer is busy with his other roles. His fourth wife, 31-year-old flight attendant Kayte Walsh, gave birth to a daughter in July. And Grammer has a serious acting career to focus on.
Acting is "a marathon, not a sprint," he says.
"When I was a young man wanting to be an actor, I thought, 'I'm going to do all right at this. I just have to be patient and allow the richness of my own life experience to start to pour into characters.' I started working early ... it's a more rich experience now."
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Leinster overturned a half-time deficit to edge the Dragons 23-17 in a nail-biting Pro12 clash at Rodney Parade on Friday.
Leinster overturned a half-time deficit to edge the Dragons 23-17 in a nail-biting Pro12 clash at Rodney Parade on Friday.
Leinster made it seven wins in a row over but were made to work very hard in Wales.
Second-half tries from Aaron Dundon and Noel Reid inside the space of four minutes, while the Dragons were down to 14 men, turned the game in the Irish side's favour after they had trailed 10-6 at the interval.
Jimmy Gopperth supplied the rest of their points from the kicking tee.
Following a lacklustre opening half an hour which saw Tom Prydie and Gopperth trade penalties, the game suddenly sprung into life with the Dragons first denying Leinster and then scoring a fantastic try themselves.
Prydie pulled off a brilliant cover tackle to force Reid into touch inches from the line just as the centre passed inside to Gopperth, and was then involved in a free-flowing backs move that resulted in Ross Wardle scoring the first try of the night.
Tovey nailed the touchline conversion before Gopperth kicked his second penalty of the match on the stroke of half-time to make it 10-6 to the Dragons.
After a penalty apiece for Tovey and Gopperth disaster struck the Dragons when they lost lock Adam Jones for 10 minutes for taking a man out in the air.
Champions Leinster showed their ruthless streak to score 14 unanswered points during that period, hooker Dundon being driven over from close range before Reid profited from Zane Kirchner's fine break to score the Irish side's second try of the night.
Tovey kicked a penalty and then added another three points with the boot after Leinster lost replacement forward Jack O'Connell to the sin-bin for playing the ball illegally at the ruck.
Dragons almost snatched it at the death when Dan Evans' chip ahead forced Luke Fitzgerald to take the ball over his own line. But the Dragons made a mess of controlling the ball at the base of a second re-set five-metre scrum to allow Leister off the hook.
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Try: Wardle
Con: Tovey
Pens: Prydie, Tovey 3
Yellow card: A. Jones
For Leinster:
Tries: Dundon, Reid
Cons: Gopperth 2
Pens: Gopperth 3
Yellow card: O'Connell
Dragons: 15 Hallam Amos, 14 Tom Prydie, 13 Pat Leach, 12 Ross Wardle, 11 Adam Hughes, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Richie Rees, 8 Netani Talei. 7 Lewis Evans (c), 6 Jevon Groves, 5 Matthew Screech, 4 Adam Jones, 3 Dan Way, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Owen Evans.
Replacements: 16 Hugh Gustafson, 17 Nathan Williams, 18 Francisco Chaparro, 19 Rob Sidoli, 20 Ieuan Jones, 21 Jonathan Evans, 22 Kris Burton, 23 Dan Evans.
Leinster: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Darragh Fanning, 13 Luke Fitzgerald, 12 Noel Reid, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 John Cooney, 8 Rhys Ruddock, 7 Shane Jennings (c), 6 Dominic Ryan, 5 Tom Denton, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Martin Moore, 2 Aaron Dundon, 1 Michael Bent.
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Gillian Channer, Senior Director, Business Operations, UK and Ireland, gave an account of her career, starting as programmer, and then a trainer of Oracle products. Her advice for the students was to work hard, never take things for granted and most importantly network.
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The first Baseball America I ever bought was at Pike Place Market in Seattle, summer 1987. The cover photo was of Casey Candaele--he'd hit a flyball and was leaving the batter's box with (as my mind remembers it) much the same look as Nathan Deck in this photo from last night. The photographer caught Candaele from the left field side, so the angle is wrong, but the Candaele story is represented each winter in hockey by guys like Deck. No draft pedigree, hell even nerdy fans like me haven't one damn clue who the hell he is (he looks like the bat boy for crying out loud); doesn't matter. If Nathan Deck can play every game like he did last night, he's going to zoom past the first rounders on his way to the land of Casey (Candaele) at the bat.
Casey Candaele was not a great ballplayer, hell the truth is he wasn't even a very good one in historic terms. However, the 1987 Montreal Expos needed a 'jack of all trades' and Candaele was just good enough to get by with the leather at all positions (he played everywhere but catcher and third base during the magical summer of 1987 in Montreal), and he was a better punch and Judy hitter than Luis Rivera and Nelson Norman.
He was in the right place at the right time, got on base enough to satisfy manager Buck Rodgers and stayed the summer. Now, as a fan I could show you how the Expos might have won the pennant by replacing Candaele, Bob Sebra and Tom Foley, but that's a distant bell. For our purposeses today, Casey Candaele is important to the story because he:
- came out of nowhere
- won the day over several men who "looked" the part but didn't deliver
- took advantage of a team weakness to emerge as a big leaguer, if only for a summer
Glen Sather, fall 1979: "If a guy is making the same mistakes over and over again, you've got to be concerned. But if he's learning then you've got to be patient."
We've seen dozens of defensemen come and go over the years, and the words of Glen Sather above, combined with the understanding that injuries have an enormous impact on defensemen, means that all men were created equal once a prospect arrives in pro hockey. Colten Teubert and Alex Plante are first round selections, Taylor Fedun was never drafted, but he's taking a regular turn in OKC and building toward what may result in an NHL career.
Nathan Deck wasn't drafted, and took the long route to arrive in the AHL. This article from 2011 talks about his excitement over signing with Stockton in the ECHL and also references Stockton's coach (Matt Thomas) saying that Deck's versatility was a major reason for their signing him.
Playing with Justin Schultz has been good for business, just ask Martin Marincin. Although both are rookies, Marincin has been struggling of late (in execution and with bad luck) and was scratched last night. Deck stepped into the slot alongside Schultz and played well.
- Bruce McCurdy: #8 Nathan Deck, 6 — With Martin Marincin scratched, the newcomer was moved right up to the first pairing with Schultz and acquitted himself well. Proactive without trying to do too much, ending the night +3 for his troubles.
Nathan Deck is 4 games into his AHL career, lets not get ahead of ourselves. This is literally nothing. Zero. Nada.
And yet....
And yet, opportunity is knocking and you never know. The next group of defensemen to graduate from OKC to the NHL should be Justin Schultz, Colten Teubert, Alex Plante and Martin Marincin.
But do you know what? A decade ago, the list of expected graduates included Alexei Semenov, Alex Henry and Chris Hajt, but undrafted chaos defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron won the day. There's no stacking the deck in pro hockey--these young blue fly those sorties, try to stay healthy and attempt to learn on the job as Sather talked about in 1979. Four games in? Forget about it. Won't happen. But keep an eye on him anyway.
December 15 2012, 08:26AM
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December 15 2012, 09:33AM
I've been really impressed with Deck. That third pairing has been a disaster all year - though I liked Davidson, too - and Deck stepped in and seemed like the first guy to properly complement Plante/Henry.
He's still awfully young but he's an interesting guy to follow.
How much of this would you say is just the "playing with Schultz" factor?
An Oiler team with Hemmer, Nail, Deck? Gene Principe is salivating right now.
December 15 2012, 10:35AM
How much of this would you say is just the "playing with Schultz" factor?
His ECHL numbers this year were 5-12-17 in 19 games. 0-2-2 in 4 AHL games.
December 15 2012, 10:59AM
Why wouldn't the barons put Teubert with Schultz? A more defensive option paired with an offensive dynamo...
December 15 2012, 11:14AM
I think it's only a matter of time before Schultz and Marincin get split up because of their offensive styles. I like Marincin but I think that he could benefit from being paired with a guy like Teubert. Give Deck a shot with Schultz and see where he goes with it. A third pairing with Fedun and a rotation of Plante and Henry would be fine with me for the time being.
December 15 2012, 12:46PM
Marc Andre Bergeron you say? Hmm, would that be the same little nugget that I blame for the loss of King Roloson in SCF06?!?!
December 15 2012, 01:37PM
In his first few games, I too have been impressed with Deck and think he has easily outplayed the other borderline AHLers, Plante included. Guys like Plante and Henry seem to play better alongside Deck too, which is interesting. I'd rather see someone like Fedun on the top pairing and Deck on a second or third pairing, but if the defense plays well and they win games then Deck can play 30 minutes a night for all I care.
December 15 2012, 02:25PM
Outstanding WDIAMB!
My "saw him good" on Deck was that his name came up a lot without being bordered by phrases like "turnover" and "wiffed" and "slipped around". When he was on the ice he was involved in the play without becoming a liability. A little better defensive positioning (I saw Schultz cover for him in the Barons' zone a couple of times). It will be interesting to see how he does the next couple of weeks.
So the oil are dealing from the bottom of the deck?
Speaking of baseball how 'bout dem jays
Why wouldn't the barons put Teubert with Schultz? A more defensive option paired with an offensive dynamo...
What a good question. This is something no one has asked yet. Maybe they play on the same side? Or perhaps Tod Nelson needs some sort of 'veteran' defense in his line up to try and balance thing out.
Plus Schultz plays a lot with the pipeline and that means the play is usually going in one direction, thus negating the need for a defensive minded guy. Tubert seems to work best in hard minutes situations in a shut down role because Nelson doesn't have many other guys to fill that role.


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'Resolution VI': National Authority to Resolve Collective Action Problems Under Article 1, Section 8
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July 25, 2011
87 Notre Dame L. Rev. (June 2012)
Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 10-40
American courts have traditionally followed the general principle of limited enumerated federal power in which certain matters are reserved to state-level control regardless of purported national importance or state "competency." Recently, however, a group of influential constitutional scholars have called for doing away with the traditional federalist understanding of enumerated national power and replacing it with their interpretation of a principle originally declared in Resolution VI of the so-called "Virginia Plan." Introduced in the early stages of the 1787 Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, Resolution VI declares that federal power should be construed to reach all cases involving the "general interests of the Union," those to which the "states separately are incompetent" and those affecting national "harmony." Under this principle, Congress would have power to regulate any purported collective action problem of national importance, regardless of subject matter. Resolution VI proponents argue that the members of the Philadelphia Convention adopted Resolution VI and sent the same to the Committee of Detail with the expectation that the resulting text would embrace this overriding principle of national power. They also claim (or rely on the claim) that Philadelphia Convention member James Wilson publicly declared during the ratification debates that the framers viewed Article I, Section 8 as the textual "enactment" of Resolution VI.
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Jamie Hall, contemporary and medieval metalworker
The majority of the objects on display in Treasures of Heaven are made from precious metals. In the modern age, the computer is the pinnacle of technological development, and during the Industrial Revolution it was vast machines that filled the role. But prior to that, during the middle ages, it was the products of the metalworker that represented the very best of human ingenuity. Popular culture gives the impression that arms and armour were the heart and soul of metallurgy, but work in the precious metals is no less inspiring, and in fact, the two branches go hand in hand, one feeding into the other.
As a jeweller, and a medievalist, the exhibition was a very exciting opportunity to see the labours of my predecessors first hand. It's one thing to read about the methods they used, and another to behold these objects, and see the tool marks – remembering that each stroke of the engraving, and each strike of the hammer, had a human hand behind it, using tools that are not so different to the ones I use today. But these aren't the works of a single artisan; rather, they represent a high level of social and economic organisation – the materials, like enamel and gemstones, would be purchased by, or given to, a particular religious order, and the work might be done within a monastic workshop, or perhaps by secular artisans in a nearby town.
Within that workshop would be masters and apprentices of various persuasions – experts in casting, forging and gilding, others who worked with the precious stones, others who would engrave and polish the metal. One such workshop is described in a 12th-century book called On Divers Arts by an artisan-monk calling himself Theophilus, where even the steel tools were produced in-house.
My favourite piece in the exhibition is the Bell Shrine of St. Cuileáin, which has an almost sci-fi quality to it. Aside from the excellent knotwork decoration, the piece is assembled from a mixture of cast and forged sections, and has a feeling of solidity that you can see across the room.
It isn't often that we get a chance to see such a wide range of methods in one place – the exhibition is almost like a catalogue of techniques. Nor do we normally get to see objects that cover over a millenia of history, across so many different cultures, each with it's own unique take on Christianity. From the post-classical styles of the Byzantine Empire, to the pagan-influenced works from the British Isles, and everything in between, the Treasures of Heaven exhibition is a stunning testament to the passion, inspiration and ingenuity of our ancestors, and their search for beauty in a world of tragedy and violence.
Jamie Hall (@primitivemethod) is a contemporary and medieval metalworker.
Treasures of Heaven: saints, relics and devotion in medieval Europe is open until 9 October 2011. Book tickets online or become a Member and gain free entry to all special exhibitions.
Treasures of Heaven: saints relics and devotion in medieval Europe is sponsored by John Studzinski.
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