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Aug. 1, 2016
Debate in Pacific Northwest about safety of transporting crude oil by rail in region has intensified in wake of incidents like derailment of 16 Union Pacific cars in June in Oregon; accident led to spill of around 47,000 gallons of crude, some of which contaminated Columbia River. MORE
Jul. 4, 2016
Editorial supports court decisions in Portland, Ore, and Seattle aimed at protecting Pacific Northwest's endangered salmon populations; notes Portland decision both rejects inadequate federal proposal and opens way to option of breaching, bypassing or removing dams along Lower Snake River, seen by many biologists as biggest obstacle to species recovery. MORE
Dec. 12, 2015
Massive die-off of sockeye salmon in midst of summer 2015 heatwave in Pacific Northwest has raised questions over effect of climate change on fish closely tied to region and how best to help them; significant differences among microclimates and how different salmon species respond to temperature change cloud picture. MORE
Aug. 23, 2015
Timothy Egan Op-Ed column reflects on living on Pacific Northwest, given reality of geologic configuration known as seismic 'Ring of Fire,' making it likely magnitude 9 or greater earthquake will devastate communities along West Coast sometime in next 100 years. MORE
Aug. 2, 2015
Relentless drought and heat in Western states sets off series of destructive wildfires, with one blaze in Southern California burning more than 30,000 acres of national forest; drought and resultant fires have been particularly bad in northern regions, with Washington State and Alaska experiencing intense increase; fires are expected to do $2.1 billion in damage in 2015, up from 1.52 billion in 2014, and have led many to cite influence of global warming (Series: The Parched West). MORE
Jul. 29, 2014
Carol Kaesuk Yoon describes quest by her husband, biologist Merrill Peterson, to acquire photograph of live Hystrichopsylla schefferi, world's largest flea; flea, which can reach half inch in length, is common in Pacific Northwest, but documenting live specimen has proved elusive. MORE
Jul. 22, 2014
Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest continue to rage, burning hundreds of thousands of acres and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate homes in Washington State and Oregon. MORE
May. 25, 2014
Joe Rhodes travel article recounts exhilarating weekend attending professional soccer matches in Vancouver, Seattle and Portland; in Pacific Northwest, Major League Soccer games are a stadium-filling, passionate phenomenon as teams compete for regional trophy, the Cascadia Cup. MORE
Aug. 20, 2013
Plans by the energy industry to move more coal and oil through the Pacific Northwest by rail are pulling at threads of region's green image. MORE
May. 3, 2013
Canadian biologist Alexandra Morton disputes scientific claims that there is no evidence that infectious salmon anemia, or ISA, which is devastating farmed salmon around worldwide, has reached the Pacific Northwest, threatening wild salmon habitats; says that definitively and without question that Wild Pacific salmon are testing positive for a European strain of virus. MORE
Dec. 25, 2012
Longshoremen at half-dozen Pacific Northwest grain terminals overwhelmingly reject what owners describe as their 'last, best and final' contract offer; owners have replacement workers standing by to export grain to Asia. MORE
Oct. 12, 2012
American Indian tribes have joined with environmental groups and politicians in opposing proposed coal export terminals in Pacific Northwest, citing possible injury to fishing rights and religious and sacred sites. MORE
Dec. 8, 2011
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules the Bonneville Power Administration discriminated against wind operators when it unplugged the generators of wind operators in the Pacific Northwest. MORE
Oct. 20, 2011
Commercial fishermen and fish farmers in Pacific Northwest are alarmed over discovery of infectious salmon anemia in prized wild Pacific salmon, with much uncertainty about what its potential impact could be; deadly virus has devastated farmed fish in Chile. MORE
Oct. 18, 2011
Researchers in British Columbia say lethal and highly contagious marine virus has been detected for first time in wild salmon in Pacific Northwest, stirring concern that it could spread there as it has elsewhere; virus does not affect people but is scourge of fish farms. MORE
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Trump Talk Rattles Aerospace Industry, Up and Down Supply Chain
Many in the field fear border tariffs and trade deals will raise the cost of American airplanes, sending shock waves though its thousands of suppliers.
February 23, 2017, Thursday
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Pacific Northwest Weighs Response to Risks Posed by Oil Trains
After a derailment in June, Washington and Oregon residents and politicians are questioning whether transporting crude by rail could ever be safe.
August 1, 2016, Monday
MORE ON PACIFIC NORTHWESTERN STATES (US) AND: Oil Spills , Railroad Accidents and Safety , Pacific Northwestern States (US) , Water Pollution , Brown, Kate (1960- ) , Federal Railroad Administration , Tesoro Corporation , Union Pacific Corporation , Columbia River (Pacific Northwest) , Oregon
The Salmon's Swim for Survival
The best option for the fish would be to breach, bypass or remove one or more of the four big dams on the Lower Snake River.
July 4, 2016, Monday
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How Dwindling Fish Stocks Got a Reprieve
Giving fishermen a business incentive to fish sustainably can "unleash their creative capacity" to help solve the problem, says one expert.
April 19, 2016, Tuesday
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What We're Reading
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Rukmini Callimachi, Damon Darlin and others.
March 25, 2016, Friday
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Finding Refuge for Salmon, Cold Water Preferred
As climate change alters the world of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, a search is beginning for cold-water places for them to hide.
December 12, 2015, Saturday
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Rainstorms Batter the Pacific Northwest
A woman was killed by a toppled tree as heavy rains caused flooding, landslides and power outages in Oregon and Washington.
December 10, 2015, Thursday
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Chipotle to Reopen Stores Closed During E. Coli Scare
Chipotle said it was reopening the 43 Pacific Northwest restaurants it closed during an E. coli outbreak after tests came back negative for the bacteria.
November 11, 2015, Wednesday
MORE ON PACIFIC NORTHWESTERN STATES (US) AND: Restaurants , E Coli (Bacteria) , Food Contamination and Poisoning , Pacific Northwestern States (US) , Washington (State) , Oregon , Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc
Chipotle Shuts Restaurants in Northwest After E. Coli Outbreak
The chain closed 43 outlets after health authorities identified 19 cases of illness in Washington and 3 in Oregon.
November 3, 2015, Tuesday
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Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Nick Corasaniti, Kirk Johnson and others.
October 23, 2015, Friday
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Mud and Fire
Where the landscape is spectacular, the natural disasters can be, too.
A 'Canoe Family,' if Only for a Few Weeks
A growing number of American Indians in the Northwest have climbed into cedar canoes and traveled for weeks every summer.
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Little late, but here, a demo. It's not max nor FDA. I think it was really neat up to BFG. I would probably go as far as to simply remove BFG entirely (in UV), as it was imo perfectly doable without it considering the really generous ammo and powerups and I felt it doesn't have the casual BFG spam nature.
Also needs to add up difficulty a bit during last encounters, cacos + spiders just can't do much of a threat alone. Invulnerabilities felt also unnecessary.
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heh, I ran out of cells when I played it before, but whatevs. Btw, at least one secret couldn't be triggered cuz the sector was too small to step on.
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heh, I ran out of cells when I played it before, but whatevs. Btw, at least one secret couldn't be triggered cuz the sector was too small to step on.
Cool to see more interested mappers! Btw BloodyAcid, startanarena link worked for me?
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Claiming a spot on the front page. There will be at least one map here by 31 December 2012.
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In other news, Shore of Hell sucks, and I don't want it included in this wad because it is a disgrace. If someone thinks they can save it, go for it, but I won't work on it any further.
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Do you still have v1 of it? I thought it was better, although v1 and v2 were so different it could have easily been 2 separate maps.
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2. I admit I hate invulnerabilities with a burning passion. If somebody takes one during demo, I just fastforward until it runs out. It's up to CB, I'd keep it in lower difficulties.
3. [...]and anyone with freely available exit would skip it.
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Max on unleashthefire. This was basically first attempt after I iddqded through it, so it's sort of half-FDA.
Some issues -
1. Crashes upon exiting. Happened in iddqd run and in demo as well. No idea why.
2. Overabundance of barons. They are not much of a threat in arena like that and are tedious to kill. I'd swap them for something different.
3. Mandatory pick of megasphere to trigger teleporting monsters. It's usually a bad thing, and this isn't an exception. If you save megasphere from battle before, you'd be almost at full-health at this point. Probably a switch would be more usable.
4. That very same battle activated by picking megasphere is a little dumb. Mancos in higher numbers are terrible when used as teleporting monsters. I'd exchange them with revs, but they'd teleport with some delay so infight doesn't happen immediately.
it's all relatively minor stuff, all in all a lovely map and that cyber with crushers was mega cool idea.
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May 14 2012 08:15PM
Holy cow. Was that an Edmonton Ice Hockey squadron raising a championship trophy on Rexall Place Ice in a year that begins with 2?
A few years back it seemed as though Daryl Katz had purchased Last Place Hockey Teams in bulk and that anything remotely connected to Rexall Sports was destined to sit on the bottom of it's league for all eternity.
Now in 2012 we are staring down the barrel of a return to respectability on two of the three fronts. The WHL Champion Oil Kings are officially a juggernaut. The Oil Barons are in the Conference Finals against the Jerk Marlies. And the big club? Well they are drafting first for the 11th year in a row and that's something right?
As a perennial Moose Jaw fan we watched the Oil Kings smack aside what was one of the better Warriors teams in a long while as though it ain't no thang. There was a big gap between "good" and "great" and the Oil Kings are definitely a part of the latter group.
Their win against Portland last night proved this beyond the shadow of a doubt.
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"The Oil Kings are headed back to the Memorial Cup tournament to compete for a national junior championship for the first time in 40 years.
"You know what, it's a little surreal right now," said Rachinski, a fifth-year player who has lived the growing pains of this fledgling franchise. "If you would have told me the last couple of years that we'd be winning a championship, I wouldn't have believed you."
It's time to start believing in the Oil Kings it would seem. Good luck in the Memorial Cup fellas. You are doing the City proud.
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Dammit, Wanye beat me to the punch!!
Was in Edmonton last week and saw game 1. Glad I did...
Mad Props.
How old am I?
As a kid, used to play street Hockey by the Tennant's house and Darcy Rota and Phil Russell would join in.
Memorial Cup here we come.
A championship team built around strong goaltending and an excellent group of defencemen. Just like the Oile... hmmm... nevermind.
May 14 2012, 08:53PM
Dammit, Wanye beat me to the punch!!
Thats what she said
May 14 2012, 08:59PM
I well remember Darcy Rota. 73 goals in a season. That still must be the kings record. A great jr player.
Best wishes to the oilkings, do us all proud. Ditto Rush. Interesting read about the importance of team chemistry. I truly hope Yak can co-exist with the young guns already here or better still DRAFT MURRAY.
It sure is amazing what a franchise can accomplish with a competent management team.
May 14 2012, 10:07PM
@Freeze Hmmmmmm it took the Oil Kings 5 years to build a winner in a league with no salary cap and no salaries.
Now saying that do not degrade what they accomplished with your idiotic comments towards the big team. You do realise by the Manegement team by extension includes Tambellinni and Lowe because the Oil Kings are owned by the Oilers.
Congrates Oil Kings now Hope you finish the job in Quebec at the Memorial Cup.
A little defensive there, do you work for the team? Lowe and Tambo didn't build that team, Bob Green did and he deserves the credit. It has been 5 years and the team is ahead of schedule. How long have the Oilers been skidding now?
May 14 2012, 10:29PM
@Freeze Maybe I do work for the team and maybe I am a real fan and not a wannabe G.M. The Oilers stopped chaseing dreams like Heatly and Hossa and Jagr in 2009 when they finnished last for the first time in Oiler History. That was when they turned over the roster by 20% and made a commitment to build it thru the draft. Think what you will I will go with the facts.
You did say one thing true here Bob Green built a great team and they deserve the time here and not some idiot makeing small of the feat by cheap shotting their owners.
May 14 2012, 10:46PM
*Paces floor in anticipation*
May 15 2012, 08:27AM
I think you misspelled RESPECK.
sure thing bud.
Oh man. I so dearly wanted to pull out the "Cool story bro." card. But I think I'll save it for somethi...AW DAMMIT!!!
May 16 2012, 02:22PM
Good Sir Longbottom, you are 100% correct.
As I have argued before, Katz has been nothing but a blessing to the Oilers and has spent a lot of time and money rebuilding this organization from the ground up.
Hey freeze, before Katz we didn't even have a development system for our players. We used to have to piggyback on other franchises teams. It was pathetic. Now we're enjoying growing success at every level and that will translate into stability and long term success for the Oilers.
I don't work for the Oilers, but I wish that I did. I understand that they keep making that list of top companies to work for in Canada. Curse you Katz!
May 16 2012, 02:29PM
In re-reading freeze's comments, I see that he doesn't specifically mention Katz, he simply points out what he feels is the incompetence of his personnel decisions.


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Ever since the current labor dispute at Co-op Mine began, I have been curious to know who buys the coal produced there. Recently I found out that Aquila Inc., a power company in Missouri, was a customer of C.W. Mining. C.W. Mining has terminated the contract with Aquila, which they can no longer meet, listing a labor dispute as the cause. I have also found out that our local power company PacifiCorp is a customer. PacifiCorp is not currently buying coal from C.W. Mining but they have in the past, and can't say if they will in the future. I have not been able to find who else has, or does buy coal from C.W. Mining.
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The board ratified the purchase of wood chips for the softball complex playground. Vice chairman Joel Dorsch announced to the board that he had talked with Nielson Construction about the softball complex. They told him that it would cost $10,000 per field to take off six inches of dirt and replace it with red dirt. They also suggest that they could bring in "washed sand" for $20 a ton to mix with existing soil. The board would like to explore all options before making a decision at the softball complex.
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POST-GAME: Icarus and the Wings...
Vintage Flame
March 13 2013 11:27PM
So where to begin tonight?
Emotions have to be torn amongst fans tonight. Are you one that wanted to see the Flames win tonight, a chance to begin that mid-to-late season wiining streak, that once again might put them in playoff contention? Or were you hoping that the Flames would continue the spiral into oblivion that would
put keep them in the Western Conference Cellar? Hell you might even be so disgruntled by now, that you see the team only needing to pass two more teams before they reach true Nirvana.
Well the Flames came out tonight and decided to tune out the commentary, banter and vitriol coming from all directions. Instead they decided to make a few statements of their own by taking control of this game and never letting it go; despite what Detroit could throw at them. They didn't just get the win tonight, they took it. Only their second win this season when not scoring the first goal.
After being yanked in one LA game and outright benched in the second, Miikka Kiprusoff was probably a little bitter tonight, and felt like he had something to prove. He didn't have to wait long to get that chance and was equal to the task as he stopped back-to-back early chances from Filppula and Zetterberg.
However the ever dangerous Pavel Datsyuk would catch the Flames captain a little flat footed at the 3:20 mark, feed the pass to Nik Kronwall, who would in turn hammer the shot from the point over Kipper's shoulder. Just like that it was 1-0 early for the Wings.
At 5:16 the Flames would get their chance to draw even on the power-play, something they would need to click tonight if they wanted the 2 pts. Alex Tanguay would do just that 40 seconds later as he took a tipped pass up the middle. One quick move on Gustavsson and then roof-daddy... and we were all tied up.
Jay Boumeester would give the Flames the 2-1 lead, taking the lead pass from Lee Stempniak and wristing it passed the Monster. Nice to have you back Lee!
Flames got out-shot 15-6 by Detroit, that's nothing new, they were also out-chanced 4-2, but managed to come out of the period with the 2-1 lead. Mostly on the back of the strong play of Kipper, Calgary also dominated the physical game as well as the face-off dot.
A pretty low event start to the second. At the 7 min mark Jiri Hudler would have a glorious chance as he intercepted a pass right in front of Gustavsson. Unfortunately when he finally settled the puck, he was already past the goal and the Wings picked off his attempt to center the puck. At the 11 min mark, Curtis Glencross whistled a one-timer off the crossbar. The Flames were pressing with a much better possession game than they had in the first.
When you hear that the Wings haven't scored a PP goal on the road all year, you just knew that Calgary was going to oblige them as the slumpbuster. Yup, with just over three mins left in the second, Val Filppula, making his way back into the Wings line-up, would tie the game... on the power-play.
On the whole, it was a better period for your Flames. They were out-shot again 12-5 but still controlled the face-off battle. The wings held a slight edge (3-2) on Calgary in scoring chances, which was enough for them to tie it up going into the final frame.
5:37 into the third Lee "Where Have you Been All My Life" Stempniak would take the centering pass from Glencross for the tap into the empty net. Lee must have read my last post-game when I asked,
Remember when Lee Stempniak played for the Flames? What ever happened to that guy?
Lee decided that it wasn't only Kipper that needed to step his game up. Maybe the whole team was paying attention?
Well at 9:12 Scoreface would get himself in the goal column with one of his own. Missing the previous game with a wrist injury, GlenX looked pretty good as he rifled a laser passed Gustavsson, to give the Flames a two goal lead.
Speaking of lasers, just 48 seconds later, Blake Comeau (Yes, that Blake Comeau) would steal the puck at the Wings blueline, turn and put the puck top shelf over Gustavsson like it had eyes. Suddenly the Flames were up 5-2 on the Wings whilst being out-shot 2-1 (36-16)
They had a chance a couple minutes later to increase the lead, but Mikael Backlund barely missed with the Forsberg-like move when he was awarded a penalty shot. Gustavsson litteraly with the toe save.
Calgary really pressed in the final frame. They narrowed the shot total, only being out-shot 38-22 and they drew even with seven scoring chances apiece. For once the difference maker in the game was Calgary's finish rather than being finished by the opposition.
Why The Flames Won...
This one is pretty simple.
This is one of those games that you needed to see a full 60 mins out of the Flames; and that's what you got. Calgary literally played this one til the clock hit zeros. Even once they had the lead, or even a two goal lead, they kept pushing the Wings back, looking for openings and creating chances.
Because despite the fact that both team had seven scoring chances each, Calgary was able to make good on three of them and keep Detroit from capitalizing on any of theirs.
Because this was probably the best third period the Flames have played all year.
Because Kiprusoff had a chip on his shoulder for having to hold a clipboard in the last game and he wanted to make a statement.
Gotta go with Glencross tonight.
Not only did he have a goal and an assist, he hit a couple of posts or else he would have had even more.
Curtis is most effective for this team when he gets a tad surly. It might have been something someone said to him tonight, or he was tired of hitting it off the iron, but whatever it was, he turned it up for the second half of the game.
Steinberg said on the pre-game show that if this team was going to make a last ditch effort at the post season that they would have a better shot with Glencross in the line-up. How true. He definitely put a show on for the fans tonight, and in the end he is one guy that we all know hates lose and just loves to win. No matter where you stand on how the Flames should finish this year, you gotta love the cut of GlenX's jib.
"He gave us a complete game." - Hartley on Glencross #CGYDET— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) March 14, 2013
Honourable mention to our favorite Finn. Miikka came out tonight like a world beater. He faced a lot of rubber tonight and some 10-Bell chances from the likes of Datsyuk and Filppula, and came out ahead. Not sure how many were expecting that, but Kipper loves to play in Detroit and it was good to see him finish this game before the "Mule" had a chance to pancake his other knee.
Sum it Up
I'm tempted to leave this section blank because I know that many of you out there have mixed feelings on this win.
Is this a step forward for the team or is it merely another jackpot of fool's gold? The team played a successful, full sixty minutes tonight and dominated a team that is still within catching in the standings. That should be a good thing on any given night but I'm sure there are many that want this team to continue to lose, thus securing a top draft pick.
Here are my thoughts and how they pertain to the article's title tonight.
If you know the story of Icarus, then you know it's about a mans desire to be closer to God, and so he makes a set of wings out of wax and set out on his attempt for the heavens. Unfortunately as he gets higher and higher to where he perceives God to be, the Sun melts the wax wings and he plummets back to earth. See what I'm getting at yet?
Yes the Flames scorched the Wings tonight and the win gets them higher in the standings, but many will wonder how long it will last and are they only setting themselves up for a larger ultimate fall. Personally I want to see this team show an honest effort every night. It sucks watching them lose and it sucks hearing the fans boo.
Am I happy your Calgary Flames won tonight? Yes, and I'm even happier they did it so handedly because I hate the Wings.
I have no idea where this team finishes in the standings and history dictates that even with a surge in the standings, they face a fall of biblical proprtions, but for now, I'm going to take this for what it's worth; a big win, and a sign that some of these guys still care.
What about you?
March 13 2013, 11:53PM
I maintain that anyone who thinks "OH NO WE WON" is an idiot
March 13 2013, 11:46PM
Thanks VF, it must be much easier to write wins than losses (smiley face).
I've been conflicted all year, I always WANT our flames to win but like vowswithin I fear a few wins here and there will give management false hope that we're still a playoff team.
I love Glencross, it bothers me when his name comes up on here associated with trades. The guy took a hometown discount, and he's delivered, lets not forget that.
I am ok with wins AS LONG as management admits we suck and need a rebuild. I fear now with 1 win they might think we are buyers...
I still care. Next year I might care more though.
I maintain that anyone who thinks "OH NO WE WON" is an idiot
Just remember NEVER doubt, heartly thinks were gonna string ten together, management for 9 years has though we were 1 piece away. "I will never burn the team to the ground" says Feaster
At some point SOMEONES gotta admit "shame on me" and that yes we need a rebuild, intellectual honesty of you will. (Just thinking about it now, phrases like that make him sound like a high pressure car salesman)
I maintain that anyone who thinks "OH NO WE WON" is an idiot
Must be your first year watching this team.
Sorry VF, can't let this detail slip: Icarus was the son of Daedalus, great genius of Greek myth. After completing construction of the maze for the King Minos of the eponymous island, he was imprisoned along with his son to prevent him selling the secrets of it to others.
As a means of escape Daedalus constructed wings out of feathers and wax for he and Icarus. Warning his son beforehand not to stray too close to either the sea or the sun, as one would drown the feathers and the other melt the wax. Icarus, as you say, enraptured by the beauty of the sun flew higher and higher until the wax melted and he plunged to his death, while his father watched helplessly.
I look forward to seeing if the Flames can crack the Predators defensive game with their speed. I'm thinking a split of the next two games is a reasonable scenario.
March 14 2013, 08:51AM
Rex, I thought Daedalus was an evil wizard who tormented Herc, Newton and Toot.
March 14 2013, 09:07AM
Couple thoughts of my own:
1. There is a third type of fan involved here. The kind who wants big changes for the team, who realize and understand that means losing a LOT of games, but can't help themselves but to cheer and enjoy a Flames win.
2. This article kinda has the tone that you feel like the Flames deserved to win this game? I disagree. This was all about goaltending. Kipper was...well, Kipper, and "Monster" was singularily bad. I mean AWFUL. I thought the Wings outplayed the Flames HUGE in the first, and in the second as well. Some bad bad plays cost them a bunch of goals in the third, but I don't agree with you when you say "The Flames 'took' it"
3. Kipper hitting a hot streak and stealing a bunch of games is the worst thing that can happen. He's been hiding a lot of big holes in this team for years now.
4. JBo rocks. I can officially go on record now saying "told ya so"..maybe not to you personally, but in general.
5. Scoreface rocks too..but we all knew that.
March 14 2013, 09:20AM
I maintain that anyone who thinks "OH NO WE WON" is an idiot
It's not "OH NO WE WON" because we want to tank for a high draft pick. It's "OH NO WE WON" because, for the past three years, this team has been a bubble team at best yet management wouldn't admit it. So every time they came within range of the playoffs, management has either made trades that caused the team to be appreciably worse for the future or simply stayed put when the team could've been improved for the future.
It's "OH NO WE WON" because management, at least until recently, appears to get caught up in the results rather than how fundamentally good or not-so-much the team is, and will make decisions based on the wrong factors (from a hockey standpoint).
March 14 2013, 09:25AM
Re. 1) I completely fall into this category of fan. I keep telling myself I want them to lose, but every time I see them score a goal I cheer for it.
I will give you a 1st hand account of last night & was there with our own hockey panel: 1/Kipper won this game, Flames did not play 60 minutes, oh contraire, it blew us away when they went up 3-2 in the 3rd. They had no business winning this game, it was the hockey gods paying us back for that Chicago game. We did notice that Kipper did not look 100%. He took a long time getting up on many occasions, in fact, one of the overweight parties on our panel at the game said Kipper getting up reminded him of how he gets up in the morning.
2/ Glencross was a beast last night. Hitting & hitting hard. I know he doesnt do it every game but he's cap friendly & he's ours, I say keep him moving forward.
3/We had a consensus that if you took Kipper or JBO & traded them out of our lineup, the team would miss these players huge. There is really no market for Kipper right now, for whatever return you get, we think keep him & do not let him go until you are absolutely sure what we have in Ramo. Let them play 40 games each next year. I'm sure Kipper wont mind seeing at 1.0mill he's virtually playing for free. This man has 3-4 years in him & can easily get a contract somewhere for 3-4mill per. JBO, if we lose as many as we win in the next 8 games, as much as we hate to lose him, he will get us a monster return from either Detroit or maybe even get a Couturier thrown in a deal for him.
4/Sadly, our last observation was on Iggy. We all love him, will all pull for any team he plays for to win a Cup, but last night, we all agreed, if we were to trade him, we would not have missed his presence. Sorry, but that was all of us. In fact, I dont think people realize, but a young up & coming player would have had more impact than he has given us in too many games this year, that we may even improve. It just not the right situation for him. This team does not have the right chemistry to bring out the best of Iggy. VF, I think Flames & Iggys agent did talk at the beginning of the year & they were probably so far apart on numbers, they talks just ceased & was left in a wait & see. If Iggy isnt signed soon & that would be hard if they are not even talking now. He must be traded then. No choice.
5/Detroits goalie really did suck.Why didnt they keep Joey Tomatoe & waive the sesame street "Monster" instead?
Been hearing how Feaster is paying attention to the pulse of fans about trading Iggy. For the last quite awhile I have been reading the blogs & posts on this site, the majority of Flames fans on Flames Nation feel it's time for Jerome to go complete his resume & win a Cup. Wonder if Kent & the writers backed by Flames Nation write a joint letter to the Calgary Herald editor along the line of "Thankyou Jerome. You are a Flame no matter what jersey you wear. Thank you for being such a great human being in the community, an ambassador of Calgary & one of the greatest Flames ever. We understand and give our blessing to want to win a Cup, we wish it was for us but the Flames clearily must start to rebuild and retool so this team can be a contender once again. We know you do not have the time to wait for what this team needs to do in the near future. Good luck & Godspeed with winning a Cup!" You know something along that line. I'm not that good of a writer, you guys are. Just a suggestion please dont crucify me.
March 14 2013, 10:44AM
I have a whole post on it coming soon.
Look, you can make a defensible position either way, I get your perspective too. Saying what you said about people who think the other thing being idiots, maybe you're just trying to be clever, not sure. But you're really going to stand by the position that wanting the Flames to lose an individual game in order to effect lasting and positive change in the organization as a whole is indefensible and anyone who thinks that is an idiot? Really?
As someone who has watched his team delude itself (and the fan base along with it) into thinking "we could be a contender this year, if only..." for many, many years, I am with the-wolf on this one.
Sometimes, the situation calls for tough love. Hoping a team loses in order to get the message through isn't traitorous or indicative of low moral fibre, it is wanting the best for what you love.
Sometimes a parent hopes their child can come up against small failures and obstacles because they know that facing these challenges and learning from them will empower them to overcome the inevitably greater risks ahead.
A win now does nothing for the Flames, every loss, however, pushes the team closer to making real, constructive change.
I know you guys hate this, but look how bad things had to get in Edmonton before they finally woke up and decided to do something different. And if you want to consider yourselves smarter or more enlightened than your northern neighbours doesn't it seem rational to try and take stock of the situation objectively and hope for the result that best achieves your long-term goals?
I'm not suggesting the Flames have to do what the Oilers did, but they certainly can't keep doing what they are now, and anybody who tells you that the team can follow the supposed models of Ottawa or Philadelphia hasn't taken stock of the real available talent the Flames have right now. The Flames don't have a single one of the assets that either of those teams had when they went through their down year.
Most Oiler fans here in Edmonton feel a sick sense of deja vu when we see the Flames now.
If fans think that watching this group right now is bad, or that the O'Reilly debacle was the bottom, just wait. Remember how the Oilers offer sheeted Vanek, then Penner? The Souray scandal, then Nylander, the failed Hossa signing and the Heatley disaster?
It took all of those things to happen, as well as a train wreck of a season ushered in by an over-the-hill coach and a boatload of injuries just to get the point across to management and ownership that, guess what? The Oilers were a bad team! They didn't just have to hit rock bottom, they needed to get buried under a landslide of manure to figure it out.
Do fans want the Flames to take as long to learn the same lesson?
The Flames are sputtering, but I suspect that it will take a major shock to the team to induce the kind of change fans appear to want. So cheering for some losses makes perfect sense. It is the only thing left for some fans to do in this situation.
Yeah, actually. I didn't want to go on any longer than I had, but the allegory actually has a great deal of applicable wisdom for the Flames right now - not necessarily the team, but certainly management.
In trying to climb higher they took no notice of their impending peril. The Greeks were masters at the art of hubristic irony, and any cursory reading of their geopolitical history will tell you: they didn't just talk the talk. =)
Rexipedia - not a bad blog name, actually. I think I may have to remember that one. ;)
Here's a question for you, let's imagine the Flames get the 4th overall pick. Would you trade down with Columbus if it meant getting two 1st round picks at, say, 9th and 14th?
If I were steering the team towards a complete rebuild, I probably would. The depth and diversity could provide a strong foundation to build upon in subsequent years when a high pick is expected.
Just a thought.
"Here's a question for you, let's imagine the Flames get the 4th overall pick. Would you trade down with Columbus if it meant getting two 1st round picks at, say, 9th and 14th?
If I were steering the team towards a complete rebuild, I probably would. The depth and diversity could provide a strong foundation to build upon in subsequent years when a high pick is expected."
No, Calgary is in desperate need of a bonafide all-new superstar. It comes down to that. A single player to become the new face of the team and build around. Calgary has plenty of other opportunities to add depth.
If you trade the players I listed and go for prospects over picks you shorten the rebuild time, but you also fail miserably this year.
In other words, if you could add players like (as examples) Jarnkrok, Nyqvist, Pouliot, Maata, Bennett, etc. to a Nathan Mackinnon and then add that to Brodie, Baerstchi and Backlund. Then mix that with the vets I listed keeping. You'd have a new superstar and skilled depth, both veteran and young (but not completely raw).
But large brass ones and smart hockey minds are required.
March 14 2013, 12:06AM
@CFan in Vic
Could it be? Another flames fan in Victoria?
March 14 2013, 12:17AM
4pts out of 8th! Beat Nashville here a couple times and who knows what will happen.
Yup, the Icarus story is to be told once again this year. Yaay 9th or 10th place and bad draft choice....here we come!
But at least we will have some good hockey to enjoy when the Flames win right?
Oh yeah...yaay for the upcoming "big trades" where 8th and 9th D-men Babchuk and Carson are dealt to Detroit and Columbus for 7th round draft choices! Hurrah to re-stocking the draft choice cupboards! We may get a real "steal" like a "Chris Simon" type from those picks. Woohoo indeed!!
P.S. All the above was serious, no sarcasm at all!
Thanks VF, it must be much easier to write wins than losses (smiley face).
Yeah, wins make it easier. ;)I love Glencross, it bothers me when his name comes up on here associated with trades. The guy took a hometown discount, and he's delivered, lets not forget that.
I think you hear his name come up because he's one of the few guys that have good potential trade value. Do I think it would be a good move to trade him? It all depends on the return, right? But my gut says it would be a mistake.
Very true about the hometown discount, but these guys are always about, "What have you done for me lately?" and "It's just business"
If they move Iggy or let him walk this summer we'll need a guy like Glencross to help with leadership on this team going forward. He's a meat and potatoes hockey player who gets more goals through grit and sheer force of will than some guys do on talent alone. He has a friendly contract, he loves Alberta, loves being a Flame. He's one of the last guys I'd want to trade personally.
As for the win; I'm glad to see the team win, I never really cheer against them. But at the end of the day Kipper stole this one and the team burned another sub-standard backup goalie alive. My gut tells me it would have been a different outcome if they were shooting at Howard.
Rare to see the Flames actually execute on their scoring chances in a game. Usually when given the opportunity to score a goal the player misses the net or the shot is blocked. Last night the team scored when needed and most importantly Kiprusoff provided the team with quality saves early and often.
The team is playing much better at home than at the beginning of the season. Interesting though how many empty seats I saw on TV last night.
I'm always gonna cheer for a flames win. I just love that feeling when they win.
The danger in hoping for the loss is that you believe the right decisions will be made when it comes time to trade or that they will make the right decisions at the draft. What if you cheer for the loss and you get your rebuild and it still doesn't work out the way you want it too? Then you missed out enjoying the wins which will be far and few between after this season.
March 14 2013, 06:59AM
I wonder if we could get Paul Stastny out of Colorado for Brodie and Sven? That move puts this group over the top and gets them in the playoffs.
March 14 2013, 07:23AM
Must be your first year watching this team.
Apparently, they are giving BSc degrees to Idiots now.
Duh...A squared + D squared = G squared.
Very good Mongo, here's your diploma. (Mongo is my given name, Suba Steve my middle name!)
Of course, this IS being done in Edmonton.
I would love to see a vote on how people feel in general. I use the saying damned if you do damned if you don't.
And how I feel? Helpless... How have we fallen so far in a couple years... How many of the story lines are true? What has iginla F'ed up in his time here, why does no one buy in? Why are we afraid of change? Do the owners have the hands in yhe mixing bowl?
Anything has to be better then treading between 15-9th
I miss not sucking, i feel like moses wandering through the desert.
March 14 2013, 07:47AM
I enjoyed watching the Flames win last night. It's good to see the team steal one too. It makes me nervous, in as far as I don't trust the Flames braintrust, but I can't cheer against them.
KW had an intersting comment about the Eric Francis Sun story being a trial ballon to measure the Flames fans appetite to see Iginla orchestrated by the Flames. For me, it has a ring of truth to it, especially after hearing Eric Francis on the Fan960. He said, that when he called Iginla's agent he was shocked about his forthcoming he was about the lack of negations with the team. It gives me more comfort that a trade is coming, but I'll believe it when I see it.
I understand the drive to want the team to be forced to face reality, however at least in this draft year middling success has some decent rewards by way of depth. If they move up four more places in the standings by season's end, I'd probably be disappointed too.
March 14 2013, 08:54AM
@Vowswithin: There's no danger. I want this team to become a contender again. A rebuild might fail (especially with P. Griffin at the helm), but sticking with the status quo has failed for the last 3 years--almost 4 now. All I want is a change in direction.
March 14 2013, 09:10AM
Rex, I thought Daedalus was an evil wizard who tormented Herc, Newton and Toot.
Fantastic! Post of the day!
March 14 2013, 09:19AM
I maintain that anyone who thinks "OH NO WE WON" is an idiot
And I maintain that people who call other people idiots for having a different, but perfectly defensible, opinion from theirs, are idiots.
Nobody wants to see them lose but nobody wants to see them missing the playoffs every year or getting knocked out in the first round when they do make the playoffs
March 14 2013, 09:26AM
And I maintain that people who call other people idiots for having a different, but perfectly defensible, opinion from theirs, are idiots.
He's got you there loob.
March 14 2013, 09:38AM
And I maintain that people who call other people idiots for having a different, but perfectly defensible, opinion from theirs, are idiots.
well sure, if the position were actually defensible
March 14 2013, 09:40AM
well sure, if the position were actually defensible
It is defensible, Smell of Victory summed it up very nicely in post #26.
March 14 2013, 09:40AM
well sure, if the position were actually defensible
Tell us why it's not defensible to want your team to have long-term success, rather than get mismanaged into the ground because of a couple of winning streaks.
March 14 2013, 09:46AM
I have a whole post on it coming soon.
March 14 2013, 10:10AM
I couldn't help thinking over and over last night that JBo would really fit in with Detroit. Not that I want him gone....
March 14 2013, 11:12AM
@Vintage Flame
As long as the wins and Kippers performances don't make Feaster start to think it's ok with us if he stands pat..or worse buys at the deadline.
@Vintage Flame
"No real fan gets upset if their team wins."
"This applies to ALL Flames fans if you are a true fan. In the open, you may say you want them to lose, but when you're by yourself and they win, you're no doubt smiling, even if it's on the inside."
No, I'm not. Makes me angry when they win.
March 14 2013, 11:20AM
I think I'd be openly ecstatic about goals and wins IF I ever got the sense that management had a grasp on what they really have, and what they will do.
@Vintage Flame
Yeah, actually. I didn't want to go on any longer than I had, but the allegory actually has a great deal of applicable wisdom for the Flames right now - not necessarily the team, but certainly management.
In trying to climb higher they took no notice of their impending peril. The Greeks were masters at the art of hubristic irony, and any cursory reading of their geopolitical history will tell you: they didn't just talk the talk. =)
Rexipedia - not a bad blog name, actually. I think I may have to remember that one. ;)
Here's a question for you, let's imagine the Flames get the 4th overall pick. Would you trade down with Columbus if it meant getting two 1st round picks at, say, 9th and 14th?
If I were steering the team towards a complete rebuild, I probably would. The depth and diversity could provide a strong foundation to build upon in subsequent years when a high pick is expected.
Just a thought.
March 14 2013, 11:48AM
To me sitting in last (even for a short time) halfway through the season, should be shock enough.
I love the team, don't dislike one player but hate management. I see the leaders in Detroit and LA and am envious. The common thread for success is those leaders are hockey people. We have exactly zero of that commodity in Calgary. My brain wants the Flames to lose every damn game and the seats to drain empty to kick management in the butt to do something intelligent (like replace themselves with hockey people). My heart wants wins like last night. Maybe we'll get lucky and get both (or neither). At least we don't have Tambellini. Could not be more useless. The benchmark of bad.
March 15 2013, 05:04AM
No one should ever cheer for their team to lose. Ever.
March 15 2013, 11:03AM
No one should ever cheer for their team to lose. Ever.
Something something something my opinion something something. FACT.


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Via @bleacherreport
In addition to being the best-dressed man on television and being a sneakily-good sideline analyst, Craig Sager possesses other talents, like being able to operate a bulldozer to clear away heavy snowfalls.
Kansas City was hit with eight inches of snow on Sunday, the same day the city was hosting third-round games between Kansas-North Carolina and La Salle-Ole Miss. It took a massive clean-up effort to prepare the city for the influx of fans and even Sager got involved.
A clip on the CBS broadcast showed Sager moving the "final load" of snow.
Killjoys on Twitter scoffed about why Sager was covering the outdoor snow for an indoor event but, come on, isn't a shot of Craig Sager dumping yellow snow infinitely more amusing than whatever first-half sideline report he was going to give?
Via @buzzfeedsports
How is it that Craig Sager dresses in an understated manner only when he's operating heavy machinery? That's exactly when he should be wearing neon sport coats and ties that can be seen by the International Space Station.
Marv Albert reminded CBS viewers that Sager was once a Tampa weatherman. That explains some of the outfits, I guess.


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GlassFish in Solaris Express, Developer Edition
By msreddy on Mar 15, 2007
The 2/07 release of Solaris Express, Developer Edition is available for x86-based laptops and desktops and is free of cost for download. One can also order free dvd. I chose to download using Sun Download Manager and it didn't take long before the download of 5 segments (which make up the dvd image) is complete, then I burned the DVD. It would have been better if the OS image is also made available as CDs because not all desktops and laptops have DVD drives.
I made my desktop to boot from DVD and inserted the just burned DVD and restarted the machine. For the installtion to continue it needs 768 MB RAM, again, it would have been nice if this is stated up front. After answering few questions and some wait, the installtion is complete. With the restart of the machine, the desktop has new and appealing look of Solaris Nevada with applications like NetBeans Enterprise version, GlassFish v1, Sun Studio 11 pre-installed.
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GDB 25: Regicide at 8:30
December 05 2008 03:59PM
It seems that at least one King is ready to rumble tonight. But let's be honest, the rest of his cohorts ain't what they used to be, are they? What was that year they weren't terrible... '93? Yeah, then. The Oil aren't exactly blinding citizens of the Nation with their brilliance either but what the hell -- it's Friday and just like 10 gamblers playing VLTs, someone has to win tonight.
Gagner – out. He's taken a blow to the head and is going to sit out. Pouliot will take his spot on KidLine 2.0 with Cogliano and the new hotness Rob Schremp. Perhaps the Schrempian One can make Pouliot score again and shock the hell out of both members of the M-A Pouliot fan club.
Speaking of making a zero look like a hero, what is the deal with the LaBarbera being the real deal against the Oil and only the Oil? This goof has a 4-6-1 record this season with a sparkling 1-3-1 in the past six starts. Against the Oil he is a perfect 4-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA. Buh? Zuh? SNUH? Impossibly the Kings are 4-1-1 in their last six games vs the Oilers and 2-0-2 in the last four in LA.
Uh, what? That don't make no sense. What does make sense is running a few through on a Friday night and watching some hockey.
Right, Elvis Stormtrooper?
December 05 2008, 04:10PM
Let the ingestion of alcohol begin!
December 05 2008, 04:15PM
GAME DAY........YEAH!.....frickin game day....New website, new comment features...FRICKEN GAME DAY!!!!!
How quickly do you think Eric Cole is going to be bumped up onto the line with Schremp and Cogliano?
December 05 2008, 04:17PM
Fiveandagame wrote:
GAME DAY……..YEAH!…..frickin game day….New website, new comment features…FRICKEN GAME DAY!!!!! How quickly do you think Eric Cole is going to be bumped up onto the line with Schremp and Cogliano?
Well 5&aG I too feel your enthusiasm for tonights game and I also like the added comment features.
I believe midway through the second period Eric Cole will be put on a line centered by Cogliano with Schremp on the LW.
December 05 2008, 04:18PM
@ Fiveandagame:
Yeah these added comment features are great. I have to also echo FAAG's enthusiasm for the game and think that at some point in the second period Schremp and Cole will be playing together.
Booya, GAME DAY!
December 05 2008, 04:19PM
GAME DAY...Great new site BTW NATION! WOOOOOOOO game day....yeah
December 05 2008, 04:20PM
Sweet! Can we interview ourselves on here now?
Wanye: Hey Wanye, are you basically the most thugged out G around?
Wanye: I'd have to say so, but let's ask a random passer by. Excuse me Sir. Who is the most gangster thugg you have ever seen?
Wanye: (passing by) Why I'd have to say you are stranger.
Wanye: Decent.
*fires gun in air in best Burressian fashion*
December 05 2008, 04:20PM
I am on east coast time and have started drinking early......so that'll explain many things tonight in my posts....Is it possible to slur your posts?
December 05 2008, 04:22PM
@ Wanye Gretz:
Um Wayne I was busy posting here...........
December 05 2008, 04:40PM
*hoses Fiveandagame down*
Settle there lad. 'Tis a long night ahead of us...
Though I felt a bit better when I read that Gagner is out. Am I a bad person? (though I'd rather hear that he was sent to the minors, because I wish injury upon no one)
December 05 2008, 04:44PM
@ I Am The Law:
good call Mr. Law...It's a hour and forty five after beer O'clock here, so's you can see how I'd be a little charged up.....So roger that, switching to light beer.
December 05 2008, 04:45PM
I kinda squirched in my pants when I heard Gibby Brule was coming up...Thats exciting.
December 05 2008, 05:04PM
Brule's coming up too? Holy hell!! Well 5&aG, since I'm on Eastern time as well, maybe I'll put down my hose and join you in some pre-game reveille... (wait, that really doesn't sound right, does it...)
December 05 2008, 05:07PM
Stop reading, Mom . . .
December 05 2008, 06:07PM
@ I Am The Law:
Things are looking good in OILER NATION aren't they.
Oh and Mr.LAW? Thank you for abbreviating my name to 5&aG. You see follow poster Hockey God pointed out a few games ago that you can also abbreviate Fiveandagame to FAAG....so yeah thanks for not doing that...it's a rather unfortunate abbreviation.
so anyway.....GAME DAY!
December 05 2008, 06:20PM
does like everybody else have like a life or something? Where the snap has everybody gone? Or are you all now off work and have stopped wasting company time on the old ON website?
Man...i guess it is still two hours until game time...sigh....game day.....
December 05 2008, 06:36PM
@ Fiveandagame:
I recall the back-and-forth between you and Hockey God (or HoGo, which I believe was your response...). I haven't laughed so hard in quite a while. As I am sadly humour-deficient, I live vicariously through the JL.
And come on JL! I'm posting as I am writing an exam (ok, so it's a takehome, but nevertheless!), so you should all be on your Blackberries, Internets, Etch-A-Sketches, or Lite-Brites, getting ready to cheer the Oil on and helping them give Lowetide his 7-1 run before Christmas!!
Less than two hours to go! Hang in there 5&aG!
December 05 2008, 06:39PM
Late game start. They're out drinkin'
December 05 2008, 07:05PM
I was living vicariously through NHL 09. And apparentely the management in that game is just as dumb as it is in real life, as they've just traded away Kimo Timonen, who was second in scoring for my D-men, for ol Alex Steen. Great job digital Tambo!
December 05 2008, 07:21PM
I Am The Law wrote:
I'm on my PS3...hope that works for ya!
@ jeanshorts:
My robo-Tambo traded Grebs for RJ Umberger.
December 05 2008, 07:43PM
Jason LaBarbera, Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Tyler Arnason are players who just seem to always play well against the Oilers. They must be assassinated.
December 05 2008, 08:08PM
GAWD damn it...of all the nights to be called into work....it better be a real emergency thats all I'm sayin....Enjoy the game JL go easy on the new site, no sense crashing it on the first game,
December 05 2008, 08:11PM
Final score 3-2 LA.
Gonna be an ugly f*cking game I predict.
ps - operation *reverse curse* is in effect.
Sing A Song For SingSing wrote:
Final score 3-2 LA. Gonna be an ugly f*cking game I predict. ps - operation *reverse curse* is in effect.
I like the way you think.
I predict 22-0 Kings with all 3 Oiler tenders getting time in the net.
December 05 2008, 08:31PM
Of course the friggin CGY/STL game would have to go in to OT....
December 05 2008, 08:32PM
LaBarbera is not in tonight. I like the sounds of that!
December 05 2008, 08:33PM
At least it's been an exciting game. Or, well I've only been paying half attention. But it appears as if it was a good game.
December 05 2008, 08:38PM
I like the old school organ going on in St. Louis all the time.
December 05 2008, 08:39PM
So. The Flames and the Canucks both won tonight. This is not a good sign.
December 05 2008, 08:43PM
So far looks a little sloppy. *gets nervous*
December 05 2008, 08:44PM
Strudwick playing forward? That makes too much sense. They should have thrown Gilbert up there.
December 05 2008, 08:45PM
Who's rifle was that just b4 the whistle?
December 05 2008, 08:45PM
December 05 2008, 08:46PM
Uhh, it was the Horcoff line that was out there. But I have no idea. What is this, Friday night or something?
December 05 2008, 08:46PM
I wonder if Lubo visited his Ferrari upon his return to La La Land.
December 05 2008, 08:46PM
You might be alone soon JS...i'm leaving in like 10 or so...
December 05 2008, 08:47PM
I wonder if Penner visited In-N-Out burger.
December 05 2008, 08:47PM
jeanshorts wrote:
I wonder if Penner visited In-N-Out burger.
December 05 2008, 08:48PM
Well, there are vagina's out there that need stimulating. So maybe I'll go do the women of Vancouver my civil duty.
December 05 2008, 08:48PM
P.S. That Princess Lay-yah up there is hawt.
December 05 2008, 08:49PM
I'm here. But again at work so I have no damn idea what the hell is going on. Stupid update clock on the Oilers website isn't working.
December 05 2008, 08:49PM
This is the quietest JL ever. Maybe there's another game day thread...
December 05 2008, 08:49PM
It's lookin ugly out there so far.
December 05 2008, 08:49PM
Gotta run...l8r
December 05 2008, 08:50PM
There is a joke to be made there.. sloppy something?
December 05 2008, 08:50PM
There was just a commercial on the LA feed for a breakfast burrito that has bacon, ham, and gravy...
I bet I can guess Penner's breakfast...
December 05 2008, 08:51PM
gotta love Friday night.
December 05 2008, 08:51PM
If there's one thing Americans know how to do, it's heart attack inducing fast food.
December 05 2008, 08:51PM
December 05 2008, 08:51PM
December 05 2008, 08:52PM
Beauty set up by Cole.


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Young Syrian women are agreeing to marry to ease the financial burden on their parents of caring for them, humanitarian groups say.
ZA'ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan — Nariman Kalash opens the door to her abode timidly. She has been married for less than a month, and it is not appropriate for her to leave the sparse one-room caravan without her husband's consent.
At 17, Kalash is young, shy and more than a little disappointed that her recent wedding — a day she dreamed of as a girl — took place in a crowded and squalid refugee camp in northern Jordan, far from her home in the Syrian village of Ma'arbeh.
"Getting married as a refugee is not really what every girl dreams of but that is my life right now," says Kalash bitterly, tucking stray hairs underneath a loosely fitting hijab.
On Wednesday, the United Nations said the number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries hit 1 million, and the Syrians in border camps who are waiting out the fighting in their country are increasingly forced to make hard choices to support their families as the conflict lasts longer than many anticipated.
On Thursday, several United Nations peacekeepers from the Philippines who were abducted by Syrian rebels said in videos posted online that they are safe and sound even as activists reported clashes and shelling in the area where U.N. troops are being held.
As the two-year-long conflict rages between President Bashar Assad's forces and anti-government rebels, young Syrian women are agreeing to marry to ease the financial burden on their parents of caring for them, say humanitarian groups here. And some families are striking deals in which suitors pay for the privilege of marrying a daughter.
"The young girls are starting to see themselves as burdens on their families and are agreeing to marry because of economic pressures," says Dakota Hankin, who oversees the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) programs for Syrian women and girls in northern Jordan.
Desperate parents, she says, are being forced to consider using their daughters as "economic bailout," or a way to get the rest of the family out of the camp.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, said the Syria refugee situation is heading toward a "full-scale disaster."
In addition to an estimated 70,000 civilians killed in the two-year uprising, 2 million Syrians have been forced to leave their homes, half of whom have sought safety just over the border in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
"With a million people in flight, millions more displaced internally, and thousands of people continuing to cross the border every day, Syria is spiraling towards full-scale disaster," Guterres said.
Kalash says she was fortunate to receive a marriage proposal from a Syrian man. Other young women — some even younger than the legal marrying age of 17 — have been pressured into marrying local Jordanian men or even men from other parts of the Arab world who may treat them poorly, IRC says.
"While there is supervision of marriages inside the camp, the minute they leave, no one is following up what happens to the families or to the girls," Hankin says.
After proudly showing some photos of herself in a wedding dress, Kalash admits that she is one of the lucky ones. She lives, for now, just yards from the U.N.-provided tent where her parents and siblings are living.
Hankin explains that many refugees have described how local sheikhs say they are helping families by facilitating marriages for young Syrian girls. There have also been reports of taxi drivers offering "Syrian brides" to single men visiting the region.
Most Syrians arrive with very little. Stories abound of families forced to sell all they had just to get safe passage out of the country. The IRC estimates that there are roughly 200,000 urban-based Syrians living across Jordan, and official figures from the Za'atari camp show that more than 100,000 live inside. Hundreds more cross the border everyday, according to official Jordanian army sources.
Although there is food and shelter, there are other needs that cannot be met without making a purchase. And for a family to get out to a town where they can establish themselves and perhaps start again, that costs money, too.
An IRC report shows that early marriage is a growing concern. Asma Donahue, Women's Protection and Empowerment Technical Adviser for the organization, says that often early or arranged marriages are seen as a safety mechanism for young girls in times of trouble. The IRC has said that aid providers, such as the U.S. State Department, need to think long term, funding job and skills training so girls can earn money to help their families rather than marrying men they barely know.
The average marrying age has been increasing in the region for years from early to late teens. In Jordan, the official age of consent is now 17. But because of the precarious situation here, humanitarian groups warn that consent is not given freely or even at the proper age.
Mahmoud Omoush, representative of the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, says that officially there have been 29 marriages since the camp opened in July 2012. He says he is aware of girls being married to men outside of the camp's confines but he does not follow up on the fine details of the unions.
"A lot of the Syrians here are distant relatives of Jordanians living nearby, and they feel safe marrying their daughters to the local men here," he shrugs. "These people have come to Jordan because it is safe here, and their first priority is to keep that feeling of safety for themselves and their children."
But for Kalash, that sense of security among family is now gone.
"She could not stop crying on her wedding day because she really wanted to be at home with friends and family," said her mother, Sawsan Shugran.


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WHEELING - Proceeds from this year's Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic Run and Walk will help the Augusta Levy Learning Center carry out its mission of helping children with autism reach their fullest potential and grow up to lead productive lives.
Organizers of the 37th annual distance race, set for May 24-25 on the streets of Wheeling, have chosen to partner with the North Wheeling center, marking the fourth year the Ogden race has donated its proceeds to a local charitable cause that benefits the area's youth. The race in previous years has donated its proceeds and given support to the Miracle Field of the Ohio Valley and the Howard Corcoran Scholarship Fund through the Super Six Committee.
"Over the past three years, the race has been able to support projects that benefit the youth of the Ohio Valley," said Perry Nardo, general manager of The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register. "Autism has become a growing concern in our nation, and we believe the support the race can give will be a springboard for the future advancement of their program."
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Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic Run and Walk Director R. 'Scat' Scatterday, left, Augusta Levy Learning Center Executive Director Kathy Shapell and Perry Nardo, general manager of The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register, discuss the annual race's partnership with the North Wheeling center, which provides therapy to children with autism.
Fifteen children ranging in age from 17 months to 6 years old receive therapy at the center, which was the first of its kind in West Virginia when it opened in 2005. When they enter the program, most children are non-verbal, unable to communicate their most basic wants and needs - but Augusta Levy Learning Center Executive Director Kathy Shapell said two-thirds of Augusta Levy graduates are now achieving success in regular classrooms.
"We're extremely grateful for the opportunity for this partnership, and we look forward to participating in the Ogden race activities," Shapell said.
Race Director R. "Scat" Scatterday has personal knowledge of the center's impact. He has a family member that went from being a completely non-communicative child to an inquisitive, active learner after going through the program.
"Consistent with the philosophy of the Ogden Half Marathon Classic, it's an honor and a privilege to partner with this organization that has proven results and improves quality of life on an individual basis," said Scatterday.
Augusta Levy uses the applied behavior analysis approach, which takes relatively simple, measurable behaviors and breaks them down into small steps taught through one-on-one instruction and positive reinforcement. Students receive 35 hours of therapy per week, year-round.
Shapell said the most rewarding part of her job is when the sounds of unbridled celebration that always accompany a child's major breakthrough reach her office.
One of those priceless moments happened just recently with a young boy whose struggle with autism is compounded by fragile health. In January, he and his teacher set a goal for him to be able to walk by Christmas.
"Right before Thanksgiving, he took his first independent step. His parents were told he would never walk," Shapell said. "Someone gave up on this child at 3 or 4 years old. ... It's very powerful. That's what motivates me to do what I do."
The center receives minimal financial support from the government. About one-third of its budget comes from private tuition and insurance payments, and most of the rest comes from private donors and foundations and through internal fundraising efforts.
There is a long waiting list for admission to the center. That's difficult for Shapell to accept because the earlier an autistic child begins receiving intensive, one-on-one therapy, the better his or her chance is for a positive outcome - and it's a constant challenge, she said, to generate enough funds to continue working with those children they have been able to admit.
"You can't start them and then say, 'Oh, I'm sorry, we can't continue with you,'" Shapell said.
A week of therapy for one child costs $750, or about $3,000 per month and $36,000 per year, but that's much less than the $50,000 to $100,000 per year Shapell said it costs to enroll a child in similar programs elsewhere. Shapell does not receive a salary, and center staffers often make their own teaching materials, which not only helps hold costs downs but also allows teachers to individualize lessons.
Awareness of autism and its impact - 1 in 88 children is autistic, it is now estimated - has increased in recent years. But fewer than 2 percent of the more than 3,000 autistic children in West Virginia receive the type of intensive therapy Augusta Levy provides, according to Shapell.
"I think people are under the misconception that it's taken care of ... and that couldn't be further from the truth," she said of autism.
In addition to the human cost, the consequences of not treating early include a heavy financial burden throughout life, often borne by taxpayers. Shapell said an autistic individual who does not receive early intervention will require an average of $3.2 million in lifetime care, or about three times the cost for those who begin receiving therapy in early childhood.


text: Take Advantage of Tutoring Feb 29, 2012 by Jessica Seals Most college campuses offer tutoring centers where students can have classmates help them with any academic issues. Unfortunately, some students are either too embarrassed or proud to utilize these study services but they should know there are other students out there (like me!) who are willing to assist them outside a formal tutoring environment. I found private tutoring to be a wise choice for several reasons. If you tutor classmates for free, you may be able to document these instances as community service, which employers and admissions committees for graduate and professional schools love to see. If you charge a fee for your services, however, it also allows you to make some extra money on the side while reviewing material you need for your own classes. Tutoring also allows you to make connections across campus by meeting new people who could eventually become good friends with; you may also encounter someone who might return the favor by tutoring you if you ever need help in their area of expertise. You are not limited to tutoring your fellow college students, either: You can also sign up to tutor at a local high school, middle school or elementary school – a move that allows you to make connections in the community and help you when you look for employment in the future. Tutoring is a win-win situation and I would encourage all college students to try it if you have the chance – you never know where it could lead! Jessica Seals is recent graduate of the University of Memphis, where she majored in political science and minored in English. She was the secretary of the Pre-Law Society, the philanthropy chair of the Phi Kappa Phi Student Council and a member of Professional Assertive United Sisters of Excellence (PAUSE), Golden Key Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society and Black Scholars Unlimited. As she prepares for law school, Jessica will continue to tutor and volunteer in her community.And remember, there's no need to rely on expensive student loan options to pay for your college education. For more information on finding free scholarship money for college, conduct a Scholarships.com free college scholarship search today, then apply and win! It's that easy!


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Introducing a minimal velvet cord that will pop on any and everything. It's extremely flexible and thin, being only 1/8th of an inch in width, so plan to use it on all your creative projects. Make an adorable headband, mimic a belt for the waist of a dress, or add it to your favorite sandal to give it more pop!
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