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Five things: What does 2013 hold?
Ryan Lambert
January 03 2013 11:51AM
1. Another good draft
While you and I may sit here and disagree with the selection of Mark Jankowski all day and night, the fact remains that the Flames have been able to put together goodish drafts under Jay Feaster, at least in terms of early returns.
Just based on the last two drafts — and granted that's not a good sample size — they've pulled five World Junior players, representing three countries, all of them being non-first-round picks. Tyler Wotherspoon has been just fine for Canada, Markus Granlund is second at WJCs in scoring (as of this writing) with nine points, Johnny Gaudreau is an NCAA scoring sensation who has six points in his last two games after a slow start, Patrick Sieloff isn't lighting the world on fire but has been used in four of the team's five games after being held out in the first one thanks to roster complications, and Jon Gillies has been excellent in college but is logjammed behind the best goalie in the tournament.
And that's four players out of 12 draftees, which doesn't take into account Sven Baertschi, who is now too old to compete; Laurent Broissot, who's one of the best goalies in the WHL; and Jankowski, who has reportedly been perfectly alright for Providence College despite having just turned 18 in September. Maybe with another good draft in June, the Flames can finally hit an unequivocal home run again as they did with Baertschi.
2. The emergence of Sven Baertschi
Speaking of whom, Calgary fans haven't had what looks to be this much of a legitimate prospect to actually root for since Dion Phaneuf came of age. He's up to 17 points in 19 games in Abbotsford and was apparently very good in those games.
He's been so good, in fact, that his concussion — which, that's not good — has largely been attributed to the Heat's recent struggles. His having been out a month is also not very good at all. But maybe, just maybe, if he can get over the "upper-body injury," Flames fans might have someone to cheer for on Jarome Iginla's top line by the end of the season.
I know it's easy to get caught up in his completely impossible-to-reproduce three goals in five games last season, but if you're not excited to see this kid at least get some high-quality power play time under Bob Hartley, then you don't have a pulse.
3. A potential Iginla victory lap
While I don't think it's going to necessarily happen, unless something drastic occurs, you have to think there's at least a possibility that this is Jarome Iginla's last season with the Flames (Not to be too much of a downer.)
His contract is up at the end of this now-abbreviated season and you gotta think there will be some appetite out there to continue paying $7 million a year for his services even if he's not worth it any more. And you gotta think he isn't. I wonder just how committed he is to the "hometown discount" if he can bang out another $2 million per annum over what the Flames offer him, especially against a cap that has the potential to be significantly lowered from last year.
Obviously the Flames will make every effort to retain him as long as he's still capable of skating around out there, and will probably pay more than they should to do it. But again, someone who's close to being a Cup contender and has the cap space could make a very legitimate run at him. Wonder how it all shakes out.
4. So many roster moves
Speaking of expiring contracts, Calgary has nine guys coming off the books at the end of the season, but apart from Iginla and Roman Cervenka, there aren't too many big-money contributors to worry about. Among the remaining guys who will need re-upping are Mikael Backlund (likely available at a cut rate given his point totals the last two seasons); Chris Butler and TJ Brodie will both need to be brought back, and neither should be exceptionally expensive; Blake Comeau is a guy you could probably take or leave, but I wouldn't care one way or the other; Lance Bouma basically who cares; and both Anton Babchuk and Henrik Karlsson can both take a hike.
Plus, with the potential for "compliance" buyouts, the Flames might also wanna 86 Matt Stajan or even Jay Bouwmeester, just because. Or ooh, Cory Sarich. That'd work too.
There's actually rather a lot to think about. For example, Karri Ramo likely comes over to replace Karlsson, or whomever, as Kirpsuoff's backup, and how much does that cost? What about any potentially pro-ready prospects who need signing (maybe Gaudreau, but I wouldn't do it this summer)? There's also the matter of re-signing the aforementioned Cervenka if he works out okay running the pivot for Iginla or the second line.
5. Maybe even the playoffs?
Haha I'm just kidding. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
Although actually, well, it's possible. At least given the shortened season. But only because anything at all is possible if you're only playing 48 games. Hell, the Wild would have been like the best team in the West through 48 games last season, so basically, y'know, yay randomness. Of course, another cold start would mean a top-10 pick for the Flames in the 2013 draft. How's that for optimism?
PS - Go America forever.
Couldn't agree with you more about how the short season will really benefit the Flames.
Ideally the best two possible outcomes for the Flames are to make the playoffs (who doesn't love the playoffs), or completely crap out and get a top 10 pick (I'll take Drouin please and thank you).
However, a realistic look at their talent shows that they are likely a 9-13th place team and the larger sample size of the 82 game season makes that much more likely to occur (see the last three seasons).
As you note, the 48 game season, on the other hand, could lead to some random variance that could make achieving the two above goals way more likely. Add that to the fact 2 compliance buy outs may be part of the new CBA (Bye-bye Stajan!) and this lockout is not all bad for the Flames.
PS. Careful about using the Wild as an example of how sample size works. You don't want to get Bryan "Don't call me Brian" Reynolds all fired up. He may start calling Iggy a second line bust.
January 03 2013, 12:30PM
@Ed Ward
Im already on the Hockey Wilderness' public enemy list. In fact, it was my look at Dany Heatley (right after he was traded to the Wild) that probably set them against advanced stats.
If you take management /owners at their words, they want Iggy to retire in a Flames uniform. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Flames being the ones to offer Iggy the $7 million per year 'golden retirement contract'. Don't think they should, and Iggy may opt not to stay, but Iggy may well be around a few more years. Whats one more bad contract to add to the list...
January 03 2013, 12:52PM
Yeah I think the Flames will opt to try to re-sign Iginla. The issue is if he decides to sign with a contender for another shot at a cup I think.
@Kent Wilson
I think they should use Hockey Wilderness' writing as a way to teach the concept of cognitive dissonance to psychology undergrads.
I like Dany Heatley
Advanced stats say Dany Heatley is overrated
Therefore advanced stats are stupid!
or my personal favourite....
I love the Wild!
Advanced stats say the Wild are not actually that good and will probably regress to the mean.
Wild regress to the mean.
Advanced stats are dumb and people who point out that advanced stats predicted that the Wild would suck are meanies.
That's the beauty of a 48-50 game schedule, even if they add a few extra playoff spots in each conference, the starts are critical. Based on last year, the Oil would be a #1 seed with the Wild & Flames would be a lottery pick(which somewhat excites me). Then look at the last 3 years & the Flames are in big doo doo in a shortened season. In addition, how many have sprinted to Europe to play? Not too many. New coach with a very shortened training camp. That cant bode well for a team that historically likes to coast in the first 20 games. The big trades we all have been begging & pleading and hoping will happen may not be such a hard decision. Also teams that have a low cap but over achieve early & are playoff bound may give up lots for some rental players like Iggy & Kipper & even JBO if we take 1 year of salary back in the deal. Thinking about Rex & Mr. Chambers rebuild proposals, this shortened season will have teams caps at 70 mill but will drop for the 2013-14 season, so this may be the year to unload the salaries & parlay that cap space into gems from desperate teams next year.
January 03 2013, 01:08PM
@Ed Ward
Haha, yeah. I happens at least once per season with a fanbase (the last big fight was with the Avs fans when COL pulled their Cinderella season), but I've never seen it this sustained or pronounced before. Particularly in the face of such overwhelming evidence.
@Kent Wilson
Evidence, schmedivence.
What does evidence really matter when it can't fit into your preconceived world view? Everybody knows that if you don't agree with conclusion that someone makes based on sound data you can just ignore it.
Speaking of regression toward the mean, I'm really hoping all the red flags around Nashville's 2011-2012 season (questionable underlying numbers plus unsustainable shooting percentages) combined with the loss of Suter and a schedule that may by heavy on divisional match ups leads to a down season in the Music City. I have a pretty significant bet I need to win with a buddy of mine.
Here's hoping in Nashville's case the small sample size of the 48 game season doesn't have much of an effect.
Im already on the Hockey Wilderness' public enemy list. In fact, it was my look at Dany Heatley (right after he was traded to the Wild) that probably set them against advanced stats.
Have you taken any of this up with DSF? That'd be a conversation I'd pay to sit in on.
Haha, yeah. I happens at least once per season with a fanbase (the last big fight was with the Avs fans when COL pulled their Cinderella season), but I've never seen it this sustained or pronounced before. Particularly in the face of such overwhelming evidence.
The Avalanche playoff season is a scenario that scares me a little. I'm concerned that an abbreviated season could mean an exceptional result for the Oilers in spite of their real roster holes, and create a sense of false confidence and expectations amongst management and the fan base.
Interesting that there is a split amongst the commenters here about whether a short season either favours or hinders the Flames. I tend towards the latter, based on age, rust and the record from previous seasons. But I can understand that it does create a greater opportunity for chance to impact the standings.
From where I stand, the worst thing that could happen to the Flames would be a playoff appearance. Wrong message to send to the management and likely very counterproductive in the long-term.
January 03 2013, 02:33PM
@Ed Ward
Nashville is in line for a big time fall. Their results were all goaltender and SH% last year (including a league best PP that probably won't repeat).
Even if Rinne continues to be vry good, I can't imagine them continuing to enjoy some league best SH%. In addition, they are set to yield even more shots against now that Suter is out of town.
"From where I stand, the worst thing that could happen to the Flames would be a playoff appearance. Wrong message to send to the management and likely very counterproductive in the long-term."
Just the idea makes me cringe. What would they do if that happened?
I would not be so concerned if they snuck in and then got swept out in the 1st round. Management at that point should see that they're nowhere near elite status (which they should've seen a long time ago). My worry is if they go on a Phoenix-esque run and somehow pull out a couple series. Highly unlikely, but if it does happen I fear that then management goes out and tries to make moves for the immediate future, and trade some prospects/picks. But as a fan I want them to do well and make playoffs and win! Damnit this is a no-win scenario.
January 03 2013, 05:41PM
Oh no! We might make the playoffs! Dear God what if we win a round?!?!?
Cuz, you know, losing often and not making the playoffs is the real goal. Ask Edmontonians.
Simmer down on the Canada Sucks and the USA is great stuff now. Checking the last 4 years of WJC (including this one) assuming USA gets 1st and Can 4th that puts each team on the following:
USA: 2013-1 2012-7 2011-3 2010-1 Can: 2013-4 2012-3 2011-2 2010-2
You sum that up: USA: 1+7+3+1 = 12 Can: 4+3+2+2 = 11
That being said I would prefer the two gold medals, but just saying, strickly speaking position-wise Canada hasn't done poorly.
And in this 4yr span you speak of there have been 6 games between Can-USA of which Can is 4W-2L despite not winning a gold.
And finally as we all know being stat type people at the nations 1 game series and go either way. On any day of the week the worst team can beat the best team. (01/07/2012 CBJ 1 @ LAK 0). By no means am I calling USA or Can - CBJ or LAK respectively but just goes to show what can happen in a one off situation. Realistically speaking Canada no longer "Owns hockey" like they did 40yrs ago, the rest of the world has caught up and it's very fair to say that between the two countries they are fairly evenly matched, so there's no need to poop all over Canada for one bad game (albeit a terrible one). And to call any round robin game "meaningless" is also sillyness. One of those "meaningless" games last year could have given the USA a shot at a medal potentially vs going into relegation games.
After Gaudreau's emergence at the World Junior's and Baerchi's play in his first 19 AHL games you would think the total trade everything rebuild crap would be gone, nope apparently all the TSN Kool-Aid drinkers are still around. Brutal!!!
YOU DONT NEED THE FIRST OVERALL PICK TO REBUILD!!!!! YOU DONT NEED THREE FIRST ROUND PICKS EVERY YEAR TO REBUILD!!! Gaudreau blew away Yakupov in this year's World Junior's!!! John Weisbrod has shown he is very capable of drafting talent, let him and lets be at least Competitive while he does.
Only the idiots at TSN agree with these people on here and the Flames, see nothing worth trading away two Hall of Famers for a few "more picks", except to get them talent on this team as quickly as possible. You can always replace a few more picks or prospects you cannot replace HOF like Iginla or Kipper.
Anaheim won the Stanley Cup with Teemu Selanne not without him!!!
Its funny last summer everyone on here was saying it wiil be four or five years for Mark Jankowski to make the Flames. Then he goes straight to college instead, puts up decent points his first season, if he puts on some weight in the offseason lights it up with Providence next year, then he is with the Flames in less than two years.
The same can be said about Gaurdeau, because he was supposed to take four or five years and unless he is smoking serious BC dope, he isn't going back for a third season. Because he will have already won two national championships and The Hobey after scoring 60+ points.
In less than two years the Flames could have five/six top young players on their roster.... Would you rather have some veterans like Iginla showing them the ropes and to play with or have them running around like Edmonton has the last two years with no leaders and no guidance.
Sam Gangner's leadership has been great for Edmonton... I bet he's shown all the young guys where to party!! haha.
"From where I stand, the worst thing that could happen to the Flames would be a playoff appearance. Wrong message to send to the management and likely very counterproductive in the long-term."
Establishing a winnning culture in a program is counter productive...... Hahahahahahahah. John Weisbrod has young talent coming in faster than the Flames franchise has in decades, "so lets make sure that when they get to Calgary, we are pitiful and no one on the team knows what it takes to win"!!!
Case in point the Edmonton Oilers!!! Only a fan of the Oilers fiasco would think winning sucks. The Oilers culture of winning is so bleak, the Billionaire owner is unwilling to put up 100 Million for a new rink and secure the franchise. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid.
January 04 2013, 02:59PM
Reading through McRib's comments, I have to agree with the last post.
I think it is a ludicrous notion to lose on purpose to gain a higher draft spot, it creates a culture that you just don't want or need in your dressing room. I tried to tank my last 4 games in Fantasy Football for a higher draft spot, but that is not the same thing in any way.
Weisbrod is just NOT wired that way, so it becomes a moot point immediately.
I also agree that, to a certain extent, the Oilers fans have gotten settled into that culture of losing. So much that they actually joke about it themselves now. [Don't even TRY to deny that Rex.]
This was my biggest relief when the Flames traded Bourque to Mtl. You could tell by the interviews of the other players, ie. Sarich, that this guy was a cancer in the dressing room.
That's just not something you want or again, need, in the dressing room when you have guys like Reinhart, Baertschi and Gaudreau coming up in the ranks.
After Gaudreau's emergence at the World Junior's and Baerchi's play in his first 19 AHL games you would think the total trade everything rebuild crap would be gone, nope apparently all the TSN Kool-Aid drinkers are still around. Brutal!!!
YOU DONT NEED THE FIRST OVERALL PICK TO REBUILD!!!!! YOU DONT NEED THREE FIRST ROUND PICKS EVERY YEAR TO REBUILD!!! Gaudreau blew away Yakupov in this year's World Junior's!!! John Weisbrod has shown he is very capable of drafting talent, let him and lets be at least Competitive while he does.
Only the idiots at TSN agree with these people on here and the Flames, see nothing worth trading away two Hall of Famers for a few "more picks", except to get them talent on this team as quickly as possible. You can always replace a few more picks or prospects you cannot replace HOF like Iginla or Kipper.
Anaheim won the Stanley Cup with Teemu Selanne not without him!!!
Give your freaking head a shake. Jerome Iginla & Mikka Kippersoff have been fabulous fan favorite players for Calgary Flames fans. They have given proud moments except winning us a Stanley Cup. Know what, I was a big Flames fan before Iggy & Kipper came to Calgary & I will be a big Flames fan after they finnish their careers. In return, Kipper & Iggy have made millions & millions of $$$$, more than I could ever dream to spend in my lifetime. The City has treated these players well back. But I want Calgary to win a Stanley Cup, these guys didnt do it. So keep drinking your Koolaid and keep worshipping Iggy & Kipper idols in your basement but dont tell me I'm foolish for wanting to better the future of my favorite team with these great players that may give us the chance to idolize our next future star Flames player. How do you think we got the likes of Iggy & Regehr. From what I remember, they were obtained from trading older fan favorite Flames players. Hasnt this lockout taught you anything, its about the money for the players & teams & about the Stanley Cup for the fans.
@Kevin R
If Kipper and Iggy are 'irreplaceable', do the Flames fold in two years? These guys can't play forever. If Iginla doesn't get a kick in the ass out of the new coaching staff and having a bit more youthful exuberance in the lineup (read Baertschi), he is not a great player anymore. He's not a good example for the young players either, because he never goes all out. He can't be a first line guy. I don't think there's a guy in this system (outside Baertschi) that will be a first line guy in the next three years. I don't know Kipper personally, but I've heard he may retire after this year. I think it's obvious that these guys have to be replaceable, otherwise the franchise can't go on. This year's draft is the best place to find some replacements. Even just adding one first rounder would be huge. We have enough good prospects out of the last two drafts that we already have a decent base, it's just a matter of adding some top end talent, which will allow you to fill out your roster with quality free agents.
I don't think the Flames are that bad this year, but I can't see this roster that's played about half the man games of most other rosters (okay, I'm guessing) being competitive quickly enough to stay close.


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By Jeff Cox
January 26, 2012
Raging malcontents with picket signs torching buildings, attacking police and obliterating the social order—that's what billionaire, leftist and one-percenter George Soros is forecasting for America and the Occupy movement.
Earlier this week, Soros attracted attention for predicting that the preceding scenario is almost a certainty for the U.S. due to social unrest over economic disparity.
"Yes, yes, yes," Soros told The Daily Beast on the subject of whether "riots on the streets of American cities are inevitable." The Beast described Soros as saying this "almost gleefully."
But while Soros' pronouncements almost always gather a large swell of progressive acolytes, he seems on his own this time.
Even those highly sympathetic with the Occupy Wall Street crowd and its various offshoots believe the movement would be slicing its own jugular if things turn violent.
"Soros is a great humanitarian and successful businessman, but his dire predictions of a revolution in the streets of America over economic conditions is more likely a dramatic effort to bring attention to the problem than any belief that it will actually come to pass," says Mario Almonte, a public relations expert and well-known liberal blogger.
There are a few reasons that Occupy violence on the level that Soros describes is unlikely.
The first is that, in Almonte's view, Americans are nowhere near as bad off as some other countries—Greece, to name one—where conditions are dire and protesters have been extreme in their tactics.
"We're too comfortable at home to bother going out into the streets for too long," Almonte says.
The second is that while the Occupy movements have been able to garner a level of grassroots support, that could evaporate quickly in the case of extreme violence.
"My sense is that there's not widespread public support for any kind of violent protests over this particular subject matter," says Richard Broughton, an assistant professor at University of Detroit-Mercy Law. "The public may be sympathetic to some of the claims of the Occupy movement. But when it comes to violence public sentiment will be overwhelmingly in favor of the government and law enforcement authorities."
Broughton describes himself as "not particularly sympathetic" to the Occupy cause, which rails against the top 1 percent of the nation's population controlling a large share of the wealth.
"In terms of engaging in public violence, I can't even begin to imagine how anyone in the movement would think that's going to benefit their cause," he says.
So why would Soros put forth such a dire scenario, one which would endanger the existence of the Occupy movement that he is often accused of backing financially?
Perhaps, some way, just to call attention to the issues under protest and to generate some action.
"I believe while Soros was being hyperbolic in a sense, what he was trying to do was warn or wake up the World Economic forum to the very real threat the Occupy Movement poses to the world system—not just in violence but in an aroused public opinion," says Ted Morgan, political science professor at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and author of "What Really Happened to the 1960s" (University Press of Kansas, 2011).
"One of the key questions going forward is whether Occupy can find effective ways of getting its meanings through to the wider public, rather than being stigmatized by media images," Morgan says.
One Occupy supporter, in fact, sees recent developments, particularly President Obama's State of the Union speech, as reason for encouragement that the movement won't need to fulfill the Soros scenario to be heard.
"We haven't reached a fever-pitch yet…but I don't think it's entirely hyperbolic," Fordham University assistant sociology professor Heather Gautney said of the Soros prediction.
"There is a real recognition at a higher level of power that the social movement activity we've been seeing is legitimate, that there is a desire in these offices to address these issues of inequality," adds Gautney, author of "Protest and Organization in the Alternative Globalization Era" (Palgrave Macmillan 2012). "That's one way to keep a movement in check – at least give them lip service and show some efforts are being made to cope with the economic downturn."

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Make a life-sized pillow of your cat!
Kitty Pillow
I miss my cat that lives apart from me with my parents. I sometimes have a strong craving for just sitting next to her and petting her. Yeah, cat cafes are great, but my cat is the cutest. I guess that many people have the same feeling as me.


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He might be 88 years old but Dick Van Dyke has a great eight seconds of dancing in a department store
. It is pretty mesmerizing to watch the great one still move like this and have so much fun.
I thought that dude was Johnny Depp.ReplyCancel
God bless you Dick VanDyke!!ReplyCancel
What a guy. I've loved him since I was little and I still do.ReplyCancel
He's not dancing, he's trying to pop his dislocated hip back in place.
No seriously guys got moves!ReplyCancel
Very sweet.ReplyCancel
He's so drunk!ReplyCancel
There's a little more of him dancing in housewares on his twitter page.ReplyCancel
Love it. Hope I can move like that at 88!ReplyCancel
It started when I hit the Title caption so all I got was his head to elbow moves, at first..
Man, he liked that music :D,
Then, in an attempt to adjust, I went too far and cut off his head just as the loop replayed..
In THAT INSTANT, he wasn't Dick Van Dyke manhelooksgoodforbeingthatold and became…
Dancing Man!
DM has a rockin body and some smooth moves. he even throws in a bit of moonwalk slide and is light on his feet.
I gotta get me some of DM 😀 but then I readjusted the frame and remembered it's Dick Van Dyke and he's out of reach…:`(
This has inspired me. I grabbed a large sheet of cardboard from the warehouse, and am cranking Herbie Hancock's "Rock It" through my computer speakers.
Breakin' 2: Charlie BoogalooReplyCancel
How can anyone not love Dick Van Dyke? From Mary Poppins to TV shows, he was always amazing!ReplyCancel
When I get to be 88 I hope Ive been dead for at least 20 years already.ReplyCancel
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(Thx disco)ReplyCancel
He has to carry a purse! That's where he keeps his extra awesome! He has too much for one person.ReplyCancel


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Well, it's that time of year when I get crazy for garden vegetables. We have had a very bad season this year for gardens. I don't have one at all. What with the drought and all.
I am fortunate because my friends have started to share their gardens a little with me. A tomato here and a cucumber there. I treat each piece as if it were gold.
There is nothing like that first tomato of the season is there. I don't know about you but I always like to have my first tomato sliced with salt and pepper on it. After that I can eat them on a sandwich or fix them with cucumbers and all sorts of things but that first tomato has to be eaten just plain. So you can savor the taste.
Last night my dear neighbor brought over some corn so I could have some with my dinner. Oh, it was so good. I wrapped my mouth around that first cob of the year and it was perfect. I never had anything taste as perfect. I say that every year. There is nothing like Utah corn.
There is a gazillion different varities. Most of us like the sweet variety. Some like yellow kernals. Some like white and there is even an integrated kernal. You pick it right before you eat it and then you dump it in that pot just minutes after it's been picked. The flavor oooooh weee!
Everybody eats their corn different and cooks it different. Some people microwave it. Some boil it for five or ten minutes. Some leave it in the husk and roast it. Anybody who eats corn will tell you that their way to cook it and eat it is the only way. Me, I put it in cold water in the pot and bring the water to boil. Boil one minute, then turn off the heat and let it sit. That sets the milk in the kernal. Then butter and salt right on the cob.
That's another thing. Some people eat their cobs different. Some go around the cob while others like myself eat it a few rows at a time like a typewriter. I butter as I go. Some butter the whole cob before they start eating. Whatever floats your boat.
Some people cut if off of the cob before they eat it. Me, I still have enough teeth that I can still eat it from the cob. Have I tempted your taste buds?
The best dinner of the whole summer is sliced tomatos and corn on the cob. No meat just those two vegtables. In my world corn and tomatos were meant to be eaten together.
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MOREHEAD CITY, CARTERET COUNTY - The countdown begins for the 27th Annual North Carolina Seafood Festival.
This year's festival will offer over 200 seafood and craft vendors along with rides and games. NewsChannel 12 is a media sponsor of this year's event and many restaurants are getting ready for the big day. The event takes place along the Morehead City waterfront.
The Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant in Morehead City is known for their seafood and their history of being opened since 1938.
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With the days being crossed off the June calendar as we head to the opening of free agency, we know that the Toronto Maple Leafs have, among their pressing needs, a requirement to get a first line centre for Phil Kessel.
The prevailing wisdom is that the Leafs would be best-served by signing unrestricted free agent Brad Richards, and, why not? Brad Richards is a terrific hockey player who lifts the games of his teammates and has a terrific shot, is effective on the powerplay and has won a Conn Smythe Trophy to boot after a terrific playoff run with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004.
However, there are two potential turn-offs:
#1 -- Brad Richards is 31 years old and has not played 82 games in a season since 2007. He had 91 points in 80 games two seasons ago and 77 in 72 in the season he just came off.
#2 -- Brad Richards is regarded to be the best UFA centreman on the market, so his cost will likely be higher than his value. For a rebuilding team, particularly the Maple Leafs, who are forced to eat a lot of money on lengthy, expensive deals to defensemen, it is not in the team's best interest to overpay their forward corps and get stuck in the same rut. Considering the value Brian Burke got out of Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur and Nikolai Kulemin on the second line last season, he may be better off finding more "diamonds in the rough" and build the team a little less conventionally.
In analyzing the numbers among centremen who played over 50 games this season, the name that popped up that is similar to Brad Richards in the way he was used by his team. This is Brooks Laich of the Washington Capitals. Laich was a 2nd line centreman although started an identical percentage of his shifts (53.5%) in the offensive zone as opposed to the defensive zone. While it is to be expected playing alongside better teammates in Washington (his teammates averaged a 2.6 relative Corsi rating compared to Richards' minus-3.2. This means that Laich's teammates could be counted on for about 6 more shot attempts per 60 minutes than Richards') Laich would be available for half the cost.
Laich had 16 goals last season shooting at just 7.7%. His on-ice shooting percentage at even strength was just 8.06% compared to Richard's 10.7%. 67% of his points came at even strength to Richard's 62%. With the same on-ice shooting percentage as Brad Richards, you could get 40 even strength points out of Brooks Laich. Placed in the right offensive situation (first line minutes with Kessel and Joffrey Lupul plus first line powerplay minutes) with the percentages tilting in his favour, 70 points is not too much of a stretch.
He isn't the attractive superstar, but he's a valuable commodity and will improve whichever team he signs with, at a price that won't break the bank.
So your opinion is that with a bigger role against harder opposition in Toronto than he sees in Washington Laich will score 50% more than he did this season?
Pretty unlikely. I'd offer $1M for a year.
Big Laich fan, but he isn't a #1 C and would be much better suited as a #2 or a 2-3 hybrid C. Yes he has some offensive skill, but he is not the leafs answer. Most likely there answer comes from a trade, or string of trades OR kadri.
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So your opinion is that with a bigger role against harder opposition in Toronto than he sees in Washington Laich will score 50% more than he did this season?
Pretty unlikely. I'd offer $1M for a year.
Will Laich get the tough sledding in TOR? Maybe they play him with Kessel and run them against second liners.
Why is everyone so hellbent on leafs signing Brad Richards. Make deal with phily for Jeff Carter even it means shipping out Kadri or Bozak and picks/
With the coaching changes today, and not having an extension, I do believe Burke has fired a shot across Wilson's bow. And I'm convinced that it has to do with certain younger high end players. Like Kadri, Bozak, et al not developing, & falling out of favour for Brent, Boyce, etc. Don't get me wrong I like plumbers. I also like them more in the press box or a short call up from the Marlies better than dicking around higher talent.
Toronto will not win this year. This year is about the playoffs and development.
Everybody frets about who can get the puck to Phil the Thrill. Kadri can skate easily with him, is more creative, has better hands and is already one of the premier passers in the conference. We need to know what the kid can do this season. I say he has the skill base and confidence to be a star. A big star. The way that he handled Kadri was enough to fire Wilson's butt, but I digress. Don't worry about the D too much, those 2 are gonna have the puck 90% of the time anyway. If Lupol keeps going to the net (which he can) and the Leaf D play truculent behind them (which they will) the Gold Dust twins will have oodles of ice opened up, in addition to the space they make for themselves.
Leave Grabbo's line alone. Line up Armstrong and Frattin to play with Bozak on the 3rd line. They will bang, they will score... lots. Army and Boz to pk, Boz being the best draw man they have. For the 4th line, I role the dice, bring up Ross for LW, the kid plays like he was raised in a barbed wire factory. Brown on the other wing, Colbourne in the middle.
Rosehill at Richoh strictly called up for injuries (no waivers). Orr in the press box with Boyce, both to be used against teams like Boston and Philly. Bring Rosehill up too if you can beat the waiver wire going back the other way.
Unless he has some serious character flaw nobody talks about, sign White to both play 3rd D with Komisarik, and run the PP. Lashoff #7 guy in the pressbox. Send Lebda and Finger off to the upper Michigan penninsula to open a B&B. Smame top 4 on D as last year, of course.
Hold off on the parade plans until 2012/2013.
Will Laich get the tough sledding in TOR? Maybe they play him with Kessel and run them against second liners.
If Kessel gets a real centreman, ie. not Bozak, there's no way teams ignore his line to focus on the Grabovski-Kulemin-MacArthur line.
Kulemin's shooting percentage will regress hard next season and make that unit more of a second line I think.
Laich is a fine move if he's brought in to be "Not Tyler Bozak" in much the same way as Joffrey Lupul is fantastic as "Not Joey Crabb". But he's not a #1C and Lupul's not a #1LW.


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Acronyms, such as GPS, TPO, MB, EPDM, IR, UV, VOC, NRCA, ASHRAE, RCI, FM, UL, etc., either enrich or confuse the roofing environment. Just when you thought you had things under control, someone uses "albedo," "emittance," "green," "vegetated," "cool," "carbon footprint," "megapixels," "flash drives," or some other term that tends to make you uncomfortable. Tools like cell phones, Bluetooth, Google®, text messages, etc. are ubiquitous, but they only save time if we're willing to spend time trying to master them in the first place.
Just a few decades ago, thermal imaging of roofs (and of buildings in general) was introduced as a powerful weapon in detecting heat loss or gain in roof systems. Handheld infrared cameras were the beneficiaries of "sniper-scope" technology that could detect the enemy in the dark from the heat emitted from their bodies or vehicles.
Early infrared roof survey devices were heavy and cumbersome, required working at night, and were ineffective if the roof surface was wet. Today's generation of devices are lighter in weight (if not in cost), but still require a difference in surface temperatures and a good measure of judgment to reliably identify where water is trapped. Thermal anomalies still require site visits and possibly also test cuts during daylight hours to judge if the "hot-spot" was actually due to wet insulation and, if so, to gather some information about how much water is actually trapped. There still isn't an agreed-upon criteria regarding how wet is wet. No matter how high tech the equipment, under-deck heaters, roof patches, and changes in deck type, insulation type and thickness, or interior use can still mislead an inexperienced thermographer.
Ironically, thermal (and other instrumented) roof surveys are often less effective today because many roofs now use cellular foams (e.g. polyisocyanurate or polystyrene insulations) that usually, unlike their facer sheets, do not readily take on water like wood fiber, perlite, and glass-fiber insulations used to. In addition, many elastomeric roofs may be surfaced with ballast or are even vegetated, effectively hiding all but the most extreme thermal footprints. The light colors of cool roofs have high albedo (reflectivity), so they don't absorb as much heat during daylight hours as a typical bituminous roof might, so the temperature differential between "wet" and "dry" is reduced.
Professional roof consultants are the ones most likely to take advantage of today's survey devices, whether they use the principles of infrared, nuclear, and capacitance to indirectly identify potential areas of trapped water. Roof plans are typically generated by the consultant (if not already available) to depict locations of roof drains, direction of water flow, rooftop equipment, skylights, curbs, and flashings. Reports today often include digital photographs of important features, and may include recommendations or conclusions regarding roof condition. The U.S. Corps of Engineers uses its ROOFER program (a remarkably objective, if not time-consuming, method of establishing relative roof condition ratings, fully digitized and computerized).
In some instances, the military has conducted nighttime flyovers using either fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters to conduct the thermal imaging. The Corps has developed a method of preparing roof plans from the information gathered during the flyovers, using scaling techniques based on the known size of features on the roofs, such as HVAC units. Commercial image vendors are using satellite images with success as well.
Today, with satellite imaging, it's possible to download aerial images with remarkable clarity directly to your desktop using infrared and visible light. Subscribers to Google Earth Pro may download fairly high-resolution photos of a known scale, allowing consultants to make roof-plan drawings of larger roof areas.
At the same time, portable global positioning system (GPS) devices and handheld computers with customized roofing software enable a roof-survey team to quickly measure, locate, and photograph all roof features of interest. This information is automatically organized and compiled so that conditions, observations, conclusions, and recommendations can be quickly communicated with back-up documentation.
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This lesson will help you determine what you need to get started with English research. During the lesson, you will learn about the basic family history research process. You will learn about English jurisdictions, the three major record groups in England and how to utilize the websites to access records. Useful web links and printable forms are included in the lesson.
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With the best of intentions, policymakers have encouraged the proliferation of distributed generation (DG) in various forms. Now, however, the trend toward DG is accelerating more rapidly than...
Dynamic Pricing and Low-Income Customers
Correcting misconceptions about load-management programs.
Studies are showing that dynamic electricity pricing—where prices vary based on system conditions, rising during critical periods for a few hours each year and falling during all other times—can benefit both customers and electric utilities alike. By encouraging customers to shift some of their demand on those critical days to off-peak hours, the higher peak prices can help utilities to defer the need for building additional capacity. And the lower off-peak prices represent a savings for consumers over their regular electric rate.
But how does dynamic pricing affect low-income customers who often are regarded as vulnerable? Different viewpoints yield different answers. 1
One school of thought is that low-income customers, because they use relatively less energy than the typical residential customer, would benefit from a rate that charges them more during a few peak hours and less during the vast majority of other hours during the year. And, if low-income customers did shift some of their demand from peak to off-peak hours, they would benefit even more. Others believe that low-income customers would be harmed by dynamic pricing because they have little discretion in their power usage, which means they would have less to work with in terms of shifting demand to off-peak hours.
To learn more about how dynamic pricing might affect low-income customers, a recent IEE whitepaper examined some simulations involving dynamic pricing. It also reviewed the empirical evidence from some recent dynamic pricing programs. Before looking at the results, however, it's important to have a clear understanding about what dynamic pricing is. The two types of dynamic pricing that have gained the most attention in the power industry and among state regulators are critical-peak pricing (CPP) and peak-time rebate (PTR).
CPP attempts to convey the true cost of power generation during the 100 to 200 hours each year—typically during the summer—when demand reaches its highest levels. In exchange for paying very high prices during those peak hours, customers receive a discounted rate for all remaining hours of the year. An alternative to the CPP rate is the PTR, which is a mirror image of the CPP rate.
Under a PTR, customers remain on their current flat rate but receive a cash rebate for each kilowatt hour (kWh) they lower their baseline usage during the peak hours. Under a PTR, customers who do respond can save money on their monthly bill. If they don't lower their usage their monthly bill would stay the same.
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To examine the first issue—whether the relatively flat load-shape of the typical low-income customer would help or hurt them under a dynamic pricing program—the IEE paper simulated two versions of a CPP rate: CPP Rate Design #1 and CPP Rate Design #2. The simulations were conducted using representative samples of residential and residential low-income customers from a large, urban utility.


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Clothes and Heritage: Chinese American Clothes from the Virginia Lee Mead Collection
Lee B. Lok (1869 – 1942) immigrated to San Francisco from the Tai shan District, Guangdong Province, China in 1881. Soon after arrival he moved to New York City's Chinatown where he worked in the Quong Yuen Shing & Co. general store. With some English skills he became head of the store in 1894 allowing him to upgrade his identity papers from "coolie" to "merchant." This change in status exempted him from the restrictions imposed by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 which barred the entry of Chinese laborers who had not already been in the United States. This change enabled Lee to marry Ng Shee in China circa 1900 and return to New York. Living above the store at 32 Mott Street, the couple raised seven children.
Mr. Lee behind the counter (in the center) of the Quong Yuen Shing & Co. store, c. 1917
In New York, Lee founded the Chinese Merchants Association, and in 1918 he was recognized as a prominent member of the Chinese community; however U.S. laws prohibited him from becoming an American citizen. His children all attended college becoming teachers, doctors and business people.
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1925 - 1930 Chinese American Woman's Skirt
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Mark Scheifele's Start
February 04 2013 01:26PM
(This month we will be auditioning a number of contributors for JetsNation. This is the first article in a continuing Jets "blogoff)
On Wednesday of last week, an article appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press titled, " Scheifele still riding pine; Noel grows weary of probing." The article went on to summarize how Scheifele is part of the team's future and how his being relegated to the press box is creating tension between the MSM and the coach.
Well, Scheilfele was in the line up on Saturday when the Jets were pasted 8-3 by Tampa Bay and his stat-line read like this:
0G, 0A, EV +/-, 0PIM, 0Hits, 0Bks, and 1 SOG
He wasn't a factor in the game positively or negatively. As flawed as the plus/minus stat is, one would expect the young center who played 16:47 to be at least be a -1 in an 8-3 loss, but he was even. He primarly saw time rotating the center position with Nik Antropov on a line with Andrew Ladd and Bryan Little. He also saw brief stints on the wing and playing center on a line with Little and Evander Kane (hat tip to the theleftwinglock.com for the line breakdowns).
What is evident by Scheifele's TOI and +/- stat in a lop-sided game is that he wasn't a defensive liability. Given the influx of young talent assuming key roles on their teams around the league (ex. Montreal & Edmonton), the 3-4-1 Jets wouldn't be harmed by giving youth a chance and keeping Scheifele in the NHL (would it the best for his development? a debate for another day). However, the bigger question is who is Mark Scheifele is terms of career potential? Is he indeed the second coming of Dale Hawerchuk to Winnipeg as some suggest (want)?
While the compaison to Hawerchuk understandably grabs the attention and imagination of Winnipeg fans, as everyone enjoys being reminded of the 'good old days.', it is a flawed. While the Barrie Colts connection exists, Hawerchuk, the player, was a different breed and played in a run and gun offense first era. Consider that for the season leading up to the 1981 draft, Hawerchuk averaged 1.13 (81) goals and 1.42 (102) assists per game for the Cornwal Royals of the QMJHL. Playing for Hawerchuk's Barrie Colts in the season prior to the 2011 draft, Scheifele averaged 0.33 (22) goals 0.80 (53)assists per game. Even if you were to adjust for time period, team, league, etc. it would be extremely difficult to make a convincing case that from an offensive standpoint you are looking at similar players.
However, before you print a copy of this post and attach it to you dart board, please continue to read. I do believe Scheifele has a chance at a career similar to that of a player who lead his Western Canadian team to the Stanley Cup Finals- Trevor Linden. Linden's junior stats are more comparble as he averaged 0.69 (46) goals and 0.89 (64) assists per game for the Medicine Hat Tigers during the season leading up to the 1988 NHL entry draft. When you consider an example like Greg Hawgood, a smallish defenseman who scored 48 goals for the WHL's Kamloops Blazers during the 1987-88 WHL season, it is easier to make adjustsments for time period, team, etc. and find Scheifele's junior stats more comparable.
In addition to their junior offensive output, there is also the question of body type and style. While Hawerchuk, Scheifele,and Linden are all listed as centres, that doesn't mean they necessarily play the same position once the puck is dropped. Scheifele is either listed as 6.02 or 6.03 depending where you are looking and Linden is listed by hockeydb.com as 6.04. Linden played at 210lbs and Scheifele is currently listed at 185lbs, but it is not hard to imagine a 19 year old adding 15-20 lbs of muscle as he enters his early 20's (Hawerchuk was listed by hockeydb.com as 5.11 and 185lbs). An article posted last spring on the Bleacher Report sums up my thoughts on Scheifele:
The Hockey News projects Scheifele to become a power forward in the NHL one day. Blessed with high-end skill and a projectable frame, Scheifele will be able to play the game with intesity when he adds some more muscle to his 6.03 height.
When added to the 2011 TSN Draft Rankings projection of Scheifele to be a, " productive centre who is responsible at both ends of the ice," it is even more apparent the Scheifele compares better to a player like Linden than Hawerchuk. Linden was known as a tough two-way player who could either score or shut you down. Sure, Hawerchuk changed his game later in his career to be more defensive, but he would have never been considered a power forward.
If Scheifele ended up with a career similar to that of Trevor Linden, would that be so bad for Jets' fans? Five thirty goal seasons, a two-way captain, and a trip to the finals? Most teams would take that in a heart beat.
February 04 2013, 02:33PM
I agree that Scheifele could become a physical presence, but I think he will develop to rely much more on his skills and his ability to see the ice and feed his team mates the puck. I like the idea of him becoming a Trevor Linden type player but Hawerchuk and Linden were in a completely different era; the game is faster and the goalies are much better. I foresee Mark becoming somewhat in between them, not as elite a goal scorer as Hawerchuk; not as physical as Linden, but a responsible centre on both ends of the ice.
Also, that was a great read.
I think Scheifele ends up being a very good 3rd line centre who wil lchip in 15 to 20 every year. Not sure he was drafted for the offensive portion of his game. He seems to be (from what little I have seen of him) a tough player to play against and isn't afraid to go to the hard areas of the rink. I seem to remember him taking a pounding in at the WJC.
Although you perked some interest mentioning Hawerchuk, remember that the only reason Hawerchuk didn't win Hart Trophy's is because he played in the same era as Gretzky.
I agree he ends up becoming more of a poor mans Trevor Linden.
February 04 2013, 03:47PM
Scheifele, to me, is Shanahan-esque. I think it's going to take him some time though. I just don't see him making a major impact in the next couple years, but down the road, he's going to be a major contributor. At least I hope so!
Scheifele isn't a pussy cat, but I don't really see him as a traditional power forward either. He plays a really really clean game for the most part and it wouldn't surprise me if he was more Lady Byng than anything.
It will be interesting to see how he develops as time passes.
February 04 2013, 09:32PM
Although I don't see him becoming a Hawerchuk, I think it's important to look at Scheifele's OHL stats from the start of this year. He had 22 goals (matching his previous total) and 27 assists in 30 games, going at a 1.63 point per game pace.
I personally think he outplayed Huberdeau at the WJC's this year, and really grew after his time with the Ice Caps in the playoffs. It may be a stretch to say he is going to be a top line guy in the NHL some day, but I would be more than pleased to see him as a second line center and a big body who can get to the net.


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I built a new garage w/bath 3-years ago using 1/2 copper pipe. Have noticed a blue turquoise stain on lav and shower. Learned this fall it was due to low PH of our spring water. It was tested at 6.0 PH. The iron level is zero. Have learned that raising the PH level can be done by installing a canister w/limestone.
Questions: Is this explanation correct? Is the solution the best? Are there others? What is the best product on the market to solve this problem?
What is so curious is that our old house does not have the staining. 90% of the galvized lines were replaced in the 70's. We are experiencing reduced water flow due to the corrosion. Why no staining on our white cast iron kit sink and bathroom lav?
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