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Critique my Riding? Park Features
Hey guys,took a shitty cam out with me and did the best I could to capture a few tricks, angle is not the best but I needed access to start/stop the camera since my film crew is busy with Travis Rice etc etc... lol. Anyways, I wanted to get another angle as well and also get some street style rails and some boxes but the battery died.
My critique after watching myself... Go faster and hold my grabs longer. Although from the angle its tough to tell but I did clear the knuckle with no issue every time but I definitely could send it deeper. I actually thought I was holding my grabs longer, but the video doesn't lie... I will work on that next time I'm out. This was my first day spinning more than 1's off this jump,the timing was very different than the 15'ers I'm user too, I was barely spinning at all, I am sure 5's would not be tough... next season. Still - not bad for an old man?
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Rabbit hill what an awesome place. theres some real talent there....
try tucking your knees more you will find your spins will be more fluid and you will automatically begin to have bigger amplitude that and grabs will be much easier . for tips just watch the guys at rabbit some of those guys are insane!
Ya I noticed the bent over deal too, video is so telling... Thats really why I did this so I could see where to improve. I never actually considered that being the reason I was coming off the 50/50's, I assumed I was just jumping too far over or getting the wrong angle. Funny enough my FS spins suffer from inconsistency and unbalance, so perhaps you are bang on. I have been working on getting my knees up more, and it's getting better but the video shows I have room to improve there for sure, especially if I want to spin 5's next season. Some of that is just from being old and not very flexible lol, if I look stiff it's because I am... my IT bands are like steel rods.
Thanks for the critique.
...and for fixing my video :)
On the rail you kind of look a bit Tin Man. Fluidity will come with time because as you get comfortable from practice, you'll relax more etc. Maybe hit them a little slower? You seem to be fighting for balance.
No frontside spins? If you can chuck back 3's of a wedge that big (looks like 25+ foot?), you should be able to spin frontside, too. I (personally) make a mental checklist and make sure to hit a few frontside and backside stuff every time on the hill because I have the tendency to whore certain tricks which limits my improvement in other areas. I've just worked it into my warmup routine and I switch it up. I know, making a checklist for snowboarding sounds lame, and it kind of is, but it helps me make sure I'm not limiting my freestyle riding to only certain things. Might work for you.
I know mute it's an easy grab when going backside, but switching it up might be a good idea. Also, on your second backside 1, I notice you tried to grab really early and immediately had to bail, looked more unstable than your other 1's (which looked legit) and you ended up biffing on the knuckle. I think you are trying to grab before you are really set up and it screwed up your takeoff which is why you looked unstable and crashed. Don't rush the grab.
The last thing I noticed is you kind of flail when opening up and releasing the grab landing your back 3's. I don't think there's anything you can do for this, just keep hitting those and it'll naturally clean itself up as you get really used to it.
I hope this doesn't come off as harsh because overall your riding is very solid and you have a good base to expand on. I would imagine next year you'll be chucking 540 rodeos, 7's and doing some gnarly rail stuff so keep it up!
I agree you look alot more advanced on jumped than on rails. I also notice bent over at the waist thing (but only on heel side. toe side looks fine). It might be why you look little sketch on the approach to the jump (since you started approach on heelside turn). Work on your heelside carve. it will give you more control coming off the jump leading to better control in air. Just learn to carve on your heelside on regular trail or ride half pipe. (pull your shoulder back so as result you are little more upright) It will help you tons on jumps. Just nick picking since your jumps look ver solid. I would have never thought this was your first day doing 3's. they look really solid. As far as rails, I am in no position to give any advice since i am awful.
CheeseforSteeze's statement definitely is true. just keep on riding as much as possible because last year i was at your skill level and now im doing Rodeo 540's, 720's, Tamedogs, and 270 off or on rails.
As for FS - I can do FS 3's, just not as well so I leave them on the 15 footers for now... last thing I need at my age is a big crash off a 25.... when I feel confident with them I'll move them to the bigger jump.
I do switch up the grabs quite a bit actually, just today I was trying to work on my timing off the bigger jump and didn't want the grab to be a part of the thought process, hence mute all day lol. Definitely can try and be more patient with the grabs, it doesn't feel rushed but I can see it on the tape.
The flail on landing - my biggest disgust with this footy... I really reach for the landing with my feet and throw my arms up. I think I need to hold my grab longer and just stay compressed... I'll have to watch some videos of guys like Mark Mcmorris and Seb Toots... these guys are so compressed the whole time.
I did't take any of this as harsh, If I was worried about that I wouldn't put it on here. I appreciate the honesty and the input... I want to get better not stay the same.
Oh, gotcha on he grab thingy. I have natural safety grab, too, usually indy on frontside or stalefish on straight airs and backside.
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Skip to comments.Time Trip - questions and answers (How widely accepted is the theory that we can travel in time?)
Posted on 12/25/2003 8:12:15 PM PST by Momaw Nadon
The Future
According to Professor Paul Davies "Scientists have no doubt whatever that it is possible to build a time machine to visit the future". Since the publication of Einsteins Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, few, if any, scientists would dispute that time travel to the future is perfectly possible.
According to this theory, time runs slower for a moving person than for someone who is stationary. This has been proven by experiments using very accurate atomic clocks. In theory, a traveller on a super high-speed rocket ship could fly far out into the Universe and then come back to Earth at a time hundreds or thousands of years in its future.
Another consequence of special relativity is that gravity slows time down. So, another way of time travelling to the future would be to go and sit next to a black hole or a neutron star, both of which are very massive and have huge gravitational fields. When you went back to Earth, it would have aged more than you.
The Past
Time travel to the past is more problematic, but there is nothing in the known laws of physics to prevent it. It is accepted that if you could travel faster than light, you could travel to the past. However, it is impossible to accelerate anything to a speed faster than light because you would need an infinite amount of energy.
But hope for prospective time travellers comes from Einsteins General Theory of Relativity, considered to be the best theory of time and space that we have.
In 1948 Kurt Gödel worked with general relativity to produce equations suggesting the possibility of time travel to the past. He showed that a rotating universe, consistent with Einsteins theory, would allow you travel back in time. Gödel knew that his model was unlike the real universe we inhabit and also that even if we did live in such a universe, time travel would be practically unachievable because you would need a hugely powerful rocket in which to cover astronomical distances. Despite this, Gödels work was firm evidence that time travel to the past is, at least in theory, possible.
Since then, numerous other scientists have come up with other solutions of general relativity that allow time travel to the past. Most rely on the prediction of the existence of 'closed time-like curves'. According to these scientists, there are ways of distorting space-time to make it curved in such a way that shortcuts through space-time exist allowing you to effectively travel faster than light and journey back into the past.
Not all scientists like this idea and there are some scientists, like Professor Stephen Hawking, who insist that there must be something that prevents it. In 1990, Hawking proposed a Chronology Protection Conjecture which says that the laws of physics disallow time machines. Basically, such scientists argue that nature will conspire to prevent the building of a time machine - one possibility is that runaway surges in quantum energy would generate massive gravitational fields and turn any time machine into mush. There are no clear answers to the issue because quantum physics and gravity do not sit well together and there is not yet a unified theory of quantum gravity.
Hawking and others have serious problems with the fact that time travel to the past would violate causality and this would have serious implications for our understanding of how the Universe works. A final answer to whether we really can travel back in time may have to wait until scientists find a way to bring quantum mechanics and general relativity together.
What are the different possible time machines we could build?
There are now a number of different proposals for time machines that have been put forward by well-regarded physicists, for example:
Professor Frank Tipler
In 1974, Professor Frank Tipler suggested that you could use an incredibly dense, spinning cylinder that was about 100 km long and 10 km wide. The cylinder would have to be incredibly strong and rigid so that it didnt get squashed by its own gravity and so that it didnt get torn apart by the centrifugal forces it would experience when spinning. Tipler pointed out these were 'just' practical problems which might be overcome by sufficiently advanced technology.
To use a Tipler Time Machine, you would leave Earth in a spaceship and travel to where the cylinder was spinning in space. When you were close enough to the cylinder, where the space-time is most warped, you would orbit around it a few times and then fly back to Earth, arriving back in the past. How far back in the past would depend on how many times you went round the cylinder. During your journey, your watch would always work as normal, going forward.
Tiplers work suggested that this could be done using a spinning black hole or neutron star. There are pulsars that have been observed which are spinning at a rate fast enough. However, the mathematics is not really conclusive as to whether such stars could be used for time travel or whether we would need to pile up a few of them on top of each other to form a cylinder.
Professor Richard Gott
Professor Richard Gott has shown that Cosmic Strings could be used for time travel. Cosmic strings are predicted to exist by about half the theories attempting to unify the different forces. They would be thin strands of high density material left over from the early universe. Cosmic strings have no ends so would be infinite in an infinite universe or be closed loops in a finite one. They should have a mass of about 10 million billion tons per cm and therefore they should warp the space-time round them. Gott has shown that if you have two such strings parallel to each other and moving past each other, they would warp space-time sufficiently to allow time travel to the past.
Professor Kip Thorne
Arguably the most likely method for time travel to the past is the wormhole time machine. This was invented by Professor Kip Thorne after he was asked to look into the idea by his friend Carl Sagan who used a wormhole as a plot device in his novel Contact.
If time machines are possible, why havent we built one?
Although the time machines suggested by physicists are theoretically possible, all of them would require massive amounts of energy and a level of engineering technology that we dont have at the moment, and which we are unlikely to have for quite some time.
What about the paradoxes caused by time travel, like going back and killing your grandparents?
There are several problems that suggest that time travel is not possible. One of the arguments that is most frequently put forward is the so-called 'grandmother paradox': if you travel back to the past and kill your grandmother before your mother is born, you will not be born. Therefore, you could not have travelled back to the past to kill your grandmother, therefore you would be born!
Physicists have managed to come up with solutions to this. Some have proposed the Principle of Self-consistency: you can visit the past but are physically unable to change it. So, if you tried to shoot your grandmother, the gun would jam or you would be prevented in some other way from killing her. This is well illustrated in the film Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure. This seems to go against notion of free will but philosopher David Lewis made the point that free will does not allow you to do something logically impossible, such as instantaneously turning yourself into a tomato.
Another solution is suggested by Professor David Deutsch. He says that quantum mechanics tells us that parallel universes exist. So if you travelled back to past and killed your grandmother, you would simply end up being in a parallel universe where you had killed another version of your grandmother and were a time traveller.
One of the most famous arguments against time travel is that if time travel is possible, why havent we been visited by lots of time travellers from the future? Again, people have come up with ways round this objection: we may be inundated with time travellers and not be aware of it. Maybe that's what UFOs are. Perhaps civilisations dont last long enough to develop the knowledge and technology required to build a time machine. And most convincing of all, general relativity says that you can only go back to the time a time machine was created. Since no one has built a time machine yet, no one can come back to this time.
For the telescope thingy, you could just send them up in various positions to catch the light as it went by. Different distances would be different times.
But I'm just a factory worker too....
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'Glad to see the article referenced well-noted technical sources....
LOL and I've already read it...
ie. . .the 'physics of boredom' or the 'time flies' theory; when you are busy. . .
Maybe they don't want to 'come back'...
Personally, I don't believe in the barrier of light. I believe our understanding of physics has not yet reached a point where we can control how we manipulate matter when approaching (or passing) the sped of light.
As far as the "time machine" inventions, well, whose to know if one hasn't been invested in some far off future and not already been used? None of us here would KNOW if world event's were altered by a future presence. It would all seem like history as normal for us.
I've been doing it for a little over 56 years now, just hope I can keep going.
Not necessarily. One theoretical type of time travel only works if you have a "receiving station" operating in the "destination" timeframe. So from any point in the future you'd be able to travel back into time only as far as the first invention of time travel, but no further.
I've been doing it for a little over 56 years now, just hope I can keep going.
Same here. Every now and then when I've had one too many I find myself reliving my life over and over.
I think a better question might be: if time travel is possible, then why haven't we been visited from the future yet?
For example, if someone invents a working method of time travel on January 1, 2004, then there will be lots and lots of time travelers going back to visit past years prior to 2004.
With all the changes they'd inevitably make to the past, sooner or later someone is going to end up making a change that will alter January 1, 2004 enough that time travel *doesn't* get invented. For example, they might accidentally interfere with the birth, life or ancestry of the inventor, or start events in motion that sent him into a career in painting rather than physics, or they might interfere with earlier inventions which the time machine used as parts, or... Any number of things.
So eventually the past will happen to be altered in a way that "uninvents" the time machine that would have been built on 1/1/04, and *poof*, no time travel after all.
Then in the new timeline, someone else will eventually invent the time machine on some other date -- until *it* gets "uninvented" by people twiddling with the past.
Rinse, repeat.
So Niven's conclusion is that even if time travel into the past is possible, it'll keep preventing itself from being invented (for long, anyway).
On a similar note, I saw a trailer for an upcoming film ("The Butterfly Effect") which seems to be based on a somewhat related idea. A guy figures out how to travel into the past by sheer concentration, and he tries to prevent his dead girlfriend's death in the past. But every time he goes back and makes a change, the "ripples" of unintended consequences keep making the big picture even worse... It looks like a good film.
I'd be happy if they would just fast-forward to the Jetsons. Wouldn't it be great to fly to work everyday in your own personal car plane?
Haven't tried that yet.
Once tried to boil an egg using only the power of thought.
After focusing for several hours I did manage to get the egg up to room temperature.
The original Star Trek did an excellent episode on that possibility, which is anyone who traveled back in time could not alter any events without running the risk of affecting their own existence.
It might explain why if there is in fact those from the far future who managed to go back have done nothing to prevent a Hitler or a Stalin.
If it's possible, they could be here. Or it's possible that in the grand scheme of things, this part of history is not significant enough to warrant any attention by historians. Now I could buy that last part. I've spent 20 years trying to pretend the 1970's never happened. ;)
How can you be sure we haven't been visited? It's not like a time traveller would walk up to you and say "Hi, I'm from the future!" Society has a habbit of either laughing at or locking up and medicating people who do things like that.
Great episode with General Trelane.
The one I'm thinking of is "The City On the Edge Of Forever" where Kirk falls in love with a pacifist.
Excellent show, never been anything like it before or since.
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By Mary Ann Rozum, National Program Leader, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
As a national program leader at USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, a grant-making organization, I am normally on the front end of ensuring that scientific information makes its way onto the farm and into classrooms across the nation. However, last week I had the opportunity to get my hands dirty, so to speak, by participating in National Lab Day (NLD).
NLD is a nationwide initiative that matches volunteer students and scientific professionals with educators to bring discovery-based science experiences to students in grades K-12. The NLD website matched me with fifth-grade teacher Doug Schoemer at Flint Hill School in Fairfax County, Virginia to teach an earth science project on the Nile River and the history of food production and natural river cycles.
We taught an interactive watershed exhibit that demonstrated erosion and flooding and ways to manage agriculture production in ancient times as well as the present. In addition, we used Google Earth maps and had each student adopt a section of the Nile River and interpret aerial photos of agriculture fields, dams and cities today and plot points from their textbooks on the map.
In addition to teaching Mr. Schoemer's class, I taught two additional fifth grade classes about the watershed demonstration and how river systems function, whether on the Nile, or the local Potomac or the Mississippi Rivers, and the importance of protecting watersheds and water supplies. The students asked a lot of good questions on how we get our city water supplies and how to protect their own home wells and ponds from pollution. The students led a virtual tour of the Nile River with Google Earth maps, and have continued to use mapping to study more current issues such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. Schoemer and I are planning more ways to use the watershed exhibit in the classroom next year and new ways to apply mapping to other classroom projects. In fact, I enjoyed the experience so much that I plan to follow up with another school with a schoolyard garden. NLD is a great way to not only get to know the schools in my local community but to also share my passion and expertise with the next generation of future scientists.


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Could write a book but need to keep this brief. DS is 3.5 year old. DD is 3 months old. DS is jealous to the point of attacking DD, slapping her in the face when she is sitting or lying on her own, squeezing her hands and legs when I am wearing her in a wrap. He does it when I am watching so I know it is all really directed at me since I can no longer be there for him like I used to. DH is never home (works day and night) so I am on my own with the two of them 24/7 (we all bed share, too). Just want to get some perspective on this. I feel like my 3.5 years of AP has gone down the drain and that I have reversed everything by having her. I don't feel connected to him anymore even though he still nurses (I hate it when he nurses now - so sad since it used to be the best part of our relationship and in theory I had been looking forward to tandem nursing!). I try to talk to him but he either ignores me or starts talking about something totally different or lies about how he feels saying he loves DD and he's not jealous. The whole situation is breaking my heart. We used to have the BEST relationship. Has anyone ever gone through this and survived? Any tips/tales of survival??? Thanks you.
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I felt like I had to respond to your post because it mirrors my current situation exactly, even the ages are the same! I have felt so helpless since my baby has been born because I too feel like I have lost the attached relationship I worked so hard to have with ds1. he is aggressive towards the baby, but also to me; pushing, hitting, screaming at me etc. I try so hard to have empathy and patience, but somedays I just don't, and find myself responding in an aggressive way. I often say to myself "this is not the son I raised", but I don't know how to get him back. I'm sorry I don't have any suggestions for you, but I just wanted to empathize and let you know that someone else out there was feeling just like you. I hope someone else has some words of advice for us!
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My children are three years apart, too. They're now 6 and 9. My oldest didn't exhibit these behaviors, but I think that a huge part of our lives at that age was staying busy. We were in a regular routine every day that involved leaving the house the same time every day, going to a playgroup, park, meet w/friends, etc. We were just so busy having fun, which really helped the transition from 1 child to 2. This may not be a solution for either of you, but I have found that structure has saved us from many difficulties. Sometimes kids act out because they have no idea what's coming next. Their lack of knowledge of time and lack of a sense of control can really stress them out.
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We've been there and survived! I won't go too in depth, but the key for us was acknowledging just how much he hated the baby intruding. My son was only 2 when little brother came along, but he exhibited all those same behaviors. He needed more prompting in terms of having the ability to express his feelings, so I would say things like I bet he really missed when it was just me, him, and Daddy and sometimes he probably wanted the baby to just go away. After months of screaming, anger, and random violence toward the baby, we finally saw a dramatic change when he knew we really "got" how he felt. Not just that he was jealous of all the time and attention a baby gets, but that he felt like throwing the baby in the trash! Just remember the mantra that all feelings are accepted, but certain actions are limited. It's ok to feel like you wish the baby were dead, but not ok to actually hurt him.
When he knew that we truly understood and empathized with how he felt, he no longer had to violently act out his feelings. He spent 2 or 3 days repeating often "I wish baby Aidan go away" and then it was like a light switch flipped in terms of his behaviors. It absolutely broke my heart to hear it, but he needed to know that we truly understood his distress. He would still occasionally bring up how he wished his brother would go live with Grandma, or that we could get rid of him, etc. but things were SO much better. After months of thinking I would go insane it was such a relief!
That was by far the most stressful and exhausting period of parenting I've ever gone through, so make sure you take care of yourself during this time! Best of luck!


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Eastman Kodak Co.'s local workforce dropped to 3,542 at the end of the 2012, down from 5,129 a year ago.
The 31 percent drop puts the region's longtime top employer at No. 9, below Paychex Inc. and Lifetime Healthcare Cos. Inc., according to the Rochester Business Journal's most recent list of private-sector employers. The University of Rochester ranks No. 1 on that list.
Kodak's local employment peaked at 60,400 in 1982. Kodak last ranked as the region's top private-sector employer in the middle of the last decade.
Kodak's worldwide employment totals 13,094, down the 4,000 the company said it would be by the end of the 2012. Roughly 6,000 work in the United States.
Kodak released its employment totals along with its 2012 10-K report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company reported a consolidated net loss of $1.38 billion in 2012. Excluding reorganization and restructuring costs totaling $1.07 billion, the loss for the year would have been $308 million, the company said.
The operating loss for the Commercial Imaging segments—Digital Printing and Enterprise and Graphics, Entertainment and Commercial Films—improved by $278 million in 2012 to $244 million.
Kodak's revenue declined roughly 20 percent in 2012 to $4.11 billion. The decline reflects decisions to focus on profitable businesses and accounts, soft industry demand as a result of the broader economic downturn in some businesses and regions, lower sales of traditional products and unfavorable foreign exchange impact, the company said.
"Our momentum continues as we work to file our plan of reorganization and then complete the final actions that will enable us to emerge from Chapter 11 in mid-2013," Chairman and CEO Antonio Perez said.
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the Eagles have given us fits the last few years. as long as our guys show up like they did against Carolina, we have a great chance of leaving with a W. they can't underestimate the Iggles.
I like the speed of LB core and I think we may also have the advantage at TE and 3rd WO. It will be fun to watch!
Football has been very, very good to us.
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On Drop Passes, Power-Play Execution and Push Ups
Thomas Drance
March 09 2013 05:29PM
Alex Burrows failed to score on this golden power-play opportunity on Tuesday.
That fact pretty much sums up Vancouver's power-play the past two weeks, actually.
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We've talked about it a bunch this week, but Vancouver's power-play has gone cold.
Since an Alex Burrows' power-play marker scored way back on February 21st against the Dallas Stars, the Canucks have failed to ripple the mesh on twenty-two straight power-play opportunities. Since Ryan Kesler (the team's most efficient power-play scorer and power-play shot leader for the past three seasons) went back onto the injured reserve with a broken foot, the power-play has gone zero for ten.
Much, much more on Vancouver's power-play woes after the jump.
To sum the issue up as concisely as possible: the Canucks are failing to generate shots at a remotely acceptable rate with the man-advantage. Aside from the average goaltending the team has recieved from Cory Schneider this season, the power-play is probably the single area of the game that is the biggest cause for concern through nearly half of the 2013 season.
But the Canucks don't appear to believe that their power-play personnel is at the heart of the issue. At today's practice in Minnesota, the Canucks are "wooding" with the same group they've used since Kesler went down with another injury. (One minor exception to that: Jordan Schroeder, who is currently filling in for Kevin BIeksa on the first unit, centered the second unit when BIeksa played against the Kings. Now that BIeksa is injured agian, Schroeder's back on the top-unit and doesn't seem likely to go anywhere before Sunday's game).
Canucks power play look is sans changes— Jason Botchford (@botchford) March 9, 2013
Needless to say, the lack of significant power-play adjustments will do nothing to calm the nerves of the "other teams have solved Newell Brown's power-play system" crowd. As such, we can expect the Canucks coaching staff to draw criticism for "hubris," if the power-play continues to struggle. I'd mention that that's a very realistic possibility since the Canucks play the Minnesota Wild on Sunday and though the Wild continue to be pretty much terrible at even-strength and at scoring goals, they're dynamite on the penalty-kill.
Instead of making any personnel changes to the power-play, the coaching staff seems to have taken a different approach to to fixing Vancouver's man-advantage performance:
Nux practising PP here in Minny and each time one of the unit screws up, the players drop and do 10 pushups. #willthatwork— Elliott Pap (@ElliottPap) March 9, 2013
At least in practice, it didn't seem to:
Follow up on last tweet: they're approaching triple figures in pushups. #penaltykillersexcused— Elliott Pap (@ElliottPap) March 9, 2013
Push-ups, eh?
Yeah that seems like a pretty weak sollution. Then again, in an effort to get a better handle on the power-play's recent struggles, today I went back and watched every Canucks power-play since Ryan Kesler returned to the injured reserve. What's interesting is that to the eyes at least, Vancouver's power-play continues to look polished and dangerous - even if that isn't translating into shots on goal.
In particular, the first unit has managed to gain the blue-line with ease and polish. The first unit - relying mostly on Alex Edler's stellar play in the neutral zone - have gained the blue-line and recorded at least a shot attempt 90% of the time over the past four games. That's really good even if the club's overall power-play shot rate is still low.
What follows is a tome of a post wherein I break down the first power-play unit's zone-entries over the past week. If Newell Brown's systems have really been "figured out" by the opposition, well it certainly isn't showing up in Vancouver's neutral zone play.
Here's some fun images demonstrating how opposition penalty-kills are over-playing the Alex Edler drop-pass zone-entry set play that so frustrates Canucks fans:
Obviously this image is from Tuesday night's game against Columbus. Hilariously the Blue Jackets have two forwards defending Alex Edler from behind in anticipation of the drop-pass. In response, Alex Edler skates in alone at the two Columbus defenseman and tries to get a shot through. He doesn't, and instead falls down as the Canucks retrieve possession and eventually settle for a low-percentage perimeter shot.
Obviously that's not the best result, though Edler's read (to challenge the two defenders playing deep below the blue-line) strikes me as defensible, and it did result in a clean offensive-zone possession for the Canucks.
The above image is similar and it's from Tuesday night's game against the Sharks.
Now San Jose's penalty-kill has been damn good this season with the addition of Assistant Coach Larry Robinson and in particular Brad Stuart (who had a mammoth short-handed performance on Tuesday). In the above image you can see that the Sharks penalty-killers are also making a point of over-playing the drop-pass with a defenseman playing behind Alex Edler in the neutral zone.
Edler doesn't go for the drop pass and instead flips the puck to Daniel Sedin who is seen in the image above waiting at the blue-line in front of Vancouver's bench. Using the drop-pass as something of a decoy, the Canucks gain the zone-cleanly leading to a point shot through traffic that Niemi does well to save.
On to the next zone-entry:
Again: the Sharks have a penalty-killer (this time it's Michael Handzus) defending Edler's potential zone-entry from behind. Edler takes a couple more strides and then hits Alex Burrows (who is just about to cross the red-line in the above image) with the pass, leading to a Canucks scoring chance thirteen seconds later.
Later in the third period against San Jose, the Sharks didn't quite get set up to harrass Alex Edler in the neutral zone. Edler sees this, makes a good read and completely guts San Jose's penalty-kill formation to gain the zone.
Here's why that impresses me: Alex Edler has made an effective adjustment. He basically knows that Handzus will be hanging back and so he uses the anticipated drop pass as a weapon, and attacks the Sharks' neutral-zone penalty-kill formation out-right.
Handzus is caught flat-footed here and waves lazily at Edler with his stick.
Edler makes a move around Handzus and has him beat by a couple of strides at this point. Brad Stuart (bottom left) is caught a bit flat and Logan Couture (right in the middle of the screen cap) is a bit too far away to catch up to the play and deny Edler entry into the offensive-zone.
Edler has now attracted the attention of three San Jose Sharks. All he does is flip the puck around the boards where the Sedin twins overload the Sharks defenseman (Douglas Murray) on the weak-side and retain puck possession. We should mention that this particular zone-entry set up Vancouver's best extended period of power-play pressure in the game (Dimitri counts four scoring chances for the Canucks in quick succession as a result of this particular zone-entry).
Let's move on. Here's how the Flames defended Alex Edler in the neutral zone during Vancouver's regulation loss in Calgary last Sunday:
The Flames had two defenders (a forward and a defenseman) along the blue-line, and an extra defenseman playing deep to guard against a shoot-in. Meanwhile Blake Comeau harrasses Edler as he skates through the neutral zone. This time, Edler goes for the drop pass to Henrik Sedin.
Comeau has been flipped around, and has been taken out of the play as a result of the drop-pass. Edler holds up and effectively provides a Karl Malone pick for Henrik who dishes the puck to Daniel (standing right in front of the Flames bench in the above image). The Sedins play give and go as Daniel steps over the line and the Canucks set up in the offensive end. A few moments later and Alex Burrows ends up with a scoring chance that Danny Taylor does well to smother.
On Vancouver's second power-play of the evening, the Canucks deploy a fun sneaky pick to take advantage of Calgary's "three defenseman deep, one forward disrupting things in the neutral zone" penalty-kill formation. Here's Edler skating with the puck (Schroeder and Henrik skate behind him as drop-pass decoys).
Steve Begin (the Flames player at the blueline) is ostensibly the Flames' neutral zone defender, but Alex Burrows engages him and promptly falls over to take Begin out of the play:
Begin - to his credit - doesn't quit on the play as he hurdles over a prone Alex Burrows. But Begin is already beaten and off balance as Edler approaches the offensive zone with options.
And here we go: Alex Edler has taken full advantage of Burrows' cagey neutral zone pick. The Flames are bunched up and committ to challenging him at the blue-line.
Edler has completely busted the Flames' penalty-kill formation and now that he's gained the zone and attracted every Flames penalty-killer on the ice, he flips the puck neatly to Daniel Sedin (again at the top of the image in front of Calgary's bench). Daniel settles the puck, waits for Alex Burrows to skate to the front of the net and set up in front of Danny Taylor and sends a screened slap shot at the Flames goaltender that Burrows redirects high and wide. Another zone-entry resulting in a borderline scoring chance (Kent Wilson over at flamesnation.ca counted it, I did not).
Same power-play, with time winding down in the first period. The Flames appear to have made an adjustment with two forwards defending in the neutral zone on the penalty-kill.
In the above image, Edler has the puck and - you guessed it - completes a drop pass to Henrik Sedin...
In the above image, Henrik Sedin had recieved the drop pass and now has several options with the clock winding down. He's got his brother set up along the blue-line by the Calgary bench, and he's got Burrows and Schroeder trailing (just in case he wants to double down on the drop-pass).
Henrik does ultimately pass the puck to the trailer (Jordan Schroeder) who flips it to Daniel by the Flames bench. Daniel steps over the line as Alex Burrows heads for the net. Daniel stops up, holds the puck and fires a D-to-D pass to Alex Edler for a screened one-timer.
It's not a scoring chance, but with time ticking down the Canucks utilize the drop-pass to author a polished, effective set play that allows them to gain the zone and create a scoring opportunity.
Edler steps over the blue-line and flips the puck to Daniel Sedin who wins a puck battle and looks poised to set up possession in the offensive end. This would've been another nice zone-entry (completed by using the drop-pass as a decoy) but Daniel gets his stick caught in Lee Stempniak's skate, takes a tripping minor and eliminates the power-play opportunity... Poor execution (a bit of a theme here) but nothing wrong with Vancouver's systems play.
Though San Jose's penalty-kill is much improved this season and the Columbus Blue Jackets are also a solid team when it comes to short-handed play, of the four opponents the Canucks have faced since Kesler's re-injury, the Los Angeles Kings are the best at playing four-on-five.
Unsurprisingly, they had the best system for disrupting Vancouver's neutral zone sets, but even then the Canucks' first-unit pretty much had their way with Los Angeles' penalty-killers in this area.
In contrast with the way Columbus, Calgary and San Jose tried to anticipate the drop-pass in the neutral zone, Sutter's Kings aggressively challenged Edler at Vancouver's blue-line. Here's Kopitar doing just that:
Edler smartly passes out of trouble to his defensive partner on the first unit (Kevin Bieksa in this game, rather than Jordan Schroeder). He then follows up on the play as Kevin Bieksa takes the puck up ice and steps over the blue-line.
In the below image Bieksa is about to send a nifty return back-pass to a supporting Alex Edler:
The Canucks set up in the zone and ultimately create a dangerous scoring opportunity on an Alex Burrows wrap-around attempt that Jonathan Quick only just foils.
Vancouver's second power-play during the game against Los Angeles, comes late in the second period. Drew Doughty took a bit of a soft interference penalty against Henrik Sedin with twelve or so seconds remaining in the frame.
What's interesting about this power-play for our purposes, is that the Canucks had an intermission to talk about it. Did Newell Brown "fail to adjust" to the opposition who have "figured him out," or rather did he have an antidote for the Kings aggressive system? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is the latter.
On this zone-entry Alex Edler starts out behind his net and rather than surveying the neutral zone at half pace - as he usually would - he immediately takes off. Using his often deceptive neutral zone speed, Edler catches both Kings forwards flat footed:
In the above image the Kings forwards realize they're screwed. In the below image, that becomes clear to the viewer:
Edler has both Kings forwards beaten by several strides at this point. He steps cleanly over the blue-line, carries the puck behind Los Angeles' net makes a move to allow Vancouver's forwards time to create traffic in front and takes a point shot. The Canucks retrieve that puck and ultimately dish it off to Alex Burrows who records a scoring chance on the possession. No goal though because the Canucks can't buy a break with the man-advantage of late.
Earlier this week I mentioned that the Canucks' anemic power-play shot rate was a serious cause for concern. Looking at their power-play in a more indepth way today, however, I'm a lot less worried about the team's performance with the man-advantage.
The issue at hand appears to be a combination of luck and the club's offensive zone execution, which hasn't been that good. The team's systems are fine to my eyes and are especially potent in transition, even against really good penalty-killing teams like the Kings, Blue Jackets and Sharks. It looks to me like far from being "figured out" by the rest of the league, the Canucks are still able to toy with the opposition when entering the zone, use the drop-pass as an effective decoy, and generate scoring opportunities using a variety of different looks on the rush.
From an x's and o's standpoint the real issue seems to be that the Canucks aren't doing a good enough job winning battles and outnumbering the opposition down low on the power-play. Also, too often the puck movement in the offensive end simply isn't crisp enough.
While the push-ups that the Canucks power-play personnel did at practice today seem like a pretty weak answer for what ails the team at five-on-four, I think it makes sense when you look in detail at what's going on. The personnel isn't the issue and Newell Brown's system looks to be functioning fine. It's the execution that needs fine tuning, and to that end at least the push-ups target what appears to be the real issue.
Boston and LA had pretty average power-plays the years they won the cup; everyone knows the NHL is a copycat league.
So basically the Canucks are lacking skilled forwards who have 'goal scorer goals' finish.
That I agree with!
OK, Ok you have convinced me that Newell Brown maybe shouldn't be fired and that there is an up side to Edler and his defensive miscues, so I guess he shouldn't be benched. Jerk!
March 09 2013, 06:22PM
So basically the Canucks are lacking skilled forwards who have 'goal scorer goals' finish.
That I agree with!
Basically there is no such thing. Goal scorers score alot because they take alot of shots.
14 guys scored 35 or more goals last year. Take away Stamkos and their avg shooting percentages were between 16% and 12%.
12 guys scored 20 goals last year. Their shooting percentages were between 16% and and 9%.
So the difference between the top goals scorers in the league and the guys that scored 20 goals were volume of shots, not finish.
"The personnel isn't the issue"
So Garrison sitting on the bench isn't a problem?
Fantastic post Thom. Wow.
Why aren't you worried? We seem to be doing half the work excellently, but it doesn't matter without the other half. If we need shots, we should put Booth in Kesler's place. By eye, at least, he has one of the highest shot rates in the team despite starting more shifts in his own zone.
Very informative post and analysis.
In 23 games, Burrows has 77 shots (S% 6.5), D. Sedin 62 shots (12.9%), Hanson 52 shots (11.5%), Higgins 40 shots (15%), and in 8 games Booth has 20 shots (0 %). Unfortunately the statistics don't predict what year the percentages will "catch up." We can only hope that its this year.
March 10 2013, 12:57PM
Awesome breakdown. Love watching the first units zone entries; 'tis a thing of beauty.
Best article I've read on the canucks all season. Nice work, Thomas.
Pretty sweet post.
Though now it seems like the most logical thing to look at is their PP set up inside the zone after gaining control, instead of concluding there is no problem with the system.
Thomas, while it's clear that neutral zone play is extremely important on 5 v 5 toward possession (I'm tracking entries for the Isles myself actually), I'm not convinced that it's that important for the PP. Isn't it possible there's a persistent skill on 5 on 5 in maintaining offensive zone possession once an entry is obtained and thus simply carrying the puck in a lot isn't necessarily a good measure of the underlying pp ability?


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The Emery County Historical Society presented "A Night of San Rafael Heritage" recently at the Museum of the San Rafael. JoAnn Behling welcomed the crowd and announced that on July 31 and Aug. 1-2, the museum will host a Folk Art Festival. Those interested in displaying their woodcrafts, beading, iron works weaving, pottery and other related crafts, can call Jan Petersen at 381-5252.
Kent Petersen introduced the book "Cowboy Poetry from the San Rafael." The book is a collaborative effort of not only the poets and authors, but Shirley Spears, Dottie Grimes and Kathleen Truman. These three ladies, along with Petersen contributed the hours to put the book together. Petersen then read several of the poems from the book, including one of his own.
Jay Frandsen entertained the group with one of his original songs, "Do They Let Cowboys in Heaven, I Sure Hope They Do."
Shirley Spears from the Emery County Archives was the first guest speaker of the evening. Spears spoke of the archives now being in jail. She said that the archives had been housed in a building owned by the school district and they had to move. Now the archives has relocated to the old jail building as a temporary home while they continue to search for a permanent residence. Spears displayed some of memorabilia and historical antiques she had brought from the archives collections.
Spears spoke of the Emery County Progress newspapers which have been donated to the archives by the library. She informed the group that the earliest years of the publications are being digitalized now, and the goal of the archives is to digitalize all of the newspapers to make the information more accessible to the public for research purposes. Spears also reported that one of the archives projects is to start a Green River Branch.
The Emery County Archives has recently been given the Frank Lemmon collection including various items such as poetry, photos, and a large petrified tree called the "Lemmon Tree." Lemmon planted a large orchard in Ferron and each year hosted a Blossom Festival that may have been the predecessor of today's Peach Days.
Spears is focusing on her current goal of obtaining more BLM and Manti forest service historical records. The archives needs photos and histories of settlers dugouts and cabins so this information can be preserved before it is all gone or lost.
Kathleen Truman says the archives is celebrating the 100 years of the Manti National Forest and have adopted the same theme as the county fair for this year.
After another musical respite from Frandsen, "Run Cowboy Run" about Butch Cassidy and the Robbers Roost bunch, Ray Petersen from public lands council was introduced. Petersen distributed a letter concerning the consideration of a heritage area. He requested input from the people of Emery County, about ideas and suggestions on how to accomplish a heritage area designation. The idea behind this movement is to create responsible use of the resources of public lands. Any suggestions or ideas can be submitted to Petersen at the public lands office in the courthouse or calling 381-5552.
The next historical society meeting will be April 24.


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Philosophy is by definition any theory that can't be proven scientifically. In La Rouchefoucauld's case this is especially obvious as he attempted to explain in terms of philosophy the behavior of humans because there was at his time no way to prove them scientifically. He used a version of the scientific method to arrive at his final maxims and although he couldn't prove it in doing so he stumbled on to some very scientific principles.
In La Rouchefoucauld's day humans where still popularly considered distant and distinct from animals however four centuries after La Rouchefoucauld the idea that humans are bound to nature just as animals is now becoming prevalent. Thus even though originally the maxims were written to be a sort of scientific understanding of humans they instead are a defendable philosophy. Although it does not make La Rouchefoucauld "laws" of human nature any less real, understanding the scientific basis of the laws allows one to understand not just the effect but also the cause of human nature.
Law 72 states "If you judge love by most of its results, it seems more akin to hate than to friendship." Taken in the basic terms it is true, but beyond the purely philosophical basis it points to the mental and physical changes one can experience during love and hate. Love can invoke powerful chemical changes in the brain akin to those caused by the use of drugs. Hate also causes chemical changes, increasing the amount of adrenaline and decreasing seratonin in the body. Both can cause behaviors under other circumstances would be unthinkable or undesirable. Friendship is less emotional and more mental. While friends are chosen for what they can do for oneself1, lovers and enemies are created through surge of emotions and are very rarely mental on the surface2. Yes La Rouchefoucauld is correct that love is similar to hate in its effects, but it is not a far off barley attainable philosophical truth, but just a scientific fact. Law 102 and 259 continues this idea again alluding to the chemical changes that occur in the brain.
Law 78 says, "For most of mankind, love of justice is nothing more than the fear of suffering injustice." This is also true from a scientific point; the love of justice or fear of injustice is a survival trait. This trait is an offshoot of altruism which is required in any complex social setting for any creature human or animal3. Altruism is easily seen in all primate species, there have been many observed scenarios where a member of a group who did not reciprocate the altruistic behavior was "punished" by being denied further altruistic gestures by the remainder of the group. The member of the group who was punished now is less able to collect food, care for young and be alert to danger if the need arises. Because of this most members of the group feared losing the altruism of their neighbors they reciprocate the gestures in an attempt to insure further altruism. This can easily be seen as a form of societal justice.
These are both good examples of how La Rouchefoucauld's philosophy of human nature mirrors the scientific version of the same. La Rouchefoucauld achieved his goal of finding the laws of human nature through philosophy yet in doing so also made a road map to the scientific laws of human nature. Maybe the question should not be is human nature based on philosophy or science, but rather is there anything in human nature that cannot be explained by both philosophy and science. Both interpretations of human nature, philosophical and scientific, appear on the surface to be correct. However not all people prefer to believe in the philosophical explanations preferring the concrete and proven scientific facts, like-wise many people do not believe that science can explain away all the mysteries of the human conundrum and only by looking beyond the proven can one truly find the answer to the puzzle.


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PRICE-Our beloved Dad and Papa, George Farlaino, age 91, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011 at Garden Terrace in Salt Lake City while surrounded by his family.
He was born April 25, 1919 in Sunnyside, Utah to Salvatore "Sam" and Tarasina Lamana Farlaino.
Married Angelina Barbara Angotti, April 12, 1947 in Price; she died Dec. 21, 2008.
George was a member of Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church. He was a lifetime resident of Carbon County and a member of the Price Elk's B.P.O.E. #1550.
George graduated from Carbon High School and was a member of the 1939 State Championship Football Team where he threw the winning pass. He attended BYU on a football scholarship until he was drafted to serve in the U.S. Army during WWII. For his bravery and service to his country he was awarded the Silver Star.
George loved and played in all sports, and he made the first hole-in-one at the Carbon Country Club. He was an avid Yankees and Notre Dame fan. Besides sports, he loved music, waltzing with his beloved Angie and singing. He was a man of many trades. George was a grocery store owner, milkman, restaurateur, and retired from Soldier Creek Mine.
"Dad, sing for the angels like you sang for us."
He is survived by his children, Sam, Price, Kelly (John) Mannos, Salt Lake City, Reggie (Renae), Grand Junction, Colo., and Ernestine Pippas, Salt Lake City; grandchildren, Anthony (Maryann) Farlaino, Sami F. Carlisle, Patrick Mannos, Whitney and Paige Farlaino, William and Christina Pippas and four great-grandchildren, Jaxon, Charlyze, Liam Carlisle and Brian Tate Camplin.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, brothers, Jim and Tom; sisters, Vera Bonaquisto, Della Compagni, Rachel Leonard and Helen Evenich.
The family would like to thank his niece, Tisa Pendergrass, R.N. and Josie Alcon for all of their love and devotion. Also a special thanks to Shauna O'Brien and staff at the Heirloom Inn in Price, as well as Garden Terrace and Bristol Hospice of Salt Lake City.
Funeral Mass will be Saturday, April 16, 2011, 10 a.m., Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church, Price. Visitation Friday evening, April 15, 6-8 p.m. with a Vigil service at 7 p.m., at Mitchell Funeral Home, 233 East Main Street, Price. Committal, Cliffview Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price where friends are welcome daily and may share memories of George at www.mitchellfuneralhome.net .
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in George's name to the Alzheimer's Association of Utah Chapter, 855 East 4800 South, Ste.100, SLC, UT 84107.


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Utah's first-ever tagged trout event will start June 1 and run through July 31. You can make money catching tagged fish at Millsite Reservoir. There will be 20 fish each worth $50, 10 fish worth $100 and two worth $250, for a total of $2,500. All you have to do is get out and fish. No contest fee required. For more information call (435) 687-2491
The Mohrland Road will be closed June 20 from 5:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. for the Second Annual Search and Rescue triathlon. Contact the Sheriff's Office for more information or assistance. The boat ramp at Huntington State Park will also be closed on June 20 until around 3 p.m.
July 10 at 9 p.m. and July 11 at 9 a.m. For more information contact Emery County Recreation @381-2108, Jordan Leonard @ 384-2887, Jason Jewkes, @609-0047, Jeremy Jewkes @ 749-9768 or Eric Luke @749-0432. Registration forms can be picked up at the Recreation office, J & D Auto or Millsite Golf Cource.
June 26 and 27 at 8 p.m., Mutton Bustin 7 p.m. sign up 6:45p.m.
Huntington Camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers will be hosting an exhibit of quilts and other needlework during the July 4th Heritage Days activities. We would like you to participate by displaying old or new quilts. There will be no judging, just display only. We will take very good care of objects and display them well. To donate items for display only, contact Christine Jensen, 749-0595 or Sherron Pulli, 687-9549. The Huntington Camp is also doing a fund raiser to help fix the roof on their heritage building. They are selling tickets for a quilt that has been hand quilted by members of this camp. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. To purchase tickets, please contact Helen Fox, 687-2838 or Christine Jensen.
Cleveland Days 10 or 20 mile bike ride & kid's sidewalk ride will be held at 6 p.m. on July 23. The 2009 Castle Country Vacation & Recreation Guide incorrectly stated that is was a 10 or 20 mile sidewalk ride starting at 5 p.m.
Friday, June 19th At Mayor's Park, The movie will begin at dusk, This will be a great family activity. Bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. Students will be selling cotton candy, snow cones and pop for $1 Details: Andrea 384-2632
On June 17 at 8 am in the county building there will be commercial lenders from Zions Bank and Robert Edminster from the CDC for SBA 504 loans. There will be presentations on each kind of SBA loan and then there will be break-out sessions so that the business owners have one-on-one time with a lender to get help with the application. There will also be a continental breakfast served.
Emery County Recreation tennis camp June 15-19. 3rd - 6th grade: 8 - 9:30. 7th - 9th grade: 10 - 12. Emery High School tennis courts. On Friday, the 19, a tennis tournament will be held. Register at the Rec. Center. For more information call the Rec. Center 381-2108 or Adri Weihing at 749-9904.
We have extended the date to send your money in to June 15th. Please send money to: Kristie Cook, 161 West 400 South, Hyde Park, UT 84318 Cost is $15 person. Please list your choice of either: Chicken Cordon Blue or Stuffed Pork Chops. All other festivities are free of charge to attend! Any questions, please contact Shalise Garner at (801) 867-6409.
June 8-10, Elementary 9-11 a.m., Jr. High & High school 11:30 - 2 p.m. Emery High School Spartan Center. Cost $35. Register at the door. For more information call Todd Jeffs at 749-5425.
All young ladies ages 6 - 9 living in Emery County are invited to participate in The Little Miss Emery Pageant being held on August 6, at 6 pm in the Fair Tent. Registration fee is $40 For more information contact Jarilyn Spears at 381-5667 or Patsy Stoddard at 381-2431. The winner will accompany the 2009 Miss Emery to the Miss Utah pageant in June 2010. She will ride in parades with Miss Emery and attend the Miss Utah tea. She will win a $400 packet which includes a dress, Miss Utah T-shirt and other prizes.
The NEHS reunion will be held July 3, 2009 at the Huntington Elementary School. If you have received your registration form in the mail, please fill it out and return it to Dixie Bass, P.O. Box 1323, Huntington, UT 84528 or Sharron Pulli, P.O. Box 885, Huntington, UT 84528 by May 30. If you have any questions contact Janet Leamaster 435-687-9254
Start your summer fun by attending Orangeville Day Celebration! 6:30 a.m. register for the Fun Run, meet at the Community Center ($15), 7 a.m. Flag raising and breakfast in the park, 10 a.m. Parade (needing participants, please contact Marti Snow - 748-5455), 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Concessions, races, slides, games, & horse shoes, 2 noon ATV poker ride, ($5 per hand meet on the east side of the ball field in the park), 1 p.m. Water games (if weather permits), 5:30 p.m. Humphrey Brothers lamb fry ($6 per plate 9 yrs & up, $3 per plate 8 yrs & under) At dusk (approx. 8:15 p.m. movie in the park (free) No fireworks this year.
It will be on JUNE 12TH & 13TH at 6pm. It's never too soon to register for Relay 2009! Plan to help us celebrate Relay's 25th Anniversary! This year's theme is "Kool for a Kure". The Relay event starts with a kick-off dinner at 6pm and ends with a pancake breakfast on Saturday morning. Former SENATOR JAKE GARN will be the key note speaker. Also speaking will be Heather Anderson the former Miss Utah 2007 and Hillary Gordon the Mayor of Huntington. The Ms. Relay competition; males competing for the crown, will be back again this year. The Relay for Life is a fun-filled, overnight, event that empowers everyone to help fight cancer by raising money and awareness to support the American Cancer Society's lifesaving mission. For more details contact Judi Bishop 653-2221 For Luminarias contact Brenda Jensen 749-9023
Summer cheer classes start June 15 - 29 at Larae's Dance Studio. Ages 5-18 yrs. Learn cheer technique, tumbling, jumps, and age appropriate stunting. Register by June 1, call 687-2632.
Any youth currently in 9th-12th grade that would like to participate in the 4-H Summer Education Camps, please register ASAP. The camps are filling up fast and we have spaces for local youth to attend. The archeology camp at Range Creek will be June 15-19 and the Paleontology camp is July 13-17. Emery School District has provided scholarships for local youth to attend. For more information, registration forms etc., go to www.emerycounty.com and look for Summer Education Camps on left side. For other help or more information contact Utah State University Extension and talk with Chris Jensen, 381-2381.
Emery Center, Exercise-, Monday - Friday 8-9:30 a.m., Lunch - Every Wednesday, Bingo - June 3, Shopping Bus - June 10, Blood Pressure - June 17, Band - June 24, Castle Dale Center Blood Pressure - June 2 & 16, Lunch/bingo - Every Tuesday, Line Dancing - Every Thursday - 10 a.m. & 1/3/4th Monday - 2p.m. DUP - June 8, Art class - Every Tuesday - 3 p.m., Phase 10 games - Every Thursday- call for time, Rook club - Every Thursday 1:30, Craft Day - Every Friday - 10 a.m. Shopping Bus - call for reservation, Huntington Center, Blood Pressure - June 8 & 22, Lunch/bingo - Every Monday, Line dancing - June 8 - 2 p.m., Exercise - Monday - Friday 6:30 a.m., Shopping Bus - call for reservation, Ferron Center Blood Pressure - June 1 & 15, Lunch - Monday/Tuesday, Exercise - every Thursday - 1 p.m. Green River Center, Nurse Clinic - June 3, Bingo - June 17, Lunch Tuesday/Wednesday, Ceramics and/or Shopping, Call for Dates
June 8-10, 9 a.m. 12 p.m. Emery High coaches and players will be hosting a skills camp June 8 - 10 for girls fourth through eighth grades. The camp will be held at San Rafael Junior High and the cost is $30. For more information or to sign up call Kris Bell, 748-2906 or 749-2239.
Be creative @ your library, 11 a.m. Tuesdays at Castle Dale library. June 2 - I've got stories, 9 - I've got rythm, 16 - ham it up, 23 - now you see it, 30 - dance and move, July 7 - "free play", 14 - finale
Final applications are now being evaluated for the Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. The Ten Star All Summer Basketball Camp is by invitation only. Boys and Girls ages 10-19 are eligible to apply. Past participants include: Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison. Players from 50 states and 11 foreign Countries attended the 2008 camp. College basketball scholarships are possible for players selected to the All-American Team. Camp locations include: Phoenix, AZ, Babson Park, FL Gainsville, GA, Champaign, IL Glassboro, NJ, Ithaca, NY, Marietta, OH, Lebanon, TN, Commerce, TX, and Blacksburg, VA. There is also a summer camp available for boys and girls ages 9-18 of all skill levels. For a free brochure on these summer camps, please call 704-373-0873 any time.. www.tenstarcamp.com
Ages 10 and up. Express yourself @ your library! June 1 - visual arts 1 p.m., June 8 - literary arts 1p.m., June 15 - express yourself politically 1 p.m., June 22 - vigil - dramatic arts 5:30 p.m., June 29 - musical arts 1 p.m.
Self Reliance Classes are being held at the courthouse in Castle Dale at 12 noon on the following dates: June 9- Financial preparedness/setting up a financial binder, June 23- Canning basics, June 30 Using a pressure saucepan, July 14- Pat Preston, Everyone is welcome to attend and bring a pot luck dish.
There will be Food Handler's Classes for all persons working in restaurants, bars, nursing homes, school cafeterias, convenience stores or deli's. Classes will be taught in Price, on June 16 at 9 a.m. and 4 & 7 p.m., 28 S. 100 E. In Castle Dale, on June 17 at 4 & 7 p.m., 25 W. Main St. The classes are two hours in length and the cost is $10 to take the test. For more info. call 637-3671 or 381-2252.
Interested girls between ages 17-24 are welcome to enter the Miss Emery Scholarship Pageant on July 11. Scholarship is $1,200 and a new computer for first place; $700-second and $500-third. Call Jerilyn at 381-5667, Leslie at 381-2119 or Patsy at 381-2431.
Emery County Fair is looking for a Lamb Fry Vendor. Preference will be given to a non-profit entity. The dates of the fair are Aug. 6,7 &8 2009. This is a great way to raise funds for your group. Applications must be submitted by or before April 30 at 5 p.m. For more information, contact Emery County Recreation at 381-2108.
"The USS Nitro AE-2AE-23 Association will hold our annual reunion from 18-20 June 2009 in Seattle, WA. For information contact the Nitro's website at www.ussnitro.org and click on reunion." Bob Eberlein Founder-vice-president USS Nitro Assn.
Jessica Ceja is a fifth grade student at Napa Valley Language Academy in Napa, California. Her class is researching states in our country and she has chosen Utah to do her report on. She needs information on our history, economy, agriculture, historical places, important figures, National Parks and other points of interest. She would like to receive pamphlets, brochures, magazines, post cards, souvenirs, and anything else that might help her with her report. Please send info in care of her teacher Mrs. Phors to: NVLA 2700 Kilburn Ave., Napa, CA 94588.
Self-guided presentation walks students through the sometimes-confusing financial aid application process. The Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority is very pleased to announce "Navigating the FAFSA," a much-needed new resource to help students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (commonly called the "FAFSA"). This tool is a self-directed presentation that guides students through topics explaining the purpose of the FAFSA, how to obtain a PIN to sign their FAFSA securely online, what information should be gathered, how to complete the FAFSA, and how to submit it. Easily found on the front page of the UHEAA website, this presentation gives high school counselors and financial aid professionals another tool to help their students. To access the presentation go to http://www.uheaa.org/ and click on the "Navigating the FAFSA" button. The presentation can also be found through UHEAA's Facebook page.
A newly established AA meeting will be held every Monday night from 7-8 p.m. at the Huntington Senior Center, 176 West 100 North.
Desert Edge Christian Chapel in Huntington is hosting a new website, www.desertedgecc.com. Information about services, current events, comments, prayer requests, sermons and Bible studies times are available on line.
Do you have a friend or a loved one who is serving in the military in a combat zone? If so, Operation Home Support would like to add their names to their list. Once on the list, the ladies of Operation Home Support take it upon themselves to send these soldiers care packages and letters to let them know they are appreciated and loved. So if you have someone in mind, or know of someone who is serving in a combat zone in any branch of the military, please contact Jan Hess or Dixie Swasey to add their name to the list. Thank you for all of your help and support. American Legion Auxilary Unit 42 Jan Hess 435-384-2753 or Dixie Swasey 435-384-3172.
A New Orleans doctor is looking for veterans of either the Iraq war or the war in Afghanistan who have suffered traumatic brain injury or post traumatic stress disorder to participate in a free pilot trial of treatment that so far has had 100 percent beneficial results. Veterans who qualify will be flown to the clinic (and home later) free, and sponsors are making lodging, meals and transportation available at vastly reduced rates. Interested veterans are asked to call Dr. Harch's office in New Orleans for an interview at (504) 309-4948.
Narconon reminds parents that abuse of addictive pharmaceutical drugs with youth is on the rise. Learn to recognize the signs of drug abuse and get your kids help if they need it. Call Narconon for a free brochure on the signs of addiction for all classes of drugs. Narconon also offers free addiction counseling, assessments and referrals to rehabilitation centers. 877-413-3073 or www.drugsno.com
An 18 year old senior from Ostrander, Ohio is looking for stories and other memorabilea from WWII veterans. Contact: Kyle Nappi, 1890 Warren Road, Ostrander, OH 43061. email@example.com
Seeking officers, enlisted men, WACs, cadets, Britons, civilians and /or their families and friends who were stationed at Cochran Field, or lived in Macon, Ga. during WWII, who would be willing to contribute artifacts, photos, articles and stories pertaining to their experience with the men and women working there. If so, contact: Mike Rowland, Archivist, WR-LC/MU, 1942 Heritage Blvd., Robins AFB GA 31098-2442.
To donate DVDs to veterans who otherwise do not have access to them, visit www.dvds4vets.org. For more information call Laurance at 1-914-835-3673.
The Senior Wheels USA Program makes available power wheelchairs to senior citizens and the permanently disabled at no cost to the recipient, if they qualify. The power wheelchairs are provided to those who can no longer walk safely, nor self propel a manual wheelchair and who meet the additional guidelines of the program. If the patient's need is for use in the home, call for more information to see if they qualify. Call toll free 1-800-246-6010.
Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange is looking for host families in the local area to host a foreign exchange student. These young ambassadors are between 15 and 18 years of age and all speak English. Student's profiles will start arriving for students from various countries. Students come with their own spending money and medical insurance. Call Anne Ring, 1-866-462-3423 if you are interested in opening your hearts and homes to one of these individuals.
Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange is looking for community representatives to assist in finding host families and work with the students and their families during the school year. Individuals must enjoy teenagers and have good communication skills. Call Anne Ring, 1-866-462-3243 if you are interested in learning more about becoming a community representative.
Problems with a drug or alcohol addiction in a loved one? Don't know whom to turn to for help? Contact Drug Rehab Resource for a free confidential consultation to find the help you need. Call today 1-866-649-1594 or find out more at www.drugrehabresource.net.
ASSE is seeking local families to host high school boys and girls from diverse countries around the world. Call 1-800-733-2773.
Open your heart and home to an international exchange student. P.I.E. urgently needs host families and area representatives. Call 1-800-828-9001.
Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for academic semester and year home-stay programs, and the sponsoring organization needs a few more local host families. If you are interested call 1-866-546-1402.
The DCSD legal service is designed to help seniors and disabled people who cannot afford to hire an attorney to file for bankruptcy, but need legal representation to get collectors to stop harassing them, Call 1-800-992-3275 Ext. 1304 with any questions.