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Losing Joe's Place
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- Jason and his best friends are staying in Joe's city apartment for the summer. They expect a summer of fun and freedom. They don't expect lost cars, broken stairs, or Rootbeer Rasinet...
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- "Hey, Jason," came my brother's voice out of the speaker. "Whatever you do, DON'T lose me this lease. It's the best deal in town. Sell your friends, but hang onto that apartment. "I'll send you a postcard from London. See ya. "Oh, yeah--Plotnick doesn't know all three of you are going to be living here. I told him it was just you. Fake it. Say the others are houseguests or something." Parties. Girls. No parents... There's just one small problem. Jason and his two best friends are about to have the ultimate summer experience, because they've just taken over Jason's cool older brother Joe's apartment for the summer. Now all they have to do is just say no: No parents. No rules. No problems. Right? Wrong. And Jason's brother hasn't even found out what happened to his apartment. Yet.
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Canucks 2013 NHL Draft Preview: WHL Prospects to Target
Jeff Angus
June 27 2013 09:08AM
The Canucks have seemingly made a habit of avoiding picking players from the WHL at the NHL Draft in recent years, especially with high draft picks (Taylor Ellington notwithstanding). Year after year this fact is lamented by fans who watch hometown kids develop into NHL studs like Milan Lucic and Brendan Gallagher.
The Canucks will be re-emphasizing the WHL at the draft this year – just as they should. The WHL is a fantastic developmental league, the second biggest source of NHL draft picks, and it's about time that the team used its geographical advantage.
I also write occassionally for the Dallas Stars SBN blog DefendingBigD, and it is fascinating to see how much emphasis that team puts on the WHL. It does come from the top down, as team owner Tom Gaglardi is also the owner of the Kamloops Blazers. In recent years, the Stars have signed a number of undrafted WHL free agents, including Brenden Dillon and Matt Fraser. Jamie Benn was picked out of the BCHL but moved to the WHL shortly thereafter, and the Stars knew what they were getting when they acquired WHL alum Cody Eakin from Washington.
The Stars did miss on Scott Glennie, who is toiling away in the AHL after not really developing much after the team took him with the 8th overall seletion back in 2009. But they have had way more hits than misses, and they aren't the only team that is all over the Western League.
Anyway, the Canucks shouldn't target hometown players or home province players for geographical reasons alone, but it really makes no sense that they continue to pass over WHL players for comparable/equal talent from elsewhere. There are a number of very good WHL prospects eligible for the draft this Sunday, and a number of them could be available at pick 24(assuming the Canucks keep the pick). This is both a talented and deep draft, and the Canucks must really regret moving that 2nd round pick for Derek "the ghost" Roy (hindsight, I know - I was among those who thought the move was a good one at the time).
Let's take a closer look at a few of the WHL guys to watch for on Sunday.
A quick preface:
Hunter Shinkaruk will be long gone. I'm a huge fan of his – tenacious, gritty, skilled. Not big or overly fast, but hard to hit and plays hard on the puck. Weak defensively and away from the puck, though.
D – Shea Theodore (Seattle)
Theodore has been slated to go anywhere from pick 20 to the second round in mock drafts. He's the biggest "boom or bust" prospect defenseman of any on this list. His upside is tantalizing, but his game is still quite raw. He's got a projectable frame at 6-2, but he needs to bulk up in a HUGE way (160 pounds, or about ½ of Zdeno Chara).
He's been compared to Mike Green for the way he skates (fluid) and how he moves the puck (quickly and confidently).
D – Mirco Mueller (Everett)
A well-rounded two-way defenseman. He's got great size (6-3, 190 pounds) and every scouting report on him mentions his "quiet, effective game." There are many different types of defensemen available in this draft from the WHL alone. Right side, left side, safe, risky, offensive, defensive – simply put, the Canucks need to pick the defenseman they think will turn out to be the best NHL player, regardless of team fit/need/skill set.
D – Josh Morrissey (Prince Albert)
Great skater and passer – Morrissey is one of the best offensive defensemen eligible for the draft this year. Morrissey has been likened to a more physical, less skilled Morgan Rielly (a prospect-on-prospect comparison, if you will).
Morrissey is 5-11 and has been mentioned as a player who needs to add size and strength – not uncommon at this stage of the development process, but a lack of height and size is a particular concern for defensemen. Morrissey isn't going to be picked for his physicality (he isn't soft, though) or his defensive play. His strength(s) lie in his skating, footwork, and at the offensive end of the rink.
D – Madison Bowey (Kelowna)
He shoots right. Sign me up! The Kelowna defensive factory churns out another right shot – Shea Weber, Luke Schenn, and the artist formally known as Tyler Myers are all righty shooters. Bowey says he emulates Weber, but he is more of an offensive guy and less of a physical presence (although that could come with some more size and experience).
Here's a comprehensive look at his game from Yahoo! Sports.D – Ryan Pulock (Brandon)
WHL defenseman. Leader. Check. Character kid. Check. Now for the actual stuff – the hardest shot in the draft (and already one of the hardest shots in hockey). Pulock is a skilled offensive defenseman and the rest of his game is improving rapidly as well.
He's slated to go anywhere from 12-30 in mock drafts I have seen. He's disciplined (low PIM totals for a physical defenseman). I haven't seen him play outside of highlights and clips, but he does look a bit like Dan Hamhuis (and his scouting report reads a lot like one for a young Hamhuis would, as well).
It is unlikely that Pulock is available at pick 24, though.
LW – Curtis Lazar (Edmonton)
Lazar is probably the "safe" pick of the later part of the first round. He's an excellent two-way forward, gritty and skilled. He's smart defensively and creative offensively. The Canucks may not want to draft a future third line center with their first pick, and that is the likely upside for Lazar. However, he probably isn't far off from playing in the NHL, especially relative to other options at pick 24. And slotting a rookie contract in to the top nine is a nice proposition for a team that needs to maximize its cap savings over the next year or two...
C – Nic Petan (Portland)
5-9. Petan's lack of height is the first number you notice when looking at his scouting report. However, he has been proving his doubters wrong for a long time. The Delta, BC native is arguably a top-10 talent at this draft in terms of pure offensive ability. He's a great skater, has elite hands and a scorer's touch, but his vision is what sets him apart from bigger and stronger players on the ice. He sees the ice as well as any player in the WHL.
He doesn't play small (not many forwards in the WHL do), but his lack of size will be an issue for him at the draft. He has gone anywhere from pick 18 to the middle of the second round in the various mock drafts I have read.
C/W – Morgan Klimchuk (Regina)
Klimchuk isn't big, but he is an incredible skater with a ton of offensive talent. He had a solid offensive season considering the lack of talent on the Pats roster. He's a lot of fun to watch, and he plays a fearless game with and without the puck. He's probably the most intriguing WHL forward from a Canuck perspective at the draft this year (in the "somewhat realistic" category). He has a great shot and has played on the point on Regina's PP at times (a testament to his offensive ability, patience, and vision).
He grew up a Flames fan (strike one), and his favourite movie is Law Abiding Citizen (with perhaps the most ridiculous plot since Batman Forever, a definite strike two).
Pulock would be my top choice if all of the players are available at pick 24. However, he will likely be gone by that point. I'd consider Klimchuk or Morrissey next. There is a lot of talent in the WHL that will be picked on Sunday. The Canucks don't have to go into their backyard to draft a player if they feel a better prospect from Europe or another league is on the board, but this year more than ever is not the time to ignore one of the best developmental leagues in the world.
Who do you want at pick 24? One of the above guys? Someone else? A trade?
I think you did a typo.. Canucks are picking at 24th, no?
Kerby Rychel!
Chara does not weight 320lbs or even close to that number.
Thank goodness the Canucks didn't waste a 1st rounder on renting Clarkson for a few games like they wasted their 2nd rounder on Roy.
Not having a top 2 pick in what scouts are suggesting is the deepest draft since 2003 would have been a disaster.
I'd probably take a chance on Nic Petan
You've listed both defencemen and forwards and since the Canucks once again squandered their 2nd round pick they get one shot at the gold ring this year (everyone after the 2nd round is a total crap shoot). Do the Canucks go for a D or a forward or the best player available? With the emergence of young Tanev and Corrado my preference would be to stock up on some forwards as there are not too many in the system that will make it to the NHL.
It would be nice to Pulock or Lazar (sweet name). but to be honest I hope the Canucks trade up to get the player they really want.
If the Canucks manage to trade Lu to get a low 1st (unlikely) or a high second pick or even a good prospect I would be ecstatic.


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Located on Lake Kinkaid, the marina offers camping, boat slip rental, and boat rental. They have a restaurant, bar, bait shop, camping and boating accessories, and water toys. In addition, you can also purchase your fishing license.
A 3.6 mile loop trail constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Offers spectacular views of the Big Muddy River, Turkey Bayou, and the Missouri bluffs across the Mississippi River.
Peabody River King State Fish Wildlife Area
Boat docks and fishing areas are easily accessed for all skill levels - even special docks for kids.
This campground on Kinkaid Lake is open year round. There are 81 permanent sites available for annual rental. There are 20 sites with electricity, water, and sewer, plus 40 tent sites. There is also a snack bar.
This monument honors Elzie Seager, Chester native and creator of beloved cartoon character Popeye the Sailor Man. The Popeye statue stands proudly next to the Chester Bridge.
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Sandstone bluffs and rolling hills surround the lake and oak-hickory forest. Picnicking, fishing, boating, and hunting opportunities available.
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Visitors can canoe from Riverside Park in Murphysboro to Rattlesnake Ferry in LaRue Pine Hills.
Two lakes, a nine-hole golf course, a camping area, a cottage/residence area, as well as picnic shelters, are features of this great park.
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Hiking, picnicking, horseback riding and wildlife viewing. Hunting for upland game, fur-bearers and deer is encouraged on its 2,265 scenic acres that overlook the Mississippi River.
Popular lake for fishing. This 1,000-acre park is the perfect place to enjoy hiking, camping, picnicking, boating and fishing.
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Kaskaskia River State Fish and Widlife Area
One of the largest state-owned and managed sites in Illinois, located 35 miles southeast of St. Louis. The land and water area total more than 20,000 acres of river and bottomland. It contains 36 miles of river.
Recreation area includes group camping, walk-in camp sites, swimming, and picnicking facilities. Handicap accessible restrooms and fishing pier.
Tour this farm where the elk roam on 55 acres of the 600-acre spread.
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The World Shooting & Recreational Complex was designed for shooters, built for recreation. The complex has 120 trap houses stretching 3.5 miles, 2 sporting clays courses, 24 combination trap/skeet fields, and cowboy action shooting. The complex has 7,000 square foot event center, conference rooms, restaurant, gift shop, 1,001 campsites, multiple fishing lakes, and much more!
A challenging nine holes with zoysia fairways and tee boxes. Sand traps and two lakes provide a challenging, yet enjoyable, round of play. After your play is complete, stop by the clubhouse where we offer drinks, food and assorted golf accessories. The clubhouse is also available to rent for private parties.
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The 9-hole White Oak Golf Course at Marissa Recreation Area in Marissa, IL is a semi-private golf course that opened in 1950. White Oak Golf Course at Marissa Recreation Area measures 3400 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 109 and a 33.6 USGA rating. The course features 2 sets of tees for different skill levels.
Riverside Park Band Shell, built in 1938 by the WPA, is one of the largest of its kind in the nation. The scenic location accommodates up to 15,000 visitors for concerts and special events.
The 9-hole "Sparta" course at the Sparta Country Club facility in Sparta, Illinois features 2,981 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 35 . The course rating is 32.7 and it has a slope rating of 101 on Bermuda grass. Sparta golf course opened in 1910.
Ride the ferry across the Mighty Mississippi the next time you visit historic St. Genevieve and Randolph County. The ferry travels between St. Genevieve, Missouri and Modoc Illinois, and holds approximately nine vehicles.
Perry County Fairgrounds/Pinckneyville City Park
This combined 40-acre recreational area is open year round for community sports and activities, and includes a municipal swimming pool, tennis courts and pavilions.
Chester Country Club is a unique, beautiful and challenging 9-hole course nestled in a majestic wooded area with water features and a casually comfortable club house.
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Getting to Yes is a straightorward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting taken - and without getting angry.
It offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict - whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution, from domestic to business to international, Getting to Yes tells you how to:
©2011 Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton (P)2011 Simon & Schuster
I'm a lawyer and mediator. I represent businesses in disputes with their insurers and in other complex litigation. I also assist machinery companies and manufacturers (primarily international) with equipment sales, non-disclosure agreements, and business issues. I also mediate commercial disputes.
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This is a great book on principled negotiation. As a lawyer and mediator, the concepts in this book were not new to me, but the book puts things together in a very organized and easily understood package. I will certainly be recommending it to some of my clients.
If there is one thing that detracts from the book, it is that many of the examples remain dated. I am afraid that, to a younger listener, the book might seem somewhat obsolete. Of course, that is not true at all -- the concepts and principles, which are actually rather new in the grand scheme of things -- remain very valid.
Perhaps this would not have jumped out to me except for the fact that the authors make the point at the beginning that this is a revised and updated edition of a classic. Revised, maybe. Updated? Not so much.
Still, the book contains many timeless and valuable lessons.
I am a young entrepreneur. I am 24 married and love business books. Hopefully all these reads pay off in my business, eh?
"Articulated what we all know. It helped me focus."
Efficient, effective, yes.
I feel like I just went from baby negotiator to toddler! Before I could grunt and cry to get what I needed, but now I have words to articulate exactly what I am thinking. This has helped me when I am talking to others because instead of taking the time to think through what the other person is saying I can sum it up by saying "oh, they are using aggression, maybe apply some negotiating jujitsu here".
The "real life" examples in book were hard for me to relate with, and I think there was a handful of gloating going on. It was not to difficult to come up with my own personal examples as well though.
The way the book makes things so black and white and turned each negotiation into a step by step process, if they say try to attack you personally then you..., it makes you want to negotiate everything everywhere! Just to try out different tactics in different situations.
Great book, it was good to re-read a chapter or two right before any negotiations that I had planned for that day, just to get the juices flowing.
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This book has a lot of information in it! This helped me very much when I had to go into a family meeting with the lawyers. It doesn't just teach you how to get to a yes, but it teaches you how to listen too! Great book! No matter what your career is, or who you are, you should read this book!
"Useful life information."
We are negotiating all the times. This helps me see how others can manipulate me and hopefully make my negotiating better.
Yes. Planning to give it to my daughter graduating from Law school.
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This book provides a very interesting and perhaps correct insight into why people make the choices they do and the "why" that should be at the heart of successful organizations.
"Worth reading"
Lots of useful information that can be applied to daily life, you can use it as a manual to check up yourself whenever you are going to argue with someone.
"Great ideas but so-so narration. Worth buying yet."
As one whose makeup leads to conflict avoidance in most negotiations, I thought -- correctly -- that Getting To Yes might contain a few concepts, approaches, and tactics which would be valuable to me. I can confirm that there is much wisdom in this book, but I did find the narration to be a little difficult to follow. The 30-second replay was employed many, many, times during the listening of this book in order to jump back in an effort to understand what was just said. I am going to buy the print (e-book) version of this title so that I might more fully understand the teachings; bulleted lists and section headings are fine in print, but in this case did not translate well to the spoken word. Even with the troublesome narration, I found this book to be well worth the money.
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Great audiobook! I had to read it for my college class and listening to it worked just fine. I really like this book. Great listen!
"Good if you can dedicate your time to listening"
The information is good but its difficult to follow due to the narration style.
The narrator really detracted from the information presented. The tone was very monotonous and dry. The delineation between the headers and the content is not as clear as it could be. This might be a book that's easier to read than to listen to.
"Great info for both sides of the table"
Got this one on audio book and was very pleased with the content. I saved a number of pages that I'll take with me on every deal.
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Littleton Police Officer Jeffrey Allan Johnston, 46, is facing charges that could mean life in prison after being arrested by the FBI on drug charges July 19.
Cmdr. Trent Cooper said the 22-year LPD veteran was taken into custody at his home without incident.
"The alleged drug activity was confined to his personal life and there is no indication or belief that any criminal misconduct occurred in relation to his work with the Littleton Police Department," said Cooper.
According to an FBI affidavit, on July 15, Johnston called a known drug dealer who has peddled his wares during parties at Johnston's Parker home in the past.
Johnston asked if he could buy between 40 and 50 ecstasy pills. The FBI then conducted a "controlled delivery" of 37 pills and 6 grams of ecstasy powder, for which Johnston paid $1,300. Following the exchange, Johnston was taken into custody and his home was searched.
In the kitchen, agents found the fresh delivery and a Colt Officers Model .45-caliber pistol loaded with seven rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber. They also found suspected cocaine, suspected steroids, hundreds of suspected prescription pills, additional firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, empty pill pouches, a drug test kit and a scale.
Johnston was taken to the Jefferson County Detention Center originally. He is now in federal custody, though FBI spokesperson Jeff Dorschner declined to specify where.
Johnston appeared in court to be advised of his rights and the charges on the afternoon of July 22. He faces one count of possession of ecstasy with intent to distribute, which carries a penalty of not more than 20 years in federal prison and a fine of not more than $1,000,000; one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, which carries a penalty of not more than 20 years in federal prison and a fine of not more than $500,000; one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, which carries a penalty of not less than five years and not more than life in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000; and one count of using a telephone to facilitate a drug trafficking felony, which carries a penalty of not more than four years in federal prison and up to a $500,000 fine.
Johnston has been placed on unpaid administrative leave. Cooper called him a model employee who was professional, meticulous and always willing to help. He was most recently assigned to the traffic motorcycle unit, conducting traffic enforcement and accident investigations. In the early and mid-1990s, according to Cooper, he was a member of the recently disbanded South Metro Drug Task Force.
"If the charges are true, it's an absolute disappointment, mixed with anger and sadness" said Cooper. " We expect our officers to uphold a certain code and a certain behavior. We hold them accountable just like we would any other citizen that made the same mistake."
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Anticipating winter
Mileage: 23.1
October mileage: 188.2
Temperature upon departure: 42
Rainfall: .51"
Before my lung-busting climb and nose-freezing descent of the Eaglecrest road this morning, I noticed several heating oil trucks parked along the North Douglas highway. Homeowners stood outside with gray looks on their faces, watching hundreds of their dollars being pumped away into rusty holding tanks.
This afternoon at work, my boss - who happens to sit in the desk next to mine - decided to set up his full-spectrum therapy light. We'll both be happily clicking away at our computers until he turns to answer the phone, and suddenly I'm blinded by hundreds of watts of Seasonal-Affective-Disorder-blasting brightness.
Winter is coming. Am I the only one who's happy about this?
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy the unlimited daylight and marginally warmer temperatures of summer as much as the next person. But winter! Winter with its promise of snow-swept skylines and crisp air and trails frozen to smooth perfection. Winter with its boundaryless bike rides and powder-carving snowboard descents and trail-blazing snowshoe tracks. Winter is coming! How could you be anything be excited?
Of course, winter also is the season of 2 p.m. sunsets and sleet storms and endless days of 35-degrees-and-raining. But summer has mosquitoes and sunburns and seemingly endless days of daylight-induced insomnia. If I had to weigh all of the good and the bad, and was completely honest with myself, there's a good chance I'd still choose Alaska winters over summers.
I'm beginning to think there might be something wrong with me.
Some people go to sleep at night thinking about tropical shorelines and warm sand and the calm rhythm of the ocean. When I dream, I see frozen expanses of muskeg lined with black spruce that bend and twist like great Gothic sculptures ... an environment just as foreign to me as as a palm tree paradise, and just as quieting. Interior Alaska in the winter.
I look forward to winter. Winter is a time of peace and solitude, of retreat and reflection. At the same time, winter demands constant attention and vigilance. There are times of unexpected hardship that rattle my emotions to their core. Winter forces me to toss introspection aside and focus solely on the necessities of survival. A return to instinct ... something pure.
I crave these cold landscapes and I'm not entirely sure why. Sometimes I wake up from another muskeg dream and I wonder where this obsession comes from. Maybe it's because there's meditation in the emptiness. There's challenge in the extreme. But mostly, there's beauty in the environment ... places so lonely, you're certain you must be the first person to ever set foot there; places so quiet, you begin to wonder if maybe the world finally ended, and nobody let you know.
I want this winter to be the best winter yet. I want to travel the Yukon; I want to travel the Tetons; I want to travel the Alaska Range. And if I have to suffer a bunch to make any of it so, all the better ...
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I love winter. Here it means sunsets at 4, lots of fog and nights of rain.ReplyDelete
I'm with you Jill. People think I'm nuts, but I long for the months of temperatures hovering around 10 degrees. I wish it would snow everyday from now until March. Summer is nice, but winter is what living in Alaska is all about.ReplyDelete
Best winter riding is in Fairbanks -imho- Just find a mushing trail, a snowmachine trail, a frozen river, and GO FOR IT!ReplyDelete
I love winter, too, though don't think I could handle 2pm sunsets. When I used to tell people that I moved here from Minnesota, I'd almost always get the same comment in response: "I'll bet you don't miss those winters, huh?" Actually, the winters didn't bother me at all; it was the summers with sweltering heat, intense humidity, and scads of mosquitos that I'd suffer through (though I do miss my time at the lakes...).ReplyDelete
In the winter, the world was mine! We used to live across from a suburban nature park called Lone Lake Park. It was very popular among area residents in the summer, but in the winter I owned that place. I'd go hiking over there on a winter evening with my dog, Pooch, and NEVER did we see another soul over there. I guess most Minnesotans, despite bragging of their hardiness, can't stand to be out in the dark of night when it's 10 degrees (or -10 degrees). The crisp air, the solitude - I loved it.
The one thing I both like and don't like about living where we do now is the lack of consistent winter weather. We'll get a huge snowstorm, but then two days later it's 50 again, and it all melts away. I like having snow stick around a while. On the other hand, it's nice being able to ride my road bike outside through the winter, and I only have to head west a couple hours for some decent skiing and snowshoeing. That, or just head up Pikes Peak a ways...
Great post - now you have me jonesin' for winter! :)


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A GM's Carol: The Ghost of No-Trade Clauses
Danny Gray
September 08 2011 08:12AM
Feaster had barely had time to get back into his deep slumber when he was violently shaken awake and came face to face with a pair of demonic eyes.
Jay slowly rises from the bed and is promptly cut off at the knees by the apparition.
"Darcy Tucker? Are you the Spirit, sir, whose coming was foretold to me?"
"I am the Ghost of The No Movement Clause"
"All No Movement Clauses?"
"Of course not Jay. Your No Movement Clauses."
"Do you see this Jay? This is your capgeek page."
"What are all those little green locks?"
"Those are your No Movement Clauses, all 11 of them, and they will be your undoing should you not heed my warning"
"Well we don't have that many."
"No other team has more than 8! And that's the Canucks! Are you trying to set some sort of record Jay?"
"Well those players are valuable to us so we rewarded them, why would we want to move them?"
"I was once valuable Jay, when I had outlived my usefulness the team couldn't get rid of me. In fact they're still paying me, and my contract counts against the cap."
"I would never have to buy anyone out."
"Do you really think anyone is going to want to pay 34 year old Alex Tanguay $3.5 Million Dollars in 2013-2014? Do you know what his buyout would cost? You'd have to pay him $1.16 million dollars until 2018-2019."
"So we keep him around, we can get rid of other players if we need to."
"Every remotely valuable player on the team has one Jay! Jarome Iginla, Miikka Kiprusoff, Jay Bouwmeester, Mark Girodano, Cory Sarich, Anton Babchuk, Ollie Jokienen, Curtis Glencross, Rene Bourque, Matt Stajan, and Alex Tanguay. If we were the Muskoka Five, this is the Elbow Park Eleven. These guys aren't going anywhere and they're going to bring the team down with them."
"Well I got rid of Damon Langkow just fine."
"I guess the ghost of Cliff Fletcher hasn't haunted you yet."
"Maybe I could cobble together some of the players who don't have one, like Hagman, Morrisson, Kostopolous, and Staios, into a deal for a young promising Norris Nominee."
"I was unaware that Darryl Sutter was working again. Heed my warning Jay, stop giving out No Movement Clauses"
And with that, Feaster felt a hard shove in his back and he fell face first into his crumb covered bed.
September 08 2011, 09:13AM
This was touched on yesterday, but although a few of these NTC/NMC are coming off the books next year, and it isn't impossible to trade players with these clauses, it certainly makes it a lot more difficult to get any kind of valuable return for these players when it's time to rebuild. GMs are crazy about cap flexibility, and it can be difficult to get a good return on am aging player with a NMC/NTC.
September 08 2011, 09:26AM
Yeah, the point about NTC isn't that they are necessarily unmovable, it's that it limits your options and potential return should you choose to part with the player.
Great point here, some people argue that all these clauses are a product of the Sutter era yet this year Calgary had three resignings with clauses in Tanguay, Babchuk and Glencross.
I'm hoping next year the tide starts to turn.
September 08 2011, 09:43AM
Unfortunately, GMs seem to be using these more and more as a crutch. JFJ seemingly gave them to everybody!
They should be reserved for the best players and used as leverage to get a discount on the contract. Instead, everyone and their brother has one.
Weak article and weak humour. Come on.
Newly written article:
A GM's Carol: The Ghost of No-Trade Clauses*
Toronto under JFJ is very similar to Calgary as they gave out too many NTC's and it impeded their ability to improve the team.
*(Humor edited out)
More entertainment value for you?
September 08 2011, 10:52AM
This is something I've offered up as well, in that the Flames aren't likely to cash in on a bunch of expiring UFA contracts and reap the rewards of a handful of extra draft picks as a result. Many of those NTCs and NMCs are on marginal players (Stajan, Jokinen, Sarich, Babchuk) with little return value to begin with, and the clauses in effect it essentially reduces the return to either a later round pick than would otherwise be returned or a lesser prospect or even roster player.
I think that in the (unlikely) event of Iginla being traded even his NTC would perhaps diminish, to a lesser extent, the return because the bidding GMs know that they aren't in competition with 28 other guys. Moving superstars rarely recieves an equal return. Often GMs will want to spread out the impact of the cost across their asset portfolio, to include picks, prospects, and roster players so that no single field of their franchise pays too high a price.
@Danny Gray
Haha, no problem.
An interesting point in this discussion is what happened with Sundin at the end of his tenure in Toronto and his refusal to waive his NTC, and damaging his reputation (atleast in the media, and possilbe with ownership and management) in the process. If Feaster came out and publicly stated that they asked Jerome to waive his NTC and he refused, the PR battle could get just as ugly. Many players (like Regeher) would rather just waive and get out of town then to deal with a team and media turning against them like that.
While mostly seen as a benefit to the player, it can quickly turn to a negative. In your example about Tanguay in his last year, the fans will begin to wish they could move him and will begin to get fustrated. The player than looks like the jerk for not helping the team Hopefully these types of situations don't occur here, but there is a distinct possibility. (Avoided in the Regehr trade because of it happening in the offseason, with the draft and free agency destracting everyone.)
Well, I thought the article was fun and informative. I don't think the problem is quite as intransigent as it looks because, as has been pointed out, at least 4 of the ugliest ones come off the books at the end of this season.
I agree with the comment that the NTC/NMC ought to be used as a means to secure a "discount". I don't necessarily agree that it has to only be for the best players. If you get enough of a discount in either absolute dollars or in term (because I think it is way less problematic handing out an NTC on a 1 or 2 year deal than on a 4 or 5 year deal) then it makes sense.
I heard an interview with someone once and they said that the problem with the hometown discount from the player's perspective is that it makes them a more marketable commodity and therefore trade bait - negating any benefit they get from giving a hometown discount.
The issue then becomes the magnitude of the discount given by the player. In my mind, the full NTC/NMC ought not to be given unless the GM has some certainty that the deal remains one where the player's contributions exceed their cap hit (or actual salary for budget teams) for the entire term of the contract. A possible exception would be where the discount up front is so significant as to take on the back end risk - like the Iginla contract.
The problem the Flames have run into is that by giving out NTC/NMC clauses on deals with marginal discounts (hello Jay Bouwmeester and Matt Stajan) you lose any negotiating leverage with the players who ask for it. They know that you will give it up for almost nothing, so they will stand pat until they get it.
I was hoping that Feaster would start to reel that leverage in a bit, but the Tanguay and Glencross signings have smashed that hope.
Also, I think an NMC should almost never be handed out, the distinction being that you can't get waived and sent to the minors. If you play so crappy that the team is willing to pay you just to get your cap hit off the team - that isn't protection against your contract being too favourable on the hometown discount.
September 08 2011, 11:08AM
Strike two... Nobody would have traded for Tucker and his contract. NMC is moot if you can't give the player away, without buying him out first.
Can't wait for the season to start. I expect a great season from our talented lineup. Our future is safe as long as we keep our draft picks and make good selections. There is no secret to success.
Darryl had to trade away 2nd rounders to fill the roster, only because the previous regime couldn't draft when they had the best chances. Krahn, Fata, and (who was the other 6th overall pick again?). At least Sutter got Phaneuf at 9th overall in 2003.
Feaster has a competitive roster and can save his picks for the future. He looks like he is serious about investing resources into making good picks.
Interesting comment about Daryl trading away 2nd rounders to bring in veterans to fill the roster. As it appears that Feaster has to trade away 2nd rounders to remove veteran players from the roster (Kotalik).
Ahhh, the circle of life.
September 08 2011, 11:28AM
We'll never know. I'd bet that someone would have taken Tucker on along with a 2nd rounder like Buffalo recently did with Kotalik.
You have a lot more confidence in this roster than most Flames fans I've spoken to. On paper it sure doesn't look much better than last year's.
September 08 2011, 11:31AM
I'd agree with the fact that you could use it to secure discounts from other players but in practice how often would you want to give it to 2nd tier guys?
That's a good observation about hometown discounts. That's when they should come with a NTC. Otherwise, pay them market rate and keep the flexibility of being able to bail out.
And NMC are killer. If a guy wants to protect himself against the possibility that he'll be so terrible that a team will want to waive him or send him to the minors then a GM should probably question whether they should be signing him.
September 08 2011, 11:31AM
Yeah, things go in cycles. Like Burke trades lottery picks for a "star" player then later trades another "star" for late round firsts. Rhett Warrener did say that Sutter was crticized for doing exactly the same things that earned him the accolades before.
Are you saying you don't like Feaster's off season moves? I think he has done very well.
Are you saying trading 2nd rounders for Kipper, Bourque and Nilson wasn't good? Who did we have in the system?
September 08 2011, 11:32AM
Weak comment and weak article. You come on.
September 08 2011, 11:51AM
It's a positive that this team is mostly unchanged, because it is a good team. It was playing badly from Jan 2010 to Dec 2010 (still beating the leafs,mind you). But they broke out of the slump in a big way. Brent Sutter has finally figured out some things with his players. We won't WANT to trade anyone at the deadline.
I think Feaster is wise to keep it together. Next year there is 22M cap pace, roster space for 3 or 4 cheap young players plus some nice free agency options.
I'm alot more critical of Feaster than I ever was of Sutter, and until the Phaneuf trade was a huge fan of Sutter's. After that point things got shaky real quick. I don't agree with trading Regehr at all, while still trying to sell this team as a playoff team. It wasn't a playoff team last year and has gotten significantly worse in terms of overall team defense. So i think the team should atleast have the courtesy to call this a rebuild instead of scrapping together a team that at best will squeak into the playoffs and calling it a playoff team. Plus the fact that Feaster has signed like a dozen depth defensemen for the AHL, maxed out our 50 contracts so any trading will be restricted to player for player or for picks. If they picked up Stempniak and don't resign him or trade him, I'll be happy with that.
September 08 2011, 12:12PM
Interesting article, but this is the Leaf Nation board not the Flames nation...
September 08 2011, 12:24PM
It's appearing on both sites actually.
@Pension Plan Puppets
"I'd agree with the fact that you could use it to secure discounts from other players but in practice how often would you want to give it to 2nd tier guys?"
I don't know that the best approach is to say we will only hand out X many NTCs or only X many aside from our top players. I just think that the reality is that you are only going to secure so much discount that at some point the NTC becomes worth more than any player will give back in a discount at their price level.
For guy's like Jokinen and Tanguay, there may be enough wiggle room that you can squeeze value out of the NMC. For guys like Stajan and Glencross, you would have to get them to take such a deep cut that it just doesn't become feasible. And if you get down to guys like Jackman and Kostopolous, they are already bumping along the minimum so there is no feasible value to extract.
September 08 2011, 01:00PM
I keep hearing Flames fans saying that they needn't worry because there is so much money coming off the books et the end of this year with expiring UFAs, but nobody seems to acknowledge that those roster spots have to be filled with something approximating a player and with the farm system so shallow of plug-and-play depth guys who are NHL-ready, that shortfall has to be made up somehow. The Flames could slot in one or two rookies like a Nemisz, a Howse, or a Brodie, but there are only so many bodies to go around and the play of the team is likely to drop off. Also, when you play that many rookies, in a team environment that has become very accustomed to veteran presence and poise, will there be enough patience within the fanbase or the coaching staff to weather the learning curve?
You have 9 forwards coming off the books at the end of this year and, by my count, only 4 who could be considered ready for NHL duty by next year(Nemisz, Wahl, Howse, and Byron), 5 if you rush Baertshi. There are two coming off on D and at least there you could technically play Brodie and Breen. But my point is that the Flames organization refuses to discuss a rebuild, but teh harsh reality appears ready to force itself on them regardless. It's like a guy standing in front of where his house was before a tornado and he's talking about what kind of laminate flooring he has planned for a reno.
The same kind of denialist talk was coming from Burke two years ago when he kept telling everyone that the rules don't apply to Toronto and that he's smarter than everyone else because he's going to rebuild with college free agents, smart trades, and some wily UFA signings. The UFA bit hasn't gone well, but of course he's not to blame. The college route has been so-so, and as for the trades, well, Seguin, Hamilton and Knight. Enough said.
I did the math on this in the last GM's Carol thread at comment #32. By my calculation, all of the guys coming off the books are replaceable at around market rates with ~$3 million left to upgrade, and that was only using 2 or 3 guys from Abbotsford to fill in(Jackman replacement, Kostopolous replacement, maybe a Hagman replacement).
I wouldn't underestimate that $3 million either. For example, if we took that $3 million and just upgraded a single winger it would mean a big difference. For instance if we replaced Hagman with a winger up to $6 million, we could get UFAs like Shane Doan, Ales Hemsky or (he is listed as Left Wing on NHLnumbers.com) Zach Parise at their current cap hits.
@Danny Gray
The reason this becomes problematic for teams is when you fail to develop your own homegrown talent. The Flames have a series of first round busts going back to at least 1997 up to 2006) (D. Tkaczuk - bust, R. Fata - bust, O. Saprykin - meh, B. Krahn - bust, C. Kobasew - meh, E. Nystrom - meh, D. Phaneuf - 1, yay!, C. Chucko - bust, M. Pelech - bust, L. Irving - bust to meh).
It looks like the Leafs had a similar problem although maybe not so exacerbated in 1994 to 2004 (E. Fichaud - traded away but a bust, J. Ware - bust, 96-97 traded away, N. Antropov - 1, yay!, L. Cereda - bust, B. Boyes - yay, oh crap traded away, C. Colaiacovo - 2, yay!, A. Steen - meh to yay?, 03-04 traded away)
To make up for this, you either have to go through what the Flames did in the mid to late 1990s when they unloaded top shelf players (Nieuwendy, Fleury)for other teams prospects that you then develop instead of your own (Iginla, Regehr) or you try and do what Burke is doing now which is find talent in unusual places or buy it with future picks. I think the jury may still be out on which, or either, of these worked or will work.
September 08 2011, 08:05PM
We're collaborating!
And it's worked out well. All three posts have gotten a lot of good discussion. So kudos to Flames fans for looking at it critically rather than emotionally.
September 08 2011, 11:20PM
We're collaborating!
And it's worked out well. All three posts have gotten a lot of good discussion. So kudos to Flames fans for looking at it critically rather than emotionally.
Agreed. I was pretty sure after the first installment that there was going to be some serious pushback but I've noticed that there is a large segment of the Flames fan-dom that is anxious, even demanding, for some new direction and leadership. It seems Feaster is just selling them a slightly different version of what they've had for the last 8 or 9 years and they know it.
I've contrasted the situation of the Jets to the Flames and said that the Jets are in a better position long-term. The Flames will win more games, and the Jets aren't exactly overflowing with young prospects, but their advantage is in having a management system that is in touch with what the franchise needs and the most effective way to reach their goal. The biggest impediment for the Flames organization lies with either their ownership or their president. I guess that could be another similarity between them and the Leafs of old.
The flames signed Tanguay to a 5-yr contract with a NMC? How did I miss something that absurd?? And how does Corey frickin Sarich get a NMC?
I don't want to poke fun at Calgary though. I'm sympathetic to their situation.


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Creating a Web page in someone else's name that's intended to "harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten" could lead to prison time under the proposed measure.
PHOENIX -- It could become a crime punishable by prison time in Arizona to create a Facebook or Twitter account in someone else's name if it's done without permission and for malicious reasons.
Republican State Rep. Michelle Ugenti is proposing legislation to make online impersonation a crime. House Bill 2004, if it becomes law, would make it a felony to use another person's name without permission to create a Web page intended to "harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten." It would be a misdemeanor to send an email or text message that appears to come from another person and is intended to harm or defraud.
About a dozen other states have adopted similar online-impersonation laws over the past two years, including California, Washington, New York and Texas.
"It's an issue that's only going to get bigger," Ugenti said. "The Internet has gone from a novelty to having a position of credibility, and it's appropriate to have statutes that address it specifically."
Arizona has passed a handful of statutes in recent years to address changing technology, including a law last year to prevent individuals from threatening or harassing someone via electronic communication.
Ugenti said HB 2004 is modeled after Texas' law but was prompted by a constituent who came to her seeking help. She said the situation involved individuals using Facebook and other websites in a way that caused her constituent, who does not want to be identified, personal and professional harm.
"If you're going to impersonate someone and you're going to threaten, harm or defraud them, it should be against the law because of the ramifications to the individual," Ugenti said.
If passed, the new crime could be used in combination with existing state crimes that address identity theft to bring heftier sentences.
For example, it could be used in cases similar to last year's incident in which a disgruntled Gilbert, Ariz., parent created a fake profile of his son's assistant principal on a pornographic website and chatted online under the administrator's name. Robert Dale Esparza Jr. was later convicted of two felonies, taking the identity of another and computer fraud. He was sentenced to serve three months in jail.
National First Amendment rights groups have voiced concerns about similar laws in other states, saying they could penalize individuals who create parody accounts on sites like Facebook or Twitter.
There are numerous such sites supporting and opposing Arizona politicians. Some clearly state that they are parody sites, such as the "Fake John McCain" Twitter account. Others, like the "Mr. Russell Pearce" and "Az Guvna' Jan Brewer" Twitter accounts, may be less obvious to some.
The San Francisco-based non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation has opposed similar legislation in other states.
"The problem with this, and other online impersonation bills, is the potential that they could be used to go after parody or social commentary activities," senior staff attorney Kurt Opsahl said via email. "While this bill is written to limit 'intent to harm,' if that is construed broadly, there could be First Amendment problems."
American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona public policy director Anjali Abraham said the group is researching HB 2004.
"Any time you try to make law or policy that implicates First Amendment rights, you have to be especially careful in the wording," Abraham said.
Ugenti said she is confident her bill would not affect parody sites and is not intended to do so.
"The bill has a high standard," she said. "It's the impersonation without the individual's consent and with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate and threaten."
She said she has met with various organizations that may be impacted by the bill, including law enforcement and prosecutors. She said she is waiting for feedback, but has not heard of any specific concerns.


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Health Care Businesses For Sale in Elmont NY
Searched the DealStream database for Health Care Businesses For Sale in Elmont NY and found no matches. Expanded the search to nearby areas and found the following matches.
General Dental Practice for Sale Bayshore Area #462255 posted Feb 3, 2017
- Bay Shore, New York, United States
- Available On Request
General Dental Practice for sale within driving distance of Bayshore area. • 2 Ops with room to add 1 more • 800 Sq Ft • $330K+ in collections / 0% Medicaid
Manhattan, Ny, Practice For Sale #461926 posted Jan 30, 2017
- New York, New York, United States
- Available On Request
27-year family practice collecting $179,863.00. Open 27 hours weekly. Exceptionally equipped and staffed. Highly desirable – ideal location!! High traffic/high visibility/easy access. Current DC retiring. Next DC can step in and build numbers with little effort! Pictures available.
Quality Laser Vision Correction Center #461363 posted Jan 20, 2017
- New York, New York, United States
- $1,890,000
Quality well established non-cutting Laser Vision Correction Center with an excellent history and outstanding reputation. Seller has fellows in various levels of LASEK Fellow Certification and has several patents he is eager to pursue after sale of his practice. As the Broker of Record, I have lenders...
Ophthalmology Practice - Great Opportunity! #460910 posted Jan 12, 2017
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- $349,000
Want your own growing practice? This is the perfect opportunity to purchase an established Ophthalmology Practice in the Brooklyn - Queens Area. Currently the practice is only open one day a week, it was open two days a week two years ago. Doctor heading into retirement, this practice is situated to...
Home Care #460578 posted Jan 9, 2017
- Bronx, New York, United States
- $20,000,000
This family owned Licensed Home Care Services Agency provides non-skilled Personal Care Attendant services through the Managed Long Term Care program. In addition, they operate a medical staffing agency which has experienced extraordinary growth. Sellers are only interested in selling 100% of...
New York City Optometry Practice For Sale #458069 posted Nov 17, 2016
- New York, New York, United States
- $599,000
Big Revenue in the Big Apple! Take a look at this private optometric practice grossing over $1 Million in New York City. This family run practice has a long history of success and community recognition for high quality patient care and customer service. Anyone looking for practice acquisitions in New...
Internal Medicine Practice for Sale in New York #409089 posted Jun 9, 2016
- New York, New York, United States
- Between $100,000 and $500,000
Well-established internal medicine primary care medical practice in the Upper East side of New York City. Annual collections consistently over $1.6 Million. Located in a desirable and affluent area, with access to a high density population of potential patients. Providing clinical outpatient services,...
New City, New York - High Net Profit Practice #407839 posted May 24, 2016
- New York, New York, United States
- Available On Request
New City, New York - Low Stress, Very Positive, Up Beat practice is a Dream come true. This well-established, Diversified practice is located in an affluent suburb less than 30 minutes to New York City. This doctor sees, on average, 130 patient visits per week; working 24 hours adjusting patients....
Internal Medicine Practice for Sale #405756 posted Apr 25, 2016
- Borough of Queens, New York, United States
- Between $100,000 and $500,000
Private practice Internal Medicine/Primary Care for sale by owner.
Adult Internal Medicine Practice for Sale, NYC #397996 posted Jan 11, 2016
- New York, New York, United States
- Between $100,000 and $500,000
A growing Internal Medicine /Primary Care solo practice for immediate or gradual sale, due to retirement.
Internal Medicine Practice for Sale - New York, NY #395411 posted Dec 2, 2015
- New York, New York, United States
- Between $100,000 and $500,000
Established Internal Medicine practice situated in the Chinatown area of Manhattan, New York. Practice collects $625,000 annually with owner working 5 days a week. Robust net, EMR in place. 100% Financing Available (OAC).
NY Ophthalmology Practice for Sale - Yonkers, NY #389027 posted Sep 1, 2015
- Yonkers, New York, United States
- $250,000
Ophthalmology practice. 2015 revenue $393,000 on 20 OMD hours. 2 lanes in medical building across from hospital in upscale northern part of community; good parking. 1235 square feet; 4 exam rooms. Laser procedures and minor surgery performed in office; other procedures at surgery center. Photos available....
Speak Chinese? China Town Dental Practice for Sale #388898 posted Aug 31, 2015
- New York, New York, United States
- Available On Request
Well established multi-cultural dental practice for sale in China Town. 2 operatory's in 600 sq ft. Annual collections over $300K. If you speak Chinese this is a great practice for you!
Primary Care Medical Practice for Sale #385645 posted Jul 14, 2015
- New York, New York, United States
- Available On Request
Adult Internal Medicine / Primary Care for sale (due to retirement). Thriving and steadily growing. Lease secure, unlimited: Office space with multiple exam rooms, handicap ramp+entrance, electronic records infrastructure, main thorough-way street level, four hospitals nearby
Dental Practice for Sale Yonkers #383266 posted Jun 11, 2015
- Yonkers, New York, United States
- Available On Request
We have a 2 Operatory well established practice located just outside the Yonkers, NY area. Practice has 1000 Sq Ft and does $330K+ in annual collections annually. This could be a fantastic first practice or satellite office.
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Often when we start a business we don't consider the complete scope of the business. Some businesses will always be a small business. Some businesses are designed to grow into full corporations. You will also have to consider how you want to brand your company.
A company with a very small scope may not need to worry about branding. If you are not going to franchise your business and intend to just be a lone entity, you may not be as interested in your logo, trade marking, effects of colors, and branding. However, if you are starting a company that you want to expand significantly, these things are serious considerations. First you will want to consider how unique your company is.
The corporate logo is unique from other logos because you have to consider more than just whether it looks nice. The corporate logo will be reproduced across multiple mediums. If nothing else, there is a cost analysis associated with choosing a corporate logo. For example, it is cheap to print a logo in black and white. It is also cheap to print a logo with 1 – 3 colors. Once you move beyond 1 – 3 colors there are significant price increases. Also, how well will your logo work on different backgrounds? The more colorful a logo gets, the harder it may be to make it stand out against other colors. This leads us on to another question: will you want to have different versions of your logo for different backgrounds? How will this affect your branding? Will you want people to recognize the shape or the color of your logo? Will you want people to recognize both together as your logo?
Just as you choose a company mission statement, your logo should have a mission statement of sorts. It should indicate what you intend your logo to convey. You will want to think about what people should associate your logo with. Some logos associate a company with their product. Some logos associate a company with their ideology. You may want to consider if you will be changing the focus of your company in the future. Furthermore, if you are considering changing the focus of your company, then perhaps associating a logo with a product will make your logo obsolete in the future.
It is important to pick colors that reflect what you want them to. It is important to remember that while certain colors have certain meanings where you are concerned, the associations people make with color are highly affected by culture. For example, using red, blue and white in the USA makes people think of American Patriotism. In other countries they do not feel the same association. Red can mean danger, life, blood, or even love!
Finally you will want to go with a unique logo design. You should never use a template logo for a corporate logo design! You can use a company that provides pre-designed unique logos. Make sure that you ask your designer if the design is unique. The last thing you would want to see is another company with your logo design! Branding is a very important part of a corporation and you wouldn't want to lose that just to save a few bucks.
Don't let yourself be driven by price. Going for an expensive designer vs. a cheaper one doesn't guarantee better quality. The prices that graphic designers charge vary wildly. Some companies have heavy overhead costs with keeping designers in-house. As a result the extensive overhead costs are passed onto you. Some companies keep designers on a contractual basis, these are much cheaper. Many online graphic designers are cheaper because they have removed their overhead by operating online. Any good designer will allow you to see samples before taking your money. Also, a good logo design company will have a large portfolio. You should feel comfortable asking the companies for references. A good logo design company should be able to provide you with no less than 20 happy customers who have purchased logos from them. Word of mouth is the life-blood of any business, especially a logo design one! Make sure that you are getting exactly what you want. Don't go with a cheap designer just because their price is better. As long as you are getting the quality of work that you want, you should be happy with your designs.
It is important that you take all of these things into consideration when making a corporate logo. A corporate logo should be able to last the life of the corporation. Try to leave your personal preferences out of the decision process. Keep an open mind and think forward as you make your decision. Doing this will ensure that you design a logo that is geared towards the future.


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The pressure chamber is assembled first. It should be allowed to cure a full 24 hours before applying pressure. PVC pipe assembly is simple and is covered in other instructables as well as on youtube. A brief refresher on solvent welding PVC pipe. Use in a well ventilated area, make sure both pieces to be assembled are clean and free of burs, prime both pieces, put glue on both pieces, assemble with a twisting motion and hold for 15 seconds. For brevity's sake, solvent welding will be referred to as "gluing" PVC. The video shows how all the parts are assembled, make sure you have youtube annotation turned on.
Pressure chamber supplies
1 1" MPT (Male Pipe Thread) to 1" slip street elbow
1 1" elbow
1 2" to 1" reducer bushing
1 2" cap
1 2" coupler
1 foot of 1" pipe
Minimum 9" length of 2" pipe
1 valve stem
PVC primer and cement
Drill and 7/16" bit (or 5/8" if you purchased the larger base valve stem)
optional 1 pressure gauge
- Drill the correct size hole in the center of the 2" cap. 7/16" for the smaller (.453" base) valve stem, or 5/8" for the larger (.625" base) valve stem. Pull the valve stem through this hole.
- Cut a length of 2" pipe at least 9" long. Keep in mind that the longer it is the more time it will take to fill up if you are using a manual air pump.
- Glue the 2" to 1" reducing bushing into the 2" coupler
- Glue the 2" cap with tire valve to one end of 2" pipe. Glue the coupler to the other end.
- Glue a short piece of 1" pipe into the bushing, glue the 1" slip elbow onto that.
- Cut a piece of 1" pipe for the pistol grip, something between 3" and 6" should work. Glue the 1" MPT street elbow to one end of pistol grip pipe.
- Glue assembled pistol grip pipe into 1" slip elbow on pressure chamber. Ensure that the threaded fitting aligns with the axis of the pressure chamber and doesn't point off to the right or left.
- Optional: Drill a hole of slightly smaller diameter than the fitting of the air valve, locate the hole 3/4" into the pipe side (NOT the bushing side) of the 2" coupler. Use the air valve to cut threads into the hole, then thread back in using thread locker on the fitting.


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Under pressure
Ryan Lambert
July 24 2009 10:04AM
The Flames have made a lot of big moves this season, throwing around a decent amount of money, wheeling and dealing for all kinds of players to fill secondary and tertiary roles, and pissing off a New Jersey-based franchise in the process, but the biggest amount of pressure isn't on Darryl Sutter, who will rule the Flames like a king until such time as he, and only he, sees fit to shuffle along.
If you wanna know the truth, it's all on Kipper.
Over the last four seasons, Miikka Kiprusoff has been pretty lucky. He won the Vezina for his sterling work in the 2005-06 season, when Calgary led the league in team defense by a good shout (offense not so much) and Kipper benefited to the tune of an absurd 2.07 goals-against average, 10 shutouts and, despite Calgary's hilarious paucity of offense, 11 overtime wins that no doubt went a long way to the Flames securing the division (all league-bests), 42 wins (second-best) a .923 save percentage (third-best). And because that came on the back of his wonderful-if-limited 2003-04 run in which he set the league record for GAA and led the Flames to Game 7 of a Stanley Cup final, people were talking about him being best goalie in the league, and with good reason.
But since then, it's been a long, slow, puzzling tumble from "best in the league" to "what's wrong with Kipper?" That 2.07/.923 season gave way the following year to a 2.46/.917 in 2006-07, and in the two seasons after that, he's posted increasingly horrific stat lines that
But Flames fans were always quick to make excuses for the ever-worsening stats. The offensive output improved by close to 25 percent under Jim Playfair, so a decline of a little over 10 percent in the goals allowed department didn't seem so bad. And besides, one off season isn't the end of the world.
Then came the Keenan Years, that time of great fear and terrible special teams play, and Kiprusoff suffered perhaps the worst of anyone. But Keenan, we as Flames fans are quick to point out, abhorred system play, much less a cogent defensive strategy, used players that were utterly injured far too much and really didn't seem to give too much of a rat's ass about Miikka and Miikka's problems and so while the declining stats were not desirable, they were at least understandable.
But now there can't be any excuses, can there? Darryl Sutter goes out and gets the player he calls the best defenseman in the NHL to shore up a defense with arguably the best Top-4 in the NHL, and that is now thankfully rid of Jim Vandermeer and Adrian Aucoin, both of whom, while well-intentioned I'm sure, seemed intent on making it difficult to remember that part of their job title contained the word "defense" and was not "takingridiculouspenaltiesatinopportunetimesman." And Sutter also went out of his way to sign up his brother Brent, a defensive mastermind who, it should be pointed out, led New Jersey to a 32-16-1 record with Scott freaking Clemmensen while Martin Brodeur was out of commission for the better part of four months and won the division it shares with the Stanley Cup champions by seven points, to coach.
While it's unreasonable to hope that the Flames suddenly go from a league-wide tie for eighth-worst in team defense (with EDMONTON!) to being the league leaders as they were in 2005-06, it is reasonable is to believe that Kipper's numbers have to get better. If they do, it looks like we can just blame his last three years, which range from mediocre to horrific, on coaching after all. If they don't, though, he might be one hell of a buyout candidate come this time next year.
July 24 2009, 10:11AM
[...] then, is my latest post at FlamesNation, regarding Miikka Kiprusoff and the upcoming season he will spend under more crushing pressure than [...]
Too true. But, in a different way, there's very little pressure on Kipper:
He's signed his final NHL contract with the Flames. It extends till 2014 and pays him retirement type money. He also has a NTC. It would cost Calgary a huge chunk of change to buy him out and his buy-out cap hit would extend to 2018!
In short, even if Miikka stinks, he has the organization by the short and curlies.
July 24 2009, 11:23AM
@ Kent: All they would have to do is put him in the minors... I doubt Miikka wants to ride the bus to Providence or Worchester.
I imagine he'd head home and smoke menthols on a fishing boat.
problem solved.
Uh...I know the Flames have some well-heeled owners, but I can't seeing them paying Kipper 5.883M (7M in real cash) a season to play in Abbotsford. Nor would Kipper leave that kind of money on the table by refusing to report or retiring. In fact, has any NHL team stashed a contract of that size in the minors since the new CBA came into effect? I don't think so.
July 24 2009, 03:20PM
[...] post: Under pressure Tags: fill-secondary, jersey-based, juice-boxes, Outplacement, over-the-last, pressure-isn, [...]
Tied with Edmonton.
I always seem to approach each NHL season as a flames fan with blind enthusiasm.. but i must say i am quite confident that Kipper will drastically improve his stats. I mean given the circumstances, i would like to think that almost any goalie would play at an average level at the least with this crop of d-men in front of him. Factor in defensive minded Brent as the coach.. I like to think my blind faith isn't too unjust.
On a side note, i was beginning to worry about Dion's abilities last year; but I am praying desperately to the hockey gods that brent can shape him back into the player he used to be.