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Paul changed his awful costume from the last time, luckily!!!
Paul changed his awful costume from the last time, luckily!!!
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WOW, mesmerized by this CAN couple! IMHO they are just as good, if not better, than their countrymen Virtue & Moir.
And they easily go into 1st place with a new SB score! Well Deserved!
My computer froze right in the middle of the cool twizzles. I will punch it in the face later.
Crone and Poirier are so talented, and so young.
RUS couple had a nice interesting program with the both of them dressed up as sailors.
sailor costumes gave off a real Donald Duck vibe
and history on what type of Folk Dance they were doing, especially why she took the hat off at the end?
And they go into 2nd place.
yes, Kerrs... finger pistols SCREAM American Country Folk Dance :sheesh:
not a fan of this OD
Sinead&John rock!
But the ending looks bizarre.
Nice routine by the GBR couple.
Of all the country western OD's this season I've seen so far, the Kerrs' is the most authentic and entertaining.

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Leafs Nation round table - The worst team
Cam Charron
September 07 2012 12:42PM
This may be an extended offseason, so to break up the time, some of the writers on TLN are exchanging emails to each other, discussing the Toronto Maple Leafs and NHL hockey as whole. Today's topic is ESPN The Magazine's assertion that the Maple Leafs are the single worst major pro sports team for fan experience in all of North America.
From: Danny Gray
To: Steve Dangle, Gus Katsaros, Cam Charron
Subj: The worst team
I'll never understand why these things praise "affordability" and "ownership-fan relations" or "in-house experience" over you know, selling a whack tonne of tickets, TV spots, and gear. Who cares if the Florida Panthers have cheap seats and really funny jumbo-tron videos or t-shirt cannons, you still have to watch the Florida freaking Panthers. The list is basically: Teams that haven't won a championship recently but still charge a lot for tickets. And by that criteria the Leafs obviously suck, the funny thing is that the other 29 teams in the league would kill to be in this circumstance.
At this exact moment the league is attempting to cry poor because so many teams are losing money, some of them actually win hockey games and make the playoffs and still can't turn a profit. Then you have the Leafs who make what, twice the ticket revenue of the bottom half of the league combined? And they are made to be a laughingstock, or labelled "the worst" franchise. It doesn't make any sense.
I understand that a large part, hell, really, the only part about professional sports is winning. And the Leafs more or less suck at that. But the business side is part of what makes the NHL and part of
what makes that winning mean something. If it were simply about winning hockey games everyone would go crazy over the Calder Cup, but they don't. It's the fact that the NHL has a legacy of being the best league in which hockey is played, and the Leafs have been an essential part of making the NHL what it is today. Furthermore their financial clout props up teams who the market has otherwise deemed a failure. Yet somehow they are the worst.
In conclusion, this list is dumb. And everyone knows the Senators are the worst team anyway.
From: Steve Dangle
To: Danny Gray, Gus Katsaros, Cam Charron
Subj: RE: The worst team
Aren't they also below the "Atlanta Thrashers"?
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From: Cam Charron
To: Steve Dangle, Danny Gray, Gus Katsaros
Subj: RE: Re: The worst team
I take issue with the fact that they're also below the Sacramento Kings, who may not have a team next season.
Funny, though, you look at previous rankings. Last season, Tampa, Pittsburgh and Buffalo were 1, 2 and 3 for the NHL. I assume these came out in the summer, because Toronto was ranked below Atlanta again, and you see how that worked out.
Ever watch ESPN's "Numbers Never Lie" segment? It's sometimes on TSN or TSN2 or whichever channel doesn't have enough original programming. They base rankings on subjective, unproven measures. Nevermind some of these places don't have teams anymore, or won't have teams anymore, and will give back zero on fan investment, all that matters is the players' "effort on the field and likability off of it" which can apparently be quantified in the ESPN offices.
From: Gus Katsaros
To: Cam Charron, Steve Dangle, Danny Gray
Subj: RE: Re: Re: The worst team
What a stupid article. It misses the mark in almost its entirety.
September 07 2012, 05:37PM
What the H. E. double hockey stick does ESPN know about a successful sports franchise. ok, they suck, does that make them the worst PRO franchise (give me a break)
As a Canuck fan, I'm disgraced by this analysis.
Seriously. Since when did ESPN know anything about hockey? Secondly, why do the Leafs get such a bad rap? It peeves me off. Any Cdn hockey team should be ranked near the top of most these categories other than affordability. ESPN is a biased joke.
Poo on ESPN.
September 08 2012, 07:54AM
Lists like these are generally a waste of time, that said, the biggest criteria looks to be Bang for buck, and Afffordability. Based on the price of admission, the Leafs have to be near the top of the list.
@ Danny "the funny thing is that the other 29 teams in the league would kill to be in this circumstance."
Yes, 29 other owners, but find another fan base that needs to go to 1967 for a championship in the NHL, and want to kill for that circumstance.
"Then you have the Leafs who make what, twice the ticket revenue of the bottom half of the league combined? And they are made to be a laughingstock, or labelled "the worst" franchise. It doesn't make any sense."
Actually, it kinda sounds like an indictment of the fans who pay for a poor product, again going back to the BNG and Affordability criterias.
Before, I get completely attacked here. I'm not trolling, since at the end of the day IT'S JUST A STUPID LIST. Get over it already.
"I'll never understand why these things praise "affordability" and "ownership-fan relations" or "in-house experience" over you know, selling a whack tonne of tickets, TV spots, and gear."
They're taking the fan's side. i.e. Instead of looking at how profitable or successful a team is as a business, they're looking at how good it is to be a fan of that team. Let's face it, leafs-fans get shafted. They pay more for tickets that practically any other fans in the league, they buy more merch, and they haven't been treated to a Stanley Cup final match in 45 years. If you were Spock and you had to choose a NHL team to be a fan of, the Leafs are literally the last team you'd pick because they offer the least "value" for the dollar.
Leaf's fans are true blue. They've been faithful to the team even when the team clearly didn't deserve it. Arguably they *still* don't deserve it, although their effort is improving...
I'm not a Leafs fan. I'm a Flames fan. The fact that a Flames fan can feel sorry for you (in spite of the trades you guys have royally shafted us in over the years) should say it all.
I agree with beloch, this report is all about the treatment of the fans. You can take the rankings with a grain of salt but I think its safe to say the message is clear that ownership should put the fans first rather then their pocketbooks. Yes, its a business and leaf tickets seem to be in demand and people just keep coming regardless of the price. Fair enough. But sooner or later their loyal fan base that pays their bills and lines their pockets should at least be treated with a competitive team or even a playoff caliber team. You can not guarentee a stanley cup every year but look at the Red Wings. They have to have a good team every year or that team would not exist. So how do they do it? Good drafting, smart trades, not starting over every 5 years. Real hockey minds making the team decisions not the ownership. I have been a leaf fan for over 30 years but it is more and more obvious that the ownership could care less about the fans and just trying to keep the money train rollin'.
As for the trades the leafs made with the flames over the years, I think that is the only highlight in the past 30 years we can brag about, getting Dougie Gilmour as cheap as we did. I guess Gary Leeman didnt have the same affect in Cow town?


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You have to know the person making the reply. He seldom uses one word if he can use 20. A simple yes, or no, can become a dissertation.
: : : Anyone here have an opinion about them?
: : Oh my Tina you hit a sensitive subject with me.
: : Being a member of the NFPA I am appalled that this was ever approved.
: : I can understand how the UL. FM, etc., would allow Flex Sprinkler heads as they possibly have no real plumbers on staff.
: : Tina as an engineer you and I both know sprinkler systems are designed hydraulically sized and designed using Hazen - Williams using a K factor and SI all are used in configuring adequate protection. Without getting too technical see if this refreshes your memory?
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: : Over the years many folks used these lofts for all types of business including sweat shops and now possibly law offices or art studios.
: : Knowing every time a new tenant moves in they constantly make changes like recessed lighting and dropping the ceilings to lower heating and cooling bills plus placing computer cables in the ceiling or under the built up flooring.
: : Now lets assume that there is existing flex head sprinkler piping already installed so rather then drain this system the carpenters install new ceilings and for aesthetics they center the sprinkler in relation to ceiling tiles and not actual room coverage GOOD BYE coverage and proper fire protection
: : Second, lets assume these same carpenters do drop the ceiling and place the pendent heads properly BELOW the new ceiling.
: : Now a fire breaks out between the suspended ceiling and the main ceiling there goes all your protection as once the fire starts spreading along this up protected area kiss the structure good bye as the sprinklers are now totally useless.
: : EVERY sprinkler system should be examined by a licensed master fire suppression piping contractor (like yours truly) Or an engineer specializing in NFPA standards or a really qualified LMP.
: : If nothing else the WTC bombings should show us we need more protection not settle for something that cost less in dollars but may cost human life.
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: : High rise building were always a deep concern of world wide fire departments as these sky scrappers are hell to protect under the best of conditions.
: : Now considering we have the technology to install stand pipe systems with sprinklers a new concern has arisen that of a possible plane crashing into these sky scrappers and a water system just will not extinguish this kind of fire or even keep it under control until the fire fighters arrive.
: : Being a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) I know we do have the means to protect these structures with several options for a class B fire.
: : Even as a fire fighter in the Navy (Damage control specialist) almost 40 years ago we were able to not only contain these types of fires but extinguish them quickly with some damage to the electrical equipment but we saved lives and were able to keep damage to a minimum.
: : The code bodies should stop thinking bottom line pricing and think of saving people by use of fire suppression systems that use foam or CO 2 or a number of other ways or a combination of several types of protection.
: : We could for example utilize a two pipe system one would be the cheaper water type and the other using higher temperature rated sprinkler heads for the B type of fire such as oil, gas and other flammable liquids which burn at a much higher temperature then the A type of fire which is wood paper and for a rule of thumb anything that leaves an ash.
: : Fire protection is not a new subject as we members of. the trades do read about high rise fires and how many life's are lost because of inadequate protection
: : I think some good may come out of the World trade disaster by having people wake up and realize how we (professionals in the trade) have been saying all along that these structures need more protection then most code bodies want to address.
: : Yes, it will add cost to a building design but what price do you put on human life?
: : Fire suppression systems do save life's and property and there is no valid excuse why they should not be made part of the building codes world wide.
: : Many times because a fire suppression system is installed the code officials give a "trade off" like less fire rated (time to burn through) walls and stairways.
: : Think about the fire suppression systems that are utilized in air port hangers, or on Air craft carriers.
: : We have the technology why not use it?
: : I am sure the insurance savings would more then offset the cost human life and the replacement of these structures.
: : Think about how many billions will be paid out in property damage and loss of life and businesses that are no longer providing jobs and thus the loss of income to the business owners and employees
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Louise Bellamy
Published: February 3, 2013 - 3:00AM
It is a sweltering summer afternoon, but in the refurbished 19th-century boot factory that is home to the Queensland Ballet, the dancers are oblivious as their new artistic director, Li Cunxin - the Chinese defector who became known as Mao's last dancer, and his wife, Mary, take them through their steps.
Ceiling fans go full bore, the studio windows are wide open, sheets of subtropical rain come and go, but for the principal dancer, Meng Ningning, nothing matters except mastering the intricate choreography of Swan Lake's third act with its virtuosic Black Swan pas de deux.
The manoeuvre requires the dancer to whip and turn her raised leg 32 times consecutively. It is one of the most challenging pieces in ballet and her dancing partner, guest international principal dancer Huang Jun Shuang, has only just arrived from the US to begin rehearsals.
Li and Mary - the Australian dancer he met at the Houston Ballet and later married - have just uprooted themselves from their cherished Melbourne home, leaving two of their three children behind, to start their new adventure in Brisbane.
Both are dressed in Melbourne black, their heads whipping back and forth as they follow Ningning's and Jun Shuang's every move as if watching grand slam tennis. But they never sit for long. Li stops the music, grabs Mary's arm and shows Jun Shuang how to hold Ningning, saying: ''Hold her with two hands, there, below her waist; she's more forward than you think.''
Mary adds: ''Darling, you're lifting her, you should be pulling and dragging her.'' The dancers immediately repeat the step. Li says: ''Very good.''
Mary, her Australian accent undulled by decades overseas, adds: ''It's acting and dancing, see?''
They resume their seats and the music begins again until the next interjection, which strangely becomes part of the dance, with Li coaching in English and his native language (Jun Huang and Ningning are two of four Chinese dancers in the 27-strong company) and Mary, in English, prefacing almost every suggestion with ''darling''.
''Ningning, darling, see! The fouettes are exhilarating when you do them well.''
''Of course, thank you, of course,'' Ningning replies respectfully, wiping the sweat from her face and arms.
Li is more formal, less effusive and more gently spoken: ''Huang, flick, flick, OK, wonderful, getting there. Very, very good.''
Li's incredible story is well known. Raised in poverty in a northern Chinese village, he was randomly chosen at the age of 11 to join Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy. After much hardship and hard work he became an internationally acclaimed dancer before defecting to the US. He later moved to Melbourne, becoming a principal dancer with the Australian Ballet, before writing his international best-selling biography, Mao's Last Dancer. The book would go on to become an acclaimed film, directed by Bruce Beresford.
But as he so poignantly wrote in his memoir, Li's early opportunities came at a price. Leaving his family as a child was tough; he used to cry himself to sleep and endure 16-hour days. His harsh but inspirational teachers quickly discovered the country boy's inner drive. To improve his strength and his jumps he tied sandbags to his ankles and hopped up and down flights of stairs.
One of his main influences, teacher Xiao, set the bar high - ''he wanted me to be the best dancer in the world'' - and that has been a motivating source for everything he's taken on since.
Now, as the Queensland Ballet's artistic director, his new ambition is to transform the Queensland Ballet.
The intense rehearsals of Swan Lake come only a handful of days before Ningning, 33, and Jun Shuang, 24, fly to the US to perform at the Richmond Ballet in Virginia as part of the international program Li has negotiated.
The program - enabling his dancers to be funded by overseas ballet companies to perform in leading roles abroad - is part of Li's vision to ''put Queensland Ballet on the international map and make it the classical ballet powerhouse of the Asia Pacific region''.
Li and Mary's decision to leave Melbourne marks a new chapter that in some ways returns them full circle.
Before Mary's appointment last month as one of two part-time ballet mistresses, she hadn't worked with Li since Houston, in the 1980s.
Of course, Li has reinvented himself many times since seeking political asylum in the US with the support of Houston Ballet's then artistic director, Ben Stevenson, who had arranged the cultural exchange that brought Li to Texas.
After many happy years in the US, in 1995 Li and Mary settled in Melbourne, where he joined the Australian Ballet. He retired in 1999 to take up stockbroking. Then came the unexpected success of his memoir, which later led him to yet another successful career as a motivational speaker, before his dramatic return to the dance world last year with the Queensland Ballet.
After the three-hour rehearsal has finished, Li is preparing a Chinese feast: spare ribs stewed in garlic, ginger, spring onions and two types of soy sauce; a marinated and steamed fish northern Chinese style; a dish called Bird in a Nest; a spinach dish with pork and garlic; and stir-fried asparagus with spring onions, pork, light soy and steamed rice.
It's what he does whenever he's home, and he gets to be home more often now with the new job.
''It is great that Mary is happy to be home near her family,'' he says, deftly juggling ingredients.
''For me, even though I miss my mother and six brothers, I talk to them often and try to see them as often as I can.
''Australia is my home, and my own family - Mary and my children - and my work is where I find my happiness and satisfaction.''
He says he never planned to be a ballet director, but after being involved in a peer review of the company last year he saw the potential. He ended up being head-hunted by the recruitment company hired by Queensland Ballet to conduct a global search for a new director. Li says no one was more surprised than he when he agreed to apply for the job.
He was chosen to replace Francois Klaus, formerly of the Hamburg Ballet, who had been director for 14 years and specialised in modern ballets.
Li says such opportunities only come every eight to 15 years. He has brought in 11 new dancers to his stable of 27 - including Huang Jun Shuang, formerly from the Houston Ballet, and Matthew Lawrence, a former principal at the Birmingham Royal Ballet, as well as five graduates from the Australian Ballet. He also plans to invite international choreographers to work with him.
''I want the best creative talent. I don't want the dancers limited to only my influences. They need a variety of skills and perspectives.''
Letting some dancers go, he says, has been the hardest aspect of the new job. ''I agonised it over and over, as I knew my decision would have enormous impact on these dancers' lives and future career paths, the company culture and the company's future wellbeing,'' he says.
''The calibre of the dancers I am working with is world class.''
Li's days are long. Most start about 8am, planning the classical ballet classes that the company's full-time dancers attend Monday to Friday mornings. Then there are rehearsals, before and after lunch.
In between he has 30 staff and more than 100 musicians, designers and choreographers to co-ordinate and manage. With an agenda to promote dance education, the company offers 20 students a pre-professional, full-time, final-year training program, alongside its junior program comprising 40 students aged 11 to 14.
But long hours are nothing new. ''Working as a director of this company, which is close-knit like a family, is such a privilege; there is not enough time in the day,'' Li says. ''Days are not long enough, so much to learn - and share - and achieve.''
With their daughter Sophie now working, their son, Tom, studying at Melbourne University and their youngest daughter, Bridie, 15, settled into school in Brisbane, Mary and Li now spend much more time together, professionally and personally. When Li was on the motivational speech circuit, he was sometimes away three out of every four weeks and it was often lonely in Melbourne, Mary admits.
Mary's story is a lesser-told tale, partly because, though frank and down-to-earth, she usually tends to duck publicity.
One of eight children, she left north Queensland in 1975 at the age of 16 and joined the London Festival Ballet two years later, becoming the principal dancer in 1981. She joined the Houston Ballet - where she met Li and where they both became principal dancers - in 1985. They married two years later. (Li was previously married to American dancer Elizabeth Mackey.)
''Leaving home was what you did if you wanted to get on. All I wanted to do was dance,'' Mary says.
But her career, unlike Li's, came to a halt in 1990 when their first daughter, Sophie, was diagnosed as profoundly deaf and Mary retired overnight to teach her to talk ''because I wanted to know my daughter''.
When Li's editor wanted to cut the 80,000 words from Mao's Last Dancer that Li had written about Mary's efforts to teach Sophie to speak, Mary backed the editor. Now she is embracing her work with Li.
''It's fantastic to have the opportunity to contribute to Li's vision for the company,'' she says.
And apart from being woken by the cacophony of birds at 4.30 each morning, she's enjoying living around the corner from her mother and near her many siblings.
''I haven't been home [in Brisbane] since I was 17. Now I'm 54. It feels right,'' she says.
She loves the Queensland heat, the architecture, too, and despite missing her friends in Melbourne and the footy (she's a St Kilda diehard), she's settled in her breezy Queenslander and is looking forward to her mother's 80th birthday in their new home.
But for now, Li's first season with the Queensland Ballet begins this Thursday with the Dance Dialogues - Summer, a series of performances of short works by emerging Australian choreographers that will be introduced by Li, with dancers discussing the process of the ballets with the audience.
All the performances - until February 22 - have sold out.
With ticket sales for 2013 breaking all records in the company's five-decade history and subscriptions doubling from last year, Queensland Ballet's chief executive, Anna Marsden, is effusive about Li's ''high-wattage'' impact and the drawing power of his inspirational story.
Li wants to increase the company's annual performances from 100 to 120 and to set up more cultural exchanges such as the one under which Ningning and Jun Shuang perform in Richmond this week while Li and the rest of the company present the Dance Dialogue series. The company's first classical ballet, Cinderella, by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, will follow in April. The French ballet Giselle will open in June before a regional Queensland tour.
In August there will be contemporary works including Elegance - choreographed by US-based Chinese-born dancer Ma Cong and performed to music from the Jewish ghettos of World War II - and a world premiere of a new ballet by former Queensland Ballet dancer Gareth Belling, danced to Vivaldi.
Tchaikovsky's traditional Christmas tale, The Nutcracker, will end the year.
When Li was a boy, his father told him the story of a frog trapped in a deep, dark well that could see the sky but never reach it. Back then, Li sometimes walked for hours after school to find clams, oysters and dead fish to take back to his mother to help feed his six brothers.
He recalls sending messages to the gods on pieces of paper attached to his kite - wishing for his mother's happiness, his father's good health, and third, ''to get out of the well because I felt like that frog''.
Those days are long past, but facing new challenges - such as he first did at age 11 - leaving his family to train at Madame Mao's Dance Academy, continues to be at the core of Li's being.
''Mary and I have been travelling all our lives,'' he says.
''Life is about being open-minded, adaptable and resourceful. It should be an adventure; it keeps you alive; and now we are reliving a dream.
''Once we danced together; now we dance through our dancers. If they perform to their best because of us, it's equally satisfying . It's like doing the dance ourselves.''
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/dance/the-last-dancer-revels-in-the-heat-of-a-new-challenge-20130202-2dr3p.html


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Prospect Profile: #20 Alex Friesen
Cam Charron
August 05 2013 09:36AM
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This is less a prospect profile about Alex Friesen and more an editorial comment on the state of the Vancouver Canucks prospect system pre-2013. My ranking of Friesen at No. 13 in the Canucks' system, which I understand is the highest that anybody gave him, was not based on any new information we learned in the 2012-2013 campaign, but just a general observation that he's further along in his development and I haven't learned anything about him over the last 12 months that would take away from the fact that I could "potentially see him play in the National Hockey League someday".
Not much in the National Hockey League, mind you. If you click on his profile from last year, you'll see that Friesen played an important role on recent Niagara Ice Dogs teams as the lead defensive centreman on the team. He's basically a more physical, offensive Manny Malhotra, which I suppose any NHL team would love to have, but it's unrealistic to project his junior talents to the majors at this point.
Read on past the jump for more on Friesen, our 20th ranked prospect in the Canucks system.
So what exactly are his talents? Well, the ones that kicked around in junior didn't really make the leap to pro in his 20-year-old season. Last year, he was ranked No. 11 on this list because he was a defensive centreman on one of the best teams in the OHL and put up a point-a-game. His offence collapsed this past season and he struggled to score meaningful minutes with the Chicago Wolves. It's not to say that a player that drops down to the ECHL won't play NHL hockey.
But why the drop? Friesen was point-a-game in his draft year, scored 66 points in 60 games in 2011 and 71 points in 62 games in 2012. The difference between the OHL and the AHL is staggering, as Friesen managed five assists in 42 games, and one of the team's lowest quality of competition ranks during the season. He saw time in Kalamazoo after being sent down in March, and failed to score there as well.
This was the only goal Friesen scored during a game last season:
Canucks assistant GM Laurence Gilman last year called him "an over-achiever and is a gritty two-way forward who plays above his size". There's some indication that Friesen does a lot of that with his play, and at least the one goal we have to judge Friesen by last season conforms to the assessment.
But you'd rather a plethora of goals to choose from than a plethora of fights. Some of Friesen's other highlights include fights and… well, fights. He didn't drop the mitts all that much last season, just twice, but unfortunately, that composes much of his highlight reel.
To think that this guy was No. 11 on our list last year, who wound up doing next to nothing in his first year of pro hockey. It is difficult to do things in pro hockey. One of my favourite QMJHL players, Stanislav Galiev (a prospect in the Washington Capitals system), played 17 scoreless AHL games before being sent down to the Reading Royals, where he tore it up.
Gabriel Desjardins notes that most players that make the NHL off the hop do better there than the AHL, "which makes the AHL appear better than it actually is". But look at the AHL expectancy numbers for Friesen (find points and goals per 82 games, and multiply that by 0.45) based on his last two years of junior, compared to this year:
2011 - 16 G, 41 Pts
2012 - 15 G, 42 Pts
2013* - 2 G, 10 Pts
*per 82 games
Note that AHLe doesn't necessarily match the first year of performance. It's meant to be more of a projection or an expectation rather than an indicator of a player's production. Some players will be above, some below, as they adjust differently to the new league. Age plays a factor. It's tougher to score as a 20-year-old in the AHL than as a 19-year-old in the OHL.
But I still had Friesen at No. 13, just two spots down from last year. Mostly, I was trying my best to ignore such a low offensive season and instead focus on what we knew about Friesen before his time. He was perhaps overvalued as a prospect last year due to his role in Marty Williamson's Ice Dogs system and how at the time, the Canucks needed every ounce of defensive help they could get.
Since that time, we've seen Brendan Gaunce and Bo Horvat be drafted by the team. We've seen the Canucks sign Brad Richardson and Mike Santorelli. There's less of a current need at the depth centre position, so less reason to project that responsibility onto somebody who can't exactly fulfill it.
As No. 20 on any list, or No. 13 on my list, Friesen represents somebody where it would be a win if he played a single NHL game in his career. That's true of any prospect list for any team, but it seems particularly fuzzy on the Canucks, where the spots after (roughly) the Top Five are held with players that weren't exactly scoring dynamos in junior or players that spent multiple seasons playing for their national junior squads. It's tough to get excited about this batch of Canucks prospects for the most part on this list until you get to about Jordan Subban. That's what happens when the team's philosophy is to select older, pro-ready players where the organization already knows the player's role rather than talent and potential.
So he's a guy to keep our eyes on in Utica and see if he returns to his 2012 form. The Canucks will have more control over the Utica Comets than the Wolves last season, and if the organization still has an interest in his development, they'll make sure he's playing more key situations.
Check back in tomorrow to find out who our 19th ranked prospect is!
What I completely agree with is if he does play in the NHL it will be a win.1st year jumps on any level can take some getting used to, it will depend on how he meets the challenge. Funny Gilman says he plays bigger than his size.... Seems that's what MG's drafts were about until Gaunce. Not buying any comparisons to Manny since he was a solid if not very good NHL player that the Canucks really missed in the 2011 Cup Finals.
I wonder how much the lockout affected lesser prospects like Friesen.
The jump in competition from OHL to AHL was even steeper this year, that's bound to impact a first year pro playing a grinding role.
Go UticA gO
Why do we care where Friesen sits on Charron's list? Its called Canuck Army's prospect profiles.
Are you guys not a united entity? Why did Charron have to mention that he had Friesen ranked different their Canucks Army's consensus rankings? It seems very petty and unprofessional that you have him listed 20th, then have the entire article showing dissension amongst your writers.
Why don't you keep the topic on the prospect rather than where YOU would rank him or "editorial comment on the state of the Vancouver Canucks prospect system".
Why don't you just do a comparison chart of every write at the end of the profiles to show the differences of where you rank them? Maybe then, you can argue items such as this. It was completely distracting in this profile.
I think people make way too much of prospects. It'd be great if Friesen can become a centre for us one day but the chances are slim.
The Canucks have a horrid draft history. We have to be one of the worst franchises at having draft picks turn into NHL players. It is just tragic.
There is reason for optimism. I'm cheering on the prospects but won't be shocked if they don't turn into NHL players. It's always fun seeing what's in the system!
August 07 2013, 04:33PM
I think people make way too much of prospects. It'd be great if Friesen can become a centre for us one day but the chances are slim.
The Canucks have a horrid draft history. We have to be one of the worst franchises at having draft picks turn into NHL players. It is just tragic.
There is reason for optimism. I'm cheering on the prospects but won't be shocked if they don't turn into NHL players. It's always fun seeing what's in the system!
Canucks 2012-13 roster where the players were drafted by the Canucks: H Sedin D Sedin R Kesler C Schneider J Hansen K Bieksa J Schroeder A Edler M Raymond
So 9 of the regular starters, still on the team, all original Canuck draft picks, plus Tanev and Burrows who went undrafted, nevermind other players drafted by the Canucks currently playing for other teams.
Every team in the league picks roughly 5-8 players a year at the draft. Of those 5-8 maybe, just maybe, 1-2 make it pro... if that. So basically each teams odds are about the same that they hit the jackpot... teams with continual losing seasons (ie Edm) have the best chance of course. It also didn't help that a lot of the trades over the years have included 2nd & 3rd round draft picks so losing those picks definately makes the draft pool much more shallow and the odds of drafting someone who will make it to the NHL even more rare.


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Skip to comments.Businesses are going everywhere but New York
Posted on 05/26/2014 6:13:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
New York is losing the battle to lure outsourced jobs now slowly trickling back to the US and more competitive regions are poaching Gothams jobs.
The tax breaks and incentives to stem New Yorks slide? Too little, too late, critics say.
If youre a businessman thinking of bringing jobs back to one of the 50 states, then New York is at the bottom of that list, said Neal Asbury, a manufacturer who grew up in Morristown, NJ, and has studied New Yorks high cost base.
You have a governor telling the world he doesnt want conservatives in his state because you have to think like him and you have a New York City mayor obsessed with raising taxes to pay for more entitlements. That is not sending a great message,
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded
For those who don't know, Asbury, is the CEO of The Legacy Companies, has already brought back from China up to 40 of his companys 300 jobs worldwide to various regions in the US. New York is not one of them.
Maybe our good friend, FReeper CNN can ask him how he did it since he's always harping about bringing back American jobs (NOTE: He did it without the benefit of tariffs ).
There are always some VERY common-sense reasons why businesses go where they go. It's not rocket science.
RE: Nobody goes there anymore, its too crowded
Singapore is arguably more dense. But businesses flock there ( Including many ex-pat Americans who sadly, renounced their US citizenships ).
Many small business types tend to be conservative. The governor saying that conservatives are not welcome in his state is a giant red flag to stay away.
Also, New York is one of those high tax states, run by liberals. If you are a conservative leaning businessman, the last place you want to commit to, is a place where the politicos see you as a source of deep pockets, to pay ever increasing taxes to fund ever increasing intrusive government programs.
How do you expect to do business when regulators operate like Fascists in broad daylight?
NYC bagel store fined for accidentally dropping sesame seeds on floor
THAT is just one example out of HUNDREDS.
I think the posting was a play on words; Yogi Berra supposedly made the remark, about a popular nightspot in NYC ;)
I would assume that Illinois and California would also be on the "do not inhabit" list as well.
I'd go back there in a..."New York minute,"
However, I would stay where I stayed before at the Intercontinental on 44th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.
It's WALKING distance to, well almost everything.
I even had my nails done there...and lo and behold, all the women in there were Chinese, just like so MANY places.
They may SAY that they are from some other place, but I can always KNOW if they are Chinese or not.
The secret? The Chinese are the only folks on this planet with round nostrils. All others have non-round nostrils. One only has to get the person to "look up."
I sometimes say: "LOOK! UP IN THE SKY!! It's a bird!!! It's a plane!! NO!! It's SUPERMAN!!!
Then, I can see the shape of their nostrils. All the other Asian Orientals have nostrils shaped like everyone else on the planet, sort of oblong.
I grew up in New York and left for good in 1980.
I still have family there, and, living as I do in a more or less free state, I cannot believe how the fascist power of the state has grown over the past 34 years.
Gun control is the least of it. Do you know that of you are late with your (required) car insurance payment, there is mandatory notification from the insurer to the state, and that they can (and sometimes do) impound your car?
There are such a myriad of state-enforced dos and don'ts for every area of human activity (other than sexual), it's hard to imagine how anyone can live there.
Not so with California.
Folks can go to the beaches in southern California OR go skiing in the mountains in the north, on the SAME day.
Now THAT is "choice."
Also, California has Hollyweird (a big draw), the Mexico crossing at Tijuana, some of the best pot in the world (in northern California since the Feds shut down their fishing and lumber industries), great fishing and great produce (Central valley)--just to name a few things.
All one needs is money. No, scratch that. Our welfare program is also HUGE.
Congrats on a very smart move on your part. I guess jobs and family are one reason folks stay in places like NY, CA, IL. We live fairly close to the CA border and I can't believe the cost of living (if you can call it that) in CA. Fifteen hundred sq/ft house for 500K? WTH? Taxes are ridiculous. Gas prices are ridiculous. Don't think I'll be going there any time soon.
Having to move to NYC under De Blasio would be a complete insanity, an earthly hell for a small businessman like me.
I avoid going anywhere NEAR New York, particularly the city.
There are some good areas of NY but unfortunately it has been occupied by too many liberals.
Their campaign to draw businesses to NY by a 'no taxes for ten years' will not work because smart businessmen know that the far left liberals in NY will use 'fees' to reclaim the money they lose in 'taxes'.
Our local health system is also RELENTLESS. It weeds out the lazy, incompetent, foolish and careless.
We have 4000 restaurants in a city of less than a million. Half of those places close every year.
Side note: more than half the closed-down restaurants are Chinese. Last month the health department closed down a very popular take-out Chinese, which got its food from its upstairs VERY popular restaurant.
They were BOTH closed down AND the place is NEVER, EVER, EVER, allowed to sell food again.
I had never seen THAT particular punishment before so the place must have been HORRIFICALLY filthy.
Sigh, it's all about money, innit?
Cleanliness COSTS and some folks are just too cheap to spend money on what they consider "unnecessary" expenditures.
I never eat Chinese any more. Even one of our close acquaintances, Chinese, won't go out to a Chinese restaurant. They are too filthy. She cooks at home.
SHE is the one who said, "Never sit at a table by the wall. You'll see the cockroaches climbing up and down. Sit in the center of the room."
Yes, it would.
The crowd is made up of those too poor to escape, and those who prey on them.
Where is Snake Plissken?
Very true.
It's also very true that the software industry in Silicon Valley has been INUNDATED with Indian software engineers. THEY will work for much less, longer hours and will, without doubt, send money home to India....then eventually bring their families here. That's show biz.
Property values don't seem to go down, do they? They actually did, a TINY bit. They will increase again.
Rumor has it that Hurricane Sandy funds we used to fund the NYS Governors commercial about business returning to NY
Gov. Cuomo proposes to return $250.oo to each NYS taxpayer immediqately prior to the Govenernor's re-election campaign.
It is all 'smoke and mirrors' as this is additional debt funded by debt bonds.
Additional fees: everytime you renew your car insurance in NYS , you pay an additional $15.oo to the State for each payment.
If you pay car insurance month to month, that is an additional $180.oo per year , just to be insured .
It is the hidden fees that wear you down .. !!
I've dealt with a number of businesses in light to heavy industries that fled New York State because they say it has the highest workers' compensation insurance rates in the nation -- by a huge margin.
The saga of the GE plant in Hudson Falls and the massive clean-up costs they've been forced to pay is another case in point about why New York is such a miserable place to do business.
" Fifteen hundred sq/ft house for 500K? WTH?————"
We have that type of situation where I live in Eastern MA.
Absolutely ridiculous.
There are many characteristics of New York that make it a fascist state, but this isn't one of them. For all its flaws, New York has a reputation for having one of the most effectively regulated insurance industries in the nation -- which is why insurance companies often brag about their New York presence as a symbol of their stability.
The situation you describe isn't a symptom of a fascist state. It's a symptom of a state where insurance fraud is a major problem -- largely because it's filled with quasi-humanoid mutants who have no business living in a free, orderly society. They've figured out that an easy way to drive without insurance is to make one initial payment on an annual policy, get the insurance card to verify that they are insured, and then drive around for the rest of the year without making any more payments. The insurance company will cancel the policy, but that doesn't stop them from driving around and putting other people at risk without any insurance coverage.
I live in New York, and I used to run a business here. The income taxes are high, the sales taxes are high, the property taxes are high, the tax on gasoline is high, Worker's Comp premiums were high. You have a ton of regulations and unions are strong here. Add to that a governor who says that being a conservative makes you unwelcome. You would have to be a fool to set up shop in New York (unless you get a massive subsidy, and even then).
Singapore is arguably more dense. But businesses flock there ( Including many ex-pat Americans who sadly, renounced their US citizenships ).
Even with the Chewing Gum Ban ,LOL
then New York is at the bottom of that list"
Not true, California is.
Without new industry, New York will need new tax revenue. The only realistic new source of revenue will be from oil drilling, which the state government will have to allow. They will have no choice.
And that will benefit the people who live upstate.
I know a guy who is buying up as much old farmland as he can.
Businesses should be very clear to the leaders of New York.
"You are a socialist. You love socialism. You think it is great and will do all sorts of idealistic wonders, even though it has never successfully done so anywhere in the world despite being tried hundreds of times. But socialism is parasitical. It sucks the vitality and prosperity out of a place and leaves ruination, poverty, despair and misery in its wake.
"Now while we cannot control or change your fantasies about a failed 19th Century philosophy, we do not wish to be victimized by it or you, just because you have no pattern recognition and mentally live in a delusional fantasy world populated by hate-filled neurotics like yourself."
If Upstate NY was a separate state, you might see a thriving state, unfortunately itis ccontrolled by the NYC area.
It's maybe not a "great" message, but it is the "right" one.
I'm like you. I escaped in 1986 and never looked back. Heck, since my Mom died I don't even go back there for a short visit. New York (upstate, anyhow) used to be a great place to live. Now it is run by control freak Liberals. All they want to do is tax and exploit the peasantry and anybody else trying to still make an honest living.
I'm surprised they haven't put up barbed wire and guard towers to keep the few productive people who are left in there as tax slaves.
More recently Exxon has begun moving employees in several East Coast locations, including Fairfax, VA (Near Washington, DC) and Parsippany, New Jersey to a campus being constructed north of Houston, Texas. This move involves several thousand employees overall.
When the largest public oil company in the world decides to disrupt the lives of thousands of employees, it is not done lightly, but after careful analysis.
One may not approve of Exxon, but they are capable managers of their investments and operating expenses. Their moves are very telling about the state of the East Coast, and New York in particular.
I can't think of any city more dense than Washington DC.
I loved that commercial they were broadcasting recently.
At the same time the Mayor of NYC was telling conservatives to get the hell out.
Desperate Much NY?
Having a paper insurance card still 'proves' you have insurance in NY state? How backward! Cops here check the database. Having an insurance card means nothing.
Yup. We've been hearing those ads in Texas for quite a while. No savvy business will move there. Just wait until that ten years is over and bend over.
Even in NC. I got popped going 80 in a 65. DL was all that was needed. Registration and insurance are tied to it.
I've been looking in areas around Greenwich, CT; Tarrytown, NY and Ramsey, NJ and see endless neighborhoods of million dollar homes. I wonder how it can be that so many people can afford to live there but apparently it is being done. NYC might be on the decline but it's still the largest metro area in the country by far.
People vote with their feet... New York's becoming a liberal hellhole. Not as bad as Detroit, but on the way...
Yep, it's all in the database now. I'm not saying that's a good thing but its just the way it is.
This article is sooo wrong. California is at the bottom of my list. THEN New York.
Or do the same thing California did: decide they were losing too much money with their business-friendly tax laws and pass a new law guaranteed to bring in more revenue by deciding that the current laws were too lenient and pass a newer and more restrictive taxing scheme and make it retroactive.
So all those businesses that had saved so much in less taxes over the years now found themselves liable for several years worth of 'back taxes'.
Maybe New York should institute caning and the death penalty for drug trafficking.
I get it. It's just a shame you have to stay in a part of the country that was once the cradle of liberty, now a bastion of liberalism. I know there's lots of folks in the northeast that, if circumstances permitted, would be long gone. Good luck with the move, house hunting and your job.
No, not any more. That's the way it USED to be — before they had the police linked to a central insurance database. That's kind of what the poster was complaining about, as evidence of a "fascist state."
Not sad. America has ALWAYS been about making your own choices. They chose differently from you.
But what's sad, is that I can understand why they gave up being US Cits. . .
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Cottonwood Creek Consolidated Irrigation Company Shareholders Annual Meeting was held in the Old Orangeville Fire House.
President Clyde Magnuson opened the meeting by reading the call to the meeting. One of the purposes of the meeting was to elect board members three from the Mammoth Canal, two from the Clipper and Western Canal, two from the Blue Cut Canal, and one from the Industrial Municipal Users and to conduct any other business that might come before the stockholders at that time.
Those board members elected are as follows: for The Mammoth Clyde Magnuson, Cory Cloward and Craig Johansen, The Blue Cut Scott Johansen, Justus Jorgenson, The Clipper Western Lee Magnuson, Carl Justesen and for the Industrial Municipal Users, Laren Huntsman.
Clyde Magnuson announced that Jessie Johansen has been hired as secretary to the Irrigation Company to replace retiring Stan Mathis. The group thanked Stan Mathis for his many years of service as the CCCIC secretary.
Clyde Magnuson read the minutes from the meeting held Jan. 2013. The minutes and the financial report were approved as read by the membership.
It was noted, in the financial report, that the Irrigation Company sold to the Bureau of Reclamation 200 acre feet of water or a continuous flow of 3 second feet of water in Cottonwood Creek for which the Irrigation Company was paid $6.5 million. This flow of water is to protect an endangered species farther downstream. This will satisfy the needs of the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife on the San Rafael River. That obligation will be met when the pressurized irrigation project is completed. The money received from the Bureau of Reclamation will give the Irrigation Company, along with money on loan from the Water Resources Board, to complete the main lines of the whole system except for the Wilsonville Ditch and the Johnson and Swasey Ditch. Clyde Magnuson said, "This is in anticipation of the water savings, we expect to have from using a pressurized water irrigation system."
Jay Mark Humphrey explained the 3-second feet of water would help maintain better water quality in the Cottonwood Creek and the San Rafael River. The 3-second feet of water flowing in the streams would reduce the salt in the Creek and River caused by the return flow from farms and ranches.
Magnuson reported, the Adobe Wash Reservoir was completed this last spring, and put into operation. The Emery Water Conservancy District is operating that facility for the Cottonwood Creek Irrigation Company. The power company participated in the building of this reservoir and is receiving benefits from this project. This spring the Irrigation Company will have about a 1,000 acre feet of primary water in storage at the Adobe Wash Reservoir we haven't had that before. This is another benefit that will be gained from that facility.
We have secured $14 million. That is enough money to finish installing all of the main lines on our system over the next three years. That money comes from the sale of the water $6.5 million, the salinity funding from the Bureau of $5.5 million. The money borrowed from that Utah Water Resource Board $2.5 million is to be paid back over 25 years. The shareholders assessments will pay off the loan over that period of time.
Craig Johansen stated that when the project is completed. We will be saving about 20,000 acre-feet of water. Some of that water will help us later in the season and will be used to supply the 3-second feet of water flowing in Cottonwood Creek. The sale of water makes it possible for us to complete the remaining phases of the pressurized water irrigation project. The assessment to pay off the loan will be about $3.50 per share per year.
We are currently under construction on the Blue Cut Canal and you have already seen the pipe being fused together and strung out. That contract should be finished by the middle of July. It will probably be a couple of years before all of the users have connected to that pipeline. In the meantime, we will not take the canals out of service. During the next 60 days, we will be out asking for right-of-ways for the Upper Mammoth pipeline. We should be able to bid that out in August and start construction in September or October.
Johansen said, "Every year there is legislation proposed that affects our water rights and this year is no exception. This year there is a controversial bill and it is House Bill 49, sponsored by Kay McIff. McIff represents all of us." The bill is an amendment to the change application process in the water rights legislation. If you as a shareholder wanted to make a change to the diversion point the distribution point or the place of use of your water rights. You would make an application with the state engineer and he would approve or disapprove it.
Right now, those people that have the water rights can make the change and that is the way it ought to be. The irrigation company owns the water rights you are shareholders. This bill will allow the individual shareholder to make application to the state engineer to change the point of diversion, or the nature of use for a particular share. We see this as being very detrimental to the company. Here is an analogy, it is as if we had a brick building and you and I owned all the bricks in the building. Some of you might own 1000 bricks. Some of you might own 2,000 bricks. If one of you wanted to take your bricks out of the building and put it in another building. This law would allow you to do that. We have one shareholder on this river that owns 25 percent of our company. This law would allow that shareholder to take 25 percent of those bricks and put them somewhere else. Not only that those bricks are not all in one place. They are scattered throughout the building. The building would fall down if the bricks are taken out. That is the essence of what this bill will accomplish. It will tie the hands of the irrigation company to approve or disapprove the transfer of water shares outside of our irrigation district. Those shares could go down the Green River. They could go over the mountain to the Wasatch front. If our power company decides they don't want to be in Emery County anymore. Those water shares could go elsewhere under what's being proposed in House Bill 49. This bill could be a real threat to the economy.
They are doing it under the auspices of protecting the property rights of the individual shareholder and they will do it at the expense of the rest of us.
The Clipper Western Canal pipeline is finished and the canal will be kept open until everyone is on the system. There are four farms at this time that are not on the system. These four have not received funding. Once they receive funding the canal will be cut off.
At this time we are at 65 percent snow pack in the mountains and going lower. This year could be worse than last year. The irrigation water delivery in July and August will be reduced if necessary.
Dusty Huntington gave a River Commission report. At this time there is 30,000 acre-feet of water in the Joes Valley Reservoir.
Jay Mark Humphrey stated, in 2012 we had a full reservoir, we ran 7,000 acre-feet of stored water in to it. In 2013 we only stored 8,000 acre feet of water but the reservoir had 47,000 acre feet of water in it. Each year the shareholders got 100 percent of their allocation. We do not have that this year.
We have 30,000 acre-feet of water in the reservoir right now. But the power company has 12,000 acre-feet of that water. We have 7,500 acre-feet of dead storage. That leaves us with 10,000 acre-feet of water. We have 3,000 acre-feet in Huntington North. If we were to deliver water today you would get 48%. The snow pack can change. We are early in the season. We do have the weather modification equipment working. But we haven't had a lot of clouds so far this year to seed. The river forecast is that we are going to have about 85 percent of stream runoff. That will not fill the reservoir. The project water allocation will be set by the Emery Water Conservancy Board the first of April. Plan on not having 100 percent of water this year. We took a two-year reservoir and spread it out to three. I think we did a good job.
Magnuson said The Weed and Mosquito Board did receive some money to combat Russian olive trees on Muddy Creek, Ferron Creek, Cottonwood Creek and Huntington Creek. This will be an on going thing.
Those that have land on the river you may want to look into that to see what you can do in a cost share to treat your Russian Olives.
Lowell Gardner representing the NRCS reported they were still working on contracts for funding on farm irrigation systems. Applications made today will be for 2015 dollars. Salinity abatement funds are also still available.


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Need for Speed is one of the best and well-embraced racing games of all time. It gives you that adrenaline rush of how it is to be in front of a wheel, driving at a high speed while dodging other cars along the way. Coming from a very successful line, this PSP version falls quite short when compared to its console counterpart but still remains to be relatively better when compared with other portable racing games.
The PSP version still has that arcade feel to it, but minus the customization part this time. The only thing you could alter or change in your car is its color. Thus, all you have to do is just race, beat your competitors, and eventually try to win the race. Maybe they took into consideration the fact that most PSP players just focus on actually playing the game rather than making all those adjustments.
Without all those adjustments or upgrades available for your car, what is there to look forward to after each race then? Luckily, you get to drive different cars; a selection so wide, there are just enough cars to choose from to suit different types of players. But don't get too keyed up just yet. You just can't choose which car to drive from at the start. You still have to earn them by unlocking each one whenever you finish a race or when you beat other players in a game.
The game also loses the ability for the player to manually change gears. Instead, cars are set to automatic, taking away the thrill of how it is to actually change gears. Some may think it's cool but many are of the opinion that it's a total bust since you are just left with simply stepping on the gas and waiting until it actually climbs up speed. Since it automatically changes gear, it frequently fails to do so and you just notice that the car you're driving is running low on revs.
The graphics aren't that bad. There are some places indicating well-thought of locations; others are just downright dull and simply boring. In addition, when you make your way to the city, it doesn't feel and look as though it is a city. For example, there aren't much people you could see. And if you could spot a couple, they look kind of weird and just seem to just blend in the crowd instead of popping out.
Its audio however rivals those of its counterparts. Sound effects are placed just right and quite accurately at that. The screeching of the wheels, the changing of the gears, as well as the crashes, all of them sound pretty close to the real thing. The soundtrack of the game is also a good one. It offers you a wide variety of music unlike other racing games that only offer a couple at most, which can get pretty annoying with its repetitious playing.
The PSP version might not be the best among the Need for Speed games; but at least in this game you get to live the experience of driving the best cars in the world, in places you've never been to before.
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So-called business development companies: Are they the next big thing for income-oriented funds? One argument making the rounds this week is yes, as long as today's growth keeps up. And as long as there's a combo of lower fees and higher uptake by the indexing industry.
Tall order? Sure. Lots could go wrong. But Wells Fargo's Jonathan Bock and Ronald Jewsikow think it's possible. Yield-rich BDCs are technically investment companies like mutual funds. They've got some of the characteristics of smallish private equity funds — as well as a resemblance to other previously exotic areas that went mainstream.
The pair specifically compares today's BDCs to real estate investment trusts and master limited partnerships in the mid-1990s. Back then, those two groups' total market caps were roughly $50 billion and $6 billion, respectively. These days, thanks to their high dividends, years of strong returns and wide availability via mutual funds, REITs have mushroomed into a $478 billion business and MLPs to $255 billion, they note. BDCs today are a $27 billion niche.
A few breakthroughs into indexes coupled with performance and dividends could get BDCs moving on a similar path, they argue. Certainly the performance lately is there. The Wells Fargo Business Development Company Index gained 34% in 2012. This year it's ahead by 10% or so.
You've got individual BDCs like Prospect Capital (PSEC), which has weathered this year's interest-rate fears with a 13% return and an eye-popping 11% yield. Or Ares Capital (ARCC), one of the sector's bigs, up 7% this year and yielding 8.6%. than More rate-sensitive REITs with similarly huge payouts are down by double digits.
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That thought firmly in place, he emphasized learning the basics.� Doing a good grilled or poached fillet of fish.� A basic burger.� A perfectly cooked steak.� This is what customers want, he said.� Once you have their trust, you can add the exotic ingredients, techniques, and garnishes.� Use them in a sauce, as a side dish, or to enhance the plate.� When customers know they can depend on excellent broiled scallops, they are more likely to dip them into the cilantro pesto, or to pick up the carrot-fennel salad with rice wine vinaigrette.� The clients' palates are happy, and so is the chef's creative spirit.
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Skip to comments.Griping Could Mean Charges for Soldiers
Posted on 07/18/2003 3:06:52 PM PDT by AntiGuv
WASHINGTON - The Army is considering whether to punish soldiers in Iraq who griped about conditions there to a television reporter, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Friday.
Some soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division complained to ABC-TV this week after their units were told they would be leaving Iraq soon, then had their homecoming postponed. One called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Criticism of superior officers is a breach of military rules. The Army will determine whether any soldier will be charged with breaking those rules, said Pentagon spokeswoman Chief Petty Officer Diane Perry.
On Wednesday, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said the soldiers' comments show the frustration of troops who are ready to go home.
"Every now and then we've got to look at our young people and understand why they said what they said, and then do something about it," said Gen. John Abizaid, head of U.S. Central Command.
He said it was up to the soldiers' direct commanders to decide if they should be punished.
"None of us that wear this uniform are free to say anything disparaging about the secretary of defense, or the president of the United States," he added.
At least not publicly.
During 29 years of Army service, I heard lot's of gripes from soldiers, especially during my last 10 years when I served as a Chaplain. We used to say, "If the soldiers are not complaining, you better investigate because some thing if seriously wrong."
BUT...we never complained in public, and absolutely never talked to the press. Something smells in this latest round of stories!
Oh yeah, all you're going to hear now is screeching from the media about how this is yet another example of Bush/Ashcroft destroying our civil rights.
I think the only punishment will be that they are not retained...if they wanted a military career, it's now over...they are not career material anyway...they want to be in the Army, but don't want to do what they are trained for....they are not professional soldiers...good riddance.
btw...I had to keep my mouth shut for 8 years of the rapist reign.
And there is always 10% who will bitch about anything.
The more, the better.
Firing squad?
Smooth move guys. I hope you're happy. As to ABC who aired this, they should have their licenses all pulled, every single affiliate who aired that. Let the network try to survive with no affiliates.
It's a violation of military LAW, not just rules, as others have posted. I'm sure the chain of command has put out the word reminding even the "bottom 10%" of their responsibilities, while reminding commanders and senior NCO's of their responsibilities to keep communicating with (and listening to) their troops.
We were "late" due to operational requirements on every deployment I was on. The guys don't like it, but they can handle it if they know the big picture. I had a young leftist in my division who made it clear he didn't like Reagan's military, had no respect for military authority. Though we counseled him in the hope that he'd just grow up, eventually the Navy agreed that he didn't belong in a uniform and gave him an Admin discharge.
Same thing will probably happen with these guys. I suspect the combination of Email (i.e. instant communication) and state-side political activism has brought these guys out of the wood-work. You know how easy it could be for a political agent of the Democrats to "sympathize" with a young wife and quietly whisper how much they care, and feel her pain, and how illegitmate the whole war is.. and how Bush stole his office in the first place and now has used his power to create this illegal war is, and how her husband would be home right now if Al Gore were the President.. etc.
It wouldn't be all that tough to get the wives of some young elisted men to write some letters, and talk to a reporter. So, I think the military will evaluate each situation. If the guy and his wife are part of some larger political, anti-war effort, or if he's been a discipline problem previously, or if he's simply unrelenting in public criticism, they'll get the soldier out of the service ASAP.
Otherwise, it'll be handled quietly with NJP (non-judicial punishment).
FReegards, SFS
In the 1800s, officers tried to reat soldiers as severly as they treated underclassmen at West Point. That worked well in creating stellar officers who deeply cared about "God, Honor, and Country," but as we have always had "citizen soldiers" who came forward to leave civilian life behind to help with the military mission at hand, this was changed in the twentieth century to a more moderate treatment that took the citizen rights of soldiers more into consideration.
I was often told that the strenght of our soldiers who dared ask questions and sometimes bickered and complained was that they could be counted on taking charge if superiors were killed and they were called on to make sure they and their fellows accomplished the mission.
I'm sure this was more transitory and situational then indicative of a wholesale breakdown of unit cohesion and a lack of respct for the chain of command.
They should have their 'Richards' slapped. And if they did this again, then whether or not more stringent measures were implimented could be revisited.
I have faith that these are basically good men who care about their job. And I would fel better if they were given the oppertunity to prove this.
Creating deep fears of reprisal is no real way to run any army.
Military personnel agree to subordinate their constitutional rights to UCMJ when they swear their oath. They can't even go to a political rally in civilian cloths.
Reserve and Guard personnel can do so, but not in a forum where their military duties are identified in a public forum. For example, as a Naval Reserve officer, I was free to participate in National political campaigns, but if they referred to my active duty Reserve service (i.e. Commander SFS, USNR states "..President Bush is an illegal ursurper of his office ..", or "..President Clinton is a crook..", I'd be in hot water. Even if I was retired, I'm pretty certain the UCMJ would prohibit a retired military of member from, for example, insulting the President, etc..
FReegards, SFS
Fear of reprisal is better than losing control of "good order and discipline". It's hard for civilians comprehend the sacrifice in terms of rules and rights that military men willingly accept as second nature.
A good soldier (or sailor, airman, or Marine) respects the chain-of-command, and that includes the Secretary of Defense and President. In fact, I cheated a bit during the Clinton years and went to an "inactive duty" status to get away from the corruption he brought to the military. Probably blue a 15 year career, but I couldn't stomach the gay Asst. Secy's of Defense & Navy I had to deal with. I nearly upchucked after every indoctrination meeting.
FReegards, SFS
To say it is hot and nasty here and I want to go home is one thing but calling for the resignation of the Secretary of Defense is another.
Or is it latrine duty that is worse?
The sergeant in charge of the platoon obviously needs to be relieved; not for disrespect--which he did not demonstrate--but for failure to perform his duty as a leader. The soldier who called for Rumsfeld's resingation needs some type of formal punishment.
And most of all, the sergeant--a leader--who actually sought out the reporter to tell him that his most wanted cards included Bush and Rumsfeld--that guy needs to be identified and awarded the maximum punishment we can mete out for the appropriate charge under the UCMJ.
We should also take some action against ABC News. Not only did they air the whining and complaing from these guys. They also identified which unit they were in and where they were located (in Falluja I think). Coincidentally, since the report, the Saddam loyalists have attacked (and killed) several Americans in the immediate area.
Someone needs to remind these guys that when they complain publicly on TV like that, they might just get an early trip home in a box.
I also wonder if we Freepers should be organizing a boycott of all advertisers on ABC's evening news and "Good Morning America" programs as retalliation for their cooperation and aid to the enemy and to show our support for the troops.
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