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From pump-action to semiautomatics, "scatterguns" have been useful tools and weapons for centuries. How much do you know about shotguns?
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Question 1 of 30
What was the first true purpose for shotguns?
bird hunting
Shotguns made it much easier for families to kill birds for food.
home defense
Question 2 of 30
Why are shotgun bore sizes expressed as gauge instead of metric or decimal measurements, like most guns?
partly because of the chamber construction
It is simply the way gun makers first started marketing their guns and that tradition stuck.
smoothbore guns are measured differently than rifled guns.
Question 3 of 30
Who designed the Winchester Model 1897?
John Browning
It was manufactured from 1897 to 1958, making it one of the most successful shotguns ever.
Uziel Gal
John Garand
Question 4 of 30
Parker Brothers Guns began manufacturing shotguns following which war?
The American Revolution
The Civil War
The company made almost nothing other than shotguns until the World War II era.
The War of 1812
Question 5 of 30
Alexander John Forsyth is renowned for improving which aspect of shotguns?
improved overall reliability
better ignition technique
Older style shotguns featured a delay between trigger pull and firing; his improvements made the process more instantaneous.
longer barrel life
Question 6 of 30
"Super magnum" shotguns use shells of which size?
These became more popular with the advent of non-toxic (and lighter) shot, offering a bit more oomph.
Question 7 of 30
When did lead-free shotgun shells first gain traction around the world?
Regulations began to tighten around the world as governments realized the impact of lead on wildlife.
Question 8 of 30
In which war did American troops first widely use 12-gauge shotguns?
Civil War
World War I
For close-quarters trench fighting, shotguns were potent and deadly.
World War II
Question 9 of 30
In what decade did paper shells begin to replace brass shells?
Paper shells became the construction of choice for many decades.
Question 10 of 30
Which company marketed its product as "The World's Finest Shotgun?"
Caesar Guerini
AH Fox
The Fox guns are finished by hand and often have intricate engravings.
Question 11 of 30
In addition to being lighter than lead, what is another drawback to steel shot?
It is more deadly in accidental shootings.
It is too hard.
Steel is so hard that it can actually wear out the gun barrel, creating a safety hazard.
It is poisonous to mammals.
Question 12 of 30
What spurred the development of non-toxic shotgun pellets?
factory worker poisoning
wildlife poisoning
Waterfowl like geese and ducks tend to eat pellets; the lead kind will hurt or kill them.
child poisoning
Question 13 of 30
Why were punt guns mostly banned in the United States in the 1860s?
Too much wildlife was being killed.
These huge shotguns were used to blast dozens of wildfowl at once, causing steep declines in their populations.
Too many people were being killed.
They had a tendency to explode when fired.
Question 14 of 30
How long was the Herfurth Cannon, a type of punt gun?
eight feet
five feet
It weighed "only" around 30 pounds, making it much smaller than some punt guns that weighed 100 pounds.
four feet
Question 15 of 30
How did some shotgun shells become known as "buckshot?"
They were used to shoot deer.
The larger pellets were better suited for larger animals.
The shot was irregularly shaped.
A man named Buck invented them.
Question 16 of 30
When did the legendary Remington 870 first hit the retail market?
It is still manufactured today and has sold millions of copies.
Question 17 of 30
About how many copies of the Remington 870 have been sold?
more than 4 million
more than 2 million
more than 10 million
More of this shotgun model have been sold than any other.
Question 18 of 30
Why did the Germans object to Allied forces using shotguns during World War I?
They said they caused unnecessary suffering.
The Allies continued to use the weapons in spite of Germany's objections.
They said the Allies were cheating.
They wanted shotguns, too, but didn't have local manufacturers.
Question 19 of 30
In which year was the first pump-action shotgun patented?
The patent went to an English inventor named Alexander Bain; his invention became so effective that pump-action models are sometimes faster than modern semi-automatics.
Question 20 of 30
What event triggered a comeback for the 10-gauge shotgun?
non-toxic shot laws
Lighter non-toxic pellets (for waterfowl) work better in bigger loads.
spike in crime
Korean War
Question 21 of 30
M1030 shotgun shells are specifically made for which purpose?
door breaching
The load is designed to disperse after destroying a door's hardware, granting access to the aggressor without harming someone on the other side.
incendiary purposes
Question 22 of 30
What style of shotgun was the Winchester Model 1887?
break open-action
It was the first widely-sold repeating shotgun, and it was beloved by law enforcement types.
Question 23 of 30
Sawed-off shotguns generally have a barrel length of less than how many inches?
18 inches
They might be short … but they are still menacing.
14 inches
12 inches
Question 24 of 30
Why are there slits in the side of a shotgun shell's plastic wad?
to force the wad into "blooming" after firing
The wad "blooms" as it exits the muzzle, letting the shot fly unimpeded.
to better hold the shot together as it travels down the barrel
to release excess gas pressure
Question 25 of 30
From what material were the first shotgun shells made?
The first shells were made from brass, just like rifle and handgun cartridges.
Question 26 of 30
Why did some early shotguns have very long barrels?
The creators thought it made them more accurate.
It was a misconception that very long barrels meant more accuracy.
It made them less likely to blow up on accident.
Longer barrels dispersed toxic gases farther from the shooter.
Question 27 of 30
How long were some of the earliest (single-user) shotguns?
8 feet
6 feet
They were "light" enough for one person to carry but they were very unwieldy.
4 feet
Question 28 of 30
In which decade did plastic become a popular shotgun shell construction material?
The 60s saw plastic become a miracle material for all sorts of consumer products.
Question 29 of 30
In which country was the double-barrel, side-by-side shotgun invented?
Joseph Manton was known to create magnificent designs in the side-by-side format.
Question 30 of 30
Which company manufactured the first successful repeating shotgun?
The lever-action shotgun won out initially but was replaced by the superior pump-action design.


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Ducks send Ryan to Ottawa in major tradeJuly 5th, 2013, 12:43 pm by ERIC STEPHENS
Years of rumors finally became reality Friday and the high-scoring Bobby Ryan is no longer a member of the Ducks.
The Ducks traded the perennial 30-goal scorer to the Ottawa Senators for forward Jakob Silfverberg, top prospect Stefan Noesen and the Senators' first-round pick in 2014.
Instead of Philadelphia, where he was long rumored to eventually play for his hometown Flyers, Ryan is headed to Canada's capital city. Ryan confirmed the deal himself, posting on to his Twitter account: "Ottawa.... Im coming in hot."
"It was the best hockey deal that was offered," Ducks general manager Bob Murray said. "When you're trading a guy the caliber of Bobby, you've got to get a deal that helps you now and helps you in the future. And that's what we were looking for."
Often a part of trade talk, both real and imagined, throughout his five-plus NHL seasons with the Ducks, Ryan will leave having scored 146 goals and compiling 142 assists in 377 games. He topped the 30-goal total in four consecutive years (from 2008-09 to 2011-12). But Ryan struggled in the lockout-shortened 2012-13 campaign, scoring just 11 goals and 19 assists.Read the rest of this entry »


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Jason Garrison and the Ghost of Keith Ballard
Thomas Drance
January 30 2013 09:51AM
It didn't take long for Canucks fans to begin sharpening their knives, in anticipation of carving up White Rock native and this summer's big free-agent acquisition Jason Garrison. Jason Garrison gave the perpetually dour and fatalistic faithful a reason to start too on Sunday when he fumbled a clearing attempt directly to Joe Thornton that ended up in the back of Vancouver's net, and again on Monday when he whiffed on a point shot, fell over and allowed Dustin Brown to breakout the other way (for a two-on-one that Jordan Schroeder and Alex Edler expertly foiled).
Those two sequnces when combined with the repeated sound of Garrison's zippy point blasts hitting the boards behind the net after a missed shot, have resulted in the newly minted Canucks defenseman burning through his "good local boy makes good (too bad he wasn't a Vancouver Giant)" honeymoon in record time.
Obviously judging a defenseman's performance using only your eyes and your emotional overreaction to a couple of relatively minor in-game errors is stupid as hell (no need to sugar coat it), though I suppose on some level it's understandable especially when one considers the ghost of Keith Ballard and the mixed legacy of former Florida Panthers skaters acquired by Mike Gillis.
Read on past the jump.
So here are the facts on Jason Garrison's slow start to the season. His performance has been mixed through six games, I think that's fair to say, as the defenseman is yet to record a point, has looked uncomfortable on the sputtering first power-play unit and has struggled with the accuracy of his heavy point shot.
Now a season ago, Jason Garrison scored nine power-play goals and sixteen goals overall - gaudy totals to be sure - but those numbers were reflecive, at least in part, of a massive spike in his personal shooting percentage. Based on Jason Garrison's steady even-strength scoring clip over the past few seasons, I think one can make the case that Garrison's outlier season in '11-12 does, to some extent, reflect him finding a higher level of performance in terms of his goal production. But he's still probably not going to finish in the top-five in the league in goals by a defenseman with any consistency, but that's fine, because that's not really what he's being paid for (though if you're going to take a regular power-play shift with the Sedin twins, you need to produce some offense).
As for Garrison's shot accuracy, I've noticed him putting the puck wide frequently personally, but looking over the data at NHL.com and Behindthenet.ca, the numbers don't really bear that impression out. At even-strength this season, for example, Jason Garrison has attempted twelve shots - seven of which have resulted in saves by the opposition goaltender and five of which have resulted in Garrison "missing the net" (this includes the post he hit in San Jose on Sunday).
As a comparison, Alex Edler has also attempted twelve even-strength shots this season and has similarly hit the net with seven of them while missing the goal on five shots. I wonder if the fact that one of Edler's shots found its way through a goaltender is skewing perception that much (my guess is it probably is).
Really the main negative thing I have to say about Jason Garrison's performance in the early going this season is that he's looked like a fish out of water on the first unit-powerplay. But I'd cut him some slack here considering that the Canucks had a one week training camp and no preseason games, so Garrison hasn't had much time to become familiar with his teammates or the system. Some people have pointed out that Jason Garrison's presence on the first unit gives the Canucks no right-handed point shot which, eliminates the "d-to-d one timer" from the power-play arsenal. But the most productive Canucks power-play unit of my life-time (and it's not even close) consisted of two left-shooting point men in Christian Ehrhoff and Alex Edler.
Now, Jason Garrison isn't the skater or the playmaker that Christian Ehrhoff is, but we already knew that prior to this season. He is however, probably a better pure shooter than Alex Edler is and Edler's skating and skill level are certainly in the same league as Ehrhoff's (I'd say Ehrhoff is somewhat faster while Edler is slightly more skilled). You'll recall that in 2010-11 Newell Brown deployed Ehrhoff as something of a "freelancer" on Vancouver's modified umbrella power-play formation. Edler was the lone "point man" and the designated shooter (though Ehrhoff and the Sedins would all occassionally rotate to the point). What's odd to me is that Jason Garrison has spent a lot of power-play time at the top of the right circle - where Ehrhoff used to play as the "romer" - rather than being placed at the umbrella's nub as the designated shoter.
I'd bet there's a good reason for that, like perhaps Jason Garrison is being slotted into the least structured position on the first unit power-play to try and ease him into the system, and Newell Brown's track record is solid enough that I trust him to figure it out. But this is a very qualified criticism of Garrison's performance, and I think going any further than it is pretty much uncalled for.
The failed clearing attempt to Thornton aside, Jason Garrison has been mostly dynamite in his own end at five-on-five. He's only been on the ice for two goals against this season, is posting stellar possession rates and has brought a physical presence on the back-end (did you not see that hit he threw on Kopitar behind the net on Sunday?). At five-on-five he's already a clear upgrade over beloved, departed veteran Sami Salo.
Still, over at CanucksCorner, Raymond Kirk writes the following:
[Garrison's] play has, quite frankly, been terrible, especially the final two games in the road trip. The much heralded big shot has hit the net with less frequency than the popular (and missed by many) Sami Salo, and defensive zone play has been equally as spotty. Granted, it's early, but I'm sensing that many are seeing the same similarities here in Garrison's beginnings with Vancouver as we saw with the aforementioned Keith Ballard when he made his much anticipated and much scrutinized Canucks debut.
Which is really what this comes down too, I think: the ghost of Keith Ballard, and to a lesser extent David Booth. Keith Ballard's time in Vancouver has been uniquely unproductive for both parties, while Booth pisses off Canucks fans like a blue Brad Marchand, despite being a useful player (whose absence is very much noticeable early this season). Three former Panthers, all different people, all having their own unique issues adjusting to playing with the Canucks. Lumping them together might be tempting, but it's analytically meaningless because Jason Garrison, thankfully, isn't Keith Ballard.
I think we only really need to worry about Garrison if he starts trying to take off Schneider's head with a two handed slash ;-)
Good read, and really I don't see why people are getting so freaked out.
About Garrison specifically, you've made the point repeatedly but fans just aren't getting it (or aren't getting their Canucks analysis here for some reason) that Garrison is going to have make big adjustments to come to the Canucks, learn the new systems without a training camp, learn how to play with the Sedins, etc.
Ditto Edler moving to his off-side.
The Canucks staff, and reasonable, knowledgeable fans (they are a rare breed), fully expected there to be growing pains.
On a team basis...
Are the Canucks blowing 2-0 leads with regularity? Yep.
Are they still a 0.500 team (go loser points!) and in playoff position? Yes.
Do we have a Selke center and a good second line winger on injury reserve, plus a massive amount of cap space tied up in goal until the Luongo situation is resolved? Big yes.
While I would like to see the team close out those 2-0 leads, I didn't expect anything more than 0.500 hockey and hanging around in the playoff picture for the first 15-25 games.
Likewise, I'm sure we will see people bitching that Kesler and Booth aren't dominant players scoring hat tricks as soon as they step off injured reserve in a month or so.
Realistically, this team is going to add a full line of forwards (Kesler, Booth and probably Jensen once his SEL team is done) by the trade deadline, plus whatever Gillis gets back from Luongo. And hell, Gillis might go big at the trade deadline (Iginla? I can dream, right?)
If they can tread water until then and avoid major injuries, I'm happy.
PS. Garrison is already an upgrade over Salo, because I don't cringe and expect a major injury whenever he goes into the corner or takes a hit.
I loved Salo when he was healthy, but even if Garrison was playing at 80% of Salo's level, I'd take that for 82 games and a (hopefully) long playoff run over Salo playing his usual 65 games and then being walking wounded all spring.
As much as Luongo is the scapegoat for the 2011 SCF loss, and the earlier losses to the Hawks in preceding years, injuries and attrition were a huge factor that the casual fan (and most media) tend to overlook.
To me it seems like Garrison's issues are mostly related to not being familiar with the team. The problems I've most noticed from him have been things like passes on the PP going to where he should have been instead of where he ended up for some reason. He's seemed a little out of sync with the team. I'm certainly hopeful that he'll sync up sooner rather than later.
@Thomas Drance
You'd think people would be used to Kesler coming back injured and taking time to get back up to speed mid-season, but I'm sure we will have callers on 1040 and certain media ***cough***Gallagher***cough*** ripping him after 2-3 games for being a step behind when he does come back.
Afterall, the man has been resting for almost 8 months, so he should be well rested and able to jump right back into leading the forwards in even strength TOI, being on the top PP unit and top PK pairing, all while being on a 40 goal pace, right?
Anything less and its panic time. Especially if Luo has been traded already and we don't have a goalie controversy to stew over...
January 30 2013, 01:14PM
For what it's worth, I like Garrison in the "roamer" role. In the little I've seen him play, he seems to have good offensive zone instincts -- he looks like someone who has played enough as a forward at a high level that he can play in that zone like a forward when an opportunity presents itself. Between that and his howitzer, I would not want to be the winger covering his point.
"perpetually dour and fatalistic faithful"
It's kinda sad how true this is. And I like to think of myself as a logical/level-headed fan, but our history has conditioned me to also fear failure around every corner. It's not sensible, it just is.
Nice dig at Ballard you tool. Bally has been playing great since the king series when he came back from a concussion. Fool. Oh and he also played on the first unit powerplay last night and didn't make any mistakes. Garrison has been awful in six games so far, hopefully he can improve.


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. She just had no idea it was with an A list mostly movie actor. When she found out, she split with her now ex.
Sooo. How bout them Sharks, eh?
(Aka I have no clue. Bohan and Horse-Face don't do mostly tv)
Does Kat Dennings have a funny nickname on here?ReplyCancel
Whitney Cummings/peter Berg/maybe cooper(maybe)ReplyCancel
Or Taylor kitsch ( prob not A) they've (berg and he) worked together 2xReplyCancel
Or cox/arquette-he gets around-/dicaprioReplyCancel
She broke up again with the gay actor she was no longer dating?ReplyCancel
This one is harder than it should be.ReplyCancel
Etc, etc etc
Oh, the gay actor she used to date was seeing someone else, it upset her, so she broke with another actor that she had already broke up with, and his sexual preference is undetermined.ReplyCancel
The only nickname I can think of is Klondike which obviously isn't itReplyCancel
Is it pick on VIP day?!ReplyCancel
She knew what's his face from Twilight was gay, that's why she signed on to beardReplyCancel
This blind sounds like the past to me..that's why I'm throwing not recent break ups..
Last 1)Sophia Bush/chad Michael Murray/Effron
Minka Kelly and Chris Evans?
Again no clue on nicknames. It's been a while since they broke up, but maybe Enty just found out why?ReplyCancel
Not one of these women have a funny nickname on here though that I can think of.ReplyCancel
I like Coke Mom for this.ReplyCancel
Of all the nicknames on this site my fav is chestica.ReplyCancel
Kaley Cuoco & Henry Cavill?ReplyCancel
Or maybe Asslee and Vince t Piazza, although Snty typically uses reality and fake singer qualifiers for her, so Kaley fits betterReplyCancel
@LadyH Cuoco and Cavill were already revealed as a PR relationship. It was over within a week because it was so obvious and everyone called them out on it. (Provider no crossed brain wires, though I seem to be doing well this morning lol)ReplyCancel
Did we give the nickname or did Enty give the nickname?
If we did it may be something like Asslie
If he did its Coke Mom or MV or AP
Minka is Derek Jeters ex-girlfriend, that's a description not a nickname.ReplyCancel
Who's coke momReplyCancel
I agree this is harder than it should be
There is
Coke Mom
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Braxton Olita- gay rumors…
Evan Ross- switch hitter known as TI and Tony DeNiro's buttboy
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3) Blohan is still B list tv?
4) Asslee Simpson is more like C-listed tv, surely. Should be D.
5) Coke Mom used to be listed as B, right?
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Security Council: Statement by Ambassador Herman Schaper on the issue of the "Security Council open debate on working methods"
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Herman Schaper
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on behalf of the Netherlands and Belgium
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on the issue of the "Security Council open debate on working methods"
New York, 26 November 2012
Mr. President,
I have the honour to address the Council on behalf of the Netherlands and Belgium.
First of all, I would like to thank India, as President of the Security Council, for convening this debate and preparing the concept note. We would also like to express our gratitude to Portugal, which organized the previous open debate in 2011. The President of the Working Group on Documentation and other Procedural Questions has been a driving force behind this important topic.
Mr. President,
Belgium and the Netherlands attach great importance to this open debate, which provides the wider UN-membership with the opportunity to interact with the Security Council members on this matter. We feel a strong sense of urgency to make progress on the improvement of the working methods - and on broader Security Council reform, for that matter. As said before, we think it is high time to enhance the Security Council's accountability to the wider membership, and to increase the transparency, the legitimacy and effectiveness of its decisions.
In our view concrete results on this issue can only be achieved through a meaningful dialogue between the UNSC and the General Assembly. This is the path we should follow, and today's debate is an excellent example of how we should proceed. We fully share the statement at the very beginning of the concept note that working methods I quote 'concern the UN member states as a whole' unquote.
Besides, in recent years, real and encouraging improvements have already been made, as is also explained in your concept note. The working methods debates have already produced results, and it is good to remind ourselves that today the Council is operating under other, better, and more transparent working methods than before. The Netherlands and Belgium would like to commend both the permanent and the successive elected Members of Council for their efforts in this regard.
The Netherlands and Belgium want to stress this fact, because we do not want the further development of better working methods to become hostage to a lack of progress on the wider debate about Security Council reform.
In May, we witnessed the withdrawal of the initiative of the S5 on the improvement of the working methods of the Security Council. At that point in time the permanent members of the Security Council indicated that they were ready to seriously consider the recommendations put forward in the S-5 draft-resolution. Belgium and the Netherlands hope that they will do so.
Mr. President,
We studied the Indian concept note that was sent to us in preparation of this debate. It contains an interesting overview of recent events and repeatedly stresses the right principles: this debate should lead us to real and concrete measures that simultaneously enhance transparency, efficiency and interactivity within the Council and with the wider membership.
In your concept note you invite the wider membership to come up with a range of practical suggestions that could make a difference in the day-to-day Security Council business. You then sum up a list of concrete and operational ideas, some of which have actually been put forward by the Netherlands and Belgium during the previous debate in 2011.
We welcome those suggestions in the Indian paper aimed at increasing the involvement of States and other parties, non-members of the Security Council, in the Council's work, especially the suggestions that aim at enhancing the participation of the chairs of the country-specific configurations of the Peacebuilding Commission, and of the troop and police contributing countries in relevant debates and discussions. We also support the proposal of a more flexible use of meeting formats available, such as Arria formula meetings or informal interactive dialogues.
Furthermore, we support the suggestions made on increasing the transparency and inclusivity of the work of the Security Council's subsidiary bodies.
We would also like to repeat our plea to improve country-specific debates by inviting the country at stake in the discussions. Countries that are being debated but that are not a member of the Council, should be invited to contribute to Council debates at a moment when they really matter and under a formula to be decided on an ad hoc basis. By doing so, the Council would give a fair and decent chance to countries to put their point of view forward. After hearing such a country, the Council can still discuss the issue at stake in a restricted debate among its members, without the country concerned being present.
We also see merit in the proposal to promote more and more interactive open debates. The suggestion to invite non Council members to speak among the Council members, is noteworthy.
At the same we would like to receive further clarification on some of the other suggestions. The suggestion to enhance the role of the Military Staff Committee is thought-provoking. It would be interesting to explore whether the MSC could provide military advice when the Security Council considers the mandate of a military operation.
Mr. President,
The Netherlands and Belgium truly appreciate the efforts that have been made so far to improve the working methods of the Security Council. The long list of ideas and suggestions in your concept note deserves our careful attention and some of them could and should be swiftly implemented.
In addition to these ideas we would like to underline the importance of the Council giving continued attention to the cases it has referred to the ICC and to improve its cooperation with the ICC, as was argued by many delegations today. We count on the Security Council members, in particular the permanent members, to make a joint effort together with the wider membership to continue enhancing the transparency, legitimacy, effectiveness and interactivity of the Security Council.
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- The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression:Num. 14:18;
- Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow:Isa. 1:18;
- Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors:Matt. 6:12; ( Luke 11:4; 3 Ne. 13:11; )
- The Son of man has power to forgive sins:Matt. 9:6; ( Matt. 18:35; Mark 2:10; Luke 5:20–24; )
- How oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?:Matt. 18:21–22; ( D&C 98:40; )
- He that blasphemes against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness:Mark 3:29; ( Alma 39:6; )
- If thy brother trespass against thee and repent, forgive him:Luke 17:3;
- Father forgive them, for they know not what they do:Luke 23:34;
- Pray for forgiveness:1 Ne. 7:21;
- Apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins:Mosiah 4:2;
- If he confess his sins before thee and me, and repent, him shall ye forgive:Mosiah 26:29–31;
- He that repents and does the commandments shall be forgiven:D&C 1:32;
- Thrust in your sickle, and your sins are forgiven:D&C 31:5; ( D&C 84:61; )
- He who has repented of his sins is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more:D&C 58:42;
- I will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men:D&C 64:10;
- Inasmuch as you have forgiven one another your trespasses, even so I, the Lord, forgive you:D&C 82:1;
- Whom I love I also chasten that their sins may be forgiven:D&C 95:1;
- I have forgiven thee thy transgression:Moses 6:53;


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Jets Lose 4-0 to Leafs. Is it Time to Go After a Scorer?
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The Winnipeg Jets had a wonderful December. The team went 10-3-1 and got as high as sixth place in the East.
Last night, however, the Jets were beaten 4-0 by the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre and now Winnipeg has lost two straight on the road, fallen behind Toronto into 10th place in the East and watched their road record fall to 5-10-4 on the season.
It's January. It's the time in an 82-game National Hockey League season when the good teams start to make some noise and the mediocre teams fall by the wayside. Winnipeg head coach Claude Noel knows that now is the time for his players to step up.
Unfortunately for the Jets, all the things that coach Noel, the Winnipeg media and the Jets' staunchest supporters feared before the start of a very difficult January have already come to pass in just two road games.
The Jets were beaten 7-3 on Wednesday night in Montreal and then 4-0 in Toronto on Thursday and now the Jets have gone 0-2 in January and been outscored 11-3. A team that is so very good, playing in front of its "seventh man" at home, has a real problem winning on the road.
After Thursday night's game, live on TSN Jets TV, Noel used his scrum to quietly, and insightfully, make his frustrations known.
"They've (Toronto) got a fast team and they played a good game," Noel said. "We didn't handle their speed very well. They're a hard team to handle. I didn't like the penalties we took, it was like we were back, four or five weeks ago, but our real problem was clear, I thought. Whenever they had the puck, we were chasing it."
As usual, Noel was asked by a member of the media who has never played a single hockey game, let alone a game at the NHL level, if playing the second game of a back-to-back situation was the reason the Jets lost. Noel looked disgusted.
"That would be a poor reason for me," he said. "They skated harder than we did, they were stronger on the puck. We had pockets of speed, but we got bogged down when we didn't move the puck. We created most of our own problems. We seem to play better at home just like them.
"We gave up 11 goals in two games, we have to be concerned about that. I thought we were ready to go tonight but we didn't manage the game very well. Remember, the opponent had a game plan, too. When our opponent had the puck, we were chasing them. Pretty simple stuff."
Noel was asked one very good question, by CJOB radio's Kelly Moore. To paraphrase, "Why did you shake up your lines tonight?"
"For me the lines were a little stuck," Noel admitted. "I thought, 'We've been down that road.' I had to see something different. We miss (Bryan) Little. I just wanted to see something new.
"Look, this isn't going to be an easy stretch. Teams are coming. We don't have the comfort level of home and we have to find a way to work through it. We just have to find a way. Right now we average just 2.7 goals per game. Obviously, we have to defend better."
And there, in a nutshell, was the frustration. Noel is a sharp guy and he knows he's been handed a hockey team that can't score. He won't say anything publicly, but it's starting to sound as if Noel would really like a scorer.
The Jets have people to trade: Johnny Oduya (whom insiders suggest has already been offered up because he's making $4 million this season and is an unrestricted free agent this summer), Dustin Byfuglien, Eric Fehr (although it's unlikely anyone would trade for him) and a load of prospects. It would appear there are also going to be scorers coming available. Especially in Anaheim. And while Ducks GM Bob Murray has said Teemu Selanne is an untouchable, he might not be so untouchable, if the Ducks continue to tank. In fact, at 41, you might be able to get Teemu for a bag of pucks by trade deadline day. That is, if he'll accept a trade to Winnipeg.
If the Jets can't score some goals on Saturday in Buffalo and Tuesday in Boston, GM Kevin Cheveldayoff is going to have to, at least, start thinking about getting his coach a scorer. After all, the Jets points leaders, Evander Kane and Blake Wheeler, are 51st in scoring in the NHL.
And as we saw on Thursday night, that's not good enough.
January 06 2012, 11:51AM
Jets are 15th in goals per game. 22nd in goals against per game.
Why do we need a scorer again?
Interesting...one sentence regarding goals for and Noel is hinting we need a scorer.
Lets see for arguments sake what else Noel is hinting we need: "We didn't handle their speed very well." noel is hinting we need some faster d men.
"We gave up 11 goals in two games, we have to be concerned about that" Noel is hinting we need either A) a better goalie, B) a better shut down D men, C) what we really need is a more reliable two way forward.
"We had pockets of speed, but we got bogged down when we didn't move the puck" Oh ok...maybe it's not a scorer we need, but a lightning fast playmaker?
i can focus on single sentences and jump to conclusions and hidden agenda's too.
Primarily what we need is drive in games away from home, a look at the games (not the stats) shows that we move slow and without a lot of gumption. We also tend to get rattled very easily away from the confines of the MTS center. I'm not going to claim to have the answer, but I'm also not going to put "hints" in other peoples words for the sake of bad writing.


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Skip to comments.Mark Levin to Romney: Not Standing Up for Chick-fil-A Is Wrong
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Mark Levin is right and Mitt is the wrong canidate...but I guess thats the way it is...
Mark needs to go on a tear about Romney's major financial backers. Those guys are bringing Democrat values into the highest reaches of the Republican party ~ and turning it into a criminal enterprise run by moral and ethical failures.
I coined this phrase as a joke in 2008. Sadly, though it is only an analogy, it's not even a little bit funny any more. There is too much truth to it:
I feel like a Jew having to decide between Hitler and Stalin.
I agree....Mitt doesn't need to be dragged into every left wing made up controversy and get off message....who knows, maybe this one was just for that purpose?
Certainly being forthright on those two issues is not a ditraction. Being less than forthright suddenly becomes an issue in and of itself.
Certainly being forthright on those two issues is not a ditraction. Being less than forthright suddenly becomes an issue in and of itself.
IMHO this clearly went beyond what the left had planned, and was (rapidly) backed off of.
Chick-fil-A won this one, big.
Dump him now before he strikes again.
Levin is one of the few people I listen to on talk radio.
Shame on Hannity and others who act cowardly or even like Hannity said on his show once, "I don't care who marries"
Be nice if many in talk radio, our side and the GOP got some balls for once when it concerns the homostapo and their NAZI thuggery.
"I'll be better for gays at fast food restaurants than President Obama."
Romney is the true vanilla candidate, a man of no principle save making himself look as uncontroversial and bland as possible.
Do not fail to understand that his motivation for becoming president is to insure his elevation to Mormon god upon his transition through death to his ultimate reality.
This is not a man seeking to enter heaven. He seeks to create his own heaven as per Joseph Smith's venal fantasies.
For all of you out there who do not care about a man's religion, nuts.
It wasn't about free speech. It was about freedom of religion. Whether or not a Christian-owned business would be bullied into submission by the elected oligarchs.
Mr. RomneyCARE has an agenda, and this is so much against it.
Blah blah blah.
While I agree Romney isn't the best candidate out there, he's the richest, and very likely the most effective.
You are fighting the wrong side.
He is not even conservative in principle (except for an attosecond of 'flipfloppery' occasionally).
Furthermore, Mr. RomneyCARE is far from the most EFFECTIVE.
I keep hoping Romney will appoint Palin as VP.
Then we can get you off the GOP bashing.
And win.
Yep. This was a perfect time for Romney to make a stand for conservative principles. If I were advising Romney, I would have told him to go get a Chick-fil-A sandwich last Wednesday. Or better yet, buy a franchise and hire some unemployed folks to get the store up and running.
Do you have any suggestions how we can help?
Sure, he had to deliver the idea in chunks, but that's only because everybody wasn't as smart as Leland.
Mr. RomneyCARE never has. NEVER.
Even when liberals PLEAD to Mr. RomneyCARE,
conservatives remain under the Romney bus:
"National Guard Lt. Anthony Circosta poses in his backyard in Agawam, Mass., on June 9, 2007.
At left, his wife Danielle and daughter Kylie, 2, talk near the swing set. Circosta,
a decorated Iraq War veteran, seemed like an ideal candidate for a pardon from
then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the 29-year-old's boyhood conviction
for a BB gun shooting. Romney denied the pardon,
twice, despite the recommendation of the Governor's Council."
"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans,
has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced,
instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who
have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found.
Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats
or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians
or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show.
In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters,
and 14 registered Democrats."
- Boston Globe 7/25/2005
Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge
Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the
constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate,
but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ."
Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one
of the leading anti-marriage attorneys. He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court.
Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which,
in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision
on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated."
- U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>
"Romney announces he won't fill judicial vacancies before term ends
Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that
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leave them for his liberal Democrat successor!
Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck
judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas,
editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is "bucking tradition" by resisting the urge to
fill all remaining judgeships. "It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges
aggressively in the waning moments of their administration," Yas said.
He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments.
"The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough
and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the
Judicial Nominating Commission," Yas said.
- Boston Globe 11/2/2006
The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006
"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006
Pretty soon, we're going to wish we had Jacob K. Javits back!
I'm sorry, it appears that's not part of his campaign~!@
He's not part of mine either.
Pretty soon, we're going to wish we had Jacob K. Javits back!
God bless you Mark
And the little Republican primary voters are the wrong voters too!
Mr. Romney "Disses" Amateur Radio In Televised Town Meeting
Gov. Sarah Palin, Governor of the state of Alaska, proclaimed the week of July 28 through August 3, 2008 as: Amateur Radio Week
Yes, buy at stores whch the homostapo boycotts and boycott those places which come out ushing the lefty agenda.
Starbucks, Home depot, Amazon, Google and Target are massive contributers to the lefts agenda and the homosexual agenda.
It's sad that the country has come to this but the fact is that in the last few years and especially the last 3 years those who engage in fecal sex have now pushed their agenda into our faces and we can either back down or stand up like those who have stood up before us.
Moral cowards all of them!
Romney apparently had no problem saying that he supported homosexuals in the Boy Scouts. I cannot believe he will be our nominee.
I don't understand. I have read the first amendment. Who is Leland?
WOW! I had to check if I was in Free Republic.....for a minute there I thought this was the Democratic Underground.
Kid if it's a rich candidate you want, Soros is available
Trap or not, the dems clearly underestimated the response to this one. Mitt had a chance to knock it out of the park. In one fell swoop, he'd have stood on the side of free speech and the sanctity of the first amendment while intimating (if he's incapable of shouting) support for traditional marriage, AND proving that there MIGHT be connection (however frail) between himself and flyover country. Instead he's "playing it safe," running in place somewhere between home and first waiting to be tagged.
HUGE mistake. Campaign staff needs to be replaced.
Maybe there is a pattern here that explains Romney's failure to support Chick-fil-A:
"A spokesperson for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has advised that the former Massachusetts governor disagrees with the Boy Scouts current policy prohibiting open homosexuals from serving as members and leaders.
According to The Associated Press, Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul told the news outlet in an email that Romney still stands by his beliefs that homosexual men should be able to serve in the organization. She specifically noted that Romney had outlined his views in 1994 during a political debate, and that his stance has not changed."
"Mitt Romney also recently reiterated his support for homosexual adoption. This past May, in an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News, he explained that while he is against the concept of homosexual marriage, he does believe that homosexual couples should be able to adopt children.
[I]f two people of the same gender want to live together, want to have a loving relationship, or even to adopt a child, in my state, individuals of the same sex were able to adopt children. In my view, thats something that people have a right to do, Romney outlined. But, to call that marriage is something that in my view is a departure from the real meaning of that word."
Mitt Romney wins much coveted Jimmy Carter endorsement
Gore Praises Romney's 'Climate Protection Plan'
"It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing.
Romney is an ascendant guy."
Sen. John Kerry (D) to Don Imus on RomneyCARE:
"I like this health care bill".
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) on RomneyCARE:
"To come up with a bipartisan plan in this polarized environment is commendable."
Its sad that the country has come to this but the fact is that in the last few years and especially the last 3 years those who engage in fecal sex have now pushed their agenda into our faces and we can either back down or stand up like those who have stood up before us.
Yes it is sad but I believe people are choosing to stand up i.e. CFA. I am going to e-mail those leftist contributors to my address book. If we continue to support those businesses who stand for traditional marriage, we might boost the economy - who knows. And look into Amway (it's sort of expensive though)
More people dislike him than like him. You can put lipstick on a pig, but the pig is still the same old pig. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The socialist Kenyan in office right now is a disaster!! Romney should be creaming him in the polls & yet, it's a tight race. Another 4 years of him will certainly change America as we know it.
Only a miracle can get us out of this mess we're in.
Sorry if I offended anyone with this post. The truth is the truth & once again, we are asked to vote for the lesser of two evils.
Levin holding Romneys feet to the fire and I could not be happier about it. Obama has to go and Romney has to understand that his affair with conservatives will not be slam, bam thank you Ma'am now get lost.
I don't think you live in the real world. No republican will be creaming any democrat at the polls or in a national election no matter how conservative. Those days are gone and will remain gone so long as half the people in this country pay no federal taxes. I really think a lot of folks do not realize how far down he road to Eurosocialism America has traveled which is exactly why four more years of Obama is untenable.
Mr. RomneyCARE could not even beat McCAIN last time
and instead attacked Gov. Palin.
Romney is not conservative. He is not Christian. And he has a considerable record as a gay activist.
It's not a matter of not having enough spine. It's a matter of simply following his own values—and lying to us whenever necessary to get himself elected.
Romney would never choose a conservative for his VP. And even if he was somehow forced to do so at the convention, so what? He would still be the same baby-killing, gay activist, socialist cult leader that he is now. His only strong point is his hair—almost as good as Edwards.
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SCC Volleyball Battles Hard But Drops Match To Bellevue
The Lady Dolphin Volleyball Team battled hard on Tuesday night in the SCC Gym, but still dropped a 3-0 match to Bellevue College, 25-23, 25-19 and 29-27.
SCC could have won either the first or third set, as both games were close throughout and the SCC served 3 times with set point in their favor in the 3rd set, but Bellevue hung tough and showed why they are region champs in 2012 to win the match.
SCC was lead by Emily Denim with 16 kills on the night followed by Arianna Garcia with 14. Jalyn Anderson had 41 assists from her setter position.
SCC's lone sophomore, Laruen Deatrick was honored before the match and she led the Dolphins in digs with 17 on the night.
Both Shoreline and Bellevue advance to the NWAACC Volleyball Championship next at Mt. Hood Community College in Oregon. SCC finished third in the NWAACC Northern Region behind Bellevue and Olympic who tied for first place.
SCC finished the regular season at 14-18 overall, but 8-4 in the region. Bellevue is 27-9 overall and 11-1 in the region.
The Dolphins will face Green River Community College next Thursday at the NWAACC Championship at 4:30pm in the opening round. GRCC finished 2nd in the NWAACC Western Division.
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Virgin Australia has now transitioned to the new Sabre booking and check-in system across its domestic and international networks.
Customers can now check-in and make flight bookings via the Virgin Australia website.
Virgin Australia, Group Executive of Corporate Communications, Danielle Keighery said: "We are pleased to now be operating on the Sabre booking and check-in system.
"During the early stages of such a major IT transition there may be longer than usual wait times in some airports as the system is embedded in our day to day operations. With our web and mobile check-in options now available, we encourage all customers to check-in online prior to coming to the airport where possible this week.
"We'd like to thank customers who travelled with us through the transition period for arriving earlier for their flights and we look forward to bringing them more benefits in the future on this new system", Ms Keighery said.
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Virgin Australia has stationed 30% extra staff in terminals and contact centres over the next week in order to continue to support customers.
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Margules wrote:tingjunkie wrote: This little pot craps all over the theory that you can tell a pot's quality by it's sound! I bought it for $25 and it sounds almost as good as any pot in Hou De's
Any high fired and reasonably dense ceramic should "ping" like that. In fact, it is a fairly common method to quickly determine if vintage porcelain pieces have any small chips or cracks. I imagine that slip cast pots frequently ring nicely, as the uniform thickness that slip casting allows is good for resonance.
It sounds like a nice pot though, so perhaps it would be better to say that it craps on the theory that you can tell a pots price by it's sound...
Even though the "ringing" theory is kinda flaky, there's definitely a difference between the ringing of a slip cast and a nice pot. My crappy slip-cast pots "ring," but it's very metallic and not very pleasant...but yeah, the ping test doesn't tell much


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by Diana Senechal
With the beginning of the school year just weeks or days away, many teachers will be returning early to set up their bulletin boards and classrooms. That is an exciting time—except that there's so much stuff to put up. In addition to organizing the room and making it inviting, teachers must put all the required teacher-made pieces in place, lest an omission be noted in a walkthrough observation.
Growing up, I attended eight different schools—public and private, progressive and traditional, in the United States and abroad. I have sat in bare and decorated classrooms, and I found something appealing in both. In elementary school, I usually preferred cheery, colorful places; in high school, I liked the calm of sparse rooms. But today's classrooms are often neither cheery nor sparse. Across the grades, teachers are expected to cover the classroom walls with charts, lists, standards, rubrics, tasks, reminders, and student work. The argument is that children will learn more in a "print-rich" environment.
There is basis for the "print-rich" argument, especially in the elementary grades. Exposure to print, combined with explicit instruction, can boost students' reading considerably. But even in kindergarten classrooms, the "print-rich" factor can be overdone. It is difficult to take in anything when there's so much staring at you. One becomes immune to posters on strategies and processes (which often aren't "rich" to begin with). Also, there is a hint of condescension in such overdecoration, as though students could not learn without prompts coming from every angle. Why so much stuff? There is something strong about a room that doesn't protest too much, and it sets a good example for the students.
Even displays of student work may not always help students. If student work is posted just because it must be posted, it loses meaning. Few students, teachers, or administrators actually take time to read it. If it is on a hallway bulletin board, students may deface it (intentionally or not) when rushing by. Moreover, as David Riesman noted decades ago in The Lonely Crowd, the public display of student work can promote sameness of topic and voice. The treatment of all writing as publishable or displayable does not give students a chance to take risks, learn from mistakes, struggle with syntax, structure, and style, and work out ideas.
In addition, there is a problem of resources; classroom displays take time and supplies. Locating the appropriate materials—bulletin board paper, borders, staples and stapler and staple remover, construction paper, markers, and so forth—is only the beginning. There are the inevitable errors: lopsided letters, bad stapling, the omission of a required rubric. Finding space on the walls can be a challenge; it is common to see clotheslines strung from wall to wall, with student work hanging from them. If you're short, you may have trouble hanging things up in high places; if you're tall, you may find yourself bumping into the clotheslines. Then there is the wear and tear: items falling down from the walls, taking pieces of paint along. After a few rounds of decorating, the room looks more dilapidated than ever.
Of course, no one wants a dreary classroom. It is exciting to enter a room and figure out immediately what is taught there. Sometimes this is conveyed invisibly; a good high school course has its own character, and there may be no need for displays at all. At other times, displays have a place. There may be descriptions of chemistry experiments, or biographies of composers. Some student work on the walls can be impressive and inspiring. A classroom display may reflect ongoing discussions; teachers may post questions intended to provoke further thought.
But what about all those charts and lists that are needed? Well, we have to consider whether they truly live up to their mandatory status. Take, for instance, the charts of the "writing process," which hang on many classroom walls. They do not apply to every situation or student. Yes, writing often consists of five stages: pre-writing, drafting, revising, proofreading, and publishing. But within this, there is a great deal of variation: one may revise a piece at a late stage, and one might not publish it at all. If students have substantial and regular writing assignments, they need no chart to remind them of the basic steps. By contrast, vocabulary lists, chronologies, and scientific and mathematical formulas may well be useful.
To have good schools, we need focus and simplicity. Teachers should be able to concentrate on planning and delivering lessons; students, on learning the material and developing ideas. Schools should have the gumption to sort the essential from the extraneous. If schools stopped requiring the display of charts, lists, tasks, rubrics, and student work, they would have room for interesting displays. They would also have greater calm, on the walls and elsewhere. To do good work, one must have room for it; one cannot be crammed and crowded to the brim.
Diana Senechal has written for American Educator, Education Week, Educational Leadership, American Educational History Journal, and numerous blogs. She holds a Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literatures from Yale and taught for four years in New York City public schools. Her book, Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture, will be published by Rowman & Littlefield Education in November.


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Is this rubber gasket inside a bell? If so, then it is a tyseal joint and you have to lever it out since by now the lubricant that allowed it to slide in is gone.
: Okay, I can't really see any clamps so would that make is no-hub or fernco? Also, I'm unable to pull it out. How would I do that? And what type of connection should i replace it with?
: : It is either a no-hub or Fernco type coupling, and if you could pull it out without loosening the clamps it would not be a very good seal.
: : : I recently broke up the cement foundation in my masterbath around the shower drain to accomodate a new shower. Once I got down past the concert and dug up the dirt around the p-trap I noticed that both ends of the p-trap were connected to either end of the drain with some type of rubber gasket. I could wiggle the drain and p-trap around but couldn't get it to come loose because of this rubber gasket. What is this? How do I get it loose and what type of connections do I replace it with? The house was built in 1970 if that helps out any.
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The Harmonic Chaos of Icy Sidewalks with Rumi and John O'Donohue
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In the wake of a recent blizzard, cars were buried in snow, curbs of intersections were submerged in a grimy soup, and sidewalks became paths of ice. One day I was rushing to work. The sidewalk appeared mostly clear, way more concrete than muddy slush. I passed a young woman in thermal boots that I thought was going much slower than necessary, and then, about half a block later, I slipped.
My mind had drifted, probably thinking about the coffee that I would have time to drink before work, when suddenly my thigh, then my torso, then my chin hit the pavement. It was a minor spill, more surreal than scary because it seemed to happen in slow motion. Nothing hurt, but as I slid and was pressing my mittened hands against the ice, trying to resist my fall, I almost laughed at my inability to stop myself. Then finally, the force of gravity propelling me ceased and I found myself kissing a Brooklyn sidewalk glazed with dirt and ice.
This experience reminded me of the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi, whom I have never really liked. Perhaps his poem has never found the right translator, but I've always found Rumi snoozerific and a bit pedantic. Nevertheless, I have been drawn to Rumi's ideas and beliefs.
As many people know, Rumi was part of a mystical sect of Islam that celebrated its faith through a choreographed dance of spinning in long robes, the dancers known as whirling dervishes. As Fatemeh Keshavarz made clear about the Persian poet, this dancing was symbolic of the perpetual spinning of the universe and the idea that "everything in the universe is quickened with the force of love."
The spinning dancers represented a willingness to be in harmony with the wonderful and wondrous chaos of the world. Though I still wouldn't consider myself a Rumi lover, we share an appreciation of just how complicated each day on this Earth is, so many restless electrons, neutrons, atoms. Add to all that chaos the complicating fact that every person is a discreet planet, each subjected to its own ever-changing weather system of emotions, blizzards, heat waves, and drizzle. Every day we face the wildness of our own human experience.
And some days I am not able to whirl through all the wildness with the grace of an atom, or a dervish. Some days, I fall on the concrete on the way to work at eight in the morning because I wasn't paying attention.
John O'Donohue, a poet from the west coast of Ireland who passed away a couple years ago, said before his death, "The world is always larger and more intense and stranger than our best thought will ever reach." Rumi would agree that the world is spinning more wildly than we could ever fathom, but the Persian poet might then add that we need not fear because, if we fall, wherever we fall, there is love. You can't fall wrong.
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