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Shirley Monrow Floyd
Shirley Monrow Floyd was born Feb. 11, 1930, in Burnet, Texas, the son of Willis Monrow and Chesna Victoria (Nelson) Floyd. He passed away at his Cortez home on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at the age of 84.
Shirley married Billie Faye Turman in Andrews, Texas, on March 15, 1949. He worked as a carpenter for 62 years and upon his retirement he followed his first love as a horse racing trainer. At age 79 when Shirley had to hang up the reigns he had trained horses for 40 years.
Surviving Shirley are his wife of 65 years, Billie Floyd of Cortez; children, Darlene Floyd Johnson and husband, Larry of Dolores, Carlene Cline and husband, Dennis of Dolores and Patricia Schmidt and husband Kit also of Dolores; by nine grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren; and by his brother, James W. Floyd of Texas. Shirley was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Loriee Dayton and Ruth Berry; and his brother, Raymond Floyd.
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Bubble and Squeak with Bacon and Fried Egg
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- Janice said...
I love left overs fried up an a nice soft fried or poached egg just goes so well, looks delicious.
- 23 April 2010 at 21:19
- Bellini Valli said...
I have been known to enjoy a delicious bibble and squeak on weekends. Delicious Jan.
- 24 April 2010 at 00:04
- Peter M said...
Jan, I could have this for a brunch or dinner...great pub grub.
- 24 April 2010 at 02:36
- Marie said...
Very traditonal, very tasty. Looks fantastic as always Jan! Here's to another sunny day!! We'll have to get together sometime, now that we live so close!! xxoo
- 24 April 2010 at 07:55
- Barbara said...
Love bubble and squeak! And with bacon? Delish!
- 24 April 2010 at 11:48
- miriyummy said...
You won't find bacon in our house, but you just turned on a lightbulb over my head. I've got some smoked turkey breast in the fridge just waiting to top off some bubble and squeak tonight. Thanks for the idea!
- 25 April 2010 at 10:23
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Jan please come to my blog I have an award for you.
- 25 April 2010 at 21:27
- BertR25596 said...
good~ keep sharing with us, please....I will waiting your up date everyday!! Have a nice day........................................
- 27 April 2010 at 03:54
- Janice said...
That looks fabulous, I could eat that up right now!
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Mr Borghetti said the decisions are great news for consumers and for Australian tourism as we build a second Australian international airline.
"We are extremely pleased that the way is now cleared for us to create a truly global airline that not only offers a great product and service but also greater frequencies and great value for money fares." Mr. Borghetti said the approval of the partnerships is a key step in implementing the company's strategy of building an international network with global coverage to complement Virgin Blue's core domestic business.
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Virgin Blue Group's partnership with Etihad Airways delivers a combined global network of more than 100 destinations worldwide. V Australia will commence direct services from Sydney to Abu Dhabi three times per week in February 2011 and three Brisbane-Abu Dhabi services per week by February 2012.
Mr Borghetti said the ACCC's approval of the alliance with Air New Zealand on the Trans-Tasman paves the way for Virgin Blue to provide a competitive offering to corporate as well as leisure travellers in the region. A Velocity member will have 3 times as many options to earn and burn across the Tasman under the alliance."
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Jean Lefebvre
July 23 2009 09:08AM
A certain manufacturer and distributor of brewed beverages in this country claims in an ad campaign that there's an unwritten code in this country and then proceeds to list a bunch of actions that are supposedly reflective of Canadians. Not surprisingly, many of the code items are hockey-related, but there seems to be one missing. Allow us to rectify this error:
There's an unwritten code in Canada. If you live by it, chances are …
You've left your coat on some pile and knew it wouldn't get stolen.
You've never made a move on your buddy's girlfriend.
You know that on a road trip the strongest bladder determines the pit stops.
You've kept all your hockey trophies.
You've replaced someone's pint if you've knocked theirs over.
If your buddy's in trouble, you've got his back.
You've clapped for a dancer even though she shouldn't be a dancer.
You've used a blowtorch to curve your stick.
You've used your arm as an ice-scraper and YOU'VE MADE A PROJECTED LINEUP FOR YOUR FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY WHEN IT'S STILL MONTHS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE SEASON AND HARDLY ANY COACHES KEEP LINES AND DEFENCE PAIRINGS TOGETHER ANYMORE SO WHAT'S THE POINT?
But no matter how pointless the exercise, it's something that has to be done and besides, the powers that be at FlamesNation don't seem that keen on that hard-hitting and oh-so-timely-and-relevant after-the-fact analysis of the trade that sent Pat Riggin from Calgary to Washington in 1982. So we'll keep that piece on the shelf a while longer and take a stab at what the Flames lineup could/should/would look like on Oct. 1.
Kent W. took a stab at this a while ago, but the subsequent acquisition of Nigel Dawes has created repercussions that have been felt from Cranbrook to Cremona to Carstairs and so the topic begs a re-examination, even if it's from someone who has no clue why the old California Golden Seals trio of Dennis Maruk, Bob Murdoch and Al MacAdam was called the 3M Line.
OK, let's start with the easy part — Jarome Iginla plays right wing on the top line. Also, despite recent cyber-innuendo suggesting otherwise, Alex Tanguay probably doesn't play anywhere on any Flames line.
In his lineup, Kent had Olli Jokinen playing the wing because of the Flames' relative shallowness there compared to centre and you know what? That hasn't changed all that much in spite of the addition of Dawes. So the Finn stays on the wing in this set-up, too. Kent, your royalty cheque for borrowing your intellectual property is in the mail.
Even if Brent Sutter has promised to crack the whip and keep the forwards honest in regard to their defensive responsibilities, a solid two-way centreman is a must beween Jokinen and Iginla and the best man for the job is Daymond Langkow, no matter how much "He's-not-a-true-No. 1-centreman" wailing that provokes.
After that, it's easy enough to assemble two more three-man partnerships but it's a little harder to assign "second line" and "third line" labels to them according to the classic definition. In this scenario, Curtis Glencross, David Moss and Dustin Boyd play together because they had some nice moments together during the 2008 pre-season and, for various reasons, didn't get enough extended time as a unit once the regular campaign got under way.
The presence of Craig Conroy and Rene Bourque gives the other second/third line some nice versatility and this is the trio that would get the tougher opposition in a match-up situation.
The Flames would presumably like to make Wayne Primeau and his $1.4-million ticket disappear before the season gets under way, and if they can that might open the door for Mikael Backlund to make the squad for some carefully chosen minutes and cameo power-play time. Not sure Backlund won't actually start the season in the minors, but it was fun writing the names of two Swedes and the son of a Swede on the same line.
If it's determined that spot duty would be detrimental to Backlund's development, then it's stick in Jamie Lundmark and pray he doesn't play his way back to the minors yet again. Bear in mind that Brian McGrattan will get the call on nights Sutter believes some muscle is needed. There's Brandon Prust, too.
As for the back end, it seems unfathomable the Flames won't at least try former WHL Central Division wunderkinds Jay Bouwmeester and Dion Phaneuf as a pairing. That would allow Calgary to keep Cory Sarich and Robyn Regehr together as a punishing shut-down pair.
Barring any significant August movement at the Saddledome offices — and the cap situation would seem to preclude anything drastic, including the return of Todd Bertuzzi at a bargain-basement price — those are the building blocks the new coaching regime will have at its disposal. Is it good enough in a tepid Northwest Division field?
"the powers that be at FlamesNation don't seem that keen on that hard-hitting and oh-so-timely-and-relevant after-the-fact analysis of the trade that sent Pat Riggin from Calgary to Washington in 1982"
I'm of the opinion that this trade continues to haunt the Flames to this very day.
Also Jean don't you think it is amazing how the Northwest has gone from being arguably the most competitive division in the NHL last season to being - as you so aptly put it - tepid.
Parity. Who would have thought it would arrive chez NHL?
I like the 4th line, Jean, but in reality you know we're going to have to pencil one of McGrattan or Prust in every night, barring injuries.
@ Kent: Yeah, I vaguely mentioned about using muscle on the nights the coach thinks it's necessary, but you're right about likely seeing an enforcer often because most teams seem to think that a deterrent is needed virtually every night.
b1ackhat wrote:
Also Jean don't you think it is amazing how the Northwest has gone from being arguably the most competitive division in the NHL last season to being - as you so aptly put it - tepid. Parity. Who would have thought it would arrive chez NHL?
I guess these things go in cycles. This could be a topic for another day, but what division is the deepest and strongest now? I think there's one contender for this title in each conference.
Jokinen-Langkow-Iginla GlenX-Conroy-Moss Dawes-Boyd-Bourque Prust-Lundmark-Nystrom (Sjostrom)
The Jokinen at LW is wishful thinking, as is the idea that Prust's presence in the lineup will preclude McGrattan's. But July is for wishful thinking...
Dawes-Langkow-Iggy Bourque-Jokinen-Moss Glencross-Conroy-Boyd Greentree-Nystrom-Sjostrom (Prust/Macgratton will sub in for Greentree on tougher nights)
Regher-Buowmester Phaneuf-Giordano Sarich-Pardy
This seems to be the ideal line combinations. Sutters a smart man, I can see him separating Jokinen and Iggy very quickly into camp. Everyone knows Langkow and Iggy work way to well together. Bourque and Moss will keep the puck going in the right direction while Jokinen remains a liability; both posted 50% FO% too. I truly believe Dawes can thrive (albeit a little unwarranted) working with good line mates ... cue Langkow and Iggy feeding him the puck.
@ Lefebvre:
I'd have to say that the toughest division is the best division in the league now. With the exception of the Islanders, who more resemble an informal NHL starting goaltender association meeting than a hockey team - the division is stacked:
New Jersey Devils 106 Pts Pittsburgh Penguins 99 Pts Philadelphia Flyers 99 Pts New York Rangers 95 Pts New York Islanders 61 Pts
Wow, 61 for the Islanders? You're being pretty optimistic, boss.
July 24 2009, 02:06PM
A) Boyd's not signed. B) Anybody who thinks Backlund's development is helped by bottom 6 minutes needs to have their head examined. Sutter has repeatedly stated its top 6 or no-go for Backlund for this season. C) Man is McGratten a bad signing. D) Lots of left-handed shots all of a sudden E) The D-corps is locked in for 2 years... No UFA/RFA next summer. At some point in the next 2 years... Pelech>Sarich = Trade Sarich
Bourque - Jokinen - Iginla Glen-X - Langkow - Moss Dawes - Conroy - (Lundmark or Boyd if signed) Sjostrom - Primeau - Nystrom (McGrossContract)
Regehr - Bouwmeester Sarich - Phaneuf Gio - Pardy (Kronwall)
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Moving Up And Down At The NHL Entry Draft: 2001 – 2011
Jonathan Willis
June 22 2012 08:24AM
What does it cost for a team to move up at the NHL Draft? What can a team gain by moving down?
The following table shows every move up and down in the first round between 2001 and 2011 that involved only draft picks – in other words, these are strictly pick-for-pick trades. San Jose was by far the most aggressive team in this time period, orchestrating six trades that saw them move up in the draft order. Anaheim and Calgary were the clubs most willing to move down, each doing so on five occasions. A pick listed in brackets () was one that the team moving down gave up along with the higher pick.
|Moving Up
|Moving Down
|3, 55 (78)
|8, 59
|N.Y. Islanders
|7, 37, 68
|N.Y. Islanders
|9, 40
|San Jose
|12, 49, 207
|10, 99
|San Jose
|St. Louis
|13, 44, 87
|14, 41
|Los Angeles
|13, 74
|Los Angeles
|17, 28
|N.Y. Islanders
|16, 77, 181
|N.Y. Rangers
|16, 41
|26, 42, 185
|15, 245
|Los Angeles
|19, 59
|18, 70
|19, 42
|N.Y. Islanders
|26, 37, 62, 92 (77)
|San Jose
|21, 66, 107
|San Jose
|20, 53
|New Jersey
|22, 68
|St. Louis
|24, 70
|N.Y. Rangers
|24, 46 (247)
|29, 41
|New Jersey
|23, 84
|New Jersey
|22, 88
|26, 37
|30, 36
|New Jersey
|23, 54
|27, 57 (113)
|San Jose
|28, 52, 91 (153)
|30, 39
|New Jersey
|24, 73
|27, 34, 225
|New Jersey
|44, 48
|35, 48
|Tampa Bay
|34, 41, 192
|St. Louis
|New Jersey
|30, 77
|47, 52
|36, 54
|35, 39
|San Jose
|41, 57
|41, 47 (152)
|Tampa Bay
|32, 75
|41, 96
|N.Y. Islanders
|35, 58
*option to switch first round picks in 2003 (not exercised)
What does this mean for Nation Network teams?
The Oilers own the first overall pick. Twice in this time period, the first overall was moved strictly for picks, and in both cases the return was pretty minimal. If Edmonton is only interested in moving down one or two spots, history suggests other teams will not give up much to make that happen.
The Leafs own the fifth overall pick. They gave up two other strong draft choices to move up two spots last time around (much more than Pittsburgh paid to land the number one pick in 2003); based on the trades for fourth and seventh overall a second round pick (Toronto owns the 35th overall selection) is likely the cost to move up a spot or two or the return to move down a spot or two.
The Jets own the ninth overall pick. The cost for moving up a few spots is probably a second-round pick (Winnipeg owns the 39th overall selection) while the benefit of moving down a short distance is probably in the same range. For a drop of ~4 spots, the San Jose/St. Louis trade back in 2007 suggests that a second and a late third would probably be just recompense.
The Flames own the 14th overall pick. It would likely cost a second-round pick to move up a few positions, but the Flames have already traded away their 2012 and 2013 second round picks. They do have the 75th, 105th and 124th overall picks in this year's draft that they could potentially trade. Moving down a couple of slots has historically fetched anywhere from a second-rounder to an eighth-rounder.
The Canucks own the 26th overall pick. They have the 57th and 147th overall picks if they want to try and move up, as well as all their picks next year, so it's reasonable to think that they have the assets to move up to five slots higher, if there's a willing partner. Trading down at this point in the draft usually fetches a pair of second round picks.
As for moving up to land an additional first-round pick, Edmonton owns the 32nd overall selection, Toronto the 35th and Winnipeg the 39th. Edmonton has the most assets to make a bid at moving up – a pair of third-round picks this year as well as a pair of second-round picks next year. Winnipeg has one third-rounder as well as two second-round and two third-round picks next year. Toronto would need to dip into next year's draft to move up – they own both a second and third-round pick in 2013.
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- St. Louis Blues re-sign Barret Jackman
- Are the Blue Jackets and Oilers good trading partners?
- Dale Tallon: things get worse before they get better
- The Edmonton Oilers are getting a little light on forward prospects
- How much did Nail Yakupov's knee injury impact his offensive numbers?
- Should the Edmonton Oilers talk to San Jose about Douglas Murray?
- Big decisions: Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene for Lubomir Visnovsky
Just read that Eklund says there's only a 20% chance that Yakupov becomes an Oiler - which really means there's an 80% chance. Best thing I've read for days.
June 22 2012, 10:28AM
Please, Please take Yak...
any wheeling and dealing ought to be either 1) to get an actual NHL defensemen (Ie an NHL trade with a 2nd round or later series of picks on the side)
or 2) to move up to get Reinhart or another high quality D
June 22 2012, 11:10AM
@ BurkeTheTurd
Wise words, Turd.
I really fear that they will pick Murray and then again I really fear they pick Nail....I have a lot of fear
If history is any indication, Tambi will keep the #1 pick and take the safe choice: Yakupov.
Also, if history is any indication, Tambi will wait about 4-6 weeks to take that pick and leave everyone dangling while he thinks about the implications of that decision.
And finally, if history is any indication, and if the Oilers participate in a trade today, there will be a winner and a Tambi involved in the deal!
I will be extremely disappointed if nothing major happens during todays draft. A couple of teams moving up/down using picks is not major. I fear it will be boring.
June 22 2012, 09:50AM
Perhaps its simply cultural, but the interviews I've heard w/Yakupov have the scent of arrogance. He seems like he'd be best suited for a bigger market than Edmonton, if he has an ego. To me, Murray's a better long-term pick for the Oilers...
Which means... Maybe they flip w/Columbus?? Or a team lower?? Would Toronto flip and add an asset for the Oilers?
As for Yandle... Perhaps they Flames could get him? Feaster has a history dealing w/Maloney... He'd be a nice addition if JBO's moved.
June 22 2012, 10:09AM
BiG Grigoswki:
I don't know how other GM's feel about Yandle but he was not on the top pairing in Pheonex. He faced soft competition and offensive zone starts all year and in the playoffs he was 4th in D TOI for Phoenix. He is not trusted on the PK.
He moves the puck well and puts up points. He would be a risk and would have to be paired with Smid or N schultz or would cause more trouble than he is worth.
If it looks like J Schultz will sign here I would not even want Yandle, otherwise petry is our only offensive weapon on D.
June 22 2012, 10:19AM
Yandle MAY be a top 14 D-man on the powerplay, but if he is not considered top 2 in Pheonix I would tend to think he is between the top 50 and 100 D-men in the league.
June 22 2012, 11:02AM
Take the Yak. Trade or UFA for a D another time.
I also wanted to comment on the Yakupov "attitude", I read some even calling him a locker room cancer. I get it, I've met people like him, but I don't see it as being a negative. I don't see him as being full of himself, rather I see him being full of life. He likes to joke around, and that is good. Some of it is lost in translation, I've seen that before.
I think once his new teammates see how hard he works, they will understand that he is a good team mate. With someone like Khabibulin around, it will only help him. If the Oilers don't ake him, they are making a huge mistake.
I noticed Tambellini mentioned with Rishaug that they wanted someone with the right character, I think Nail has it, and that is a desire to win, to be the best and to work hard. If they can swing a deal to pick up Galyenchuk, that would make this day so much sweeter.
I would be willing to trade next yr's first for Columbus's 2nd Overall along with Gagner and Peckham and one of Columbus's top 4 dmen. I think the time is now, and hopefully Columbus might like the prospect of getting a high pick in a deep draft next year.
If the Oilers can significantly improve the D corps in front of Dubnyk, and add/move some pieces on the 3/4 lines, this team will be close to a playoff spot. Time will tell.
Read a tweet saying Stauffer predicted the Oilers will take Murray. "Predicted"........?
Rumours abound that Yandle is on the table in return for offensive help to the 'Yotes.
So does a Yandle and PHO's first round pick for #1 sound reasonable?
I think it depends on how #2-5 view Yakupov. If they feel he's head and shoulders above, maybe you can get a bidding war going.
In 2002 Florida got nothing because They wanted Bouwmeester and Atlanta wanted Lehtonen.
Does Montreal want Yakupov? Does Toronto? You can probably get a bidding war going and get a legitimate piece as well.
I think that sounds reasonable. If Edmonton is set on getting a defenseman, then I think that makes perfect sense.
RED FLAG DAY TODAY ! TAMS quoted as saying "we don't need to rush ANYTHING " . Don't like the sounds of that comment . Sounds like we are going to be very conservative today. Yakupov - can his ego create problems with some of our other rising stars ? KHL always an option for foreigners to N.American and quite frankly often used as a bartering tool down the line . Murray - may turn out to be another T.Gilbert and have a hard time risking picking him at NBR.1 . Is Murray really 6ft 5 in. , as in the Journal ? Those two appear to be what we are down to .
Is Galchenyuk really 6 ft. 5 in. inches as well , as reported in Journal ? I don't have much of a red flag for this N.American player who probably does not want to entertain the KHL , and has recovered very well from seasons injury . I only have a marked increase in his value coming up . Might this kid still grow ?
Both our picks i am afraid will not be the best down the road and Yakupov's ego and antics could end up being a problem or mismatch with our other emerging stars .
Columbus will deal Nash and may get enough for them to catapult us back in basement for next season . Montresl may be a partner with us in basement aas well , depending on how they draft and trade this off season . I think i'm going to be disappointed this draft and look forward to next seasons marquee draft with S.Jones and N.MacKinnon in our sights ." No need to rush anything" as Tams so aptly put it .
June 22 2012, 09:47AM
A bidding war? You assume Tambo has the business saavy of a used car salesman instead of a guy trying to unload a 10 year old Chev on Autotrader. Lucky for him other,real NHL GMs take the initiative when it suits them, unfortunately it doesn't seem to suit them this draft. There just isn't a game-changer available.
That doesn't mean that Ryan Murray (or Yak) won't contribute. BTW the oil met with Yak last night, he probably will be an Oiler in 7 hours.
June 22 2012, 09:51AM
What about Yandle for Hemsky?
June 22 2012, 09:54AM
A top 15 defenceman for an injury prone, most likely 2nd liner?
No way PHX does that trade.
PLAYING GM FOR TODAY - I take YAKUPOV simply because if he does not pan out he should get the most on a return down the line . Murray if he does not pan out - not nearly as much . I prefer Galchenyuk and would be happy if we took him first , but thats unlikely to happen anyways .
@Cody - Phoenix is trying to shed salary and I can't see them taking Hemsky back in a trade.... Gagner or Paajarvi maybe...
@Reg Dunlop
Except there has been lots of chatter about teams who want to move up in the draft.
@the big GRIGowski
hemsky, teubert, and this years 4th round pick for yandle
June 22 2012, 10:12AM
Noticed Tambs said the new piece would fit in well with the young core of Hall, Eberle, Nuge, Paajarvi, and Petry.
Was Gagner left off this list on purpose because we will be taking Galchenyuk, or was he just missed?
June 22 2012, 10:14AM
I do that trade all day long.
Yandle is a top fifteen defenceman IMO. In all fairness, I'm pretty confident with Schultz's and Smid's PK ability.
June 22 2012, 10:16AM
Interesting piece but, perhaps, would have been even moreso had you included the players chosen with those picks.
June 22 2012, 10:27AM
Big Grigowski:
Obviously you highly value points from the back end as many people do. I like to have 1 or 2 offenvie weapons on my point, but was a big supporter of the Gilbert for N Schultz trade even though Gilbert will get far more points than Schultz.
Many, like those that voted for karlsson for the Norris, think the top producer is the best Dman.
Would you trade Smid or N Schultz straight accross for Yandle if that is what Pheonix was demanding?
I would not touch these deals, as aside from the PP I feel Smid and Schultz will improve our team far more than Yandle. they can play against the heavies and are very reliable Dmen.
I guess this is one more thing that makes scouting D hard. Everyone has a different opinion of what makes an elite D-man
June 22 2012, 10:32AM
It isn't that I value points more than defensive attributes - it's that the oilers already have more defensive D-men than possible PP QB's.
With the exception of Petry (Whitney an unknown) we are lacking in the point producing d-men.
Personally, I wouldn't trade Smid for Yandle but I'd consider Schultz.
June 22 2012, 10:48AM
@Big Grigowski: Question, do you consider Smid top 15 Dmen in the league?
I see us with 2 solid defensive Dmen in Smid and Schultz, and 1.5 solid offesive Dmen in Petry and Whitney. Due to Whitney's health concerns I would look at one more offensive D-man, but by my accounts we still need one more defensive guy.
If Whitney comes back healthy I believe he covers our offensive dman quota and i would be looking for 2 defensive Dmen (Obviously that can still headman the puck)
If we could only get one or the other right now, I would go against the popular opinion right now and pick a defensive guy as we know we need at least one of them to be successful. If Whitney does not have a bounceback year i would use Paajarvi as my PP QB. He used to play D, is fast, and very skilled with the puck for a D-man.
With the current roster I have Paajarvi starting the season on either the 1st or 2nd line to give us the size we need up there.
What are your thoughts on using him on the point for PP if Whitney is not performing?
Mr. Willis - I want to thank you for the huge amount of work you have put in here and at the EJ with draft and trade discussions. I see a lot of pro hockey, but no junior and I appreciate the effort that you and your colleagues here put into this.
The Oilers trading an NHL dman for an NHL dman are not helping themselves at all. That was the criticism of the Gilbert-Schultz trade. If they are trading for a bonafide NHL dman, they will have to acquire one by trading a forward/prospect/draft pick to improve.
June 22 2012, 11:06AM
Evilas, I agree with you. I was not proposing the trade I just wanted Big grigowski's opinion on which was better or more important to winning since he ranked Yandle so high.
The only moveable assets we have that can be moved for a Dman without creating a bigger hole are;
Hemsky, Habibulin, spare pieces, draft choices, and prospects.
D for D makes no sense unless someone is willing to upgrade Sutton, Potter, Barker, Teubert or Peckam. Gagner for a Dman makes no sense either as the hole would render us a lottery pick again.
Ooooo...that 2003 draft year still stings. The deepest draft ever and the Oilers walked away with nothing when they had the opportunity to draft guys like Getzlaf, Parise, Richards, Carter, Perry. The fate of the Oilers could have been very different if they got it right.
I think that sounds reasonable. If Edmonton is set on getting a defenseman, then I think that makes perfect sense.
That's what I was thinking too, but I just read some stats on Yandle on COH. He played the softs, for the most part, and wasn't given 1st pairing minutes in the playoffs.
So he might be a bit one-dimensional, and he's making about $5M/yr for 4 more years.
June 22 2012, 11:23AM
yep... that draft stings...
MAP and JFJ in hindsight were bad bets with so much talent on the table.
2007, though a lot less stacked... sticks in my craw too... 3 picks in the top 21!! you don't get that every go round
Gagner seems like a safe bet (though couture seems like he might become the best center of the draft year)... but Plante and Nash are big disappointments
June 22 2012, 11:24AM
You are bang on. Getting a top 4 dman Yak and Gal puts us awfuly close to playoffs this year and very close to completing the rebuild.
Leaves us 1 dman short (please let J Schultz sign with us) and an upgrade at back up would be nice. I would prefer another young goalie with potential to push Dubnyk for the starting role.
Hell, I would sweeten your offer if needed to include any 3 of our 1st from next year, a second, and a third from next year(Our choice as we have 2 in each round) Gagner, Hemsky, Peckam, Teubert, Barker, Belanger, Eager, or Hordichuk.
June 22 2012, 11:36AM
Imagine our lineup if we did Evilas trade suggestion:
Paajarvi-Nuge-Eberle Hall-Galchenyuk-Yakupov Hartikainan-Horcoff-Samuelsson Jones-Lander-Petrel
Smid-Petry N schultz-J Schultz Johnson-Whitney Potter
Dubnyk Shooter Tutor (or anyone other than Khaby)
Top 6 is bigger, stronger, faster, and more skilled then many many years. Would compare to any team in the league. Bottom 6 is tough but better defensively then we have been in a while.
Defence still lacks a true #1, but I would be pretty happy with this rotation. All 6 Dmen are legit 2nd pair guys with upside. All but Whitney are young with additional potential and if Whitney returns to form becomes that #1 we want so badly.
Either way a huge improvement over our D for a lot of years.
Dubnyk will get the chance to prove he is a true #1 in front of a solid group of D. Most top goalies seem to play behind good D. This is not a coincidence.
RUMOUR IS GALCHENYUK WANTS SWEATER NBR. 94 as his first chioice . Coincidence that Smyth is not signed as yet ? TIPOFF ?
@ Cody- I see your lineup and on paper it looks good, but realisticly, it lacks one thing: experience.
I am not knocking the idea of aggressively going after some of the players listed on your proposed roster, but we would be fielding a quasi-CHL/AHL/NHL team in 2012-13 and most likely back for another lottery pick next year.
Not looking good for the Oil taking the best player in the draft.
I don't think Columbus would give up Johnson, and I am not a fan of his. I was actually referring to Methot, Tyutin or Nikitin.
I think Samuelsson will be long-gone. Boston is reportedly hot for him at 26.
I see Hartikainen more as 2nd liner and Paarjvi as a 3rd liner.
I think VandeVelde will be ahead of Lander, but I would hope for signing Konopka/Gaustad in the 4rth line center spot.
There are also 2 2nd rounders next year.
June 22 2012, 12:01PM
Would love to have some more quality vets.....but the ones we had this year were as big a problem as the holes in the roster. In the top 6, I believe they have to give Paajarvi a good chance to succeed or trade him before they ruin his confidence. Gal May need another year, and if we could send him to the AHL I would.......but how much will he get out of another year in junior?
My best guess is, even if we got Samuelsson he will not be ready next year and a vet would be in his spot. The same could be said for Lander. He may nead another year, but really is he going to be any worse then Belanger. I think Hartikainan looked descent last year and is the answer to the size we need.
I think sub in a vet or 2 with sandpaper for next year and this is a legit lineup the following year.
June 22 2012, 12:04PM
weird thing for the kid to do... raises a lot of questions:
would the oil tell someone they were going to pick them?
they didn't tell Hall or RNH... why would they tell Murray (assuming it's true). wouldn't a leak like this be obvious... why go through the headache?
if it isn't true... isn't this kid kind of putting his bro in a tight spot?
also... didn't the score say Heatley was for sure an Oiler years ago... or am I remembering that wrong??
I think they might over interpret noise to stand out against the big boys.
June 22 2012, 12:13PM
@ Evilas:
I would be fine with any of those D choices.
Disagree with Paajarvi. He is not really a bruiser and I think he needs to play with skill players to play effectively. If he were to play on the 2nd line with Yak and Gal it may be the fastest line in the league.
Hartikainan, is one of those huys not unlike jones that can really play anywhere in your lineup. I see him improving a lot in the next couple of years. He is big, physical and very willing to engage. His foot speed is not great, but is improving.
I agree Vandevelde looked better last year but i believe he is a career AHL player where I see more upside for Lander. I see Lander effectively taking belanger's role at a much lower cost.
I was only looking at the one trade. Would love to see a proven centre in that role. Someone big, fast, and physical. Someone who could be promoted to the 3rd line when Horcoff's monster contract is complete.
There are plenty of ways to improve the club and I have seen many people that have listed trades with 5+ teams and 10+ players. Hard to picture our great team with only the 1 rounders on it.
I would guess it is far fetched to get Gal and Yak and we are probably all dreaming.
@ Romulus' Apothesis
I agree it would be odd for them to tell the player beforehand. Equally odd for the player's brother to tell the world about it beforehand. Could also be Twitter "forging" as I would call it, I've definitely seen that before. Interesting nonetheless.
PS: Still can't figure out why the reply button doesn't work for me
I think we need to think of Magnus as a very good complimentary player for the other kids. He's got good speed, very responsible defensively for a kid his age. He just needs to keep it simple, utilize his skill set and get to the scoring zone. Magnus doesn't have the one-on-one talent of the other kids, but he doesn't need it to be successful. There's plenty of skill out there. Compliment the rest of the line and success will come.
June 22 2012, 12:23PM
"PS: Still can't figure out why the reply button doesn't work for me"
could be your browser settings.... maybe you are blocking pop-ups and it is considered one... or something... I'm no technical wizard... though
June 22 2012, 12:41PM
Fans at The Pint party this evening won't have to go far to drown their sorrows.
We'd be better off selecting Morgan Rielly first overall, atleast there's more upside potential there
June 22 2012, 02:13PM
Murray will be a solid d-man for over a decade. Sounds like a stand-up guy with leadership qualities. Sometimes the right under-the-radar complimentary player is exactly what's needed to bring out the best in what you already have. A team is more than the sum of its players so to speak.
It's unfortunate that they have to use the first overall pick to do that, but hey, none of us are in that scouting room. If they see something, they see something and only time will tell if they are right.
I defer to the experts and whoever we pick will be a fine addition.


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Great Britain 1890 – Australia 1964
Australia from 1913; Great Britain, France, United States of America 1960-61
Matter painting 1960
enamel on composition board
signed and dated l.r., enamel "R.Balson 60"
91.3 (h) x 122.2 (w) cm Purchased 1969 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
NGA 1969.74 © Ralph Balson Estate.
- with Gallery A, Sydney;
- from whom bought, by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board, July 1969
- Ralph Balson: A Retrospective
- National Gallery of Australia 14 Aug 1989 – 24 Sep 1989
- Newcastle Region Art Gallery 06 Oct 1989 – 19 Nov 1989
- WOLLONGONG CITY GALLERY 01 Dec 1989 – 28 Jan 1990
- Art Gallery of New South Wales 14 Feb 1990 – 01 Apr 1990
- University of Queensland 12 Apr 1990 – 24 May 1990
- Australian Art 1940-1990 from the Collection of the National Gallery of Australia
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu 28 Jul 1995 – 03 Sep 1995
- Abstract Expressionism: the National Gallery of Australia celebrates the centenaries of Jackson Pollock and Morris Louis
- 14 Jul 2012 – 24 Feb 2013
Bruce Adams, Ralph Balson: A retrospective, Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1990, cat. 55, illus. col., p. 94;
Misato Shomura and Atsuko Yamamoto eds., Australian art 1940–1990: From the collection of the National Gallery of Australia: In search of an inner landscape, Gifu: Museum of Fine Arts1995, cat. 61, p. 141, illus. col.
'Ours is a world of relativity', said the artist in 1956, 'a world of ceaseless movement where reality is nothingness and nothingness is reality. Instead of the determinate, the principle of indeterminacy …'.[1]Balson's approach to painting was inspired by his prolonged study of scientific and mathematical discussions of nature, time and change and, particularly, a fascination with Einstein's theory of relativity. His tough, late works, such as Matter painting 1960 1960 and Matter painting no. 4 1962, are some of his most evocative, created in a quest to respond to notions of flux and existence.
Balson was one the most progressive Australian artists of his time,[2] who, from the late 1950s sought to explore a spontaneous approach to mark-making and composition. Inspired by the 'pigment action' of American Abstract Expressionists, he admired their approaches to paint and painting in that it seemed to offer limitless solutions to 'pursuing the truly abstract'. In 1960, on his first trip overseas, Balson visited New York, England and France: he found great inspiration in the sensibility of contemporary European tachists Antonio Tàpies and Alberto Burri, and their embrace of chance processes and the raw qualities of materials.
Balson began the series of 'Matter paintings', his last major series, while still overseas, working in Devon and Paris in 1960. He poured and dripped paint, celebrating the unpredictable outcomes of combining polymers, enamel, cement and sand. He sought to relinquish aesthetic control as much as possible, allowing chance to govern the outcome of each image. While Balson selected his colours, even then, as James Gleeson noted, he often tried to overcome this 'element of interference' by confining himself to tonal selections.[3] Matter painting no.4, for example, comprises thick layers of enamel and sand in white, brown and rosy-reddish tones. In the process of drying, the surface of the painting has become a landscape of earthy textures, cracks and crevices.
Matter painting 1960, on the other hand, possesses the tonal range described by Daniel Thomas as having an 'outer-space theatricality', and is one of a number of the few 'showy' works this otherwise modest man ever made.[4] It is a vibrant, almost electric, image that encourages the eye to chase lime green, yellow and bright blue marks across the surface. These late paintings have been described as possessing an inner life, as pulsating images and stellar visions of the universe, and Balson as a poet of the universal, shifting flux. Yet, the Matter paintings series also provoked criticism in the 1960s, for what was seen to be a relinquishing of conscious artistic intent through the artist's reliance on chance.[5] Indeed, he sold only a handful of paintings in his lifetime. Only after his death did Balson's key role in late modernism and abstraction in Australian art began to be recognised, discussed and celebrated.
Miriam Kelly
[1] Balson in a statement published in John Reed, New Painting 1952–62, Melbourne: Longmans 1963, p. 30.
[2] Alongside Crowley and Frank Hinder, Balson was one of the first Australian painters to devote himself solely to the pursuit of abstraction. In 1941 he held the first solo exhibition in Australia of entirely non-figurative paintings; bold, highly considered, 'constructive' images, comprising overlapping geometric coloured forms, in a shallow picture plane.
[3] James Gleeson, 'Chance work of a genius', Telegraph, Sydney, 1 June 1969.
[4] Daniel Thomas, 'Black is beautiful', Telegraph, Sydney, 25 May 1969.
[5] See for example, Donald Brook 'Action in the sixties', Sydney Morning Herald, 25 May 1969.
The National Gallery of Australia holds 17 paintings, 74 pastels, a double-sided oil sketch, and a pair of painted clogs by Balson.


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By GARY ARRINGTONSports writer
With three returning starters in the lineup, the Emery High Lady Spartans were preseason favorites by both Salt Lake newspapers to continue having success on the court as the 2010-11 season began. After the opening game was snowed out the week before, the Emery High team opened the season with another preseason favorite, the Carbon High Lady Dinos. With the Dinos returning almost their entire team and after having a good postseason last year, Carbon was also predicted to do well. Unfortunately for Emery, on this night the Dinos dominated the Spartans like no other team has done in last few years. Carbon won 66-47.
After the game, Coach Steven Gordon had this to say, "That is the worst beating that I have had since I have been the coach here."
Emery trailed 15-9 after the first quarter and 29-21 at the half as the Spartans had more turnovers than baskets in that half. They finished the game with 25 turnovers, as they never gained control of their offensive game plan.
After scoring the first seven points of the second half to narrow the deficit to 29-28, the Dinos regained their composure and Emery maybe lost theirs and the score went quickly to 38-28 over the next two and a half minutes. The Dinos continued the onslaught as they scored 10 of the next 11 points to go to 48-29 and finished the third quarter leading 50-31. Emery never got any closer.
Tia Pappas was the leading scorer on the floor with 27 points for the Dinos and Miranda Averett added 18 points for Carbon. Jessica Murray led Emery with 14 points and Brooke Jensen added 10 points.
Coach Gordon talked to his players after the game, "We got out hustled, we got out rebounded and we got outplayed. They just flat out beat us. I hope this is a wake-up call to you that we have got to work hard to have success. Our guards have got to take better care of the ball."
Coach Gordon continued, "We have the best big people in 3-A ball and we have to get the ball to them, we didn't tonight." Taylor Mann and Brooke Jensen finished the game with nine and 10 points each. Emery was also just four for 19 from behind the 3-point line.
Emery then played Cedar High on Friday night and lost a close game in the final quarter. The final score was 60-53. Cedar led 13-11 after the first quarter and Emery led 25-24 at the half. The score was tied at 42-42 at the end of the third quarter before Cedar pulled ahead to win.
In this game the Spartans did get the ball into the middle as Mann scored 20 points and Jensen added 18 points. Unfortunately the rest of the team only added 15 points and the Lady Spartans had their second loss of the season. Blayr Jeffs and Jessica Murray each scored sixpoints and Tayler Jewkes scored three points.
Emery will now travel to Stansbury High this Tuesday and to Dixie this Thursday night and to Canyon View High on Friday night looking for their first win of the year.


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Back In It
I have been on vacation since June 3rd: out of the country kind of vacation and hence quite removed from the Royals. While managing to check the box scores late at night and marginally keep up with roster moves, it was all pretty superficial stuff. The night before leaving and a full week before Mike Moustakas got the call, I wrote this, so my internet persona remained somewhat topical.
While Craig and Nick carried the load of the MLB Draft, Moustakas and a four game sweep at home to the Twins, I reemerge to a reality where the Kansas City Royals are only six and one-half games out of first place. What would you have said back in March if told that the Royals would be in that position in the middle of June? Due to how this situation has transpired, most of us have passed through the euphoria of contending and back into the status quo of wait until next year.
Think about it this way: since calling up Eric Hosmer, the Royals have gone 12-23 yet lost only two games in the standings. Those two games, however, have certainly turned the tide (probably correctly) from 'hey, we can win this!' to 'let's not worry about wins and losses and get set to be somebody next year'. Listen, I don't have any idea where this team is going this year, but I am certain that the call-up of Moustakas signals Dayton Moore's intention to at least be in and stay in the conversation, not in 2013, but instead in 2012.
To Close Or Not to Close
In the span of ten days, Joakim Soria surrendered the closer role, got and back and then notched two saves (one pretty, one not). In between, Soria pitched five perfect innings, albeit with just one strikeout, but perfect nonetheless.
Alas, Aaron Crow's career as a Royals' closer came and went without an opportunity, which was probably good considering he has allowed three runs and four walks in his last five plus innings. Probably just a little case of rookieitis, but Crow could be possible use a couple of low leverage stints to right the ship.
Right now, is the best pitcher in the Royals' bullpen Greg Holland?
Rotation, rotation, rotation
What happens this year, next year and the year after that really pretty much comes down to the starting rotation, doesn't it?
I thought Craig had a very interesting piece on Danny Duffy last week and one has to wonder if maybe a sub-par outing on Tuesday versus a bad Oakland lineup might signal the southpaw's return to Omaha for a little more work. I don't have a big problem with Duffy continuing to grind here in the majors, but could certainly see the logic in return him to AAA as well. Doing so would also 'game' Duffy's service time as well, but Dayton Moore does not seem to be running the organization with that as a primary concern this year.
The interesting pick-up in the rotation is Felipe Paulino, who was not particularly good over the weekend, but has been quite solid thus far. In the past, Paulino has had stretches of starts like this, so any expectations for him going forward need to be tempered, but he certainly has done enough to warrant staying in the rotation when Bruce Chen and Kyle Davies return.
With Chen and Davies beginning their rehab assignments, what does this rotation look like in a couple of weeks? Chen obviously gets back in, probably at the expense of Vin Mazzaro. Despite seven shutout innings yesterday, Mazzaro's zero strikeouts versus five walks and a hit batter probably will spell another trip up I-29 (assuming it's not flooded).
How about Davies? Does he get back in the rotation and, if so, at who's expense?
Fun With OBP
We'll finish up with some 'did you know?' on-base information (and yes, I realize most of you actually DO know):
- Second best OBP of a regular on the Royals? Matt Treanor's .361, trailing only Billy Butler.
- Chris Getz has a better OBP than Jeff Francouer and trails that of Melky Cabrera by one point.
- In his first three games Mike Moustakas, not know for taking a walk, has three of them.
- Not really an OBP factoid, but Eric Hosmer has grounded into just one less double play than Billy Butler.
Tell the truth, how excited are you to have Moustakas and Hosmer at the corners for the remainder of 2011?


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Lime Wine Scallops
Chef Chris Van Hoorelbeke
12 Large Scallops
12 Large Scallops
4 oz. White Wine
.5 tsp. Sambal Olek
1 ea. Lime Juice
4 oz. Roses Lime Juice
2 Tbsp. Butter
2 tsp. Cilantro
2 tsp. Brown Sugar
Heat Sautee pan with 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil, Season Scallops with Salt and Pepper. Sear Scallops for two Minutes on each side on med. Heat. Set Scallops aside and deglaze pan with wine and the remaining ingredients except butter. Let sauce reduce until syrup like consistency place scallops back into pan and add butter turn heat off and stir until butter melts. Plate Scallops and pour sauce over scallops.


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Ducks lose Hemsky gets a 'score'
November 10 2008 01:48PM
Panthers 2; Ducks 1; Wanye 15
Here's something to ponder as you sit at your computer waiting for Monday to end. The Honda Centre is one giant Travel Alberta ad. They have ads on the boards. They sponsor the trivia on the scoreboard. The jumbotron runs ads all the live long day telling Anaheimians to visit Canada's Rocky Mountain Playground.
How cool is that? Super cool, that's how cool that is.
Surfer dude
So we are helping ourselves to 15 delicious frosty cold ones in the intermission and we run into this surfer dude one of us knew from our last time down here. We can't tell you how hilarious some Ducks fans are.
"Oh bro! How's Edmonton? Uh huh, uh huh, bitchin! That Gagner isn't doing so well to start the year is he? How many scores does he have?"
That's so high-larious we're ganking the term as our own.
More importantly
How about them Oilers? The largest cheer of the night from our dance crew came when the out-of-town scoreboard displayed Oilers deuce Devils uno. And Hemsky? Pardon me? Small score there, friend. Ales Hemsky is a bloody genius. After scoring that jim dandy of a score he celebrated by donating ten pints of his own blood then winning the Tour de France on a pogo stick.
What a rock star.
Now if you will pardon me I'm going to get a day-drunk going.
Winning the tour de france on a pogo stick. Thats too funny
November 10 2008, 02:17PM
As far as I'm concerned, day-drunk is the only type of drunk.
November 10 2008, 04:01PM
Can we stop talking about being drunk? I had a rough weekend.
November 10 2008, 04:48PM
Soak it up towel boy. Today is a new day.
Cheers to ON Internationale!


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1) Is there a way in Arduino to declare a variable of a class and *later* assign an instance to it?
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1A 78-year-old Mequon man was arrested for drunken driving, unsafe lane deviation and refusal to take a breath test after he was stopped for driving erratically in the 9200 block of North Port Washington Road at 5:25 p.m. Jan. 14. He failed field sobriety tests including an attempt to recite the alphabet - he could not get past the letter Q. He denied drinking and was taken for a blood draw. He was also cited by Glendale Police for hit and run a short time before on Port Washington Road and Brentwood Lane. The man said he didn't remember hitting anything.
2A counterfeit $20 bill was found at Community Bark, 326 W. Brown Deer Road, at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 16. It was sent to the Secret Service office in Milwaukee.
3A 35-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for drunken driving after being stopped for driving without headlights in the 500 block of West Brown Deer Road at 2:48 a.m. Jan. 20. He admitted drinking at a Milwaukee night club and had a preliminary blood alcohol content of 0.165. He was taken for a blood draw.
4A 36-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for possession of narcotic drugs and being the subject of a warrant after a report of a man sleeping in a car outside Culver's, 4327 W. Schroeder Drive, at 7:45 p.m. Jan. 3. The man was disorientated, could not find his wallet or remember his address and fell asleep as police spoke to him. He had both Schedule II and Schedule IV narcotics some he said he'd purchased from a man near Custer High School in Milwaukee. He also admitted being addicted to pain pills since an accident in 1997.
5A 14-year-old Brown Deer boy was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver with the enhancer of possession with intent on school grounds and a warrant for trespassing at Brown Deer High School, 8060 N. 60th St., at 1:40 p.m. Jan. 4. At least three students reported the boy attempted to sell them drugs, one while they rode the school bus. The boy had a blunt in his backpack but said he didn't know how it got there. Another 1.6 grams was found in the squad car which the boy admitted hiding there by pushing it through the hole for the seat belt.
6Items valued at more than $800 including, an electronic tablet, cellphone, passport and cash were taken from a man's locker at YMCA, 9250 N. Green Bay Road, between 5:45 and 8:30 p.m. Jan. 4. The man had used two lockers and was half way home before he realized he'd left his possessions. When he returned, the items were gone.
7A 42-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for forgery and obstruction after attempting to pass a counterfeit $100 bill at Kohl's, 9060 N. Green Bay Road, at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 4. When told the bill was counterfeit, the man asked for it back and left. He was found hiding in a restaurant bathroom and denied knowing the bill was worthless saying he got it when he sold rims to a man on the street.
8A 44-year-old Brown Deer woman was arrested for drunken driving, with a prior conviction, unreasonable speed after being clocked at driving from 60 to 80 mph in a 40 mph zone in the 6400 block of West Brown Deer Road at 1 a.m. Jan. 5. The woman said she was speeding in order to get home and prevent a domestic violence situation. That statement was proved to be false. When told she smelled of alcohol, she said that was because she drank "two little cups of Nyquil" telling police, "Give me a Breathalyzer." Her preliminary blood alcohol content was 0.108 and she was taken for a blood draw.
9Two Brown Deer girls, 13 and 14, were cited for disorderly conduct/fighting at Brown Deer Middle School, 5757 W. Dean Road, at 9:22 a.m. Jan. 9. The girls were pushing and hitting each other and one also hit a teacher who tried to separate them. He was not injured.
10A 16-year-old Brown Deer boy was arrested for disorderly conduct after making threats at Brown Deer High School, 8060 N. 60th St., at 8:50 a.m. Jan. 8. The boy said he was "being disrespected" and people were talking about him and those kinds of things make "people shoot up schools" adding that he wouldn't do that.
11An 18-year-old Brown Deer man was taken into protective custody for disorderly conduct and making threats to harm other students and himself at Brown Deer High School, 8060 N. 60th St., at 11:15 a.m. Jan. 10. The boy said he wouldn't be surprised if "I kill anyone who (expletive) me off" adding that he wanted to "snap their necks."
12A 21-year-old Wauwatosa man was ordered into the District Attorney's office on allegations of theft of a 55-inch TV and a game system with a total value of $2,300 from a friend's home in the 9300 block of North 60th Street at 5:45 p.m. Jan. 15. The man had come to the home about 4 a.m. asking if he could stay for a while and about two hours later, he was seen running in the snow carrying the TV which had been hanging on a wall where he was resting. He denied taking the TV saying there was no TV in the room.
13A speed limit sign was sprayed with silver paint partially obstructing the speed limit of 25 mph in the 7500 block of North Crossway Road sometime before 5 p.m. Jan. 12.
14A $700 laptop computer was taken from a classroom sometime after a teacher left the room with her students at Dunwood School, 217 W. Dunwood Road, the afternoon of Jan. 16.
15A 45-year-old Shorewood man was arrested for drunken driving, failure to have insurance and given 10 days to renew registration in the 5100 block of North Port Washington Road at 1 a.m. Jan. 9. The man, who said he had a couple of beers, had a blood alcohol content of 0.14.
16A person came to the Police Department after finding a bag of crack cocaine in a rental car from Enterprise, 5623 N. Green Bay Ave., at 10 a.m. Jan. 10. The car had been returned recently after being reported stolen from the former renter in Milwaukee.
A resident reported being the victim of a scam after receiving a phone call from her "grandson" who needed money because he was in a Mexican jail at 12:30 p.m. Jan 10. She wired $2,000 via a money gram at a Walmart to a person in Port au Prince, Haiti. She later told police nothing seemed suspicious until she received another call asking for $1,800 for the boy's attorney. It was then she called relatives and found out her grandson, 15, was at school.
17A 19-year-old Cudahy woman was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, a glass pipe with residue, and theft of items valued at more than $160 and a 17-year-old Milwaukee girl for party to the crime of theft at Kohl's, 5650 N. Bayshore Drive, at 12:40 p.m. Jan. 10. The woman was found wearing some of the stolen clothing which was all recovered.
A 31-year-old Glendale man was arrested for battery/domestic violence related after hitting his live-in boyfriend causing injury at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 11. A witness called police after seeing the man punch the victim in the face and chest causing contusions and bleeding. The suspect was agitated and intoxicated and struggled with police. The victim, who was bleeding from the mouth, said his mouth was partially wired from a previous domestic battery by the suspect which he did not report.
18Syringes were found in a parking lot in the 7200 block of North Green Bay Avenue the morning of Jan. 11. Also a gang sign was found on the second floor door to the elevator.
19A student reported the theft of a cellphone valued at $600 from her backpack at Nicolet High School, 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Road, between 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. Jan. 11.
20A 41-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for receiving stolen property, trespassing and three warrants after a report of her taking items valued at more than $320 from Bath and Body Works, 5698 N. Bayshore Drive, at 4:50 p.m. Jan. 11. The woman fled in a car but was stopped in Whitefish Bay and the items were recovered. The woman is banned from Bayshore until September 2014.
21A 23-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for theft of a pregnancy test containing two tests and two theft warrants at Pick 'n Save, 1735 W. Silver Spring Drive, about 7 p.m. Jan. 11. The woman went into a restroom, tested herself for pregnancy and put the unused test back on the shelf. She left the store followed by an employee saying she was going to get her wallet. The woman was in possession of a drug pipe saying she used it to smoke K2 because it was legal. She also had Ambien which she snorted because she "enjoys the feeling of snorting."
22A lawnmower, bicycle and a grill valued at $300 were taken from a detached garage in the 4600 block of North Ironwood Lane between noon and 10 p.m. Jan. 12. There was no sign of forced entry.
23A $500 laptop computer inside a backpack was taken from a car at Perkin's Restaurant, 5265 N. Port Washington Road, sometime Jan. 14. The backpack was found in a Dumpster near the 3800 block of North Port Washington Road later on Jan. 15. There was no information if the laptop was also recovered. Damage to the car's window was $500.
No reportable incidents this week.
24A van was broken into in the 4000 block of North Larkin Street before 2 p.m. Jan. 12. A list of what was taken is not yet available.
25A 31-year-old Shorewood woman was arrested for theft of checks belonging to her ex-boyfriend in the 1600 block of North Oakland Avenue on Jan. 15. The woman forged his signature on 10 checks cashing them for a total of $400. The woman will pay restitution.
26A purse and contents including a diamond ring and wedding bands valued at more than $1,100 was taken from a car parked at Sendik's, 4027 N. Oakland Ave., between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Jan. 14. There was no sign of forced entry.
27A resident reported that as she lay in bed, an unknown male appeared at the bedroom door and when he saw her he fled the home in the 1800 block of East Jarvis Street about 9:45 p.m. Jan. 14. The woman had heard footsteps coming upstairs and thought it was her husband, who had been working in the basement. She also said her children were sleeping in another bedroom. The intruder took an AT&T cable box, a leather bag and a purse valued at more than $300. The home was unsecured. No one was injured.
28A 52-year-old Milwaukee man was mailed citations for hit and run and failure to notify police of an accident after a car registered to him was driven over private property damaging a fence in the 3900 block of North Morris Boulevard about 4:30 p.m. Jan. 15. A witness saw the driver, a male, hit the fence, get out of the car, look at the damage then drive away. That witness gave police the plate number. Damage was $1,000.
29A 13-inch laptop computer and an electronic tablet valued at more than $2.000 were taken during a burglary at the United Methodist Church, 819 East Silver Spring Drive, between 5 and 7 p.m. Jan. 15. There was sign of forced entry to the pastor's office.
30A Whitefish Bay girl was the victim of a robbery as she walked in the 4900 block of North Ardmore Avenue at 6:55 p.m. Jan. 15. Two males came up from behind her and grabbed her shoulder bag holding a book, jacket and other items valued at about $165. They ran off and got into what she thought was a small, possibly maroon, car. She called her mother who called police. On Jan. 16 and 17, two boys/juveniles were questioned regarding the crime and given an intake date to appear at Milwaukee County Children's Court. One of the boys, not admitting being involved, did say they thought about robbing a man who was walking in the area but stopped when they saw he had a dog. In addition, a 19-year-old Milwaukee man, the driver, was also ordered in to County Court for theft/party to the crime of theft and also cited for driving with an expired registration.
31Three TVs and a laptop computer valued at $2,200 were taken during a burglary in the 2100 block of East Glendale Avenue between noon and 4 p.m. Jan. 17. There was no sign of forced entry.
32A wallet was taken at Sendik's, 500 E. Silver Spring Drive, between 4:30 and 5:10 p.m. Jan. 17. Two debit cards and one credit card had been used.
Rocks were used to break the windows of two cars in the 600 block of East Lake View Avenue and the 5500 block of North Lake Drive overnight Jan. 18 or 19. The amount of damage was not listed and nothing was reported taken.
33A tote bag, value not listed, was reported taken from an unsecured garage in the 4900 block of North Wildwood Avenue on Jan. 20.
34A smartphone valued at $175 was taken from an unlocked man's locker at the Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., sometime 3:30 to 5 p.m. Jan. 20.
Firefighters responded to 112 calls, 83 emergency medical and 29 fire/rescue, Jan. 14 to 20.
35A car crashed into a large clay planter pushing it up near the front entrance at Pearl Vision, 695 W. Silver Spring Drive, Glendale, at 11:50 a.m. Jan. 18. No injuries were reported and there was only minor damage to the car. Damage to the building is being evaluated.
- North Shore Police Reports, July 28, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, July 21, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports July 14, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, July 7, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports: June 30, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, June 23, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, June 16, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, June 9, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports: June 2, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports: May 26, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports: May 19, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, May 12, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, May 5, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, April 28, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, April 21, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, April 14, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, April 7, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, March 31, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, March 24, 2016
- North Shore Police Reports, March 17, 2016


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Taylor Swift "Read Every Day" Live Webcast
October 2012
Q: Moving from Philadelphia to Nashville, how did that influence you as a writer?
Taylor: I became obsessed with poetry really early on because my favorite books were the Dr. Seuss books and Shel Silverstein and the books where you have the stories come together through rhyming. That was always my favorite kind of book to read because it sounded like a song. Like when you have a line of poetry where the rhymes hit at the right ends of the sentences, it sounds kind of like lyrics. English class was always my favorite class because of the reading, the writing, and mostly because of the poetry.
Q: Did you have teachers who recognized your creativity early?
Taylor: There was a teacher who said to my mom – I think it was first grade actually – she said, "We asked everybody in the class to write an essay, and she turned in four pages front and back. So we're just letting you know that might be her area that she's interested in. She wouldn't stop writing." I've just always loved telling a good story with interesting characters, and that's why so many of my songs are story songs.
Q: What was the first song you wrote?
Taylor: The first one that I really finished that wasn't like a structureless, eight-minute song was when I was 12 and I wrote this song called "Lucky You" about this girl who's different. She believes in herself. It somehow got leaked online and it is a terrifying experience when people bring it up because I'm like, "I sound like a chipmunk. I'm 12 in that." But you look back on your first experiences with writing and every one of those experiences turns you into who you're going to be. And so I don't think you can ever discount the creations you make when you're really young.
Q: Have books been a huge source of inspiration for your music and your life?
Taylor: Books have been a huge inspiration for my imagination. I was a big fan of a fairy tales growing up, and you'll see a lot of references to like Romeo and Juliet and The Scarlet Letter, and that's from my reading. That's from the stories that I was brought up with. So, you know, it definitely rubs off to read.
Q: Ms. Fisher, a teacher in Michigan, wants to know, "How has reading influenced your choices in life, especially your career?"
Taylor: There are a lot of books I loved to read when I was younger that kind of teach you lessons – funny ones like Amelia Bedelia, or The Giving Tree, which teaches you about being kind to others. Those stories that really have a moral to them are hopefully the first ones that we're presented with by our parents or teachers. If those are the first things you start reading, it can really affect your character. Being good to other people was the main concept I really loved in books.
Questions from students in the audience.
Danny: What was your childhood like?
Taylor: I grew up on a Christmas tree farm. We grew Christmas trees for other people to put in their houses. And we had all kinds of animals running around, and I remember having a lot of room to run and just come up with wild stories, and I feel like it was a time for me to really let my imagination run wild. But, you know, I don't necessarily think you have to have a lot of wide open space in order to let your imagination run wild. You can see beauty and fantasy and things that aren't real and things that are magical in any place you grow up if you think hard enough and reach into your mind. But my childhood was really fun. It was a blast, so thank you for asking about it. That was a good question.
Q: This next question comes from Ms. Zeidler's third grade class. They want to know, "What's your favorite book that your parents read to you?"
Taylor: It started out when I was really little. It was Big Bird on the Farm, and then it was Winnie the Pooh and then all the classic children's poetry books and stuff like that and fables and fairy tales.
It's fun to escape from where you are in your life and jump into somebody else's character. You know, when you're reading a book, if you can really identify with one of the characters, it's like you can escape and go somewhere else. It's kind of like one of the thrills people get from going to the movies and seeing a story play out. But there's really nothing like reading. You can find such a quiet space and just kind of go to a different world.
Q: This next question is from Chris Tweedie's fourth grade class in Singapore. They want to know, "How do you choose the books you want to read?"
Taylor: I choose the books I want to read if I've heard really cool things about them, or if they have anything to do with a historical figure that I'm really interested in. When I was younger, they had these diaries of a Civil War soldier or a Revolutionary War daughter of a solider. They had all these kinds of historical books, and I would really get into those because I've always loved the idea of going back in time and learning about what things were like hundreds of years ago.
Alexandra: What are some of the things you had to do when you were our age to become a successful artist?
Taylor: Ok, middle school is kinda tough sometimes. Getting through middle school and just realizing that everybody has kind of a crazy time in middle school and it's so hard to fit in and you're trying to figure out who you want to be friends with and just who to be, how to act. . . Middle school was one of the toughest times for me as far as fitting in. So if you're ever having any trouble with that, just know that pretty much everyone else is too. You can feel really alone when you don't know who your friends are and you don't know who to talk to or who to sit with at lunch. Nobody understands how dramatic and critical those decisions are, like who to sit with at lunch. That's a really stressful moment for me, like looking back at middle school. If you focus on learning as much as you can and finding that thing you love, that can be an escape from bad days. I would have really difficult days at school and I would wait all day long to go home and play my guitar and write lyrics in my journal. To me, that made it feel ok. So if you can find something that can help you to express yourself, middle school doesn't have to be as hard if you have something to look forward to after school. That's a great question. Ugh, it's so hard, you guys. Just hang in there.
Marnie: You once wrote a novel and also won a poetry contest. Can you tell us about that?
Taylor: I won a poetry contest for a poem called "Monster in My Closet." I was in fourth grade and I wrote this long, long, long poem like, "There's a monster in my closet and I don't know what to do. Have you ever seen him? Has he ever pounced on you?" It had, like, 12 stanzas. I put it into this national poetry contest and it won and they sent me this book in the mail, and I got to read all the other kids' poems. So that was really fun. Then a couple years later when I was about 12 or 13, my family spent the summer at the shore. I missed my friends back home so much that I would spend all my days locked in the den at a computer just writing a novel. I included all my friends from school as characters in the novel so I didn't miss them as much, and I would send them back chapters of it. It ended up being like 400-something pages long. Writing in every sense has always been an escape for me, not just in songs. If you can come up with a story and you have a way you want to tell it, sometimes that can absolutely brighten your world if you can just get it out and write it down. Thank you for your question.
Our next question is from a seventh grader in California who asks, "Taylor, how often do you read? My teacher thinks we should read every day."
Taylor: I think it is good to read every day. Definitely. Absolutely. Your teacher's right about that one. I try to read as much as I can, and I read different things. I try to read like an article, like an informative article, every day. I'm trying to stay up to date with like human rights issues and what's going on internationally and politics and just kind of our world issues because, you know, it's just important. I think at this stage in my life being 22, it's important to know what's going on in the world. But as far as being in school, I think that's the time you should be expanding your imagination, and if you want to go and escape to a different world or read a book about like history or read a book about science fiction and aliens, like do it. You know, wherever your mind takes you, I think it is important to read every day, and that doesn't mean you don't get to read what you love. You know, that's the cool thing about there being so many different kinds of books you can read. I love to read books like The Hunger Games [for ages 12 and up] and Harry Potter. You guys are fantastic.
Kel: Do you remember the first book you read that you could hardly wait to get back to, and when you finished, did it make you say, "Wow, that was awesome!"?
Taylor: Wow, that's a really, really good question. Oh my gosh. I think that there were a few books like that. There was a book called Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. And there was a book called To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee that really changed the way I looked at life. And after reading all the Hunger Games books, I was so sad they were over. I wanted to read them over and over again. So, a lot of books have a very addictive quality, and a lot of writers are really good at putting lines at the end of a chapter that make you want to read the next one. That's something I really admire about writers.
Q: Ms. Lasko's class in New Jersey wants to know, "Do you write only about your memories, or do you create ideas and stories from your imagination?"
Taylor: I draw inspiration from lots of different places. Sometimes, you know, one of my friends will be in a fight with her boyfriend and I'll write about what they're going through. Or I'll see a really cool scene in a movie and I'll think, "If I could write the soundtrack to that moment, what would it sound like?" and I'll just get an idea for it. And then there are, you know, a lot of cases where I'm writing songs about my own relationship issues.
Cody: What is your writing process like? How long does it take to write a song, and what comes first, the music or the words? And then when you put them together, do you ever change them?
Taylor: My writing process is different every time. That's why it's really fun to write songs because it's always unpredictable. You never know what's going to hit you first. And it's hard to explain how you get ideas. You know when you get a cool idea and you're like, "I have no idea where that came from." It's kind of like this like little cloud floats down in front of you and it's got like an idea on it. I like to think of those ideas as like the first piece to a puzzle. Maybe I'll get like one line and I don't know if that's going to be the first line of the song or the last line of the song or part of the chorus or maybe that's just a background vocal part. It's then my job to figure out what the other pieces to the puzzle are, where to put them and how to create a full song out of this tiny little idea. And I write songs at like four in the morning, or walking through an airport, I'll get an idea and I'll just like write lyrics on a paper towel. There is no telling when I'm going to write a song, and my friends are so used to me getting an idea. My biggest fear when I get an idea for a song is that I'm going to forget about it, so I have a way to record little voice memos on my phone. My friends are so used to us like being in the car and they're going on and on and on about their day, and they look over and I'm like recording into my phone, singing like [sings muffled into hand] and they're like, "You're writing a song again. You should just let me know when you're going to go do that and I'll stop talking. It's fine."
Q: You mentioned that you were a fan of The Hunger Games [for ages 12 and up] and you wrote a couple of songs for the movie. And we have a question from Jenna and Carly in Michigan. They wanted to know how the lyrics fit the mood of the books and the characters?
Taylor: I wrote two songs for The Hunger Games soundtrack and one of them is called "Eyes Open" and one of them is called "Safe and Sound." I wrote "Safe and Sound" with a duo called The Civil Wars. When we sat down to write, we were talking about how we wanted to write a song about the relationship between Katniss and Rue, and we wanted to also represent the relationship between Katniss and Prim. So it became sort of a lullaby and sort of this song of compassion and it says, like, "It's going to be all right. Just close your eyes. It'll be fine. We'll be safe and sound." The world that The Hunger Games takes place in is so catastrophic and filled with all this darkness. And so we wanted to write a song that was kind of reassuring that there's a possibility that some day it could be ok and they could rise from that darkness. It was really interesting to write from someone else's perspective who lives in such a different world than you do, and it really taught me a lot.
Evelyn: How many books have you read in your whole life?
Taylor: [Laughter] Umm, 4,522. No, I have no idea. You know, no matter what you're reading you're picking up some amount of knowledge and it's influencing you whether you know it or not. It's important that you read as many different kinds of books as you possibly can – the really small books that just, you know, you get to the end right away, and really, incredibly long books that sometimes it's really hard to get through, and fiction and real, true stories. If you continue to always read different kinds of books, you'll figure out what your favorites are, and that way you'll just learn more. But that was a really interesting question. I really do probably have to think about that for a long time and I will never figure out the actual answer. [Laughter] Hardest question of the day. I'm proud of you.
Samantha: How has your life changed in the last few years, and how does it feel to be the person you are?
Taylor: Samantha, you're so cute and I like you. My life has changed so much in the last six years because I put out my first album when I was 16, and once a lot of people knew about my music, you know, your life changes a lot. Like every time you leave the house you know that you're going to talk to a lot of strangers. You know? Like when you're growing up, what do your parents tell you? Don't talk to strangers. So it's sort of a mental reset because every time I leave the house I'm meeting these wonderful people who come up to me and say, you know, "I have this album," or, "I like this song," and, "Will you get a picture with me?" And that's a different way to live your life because you have to schedule out things. Going to the grocery store takes a little longer, but just because it takes a little longer and you're going to be talking to a few more people that day doesn't mean that you can't still live a normal life in a normal way. The whole fame thing is crazy, but it's also really fun. I feel like I'm relatively the same person that I would've been if this hadn't happened to me. My life is a lot different. I have a really, really abnormal life, but I feel like keeping my family really close to me has continued to make me stay who I would've been if I was, you know, in college right now or trying to find a job, wherever I would've ended up without music. I think it's important if you have a good influence in your life, whether it's a teacher or a parent or a friend who just has really great morals and really influences you in the right way, I think you should keep those people close to you. Thank you so much for your question.
Clarissa: What has been the most memorable moment in your life so far?
Taylor: I'll tell you a story about a song I wrote called "Mean." It's a song that I wrote about a critic. When you put out an album or you do a performance on TV, all these reviewers write what they thought about it. Sometimes they're really nice about it, and then other times they're not. And this one guy who wrote about me, he would say the most mean, cold-hearted things. And it wasn't constructive criticism. You know, when your teacher says, "You could do better on this. You could do better on that." It wasn't that at all. It was like absolutely this guy hated me. And I wrote this song called "Mean" about how that made me feel really helpless like there was nothing I could do or say to make him stop picking on me. When I put that song out, it became sort of an anti-bullying anthem, and I had all these fans coming up to me and saying, "That song really helped me with this group of people that was picking on me at school." And that really touched me. It really made me feel so unbelievably proud that it turned into that when it went out into the world. We actually ended up winning two Grammys for that song. So I think that's my most memorable moment of my entire life. Thank you for your question. You're absolutely adorable. And you're so friendly.


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Steve Madden Palet Gladiator Sandal
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Flat in height but high in style, the Steve Madden Palet is a trendy chic gladiator perfect for your warm weather wardobe.
- Woven leather upper
- Adjustable ankle strap closure
- Synthetic sole
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November 05, 2013
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September 30, 2013
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