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Posted on 09/27/2007 2:14:25 PM PDT by SmithL
Bakersfield, Calif. (AP) --
A bid to make English the official language of this San Joaquin Valley city failed after much debate.
The city council also shot down on Wednesday another proposal that would have made clear that Bakersfield is not a sanctuary for illegal immigrants, but it approved a resolution calling on the federal government to enact immigration reform.
After the meeting, opponents of the English-only and the sanctuary resolutions praised the council for making the "morally correct" decision.
. . . Famed labor leader Dolores Huerta, who spoke to city council members, called the defeated resolutions "hateful" and "divisive."
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Una oferta para hacer inglés que la lengua oficial de esta ciudad del valle de San Joaquín falló después de mucho discusión.
El consejo de ciudad también tirado abajo el miércoles que otra oferta que habría hecho claramente esa Bakersfield es un no santuario para los inmigrantes ilegales, sino él aprobó una resolución invitando el gobierno federal para decretar reforma de la inmigración.
Después de la reunión, los opositores del inglés solamente y las resoluciones del santuario elogiaron a consejo para hacer corrigen moral la decisión.
. Líder de trabajo famoso Dolores Huerta, que habló a los miembros de consejo de ciudad, llamado las resoluciones derrotadas odiosas y divisivas.
I think it is hateful when illegals help themselves to my tax dollars.
Ya and it is the morally wrong thing for MS. Huerta to
support law breakers.
Funny Nigeria has english as offical language of business and government even though they have numerous native languages. Having an offical language has helped move them toward unity and progress.
Ah yes, the lovely Delores!
I live in Bakersfield. I tried watching the City Council meeting last night but couldn't hold back my gag reflex.
Bakersfield is gone and is close to becoming unlivable.
Noone cares.
what do you mean by "gone..."
Can you add some description to that?
I know what's happened to the San Fernando valley where my folks still live in the house I grew up in, but a description of Bakersfield before and after helps.
A few months ago, my childhood friend's mother (my friend is long gone of course; haven't seen him in 15 yars) sold her house to move to a retirement community. It was a nice corner house I'd spend countless hours in during the late 1970s. Nicely trimmed, and watered yard. Painted. Clean. Leave it to Beaver etc.
Of course, a Hispanic family bought it—or several families.
Immediately, for some reason, they just began digging up the yard and planting trees and bushes like every 5 feet; randomly and ceased taking care of the grass—just random bushes of various kinds all over the yard. They moved a bench out to the front porch and several of them sit out and stare at the street at night...I guess they don't have a television, and I doubt they can read.
And several piece of sh!t cars now litter the street (+ a couple in the driveway)...
It's being converted from a home into a Mexican Barrio city-farm.
At this point, what can you do but laugh. Looks like complete sh!t though. I mean...it looks like SH!T.
The illegals have taken over Bakersfield and are procreating at an exponential rate.
The situation you described is everywhere here. New, nice neighborhoods only stay that way for about 5 years.
There is absolutely nowhere in town that is 'safe'. We have had home invasion robberies in upscale neighborhoods.
We have a larger than 5 sq mile radius that looks just like Mexico.
The hispanics have moved into all the lower economic sections of town, including what used to be the black neighborhoods. They have run the blacks into other areas.
Our surrounding small towns are all 97% hispanic now.
We have gang wars on our streets.
Everyone we talk to is looking at going somewhere else.
Specific enough for you?
Spoken like a good Marxist.
Like where? Where can we go anymore? I live in the Valley, the same area the other Freeper was talking about. The same things are happening here as where you are. Where can any of us go where it's still nice and the invasion isn't happening, and it isn't likely to happen in the future? (Other than expensive, gated communities?) I wish someone would tell me.
The "Death of the West" as Patrick Buchannan wrote about is proceeding rather quickly!
When you die you're going straight to heaven because you've already served your hitch in hell. BAKERSFIELD!
Where's the fence?
In order for an issue about a language to be "divisive" there has to be a second language in question to divide the existing speaking pool. Lacking the influx of illegals, there wouldn't be said second language. It is therefore the Spanish language preference of Ms. Huerta and her ilk that is divisive.
Glad to clear it up.
West Virginia, northern Wisconsin, North Dakota, etc.
I would be laughing at your exchange if I weren't fuming because I've come to hate the spanish language.
Yep...I definitely get it now, thanks. Wow...sounds like a nightmare, but I know how it is.
But as Navarrette says, they aren't going anywhere. Everyone needs to be reminded that they aren't going anywhere. We need to get it into our heads that they aren't going anywhere. And in time, people may find themselves with the understanding that no one is going to fix this problem for us until we begin to revolt against it.
"And in time, people may find themselves with the understanding that no one is going to fix this problem for us until we begin to revolt against it."
We need to defend our country in anyway we can.
We can no longer depend on our "leaders" to do it for us.
For some reason the words of Thomas Paine — "these are the times that try mens souls" — come to mind.
The hispanic gangbangers are so thick in an old neighborhood in the town where I grew up that no one goes there anymore, especially at night. This was a neighborhood of legal immigrants from Italy and Yugoslavia, and most have been scared out of their lifetime homes.
The leaders of this country have done everything they can to start a race war in America, and they will probably succeed. Martial law, here we come!
"The leaders of this country have done everything they can to start a race war in America, and they will probably succeed. Martial law, here we come!"
I think you are right.
However, we should not allow these "leaders" (traitors) to manipulate us into race wars, thereby allowing them to justify Martial law.
We need to do what we can to save the country — while avoiding the aforementioned trap.
Let them reap what they sowed.
Wanting any other language other than English in the USA ...now THATS hateful!
Chilling! When I think of Bakersfield I think of Buck Owens.
English did the same for India as well.
All of the discussion about and the founding documents of this nation are in English, and the concepts thereof may not survive translation. But then that is the aim of those who would keep these people doing jobs 'Americans would not do'.
It is as much a disservice to not teach the (legal) immigrants English as it is to teach 'Ebonics', neither of which will get them a decent job.
The illegals should be sent home.
Oh, they're coming, but English is the official language in the State of North Dakota.
Me, too. Fifty years ago, the only other language than English considered would have been 'Okie'... (8^D)
Out in the fields Okies used to what the Mexicans are doing now. FWIW I am not a country music fan but I like Buck Owens, Dwight Yokum affectionately "stole" from him. Buck is Bakersfield is indelibly etched in my mind
I used to watch Buck on TV (and the Buckaroos) as a youngster. I still like that kind of music. I have worked with a crowd of Okies in the oil patch, good folks, all.
We should have froze that moment in time. USA hasn't gotten any better since then and Bakersfield is much much worse
Okay got a story that happened just last night.
Lamont is one of our small perimeter towns that is 07% hispanic. A friend of ours, a legal immigrant, owns a restaurant out there that we go to to eat all the time.
Yesterday we had reservations for the extended family and us at 6 pm.
Our daughter, and her 2 kids were stopped by a CHP on the corner of Panama and Fairfax which is about 1/2 mile outside of town. He wanted to know where she was going. She told him to dinner and he asked why. She told him to the name of the restaurant and he asked why. She talked to him a few minutes and then drove on to the restaurant and told us about it.
About halfway thru dinner the CHP showed up at the restaurant and it was someone hubby knew so we talked to him.
He said he saw a pretty blonde in a brand new car headed into town and wanted to make sure she wasn't lost and was safe.
Even the cop knew that she shouldn't be there, especially after dark.
And everyone who is looking to go elsewhere are still voting democrat?
Dumb response.
Kern County is one of the most conservative places left in California.
"Like where? Where can we go anymore? I live in the Valley, the same area the other Freeper was talking about. The same things are happening here as where you are. Where can any of us go where it's still nice and the invasion isn't happening, and it isn't likely to happen in the future? (Other than expensive, gated communities?) I wish someone would tell me."
Simple. Leave California to rot. Move to another state where elected officials actually insist on enforcing the law. An article came out today in USA Today, clearly showing that in these states, illegals are packing up and moving, either to sanctuary states, or back to Mexico.
You should go to a place where the law is actually enforced. If Californians started leaving the state in a greater exodus over this issue, there'd be some changes there.
Memo to "miz" Dolores Huerta: Press 1 for GTHO if you don't like the USA!
The Fence grows so slowwwwwwww
>>It is therefore the Spanish language preference of Ms. Huerta and her ilk that is divisive.<<
Presumably, Ms. Huerta would likewise call a traffic ordinance requiring that motorists all drive on the right side of the street "divisive."
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I am mum to a wonderful 18mth old son. I am a teacher and am about to return to work after my summer off. Last year we were fortunate enough to have my DS taken care of 4 mornings a week by his grandparents, and he went to a home daycare 1 morning a week (I work part-time). This year he will be attending a Montessori school 3 mornings a week, and I am terrified about how he will adjust to this (the other 2 mornings he will be at home with grandma). We have visited the school a few times, and he has seen the classroom and met the teacher. However, because it is summer holidays there as well, the class was empty and we have been unable to make a gradual adjustment to the setting for him as I was last year with the home daycare. We are going to a "meet the teacher" day for about an hour, but I will be there with him. I feel awful that I won't be able to gradually introduce him to the setting, especially because he doesn't adjust well to new settings and new people. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this type of situation, and if so, if anyone has any tips on how to make the adjustment easier for him; I have been telling him that mummy will be going to work soon, and that he will be going to play school and I will get him after lunch. His reply to this is typically "no no no." I am scared that the lack of gradual adjustment will be really disruptive to him, and am so concerned that this will adversely affect his acceptance of the school. Any suggestions are so appreciated. Thanks!
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would his grandmother be willing to offer a bit more help for the first week or two? could she take him for increasing increments of time as he adjusts? then she could revert to your original plan of 2 days/week.
Have you talked to the teachers there about your concerns? I've found that most daycare/preschool teachers have dealt with this before, and may have suggestions for helping your son. Also, it will be good to get a feel for how seriously they take your concerns about this adjustment for him. For one of my daughters, we had an at-home daycare provider who worked with her/us extensively on making drop-off time easier for her over a few month period. Her daycare provider suggested lots of different things to try, and we eventually found that her meeting my DD at the door with bubbles (her favorite) and me not even coming in with her worked the best. I felt so much better just knowing that her adjustment was being taken seriously, and then of course that we came up with a solution that worked.


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Read past the jump for more analysis.
David Honzik was selected very probably on the strength of his raw tools - Honzik is enormous, and exceedingly athletic - in addition to his lights out performance over a small sample of games in the 2011 QMJHL postseason. From the 2011 Young Stars tournament in Penticton through to the past two seasons in the Q, Honzik has struggled enormously since.
Everyone wants to hop on the "criticize Canucks scouting and drafting" bandwagon of late, and Honzik would appear to be ground zero for such complaints (seeing as how he was the team's second pick after Nicklas Jensen in 2011). The Honzik pick was a bust, there's no doubt about that, but four players selected ahead of Honzik will also be re-entering the 2013 draft, and two of those players are also goaltenders. Whiffs happen, especially when you're evaluating 17 or 18 year old netminders...
As for Pathrik Westerholm, the undersized forward was drafted on the strength of a strong season in the Allsvenkan in 2010-11. He's a skilled player and a Swede with a twin brother, so it would appear the Canucks went for upside late in the draft. Westerholm's Allsvenkan scoring rate has atrophied mightily since his draft year and it would've been a surprise if the team had extended him an entry-level deal.
The Canucks selected eight players at the 2011 entry draft and have signed five of those players to entry-level contracts, including NIcklas Jensen and Frank Corrado who have already made their National Hockey League debuts. A sixth player, Wisconsin Badgers forward Joseph LaBate, has gone the NCAA route so the Canucks have a couple more years to make a decision before tendering him an an entry-level deal.
@NM00 Grenier, Jensen, LaBate were all upside picks, I'd argue.
I respectfully disagree.
When I speak of upside & high ceiling, I'm talking about a guy who has "core" player potential on a contending team. Which the Canucks are for at least another year, in my opinion.
Of course, there is subjectivity in how you and I may differ in our definition of "core"
In my opinion, the core Canuck players are the Sedins, Kesler, Hamhuis, Bieksa, Edler, Garrison & Schneider/Luongo. I consider both goalies to be core players, but of course there is only one net.
As good as he is, I don't consider Burrows to be a core player. In my mind, it takes a lot for a winger to be a core player and Burrows misses the mark.
Grabner and the 40 goal ceiling people spoke of when he was a "boom or bust" prospect also does not qualify. But the core player ceiling was there and even if he never hits it, he is still a useful player.
Bringing it back to the three prospects you mentioned, two are wingers. The chances of a winger meeting my definition of a core player is remote.
The best of the 3 at the moment is Jensen. While he is considered a good prospect, what exactly is the upside? How much better than a Raymond/Hansen/Higgins are people projecting him to be?
Tell me if you disagree, but it seems the industry opinion on Jensen is a 2nd/3rd line winger who can play on both sides of the puck. A nice (but replacable) player.
Could he be better? Sure. But so could all the other 2nd/3rd line winger prospects in the minors.
And he is probably the Canucks' top prospect.
To be clear, I don't expect Gillis to necessarily find the Sedins when he consistently picks in the 20's with his 1st rounder (aside from Hodgson).
But where is the Edler, Schneider, Bourdon amongst his prospects? The closest was Hodgson and he gave him up for far too little.
As I will continue to say until Gillis starts making better moves or is fired, the organization is worse at every position (F, D, G) at the major and minor league level than it was when Gillis was hired. If there is an argument against that, I'd love to hear it.
These two guys may not have worked out, but 2011 is a terrible draft if you want to criticize Canucks scouting. Jensen and Corrado look to be strong picks. Blomstrand and Tomernas are two Swedish players tracking very well, too. McEneny was signed as a ufa, too.
I watched Blomstrand in his AHL debut in the Wolves. I love his attributes - size and speed - and think he'll be a useful player in the vein of Higgins or Hansen.
I dunno, I think this is you to be the draft year that defines Mike Gillis regime, much like 2004 did Nonis.
If 2011 is Gillis' best draft (and so far you may be right), it's not even in the ballpark of Nonis' 2004 draft.
The upside is far, far too limited with Gillis' picks. Heck, put all 5 drafts together and there isn't a single player with the upside of Edler, Schneider or Bourdon (RIP).
I guess it can be argued that Hodgson had comparable upside to Bourdon; but considering Hodgson's defensive limitations it's a bit of a stretch.
It's the JP Ricciardi 'Moneyball' philosophy. Low-medium ceiling guys. Many of whom will fail in similar fashion to their high ceiling counterparts.
@NM00 Grenier, Jensen, LaBate were all upside picks, I'd argue.
also, more telling, id say all of beattie, myron and hutton were upside picks not to mention tommernes and mcnally - mcnally in particular
in fact, i think a higher percentage of his picks every year have been towards skill, scoring and upside over steady play. he seems to be trying to get his grinders in college fas/undrafted jr players
Skill does not necessarily equal upside.
Mason Raymond is very skilled. Jordan Schroeder is very skilled. Neither is likely to ever be an impact core player.
Lack or Cannata could be his Schneider (Schneider was the product of almost a decade of development, soil...). Corrado could be his Edler.
Nonis aside from the one year, gets too much credit. he has been a mediocre drafter. The majority of his 1st round picks gave been downright foolish.
Lack or Cannata could be his Schneider (Schneider was the product of almost a decade of development, soil...). Corrado could be his Edler.
Nonis aside from the one year, gets too much credit. he has been a mediocre drafter. The majority of his 1st round picks gave been downright foolish.
Actually, the general consensus upside for Jensen is that he could be a legitimate top six forward, maybe even a top line winger. That's certainly beyond what players like Raymond, Higgins and Hansen currently offer. Those are tweeners. They can fill the 3rd/2nd line, but aren't really counted as legitimate top sixers. Jensen could become that legitimate dynamic top six forward, and I'd say that's a pretty high upside.
It's hard enough trying to "guess" which kids in the draft, in general, will ever play in the NHL. It's just as difficult (especially without a top 5 pick!) to predict which of your developing prospects will actually evolve into the core players of your team. The Sedins are justifiably considered part of the core, for obvious reasons. But I remember when they were in their early 20's that a lot of fans/pundits only thought they would top out as 3rd line players!
I don't know where Jensen or Corrado end up as roster players. They may develop up to their projected ceiling. They may not. Or they may exceed their projection. At this of their "careers", who knows for sure? There are way too many examples of NHL stars who developed much further than how they were expected/projected to.
So, if you went back to 2006-7, you may not have assessed the current core in quite the same way!
Lack or Cannata could be his Schneider (Schneider was the product of almost a decade of development, soil...). Corrado could be his Edler.
Nonis aside from the one year, gets too much credit. he has been a mediocre drafter. The majority of his 1st round picks gave been downright foolish.
Nobody outside of Vancouver considers Lack to be an elite goalie prospect.
Nobody outside of Vancouver considers Corrado to be an elite defenseman prospect.
Both Schneider and Edler were top 50 prospects (as were Bourdon & Hodgson) BEFORE becoming impact NHLers.
Being well thought of by the industry as a prospect is very important. All of the Canucks' top prospects project as good-but-not-great contributors.
Do you have a source for this?
If I remember correctly, and please correct me if I'm wrong, the Canucks did not have a single top 50 prospect according to Hockey's Future or The Hockey News and their only top 100 prospect on Hockey Prospectus was Jensen who was in the 80's.
That's an old scouting report on Raymond. I certainly don't see much of a difference between the two. And Raymond is a "successful" prospect in that he's more or less met expectations and has been solid value from a late 2nd rounder.
Not only do the Canucks have a weak farm system, Gillis' "graduates" (Hodgson/Kassian, Schroeder, Tanev) don't look like anything more than secondary contributors.
Not a single prospect graduate/prospect looks like a future core player. Which is pretty bad after 5 drafts and 3 drafts that are old enough to evaluate fairly well.
Yes, of course this is true.
But I'm not grilling Gillis' draft selections only because they have provided little to no value to Vancouver.
1) He has traded a lot of draft picks for underwhelming returns (Bernier, Alberts, Ballard, Kassian & Roy).
2) Not a single prospect (aside from Hodgson) has had impact potential. And that's because...
3) Gillis' draft philosophy is backwards. He wants to get "something" out of the draft picks as opposed to gambling on potential stars.
And the results have been poor.
Developing top prospects is also important because prospects can be used in trade. The only "core" player Gillis has acquired is Ehrhoff. It was a great trade that had more to do with timing than anything else.
He doesn't have the pieces that other teams covet and, hence, he can't supplement the NHL roster with impact players via the trade market.
Other than holdovers from the Nonis regime (Edler, Schneider).
The Goalie guild have Eddie Lack at nr 4 in their latest top 100 goalie prospect ranking. http://www.thegoalieguild.com/top100prospects/
And several people in the biz outside Vancouver (like McKenzie) thought Corrado should have been on the world junior squad.
Of course that doesn't by itself prove that they are elite prospects. But saying that NOBODY outside Vanouver thinks they're elite prospects is simply not true.
@NM Lack is really good http://canucksarmy.com/2012/7/16/eddie-lack
Correct me if I'm wrong on any of these points as you are far more knowledgable on this kind of thing than I am.
-500ish shots is a pretty meaningless sample that likely has no predictive value.
-For baseball, these "minor league equivalencies" aren't really useful. AAAA players outperform legitimate prospects all the time so it doesn't tell one anything of use.
-Is there any statistical model (that has proven predictive value) that can use AHL save percentage numbers to predict the NHL save percentage equivalent?
Generally speaking, and this goes for baseball as well, I'm far more interested in what scouts say about prospects than the statistical community. For hockey I'd say that is even more true.
Is the Goalie Guild as reputable as HF, THN or HP? I'm genuinely asking as I have no idea.
And what does being 4th on this list mean? I'd much prefer to see a scouting report (or preferably multiple reports) that says Lack has the potential to be an above average NHL starter. That would be an impactful player.
As for Corrado, his value is clearly much, much higher than when he was drafted. Which is good. But being a borderline Team Canada player does not necessarily mean he has impact potential.
Go through the history of Team Canada players. Many do not become impact NHLers. And Corrado being a borderline candidate in his last eligible year is a lot different than being cut at 16 or 17.
Finally, Jensen has pretty much "caught up" to all of the Canuck winger prospects.
Corrado has surpassed all of the Canucks defense prospects and allowed Gillis to foolishly trade Connauton and a 2nd rounder for a rental.
That in itself is quite telling about how terrible the first 3 drafts are, in large part because many picks were wasted on poor trades.
June 02 2013, 03:04PM
The Goalie Guild is much better than HF. Justin Goldman has been offered jobs from professional teams and is writing for MacLeans right now. He is very very good at what he does, and I advise you to look at one of his scouting repots, and to generally explore his site. As the number four propect, he is basically an elite prospect.
Being a borderline team canada player usually means you have impact player potential. Mean, big slapshot, smart, cool and collected. Could definitely end up being a core player.
The fact that we can trade for a rental actually means we drafted well enough to afford that.
NM00, referencing Hockey Future / HF Boards hurts your position. I'd recommend referring to something better, such as Hockey Prospectus. It's better sourced, tends to see past draft pedigree and is less prone to hyperbole.
NM00, referencing Hockey Future / HF Boards hurts your position. I'd recommend referring to something better, such as Hockey Prospectus. It's better sourced, tends to see past draft pedigree and is less prone to hyperbole.
I'm not referencing HF Boards. At all.
I'm referencing HF prospect rankings along with THN & HP. I'm quite sure they all rank the farm system low.
If there is evidence that one of these is better than the others at ranking prospects, please share.
The Goalie Guild is much better than HF. Justin Goldman has been offered jobs from professional teams and is writing for MacLeans right now. He is very very good at what he does, and I advise you to look at one of his scouting repots, and to generally explore his site. As the number four propect, he is basically an elite prospect.
Being a borderline team canada player usually means you have impact player potential. Mean, big slapshot, smart, cool and collected. Could definitely end up being a core player.
The fact that we can trade for a rental actually means we drafted well enough to afford that.
I know nothing about GG. But I've never heard of Eddie Lack referred to as an "elite" goalie prospect. I assume if he was he'd have been a top 50 or 100 prospect last season.
The very fact that he wasn't a top prospect last season (after two great AHL years), but somehow is an "elite" goalie prospect now after a poor/injury prone season makes me question the ideology. And the baseline for "elite" prospect status.
What makes Justin Goldman very, very good at what he does?
First off, Corrado didn't make Team Canada. Even if he was a bad choice to cut, I assume that means, at best, he was borderline. And this was his last eligible year.
And, again, making Team Canada doesn't mean he is going to be an impact NHLer.
"The fact that we can trade for a rental actually means we drafted well enough to afford that."
This is just a complete non-sequitar. Gillis offering a 1st for Clarkson and a 2nd + Connauton are job saving moves.
With all due respect to my fellow Canuck fans, this all sounds like a bunch of apologizing for Gillis' mistakes. His draft picks have yet to be considered top 50 prospects (aside from Hodgson) and they have provided very, very little value to the Canucks.
I repeat, at every position at the major and minor league level the Canucks are worse than when Gillis was hired.
Comparing Lack to Schneider and Tanev/Corrado to Edler/Bourdon are massive, massive leaps.
Well, NMOO, I'm no Gillis apologist. At the same time, when I look at Nonis' record on drafting and useless deadline give-aways of draft picks, I don't see much difference. I will say, though, that when Gillis took over, he inherited the whole organization from Nonis. He brought in Gilman, but then took his time making other changes. I think Gillis is a very cautious guy, and even more so at the beginning when he had zero experience at the helm.
Given his need to learn on the job (and that certainly is not his fault!), he did no rush into making radical changes. He took his time, learning just what he had - both organizationally and on the ice. He, then, started to make changes. So, over 5 years he has added substantially to the scouting team (badly needed), and shifted people around in the management team and scouting group. He was still doing that last summer! So, largely because he did not fire any of Nonis' scouts, initially, for the first couple of drafts, the picks weren't much different from Nonis & Co.
As I said, Gillis is a very methodical guy. I think the changes he has made, especially in the scouting, but also in player development, will reap rewards for the organization in the future.
Really, though, the fault for making those deadline deals (for Burke, Nonis and Gillis!) reats with the Vancouver market. The market dictates that this team has to make the playoffs, or, at least, make every effort (hello deadline deals!). Otherwise, the GM's job is at risk. Add up all those (mostly) useless deadline deals over the past 10 years and just see how many high draft picks were flushed away. There goes your depth!
"At the same time, when I look at Nonis' record on drafting and useless deadline give-aways of draft picks, I don't see much difference"
Edler, Schneider, Bourdon (RIP), Grabner, Raymond & Hansen in 4 drafts. Considering where he was drafting, that is more than what can be expected.
The chances of Gillis first 4 drafts providing that kind of value are beyond a longshot.
The first 3 drafts are pretty much dependent on Kassian & Schroeder thanks to the picks wasted on 3 poor trades (Bernier, Alberts & Ballard).
The only "rental" trade was Roy. And Clarkson if Gillis had it his way.
In 5 years, there has been one impactful good move (trading for Ehrhoff) aside from signing two local defenseman who wanted to play in BC.
In no way does that one move make up for giving away numerous draft picks, drafting poorly in general & giving away Grabner, Hodgson and, in all likelihood, Luongo.
Gillis' moves are the reason the organizational depth chart is far weaker today than it was 5 years ago.
"Edler, Schneider, Bourdon (RIP), Grabner, Raymond & Hansen in 4 drafts. Considering where he was drafting, that is more than what can be expected.
The chances of Gillis first 4 drafts providing that kind of value are beyond a longshot."
Most of the scouting for the 2004 draft was done under Brian Burke, I'm not sure how much credit Nonis deserves for that draft. The responsibility for setting the direction of the scouting department for the year would have been the GM's; in this case, Burke's.
Nonis got to walk up on stage and call names, but I don't know if he really influenced the draft much. He certainly didn't have much influence on who to pick with the 287th pick of the draft, at that point he was just deferring to the scouting department.
The 2005 draft was deeper than most drafts - it would've been pretty difficult not to get a player with decent upside with a top-ten pick.
The 2006 and 2007 drafts under Nonis are decidedly unimpressive.
This is not exactly an above average draft history.
From my first point, yes I do believe that Nonis deserves most of the credit/blame for the 2008 draft and Gillis less so (although, Gillis gets full credit for anything good/bad that comes out of that Hodgson trade).
@Austin Wallace
Goaltending prospect projections are witchcraft at best, proven fact. so you really shouldn't call him an elite prospect at all.
and you have to be joking me that you think the canucks prospect cupboard was deep enough to trade your top 5 prospect.
So 1 'potential' good draft year makes up for 4 other busts? No thanks. New scouts please. Poach from LA, Dallas, Det and Boston if necessary.
First off, Nonis worked with Burke.
Nonis was the GM during the 2004 draft. Nonis was the GM who traded up so the Canucks could draft Edler instead of the Red Wings.
Second, Nonis gets ZERO credit/blame for the 2008 draft.
The organizational draft philosophy under Nonis & Gillis are completely different. And that is where the problem lies.
Nonis was often criticized for going "off the board" with his selections. But that philosophy is what led to a number of high ceiling players being brought into the system. Two of them (Schneider & Edler) have become impact players. One of them (Grabner) has become a solid NHL player. One of them (Bourdon) tragically passed away.
And, yes, there were outright busts like Patrick White. But so what? Busts are okay when there are as many hits as Nonis had.
Gillis, on the other hand, is risk averse with his draft picks. After selecting Hodgson, for example, Gillis spoke of "trying to hit a double instead of a homerun". Gills would rather get a bunch of useful players than a few impact players with his draft picks.
Which is completely backwards. As is his focus on older/college prospects. As is his refusal to take defenseman in the 1st round. As is his refusal to take WHL players in general.
Considering how large the Canucks' scouting staff is, I doubt they are the problem.
The problem is Gillis' 'Moneyball' approach to drafting.
It was fairly widely reported at the time that when Gillis was put into the chair in 2008, the only real input he had on the ensuing draft was for the 1st round pick, when he pushed for Hodgson. The rest of the picks that year were from Nonis' scouting crew. I think it's only fair that we give the same benefit of the doubt to Nonis for the 2004 draft.
So, let's look at their comparative records, shall we? Starting in 2004, the 1st round pick for Nonis was Schneider. Definitely a core player. The other picks in later rounds should be credited with Burke - Edler and Hansen. In 2005, Nonis picked Bourdon (10th overall), and also Raymond. Good picks, but probably not core, though hard to judge Bourdon (let's be generous and say Bourdon would have been a core guy). In 2006, at 14th overall, they pick Grabner. Not bad, but definitely not core. In 2007, they Nonis lays a big donut! Absolutely nothing out of that draft! In 2008, as mentioned above, we credit Nonis with picks after the 1st - that means, Sauve. Not a core guy.
During those years Nonis lost one 2nd pick, three 3rd's, three 4th's, and one 5th round picks.
So, let's turn to Gillis. We'll apply the same "rules", i.e. Gillis gets credit for 1st round pick in 2008, the rest should be seen as Nonis'. In 2008, he picks Hodgson at 10th overall. Probably should be counted as a "core" guy (though not in Vancouver!). In 2009, his picks (worth looking at) are Schroeder, Connaughton, Price, Andersson, and Canatta. Really too early to tell for all of them, but Schroeder has a chance to be a roster player. I would guess that all of the others have good chances too. What one usually calls good prospects! In 2010, with the first pick in round 4, he chooses McNally. Again, too early, but another good prospect. In 2011, He chooses Jensen, LaBate, Blomdstrand, Corrado, Grenier, and Tommernes. I think the only question mark in this lot is Grenier. The rest are good prospects, with a couple looking very promising. In 2012, the picks are still way too young, or in college, to have any real sense of their development. Though everyone is pointing out Gaunce as very promising.
During those years, Gillis gave away one 1st, two 2nd's, two 3rd's, and one 4th round picks. About the same level of blunders as Nonis, but when you look at that 1st, it probably gives the overall blunder trophy to Gillis.
I think the drafting under Nonis was largely a disaster. Despite what some people say, he did not fill the prospect cupboard. He basically continued in the same vein as Burke. I think his regime's legacy will rest on two actions - the trade for Luongo and the hiring of AV as coach.
As far as Gillis is concerned, the jury is still out!
There are so many holes here.
Not giving Nonis credit for Edler? Nonis was the GM who traded up so the Canucks could get Edler before he got to Detroit. Not giving him credit is ridiculous.
As for "giving away" draft picks, the key is the 1st, 2nd and, to some degree, 3rd round picks.
Gillis has traded high picks for poor returns.
"I think the drafting under Nonis was largely a disaster"
Again. Gillis has had an extra draft and his picks don't even compare to Nonis'. That's why the Canucks depth has eroded.
It isn't the scouts. It's the difference in organizational philosophy (which is on the GM).
If you think Nonis' drafting was a disaster, you're going to be upset with 90% of GM's (including Gillis). The majority of teams picking where the Canucks did under Nonis do not turn out anywhere near that kind of quality.
But, yeah, let's all believe what Gillis is selling. His draft picks have provided very little value to the Canucks (including the picks he has traded).
As far as I'm concerned, you can judge Mike Gillis' record on its own merits and, if you want to criticize what he has done so far, there probably won't be much that I would disagree with but I do respectfully disagree with you about Nonis' record.
Besides Grabner, the 2006 and 2007 drafts were awful. I don't know how you look at Taylor Ellington, Patrick White, Daniel Rahimi as early draft picks and say that Nonis' record was anywhere near good enough.
In 2005, with Bourdon, Kopitar and Staal available at pick #10, any GM in the league would've made a good pick there.
In 2004, Nonis was GM for what, about three months? And you want to give him full credit for a draft process that had been going on for months before that? For all we know, Schneider and Edler were high on Burke's list before they were on Nonis'.
Gillis' record aside, I think you are way off on Nonis' record.
You do realize Nonis worked with Burke, right? You seem to act as though he had nothing to do with "Burke's process".
I don't care about a single pick. I care about the body of work.
On the whole, the Canucks did very well from 2004 - 2007 relative to their draft positions. This was in large part to Nonis' high risk/high reward philosophy.
On the whole, the Canucks have done poorly under Gillis. Specifically the 3 drafts that are old enough to evaluate.
A large part of that is poor trades.
A large part is Gillis' backwards philosophy.
Why you choose to focus on a single pick or the last two drafts of Nonis is beyond me.
You seem unable to discus Nonis' record on its own merits. Your tendency to revert back to bashing Gillis during your rebuttals shows that your position isn't very strong.
"You do realize Nonis worked with Burke, right? You seem to act as though he had nothing to do with "Burke's process"."
This is exactly my point. There should be shared credit for the 2004 draft. You are trying to give Nonis all the credit when the scouting department worked under GM Brian Burke for the entire hockey season.
"On the whole, the Canucks did very well from 2004 - 2007 relative to their draft positions. This was in large part to Nonis' high risk/high reward philosophy."
One of the key pieces to your argument, Luc Bourdon, was not a high risk/reward draft pick.
Are you kidding? Luc Bourdon absolutely was a high risk/high reward selection.
That's just the first scouting report I found by Googling.
IIRC, Bourdon was not projected to go in the top 10. He was risky just like Grabner, White & Schneider (the 4th goalie taken in the 1st round that year).
"There should be shared credit for the 2004 draft."
You have already conceded that Schneider (like all 1st rounders) is on the GM. Which is a good thing.
Considering Nonis had to trade up to secure Edler, of course he deserves a ton of credit. As does Gradin.
If you want to say Hansen was a fluke, sure, that's fair enough. But Bieksa and Corrado fit in that boat as well.
And, again, the focus on a single pick or single year is meaningless.
"And, again, the focus on a single pick or single year is meaningless."
You've said this twice now but I'm not sure what exactly you mean by it. I thought I had covered all four drafts: 2004 - I don't believe Nonis deserves all the credit; 2005 - was a deeper draft year than usual and most GMs should have got something out of that draft; and the 2006, 2007 drafts were horrible (with the exception of Grabner). Which picks deserve more attention? Butcher? Charles-Antoine Messier? Kablukov? Ellington? White? I've already admitted that Grabner and Bourdon were good picks (and I could obviously also include Raymond).
Nonis wasn't terrible at the draft but he wasn't better than average either.
On Bourdon:
NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings:
Bourdon appears to have been drafted right where he should have been. In a weaker draft year he would've gone even higher.
The European scouts deserve the credit for Hansen (I didn't say he was a fluke).


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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Neil Beehrle and his Allentown Housing Association and Development Corporation work crew did not plan on discovering history when they went to work on a recent morning.
But that is exactly what this 21-year-old employee of the affordable housing non-profit did recently at 427 N. 6th Street, in the Old Fairgrounds Neighborhood, a property HADC is currently renovating.
The history was in a basement, deep below street level. Beehrle and his fellow crew members broke through a stone wall and found another brick wall behind it that opened into a domed chamber.
At first it just seemed piled with sandy soil. Later as he and his fellow crew members began to dig they pulled out old bottles covered with dust- some still full of a murky, brown-black liquid. One empty was from the long defunct Kostenbader Brewery in Catasauqua. Another bore an antique label for a type of wood alcohol.
The others, more opaque than clear, lacked all trace of a label telling what they might have contained. They rested amidst the remains of old china plates and various pieces of ironwork, one whose use mystified the workers. "Do you think there is buried treasure here somewhere?" asked one crew member, kidding Beehrle.
Although chances of their duplicating the plot of a Hardy Boys mystery are less than slim, the HADC workers have indeed found treasure, even if it is not the kind of "riches and glory" promised by Indiana Jones. These relics of Allentown's past offer a chance to step back in time and touch the past. And short of finding a time portal a la Stephen King or inventing H.G. Wells' Time Machine, it is as close as it is possible to get to doing that.
All cities have an urban ecology. Each has something in common and each has something unique. At 251 years old, Allentown has gone through many phases.
The Old Fairgrounds Neighborhood takes its name from the Allentown Fair which was held there from the late 1850s to the late 1880s. Fair Street, a narrow lane nearby, is said to take its slightly slanted right of way from the path that ran beside that early Allentown Fair's horse race track off of Liberty St.
Although Old Fairgrounds is on land that was a part of the original plan of the city drawn up by William Allen in 1762, it was on its far northern edge. So it was not until the 1840s and 50s, with the arrival of the iron industry and the fair, that its urbanization began.
The 1862 street map of Allentown shows a scattered house or two north of Gordon St. at 6th. It is impossible to say for sure if one of them is 427 N. 6th (Allentown had no street numbering system at that time and the city directory merely notes the homes there as at "6th n (near) Gordon St.").
But the 1860 city directory, Allentown's first, lists a Henry Storch, a stone mason on that block. And an 1870 map of the city, done after street addresses had been adopted, lists Storch as the owner of 427.
Storch was an immigrant from Germany. Why he came to settle in Allentown is unknown but at least in part it must have had to do with the borough's rip roaring economy. Between 1850 and 1860 the city's population grew from 3,703 to 8,025-an increase of 116.7% percent, and the greatest rate of increase in the city's history.
By 1859 railroads had arrived in Allentown, putting the stage lines and canals in the shade. "Instead of consuming twelve and fifteen hours in traveling to Philadelphia," noted a newspaper editor, "we now go there, spend about three hours, and return to our homes, all between the rising and the setting of the sun." The same trains that carried local residents to the big city carried European immigrants like Storch the other way from Philadelphia to the Lehigh Valley.
By decades end the Allentown Democrat newspaper could boast this way of the city's development: "In building operations," it noted, "we have progressed remarkably; in 1855, 108 buildings were erected; in 1856, 138; in 1857, 169 in 1858, 52; making a total of 467 buildings in four years." The Democrat makes no distinction between commercial buildings and homes but it is surely possible that the Storch home on N. 6th Street was among them.
Was Henry Storch the builder of the hidden chamber? As a mason he had the skills but it is impossible to know. What is known is that he died on April 15, 1873. His wife Elizabeth and son Valentine lived there one more year. By 1876 the property, a double lot, is listed as "H. Storch Est." on the plate maps. In 1880 William Esser, a tavern owner, moved in with his wife, Mary. He died in 1894. Mary Esser, as was the custom among the Pennsylvania Germans, went to live with her daughters while her house was rented out.
But by 1900 she is back living, for unknown reasons, at 427. Anything from just wanting a little privacy to having words with her children can be imagined as reasons. Among Esser's neighbors in that era were Max and Charles Hess and their families. From 1897- the year they opened Hess Brothers- until about 1906 they shared a twin home nearby at the corner of Liberty and N. 6th Street. It was the first home the Hess family occupied in the city.
With Esser's passing around 1903, 427 had a host of owners. Did one of them use that wood alcohol from the found bottle to make bootleg liquor in the basement during Prohibition in the 1920s? Unfortunately that little part of history remains unknown.
But thanks to HADC, 427 N. 6th St., as it has for over 150 years, will offer shelter to Allentown residents of the future. And the chamber will remain a mystery.
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The Obama administration announced Tuesday it will seek $100 million in the coming year's budget for a new research initiative to map the human brain.
Conspiracy theorists and conservative radio talk show hosts immediately attacked the proposal as yet another government effort whose ultimate goal is to control the population through propaganda and misinformation stating, "we should know, we invented those tactics." Republicans immediately balked at the cost of the project but said, in the spirit of compromise, they might be willing to appropriate $50 million to study half a brain since that would cover most of the population.
The president's proposal is similar to the recently completed human genome project which successfully mapped all our genomes although why we needed to map garden statuary and the Expedia spokes-figure is still unclear. Perhaps the new brain study can help explain it.
The president said in announcing the project while surrounded by brain specialists such as neurosurgeons and a few zombies (who knows more about brains, especially how to eat them?) that the primary goal of the research will be to develop new technologies that will allow scientists to get "dynamic pictures of the brain in action." Any member of Congress was immediately ruled out as a possible test subject.
By studying how the electrical impulses of the brain work to produce thoughts, movements, memories and ideas, Obama said scientists could develop new treatments for such conditions as autism, Alzheimer's, dementia, strokes, seizures and the like. It might even be able to tell us why some people go postal and commit horrible deeds such as the recent mass shootings and help us prevent them.
Those are indeed lofty and admirable goals, but consider, if you will, all the other possibilities that could stem from such research if it is successful. Marketing executives, for instance, would start drooling over the possibility that, if it could be proven that when Neuron A in a certain part of the brain shoots an electrical charge at Neuron B in another part of the brain the result is an instant and undeniable craving for a Big Mac.
And what if we wind up one day with portable devices that allow you to know what a person is really thinking, like when your co-worker compliments you on your dress when your device tells you what she is really thinking is, "You look like a tramp in that outfit?" Such a device would eliminate lying, which is why Congress is likely to oppose the research.
All kinds of possibilities come to mind, no pun intended. For instance, we might finally be able to answer the age-old question of why some people find "The Three Stooges" to be funny. Or we could finally determine why people in the poorest state in the country, Mississippi, continue to vote against their best interests and bite the hand that feeds them, the federal government.
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im not the best at making sig but theres a lot u could do to make it look badass
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2. text placement isnt at the right spot
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I'll give it a four...some things to work on:
-It kind of just looks like a couple of random effects thrown in there without trying to blend them together. There's not really any flow that I can see. The overall composition is all over the place.
-The lighting isn't working for me...it looks like you just forced it in there as an afterthought of integrating it into the tag.
-The text is bad - the color makes it hard to read and the placement isn't great either.
-The render looks a little like it was resized without keeping the original proportions, and it also looks over-sharpened.
In general you want to concentrate your effects around the focal and try to blend everything together as best you can. Keep at it and hope to see more from you ^^
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If I would review this sig by my protocol, then I would certainly look like an asshole. Instead I try somthing different.
HOME - WORK !! Yes, I know it sounds cheesy but bear with me. Im trying really hard to teach you something in here :I
Its nothing difficult really, what I want you to do is check out the tutorials listed below :
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After you get through all of these, I give you an optional extra step. Remake your Zorro sig and pound all you learnd into it. Show us your result by then.
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Martin Kaymer completed an utterly dominant display in the US Open at Pinehurst by finishing with victory by eight shots.
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Looking to become the first German player to win the US Open - although the fourth European in the last five years after Ryder Cup team-mates Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose - Kaymer took a five-shot lead into the final round and was never in danger of being caught.
The 29-year-old carded a closing 69 to finish nine under par and eight shots in front of American duo Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton, becoming the eighth player in US Open history to lead outright after every round after Walter Hagen (1914), James Barnes (1921), Ben Hogan (1953), Tony Jacklin (1970), Tiger Woods (2000, 2002) and McIlroy (2011).
Successive rounds of 65 - the lowest in a US Open at Pinehurst - meant Kaymer had equalled the lowest halfway total in major championship history, as well as eclipsing the US Open record of 131 set by Rory McIlroy at Congressional in 2011.
His six-shot halfway lead also matched the championship record shared by Tiger Woods (2000) and McIlroy (2011), while he joined McIlroy in becoming the only players to reach double digits under par in the first two rounds.
A third round of 72 in testing conditions succeeded in only reducing his lead by a single shot and no-one got within four in a final round which may have lacked drama, but which succeeded in identifying a worthy winner now back on the fringes of the world's top 10 after lying outside the top 60 only last month.
With LPGA players watching from inside the ropes ahead of the US Women's Open getting under way on Thursday - the first time they have been held back to back on the same course - Kaymer never looked like becoming the first player since Mike Brady in 1919 to relinquish a five-shot lead after 54 holes.
The tee on the par-four third had been brought forward to tempt players into driving the green and Kaymer did precisely that, two-putting from long range for birdie to move to nine under par.
A bogey on the seventh saw Kaymer's lead reduced to four shots after American Erik Compton picked up his second birdie of the day on the eighth, but the 34-year-old promptly bogeyed the ninth after failing to get up and down from a greenside bunker.
Kaymer made no such mistake with a superb tee shot setting up a birdie from five feet, but after Compton reduced the gap once more on the par-five 10th and Kaymer took six on the same hole after thinning his third over the green, Compton released the pressure with a bogey on the 11th.
A birdie on the 13th meant Kaymer was seven clear with five holes to play but the former world number one was heeding McIlroy's advice to keep his feet to the floor, rolling in another long putt on the 14th to extend his lead once more.
It was now just a matter of completing the formalities of a second major title, his first having come by beating Bubba Watson in a play-off for the 2010 US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
Six months later he lost in the final of the Accenture Match Play Championship to Luke Donald, but had the consolation of moving to world number one - a position he held for eight weeks.
Prompted partly by a fourth straight missed cut in the Masters in April that year, Kaymer began working on his swing to enable him to hit a draw as well as his usual fade - a process which meant he slid gradually down the world rankings.
By the time of the Ryder Cup in September 2012, the 29-year-old admitted he would not have picked himself for the team, but, having clung on to the last automatic qualifying place, he had no choice.
He felt he let Justin Rose down in their fourball defeat on the opening day, so it was no surprise that he did not feature again until the Sunday singles, when captain Jose Maria Olazabal put him out in the penultimate game against Steve Stricker.
Faced with two putts from long range on the 18th to win and ensure Europe retained the trophy, Kaymer charged his birdie attempt seven feet past the hole. What happened next crowned the 'Miracle at Medinah' - a moment Kaymer admitted this week could have ruined his career if it had gone the wrong way.
Despite such a confidence boost, Kaymer failed to win on the European Tour for the second year in succession in 2013 and was down at 61st in the world rankings when he arrived at Sawgrass last month before winning the Players Championship - golf's so-called 'unofficial fifth major'.
A first-round 63 equalled the course record and propelled him to a dramatic victory eventually secured in near-darkness following a 90-minute weather delay in the final round. The victory in Florida earned Kaymer US dollars 1.8million and Sunday's 'just' 1.4million.
But there is no doubt which was the more valuable in terms of a place in the record books.
Martin Kaymer factfile
1984: Born Dusseldorf, Germany, December 28.
2005: Turns professional with a handicap of plus five.
2006: Shoots a round of 59 in the Habsburg Classic on the EPD Tour in Germany. Wins five times in 14 tournaments before joining the Challenge Tour and winning two of his eight events.
2007: Finishes 41st on the money list on the European Tour and is named rookie of the year.
2008: Wins first European Tour event in Abu Dhabi and later beats Anders Hansen in a play-off for the BMW International Open in Munich. Dedicates the win to his seriously ill mother, Rina, who died shortly afterwards.
2009: Wins twice more on the European Tour.
2010: August - Beats Bubba Watson in a play-off to win his first major title in the US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, one of four victories which sees him finish the year as European number one.
September - Makes Ryder Cup debut at Celtic Manor and wins two and a half points from four matches as Europe regain the trophy.
2011: February: Loses in final of Accenture Match Play Championship to Luke Donald, but moves top of the world rankings.
November - Secures first World Golf Championship title with a closing round of 63 in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
2012: September - Beats Steve Stricker in Ryder Cup singles at Medinah to ensure Europe retain the trophy after recovering from 10-6 deficit.
2013: Fails to win on the European Tour for the second year in succession.
2014: May: Claims wire-to-wire victory in the Players Championship after equalling the course record with an opening 63 at Sawgrass.
June 13: Equals lowest halfway total in major history (130) following two rounds of 65 in the US Open.
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