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Research at UCL Australia
UCL Australia applies a systems approach to energy and resources research across sectors (government, industry, communities) and disciplines (technology, natural and social sciences, economics and law). UCL Australia has a particular focus on:
Shale and other unconventional gas
Australia is currently engaged in a significant debate over the future of its gas resources, their availability and how they may be best exploited. Whether or not a "shale gas revolution" can be realised will depend on a number of diverse factors. Two questions are at focus in the current debate: Is it desirable or possible for Australia to replicate the shale gas boom that has occurred in the United States in recent years; and if shale was to make a major contribution to Australian gas supplies, what impact would this have on both export and domestic market prices and government policy setting levers? This cluster is looking at whether conditions in Australia encourage the development of shale gas and, if so, what additional legislative safeguards for the environment and competing land issues might be needed and what policy options could be available to governments at both Federal and State levels to enable an Australian shale gas revolution.
With the increasing exploitation of both shale gas and coal seam gas, the engineering needs of on-shore gas exploration are changing. The increased number of operations and higher demand for exploration and extraction hardware has led to a need for modularity and mobility of such systems to enable effective exploitation. However, management, governance and organisational structures are not evolving at the same rate. The new practices are more likely to benefit from a systems-oriented and more agile approach to project management. Hence, this cluster will also be looking at management practices within the industry and analyse these with an aim to understanding their strengths and weaknesses, to enable identification of better practices.
The low carbon economy
Global energy demand is increasing on a daily basis. If every individual energy consumer was able to choose the best time to use their energy, overall and, hence, peak demand, could be significantly reduced. Smart technologies combined with systematic epidemiology research techniques (large scale data) can improve our understanding of end-use demand. This cluster will investigate how these technologies can affect energy efficiency by improving our understanding of energy demand issues (including consumer behaviour and perception of the technologies), the technical and political drivers and barriers to household demand management and the role that feed-in-tariffs and other incentives can play on changing consumer behaviour.
As the world continues to pursue a lower carbon future, prospects for economic and social prosperity will increasingly depend on a region's ability to innovate as employment shifts from carbon-intensive activities. Will this clean energy future provide an impetus for new jobs in renewable energy, low carbon technologies and carbon farming – or will the clean energy future come through disruptive innovation – or a combination? How will countries and regions adapt? Investment decisions are generally made in a ruthless financial matrix, but will triple bottom line measures be the new investment model for low carbon opportunities? Government policies and planning practices have a major role to play in implementing low carbon strategies by influencing their economics, social acceptance and environmental impacts. This cluster will investigate these issues through the interactions and opportunities in the relationships between technological and social systems and consider whether legislative backing will result in greater incorporation of low carbon approaches in policies and planning.
Electricity markets, transmission and renewables
Power systems are complex and whether you rely on cross-boundary super grids to diversify your energy supply or community based meso-grids in an attempt to provide sustainable energy, it is the interaction of generation along with transmission that dictates the effectiveness of the overall system. All this must be coupled with appropriate and effective policy and regulation that incentivises generators, transmission system operators and distribution network operators to move away from business-as-usual and, through innovation, optimise the use of their assets with new control protocols to embrace the objective of decarbonising the electricity supply and demand system.
The integration of renewables into the system poses additional challenges, not only from a technological perspective, but also from an economic, legal and political viewpoint. This cluster will focus on the market rules for controlling the system and the policies, market forces and regulations that need to be put into place to enable the creation of a low carbon electricity system.
Adding value to resources
Australia, in common with many resource-rich nations, fails to capitalise on the full value of its resources. The temptation to extract and export minerals and energy resources in only slightly refined forms to satisfy global demands for raw materials and energy vectors is strong, but comes at the detriment to the domestic market and has limited prospects for the economy as a whole. This cluster looks at how Australia could add further value to its resources, through additional downstream processing, product manufacture and the development of innovative domestic and international market mechanisms. Two key resources are subjected to particular scrutiny; namely, uranium and coal.
The fortunes of the uranium industry are almost completely dependent on the financial viability of nuclear power and, ultimately, technological advances in the electric power generating industry. Few independent studies have ever attempted to examine the true global resource implications of the nuclear fuel cycle, particularly in the context of the key drivers of energy security, increasing demand, climate change and carbon pricing. In addition, the potential for financially viable next generation nuclear power reactors, based upon smaller scale reactors than those of the current generation, may also provide an opportunity for more flexibility in the generation "mix". This cluster will investigate the opportunities and implications of developing the uranium resource industry in Australia and identify the policy, legislative and regulatory measures that would be required, including the workforce implications for civil nuclear power.
Australia is the world's largest exporter of metallurgical coal and the second largest exporter of thermal coal. Australia is also the fourth largest producer, and has the fifth largest resources of black coal in the world. However, with many of Australia's current customers for coal planning to implement carbon constraints to their domestic markets, will this resource eventually become a valueless asset? In contrast, although the burning of coal to produce power is gradually being phased out, coal could become a valuable source of synthetic liquid hydrocarbons, particularly as Australia's own oil resources are in decline? Hence, this cluster will also investigate the prospects of adding value to Australia's coal resource through coal-to-liquid processing, determining the socio-economic and environmental impacts and the policy and regulatory requirements.
Community engagement and governance
It is generally agreed that resource developers and industries need a 'social licence' from the community in order to operate in relative harmony, but there is no formal application process and a community can remove a social licence far more quickly than it grants it. The internet and social media platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, have removed communication barriers and enabled communities to share views instantly and widely. Government and industry, bound by rules, policies and regulations, have quickly fallen behind in stakeholder engagement. Combined, this is potentially leading to large changes in the way energy and resource projects are undertaken in practice. Our research is investigating what a social licence constitutes and how its presence might be determined and its operation monitored, as well as assessing whether (or how) it could be underpinned by legislation for accountability or other reasons.
While a 'social licence to operate' focusses on interactions and responsibilities between companies and their local stakeholders, there is still also an important role for governance at a broader, international level. For an increasing number of hydrocarbon projects now underway in politically unstable nations, an often overlooked issue is the governance surrounding the oil once it hits the wellhead in the host country. An example is Nigeria, where an estimated 100,000 barrels per day of oil was stolen from pipelines in the Niger Delta and laundered in world financial centres like the UK and the US. Thus, some of our research is also looking at the international dimensions of such incidents and exploring what adequate governance responses might be from the international community.
Environmental and resource monitoring
Some level of environmental monitoring is nearly always required for major energy and resources developments but many monitoring programmes are inefficient and produce poor quality information. Our research is developing better and more cost effective environmental and resource monitoring and assessing the potential of novel statistical approaches and developing technologies. For example, UCL's MSSL is developing hyperspectral imaging as a tool to monitor non-biogenic methane from air- or space-borne craft which might be used by oil companies exploring new resources and monitoring greenhouse gas emissions of existing operations or by farmers and environmentalists assessing different sources of CH4 production. Another area of focus is monitoring of offshore and coastal impacts from energy and resources developments. Other aspects of our research involve environmental valuation and questions surrounding the economic value of the environment and ecosytems, particularly in conservation and environmental offset projects.
Our research is interdisciplinary, cutting across the three units within UCL Australia - the School of Energy and Resources, the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Australia) and the International Energy Policy Institute.
Read about all departmental research in the UCL Australia 2014 Annual Report below.
UCL School of Energy and Resources
Research in the School of Energy and Resources focuses on both the upstream and downstream development of energy and resources, covering a wide range of disciplines - from engineering and economics to environmental science and law.
Key research areas include systems process modelling and optimisation, environmental economics, international energy law, governance of resource use, environmental impact assessment and monitoring of coastal and offshore development.
Current projects include:
• Reliability and resilience of Smart Grid technologies and architecture.
• Design and optimisation of water distribution networks.
• Monitoring of environmental impacts from dredging and port development.
• International regulation of offshore energy exploration and exploitation.
Staff members
Dr Ady James
Academic director
Dr Craig Styan
Senior Lecturer
Dr Adeline Tubb
Dr Katelijn van Hende
Christine Trenorden
Visiting Professor
Dr Laura Falkenberg
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
The Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) is a world-leading research organisation delivering a broad science programme that is underpinned by a strong capability in space science instrumentation, space-domain engineering, space medicine, systems engineering and project management. Read more.
Research at MSSL (Australia) includes cosmology and the study of extra-galactic objects, studies of the Sun, planets and their moons and the Earth as well as humans working and living in space. We are also researching and developing the next generation of space instrumentation.
MSSL (Australia) is looking at hyperspectral imaging instrument development for greenhouse gas monitoring and natural resource exploration. MSSL (Australia) is also involved with the QB50 project, an international collaboration in which a flotilla of 50 CubeSats will provide unprecedented access to the Earth's thermosphere.
MSSL has a long heritage of providing high-quality space instrumentation for international space research missions. For over 40 years we have been involved in more than 35 scientific space missions and over 200 rocket launches.
MSSL develops and tests hardware and software, usually working as part of an international consortium. Our engineers and scientists work side-by-side to ensure that the instruments we produce optimally address key questions in modern space science. By linking post-launch support to pre-flight and flight calibrations, our scientists are able to understand instrument responses and improve data analysis.
One area being pioneered by MSSL today is the construction of smaller and lighter scientific payloads for satellites.
UCL Centre for Systems Engineering
MSSL plays host to the UCL Centre for Systems Engineering – a relationship that extends also to UCL Australia. We conduct research projects in a broad range of industry sectors including aerospace, transport, defence, energy, construction, health, pharmaceuticals and agriculture. We are interested in understanding how to make complex systems work better, whether these are'hard' technology-based or 'soft' human-based systems.
Across the different industry sectors, we have five broad research themes.
- Systems modelling and optimisation – system dynamic modelling, cost-benefit analysis, soft systems methodology, intelligent systems, adaptive modelling, applying a systems approach to provide insights in new domains (e.g. health, education, sport, transport).
- Risk modelling and management – system failure, system integrity, risk management, decision making under uncertainty.
- Technology planning – technology maturity, technology road-mapping, scenario planning, game theory, technology valuation, technology decision making, adoption of technology and diffusion of innovations.
- Project management – causes of failure in technology projects, management of special projects where normal project management approaches do not apply, sources and consequences of variability within projects, value-driven project management and systems engineering.
- Defining systems engineering – systems engineering competencies, principles for systems engineering management, systems engineering standards and terminology, relationship between systems engineering and project management, scope of systems engineering, value of systems engineering, definition of systems architecture.
These themes are a focus not only for funded research, but for major research projects undertaken by our Master's and PhD students as well as visiting research staff.
For more information about the MSSL (Australia) please contact Dr Ady James or connect with our staff.
International Energy Policy Institute
At UCL Australia's International Energy Policy Institute we focus on upstream (exploration and production) issues – an important, though complementary, contrast to the downstream (consumer) focus of the UCL Energy Institute (London). We recognise in particular, the Asia Pacific's influence on global coal, nuclear and gas markets and its growing prominence in renewable energy.
Our main research focus is on issues surrounding investment in power generation technologies where liberalised power markets are operating under carbon constraints. These include the complex interactions and implications of technical, legal, financial and environmental effects on power generation. We also examine the role of governments in energy technology investment and the positive and negative impacts of being a resource-rich nation – including the 'resource curse'.
Value-adding to energy resources and assets, particularly global uranium production, the unconventional gas revolution and renewable energy are also focal points for the research programme – particularly the impact of policy setting on communities, the environment and energy transmission.
The inter-relationships between energy and climate policy are also being examined.
Core research themes
- adding value to energy resources
- fossil, nuclear and renewable energy futures
- community engagement
- climate strategies.
Current projects at IEPI
- Adding value to global uranium resources
- The impact of climate policies on Australia's Steel Manufacturing Sector
- Energy epidemiology – demand response management
- Engaging regional communities in climate action plans and sustainable energy futures
- The prospects for a shale gas revolution in Australia
- Alternative uses for coal – do they make sense?
Staff members
Professor Stefaan Simons
Professor Tony Owen
Emeritus Professor
Professor Paul Stevens
Visiting Professor
Dr Tim Stone
Visiting Professor
Dr Gillian Owen
Senior Research Associate
Dr Navinda de Silva
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Dr Cristelle Maurin
Post-doctoral Research Associate
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TERA felt worth the box price, just not the subscription.
I would play it alongside GW2 if it went F2P with a GOOD payment model.
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Originally posted by Vorch
TERA felt worth the box price, just not the subscription. I would play it alongside GW2 if it went F2P with a GOOD payment model.
The payment model(s) will be the critical thing here. Not sure about En Masse's reputation with ftp models. Will have to see what Gameforge comes up with over here.
As for how well Tera is doing in Korea/Japan etc etc. Suggest all bets are off until the ftp model (with new content) is up and running over there.
I'm playing the unlimited trial (lvl 28 max) with my GF and we're both enjoying it. I played it during beta and loved it back then. Not subworthy, however, mostly due to time constraints.
This is good news, I plan to play this.
I need to see Tera... I'm just to busy on other games all the time ( If it was free it would be great, because like said I need access to pay for extras like expansions and cash shop items, I'm fully willing to buy unlocks if they are permanent, but I hate swtors temporary weekly passes... Anything that supports casual instead of hardcore grinding would be great, lol...
I'm anxious to see how this plays out for NA / EU. If box to play works well for TSW, I could see it being considered.
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TSW also has constant updates which you have to buy, Tera's updates come much less consistently.
Originally posted by XAPGames
I'm anxious to see how this plays out for NA / EU. If box to play works well for TSW, I could see it being considered.
Tera will be Free to play with cash shop. Just hope they dont go the Freemium route of Free to play extended trial with heavy restrictions and $15 a month Premium to not suck.
If the Free to play model is good then I would definitely return.
Originally posted by Ozmodan
This game should have been either b2p or f2p from the start, it never had even close to enough content to be a subscription game. Of course Enmasse might have had to make it so because of it's contract with bluehole. Hard to say, but definitely the wrong funding method here in the west.
This is 100% true. TERA should have been Free 2 Play from the start.


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Balistreri's was opened in 1967 by James (Jim) Balistreri. This tiny neighborhood family pizzeria has been serving thin-crust pizza and Italian specialties to generations of diners. On a warm summer day, it is not uncommon to drive down 68th Street, just north of Wells, and see crowds of people patiently waiting for a table or a carry-out order.
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NAME: Balistreri's
ADDRESS: 812 N. 68th St.
WEBSITE: Balistreris.com
FARE: Italian
HOURS: Lunch - 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday; Dinner - 3:30 to 11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 3:30 p.m. to midnight Friday-Saturday, and 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday
RESERVATIONS: lunch only
HANDICAPPED ACCESS: No, there are three stairs.
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November 20 2008 10:57AM
Here is something you don't see every day....I am sitting here at Oilers practice and who is lining up with Brodziak and Pouliot in preparation for tonight's game?
None other than Ladislav Smid.
This should be interesting.
Clearly MacTavish doesn't want Stortini or Boulerice in against Detroit and is pulling a combination out of the air that few people can honestly say they saw coming.
More to come
Just another prime example of MacTavish screwing up the team!!!
What is wrong with playing people ate their natural position?
If you want to give your team the best chance to succeed - shouldn't you put players in the position that will give them the best chance of doing that?
If Stortini or Boulerice aren't good enough to play (which they aren't) then why are they up with the big club?
Put them on waivers and bring up a guy that can play (at his natural position).
We traded one of our best role players (all be it inconsistant) in Torres - why aren't we playing the guy we got for him?
Brule had arguably the best training camp of any forward.
Yeah, MacT sure knows what he is doing??????
November 20 2008, 11:07AM
What's next?? JDD making trades?
Actually, MacT mentioned putting Smid at forward in tough defensive games a week or so ago. This isn't as surprising as it's being made to be.
It's surprising in the sense that Strudwick actually has experience on the wing so wouldn't it make more sense to play him at forward and then slide Smid into Strudwicks spot on the blueline?
November 20 2008, 11:27AM
Awesome! This should work out nicely. Another fine move MacT.
While I would love to use this as an excuse to harp on MacT I really don't mind the move. Smid can skate and he can bang, I think he'll do a good job.
Developmental wise I think the damage was already been done by rushing him to the NHL. I don't think playing him on wing is really going to do a whole lot of harm.
While it would be nice to get player you can build your team around at #9 a better version of Christoph Schubert wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
I got a feeling the Smidder is going to look awesome on wing.
November 20 2008, 11:29AM
Wheather it was mentioned a few days ago or not, it is a surprise it may actually happen. This would be an extremely stupid move if it happens when the puck drops, yet another example of MacT clinging to job that may not be his.
But this is also a product of the 3 goalie system, if we aren't carrying an extra goalie we have room on the roster for another forward (I'll leave it to everyone else to fanticize who it is... I will continue to fantisize about Jessica Alba in the shower)but this unnammed player could then be inserted into the gamedau roster to take the knuckle draggers we are currently carrying.
This also may be a plea from MacT for managment to solve the 3 goalie issue, but if it gets worse he may throw Hemmer on D... I think I have seen him skate backwards. This team is run as effectively as my beer league team, and that ain't good.
Ender, I recall reading about Smid on the wing last week as well. Should be interesting... I wonder how Smid feels about it (not the lip service he's going to get, but how he really feels).
November 20 2008, 11:37AM
So, we still don't want to fire MacT right?
As dumb as this sounds, who knows. Look at Colin White in Toronto. He played D his entire life, and how he's thriving up on the wing. I've never really thought of Smid as a guy with great hands, but I'll guess we'll find out. And besides, he's only been rolling the fourth line for about 6 minutes a night, so I'd be surprised if Smid saw much ice.
Either way, something has to give. We need to lose a goalie, and if things keep going the way they are, a coach. Make it happen Tambo!
November 20 2008, 11:40AM
Ian White.
Colin White still plays defense on the Devils.
November 20 2008, 11:44AM
Betty White still revs my engine.
November 20 2008, 11:53AM
Right. IAN White. The Wendel Clark mustache threw my train of thought off.
November 20 2008, 11:55AM
what would be great is if smid lights it up and scores a goal and lays a few nasty hits at forward. but that is just wishful thinking. what is really scary is that the coaching staff on this team has started to implement these sorts of decisions in reality :|
i hope this works out but you can bet he will be back on D by the second period and another forward will be rotating through that spot.
Wow - A bit of a surprise I guess. There must be some waiver issue to call up Brule, Schemp or someone else. I think this is only a temporary fix before a trade gets worked out.
Roli probably starting another game tonight & I am starting to get on the trade Garon train. Might as well see if Roli & JDD can carry the mail, get a newer shinier goalie than Garon in the summer.
Maybe someone can find out the UFA goaltenders at the end of this year. Luongo is one of them.
November 20 2008, 12:03PM
This is re-goddamned-diculous. If MacT is hell bent on having a d-man play forward, he should be using Strudwick, who played some forward last year.
UFA Goalies:
Notable are Bakstrom from Minnesota, Luoungo isn't I guess.
Seriously? It's crazy to put Smid at wing, and we should put Strudwick there instead? Smid, who's shown a willingness to hit, and get vicious and skates considerably faster than Strudwick?
Oh, but Strudwick has experience. What am I thinking? For armchair coaches, you people are making a lot of decisions based on numbers on paper rather than looking at which players are most suited to playing a certain role now, not a year ago.
Little known fact: Wayne Gretzky played goal until he turned pro.
In the QMJHL he actually set a record for most goals in a season by a rookie goaltender with 367.
November 20 2008, 01:30PM
"In the QMJHL he actually set a record for most goals in a season by a rookie goaltender with 367."
Oh that's rich
Ender says - For armchair coaches, you people are making a lot of decisions based on numbers on paper rather than looking at which players are most suited to playing a certain role now, not a year ago.
Numbers on paper have nothing to do with it.
When you see that a veteran player like Cole can struggle so badly when only moving from the right side to the left side, what possible reason would there be to expect a young and relatively inexperienced player like Smid to thrive in an entirely new position?
Strudwick already has experience in that role and sometimes experience does count. Even at the expense of foot speed.
Personally I hope the kid does well but it just seems odd that MacT would experiment like this when he has an option that would qualify as less of a gamble.
I think the reason he put Smid up there and not Struds is because Smid can skate alot better and keep up with MAP and Brods, I think this will turn out fine, I see alot of what Glenx brought to the team in Smid.
November 20 2008, 02:17PM
And Don't forget about Dustin BUFUGYEMAN in chigago. They moved him up to forward from D last year and he put up some serious numbers.
Smid is BIG quick and likes the rough stuff. When we got him people were praising his offensive game which other than a few flashes of brilliance on odd man rushes we haven't seen.
I personally like this move. He is tough hard nosed, does good work along the boards and has an under used offensive skill set.
It's worth a shot. He is a talented player and if there is no room for him on the blueline, find him a spot.
Smid needs to play or be traded, he's to valuable to be in the pressbox.
November 20 2008, 02:19PM
BTW my Spelling of Dustin B's in chicago is hard evidence for an edit button on this site....
Another good reason is the fact that during games I know there is massive amounts of alcohol being consumed and editing comments would be helpful if the Oilers happen to be losing:)
i hope he pots a hatrick. Some dude just dropped me off a copy off the Edmonton Examiner BBq booklet circa 1982!!!! Semenko on the cover!!!! It's priceless!!!!! I hadn't even heard of the edmonton examiner.
Fiveandagame Says: November 20th, 2008 at 2:17 pm And Don't forget about Dustin BUFUGYEMAN in chigago. They moved him up to forward from D last year and he put up some serious numbers.
Smid is BIG quick and likes the rough stuff. When we got him people were praising his offensive game which other than a few flashes of brilliance on odd man rushes we haven't seen. ...
As far as the Byfulien comparison it should be noted that he got half of his points on the PP as the big guy in front of the net. There is no role for Smid there no matter how much he shows.
As far as Smid liking the rough stuff, IF this is what he expected to do tonight then doesn't the reason become even more perplexing considering he has just come off the IR for a concussion?
And just to be clear I am not questioning the move because I don't want Smid to play nor do I dispute what you are saying he brings to the game, I just really can't wrap my head around why he would play forward when Strudwick seems like the more obvious choice.
I like playing Smid at forward over Strudwick:
1) Strudwick will most not likely be on the team next year, when Peckham is breathing down his neck 2) it is interesting to find out if Smid can play forward at all 3) Better to test Smid- at forward- verses a good team as opposed LA 4) the Oilers couldn't get the puck out of their own end during the last game in Detroit (an I have very clear memories because the Det fans pointed it out all night long at the Joe).
November 20 2008, 02:57PM
I can't argue with you buddy. MacT isn't known for making obvious choices is he?
I guess if he really likes his D-pairings (they have seemed consistent apart from the power play) then he might want to keep them intact. So that leaves SMID in the pressbox. He is a good NHL player, and I don't think he can really hurt us playing 6-8 mins on the fourth line. Detroit is a good team to do this against as they have no tough guy swinging hammers.
"Wow - A bit of a surprise I guess. There must be some waiver issue to call up Brule, Schemp or someone else. I think this is only a temporary fix before a trade gets worked out."
Yes, there's a definite waiver issue. In that somebody has to go on them to make room to call up Brule or Schremp or anybody else, since the Oilers are at the 23 man roster currently. Or MacT could send down Reddox, but you still have the same problem.
November 20 2008, 04:51PM
Just throwing this out there.....Detroit has a good powerplay. When Souray or Staios takes a penalty our PK suffers greatly. Perhaps MacT is more comfortable with Smid on the PK than some other D.
Or my better thought is that Strudwick is suppose to fight someone everytime he is on the ice to try and throw Detroit off their game. Then Smid will slide into that position.
Or MacT has just deicided to dress the 18 best skaters he has at his current disposal against the a team that handed his team its sphinxter on a platter.


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Last weekend, the Emery High boy's basketball team hosted the 11th Annual Coal Country Classic and for the ninth time finished as the champion. This season Uintah High, Carbon High and Canyon View High came to town. Emery defeated Carbon 54-52 in the title game after having defeated Uintah on Friday night by a score of 62-52.
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November 14 2012 08:58AM
There's an idea floating around that the NHLPA has lost its grasp on exactly what its constituents are. It works something like this: owners are owners, employees are employees, and the latter have no right to be dictating to the former what share of company revenue they deserve.
I suspect it's an idea born of frustration with the NHL lockout, and an apples-to-oranges comparison between employment as a professional hockey player and employment in a more blue-collar job. In that sense it's understandable. It's wrong, but it's understandable.
A Brief Look At The History of Hockey-Related Revenue
In a September interview - right before explaining that the NHL is the ranch that allows the player-cattle to feed – Detroit executive Jim Devellano explained why there's a salary cap in the first place:
Each owner / team has a decision as to how they want to pay their players, as long as they are under the cap. Now Donald Fehr would have you believe by getting rid of the cap, the owners would make more money and that the sky is the limit, but trust me Scott, the owners would lose their asses. We've tried that. It doesn't work. There is just too much cost involved in running and owning a team.
Devellano is right. He goes on to say that this is "very complicated and way too much for the average Joe to understand," but there he's wrong. It's actually very simple. Even in a system with drags on player salary – items like an entry-level cap and restricted free agency – owners spent more money than they could afford. There are, as I see it, two reasons why they spent so stupidly:
1. Many weren't treating teams like businesses. Owners, just like fans, like to win. Players were not treated like financial investments and paid commensurate to the value they brought to the business; instead, they were paid whatever it took to get them because a $10 million deficit fades but Stanley Cup rings are forever. Or something like that.
2. There were slight competitive imbalances. In 2003-04, the last year before the lockout, teams like New York and Detroit would each spend as much as three teams at the league's bottom tier. While the Rangers were sort of funny (seven consecutive years without a playoff appearance, heading into the 2004-05 lockout), the overall effect on player salaries made it impossible for small market teams to compete. It also made it very, very difficult for them to ice any kind of team without bleeding red ink.
The NHL's solution to both problems was the salary cap. Now, big-money teams are in a system where – barring an obscene waste of money on hockey operations staff – they can't possibly lose money. They have cost certainty. No matter how much money they make, they're only allowed to spend a percentage of it – based on league-wide hockey-related revenue – on players.
The NHL fought hard for this. "Cost certainty" was the buzzword in 2004-05: they wanted a salary cap, and they wanted it linked to revenue.
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The primary issue saying something like 'the players are employees and have no right to bargain for a percentage of revenue' is this: the NHL is not a regular workplace. There's an artificial structure in place – a structure that includes not just the salary cap but also things like the entry draft and free agency. It's a structure that in most businesses would be illegal.
Let's go to the implicit apples-to-oranges comparison to show how crazy this is. Imagine a tradesman, fresh off completing his interprovincial exam in Edmonton. This is roughly analogous to the situation of a hockey player coming out of Europe/major junior/college hockey. Instead of going out and finding a job, all of the companies in his line of work have formed a league. He's picked by a company in Whitehorse – they've been struggling lately, so they earned the right to pick first in the annual electrician's draft, and they like his grades in school and his practical experience with PLC's.
After eight years, or by age 26, if he doesn't like Whitehorse he can sign as a free agent with a team in Alberta.
It's ridiculous, but that's just because the comparison is ridiculous. NHL teams have rights that other companies don't get, and they only have them because of the existence of the NHLPA and collective bargaining.
If the NHLPA ceased to exist, owners would get some things that they would like. Guaranteed contracts would come to an end, for example. But they would also lose their ability to dictate the course of an NHL player's career – and as a group, there would be no way to artificially cap salaries at a certain percentage of revenue.
That would mean a return to the old days – where any billionaire who wanted a Stanley Cup ring could spend as much money as he liked in his efforts to get one. That would lead to all sorts of problems – in the current climate, it would kill teams like Florida; in the climate of a decade ago it would re-kill Winnipeg.
But players make too much money…
There's a reason players make too much money: people spend too much money on the NHL.
As long as individuals are willing to pay extremely high prices for tickets, the NHL will charge them. As long as companies are willing to fork over cash for a luxury box, teams will build arenas with a plethora of luxury boxes and charge the money. As long as governments are willing to subsidize big new arenas and then offer favourable rent agreements and even subsidies, NHL teams will suck that money up.
As we've seen, without a salary cap, rich men will spend all that money and more in a quest to win. The NHL is limited in terms of how hard that salary cap can be: once they reach a certain point, the NHLPA membership will decide they're better off sacrificing guaranteed contracts and just taking the money these guys will spend in a free market system. The league's interest is in pushing the cap as low as they can without bringing that about.
And if fans don't like to see hockey players both treated and paid like rock stars, there's an easy way around it: stop spending money on tickets and TV packages. Vote against governments that spend money subsidizing professional sports. The only way to bring down player wages in a substantive way is to bring down league revenues along with them.
I'm not advocating that, personally. While I find the economics of professional sport distasteful, I understand that the only reason leagues like the NHL make money is because as a society we've decided that the entertainment value we receive warrants it. In my estimation, even the renewed cry that the players make too much money is a symptom, because it's spurred by a desire to get back to paying for high-level hockey.
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November 14 2012, 05:00PM
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November 14 2012, 05:38PM
how about this.. All owners unofficially agree to spend only to the league minimum(of the salary cap)..no written agreement, just by using the old fashion honor system..
In a world where there would be honor amongst all the owners this might work.. Hey, better yet..why not have the NHL themselves own all the teams..forget individual owners..own the whole damn thing, like the UFC owns rights to all the fighters, there are no agents/individual owners/cry babies, etc..unlike in boxing and all the other sports, fans get to focus on the sport only, not on all the stupid politics and business drama.
November 14 2012, 05:58PM
Forget revenue sharing with players. There is no percentage of Rev. The NHL, has a Upper Cap and a Lower Cap for their own control if you may.For their own protection .
You can still have a entry level contract 2/3 years . You can still have free agencies at whatever 7/27 6/26 etc. its up to the league to make these rules.. the players have no say.
In return you give them gurantee contracts. All segments [ years] of the contract are all equal. None of these front loaded deals.
So if the NHL wants to set up Cap at say $65 million upper and $45 million lower, players fall into those numbers.
If the NHL wants to share revenue, its up to them to come up with the draft. The players have no say in this matter.
Pretty simple, someplace along the way this got complicated, and I think the Agents had a lot to do with this.
Oilers2k10 states:
"Hey, better yet..why not have the NHL themselves own all the teams..forget individual owners..own the whole damn thing, like the UFC owns rights to all the fighters, there are no agents/individual owners/cry babies, etc.."
Under this arrangement, who would own the NHL? A trillionaire? A huge corporation? The Russian mafia? The Peoples Republic of China? It would take a ton of money. I don't think the present owners would agree to take a piece of the whole league, no ego gratification, no fun and Stanley Cup rings would be worth squat. If the present owners sold their NHL franchises, what would the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, etc. expect in compensation from the new NHL owners? Maybe the players should own their own league. Then the present NHL owners and Betman could form a new AHL!
If the cry baby players owned the league, there would be no lockouts. You just opened the door to exciting possibilities. The employees become the owners. I like it.
November 14 2012, 07:08PM
Should just send the revenues straight to the NHLPA and let them divy it up amongst the players.
No more teams having to deal with agents. Take the negotiation out of it and let the PA divide the pie up as they see fit.
Here is the problem. Everybody keeps calling them employees. However, that is not the right term. They are contractors.
They negotiated contracts past the end of the current CBA, and that is the owners fault. If you owned a company and agreed to a contract with a contractor to pay him for 5 years, even though the current job will only last 2 years, that is entirely on you. If you withhold payment after two years, the contractor will sue you and win.
Except that these contracts are under the CBA legally, they are not independent contracts such the kind you are comparing them to. The minute the CBA ended to be in force so did those contracts.
November 14 2012, 07:17PM
@Wanyes bastard child
From the summer of 2009 to summer 2010. One year contract maximum = sad archaeologuy.
Roll the credits in Mass Effect 2, I'm in there. Very cool experience.
What he said.
If the NHL were a free market, teams like Phoenix wouldn't exist, Edmonton would of been gone a long time ago, player contracts wouldn't be guaranteed, etc.
The NHL would revert back to a 6 team league.
The players don't want a free market anymore than the owners do.
Wrong. There would be more teams and players would make a lot less.
November 14 2012, 08:01PM
@Matt Henderson
Yup, that would have been me making all the noise :P
November 14 2012, 09:51PM
@Jonathan Willis
What we should be doing in the media and in the public is throwing our total support behind the owners. If public and media support did not put up with the players overwhelming sense of entitlement, this would never happen. As for public subsidization of hockey arenas. It is not a fluke that the only successful privately funded arenas are in Toronto and New York who both are very profitable. Here in Edmonton we complaining that Katz made 15 million last year which is less than a 10% return on his investment during boom times (can dollar + fan interest). Anyone who thinks that is a heathy organization should have their heads examined. If the owners where taking home the lions share then there would be no public money required. As for the argument that the owners do this to themselves... Hogwash, the players and agents leverage against each other, using comparables, and we fans demand that we keep or go after these players. Any owner or gm that does not is attacked. They are also competitive people all going after the same goal... a Stanley cup. For us to expect them to all play nice and responsible, is like asking the players to play in the Stanley cup finals all nice and by the rules boys , no need for a ref here, ya right! As for these players they have not showed me one logical argument for holding out this long. The truth is the media is scared to say anything to drastic less they loose access. Also funny how players can use comparables, but when the league does it (NFL, NBA) it's un fair? Or we are disgusted by the owners first offer (47%of HR) but its ok for the ones who write the checks. Think about this, Shawn Horcoff is making more money than about half of the owners! Some would suggest that the owners should just say no to these ridiculous contracts... Well the CBA is really the only time (legally)when they can do this (police themselves)and they still get attacked.. crazy!
November 14 2012, 10:27PM
The owners will win this standoff, and here is why. Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that 10 teams and making money and 20 are losing. This means that for every week of the lockout, 20 owners are BETTER off financially. On the other hand, every single player loses. Eventually the players will cave, right or wrong.
November 15 2012, 12:28AM
...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...This lockout has become boring. Wake me up when Eberle's back in Edmonton.
November 15 2012, 12:46AM
I completely agree - I'm not particularly pro-player or pro-owner. Guaranteed contracts are one of those things players get in exchange for guaranteeing owners a fixed percentage of revenues, and submitting to an artificial system.
Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound? The players are in control of how much revenue the owners get? This my friend is the kind of backwards thinking that has led to all of this self entitled bs that we are now witnessing. Until we go back to a system where the owners are truly running the show like the NFL then and only then will we have stability. You say you are not on either side but every time you write or speak, for me you sound like your trying to get some street cred with the players.
November 15 2012, 05:12AM
I am becoming more militantly pro-owner as each minute passes.
I have such a simple and elegant solution.
Take this year off, to make a point.
For 2013/14 institute a 30 million cap, 15 million floor.
No entry level deals. No free agency limits. No contract length limits. NO CBA. No guaranteed contracts.
Offer the players the chance to come back for 40% of the face value of their previous contract. If they want to, they are welcome back. If they decline, they become free agents. Sign where they want.
Some will scream about the old contracts. The old contracts were linked to the old CBA. They do not stand alone. Get over it, that is a legal fact.
The cold reality is that 40% of the current average of 2.4 M is still almost 1 M. How many of the current players could get a better deal in Europe. If they can, go for it! The league would be populated with largely the same players, but it would be cheaper and healthier.
November 15 2012, 02:06PM
The players are being spoon fed indoctrination by the man who almost ruined baseball. The day they hired Fehr I for one knew it was trouble. The players can't actually believe they will win this, or do they? I am university educated and can't understand most of the complexities of the CBA. The vast majority of players are not educated past high school, so they count on Fehr to lead them, and right now it looks like he's leading them to no pay cheque or Europe.
I for one hope the owners hold the players locked out until this system is fixed.
@ Richard Reid:
Your whole argument is a big pile of crazy, but my favourite part was this line:The truth is the media is scared to say anything to drastic less they loose access.
Yes. The media refuses to criticize the NHLPA because they are afraid that if they do the NHL owners will take their press passes away. That makes perfect sense.
There was a lot of negative reaction from a lot of the players towards media who were perceived to have sided too strongly with the owners. You are trying to convince us that players never shut out those who dare to criticize ?


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Feb 20
New layout for CianBlog
I still have to go back and fix all articles I published, but finally I released the new layout and implementation (is a new one, although you cannot see it). I moved from Hostony (my previous host where I lost data) to a new one (I'll promote it after I see good results, until now is working fine).
Next steps: I'll try to blog more, or at least to twitt more, since now twitter is nicely integrated in the blog.


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I think I did this about a year ago, but it is always fun to revisit it with new readers coming in all the time
. First record, or album or tape you bought. Do you still have it? If you switched from vinyl to CD, did you but it again on CD?
David Lee Roth- Eat em and SmileReplyCancel
Michael Jackson Thriller on Vinyl. It is still in my aunts garage.ReplyCancel
Don't remember the first tape I bought, but the first CD was Mariah Carey "Emotions" in 1991. I don't think I have it anymore. I do re-buy albums in MP3 format if the CD is scratched.
I'm the worst with movies though. Every VHS that I've owned, I have since bought on DVD, and now am buying on Blu Ray. I remember Rob Zombie saying that he has pretty much every horror movie ever made on beta, VHS, laserdisc, DVD, and now blu ray. That's totally me!ReplyCancel
First album I owned Tina Arena. I actually think it was called Don't AskReplyCancel
I don't remember the first but I do remember I had the Beatles' "Blue Album" on the vinyl blue record which was one of my firsts I bought when I was 12 or 13! It was sadly destroyed though when we had the house fire 17 YRS ago but would be a collector's item today.ReplyCancel
My first vynil I had was "Xou da Xuxa 1". Well… what can I say, it was a brazilian singer and tv host for kids, lol
My first CD was from a brazilian band to, I think I was 12, or 13…
My first tape was either Wilson Phillips or New Kids on the Block, but first CD was Jimi Hendrix 'borrowed' from my dad. I am all vinyl now, and def didn't buy the first two again. However, I just scored the Hendrix LP on vinyl for $5.99 last Friday. Score!ReplyCancel
I don't remember ever not having records, but shaun's Da Do Ron Ron sticks out. Also Rick Springfield. My family was huge into music, so it was always playing. My parents oldies, and my bigbro and sis' rock.ReplyCancel
I don't remember the first tape that I bought, but the first one I owned was Crystal Gayle's All-Time Greatest Hits. I still have it, it's still my favorite, and I have a ton of her CDs now. She's my all-time fave. When I was little, I wanted to grow my hair to my ankles just like her.ReplyCancel
We had lots and lots of kids' books that came with a 45 that read the story to you – you know the ones: "You'll know it's time to turn the page when Tinkerbell rings her little bell like this."
But the first real album I remember was the Grease double album – man, my brother and I wore that thing out!ReplyCancel
My first tape was Cinderella (the metal band). My grandparents got it for me!ReplyCancel
First one I owned – Thriller, Michael Jackson (with some of his earlier ones with the Jackson 5 added as filler), and Fame (the movie, I think). They were copies though. First ones I bought were (I think) Wham! on tape and Lionel Richie (Dancing on the Ceiling was on it, not sure what the record's called). Thriller I re-bought on iTunes, the others I don't have anymore.ReplyCancel
Duran Duran, 'Rio.' Still have it on vinyl. I also have all of REM and U2's early stuff, thanks to one of those "record of the month" clubs. Remember those? You'd never remember to send back the "no thank you" form, so you'd always end up with all kinds of random stuff.ReplyCancel
First LP ordered through my parent's Columbia record club: "Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison"
First 45 purchased: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by ELTON JOHN (Sorry Beatles, Elton's version was better)
First LP purchased: "Grease" soundtrack
First 8-track purchased: Either "Bat out of Hell" by Meatloaf or "I'm in You" by Peter Frampton, I forget which.
First cassette: Not sure.
First CD purchased: "Ritual de lo Habitual" Jane's Addiction
First MP3/iTunes download: None yet.ReplyCancel
FYI: "Bat out of Hell" is the only record I've invested in every medium to-date: LP, 8-track, cassette, CD, and burned from the CD to my MP3 player.ReplyCancel
The first music I ever purchased on my own was Poison's first album. I bought it on vinyl from the K-Mart down the highway from us. It was $7 I think. The album itself is long gone but holds a special place in my heart. I will always maintain it was way more punk-influenced than any of their other work and should be considered apart from the rest of their catalog.ReplyCancel
I believe the first new record album was Aqualung in 1977, and I still have it and play it. Never got it on CD, but I "plan to" burn the record into iTunes.
Or maybe her attention
Is drawn by Aqualung
Who watches through the railing
As she plays. …
@white lily, I had that one too! I loved Xuxa! She was huge in Puerto Rico where I'm from.ReplyCancel
My first was Michael Jackson, Bad.ReplyCancel
@ Topper: Bat Out of Hell was on the record player when I lost my virginity.ReplyCancel
Britney Spears-… Baby One More Time. I still listen to it all the time 🙂ReplyCancel
I think it was a 45 of Elton John's Philadelphia Freedom.ReplyCancel
Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky".It was the 45 and the b-side was Milk Cow… as in "jethro bought himself a milk cow…. and he called her bess" 1969… I was 6. That is no excuse tho. LOLReplyCancel
Oh and no I do not still have it.ReplyCancel
Fittingly, my first vinyl was Madonna's "The First Album". It's at my mom's house.
The first song I ever downloaded, back when Napster was a thing, was "Boys 'n' Da Hood" by Dynamite Hack.ReplyCancel
@HolidayinCambodia Was it playing "Paradise by the Dashboard Light?"ReplyCancel
Cassette tape – Better than Ezra's single, Good. Think I was 12ReplyCancel
I think it was War, U2. I switched over to CDs in my teens and never looked back. Gave the vinyl more or less on permanent loan to my friend Jeff, who is a major collector of vinyl. It's in a better place there.ReplyCancel
The Grass Roots LP. Their hit single was "I'd Wait a Million Years". I begged and begged my parents to let me buy the album, and I played it over and over. The lead singer was named Rob something, and I thought he was so cute. off to Google…ReplyCancel
When I was 5 my mom got the vinyl of On the Radio – Donna Summer and I was obsessed with it – still an –wanted to change my name to DONNA.I miss them both 🙁ReplyCancel
I never bought any albums – my cousins had a ton of awesome albums like the Three Degrees and Earth Wind & Fire Etc. and my girlfriends had all the cool ones like Bay City Rollers and David Cassidy!! My favorite was the Jackson 5 album my girlfriend owned we played the shit out of that one! As a matter of fact if you ask me who taught me to dance I would say Michael Jackson 🙂ReplyCancel
First cassette, Revolver by The Beatles (gift from my Mum).
First Vinyl, Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath (it was a couple of years later in my "mildy angry teen episode" and I don't think I bought it, rather it was given to me by a school mate).
Years later I bored Ronnie James Dio (RIP) with that story at the first gig I worked in Asia, and he was like "Dude, drink this" as he passed me a bottle of Grey Goose.ReplyCancel
My first album was britney's first album on cassette. I thought it sucked and only listened to it a few times after. I think I eventually threw it away.ReplyCancel
1st record: The Beatles "Hello Goodbye" single. First album "More of the Monkees". Still have the Beatles single. Lost the Monkees album somewhere along the way (probably from embarrassment as I got older).ReplyCancel
Diana G, sure I've told this story before on here, but anyway around 2007 they did a tour in Asia of Heaven and Hell, so it was Ronnie and the rest of the band.
One of my roles was to sort the backstage alcohol. They were back-to-back with Megadeth – who wanted a couple of cases of beer, half a case of wine, etc. for the whole band.
Black Sabbath's was all personalised, and like an alcoholics Amazon list. Ronnie wanted 4 bottles of Grey Goose. I'd scored all the beer (swapped out all the light beer crap for a local craft brewer's selection – which they loved). But they couldn't do the Grey Goose.
When my error came to light, I went to find Mr Dio to apologise. Couldn't find him. Got a phone call from a mate who was out shopping with his wife, telling me he'd burst past them into a duty free store, bought his own, and ran back to the concert venue.
They also consumed most of it before going on to play a really great show. I muttered "How?" as they left the dressing room. Ronnie overheard, turned and said "Been doing it for 35 years mate".
My first big band I worked with, and they were frigging legends. Downhill ever since!ReplyCancel
Count Jerkula:
Me too! I now have the HD digital version. Coolest album cover ever.ReplyCancel
Spice girls first album! Don't have if any more. It got scratched!ReplyCancel
Thanks for sharing your story!ReplyCancel
First album was Pat Benetar's Hit Me with your Best Shot and tape was the Go Go's Beauty and the Beat. Both of them were from my brother on my birthday. I still have the Pat Benetar album (my tape deck ate the tape after listening to it a million times).ReplyCancel
Hanson was my first tape and Spice Girls was my first album.
Frufra I had some of those tapes! Those and the Silly Kids Songs with "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" and "There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza dear Liza"
Oh jeez, now I can't stop singing silly songs.ReplyCancel
Mariah Carey and Shania Twain way back in 1994.ReplyCancel
Great story – he truly is a legend. I loved when I would see him on TV interviews saying how his grandma invited the "rock-on" symbol with her fingers. When I saw him, he was touring with Iron Maiden – another amazing band, BTW…needless to say, it was an awesome night. 😉ReplyCancel
Vinyl, Debbie Gibson- Electric Youth
I wish I still had it. I used to rock out.
Amazing. that was the second or third one I ever got. 🙂ReplyCancel
Carole King, Tapestry, when I was 11. It's still one of my faves. I started buying all the Doors albums when I was 15. Still some of my faves.ReplyCancel
The Partridge Family Album, vinyl. HUGE crush on David Cassidy. First really good album: Tapestry by Carole King.ReplyCancel
That was my second album I think? Was it the one where the cover is four squares with each of them made up in full women's make up? I made my dad buy me that album and I remember him commenting something like " those are some hot chicks " and me laughing being like " Daaaaad.. Those are dudes ! " pretttty sure it was at Kmart too ha!ReplyCancel
@maja…..u r AWESOME,re: dynamite hack's BOYZ N DA HOOD.
Wham!, "Make It Big." I wore that cassette tape to shreds!ReplyCancel
And I replaced it on CD then MP3.ReplyCancel
@jazzy nkotb was my first concert, I was in the 6th grade I think? Someplace out there there is a picture of me and my friend holding our I love Jordan and I love Donnie signs.
@annanaannnaaaa I owned the Debbie Gibson electric youth perfume and sang that song like I wrote it, along with every sad break up song on there.
It wasnt long after my Debbie Gibson/NKOTB days that the posters of the cute boy banders and the two coreys came down and the hair bands went up. I remember having one of Sebastion Bach from Skid Row in just a towel and giving the finger that I hid behind my door so my parents didn't see it.
And yes I traded up most of the tapes that I had..some I couldnt bare to listen to again though 🙂ReplyCancel
Karma ChameleonReplyCancel
I had Grease too! I had no idea how filthy Greased Lightening or lots of the others were until I listened to them again as a grown up. Love that album. I knew all the words, or thought I did, I don't think I called it a p**y wagon. I also had the Go-Go's Vacation, I got it as a CD as well later on.ReplyCancel
Oh, boy…this is embarrassing…the first album I ever bought myself was John Denver's Greatest Hits, and I got it at the local discount department store. There was also a Rexall drug store in the town across the Connecticut River in Vermont that had a selection of albums, and I remember buying a bunch over there, too. Some others I got not long thereafter were the Carpenters' greatest hits, Carole King's Tapestry, Elton John's greatest hits, and, sometime in '74-75, Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark. The John Denver album is no doubt somewhere in my parents' house, but I've still got all the others in my vinyl collection; the only one I ever got on CD is Court and Spark, and nearly 40 years later, it's still one of my all-time favorite albums–it just gets better and better over time.ReplyCancel
My parents bought me the Go-Go's We Got the Beat 45. I did not buy is when I changed to CDs. My first CD was by the Damn Yankees :-/ My boyfriend bought it for me when he bought me my first CD player for high school graduation!
Duran Duran albums are the only things I bought on vinyl, CD and MP3 🙂
My first tapes were Bob Marley's Greatest Hits and Violent Femmes (along with some goofy casingles that I bought on the same day). I totally remember buying them from The Warehouse – so 80's! I don't have the tapes anymore, but I'm pretty sure I have at least 200 Bob Marley songs on cds that an ex burned for me. Thank you, Sir!ReplyCancel
My first vinyl that I bought for myself was The Locomotion, Kylie's version. The first tape I bought for myself was Poison, Open Up and Say Ahh. My first CD was John Farnham, Whispering Jack (the one with 'You're The Voice' on it.
They are all on my iPod.
My taste in music is … 'eclectic'?ReplyCancel
My parents had me when they were 45 and 55. They were also quite religious in a quiet kind of way, and the most rockin thing played in the house until I came along was Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Welsh choirs on quieter days.
My sister was very rebellious and played "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" constantly. Instead of moving toward rock, she played Carole King's Tapestry (which I still know backwards, forwards and sideways) and Simon and Garfunkel (yawn) and broadway musicals (yay).
My second 45 was Tina Charles' "I Love to Love". My old records are around somewhere. The first LP I bought was definitely a Rush album.ReplyCancel
First one ever was the Dirty Dancing sound track. Then the Little Mermaid Soundtrack. From there was the Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Sound track w/ the " Everything I do" song by Bryan Adams, was so sad to hear that he was a groupie gathering douche!ReplyCancel
C'mon, Agent, don't leave us hanging – who?
@Anna, I was *obsessed* with the Beauty & the Beast soundtrack. I can still sing every single song without missing a word. And most of the Little Mermaid soundtrack, too.
@Tuxedo, that is awesome in a very special way. G&S operettas! <3ReplyCancel
I can't remember my first cassette, although I think I still have them all. The first Cd I bought was Chicago, can't remember which one but I loved Saturday in the Park. It was not my first choice but it was on sale and I had little money.
I forgot about Columbia Music House! I signed up with them and BMG so many times.ReplyCancel


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A see-sawing battle at Sandy Park was eventually won by visiting Bath thanks to the boot of George Ford and three tries.
A see-sawing battle at Sandy Park was eventually won by visiting Bath thanks to the boot of George Ford and three tries.
The Chiefs' run of good form had come to an end at the hands of Northampton on their last outing, while Bath's had continued with a win over Newcastle.
The two teams traded penalties early in the first half and there was little between the two teams for the majority of the game.
The game's first try was a joy to behold, and it went to Bath. George Ford ghosted through the defensive line before finding Kyle Eastmond, who laid the ball on for Ollie Devoto to finish the move.
Ford added the conversion to make it 3-10, but ten points from Exeter in the final moments of the first half handed the lead back to the hosts.
After Gareth Steenson's penalty goal, the TMO awarded a try to Ben White, who was adjudged to have grounded the ball under a pile of bodies.
Steenson added the conversion to make it 13-10 to Exeter at the break, and they went six points up after the restart when Steenson hit the target with a third penalty goal.
But two tries in ten minutes from Bath midway through the second half turned the game on its head. Eastmond finished off a fantastic team move, which Ford converted, to put Bath back in front, before Nick Abendanon showed great individual skill to chip the ball and regather for a sensational try.
Ford was again on target with the extras to make it 13-24, but Exeter hit back almost immediately when Ian Whitten broke through a stretched Bath defence for Steenson to convert.
Bath led by a point heading into the last ten minutes, and they were able to preserve their narrow advantage in the period that followed, before sealing victory through Ford's penalty goal in the final minute.
The scorers:
For Exeter:
Tries: White, Whitten
Cons: Steenson 2
Pens: Steenson 3
For Bath:
Tries: Devoto, Eastmond, Abendanon
Cons: Ford 3
Pens: Ford 2
Exeter: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Matt Jess, 13 Ian Whitten, 12 Phil Dollman, 11 Tom James, 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Dave Lewis, 8 Dave Ewers, 7 Ben White, 6 Tom Johnson, 5 Damian Welch, 4 Dean Mumm (capt), 3 Hoani Tui, 2 Jack Yeandle, 1 Ben Moon.
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Carl Rimmer, 18 Alex Brown, 19 Don Armand, 20 Kai Horstmann, 21 Haydn Thomas, 22 Henry Slade, 23 Fetu'u Vainikolo.
Bath: 15 Anthony Watson, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Ollie Devoto, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 George Ford, 9 Micky Young, 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Matt Garvey, 5 Dave Attwood, 4 Stuart Hooper (c), 3 David Wilson, 2 Ross Batty, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Eusebio Guinazu, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Anthony Perenise, 19 Dominic Day, 20 Alafoti Fa'osiliva, 21 Peter Stringer, 22 Gavin Henson, 23 Nick Abendanon.
Referee: Andrew Small
Assistant referees: Roger Baileff, Gareth Copsey
Television match official: Keith Lewis


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