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Congratulations and best of look this upcoming season. I look forward to seeing pictures of your show.
I am happy to let everyone know, as it stands right now that there is a new comercial haunt coming to the Twin Cities Metro Area in Minnesota!!!
I just recievied an email this morning with my new partners saying that they are on board and want to haunt Halloween 2011.
I do not have any details right now, I am going to be meeting with them next week to get our "skulls in a row", and get advertising that we will be opening!
I also know that we have a lot to do and a lot to accomplish, I will keep you all posted as to what is going on and when we have our name and website up and running I will post that information.
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trinity participates in greenfaith pilot program!
Trinity Lutheran Seminary is a participant in the pilot cohort of the Seminary Environmental Certification Program, a program administered by GreenFaith. The Certification Green Team, who will shepherd the certification program over the next few years, includes: Hank Langknecht and Denise Sager (faculty); Ron Benedick and Kailee Hefflebower (staff); and Ian McMichael and Jared Howard (students). Board members Rod Chu and Deb Yandala agreed to provide board support.


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Australia bounced back from their shock loss to Scotland with a morale-boosting 27-19 win over Wales in Brisbane on Saturday.
Australia bounced back from their shock loss to Scotland with a morale-boosting 27-19 win over Wales at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday.
What a difference four days makes, as the hosts dug deep to prove their doubters wrong and take a 1-0 lead in the series against this year's Six Nations Grand Slam champions.
Wales, who at one stage trailed by fourteen points (20-6), managed to claw their way back into the match and cut the deficit to one (20-19) in an absorbing encounter.
But a try by centre Pat McCabe in the 67th minute proved to be the killer blow as the Welsh slumped to their fifth straight defeat to Australia.
The Wallabies' win takes the heat off under-pressure coach Robbie Deans, whose side rebounded impressively from Tuesday's Scottish disaster with an enterprising ball-in-hand game plan at their Brisbane fortress.
Wales – desperate to end a 43-year drought Down Under – were forced to play catch-up rugby throughout, and it all started when Berrick Barnes opened the scoring with a straightforward penalty kick in the ninth minute.
Australia looked to have created a certain try when Rob Horne darted to the left, but Alex Cuthbert – outstanding for the visitors – prevented the scoring pass with a crucial tackle.
However, just moments later the Wallabies crossed following a series of drives from their forwards that ended with number eight Scott Higginbotham crashing over for his first Test try.
Barnes added the extras and Australia led 10-0 after 16 minutes.
Wales finally got themselves on the scoreboard courtesy of a Leigh Halfpenny, but the men in red were struggling to find any momentum against a Wallabies outfit playing with their tails up.
The tourists then suffered a major blow on the half-hour mark when destructive winger George North was replaced with a quad injury to put him in doubt for next week's second Test in Melbourne.
Trailing 10-3 at half-time, any thoughts of a second-half respite by Australia was extinguished immediately by Will Genia who needed less than a minute after the break to grab his team's second try.
The Wallaby scrum-half exploited space expertly and then effected an outrageous side-step to negotiate the last line of defence. The finish was a moment of individual brilliance and highlighted Genia's running threat as he dived over for the converted try to extend Australia's lead even further (17-3).
Another Halfpenny penalty was then cancelled out by a Barnes drop-goal, but Halfpenny again nudged Wales closer with a third penalty (20-9).
As the game went on, it was evident that the hosts began to tire in the second half and were not as effective at controlling the ball at close quarters. And as the game grew looser, Wales came into their own.
Ashley Beck replaced centre Scott Williams and with his first touch of the ball, put Cuthbert over for his fourth Test try. Halfpenny converted and added an excellent penalty from out wide to cut the deficit to 20-19 on 63 minutes.
Wales were eying a remarkable turnaround, but Australia showed their clinical edge when they needed it most. Genia was again the creator, picking his pass to McCabe who crashed over with thirteen minutes remaining.
Barnes converted and Australia were once again eight points ahead.
Twice Cuthbert threatened to break clear for a second try that Wales desperately needed, but was denied as Australia recovered to hold out for victory.
Man of the match: Alex Cuthbert was Wales' standout player,, while David Pocock, Scott Higginbotham, Berrick Barnes and Adam Ashley-Cooper all made significant contributions for Australia. But it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who gets our vote – Will Genia take a bow. Apart from his try, Genia looked every bit the general in the number nine position.
Moment of the match: Genia's try… pure magic.
Villain of the match: No malice to report!
The scorers:
For Australia:
Tries: Higginbotham, Genia, McCabe
Cons: Barnes 3
Pens: Barnes
Drop: Barnes
For Wales:
Try: Cuthbert
Con: Halfpenny
Pen: Halfpenny 4
Australia: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Cooper Vuna, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Will Genia, 8 Wycliff Palu , 7 David Pocock (c), 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Rob Simmons , 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 Ben Alexander, Dave Dennis, 18 Michael Hooper, 19 Nic White, 20 Anthony Fainga'a, 21 Mike Harris.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Scott Williams, 11 George North, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (c), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Matthew Rees, 17 Paul James, 18 Alun Wyn Jones, 19 Ryan Jones, 20 Lloyd Williams, 21 James Hook, 22 Ashley Beck.
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Marin the man to watch
Our Nick Hext makes Marko Marin his player to back as Chelsea travel to Leeds in the Capital One Cup quarter-finals.
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Chelsea don't have any time to rest after arriving back from Club World Cup disappointment in Japan.
The Blues returned to London on Monday afternoon after a falling to a 1-0 defeat against Corinthians the previous day and that hasn't given them long to prepare for a tough clash at Leeds in the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup.
Neil Warnock's men have won four of their last five games in the Championship and spirits are high at the club with GFH Capital's takeover pleasing the fans.
Leeds are the outsiders for this clash at 7/2 (cut from 4/1 at the weekend) but you can understand why plenty of punters are attracted to the hosts.
Everton and Southampton have already fallen at Elland Road in the cup this season and a hostile crowd is only going to provide Chelsea with an added challenge to overcome.
There isn't quite enough reason for me to get involved in backing Leeds, who also have a few injury problems, but I do expect a tight match and certainly wouldn't touch any of the odds-on for the away win.
I instead reckon the best way to make a profit is by anticipating one of the changes to the Chelsea starting line-up.
Marko Marin is a player who should get his chance to shine and punters should take note.
The German moved to Stamford Bridge for a fee of around £7million in the summer and a five-year deal means that he should have time to impress in London.
New Blues boss Rafael Benitez admitted a couple of weeks ago that he is a big fan of the winger and you can only imagine that his fitness will have improved since then.
"I knew Marko as I came up against him when he was at Werder Bremen, and he was the best player on the pitch," said Benitez.
"He looks sharp in training and is a very clever player. He doesn't need things explaining to him three times, once is always enough.
"He is keen to help and is ready - maybe not ready to start games, but certainly to help."
Marin has so far only made four substitute appearances for the Blues, the latest coming against Corinthians, and provides Benitez with one of the options to alter his starting XI.
Coral's 11/2 for Marin to score makes appeal to me especially given his midfield colleagues all appearing at shorter prices.
There could be a surprise in Yorkshire but make Marin your man to watch with a small stake.


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* The ladies at Who What Wear take a closer look at the strong shoulder trend that's sprinkled throughout spring and promises to be big (pun!) come fall. [ Who What Wear ]
* Thread Social had a low-key showing of their fall collection last week, and Style File liked what they saw. [ Style.com Style File ]
* A charming profile on handbag designer Jerome Dreyfuss. I want to take up residence his Paris shop. [ Stylecaster ]
* Diane von Furstenberg is stepping into the world of eyewear, but we're going to have to wait for it. The pieces will be available next January. [ FabSugar ]
* Martha Stewart Living launched a fashion section in its April issue, and gasp! it's good. [ The Cut ]
* Candy Pratts Price says have fun with your accessories this season. We can get on board with that. [ Style.com ]
* Garance Doré sings the pantsuit's praises. Très femme. [ Garance Doré ]
* An Oxygen TV poll reveals 25% of women ages 18 to 34 would rather win America's Next Top Model than a Nobel Peace Prize. Oh, Tyra! [ The Cut ]
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Saracens extended their lead at the top of the Premiership standings with a 40-3 bonus-point victory over Newcastle at Allianz Park.
Saracens extended their lead at the top of the Premiership standings with a 40-3 bonus-point victory over Newcastle at Allianz Park on Sunday.
Charlie Hodgson, making his first start since coming back from injury, scored 18 points in total, including a try, conversion and a penalty in the first half as Sarries went into the break 10-3 ahead.
The Falcons had dominated the opening 20 minutes but a Phil Godman three-pointer was their only reward in the opening period.
And Newcastle struggled to contain the hosts after the interval as David Strettle (twice), Jamie George and Alex Goode tries sealed a comfortable victory.
Despite having to field a weakened side due to the November internationals, the hosts were expected to comfortably dispatch Dean Richards' men.
However, they were given a fright in the early stages of the match as the newly-promoted outfit, who have enjoyed a solid start to the campaign, dominated possession and territory.
And with 14 minutes gone, Godman atoned for an earlier miss with a penalty that gave the visitors a deserved advantage.
Matt Stevens was then sent to the sin-bin as Mark McCall's side initially struggled to deal with the Newcastle forwards.
But they weren't on the back foot for long as Hodgson stepped his way over the line for an impressive try.
The fly-half added the conversion and then kicked a three-pointer as the hosts went into the break with a 10-3 lead.
Successive Hodgson penalties early in the second period opened the gap further before Alex Goode's grubber kick set up Strettle for another Sarries' touchdown.
George then crossed the whitewash from a dominant driving maul for the third try as Saracens went in search of the bonus-point.
That eventually came 12 minutes from time when Goode got his reward for an excellent individual performance before Strettle rounded off the scoring with his second of the afternoon.
The scorers:
For Saracens:
Tries: Hodgson, Strettle 2, George, Goode
Cons: Hodgson 2, Goode
Pens: Hodgson 3
Yellow cards: Stevens
For Newcastle:
Pen: Godman
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Michael Tagicakibau, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Chris Wyles, 11 David Strettle, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Will Fraser, 6 Jackson Wray, 5 Mourtiz Botha, 4 Steve Borthwick (c), 3 Matt Stevens, 2 Jamie George, 1 Richard Barrington.
Replacements:16 Schalk Brits, 17 Nick Auterac, 18 Petrus Du Plessis, 19 George Kruis, 20 Jacques Burger, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Ben Ransom
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Alex Tait, 14 Noah Cato, 13 Danny Barnes, 12 Adam Powell, 11 Ryan Shortland, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Ally Hogg (c), 7 Will Welch, 6 Mark Wilson, 5 Dom Barrow, 4 Carlo del Fava, 3 Kieran Brookes, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Rob Vickers.
Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Grant Shiells, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Fraser McKenzie, 20 Richard Mayhew, 21 Warren Fury, 22 Rory Clegg, 23 James Fitzpatrick
Venue: Allianz Park
Referee: Matthew Carley
Assistant referees: Luke Pearce and Andrew Pearce
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We have two authors coming to NCRL in September.
Author Sandra Byrd's program will be Thursday September 20th at the Wenatchee Public Library 7 pm - 9 pm. She will be reading from her second novel in her Ladies in Waiting Series, The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr. The first novel in the series is To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn. NCRL has copies of both novels available. The third novel will be published in 2013, Roses Have Thorns: A Novel of Elizabeth I.
There will also be a slide show about Henry the VIII and his wives. Sandra Byrd will also have recommendations of other books about England's history. She is a local author living in Washington. Please join us on the 20th of September.
Author Amanda Coplin will be reading from her historical novel, The Orchardist, which takes place in Monitor. The program will be Friday, September 28th, 7 pm - 9 pm at the NCRL Distribution Center, 16 N Columbia St. Wenatchee.
Ms. Coplin was born in Wenatchee and spent much of her youth at her grandfather's orchard in Monitor. This is her debut novel. The Seattle Times wrote, "The Orchardist beautifully conveys the sights, smells and landscape of Eastern Washington orchard country in an era before telephones and automobiles." The book was named one of Publisher's Weekly's top ten literary picks for this fall. NCRL has copies of her novel available. A local author she now lives in Portland, Oregon. Please come to welcome Amanda Coplin back to Wenatchee.
Thursday September 20th, Sandra Byrd, Wenatchee Public Library 7 pm - 9 pm.
Friday September 28th, Amanda Coplin, NCRL Distribution Center 16 N Columbia St 7 pm - 9pm.


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(Dec. 3, 2009)--UTSA and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will host the 27th annual "Regency Jazz Band's Holiday Saxophones" from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 20 at the Downtown Campus Buena Vista Theater. The jazz event will feature some of the best local and regional saxophone musicians.
Performers will include George Prado, Joe Posada, Rene Sandoval, Joel Dilley, Larry Slezak, Paul Elizondo, Henry Brun and special guests.
"This event is part of an effort to expand programming at the UTSA Downtown Campus," said Jesse Zapata, UTSA vice provost, Downtown Campus. "I believe that this special performance in the Buena Vista Theater can attract a whole new audience to the popular San Antonio event. We are pleased to be working with the Guadalupe Theater, and we hope this will be a yearly tradition. Because tickets to their previous performances have always sold out quickly, we encourage everyone to buy your tickets now."
Admission is $20. Free parking will be available at the UTSA Cattlemen's Square lot.
For tickets and more information, call 210-458-2712.
Grab your friends, family, kids and dog for this annual fun run on the UTSA Main Campus benefititng the UTSA Alumni Association.
Convocation Center, Main Campus
Join the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching for the 13th annual Storytelling Festival. The festival will feature keynote speaker Carolina Quiroga-Stultz, a Colombian Storyteller and journalist. This event is free and open to the public.
Main Building, ground floor, Main Campus
The IDS Colloquium showcases the excellent scholarship done by the IDS students in the College of Education and Human Development at UTSA. In addition, this event also honors the legacy of Dr. Marian Martinello.
Business Building, University Room (BB 2.06.04), Main Campus
The Department of Biology and the Be the Match Team will collaborate to engage and educate our students in the importance of a life saving donation through peripheral blood stem cells and a marrow harvest.
UC Paseo and Central Plaza, Main Campus
UTSA welcomes the Italian-born duo Bandini-Chiacchiaretta. They've toured the world performing Argentine Tango music on guitar and bandoneon, the instrument of Astor Piazzolla. Tickets are $10 or free with UTSA Student I.D.
Arts Building, Recital Hall (ARTS 2.03.02), Main Campus
This an annual event is open to any student who wants to participate It includes a presentation about current events and issues involving East Asia. This event is meant to deepen understanding and to raise awareness of what is currently happening in East Asia.
Business Building, University Room (BB 2.06.04), Main Campus
Join the Women's Studies Institute and Women's Studies Program as we celebrate our fourteenth year of Women's History Month at UTSA. During our program, we will award Olga Madrid as the 2017 Women's Advocate of the Year.
H-E-B University Center, Travis Room (HUC 2.202), Main Campus
Solomon's House, presented by Sara Cusimano Miles, explores the collections repository of the Anniston Museum of Natural History in Alabama. It's free and open to the public.
Arts Building (ARTS 3.01.18 B), Main Campus
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Pecos Punch from West of Pecos Recipe
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The house drink at San Francisco's West of Pecos restaurant features freshly muddled cantaloupe—Pecos, Texas is known for the fruit. This refreshing, drinkable punch also includes tequila, basil, Aperol, and agave syrup. Serve in a tin cowboy cup, if you can!
Note: To make agave syrup, combine 1/4 cup boiling water with 1/4 cup agave nectar in a heatproof bowl. Stir until dissolved. Cool before using. Syrup will keep in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- 3 one-inch cubes fresh cantaloupe
- 2 basil leaves
- 1 1/2 ounces blanco tequila
- 1/2 ounce Aperol
- 1/2 ounce agave syrup
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
- Dash lemon juice
- Garnish: lemon wheel
In a cocktail shaker, muddle cantaloupe until broken down. Fill shaker with ice. Add basil, tequila, Aperol, agave syrup, and grapefruit juice and shake vigorously. Strain into ice filled serving glass (or tin cowboy cup). Garnish with lemon wheel.


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I can't figure out how to make a selection on one of Mandy Steward's Life Journal Paper Templates. Life Journals. The files are .png files and not layered files.
How can you NOT select the spirals and the black holes like it shows in the marketing picture? I can't seem to get it. Thanks for any tips and instruction.
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Posted 13 February 2013 - 12:16 PM
Hi Melinda, I looked at these files, and I am not sure what you are trying to do, specifically, but can tell you that when I am working with a .png instead of a .psd file and want to isolate a certain section I use one of 2 tools- either the magic wand tool to select certain areas of the same color, or the lasso tool. If you are trying to recolor the paper part, but not the spiral, one method would be to creat a new layer with the color and blending mode set, then erase the sections on the color layer that you don't want to have colored.
Does that make sense? I use PSE10, what program are you working in?
Does that make sense? I use PSE10, what program are you working in?
Posted 13 February 2013 - 03:01 PM
Thanks. I'll keep playing with it. There surely has to be a way that isn't so tedious. I'm still pretty new at this stuff but I love it.
Posted 13 February 2013 - 11:35 PM
Hi Melinda. Yes since they are just pngs, I would use the wand tool and make sure the contiguous button is ticked. Then proceed to select all the areas you want. You have to have the wand set to add to the selection though or it will just reselect each time instead of adding to it. Does that make sense?
Posted 14 February 2013 - 10:25 AM
Thanks. I played with it a little and changed the tolerance some as I went along. It's going much better than yesterday. I actually selected everything using Ctrl Click on the layer, then used the magic wand to delete from the selection the circles and the spirals. That seemed to work pretty well. I'll work at fine tuning my skills.
Thanks again for the tips ladies.
Thanks again for the tips ladies.
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Our delegation concluded with the drafting of a work-in-progress framework agreement to help codify what we and the various education, health, and science ministry officials encouraged us to do and share. It appears below and we will focus now on next steps to follow through. We all recognized the importance of keeping the momentum of reform accelerating.
Our delegation visited eight universities in three cities and the participants lectured to over 1,000 faculty and. students. We covered such topics as finding and making strategic partnerships, faculty development, and accreditation processes and procedures. There were many questions, too, about what we heard from the officials with whom we met. So many officials and academicians with whom we met called our visit historic. We also now hope to make history by what we can do next in the cause of expanding and improving relations between our people and countries.
IIE's President and CEO Dr. Allan Goodman is currently in Myanmar leading a partnership focused delegation through IAPP. While in Myanmar, the IIE-led delegation will hold public workshops at a number of universities in Yangon and Mandalay open to anyone interested in learning from the U.S. representatives as they lecture on topics such as accreditation, quality assurance, faculty development, student learning, partnerships and other critical subjects.
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Artist: John BRACK
Birth/Death: 1920–1999
Title: The car
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'Walking in a suburban street one day the car passed me, and the occupants looked out. This seemed to compose itself as a picture instantly. The paraphernalia of the street — houses and telegraph poles, seemed to rob the faces of dramatic emphasis. I think that the country landscape solved this problem, and serves also to illustrate a social phenomenon important in our time — the family making an afternoon trip from the city to the nearby country on Sunday. It is part of the pattern of the life of millions.'
John Brack Brack captured the surface reality of everyday life in 1950s middle class Australia. The flat, hard-edged figures cocooned by the structure of the car symbolise the perfect suburban family. Father concentrates on the driving; Mother, son and daughter look out. The car seems to isolate the individuals within their own experiences.
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Honda Power Equipment is launching the official Collegiate Skinit Kit, an innovative accessory available exclusively for the popular Honda EU2000i Super Quiet Series portable generator. The Collegiate Skinit Kit consists of a line of thin, flexible generator covers, each imprinted with official team logos and graphics from one of 25 different college football teams. The kits are produced by Skinit, a leader in on-demand personalization technology, utilizing their proprietary, high quality 3M™ vinyl printed with state-of-the-art digital presses for vibrant photo quality graphics. The Skinit Kits are designed to fit all EU2000i models, with the choke, check oil, and on/off label integrated into the design. The skins, which do not interfere with the safety warning or serial number label, are easy to apply and remove, leaving no residue. They are available at Honda Power Equipment dealers nationwide.
"The Collegiate Skinit Kits allow owners of Honda EU2000i generators to customize their models," said Kathleen Tyndall, manager of Product Planning and Marketing, Honda Power Equipment. "Avid sports fans can show their team colors at tailgate parties, picnics and even on the job - wherever a Honda EU2000i generator provides quiet, clean, portable power."
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Plain Dividers by Société des Lunetiers
- Description
- This brass instrument has steel points that are both bent at the end. It has a ridged cylindrical handle and is held together with a screw. One arm opens and closes at the joint. That arm is marked: STE DES LUNETIERS (/) FRANCE.
- In 1849 several workshops in Paris formed the Société des Lunetiers to cooperatively sell spectacles and mathematical instruments. Since 1972, the company has been known as Essilor.
- Keuffel & Esser, an American maker and dealer of slide rules and drawing instruments, donated this object to the Smithsonian in 1971. Part of a paper tag received with the object has been lost, but the remaining portion suggests these dividers may have been used by company employees preparing lettering. None of the dividers offered in K&E catalogs in 1909, 1921, or 1936 resemble this instrument.
- References: Nicolàs de Hilster, "Société des Lunetiers," Geodetic Instruments, http://www.dehilster.info/index.php?doc=http://www.dehilster.info/instrumenten/theodolite1/sdl.html; "About Essilor," http://www.essilor.co.nz/about_essilor/.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1900
- maker
- Société des Lunetiers
- ID Number
- accession number
- 306012
- catalog number
- 335260
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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25 Games For Raffi Torres
Jonathan Willis
April 21 2012 10:14AM
The NHL has suspended Raffi Torres for 25 games as a result of his hit on Marian Hossa.
Ryan Batty, a writer for Copper & Blue, tweeted the following comment, which neatly encapsulated my own initial reaction:
25 games for Torres. Wow. If this is the NHL taking discipline serious great, if this is the NHL using him as a scapegoat not so great.
That's the thing. I have no objection to a 25-game suspension for the type of hit that Torres threw, given the player's track record and the injury sustained - if that's the standard for players across the league. If Brendan Shanahan has decided that strict enforcement of this sort of hit is the way to go, I think that's an entirely defensible position and one that will help reduce concussions around the league.
If, however, this is simply a one-time suspension to throw a bone to people concerned about concussions, it's more difficult to justify. The NHL – even under Shanahan – has not enforced a consistent standard for these sorts of hits. Raffi Torres has a long track record of iffy hits, hammered a star player in a major market, is not a star player himself, plays in the NHL's most insignificant market, and was roundly vilified by fans and the press prior to this suspension being announced. In short, he's the perfect target for a massive suspension.
My hope is that this is the start of a more consistently vigilant Department of Player Safety. My fear is that the NHL's hammering an easy target and will instead slink away when something else – say, Milan Lucic running Ryan Miller, or Shea Weber grabbing Henrik Zetterberg's head and smashing it into the glass, or one of a hundred other things – happens. As it is, this is a hard suspension to reconcile with the NHL's previous decisions. That doesn't make it the wrong decision, unless it remains hard to reconcile with future decisions.
I strongly suspect that this is a one-off. If it is, then the NHL made the wrong call.
Wow. I think the NHL just added together the totals they SHOULD have handed out to the other culprits and gave them all to Torres.
What a joke. Seriously.
Wow. I think the NHL just added together the totals they SHOULD have handed out to the other culprits and gave them all to Torres.
What a joke. Seriously.
No kidding.
Take a player's head and ram it into the glass and your last name is Weber, no games!
Maybe Weber wasn't targeting the head when he took Z's head and smashed it into the glass.
Skate around like Ogi Ogilthorp and look to injure players and you are 40 goal scorer James Neal? 1 game.
I like rough, tough hockey, but intent to injure is just bush.
I think 10-12 games would have been right for Raffi.
25 is political.
April 21 2012, 10:54AM
...bad ginger
go to your room
*Stands and Applauds Shanny*
It's about time.
April 21 2012, 10:25AM
Ridiculous , semi star players can do what they want but lets kick Raffi in the nuts , typical Shanahan and NHL justice for all LOL
I think the NHL uses a system like the draft lottery, bunch of balls in a machine, whatever number comes out of the bingo machine thats how many game suspension the player receives. This league is a freaking joke.
Holy double standards Batman!
One a hockey play with marginally late but hard hit by a bigger man vs a non hockey play of grabbing and slamming someones head in the boards. Which one had the intent to injure?
He does have a long rap sheet of predatory hits to the head. He deserves a long suspension and if it continues, a complete ban from the league. That being said, the lack of suspension for other predatory hits (by stars) is completely unacceptable. Unless a standard is established for all players, these actions will not deter future incidents.
I wonder why,Duncan Keith wasn't the message, or Shea Weber? If he nailed these two guys with huge suspensions then the message would be delivered to everyone. As of right now guys like Torres and Andy Sutton are in big trouble...not the stars of the game, they can pretty much do what they want.
I don't see where the problem is.
The NHL is prioritizing two issues with the suspensions:
1. Significance of Injury 2. Prior History
If you don't like that, that's fair, but it doesn't make sense to compare this suspension to Weber's given it has neither of those factors.
Weber has no history, there was no injury.
Torres has 5 suspensions... 5! Makes sense to me.
Repeat offenders SHOULD be punished more severely. I'm on the fence about injury vs intent (I understand both arguments).
This was 3 violations in one hit. a Five time repeat offender, AND a major injury.
Where's the problem? And don't say consistency... what other violation has three penalties, a five time offender and a major concussion?
This is what the NHL should of been doing since the get go. If it was consistent i'd say great. Consistency is the key. I believe what they meant to say was there were 2 Key components in deciding what the discipline would be. 1) Injured a Star player. 2) Happened during the playoffs. 3) 2nd star player Torres hit that played for Chicago(see Seabrook). Thats strike 3 , your out 25 games.
April 21 2012, 11:16AM
Stevens was my absolute favourite player growing up. His hits were legendary. I also thought they were largely legal and even today many would be legal. He did not generally explode upwards into the heads of his targets. More often than not he seemed to stay level and deliver a solid shoulder. His targets were hunched over, but back in those days that was your problem if you were cutting through the middle with your head at Stevens' shoulder height.
The Torres hit di not in any way remind me of a Stevens hit. He came at him and exploded upwards at the head of Hossa for no reason at all. He flew in the air for pete's sake. The hit would have been just as devastating had he hit him shoulder to chest.
25 games is a long time, and I tend to agree that it's a joke for all the reasons suggested. But Torres was playing with fire. It should have been obvious to everyone that somebody was gonna get the hammer soon.
April 21 2012, 11:20AM
Agreed on all counts JW. I wrote a disturbingly similar article when Cooke got the book thrown at him last March.
The good news about that suspension is it seemed to straighten up Cooke. The bad news is, the NHL pretty much stopped doling out similarly tough discipline since (aside from a few tougher than average suspensions in the pre-season).
So it looks like really hard sentences are reserved for guys who have a history and who are easily vilified by both fans and other players.
I think that Mr. Shanahan got this one right. Raffi has been deliberately causing injury for a long time. I hope that this represents the pushing of the reset button on what his (and the leagues) intentions where at the start of the season. (One can only imagine the pressures that he experienced through the year from some of the old school jack-asses that think that hockey is a gladiator sport.) Certainly we all agree that respect and sportsmanship has to be strictly mandated. You only have to see the smug look on a 12 year olds face after he's knocked someone unconscious to know that the NHL has to clean things up. There is a trickle-down effect.
Easy enough to say but it's a difficult problem to solve. One thing that I think that the NHL should consider is drastically increasing the fines for first time offenders. This way you can punish the player without punishing the franchise. Another thing that the NHL should consider is to stop taking into account the injury (or lack of injury) in their rulings. Make the call on the intention of the play. Finally, as fans (and pundits) I think that we all have to take a break from referee bashing. Like it or not calling a came IS a subjective endeavour that DOES take into account the history between teams and players and IS influenced by directorates. The officials are the keepers of the game and should be celebrated.
April 21 2012, 11:27AM
This was a perfect chance for the NHL to say, look at everything we are doing to put an end to hits like this, aren't we awesome! And they took full advantage, they will continue to make examples of players like Torres, and that's great but the same rules should apply to all offenders.
April 21 2012, 11:32AM
To me, concussions will always be an issue in contact sports. Nobody wants to see careers shortened, but as long as hitting is in the game then its gonna happen. I dont have guilt over that. Its a risk they all know.
That said, you cant have guys going out of their way to hit heads like Torres did. If Hossa is handling the puck and hes hunched over to the point where Torres doesnt have to change the position of his shoulder and Hossa's head gets the brunt of the hit then I'm fine with that. Totally different story for me when a guy is actually head hunting.
Torres was labelled a head hunter, had prior suspensions within the past year, then did it again to a star player who needed to be stretchered off the ice while Bettman was in attendance. Thats just stupid hockey.
Sadly like most things some players are more equal then others. Stars in the league are assets to the NHL . They are running a business. There are double standards everywhere you look.
I'm hoping this suspension will make all players think twice.
You raise a good question about waiting for assessing the effect of the injury.
One thing I worry about is diving or embellishing... and time confirms that a bit.
If we can suspend players after the games over when they didn't get a penalty...
...then we should also suspend players after reviewing the game and finding they were faking it.
Both are infractions which means breaking the rules which means cheating.
My point about assessing the consequence of an infraction was that a garden variety cross-check should be 2min. regardless of whether the player that got checked is injured or not. By the same token a cross-check that is deemed to have "intention" should be 5 min. Again, it shouldn't matter if the player that is checked is injured. It should be the action that is called not the effect. A minor is a minor and a major is a major and referees should feel free to make that judgement on the ice. The leagues job should be to uphold the referees decision.
Take the 'drawing-blood' 4 min. high-sticking call for instance. It's silly. The same accident gets called two different ways because the player that is high-sticked has thin skin. Having to go over and peer up someones nose or in their mouth to make a call diminishes the job of the referee. A minor for an accident. A minor + a 10min. misconduct for carelessness. A major is for intent. Empower the refs and they (and the rules that they represent) will be respected.
Given his history, I don't have a problem with Torres getting 25 games. It's more than I expected (10-15 games) but I can see why it was assessed.
As with many others, I am more concerned with consistency and the probability of this being scapegoating more than anything.
Even considering Raffi's history, this wasn't five times as bad as Duncan Keith's hit. So either Raffi got too many or Duncan got too few. As for the Shea Weber incident - I think the intent to injure there was much worse and he got fined approximately three-one-hundredths of one percent of his annual salary.
To put that in perspective - Shea Weber's fine was the equivalent of a FIVE-DOLLAR fine to someone working full time at the US Federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr.
Think about that.
April 21 2012, 01:14PM
This was a perfect chance for the NHL to say, look at everything we are doing to put an end to hits like this, aren't we awesome! And they took full advantage, they will continue to make examples of players like Torres, and that's great but the same rules should apply to all offenders.
No. The "perfect" chance was Shea Weber. By suspending him they could have sent that message that hits to the head are unacceptable no matter who you are or where you play. They chose to pass on that and hammer the sitting duck. The NHL has achieved nothing but telling the players that a double standard exists. Don't believe me? Watch the earlier games in the present Flyers/Penguins series and explain to me how Malkin is still playing. He is running around like a lunatic and high hitting everyone in sight. Why? because he knows he can. Wishy-washy NHL wheel of Justice will never stop at his number because he is who he is.
April 21 2012, 01:21PM
If you don't get suspended because of having no prior record of suspensions how do you get suspended?
April 21 2012, 10:19AM
WOW! Somewhere Raffi Torres is calling Chris Simon for ideas of things to do with his time off!
The league's a joke eh? Stop watching then.
The message is CLEAR. Fringe players can't take out stars. The smaller suspensions weren't sinking in.
The NHL (and NFL) HAVE TO DO THIS or they will be shut down by litigation.
I'll say it again.
If the players can't stop the headshots, then the league will cuz the owners don't want to pay billions in settlements.
And yes, the Keith suspension was a bad call... but this was a good one.
And it should go higher if the players still don't get it.
This is good news for the under 6 footers. The days of Stevens and Hatcher are gone. If you don't like it, get a DVD of the 1990s cuz it ain't going the other way again. Ever.
Obviously Shanny is sending a message to the rest of the league. The suspension is too long if you go by prior history of suspensions by Shanny.
This is significant money to the player and I think Shanny used this moment to tell the league enough is enough.
I really hope this suspensions works, and players will think twice.
April 21 2012, 10:53AM
There wouldn't be an issue if the league cracked down on ALL players. Stars or not. If you're worried about litigation than 4th liner with a concussion (Raitis Ivannas) is the same as a star player with a concussion (Marc Savard). Any intent to injure should be dealt with a transparent message. Not tolerated.
The way discipline is doled out if absolutely rtarded right now!
-If a player isn't injured, there isn't really any supplementary punishment (Fines do nothing)
-If a player IS injured, there MAY be some supplementary punishment
-If a player is SERIOUSLY injured, there WILL be some supplementary punishment. Just not one that reflects the severity of said injury.
Want to crack down on injuries? Start making consistent calls. Here's another thought. GO TO THE QUIET ROOM. Hits are going to happen. They're going to injure. It's hockey.
Respectfully disagree Willis. The lawyers are clearly talking to the NFL and NHL. There are moves after moves to limit exposure for head shots.
It's trending upward. It won't go back the other way.
Best example... look at the NFL. Moved up the kickoff line to the 35 last year? Why??? Check the effect? Reduced returns on kickoffs by 70%. Talk now that they may eliminate altogether. They haven't got their heads around punting yet tho.
Now, did they do that just cuz? No... someone said there's a storm a brewin' and if you don't take care of business, the business may disappear.
@Starvin Student
Agreed. One step at a time. Last year no one would have stomached the 25 game suspension. The next Keith incident will be dealt with different. Believe it.
@Dave Lumley
Brendan Shanahan has been inconsistent but there is nothing you can do about it.
Lets hope this suspension leads to some consistency and puts fear into the NHL.
Its too bad.
One of my favorite things to watch was "Jacked Up" (that disappeared quietly) vids on MNF.
We used to laugh at a guy wobbling to the bench and falling down after being crushed by Stevens Phaneuf and even Torres (remember 2006 v San Jose?)
But it isn't an equipment item - it's a simple matter of brain matter sloshing like jello in a blender against the insides of the skull from instantaneous acceleration / deceleration. Different equipment can protect from the brusing but it doesn't change the speed of the impact.
So you slow the game down or get rid of the impacts altogether.
Smoke and mirrors in my mind. We will see what the next suspension brings.
My big concern is that it was still a marginal hockey play, "take your man out hard" / "finish your check" etc. Wrong message!! Not an elbow, not a stick just a hard marginally late hit by a big man who hits a star, not paying attention, very hard.
What is the message - Don't play hard nosed, hard hitting hockey????
Agreed 100%. Consistency is needed.
It'll be interesting to see how the NHLPA views this.
They have a catch 22. On one hand, one of their members is the new posterchild of things to come. At great expense to Raffi.
On the other hand, this is for the good of the players. (and the game... no one wants stars out)
April 21 2012, 11:18AM
I don't think you have to do either.
The speed of the game makes hits more dangerous, but if the mentality of clean hits with appropriate medical care is in place there game should prosper!
The NHL and Owners need to start treating players in games the same way they would want their players treated at the Olympics! If Crosby gets knocked out with a clean hit in Sochi, I'm pretty sure Lemieux would have Crosby evaluated 10 times over and then 10 times more before playing another shift. Same thing with Stamkos, Bergergon or any other player! That's the same mentality teams shoudl have towards ALL players whether it be Peckham, Laperriere (not to confused with Lapierre) or Glencross.
Then protocols are already in place for when a player should be taken out of games. The problem is that the NHL and teams are not willing to abide by it. Want to get serious? Have an arena doctors not with either team that dictates when a player needs to go to a "quiet room" and how long they need to stay there. No bias either way.
@Arch Guy
Agreed Arch. He did it by the book. Even the Lindros hit was legal.
With the hit to head and vulnerable position interpretations... that hit is gone from today's game.
And for the better. We never got to see all of Lindros real career, or a true Paul Kariya or what could Pat Lafontaine have managed with his career or what kind of player would Boyd Devereaux (that hit nearly made me vomit) have become, but for head injuries from legal hits?
The league's a joke eh? Stop watching then.
The message is CLEAR. Fringe players can't take out stars. The smaller suspensions weren't sinking in.
The NHL (and NFL) HAVE TO DO THIS or they will be shut down by litigation.
I'll say it again.
If the players can't stop the headshots, then the league will cuz the owners don't want to pay billions in settlements.
And yes, the Keith suspension was a bad call... but this was a good one.
And it should go higher if the players still don't get it.
Stop watching are you Gary Bettman or something?
They need some consistency, thats what I was saying.
Just like officiating at the start of the year.......it changes over time. I suspect that there will be two set of rules based on star status, one for the average players and one for star players.
The consistency will never be there and we will still be talking about this for years.......that much you can count on!
Concussions will always be an issue. In MMA and Boxing as well as NFL or NHL and even Soccer.
(ya, Soccer's a bad one too - unbelieveable as it sounds...research it...)
The issue to the leagues is whether their sport is doing what it can to reasonably protect the players. That's the test.
The player still gets to make the choice on whether to play the game.
Martial arts, one one one, you sign up knowing that your job is to target the head and that's what the other guy is trying to do, and you know what will happen.
Big Mac also signed up knowing that is what his role was - give and take shots to the head... but Hemsky didn't sign up for that... and that's the problem.
Kent, I don't buy the Matt Cooke suspension scenario. What happened was that Mario read him the riot act when Mario was on his high horse about head shots and the worst offender in the league was one of his own guys.
Mario fixed Matt, just like Phoenix can fix Raffi. Phoenix can bench Torres for more or less than 25 games if they don't like how he plays, but they problem is is that they do.
Smoke and mirrors in my mind. We will see what the next suspension brings.
My big concern is that it was still a marginal hockey play, "take your man out hard" / "finish your check" etc. Wrong message!! Not an elbow, not a stick just a hard marginally late hit by a big man who hits a star, not paying attention, very hard.
What is the message - Don't play hard nosed, hard hitting hockey????
Don't destroy the guy if you're coming in late. Yes, they have time to change what they are doing and know the difference. One proof of this is most players don't hit like Torres but still hit.
It comes back to respect for other players. A solid hit can be delivered without doing what Torres did.
SO this is part of a repeat offender thing. Good. These douches need to be out of the league or need to attend the Matt Cooke school of career turnarounds (cant believe I just propped Matt Cooke).
Anyways if this is what repeat offenders get good. Problem is though it kinda seems like everyone gets a freebee.
Also not saying what weber did was not intent to injure or saying its acceptable. But these two players were in a scrum and not traveling at 20 mph each. Zetterberg was not in a super vulnerable position. And all honesty I would rather have my head pushed into the boards when I have some resistance to it and the means to fight back while wearing a helmet than take a cross check in the back when i dont see it coming or have protection there.
Why are these not suspensions.
~I hear it was only going to be 12 games, but they took into account his Halloween costume from last year and decided to go double +1.~
As easy as it is to blame Torres for continuing to play 'that way', I don't know if I'd expect anything more from Raffi. The guy has been told since 2006 that it was his hit on Michalek that was the playoff changer for the Oilers. He has been trying to recapture that level of notoriety ever since.
Does Weber have priors? If yes, than the NHL made a grave mistake. If no, than in my opinion the best consequence would have been a 2 game suspension and a $100 000 fine. (I know it wasn't an option)
April 21 2012, 01:06PM
I'm fine with the 25 game suspension- Torres needed to be sent a message. This is not a 'new standard' for those that deliver head shots, it's just what had to be done to get through to a dangerous, repeat offender. Torres was entering Chris Simon territory.
I do think that the NHL needs to be much more consistent From the preseason through to the last game of the SCF. Why doesn't the NHL just lay out a framework for suspensions much like MLB does with steroid use. For example:
First violation: x game suspension Second violation: 2x game suspension Third violation: 5x game suspension
I realize there are other variables involved with these on-ice incidents, but having a framework in place would make it clear to the players what kind of suspension they can expect from delivering a headshot.
NHL discipline is a complete and utter farce once again. Park your Torres hatred at the door, this did NOT warrant 25 games. Repeat offender or not. This call basically guarantees that there will be a work stoppage this fall. What a mess.
I would just like to throw this out there as something I'm pretty sure the NHL considers when handing out suspensions: one of the reasons why there may appear to be disparate enforcement is that these actions cross into the realm of labour law. While I am sure the collective bargaining agreement (which I have not carefully examined) has provisions that override certain areas of labour law, at the end of the day, the NHL has to deal with the laws of every state in which they conduct business. For example, in California, employee rights are closer to those of say, Europe than those of other U.S. states. If the incident happened in California, with a California team, maybe the NHL has to take a different approach than with an incident that happened in Illinois, with an Arizona team. No matter which way you cut it, the Torres situation boils down to a labour issue. The NHL has taken away Torres' opportunity to provide labour and earn an income.
I guarantee that the NHL has a team of lawyers working behind the scenes advising Mr. Shanahan on every player who appears before him. One of the questions the lawyers likely advise the league upon is "what is the probability that a suspension could be overturned in court?" That would be a worse outcome from a business standpoint than handing out a suspension that may appear too lenient. The minute the NHL loses its unfettered right to discipline players, it loses a major area of control with relation to its employees. But if the NHL has that power, it must be judicious in the exercise of that power; otherwise it will lose that power. In the case of Torres, the NHL may feel that there is little risk of a 25 game suspension being overturned, even though the Torres infraction may have been very similar to that of other players who received a substantially smaller suspension.
You have no right adding the NFL to this list. The NFL and NFL Commish know how to run a league. Get your head outta your ass, the NHL is slowly collapsing being ran by GMs in the ears of the suits.
April 21 2012, 03:07PM
What hasn't been mentioned is that 25 games is exactly the number of games Phoenix would have if they made it to Game 7 of the Cup Finals. So, Torres got suspended, essentially, for the remainder of the playoffs no matter how far the 'Yotes get.
That's it.
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November 12 2012 06:59PM
Equipment man Barrie Stafford spent a lot of time with future Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Grant Fuhr, Paul Coffey, Glenn Anderson and Jari Kurri early in his career with the Edmonton Oilers. Today, Stafford took his place alongside the Boys on the Bus again.
Stafford, who spent 26 years sharpening skates, doling out sticks, patching up equipment and laying out jerseys for some of the greatest players ever to suit up in the NHL, has been added to the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society and the Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers Wall of Honor alongside his famous pals in the HHOF.
While Stafford's ticket to the HHOF didn't make headlines like the induction of Joe Sakic, Adam Oates, Pavel Bure and Mats Sundin did today, it's a fitting and worthy tribute to one of the many people who make the NHL tick behind the scenes.
Stafford, a pretty decent player in his own right who won CIAU titles with the Alberta Golden Bears before hitting the equipment room, was a member of all five of Edmonton's Stanley Cup teams. He was a member of Canada's 1994 World Championship team, the 2002 Canadian Olympic Team and the 2004 World Cup team.
A damn good equipment man, Barrie Stafford. A damn good man, period. And now, the guy who equipped arguably the greatest team ever assembled in the powerhouse Oilers of the 1980s, doesn't need to buy a ticket to get into the HHOF anymore like the rest of us.
That's good because Stafford is, ahem, frugal. Cheap, actually.
It wouldn't be difficult to write 10,000 words on Stafford's career, especially having travelled with him for a decade until 2007. Now the team's director of special projects, Stafford has endless stories to tell and there are countless more that could be told by others.
If you want to take a trip down memory lane with Stafford and his very famous friends, David Staples of The Journal did a terrific series on him last June. It's here. I'll keep my account considerably more brief.
As for the frugal reference, well, that started back in the early 1980s when GM Glen Sather promoted Stafford from Wichita and demanded that he run a tight ship – at the insistence, no doubt, of owner Peter Pockinglinton. Nobody, and I mean nobody, could patch, modify and create equipment that somehow did the trick or stretch a stick budget like Stafford.
That frugality carried over beyond work hours. Stafford, as I recall, even worked over a guy in Times Square in New York over one of those knock-off Rolex watches we used to buy. I'm not sure if the vendor ended up paying Stafford to take the watch when the deal was done, but close.
Given the long hours and short pay for those who keep NHL teams suited up and ready to go as members of Stafford's profession, it's no surprise he has an eye for a bargain, be it a bogus Rolex or a shipment of sticks.
I've long admired Stafford and assistant equipment man Sparky Kulchisky – and those like them with every team for that matter -- for the jobs they do because while they were travelling with an NHL team, which at first blush sounds pretty glamorous, the simple fact is they work their asses off.
Whether it was another bit of Janne Niinimaa's equipment that "just didn't feel right" or a player super fussy about the particular edge put on his skate blades (Dean McAmmond comes to mind), Stafford found a way to get it done even if there was no time to do it.
Equipment guys are the first off the plane when the team lands in any given city and the last guys in the sack. While we'd be bussing to the hotel and off to bed or out to sample the nightlife, Stafford and his crew would leave the plane and head to the rink to wash, patch, prepare and lay out equipment until 1 a.m. or 2 a.m., whatever it took. Next morning, they'd be first at the rink. I'd get tired just from watching them work that hard.
One night in Chicago during the 2003-04 season, Jussi Markkanen took ill with food poisoning. Ty Conklin was recalled from the minors but would be late. Stafford was told shortly before game time video coach and practice goalie Brian Ross would have to take the warm-up as back-up to Tommy Salo. Ross had no equipment. No jersey. Well, no problem.
Stafford pulled out a Kari Haakana jersey frm his road stock. He grabbed an extra name bar or two, cut them up and fabricated a name bar for Ross – Rossco. He stitched it together in a matter of minutes and had Ross out there for the pre-game warm-up without missing a beat or neglecting anything else he had to do.
"You're something," I said to Stafford as we watched the warm-up from the bench and the crowd settled in. "All in a night's work," he shrugged with a wink.
All in a HHOF career's work, Bub. Congratulations.
Listen to Robin Brownlee Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the Jason Gregor Show on TEAM 1260.
November 12 2012, 07:13PM
great story!
Is anybody else watching the super series yakupov has gotten worse as the series has gone on Im kind of dissapointed
I just read the message about yakupov 2 seconds later he scored haha
I know but its about time hes got alot of skill its just I expected more hes lighting up a league with men in it I Just thought you would notice him more
The guy has lived the LIFE. All those teams and elite level players he's been around and they still speak so highly of him. Staples did a great peice on Barrie for the journal a while back and gave us a behind the scenes look at how important he was to the success of the Oilers and Canadian teams. Congrats Barrie,the recognition is well deserved!!
November 13 2012, 10:04AM
Always wondered what happened to Kelly Pruden that allowed Barry to take over before the Oilers became one of the best teams ever assembled. Maybe Sather and Pruden didn't see eye to eye.
Best wishes to the Staffords. Barry has had more than his share of health concerns in the last few yrs.
November 13 2012, 12:09PM
Dimes to Dollars that man had a lot more to do with those cups than we will ever know.He was a man who loved the game,playing it and being involved in it,he was a detail orientated man who was always thinking on his feet manifesting dynamic solutions to very dynamic problems day in and day out,he created calm from chaos every day and players like Wayne got to learn from that,and there must have been thousands of little golden moments where he got to offer the kids tidbits of knowlegde with his own personal touch attatched.
Well deserved honor for a true champion.
Maybe it had something to do with PeterPucks used car salesmans dynamic personality and approach to managment but that entire Dynasty organisation was littered with dynamic thinkers and problem solvers,it is a recurring theme for some reason,and interesting to theorise how it came to be that way--something to possibly emulate if we want to win another Cup here.Its not the first time I have read about Barries influences on the Dynasty team,he is typical of the mindset that was dominant here at that time.If you look closer you might see how he was one of the stitches that held the seams of that great team together in the room and on the ice.
I think Barrie picked the Oilers ,I dont think they picked him.He dug in and got er done.


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As requested by Séverin Terrier:
I come back to you several months later about french Moodle doc. We've recently talked again about that with Nicolas and other french users, and we (the french community) would now like to have a separate wiki for Moodle 2.x.
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Please could you advise whether you'd like 'Moodle Docs for this page' links in Moodle 2.x to redirect to the new wiki as soon as it is set up, or whether you would prefer to wait with the redirect until the new wiki has a reasonable amount of content.
Thanks Helen for the creation of this new task.
I think it's better to redirect 'Moodle Docs for this page' links in Moodle 2.x to the new Wiki.
It will allow to easylly put on all the redirects to "full name" pages. It will also "force" french speaking users to involve in the docs
I think it will be useful to add an information at the top of all pages, to say that work is in progress (at the begining).
I'll also involve some time when this new wiki is open, to create main pages, categories, redirects and so on to facilitate the work for other people...
Hi Helen,
Thanks for doing this for us. I've the same opinion than Séverin.
Cheers, Nicolas
new wiki is created, I need whoever is to be wiki admins to login once at http://docs.moodle.org/2x/fr/ and comment here with your username(s) so I can change group membership.
Thanks Jordan for this new wiki. Admins are Nicolas and I. My username is "fox".
Hi Jordan,
Thanks for the wiki. As Séverin pointed it, I'll be admin too. My username is "Mina".
Cheers, Nicolas
Thanks Jordan. Please could you give me wiki admin rights too (for occasional requirement to edit system messages).
A point not to forget : in 19 english documentation, the "in other languages" bloc links should point to 19 french version (and not "the last one").
Severin, unfortunately I don't know of a way to make inter-language links point to older version wikis. If you can somehow figure it out, let us know and I'd be happy to implement it.
I just noticed that the "div.frontpageblock" style isn't present in the CSS. Could please someone add it?
Cheers, Nicolas
Thanks Jordan for permissions.
You're right Nicolas : i had seen the problem, but didn't investigate why...
I don't really know MediaWiki, nor how the MoodleDocs wiki's are set up, but perhaps these pages could be usefull :
If i understand well, that would allow to make links like [[19en:page name]] (or [[19:en:page name]]) and [[2xfr:nom de page]] (or [[2x:fr:nom de page]])...
Did you see my comment about the missing "frontpageblock" style in the french 2.x doc? TIA for the fix
Nicolas, unfortunately I don't have access to add the "frontpageblock" style, however I trust that Dan or Jordan will do so when they have chance.
Séverin, thanks for the links.
Still no time (at all) for this small style change?
Would be useful for a better "look" (like in english)
About my message from mars 20, i don't know how wiki's are configured, i thought it would only be a link to the SAME version (in 1.9 only) to another langage...
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My apologies for being so slow at that one - the CSS should be there now.
Thanks Dan : it looks better now
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MDLSITE-1736, it would also be good to have a 2.x icon (in all 2.x language docs). Should i create another issue for that?
Yes please Séverin, my mistake for requesting too much stuff in one tracker issue!
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Skip to comments.Not Ready to Make Nice (Dixie Chicks in Australia, STILL Whining About Free Republic)
Posted on 10/07/2006 1:04:19 PM PDT by kristinn
It's hard to believe this petite, well-mannered Texan - sitting opposite in a Sydney harbourside hotel - caused the kind of stir the music industry has not seen since John Lennon sang about being crucified in 1969.
It's the day before the band's first Australian concert on their Accidents and Accusations world tour.
Maines looks younger than her 31 years.
Aware she may sound "bizarre", the 31-year-old believes the vitriol directed at The Dixie Chicks was part of a right-wing conspiracy.
An organised group known as the Free Republic set out to bring the band down.
The organisation's power, she says, comes through the internet. The site has thousands of subscribers, all of whom were encouraged to destroy the band's music and boycott the radio stations that played it.
"It's scary how much power they do have," she says. "They can take down someone singlehandedly and I don't think Americans are aware of that.
"It's the same group that went after (former US president) Bill Clinton and (gay actress) Ellen DeGeneres."
In the beginning, Maines says, they tried to fight their detractors. Their management tried to alert radio station programmers to what was happening.
"But they weren't open to it and just thought we were grasping at straws to try and salvage something," she says.
"It was just bigger than we could fight and we weren't willing to put ourselves out there to be made to look stupid if people weren't willing to investigate this thing and be open to it."
"For the Free Republic we were a dream come true; they made it their mission to take us down. Apparently we were not supposed to think like this because we play country music."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
LOL! Love the AYBBTU bucks!
Proud to be a member "of the group known as Free Republic" since Feb. 8 1999, thank you very much......
should have kept her (multiple)pie-hole shut....so much talent....so little brain
I think she is confusing Ellen Degeneres with Whoopi Goldberg who called Bush a few 4 letter words at a Kerry fundraiser and was canned the next day as a Slim Fast spokesperson.
Also, since someone with the chicks apparently reads FR, my suggestion is that at your next concert, Maines should say "It may surprise you, but we are ashamed John Howard is from Australia"
check this out
I like the one person who "cancelled chemotherapy to be here"
It means that Free Republic is doing its job.
Who else? Always use an expert I say...
Yes. I believe this is the power of the people all my leftist professors in school bragged about that would (in their opinion) bring down capitalism and big corporations and change America to a socialist/communist country. Apparently this unified behavior is only acceptable when it is used in a treasonous way toward our American society and leaders but when it is everyday people coming together to boycott a product--it is scary and dangerous to these lunes.
Haha. It is called grassroots organizing (another lefty description) or just American people uniting in action who share common values.
Just as we regular everyday people came out in droves to support Bush when Gore protested the results of the election, the left can't STAND that we unite and effect change that coincides with our value system. How dare we!!
According to these libs we go from everyday people fighting for change (this description is used when it is their own liberals fighting for/against something) to being called the mass right wing conspiracy.
These people are whining victims that are whacked. Get over your small self Natalie. We have.
We don't care about your opinions, Natalie.
If FR had the power that your paranoia insists it does, you'd be sleeping in an alley, servicing toothless drunks to scrounge your next meal.
Grow up, little girl.
I didn't give a warm pail of s[p]it about the Dixie Sluts before their Bush-bashing escapade, so it was no effort for me to boycott them...... but what their feeble brains can't grasp is that they were not only ridiculing our President before a foreign audience just as troops were about to go into harm's way, but they were also ridiculing all of their (former) fans who did not agree with them..... they did not merely express an opinion, however, foolish, they said they were "ashamed" of Pres. Bush and by implication "ashamed" of everyone who supported him.
As has become clear since in their derision toward tens of millions of country music fans, the Dixie Sluts are immature, arrogant, snivelling twits who despise most of their (former) fans -- why should they be surprised when people start to reciprocate such contempt?
It was their own lack of class in behavior, but it's always easier to blame someone else instead of looking in the mirror.
i am an aussie who read the article in my paper, which eventually led me to this site. i agree with the girls, God forbid anyone dare question your president. you go on about the "ditsy chicks", have you recently looked closely at g. dubya??? not the sharpest tool in the shed, however still a tool nonetheless. and as i registered for this site, i checked my hotmail for the password to get in, there was no mail from FR... hotmail classed it as junk mail... how very true.
Thank you, MaryFromMichigan! If the Dixie Chicks' popularity is waning, they can only blame themselves. Their own words did them in.
"They can take down someone singlehandedly and I don't think Americans are aware of that."
Which is the worst hyperbole? Comparing Maines impact on the music industry to John Lennon's or claiming that the careers of a few public figures can be ruined "singlehandedly" by a Web site that the average American probably has never heard of.
FR didn't destroy the Dixie Chicks, Ellen Degeneres, Bill Clinton or Dan Rather. They did it all by themselves. BTW, I like Ellen. Her show went to shi'ite when she came out and decided to make it the lebian sit-com. She's much better now that she does what she does best--tell jokes.
So the Dixie Chicks should take a hint from Ellen and the title of their own movie and shut up and sing.
With as much of her foot as Maines can fit in her mouth, it's amazing she isn't starring in smut flicks.
Give her time.
True, with desperation on the level that 'band' has...
No, I'm talking about the audience for FR. We're stars now! You can't buy this kind of publicity. ;')
I'm sure it will be very tasteful.
They are not important enough to be a "mission". They are only a minor annoyance, like a mosquito. Both deserve to get slapped down, but neither are very consequential.
Probably not.
Think cheap French produced Maines smut.
Why doesn't someone tell me these things?
LOL! I know some freepers would love to take credit for this, but Maines thinks too much of herself if she thinks this is a FR conspiracy! Does she think Freepers set up some forcefield around Ticketmaster to keep people from buying concert tickets, too? It is funny to see liberals attribute all this power to FR (and some freepers eat it up too.) Yes, Nat, FR is the magical arm of Karl Rove!
Uhhhhhhhh....by the same team that beat 'Bama, right? LOL!
I have another question. Is repeatedly using the "F" word considered "well-mannered" in Austraila? I know it isn't considered "well-mannered" for a Southern lady in the U.S.
LOL!! Funniest post I've seen in a long time. Those duxie sheets are even bigger losers than I first thought.
I guess she's not far from pulling a Streisand at one of their concerts, assuming they aren't all cancelled
come on, they're only as country as the U of T faculty.
...and fat. Squat would have been the adjective of choice..or maybe the verb of choice.
Wounds my heart with a monotonous languor...
And then there's that pesky freedom of assembly thing. Interesting that it translates perfectly into the Internet age...but the libs still don't like it.
"Dixie whats?"
Did FR do anything to/about Ellen? I don't have any particular animosity toward her myself. Most of the time, I think she's absolutely hilarious!
Natalie is much WORSE than she appears. She is a vixion to those of us who have known her since she was a little tike, here in West Texas.
Dixie Chicks Flick Is A Good One -- If Free (FR Mentioned) ^
Yes, those Americans on FR with their freedom of speech sure do have a lot of power, Chix. They have the power to disagree with you and pull the free meal ticket they've been providing you for many years. You work for THEM. So, shut up and sing. We won't be listening, but maybe someone will. I'll leave the radio on when I'm at work. Maybe my dog will listen.
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