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Robin Brownlee
February 10 2012 03:17PM
Is there any debate that if Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini moves Ales Hemsky by the NHL's Feb. 27 trade deadline he'll be giving him away for pennies on the dollar? Of course there isn't. The only thing worse would be getting nothing for him.
Hemsky, 28, is coming off another shoulder surgery. He's without a goal in his last dozen games and has just one goal in his last 26 games. Then, there's speculation about that body language thing – which either screams "Get me the hell out of here" or "I'm pissed about losing my place on the marquee," depending on whose translation you're inclined to go with.
Add it all up and it's safe to say Hemsky's value is at an all-time low and that Tambellini isn't going to get anything approaching full value for an in-his-prime player who, when healthy (whenever that last was), has been a crowd-pleaser who fits in the top-six of every team in the NHL.
If Tambellini moves Hemsky, who has underwhelming 4-18-22 and minus-15 totals in the 41 games he's played, he's going to get stiffed. If he doesn't move him, he's going to get nothing.
There's a lose-lose proposition if ever there was one.
I'm going to resist the urge to kick a player when he's down and pile on Hemsky with the people who are willing to drive him city limits just to get him gone. People, including those in the media, have a habit of turning on players when they're on the way out. Not fair.
That said, I think it's a stretch of monumental proportions to think, given how this season has unfolded, that Hemsky and the Oilers are going down the road of signing a new contract to keep him in Edmonton for the next four or five years. The next four or five weeks, for that matter.
I don't have any hard-and-fast inside information that Hemsky, despite some half-baked comments about liking it in Edmonton, has made it known he absolutely wants to stay. On the flipside, nobody who is in-the-know has told me Hemsky has made it clear he wants out, even if every instinct I have tells me he wants a new start as an unrestricted free agent this summer.
Likewise, I'm not convinced that the Oilers are determined to keep Hemsky in the fold moving forward. Even in the unlikely event they are, I'm not sold that Tambellini is capable of making the kind of pitch to Hemsky and agent Jiri Crha that'll make it happen on a team that's about to miss the playoffs for the sixth straight season.
Owner Daryl Katz made that pitch to Hemsky over dinner a couple of summers ago and the Czech winger bought it. Hemsky's performance on the ice has since gone sideways with his shoulder problems. And it's not like Katz or anybody else can sell Hemsky on the merits of being the brightest star on the big team in town this time, as was the case before Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins arrived. Another season or two of rebuilding before this team can contend? Hmm.
"Ales, we'll be really good in two more years . . ."
Listening to plugged in Darren Dreger of TSN tell it today on TEAM 1260, the market for Hemsky isn't exactly teaming with GMs trying to elbow their way to the front of the line to get him. Why would they after what we have seen the past two seasons? Has Hemsky looked like a player a Stanley Cup contender has a spot reserved for in the top six?
That, as Dreger and others point out, could change in the next 18 days as the playoff picture starts to sort itself out and the wants and needs of contenders become more pressing. Then again, realistically, how many destinations might there be aside from Los Angeles, Nashville and Detroit, where past interest in him is apparently waning in favor of adding a grittier forward?
And, unless a team absolutely needs a player with one goal in his last 26 games right here and right now, isn't it more likely that they take a run at him over the summer, should Hemsky catch fire down the stretch? And if somebody does make an offer now, what might the best possible return to the Oilers be? That's the question.
While it's absolutely fair comment to ask how the Oilers and Hemsky got to this point in the first place, it's where they are. Framed in that, the way I see it is that Hemsky's gone one way or another and it's better to get something for him in the next 18 days rather than nothing.
Unless you think Hemsky is coming back. If you do, I have a real estate deal that can make you rich. Really.
Listen to Robin Brownlee Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the Jason Gregor Show on TEAM 1260.
February 10 2012, 04:33PM
No worries Robin, I understand completely, I admire guys like u who get to write about the Oilers on a daily basis*.
* you have my dream job
~get off your knees already~
~get off your knees already~
Really? This coming from the biggest Brownlee cork soaker in the Nation?
February 10 2012, 05:42PM
Trading Hemsky will not give us a first round pick, so the way I see it we have very limited to no options. He will not sign with us, so let's see what he can get in the open market?
I can't see any GM giving us more than a second round pick,( he has so much negative history) so unless we are willing to accept we should stop talking about this player.
Sometimes getting nothing for an asset is what you can expect.......had we traded him last year, we could have maximized our return. Tamby has to wear this......Mr. Dithers screwed us again!
February 10 2012, 03:43PM
If I'm Tambo, I'm offering 2 years, maybe three tops. (Though it would seem that Tambo is offering nothing)
If I'm Hemsky, I'm looking for longer term as injury insurance, and I would accordingly wait out the season to test the UFA market.
You're bang-on, Brownlee. He's on his way out of town, and we're going to get peanuts for him. Hindsight is 20/20 and I'm an admitted armchair GM, but I think this particular asset has been very poorly managed.
It's a shame, as he leaves a big hole in the top 6. Does Omark fill it? Maybe - but that remains a big question mark. It's not going to be filled anytime soon by whoever/whatever we get back for him.
The speculation about his body language is just that. And if it is indicative of him wanting to get the hell out of here, I don't know that I blame him - particularly given the way fans and MSM have thrown him under the bus this year after coming back from major surgery, and after he has plugged away for 6 years on truly terrible teams.
February 10 2012, 03:45PM
The problem with trading Hemsky (even with a season as bad as his has been), is that as a 29th place club (and formerly a 2 time 30th place club), you have to replace him to hope to get better.
There's no one in the organizational depth chart who can replace him. So even if you assume the kids have all passed him, you still need quality players elsewhere in the lineup.
And if there's no one in the organization who can replace him, that means you have to go free agent shopping or via the trade route. The only real depth the Oilers have in their system is their 3 (potentially 4 after the draft) young high end forwards, Gagner and then a bunch of 2nd round picks who are tracking okay. There's no real strength to trade from to fill the need at both forward and on the blueline.
February 10 2012, 04:10PM
This is a bit of a tangent, but the current situation with Hemsky is what infuriates me about the management of this team, and about certain segments of the fanbase.
The time to fish or cut bait with Hemsky was last year at the trade deadline. They should have had a pretty good sense of whether he was still in the plans. If he wansn't in the plans, that was the time to trade him and get some value (he was healthy at the deadline last year).
If he was still in the plans at that time - why not use his injury history to their bargaining advantage and get a deal done then?
Now here we are in a position where he will likely be traded for very minimal return - hence my comment about management infuriating me.
My comment about segments of the fanbase being infuriating is twofold: (a) the bandwagon running him out of town; (b) the Tambellini apologists who will inevitably say, "Tambi got the most he could for him at the deadline this year given the circumstances."
P.S. If Cam Barker gets re-signed (I wouldn't put it past them) I will lose my mind.
February 10 2012, 04:45PM
It's good that him and his work ethic are removed from the dressing room. If there's one thing this team needs it has to be an increased level of intensity. Can't expect the players to turn it up a notch during games if they're not doing it in practice.
83 on his way out is a step in the right direction. Another positive step would be to have Horcoff next to be heading out of town. I for one, look forward to Theo Peckham catching 83 with his head down in the not to distant future.
That 10 million dollars could be much better spent going forward. Have to think they've had a negative influence on these kids during this, as well as last season.
February 10 2012, 04:59PM
With all due respect to dreger, the Toronto media was telling us last year that we wouldn't get much for Penner either.
February 10 2012, 06:01PM
Yes, he wants to be here, "but the terms have to be right." That's a big "but"
Stauffer mentioned the other day that Hemsky told him he wants 4 or 5 years at $5.75MM per. Assuming that's a negotiating position and not a bottom line, it doesn't seem to me that the terms he's asking for are outrageous for a player of his stature, even one having a lousy year.
I guess what I'm saying is that if Stauffer has it right, I'm inclined to take Hemsky at his word. I bet it's a hell of a lot more likely that Tambo doesn't want him back.
Why to much risk IMO, he could easily play less the 200 games over the next 5 years.
February 10 2012, 06:09PM
Really? This coming from the biggest Brownlee cork soaker in the Nation?
what can i say, i have a thing for being called a mouth breathing fart catcher
February 10 2012, 06:22PM
My biggest problem with the Oilers, is that they've sold the idea of a rebuild without actually having a plan. When they drafted Taylor Hall it was obvious Penner and-or Hemsky would be on their way out.
Maybe the Oilers can create a market by pulling Hemsky out of the line-up until a deal is done one way or another. The way I see it, every shift Hemsky plays until Feb27 is playing with fire.
Some transparency and consistency from this organization would be greatly appreciated.
Assuming Tambo isn't making up his long term plans on the fly, why didn't he sell Hemmer last summer? Did Tambo not know his 74 Pacer wasn't in the cards long term?
Lost in this conversation is how much we could have got for Hemmer in the past and how little we will get now. Epic fail by management.
It's frustrating thinking about Hemsky.
ideally he will sign an extension but the Oilers can't do anything if he is planning on testing the waters.
I hope I'm the first to say I hope he gets re-signed for one more season . . . he can't be this bad.
February 10 2012, 03:25PM
A lose/lose proposition. Finally someone gets it right.
Why do people insist on even suggesting that they sign him for one-year? If you're in Hemsky's position, do you even consider signing for less than 2 or 3 years?
I don't agree with everything you write however I think you are spot on with this article.
February 10 2012, 03:29PM
Good read. I hate to see my once favorite player leaving but it just feels like it will happen one way or another. Maybe Tambo will hash out a 1 or 2 year deal if the deadline offers are too weak but the fact that they haven't even talked to him about contracts speaks volumes.
February 10 2012, 03:31PM
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I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just asking: why does Hemsky tell Gregor he wants to be here if he doesn't? He doesn't have to talk about it. He's the one who brought up them not having made an offer, not someone else. If he's happy to be gone, why does he say anything about this at all?
February 10 2012, 03:34PM
A lose/lose proposition. Finally someone gets it right.
Why do people insist on even suggesting that they sign him for one-year? If you're in Hemsky's position, do you even consider signing for less than 2 or 3 years?
Well it wouldn't be the worst idea ever. His vaue isn't what it used to be. One good stong season next year could show he still has some game left in him.
February 10 2012, 03:35PM
I agree with the idea of signing him short term. It gives the player the opportunity to prove he's still a top-six forward when he's healthy (I really don't think he's quite over his surgery yet) and given what he's put up with on this team over the years, I think the team owes him another chance if he wants it (as far as a team ever owes a player anything...)
If he does well in that year, then good for him and good for the Oilers: better player and better trade value.
If he does poorly, well, it's only a one year deal and he'll be off the books by the time they have to sign Hall and Eberle.
February 10 2012, 03:35PM
Dammit!!! Now to change my name.
- eric hortilanger? - Lennart Pettreager? - Ryan Jarker? - Cory Potcoff?
February 10 2012, 03:36PM
What's he supposed to say? "No, I hate it here and can't wait to get out"?
Then he eliminates any possibility of staying should the FA waters not be as warm as he expects, and he paints himself as having even more of an attitude problem.
This is the same guy who has said he's been 100% to start the last two seasons. He's not lying, he's just saying the only thing he can say.
February 10 2012, 03:42PM
Zero chance that he gets signed short term so we can stop talking about it. Thats not how free agency works and Hemsky is a free agent. He is gone for sure.
Sidenote: Ill be throwing a houseparty the day he gets traded. Feel free to stop by ON
February 10 2012, 03:49PM
The fans and media are way to quick to jump on a guy on his way out. He had two major shoulder injuries and since his last time back he has been healthy but playing like SH*t. Yes agreed but has Whitney been any better I don't see him being thrown under the bus. And how about RNH two shoulder injuries in his first year didn't even last 1 game back are we all going to throw him under two if comes back and plays poorly? Hemsky is a world talent and I have enjoyed watching him play and if your a GM of worth you can convince a desperate playoff GM that all he needs is a change of scenery and a couple of linemates that are not as slow or offensively challenged as Smyth or Horcoff. He will put up points again.
Here Ales i have some cab fare for you. I for one do not want another season of his crap. Put up or shut up time has come and gone with this guy. YES HEMSKY DIEHARDS- He is a talented top 6 on most teams, i don't deny that, however, he does not want to be here and if he does for crying out loud show it. I just do not know where this guy's head is at like most of us. If you don't like it here say so !! We have dealt Pronger and Peca and Spermanov [ Samsonov] etc and even Lupul [ damn him] Dont play the fans, tell us like it is Ales ! I think this is not the team for you, You need to be somewhere that you are not top 3-4... Wait a minute, that is here ! In short no we cannot risk losing what we have invested in him for nothing, but it is time to move on folks, Life after Ales begins real soon and thank god.
February 10 2012, 04:01PM
I'm still on the side of trading the 1st round pick this yr with Hemsky and if need be Sutton/Peckham or prospect to get a top 3 dman, the Oil have enough prospects to cover this yr and there's always FA to cover any NHL depth on d the team will need.
Apart from Hemsky's sketchy health history and offensive numbers I think the other issues that are going to affect the willingness of other teams to do business with the Oilers is their record in trading injuried players.
They probably have a certain shadow over their reputation regarding their trading ethics of oft' injured players. That's like going back to buy a car from the same salesman who sold you a '58 Edsel.
The lack of try and above noted physical pouty posture has really put the Oil over a barrel.
Rottsa Ruck Tammy but those controversial trades sent a very poor message to the rest of the GM's.
Ales checked out a long time ago. When that happens to one of my employees, I can't replace him quick enough. No matter how skilled, he fast becomes a negative asset.
Bye bye, Ales. I wish you well. Somewhere else.
I'm of the opinion that Hemsky doesn't want and will not be back, and I can't blame him. If we the fans are tired, imagine how tired 83 is. This is a guy who signed gave up FA years to stay in Edmonton, only to miss the playoffs for going on 6 years. And not just missing the playoffs, (since becoming sellers and trading Ryan Smyth) missing the playoffs with no intention of winning. Not making the playoffs is one thing, but missing the playoffs as the team's best player while being married on the ice to the team's worse contract (Horcoff) is another. Then when the team looks as if it's beginning to turn the corner, to being an afterthought and trade bait for a team you suffered for the last decade.
I'm not absolving him of (his perceived) lack of care, but I as a lifelong who is patient but frustrated at what this team is become, I can hardly blame him for feeling that way.
Robin I give Hemsky a 1 yr deal at the same money he has now (4.8 or whatever it is not his actual cap hit) with a heavy bonus structure. If Hemsky can be driven by the bonus structure in terms of games played, goals, assists, points etc. I would be willing to have him acheive say 5.5 to 6m a yr.
I would say lets sign him for 3.5-4m but that won't happen. All signs point to Hemsky moving on this year has been a disaster and the two years before that were injury plauged.
Yes, he wants to be here, "but the terms have to be right." That's a big "but"
Stauffer mentioned the other day that Hemsky told him he wants 4 or 5 years at $5.75MM per. Assuming that's a negotiating position and not a bottom line, it doesn't seem to me that the terms he's asking for are outrageous for a player of his stature, even one having a lousy year.
I guess what I'm saying is that if Stauffer has it right, I'm inclined to take Hemsky at his word. I bet it's a hell of a lot more likely that Tambo doesn't want him back.
I completely agree he's a gonner, but what kind of deal do you expect he receives in FA?
February 10 2012, 04:29PM
For years the Oilers tried to find someone who had chemistry with Ales Hemsky, but no one seemed to fit. Horcoff gets paired with him to make up for Hemsky's oft-brutal defensive game, so it's less of Hemsky being stuck with Horcoff and more of Horcoff being stuck with Hemsky.
Look at the Top Six. Where does Ales fit in? I don't see him as a third line guy. So who can play with him on the top lines?
February 10 2012, 04:31PM
No worries Robin, I understand completely, I admire guys like u who get to write about the Oilers on a daily basis*.
* you have my dream job
I think it's steep for a player having a lousy year AND coming off two shoulder surgeries when he's not the big cog in the machine he was just two or three seasons ago.
Well, I'm not convinced he won't be a big cog going forward if he were to stay. Time would tell. Nothing wrong with being able to do different things on the PP for example, and Hemsky's a good two way player.
The injuries are the real wild card. None of us have any idea what the expectation is as far as his health coming back. His percentages this year have been so miserable (shooting percentage and on-ice shooting eprcentage) that I'm inclined to believe the numbers are misfortune mixed with recovery from injury.
February 10 2012, 04:45PM
Astonished we got to 2weeks before trade deadline and have not talked to him and his agent. Assuming that is the case, fact that you are talking pennies on the dollar solely rests with management. Moment we decided we had no interest in keeping him long term, move him
Lose/Lose at this point.
Another example of exemplary roster management
But we've got the "Plan"
February 10 2012, 04:47PM
This is just one more nail in Dithers coffin he has spent the last year assesing the situation and now its going to bite the OIL in the ass.Management or lack there of has barried this team.The reason the OIL have been the worst team in the NHL is because of management and nothing more.Why in the hell Katz has kept this group together is beyond me.If KLowe and Dithers keep there jobs then Katz is not as smart as I thought he was.As Ive said before if Rexal drugs was run like the oilers have been under Lowe he would be a bum living in a cardboard box.Anybody got Katz email?LOL i could only wish.Good luck Hemmer you got a buttload of cash being the top talent in this town I can only wish 3 years down the road we had something to show for your wealth and fame.
February 10 2012, 04:49PM
I think the only way you get anything of value for Hemsky is if you package him with another pending FA like a Sutton for example.
By packaging Hemmer with other players it likely makes it easier for another GM to give up a good prospect, because this way they are getting a top 6 forward with a chance to make a difference and a veteran dman that can help with depth on the back end.
This is just my opinion though, maybe wishful thinking.
February 10 2012, 04:50PM
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February 10 2012, 05:01PM
Dammit!!! Now to change my name.
- eric hortilanger? - Lennart Pettreager? - Ryan Jarker? - Cory Potcoff?
I'm partial to Cory Potcoff. Two thumbs up!
I wish Ales Hemsky all the best. I think we will see a rejuvenated Ales Hemsky somewhere else. At 28 years of age I think he's got more in the tank. He still skates well, its just the confidence and effort that is lacking lately.
I think he's taken a lot of unwarranted blame. He signed here for 6 years and has had to deal with new owners, coaches, inept management, and injuries. Those many years of taking hits from Robyn Rhegier, carrying a team on his back, watching your team crap the bed year after year, and finally the teams shows signs of life and your being shipped outta town. I think Ales does care, and wish him the best. Maybe we did not deserve him all these years.
February 10 2012, 05:07PM
I'm partial to Cory Potcoff. Two thumbs up!
I'll second that vote fer ya Mr. Dog Chow.
February 10 2012, 05:14PM
Dammit!!! Now to change my name.
- eric hortilanger? - Lennart Pettreager? - Ryan Jarker? - Cory Potcoff?
Ryan Neberle Hallskins
Hemsky is not playing well because nobody in the oilers even had the decency to speak to him about an offer.
oilers management has no clue about how to treat an asset.
February 10 2012, 05:20PM
Is it possible to do what Zach Parise did?
Sign him for one year, maybe over-pay seeing as the rooks still have entries, and see what happens?
"I'm not convinced the Oilers are nearly as interested in placating him as they were a couple of years ago."
I think you are right in this case. The Oilers are all about the kids right now and honestly I don't think they give a damn about Hemsky. It'll hurt them in the future when they'll need to replace his points and will need that secondary scoring when the kids hit slumps. Hemsky is an elite player having the worst year of his career and coming off two surgeries. If the Oilers won't at the very least make an offer to him, they deserve to finish last again. Hemsky deserves better. He put up with horrible linemates for a decade. He'll light it up somewhere else!


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Wulf A. Kaal
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota - School of Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Richard W. Painter
University of Minnesota Law School
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European Company and Financial Law Review, Vol. 1, 2011
This article evaluates the ambiguities and shortcomings of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Morrison with a particular emphasis on the implications of the recent Porsche decision in the Southern District of New York. We conclude that the ambiguities in Morrison and the implications of interpreting Morrison for persons and companies in European jurisdictions and elsewhere in the world make it necessary for the U.S. Congress to further clarify the extraterritorial reach of the implied right of action under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We also conclude that the U.S. Congress should clarify its intent in Section 929P(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 to give extraterritorial enforcement authority to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and U.S. Department of Justice. An SEC study of private rights of action is also required by the Dodd-Frank Act, but regardless of the outcome of this study, Congress should decline to reinstate private rights of action in "foreign-cubed" cases. Restraining and clarifying the U.S. approach to extraterritoriality could help provide certainty to international securities markets and avoid a downturn in international economic cooperation.
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Keywords: Foreign-Cubed, Dodd-Frank Act, Securities Regulation, Securities Litigation, Morrison, Porsche, Section 929P(b), Section 929Y, Jurisdiction, Section 10(b)
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28th November 2012 – Content, Content , Content
Thank you to everyone who came along to the Google Campus on Wednesday and hopefully I didn't pass my cold/flu onto anyone whilst there! It was a fun day to run with some great speakers offering a huge variety of views and topics on the subject of social media content.
There were different technologies and case studies showing what can be done. There was a really good panel involving UK Athletics, Pitch PR (though talking Women's FA), AKQA and We Play. And we had a non-sports content marketing perpective from Econsultancy.
Below is the story of the event told through Twitter. There were well over 200 mentions of #sportstechmeetup not including retweets so we may even have been trending somewhere at some point. There were some great quotes and conversations going on around the event, including from Man City's Richard Ayers who heard that City were only getting mentioned for their success and having lots of money. From this he wrote a blog post defending the clubs position.
I can safely say, that in the room there was no lambasting of Man City and the times they were mentioned (including by myself) there was no ill talk and only admiration from what they have achieved. Maybe at the next event we can tempt Richard along to speak about the club, it would be great to hear more about their journey.
Other highlights from the day included the arrival of Sanjit 'Biggles' Atwal who really looked the part in his flying jacket on and the Dell tech fail on the last presentation which we did eventually get resolved. Well done to the guys at Livewire and Aqueduct for keeping going through that period! (note to self- remember to get Microsoft Office for new Macbook so that can use Powerpoint!).
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I, Robert C. Shinn, Jr., Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection (Department), pursuant to the authority vested in me by Executive Order No. 98, issued by Governor Christine Todd Whitman on August 5, 1999, and by the Water Supply Management Act, N.J.S.A. 58:1A-1 et seq., and its implementing regulations found at N.J.A.C. 7:19-1 et seq., previously issued Administrative Order Nos. 1999-08 and 1999-10, imposing Phase I Mandatory Restrictions governing water usage throughout the State of New Jersey. Based upon a variety of climatic and water supply conditions, as outlined below, I have determined it to be necessary in the public interest to issue the following Order.
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Iran struggles to defend its networks from external attackers even as it is swept with internal political unrest
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Iran's secretary of the High Council of Cyberspace, Mehdi Akhavan Behabadi, as accusing, "Yesterday we had a heavy attack against the country's infrastructure and communications companies which has forced us to limit the Internet. Presently we have constant cyber attacks in the country."
"Yesterday an attack with a traffic of several gigabytes hit the Internet infrastructure, which caused an unwanted slowness in the country's Internet. All of these attacks have been organized. And they have in mind the country's nuclear, oil, and information networks."
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The alleged attack comes at a period of high tensions between Iran's capital, Tehran, and the West. Both the U.S. and Israel have claimed to have intelligence indicating that Iran is seeking to develop short-range nuclear weapons, weapons which could pose a dire threat to the Israeli state. While the U.S. has stopped short of calling for a physical attack on Iran, Israeli has taken things a step further saying it will attack suspected Iranian nuclear facilities with or without the U.S. if Iran doesn't pledge to stop development.
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But the nation is also facing internal turmoil amidst a wave of revolutions in the Middle East. Iran's currency lost a third of its value against the dollar in just the last week, a staggering collapse that had citizens -- particularly those in the financial sectors -- protesting in the street. Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has ordered riot police to crack down on the protesters. This is the second time in only three years that riot police have clashed with citizen protesters; in 2009 citizens took to the streets claiming that the Iranian President had resorted to fraud in his successful reelection bid.
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Dave Bolland; Chicago radio hosts, refer to Sedins as "sisters"
Cam Charron
December 14 2011 12:06AM
Dave Bolland, master of gender roles.
Just 37 seconds into Blackhawks Live at Harry Caray's presented by The Village at Bedford Park, host Dave Kaplan referred to Henrik and Daniel Sedin as "sisters".
So there's another wannabe jock making sexist remarks supposedly at the expense of the Sedins, but really, against the entire female population, but what was surprising about this interview was later on, at 29:01, when one of the hosts, Andrea Darlas, asked Dave Bolland the following. Bolland's response is italicized:
"If the Sedins become Hawks, will they still be sisters?"
"Well first of all, they'll never become Hawks. I don't think we'll let them on our team. That'd probably be one thing. We'd be sure not to let them on our team. And, yeah, they probably still would be sisters. I think they might sleep in, like, bunk beds. The older one's got the bottom one, the younger one's got the top. So... I don't know."
I get it, Mr Bolland. Women are inferior, and the Sedins are inferior, so they must be women, or like women. Whether or not this question was asked by a female host is beyond the point. I got a lot of response over Twitter from both male and female perspectives that this segment was sexist and unnessesary. It was also unfunny.
Between hard-hitting questions such as "What's your favourite Christmas carol" and "What's your least favourite Christmas carol," Kaplan, Darlas, and Brian Noonan on WGN Radio 720 "The Voice of Chicago" "brought to life the hot topics of the day in the sports world and beyond" and showed the cast of the late-night talk-radio show as totally willing to propagate a sexist farce. The hosts had already established this tone of ignorance and were simply trying to set Bolland up with a soft ball that would allow him to show off his sparkling sense of humour. Sadly, since he doesn't really seem to have one, all he came up with was "they might sleep in, like, bunk beds." Cool burn!
Other than the obvious fact that no one in their right mind (including Stan Bowman) would "not let [the Sedins] on [their] team," there's the unavoidable reality that: the Sedins live separately. Daniel lives with his wife Marinette and Henrik with his wife Johanna, both couples live happily in different neighborhoods with different children.
For me, here's the rub: frequent references about the twins' being female because of their perceived softness isn't positive for us as a culture, or for hockey as a sport. But sadly it's all too common, especially for skilled players. Penguins star Sidney Crosby is often dubbed "Cindy," and frequent references to Gretzky's possessing a uterus to go along with his elite puck skills and unrivaled hockey sense, have been made over the years.
The Sedins have been called Thelma and Louise by Mike Milbury. The Bobbsey Twins by Don Cherry. And this lingering insult that has stuck with the Sedins since their rookie season, the even more egregiously sexist "sisters" crack, must only be funny to those who discovered the joke at about the same time they discovered hockey.
This is pretty simple: it disparages women to infer they are like the Sedins, because the Sedins are soft. Giving the twins feminine epithets is just regressive, tone-deaf and unfunny. It's something so obvious, it doesn't need to be pointed out, but I do feel as if Canuck Army and our particularly strong group of female readers and fans, need to continue to speak up about this. We need to be clear that this isn't within the tasteful limits of "light-hearted" sports media banter. It's unacceptable, and it's unacceptable whether it's being said on Chicago's airwaves, or on Vancouver's airwaves - because make no mistake, the "Sedin sisters" crack started in Vancouver.
We like to joke around a lot on the Internet, but we generally like to avoid references about players' race, sexual orientation, or gender. It starts with the athletes themselves, but media and fans can set an example by no longer accepting discussions about sports that include throw away insults like 'sister' 'homo' 'fairy' or any other word intended to disparage a professional athlete by bringing down an entire group of people. At the end of the day, you're just alienating your own fanbase.
Smarten up, Dave Bolland.
Also, Kevin Bieksa ought to smarten up too. In the Canucks' response to Bolland, the Canucks defenseman said "I think [Bolland] looks more like a girl than [the Sedins] do."
That's not cool, either.
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Gosh. I do hope you're kidding.
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Well, it is something about sexism, pretty blatantly.
Well said Cam. I think it speaks to the sexism that pervades sports culture and our current culture as a whole when the female interviewer doesn't seem to recognize the sexist nature of the sisters comment. Sexism aside, those wholly unfunny and banal comments should offend anyone with a sense of humour and half a braincell.
Wow. We've got a couple of real thinkers here in Scott McKenzie and Mantastic. I think that last name says it all.
Bolland intended the comment as an insult against the Sedins clearly inferring that woman are inferior. Pretty simple concept if you have more than 10 brain cells.
First of all, I have never met or heard of anyone name "Man" unless their full name is Manpreet. Not an easy jump to "put the two and two together".
Second, he wasn't calling them sisters because of their finesse play. He was calling them the sisters to belittle them and in the process belittle being female. That was the intent. It had nothing to do with the bunk bed comment. Wow, how do you get through your days with such a poor grasp of context? Go back to school because your critical thinking skills need some serious work. I'm done here, talking to the likes of you on the internet is like trying to having a rational debate with a theist.
i like how you put Man in quotations as if it isn't my name. next time don't make "genius" assumptions
how do you know he was belittling them with the sister comment? are you him? you know exactly what he was saying? clearly i'm not a mind reader like you. he said if they were on his team, he would still call them that! he would still call his own teammate inferior? you are daft.
if he's calling them inferior, he would be calling himself inferior for shadowing them everytime he plays against him.
December 14 2011, 12:15AM
You really made this into something about sexism?
Yeah! Quit disparaging and generally bringing down fairies! Have you even seen Hook? They're the BEST!
J/k great article. Though its crazy that despite that this all goes without saying, well, it needs to be said.
Yeah! Quit disparaging and generally bringing down fairies! Have you even seen Hook? They're the BEST!
J/k great article. Though its crazy that despite that this all goes without saying, well, it needs to be said.
December 14 2011, 10:16AM
are you serious? calling them sisters isn't the same as calling the entire female race inferior or even close. YOU made that inference, in no way did he make any reference on the twins doing/being anything feminine to begin with (sleeping in bunk beds has nothing to do about being female btw) or insults females. there are many things that women do better than men and vice versa.
YOU are the problem making the inference that you think being called "fem" is an insult.
if you call a girl a boy, would that be an insult? seeing as you assume males are superior beings? the reason it is an insult if you call a girl a boy or a boy a girl, the thing insulting about that is that the girl ISN'T a boy and the boy ISN'T a girl. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH INFERIORITY OF ANOTHER SEX.
December 14 2011, 10:37AM
Agree with mantastic that each gender has superiorities and inferiorities. A hockey related example: There's a reason Haley Wickenheiser never played in the NHL.
December 14 2011, 10:44AM
And really, he went out and said something that he knew would please the fan base. I don't think it's much bigger than that and I don't believe he's a sexist because he called the Sedins "Sisters."
December 14 2011, 11:52AM
my real first name is Man, put the two and two together genius.
first off, saying that they sleep in bunk beds isn't a feminine insult to begin with...
second calling them sisters because of their feminine way of play (read finesse) isn't an insult. do you really think that he thinks they are inferior players?! he's their shut down center, he plays against the teams BEST PLAYERS AND HE KNOWS THAT.
if i have 10 brain cells, clearly i have 10 more than you
December 14 2011, 10:47PM
Ooh, I'm so angry!!


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This high ranking out of California government employee has been telling friends that her two year old baby was fathered by this married A list mostly movie actor who is having a great year
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How is Arnold having a great year?ReplyCancel
I think Matthew McConaughey fits.ReplyCancel
Kamala Harris?ReplyCancel
Heya @Kristin, same same. Stuck at work. Getting a hair cut when I get off work 'coz, y'know, Chinese new year. And you?ReplyCancel
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Both my fantastic senators, my great congresswoman (Lois Capps) and the always wonderful and ass-kicking House Minority Leader Pelosi are all post-menopausal.
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London Irish suffered a blow to their survival hopes after falling to a 40-16 defeat against Bath at the Rec.
Bath headed into the game in tremendous Aviva Premiership form, having won their last three matches in the competition, while the Exiles were looking to make it two league wins in a row following their victory over Saracens.
Tom Homer's quickfire brace of penalties ten minutes into the game gave the visitors an early lead. But Bath found an instant response, and, after Stephen Donald had narrowed the deficit to three with the boot, a penalty try on the half-hour put the hosts in front, before Nick Abendanon snapped up Tom Heathcote's well-weighted pass to score the game's first try.
Heathcote's conversion made it 17-6, but there was still time for Homer to boot over a third penalty for Irish on the stroke of half-time.
Two further Heatcote penalties during the 15 minutes following the restart kept things ticking over for Bath, though Jack Moates' try in the corner, converted excellently by Ian Humphreys, meant that the hosts could not afford to let their foot off the gas in the final minutes.
Within seven points of their opponents, Irish were on the comeback trail, but an explosion of home points in the final five minutes killed off any hopes the visitors harboured.
Heatcote's penalty on 75 minutes gave Bath breathing space, and he was on target twice more before full-time, adding conversions to tries from Nathan Catt and Anthony Perenise to seal what turned out to be a very handsome win.
The scorers:
For Bath:
Tries: Penalty, Abendanon, Catt, Perenise
Con: Heathcote 4
Pen: Donald, Heathcote 3
For London Irish:
Try: Moates
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Hodgson 3
Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Tom Biggs, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Ben Skirving, 7 Carl Fearns, 6 Francois Louw (c), 5 Dave Attwood, 4 Dominic Day, 3 David Wilson, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Anthony Perenise, 19 Will Spencer, 20 Mat Gilbert, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Tom Heathcote, 23 Semesa Rokoduguni.
London Irish: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Guy Armitage, 12 Shane Geraghty, 11 Marland Yarde, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Pat Phibbs, 8 Chris Hala'ufia, 7 Jebb Sinclair, 6 Matt Garvey, 5 Bryn Evans (capt), 4 George Skivington, 3 Halani Aulika, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Max Lahiff.
Replacements: 16 Mike Mayhew, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Leo Halavatau, 19 Jamie Gibson, 20 Ofisa Treviranus, 21 Jon Fisher, 22 Steven Shingler, 23 Jack Moates.
Referee: David Rose
Assistant referees: Andrew Pearce Andrew Watson
Timekeeper: Laurie Bryant
Assessor: Gary Welsh


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I love the manga better, in both story and art. The anime is not good drawn at all, they have so small necks. Daisuke is the strangest looking one. T^T poor little Daisuke.
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The last time I saw Raji Patti was at the house in Tambaram, sometime in July 2001. I was already married by then and Pops had come down on vacation. And all of us, together went to Tattha-Patti's house. Tattha's sugar levels had spiked, and there was a period of brief hospitalisation and he was back home.
To me, it was one of the most painful visits. Tattha had lost some weight and was looking weak and drawn. Sooo... unlike his regular active, strapping self. Patti had more worry lines written on her forehead and together, they somehow managed to pull on. One of their sons, my Mama, lived in Pune and they were hesitant to make the move to him, and leave behind this house they had known all their lives! It hurt so much to be there like a guest, eating the puris that Patti made and served to us like we were royalty, only to wash our hands a while later and leave after a polite spell. This house...which had been my home...and now I was leaving it behind. The sight of these two old people standing at the gate, smiling and waving, waiting till the point we disappeared at the bend, before they walked back slowly inside, to their own little lives, now so much more challenging and difficult. Even now, I can feel the desolation of that picture, and the feeling of irreparable guilt that I still have that I could not do more to give them happiness...that I left them behind and moved on with my life.
Tattha's health took a turn for the worse after that and soon, they moved to Pune. It was the last time they would be seeing that house. It was probably one of the humblest and least stylish of all the houses in that locality. But I loved it. The easiest way to get there would be to get on board an electric train from whichever part of Chennai we were in, and get off at the station which said...Tambaram Sanatorium. I learnt the exact order of the stations from the many trips to and fro on the electric train. From the station, it was a short 15 minute walk to their home, and it was all I could do to not pick up the pace and make a mad dash for it. Right from when I was young, I knew where to make a left, and how far to go on that road before making that final right. Till that point of time, I would have walked decorously along with my parents and my Tattha who would always always meet us at the station. But once we came on that final stretch of road, my legs would break into a speedy trot, and each house that came before the one I was seeking would give me the equal measure of happiness, as each of them had a confirmed character in my mind, because of how familiar they were. Even when I was just 2 houses away, I would still not be able to see it, because of how small it was in stature compared to the rest of its more jazzy counterparts. It was only when I came to the last house, that the rusted iron gates in peeling-off green paint would come into view, and beyond it, past the hedges of an overgrown garden...the house. I have forgotten what colour it was...not out of fading memory but because of the faded paint! I can't remember the last time it was painted...it always looked blackened from all the dust and washed out, in every rain that poured.
And at the sound of the creaking gate, which we try to open as quietly as possible, so we retain the element of surprise, that sweet, well loved face comes into view behind the grills of the verandah. Patttiiii...we squeal excitedly, and her whole face erupts into a beaming smile as she welcome us in. We hug her, we squeeze her, we kiss the top of her bent head, and she chuckles shyly, as she turns around to Pops, her son-in-law for a more formal and respectful welcome. His manner is decidedly casual in return, more to set her at ease.
Tattha succumbed to blood cancer which took ahold of him in the last few months of his life. I was in mid pregnancy with Winkie at the time, and nobody clued me in to the real state of affairs. They might have even withheld his passing to me, but thank God they didn't. I was told that he suffered a lot in the end. That his passing was welcomed, so one didn't have to watch him go through the ravages anymore. It was around the same time as the Space shuttle Columbia disaster. To my mind, these 2 events will be forever linked, and the more personal grief of one, poured over as unstoppable tears in the television viewing of the other. My Tattha came in my dreams a few days after he had passed away. And when we found out that our first baby was to be a boy, I liked to think that perhaps, it was his soul...returning.
Since then, Patti's health too weakened. She lost a lot of weight and became a ghost of her former self. She was never plump or full to begin with, so this was not a pleasant thought. I too got busy with motherhood and my life, in general. I would speak to her from time to time on the phone, but here was a person who was always mindful that it cost money, and she would never want to burden anybody like that. As a result, calls were always brief, and it always ended with me telling her not to worry about us...because we were all healthy, safe and happy. She worried about things constantly...not for herself, but for all of us. Her kids, her grandkids, her sisters, their families....she always thought of everyone else but herself.
8 years have passed in this manner. And my family became complete with the arrival of Thambi. 2 speedy years hence and he was on the verge of turning 2. And Patti still hadn't set eyes on a single great grandchild. It was a big deficit in my life and I have tossed and turned over it many times, and shed many tears thinking of how life had changed and taken me out of her folds. We all grow up and move away, that is a part of life, but from time to time, we need to make the effort to go back to our roots...give it a little care, a little loving, a little moisture, so that it holds strong and holds as us aloft, in turn. So when the wedding was fixed in Mumbai, I knew it was the sign to go back. I am lucky that it worked out the way it did....that we had a few days before the festivities began to make this rendezvous.
Only, I was scared. I wanted to remember Patti the way I had always known her to be. Sweet, smiling, with a red kumkum in the middle of her forehead, walking in little steps with her hunchback, the strength of her character always shining through. And I wanted no part of reality to slice up this remnant of my childhood and make me face its glaring truth. That times change, that people change, strengths fade away, that the body weakens and succumbs to old age, and that the one I looked to as my source of strength would be needing that same kind of strength from me. When we climbed up those 3 floors to my Uncle's flat, my heart was sinking with each step. But I knew, I must see her, and accept her the way she is now. I knew how important it was to look beyond the shell of the body and recognise the person that she had always been. I needed to give her the meager pleasure of spending a few hours, a day...in the company of her great grandsons. I owed her this much, at least. And so, with that resolution tucked away, I walked through the doors and entered the flat.
She was sitting on a diwan in the living room, waiting for our arrival. Her smile, was just the same. Her body, had shrunk to 1/2 its former size, but it didn't leave me as shocked as I thought it would. Unbeknownst to me, my mind had prepared itself. My heart also, a little. For when I saw her, I felt only happiness. That I had finally made it to her side. We spent one day with her, though my mother stayed back for a few days more. In that one day, we talked to her a lot. I related to her all the little things about my life with them, which had given me so much at that young age. She listened intently, as we told her all our remembrances of Tattha....the day he told me that he loved me, the day he came to the airport with a garland in his hand, which he promptly hung around my neck because I had arrived there as the bride, a few weeks before my wedding. I told her about my childish anger that the house in Tambaram was named after my sister, and not me the eldest grandchild. To this day, they have never been able to justify that to me with a satisfactory answer. I laughingly told her about the time she applied sunnambu to my navel, because I complained of a tummy ache, and how that burnt some of the skin around it. I told her so many more things, which simply cannot be frozen into words, because they are one memory too many. Instead, they will rise to the surface from time to time and cast a spell on me, which I will swim in before I wade to the shores of reality once more.
Significant at this point is how Winkie and Thambi took to her. Thambi has this intense preference for the males of the family. So while his Mama and Tatthas get the full benefit of his love, the Pattis and Chitthis are sorely neglected at the sidelines, though he is benevolent enough to flash a particular smile every now and then. And so, it was no different with Raji Patti. He stared at her curiously first and then a few hours later, the smiles began. On request, he climbed up over on the diwan and gave her a hug and a kiss, his best kind. She was almost giggling and thanking him sweetly. She watched him a lot as he walked about here and there, following his curiosity. To me, that was quite enough for the one day that we spent there. Winkie, on the other hand had a more complex reaction. At first it was a little heartbreaking, because I don't think he has seen many people who are really old. I guess for a little kid, it might be a little scary at first to see wizened old hands and face and just generally someone who looks so different from the people of his usual encounter. He kept a distance from her and wouldn't look at her directly. He wouldn't even sit next to me, when I was sitting next to her. It hurt more than a little to have him see her only for the external, and know that so much more lay inside, that was now dormant. But he is 5 and a 1/2. When I had my own fears to wade through, I need to make allowances for his. So I let him be and just focussed on being with Patti. The next day, just as we were about to leave, my mother asked Winkie to give Patti a hug. I nearly glared at her for that, because what if Winkie denied it? Then it would be so obvious and would that not wound Patti's feelings? But then, the most amazing thing happened. Somewhere within himself, he found it in his heart to come over and fling himself into her arms, and when his hug was returned, he bent his face and kissed her right cheek, ever so softly. It was the last thing that I had expected, and the gratefulness I feel, even now, for this bit of flexibility he showed.....aahhhh! It was the simplest act of acceptance for me, my son on the one hand, my Patti on the other. And with that, the visit came to an end. And I felt this incredible peace in my heart, mixed in with some sadness, at leaving her side again...with a thought that I could not shake off....would this be the last time I was seeing her?
I have never enjoyed looking at reception pictures before. Who wants to look at scores and scores of people posing with a very tired couple at the fag end of the wedding festivities, giving out a formal smile, in response to the photographer's prompts??!!! But usually, when you have a callous attitude towards something, things turn around in such a way that you are forced to appreciate the very thing you disdained so heartily before. For me, this one picture from my own wedding reception is a fitting example. It is perhaps the only picture I have with my Tattha and Patti, as a couple. Tattha gives out a shy smile, and Patti is not even looking this way. But the Raji Patti of all my beautiful memories from the days that were good, and busy and full of life...looked like this.


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