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Brodie Sent Down
Kent Wilson
October 19 2010 10:35AM
Lots of reports on twitter right now saying TJ Brodie has been sent down to Abbotsford. It's the right move from a number of angles, not least of which is the fact that sitting in the pressbox doesn't make sense for a 20 year-old defender just starting out his career. If the club has decided that the vets are the better bet going forward, then it makes sense for the kid to see ice time at the AHL level. It certainly isn't going to hurt him to be a big wheel in Abbotsford.
That said, has the team made the right decision on the ice? Meaning: is the current line-up the best available? We've seen a couple of games from Steve Staios and TJ Brodie which is, of course, probably not enough to really be making these decisions. That said, the results almost all universally flow in favor of the kid.
In three contests, Brodie mostly faced third and fourth lines and was on the positive side of the ledger in terms of possession (+8.05/60). Staios has probably faced a slightly better quality of competition by virtue of skating beside Bouwmeester (albeit against the Edmonton Oilers, so maybe not) and yet he's at the other end of the spectrum: -10.18/60. The only skater with a worse corsi rate thus far is Stefan Meyer.
To be fair to Steady Steve, he's mostly started out in his own end thus far, with a zone start ratio of 45.5%. That said, Brodie wasn't being coddled either. His zone start was 47.1%...so it's not like circumstances alone explain the near 20 corsi/hour gulf between the two.
There's no question that Brodie began to struggle somewhat in terms of making NHL-caliber reads once the bullets started flying. However, his ability to move the puck forward and skate it out of trouble persisted. Staios, on the other hand, is everything I remember: not overly fast nor smart, struggling to keep up with certain aspects of the play. Even more galling, Sutter has gone back to playing him on the man advantage...a decision so baffling that Oilers fans were laughing incredulously when they saw it on Saturday.
Of course, there's no guarantee that the move is permanent. If Staios continues to stink and Brodie continues to impress in the minors, there's every possibility the kid will re-emerge when another injury hits or (god permitting) Staios is finally traded away or demoted.
October 19 2010, 10:39AM
As noted on Twitter, the Flames have apparently claimed Brendan Mikkelsen on waivers from Anaheim.
Don't think it was the right move. Brodie looked good out there while Staois continues to look bad. I think even if Brodie were to sit out against top teams & have Pardy play, he would still get better experience being with the big boys.
Staois and his horrible salary should have been in the AHL since the beginning of the year.
As noted on Twitter, the Flames have apparently claimed Brendan Mikkelsen on waivers from Anaheim.
That guy looked horrible for Anaheim from what I saw of him.
It amazes me how a guy like Brunnstrom is able to clear waivers & we pick up Mikkelsen!?
Ya i don't think some time for brodie in abby is a bad thing, what i am a firm believer in is that steady steve is horrible. maybe if he was kept on a 3rd pairing and played about 10-12 min a game the club could tolerate his 2.7 cap hit. im sure that 12 min a game is enuff time for him to lead and i hope so cause in 2 games of watching steady lead he has been a -4 rating and although this stat isnt always relative to the play -4 is generous to him. after watching sat night in person my dislike of him on this team has grown. he couldn't even take a high stick the right way to draw a penalty although the hissy fit that ensued was humerous. also the being paired with jbo is a horrible sequel of joker and iggy. lets hope it has the same ending.
"That said, has the team made the right decision on the ice? Meaning: is the current line-up the best available?"
I doubt you'll find many Staios defenders on these venerable pages. Perhaps if it was a choice between the Steady One or Bubba Erickson. That'd be close.
I don't think we're supposed to understand putting Staios on the powerplay. It's a divine mystery.
Speaking of divinity, if the Flames are miraculously able to trade away #27, it will be definitive evidence of God's existence (and the power of prayer). Even Richard Dawkins will be forced to concede to that proof.
I'm not against the Brodie move, I'm baffled by the Mikkelsen one. I agree that Brodie needs ice-time and that if he won't get it with the Flames he should get it with the Heat, but I don't see the point if Sutter was going to acquire another D from somewhere else.... It would have more more sense to me to sit Staois, let Brodie and Sarich play together until Pardy returned, and then send Brodie down.
October 19 2010, 11:48AM
I am so confused as to what the Flames see in Staios - anyone?
October 19 2010, 12:00PM
Does the pick up of Mikkelson fill up Calgary's contract maximum of 50? Please tell me no. How does Sutter think we need another defenseman when we already have one sitting in the press box, one just got demoted to the farm, and we let one run away to Europe?
Are we entering into Bizarro world again where Sutter goes from making decisions that make some modicum of hockey sense to making deals like trading away a marketable asset for a 1/4 of the roster of the second worst team in the league or trading a young defenseman for a 37 year-old $2.7 cap hit with your arch rivals... oh and he threw in a promising draft pick or prospect with both of those deals?!
Maybe Sarich is on the go & we needed another D to replace him?


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The school board approved a contract for the renting of school buses to governmental entities. Anytime a school bus is rented it can't cost the school district anything. The fee for mileage is set at $3.50 per mile.
The board approved the rental of school buses for the Emery County marathon which will take place on Sept. 12. The buses will transport 300-400 people from the Huntington city park to the Swinging Bridge in the Swell. Those running the full marathon begin running at the park and then are transported back after reaching the bridge.
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However, the report omits the impacts of millions of head of cattle and sheep on western public lands and the unfair distribution of forage for them. 82% of forage on average is allocated to livestock while burros and horses receive only 18%. The Cloud Foundation contends that this disparity is driving the massive removal and subsequent warehousing of wild horses and burros at taxpayer expense.
"We applaud many recommendations and findings by the NAS but find it hard to believe that the major driver of wild horse and burro removals was not included in this otherwise thorough review," states the Cloud Foundation (TCF) Executive Director, Ginger Kathrens. "The number one reason wild horses and burros are being warehoused at taxpayer expense is the influence welfare ranchers have on BLM management decisions."
Public land permittees pay so little for the privilege of grazing their cattle and sheep that the taxpayer subsidizes the program to the tune of $121 million a year, hence the often used moniker welfare ranching.
"Clearly the BLM did not want the NAS to scrutinize public lands grazing and how it impacts range conditions and wild horses removals," says Lisa Friday, TCF Board member and adopter of 10 Pryor mustangs. "While we value our adopted mustangs here at Legacy Mustang Preservation in Virginia, we realize that 50,000 more are held captive at taxpayer expense even though solutions to this money draining situation are available."
The Cloud Foundation has long recommended that the horses in short-term feedlots be released back to some of the over 20 million acres where they once legally roamed. It appears that BLM did not request an analysis of livestock grazing or solutions to reduce the number of horses in holding pens and pastures.
"This is unfortunate, but the report made a number of recommendations which, if implemented, can improve the management of our wild horses and burros," Kathrens says. "Let's hope BLM doesn't put the report on a bookcase somewhere to gather dust."
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Skip to comments.Malaysia to investigate "Bigfoot"
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MALAYSIA'S wildlife department says it will investigate claims that man-like "Bigfoot" beasts are roaming the jungles of southern Johor state. Newspapers have this week aired stories of sightings of the legendary creatures, and photographs of a giant footprint left near a jungle swamp.
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Sightings of mythical ape-like creatures have been reported in wilderness areas all over the world. They are known as Bigfoot or Sasquatch in the United States and Canada, and yetis in Asia.
"Bigmouth" used to be the Prime Minister there.
we have a FReeper in Kuala Lamur selling hot dogs.... hhhmmm
Malaya has many bigger problems to deal with than Big Foot: like, for instance, implementing Democracy and the will of the people.
> and there's the possibility of something other than animals, then maybe we would put camera traps..."
These jokers will probably set down machine-gun traps for Big Foot. If there ever was such an animal lurking in the Malay penninsula, soon there won't be.
"Koooo-Eeeee! Big Foot! Yeh, mate! Keep yer head down until these larrikins give you the vote! Mate, I mean it!"
...Then there's the Siberian ice giant that some Russian oil explorers supposedly found that they are now hushing up... click on the thumbnail to see the page and go to the film.
"Okay Mohammed...you make a noise like a female Bigfoot who wants a date. Achmed and I will move in through this thicket and flush him out. Abdullah, you set up the MG4 over there and blast anything that comes down the path!"
Fascinating! I hope to hear more on these discoveries soon!
Maybe these bigfeet are some of the beast men the russians tried to make for invincible soldiers. They escaped.
When Malaysian shoe factories are cranking out those size 21 basketball shoes...they wonder what kind of creature could have such feet
Where is Janet Reno these days?
"Bigmouth" used to be the Prime Minister there."
Wasn't he also the last Democratic Party presidential
At this point I'm not ruling out any possibilities.
Trying to get a new tourist stream going?????/
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I believe this is a hype-campaign for Shadow of the Colossus for Playstation.
Happy New Year, FRiend.
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from December 2005, related to two others.
'Bigfoot' sightings in Malaysia
News 24 (South Africa) | January 8, 2006
Posted on 01/08/2006 4:35:59 AM EST by Stoat
Malaysia Creates Team to Track Bigfoot
Fox News | January 26
Posted on 01/26/2006 2:02:37 PM EST by pcottraux
I'm delighted to hear that the finest minds in the universe will now be focused upon this weighty issue (snort!) . With such overwhelming intellectual horsepower being brought to bear upon the subject we will no doubt have a definitive answer in short order. :-)
Perhaps if they have time they can also find evidence of the long suspected direct genetic link from Helen Thomas to her forbears.
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Comments: No where near as good as the yamamoto doesn't have the same wiggling action
From: Dylan: USA 7/10/14
Comments: Awesome for Texas rigging. Only thing that caught bass on a very slow day. I like the green pumpkin with chartreuse tip for cloudy water and watermelon candy for a lot of the water conditions.
From: Andrew: Grand Rapids, MI 6/18/14
Comments: I bought a pack of these for the first time about a month ago. This was my first senko i ever bought. First cast wacky rigged BOOM a nice largemouth bass smoked it!! Great lure wacky rigged and I highly recommend!!!
From: Ryan
Comments: The YUM dinger has a great tail-wagging action both wacky and texas rigged but I find them to only last one fish while texas rigged. Try the Big Bite Baits Bio stick worm. One worm lasts just about all day plus they're biodegradable.
From: Nick: St. Clair, MI
Comments: i recently bought 2 packs of these f2 dingers one in melon pie and watermelon red flake and i am impressed. You get the same satisfaction as senkos and they are more durable. I Texas rig mine. I wasn't getting as many hits on a wacky rig
From: Alex: Atlanta,GA
Comments: I have used both these and Yamamoto for over 2 years and can honestly say I prefer these 100% over Yamamoto. Whether it's Texas Rig or Wacky Rig, these baits catch fish. They are a lot of more durable than Yamamoto. You're lucky to get 2 fish on a Yamamoto before it completely rips in half. With these you could possibly use one all day, if you're lucky. My favorite color is Green Pumpkin, but my second favorite is Bream when the water is a little stained or if the bass aren't biting Green Pumpkin. Overall great bait and one of my go-to baits. Pick up a pack if you haven't already and you won't regret it.
From: Tyler: Parkersburg, WV
Comments: This bait is by far the best stick bait on the market extremely tough yet still soft for ultimate action, I've caught 3 8 pounders and 1 12 pounder with watermelon red flk texas rigged this is my go to bait! Nice job yum !
From: Preston: buda,texas,America
Comments: Take them in 4 and 5", rig them as you prefer, wacky, light texas, carolina, weightless, you name it. And you'll catch fish !! These are one of my standard "cigar baits" but Z-nail from Zoom, yamasenko, are the two others in my box. However, yum dinger 5" is certainely one of the most versatile and polyvalent bait because of it's lower density. Cheap and efficient ! Don't waste your time and money, chose them !!
From: Fab: France
Comments: Great stick bait...exceeded my expectations. Definitely comparable to a senko, and I think the attractant makes a huge difference, especially if you're fishing at night. Not too crazy about the durability though...its usually been one fish per worm while I've texas rigged them. Hopefully this is just a bad batch or something, but overall a great product that catches a lot of fish for a decent price.
From: Dan: CT
Comments: I've tried these both Texas and wacky rigged and just don't prefer them. The price and durability is definitely there, but these things are lacking action and scent in my opinion. For a cheaper alternative to Gary's, this isn't a bad option but the Strike King Shim-E-Stik is better in my opinion.
From: Marty: Willow Spring, NC, USA
Comments: I love this bait! Tackle warehouse dose not carry my favorite color though.
From: Chandler: Arkansas, USA
Comments: hell yeah these puppys are great. pumpkin seed with chartreuse tip s my favorite color. great action and scent. worth it if you want the big bruisers.
From: Scotty: VA
Comments: Holy Crap these baits work...8 bass in a pond with no structure or pattern and a cold front. wacky rigged 2/0 hook. they smash it!!!nuff said
From: Mitch: WI
Comments: Again Great bait, catches loads of fish but the quality of them are going down. getting them shaped wrong and then they wont move nice in the water
From: Dave: S.A.
Comments: I prefer these over yamamoto senkos because they are cheaper and have f 2 scent and have the same wibble wobble action
From: Bryce: orange county ca
Comments: used a yum dinger today at a slow fishing hole. caught a nice 2 pounder and got one other hit.like it better than the senko cause it's a lot tougher and the way it falls is pretty enticing to the fish.
From: Bob: Kerrville, TX
Comments: This is my fave soft stick bait.Yum should make a shad pattern.And what happened to the forked-tail dingers? I'm almost out!
From: Durt: VA
Comments: Been using these since they released them..only one problem with the new F2 dingers...were in the heck is my watermelon gold flake?? Haven't been to any impoundment in the southeast this color doesn't work! I beg of you yum bring it back I'm almost out of my stick pile!
From: Ricky: Chattanooga, TN
Comments: My favorite bait used to be the fluke. I saw these one day and had to try them. First day, everytime I casted I caught a fish but, unlike other soft baits its very durable and you can flip it around or wacky rig it. It blows flukes out of the water. Great product.
From: Hunter: Dacula, GA
Comments: Deadly lure, out performs senkos in my opinion.
From: Adam: Nassau County, NY
Comments: awesome bait caught 16 fish in two hours i was throwing everything thing i had jigs squarebills spinnerbaits picked this up weightless texas rig awesome.
From: Nick: OH
Comments: Best bait out there! Caught a 6.2 lb and a 5.5 in one day. Black and blue flake is the best
From: Andrew: IN
Comments: best bait ever!!!was fishing in a park by my house and after a slow day of fishing decided to do 1 more cast at 8:00 and BOOM!!!landed a 5 pounder in green pumpkin color!will be getting more.
From: Mike: Menomonee Falls, WI
Comments: Love Dingers! I just wish Tackle Warehouse HAD MORE COLORS!!! Please get at least a few more, I fish this bait more than almost any other bait, but only use one color TW carries. Greenpumpkin Chartreuse tail is great good.
From: Sam: WI
Comments: won big fish and came in 3rd at the junior TBF at New Johnsonville June 2nd using it on a shaky head
From: Lawson: Covington, TN
Comments: Amazing bait, works well for many different species and almost all season long. If I had to choose one bait for bass fishing it would definitively be this one!
From: Bradley: Montreal, Canada
Comments: Yum F2 Dinger=Yamamoto Senko The only thing they need to do is come up with the Watermelon Laminate Cream
Comments: These baits are awesome wacky rigged the best color is green pumpkin neon which Cajun neon is basically the same but I also have chartreuse pepper but TW doesn't carry it :(
Comments: These are our goto baits in South Africa. Problem is we have different bait fish to the US and need the old colours like Mardi Gras and Watermelon Gold. Come on Yum bring back some of the old colours in the F2 Package
From: Barry: PMB, South Africa
Comments: Best colors are the bama magic and melon pie the bass love these colors bama magic in the fall when the crawfish in the pond molting and the melon pie in the summer that what works for me also the bream color would be good to but will buy more maybe going to try out some green pumpkin later on . best rig I like to use is the wacky style 1/0 gamakatsu wicked wacky hook and a strictly bass keeper aka Twh doesn't carry them but I just ordered it off there website , I wish they would carry them thoubut they would better then an O -ring .
From: Erik: IL
Comments: I love these things. When eveybody in my club is throwing Senkos, I'm throwing Dingers and catching plenty of fish. Largies and Smallies pound these things. I haven't found a color that doesn't work. The only thing I see is they sink a touch slow than GY's Senkos. Wacky rigged, Texas, with or with out weight you can't go wrong.
Comments: dingers are great. caught my PB largemouth, 8 lbs 9 oz in ontario canada on these. the F2 stuff sounds like a gimmick to get people to keep buying the stuff, but im guna be honest it works wayyy better. i was fishing with my dad at a lake in canada and the bite slowed, and i had a YUM orginal dinger in half bama bug, and my dad was using the YUM F2 dinger in the same color and he pulled in 4 bass (4 lbs 2 oz was biggest) in 15-20 minutes and i had none.
From: Kurt: NJ
Comments: Great bait! I caught my PB with a GY Senko but these work just as good and are economical.
From: Kieran: Howell, MI
Comments: ive used ytamamto strike king and bass pros stick baits and i love the fishing style so i figured i would use yum because ive used other f2 products and im glad i did i got the junebug color and i caught 2 6lbers 1 8 and tons of 1 or 2 lbers
From: Ben
Comments: Love this bait! caught so many largemouths wacky rigging this bait with a small gamakatsu. great alternative for you senko guys cause they work just as well, have great action, and are a lot less expensive! i promise these wont let ya down.
From: Bass Nightmare: OH
Comments: these are an awesome alternative to senkos and in my opinion a bit better the senkos can get very costly
From: Candlewood, CT
Comments: very very good i love the dinger texas rigged
From: Charlie: Kansas City, MO


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AUA Comments on the 2014 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Reiterate Concerns with Certain Provisions
On January 27, 2014, the AUA submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on selected provisions within the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule with comment period for calendar year (CY) 2014. The rule, released on November 27, 2013, finalized a number of payment policy changes and revised certain quality program requirements mandated by the Affordable Care Act for the Medicare Part B program.see more>>
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AUA Announces Opening of Registration for 2014 Coding Seminars
The Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Committee convened its first Quality Improvement (QI) Summit on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the AUA headquarters. As reported previously in the Brief, this meeting is the first QI summit to be conducted. Future plans are to hold this type of meeting annually to bring together AUA members, residents and other healthcare professionals to discuss a topic of critical importance to urology. This summit focused on complications associated with transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsies. Panels of experts presented the issues of importance and supporting data; lively group discussion followed each panel presentation on rectal swabs, antibiotic selection, and protocols. Experts from such institutions as the Cleveland Clinic, Northwestern University, and the University of Michigan, as well as clinicians in large and small urology group practices presented their experiences, protocols and outcomes. Participants were very interested in the subject matter and contributed valuable information about their local experiences.
Kate Goodrich, MD, Group Director, Quality Measurement & Health Assessment Group for the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was the keynote speaker. Dr. Goodrich provided an overview of CMS quality initiatives, recent changes in 2014, and the CMS quality strategy.
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Intent to Participate in Medicare Meaningful Use Stage 2 Exceeds Readiness
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published a Data Brief addressing the use of electronic health records (EHR) systems among office-based physicians from 2001-2013. NCHS reported that approximately 78 percent of office-based physicians (all specialties) currently use an EHR system.
In early February the ABIM Foundation will launch a new monthly Choosing Wisely e-newsletter featuring campaign updates and stories of best practices from specialty societies, consumer groups, grantees, and others across the healthcare system working to reduce waste and overuse. Learn more and sign up to receive the newsletter here.
Launched in April 2012, Choosing Wisely encourages physician and patient conversations aimed at avoiding unnecessary tests and procedures to improve quality of care. Participants are asked to make recommendations to spur these conversations. The AUA is among the nearly 100 partners who have joined the movement, including other national specialty societies, regional health collaboratives, state medical societies and consumer groups.


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Canucks Keep Wild Times Going, Stretch Streak to 6: Recap and Chance Data
Dimitri Filipovic
February 13 2013 12:12AM
A physical affair broke out on Tuesday night, but Mason Raymond was up to it.
Photo Credit: Jonathan Hayward/AP
On Tuesday night, the Vancouver Canucks went on to win their 6th game in a row thanks to a 2-1 defeat of Minnesota's professional hockey team. Ironically enough, this game was anything but "wild", despite what the title may imply. Sometimes you need to skew the facts in order to incorporate a good pun. At least that's what Thomas Drance taught me my first day on the job. Plus, it really all depends on your perspective; for example, I think Bryan Reynolds thought this was a heck of a game.
Regardless, a win is a win. All of 'em count the same at the end of the day. And I'm sure that the Canucks will gladly take yet another 2 points against a Northwest Division rival.
Read on Past the Jump for Scoring Chance Data, and Analysis.
What may have been the most exciting part of this game came before the puck even dropped in Rogers Arena. Canucks fans were tuning into TSN around 7 PM only to find the Tampa Bay Lightning mustering up a furious comeback against the Montreal Canadiens. Why is this important? Well, TSN refuses to put a buffer between its doubleheader games, and it seems that the first game is always bound to drag on into the beginning of the Canucks game. This time was no different as former Canuck Sami Salo tied it up to sent it to overtime.. wait, I'm not recapping that game? Fine.
I must mention that I thoroughly enjoy Canucks games on TSN, though, even with their bizarre scheduling patterns. Ray Ferraro is always packin' some serious heat between the benches, providing us with commentary that we don't usually get to hear from John Garrett (to be fair, those hot dogs aren't eating themselves). My favourite Ferraro bit came moments after a post-whistle scrum resulted in roughing penalties for Alex Burrows and Zenon Konopka. We went on to learn that during the commercial break, Max Lapierre had made it abundantly clear to the Wild that he would be coming after some of their smaller guys (Jared Spurgeon and Zach Par
iseeezee, in particular) if they didn't cut it out. I quite enjoyed that.
The Canucks started off slowly, registering their first scoring chance of the game 11:33 in. Fortunately, it resulted in a power play goal for Kevin Bieksa. What made the play was a beautiful pass by Zack Kassian, whose passing ability has been on display all season long. I find it to be a really positive thing that he has been able to continue contributing to the team despite what could be viewed as a "demotion" in recent games. It would have been easy for him to sulk, but we've seen none of that.
The Canucks made it 2-0 in the second period thanks to a noteworthy shift from Mason Raymond and Jordan Schroeder. They managed to win a puck battle along the boards against the big bad Wild, before a tic-tac-toe going from Raymond to Ballard to Hansen wound up in the back of the net. Right before the goal Ferraro was talking about how fast these guys are. Their passing did it on this instance; it reminded me of my basketball coach who would always preach that you "can't outrun the pass".
Minnesota's first shot of the 2nd came 10:15 left, which sounds about right. Up until that point they hadn't exactly showed any real desire to force the action. They wound up cutting it to a 1-goal game shortly after, thanks to a play in which Jason Garrison looked rather soft on the puck, getting rubbed out by Granlund.
It's worth pointing out that the Canucks only had 2 power play opportunities in this entire game. That's a little eyebrow raising for me, given the way the Wild went about playing this one. It sure seemed like there was plenty an occasion where a Wild player would take a late run at a Canuck after the whistle.
Ultimately, the Canucks wound up hanging on for dear life in the final period. They practically treated it like a New Year's Eve countdown, where they were all looking at the clock waiting for the final seconds to tick off. Frankly they're rather lucky that the Wild are as incompetent offensively as they are. A good hockey team probably would have made them pay on this night. But then again, maybe they would have submitted a more spirited effort if they had been presented with a more competent opponent. Chicken or the egg, right?
Scoring Chance Data
A reminder for those of you new to reading our site: a scoring chance is counted any time a team directs a shot cleanly on-net from within home-plate (here's an image of "home-plate" so you can get a visual definition). Shots on goal and misses are counted, but blocked shots are not (unless the player who blocks the shot is "acting like a goaltender"). Generally speaking, we are more generous with the boundaries of home-plate if there is dangerous puck movement immediately preceding the scoring chance, or if the scoring chance is screened.
Here's the total scoring chance data:
And here's the individual chance data for the Canucks skaters:
*Edit: Zack Kassian had a chance assisted, obviously, on Bieksa's 1st period goal.
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February 13 2013, 12:32AM
The Reffing left a LOT to be desired. Here we go AGAIN? The Wild should have had at least three more penalties ,at least ! The score would have been a little different.
It seems like the Canucks have been trying that particular tic tac toe pass a lot this season. I'm sure I've seen it in several games so far at least once resulting in a goal? Am I imagining things or is it a new set play they've put together this year? Or did they always try it and I never noticed.
Are chances from the PP not counted?
Confused as why Kassian and Bieksa don't have chances associated with their goal...


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The arrival of Spring, the traditional time for renewal, prompted me to make some quality time for personal rejuvenation. I began at the Spa Village in Ojai Valley Inn. This supremely natural and uplifting oasis never fails to connect me to nature (as well as my inner flower girl!). I delighted in my Ojai Orange Scrub and Aromatherapy Massage, followed by a peaceful respite lounging poolside. (A stroll through the Herb Garden, redolent with lavender and rosemary, reminded me what a wedding wonderland the Inn is!)
The Beach Bunny in me reveled in ONE, the popular spa at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach. Extraordinary treatments and products draw tourists and celebs alike (I spotted LeAnne Rimes & her hubby looking relaxed and romantic in matching fluffy-white robes!) Don't miss ONE's Tropical Rain Treatment, an array of ceiling showerheads that sends a cascade of warm drops over your (nearly naked) body!
Feeling a tad selfish, I treated my girlfriends to a Spa Party, courtesy of Indulgence The Home Spa. We had a blast getting pedicures, make-up lessons and chair massages right in my friend's living room! This spa-to-go is an amazing discovery for busy brides who want to bring the pre-wedding prep to wherever they happen to be. Indulgence experts will color, cut and style your hair; have your make-up picture perfect; even wax your delicate areas! Make ho-hum bachelorette parties a thing of the past—invite Indulgence to pamper you and your attendants. (They even brought champagne!)
For more Central Coast spa tips, visit spadefined.com, which has all the scoop on mud, massage, manicures and more (and tell Melissa we sent you!)


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Coyotes offered a RIM job
May 06 2009 10:28AM
If you are just waking from a 24 hour doctor-induced coma, you will be surprised to learn that Research in Motion Founder Jim Balsillie has continued in his quest to bring an NHL team to Canada – this time making an offer for the Phoenix Coyotes.
Jim Balsillie confirmed Tuesday that he has offered to pay $212.5 million US to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes on the condition that the bankrupt team relocate to southern Ontario. Balsillie, 48, made the offer to Coyotes majority owner Jerry Moyes, consenting to buy it if he can move it, presumably to Hamilton or the Kitchener-Waterloo region, where he runs Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the popular BlackBerry mobile device. Balsillie also agreed to provide $17 million US in bridge financing to keep the Coyotes operating in advance of the proposed sale.
Before we start laying our thoughts down on this matter, did anyone watch the Balsillie press conference? Why exactly is he wearing a tuxedo? Is that how you roll when you crack the top 700 richest people in the world? Does someone show up at your door and inform you that "You have done well for yourself, sir. Here is your gold set of testicles and from now on we are going to insist you wear a tuxedo at all times. You know, to keep up appearances."
And could he have looked more nervous?
"Er, um well I had a GIC come due last month and I got a refund on my taxes, so yeah I made a $212.5 million dollar offer for the Phoenix Coyotes. Frankly I am surprised that's a news story and all of you reporters showed up at this event to interview me. Luckily I wear a tuxedo at all times."
When we have enough loot kicking around to write a $212.5 million offer on something the last emotion we will display will be nerves. We would have our press conference buck naked without the use of a podium, holding a foam Coyotes #1 finger in one hand and a half empty bottle of Jack Daniels in the other. Most of our "press conference" would consist of telling stories about how we could have anyone in the room murdered by Hells Angels for $5,000. Rich guy nerves or not, two things remain crystal clear: 1) Jim Balsillie is rich as all hell, and 2) He seems to want to watch an NHL game in Hamilton-Kitchener-Waterloo-Leaf Country.
Just how rich is this Jim Balsillie anyways?
If you haven't heard of Jim Balsillie before you have most likely heard of his little company Research in Motion. In a business world where Canadian Tech companies aren't exactly renowned for their economic might, RIM is a homegrown tech darling able to earn actual "revenues" and over the past 15 years has become a Global economic juggernaut all the while headquartering in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. RIM co-chief executive officers James Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are by accounts good ol' Canadian boys who just so happen to run a company with a market capitalization of over $50.59 billion as of 9:37 AM this morning.
Before all of the recent financial hullabaloo Balsillie had turned a world wide addiction to BrickBreaker into the #618th largest personal fortune on Earth with a 2007 net worth of slightly north of $1.8 billion dollars. While certainly ballin', we must take this opportunity to note that Balsillie is no Daryl Katz who posted up on the same Forbes list of richest people on Earth at #538 with a net worth of $1.9 billion. But we will pretend for a moment that $1.8 billion is a sufficient checking account to go shopping for an NHL team.
We suppose the next question is:
Why is the NHL spurning his efforts?
In 2006, Balsillie took a run at buying the Pittsburgh Penguins for $170 million but eventually terminated his offer on the basis "it wasn't going to be accepted." The Penguins were able to hold the buy-us-an-arena-or-we-are-so-outta-here gun to the heads of local government and it seems they are due to remain in Pittsburgh for the foreseeable future. After a prolonged courting process, Pittsburgh ended up sending the nice rich Canadian man packing in favor of the nice rich Canadian man they already had in the owner's suite.
Not easily discouraged, in 2007 Balsillie offered Craig Leipold $238 million for the Nashville Predators in a move that seemed so certain to succeed that the Globe and Mail ran a story titled "Predators sold to Balsillie" That bid also fell short when Leipold went the other route, selling to William (Boots) DelBiaggio who followed the path blazed by many an NHL owner now and is now under investigation by the Feds for financial er, indiscretions. Incredibly these two experiences didn't sour Balsillie and send him shopping for an Iranian Jai Alai squad and he remains interested in an NHL team.
We will ask our own question again:
Why is the NHL spurning his efforts?
It has been rumored that one of the issues Bettman has with Balsillie is that he isn't respecting the G code of NHL ownership which apparently means "Ask Gary if you can do something. If he says no, you don't do it." Balsillie has the temerity to go around NHL head office in NYC and tries to strike deals with team owners directly. This refusal to play political softball with NHL big wigs has been one of the reasons touted for his inability to land a team to date. Side note: What does that idiot owner in Tampa Bay who made all the Saw movies have that Balsillie does not?
It has also been widely theorized that there are some in the NHL head offices that believe moving what was once the Winnipeg Jets back to Canada would amount to an admission that the experiment of bringing the NHL to the American Sun Belt is over. Leaving aside the fact that "experiment of bringing the NHL to the American Sun Belt is actually over" one must also recall that the American Sun Belt is basically bankrupt at the moment and that the troubles faced by the Coyotes have little to do with the NHL refusing to run an interesting marketing campaign in the past decade, the failure to promote fighting in the game to a blood-thirsty American audience or secure a national American TV deal. Yep, the NHL could easily use the Global Recession to allow the Jets to come home to Canada with little worry that the thousands of American Billionaires looking to locate another team in the US would scuttle their plans.
That reminds us - speaking of NHL owners - how about them
Crazy inflated team values
Lest we forget, Nation, that the Anaheim Mighty Ducks sold for a piddling $75 million in 2005. Then the Oilers were sold at a mind shattering $200 million and suddenly the floor value of a franchise roughly tripled overnight. If and when Balsillie ultimately picks off one of the weaker members of the NHL herd and drags it up to Hamilton, he will have grossly overpaid for the purchase thus reinforcing the inflated value of an NHL franchise. Pretend you are selling chocolate bars for a buck. If someone walked into your store and offered you $5 for this very same bar you would most likely throw that money in the till as fast as you could laughing heartily at the sucker who overpaid $4 for a $1 chocolate bar. But if the next person is willing to pay $5, and the next and the next - sooner or later you are in the business of selling $5 chocolate bars.
Same goes for the NHL - a league without a major TV deal operating in a business climate where most of the teams are losing money hand over fist. When Katz bought the Oilers for $200 million the EIG and some other owners in the league must have thought they had misread the purchase price. This was a team that was valued between $65-$90 million by most publications. NHL owners would probably have split into two camps - those who believed that this was a one time price spike and others who truly believed that their team - which has lost tens of millions of dollars per year for a great many years - suddenly also tripled in value. If this Balsillie transaction goes through, they might be closer to realizing their hilarious dream than they can dream in this economic climate.
For this reason alone Bettman should allow Balsillie to buy the Coyotes. It will further inflate franchise values in a market where teams should be doing nothing more than shedding market value. Axing this deal is not only a disservice to Jerry Moyes, but to the other 28 NHL owners (Katz excluded) who must be watching this transaction with giddy anticipation of their own franchise value going through the roof.
Does Gretzky come with the deal?
IF the Coyotes are sold and IF Balsillie moves them to Hamilton – what of the Head Coach? Will he take his share of the sale and sail quietly into the sunset? Will he seek to continue with the team as Head Coach or in some other capacity? If Gretzky is willing to relocate north of the border for hockey related business stuff, we know of another Canadian Billionaire who recently bought an NHL franchise who is also looking for a new Head Coach who may want to go have a chat with #99. If you want to roll with the Boys on the Bus, why not roll with THE boy on the bus?
Canadian Billionaires bossing around Bettman and making moves without his consent. Kinda makes you feel nice doesn't it?
@ The Towel Boy: @ Travis Dakin:
I did do a fourth piece. Didn't I? If not I meant to. The day job is rife with economic analysis of all this nonsense, it was a battle to write about it here on the Nation too.
I need to stop annoucning things as a 4 part series.
Next up: A twelve part series on the sports injury programs used by the Oilers!!
That's some fine asswipe, where can I get some?
May 08 2009, 11:33PM
This issue goes far beyond these poor little desert dogs in Arizona and there is a few major points yet to be brought up by any of the sports talk guys that I have been listening to.
1) Gary Bettman can not see any franchise sold for anything less than $200 million. Much like any deal people have on a mortgage, the minute the asset is worth less than the mortgage on it the bank usually will call the loan. This franchise must be sold above the $200 million mark or risk de-stabilizing the rest of the franchises in this league. If Gary aka GB and the rest of the board thinks they have problems now, just wait for this summer. How much do you think you can get for premium franchises in this current market place to buy the Stars or Canadiens. How about the lesser tiered teams like the Thrashers', Lightning or Predators' and maybe even a team like the Sabers? Franchise values dropping may force some hands as well on some of the more recent purchases as well, see the Oilers and Canucks.
2) This league in the past has had no problem moving teams that had no real playoff or Stanely Cup success. Both Colorado and Carolina had their better success after moving from Quebec City and Hartford, respectively. The Winnipeg-Phoenix franchise has actually worsened since it arrived in Arizona. The Jets used to be a thorn in the side of many Smythe division opponents back in the 80's, but since going to Phoenix it just hasn't been the same. Spotlight on the New York Islanders. They have had a great hockey history of being very dominent in the Stanley Cup playoffs in the late 70's to early 90's. Now they are potentially courting a move to Kansas City if Charles Wang's new arena deal doesn't go through. GB fought very hard to keep the Penguins in Pittsburg and the Oilers in Edmonton but can't help out the Islanders stay on Long Island.
GB's time in the NHL has been good for the league as seen with expansion, although to some questionable areas, and financial stabillity for the owners I think the time has come for a new leadership. This latest problem with the Coyotes should be the last straw for the board of govenors with his current leadership after recent ownership issues with the William "Boots" Del Biaggio - Nashville issue, the Tampa Bay Heckle and Jeckel act of Koules and Barrie as owners/GM's who are financing the deal throughthe previous owner Bill Davidson who recently passed away, and the ongoing cat fight between the ownership group that owns the Atlanta Thrashers. Time to saddle up GB, and happy trails.
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TokyoB wrote:- Used for gaoshan cha by previous owner but open to suggestions. I was thinking of using it for Wuyi yancha although puerh was also suggested (although I drink a lot of yancha but very little puerh). Thoughts?
Very nice pot. The shape, wide opening, and thickness all point to a good wuyi pot, but at 155ml, that's a lot of yancha to burn in one go. (Well, for me anyway.)


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Local Building Authority of Emery County .
P.O. Box 907
Castle Dale, Utah 84513
Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of (briefly describe
nature, scope, and major elements of the work) Emery County Recreation
Complex Renovation, 2014, will be received by the Local Building
Authority of Emery County at the office of the Emery County Clerk @
75 East Main - PO Box 629 - Castle Dale, Utah until 4:00 p.m., May 12,
2014, and then opened and publicly read aloud during the regularly
scheduled Local Building Authority of Emery County Meeting May 13,
2014, at 9:00 a.m.
A bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid, made
payable to the Owner, shall accompany the Bid.
Major items of work:
1. 34' x 34' Block Concession/Restroom Building
2. Irrigation System (4 Softball Fields)
3. Concrete Flat Work
4. Infield Skin (4 Softball Fields)
5. Outfield Sod (4 Softball Fields)
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive
any formality or technicality in any bid in the interest of Emery
Prospective bidders shall assemble at the office of Johansen & Tuttle
Engineering April 23, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., for the group showing.
Attendance at the project pre-site-show meeting and site-show is
mandatory and a prerequisite to submitting a bid for the project.
Bidding Contractors, or a duly authorized representative, must arrive
at the Project Engineer's office for the said meeting and
site-showing, at Johansen & Tuttle Engineering, 90 South 100 East,
Castle Dale, UT.
The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the Engineer's Office:
Johansen & Tuttle Engineering, Inc., 90 South 100 East, Castle Dale,
Utah 84513. Contract documents may be obtained at the Site Show upon
a non-refundable payment of $75.00 for each set. After the site show
bidding contractors can request an electronic copy, which will be
provided for an additional fee of $50.00.
April 4, 2014
JR Nelson, Chairman
LBA of Emery County
Published in the Emery County Progress April 8, 15 and 22, 2014.


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Posted on 10/28/2007 7:11:09 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft
The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.
100,000 years into the future, sexual selection could mean that two distinct breeds of human will have developed.
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yes it will. the living and the dead.
Has this guy been to a 7-11 at 3:00 A.M.? It's already happened!!
I guess H.G. Wells got it backward.
I guarantee that it will not happen this way. Events are happening too fast, technological change is accelerating too much, we will quickly move out into the universe. Humanity is likely to split into numerous sub-species, become part of a human-machine synthesis, or go extinct.
The report claims that after they reach their peak around the year 3000 humans will begin to regress. He's off over a thousand years -- the regression to ugly began when the Demorat Party was fiormed. If you don't believe it, just takle a look at, Maxine Waters, Reid, Pelosi, Kennedy, John Lewis, Hillary Clinton, and the list goes on.
Republicans vs. Democraps? We're already there!
Someone needs to post that female Pubbie versus 'Rat pix. :)
100,000 years from now? LOL, it hardly seems 'news' - it's how liberal dems like Hil already consider themselves as aspiring to be this ruling elite, lording it over the dim-witted 'conservative' (always said with a sneer) peons, and the lower level leftie sheeple. But having a 'scientist' say it will help the idea along. Hence the need for all the contraceptive 'help' for the underlings. Didn't the Nazis also think like this? And the Soviets? Etc...
But we see the lesser species now, let's take it out.
My bad, the World Bank handles that by saying 'no contraceptive, no moolah and no debt forgiveness'.
Yep, never too early to set up the meme for eugenics.
Ask Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao...
All we need are more 'sustainable development, overcrowding, food and water shortage, cloning, engineering studies, etc. (pinging the UNPFA).
Hello Groningen Protocol west.
Once we learn how do do a computer to human brain interface and store our intelligence on-line, look for a shared consciousness, not unlike the Borg. I also see a human machine fusion. Arthur C. Clarke wrote about this concept in "2001: A Space Oddessy"—IMHO, a very prophetic book.
Interesting. I always thought that because the world gets smaller by the minute, eventually there would be a massive amalgamation.
If this guy is right, I hope the goblins don't emerge dominant. Will they be called morlocks?
Whatever's going to happen on this subject is going to happen a lot faster than the author predicts. In one hundred years or less, people will start actively tinkering with the human genome for the benefit of their offspring. Maybe it will start with the rich, maybe it will start with a kind of bio-hacker. Who knows. But it will start, and it will spread, wiki-fashion, through the population. I don't think there's going to be 2 distinct groups. More like 2 thousand. Or maybe 2 million.
A couple of centuries from now the earth is going to be littered with an ungodly mess of various kinds of Children of Men.
(Just my prediction.)
"The human race will one day split into two separate species,"
It already has! Me, and then everyone else!
Not possible. The ruling elites (liberals) are not breeding their replacements, but the uglies (the Christians/Jews/Muslims) are.
So I predict ... more Islamofacism.
...which this "top scientist" no doubt views his progeny in.
What? We are like that NOW. Not 100,000 years from now. We are like that today. Just ask any liberal.
Another scientist whose cravings for fame overrode his good sense.
I think that any "splitting up" of the human race could only happen if transportation is stopped. As long as people can move their DNA around freely, a distinct race won't develop. But isolate people in a geographic area for long enough, then drift may cause some significant differences.
Yeah. They are called liberals.
Teh libidots already think they are the attractive, intelligent ruling elite and the conseratives are the underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures.
But as usual, they have it bassakwards.
To a degree it's happening. It's not quite as political as most of us think, but it's reasonably close.
Those who are really wealthy (and there's nothing wrong with that) from both sides of the aisle, have quite a bit in common. Their social circles certainly do intertwine like a bad strand of DNA. This particular circle does not only comprise of the wealthy cognitive elitists, blue-blood Republicans, etc.
If you have ever had the "opportunity" to visit someone living in a wealthy gated community, you will really see this.
We have that already. They're called liberals.
The big question is: to which group will Britney Spears' descendants belong?
I agree. The English have a strange way of looking at technology. (i.e., Dr. Who)
The next 30 years is going to be a whirlwind of technological advancement with the ultimate merging of humanity with technology. After that, I think it's impossible to know what's going to happen. We may not be capable of comprehending it.
Gee, that has already happened here in Massghanistan. Unfortunately, the goblins have seized power.
I agree. I don't know if it's quite as political, but I can really see some trying or hoping to politicize it, especially in socialist circles, nanny state thinking.
Those who are really wealthy (and theres nothing wrong with that) from both sides of the aisle, have quite a bit in common.
I don't see anything wrong with that, per se, the beef I have is with those who do look down their noses at the rest of us. Sure, it's likely to happen between various groups. I mean the kind who fail to see their 'help' staff as people, etc.
Their social circles certainly do intertwine like a bad strand of DNA.
I, too, have seen the really blue bloods and also some very 'hick' folks.
It's funny to read of, or see on Law & Order, lol, a blue blood hobnobbing on the down low with, for example, cheap hookers - how sometimes someone in a particularly elite group will be drawn to the lifestyle of someone in a very different group.
I fear Mordor..(er..Massachusetts) j/k
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It already has. Conservatives and the others.
From my observations; the human race has already degenerated into several sub species. But it's taboo to even suggest such a thing.
This was already predicted in "The Time Machine," but the ugly munchkins living underground took care of the pretty people above ground, but killed them off while they were young so they could have them as food to eat.
H. G. Wells was exposed on Coast last night as one of the eugenics crowd. Brilliant and elite.
It's not ncessarily the trailer living trash that are reproducing more (although they may be happening in some places). Instead, it's Bible believing, strong families who are conservative in orientation. They are having more children and are able to properly raise them to perpetuate a civilized concept of society. So, the future is really brighter than this article presupposes, unless we allow ourselves to be overrun with low-IQ peasant midgets who haven't come that far from their pagan-worshipping, human-sacrifcing, troglodyte ancestors and who refuse to assimilate and want to eradicate the superior American culture and language. This is exactly what is currently happening because the mentally deficient elite, who while indoctrinated at elite universities, are deficient in thinking ability and tend to embrace mindless socialism and multiculturalism and an amorphous "peace" as a remedy for everything because it "feels" right and not because they can analyze anything more complicated politically than the scientific equivalent of boiling water. Oh, and yes, they hate everything American, Western, civilized and Jewish (including Israel) or Christian.
I was thinking more on this line.
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Tastes in what is attractive changes, and genetic therapy and alteration could make this a moot point.
Sort of suggests that if you wish to be respected, you should respect others.
It isn't just because it's non-PC (which it is) to make that suggestion, it's also an irrational suggestion not based on scientific observation and research.
Has this guy been to a 7-11 at 3:00 A.M.? Its already happened!!"
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Has this guy been to a 7-11 at 3:00 AM in Southern California? It's already happened!!.
There— Fixed it..
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By COREY BLUEMELStaff Writer
The Emery County Fair begins tomorrow, Aug. 3 with its new format consisting of the new ideas, new dreams, and new beginnings. There is something for everyone and all county residents are encouraged to come out and take in the newly reworked fair.
Day one of the new fair will begin at 4 p.m. with a yard sale at which all county residents are welcome to come and set up a table to sell their things. This county-wide yard sale will be followed by a roast pork dinner, free to all of Emery County.
These events will take place at Castle Dale City Park. A portion of the street will be closed off to traffic for the yard sale.
On day two, Aug. 4, activities will begin at 11 a.m. This day will be Youth Day at the Fair. Activities will be geared to youth and teenagers with more traditional events in the evening hours.
The National Guard climbing wall will be set up in the fair park for all to climb for free. During the afternoon hours, a dunk tank will be available, also a mud tug-o-war game will be set up.
For those young people who like to eat competitively, a pie eating contest and an ice cream eating contest will be held.
Then at 4 p.m., the Farm Bureau Talent Find will take place under the Desertview Tent at the fairgrounds. At the same time the exhibits will open and then at 5 p.m., the Chamber of Commerce Lamb Fry will begin serving their traditional lamb dinner.
A new food court has been constructed at the fair park in Castle Dale. It is a grassy area just north of the Emery County Recreation building. Many different vendors will be set up with many types of foods so that every taste bud can be satisfied.
Also on day two, Ever' Wednesday will perform in the Desertview Tent from 6-7 p.m. To cap off the events for Youth Day at the Fair, a dance will be held under the Utah Power Pavilion from 8-11 p.m., with music by Joel. There will be prizes and drawings for three computers.
Kids Day activities will begin at 10 a.m. on Aug. 5. Children can enjoy inflatable toys and a dunking tank. Tickets for these things are available for a small fee.
Other free events for the kids are remote control car races (bring your own car), the National Guard climbing wall, face painting, and all sorts of relay races and fun things to do.
Kids can dig in the sawdust for prizes, toss water balloons at cutout faces, compete in eating contests, and sing in a karaoke contest. More events are planned throughout the day.
Beginning at 4 p.m., the pet show will be held for kids to bring their pets to compete. The baby Olympics will follow the pet show at 5 p.m.
At 6:30 p.m., Brandie Frampton will perform under the Desertview Tent.
Senior day at the fair will be held Aug. 5 also. Emery County seniors are welcome to the luncheon that will be held from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. More activities are planned for the seniors throughout the afternoon.
Aug. 6 will begin at 9 a.m. with the kids parade, followed by the big parade at 10 a.m. Activities and entertainment are planned throughout the day at the fairgrounds. Vendors will be set up in the fair park, and entertainment by Coupe De Ville will be presented in the Desertview Tent from 3-4 p.m.
From noon-4 p.m., beauty makeovers by the Nail Emporium, and home makeovers featuring Christy Guymon as the guest speaker, will be taking place in the Desertview Tent. Then at 5 p.m. a new event to the fair will be the Sportsmans Expo which will feature displays of animal mounts, and elk and predator calling contests, and a guest speaker.
Nashville recording artists "Highway 101" will be in concert. Opening act for "Highway 101" will be J. Marc Bailey and his band. This free concert begins at 7 p.m.
Many nice prizes have been donated to be given away at the concert to the people of Emery County. These include three computers, by Emery County, and an ATV donated by Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife. Desertview Federal Credit Union has donated a trip for two to Las Vegas and NASCAR seats for next March, including three nights at the Aladdin. They have also given a stock show pig, cut and wrapped, and a two night stay in Mesquite at the Falcon Ridge Hotel including two rounds of golf. These prizes will be given away during the concert and you must be present to win.
The Museum of the San Rafael is hosting the San Rafael Folk Art Festival July 28-30 and Aug. 2-6. Displays, exhibits, demonstrations, and entertainment will run each day from noon-6 p.m. at the museum located at 64 North 100 East in Castle Dale.
This folk art festival focuses on the crafts and talents that have endured through the pioneer time up to today. There will be demonstrations showing: tatting, sheared rugs, quilting, wood carving, pottery making, artwork, soap making, spinning wool, rag rugs, and much, much more. For the children, atlatl throwing will be presented outside the museum. Live entertainment will be available daily, throughout each day.