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Four Areas Where the Canucks Really Miss Ryan Kesler
Thomas Drance
January 28 2013 09:12AM
Kesler is glum. We miss you too Kes.
Photo Credit: Jeff Vinnick/Getty
All you need to do is look over Ryan Kesler's total player charts to understand how critical his presence is for the Canucks. While the Sedins are the "best" players on the Canucks roster, Ryan Kesler is the club's MVP and if we're being honest he has been for several seasons now. Without him, Vancouver is struggling in the early going, and so I figured we'd dive into some areas where Kesler's absence is felt particularly hard if only to scratch our phantom itch.
Read on past the jump.
The Faceoff Dot
During the Mike Gillis era the Canucks have employed a fair number of quality face-off men: from Manny Malhotra, to Kyle Wellwood, to Ryan Johnson - who admittedly couldn't do much else. As a result the Canucks have been in the top-10 in faceoff percentage during every season since Mike Gillis took over as General Manager - fifth in the league in 2008-09, seventh in 2009-10, first in 2010-11 and third in 2011-12. So far this season (admittedly a tiny sample)? They're 29th, behind only the lowly Buffalo Sabres.
There's a few reasons for this, like the fact that Manny Malhotra has only played in three of the team's five contests or that the Canucks only managed to win twenty of sixty-two draws on Sunday night against San Jose. But the major one is that Ryan Kesler is the straw that stirs the drink for Vancouver in the face-off circle. He's in on upwards of 1100 even-strength draws per season, and has averaged a whopping eighteen draws per game (all situations) over the past couple of years (in contrast, Malhotra has averaged 14.5 over the same length of time).
With the likes of Henrik Sedin, Jordan Schroeder, Andrew Ebbett, Maxim Lapierre, Alex Burrows and Manny Malhotra down the middle, Vancouver is struggling to control the puck off of draws. Now whether or not faceoffs are essential for winning hockey games is a matter of some contention, certainly it's not a prerequisite, but an inability to control the puck off of the draw at least removes an element of polish and control from a club's game. That sort of control can make the difference when you're just trying to tread water and gut out some wins, like the Canucks are doing in Kesler's absence.
The Penalty Kill
Ryan Kesler hasn't led Canucks forwards in short-handed time-on-ice since 2008-09, but he's been in the top-three in short-handed TOI per game in basically every season he's played in the NHL. When Mike Gillis first took over the reigns as General Manager the Canucks were a consistently sub-average penalty-killing club (they finished 16th in the league in PK% in 08-09 and 18th in 09-10), but over the years they've brought in personnel like Dan Hamhuis, Manny Malhotra and even Keith Ballard who have helped tighten things up. It has worked and over the past two season they've finished third and sixth in penalty-killing percentage in the NHL.
So far this season, the Canucks are killing penalties at a completely unsustainable but nonetheless woeful clip of 68.2%. That's pretty bad, and the penalty kill been a major reason for both of Vancouver's regulation losses through five games this season. Arguably, Ryan Kesler is less important to the penalty-kill than Manny Malhotra is, but when Andrew Ebbett and Dale Weise are taking regular shifts short-handed - as they were on Sunday night against San Jose - Kesler's absence is acutely felt.
All of this said, Vancouver's opponents have managed to score seven power-play goals on only twenty-six shots for a comical small sample shooting percentage of 26.9%. So even if Kesler misses the whole season regression alone dictates that Vancouver's penalty-kill is due to improve going forward. But you know Alain Vigneault and Canucks fans too, would feel an awful lot better about this if Kesler was back in the lineup, ready and able to take a regular shift with the team down 4-on-5.
On Sunday night against the San Jose Sharks, the Sharks openeded the scoring immediately following a dominant 4-on-4 offensive zone shift from Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau while matched up against Daniel and Henrik Sedin. The previous night the Sedins found themselves out-chanced by a significant margin at even-strength by a line featuring Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. On Monday the Canucks will play the defending champion Los Angeles Kings and you can bet your ass that Henrik and Daniel will see a steady diet of Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar.
This isn't how the Canucks prefer to matchup against quality teams, in fact, its been a while since the Sedins were counted on to duel their opponents "strength versus strength." Usually Alain Vigneault is able to massage his matchups, and the twins skate against a top checking line (think Dave Bolland instead of Jonathan Toews, or Mike Fisher instead of David Legwand), while Ryan Kesler does his thing to neutralize the opposition's top offensive threat.
With Kesler out of the lineup, the Canucks are looking increasingly like a "one-line team." But you factor in the more difficult matchups the Sedin twins face and the options opposition coaches have to exploit, say, the Jordan Schroeder-Mason Raymond-Dale Weise line, and Kesler's absence is even more costly than that.
Alain Vigneault, for all his flaws as a head-coach, is a master of attacking the "soft underbelly" of opposition rosters. Primarily he's done this by neutralizing the opposition's top-line with Vancouver's third line, taxing the opposition's top checking line with the Sedin twins and Burrows, and getting Ryan Kesler some fire-drill shifts against the third and fourth lines of Vancouver's opponents. Early on this season, he's operating without his trump card, and while he's done well to fatten up his forward groups and stem the bleeding: his task is about to get an awful lot more difficult with the Kings, Avalanche and Blackhawks on the docket this week.
The Power-Play
So far Vancouver's power-play hasn't been too much worse for wear without Kesler, as Zack Kassian has filled in admirably (for the most part) on the top power-play unit. But that really underrates the impact Kesler has had on the first unit since he was first placed there to start the 2010-11 season.
It's worth remembering that, over the past three seasons, Ryan Kesler has been the single most efficient power-play scorer for the Canucks, and it's not even all that close. In 2009-10, for example, Kesler played primarily with Alex Burrows and Mason Raymond on his wings - not exactly world beaters with the man-advantage - and still managed to lead the team in power-play goals while finishing only one point behind Henrik Sedin in total power-play points (despite playing sixty fewer minutes 5-on-4).
Ryan Kesler has several big weapons that have been essential for Vancouver's success with the man-advantage over the past couple of years. The first is his right-handed shoot, which is absolutely nails from the top of the circle. Yes, Zack Kassian and Jannik Hansen have right-handed shots too, but they don't shoot the puck with the velocity that Kesler can manage on his wrister, and they aren't nearly as dangerous teeing off on cross crease feeds.
Secondly, Ryan Kesler is one hell of a battler in the slot. He may not have Zack Kassian's girth (gross) but he's quicker, more experienced, and considerably more lethal in that spot.
Thirdly, Ryan Kesler's speed and his ability to protect the puck at top-speed gives the Canucks four legitimate zone-entry options when gaining the offensive blue-line on the power-play. In five games this season, I haven't seen either Zack Kassian or Jannik Hansen trusted with that job, so teams know it's going to Daniel, Henrik or Alex Edler. They also know that if it's a forward coming in (either Daniel or Henrik Sedin) they won't be coming in with speed...
Kesler's presence adds the threat of blinding speed, and his absence has made Vancouver's power-play that much more predictable on zone-entries. It's too soon to tell yet, but over a larger sample of games that could be the difference between a super-elite power-play and a top-10 power-play.
The Canucks miss Ryan Kesler everywhere, and for now they're just treading water. All of this said, we should resist the urge to go overboard here: on the strength of their power-play, their top-line, their defense-corps and their goaltending - Vancouver is still a playoff team, I think, even if Kesler were to miss the entirety of this season. But without Kesler the club's forward group is slightly sub-average, their special teams become significantly less special, and the Canucks become legitimately exploitable in the matchup game.
All of which is to say that it's critical for Kesler to get back into the lineup, but even more important that he's completely healthy before he rejoins the team. Canucks fans could be in for a long February without Ryan Kesler, which sucks, but theres no chance of a long May or a long June if Kesler is hobbled.
January 28 2013, 09:40AM
Kesler is the master key for this team.
It's not a coincidence his injuries resulted in lesser team performances in the 2011 finals and the second half of last year.
I put it down to three areas myself:
1) At even strength 2) With the man advantage 3) Short-handed.
I think that about covers it.
January 28 2013, 02:07PM
I truly thought Kesler's injury was being exaggerated in order to keep his pay cheques coming during the lock out. That's clearly not the case.
I haven't seen any updates or time tables on his return. Is he even practicing with the team? Did he travel with the team on this California road trip?
I truly thought Kesler's injury was being exaggerated in order to keep his pay cheques coming during the lock out. That's clearly not the case.
I haven't seen any updates or time tables on his return. Is he even practicing with the team? Did he travel with the team on this California road trip?
About a week ago Kesler was slated to rejoin his team in practices and optional skates in "7-10 days". He should be back to skating with the team within the next few days, but probably with no contact and no time table for return.


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I'm fairly new to BizTalk and I'm trying to do a simple call to another orchestration. I don't need to send a message to the called orchestration, just bool input and out params. I was able to successfully configure the call orch shape using the in and out variable params I set up, but when building the project I get the below error:
'you must specify at least one already-initialized correlation set for a non-activation receive that is on a non-selfcorrelating port'
Do I need a correlation set since I'm not sending messages between the caller and callee? I've seen examples where they didn't set up correlation sets but they were sending messages back and forth.
thank you for any help.
You get this error because you have a Receive shape in your secondary orchestration that is called by your primary orchestration. Take this receive shape out of the designer view in your secondary (called) orchestration, and you should be all set.
Good luck.
"Google skills are more important than your coding skills."
Thanks so much for your response. But I need a receive shape in my called orchestration. The idea is that I'll have a main orchestration start up, make an entry to a sql table for processStart with dates, etc, then call several other orchestrations that will work with different types of messages. Those orchestrations will each have a receive shape for a different message. I thought it would be better to break it up into several orchestrations rather than have one with so many shapes. Would it make a difference if I used 'start' orchestration rather than 'call' orchestration?
From your calling orchestration, you can pass different message type to each of your called orchestration as a parameter, like I said in my earlier post, you need to get rid of the Receive shape in your called orchestration. Using a Start orchestration shape vs. a Call orchestration does not matter in your scenario unless you expect to do an asynchronous call in the former vs. a synchronous call in the latter.
Have you set the Activate property to True on the first Receive Shape?

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France 1868 – 1940
Public gardens: conversation, nurses, the red parasol
[Jardins public: la conversation, les nourrices, l'ombrelle rouge] 1894
distemper on canvas
overall 214.0 (h) x 308.0 (w) cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Purchase, ex-collection Alexandre Natanson 1929
© RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Jean Schormans
These are five of the nine-panel ensemble commissioned by Alexandre Natanson in January 1894. They were designed for the ground-floor salon of a residence on the Avenue du Bois (now Avenue Foch) in Paris. The central triptych hung along the long wall of a rectangular space that functioned as both living- and dining-room. The other two panels were hung together to the left of the triptych. Two further pairs hung at the right, and opposite, with two over doors completing the room.1 From a point in the centre of the room, the illusion of a circular panorama must have been extraordinary. Public gardens was installed at the end of 1894, and remained there until 1908.
Public gardens is variously reminiscent of tapestries, frescoes and Japanese screens. Distemper, Vuillard's favoured medium, involved mixing dry pigments with a sizing (usually rabbit glue), then heating the mixture to a liquid state. It required the artist to work rapidly to achieve a distinctive, smooth, matt paint surface. The ensemble holds together via the sky and backdrop of vegetation linking the scenes, and by the gloriously patterned shadows across the foreground, and yet each panel is remarkably discrete. Vuillard's radical tilting of the picture plane, the cropping and asymmetry of his composition, emphasise the decorative qualities of trees, grasses and flowering shrubs, as well as the fabrics of the figures' clothing. These flat, decorative forms are partially a result of the medium but also reflect Vuillard's admiration of tapestries, and his knowledge of Japanese art.
Children were one of Vuillard's favourite motifs. In this work they play the leading role, darting around the enclosed space, watched over by their fashionably dressed nannies or by ladies who converse on park benches. Initially the artist may have planned to incorporate a number of city parks into the scheme, but in the end he limited the suite to the Tuileries Garden and the Bois de Boulogne, both of which were better suited to the panoramic program of the project.2 The public life of the Tuileries was both narrow and definite; since the bourgeoisie conformed to the upper-class standards and unofficial dress code of the once-royal garden, the Tuileries were the destination of a more exclusive and outwardly uniform group of social types.3 Vuillard, who had made his first decorative panels in 1892, completed eight different projects consisting of more than thirty pieces until 1899, most of which were commissioned by members of the Natanson family and their associates.
Lucina Ward
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
From Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and beyond Post-Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay exhibition book, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
- The panels which hung to the right of the triptych, The promenade and First steps, are now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Tom Jones Company / Oxford Clothes; those opposite, The two schoolboys and Under the trees are in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, and at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; the over doors may be those in the Françoise Marquet Collection, Paris, but other candidates such as those in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, have also been proposed. For annotated sketches of the layout of the ensemble, see Guy Cogeval, Edouard Vuillard, Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art 2003, cats 120–22, p. 181.
- Kimberley Jones, 'The public gardens', in Guy Cogeval (ed.), Edouard Vuillard, Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art 2003, cats 116–24, p. 176.
- The promenade and First steps panels, on the other hand, contain a broader mix of social classes; see Gloria Groom, Beyond the easel: decorative painting by Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, and Roussel, 1890–1930, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press 2001, cats 32–33, p. 120.


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Pasadena is a lot closer to us on the west side than Covina or Baldwin Park, although I'm not sure I want to do Roscoe's, there's too many pimps and players, hos and hustlers at the ones I've been to: Hollywood, Pico, and Gardena - it tends to make the place in hot demand, I don't want to be at a table where the place is trying to street us too quickly. But I've not been to Pasadena Roscoe's, can you vouch for it being more easy-going?
That's awesome that you're seeing the Globetrotters, hope to hear good things from your trip.
The Hamburger Hamlet across the street from the Chinese Theater - where Lucas ate the day he saw long lines for "some movie" - recently and tragically closed. I enjoyed a number of meals there thinking about what it must have been like for exhausted George Lucas in May of '77 to see out the window a queue for a film taking up the whole block and finding out it's his film.
There are still Hamlets in Sherman Oaks and Pasadena though. The Pasadena Hamlet has a Sunday brunch menu which has chicken and waffles on it, we could throw stones at 2 birds at once.
Maybe we should do a mini road trip for SW some day, hit up that location where the Hamlet in Hollywood used to be, drive into the valley for the Lucasfilm location and the second ILM location, find the spot where Mark Hamill crashed his car rushing to get to reshoots for the cantina scene... ok, that last one is in bad taste.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
So the 17th at Hamburger Hamlet Pasadena? Time? Mystery toy exchange?
Will mid-afternoon work? I probably wouldn't be able to head out until at least 12, and it's a bit of a drive.
That's my jacket!
I'm fine with mid-afternoon but I'm pretty open on these sorts of things, how about the rest of ya's?
Mystery toy exchange? That sounds interesting, what do you mean, Maradona?
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I can make it any time after 9am, until about 8pm (early-to-bed cliche, you know ).
Mystery toy exchange? We give away Riddler, Mystery Men, Unknown Comic, or Disney Vinylmation figures, of course!
Too late; I already copyrighted these parodies: Rogue Juan, Rogue Won, Rogue Huan, Rogue Wan, Rogue Obi-Wan, Rouge One, Rogue Wand.
I'm also comfortable with any time on Sunday.
Don't want to be a party pooper, but I'm ambivalent about an exchange. There's not much out there right now, and I doubt many of us have figures we don't have. So there's a good chance everyone ends up bringing a figure they don't want and taking home another figure they don't want.
Now if everyone else brings a Ponda Baba, I'm all for that.
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Why I want to be mentor: I want people to know that there is more to regional North American cuisine than \"Deep South\" or \"Tex-Mex.\" New England cuisine it a conglomeration of more than 400 years of immigrants and natives blending cultures. Influences from Portugal, Brazil, Greece, Italy make use of the regional abundance (and lack thereof) of fish, seafood, legumes, maple syrup, and the those ingredients traditionally traded in the Northeast, such as molasses. A little ingenuity and a desire to stretch food to feed the maximum amount of people have created dozens of new dishes.
Lesson Learned: With a few exceptions, it\'s simple, hearty food, born of Yankee ingenuity and frugality. Like any good cuisine, use what\'s available. And like any region where food was once scarce, you\'ll use a lot of preservation techniques, and use ingredients that have been preserved in a variety of ways.
Tip: When in doubt, add bacon.
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Mentor In: North American
Why I want to be mentor: I want to help college kids like myself who want more than just \"dining hall\" food. I want to eat a home cooked meal a limited budget.
Lesson Learned: You don\'t have to spend a lot to get a lot.
Tip: Never be afraid to try something new and different


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San Clemente won't help state power up I-5 sign
In an unusual move Tuesday night, San Clemente's elected leaders told the California Department of Transportation that it can't have access to city streets to supply power to a digital freeway message board that could affect a local neighborhood.
On a 5-0 vote, the City Council turned down Caltrans' request for an encroachment permit to run electrical lines from city streets to a "changeable message sign" that the agency wants to erect along northbound I-5 near the Avenida Dolores neighborhood, about a third of a mile past the southern entrance to San Clemente.
The sign would be visible over a freeway sound wall and would affect some nearby residents' views, city officials said.
City Manager George Scarborough cautioned council members that their decision to deny Caltrans doesn't necessarily mean the sign won't go up and on.
"They are the state," Scarborough said.
Ryan Chamberlain, Caltrans' District 12 director, said the agency will consider the city's objections.
At Tuesday night's council meeting, Caltrans officials said digital message boards are needed to notify motorists of congestion, travel times, accidents, Amber Alerts, traffic diversion routes, safety issues and other information.
Council members questioned the need for this particular sign.
"We have one just up the road," Councilman Bob Baker said, alluding to a message board at I-5 and Avenida Vista Hermosa.
He and other council members suggested Caltrans put the sign near the Basilone Road exit further south, giving motorists earlier alerts and more options. Caltrans said that's in another district in San Diego County. Councilman Jim Dahl suggested that District 12 ask the other district.
Councilman Tim Brown said smartphones and other digital devices have surpassed freeway message boards.
"I question, really, the need for more of these signs on our freeways when, frankly, the people make an informed decision before they leave the house as to the traffic impacts," Brown said. "Or, particularly in this case, where you've got a sign that's just two miles down providing a lot of the information necessary, with no diversion points."
Chamberlain told the council that Caltrans is concerned about distracted driving and "wouldn't be advocating for people to take a cellphone device, a smartphone device, in their car, pick it up to look at it while they're commuting, while they're driving 55 mph."
Chamberlain said "there were a lot of people that probably would have loved to have seen a CMS sign" during a freeway closure, such as Friday's eight-hour shutdown of the southbound I-5 near Camino de Estrella after a crash connected to a high-speed police chase.
"When they got off on that next exit, it's not to find a different alternate route all the time," Chamberlain said. "It's also to find another place to sit, to have a cup of coffee, to do business ... and kill the time so you're not sitting in your car."
Amber Alerts, which give information about child abductions, are another reason for CMS signs, he said, along with public-service messages such as reminders to report intoxicated drivers. Chamberlain said he hoped the City Council would take a regional approach to the issue.
Steve Haubert, a local resident, said that in the regional context, this sign should go along I-5 at Basilone Road, giving motorists more options.
Resident Margo Beauchamp suggested that putting message boards just three miles apart is sign pollution.
Council members thanked Chamberlain and his staff for listening to the city's concerns. They said they hope it leads to better communication.
Caltrans said it notified the city of its intent to put a sign at that location in 2007 and invited comment but didn't hear from the city. "We therefore assumed that the city concurred," a recent letter from Caltrans said.
Mayor Jim Evert said city and Caltrans staff members change and that the sign "never popped up again until all of a sudden the work is in process." Periodic updates will help, the mayor said.
Evert said the council's action Tuesday will send a message, even if it doesn't stop the sign.
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I'm curious at what plans for sPVP are.. what new modes are coming and what other rewards are in the works as it seems many do need some sort of "carrot" other than cosmetic gear
Also what are the future plans for expanding WvW and why server transfers are still open as it's killing WvW balance(see Nov 1st it will go to once a week) why did they wait so long?
Oh and is there any plans to expand the current skill system to offer more skills or variations of skills for the weapon slots and utility skills
Game desperately NEEDS a build manager ot save multiple builds.. one of th best aspects of the trait tree is flexability in builds.. but the game punishes you to want ot have several builds for several differn't situations. There has been numerous times I wanted to run a dungeon but didn't want to drop all my traits and go re-do my build just to do so.. same for sPVP.
PVE progression seems to be the big concern to many on this site as they need more goals to work towards perhaps some sort of extra trait bar to progress through or extra set of skills or something along thones lines.. GW1 had tons of skills you aquired as you went through the campaigns and even after you finished them.
Is any player made content in the works? I know Guild halls were talked about.. but solid player made content has much more longevity than just adding another dungeon or some new events
What are plans for expanding guild features as now many complaints are guilds are basically just glorified chat rooms right now
Any plans for Legenadary armor? also perhaps adding some special skill assocated with a legendary armor set or even adding something like that to the legendary weapons.. right now it seems the grind forever for looks isn't sitting well with a good number of people in PVE.. What if legendary weapons gave you entire new skill set for that weapon? that would give people something to really strive for and keep true to the no stat grind at cap
Any news on a dungeon finder or better LFG options? getting tired of LA being turned into a LFG spam
Another big complaint I see is the not so dynamic feel of the dynamic events.. not enough variations in scenarios when events pass or fail and not enough variety in the events themselves.. people are wanting more lasting effects or at least more variations in what happens
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
A grouping tool would be nice for those who won't sit and spam chat trying to find a group. Is anything in the works? How long until we see something?
The current LFG list buried deep in a menu somewhere isn't enough.
Updates on min games, housing, and alternative advancement would be good to hear
A few things i'd like to ask..
1.) About future dynamic events or updates to existing dynamic events.
Are there going to be more events like the Dragon fights, or the Megadestroyer fight? And also how are you going to improve on them since as many players have pointed out even though these fights look great, they are not quite what the players expected since most of them (not all) are not very epic since the bosses are stationary and the players can pretty much just stand there and auto-attack (Shatterer, Tequatl).
2.) Regarding rewards
Recently there was a post from a Dev (can't remember who it was) that said you are working on improving the rewards that players get from Dungeon bosses, Veteran/Champion mobs in the open world and Chest Events. Could you share some more info about these changes?
3.) Dungeons for bigger groups
Another thing I would like to ask is if you are planning, or at least considering adding bigger Dungeons to the game. And by bigger I mean for more than 5 people. I'm not talking about the traditional raids ofcourse with gear progression and stuff. I'm talking about Dungeons for 8-10 people that are harder, more difficult (not more 1-shot skills though :P) and have unique skins for players to purchase with tokens. Because all of my friends are curious about this, and every time we run a dungeon we're all thinking "god it would be great to do a 10-man version of this!"
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1. How big will the new Island be in the November update and what type of setting will it be? fire and lava or maybe Tengu?
2. Will the balance of classes in PvE and PvP be adressed? I can name a few examples. Thief is weak in PvE. Ranger is weak(low damage) in PvP unless beastmaster build. Necromancer lacks in damage and some support, but they are very tough(Tanky) to kill in PvP.
Try to be excellent to everyone you meet. You never know what someone else has seen or endured.
How does a pocket talk? It's just a piece of cloth...
Will they ever add skritt as a playable race? (not really halloween event centric, but a question none the less.)
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What's going on with that and when are we going to get details on it?
"Forums aren't for intelligent discussion; they're for blow-hards with unwavering opinions."
What are there plans for future minigames? I would love to see a "Nazi Zombies" style of group minigame (or Dungeon :P), Fort Aspenwood type also.
Future PvP maps. What new types of PvP do they plan to institute?
Future World events. Will there ever be Dynamic events that affect the ENTIRE world? Similair to those at the end of the Beta Weekends and this Halloween?
Hints on future Holiday events?
Would they ever think of adding appearance tabs, even if it is something you must pay to unlock. Because the coins aren't doing it for me.
And how about adding in an image designer.
And where is housing?
When will player housing be released, and what plans are there for it in the future and what does it entail in general?
When will the Crystal Desert be released?
Is there a schedule or idea on when the next expansions will be released?
Will there be a type of barbershop introduced into the game to change hair color and style?
What have you learned from this release that could be applied into future expansions?
Will the stories that abruptly ended in the personal story lines come to a conclusion in future patches or expansions?
How oft should we expect major content update patches?
Will there be additional armor sets added to the Market that have the original Guild Wars theme to it? I'd enjoy a knock-off of the dervish primeval armor myself.
What is the future of PvP and Guilds?
When will we see a massive cull of all the bots?
Why you ask players to report bots when they are still farming the same areas weeks after being reported?
Why are players forced to grind so many mats and items and then proceed to put DR into the system?
When will you introduce payments for server transfers?
Why do the events in Orr keep bugging out and when will this be sorted?
Why did so many players spend so much on keys for Halloween and lead to believe they get halloween items and actually recieved nothing worthwhile? leads me to also ask why so much RNG and the low chances of getting anything? ( partly assuming to know the answer, but would like an official one)
Got a ton of questions but I doubt they get asked or answered so I don't really know why I posted. Pocket and MMORPG will be so far up their anal cavity to ask such questions.
WIll you start fixing class problem's before nerfing or changing how a weapon work's?
Will you change how legendary precursor's are obtained? or the RNG % chance to get them from the mystic forge?
give some info about whats coming Nov 15th
Very important question:
There was some controversy with the Halloween event, particularly with the low drop rates of items in black lion chests and difficult of the clock tower. What have you learned from the Halloween event and are there any changes you might make to the overall philosphy of how holiday events should be going forward?
Why do the lengend and other harder to aquire items not have better stats than standard level 80 crafted etc. Its just a skin by the looks of it. At level 80 I need a reason other than a skin to spend all that time working on legend or karma gear. There should also be added bonuses for complete sets.
Also classes need some balance. Im an elementalist and I can tell you that almost every melee class can hit much harder than the casters.... which granted owuldnt be so bad if it wasnt for the elementalists having the least Vitality/HP and least armor. Even the necro fairs better because of the added life drains and perma pets. eithe boost our HP, or dmg, or allow us perminate pets. There are some other classes that need a small boost too.
Player housing. Would love to see it. Id prefer the ability to plot them down anywhere, however its easier to do instanced based housing. Or even cooler would be to take a page from wild star and give us floating rocks to build on


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"I've done more than 50 movies in my career, but this is the first time I'm 100 percent involved with the whole process—fund-raising, casting, everything," Cruz says of Ma Ma, the Spanish drama she's been shooting with director Julio Medem on the sun-soaked Canary Islands.
On top of her role as the film's producer—a first for the actress—she stars as Magda, a tenacious mother who faces a horrific tragedy. "For me, creating a character is like making soup," she says in her famous accent, citing Meryl Streep and Anouk Aimée as cinematic role models. "I put in each ingredient one by one, and then I let it breathe." Cruz cherishes this preparation phase. "If you don't put in the time, the magic doesn't happen," she explains. "It's one of the reasons I work less now than I did before." Another reason is motherhood. "I used to do four movies a year; now my first priority is to be with my kids," says Cruz, who spends her off time at home in Madrid with husband Javier Bardem and their two children, Luna and Leo, ages one and three.
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BOSTON — Walking the fine line between victory and defeat — that's bound to happen during a lengthy winning streak — the Miami Heat survived.
They survived a career-high 43 points from Boston Celtics forward Jeff Green. They survived 17 points, eight rebounds and eight assists from Paul Pierce. They survived a riled-up home crowd, anxious to see the Celtics end the Heat's winning streak.
The Heat kept their winning streak intact, extending it to 23 games with a 105-103 victory against the Celtics Monday.
BOX SCORE: Heat 105, Celtics 103
POWER RANKINGS: Can Heat hold at No. 1?
"It means a lot to what we're trying to build — a tough-minded team on the road. It's a hostile environment," Heat All-Star forward LeBron James said. "We grew again tonight, and that's big for our team."
It is the second-longest winning streak in NBA history, behind the 33 wins a row by the 1971-72 Lakers and surpassing the 2007-08 Rockets who won 22 consecutive games. Incidentally, the Celtics ended Houston's winning streak five years ago March 18.
The Heat escaped after trailing by 17 points — their largest deficit during the streak — with great play from James, who had 37 points, 12 assists, seven rebounds, two steals and two blocks, and strong contributions from the cast.
It is the first time the Heat have a won a regular-season game in Boston since April 2007, and Miami also ended Boston's 11-game home winning streak.
"We had to earn that one, no about question about it," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We didn't panic, but we did own it. ... You've got to stay the course. It's a 48-minute game, and you keep grinding away."
ALSO STREAKING: Nuggets edge Bulls for 12th straight win
AILING SIXER: Bynum to have more surgery, miss season
Guard Mario Chalmers had 21 points, and guard Dwyane Wade had 16 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals. Center Chris Bosh had 13 points and five rebounds.
"Other guys don't get enough credit, and they deserve it," Wade said. "When they're not shooting the ball well and when they're struggling, a lot of people like to point that out. But when they're playing well, that's the reason we're on this winning streak. ... So even though LeBron had an unbelievable night, we don't win without our bench."
In fact, five Miami players had at least five rebounds, and the Heat outrebounded Boston 39-33.
After Avery Bradley's three-pointer with 1:49 left put Boston ahead 103-101, James tied the score at 103 with 1:23 left. James' basket with 10.5 seconds left gave Miami a 105-103 lead and the win.
Reserve forward Shane Battier had a stellar defensive play, blocking Green's shot with eight seconds left in the game.
"Shane Battier made a hell of a play," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said.
The Heat needed multiple comebacks to salvage the streak. Miami trailed 41-24 in the second quarter and took a 61-59 third-quarter lead. Miami was down 96-83 early in the fourth quarter, and and it trailed 99-92 with 5:14 left. But the Heat controlled Boston down the stretch, as the Celtics played without injured forward-center Kevin Garnett (flu-like symptoms).
Rivers had a unique assessment of the game. "I was really looking forward to the game because I didn't know how our guys were going to react," he said. "Overall, besides not winning the game, we passed the test. But losing the game is what you'll remember."
It was an intense, physical and heated game, befitting of the Eastern Conference's best rivalry. The teams have played in the playoffs the past two seasons, including an entertaining and exhausting seven-game series in last season's conference finals.
James threw down a vicious dunk on an alley-oop pass from guard Norris Cole right in Boston guard Jason Terry's mug, similar to Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan's recent dunk on Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight. James received a technical foul for taunting.
It was testy most of the night. No easy buckets, especially in the paint near the basket. It was playoff basketball in March.
Green almost singlehandedly carried Boston to an improbable victory.
"Jeff was terrific," Rivers said. "He played well the entire night. He attacked. You know what I loved about Jeff. I thought the first two, three minutes of the game, he was struggling. He missed a free throw (and) missed a couple of shots. And you know the old Jeff may have gone away. ... And once he realized he had an advantage, he took advantage. And that was great."
Despite Green's barrage of points, including 15 on three-pointers, it was not enough.
In the fourth quarter, Miami outscored Boston 27-21, including 13-4 in the final five minutes. James had 13 points and three assists in the fourth.
"It's just LeBron being LeBron," Battier said. "I don't have any other words that you guys haven't already used before. He's the best. You never take that for granted. Shame on anybody who takes No. 6 for granted because he's a special talent. Aside from his physical skills, he plays the right way. He's an unbelievable teammate. He plays to win. He's unselfish and that's what makes him special."
What James and guard Wade are doing on this winning streak have them on pace to join Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen as the only teammates to average 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in a season in the past 21 seasons.
James, front-runner for MVP honors, entered Monday averaging 26.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 7.1 assists, and Wade, an MVP candidate if not for James' fantastic season, was averaging 21.8 points, five assists and five rebounds. Both were shooting better than 52% from the field.
They were great and had help.
"It was a fantastic game," Rivers said. "I just don't like losing."


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Thank you everyone who attended the Jonathan Evison program yesterday at WPL. I am sure that you will agree with me that he was absolutely delightful. For those of you that could not attend but are fans, you will be happy to know that his next book will be published this August. The title is The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, as he mentioned yesterday all three of his novels deal somewhat with caregiving.
NCRL has another author coming to WPL on Thursday June 28th at 7 p.m. Heather Barbieir majored in English at the University of Washington. After graduation she was employed by newspapers and magazines editing, writing reviews and feature articles.
Her first novel, Snow in July, was published in 2004. This novel takes place in Montana. It is the story of the complicated love of two sisters. Their world collides, love is tested and heart wrenching decisions must be made.
Her second novel, The Lace Makers of Glenmara, was published in 2009. It is about a heartbroken American designer, who relocates to Ireland. Kate Robinson discovers, inspiration, comfort and friendship in a quaint Irish village, when she meets and joins an intimate circle of lacemakers.
Her new novel, The Cottage at Glass Beach, is about a political wife and doting mother. Nora Cunningham's husband is the attorney general in Massachusetts. When it is revealed to her and the general public, that her husband has been unfaithful, she flees with her two young daughters to Burke Island, off the coast of Maine. She left the island decades ago after her mother disappeared at sea. Now back on the island she is forced to face the truth about her failing marriage, her mother's disappearance, and her long buried past.
Heather Barbiei is a local Northwest author. She lives in Seattle, and is currently working on her fourth novel. I hope that many of you will be able to attend the June program.


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I recently purchased some fine shoes by a well-known company, but while the quality is there, the fit is not. I don't blame the company. I blame the stiff leather at the toe box.
As you can well imagine, this toe torment could only go on so long before I either bought new shoes or tried to fix them. I couldn't find the Shimano mountain bike shoe I liked so much with the cloth toe box. They never gave me problems.
I decided to try stretching or softening the leather to end the toe-rture. Jamming a golf ball into the shoe didn't help. I then heard that some women wear wet socks with tight-fitting shoes to help stretch the leather.
Worth a try. I found a large river rock, put it inside a wet sock and jammed it into the shoe toe as hard as I could. For good measure, I soaked the shoe tips in a bucket of water for several hours. I did this twice, for a total of six hours.
Result: No more toe pain. Just be sure when you do this you stuff something into the toe area; otherwise the leather could shrink instead of expand.
Follow-up (May 21, 2013) I gave up on these shoes. While my method for stretching the shoe is sound, the problem is that this model/brand has a synthetic leather upper, which does not stretch. So there's a reason for forking over more money and buying shoes made of real leather.


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- Engage in college-wide dialogue of SLO data for GEOs and ILOs.
- Ensure that all Fall Program Reviews report robustly on how dialogue and discussion of SLO data has resulted in completed and/or planned program improvements.
- Complete and continue ongoing ILO and GEO assessments.
- Ensure SLOs exist for all college services (including administrative services).
- Purchase new software to allow us to make progress on the above
Accreditation Standards
The ACCJC implemented SLO-related standards in 2002. In 2007, they
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progress towards complete fulfillment of these still-new standards and
assess their current stage. In 2009, the ACCJC notified all colleges
that they would be required to meet the Proficiency Rubric Level by
Fall 2012. All colleges were directed to submit an self-evaluation
report on the SLO progress -- 1/2 were due November 15 2012, the other
1/2 March 15, 2013. City College submitted its ACCJC-mandated
SLO Progress Report on March 15, 2013.
In June 2013, the ACCJC produced the a report on the overall SLO Assessment Implementation across all their colleges.
In September 2013, CCSF requested a specific feedback report on our performance relative to the rubric and other colleges. We wanted to see where the ACCJC saw us as deficient, and where we should focus our future energy. The official ACCJC feedback arrived on October 30, 2013.
On Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 the two SLO Coordinators and the Accreditation Liaison Officer spoke with an ACCJC representative to get further clarification on one of the elements of our particular feedback. We took notes on that phone call.
Based on all the above, we created an SLO Scorecard to imform the
campus community of our progress. We update the scorecard
Grade Translation
In the following grading scheme, some folks might find the following translation useful:
- 5: exceeds norm of effective practice
- 4:
solidly meets expectation of effective practice
- 3:
barely meets expectation of effective practice (might be just
starting or at a basic level)
- 2: doesn't fully meet
expectation of effective practice (some aspects aren't
- 1: doesn't meet expectation of effective
practice (peformance in this are is deficient)
Proficiency -- Required by ACCJC since Fall 2012
SLOs and authentic assessments are in place for ALL courses, programs, support services, certificates, and degrees.
3/15/2013 Report -- ACCJC Score:
- Courses: 4 (ave: 3.66)
- Programs: 3 (ave: 3.49)
- Student Learning and Support Activities: 5 (ave: 4.14)
- Institutional Learning Outcomes: 1 (ave: 4.07)
- Narrative: 4 (ave: 3.51) (addresses authentic assessment that leads to understanding about student learning and gaps to be addressed)
10/21/2014 Self-assessed current score:
- 5: 90+% of all courses, programs (certificates and degrees), and student services have undergone SLO assessment. Reports filed. Quality verified through institutionalized processes.
- 4: ILOs/GEOs. We have mapped all our courses to GELOS and 40% of our GE Areas have undergone intensive direct assessments. We call them "deep reads." Campus-wide discussions are ocurring based on GE and ILO assessments, including how to make recommendations from the assessments actionable. They have informed discussion on the SSSP and Equity Plan.
Next steps:
- Ensure that all ILOs and GELOs are mapped to courses and
programs in soon to be implemented CurricUNET Meta system.
- Continue with our ongoing ILO and GELO "deep reads" and college-wide conversations regarding these results. (ILOs every Fall | GELOs every Spring). New software will eventually allow us to "pull up" data from the course level assessments and acquire data without extra reporting. Until that time, CCSF will adhere to its assessment timetable for GELO assessment found in the Institutional Assessment Plan
There is widespread institutional dialogue about the results of assessment and identification of gaps.
3/15/2013 Report -- ACCJC Score: 4 (Ave 3.38) (Institutional messages value assessment and improvement.)
10/21/2014 Self-assessed current score: 5.
Campus-wide dialogue occured at FLEX Days, both in September 2013
& February 2014 that interacted potently with student learning and
student service outcomes. Campus discussions on GE Area assessments
are on-going and robust. Evidence for on-going dialogue can be found
in GELO work group meetings, SLO Committee discussion, and at the
Planning Committee. SLO data used to inform Educational Master
Next steps:
- Assessment data needs to interact strongly with Education Master Plan Strategic Goals, especially Goal #1 Advance student achievement in meeting educational goals. Given new ACCJC stadards, assessment data needs to continue to inform implementation of the Equity Plan.
- Fall 2014 Program Review documents need to be informed by the SLO Impact Report and demonstrate that 100% of departments are using SLO data to identify and address challenges within their department (due January 2015).
- Participatory Governance and overall college planning needs to continue discussion of analysis of student learning college wide and identify gaps and issues to resolve.
Decision making includes dialogue on the results of assessment and is purposefully directed toward aligning institution-wide practices to support and improve student learning.
3/15/2013 Report -- ACCJC Score: 3 (Ave: 3.29)
5/21/2014 Self-assessed current score: 4 New
program review documents link resource requests directly to assessment
data, creating clear linkages. Priority llists for funding have
circulated that quote directly from program review data. On-going
productive discussions about improving the program review-planning
process continue in the Planning Committee.
Next steps: (See next steps from above. Same apply here.)
Appropriate resources continue to be allocated and fine-tuned.
3/15/2013 Report -- ACCJC Score: 4 (Ave: 3.22) (Institutional resource allocation/fine-tuning is oriented toward student learning)
10/21/2014 Self-assessed current score: 4
Next steps: (See next steps from above. Same apply here.) Also:
Until the implementation of CurricUNET Meta (which may facilitate
the process) college must continue to make timely connections between
curriculum, assessment, and program review.
Comprehensive assessment reports exist and are completed and updated on a regular basis.
3/15/2013 Report -- ACCJC Score: 2 (Ave: 3.15)
10/21/2014 Self-assessed current score: 4.5. We
have a defined cycle and format of assessment reports. All campus
community is required to report assessment activities every 6 months.
This exceeds the norm at most colleges. Spring 2014 assessment
reporting again showed robust numbers, with over 90% of offered
courses submitting a progress report as well as high percentages in
programs and student services. Summary and evaluation of reporting
process exsist and validation reports are providing training for
quality improvements in both assessment activities and reports.
Reports now takes place widely at the institutional level. GE Area A
& E reports are being finalized and workgroups for GE Area B, D,
and H have formed. 2 ILOs have undergone extensive assessment beyond
mapping and data is being used to guide institutional practice.
Next steps:
- Reporting needs to continue to be a "habit of mind" for disciplines and units.
- Continue to find ways to increase the participation of faculty leadership, deans , and division vice chancellors in reviewing and analyzing these report data, looking for college-wide trends, discussing those with the entire college, and integrating student learning into strategic plans and missions.
- Continue providing SLO Impacts Reports based on Program Review data, submitted for Fall 2014. Continue to have participatory governance groups to discuss these results.
Course student learning outcomes are aligned with degree student learning outcomes.
3/15/2013 Report -- ACCJC Score: 3 (ave:
10/21/2014 Self-assessed current score: 4.
Curriculim Committee requires mapping of courses to program SLO
for all revisions and new degress or cerifcates. Well publicized
examples of degree and certifcate alignment based on advisory boards,
industry and community partnerships, and tuning projects are
available. All credit GE courses are mapped the GELOs. Institution is
systematically assessing and mapping ILOs to programs (capturing
non-credit and CTE programs). Two out of the four ILOs have undergone
this process.
Next steps:
- Conduct third round of ILO mappings in Fall 2015 for ILO
assessment of Cultural, Social, and Environmental Awareness ILO.
Map/Remap all PSLOs to ILOs, SLOs to GELOs, and SLOs to PSLOs during
the CurricUNET Implementation process (once Governet has resolved
its development issues).
Students demonstrate awareness of goals and purposes of courses and programs in which they are enrolled.
3/15/2013 Report -- ACCJC Score: 4 (Ave: 2.63)
10/21/2014 Self-assessed current score: 4 Campus
built on Student Survey conducted in 2012 and added questions about
SLO awareness to the CSSE survey, conducted in spring 2014. Current
outcomes are required on all syllabi. Campus communities publicize
learning outcomes in classroom, bullentin boards, and with posters.
These are visible throughout campus.
Next steps:
- Continue to ensure SLOs are listed in class syllabi and SLOs are shared with students in meaningful ways.
- Continue to ensure SLOs are publicly available for all courses and programs (through catalog and website), and improve the interface for students to access that information.
(Ave: 3.25)
(Planned improvement efforts include improving the value of SLO assessment rather than just processes.)
OVERALL AVERAGE SCORE: 3.42 (Ave: 3.44)
Sustainable Continuous Quality Improvement -- Required to fully meet standards
*Data from Spring 2014 assessment reporting
|Student learning outcomes and assessment are ongoing, systematic, and used for continuous quality improvement.
44% of instructional programs, 75% of courses, 100% of counseling programs, 73% of student service programs are at closed-loop CQI. (Numbers have been steadily rising.)
Annual Assessment Plan: Current benchmark for all units: all outcomes assessed at least every 3 years.
|Dialogue about student learning is ongoing, pervasive, and robust.
|Dialogue about student learning is happening with departments and within weekly professional development activities that happened in Spring 2013 and Fall 2013 and will continued Spring 2014 through the Education Master Plan development. Proof of the robustness of these conversations should appear in Program Review documents (due Jan. 2015) and will be part of the Program Review SLO Impacts report produced in Spring 2015.
|Evaluation of student learning outcomes processes.
|Evaluation reports provided and follow-up improvements implemented for the Fall 2013 reports and again for the Spring 2014 reports. Similar reporting and evaluation will be completed after each semester's reporting deadline and made available through the website. These evaluations are discussed by the SLO Committee and Planning Committee.
|Evaluation and fine-tuning of organizational structures to support student learning is ongoing.
|The college is currently undergoing major reorganization. The new structures are intended to better support student learning across the college. Evaluation of its effectiveness and impact on student learning is a future task.
|Student learning improvement is a visible priority in all practices and structures across the college.
|Student learning improvement has been and continues to be a visible priority across the college. A sizeable number of faculty and staff have attending ACCJC regional workshops on assessment, attended panels at the Accrediation Institute and Strengthening Student Success Conference, as well as attending SLO network meetings in Northern California. Assessment work is a major part of all college-wide communication. It is embedded in our ongoing program review and planning processes. Highlights are part of the Chancellor's regular updates. SLO will will solidly interact with all three goals of the Education Master Plan.
|Learning outcomes are specifically linked to program reviews.
SLO reporting is embedded into Program Reviews and has been for the last few years. SLO impacts are also part of the resource allocation rubric.
A Program Review SLO Impacts Report was completed in Spring 2014 (for the second year in a row) evaluating the quality and major themes presented across the college. This report was reviewed in various participatory governance meetings.
High-quality examples of the SLO portions of Program Review are used in the guidelines to help with departments that can benefit from improved reporting.


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Skip to comments.'Journal News' advertisers face boycott over gun map (Gannett)
Posted on 12/31/2012 9:32:26 PM PST by Libloather
The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association is calling for a nationwide boycott of the advertisers of the suburban New York newspaper that published online maps revealing names and addresses of people with pistol permits.
The group is encouraging concerned citizens to contact national and local advertisers who use the Journal News including Best Buy, CVS, IKEA and Target, among others and tell them to stop running ads until the list of lower Hudson Valley pistol license holders is off the Web.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Problem is, isn't the cat already out of the bag? Damage is already done.
"Problem is, isnt the cat already out of the bag? Damage is already done."
Cut off the head of the snake before it can bite again.
>> Damage is already done.
Not for the gun owners. Consider it a minefield map.
I've always argued that all gun supporters should send polite, but firm personal letters to her house, discussing why you support the 2nd amendment.
"Cut off the head of the snake before it can bite again.
True, but I'm getting tired of fighting Medusa.
Chess is not played one move at a time. Of course it is not too late
It will work.
Boycotts work because many businesses cave before any real damage sets in. Probably the dumbest comment I ever heard was "Boycotts do not work". They work. And this one will
A nice interactive map of all the Employees of these advertisers would finish the job.
It may be too late to discourage the paper's bad behavior, but it's not too late to make the guilty parties regret that course of action.
It would be more effective to send them a notice of intent to sue if you as one of the listed registered gun owners is affected by assault or break in. Let them know that you will mount a class action law suit against all advertisers as responsible by enabling this maverick newspaper to put your life and property in danger along with many others. Tell them you will find the most savage contingency lawyer to work on this. Boycotts are dumb. You probably need their products more than they need you. The lawyers can do far more damage and they know it.
What needs to be made clear to the actors in this little drama is that this is terrorism - soft terrorism, to be sure, but terrorism still - and that should it devolve to violence the ones who encouraged it will be held accountable. Take names - the editors, the reporters, the "expert" analysts. And make it clear that if gun owners are not safe because of their activity, neither are they. We didn't start this.
Boycotts do not work. They work. And this one will"
It will definitely work against Best Buy, they're going down for the third time and likely to go out of business anyway. Target is a good target also and deserves to be brought down for the list of lib crap they've done over the years.
Best buy lost me a couple Thanksgivings ago with their mozlum ad flyer.
Never liked cvs and can't afford to go anywhere but Walmart.....
boycott ping
We're trying to send a message. Newspapers have the freedom to print - we have the freedom to object to their attacks. It's that simple.
If anyone can find a list of the Journals national advertisers, I'd be happy to stop buying from them...
I think the boycott is a good idea. If somebody published an on-line petition to send to these advertisers Id certainly sign it. But, I have to say, I stopped using all of those advertisers for one reason or another. I also stopped using Starbucks, JC Pennies and a few others over their socially responsible political stands long ago. I think companies that join the liberal mindset should pay a price for it.
If it's part of the public record, they're allowed to print it... They have that right.
We have rights too. We can stop buying everything liberal elites puts out: newspapers, magazines, movies, TV shows etc. Also, boycotting any national group that advertises in this rag - the Journal - will send a message.
They have rights and freedoms. We have rights and freedoms. Let's exercise ours.
These boycotts never work. They should start publishing similar data on senior management as they did the publisher of paper.
More on point.
My parents already cancelled the subscription. They and I were listed this rag and are fuming angry still.
F these Commies
Problem is, isnt the cat already out of the bag? Damage is already done.
No. The "news"paper has said it will expand the map to include more counties.
Excellent !
This little stunt has probably doubled the readership of this rag. The best thing to do would have been to ignore it. Now scumbags know who's armed and who's not. It makes us safer.
Here's what I think should be done -
Since they have made gun owners into targets, publish a list of people who do not own guns and make them targets. It would be like a shopping list for thieves.
It seems to me that if gun permits are a matter of public record, then one could make a list of public addresses that do not have permits associated with them.
Or better yet, publish a list of all the high level people at the paper (I wouldn't include those who are not reporters or decision-makers), along with their addresses and whether or not they have a permit. You could add in any vocal supporters, especially celebrities. This would expose those who are unarmed and would also expose the hypocrites who are.
Great minds.....
See my post #27. (I was typing while you were posting.) The picture is a plus.
I don't wish ill on anyone, but it is time to fight fire with fire. My father taught me never to start a fight, but that if someone else started one, to hit back hard, and end it.
I am not sure whether the jerks who publish this stuff do so because they fail to think it through and don't realize that they are putting people in jeopardy or because they do think it through and don't care that they are putting others in jeopardy. In either case, it's time to retaliate in kind.
Since they have made gun owners into targets, publish a list of people who do not own guns and make them targets.
One of the other posters suggested a class action suit. I think that may happen. Id want to be as far away from a countersuit as possible. What the paper did is unconscionable and potentially actionable. Once a lawsuit materializes no other paper will do anything so foolish as this.
They are tossing matches into the dynamite factory with these stunts. Action begets reaction.
Cut off the head of the snake before it can bite again.
True, but Im getting tired of fighting Medusa."
Medusa saw her own face, turned to stone, & got her head cut off. All the snakes died. Not the classical scholar here, but I think the Hydra headed monster is more apt.
Anyway, how about that guy who collected all the subscription cards from all the magazines in the local library, filled in the proud gungrabber's Googled address, then watched in glee as the postman delivered bags & bags of unsolicited mail to the jerk's house which he was helpless to stop.
The paper has in effect cased the homes in the county for the criminal element. The district attorney should charge them with being complicit with the crime before the fact with the first crime committed in the county where a home is broken into.
It would probably be more effective to keep putting signs in their yards that "THIS FAMILY DOES NOT BELIEVE IN GUNS." The bad guys will know what to do.
"Damage is already done."
Publicize as much "free" information about any known employees of the paper, and point out that they are probably unarmed and unable to defend themselves, their families, or their ill-gotten gains from being lib puppets.
"True, but Im getting tired of fighting Medusa."
That's understandable but that's also what the liberals count on, that you give up before they give up. It's also why Communists like to have 500 year plans.
Public record, eh. So that means we can demand birth certificates be printed?
There is one in Hawaii I would like you to get for me.
I suspect the Journal - in the great tradition of total bias - will not print things that are in the public record if it's doesn't A) help their guy or B) hurt one of our guys.
Here's a list of some of the advertisers: http://www.wcfoany.org/?p=197
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Fireman's Parade
Come out and enjoy the Fireman's Parade, Friday, June 19, at 7 p.m. at the West Virginia Coal Festival in Madison.
The parade will be starting at the Madison Funeral Home, traveling along State Street, and the Veterans Memorial Bypass.
The parade will showcase firetrucks and equipment.
Coal Festival Grand Parade
The WV Coal Festival Grand Parade is scheduled for Saturday, June 20 at 2 p.m.
The line-up starts at Madison Funeral Home at 1 p.m., at the old Stephens Funeral Home.
The parade will take a new route this year, starting at Madison funeral home, up State Street to Veterans Memorial Bypass and back to the funeral home.
Participants will be stopping in front of the Courthouse for a brief performance. Come out and enjoy the fun.
WV Coal Festival Pet Contest
The West Virginia Coal Festival Pet Contest is scheduled for Saturday, June 20, in front of the main stage.
Registration starts at 3:30 p.m. and the contest will start right at 4 p.m.
If you have questions please call Maxine at 304-369-6140.
WV Coal Festival Float Contest
The WV Coal Festival is looking to make this year's grand parade better than ever. We're looking for bands, churches, organizations, schools, horses, antique cars and more to be in this year's parade. We will have a float contest.
You do not have to have a float to participate in the parade.
To enter a float in this year's parade please call or message the following information: Name of the group or organization, about how many people will be on your float and the size of your float.
Parade Line up will start at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, at Madison Funeral Home. The parade will start right at 2 p.m.
Winners of the contest will be announced on stage (main st) following the parade.
Only vehicles and floats riding in the parade will be allowed to pull into the parking lot. If you're dropping off someone who is riding in the parade, please drop them off at the top of the hill. All floats and participants must be approved prior to the parade by Maxine, Judy or Kris.
Call 304-208-1455 or 304-369-9127 to give your information or to get more information.
Miners needed for parade
The West Virginia Coal Festival is looking for area coal miners to march in the annual parade in memory of those lost in the UBB disaster, this year marks five years since the tragic accident. The marching miners will represent the 29 fallen UBB miners who are named the 2015 WV Coal Festival Parade Marshalls.
Please contact Judy at 304-369-9127 and confirm you willingness to participate. Parade organizers need to know they have enough participants who are committed to be there. This will be a powerful tribute.
Please respond to Judy so she can continue to make the arrangements. The parade will be held on June 20, line-up begins at 1 p.m. at the Madison Funeral Home (The old Stephens Funeral Home).
Turtle Creek Reunion
The annual Turtle Creek Reunion is scheduled for June 27 at Lick Creek Nutrition Center starting at 11 a.m.
Please bring a covered dish.
For more information, contact Rebecca Dolin at 304-369-3519.
Nellis-Armco reunion
The 33rd Annual Nellis-Armco reunion, combined with the 9th Annual Nellis Grade School Reunion,
is scheduled for Saturday, June 27, at the Nellis Elementary School gym, beginning at noon.
Come spend the afternoon with former neighbors, classmates and long-time friends. Food will be available.
Mamie Thurman story play
The Aracoma Story, Inc., presents "Mamie" – based on the true story of Mamie Thurman who was brutally murdered in Logan in 1932 and whose "ghost" reportedly haunts the area.
The show will be presented at the Liz Spurlock Amphitheater in Chief Logan State Park beginning at dusk on June 19-22, 25-28, 30 and July 1-3.
The Aracoma Story, Inc., will honor veterans and members of the armed services on June 25 with half-price tickets.
For tickets and information, contact the Aracoma Story office at 304-752-0253 or visit the website at www.thearacomastory.com. Tickets are also available at the gate.
Sober living home fundraiser
A community yard sale and carnival at the Madison Civic Center Saturday, July 11, 3 to 8 p.m., and we need to know if anyone wants to rent a spot. The cost is $10 plus 10 percent of sales and we need to know by the end of May if they want to participate.
The proceeds are fundraising for a planned Sober Living Home in Boone County. Any questions, call 304-369-7081.
Foster Neighborhood Crime Watch
There will not be a Foster Neighborhood Crime Watch meeting for June, due to the week of Coal Festival. Next meeting will be July 16, 2015.
Free diabetes education classes
Quality Insights Quality Innovation Network's Everyone with Diabetes Counts (EDC) program is partnering with Boone Memorial Hospital (BMH) to provide free diabetes education in Boone County and surrounding areas.
Free diabetes education classes are scheduled for Tuesdays, through July 7, at 11:00 a.m., at Boone Memorial Hospital in the upstairs conference room.
Participants will learn about diabetes risks, nutrition, weight management, how to properly manage medications and much more. Past participants have reported weight loss, improvement of lab results and a decrease in medications.
To register for classes, please contact Traci Gillispie at 304-346-9864, ext. 3221, or email [email protected] Visit www.qualityinsights-qin.org for more information.
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings will be held at the Boone Development Center, 1 Ave C, in Madison on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Kirk reunion
The Kirk reunion is scheduled for Aug. 8, 2015 at Dartmont Park, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
For questions or additional information, call Gloria Kirk at 304-766-8418.