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October 20 2012 11:19AM
Justin Schultz is the latest Oiler prospect to create mania in the fanbase. After watching Hall, Ebs and the Nuge, we were all stoked for the Russian. Looks like we'll have to make room for more impact youth.
Early in September, I listed the Oilers top 20 prospects. This list is very strong, despite the fact the Oilers have graduated not only Hall, Eberle and the Nuge in the last couple of seasons, but also Jeff Petry, Devan Dubnyk and others. The impact of all those last place finishes has been a strong prospect list for three years running.
The great thing about the current list is that it addresses blue. Incredibly well. Let me show you what I mean.
- Nail Yakupov: 8, 5-2-7 -1 in the current best league on the planet, he's also shooting (27 shots) and getting himself into good offensive situations. We compared Yakupov to other great Russian teenagers of recent vintage here, and so far he's covering the bet. Incredible. Andrey Osadchenko is quickly becoming the authority on this young player and is always a good read.
- Justin Schultz 3, 3-2-5 +5 and 13 shots in 3 games! He's tied for 3rd overall in AHL points and is the league leader in points by a defenseman and points by a rookie. He's tied for 12th in shots on goal and his 2 SH goals give him the league lead there too. Remember in summer when we were discussing NHL equivalencies? Schultz had an NHLE of 82, 15-25-40. Folks, early returns suggest he's all that.
- Oscar Klefbom 11, 0-3-3 +7 in another quality European league. Klefbom has a down arrow in that he's injured, but the early part of the season was no less than outstanding. Don't let the boxcars fool you--the Oilers have a player in Klefbom who is extremely close to NHL ready. He'll push for an NHL job fall 2013 if he's healthy, and I wouldn't bet against him.
- Martin Marincin 3, 2-0-2 +6 and that plus minus number leads the league this morning. In all the excitement over Schultz and the quick start from Klefbom, it was perhaps easy to forget about the lanky Slovakian. However, he's been a quality defender in early games and is partnered with Schultz on the top duo. I didn't think it would work, but coach Todd Nelson's hunch is paying dividends. A rookie pairing can work if they're good enough. Who knew?
- Martin Gernat DNP. Gernat serves as a cautionary tale for those of us (me) who get too excited about all of the good arrows. This young man looked like an enormous draft steal as late as this past summer, but a major injury (and vague reports about progress) have him in prospect limbo. Gernat was supposed to join the team this weekend, but that timeline has been moved back to early November. What will we hear in early November? I don't know who is advising this young man, but there appears to be a disconnect between player and team on basic things like timeline for return. It is at this point a major concern, and this is a player who is not signed.
The rest of that top 20 is worth looking at too, especially close to ready men like Teemu Hartikainen.
So what? I think we're at a point now where there's just too much young talent developing in the system for the big club to fail beyond this coming (maybe) season. At the NHL level, there is Hall, Ebs, Nuge, Petry, Gagner, Dubnyk and others. Bubbling under? Yakupov, Schultz, Kelfbom, Marincin and others, added to the 'tweeners' who may still emerge like Paajarvi and Lander.
Too much. Too deep. Too many. And now: a flood of blue.
If there's an NHL season in 12-13, I don't think Oilers Nation can expect the playoffs--this is still a young and developing team, and management hasn't done enough in goal or on the NHL blue to make the second season a certainty.
Based on the young NHL men, the OKC kids, the Euros and the junior/college men already in the system, I think it is fair to say the rebuild is done the moment kids like Schultz and Klefbom show they can play at the NHL level. Based on what we've seen, a reasonable ETA is exactly one fall from now.
October 20 2012, 11:23AM
Not much standing in Justins path on the Oilers blueline, he's likely to be one of the top 2-3 blueliners by Christmas, if there is hockey in Edmonton this season.
October 20 2012, 11:40AM
LT ...don't forget your velcro mitts ...
Looking for my shades…future's looking bright
Flames Suck
October 20 2012, 11:37AM
Speaking of the pre-injured. Nothing to do in this town right now LT. Thinking of jumping the fench out at Elk Island and wrangle some of those buffalo. You into some buffalo tip'en this afternoon?
Not getting our usual diet of controlled violence at Rexall has me feeling the need to throw somthing around with this lockout and such.
LT What's up with klefbom? All I could find was he caught a rut,thought of the Nuge right away,and injured his shoulder? Any idea the extent or how long he's out?
October 20 2012, 11:42AM
When I was reading how the Barons game went last night and then looking at the Boxscore I was/wasn't surprised that Schultz was the ice for every goal the Barons scored. This kid is going to be amazing!
He's no Cam Barker.
October 20 2012, 12:27PM
was extremely impressed with Marincin's slap shot from the point, which is a tool that Schultz doesn't quite have.
Speaking of the pre-injured. Nothing to do in this town right now LT. Thinking of jumping the fench out at Elk Island and wrangle some of those buffalo. You into some buffalo tip'en this afternoon?
Not getting our usual diet of controlled violence at Rexall has me feeling the need to throw somthing around with this lockout and such.
You can catch the Heat/Wolves game on Sportsnet tonight...but you might need a trench coat for that.
October 20 2012, 12:51PM
isn't one of the HD channels featuring a couple of AHL games today?
Thanks for the link and at least he doesn't need surgery.
October 20 2012, 01:32PM
Lowetide, all this depth on D in the future, and some decent but lacking top 2 on oilers right now. What do you see our D like in three years with no trades being made.
Heres how i see it
Smid-Petry Klefbom-J Schultz Maranicin-Musil Tuebert-Davidson
That being said, the oilers would have to clear out, Whitney, N Schultz, Peckham, Plante, Fedun. The problem here is that you want to keep some veterans around but the young guys are or hopefully should just be clearly better.
These guys would be close to expendable, Simpson (still young yes), Gernat, Bigos,
Dont forget to Add Seth Jones as he is likely who we will draf tif there is a season.
October 20 2012, 02:09PM
Ya keeping Nick would be a good idea.
October 20 2012, 06:27PM
Whitney's contract may be a short-term one. I'd wager that the seven defencemen for 13-14 are, in no particular order, Whitney, Smid, J. Schultz, N. Schultz, Petry, Klefbom and Teubert. Marincin might spend another year on the farm or be moved up once space is made via injury or trade (please dear God let it be the latter for a change). Keeping Marincin back a year might also help with Gernat's period of adjustment.
Either way, the defensive pairings are going to start getting really tricky, in a good way, a year or two from now.
October 20 2012, 06:38PM
Whitney's contract may be a short-term one. I'd wager that the seven defencemen for 13-14 are, in no particular order, Whitney, Smid, J. Schultz, N. Schultz, Petry, Klefbom and Teubert. Marincin might spend another year on the farm or be moved up once space is made via injury or trade (please dear God let it be the latter for a change). Keeping Marincin back a year might also help with Gernat's period of adjustment.
Either way, the defensive pairings are going to start getting really tricky, in a good way, a year or two from now.
Still think we need to add a veteran top-pair Dman to that mix to join the top third of the conference and have Marincin and Klefbom come along at a bit of a slower pace.
The question will of course be, from now on, can we afford this man?
October 20 2012, 07:06PM
Teddy Peckman might surprise this year. Even with his crappy season, Teubert did not look better than him last season. He could be around for a year or two more.
October 21 2012, 09:37AM
@John Chambers
If the season gets cancelled altogether, I think we'll be able to add that defenseman. There will be a significant re-shuffling of rosters, as well as a number of free agents on the market.
The tricky part will be retaining two of the more interesting free-agent blueliners, Smid and Whitney, while trying to nab a third, though I don't think we can realistically expect him to be a #1 or #2.
I think we'll be able to afford that new defenseman. Even taking Khabibulin's $4 million off the books and assigning that to a blueliner gets you a pretty good player and doesn't move the team that much closer to the (projected) cap.
I think Marincin spends another season, after this one, in OKC. He'll be valuable to help Gernat transition to the pro ranks. Klefbom, on the other hand, could start next season here on the lower rotation and move up.
October 21 2012, 09:55AM
I'm pretty much with you here. To begin '12-'13 the D should look like:
Smid (new contract) - Petry Schultz-Schultz Top Pair Stud - Whitney (or veteran replacement)
Klefbom would be the #7, playing regularly in the bottom pair assuming injuries, while Teubert is the #8 guy.
Going into this past summer I would've been satisfied with the defense as long as Andy Sutton was our #7. Instead he's still our #6, and if there's any chance at the playoffs we need another guy who can responsibly play 18-20 minutes.
October 21 2012, 03:11PM
was extremely impressed with Marincin's slap shot from the point, which is a tool that Schultz doesn't quite have.
Thank god Schultz focuses on the wrister,so did a certain Hall of Famer named Coffey.
The slap shot sucks and isnt used properly most times,watch Gretzky use it and learn,defensemen dont need to use it like they do,its just that they often have more time,and to waste it on a slapper is regressive when you could use that time to better your position and shooting lane with your head up watching the play.
Slappers are hard to read for the goalie they arent supposed to just overpower him ,again watch the greatest player to ever lace up skates.Slappers are sucessfully used in the shootout on the fly,this drives the point home that the shot is hard to read and not designed to overpower tenders.Like a wrister,with a slapper accuracy is paramount not power and velocity.Ask Penner and Souray about that philosophy.ha ha ha.


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Eight former Douglas County School Board members concerned about the current board's policies met Oct. 8 to draft recommended best practices for the group.
Former board member Clare Leonard, who served three years on the board, called the meeting because of district-level changes she believes negatively affect the schools.
"I just couldn't stand by and see a fabulous school district disintegrate," she said.
Leonard said she extended invitations to 33 people on a list of 54 board members dating back to the district's 1958 founding; contact information was not available for 14 of them and seven have died.
County resident Gail Schoettler, Colorado's former Democratic lieutenant governor and former Douglas County School Board president, chaired the hour-and-a-half meeting at Franktown's Pikes Peak Grange. The group plans to send its document to the board of education, and distribute it via social media and to news outlets.
They hope voters will hold current and future boards accountable to the practices, and that the recommendations are a model for other school districts to follow.
While those in attendance held similar concerns about the district, some who declined to come condemned the gathering.
"I have absolutely no interest in participating in the kangaroo court/pro union love fest you will be conducting," wrote former board member Dan Gerken, who resigned from the current board in January, in an email to Leonard. "That a meeting like this would occur just before an election when the meeting's organizers have been largely silent for years tells me that this is all political theater intended to promote union candidates."
Gerken said he was proud of the current board's accomplishments, including ending the partial payment of some union employees' salaries and the revamped pay-for-performance program.
The group's topics of focus included partisanship, executive sessions, budget policies, school choice, relationships with teachers and collaborative decision-making.
Jacqueline Killian said the outcome of the Nov. 5 election won't necessarily stem concerns about the influence of partisan politics.
"What is so concerning to me is the polarization we could potentially be facing a month from now," Killian said. "That is not better than today. The only way you're going to get there is if you put aside your partisan positions."
Several cited concerns about lengthy executive sessions and reduced public comment time.
"There's also a lack of decorum in the way in which parents and the general community are treated," said Emily Hansen, who lost her seat in the 2009 election to current board member Meghann Silverthorn.
Pieter Kallemeyn said he'd like to see more public involvement in major decisions, saying the voucher program introduced in 2011 "was sprung on the community."
The former board members also want a more transparent budgeting process.
Herman Anderson doesn't think current school leaders will consider the policy recommendations.
"It isn't going to do any good to go to the board," he said. "They're just going to ignore it. We're talking to the voters."
Scott Campbell, absent from the meeting, also objected to it in an email to Leonard.
"While I appreciate, and may even applaud, the intent of the meeting, I am concerned that this approach could actually mislead voters," he wrote. "Any consensus achieved will only reflect the opinions of the attendee subset, not the opinions of past … boards."

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Barnard News
Political science professor pens piece for Foreign Affairs.
Barnard joins with the nation in expressing deepest condolences to the brave and grieving citizens of Newtown, Connecticut.
Join President Spar for an Open Forum
Tuesday, December 18 at 6:00 p.m.
Judith Shapiro Faculty Room (Second Floor, The Diana Center)
The Barnard International Artist Series kicked off in November 2012 with a documentary about a Chinese taxi driver living in an artist community outside of Beijing.
Psychology professor pens opinion piece adapted from her forthcoming book, On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes.
Economics professor quoted in an article about the fiscal cliff and the most recent monthly job report.
American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation compiles fiction, non-fiction, poems, sermons, plays, children's books, and more.
Award will recognize Barnard student-athletes.


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Citizens can get to know their Mt. Juliet Police Officers a little better Friday, as Police Chief James Hambrick and other officers will meet with the public for a cup of coffee.
The event is called Coffee With a Cop and will start at 7 a.m. the Chick-Fil-A in Providence.
It will end around 9 a.m. The coffee will be free and provided by Chick-Fil-A
Citizens will allow the public to interact with the officers, including the Chief of Police, to address concerns over local law enforcement. People can just stop by and say hello, exchange ideas or ask questions of the officers.
Everyone in the Mt. Juliet community is welcome to attend.


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Skip to comments."The List", Obama Voter Fraud
Posted on 11/15/2012 9:18:25 PM PST by Nachum
Obama Voter Fraud
Citing high number of rural black voters, Maine GOP chair suspects "improprieties" at the polls
19,605 to zero is statistical proof of outright vote fraud in 2012 presidential election
22 Signs That Voter Fraud Is Wildly Out Of Control And The Election Was A Sham
Discrepancies Found in Election Results from Several Swing States
Florida sends auditors to investigate voting irregularities, as Rep. West holds out hope
Almost 1K ballots found in Broward elections warehouse
BIG LIST of vote fraud reports
Up to 10 percent of the ballots cast at a polling station in Pennsylvania reverted to a default, which gave Barack Obama a vote no matter who the voter had selected, according to a poll watcher who was a witness to the proceedings.
Did Obama Steal The Election?
Voter fraud? Boston reports 129% voter turnout, 79% for Obama; 74% for Elizabeth Warren
Voter Fraud: Obama Won 108% of Registered Voters in Ohio County
16M White Votes Missing - Smell like Election Tampering?
333,000 Votes in 4 Swing States Would Have Given Romney the Presidency
Video: Angry crowd reacts to 'misleading recount' in Allen West race
Chairman of the Republican Party of St. Lucie County on the Allen West vote recount (video)
St. Lucie County to hold emergency meeting to recount early votes (video)
Audio Emerges of Dem Pollster Getting Rid of GOP Inspectors: 'I Say What the Law Is!'
Obama Likely Won Re-Election Through Election Fraud
Wisconsin Vote Fraud: Federal Job Corps Vans Used to Bus Voters in Wisconsin
From May 2012: The Lefts National Vote Fraud Strategy Exposed
April 2012: Illegal Aliens Caught Voting and Stealing Elections In Florida In Vast Numbers
First person account of Wisconsin voter fraud
According to the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, scores of military absentee ballots cast in the 2012 Election will not be counted. U.S. Military personnel and their families are outraged:
Obama Lost in Every State with a Voter Photo-ID Law
Obama Got Over 99% of Vote Where Inspectors were Removed; Turnout Somehow "30%" Above Gov't Numbers
Vast Majority of Voters Concerned About Federal Government Corruption
One out of five registered Ohio voters is bogus (9/17/2012)
Complaint Filed over Illegal Alien Voters
As voters head to polls, reports of problems start pouring in (Video)
Report: Two Ohio Election Judges Removed for Allowing Unregistered Voters to Cast Ballots
Chicago Source Tells Author Brad Thor: Obama Campaign Planning to Proclaim Early Victory to 'Demoralize Romney Supporters'
GOP U.S. Senate candidate: Poll worker told me to vote for Democrats only
Progressive Chinese Group Passing Out Fake Ballots at Boston Polling Place Instructing People to Vote Obama & Elizabeth Warren
Election Judge Wears Obama CapWhile Checking in Voters in Obama'sChicago Ward
FRAUD: Democrat- "Already Voted Twice Today, Once in MO, Once in KS"
Obama Poster Hanging in Florida Polling Station
Obama mural inside polling place in Philly
Report of GOP vote observer chased by man claiming to have gun
Detroit Polls: Obama Campaigner Punches Voter in Face
Black Panthers Return to Philly, GOP Tossed Out UPDATE: FIGHT
Return of the New Black Panthers: Members .. are again stalking the polls in Philadelphia.
Judge issuing order to reinstate booted Philadelphia election officials, Republicans say
ICE Releases Docs Detailing Electronic Surveillance Problems, Demands Them Back a Year Later
Former DNC Chair Howard Dean: The Only Way We Lose Is Through Fraud
Exclusive: Faked Tea Party Flyer Urges OH Voters to Defeat 'N***er in the White House'
NPR reports today 75% of Cuban Americans in FL voting Romney because Obamas actions remind them of Castro
Brit Hume on presidential polling: 'Theres something wrong here'
Obama's Army of Illegal Election Workers
Allegation of unions putting illegal immigrants on voter rolls clouds Nevada voting
Non-citizens registered to vote in Lawrence, but officials shrug
Las Vegas Columnist Meets Noncitizens Who Say Union Pressured Them to Register Then Cast Vote
VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012
Oops: MSNBC Accidentally Publishes Election Results Showing Obama Win
Liberals, MSM Preemptively Attacking Voter Fraud Watchdog Groups
OH Union Members Caught with Truckload of Stolen Romney Signs
Sen. Vitter Labels Justice Dept. 'Campaign Arm' for Obama, Demands Deportation of Illegals Who Vote
Justice Dept. Sending Observers to Monitor Tuesday's Election--In Queens, N.Y.
N.C. Democrat admits hes voted 4 times already and will vote again on election day
NAACP Takes Over Houston Polling Station, Advocates for President Obama
'Dozens' of Colorado Romney Voters Claim Machines Changed Votes to Obama
'Hitler' appears on Ohio voter registration form
Team Obama Hands Out Free Pizza at Florida Early Voting Stations
Claims increase of machines switching votes in Ohio, other battlegrounds
GOP wants Ohio voting machines fixed 6 states asked to recalibrate before Election Day
Republican National Committee alleges voting machine troubles in Nevada, other swing states
VIDEO: Eyewitness of Somali Muslim voter fraud in OHIO by Obama camp
More Electronic Voting Machines Changing Romney Votes to Obama: We Looked Into It and Heres What a Vendor Told Us
Ohio: More voting problems as ballot cast for Romney comes up Obama
Thanks, Nachum.
Ping for interest.
And plenty more.
Thanks, good work- as usual.
Col West has opened the door.
We must fight election fraud.
It falls on We the People.
Silence is consent
Theres overwhelming evidence of fraud.- Here
>MITT ROMNEY in 2012! @PlanetRomney #tcot The Competent Conservative: Elections Have Not Yet Been Certified. Heres What You Can Do: - Here
Excerpt from Mitt Romney's reference:
These elections are NOT certified yet. The only way to get this investigated, much less recounted or overturned, is through the Secretary of State of each of the five key states: Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. EVEN IF YOU ARE IN ANOTHER STATE you can help. But it wont do any good to dilute our effort to challenge California or Michigan or other states. Until a major group gets involved to do more, here is the plan: Contact the Secretary of State of the state in question. See contact information below...
Read the rest- Here
SARAH PALIN speaks out on Twitter about massive Obama machine voter fraud:
>Sarah Palin News @SarahPalinLinks Between suppression of the military vote and voter fraud, Obama stole another election. http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/46302 DEMAND A RECOUNT! #VoterFraud
>Sarah Palin News @SarahPalinLinks People need to stop pointing fingers within the GOP and investigate the Dems' massive voter fraud and suppression of the military vote.
The website,'Barack Obama Vote Fraud 2012' is keeping a running account of cases of voter fraud and what to do about it:
(Astonishing!) > Visit the site- Here
'Obama Voter Fraud' on FaceBook- Here
Sign their petition- over 99,000 and counting -cards, emails- Here
Another petition, The 'We The People' petition has 60,000 signatures and counting: Here
'American Thinker'- "..Election stolen." Here-
'WND' List of voter fraud reports Here
'ATLAS SHRUGS' voter fraud list. 'Atlas Shrugs' has a list but cannot link. Contains video of eyewitness pollwatcher who verifies busload of Somalians bussed in, 95% spoke no english. Told to vote Obama. Google 'Atlas Shrugs voter fraud list'
< Hannity and Col Allan West slam voter fraud Nov 12- Here
Photo of SOMALIANS brought to Ohio voting stations by the busload, 95% of whom did not speak English, and told to vote for Obama, straight Dem ticket- Here
'Human Events', report pollwatcher eyewitness to busload of Somalians at Ohio poll, spoke no English, told to vote Obama Here
Must watch videos!
VIDEO-- Programmer Testifies About Rigging Elections With Vote Counting- Here
VIDEO- Illegal Aliens Caught Voting and Stealing Elections In Florida In Vast Numbers- Here
VIDEO- MICHAEL SAVAGE: How Obama fixed the 2012 election- Here
VIDEO- Massive voter fraud discovered in April- Here
VIDEO- Whistle blower speaks out about voter fraud- Here
We can not wait for 2014 and 2016 to regroup and figure out new strategies. By then it will be too late. The Marxist/Muslim usurper will have completed his planned distruction of America. That's what people fail to understand.
We must act NOW.
Start with the election. If we let the Rats get away with this massive voter fraud, we're no better than a bananna republic.
We must keep digging and pounding him every day, in every way we can- phony birth certificate, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, his hidden life, records....
We are FReepers. We must fight!
Those who shrug and accept this atrocity without a fight are not worthy to be called Freepers!
Join us!! See thread, 'BARACK OBAMA FRAUD 2012- (MUST READ- MUST GO VIRAL!)' thread- Here
A friend was telling me a tale he heard that supposedly explains the Republican's less than stellar reputation for fighting voter fraud.
Seems that back in the 1980s there was a voter fraud case involving the Republicans. As part of the settlement, the Republicans signed legal documents stating they would never pursue the Democrats over voter fraud.
Sounds like BS to me.
Anybody got any insight on this?
Hey your link triggers my A/V software.
What's up with that?
Obamanation Communism File.
Sounds like BS to me.
Anybody got any insight on this?
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You are probably correct BUT would it surprise you?
It is sad that elected public officials who took an oath to uphold and defend are so indifferent to this evidence and irregularities. A Republic cannot survive unless its elections are honest. Otherwise a rational person will conclude that voting is a useless exercise. Your efforts to assemble this list are important. Future historians when studying the decline of America and the tainted Obama presidency, have thanks to you an already organized reference source. That of course is no comfort to you or those of us who understand what has happened to a once great country.
That sort of agreement would not be enforceable for multiple reasons. Sounds like an urban legend. Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one: they're spineless.
Google has attacked my site. I have had no problems with malware, but they say that some of my links 'might' have them. Google decided this just as the election conventions began.
Nobody gets malware from my site, but now I am going to have to fight Google. Eh.
Thank you very much for your hard work.
Google chrome gave me a malware warning for that link.
Screechy screechy screechy
But no balls to impeachy
THANK YOU...I was bookmarking everyone I came across but it isn't as large as THIS one....
Great list you've got here!
WRONG.Where were GOP candidates and GOP spokespeople before the election and before 2010 and 2008 and before? We have known this was coming for years, and candidates and politicians have ignored the scandal. It goes way back to the machine politics of the eastern industrial citiesof the nineteenth century.No reason we can't have routine 100% honest elections.
I started one but gave up the first day!
So thank you for your hard work and dedication!!
4 AM Bump! ;-)
"Google has attacked my site. I have had no problems with malware, but they say that some of my links might have them. Google decided this just as the election conventions began.
Nobody gets malware from my site, but now I am going to have to fight Google. Eh."
I just got that same message when I clicked on your site. I have never seen that particular message before in my use of the internet. The attack on your information site and the timing of it are chillingly suspicious. Was there and is there an army of software manipulators carrying out Chicago dirty cyber tricks to fix the election and thwart opposition?
I believe SARAH means all the talk/finger pointing why Romney lost and not the obvious - VOTER FRAUD! I'm sure you heard these reasons, people stayed home, he wasn't strong enough, we have to be more inclusive, blah, blah.
Our Country was Stolen.
You must be right over the target.
Stupid Firefox gave me a "WARNING! ATTACK SITE!" popup and then this drivel:
Keep up the good work.
NOTE TO RUSH LIMBAUGH: Please add to your Stack of Stuff.
Read "No Joke: The GOP Can Not Legally Help Stop Vote Fraud" in Politijim"s Rants. or Politijim 11/12/2012
Read "No Joke: The GOP Can Not Legally Help Stop Vote Fraud" at politijim'srants or just politijim. Article published 11/12/2012; has a link to the lawsuit and quotes from 2 of the clauses. Also has other info.
Did they tell you why it was flagged, or do they just say it's bad and you have to figure out why?
Damn Nachum.. your list is still Blacklisted :/ Have you made any progress on getting that corrected?
I actually believe it was all of the above... IF there was no fraud, he would have won by a long shot... even with the ones that stayed home.
Actually, I remember reading that somewhere also.. no source link though, it was a long time ago.
Someone tagged it awhile back... There is no problem with his site, just libs doing what they do best :p
Yeah.. been flagged for several months now... As far as I know, he has been trying to get it unflagged; but it appears they aren't listening :/
I "invested" in GoDaddy's website scan and now have the pleasure of walking through every link and removing the ones that seem to offend Google. There are websites that- for a fee, will do that for me. Would cost me about $100 and the website makes no money as it is. I am thinking about it, but in the meantime, I am doing the nasty chore myself. eh.
They sort of tell you why. They say that there are "possibly" dangerous links. Even though nobody ever got malware from my site. I suspect that when I link to some of the smaller sites with information not generally included in regular newsfeeds, they are flagged as being 'potentially' dangerous by Google. So, now I have to test the site, remove the links and ask Google repeatedly to remove the blocks. It is just a lot of (unpaid) work. Eh.
Yes, there are a lot of 'dirty tricksters' working for the Democrats. It is their stock in trade. One of the first things the communists do when they installed a government in the Kremlin was create an office for disinformation. The office exists in the White House now as an immediate response team to any or all criticism of the regime. It is a paid position too.
That, along with the JournOlist media types, the paid Soros shock troops, the activists in Big Labor, a conglomerate of various communist party fronts and both the black and latino leftist groups and you have a rather large army that can and does thwart all opposition. Finally there is the campaign they run to subvert the electorate so there is essentially a one-party system in the Federal election system, much like their is in local Chicago politics. We are in trouble here. More than we know.
http://gulagbound.com/36046/no-joke-the-gop-can-not-legally-help-stop-vote-fraud/ That's the source.
Read the link to the case: http://judicialview.com/Court-Cases/Civil-Procedure/Democratic-National-Committee-v-Republican-National-Committee/10/201975
I'm not a lawyer but it seems that this consent decree does NOT mean the Republicans cannot look for or challenge potential vote fraud. They agreed to not do it if the reason they do it is to focus upon minority communities:
"where the racial or ethnic composition of such districts IS A FACTOR IN THE DECISION to conduct, or the actual conduct of, such activities there AND WHERE A PURPOSE OR SIGNIFICANT EFFECT of such activities is to deter QUALIFIED voters from voting; AND the conduct of such activities DISPROPORTIONATELY IN OR DIRECTED TOWARD districts that have a substantial proportion of racial or ethnic populations shall be considered relevant evidence of the existence of such a factor and purpose."
Seems to me they easily get around this by doing their activities in every community. I would agree with that decree so long as the Democrats are bound by the same agreement—not to focus their activities toward suppressing white or conservative votes.
In any case, other parties with candidates on the ballot would not be bound by this decree.
That is too bad. We have placed a lot of power in the hands of these collectivists, and it is not good.
Latest voter fraud posting on Gulagbound website. Many links at end.
Its Official: Obama Voter Fraud Reason for Reelection, Growing Totalitarian Government
A lot of good info in the links. I have added a number of things to that page.
The Barack O Fraudo site is added at the bottom as a general link instead of specific articles.
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Remember how the Attorney General's pricnipal defense of the U.S. Attorney firings was that he relied on the judgment of Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty? Well, McNulty is now tesifying before the House Judiciary Committee. I've only seen a few minutes of it, but what's really striking are two things:
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Be patient. Sit back and watch the revelations based upon the evidence being gathered and developed by Congress. When you begin to see how thoroughly and widespread the deliberate subversion of the system of laws for Republican party ends has been, you'll also begin to see some Republicans in Congress cease talking about "patterns" in the Democrats' investigative actions. Cease talking about "patterns" altogether, in order that such Republicans continue their pattern of ostrichism.
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Skip to comments.Raunch meter rises for CBS Monday comedies
Posted on 01/25/2012 4:51:09 AM PST by AT7Saluki
Last week seemed typical for CBS' sitcoms on Monday night, television's most popular and raunchy night of comedy.
There was a strip club visit on "How I Met Your Mother," lap dance included. The stars of "2 Broke Girls" mistakenly believed an upstairs neighbor ran a brothel. "Two and a Half Men" included jokes about masturbation, oral sex, sex with moms, trading cigarettes for sex and two scenes with loud noises of passion from behind closed doors.
A quick count found 53 sex jokes on the network's four comedies, which includes "Mike & Molly." There were also nine jokes about flatulence or bowel movements, and two scenes where marijuana use was clearly implied one with a teen-age boy and the other with an older woman.
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Don't waste my time watching any of these shows..
A golfing buddy recommended 2-1/2 Men so Mrs. Theknow and I tried it....for about 10 minutes...I heard the same dialog in the locker room in Jr. High.
And the laugh track these days....Jeez is it overdone!
Just imagine if TV dramas had a GASP! track.
My lady and I became fans of 2 and a Half Men when local channels and TBS started airing older episodes. Something about Charlie Sheen made the show enjoyable.
Since they "killed him off" after the salary dispute and Sheen's precipitous fall from grace, the show has become completely unwatchable. I watched last week's episode and the overt discussions of masturbation and even showing a bong on the table in a smoky room was enough for me to sign off the show altogether.
Chuck Lorre makes great shows, and I'm thinking that he's giving up on 2&HM to focus on The Big Bang Theory which is astronomically more entertaining (pun intended).
If you ain't got talent go to the toilet.
I tolerated Charlie Sheen for a max of 5 minutes at a friend's house...The dumb quotient was overwhelming. There should be a disclaimer that sitcoms that deeply sloped foreheads and the ability to drag your knuckles when you walk are viewer requirements.
Coincidentally, I was reading a book about Eddie Cantor which included a description of what was billed as the "first act of TV censorship." NBC cut the following dialog from one of his shows:
Martin: Thanks to you, life is bright. Youve brought me joy beyond measure.
Cantor: Dont thank me. Quite all right. Honestly, it was a pleasure.
Martin: Just think, its my first one.
Cantor: The next ones on me.
We have gone down hill from there. Our culture is swirling down the toilet.
It is hard to believe that the same network which airs NCIS, Person of Interest and The Mentalist also chooses to air the filth of "2.5 Eighth Grade Boys Locker Room Talk" and that smarmy queer, Neil Patrick Harris, trying to pass himself as a ladies man.
"How I Met Your Mom" is such an interesting title. Unfortunately, I could only stomach about 5 minutes of the show. Same for "2.5 Men".
Simple solution, change the channel.
All you have to do is turn it off. I don't get TV - watch DVDs. I get to choose what I want to watch and when. The only reason for network TV is sports, IMHO.
I was hoping that 2 Broke Girls would be better, but I can't get past the wooden delivery. You can literally see every joke being set up from a mile away. It even makes the blue humor sound like it coming from a high school level of comedy.
But the Asian diner owner is still very funny.
Can't stand Harris....
Happy to say I haven't seen these or any other shows since Seinfeld.
And I now regret the time I spent watching that bunch of leftist aholes.
In a comparison between Sheen and Ashton Kutcher, Sheen gets the bump as more entertaining. That was really my only point.
Back in 1999 I put the TV out on the curb (literally) and signed up here.
Raunchy, high schoolish humor is one of 712 reasons I don't watch TV at all.
IMHO, TV has no redeeming qualities. Which is a shame because at one time it did.
When I see complaints about humor that is best suited to a hyper hormone producing adolescent I start to look at the rest of the culture because the stuff is selling. The media pants after a President that acts like a petulant 13 year old boy. Our schools are run by teachers who are developmentally arrested. We have every reason to believe that America thinks with their hormones more than anything else.
Guess I've been lucky. I've managed to miss all that "stuff." I vote with my remote control and my pocket book.
Which is why I'll never drink Sam Adams Beer or do anything "Disney" ever again!
You may recall that some years back the Sam Adams Brewing company sponsored a radio program which featured a simulated sex act inside a church. I remember the ad guy's comment about the controversy, it was "pretty neat." The couple involved were from Northern Virginia and ended up paying a big fine!
Then there was Michael Eisner when he was at Disney. He had nothing but ill to say about Southern Christians. Some very mean, hateful stuff. Disney sponsors gay nights and other events Im not interested in. So now, its no cruises, theme parks, radio or TV programs or Network TV. Ive lots of friends with whom I converse regularly, making my opinions known. No I wont put them out of business but its a good start!
The only time watch See BS is Sunday for the football.....
Most tv is pitched at under thirty types. When I was a kid many moons ago, most shows were pitched at over thirty types. That's why movies and tv shows are so bad today. The only network show I used to watch, or watch on a semi-regular basis were the CSI series...apart from the Miami CSIs where it became extremely tedious to watch David Caruso put his sunglasses on and then take them off again ad nauseam.
My sisters and their husbands all await eagerly each new episode of these "sits." I say "sit" vice "sitcom" as "com" implies "comedy," or funny stuff. It's all swill. I haven't watched a new "sit" since we got back stateside in 1997. I watched "Just Shoot Me." Halfway through it, I turned it off and never went back. Just watching the promos for the "sits" is enough to make me want to vomit.
We don't watch any of those shows. The commercials for them are bad enough.
Not only do I not watch any of them, I resent the promos for them that are run during NFL broadcasts. It used to be possible to have 3 generations in a room watching an NFL game. Towards the end of my grandmother's life, I hated the low class promos that spewed out of the TV during NFL games. I miss Rozelle. The NFL commissioners since him have allowed the NFL brand to be tarnished.
This is why I now have my APPLE TV. I love it! Choice, control, and satisfaction of telling our local cable service to 'bleep' off.
And, you gotta figure that they're going to direct it at just slightly lower than the median intelligence demographic as well. Comedy has to be dumb enough and slow enough so that everyone gets the joke.
My wife has yanked me into watching the show "SuperNatural". It's a Friday Night B-Movie Creature-Feature show. A Stupid and Campy Monster Flick, but a fun way to unwind after a long week. Call it my guilty pleasure.
Before that, it was "24". A Stupid and Campy Secret Agent Flick. I'm starting to see a pattern here. :-)
I can't think of a single sitcom that I've watched regularly in the past 15 or more years. Beyond specifics - check the news, politics, maybe a football game - an Hour or two a week is all the TV I can stand.
The only sitcom I watch is Big Bang Theory on Thursdays. And that is only because I have a fondness for geeks. :)
I guess I am aging out of the target demographic for most shows. I am 49.
Netflix also has a lot of older, less raunchy sitcoms that I prefer to the new filth. Another place to find stuff the whole family can watch is the kiddie sitcoms on Disney and Nick. Stuff like Wizards of Waverly place, Nick's Declassified, Drake and Josh, iCarly, etc. Much cleaner than Glee, for the teens and tweens. All free on Netflix instant. For one subscription, I can get it on all computers, cell phones, and tvs in the house. Sweet.
Article's author isone of the "professional offended" who watches dreck on tv, so they can act offended, and whine about how offended they are.
If tv offends you, put it by the curb on trash day. Quit watching the dreck.
If tv offends you, put it by the curb on trash day. Quit watching the dreck.
I don't watch it, but it's impossible to watch NFL football on TV without seeing the really cheesy promos for these programs.
Neither do I but I do watch the old shows from Netflix like Hawaii 5-0.
Book em Dano for selling crap disguised as "#1 rated shows" or so the commercials say so.
Check out their line up.
I'll have to look into it.
I use a Roku to stream Netflix but Roku also offers a lot of other channels that offer old movies and TV shows. Most are free and some cost about $3 a year.
I don't have cable/tv so what we watch is whatever we buy on dvd or sometimes online. I've never seen those shows on cbs. They are not alone in bad tv.. My daughter wanted to watch the simpsons newest episode online. They are NOT the same show they once were. At the end after the credits they showed marge's twin sisters in a rowing contest with male twins. Out of the blue the males started kissing each other. What in the world happened to the simpsons? I knew they had gotten worse but this was ridiculous! It's sad..
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CASTLE DALE - Mark T. Wilberg, age 61, passed away Jan. 7, 2013 at his home in Castle Dale. Mark was born July 3, 1951 to Ted and Darlene Christensen Wilberg in Price.
Funeral services were held Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 at 3 p.m. at Fausett Mortuary in Castle Dale (720 N. Center Street). Family received friends at the mortuary from 2 - 3 p.m. prior to the services. Interment is in the Castle Dale City Cemetery. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Family and friends may sign the guest book and share memories of Mark at www.fausettmortuary.com.


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Monday, December 14, 2009
Little Trees
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Party Shoes
Saturday, December 12, 2009
The Tree Challenge
I photo copied Christmas sheet music and made it into garlands. For ornaments I used vintage jewelry, much of it my Grandmothers, as well as scrapbooking paper and other bits-n-baubles. I made the tree skirt out of a piece of lace my friend Karen gave me. It came from a trunk belonging to her husband's family, dating back to the civil war era. I enjoyed this challenge tremendously. I get sad putting it away every year and was wondering, do any of you keep trees up all year round? Please check out the giveaway on Where Women Create. Just click on the button to the right. So cool, you won't believe it!
Friday, December 11, 2009
To make or to buy?
Thursday, December 10, 2009
25 Questions
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
The Glove Tree
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Child Size Fun
Monday, December 7, 2009
Vintage Nativity
I found this in an antique store a couple of years ago. The pieces come out like a puzzle and then they fit into little stands. Normally I have it set up, but the stands are becoming a bit fragile so I leave it as is. The colors are just so pretty. If you click on these pictures, you can get an up close look. Be blessed and be joyfilled!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Vintage Images
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Vintage Cheer
Friday, December 4, 2009
What's Your Favorite?
My Mom made this ornament for me when I was little. It was one of those felt kits that were popular back then. I know they still make the kits but I don't think they are as cute as they were back then.
I just love Christmas mice! This is another one from my childhood. So glad that they have survived all the moves over the years.
I purchased this one for myself a couple of years ago. I just love that it's a poodle wearing a poodle skirt with a hula hoop to boot!
My favorite in this picture is actually the garland. My Mom made it for me. They are made out of scrapbooking paper. Men in top hats and ladies in long dresses, all dancing. This is a Martha Stewart pattern from one of her Christmas books.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Fun Find
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Let's Remember
This morning I was trying to grab a bit of the news before the day took off and a commercial caught my eye. It was a fancy jewelry store advertising it's diamond rings. It said that the gift of one of these rings would be eternal, and now we had "beautiful knowledge" to make our purchase. I sat there for a few minutes playing that over in my head. Diamonds are not eternal and thinking so certainly doesn't give me any knowledge, beautiful or otherwise. I am again reminded of Isaiah 40:8, "The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the Word of our God is forever." and Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust in also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." John 14:1-3. During this hectic time of Christmas preparations I pray that we will remember that Jesus is eternal and that is beautiful knowledge indeed.
Monday, November 30, 2009
One Special Christmas
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Quilt Giveaway!!!
Happy Saturday to all of you! I want to share a fun giveaway from Marie-Madeline Studio. You can enter to win one of these quilts by clicking on their link located on my side bar. They will tell you how to enter to win. Aren't they beautiful? If you have not been on their blog or website before, you are in for a special treat. A wonderful family with fabulous patterns and fabrics. You will enjoy it whether you sew/quilt or not. They are truly an inspiring family. Enjoy!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Bright and Cheery
Monday, November 23, 2009
What's Important to You?
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Just Pondering
Saturday, November 21, 2009
What Makes Your Heart Sing?
Friday, November 20, 2009
An Elephant in the Room
Thursday, November 19, 2009
There's One More...
How is Thursday in your neck-of-the-woods? Oh my, it's cold and dreary in southwest Michigan. Makes you want to cook something comforting, drink something hot and caloric, and curl up with a good book (or a good stack of fabric!). I apologize for this picture turning out alittle dark. Believe it or not, I had a bunch of lights on, and it was even sunny when I took it, but our house sits in a direction where we don't get much sunlight inside. I'm surprised we don't have moss growing on the walls. Most of my house is yellow or a cheerful wallpaper, but alas, I went with MOSS green in the pretty room. Back to my door. I found this at the flea market that meets at a local fairground nearby. I just loved that someone put a shelf on top and painted in pink. The little angel holds a banner that says, "Dream". I do alot of dreaming in this room. Today seems like a good day for curling up and dreaming. Be blessed today, be thankful...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
My Pink Door
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Pretty Room
Sunday, November 15, 2009
...and my book addiction...
I really enjoy my sewing room and will share more pictures later. My friend, Diane, suggested that I move the dining room into the old formal living room and use the dining area for my sewing room. What a great idea! The dining room only gets used a handful of times each year so it was easy to switch. My sewing room has a slider in it so I get lots of natural light and I put up some pretty track lighting as well. This room is right off the kitchen and it's so easy to be working on a project while things are simmering away on the stove. I can also leave things out on my cutting board to return to later. I love it!


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TSN starts to get the point, but misses the point on Moreau
December 20 2007 01:59PM
Well it seems like TSN is finally wising up to the fact that the Mighty Oil aren't the doormats that they were when the season started. In their infinite wisdom, they've seen fit to move the team to 21st place from 28th. Also in their infinite wisdom, they continue to believe that an injury to Captain Ethan Moreau is not considered a key injury. Can a 20th rank be far behind?!
Stupid TSN...
TSN's hardly the paragon of reporting. No, that belongs to the fine folks at FOX News.
December 20 2007, 03:09PM
what is a paragon?
It's a type of bird, dipshit.


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Like all Acura products, the MDX benefits from an integrated approach to designing manufacturing quality into the original plan for the vehicle. This approach results in a vehicle that is sure to achieve the legendary durability, quality and reliability that is the hallmark of all Acura vehicles. To achieve the specified targets for quality, the MDX team had to carefully consider the logical assembly of components as well as the effects of time and wear on each part and system.
The development team conducted testing on three continents and covered thousands of miles of testing varying from bitter cold to sweltering heat, adding in variables of high and low altitude environments, with full loads and a battery of tests that left nothing to chance. These tests confirmed that MDX will perform at its impressive levels for years to come.
The following are a few of the many areas that show the attention to detail that typifies the design and engineering behind the MDX.
A quiet interior is essential to any high quality vehicle. Towards that end, MDX engineers incorporated a host of design features and refinements aimed at blocking NVH from the passenger cabin.
All powertrain-related hardware is double isolated from the main body structure by use of rubber mounting systems. A perimeter-type front subframe supports the engine, transaxle, steering, and front suspension lower control arms. Two engine mounts are hydraulic designs with internal damping, one of which is Electric Control Mounting (ECM) to provide excellent isolation throughout the broad range of excitation frequencies. An assortment of tuned-mass dampers attached to both the engine mounts and the subframe counteract resonance. A dual-path upper mount is used between each front spring and strut unit and the body structure.
The front axle half-shaft inner joints are designed with internal rollers that minimize friction. A two-piece tubular propeller shaft is used to transfer torque with no susceptibility to whip or vibration. A dynamic damper positioned inside the front tube is tuned to cancel out vibration at cylinder-firing frequencies. The rear drive unit is supported by three rubber mounts in a second subframe, which is in turn attached to the body structure through four widely spaced rubber mounts. Rear coil springs are insulated from both the body and the rear suspension hardware by means of upper and lower rubber pads.
Various fuel tank subsystems- the fuel vapor canister, the assembly, and the ABS modulator - are rubber isolated from the body to block any sympathetic NVH contribution.The engine's high volume intake and exhaust systems are engineered for non-restrictive but quiet flow through the engine. Just aft of the point where left- and right-bank exhaust flow join, a corrugated flex pipe is positioned to permit quiet movement between the engine and the remainder of the exhaust system. A large pre-chamber muffler near the middle of the vehicle is glass-filled to absorb high-frequency exhaust noise. The high-volume silencer near the rear bumper has dual outlets to ensure exhaust flow requirements are met during full throttle acceleration.
Extensive sound deadening is used within MDX's body structure. Melt sheets - a mixture of asphalt and reinforcement material that bonds to surfaces in the paint ovens - cover virtually the entire floor of the vehicle from the vertical dash panel to the liftgate sill. An acoustic roof lining runs from front to rear while additional sound-deadening material blankets the dash panel and the rear of the hood. Molded rear fender liners help quiet road splash and tire noise. To create a noise barrier at the base of the A, B, and C pillars, expanded foam fills these cavities. This foam is expanded by the heat of the paint-curing ovens, noise from the floor area is blocked from being transmitted inside the pillar cavities to the interior compartment.
Special recycled textile absorption blankets are attached to the underside of the instrument panel and the sides of the center console.
Design of the door mirrors is especially sensitive to wind noise. The MDX features diffuser side mirrors that smoothly channel air between the mirrors and the window glass for reduced wind noise. Sponge material between the base and the door surface eliminates the possibility of gaps in that area. The molding to base interface is also a zero-gap design.
Additional weatherstrips are positioned in critical window frame to pillar gaps to help maintain smooth air flow down the side of the vehicle.
The bottom line is a net lack of road, powertrain, and wind noise inside the passenger compartment. In competitive tests, MDX compares favorably with the best luxury-class SUVs in overall NVH performance.
The MDX is the first sport utility vehicle designed with a no compromise engineering philosophy. MDX delivers fresh styling, unmatched versatility, car-like driving exhilaration, class-leading safety and environmental responsibility while also upholding Acura's well established reputation for outstanding value. Acura customers expect best in class quality. Towards this end, MDX has the refined attention to detail lacking in several of its luxury SUV class competitors.
Body gaps are best in class by an impressive margin. Exterior design is clean, functional, and well proportioned. Adornments are elegant and tasteful. Door jams are neatly finished. MDX sets a new standard for quality craftsmanship in its class.
MDX's pull-type door handles are chrome plated for a luxury look and feel. Clearance pockets behind each release handle are generously sized to provide room for gloved hands and to avoid ring and fingernail scratches.
To minimize construction tolerances, MDX's doors are attached to the car by rigid bolts that pass through zero-clearance hinge holes. Doors are made of high-strength, galvanized steel for dent resistance. Front mud guards are provided to deflect rocks and debris and rear splash guards are standard accessories. Lower door surfaces are painted with a soft primer that is especially resistant to stone chips. Seals that extend from the lower edges of the doors to the sill area block the build up of dirt and debris that might otherwise soil clothes during entry and exit from the vehicle.
Most MDX gaps are between 0.12- and 0.18-inch. To permit a tighter fit between rear quarter window and the adjacent quarter panel, a beveled edge is used on the glass.
Seals and covers are positioned in door jams and sill areas to mask assembly welds. In the liftgate opening, the trim has a clean appearance that's not marred by the visible bumper clips used by some competitors. All interior trim is retained with hidden fasteners. Front and rear wipers are smooth, single-piece designs for a clean look.
Door mirrors have blue-tinted glass to cut glare at night. Electrical heating grids can be activated by a switch near the remote mirror control pad to clear frost and fog from the mirror surface.
Side and rear window glass is deeply tinted for privacy and to keep the interior cooler during summer months.
The MDX is built at Honda of Canada Manufacturing in Alliston, Ontario, near Toronto.


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Hamhuis, Bieksa and Heavy Lifting
Thomas Drance
June 18 2012 03:04PM
Kevin Bieksa and Dan Hamhuis: just a couple of guys who know how to clear the crease.
Though he's performed as well, or nearly as well, as any defenseman on the roster over the past couple of seasons, Kevin Bieksa's play has been a source of perpetual frustration for many Canucks fans. You know a fanbase has an irrational, bi-polar relationship with a specific player when that player begins to accrue false narratives that "explain" their play. For Roberto Luongo, it's that he's a choker. For Mason Raymond, it's that he's a "perimeter player." For Kevin Bieksa, you can pick your poison - he only plays well in contract years is a popular one, but the idea that he's not good at defense (demonstrably untrue) is another favorite.
The way the story is usually told, Kevin Bieksa's defensive play turned around when Dan Hamhuis arrived in Vancouver. Once Hamhuis arrived, Bieksa stopped his positional "swimming" in Vancouver's own end, cut down on his unforced errors with the puck and was magically transformed into a reliable defensive presence along Vancouver's blue-line.
Read past the jump for more.
Here's what we know for sure: combined, Bieksa and Hamhuis are one of the league's best hybrid shutdown pairings. They can beat opponents with their steady, physical defensive play, but they can also pin the puck in the offensive end and help the team generate offense. They can key the rush with crisp zone-exit passes, and they can suffocate the other team while minimizing the number of corsi-events surrendered. In short, they're like the Super Mario character in any Nintendo Party Game (Mario Kart, Mario Tennis etc.): fast enough to beat the likes of DK with speed, strong enough to overpower Yoshi.
What I'm interested in taking a quick, objective gander at, however, is the notion that Dan Hamhuis does the heavy-lifting defensively when the two players are paired together at even-strength. Does the evidence indicate that Hamhuis' presence on Bieksa's left side make Bieksa a stingier defensive player? My hypothesis is that this explanation, commonly held by Canucks fans, just doesn't give Bieksa enough credit. KB3 is, I would argue, a quality defensive option in his own right. Let's see if the numbers back up that hypothesis!
The following stats are taken from David Johnston's site stats.hockeyanalysis.com, and what follows is a "With or Without You" (WOWY) table breaking down how Bieksa and Hamhuis perform when they're on the ice together at five-on-five, and when they're on the ice separately (as a result of injury, or AV's latest blender binge, or what have you). I've broken their numbers down based on both goals (for those of you who hate Corsi) and Corsi (because it's really useful and if you don't believe in its qualified utility, you've got your head in the sand) and rated those numbers per sixty minutes. Here's the table:
|Goals For/60
|Goals Against/60
|Corsi Events For/60
|Corsi Events Against/60
|Corsi Differential/60
|Bieksa and Hamhuis
|Just Bieksa
|Just Hamhuis
A couple of interesting things to point out. First off is that both Bieksa and Hamhuis have been extraordinarily steady possession players over the past couple of seasons. The Canucks still need another tough minutes defenseman (or two), but at the top of the blueline depth chart: they're rock solid.
Secondly, the idea that Hamhuis does the heavy lifting defensively appears to carry weight. After all, the Canucks generate more Corsi events with just Hamhuis on the ice, than with just Bieksa, and surrender fewer against as well. In fact, the team's Corsi differential per sixty minutes with Hamhuis on the ice, isn't just better than the team's differential with just Bieksa on the ice, it's even better than it is when the team rolls with their ace "shutdown pairing." It should be noted, however, that if you look at the WOWY numbers when corrected for zone-starts, Bieksa performs significantly better than he does in the above table (that suggests to me that Bieksa plays tougher minutes without Hamhuis, than Hamhuis does without Bieksa - but we can't know that with any strong degree of certainty).
Where the discrepancies emerge is when you look at goals for and against per sixty minutes. Contrary to the idea that Hamhuis is the steadier defensive option among the twosome, the Canucks surrender fewer goals against per sixty with just Bieksa on the ice, than with just Hamhuis. The margin isn't big, in fact, I'd call it statistical noise especially since this piece of analysis doesn't benefit from the on-ice shooting percentage data, zone-starts or quality of competition, but it's interesting. And it's interesting because it directly contradicts the idea that Bieksa is a sieve, who is only reliable defensively as a result of his partnership with Hamhuis.
The most important thing to take away from this, however, is that the Canucks surrender significantly fewer goals when both Bieksa and Hamhuis are deployed together, and score significantly more. In terms of goal differential per sixty, both players have been in the red over the past two seasons when separated, but they've been dominant when paired together.
Ultimately, it's true that Hamhuis is the better shot preventer, the better all around possession player, and does the "heavy-lifting" on Vancouver's ace defensive pairing. But in terms of what really matters - which, get this, is goals for and against - Hamhuis benefits significantly from his partnership with Kevin Bieksa. The two have a symbiotic type of chemistry.
Good stuff. Would love for all Juice haters to read this.
I think I can somewhat account for the WOWY corsi differences with Juice and Hammer.
When they weren't paired together, generally it was Hamhuis/Tanev and Bieksa/Edler (according to Behind the Net). We know that Tanev has a rock star corsi and Edlers isn't so great. Suggesting that Hamhuis got the better partner than Bieksa did - which I'd agree with.
But I agree the Canucks need another 2 d-men who an play tougher mins. This yr, Edler played the toughest mins he's ever play in Van, and his underlying numbers sunk like the Titanic. He needs a partner who can help share the heavy lifting (Garrison is ideal). Obviously AV doesn't trust Ballard and sheltered him like a homeless puppy this yr. So they need a Colaiacovo type guy to replace him. Tanev is fine, no need to replace him, he can move up to a shut down role should anyone get injured.
"The two have a symbiotic type of chemistry."
Lol nice way to phrase it. Takes me back to middle school. Great article as usual. Not a surprise Hamhuis is a better possession player, but it's not like Kevin is bad or anything. Hes just not as good.
Bieksa alone = good at driving play
Hamhuis alone = great at driving play
Together = great at turning chances into goals


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Despite putting three players in double figures, Eldorado couldn't withstand a late run by Hamilton County Friday night, falling 75-65.
Tyler Deaton led the Eagles with 17 points as Eldorado falls to 11-14 overall and 4-3 in Black Diamond (East) Conference play.
Also finishing in double digits were Joel Boulds, who had 15 points and Dillion Street, who tacked on 10 points.
The win for Hamilton County was just their fifth of the season (5-15, 4-2) as they were led by Nathan Anselemt and Balee Gay, who each had 11 points.
Eldorado kept pace with Hamilton County in the early going as the Foxes built a 18-16 first quarter lead. Hamilton County would go on to take a 35-30 halftime advantage.
Eldorado seemed poised in the second half, trying to extract some revenge on the Foxes who came away with a win earlier in the season as the Eagles outscored Hamilton County 21-15 in the third quarter.
However, Eldorado could not sustain the offensive firepower as they were outscored by nine points in the final eight minutes.
Justin Wiseman tacked on seven points for Eldorado, while Dylan Lawrence and Brennan Unthank each chipped in with six.
Richard Graceffa had three points and Derek Mitchell finished with a free throw.
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Written by Tony Ibrahim
24/02/2013 | 23:42 |
Category: VIDEO CAMERAS
When it comes to action cams, small is good. If you're tearing up a track on a mountain bike, skiing down a slope or drifting a race car, you don't want to be worrying about your cam. It's actually the opposite: you want to forget about it.
Liquid Image's Ego is small enough to not notice but tough enough to tag along. It measures a meek 4cm x 3cm x 6cm, is shock proof to 2 metres, waterproof to 3 metres and has enough mounts "for virtually any sport."
If you really want to capture the essence of your extreme sport, snap a 12MP photo. The cam has a maximum 135 degree field of view and a continuous photo mode.
The goal was to keep the Ego small and inviting. One way Liquid Image made this possible is by teaming the Ego up with your smartphone. Simply download Liquid Image's app and pair the two over WiFi. Doing so will generate a live feed, allow you to review photos and videos, and adjust the camera's settings.
Sharing your intimate thrills can be done by connecting your television to the camera's miniHDMI port. Data is stored on a microSD memory card, with the Ego supporting up to 32GB of external memory.
Liquid Image's Ego is available now in Black, White, Red, Blue and Yellow for a retail price of $199.
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