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Rangers Earn Second Win In As Many Nights, Beat Columbus 4-2
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In a much-hyped game between two teams with very little history against one another, the Rangers went into Columbus Thursday night and skated away with a 4-2 victory over the Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. Carl Hagelin scored twice and Ryan Callahan recorded a goal and an assist as the Rangers won their second game in as many nights and ran their recent record to five wins in their last six games.
Cam Talbot made his fourth start of the season between the pipes and stopped 32 of 34 shots as the Rangers reached the .500 mark (8-8-0) for the first time since the second game of the season. They will look to move past .500 for the first time all season when they host the Florida Panthers Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.
For two teams that had faced each other only one time in the past two years, there was quite a bit of familarity amongst the Rangers and Blue Jackets Thursday night. The two teams---now rivals in the same Metropolitan Division---consummated a pair of major trades over the past two years, and Thursday marked the first meeting since the two deals that revolved around star players Rick Nash and Marian Gaborik swapping teams. None of the former Blue Jackets---Derick Brassard, Derek Dorsett nor John Moore-- found their way on to the scoresheet, though Moore did take a coincidental roughing minor with Jared Boll in the third period. Ex-Rangers Brandon Dubinsky and Gaborik both notched an assist, while Artem Anisimov was held pointless.
As a nod to their Columbus return, Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault had four former Blue Jackets---Brassard, Dorsett, Moore, and Anton Stralman in the starting lineup along with forward Benoit Pouliot and with Talbot in goal.
After a somewhat sleepy---yet evenly played--first period in which both teams scored once and recorded ten shots on goal, the Rangers and Blue Jackets upped the energy level in an exciting middle 20 minutes, where the visitors emerged after two periods of play holding a 3-2 lead.
Hagelin opened the scoring with his first of the game just 4:16 into the opening period. The recipient of a perfect centering pass off the rush from Callahan, Hagelin redirected the puck past Sergei Bobrovsky for a 1-0 Rangers lead. However later in the period former Ranger defenseman Fedor Tyutin collected a pass in the offensive zone from Dubinsky, weaved his way through the slot, and then slipped a shot past Talbot for his first of the season at 17:31 to tie the game.
The second period started with a jolt as Brad Richards---who also assisted on Hagelin's game-opening goal---was sent in alone on Bobrovsky, only to be denied by last year's Vezina Trophy winner who made a sterling stick save on the breakaway at 1:22. Less than two minutes later it was Talbot's time to shine as he smothered a spin-o-rama shot by Anisimov.
Moments after Talbot's big save, Taylor Pyatt was on the receiving end of an elbow to the head delivered by Tyutin at 3:28. Clearly shaken, Pyatt slowly made his way to the bench and then locker room, and did not play again the remainder of the game, marking the second time this season a Rangers forward was elbowed in the head and forced out of action--the other, of course, being Nash who was forced to miss his return to Columbus on Thursday as he sat out his 13th straight game due to a head injury.
With Tyutin assessed an elbowing minor penalty, the Rangers quickly cashed in on the power play to take a 2-1 lead at 4:17 of the second period. Ryan McDonagh's slap shot was tipped twice---first by Mats Zuccarello and then by Callahan, who was credited with his fifth goal of the season and team-high third on the power play when the puck slithered past Bobrovsky. Since returning from a broken thumb Callahan has points in three consecutive games, with two goals and two assists in that span. McDonagh, credited with an assist, now has five points (2-3-5) in his last six contests, while Zuccarello has seven assists in his last six games.
The Rangers had another brief injury scare at the midway point of the second period when a Columbus shoot in inadvertantly hit Marc Staal in the chin. Staal feel to the ice and Zuccarello immediately skated to his side as the Rangers held their breath, especially considering Staal's recent past history with a concussion and severe eye injury. After regrouping, Staal skated off the ice and did not miss a shift the rest of the way.
A fortunate break pushed the Rangers lead to 3-1 at 12:44 of the middle period when Columbus forward Mark Letstu, under pressure from Hagelin, accidentally flipped the puck past his own goaltender, a surprised Bobrovsky. Hagelin was credited with the unassisted goal, and the Rangers---en-route to a commanding 21-shot second period performance---seemed in command of the game.
However Columbus answered right back as Ryan Murray's slap shot at 13:32 beat a partially-screened Talbot, cutting the Rangers advantage back down to one goal again. The score remained that way into the second intermission as Bobrovsky made several quality saves, including one on a Brian Boyle break-in at 17:32, with Talbot responding by shutting down a Dubinsky shorthanded opportunity off the rush with one minute to play in the second.
The Blue Jackets controlled the ation in the third period against a tiring Rangers team that played 24 hours prior, beating the Penguins 5-1 at The Garden. Talbot, though, remained calm and made 14 third-period saves before McDonagh scored an empty-netter with less than a minute to play to ice the road victory.


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Bob is survived by his mother, Betty Talbot, wife, Cheryl and children, Shauna, Jason (Brittanie), Spring (Joe), Liz, Sarah, and Billy (Whittney) and 13 grandchildren, as well as sisters, Jeanne Beck, Bonnie Arnoldus and Penny Brown and brothers, Tim, Terry and Bryan.
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This sculpture, called "The African Venus" by a French critic, was designed by Charles Cordier as a companion to a male portrait bust of a fictional "Saïd Abdullah of the Mayac Tribe, Kingdom of Darfour." Both figures were modeled from life in Cordier's studio and were early examples of his determination "to discover the different human types which come together to form a single people." Cordier's sculptures, which often incorporated colored stone and precious metal finishes, stood in striking contrast to the white marble figures that embodied Victorian and Second Empire decorum. The effectiveness of such techniques may be seen in this reduced-scale bronze cast, in which warm skin tones are evoked by Cordier's use of a fine silver patina. The subject of an African Venus would have appealed to a predominantly male audience attracted by the myths of availability associated with women of foreign cultures. The model's heavy-lidded eyes, parted lips, and lightweight drapery reinforce such stereotypes, but the realism and carriage of the figure's head create a strong impression of individuality and dignity.


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RadioShack Corp.'s executive offices have some new residents. The struggling consumer electronics retailer has hired two new executive vice presidents as it continues to make changes to its senior leadership team.
Jennifer Warren is the chain retailer's new executive vice president and chief marketing officer. She will lead all aspects of the retailer's marketing, including online customer experience. Warren comes from the marketing agency world, having spent 12 years in various roles at GSD&M where she worked on accounts including Cost Plus Inc., eHarmony Inc., Zale Corp. and Hallmark Cards Inc. Most recently, she worked at agency Razorfish on the Samsung brand.
RadioShack also appointed Michael DeFazio as executive vice president of store concepts. DeFazio joins RadioShack from drug store chain Walgreen Co. In February, RadioShack's CEO, Joseph C. Magnacca, also joined RadioShack from Walgreen. Magnacca says he's worked with DeFazio since 2008.
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RadioShack's previous CEO left in September. In December, the e-retailer hired Huey Long as executive vice president of strategy and consumer insights and Troy Risch as executive vice president of operations.
RadioShack, No. 275 in Internet Retailer's Top 500 Guide reported sales declined 2.3% in 2012 from the prior year and same-store sales fell 3.5%. The retailer, which did not break out web sales, also reported a net loss of $139 million in 2012 compared to net income of $72 million in 2011 As of March 31, RadioShack operated more than 4,400 stores in the United States. Walgreen is No. 33., Cost Plus is No. 390, Zale is No. 190 and Hallmark is No. 181.


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I am an almost complete newbie - so please bear with me
I am trying to prepare an oolong tea and have a couple of (probably mundanely simple) questions to all you gurus I am equipped with the following:
- "Huang Jin Gui Superior" oolong tea (judging by the price tag it is certainly in the lower to mid-range of oolongs). It is advertized as a lightly oxidized oolong and instructions on the package state that 2.5g tea should be steeped for 2 minutes in 2dl of water at 100C (2nd time: 3 minutes and 3rd time 4 minutes)
- I am using a 200ml Yixing teapot, newly bought.
My problem is that no matter how much I try I cannot seem to get the taste right. Being a newbie, however, I am still not quite sure how it is *actually* supposed to taste. What I can say however is that when following the brewing instructions on the package I get a VERY thin brew that has some aroma, but is almost completely devoid of taste. I have tried to increase amount of tea leaves - and at some point the brew gets slightly bitter (as expected). Are well-brewed oolongs supposed to have a slightly bitter taste?
I have seen several instructional videos on the net, and I think I am doing everything right: correct temperature (slightly under 100C), I pour the water from a certain hight to introduce oxygen into the brew, I discard the first "rinsing" pour, warm the pot etc. And still I can't get it quite right.
I am also confused about brewing times: In some videos they state that oolong should be steeped for about 20 seconds. I am aware of the fact that this is dependant on the type of oolong - but it seems to be way off the 2-4 minutes stated on the package. What gives?
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Skip to comments.It wasnt necessary to hit them with that awful thing --- Why dropping the A-Bombs was wrong
Posted on 08/10/2013 6:09:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is the Surveys opinion that certainly prior to 31 December 1945 and in all probability prior to 1 November 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated.
That was a conclusion of the 1946 U.S. Bombing Survey ordered by President Harry Truman in the wake of World War II.
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower said in 1963, the Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasnt necessary to hit them with that awful thing.
That wasnt merely hindsight. Eisenhower made the same argument in 1945. In his memoirs, Ike recalled a visit from War Secretary Henry Stimson:
I voiced to him my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. It was my belief that Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of face.
Admiral William Leahy, Trumans chief military advisor, wrote:
It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons.
I put a lot of weight on the assessments of the military leaders at the time and the contemporaneous commission that studied it. My colleague Michael Barone, who defends the bombing, has other sources a historian and Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan that lead him to conclude Japan would not have surrendered.
This confusion is not surprising. For one thing, theres what we call the fog of war its really hard to know whats happening currently in war, and its even harder to predict which way the war will break.
Second, more generally, theres the imperfection of human knowledge. Humans are very limited in their ability to predict the future and to determine the consequences of their actions in complex situations like war.
So, if Barone wants to stick with Moynihans and the New Republics assessments of the war while I stick with the assessments of Gen. Eisenhower, Adm. Leahy, and Trumans own commission, thats fine. The question would Japan have surrendered without our bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki? cant be answered with certainty today, nor could it have been answered in August 1945.
But this fog, this imperfect knowledge, ought to diminish the weight given to the consequentialist type of reasoning Barone employs Many, many more deaths, of Japanese as well as Americans, would have occurred if the atomic bombs had not been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
We dont know that. Thats a guess. We didnt know that at the time. If Pres. Truman believed that, it was a prediction of the future and a prediction that clashed with the predictions of the military leaders.
Given all this uncertainty, I would lend more weight to principle. One principle nearly everyone shares is this: its wrong to deliberately kill babies and innocent children. The same goes for Japanese women, elderly, disabled, and any other non-combatants. Even if you dont hold this as an absolute principle, most people hold it as a pretty firm rule.
To justify the bombing, you need to scuttle this principle in exchange for consequentialist thinking. With a principle as strong as dont murder kids I think youd need a lot more certainty than Truman could have had.
I dont think Trumans decision was motivated by evil. Ill even add that it was an understandable decision. But I think it was the wrong one.
Tim Carney also wrote a first part to this article on the 68th anniversary of the dropping of the bomb:
It was wrong to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Ending a war is a good thing. Killing civilians a bad thing.
Deliberately targeting civilians is murder, and is never morally licit, even in pursuit of a good thing such as ending a war.
The tens of thousands of Japanese non-combatants we killed 68 years ago this week with two nuclear bombs were not collateral damage of military strikes. They were the intended targets.
We hoped that mass murder would bring the Japanese emperor to surrender. It worked, and American and Japanese soldiers lives were probably saved by it which is why most people disagree with me on the ethics of the A-Bomb.
But what if we could have ended the war without the A-Bomb? John Denson at Mises.org argues that we could have:
Japanese leaders, both military and civilian, including the Emperor, were willing to surrender in May of 1945 if the Emperor could remain in place and not be subjected to a war crimes trial after the war. This fact became known to President Truman as early as May of 1945.
Im no historian, and if anyone can refute the facts in this piece, please do because the article seems to make the clear argument that the atomic bomb was inexcusable.
Harry Kari.
I give you Operation: Downfall...
I mean, after all, it was only other people who were going to die, very few of them were even Ivy Leaguers.
As later conflicts have shown, ending a war is impossible without killing civilians; the enemy will simply use their own people as human shields.
Some of my earliest memories are hearing talk about the war, I was born in 1940. No one has ever been able to answer this question for me, why did the Japanese attack us?
Every time a 21 year old gang banger gets shot, it is counted by the mass media as an instance of a "youthful victim of 'gun violence.'"
So by the mass media's standards, we saved a million "kids" by dropping the bomb.
End of discussion.
you play, you pay... Japan cowardly bombed Pearl Harbor... why should the US be concerned at all with Japan's saving face in eventual defeat?
I think you are rewriting history in the tradition of hate America first. The times were different and the methods were different. Was it right for the Japanese to kill so may civilians in Pearl Harbor? Was it right for Hitler to send rockets into England? The Japanese were known for fighting to the last man and not surrendering. Don't rewrite history and expect me to believe you. Don't rewrite the American Revolution and expect me to believe that either.
Totalitarian socialists have nightmares over this fact.
As they should.
After the second bomb was dropped there was a failed coup d'état by factions in the Military who STILL DID NOT WANT TO SURRENDER.
This is not speculation this is fact backed up by direct testimony of those involved in the coup as well as documentation from that era.
7 days later Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan in a radio address to the nation of Japan.
Anyone who sez that Japan was about to surrender is full of sh!t!
There were Japanese military hard liners that didn't want to give up after the 2nd A bomb.
These were people willing to fight to the last body. A full scale assault on the home islands would have killed more people than all the battles combined.
What if Longstreet had managed to launch a morning attack on the second day instead of late in the afternoon on the Federal left wing at Gettysburg?
What if Hitler had not delayed Barbarossa to assist in the Balkans?
What if the Japanese had launched a second attack at Pearl Harbor and destroyed the fuel supplies?
What if, what if, what if. Despite the misgivings of Eisenhower and others Truman obviously had advice from many that it was necessary to use the bomb to force Japan into a quick surrender. As for killing innocents, the fire bombings in Japan and Germany had been doing that already for some time.
Armchair Generals armed with 20/20 hindsight are a dime a dozen.
I'll go with the opinions of the Americans who were lined up to take part in the invasion of Japan. I never knew of one who didn't believe that the dropping of the bombs probably saved their lives.
It was wrong to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
It was wrong to attack Pearl Harbor without provocation
What did you do in the Great War, Daddy? The recruiting poster deserves ridicule and contempt, of course, but here its question is embarrassingly relevant, and the problem is one that touches on the dirty little secret of social class in America. Arthur T. Hadley said recently that those for whom the use of the A-bomb was wrong seem to be implying that it would have been better to allow thousands on thousands of American and Japanese infantrymen to die in honest hand-to-hand combat on the beaches than to drop those two bombs. People holding such views, he notes, do not come from the ranks of society that produce infantrymen or pilots. And theres an eloquence problem: most of those with firsthand experience of the war at its worst were not elaborately educated people. Relatively inarticulate, most have remained silent about what they know. That is, few of those destined to be blown to pieces if the main Japanese islands had been invaded went on to become our most effective men of letters or impressive ethical theorists or professors of contemporary history or of international law. The testimony of experience has tended to come from rough diamonds—James Jones is an example—who went through the war as enlisted men in the infantry or the Marine Corps.
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"Towards the end of World War 2 the Japanese military created and employed the `kaiten`, a manned suicide torpedo designed to blow up American ships with great accuracy. At that point in the War Japan had suffered severe losses, was experiencing rapid decline in its industrial capacity compared to the US, and American troops were closing in on the home islands. Surrender was out of the question, so Kaiten (along with kamikaze planes) were brought in to help tilt the balance."
I knew the typical WW2 Monday morning QBs would come out with this anniversary. Let's put it this way, the nation that attacked the United States was defeated and those bombs ended the war.
Millions of Americans (and Japs) alive today would not have either survived or been born if their fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers had died in an invasion of Japan.
The bombs were dropped to prevent the deaths of thousands of US citizens. Japan should have thought of it before they bombed Pearl Harbor.
But no whining over the bombing of cities in Europe?
Deliberately targeting civilians is murder, and is never morally licit, even in pursuit of a good thing such as ending a war.
You can't target militarily important industry and supply chains without targeting civilians, and in some instances slave laborers and even POWs will be caught in the mix on the ground. Sometimes the collateral damage is light, other times unavoidable if the target is to be eliminated. We, more than any other nation, have taken incredible steps to minimize those casualties--to the point of filling smart bombs with concrete and using them as a kinetic energy weapon rather than an explosive weapon to destroy a single building instead of take out a whole block.
The incendiary bombing of Tokyo killed more people than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Consider that the reason Hiroshima and Nagasaki were on the A-bomb target list is that they had not been extensively bombed already, and the scope of the bombing campaign against Japan becomes a little more clear.
Plans were in the works for the invasion of Japan, anticipating more than a million casualties.
The power of the bombs as evidenced by the destruction of relatively undamaged cities was a factor in bringing the war to a swift end.
I will not do the disservice to the memory of those who made a tough decision (based on what they knew) of second-guessing them. Their decision ended the war.
The ONLY thing wrong about a nuke is that we haven't used them more often.
Longstreet only had one division on the field that morning (McLaws was not yet up and Pickett was miles away) and Sickles' Corps would not have moved into the salient yet thus Longstreet's defeat would probably have been much worse.
Want to end a war quickly?
Kill civilians and break stuff, not breaking stuff and not killing civilians extends any war
Nevertheless, if I didn't think the a-bomb was necessary to force Japan into submission, I wouldn't have been for it. Everything we've read about Japan at that time leads to the conclusion that without the bomb, a full-scale invasion would have been necessary to defeat them. That would have meant a minimum of 100k dead Allied soldiers.
How would you like to be the person who ordered the invasion because we didn't drop the bombs, and have to look into the eyes of 100k plus American parents who lost a son in the invasion and tell them we could have won the war earlier without their sons' deaths, but we didn't want to kill a lot of Japanese civilians? Who would have died by the hundreds of thousands or million anyway if we had invaded
Wonderful...such Monday-morning armchair quarterbacking from someone from these times.
It was absolutely the right thing to do. I wonder if he ever read "Unbroken" or interviewed anyone from Pearl Harbor or anywhere in the Pacific theatre before penning this tripe?
While growing up, I spent a good many summers in Narragansett, R.I. They were the last state in the union still celebrating VJ Day (Victory over Japan). I believe they finally caved a few years back.
Hiroshima wasn't instrumental in making military armaments. It was, sadly, the seat of Christianity for Japan, for what existed.
Nagasaki did help produce such things.
I would have targeted major military targets at Nagasaki and Tokyo, and tried to make sure the Emperor was not hit.
However, the range of our bombers was always a dire concern and I doubt we could have successfully reached many appropriate areas.
This is what I understand from my knowledge.
Finally, when an entity first offensively, physically, targets you, why should any response restrict the offenders' most supportive nonmilitary citizens? This may not include kids, but it is difficult to exclude them.
To damage our naval capability so that we wouldn't hinder their take over of the far east.
Payback is a bitch. The Japanese aligned themselves with a mass murderer in Hitler.
By dropping two bombs, several things were accomplished. Not only did it end the war with Japan, but it also sent a strong message to the Soviets. Only problem with that was a Democrat being in office in 1947.
In my humble opinion, if a Republican was in office in 1945 there may not have been Soviet expansion into Europe and a split of the Koreas. It wouldn't have prevented the revolution in China, but that is for another day.
The destruction at Nagasaki and Hiroshima was NOTHING compared to the destruction of Tokyo, Kanto, and Chiba regions.
Everyone seems to forget Gen Curtis LeMey's FIREBOMB CAMPAIGN. The firestorms he created made moonscape of all areas that were so bombed.
Hundreds of thousands were burned to death.
These campaigns were indiscriminate and deliberately targeted the civilian population.
Bellyaching about two small cities that got pommeled when compared to the horrific destruction of other parts of the country, is just selective outrage.
I think the thing that upsets these crybabies is that it only took two planes and two bombs, not whole squads.
AND A BIG BTW: Even after LeMey laid most of central Honshu to waste, the militarists had no motivation to surrender.
Any argument, pro or con, about the use of nuclear weapons against Japan is fatally flawed the moment the use any published information that was not available prior to the middle of July 1945. Use of such information falls under the generic classification of revisionist history.
If you or any of the authors of articles/studies/books use information after the event to justify their position I propose the use of my personal yardstick. Since they are using facts after the event ask them to predict this year's and next year's Super Bowl victors. Why not? After all aren't most of the players in both games currently playing? Aren't the teams involved in both Super Bowls already established? So, these people have all the information necessary to make absolutely accurate predictions of the future, don't they? And if they don't pick both winners they should have to pay some kind of penalty for being wrong.
I am not making any new rules, I am simply taking their logic chain and asking them to apply to a different event. If their reasoning system is valid it should work on a much smaller scale, shouldn't it?
BTW - I, it turns out, have a very vested interest in the end of World War II prior to the fall of 1945. My father was scheduled to be a landing craft's crew for the first invasion.
It took a second bomb dropped on Nagasaki to get them to capitulate...
Beat me to it, had the jpeg fired up and ready to roll. Good thing I checked first!!!
There were several reasons we dropped the bombs:
1) The invasion of Japan was estimated to have inflicted upwards of 500k - 1,000k cascualties. If you were the president in '45, or a general or admiral for that matter, and it came out after the war that we had a super incredible bomb that could have shortened the war and saved the lives of a lot of 18-22 year olds and didn't use it.....there would be you know what to pay. After the invasion of Tarawa in '43 and the casualties that happened there was a public outcry. Nimitz records he received letters asking how could you have killed my son? Imagine the outcry over the invasion of Japan and the casualties we would have incurred.
2) Experience with Japanese kamikazie attacks and their no surrender policy experienced during the island hopping campaign indicated the invasion would be brutal.
3) Political considerations: We knew after the war we would demobilize...the Russians wouldn't. We wanted to send a message to the Russians...we have the bomb and you don't. Well, at least we though they didn't have it.
4) Money: we spent 2,000,000,000 on the Manhattan Project. It was felt at the time there would be a public outcry of 2b spent on something we didn't use.
The comment by Admiral Leahy about not being taught to kill women and children in war is in my opinion political posturing to cover his backside. I'm sure the good admiral was aware we were fire-bombing Japanese cities and a good number of civilians were being killed.
The decision to drop the bombs was correct then and still remains correct today.
Ask yourself this question:
If the Japanese had an Atomic bomb or two and the means to deliver, would they have done so?
I believe after knowing the way they treated Nanking, and our prisoners, there is no doubt they would have.
Should we feel bad about using the bomb? hell no.
Actually more people were killed in conventional bombing than when the Atomic bomb was used.
Our men had been exposed enough to war in the previous battles, like our men have served enough terms in Afghanistan. It's time that was over too.
In 1944, my father in law was a 19 year old Marine radioman on Iwo Jima. In 1945, my father was on a small Navy ship just off Okinawa. Both would have been sent on an invasion of the Japanese home islands. And it's doubtful that either of them would have made it home. Not to mention the millions of Japanese who would have died fighting from cave to cave, extrapolating from Okinawa.
Thank you, Harry Truman.
The invasion plans would have moved forward, the Japanese civilians would have been subjected to more propaganda, and the besides the military casualties - US, Japs, Soviets, etc., civilians would have been used asymmetrically, as well as killing themselves as they did on Saipan, and millions more would have died in the trouble stirred up by Stalin over greater geographic areas.
That's not to mention the Japanese bio and nuclear contamination programs aimed at the US West coast.
War is hell, they started it, and killed civilians all over the Pacific with abject cruelty.
Enough of the faery dust and unicorns.
The war ended sooner with less suffering and fewer casualties all around.
I lived in Hiroshima for a few years and visited ground zero "Peace Park" numerous times. Most interesting to me was the comments visitors wrote in the guest book in the museum. Those comments ranged from "Such an atrocity, we must never let something like this happen again" to "the little yellow bastards had it coming".
All this examination in hindsight is ridiculous. President Truman made the right decision for many reasons, but first and foremost why should one more American die if we, the US, had the means to end the war, no matter how Many Japanese military or civilian lives that cost.
Patton is said to have commented to the effect that we might as well fight the Soviets while we had the stuf over there...
It wouldnt have prevented the revolution in China, but that is for another day.
While Chiang was no angel, we did ourselves a disservice by not aiding him in the fight against Mao. That bit us later when the Reds crossed the Yalu and the Korean War ended up being a negotiated cease-fire instead of a clear victory. With the twit in power over there (North Korea) working to have a nuclear ICBM capability, that may eventually bite us, too.
I need to correct my prior post. It was Nagasaki that was the seat, followed by Hiroshima. So I would rather have limited Christian deaths in whatever way possible.
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Well im just wondering which one i should put in my current elo deck.
Current deck: Japanese gypsy's
In most cases Yoshida...
if you like high-risk, high-reward, guessing game, gunslinging style of gameplay -- Tsubame
I personally prefer Tsubame as i like being able to aim for a KO but getting pillz back if i lose.
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Although like 10 times more expensive, Tsubame is superior in my mind, since you have to play smart with FPC since they have little help winning rounds.
It is Tsubame for me, but in elo when I play with FPC I usually avoid the 5*
Tsubame used as a game ender not a starter is better IMO and in a t1/elo deck i find it usually better to play your big card later game.
if your looking for a strong lead card Yoshida is the way to go
Tsubame provides a game ending time warp. Use her for the kill. You get a second chance if you lose.
Yoshida doesn't lose.


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Alumni Aaron Lightstone (BMus '97, MMT '04) and Dr. Sundar Viswanathan (BMus '88) members of Jaffa Road win the Canadian Folk Music Award for Music Group of the Year.
Dec 2/13
WHO: Jaffa Road CD, Where The Light Gets In
Latest release shimmers with pulsating dub grooves, ambient electronic textures, & enough rollicking rhythms to make your belly dance
What: A CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARD (CFMA) for WORLD MUSIC GROUP OF YEAR.
WHERE: University of Calgary
WHEN: Nov 10.
ARTIST WEB: http://www.jaffaroad.com
Global tour de force, Jaffa Road are thrilled, elated and humbled about the news that their latest release (2012) Where the Light Gets earned a Canadian Folk Music Award last night. Produced by Chris Gartner, the disc was released to a packed house at Toronto hub, Hughs Room in Oct 2012. With pulsating dub grooves, ambient electronic textures, and enough rollicking rhythms to make your belly dance, Jaffa Roads carefully crafted original songs and highly original arrangements of traditional folks songs transport listeners to the Middle East, India, Spain, North America and all points in between.
WHERE THE LIGHT GETS IN was also nominated for a 2013 JUNO AWARD, and an Independent Music Award it also won a Songs From the Heart Award from FOLK MUSIC ONTARIO. For their debut CD SUNPLACE (2009) they are also winners of a John Lennon Songwriting Award, and Best World Music Artist at the Toronto Independent Music Awards. Sunplace, was also nominated for a JUNO award (2010) and featured on CBCs Canada Live.
Aptly named for one of the oldest streets in Jerusalem, Jaffa Road unites multiple cultures and nationalities as it winds its way towards the port of Jaffa. Hebrew, Ladino, English, Arabic and French lyrics blend with genres of Sephardic, Arabic and Indian music, intertwined with jazz, blues, electronica, dub and rock. Theirs is world music on a mission peace through an unparalleled musical experience that, just like the road theyre named for, brings us together as one people.
Jaffa Road is the unforgettable, entrancing vocals of Aviva Chernick, the rare musicianship of Aaron Lightstone (band founder, oud, guitar, synthesizer), Chris Gartner (bass, producer), Jeffrey Wilson (percussion), and Sundar Viswanathan saxophone/flute/vocals).
The distinctive sound of Lightstones oud opens
Ana El Na, bathed in Chernicks warm, liquid vocals while the band follows
with deep bass, exotic percussive technique, synth, violin and bansuri. Six key
words translate to please heal her forming an addictive, chanted plea to
heal Mother Earth. The more upbeat Sim
Shalom, adapted from an ancient Jewish prayer continues the hope for world
peace, leaning more heavily on guitar and Chernicks stunning vocal, complete
with a breakaway, jazz-like detour.
The track Avre Los Ojos is an interpretation of a centuries-old Turkish song an early protest song first recorded in 1907, and not since until now! On Your Way might be the closest thing to a hit single if there were such a thing, riding on Chernicks pure chorus, while oud, bass violin and propulsive percussion keep it beyond buoyant and highly accessible.
Guest Yair Dalals violin on Hamidbar Medaber
casts a hypnotic spell across this distinctly Indian-spiced dream sequence while
Chernicks vocal duets with Viswanathans sax in their depiction of sky above
the Namibian desert (Rakia). You can literally hear warm sand drifting.
The songs based on the bands collaborative compositional process create a road far more active than any typical 2-way street its multi-lane, allowing for many detours along its length, offering up cutting-edge music at the global crossroads.


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One Week. 50 Cities. The Most Ambitious Pure Michigan Road Trip Ever Planned.
What can you do in one week? Jeff Barrett and Rob Bliss - two ordinary Michigan-born men - are about to embark on an extraordinary road trip through the state to answer that question. The goal will be to create an energetic digital video that highlights various things the state has to offer. The video will serve as a way to help tell the story of Michigan as a great place to live, work, play and build a business. The trip will take place in an "Imported from Detroit" Chrysler.
Barrett and Bliss' firm Status Creative will be filming all across Michigan during the week-long road trip. This is the same firm behind last year's Grand Rapids LibDub - national winner for Best Use Of Video in Social Media from PRNewswire. Barrett and Bliss will be highlighting some of the people, businesses, events and natural beauty that make Michigan unique. The journey will begin on Sunday, August 19th and conclude a week later on the 26th of August.
The general public is welcome and encouraged to participate in these filmed events as Barrett and Bliss come to their city. Those curious about what events will be happening near them can visit the Interactive Map (see below).
Update: Filming for the video ended in August. Check michigan.org/blog to see the final video from Jeff and Rob's trip on Sunday, September 9th!
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For the most up-to-date information follow Jeff Barrett on Twitter at @BarrettAll and the hashtag #PureMichigan. He will be tweeting live updates of when and where to show up and participate. Pure Michigan and the Chrysler brand will also be sharing important updates. Below is a collection of photos Jeff has taken along the way so far. We've also rounded up some tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram photos, and YouTube videos showing the making of the video, which you can view in our Storify collection.


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Qualifying was running their waterblind when we left the grounds alittle bit ago... Sorry don't have numbers for it.
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The Netherlands 1853 – France 1890
Caravans, gypsy camp near Arles
[Les roulottes, campement de bohémiens aux environs d'Arles] 1888
oil on canvas
canvas 45.0 (h) x 51.0 (w) cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Bequest of Mr and Mrs Raymond Koechlin 1931
© RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
This energetic painting shows the transition from van Gogh's more naturalistic Paris works to the extravagant colour of the south. Van Gogh moved to Arles in February 1888 and in the space of fifteen months completed 200 paintings—almost one every two days—as well as more than 100 drawings and watercolours. He often appealed to his brother Theo in Paris for money for materials; when funds were short, he concentrated on drawing in ink, with reed-pens he carved himself. Van Gogh's intense pace strained his mind and body: he described himself as being
like an actor on the stage in a difficult part, with a hundred things to think of at once in a single half hour. After that, the only thing to bring ease and distraction, in my case and other people's too, is to stun oneself with a lot of drinking or heavy smoking.1
Early in his time at Arles, probably at the end of May 1888, van Gogh took a trip to Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a coastal village in the Camargue. In the nineteenth century this area was still a sterile salty plain of lagoons and marshes, populated by flamingos, wild bulls and white horses. Saintes-Maries was also the site of annual pilgrimages for many Romany who came to worship the relics of the Marys. The outing proved inspiring and van Gogh returned with three canvases—the glorious View of Saintes-Maries, as well as two seascapes2—and a dozen drawings which he later worked up into paintings. Caravans probably dates from August 1888, after his return to Arles: in a letter of mid August van Gogh refers to 'a little study of a roadside inn, with red and green carts'.3
In Caravans, gypsy camp near Arles, van Gogh alternates between thick impasto in the foreground and areas of the sky, and the sparse mid-section where the canvas shows through. In this and other paintings from the period, he worked rapidly, executing a 'succession of studies with quick yet coherent brushstrokes'.4 Here we sense the artist's intense feeling at a unique moment, and at a specific site: nothing breaks the horizon except a windmill, itself the merest suggestion of a distant structure. The frieze of figures, vehicles and horses, also rendered with minimal means, seems designed to emphasise the flatness of the landscape. Only the tree at right and the scrubby vegetation at left offer refuge from the sun. The empty foreground adds to the feeling of harsh desolation, a suggestion, perhaps, of the peripheral position of gypsy people. The intensity of the light suggests the glorious palette of works to come, such as Van Gogh's bedroom at Arles. As van Gogh wrote in June 1888:
Now that I have seen the sea here, I am absolutely convinced of the importance of staying in the Midi, and of positively piling it on, exaggerated colour—Africa [is] not so far away.5
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
- Letter to Theo, Arles, 29 June 1888, letter 507, viewed 1 September 2009, www.vggallery.com/letters/615_V-T_507.pdf.
- Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo; the marines are: The sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Fishing boats at sea 1888, Pushkin Museum, Moscow.
- Lettter to Theo, 13 August 1888, letter 522, viewed 1 September 2009, www.vggallery.com/letters/639_V-T_522.pdf.
- Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Van Gogh in Provence and Auvers, n.l.:Hugh Lauter Levin Associates 1999, p. 71.
- Letter to Theo, Arles, 4 June 1888, letter 500, viewed 1 September 2009, www.vggallery.com/letters/604_V-T_500.pdf.


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Santa Cruz Land Title Company, located at 22-24 Cooper. The Company was established in 1897 by Frank Mattison (County Assessor), Elliott Davis Perry (County Surveyor), and Will C. Hoffman. Various individuals have held an interest in the Company, including Hugh S. Gordon, Harold O. Heiner, and Annie McCaskill. In 1974, Western Title Company bought Santa Cruz Land Title.
Date: June, 1923
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AIzen wasn't interested in destroying SS, at least not right off. Aizen wanted to become the Soul King, and to become the Supreme being. He couldn't be bothered to actually kill any, but for a few Shinigami, until he'd become the Soul King.
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
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What's really interesting, is that SS and the HR balance only each other out, which might mean that other worlds are too small to have any real impact on the balance, or that for each world, there is another one that balances it out. For example, it's possible that for HM, the world on the other side of the scale, is the KR.


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June 20 2012 09:07AM
A lot of people believe that if Sarnia Sting centre Alex Galchenyuk hadn't missed most of the 2011-2012 season with a knee injury he'd be neck and neck with teammate Nail Yakupov as the top-ranked prospect going into the NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh.
After seeing Galchenyuk blaze through fitness testing at the NHL Combine, putting to rest any fears the knee is a problem, more than a few hockey people think he still belongs in the same sentence as the dynamic Yakupov. My guess is you can count the Edmonton Oilers among them.
While that shouldn't be taken as meaning Oilers chief scout Stu MacGregor and his staff have Galchenyuk rated above or dead-even with Yakupov on their prospect list, you've got to think Edmonton's brain trust is looking long and hard at the possibility of taking a pivot to complement 2011 first overall pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
I've gone as far as to suggest the Oilers should swing for the fences and take Yakupov with the first overall pick and then do whatever it takes -- short of moving Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall or Jordan Eberle – to acquire another top-five pick and use it to select Galchenyuk. That, obviously, would take a lot of maneuvering by GM Steve Tambellini. Suffice to say, it's a long shot, at best.
More than likely, then, it's going to be an either-or situation with Yakupov and Galchenyuk when it comes to Tambellini's trip to the podium. Is Yakupov the obvious choice or might Galchenyuk get the call? My sense is it's closer than many people think.
NHL Central Scouting: No. 4 among North American skaters
The Hockey News: No. 7
International Scouting Services: No. 16
McKeen's Hockey: No. 2
Red Line Report: No. 6
TSN: No. 4
A knee injury suffered in a 2011-12 OHL preseason game limited Galchenyuk to all but the last two regular season games and six games playoff games -- he recorded four points (2-2-4) during Sarnia's first round loss to Saginaw.
In 2010-11, Galchenyuk finished second among Ontario Hockey League rookies with 83 points (31-52-83), behind only his teammate and good friend Nail Yakupov (49-52-101).
He was the fourth U.S.-born player to be selected first overall in the OHL priority draft (2010), joining Pat Peake (1990), Patrick O'Sullivan (2001) and Rob Schremp (2002).
Prior to being drafted, Galchenyuk competed for the Chicago Young Americans of the Midwest Elite League for the 2009-10 season -- he led the league in scoring (by 33 points) totaling 87 points (44-43-87) in 38 games.
David O'Connor, NHLDraft.com
"Galchenyuk is a big, play-making center who can skate very well, especially for his size. He has outstanding vision, hockey sense and is a great passer. He's always very aware of where everyone is and will be on the ice, and he uses that to his advantage.
"Galchenyuk uses his big body well to create space for himself in the slot and on the boards. He has a very underrated shot, exceptional release and is very accurate. He can not only produce offensively night-in night-out, but he's also very good defensively and understands that taking care of things in his own end is as important as producing at the other end of the ice. He also has outstanding hands and can often be found stick-handling in phone booths."
Scouting Report: "He's an intense and highly skilled big centre. He's not going to bang you off the puck, but he'll use leverage. He's high-end."
Projection: "A tremendous No. 2 centre."
Weaknesses: "He has to add come consistency to his game. His problem is he missed so much of the year with his injury. He's missed some development time, so we haven't seen all of the package yet."
NHL Comparable: "Well, who's a great second-line NHL centre? He's not really like a Jordan Staal. He kind of reminds of (winger) Milan Hejduk, actually. In tight, he's pretty quick."
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June 20 2012, 10:34AM
Funny how teams who finished above us in the standings see Gagner as the answer to their 2nd line issues and we have guys who can't wait to run him out of town. What am I missing?
Insert whatever overused cliche you want here. The grass is always greener, a bird in the hand, you don't know what you got 'till it's gone, sometimes the best trades are the ones you don't make, ..... whatever.
Unless you find a known quantity who is better than Gagner as #2 center (and Gal will NOT be available anywhere near 8, assuming he is this mensch who will light it up as an 18 year old) - he stays. Sending him for a pick that turns out to be a D-man is even more detrimental. Who then is your #2 center - Shawn freakin' Horcoff. If you are tired of all the Gagner is an underachiever talk, it will seem like a brief mention compared to the "Horc is overpaid and I can't believe he is our #2 center" posts once he lines up between Yak and Hemsky (shudder).
Gagner is our only option as a #2 center as we currently stand. I know you can sign an old fart like Langkow (yeah) or Jokinen (oh goodie) or move Hall to center (notwithstanding the fact that the last "winger to center project" that was successful happened several years before the fall of communism). For those of you throwing Gagner on / under the next train out of town, please answer the following simple question - who is our #2 center going to be?
June 20 2012, 09:32AM
Move heaven and earth to get the two kids.
Yakupov and Galchenyuk would round out the top 6 for years to come.
Seriously how do you defend that?
June 20 2012, 10:10AM
Need to Upgrade 2C to be a contender? Maybe after they upgrade Goaltending and Defense, but certainly an upgrade offensively at 2C is unrequired. Galchenyuk MIGHT be an upgrade on offense to Gagner, but that's obviously not the part of his game that needs to be upgraded to be a winner. Just look at this year's Cup Champion.
Mike Richards, 2C of the Cup Winning Kings: GP 74 G 18 A 26 P 44 +/- +3 PIM 71 FO% 50.5
Sam Gagner, 2C of the lowly Edmonton Oilers: GP 75 G 18 A 29 P 47 +/- +5 PIM 36 FO% 47.6
Gagner's offense isnt the problem. Galchenyuk can upgrade on physical size, but is he a dirty shot blocking physical centre willing to have 100+ hits a season? I have my doubts.
So if Gagner's Offense isnt defective in the 2C role and his proposed replacement isnt significantly better in the areas of the game that Gagner's detractors are b*tching about, then why are we using assets to address that spot and not the defense or goaltending?
What's the hurry to push Gagner out for the next big thing if his replacement isnt fixing what's "broken" with 89?
Dr. Indy Jones I agree completely. Gagner is a fine 2C and is going to get better as he continues to mature. Upgrading 2C on this club right now before dealing with the D and goal is like swapping out air fresheners on the side of the road when you have a flat. And consider what does Yakupov on the wing will do to Gags boxcars. LT mentioned yesterday they should sign Sam long term. I agree. Put an end to all these rumours. Let these kids get a pinch older, put on dark glasses and stand back.
June 20 2012, 10:40AM
@Matt Henderson
You ONLY move Gagner if an established NHL center with size that can handle a top six role is ready to be plugged in his place. Otherwise it's a step back.
Galchenyuk MIGHT be better than Gagner in 3-5 years. You think Taylor Hall and Eberle want to lose for 3 more seasons???
Fix the defense first. end of story
June 20 2012, 10:00AM
Offer each team behind us until he is picked Gagner and 2nd round pick. Throw in any of Peckam, Teubert, Omark, Plante or Pitlick if required. If they won't go for it replace 2nd rounder with Hemsky.
Imagine a second line of Hall-Galchenyuk-Yakupov. This would probably be the best second line in the NHL and would rival 90% of 1st lines.
With this top 6 I would think attracting a J Schultz, or another puck mofing Dman as a free agent should be much easier. Who would not want to pass to these guys?
June 20 2012, 10:38AM
Wes Mantooth: I would rather do Gagner and Hemsky then include Paajarvi and Bunz.
I think Paajarvi was set up to fail last year after they brought Smyth back. He is big, but he is a finesse player that needs to play with other skilled players in order to be succesful. I see him very possible filling the 1st or 2nd line LW hole depending where you prefer to pencil Hall in.
I would like to see him start on the 1st line with Nuge and Eberle.
I am in the Arch / Fuzzy Muppet / Soup fascist camp.
Gagne was a highly touted pick who slipped to 6th, and we felt we stole him in that spot at the time.
Now he's got 5 years of development and is a 'good but not great' 2C. Why would we trade him for another pick who may or may not be as good as him 5 years from now?
If we jettison our real NHL players for shiny new picks every year, we will be in an Islanders-esque perpetual rebuild (and you can argue we're already there).
June 20 2012, 11:12AM
Dark parade: Creative trade adding Hemmer and Brandon Sutter. I still don't do this trade unless Galcheyuk or Grigoreko are avalable.
I don't see Sutter being a good replacement for Gagner in the 2nd centre role. He would look awful good in Horcoff or Belager's role though, and would add the grit we need in horcoff's spot.
June 20 2012, 11:16AM
I hope that the Oilers land both Galchenyuk and Yakupov; failing that, I'm going to go against the consensus here and hope that the Oilers draft the former instead of the latter. Nuge-Galchenyuk at C would be fantastic. I suppose the question is whether Galchenyuk would likely spend another year in junior; are fans/management willing to be that patient when we could have Yakupov in the lineup next year?
I've seen a bit of Galchenyuk.. certainly not enough to be considered having scouted him out well. But I really loved what I saw. He plays physical, he has an incredible shot (QUICK release) and he is very difficult to knock off the puck. I'd love to have him here, especially given he is a center.
I know a few teams have considered drafting Nail and Galchenyuk. But if he drops a bit in the draft, I'd like to see the Oilers do what they can to get that 2nd pick, a la Vancouver Canucks and the Sedins. Barring failure of that, maybe they have some time to work out a trade.. but it's likely they'll have to overpay.
Anyways, love the idea of both. We'd have two pretty potent offensive units.
That all said, bigger priority for me would be to flip assets for an established, very good d.. but picking up Galchenyuk doesn't mean we can't get that good D too.
June 20 2012, 01:12PM
Gagner has done nothing to earn a raise over his current salary. Qualify him and that's it.
The Oilers have to get alot smarter in their fiscal management.
If you honestly believe that then you are totally out to lunch on what players are getting paid right now.
Be prepared for him to be earning more than 3.5 million on his next contract.
June 20 2012, 05:06PM
I would take Galchenyuk over Yakupov no questions asked. There is more of a need for the 2nd C then most people realize. Last year other teams were keying on RNH and the top line, with another good center this would relieve the pressure. Galchenyuk is closer to 6'2" and likes the psychical game which the Oilers need and he would create the room for his wingers to play. It could of been Yakupov's injuries, but some say Galchenyuk was the superior player in the play-offs this year and he wasn't really in game shape yet.
Man he looks young.
June 20 2012, 09:18AM
The fist thing I was wondering if the oil can trade gags to the canes for #8 would he still be available?
June 20 2012, 09:18AM
What a shame he lost so much of the year. Someone is going to take a gamble on this guy and it could go down as the steal of the draft.
June 20 2012, 09:20AM
For the Fist and last time, take Yak and don't look back ;)
June 20 2012, 09:30AM
"He was the fourth U.S.-born player to be selected first overall in the OHL priority draft (2010), joining Pat Peake (1990), Patrick O'Sullivan (2001) and Rob Schremp (2002)."
Wow, alarm bells ringing! To be similar to Patrick O'Sullivan and Rob Schremp in anything terrifies me. Only thing missing is, "...and is dating Marc Pouliot's sister Bridget..."
Otherwise, I wouldn't actually mind if the Oil ended up choosing him 1st overall. Can he play next year though?
June 20 2012, 09:31AM
Yak has 35+ goal scorer written all over him, that's far more valuable then a tremdous 2nd line center IMO.
June 20 2012, 09:35AM
@todie in a coma
Highly unlikely to near impossible that he's still available at 8th.
Take Galchenyuk , and work on subsequent to that Trouba . Two cornerstones in one draft staring us in the face . Then start working on weeding out underperforming or over priced veterans .
Good player, but we need size with skill. Galchenyuk is very intriguing, as is Griegrenko. If we can land another pick"............just maybe.
June 20 2012, 09:40AM
@ Rama Lama
Height 6.01 -- Weight 185 -- Shoots L
from Hockey DB.
so about the same size as Hall when he entered the NHL.
The boy looks like he is 14 years old.
June 20 2012, 09:48AM
He'll be taken in the top 3. If the Oil or Blue Jackets don't take him, Montreal definitely will. I think he is very close to Yak in long term potential. I would be happy with either of them. If the Oil take Yak, they will still have to upgrade the #2 centre position if they are going to become a top-tier team.
It'll be a lot cheaper to draft a NBR.1-2 center with size and grit than trying to trade for one , or UFA . Not sold on Grigorenko by the way , i think he'll slip beyond the 10 spot . Getting both Yak and Greg would be nice , but would prefer we go for someone like Trouba to anchor defence as second choice . We are pretty good at wing already , do we really need more at this stage is the question ?
June 20 2012, 10:17AM
@ Cody anderson
My thought's exactly! How do you defend two lines like that?
The asking price for that pick maybe steep,
I'm thinking Gagner or Hemsky - Paarjvi- Bunz -second round pick steep.
I think as a UFA not just defensemen the team becomes attractive to play for.
June 20 2012, 10:28AM
The Oilers have sought the services of the Mammoet corporation, oddly enough, this coming Friday. Something big is going down. They're just the company to move really big things like heavan and earth.
These articles are pure torture for the fans of a perennial last place club like our Oilers. We need them all, and we would like them now please. Please stop pimping these kids Robin.
June 20 2012, 10:28AM
@ Arch
Are you honestly saying Gagner blocks shots and hits?
You might want to look at the amount Gagner hits.
If you mean how many times Gagner gets hit is 100+ times a year I'll buy that.
June 20 2012, 10:29AM
Archaeologuy: I would not rush Gagner out, and agree that we could win with him. The D is a far more pressing concern although our top 4 are all solid 2nd pairing guys. I would be fine with getting another 2 2nd pairing dmen so we have 6 D and do a D by committee.
I like Galchenyuk and would go for him for a couple of reasons. one of which is not giving up on Gagner.
Galchenyuk is a bigger centre with great hands and vision. His work ethic is phenomenal which means he will likely improve quickly. the other reason I want him is he is good friends and already has great chemistry with Yak.
Adding 2 skilled physical players with great work ethic makes us a better team. Neither him or yak are huge, but both use their bodies to create space.
June 20 2012, 10:31AM
No, not at all. I'm saying the Upgrade at 2C people are clamoring for includes an upgrade at hitting, shot blocking, and overall physical play. I doubt that Galchenyuk brings that, at least it isnt in the scouting reports I've seen. So if he isnt upgrading that part and Gagner's offense isnt the problem, then why are we so needy to jettison Gagner?
On the list of Oiler problems, the 2C spot is actually pretty low for now. The fact that there seems to be no other options is troubling, but that doesnt change if Gagner is out and a new Gagner is in.
Yakapov over Galennyuk first off. Second not sure what the mood is like in Montreal this year, but making a trade to MTL for their third pick . I would send Hemsky & Pkg of draft or prospects for their third pick. [ Dealing with CLB/Howsen seems impossible], Oilers pick Yak in the 1 st., Clb, would take Murray, and Edm takes Gallenyuk with thrid.If Clb, takes Gal., the Oilers can pick Murray in third. Maybe for not if Clb, and Mtl are intent on keeping their picks at any cost.
June 20 2012, 10:47AM
@ Arch
Agreed with the upgrade at 2C not being a huge concern at this time. I'll concede that point and the upgrade on defense being a huge point.
However, there are certain points that Gagner does not bring.
Your best players need to play, Galchenyuk PK's.
Long term fit is better, cost significantly less with a better projected upside.
His I.Q offensively and defensively is great and does have size, although I agree with you he won't go out and smash guys, but he won't get separated as easily as Gagner does.
He's faster and his development curve will not take as long.
I do think @Cody Anderson was on to something when he said that with these players the likely hood of landing a top tier defensemen is easier because they want to play with this offensive team.
Hartsburg has been hired by Columbus as associate coach. Is that a tell that perhaps Sutter isn't getting the oilers Head coach gig?
June 20 2012, 10:49AM
The Soup Fascist:
I agree that 2nd line centre is not a pressing issue and we have holes elsewhere. I would be totally fine with Gagner and believe we can win with him. He is a competent young centre and is improving.
I hate that the rumors are always there and everyone is always talking about moving him because he surely heres or reads some of it. It is probably very hard to be happy on a team that's fans are trying to run you out of town.
I, looking at the team as a GM, think that anytime you are given an opportunity to improve your team you look at it. Offesnively who knows if Gal will ever be as good as Gagner let alone better. He is bigger and does have chemistry with Yak which makes it very hard not to look at him. He is also strong defensively, and was used heavily on the PK. He sounds like a very well rounded centre with lots of potential. The main downside I see is, after missing last year, is he NHL ready? If not, this would really hurt us for this coming season.
The only way you can trade Gagner is if there is a better, cheaper option at centre. If we trade him for a D, or worse yet a draft choice where we select a D we create a massive hole that the team cannot win with.
Arch -i like Gagner as well , but his play other than offensively is challenged and just adds to our soft touch . He still has not overtaken Horcoff after all these years . Someone at center has to make room for more size and grit with an emerging Hopkins . Can we replace the overpaid Horcoff as well if we don't start upgrading the size at center this draft ? Gagner might be our best asset toward upsizing . To bad Gagner did not develop an effective defensive game , and is still to easy to bump off puck at both ends of ice . The team is not exactly going anywhere if our forwards all remain on the small side . He'll do fine on a team that has size he can play with , at least offensively .
This season should be a transition season into upsizing , something we have still yet to be successful with on our on ice roster !
June 20 2012, 10:51AM
@ The Soup Fascist
Theo Peckham! According to Archies train of thought he may be the guy. There's no denying Theo would be an upgrade over Gags in the hitting department, shot blocking and overall defensive play. If Galchenyuks offensive qualities are made redundant by Hopkins then why not Peckham at 2LC?
Cancel Mammoet (to move heavan and earth on friday) the answers been right under our nose all along. Problem solved.
June 20 2012, 10:56AM
@ Cody anderson
If you want a shot at the # 2 pick you have to give CBJ building blocks.
You won't get them with just Gagner or Hemsky, I'm just trying to think what CBJ would want to give that pick up.
I tend to think Paajarvi would be involved.
I also would sell Hemsky first, so I could move Gagner to the wing or for a Defenseman later on.
June 20 2012, 10:57AM
@Cody anderson
@ Cody Anderson
And if anyone can see a way Gagner gets you Gal it is a discussion worth having - even though I would be scared poopless with a 19 and 18 year old as your top 2 centers, no matter their talent level. But Gal goes top 3 and Gagner does not come close to getting Columbus or Mtls pick. So it becomes a navel gazing exercise IMO.
June 20 2012, 11:00AM
Dark Parade: I hope you are joking! Peckam is an AHL/NHL bubble player in the role he knows. I would be surpised if he could sucessfuly transition into the centre role, but even if he could it would be as a 4th line defensive centre.
June 20 2012, 11:01AM
Brandon Sutter and the 8th in exchange for Gagner and Hemsky.
Yes Cody, i was foolin around
Oilerd must draft Yakupov, he's proven the most.. Gagner-Yakupov or RNH-Yakupov would be unbelievable on the first or second line..Big gritty winger on the other side.
June 20 2012, 11:03AM
I don't do a trade until right before they go to the podium so you know who is available unless ofcourse it was CBJ.
If we draft Yak all Hemmer is to us is salary or trade bait. He is my first option in any trade. If it is for Gal I would include Gagner and a sapre piece if need be. If it is a team that values both Hemmer and Gagner they could be enough.
June 20 2012, 11:13AM
@ The Soup Fascist
Theo Peckham! According to Archies train of thought he may be the guy. There's no denying Theo would be an upgrade over Gags in the hitting department, shot blocking and overall defensive play. If Galchenyuks offensive qualities are made redundant by Hopkins then why not Peckham at 2LC?
Cancel Mammoet (to move heavan and earth on friday) the answers been right under our nose all along. Problem solved.
Steve Tambellini, is that you?
Thanks Dark Parade. Gotta admit that was funny.
Question asked and answered.
I know we all hope this draft will make the oilers better now but this is about 3 years down the road.
Gagner is a RFA in need of a contract and is 2 years away from UFA status. His contract might be $20million over 4 years. In 3 years who will be the 2nd line center if gagner leaves in two years?
If galchenyuk is ready in 3 years to replace would anyone complain about drafting a complement player to RNH at center??
June 20 2012, 11:29AM
Would the Islanders be open to dealing the 4th overall pick in a package involving Gagner ? If the Oil could somehow pry Ryan Strome out of them as well they could walk up to the podium select a D and have our future 2nd line C. One of Murray, Reinhart, Riley, Dumba etc will be there at 4. Let Stu Decide who he likes best.
Islanders need D, but hey it's the Islanders anything can happen. Hopefully the ghost of Mike Milbury can help us.
June 20 2012, 11:44AM
hi nation a newbie here so dont bite my darn head off,but trading gagner for anything less than a nhl c is just taking a step back,a center in this draft will not be playing in nhl come oct or whenever season starts if there is a lockout gal played what a combined 6 games this season he lost a whole year he shouldn't be making the league this upcoming season if you dont want to ruin him but dont get me wrong im not saying i dont like his game i do ,and if steve by miracle,fluke,or dumb luck can get another pick in top 5 with out trading sam i say go for it and draft gal,sam might have more value in a season or too after gal has time to be nhl ready and sam plays with yak,and hall.p.s dont draft a defenseman if with #1
Some thoughts on management's likely approach at the draft on Friday:
The Oil will take Yak at #1--he's the BPA and although we have a lot of wingers, there's not another player in the draft that I would trade "straight up" for him, telling me that he's the player Tambi should go with.
Edmonton needs to be aggressive at looking at another top 8 pick because the UFA market is pretty thin this year. If we want immediate help through the draft, the Oil will likely target a centre for the second line with a second first round pick. If they are still in development mode, they may take a defenceman as a project pick if they feel Gagner is the answer to their second line. I say this because I can't see the Oilers turning to an 18 year old rookie defenceman for help for 2012-13; they'll go the trade market for help there.
Columbus is open to moving down (which we can't help with unless we involve a third team in a deal); Toronto wants to make a splash and will be open to moving its' #5 to either go up or down depending on what it gets back in return; NYI at #4 is always up for "pick swapping" if history is any indication; Montreal is unlikely to move its' #3 in a year where they have a new GM and coach; but Anaheim (#6) and Carolina (#8) may be open to dealing their picks.
Frankly, if I'm the Oil, I would be targeting Columbus and Toronto for a veteran defenceman in a player-for-player swap (possibly dangling a combination of anyone NOT named Hall, Eberle, RNH or Yakupov), and try to pry out their pick in a separate transaction. If I'm unsuccessful there, I would be talking to NYI, Anaheim and Carolina depending on whether my player of interest is still on the board at their picks.
At this point, I'm expecting the Oil to make a trade for at least one veteran/promising defenceman by the time they announce their first pick and I'm expecting some long breaks between the first 10 picks as the phones ring off the hook on each of the GM's tables.
I've heard that this isn't regarded as a deep draft, however, after Yakupov, there is a cluster of about 12 notable prospects that a team could build around. There is also a cluster of about 4-6 teams that could conceivably move their top 10 pick, depending on what happens. Go get one of them, Tambi!
Hey - I like that idea ! big fan of Trouba and if the big Center is close with Yak then take the big center. This fills a couple holes.


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Fox Point - With less than six months to go before the head of schools departs, district officials are about to embark on a rigorous candidate search with consultation from an outside firm.
District Administrator Rachel Boechler submitted her resignation in January, and it was approved by the board. When Boechler leaves the district Aug. 1, she will have put in three years of service.
On Monday School Board member Debbie Friberg discussed a timeline for the search process. Friberg is chairing a committee devoted to the logistics of seeking out the next district administrator.
One step - hiring an outside firm with the search process at a cost of $22,000 - has already been taken. Consultants Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates specialize in assisting elected boards with candidate searches.
Questioning cost
Concerns about the price tag were raised during a public comment portion at the district's regular School Board meeting Monday. But board members readily defended the decision, stating it was necessary to seek out the best candidate in shepherding Fox Point-Bayside into the future.
"We don't have the expertise to do this," School Board President Mike Weiss said. "We are a free, part-time board, and there's a lot of work that is going to have to happen."
Friberg said she and other board and committee members were pleased with the firm's history.
"They do a more thorough vetting of the candidates," she said.
Board member Tim Melchert, who also serves on the committee, agreed. He said he believed Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates would bring valuable experience to the district.
"They made a good impression," he said. "They had lots of good answers to questions."
Friberg said the goal is to have Boechler's successor named by May 15.
Seeking feedback
Leading up to the targeted announcement date, committee members will embark on a number of initiatives with leadership provided by the consulting firm.
Starting late last week, district residents were invited to take a brief survey available on the district's official website, foxbay.k12.wi.us. The brief document is aimed at gathering feedback on the desired characteristics of the next district administrator. The deadline for completing the survey is March 7.
Feedback also will be sought through a different venue - an open forum scheduled to take place March 4 at Stormonth Elementary School.
Other aspects of the committee's tentative timeline include board candidate interviews April 26-27. Semifinalists are to be interviewed May 2-4; the board is slated to meet May 8 to identify a preferred candidate.
Plans call for the new district administrator to assume the position July 15, allowing for a few weeks of overlap before Boechler leaves Fox Point-Bayside.
Boechler plans to take a position with the Center for Courage and Renewal, a Seattle-based nonprofit that works with leaders in the fields of education, health care and clergy. Boechler currently serves as chair of CCR's board.
WHAT: open forum for districts to speak about desired characteristics in next district administrator
WHEN:7 p.m. March 4
WHERE:Stormonth Elementary School cafeteria, 7301 N. Longacre Road, Fox Point
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