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Editor's note: This story was originally published in January 2005.
When the NHL lockout finally ends, Red Fisher will begin his 50th season on the Canadiens beat. In this feature series, which concludes today, Red picks his Top 10 Habs from the last half-century.
MONTREAL - When the NHL lockout finally ends, Red Fisher will begin his 50th season on the Canadiens beat. In this continuing feature series, Red picks his Top 10 Canadiens from the last half-century.
In any determination of who ranks as the best of the NHL right-wingers, don't look beyond Rocket Richard and Gordie Howe - for all of the right reasons. Where, though, does Guy Lafleur rate insofar as the Canadiens are concerned?
I saw Richard only during his last five seasons. I saw only flashes of greatness of the man who had been the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 games. So answer this: during the last half-century, was there a more exciting right-winger than Lafleur, golden mane flying, skipping and dancing beyond one man and then another? Does it get better than Lafleur, in one motion, releasing that wonderfully accurate shot which had stirred the souls of so many fans for so many seasons?
At his best - in 961 regular-season and 124 playoff games with the Canadiens - Lafleur was not merely hockey's finest and most exciting player. He was its artist and its sculptor.
His speed and shot had produced 518 regular-season goals, only 26 fewer than Richard had produced in 978 games. He could transform ordinary games into things of beauty.
He won the scoring title three times - a distinction Richard never reached. He was the NHL's most valuable player twice. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy once, and was on the NHL's first all-star team six times. He scored 50 goals or more in six consecutive seasons. He was the best of his time.
Lafleur was one of those rare talents who was a man even while he was a boy. His speed, his quickness, his shot and matinee idol good looks had a deeply rooted French flavour to them. He was outgoing from the start, and remains that way today. Ask him a question, and there's always an answer - almost always laced with controversy.
Most of his talking, however, was on the ice. Night after night, game after game, he would electrify his audience. Some people called it a magic quality, but that scratched only the surface. He was hockey's royalty, its sweet prince. At 14, he was a full-blown celebrity with the junior Quebec Remparts. Teams schemed and would happily rob to get him, as GM Sam Pollock surely did when the Canadiens traded Ernie Hicke and their first-round choice for Francois Lacombe, cash and the California Seals' first-round pick in the 1971 draft.
Lafleur was born to wear the CH. It was written in the stars. Destiny. What could be better: a poor boy from a pulp and paper town continuing the line of pre-eminent French-Canadian superstars who had worn the jersey.
When he gathered his legs beneath him deep in his zone for the start of one of his rink-length rushes, he conjured up visions of the best and most exciting players in NHL history. Nobody handled the puck as well. When he danced with a spray of ice into the opposition's zone and released his marvellous shot, he was a composite of all the great shooters who had ever worn the Canadiens sweater.
He was all of them - but most of all, he was uniquely Lafleur. The Flower. Delicate, yet indestructible. Lafleur pulled people out of their seats more often than any player of his time.
He was speed. He was unflinching dedication to winning. He was the game-breaker who scored the winning goal in regulation time and overtime. Lafleur wasn't merely the most exciting Canadiens player of his time. He was right for the time, for the team and for the game, and like most of us, he also could be wrong.
On the ice, his decisions were things of beauty. Off it, now and then, he had a talent for talking when he should have been listening. Nobody was surprised when he was the first of the old-time elite players to condemn both sides in this season's lockout.
However, it's Lafleur, the player, who endures. It's the player who showed us new and greater moves after we thought we'd seen them all. It's Lafleur, the player, who left us giddy with excitement over his on-ice accomplishments.
He was - and is - one of a kind.
In this business, restraint is your right arm. You don't write a story without a confirmation from at least two sources, but once in a long time, for one reason or another, you go for it.
I went for it, starting the day after Lafleur's world started to fall apart on Nov. 24, 1984, after scoring only twice in the season's first 19 games. His relations with former teammate and now head coach Jacques Lemaire were strained. And so it was that after a game at home on a Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings, Lafleur wasn't among the Canadiens who travelled to Boston for a game the following night.
Chris Nilan had a question after the game against the Red Wings: "Did you hear about The Flower?"
"What about him?"
"He's not making the trip to Boston."
"Why not?"
"Groin injury. I'm driving him home before going to the airport."
Groin injury? He was on the ice two minutes before the end of the game and skating faster coming off the ice after a long shift than most of the Canadiens starting one. Groin injury?
The next afternoon, Lemaire was tracked down in the team's Boston hotel.
"One question," he was told. "Is Lafleur hurt?"
"Check it out," Lemaire said with a broad smile. "You could have a hell of a story."
Nobody answered the telephone at Lafleur's home. The reason, I later learned, was that on Sunday morning the Lafleurs had left for his home town of Thurso to discuss his future with his parents. I learned later he didn't return home until 10 p.m. - his mind made up. Lemaire didn't say it, but everything about the way he suggested that Lafleur's absence be "checked out" raised all kinds of red flags.
A groin injury wouldn't stop a Lafleur from travelling with the team to Boston, even if he knew he couldn't play. He liked being with the boys. He liked Boston.
In other words, Lemaire's suggestion that "you could have a hell of a story" was as good as admitting the groin injury story was as phony as a three-dollar bill. Lafleur was unavailable. Lemaire would say nothing more on instructions from top management. So ... go for it.
The next day, The Gazette carried my column saying that Lafleur had played his last game with the Canadiens - which promptly raised a firestorm of doubt and derision from other media outlets. The message: what does he know? How does he know? The finger-pointing continued until early afternoon, when the Canadiens announced a major news conference would be held at 4 o'clock.
At 4:05, Lafleur entered the room with GM Serge Savard and president Ronald Corey. He walked over to me and said quietly: "My wife cried when she read your column this morning. I think I cried a little, too."
At 4:06, Savard started: "This is a sad day for all of us, because I must announce the retirement of Guy Lafleur. His contribution to the Canadiens has been unbelievable," a shaken Savard said.
You should know that Savard also was somewhat a tad incensed that the Lafleur retirement appeared in The Gazette before the team announced it. He suspected that someone within the organization had spilled the beans. He thought that a team trainer or a player was the snitch. He put coach Lemaire on the case.
"Serge wants to know where you got the Lafleur story," Lemaire told me a few days later.
"Really? You mean you don't know?" he was asked.
"No," he said.
"Check it out," I said. "You could have a hell of a story."
Lafleur's Claim to Fame
Stanley Cup five-time winner
Art Ross Trophy 1976, 1977, 1978
Lester B. Pearson Award 1976, 1977, 1978
Hart Trophy 1977, 1978
Conn Smythe Trophy 1977
Inducted into Hall of Fame 1988
Red Fisher's Top 10 Canadiens
Red's Top 10 Canadiens combined to win 71 Stanley Cups. Here's a look at the players profiled in this feature series:
No. 10: Serge Savard won eight Stanley Cups and was a member of the Big Three on defence with Guy Lapointe and Larry Robinson.
No. 9: Dickie Moore, a six-time Stanley Cup champion, won back-to-back scoring titles during the 1950s.
No. 8: Bob Gainey won five Stanley Cups and was one of the best defensive forwards in NHL history.
No. 7: Bernard (Boom Boom) Geoffrion, a member of six Stanley Cup teams, was the second NHL player to score 50 goals in a season.
No. 6: Defenceman Larry Robinson could do it all - skate, score and fight - en route to six Stanley Cups.
No. 5: Henri Richard won 11 Stanley Cups, an NHL record.
No. 4: Doug Harvey was the best defenceman of his time and played a key role on six Stanley Cup teams.
No. 3: Guy Lafleur, who won three NHL scoring titles, could electrify an audience like no other player with his speed and shot and was on five Stanley Cup teams.
No. 2: The legendary Maurice (Rocket) Richard was more than just a hockey player to Canadiens fans while winning eight Stanley Cups.
No. 1: Jean Beliveau spent 18 seasons with the Canadiens, winning 10 Stanley Cups while displaying unmatched class on and off the ice.


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Wolfgang Bock is the global leader of Boston Consulting Group's Telecommunications sector; a member of the firm's Global Advantage practice; and a core member of its People & Organization practice.
Since joining BCG in 2005, Wolfgang has advised telecommunication operators and other TMT players on large-scale change programs, with a focus on growth strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and organizational design.
Wolfgang has authored many articles on the future of converged communications and co-authored a number of public-policy reports. Widely recognized as a subject matter expert, he is frequently quoted in internationally read business publications.
Before joining BCG, Wolfgang was a managing director and senior partner at Mercer Management Consulting where he was the Telecoms and Media practice leader in Central Europe. Before that he worked for Alcatel Telecom in Stuttgart and Brussels, where he held senior management positions and managed large restructuring and business redesign projects.


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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police has fired an officer on Friday who was arrested on allegations of beating his girlfriend last year.
Danny Sidders, 43, was jailed Nov. 6, marking the second time that he was arrested on charges of attacking the same woman. The charges were dropped but he was rearrested and facing additional charges for evidence tampering and a weapon's charge.
Sidders was fired after an internal affairs investigation found he violated obedience to laws and standards of conduct.
He spent several weeks in jail and was released on bond on home confinement.


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Since 1992, Jim Balsillie has been co-CEO at Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the world renowned BlackBerry wireless solution.
In 2002, Mr. Balsillie founded The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a world-class global research institute focused on the restructuring of international governance. In 2007, Mr. Balsillie announced the creation of the new Canadian International Council (CIC) of which he is the Chair. In 2008, he founded the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
Mr. Balsillie is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He is a chartered accountant and a fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants. He also holds numerous honorary doctorate degrees.
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Friday's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles proved, once and for all, that the Riley storyline was worth hanging in there for. Not to mention, that a character-driven drama can also raise tough philosophical questions. Spoilers!
So it turns out Terminator's future war against Skynet is as much a metal-versus-metal battle as a flesh-versus-metal one. And maybe that's because of the changes our heroes have made to the timeline?
In Friday's episode, John Connor figures out the truth about Jesse — but Jesse also finds out the truth about John Connor. Neither one of them likes what he/she sees, and it's almost like they're both looking into a dark mirror.
John reveals that he knew for a while that Riley was from the future, but he didn't do anything to save her, probably because he wanted to have it all: be John Connor and get to enjoy a regular relationship. And then he tells Jesse that even if her plan had worked and Cameron had killed Riley, he still wouldn't have gotten rid of his pet Terminator. She's just too useful, and John is already becoming more ruthless in the desperate fight to stop Skynet.
And then Derek tells John what he probably already knows: everybody, in that future battle, looks up to John Connor and gives their lives for John Connor. But they don't agree with everything he does, and they don't all love him or even like him. That's part of what being the leader is about, and you have to turn off parts of yourself to do it. Yes, like a machine.
Meanwhile, we see the tail end of all of the flashbacks/forwards to Jesse's submarine mission, where she realized the machines are keeping too many secrets from the humans. And she stopped trusting those machines so much. Those submarine scenes were brutal and psychotic. And it seems like that liquid metal Terminator had a mission of its own — to deliver a message to John Connor that "they" won't join him. Is this a rogue splinter group from Skynet? Could the liquid metal Terminator actually be Catherine Weaver?
And speaking of Weaver, she's already making plans to wipe out former FBI Agent Ellison, as John Henry/Beastwizard discovers. It seems like a weird way to go about things — bring in a guy to teach John Henry the value of human life, and then kill that guy callously. But maybe John Henry wasn't supposed to find out?
So at this point it's pretty obvious that all of this time travel and heroic future-hacking has led to some unpredictable outcomes. John Connor traces his dependence on machines all the way back to Terminator 2, when he bonded with the hacked T-800 and wondered afterwards why his future self didn't send another human instead of a machine. (Answer: machines are expendable.)
And all of their attempts, since then, to avert Skynet have possibly made matters worse. The more we see of Jesse's version of the future, the nastier it looks. And Derek Reese realizes it's a future that he helped to shape, by killing "Billy Wisher" aka Andy Goode, among other things. (If Derek hadn't killed Andy Goode, would John Henry still have fallen into the hands of Catherine Weaver? I can't remember how that went down.)
And yet, in a way, it seems like a pretty logical outcome that the war against Skynet would eventually become a war between machines. The machines are just so much better at wholesale destruction. You're left wondering if John Connor is even still in control, or if he's only a figurehead now. (Of course, maybe having Cameron around throughout his teenage and young-adult years will make him less keen to depend on her kind later.)
Anyway, this episode was chock full of great character bits, especially the look on Sarah's face when John said, "I'm sorry I doubted you," and she realized he was talking to the Terminator, not to her. Sarah's attempt at playing a mind game with Cameron was also terrific, and so was the conversation between Sarah and John about the little hippie town where there were kids named Sequoia and Sage and whatnot. "I was getting in fights every day." "You won those fights." "That's one way of looking at it." It's nice to feel like they really do have a history together.
And yes, John Connor was pretty badass in the episode. He definitely made some strides towards convincing me that he's going to turn into the all-important future leader of humanity and savior of the human race. I still don't entirely buy Thomas Dekker's performance — he still seems petulant when he's shooting for resolute — but it's getting way better and there's a definite progression happening now. He had a lot of heavy lifting to do this time around, and he carried it off pretty well. (Including crying on his mom's lap at the end.) The episode's MVP, of course, was Brian Austin Green. As always. If he'd had any more screen time, he'd have stolen the whole episode.
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Nintendo Discontinues Several Online Wii Services
The Wii U is out so that means Nintendo is starting to phase out the original Wii. Starting in late June, several of the Wii's online services will be discontinued, so say goodbye to the Wii's News channel and Everybody Votes. We also hope you're not getting your weather reports off your console.
Nintendo released the following statement:
We at Nintendo sincerely thank you for your continued patronage of our company's products. We would like to inform you that a portion of the network services offered through the Wii console will be discontinued starting June 28, 2013. We apologize to those of you currently using these services, and ask for your understanding.
Here's what will be going down on June 28:
- Forecast Channel
- News Channel
- Everybody Votes Channel
- Nintendo Channel
- Check Mii Out Channel
- Data exchange between Wii friends on WiiConnect24
This all means that Wii message exchanges via Wii Message Board, Mii exchanges via Mii Channel, and exchanges of messages or data in some game titles will no longer be possible.
How often did you use some of these services? Have you fully transitioned over the the Wii U?


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Dear Friends, it has been a while… forgive my inconsistency! While the desire to write about artistic events and work that interest me is as usual boundless – time seems to be the only limitation. However – for those of you who enjoy these writings, that come from the heart of my love for Art , I am restarting my writing with this post– about a Bulgarian artist, whose work has crossed boundaries. I have always wanted to devote special posts to my Facebook 'discoveries'. Some of these Artists are unbelievable. Susanne Kessler ( a sophisticated installation Artist from Germany ), Philip Geist, Ross Ashton ( brilliant Multimedia artists from Germany and Great Britain ) , Cliff Garten ( a California Public Artist with incredible visions) to name a few. These artists have something in common – they are absolutely brilliant! And inspirational!
As I promised in the beginning – I only show you artists who have in some way astounded me and inspired me. That is a promise I will keep! So before I resort to presenting each an every one of them in time, allow me to present you a very talented and masterful BOGDAN ALEXANDROV, whose latest work, that was exhibited in Yuzina Gallery(2013) – I also encountered on Facebook. The genuineness of his vision is undisputed. His latest exhibition in Sofia has created quite a sensation. It id here – on the West coast by means of digital media. The large canvases by Bogdan Alexandrov convey a certain mood, that seems to captivate the viewer and leave a lasting impression. And makes us think. Makes us relate to the people in the images. " What are they thinking? What are they talking about…? "After these questions fade away , we discover that it does not really matter. What matters is – that these paintings have captured a moment in time – that will never happen again. The eternal 'now" as the Zen philosophy points it. The only moment that actually exists.
Regarding his method, in Mr.Alexandrov's own words: " Nowadays , people document life with greater ease than ever." Says the Artist. " Equipped with new technology, reporters, filmmakers and artists are "capturing" images constantly. The digital medium transmits images in a format, where the image is reduced to a time code and is modified by the imperfections of he optical systems being used." These imperfections have been superimposed and intelligently used as the foundation of his method, that is difficult to define – by creating the illusion of the movement, without the still frames…
The Artist: "In my works I depict the characters by synthesizing multimedia images in a series of transitional transparencies. Their hands, faces, gestures and movements are in a state in which the conventional two-dimensions representational painting is replaced by the dynamic of the movement."
The Artist Bogdan Alexandrov lives and works in Bulgaria, his website and his blog are: http://bogdanaleksandrov.blogspot.com/
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For Your Viewing Experience – Below is Bogdan Alexandrovs List of Exhibits
Bogdan Aleksandrov, Born in 1960, Vidin, Bulgaria.
1989 – "St. Cyril and Methodius" University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria,
M.A. in Fine Art Painting.Lives and works in Vidin, Bulgaria.
Solo Exhibitions:
2012 "Purgatorium", Rayko Aleksiev gallery, Sofia, BG. Curator Desislava Moneva.
2012 "Creation from nothing", St. st. Cyril and Methodius University Veliko Turnovo, BG. Curator Georghi Minchev.
2012 "Local cooling", Gallery L'Union, Plovdiv, (BG), painting.
2010 "Panta rei", painting, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2010 "Noise", Sofia City Gallery, Sofia,(BG), painting, sound installation.
2008 "Entrebaillement" Cite International Des Arts, Paris, France, Video projection and performance
2008 "mixed", Art Alley Gallery, Sofia, (BG), digital print, painting, video,drawings.
2007 "Initial E", Gallery L'Union, Plovdiv, (BG), Video installation, work on handmade Japanese paper.
2007 "Replacement" , Nikola Petrov Gallery, Vidin (BG), painting and video projection, curator Gordon Carter
2006 "Residual image", Narodni muzej, Zajchar, Serbia
2005 "Residual image", Stara Capetanjia Art Gallery, Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
2003 "Anthropomorphous version", National Art Gallery, Sofia (BG)
2002 "My Glagolitsa", painting, Sofia Art Gallery, London (UK)
2001 "Shores", painting, King's Head Gallery, Presteign, Wales (UK)
1999 "Metamorphoses of the Instant", painting and plastic arts, "Art 36" Art Gallery, Sofia (BG)
1997 "DURE" Art Gallery, Timishoara, Romania
1997 "Stalbata" Art Gallery, Sofia (BG)
1994 Painting, "Spectra" Art Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo; "Ilia Beshkov" Art Gallery, Pleven (BG)
1993 "Agora" Art Gallery, Reshitza, Romania
1993 Painting & Drawing, Art Museum, Kalafat, Romania
1992 Painting, "Nikola Petrov" Art Gallery, Vidin (BG)
1990 Painting & Drawing, Higher Institute of Architecture, Sofia (BG)
1990 "Version of Progress", Kinetic installation, Higher Institute of Architecture, Sofia (BG)


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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
2010 Top Prospect List: #18 Juan Silva, of
Height 6-0, Weight 190, B/T: L/L, DOB: 1/8/1991
2009 Redlegs Baseball Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
Juan Silva is another intriguing prospect that the Reds nabbed in the 2009 draft. It's obviously too early to make any kind of real determination, but the Reds 2009 draft is shaping up nicely. They selected a nice mix of pitchers and potential impact position players, one of which was Juan Silva.
The Reds selected Silva with the 239th overall pick in the 8th round of the 2009 draft out of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, which is the same school that produced fellow Reds prospect Alexis Oliveras. The Reds have focused heavily on Puerto Rico as of late, which also netted them Neftali Soto.
Silva has a strong build and good athleticism, which gives him a nice set of tools. In addition, he seems to already be figuring out how to translate those tools into baseball specific skills, which gives him a leg up on other prospects his age.
Professional Career
Upon signing his first professional contract, the Reds sent Silva to the rookie Gulf Coast League, where, as an 18-year old, he made quick work of the competition.
For the Gulf Coast Reds, Silva posted a solid line of .280/.372/.462/.833 in 166 plate appearances. He collected 40 hits, including 17 extra base hits (9 2b, 7 3bs, 1 HR) and a 45/21 K/BB ratio. His walk rate was fairly impressive, 13% of plate appearances, especially in light of his age and relative lack of experience. He also swiped 7 bases in 11 attempts.
Overall, not bad numbers for an 18-year old getting his first taste of the professional game. He demonstrated a nice, well-rounded offensive game. He drew his fair share of walks, flashed some power, and showed some speed. In addition, digging a little deeper may reveal Silva's performance to be even a bit stronger than it was at first glance.
Taking a look at Silva's platoon splits reveals that he suffered the usual problems against southpaws, hitting only .200/.263/.286/.549 with a 12/3 K/BB ratio in 35 ABs. However, that means that his performance against righties was even stronger, as evidenced by his line of .306/.405/.519/.923 with a 33/18 K/BB ratio in 108 ABs. His line drive rate against righties was 19.1%, while against lefties it was only 8.7%. It's pretty typical for young lefties to struggle against southpaws, as there simply aren't many top notch southpaws in the amateurs ranks. The struggles against lefties aren't entirely unexpected and the performance against righties was pretty strong.
In sum, it was a pretty impressive professional debut for Silva.
Swing Mechanics
Here is a look at Juan Silva in action (unfortunately, there are a number of ads preceding this video, but you can bypass them by skipping ahead to the 45 second mark):
Silva utilizes a fairly well-balanced, controlled swing and gets good extension on his swing. He starts with a hand position at shoulder height and draws them back slightly into hitting position when the pitcher delivers the ball. His stance is slightly wider than shoulder width and he starts with his back elbow up. He has a slight uppercut to his swing and possesses good bat speed. He doesn't have any wasted motion in his swing and his swing path seems pretty quick to the ball. His swing is fluid and flowing, but doesn't seem to suffer from the excessive length that plagues the swings of many sweet swinging lefties.
One potential area of concern is Silva's stride and it's potential impact on his hip rotation. Silva's stride consists of drawing his foot back slightly and towards the plate for a toe-tap before moving it forward for a normal length stride. However, when his stride foot lands his toe is frequently pointed towards third base or even the shortstop. This open foot position results in a lower degree of hip rotation, as it requires opening up sooner than normal. Firing the hips generates power in the swing, so a reduction in hip rotation could result in a loss of power. By pointing his stride foot towards 3b/ss Silva's swing may be bleeding a bit of power. In addition, at times the combination of his open toed stride and hip rotation results in Silva being off-balance on his follow-through and falling towards the plate with his back leg. Fortunately, that is something of a minor flaw and one that would not be too difficult to correct. Simply closing up his plant foot could help him stay square to the ball longer, ensure that he doesn't spin off the ball too soon, and, as a result, improve his balance on his follow-through as well.
Overall, Silva has a smooth, fundamentally sound swing that should serve him well as he progresses up the ranks.
Defense and Positional Value
For the Gulf Coast League Reds, Silva played 35 games in centerfield, but also shifted over to rightfield for 8 games. The sample size is too small to draw any definitive conclusions on Silva's defense, but he moves well in the field and his overall athleticism will serve him well whether he plays center or slides over to a corner spot. He also possesses good arm strength, having been clocked at 88 mph on the radar gun, which will serve him well in either center or right. Obviously, he'll have more positional value if he can play center and the Reds will continue to run him out there unless he proves incapable of handling it.
Silva is most definitely one to watch. He not only has a nice set of tools, but his approach at the plate allows him to translate those tools into offensive production. If things break right for Silva, then he could have a well-rounded offensive game to go along with solid defense and good positional value. He's still young and has a long way to travel on the development curve, but his professional debut illustrates that he brings a bit more polish and significantly more on-base skills to the table than most prospects his age. His swing mechanics are fundamentally sound and illustrate the reason for his early professional success in the rookie league.
Silva's approach should allow him to get the most out of his diverse set of tools, which for now is good enough to land him at #18 on the list.
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hmm very interesting, i learned alot about him from this post. he just jumped up my top 25 list for sure. Imm very impressed, he seems to have alot of speed with all those triples. Hopefully that will allow him to stick in center and get better at stealing.ReplyDelete
- PeterNincompoopDecember 11, 2009 at 4:59 AM
It's great to see the Reds making their presence known in the Latin American talent pool. Hopefully some of these kids pan out and make an impact with the big league club.ReplyDelete
Viva la Redlegs.
Interesting point on the triples. When you pair that with the stolen bases, it's even more clear that he can run a bit.
Still, the thing that jumps out at me most about Silva is the walk rate. I mentioned Neftali Soto and Alexis Oliveras in this write-up, but Silva utilizes a different approach than those two. In fact, he may have better on-base skills than those two put together.
For me, when you add his disciplined approach at the plate to his fundamentally sound swing, then you may have something, especially when you factor in his good athleticism.
Anyway, I have high hopes for Silva. He's one of the prospects that really jumped out at me in doing the research for these write-ups.
I agree, it's a real positive to see the Reds work so hard at reestablishing a foothold in Latin America. Such an approach can really improve the depth, as well as quality of the farm system.
Puerto Rico is a slightly different animal, as it is a territory that is subject to the MLB amateur draft. So, prospects like Soto, Oliveras, and Silva have been drafted by the Reds, while other prospects from Latin America (Cueto, Juan Duran, Yorman Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas) have been signed as international free agent.
Regardless of the method of acquisition, the Reds have really renewed their emphasis on international scouting. Back in the "good old days," the Reds were really able to find quality prospects/players out of Latin America. Reestablishing that flow of talent could go a long way towards regaining the winning tradition in Cincy.
i agree, he most definitly has much better plate disipline then soto and oliveras. If he continues to improve in that category then with his speed he would make an excellent leadoff/2hole guy. Im liking him more and more everytime i think about itReplyDelete
It'll be interesting to see how he develops. I think he's got some power potential in him, so he may not be limited to a table-setting role.
Still, he's got a very long way to go, but his first step was certainly a good one.
Count me in as a big fan of Juan Silva. I was very impressed with his performance in the GCL.ReplyDelete
Good to see ya.
Silva is one of the guys who really jumped out at me when I was doing the research for the top prospect list. I like both the process and the results with Juan.
His swing is fundamentally sound and should play well as he advances up the ladder. In addition, not only did he perform well in the GCL, but it's the way in which he performed that gives me hope.
Unlike a lot of young prospects, Silva seems to have the ability to control the strike zone. I like some of things that Alexis Oliveras brings to the table, but he simply lacks an understanding of the strike zone and how to control it. Silva, on the other hand, seems to be ahead of the game in that respect, which should really help him as he advances in pro ball.
Maybe a larger sample size will reveal his disciplined approach to be a mirage, but I tend to doubt it. I think he's got a good understanding of how to hit and that should serve him well in the organization.
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November 14, 2013
Bearspaw by Maureen Flynn-Burhoe
It was a cool fall evening and the rolling foothills of the Rockies were still an enigma to me. I was still learning the names of plants like silverberry (also known as wolf willow), which were used by the Blackfoot. Its shades of grey differed from those of the ubiquitous poplar. I wanted to capture the rich tapestry of textures in the colours unique to the foothills. I wanted to capture the shapes carved in geological time as the glaciers melted, cutting furrows and creating the Bow River with its origins in the distant Rockies. I was beginning to learn the names of the peaks, the High Rock Mountains to the left and the distinctive Devil's Head to the right. I could see a scattering of people, families, some walking thier dogs, meandering along the winding trails, becoming miniaturized the farther they went. The gullies were deep as they reached the bottom their voices could be heard as if from some strange space. It was cold and I was wearing my Dicken's painting gloves and was wrapped in blanket. As usual I was chasing the light. The most dramatic light for painting is that half light when the sun is setting or rising. But as every plein air artist know, one has to work quickly to catch the rapidly changing light. I returned a second evening and then finished the details in my home studio. During that period I was listening to a very dark apocalyptic novel, Blind, and I was playing it in the background as I painted at home. It had an impact on the mood of the painting. But the sunburst provided that sense of hope on the distant horizon. Very Sturm und Drang.
Silverberry, Wolf Willow, Misisaimi'soyiis (Blackfoot), Binomial name: Elaeagnus commutata
For more about Blackfoot see Glenbow Museum. (2005). Nitsitapiisinni Exhibit. Calgary, Alberta: Blackfoot Gallery Committee
Photo of Silverberry on Flickr
© 2013 Art by Maureen Flynn-Burhoe. Last updated October 2013. email@example.com
Filed in acrylics, meta4site, Naming the Peaks Project, plein air, Visual Arts
Tags: acrylics, Bearspaw, Blackfoot, meta4site, plein air, Rocky Mountains, Silverberry, Wolf Willow
Digitage of Nakoda-Stoney-Sibbald Flat
June 21, 2008
"The Stoney-Nakoda bands, commonly composed of extended families, lived along Alberta's Rocky Mountain foothills from the headwaters of the Athabasca River south to Chief Mountain in Montana. These forest and foothill people hunted bison and other big game animals. With the establishment of Edmonton House (1795) and Rocky Mountain House (1799), they traded furs, hides and fresh meat, and were invaluable guides to traders, explorers (Lord Southesk, John Palliser, James Hector), surveyors (Canadian Pacific Railway; Geological Survey of Canada) and missionaries. They were introduced to Christianity by Methodist missionaries after 1840. The Methodist Mission at Morleyville on the Bow River was established by Reverends George and John McDougall in 1873. The Stoney, led by Chiefs Jacob Bearspaw, John Chiniki (also Chiniquay) and Jacob Goodstoney, accepted Treaty No 7 at Blackfoot Crossing in September 1877. The original reserve of 109 square miles was surveyed adjacent to the Morleyville mission in 1879. The Bearspaw and Wesley nations later claimed additional reserve land to the south and north. After years of petitions and negotiations, both the Bighorn (Kiska Waptan) reserve (west of Nordegg) and the Eden Valley reserve (west of Longview) were established in 1948. Descendants of the Wood Stoney people also live on the Alexis and Paul reserves west of Edmonton, which were set aside under the provisions of Treaty No 6 (1876). The traditional way of life based on hunting, fishing and trapping along the Rocky Mountain foothills has been largely replaced by agricultural activity and mixed farming. The economic base of the Stoney-Nakoda includes trapping, big-game hunting, guiding, ranching, lumbering, handicrafts, labouring and various professions. The Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley nations at Morley enjoy a high standard of living based on natural gas royalties and operate several commercial enterprises (such as stores, restaurants, service stations, a rodeo centre, a campground and the Nakoda Lodge). Their social life centres on family and cultural activities – the PowWows, Treaty Days, Rodeos, stampedes and camp meetings. Members of the 3 Nakoda nations live at Morley, Bighorn, Eden Valley. Their population numbered over 3400 in 1996 (Researcher Ian A. L. Getty, Morley, Alberta)."
"Stoney (Bearspaw, Chiniki, Wesley) Nation: The main Stoney reserve is located along the Trans Canada Highway #1, midway between Calgary and Banff. Morley townsite is situated beside the Bow River. The Stoney Nation is composed of three bands: Chief Jacob Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley/Goodstoney. The current chiefs of the three Stoney Nations are: Chief Darcy Dixon, Bearspaw Nation, Chief Bruce Labelle, Chiniki Nation and Chief Clifford Poucette, Wesley Nation. Each of these bands signed Treaty Seven in 1877 with the British Crown. The lands which make up the Stoney homeland are found in three separate locations. The Eden Valley reserve lies to the south of Morley; the Big Horn reserve to the north; the reserve at Morley, to the west of Calgary is the site of the Chief Goodstoney Rodeo Centre, where the Nakoda Pow-Wows are held annually. The Goodstoney Rodeo Centre is named after Chief Jacob Goodstoney, the leader who signed Treaty Seven on behalf of the people-Jacob's Land. As descendants of the great Sioux nations, the Stoney tribal members of today prefer to conduct their conversation and tribal business in the Siouan mother tongue. The pow-wow celebration is an important aspect of our spiritual relationship with our homelands-our mother Earth. Our people agreed to share our lands with the new Canadians and to live in peace according to the queen's promises made in Treaty Seven. Like many other Indian nations in Alberta and across Canada, the three Stoney bands have aboriginal treaty rights going back more than one hundred years." http://www.treaty7.org/Article.asp?ArticleID=37
Sioux nations > Stoney Nation > Chief Jacob Bearspaw band
Sioux nations > Stoney Nation > Chiniki band
Sioux nations > Stoney Nation > Wesley/Goodstoney band
Stoney-Nakoda or îyârhe Nakodabi, "Rocky Mountain Sioux," are culturally and linguistically allied to the Plains Assiniboine, but in Saskatchewan and Montana are characterized by differences in language and culture. They speak the northern dialect of the Dakota language." Stoney: [1,000 to 1,500 (1987 SIL). Ethnic population: 3,200 (1987 SIL). Southern Alberta, west and northwest of Calgary, and central Alberta, west of Edmonton. Southern Stoney occupy 3 reserves represented on the Stoney Tribal Council at Morley, Alberta: Eden Valley, west of Longview, Alberta, the southernmost reserve and principally Bearspaw Band members (about 400 speakers); Morley, west of Calgary, the main administrative center of Stoney Country, with about 2,700 people of all three southern bands: the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley Bands; Big Horn Reserve west of Rocky Mountain House, the most northerly of the 3, with about 100 people, mostly Wesley Band. Alternate names: Stony, Nakoda. Dialects: Southern Stoney, Northern Stoney. Dialects nearly 100% intelligible with each other. The northern dialect is spoken at Duffield (Paul Band) and Lac St. Anne (Alexis Band). Lexical similarity 89% with Assiniboine, 86% with Dakota of Manitoba, 85% with Dakota of North Dakota, 83% with Lakota. Classification: Siouan, Siouan Proper, Central, Mississippi Valley, Dakota.
Old Man's Whiskers (Geum triflorum),
Post-treaty Life of Treaty 7 First Nations
Excerpts from Hildebrandt, Walter; Carter, Sarah; First Rider, Dorothy. 2008. The True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7: Treaty 7 Elders and Tribal Council With Walter Hildebrandt, Dorothy First Rider, and Sarah Carter. Mcgill-Queens Native and Northern Series. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN: 0-7735-1522-4 408pp. http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=1419
"The name of John McDougall still evokes strong feelings among the Stoneys. Both Archie Daniels and Lazurus Wesley said that McDougall did not work in the best interests of the Stoneys: "McDougall voiced his own opinion, not that of the Stoneys." Lazurus Wesley went on to state that McDougall never really discussed treaty issues with the Stoneys and that his main purpose both at and after the treaty was to help the government. The Stoneys who had converted to Christianity were pressured by McDougall to help change the minds of those who did not want to sign the treaty. Bill Mclean also said that McDougall paved the way for the treaty among the Stoneys. McDougall, furthermore, was very unsympathetic to the religious practices of traditional Stoney spirituality, especially when it came to the Sun Dance (p.157)."
"Gwen Rider remembered it being said that McDougall was a "cruel person," that he always tried to talk the Stoneys into allowing roads through their lands and "always had his way." Matthew Hunter thought the Stoneys should never have placed their trust in McDougall: "McDougall told us to close our eyes and pray, but when we opened them our land was gone (p.157)."
"Another criticism of the missionaries came from former chief John Snow, who said that the missionaries "did not respect the Stoneys: "I have noticed that they think of the Indians as lower-class people. They call us savages referring to animals." "[They] downgraded our culture," Snow went on, and "criticized our religion." McDougall was out for himself, taking his own land first, rather than acting in the interest of the Stoneys; when land questions were at issue the missionaries commonly worked against the best interests of the Stoneys. When Snow tried to explain what the Stoney position at the treaty had been, he was never listened to, but neither was he met with indifference: "I told missionaries [on the reserve today] about treaty agreements, that the government didn't do what it should have done, that Indians have been overpowered – that the White man has been working to overpower the Indian all along . . . But the missionaries didn't think [this] was important." As an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, Snow has successfully conveyed his people's belief in the treaty process to a wide audience in church circles and in the constitutional meetings held across Canada in the early 1990s (p.157-8)."
Biographies p. 355
"John Chiniquay, the wife of Chief Chiniquay, who accepted the treaty for the Chiniki Nation. Chief Chiniquay had a son and two daughters, one being Bill's grandmother. Chief Chiniquay's other daughter was married to George Crawler. George had a younger brother called Hector Crawler, who was Bill's
A Selected Timeline Related to Critical Events in this Region
11,000 years ago Prehistoric hunters chipped stone spearpoints to hunt in the hot grasslands. The Plano Period (10,000 – 8,000 BP) About 10,000 years ago the climate began to change and grasslands spread across southern Alberta. Mammoths and many other Ice Age animals became extinct, A beautiful example of an Alberta point. While other animals flourished including antelope and a new, smaller species of bison. This period, known as the 'Plano' period after the Spanish word for plains, lasted up to 8,000 years ago.
For more information on the Plano period see the Canadian Museum of Civilization's site entitled "A History of the Native People of Canada – Palaeo-Indian Culture."
Stoney oral tradition asserts that their forefathers resided along the Rocky Mountain foothills from time immemorial. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Dakota (Sioux) occupied what is now western Ontario and eastern Manitoba prior to 1200 AD, and western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan prior to 900 AD.??
1640 "The first recorded story (cited in the Jesuit Relations) was that the Stoney-Assiniboine separated from the Dakota/Lakota nation sometime before 1640, and it is postulated that they migrated westward with the Cree as the fur trade moved west along the Saskatchewan River trade routes." wikipedia1670 "Hudson's Bay Company employee Henry Kelsey traveled with Assiniboine-Stoney traders." wikipedia
1700s Assiniboine hunted bison with bows. Aspen trees were already established. Prior to the arrival of Anthony Henday in central Alberta in 1754, Aboriginal people from the area were trading with Europeans either directly by visiting posts to the north and east themselves, or indirectly by trading with Cree and Assiniboine groups. These Aboriginal traders exchanged goods they had acquired from fur trade posts for furs, Beaver Indians at trading post. horses, food and other products. In turn, they then traded furs and other goods at posts for more goods that they could trade later. In this way European trade goods reached Alberta in unknown qualities for at least half a century before the first European arrived in person to trade.
1754 Trader Anthony Henday, recorded in his diary that he met Stoney-Assiniboine camps on his journey to Alberta. wiki
1790 Surveyors and explorers of the late nineteenth century typically turned to Siouan-speaking Stoney (Nakoda) guides, and as a result many landforms in Banff National Park are still known by their Stoney names.
1790 "Father de Smet reported in 1840 that the Rocky Mountain Stoney separated from the Plains Assiniboine about 1790, though he might have been referring to groups such as the Bearspaw band, who have by oral accounts had a tradition of fleeing westward to escape devastating smallpox epidemics." wiki
1795 "Edmonton House was established. Stoney-Nakoda bands, commonly composed of extended families began to they trade furs, hides and fresh meat, and were invaluable guides to traders, explorers (Lord Southesk, John Palliser, James Hector), surveyors (Canadian Pacific Railway; Geological Survey of Canada) and missionaries. (Researcher Ian A. L. Getty, Morley, Alberta)."
1799 Rocky Mountain House was established.
1837 OZÎJA THIHA (meaning "bear's foot"; Jacob Bearspaw; Mas-gwa-ah-sid, which reflects the Cree translation of his name), Stoney warrior and chief; b. c. 1837; d. 1903, probably near Morley (Alta).
1873 Reverend John Chantler McDougall and his father George Millward McDougall set up a mission in Stoney territory.
1875- Cattle ranchers had already arrived. Pine trees were already established.50 years ago Stoney Indian wove freshly-cut willows into the walls of a sweat lodge. There was already an open meadow.
1875 The Ontario family Andrew Sibbald came to Morley, AB from Ontario to teach at George and John McDougall's mission at Morley. In May 1900, Andrew Sibbald's son, Howard E. Sibbald became the farmer in charge at Morley, and from 1901 to 1904 he was the Indian agent there.
1877-09-22 The three bands, Chief Jacob Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley/Goodstoney of the Stoney Nation descendants of the Sioux nations, signed Treaty Seven with the British Crown. Ozija Thiba Bearspaw Stoney Chief Treaty 7 signer. OZÎJA THIHA (meaning "bear's foot"; Jacob Bearspaw; Mas-gwa-ah-sid, which reflects the Cree translation of his name), Stoney warrior and chief; b. c. 1837; d. 1903, probably near Morley (Alta). http://www.treaty7.org/Article.asp?ArticleID=37 http://www.treaty7.org/Article.Asp?ArticleID=38
1879 The Canadian Pacific Railway station was established at Bearspaw in 1879 and was named after Chief Masgwaahsid, (Mas-gwa-ah-sid) or Bear's Paw, who signed the treaty at Blackfoot Crossing, September 22, 1877.
1880s Indian agents did tolerate or even encourage Indians to hunt for subsistence during the winters during the 1880s and early 1890s, and even later in more remote regions, but they believed that when a sedentary agricultural way of life was feasible for any given community, that community should be dissuaded from hunting. Thus, from the perspective of some Indian officials, the restriction of aboriginal hunting rights might be a blessing in disguise.
1895 Quebec established its 2,531-square-mile Laurentides National Park in prohibiting all hunting in the park.
1898 Bearspaw, along with his fellow leaders, repeatedly lobbied the federal government to grant the Stoney tribe additional reserve land and to respect their hunting rights as promised under the treaty. The three Stoney chiefs formally established a land committee in 1898 to pursue territorial claims.
1900 Quebec deputy superintendent general reported that the aboriginals' loss of hunting rights in the 2,531-square-mile Laurentides National Park near their reserve was one of the important factors that led them to direct their efforts towards agriculture.
1900 The last known wild passenger pigeon was killed around 1900.
1902 Howard E. Sibbald was the the Indian agent on the reserve when the outer boundaries of Banff National Park were enlarged to encompass nearly all the hunting grounds of the Stoney-Nakoda First Nations. In his annual report (1902) he wrote that the Stoney "took the enlargement of the Banff National Park very hard." Reflecting on the enlargement of Banff National Park, wrote "I hope it will be for the best, for as long as there was any game so close to the reserve, it was hard for them to get down to work."
1903-02 The Canadian Magazine published its obituary for the wild passenger pigeon species.
"[L]aws for the protection of our fish and game we have in plenty, but laws that are not enforced, and which are not supported by public sympathy, are worse than useless." See Binnema and Niemi 2006.
1903 In his annual report Indian agent, Howard E. Sibbald, wrote that although hunting restrictions were "a hard blow to some of the old [Siouan-speaking Nakoda-Stoney] hunters, … the majority see the benefits to be derived from this preserve in years to come." By that time, more Stoney had taken up paid work as guides even in the national park. He added that
"I consider these Indians have behaved very well under certain restrictions put upon them in connection with their hunting in the National Park; this was a hard blow to some of the old hunters who have hunted over this ground all their lives, but the majority see the benefits to be derived from this preserve in years to come (Sibbald 1902, 1903 Binnema and Niemi 2006)"
1903 In his annual report Howard Douglas argued that,
"Moose were frequently seen, elk, and black tail deer, big horns, and goats were plentiful; now some of these have totally disappeared… [and] there can only be one opinion on the subject. The Stony Indians are primarily responsible for this condition of affairs. They are very keen hunters, and have always been, and they are the only Indians who hunt in this section of the mountains. For years, from their reserve, they have systematically driven the valleys and hills and slaughtered the game. Their lodges are full of wild skins and meat. From thirty to fifty of the lodges are continually in the mountains from September 1 till Christmas … [T]he old haunts are deserted, the sheep runs are falling into disuse, and the greatest game country the sun ever shone upon is fast becoming a thing of the past. True, within the last few years, there has been a close season in which the Indians are supposed to stop harassing the game, but no notice has been taken of the law, and in short time this vast tract of mountain land, abounding in all that is required for the sustenance of wild animals, will be deserted, unless the Indians are compelled to live on their reserves. Laws are useless unless they are enforced. There seems to be a feeling that it would not do to press the more radical feature of the law amongst Indians. I feel that we have reached the time, when we can take a step in advance, when we can apply the laws more forcibly than we have, without creating any adverse sentiment. Let the line be drawn now; if we wait longer, the game will be gone (Douglas 1903)."
1904 In his annual report Howard Douglas made an appeal for game wardens as the noted that with the expansion of the boundaries of the park, that there were increased difficulties in enforcement. What was not clearly explained in his annual report was that the new boundaries prevented the Nakoda-Stoney from hunting on almost all their hunting grounds! Douglas called for "the establishment of a rigid and thorough system of game guardians to maintain the legislation needed for the enforcement of much more severe penalties for its infraction."
1909-06 The Canadian government provided for the hiring of game wardens in national parks. Douglas believed that the Nakoda-Stoney were the most serious threat to the game of Banff National Park and he therefore chose Howard E. Sibbald as the first chief game guardian.
1910 In Glacier National Park in Montana, William R. Logan, the park's first superintendent, was the former Indian agent on the Blackfoot reservation.
1911 The Canadian government passed the Dominion Forest Reserves and Parks Act, which established the Dominion Parks Branch-the world's first national park service-and helped institutionalize the Warden Service of the national parks. This altered the boundaries of national parks so that areas that were not important tourist destinations were removed from the national parks. As a result much of the land in Banff Park was reallocated to a forest reserve. The Stoney only briefly took heart. In August 1911, the assistant secretary of the Department of the Interior sent a sternly worded letter to the secretary of the DIA announcing that it intended to enforce a new regulation that stipulated that no one was allowed to enter the forest reserves without special permission from the Department of Forestry. The documents suggest then, that the policies of barring aboriginal people from Banff National Park were rooted primarily in the goals and values of conservationists and sportsmen. But aboriginal subsistence hunting also frustrated one of the central goals of the DIA at the time: the civilization and assimilation of aboriginal people. When he was still the Indian agent at Morley, in 1903, Howard Sibbald opined that "as long as they can hunt you cannot civilize them. I have lived alongside of them for twenty six years, and with the exception of a few of the younger ones they are no more civilized now than they were when I first knew them, and I blame hunting as the cause."
1930s By the 1930s, few Nakoda-Stoney could depend on full-time subsistence hunting.
2008 Harper's Apology
Bibliography and Webliography
Anderson, Raoul. 1970. "Alberta Stoney (Assiniboine) Origins and Adaptations: A Case Study." Ethnohistory.
Binnema, Theodore (Ted) and Melanie Niemi, 'Let the Line be Drawn Now': Wilderness, Conservation, and the Exclusion of Aboriginal People from Banff National Park in Canada. Environmental History. 11.4 (2006): 33 pars. 15 Jun. 2008 <http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/eh/11.4/binnema.html>.
Barbeau, Marius. 1960. Indian Days on the Western Prairies. Ottawa.
Canadian Parliament. Sessional papers, 1901–5, annual reports of the Dept. of Indian Affairs, 1900–4.
Dempsey, H. A. 1978. Indian Tribes of Alberta.
GA, M4390, vol.1, note on Chief Bearspaw. Whyte Museum and Arch. of the Canadian Rockies (Banff, Alta), M396 (Hermann Hagedorn papers), folder 3 (transcript of interview with George McLean [Tatânga Mânî).
Getty, Ian A. L. Biography. Research director, Nakoda Institute, Stoney Tribal Administration, Morley, Alberta, (spelled as Money not Morley).
Getty, W. E. A. 1974. "Perception as an agent of sociocultural change for the Stoney Indians of Alberta." MA thesis, Univ. of Calgary. Copy at the Nakoda Institute.
Getty, Ian A. L.; & Gooding, Erik D. (2001). Stoney. In Handbook of North American Indians: Plains (Vol. 13, Part 1, pp. 596-603). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
Harbeck, Warren A. and Mary Anna Harbeck. 1970. "A literacy method for Stoney: The two-hour introduction."
Hildebrandt, Walter; Carter, Sarah; First Rider, Dorothy. 2008. The True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7: Treaty 7 Elders and Tribal Council With Walter Hildebrandt, Dorothy First Rider, and Sarah Carter. Mcgill-Queens Native and Northern Series. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN: 0-7735-1522-4 408pp. http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=1419
Jonker, P. M. 1988. The Song and the Silence: The Life of Sitting Wind.
Jonker, P. M. 1983. "Compilation of Stoney History Notes." 20-page pamphlet issued by the Chiniki Band of the Stoney Indians, Morley.
MacEwan, J.G. 1969. Tatanga Mani-Walking Buffalo of the Stonies.
Morris. Treaties of Canada with the Indians.
Niddrie, J. W. 1992. "Memories of Morley." Ed. J. W. Chalmers, Alberta History. Calgary.40: 3: 10–13.
Snow, Chief John. 1977. These Mountains are Our Sacred Places: the Story of the Stoney Indians. Toronto and Sarasota, Florida.
Vernacular Publications: Ozîja cha hûyagechîhâ. 1970; Wodejabi. 1971.
Oral traditions among the Stoney concerning Ozîja Thiha have been preserved at the Nakoda Institute, Stoney Tribal Administration (Morley, Alta), in transcripts of taped interviews with Elizabeth [McLean] Bearspaw, 8 Feb., 5 Nov. 1984, 18 Jan. 1985; Paul Dixon Sr, 23 Aug. 1984; Mary Kootenay, 25 April 1985; and Bill McLean, 26 July 1985.
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The "Tomb Raider" franchise has made over $400 million at the global box office. The second movie in the franchise was a big flop, but small details like that have never stopped Hollywood from churning out film sequels that no one really asked for. Thus, the world may soon be blessed with a third installment of the Lara Croft saga. But there's a snag. Angelina Jolie has already stated she has no interest in returning to the lead role. That means someone new has to take her place. And while you may think it would be wise to replace Jolie with, you know, an ACTOR, producers appear to have something different in mind. Starpulse says amateur porn superstar and human floatation device Kim Kardashian is in the mix to win the role:
Kim Kardashian is reportedly in talks to replace Angelina Jolie in the "Tomb Raider" franchise.
Producer Dan Lin revealed last year Jolie would not be reprising her action role for the next installment of the action film because film bosses wanted to cast a younger actress.
"Transformers" star Megan Fox was said to be in the running for the role but she denied the rumors - and now the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star is the latest name linked to the project.
A source tells the Global Grind website, "Kim has wanted to play a far more comic-strip version of Lara, which would be shot in 3D and aimed at a teen audience."
I'm sorry, was the last Lara Croft movie not aimed at a teen audience? I was unaware its chief demographic was Native Americans over the age of 60. Anyway, I applaud this move by producers. Those two previous "Tomb Raider" movies made over $400 million because horny boys wanted to see Angelina Jolie wear the Lara Croft outfit. Acting was irrelevant to the movie (I don't even think Jolie is that good of an actress), as were things like plot, story, characters, or dialogue. "Tomb Raider" exists strictly as an extremely softcore fetish vehicle. So it makes sense to hand the role to Kardashian, who has never acted and can't even play herself convincingly on her own reality show. She seems attractive, and can fill out the costume. Is that all you need? Yep. It really is.
No word on if Ray J gets to play her love interest.


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Our spy shooters spotted the next-generation Mercedes SLK taking a spin in Germany seemingly borrowing styling from the revealed Mercedes SLS AMG. Unfortunately, the big "63" on the side doesn't indicate a 6.3-liter AMG V8 under the hood. More below.
Mercedes' smallest convertible will be getting a significant refresh for the 2012 model year and will bring feature the brands more upright, pedestrian-friendly grill. The retractable hard top will remain in place but the car will also get a significant butt-lift to match the nose job. The interior will also get revisions emulating the SLS including round vents and simplified controls.


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Here is a "HOLIDAY SOR-BAY" that we could use to artificially stimulate our festive spirit as we look forward to 2013.
As we say goodbye to 2012 I wanted to take a moment to reflect on a couple of things for the New Year.
Earlier this year I made a commitment to boost my level of civility towards my fellow man and I encouraged others to do the same. Easier said than done. I have seen a decline in civility for the last few years and it seems to have taken a nosedive during this very contentious election year. More and more I see yelling and name calling take the place of intelligent discussion and debate. We have seen a huge number of defriendings on Facebook and many Americans entered this holiday season not speaking to relatives instead of just agreeing to disagree. I feel that this needs to turn around so my resolution for 2013 is to continue to boost my level of civility towards my fellow man and I encourage you to do the same. Again, easier said than done but it must be done.
"We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics."
President Barack Obama
2012 ended on a shocking note when on December 14th a gunman fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members and wounded two others at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Before driving to the school, the gunman also shot and killed his mother at their home. After killing the students and staff members, the gunman committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
The massacre was the second-deadliest school shooting in United States history, after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. It also is the second-deadliest mass murder at an American elementary school, after the 1927 Bath School bombings in Michigan.
We have seen this over and over again but this time I am optimistic that 2013 will bring positive change to our gun control problem. A day has not gone by where I have not talked to friends about Sandy Hook Elementary School. The conversations have been both in person and in social media. These conversations contained intelligence, compassion, pragmatism and perspective. These four ingredients are what will create the "meaningful action" that the president was talking about. Just like during the presidential debates, whenever a politician talk like a politician we the people used social media to call them out on their B.S.. As long as the conversation continues (and we will have to do more than talk eventually) we can keep this topic on the front burner.
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…are colliding in the news. Here's an update on HistoriQuest, the outfit behind the Civil War Augmented Reality Project, which is a fascinating and worthy undertaking I've posted about before.
This is one of the most thoughtful and innovative attempts to integrate technology into historical interpretation that I've ever seen. Check it out.


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A Bimonthly Email Newsletter from the International Mathematical Union
Editor: Mireille Chaleyat-Maurel, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
As Madrid prepares to welcome mathematicians from around the world to ICM 2006, it is worth reflecting on the immense amount of time, skill and dedication that those involved in the organization, especially in Spain, but also on the various international committees, have devoted to the realization of this complex event. I have admired from afar many of the preparations, but only those who have themselves worked on the many different aspects of the planning (and their families) will really understand the extent of the effort that they have made over the last four years. I have no doubt that as a result the Madrid Congress will be of outstanding mathematical quality and excitement, and that it will also successfully engage the general public by providing a window through which to see the mathematical community and its importance for the world. At the same time we applaud those who have sponsored the ICM, without whose support the event would not be possible, and without whom many participants would not have been able to attend. I wish all who come to Madrid a memorable Congress.
John Ball, IMU President
ICM 2006 news
1. His Majesty the King Juan Carlos of Spain will open the ICM 2006.
2. More than 3300 people have now registered, and the registration is still open.
3. Two new cultural activities:
- A book exhibition in the old library Marques de Valdecilla, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
The bibliographical exhibition "History of Mathematical Knowledge", held by Universidad Complutense de Madrid in its Historical Library, intends to show the development of mathematical science through the texts that had been used in those institutions since the 16C. Colegio Imperial de los Jesuitas, los Colegios de Alcalá, el Real Colegio de Medicina y Cirugía de San Carlos and other centres and private libraries stored up books that have become a guide for us to know the way mathematics was studied and translated through the centuries. History has determined that they be kept in Universidad Complutense's Historical Library, one of Europe's oldest libraries.
- An exhibition on Gödel. "Exposición Kurt Gödel, 1906-2006",
Jardín Botánico de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 22 August - 8 September.
Free entrance.
It is based on the exhibition shown in Vienna.
And also:
- Exhibition "Experiencing mathematics!"
This exhibition, initiated by UNESCO, will be presented in a site downtown in Madrid, Centro Cultural Conde Duque.
It is sponsored by IMU and ICMI and planned by the Centre Science of Orléans (France).
Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Conde Duque 9-11, 28015 Madrid, August-October 2006.
IMU on the Web
The Federated World Directory of Mathematicians (FWDM)
Once, long ago, one could check whether a person was an acknowledged mathematician by looking her up in the World Directory of Mathematicians. But the WDM is no more, a victim of costs and of the coming of the electronic age. In retaliation, the CEIC now provides a search engine, the FWDM, capable of searching, simultaneously, all those Math Society membership lists that have made themselves appropriately available. As a bonus, the FWDM also provides links to Google and Google Scholar entries. Fourteen months ago (IMU on the Web #7) Alf mentioned the 'first steps towards constructing' a Federated World Directory of Mathematicians. Those steps became strides and by now have reached their goal. Readers should check their personal details and, more important, urge their national societies to make their membership lists accessible to the FWDM.
One caveat: search engines can be unexpectedly stupid and stubborn. It may be wiser to look for 'Alf*' rather than for 'Alf' and then to refine one's search only if that leads to too many hits. 'Borwein' on the other hand offers no such problems.
Alf van der Poorten (email@example.com), Member of the CEIC
Jonathan Borwein (email@example.com), Chair of the CEIC
(13 July 2006)
Passing away of Professor Iyanaga
Past ICMI President Shokichi Iyanaga passed away on June 1st. Professor Iyanaga was Vice-President of ICMI from 1971 to 1974, and President from 1975 to 1978. He also served as a member of the first Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union, when the union was re-established after the Second World War, from 1952 to 1954. Professor Iyanaga celebrated his 100th anniversary on 2 April 2006. On the very same day, a substantial mathematical paper of Professor Iyanaga was published online in the Japanese Journal of Mathematics:
Shokichi Iyanaga, "Travaux de Claude Chevalley sur la théorie du corps de classes: Introduction." Japanese Journal of Mathematics 1(2006), 25-85. This paper is available via Open Access at http://www.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~toshi/jjm/JJM_HP/jjm-index.htm
On the occasion of the 50th issue of the ICMI Bulletin, Professor Iyanaga prepared a paper entitled "My remembrances from the period 1975-1978," ICMI Bulletin 50 (June 2001), pp. 6-7: link
EMS article competition: correction
We apologize for an error in IMU-Net 17, mixing up the 2004 and 2005 winners.
Prizewinners of the EMS Article Competition 2005 for the educated layman:
Professor F. Thomas Bruss, Dpt. de Mathématiques, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, for his article "Die Kunst der richtigen Entscheidung", published in the magazine Spektrum der Wissenschaft (Scientific American, German Ed.), June 2005. Also published in Pour La Science (Scientific American, French Ed.), September 2005.
Professor Tom M. Apostol, Project Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA, for his article "A Visual Approach to Calculus Problems", published in the magazine Engineering & Science, California Institute of Technology, Volume LXIII, No.3, pp. 22-31, 2000.
Professor Hansjörg Geiges, Mathematisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany, for his article "Christiaan Huygens and Contact Geometry", published in the Dutch magazine Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde (5th series), Vol. 6, pp.117-123, 2005.
Runner up: Professor Aviezri S. Fraenkel, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, for his article "Why are Games Exciting and Stimulating?" accepted for publication in the magazine Math Horizons, Mathematical Association of America (to appear Feb. 2007, special games issue). Also published in German (translation: Niek Neuwahl) in connection with a games exhibition that took place in Göttingen, 17 July-21 August 2005.
Fermat Prize
Call for nominations for the 2007 Fermat Prize for Mathematics Research.


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Denzel Washington stars in "The Book of Eli" as the possessor of the last remaining copy of the Bible, a weapon "aimed right at the hearts and minds of the weak and the desperate!" in the words of our villain, who wants the Book for his own nefarious purposes. It's the oft-told story of a lone traveler making his way across a desolate landscape, but it's well told.
Washington brings all of his cool to the role of Eli, a man who doesn't want any trouble, just some water and a charge for his iPod (perhaps the most preposterous thing "Eli" asks you to believe is that an old school click-wheel iPod still works some 30 years from now) as he makes his way west.
Gary Oldman, famous for many things, but not his cool, inexplicably shows restraint in his role as the villain Carnegie. Perhaps he's spent too much time hiding behind Commissioner Gordon's mustache. But in a role where his gift for chewing scenery would be appropriate and even welcome, he holds back, robbing the film of some potential fun.
U.S. & World
The town that Oldman controls -- with an iron fist and a supply of clean water -- brings to mind a post-nuclear "Deadwood," where Carnegie's will is the only law and the coin of the realm is whatever's handy -- KFC wet-naps, cat grease, Zippo lighters...
With the Bible on his side, Oldman is sure he can bend the remaining survivors to his will and inspire them to rebuild. He doesn't believe in the Bible, only its power over people. Eli, of course, knows the book is man's only hope. Mercifully, the film avoids getting too preachy.
When the two men cross paths, Carnegie tries to ply Eli with the feminine wiles of his own stepdaughter, Solara (Mila Kunis), who instead falls under Eli's spell and joins him on his journey.
Directors Albert and Allen Hughes' last feature film was 2001's "From Hell," about the hunt for Jack the Ripper, but their gift for choreographing violence is still in evidence and the world they create is appropriately barren without being suffocatingly bleak.
They're also smart enough to know that they're on well trod ground with "Eli," and give the genre its due, with a nod to "A Boy and His Dog," the 1975 Armageddon classic starring Don Johnson -- watch for the poster in Eli's bedroom.
"The Book of Eli" is an entertaining movie that occasionally gives in to the pitfalls of its genre despite its better judgment. That said, if you see a trailer for "The Book of Solara," a shockingly real possibility, turn and run. Watching a post-apocalyptic tale is one, watching a post-post-apocalyptic tale is totally unnecessary.
Curious side note: In 2001, Washington and Ethan Hawke co-starred in "Training Day," with the former becoming the first black man to win a Best Actor Oscar and the latter getting a supporting actor nomination. More than 8 years later, "Eli" is being released a week after Hawke's "Daybreakers," another post-apocalyptic movie directed by twin brothers. Could it be that the end really is nigh?
The Book of Eli opens nationally Jan. 15


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Do not place icons and text close to each other
Icons and pictograms can work great in presentations. They are perfect for calling attention, letting the audience know what to do or on what's coming up next. But it is risky to combine them with texts, let's explore why.
- If you use icons or pictograms, you use them to simplify what you are to say. You use the icon instead of writing down two sentences.
- There is no use to include text and icons and if you really need to, make sure they are not close to each other.
- The icon should have the leading role on the slide the text should always be secondary in size and importance and it should only provide further assistance with respect to the meaning of the featured icon.


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Kasich: Ohio won't set up own health insurance exchange
Republican says state will form partnership with feds
Ohio won't set up its own health insurance exchange but is instead opting for a partnership with the federal government to run the new online market under President Barack Obama's health care law.
Republican Gov. John Kasich wrote in a letter Friday to the Obama administration that setting up a state-based exchange is too costly and states have little control over how to operate exchanges.
"Regardless of who runs an exchange, the end product is the same," he said.
Kasich's administration has indicated for months that Ohio was leaning toward a federally facilitated exchange. State officials have noted their continued misgivings about the health care law, including what they say has been a lack of information from the federal government.
Ohio had been among the 26 states that had challenged the law, which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this summer. And the state's voters overwhelming snubbed the overhaul's mandated coverage in a largely symbolic referendum last year.
Kasich was adamant in his letter that Ohio would continue to regulate its health insurance market, oversee health plans and make decisions around Medicaid eligibility. He said the Ohio Department of Insurance would retain its oversight over the insurance industry, "as it has done very effectively for more than 60 years."
The administration said it would submit additional details on its plan to federal officials by mid-February.
Exchanges are online markets in which individual consumers and small businesses will shop for health insurance among competing private plans. They'll be open for business on Jan. 1, 2014, but open enrollment for exchange plans will begin even sooner, on Oct. 1, 2013.
The exchanges are supposed to demystify the process of buying health insurance, allowing consumers to make apples-to-apples comparisons. Consumers will also be able to find out whether they're eligible for new federal subsidies to help pay premiums or whether they qualify for expanded Medicaid.
A group of consumer advocates said it supported Kasich's move to ensure that the state continues to regulate the insurance market and make Medicaid determinations. But Cathy Levine, who co-chairs Ohio Consumers for Health Coverage, said the coalition was disappointed Kasich didn't take advantage of certain aspects of the law, such as the federal grant money available to help consumers navigate the new market.
The state asserts that it already has a consumer services division in its insurance department to answer questions and address Ohioans' problems.
Levine said she also agreed with Kasich that many Ohioans wouldn't see a substantial difference between a state-run or federally run exchange.
"I think consumers are probably better off at this point if the feds run the exchange," Levine said. "We don't know how Ohio would operate the state exchange."
Democratic state lawmakers unsuccessfully pushed bills in the GOP-controlled Ohio Legislature to try to set up a state-run exchange.
"It just seems to make sense that one would want something that's more localized and more tailored for the people of the state," State Rep. Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood, one of the bill's sponsors.
Ohio has yet to decide on another key part of the law: whether to broaden its Medicaid coverage. About 2.2 million Ohioans are enrolled in the nearly $19 billion program, which serves the poor and disabled
People earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level qualify for Medicaid under the health care law, except in states that reject the expansion.
Kasich has indicated he's open to trying to compromise with federal officials on possibly lowering that threshold.
More than 1.5 million Ohio residents are uninsured, or about 14 percent.
The federal law is expected to provide coverage to more than 30 million people nationwide through the exchanges and expanded Medicaid programs.


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Lastly, here's an extra-wide crop of the William Morris All-Stars pretending to be sciencing around. They're staring at various colored juices and writing things down. "Nineteen hundred hours. Juice is still colorey. Still tastes like hell". All men and women under forty look like Fred MacMurray and June Lockhart, respectively. The one older guy in the background, talking to the June Lockhart replicant looks like J. Jonah Jameson, who kind of seems to be in charge. Maybe they're trying to formulate a web solvent, to stop that wall-crawling crusader once and for all?
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