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As a contrarian investor I look for opportunities to identify companies whose likely future will be better than their perceived future. It's that simple. In this light, pressure pumpers are key to the changing face of resource development. Despite this, because of some short term supply/demand dynamics in the industry, I believe the long term stream of cash flows which will accrue to owners of CalFrac Well Services (CFW) is currently being profoundly undervalued.
Calfrac Well Services Ltd. (TSE:CFW) is an owner-operated provider of specialized oilfield services in Canada, the United States, Russia, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia, including hydraulic fracturing, coiled tubing, cementing and other well stimulation services.
Calfrac was founded in 1999 by Ronald Mathison (Chairman) and Doug Ramsay (CEO) who remain major shareholders today. They are a top 10 global and top 5 North American player in well stimulation, fraccing and pressure pumping deriving more than 90% of revenue from this secular growth industry.
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Extracting Energy from Shale Rock & Horizontal Drilling
It is not easy to extract gas or oil from shale rock – it is tough and uncompromising! The rock traps the gas and oil so tightly that it has never been economically viable to extract. Over the last few years technology has developed which has allowed the rock to be cracked enough to release its valuable cargo.
http://www.weir.co.uk/industries_served/oil__gas/the_fracking_process_explained.aspxHere is a video from The Weir Group website on the process of horizontal drilling and fracking.
David Yarrow of Clareville Capital described the process of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing as follows:
"Horizontal drilling So as to tap the thin layers of shale, wells are drilled vertically to intersect the shale formations – often at depths of 10,000 feet. The well is then deviated to achieve a horizontal wellbore within the shale formation. These horizontal wells can now travel up to 2 miles along the shale seam in parallel with the ground 2 miles above. Hydraulic fracturing The poor permeability of the shale is addressed by hydraulic fracturing. A "perforating" gun is fed down the bore and gives off a string of explosives that blow holes the width of a fine knitting needle 18 inches into the shale. Then comes the genesis of the SPM story. At least a dozen trucks with pumping equipment generate enough horsepower to blast a mixture of fine sand, water and lubricant chemicals into the bore. The sand blasts into the piercings in the shale and jams open crevices so that the gas can find its way into the bore. As much as 10 million gallons of water and 10 million pounds of sand can be pumped into a single well during the fracturing stage. It is a fluid intensive process….
The recovery rate in aggressive and unwelcome shale formations will depend less on skill and more on the power and pressure of your pumps. Furthermore the pumps are going to take a hell of a beating in an intensive programme of trying to smash the gas out of the shale. In this underground battle zone, horsepower, precision and durability are key variables. It is intuitively comfortable to contend that operators will not then compromise on the integrity of the pumps or the quality of the after service. After making the well, there would seem no point in cutting corners in well stimulation in a rock that doesn't really want to "play ball". Those that build wine cellars, don't tend to fill them with too much Bulgarian red."
Energy Independence in the US
"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they've tried everything else." Winston Churchill
"Energy independence is the best preparation America can make for the future." President Ronald Reagan, 1982
"Our goal should be, in 10 year's time, we are free of dependence on Middle Eastern oil. And we can do it. Now, when JFK said we're going to the Moon in 10 years, nobody was sure how to do it, but we understood that, if the American people make a decision to do something, it gets done. So that would be priority number one." President Barack Obama, 2008
The US drive for energy independence is ongoing. The Shale energy story is an exciting one because it offers light at the end of the tunnel to potentially hundreds of thousands of American citizens humbled by unemployment and impoverished by high oil prices.
Shale Oil offers highly attractive break-even levels estimated at around $50 per barrel, by both insiders and industry consultants, with increasing recovery rates driving significant growth in the industry. This healthy cushion between current spot of north of $100 and these breakevens gives a margin of safety to anyone planning projects of this type.
The US EIA predicts that Shale Oil production growth will be 12% per year out to 2035, a clear indication of the US appetite for self sufficiency. The International Energy Agency forecasts that growth in Shale Oil production in the US of 265% from 2010 to 2016.
The chart below demonstrates the scale of the boom we are currently experiencing, US shale gas production has increased by a factor of 12x of the last decade and now that focus is switching to Shale Oil due to the current pricing differential.
Horizontal wells require longer laterals, more frac stages/pumps and increases the service intensity – Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) have estimated that this means revenue per well could be 1.4x to 1.8x higher for the service companies than for that of a dry gas well.
Some estimates suggest that just the Bakken in North Dakota could be producing 1m barrels per day by 2020 which is circa 1% of global production from one US state. Some have suggested that the Bakken has more crude than Saudi with an estimate of 300 billion barrels of oil. The main reservoir occupies around 200,000 square miles deep underground. Even today North Dakota produces more oil than Ecuador which is an OPEC member!
How much of the 300 billion barrels is actually accessible is dependent on the extent to which technology and expertise continue to advance. What was once impossible is now practiced widely. The recoverable percentage is likely to go up and the breakeven on the extraction may well fall. As an example, in 1995 the recovery rate was estimated at 0.1%, in 2008 it was estimated at 1.5% and now it is gravitating towards 3%.
Horizontal Drilling – The Game Changer?
Horizontal Drilling has been described by former BP plc (NYSE:BP) (LON:BP) CEO Tony Hayward as a "game changer" and by Sir Ian Wood, founder of The Wood Group, as "the most significant development in the industry in a generation".
The dynamics of the industry are extremely attractive for CalFrac. There is growth on top of growth here. Increased expertise and advancements in technology have led to the fracking process becoming increasingly more intensive. More wells being drilled, lateral lengths increasing, greater horsepower requirements and increasing frac stages per well leads to higher


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So we all know that the SH's next destination is Zo (if they aren't there already). Kin'emon, Momo, and Kanjuro had their sights set on Zo as well even before they met the StrawHats, so it's safe to say that they'll come along for the ride. What I'm beginning to wonder about now, is what happens next? We don't exactly know what's gonna happen in Zo, but we do know that those 3 will want to get back home eventually. I don't think its been explicitly stated that the Straw Hats are heading to the Wano Country (if I'm wrong please let me know) but I believe it makes sense for them to do so in a lot of ways. Based on the relationship that is being developed and will develop with the crew, I find it much more likely that the Straw Hats will escort them to the Wano Country and stop by for a visit, rather than them simply parting ways after Zo.
Now there's a lot of things that could happen in the Wano Country, but more specifically my mind is on ZORO, and the potential plot points surrounding him.
1.) A country full of swordsmen? C'mon. This place literally screams Zoro's name, and its hard to imagine that he personally wouldn't want to go there. But more importantly, we all know that his dream is become the greatest swordsman in the world. Yeah the series is about Luffy and his quest to become Pirate King, but given how important their dreams are to them, and how close knit they are as a family, I think its safe to say that they'll all get there. Especially since Zoro has already tried and failed….So to that end, what has Zoro really done that could actually put him in that discussion? Who has he beaten that's truly sent ripples throughout the world? There's Kaku I guess, and there's Ryuuma's ghost that was kinda somewhat actually Brook, so I really don't want to count him. And in either case, both were pre-timeskip. No one he's beaten in the New World so far is really of any kind of note. We haven't really seen that many swordsmen with bounties like that, so using his as a basis for comparison doesn't quite work either. Obviously we all know the man is freakishly powerful, but when we spark the Greatest Swordsman In The World discussion, its not really about ABILITY so much as it is ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Zoro has to DO SOMETHING that will put him in that discussion. Aside from beating Mihawk himself, the list of things he could do is pretty short, but going to a country full of Samurai and kicking some major ass is definitely on it. Even the New World Marines seem to keep their distance from Wano Country, so you've gotta believe that making waves there of all places would certainly boost his reputation.
2.) Shuusui. If Kin'emon isn't cool with Zoro having the "treasure" of Wanokuni, I doubt any of the other residents will be either….The country holds Ryuuma in the absolute highest regard, so he definitely isn't gonna be able to just walk around that country like things are sweet. I'd expect people would want a piece of him right and left (I mean who wouldn't want to be the "hero" that brought Shuusui back to where it "rightfully" belongs?) and we all know Zoro is not one to pass up a chance to prove himself. No one is going to believe that he actually fought with a freakin zombie of Ryuuma and earned the sword properly, so I'd expect Zoro to be outlawed immediately, and have to prove that Shuusui is his to keep. Maybe he'll even visit Ryuuma's grave and give it back eventually, who knows.
3.) Resemblance to Ryuuma. Not only does Zoro look like Ryuuma while he was alive, he also acts like him in a lot of ways. Zoro's dedication to the ways of a swordsman are extremely samurai-like, he has a very deep sense of honor, and doesn't fight for dishonorable reasons. He had an almost blind obligation to repay his debts, and in Zoro's case its what led to him becoming a pirate in the first place. He had poor money management skills like him, and Zoro resorted to bounty hunting to just be able to feed himself. He literally lives and dies by the sword. Honestly in my opinion, Zoro is to Ryuuma as Luffy is to Gol D. Roger. To top it all off, Ryuuma was regarded as the greatest swordsman in the world of his time, so go figure. I don't think it's a coincidence that Zoro reminded Ryuuma of the dragon he fought, even resembling him in their final clash.
Sorry for being long-winded as always, but what do you guys think of a Wano Country arc? How will it relate to Zoro? To the female members of the crew considering Wanokuni's philosophy on the female specimen? Will it be a relatively minor arc like Punk Hazard or a big one with a major antagonist? I'd like to add a poll but I fail to greatly at using wikis.

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We have a pfSense appliance that was installed in March/April. Last Thursday around lunch time, three people were unable to access our hosted exchange. Their Outlook would not connect, which is RPC over HTTPS. Over the course of the afternoon, four more people lost Outlook access. We also were not able to access the webmail site. By Friday no one had access in either Outlook or webmail. Ultimately, the solution was add exceptions in/out in pfSense for the IP of the webmail site and completely restart the appliance.
I don't understand why the pfSense would suddenly and slowly start blocking that one IP. We've had periodic problems with losing connectivity in Outlook the last few months. I am now wondering if this was the pfSense acting up as well.
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Do you have the Snort module installed? We've had IPS get twitchy like this in the past on pfSense and Endian firewalls.
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Oct 5, 2010 at 9:44 UTC
Check the "smart filter" settings. ;)
Oct 5, 2010 at 9:49 UTC
I don't see anything that says "smart filter".
Oct 6, 2010 at 7:49 UTC
Do you have the Snort module installed? We've had IPS get twitchy like this in the past on pfSense and Endian firewalls.
Oct 6, 2010 at 9:49 UTC
@Brad, Yes. This is in the Snort logs. It's a TCP port scan from our Exchange host. It coincides with the time that things started to not work.
|[ ** ] [ 122:1:0 ] (portscan) TCP Portscan [ ** ]
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|09/30-12:29:39.828565 126.96.36.199 -> 184.108.40.206
|PROTO:255 TTL:0 TOS:0x0 ID:47148 IpLen:20 DgmLen:168
Still don't understand why things would slowly stop working and not all at one time.
Oct 6, 2010 at 9:54 UTC
I whitelisted the IP of our Exchange host in Snort.
Oct 6, 2010 at 10:20 UTC
Is that the same IP that it has always been, or is it part of a web farm and is getting tagged where the other IP has an exception?
Oct 6, 2010 at 10:24 UTC
Our Outlook gets our email by RPC over HTTPS from exchange.liveoffice.com which resolves to 188.8.131.52, so I assume it's a static IP. I didn't put the exception in the firewall for the IP until after the problem started, but they apparently wouldn't take effect until a full restart of pfSense.
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Is James Franco Returning To GH, James Franco has shot up the rumors saying that he will return to General Hospital this September. Ben Lyons E! Online spoke with the actor on the red carpet to ask him about his return to the series.
"I'm sad to say that was a bit of misinformation," said Franco. "I do not know why he said he'd be back in September. I'm currently doing The Wizard of Oz, in Detroit. I am the lead. I'm working every day; so do not know when it might be able to fly back to make any General Hospital episode in the near future. "
While Franco has said he will not return to premiere in September, said he might return someday in the future.
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When it premiered off-Broadway in 1988, Tony &Tina's Wedding quickly gathered a following for its unconventional send-up of the Italian-American wedding between the Nunzio and Vitale families. The interactive performance has since been lauded by almost every major publication. Covert performers are placed at the tables of seated audience members, with each guest having a one-of-a-kind theatergoing experience based on seating, interactivity, and promising to not dig their own plot holes. A robust Italian dinner and slices of decadent wedding cake precede a rush onto the theater's sprawling dance floor, where toe-tapping tunes bridge the gap between the feuding clans. Like jokes from a cigar-chomping uncle, the reception includes appearances from a pregnant bridesmaid, a stripper girlfriend, and a drunk priest, with all of them speeding the evening's festivities to an unpredictable and sidesplitting finale.
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As vaudeville heaved its last breaths in the late 1920s, RKO's Riverside Theater opened in 1928 and served as a performance hall for just a few years before Warner Brothers took it over to screen their films. Decades of neglect followed, reaching a nadir in 1966 when a carelessly tossed cigarette butt incinerated the proscenium's drapery, prompting the cash-conscious owners to replace the opulent teal velour with workmanlike duvetyn. A slated demolition in 1982 nearly replaced the theater with a shopping mall before a coalition of citizens convinced philanthropist Joseph Zilber to save the space. In the subsequent renovations, craftsmen installed plush red drapery, overhauled the obsolete lighting, and repainted the faded French Baroque gilding of the auditorium, restoring the elegant space to its former glory and inspiring it to get back out on the theater dating scene.


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At this price - with a heated beer tent too! - Next Stage is a hot ticket for theatre in Toronto later this month. From a media release:
Next Stage Festival
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January 5-16
Here's a peek at the line up of plays, and if last year was any indication, it'll be hard to choose what to see.
Created & performed by Nicola Gunn (Melbourne, Australia)
Sound Designer: Luke Paulding / Production Manager: Jason Golinsky
Original Production Design by: Nicola Gunn, Rebecca Etchell and Gwendolyna Holmberg-Gilchrist
A psychological detective story, told with delicacy and subversive humour, about a woman in a bathtub in a hotel in a desert who plunges into the case of a mysterious, disappearing German Woman. It's about the terror of loneliness, confusion and indecision. And a French woman called Sophie who works in a community centre.
True Edge Productions
By Kristin Grundlack Levinson, Denis McGrath, Mike McPhaden, Michael Rubenfeld, Gregg Taylor, Rick Roberts, Daniel Levinson, Scott Leaver / Directed by: Todd Campbell
Cast: Todd Campbell, Michael Dufays, Christian Feliciano, Casey Hudecki, M. John Kennedy, Scott Leaver, Daniel Levinson, Andrew (Sandy) MacMaster, Simon Fon, Chris Sironi, Christopher Mott, Scott Moyle, Kevin Robinson, Matt Richardson, Siobhán Richardson (nee Chin), Stuart Constable
Wounds of the flesh, a surgeon's skill may heal, But wounded honour is only cured with steel.
Duel of Ages invites you to explore the infamous legacy of personal combat through an anthology of short plays depicting various ages in the history of dueling. With choreography and performances by some of Toronto's most talented fight directors and actor- combatants, Duel of Ages is a thrilling exploration of the cult of honour and personal combat. Rapiers for two… coffee for one.
FAIRYTALE ENDING (The Big Bad Family Musical)
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By Kieren MacMillan and Jeremy Hutton
Originally created for and produced by the Toronto Youth Theatre
Director: Jeremy Hutton / Music Director: Kieren MacMillan / Stage Manager: Dustyn Wales / Choreographer: Ashleigh Powell / Set and Costume Designer: Scott Penner / Lighting Designer: Joshua Koffman / Producer: Lada Darewych / Cast: Meagan Tuck, Christina Gordon, Amanda Leigh, Andrew Moyes, Jennifer Walls, J.P. Baldwin, Carl Swanson, Mike Wisniowski, Maksym Shkvorets
"Into the Woods" meets "The Usual Suspects". Jill's favourite fables are ending in tragedy, and she needs to figure out why. With the help of a hard-boiled detective and a trio of storybook characters, she confronts the Big Bad Wolf, Goldilocks, Troll, and the infamous Jack, on her way to uncovering the truth. Fairy Tale Ending is a topsy-turvy yet touching tale of a young girl coming to grips with loss and the reality of growing up.
The Sick! Collective
Directed and created By Judith Thompson
Co-Created/Assistant Directed by Lauren Brotman
Produced by Jack Grinhaus and Sarah Miller-Garvin
Production Design by Beth Kates / Performed by The Company
The Grace Project: SICK sets out to explore the many concepts and ideas relating to disability, illness, challenge, and what it means to be thought of as sick by the rest of the world. The Production gives voice to young people who may otherwise be disenfranchised by their experiences; showing not only the pain and isolation, but the joys and grace with which these remarkable young adults navigate and control their own destinies. The hope of the production is to seek, confront, and understand the many preconceptions about living with challenges, about otherness, and the overall concept of what it means to be labeled SICK.
Rabiayshna Productions
By Darrah Teitel / Directed by Audrey Dwyer / Lighting Designer: Kimberly Purtell
Sound Designer: Thomas Ryder Payne / Set Designer: Jung-Hye Kim /
Cast: Sascha Cole, Jake Epstein, Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, Kaitlyn Riordan
A quartet of radically minded teenagers set out on an adventure of creating high art, sexual becoming and new philosophies that challenge the modern mind. The Apology features Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord George Byron and Clare Clairemont. As they challenge each other's intellect, they expose their passions, betray one another and create some of time's masterpieces.
Sulong Theatre Company
Written and performed by Catherine Hernandez
Directed by Ann Powell (Puppetmongers Theatre)
Lola ("Grandmother" in Filipino) is so old and sick she has to be spoon fed by her granddaughter, Grace. But it wasn't always like this. Over the course of her final meal on earth, Lola explains how it was always her job to find food—even if that meant stealing it. Part confession, part revelation, Lola's epic tale unravels the entire modern history of Manila from the time of the Thomasites to the second wave of Filipino migration to the United States— one spoonful at a time.
SWAN SONG OF MARIA (A Tragic Fairy Tale)
El Destino Productions & Threshold Theatre
By Carol Cece Anderson
Directed by Mark Cassidy / Dramaturg: Paula Danckert / Ballet Choreographer: Roberto Campanella / Ballet Consultant: Evelyn Hart / Tap Choreographer: Debbie Wilson / Cast: Lili Francks, John Blackwood, and Hilario Duran
In Carol Cece Anderson's Swan Song of Maria, a radical re-imagining of Swan Lake, tap dancer Jillian and playwright Joe, an aging interracial couple, confront Jillian's Alzheimer's and Joe's ever present muse Maria, a beautiful ballerina. Joe met Maria in the early 1960's, on a Caribbean island, whose revolution, like his and Jillian's forty year relationship, has outgrown its idealism. An elegant and powerful fusion of theatre, Cuban jazz, classical ballet, and tap, Swan Song of Maria explores the searing depths of love's beauty and frailty.
Starving Artists
By David Egan / Directed by Daryl Cloran & Ashlie Corcoran
Set & Costume Designer: Joanna Yu / Lighting Designer: Jason Hand / Stage Manager: Isabelle Ly /
Cast: Shane Carty & Matthew MacFadzean
"Through hope we became monsters. Hope will make a man say or do anything…" In 1845, HMS Terror and Erebus set sail from England seeking the Northwest Passage through the Arctic. Neither ship was ever seen again. Three years later, two men sit in a lifeboat. Ravaged by hunger, and haunted by their memories, they must confront truths they can no longer hide.
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HOH Top-40 Goalies Voter Record - foame
Round 1 list
Players on the top-40 not ranked:
Ed Giacomin
Roberto Luongo
John Vanbiesbrouck
Players on the top-40 ranked below #50:
Curtis Joseph (51)
Rogie Vachon (52)
Tom Barrasso (57)
Players exclusive to this list and no more than two others:
Cam Ward (26) - one other list had Ward
Jose Theodore (42) – Theodore made one other list
Tommy Salo (46)
Jon Casey (58)
Players ranked highest on this list:
Turk Broda (6)
Grant Fuhr (10)
Hap Holmes (14)
Gump Worsley (16)
Mike Richter (24)
Henrik Lundqvist (25)
Cam Ward (26)
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (28)
Chris Osgood (30)
Miikka Kiprusoff (32)
Ron Hextall (34)
Leif Holmqvist (41)
Jose Theodore (42)
Ryan Miller (43)
Arturs Irbe (44)
Players ranked lowest on this list:
Frank Brimsek (20)
Charlie Gardiner (29)
Tony Esposito (36)
Chuck Rayner (47)
Tiny Thompson (48)
Roy Worters (50)
Curtis Joseph (51)
Rogie Vachon (52)
Tom Barrasso (57)
Viktor Konovalenko (59)
Joseph, Barrasso, and Rayner were all left off one list. Konovalenko was left off of 18 lists.
Round 2 voting record:
Round 2 Participation Record
Bummed irbe isnt on more lists.. come on how he played for some of the worst teams in the history of the league literally. I dont think he gets a enough credit.. To bad he never got to play for better teams.
Now that's an interesting list!
Hunter Thompsonesque.
I don't understand this list and voting.
Odd placings - the farthest away from consensus I've seen - still the poster has a grand total of three posts in the discussion to explain his reasons.
First, I'd like to thank TheDevilMadeMe, seventieslord, overpass and all other participating members for the time and effort they spent on this project.
Secondly, the main reasons that I wasn't involved in the discussion was time and preparation. The time zone-differential made me miss the heated debates that would cool down when I time read them, so I focused the time I had available to fully read and weight each voters argument.
Thirdly, I think it's important for the voters to share their thoughts and reasoning behind their votes, specially those that weren't as active in debating as other and since I was one them, I'll hereby explain how I viewed and ranked the goaltenders.
Let me just say that I view these HoH-lists as continuing process of iteration, and with that I mean that in time they'll continue to get better and better as the voters have more material to work with, more knowledge of the players and more experience of the project in whole. These lists serves as a superb guide for those that searches for information about certain goaltenders rank among the greatest (top 10, is he better/worse than X? and so on).
With that said, I will start by explaining my round 1-list.
I prepared for this project by making a standard criteria of what I was looking for in a "top 40"-goalie, so my list and my votes would be cohesive throughout the voting-process. I think this is important to do, else you end up judging different goaltenders by different criterias.
Though I should say that I don't think I did very well in this. Like other voters, I had some goalies that I was very unsure of, the further down the list it went, the more I shuffled and tweaked it.
Here's my initial criteria:
I also adjusted my round 1-list so it would fit what I thought was the pool of goaltenders available. I sorted my initial list by era, which I then compared to a pool-chart that Czech Your Math posted here: http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/sh....php?t=1248145.
This is how it looked:
This should hopefully explain why I had some active goalies ranked that high.
Over the years that I've read about hockey and by watching the playoffs more closely, I've come to the conclusion that most players and management involved in hockey rank and value the attribute of winning to a greater extent than journalists and other spectators. I think this attribute, clutchness, mental toughness or whatever it's called, is more important for goalies than for anyone else, since they play the largest role in the team. Therefor I chose to rank winning goalies or goalies with playoff success like Broda, Fuhr, Holmes, Worsley, Richter, Ward, Hextall higher than normal and non-winning goalies like Esposito, Joseph and others lower than normal.
I value International success, since the games there is a lot less forgiven for weak plays than a random regular season game (specially those that in one way or another is pretty much meaningless).
During the voting, I reviewed each goaltenders playoff-record, which team they won against and which team they lost to and calculated these factors in my ranking. It is extremely hard to separate team-success from individual success when it comes to goaltenders, I therefor chose to be more sceptical to those that where only succesful with a team loaded with other highly estemed players.
With that said I probably had a couple of goalies ranked too low, most notably Esposito, Gardiner, Joseph and Luongo
Though my initial list is probably a patchwork job also, I'm a tiny bit surprised that this list was accepted, respectfully.
Looks like you did put a lot of thought into your list which is commendable, and there's nothing wrong with diversity of opinion, I just think you should strongly reconsider the weighting you gave to team success for the various goalies. Just because goalies are often judged for the performance of their teams certainly does not mean that they should be.
I definitely appreciated having an unconventional but well-thought out list. I honestly wish we could have gotten more like this, rather than all the cookie-cutter lists by ATDers (I can say that, as I'm an ATDer myself).
I do agree with CG though that I think you put at least a little too much emphasis on team success.
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- Lily & James PotterVote D
- The DursleysVote E
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I'm picking Remus Lupin. He was a cool dude and his only main character flaw was his werewolf issues. He seemed like the kind of guy who would let you have fun but also raise you with enough strictness to teach you well. He was the kind of guy you'd go out and have a butterbeer with. Lily and James Potter seemed like pushovers, Sirius Black was wanted (which would kind of would ruin any family walks through the local public park) and all the other choices were kind of jerks.11|00|0
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We have a problem with the Acer TravelMate 4720. We upgraded from a WEP security to WPA all other brands of laptops worked perfectly but to of the acer's will not join the new network. I have tried to type the password in several time's and upgraded the wireless card driver. Any ideas?
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Apr 21, 2010 at 1:52 UTC
not familiar with the acer laptops , does the onboard wifi support wpa?? i would assume that it does.... i would remove the device and uninstall the drivers reboot, then re install with the latest driver version.... then i would use the wifi cards network manager utility instead of the windows zero config.....
Apr 22, 2010 at 6:05 UTC
Yes it supports WPA. I updated the driver but I did not remove it and reinstall it I will go to Acer's website and Download their network management utility. This machine was downgraded from Vista to windows XP using the cd that came with the machine.
Apr 22, 2010 at 11:10 UTC
sounds like installing the appropriate driver will resolve this. i agree on using the network manager for the card versus WZC.
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Archive for April 2011
No more housework
During a visit to my mother's clinic, my kid brother, who's training to be a dentist, motioned me to get onto the dental chair so he could see if I have new cavities.
A summer update you can always skip
I'm writing this from a coffee shop along General Santos Drive in Koronadal. I've just sent my Medics column to my editor, something I should've done three weeks ago. This morning I washed the dishes, cooked breakfast, wiped the floor, and rearranged the cabinets. When I'm at home during summer break, it's almost impossible to escape domestic duties. Our forty-something househelp has left us for her twenty-year old textmate, someone she hasn't met personally, so Sean and I are alternating in washing the dishes, a truly tedious task when performed at the peak of lunchtime sleepiness. That and the impossible heat.
Flaggelations, among other things people do during the Holy Week
Sometimes—and this may be the exception rather than the rule—the best decisions are the ones made spontaneously, without thought or careful consideration. At least that's what I'd call my recent visit to Balanga City, Bataan.
Why I celebrate the Holy Week
I often get asked if evangelical Christians celebrate Lent or the Holy Week. I would answer, yes, we remember and meditate upon Jesus' suffering, but we don't do the rituals and ceremonies associated with the season. Nevertheless we treat the Holy Week as an occasion to look back at the most glorious display of God's love for mankind: Jesus Christ dying for sinners such as us.
Sadly many people miss the point of the Holy Week entirely: they think that by fasting, by not eating meat on Fridays, by reciting prayers, or even by flagellating themselves, they can earn plus points in heaven.
Netherlands (Part 2)
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There are two effective antidotes to physical stress—food and sleep—but since my schedule didn't permit me to doze lazily on my bed (I had, after all, just been through more than 12 hours of travel), at least I had a sumptuous breakfast.
The Dutch aren't fond of rice, something Southeast Asians can't live without, but what I saw on my plate was a treat nevertheless. I had no idea of what half of the food served tasted like, but I took my time to sample as much as I could.
Learning disappointments
A boy in school uniform is crying silently, wiping tears about to burst from his eyes. He's short, lanky, probably in second grade, and he reminds me of myself when I was a kid. He holds his mother's hand. She leans toward him, consoling him with, "Don't worry. We'll find another one."
A human brain on a cookie jar, and other summer stories
After what feels like forever, I've finally drafted the logo for this site: a human brain on a cookie jar. The tagline, "On the lookout for zebras, not horses," is an idiomatic expression that means, more or less, "I'm thinking of a brain tumor metastasizing to the colon when a person who has swallowed ten santol seeds complains of constipation." The rule, of course, is: think of the more common conditions first, not the extremely rare ones.
Sadly this doesn't always happen during small group discussions, especially when the consultant pressures us for better answers at the point when our brain reserves have already been depleted.
The grainy feel of the sand on my toes
The instruction couldn't have been clearer: meet at McDonald's Quezon Avenue at 6 am, American time—a Filipino way of saying, if you're not here by then, we'll go ahead without you.
The destination: Camaya Cove, Mariveles, Bataan. The purpose: a summer getaway with the mentoring group.
I love the look on my working friends' faces when I tell them I have nothing much to do this summer. I'm going home after my brother's oath-taking, so I'll be spending half the time in Manila and half in Koronadal.
I do want to make the best of this break, arguably the last summer when I can still opt to bum around. My classmates have the same goal. Some have gone to beaches, to vacation houses, and even to different continents. After all, next school year we will begin our rotations as space-occupying lesions in the Philippine General Hospital, and the schedule will extend up to the summer vacation.
Who? I Am.
I just got back from the church's Summer Youth Camp at Jabez Campsite, Dasmarinas, Cavite. The theme was "Who? I Am." It was based on Exodus 3:13-15, a passage that recounts Moses' burning bush experience. Much of the preaching, the songs, and the group discussions focused on this important Biblical account.
The last time we had something like this was three—or was it four?—years ago, when Monty Banta was a high school freshman, when Jason Amigo's voice still hadn't cracked completely, when Banjo Acuna was still a single man.
This year, many of our attendees were in the 11 to 15 age range. I know, they were that young.
"So when were you born?" I asked some of them, to which they replied, "1998." I was amused: I was already in fourth grade when they were joyfully expelled out of their mothers' wombs.
The following is a brief account of what happened during those three days.
Some things never change
I was in the library this morning to do the groundwork for the UP Medics archiving project; the official college newsletter celebrates its 60th year next sem.
We looked at age-old copies of previous Medics issues—many of their pages already brittle—and picked out stand-out articles for compilation.
I chanced upon the lampoon edition dated December 1974 (Vol XXIV, Number 2). It was a total laugh trip!


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Published: November 30, 1987
MAPUTO, Mozambique, Nov. 29— Right-wing rebels have killed at least 42 civilians in an ambush on the main road north of the capital, Maputo Radio reported today.
The local television showed film, shot today, of the still-smoldering wreckage from the attack Saturday near Maluana, 30 miles from Maputo.
A total of 373 people have died the last six weeks in three major attacks on convoys in the same area.
Mozambique's Marxist Government is locked in a long and ruinous war with right-wing rebels of the Mozambican National Resistance, which has been supported by South Africa.
The danger of attack has long forced travelers to move in convoys and only by daylight, even on the country's main north-south highway.
The Maputo radio said this evening that aside from the 42 dead, 68 people were wounded and 32 vehicles destroyed in the attack on at midday on Saturday.
Four rebels were killed by Government soldiers, the radio said.
The rebels have denied responsibility for mass killings of civilians, including the biggest of the convoy ambushes in which 278 people died on Oct. 29.
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@cipher42 Woman, did I tell you to wear according to my preferences. You can use it on your face or wherever you like, do whatever the hell you want 😪
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I say we need a 'Biggest Homer Award'.
I know I can think of 12 nominees already.
As DallasEast pointed out to me, we should probably hold off for about a month to get this thing started. In the meantime, though, we can use this thread to gather interest and start the smacktalk
With out a doubt.
Worst Mod/Best Mod award?
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Did you see Iceberg's movie? You've been supplanted.
Sorry bud I know bob, bob is a friend of mine, you are no bob
You didn't ruin it; you proved why it should indeed be the R2A award. Maybe if you weren't so worried about your e-ego or being popular you wouldn't be such a board brat.
Comeback poster of the year here.
Well that one is a no-brainer. It's that guy who keeps whining about his love life and losing his girlfriend.
All good ideas. Keep 'em coming.
The L. P. LaDoucer Most Unappreciated Poster...
also, seems like there ought to be some kind of Buehler award...
And how about a special Celebrity Poster award nod to the one and only Brad Sham
How about the "poster you'd most like to know where they live so you could drive to Canada....er....um....their house, and beat the brakes off of them" award?
I nominate stilltheguru for worst poster.
How about an award for the poster most likely to make me post 3 :bang2: smileys.
The THUMPER - Banghead award for the most frustratingly lame arguments.
How about an award for "Best Contributor". Those folks like Theebs, DC and WoodysGirl, Juke and DBair have for years gone out of their way to post all these clips and articles that keep this place lively (I know there are more so please forgive me if I left you out by accident).
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Former baseball player Mike Piazza once starred in a shampoo commercial in which he declared, "I don't mind looking good, as long as it doesn't take too much effort."
Many small-business owners take a similar approach to running an eco-friendly company: They don't mind doing their part to help the environment, as long as it's not too much trouble or cost-prohibitive.
Yet "green" business practices are good for not only the environment, but also your bottom line. Here are some quick, painless, and cost-effective ways to make your operations more sustainable.
Pull the Plug
Even when your office equipment is in standby mode or turned off, "phantom" or "vampire" power loads still drain electricity. In fact, between 5 and 20 percent of your power bill pays for machines and appliances that are in standby mode or for empty adapters and chargers that are still plugged in according to The University of California, Los Angeles. One solution is to purchase power strips that enable you and your employees to easily switch off the electricity that would otherwise be sent to these devices after hours.
Meanwhile, installing programmable thermostats to turn the heat or air-conditioning on one hour before employees arrive (and off when they leave) can result in huge savings — if you use them correctly.
Go Paperless
The average U.S. office worker uses an estimated 10,000 sheets of copy paper a year. Join the digital revolution by using social media to advertise your company's products or services instead of printing out flyers, handbills, pamphlets, and other documents.
Ask your customers to sign up for electronic billing, which will help to eliminate the printing and mailing costs associated with sending monthly statements — and may speed up customer payments. When you do purchase paper, try to buy 100 percent recycled paper.
Purchase Conscientiously
When buying equipment and fixtures — computers and electronics, plumbing and lighting, refrigerators and microwaves, etc. — aim for Energy Star-qualified products. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, if every computer sold nationwide met Energy Star requirements, energy costs would decrease by $1.8 billion each year, and the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would be equivalent to that of 2 million vehicles.
Energy Star refrigerators are required to use at least 15 percent less energy than standard models, while Energy Star dishwashers save more than 1,300 gallons of water during their lifetime. In addition, Water Sense-labeled faucets can reduce the water flow by 30 percent or more without compromising performance.
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If your company purchases bottled water for its employees, consider purchasing a filter and using tap water. You'll not only decrease the number of plastic bottles that end up as landfill, but also save money: The Environmental Working Group reports that bottled water costs up to 1,900 times more than tap water.
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The Kroger Co.'s Atlanta division is once again serving as a major sponsor of Fiesta Atlanta 2010 for the fourth annual Cinco de Mayo celebration on deck for Sunday, May 2 in Centennial Olympic Park.
The Kroger Co.'s Atlanta division is once again serving as a major sponsor of Fiesta Atlanta 2010 for the fourth annual Cinco de Mayo celebration on deck for Sunday, May 2 in Centennial Olympic Park.
Kroger's participation will include a "Kroger Isle" area with interactive displays and entertainment for children and adults, free product samples, and information on popular food items. The Kroger arches will welcome attendees to the area as water misters cool down the crowd.
Kroger supports the Hispanic community in Atlanta with both Spanish-language advertisements and bilingual staff in many stores. As such, Kroger's Atlanta division — which operates over 215 stores covering, Georgia, eastern Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina — is pumped about its participation in Fiesta Atlanta in 2010, which Glynn Jenkins, director of communications and public relations for the chain's regional division, said "is not only a terrific Latino community event [but one that] has also grown into a total market event [and] multicultural fiesta for all metro Atlantans to enjoy."
"Fiesta Atlanta affords Kroger an opportunity to connect face-to-face with some of their most treasured customers," said Ralph E. Herrera, president of the Lanza Group, LLC, an Atlanta-based Hispanic marketing, PR and events firm that's spearheading the event.
Fiesta Atlanta is a free daylong festival that features live Latin music on two stages with national and local recording artists. The children's stage includes lively, colorful acts like Mexican folkloric dancers, clowns, musicians and storytellers. Artists will sell handmade traditional crafts and delicious Latin foods such as tacos and aguas frescas. The festival's partners will provide samples of their products and interactive displays.


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Tenerife Beheading, A man accused of beheading a British woman in a shop in Tenerife had been released from a psychiatric unit in the UK last summer after he was sectioned for his own safety. Deyan Deyanov, 28, apparently was sectioned under the Mental Health Act for his own safety last summer and remains in the psychiatric unit at Glan Clwyd hospital Ablett in North Wales. But last October he was out, and last week allegedly stalked and killed Westley Jennifer Mills, 60, in the resort of Los Cristianos.
Today, a statement of health officials confirmed Deyanov was arrested in north Wales, but gave few details, citing patient confidentiality as the reason.
It is unclear whether he was allowed to leave the psychiatric unit after being evaluated or fled. Officials did not say whether an investigation had begun. A spokeswoman for the Board of Health of the University, Ysbyty Gwynedd, said in a prepared statement: "The health board can confirm that assisted the North Wales police in relation to a person detained for their own safety in the summer 2010.
"The health board has had no contact with this client since October of last year."
Deyanov, a Bulgarian national, was cut during a visit to see relatives in the United Kingdom, and two of his ex-girlfriends, said in interviews that he was a major consumer of drugs, cocaine and cannabis.
Jennifer Mills-Westley, originally from Norwich, Norfolk, was in a china shop property on Avenida Juan Carlos when he was stabbed repeatedly and beheaded.
Since the last attack in the morning, it was found that his alleged victim had taken refuge in a local employment center just minutes before she was killed.
Witnesses said the murderer left the store clutching her head and said reports that "God is on earth."
Mills-Westley, who had five grandchildren, had been living in Tenerife after retiring from her job as a road safety officer with the Norfolk County Council.
Tenerife reports suggest Deyanov had received psychiatric treatment in Cuba.
Regional newspaper La Opinion reported that he was released from a local hospital in February after participating in violence.
The document also said a judge issued a warrant for Deyanov capture May 10, three days before the murder and Deyanov had been in a fight that recently appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
Deyanov was arrested on suspicion of murder, and now is detained in a psychiatric unit in Tenerife.
A security guard said he had broken Deyanov in the face four months ago and a former girlfriend expressed fears for their safety.
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The Reddings
|Macon, Georgia, U.S.
|Funk, R&B, soul
|Years active
|Believe In A Dream Records (division of CBS Records)
Polydor Records
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|Dexter Redding
Otis Redding, III
Mark Lockett
The Reddings was an American funk, soul and disco band, founded by Otis Redding's sons Dexter (bass and vocals) and Otis Redding III (guitar) together with Mark Lockett (drums, keys, and lead vocal).[1]
Their most well-known songs include "Remote Control" (1980) / "Doin' it" / "Funkin On The One" / "Class (Is What You Got)" (1981) / "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" (1982) / "Hand Dance" (1983) and "The Awakening" (1980), a bass-drums-duet which is often performed live by Les Claypool (Primus) and on his album Highball with the Devil.
Their album The Reddings was released on November 26, 1988, and reached a peak position of #88 on the US Billboard album chart. It featured a hit single "Call The Law," which reached peak position of #16 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles Chart on November 26, 1988.
In December 1980, "Remote Control," from the first album by the Reddings (The Awakening), went to #6 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, and peaked at #89 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The tune was sampled in an episode of the 1980s television programme, WKRP in Cincinnati. Written by Nick Mann, Bill Beard, and Chet Fortune of the Washington, DC based songwriting team of Last Colony Music http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nick+Mann, "Remote Control" continues to receive airplay around the world in places like Belgium, France, Italy, and The Netherlands.
In 1979-1980, Dexter, Otis III, and Mark recorded this album with producers Russell Timmons and Nick Mann at the Believe in a Dream studio, which was located in downtown Washington, D.C.
- The Awakening (1980)
- Class (1981)
- Steamin' Hot (1982)
- Back To Basics (1983)
- If Looks Could Kill (1985)
- The Reddings (1988)
- ^ Otfinoski, Steven (2003). African Americans in the Performing Arts. p. 194.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1980-12-13
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