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Yesterday, Thrashers general manager Rick Dudley pulled the trigger on a trio of trade deadline day deals. He also re-signed newly acquired defenseman Mark Stuart and snagged a center off the waiver wire.
Here is a brief recap of what went down:
Sent to the Florida Panthers were forwards Niclas Bergfors and Patrick Rissmiller in exchange forward Radek Dvorak and a 5th round draft pick. Dvorak is 33 and has scored 7 goals and 14 assists in 53 games played. He'll be a UFA come July 1 and is currently being paid $1.7 million this season.
Bergfors was a part of the deal with the Devils last winter that sent Ilya Kovalchuk to New Jersey. He scored 11 goals and 18 assists in 52 games and compiled a –11 rating. After coming to Atlanta last year he looked as though he could become a major piece in the Thrashers future, but things started to head south with him and the organization last summer during contract talks and he seemed to reside in coach Craig Ramsay's doghouse all season. Hopefully this change will bring a new beginning for this promising young talent.
As for Rissmiller…his biggest accomplishment for the Thrashers is that he helped the team send Todd White to the Rangers.
Dudley also shipped Fredrik Modin to Calgary in return for a 7th round draft pick and swapped prospect goalie Drew McIntyre to Montreal for prospect defenseman Brett Festerling.
Lastly, there was the acquisition of Rob Schremp from the Islanders. He was plucked off the waver wire.
Did Dudley do right with his deals over the past two weeks?
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All this caps off a very busy two weeks for Dudley and Co. as we have seen several transactions that have modified the team's roster. Starting with the trade that sent Rich Peverley and Boris Valabik to Boston for Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart, Atlanta then moved Brent Sopel and Nigel Dawes to Montreal for Ben Maxwell and a 4th round pick. Then came yesterday's deals.
What all of that leaves us with is this…
Where there was once Sopel on defense, you now have Stuart. Where there was once Peverley and Bergfors up front there is now Wheeler and Dvorak. Also, where there was Modin we now will see Maxwell/Schremp…at least until Jimmy Slater and Alex Burmistrov get healthy.
I'll let you debate whether or not the team is in better shape now for a stretch run then they were two weeks ago. Personally I think ultimately that will be decided by how they perform over the remaining six weeks of the season.
However, looking beyond that I think Rick Dudley has done a very good job as far as the future is concerned. He did not deal away any significant prospect for an aging vet with multiple years left on a contract, nor did he conduct a fire sale in which he in essence threw in the towel on this season.
But even more than that, he was able to ink Stuart to a 3-year $5.1 million contract extension that will keep the soon-to-be 27 year old blueliner around here for the foreseeable future. The deal is not only a good one where the team's payroll department is concerned, but it will also go a long way in helping to solidify the one area of this team that has always been a major issue…defense. Stuart has performed well since coming over here, showing a great deal of hustle and grit, and he can be a vital piece in the puzzle that is the Thrashers future.
Also not to be overlooked is the fact that Stuart was traded here only about a dozen or so days ago, but apparently has already seen enough to say, "Yeah, I like what's going on here and would like to stick around for a while".
We in Thrasherville aren't exactly used to that and it came as very welcome news indeed.
March 2nd, 2011
7:36 am
Smoothie, no doubt about it Stapleton works very hard, as hard as anyone maybe. My issue is not about him really, but with the organization, he definitely works his butt off, but again…just can't produce. I hope he figures out how to capitalize on his chances I don't know. He's a fast skater, he shoots when he can, nhe works hard in the corners despite his size, I really do like his play, I at the very lest think he should remain on the 3rd or 4th lines. Maybe he should get a look playing the wings.
March 2nd, 2011
7:50 am
Congrats to Boomer's grandson Blake Geoffrion who scored his first-ever NHL goal for the Preds last night.
March 2nd, 2011
8:02 am
Geez, I ope I'm not "our resident Troll", Glove. I do know a good bit about the game. I was addicted to the sport like nothing else since my first game back in the 80's (USA vs Red Army exhibition). I tought myself how to skateand stick handle immediately regardless of the fact that playing competitively was difficult in my locale. Without getting into details of how I did this it was my own version of a Joe Mullen and eventually my parents gave into my passion and I played lots of ice and inline. I was pretty good for the leagues I played in too. No, I never played travel hockey, not I'm no brilliant strategist, but I know the game pretty well and I've got a pretty good track record for being right when it comes to things like teams and players, that's not a fluke. Anyways, I hope I'm not this resident troll who "admittedly" doesn't know about hockey. I do know hockey and admit what level of conversation is above me, that's more than a lot of other opinionated people do.
March 2nd, 2011
8:03 am
Red Light – Ditto that, isn't that kid born and bred in TN?
March 2nd, 2011
8:35 am
Geoffrion was born in Florida but grew up in Brentwood, Tenn. He went Culver Military Academy, the US Development program and then to the Univ. of Wisconsin. He chose to complete all four years at Wisconsin and then had an amateur tryout with the Milwaukee Admirals, made it and then played in a few playoff games last season. His two younger brothers are playing at UAH.
He was the first native of Tennessee to be drafted, to sign an NHL deal and to play in the NHL.
March 2nd, 2011
8:45 am
Anyone still have any questions about why Buf, who absolutely killed people throwing his weight around while playing for the 'Hawks, and why our other players don't hit (Ramsay should have Stuart fixed of that awful habit soon)? Read Ramsay's comments about Stewart last night taking a penalty for going after the Hab who took the late shot well after the buzzer last night:
"it was close play. So they throw it at the net. You try to teach support. I also try to teach discipline. The game, where it was, you don't want to be taking that penalty. … "I think you can do and make your point without doing too much."
Coach Ramsay, teaching a kinder gentler NHL style since 2010.
He gots to go.
March 2nd, 2011
8:48 am
I said this on the other blog–Carey Price earned that win. Read his team mates comments. About the "Canadien Fans"–I sat next to some from Alabama "Quebec" if you know what I mean. This team is young and despite all of the naysayers has a lot of talent. This will not be the year, but unlike years past, this team will mature and do well. If you want to show a prospective buyer that you want hockey in Atlanta, the the team needs support. If not, those poor southern Canadien fans will have to trravel even further to see their Canadiens and Redwings! As for Thrasher fans, there is NOTHING that beats live hockey.
March 2nd, 2011
8:51 am
Personally, I think Big-Puff's weaknesses (i.e. lack of fundamentals) have been figured out and completely game-planned for by the opposition…thus, his impact is becoming more and more negligible….Flashes-in-the-pan and Fools-Gold only last for so long without either re-adjustment ability or superior talent.
Big-Puff apparently has neither.
Blame the coaches all you want…but we'll hear the same tune one-two years into the next regime…
The rot starts at the top–and the very bottom is pretty rotten, too…
March 2nd, 2011
8:53 am
Big-Puff "dominated" in part due to overpoweringly-talented teammates in Chicago.
He doesn't have that here.
Is this truly that difficult to see?
(It must be for some.)
March 2nd, 2011
8:55 am
sory for the typos–in addition if anyone listened to the radio show after the game, Dan Kamal took exception with the "fire Ramsay" idea. He called him one of the great minds of hockey with 40 years experience. It sounds like the team really likes playing for him. Dan is a straight shooter. He knows the fans are sick of losing and anxious about the ownership situation. He seems to be the only talking about it. Of course, he said that same anxiety is shared by the players and coaches. He really feels that we FINALLY have the core players for a good team. With maturity comes success.
March 2nd, 2011
9:18 am
Numerous sources are reporting a long line has formed around Philips Arena. Apparently, several owners of the Atlanta Spirit, including Bruce Levenson, in an attempt to pay for their Johnson, have initiated a fund raising event. For one thousand dollars, each contributor gets to whack a hockey stick over the head of one owner of the contributor's choice. Being their normal despicable and cowardly selves, the Spirit owners failed to disclose they would be wearing helmets.
However, one fan in his infinite wisdom whacked Bruce Levenson in his groin area. Immediately, Bruce Levenson and the other owners threatened to sue the fan. The fan retorted, "You didn't specify which head, DEAL WITH IT."
March 2nd, 2011
9:55 am
APR – I'm surprised Levenson felt anything. I didn't think he had anything there!
March 2nd, 2011
9:59 am
Sweeping all 18 of the remaining games leaves the Thrashers with a team record of 99 points in one season.
March 2nd, 2011
10:05 am
Red Light – Thanks, I had to run the boy to pre-k so I couldn't wiki that. Besides his very good bloodline obviously playing a big role, this is PROOF that much of the developmental age going into Prep Hockey, NAHL, USHL, levels ARE working in places outside of traditional locales. It's funny because it's not really new to American hockey as there've been some players for a while now coming from places like California albeit not many. But just like California, other sunnbelt locales are experiencing the same thing, that's cool. It'll probably be a while before this is more common, but promising nonetheless.
March 2nd, 2011
10:11 am
Dan Kamal is "high" on our young talent, huh? That's funny!
Kamal is an organizational toad similar to Kincade….I take what either says about anything with a large grain of salt.
Please put the Kool-Aid-Pipe down slowly and step away…
March 2nd, 2011
10:44 am
Sage, you're just wacky with tripe, do you watch hockey games other than the Thrash? Chicago had a ton of skill last year, but were having huge problems getting space for Kane and Toews up front until they moved Buf up there to throw his weight around and create space and it worked like magic all the way to hoisting the Cup.
They're having similar problems this year in Chicago as they lost a ton of grit, the move they made for Frolik from Florida was mind bogglingly stupid, they brought in another skill guy when they needed a banger and grinder instead. I don't think Frolik has a secondary assist since they brought him in. They miss Buf up front so badly up there it's sad . . . they kept all the skill and let all the grit go.
We get some of the grit down here, Eager throws his around and Ramsay says see ya, don't need that in my figure skating squad. Buf is put on the back end and yep, other clubs drape two on him now and deny the puck and he's neutralized. We have smallish forwards, that Dudley is changing somewhat, but we need size up front and have a perfect candidate to do it, and Ramsay has him sitting on the blue line and not up front throwing his meat on the forecheck and creating space for guys like Little, but no, we can't even retaliate when our goalie gets run, when Kane gets his clock cleaned, when guys take slappers at us 3 seconds after the period ends. Not in Ramsay's kinder gentler NHL.
He gots to go. We have a good core here, need a coach and a couple top 6 forwards next year to take the next step. We already have one of those forwards here, seeing how UFA dmen available are plentiful this summer, that's the way to go to move Buf up front and unleash him from the Ramsay go go go but for good Lord's sake, don't touch anyone Squad.
I'm sure Ramsay is a nice guy. Waddell was too. Keeping nice guys around doesn't work out so well in the NHL. Unleash the Fury, already.
March 2nd, 2011
10:49 am
JoeF – good post and quite passionate without being rantish. I'm done with Ramsay and I was one of his biggest proponents. I don't know why he wants every one of his players to vie for the Lady Byng. He should know that, from playing with Dudley and Playfair, every team needs villains and tough guys who can deliver justice to the other team even if it means crossing the line a little. Stewart's adjutication of said "justice" was just plain stupid. He could have been less of a puss and just face mushed Hamrlik but instead they save that kind of aggression for each other in dog pile post-GWG celebrations. Perhaps they should spend less time fellating each other and more time berating one another for stupid mistakes. Where's the leadership??
March 2nd, 2011
10:53 am
good question from Bradley here: http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2011/03/02/would-new-hawksthrashers-owners-make-a-real-difference/
March 2nd, 2011
11:08 am
Joe Friday – Ditto what Smoothie said.
March 2nd, 2011
11:28 am
Sage, I don't smoke any kind of a pipe. I threw Kamal's comments out for discussion. Do you and LAC feel the need to insult at least one person a day? As much as I agree with some of what you say, your delivery is boorish. However, since you get such a chuckle out of so many of the comments, I get a chuckle imagining you repeating them to people's faces, especially Buff Puff.
March 2nd, 2011
11:51 am
The smartest thing Stewart could have done was wait until the next period and shoot the puck into Florida's bench.
March 2nd, 2011
11:59 am
now see if dud going to upgrade this team for next season to add couple of stars for any cost. he is insane if not. it's no other ways to survive here. he should be in face of any owners and demand money or quit. be the man dud like Bibby, who sacrificed 6 mil in order to win, not like you friend don who collecting fat checks here for 11 years simultaneously ruining franchise to the ground. dud you got 4 years extension, this mean you have to be stand up man, well being thrashers in Atlanta much more important than you friendship with don loser waddell
March 2nd, 2011
12:19 pm
there's a story out of 'Pegg that REGINA, SK is building an arena in hopes of getting an NHL team. These people are crazy if they think that Regina gets a team. On another front, it looks like if the Goldwater Institute gets their way with the possible lawsuit, the 'Yotes migt have to move whether they go to Canada or not.
So here's my question. Is there anywhere in the U. S. the 'Yotes could move to? Vegas seems like a big problem for any pro team as they are a town mainly of transients. Which brings me to where I think they ought to go, TORONTO! Why? Give the Toronto media another team to follow, and I bet that once you put the Isles in Quebec City, all the relocation nonsense goes away. I swear, all this is just griping that gets fanned by a media which is tried to death of following a crappy team which under performs year-in-and-out.
March 2nd, 2011
12:28 pm
I did not see last night's game, but I have seen most of them in the last several months. Buff doesn't have a lack of skills – he has a lack of wanting to play hard for an underachieving team.
March 2nd, 2011
12:44 pm
@ ZAvalanche: Cam friggin Neeley, Super Mario, and mr. 99 himself wouldn't want to play for Le Thrash. Expect more of this crap until the team is sold.
March 2nd, 2011
12:52 pm
Ben – Seattle could support a team.
March 2nd, 2011
1:03 pm
Red Light, to me, any contract whose performance results don't correspond to the salary being paid for the performance … is a bad contract. Erat, though I like him, seems overpaid. Semin, though I like him, is overpaid. Brian Campbell is overpaid. Shawn Horcoff is overpaid. Sheldon Souray is overpaid. When a GM has a player who is being paid handsomely, it's an opportunity to clear cap space and replace that player for similar performance results, for LESS money.
I think overpaid players represent an opportunity for Atlanta to trap a quality, but overpaid player, in our market, for years to come. I'd take Jason Spezza, right frekkin' now, and his $7 million. I'd take Cammalleri and his $7 million. It's an overpayment, but how ELSE do you get him here??
March 2nd, 2011
1:07 pm
@ Ben, agreed, they probably wouldn't WANT to play for Thrashy. But Buffy didn't have to make the deal to stay. It disappoints me to see guys who can make a difference but take the easy-payday-way-out. It is players like him that should be leading the charge and inspiring the others to bust their a$$ on the ice. I've played for some pretty bad teams in various sports, including my own one-man team when I started playing tennis (though I had a rotator cuff tear, I didn't blame my crap play on it), and nothing helps a slumping team more than sitting there and watching a leader go out actually lead. Point being, the team has cashed in their sticks for the season. They know that it is basically over. Is it sad to see? Absolutely. Rammer, while I respect him, isn't lighting the fire under their bums. That is his job and he can't do it effectively right now. I cannot imagine how difficult it is to get into the heads of pro athletes and get them to do what they need to do (though I do think that hockey players are the most grounded of any of the 4 major sports in the US). I would love to have been a fly on the wall at some of the Wing's practices when Bowman was there. As much as I literally hate that team (i'm talking LAC style vitriol, if not worse), they were damn good and have a formula to continue to be good.
March 2nd, 2011
1:27 pm
Brendan: Then I have to ask you this question…what overpaid player has gone to a new team and led them to the playoffs, and then to the Cup?
Pavel Bure? Jaromir Jagr? Peter Forsberg? Marcel Dionne? Wayne Gretzky? Jari Kurri?
I know of few… Messier, Bourque, Claude Lemieux and Mogilny, for example, but you have to more pieces around those kind of players to win it all. I recommend getting the other pieces in place first, and then go grasping for Cup straws after that.
There is no way you can convince me that with Spezza or Cammalleri that this current team becomes a contender!
March 2nd, 2011
1:28 pm
Milwaukee would have a better chance to succeed than Saskatoon!
March 2nd, 2011
1:41 pm
RL, I am not sure that you can put the Great One and Forsberg in that list. The rest, absolutely. 99 was playing in a different league during that time is was way undersized. The hockey of the later 90's was ruled by defense and big hitters. Plus, 99 made a huge splash for LA in the playoffs in his second year there. 40 pts in 24 games? Sick.
As for Peter, and I will admit a bit of bias here, he hasn't been healthy since 2003. A total of 24 surgeries, including a spleenectomy and 11 on his right foot alone, in the span of 5 years. Had he been healthy, who knows what he would have done in Philly and Nashville. And you left off Rob Blake from the "who made it happen" list. Bourque was on the CO team that lost game 7 of the WCF to Dallas (for the 2nd year in a row, Dallas went on to lose to NJ, and the previous year was, well, the non-goal that Hull had against Buffalo to win the cup) and then we picked up Blake the next year to put a MONSTER defense together. Don't know if you had the pleasure to see those two on the blue line together, but holy sh!t. An embarrassment of riches, to be true.
March 2nd, 2011
3:00 pm
Red Light, I can definitely appreciate what you're saying. Cammalleri and Spezza, by themselves, or even together, aren't automatically going to put this team into the playoffs. We had Savard, Hossa, Kovalchuk, Lehtonen, and Kaberle and Bondra … and still didn't make the playoffs in 2006.
But my point is, and I should have clarified, is that we need some kind of "pot of hunny" to bring forth more of the "bees." Do pending UFAs look at Kane, Bogosian, and Burmistrov and think … "those are the ponies to bet on? Better sign in Atlanta?" Add Cammalleri and Spezza to the mix, in Atlanta, and you might have something some UFA might consider.
But I hear ya loud-n-clear … who's gonna pay for all that? The "pot of hunny" to bring forth all the bees has to be 'committed ownership' that bankrolls it all. If Cammalleri and Spezza were our moves, the ownership would stop right there, rather than take it to its conclusion, augmenting defense and maybe even goaltending. But, Red Light, where does it start? When does it start? If we're stuck with these clowns, at least bad contracts are something we could get without coughing up lottery draft picks or promising prospects.
How did we get Byfuglien here? Answer: Trade.
How did we get Ladd here? Answer: Trade
How did we get Sopel and Eager here. Answer: Trade.
Other than Antropov and Hainsey, both of whom we paid dearly for, our success during the July Frenzy isn't anything to write home about. (Todd White, Eric Perrin, Max Afinogenov, Chris Mason, etc.) We have had some success making waiver claims. But that CANNOT be our primary strategy.
Look, I'll admit that bad contracts are a little bit on the stupid side of how to run a hockey team. But honestly, can you think of another way to get better players here? Red Light, you of ALL PEOPLE are the most quoted about the ability of the Atlanta Thrashers Hockey Club to draft and develop talent. It incubates here, just fine. But it never seems to actually HATCH here.


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Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox—possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao's drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future.
Length: At first, with the way the novel was arranged, I was a bit confused on how each section of the book was numbered. However, as I went through the book, the numbered sections were very useful to me because it helped me start and end the book at a good place. The length of the book itself was large, but every word was worth it. The sections were short and sweet and I loved reading every word.
Plot: I was in love with the plot. As you can see, I really like reading Asian themed books and I understood most of the references in this book, making this book very fascinating for me. The plot is very unique and magical yet very realistic in it's own way (read the book and you'll understand what I mean.) I loved how Ozeki pieced together two very different separate plots together. It's something I like to call genius.
Writing Style: This is the first time I've read a book by Ruth Ozeki and I'm glad to say that I would love to read more books by her! Her writing style is very lighthearted despite the fact that the plot is mostly gloomy (in Nao's case.) Her writing style is very raw and the rawness is what really attracted me throughout the book.
Character Development: My favorite part of this whole book is the character development. Ozeki developed the characters so nicely and you can see that both characters (Ruth and Nao) developed greatly throughout the book, with some developments more obvious than others. I loved how Nao became stronger because of her great grandmother Jiko despite all of the things she's been through. Nao's story is in many ways inspiring to others and I like how Ozeki spread her story to Ruth, someone who needed inspiring (especially for her writing.)
Recommendations: I recommend this to anyone who wants to try a book with unique themes mixed together. This is not the book for people who don't like to think or to be fascinated with various unique concepts such as Zen Buddhism and quantum physics. This book will make you think. I also recommend this to anyone who loves/knows Japanese culture because many of Ozeki's references will make you laugh (especially in Nao's story.)
Last Thoughts: Ozeki makes a lot of footnotes for a bunch of references and I really appreciated that because she has probably done a bunch of research to create this book. There's a bunch of appendixes for more information on some concepts and I strongly suggest you to read the appendixes because it makes the novel even more complex and interesting as it already is. At first, I thought she was overdoing it with the abundance of references but now I see it as a great result of effort and carefulness. This book is a masterpiece and I would reread it again if I had the time to.


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You know, the greatest thing about cards is that the games can span a range of abilities...
From the youngest Go Fish and Crazy-8 players to the most sophisticated Poker or 52-card-pickup players.
I have a crazy grandfathered plan with unlimited staples, but limited nails.
NOW they have payment plans... which is just a way of having a lower priced plan if you own your phone/hammer. But my plan gives me the phone/hammer every 18-24 months.
Beer - it is required for communication, just like a flag bit or a destination ip address.
That sounds good, I'll sign up for the Gold Plan.
(turns can of Pepsi so it faces forward in the browser window)
Although the Bronze plan with adblocker might be doable.
(has anyone seen my Subway gift card? I'm going for lunch)
By the way, your post is pretty funny, too bad I don't have mod points.
My cellphone bill pays for a limited number of nails, and one new hammer every 18-24 months.
I thought you weren't a real engineer unless you could Boot a steam engine..
I was wondering about the lightning connector. There seems to be a bunch of moving parts inside the socket. There are the "thiniges" that make the electrical contact, and there are two tiny things on the sides that hold the plug in place (the lightning plug seems to have indents on the edge to hold it in)
3. If a company has a clumsy resume interface, that frightens away the good developers that would be qualified to fix it.
Why would a good developer want to work at a company with these obvious fundamental problems?
I actually think coin-ops were a little more honest. You usually got to play with really cool hardware,
and you physically insert your money one by one.
In some cases the IAP model is like an arcade machine where you don't hand your money over, instead it reaches into your wallet for you and takes out an ambiguous amount.
I just close everything and skip going to the content.
I just don't buy into that ecosystem.
I think this might be possible. I don't really know, but if you've ever "cycled" an aquarium, it's pretty interesting and makes me think it's plausible.
If you put fish in an aquarium full of fresh water, they will generate ammonia and eventually die (unless they are very hardy fish).
So to "cycle" the aquarium, you can put drops of ammonia in the aquarium each day. Over time, bacteria that metabolize ammonia will enter the aquarium water and colonize it. These bacteria will remove the ammonia, producing nitrites (which are also toxic to fish, but less so than ammonia).
If you continue cycling the aquarium, more bacteria colonize the water, ones which metabolize the nitrites into nitrates.
Fish are usually ok with nitrates, so at this point, you can introduce the fish to the aquarium, and they will survive because the system will naturally remove the ammonia and subsequent nitrites.
Optionally, you can add plants to the aquarium and they can utilize the nitrates and remove them. Remember nitrates? From fertilizer?
Long story short... I'll bet the ocean can do amazing things like this. Don't know for sure, but it's plausible.
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The nest protect can ALSO detect you, and well enough that you can do the "nest wave" underneath it to silence an alarm.
They also communicate back and forth so that the thermostat can turn off the furnace if there's a fire, and the thermostat can go into "away" mode when nobody is home.
The protect has two ultrasonic sensors, an occupancy sensor, a light sensor and a variety of smoke/heat sensors:
I can't find a simple summary for the thermostat, but it has occupancy, temperature and humidity sensors at least.
Do not overlook the fact that other companies will undercut you in price, just to "deal themselves in" in some fashion. Probably under the guise of "use your iphone to flush your home toilet while you're on vacation!"
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After the quake stopped we all went down the stairs and stood in the courtyard not knowing what to do. Many rumors of road cave-ins and bridge failures circulated throughout, adding to our confusion and fear. It was finally determined that we should all attempt to get our cars out of the now compromised five-story parking structure and head for home.
On my way back up the stairs I ran into one of my students, a severely visually impaired girl from Gilroy, who couldn't locate her ride home. I suggested she ride with me and I would drop her off on my way home to Salinas. Although she knew her address, her inability to be able to distinguish her surroundings or to read the street signs made it a challenging effort.
I finally found her home in a rather rural area and will never forget the sight of her family standing outside in a small cluster, shear panic on their faces. When the mother realized it was her daughter in the passenger seat of my car, she rushed towards us and had the door open before I even had the car stopped. The look of gratitude and relief will forever remain in my memory.
The remainder of my trip home was both bumpy and lonely.
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Human rights barristers await European ruling in joined religious liberty cases
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"All four were told by UK courts that they had no protection under the Equality Act."
If so, are the elements who contrived the draft [and 'took part in debates' if any real debates did take place] that later became the Equality Act, going to amend the particular statute?
And what does that same statement say about the over-rated "English law" tradition which is frequently cited as a pioneer centuries before the ECHR and the United Nations Declaration came into being?
Whatever the details of today,s ruling, which you may yet get to cover as a report, the fact is that under "English courts system" ordinary people do not have much proaction.
Go to the county courts across England and wales and you can count very easily the number of "wins" that ordinary members of the p public are allowed as against the real violators of rights, the local councils, big and small corporations, rich people and the UK state agencies and Departments.
Which raises the question about the Legal Education programmes and agendas in the UK.
Those and the 'textbooks' are lagging behind the times and the much-advertised access to justice is a complete and utter fantasy for most people across ordinary Society!
This is acutely evident in the absence of the courts and the "legal professionals" from the arena of battles over human rights concerning health, welfare and social safety and freedoms.
The "Legal Aid" myth is just as misleading as the many myths about social security and "benefits".
This list could go on to cover most of what remains of 'Society' in Britain after the revivalist NeoConservative Cultural Warfare that is being carried out under the disguise of the "Coalition".
Where are the "lawyers campaigning selflessly and on principles for decency, justice and fairness" for the hundreds of thousands and more whose liberties are being looted right in front of the Lawyers by the CONDEM attacks?


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When I departed for college my grandmother told me to join the debate team, because I was always arguing trying to prove a point. She was correct. I was a chatty Cathy and was always defending advocating my positions. Debating was the most exhilarating intellectual experience I had had until that time. It was a [...]Keep reading »
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As robots get smarter and more capable and make their way from manufacturing assembly lines to a much wider variety of applications, we will be interacting with them in more and more situations. Currently, robots tend to move with jerky, stop/start motions, which can make it difficult for humans, who are accustomed to the fluid and dynamic movements of other humans, to easily recognize what the robots are doing. In an attempt to create robots that can better interact with humans, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are getting robots to move in a much more human-like way. Read More
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One survivor's story after Vibrio Vulnificus
OKALOOSA COUNTY -- Two people in Northwest Florida have died from the flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio Vulnificus this year.
One in Okaloosa County and one in Santa Rosa County.
One person has also been infected in Escambia County.
Of the 32 confirmed cases of bacterial infection in Florida this year, ten people have died.
One Northwest Florida man was infected with the bacteria back in 2005.
People infected with Vibrio Vulnificus, or the flesh eating bacteria, probably got it from eating contaminated seafood or from an open wound while swimming in seawater or brakish water.
The infection can be fatal; but for those that do survive, life may never be the same again,
"It's like you're not a person anymore. You're something else."
That's how Grady Babb felt after losing both of his hands, both his feet and part of his nose.
In 2005, Babb was infected by Vibrio Vulnificus.
"I started feelin' really bad."
"My hands were turning purple and they were numb."
He didn't know what was wrong and at first, doctors didn't either.
"When I went into the hospital to figure out what I had and how to treat it and they didn't know."
The bacteria began taking over and doctors almost gave up.
"My hands and feet were black from being dead."
"I had two days to live."
But Babb had much more than that.
Nearly 10 years later, he does a lot of the things he did before.
"It's a readjustment, but you just learn to do things differently."
I've learned to adapt. I don't use prosthetics. I've got a little thing I've got to eat with."
And while his life will never be the same, 'I admit, there are things I cannot do."
His positive attitude and love of life will be.
"I've made the best of it and that's what you've got to do."
"I've always been a survivor"
Babb also said he hopes medical advancements and research will help others become survivors, too.
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Sunday, 12 May 2013 11:53
The show opens with the Grappler surrounded by his replacement wrestlers. Most noteable are ECCW wrestlers SCOTTY MAC and RAVENOUS RANDY MYERS. Thunder and Wade BY GOD Hess come out and Thunder starts shoving the scabs. Things calm down and Grappler challenges them to face four of his guys in a handi-cap match tonight. Mike Santiago comes out next and cuts a promo challenging any of the scabs or PWU wrestlers. Colt Toombs comes out and our opening match is set after a commercial break.
Joe V and Josh Wilcox on PBP. Wilcox does a good job, so I'm glad this has seemingly become the regular announce team.
Match #1
Colt Toombs defeated Mike Santiago by DQ when Demarcus James attacked Toombs just as he had Santiago locked in an armbar. Jorel Nelson and Jonas Albert Robinson join the attack on Toombs. Santiago walks off, allowing the scabs to triple team Toombs. Pat Large runs in for the save and helps Toombs clear the ring.
Joe V interviews Eric Right and Hot Hands Mendoza prior to their match
Match #2
Hot Hands Mendoza defeated Eric Right with a double arm DDT
Joe V interviewed THE BOXCAR SUPERSTAR - THE HOBO from Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. Oh man, this guy is awesome. I suggest you look him up on youtube.
PNW champ Big Ugly cut a promo via SKYPE. He is getting over a concussion and will be back on PWU as soon as he is cleared.
Match #3
Ravenous Randy Myers & Scotty Mac defeated Derek Drexl & Erik Baeden when Mac pinned Drexl after a super kick
Joe V interviewed Mac & Myers. Mac mentions his prior run in Portland Wrestling for Frank Culbertson's promotion when he was pushed as the star of the promotion. Mac says when you want the best wrestlers you look north to Canada. This brings out the Blanchard Brothers and Mr. Ooh La La who issue a challenge for a tag team title match next week.
Match #4
Thunder & Wade BY GOD Hess defeated Kellen Raeth, Causmo, Pugsly, & Jorel Nelson in a handi-cap match when Hess pinned Raeth
Joe V interviewed the replacement wrestlers in the ring after their loss. Raeth punched Joe V, which caused a huge brawl between the PWU wrestlers and the scabs. The show ends with all the wrestlers brawling in the ring.
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This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.
The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.
Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck
Chapter One
A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. This every sister of the Bene Gesserit knows. To begin your study of the life of Muad'Dib, then, take care that you first place him in his time: born in the 57th year of the Padishah Emperor, Shaddam IV. And take the most special care that you locate Muad'Dib in his place: the planet Arrakis. Do not be deceived by the fact that he was born on Caladan and lived his first fifteen years there. Arrakis, the planet known as Dune, is forever his place.
from "Manual of Muad'Dib"
by the Princess Irulan
In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.
It was a warm night at Castle Caladan, and the ancient pile of stone that had served the Atreides family as home for twenty-six generations bore that cooled-sweat feeling it acquired before a change in the weather.
The old woman was let in by the side door down the vaulted passage by Paul's room and she was allowed a moment to peer in at him where he lay in his bed.
By the half-light of a suspensor lamp, dimmed and hanging near the floor, the awakened boy could see a bulky female shape at his door, standing one step ahead of his mother. The old woman was a witch shadowhair like matted spiderwebs, hooded 'round darkness of features, eyes like glittering jewels.
"Is he not small forhis age, Jessica?" the old woman asked. Her voice wheezed and twanged like an untuned baliset.
Paul's mother answered in her soft contralto: "The Atreides are known to start late getting their growth, Your Reverence."
"So I've heard, so I've heard," wheezed the old woman. "Yet he's already fifteen."
"Yes, Your Reverence."
"He's awake and listening to us," said the old woman. "Sly little rascal." She chuckled. "But royalty has need of slyness. And if he's really the Kwisatz Haderach ... well...."
Within the shadows of his bed, Paul held his eyes open to mere slits. Two bird-bright ovalsthe eyes of the old womanseemed to expand and glow as they stared into his.
"Sleep well, you sly little rascal," said the old woman. "Tomorrow you'll need all your faculties to meet my gom jabbar."
And she was gone, pushing his mother out, closing the door with a solid thump.
Paul lay awake wondering: What's a gom jabbar?
In all the upset during this time of change, the old woman was the strangest thing he had seen.
Your Reverence.
And the way she called his mother Jessica like a common serving wench instead of what she wasa Bene Gesserit Lady, a duke's concubine and mother of the ducal heir.
Is a gom jabbar something of Arrakis I must know before we go there? he wondered.
He mouthed her strange words: Gom jabbar ... Kwisatz Haderach.
There had been so many things to learn. Arrakis would be a place so different from Caladan that Paul's mind whirled with the new knowledge. ArrakisDuneDesert Planet.
Thufir Hawat, his father's Master of Assassins, had explained it: their mortal enemies, the Harkonnens, had been on Arrakis eighty years, holding the planet in quasi-fief under a CHOAM Company contract to mine the geriatric spice, melange. Now the Harkonnens were leaving to be replaced by the House of Atreides in fief-completean apparent victory for the Duke Leto. Yet, Hawat had said, this appearance contained the deadliest peril, for the Duke Leto was popular among the Great Houses of the Landsraad.
"A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful," Hawat had said.
ArrakisDuneDesert Planet.
Paul fell asleep to dream of an Arrakeen cavern, silent people all around him moving in the dim light of glowglobes. It was solemn there and like a cathedral as he listened to a faint soundthe drip-drip-drip of water. Even while he remained in the dream, Paul knew he would remember it upon awakening. He always remembered the dreams that were predictions.
The dream faded.
Paul awoke to feel himself in the warmth of his bedthinking ... thinking. This world of Castle Caladan, without play or companions his own age, perhaps did not deserve sadness in farewell. Dr. Yueh, his teacher, had hinted that the faufreluches class system was not rigidly guarded on Arrakis. The planet sheltered people who lived at the desert edge without caid or bashar to command them: will-o'-the-sand people called Fremen, marked down on no census of the Imperial Regate.
ArrakisDuneDesert Planet.
Paul sensed his own tensions, decided to practice one of the mind-body lessons his mother had taught him. Three quick breaths triggered the responses: he fell into the floating awareness ... focusing the consciousness ... aortal dilation ... avoiding the unfocused mechanism of consciousness ... to be conscious by choice ... blood enriched and swift-flooding the overload regions ... one does not obtain food-safety-freedom by instinct alone ... animal consciousness does not extend beyond the given moment nor into the idea that its victims may become extinct ... the animal destroys and does not produce ... animal pleasures remain close to sensation levels and avoid the perceptual ... the human requires a background grid through which to see his universe ... focused consciousness by choice, this forms your grid ... bodily integrity follows nerve-blood flow according to the deepest awareness of cell needs ... all things/cells/beings are impermanent ... strive for flow-permanence within....
Over and over and over within Paul's floating awareness the lesson rolled.
When dawn touched Paul's window sill with yellow light, he sensed it through closed eyelids, opened them, hearing then the renewed bustle and hurry in the castle, seeing the familiar patterned beams of his bedroom ceiling.
The hall door opened and his mother peered in, hair like shaded bronze held with black ribbon at the crown, her oval face emotionless and green eyes staring solemnly.
"You're awake," she said. "Did you sleep well?"
He studied the tallness of her, saw the hint of tension in her shoulders as she chose clothing for him from the closet racks. Another might have missed the tension, but she had trained him in the Bene Gesserit Wayin the minutiae of observation. She turned, holding a semiformal jacket for him. It carried the red Atreides hawk crest above the breast pocket.
"Hurry and dress," she said. "Reverend Mother is waiting."
"I dreamed of her once," Paul said. "Who is she?"
"She was my teacher at the Bene Gesserit school. Now, she's the Emperor's Truthsayer. And Paul...." She hesitated. "You must tell her about your dreams."
"I will. Is she the reason we got Arrakis?"
"We did not get Arrakis." Jessica flicked dust from a pair of trousers, hung them with the jacket on the dressing stand beside his bed. "Don't keep Reverend Mother waiting."
Paul sat up, hugged his knees. "What's a gom jabbar?"
Again, the training she had given him exposed her almost invisible hesitation, a nervous betrayal he felt as fear.
Jessica crossed to the window, flung wide the draperies, stared across the river orchards toward Mount Syubi. "You'll learn about ... the gom jabbar soon enough," she said.
He heard the fear in her voice and wondered at it.
Jessica spoke without turning. "Reverend Mother is waiting in my morning room. Please hurry."
The Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam sat in a tapestried chair watching mother and son approach. Windows on each side of her overlooked the curving southern bend of the river and the green farmlands of the Atreides family holding, but the Reverend Mother ignored the view. She was feeling her age this morning, more than a little petulant. She blamed it on space travel and association with that abominable Spacing Guild and its secretive ways. But here was a mission that required personal attention from a Bene Gesserit-with-the-Sight. Even the Padishah Emperor's Truthsayer couldn't evade that responsibility when the duty call came.
Damn that Jessica! the Reverend Mother thought. If only she'd borne us a girl as she was ordered to do!
Jessica stopped three paces from the chair, dropped a small curtsy, a gentle flick of left hand along the line of her skirt. Paul gave the short bow his dancing master had taughtthe one used "when in doubt of another's station."
The nuances of Paul's greeting were not lost on the Reverend Mother. She said: "He's a cautious one, Jessica."
Jessica's hand went to Paul's shoulder, tightened there. For a heartbeat, fear pulsed through her palm. Then she had herself under control. "Thus he has been taught, Your Reverence."
What does she fear? Paul wondered.
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More Petero in the tank: Civoniceva to play on
Glenn Jackson Despite retirement, Civoniceva bound for World Cup
Hindmarsh doesn't see Folau as saviour
Glenn Jackson ISRAEL FOLAU will add another superstar dimension to Parramatta, but according to the now retired Eels skipper Nathan Hindmarsh, his impending arrival is no panacea.
Prop gets bench
Glenn Jackson, Auckland RUGBY LEAGUE Kangaroos prop Petero Civoniceva says he can rise to the challenge after being told that his position in the Four Nations final is under threat.
Finishing first not the be-all and end-all, says Reynolds
Michael Chammas, Glenn Jackson Having squandered their chance to wrap up the minor premiership, Bulldogs five-eighth Josh Reynolds insists his side has placed no importance on finishing the regular season in first spot.
Civoniceva still hopeful of September swansong
Glenn Jackson Petero Civoniceva last night refused to contemplate the possibility that his illustrious career could come to a premature end next Friday night at Suncorp Stadium.
Kangaroos jumping uphill to win: Sheens
Glenn Jackson WITH millions of dollars of playing talent on the sidelines, Australian coach Tim Sheens has conceded that the challenge of a Four Nations victory is far greater than the triumph last year.
Four Nations
Shillington has big plans for Kangaroos front row
Glenn Jackson WE KNOW Petero Civoniceva will be leading the Australian forward pack during the Four Nations tournament, but did you know Shane Webcke will be joining him? At least in the mind of David Shillington,...
Thaiday's star potential is ready to shine, says Sheens
Glenn Jackson SAM THAIDAY is one of a number of footballers who doesn't know how good he can be. The problem for Thaiday, the Kangaroos forward, is that he's never been hit by himself.
Kangaroos vow to lift against England
Glenn Jackson, Sydney They were bruised by a pack of relative unknowns on Sunday, but Australia's forwards have vowed to rise for the new challenge awaiting them - a confrontation with Gareth Ellis and Sam Burgess.
Sheens warns he'll shuffle his pack to thwart England's aces
Glenn Jackson THEY were bruised by a pack of relative unknowns on Sunday, but Australia's forwards have vowed to rise to the new challenge that awaits them - a confrontation with two players they know much more...
Graham may be the next great import: Civoniceva
Glenn Jackson AT A TIME it seems to be all the rage for the best of British forwards to descend on the NRL, Kangaroos prop Petero Civoniceva believes it is time for James Graham, the English captain, to join them.
Kangaroos will take nothing for granted
Glenn Jackson THE fact that England have made 11 changes ahead of tomorrow's Four Nations clash would suggest it is they who are are worried.
Civoniceva in danger of losing spot to Scott for final
Glenn Jackson AUCKLAND: With father time showing signs of slowing him down, Kangaroos prop Petero Civoniceva says he can rise to the challenge after being told that his position in the Four Nations final is under...
Kangaroo joeys show too much bounce for flat Kiwis
Glenn Jackson AUCKLAND: These are what coaches would call painless headaches.
Civoniceva's rep future hangs in the balance
Glenn Jackson IT LOOMS as one of the most significant selections in recent memory, but Kangaroos forward Petero Civoniceva says he will not hold anything against coach Tim Sheens if he drops him - potentially...
A Lote bottle: Tuqiri says cool-headed Kangaroos have mental edge
Glenn Jackson THE fact that New Zealand threw so much at the Australians - even plastic beer bottles - and still came up short has given the Kangaroos a psychological edge as the two sides head into Saturday...
Coaches agree on one thing - to keep cards close to their chests
Glenn Jackson WHETHER it is deception or collusion, an eerie truce enveloped the Four Nations camps yesterday when both coaches agreed to keep each other in the dark over team selections before Saturday night's...
I deserve the axe but will be back: Civoniceva
Glenn Jackson PETERO CIVONICEVA has vowed to fight his way back into the Australian side after being dropped for Saturday night's Four Nations final in Brisbane but admits he didn't deserve to wear the Australian...
It takes a big man with character to step aside, says Kangaroos coach
Glenn Jackson KANGAROOS captain Darren Lockyer believes prop Petero Civoniceva's selfless act of standing down from the Australian squad before tomorrow night's Four Nations final will ensure his teammates are not...
Nervous wait for Burns
Glenn Jackson The NRL match review committee will today study footage of an ugly tackle by Penrith's Travis Burns which resulted in him being placed on report in the Panthers' 28-22 win over Newcastle.


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Indie folk outfit, Vetiver, is set to release their upcoming record, The Errant Charm on June 14. Paste got the honors of releasing the track, the second from the upcoming album. After hearing these two tracks, I'm supremely excited for this release. Each song has a really lush, and rich quality of airyness. They feel as though the songs float along without weighting you down; the perfect backyard summer lounging songs.
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For all of it's attributes that make the Glock pistol almost invincible, the one weakness often mentioned by gun scribes and critics are the standard factory polymer sights.
One time on our combat qualification course which is 3-25 yards, my front sight came off. It was an after market MMC product that had not been properly installed. I finished the course with a passing score by using the squared back of the slide as a reference.
But I have never , ever had an issue with polymer sights as installed from the factory. And I have abused the hell out of some of my Glocks.
Is there anyone here that has ever had any personal, or witnessed breakage of the factory sights? Or can we chalk this up as more inet rumor that is unfounded?