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As one who regards Gerry Ford as our greatest President (least time served, least damage done, husband of Betty, plus Stevens as his contribution to the Supreme Court), I'd always imagined the man from Grand Rapids would never be surpassed in sheer slowness of thought. When a reporter asked Ford a question it was like watching that great sequence in Rossellini's film about Louis XIV, when a shouted command is relayed at a stately pace through a dozen intermediaries from the kitchen to the royal ear. In Ford's case, to watch a message negotiate the neural path from ear to cortex was to see a hippo wade through glue.
But I think Bush has Ford beat. Had he ever made a mistake, the reporter asked at that White House press conference. The President's face remained composed, masking the turmoil and terror raging within, as his cerebrum went into gridlock. It should have been easy for him. Broad avenues of homely humility beckoned. "John, no man can stand before his Creator as I do each day and say he is without error…" Reagan would have hit the ball out of the park. But the President froze. He said he'd have to think it over.
Behind all the liberal hysteria over Bush as a demon of monstrous, Hitlerian proportions, I get the sense of a certain embarrassment, that the man is bringing the imperial office into disrepute. Hence we are served up those plaintive invocations of the distress of "America's allies," to be cured by a competent steward of empire like John Kerry. But should not all opponents of the American Empire's global reach rejoice that Bush has sown confusion in the alliance? Would not the world be a safer and conceivably a better place if the allies saw separate paths as the sounder option? Gabriel Kolko, that great historian of American Empire, has been arguing powerfully (most recently in our CounterPunch newsletter) to this effect, and I agree with him.
With leadership of barely conceivable arrogance and incompetence (Paul Bremer alone is a case study in the decline in quality of American leadership in the past fifty years), the United States has managed the amazing feat of uniting Iraqis in detestation of its presence, and of leaving itself with zero palatable options. Amid this bloody disaster, with popular distaste for the occupation of Iraq swelling up in the polls, Kerry, with McCain at his elbow, has been goading Bush into sending more troops. As a prospective rationalizer of empire, Kerry sends forth the word that the Democrats are the Second Party of War.
With hardly a backward–or forward–look, the bulk of the surviving American left has blithely joined the Democratic Party center, without the will to inflect debate, the influence to inform policy or the leverage to share power. The capitulation of the left–a necessarily catchall word–is almost without precedent. By accepting the premises and practices of party unity, the left has negated the reasons for its own existence.
Let me produce a rabbit from its hat. I wrote that last paragraph, the one beginning "with hardly a backward look," with Andrew Kopkind in a piece we did for The Nation in the summer of 1984, about Walter Mondale's candidacy, where we noted the party's commitment to "the essential elements of Reaganism: continued military expansion…further degradation of the welfare system, denial of black demands for equity and unqualified submission to the imperatives of the corporate system." Any words you think should be changed?


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Build around J-O'Neal and Peja S., or rebuild?
How do you feel about the combo of Jermaine O'Neal and Peja Stojakovic?
Obviously they didn't get much time together last season. What are your thoughts on the two of them together on the floor next year?
I think it's time to blow it up and rebuild.
Keep Granger and start from scratch.
I agree, clear some guys out, start from scratch.
keep Granger Tinsley and O'Neal... trade Peja and maybe Anthony Johnson for a good SG, like Ben Gordon or Jason Richardson... then get a good let O'Neal dominate the paint both offensively and defensively, so no need for a very strong Center, but they can try to get a smaller Center like ZaZa or Lorenzon Wright... so we'll have something like this...
don't worry about the bench yet, there are those rookies...
they shouldn't give Austin such a big contract, since he isn't contributing ALOT off the bench... maybe sign him for long years at low cost... say 3M a season... currently he costs 8M a season, don't forget, he's getting old... they should free up some cap-room if they wanna sign Richardson... he may be going to the free-agent market... GSW may not be re-signing him... unless they wanna release Murphy... only one will stay... :cry:
O'neal is a keeper but peja juss doesn't look right in indy
indy is mainly a half court team where peja should be in a run and gun team like sac where he excels.
Peja is an old man. He's better in the halfcourt than on the open floor. I'd keep going with O'Neal and Peja if I were them. Bird seems to be good at drafting at the end of the 1st round, so the youth will be there for them when it's time to actually rebuild five years from now.
i say, keep JO and let peja go. I would love to see them let go of Peja, and pick up Al Harrington, and since Bender's contact is now down, they have another 8 million saved from that. I would love to see Joel Przyilla or Nazr Mohammed come to Indy also, that would help JO out a lot, and let him return to his natural PF position...
PG - Tinsley/Johnson
SG - Jackson/Fred Jones
SF - Al Harrington/Granger
PF - JO/Croshere
C - Nazr Mohammed or Przyilla/Foster/Harrison
trade O'Neal!
I Think The Pacers Should Trade O'neal, And Get A Chance At Adam Morrison. I Believe He Could Be The Next Larry Bird. I Believe Oneal Has Proven That He Can Not Be A Team Leader, And He Can't Stay Focused Enough In Games. Likes To Argue Too Many Calls While The Game Is Still Going On.
Aren't You Tired Of All Those 70 Point Games? The Fever Are Scoring More Than The Pacers This Year. I'd Like To See A Run And Gun Team.
i think Croshere is better off a SF, and Harrington as a PF, he's taller and longer, that really gives him an advantage near the rim...
and why Peja for Harrington???!!! Peja is sooooooooo much better!!! maybe Peja and Foster for Harrington and ZaZa, then no need to sign Przyilla or Mohammed!
PG-Tinsley/Jasikevicius (don't forget him)/Gill
SG-Fred Jones/Johnson (he's better off a SG, he's not good with his ball handling, too many TO)
SF-Granger/Jackson (He'll get less playing time as a SG, but he's interchangable...)/Croshere
PF-O'Neal/Harrington (Great back-up)/Pollard
C-ZaZa/Harrison (this kid's got future!)
If Al Harrington returned, they could play Jermaine O'Neal at C, Harrington at PF, Peja at SF
O'Neal can handle most centers
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For years my pillow was a wadded up ball of clothes, jacket, or footwear. It worked, but pillows aren't supposed to smell like mildew, swamp gas and sweat... In recent years, I've used the small camp pillows that have their own little stuff sacks. I'm not crazy about those, they offer a little head elevation anyway, and they don't weigh much. I didn't think they took up much pack space until I saw the thing my wife just got.
I bought a sleeping bag for my wife, and the internet seller included a "free gift" - an inflatable pillow. It is actually a seat pad, but the seller called it a pillow, and that usage makes sense to me. It is a Klymit Cush "Versatile Seat Pad". I blew it up in one breath. My wife isn't impressed by it, but I think I am. In the pack, this is easily a 4-1 improvement for space and is an improvement in weight, but not as dramatically as the space savings. For size it is like packing two decks of cards side by side, for weight it is like packing a balloon almost. I kind of wish it had a fabric-type side, but I guess I can put a shirt on it. We just received it, so it hasn't been used yet. I'm wondering what anybody else is using. I'm sure there are some folks out there who use nothing, but my head, neck, and back won't abide by that.
By the way, I do usually stick the camp pillows in the sleeping bags, but they just don't compress much, so they still find a way to consume space in the pack even in a compression sack.
I use this pad that has a pillow attached. I too tired of sleeping on a damp/stinky sweater.
My pillow for many years was to pack a pillow case, and stuff whatever clothes didn't stink (and I wasn't wearing) into it. But last year I bought a Sea to Summit Aeros Premium Deluxe inflatable pillow. With that many words in the product name, how could it not be amazing?
But yeah, I'm really happy with it. It's an inflatable pillow that doesn't feel like an inflatable pillow, weighs little and packs small. No more pillow case for me!
Picked up this guy at the start of this season and don't have a complaint about it. Easy to inflate/deflate to comfort, lets me sleep on my side, and it soft to the touch.
+ 1 on Uppa's Aeros Sea to Summit pillow. I think my family has about 10 pillows now. Not sure how we ended up with that many but I won't be using any of them except except the Aeros. Significantly more comfortable than any of the others. And packs really small.
FlexAir inflatable Pillow is weightless and costs just few bucks.
I have this feeling that my wife is going to be sleeping in comfort on a $30 pillow and I am going to return to sleeping on swamp-gas sock piles....
Thanks everyone very much for that input.
+2 on Uppa's suggestion. I've tried many and so far, this has been the best
I'm going to dissent.
I have slept on the bag of smelly clothes, a packable down pillow, and a Sea to Summit Aeros Pillow, this one http://www.seatosummitusa.com/product/?item=Aeros+Pillow+Premium&o1=0&o2=0&o3=572-30
The Down pillow is a complete fail in a tent because I can't sleep on my side without my shoulder collapsing through the night. On the other hand it is fine in a hammock. The bag of smelly clothes is lumpy, after a few days smelly, and a bit damp. The Sea to Summit Aeros pillow, while it allows me to sleep on my side, feels like a fleece covered balloon. I don't love it. Granted mine is the 'Premium' pillow. It's not the 'Premium Deluxe'. perhaps the Premium Deluxe's deluxenous makes it feel not like a balloon.
I still use it but it's not worth the $50. The search continues!
And here I thought you had good taste in gear Martin :-)
I think the Big Agnes Giant Pillow might be for you Martin. Still has an air core but also has memory foam on one side. Doesn't pack as small as the Aeros but still pretty small.
You're like a pusher! You know that! where's that Google button..
LOL . The first pillow is free!!..Or I know a guy who might already have one that you can try first.
Uppa wrote:
My pillow for many years was to pack a pillow case, and stuff whatever clothes didn't stink (and I wasn't wearing) into it...
That's what I've always done, and still continue to do. I don't like too much padding or elevation, so usually just a small towel or sweatshirt is enough for me.
I use an ikea memory foam pillow cut down to 2/3 the size. Stored in a small compression sack, about size of a large can of tomatoes.
I love it. The memory foam holds your head in a cradle.
It's obviously heavier than an inflatable but not by much, the only con is that in the winter it has a hard time unrolling/ compressing.
A scrunched up bug shelter in a stuff sack makes an awesome pillow, but if it's busy being an awesome pillow, it's also busy being a terrible bug shelter.
I bring a small synthetic-filled pillow that I roll with my sleeping bag and stuff in a compression sack. No more damp, stanky sweaters for me!
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I used to use a sweater as the pillow case and stuffed it full of my few extra clothes including the ones I had been wearing.
3 years ago I switched to the Therm-A-Rest compressible,
It's small enough and compresses to a reasonable size. But it is lightweight, washes easy and does make a big difference.
I'm curious now about this sea-to-summit bid though!
Speaking as one who has serious neck problems, I have suffered through multiple camping pillows. The MEC Backpacking pillow and the MEC Base Camp pillow both left me very sore in the morning.
I am currently using a Nemo Fillo Pillow which is a huge improvement, has memory foam and packs down nicely. It works so well I also bought the larger deluxe version for my bed at home.


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LOS ANGELES, July 8 (UPI) -- The Canadian rock group Nickelback has signed on for an exclusive, long-term global partnership with Live Nation, the company announced Tuesday.
The deal includes all areas of Nickelback's global music enterprises, including three touring and album cycles, with an option for a fourth, Live Nation said.
Under the partnership, Live Nation has acquired 12 separate artist rights to feed its global distribution pipe; these include touring, tour sponsorship, tour merchandise, tour VIP/travel packages, secondary ticketing, recorded music, clothing, licensing and other retail merchandise, non-tour sponsorship and endorsements, DVD and broadcast rights, fan club, Web site and literary rights.
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Kidney transplant recovery takes between four and 12 weeks depending on the type of procedure, explains the University of California San Francisco. Laparoscopic transplants have a shorter recovery time while an open incision transplant takes a greater toll on the body.
A patient spends the first one to two days after a kidney transplant in intensive care so that medical professionals can closely monitor the body for any problems, states the University of Kansas Hospital. After that time, the patient spends between five and 10 days in regular hospital recovery. Following the hospital stay, a patient needs to get both immediate and long-term follow-up care, even after the four to 12-week recovery period.
During the at-home recovery period of the first two to four weeks, a transplant patient needs to avoid carrying or lifting objects that weigh more than 10 pounds, advises the University of Kansas Hospital. The patient should not do any work activities until the sixth to eighth week of recovery, and then only participate in light activities. A patient can return to work after eight weeks of recovery, although some patients require 12 weeks to fully recover from the pain and fatigue of a transplant, suggests the University of California.


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Birth Name: Daniel John Mark Luke O'Donoghue
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Date of Birth: October 3, 1979
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Danny O'Donoghue is an Irish singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is the singer of the pop band The Script. Danny is the son of Ailish and Shay O'Donoghue, a member of the band The Dreams.
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Gaza bodycount: Palestinians 271 – Israelis 1
Posted December 28th, 2008
The strikes caused widespread panic and confusion in Gaza. Some of the Israeli missiles struck in densely populated areas as children were leaving school, and women rushed into the streets frantically looking for their children.
Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" comes eight days after Israel's ceasefire with Hamas formally ended on Friday. During that time, Palestinian militant factions in Gaza have fired more than 170 missiles, rockets and mortars at Israeli civilians, Israel says, killing a 30-year-old resident of the southern Negev city of Netivot and wounding four.
Hamas, undeterred, kept firing rockets into Israel over the weekend, with one rocket striking close to the largest city in southern Israel, Ashdod, some 23 miles from Gaza—almost twice as deep into Israeli territory as ever before.
The Israeli offensive has sparked angry protests throughout the Arab world. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the Vatican, the UN secretary-general and special Mideast envoy Tony Blair called for an immediate restoration of calm. The Arab League scheduled an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss the situation.
On Sunday, the United Nations Security Council after an emergency session urged an immediate halt to all military operations.
But the United States put the blame entirely on Hamas.
"The message from the United States is that Hamas is a terrorist organization that is firing rockets into Israel and they fired them onto their own people as well," Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said.
"The United States strongly condemns the repeated rocket and mortar attacks against Israel and holds Hamas responsible for breaking the cease-fire and for the renewal of violence in Gaza," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement. "The cease-fire should be restored immediately. The United States calls on all concerned to address the urgent humanitarian needs of the innocent people of Gaza."
President-elect Barack Obama refrained from commenting. Brooke Anderson, Obama's national security spokeswoman, said Saturday that Obama "is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza, but there is one president at a time."
Hamas is branded a terror group by Israel and the West. It won free and fair elections in 2006 but it was shunned by Israel and the international community. In 2007, it took military control of the Gaza Strip in what is said was a preemptive strike against a planned coup by rival party Fatah.
On Dutch television, former prime minister Dries van Agt said the Israeli strikes come close to a "war crime." Van Agt pointed out that Israel on Saturday had already killed more than ten times more people than were killed by Hamas' Qassam rockets.
According to Israeli statistics, some 3,000 Qassam rockets have been fired into Israel in 2008, killing four people and wounding more than 270. Since Israel withdrew from Gaza in August 2005, Palestinian terrorist groups have fired more than 6,300 rockets and mortars at Israeli civilians, killing 10 and wounding more than 780. (The Israel Project)
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After my grandpa passed, I told my mom that the only thing I wanted in remembrance of him was his treasured Pentax K1000. Crusty from years of salt air and humidity from Hawai'i, it took a bit of love and care to get the old beast running. But true to form, it still works just as well as it did when Papa bought it new.
I ran a roll of Ilford HP5 Black And White film through it, and these are some good shots that came out:
Chase Jarvis turns to his iPhone to reinspire his creativity. The full manual control and b&w film of the Pentax helped me to slow down, think and compose carefully before clicking the shutter, as opposed to ripping through 5 or 6 frames in a few seconds on a digital. The Pentax has created a level of creativity I had forgotten I had, and I hope it will begin to shine through to my digital photography.
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Hobby Update 5/6/17 – Taking a break
We all get there occasionally. I'm burned out. I'm not enjoying any of my painting and I'm not getting any time to actually play. I've finished a few models and felt so underwhelmed that I've not cracked out the camera to share them. I've been pushing through but I know when it's time to take […]Read More Hobby Update 5/6/17 – Taking a break


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Four policies, which will be discussed at the Pennsylvania Farmers Association (PFA) annual meeting Nov. 17-19 in Hershey, were passed at the annual meeting of the Northampton-Monroe County Farmers Association recently in Stockertown. If approved at the state level, they will be recommended for consideration as national farm policy.
The local farmers narrowly recommended a three-tiered milk pricing system aimed at eliminating surplus milk which the federal government has been distributing as milk products at taxpayer expense. Under the proposed system, the government would buy Class III milk (for which there is no domestic market) at low world market prices, and raise the price of milk in both Classes I and II. (Class I milk is produced for drinking and Class II for the manufacture of milk products - ice cream, yogurt, butter, cheese and cottage cheese.)


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In recent years, marijuana vaporizers pens have been exploding in popularity, and a wide range of brands are currently being advertised with all sorts of fancy features. However, despite many vape pens claiming to be vaporize loose leaf herb, only a select few can do so effectively without scorching your herb. This reviews takes a lot at some of the better weed vape pens currently on the market in 2015 and explains the pros and cons of each.
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Yet another product from Atmos, the Orbit is one of the hottest pen vapes currently on the market. Not only does it boast rapid heating times, the Orbit's heating chamber is ceramic, providing a clean tasting vapor and even heat. One of the best features of the Orbit is a clear herb chamber, that way you can always tell exactly when your session is finished. The unit stands about seven inches in height and is extremely lightweight and feels durable to hold. The battery life is quite good, and you should anticipate getting about a day worth of vaping if you aren't a power user. You can also use the Orbit while the battery is charging which is another plus.
3. T-Vape 2.0
Developed by Squaresmoke, the T-Vape 2.0 is another excellent vape pen which also has loose leaf vaporization capabilities. The 2.0 boasts a temperature range of between 390F and 420F (selected via presets), ensuring that you get a full vaporization experience while using loose leaf. In the T-Vape kit you get a small herb chamber, a large chamber, a small battery, and one large battery, giving you some flexibility in customizing your setup. The kit feels well made and the button has a firm press to it. On a full charge the small unit can vape about three to four full bowls on a single charge, whereas the large batter can get around six on average. Although the T-Vape 2.0 is a great unit (especially for the price!), it is not as user-friendly as the Orbit or Boss in addition to having a longer heat-up time.
4. V2 Pro Series 3
The first entry in VMR's hot new line of loose leaf vaporizers, the V2 Pro Series is a 3-in-1 vape pen designed to function with loose leaf, oil, and e-liquid (cartridges are available for each different function). One of the coolest things about the Series 3 is that it uses a magnetic system for charging as well as holding the different cartridges in place. This system also detects automatically which cartridge has been inserted, and adjusts the power level to compensate. The loose leaf mode works great, and there's three heat settings which can be selected when using loose leaf. The battery life is quite good, but due to its smaller size it is not as long lasting as the Boss or Orbit batteries. Unfortunately the Series Pro 3 cannot be used while charging, but it charges quite rapidly. Both the e-liquid and oil cartridges produced good vapor, and at a price point of only $69 the Series Pro 3 is an excellent low priced way to see what vaping is all about.
As we're still quite early in 2015, expect to see even more new weed pen vapes being released in the near feature with superior technology. However, for now these are some of the best options currently out there!


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"That's definitely an area that I have to figure out, either to get open or find different ways to come through the middle or just overall figure it out and still find a way to contribute that way. And you can't blame him. And even more impressive how he can do it almost quicker with the puck than without. "It's almost a compliment if you're getting attention like that so that's how I try and look at it as much as it sucks."Wayne Gretzky claimed that McDavid was "chasing" down Sidney Crosby this season for best-in-the-game status during the festivities in L.A. (But) sometimes you just can't control it. That's what I think has separated him this year is he brings it every night and that's why he's at the top of the points race."JOE PAVELSKI — San Jose Sharks captain"He has that burst that (laughs), I don't know what I would do with it. Maybe as a rookie if he went a game without getting a point it would creep into his next game, like maybe for a period or something like that. It's something that most guys don't have. He's in his own world with that … That probably would be the one thing."TYLER SEGUIN — Dallas Stars centre"I don't quite get how his first three steps, how he can separate from players so quickly with those first three steps. And this year it's just he's the same all the time and he's really brought that consistency. When you're 18 consistency is the toughest part to bring to your game. You just have to be aware of him. You have to defend the right way on him. It's incredible how fast he is and how skilled he is with the puck. The fact that he can do everything at that speed as well is far as stickhandling, shooting, making plays, and reading (opponents), it's impressive."SETH JONES — Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman"There's one or two plays a game that you can't do anything about (his speed). I think that's the one thing that sticks out for me is just how fast he can do everything and how much of a threat he can be when he has the puck in the defensive zone, going down the neutral zone and coming in on you. A few offered thoughts on what stuck out most about the emerging 20-year-old from Newmarket, Ont.ERIK KARLSSON — Ottawa Senators captain"His speed and his ability to control the puck with the speed that he has, I think, is phenomenal. The pursuit is sure to continue in the second half as the two Canadian forwards tussle for control of the Art Ross and Hart trophies.McDavid has impressed not only Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer, but stars across the league. That's a different fast."TAYLOR HALL — New Jersey Devils winger (and former Oilers teammate)"If anything I'd just say (he has) more confidence. His head's always up and his hands are always moving and his feet are always moving; it's rare to get a player that can do all three of those things and do it at an extremely high level." Slowing down Connor McDavid may seem like a hopeless pursuit, but foes across the NHL are certainly trying.The captain of the Edmonton Oilers has picked up on at least one tactic."I don't get a lot of time with the puck in the neutral zone to come through with any kind of speed," McDavid said during all-star weekend in Los Angeles.
Canadian tennis prospect Shapovalov getting accustomed to pro life
But after chatting with his team, it was decided that there wasn't any point in going back to the junior ranks."If I commit to pros, I really got to stick to it and I think it was a good decision," Shapovalov said in a phone interview from Ottawa, where he's preparing for this weekend's Davis Cup World Group tie against Britain.Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., originally decided to jump from juniors to the pros after winning the Wimbledon boys singles title last July. 234 in the world, broke into the spotlight in 2016. 76, in the round of 16 at the East Hotel Canberra Challenger in Australia.The southpaw underwent a coaching switch in the off-season, splitting with Adriano Fuorivia, who he had worked with for over four years. 20-26.While Shapovalov admits that there's still plenty to work on, his ultimate goal for 2017 would to be ranked in the top 150."That would be ideal but if I don't, I won't be too concerned," Shapovalov said."Right now for me it's more important to bring my level up and make sure that I can compete against guys in the top 100 and top 50 instead of maybe being 120 or 130 and not being able to compete with those guys." "He have a great prospect in our hands."Although Laurendeau praises Shapovalov's ability, he cautioned that the teenager is currently is a key transition period."It's where they either make it or break," Laurendeau said. "It's not a given that if you're a top junior in the world that you automatically become a top player in the men's game."You have to be patient and disciplined and just go through the steps and just make sure we manage that career carefully with wildcards. Denis Shapovalov's transition to professional tennis hasn't come without its struggles.An ankle injury suffered last fall while training made the 17-year-old Canadian prospect wonder whether turning pro was the right move. Shapovalov had even entered into the junior tournament at the Australian Open in hopes of getting some more playing time. Along with the Wimbledon victory, he shocked current world No. Canadian Davis Cup captain Martin Laurendeau was hired as his replacement.Shapovalov says that he and Fuorivia are on good terms despite parting ways."Adriano thought that someone with more experience like Marty would be a good benefit to my team," Shapovalov said. "It was nothing that happened between us, it was just more of a decision that we made together."Laurendeau said joining forces with the six-foot, 132-pound is a good fit, as the 52-year-old is also responsible for Tennis Canada's transition program."He's the best 1999-born in the world," Laurendeau said. 15 Nick Kyrgios in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto and earned a Davis Cup singles victory in his debut against Chile in September.Shapovalov has carried that momentum into this year and already has a victory over Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France, then ranked No. Increased travel demands, however, have resulted in Shapovalov being home for only a few days so far this year."Obviously it's tough, missing my parents, family in general but I'm getting used to it," Shapovalov said."It's the life and hopefully I'll get some time to go home maybe for a week or a bit to catch up on things."Shapovalov, currently ranked No. You don't have to speed up somebody so fast that you burn some steps, but you don't want to hold him down either so it's always a fine balance and that's the challenge."Laurendeau says that it's tough to predict Shapovalov's schedule this year, but it will include a Challenger tournament following the Davis Cup before playing at an ATP 250 event in Marseille, France from Feb.
TFC signs Chris Mavinga, a talented defender with a rough reputation
Chasing a high-bouncing ball down the flank, he went to kick it while Standard Liege's Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez bent down to try to get his head to it.The result was Mavinga catching Carcela-Gonzalez flush in the face with a high, hard boot. In 2009, a highly recruited Mavinga left Paris Saint-Germain for Liverpool. His experience at the youth and senior levels will be a welcomed addition to the club."TFC is currently training in California, with Mavinga en route Tuesday on a Paris-to-San Francisco flight according to his Twitter feed.Mavinga can play left fullback and centre back, offering head coach Greg Vanney more options in his 3-5-2 formation. The Moroccan, who was knocked out on the play, suffered facial fractures and a concussion."Footballer suffers horror knockout," was the English tabloid Sun headline.While acknowledging it was a mistimed challenge without any malice, Bleacher Report still ranked it No. Toronto FC has signed French-born Congolese international Chris Mavinga, a defender whose resume includes some big-name clubs but also a few missteps.Mavinga is the first major off-season signing for the MLS Cup runners-up. He was loaned to Belgium's Genk the next year before moving to Rennes in France in 2011.The six-foot-one 172-pounder joined Russia's Rubin Kazan in 2013 with loan spells at Reims and, most recently, Troyes in France.Mavinga made headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2011 with Genk. Despite impressing with the reserves, he never played a first-team game for the Reds.Seven years and five clubs later, Mavinga finds himself with another set of Reds in Major League Soccer."He is a defender that played in the French national youth system which is recognized around the world as a leader in player development," Toronto GM Tim Bezbatchenko said in a statement. "We are very excited to add Chris to Toronto FC. 31, 2013.Mavinga subsequently switched his international allegiance to DR Congo, earning his first senior cap in September, 2015, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualification match.The re-signing of veteran French midfielder Benoit Cheyrou is expected imminently. With Cheyrou already in camp with TFC, it is a question of when, not if.Toronto has also been hunting for an attacking midfielder. France coach Erick Mombaerts was subsequently fired.Mavinga and current Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann were among four players banned from international play until Dec. For Toronto, the signing offers some defensive insurance at the very least – with the plus-side hope the 25-year-old can live up to past billing. Toronto lost two reserve defenders in the off-season – centre back Josh Williams (Columbus) and right back Mark Bloom (Atlanta).Mavinga has signed a two-year deal with an option for a third with MLS.The left-footed defender went to England as an 18-year-old, choosing Liverpool despite reported interest from Arsenal. 42 among the 50 dirtiest tackles in world football in a 2012 list.In October, 2012, he found himself in hot water for leaving the French under-21 team's training base in Le Havre with a group of teammates without permission to visit a Paris nightclub some 200 kilometres away in the midst of European qualifying playoff.The French team had beaten Norway 1-0 in the first game but lost the return leg 5-3 after the illicit nightclub visit.
Liverpool saves late penalty, holds Chelsea to 1-1 draw
And taking a point from Anfield is never a bad thing, especially considering Chelsea's dominant position in the title race and manager Antonio Conte was punching the air with joy at the final whistle.This was more like the dynamic Liverpool of the first half of the season, not the team that had won just one of its last eight games in a season-damaging start to 2017. Yet the home team's electric start was brought to a shuddering halt by Luiz's piece of ingenuity and another moment to forget from Mignolet.The error-prone goalkeeper had just lined up a four-man wall and walked from the post to the middle of the goal when he took his eye off the ball. Roberto Firmino wasted one great chance when he skied his shot from 10 metres with only goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to beat, but Wijnaldum made no mistake nine minutes later.Jordan Henderson's cross to the back post found James Milner, whose header across goal deflected off Victor Moses and into the path of Wijnaldum. Mignolet came to Liverpool's rescue, though. The Dutchman's downward header from just outside the six-yard box beat Courtois.The best chance in a tight final 30 minutes fell to Costa from the spot, after he was tripped by Joel Matip. Willian looked the most likely free-kick taker but Luiz, perhaps spotting Mignolet was off guard, quickly stepped up and punted a swerving shot from 25 metres in off the same post that Mignolet had been standing beside.It was Luiz's first goal since returning to Chelsea in August and he celebrated in front of the visiting fans while Klopp raged from his technical area.The Liverpool manager started the season with Mignolet, switched to Loris Karius at the end of September, before restoring Mignolet in mid-December. Simon Mignolet saved a late penalty after being at fault for an early goal Tuesday, earning Liverpool a 1-1 draw against Chelsea that slowed the leaders' charge to the English Premier League title.The Belgium goalkeeper was caught unawares by an opportunistic free kick from David Luiz in the 24th minute as Chelsea took the lead against the run of play at Anfield on Tuesday. Georginio Wijnaldum equalized for Liverpool in the 57th before Mignolet made amends for his first-half mistake, guessing the right way to turn Diego Costa's penalty around the post in the 76th.That save meant Liverpool avoided a fourth-straight home loss in all competitions for the first time since 1923 and stayed 10 points behind Chelsea with 15 games left.On a night when second-place Arsenal lost at home to Watford and another title rival in Tottenham drew at Sunderland, Chelsea still managed to extend its lead by a point. With both goalkeepers continuing to make errors, it might be a position Klopp looks to strengthen in the summer.That was virtually Chelsea's first sight on goal, with the visitors having been penned back in their own half for the first quarter by a Liverpool side desperate to finish a dreadful January on a high.Liverpool now had to break down a defence that had kept 12 clean sheets in its previous 16 outings.
Faceoff sage Manny Malhotra returns to Canucks, sparks major turnaround
Since stats were first tallied, only 12 centres who took at least 600 draws in a season have cracked 60 per cent.Malhotra twice reached 60 per cent, and his 56.4 career percentage ranks him ninth among centres with at least 10,000 draws.While Vancouver's position in the playoff hunt can't be attributed solely to its faceoff proficiency, research suggests that enough faceoff wins can give a team a minor bump. His previous full-season best was 50.6.Bo Horvat, in his third season, has improved his mark to 52.6, while Sedin, who was hurting last year, has rebounded to 49.4, above his 48.9 career average. Occasionally he'll drop by the locker room between periods and offer a specific adjustment."He knows right away if you're doing something that's not working," said Brandon Sutter, who in his ninth season is now among the best faceoff men in the league, with a 55.2 percentage. Stung by injuries and inexperience, the Canucks' 45.4 faceoff percentage in 2015-16 was dead last in the league and among the worst since faceoff stats were first kept in 1997-98.This season the team is healthier, with more experienced centres, and boasts a faceoff percentage of 51.9 – fifth in the NHL and the biggest season-to-season gain ever, according to research by The Globe and Mail and Elias Sports Bureau.In part, it has helped propel the Canucks out of the league basement. Every play starts with one. After finishing 13th in the Western Conference last season, the team is currently in the playoff hunt, one of six teams vying for the two wild-card spots.A veteran of 16 NHL seasons and 11,988 faceoffs, Malhotra's expert counsel begins at practice and continues before games.He delivers a detailed scouting report on opponents. Michael Chaput, a fourth liner in his fourth season, has taken more draws than he ever had before and is winning more than he loses for the first time with his 51.3 percentage.But Malhotra, who played for Vancouver for three seasons late in his career, wasn't always a master in the circle. Columbus picked him up in 2003, and it was with the Blue Jackets in the 2005-06 season that he established himself as an elite faceoff force.He flourished as he refined his technique and forged his distinctive ultra-low, wide-legged stance. 1 centre. Elite status starts at 55 per cent, and superelite is reserved for 60-plus. Faceoffs in hockey happen so often that their importance begins to blur. That's [Malhotra's] main message."While his title suggests a broader role, Malhotra's top job has been as a faceoff sage. With hockey's growing focus on puck possession, faceoffs are viewed as increasingly important. For that, Malhotra can take credit. This season, more than 45,000 pucks have been dropped.The battle for the puck is likened to an art or a chess match by its best practitioners but, from the outside, it often looks like a rugby scrum. One retired linesman said it's like throwing raw meat to wolves. "You want to be the guy."Success in the faceoff circle is hard to achieve. There is a draw, on average, once every minute in an NHL game. He was eventually traded to Dallas and then waived. Winning 52 or 53 per cent is considered good. He was taken in the first round – seventh overall – in the 1998 draft by the New York Rangers, who expected they were landing a scoring centre. It's the reason the Vancouver Canucks brought Manny Malhotra back to the organization; Malhotra, a recently retired journeyman centre who sustained a lengthy NHL career with his ability to win draws and play strong defence, joined the Canucks as a development coach in September."It's a big one – every faceoff," said Henrik Sedin, the team's long-time No. "You want to gain puck possession. Winning faceoffs put him on the ice in key situations – on the penalty kill and late in periods."It was about how I could be on the ice more," Malhotra said.
Raptors top Pelicans in overtime despite lacklustre first half
The Toronto Raptors, desperate to find a soft landing spot from the January freefall that has zapped their confidence, were hoping it might come in the form of the New Orleans Pelicans.While the Raptors are reeling, having dropped six of their past seven heading into Tuesday night's NBA contest at Air Canada Centre, their overall record still remains a sight better than the losing mark being hauled around by the Pelicans. "He's a Philly kid, he's going to bounce up. He had only played one game in his return – Sunday against the Orlando Magic – but is still not right, which has to be concerning to the Raptors."DeMar DeRozan's not going to go [Tuesday night]," Casey informed reporters shortly before the opening tip. The Celtics also moved into second spot over all behind the Cleveland Cavaliers.It did not help that DeRozan had to sit for three games after spraining his right ankle during the Jan. 22 contest against the Phoenix Suns. 6 against the Los Angeles Clippers.In the first half, the Pelicans shot well and took advantage of a suspect Raptors interior defence and headed into the break with a 60-46 lead.Holiday, who had 19 of his points in the opening half for New Orleans, threaded his way past several stationary Raptor defenders for an easy layup late in the second quarter.Hill would then hit an open three with about 26 seconds left, and the Pelicans, who knocked down almost 60 per cent (13 of 22) of their shots in the second quarter, outscoring Toronto 35-23, appeared in full control.The momentum shifted abruptly at the start of the third where the Raptors started with a vengeance, erupting on a 14-3 run that quickly cut the New Orleans lead to 63-60.A Lowry three followed up by a DeMarre Carroll 19-foot jump shot the Raptors in front 69-67 with five minutes left, and the Pelicans were close to being grounded.Toronto managed to carve out a 77-75 lead heading into the fourth. But the Raptors don't do anything easy of late, and the final day of a long month would not start out any different.About 90 minutes before the opening tip, Toronto coach Dwane Casey delivered the bad news that DeMar DeRozan, their leading scorer and all-star, hobbled of late with a sore right ankle, would not be playing.Even worse, the team announced that the free-wheeling guard would also not be playing in Wednesday's key encounter in Boston against the Celtics.Looking lost early in the game without their linchpin, the Raptors (30-19) snapped out of their lethargic ways in the second half to pull out a hair-raising 108-106 overtime win over the Pelicans (19-30).The Raptors would seize a 106-102 lead after a Kyle Lowry three with just less thantwo minutes left to play in the five-minute frame. And he will also not play Wednesday in Boston."The medical team's going to hold him out," Casey said. But it was all tied up at 106-106 after Anthony Davis made a floater in the paint for New Orleans with about 30 seconds left.Then, with 4.3 seconds left, Lowry went to his left and, over the long reach of 6-foot-7 Solomon Hill, found nothing but net from 21 feet to win it for the Raptors while the din within the ACC became earsplitting.Lowry, who was banged around over the course of a rugged first half to the point you had to wonder if he would be able to continue to play, would finish the night with 33 points and 10 assists."He gets hit more than any all star that I've been around," Casey said afterward. He should have probably been a running back for the Eagles."The Raptors clawed their way back from a 14-point disadvantage at the half to take a 77-75 lead into the fourth, where the score remained tight.With the score deadlocked at 96-96, Jrue Holiday's driving floater for the Pelicans bounced off the rim to keep the game tied and send it into overtime.Holiday would lead the Pelicans with 30 points, while Davis finished with 18 points and 17 rebounds.During their January nosedive, the Raptors have been overtaken by the Celtics in the Eastern Conference. "He had a little swelling after the game on Sunday night so they pulled the plug and just told him to just rehab and get it worked on these next couple of days."DeRozan's place in the starting lineup was filled by Norman Powell.The game in Boston marks the first of a three-game road trip for Toronto that will also see the Raptors play the Orlando Magic on Friday before moving into New York on Sunday for a tilt against the Brooklyn Nets.Toronto's next home game will be Feb.
Stars score five goals in first period en route to win over Leafs
Tyler Bozak scored on a power play at 13:50 of the first for Toronto, but Brett Ritchie and Jamie Benn answered to give the Stars a 5-1 lead after one.Dallas was up 6-3 after the second. After Korpikoski's goal at 11:18, Curtis McElhinney replaced Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen. Just 1:44 later, Faksa scored with a wrist shot on the rebound of Shore's shot.Korpikoski took a pass from Ritchie from the left corner and sent a backhand from the edge of the left circle to chase Andersen from the game.Bozak tipped in a shot by James van Riemsdyk at 13:50, but just 14 seconds later, the Stars' Julius Honka passed from behind the net into the paint, and Ritchie chopped the puck in over McElhinney's right shoulder. Lehtonen stopped all 14 shots in the third period, when the Stars had only one shot on goal.Andersen made five saves, and McElhinney stopped nine of 12 shots.Shore and Ritchie each had a goal and an assist, while Dan Hamhuis and Tyler Seguin each had two assists.For the Maple Leafs, Marner had a goal and an assist.On the first goal, Shore skated from the Stars blue line through the right faceoff circle and in front of Andersen before putting the puck on his forehand for a wrist shot at 2:53. The Maple Leafs outshot the Stars 15-7 in the period. Nikita Soshnikov and Mitchell Marner scored for the Maple Leafs in the period, and Jason Spezza for Dallas.Toronto outshot Dallas 43-20 overall. Benn took a pass from John Klingberg to score on a wrist shot from the left circle at 18:22.Despite trailing by four goals, the Maple Leafs outshot Dallas 14-12 in the first period.Soshnikov brought them to 5-2 at 4:19 of the second, taking a pass in front from Matt Martin and sending a wrist shot over a diving Lehtonen.Seguin attempted a wraparound but the puck went in front of the net and then in off Spezza at 7:49.Marner drove a wrist shot from the right circle past Lehtonen to pull Toronto within three at 10:25. Kari Lehtonen made 40 saves and five Dallas players scored in the first period to send the Stars past the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Tuesday night.Dallas took a 3-0 lead on goals by Devin Shore, Radek Faksa and Lauri Korpikoski.
Pacioretty's hat trick lifts Canadiens over Sabres
Despite scoring three times, Pacioretty attributed all his success to linemates Phillip Danault and Alexander Radulov. I'm just very fortunate to be playing with players like that."Pacioretty finished with three goals while Radulov and Danault each had two assists.The captain's first of the night made it 1-0 at 17:27 of the first period. "They made it really easy for me," said Pacioretty, who now leads the Canadiens with 24 goals this season. Nesterov, who skated with Markov on the third defensive pairing, finished plus-2 in 14:21 of ice time.Carey Price was perfect through two periods but Dmitry Kulikov broke his shutout bid with a shot from the point with 3:28 remaining in the game. "To get them back gave us a boost and it was nice to see them contribute and get on the score sheet."Defenceman Nikita Nesterov made his Canadiens debut after being traded from the Tampa Bay Lightning last week. Markov had the primary assist on Paul Byron's tic-tac-toe goal that made it 4-0 for Montreal at the end of the second period."We were missing core guys who had fought with us in the last couple of years," said Pacioretty of Markov and Desharnais. "They had numerous chances in the first period and they just took over in the second period. "One has a special kind of skill, and the other scores like there's no tomorrow. Max Pacioretty led his team to victory with his second hat trick of the season but the Montreal Canadiens' captain gave all the credit to his two linemates.Pacioretty scored once per period as Montreal beat the visiting Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Tuesday night in the first game back for both teams since the NHL all-star break. I have a lot of respect for them."With Montreal already leading 4-0 in the third period, Pacioretty got his stick on a loose puck in a frantic goal-mouth scramble to complete the hat trick.Montreal is now 11-4-2 in its last 17 games versus Buffalo (20-20-9).The Canadiens (30-14-7) also benefited from the return of two veteran players on Tuesday and they both got on the score sheet.David Desharnais was back in the lineup after missing 24 games with a knee injury. Pacioretty took a nifty backhand saucer pass from Radulov and roofed the puck on Robin Lehner, who tried a traditional stack-the-pads save but got nowhere near the shot."It's nice to get our line going," said Radulov. The centreman made it 3-0 for the home side in the second period after a bad giveaway by Cody Franson deep in his own zone.Andrei Markov (lower-body injury) also played his first game in six weeks. They hemmed us in the offensive zone."We handed them the puck and they capitalized on their chances." His counterpart Lehner stopped 30-of-35 shots.The Sabres and Canadiens met less than two weeks ago, with Buffalo leaving the Bell Centre with a 3-2 come-from-behind overtime victory.But in Tuesday's contest the Canadiens secured the lead in the first period and never gave it up."We gave them opportunities, we mismanaged the puck, turned the puck over," said Sabres coach Dan Bylsma. Brian Gionta added another for Buffalo less than two minutes later.Price finished with 37 saves for his 23rd win of the season. Danault got the play started by poking the puck away from Buffalo's Marcus Foligno."It's an honour for me to play with Pacioretty and Radulov," said Danault. "We were dangerous pretty much every shift. "We got some momentum in the first period"Pacioretty added his second at 7:48 of the second period, again cashing in a pass from Radulov from behind Lehner's net.
Canadian wingsuit flyer eulogized after dying on mountain in China
One of those rare, genuine, shiny souls that makes you want to be, no, forces you to be a better person." "The mythology of many cultures abounds with gods and kings borne through the air; the power of flight was often attributed to gods. I try to do it every single day."According to his bio with the World Wingsuit League, Dickinson started out parachuting but quickly took up wingsuiting."Human beings have been obsessed by the idea of flight, and imagined themselves flying among the clouds, and soaring like birds," he explained. In this day and age we have the tools and technology to be able to fly and some people have no desire — I personally cannot fathom this concept."I live to fly and to explore the heavens every possible day I can."According to the WWL, Dickinson was travelling in China alone with a mission to scout and open new jumping exit points. "It's my passion, my hobby, my love. He was reported missing by friends on Wednesday and local search and rescue personnel found his body the next morning.The sport is without a doubt a dangerous one and some of its top practitioners have met the same fate, including Dickinson's friend, Italian Dario Zanon, who died last summer, and Hungarian Victor Kovats, who died in the same area as Dickinson back in 2013.One of the most famous fatalities was Mark Sutton, who gained international fame at the 2012 London Olympics for parachuting into the stadium dressed as James Bond. "It was a matter of time."Despite his celebrity inside his sport, Dickinson was hardly a household name. Friends and colleagues of a Canadian adventurer who died in China are flooding social media with glowing tributes, loving remembrances and some small measure of resignation at the inevitability of his demise.The body of 28-year-old Graham Dickinson was found last Thursday on a cliff in the Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in the central province of Hunan. The day before, he posted a picture of the mountain on his Facebook page, accompanied by a smiling emoji and the description "feeling like he is dreaming."
Dickinson was regarded as one of the best in the world at a sport called wingsuiting, in which athletes jump from high places and glide to the ground with the aid of aerodynamic body suits that make their wearers look a little like flying squirrels.Dickinson's specialty was terrain flying, in which he swooped frighteningly close to mountain cliffs, buildings, trees and the ground — many of his flights are documented on video and easily found on the Internet."Certainly knew this day would come but no less gutted that it's here," Glen J. Kilpatrick wrote on the World Wingsuit League's Facebook page."I think many of us already knew in a way that he was going to die soon, since his flights were closer and crazy day by day," wrote Jose Montero. I do it as much as I can," he said in a recent video posted to YouTube. His biggest brush with fame back home may have been when he got in trouble for allegedly jumping from a gondola at Whistler, B.C."I've been travelling all around the world wingsuiting — everywhere in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia. He was killed the following summer during a TV-sponsored event in Switzerland."Graham represented the most cutting edge in proximity wingsuit flying and his name became synonymous for dangerous and challenging wingsuit lines," said the WWL."Graham was well known, not only as one of the world's most popular, talented and active BASE-jumpers, but also, as a serious risk taker who was willing to put everything in the line to pursuit his dreams."His girlfriend, Kristen Johnson, paid tribute to their exciting lifestyle on her Facebook memorial to Dickinson, recalling the first time he took her to jump off a building, the first time he helped her jump off cliffs in the United Arab Emirates, and "my first encounters with security on an illegal jump."She also recalled jumping off 3,000-foot fjords in unicorn onesies and being pulled over in rural Germany for six hours by the local police."I've picked him up from jail twice, helped him get emergency dental done in a foreign country as he swore at me the entire time, and literally lived in a Fiat 500 with him as we toured Europe together," she wrote."The experiences and stories I have from the short time I shared with him are the stuff of legend and are what I will be forever grateful for."He was certainly no saint and definitely drove me to tears on more than one occasion, but he had a heart of gold.
Blues fire coach Ken Hitchcock, promote Mike Yeo
But St. He and Gallant immediately become candidates for the expansion Vegas Golden Knights, who begin play next season but could hire a coach at any time.Yeo, a North Bay, Ont., product, led the Houston Aeros to the Calder Cup final in his one American Hockey League season. Louis, is now in Boston. Steve Ott, after two-plus seasons with the Blues, went to Detroit.But the Blues still have plenty of talent, including All-Star winger Vladimir Tarasenko, Alexander Steen, Paul Stastny, Kevin Shattenkirk and captain Alex Pietrangelo.Hitchcock is the third coach to be fired this season following Gerard Gallant of the Florida Panthers in November and Jack Capuano of the New York Islanders in January. Hitchcock has said he's interested in continuing to coach elsewhere after this season.Hitchcock has coached 20 NHL seasons with the Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets and Blues. He was a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins coaching staff for four seasons prior to that. Goalies Jake Allen, Carter Hutton and Pheonix Copley have combined for an .887 save percentage, which is the worst team mark in the NHL.Fired by the Minnesota Wild last February, Yeo was added to Hitchcock's staff in the off-season to be his successor beginning in 2017-18. Louis went just 5-8 in January and at 24-21-5 was mired in eighth place in the Western Conference entering the day.Hitchcock took the fall for the Blues' underachieving season, which had a lot to do with goaltending struggles. Troy Brouwer, the Blues' second-leading goal scorer in the playoffs last spring, signed with Calgary. He won the Stanley Cup with Dallas in 1999, and his 781 career regular-season victories are fourth all-time, one shy of Hockey Hall of Fame coach Al Arbour for third.Yeo's team has a new look after last season.David Backes, who spent 10 years in St. The 65-year-old Hitchcock was in his sixth season as Blues coach. Goalie Brian Elliott was traded to Calgary. The Blues abruptly fired coach Ken Hitchcock on Wednesday, cutting short the veteran's final season in St. They went 248-124-41 and made the playoffs in each of his five seasons, reaching the Western Conference final last spring. Louis and putting coach-in-waiting Mike Yeo in charge of the underperforming team months earlier than planned.General manager Doug Armstrong announced the change one day after the Blues' fifth loss in six games.
Ontario hockey exec suspended after posting slur against women on Facebook
But the cornerstone of discipline is rehabilitation and that's what we're going to do. "We realized that we have to institute changes to the way we do business. Worry about your own Country CANADA. An election for the position is set for April 18 but Pickford didn't know if Lapierre would run for re-election.While some have questioned if Lapierre's penalty was severe enough, Pickford noted his colleague had been an essential part of the association for decades, starting safety programs for players and shaping minor hockey in the city."He's made a bad mistake, he's made an error. Its board of directors also plans to participate in the workshop offered by the sexual assault crisis centre.While the controversial Facebook post was on Lapierre's own account, and not on the association's social media feeds, it emphasized the impact such comments can have when made by someone in a public role, Pickford said."There has to be an understanding that there's no really separating a private individual from the public persona on social media," he said.Lapierre, who has been the hockey association president for 18 years, will be reinstated in his position after the season ends and his training is complete, Pickford said. And I think everyone deserves a second chance."The executive director of the Sexual Assault Crisis Centre for Windsor and Essex County said Lapierre reached out seeking guidance."Many times males, especially in hockey culture, mimic language that is offensive to women and their intent isn't to offend them but the impact is greater in that it is offensive and it actually promotes this view that women are lesser than men," said Lydia Fiorini.Lapierre's case can serve as a learning moment, she said."At the end of the day we can definitely say his behaviour was inappropriate but what's even more important is that he said 'look, I get it now, and I'm prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure this mistake doesn't happen again,"' she said.Fiorini's centre now plans to work with the hockey association to develop a program to promote respectful behaviour towards females. Good u dumb bitches. And your protesting what?"The Windsor Minor Hockey Association said that after an internal investigation carried out in consultation with the Ontario Minor Hockey Association, it passed a motion suspending Lapierre for the rest of the 2016-17 season, which ends April 9.The motion further orders the 48-year-old Lapierre to take a workshop by the Sexual Assault Crisis Centre of Windsor and other training programs on respect and ethics when dealing with social media.The hockey association has also demanded a written apology from Lapierre."It was taken very seriously," Dave Pickford, the association's vice-president of travel said in an interview. An Ontario minor hockey executive has been suspended and ordered to take ethics training after posting a slur online about Canadian women who joined a massive march in Washington, D.C., last month.Windsor Minor Hockey Association president Dean Lapierre apologized last week and said he "screwed up" when he made the comment on his personal Facebook page about the protest in support of women's rights. Lapierre — described by the association as a tireless 30-year volunteer — wrote on Facebook: "Any of those CANADIAN women who wanted to protest the President of the USA and got turned around. Dean's actions reflected negatively on Windsor Minor Hockey Association and we're taking steps to deal with that."The association will update its Code of Conduct to reflect behaviour expected of all its volunteers, particularly when using social media.


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Having English is a chance to escape a life of poverty. Having a strong education can open up many career opportunities. Your individualized support and English language lessons will provide opportunities for future employment and help to reinforce attendance.
Village schools, those that do not have an English teacher, welcome volunteers in their schools. Our volunteers will work side by side the local teacher in a local primary or secondary school. A syllabus will be provided, and your input is welcome as well.
Volunteers' lessons will focus on grammar, proper pronunciation and basic spelling. You will also plan and organize afterschool activities like soccer, basketball and other organized sports. Spanish speaking volunteers are preferred. Language Immersion lesson can be arranged in the afternoon.
- Project length: From 2 weeks to 12 weeks
- Project dates: March to December, 2 week winter break in mid July
- Arrival airport: Ayacucho (AYA)
- Accommodation: Local host family
- Requirements: Proficient Spanish
- Program donation: US$50 payable with the program fees.
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Airlines: Lan Peru, LC Busre, Star Perú
- Vaccinations: Routine Vac, Hep-A and Typhoid wwwnc.cdc.gov
- Program starts and ends in Ayacucho
- Airport meet and greet in Ayacucho. Afternoon city tour and orientation
- Monday to Friday volunteering. 30 hours per week
- Weekends free to sightseeing and afternoons free to explore the city
- Typical shift work hours are 7am-1pm
- Support: Local ABV Director support 24/7 during placement
- Departure: ABV Staff Escorted Airport Transfer
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- Flights to Peru. Visas and/or entry-exit fees. Vaccinations. Local Transportation. Travel & Health Insurance. Laundry and Internet. Tours to Cusco, to the Nazca Lines and to the Apurimac Valley (Coca Valley or Upper Amazon forest), etc.


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From Athens to America…
Is Greece the Lehman Brothers of the next crisis?
Rating downgrades for Greece, Portugal and Spain have triggered fears of a widespread sovereign debt crisis. While an IMF-backed European bailout package is being worked out, it may be a case of too little, too late and at best might help delay the disaster. Given the lack of a sense of urgency among European governments to stitch together a rescue package and the increasing estimates of the size of the bail-out, the financial markets have started pricing in a high chance of a default by Greece.
- What would a default by Greece on its debt obligations mean for Euro and EU (and for global financial markets)?
- Who is the next in line?
- Does UK face an imminent rating downgrade?
- Will the sovereign debt crisis spread beyond Europe?
- What happens to the ongoing global recovery?
The focus now is on the so-called PIIGS economies – Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain – the European economies running heavy debt burden and high deficit position. However, the growing risk aversion might trigger a sovereign debt crisis, where cost of raising money for the countries would increase. A general loss of confidence in the safety of sovereign debt will chill the financial system and would be disastrous for the still fragile recovery. See the position of debt and deficit for other major European economies.
Talking about the risks beyond the peripheral EU economies, virtually no rich country has a "sustainable" debt position. Whether it's UK, US or Japan, none is running a tight enough budget or growing fast enough to stop the debt burden from rising. It may sound preposterous to compare Britain's fiscal condition with Greece's or to talk about the American economy in the same breath, but the stakes are too high to remain complacent.
While a default by Greece cannot be ruled out, it would be interesting to see how the events unfold over the next few months in Spain whose economy is much larger than Greece. If Spain comes out successfully, it would mean the sovereign debt crisis can be contained for now. In the longer run, position of high indebtedness of the rich nations would still be a major risk.


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All My Children Fan Fiction.
I admit it ─ I just can't let go of "All My Children". Even though the finale was months ago, I still hold out hope for a resurrection somehow, someway. But until that day comes, we'll just have to remember the way things were, and imagine how things might have been. And when Erica's imposter Jane Campbell came to town, it was a little surprising that she never weaseled her way into Jackson's bed while Erica was squirreled away with Ben. But what if things went down differently and Jane had consummated that relationship? Erica's return would have been dicey to say the least.
Jane rolled over and couldn't stop the smile from spreading across her face. Right here, right next to her in bed was Jackson Montgomery. The Jackson Montgomery, and he was all hers ─ and had been all night.
"Good morning," he said with a smile, his eyes crinkling in that way that made her melt all over again. He reached out to brush some hair from her cheek.
"Good morning," she said back, and snuggled in close, ducking her head to tuck it under his chin. She let herself remember the night before, beginning when the two of them met for a quiet dinner at Confusion. They indulged in some amazing wine and the conversation simply flowed. Jackson seemed eager for some attention, and Jane was more than happy to give it to him. She laughed at his jokes and rested her hand on his leg under the table. Soon, they had both been ready to head home.
She wrapped her arms around his back and looked up into his face. She leaned in for a kiss and it wasn't long before things were getting very serious again. She could really get used to life as Erica Kane. She let herself get lost in Jack's arms, not feeling one bit bad for her doppelganger. She didn't appreciate Jackson anyway. He deserved a woman who revolved her life around him, not someone like Erica who could never put her own needs aside and love him like he needed.
Eventually, through the haze they had created, they both began to realize there was someone pounding on the door, yelling loud enough for the world to hear. Jane's heart stopped as she locked eyes with Jackson. There was no mistaking that voice, and she could see in his eyes the confusion. But how could it be possible?
Jackson leapt from the bed and pulled the sheets around his waist. He threw open the door and Jane's worst nightmare was right there, standing on the other side. Her bubble burst and she knew she would have to fight. What she and Jackson just shared was more than she could have hoped and she knows he felt it too. She steeled herself and stood up. She was ready to do anything to keep her man.
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|Me in my favorite peep toe heels in my home studio
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Hi! My name is Kristina Emma Hultkrantz. I am an illustrator, dreamer, dancer, dog lover, doodler, domestic goddess, and a major girly girl.
Born 1984...I grew up in the States. Gorgeous Portland, Maine to be exact. I had a perfect all American childhood taking ballet classes, climbing trees, making crafts worthy of the refrigerator, attending Little League games and cookouts all the while in a Swedish bubble. (My parents are both Swedes and moved to America just before I was born, I've got duel citizenship and can speak both English and Swedish fluently, isn't that neat?) My family and I have also spent some time in way too hot Tampa, Florida where I got quite a few sunburns and a BFA degree. One year after graduating college I bought a one way ticket to live and create in my dream city, rather chilly Stockholm, Sweden in 2008. Stockholm made all my dreams come true. It's my dream city, I worked my way to my dream job, freelance illustrating, and even met the boy of my dreams to top it all off.
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My brand of girly illustrations EmmaKisstina was born in 2007 with the hope to spread girly girl illustration love all over the internet and world and are available on Etsy and Swedish site Miinto.se.
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Pittsburgh police reviewing violent arrest of Ravenna man caught on video
Pittsburgh police reviewing violent arrest of Ravenna man caught on video
September 21, 2017
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh officials are reviewing the violent arrest of a man by five city officers, an encounter recorded by a bystander and posted to Facebook.
The 52-second video shows one officer, in particular, punching the man on the ground while saying, "Stop resisting" Tuesday night near PPG Paints Arena. Officers can be heard cursing, and one calls for a Taser.
Police spokeswoman Sonya Toler says force was used because 47-year-old Daniel Adelman, of Ravenna, Ohio, allegedly interfered with the arrest of another man wanted on a forgery warrant.
The city's Office of Municipal Investigations and Citizen Police Review Board are reviewing the arrest.
One of the officers has been assigned to desk duty while the others are working their usual assignments. Mayor Bill Peduto says Officer Andrew Jacobs will be on desk duty until the city and the district attorney complete. Jacobs is the officer seen punching Adelman.
Adelman tells KDKA-TV he was drinking at a concert when he stepped outside to smoke and intervened, believing one officer needed help. He says: "It was probably not the right decision to jump in without knowing the situation."
I live in Pittsburgh, and I just deliberately drank a cup of tap water without boiling it
After reading this article, I just went and drank a cup of water straight from the faucet without boiling it. I do not have a water filter.
I think the city's call to boil water was not justified. The filter at the city's water treatment plant would stop the giardia. Also, there was only one reading of low chlorine, and it was only slightly below the normal level. No giardia has been found in the water that has gone through the city's filter. No cases of the illness have been reported.
I think the city cried wolf.
If there ever is a real need for a boil water alert in the future, this current incident will cause people to be skeptical and suspicious that there is a real need to boil water. The city goofed up.
With easy gun access, and 26,000 people, Squirrel Hill has had zero gun murders in the last decade
I live in Pennsylvania, where it's very easy to get a gun.
My neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, in Pittsburgh, has 26,000 people.
In the last 10 years, there has been only one murder in my neighborhood. This gives it an annual murder rate of 0.4 per 100,000 people. If my neighborhood was its own country, it would have the sixth lowest murder rate of any country in the world.
That one murder consisted of a burglar bludgeoning a 90-year-old homeowner to death. He was convicted after just 14 months, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The burglar was from another neighborhood.
Lest anyone think it is a rich, exclusive neighborhood, the rent for my one bedroom apartment is only $725 a month, and there are quite a few vacancies in my building every summer, as many of the tenants are graduate students from all over the world, who only live here for a few years.
Anyway, I think it's interesting that in my neighborhood of 26,000 people, where it's very easy to get a gun, there have been exactly zero gun murders in the past decade.
I hope this cigarette will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law
Officials say cigarette sparked fatal motel fire
March 20, 2015
The state police fire marshal today said a cigarette was the cause of a fatal motel fire in Westmoreland County on Thursday.
Timothy Paul Shane, 43, of Hempfield was killed in the fire at the Motel 3 on Route 30 in Adamsburg, according to the county coroner's office.
State police fire marshal Scott Mackanick ruled the fire an accident and said Mr. Shane was smoking a cigarette that ignited the blaze around 6:30 a.m.
A section of Route 30 was closed in the area of the fire, as was the Irwin exit off of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Mr. Shane's cause and manner of death are pending toxicology results from an autopsy, the fire marshal said.
WTAE shows small business employees complaining about the high costs of Obamacare
Before Obamacare was passed, we critics said that its biggest parts were timed so as to not take place until after the 2012 election, and that these things would make health care more expensive. The Obama supporters laughed at us, called us racist, and said we didn't care about people.
Now that the 2012 election is over, our predictions are coming true.
Pennsylvania voted for Obama in both elections. I live in Pennsylvania, and I still see Obama bumper stickers all over the place.
It's too bad this news story from WTAE, Pittsburgh, doesn't tell us which of these employees voted for Obama and which did not:
I disagree with the claim that heroin in Pittsburgh is a "major public health crisis."
In the past week, at least 17 people in Allegheny and surrounding counties died from using heroin. Allegheny County medical examiner Karl Williams called it "a major public health crisis."
I disagree with his claim that this is a "major public health crisis." It's not contagious. It's not catchy. It's not genetic. It is 100% completely, totally avoidable. So there is no "major public health crisis."
This is a crisis, but it is a crisis of a very different kind. It is a crisis of bad decision making. It is a crisis of irresponsible behavior. It is a crisis of stupidity.
Pittsburgh employers who voted for Obama are now refusing to pay for Obamacare
I've lived in Pittsburgh for 42 years. Everywhere I go, I always see a huge number of pro-Obama bumper stickers. The overwhelmingly vast majority of people in this city are Democrats. They love Obama. They adore him. They voted for him in both elections.
Obamacare requires all employers with 50 or more full time employees to purchase health insurance for those employees, or pay a substantial fine. Obamacare defines full time employment as 30 or more hours per week.
Community College of Allegheny County has switched 200 of its adjunct professors and 200 of its other employees from full time to part time in order to avoid paying for health insurance for those 400 employees.
This decision was made by high level administrators and executives. I'm certain that the vast majority of these higher ups voted for Obama in both elections.
These high level employees have chosen to use a loophole to avoid paying for the very same insurance that they expect other employers to pay for. They voted for Obama. They supported Obamacare. But now they are exempting their own organization from paying for it. The stench of hypocrisy fills the air.
The Carnegie Museum has done the same thing. I'm certain that most of its higher ups voted for Obama. But now these very same higher ups have reduced the hours of 48 of their own employees in order to avoid paying for Obamacare. Again, this shows a tremendous amount of hypocrisy.
Since these two employers are unwilling to pay for insurance for their own employees, how can they support a law that forces other employers to pay for it?
You know a law is bad, when the very people who support the law exempt themselves from it.
I just got a phone call from the Obama campaign
It's the evening of September 20, 2012. I'm sitting here typing now – trying to get this down as accurately as I can remember. The following is just a rough version based on my memory – I did not record the call, so these are not the exact words.
Mango recall at Giant Eagle supermarkets in Pittsburgh
Yesterday I got a computerized phone call from Giant Eagle, telling me not to eat the mangoes that I've been buying since July, because they might be contaminated with Salmonella. The message said I could return them to the store for a full refund.
For low-income minority students, cheap Catholic schools are better than expensive public schools
The Pittsburgh public schools have an enrollment of 26,649 students, and an annual budget of $529.8 million. That works out to $19,880 per student per year.
By comparison, the Catholic schools in Pittsburgh charge approximately $7,500 tuition per student per year. The low-income minority children who get scholarships to Catholic schools in Pittsburgh through the privately funded Extra Mile Education Foundation have much better attendance rates, graduation rates, and academic performance, than the students at the Pittsburgh public schools.
Snow removal in Pittsburgh
People in Pittsburgh have been complaining that the city hasn't been removing the snow fast enough. I think those complaints are whiny and spoiled. This is the most snow that the city has ever had in one month ever. The people who remove the snow are only human – they can't just cross their arms and blink their eyes and make the snow disappear.


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Looking for a way (Add-on?) to share a single email contact info from one person to another. Right now if a coworker needs the contact info for someone in my address book. I have to ether print out the contact's info or copy past the relevant info into an email to send to them.
Does anyone know of a way to send all the info for single contact, kind of like a v-card??


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DEI 555X Bypass Module
Most new and late model vehicles have factory anti-theft systems to prevent a vehicle being started without the specific owner's key in the ignition. These factory anti-theft systems provide a valuable service to the vehicle owner helping to prevent a thief from hot-wiring and starting your vehicle. Unfortunately these systems also prevent a remote starter from starting your vehicle, unless you left the key in the ignition, which could easily result in vehicle theft.
The DEI 555X uses a unique auto-program sequence to learn the secure code from the Key Cylinder Module and repeats it when the remote start is activated, eliminating the need to leave the key in the ignition in order for the vehicle to start.The 555X Lexus Immobilizer Bypass Module integrates into the wiring for the Honda Immobilizer anti-theft system to allow remote start capability, while still allowing normal function of the factory immobilizer anti-theft system.
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Deloitte Alliance Marketing Specialist (Enabling Senior Consultant) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Deloitte Consulting LLP - Alliances Marketing Associate (Enabling Senior Consultant)
Marketing Campaign Specialist - Digital Alliances
We re looking for a get it done, organized marketing professional that is comfortable building relationships and implementing marketing campaigns. Use your marketing expertise to contribute to breakthrough ideas internally and externally. Join us as we partner with leading digital technology companies to develop services and solutions that help our clients solve their greatest business challenges.
Work you'll do
As a Marketing Associate, you will be critical to the tactical execution of the marketing strategy for a select group of alliances. Working with seasoned marketers, you will act as a liaison between our internal marketing teams, the alliance group, and the partner community. You ll use your coordination and organizational skills to implement joint marketing and communication campaigns that build awareness internally and externally. You will help manage events, conferences and external speaking opportunities.
You ll drive mindshare through our websites, social activities and blog posts. You will be responsible for collecting content for internal communications such as newsletters and intranet articles, client case studies and POVs and other marketing collateral. You must be articulate and feel confident when speaking or presenting to an internal audience. You will work to maintain guidelines and policies and review materials for compliance and approvals and ensure metrics are established and goals are met against campaigns.
Category: Management Consulting
About Deloitte
As used in this document, Deloitte means Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.


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Tue Night Improv
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 from 9:40 PM to 11:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
We are a newly formed group that get together to improve our impromptu public speaking skills and explore our hidden comedic/acting talents.
Improvisation will help you develop your spontaneity, confidence and boost your communication skills. It will help you to think faster on your feet while at the same time having fun in an collaborative and supportive environment.
Join us everyTuesday for this free class to see what it's all about!
We will be starting promptly at 9:40pm at the dance studio (2nd Floor).
When & Where
Body Mind & Pole (2nd Floor)
1389 Hempstead Turnpike
2nd Floor
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 from 9:40 PM to 11:00 PM (EST)
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