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Dutch premiere of Water Passion on tour with Nieuw Ensemble
Earlier this month, composer and conductor Tan Dun toured Water Passion after St. Matthew with the Nieuw Ensemble, giving the work's Dutch premiere in Rotterdam and also appearing in Düsseldorf and Amsterdam. The premiere was met with critical and audience acclaim. Algemeen Dagblad, Rotterdam's most widely circulated newspaper, featured the performance on its front page.
Hailed by The New York Times for its "wondrous array of haunting and elemental sounds," Water Passion is Tan Dun's retelling of the Gospel account of Jesus's crucifixion, using water both as a sonic and visual instrument and employing a wide range of vocal styles ranging from Mongolian overtone singing to the "calligraphic" high-pitch writing of Peking Opera, to Western chorales. In addition to the forces of the traditional orchestra, Water Passion draws upon instruments that evolved along the ancient Silk Road, from the cello-like Chinese erhu to the Mongolian horse-head fiddle, to the kemanche, a lap-held fiddle common to several Middle Eastern cultures. The work's acoustic sounds are subject to electronic processing and are enhanced by a digital sampler of "found" sounds.
Water Passion after St. Matthew, which sets texts by the Gospel According to St. Matthew and brief poetic reflections by Tan Dun, is a composition of global influence and technological expanse. Inspired by its premiere in 2000, Mark Swed of the LA Times remarked how the "Passion, more effectively than anything I have ever heard, reveals music's underlying universality as it irresistibly combines seemingly unrelated musical worlds."
NEWS FLASH: Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women goes on tour! As a conductor Tan Dun works with top-notch orchestras all over the world. Nu Shu first premiered in Tokyo by the NHK Symphony in Suntory Hall. Its North American Premiere by the Philadelphia Orchestra soon followed. The Philadelphia Orchestra can't get enough of Nu Shu and will take it on tour to China this May. Nu Shu will then be southbound for its Australian premiere at the prestigious OzAsia Festival, only to travel, once again, around the world for its European premiere by the world-renowned Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in January, 2015.
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September 27, 2014 at 08:00PM
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Dominc Seldis, double bass
Tan Dun, conductor
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May 12, 2014 at 07:00PM
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How many musicians are lucky enough to be allowed to spiritually sing and play over the tomb of Bach, Tan Dun will never forget conducting the MDR Radio Choir in the singing Water Passion.
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Protest to mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories
This coming Saturday (April 26), a peaceful protest will be held in Nottingham town centre to mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories, an international day of action against vivisection. Meanwhile Lush has released a new report showing the shocking global scale of chemical testing on animals.
Protesters will meet at 12 noon in Old Market Square, Nottingham NG1 2DT for a march through the city centre, speeches and handing out flyers. Please come along and help to ensure that the protest makes as much impact as possible.Visit the World Day for Animals in Laboratories website Visit the Facebook page Read Lush's new report
Animal Aid's Badger Battle Bus on Tour… and recruiting badger campaigners
Animal Aid's Badger Battle Bus will be back in the cull zones over the next two weeks, recruiting campaigners and encouraging landowners to choose vaccination. Please come and see us, and help us hand out leaflets.Moreabout the badger battle bus tour around the south west
Love Lambs This Easter
There are no creatures so universally loved as lambs. They are emblems of spring; symbolise innocence, purity and gentleness; and somehow encourage in us renewed hope for the future. And yet these beautiful animals, who we love to watch gambol and even pay to help feed during Easter holidays, are soon betrayed – taken from their mothers, fattened and sent to the slaughterhouse.
Samantha Chandler, the Secretary of the Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals (ASWA), has a small flock of rescued sheep.Read the story of one of her feisty girls, named Violet. Watch a film of Violet and her friends Choose a cruelty-free diet this Easter
Monkeys brain-damaged and given ecstasy in 'disturbing' experiments
Animal Aid has condemned 'profoundly disturbing' experiments on marmoset monkeys, some of whom had already been used in similar studies. The experiments were performed in Canada but co-funded by a UK-based charity, the Cure Parkinson's Trust.More on the marmoset experiments co-funded by the Cure Parkison's Trust Take action on the Victims of Charity website Read an article about the experiments in The Mirror
Government figures on effective stunning in UK slaughterhouses attacked as 'wildly inaccurate'
The government has grossly underplayed animal suffering by issuing new figures stating that animals in British slaughterhouses are correctly stunned in more than 99 per cent of cases. This statistic comes from the number of mis-stuns witnessed and reported by Official Veterinarians who detailed just nine cases of mis-stuns in cows and three in sheep in 2013.Moreabout the underplaying of the number of animals mis-stunned in British slaughterhouses
The 2014 Grand National
Thankfully, there were no horse fatalities in this year's Grand National but the race was a stomach-churning, chaotic event, with just 18 of the 39 who took part able to complete the course. Eight horses fell and seven were pulled up because they were exhausted or injured. There will be horses returning to their stables tonight with, at the very least, painful cuts and bruises.More on the result of the 2014 Grand National course Grand National is more than five times as lethal as other jumps races
Grand National is more than five times as lethal as other jumps races
Animal Aid remains seriously concerned about the horses entered into Saturday's Grand National at Aintree. While there were no fatalities during the big race at last year's event, three horses have died in the last five races staged on the Grand National course.
The national campaign group will once again be staging a demo on Saturday outside the Aintree course. It will also be supporting a protest outside the headquarters of race broadcaster Channel 4.More on the horse deaths on the Grand National course and the protests against the event
Badger Cull Announcement
Today, the government has announced that there will be no rollout of the badger cull, but that it will continue in Somerset and Gloucestershire. Defra Minister, Owen Paterson, said that – when culling is 'perfected' – he will allow badgers to be targeted in other parts of the country.More about the government's announcement on the future of the badger cull policy
No Safe Limit for Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to warn people that eating processed red meat – such as bacon and sausages – increases the risk of bowel cancer, the second biggest cause of cancer-related deaths in the UK. Our 'No Safe Limit' campaign is calling for an age restriction on sales of processed red meat, and health warning labels on packaging, to bring such products in line with cigarettes.Moreabout the No Safe Limit Campaign Order 'No Safe Limit' postcards and leaflets
Media Circus in a Panda Prison
Last year's media hype surrounding the mating habits of two pandas has once again rekindled. The media today (31st March) is reporting that Tian Tian's 'window of receptivity' is approaching, and that her hormone levels will be monitored constantly to try to ensure another animal is born in captivity. Tian Tian and Yang Guang are rented out by the Chinese government to Edinburgh Zoo on a 10-year contract.Read the article written by Animal Aid's Director, Andrew Tyler, when it was announced that Tian Tian had not become pregnant last year.
As attention is focused on the Grand National… Huge rise in horse deaths recorded on courses across the country
Horse welfare has become a major talking point in the run-up to the three-day Grand National meeting at Aintree, which starts on Thursday, April 3rd. But virtually unremarked upon has been the recent shocking death toll at other racecourses around the country.Read our press release Please support Horse Racing Awareness Week Watch our film about rescued race horse, Underwriter
UK cows under greater pressure to produce more milk per animal
New figures released by the government reveal that UK milk production is rising at a faster rate than the size of the national dairy herd, meaning cows are being made to produce more milk per animal.More about the intensification of dairy farming
Sanctuary not Cruelty for Exploited Race Horses
Saturday (March 29) marks the start of Animal Aid's Horse Racing Awareness Week, an annual campaign during which the public is asked to consider the sombre truth about an exploitative horseracing industry.More about Horse Racing Awareness Week and the Sanctuary not Cruelty Campaign Watch our film about Underwriter
Good news for the Hunting Act
The Prime Minister has confirmed that the Hunting Act will not now be changed to allow more than two dogs to 'flush out' foxes. At Prime Minister's Questions, Angela Smith MP asked David Cameron to quash or confirm rumours about the proposal and he replied: 'I regret to say I don't think there'll be government agreement to go forward'. The government had planned to amend the Act via a Statutory Instrument, which would have amounted to a repeal of the hunting ban. There is still a chance that this government will allow a free vote on whether the Hunting Act should be repealed but, for now, the Hunting Act is safe.
Thank you to everyone who lobbied their MPs and the Prime Minister.Read the BBC report
Please support Horse Racing Awareness Week
Animal Aid's Horse Racing Awareness Week starts on 29 March and leads up to the country's most famous race, the Grand National.
This year, we are again promoting our popular Sanctuary not Cruelty initiative. The campaign is aimed both at individuals who visit bookmakers and at workplace sweepstakes, offering those who are concerned about the Grand National a positive alternative. Instead of supporting animal cruelty, we are asking people to help specialist sanctuaries that rescue horses – including ex-race horses.Order an information pack Find out more Death rate at Cheltenham four times higher than average
Death rate at Cheltenham four times higher than average
Four horses died at last week's four-day Cheltenham Festival. This is an attrition rate four times higher than that found in racing as a whole, and twice the death rate when only jump racecourses are considered.More about the high fatality rate at Cheltenham Raya Star dies in final race of Cheltenham Festival Akdam and Stack The Deck die on second day of Cheltenham Festival Our Conor dies on the first day of Cheltenham Festival Why Cheltenham Racecourse is the most lethal in Britain: A major new Animal Aid analysis
Hunting ban under threat
The government has indicated that it is considering amending the Hunting Act by using an Affirmative Statutory Instrument (SI), a type of legislation that can be used to push unpopular changes through Parliament with less scrutiny than a full vote would require. This SI would lift the limit on the number of dogs used to flush out wild mammals, effectively repealing the Hunting Act.
Please support the League Against Cruel Sports' campaign to stop repeal by the back door.Contact your MP
Another horse dies in final race of the Cheltenham Festival
In the final race of this year's Cheltenham Festival, eight-year-old Raya Star died after suffering a suspected fractured spine. He was the fourth equine fatality at this year's four-day meeting.More about the death of Raya Star Akdam and Stack The Deck die on second day of Cheltenham Festival Our Conor dies on the first day of Cheltenham Festival Why Cheltenham Racecourse is the most lethal in Britain: A major new Animal Aid analysis
Tony Benn
None of the early tributes to Tony Benn in the mainstream media made any reference to his deep commitment to the cause of animal protection. Tony, whose death was announced today (March 14), had been our Patron for eight years, and was much more than a 'paper' supporter.More about the life of Tony Benn See Tony Benn speaking at the 2006 Animal Aid sponsored walk.
Slaughterhouse Tales
Exactly 25 years ago today (March 13, 1989), The Independent newspaper published an article by Animal Aid Director, Andrew Tyler (at the time, a freelance journalist) that described in harrowing detail the journey of a group of pigs from their farms to their death in a mainstream, EU-approved Hampshire abattoir. Called Slaughterhouse Tales, it attracted the newspaper's biggest-ever postbag for a single article and went on to prompt questions in parliament as well as being reprinted in several newspapers and in two books.
The article has important lessons for today.More about the Slaughterhouse Tales article
Three horses dead at Cheltenham Festival
A four-year-old horse, inexperienced over the jumps and ridden by a young, inexperienced jockey, became the second victim of the 2014 Cheltenham Festival. Akdam broke a foreleg racing in the 16.40 Juvenile Handicap Hurdle. On the Festival's opening day (Tuesday), Our Conor suffered what turned out to be fatal spinal injuries in the Champion Hurdle race.
Stop press: It is reported this evening (Wednesday) that the Festival has claimed a third victim. Five-year-old Stack The Deck was destroyed after fracturing a knee in the 17.15 Champion Bumper.More about the death of Akdam at Cheltenham Festival Our Conor dies on the first day of Cheltenham Festival
Our Conor dies on the first day of Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham Racecourse, which Animal Aid's Race Horse Deathwatch has identified as the most lethal in the country, saw another fatality today (11 March 2014) in the fourth race of the 2014 Cheltenham Festival.
Our Conor, a five-year-old who was sold for €1m in 2013, took a crunching fall and slammed into the ground at the third hurdle of the main event of the day - the 15.20 Champion Hurdle race.More about animal-friendly
Cambridge anti-vivisection protests make powerful impact
Our two days of action against animal experiments at Cambridge University have had a powerful impact, with excellent public engagement and strong local media coverage. The peaceful protests were supported by local campaign group Animal Rights Cambridge. They followed the discovery of a particularly shocking experiment performed on pregnant sheep at Cambridge University, which was supported by the British Heart Foundation. The disturbing 'procedure' involved 12 ewes and their unborn lambs being surgically mutilated, partially suffocated and killed.More about Animal Aid's protests against the animal experiments carried out by Cambridge University Read more about the experiments and take action
Eating animal protein is linked to early death and cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Metabolism shows that eating high levels of protein from animal sources – such as meat, milk and eggs – increases the risk of death from cancer by four times and the overall risk of early death by 75 per cent in people aged 50-65.Read the original research Take the Big Veg Pledge More about the link between animal protein and cancer
Why Cheltenham Racecourse is the most lethal in Britain: A major new Animal Aid analysis
Crowded races, long distances to run, the use in demanding events of novice horses, stiff fences and challenging racing ground … these are key factors that lead to more horses being killed at Cheltenham Racecourse than at any other track in Britain, according to a detailed new Animal Aid analysis.More about Animal Aid's new report into why more horses die in racing at Cheltenham Racecourse Read our new report Details of our protest at Cheltenham
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Microsoft and TomTom Smoke Patent Peace Pipe
The Redmond giant and the Dutch navigation company have agreed on a settlement whereby TomTom will pay Microsoft for the use of some of its patents.
The eight Microsoft patents that are part of the agreement relate to car navigation and file management systems, according to a Microsoft press release. TomTom agrees to remove two of its file management functions covered by Microsoft's FAT LFN patents over the next two years. On the other side, TomTom will allow Microsoft to use technology in four patents that they claimed Microsoft violated in a countersuit. During the five-year term that covers past and future sales, Microsoft will not need to compensate TomTom. Neither of the two former rivals disclosed the amount TomTom agreed to pay.
Peter Spours, director of IP strategy and transactions at TomTom, had this to say: "This agreement puts an end to the litigation between our two companies. It is drafted in a way that ensures TomTom's full compliance with its obligations under the GPLv2, and thus reaffirms our commitment to the open source community."
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Last Thursday, when the director Robert Wilson received this year's Jerome Robbins Award for a life of achievement in the performing arts—a hundred thousand dollars and a bronze "Jerry," designed and cast by the Red Hook artist Robin Heidi Kennedy—Kennedy had a word of advice for Wilson: Hide it! Kennedy has a stalker, though not the kind you'd expect in the case of a willowy brunette with a loft in one of the happening precincts of the new Brooklyn. The body that Kennedy's stalker trails, and takes, is her body of work. . . .
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Put it in DFU mode then Shift + Restore to 1.1.1. I watched the restore process carefully and unplugged it during the second time "Restoring iphone firmware " showed up. Now the phone won't turn on anymore but I can still put it on DFU mode using the 10/10 method. Then Repeat the process but this time let it finish. After this, I got the itunes logo only so I used ibrickr to boot the phone which worked. Now I get repair needed.
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It was a warm Saturday night in Tallahassee on Sept. 5, 2005, when the world was introduced to a sexy bikini-topped cowgirl who single-handedly - and unintentionally – boiled the blood of thousands of young men across America and the ABC Sports production booth.
Almost three quarters into the eventual 10-7 upset win by No. 14 Florida State over No. 9 Miami, the camera spotted her on a routine b-roll shot of the crowd.
"Fifteen hundred red-blooded Americans just decided to apply to Florida State," said ESPN analyst Brent Musburger.
A star was born, and her name was Jenn Sterger. Almost eight years later, here we are again with similar circumstances, minus a bikini top.
Different game, different girl, same story, same network.
But there is one addendum here. ESPN, which operates under the same parent company as ABC, apologized for Musberger's commentary about Katherine Webb, the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron. Musburger called Webb a beautiful woman and encouraged "youngsters in Alabama" to start throwing around the football with "pops" to get a trophy girl.
I suppose a model and beauty queen shouldn't take exception to being called beautiful. That's generally good for their business.
And while we all know quarterbacks and football players in general get the supermodels (ahem, Gisele Bundchen) and beauty queens (have you seen Emmit Smith's wife?), perhaps we were better off without Musburger stating the obvious.
Real talk here, all the relevant parties involved won. ESPN generated headlines with trumped up coverage of a beauty queen despite a horrifically boring national championship game. Webb, a part-time model, bolstered her fame and her twitter account by almost 170,000 followers including, then excluding later, LeBron James. Musburger got another chance to publicly salivate over the next batch of eye candy.
Don't cry for Webb. She certainly isn't. At least that's what she told Today show anchor Matt Lauer. Donald Trump just offered the former Miss Alabama a chance to sit at the judges table for the Miss USA pageant, the first of what will probably be numerous opportunities for exposure. She's young, attractive and on the arm of a future NFL quarterback. For all intents and purposes, she's winning.
At worst, it was lazy journalism for ESPN producers to focus so much attention on Webb instead of hammering the finer points of the game, like how Nick Saban successfully neutered Notre Dame's once impressive defense.
We live in a misogynistic world where women across the globe are routinely raped, mistreated and enslaved across the globe. We live in a country where women still lack equal pay to their male counterparts, despite the fact that a record number of 98 women are serving in Congress.
And it pains me to know that Kim Kardashian is the most influential woman in America in large part because she's pretty and there's always a camera – mostly her own – to capture it.
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Dancing On Ice - The Final Tour 2014
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Dancing on Ice Final Live Tour 2014 is delighted to announce that Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle, Broadway and West End theatre star Bonnie Langford, actress Suzanne Shaw and singer Gareth Gates will complete the celebrity line up. They will join singer and West End star Ray Quinn, former England Rugby Captain Kyran Bracken, Coronation Street's Hayley Tamaddon and comedian Joe Pasquale on this final tour.
Alongside this great line up of celebrities, the tour sees the return of the original TV judges. Olympic gold medal winner Robin Cousins who will head the panel along with former professional skaters Karen Barber and Nicky Slater. They will be on hand to give their expert feedback and all important scores to the celebrities and their skating partners.
The four week UK tour will start on 28th March at the Manchester Phones 4 U Arena before visiting London, Newcastle, Nottingham, Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham and culminating in Leeds on 27th April at the First Direct Arena. Fans will see their favourite skating couples competing live for the judges' votes and the audience can use their mobile phones to text vote for their favourite celebrity to win. Audience votes will then be added to the scores from the judges to decide the overall celebrity winner. The winning couple will then take to the ice for a magical finale performance of Bolero. All of the celebrities will be trained and choreographed by Torvill & Dean. Jayne and Chris who will also perform routines choreographed exclusively for the live tour, including a final performance of their legendary Bolero routine.
On announcing her place on the tour, Britain's greatest ever female gymnast Beth Tweddle said; "I'm excited to be joining the tour, having had such a wonderful experience on the TV show. I absolutely love skating and want to continue for as long as I can. Having competed as a gymnast for over 12 years, learning to skate has been a challenge, but one that I've loved and I can't wait to perform some of my favourite routines in front of the live audiences across the country!"
Broadway and West End theatre star Bonnie Langford commented; "Having been in the first series of Dancing on Ice, nine years ago and the final series, I'm thrilled to be going back on tour with Torvill & Dean. I had a ball last time round, so I'm delighted to be able to relive the magic of the TV show in front of arena audiences across the country."
Actress Suzanne Shaw said; "Winning Dancing on Ice in 2008 was such an amazing moment and I really enjoyed the tour afterwards. Being part of the final tour, with the brilliant Matt Evers, will be the perfect way to celebrate what has been one of the best experiences of my life - I can't wait to return!"
Multimillion selling singer and now one part of the ITV2 Big Reunion super group 5th Story, Gareth Gates said: "I've loved this series, so I'm glad I don't have to hang up my skates just yet - can't wait to get on the tour and skate all around the country! We're going to have a lot of fun."
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The 70 square-mile island of Aruba. They are currently on track to officially become the world's first sustainable energy economy by 2020. In 2009, the island built the Vader Piet Windmill Farm which currently produces 20 percent of the island's electricity with 10, 180 meter high wind turbines, and plans are underway for a second wind farm, doubling the energy capacity, bringing them at nearly 40% - more than most places in the world.
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The island is known for their Aruba Reef Care Project, the island's largest volunteer environmental initiative since 1994 and attracts over 800 people per year on its own. Six resorts on the island are certified by EarthCheck, the premier international certification alliance for sustainable travel and tourism, and eight are on their way to receive the same certification.
In addition to pursuing alternative energy initiatives, locals and visitors alike join together for the Aruba Reef Care Project, the island's largest volunteer environmental initiative. The project has attracted more than 800 people annually since 1994 and results in cleaner reefs, public beaches and shallow waters.
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It's part of the "authenticity" mantra that Universal Orlando officials use when it comes to the holiday parade, not to mention its New Orleans-inspired Mardi Gras events and (in a fiction-meets-fact way), the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. They strive to keep it real.
"Being the only place outside New York City that you can see the Macy's Parade is kind of a very cool thing to us and to Macy's and park guests," says Jim Timon, Universal Orlando's senior vice president of entertainment. "I think the elephants, even though they're not part of the parade itself, they're kind of this special hidden piece of the Macy's experience."
Pieces of the Big Apple are scattered among the floats and balloons of the Macy's Holiday Parade at Universal, now in its 10th year at the theme park. Some props are transported from Manhattan after their Thanksgiving duties are done.
"When the parade runs in New York City, actually that night, after the parade, after the balloons and floats are deflated and dismantled, they are loaded into trucks," Timon says. "The balloons and floats that are assigned to Universal head off into trucks heading south and the others go back to their warehouse in New Jersey.
"Then it's a mad race, and we pray for good weather on I-95," he says.
Universal and Macy's have a positive give-and-take relationship, Timon says.
"Some floats are created specifically for Universal Orlando and then will go into the Macy's Parade [in New York] in the following year," he says.
A new creation for Universal this year is the polar bear balloon/float hybrid near the beginning of the parade. And the ice-rink float designed for the theme park has been used in the Thanksgiving parade for the past two years.
"They'll take ideas that we have and put them in their parade and, of course, vice versa," Timon says. "They're the pros. They're the Macy's Parade, and we're thrilled to be able to replicate it for people. Not many people get to go to New York on Thanksgiving Day."
After the balloons arrive in Orlando, they are filled with helium and housed in a Universal soundstage. They will be kept constantly inflated throughout the park's holiday celebration, which runs through Jan. 1.
"We preserve helium that way, because you don't want to waste helium," Timon says. "It's a precious gas."
Universal's nightly parade features balloons, floats, dancers, stilt walkers, marching bands and Santa Claus — but not an elephant. Guests must seek the elephant and its ringmaster during pre-parade activities near the park's Music Plaza.
"For lack of a better word, they're cute, and people just love them," Timon says. "People just go crazy having their picture made with the Macy's elephants. They do that and make a Christmas card out of it."
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Gateshead Thunder are delighted to announce that Brack Office Solutions, the North East's biggest independent stationary provider based in Sunderland, is now on board for the 2013 season as an official club partner.
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At least that's what the record says.
When the Gamecocks beat Division II North Alabama 24-21 in double overtime Saturday night, it was their fifth straight overtime win — after losing their first four — and their 17th win in the final 2:00 since the 1993 season.
The overtime streak started against Tennessee Tech in 2006 and includes the double-overtime upset of Ole Miss and Georgia State in 2010 and last year's win over No. 17 Tennessee State.
"I don't think any of us were really nervous," linebacker Rashad Smith said. "I actually like games like this. I don't like blowout games. I like backs-to-the-wall kind of games. I mean, it's exciting and fun. You actually get to test your skills.
Falling off
Not that leading the country in a statistical category is high on JSU's priority list — especially this early in the season — but with a running game even half of what it produced the week before, it might have been leading the country in rushing this week.
The Gamecocks entered the game ranked third in the FCS in rushing offense, behind Youngstown State and Portland State (by one yard). But with only 159 yards Saturday night are likely to slip to at least fifth when the statistics are compiled and released today.
They did pass national leader Youngstown State, which had only 51 yards rushing against Michigan State, but should be getting passed by Sam Houston State, Sacred Heart and UT Chattanooga – all of whom were behind them entering the game.
Quarterback Eli Jenkins was their leading rusher with 78 yards.
Holding the line
One of the biggest elements of JSU's record-breaking rushing game last week against Jacksonville University was the clean play of its offense.
The Gamecocks had only two penalties in the game, and none were called on the offense. That meant in a 500-yard plus rushing effort there were no false starts and definitely no holding penalties.
It wasn't so clean against UNA. The Gamecocks were flagged for four holding calls in the first half.
For the game they were hit with 17 of the game's 32 penalties. The Gamecocks were docked 159 yards in penalty yardage, while UNA has penalized 81 yards.
"It seemed like every drive had some kind of penalty," JSU coach Bill Clark said. "I think that's why I'm so frustrated, even with a win.
"You go from hardly any penalties to all these penalties. It's something we'll look at. But we survived it."
Big foot
When Griffin Thomas stepped into the JSU record books when he kicked a career-long 50-yard field goal in the first quarter Saturday night. But he was far from being done.
He kicked five in the game.
The 50-yarder was the longest field goal of Thomas' career and the fifth field goal of 50 yards or more in JSU history.
Steven Lee kicked the three longest field goals in JSU history — a 52-yarder and two 51-yarders, all in 2003 — and Ray Vollenweider hit a 50-yarder against Troy in 1981.
Thomas attempted another 50-yarder later in the quarter that was partially blocked.
On the mend
The game — and the week leading up to it — took a lot out of the Gamecocks.
They didn't have quarterback Max Shortell at all, although the Minnesota transfer did warm up prior to the game. They lost Damarcus James to a tweaked ankle early in the game and Troymaine Pope, the architect of the Gamecocks' early touchdown, was sidelined late after being slammed to the ground.
"We did not have Max available tonight," Clark said. "We thought we might get him back by the end of the week, tweaked himself a little bit and never could get well. It was a game-time decision with him. We wanted to see him come out there and warm up. We'd have still started with Eli (Jenkins) butwe would've had Max available if we think he should go. It probably limited us a little bit."
Perhaps the scariest was the over-the-middle hit Markis Merrill took shortly after he caught Pope's touchdown pass.
Clark said after the game he never got a report on Merrill's condition other than the player wasn't going to be brought back in, but was hoping "it was his wind knocked out."
Clark said he wasn't sure if the play fell under the new targeting rule implemented in the college game this year.
"That was questionable to me, but I couldn't tell because it was such a quick thing," Clark said. "I didn't think it was to the head, thank God for that."
Recruiting news
The Gamecocks picked up the first offensive line commitment of their 2014 signing class when Mobile Christian center Jordan Cagle pulled the trigger before last week's home opener against Jacksonville.
Cagle, 6-foot-3 and 290 pounds, chose the Gamecocks over offers from Akron, Middle Tennessee, Indiana State and Presbyterian. He also was talking to Arkansas State.
"I like the coaches and the staff and think they play a very high caliber of football whenever I go up there and watch a game," Cagle said. "It was one of the closer options I had. That was a draw."
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"I want to come in and hopefully start as a freshman," he said. "If not, I'll work hard as a redshirt and get an opportunity to start as a sophomore."
The Gamecocks also are said to have verbal commitments from Louisville, Miss., quarterback Wyatt Roberts; Sweetwater athlete Jakoby Aldridge and Walker linebacker Austin Mansell.
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The Gamecocks complete the one-of-everything rotation on their non-conference schedule when they travel to Georgia State, now an FBS team in the Sun Belt Conference.
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Mt. Lebanon Library hosts 'Downton Abbey' tea
Josh Wilson and Allyson Hayes of Dormont in their "Downton Abbey" best.
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Clotted cream, lemon curd, scones and English sandwiches featuring radishes, smoked salmon and dill, and of course, tea, were just a few of the things that were on the menu at "Downton Abbey," or rather the Mt. Lebanon Public Library recently. The library's meeting room felt more like an English parlor for "Tea at 'Downton Abbey'" on March 7. More than 70 people attended the event.
The library's staff thought it would be a good idea to have a "Downton Abbey"-themed tea because of the popularity of the PBS series.
"It's a fun thing to do, because we knew "Downton Abbey" is one of the most popular programs in recent history," said library Director Cynthia Richey. She said she thought it would be fun to hold the program now because season three of the show recently ended, and folks could have a chance to talk about the episodes while enjoying an authentic English-style tea. The tea was complete with authentic foods from English cookbooks, including chicken salad sandwiches with watercress, oat cakes, ginger cookies, raspberry scones and Yorkshire parkin, which is a ginger cake.
In addition to the tea, homemade food and desserts – most of it made by library staffers – the evening included discussion of the show, trivia and a chance for folks to vote for their favorite character. Folks attending also got the chance to talk about what may happen in upcoming episodes of the series and possibly send their ideas to series creator Julian Fellowes.
"It brings everyone together who are passionate about the series," Richey said.
Public Services Librarian Brandon Priddy, who helped organize the event, said that everyone on the staff at the library talks about the show. He said he likes "Downton Abbey" because "it's a combination of high-brow and low-brow."
Allyson Hayes and Josh Wilson of Dormont dressed in their best "Downton Abbey"-esque attire for the tea. Hayes said she is "obsessed with 'Downton Abbey'" and said she makes scones and tea at home. She joked that Wilson "probably likes it (the show) more than I do." Hayes added, "It brings you back to a time we don't live in now."
Karen Ferraro of Brighton Heights came to the event with a group of friends who told her about it. She said she was flipping channels one day and caught an episode and then went back and watched the rest. "The years coincide with my parents' birth," she said of the time period in which the show takes place. "The dialogue is fabulous. Violet cracks me up," Ferraro said of the character Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, played by Maggie Smith.
Colleen McDonnell of Mt. Lebanon came to the tea with her daughter Jane Dattilo, also of Mt. Lebanon. "We're big fans," McDonnell said.
"The characters are great," Dattilo said. McDonnell agreed, saying, "I can't find any I don't like. They're such interesting characters."
"We want them to do one every month," said Kathy Vergona of Scott Township, about the tea.
Richey said the library plans to do a similar tea after each season of Downton Abbey.
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Patients with Type 2 diabetes who have low LDL cholesterol and albuminuria face an increased risk of developing cancer, say researchers. The good news is that statin use in such patients may eliminate the elevated risk.
Dr. Juliana C. N. Chan from The Chinese University of Hong Kong stated that, "These findings should not form the basis for a screening test for cancer but rather stimulate further research in this emerging area of therapeutic challenge, i.e., diabetes and cancer."
Dr. Chan and colleagues explored the interaction between low LDL cholesterol, albuminuria, and cancer risk in 3,793 statin-naive diabetics and 1,483 patients in whom statin treatment was initiated during a median follow-up of 5.2 years.
Patients who used statins were more likely to use other drugs and develop cardiovascular complications but less likely to have cancer and die, compared with patients who did not receive statin treatment, the authors report.
The presence of both LDL cholesterol < 2.80 mmol/L (approximately 110 mg/dl) and albuminuria was associated with a 3.1-fold increased risk of cancer, whereas the presence of only albuminuria or only LDL cholesterol < 2.80 mmol/L was not associated with an increased cancer risk.
This suggests that the previously reported increase in cancer risk among Type 2 diabetic patients with low LDL cholesterol is conditional on the presence of albuminuria, the investigators say.
Patients with low LDL cholesterol and albuminuria who did not use statins faced a 4.8-fold increased cancer risk, the researchers note, but patients with both risk factors who were treated with statins during follow-up did not have an increased cancer risk.
"From a clinical perspective, our findings should help to resolve the concerns regarding use of statins and cancer risk in Type 2 diabetes," Dr. Chan said. "Not only is statin use not associated with increased cancer risk, this drug appears to have protective effects against cancer in patients with high LDL-C level and those with dual presence of low LDL-C and renal dysfunction."
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Trojans Avoid Late Rally, Slip by Saints at Buzzer
MOUNT OLIVE, NC – The North Georgia men's basketball team opened play Friday evening at the 45th Annual Mount Olive Pickle Classic, battling host Mount Olive and taking the Trojans down to the wire before falling 61-59 at Kornegay Arena in non-conference action.
The Saints drop their second game in the last three contests to open the season, falling to 1-2 on the year, while Mount Olive stays unbeaten on the young season, improving to 2-0 overall.
North Georgia had a chance in the final seconds, holding possession of the ball with 4.1 ticks remaining, but the Trojans swarmed the inbounds pass and created a turnover to end any hopes of a last second shot attempt for the Saints.
The lead changed hands six times in the first half before three-pointers by Clarence Tillman and Pat Moynihan sparked North Georgia to a 32-22 lead with 2:12 left in the first half. Mount Olive cut the margin in half before the break as Allen hit a pair of free throws with one second left after drawing a foul on an offensive rebound to pull the Trojans within 32-27 at halftime.
Ewon Wright's three-pointer with 16:37 left in the game gave Mount Olive its first lead of the second half at 37-35. Carl Taylor answered with a three-pointer for North Georgia and Tillman followed with a three-point play off a dunk to put the Saints back on top. The lead changed hands four more times before Mount Olive took the lead for good.
Mount Olive's Staton finished with 13 points, while Wright and Kason Cheeks added nine points apiece. Cheeks shared game-high honors with eight rebounds, while Hines dished out eight assists.
Taylor led North Georgia with 16 points, while Tillman finished with 15 points and Elijah Smith added 10 points, including an electrifying drive and slam dunk late in the second half. Tillman and Smith pulled down eight rebounds apiece. George Jgerenaia had a game-high six blocked shots.
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In beginning May 2014, the official Grand Opening of Genan's 100,000 tonne tyre recycling facility will take place. The factory is the largest of its kind in the world, boasting a capacity equivalent to almost 2.5 times the total amount of tyres annually scrapped in Denmark, where the first Genan factory was built. The Houston plant represents an investment of more than USD 140 million, has been operational since the middle of 2013 and employs approx. 60 full-time staff members.
The world's largest tyre recycling facility, Genan, is currently setting up in the French market, having decided to build a large tyre recycling plant north of Toulouse, with an annual processing capacity of 70,000 tonnes. The plant represents a EUR 56 million investment, entailing the creation of 35-40 new jobs. As early as 1 April 2014, a staff of 8 will be employed.


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The Canadian Screen Awards will get a triple shot of B.C.-grown star power when gal pals Erica Durance, Kristin Kreuk and Laura Vandervoort roll up together for the Toronto ceremony.
"We'll do a girls night and have some fun," says Durance, nominated as best actress in a series for her role in the Toronto-filmed medical drama Saving Hope. She's also going to be a presenter at the awards.
She's making a night of it with her former Smallville co-stars Kreuk, who is also presenting at the awards, and Vandervoort.
"It's fun as a girl getting a chance to glam it up," says Durance, who still lives in B.C. when she's not filming. "Especially after this show that I'm doing, where I'm in hospital scrubs and there's no glamour whatsoever. It's nice to have a night where we kick up our heels."
Durance played Lois Lane on the long-running Smallville, while Kreuk played Lana Lang and Vandervoort played Supergirl. The trio's reunion will be a comic-geek mind blower at the awards show.
Durance's husband, fellow actor and teacher David Palffy, has the job of squiring the three around. Durance spoke on the phone last week when she was still figuring out what to wear.
"I always have nerves," she says of her presenter duties. "Luckily, we get to practice. I just make sure to wear shoes that I won't trip over."
The second season of Saving Hope starts filming 18 episodes this month.
Also among the B.C. nominees at the awards are Erin Karpluk for Being Erica and Meg Tilly for Bomb Girls, both of which shows filmed in Toronto.
Nominated for best lead actor in a TV movie or mini-series is Jared Keeso for the Manitoba-filmed Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story. Also working in Manitoba were Benjamin Ayres and Tyler Johnston, both nominated for best supporting actor in the comedy series Less Than Kind.
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Jud Tylor, nominated for best supporting or guest actress in a comedic series, went to Toronto to film the series Good God. So did Aaron Douglas, nominated for best TV dramatic guest performance for an episode of Flashpoint.


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Stocks trimmed gains and turned mixed amid light volume Monday as retail and technology stocks slipped. The market had been higher earlier in the session amid a flurry of M&A activity, and as investors awaited word on the fate of the Bush-era tax cuts.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 18.24 points, or 0.16 percent, to 11,428.56, after rising 60 points to above its high for the year earlier in the session. The Dow and the other major indexes ended last weekon a positive note.
Caterpillar, Chevron and Merck gained, while Hewlett-Packard and Bank of America fell.
The S&P 500 eked out a 0.06 points, or 0.005 percent, to close at 1,240.46. The Nasdaq fell 12.63 points, or 0.5 percent, to 2,624.91, failing to hit a nine-day winning streak.
Most key S&P 500 sectors gained led by energy, materials and utilities, although consumer discretionary and technology fell.
The CBOE Volatility Index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, fell to below 17, its lowest levels since April.
VIX futures were also trading at low levels, with the VIX for December delivery trading only about a point higher the VIX itself, Nate Peterson, senior derivatives analyst at Charles Schwab told CNBC.com.
"I think the belief is, closing out the year, (traders) don't expect a lot of volatility or a pullback to the market," Peterson said.
Congress is set to vote on a tax package compromise put forward by President Obama that would extend Bush-era tax cuts for two years. The extension is expected to pass even though it proved highly controversial with Democrats.
Treasurys had slumped early in the session anticipation the tax plan would stimulate the economy and add to inflation. The price of the 10-year Treasury note rose by the ending of the session, lowering its yield to 3.28 percent. Earlier, the 10-year yield hit a six-month high.
The dollar , meanwhile, fell against a basket of currencies as the euro rose 1.4 percent against the U.S. currency. Gold gained nearly 1 percent to settle at $1,397 an ounce.
A flurry of deals and acquisitions helped boost the market earlier in the session.
Dell agreed to buy Compellent Technologies for about $960 million in cash, as it pushes into cloud computing.
General Electric announced plans to buy Wellstream , a British oilfield services company, for about $1.3 billion.GE is the parent of CNBC.
Thermo Fisher Scientific rose after the scientific instruments maker said it will acquire Dionex for $2.1 billion to broaden its lab-equipment offerings.
Energy stocks advanced as oil rose to more than $88 a barrelon news China's industrial output topped expectations in November, and after the OPEC agreed to keep its production targets unchanged.
Cabot Oil & Gasadvanced more than 5 percent after news the independent oil and gas company received an air quality permit for a compressor station to begin construction. Chevron and Exxon Mobilalso rose.
Materials also gained with Freeport McMoran , ArcelorMittal and Posco climbing more than 2 percent each.
Tech stocks moved on ratings actions by Goldman Sachs, which resumed coverage of information technology hardware companies. Apple climbed more than 1 percent after Goldman added the tech giant to its "conviction buy" list with a price target of of $430 a share.
Other tech companies didn't fare as well: Goldman initiated Dell and Hewlett-Packard with "sell" ratings, and shares of both companies fell.
Shares of Intel slipped after Goldman Sachs said to avoid the stock in its most recent research report. The brokerage has a "neutral" rating on the stock and a $20 price target.
EMC, however, was resumed with a "buy" rating, while Goldman initiated coverage of Xerox with a "neutral" rating and a $12 price target. The brokerage resumed coverage of IBM , NetApp and Seagate Technology with "neutral" ratings.
Google , meanwhile, rose after Wedbush raised its rating on the Internet search giant to "outperform" from "neutral," and boosted the company's price target to $750 a share from $575. Wedbush said Google will benefit from social secular trends accelerating the amount of time people spend online.
Google and Apple also benefited from dismissal of a patent lawsuitagainst the company bought by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft .
A Swatch Group unit effectively won a case it brought against Costco Wholesale over reselling its Omega unit watches when The U.S. Supreme Court said it would not decide a copyright infringement caseafter deadlocking 4-4.
Grocery-store chain Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea, which owns A&P, Waldbaum's and Super Fresh supermarkets, filed for bankruptcy over the weekend.
The board of Hormel Foods approved a 2-for-1 stock split, which would be a first for the maker of Spam in ten years.
Genzyme now has until Jan. 21 to consider Sanofi-Aventis' $18.5 billion cash offer.
Nike rose above its 52-week high after UBS raised the athletic retailer to "buy" from "neutral" and raised its price target to $100 a share from $84, saying the company should see double-digit growth in orders and rising earnings per share.
And Pfizer got a boost from Barron's, which said in an article over the weekend that the stock was appealing at "just 7.6 times expected earnings."
FedEx was expected to have the busiest day in its history Monday, shipping 63 million items, up from 57.5 million in the week of Dec. 13 last year. Donald Broughton, senior research analyst at Avondale Partners, told CNBC that FedEx is a "better buy" over rival UPS.
Nissan Motor delivered the first mass-market all-electric car to a technology entrepreneur in California over the weekend Japanese automaker tries to get a jump in the nascent green vehicle race.
Walt Disney gained after Evercore raised its rating on the entertainment company to "overweight" from "equal-weight" and lifted its price target for the company to $44 a share from $38.
Apparel retailers mostly lagged across-the-board Tuesday, including Chico's, Urban Outfitters, TJX Companies and Abercrombie & Fitch. Lululemon was an exception.
On the U.S. economic front, the 2010 holiday shopping season could be the brightest since the recession as respondents to the CNBC All-America Economic Surveyreported being optimistic. Still, the survey revealed real optimism remains elusive as consumers only expect to boost their holiday spending by a small amount this year.
Meanwhile, liquidity tracking company TrimTabs said it was "cautiously bullish" on U.S. stocks and said the outlook for the economy had improved thanks to recent economic data.
Also in U.S. economic news, the Federal Reserve will meet Tuesday for its monthly meeting to discuss monetary policy. The Fed is expected to confirm its flexible approach to stimulating the economy and keep its quantitative easing program, where the Fed buys assets to add liquidity, unchanged.
No major economic news was on the calendar Monday, while data on inflation, retail sales, and manufacturing are due later this week.
In China, inflation was being closely watched after policymakers stopped short of raising interest rates to cool growth in the region. China issued another selective hike to bank reserve ratios instead.
Chinese stocks ended sharply higher after the policy news, with most Asian indexes closing higher. European shares closed up for a sixth day, the longest winning streak in five months.
On Tap This Week:
TUESDAY: NFIB small biz index, PPI, retail sales, business inventories, FOMC meeting announcement; before-the-bell earnings from Best Buy.
WEDNESDAY: CPI, credit card default rates, MBA mortgage applications, New York manufacturing survey, industrial production, housing market index, oil inventories; Honeywell's 2011 outlook and Atlanta Fed Pres Lockhart speaks.
THURSDAY: Housing starts, jobless claims, Philadelphia Fed survey; before-the-bell earnings from FedEx, General Mills; after-the-bell earnings from Oracle, Accenture, Research In Motion, and Take-Two.
FRIDAY: Leading indicators, quadruple witching.
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Welcome to Holding Court, a column where both sides of a fantasy hockey debate are argued just like in a courtroom, complete with a final verdict. Then you, the DobberHockey readers, can comment on whether justice was properly served!
Like most, I eagerly await the always entertaining yearly fearless forecasts column from Angus. What's interesting is that right there at the top of his most recent list is his prediction that Jarome Iginla will be traded during this season. As it turns out, I was already going to tackle that very question as the topic of debate for this week's column, and seeing as how it generated some comments in his article I thought all the better to move ahead with my plans. So without further ado, let's focus on that as our debate for this week.
No, he won't be traded
In Jarome Iginla, you have a player who's just outside the top ten of all time for regular season games played with a single franchise. And aside from Daniel Alfredsson, he's also currently the longest tenured captain in the NHL. But beyond that, Iginla is the only player among the many all-time Flames greats who's played only for the Flames in his career. As synonymous with Calgary as guys like Al MacInnis, Theo Fleury, Joe Nieuwendyk, and Lanny McDonald might be, the reality is that all of them played large portions of their careers with one or more other teams besides the Flames. Trading Iginla would immediately undo a significant part of Flames history that might never be equaled, and cause public relations damage that might never be repaired.
It's also important to remember that although Iginla has played well over 1000 regular season games, by all indications he still has plenty more left in the tank. For one, he doesn't even turn 36 years old until after the end of this season. But even more significantly, he's scored greater than 85 points in four of the past six seasons, averaged 38.5 goals per season during those six years, and played in all 82 regular season games in five of those seasons. And since the previous lockout in 2004-05, Iginla is in the overall NHL top ten for both games played and points, and stands 4th in goals.
While it's true that Iginla might be a bit past his former Art Ross and Rocket Richard trophy days at this point, he's still very much an elite player and not the kind of asset a team would be looking to move even without all his past glory in Calgary. In the end, if Calgary was to trade Iginla, not only would they destroy a large part of their very identity as a franchise, but they would be hurting their team by getting rid of a player who remains one of the very best in the NHL.
Let's also not forget the fact that while trading Iginla would certainly cause public relations problems in any year, doing so on the heels of the lockout would be an unmitigated disaster. Does anyone think for a moment that Calgary would entertain the idea of telling its loyal fans that the face of the franchise was traded so soon after having subjected those same fans to all the pain and uncertainty of the lockout? The fans of Alberta are fiercely loyal, but their team adding insult to injury like that might very well be the last straw for many of them. The Flames organization knows this, which is why it came as no surprise that GM Jay Feaster was so quick to confirm earlier in January that Iginla would be "going nowhere" this season.
Then there's the little matter of Iginla's contract having a no movement clause. Of course those types of clauses can be (and have been) waived, but the fact that the clause is there leaves all decision making power to Iginla. And not only was Iginla born in nearby Edmonton, but unlike most NHL players he actually resides in the city where he plays. Notwithstanding those local ties, he's also a part owner of the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL and he has owned and operated the Jarome Iginla Hockey School right in Calgary.
Plus, rather than cash in on unrestricted free agency in 2008, where he could've signed with another team or at least driven his price up, Iginla chose to re-sign with the Flames for five years before even hitting the open market. So even placing aside the vast history and sentimentality of Iginla in Calgary, does he sound like someone who would consider for a nanosecond waiving a no movement clause to allow himself to be traded to another team?! No way…..
There's also the fact that despite their lackluster first week, Calgary arguably is now in a better spot to make a run for the Stanley Cup than at any point since they last made the finals in 2003-04. In this shortened season, their veteran core of Iginla, Alex Tanguay, Michael Cammalleri, Jay Bouwmeester, Dennis Wideman, Mark Giordano, and Mikka Kiprusoff should have an easier time remaining fresh, and as we saw with the #8 seed Kings hoisting the Cup just last year, any team that makes the playoffs has a chance to win in today's NHL. Plus, with 13 of the Flames' 48 games to occur after the trading deadline this season, there is little chance that the Flames (who only missed the playoffs by five points in last year's full 82 game schedule) would be out of the playoff picture by that time. The truth is they need Iginla now more than ever before.
In the end, the plain and simple reality is that each and every important factor points away from the Flames trading Jarome Iginla.
Yes, he will be traded
Iginla has clearly put up stats that rightfully entitle him to be considered the best who has ever played for the Flames franchise in its 40 years of existence. But despite this, and the fact that he's indeed the leader in games played for the franchise by a wide margin, in the eyes of many he isn't "Mr. Flame" for the simple reason that he hasn't won them a Stanley Cup, while guys like Fleury, MacInnis, Nieuwendyk and McDonald have.
What's more, because the Flames franchise has already won a Cup, that would make it easier for everyone (ownership, players, fans, even Iginla himself) to warm to the idea of trading Iginla without at the same time tarnishing the team or Iginla in the process. There's no reason why this couldn't end up like what happened with Ray Bourque in Boston, where no one could really argue that the best thing for everyone was to trade Ray while he still had value, giving him the chance to win a Cup for himself and helping the Bruins' quest to put their franchise in the best position to hoist another Cup down the road.
And although this might seem like a minor technicality, let's not also forget that unlike players like Alfredsson, Steve Yzerman, Joe Sakic, Nicklas Lidstrom, and others, Iginla actually hasn't been on one team for his entire career.
The fateful day in 1995 when Iginla donned a Dallas Stars jersey after being selected by the Stars with the 11th pick in the first round:
So although he never actually played a professional game for the Stars at any level - let alone the NHL - he'll never be able to say that he was a Calgary Flame from day one or that he never wore another team's jersey. This too might make it easier for everyone involved to justify and tolerate a trade.
Also keep in mind also that even if he's traded, he'll still always be remembered as a Calgary Flame. Look at Mike Modano - his one year stint with the Red Wings already seems like a distant memory even though it occurred just two seasons ago. Modano played for the Wings, and then was able to officially retire as a Dallas Star and now is an executive advisor with the Stars. It's already as if his time with the Red Wings never even happened.
Need another example? Quick - guess what team Hall of Famer, six time Stanley Cup champ, and two time Norris Trophy winner Larry Robinson ended his career with? I'd bet that even the most devoted longtime hockey fans probably forget that he played his last three seasons with the LA Kings, since he was and will forever be known as a Montreal Canadien, just like Iginla would be forever a Flame even if he's traded.
Another thing to remember is that Iginla has pretty much already hit every major playing milestone during his time with Calgary, including 1000 games played, 1000 points, and 500 goals. It would be one thing for Iginla (as well as the Flames organization and its fans) to rightfully want him to be in a Calgary uniform when these momentous events occurred, but now that they've passed it's all the easier to detach from sentimentality and focus on the actual merits of trading Iginla.
And in terms of those merits, there are a lot. For one, while the arguments above say you cannot trade Iginla because he's still so productive, that's actually one of the key reasons why he'd need to be traded now instead of later. If he was broken down shell of his former self, then what value would he bring? But if the Flames deal Iginla now, they could get real value for him in return. Iginla knows this and realizes that if he truly cares about the franchise then he should allow them to move him for key pieces to make the team better.
What's more, Iginla could always do what Keith Tkachuk did back in 2006-07. That season, the 34 year old Tkachuk paved the way for his trade to Atlanta knowing that he could re-sign with his beloved St. Louis Blues in the offseason as a free agent. So in the end he helped Atlanta, giving them 15 points in 18 games and doing his part to ensure they qualified for their first and only (now that they're no longer in Atlanta) playoff appearance. And at the same time he helped the Blues, since his trade netted them several draft picks (including a first rounder) and he was back on their opening night roster the next season.
Yes, Iginla loves his team and city, but he also realizes that he could help them more in the short and long term by allowing himself to get traded.
Finally, with all the "buzz" already circulating about Iginla being traded, that would take away a lot of the shock if it was to actually occur. In this age of blogs, twitter, and the 24/7 news cycle, the NHL rumor mill has already prepared pretty much everyone for the possibility of this trade, so much so that by the time the trade deadline rolls around it almost will be seen as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Final Verdict
The historical information and arguments are indeed interesting, but what this will likely boil down to is whether the Flames end up in this year's playoff hunt. If so, then it's all but assured that Iginla will stay put. But if the Flames are well out of the playoff mix come the end of March, the temptation to trade Iginla will be very high, since it stands to reason that with the shortened schedule more teams than usual will be fighting for their playoff lives and will be drooling over the prospect of landing a difference maker like Iginla.
Plus, I agree that the abundance of Iginla trade chatter now and down the road will make it an easier pill to swallow for everyone.
I happen to think that the Flames will be on the outside looking in once the trading deadline arrives, and the lure of trading Iginla for a stockpile of youth and picks plus the ability for Iginla to return to the Flames once the season is over will prove too much for the Flames and Iginla to resist.
With that, the Final Verdict is that folks in Calgary and around the NHL should start preparing themselves now for the sight of Iginla, before this season is over, in a non-Flames uniform for the first time since 1995. And remember Flames fans – if I'm right, don't blame me; Angus started all this…..
You can also leave ideas in the comments section for other debates to be settled right here in future editions of the column, or send me suggestions via a private message to my forum name – rizzeedizzee.
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I think most Calgary fans have accepted this situation and don't want to end up in the same position as the Leafs and Sundin.


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