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Said the guy who got banned from HotAir.
"Charity suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; … is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth …"
Where are you coming from, Jax He-Who-Would-Have-Us-Believe-He-Is-Also-Of-Christ?
Why is it that I sense nothing of Christ in anything you have yet posted?
Why have you implied (on another thread) that you are a member of the Lord's Church? Or, if that is true, why do you seem so unlike Him?
Something is not right here. Someone is (many someones are) not being honest.
Why do you seem to me to be so similar to the one you came here to offer excuses for (i.e., not as advertised)?
On even so serious a topic as this, have you nothing to offer but scoffing?
The point of this thread is well worth noting. We are not distanced from Holland in any meaningful way by a mere ocean or political boundaries. Especially with the Dhimmicrats holding all the reins of power in the "last best hope" of Lincoln's humanity. This intolerance of truth is soon to be world-wide, and enforced by law, imprisonment, and worse. The rise of the embrace of tolerance for the ideas of the false prophet by secular politicians is but a temporary stage convenient to their goal, and has long been a strategic part of the over-arching plan for outlawing all religion. After they have given the followers of the false prophet entry into every community, where they can thereafter locally frighten everyone whenever they take offense at truth, the anti-religion zealots will then cite necessity to silence all mention of God-given truth. Of course, totalitarians know from experience that only the Christian will refuse to become silent about God when persecution is the result of that, which is why their strategy is being implemented in such a way as we have all plainly seen. The secularists have no worries about putting the genie back in the bottle when they are ready, which is why they do not fear the spread of the genie's people. It's Christ and His message that terrifies them–the purity of the New Testament and its message about the resurrection of the dead has real teeth when spoken by mouths innocent of suicidal murder. The power in even the name "Jesus Christ" is what makes them feel the need to sneak up on outlawing religion in this way. They will use everyone's fear of terrorism to further this goal.
Wow. Uh… Red? This is the guy who's on your side here. Care to translate that last bit?
John, I honestly can't tell if you're clinically insane or the most talented troll in the history of trolling, but I'll say this for you… you're not dull.
You feeling okay John? That post was seriously bat-shit crazy.
There's no rapture happening here – move along.
The first oath of Hussein was flubbed, the second one was taken with no Bible present.
Thus ends the speculation of whether Hussein would take the oath with the Bible or the Koran. Answer: neither.
Hi Thomas,
Can you please point me to the legitimate source that "speculated" that he may take the oath on the Koran?
He took the public oath on the Bible in front of a billion people. The rearranging of the words does not make it "not an oath".
The bible is not a constitutional requirement, there is quite a bit of precedent of presidential oath not being taken with a hand on the bible.
Oh and the second one was made publicly too, just not as public as the first one obviously. So I don't really see a problem with his second oath (not that there was a problem with his first one either I guess, but for sure someone would have sued otherwise)
Theodore Roosevelt didn't use a Bible, for instance.
At any rate, I like to think of it this way: the first oath was good enough for God. His knowledge of grammar is infinite, so presumably He can tell when two sentences are semantically the same. The second one was good enough for the lawyers, who require no Bible since it's not mentioned in the Constitution. Covering these bases should be sufficient. (If God and the lawyers are satisfied, I can't imagine anyone else would have a legitimate complaint.)
Is it your stock standard approach to accuse everyone of lying and pretending every time they say something you disagree with?
Red? Anything? Third comment down. This is the guy you were giving a standing ovation to last night. Just… little help here. Could use some insight. What is he talking about?
No? Nothing?
…a guess, maybe?
Mr Pill,
Nobody is trying to silence you. We are all here making your Blog more popular in fact. Stop telling us we are trying to silence you just because we disagree.
If I didn't want to here your opinion, I would stop asking you questions. We were trying to figure out what John was saying, since his posts are a bit confusing. Does that sound like silencing to you?
Ok, fair enough – I took it out of context. And I will try to avoid profanity :-)
Wait, your summary of his statement was… the title of your post? THAT'S what he meant? That sums up that 300 word rant with no paragraph breaks? That's what you took away from a sentence like, "The secularists have no worries about putting the genie back in the bottle when they are ready, which is why they do not fear the spread of the genie's people."
Look. Red. You had a few drinks. You posted on your blog that you gave a standing ovation to a crazy person. Please. Admit it. You don't have to admit you like Obama or anything. Just… come on. There's no way you read that post and said, "Yes. I agree with this. THIS… is right up my alley."
One could be forgiven for not being surprised that chronic whiners are dumbfounded by the use of parables. I've heard rumors to this effect.
"all these things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand."
Someone else will explain it to them. I'm tired of this inquisition.
(It can sometimes be advantageous to a speaker that the enemies of truth do not hear it spoken. That's as clue as you'll get right now.)
Suppose I don't want you to know what I meant? What of it? So what if I don't want you pinning me down and lashing me with my own words just because you don't believe them? Poor dreary thing.
Those who honorably seek the meaning of my words in search of true wisdom, can understand clearly enough what I said. No problem.
You others can run along and snivel about something somewhere else if you haven't yet emptied your spleens.
I'll go slow… for YOU.
First of all, you're talking about someone whose point of view you heartily endorsed. Someone who YOU said… "I give you a standing ovation." That person then chose to go off the rocking horse. At least own your mistakes.
Imagine that Obama got onstage and gave a stream-of-consciousness, off-the-wall rant like John just gave. Word-for-word. Now, would someone like you, someone who parses every sentence, simply let that go? Or would you chase that down?
Here's someone who you support. He's clearly quite insane. You've asked us to explain Obama. We've done our best. Now explain him.
Oh, Red… PLEASE.
I guess you didn't expect this:
Wow. I can't even tell, did you get that I was referencing Monty Python there, or no?
I have 3 to 2 odds that John is actually Gary Busey. Seriously. Listen to Busey speak sometime. It's John to a T.
What a gargoyle! Don't you have anything better to do than mindlessly pounding the spittlemen of your half-eaten crayons into the floor?
"On a more serious note, the Spanish Inquisition itself was neither funny nor Biblical. There are no Bible passages that are standing orders instructing Christians to torture and kill non-believers. It is my understanding that there are such passages in the Koran."
Go ahead and add the Protestant Reformation .. waaaay bloodier, with the shots being called from the top of that church.
"It is my understanding that there are such passages in the Koran."
Can you find me some quotes? Not to say that your understanding is wrong, but my understanding is that the Koran pretty explicitly prohibits violence except in self-defense. There are better policies of course (see the Golden Rule for instance), but this still seems a good deal better than "kill all infidels."
For what it's worth, since no other liberals in this thread have addressed your original post, I think the idea of prosecuting Wilders for hate crimes is preposterous, and I agree that it's a big blow to free speech. But just because the Dutch court is wrong, doesn't mean that Wilders is right. His conflation of Islamist beliefs with Islamic beliefs is fundamentally wrong and hateful. But it should be legal.
All this astonishing trivialization shoots right past the fact that no one had mentioned the Spanish Inquisition until the one most practiced at asking pointed, leading, accusitive questions apparently took offense at an implication which only first was expressed by himself.
With good reason, in all probability, we thus conclude. Who could know the darkness in his heart better than he does?
He must have somehow sensed that a comparison was being made between the cruel, closed-minded, mean-spirited, accusitive demands for replies to the silly, pointless, and droolingly infantile leading questions of local inquisititors such as himself who have repeatedly proven themselves to be void of anything but their own malignant bile, and that singularly evil and murderous inquisition of historical record when in fact a comparison had merely been made, as can plainly be read above, between his numberless stupid questions and ANY similarly malevolent and relentless ourpouring of accusative bile.
Perhaps he has reason more than we can know to identify his own incessant bullyings as most correctly comparable to the very worst examples of such in the history of human nature.
TS seems only to have entered late and missed that point entirely, as in a game of Telephone, where the message is so garbled by the time it comes full circle that it is unrecognizable to the original speaker.
But as long as we have gone off on that tangent, I should add, in bringing it back on topic, that there is nothing in the New Testament that teaches any man to stand accusing, tormenting, and berating others, which was my whole point to begin with, though it seems that some come here for no other reason than but to do only and exactly that very contemptable thing.
Certainly it is the gravest matter when anyone who cites New Testament authority as the basis for their actions therefore proceeds to use that claimed authority to violate its explicit teachings. On that, I should think, all who revere the book would stand completely agreed. On a much smaller matter, the petty thing to which I first referred (though not, assuredly, without any intent to caution all of where such pettiness leads . . .) my point in knowingly using that particular if yet common noun was nowhere near so weighty.
Jax, Ryan, Frin, et. al, my point was very simple: your incessant infantile mockery disgusts me, dishonors yourselves, and burdens all.
I will not be answering any more of your billious harrangues.
Henceforth, change your own filthy diapers!
Your understanding is wrong. This is a common and popular lie that has been widely spread, the media is complicit in the spread of this lie, and everyone with a fear of what moslems might do upon hearing the truth about their religion and its horrid book is afraid to correct this lie when they hear it.
I have an English copy of the Koran, and have read as much of its blasphemous falshood as I can stand, which is not inconsiderable.
The quotes you ask for are most certainly there.
The spirit that permeates and pervades the entire Koran is a spirit of resentment and hate. It permeates almost every word of the book, even the words which talk of charity.'
Consider: an English moslem leader was not long ago quoted as having justified his traditional role as necessary, even in England, as a leader in the moslem community by asking the reporter, concerning the Islamic obligation of giving of alms, the rhetorical question "who would punish them?" that is, if he did not. What he meant was that the moslem leaders were needed to supervise the ordinary people to insure that they were giving alms to the poor. Insure how? By punishing them if they did not do that.
Do you not feel the wrongheadedness, the spirit of judgmental hostility in those words. This imam sees his role as being an agent of punishment on behalf of God. Punishment for someone having a lack of generosity. That's downright wacko! How is it charitable if the money is given to avoid punishment? Punishment from a human supervisor judge? How can he know what is in another man's heart or what that man's own needs are? This narrow-eyed meanness is not of God. This is not godly charity and kindness. This is cruel judgmental man at his worst.
In fact, Islam, a mindset that comes directly from the Koran, is full of this kind of preoccupation with punishment. The Koran is full of references to punishment, many of which are cruel and grotesque. There is an obsession with punishment in the Koran that cannot help but be transferred to the mind of all who read it as though it came from God.
By contrast, the New Testament says only so little of the consequences of rejecting God as is necessary to make the point. It does not wallow in an orgy of horrible descriptions. It talks in a few places of an eternal fire. Because it is the truth, it is necessary to say it, but the little that is said is enough, and that is it.
The Koran, on the other hand, goes into detailed descriptions of horrible sufferings its author obviously wants his readers to visualize, sufferings that are so gory and horrible that no godly person would want to dwell on them, nor could a godly person entertain such thoughts as though they were something amusing and pleasing to hear about, or even helpful to contemplate as is clearly the intent of its author for anyone who reads the Koran.
Get a clue.
Telling me that the quotes are in the Koran isn't particularly helpful. (Where else would I expect them to be?) I've done some cursory searching and found nothing like what you claim, but I'd happily examine any specific passages either of you can drudge up.
I generally agree with your comments on violent imagery, but my biggest problem with that aspect of the Koran is similar to my biggest qualm with Christianity, namely that both use fear of damnation as a recruiting tool. How else do you explain people like Pascal, who "choose" their religion as if it were a game theoretic exercise? Beliefs aren't something you pick.
As for your argument that many imams are hateful, evil people, I don't dispute that either. A lot of religions (yours included) have a tendency to exacerbate the worst tendencies in their adherents. (They can also bring out the best, of course. I don't pretend to know which is more common.)
"How is it charitable if the money is given to avoid punishment?" Honestly, I don't care about this, just as I don't care for what reasons many Christians choose to help the poor. I like the effect of increased charitable giving, and I won't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Moreover, the New Testament is clearly superior to every other religious text, because it prohibits all killing, even killing in self-defense.
Those who disagree with that statment are misrepresenting the New Testament's very clear teaching on this matter, so I will say it again.
The New Testament prohibits the killing of a human being for any reason whatever, even in self-defense.
Our example is Jesus, who, on His way to the crucifixion, told Peter to put up his sword because all who lived by the sword would perish with it.
No person who believes in the resurrection of the dead has any need to preserve his life through self-defense. Indeed "whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for My sake, shall find it."
This is what is meant by the scripture that says, "if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
In the coming new world order, declaring that Jesus is Lord will cost that person's life. Those who do not believe in the resurrection will not be able to make that declaration when death by execution is its consequence. "believe in thine heart that God has raised Him from the dead" necessarily means to believe that God raises the dead to life. Many say they do. Only the bravely honest faithful actually do. The coming 'change we can . . . ' see for ourselves will force discovery of the difference beween these two.
The totalitarian histories of the twentieth century should have made this clear to you, gentle reader. In case they didn't, I have just done so.
If I had the time and that book were handy, I could give you the quotes.
But those not being the case right now, that will have to wait.
Just to be clear, since I know you're itching to interpret my previous post this way, I do not in any way believe that Islam is a "better" religion than Christianity, nor do I think it deserves any more defense. My hesitation to trash to Koran is because I honestly believe that we cannot win the war on terror that way. You cannot make peace by telling billions of people that their religion is evil. By promoting good and sensible interpretations of the Koran, however, Islam can be on our side.
(Sorry for the dangling participle.)
Just as the New Testament can be mis-used to justify killing, it can be mis-used in other ways. But the book says what it says, and for a reason.
The need for a fear of hell has nothing to do with recruitment. Those to whom that is all it is useful for will not themselves endure the test to emerge from it worthy of the Name "Son of God." It has to do with the severity of the test, and with other fears of lesser import.
It is necessary to enduring the experience of hanging on the cross until by God's choice the ordeal is over that a Son of God be forged in the fire of adversity to God's satisfaction. To understand Him, we must go where He went, see what He saw, and feel what He felt. Were it not for a realistic fear of hell, the faithful person, who is destined to emerge from that test, that temporal fire, might quit too soon, abandoning the path to glory for what seems the immediate relief of self-destruction–a sore temptation to one suffering a death by crucifixion. So long as the penalty for abandoning the ordeal is understood to be greater than the hardship of remaining within it, the faithful person will endure the test, thus emerging when perfected by that fire as worthy of the eternal Glory of Christ as a son of God.
This isn't about membership in some petty earthly club for silly human motives, though some would make it so.
This is the One and only Reality of Supreme Being, God Almighty, who has Authored an Eternal Life worthy of His Holiness to be shared with His Offspring Friends and the terribly high standard of excellence that He has established for determining eligibility for admittance to that glorious rank and title in the Realm of Infinite Heavens.
The shallow, self-centered, and cowardly need not apply.
Hell is for quitters. Heaven for kings.
P.S. Pascal was simply pointing out that even a worldly point of view shows the atheist to be a fool. I doubt that this was his own reason for believing the terrible glorious truth.
"I know you're itching to interpret my previous post this way"
Not at all so.
I am not interested in winning any war on terror as understood by worldly people. That goal is unattainable, and corrupting.
The person who fears has not been perfected in Love, for there is no fear in perfect Love. Terror has no power over one who does not fear.
I don't claim to have reached this point. But I am sure I will reach it someday, and for that reason, I am not going to travel generally in its opposite direction, even if I may stumble that way from time to time. I keep it in mind that I will die. I keep it in mind that I have been promised that even if I die, yet shall I live, and that so long as I live and believe that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, I wll never cease to exist, to be aware, to hear, to see, to know, and to remember that I am me.
Perfect Love is the willingness to lay down one's life for one's friends. In that state of mind, a person cannot be terrorized, because death is not the loss it has been widely advertised to be by those most fearful of it.
Those who know that life is eternal have no need of killing all the murderers in the world (an impossible task), but only the need to be courageous and loving and to bravely face the temporal death that is inevitable anyway.
I know that isn't the answer that governments want from us, but my eternal life is not dependent upon the needs of a human government.
You see, if "freedom" isn't free, then it isn't really freedom.
"If you continue in My Word, then are you my disciples indeed; And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
Really free. Completely free. By simply knowing the truth.
"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."
Eternal life, and the way to eternal life: all entailed in simply knowing the truth–all one and the same.
"Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again."
This is the truth.
The war on terror cannot be won in human ways. The only freedom of real value is freedom from fear of death. All other "freedoms' keep us in the worst kind of bondage–to the fear of death.
Suppose someone were to invent a weapon that kills only terrorists and kills all terrorists, and the thing were used, and all terrorists were gone for good. Would you then celebrate the winning of the war on terror? Why? Would you be celebrating because you no longer had to die?
Christ came to deliver us "who through fear of death were all [our] lifetime subject to bondage."
Where no fear of death is, there is real freedom.
A clue.
You're an interesting guy, even if (especially because?) your prose sounds like it was translated from Latin. Stick around.
The answer to your hypothetical question is "no", I wouldn't celebrate. I don't see "being a terrorist" as something intrinsic in any given person. I'm a nonviolent guy—I'd much rather see all terrorists rehabilitated, though this is of course difficult and most attempts so far have been less than fruitful.
It looks like we sort of see eye-to-eye here. Where your philosophy (and Red's, if I read it correctly) departs from mine is when it leaps from "don't worry about death" to "don't worry about others' death." Now I'm quite possibly incorrect in ascribing this to you, but I really feel that a lot of Red's posts have been in this vain. Here, for instance, there's this notion that giving money to the poor is actually less important than converting them to Christianity. Yeah, I get it: the rewards in the afterlife outweigh the "reward" of not living in poverty. But I really find it to be one of the more callous interpretations of Christianity I've seen.
In the same vein, I agree that terrorism isn't something we should personally live in fear of. (Of which we should live in fear?) But I certainly don't think it's something we should accept, either.
Preaching glibly to someone dying of starvation is callous indeed.
This is why the Lord's prayer says: "Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive …"
God knows which need we perceive as our frist priority, our physical need to stay alive, or our spiritual need for redemption. He gives us here a hint about how to spread His message.
On the other hand the saying "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime," is equally meaningful.
If we abandon our focus on the eternity of life and the peace that comes from believing it, and merely become agents of free food distribution, we become like doctors who lose a patient to a heart attack while focusing too much on curing a rash.
In my opinion, far too many churches have allowed themselves to be gagged into silence about the gospel by taking government money to provide services to the poor. That is always a bad exchange.
But the opposite is also bad: preaching the gospel without any discernable evidence of a charitable motive for doing so.
Each of us has the power to become a source of nourishment, not just a pathway, for both body and soul. We should not settle for being mere conduits limited by the whims of faithless givers upstream, however vast their resources may seem to be.
Jesus fed 4,000 and 5,000 people with a few loaves and fish. There is no shortage of supplies. But our physical lackings bespeak a spiritual poverty. We have no confidence in our provider, and we want the wrong things.
The widow's two mites were of greater value to God than the abundant gifts of the wealthy, because the important thing in any of these transactions is the development of reliance on God to be the provider–reliance that increases until that reliance is strong enough to see the purpose of, yes, even temporal death as a necessary component of the education of one who has been promised an eternal life.
"The poor you have always." It's a controversial point, but the truth is, very often the reason someone is poor and malnourished is because they are lacking in spiritual substance–in plain words: they are lazy or lack initiative, or are dishonest or wasteful. I, too, have been here, done this.
Handing such people food for nothing for as long as they put their hand out is not always the best thing one can do for them.
Showing a world-wide audience a real absence of the fear of death and and enduring confidence in the providence of God can be more valuable than feeding a whole nation for a day. But seeing someone starving and passing on by without helping is indeed callous. One person cannot take on the burden of all people everywhere. My neighbor is the person nearest me at any given time. This is why it is important that we retain the understanding that God looks on the heart, judges individually on motive and intent rather than results as measured by others. Organizations are impressed by large numbers. But God is God of the individual. Individuals go hungry. Individuals suffer and die. Organizations do not feel sorrow, do not thirst, do not need to be kept warm. Our message is from the individual to the individual, not from or to the mob.
What the world–meaning the individuals in the world–needs most so desperately right now, is not food, but peace. Not the peace that comes from the silencing of the guns, but from the silencing of the nagging doubts about the existence and omnipotence of a loving God.


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Ilya Kovalchuk on his shootout goal 11/23 against Columbus (You can check out the NHL.com recap here):
"I had no confidence in the shootout," Kovalchuk said. "I just closed my eyes and shot. The reason we won was because of Marty. He stood on his head."
This is really frightening to me, and not what you want to here from your star player. Kovalchuk is a great hockey player, and has the potential to be an elite player in this league, but he has to get his groove back. Very few times this season I have seen the Kovalchuk that we brought in from Atlanta, the one who gallops through the neutral zone and puts everyone on the edge of their seat, the one who if he had the puck in the high slot that there was a very good chance that he was picking a corner with ease. It is great that he is perfect so far in shootouts, but in order for our team to be successful, we need players like Kovalchuk to step up in regulation, heck, even overtime. In my opinion, in order for Ilya to be successful, we have to put him on a line in which he can carry his linemates and be more selfish. I feel like he feels pressure to dish it off to players like Parise because he is a star as well. If he was paired with players such as Zajac and Palmieri, he would be more inclined to shoot the puck (he does have one of the best shots in the game), and he has players who are trying to set him up more often so than Parise and Henrique grinding it out in the corner. If Kovalchuk had to carry his linemates, he would feel more confident in his abilities. Thats my reasoning on why Kovalchuk is struggling, but I want to here yours. Thanks for reading!


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ASHER PACEY // UNCOMMON THREADThursday, August 8th, 2013
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asher pacey & matt kleiner team up again to bring you uncommon thread.
supported by otis eyewear & soundtracked by ty segall.
gordon holden is one strange cat [that's exactly why he fits in with the Rhythm family] /
the above photos are a collection which he described simply and perfectly as ::
new things /
rad things /
bad things /
cheers //
mark mcinnis travels the globe in search of babes and waves /
we are stoked on this collection of photos we just received showcasing exactly that /
with colder months rapidly approaching this is a much needed mental trip to warmer times /
cheers //
the fine folks over at WGSN were stoked on our upcoming women's collection for spring 2013 /
head over to their site to see the rest of the write-up //
we have no problem admitting that we know almost nothing about new smyrna beach, florida /
that's why we have hannah representing us in and out of the water down there /
as far as we can tell they have everything from mini tubes to cute kittens to vintage beach patrol vehicles /
sounds pretty good to us /
cheers //
dane anderson recently spent a few days searching for waves and rich girls in newport beach, ca /
not a bad place to look for either /
cheers //
new images from our favorite southern she-shredder hannah reynolds /
check 'em out and get inspired /
cheers //
rhythm advocates, pacific dub, have a new album coming out shortly //
tightrope will maintain the positivity and energy of previous albums with a few added surprises //
the album will be available for download on June 26th //
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The NHL's Southeast Division appears to be making the progression from 'abject embarrassment' to 'below average'. The Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals both picked up wins on Sunday, and both are clearly two of the top eight teams in the league, and are very close to being two of the top 16. Yes, there are two playoff-worthy teams in the Southeast. Out west, the St. Louis Blues expanded their lead at the top of the conference, while the Calgary Flames helped their playoff cause.
Washington Capitals 2-0 Toronto Maple Leafs
The Capitals won their third straight game on Sunday, with Brooks Laich and Mathieu Perreault scoring the two goals. For the second straight game, the Caps were able to win without the suspended Mike Green, who will still have to sit out one more game. Japers' Rink was happy with the Caps' performance, and the performance of Alexander Semin in particular.
Today's game was a great team win, but it also served to spotlight just how good Alexander Semin has been of late. He was easily the best player on the ice this afternoon, picking up an assist and creating a number of chances despite only having one shot on goal. Even his offensive zone penalty -- his first in ten games -- wasn't a lazy stick penalty so much as it was his skates getting caught up with a Maple Leaf's skates. He gave Toronto's defense fits every time he was on the ice, which opened up room for his linemates.
Florida Panthers 2-0 Carolina Hurricanes
Washington have won three straight, but they still trail the Panthers by one point in the Southeast after this win by Florida. Carolina had 34 shots on goal, but was unable to score. Litter Box Cats was pleased with Jose Theodore's performance, but warns that he can't play every game.
Florida [was] badly outshot in the second period but Jose Theodore [put] in another solid night between the pipes. At some point he'll need a rest, but it's great to have a goalie that can work with the slimmest of leads.
St. Louis Blues 2-1 Columbus Blue Jackets
The Blues won't be happy that they struggled as much as they did against a poor Blue Jackets team, but the win is all that counts in the end. David Perron scored the winning goal in the third period, while Blues' goalie Jaroslav Halak had a fantastic game. The Blues gifted Columbus two third-period power plays, and Halak was instrumental in killing them off, as noted by St. Louis Game Time.
The biggest reason the Blues now have an NHL-best 97 points? Jaroslav Halak. The Blues' unquestioned No. 1 goaltender stood on his head. He had two killer saves on odd-man rushes and, with the help of the God wand of Alex Pietrangelo, was able to keep the penalty kill streak alive.
Calgary Flames 4-3 Minnesota Wild
Calgary occupies a playoff spot in the tight race for eighth in the West, following their victory over Minnesota. The third period was extremely open and eventful and featured six goals. Matchsticks and Gasoline stopped short of open criticism of their goalkeeper Mikka Kiprusoff, but noted that he will need to play more consistent between the pipes for Calgary to make the playoffs.
[H]e cannot let in a goal like the Erik Christensen opener tonight. Like the Blake Wheeler goal against Winnipeg. These soft goals of late have completely changed the momentum of their respective games and had no business going in the back of the net. This team needs a focused Kiprusoff in order to make the post-season.


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I've been away from my usual routine over the past few days—not just here with the blog, but generally speaking as well. When all that World class drama is over, I just have to get away from everything for a few days!! (No, not really, but it sounded pretty good, eh?)
And in a few days, my hyper-analytical ways will come back in full force, looking back at the week in Worlds before it fades too far from our collective sights. In the meantime, I've gathered a few news articles together so you can, um, read up on others' hyper-analytical ways:
From Ron Judd of the Seattle Times : a fine summary, though Judd is one of many that has (and will probably continue to) rail on Alissa Czisny:
She only needed an eighth -- clearly within the expected realm of a U.S. Champion -- and failed to get it.
That's a flub of truly historic proportions.
Aaaanyway, from Juliet Macur of The New York Times : a piece that quotes Kristi Yamaguchi about the "only two" Olympic slots for US women, but also points out that only one team worldwide did well enough to be awarded a table for three:
Mao Asada of Japan, the 2008 world champion and Kim's rival, cried after finishing fourth, nearly 20 points behind Kim…(but) Japan was the only country to secure three entries for its skaters in the Olympic women's event, increasing their odds of standing atop the podium in Vancouver, British Columbia.
And it's always hard to choose which Philip Hersh article to feature; this time I'm going with this one focusing on the outcome of Dance…:
The essence of ice dance is entertainment, and there was nothing more captivating than the final 90 seconds of the Davis-White free skate to the ballet scene from Saint-Saens' opera "Samson and Delilah."
The Russians and Canadians both did a lot of eye-catching tricks, and that apparently is what the judges were looking for.
Spoken like someone with a true American bias? Maybe. But he also correctly acknowledged the Belbin/Agosto silver medal as a "triumph", given what happened last year at Worlds and the seemingly subpar season that followed.
Heaven knows I didn't give 'em enough credit to be able to get a silver, much less gold.
But me and my ridiculous predictions are another story…
(P.S. The Clip of the Day will resume in a few days as well… seeing as I'm on a dial-up as I write this, I cannot access video clips anyway!)
Friday, April 3, 2009
Meeting the Press, Worlds '09 Style
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"We tried to load up on some pitching today," said director of amateur scouting Marty Maier. "Make sure we had enough guys to go to (rookie league) Johnson City and New Jersey. Fill those clubs up and make sure we had enough. We took a lot of regular players yesterday. We tried to get back into some pitching. The depth of this draft wasn't huge, but it did have some pitching."
Perhaps more telling was that 18 of St. Louis' last 28 selections came from the four-year college ranks. That was a strategic decision, based largely on signability.
"We were looking to get some college pitching down here and we needed the guys that we could sign "We did take some flyers on some younger guys later on, some high school guys that we'll see if we can sign.
"Definitely we felt like we wanted to make sure we got guys we could sign. But we're still getting some quality guys down below."
Fittingly, since the Cardinals picked last in every round, they also had this year's "Mr. Irrelevant," the final pick in the draft. Selection No. 1,482 overall was high school right-hander John Powell. The Cardinals see Powell as a potential "draft-and-follow" player.
"Powell is a high school player out of Arkansas who, our scouts saw him pitch, and he's going to junior college. He's a guy that we think might be a pretty good pitcher down the road. We'll watch him this summer, see how he goes."
Maier said that the Cardinals have yet to sign any of their draft picks, but that some players could begin to sign in the coming days.
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Well boys and girls we're half way to the end of preseason. Less than 3 weeks until the games count; and, we're finally getting closer to some real damn football. So, on this glorious day of only having 2 preseason games left, I thought it might be fun to hit on a few notes from the game against the Giants. I won't touch OLine because 1st Fan of Lucks has promised us another excellent recap about it. I won't hit too many negative points because our lovely BcB will most like replicate another report this week as well. And, I am sure that a variety of other SB faithful will post on the points that I miss or leave out. For which, let me first say that, I am very grateful that we have so many dedicated fans that help illuminate in a multitude of light how our boys' are standing at the moment. Its great to see so many people involved with so many different perspectives.
Where's the fun in writing a fanpost if you don't hit on the more controversial players right out of the box? [Drum roll please……..] Erik Walden has finally shed some light on why the Colts brought him in. I must add a disclaimer that, in order to talk football, we must take his contract out of the picture. If someone would like to write an article full of that foreign language front office people speak, by all means, go for it. My goal for this article is purely football. As such, Walden is our hard-nosed edge setting OLB that, turns out, can play some ball. Many have questioned his pass rushing ability; for which, I recommend watching tape (or even highlights) of his time in Green Bay. From my perspective, Walden is the poster boy for"almost but no cigar" of pass rusher from the strong side. Many times when he takes the edge, he almost gets the QB. Why doesn't he? The QB steps up due to a lack of interior pressure and Walden looks like a buffoon that was driven too deep by the offensive tackle. What happen in the Giants game? Our DLine got interior pressure, Eli couldn't step up and instead tried to evade by keeping his tackle between him and Walden, and Walden got a massive sack. This, my friends, will occur more often than not if our interior DLine continue to stop a QB from stepping up on Walden's rushes.
Does this mean I am believer in Walden as a pass rusher? Nope. He is a one trick pony. From what I saw, his bull rush is saddening, his inside tact gets him lost in the crowd, and he doesn't get off blockers well until he gets his blocker "out-angled" – which is most commonly done when taking the edge. But, from our strong side OLB, and Walden's previous reputation, I'll take it. I was very impressed by his edge setting abilities. He is solid when doing it. Not great. Won't make too many plays by throwing his blocker and grabbing the RB (See Werner below). But, he will force guys back inside to our play making ILBs. That said, he has a lot of areas to improve on, but this game helped illustrate why Grigs thought he was important to bring in to replace Mathis at strong side OLB( and allow us to shift Mathis over to our Rush backer).
Speaking of Mathis the quick note, that I remember, is how he looked setting the edge. At least in the first series, he did very well in setting the edge. There were a few moments I thought he was a different player by what he did. Looks like our good ole vet has learned a few new tricks. It is definitely an area to be worked on, but he has shown improvement. And, I hope he can continue to build off what he did in that first series.
Speaking of first series for our defense. What the hell happened on that huge run in the middle? Of all places… the middle? You mean where Conner, Sheppard, and Franklin were?..... Those three are good ball players but damn… I cannot wait to get Freeman healthy and hopefully the 2011 Angerer back… I would love to see Chapman, Freeman, and Angerer in the middle f*cking sh*t up. But, I digress… I don't have DVR and wasn't able to replay that run over a few times, and I was paying attention to what Mathis & Walden were doing, so I am not really sure what happened, but it was not the brightest moment of our run defense that game. And, while I would like to say our run defense was pretty good holding the Giants to 95 rushing yards (According to the NFL Box scores); the Colts do have 3 elite (maybe 4 if you consider Tate elite) RBs in the division that are heavily relied on. If Wilson (who is on his way to becoming great/elite) can rip one off like that through the middle, so can MJD, Foster/Tate, and CJ. Area to improve? Definitely. But, bad plays do happen; and our boys didn't allow a TD from it, or all night. Last on this note, when have we ever kept a team with good RBs to less than 100 rushing yards in a game? A nice change even if it is only preseason
Next player to hit on my list is Werner (yes, I am bias to LBs)…. Damn that boy can play. His rookie debut was electric and full of potential. I love what I saw. He can pass rush a QB, he can set the edge, he can shed blocker, I can't remember seeing him in coverage but hell that normally is a tough transition for LBs like him anyhow. As promised above, I am going to do a bit of a comparison between edge setters. Walden will always take on his blocker, force the RB inside, and his job is done. If the RB manages to bounce it because the inside gets slammed too soon (yes, too soon can happen), then let's hope either a) a MLB scraped or b) our safety is coming down like a bat outta hell… This is why Walden is a solid edge setter. Now an elite edge setter does all that, but when a RB tries to bounce it, he sheds his blocker faster than cutting melted butter (yes I went there), and tackles the RB for a 4 yard loss. That is what Werner did, and to me, that speaks volumes about his potential. He *will* be an elite OLB (Rush or Strong). He needs two things to become so: Experiences & Coaching. Luckily with how he played last night, he will continue to get experiences. And, for coaching? Ehhh we have this guy named Mathis. He is kind of good. Just a little… little as in future HoF candidate; whom I might add is a very vocal leader looking for a replacement partner in crime… Yeah… Sh*t is better than cake.
And for the last defender I will mention: Toler…. He wins some. He loses some. And, he steals candy from WRs. This guy was a great pick up. Health pending, he will be a heart stopping CB. We will love him for some plays and hate him for others. But, he is a important cog in the machine. And, this machine we call a secondary could be top 5 in the league, under Pagano, if Davis, Toler, Butler, Bethea, and Landry say healthy. Furthermore, I don't think that PI call was justifiable. He did get there a bit early, but he was always playing the ball. He never really looked at his guy, he was purely, in my opinion, going for the ball. Nonetheless, our red zone D is good. 4 (5 in regular season since Coughlin wouldn't of gone for it on 4th down) field goals. 12 (15) instead of 21(28) points is big. So big, it meant we didn't get beat by 1(8) point/s.
Alright, time to wrap up this novel with a few offensive guys. Time in the system has been good for DHB. His hands were hot. Great to see during a game. Fleener… high hopes, slowly sinking. This guy has potential to be great; luck [no pun intended] has just not been on his side. He is a developmental guy. No other way to put it. I hope he does develop; but, pre-injury it was not a strong showing. I became a big Fleener fan after watching college tape on him, but he needs to not look so lost. Mistakes? They are going to happen. Lost puppy? Take it to the pound… Still, jury isn't in just yet on Fleener as some guys just need more time to transition. I hope he comes back from this injury on fire and lights up the field. TY = Damn. No words. This kid is a monster. Please lord let him stay healthy week after week. Reggie Wayne = Reggie Wayne. What was that quote from the new(ish) Alice in Wonderland? (To paraphrase) He thinks of X number of crazy ideas that are impossible to do; and then he f-ing does them! Dude is crazy. I love it. We have been blessed to have him as a Colt. And ,last… I saw a comment somewhere (and sorry I can't remember who said it to give them credit), but does power running mean we use a fullback and still get no yards? Tough day for our RB core. Hopefully in week 1 they can keep moving forward. A lot to work on, and Bradshaw will be a much needed return.
Unfortunately the novel needs to end here, but there are important honorable mentions to note: Chapman (Nasty Mammoth), Pagano (Fire in his eyes this time), Pep (most of the play calling was good, some was not), Rayford (Big Man, Good Results), Howell (good safety depth), RJF (Solid), Nevis (Fast as hell), Luck (we all know he's great, I don't need to write a novel to tell people that), and last but not least Harnish's attempt to hit on Pam Oliver. Next time just walk over and say hi, don't hit her with the ball…. THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE..... Good luck next time Buddy... Keep your chin up.
Thank you for reading another Chapman Will Hug You's novel. I swear it started off as a short post and escalated quickly from there. Colts are looking loaded, dangerous, and full of potential. There is a lot of work left to do. A lot of timing left to gain. And, a lot of ropes to sweat in order to keep the sails tight. But, two more preseason games to get to a level where we will beat the Raiders. And, then it's week by week from there on out until that glorious parade in Indy for winning that trophy. Keep the monster hungry. #ColtStrong


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A3 crash victim 'beautiful son'
The family of a teenager who died when a coach crashed on its way back from the Bestival music festival said today it had lost a "beautiful son and a beautiful person". 18-year-old Michael Molloy died when the vehicle veered off the A3 in Surrey.
Coach crash victim's family pay tribute to 'talented musician, beautiful son'
The family of teenager Michael Molloy who was killed when a coach crashed in Surrey on its way back from a music festival tonight paid tribute to him, describing him as "a talented musician who had a promising career ahead of him" and "a beautiful son and a beautiful person".
Police confirm road re-opened after coach crash
The A3 is now reopen. Investigation ongoing in to the circumstances of the fatal collision in which three people died. http://t.co/RpCTDpJP
13 people remain in hospital after coach crash
A Surrey Police spokesman said 13 people remained in hospital tonight and the northbound A3 would remain closed for another few hours, after a coach crashed on its way back from a music festival leaving three dead.
Recovery teams attempt to remove coach wreckage
The coach from a wreckage, which killed three people near Hindhead in Surrey, was removed tonight.
Bodies removed from A3 crash scene as teams prepare to move the coach
The bodies of three people who were killed in a coach crash on the A3 at Hindhead have been removed from the vehicle. Recovery teams have also begun the process of moving the bus.
Neighbour of coach crash driver says it's a 'tragedy'
The neighbour of coach driver, locally named as Colin Daulby, has spoken out after he was one of three people killed when the coach crashed on the way back from Bestival in the early hours of this morning.
Tom McLoughlin said it was a "tragedy" and described Mr Daulby as "ordinary and hardworking"
Tributes paid to driver of coach crash
Tributes were paid to a coach driver, who was behind the wheel of a vehicle that crashed on its way back from a music festival, leaving two others dead and 50 injured.
The coach driver named locally as Colin Daulby, was described by his neighbours in Warrington as an "all round good guy".
Ann Parsons said: "Colin would always come and chat. He wasn't intrusive but friendly and always had a kind word to say. It's terrible news and his family will be devastated. They are all very close."
Police to investigate if coach had 'too many people' on boardby Martha Fairlie: ITV News Reporter
The police say they are keeping an open mind on the cause of this accident. Road conditions and the weather were both good when the coach veered off the dual carriageway and onto the embankment. Police are now trying to collect every piece of evidence from the scene.
One thing they will be looking at is whether there were more people on board the coach then there should have been. It was designed to carry 51 passengers and one driver, but we know that three people were killed, and 50 passengers were taken from the site to the hospital.
The three who were killed, haven't yet been officially named but we do understand that the driver was Colin Daulby, a man in his early 60s from Warrington. The other two people who have been killed, we understand were festival-goers, both in their 20s.
Merseypride owner reacts to 'tragic' coach crash
David Hannell, owner of Merseypride, the company that the crashed A3 coach belongs to, has said he felt "devastated" on hearing the news.
Speaking outside the company depot in Speke, Liverpool, he said:
Further to the news of one of our vehicles being involved in a tragic accident on the return journey from the Isle of White festival, myself and the company offer our heartfelt sympathy to all the families of the passengers involved.
We ourselves are devastated. I've been up all night worried sick about what's been happening."
Mr Hannell said the police had not told him anything and that "nobody seems to know what's happened".
He said this was the first serious accident Merseypride had had in 20 years and that the company had cancelled school jobs today because his drivers were not in the right frame of mind.
Passenger from crash remains in serious condition
One patient from the A3 coach crash remains in a serious condition in Southampton General Hospital.


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Late next march in the Land of Mary, time travelers from the four corners of the vortex will congregate to celebrate their favorite Gallifreyan! That's right: the East Cost of the USofA is getting it's own Doctor Who Convention! According to (RE)Generation founder and organizer Oni Hartstein:
There wasn't any place for us and our friends to go for just Doctor Who in the Mid-Atlantic area. It seemed like a huge void where a con was needed.
They've already announced that the 6th (Colin Baker) and 7th (Sylvester McCoy) incarnations of the whimsical Time Lord will be in attendance, with more guests on the horizon! (RE)Generation Who is coming to Cockeysville, Maryland (a few miles North of Baltimore), March 27–29, 2015. The GeekDads will be there.
Read the rest» Meet Doctor Who at (Re)Generation Who | GeekDad.
No Matter What Anyone Says, Wonder Woman Will Always Be a Feminist | GeekDad
Wonder Woman is a feminist. She is a feminist (or at least a fictional character who is a feminist), not because she self identifies with that label, but because that it is how she acts and how she thinks. Unfortunately, David, like so many others, is afraid to apply the supposed stigma of feminism, out of, I assume, a fear that he will scare off readers who think they are "not feminists."
QuickPanel: Dyslexia from UX Magazine
Fonts like Dyslexie and OpenDeyslexic claim to have been designed with dyslexics in mind, mostly by weighting the bottom of glyphs heavier than the top. It's thought that by constantly drawing the eye toward the baseline, dyslexic readers won't wander or get distracted.
However, there is no evidence that these fonts improve readability for dyslexics. In fact, one study conducted by researchers at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra showed no improvement in readability at all for dyslexics using these fonts. Instead sans-serif fonts like Arial, Courier, Verdana, and Helvetica were most effective, although there is some question as to whether this was just due to familiarity.
There is more to typography than fonts, though. My suspicion is that better typography for dyslexia is also better typography for everybody. We see a general trend in web typography toward designs that focus the reader's attention on the text. Consider sites such as Medium, which remove visual noise (sidebars, navigation) and use larger type sizes, contrasting type styles, and more white space—especially line height—all of which help dyslexics and the general reading population alike.
Read more: QuickPanel: Dyslexia | UX Magazine.
Harnessing the Value of UX from Jason Ulaszek
Jason Ulaszek is one of the most forward thinking people I know about user experience and it's growing importance, not just in business, but to humanity. Here's a recent presentation he gave at the Product, Customer, and User Experience Summit (16 June 2014). Look and learn.
I'm Back! (Did I miss anything?)
Hello, I'm back online after a month of (almost) silence.
My operation had a few hiccups and one curveball for the surgeons, but I've come through the gauntlet intact. I've been recovering gradually over the last month — regaining my balance, healing the large scar on the back of my neck, regaining my strength — and I'm ready to start the process of getting back into the swing of things.
A lot has happened in the last month as I recuperated.
As I write this, I'm watching the WWDC keynote, and excited by what I'm seeing. It looks like Apple has finally done what they've needed to do for a while for Mac OS X and iOS: think about the basic features and make them useful again (more on that later).
Did I miss anything else in the last 30 days?
Hello, I Must Be Going — Why I'll be Offline in May
I'm online.
A lot.
But for the month of May, I'm having to step back from the Internet and take care of a personal health matter. Without getting into a lot of messy details, I have an acoustic neuroma (A benign tumor), and it has to come out. Specifically, it will come out next Tuesday (29 April).
This will prevent me from writing, teaching, engaging with social media, and responding to emails or other messages. I'm in contact with a lot of people, and get a lot of emails from clients, students, and readers with questions, comments and requests, so I didn't want to just disappear.
If all goes well — ever the optimist, me— I should be back in action by early to mid-June. If you haven't heard back from me by then, feel free to ping me again.
Six weeks is a long time on the Internet, and I'm looking forward to waking up like Rip Van Winkle to the new wonders.
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He put his passwords online, and he doesn't care
This is an incredible interview with my new hero, Y. Woodman Brown, the "idiot" who posted his passwords as a comment on the Washington Post. Predictably he got hacked, but not the way you might think.
He's interviewed on the podcast TLDR, and explains why he did it, and I have to admire him for what he has to say.
I feel similarly, but have to admit that I'm not ready to follow in his foot steps.
You Can Help Do Some UX for Good
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UX for Good is an organization that brings user experience skills to bear on some of the most difficult social issues we face. For this year's annual challenge, UX For Good be working with Aegis Trust, which established the Kigali Genocide Memorial on behalf of the Rwandan people in 2004. More than a museum or shrine, the memorial serves as the final resting place for 250,000 victims of the 1994 genocide.
You don't have to be a social worker, diplomat, philanthropist, or other do-gooder to do good. The best way to affect change in the world is to apply your own skills to fixing the big gnarly problems the world faces. For user experience (UX for short) professionals, like myself, this means bring our skills at creating the best user interfaces to bear. But we are always strongest when we work as a group.
Since 2011, UX for Good has worked to empower designers to solve problems to make the world a better place. UX For Good has tackled some difficult problems over the years, such a raising awareness.
Previously, the challenge was to improve the income of working musicians in New Orleans Street Musicians increase their income. The designers' answer was "Tip the Band," a collection of tactics and tools to encourage and enable visitors to support musicians.
The problem this year is the biggest yet: Can we harness feelings to end geonocide? Like genocide memorials around the world, the Kigali Genocide Memorial site produces powerful feelings in all who visit it. UX designers have a unique capacity to understand the steps that take place between emotion and action. In Kigali, we'll ask them to apply that skill set on behalf of all humankind.
As part of the Annual Challenge, UX designers from across the globe will visit Kigali for several days of exploration, research and debate. Then the team will reconvene in London, where they'll design an original way to translate the feelings evoked by genocide memorials into sustainable action. Finally, they'll share their findings to leaders from Aegis and other advocates for human dignity.
UX for Good has started the Kickstarter project: Harnessing Feelings to Prevent Genocide to share what we discover with the world. To generate as much impact as possible, they need your involvement, your support, and your commitment.
Contribute anything from $10 to $10000 dollars to help the team help the the Kigali Genocide Memorial raise awareness, and you can benefit, not only as a human being but as a UX professional as well. Sponsors will receive, virtual seminars, original posters, A full-color, hardcover book detailing the ideas that come out of the challenge, up to a day long workshop with UX For good professionals.
Your Kid Can Still Dream of Being an Astronaut!
"My kid said he wanted to be an astronaut — there goes that dream!" space evangelist Tim Bailey overheard that statement while standing in line to pick up tickets for a planned (but canceled) space shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center earlier this year.


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When you get home from work tonight, chances are you will be looking for some basketball on the television....if so, some local teams have your fix. If you get the CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV), which before now has only been known for giving Steve Lappas a chance to yell into a camera, then tonight you can watch Georgetown and Campbellsville play in the NAIA Final Four. Yes two teams from Kentucky have made the Final Four of that event and both are on national television this evening. In Georgetown's case, they are protecting a #1 seed and an undefeated 35-0 record....an unbelievable accomplishment for Happy Osborne. They play a team named "Mountain State" tonight, which must be a fake name and is simply a front for the Harlem Globetrotters. In the second game, Campbellsville (a place to which yours truly has some connection) will take on Oklahoma City, still wishing that Eric Manuel had eligibility left. Campbellsville is unseeded and making a "Davidson-like" run to the title. Both teams are playing well and deserve some Kentucky love.
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Now that Rajon Rondo is out for the year with a torn ACL, is there any chance Boston still goes after JJ Redick?
First of all, they are all of a sudden very thin at PG, with Rondo being the only true point on the roster. Secondly, they now have no realistic chance at going deep into the playoffs this year.
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Our eyelids have the thinnest, most delicate skin on our bodies, so it's little surprise that they are often the first facial feature to succumb to aging. As skin starts to sag and fold over the upper eyelids, we may find that we look a little older, sadder, or more tired than we feel. Male or female, if you are bothered by these changes, aesthetic eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) can provide an excellent solution.
While aging generally progresses in the same way for all adults, your own emotional response to the aging process is likely quite different depending on your gender. Moreover, your upper eyelids are anatomically nuanced to show distinctly feminine or masculine characteristics. This is why my surgical techniques for upper eyelid lifts differ for men and women—to best preserve your natural appearance and achieve the desired improvements.
The Female Upper Eyelid Lift: Restoring a Youthful Aesthetic
As a person's face ages, a man's "stock" may go up, but a woman's "stock" may go down. This is a fact of life in our society. Understandably, then, the majority of upper eyelid lift patients are women who would like their eyes to look as they did when they were younger.
An aesthetically pleasing eyelid lift for a female patient will restore a clean, well-defined crease to the eyelid, giving the eyes a more open appearance. I achieve this by removing excess skin to correct sagging over the outer edge of the eyelid, sculpting the area to leave about a quarter-inch of skin visible between the eyelash margin and the lid crease. In most cases, I will also remove a tiny amount of fat to eliminate any puffiness in the upper eyelid.
Because a woman's upper eyelid tissue is typically quite thin to begin with, it is crucial to remove only the amount of fat and skin necessary to achieve a natural youthfulness. Removing too much fat can leave the eyes with what we call an "A-frame deformity." When this occurs, the eyelid crease becomes too deep, resulting in a hollow, even skeletal appearance that actually causes a woman to look older. I avoid this by leaving as much fat as possible in the central upper lid, instead concentrating on sculpting the outer area of the eyelid for a beautiful result.
Upper Eyelid Lifts for Men: Correcting the Effects of Aging
While a man's eyelids age much in the same way as a woman's, the masculine brow and eyelid have a naturally thicker and "heavier" aesthetic. It is normal even for a young man to have fuller eyelids, often to the point where the upper lid is not visible. My male patients have distinctly different reasons for choosing to have upper eyelid lift surgery. They are not usually too concerned with looking younger, but instead would like to address drooping skin that is pushing down on the eyelids enough to obstruct vision.
Upper eyelid lift surgery for a male patient should retain the heavier, fuller appearance natural to the masculine brow while achieving the desired correction. I always adapt my surgical techniques to avoid overly lifting the eyelid, which can feminize a man's appearance. This involves removing a much more conservative amount of fat and skin than I would for a female patient.
Women and men alike can benefit from blepharoplasty to address bothersome aspects of eyelid aging. However, we are each distinctly different when it comes to our aesthetic goals and facial characteristics. Perfecting the upper eyelid lift to account for these differences requires tremendous skill, absolute precision, and a keen eye for aesthetic detail.


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This cruise on the Grandeur was also excellent (if a little hectic!), but as we started off on the Freedom, the Grandeur obviously seems like a slight step down (the Grandeur is much older than the Freedom, and we heard that it's due for a major refit very soon). Having said that, the ship is still in excellent condition, and the staff are still helpful and friendly, although we found the service not quite as good as on the Freedom, probably due to the fact that the Freedom was predominantly full of Americans and they demand immediate service otherwise they complain loudly (Good for them!), whereas the Brits just moan to themselves and put up with it. Our first room service order for tea took an hour whereas on the Freedom it took all of 5 minutes. I did, however, point this out, and thereafter room service took around 10-15 minutes - so a result.
The facilities on the Grandeur are also not as plentiful and varied as on the Freedom, but, once again, the Freedom is newer and bigger, so hey.
Our stateroom (7557) was next to a service room (as was our stateroom on the Freedom), and in both cases, when the towel racks where shoved into the room or the door was slammed shut (always!), our adjoining stateroom wall, which our bed was against, did a lurch, which was a little annoying at 6 in the morning. I intend to make sure our next stateroom (hopefully on the 'Allure'!!), is NOT next to a service room!!!
The Windjammer restaurant is at the front of the ship instead of the rear in the case of the Freedom, and although we found the food (almost!) as good, it was never piping hot, just warm, so it had to be eaten quite quickly before it went cold. As it happens, my girlfriend was ill one night (I think she ate too much acidic food followed by wine - it definitely wasn't food poisoning or sea sickness...), so a member of staff took her down to medical where the doctor took a look at her and put her on a saline drip for an hour, which did the trick. Beware though that this treatment costs, which we were unaware of..$200 for the drip. I assumed that anything on a cruise ship was free - including a bit of medical attention. I'm pleased to say that I think they took pity on us, as the charge wasn't applied to our account - thank you RCI!!!
Also, due to the fact that my other half was poorly, we had to cancel our excursion into Palermo, but the ticket prices were refunded without a problem.
All in all, apart from a few minor niggles, the ship and staff were fine.


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Bay Area leaders praise Obama's nominee to Supreme Court
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 6:32 AM
on May 28, 2009 at 9:46 am
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Ironic that the very Dems that claim to be the party of inclusiveness have chosen to praise a racist judge. The hypocrisy continues....
on May 28, 2009 at 11:13 am
Its only "racism" when white Americans make remarks about any other minority. Obama is still campaigning to solidify the latino vote for the Demos., nothing really historic, just politics as usual.
on May 28, 2009 at 12:05 pm
It is very clear to me that she refers to white men making decisions regarding cases involving Latinos, and I do not find her statement racist.
From what I have read so far I think Ms. Sotomayor will make a fine choice. Having the left and liberals complain about her confirms to me that she is a centralist.


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This tripod is designed with an inbuilt bubble level that helps you adjust the balance of the tripod, so that they equipment mounted is not skewed. The head of this Vanguard Espod Plus tripod can tilt and swivel in several different. You have the freedom of tilting the tripod head in the angle range of 90?~+90?. Further expanding your movement, this tripod from Vanguard can swivel in 360?, a feature that is very helpful.
BodyOn folding the tripod to its most compact size, the Vanguard Espod Plus is a mere 570 mm tall. This feature lets you carry this lightweight tripod in your bag with your other photography equipment. On expanding all the 3 leg sections of this tripod, your camera can get a maximum extended height of 1450 mm. The strong aluminium alloy canopy of this tripod makes it a reliable and durable accessory.
This quality tripod from Vanguard has angled rubber feet with the help of which it can stand on slippery surfaces. In a bid to give you the liberty of carrying your versatile Vanguard 203AB tripod to tougher terrains, the rubber feet can be converted to metal spikes with ease. The 3-way pan head of the Vanguard 203AB tripod allows for smooth panning at various angles for effortless movement. You can also remove this pan head and replace it with another that suits your needs better.
FeaturesThis tripod lets you easily set up a low angle shot. The center column of this Espod Plus tripod is very helpful especially for macro photography. All you have to do is reverse the center column as you set up the tripod and camera. The center column also has an attached hook on which you can hang your camera bag. The weight of the bag increases the overall stability of the tripod.
The Vanguard Espod Plus 203AB tripod is built with an ergonomic leg angle release button. This convenient feature is extremely helpful for professional photographers. This vital button lets you effortlessly adjust the legs of this tripod to 25, 50 and 80-degree angles.
You can make sure the legs and sections are tight and firmly in place using the Espod Plus 203AB tripod's leg locks. To finalize a leg position, simply flip the lock closed. This quick-flip mechanism saves time and effort especially when you are in a hurry to catch a fleeting moment on tape. This tripod from Vanguard also has an anti-shock ring that helps preventing any damages caused by vibration.
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|General Specifications
|Model Name
|Espod Plus 203AB
|570 mm
|Load Capacity
|2000 g
|Leg Features
|Leg Sections
|Leg Angles
|25°, 50°, 80°
|Additional Features
|Technical Details
|Durable, Lightweight Ball Head, Convertible Spiked to Rubber Feet, Anti-shock Ring, Quick-flip Leg Locks, Central Column Adaptor Ring
|1300 g
|Warranty Summary
|2 Years
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