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Savard on D&C: 'I'm not mad at Michael Ryder' | 04.29.10 at 9:52 am ET |
Bruins center Marc Savard joined the Dennis & Callahan show Thursday morning to talk about his comeback (Click here to listen to the entire interview). Savard has been out since suffering a concussion in a game against the Penguins March 7, but this week he was cleared to play in the Bruins' second-round playoff series against the Flyers that begins Saturday. "I'm feeling good on the ice right now," Savard said.
He said he understands his presence will be an emotional lift for the home crowd Saturday. "Hopefully everybody is inspired, too, and even myself, and I bring a lot of emotion and adrenaline and energy to the team," he said. "I'm going to try to do that with my play."
Savard said he feared his season was over when he couldn't seem to shake the effects of the concussion. "The first three or four weeks of this concussion I had, they were miserable days, days when I thought how long this might go on for the summer, or how long is this thing going to last. Things got better really quickly after the fifth week, going into the sixth, and so on. Then I felt great. I'm just happy to be normal again and playing hockey."
Asked if he's viewed clips of the hit from Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke, Savard said: "I've seen it quite a bit. It's something that hopefully the new rule that they put in right away takes care of that stuff because we don't need it in our game anymore."
The Bruins received a firestorm of criticism for failing to respond to Cooke in the game, and much of the anger was directed at Michael Ryder, who appeared to be the only player on the ice who had a clear view of the play. Savard said no one on his team should be blamed. "It's part of the game," he said. "If you watch the hit again, Cooke kind of skates away quickly, and they try to get at him in the corner. I'm not mad at Michael Ryder. He's a good friend of mine. It's not just his fault or anybody's fault. It was a bad hit, a bad play. I've got no problems with anything that went on. Had it been me, maybe ' it's different demeanors for different guys. I'm not the strongest guy or the toughest guy in the world. Would I have jumped somebody? Maybe, but that's just different guys."
Bruins will play Flyers in Round 2 | 04.28.10 at 9:54 pm ET |
With the Canadiens completing their shocking comeback against the top-seeded Capitals with a 2-1 victory in Game 7 Wednesday night in Washington, the Bruins now know their second-round opponent in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The sixth-seeded B's will meet the seventh-seeded Flyers, opening the conference semifinal series with the first two games at TD Garden. This will mark the first playoff matchup between Boston and Philadelphia since 1978.
Here is the schedule for the series:
Game 1: Saturday, May 1, at Boston, 12:30 p.m.
Game 2: Monday, May 3, at Boston, 7 p.m.
Game 3: Wednesday, May 5, at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Game 4: Friday, May 7, at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
*Game 5: Monday, May 10, at Boston, 7 p.m.
*Game 6: Wednesday, May 12, at Philadelphia, TBD
*Game 7: Friday, May 14, at Boston, 7 p.m.
* if necessary
Eighth-seeded Montreal trailed in its series three games to one but held the high-scoring Caps to one goal in each of the last three games behind stellar goaltending from Jaroslav Halak to pull off the upset. The Canadiens advance to play the defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins in Round 2.
Brickley on D&C: 'Believe in your system' | 04.27.10 at 2:17 pm ET |
Andy Brickley, who handles analysis for Bruins games on NESN, appeared on the Dennis & Callahan show Tuesday morning to talk about the B's first-round playoff victory over the Sabres.
Just as an overview, what did the Bruins learn about themselves in this first-round win? What did we learn about the Bruins?
That you can win without some of your top players if you have a system and you believe in your system and you get great goaltending, and guys step up in crunch time, and I think that's the greatest lesson that they learned. And they might have learned that down the stretch, when you think about what Boston did over the last 12 games. There were certainly some low points during the regular season ' 10-game winless streak, their .500 record at home, especially with such high expectations coming into the year. The whole Pittsburgh-[Matt] Cooke-[Marc] Savard incident, and the lack of response not only in the game when it happened, but then the home game with just the one [Shawn] Thornton fight.
But what they were able to do to come together as a group over the last 12 games, and take a look at the teams that they beat during that stretch ' they had the Rangers and the Thrashers, right behind them, one point back, they had to hold their position, they were able to win those games. They beat divisional leaders like Buffalo, like New Jersey, like Washington, all the while without [Dennis] Seidenberg, without [Mark] Stuart, without [Andrew] Ference, no Marc Savard, [Marco] Sturm, [Blake] Wheeler and [Michael] Ryder not scoring goals ' how did they win? They had to be getting good coaching, and they had to have a good system and they had to have quality goaltending in order to amass enough points to climb to sixth, and that carried through, I think, through the first round.
Are you encouraged by them winning despite not scoring the first goal very often. Or are you discouraged by them not hitting the ice hard?
Somewhere in between. Going into last night, it had to be one of the keys to the game that they got the lead in game six, at home, took advantage of the crowd. You're playing with fire obviously if you get behind a team that has Ryan Miller in goal. Buffalo is so aggressive on their forecheck, their defensive pinch, they love playing with the lead. Boston needed to establish themselves in the first period. They had to get the lead, they had to cash in on one or two of their early chances in the hockey game. I think that gave them the best chance, first of all psychologically to feel good about their game, and to know that they didn't have to come from behind, and there was a little less pressure. And if you watch the game, after they scored that goal on the power-play by [David] Krecji in the first period, it almost looked like they relaxed, because Buffalo was all over them the next three or four shifts, and they had to realize, 'Whoa, we're back in a hockey game here. We're glad to score first, but we had to get back to our game plan.'
What is the point of the regular season? New Jersey out, Buffalo out, why do they play the 80 games in the regular season?
Well, this is the league. This is a business. It's all about the money. If you're ever looking for answers, always follow the money trail. Ideally though, in my opinion, I wouldn't mind a little contraction in this league, if you really want to talk about dollars and cents. A few less teams a few less games, a few less players, might make for a better product.
Maybe one less round in the playoffs?
I kind of like it. 16 out of 30 teams getting in ' I kind of like those numbers. I know there are some owners pushing for more teams to get into the postseason, but I think that would make it more diluted.
What if Washington loses, will Bettman take hostages at that point without [Alex] Ovechkin in the postseason?
Obviously they would love for that to happen, and I would like to see that happen as well. There's no way I could ever, in any situation I guess, maybe in a very limited field, that I could root for the Montreal Canadiens. But I would like to see Washington move on, I like to see the best players in the game in the playoffs, and they're having some problems, obviously, with the Canadiens. And anything can happen in a Game 7 ' Washington is very nervous right now. They're in a similar situation to Boston in the sense that they need to get the lead on home ice in Game 7 or they're in trouble. Both teams are such a contrast in style. Because you had questions about Washington and their goaltending situation. They've already played both guys. I couldn't believe Montreal went to [Carey] Price in this series, because [Jaroslav] Halak is clearly the better goaltender, and they finally realized that, and he is a dangerous guy right now as far as stopping the Caps.
Which would you prefer, the Flyers or the Penguins in the next round, athletically vs. artistically?
Well, I think if they drew the Flyers, obviously they'd get home ice, I don't know if that's good or bad for Boston, I think I'd prefer to see them start on the road to be honest with you, despite how great the fans have been. I like going on the road, I like trying to get that split away from the Garden. But Philly, it's a contrast of styles, the Flyers are more powerful, they're more physical, I think Boston was the more physical team than Buffalo certainly in the games that they won, so maybe that's a real interesting matchup. I love the fact that Philly has a huge question in goal, although I thought the Flyers would handle New Jersey because Jersey doesn't score enough. Jersey did not impress me when I saw them this year, so the Flyers' win over New Jersey did not surprise me at all. But I would like to see Pittsburgh, just from a personal, selfish standpoint ' I like watching great players, [Sidney] Crosby, [Evgeni] Malkin, they're great down the middle, [Jordan] Staal as your third-line center is impressive, [Sergei] Gonchar's good at the back end.
Plus, you'd like to play Oakmont in your off days.
Well, I did get a number of texts last night after the 4-2 win from down in Pittsburgh. I'd like to go to Pittsburgh, I'd like to see them, I'd like to see the Bruins knock off the Penguins.
Will the Bruins play up that revenge theme? What about when Savard takes the ice?
An iso-cam on Cooke wouldn't be a bad thing. No, I think that would be part of the equation, I don't think it would be a great percentage of what would go on between those two teams, but certainly a little bit of a revenge factor, up that emotional wheel early in the series would not be a bad thing.
Michael Ryder has to be thinking that, regretting not doing anything.
It would be great if he had the opportunity, certainly, but I think they've moved beyond that, I think. All that negativity that was well deserved for the Bruins really helped galvanize this team a little bit in those 12 teams we talked about early in the conversation. For Michael Ryder to get an opportunity to do something at the right time, well-placed, and done within the rules enough that you're not hurting your team in the long run, as far as like I said, that's not a bad situation to have.
My guess is that Claude Julien will use Savard in a sort of picking-your-spots way. Is there an advantage to that? As an emotional lift?
I think so, and I think that would be the game plan, I think, depending on how many days they have to practice, because at this time of year you don't practice a whole lot, and when you're an injured guy, you need practice, and you need to as best you can simulate game situations. So for Savard, he needs to practice at high pace with the potential of body contact. He needs to simulate that in practice. Can you do that in the playoffs? Very difficult to do. And they need to gauge where he is as far as conditioning, timing, his ability to handle the pace of the playoffs and how physical it can be.
All that being said, I like the way you think. I think that's the way they tried to use Thomas Vanek last night, and I think you really have to concentrate and watch and see how Savard is reacting, how he's handling it. Is he able to take the body contact, spin off, does he anticipate where the contact is coming from, is he effective in his ability to move the puck and make plays which is his strength. And maybe you ease him into that situation, maybe you start him on the fourth line, maybe you work him in if maybe there's an offensive-zone faceoff, and I think that's the way you have to coach Marc Savard, unless he just absolutely wows you in practice, and you say, 'This kid's back.'
I can't imagine another sport where it would be harder than being a center in hockey, to come back after sitting out for this long.
Yeah, if he wasn't such a high-end elite player, I would have more concerns about those type of things. But he's just so gifted, he's one of those guys that he can miss 9-10 games in a row, come back, and it looks like he hasn't missed a day as far as his puck-handling skills. That being said, it's just a different animal in the postseason, the pace of the game, I can't emphasize it enough, and how physical it can be, obviously limits your time and space and your ability to read the play. But he's just such an elite player, and a guy that knows exactly what he wants to do before he gets the puck and what his options are, and the subtleties of his game, to change the angle of the pass with the slightest of moves, whether it's his hands or the position of the puck on the blade of his stick, he's that good, so my concerns are somewhat lessened because of Marc Savard's talents.
Did the two giveaways last night, bad ones, that led to Buffalo goals. Does that worry you going forward?
They worried me last night, I'll tell you that. The Bruins had control of the hockey game, and Dennis Wideman, and I know he's taken a lot of criticism this year, and it has been warranted, but there are times where I feel like sitting down with people and saying, "Let's watch an entire game here in the last month of the season where Dennis Wideman does eight real good things to two bad things." It's the two bad things that jump off the screen at you, or if you're at the rink screams "What a mistake," but the other eight things kind of get glossed over.
That being said, all of a sudden Dennis wants to start passing pucks through people when he doesn't have to. He has a simple and high-percentage play, but he has so much confidence in his own ability to make those type of plays, but they're just poor decisions. So that turnover, the Michael Ryder turnover, he was well positioned, down low in his own zone, just mishandled the puck, laid it out front for [Nathan] Gerbe to score. The good news is that those are fixable mistakes.
I was concerned last night because I wanted the series to end, nobody wanted to go back to Buffalo for a Game 7, they had the lead, they were playing the way they should, and to have gift-wrapped, unforced turnovers, those generally kill you. So, yeah, you need your goalie to bail you out on a number of occasions, and [Tuukka] Rask certainly did that. And it's amazing how good Tuukka Rask is, for such a young goaltender, because he's unflappable, and he's that athletic and that good, you can afford, at times, to make mistakes like that.
When you watch regular-season hockey, you see how difficult it is, and then you watch playoff hockey, and it gets ratcheted up a notch. Do hockey players point at baseball players who complain about a stiff neck, and laugh their ass off.
Maybe, after a round of golf late in the day, and you've been sitting around at the 19th hole for a while, you might share a chuckle or two about some situations like that. But I think hockey players in general have a high regard for all professional athletes and whatever obstacles they have to fight through, it's such a different animal, that long season, 162 games, as far as baseball is concerned. But sure, they know ' they're humbled, but they know how difficult it is to play playoff hockey, and the injuries, and the discomfort that you have to play through in order to be successful. And despite that, that respect that they have to their fellow athletes, they know what it takes to play hockey, and they know what they have to deal with. And it's what you signed up for, and you agreed to it, and it's what you want to do, and you wouldn't trade it for anything.
But how many hockey players did you know, when you played, that complained and scratched out because of a stiff neck?
That would be zero.
Captain Z: We can't lose focus like last year | at 1:00 am ET |
What a difference a year makes for Zdeno Chara following an opening-round win.
Last year, the Bruins dispatched of the Montreal Canadiens in four games, and then waited nine days for their second-round series to begin when Carolina came from behind to beat New Jersey in the closing five minutes of Game 7.
While the Bruins were long on rest, they were short on sharpness and, in the end, it cost them dearly as they dropped Game 2 at home and fell behind 3 games to 1 before rallying to force Game 7. They fell in heart-breaking fashion when Scott Walker scored the OT game-winner to end the Bruins season.
"We can't lose the focus like maybe we did last year a little bit during that week off," Chara said in the wake of Monday's series-clinching win over Buffalo. "We have to stay on top of things and really get ready for our next opponent, which we don't know who that's going to be."
The reason the Bruins don't know who's next is because Montreal has decided to learn from 2009 as well. They have not rolled over for Washington. Instead, following a 4-1 win over the Capitals on Monday, there will be a seventh game in America's capital on Wednesday night.
If the Capitals survive, the Bruins open the second round in Pittsburgh against the defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins. If the Canadiens pull off the shocker, the Bruins actually host Games 1 and 2 against Philadelphia beginning this weekend.
Chara said the team has earned one good day of rest but that's all they need right now.
"Just maybe relax on [Tuesday], enjoy the day off, and then get back at it on Wednesday," he said.
"Obviously it's always a nice feeling, to be going to the second round. Buffalo was extremely playing well. They battled hard and it was a tough series."
Another source of pride for Chara was the performance of the specialty teams. The Bruins killed off all 19 Buffalo power plays in the series while Boston scored five power play goals.
"I really thought that our specialty teams played extremely well," Chara said. "We battled pretty much hard every game. We were almost into every game, besides Game 5.
"We take a lot of pride in our PK. We try to, you know, we're obviously aggressive, but at the same time well-positioned and like I said, the people we have on the ice, those are the workers and we try to always outwork the opposite power play."
2nd period summary: Bruins vs. Sabres – Game 6 | 04.26.10 at 8:46 pm ET |
The Bruins are 20 minutes away from heading to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for a second straight year as they lead Buffalo, 2-1, after two periods.
It seemed the Bruins would come out regretting the roughing penalty taken by captain Zdeno Chara at the 20-minute mark of the first period that wiped out a power play to open the second.
Then apparently Buffalo's Tim Connolly felt bad for Chara and the Bruins as he took an equally puzzling and terribly-timed undisciplined penalty of his own.
Connolly's cross-checking penalty penalty just 16 seconds in led to a pretty power play goal for the Bruins as David Krejci found Mark Recchi down low to the left of Ryan Miller. Recchi wasted no time with the one-timer that beat Miller for a 2-0 Boston lead just 61 seconds into the second.
With the gold towels going crazy the Bruins seemed to be on the verge of putting away the Sabres.
But after Boston killed its 18th straight penalty in the series, Dennis Wideman turned the puck over in the defensive zone and the Sabres found some new life when Patrick Kaleta scored with just over 13 minutes left in the period to make it 2-1.
The Bruins killed off yet another penalty near the end of the period for too many men on the ice and now are a perfect 19-for-19 in the series.
1st period summary: Bruins vs. Sabres – Game 6 | at 7:49 pm ET |
David Krejci's redirect of a Mark Recchi centering pass from the right circle beat Ryan Miller on the power play to put the Bruins up, 1-0, after one period.
The Bruins, who struggled all season finding the back of the net on the man-advantage, scored for the 5th time in 18 power play chances this series.
The assist was Recchi's 75th career in the playoffs, by far more than any active player in the playoffs.
With the Bruins looking for an early strike in Game 6, it was the Sabres who got the game's first big break.
Steve Begin was whistled for a cross-checking penalty at 2:32 of the first period.
But as it has been all season and in this season, the Bruins penalty kill came up huge.
Not only did they remain perfect in 17 kill chances this series, the Bruins were the ones who created the best scoring chances.
Patrice Bergeron collected a loose puck in the neutral zone on sloppy play by Buffalo and skated in on Miller. He lost control near the top of the right circle but Marco Sturm was there to gather it and fired point blank. The shot deflected off the crossbar keeping the game scoreless.
Daniel Paille had another clean shot on net on Buffalo's power play from the left point but Miller made a nice pad save.
Buffalo's best chance came with just over eight minutes left in the period on a re-direct when Nathan Gerbe got his stick on a puck in front of Rask but the Bruins netminder made the clean save with no rebound.
And the Bruins appeared certain to start the second on the power play thanks to a Henrik Tallinder, who flipped the puck out of play with 5.6 seconds to go for a delay-of-game call. But Zdeno Chara was called for an undisciplined roughing call in a scrum at 20 minutes to nullify the advantage.
Recchi on D&H: 'It would be a big boost getting [Savard] back' | 04.20.10 at 2:31 pm ET |
Bruins forward Mark Recchi, one of the heroes of Monday night's Game 3 victory over the Sabres, joined the Dale & Holley show Tuesday afternoon. Recchi said teammate Marc Savard has been skating longer than the two days that the media found out about this week, and he's hopeful Savard will return to action soon.
"He actually texted me last week and told me he was actually sneaking on the ice, so I knew it," Recchi said. "He swore my secrecy, so I wasn't allowed to to say it. I didn't even tell any of my teammates. So, I knew he was getting eager and feeling good. It's great to see him out there. He's had a couple of hard days of practice [on his own]. I don't think he likes being out there by himself right now, but hopefully we'll see him in practice here soon and get him back in the lineup."
Asked if he thought Savard might return by the end of the Sabres series, Recchi said: "I'm not sure. We're the last guys to hear when he's going to play. Like I said, he's been practicing before us, and he hasn't been there after. I'm not really sure. The longer it goes, obviously the chances get better, because he is feeling good and he is skating. By the end of this week he'll have a full week of skating in. So, who knows? … Obviously, it's going to come down the coach as well, if things are going well, when do you put him in, when's the right time to do it? Obviously, he's a tremendous player, and it would be a big boost getting him back."
As for his own future, Recchi said he feels like he still has some hockey left in his 42-year-old body. "I still love the game, I still love the practice, I still love everything about it, and being in the dressing room with the guys," Recchi said. "So, at the end of the season I'll sit down. Obviously, I think I can still play and still help. It's just a matter of figuring out everything at the end of the year and figuring out what's best for me and my family."
Recchi was asked about rookie goaltender Tuukka Rask, who has developed into a young star. Said Recchi: "He's right there with all them. This kid is a world-class goalie. His composure for a 22, 23-year-old is incredible. … He made the big saves all year when we needed them, and he continues to do it."
Recchi said Rask does not get taken out of his game even when he allows a goal. "It doesn't faze him one bit," Recchi said. "He's a very, very competitive kid. He knows, he gets upset at himself, but he's able to put it aside. … Game 2 in Buffalo, he battled like a bugger. You don't see it too often, but you could see he was fighting it a little bit, he was fighting the puck. But when a goalie competes as hard as he does and fights it and battles it and is able to make the big saves really when you don't feel great is a great sign for a young goalie. He came out and we had a great win. And then he was awesome again [Monday] night."
Recchi reflected on the Bruins' revenge game against the Penguins March 18 when the fans booed the B's off the ice. "We were kind of disappointed in the way we played because we came out of that seven-game trip just before that playing great hockey and we really seemed to get more consistent," Recchi said. "We found a way to be a tougher team to play against every night and a team that is committed to being better. That's why we went on that good stretch — 8-3-1 in our last 12 games or whatever — to get ourselves in a good position for the playoffs."
To hear the interview, click on the Dale & Holley audio on demand page.
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Who would have thought that it would be the same-sex marriage proponents that would be the ones to make me rethink my tacit approval of legalizing the practice?
I just have to say, first, I hate this issue. I wish it would just go away – and it would, if the left didn't want to keep it around to scare people into voting against the scary Republicans.*
That said, my core beliefs, which are more libertarian conservative than traditionalist conservative, keep me from supporting laws that favor the moral values of one group over another, unless the law is needed to protect the rights of others.
My husband and I have had this debate over and over, where I say, laws should not be based on my moral beliefs, and he reminds me that all laws are based on someone's moral beliefs. Why shouldn't we fight for ours?
Well, because two wrongs don't make a right.
At the same time, I end up living under laws that reflect someone else's forced morality.
And those people are a bunch of intolerant bigots, guided by fear, if I could borrow their language for a moment.
Merriam-Webster defines bigot as: a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices: one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.
I would say that this reflects the attitudes coming from the left regarding conservative Christians, no?
The problem with being libertarian these days is that no one else is, not enough people to prevent our rights from being trampled, anyway.
So, I realize that, even though I believe in the biblical definition of marriage, not everyone does, but everyone deserves the same legal protections.
In return, Vermont is one step closer to silencing Bible-believing Christians and forcing them to violate their religious beliefs – and they are giddy about it.
Over at my favorite blog of tolerance, Green Mountain Daily, people were spouting off about the idiot-bigot-moron opposition to same-sex marriage, because, of course, anyone who disagrees with them has no good argument, where someone said that no one has been harmed by same-sex marriage.
I pointed out that the Catholic Charities of Boston was forced to adopt children to gay couples after Massachusetts passed a gay marriage law, so they closed their doors. I would consider that harm. The state should not force a religious organization to violate its beliefs. Then there are all of the children who were harmed by the closing of an organization known for finding homes for difficult-to-adopt children.
But Freedom of Religion is just one of those unimportant little freedoms that was merely listed in the First Amendment. It's not like the Freedom to Marry, which is made up, or the Freedom from Intolerance, which is a farce.
That's not being negatively affected by same sex marriage, that's being negatively affected by bigotry.
Ah, the magical B-word that shuts down all disagreement as invalid. If they just agreed with me, they wouldn't have had their rights violated.
Then there's this,
To me, this is an example of the problem with Church structure. The staff and board of Catholic Charities recognized that gay people often make great adoptive parents. Yet their experience and judgment is not respected because in the Catholic Church power flows one way from the top down, and not much common sense flows with it.
See! It's not the rights-violating actions of a state that refuses to recognize the freedom of religion we are supposed to have in this country; it's that pesky church! If only it would use some common sense and abandon its centuries-old beliefs.
At least there are some straight shooters, who are willing to lay it all out,
Here's the problem: religious beliefs, if granted unconditional freedom, will inevitably be used as a justification to infringe the freedoms of those who do not share them.
I see, so let's just beat them to the punch and infringe on religious freedom.
That gem was accompanied by this enlightening quote, "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." Beautiful.
So this is what we face. I guess that's what I get for supporting other people's rights, huh? I get a nice big, thanks, but now we have to continue on with our war against your beliefs.
Let me bottom line this rant, no one has a right to be accepted. You just don't. The law should not be used to force people to approve of your lifestyle, even if you claim you were born that way.
Live and let live needs to work both ways.
Frankly, I am pretty pissed about this. I am sick and tired of the left going on about freedom, when all the while they have no respect for freedom; they just want their way. But when it comes to someone else's freedom, they couldn't care less about protecting it. In fact, they want to restrict it.
My only consolation is knowing that there will be a lot more people lining up to fight back, including me. We might have supported your pursuit of legal rights, but we are not on your side in your crusade to suppress religious freedom.


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Needless Alarm
LEIGHTON, Frederick, Lord (1831 - 1896)
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Lord Leighton's Needless Alarm
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Bethesda has confirmed that the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim 'Dawnguard' downloadable expansion will release on June 26, which was previously 'tentative'.
That date's for the 'English' version - so we presume accounts for US and UK releases - while the French, Italian, German and Spanish-speaking version will be released in "mid-July".
The vampire-themed expansion will arrive first on Xbox 360 - the first two DLC packs for the sprawling RPG will be exclusive to Microsoft's console for 30 days from release.
It'll be available to download for 1600 MS Points (about £13.71). If you missed it, check out a trailer on the expansion are here.


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4 February 2013
A leading lawyer will today call for greater protections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) asylum seekers who, after facing extreme stigmatisation, isolation and physical and mental harm in their countries of origin, are put under increasing pressure to 'prove' their sexual orientation.
Delivering the 11th Annual Stonewall Lecture hosted by the Law Society, S Chelvan, a barrister at No 5 Chambers with an international reputation in the field of asylum claims based on sexual or gender identity, will claim that the UK has not done enough to protect LGBT asylum seekers.
A 2010 landmark ruling found that gay men, lesbians and bisexuals should be allowed to stay in the UK if they are not able to live openly and freely without persecution in their home country.
But asylum seekers are now put under increasing pressure to 'prove' their sexual orientation, with some governments considering tick-the-box type questionnaires, Chelvan will argue. There are currently 80 countries that criminalise consensual same-sex activity, whilst five countries impose the death penalty.
Chelvan will introduce his DSSH (Difference, Stigma, Shame, Harm) model as an alternative way of supporting refugee claims based on sexual or gender identity.
S Chelvan said:
"Gay and lesbian asylum seekers come to the UK for protection, but a culture of disbelief sees some go to extreme lengths to prove their sexuality. They find themselves in an intolerable position. It is inhumane. It is wrong."
Law Society president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff said:
"We tend to think that, in terms of LGBT rights and protections, we've got it right. That in the UK, LGBT individuals have equal rights and are protected against discrimination. Yet there is a question whether these rights and protections apply to the most vulnerable individuals: asylum seekers who have fled to the UK because in their country of origin their situation is so dire, so desperate that they fear for their own safety."
Stonewall Chief Executive Ben Summerskill said:
"We know from our work with the Foreign Office and equality campaigners worldwide that in many countries LGB & T people live in real fear for their lives. When they flee from persecution it's absolutely right that countries like Britain should treat them with respect and care. We can't return to a situation where people were being deported to countries where they were at risk of being executed just because of the way they were born."
The 11th Annual Stonewall Lecture is organised by the Law Society and the Bar Council in association with Stonewall, InterLaw Diversity Forum, and the Bar Lesbian and Gay Group.
The lecture will be chaired by The Rt. Hon. Sir Terence Etherton, The Chancellor of the High Court. The vote of thanks will be proposed by Ben Summerskill, Chief Executive of Stonewall.


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UGA notes: Richt might coach kickers; Tech, Georgia Southern return unsold tickets
ATHENS — Georgia coach Mark Richt suggested Tuesday that he might take on an added duty next season: direct responsibility for coaching the Bulldogs' kicker and punter.
"One thing that I can do as head coach is at least spend time learning the kicking and punting fundamentals well enough to be their coach," Richt said. "Right this minute I wouldn't say I have enough expertise to do that, but I think this off-season it would be wise for me to do something like that because I am freed up enough to do that.
"And if that's my contribution to special teams in the future, I think it'd be valuable."
Richt's comments came as Georgia continues to struggle on special teams and prepares to face a Florida team that excels in that area.
Georgia's special-teams problems this season have included extra points (four misses, tied for most in the SEC), net punting (last in the SEC) and punt returns (eighth in the SEC). Florida leads the nation in punting and also ranks near the top of the SEC
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A Midsummer Night's Nightmare
December 31, 2010 in Uncategorized
Compiled from the memoirs of Graham Henry, New Zealand Rugby Coach: 1 January 2011
Graham is seriously pissed. Not pissed as in drunk, pissed as in very very angry. Graham also has a massive, big, f*** off size hangover. His head feels as if both the Franks brothers used it as a trampoline and a scrum machine simultaneously.
Where did it all go so wrong? It was the perfect plan. What better way to start the All Black quest to win that bloody World Cup that has treated them like a leper colony since 1987 than to throw a champagne, caviar and crayfish bash on New Year's eve for all the "right" people. No expense was spared. Graham paid for Paddy O'Brien, Steve Walsh, Stuart Dickenson and Jonathan Kaplan to fly First Class (Platinum section) to Auckland. The treat: To spend the evening at the most exclusive resort on Lake Taupo and be amongst the first to enjoy the arrival of New Zealands WC winning year of 2011. Obviously Graham paid for their wives to accompany them in similar style. OK, in Steve's case, his boyfriend.
Oh where did it all go so wrong? The evening started spectacularly with celebrity chef Nigella Lawson doing her "thing". Nigella, at Graham's request wore an extra low cut little black number and Paddy O'Brien used the step ladder normally only reserved for easier boarding of the 80 meter yacht to get a better view of Nigella's assets. Cristal was flowing, canapes shaped in the form of little rugby balls filled with the Baltic Sea's best caviar were devoured. The piece de resistance was a lobster shower overflowing a 2 meter giant replica of the William Webb Ellis Cup. It was perfect.
Who said timing was everything? Or was it timing was the only thing? Was it John Lennon? Anyway, Graham waited for the perfect opening to broach the delicate but all important subject of New Zealand winning (no if's or but's) the 2011 World Cup. With everyone mildly drunk, but still compos mentis Graham decided to strike. The offer was simple: Red Cards for Riches. Graham, as is evident form the All Black cheating around the fringes and off-side line likes to keep things straight and simple. The KISS principle.
The offer for financial reasons obviously were restricted to only those games involving the All Blacks. For every red card dished out to an opposition player, the referee in question will recieve by way of EFT payment, within 30 seconds of the said red card being given a direct payment of one million dollars (US) into his newly created bank account in Banque de Suisse, Zurich. For every blind eye turned to off-side play by the All Blacks, a further 100 000 US will be added. For every McCaw off-side not blown a further 500 000 US. Minimum profit is guaranteed at 30 million Benjamin Franklins or whoever that ugly Yank on the dollar bill is.
To his mild surprise, Graham recieved not one iota of resistance. The deal was done. If only the evening could have ended there. It was then that that horny little leprechaun O'Brien suggested a midnight cruise on the glorious waters of Taupo to see in the new year. Naturally, he insisted that the delectable Nigella tag along. Graham, having his lawyers on speed dial to finalise the "Red Cards For Riches" contract decided to stay and finalise the small print which included penalty clauses for yellow cards only.
Steve's boyfriend assured all that he was more than a capable helmsman (ask Steve ha ha) and the last Graham saw of his masterplan was a 40 million dollar yacht disappearing into the Taupo fog so prevelant this time of the year.
Naturally Graham and his legal team finished the rest of the Cristal and some cooking sherry which Nigella hopefully will not miss. When the All Black coach again opened his lobster crusted eyelids, it was midday on the first day of 2011 and Sky News was reporting the first "Breaking News" of the new year. Several IRB top referees, including chairman Paddy O'Brien, drowned in Auckland New Zealand after what appears to be a very drunken New years brawl. The only survivor, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson confirmed that a dispute ensued between O'Brien, who insisted on a 50% cut in what she refers to as the "Red Cards For Riches" scam. The bloodbath that followed saw the yacht sunk and Nigella, using her boyant assets and a life boat escaped to safety. It is not yet sure, Sky reports, whether this incident will affect the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
A dejected Henry, after popping several asprin, started the dreaded sms to Richie: "Plan A a fuck up. Do you have a plan B?"


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In addition to being the most abundant and widespread minerals of the crust, or outermost part, of the Earth, feldspars are also major constituents of moon rocks
Feldspars are used in the manufacture of ceramics and ceramic glazes and as mild abrasives.
Feldspars are aluminosilicates, containing silicon and aluminum ions bound together by oxygen ions to form a three dimensional framework of atoms. Other ions, principally potassium, sodium, and calcium, occupy sites within the framework.
Extensive chemical variation, or solid solution, occurs between orthoclase and albite, with potassium and sodium substituting for each other. Feldspars in this range are called alkali feldspars.
Feldspars containing Ca++ as the cation charge balancing substitution of Al for Si are called Anorthite. Complete solid solution between albite and anorthite is also possible and unmixing of Na-rich from Ca-rich components results in fine scale intergrowths that produce irridescence (schiller)
Because these two ions have different charges, the proportions of aluminum to silicon in the aluminosilicate framework must also vary to maintain electrical charge neutrality.
Feldspars between albite (contains sodium (Na) and anorthite (contains calcium (Ca)) in composition are termed plagioclase.
There is little solid solution between alkali feldspars (contain potassium (K) +/- sodium (Na)) and anorthite ( contains Na and or Ca).
Although there is extensive mixing of Na and K or Na and Ca in feldspars when they are formed, as the minerals cool they would rather contain only K or Na or Ca (this is a simplification). This results in unmixing of feldspars when they are cooled, leading to play of color (schiller, labradorescence, or other terms).
THUS, a high temperature feldspar cools, albite separates and appears as small grains, bleb, or streaks within it. The resulting mixtures are termed perthites. The perthitic texture may be coarse and easily visible as slight variations in color in the crystal, or it may be microscopic and practically invisible. The coarseness of the texture depends mostly on the rate at which the feldspar was cooled the slower the cooling, the coarser the texture.
Feldspars are generally light colored minerals, white or buff to gray in color. One species, microcline, may also be light brick-red or even the green to blue green variety called amazonite.
Feldspars are slightly translucent and have a glassy, or vitreous, luster rather like that of glazed porcelain.
Because their atomic framework has planes of weakness, feldspars exhibit good cleavage, breaking readily into blocky pieces with smooth sides.
The high-temperature potassium feldspars, sanidine and orthoclase, are monoclinic in their crystal symmetry; the others are triclinic, although they retain the general atomic pattern of the monoclinic species. Because triclinic feldspars have nearly monoclinic symmetry, they commonly occur in complex intergrowths of crystals called twins, which mimic the higher monoclinic symmetry. Plagioclase in particular exhibits a prominent twinning called albite twinning. Thin, plate like crystals, oriented so as to be mirror images of each other, are intergrown. On a cleavage surface, this intergrowth causes a finely striped pattern characteristic of plagioclase.
About a dozen different patterns of twinning have been recognized in the feldspars.
The three different but closely related species of alkali feldspar are sanidine, orthoclase, and microcline. The differences among these feldspars result from details of their atomic structures, principally the different ways in which aluminum is distributed, or ordered, in the aluminosilicate frameworks of each.
In some igneous rocks and in most metamorphic rocks, microcline is the common potassium feldspar. Microcline can accommodate only a little sodium and, like orthoclase, may occur with albite. All the potassium feldspars can contain more sodium at high temperatures than at low.
Alkali feldspars occur in many rocks. They are abundant in GRANITES, a family of intrusive igneous rocks composed chiefly of alkali feldspars and quartz. Granites constitute the cores of mountain ranges; they are formed by the melting of the Earth's crust as mountains are built. Sanidine is found chiefly in some lavas, where it is preserved by rapid chilling. When cooled slowly, sanidine changes to orthoclase. Crude crystals of microcline several feet wide (among the largest of any mineral) are commonly found in PEGMATITES, coarse-grained, granitelike rocks found in mountains. Pockets yield beautiful, sharp crystals, sometimes of the green variety amazonite. Pegmatites in the granite near Pikes Peak in Colorado are famous for such Alkali feldspars are also common in many metamorphic rocks that have crystallized at high temperatures. Micas and other minerals common in lower temperature rocks tend to break down into feldspar as the temperature increase during metamorphism.
Alkali feldspars weather to clays, forming important deposits of china clay or kaolin. In arid regions, however, alkali feldspars accumulate in the sand and gravel formed by mechanical breakdown of rock. A SANDSTONE formed from this sand with more than 25 percent feldspar grains is called an ARKOSE.
Plagioclase feldspars are those ranging from albite to anorthite in composition. Plagioclase feldspars are even more abundant than the alkali species and are found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks. Crystallization of plagioclase from a melt or molten rock magma has been studied in detail. As the melt cools, the feldspar that forms is richer in calcium than the melt itself. On further cooling, feldspar that is richer in sodium forms, and the feldspar already formed tends to react with the melt and become richer in sodium as well. If cooling takes place slowly, the feldspar will be homogeneous and have the same composition as the starting melt. Under conditions of relatively rapid cooling, however, the feldspar grains will not have fully reacted and will be zoned, richer in calcium in the centers and in sodium on the outsides.
Igneous rocks that crystallize at high temperatures contain calcic plagioclase (rich in calcium), and rocks forming at lower temperatures contain sodic plagioclase (rich in sodium). A partly crystallized magma is separated into a solid rock containing calcic plagioclase and a still molten residue richer in sodium. If this residue is removed from the already solid rock, perhaps by a volcanic eruption, it forms a rock containing sodic plagioclase upon cooling. Thus a magma may be divided by igneous differentiation processes to form igneous rocks of different compositions. Plagioclases are among the most common minerals in igneous rocks; a few examples may show their variety.
Anorthosite is a rock composed principally of calcic plagioclase, usually bytownite or labradorite. Anorthosite is uncommon on the Earth, but may constitute a substantial part of the mountainous or highland regions of the Moon.
BASALT rocks contain plagioclase, magnesium, and iron-rich minerals, such as olivine or pyroxene. The sea floors and many oceanic islands, including Iceland and Hawaii, are composed of basalt. Basalt also makes up the lunar mare, or lowlands. ANDESITE, the volcanic rock of the Andes, the Cascades, and many other mountain ranges, contains substantial plagioclase. Plagioclase weathers more readily than alkali feldspars and is less common in sediments and sedimentary rocks. Albite, which may be considered either an alkali feldspar or a plagioclase, is found in some sedimentary rocks; in some sodium rich sediments it has actually grown as crystals rather than being detritus from the breakdown of other rocks.
Plagioclase is widespread in metamorphic rocks. Albite is characteristic of metamorphic rocks formed below about 500 deg C; at higher temperatures more calcic species are characteristic. Pure anorthite is found in some highly metamorphosed marbles.


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Preseason Post Game: Game #4 – Leafs 3 at Sabres 2 (SO)
It was technically-poor hockey, but between the scrums, fights and disorganized play, this was a pretty fun game to watch. Rather fitting for the game to end in a 15-round shootout that included this:
Note Enroth slashing at Ranger for trying this, making it all the more awesome.
This was a messy, chippy game for the most part, a product of rookies trying to impress and the vets generally looking half-interested.
The Leafs looked terrible for the first 40 minutes and deserved the 2-0 deficit, but they started to come on strong in the third period. A good shift from a line of fringe players vying for jobs got them back into the game. Trevor Smith and Josh Leivo battled down low before the puck made its way out to Mark Fraser on the point. A nice tip by Leivo to the side of the net redirected it to Devane in front, who finished on the backhand for his second goal of the presesason.
A few minutes later, some good work on the board in the neutral zone by Kulemin and Ashton sent McClement goal bound. With Ashton crashing the net with reckless abandon, the puck took a bounce off the defenceman's skate and beat Enroth between the legs.
The Leafs went on to win the one-goal 15-round shooout. Anybody who watched the Leafs in the shootout last season was probably wondering how many saves they would need from their goaltender to win one of these things. The answer is 15. The scorer for the Leafs was Jay McClement, who snuck a shot through Enroth to secure the all-important two points.
James Reimer was excellent in stopping 38 of 40 shots plus the 15 shootout attempts. More on that in the game notes below. Thanks to Nikhil for chipping in with his thoughts.
– The preseason scoring drought continues for Phil Kessel. Seriously, screw Craig Simpson (context: Simpson actually said, "the frustrations continue for Kessel this preseason," in the early second period).
– The Leafs defence was aggressively active in the attack tonight, with the likes of Ranger, Gardiner and Phaneuf trying to spark some offense on what was pretty much a one line team up front for most of the night. By one line team, I mean Raymond and Kessel.
– The Ranger and Gardiner pairing was a little all over the place. Gardiner was was here, there and everywhere trying to make things happen tonight. Ranger also likes to join the attack and slip into the high slot when he can (and a few times when he shouldn't have, tonight). There was a few occasions when there was no one home with this pairing on the ice. I'm assuming Gardiner will rein it in a little when the real games start.
– I don't think I'm completely confident in the top 4 I saw tonight sans Cody Franson, but it was a pretty tough game to judge.
– Bozak put on a clinic on how to blindly throw the puck in Kessel's general direction and often times into the other team's possession. It almost led to a goal when he got a friendly bounce off a forced cross-ice pass, but he had a pretty poor game overall. Credit where it is due, he had one good defensive play in overtime that led to a powerplay. He proceeded to botch three good chances on said powerplay. The Leafs should've won the game right then and there, but that would've denied us of the best shootout attempt ever concocted via Paul Ranger.
– With 38 saves on 40 shots, Reimer had a fantastic night, fighting back from a two goal deficit with his trademark perseverance. Reimer's never been given the job with any certainty in his time with the Leafs, with this season looking like it would have been the exception. Competition has never stopped him from excelling or improving in year's past, and there's no reason to think that the young tender won't rise to the challenge of the incumbent Bernier and all his media-driven accolades.
– Mason Raymond saw over twenty minutes of ice tonight and looked good in the process. His speed is his most obvious skill, but his versatility is what will truly make him a valued addition to this team. As opposed to someone like Clarke MacArthur, Raymond can bounce around on any line with any responsibility to good effect. He was used as such in Vancouver and early indications are that he will perform well in such a capacity in Toronto. Compare that to MacArthur, who struggled mightily out of a top six role on his way to numerous healthy scratches. Raymond created a lot of offensive opportunities tonight and made a few good plays on the backcheck to boot.
– Carter Ashton or Jamie Devane for that fourth line winger slot? Most would go with Ashton's significantly higher upside, hockey skills, and draft pedigree. But, this team's personnel is decided in large part by Carlyle. With that in consideration, you know that a bruiser like Devane will always get some looks to replace the injured McLaren/Orr. It doesn't hurt his case that Devane has some ability to work along the boards with modest offensive inclinations.
– I'm not going to look up the Leafs' PK numbers in the preseason, but I think it's been doing pretty well. Tonight, the primary forward duos of Kulemin and McClement and Ashton-Colborne got plenty of work as there were no shortage of penalties in this one.
– A better night from Joe Colborne. Strong two-way play throughout, and he looked a little looser out there than games previous, holding onto the puck a little more down low.
– David Broll is already a better hockey player than Orr and McLaren, but he's no heavyweight pugilist. He does weigh a lot, but he's got a ways to go in the fighting department. He got kind of embarrassed by Cody McCormick in a first period bout.
– Ashton got into it with Ott by the Buffalo bench in the first period and acquitted himself well in the ensuing scrap. Ashton is considerably bigger and stronger than Ott, and it showed as he caught the Buffalo captain with a couple of good ones before scoring the take down. As Ott quickly realized, while Ashton is a rookie and not a known fighter, you don't have to be to beat up Steve Ott.
– Stuart Percy was good again tonight. His ability to make the right play with a high level of consistency is really impressive for a defenceman his age. I don't think he missed the mark on any of his passes, and his best play of the game was cutting out a 2 on 1 when Dion Phaneuf got caught up ice on a pinch.
Post Game Discussion Questions:
1) Where does Stuart Percy stand on the depth chart?
2) Who among Joe Colborne, Carter Ashton, Jamie Devane, Trevor Smith and David Broll is going to be on the opening roster? A lot of cap considerations involved there.
3) How comfortable are you with a top 4 of Phaneuf, Gunnarsson, Gardiner and Ranger to start the season?
4) Is there any one against giving Raymond a one-year deal at this point? The better question is – is it even workable under the cap?


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The Facts About Tu Du Hospital
It is the leading specialized clinic for obstetrics, gynecology and family planning for Vietnam. In 1996, Tu Du was chosen to be the place for "reproductive health" development. Since being rewarded the Labor Hero title in 1985, Tu Du's great efforts to apply the world's leading medical technology have surprised its overseas partners and won the people's trust. Since 1997, Tu Du Hospital has had a sperm bank and carried out in-vitro fertilization with a success rate equal to other countries in the region with advanced health services.
In April 1999 when the second phase of the test-tube program took place, Tu Du Hospital carried out 350 in vitro fertilization, 30%-35% of which were successful. Tu Du Hospital also performed intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to help infertile couples. Fertilization occurred in 65% of injected eggs, and the success rate of in vitro fertilization is 55%. For the past few years, more than 40 babies have been born through this method. That triumph helped Tu Du Hospital to get the Kovalevskaya prize in 1998. Vietnam's first successful IVF cycle was started in 1997 and the first three IVF babies were born on April 30, 1998.
According to Thanh Nien newspaper, an established English paper, Tu Du's Artificial Reproductive Technology Deputy Director Vuong Thi Ngoc Lan said IVF in Vietnam has made great advancements since the country was involved in 1997. The doctor said Vietnam is leading the ASEAN region in IVF technologies.
Foreign clients have approached ART in Vietnam before 1999, but the program has become well known in the expatriate community and abroad. Annually since 2002, almost nine percent or 100 ART clients at Tu Du Hospital have been.
Tu Du Hospital conduct approximately 1,000 IVF cycles a year and each cycle is approximately $3,000 which covers pre and post IVF care. From testing the woman's hormones to ovulation stimulation medications to the final pregnancy testing if the couple should opt to stay in Vietnam to wait for results.
Review: Affordable IVF at Tu Du Hospital, Is it Recommended?
I visited Tu Du Hospital at Cong Quynh Street, D1 and made a few observations about the facility, medical staff, and the patients that come to Tu Du.
First, this is a Vietnamese hospital as opposed to an international hospital. For those that have not lived or traveled abroad, a local hospital is catered to locals so certain informal standards are applied at the facility which are not found at an international hospital. Tu Du Hospital may boast the best IVF facility with the latest technology, but walking through the front doors did not instill any confidence or security that this is a first class Infertility Clinic. The waiting room was filled with Vietnamese couples staring blankly at naked walls, while only two triage nurses were on-hand to assist with the paperwork. In a tropical country such as Vietnam, where the temperature reaches over 100 degree F, there was no air conditioning to keep the patients comfortable. Patients were slowly called up to the counter to complete the paperwork. Being a local hospital, the literature, the staff, and the patients are all in Vietnamese. If you come here, you have to bring a translator who can communicate and translate the signs and forms.
Second, the examination rooms are less than pristine with dark lighting, giving me the sense that it may not be the most sterile. The waiting room was filled with low lights and the examination room was wide open the entire time I waited to see the doctor. The building was old and exam rooms could use a facelift.
The fertility doctor that I spoke to was rude and unhelpful. He demanded that I pay a consultation fee before he talked to me, which was fair enough as his time is valuable and I'm not his patient. However, his dismissive behavior was unnecessary as my flight to Saigon was more 10 times more than the consultation fee and was not even a concern.
While I didn't mind paying the fee, I explained to the doctor that I only need a few minutes of his time to clarify some legal issues regarding IVF treatment in Vietnam. His uninterest and disdain was palpable. Of the last three years that I have met and talked to REs and nurses in infertility clinics, I have never encountered such indifference and rudeness. In fact, when I was at the counter to talk to the nurse, some people were coming up to the counter to listen in to my conversation. The nurse did and said nothing except to ask me what was my infertility problem. No way was I discussing anything with her in front of five strangers who happened to be curious.
In general, my previous encounter with Tu Du Hospital has been via email with the Infertility Director, Dr. Tuyet, and she has been very forthcoming with the information. IVF in Vietnam is approximately $2,000 – $3,000 which includes the ovulation stimulation medication and monitoring. Dr. Tuyet was not at the hospital when I visited and any inquiries must be made via email. She has responded to numerous emails from me regarding IVF at Tu Du and I was expecting my experience to be more friendly than what had happened.
They perform all infertility treatment, HOWEVER, unless it is the traditional IVF or IUI, any other type of procedure such as donor egg/sperm, are only reserved for locals. Foreigners are prohibited. Surrogacy is allowed for locals, but not foreigners. Gender selection is NOT allowed in Vietnam.
Tu Du Hospital does do IVF, they are only one of a handful of hospitals that are licensed to do IVF in Vietnam. If you are prepared to handle the stress of working with the Vietnamese and put up with the less than stellar treatment by the nurses and doctors, then Vietnam is the right option for you. Be prepared mentally and do not expect it to be a Western facility.
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I was wondering if there were any people out there who have grown giant gourds. I tried growing an Atlantic Giant this summer but it didn't work out. I have a pretty good idea what went wrong but I was wondering if the giant green squash I've seen are any easier to grow. I'm not looking to enter any contests I just love the look of people on Halloween when they see a 600 lb. Jack-O-Lantern on my front lawn (I bought one last year). I would appreciate any input.
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- Posted by Sandbagger Eastcoastzone7 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 25, 05 at 16:12
Actually, for whatever reason giant green squash seem a bit harder to grow and at least as of now havent gotten as big as Atlantic giant pumpkins. The world record for giant green squash is 990lbs while the pkn record is 1446. A far cry from 1990 when the world record for anything--pkns or squash-- was 821lbs and held by a squash ! As for growing them they really are the same beast...just better looking in green ! |
they are basically the same plant just different colored fruit, back in the early days the Giant green squash were actually outpacing the atlantic giants in size and there was a lot of speculation as to which would break the 1000 mark first? many said it was going to the green squash, but we all know know that it was the pumpking that won out in the end, i believe the size difference now is due to the fact that many more growers started growing the pumpkin instead of the squash, thereby selection the biggest and the best seed to cross breed resulting in bigger pumpkins, the squash kinda fell by the wayside, until recently when they have been making a comeback, i grew a greenie for the first time last year while my pumpkin broke the 1000 mark, my squash just barely broke 600 lbs, however the pumpkin got more care and grew in a sunnier patch location than the greenie. i expect we'll see lots of +1000 lb greenies in the near future?! |
- Posted by Sandbagger Eastcoastzone7 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 3, 05 at 16:04
Well, if you were watching you saw three 1000 lb plus greenies get wieghed this year. There has never been an officially wieghed 1000lber before this year and now theres three ! A new world record of 1019 by Todd Swartz lasted a short while until Bob MacKenzie wieghed two 1000lber greenies ! Bob holds the NEW World RECORD for 100% green/grey/blue "true green" squash of 1063lbs. Congratz to Bob and Todd for their accomplishments ! |
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Catherine wants Dr. Webber to come home with her so she can not coddle him. The pussyfooting interns are afraid to address his apparently obvious symptomatic pancreatic leak -- and eww, I might be, as well. This whole story line is so tragic. But as Richard commands Leah "Who?" Murphy to lift his gown and give him a proper hands-on exam, I can't help hearing Jim Morrison (another new intern) singing C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon now touch me, babe. Can't you see that I am not afraid? So it wasn't all that terrible.
Anyway, Richard won't grant Catherine's wish. He just wants to stay at the hospital all the time. (Yang would confirm it: He's one of the greats!) "These fools need me," he insists, referring to the interns. But do they need his particular diseased body or do they need his medical guidance? You don't have to do both, Chief! Sometimes you can't give 100 percent!
Finally, Jo, whose "dog face" (ha, Alex) increasingly reminds me of an inquisitive Care Bear, attempts to get Alex talking to his dad. He won't -- the last time he saw Jimmy, he punched him in the face -- but she won't give up. Jo wants to find Jimmy a rehab center so he doesn't die before finally, someday, in the faraway future, maybe having a conversation with his son. But Jimmy can't afford those places. Not the good ones. He's not Christina Aguilera.
No worries -- Jo gets him into a rehab center free of charge. Jimmy refuses to go -- he knows he'll just end up letting her down like everyone else in his life -- and rides the elevator with his son before leaving the hospital for good. I bet he will go to rehab, and after a change of heart (Alex was this close to saying something in that elevator) his son will go find him. Or, Jimmy will re-enter the hospital in a matter of days with fresh tracks all over his limbs. It's not over.
Barely any Owen in this ep, but he'll be dating the Mighty Ducks girl (Marguerite Moreau) next week. She made him banana bread to get through the work day! Man, I could've used some of that.
Coming up (in Meredith's worst nightmare): Zola snorts Oxy behind the day care.
All in all, episode 5 left me dancing around my apartment all dressed up in a super-fancy shirt… yet strangely pantless -- and jonesing hard for an amazing grilled cheese, peanut butter, and honey sandwich on banana bread. Can't lie. I'd eat it!
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I'm currently reading J. Christaan Beker's Paul's Apocalyptic Gospel in an effort to go deeper into exploring the apocalyptic nature of the New Testament. So far it promises to be a pretty good summary the way in which Paul's theology is shaped by an apocalyptic vision of God's invasion of the cosmos in Christ's death and resurrection, a reality which is at once politically and metaphysically subversive to the stable givens of the world. However, I must register an initial concern with the way in which Beker is approaching the matter. It's not that anything he's said is outright wrong, it is rather that "apocalyptic" seems to be functioning for him as a sort of conceptual cipher. He states things like "apocalyptic is the product of a severe contradiction between legitimate expectations and reality." He goes on to contrast an existential and an apocalyptic life-view, which each "arise from different perspectives on life."
The problem I see hovering behind all this is that it reduces "apocalyptic" to a sort of type, a stable notion which Paul's story of Jesus typifies. It reders apocalyptic as a literary form, or a cultural sensibility that is stable and definable in nature. However, the whole essence of the apocalypse of Jesus is precisely that it intrudes, disrupts, and subverts the stable givens of the hegemonic reality of the world. Apocalyptic may be a "view" of the world that derives from situations of extreme contradiction, but that doesn't necessarily tell us anything about the apocalypse of Jesus.
The point, both for theologians and biblical scholars is not to be taken with the notion of apocalyptic, but rather to explore, in conversation with all the relevant biblical and theological sources and authorities, the nature of Christ's apocalypse in its radical singularity as the Trinitarian epiphany of God's love invading the cosmos. What is needed is not to posit apocalyptic as a sort of hermeneutic through which we understand Jesus; rather we must allow our hermeneutics to be disrupted by the actuality of the Messianic event which does not merely conform to an apocalyptic genre, but subverts it along with all other genres, or explanatory schemes. What we need is not a stable hermeneutic of apocalypse which will then make Jesus intelligible. Rather we require a posture of constant openness, constant contemplation of the invading mystery of God in Jesus which always exceeds such conceptual schemes. What we need is not apocalyptic, but the actuality of Jesus, who goes on ahead of us, appearing and disappearing at will, always lying just beyond our reach, never assimilable, always and ever new.


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When AU TRW 1465 wandered into John Kosidowski's garage in Goodview last Saturday, he probably wasn't feeling terribly lucky.
But little did the wayward pigeon know, he had come to the right place.
Kosidowski and his wife Rita had just returned home when a youngster across the street chased the bird, causing it to waddle over to their open garage, and right away Kosidowski noticed two things.
One was the telltale bands around the bird's leg, meaning he was likely a racing pigeon. The second was that the little guy looked awfully, awfully tired.
With a net Kosidowski scooped up the tame but shy bird, holding him close to scribble down the numbers off the band.
It turns out Kosidowski used to race pigeons himself back in the day, and he knew those numbers meant there was an owner out there wondering where this pigeon had ended up.
Using the Internet, Kosidowski traced the numbers to the Three Rivers Flying Club in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a Lake Michigan town about 200 miles away.
The birds Kosidowski used to race in his youth went short distances, perhaps 25 miles or so. But he knew it was entirely possible this bird had been released as part of a race, perhaps in La Crosse, and somehow lost its course on the way to Manitowoc.
It turns our Kosidowski was right and wrong. The bird had been part of a race, and it had good reason to be tired.
Through contacts at the American Racing Pigeon Union in Oklahoma, he learned the pigeon had been released in Topeka, Kansas, on June 28, about 550 miles from Manitowoc.
A bird can probably traverse that distance in a day, Kosidowski said, flying 45 miles an hour and with a mysterious homing beacon that will always lead it back to the spot where it hatched.
Well, almost always.
AU TRW 1465, which Kosidowski nicknamed "Freedom" for his independent flight and Independence Day weekend appearance, was either very lost or was enjoying an extended tour of the Midwest, because after a week he still had a long way to go.
Thanks to his past experience with birds, and pigeons in particular, Kosidowski knew to give the bird some corn and water and a quiet place to rest.
Freedom didn't really seem sick, Kosidowski said, just very tired. "When he was sitting still he looked like he was falling asleep, just really droopy," he said.
Through a series of e-mails, Kosidowski also learned that Freedom had made another stop on his Minnesota tour, ending up in the care of someone named Amy in Red Wing on July 2.
The flight club told Amy the same thing they told Kosidowski: Let the bird go, he'll make his way home.
Well, Winona is kind of getting headed in the right direction towards home for the pigeon, Kosidowski thought, but that he only made it 60 miles in three days probably meant he needed a good rest before he tried it again.
Aside from Freedom's exhausted state, the persistent threat of storms made Kosidowski reluctant to let the bird go right away, so he arranged with the club to release him Saturday instead.
What will become of Freedom Kosidowski isn't sure, although the internal GPS of these pigeons defies explanation, he said.
The birds can't even be sold and later raced again, because they will always return to the place where they were hatched, no matter how far, Kosidowski said.
When Freedom eventually and hopefully flies into his coop in Manitowoc, the tiny magnetic device in his other band will send a signal to stop time on the race.
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I actually think that this rework is really nice. Actually the reason why I bought Karma in the first place was her fans...but after playing with her I realized that her fans didn't have the central focus in her kit that I wanted. So I think that removing the fans from Karma and giving them to a more fan-centric warrior would be better for that. Otherwise the rework looks amazing except for the really weird back posture. That looks a bit unnatural. Maybe you could also cover up either her shoulders or more of her leg. I mean you could keep the tattoo and make her dress go to her knee instead of exposing her entire leg. You could still keep her new and re-imagined image with that. Still I was waiting for this remake and am happy that this is finally coming out! Thank you!!!
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I think I am starting to get it now. I didn't understand why you couldn't just add the fans and the dress to one skin. I did realize that there might be several complications that made it difficult, but I really wanted a direct answer, "we can't do that because ... "
I still feel like it hasn't been properly answered. I realize that I'm just being both thick, and a bit difficult about it. However, I would appreciate it if we could just settle that once and for all, so I can put this behind me without feeling that there has to be some way.
So I will try something different. I will explain my impressions of the reasons behind why these things were removed, and how that might explain why it won't happen in any of her skins. That might make it easier to correct me, confirm and perhaps elaborate some. I would appreciate that, even if this is just about me having a really hard time looking into the future and knowing that, in not too long, I will never see my favourite champion again.
Though; I am slowly starting to let go of my grudge against Riot, for doing this to me. I knew I had no right to feel that way, it wasn't fair to you guys, and that is why I have been here with my walls of text. I was really trying to get a grip, and that was hard when you went so fast. However, I realize the leak forced your hand in a less than ideal manner. I might even be starting to look forward to the rework, because I expect a lot from you guys, and you are reworking a basic concept I love. A new friend can't replace an old one, but it is better than being left alone, to put it dramatically.
But yes, I got sidetracked again >.<
Here goes:
The fans:
As I understand it, you don't want to add fans. They will break some design principle(s) and distract players because they don't serve any function. It would also conflict with animations as people move differently with empty hands, and look like they were a part of her abilities because hands hold tools. And maybe it would be silly for Karma to take her beloved fans into the battlefield if she doesn't use them, especially if she has them in her hands.
Is that it? Are there more reasons not to?
But then, people bring surfboards to the fields of justice... Themed skins doesn't have to make sense, and we already have a japanese-themed skin. I would appreciate an explanation as to why she can't be holding fans and have that lovely idle animation where she calmly cools herself, in the sakura skin. If "that would just be too much work" is the explanation, I can accept that. But it would salvage 2/3rds of what I am way too attatched to. ...people can handle a little confusion in a themed skin, they are supposed to be silly.
Wait, IronStylus was in charge of her design? You put > IronStylus < in charge!? No
wonder she ended up so *sob* practical. It is a miracle she didn't end up in full plate.
He must have shown inhuman restraint. Or. Could he have known that the
hidden gem that is our Karma, was able to take the spot of "my bestest character"
from not only Ahri, but Leona!? Did he realize that this gem, if polished, had the
potential to reveal that strong women did not need to rely on practical things like
armour and ... Where was I, oh (Im on to you, IronStylus...).
Ahem! The dress:
You have said several times that a dress is very difficult to implement in general, and that it conflicts with her new animations and stuff. So basically it would be a nightmare to implement. Is a dress in itself so difficult that it is cheaper to crush our spirits, than to implement? Uh, I mean, is it a dress in general, or is it the nature of her animations that complicates it enough to seal the deal? Are those so central to her new design, that it is impossible to adapt said animations to fit a dress in a different skin? You'd have to redesign her, again?
Damnation, It was too impractical, it even restrics and hinders the animators XD
Am I on the right track? It just gets in the way of everything, so it is gone for good? I hate to admit that I can understand some of the difficulties. Yet. Is it realistic that, if you make it a legendary skin one day, it won't exceed the amount of effort you put into such skins? Pulsefire Ezreal, go home. Impractical Karma will blow you away!
But it is at least obvious that the dress is not happening, in any current skin, and that makes me a very sad panda, because it forces me to swallow that the sakura skin won't have a foot-length kimono >.< I am starting to suspect you had to redesign the entire skin, and there goes my last hope. You would have said so if it had fans, and the dress is obviously a no-go! >.<
Thoughts, comments, corrections?
This ends my "I need to hear this directly, and would love some elaboration" request.
Though! I really think a legendary skin is brilliant idea! I mean, I bet people would love all the work of a legendary being channeled into pulling off a dress, and implementing some old animations and fans. Yes. Solid idea! What? Don't look at me with such pity! This is a great idea! ... I AM NOT IN DENIAL! *runs off sobbing*
Sillyness aside: If you do me the favour of making me understand this, I will do you the favour of shutting up about it! XD I apologize for being thick, but I am both curious and I want to understand these things. I hope you can provide some feedback, unless Riot plans to reveal more about this later on.
Anyway, as I said, I appreciate you taking the time to do this. I didn't understand anything Riot was doing, and taking everything in good faith was becoming too much after months of anxiety with only scraps of information, and then the way this was revealed. You are well on the way to earn the dubious honour of becoming my favourite Rioter. And, if you knew how much I respect guys like Lyte, Xypherous, Zilean, IronStylus (though now probably as my arch enemy) and Morello, you might even be happy about it!
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"This is absurd," said Khursheed Navder, an associate professor of nutrition and food science at Hunter College in New York City. "I completely think it is very preliminary, and you need major randomized trials. It's nothing to get thrilled about."Hirsutism is a condition that can occur in both men and women, but, for obvious reasons, it is more of a cosmetic concern in women. The hair growth is a result of unnaturally high levels of androgens such as testoserone.
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