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I'm currently taking two online courses via Coursera. One seems to have generated a lot of traction – Dan Ariely's A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior has registered more than 135,000 students. In fact, Coursera has, in less than a year, enrolled more than 3 million 'students' in more than 10 million courses, proving than MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) have the potential to be a truly disruptive technology for the education system. Coincidentally, the other course I'm taking is entitled, Surviving Disruptive Technologies and that's what I want to focus on this week.
Over the last year we've seen the rise of the 3D printer. Bre Pettis, the founder of MakerBot, the leading consumer 3D printer maker, gave a keynote address at SxSW this year. 3D printing has raised discussions around such diverse subjects as guns,food and clothes, but it's perhaps a more conventional use of 3D printing that has led one beloved brand to get in front of what it sees as a potential future. According toSociable, LEGO will be unveiling their own 3D printer by the end of the year. In an article titled, Is Lego about to embrace the Dark Side by releasing an official 3D printer? (complete with image of LEGO Star Wars figure), the Danish company "says that along with the printer they will also release a selection of their 2013 range of Lego sets as downloadable files. All official sets produced from 2014 will be available for download from the Lego Web Store. Once downloaded, the plans will let users print all the required bricks for their new sets."
Ok, it was an April's Fools Day joke by the gang at Sociable. Full disclosure: I fell for it. Tweeted a link to the story and started writing this essay under the assumption it was legit. Seems a bit silly, but if you're taking that Disruptive Technologies class, it doesn't seem so far fetched. In the class we are focusing on three brands – Kodak, Blockbuster and Borders who all got crushed by Disruptive Technologies. Now, I'd argue they all got crushed by the same disruptive technology, the Internet, just different applications of it. But let's go back and think about LEGO for a minute. If in 3-5 years thousands of people have 3D printers in their house and can easily produce LEGO blocks at home maybe taking a 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" strategy isn't a bad idea. Didn't we all look at Kodak, Blockbuster and Borders and ask why they didn't create Instagram, Netflix and Amazon respectively before those latter companies put the former out of business? And don't we all think that universities all around the country are trying to figure out what they are going to do about Coursera?
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(b) In general, the Army, within the Department of the Army, includes land combat and service forces and such aviation and water transport as may be organic therein. It shall be organized, trained, and equipped primarily for prompt and sustained combat incident to operations on land. It is responsible for the preparation of land forces necessary for the effective prosecution of war except as otherwise assigned and, in accordance with integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of the peacetime components of the Army to meet the needs of war.
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Following a series of similar widely ridiculed so-called "sting" operations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced last week that it had foiled yet another "terror plot" that, like virtually every supposed "terrorist" case in recent years, was created and managed from start to finish by the FBI itself. This time, the dupe was a 28-year-old California man, Matthew Aaron Llaneza, with a documented history of mental illness, who apparently believed his government handlers were helping him wage "jihad." Critics, however, say the whole scheme smacks of entrapment and a waste of taxpayer money.
Llaneza was arrested by federal agents on February 7 in Oakland after he supposedly tried to blow up a bogus bomb the FBI helped him create. According to authorities, the mentally ill San Jose suspect planned to detonate the fake explosives outside a Bank of America branch. The alleged plan, officials said, was to start a "civil war" by making it appear as if the attack had been carried out by "anti-government militias," sparking a crackdown by the government on right-of-center dissidents.
"Unbeknownst to Llaneza, the explosive device that he allegedly attempted to use had been rendered inoperable by law enforcement and posed no threat to the public," the FBI admitted in a press release celebrating the arrest of its mentally unstable stooge. The man was charged in a criminal complaint with "attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against property used in an activity that affects interstate or foreign commerce." If convicted, he could face life in prison.
According to the government's court filings, the mentally ill man met with an undercover FBI agent late last year under mysterious circumstances. The federal official somehow managed to convince the naïve dupe that he was connected to the "Taliban and the mujahidin in Afghanistan" — Islamist forces that were originally armed and trained by the U.S. government before becoming official enemies. From there, federal handlers worked with the man to develop the half-baked plot and the fake bomb to blow something up.
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Really? That amuses me. Anyway I'm sorry for Blaspheming and such... in fact I changed the name to Meatball Monster to downplay the resemblance to this whole thing as the only people that were visiting it were my friends anyway. At this point I think any posts to this thread would be instigation anyway as you seem to take this a lot more seriously than I do. So as a favour to me, will you please delete this thread?
Also if you can give me a name other than Pastafarian I'll use that also if I like it.
But yeah essentially I created this thread when I created the blog through a surge of foolish pride and so on - and it seems now that my blog has so little to do with the FSM that I feel I can change it to whatever I want But still its your forum and I didn't really mean to piss you off - to be honest... I thought you guys were messing with me the whole time.


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(3) nondiscriminatory procurement policies with respect to such products and services and the inclusion under the Agreement on Government Procurement of the procurement (by sale or lease by government-owned or controlled entities) of all telecommunications products and services;
(5) the elimination of subsidies, violations of intellectual property rights, and other unfair trade practices that distort international trade in telecommunications products and services;
(6) the elimination of investment barriers that restrict the establishment of foreign-owned business entities which market such products and services;
(7) assurances that any requirement for the registration of telecommunications products, which are to be located on customer premises, for the purposes of—
be limited to the certification by the manufacturer that the products meet the standards established by the foreign country for preventing harm to the network or network personnel;
(8) transparency of, and open participation in, the standards-setting processes used in foreign countries with respect to telecommunications products;
(9) the ability to have telecommunications products, which are to be located on customer premises, approved and registered by type, and, if appropriate, the establishment of procedures between the United States and foreign countries for the mutual recognition of type approvals;
(10) access to the basic telecommunications network in foreign countries on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions (including nondiscriminatory prices) for the provision of value-added services by United States suppliers;
(11) the nondiscriminatory procurement of telecommunications products and services by foreign entities that provide local exchange telecommunications services which are owned, controlled, or, if appropriate, regulated by foreign governments; and
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Director Harald Zwart tapped cinematographer Geir Hartly Andreassen, FSF to help bring City of Bones, the first book in author Cassandra Clare's bestselling series "The Mortal Instruments," to the big screen.
Aimed at young adults, this urban-fantasy series centers around a teenage girl named Clary Fray who discovers that she is a Shadowhunter, which is a human-angel hybrid. Set in contemporary New York, City of Bones follows Clary (played by Lily Collins) as she joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters in search of her missing mother (Lena Headey). Clary is introduced to a dangerous and different New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures.
Andreassen said both the story and director drew him to the project. "The fact that Harald was on the movie and asked me to join him was enough to make the movie attractive, but this is also a great story. I knew that the shoot would contain a lot of interesting and extreme environments where I could really challenge myself professionally."
Andreassen has known Zwart for about 20 years and says his directing style is everything a cinematographer could wish for. "He is an extremely multi-talented director with a hands-on approach. He has an amazing personality and an energy that charges the whole crew. Harald's positivity and good vibes inspire everyone on set to try to achieve the best possible quality for the movie."
The filmmakers decided early on that film would be the right medium to put some realism into this fantasy world.
"We shot this movie on 35mm Panavision 'Scope which makes it look absolutely gorgeous," says the director. "I know I'm one of the few still holding back on doing digital. I'm not going to argue for or against either, but I think for this movie, where there's a lot of romance and skin tones and beautiful colors, shooting it in a traditional fashion on film gives it a very special look."
"Film is still the best image capture and the best reality buffer," adds Andreassen. "The rich skin tones and overall texture are unbeatable. I think it will take a long time until digital will achieve the soft and organic look of film stocks.
"And because this story does contain a lot of otherworldly sequences, we needed to achieve a natural and realistic look so that the audience could explore and experience this new fantastical world alongside our main character Clary. We created a science of sorts for all these supernatural things in the movie. For example, how the Shadowhunters used the frequencies and multiple dimensions to do their 'job.' This helped us to construct the look of the different environments."
Andreassen's camera package included the Panaflex Millennium XL2 Camera and a set of Panavision G-series Anamorphic Prime Lenses. He chose KODAK VISION3 250D Color Negative Film 5207 for all of the exteriors and some of the daylight interiors, and he used KODAK VISION3 500T Color Negative Film 5219 for all other scenes.
"One of my goals was to achieve as many of the looks as possible in the camera," notes Andreassen. "The final grading was not a lot different from the dailies. There are a lot of dark environments in this story, so I also decided to take advantage of the low-light capacity and fine grain of the 500T stock. Combined with the Panavision G-Series lenses, we got just the look we wanted."
The 12-week shoot for City of Bones took place at a number of practical locations in Toronto, Canada, including the University of Toronto's stately Knox College and Casa Loma, a historic medieval castle. Specially-built sets at Cinespace Film Studio stood in for the settings in New York City.
"One nighttime shoot took place in an old, destroyed, kind of burnt out hotel, and Harald wanted it to have the look and mood of complete darkness," cites Andreassen. "I pushed the lighting to the limit of exposure, and let the actors handhold LED props to illuminate their faces. It worked out great."
Over 24 million copies of Clare's books have been sold, and the series has been translated into 36 languages. The filmmakers knew they had the added pressure of a large built-in fan base to please.
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In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the cat's table — as far from the Captain's Table as can be — with a ragtag group of insignificant adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: one man talks with them about jazz and women, another opens the door to the world of literature. The narrator's elusive, beautiful cousin Emily becomes his confidante, allowing him to see himself with a distant eye for the first time, and to feel the first stirring of desire. Another Cat's Table denizen, the shadowy Miss Lasqueti, is perhaps more than what she seems. And very late every night, the boys spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and his fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever.
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"The Cat's Table is an exquisite example of the richness that can flourish in the gaps between fact and fiction....Ondaatje has an eerily precise grasp of the immediacy of a child's world view, and an extraordinary sense of individual destiny....It is an adventure story, it is a meditation on power, memory, art, childhood, love and loss. It displays a technique so formidable as to seem almost playful. It is one of those rare books that one could reread an infinite number of times, and always find something new within its pages." Evening Standard (UK)
"This book is wonderful, offering all the best pleasures of Ondaatje's writing: his musical prose, up-tempo; his ear for absurd, almost surreal dialogue, which had me laughing out loud in public as I read; his admiration for craftsmanship and specialized language in the sciences and the trades; and his sumptuous evocations of sensual delight....In many ways, this book is Ondaatje's most intimate yet." Globe and Mail (Canada)
"A treasure chest of escapades from a pitch-perfect writer, an immaculate observer of the dance of humans, giving us an intoxicating mix of tenderly rendered boy's eye perspective and the musings of the older narrator looking back on this intensely formative voyage....It is a classic, perfect premise for a novel packed with possibilities. Put it in the hands of one of the most subtle and surprising masters of world writing, Michael Ondaatje, and unalloyed joy lies latent in every sentence and sensuous quirk of the narrative. This is simply blissful storytelling....Think the seafaring Joseph Conrad, with an invigorating infusion of Treasure Island, a touch of Mark Twain." The Scotsman (UK)
"Ondaatje's best novel since his Booker Prize-winning The English Patient....[An] air of the meta adds a gorgeous, modern twist to the timeless story of boys having an awfully big adventure....As always, Ondaatje's prose is lyrical, but here it is tempered; the result is clean and full of grace." Publishers Weekly (starred)
"A graceful, closely observed novel that blends coming-of-age tropes with a Conradian sea voyage....Beautifully detailed, without a false note: It is easy to imagine, in Ondaatje's hands, being a passenger in the golden age of transoceanic voyaging, amid a sea of cocktail glasses and overflowing ashtrays, if in this case a setting more worthy of John le Carré than Noel Coward....Elegiac, mature, and nostalgic — a fine evocation of childhood, and of days irretrievably past." Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"Ondaatje is justly recognized as a master of literary craft....The novel tells of a journey from childhood to the adult world, as well as a passage from the homeland to another country, something of a Dantean experience." Annie Proulx, The Guardian (UK)
"Ondaatje's wondrous prose feels more alive to the world than ever before....This is a simpler story, more simply told, than Ondaatje has accustomed his readers to....Yet The Cat's Table is no less thrilling in its attempts to capture beauty in its various and terrifying forms." Financial Times (UK)
"Richly enjoyable, often very funny, and gleams like a really smart liner on a sunny day....The magic of this fine book is in the strange inventiveness of its episodes. Ondaatje is really the master of incident in the novel, and the enchantments wash over the reader in waves....The beauty of Ondaatje's writing is in its swift accuracy; it sings with the simple precision of the gaze." Daily Telegraph (UK)
"The Cat's Table is Ondaatje's most accessible, most compelling novel to date. It may also be his finest...Ondaatje's prose is, as always, stunning....The Cat's Table is a breathtaking account not only of boyhood, but of its loss. It is a novel filled with utterly unique characters and situations, but universal in its themes, heartbreakingly so, and a journey the reader will never forget." Vancouver Sun
"An eloquent, elegiac tribute to the game of youth and how it shapes what follows....One of the strengths of the novel is the sheer brilliance of characterization on show. The bit players on board the Oronsay are almost Dickensian in their eccentricity and lovability....In The Cat's Table, he has not only captured with acute precision the precarious balance of his characters' existence on the move but also the battle that adults wage for the retention of the awe and wonder they once took for granted in their childhood. Ultimately, Ondaatje has created a beautiful and poetic study hre of what it means to have your very existence metaphorically, as well as literally, all at sea." Independent on Sunday (UK)
"A novel superbly poised between the magic of innocence and the melancholy of experience." Economist (UK)
"Is there a novelist who writes more compellingly about tenderness than Ondaatje?....The Cat's Table is a voyage of discovery for the reader as well as for its narrator. I loved the book, was dazzled by its language, and looked forward to turning each page to learn what would happen next." Montreal Gazette
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ATOMIC: Belated birthday wishes. You did not have a lot of time to celebrate, right? BENJAMIN RAICH: Thank you. Yes, that's true. I was on the plane to Oslo. But on the day before my departure I celebrated with my family in advance. We had some coffee and cake. That's how I like it best. ATOMIC: Do you still remember where you were on the 10th of March 1996 - that was 16 years ago? RAICH: Yes, I was also in Norway, just a few kilometers away from here, in Hafjell where I participated in a slalom race. That was my big aim in that year. The Junior World Champion title was a great thing, but it was even more important to take part in the World Cup. It was just ingenious to race with Tomba, Sykora and Stangassinger, who was my roommate, and to watch the best athletes of the world do their job. In the first run, I was quite good and daring. But unfortunately I straddled a gate close to the finish. ATOMIC: Your exceptional career then started two seasons later when you won in Schladming in front of a crowd of 50,000 people when you improved from 23rd place to 1st. Did you know back then what was ahead of you? RAICH: I can exactly recall this race. Despite the place I was only 1.2 seconds behind after the first run and when I was on my way up in the cable car I knew that I could win if I raced well. Today no one really believes this story, but back then I decided to win. I knew what it would be like to celebrate my first victory in front of such a crowd and all the journalists and media representatives. It was at this point when I decided to consistently pursue all my goals in skiing without doubt. This deliberate decision for a career in professional skiing with all its ups and downs has always paid off for me as a person. ATOMIC: After many successes it was at the World Ski Championships in Garmisch last year that you injured yourself badly for the first time in your career. How satisfied are you with your comeback season so far? RAICH: The injury was something new to me, thank goodness. I learnt a lot and tried to make the best out of it. Ever since I went to school (a high school with a special focus on skiing in Stams) I had always been at full throttle. The injury forced me to take a break and stop. I had time to think a lot: Where do I want to go, where have I come so far? I wouldn't want to do without this experience. I changed certain things about my material and my body. It was important to remain patient and to work on my self-assurance in regards to my skiing technique. So far it has been a season of transition, but it is developing well and towards the right direction. The victory of the super-G has been the highlight so far. ATOMIC: What is driving and pushing you? A first downhill victory? RAICH: Enthusiasm is driving me. If you lose it, you can't be good anymore. It goes without saying that the right preconditions help you reaching your aims. But if you want to win you have to be willing to compare yourself and to take this challenge. I love the training, the way to get to this point, all of it. It is still fun, that's why I am still around and still have goals. I'm not running out of them. And one goal definitely is a victory in downhill. Considering my results and how far behind I am, it doesn't seem very likely at the moment, but in the preparations for the next season I will focus on downhill. The new sidecut might be of help in this case, as everyone basically has to deal with new material conditions and we all start from the same point. ATOMIC: You used to ski with slalom skis that were 193 centimeters long. How difficult will it be to adapt to the new sidecuts in the next seasons? RAICH: Changes in material are never easy. But if I'm reluctant and keep whining about how I don't like it and don't want to do it, then I've already lost. I always try to be open for new things and to give them a try. There were drastic changes, like when we suddenly raced on skis that were 155 centimeters long. It's important to be flexible, professional skiing requires flexibility, and that's also what life does from every single person. Life in general means chance for me. ATOMIC: There is one thing that has never changed – you have always used ATOMIC. Why? RAICH: ATOMIC has accompanied me ever since I was Children's Champion in Tyrol. The cooperation with the people of the company has grown and developed naturally. I feel closely connected to ATOMIC because they've always worked well. Racers, developers, ski-techs, ski constructors, test racers – so many experts all together work for a common goal. I've always felt the enthusiasm and the will for improvement with ATOMIC. Whenever it didn't run smoothly, something was done. That is why I've never used a different ski. By now, all my equipment is by ATOMIC – helmet, goggles, boots, binding, all of it. I share an aim with ATOMIC, and it has been the same for a long time: we want to be the best.


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Arthur Staple of Newsday tweets that with two buyout options the Rangers will use one of them on Wade Redden and could use the other one on Marian Gaborik.
The buyout takes effect prior to the 2013-14 season and 2013-14 is the last season that Gaborik is under contract.
Staple writes "As for Gaborik, guy played his rear off in 11-12, played w/ pain. Tough to drop him. But need to lock up McDonagh/Stepan/Kreider greater."
Gaborik's cap hit is $7.5 million and he has a no-trade clause.
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Source(Aug. 2, 1954, ch. 649, title VIII, § 802(a),68 Stat. 642; Pub. L. 89–117, title XI, § 1101,Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 90–19, § 10(f),May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 23; Pub. L. 100–242, title V, § 570(b),Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1950.)
Section was enacted as part of the Housing Act of 1954, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.
1988—Pub. L. 100–242inserted section catchline "Annual report of Secretary".
1967—Pub. L. 90–19struck out "FHA" before "insurance" and substituted "Secretary of Housing and Urban Development" and "Department of Housing and Urban Development" for "Housing and Home Finance Administrator" and "Housing and Home Finance Agency", respectively.
1965—Pub. L. 89–117specifically included FHA insurance, urban renewal, public housing, and rent supplement programs within the operation and programs of the Housing and Home Finance Agency which the report shall cover and inserted requirement that the report contain recommendations for improving programs and for new or alternative programs.
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In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. The ugly realities of prison life are quickly introduced to Andy: a corrupt warden (Bob Gunton), sadistic guards led by Capt. Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown), and inmates who are little better than animals, willing to use rape or beatings to insure their dominance. But Andy does not crack: he has the hope of the truly innocent, which (together with his smarts) allow him to prevail behind bars. He uses his banking skills to win favor with the warden and the guards, doing the books for Norton's illegal business schemes and keeping an eye on the investments of most of the prison staff. In exchange, he is able to improve the prison library and bring some dignity and respect back to many of the inmates, including Red. Based on a story by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption was the directorial debut of screenwriter Frank Darabont.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM) - Dementia now affects 35 million people worldwide, but having dementia doesn't mean having a poor quality of life. A new program offered in West Michigan is helping these older Americans live life with purpose.
It's a Montessori-based program for dementiapatients that uses the same techniques as the pre-school based learning program.
A simple game of kickball played by the residents at Whispering Woods is doing more than just giving them some exercise; it's giving them a purpose for their day.
"It's amazing to sit and watch the residents start to come out," saidElicia Van Ark, the Montessori-based Dementia program director for Lifehouse Propertiesin Grand Rapids.
Van Ark says the program is very similar to the pre-school version. "The Montessori teachers were taught to sit on their hands and allow the students to figure it out. That's what we do with the residents and then they do it. There's no right or wrong way to do an activity."
From large group activities to small ones, Van Ark says dementia patients are encouraged to stay busy throughout the day and experience life their own way. "It allows them to do what they're still able to do and to come out and to make those witty remarks and to make those jokes and to have that ability to just be themselves."
Van Ark says even though they just started the program three months ago, she's seen a big difference in the residents. "It allows them to have that purpose and as we started implementing this you could already see the differences."
And Van Ark says there's another benefit too. "This program allows families to reconnect. It allows them to get to know them on the level they are right now in life."
That's what Larry Pirozzo discovered not long after his mother came to Whispering Woods. "She seems to be more outgoing, more getting involved with things going on. She's gotten to the point where she walks around without having to use her walker. And it's like a little bit of an adventure. 'OK, I know she's here some place? Where is she?' because she could be dancing in another room with the other residents."
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Each month at Blueshirt Bulletin, we'll pick one player from the Rangers who stood out in recent games and award him with the prestigious title of Blueshirt Bulletin's Bull of the Month. Whether he has been the lone bright spot on the team or one of many, this player will have impressed us with his persistence, consistency, and overall superb play. In short, the Bulletin Bull is the defined difference-maker on the New York Rangers over the course of that month.
January's Bull is: Dan Girardi
Stats: 48 GP, 4 G, 13 A, +9 (+/-), 2 GWG, 27:30 Avg. TOI, 138 Hits, 121 Blocked Shots
League Rank (among defensemen): T 3rd GWG, 1st Avg. TOI, 4th Hits, 3rd Blocked Shots
The Case:
Relative to the past two months of Ranger hockey, January felt a bit rocky. While the team entered the All-Star break with a perfectly respectable 8-3-0 record and earned a point in a shootout loss to the Devils last night, the three regulation losses all ended with the Rangers down by three goals and a frustrated Henrik Lundqvist in net. At times the offense has come up short, but a certain undrafted defenseman has been steadily impressive on the blue line since day one.
Dan Girardi is a Bull in the literal sense of the word. His league-leading 27 minutes of ice time a game are a testament to his A+ conditioning and his nearly flawless reliability. Despite his iron man-esque quantity of ice time and the fact that he's been paired up against the top point-getters in the league, Girardi still boasts a plus/minus of plus-9. And there's the little matter of his 121 blocked shots—good for 3rd in the entire NHL.
Statistically speaking, his superb play stood out most in the games against Nashville and Boston this month. In Boston, Girardi registered his 100th career assist on Marian Gaborik's first goal of the evening, logged 33:31 minutes of ice time, and fearlessly blocked two bone-crunching Zdeno Chara slapshots. Against the Nashville Predators, Girardi scored the game-winning goal and was on the ice for the two other Rangers' goals as well. He tallied a game-high six hits and was a key factor in Henrik Lundqvist's fourth shutout.
It took a (rather fluky) game-winning goal for Girardi to earn the coveted Broadway Hat, but it provided an excuse for the team to recognize other aspects of Girardi's game that have been present all season long: namely, bold shot-blocking, precise back-checking, and overall defensive awareness. Girardi's presence in Ottawa this past weekend as one of the Rangers' four All-Stars was somewhat superfluous, since he is not at all known for his offensive flair. However, Rangers fans and coaches alike have long recognized what an irreplaceable player Dan Girardi is, and the NHL smartly selected Girardi alongside "pedigree" names like Evgeni Malkin, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, and Pavel Datsyuk—even as he stood out as a sort of "anti-All-Star." Girardi stepped up to become the Rangers' number one shutdown defenseman in the absence of Marc Staal, and even with Staal finally back in the line-up, Girardi continues to shine from the blueline and set an example for the younger defensemen on the team.
The Verdict:
Girardi has been a stalwart, stay-at-home defenseman all season long, and the NHL made the right decision to honor Girardi with all All-Star nod at this year's festivities. True to form, Girardi was even credited with one blocked shot (in addition to an assist on home team captain Daniel Alfredsson's first goal) in the All-Star Game on Sunday. Fellow All-Star selection Kimmo Timmonen of the Philadelphia Flyers summed up Girardi's game nicely: "If you're a big part of your team and you play well, you're an All-Star."
"He is a core foundation guy for us, and I'll put him with anybody as far as one of the top defensemen in our league." – John Tortorella
"The things he does for us are so important and he plays so many minutes, he's physical and strong on the puck all the time, blocking shots, but also he's good offensively…He's pretty complete as a player. He's got all the tools for being a great defenseman." – Henrik Lundqvist
Runner Up:
January has been a big month for rookie call-up Carl Hagelin as well. He has added an undeniable spark to the Rangers' lineup and has been moved up to a line with Marian Gaborik and Derek Stepan. Hagelin posted 7 points in his last 12 games, including two assists in last night's game in New Jersey. Like Girardi, Hagelin earned an All-Star nomination and, in the Skills Competition, he officially extended his reputation as resident speedster to include the entire NHL.


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|Thursday, 17 May 2007 06:42
Watauga law enforcement officers have started their trek, Special Olympics torch in tow, to the Green Park Inn, where waiting Caldwell officers will take over around noon.
Blowing Rock Police Officer Chad Wilcox was "excited" to participate in the seven mile run. Years past, starting points have been Watauga County High School and the Fairfield Inn. No word on whether starting at the Boone Police Department will make the journey any easier.
Cops had company on their run today. Five athletes from the team of 32 that will be competing at the Summer Games joined officers, as well as Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson. While Clawson did not plan on running all the way to the Green Park, it was a cause she believed in enough to take it as far as she could.
Participating was the Watauga County Sheriff's Office, Watauga Medical Center Police Department, Boone Police Department, ASU Police Department, and Blowing Rock Police Department. All departments involved received plaques in appreciation for their service.
Stay tuned to your radio and this website for up-to-date information on the torch's progress.
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