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Talking with TNT analyst Kenny Smith a week ago, he was looking for an explanation as to why the Bay Area was so down on the Warriors. He was confused why so many predicted they would be a title contender, and he considered them to be doing well.
"They are right where they should be," Smith said, referring to the Warriors' fighting for one of the top seeds in the Western Conference.
He was right. Hysteria and panic have run rampant in #DubNation as the Warriors spent most of the season vacillating between elite and disappointing. But we're nearing the end of it all with the Warriors in a good position -- on the cusp of meeting the lofty expectations.
They are also a losing streak from threatening their playoff expectations. But in the Western Conference, that is a reasonable reality. And it wouldn't be Warriors basketball if disappointment weren't just around the corner.
The Warriors are one final push from being in the mix in the brutal West. It didn't come in the world-beating fashion die-hards wanted, but the opportunity is there if they seize it. Coming off a 4-2 trip, having won seven of nine since the All-Star break, it seems they might be finding their groove.
The Warriors are 41/2 games behind the Los Angeles Clippers, whom they visit next week, in the race for the Pacific Division crown. So that possibility, which comes with a top-four seed, is still in the Warriors' grasp. Which is right where they should be.
Anyone who thought Golden State would run away with the Pacific probably has a Chris Mullin tramp stamp. But the Warriors are in striking distance even though the Clippers are the better team.
Golden State also is 41/2 games behind Houston and Portland. The Trail Blazers, led by Oakland native Damian Lillard, shocked everybody. But when the Rockets acquired Dwight Howard to go with James Harden, it was clear they would be vying for a top seed in the West. That they are, but they still hear the Warriors' footsteps.
The first 62 games proved the Warriors were not on the level of Oklahoma City and San Antonio, which clearly are the best teams in the West. And as the NBA enters the home stretch, the Warriors have a chance to prove they are on the level of that second tier.
All those "we're fine" proclamations from coach Mark Jackson will turn out to be right if the Warriors handle business the last 20 games. The way they took down Boston on Wednesday night, it's clear they sense the time is now.
The Warriors play 13 of their last 20 games at home. Going 12-8 puts them at 50 wins. Going 15-5 (which they have done once this season) turns this campaign from a concern to convincing.
Friday's game against Atlanta is one of 10 left on the schedule against teams currently with losing records. Those teams entered Thursday a combined 163 games under .500, and eight of them have to come to Oracle.
And for a Warriors team with 20 wins away from home, some of the remaining road games don't look so daunting: Dallas, the Lakers and Denver.
The truth that seems to evade most ardent fans is that becoming NBA elite isn't so easy. It can take a few years, and it doesn't come without bumps and bruises.
In that light, the forecast is looking much better than detractors suggest. It can turn on a dime, especially if the Warriors lose another home game to a bad team. But if they have gotten that out of their system, they're in position to make good on the expectations, the reasonable ones at least.
They are getting healthy as a team -- presuming Stephen Curry's sore leg is as minor as the Warriors say -- and the roles taking shape. The Warriors have underachieved at times and overachieved others. They have squandered obvious opportunities and come up huge in others.
Through it all, they have put themselves in position to jockey for seeding and enter the postseason peaking at the right time. They are right where they should be.
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JUNIOR (2012): Scored one of the biggest goals of the season, an overtime game-winner at Portland (Oct. 12) ... was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week following that weekend sweep in the Northwest, as SCU went on to defeat Gonzaga (Oct. 14) ... started in 17 of the Broncos 19 matches and played in all 19 ... helped SCU post an 11-6-2 overall record and an 8-2-2 mark in WCC play ... totaled a season-high three shots at Stanford (Sept. 16).
SOPHOMORE (2011): Played in all 20 games, one of just three Broncos to do so ... averaged 33 minutes per game, playing in the front line ... started in each of the team's 14 games to begin the season, helping Santa Clara go 6-1-3 to open the year and earn a national ranking of No. 18 ... played a season-high 74 minutes and matched a career-high with three shots at San Jose State (Sept. 22) ... also totaled three shots against Nebraska-Omaha (Sept. 9) and San Diego (Oct. 30) ... did not score but totaled 21 shots during the course of the season.
FRESHMAN (2010): One of just four Broncos to start in all 21 games, playing a key position in the Bronco attack ... named to the All-WCC Freshman Team ... totaled 24 shots, which ranked third on the team ... scored three goals which tied for fourth among team leaders in that category ... put eight shots on goal and scored two game-winners ... scored his first collegiate goal at Sacramento State (Sept. 26), helping SCU tie that game 1-1 ... essential part of helping SCU go unbeaten in 12 straight games from Sept. 19 through Nov. 5 ... assisted in a goal during a 2-1 victory at St. Mary's (Oct. 10) ... scored the game-winner at USF (Oct. 22) ... had a season-high four shots two different times, vs. LMU (Oct. 15) and vs. Gonzaga (Nov. 14) ... the victory against Gonzaga (Nov. 14), in which he scored his third goal, gave SCU the WCC title ... played 59 minutes in the Broncos NCAA tournament match at Sacramento State (Nov. 18).
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Authorities say the drugs had been delivered through U.S. mail and the U.S. Postal Inspectors were at the scene assisting after a search warrant was administered.
Malone was arrested and charged with Class A aggravated trafficking due to the conduct taking place within a 1,000-foot perimeter of the Vivian E. Hussey Elementary School. Small was charged with Class C, unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Malone and Small are currently at the York County Jail. Bail has been set on both at $10,000 cash.
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Hey, not so fast, Boy Scouts of America. She doesn't mean you.
Carly Rae Jepsen, singer of one of the biggest pop hits of this or any other decade - the ubiquitous "Call Me Maybe" - made a rather big announcement on Tuesday: she will not be performing at the Boy Scouts National Jamboree. Jepsen and the band Train were scheduled to be the entertainment at the Scouts' big shindig, which is held every four years in the Virginia area and is attended by more than 40,000 people.
But not anymore. Citing the organization's controversial ban on gay Scouts and gay Scout leaders, Jepsen on Tuesday canceled her appearance at the National Jamboree - just as Train had done on Saturday.
"As an artist who believes in equality for all people, I will not be participating in the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree this summer," Jepsen said on her Twitter page on Tuesday morning. "I always have and will continue to support the LGBT community on a global level ... and stay informed on the ever changing landscape in the ongoing battle for gay rights in this country and across the globe."
Why the sudden change of heart? It's almost certainly due to Derek Nance, a gay Eagle Scout from Reno who started a petition on Change.org to try and convince Jepsen and Train to withdraw from the Jamboree.
"I didn't start out to be this big crusader for gay rights," Nance told Lake Tahoe Action. A former Boy Scout leader and organizer who this past June graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, he said he was "kind of pushed into this advocacy.
"I didn't start out to undo the organization of the Boy Scouts," Nance said. "I'm still very much involved in scouting, and I love it. But sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right."
In fact, on his YouTube page Nance calls himself a "bell ringer and reluctant advocate for gay rights." But, over the past four months, he has made a huge impact.
Nance was born in Las Vegas and grew up in Reno. His family and close friends have known he is gay for some time, but back in January he decided to let others know - specifically all of his friends in Scouting. I suppose it's a sign of the times that he did this through social media, on YouTube.
Shot in what appears to be his dorm room with his Eagle Scout uniform hanging in the background, Nance made an honest and heartfelt admission of his own sexuality, while at the same time saying that he wouldn't return his Eagle Award in protest of the Scouts' policy on gays, as so many other Scouts have done. "I am damn proud of the work I did to earn it," he explained in the video, "And hope to once again wear this badge with honor without having to hide who I actually am."
But as sometimes happens on YouTube, things blew up. Nance's video went viral, and soon was getting national media attention.
"In one 24-hour period it was shown on "Good Morning America" and the New York Times website," Nance told Lake Tahoe Action. "It was kind of unbelievable."
That led to some gay advocacy groups contacting Nance to try and get him to speak out against the ban on gays in scouting. His response was to begin the Change.org petition, asking that Jepsen and Train cancel their scheduled performances at the Jamboree.
"Both (Jepsen and Train) had a history of speaking out for gay rights," Nance said. "So I suspected that they weren't aware of the Boy Scouts' policy on gays."
And he appears to be right, although the performers have not contacted him personally to confirm that. What is known is that Nance's petition has received more than 63,000 signatures. Train canceled their Jamboree appearance this past Saturday.
"It blew my mind," Nance said. "It's the first time I've done something like this, so I didn't know what to expect. I was watching it yesterday, and the number doubled in one day. It was insane."
The Boy Scouts haven't contacted him either, but issued a statement to ABC News on Tuesday:
"We appreciate everyone's right to express an opinion and remain focused on delivering a great Jamboree program for our Scouts," Deron Smith, the director of public relations for Boy Scouts of America, said. He did not say whether or not they will replace Jepsen and Train.
"I'm by no means the first member of the Boy Scouts who has spoken out on this," said Nance, who majored in Business Management and Educational Leadership at UNR. "Many (regional Boy Scout) councils have said that they wish the organization would change its views. But it's like the federal government. That has to come from the top."
The Boy Scouts have not said that they are expecting to reverse their ban on gays.
"I suppose what surprises me most about the whole thing is discovering that you can be true to yourself and still do what's right," Nance said. "Hopefully this makes a difference."
- Lake Tahoe Action columnist Rick Chandler is author of the NBC Sports blog "Off the Bench." Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A worrisome weekend weather forecast has prompted organizers of the 13th annual Oak Ridge Ridge Street Painting Festival to wrap up the event on Saturday afternoon instead of Sunday this year.
"Due to a rainy forecast for Saturday night and Sunday, this weekend's Street Painting Festival will begin Saturday at 8 a.m. and end with the awards ceremony at 5 p.m. on Saturday," said Chelsea Crawford of the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, which organizes and sponsors the annual fall event.
"But, artists will be able to start chalking on Friday at 3 p.m," she added.
Free to chalk artists "of all ages and abilities," the Street Painting Festival is held on the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State Community College off Briarcliff Avenue. Every sponsor of a sidewalk square for an artist to chalk will contribute to scholarships for Roane State college students — and each painted square is valued at $100.
The popular fundraising event, which is free to the public, has raised more than $210,000 to Roane State scholarships. First-place winners in individual, team, amateur and professional categories — and the People's Choice Award winner will each receive a cash prize.
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Michelle Wie was eager to put a dismal year behind her when she teed off Thursday at the Women's Australian Open, the season-opening tournament on the LPGA Tour at Royal Canberra Golf Club.
Wie, playing for the first time in Australia, said Tuesday that she has done her best to revamp her game after missing the cut in 10 of the 23 tour events she played last year as her ranking dropped into the 60s.
"2012 was probably the worst year I've ever had in my entire career," said Wie, who opened with a 1-over 74. "It was rough. One thing led to another, and it kind of snowballed."
Wie, who went pro shortly before turning 16, said her poor season made her realize she had to work harder to improve.
"I just really started from scratch," she said. "I saw (coach) David Leadbetter a lot this offseason, a lot more than I usually did and just really worked on my swing, my short game, my putting, everything."
At age 13, Wie became the youngest player to make an LPGA cut at the 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship. In 2004, she became the fourth, and youngest, female to play a PGA Tour event at the Sony Open in Honolulu.
Despite winning just two LPGA tournaments since joining the tour full time in 2009 -- the 2009 Lorena Ochoa Invitational and 2010 Canadian Women's Open -- Wie, 23, still has her sights set on one day taking on the men in the Masters.
"You've got to dream high, right?" she said.
"I was in a really good group to start off with," said Ko, grouped with Wie and top-ranked Yani Tseng the first two rounds. "I was pretty nervous when I saw the draw that I was playing with two of the big names, but we all enjoyed our time out there."
Mariajo Uribe was a stroke back.
Tseng, the winner at Commonwealth in 2010 and 2011, opened with a 68 in her first tournament of the year.
The Swedish Golf Federation reported on its website that Holmqvist was hitting out of the rough on the fourth hole at Royal Canberra when she felt pain in her ankle.
Holmqvist, who attended Cal, swatted the spider away and was told it could have been a black widow, so she used a tee to pierce the swelling and squeeze out the venom.
"A clear fluid came out," she told Svensk Golf magazine. "It wasn't the prettiest thing, but I had to get as much of it out of me as possible."
Holmqvist continued her round, under the supervision of medical staff, but finished with a 74 on Tuesday and missed out on qualifying for the tournament.
Australia isn't home to the black widow, which is native to North America. A tournament official said Holmqvist was more than likely bitten by a redback, another species of widow spider known as the Latrodectus Hasselti. No deaths have been reported from redback bites since the discovery of an antidote in 1955.
It looked as if he wouldn't have to use it when Cantlay closed with a 67 at Pebble Beach and tied for ninth. Anyone finishing in the top 10 gets into the next open tournament.
But the field at Riviera is so strong that it already was filled with regular members. There was no room left for top-10 players from the previous week.
"There's only a few occasions in the last five to 10 years when a top-10 category was the last man in the field," said Tyler Dennis, the tour's vice president of competition.
Cal grad James Hahn finished ahead of Cantlay at Pebble Beach. He didn't get in, either, but went to the top of the alternate list. By Monday, he was in after two players withdrew.


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Greglynn Gibbs, Research Support Technician at Penn State Berks, has been invited by the American Chemical Society Committee on Education (SOCED) to serve on the ACS Undergraduate Programs Advisory Board (UPAB) for a three-year term (2013–2015), and to serve as Undergraduate Program Chair for a future ACS national meeting during that time.
According to Mary Carroll, Chair of the Society Committee on Education, Gibbs was invited to serve on this advisory board due to her familiarity with ACS and her experience with undergraduate education.
Currently, Gibbs serves as the adviser to the Penn State Berks student chapter of the ACS. This year, the Lehigh Valley Section of the American Chemical Society, which includes Penn State Berks, received a ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Performance by a Local Section – Medium Large Size Category. The Lehigh Valley section was nominated for the award due to its involvement in the International Year of Chemistry and National Chemistry Week; Penn State Berks made several notable contributions to the section's outreach efforts.
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PARKERSBURG - No more needless traveling for Apple users to repair a broken iPhone screen.
Dougal MacIntyre of Parkersburg took on the challenge of repairing the broken Apple devices after he discovered a global company called iCracked.
The company started in a dorm room in California whera a group of friends after college launched the idea, emptied their bank accounts and moved to Silicon Valley, Calif., to pursue their career in the technical repair world. Their website is www.icracked.com.
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Dougal MacIntyre holds a broken iPhone. He works for iCracked, an Internet business that repairs iPhones. (Photo by Jeff Baughan)
The tech-savy MacIntyre said he got the idea to repair the iOS devices (iPhones, iPods and iPads) after fixing his niece's iPhone for her birthday. He stumbled upon iCracked after learning about repairing the devices and doing it himself.
"I asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she said 'will you fix my phone for me,'" MacIntyre said of his niece. "I enjoyed doing it so I looked into becoming an independent technician."
MacIntyre spent more than 10 years in pharmaceutical sales before beginning with iCracked, he said. He graduated from Parkersburg High School and attended West Virginia University where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, specializing in Marketing. He graduated from WVU in 1992, he said.
His wife, Mackenzie, runs her own business from home, he said. The business is called ItWorks! Global and she sells all natural body wraps and supplements.
Mackenzie is from Parkersburg and the two have been married for six years, he said. They have two children, 8-year-old Greyce and 5-year-old Hugh.
Born in Wellsville, Ohio, the 42-year-old said he considers Parkersburg and the Mid-Ohio Valley his home.
He has been an independent technician with the company for eight months but said he has always enjoyed fixing gadgets. The company offers a 99-year warranty to any parts replaced by it.
"I do this because I enjoy the work and helping people," he said. "When someone's phone doesn't function it feels good (to repair it for them)."
MacIntyre said he doesn't just focus on repairing what is broken for money; he also tries to help people over the phone when they believe their device is broken but just needs to be reset. He said he will tell his potential customers to put their phone in a bag of rice immediately if there is water damage, or he will direct them to the Facebook group he made with more than 25 documents listing DIY how-to guides about fixing common issues.
He also buys and sells broken and used devices, he said.
Several weeks ago MacIntyre repaired an Ohio University professor's device. After MacIntyre fixed the device, he became the independent technician for OU's IT Services.
The global company operates with 350 independent employees who are chosen when customers type in a zip code or use their phone to find their current location. The range for iCracked employees to be located is within a 50-mile radius. MacIntyre is the only registered agent in the greater Parkersburg area, he said.
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OAKLAND -- It was a painful film session for the Warriors on Friday, as coach Mark Jackson made his team sit through the previous night's loss to the San Antonio Spurs in its entirety.
For two Warriors, the session was particularly uncomfortable.
Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes might be appropriately named The Slump Brothers right now. They are comrades in the worst way, and Barnes confessed with a chuckle that commiserating with one another doesn't help ease the suffering much.
"It's a pretty slow conversation on both sides," he said. "But we do have each other's backs."
Thompson committed five of the team's 24 turnovers in the Spurs loss and went 6 for 18 from the floor -- 1 for 7 from 3-point range -- to extend a bad streak to six games. He's shooting 37.4 percent (37 for 99) over that stretch and just 27.9 percent from deep (12 for 43). He also has more turnovers -- 18 -- than made 3-pointers.
As for Barnes, he went scoreless for the first time this year and just the second time in his young NBA career. He went 0 for 3 against the Spurs, two of those shots badly missed 3-pointers, and he also contributed three turnovers. After a November in which Barnes shot 50 percent from the floor and 52 percent from 3-point range, he's at 41.3 and 29 percent, respectively, in December.
Barnes has a bit of an excuse. He has fluctuated between coming off the bench and starting, and now he's a backup again with the return of Andre Iguodala. Barnes' minutes have diminished as a result, and he played just 19 against the Spurs, his lowest total in 20 games.
So who's taking it the hardest? Without question it's Thompson, who came out of the gate quickly at season's outset and looked like the Warriors' most improved player. He doesn't wear a bad game well, and after six tough ones in a row, he's glad to be seeing the Los Angeles Lakers coming to town Saturday night. There's just something about that purple that brings out the best in Thompson -- he has averaged 20.6 points in 10 career games against L.A., his highest against any NBA team.
Thompson acknowledged that he has agonized over his poor play in recent games.
"I'd be lying if I said it didn't because I take it personal when I play bad," he said. "That's probably my biggest downfall. When you play so well, you feel invincible, but it's humbling when you have a few bad games.
"I hate when I miss shots, I hate when I play bad. But I can't let it get in my head. I still have to be fearless out there, because when I'm hesitant, I start missing."
While Thompson believes he'll get positive things out of reviewing the Spurs film, it was a killer.
"It was worse than I thought it was going to be ... hard to watch," he said. "I had turnovers, bad lapses on defense, it was just a terrible game on my part. I know shots aren't going to fall every night and you're going to have your rough stretches, but that should never affect how you play the rest of your game. That's what I've been doing. But I know I'm going to break out of it. All I have to do is play hard and stay focused."
Barnes has taken a more levelheaded approach and said alternating between starting and coming off the bench doesn't really affect him.
"It's not that bad," he said. "The biggest thing I try to do is be consistent, regardless of whether you're coming off the bench or starting. The main thing you want to do is make the most of your minutes."
So what the heck happened Thursday night?
"I just couldn't get into a rhythm," he said. "The only one I can blame is myself, so I just have to try to get it back (Saturday). I'm getting good looks -- I get enough post touches, (isolation plays) and wide-open threes, so I just have to knock down the shot. It's all upstairs.
"It's a long season. Over 82 games, you can't let one game throw you off for the next 30. You lose a little bit sleep over it, but it's something I can control."
"I texted him just to let him know there wasn't anything malicious, because obviously there was some speculation about that," he said. "He told me he didn't believe it was anything like that."
Of Kobe's latest injury, Barnes added: "It's tough to see that because not too many players come back from Achilles surgery. And then to have that happen to him, you just don't want to see it."
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Warriors perimeter players Harrison Barnes, left, and Klay Thompson have cooled off after hot starts. Here are their month-by-month shooting stats:
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0 N/A N/A October 2 69.2 66.7
13 50.0 52.0 November 15 46.0 43.2
10 41.3 29.0 December 10 41.3 38.7
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Or a folklore vest. Anyhow very customizable. Love it!ReplyDelete
Hot boots! Shame they hurt you so much :-(ReplyDelete
that is one nice vestReplyDelete
shame about the shoes!
love the waist coat, the embroidery on it is sick! http://fashionablenotebook.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Everything looks perfect in this look i love itReplyDelete
Wow love that vest! And sorry about the acne wedges, they still look hot though!ReplyDelete
i love the vest!! never heard of them before.ReplyDelete
The vest is crazy-awesome. Too bad the shoes hurt, they are rad.ReplyDelete
this vest is STUNNING!ReplyDelete
you look amazing <3ReplyDelete
i love vests too :) you look amazing. and you're funny... don't torture your feets... it's not nice ;)ReplyDelete
i totally agree with you, the best is fastasticReplyDelete
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so cute babe i love itReplyDelete
Check out my blog I really think you'd like it! Very vintage hippie meets modern fashionista.
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love the boots, cute look!ReplyDelete
lovely outfit!ReplyDelete
I love your boots !!
i love embroidered everything! CUTE VEST!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/4/10, 10:24 AM
the styling obviously goes without saying, curious how you do your hair? it's amazing aswell!ReplyDelete
Love your shoes! <3ReplyDelete
Thanks for visiting my blog and for your lovely comment! =)
I have those ACNE's and bought them 1 size too small. Why? Because I had to have them.ReplyDelete
I ended up giving them to my 3rd shoe repairer who was the only genius who was able to stretch them enough for them to fit me without them looking bizarre. I swear he's now my official shoe life saver.
Karen x
OMG! I can't believe those shoes are uncomfortable!ReplyDelete
I've just bought a pair via Ebay yesterday :(
Anyway, you look great!
anonymous: my hair game is way easy. literally put a little moroccan oil on the ends when i get out of the shower (towel dry), and then a little sea spray and voila! will do a post about products soon!ReplyDelete
karen: where is this magical shoe repair?
emma: don't worry! i just have monster trucks for feet! you will LOVE!
ashley <3
giiirl what size are the acnes?? i'll buy them off of you!ReplyDelete
for realzz
Wow I love this outfit!ReplyDelete
that vest is killer.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/28/10, 9:04 AM
They will get more comfortable, I couldn't walk in mine for the first month, I even slept in them to try and stretch them... Now they are fine!ReplyDelete
such a shame about the atacoma wedges because they look AWESOME.ReplyDelete
love this look, and your blog in fact.
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"I put you on ace-king!"
Possibly the most overused phrase in poker, this generally comes out of the mouth of the preflop pacifist who just got all-in with some measly pair on a flop that didn't include an ace or king. I heard this statement recently, rolled my eyes and wrote this down.
The ability to put an opponent on a precise hand is nearly impossible. There are many possible hands and limited information, and poker is played by moody humans.
What we can do is always consider the range of possible hands held by our opponents. All the information we have should factor into our ranging. When we have an ace in our hand, it makes it 50 percent less likely for our opponents to have pocket aces, and 25 percent less likely for them to have a hand containing an ace.
Accurately defining ranges depends on long-term information-gathering. Seeing hands at showdown is gold. If we can deduce that Opponent A is raising the top 10 percent of his hands and limping the next-best 10 percent (a common trend in live poker), then the second he puts money in the pot, we've eliminated 90 percent of the possible holdings for that opponent. If the opponent instead raises the top 20 percent of his hands but never limps, we've narrowed his range, but it's going to be more difficult to deduce exact hands because the number of possible starting hands is doubled.
Let's evaluate a hand vs. Opponent A.
Action folds to him in middle position, and he raises his normal amount. The remaining players fold to us in the big blind, and we have Ac Jh, Let's see a flop.
The flop comes Ah 10c 5d. We check, he checks.
What does this mean? First, we can probably eliminate the top end of his range, but not always, because sometimes people are deceptive. We can also probably eliminate his garbage, since garbage would usually bluff this flop, but there isn't much garbage in his preflop range. Moving into the turn, we should narrow our range on him to: K-K, Q-Q, J-J, 9-9, 8-8, K-Q, K-J, Q-J, Q-10, A-K, A-Q, A-J, A-9. We'll also see the occasional A-A, 10-10, or A-10 from players trying to get cute with their monsters.
The turn is a Qs, a very good card for our opponent's range. We check, and our opponent checks. This likely means that our opponent has some sort of hand that doesn't need to bluff but does not want to play a big pot. That narrows his range to K-K, J-J, 9-9, 8-8, K-Q, Q-J, A-K, A-J or A9. We can easily quantify our equity with A-J vs. that range. (It's 68.97 percent, according to PokerStove.com.)
The river is a 2h. We should bet, because considering our opponent's range of hands, they all contain showdown value, but many of those hands are more likely to call a bet thinking we're bluffing rather than bet themselves for value. Since there are no hands in our opponent's range without showdown value, it means our opponent is not going to bluff, giving us no reason to check to try to let him bluff.
It's easy to narrow the ranges of weak opponents and get a general idea of what their hand is. You just need to pay attention and do some reconnaissance work. If your play is such that your opponents can figure out what you have, then you're doing it wrong. Sprinkle in some nefariousness and make some raises with less-than-powerful hands.
Bryan Devonshire is a professional poker player from Las Vegas. Known as "Devo" on the tournament circuit, he has amassed more than $1 million in career earnings.


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Same as CM lets get some ideas together before spring and then form a plan to get done what we can. Steve and Neils we need your help!!!!!!
Acouple ideas
1. repaint baskets back to the glourios red and yellow(maybe mark pads too)
2.tree and limb clean up
3. hole 10 long tee pad landscape back side to keep gravel off.
4. kill every chucking cocoburr (im sure spelling is wrong)
5. Replace signs ( I can make these just need help)


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Malkin scores in SO, Pens beat Canucks 4-3
Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin (71) gets the game-winning goal past Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo (1) in an overtime shootout during an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) by Dan ScifoAssociated Press Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks had gone two years and 157 games since they last faced each other. They picked up right where they left off.


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Discgo wrote:I was only asking because I was curious. When I first started they did try outs for the team. I'll sit back and shutup now.[/b]GDL17921 wrote:Well, let's go ahead and point out the obvioius. It's not a mystery to me who the 8-10 best players in Des Moines are... The A-Team should be hand picked, by the captain, it's his team to assemble. Just my opinion.
After that - if there's going to be a 2nd or 3rd team - then somebody else needs to step up and commandeer it. Then it's up to them to decide who's on their team and how they get there - whether it be tryouts, hand picked, whatever. IMO, if you're not ponying up to captain a team, then you don't really have any say as to how it goes down. They stepped up, it's their decision, it could've been yours, but you decided to sit around and let somebody else do it. So because of that, you're forced to comply with their team-assembling measures, plain and simple. So step up, or deal with it.
Oh, if anybody wants a lefty on their team I should point out that the venue is not conducive to it and it would most likely be a disadvantage. I'm just sayin'....
First of all - who's they? Back then, nobody knew how to come up with a team because the captain (or lack thereof) was trying to be nice - or should I say didn't have the nads to say "look, you're probably not gonna be on the Des Moines A-Team regardless if you beat Duden in a head to head match". Local talent and A-team status is earned through tournament play, it shouldn't be up for grabs at a one or two day round at Big Creek or whatever.
If you want to have tryouts for a team, by all means I'm not stopping you. I think that was the point - and I wasn't talking to you specifically Steve. I was trying to put out a fire before it started. But let's be honest, I don't have a problem telling you, myself, or anybody else that we're just not the caliber of player listed above, so let's not try to start drama about it. I'm gonna take the energy and try to get better, more fit, etc.


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Stage II, the student theater organization at East Stroudsburg University, will present three one-act plays and one selection from a full-length piece at 8 p.m. Thursday at Dale Snow Theatre, Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg. Additional performances are set for 8 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, and 2 p.m. Dec. 2.
Featured works include the world premiere of "Heaven's Diner" by student playwright Kimberly VanFelton; "Soul Gone Home" by Langston Hughes; "Canker Sores and Other Distractions" by Christopher Durang; and a scene from "reasons to be pretty" by Neil LaBute.
For Stage II's one-act plays, students are responsible for all aspects of the production, including play selection, directing, acting and technical elements.
General admission is $12 for adults; $10 for senior citizens, faculty and staff with ID; $7 for ESU students with ID; and $5 for youths. These plays are recommended for mature audiences only.
For ticket reservations or information, call 570-422-3483 or email esuarts.esu.edu.
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Ed. Note: BGH welcomes Chris and Kathleen, who are embarking on a project to explore the many hidden corners of the horror world in the new series: Horror by the Sub-Genre
In 1972, British director John Boorman created the grand-daddy of all redneck horror films, "Deliverance". Though its subject matter was distinctly American, it was perfectly appropriate that a man from a country almost two thousand years old would remind us that we, at the time barely on the cusp of our two hundredth birthday, were not quite as civilized as we would like to think.


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SAN JOSE -- Exactly one month ago, Sharks forward Brent Burns scored the last of his 14 goals this season.
That's a 14-game drought for a player whose offensive presence was a given early in the season when he notched eight goals in his first 12 games sandwiched around 13 missed because of a facial injury. But the fact that Burns continues to get chances and has fired 25 shots on net in his past four games is helping him get through this tough period.
"I need to score -- I'm not saying I don't need to -- but it's not for lack of effort, lack of chances," Burns said Tuesday. "Last night I hit the post and put it right where I wanted it. It's not like I fanned on it -- I hit all of it. I think it's part of hockey. It's a test of the old willpower, I guess."
Burns talked about the need to make other contributions on the ice when he isn't scoring, whether it's physical play or the backhand pass that set up linemate Matt Nieto for his second goal in Monday night's 5-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Todd McLellan has criticized Burns' helter-skelter style of play in the past when the coach thinks his 6-foot-5, 230-pound converted defenseman may be skating too fast because he skates through scoring opportunities. But McLellan doesn't see that as an issue now.
"He is a streaky scorer," he said of Burns. "We've seen that in the past, so it's not unusual. We'd like the non-goal streaks to get condensed, obviously, and be a lot smaller. The last few games, I see him positioning himself better, releasing the puck better, shooting it again like he needs to."
Burns earned some notoriety during his time with the Minnesota Wild for bringing more than 150 snakes into his household to help overcome his fear of them. But he's not being literal when he acknowledges he's also been a little bit snakebit lately.
"What else do you call it?" he said "At the end of the day, if you're working hard, you can sleep at night. Obviously you sleep a little better when you're scoring, but I still sleep pretty good at night. The team needs me to score. I've just got to keep working."
"Once you go back and you watch it and you zero in and highlight individuals, it can be pretty sobering," he said.
On the ice, the emphasis was on play through the neutral zone and into the defensive end of the rink as McLellan hopes to get his team back on track in the two games remaining before its 20-day Olympic break between games.
"Nobody wants to carry a bad taste in their mouths going into the break," he said. "Whatever we do over those next two nights is going to be the flavor we leave with."
Defenseman Jason Demers has missed the past two games with a groin pull but skated Tuesday and said he thought he was ready to go against the Stars. McLellan said forward Tyler Kennedy was also ready to return from the lower body injury that has kept him out of the past three games.
And forward Adam Burish, who has missed the entire season after having back surgery to repair a herniated disk suffered in an exhibition game, was at a doctor's office seeking final clearance to play.
The Sharks also reassigned forward Eriah Hayes to Worcester.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
Wednesday's game
Dallas (26-21-9) at Sharks (35-16-6), 7:30 p.m. CSNCA


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On a Smart Mobs blog post; i just discovered today about Copowi that is set out to offer a fully FLOSS ISP service, which would include also several additional guarantees for several rights of its users. They plan to release all their code under Affero License, as much as possible. They seemed very aligned towards our same goal of putting users in control of their telematics through social control ("Community" in their language) and FLOSS. It seems that our proposed tecniques of individual control through democratic processes could complement their approach very well.
Here is a letter we wrote to them today:
Hello,we just discovered your project. We have been working on very similar lines. From discussions with Henri Poole (creator of the Affero) and Richard Stallman, we have been working on ways to enable web user to have the same freedom over a web service as they have over a FLOSS app running on a GNU/Linux PC. We are in the process of devising ways in which, certain hosting requirements and joint democratic control by users could achieve such individual control. We'd be interested for example in a partnership in the implementation of a first deployment.Rufo Guerreschiwww.telematicsfreedom.org
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Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Brentuximab Vedotin for Steroid-Resistant Acute GVHD (FH 2589)
Phase II Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Brentuximab Vedotin in Patients with Steroid-Resistant Acute GVHD
|Study ID
|Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGVHD)
|Phase II
The purpose of this research is to test the safety and efficacy of brentuximab vedotin in patients with acute skin graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
Eligibility Criteria (must meet the following to participate in this study)
- Patients with steroid-resistant stage 2 or 3 acute GVHD of the skin with or without involvement of other organs; patients must have received initial therapy with prednisone or methylprednisolone at a prednisone-equivalent dose of at least 1.0 mg/kg/day alone or combined with other agents, including psoralen and ultraviolet A (PUVA), with:
- Flare of rash involving at least 25% of the body surface at any time after starting prednisone for GVHD treatment, OR
- Rash involving more than 50% of the body surface persisting after at least 1 week of initial treatment, OR
- Rash involving at least 25% of the body surface persisting after at least 2 weeks of initial treatment
- Concomitant use of steroids is permitted; steroid dose should not have been increased within a week prior to enrollment
- Patient, guardian or legally authorized representative is able and willing to provide informed consent
- Willing to use effective contraception; both women of childbearing potential and men who have partners of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective contraceptive method during the study and for 30 days after the last dose of study drug
Exclusions (conditions that would prevent participation in this study)
- Prior second-line systemic treatment for GVHD
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 2000/μL
- Administration of growth factor in order to maintain the ANC > 2000/μL
- Platelet count < 30,000/μL, (unsupported)
- Serum total bilirubin concentration > upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 3X ULN
- Calculated creatinine clearance < 60 ml/min
- Peripheral neuropathy: clinical total neuropathy score (TNS) score > 2
- Any Grade 3 or higher uncontrolled active infection within 1 week before enrollment
- Bullous formation or desquamation related to GVHD (stage 4 skin GVHD)
- Evidence of recurrent/persistent malignancy by cytogenetics, histology or flow cytometry
- GVHD after donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI)
- Clinical manifestations of chronic skin GVHD
- Women who are pregnant or lactating; women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) pregnancy test result within 7 days before the first dose of brentuximab vedotin; woman of non-childbearing potential are those who are postmenopausal greater than 1 year or who have had a bilateral tubal ligation or hysterectomy
- Patients with a known hypersensitivity to brentuximab vedotin
- History of Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
Last UpdatedMay 12, 2014
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Hi - Just a short update. Well, looks like I acquired a sore knee from a difficult trek/trail run. Its only been a few days and my knee feels pretty good! Good enough where in my younger running days I would have been out there running already. Nowadays, I wait. I'll take another week off and rest it, ice it, and do some stretches. I'll get back with it next week. I'll stay on flat courses for a while too. I'm just happy this was not a serious injury. It is truly amazing that I still get so much out of running.
"Peace" Long May You Run
I bet you could start back today if you ran real slow on a nice level track, as I do.
I am doing a lot more mileage these days than I thought I could, thanks to inspiration from Rich in NH and the others here.
A couple weeks ago, I did a total of 7 miles and Rich did 70 miles--ten times my mileage. Last week he only ran two and a half times my mileage.
Dark Horse
I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course.
Wow, thanks for reminding of the days I did 70+ per week. Now days, 20 to 30 miles per week is very rewarding and more than enough to quench my passion for running.
"Peace" Long May You Run
I've been running around 70 miles a week in an effort to qualify for Boston. I've never specifically trained to run a marathon that fast, but have run marathons in the past without getting closer than 11 minutes of my qualifying time.
With times that far off, I knew going into this training cycle I'd have to train harder than in the past, hence the increase in miles. My goal marathon is just over 3 weeks away, so my high mileage is finally winding down.
And I think it's neat D.H. has raised his own bar just a bit, it's what makes us better runners.
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A small, private K-8 school founded by a former Googler has received $33 million in venture capital to develop software and technology aimed at eliminating administrators and keeping costs down -- while personalizing learning for every student.
Altschool, which opened the first of four "micro school" classrooms here in mid-2013 and has plans to expand outside San Francisco to Palo Alto and the East Bay, will use most of its new funding to create more tools that allow students and parents to instantly track children's' assignments and progress while cutting down teachers' nonteaching responsibilities, said Max Ventilla, Altschool's founder and CEO.
Ventilla left Google in 2007 to create a startup called a social media search service called Aardvark that he then sold to Google in 2010. Three years ago, Ventilla, with some fellow former Googlers in tow, set out to design "a totally new school system, one that is built on top of very active research and development in terms of tools for teachers and students and parents. It's entirely teacher led."
The VC money comes from a heady list of investors led by Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz with additional funding from First Round Capital, Harrison Metal, John Doerr, Jonathan Sackler, Learn Capital and the Omidyar Network. With an annual tuition of $19,100, Altschool's website promises a student-to-teacher ratio of 8-to-1. But by fall 2014, when enrollment is expected to grow from the initial 12 students to 150 to 200 students, Ventilla said the student-teacher ratio will actually be more like 10-to-1 or 12-to-1.
Stanford professor Terry Moe, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution who researches education, called multi-million-dollar venture capital for a startup, private school system "a bit unusual."
"The big question is always, 'How good are they going to be?'" Moe said. "They might be fantastic. They might not." Altschool builds its classrooms around technology that relies on the Internet to help teachers quickly design individualized "playlists" of schoolwork for every student in minutes rather than hours, Ventilla said.
Students are placed in groups based on their work abilities, not on their ages or what grade they would be assigned in a traditional school system.
"We have neither a strict age cutoff nor the notion that there's such a thing as a 'third grader,'" Ventilla said. "Our students move between groups depending on their specific skill levels."
Parents can access their children's work and progress in real time. Teachers and parents can add comments to the work with a click of a button.
With no administrators, senior teachers are paid six-figure salaries, Ventilla said.
By fall, Altschool plans to add new classrooms in Palo Alto and the East Bay -- likely Oakland or Berkeley. Lower rents in the East Bay mean tuition can drop closer to $15,000, along with smaller teacher salaries, Ventilla said.
Within three years, mostly by gains through new technology, Ventilla hopes to cuts costs further and drop tuition below $13,000 per year, which he said would be 30 to 40 percent below comparable Bay Area private schools.
Contact Dan Nakaso at 408-271-3648. Follow him at Twitter.com/dannakaso.


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Health briefs: Oct. 9
Published: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 9:40 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 9:40 a.m.
Park Ridge plans October events
Park Ridge Health will host the following events:
- The oncology community support group meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon Friday in the Burchard/OB Conference Room at Park Ridge Health, 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville. Open to anyone in the community undergoing the stress of cancer treatment. Caregivers and family welcome. Call 828-681-2917 for more information.
- The Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment lunch and learn will be from noon-1 p.m. Friday in the Duke Room at Park Ridge Health, 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville. The event is presented by Shonda M. Asaad, M.D. Asaad is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the Southern Medical Association and the American College of Physicians. Asaad has published articles on colon cancer and hemophilia. Asaad's goal is to bring more palliative care to the beginning of treatment instead of the end. Come at 11:30 p.m. for a complimentary lunch from the Park Ridge Cafe. Registration is required. Call 855-774-5433 for more information.
Pardee workshop on integrative medicine
Pardee Hospital at 800 N. Justice St., Hendersonville, will host a free lunch and learn workshop titled, "Integrative Medicine: Is Taking Supplements Worthwhile," from noon-1 p.m. Friday.
The workshop will be presented by Gary Asher, a board-certified family physician and medical acupuncturist at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in the Department of Family Medicine. He has trained in ayurvedic medicine, western botanical medicine, massage therapy and medical acupuncture. Asher serves as director of integrative medicine services at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he provides integrative medicine consultations for cancer patients and survivors.
This free event will take place in the Video Conference Room on the ground floor of Pardee Hospital. Directional signs will be posted at the main entrance and parking garage.
A complimentary light lunch will be provided. Seating is limited. Call 828-696-1341 to register.
Nurse anesthetists join medical practice
Katherine Baley and Philip C. MacIntyre, registered nurse anesthetists, have joined AllCare Clinical Associates, PA at 76 Peachtree Road, Suite 300, Asheville.
Baley graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She received a Master of Science in nurse anesthesia from Western Carolina University. Before joining AllCare Clinical Associates, Baley was employed by Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Gainesville, Fla., as a registered nurse in the surgical and cardiothoracic intensive care units.
MacIntyre graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. He received a Master of Science in nurse anesthesia from Western Carolina University. Before joining AllCare Clinical Associates, MacIntyre was employed by Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston as a registered nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Yoga studio plans October classes
Spiritus Studio Yoga at 110 Joel Wright Drive in Hendersonville plans the following classes:
- Ease Into Menopause from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 23. Certain yoga poses can ease the symptoms that often accompany menopause. Adding breathing techniques, meditation and restorative poses helps minimize effects of stress, which can increase the severity of menopause symptoms. Cost is $40 at the door or $30 pre-registration.
- Introduction to MELT: foam ball and roller classes from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; 4 to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 19 or 10 a.m. to noon; 2:30 to 4 p.m. Oct. 20. This is an innovative, science-based self-treatment program that uses soft foam rollers and small MELT hand and foot balls to rehydrate connective tissue throughout your body and help your muscles and joints function more efficiently. Cost is $40 at the door or $35 pre-registration.
- Yoga Lab: study of headstand called Sirsasana from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20. Learn how to safely practice headstand pose under the watchful eye of a teacher. Cost is $20 at the door or $15 pre-registration.
- Yoga For Beginners from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Oct. 30 through Nov. 6. The beginner class is a welcoming place to learn the basics or brush up on fundamentals. Slow-paced, with individual attention. Cost is $40 at the door or $30 pre-registration.
To register for classes, call 828-551-8545 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Sunday Notes
People were stunned last week when Montreal GM Bob Gainey suggested that the NHL impose penalties on players who leave their feet to slide on the ice and block shots.
Personally, I think it's a brilliant idea and just the kind of progressive thinking that the NHL needs right now.
It would be similar to the illegal defense in basketball and would increase the amount of shots that make it to the net, especially on the power-play when this type of block is used most. It would be another option to increase offense and fend off further calls for the nets to be made bigger, something that nobody really wants.
Plus, it could actually save lives. Anyone remember Montreal Canadien (and ex-Senator) Trent McCleary taking a puck in the throat and needing an emergency tracheotomy? That was from sprawling on the ice to block a shot. The practice is needlessly dangerous and is only one of a thousand tricks that coaches have at their disposal to further take offense out of the game.
Players would still be able block shots standing up and the excitement of seeing someone risk their body in such a committed manner will be more than made up for in action around the net from more frequent rebounds. And don't worry, Anton Volchenkov will still have a job.
While we're at it, the league should make a few more offensive-friendly changes for next season:
1. Don't let the penalty killing team ice the puck. Why are they allowed to make an otherwise illegal play just because they have a man in the box?
2. Quit consulting goalies on equipment sizing. Just make them smaller and let them bitch and moan all they want afterwards. They have had way too much influence in the game since the mid-90's and are obstructing all attempts to bring sanity back to the issue. Goalie Roberto Luongo, who wears some of the bulkiest equipment in the NHL, actually threatened to retire if they made the nets bigger, perhaps missing the irony in his two-faced stance on the issue. It has to be smaller equipment or larger nets, one or the other. That's the type of voice the league needs to ignore.
The Senators blogosphere now has a new member in Blood Red Army. Looks really good so far, so check them out.
On Hockey Night In Canada's Hot Stove roundtable last night, Al Strachan revealed that Tampa Bay co-owner Len Barrie broke all traditional barriers and was actually in the dressing room mapping out power-play strategies on the chalkboard instead of beleaguered head coach Barry Melrose during one of their games in the Czech Republic against the Rangers.
Co-panelist Mike Milbury at first called Strachan's source, reportedly a player on the Lightning, a "gutless puke" for "talking out of school" but also called Barrie's egregious and unheard of tactic "sickening".
Strachan also went on to say that the over/under on Melrose losing his job was around mid-November. It looks like all the predictions about the Lightning becoming a side-show were prescient and not just sour grapes from the hockey establishment who weren't comfortable with a "bunch of cowboys" doing things differently.
Apparently, Barrie was instrumental in the trade of Dan Boyle to the San Jose Sharks because the two played together when Boyle was just a rookie with the Florida Panther and Barrie didn't like his attitude. The only problem is that was almost ten years ago and it's probably fair to say that the elite defenseman has matured a little since then. Barrie seems to be in a time-zone far away from the rest of the NHL anyways. Melrose might have been the most unlikely candidate to get a job coaching in the NHL again outside of Ivan Hlinka.
More questions were asked when the Lightning picked up Matt Pettinger off waivers from the Vancouver Canucks. Pettinger is actually a business partner of Len Barrie in the Bear Mountain Resort near Victoria.
Lost in the carnival atmosphere is the Calder touted Steve Stamkos. What the hell must this guy be thinking?
He has 0 points in 7 games averaging just over 11 minutes in ice time. If you have money running on the Calder, you might want to switch it over to Jakub Voracek of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Stating the Obvious #1: The Senators need a puck moving defenseman soon or they are going to fade into oblivion.
Stating the Obvious #2: Players like Mike Fisher and Antoine Vermette are likely bargaining chips now that they've finally shown that they cannot provide secondary scoring like their contracts say they should.
Vermette especially seems stale. Not even getting a shot off on that breakaway against Vesa Toskala was brutal to watch. I'm not sure I've ever seen a player with such speed and skill have such stone-hands in my life. If hitting goal-posts and having pucks bounce over your stick in the slot were bankable, Vermie would be living high on the hog.
Slow. That might be one word to describe the 2008-2009 Senators. Sure they have Vermette and Dean McAmmond but no one else would be a candidate for a skating competition at the All-Star Game. Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley seem to succeed despite their skating and the defence is probably the slowest it's been since the mid-1990's.
A player who could help in that department might be Maxim Afinogenov who is apparently on the trading block, but there's no way in hell Darcy Regier would make that deal with a division opponent.
Geez, Martin Havlat would look awfully good in a Senators uniform again wouldn't he? If anything, the Senators seem like they need an infusion of good 'ol European skill players, something they never used to have a shortage of (when they were winning).
But no, you gotta have "character" to play on this team.... I won't go off on that rant again.
The Senators go into Buffalo on Monday night and if you're the squeamish type, I'd avoid watching that one. The Sabres are fast, skilled and confident with great goaltending. The Senators will have to massively overachieve to avoid getting run out of the rink.
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And your view of Auld's goaltending now that he has been involved in back to back losses?? If Gerber had been in net you'd be on a rant.
- October 26, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- Billy the Skid said...
Terribly nervous for tomorrow night.
- October 26, 2008 at 11:41 AM
- Meaghan said...
I agree about changing the rule allowing icing during the PK. It seems like an obvious and easy change to make. The new rule they have this year about icing before a TV time out is interesting, and I think your suggestion seems like a logical extension of it.
- October 26, 2008 at 4:02 PM
I really think this "trying to get more offense" thing is getting out of hand. Anytime a player sacrifices himself to block a shot like that there isnt any exitement lost in the game imo. I understand trying to elminate the trap but trying to get rid of desperation plays like this is just silly. I mean if some one tries has hard as they can to block a shot at the risk of great personal injury- its situations like this that are great moments in sport, not something to be elminated. You encourage great plays not try to stop them.
- October 26, 2008 at 4:36 PM
- Jeremy Milks said...
Why would I go on a rant about Auld's goaltending? He's lost two games. Gerber has been losing for three years.
If Auld were terrible I would say so. It's nothing personal against Gerbs. It's just that he sucks.
- October 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM
- Warren said...
Nice post. The first thing the NHL should do is not allow goalies to put their glove hand on their stick. This will allow a real forecheck, which is where exciting hockey begins.
- October 27, 2008 at 8:12 AM


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VOLUME 6 NUMBER 20 FULL MOON OF BANDS SPREAD ALL OVER FEBRUARY 15, 1977 MEMBER'S FILE SUIT - Tribal Council Named As Defendents The Flathead Reservation Resouces Council, lead by Ramona and Bud Liberty have carried out their final attempt at halting construction of the new Tribal Head quaters and Law & Order Complex. The group, which has consistantly opposed the construction of a new facility, met with the Tribal Council last Friday, Feb. 4, represented by their attorney Paul Smith. Smith told the Council that the group intends to file suit against the Tribal Council if they do not comply with certain requests. Those requests are: The Council must uphold the election held last June 12, 1976, those results were a majority voting no to a complex being built in Pablo. The second request was that the election held in September did not show a majority of the ballots cast for the Pablo site, therefore a question of where the complex should be built was not decided by the September election. The group also requested that the Council reconsider their decision to declare the petition presented in November as invalid. Mrs. Liberty told the Council that names were struck from the petition arbatrarily, for reasons not so stated in the Tribal Constitution and By-Laws. She feels that this is a violation of the Member's civil rights. The Council recommended that the suit be filed through what ever Courts were available, (whether it be Tribal Court or Federal Court). The Tribal Chairman and Vice Chairman stated that this may be the only way to settle this once and for all. Vice-Chairman, Vic Stinger, stated that the Council acted legally in all aspects of the development of the Tribal Headquarters Complex, and in invalidating the Group petition. He further stated that it was up to the Liberty's and their attorney to prove in court that what action has been taken was not legal or violated their civil rights. The suit was presented to the Tribal court on Monday, February 7. It names the "Tribal Council and others" as code-fendents, with Ramona and Bud Liberty as plaintiffs. The legal document is an injunction to stop the Council from signing any contract for the purpose of constructing a Tribal Headquarters Complex, and from actually beginning the said construction. The areas covered in the injunction have already occured, therefore the pur- pose of filing such document is confusing. The Tribal court must decide now whether or not it has legal jurisdiction in hearing such a case involving the Tribal Council. The situation may have to be decided in Federal Courts. No decision had been rendered at the time we were going to press. Meanwhile, construction at the Pablo site continues. Foundations were poured in January, and weather permitting, will continue right on schedule. Completion date is set for the end of October for all of the major construction, with a target date set for Christmas for moving in of all Tribady housed programs. Foundations were poured at the Tribal Headquarters Complex site in Pablo. Construction will continue on schedule despite the injunction filed Feb. 7.
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I was wondering when I entered in the Exhibitors Halls, if I was really at the mobile world congress or at a World Wide Automotive Show. Nearly every booth has a car to demonstrate a mobile phone on wheels… But for Oracle: we do have a boat! We demonstrate how the usage of the 300 sensors embedded in the America's Cup sailing boat, can drive real-time human decisions. Of course, this is one of the many use cases we do have. I won't go through the entire list from communications, connected cars to smart grids, analytic and Cloud enable mobile applications. I will rather focus on a rather interesting embedded topic as the trend around IoT (Internet of Things) is huge.
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