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William Kristol's alternative universe, in which desecrating corpses isn't that big a deal
We'll publish an editorial in tomorrow's print editions about the YouTube video of Marines desecrating the corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. (It's already published online.)
An excerpt:
We know that the vast majority of U.S. service personnel understand and embrace the spirit of international human rights conventions that prohibit the torture or humiliation of prisoners and the desecration of corpses in war. …
When a few don't get the message, they tarnish the image of the entire military as well as the American people. Not only are the violators at fault, so are commanders who failed to get the message across to these Marines that you just don't do certain things — not just because it violates international law but also because it violates basic human sensibilities about morality and decency.
This doesn't strike me as one of our more controversial, go-out-on-a-limb editorials. Who could disagree with the idea that videotaping yourself urinating on the bodies of the enemy is a no-no, right?
Wrong. I just read a blog post from William Kristol of The Weekly Standard that you can turn any issue in this country into a screed against your political foes. Here's a taste:
Obama administration bigwigs are falling all over themselves to denounce, condemn, lament, and apologize for the unfortunate behavior of a few Marines in Afghanistan last year. …
Give me a break. More importantly, give our troops a break. Yes, the Marines who appear to have done what they did should be reprimanded or punished, as they would have been in the normal course of things once their deed came to light. I will even grant that some higher-ups might have felt it prudent to deplore what happened, based on realpolitik considerations of depriving our enemies of excuses to whip up sentiment against us in the region (though I'm doubtful the effort to do this isn't more counterproductive than not). But the administration's reaction is over the top. And it smells of cheap self-righteousness and moral posturing from an administration that, to be honest, hasn't devoted a whole lot of time to thanking our troops for what they've been doing in very difficult and dangerous circumstances.
Well played, Mr. Kristol. Well played.


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The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
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How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Act.Scene.Line). Line numbers correspond to the Riverside edition.
Quote #1
He was disposed to mirth; but on the sudden
A Roman thought hath struck him.—Enobarbus!
Seek him, and bring him hither.—Where's Alexas?
Here, at your service. My lord approaches.
Enter Antony with a Messenger.
We will not look upon him. Go with us. (1.2.87-92)
First, this "Roman thought" is presented as contrary to mirth. The lovers are both passionate as they are prone to being tempestuous, and changing their actions immediately upon a new thought. Antony quickly changed from his mirth, and Cleopatra was looking for Antony—until he showed up.
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I will to Egypt.
And though I make this marriage for my peace,
I' th' East my pleasure lies. (2.3.44-46)
Antony makes this proclamation after listening to a soothsayer tell him Caesar's fortunes are better than his, so he should go to Egypt. It's a rare case where reason coincides with passion; Antony proclaims he'll go to Egypt, not because of the reason the soothsayer has given him, but because his love and pleasure is there.
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Canidius, we will fight
With him by sea.
By sea, what else?
Why will
my lord do so?
For that he dares us to 't. (3.7.34-39)
Antony is all impassioned at the questioning of his power. He knows that his ships are weaker than Caesar's, and that this fight is a risk, but Caesar has dared him to fight at sea. Of course, Caesar only does this because he knows Antony is disadvantaged on the water, and that he won't back down from a challenge. In the face of competition, Antony's passion overpowers his reason and good sense.

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'America's Got Talent,' Week 15, Night 2: TV Recap
After the last ten finalists showcased their talents last night on "America's Got Talent," the decision of who would proceed forward was left in the hands of viewers, who called, texted and emailed in their preferences. Host Nick Cannon wasted no time bringing the first two finalists to the stage to announce their fate: Smage Bros. Riding Shows and Team iLuminate joined Cannon while a recap unspooled, documenting of each group's journey. Unfortunately, attentive viewers already had a good sense of who was going to win, given the reaction each group earned from the judges during the season, so it came as little surprise that longtime favorites Team iLuminate were voted on to the next round while the Smage Bros. were sent home.
Cannon next brought out the Latino dance crew Miami All-Stars and opera singer Lys Agnes. To the audience's surprise, neither act made it through, but both offered extraordinarily poised and thankful speeches as they departed the stage. Notoriously unflinching judge Piers Morgan was appropriately impressed by their resilience, and reassured them that "you couldn't have done any more than you did."
Next, Cannon called for teen pop-rock group Poplyfe and magician Landon Swank. Although there was some uncertainty who would move on thanks to both acts' terrific performances from the previous night, Poplyfe ultimately won. Swank was similarly grateful for the opportunity to advertise his talent on a national level. After Poplyfe promised something epic for their next performance, judge Sharon Osbourne said to them, "I'm so happy for you guys – congratulations."
With fewer winners to announce and an hour of screen time to consume, the producers sent Cannon on a backstage tour of the show, where he wandered among the talent trailers before ending up standing awkwardly next to a naked Howie Mandel as Mandel solicited advice about his wardrobe for the evening's show. And after a commercial break, international singing group Il Diva performed a suitably epic rendition of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," wowing the audience but essentially eating up minutes of the show before Cannon would finish announcing the winners.
The next two acts to take the stage were performance artists Silhouettes and the goth-dance squad West Springfield Dance Team. Not unlike pitting Team iLuminate against Smage Bros., Silhouettes received near-unanimous praise throughout their run on the show while West Springfield was primarily defined by the ups and downs the group endured, so few including the groups themselves were shocked to find Silhouettes going on to the next round.
Finally, 11-year old vocalist Anna Graceman and former car washer-turned-standards singer Landon Eugene Murphy Jr. took the stage, walking out with Cannon rather than the host calling them to join him. After a brief pause, Cannon announced that Murphy was going forward, and Graceman was going home. Amazingly, Murphy seemed almost as disappointed as Graceman that she didn't win; although he was enormously happy to have won, he confessed he felt odd "taking this away from these kids." Meanwhile, Anna fought back tears as she expressed her gratitude, and her happiness for Murphy. The two hugged and she left the stage. With only four acts remaining, there are only a handful of episodes left, and before long, this season's "America's Got Talent" will decide who among their contestants has, well, the most of it.


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Our day began with a morning run and breakfast. It was a little colder today, twenty or thirty degrees instead of thirty or forty degrees. We then left for the venue and after cleaning our race skis we skied around the classic course. The course is pretty awesome with some epic downhills and pretty difficult ups. The only bummer of the day is that two Midwest J2 girls are now on crutches. I guess there was a pile up of Midwest girls on one of the downhills and some of them flew into the woods, causing some substantial damage to their knees. So hopefully those girls will have speedy recoveries.
This crash got some of the other divisions scared so they petitioned for an interval start tomorrow instead of a mass start. We know they only wanted an interval start because they are scared of New England's performance yesterday! So, tomorrow's race has been switched to an interval start, but we are not fazed, we are all ready to kick butt again tomorrow!
The real highlight of the day came during our nightly meeting. It began with Boobar going over tomorrow's logistics, and then Will gave us a superb pep talk about tomorrow. Then the fun began. Boobar surprised us with a piñata so that we could all unleash our frustration over the sudden change of race start. We had a marvelous time! After about fifteen or so people hitting the ducky, Bridger made a little hole and then Sammy T absolutely destroyed the duck. The candy is delicious, but we didn't get very much because all of the OJ boys were crouched and ready to go and immediately jumped as soon as Sam took his swing. We're all ready to ski fast tomorrow and secure our Alaska Cup, overall club, and Girls and Boys High School leads!!!!!
Isabel and Heather
David being David.
Hamish and his snuggy with his sword.
Ducky and the Alaska Cup.
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More Muppets is a good thing.
I loved The Muppets. It was a fantastic film that balanced what made the Muppets great and reintroduced them to a new generation. Disney, feeling confidant in the this new series, is already moving forward with the sequel: The Muppets..Again.
The original director James Bobin is returning to take the Muppets on a international adventure. With Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Ty Burrell rounding out the cast. Along with an interview by Kermit himself in this weeks EW, some spiffy new photos have come along with it, giving us the first taste of the new film.
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City offficials say the proposed commuter rail system serving Ventura to Goleta is nearing the last phase of negotiations. The rail system would alleviate congestion on Highway 101.
Train Backers Hope to Reduce Highway 101 Traffic Jams
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Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Declines
U.S. consumer confidence in January gave back some of the huge gains posted in the previous two months, according to a report released Tuesday. Views on labor markets darkened.
The Conference Board, a private research group, said its index of consumer confidence retreated to 61.1 this month from a revised 64.8 in December, first reported as 64.5. The January index was far less than the 68.0 expected by economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires.
The fallback was concentrated in consumers' view of the current economy. The present situation index, a gauge of consumers' assessment of current economic conditions, dropped to 38.4 in January from a revised 46.5, originally reported as 46.7.
Consumer expectations for economic activity over the next six months slipped only slightly, to 76.2 in January from a revised 77.0, first reported as 76.4.
"Regarding the short-term outlook, consumers are more upbeat about employment, but less optimistic about business conditions and their income prospects. Recent increases in gasoline prices may have consumers feeling a little less confident this month," said Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board Consumer Research Center.
Perceptions about the job markets worsened this month. The survey showed 43.5% think jobs are "hard to get" up from 41.6% saying that in December, while only 6.1% think jobs are "plentiful" down from 6.6% in December.
The more-cautious results are in line with expectations among economists that nonfarm payrolls did not grow as robustly this month as they did in December. Economists expect only 125,000 jobs were added in January, less than the 200,000 created in December. The government's job report is scheduled to be released Friday.
But consumers think the job situation will improve slightly over the next six months. The report shows 16.2% think there will be more jobs, up from 14.0% thinking that in December, and 19.5% expect fewer jobs, down from 20.2% in December. Households remain worried about future income, with only 13.8% thinking their incomes will increase over the next six months, down from 16.3% in December.
The report shows consumers, on average, expect inflation to be 5.5% twelve months from now, up from the 5.3% rate expected in December.


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A police explosive expert in the van prepares for a controlled blast at the Greek Parliament in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Greek police say they have detonated another suspicious package outside the Bulgarian embassy in Athens, following blasts outside Parliament and the Swiss embassy. No injuries or damage have been reported after Tuesday's three small explosions, which came a day after two Greek men were arrested for allegedly planning a string of mail bomb attacks. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)


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Tramp, Sharon Van Etten's third album, is washed in a plaintive mood but is driven by an urgency that keeps it interesting. On more optimistic songs like "Leonard", Sharon Van Etten's vocals become operatic, one word stretched across a few scales creating constant crescendos. Where someone like Rufus Wainwright would break into a falsetto with a horn section blaring, Van Etten lets the sound swim around as an accompaniment to her voice. At times her slight lilt is taunting the music to catch up to her. Songs like "All I Can" that build softly musically would benefit from a little more variation that the welcome back up vocals from Beirut's Zach Condon on "We are Fine" bring. Produced by Aaron Dessner of The National, Tramp is a nice medium between Van Etten's quieter singer-songwriter style and the strong, loud work she jumped to with 2010's Epic.
Sharon Van Etten performs Thursday, February 23rd, at The Paradise.


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From Sprote Rsrch.: Journalert, a LiveJournal client. Journalert has a few features that make it stand out, at least among Mac clients:
- If left running, it will notify you whenever your Friends page is updated, by bouncing its icon in the Dock and then displaying an alert that shows the name of the friend who posted as well as the picture they used. Pressing the OK button will then display the Friends page in your Web browser.
- It supports styled text (WYSIWYG) editing, albeit in limited form. If the only formatting you use is bold, italic and links, you'll never need to type another HTML tag again. If you need to add more formatting, you can switch to HTML view and go crazy.
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- As a Cocoa app, it supports spell-checking and undo.
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by Randy Hartnell
Men, keep eating your salmon! The results of a recent study by researchers from the National Cancer Institute show that men who consume ample amounts of the fish-derived omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA have a reduced risk of prostate cancer. (Prostate cancer is second only to lung cancer as the most lethal cancer among men.)
And, the study also showed that eating too much ALAthe omega-6 fatty acid that is overabundant in most diets, thanks to its prominence in cooking oils and processed foodsmay increase the risk of advanced prostate cancer.
This large, long-term study* examined 47,866 men between 40 and 75 years of age, who had no prostate cancer when the study began. After fourteen years, 2,965 men (six percent) had prostate cancer. The men with the highest combined intake of EPA and DHA were 11 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer and 26 percent less likely to develop advanced prostate cancer. While the men with high ALA consumption levels did not seem to increase their total risk of prostate cancer, high consumption significantly increased the risk of advanced prostate cancer.
Interestingly, the researchers found that eating too much ALA from plant sources (vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, etc.) increased the risk of advanced prostate cancer twice as much (100 percent increase in risk) as eating too much ALA from meat and dairy sources (50 percent increase in risk). Note: Sally Fallon and her colleagues at the Weston A. Price Foundation (see "Foraging for Insights and Good Food" in this issue) make a persuasive scientific case that animal fats do not deserve their unhealthful reputation, relative to vegetable fats.
*Leitzmann MF, Stampfer MJ, Michaud DS, Augustsson K, Colditz GC, Willett WC, Giovannucci EL. Dietary intake of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids and the risk of prostate cancer. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Jul;80(1):204-16


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Cal coach Mike Montgomery knew he needed Tyrone Wallace to be part of his basketball program.
He just didn't know he'd need him this soon.
But with sophomore transfer Ricky Kreklow -- a projected starter at shooting guard -- sidelined early this season by foot surgery, Wallace has become a key piece to the Bears' puzzle.
A 6-foot-4 freshman from Bakersfield, Wallace was a serious recruiting target for the Bears a year ago.
"We knew we needed a guard that could play," Montgomery said Thursday at Pac-12 media day. "We thought he was arguably the best guard in the state."
Wallace has been, to use Montgomery's words, "as advertised."
He scored 12 points Wednesday night in the team's public intrasquad scrimmage and will be the first guard off the bench a week from Sunday when Cal opens its season with a home game against Cal State Bakersfield.
Perhaps ultimately a point guard, Wallace is playing all three perimeter positions right now, with an emphasis on shooting guard. Montgomery has been pleased with Wallace's ability to get to the basket, likes his long-armed defensive potential and is a bit surprised by his perimeter shooting.
"He's not really nervous about what he's doing," Montgomery said. "He pretty much is confident in what his abilities are, and he's not afraid to make a play."
Wallace, who averaged 22.2 points per game last season as a high school senior, does not lack for confidence.
"I know what I need to do out there on the court. I know where I need to be," he said. "I hope to help my team win, go as far as we can."
Kreklow, who had a pin put in his foot during surgery to repair a stress reaction on Oct. 8, is ahead of schedule in his rehab. Montgomery hopes he might be ready to play in games within three weeks.
The one-time Missouri recruit is running on the treadmill with full body weight and has no pain. He should start doing some full-speed drills next week, then full workouts a week after that.
"Cal may have the best pair of guards in the conference," he said.
"I don't think that he needs to avoid contact as much as he used to," Montgomery said. "He's not ever going to be 260. But I think he'll be 230 next year and be just fine."
"I think you're going to be delighted with Richard Solomon," Montgomery said. "It was a tough deal for him. It was a tough deal for our team.
"But Richard didn't blame anybody. He took responsibility, which I thought was the first step. I think Richard's really grown up. In a lot of ways, it might be the best thing that ever happened to him."
For more on Cal sports, see the Bear Talk blog at ibabuzz.com/beartalk. Follow Jeff Faraudo on Twitter at Twitter.com/CalBearsBANG.


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Fremont solar maker Solyndra has a short but stormy history.
Less than a year ago, President Barack Obama held it up as a poster child for clean energy, saying during a visit to its headquarters that "companies like Solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future." But now, despite having raised more than $1 billion in venture capital and receiving a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, Solyndra is struggling and analysts can't see a way forward.
One reason for its woes is that low-cost Chinese manufacturers are building massive factories that have rapidly driven down the price of solar panels and shifted more than 50 percent of production to China. But Solyndra's technology may also be a problem -- several analysts question whether it will ever capture more than a narrow niche of the market.
Solyndra canceled its plans for an IPO in June, citing "adverse market conditions." Then in July, Chris Gronet, the company's founder, was replaced as CEO by Brian Harrison. Gronet remains at the company and chairs the board of directors.
"In 2010, the market changed, and we had to change with it," said Steven Mitchell of Argonaut Private Equity, Solyndra's largest shareholder. "We spent the first three months of 2010 trying to figure out where the bottom was. But we believe we have a fantastic product, and we have great confidence in Brian Harrison."
Harrison's first big move was to shut down Solyndra's older factory, consolidating production in Fab 2, the newer Fremont factory, and disrupting the company's plans to add 1,000 jobs.
Now he faces the formidable task of putting Solyndra on the road to profitability and reviving its much-maligned reputation in Silicon Valley.
"Solyndra developed a technology and was very focused on building a factory," said Harrison, who was president and CEO of Numonyx, a flash memory company, and an executive at Intel before joining Solyndra in August. "Now we need to build demand and get cost-effective.
"We're not yet cash flow positive, but we've adjusted our spending and slowed the rate of cash we are consuming," he added.
But Ramesh Misra, a semiconductor and solar energy analyst at Brigantine Advisors, says excessive spending is just one of Solyndra's problems. Another is that there doesn't appear to be much demand for its product.
Solyndra is one of several Silicon Valley companies making thin-film solar panels using a semiconductor compound known as CIGS, shorthand for copper indium gallium selenide. But instead of making flat panels, Solyndra manufacturers cylindrical tubes that are then fitted together in what it calls "the new shape of solar." The idea is that the cylindrical modules capture more sunlight throughout the day, can handle heavy winds and are better in snow storms because the snow falls between the tubes instead of covering them the way it would a conventional flat panel.
Solyndra's lightweight panels are designed for flat, commercial rooftops -- malls, distribution centers and big-box retailers like Costco and Walmart are ideal customers. Its largest installation in the United States is a 1-megawatt system at the Frito-Lay plant in Modesto that at peak production should reduce the plant's electricity use from outside sources by 25 percent.
The company says it shipped 60 megawatts worth of panels last year and expects to double that quantity this year. One megawatt of power is enough to power about 200 California homes.
But analysts question whether it can capture enough of the market.
"At the end of the day, customers pay the bills," Misra said. "Where are their customers? That's where the story starts to unravel. Solyndra is a disaster waiting to happen."
The solar industry is driven by metrics like "manufacturing cost per watt" and "cost per installed watt," which includes other factors such as the price of inverters, mounting hardware and permitting fees.
Many low-cost Chinese manufacturers, which benefit from massive government support, are manufacturing at costs in the $1.10 to $1.20 a watt range. Thin-film leader First Solar, based in Tempe, Ariz., manufactures at 75 cents a watt and aims to be at 53 cents a watt by 2014. Solyndra says its current manufacturing costs are about $3 per watt..
"Our manufacturing cost per watt is coming down every quarter," Harrison said. "By the end of 2012 we should be at the $1.30 to $1.40 per watt range, or $2 a watt if you include installation."
But even if Solyndra hits that goal, analysts such as Jeff Bencik of Kaufman Brothers warn that competitors are similarly racing to drive down their costs -- and have a head start.
"It's a moving hurdle," Bencik said. "It will be really difficult for Solyndra to match (other manufacturers' costs) at this point. I'm not saying they can't do it, but I haven't seen it."
Solyndra executives say they are aware of the challenges, and that the attention the company received at the time of Obama's visit set expectations unrealistically high.
"You want to be known for business, not politics," said senior vice president of marketing Karen Alter, who joined Solyndra in September and previously worked at Better Place, the Palo Alto-based electric-vehicle charging startup. "A lot of people know Solyndra, but they don't really know that much about us. The company didn't tell its story as well as it should have."
Now Solyndra is telling its story. The company, which has a penchant for secrecy, has been more visible of late -- attending trade shows, talking to journalists, boosting its sales and marketing staffs. Harrison has made a point of meeting with customers and being more accessible to Solyndra's 1,000 employees. And the company says there's still a huge, untapped market for Solyndra's product.
"Globally, there are 11 billion square meters of commercial rooftop space. In the United States, there's 3.5 billion. It's a really big market," Alter said. "We're not doing solar farms in the desert or residential -- we're focused on commercial rooftops, and our product is optimized for that environment. We have to keep telling that story."
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.
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May 2005: Chris Gronet, who earned his Ph.D. at Stanford University and veteran of Applied Materials, founds Solyndra.
October 2008: Solyndra formally announces it is entering the solar market with cylinder-shaped modules designed for flat, commercial rooftops.
March 2009: Solyndra receives a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy.
September 2009: Solyndra begins construction of "Fab 2"-- its second factory -- in Fremont. Upon completion, Fab 2 is expected to create 1,000 jobs and have a production capacity of 500 megawatts of panels per year. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attend the groundbreaking.
December 2009: Solyndra files an S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying it hopes to raise $300 million through an initial public offering of stock.
March 2010: PricewaterhouseCoopers releases an audit raising doubts about Solyndra's "ability to continue as a going concern." The audit notes Solyndra raised $970 million in equity financing but had $557.7 million in debt and "has incurred operating losses and negative cash flows since inception."
May 2010: President Barack Obama visits Solyndra to show his support for cleantech manufacturing.
June 2010: Solyndra withdraws its S-1, citing "adverse market conditions."
July 27, 2010: Solyndra announces that Brian Harrison will replace Chris Gronet as CEO. Gronet stays on in an undefined "executive capacity."
November 2010: Harrison announces plans to shut down Fab 1, consolidate manufacturing at Fab 2 and lay off some workers in a cost-cutting move. The company's total production goal is scaled back to 300 megawatts per year.
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MONTREAL -- Prior to the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Montreal Canadiens coach Michel Therrien predicted goaltender Carey Price would be his team's best player.
Price clearly wasn't in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Ottawa Senators, but an argument could be made he was in Game 2 on Friday.
Price made 29 saves, and the Canadiens got goals from Ryan White, Brendan Gallagher and Michael Ryder in a 3-1 win at Bell Centre that knotted the best-of-7 series at one game apiece.
"I think he knew that we needed him to have a good one and he did," defenseman P.K. Subban. "That's the thing about [Price], when he decides he's going to shut the door, he shuts it. And he locks it."
A night after Lars Eller's scary head injury, and missing captain Brian Gionta and regular-season scoring leader Max Pacioretty, the Canadiens controlled play early and finally solved Senators goaltender Craig Anderson after his 48-save masterpiece in Game 1.
The Canadiens expressed their anger Friday morning over what happened to a fallen teammate, but they insisted they needed to channel that anger into their play rather than try to exact some measure of revenge.
That is what they succeeded in doing, playing a physical game but staying on the right side of the line to take a must-win game.
"I think our coach sent the message that no matter who's in the lineup, it's about our attitude," Subban said. "I think we had a great attitude today. We went out there we executed, we did what we had to do."
The Senators head home to Ottawa to prepare for Game 3 on Sunday night (7 p.m. ET, CBC, RDS, NBCSN) having accomplished their mission of stealing home-ice advantage.
But captain Daniel Alfredsson had a difficult time seeing it that way after the game.
"It doesn't feel like that right now," he said. "We played a good first half of the game, then I think when they got up 3-1 late in the second it kind of put us in a big hole and it seemed like we didn't have the push that we did have [in Game 1] yesterday, so they were able to ride the last period off and we didn't really create enough chances to threaten them."
Price, who allowed two questionable goals in the third period of a 4-2 loss in Game 1, did not have to handle a shot on goal for more than seven minutes after the opening faceoff Friday. But just before the five-minute mark of the second period, Canadiens defenseman Jarred Tinordi's skate hit Price in the mask. Price skated to his bench, handed his tooth to a trainer, put his mask back on and went to work.
"A couple of guys went hard to the net, and I don't know what hit me in the head but it kind of stung me for a second," Price said. "I felt two teeth in my mouth, so I knew that wasn't very good."
Price allowed a goal to Chris Phillips at 8:16 of the second that cut Montreal's 2-0 lead in half, but a sequence of saves on a Senators power play late in the period may have won the game for the Canadiens.
An Alfredsson one-timer was turned away before Price made an incredible skate save on Sergei Gonchar about 30 seconds later, and two more saves on a Mika Zibanejad partial break and the rebound 10 seconds after that.
A minute later, Michael Ryder scored his first of the playoffs at 18:57 of the second to make it 3-1 Canadiens when the game could have just as easily been tied.
"We got a couple more bounces and we buried a couple of opportunities," Price said. "At least I didn't let in any soft goals, so that helps."
Senators coach Paul MacLean lost the services of defenseman Eric Gryba when he was suspended by the NHL a few hours before the game for his hit on Eller in Game 1. It was widely assumed Patrick Wiercioch would get the nod on defense, but MacLean opted instead for Andre Benoit.
"It came up heads twice," MacLean explained. "That's what it was."
In light of the back and forth between the two teams Friday regarding the Gryba hit, MacLean dressed tough guy Zack Kassian in place of rookie Cory Conacher and put him in the starting lineup with Chris Neil and Zack Smith, though nothing ultimately came of the move.
"We wanted him to bring energy," MacLean said of Kassian. "He's played well for us and he's a physical player and I knew it was going to be a physical game."
Therrien not only had to find a replacement for Eller -- a difficult enough task unto itself -- he had to compensate for the loss of Gionta and Pacioretty, each out with an upper-body injury suffered in Game 1.
Therrien decided to dress Jeff Halpern, Gabriel Dumont and Colby Armstrong, three players who combined for 11 points this season replacing three players who combined for 95. Dumont played 3:25 in his playoff debut, but Armstrong laid out six hits in 16:14 of ice time, and Halpern shared the team lead with five shots on goal in 11:58, including 3:41 on the penalty kill.
"Everybody thought we would be down about what happened last night and the loss of very important players," Therrien said. "You need character for that, and again tonight that team showed a lot of character."
The Canadiens carried the play early for a second night in a row, jumping out to an 8-0 lead in shots until Gonchar hit the net on a power play at 7:26.
That power play was the first of three the Senators would have in the first period, but they were unable to generate much and squandered the opportunity to take an early lead, instead heading into the intermission in a scoreless tie.
"I thought we did better things with it, but it certainly cost us tonight," MacLean said of the Senators' power play. "We could have used something out of our power play tonight in the first period when we had three opportunities. I think that was a huge part of the game."
The Canadiens got on the board early in the second period on a play when White worked hard to create some luck for himself. With the puck dumped into the Ottawa zone, Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson had White bearing down on him when he threw a pass that hit White's stick and rolled through Anderson's legs at 3:20.
Gallagher scored his second of the series 53 seconds later when fellow rookie Alex Galchenyuk found him all alone with a wide-open net in front of him to make it 2-0, Canadiens.
"They played harder than we did for most of the game and we turned over pucks that ended up in our net," MacLean said. "Any time of the year that's a recipe for not winning."


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Who doesn't love brownies? No one! Mark loves brownies, with pecans of course, so he thought this was a great challenge. These came together quickly, no mixer required, which I liked. As soon, as I ate one, ok, two, I knew I should have made a double batch. Next time.
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into quarters
- 5 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tablespoons espresso powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
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- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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Quaggan as a Playable Race
Posted 30 October 2012 - 12:41 PM
Posted 30 October 2012 - 12:53 PM
Fenice_86, on 30 October 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:
I very, VERY much hope they do NOT add any professions :e they made that mistake in the original gw series.... I think they could add more weapons to the existing professions to keep things interesting, and certainly races seems an option, but I honestly can't think of a reason for an additional profession, I don't think there is any possible gameplay role that isn't already covered by the existing possible profs!
Posted 30 October 2012 - 01:04 PM
It seems they and the Tengu are kind of a way for ANet to tease us.
"look at these races that lore portrays as very secretive and outside of normal Tyrian society, but who are extremely powerful Heh heh"
Hopefully it's foreshadowing ^^
Posted 30 October 2012 - 01:04 PM
Leg3nd4ry, on 22 September 2012 - 04:38 AM, said:
I love the voices. There is even one that sings in a jumping puzzle. It's to damn cute.
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SlappedYak, on 30 October 2012 - 12:53 PM, said:
that's why i'm curious, because i agree with you!
(well unless they buff minions we miss a real summoner i.e.)
however adding races it's only an aesthetic factor... what really makes the game are skills and professions are a way to add new skills (or new weapons or new slot in old weapons)
Posted 30 October 2012 - 02:08 PM
jubjub1277, on 30 October 2012 - 01:08 PM, said:
ooo ghooost and piwaatee!!
Someone can post lyrics of Little barracuda song?
Edited by Smallwalk, 30 October 2012 - 02:08 PM.
Posted 30 October 2012 - 05:01 PM
SlappedYak, on 30 October 2012 - 08:12 AM, said:
That's simply not true at all.
Engineer and guardian actually fit them very well if you're not intent on closing your mind to the possibility. You know they wear breathers, right? Their voices have a mechanical touch to them because of that. Well, someone had to design those. Along with elixers and having the tools to set up ambushes, the engineer fits just as well with largos as it does anyone else.
As for guardian, really? The class with tons of teleports, pulls, and immobilizations isn't fitting for them? Perhaps less so than an engineer or thief, sure, but the same can be said of other classes and already available player races. If their racial skills involve stealth, then EVERY class suddenly fits them just as well as they do every other race at least.
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Valkaire, on 30 October 2012 - 07:15 AM, said:
Tengu have been hinted it, as have largos. I forget where but Konig made a post about spoken evidence in game after storyline completion that hints to it.
"Over the seasons, the kodan spread and multiplied across the land. Their journeys were bounded only by the sea. And everywhere they went, they brought balance to the spirits. They watched and they learned and they hunted, and so served the will of Koda.
Now all things grow and all things die; even the glacier is not unchanging. And there came to be a great storm that did not end though month after month and season after season passed. And the great seers, the Voices, of the kodan said it was time to wait and to watch and to learn. With their thick white fur, the kodan would be safe. But waiting was not easy, for there was little to hunt in the storm. And in the great halls, the rumbling of bellies echoed like the roaring of bears. And there was a Claw without a Voice, a hunter among the kodan who refused to stay. He said that fur or no fur, storm or no storm, a hunter must hunt. And he led many others with him into the storm to seek hunting grounds in the lands to the far south, where the snow was light. And they were never seen again."
Emphasis being mine, but the lore is already in place for the Kodan to have evolved to allow for a numerous amount of characteristics. To me, complications would come from setting them apart in their lore from the Norn, who as we all know "live for the hunt". But, Kodans seem like a much more spiritual race, they could use that to their advantage when creating lore.
Personally, they seem to me as one of the most civilized and well constructed 'lesser' races we've encountered in the game, giving they priority as a playable race in my eyes. But, all speculation of course - time will tell all!
Edit: I also realize that the quote I gave, many will write off as the Kodan evolving into the Norn. I realize that's entirely possible, but not the only outcome. I'm just speculating.
Edited by Al Shamari, 30 October 2012 - 08:26 PM.
Posted 30 October 2012 - 09:03 PM
Valkaire, on 22 September 2012 - 04:33 AM, said:
somehow i feel the same. I absolutely LOVE the quaggans (as you can see ) but i just don't see myself controlling one...and use it to kill other enemies.
Posted 30 October 2012 - 09:26 PM
The current art assets strongly point towards this, too. When you look at the tengu currently in-game, they all have the exact same model with a few recolors to break up the monotony. Largos also have this going on, and overall look like they were created from pre-existing assets to serve as a placeholder. Their fins don't actually attach to their backs, there's only a single model for males and females, and there's zero diversity between them. This is a bit more excusable for largos given that there are so few in-game, but for tengu it's a very obvious sign that they have more in store for them.
Looking at kodan, I don't see that as much. Unlike tengu and largos, their animations are all very smooth and their models have at least the same amount of diversity between them as all of the other lesser races do. Some are sporting war paint and others have a few different types of armor on. Overall, they look and feel like something that the team put great effort in detailing and finishing, unlike the aforementioned tengu and largos.
Any new player race is going to see an overhaul to their existing models. They won't simply let you play as the NPCs you see now, but I'm sure they'll allow players to have a very similar (though far more polished) look to what we see now. Tengu and largos are the best candidates to see such an overhaul, but that doesn't completely write kodan out of the realm of possibility. The amount of kodan already in-game and their known fluff does, however.
I strongly suspect any new player race will have to have some presence in the world, yes, but it will have to be a presence light enough to be expanded upon without having to majorly rework anything. There's a light peppering of tengu here and there, and the same can sort of be said for the largos characters acting as their vanguard. I think kodan, along with the aforementioned, will certainly join the alliance. It makes sense, and they talk about doing it.
But kodan are literally all over Frostgorge Sound, and seen in many parts of Snowden Drifts. Would these areas have to change to accommodate player-kodan? If so, what would have to change and how much effort would it take? How would it impact the zone's story and flow? Some changes will be needed to make room for tengu, and fewer for largos, but kodan pretty much have an entire zone the team would have to rework.
As far as kodan fluff goes, where do the internal antagonists come in? We know tengu have four houses, and largos have many houses united into the Concordat. Plenty of room there for internal villains to overcome (maybe that Unseen Hunter going after Valiants was a member of some rogue traditionalist house, hence his total hostility and different naming convention). Kodan, though, just have many iceberg communities, each led by a Claw and a Voice.
Aside from their Voices following the will of Koda, they don't seem to have much of a functioning government. Now, norn don't exactly have this going on either, but they are at least united with their spirit lodges in Hoelbrak. Kodan as a player race would take quite a bit of expanding to compellingly explain. This isn't to say ArenaNet wouldn't do that, but I just think it's unlikely when they have a lot of other options to work with.
I also doubt they want every new race to be some spin on a real world animal, but perhaps that's just my own preference shining through. Either way, only ArenaNet really knows what they're going to do. I look forward to seeing it either way, but I think there's a huge potential to play tengu and largos off one another in the same expansion, similar to Luxons and Kurzicks.
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timmyf, on 22 September 2012 - 04:41 AM, said:
Crap like THIS makes me hate that bloody race. If they make Quaggan playable they need to allow duels and open PvP servers so I can kill every bloody one of them.
Posted 02 November 2012 - 11:50 AM
I doubt Quaggan will be playable; imo it would look weird seeing a quaggan decked out in say, heavy plate mail, weilding a huge 2 handed greatsword. (probably a bit weird on the frogs too, but i <3 the frogs)
Posted 03 November 2012 - 08:34 AM
However, I'd still rather see the Hylek and the introduction of the blow darts.
Posted 05 November 2012 - 12:08 AM
Alemoot, on 22 September 2012 - 03:54 AM, said:
On a side note, I would put money on being able to play Tengu at some point.
I will agree with you. To many problems with trying to make them a playable race. I can see Tengu becomming available in the future as a playable race.
I dont think we will see Skrit, like the Quaggan, they would have some issues with armor and animations, plus Skrit are also portrayed as a lesser race in the game.
Again, I can see Tengu, might still have some issues with armor, but they have a close enough build to the other races it shouldnt be to bad. Dwarves making a comeback...maybe just maybe, they could write in the lore about a colony of Drawves that didnt change and now they moved south because of Jormag, that is a possibility, dont see them having the stone drawves suddenly come back to life.
Currently I dont see any other races becomming playable.
Posted 05 November 2012 - 12:40 AM
Balbazac, on 01 November 2012 - 08:35 PM, said:
So glad I'm not the only one who thought the largos resembled Quarians! Lol. It was freaky. how ever if largos do become playable..i already have my name picked out
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Buffett's Semi-Disclosure on Successor: Better or Worse?
By Joann S. Lublin and David Benoit
When Warren Buffett revealed the board of Berkshire Hathaway selected a single candidate to succeed him as CEO but didn't name anointed one, he drew a renewed flurry of speculation over Berkshire's future.
Buffett apparently hasn't even told the heir apparent of his future, and though investors applauded the step to increase disclosure, others are wondering if he went far enough.
Whitney Tilson, the head of T2 Capital and a Berkshire investor, said on CNBC today that he was not concerned Buffett didn't specify a successor. He said he expected Buffett to be running Berkshire Hathaway for "another five years and probably ten."
"Things can change over five to ten years and if he anoints someone today and then that person makes a terrible mistake, like David Sokol did, or someone better comes along," Tilson said. "Can you imagine if he tries to change horses?…It would be a media circus."
Other investors told The Wall Street Journal they were glad to get any increased disclosure. Buffett had in the past said there was a succession plan and a person who would replace him in the event of an emergency, but Saturday indicated a more permanent replacement has been found.
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Identifying but not disclosing a new chief executive "is unorthodox" because "you create a distraction," warned Thomas Saporito, CEO of RHR International LLP, a management consultancy.
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George Takei & Apple Asian Labor: Where's Your Apology, George?
I recently posted a rebuttal to a blog post by George Takei on alleged mistreatment of Asian plant workers by companies used by Apple for manufacturing.
In summary, George Takie expressed shock and dismay over Asian workers treatment as they exercised the opportunity presented by industrialization to better their lives by moving from communal subsistence farming to factory jobs.
Setting aside Takei's ignorance of the economics of emerging economies and his overflowing western guilt, his post turns out to have one major flaw.
It's based upon lies.
It turns out that This American Life, the radio show who broadcast the piece by Mike Daisey that set off the firestorm of liberal guilt did some fact checking after airing the piece, and found it lacking one of the basic elements of good journalism: truth. BBC reports on their retraction here.
The problem is that George Takei hasn't issued a retraction or follow-up on his blog post. In fact, the liberal media and anti-capitalist pundits have largely ignored the retraction, and continue to whine about the unfairness of horrible capitalism.
I offer an explanation of this lack of follow-up. They don't care about the workers for whom they expressed concern. They were merely easy weapons to be used in an ongoing attack on capitalism.
I like George Takei and his blog. I hope he proves me wrong. I doubt he will.
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Can anyone tell me what 'SQ' stands for - on restaurant menus, usually next to expensive items, like crayfish? Two suggestions have included 'Subject to Quantity' and 'Seasonal Quotation', but nobody I have spoken to really knows for sure.
If you go to the really posh restaurants, the menu's that they give to the ladies don't have prices on at all....hunee is clearly not taking you to THE right eateries.....
haha. this reminded me o the time my ex and i went to the three ships - courtesy of a voucher taht i won.
during the meal i was talking quite animatedly, and hooked my glasses. they went flying through the air, next thing there were three waiters running towards me - terrifying! i thought the glasses were a gonner, til i realised that they were rushing to pick them up!
i prefer where i live now, they're not watching you like a hawk, to see whether you need attention ...
will have your head for this.
If my man took me to that up-market place, he knew the prices would be through the roof...and anyway, I'm worth every cent.
but some women might find that extremely degrading, especially if they intend to pay for the meal. Shock. Horror. Yes, some women actually pay for a meal sometimes.
But if you could, would you want to? Pay for a meal sometimes? Let's say, to show your appreciation and love for your husband?
There are many different kinds of currency.....
I think I would want to pay for my own meal just so that the guy doesnt think I owe him.... in any currency :)
but I suppose when you are married its different.
I would be deeply offended if I got to a place and the prices were not on the menu.... but then I probably wouldnt be in there in the first place...
You would owe the guy nothing!! Just by showing up, you're even....he's gotta pay for the privilidge of your very presence!!!
Would explain why I am single..... maybe Im too independant for my own good!
No, sweetness, that's not it. All the twats *with repect* you've gone out with are either blind or just plain stupid...or both. You are a catch and a half, alright!!!
Thanks. You are way too kind with your compliments.... and add 14% VAT and a 10% tip and I agree with you... I am ;)
or Snotty Queen
...my boy is growing up... 4 in September... don't forget the pact...
the deranged...well.....arrange!!!
SQ stands for "stupid question"......
You are so funny
on your 1st birthday. Now can anyone tell me the meaning on sic....sometimes found in newspaper articles, when someone has used really awful grammar. And I'm too lazy to google it.
You're brave, asking for help. Lucky Dolce's not online, or you'd have to scrub your eyeballs with Jeyes fluid after she tells you off.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable says: (Lat., thus, so) A word used by reviewers, quoters, etc., after a doubtful word or phrase, or a misspelling, to indicate that it is here printed exactly as in the original and to call attention to the fact that it is wrong in some way.
She was exceptionally rough on you - just showing you the ropes I think.
Ag, Dolce knows which side her bread is buttered on when it comes to me (well at least I hope she does).
Hey, and thanks for the explaination. Always something I wondered about but was too lazy to look up.
I sulked for about two months after that. But when I look back and see how mild her comment actually was, I realise how thick my skin has now become. And how I've learnt to give it straight back.
Dolce's grump this morning made me roar. I could just see her frothing at the mouth as she typed: red-faced, bug-eyed and hyperventilating.
Dex 1
Now come get your spanks.
Seen in context. I.e. - this is how the other dude said it, its not my spelling that's kak.
I think.
*peering over glasses*
And I suppose you believe that QED stands for Quite Easily Done.
For example: Dolce, QED
Now I'm in kak.
good one. But she know's its true, so she wont be upset.
Now you're in kak.
Thanks for taking the heat off me, boet.
Queen Elegant Dolce, I'll have you know.
But quietly, behind the corner...
You be clever blogger Dexie...
Oh wait - you only think that.
I always though it was Special Quotation, meaning the price is dependant on supply yadda yadda yadda. But I could well be wrong.
Read the comments below...
Thanks for trying to help though!
Mine is only 24 days after yours and I thought you'd been here for ever!
And here was I thinking that you were one of the old battle-scarred veterans too!
How did you start? And what made you choose blogmark?
Ages ago, an old varsity friend emailed to ask if I minded if she blogged about me which of course i didn't and she sent me the link - to blogmark. I still had dial-up in those days so blogging wasn't really an option but the moment I got broadband, I went back to the only blogsite I knew about at that point and well, the rest is history!
I didn't even know what blogging was!
I wanted to know what the fuss was about the song 'De la Rey', so googled it for the lyrics (in English). I can't find the blog now, but did find this one by Dolce on 18/5/2007, which is good for a laugh (friday frivolity: your history on the 'mark)
you guys put the 'mental' in sentimental.
how cool - do you still have the link...share?
here it is but eish! da blog eees gone!
What was your friend's blogname? It should still be on amagama.
if you can remember the title of the post that might also help...
has had many blognames and i dunno if i really want to reveal this...
and no, i can't remember the name of the post but i think it had something to do with me telling her about blowjobs or something!
*pleeeaaaaseee* ?
it would be really interesting... and she's not around anymore anyway... so whats the harm.
...she is still around!
Now i will not rest until i know.
So best spit it out already.
i promise it's not that hard... in fact, i'd have thought it was pretty obvious...
i'll tell you if you get it right. ;)
no. I don't do these guessing games.
in that case, i can't be frank with you!
you'll confuse him. He can't deal with more than one frank at a blog.
...i guess there's only one person who can speak frankly around here!
I was kind of expecting your friend to be valiant instead of frank, already braced myself for the repercussions...
i think my friend is valiant and frank. and i think we should all be, or try to be.
what repercussions are you expecting?
According to WikiAnswers:
There is alot of debate on this but inside sources state that 'SQ' means: subject to quotation, seasonal quotation, or subject to quality. SQ usually appears near an expensive food item whereby the customer is obligated to ask the price of that specific food.
Thanks for looking it up, but I really only posted this to push Dolce's button! I'm happy to go with the answer she gave me then:
means Salon Qualitaire. Originally because eating houses used to judge the quality of the item served, and therefore the price.
We now use a more common english subject to quotationcertain foods like shellfish or specialised meats are weighed before cooking or have fluctuating or seasonal prices.
But google could have given you that
And the Cape Times quoted Dolce's reply a few weeks later, calling her 'insistent'.
Those were the days...
and then I was TOTALLY paranoid that you were Wendy Knowler, because I've dealt with her professionally. Eish. Hilarious.
God, it's been a year hey? Eina.
Warn a blogger before you do these things, ok? *mutters under breath*
Damn, now where is that dish clothe to wipe away the egg....
No egg intended.
It was just a yolk, OK?
da da dish...
Everytime you step out of your shell you just crack me up.....
don't try and push my buttons this morning, 'kay. Or I'll fukken beat you with a birch twig.
Lazy fukken blogger.
Today is my blog birthday - This is exactly the same post that I put up a year ago. And you were the first one to respond then, too. At least then you were marginally more polite.
But I prefer you this way, you crotchety old bat.
you got her good.
Happy Blog Birffday.
Where's the party?
Isn't it your first blog birthday soon too?
And the party right here - 24 hours a day!
Im not sure but I suspect it is.... well, I'll just celebrate a first 'anything' birthday everyday *smile* I'll find a reason to celebrate everyday.
For sure! Good party it is as well.
Pass the wine please.....
You're starting early.
Do you want it in a brown paper bag, under your desk?
... for a bit of pass the wine under the table. Pfffttttt.....
has it been a year of Dusty's Muffin? Crapola. Time flies when you're....umm...avoiding work and stuffing about online.
Sheesh lady. Congratumalations!


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Bret Michaels' Hyponatremia: What Does This Mean for Him?
After suffering from a subarachnoid hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain), Bret Michaels is now experiencing a common complication called hyponatremia.
Hyponatremia – low sodium levels in the blood – occurs when brain cells are damaged as happens with bleeding in the brain. It's not clear why, but these patients release too much of a hormone called ADH. The condition is a bit of a mouthful – it's called syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion or SIADH.
If SIADH goes unnoticed or untreated, it can be life threatening. However, in most cases it's treatable.
But treatment is particularly complicated in people with subarachnoid hemorrhage. In most people with SIADH, as strange as it sounds, we actually restrict the amount of fluids we give them. This slowly allows sodium levels to begin to rise.
However, in people with bleeding in the brain, restricting fluids can actually be dangerous. For these patients, we often have to give a solution called hypertonic saline, which is fluid with high amounts of sodium. This has to be done very carefully as raising sodium levels too quickly can lead to even further brain injury.
Bret Michaels' doctors will likely get his SIADH under control. His prognosis is more dependent on the amount of brain injury that he suffered from the bleeding. This is just a speed bump along the road to recovery and Michaels' prognosis will depend on many factors, such as how severe the bleeding was and how much brain damage he suffered.
We'll be keeping an eye on his progress to watch for any further development or complications he may experience along the way.


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For pt.1 see ibid., vol.10, no.1, p.73-82 (1993). The hardware structures and tools used to implement built-in self-test (BIST) pattern generation and response analysis concepts are reviewed. The authors describe testing approaches for general and structured logic, including ROMs, RAMs, and PLAs. They illustrate BIST techniques with real-world examples.

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Roger kicks off in Paris
Immediately after the final in Shanghai and his titles in Stockholm and Basel, Roger is going to play the Masters 1000 in Paris-Bercy this week. The furthest he has ever come in Paris so far are the quarter finals.
In absence of the injured world number 1 Rafael Nadal, Roger has been seeded as number 1.
Roger begins the tournament against France's Richard Gasquet (ATP 28), who he dominated six times in seven matches. He could then meet Radek Stepanek (ATP 41), who he defeated in Basel in two sets or Nicolas Almagro (ATP 16). In the quarter-finals, he could cross the path of Austria's Jürgen Melzer (ATP 11). Should Roger make it through to the semi-finals for the first time, he could set up a clash against Andy Murray (ATP 4) - against who he had lost in Shanghai.
And I look forward to see you play on a faster court.
You look beautiful in rainy Paris, take care.
I love you…
Isabel. :)
Yeah, Roger looks very confident and determent.
I just love this pic so much.
Yes indeed that look is still here and stronger than ever.
Have a wonderful day.
That's the look of the 2005-2008 Roger we came to know and luv, and WE KNOW THAT IT'S STILL THERE, STRONGER THAN EVER B4~!!!
yes, Joker strikes his arrogant, rude ugly head once again by PATRONIZIN' Roger, like go figure~!!! This guy really got some ax to grind, aka being that he is, a worthless 1-hit wonder is all...he got MURRAYITIS, aka WOLFMANITIS, aka CANNOT WIN A GS FINAL EVENT IF HIS LIFE DEPENDS UPON IT~!!!
oh, but he talks up a good game afterwards 'cuz that's ALL he got in his arsenal for he NOT only ran out of whatever little else left in that bashed head of his!
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W. Tennis Drops Match at No. 74 Fresno State
March 28, 2014
FRESNO, Calif. - The San Diego State women's tennis team dropped its road match to No. 74 Fresno State, 6-1, on Friday afternoon at Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center in Fresno, Calif.
The day began with doubles action, as Fresno State won the first two matches to claim the point. SDSU's No. 1 team of sophomore Dora Somoracz (Budapest, Hungary) and junior Hailey Johnson (Fallbrook, Calif.) fell to Sophie Watts and Anneka Watts, 8-2, while the Aztecs' No. 2 duo of junior Kristin Buth (Kaiserslautern, Germany) and freshman Kennedy Davis (San Jose, Calif.) came up short against Aishwarya Agrawal and Sofya Malysheva, 8-4.
The Aztecs' No. 3 unit of senior Laura Antonaña Iriarte (San Sebastian, Spain) and sophomore Isabelle Hoorn (Soest, Netherlands) trailed FSU's Tanya Murtagh and Anne Susdorf, 6-4, once play was suspended when the Bulldogs earned the doubles point.
San Diego State (7-10, 1-1 MW) quickly knotted the dual-match score at 1-1 in singles action, as Davis topped Malysheva, 6-1, 6-3, on the No. 4 court, but Fresno State (9-8, 2-0 MW) regained the lead for good when Agrawal topped sophomore Tami Nguyen (Muntinlupa City, Philippines), 6-2, 7-5.
No. 35-ranked Antonaña-Iriarte had her four-match winning streak snapped in No. 1 singles play, losing a three-set battle to Sophie Watts, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, before Hoorn was knocked off by Susdorf, 7-6 (2), 6-4, for Fresno State's fourth point to seal the dual-match victory.
With the outcome already decided, Somoracz suffered a tough three-set loss to Anneka Watts, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2, while Buth lost a hard-fought three-set match to Rana Sherif Ahmed, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5).
The Aztecs return to action on Friday, April 4, when they play host to Mountain West foe Nevada beginning at 11 a.m. PT at Aztec Tennis Center.


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State Farm Good Neigh Bears
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Playhouse Disney "Handy Manny" Toolsets
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Buzz's Boatyard Toy Boats
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LTD Commodities Wood Abacus
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TCB Imports Toy Police Car
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Hobbico Radio-Controlled Helicopter
The rechargeable battery in Hobbico Inc.'s radio-controlled helicopter can combust during charging. Costumers are entitled to a free replacement battery by contacting Hobbico at (866) 462-2426, or by visiting www.electrifly.com.
Fisher-Price Learning Pots and Pans
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Skippy Pool Toys
"Skippy" is a plastic fish that kids can launch across the surface of a pool, using an elastic mechanism. Several injuries have been reported, due to the fish's plastic tongue detaching and lacerating users. Parents are advised to take this product away from their children immediately. Visit the manufacturer's website, www.swimways.com, for more information.
Laugh & Learn Kitchen Toys
This product contains numerous small pieces that could pose a choking hazard to small children, if they become detached. Parents can request a free repair kit from Fisher-Price, through the parent company's website: www.service.mattel.com.
Elite Operations
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Toy Pirate Swords
The Gymboree Corporation is recalling plastic pirate swords due to reports of the products breaking and posing a laceration hazard. No injuries have been reported, but the product can be returned for a full refund. Visit www.gymboree.com for more details.
Dunkin' Donuts Glow Sticks
During a promotion at Dunkin' Donuts, which ran from September through October 2007, the chain gave away glow sticks with purchases of donuts. It has since been determined that the glow sticks pose strangulation and choking dangers to children. The company is offering a free donut to parents who return a glow stick to their local store. Visit www.dunkindonuts.com for more information.


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The Sports Medicine program at Desert Regional Medical Center's Institute for Clinical Orthopedics & Neurosciences (ICON) provided baseline concussion testing for Xavier College Preparatory High School football players on Saturday. They used a test called ImPACT, a computer-based test that measures verbal and visual memory, processing speed and reaction times of the student athlete. If a concussion is suspected during the season, the baseline test can be compared with a follow-up test so a physician can assess potential changes or damage caused by a concussion.
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