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Hi guys.
A quick question for your consideration. Friday is Halloween as we all know and it'll be my first outing in my Fett (6 months of 100% scratch built hard graft) :wacko. Anyway aside from blowing my own trumpet, I'm in two minds as whether to take the EE3 with me as it's kinda heavy and somewhat cumbersome with all my gear on:cry. Those are the bad points but if I leave it at home will this spoil the overall look? I'm ESB so I do have my sidearm. I'm just thinking of practicality and the ability to hold a beer;)
So for those of you who've done this gig before please give me your words of wisdom.
Hope you like the pics. Sorry they're tilted but no matter what I try they will insist on being like this :(
Two more points before someone mentions it. 1 Yes I am wearing the jet pack. 2 I know the left gauntlet is ROTJ I just like it better 8) Sorry purists

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(Sept. 27, 2006)--More than 400 UTSA students, faculty and staff listened to remarks by Texas independent gubernatorial candidate Richard "Kinky" Friedman and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura on Sept. 25 at the University Center Retama Auditorium on the UTSA 1604 Campus. The event was hosted by the Graduate Political Science Association.
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The singer, songwriter, columnist and novelist used UTSA as the venue to kick off his Texas college tour -- a trek that will take him to 20 other Texas colleges and universities in the next two weeks. The event was the first time Ventura officially stumped for the Texas candidate.
Friedman, who faces Republican incumbent Rick Perry, independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Democrat Chris Bell and Libertarian James Werner, spoke on issues facing the citizens of Texas, then took questions from the audience.
Ventura ran for office as an independent candidate for governor in Minnesota in 1998, narrowly winning the election over the Republican incumbent and a Democratic challenger.
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Flag flys over King Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall
Original post made by Paco, Palo Alto Hills, on Apr 3, 2013
Perhaps the ignorance of city leaders to recognize and fly a "rainbow" flag that has no official law or governmental recognition of validity and was created by a street vendor to simply line the pockets of those individuals selling them on street corners might prevail, however, if the council really wants to make a statement of national importance they may choose the POW/MIA flag to support those families with missing sons and daughters.
The irony that City Council chose to fly the "rainbow" flag at King Plaza, a site they claim recognizes civil rights, is sadly lost with the fact that the City of Palo Alto does not recognize Martin Luther King Day (passed by the Reagan Administration in 1983) as a national holiday observed on the 3rd Moday of January and refuses to give city employees the day off in respect to Martin Luther King.
Apparently city council's civil rights concerns only apply to whatever bandwagon shows up in town that may fit into their dysfuntional agenda.
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 6:43 pm
Hey yes, great idea.
Now every group can come up with a banner or a flag, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Giants Fans, whatever. The precedent is now set. City Hall reflects the views of all Palo Alto residents (or not) and flags flying high show the world what we think.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2013 at 7:50 pm
How about an individual flag for every adult individual in Palo Alto. They we will know for sure that everyone has been represented.
a resident of another community
on Apr 3, 2013 at 11:29 pm
I fully agree the POW/MIA flag would be a much better flag to fly in Palo Alto or any city.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 4, 2013 at 8:10 am
Sadly, the answer to why this was done is very simple.
LGBT issues are "politically correct" in a liberal community.
POW/MIA issues are not.
Sad but true.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Apr 4, 2013 at 3:22 pm
LGBT rights are "politically correct" EVERYWHERE because they are the civil rights issues of our time. It doesn't matter if you don't like it, it doesn't matter that you're trying to deflect and change the subject. It doesn't mean POW/MIA issues don't matter, and conversely, it POW/MIA flags don't make LGBT rights a non-issue. They're both issues. If you feel so strongly about it, bring it up to your city council and see what they're do about it. That's how you educate and put momentum behind a social justice problem - education, starting with your leaders.
a resident of Downtown North
on Apr 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Why is the POW/MIA issue resurfacing now, after 30 dormant years? If it is so important, why was it neglected for those 30 years? And, who is orchestrating the hysteria for its revival and why?
I think it's the latest desperate ploy by the wingnut elite to whip their acolytes back into a mouth-foaming frenzy, now that Obama was re-elected and the gay marriage thing got away from them. Gotta do something to bring those talk radio ratings back up.
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A jigsaw is the grand master of cutting shapes in a variety of materials. All you need is the right blade. We'll show you how to use this versatile power tool for cutting intricate shapes and for making compound and bevel cuts in boards and other materials.
Using the right blade is the key to cutting various materials.
My jigsaw often sits for months just gathering dust. But then I'll need to cut out an intricate pattern for a hobby project, saw into a countertop to install a kitchen sink or cut a material like thin tile or metal that my other saws can't handle. That's when I remember why I love this tool. It's a versatile tool a novice can safely operate, control and—with minimal instruction—enjoy good results from within minutes of picking it up. We'll show you how to get superior results cutting wood, plastic laminate, ceramic tile and metal.
Cut smooth curves in wood. Begin by pressing the saw shoe firmly on the workpiece with the blade away from the edge. Start the motor, guide the blade along the outside of the cutting line (for finer sanding later) and move from curves to inside corners. Always move the saw forward at a pace that allows the blade to cut without deflecting and doesn't make the motor labor. Prevent the saw blade from binding on tight curves by using relief cuts to remove waste.
A jigsaw is versatile enough to make straight, compound and beveled cuts through boards. Hold the workpiece firmly and guide the saw steadily against a saw fence. Avoid driving blades into the bench top (bending and breaking them) by using rails to raise the workpiece.
A jigsaw can precisely complete cuts begun with a circular saw in stair stringers, wood flooring and sheet materials. To avoid bumps in your final stair stringer, hold the jigsaw blade tight to the inside of the stringer cutting line.
Use this blade for cutting wood.
Jigsaws are ideal for cutting curves and complex shapes in wood (Photo 1). They also work well for making short crosscuts on a board (Photo 2) and finishing inside corner cuts (Photo 3) that you start with a circular saw. Jigsaws are not good for making fast, long, straight cuts. Use a circular saw instead. When cutting wood, follow these guidelines:
Make precise, no-chip cuts in laminate by drilling a 1/2-in. starter hole in the countertop for the blade. Use a special laminate blade that cuts only on the downstroke, and follow the cutting line drawn on masking tape. Avoid marring the countertop by taping the bottom of the saw shoe.
Use this blade for cutting laminate.
A jigsaw is perfectly suited for making the curved (or short diagonal) cuts at the corners of countertops and for the final long cut parallel to the backsplash. When installing a sink, make the front and two side cuts in the countertop with a circular saw. It's faster and there's no blade deflection to deal with.
The narrow space between the sink cutting line and the backsplash won't accommodate the wider circular saw shoe but lets the narrower shoe of most narrow-body jigsaws sneak in perfectly (Photo 4).
If you're not comfortable making countertop cuts with a circular saw, use a jigsaw for the whole job. Cutting through a countertop with a jigsaw is slow-going. Choose a special down-cutting laminate blade. Its 5/16-in. wide blade, with eight teeth per inch, minimizes laminate chip-out. Use short relief cuts inside curves to ease the blade through the turn.
Use a carbide-grit abrasive blade to make curved cuts in ceramic wall tile that's up to 1/4 in. thick. Speed the work and reduce tile breakage by clamping the tile and using a light mist of water to lubricate the saw cut. Jigsaws that have a movable scrolling head work best to move the blade through tight curves. This is slow work that demands patience, blade changes and relief cuts to open the tightest turns.
Use this blade for cutting ceramic tile up to 1/4-in. thick.
Cutting curves and shapes into tile with tile nippers and ceramic rod saws is slow and results in a lot of tile breakage. If you're cutting wall tile no more than 1/4 in. thick, try your jigsaw for this task.
Use special toothless, carbide-grit blades for tile cutting. For thin tile, apply water frequently to lubricate the saw cut. Thicker tile requires lubricating the saw cut with cutting oil.
To minimize tile breakage, it's imperative that you clamp your tile down tightly and hold the saw firmly on the tile to control saw and blade vibration. Avoid marring the tile by applying masking tape to the saw shoe. Go slow, using short relief cuts to remove waste and ease the blade through the turn.
Cut sheet metal without shredding it by clamping the workpiece tightly between two thin sheets of plywood. Begin by drilling saw blade starter holes inside all pattern circles. Cutting through a plywood sandwich is slow-going. For the smoothest cuts, select metal-cutting blades that have 21 to 24 teeth per inch.
Use blades with 21 to 24 teeth per inch to cut metal.
With the proper blade, jigsaws can cut through wood with embedded nails, 1/8-in. mild steel, no-iron pipe and sheet metal up to 10 gauge thick (Photo 6).
For cutting sheet metal, choose a finer blade with 21 to 24 teeth per inch. To avoid shredding sheet metal or raising a lot of edge burrs, tightly sandwich the metal between two layers of thin plywood. Cut metal plate and pipe on low speed. For pattern cutting, drill blade starter holes instead of making plunge cuts. Expect it to take a while to cut through the sandwich. When cutting over a workbench or sawhorses, prop the sandwich on rails for adequate blade clearance below.
Features such as higher saw power, long blade stroke, variable speeds and orbital cutting action are all pluses for cutting metals, and are found on more costly jigsaws. Saws that are equipped with vacuum hose connections to keep the pattern cut sightlines free of dust also are a plus. Cutting pipe and mild steel plates wears out blades fast. Keep plenty of blades on hand, select a coarser blade (like 14 teeth per inch) and lubricate the saw cut with cutting oil.
A jigsaw (also called a saber saw) cuts in a rapid up-and-down motion. The key to excellent results with a jigsaw is to match a specific blade to the type of material you'll cut: wood, metal, plastics, tile, etc. The blade package will indicate what material the blade cuts best.
Most blades are carbon steel, 2 to 3-1/2 in. long and either 1/4 in. wide for making tight radius cuts or 3/8 in. wide for general-purpose cutting. Six-teeth-per-inch blades cut fast but rough; finer blades with 10 or more teeth per inch deliver smoother cuts. Special toothless blades cut everything from leather to tile. When buying blades, consider investing in bimetal blades. They can last 10 times longer and are less likely to break.
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Emerging Leaders Program
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The mission of the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) is to facilitate the development of leadership skills, promote excellence, individuality and group cohesiveness among current and emerging leaders affiliated with the Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA) at the University of Rochester.
Through a series of interactive, innovative and culturally based structured workshops and team building exercises, participants will have the opportunity to discuss important social, personal, multi-cultural and other current issues. The skills gained will enable students to take on a more active leadership role in their respective organizations, navigate the University's departments and resources effectively, and engage both their immediate and neighboring communities in a constructive and lasting way.
Program Description
ELP is open to all undergraduate students affiliated with OMSA, although preference is given to freshmen, sophomore, and junior students. ELP is intended to help prepare students to be "well-rounded" and proactive leaders that strive for academic excellence and will be community participants.
ELP is to be completed in one academic semester (Fall or Spring). The program consists of sessions of interactive workshop participation and it provides students with the knowledge and development to assume leadership roles on campus in order to make them more successful in their professional lives. The working idea behind ELP is that everyone has the potential for leadership, which is a unique life long journey.
Interactive Workshop Participation
The Emerging Leaders Program offers many workshops ideal for gaining new skills, which are applicable to any organization or personal enrichment. Topics may include: goal setting, time management, conflict resolution, brainstorming techniques, stress management, recruitment/ retention and many more. The programs are designed to introduce current and emerging leaders to leadership theory and development. Information will be provided through group activities, guest speakers, discussions, role-playing and introspective assignments.
ELP also offers workshops that review specific University of Rochester policies and procedures that current leaders need to be acquainted with in order to be productive within their organizations. Workshop topics may include but are not limited to:
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Through team building, group interaction and organizational involvement, ELP students will learn how to practically apply leadership theories. Team building, group interaction and organizational involvement require effort. Throughout life, working with others in team situations will constantly be presented. Students will have an opportunity to practice these skills by developing and maintaining relationships, offering support, and developing trust with other people in the group.
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OMSA Counselors and a diverse group of volunteers such as University of Rochester alumni, faculty, staff and community leaders in the greater Rochester area are recruited to facilitate ELP workshops in order to produce exposure to a myriad of leaders and their numerous experiences.
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Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal and Chilean director Pablo Larrain are both upper-middle-class guys, though they hail from either ends of the political spectrum.
While Bernal is the son of free-thinking actors who helped make him an adventurous kind of arthouse film star, Larrain is the son of conservative politicians, who voted Yes in the 1988 plebiscite which would have installed Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet for another eight years as the nation's leader.
The No vote, however, prevailed and Larrain's new movie, No, playfully recalls how Rene Saavedra, an advertising executive whose usual clients were Coca-Cola, orchestrated a clever pro-No campaign.
Bernal, who plays Saavedra, came early to the Chile-US-Mexico production and his presence greatly helped with the financing. The star of The Motorcycle Diaries and Bad Education wanted to work with Larrain as he had seen the first film in the director's so-called Pinochet trilogy, 2008's Tony Manero, about a man obsessed with John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever and who runs his household like a dictatorship.
Larrain's second film in the trilogy was 2010's Post Mortem, set during the 1973 military coup, and now comes No, which was Oscar-nominated for best foreign film.
"I love Pablo's work and getting to know him was the key to my doing this movie," Bernal recalls. "I was doing a film in Bolivia and he arrived and we spent an afternoon together and he told me what the film was about and we became instant friends as we share the same kind of film language. He is a good director, a solid kind of craftsman and he also has this great insight and this mischievousness of what he wanted to achieve in this movie.
"He was inviting me to be a collaborator in his investigation because the film is basically an interpretation of what happened at that time, even if it ends up being a deconstruction of democracy.
"It's a very intellectual movie yet at the same time it's very moving. It shows us the ambiguities and the contradictions that democracy brings in an entertaining manner."
Growing up in Mexico, did Bernal hear about this story of an adman virtually overthrowing the Chilean dictator? "I grew up with a lot of political exiles from all over Latin America, so I have friends who are sons or daughters of dissidents," he replies. "I knew about it on that level but nothing like when I went to make the movie and got to know the real people."
Larrain's parents were right-wing politicians. His father, Hernan Larrain, is still a senator and his mother, Magdalena Matte, is a former government minister.
"When my parents voted Yes I remember holding the Yes flag on the final day, which is in the movie," Larrain recalls. "I was one of those millions of people supporting Yes on the streets. Then I grew up and realised everything."
Larrain was 12 at the time of the plebiscite. "It's not something I remember clearly. I just remember the atmosphere; it was awful. I remember watching the campaigns on TV - it was a thrill like the World Cup. Pinochet and the regime never thought it was going to be important. They thought it was just a TV thing, but it did change everything.
"That's why we became interested in the story, because it shows how they changed the destiny of a country through very simple ideas on TV.
"The guy who did that was not a genius who made a revolution; he was not Che Guevara. He was an advertising guy who believed more in Coca-Cola than in freedom or politics. We were fascinated that Pinochet was ultimately defeated by the capitalist economics and the social system he imposed. In a sense he dug his own grave."
Larrain's penchant for Mad Men-style attention to period detail led him to shoot with U-matic videotape to match the original footage. Although it was a struggle to find the cameras, this was essential as he was determined to show how Pinochet really was.
"Pinochet was very stupid," he says. "He wasn't a smart person like Margaret Thatcher, and I don't like her either, but I wouldn't say she was stupid. Pinochet was just lucky to get where he got and he was violent enough to control everything.
"One of the guys under him was very smart, but Pinochet himself could barely talk. I just had to show the real guy because it's all just there. Some day somebody will make a movie about him, and it will be a comedy like (Sacha Baron Cohen's) The Dictator."
Who: Actor Gael Garcia Bernal and director Pablo Larrain
What: The film No
When: Previews this weekend. Opens Thursday


text: It is sometimes automatically assumed that Sonja Henie was the greatest female singles skater of the 1930's. However, when one takes a closer look, she was extremely fortunate to win the 1936 Olympics as Cecilia Colledge ran her a very close second. As Sandra Stevenson pointed out in her obituary on Colledge for the UK Independent on the 21st April 2008 (Link Here): after the School Figures, "the closeness [of the competition] infuriated Henie, who, when the result for that section was posted on a wall in the competitors' lounge, swiped the piece of paper and tore it into little pieces. The draw for the free skating [then] came under suspicion after Henie landed the plum position of skating last, while Colledge had to perform second of the 26 competitors. The early start was seen as a disadvantage, with the audience not yet whipped into a clapping frenzy and the judges known to become freer with their higher marks as the event proceeded. Years later, a fairer, staggered draw was adopted to counteract this situation". British youngsters, Megan Taylor and Cecilia Colledge were Henie's closest competitors during the 1930's. Taylor and Colledge were both selected to compete for Great Britain at the 1932 Olympics - Colledge was 11 years and 68 days old at the start of the 1932 Olympics on the 4th Feb 1932 - 11 years and 73 days old at the start of the Ladies figure skating competition on the 9th Feb 1932, and Taylor was 11 years and 102 days old at the start of the Olympics - 11 years and 107 days old at the start of the Ladies figure skating competition. They were the youngest ever female competitors in any Olympic sport and the youngest ever competitors at the Winter Olympics. Taylor finished 7th and Colledge 8th. Taylor and Colledge went on to have a intense rivalry thereafter. Colledge finished a very close second to Henie at the 1936 Olympics (which Taylor unfortunately missed). Colledge would then go on to become World Champion in 1937 (beating Taylor into second place), but Taylor famously beat her into second place to become World Champion in 1938 (See attached photograph re the welcome she got after her win). Colledge gained her revenge though by beating Taylor in the 1939 British and European Championships in 1939, but missed the 1939 Worlds (due to an achilles tendon injury), thereby allowing Taylor to retain her world title. Without doubt, either Colledge or Taylor would have become Olympic champion in 1940, but tragically World War 2 deprived them of that opportunity. An illustration of just how ardent the rivalry between Colledge and Taylor was, was that after Colledge beat Taylor into second place for the British title in 1938, Taylor congratulated Colledge and then immediately burst into tears - so upset was she! Their rivalry reached its zenith during 1937 - 1939. During this period, they competed against each other 8 times in British, European, and World Championships. Taylor finished second to Colledge on every occasion, except at the 1938 World Championships when she beat Colledge into second place in controversial circumstances. Hence, the head-to-head between them during 1937-39 was 7-1 in Colledge's favour. This is in stark contrast to the period 1932-34 when the head-to-head between the two was 6-0 in favour of Taylor (who beat Colledge into second place at all 3 British championships during that period. At both the 1932 Olympics and Worlds, Taylor finished 7th and Colledge 8th, and at the 1933 Worlds, Taylor finished 4th and Colledge 5th). So how good were Sonja Henie, Cecilia Colledge and Megan Taylor when assessed from a modern perspective and which of the three was the best? Here is some footage of them (footage of their competitive careers obviously being very scarce):- Sonja Henie and Cecilia Colledge - 1936 Olympics Cecilia Colledge - Mini Doc (montage of career highlights) Megan Taylor - Ice Capades 1942 Megan Taylor - Ice Capades 1942 Sonja Henie - Mini Doc of career highlights Sonja Henie - Film: One in a Million World War 2 (WW2) practically finished both Colledge's and Taylor's competitive careers, although Colledge returned after WW2, but then turned professional after just 1 year. Colledge drove an ambulance in the Motor Transport Corps during the London Blitz, moved permanently to the United States in 1951 (saying of Britain that "there was nothing left for me there except unhappy memories" - due to her experiences during WW2 and the death of her brother during the war), and pursued a distinguished career as a coach with the Skating Club of Boston between 1952 and 1977, coaching skaters such as Ron Ludington. Taylor spent much of the early 1940's with Ice Capades. However, after finishing with Ice Capades, not much is known about what she did thereafter and she died in Jamaica in 1993. Does anybody know what happened to Taylor after Ice Capades?


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The 1957 American Scientist article, reproduced in full
B. F. Skinner
So far our data have been taken from the pleasanter side of life—from behavior which produces positive consequences. There are important consequences of another sort. Much of what we do during the day is done not because of the positive reinforcements we receive but because of aversive consequences we avoid. The whole field of escape, avoidance, and punishment is an extensive one, but order is slowly being brought into it. An important contribution has been the research of Murray Sidman [10] on avoidance behavior. In the Sidman technique, a rat is placed in a box the floor of which is an electric grid through which the rat can be shocked. The pattern of polarity of the bars of the grid is changed several times per second so that the rat cannot find bars of the same sign to avoid the shock. In a typical experiment a shock occurs every 20 seconds unless the rat presses the lever, but such a response postpones the shock for a full 20 seconds. These circumstances induce a rat to respond steadily to the lever, the only reinforcement being the postponement of shock. The rat must occasionally receive a shock—that is, it must allow 20 seconds to pass without a response—if the behavior is to remain in strength. By varying the intervals between shocks, the time of postponement, and various kinds of warning stimuli, Sidman has revealed some of the important properties of this all-too-common form of behavior.
A sample of behavior which W. H. Morse and the writer obtained with the Sidman procedure is shown in Figure 11. Here both the interval between shocks and the postponement time were 8 seconds. (White space has been cut out of the record and the separate segments brought together to facilitate reproduction.) The records report a 7-hour experimental session during which about 14,000 responses were emitted. Occasional shocks are indicated by the downward movements of the pen (not to be confused with the fragments of the reset line). A significant feature of the performance is the warm-up at a. When first put into the apparatus the rat "takes" a number of shocks before entering upon the typical avoidance pattern. This occurs whenever a new session is begun. It may indicate that an emotional condition is required for successful avoidance behavior. The condition disappears between sessions and must be reinstated. The figure shows considerable variation in over-all rate and many local irregularities. At times small groups of shocks are taken, suggesting a return to the warm-up condition.
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[quote user="bigblue4417"]N.B.A. telecasts outdraw N.H.L. telecasts by somewhere between a 3-to-1 and 4-to-1 margin in America.[/quote]

You guys just don't get it. Hockey doesn't do well on TV because of the smallness of the puck. HD helps, but not enough. But the game is a great one. Far more fast paced, far more exciting. Plus you can hit people.

The NBA is essentially a sucky game. Its popular in the same way as Survivor or American Idol is popular. I can't watch a friggin basketball game until the 4th quarter. I get that you guys love it and I think thats great. You love your hoops and I get that. But don't knock hockey because you don't get it. Quoting attendance and TV stats is a losing argument. Basketball translates better to TV. And TV is where its at. Doesn't say anything about the quality of each game.

One thing we learned in the radio business.....The masses are *****.

Nobody is knocking hockey, Matt or myself. Just simply proving a point that hockey is no where near as popular as basketball nationally. It will always be the 4th most popular sport in the US and could someday go even lower.
If you asked a casual sports fan if he would rather have front row seats or an all access pass to tv games for hockey or B'ball 99% of them are going to go for B'Ball.
If you asked a serious Knicks/Rangers, Bulls/Blackhawks or Bruins/Celtics I would bet more than 70% takes B'ball.
No one cares about hockey nationally. If you have a team then of course you are going to care more. I have been to plenty of sports bars in my life. I have never seen hockey on TV nor hear people talking about it. There are bars that would rather show replays of SC than live hockey. No one cares.
[/quote]Matt said hockey was boring, which was his main reason why hockey isnt popular. Thats a knock. I was at a bar the other night and the ranger game was on.
[/quote]Im going to the bar tonight to watch the Rangers vs Blackhawks and they play it on almost EVERY TV and also on the projection screen.... Then again I wont lie, its a Football/Hockey bar, the bar even has their own beer league hockey team
your a fan going to a bar in the city of a team that looks to be one of the best temas in the league vs the most popular team in the league
not ur best of examples