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Admit it, the expectations of the Calgary Flames going into the season were that they wouldn't be competitive.
It's no surprise the Flames aren't part of the NHL Stanley Cup playoff tournament.
Even their positioning, in the bottom fifth of the league, is no shocker.
But the part about failing to be competitive couldn't be further from the truth.
For all their flaws and shortcomings, the Flames of 2013-14 are proof a non-playoff team that battles to the end can be entertaining. The number of one-goal games — a franchise record 48, which is one shy of the NHL mark — puts it in black and white.
"I didn't know it was that many, but it doesn't surprise me," Flames centre Joe Colborne said. "Every game seems close."
The number of one-goal games throughout the league has increased in recent years because of the artificial goal that's awarded for shootout wins, which came into the loop starting in the '05-06 season.
The record of 49 one-goal games is held by the '10-11 Florida Panthers, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
The Flames join the New Jersey Devils and the Vancouver Canucks of '06-07 and the '10-11 Carolina Hurricanes with 48 and have three games remaining on the schedule, starting with Wednesday's tilt with the Los Angeles Kings (8 p.m., TSN/Sportsnet 960 The Fan).
As a statistic, it truly is a double-edged coin.
"We have to look at it on the positive side," Flames head coach Bob Hartley said. "Keep improving and gaining more experience with our young players, in a short term, many of those one-goal games will end up into wins for us.
"Our players deserve credit, because in many, many, many games, we found a way to be really competitive."
By the way, the Flames have managed only three empty-net goals and surrendered nine while they had their netminder on the bench for the extra attacker.
The Flames have posted a 24-17-7 record in those close one-goal games, with their latest victory a 1-0 decision over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night to cap a successful five-game road swing.
Their winning ways has increased of late in them, too.
"We have a young team, too, and it shows the learning curve," Flames left winger Curtis Glencross said. "We've learned a lot from early in the year to now — little things like playing the clock and taking pride in really locking it down when we have the lead."
"The last couple of months, for sure, we've been winning more. It definitely feels like that," Flames captain Mark Giordano added. "As a young guy, you do get more comfortable playing in tight games if you've played in a lot of them. Even for us older guys, when we play against teams and their goalie is out of the net, we don't sit back. We've learned to push the pace and try to get an empty-netter."
Experience in any situation is important in the NHL.
When young players learn how to remain calm during tight games and gain confidence from finishing with a win, they'll be much better for it down the road.
The Flames truly believe all these close games will have a benefit in the future.
"You can't replace the experience you gain from being in those close games," said Colborne, one of the double-digit number of rookies to play for the Flames this season. "A lot of things are different for me as the year's gone on, and learning how to play in those games is one.
"Trust me, our coaches let us know if we have a one-goal lead and turn over the puck, you're going to be hearing it. Now, we're minimizing those mistakes. That's a progression we've had."
As much as everybody in the Flames organization can see the positive side to all their tight games, nobody is blind to the other side of the equation.
Losing close may be better than getting blown out time and time again, but it can be a sign a team is just good enough to lose.
The other?
"A lot of our wins have been by a goal, and you want to get to the point where it's a little bit more comfortable," Giordano added.
"You want to win a few by two or three."
One-goal games in a season
49 2010-11 Florida Panthers
48 2006-07 New Jersey Devils
48 2006-07 Vancouver Canucks
48 2010-11 Carolina Hurricanes
48 2013-14 Calgary Flames
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An ex-Liverpool law student of Chinese origin has accused a prominent firm in the city of racial discrimination after it turned down his application for a training contract.
Perry Lee will claim at Liverpool Industrial Tribunal this week that 14-partner Morecroft Urquhart refused him a trainee contract on racial grounds, after he had spent a summer working successfully there on a paid placement.
Lee, 45, undertook the placement in 1997 while studying law on a part-time basis at John Moores University.
He claims that while working at the firm he discovered that it was recruiting trainees to start in 1999. He was given an interview, but his application was rejected.
Following the rejection Lee, whose case is being supported by the Commission for Racial Equality, has decided to give up trying to be solicitor.
He said: "I had a place on a legal practice course but it would have cost £10,000. Without the knowledge that I had a training contract, I thought it would be too risky.
"I figured that if I couldn't get a place at one of the city's better firms I wouldn't be able to get one anywhere else."
A spokesman from Morecroft Urquhart said it was vigorously defending the application.

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|Abandoned town
|Пирамида (Russian)
|Coordinates: 78°39′22″N 16°19′30″E / 78.65611°N 16.32500°E
|Population (2015)
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|4-15 (winter-summer) [Note 1]
Pyramiden (meaning "the pyramid" in most Scandinavian languages; called Пирамида, Piramida, in Russian) is a Russian settlement and coal-mining community on the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. Founded by Sweden[1] in 1910 and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927, Pyramiden was closed in 1998 and has since remained largely abandoned with most of its infrastructure and buildings still in place. Since 2007 there have been efforts to make it a tourist attraction.
Pyramiden was founded by Sweden[1] in 1910 and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927. It lies at the foot of the Billefjorden on the island of Spitsbergen and is named after the pyramid-shaped mountain with the same name adjacent to the town.[2] The nearest settlements are Svalbard's capital, Longyearbyen, some 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the south, Barentsburg approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-west and the small research community of Ny-Ålesund, 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the west.
Owned by the state-owned Russian mining company Arktikugol Trust, which also owns the settlement of Barentsburg, Pyramiden once had over 1,000 inhabitants. On March 31, 1998, the last coal was extracted from the mine and the last permanent resident left by October 10.[3] Until 2007, Pyramiden was practically a ghost town where, within the buildings, things remained largely as they were when the settlement was abandoned in a hurry.[4]
A book has been written about Pyramiden by Norwegian author Kjartan Fløgstad.[5] A recent episode of the History Channel programme Life After People featured Pyramiden. It predicted that due to the low rate of decay in a frigid climate, the abandoned town's major buildings would be visible 500 years from now.[6]
The world's northernmost grand piano is located at Pyramiden: a "Red October" (Красный октябрь)[7] grand piano is located in the auditorium of the cultural centre. The northernmost monument to Vladimir Lenin, and the northernmost swimming pool are also located here.[2]
Pyramiden today[edit]
Pyramiden is accessible by boat or snowmobile from Longyearbyen, either as part of a guided tour or independently. There are no restrictions on visiting Pyramiden, still owned by Arktikugol Trust, but visitors are not allowed to enter any buildings without permission even if they are open. While most buildings are now locked, breaking into the buildings, vandalism and theft of artifacts have become a serious threat to Pyramiden as it contributes to the accelerating deterioration of the buildings.[8][9]
Since 2007, Arktikugol has been renovating the hotel and upgrading the infrastructure, including building a new power station with diesel generators, in order to accommodate tourists in the old settlement. Up to 30 workers have been living in the settlement year round to maintain the facilities and guide tourists visiting from Longyearbyen.[10] As of 2013[update], the Tulip hotel has been reopened and it is possible to stay overnight in Pyramiden. The Tulip hotel also houses a small museum. In addition, there is a small hotel built of old shipping containers near the harbour.[9] However, there are no plans to renovate and reopen the whole settlement.
In 2014 the Swedish singer Tove Styrke filmed a music video in Pyramiden for her single Borderline.[11]
- ^ While Pyramiden has no permanent residents, a few workers maintain the rebuilt infrastructure, run the hotel and guide tourists' visits
- ^ a b Sveriges okända ockupation. Populär Historia, 14 Mars 2001. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ a b "Архипелаг никак" (retrieved April 19, 2015)
- ^ Nuwer, Rachel. "A Soviet Ghost Town in the Arctic Circle, Pyramiden Stands Alone". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ Pulling out of Pyramiden. BBC News, 2 September 2000.
- ^ Fløgstad i Pyramiden : Dagsavisen
- ^ A Soviet Ghost Town in the Arctic Circle, Pyramiden Stands Alone. Smithsonian magazine, 19 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- ^ "Red October" (Krasny Octyabr)
- ^ Umbreit, 2009. Page 182.
- ^ a b Nytt liv for Pyramiden. Svalbardposten, 6 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ^ Back in Pyramiden, Svalbard. Elin Andreassen and Hein B. Bjerck, Ruin Memories. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- Andreassen, Elin, Hein B. Bjerck, and Bjørnar Olsen. Persistent Memories: Pyramiden - A Soviet Mining Town in the High Arctic. (2010) Tapir Academic Press.
- Umbreit, Andreas. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, & Jan Meyen. (2009) Bradt Travel Guides.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pyramiden.
|Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Pyramiden.
- The City Abandoned At the Worlds End
- Pyramiden revisited by Ruin Memories archaeologists Bjerk and Andreassen
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Yesterday it worked fine. The sort failed and it was an admin problem.
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What would be everybody's opinions on having a reimplementation of Wikipedia's reference popups; the feature that lets you hover over a citation and displays the contents of the reference in a floating box.
The obvious advantage of this is that you can view the references in situ without having to scroll to the bottom, or click the citation and lose your [mental] place in the article? ~ UltimateSupreme 12:44, December 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that either a feature of the Vector skin they use, or the MediaWiki engine version 1.20, that is newer than the one Wikia currently uses? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 12:50, December 26, 2012 (UTC)
- You are partly right and partly wrong and btw, wikipedia uses MW1.21 ~ UltimateSupreme 13:01, December 26, 2012 (UTC)
I have tested it. It looks good. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 08:12, December 27, 2012 (UTC)
- No problem with it for me. Would be convenient for reading and such instead of being redirected to the reference section.--Cerez365™(talk) 10:58, December 27, 2012 (UTC)
Thanx. For ease of maintainance we will import it directly from wikipedia:
/**Reference Popups *Adapted from wikipedia *For wikia by [[User:UltimateSupreme]] */ mw.loader.load( '//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' ); mw.loader.load( '//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css', 'text/css' ); mw.util.addCSS( '.referencetooltip > li > sup { display: none; }' );
That should do it. ~ UltimateSupreme 12:09, December 27, 2012 (UTC)


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Source: California Invasive Plant Council
URL of this page: http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/management/plant_profiles/Rumex_acetosella.php
Rumex acetosella (red sorrel, sheep sorrel)
Rumex acetosella
Photo courtesy Joseph DiTomaso
Rumex acetosella (red sorrel, sheep sorrel) is a perennial forb/herb (family Polygonaceae). In California, sheep sorrel occurs in a freshwater marsh community and is common in annual grasslands, montane meadows and perennial bunchgrass communities.
Cal-IPC Inventory rating: Moderate
Cal-IPC Resources on Rumex acetosella
- California Invasive Plant Inventory Plant Assessment Form - Information gathered by Cal-IPC on the impacts, rate of spread, and distribution of invasive plants in California. Does not include management information.
- CalWeedMapper - Statewide maps, climate models, and reports.
- Cal-IPC News - Articles from our quarterly newsletter. (None for this species.)
- Cal-IPC Symposium Proceedings - Presentations and papers from our annual Symposium.List of articles on Rumex acetosella.
Cal-IPC News Articles
- None for this species.
Cal-IPC Symposium Proceedings
- Pickart, A. J. and K. S. Wear (1999). The ecology of Parentucellia viscosa in dune wetlands. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium '99. Sacramento, CA.
- Quinn, L., B. Davis, et al. (2006). Does horse manure harbor invasive plants? Cal-IPC Symposium. Rohnert Park, CA.
Other Resources on Rumex acetosella
- USDA PLANTS database - Federal database with information on identification and distribution, and links to websites in individual states.
- Jepson Online Interchange for California Flora - Information on taxonomy, biology, and distribution from the UC Berkeley Jepson Herbarium.
- CalFlora - Distribution information by county based on submitted observations and herbarium specimens.
- CalPhotos - Images of plants taken mostly in California.
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The two companies have signed partnership agreements consolidating the presence of PII Pipeline Solutions – which provides pipeline inspection and integrity services worldwide - and establishing a joint venture for aftermarket services of oil and gas turbomachinery equipment in Qatar.
The strategic partnership agreements will drive the continued growth of Qatar's energy industries and consolidate GE's presence in the Middle East region.
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'mAgiNotes for iPad' as its name suggests, is the iPad optimized version of 'mAgiNotes' that is the most suitable notepad to generate a list of iPhone. 'mAgiNotes for iPad' possesses light operability like mAgiNotes, and UI is brushed up to a very large screen of iPad.
'mAgiNotes for iPad' can not input photos, sounds and handwriting images. In addition, 'mAgiNotes for iPad' does not have a detail screen. It has only a list screen. Therefore 'mAgiNotes for iPad' is not suitable for a use to record complicated information. But 'mAgiNotes for iPad' is good to a use to write down the idea that you hit on suddenly, and a use to make a little checklist.
New Features of ver 1.3.0:
- Can edit two notebooks side by side.
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Drag & Drop - Move notes.
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Swipe - Insert/Delete note.
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New Features of ver 1.2.0:
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- Can display the number of notes on the notebooks screen.
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- Can send notes which you choose via an Email.
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- Can copy notes which you choose to another notebook.
- Can select or deselect all notes at one-touch.
- Can clear the checkmark of all notes at one-touch.
- Can input a note on a list screen directly.
There are no hassle of switching the screen.
- Can also scroll a list while typing notes.
When enter a new note, can refer to other notes on the list.
- Can collapse long text note.
Don't spoil the clarity of the list.
- Can maximize a note input column.
Can input long text efficiently.
- Can be grouped by color with a color label.
- Can add a checkmark to a note.
Can be used as a simple TODO list.
- Can sort notes in alphabetical order or registration order.
In addition, can sort in random order.
- Can display non-checked notes in the top of the list.
- Can sort in reverse order when tap the sort icon twice.
- Can create any number of notebook.
- Can easily move notes between notebooks.
Of course, can create a new notebook when move notes.
- Support iTunes file sharing.
Can backup/restore your notebooks.
Please use Settings App on the Home screen of your iPad to configure 'mAgiNotes for iPad'.
How to Use:
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Fillers can be used to fill in the cheeks but some do a better job than others. When I see a patient who has loss of volume in the face I immediately consider volume replacement and my first choice is Sculptra. I fill the sub-malar area to start and then use it in the mid-cheek and naso-labial folds. While you can use the HAs such as Juvederm or Restylane for filling the cheeks these agents are relatively short lived and the volumes required make their use quite expensive. Radiesse is slightly better in this location but has the tendency to separate.
Sculptra requires at least three separate sessions of 1-2 vials and stimulates your own collagen. The results last two years or more once full correction is achieved. I have my patients return in a year for maintenance "tweaks". If my patient is in need of a "quick fix", I would use an HA but I would want to start Sculptra at the same time for longer lasting results.
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Dr. Shuriz Hishmeh, MD, PT is a Doctor primarily located in Smithtown, NY, with another office in Syosset, NY. He has 9 years of experience. His specialties include Orthopedic Surgery of the Spine. Dr. Hishmeh is affiliated with St Catherine Of Siena Medical Center, Winthrop University Hospital and New Island Hospital. He speaks English.
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Tina Fey disses Taylor Swift for 'special place in hell' comment at Golden Globes
Tina Fey appeared to burn Taylor Swift at the Golden Globes on Sunday, not-so-subtly referencing their mini feud after last year's awards.
For context: Fey and Amy Poehler lightly mocked Swift's romantic life at the 2013 Globes, warning her to "stay away" from Michael J. Fox's son.
In a subsequent interview, Swift struck back.
The singer remarked, "You know, Katie Couric is one of my favorite people, because she said to me she had heard a quote that she loved, that said, 'There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.'"
That "hell" comment stuck with Fey and Poehler.
On Sunday, Poehler won a Golden Globe for her work on "Parks and Recreation," after which Fey offered some rather pointed congratulations.
Fey told Poehler (and the audience), "I love you, and there's a special place in hell for you!"
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Thanks Scoutmob, for introducing me to new restaurants I would have never tried had it not been for your 50% off deals. Such is the case with Saba restaurant in Decatur (Oakhurst). Waiting until just two days before the deal expired, I had reason to visit Saba when I picked up a friend from the Airport. Ok, maybe Saba was a bit out of the way, but hey, 50% is reason enough to visit, right?
I checked out the Saba address and was taken to the Emory location (via my Google Maps app on my phone), not the Decatur location as what the Scoutmob deal was for. The Emory location was empty on this Saturday night, save for one couple with their toddler. As we ordered at the counter – no table service here, I presented my Scoutmob deal. Since it was the wrong location, they politely refused to honor it. Had it been my restaurant, I'd have honored the coupon, welcoming the new traffic and increased business but whatevs.
So, we trekked out to the Decatur location. I did feel sorry for my poor friend, exhausted after a 26+ journey from Taiwan. But he was a good sport. Thank goodness the Saba Decatur location was more alive than Saba Emory. So, lively, in fact, there was a band. Not wanting to scream to be heard, we sat outside. Luckily the storms that had come through the area earlier in the day, carried away some of the heat and humidity when they left.
Made up of pastas and sandwiches, Saba's primarily Italian menu has some unique offerings like Thai Ravioli with peanut and cilantro sauce as well as Vindaloo Tofu Spaghetti. Saba is great restaurant for vegetarians as there are lots of vegetarian options on their menu.
One vegetarian item I had to try was the Pumpkin Ravioli. It is offered as an entree rather than an appetizer. But I ordered it for the table to share, asking our server to bring it out ahead of the meals. It was a good choice, albeit, almost too sweet with it's brown butter glaze. It was also a little on the dry side. I would have liked to see more sauce to the dish. But all in all, it was tasty and I was certainly not sorry I ordered it.
We all had salads as well. Although they are technically sides for our meals, we asked that they come out with ahead. The plain salad as well as the Arugula salad ($0.50 upcharge) I ordered, while fresh, had no pizzaz. There was barely any dressing and I was hoping for at least a couple grape tomatoes or something, but nothing except some cheese. Glen ordered the Caprese salad a la carte which was the only salad that was exceptional in any way.
Glen opted for the Thai Ravioli with chicken. It was quite tasty. And not spicy at all as some Thai dishes can be. It is like your basic Pad Thai sauce put with Ravioli instead of Thai noodles. George, our friend, ordered the Wild Mushroom Ravioli in a garlic cream sauce. It was very bland and completely forgettable. I heard him mutter the words "Chef Boyardee" shortly after digging in.
I loved my sausage sandwich. It was huge and hearty – well worth the $8 bucks even without a side dish. I was expecting a sausage link on a hoagie bun or something similar, but what I got was ground sausage with onions and red peppers served up on two huge ciabatta buns. The bread here is insanely delicious and so fresh. I fully intended to save the rest of my sandwich but I couldn't help but share with my dining companions.
It is kind of a shame Decatur is so out of the way, otherwise I could see myself spending a lot of fun evenings there. I enjoyed my evening at Saba, but it definitely is a neighborhood restaurant (read: if you live in Decatur worth visiting) but not a dining destination in my opinion.
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A YORK man who lost more than 17 stone after being shocked into losing weight by a family photo is to run in the New York marathon.
Matt Briggs, 32, from Huntington, dropped from 31 stone to under 14, after a photo posted on Facebook of him posing next to his dad left him shocked by his weight gain.
He joined Slimming World with his step-mum, with a bet from his father spurring him on, and has since gone on to become one of their best known success stories, going on to manage slimming groups across York.
Matt - who ran in the London and York marathons last year - has now announced that he be running in the New York marathon in November in memory of his mother Susan who died after becoming ill with multiple sclerosis.
He is raising funds in her honour for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Matt said: "In March of 2000 she lost her battle with Multiple Sclerosis - she used all her strength and determination until the end to try and fight this disease. She has always been my inspiration.
"I am the man I am today because of the woman that she was, I inherited many of my qualities from her. The strength and determination is what I used as part of my weight loss journey. I walked through the doors of Slimming World in January 2010 weighing in at over 31st. Over the next two years I completely changed my life and lost over 17st.
"If you had told me that first night that I would be running marathons in the future I would have laughed myself silly, but here I am - about to compete in my third."
Matt said he was active in his younger teens, but when his mum became ill and he had more responsibility at home, exercise fell by the wayside. Consequently, he said, the weight began to creep on.
He managed to lose the pounds by swapping pre-packaged meals, takeaways and his daily indulgence of a two-litre bottle of full-fat cola with three regular healthy meals a day.
Despite his mother's illness, Matt said she always tried to stay as fit and healthy as she possibly could to help cope, which he said inspires him to keep up his healthy lifestyle.
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LONDON – Britain's food scare over lasagna with horse meat spread to several other European countries Friday, and officials said they suspected criminal activity was behind the growing scandal.
Swedish food giant Findus pulled various frozen meals from store shelves in France and Sweden, a day after beef lasagna found to contain up to 100 percent horse meat was uncovered in Britain.
Meanwhile, British supermarket chain Aldi announced Friday that two ready-made meals contained similar quantities of the meat.
The meals were all produced in Luxembourg for French supplier Comigel. The company said the horse meat had originated in a Romanian slaughterhouse.
Britain Prime Minister David Cameron called the scandal "completely unacceptable" and authorities said police had met with the U.K.'s Food Standards Agency to discuss the matter.
British Environment Minister Owen Paterson said he would hold a "horse meat summit" with the FSA and retailers to tackle the problem.
"I've got a nasty feeling it's actually a criminal conspiracy and that's why it's quite right for the FSA to engage the Metropolitan Police, who are working with other police forces across the mainland of Europe," Paterson told the BBC.
He said there was no health risk from the meals and said he would eat them himself.
The FSA announced Thursday that 11 of 18 samples of Findus beef lasagna were found to contain between 60 to 100 percent horse meat. A Findus spokesman told the Guardian newspaper that it was told by Comigel about the horse meat Feb. 2 but did not issue a product recall then, citing "a question of logistics."
Aldi announced Friday that tests on its Today's Special brand of frozen beef lasagna and frozen spaghetti bolognese determined that they too contained between 30 and 100 percent horse meat.
Comigel Director Erich Lehagre said the horse meat originated from a Romanian slaughterhouse and was provided to Comigel by the France-based Spanghero meat-processing firm.
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Favorite thing: I love knowing that no matter what happens people on campus have my back. My friends are amazing, and the faculty and staff are always full of understanding and willing to help if needed.
Never expected: I've become physically active. I never participated in sports or even exercised regularly in high school, but shortly after my first semester started, I became involved with the intramural Ultimate Frisbee team, started going to the PERC after classes, and even went on a few runs around town! Being so focused on academics, this was surprising to me, but I love it!
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Episode 5
Kripa runs aways 4rm there thinking what just happened between her n Angad….. her heart was still beating faster…. Meanwhile she gets a call 4rm prithvi…..
K: heloo
P: hiee kripa…
K: haan prithvi bolo….
P: ummm voh actually Angad ka birthday hai soo… kyun nah hum uske liya ek surprise party de…..
K: what??????? Angad ka b'day hai aaur tum mujhe aab batarahe ho????? Prithvi tum bhi nah?????????? Anywaz main abhi tumhare yaha aarahi hoon. So wait 4 me okay…
Prithvi is happy that Kripa is coming 2 his place n is all blushing…..
Prithvi's Home:
K: Prithviiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!! Tum nah?????? U r impossible..
Angad ka b'day aaur tum ne mujhe bataya kuyn nahi????
P: aacha baba I am sorry….. aage yesi galti nahi hogi bas!!!!!!!
K: aacha thik hai thik hai!!!! aab yeh batao ki party ka saara saman kaha hai?????
Then both of them gets back 2 work…….
Kripa is running here n there like a mad gal……
K: gosh!!!!!!!! Sham hone ko aagayee hai aur aabhi tak humne room bhi thik nahi kiya….. .
Prithvi voh balloons kahe hai??????
Now Prithvi gives her the balloons n Kripa is bg fixing them……
Now prithvi thinks of helping Kripa so while she is fixing the balloons he goes 2 the kitchen 2 cut some salads but instead cuts his own finger…..
P: aaauchhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
Kripa gets all worried n comes running towards the kitchen…..
K: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Prithvi yeh kyaaa kiya tumne…?????
K( mad at prithvi): kaha tha na maine k main sab kardoongi toh tumhe yeh sab karne ki kyaaa zaroorat thi huh???
She takes his finger inside her mouth…..
P: kripa main toh bas tumheri help karne ki……
K( yelling at him): help!!!!!!!!! Isse help karna keheta hai????? Aagar tumhe kuch hojata toh mera kyaa hota ???? Angad ko kitna dukh hota !!! kabhi socha hai tumne???
Prithvi is slightly taken back by seeing the concern of kripa 4 him…. He is happy that kripa is concerned 4 hi, n has a smile in his face
K( still angry): aaba yese hus kyun rahe ho?????
P: nahi kripa mujhe actually achha laga .. tumhara mujhe daat nah…. Aaj tak kabhi kisi ne aapna samaj k mujhe ish tarah nahi daata…… mujhe bahot aacha laga…..actually mera ish duniya koi nahi hai nah.....ish liya
Now b4 prithvi cud complete his words kripa puts her finger in his lips …
K: sushhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! Phir kabhi mat kehe ki tumhare koi nahi hai…. Main hoon nah… aaur angad bhi toh hai nah…..
Now both Kripa N prithvi smiles n gets back 2 work….
Birthday party
Kripa has decorated all the room with balloons n flowers….it was all dark when Angad comes in…….
A: prithvi…. Kripa…. yaha itna aadera kuyn hai….???
Then kripa comes close 2 Angad with a candle in her hand
Both of them were close 2 each other….. the fire of the candle was burning in between their eyes……
Angad is all smiling n can't take off his eyes 4rm kripa…
Then slowly kripa whispers in his ears…..
K: tumhe pata hai….. tum aahista aahista buddhe ho rahe ho????
A( confused): kyaa???
K: tum aaj pure 25 saal k hogaye ho idiot!!!!
Happy birthday 2 my special friend…………
Then all of sudden Prithvi n all the others joins them singing the happy b'day song…..
Angad is really happy n keeps on smiling at kripa…..
P: pata hai Angad!!! Aaj ka saara arrangements Kripa ne kiya hai…….
Then he looks at kripa with so much love n affection in his eyes…..
Both angad n kripa r lookin at each other….they r not talking but their eyes r sayin all the words…
Angad's eyes: thank you soo much….. u don know what u've given me 2 day…..
Kripa's eyes: aapno se thanku nahi kehete….. thanku kehe ne se risto k maneene badal jate hai…..
Both angad n kripa keeps on smiling at each other…… while all the others request the b'day boy 2 sing a song 4 them…..
He then smiles n looks at Kripa……. as if askin her like do u really wana me 2 sing a song?????
Kripa nods n head
Is kadar pyaar hain tumse ae humsafar
Is kadar pyaar hain tumse ae humsafar
Ab to jeete hain hum bas tumhe dekhkar
Tumhari har ada tumhari har nazar
Yeh kya kehne lagi tumhe hain kya khabar
Is kadar pyaar hain tumse ae humsafar
Ab to jeete hain hum bas tumhe dekhkar
Angad looks at kripa ….. kripa all smiling n lookin him back…… then he holds her hand… looks deep in her eyes…
Dil mein hain betabiyan neend udne lagi
Tere khayalon se hi aankh judne lagi
Har pal tumko dekha maine
Kehti hain meri nazar
Tumhari har ada tumhari har nazar
Yeh kya kehne lagi tumhe hain kya khabar
Is kadar pyaar hain tumse ae humsafar
Ab to jeete hain hum bas tumhe dekhkar
Now angad kneels down in front of Kripa n ask her 4 a dance……..kripa is all Blushing n smiling…..
Now both Angad n kripa r on the dance floor with of course other ppl dancing too…
Sasoon mein basne lagi jabse tu ho jaane jaan
Apna sa lagne laga mujhko saara jahan
Mehka mehka lagta mujhko
Khushiyo se dil ka nagar
Tumhari har ada tumhari har nazar
Yeh kya kehne lagi tumhe hain kya khabar
Is kadar pyaar hain tumse ae humsafar
Ab to jeete hain hum bas tumhe dekhkar
Tumhari har ada tumhari har nazar
Yeh kya kehne lagi tumhe hain kya khabar
Now Angad n kripa r lost in each others eyes……
Okay guyzzz 2 b continued
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heheheh!!!!!!!! i am suchha dumboo....!!! i 4 got that he was blind!!!!!! tks 4 reminding me...lolz
i'll edit that part rite now... stupid me lolz
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heheheh!!!!!!!! i am suchha dumboo....!!! i 4 got that he was blind!!!!!! tks 4 reminding me...lolz
i'll edit that part rite now... stupid me lolz
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hey neha tks 4 likin it..... n that song is 4rm sonu nigam's alblum deewana..... OMG i just loove this song...... if u have not listened it do it rite now.... i'm sure u'll love it. 2...... coz ur n mine choice of songs r similar....
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Energy Storage: Q-2 2012 Review and Analysis
While I jumped the gun last week and published my third quarter outlook for the energy storage and vehicle electrification sectors early, it's worthwhile to take a look back and see how my tracking list of companies performed over the last quarter and examine the past to see what the tea leaves in the bottom of the cup portend for the coming quarter. So without further delay I'll present my price performance table for the second quarter that ended on Friday.
Q-2 was a dreadful quarter for Maxwell Technologies (MXWL) and ZBB Energy (ZBB) as their prices fell by 64% and 41% respectively. While the declines were precipitous, they were also one-off events and I believe both companies are trading at very attractive prices for investors who want to position their portfolios for the mean reversion upswing that usually follows fast on the heels of a painful downturn. My long-term tracking charts for both companies show distinct bottoms forming and I believe they're both likely to trend up for the rest of the year.
It was also an ugly quarter for UQM Technologies (UQM), Valence Technology (VLNC) and Tesla Motors (TSLA). While I believe UQM is attractively priced, I'm convinced that Valence and Tesla are only seeing the beginning of storms that are likely to get more severe through the summer and fall months.
The following table tracks several key financial metrics for the companies I follow. Today I'll try to explain why I track this data and show how I use peer group comparisons to identify stocks that are either overvalued or undervalued. If you want to understand the balance of this article, you should pay close attention to the table instead of simply blowing past the data and focusing on the words.
The first metric I consider when analyzing any company is working capital adequacy. I see development stage companies that don't have at least twelve months of working capital as problem children because as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, they'll be going back to the market for more money within a few months. The two companies with the worst working capital positions are A123 Systems (AONE) and Tesla. Both had less than six months of working capital at March 31st, even after adjusting A123's numbers for a recent $50 million toxic debt offering, and both will look truly dismal when their June financial statements are released in early August. Wunderlich Securities recently cut its price target on A123 to $0.50 and I think they're being generous. Absent a major turnaround, I expect A123 to follow the path blazed by Solyndra, Beacon Power and Ener1. While Tesla has a couple more financing rounds left in its bag of tricks, I don't expect the terms to be particularly generous to existing stockholders because the execution risks are so massive and so immediate.
The second financial statement metric I key on when trying to distinguish overvalued from undervalued is the difference between a company's market capitalization and its book value. That number is a good proxy for the value the market puts on a company's technology, customer base and other intangibles that don't show up on the balance sheet. When the market premium is a low or negative number, it indicates either opportunity or risk. When market premium is an objectively high number, it's a sign of extreme price risk – much like a robotic voice screaming "Danger Will Robinson, Danger!"
Turning to the table, A123 is trading at a modest discount to book value that doesn't fully reflect the risks it will face over the next six months as it tries to recover from a simple calibration error that gave rise to roughly $70 million in warranty costs and inventory write-offs. A123's cash needs will be huge and the best they could do in their last financing round is a death spiral note that's payable bi-monthly and convertible at 85% of market. Possible future product offerings in the micro-hybrid and aviation markets aren't even interesting because neither is soon enough or large enough to materially improve A123's operating results over the short-term.
Next on the list is Valance technology, which has had a deficit in its stockholders' equity for years. A bad capital structure has finally caught up with Valence and it will probably lose its Nasdaq listing sometime in July. Valence's LiFePO4 battery technology is proprietary, but it's not all that different from A123's proprietary LiFePO4 battery technology. With both companies needing major equity infusions, I see more risk in Valence than I do in A123 because the market values its technology, customer base and other intangible assets at a $167 million premium to A123. Frankly I just don't see a good reason for the discrepancy.
The only company in the table with an obviously low market premium is Exide Technologies (XIDE) which trades at a 35% discount to book value because the market has grown weary of exaggerated losses flowing from a multi-year business restructuring that's finally coming to an end. Once the bleeding stops, I expect Exide to perform very well.
On the extreme bleeding edge of the market premium spectrum we have Tesla which trades at a silly level of 21.4 times book value while every other company I follow trades at three times book or less. That valuation excess is solely attributable to the Hype Cycle, which seems to be running its course. Over the last two years Tesla has been driven higher and higher as the delivery date for its first Model S cars drew nigh. The long anticipated event finally happened a week ago Friday and the Model S drew spectacular reviews from the automotive press. Despite the good news, the price fell by 7% last week.
The reason is simple. The market expected the deliveries to go off without a hitch and it expected rave reviews. So there was no "good" left in that news. Now, however, the business dynamic has changed. Instead of sounding like a politician and focusing on how good it's going to be, Tesla will have to begin dealing with day-to-day business realities like actual reservation conversion rates, actual production problems and actual manufacturing cost overrruns. While I suppose Tesla could be different from every new manufacturer in the history of business, I see very little in the way of unexpected good news that could lift its stock price while Tesla's business of making electric cars is entering a target rich environment for sequential disappointments that could crush its stock price. This is not a favorable risk reward dynamic for investors who care about their portfolio value.
The thing I like best about the market premium metric is that it lets an investor assemble a hierarchy of opportunity to compare the different companies in a sector. The following table is a simple example that excludes several outliers and shows market premium as an absolute number, and as a relative number compared to book value, my "BS to Book ratio."
I'm not a fan of electric cars because the entire sector has been mercilessly over-hyped while the real economic costs and illusory environmental and national security benefits are just now coming to light. If I did want to make an EV investment that had a good chance of significant appreciation instead of an outsized risk of loss, I'd pick UQM and Kandi Technologies (KNDI) over Tesla. Kandi is profitably selling low cost transportation for the masses in China, a country that's striving to raise living standards for all of its people. Kandi has a healthy working capital balance and a low BS to Book ratio. UQM is still reporting modest losses, but its balance sheet is strong and its BS to Book ratio is one of the lowest in my tracking group. The risk-reward dynamic for both companies is quite favorable because the potential for additional price deterioration is modest while the potential for future price appreciation is substantial. In other words, they're both polar opposites of Tesla.
The same kind of analysis holds in the middle range where Axion Power (AXPW.OB), ZBB, Active Power (ACPW) and Maxwell carry market premiums that range from $14.3 million to $72 million and have BS to Book ratios of 2.0 or less. A blog like this one is not a good place to slice and dice the respective technical strengths of four companies that are focused on different products that have different applications that don't really compete with each other. But all four of them are one or two solid announcements away from market premiums in the $200 to $400 million range which A123 and Maxwell both carried at some point in the last twelve months.
When you're betting on trees to grow, you don't pick the tallest one in the forest because it's the one most likely to get struck by lightning. You don't pick the diseased trees because of their high mortality risks. Instead you pick healthy young trees that have modest mortality risks but are poised to enter a period of sustained growth. For my money all four of these mid-range companies have that kind of significant growth potential for this year, and through 2015 and beyond.
Disclosure: Author is a former director of Axion Power International (AXPW.OB) and holds a substantial long position in its common stock.
Energy Storage: Q-2 2012 Review and Analysis was posted on AltEnergyStocks.com.
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Rome (AFP) April 21, 2008
France said Tuesday it planned to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in solar energy and in technology for "capturing" and storing carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, preventing them from being released into the atmosphere.
The two countries would set up a joint top-level technical group in Paris by July, French Energy Minister Jean-Louis Borloo told reporters on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum here.
It would be a research group investigating solar technology on a large-scale and so-called CCS, carbon capture and storage technology, Borloo said after a bilateral meeting with Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi.
On Monday, British Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks said that Britain also wanted to develop CCS technology and would publicly fund a large-scale demonstration project to go onstream by 2014.
Wicks said that other countries, notably the Netherlands, Canada and Australia, had in addition expressed an interest in the technology.
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Rochester native Evan Harrington in Once, The Musical
Evan Harrington is a 1994 graduate of Irondequoit High School and he's coming back to Rochester in the cast of Once, The Musical. Evan tells us about he found a calling in musical theatre. We'll find out why Once is a great creative "re-charge" for Evan. And why you'll want to be early when you attend a performance.


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Ice towers in Antarctica could hold vital clues in the hunt for life on Mars, according to new research. The University of Melbourne has found that Mars may have similar structures to the giant hollow towers of ice on Ross Island, Antarctica.
The research discovered hot spots inside the ice towers through a heat sensing camera on the Mars Odyssey orbiter.
These temperatures were eight to 12 degrees warmer than surrounding structures on Mars, Melbourne University geologist Nick Hoffman said.
Mt Erebus, a volcano on Ross Island, has internal temperatures that hover around freezing, but are often much warmer than the outside air.
The icy structures were the most likely locations for life forms because they would provide warmth and shelter, Dr Hoffman said.
"The ice towers are the best bet for life, so far," he said.
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Well – it's that time of year for "Top 10" lists – so I thought I'd get it started with a little rodeo.
Images are from the Philomath Frolic & Rodeo and the Benton County Rodeo. These are listed in no particular order. Hope you enjoy them.
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This thing, that I recently wrote, needs to be reviewed. Immediately. Not for VFH, but for the sake of satyrs everywhere. Cause satyr is the foundation of Uncyclopedia, even if randomness and poop jokes are the true structure. MegaPleb • Dexter111344 • Complain here 00:52, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
- It may be good to point out that all satyr plays were focused around sex. Yeah. That explains why I wrote this... MegaPleb • Dexter111344 • Complain here 00:57, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
- Looks like it was huffed without warning :( --JackOfSpades (talk) 06:02, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
That was fucking hilarious --Tlawrence12 15:50, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
|A good quality article that made me laugh quite a bit, but still rather rough around the edges. You start off good, but then you get a bit random in the second and third section. I'd recommend cleaning up your grammar and prose to sound a bit more...what's the word...mature in your writing, because the penis jokes got a bit old. The "early childhood section" was nearly impossible to follow (Lincoln? WTF), so I suggest you rewrite that section so that it takes less effort to read. You pick up speeds towards the end again, and the "Adolescence" section is the high point of the article (a few statistics make it slightly boring, but i'll get to that in P&F).
|Take an obscure Greek Mythology character and make a story about him. It works relatively well, however, I suggest you go a bit more in-depth as to what a Satyr is before diving into Stan's story. After all, having to look something up on Wikipedia before reading the Uncyclopedia version of it can be a bit of a bore, so you might want to make a brief section labeled "prologue" or somesuch, so that people who have never heard of a Satyr before will "get it". That being said, you do a good style of picking your style and rolling with it, and your execution, while good, has a few noticable mistakes.
|Prose and formatting:
|Overall, pretty good. However, there are only two things that bugged me throughout the article: first, I think you should proofread this, as I saw a few puncuational errors here and there. Second, towards the end, you use numbers and statistics, which bore people to sleep- consider cutting the prices and amounts of money out, and that section will look a lot nicer. As a possible addition, you might want to take your last two images, and flip one of them on the left side of the page- they look a bit bundled together.
|Apart from the first image, they give no real laughs, but they tie into and complitment the article well. You probably don't need to worry about these, as they're fine as it is, so you can just leave them be- though you might want to add an image to "Later Childhood" if you plan on expanding that section (which I recommend you do).
|My overall grade of the article.
|Final Score:
|You've got a decent article with a solid concept to back it up, but before you put this on VFH, there are a few things you need to rework. First, expand it a bit. "Conclusion" and "Later childhood" pale in comparison to other sections, so I recommend you work on them and add an image to each. Next, you're going to want to proofread your article and make your second section more comprehensible. To top it off, rearrange the images in your last section, and get rid of the numbers.
Bottom Line: Good article, great concept, needs some fine tuning. Good luck! =)
|Saberwolf116 03:25, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


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Here in the Old Pueblo - also known as 50 Shades of Beige - the last tamale has finally slid down the old gullet and all that remains of Christmas are the 347 needles (fake or real) that you'll be vacuuming out of the carpet until our first 100-degree day.
Which means it's time, once again, to haul out your humble scribe's somewhat-annual New Year's predictions. Here goes:
January: The first of Tucson's 281 "Fun Runs" for the year kicks off along the banks of the Santa Cruz River. More than 600 participants - including 42 dogs and one snake - run and/or slither in the hopes of obliterating (pick one) obesity, premature baldness or road rash.
February: The star of this year's gem and mineral show turns out to be - of all things - caliche, which scientists recently found to contain minute amounts of oil and natural gas. Wildcat fracking operations immediately spring up in backyards all around Tucson as its citizenry comes to the realization that dirt is no longer, well, cheap.
March: Tucson celebrates St. Patrick's Day with the grand opening of its 198th Sonoran hot dog cart. In honor of the holiday, the menu for the entire month features corned beef dogs topped with slivered cabbage, along with beans, jalapeños and a side order of Tums.
April: Tucson's annual mariachi conference blows into town, along with, coincidentally, the annual American Hearing Loss Association convention. Asked to comment on the effect of 127 horns blaring right next door to the hearing convention, its spokesman replies: "What!!??"
May: Thousands of student debtors graduate from the University of Arizona and immediately move into their parents' basements - except, of course, for Tucson graduates, whose parents' homes lack a basement. What awaits them, instead, is a Tuff Shed, complete with air conditioning, indoor plumbing and flat-screen TV.
June: Ignoring protestations that it's a dry heat, snowbirds head for cooler climes, creating a massive traffic jam just east of Willcox. Meanwhile, reporters from KOLD, Channel 13, already burdened with having to say, "Live, local, late-breaking" after every newscast, go on strike after being forced to add, "Up to the minute. See it now!"
July: Tucson's Fourth of July fireworks celebration on "A" Mountain is cut short after someone realizes that the 47 simulated flaming saguaros on the sides of the mountain are really 47 flaming saguaros.
August: Tucson children return to school only to discover that, due to budget cuts, their neighborhood school has become (pick one) a yoga class; a barbershop; an education center for adults who, due to curriculum cuts, got bored with school and dropped out at an early age.
September: The big talk around town is not the resumption of football at Arizona Stadium but the fact that Wilbur and Wilma are "in counseling" as they say. "No comment," reports a tight-lipped spokesman for the couple. But rumors have it that it all started when Wilbur got an updated head last year, sparking interest among, um, the cougar set.
October: Halloween pranksters remove and switch the statues of Father Kino and Pancho Villa. It takes three weeks before anyone notices.
November: Vegetarian protesters storm a City Council meeting demanding that plastic flamingos replace the traditional turkey dinner at all charity events. The council appoints a fact-finding commission to "study the matter."
December: Three "Stuff the Bus" vehicles explode after becoming overfilled with toys. First responders collect numerous Barbie heads, along with what one firefighter describes as "Teddy bear innards." Tucsonans respond with a "Barbie and Teddy Fun Run." Somehow, Christmas survives.
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So it comes down to this again:
One game, between the last two Stanley Cup champions, to decide which team gets to play for the trophy again.
Well, why not?
You always had the sense that the Chicago Blackhawks and the Los Angeles Kings' series would go down to the wire – and it will, thanks to Chicago's 4-3 victory Friday night at Staples Center. The win, in a nervously played game where the lead kept changing hands, tied the Western Conference final at three apiece, with the deciding game set for the United Center in Chicago Sunday night.
Chicago is a sparkling 8-1 on home-ice in these playoffs, its only loss coming to the Kings in Game 2 of the series.
L.A., meanwhile, has won six road games in these playoffs, including victories in two previous Game 7s against both the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim Ducks in the first two rounds.
It should be a fitting conclusion to a wonderfully unpredictable series and the loudest cheers are likely coming from the New York Rangers, who qualified in the Eastern Conference by defeating the Montreal Canadiens Thursday night and will now get six days of rest before the Stanley Cup final begins.
"I don't think anything motivates you like having your back against the wall, and potentially walking into a game where your season might end," said Blackhawks' captain Jonathan Toews. "I think every single guy in this room thinks about that, lets it sink in a little bit, and we realize how great this opportunity is.
"We worked very hard to get here and you don't want to let it just slip away. We thought about that the last few days and worked very hard to get back in this series. We have a chance to stay alive and keep playing hockey for a little while longer."
Patrick Kane, coming on strong for the Blackhawks after a slow start in the series, set up the tying goal and then scored his second of the night with 3:45 to go in regulation to key the Blackhawks' comeback. On the play, Kane took a drop pass from linemate Brandon Saad, and drifted across the top of the Kings' zone unchallenged before firing a shot through traffic that eluded his U.S. Olympic teammate Jonathan Quick in the L.A. goal.
Kane had only a single point in the first four games, but he now has seven in the next two, with the Blackhawks fighting to get off the ropes.
"The last two games have been pretty wild, to say the least," said Kane. "I'm sure it's fun for the fans to watch but we know they're a resilient group and they've won two game 7s on the road. It's going to be a tough one. We're happy with the win but it doesn't mean anything because we haven't won anything yet. We'll get ready for the next one and we know they'll bring their best for Game 7."
When the Blackhawks put the Kings on the sidelines last year, it was Kane who scored the double overtime winner in Game 5. Earlier this post-season, Kane eliminated the Minnesota Wild, also by scoring the decisive clinching OT goal. Kane hadn't had a great series up to that point, but found a way in OT when it mattered.
Most people with long memories will also remember how it was Kane who scored the OT winner in the sixth game over the Philadelphia Flyers to clinch the 2010 Stanley Cup for the Blackhawks. He has a knack for these types of things – and as a short and slight player, flies in the face of what many people might think of as a big-game player.
All he does is produce when it matters.
"It's unbelievable," said Toews, who played give-and-go with Kane on the first Blackhawks' goal, on the power play early in the second period. "I looked at him, I think it was about a minute left, I think there was a stoppage of play and I almost started laughing. It's amazing what he can do in these big games, when our season is on the line and nobody else seems to be able to do it the same way he does it. It's pretty amazing."
On the Kings' side, Doughty had another fine night. His third-period performance mirrored Kane's, scoring a goal and setting up another to give L.A. a short-lived lead. But he wasn't willing to endorse Kane for sainthood or the Hall Of Fame just yet.
"You know what, yeah, last game (Kane) got four assists, but I didn't think it was like he dominated the game," said Doughty, defiantly. "The stat sheet tells a different story than the actual game."
It was a night when the scoring came in bunches. The Blackhawks scored twice in a 47-second span of the second period – by Kane and Ben Smith - to turn a one-goal deficit into a one-goal lead. The Kings responded with two third-period goals in a 126-second span to regain the lead – by Doughty and Alec Martinez - only to give it back again on Duncan Keith's goal with under nine minutes to go in regulation.
Emotionally, the Kings are OK according to Doughty. Los Angeles is 6-0 this post-season in elimination games.
"We're fine," said Doughty. "We still believe we could have won this game tonight. We know that we can still beat this Chicago Blackhawk team, but we also know it's not going to be easy. They're going to have their best game in this Game 7, especially in their home rink. We've just got to reset, fly over there tomorrow, and just be ready to win a hockey game."
As the teams filed off the ice at the end of the second period, Quick and Crawford bumped into each other at the Kings' blue line, Crawford deliberately waiting for Quick to skate past before briefly exchanging words.
Chicago turned the tide originally on the first shift of the second period, when Toews drew a holding penalty from the Kings' Anze Kopitar, with an aggressive dash down the right side. With Kopitar in the penalty box, Toews and Kane beautifully executed a give-and-go, Kane finishing with a snap shot past Quick.
The Blackhawks took their first lead of the game less than two minutes later, on a goal by Smith that came after a good cross-ice feed from linemate Patrick Sharp. Quick made the first save, but Smith stayed with the play and banked the rebound in off the Kings' goalie from behind the net.
Not much later, Quick had to be sharp to stop Sharp on a two-on-zero break, Marcus Kruger feeding him a pass, but Quick anticipating that he wasn't about to shoot and getting across the crease in a hurry to deny the scoring chance.
Blackhawks defenceman Johnny Oduya saved a goal in the second period, when Alec Martinez was wide-open on a wraparound attempt, Crawford slow to get across the crease, with the Kings on the power play. But Oduya got his stick in the way and the loose puck skittered off Martinez's stick safely into Crawford's pads.
Dwight King scored a first-period goal for Los Angeles, on a centering pass from Jarret Stoll after he outhustled Blackhawks' defenceman Brent Seabrook for a free puck behind the Blackhawks' goal.
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COMMENTARY TRACK: "Witchblade" #116 w/ Ron Marz
|"Witchblade" #116 (Marc Silvestri variant cover pictured) on sale now
Welcome back for another installment of THE COMMENTARY TRACK. This is the recurring feature at CBR in which we invite creators to stop by and talk about their most recent releases, often in spoiler-filled detail. Go behind the scenes and into the minds of your favorite creators and flip through their comics with them. It'll be just like a DVD commentary, but without all the awkward pauses.
How time flies: Top Cow's "Witchblade" has been around for a decade now. The current creative team of Ron Marz and Stjepan Sejic are looking to bring in new readers with the 116th issue, now available at a comic shop near you. It's a safe jumping-on point, written to bring everyone up to speed on the character and to kick off a new direction for the series. There's a second printing already on the way.
This week, Marz joins THE COMMENTARY TRACK to discuss the making of the book, his thinking behind the script, and a little bit about where it's all going.
As always, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS BELOW — the kind wrapped in ages-old mystic armor that looks like a slightly gaudy piece of jewelry at first glance, but holds much more power….
Usually when a publisher puts on a push for a particular issue, there's an obvious numerical reason — a #1 issue, or at least a nice round number like #100 (if a title actually makes it that far, which is increasingly rare these days). So at least in terms of numbering, "Witchblade" #116 doesn't initially jump out at you as a jump-on issue. But that's exactly what it's been designed to be.
Painter Stjepan Sejic — with whom I collaborated on the "First Born" crossover — takes over the regular art duties on "Witchblade" with #116. He and I are committed to the book as a team through at least issue #150. We want to settle in for a nice, long run (something else that's increasingly rare these days). So here's the first issue of our regular run, the first of three dozen issues over the next three years.
I know these commentaries usually concentrate on what's inside the book, but I want to start with what's outside. Note the new logo, designed by Todd Klein, Master of Lettering. The new logo is bold and more easily read, two hugely important aspects of logo design. The new logo had already appeared on the rebranded Witchblade trade paperbacks, but this is the first time it's been used on a regular monthly issue. Money well spent.
You can check out Todd's blog, where he takes you through the whole process, including a number of unused versions.
[Todd Klein also spoke to CBR News on the subject of the Witchblade logo — Editor]
This opening sequence wasn't part of the first draft of the script. The issue actually started on what is now page six. But in discussing the story, we felt like the issue could use a bit more visual excitement. So we ended up adding pages to the issue, at no additional cost to the readers.
When we were working on this, Phil Hester and Michael Broussard had just handed in a terrific encapsulation of the Darkness concept and Jackie Estacado to open the relaunching of that franchise in "Darkness" #1. We decided to create something similar for "Witchblade" #116, which would serve to introduce the characters and concept to new readers. The montage-style illustrations would also serve to show off Stjepan's art right up front in the issue. And, really, anytime you can start you book with a couple of ethereal beings having hot cosmic sex, that's a pretty good thing.
One of the aspects of Witchblade that I really enjoy is the historical tradition, the idea that each generation has its own bearer, all the way back to pre-history. The spread on pages 2-3 was a chance to display that, as well as introduce the main characters of the book, Sara Pezzini and Danielle Baptiste. Nearly all of the bearers shown in the spread have appeared previously — the samurai, the Musketeer, the pirate, the World War II-era Russian and others. We're hoping to eventually tell stories featuring a number of these previous bearers.
Page 4 showcases Stjepan's talent for textures, really giving the Witchblade a creepy, alien quality.
I should also mention the lettering on the first four pages, done by Top Cow letterer Troy Peteri. Besides having exceptional taste in music, Troy is a terrific letterer. The reversed (white) lettering, without caption boxes, makes the text an organic part of the page, rather than simply looking stuck on.
This ties the opening sequence into the rest of the issue, as we realize Dani is finally telling her new boyfriend, David Worthy, the whole truth about the Witchblade. Dani's the rookie here, having had the Witchblade a relatively short amount of time. Whether this true confessions moment was the smartest thing to do remains to be seen. . .
In panel 5, the scrolling texture of the Witchblade serves as a subtle transition element to the barbed wire on the next page.
This originally was to have been page 1. It's not unusual for me to open an issue with what is essentially a tracking shot. In film terms, our camera is slowly pushing in here, taking us inside the walls of the prison. The idea here is to lure the reader into the story, a slow reveal to tease you into turning the page.
When I take the train into New York City, the tracks are literally right next to the state penitentiary at Ossining. The thick exterior walls are so close you could reach out and touch them. It's a foreboding place, with razor wire on top of the walls. Obviously that made an impression on me.
PAGE 7, PANELS 4 and 5
Panels 4 and 5, look ma, clothes! I get so tired of hearing of the sniping comments about "Witchblade" being a "T&A" book; always from ill-informed dopes who haven't looked past the cover of the book in, say, the last five years. Books and characters evolve. Batman isn't a grinning boy scout fighting space aliens anymore.
When I took over writing "Witchblade" with issue #80, I said I wasn't interested in writing stories that were excuses for Sara's clothes to fall off. My intention was to do what I always try to do: tell stories that make you care about what happens to the characters. Top Cow was absolutely supportive, and that's what we've been doing ever since.
The most satisfying feedback concerning the book always comes from people who had a preconceived notion of what "Witchblade" is. Most of the time, those comments go something like this: "Boy, I read the issue, and it wasn't anything like I thought it wasn't going to be."
Look, I like the semi-clothed female form as much as the next guy. Probably more than the next guy. We won't shy away from showing sexy stuff — when it's part of the story.
You want to look at naked women, go buy Playboy. Or if you don't quite have the stones to march up to the counter with a copy of Playboy, buy Maxim. You want a story every month, buy "Witchblade."
This is the first time I've written Sara's sister, Julie. When I took over the book, I wanted to keep Julie off stage so we could concentrate on building Sara into a character that readers cared about, someone they'd want to read about. But now, after almost 40 issues, I felt like it was time to bring Julie back, even though she's still in the slammer. Julie also serves as a convenient device to have Sara update what's been going on in her life, particularly the birth of her daughter, a storyline that culminated in the "First Born" three-issue series.
A lot has been happening in Sara's life, some real change. Unlike most superhero titles, which strive for the illusion of change because they are essentially frozen in time and always come back to status quo, I can write permanent change into "Witchblade."
Panel 4 reintroduces Julie to both Sara and the reader. Stjepan made a great decision in leaving so much empty space in the panel, and I kept the dialogue to a minimum, so the emptiness wouldn't be filled with balloons. That emptiness serves to emphasize the gulf between the sisters, who have not seen one another in a while. The space between them literally reflects the space between them.
Panel 5 is a great bit of acting courtesy of Stjepan, as Sara and Julie don't really look at one another, each of them glancing elsewhere.
Damn near all artists can draw a splash of two hulking brutes beating the daylights out of each other. That's the meat and potatoes of our superhero-centric industry. But stuff like this — two characters just sitting and talking — is the tough stuff. It's hard to do it well. We refer to it as "acting" — drawing the emotions and gestures well enough to make the exchange not only believable, but give it some dramatic impact.
I had suggested a simple grid-style layout for the page, since I think most of the time, the simplest way to do a sequence is often the best way. There's a lot to be said for KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Stjepan still kept it simple, but went away from the simple grid to give the page a little more visual interest.
In panel 1 Julie breaks the ice by making a fairly inappropriate comment, something you couldn't say to anyone except your closest friends. Or your sister.
Panels 2 and 7 are reverse angles of one another, making the sisters symbolically closer by mirroring them. One of my favorite bits in this sequence is in the glass between the sisters, with a pattern of holes drilled in it. To me, that kind of detail lends the book more realism, an important quality when a story has supernatural aspects. Building belief is the first step to accessing the reader's willing suspension of disbelief.
Panel 5, yeah, we can say that in this book. It's great to be working on a book without language restrictions. In that respect, we compare what we do on "Witchblade" to an FX show, like "The Shield" or "Rescue Me," which happen to be two of my favorites. We haven't thrown the F-bomb yet, though.
A pair of seven-panel pages. I tend to write denser scripts, in terms of average panel count, for "Witchblade" than I do for some other projects. "Witchblade" is essentially a crime/noir comic with a big dose of the supernatural. It's a different animal than a huge cosmic battle, or teams of superheroes and supervillains tearing up the landscape, so it needs a different type of storytelling.
I write full script, as pretty much everyone does these days. The dialogue in the scripts is usually of a "first draft" variety. In other words, the dialogue gives the artist a sense of who's saying what, but it's not polished, finished dialogue. Sometimes I'll even leave out chunks of dialogue, with the intention of filling it in later. As the art comes in, I'll go though the pages and revise the dialogue to its finished form, revising not only the dialogue itself, but the order for placement and even for balloon sizes. If, as the writer, you've written six brilliant balloons for a panel, but the artist has only left room for three or four balloons … guess what? You're cutting your brilliant dialogue down to size so it fits.
There are writers who will write their final dialogue with their initial script. If it doesn't quite fit the art. . . too bad, that's somebody else's problem. They've moved on. But I think the extra step of writing the dialogue to the finished art results in a better book. Yes, it takes more time, but it allows the writer and artist to be more like true collaborators, rather than assembly-line workers who don't communicate with one another.
We return to David Worthy's apartment. This is another tracking shot, just like page 6 (which was originally intended as page 1). It's not an accident that we begin Sara's sequence and a Dani sequence in the same manner, though obviously for very different reasons. There's a duality to the characters because they're sharing the Witchblade
The decorations on this page are not random. They're clues. David has claimed to be a procurer of antiques, so the suit of armor, for instance, isn't there just because it looks cool.
In panel 2, I'm not sure whether or not that's the crystal skull Indiana Jones is looking for.
As I said, we're not going to shy away from showing sexy stuff . . . when it's part of the story.
One thing to note on page 15's panel 3: the tattoo on David's arm is not just a random design. Look for that symbol for recur in issue #117, which will be out in a few weeks.
A new character is introduced here, a reporter who goes by "Gretch" and works for an alternative weekly newspaper. Every reporter character in comics is going to be measure against "Daredevil"'s Ben Urich. Or, to a lesser extent, that feisty female reporter and her pal with the glasses who work at the Daily Planet. I actually used to be a newspaper reporter, so I know a bit about how the job works.
Gretch isn't a one-off character, she'll be a recurring presence through the series. She also figures prominently in Top Cow's Free Comic Book Day issue, which features a new story by me and Stjepan. That whole story is worked out on a 16-panel grid, the same format "The Dark Knight Returns" utilized so well. And then a character who figures prominently in the FCBD story will be a main player in this summer's crossover, "Broken Trinity."
The idea here was to give Stjepan another chance to create a big, powerful image, something that would jolt readers.
I suggested the railroad ties as crucifixes. It was Stjepan's decision to hang the victims from chains. Birds of a feather, apparently. If your reaction is, "Oh my God, that's disturbing. . . " that's exactly what we were hoping for.
A friend of mine read this issue and said (I'm paraphrasing here), "If you took out all the supernatural stuff, this would still be really good crime story, like a 'CSI' episode." I have to admit, I've never seen an episode of "CSI" (in any of its many varieties), but that real-world crime feeling is what we're going for.
We introduce another new supporting character, Inder Chandrakhar, who heads up one of the crime scene units that Sara often interacts with. He's of Indian descent, obviously, because I wanted to make our cast a little more integrated.
The name "Inder" is actually borrowed from the father of a friend of mine from high school. And my friend is now a faithful reader of "Witchblade,'" so. . . hi, Paul!
Just to whet your appetite for the next issue, we get a glimpse of the apparent killer. Come back next month and found out who this guy is, and why he's doing what he's doing. It might seem like Sara and Dani's plotlines are completely separate, but the threads will actually begin to tie together with issue #117, and culminate with issue #118.
Special thanks, again, to Ron Marz for stopping by to share his take on "Witchblade." The issue is in stores already, with a new sketch cover coming for the second printing.
Coming up next: Mark Smith and Paul Maybury, the guys behind the new Image Comics original graphic novel, "Aqua Leung," stop by to share some pages and thoughts on their new release. It's in stores next week, and their COMMENTARY TRACK will go live two days later on April 18.
If you have any titles or creators you'd like to see a commentary track from, or you're a creator with book due out that you'd like to talk about in detail, drop us a line. We're especially looking for artists/colorists/letterers who are looking to talk about their craft, as we've had a shortage of those so far. We're busy behind the scenes lining up books for the weeks ahead, but there's always room for more!
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Kelly Rowland Held A Secret Wedding?
It's rumored that Kelly Rowland finally married her manager, Tim Witherspoon the second weekend in May (5/10). It's rumored that Beyonce and Michelle Williams were there to support Kelly but nothing has been confirmed.
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U.S. Open: Jane McManus
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 11 a.m. ET
The year's final Grand Slam tennis tournament is unfolding with extra drama because a few of the usual favorites won't be around. Pete Sampras retired Monday and Serena and Venus Williams are recuperating from injuries. Which players will gain from their absence? Are we seeing the end of glittering careers for Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport and the absent, injured Anna Kournikova and Monica Seles? Is this the right time for Andy Roddick? Ask Jane McManus of the The Journal News of Westchester County, N.Y., who has covered the past five U.S. Opens.


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Smackdown 1964: Agnes, Lila, Gladys, Grayson and Dame Edith
Behold the Oscar-nominated Supporting Actresses of 1964: two wealthy matriarchs with strained relations to their children, one desperate widow who would very much like relations of any kind, an irritable church group leader watching your every move and one sweaty possessive housekeeper lurking around the corner.
1964's shortlist is one of the most senior in any acting category ever with an average age of 61. This 50 year old Oscar contest also acted as a finale for three enduring character actresses who Hollywood adored (Cooper, Evans, and Moorehead) but never quite enough at the right time to hand them the gold man. (In truth Dame Edith Evans, who did not attend the ceremony, was nominated one last time and quite deservedly for The Whisperers but that nomination is sadly almost as forgotten as the confused woman she masterfully played.)
The actress Melanie Lynskey (Happy Christmas, Heavenly Creatures) joins returning panelists Joe Reid, Nick Davis, Nathaniel R, Stinkylulu and You! We also tabulate reader votes and quotes from those ballots appear.
Without further ado, the main event...