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Hockey Canada Concussion Policy
Confed Hockey WEM Waterpark Event!
Sunday, October 29 - 9am-11am, with Stay and Play!
Thanks for all your support!
If you want to join the fun, you can get last minute tickets at $20 each at the Confed ticket table at the WEM Waterpark from 830am-1030am on Sunday morning.
2017 Confed Hockey Christmas Tournament
Registration for the 2017 Confed Hockey Christmas Tournament is now open!
2017 Confed Tournament - Sponsorship Package
Please visit our tournament website at confedhockeytournament.ca
Christmas Tournament Committee Members Needed!
We are looking for people to join the Confed Hockey Christmas Tournament Committee in the following roles:
- Tournament Office Coordinators
- Rink Managers
- Sponsorship Coordinators
- Swat Purchasing Coordinators
- 50-50 Coordinators
- Raffle Table Coordinators
Please email Shannon and Susan to find out more about the above roles!
Please Note: If you are looking to volunteer for a shift at the tournament, the sign up will come out at the beginning of December.
Evaluations are here!
Not sure when you start? Check the Evaluations page for the start dates!
Not sure when your next skate is and didn't get an email yet? Check the Evaluation Skate time checker!
Volunteer Sign Up - August, September
Hello Confed Hockey Families - As the 2017-18 Hockey Season begins – so do the many, many volunteer opportunities that we be available this season to help out with our great club!
August & September
- Equipment Room Volunteers - August 31 (FULL)
- Equipment Room Volunteers - September 21
- Evaluation Volunteers (you may sign up for any category)
There will be many, many other opportunities throughout the year.
2017-18 Evaluation Information Posted!
Please visit the Evaluation Pages for more info!
2017-18 Confed Hockey Club D Registration Open June 26!
Please see Club D for information on this years programming and see Club D Registration to register online.
Registration for 2017-18 Season Now Open!
In Person Registration and drop off May 15, June 1, and June 24.
See Registration for all information.
Confederation Hockey AGM!
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 7:30pm
Multi-Purpose Room B, Terwillegar Recreation Centre
Confed AGM Agenda April 25 2017
Check out the Spring 2017 Edition of the Hockey Edmonton Magazine!
You can pick up your copy of this edition at most rinks!
March 17-19, 2017 Hockey Edmonton Timbits Winter Jamboree!
Schedule and information for the Hockey Edmonton Timbits Winter Jamboree is now posted on the Hockey Edmonton website.
Reminder of Hockey Edmonton Playoff Dates!
Novice Playoffs - March 4-19, 2017
Atom Playoffs - March 4-19, 2017
Peewee Playoffs - March 4-23, 2017
Confed Hockey Christmas Tournament Volunteer Sign Up!
Sign Up for volunteer shifts for the 2016 Confed Hockey Christmas tournament is NOW open to our members!!
Confed Hockey Christmas Tournament Sponsorship Opportunities!
Altogether there are just over 150 teams registered for our 2016 Confederation Hockey Christmas Tournament!
For those new to Confed Hockey, our club runs a hockey tournament for Novice, Atom, and Peewee players that runs December 27-30 each year!
Other than being a great opportunity for 2500 kids to play hockey over the holidays!, the Christmas Tournament generates funds that go directly into our operations at Confed Hockey that allow us to keep hockey registration fees low and offer additional programs to our players, such as player and goalie Club D, and extra ice times.
We are offering the following Sponsorship spots for this years tournament!
2016 Confederation Christmas Tournament Sponsorship
2016 Christmas Tournament Sponsorship Form
Confed Hockey Raffle 2016 - Winners!
Thanks to all families that participated in our Annual Confederation Hockey Raffle Fundraiser!
The draw was held this evening at Kinsmen Arena…and the winners are!!!!
|Ticket Number
|Winner Name
|Prize Amount
|Jeff Johnson
|1st Prize
|Ayio Blades
|2nd Prize
|Tanya Kaczur
|3rd Prize
|Lisa Gennaro
|4th Prize
|Colleen Ho
|5th Prize
|Monica Anderson
|6th Prize
|Par Randhawa
|7th Prize
|Navinder Dhaliwal
|8th Prize
|Anne Boychuk
|9th Prize
|Bryan Braul
|10th Prize
|Jason Loo
|11th Prize
A big thank-you for all the time and effort put in to making this raffle happen this year to our Raffle Coordinators – Angela Halwa and Preet Bhandal!
Confed Hockey Oil Kings Association Event - January 29!
Confederation Hockey Association event - Edmonton Oil Kings game on January 29, 2017 at 4pm
Cost of a ticket is $18, discounted from the regular price of $27.
The Deadline to submit order forms and payment to your Manager or Head Coach is Sunday, December 18, 2016. Your team may have an earlier deadline, please watch for information from your team.
Club D Specialty Clinic Registration Open!
All Club D one day Specialty Clinic's have been posted on the Club D Specialty Clinic page for all clinics until the end of December!
For those Confed players in Sr. Timbits, Novice, Atom, and Peewee that are interested in these extra opportunities can register online on the Club D Specialty Clinic Registration page.
Evaluations are here!
Not sure when you start? Check the Evaluations page for the start dates!
Not sure when your next skate is and didn't get an email yet? Check the Evaluation Skate time checker!
Volunteer Sign Up - August, September
Hello Confed Hockey Families - As the 2016-17 Hockey Season begins – so do the many, many volunteer opportunities that we be available this season to help out with our great club!
August & September
- Police Check Volunteers
- Gear Sale Volunteers
- Equipment Room Volunteers
- Evaluation Volunteers
There will be many, many other opportunities throughout the year.
A reminder that ALL On Ice and On Bench Volunteers must be registered as Coaches/Asst Coaches with Confed.
2016-17 Confed Hockey Novice Tier 1 Applications now being accepted.
2016-17 Confed Hockey Club D Registration Now Open!
2016-17 Confed Hockey Registration!
2016-17 Hockey Edmonton Player Movement Process
Hockey Edmonton has sent out a Player Movement document to all the hockey clubs in the city which includes an application for those that wish to apply to the Hockey Edmonton Player Movement Committee to be considered to play for a club other than their designated club.
In effort to ensure our members have all information we wanted to make sure you were aware of this process – the deadline to apply is May 31, 2016.
2016-17 Initiation Hockey - Some Changes to Note!
Thank you for your patience in the last 6 months, as we have been meeting with the hockey associations across Edmonton, to come to a final decision on the Initiation program, as per the request of Hockey Edmonton.
For those of you who had completed the Initiation Survey sent by Hockey Edmonton, your input was appreciated and heard. With the original idea of removing all games from the initiation program, it was finalized to keep in the Senior Timbits program.
The changes to make note of:
- Discovery (Previously Initiation 1A) – this program is for brand new skaters, learning to skate with hockey equipment and incorporate hockey skills throughout the season. This will remain on Friday nights for Confed, have a paid instructor on the ice and be a 45 minute program. Ideally this will be for 2011/2012 birth years, dependent on skill level.
- Timbits Program (Previously Initiation 2A/3A) – this program has been split into two.
- The Timbits Program is for 2011/2010 birth years, but also dependent on skill level.
- Jr. Timbits
- The 1st Timbits program will be 1 hour Practice, once a week, on Saturday or Sunday – this is called Jr.Timbits. There will be a Lead Instructor on the Ice for practices, with several coaches assisting. The Lead Instructor position will rotate between the "on ice coaches", and they will use Hockey Canada's Initiation Program Curriculum (available for digital retrieval in the ProSmart system).
- Sr. Timbits
- The 2nd Timbits program will be two 1 hour ice times per week (on Saturday and Sunday) – 1 practice, 1 game – this is called Sr.Timbits. There will be a Lead Instructor on the Ice for practices, with several coaches assisting. The Lead Instructor position will rotate between the "on ice coaches", and they will use Hockey Canada's Initiation Program Curriculum (available for digital retrieval in the ProSmart system).
- During the Game session – there will be a game on each end of the rink, with the middle of the ice being used for active rest, drills the kids want to work on and unstructured small games.
We look forward to a GREAT 2016/17 Season in our Discovery and Timbits programs !
Hockey Edmonton - Novice and Atom Team Formation
Hockey Edmonton - Atom and Novice Team Formation
Hockey Edmonton Non Body Checking Decision
Posted on Hockey Edmonton website on April 19, 2016
At their April 13, 2016 General Meeting Hockey Edmonton voted on a motion which will have an immediate, positive impact on hockey in the Bantam and Midget divisions of play.
Effective in the 2016-17 hockey season, Hockey Edmonton and its Clubs and Districts will offer body checking in the Divisions of Bantam and Midget in categories of play that participate in Provincial Championships – specifically AAA, AA, A, and B.
Bantam and Midget Tiers 1 and 2 will now be referenced as A and B respectively and compete in Hockey Alberta Provincial Championships in these categories.
All remaining categories of play in Edmonton Federation Hockey League Bantam and Midget divisions will be referenced as Community Hockey programs and renumbered accordingly (e.g. 1, 2, …).
All Community Hockey programs will be non body checking categories of play.
Confederation Hockey Annual General Meeting - April 25, 2016
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 7:30pm - Terwillegar Multipurpose Room B.
March 3, 2016 - 12th Annual Hockey Edmonton Timbits Jamboree
March 11-13, 2016 at Terwillegar.
Please see Hockey Edmonton website for information and schedules.
February 25, 2016 - Enmax Hockey Edmonton Playoffs
Good Luck to all teams in the Enmax Hockey Edmonton Playoffs!
Schedules can be found on the Hockey Edmonton website under your division.
2016 Enmax Hockey Edmonton Championships - Information Bulletin
2015 Raffle Winners
Thank- you to everyone for your support of our annual Confed Hockey Raffle!
The support back to the teams and the clubs is appreciated!
Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Raffle
1st – $5000.00 – Ticket Number 00498 – Tamara Buckwold
2nd – $2000.00 – Ticket Number 08951 – Greg Nash
3rd – $1000.00 – Ticket Number 06694 – Barb Neufeld
4th – $750.00 – Ticket Number 09754 – Kevin Clague
5th – $500.00 – Ticket Number 09882 – David Hartum
6th – $250.00 – Ticket Number 03745 – Dwayne Van Bavel
7th – $100.00 – Ticket Number 04449 – Al Shimoda
8th – $100.00 – Ticket Number 02687 – Larry Vadori
9th – $100.00 – Ticket Number 08594 – Chris Finch
10th – $100.00 – Ticket Number 01267 – Sukhi Brar
11th – $100.00 – Ticket Number 05916 – Melissa Brady
Holiday Food Bank Drive!
SWZ and SEERA Hockey Need YOUR Help!
Working with the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Food Bank
SWZ and SEERA Hockey are partnering to provide support for those in need during the Holiday Season!
What: Non-‐perishable foods
Where: Donation boxes near the entrances of Terwillegar, Meadows, Millwoods, Confederation and George Hughes (SSA)
When: Donation boxes will be available for the month of December
Who: All parents, players, officials and spectators from SWZ, SEERA, SWAT, Confed, North SEERA and Millwoods
Your support is greatly appreciated during this Holiday Season!
Club D Specialty Clinic Registration open
-> click Players > Club D Specialty Clinics > Club D Specialty Clinic Reg


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On CNN's State of the Union today, Candy Crowley grilled Obama campaign advisor David Axelrod over a comment made by a staffer that either Romney lied to the American people about his time at Bain Capital or he lied on SEC filings, which would be a felony. Axelrod carefully parsed his explanation, saying that the campaign would never accuse Romney of being a felon, just potentially engaging in activity that would be considered a felony.
Axelrod insisted that all Stephanie Cutter meant was "If he was, in fact, not the chief executive, the president, the sole shareholder at the company at the time, and that's what was filed, that would be a felony."

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My '97 Bonneville (70,000 mi) takes 4-6 seconds of cranking to start. If it starts, it may die once. After restarting, it idles fine and cruises smoothly.
A funky exhaust smell (with a dash of gassy smell) has been noticeable since this started a few months ago. Only once (out of ~ 100 starts), I saw white whispy smoke coming from the EGR, with a loud backfire (I am NOT getting a faulty EGR engine code). That hasn't happened since. FYI--I had a tune-up (new plugs, wires, fuel filter, air filter. Etc), and complete injector cleaning, and replaced the fuel pump.(A diagnostic showed low f.P. Pressure).
The beast still manifests the same problem. Any ideas? Thanks.
Andy G.
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AKL ART GALLERY | Gallery + News
- Completion date mid-2011
- Costs $113 million (Central Government $30 million, Auckland City Council $48.1 million, Auckland Art Gallery Foundation $33.4 million)
- Creates 50% more space for displays
After watching the above video, I was shocked at how impressive this project is. IMO the extension enhances the beauty of the original building. I was pretty worried the conflicting styles wouldn't mesh, but I've been proved wrong.
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It will be a magnificent public space for all Aucklanders to enjoy.
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Roof is going up fast, and the front got unwrapped the other day. It's all painted in a new darker gray paint to return the building to its appearance in 1887. Not sure I liked it at first but think its grown on me and think its looking great.
Also notice the nice details of new 'cresting'. Something you'll hardly see from the ground.
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Starting to lay slate slab exterior...
Also noticed laminated native timber ceiling going in. This building will be spectacular!
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Nice to see a cultural institution being given an upgrade
This looks a lot more appropriate than the horrible extension of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, they should take note of what is going on in this project
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I like pretty much everything about this development. It utilizes and links with the original building wonderfully, opens up to the park behind and looks great.
It also is quite a large addition considering it is much larger than the original building. Though to be honest, the original art gallery was embarrassingly small. This development will not only take it up to a decent size for a city of Auckland's size and location, but also do it right.
I only wish it was finished when I visited a couple of months ago.
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Nice video. Never realised how much larger the renovation has made the gallery.
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There is a lot of student traffic coming across from Khartoum Place, and also at the Kitchener/Wellesley corner which would really benefit from this. Could tie in nicely with the Khartoum Place upgrade.
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Agree...an excellent addition to Auckland
Would be great ( my thoughts) to intergrate, some kind of funky covered walking overbridge connecting The Art Gallery/Library/ A future St James and the Edge
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One of the world's best art collections may go on show when the Auckland Art Gallery reopens next year.
Gallery director Chris Saines said he hoped all 15 Robertson Collection paintings would be here by mid-2011 for the opening, displaying 1875 to 1951 works by Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Salvador Dali, Georges Braque, Andre Derain and others.
"But it depends on whether Julian [Robertson] will be able to get everything here," he said of the billionaire benefactor.
Five adjoining spaces and more than 400sq m of floorspace on level one of the Kitchener Wing will be used for the Julian and Josie Robertson galleries and work there is almost finished.
Floor levels have been evened, partitions built and a new suspended ceiling installed, recessed from the walls to show off the ornate plaster cornices in the 1800s building.
Plywood covers the floor but when the galleries open, these will be clad in American oak.
Other galleries will be named after benefactors. Saines said Harriet and Michael Friedlander had made "a phenomenal contribution to the gallery over the years" and a gallery would be named after them, along with the Gibbs' Family Gallery on level one of the new building to display contemporary New Zealand art, named after Jenny and Alan Gibbs.
The entire gallery has 14,620 works of art, most stored off-site at secret locations until next year's reopening.
Saines said the $121 million upgrade would "oxygenate" the collection and allow about 800 works to be displayed at any one time.
A multi-level building has been developed at the waterfront end, increasing floorspace by 75 per cent but allowing a 130 per cent display space increase, he said.
A learning centre has been built and the Southern Hemisphere's largest glass tension facade will clad the face of the new addition.
"An engineer from Holmes Consulting described it as a 'look-Mum-no-hands' atrium because it won't look like the glass is supported by anything," Saines said.
The East Gallery's mezzanine floor has been removed and the area previously used for storage has become a gallery with natural light flooding down from roof-top windows encased in a railway carriage-style structure.
Ornate plaster work and cornices have been reinstated, true to the original interior and East has been returned to its original configuration.
Hawkins Constructions' tower crane on the site is due to be dismantled soon.
* $121 million renovation/strengthening/extension.
* Hawkins Construction handover early next year.
* Open to the public middle of next year.
* Seismic strengthening, big new addition.
* 75 per cent increase in exhibition capacity.
* 800 of the 14,620 art works to be displayed.
* New "named" galleries almost finished.
* Friedlanders, Gibbs, Robertsons honoured.
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Sculpture to bridge old and new eras
By Anne Gibson
5:30 AM Wednesday Sep 22, 2010
Auckland Art Gallery's main atrium roof which is made from 11 kauri pods. Photo / Natalie Slade
A large work by Danish artist Jeppe Hein will fill Auckland Art Gallery's new sculpture terrace.
Gallery director Chris Saines said the work was for the new area built between Albert Park and the roof of the 1915-17 East Gallery.
Hein, who has exhibited at the Venice Biennale and Tate Liverpool, uses motors, mirrors and fountains in some of his sculptures and installations.
Saines cannot reveal the nature, name or look of the new work but he said the walkway was a significant addition to the gallery, connecting old buildings to new.
The terrace not only allows proximity to the park but gives visitors a close-up view of the Kitchener/Wellesley clock tower and the ornate roof of the original art gallery buildings, he said.
Saines said 17 floors in the old buildings would become just six in the new, making life easier for staff who have had to endure Dickensian facilities for years, including inadequate loading areas and a tiny goods lift.
"Moving art around will be much easier," he said.
The gallery's $121 million restoration and expansion, a collaboration by Richard Francis-Jones' FJMT (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp) in Sydney and Auckland's Archimedia, will not open until the middle of next year.
Hand-crafted Kauri pods clad the roof of the new waterfront-end extension to the gallery.
Entire trees which had fallen in the North Island, particularly around the Coromandel, were cut into pieces on-site then air-lifted out by helicopter, Saines said.
A team of 30 cabinet makers at Papakura Joinery have worked on the pods for the past 18 months.
But Saines said designing and executing the curved structures was complicated and demanded close co-operation between Archimedia and the joinery factory. Saines said the pods were a work of art in their own right.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
What On Earth Is Going On With Me?
Well the thing is, the second I posted that announcement I started to miss blogging. It's something that I've been doing for 3 years and I can't just dismiss it from my life in 5 minutes and one blog post.
First, I want to apologize for going back and forth again and again on what the heck I'm going to do with this blog.
This is my perspective: I started this blog 3 years ago because I love books with a fiery passion and I wanted to talk to other people who loved books too. I used to get a decent amount of comments on my posts and reviews about what that person thought of the book and I loved every single one. It made my day when I saw someone who cared enough about that book to leave a comment on my blog. That was about a year ago when I was able to post regularly and before I started college. Since I started my first semester of college last year I put a hold on the blog to focus on my school. But this semester I'm going to try and keep the blog alive...the only problem is it's been out of commission for so long that no one really checks on it anymore. So when I post a review I don't get any comments or views. I'm not obsessed with how many views I get, but if I work for a long time to review the book and put together the post then I kind of want someone to see my work.
The reason I was going to shut this blog down was because I wasn't getting as much traffic as a year ago, which is completely understandable. I can't expect that kind of traffic back in a week. But my problem is every review I post is special to me and I want it to be seen and appreciated by people, and I just don't feel like it's fair to the book when no one sees the review because I haven't been posting regularly for a long time now.
So that is my dilemma.
I have decided that I WILL continue on with this blog, and I will post as often as I can. I can get easily discouraged if no one comes to my blog, but I'll try and keep to it and work as hard as I can to make this blog what it used to be.
Thank you all for handling all my mood swings and back and forth and I love and appreciate every single one of you! ♥
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I'm sorry that you weren't getting the views you used to. I know it's a hard thing, but eventually people will come back and your views will go up. In the meantime, you never know when someone will see the post.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm glad you're not quitting. There's no rule that says you have to shut down just bc you can't post as often! Your views will go up the more you come back and interact with the blogging world, I promise you! But I know how you feel when you right a review and just hear crickets. Good luck with college this semester :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah I finally realized that! I just really love blogging haha and it was a lot harder to give up than I thought it would be haha. :PDelete
Now I'm so glad I didn't delete your blog from my feedly when I saw the last post!ReplyDeleteReplies
Also, it's rare that I take the time to comment anywhere, but I appreciate the work and passion that goes in to your blogging here. Mostly I just stalk you for book recommendations, but I'll try to make it a point to comment a little more often to let you know I'm reading and appreciating.Delete
Haha yeah I should probably take than down so I don't confuse people. And cool, that way I can reply to you :)Delete
College definitely takes a lot of time and focus so it makes sense than you won't be posting as much here. I've noticed that reviews don't get as much comment love as discussion posts or personal posts, so if you have time to post more of those, you might continue to see the exposure you're wanting while writing less reviews. Good luck!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah it really does. A lot of time and energy lol.Delete
Yeah I've noticed that too! But the thing is I really love reviews - I love discussing a book with people - but that is a very good idea, I'll try and get a discussion post up :)
Words cannot describe how happy and excited I get when I see you commented on one of my posts because it shows that you love the material enough to talk about it. Beware, I will reply to your comment with a gushing comment of my own.
If you leave a link to your blog I will most definitely check you awesome people out. Anyone who comments here is my best friend whether you want to be or not.


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On Friday at 11:30pm, Hazel Sofia was born. Then at 12:35, Saturday, Olive Eloise was born. They were both 6lbs 13oz and 19 inches. They look very different and they have different birthdays! They are very healthy and Mom is doing great. 38 weeks waiting for them and they are finally here, worth everyday. Thanks for everyone's help again on the names,
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SAN RAFAEL, CA (AP) — Oscar-winner Robin Williams, whose free-form comedy and adept impressions dazzled audiences for decades, has died in an apparent suicide. He was 63.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office says Williams was pronounced dead at his home in California on Monday. The sheriff's office says a preliminary investigation shows the cause of death to be a suicide due to asphyxia.
Williams shot to fame in the late '70s as the alien in TV's "Mork and Mindy." He conquered the big screen in comic films such as "Good Morning, Vietnam" and "Mrs. Doubtfire." But he won his Academy Award in a serious role – as the therapist in "Good Will Hunting."
His performing style was at its purest in his standup act, as he impersonated a Russian immigrant or parodied anyone from John Wayne to Keith Richards.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran was now closer to crossing the "red line" after which it would be able to build a nuclear weapon but had not yet reached that stage.
"The Iranians are closer to the red line that I set at the United Nations," his office quoted him as telling visiting American Jewish leaders. "They haven't crossed it yet but they are shortening the time needed to cross it."
"This must be stopped," he said. "We need to apply stronger pressure and harsher sanctions."
In a September address to the UN General Assembly, Netanyahu called for a "clear red line" to stop Iran getting a nuclear bomb.
He used a red marker pen to draw a line through a cartoon diagram of a bomb to illustrate what the international community's limit for Iran's uranium enrichment program should be.
He said Iran had 70 percent of the necessary level of uranium enrichment for a bomb and warned that at the current pace, the Islamic republic could have nearly all the material needed to create a first bomb by summer.
Netanyahu has publicly aired his differences with the United States over the Iran issue, criticising Washington for failing to set its own "red lines" that would trigger military action against Tehran.
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President Barack Obama favours diplomacy and international sanctions against Iran to rein in its atomic programme.
The Iranian government says it is enriching uranium to 20 percent purity -- a short technical step from the 90 percent needed for a nuclear bomb -- for a medical research reactor. The West believes the effort hides a military goal.
Much of the international community fears Iran's nuclear programme includes efforts to develop nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran has repeatedly denied.
Israel, the Middle East's sole, albeit undeclared, nuclear power, believes Iran must be prevented from reaching military nuclear capabilities at any cost and refuses to rule out military intervention to that end.
Netanyahu last week also accused Iran of complicity in a bombing last year that killed five Israeli tourists at Bulgaria's Burgas airport.
The Bulgarian government said that the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah was behind it.
"The attack in Burgas was just one in a series of terror attacks planned and carried out by Hezbollah and Iran," Netanyahu said on Tuesday. "That is in addition to the support that Hezbollah and Iran give to the murderous... regime in Syria.
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Fred Cogar , Nola June Burns Lineage
I'm knew to genealogy, but have caught the bug.My grandfather was Fred Cogar born Dec. 9, 1912, married my grandmother Nola June Cogar January 13, 1934. From different web sites this is the lineage I'm trying to prove, correct or disprove:
11. Claus KOGER (b.1572;d.1630)
10. Dietrick KOGER (b.1608;d.1688)
11. Dorothy JAGER (b.1576;d.1654)
9. Claus KOGER (b.1637;d.1679)
10. Maria LEININGER
8. Joss "Joseph" KOGER (b.1674;d.1733)
9. Maria KUTTLER
7. John Nicholas Koger (b.1712;m.1735;d.1753)
8. Maria C. GEBHARD
6. John Peter Cogar (b.1753;m.1781;d.1841)
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|Rush University Medical Center
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|United States, Pennsylvania
|Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
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SUMMIT COUNTY — The White River National Forest wants to build 15 miles of new multi-use trails in the Tenderfoot and Frey Gulch area to accommodate motorized use. The project is being developed in response to a proposal by the Summit County Off-Road Riders. The proposal includes the rehabilitation of 15 miles of existing trails in the same area. Some illegal user-created trails in the same area would be closed and rehabilitated.
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Cavs would have to add more to the deal
I think Ben McLemore is a better fit to play alongside KL, & DD. We desperately need perimeter shooting. Taking Noel, and losing him for half the season, would definitely help the team secure a higher pick in next year's draft.
I would totally trade Gay for #1 straight up.
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But the 2nd bold, no team is this league will get a player 'like Gay' if they are middling teams that don't draft well, rarely have cap space, and rarely have assets worth trading for (or they can't afford to give up - or overvalue for that matter). There have been plenty of opportunities for the Raps to have got their hands on Gay calibre players (and better), just not with Colangelo running the franchise the way he did.
Trading the first pick is an option partly because there are concerns whether Thompson and Noel would create serious spacing issues on offense (their defense would be great though). I tend to agree for the 2013-14 season but I am not betting against Thompson developing range this upcoming season. He unveiled a right-handed jump shot in the last 5 games and his form was not bad, and that less than 50 games after he unveiled a push shot. He will be very difficult to guard if he can develop range up to 15 feet because he has the handle and the speed to blow by big men guarding him to close.
While Noel has no offensive game at this time, I believe he is the best player in the draft and we do need to address the center position long-term.
Trading down to pick Otto would be ideal because Otto looks like a great fit in Cleveland. Trading down to select Len would work also.
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I still think there's basically no way it makes sense for either Toronto or Cleveland to deal directly with each other about the #1 pick....But I am curious to see where Cleveland takes discussions with other teams, as I'd love for the Raps to get in as a 3rd team, and possibly even unload Bargnani somewhere.
My original thought, as I repost the idea, was something like this when I saw Cousins name
Toronto gets: T. Thompson and J. Salmons
Cleveland gets: Cousins *(and maybe Sacto's #7 pick?)
Sacto gets: #1 pick and Bargnani
I don't know if Cleveland gives up Thompson....but I figure there's a fair chance if they trade for a big, even with the #1 pick going out. I also imagine if Sacto includes their 1st rd pick going to Cleveland as well (7th pick), then this really might have a chance.
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Why are the Cavs serious being discussed this forum? Who cares!
Kinda funny this comes up; if we go for Otto Porter, there are some similarities between the two. Share the same jersey number too.
Watch the first part of this video, especially the three from 0:05 to 0:08, and tell me his play doesn't look exactly like Rudy:
Not exactly the same. Porter's shot went in!
There's math, and everything else is debatable.
Matt, Why do you feel the need to swear when someone points out something contrary to what you wrote? It's twice in the past week.
Also, why do you keep posting here if you truly believe it does not matter what fans want? Wouldn't be just an exercise in futility?
May be unrelated why is there an uprise of so many players wanting #22 ?? Wiggins is also #22 come on kids pick a number to make your own. DeMar picked 10 love that.
Why do people discuss politics yet never vote? Beats the hell out of me. As to why I post, finding people with common interests and sharing ideas is why I come here. Your attempt to discredit or belittle is noted but I guess it comes with the territory when one is as active and opinionated on this forum as I am. It is a big reason why I voluntarily stopped moderating.
I wouldn't trade Gay for the #1 pick in this years draft straight up. I'm running through the list of the candidates to go first in this years draft and I don't see anyone that can replace what Gay gives you. It would also make DeMar the first scoring option and God help us if that happens. Not to mention that Gay's contract will be coveted by many teams, so good trade possibilites might be out there for the Raptors.
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Gay's contract if far more valuable in extracting assets than getting below cap. I don't see Toronto being a stop for any high profile FA unless the team is willing to pay Rudy Gay money.
Why are some people referring to the proposed trade of Gay and the #1 pick as "straight up", when that could never happen given Gay's salary. The proposed trade would only work if the #1 pick is packaged with other players.
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TIM PALMER: If you're feeling in need of another hit of coffee to get you back into the rhythm of the working day, there may be good reason to indulge.
Researchers from the John Hopkins University say ingesting caffeine shortly after learning something can improve how well it's remembered.
As if espresso lovers needed to be told, the research has been published in the latest edition of the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Reporter Katie Hamann spoke to one of the lead authors, Assistant Professor of neurobiology and behaviour, Michael Yassa, who is explaining the research method.
MICHAEL YASSA: We brought them in on the first day and we showed them pictures on a computer screen and we asked them to make a simple decision whether these pictures were indoor pictures or outdoor pictures. It didn't really matter what the picture was or what they said, we just wanted to get them engaged in a task and sort of encode these images.
We wanted them to learn these images without actually telling them it is going to be a memory test afterwards and then we either gave them a caffeine pill, 200 milligrams of caffeine, or a placebo and we sent them on their merry way.
They came back 24 hours later and we gave them a surprise test and in that test we showed them some of the same pictures they'd seen before, some completely new pictures and then some additional pictures that were very similar but not identical to the ones they saw before.
What we found was that they were better at discriminating between those similar pictures and the ones they've actually seen before so having a very detailed memory for the items they'd seen before such as the similar ones, which are typically very tricky and typically sort of they fall for and say this is the same thing I saw yesterday.
But when on caffeine they were more likely to say well wait a minute, this is kind of similar but it's not exactly the same as the one I saw yesterday.
KATIE HAMANN: And as you mentioned, the parameters of this positive effect on memory were quite narrow though. You didn't see the same responses in people who'd had the caffeine pill prior to the test for example?
MICHAEL YASSA: Right exactly, so if we - because one of the other questions for example is maybe there was still caffeine in their system even 24 hours later and maybe that's what helped boost their performance, their retrieval. They could just have a better tendency or a better strategy at being able to call up on information, that it wasn't really strengthening the memory itself, it was their ability to retrieve things.
And so we excluded that possibility by doing another condition where we gave them caffeine right before the test and there, even though maybe it made them more vigilant or more alert while taking that test, it didn't really help their memory all that much.
KATIE HAMANN: Does this mean people seeking to have a specific boost to their memory should perhaps hold off on their morning coffee or do you think they could have a similar response after drinking their second or third pick-me-up in the mid-morning for example?
MICHAEL YASSA: Well, I think it entirely depends on what you want to accomplish and when. There are other kind of enhancing effects that are very important that we've known of for some time. I like to drink coffee in the morning so I can remain more alert and more vigilant in addition to having better memory of course but all of these effects are, seem to be associated with you know, better cognition.
Now that being said, everything has to be in moderation of course, so one can't take this as licence for drinking large amounts of caffeine.
KATIE HAMANN: That brings me to my next question, what about dosage or delivery mechanisms? I mean participants in this study took a caffeine pill. Would you expect to see similar effects from say someone having a single shot of espresso in a latte for example?
MICHAEL YASSA: In terms of the mode of administration, some things will obviously you know hit your blood stream faster. Drinking coffee is going to be a little bit slower than injecting IV of coffee, not that you'd want to do that of course.
But all of these things take a little bit of time to be able to metabolise and certainly body weight contributes to this, so those that we used in the study that was most effective at a group level was 200 milligrams, which is about two shots of espresso, maybe a little bit more.
That being said, again, there was lots and lots of variability in terms of the response to that dose even so even though I can tell you the most effective dose in our study, I don't think it's helpful to just take that as the effective dose in the real world. Everybody is going to be different.
TIM PALMER: IV coffee? Not that you want to do that of course. Assistant Professor of neurobiology and behaviour, Michael Yassa, from the University of California speaking there to Katie Hamann.
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At this hour, Ron Barber is announcing his bid for CD 2 congressional seat. This would mean he is no longer running just as a placeholder candidate for the unexpired term of Gabrielle Giffords.
This ruins the day of Steve Farley, Paula Aboud, Matt Heinz and Nan Walden. Although, I heard speculation that Heinz would run anyway. I have my doubts. I think that is based more on him jumping the gun on the interim district 8 seat and I haven't spoken to him about it.
It also probably ruins the day of Dustin Cox too. He had a free pass to get into the state senate before this. This means he'd have to get back into a crowded LD 9 house primary that might include Paula Aboud.
UPDATE: Jim Small has tweeted confirmation that Farley is running for senate and Heinz is indicating that he may stay in.


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OTTAWA - For once, Dany Heatley didnt get his own way.
San Jose dumped Heatley on the Minnesota Wild Sunday night in a deal that sent another former Senators winger, Martin Havlat, to the Sharks.
Its really two disgruntled players getting dealt for each other, a league executive said Tuesday. Its going to be interesting to see how all this all shakes down.
Only two years after demanding a trade out of Ottawa and being dealt to the Sharks, Heatley will play for his fourth NHL team in his 10th season.
The only control Heatley had was offering up a list of 10 destinations where the Sharks couldnt send him that included Ottawa, Buffalo, Edmonton, Florida and the Islanders.
As it stands, Heatley will suit up against the Senators in Ottawas Oct. 11 season opener at Scotiabank Place.
After eating a nice meal with friends on his deck at his summer estate in Kelowna, B.C., Heatley got a call from Sharks GM Doug Wilson informing him of the trade.
It was pretty off guard. It wasnt expected, obviously, said Heatley. I knew it was a possibility with the contract and the way it works. But Im moving on. I feel good. Im excited and looking forward to getting to Minny.
This is the first time Heatley hasnt been dealt in a trade he requested. He demanded to be moved by Atlanta in 2004, then was dealt to the Senators in exchange for Marian Hossa. Heatley demanded a trade from Ottawa in 2009, angered by what he thought was a diminishing role on the team. He then scuttled a trade to Edmonton before accepting a deal to the Sharks.
Minny GM Chuck Fletcher snapped when it was suggested Heatley could be a poisonous influence.
Anything but, insisted Fletcher.
Ive done a lot of background (checks) and you do that before you make any trade, said Fletcher. Dany is a quality person and we think hell fit well in our room.
OK, its obvious Fletcher didnt call any Senators fans when he was looking for those character references, but its clear it wasnt working out for Havlat in Minnesota, either. His agent, Allan Walsh, complained publicly about Havlats ice time last season.
Fletcher wouldnt confirm Havlat asked for a trade. The belief is he wasnt thrilled with the clubs decision to hire Mike Yeo to replace Todd Richards as coach. Fletcher said he asked Havlat to waive his no-trade clause Sunday.
Marty Havlat is one of the better offensive forwards in the league, said Fletcher. You look at this trade and its two pretty good hockey players. Were always looking for the right fit and I think there are situations where some players fit into some teams better than others.
Weve seen it a lot over time. San Jose was looking to achieve certain things and we were looking to achieve certain things and both teams had to give up a good player to get a different fit.
Heatley defended his own character when it was suggested the word controversial is always attached to his name.
Anybody who I have ever played with tell you thats not the truth, said Heatley. In the past when Ive been traded, they were probably not the smoothest trades.
Now, Heatley and Havlat are both being given fresh starts.
When Chuck Fletcher approached us about a possible trade to San Jose, Marty analyzed the situation and determined that San Jose could be a better fit for him at this point in time, said Walsh.
Marty has performed previously at a very high level in the playoffs. While everyone in the Wild organization has been wonderful to Marty, the move to San Jose made a lot of sense for everyone.
The belief is Havlat got the better of this deal.
Time will tell.
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Martin Havlat trade July 11, 2006
THE DETAILS: F Martin Havlat and F Bryan Smolinski dealt from Ottawa to Chicago. F Mark Bell go from Chicago to San Jose for D Tom Preissing. Preissing, F Josh Hennessy and D Michal Barinka dealt from Chicago to Ottawa.
HOW IT WORKED OUT: Preissing was supposed to be the centrepiece of the deal, but left as a UFA after one season. Hennessy played a few NHL games and Barinka never reported to the clubs AHL affiliate in Binghamton.
Dany Heatley trade Sept 13, 2009
THE DETAILS: F Dany Heatley and No. 5 pick in the draft were sent to the Sharks in exchange for F Milan Michalek, F Jonathan Cheechoo and a second-round pick. Heatley requested a deal and Ottawa wanted to get him out.
HOW IT WORKED OUT: Michalek has been an effective player for the Senators, playing on the left side of C Jason Spezza. Ottawa didnt want Cheechoo, but had to take him. He was bought out after one season.
Dany Heatley dealt for Martin Havlat July 3, 2011
THE DETAILS: Signed as a UFA by the Wild last summer, Martin Havlat was supposed to be the centrepiece of the offence. San Joses Doug Wilson has always been a fan of Havlats. Heatley, apparently, wore out his welcome.
RATING THE TRADE: Trouble just seems to follow Heatley around. He never seems happy, and, ultimately teams arent happy with him. This really isnt that tough for the Sharks to cut ties with him. Its not like they paid a huge price to get him.
By the numbers
Dany Heatley 669 GP 325-364-689 566 Pims
Playoffs: 66 GP 15-42-57 59 Pims
Salary: Cap hit $7.5 million for three years.
Martin Havlat 621 GP 209-303-512 332 Pims
Playoffs: 67 GP 19-30-49 Pts 44 Pims
Salary: Cap hit $5 million for four years


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It's a girl for Emily Robison!
The Dixie Chicks star and her boyfriend Martin Strayer welcomed daughter Violet Isabel Strayer this morning at 3:01am.
"Mom and baby Violet are doing well and Dad couldn't be happier," Emily's rep tells People.
Born weighing 8lbs 5oz, baby Violet joins older siblings Juliana Tex and Henry Benjamin, 7, and Charles Augustus, 9, from Emily's previous marriage.
The 40-year-old mom shared her happy pregnancy news in June.
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Somin and Coauthors Discuss Book on Volokh Conspiracy Blogs and the ACA
On January 7, Professor Ilya Somin and his coauthors participated in a discussion of their book sponsored by The Heritage Foundation.
The subject book, A Conspiracy Against Obamacare: The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case, focuses on how the Volokh Conspiracy blog engaged in a discussion of the legal issues involved in the debate over the Affordable Care Act, subsequently playing a role in developing the constitutional arguments against the Act.
In addition to Somin, the panel featured his coauthors Randy Barnett, director of the Center for the Constitution at Georgetown University, and Orin Kerr, research professor at the George Washington University Law School, as well as editor Trevor Burrus, research fellow in the center for Constitutional Studies at Cato Institute. The discussion was moderated by John Malcolm, senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation.
The Volokh Conspiracy is a weblog started in 2002 by UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh that covers law and politics from a libertarian or conservative perspective. Bloggers for the site are primarily law professors.


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Jack Whigham recieved a call that his burglar alarm was going off on Monday afternoon. Sut he couldn't believe someone would be breaking in to his Indian Head Park home.
He was right. His alarm went off when a red-tailed hawk flew straight through his living room window, talons first.
"We were shocked," said Whigham, who speculates the raptor was after a crystal bird sculpture that sits on a table near the window. "[She must have crashed] like an aerial cannon ball out of the sky."
Even more shocking: the bird survived the crash.
The hawk, a female with a 3-foot wingspan, suffered unusually minor injuries, according to Chicago Bird Collision Monitors director Annette Prince, whose organization received a call from Whigham's daughter, Cindy.
"They're hitting the glass with a lot of force," she said. "Even from a dead start, a bird can fly at 30 miles per hour."
CBCM recovers thousands of birds every year in downtown Chicago and sixty percent of those don't survive collisions like this one.
Cindy said this particular hawk seemed more scared than injured. When she entered the home she had discovered the rather large bird standing underneath the dining room table, weary of the strange environment and a little scared. Cindy returned the sentiment.
She told her step father that she opened a few doors with the hope that the bird would fly out, but it wouldn't budge. That's when she called the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors for some help.
Cathy Patrick, a volunteer who also lives in Indian Head Park, arrived within minutes.
Patrick captured and moved the hawk to the Willowbrook Wildlife Center, where many stunned and gravely injured birds go for rehabilitation.
This feisty hawk was lucky. After a few days of monitoring, veterinarians gave her a clean bill of health and Prince released her back into Whigham's neighborhood, much to the chagrin of the neighborhood ecosystem.
"All the little birds that were in the neighborhood were aware that this predator was back," she said. "They spotted her right away."
Even in areas that are residential or heavily urban, it's common to find hawks' nests. Because of this year's blizzard, Prince said more birds are desperate for food.
"They are looking for food in every location and situation they can," she said. "Maybe this bird did see something inside."


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The Wilting Flower Tells You About Your Electricity Consumption
The Wilting Flower Tells You About Your Electricity Consumption
December 5th, 2008 by KariTravis ·
This is one of the coolest, and most practical, design concepts I've seen in quite some time. Designer Carl Smith, 22, from Doncaster, South Yorks created the wilting flower to let people know how much electricity is being used in their household at any given time.
The flower changes color and slowly wilts in its vase as the electricity consumption increases, giving people a visual account of what their habits are doing to the environment. It's also a pretty cool way to keep an eye on how much your bill will be.
While it's just a cool concept right now, it is expected to hit stores one day. When the flowers hit stores, they'll reportedly cost around $90 each.
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Corporate Board Composition, Protocols, and Voting Behavior: Experimental Evidence
We examine voting by a board designed to mitigate conflicts of interest between privately informed insiders and owners. Our model demonstrates that, as argued by researchers and the business press, boards with a majority of trustworthy but uninformed "watchdogs" can implement institutionally preferred policies. Our laboratory experiments strongly support this conclusion. Our model also highlights the necessity of penalties on insiders when there is dissension among board members. However, penalties for dissent appeared to have little impact on the experimental outcomes. Copyright (c) 2003 by the American Finance Association.
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IT could be a £15m shot in the arm to improve much needed superfast broadband in rural Hampshire.
The county council is considering bidding for £7.69m made available by a government grant to improve broadband links.
But to take advantage of the money the county must pledge to match-fund it from its own coffers.
It is part of a total £8.7m fund for Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth councils, with less money made available to the cities because they already have good broadband links.
A county spokesman said council bosses had not yet decided whether to match the cash but would do so before the deadline in two months.
But Southampton City Council is unsure how much money it would potentially receive from the fund.
Leader Simon Letts said: "I would be surprised if we saw any of that money but any extra resources will always be welcomed and we would use it to improve wireless connectivity throughout the city. I have heard nothing from officers to indicate this money is coming to us."
Superfast broadband makes streaming and downloading files at home much quicker and can also be used by businesses for video conferencing and improving efficiency.
The £8m is part of a £250m investment nationwide to boost start-up businesses and create more jobs, with 56,000 expected to be created by 2024.
Hampshire's £8m fund is the highest in the south east.


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NJ Transit bus and rail riders will pay more to reach their destinations starting Saturday.
Fares will rise up to 25 percent for rail and intercity bus service and by 10 percent for local bus and light rail. Off-peak discounts also have been eliminated.
The agency has said the increases -- the first since fares went up about 9 percent in 2007 -- were made necessary by a $300 million budget shortfall for the coming fiscal year.
NJ Transit also saw an 11 percent cut in its state subsidy.
NJ Transit also has imposed an emergency spending freeze and plans to reduce its work force by about 2 percent, trim executive salaries by 5 percent and reduce corporate contributions to employees' 401(k) plans by one-third.
The changes are part of efforts to offset a $300 million budget shortfall. Board Chairman Jim Simpson said budget problems are "like a tsunami."
Simpson said, "this is being played out all over the country," referring to how Colorado Springs is considering turning lights off at night and the postal service is pushing to end Saturday delivery in an effort to close budget deficits.
But angry riders say the cuts fall hardest on low-income riders. Several speakers at today's hearing called for increases in gas taxes or new tolls to make drivers share the pain.
NJ Transit last raised fares by about 9 percent in 2007 to accommodate expanded services for record high ridership.


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Durz looked his companions over.
A noble warrior struggling to command an eclectic group of people in his first foray to the wilds, a quiet man refusing to remove his mittens, a druid who seemed determined to help the forests regardless of who stood in his way, allies or enemies and an elf with a purchance for shooting first (be that rainbows or arrows) and asking questions later.
The time had come to part ways. While this group had the makings of something special, it wasn't something that worked for Durz. His glory and search for a way to join the Horde in the Sky when the time was right seemed to be devolving into a rather less than glorious nap face down in the dirt as he strove to keep the others from getting killed by every evil little critter that showed up.
"Thank you for allowing me to join you in your quest for all things evil. Now, however, is my time to depart. There are things I must do alone. WENCHING! KILLING! Gathering of glory by testing myself alone. Oh, and more wenching."
He hopped on his horse and rode out of Olegs without a backwards glance…in fact…he seemed to be speeding up. The group turns to hear Oleg muttering about bloody theiving barbarians stealing perfectly good horses.


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The nice vendor who sells aromatic oils in front of Speedy Liquor on 14th Street got stabbed the other day. Word on the street is he "got sliced with a machete."
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