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Season Three Premieres Sunday, October 6th at 9pm ET/PT on Food Network
NEW YORK - September 5, 2013 - Halloween Wars is back for a third hair-raising season on Sunday, October 6th at 9pm ET/PT. Over the course of four deliciously frightening episodes, five teams consisting of a pumpkin carving expert, a cake artist, and candy craftsman battle it out to create heart-stopping Halloween themed displays out of pumpkin, cake, and sugar. Each week, one team is eliminated by the judging panel, made up of renowned cake decorator Shinmin Li and Emmy(R)-nominated make-up artist Brian Kinney. The last team standing wins the $50,000 grand prize. Hosted by Justin Willman(Cupcake Wars), each episode also features a rotating celebrity guest judge, including author Charlaine Harris, (Sookie Stackhouse novels), actor Danielle Harris (Halloween), actor Tony Todd (Candyman) and actor Derek Mears (Friday the 13th).
Episodes include:
Premiering Sunday, October 6th at 9pm ET/PT - SEASON PREMIERE
"Zombie Prom"
In the first of four battles, five teams made up of an expert pumpkin carver, cake decorator, and sugar artist compete to create displays that depict a scene from a Zombie Prom. At the end of the battle, one team will be eliminated.
Special Guest Judge: Danielle Harris
Premiering Sunday, October 13th at 9pm ET/PT
"Twisted Nursery Rhymes"
Four remaining teams made up of an expert pumpkin carver, cake decorator, and sugar artist must create a twisted version of a fairy tale. At the end of the battle, one team will be eliminated.
Special Guest Judge: Tony Todd
Premiering Sunday, October 20th at 9pm ET/PT
"Swamp Creatures Attack"
Three remaining teams made up of an expert pumpkin carver, cake decorator, and sugar artist go to battle to create displays that capture what happens when swamp creatures attack. At the end one team will be eliminated, and two will move on to the final battle.
Special Guest Judge: Charlaine Harris
Premiering Sunday, October 27th at 9pm ET/PT
Two teams made up of an expert pumpkin carver, cake decorator, and sugar artist go to battle to create mind-blowing Halloween themed displays that capture the terror of nightmares. In the end, one team will become the Halloween Wars champion and win a $50,000 grand prize.
Special Guest Judge: Derek Mears
Justin Willman has quickly become one of the busiest TV-personalities and live entertainers in America. He presently hosts the hit show Cupcake Wars on Food Network, and is also well known as the witty correspondent on the Rachael Ray talk show with more than 20 appearances. Justin currently tours nationally with his Tricked Out Tour, a popular one-man comedy and magic live show.Willman has astounded audiences with his magic on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, made a guest appearance on G4's Attack of the Show, appeared in the Showtime documentary Make Believe, guest-starred on the hit CBS show The Defenders, and made a cameo on the long-running Disney sitcom The Suite Life on Deck. He also performed at the White House as a guest of the first family.
Shinmin Li is a renowned cake decorator, who has studied graphic design at The School of Visual Arts in New York City before attending Le Cordon Bleu in Sydney; earning her degree in Grande Patisserie in 2002.
Brian Kinney is a primetime Emmy(R)-nominated makeup artist and a Journeyman in IATSE Local 706 Make-up Artists and Hairstylists Guild, where he serves as Makeup Craft Coordinator and on the executive board. Brian has worked in film, television, theater, and print for more than 12 years. Brian has made his mark in FX labs, on set, and in classrooms across the United States and Europe. His work can be seen regularly in feature films and television shows, such as CSI, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Scenic Route and The Last Halloween.
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Theater for the Very Young
Adapted by Amy Sweeney
Reduced-Price Previews Aug 15 & 16
Shows Thurs-Sun | Ages 2+
Mother Goose is missing! Sing, wiggle, and clap along with Mary Mary to sort out the rhymes and find clues to Mother Goose's whereabouts.
Puppetry Themes: Rhyming, counting, sorting, problem solving
Puppetry Styles: Rod, Hand-and-Rod, Glove
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Barbara Roos has earned the unofficial title of "Gala Matriarch" at the JDRF Georgia Chapter, and for good reason. For years she has led the charge, collaborating with staff and community leaders to ensure that the most effective chairs, honorees and committee members are recruited for their Hope for a Cure Gala.
Barbara and her husband Duke became involved with JDRF when their daughter Debby was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) at the age of twelve. Twenty years later, the family suffered the ultimate loss when Debby passed away from complications related to the disease in 1996. "This disease has broken my heart, never to be mended," Barbara says. While many would have moved on from JDRF at the passing of a loved one, Barbara and Duke have remained dedicated volunteers for more than three decades, touching the lives of others in their daughter's memory. "It is an insidious disease that changes your life," Barbara says. She and her husband plan to continue the fight until T1D is fully conquered, so that the day will come when no one will have to endure its wrath. "I can't bear the thought that one more mother has to confront T1D. Trust me, this is a battlefield I will never leave," she proclaimed in a recent speech.
It makes sense that Barbara is deeply involved with the Gala. She is a well-known senior designer with Bold American Events in Atlanta. Her planning expertise and in-kind donation of her services result in a visionary Gala year after year. She has also helped organize other chapter events including Walk kick offs and annual meetings. "I strive for perfection and I love my job," Barbara says about her career. It shows in each unique experience and lasting memory she creates. She acknowledges that she does not do it alone and credits her professional friends, clients and talented team for joining her in the mission to find a cure for T1D.
Not only does Barbara donate her own services, but she knows how to persuade other highly influential individuals and companies to do the same. "Barbara is very business savvy," says Trey Moore, Executive Director of the Georgia Chapter. "She is an excellent procurer of in-kind and donated items. She keeps her eye on the bottom line. She acquires Gala sponsorships and annually secures a fully donated pre-Gala patron party. Barbara routinely over-delivers on every commitment made."
Barbara's deep involvement with JDRF is shared by her family. She and Duke were the first recipients of the Living & Giving Award at the Georgia Chapter years ago. Duke is enormously committed, sitting on the Chapter Board of Directors for sixteen years in various roles. He also leads Team Roos at Atlanta's Walk to Cure Diabetes, having raised as much as $50,000 in one year. Her son Alan and daughter-in-law Mary, along with their children Elizabeth and David, are also involved with the Walk. Elizabeth spoke with Barbara at the Gala one year; they received a standing ovation.
Barbara is one of the most well-respected volunteers at our Georgia Chapter, and has been for thirty years. With utter grace and perseverance, she is determined to help annihilate the disease that took her daughter. When asked what a cure would mean to her, Barbara simply says, "Everything you can imagine."


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The iPod shuffle landed on a song by The Animals that brought back
memories of a childhood lived in black and white. I remembered Ed Sullivan awkwardly introducing "The Animals"
on his show many years ago. Forty-four years if anyone is counting.
After watching the clip again it was even more awkward than I
remembered. The song is called "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and
it produced a surprising time of reflection and prayer. Are you telling
me that you don't have your quiet times around songs by The Animals?
The song is an apology and explanation to a love interest. The writer wants her (in this case) to know that he means well and sometimes he is just human. He makes mistakes.
If I seem edgy I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has it's problems and I get my share
And that's one thing I never meant to do
Because I love you…
Oh, Oh baby don't you know I'm human
Have thoughts like any other one
Sometimes I find myself long regretting
Some foolish thing some little simple thing I've done.
But the lyric that caught my eye and heart is the chorus.
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good,
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good,
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.
It feels a little odd to be praying a prayer based on the vocals of Eric Burdon. But those words express a desire of my heart. I want to represent Jesus well. I want others to know that my intentions are good. I want people to see the grace of the Lord Jesus. When I leave my house as a representative of Christ I do no want my words or actions to be misunderstood.
But my real fear is that I can too easily give myself a pass because I do believe that my intentions are good. But if I am not showing the love of Jesus and displaying the Fruit of the Spirit then I run a good chance of being misunderstood. The world is suspicious of Christians. We talk about Jesus and how He has changed our lives but then we live our lives just like everyone else.
Sorry I was a little edgy BUT I was really stressed…
And my least favorite rationalization…I'm not perfect, I'm just forgiven. AHHHHHHHH!
Yes, you are forgiven. But you are also an ambassador of Christ and with that comes responsibility. Paul outlined that responsibility to the believers in Corinth.
God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, "Come back to God!" For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,so that we could be made right with God through Christ. (2 Corinthians 5, NLT)
God has given us the resources to be His
ambassador. It is not enough to just have good intentions.
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
If I meditate on those traits I suspect I can talk about Jesus and not be misunderstood.


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The Unified Wine and Grape Symposium attracted 9,000 people to Sacramento in January. It has become the largest gathering of vintners and growers in America.
California Association Winegrape Growers (CAWG) and the American Society of Enology and Viticulture are to be commended for efforts to unify growers and vintners in one place to address issues and come up with solutions for the common good of the California industry.
However, will it or anything else ever unify California growers and vintners? From what we heard from growers in Sacramento, a chasm continues to separate the two segments.
What was buzz with growers at the symposium? Disputed winery contracts, unfair delivery schedules and the newest wineries ploy, "more hang time." That means growers were asked to leave grapes on the vines longer last season to seemingly improve quality, which also just happens to reduce tonnage and the amount wineries must pay for grapes. Ironically, vintners are having trouble fermenting grapes held longer than in the past. This spawned another new phrase; "humidifying wine grapes." Translation: add water to ferment grapes.
The games never stop, and it is sad. It has been that way for the almost 30 years since we began reporting on California's wine grape industry.
Respected bulk wine broker Bill Turrentine displayed a roller coaster chart of wine grape prices covering a 30-year span to 2002: A model for basic strategic planning. When prices are high, don't overplant. When prices are low, prepare for an up cycle. Anyone following that simple model would have a clear competitive advantage, said Turrentine.
However, it never happens. What occurs is wine grape prices reach a level where a vineyard is profitable; banks loan millions to plant new vineyards and when those vines come into full production, there are more grapes than the market needs, and prices tank. Vineyards are taken over by banks or bulldozed out, and the cycle starts over again from the bottom. It about a five-year cycle that is as predictable as the sun coming up tomorrow morning.
The California wine industry is the jewel of California agriculture. Drinking California wine is a marvelous adventure. I am one of the industry's biggest fans. People often ask me "which wines are best." To that I respond: "Drink no wine until it's in a bottle." Call me an irreverent redneck who doesn't know Lone Star from Cabernet Sauvignon, but I know from my own experience many, many people right here in California and elsewhere continue to be befuddled by California wines — varietal names, winery names and appellations.
Don't believe that? Look what the Australians have done. They came to Unified several years ago and proclaimed that as a united grower/vintner industry in that country they would soon bring inexpensive, good wines into California and America and take market share. No one believed them. Know what? They have done exactly that with wines with names like Yellow Tail and other catchy labels. Imports — not just Australian, but Chilean, Argentine, South African and European — now command a quarter of wine sales in America because they have made wine fun. Australian wines are growing at twice the rate of California wines in the U.S.
Now what? The glut is now only a lake. Grape prices will start climbing again and the cycle begins anew.
There always will be business cycles and challenges. However, the disunity of the California's wine industry make those cycles so disheartening for growers and vintners alike.
The solution is simple; unite in a concerted effort to increase and sustain California wine consumption. Quit being adversaries.
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Cosmos, Lone Survivor, Fox Searchlight 20th Anniv. BDs, Veronica Mars movie pre-orders & more!
First up today, Dr. Jahnke has turned in a new An Honor to Be Nominated installment of his regular Jahnke's Electric Theater column here at The Bits, taking a look back at the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man. It's a good read about a film that we here at The Bits happen to think is one of the Coens' best. Anyway, Jahnke's take is definitely worth your time, so do check it out. Enjoy!
We've also got more new announcement news today, but first... for those of you interested in the new Cosmos TV series on Fox, the title just went pup for pre-order on Amazon.com. As we first reported last week here in The Bits, 20th Century Fox is currently working on the release, which we expect to be announced for Blu-ray and DVD in the weeks ahead. You'll find Fox's preliminary cover art below. [Read on here...]


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Things to Do in New York City: Week of July 7, 2014
Jul 2, 2014
Just because you've hauled the grill in from your patriotic backyard cookout doesn't mean it's time to let up on summer fun. Pack the post-Fourth-of-July week with a ghost story performed by a kabuki theater troupe, a free concert in Hudson River Park, and a three-course picnic in the Rockaways curated by French foodies. And, as always, check Groupon for other great things to do in New York City. Heisei Nakamura-za at Lincoln Center Festival Upper West Side | Monday, July 7–Sunday, July 13 In their first visit to the Lincoln Center Festival since their sold-out run in 2004, Japanese kabuki troupe Heisei Nakamura-za will perform Kaidan Chibusa no Enoki, a 19th-century ghost story. Look forward to cutthroat stage combat, theatrical grimaces, and raucous slapstick comedy from the elite troupe, which traces its roots back to the 17th century. Before or after the show, stroll to the Japanese Artisan Village, which will vend traditional textiles, dolls, hair ornaments, and other handicrafts in Lincoln Center plaza through Sunday. (Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, 10 Columbus Circle; $45–$150; 7 p.m. each day with 1:30 p.m. matinees on Wednesday and Saturday) Photograph of Heisei Nakamura-za above: © Shochiko. Wild Beasts and Mutual Benefit Hudson River Park | Thursday, July 10, 6 p.m. The UK's Wild Beasts are probably best known for singer Hayden Thorpe's distinctive vocals, which can veer from soaring falsetto to guttural growl within a single line. Their 2014 album Present Tense may have toned down that roughness in favor of lush synthesizers and a smoother, R & B-inflected sound, but the new tunes still preserve the band's intrinsic sense of drama. Get a taste this weekend at Hudson River Park, when Wild Beasts kicks off RiverRocks along with chamber-folk group Mutual Benefit. (free) Le Fooding Beach Club Rockaway Beach | Friday, July 11 French gastronomes Le Fooding return to New York City with this three-day event honoring the cuisine of the Sandy-ravaged Rockaways. Chefs including Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar and Andrew Field of Rockaway Taco prepare a three-course, picnic-style meal, which guests can pair with San Pellegrino sparkling fruit drinks and bartender-stirred mocktails. Saturday and Sunday tickets have sold out, but you can still grab a Friday ticket to kick off a long weekend or really long lunch break. (97-01 Shorefront Pkwy.; $40; seatings at noon to 1:45 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.–4 p.m.) Saturday Sculpture Workshop Long Island City | Saturday, July 12, noon to 3 p.m. This weekly event brings different artists to Socrates Sculpture Park to lead creative and kid-friendly arts-and-crafts activities. This week, artist Janelle Iglesias teaches kids to make geometric mobiles with straws and string. (free) Raekwon and Jay Electronica at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Williamsburg | Sunday, July 13 The Brooklyn Bodega–sponsored festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, brings two hip-hop heavyweights to the stage for its fifth and final night. With a feud with RZA brewing, Raekwon may not be in the mood to perform old Wu-Tang hits, but there's plenty to love in his solo catalog—including some new tracks from Fly International Luxurious Art, due out this fall. The music doesn't get underway until later in the afternoon, but those with tykes in tow can show up early for Family Day from noon to 2 p.m. (50 Kent Ave.; doors open at noon; $30+; buy tickets here)
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- Denominational Profile
- Distribution
- Trends
- Member Profile
- Related Surveys
- YouTube Video
- Data Sources
This member profile of the Roman Catholic Church was created using data from the 2007 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, collected by Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Compare Roman Catholic Church to members in other denominations:
|Percent female
|Percent that are currently married
|Percent that have a B.A., B.S. or other 4-year college degree
|Percent with a family income of less than $40,000 a year
|Percent that are white
|Percent of Hispanic origin or descent
|Percent that live in a rural area
|Percent that live in the South
|Percent with one or more parents born outside the U.S.
|Percent born in another country
Moral Attitudes
|Percent who think that abortion should be illegal in all cases.
|Percent that think that "homosexuality" is a way of life that should be discouraged by society.
|Percent that "mostly agree" or "completely agree" that there are "clear and absolute standards for what is right and wrong"
|Percent who think the government should do more to protect morality in society.
|Percent that "mostly agree" or "completely agree" that their values are threatened by Hollywood and the entertainment industry
Other Beliefs and Attitudes
|Percent satisfied with personal life.
|Percent that "mostly agree" or "completely agree" that "evolution is the best explanation for the origins of human life on earth"
Political Attitudes
|Percent that think that churches and other houses of worship should keep out of political matters
|Percent that think the best way to ensure peace is through military strength.
|Percent that think the government should do more to help needy Americans.
|Percent that think that stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs.
|Percent that prefer a smaller government providing fewer services.
|Percent registered to vote
|Percent Republican
|Percent that describe themselves as conservative or very conservative
|Percent that voted for Kerry in the 2004 Presidential election
Religious Beliefs
|Percent that view God as an impersonal force
|Percent that believe in God or a universal spirit
|Percent that believe in Hell
|Percent that believe in Heaven
|Percent that agree: Angels and demons are active in the world
|Percent that believe in reincarnation
|Percent that believe in life after death
|Percent that say religion is a very important part of their life
|Percent that believe that their church or denomination should preserve its traditional beliefs and practices
|Percent that mostly or complete agree: Religion causes more problems in society than it solves
|Percent that think there is a natural conflict between "being a devout religious person and living in a modern society"
|Percent that mostly or completely agree: Miracles still occur today as in ancient times
|Percent that believe that many religions can lead to eternal life
Religious Experiences
|Percent that speak or pray in tongues
|Percent that have experienced or witnessed a divine healing of an illness or injury?
|Percent that feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and well-being at least once a week
Religious Practices
|Percent that attend religious services at least once a week
|Percent that pray at a shrine or religious symbol in their home
|Percent that attend services at a church with 2000 or more members.
|Percent that pray at least once a day
|Percent that meditate at least once a week
|Percent that pray or read the Scripture with their children
|Percent that read scripture outside of religious services at last once a week
|Percent that participate in a choir or other musical program at their place of worship
|Percent that do community volunteer work through their place of worship
|Percent that share their faith with "non-believers or people from other religious backgrounds" at least once a week
|Percent that send their children to Sunday School or another religious education program
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The young and the young at heart are invited to a free outdoor summer concert featuring music by Sacramento dance band Hip Service, a special player appearance from the Sacramento Republic FC, entertainment from the Radio Disney Road Crew and a kids zone. The event is presented by UC Davis Children's Hospital and co-hosted by the UC Davis Health System Community Advisory Board and Shriners Hospitals for Children – Northern California.
The concert will be held on Thursday, Aug. 7, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the lawn adjacent to Shriners Hospitals for Children – Northern California at the intersection of X and 45th streets in Sacramento. The smoke- and alcohol-free event is open to the public. There is no charge for attendance. Free parking will be available in UC Davis lots as well as the Shriners garage.
Since its inception in 1996, Hip Service has taken Northern California by storm. The group, comprised of world-class performers, has become one of the most in-demand live acts in Northern California, performing dance hits from the '60s through today.
In addition, the summer concert will feature:
- A player visit from Sacramento Republic FC, Sacramento's USL PRO soccer club.
- An interactive show from the Radio Disney Road Crew before the concert to get kids up and moving.
- Free bike helmets, courtesy of Kohl's Cares™, to the first 100 children to visit the UC Davis Trauma Prevention and Outreach booth. The staff that support Kohl's Buckle Up to Grow Up program will offer free helmet fittings and share tips for keeping kids safe and healthy year-round.
- A diaper drive. The public is invited to donate a new package of diapers, wipes or pull-ups to the UC Davis Children's Hospital booth.
- Games, crafts, bounce houses and clowns in the kids zone.
Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs and picnic baskets. Food will be available to purchase from vendors at the UC Davis Health System Farmers Market, which offers an assortment of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, artisan cheeses, baked goods, specialty items and more.
The outdoor concert celebrates UC Davis' relationships with adjacent neighborhoods and thanks local residents, as well as the broader community, for their support and engagement. The event also is an opportunity to say thank you to faculty members, students and employees across the university whose exceptional work has helped make UC Davis a world leader in education, research and clinical care.
The UC Davis Health System Community Advisory Board has helped facilitate community engagement. It is a valued partner that helps the health system achieve its patient-care, research, education and public-service missions. The group's 28 members are business and nonprofit leaders who reflect the needs, beliefs and cultures of the region. Members serve four-year terms on a volunteer basis and are routinely solicited for their views and opinions on decisions that affect the broader community.
For further information, contact UC Davis Health System Government and Community Relations at 916-734-5441, email email@example.com or visit healthsystem.ucdavis.edu.


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All across Europe, teams and their academies are producing young talent, to start shaping the future of football.
Many of Europe's top leagues have great young players all set for stardom in the future, such as Isco in Spain and Stephan El Shaarawy in Italy.
However it is the German Bundesliga that arguably has some of the most promising stars out there, who we are likely to hear a lot more of in the future.
So here I want to list five of Germany's best young stars who if they haven't already, will be likely to break out very soon.
Just to clarify, I am setting the cap of 'young' at the age of 24 maximum, and that may seem a
bit old, however some of Germany's best players fall in to this age category and they are just too good to leave out.
5. Julian Draxler
Age: 20
Position: Left wing
Draxler for someone so young, is one of the best players in the Bundesliga. He may be young, but he makes chances, scores chances (18 in total so far), beats defenders and does almost everything well.
Lately Draxler has been gaining the recognition he deserves for his all-round play for Schalke, and at the tender age of 20, he is only going to grow more, whether that be in his current wide role, or more centrally as the years go on.
Either way Draxler will continue to grow and will become truly special.
4. David Alaba
Age: 21
Position: Left-back
The young Austrian has had the Bayern Munich left-back spot all to himself for the past two seasons, and with good reason.
Although rough around the edges, Alaba is certainly the best left-back in Germany, and arguably in the world at the moment.
His forward play is exceptional, he can cross, shoot, and is very quick. He is even Munich's penalty taker, and he doesn't miss many.
On top of that, unlike a lot of full-backs, he is actually very good defensively, and in a few years could easily become the unrivalled best left-back in the world.
3. İlkay Gündoğan
Age: 22
Position: Centre-midfield
Able to play in holding midfield or just behind the striker, the versatile German born, Turkish midfielder is now a key part of Borussia Dortmund's starting line-up.
After several great performances in last year's Champions League, people started to really take notice of Gündoğan's style of play.
He is calm under pressure, skilful and good at distributing the ball, he may well be a ready set replacement for Mario Götze.
2. Marco Reus
Age 24
Position: Left wing
At the age of 24, Reus is at the high end of the age bracket, however he is one of the Bundesliga's best players when playing well.
Not only does he capsulize Borussia Dortmund's way of playing, filled with energy and pressing, he is also extremely skilful.
His dribbling, link up play, shooting and general play are something to be envied, and he is also helped by the extra yard of pace he possesses over mist of the Bundesliga defenders.
Needless to say, Reus is one of the hottest prospects in football, and we are sure to
see him lighting up the champion's league more in the future.
1. Mario Götze
Age: 21
Position: Attacking midfield
Although he has made a slow start to life at Bayern Munich after his big money move, his performances with Borussia Dortmund over the last few seasons have showcased why he is such a big name.
He was Dortmund's linchpin along with Reus, creating and scoring chances almost every game.
His dribbling, awareness and vision all make him one of the best young centre midfielders in the world, and the older the gets, most likely the better he will become, and he will become a real star.
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15 Years
Jan. 4, 1996
Mitch Todd, minister at Williamstown Christian Church, is hoping to bring a bit of Jamaica to Grant County. Todd, an avid missionary, has been traveling to Jamaica since 1990, when he was involved in the Teen Mission USA. He will be traveling with a group to expand the small school in Mandeville, a rural city about the size of Williamstown.
The city of Williamstown will begin enforcing parking time limits at the courthouse and municipal parking lot. On-street parking on Main Street is limited to two hours, but not many motorists were to notice, according to police. The police department is not yet to the point of citing those who violate the limits, but their cars may be towed.
25 Years
Jan. 2, 1986
Cooperation among school boards and the Grant County Arts Federation means that students in the area will have a chance to broaden their cultural horizons within the next few weeks. Funds from the federation and the Grant County and Williamstown school boards will be augmented by matching funds from the state level and used to bring two artists-in-residence to the schools.
Another layer of legend was added to Santa's image on Dec. 21, as several Crittenden children saw Santa set aside his holiday duties and rush off to fight a fire. Assistant chief Rob Scroggins, handing out holiday treats to youngsters at the Crittenden fire station, joined his fellow volunteers when the fire whistle blew and headed for the KOA Campground.
50 Years
Jan. 6, 1961
Julian Wills, former Democratic county chairman, has received an invitation to a dance honoring President-elect and Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Vice President-elect and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Grand Ballroom Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Jan. 18. Wills said he has not fully decided whether he will accept the invitation, although he would like to.
The Brown Swiss dairy herd of Joe Colson and sons was nominated for the state-wide Production Awards at Lexington to be made late this month. The Colson herd was chosen by a committee of the DHIA for progress made in the management and production this past year. Colson is president of the local Artificial Breeding Association and a director of the state organization.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A container ship crew on Monday rescued three men who were stranded in a sailboat off the Hawaiian islands for about 24 hours as Hurricane Julio battered their vessel with giant waves and high winds that ripped off one of its hatches.
The sailors made it onto the container ship at about 8 a.m. and were in good condition, Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Gene Maestas said.
The men got into trouble while sailing the 42-foot Walkabout from California to Hawaii, Maestas said. The Coast Guard said it received their message for help Sunday morning after the boat became disabled and started taking on water about 400 miles northeast of Oahu.
The sailboat was stranded in 30-foot seas and winds of 92 to 115 mph, according to the agency. The rough conditions broke the vessel's mast, tossed its life raft overboard and blew off one of its hatches, worsening the flooding, said Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle.
"Those are pretty much some of the worst conditions you could be in," Molle said. "The fact that they were rescued and there were no injuries reported — that's amazing."
The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue with the Matson Inc. container ship, which started out in Long Beach, California, and was on its way to Honolulu to deliver goods.
The sailboat was "so far away we could not send a helicopter that could make the journey," Petty Officer Melissa McKenzie said. The container ship was the closest vessel that could help.
While the container ship was en route, a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules plane from Oahu unsuccessfully tried to drop supplies to the sailboat, including water pumps and life rafts.
In normal conditions, the plane's crew can drop a sandwich bag full of sand from 75 feet in the air with pinpoint accuracy, but dropping the supplies in hurricane conditions was futile, said Chris Canales, the plane's navigator.
When the Coast Guard crew made radio contact with the sailboat's captain, he reported having high blood pressure and chest pain from trying to bail water out of the boat, said avionics electrician technician Graham Gentry.
"There was some relief, but still he was on edge, obviously, considering the circumstances," Gentry said. "You could hear stuff clanging around. You could almost hear them bailing water out."
The container ship reached the Walkabout around 10 p.m. Sunday, but the 661-foot container ship needed better conditions before it could save the stranded sailors.
Operations specialist Andrew Lincoln said crews had to wait until dawn to start the evacuation because performing the rescue before first light, in the midst of rough weather, was too dangerous.
"The seas were really bad, and it's kind of windy so they didn't want to do it in the dark," he said.
Conditions eventually improved to 20 mph winds with 13-foot seas, allowing crew members to position the massive container ship so it wouldn't knock over the sailboat. They then tied a rope around a life raft and sent it to the sailboat, McKenzie said.
The sailors got in the raft, and the container ship "reeled them in, essentially," McKenzie said. The sailors then climbed a 30-foot ladder up to the ship. No other information was immediately available about the sailors, their voyage or what caused their vessel to take on water.
Julio had passed through the area but left behind gusting winds and sea swells.
The Manukai embarked on its journey to Honolulu before Tropical Storm Iselle and Hurricane Julio became threats, Matson spokesman Jeff Hull said. It was diverted a bit because of Julio.
The ship and the sailors will continue on to Honolulu, Hull said. They are expected to arrive early Tuesday. The ship has medical equipment if the sailors need it.
The Coast Guard issued a warning Monday afternoon notifying mariners that the Walkabout remained adrift.
Container ships often come to the rescue of sailors in distress.
In 2012, a container ship crew rescued a 9-year-old Canadian boy, his father and his uncle after they encountered rough weather while sailing from Mexico to Hawaii. Last year, a container ship crew rescued an Australian mariner after his vessel's autopilot failed while sailing from California to Christmas Island in Kiribati. He had manually navigated the boat for four weeks and was too fatigued to continue.


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Princess Cancer Pants
(even though I'm a subscriber)
I'm pretty sure that's Ewan McGregor...oh... *swoon* I hope that shows again. Earlier today I had Spanish-language cleaning product ads. I don't speak Spanish and I make every excuse to avoid cleaning. This beats the marine motor mechanics school ads I was seeing last week, too.
• Recover from 2017
• Surgery in March
• Continue showing Cancer that it's not welcome back. Ever.
• Rebuild to racing and big running & biking miles in 2019
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And now I think I should have a motorcycle...
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I am getting ads telling me to be proud I live in Seattle. I don't live in Seattle. I live in Oregon where we like to pretend we have some sort of "rivalry" with Seattle. Which we dont.
And for razors. How does it know I need to shave. I do, but how does it know? creepy
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Right now I have the Funky Yoga Hothouse ad. I don't like being hot and I don't think I'll ever do yoga around other people. No one needs to see my ass in yoga pants.
And again with the yoga...Ewan, come back!!!
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Maybe if I quote you and insert some keywords like leather, sexy, scottish, and haggis (ok, that doesn't really fit, but maybe it will get Google's attention) we can summon the ad, again. I don't need to see a Citi CC ad.
TRX trainer and Ram truck. Hmmmm...not what I wanted. But there is a Tempur-Pedic ad and my back has been cranky, again.
Earlier today I got an ad for an Amazon subscription to Scott toilet paper 20-packs. I clicked it...
"...You have to have faith, to know that you can do what you want to do." -Joseph Nzau
I think I jinxed myself...now all the ads are lame. I'm going to have to go to Belstaff's site so that Google tries to lure me back.
OK, um...like...so there's this music video on Belstaff's homepage. Ewan riding around on a motorcycle in leather pants. I died.
Ooh, look...a $33k purse. DH says "for $33k Ewan McGregor'd better deliver it!"
I think his coat was made from the interior of my 1976 Dodge Colt.
Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive.
I think his coat was made from the interior of my 1976 Dodge Colt.
I really wish they'd bring back that quilted look in leather car seats. I always liked that.
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Coast Guard questions fog rules
Bay Bridge ship safety rules to be reconsidered
Coast Guard questions fog rules
Days after an oil tanker struck a San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge tower, the Coast Guard is calling for reconsideration of rules that allow large ships to sail in fog near the span.
The San Jose Mercury News reports that Capt. Cynthia Stowe, a top Coast Guard official, on Thursday asked the San Francisco Bay Harbor Safety Committee to reconsider the rules.
Officials in 2008 exempted the Bay Bridge from a list of nine risky areas where ship captains are told not to sail in dense fog.
The committee helps write shipping safety rules for the bay. They will report back in two weeks with a recommendation.
On Monday the 752-foot Overseas Reymar scraped a section of a protective fender from a bridge tower.
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As a way to introduce myself to the OilersNation, I've decided to liberally sprinkle pieces of articles I've written elsewhere. Think of it as my own personal "clip show": a sort of Frankensteinian monster. The italicized portions below is me, self-referencing. The links will take you to the original pieces back at my own humble blog, Five Hole Fanatics, with an even more detailed discussion of the topic in question if that fits your fancy. To wit:
The best way to start off may be to establish that the 07–08 Calgary Flames weren't a bad team. They contended for the NW title for awhile in mid-season. They scored a couple more goals than they gave up. And they made the play-offs despite playing in a tough division and competitive conference.
The best way to continue may be to be to acknowledge that the 07–08 Calgary Flames weren't a good team either. They had the second worst GD of any WC play-off squad. They didn't even have average special teams. And they squeaked into the play-offs by the hairs of their chiny-chin-chin.
Off-Season Changes
In – F – Mike Cammalleri, F – Todd Bertuzzi, F – Rene Bourque, F – Curtis Glencross, F – Andre Roy, D – Mark Giordano
Out – F – Alex Tanguay, F – Kristian Huselius, F – Stephane Yelle, F – Eric Godard, F – Owen Nolan, F – Mark Smith, D – David Hale, G – Curtis Joseph
Front Office
Darryl Sutter was King Midas during his first season as the Flames GM—everything he touched turned to gold, from stealing Miikka Kiprusoff down to trading for guys like Marcus Nilson, Ville Nieminen and Chris Simon. His seemingly prescient moves led to the Flames improbable run to the finals, ending a near decade of play-off drought and futility.
Predictably, a cult of personality sprung up around Sutter in the aftermath. The Flames may not have won the cup, but Darryl won the hearts and minds of fans and the organizations management alike: bringing bread to the starving can have that effect. "In Sutter we trust" has become a common refrain for the Flames faithful in the five years proceeding.
Unfortunately, while the team has certainly remained competitive, the faith is proving to be somewhat misplaced: Calgary has settled into a comfortable sort of mediocrity since the magical run, placing third, eighth and seventh in the conference and never once advancing past the first round. In fact, the Flames have gone from MSM Stanley Cup darlings in 05/06 to heavy first round underdogs in 06/07 and 07/08. The roster has grown progressively more expensive, but there hasn't been a concurrent rise in returns.
Sutter's primary post lock-out weakness has been his over-preference for veterans, partially explained, I think, by a relentless assumption that the Flames could "win it all":
Ironically, it's been Sutter's flavor of "go for it" that has sunk the team into mediocrity since 03/04, and painted the franchise into the cap-strapped corner it's in now. His tendency to fill roster spots with known commodities – ex-Sutterites and veterans – has bloated the roster's budget and bled the team of cheap talent. As Darryl has gone about locking up key pieces to long-terms deals and exponentially more expensive contract extensions, he's also surrounded them with slowing vets (Nilson, Yelle, Primeau, Eriksson, Aucoin, Amonte) and dubious reclamation projects (Zyuzin, Friesen), many of whom for multi-year, multi-million dollar deals. The results, both this season and last, were two-fold:
- Cap-efficient roster—pricey vets, fewer rookies
- Hostile development environment.
Sutter has done a great job of identifying and locking up the core big boys during his time here. Alternatively, he's done a fairly terrible job of identifying and installing good-value guys at the roster's edges. Which is why the results have been so average the last few years.
The hiring of Mike Keenan made big waves around the league last summer. The mercurial former GM has had limited recent success and is known for alienating players and harming franchises with his hard-ass, manipulative coaching style. He became the club's third coach in as many years, after Sutter himself and the beleaguered Jim Playfair.
Some saw the Keenan addition as a move of desperation. Many predicted doom. While the apocalypse never came, Keenan also failed to coax anything more than a seven-game first round exit out of the team. He employed good bench management throughout the season and the players certainly looked more enthused under him relative to Playfair, but it wasn't enough. Iron Mike also managed to estrange two of Calgary's primary offensive players and he unfairly maligned Marcus Nilson, even though the defensive winger was probably a better option than some of the guys Keenan played in his stead (Godard, Nystrom, etc).
Mike's first year was a mixed bag. It remains to be seen if some of the classic "Keenan saturation" effects will begin to take hold this coming season: the Flames will likely walk a delicate line between success and failure in 08/09 and if the players tune out the coach, the play-offs wont be in the cards come April.
Calgary's front-end was horribly top-heavy previously, to the degree that the bottom-half of the roster was a black hole of inescapable suck:
During the slow summer months last off-season I put together a player typology post that detailed the four basic kinds of forwards available in the NHL: the Big guns, the soft comp eaters, the quellers and the even-stevens. I neglected to include a fifth, rather prevalent type: the lead weights. It is this latter kind of player that dominated the bottom of the Flames roster this year.
As such, allow me to present the black hole: Wayne Primeau, Marcus Nilson, Eric Godard, Stephane Yelle, Matthew Lombardi, David Moss, Mark Smith, Eric Nystrom and Dustin Boyd all took turns at the end of the rotation. Five of those players were gross liabilities at even-strength (Primeau, Godard, Smith, Nystrom, Boyd) to varying degrees and three of the remaining four players couldn't score with a two-four of gin at the prom (Nilson, Yelle, Moss). Matthew Lombardi was the only player of the 9 (!) mentioned that managed more than 10 goals or 30 points. He spent a lot of time skating with Primeau, Yelle, Nystrom and Boyd so his underlying numbers took a beating.
The result? Two de facto "4th lines," each with no chance of out-scoring the opposition and with little chance of playing them to evens.
The lack of an effective third unit was felt at the top of the roster as well, particularly by the Tanguay/Conroy/Nolan combination. The Flames "2nd line" was given the unenviable assignment of shutting down the other team's big guns WHILE providing some secondary offence behind the Iggy line. Tanguay et al. faced the toughest competition on the team with the obvious effect being a dampening of their offensive stats. And Conroy/Nolan are hardly scoring wizards in the first place.
When your secondary scoring unit is also your shut-down unit because everyone else below them can't be trusted to do either well, you're in trouble. That the Flames were slightly above average this year in terms of ES scoring (145 GF, 12th) has everything to do with Jarome Iginla (65 ESP, 3rd, only Flame in the top 30) and Dion Phaneuf (26 ES points, 6th among defencemen) and concurrently suggests how good the team could have been with a few more competent supporting pieces.
Sutter went about correcting the imbalance this off-season by acquiring guys like Bourque and Glencross and letting elder statesmen Yelle and Nolan walk. He also gave minor league shift-disturber Brandon Prust a one-way deal and has talked a lot about younger guys like Lombardi, Boyd and Moss "playing a bigger part" this coming season.
Let's take a look at the forwards advanced stats, ranked by quality of competition, before going any further (leaving, new), via behindthenet.ca:
Alex Tanguay: 2.21 PTS/60, 3.29 GFON/60, 2.32 GAON/60
Craig Conroy: 1.79 PTS/60, 2.85 GFON/60, 2.23 GAON/60
Jarome Iginla: 2.85 PTS/60, 3.68 GFON/60, 2.21 GAON/60
Rene Bourque: 1.20 PTS/60, 2.40 GFON/60, 2.32 GAON/60
Owen Nolan: 1.57 PTS/60, 2.38 GFON/60, 2.13 GAON/60
Wayne Primeau: 1.35 PTS/60, 1.75 GFON/60, 2.29 GAON/60
Daymond Langkow: 2.08 PTS/60, 3.25 GFON/60, 2.29 GAON/60
Matthew Lombardi: 1.50 PTS/60, 1.56 GFON/60, 2.20 GAON/60
Kristian Huselius: 2.11 PTS/60, 3.00 GFON/60, 2.39 GAON/60
David Moss: 1.55 PTS.60, 1.97 GFON/60, 2.39 GAON/60
Stephane Yelle: 0.87 PTS/60, 1.22 GFON/60, 1.57 GAON/60
Mike Cammalleri: 1.91 PTS/60, 2.60 GFON/60, 3.56 GAON/60
Eric Nystrom: 1.43 PTS/60, 1.57 GFON/60, 2.15 GAON/60
Curtis Glencross: 1.97 PST/60, 2.54 GFON/60, 1.88 GAON/60
Andre Roy: 1.25 PTS/60, 1.96 GFON/60, 1.96 GAON/60
Todd Bertuzzi: 1.98 PTS/60, 2.89 GFON/60, 2.26 GAON/60
Dustin Boyd: 1.76 PTS/60, 2.06 GFON/60, 3.68 GAON/60
Mark Smith: 0.79 PTS/60, 0.99 GFON/60, 2.18 GAON/60
Marcus Nilson: 0.81 PTS/60, 1.46 GFON/60, 1.13 GAON/60
Eric Godard: 0.35 PTS/60, 1.04 GFON/60, 2.60 GAON/60
PTS/60 – average number of points recorded for every 60 minutes of even-strength ice-time
GFON/60 – average number of goals scored for every 60 minutes that the player is on the ice
GAON/60 – average number of goals scored against for every 60 minutes that the player is on the ice
The potential for improvement from the bottom-end will likely be balanced by the degradation of the Flames top six:
Alex Tanguay is a difference maker at ES. He was the second-best forward on the team, after Jarome Iginla, at 5-on-5 during his time here. He outscored whoever he played against, and he did it no matter who his linemates were. He made that 2nd line work last year. Absent Tanguay (or Iginla), Conroy/Nolan probably sink like a stone.
The Flames don't have a Tanguay to carry their reclamation project this year. The options for Keenan are, therefore:
- Play Bertuzzi with Iginla and hope he doesn't impede him.
- Play Bertuzzi with Lombardi against the softest possible competition.
Either way, I think Iginla will be seeing the toughest competition on the team (unless some kind of shut-down line can be soldered together out of Conroy, Moss, Bourque, Glencross, Nystrom). The probable result is a reduction in Iggy's outscoring since one of the inescapable truths of hockey is as the quality of opponent goes up, you tend to score less and tend to get scored on more (excepting Nik Lidstrom).
The question will be: can the new 2nd line and re-vamped bottom six make up for the loss? Proposition one is, at best, a coin-flip, depending on how manic Iron Mike is with managing the bench. Lombardi, Boyd (?) and Bert/Cammalleri. You're basically betting on simultaneous growth from a couple of players (Boyd and Lombardi), not to mention the Bertuzzi injury/effectiveness uncertainty if he lands on that unit. Long odds, I'd say, for them to be anything better than even at ES.
The good news is the bottom six is much improved. Gone are total defectives like Godard and Smith. Gone too are offensive zone voids like Yelle and Nilson (probably). With the addition of Bourque and Glencross and the demotion of Conroy, the "lesser" forwards shouldn't be the black hole they were last year. There's also the possibility of Eric Nystrom improving (although I personally don't hold out much hope in that regard). In any case, the bottom of the rotation should be faster, more capable in the good end of the rink and less apt to get scored on this coming year.
While they currently have eight NHL defencemen signed, the Flames only have three proven top four guys. The good news is two of those guys are Robyn Regehr and Dion Phaneuf, each elite at different ends of the ice. Cory Sarich, a slightly less effective version of Regehr, rounds out the top three.
Robyn Regehr: 0.71 PTS/60, 2.75 GFON/60, 2.23 GAON/60
Cory Sarich: 0.25 PTS/60, 2.14 GFON/60, 2.19 GAON/60
Dion Phaneuf: 0.95 PTS/60, 2.86 GFON/60, 2.36 GAON/60
Anders Eriksson: 0.69 PTS/60, 2.78 GFON/60, 3.15 GAON/60
Adrian Aucoin: 0.78 PTS/60, 2.55 GFON/60, 1.61 GAON/60
James Vandermeer: 0.59 PTS/60, 2.25 GFON/60, 2.14 GAON/60
Mark Giordano: 1.21 PTS/60, 2.94 GFON60, 2.05 GAON/60*
David Hale: 0.16 PTS/60, 1.88 GFON/60, 1.88 GAON/60
Rhett Warrener: 0.50 PTS/60, 2.69 GFON/60, 2.86 GAON/60
*(stats from 06/07 rookie campaign)
From my discussion of the back-end earlier this summer:
While pretty much anyone outside of Cory Cross would represent a leap up from Bubba (Eriksson), none of the remaining candidates represent more than a marginal improvement. I say that without knowing the degree to which Mark Giordano developed overseas last year, of course. I've heard he was a top pairing defender for his club with Danny Markov and his selection to Team Canada in the World Championships this spring was a good sign. However, without really knowing who he played against or how he played (and the degree to which that will translate to the NHL), it's difficult to confidently and rationally project him in a top role for next year.
Here's what we got:
Regehr – Sarich
Phaneuf – Vandermeer (?)
Aucoin – Giordano
Warrener (?), Eriksson (?), Pardy (?)
Here's what I'd like to see:
Regehr – Phaneuf
Sarich – ? (Vandermeer)
Aucoin – Giordano
Eriksson, Warrener
Assuming Warrener and Eriksson stay off the ice as much as possible, I think the Flames blue line will be slightly better than it was last year. Giordano and Vandermeer can move the puck with greater efficacy and Phaneuf might be able to take the next step, assuming he doesn't have to drag around a weight like the often terrible Anders Eriksson. Even though Calgary still lacks a legitimate top-four guy outside of Regehr et al, that particular deficiency should be mercifully less pronounced this year.
Begins and ends with Miikka Kiprusoff. Kipper is coming off his worst season as a Calgary Flame—a season in which he failed to reach the median save percentage until half way through the year. His stats have fallen steadily since 03/04 and he's about to become the fifth highest paid goalie in the league (in terms of cap hit).
Miikka Kiprusoff:
2005–06: 74 GP, 42 wins, 2.07 GAA, 0.923 SV%
2006–07: 74 GP, 40 wins, 2.46 GAA, 0.917 SV%
2007–08: 76 GP, 39 wins, 2.69 GAA, 0.906 SV%
If Kipper continues to decline, the Flames have a major problem on their hands. His shiny new contract extends until 13/14 and features a no trade clause. If the soft-spoken Fin can't arrest and reverse his descent, the organization will be stuck with a $5.833M liability that will be practically un-movable. Not to mention the "having a bad goalie as a starter" thing. Make no mistake, if Kiprusoff isn't better this season, he won't be just average: he'll be detrimental.
The good news for the optimistic Flames fan is Kippers stats gradually improved as the season progressed, meaning, his poor performance probably wasn't due to fatigue or coaching effects. The bad news is, his seasonal performance has followed that slope the last three seasons, meaning there was nothing idiosyncratic suggesting a transient or unique cause.
There's a chance the Flames will have excellent goaltending again in 08/09, because Kipper is only a few years removed from a Vezina trophy. There's also a chance they'll have some of the worst in the division, all depending on if that SV% trend line goes up or down. Beyond the other considerations, Calgary's fate might well lie on that trend line going forward.
Special Teams
One of my standing assumptions heading into the new season is the Flames will take a step back in terms of even-strength play. The prediction primarily springs from the loss the of Alex Tanguay, Calgary's second best ES player the last few years. Now, a number of things could prove this assumption false come October: a Kiprusoff bounce back, a sizeable step forward by Dion Phaneuf and/or any of the new guys, etc. That said, let's proceed assuming the Flames will in fact be worse at ES next season. Meaning the team will have to drive results (ie; goal differential) some other way.
Calgary wasn't even average at special teams in 07/08. Both the PP and PK were in the bottom third of the league, which, for a play-off club that is passable at even-strength, is an obvious under-performance. For a number of reasons, however, I think the Flames are poised to improve both a man up and a man down.
First, with the addition of Giordano, Bertuzzi and Cammalleri, the club will have a few more options on the PP. And although Tanguay is an excellent ES player, he's paradoxically struggled to be an effective 5-on-4 guy for years. Thanks to that and their dearth of secondary scorers, the Flames had probably the worst 2nd powerplay unit in division (if not the conference), featuring the likes of Nolan, Conroy, Lombardi, Regehr, Eriksson and the aforementioned Tanguay. None of them were even remotely effective, with Nolan and Conroy in particular generating scoring rates that are below a lot of forwards ESP/60 numbers (1.90, 1.64 respectively). Basically, the team didn't score if the first unit wasn't on the ice.
With Giordano (who scored seven goals and 15 points in just 42 games as a rookie) likely quarter-backing the 2nd unit and more ice-time for guys like Boyd and Bourque, there's a chance the PP could improve. Im assuming Phaneuf, Iginla and Langkow will continue to drive results on the first unit, even with the loss of a PP specialist like Huselius.
The PK should also improve due to personnel changes. Gone are Owen Nolan and Stephane Yelle, who were both miserable short-handed. Rene Bourque was excellent on the PK for Chicago last year (5.63 GA/60), not only effectively preventing goals, bust also scoring them as well (five goals, seven SH points). In addition, with a full year of Jim Vandermeer (4.53 GA/60), fans should see less of the Adrian Aucoin when down a man. That's good news—Aucoin was one of the worst penalty killers on the team, allowing 7.68 GA per hour SH, a full 1.54 more than was yielded while he was on the bench.
Darryl Sutter is placing bets on a lot of question marks this year. From the Bertuzzi reclamation project, to the Kiprusoff rebound to the kids stepping up to make significant contributions. Nothing is assured; not the clubs dominance, nor competitiveness nor outright sucking. It could very easily turn out to be any one of the above, depending on the outcome and interrelation of the various factors. Some issues will be more important than others: Kiprusoff's performance and Bertuzzi's health, for example. But all will go towards determining the clubs fate, and, perhaps, the fate of a increasingly questioned front office whose previous errors are forcing them to take some big gambles this season. If things go very wrong—and they might – the shine may be off of Sutter's halo permanently: afterall, faith and reverence only go so far in the "what have done for lately" world of pro sports.
—Kent Wilson writes about the Flames over at his blog Fiveholefanatics, as well as occasionally misleads fantasy hockey players for fanball.com. He is also an occasional OilersNation contributor.
The OilersNation Research Department™ has been hard at work getting ready for the new season. As 2008-09 draws upon us, we've analyzed what the Northwest Division will look like.
The teams we've look at so far:
- Vancouver Canucks (parts one and two)
- Colorado Avalanche (parts one and two)
- Minnesota Wild
- Calgary Flames (you're reading it)


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A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
When Olive Wellwood's oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of the new Victoria and Albert Museum—a talented working-class boy who could be a character out of one of Olive's magical tales—she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends.
But the joyful bacchanals Olive hosts at her rambling country house—and the separate, private books she writes for each of her seven children—conceal more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined. As these lives—of adults and children alike—unfold, lies are revealed, hearts are broken, and the damaging truth about the Wellwoods slowly emerges. But their personal struggles, their hidden desires, will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces, as the tides turn across Europe and a golden era comes to an end.
Taking us from the cliff-lined shores of England to Paris, Munich, and the trenches of the Somme, The Children's Book is a deeply affecting story of a singular family, played out against the great, rippling tides of the day.
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A. S. Byatt is the author of numerous novels, including the quartet The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, Babel Tower, and A Whistling Woman; The Biographer's Tale; and Possession, which was awarded the Booker Prize. She has also written two novellas, published together as Angels & Insects; five collections of shorter works, including The Matisse Stories and Little Black Book of Stories; and several works of nonfiction. A distinguished critic as well as a novelist, she lives in London.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:
Two boys stood in the Prince Consort Gallery, and looked down on a third. It was June 19th, 1895. The Prince had died in 1861, and had seen only the beginnings of his ambitious project for a gathering of museums in which the British craftsmen could study the best examples of design. His portrait, modest and medalled,was done inmosaic in the tympanum of a decorative arch at one end of the narrowgallery which ran above the space of the South Court. The South Court was decorated with further mosaics, portraits of painters, sculptors, potters, the "Kensington Valhalla." The third boy was squatting beside one of a series of imposing glass cases displaying gold and silver treasures. Tom, the younger of the two looking down, thought of Snow White in her glass coffin. He thought also, looking up at Albert, that the vessels and spoons and caskets, gleaming in the liquid light under the glass, were like a resurrected kingly burial hoard. (Which, indeed, some of them were.) They could not see the other boy clearly, because he was on the far side of a case. He appeared to be sketching its contents.
Julian Cain was at home in the South Kensington Museum. His father, Major Prosper Cain, was Special Keeper of Precious Metals.
Julian was just fifteen, and a boarder at Marlowe School, but was home recovering from a nasty bout of jaundice. He was neither tall nor short, slightly built, with a sharp face and a sallow complexion, even without the jaundice. He wore his straight black hair parted in the centre, and was dressed in a school suit. Tom Wellwood, boyish in Norfolk jacket and breeches, was about two years younger, and looked younger than he was, with large dark eyes, a soft mouth and a smooth head of dark gold hair. The two had not met before. Tom's mother was visiting Julian's father, to ask for help with her research. She was a successful authoress of magical tales. Julian had been deputed to show Tom the treasures. He appeared to be more interested in showing him the squatting boy.
"I said I'd show you a mystery."
"I thought you meant one of the treasures."
"No, I meant him. There's something shifty about him. I've been keeping an eye on him. He's up to something."
Tom was not sure whether this was the sort of make-believe his own family practised, tracking complete strangers and inventing stories about them. He wasn't sure if Julian was, so to speak, playing at being responsible.
"What does he do?"
"He does the Indian rope trick. He disappears. Now you see him, now you don't. He's here every day. All by himself. But you can't see where or when he goes."
They sidled along the wrought-iron gallery, which was hung with thick red velvet curtains. The third boy stayed where he was, drawing intently. Then he moved his position, to see from another angle. He was hay-haired, shaggy and filthy. He had cut-down workmen's trousers, with braces, over a flannel shirt the colour of smoke, stained with soot. Julian said
"We could go down and stalk him. There are all sorts of odd things about him. He looks very rough. He never seems to go anywhere but here. I've waited at the exit to see him leave, and follow him, and he doesn't seem to leave. He seems to be a permanent fixture."
The boy looked up, briefly, his grimy face creased in a frown. Tom said
"He concentrates."
"He never talks to anyone that I can see. Now and then the art students look at his drawings. But he doesn't chat to them. He just creeps about the place. It's sinister."
"Do you get many robberies?"
"My father always says the keepers are criminally casual with the keys to the cases. And there are heaps and heaps of stuff lying around waiting to be catalogued, or sent to Bethnal Green. It would be terribly easy to sneak off with things. I don't even know if anyone would notice if you did, not with some of the things, though they'd notice quickly enough if anyone made an attempt on the Candlestick."
"The Gloucester Candlestick. What he seems to be drawing, a lot of the time. The lump of gold, in the centre of that case. It's ancient and unique. I'll show it to you. We could go down, and go up to it, and disturb him." Tom was dubious about this. There was something tense about the third boy, a tough prepared energy he didn't even realise he'd noticed.
However, he agreed. He usually agreed to things. They moved, sleuthlike, from ambush to ambush behind the swags of velvet. They went under Prince Albert, out onto the turning stone stairs, down to the South Court. When they reached the Candlestick, the dirty boy was not there.
"He wasn't on the stairs," said Julian, obsessed.
Tom stopped to stare at the Candlestick. It was dully gold. It seemed heavy. It stood on three feet, each of which was a long-eared dragon, grasping a bone with grim claws, gnawing with sharp teeth. The rim of the spiked cup that held the candle was also supported by open-jawed dragons with wings and snaking tails. The whole of its thick stem was wrought of fantastic foliage, amongst which men and monsters, centaurs and monkeys, writhed, grinned, grimaced, grasped and stabbed at each other. A helmeted, gnomelike being, with huge eyes, grappled the sinuous tail of a reptile. There were other human or kobold figures, one
in particular with long draggling hair and a mournful gaze. Tom thought immediately that hismotherwould need to see it. He tried, and failed, to memorise the shapes. Julian explained. It had an interesting history, he said. No one knew exactly what it was made of. It was some kind of gilt alloy. Itwas probable that it had been made in Canterbury—modelled in wax and cast—but apart from the symbols of the evangelists on the knop, it appeared not to be made for a religious use. It had turned up in the cathedral in Le Mans, from where it had disappeared during the French Revolution. A French antiquary had sold it to the Russian Prince Soltikoff. The South KensingtonMuseum had acquired it from his collection in 1861. There was nothing, anywhere, like it.
Tom did not know what a knop was, and did not know what the symbols of the evangelists were. But he saw that the thing was a whole world of secret stories. He said his mother would like to see it. It might be just what she was looking for. He would have liked to touch the heads of the dragons.
Julian was looking restlessly around him. There was a concealed door, behind a plaster cast of a guarding knight, on a marble plinth. It was slightly ajar, which he had never seen before. He had tried its handle, and it was always, as it should be, since it led down to the basement storerooms and workrooms, locked.
"I bet he went down there."
"What's down there?"
"Miles and miles of passages and cupboards and cellars, and things being moulded, or cleaned, or just kept. Let's stalk him."
There was no light, beyond what was cast on the upper steps from the door they had opened. Tom did not like the dark. He did not like transgression. He said "We can't see where we're going."
"We'll leave the door open a crack."
"Someone may come and lock it. We may get into trouble."
"We won't. I live here."
They crept down the uneven stone steps, holding a thin iron rail. At the foot of the staircase they found themselves cut off by a metal grille, beyond which stretched a long corridor, now vaguely visible as though there was a light-source at the other end. The passage was roofed with Gothic vaulting, like a church crypt, but finished in white glazed industrial bricks. Julian gave the grille an irritated shake and it swung open. He observed that this, too, should have been locked. Someone was in for trouble.
The passage opened into a dusty vault, crammed with a crowd of white effigies, men, women and children, staring out with sightless eyes. Tom thought they might be prisoners in the underworld, or even the damned. They were closely packed; the boys had to worm their way between them. Beyond this funereal chamber, two corridors branched. There was more light to the left, so they went that way, negotiated another unlocked grille, and found themselves in a treasure-house of vast gold and silver vessels, croziers, eagle-winged lecterns, fountains, soaring angels and grinning cherubs. "Electrotypes," whispered the knowledgeable Julian. A faint but steady light rippled over the metal, through little glass roundels let into the brickwork. Julian put his finger
to his lips and hissed to Tom to keep still. Tom steadied himself against a silver galleon, which clanged. He sneezed.
"Don't do that."
"I can't help it. It's the dust."
They crept on, took a left, took a right, had to force their way between thickets of what Tom thought were tomb railings, surmounted by jaunty female angel-busts,with wings and pointed breasts. Julian said they were cast-iron radiator covers, commissioned from an ironmaster in Sheffield. "Cost a packet, down here because someone thought they were obtrusive," he whispered. "Which way now?"
Tom said he had no idea. Julian said they were lost, no one would find them, rats would pick their bones. Someone sneezed. Julian said
"I told you, don't do that."
"I didn't. It must have been him."
Tom was worried about hunting down a probably harmless and innocent boy. He was also worried about encountering a savage and
dangerous boy.
Julian cried "We knowyou're there. Come out and give yourself up!"
He was alert and smiling, Tom saw, the successful seeker or catcher in games of pursuit.
There was a silence. Another sneeze. A slight scuffling. Julian and
Tom turned to look down the other fork of the corridor, which was obstructed by a forest of imitation marble pillars, made to support busts or vases. A wild face, under a mat of hair, appeared at knee height, framed between fake basalt and fake obsidian.
"You'd better come out and explain yourself," said Julian, with complete certainty. "You're trespassing. I should get t...
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Jeddah Community College Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Jeddah Community College Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Saudi Arabia View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message shebabJoined: 17 Sep 2003Posts: 168 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:48 am Post subject: Jeddah Community College Any info on this branch of KAAU? Packages are US$37,500 a year NOT including housing, but housing can be arranged for $4000/$5000 year for a one/two bedroom furnished flat. Tickets and two months paid summer holiday are included. Is lack of noise about this place indicate a red flag??? Back to top Stephen JonesJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 4124 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 2:19 pm Post subject: I was actually sitting next to two of the people in charge at lunch today. They'd come on an official visit to Jubail, and I managed to wriangle an invite to the lunch. I think the lack of noise is because they're just starting up. I didn't really speak to the people in charge there, but I got the impression that the place was taken seriously. Jeddah is a neat place to live. I presume the salary you quoted includes two months housing allowance; that would put it on a par with KAAU and other community college salaries. Go for it; it looks one of the better jobs in Saudi Back to top shebabJoined: 17 Sep 2003Posts: 168 Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:48 am Post subject: So anything new on this place from anyone out there??? Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Saudi Arabia All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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text: Police officer killed, inferno erupts after father-son dispute in Brentwood By HUNTER MCGEEUnion Leader Correspondentand TED SIEFERNew Hampshire Union Leader May 12. 2014 10:44PM The home at 46 Mill Pond Road in Brentwood in flames Monday afternoon. BRENTWOOD — Police and family are searching for answers, after an apparent domestic argument ended with an officer killed and a house burned to the ground in a quiet subdivision Monday. Witnesses said the events began at 46 Mill Pond Road about 4 p.m. with an argument between Walter Nolan and his adult son, Michael Nolan, that escalated into gunfire. Attorney General Joseph Foster said Brentwood officer Steve Arkell was "fatally shot as he entered the home." "Another officer entered and was driven out by gunfire," Foster said at a news conference about 10:15 p.m. He said it is believed Michael Nolan, 47, was the shooter and was killed in the fire that followed the hail of bullets. Neighbors Susan and Wayne Hughes, who live next door to the Nolans in the Mill Pond Crossing complex, a 55-and-older subdivision, said they didn't know what the nature of the argument was between father and son, but it became so heated that another neighbor called police. "When the cop walked into the house, we heard a whole bunch of gunfire," Susan Hughes said. At some point, she said the elder Nolan was taken outside by police and placed in handcuffs in the front yard. More officers were summoned and quickly arrived on the scene while an armed Michael Nolan remained in the house. Arkell was medflighted from the scene. Rockingham County Sheriff Michael Downing said his officers were among the first to arrive. "It's a tragic event. It shows how dangerous the job of law enforcement is. This could happen to any of us at any time," he said. The Hughes and neighbor James Maguire, who lives on the other side of the duplex where the Nolans live, said they heard multiple rounds. "It sounded kind of automatic — it was bam, bam, bam," Susan Hughes said. "There was a lot of rapid gunfire — not a shot here or there." Eventually, the Hughes were moved by police along with other neighbors to a clubhouse in the complex. While they were waiting, an explosion was heard. Dense smoke could be seen rising from the house, followed by the orange glow of flames. The neighbors were then led to an area across the main road to wait as fire trucks were brought in to extinguish the blaze, which went to four alarms. The Hughes said they had lived in the neighborhood for about four years. The Nolans moved in shortly after they did. They said they spoke to Walter Nolan periodically, but hardly ever to Michael Nolan. "He never really talked to anybody; he stays upstairs with his TV on," Susan Hughes said. James Maguire said he had known Walter Nolan for several years, but rarely had contact with Michael Nolan. "He just stayed away; he was just very, very shy of everything," Maguire said. Walter Nolan is in his 80s, according to a relative. Nolan's wife of nearly 62 years, Elizabeth, passed away two years ago. Arkell, 48, was a part-time member of the town's police force who also handled animal control. Foster said the site would remain under investigation by the State Police's Major Crimes Unit. Gov. Maggie Hassan also spoke at the news conference: "I join all Granite Staters in mourning the loss of Officer Arkell, who died doing his job. I know all Granite Staters join me in offering condolences and prayers to his family, loved ones and fellow officers." Hassan directed that flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Arkell. Sen. Kelly Ayotte released this statement late Monday night: "This was a senseless and shocking tragedy, and I send my prayers and condolences to Officer Arkell's family as well as the Brentwood Police Department. Losing a police officer in the line of duty leaves a hole in our hearts that can never be filled, and I pray that Officer Arkell's family, friends and fellow officers will find strength in the difficult days ahead." Crime, law and justice Brentwood


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I'm interning with a fashion brand this summer. What should I wear that's profes
One mistake I see many young women entering the fashion industry make is thinking that they can wear the most cutting-edge looks to the office. Remember: even though fashion is less traditional than say, banking or law, you still need to look professional. One suggestion is to invest in a few pairs of harem pants or silky trousers in unexpected hues like mint or mustard; they're lightweight enough for sweltering days and comfortable too. In many offices shorts are acceptable as well-a fuller, swishy style or even a skort are safe bets-just make sure the silhouette and length are on the modest side. You can even wear leather shorts in certain cases; simply look for a pair with tailoring, menswear-inspired details, and a longer hemline. In other words: no hot pants! As for your top half, you really can't go wrong with a silky blouse-long sleeves will add a little polish if you're wearing shorts-whether that's in a solid or a print. It's also good to have some collared sleeveless shirts on hand; they're a versatile basic and definitely dressier than a shell or t-shirt. (For extra points, look for interesting details like a double layer or embellished collar.) It's also smart to have a summery blazer in your wardrobe because it will elevate basic jeans and a t-shirt into a look that's on-point for casual Fridays. Finally, let's talk shoes! Interns tend to go on lots of errands, so simple flats are definitely going to be your friend, plus they can add a pop of color to your outfit. A woven ballerina is another cute option or go for a flat sandal, just make sure it's not something you'd normally wear to the beach. If flats are not an option, I'd recommend sticking to a wedge over a stiletto, simply because they're easier to run around in. Finally, because we are talking about the fashion industry, some experimentation is allowed, which means you can totally incorporate a few interesting accessories into your work outfits. That can mean things like a bright turban, studded headband, or print head wrap; it's totally your call. Have fun and congratulations on your internship!
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