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Hep Alien – Where Are They Now?
Hep Alien is the name of Lane Kim's band in Gilmore Girls, though the name was hard to come by (if you recall from their first gig in Keg! Max!)! In obscure trivia, the name of the band came from an anagram for one of the Gilmore Girls producers, whose name is Helen Pai. Anyway, after writing that fun post about Keiko Agena playing bass yesterday, I thought we could talk about where the Hep Alien band members are now!
Hep Alien Band Members
Dave Rygalski (Adam Brody) on guitar
- Upcoming movies: Jennifer's Body, Justice League: Mortal (rumored)
- Brian Fuller (John Cabrera) on bass
Zack Van Gerbig (Todd Lowe) on guitar
- Now a regular on the HBO vampire series True Blood
Lane Kim (Keiko Agena) on drums
- Recently on ER, in film Major Movie Star
- Jamming in a band playing the bass!
- Signed on for a movie with Scott Patterson, Elements of a Pink Ribbon
- Keiko's website & twitter
Gil (Sebastian Bach) took over for Dave on guitar when Dave left for college
- Took part in an episode of Robot Chicken
- Winner of CMT's Gone Country 2
- Sebastian's website & twitter
One of my favorite episodes with Hep Alien is from 'Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too' in Season 5 when the band is asked to play for Jackson's campaign for Town Selectman. John Cabrera (Brian Fuller) recently told me how triumphant this episode was, with people in the crew, actors and producers all dancing in front of the stage during rehearsal. I think it's that kind of energy that really shines through when the band performs in this episode.
Watch the 'Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too' Episode:
Here are more photos from 'Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too' of Hep Alien:
And here are some of Hep Alien's Greatest Hits:
Check out Gilmore Girls on TheWB.com here.
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Stop the Re-Org Merry-go-round
Well, here we go again; another instance of a large company bankruptcy. The industry has seen a lot of reorganizations in the past decade, with Quad's just-announced acquisition of Vertis' assets a particularly pointed example.
Vertis filed Chapter 11 in July of 2008 while closing its merger with American Color Graphics. In November of 2010, Vertis showed up again in bankruptcy court in a voluntary, pre-packaged Chapter 11 filing that wiped away 60 precent of its debt. Then a month ago, Vertis was at it again.
Fortunately, the courts finally acted rationally, disallowing a third re-org in four years, and Vertis was forced into a pre-packaged deal. Quad was there to pick up the pieces.
Quad, which has already picked up the assets of Quebecor—which, in turn, had already done the re-org dance multiple times with World Color and a host of others—was right there, opportunistically, to pick up the hot-potato assets. Does anyone see a pattern?
What might be on the horizon for Quad, and what remains of the storied culture left behind by old Harry Quadracci? Is everyone still wearing the same jumpsuit and smiling for the camera?
What were some of these creditors thinking, and why would they possibly have believed the rosy turnaround plans put forth by the same management teams that sank these ships in the first place? To some extent, they deserve exactly what they're getting right now—a long, slow burn. In this case and many others, they're certainly testing the definition of insanity (repeating the same thing and hoping for a different outcome) and getting a positive diagnosis.
That said, I have to say that Joel Quadracci has, from my perspective, done an incredible job with his company. He has dramatically increased the size of the business while creating a liquid market for his family's assets, and still maintained control of the board and day-to-day management. And I do think this is another great opportunity for the organization, but it comes with massive integration challenges.
A third-generation printer, Dustin LeFebvre delivers his vision for Specialty Print Communications as EVP, Marketing through strategy, planning and new product development. With a rich background ranging from sales and marketing to operations, quality control and procurement, Dustin takes a wide-angle approach to SPC
Dustin, I don't know you. But you are clearly a man of courage to lay out the truth about the big players and put your name on it. Thanks!
Printing Houston
You are right on. I competed Vertis in a fair manner. While the courts continued to offer them bankruptcy protection, they continued to offer our clients printing for the cost of paper and ink. I know of three other regional printers who were driven out of business by these tactics. How is that good for our economy? And how did those vendors who were screwed by them twice respond?… by continuing to sell to them while raising my prices and the prices of other good paying customers to finance their write-offs. Its just ridiculous that our legal system allows this type of activity. it borders on criminal. Hopefully Quad Graphics will have the intelligence and business savvy to run this company well and make it profitable. Good riddance Vertis.
Quad has moved into the Dallas commercial market with the acquisition of Williamson Printing. Same story, pricing 30% below what same work was selling for. More companies go broke from low prices than high, always been true. Why Quad mgmnt doesn't understand that is surprising.
Industry grief
Couldn't agree with you more, Dustin. What's even more despicable is using the Chapter 11 filings to avoid paying the severance you offered to the people you've laid off. That's exactly what's happening now and the court should not allow it. The court language is "Authorized but not directed to pay". If Quad is a complicite in this behavior, they should be on a list of shame as well.
Tom Marin
This morning on the TV Show 'Morning Joe' Newsweek/Daily Beast editor Tina Brown announced that Newsweek will cease print production by the end of 2012, and in 2013 will shift to an entirely digital format. Surprise! They can't make any money with their aging demographics that want to gain news using that pesky thing called the Internet, like this blog. The closing of Newsweek tells you all you need to understand about the "Print" business. Strong brands like Business Week are purchased by even stronger brands like Bloomberg and weak brands, like Newsweek, go out of business following their big "all digital foray." What's really surprising is those in the print business always seem so shocked when one of the 'leading' brands takes a nose dive.
I always like your articles Dustin!
Chuck Koehler
Couldn't agree with you more Dustin. I am one of the Vertis Employees that won't be getting promised severance. I am currently unemployed for the first time in 32 years and ironically not due to the work I was doing not being profitable.
For more or less the same reason I was eliminated from a job at Heidelberg that I held for 12 years. Unfortunately I don't think it is just printing – but the state of business here in the US. Even though corporate profits are the highest they have been in over thirty years, companies can't or won't consider long term profitability, and in turn "harvest" profits immediately until the company either restructures or enters bankruptcy.
The very people who structure those deals get huge bonuses, and then cut the professionals during the reorganization. It was these professionals that were responsible for the profits being as high as they were in the first place. They are also the workers with the highest salaries. And so it goes through cycles of reorganization or bankruptcy all the while the perpetrators reap the rewards as the professionals get the axe – and many times the blame – after all, there has to be a scapegoat!
Big H
Thank goodness a bankruptcy judge finally put a bullet in Vertis' head and put them and the rest of us out of our misery. As you accurately described Vertis has been a danger to itself and all others in the insert market. I am ecstatic they have finally been eliminated from the market.
Creditors and vendors were complicit and enabled Vertis to continue this behavior. They deserve what they get which will be not much to nothing.
Quad I hope learned a lesson when they swallowed Quebecorp. You can't operate a business when you sell the product for less than the cost of manufacturing and distributing it. Quad inherited horribly priced contracts from Quebecorp and it has had a significant impact on their operations. Their share price has dropped from the high 40's to the mid-teens since the Quebecorp acquisition. Vertis' contracts are as badly priced as Quebecorp's were. Vertis was the new Quebecorp. Hopefully Quad will stabilize and lift pricing in the insert market.
Long term the insert market will continue to decline and eventually die. Hopefully Quad has a 5 to 7 year exit plan to get out of the insert market before they get sucked under.
Tremendous article. Finally someone has said it. Our customers big and small should read this, especially the CEO's. This is going to allow us regional players to survive and charge a "fair price" for all.
Vertis employee here. 23 yrs. Seen em' come and seen em' go. Every time this happens, top execs get a retention bonus. ACG was 9 quarters in the red and they got million dollar bonus to stay on through the transition. WHY? For running your company into the ground? Same with the current bunch. 3 in 5 yrs. and they're going to get a bonus, while the employees get layoffs, and the vendors get stuck with unpaid bills. Can't speak for other plants, but ours went on a paper buying spree in Aug., Sept., and right up until the chapter 11 was declared. They knew they were gonna screw over these companies, and had no qualms about it. I got mine and the heck with the rest of you. That's the Vertis executive mindset. Private equity, ain't it wonderful. Maybe a mgmnt. team that actually knows how to run a printing company will fix the problems that 15 plus years of idiots have created.

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SPOKANE, Wash. — The father-in-law of a missing Utah woman was once accused of inappropriately discussing sex with children and keeping pornography in his home against the wishes of his wife, according to court documents.
A 1992 divorce case shows Steven Powell's ex-wife accusing him of damaging his children's respect for marriage. Powell was charged this month with child pornography and voyeurism after authorities investigating the disappearance of Susan Powell searched his home in Puyallup.
Susan Powell's husband, Josh, has been named a person of interest in the case, and he was recently living with Steven Powell.
In the court documents, Terri Powell wrote that Steven Powell talked of teaching his children about birth control methods when they were as young as 9 years old. Terri's sister, Becky Mulcahy, wrote in the documents that Steven Powell told her that he had shown his youngest children books about sexual intercourse when they were 6 and 8 years old.
Terri Powell, who now lives in Utah but has gone out of her way to avoid media attention, said her husband viewed people as animals and that they should be able to have sex with anyone at any time. She recalled a conversation in which Josh referred to a girl his brother, Johnny, liked.
"All she is good for is her body, right Dad?" Terri recalled Josh saying.
"Yeah, that's right," Steven Powell replied, according to the declaration.
Terri Powell also said Steven Powell kept hardcore pornography in the home and that he visited pornography shops.
Jennifer Graves, Josh Powell's sister, said she broke off ties with her father in part because of his problems with sex and pornography. She recalled going on a business trip with her father when she was about 11 years old and that he viewed a pornographic video while she was with him.
"Looking back, I wonder if he was willing to do that with a 10- to 12-year-old girl — his daughter — in the room, what else would he be willing to do?" she said.
Steven Powell has pleaded not guilty to 14 charges of voyeurism and one of possession of child pornography. He remains jailed on $200,000 bail. Prosecutors said that for at least a decade, he had been secretly filming women, including Susan Powell, and that he shot footage of two young neighbor girls as they took baths and sat on the toilet.
Susan Powell's family is now seeking custody of her children, a request Child Protective Services has temporarily granted.
Josh Powell has said he did not see pornography at his father's home and had nothing to do with any kind of illegal activity
Josh Powell has also denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance and continues to wear his wedding ring. He has said he took his boys, then 2 and 4, on a late night camping trip in freezing temperatures the day his wife disappeared from their West Valley City home.


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Matt Brevner – Magnum Opus [Review]
Vancouver, B.C. – Matt Brevner raps boldly of coming with an original sound and of being the "freshest in the game." Brevner's new album Magnum Opus shows the rapper's impressive skill as far as flow goes – he is a talented MC – but his latest project is not quite the original opus he promises.
"Top of the Globe" is a dope track that indicates the rapper has his ear to the street when it comes to modern, popular hip-hop: it carries that lighthearted sound that artists like Drake and Kid Cudi have based their careers off of. The song "Never Gonna be My Friend" shows that Brevner has dealt with some serious shit when it comes to the "finer sex", a theme which female audiences always seem to find interesting,
Matt Brevner's sense of humour is evident throughout the entire album, but "The Ecstacy Song" is an especially comical observation on the human tendency to make questionable decisions. "Sunday Morning" also helps show off Brevner's character and wordplay when he vows to "never drink that much again… not till next weekend."
Matt Brevner has a ways to go as far a being "the freshest in the game": Magnum Opus lacks the type of addictive sound that keeps one coming back for more. On the plus side, it shows definite potential for the future, and nicely showcases his flow and talent for writing.
Written by Samantha Cairns for HipHopCanada
The views and opinions of the reviews posted on HipHopCanada do not necessarily reflect the views of the organization or its affiliates.
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i thought it had an addictive sound i listen to it all the time and i look forword to his next album
wait a second…did you say it lacks the type of addictive sound that keeps one coming back? Ridiculous! I have listened to the album back to front 8 times since purchasing it on thursday! out of this world.
i highly beg to differ. i bought this album last week and have been jamming it probably about five times a day since. its a great album.
I'm a DJ and someone passed me a copy of the album just the other day. I think the review is largely on point. Matt does show a lot of promise and should be considered someone to keep a close eye on in our city but the album is not a classic… there are flaws to it. Hopefully people can learn how to take constructive criticism instead of sending the crew in to defend it. There are no other content items on the site related to this artist so the way I see it the writer just gave motr exposure on here, and with a lot of positive elements, then you've ever had before.
no one sent anyone in. people are just saying what they think is up. the album was dope.
I feel the same way but personally i couldn't care for the album in my POV it wasnt original and his lyrics/flow weren't up to par. I heard it through a friend gave it a listen and honestly i didnt like the whole style of the album, Before you peg me as a hater this is just my honest opinion which is shared amongst me and my circle when we had a listen. Better luck next time
Yeah you can have your opinion on the content of the album, thats up to you and you are probably atleast 28 haha. The thing is Matt would never send someone to "defend" him or any of that bullshit, these people are fans – like myself – of brevners music. I think the album was fresh, it was recorded, produced, and written all by him. He finished recording of this project 2 years ago and has been sold out for awhile, im sure now he is on to bigger and better things! Thanks hip hop canada for giving a deserved artist some exposure, positive or negative
Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I think the review is on point. Besides all these legions of fans flocking to the support of Brevner are clearly overracting since there is a ton of positive comments in the review. But if you're going to call something "Magnum Opus" you better make sure its a classic. Can't deny this shows Brevners potential down the road but he's by no means the top of the pack right now… if 1 review that's mostly positive is going to get under your skin you'll need therapy if someone gives you a largely negative review. Anyways big up Brevner for getting so much conversation going on here.
haha sweet. Im glad people cared enough to write in ( whatever your post said ). Im also flattered that hip hop canada gave me the review. Im not posting on here to defend anything except for the title of my album, which seems to have been taken largely out of context. The term "magnum opus" directly translates into "Ones greatest work". At the time, that was indeed my greatest work, for I was fully faceted in all aspects of the albums creation. What gives anyone the right to say that what I in fact believed to be my best work wasnt? Nobody. Check your english. haha
I think the album was amazing, I've had it for quite a while now and I still find myself listening to it daily, I definately thought it was original and I think that everybody leaving dumbass comments (Aaron) should A. Find out what Magnum Opus means and B. Go try and make a better cd haha also Aaron you got shut down by Brevner
I think Matt's album is one of the best i've heard in months. I purchased his cd off itunes and the entire cd has made it into every playlist i've made, not to mention its been added into my summer playlist. There's no doubt in my mind I'll be listening to this cd for a long while.
Big ups to Brevner for the awesome work, super fresh and original, keep up the hard work!
This album is excellent. Nothing else to say.
Look out for me on a country wide tour shortly!
This dude Matt Brevner is blowin' up. I've seen him on regular rotation on Much Vibe. Kid is nasty! All the middle class old farts sitting in front of their desktop screens take time out of their day to add fuel to the fire that is Matt Brevner. Underestimation is the key to Escalation.
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N.C. State QB, top defender out indefinitely
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North Carolina State will be without its starting quarterback as well as its top defensive player when the Wolfpack play No. 13 South Florida Saturday.
Coach Tom O'Brien said yesterday that quarterback Russell Wilson and linebacker Nate Irving are injured. He wouldn't say what was wrong with them, citing the Atlantic Coast Conference's injury policy.
"They're both injured and won't play," O'Brien said. "Indefinite. I have no idea how long it's going to be."
The team's depth chart listed Harrison Beck as the new starter at quarterback, with senior Daniel Evans as his backup.
Wilson was named the ACC's offensive back of the week after throwing three touchdown passes in a 30-24 upset of East Carolina. He was on the field at the end of the game, handing off on Andre Brown's winning 10-yard touchdown run in overtime.
Wilson, a redshirt freshman, suffered a concussion in the season opener at South Carolina, but O'Brien declined to say whether that is related to his current injury.
Beck, a junior, played sparingly against East Carolina but threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown in the first quarter.
Irving shares the lead in the ACC with three interceptions and leads the team in tackles and tackles for loss, and will be replaced by true freshman Dwayne Maddox.


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Raúl Coronado Lecture
Department of English - SMU
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 6:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The Gilbert Lecture Series Presents:
Raúl Coronado at the DeGolyer Library on September 27, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
"We the Pueblo of Texas": Print Culture, Catholic Political Philosophy, and the First Revolutionary War of Independence (1813)
Raúl Coronado's teaching and research interests are in Latina/o literary and cultural history, from the colonial period to the 1940s, with an emphasis on rethinking the literature of the Americas in a transnational, hemispheric framework, focusing particularly on the U.S.-Mexico border, while simultaneously providing new insights into the legacies of modernity and colonialism in the Americas. The author of A World Not to Come: A History of 19th c. Latino Writing, Print Culture, and the Disenchantment of the World (Harvard University Press, 2012) he is currently working on a study of the historical emergence of queer Latina/o subjectivities.
When & Where
DeGolyer Library
6404 Robert S Hyer Ln
University Park,
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 6:00 PM (PDT)
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Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz
(Redirected from Rodrigo Ponce de León, Marquis of Cadiz)
Rodrigo Ponce de Leon, Marquis de Cadiz (1443-1492) was one of the Castilian military leaders in the conquest of Granada. In 1482 he led the Castilian forces that captured Boabdil. He had earlier been one of the military leaders in the Castilian War of Succession. Juan Pacheco was his father-in-law. He was made 1st Duke of Cádiz in 1484 and succeeded briefly by his heir Francisca Ponce de León y de la Fuente.
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- Harold Livermore. A History of Spain. New York: Grove Press, 1958. p. 192.


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Playing helps kids increase their social competence and emotional maturity, lets them burn off energy and helps them regain focus after recess. This fall, six schools across Indianapolis launched a program called Playworks, designed to transform urban schools, enhance education and health.
For 45 minutes, on a rotating basis with other classes, Mr. Kaplan's first grade class at The Challenge Foundation Academy in the Meadows is led by Coach Dan Kamer of Playworks. The young coach works full time at the school overseeing recess and participating in classes. On this day Coach Dan has the first graders on their feet for a game called "Please and thank you tag". In the game the students walk around like robots until tagged, then remain frozen in place until two other students free them by saying, "Please come out and play."
Kyle Nakanishi, the Indianapolis program manager for Playworks, says many of Coach Dan's games have lessons in "soft skills".
"He really tried to incorporate games that had a positive, a really positive, language towards it. So that the kids didn't really know that they were practicing their positive language but more so were playing it. And then were like, 'Oh, wait, that language works!' That's pretty awesome. Okay."
Playworks Indiana executive director Marc McAleavey believes the soft skills the kids are learning will pay off in the workplace when they are adults.
"I think the soft skills that kids get through Playworks are the things that you can't teach later. Are the things that are hard to teach in college and in high school."
How do children in Playworks schools end conflict? RoShamBo.
Nine-year old Kennedy Harris, a fourth grader at the school explains, "It's the same thing as Rock Paper Scissors – but it has a different name." When asked if she's ever had to use RoShamBo she said, "Yes. In gym and in RoShamBo tag."
Challenge Foundation Academy principal Kelly Herron says it works. "I have two children that attend school here and very quickly RoShamBo has become the conflict resolution skill in our home. It's just been great."
Herron says the school was sold on Playworks after having a coach visit the school for one week last summer. "In that one week, we saw a change. Children were coming in to the classrooms ready to learn from recess and just really focused on what they needed to do."
IU Health is funding the first two years of Playworks in Indianapolis. Community Outreach manager Lisa Cole says, "School performance improves when there is physical activity throughout the school day. Both education and obesity prevention efforts are key priorities for us. So we thought this was a proven model that was important to bring to our community."
Program manager Kyle Nakanishi says many students come from neighborhoods that aren't safe or don't have parks.
"It's almost like their only safe haven to play. So really the only place they can really let loose they can be active and run around is on the playground at school," Nakanishi said. "So it's really important that Playworks is here to give every kid that opportunity to play in a positive light."
Fourth grader Kennedy Harris thinks school is more fun now that Coach Dan has taught them new games. "I like four square and the jump ropes and I like playing Cookie Monster."
Another tool Coach Dan uses is the phrase Crocodile, Crocodile – he also gestures with his arms in front of him like a croc eating. The kids respond with the phrase "chomp, chomp" and then hush because something fun is about to be introduced.
Plans are to offer Playworks in 15 Indianapolis schools next year.


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Here We Go Steelers!!!
OK... so I am really an Eagles fan but seeing they didn't make it through playoffs, I have to fall back on the next Pennsylvania team!! Cake made for Super Bowl party - chocolate cake with peanut butter filling and WASC with raspberry cream filling (YUMMERS!!) Cakes covered in fondant, along with football sculpted from RKT. Thanks for looking... and may the best team win!! ~ Jaime


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AVX establishes the Marshall D. Butler Distinguished Endowed Professorship of Finance at CCU
The new professorship has been awarded to Marvin Keene, assistant professor of finance at Coastal. Keene earned a Ph.D. from Florida State University and joined the Wall College in 2004. He has been published in the Journal of Financial Research, and he serves as the faculty adviser for the CCU chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, an honor society for accounting and finance students.
Butler, of New York City, served as CEO and chairman of AVX Corporation, the Myrtle Beach-based electronic components manufacturer, from 1973 until his retirement in 1993. Butler is credited with leading the company to its dominant position in the worldwide production and sales of ceramic and tantalum capacitors. He advanced the use of market research and the expansion of operations to Europe and Asia.
AVX Corporation has a long history with significant industrial influence in Horry County. In 1990 the company merged with the major Japanese electronics company Kyocera Corporation, which owns 70 percent of AVX's outstanding shares. AVX operates 20 manufacturing facilities located in 12 countries and maintains five research and development centers. Markets served include automotive, consumer, data processing, medical and telecommunications.
Prior to his association with AVX, Butler led Alloys Unlimited, a sub components manufacturer for the semiconductor industry. After his retirement from AVX, Butler began another successful career in the venture capital industry, primarily in Israel. In recognition of his efforts, Butler received the Prime Minister's Award in 1998 for his achievements in bringing capital to Israel. In 2000, he received an honorary doctorate from Technion University, Israel's leading engineering institution.
Butler is a graduate of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science and received a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University in 1950. He is on the Board of Governors of Technion University, the New York State Council for Humanities, the Association of Resident Theatres of New York City and the Jewish Community Relations Council. He and his wife, Marilyn, have four children.


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"And when you ask them how much should we give, they only answer more, more, more!" this is part of one of the verses to Creedence Clearwater Revival's classic song Fortunate Son which seems appropriate as the Wild are about to 'welcome' back two of its former players in Derek Boogaard and perhaps most accurately Marian Gaborik the franchise's first true star. Both players left the team on very different terms with the Wild fanbase; Boogaard left as an immensely popular player despite the few people that took great joy in making fun of his meager hockey skills, and Gaborik who was seen by many Wild fans as a cold blooded mercenary who never really wanted to be in Minnesota. The Wild passed on extending Boogaard a contract this summer, and many fans admitted that with so few fighters willing to drop the gloves with him had really eroded the Boogeyman's value to the team. In the case of Gaborik, the Wild tendered him a very generous contract but he passed on it and then got hurt effectively ruining any chance the organization had to trade its most valuable asset. In fact, if you bring up Gaborik it won't be long before it turns into an angry profanity-laced rant against former Wild General Manager Doug Risebrough (who ironically now serves as a consultant for the Rangers) who waited too long to pull the trigger on a deal and prevented the team from at least forcing another team to put up a king's ransom to at least re-stock the team with talent from Gabby's departure. That didn't happen and the organization has been in the doldrums since. While current Wild owner Craig Leipold denied it, but many considered Risebrough's failure to trade Gaborik to be unforgivable (and I agree it was) and the reason he terminated him as the team's general manager following the 2008-09 season. Either way, the return of Boogaard and Gaborik make for an interesting storyline as they return to the Xcel Energy Center for the first time. Last season, many fans purchased tickets for Gabby's return to Minnesota only to have the glass groin forward suffer an injury and putting him out of the lineup for that game. This time he expected to be there so it will be interesting to see the reception he receives this evening.
The Wild come into tonight's game in a pretty good mood after showing great resiliency in a come-from-behind 4-3 overtime road victory over the Detroit Red Wings. No one will accuse Minnesota of playing pretty hockey, but they certainly are playing smart, responsible hockey and while that may not mesh with "high speed up-tempo" game that fans were promised two years ago but it has been winning games (knock on wood) and at the end of the day that's what really counts. So how will Wild fans and players welcome their former teammates? Will they welcome them with a loss or will the good feelings from last night cloud their effort and squander an opportunity to gain another two points in the standings?
Minnesota looked assertive to start the game although so was Gaborik as he delivered an early hit to Greg Zanon to start the game. The Wild counter attacked and Matt Cullen fired a snap shot that was blocked aside by Martin Biron. A few moments later there was a serenade of boo's as Boogaard tried to run Marco Scandella. Gaborik was also taking his chances to get involved as he recieved a long outlet pass and found some space and his wrister was directed wide by the leg of Niklas Backstrom. Minnesota was moving very well, and a dump in would carom off of a linesman and go right to Martin Havlat who turned and took the puck out of the offensive zone before finding Cam Barker with a pass and he skated in and blasted a slapper that was deflected wide to the right and the puck would climb off the boards and the puck would flutter back down to the ice where Cullen tapped a shot wide of the mark. Minnesota was moving very well, winning many of the races to the loose puck and they were creating havoc with all of its lines as Robbie Earl tried to take advantage of a screen by Brad Stauibitz but Biron would somehow find the puck and hold on for the save. New York would rally back, and they had a tremendous opportunity themselves as Marc Staal ripped a wrist shot that was knocked down by Backstrom and as Rangers and Wild players tried jamming at the puck with Frolov throwing another wrister on goal against a sprawling Wild goaltender and somehow he was able to make the save. A few moments later the Rangers tried to use some of its big bodies to create some offense and it was working as it drew an interference penalty on Marek Zidlicky. On the power play, the Rangers struggled as Minnesota's passive pressure worked well to muck up play along the boards and they were able to repeatedly clear the zone without too much difficulty. New York tried to dump the puck in, but the Wild were retreating well and then chipping it out of the offensive zone and Minnesota got the early kill. The Rangers would try to turn the tables on the Wild with a solid forecheck of its own, but it was perhaps a little too aggressive as Ruslan Fedotenko was called for tripping Scandella giving Minnesota its 1st power play. The Wild were moving well as they moved the puck quickly from Koivu to Andrew Brunette back to Cullen who stepped into a slapper that was gloved by Biron. Minnesota was still fairly content to just create opportunities from the point. The Wild's power play really started to work the cross-ice passes, stretching out the Rangers' penalty kill setting up a great back door play to Zidlicky who one-timed a snap shot that was denied by Biron. Moments after the failed Wild power play, Gaborik tried to mount a rush with a chorus of boo's in the background only to be stood up and knocked down by a nice forearm by Cam Barker that was celebrated with cheers. Robbie Earl and the 4th line was being its pesky self and Earl would steal an attempted clear by Biron but unfortunately he was unable to turn that turnover into a scoring chance. Both teams would trade a few ineffective rushes and the period would end with both teams tied at 0-0 going into the 2nd period.
Minnesota would have a tremendous scoring chance to start the game as a misplay of the puck by Marc Staal turned into a 2-on-1 for Havlat and Nystrom. As Havlat carried it into the zone, the Rangers' Dan Girardi dropped to the ice to try to disrupt a cross ice pass and Havlat's pass was off the mark to the frustration of the crowd. A few moments later, Marco Scandella would make a nice defensive play shutting down Frolov and Minnesota would go on the counter attack but again were unable to generate a shot on goal. The Wild's 4th line continued to do good work as forced a turnover from the Rangers' Steve Eminger which worked its way to Robbie Earl who fired a quick snap shot that was snatched out of the air by Biron. Minnesota would get into trouble as Martin Havlat woudl high stick Ryan Callahan in the face as he attempted to lift his stick for an obvious penalty. Minnesota would go on the attack despite being a man down as Brent Burns went on a one-man rush as he fired a backhander wide of the goal. The Rangers power play was able to get set up and they had a few quality chances including a flurry near the net where Gaborik had a few shots at point-blank range that Backstrom denied before reaching out to cover up. Minnesota would get the kill, and the pace of the game would slow down a bit. The Wild tried to create some offense as Barker blasted a shot from the point that was absorbed by Biron. The 2nd line of Havlat, Madden and Nystrom continued to apply pressure in the Rangers' zone as Madden flung a shot on goal and Biron would deny a close range chance by Nystrom. The Rangers would start to assert themselves physically, as Derek Boogaard ran Robbie Earl causing the Wild to get disrupted in its own zone leading to a Matt Gilroy shot that yielded a big rebound and Artem Anisimov buried the rebound to put New York up 1-0. The goal seemed to take the wind out of the Wild's sails as they struggled to execute in the offensive zone. It would not get much better for the Wild as Brent Burns earned a marginal tripping penalty when he swept by New York's Erik Christensen giving the Rangers another power play. New York would race into the zone as Marian Gaborik carried it in and found Michael Del Zotto with nice pass and the skilled defenseman patiently waited as Backstrom laid out to make the stop and he lifted a wrister into the near open net to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead to a huge chorus of boo's still annoyed at what they felt was a weak penalty. The Wild seemed to be in a haze and the Rangers nearly added to its lead a a few minutes later after some hard work by Brandon Prust down low behind the Minnesota goal before dishing it back to Ruslan Fedotenko in the slot who rang a shot off the pipe. Yet it would not be long before the Rangers found the back of the net as a faceoff win in the Wild zone was pushed back out to Girardi who fired a slapper wide of the goal that was gathered up by Alexander Frolov who quickly stuffed home a wrap around to put New York up 3-0. However bad luck for the Wild seemed to get even worse as Hastings, Minnesota-native Derek Stepan found some space behind the Minnesota defense and he'd race in all alone on the breakaway but Backstrom shut him down. In the very next shift, Mikko Koivu would flip a puck into the crowd giving the Rangers another power play. Minnesota would earn a small level of reprieve when Brandon Dubinsky inadvertently ran over Niklas Backstrom for an easy goaltender interference call to make it 4-on-4 and the period would end a few seconds later with a few boo's cascading down towards the Wild as they now trailed 3-0 going into the 3rd.
The 3rd period would start with both teams 4-on-4 for nearl a minute and a half. The Wild were looking to press the attack right away as put out a line of Madden, Havlat, Zidlicky and Zanon and it was Havlat's pass to a sneaking Zidlicky that failed to click. Minnesota would finally find some space as Cal Clutterbuck raced in and unloaded a slap shot that Biron got enough of to directed it aside. The Wild had a brief power play where they set up Andrew Brunette near the crease but his forehand chance was easily blocked aside by Biron. You could sense the level of urgency out of the Wild as they were taking every opportunity to mount a rush. The aggressive Wild attack would give the Rangers some chances to counter attack and after a failed rush the Rangers created a 2-on-1 and Backstrom would make a fine save on Stepan. Moments later, another failed Wild pinch turned into offense for the Rangers as Brandon Dubinsky raced in on a breakaway who made a nice little deke before sliding a forehand underneath the outstretched leg pad of Backstrom to put New York up 4-0. The goal only made the need for the Wild to score that much greater so they continued to take every opportunity to try to go on the attack. The Rangers were playing patient hockey, but Minnesota would get lucky as Eminger got a high stick into the face of Nystrom giving the Wild a much-needed power play. The Rangers were denying space and time and using their sticks well to take away passing and shooting lanes. However when Minnesota was able to get possession they were trying cross-ice passes but the Rangers were disrupting those passes very effectively and the Wild were not able to create much offensive pressure at all. Minnesota tried to ratchet up their physical game but they were always a half step to slow to turn their hits into turnovers. New York was content to dump the puck deep and change forcing the Wild to carry the puck up the full length of the ice. Clutterbuck was throwing his body around as he rocked Gilroy with a big hit. Zidlicky would take a lazy hooking penalty. On the penalty kill, perhaps showing a little bit of frustration, Brent Burns levled Ryan Callahan with a big hit, but Minnesota was hustling well and a great play by Kyle Brodziak to avoid an attempted hip check by Del Zotto allowed him to set up Cullen for a nice tap in shorthanded goal to cut the Rngers lead to three, 4-1. The Wild were still aggressive on the penalty kill as they were looking for opportunities to create turnovers but their aggressiveness would be used against them as the Rangers got the Wild moving and then working against the grain back to Fedotenko who buried a chance just as the power play expired to give New York a 5-1 lead. Minnesota tried to go back on the attack and Robbie Earl won a race for a loose puck and push it to Brodziak who dished into the slot where Martin Havlat tried to fire a shot through the 5-hole but it would be shut down by Biron. Minnesota would continue to press and after winning a draw in the Rangers' zone Martin Havlat would take the puck and turn towards the net and fire it and it snuck in behind the shoulder of Biron to make it a 5-2 New York lead. The Wild were still attacking and a long range wrister by Havlat created a rebound that Nystrom pounced upon that had Biron on his back and the puck was lying in the crease as Zidlicky tried to jam it home but Biron was able to snow angel to make the stop. About a minute later the Wild continued to work hard in the offensive zone and they were able to draw a high sticking call on Del Zotto giving Minnesota a crucial power play. Minnesota's Head Coach Todd Richards would take a timeout to discuss this big man advantage with his team while the Rangers bench boss John Tortorella took his opportunity to complain to the official about the call on Del Zotto. The Rangers penalty kill challenged well in the neutral zone making it very difficult for the Wild to get set up. With about a minute left, the Wild pulled Niklas Backstrom for an extra attacker but all they could manage was a few long range shots that never even reached Biron and Minnesota would fall 5-2.
Niklas Backstrom was 'ok' making 25 saves in the loss. The goals he gave up were quality chances and he kept Minnesota in the game until midway through the 2nd period. At that point the Wild stopped moving its feet and began to give up the odd-man chances that haunted Backstrom last season. Defensively the Wild struggled when the Rangers got physical in their own zone and that seemed to get Minnesota out of its game and they were able to generate scoring chances. The more physical the Rangers were, the less likely the Wild's defense was able to sweep away the rebounds and these were what New York pounced upon to more or less beat Minnesota in the 2nd period where they were outshot 14 to 4.
Offensively the Wild had too little too late and I am not sure why but they struggle to do much of anything in the 2nd period of games. This really puts a ton of pressure on the Wild's defense and goaltending to preserve a chance to win the game. The Wild you could say had only themselves to blame. Martin Havlat especially was passing up opportunities to shoot the puck and yes I know how annoying it is to hear fans yell "shoooot!" constantly all game but this team needs to put more shots on goal. At the very least to keep teams honest defensively. Havlat's goal was due in part to perhaps surprise over the fact he decided to actually shoot the puck , and he will find out his teammates will be more open if he takes his opportunities to shoot when he has them. Another player who needs to get more involved offensively is Mikko Koivu. Koivu must make himself a factor offensively and could stand to be a bit more greedy with the puck and take his chances to fire it on net.
Part of what made this game frustrating is the strong way it started the game and then it seemed to just relax in the 2nd period. In the 1st the Wild were forechecking well and winning battles for the loose pucks. The 4th line of Brad Staubitz, Kyle Brodziak and Robbie Earl had some great shifts where they gave the Rangers some problems. I am not saying this was the worst game the team played but they waited until the 3rd period to finally show some urgency and by then it was far too late. The late 3rd period rally was nice but it made you ask yourself, where was that in the 2nd period? Certainly the Wild will have to do some soul searching for the answer to that question before their next game against Philadelphia (at home) on Wednesday.
Before I set up the Philadelphia game anymore, I have to mention the bizarre broadcast I witnessed as part of NHL Center Ice. I watched the New York Rangers' MSG Network feed tonight, and it must be a bargain basement version of it as instead of cutting away to New York during intermission or other stoppages for commercials you stayed at the game as the camera panned about the arena randomly as you heard MSG broadcasters talk with the producers. From hearing Rosen and Michelletti talking through the national anthem as they tried to get their headphones / microphones configured correctly. It was hilarious to hear the off-color comments by MSG broadcasters Sam Rosen, Minnesota-native Joe Micheletti and in game reporter John Giannone while they thought they were not 'on the aire.' The best comment of the night was delivered by Giannone who was commenting on the ice time of Marian Gaborik who as of during the 2nd intermission led all Rangers forwards in ice time at 13:24, where Giannone opined, "wow, Gaborik has 13:24 of ice time, he's playing well tonight, like he cares." It was priceless and so true.
The Wild will have a tough one on Wednesday when the Flyers come to town. The Flyers are a strong, physical team that Minnesota typically struggles agains and they have a lot of different weapons they can beat you with. Minnesota cannot afford to just coast one period if they expect to beat one of the better teams in the league like the Flyers are. Minnesota must find a way to give that 60-minute effort but still defensively responsible as it has during the last 10 games or so. Back to back's are not easy to win, but they can't complain as the Rangers were coming off a back to back of their own. No excuses, they have to be better.
Wild Notes:
~ The Wild roster tonight was as follows: Mikko Koivu, Andrew Brunette, Antti Miettinen, Martin Havlat, Matt Cullen, Eric Nystrom, Cal Clutterbuck, Brad Staubitz, John Madden, Kyle Brodziak, Casey Wellman, Robbie Earl, Nick Schultz, Cam Barker, Marco Scandella, Greg Zanon, Marek Zidlicky and Brent Burns. Jose Theodore backed up Niklas Backstrom. Clayton Stoner was the lone healthy scratch, while Guillaume Latendresse and Chuck Kobasew were out of the lineup with groin injuries. Pierre-Marc Bouchard, allegedly close to returning to the team for a full month now is still out of the lineup as he hopes to get himself completely over his post-concussion symptoms.
~ The 3 Stars of the Game as selected by Let's Play Hockey were: 1st Star Dan Girardi, 2nd Star Marc Staal, 3rd Star Brent Burns
~ Attendance for tonight's game was 18,695 which marks the first sellout since the season opener.
~ The Wild's AHL affiliate, the Houston Aeros also fell this evening by a score of 5-2 against rival Chicago who currently sits in last place in the West. After going scoreless in the 1st period, the Wolves beat Anton Khudobin for 3 goals in quick succession before Head Coach Mike Yeo tried to change things up by going to former Mississauga Ice Dogs (a former teammate of Wild draft pick Patrick O'Sullivan) Michael Ouzas. Ouzas did not fare much better giving up a power play goal to Chicago's Nigel Dawes. The Wolves would add one more in the 3rd period as AHL scoring machine Jason Krog notched just his 3rd goal of the season to give Chicago a commanding 5-0 lead. The Aeros would try to rally back much the same way the Wild did late in the game and managed to beat former Denver Pioneer netminder Peter Mannino twice as Colton Gillies and Peter Kalus found the back of the net. Ouzas stopped 13 of 15 shots he faced while Khudobin earned the loss after giving up 3 goals on just 9 shots.
~ I was recently listening to a broadcast of a Kelowna Rockets game, where Wild scout Paul Charles talked about Brett Bulmer who said he was pleased with the improvement in consistency of the budding power forward from the first time they visited him after sending him back to junior from the team's training camp. He explained why the team really felt strongly they should move up to draft Bulmer who has a lot of tools they wanted for the Wild, to quote Charles, "he had a lot of things we really need in Minnesota" describing Bulmer as a 'nasty guy on the ice.'
Wild Prospect Report:
LW – Jason Zucker ~ Denver Pioneers (WCHA)
2010-11 Stats: 14GP 9G 4A = 13pts 24 PIM's
In a recent issue, the Hockey News mentioned some of the top freshman in NCAA hockey this season but one that was omitted was left winger Jason Zucker. Zucker has been an offensive force for the Pioneers thus far this season, currently 2nd on the team in points and tied for the lead in goals. The Las Vegas-trained player possesses a lot of speed and plays a high energy game very reminiscent of Cal Clutterbuck as he loves to throw his smallish frame around delivering hits with great frequency. After spending last season with the U.S. National Development Program where he was more of a secondary scoring option, few probably thought Zucker was going to be such a key offensive contributor so early into his collegiate career. Like Clutterbuck, Zucker's speed allows him to play a solid two-way game and in his most recent game Zucker added a goal and an assist in a 3-1 Denver win over WCHA newcomer Bemidji State.
G – Darcy Kuemper ~ Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2010-11 Stats: 21GP 15W-4L-1OTL 1.79GAA .933%SP 3SO
Darcy Kuemper continues to play great for the Red Deer, and no doubt Wild management have to be extremely happy with his play this season. The Rebels have improved in front of him, but he has been simply the best goaltender in the WHL this season. The big 6'4″, 205lbs frame covers a lot of net on his own and he is your prototypical NHL netminder with size and decent athleticism. The Rebels have sent Bolton Pouliot, Kuemper's backup back down to Jr.A and added another goaltender but they're going to spend most of their time just opening the door to the bench as the Wild prospect will be taking care most of the responsibilities. It will be interesting to see if Keumper can keep up this high level of play for the rest of the season.


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In response to a post about crying while sharing the news with a boss:
Off-topic, but I broke down crying during a conversation with my professor a few weeks back. Totally unexpected. It was even more awkward because I hadn't told anyone about the pregnancy so I couldn't blame it on the hormones. I was mortified!


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Land of Heather
Chapter II. Village Happenings
IN a grass-plot at the borders of many of
the Drumtochty gardens was a well that served for two or three neighboring
families. It would be eight or ten feet deep, and was covered by a large
flat stone that
Drawing water was not the only outdoor task which fell to
the lot of the women. In several instances a village family owned a cow, and
the housewife fed and milked it in the byre, and led it to and from pasture.
The pig-pen, too, was included in the feminine sphere, and when it needed
replenishing the woman thought nothing of walking off several miles and
bringing home a small porker in a bag slung over her shoulder.
I observed that at many of the houses the weekly washing
was done in the narrow hallways, no doubt owing to the overcrowded condition
of the small kitchens; but not a few women preferred to make the
task an open-air one. In that case the tubs were set up at
the back of the house, and near by a fire was started, and over it was hung
the big black pot in which was heated a supply of water. The drying which
followed the cleansing was sometimes accomplished by hanging the clothes on
lines, but more often they were spread on the grass or trailed over the
hedges. When the wash was taken in, the starched things were sorted out,
while the rest — the towels, underwear, and sheets — were carefully folded
and placed in a pile on the floor, and a cloth laid over them. On this pile
the housewife stood while she ironed the starched goods, and by the time she
had finished, the clothes beneath her feet were pressed so smooth that to
iron them would have been superfluous.
June was the most notable month of the washerwomen's year,
for that is the time of the " blanket-scouring." The work could be executed
after a fashion indoors, but the approved Scotch method is to put the
blankets in a tub and tramp them clean with bare feet, and it is essential
that there should be plenty of water and likewise plenty of elbow-room.
Therefore nearly every Drumtochty housewife seeks the burn in the Free Kirk
hollow when she feels inspired to undertake the blanket-washing. Usually two
neighbors combine in doing the work. A fire is built by the streamside, and
a great pot of water is suspended over it. Later
One result of the outdoor toil which fell to the lot of
the village mothers was that they often had to leave their children to take
care of themselves. Even when the mothers were at home, the crowded
inconvenience of the living rooms made the house interior a poor place for
youthful amusement, and in fair weather the children for the most part
sought the street.
The road was gritty macadam, hard on shoes and harder
still on the toddlers' arms and shins, which the prevailing fashion in
British infant garments left bare.
The Drumtochty children all hated to wear shoes, but there
were certain of the parents who thought that an unshod child lacked a little
of complete respectability. The shoemaker was one of these, and he told
Jamie, greatly to the latter's grief, not to go barefoot to school. Jamie
was in most ways faithful and obedient, but this was a trifle too much, and
often he was no sooner out of sight of the house than he slipped off his
shoes and hid them behind a dyke (stone wall). He would resume them when he
returned from school in the afternoon, and thus things continued until one
day he forgot where he had left them. He searched in vain, and had to come
home barefoot. As a consequence his father laid down the law more strictly
than ever, and Jamie appeared in school shod afterward.
For the mothers who lived in the front row of the village
the roadway playground was very well situated. It was always under their
eyes, and they were often stepping out to make sure the bairns were still in
sight, and perhaps to order them in if they were getting unruly or
quarrelsome. Sometimes the interference was for a lesser reason, as when my
landlady, observing Cathie stand still and try to get something from beneath
her clothing at the back of her neck, called out, "Coom here, Cathie, what's
the maitter wi' ye?"
"There's soomthin' doon ma neik," replied the little girl.
"Then coom into the hoose this minute," commanded her
mother. "It's like it's soom beast. I'll na hae ye pullin' at yer claes on
the street."
Just as she was starting off" with Cathie, she noticed a
little fellow standing somewhat aside from the others, with a handkerchief
bound about his face, and she paused to ask, "What's the maitter wi' your
"Ma haid's swulled wi' the buffets " (mumps), was the
doleful reply.
"Coom, Cathie," exclaimed the shoemaker's wife, in greater
trepidation than ever ; "hurry, lass! Div ye no hear that? Buffets and
beasts too! Ye maun stay indoors wi' me!"
A stile in the stone wall, across the road, was the
The upper edge of the den, on one side, was rimmed with a
narrow path that led far down the brae, into the valley of the Tochty. Near
the stream, in an amphitheatre of grassy bluffs, was a bit of level meadow
where the men of Drumtochty were wont to play kites (quoits). Saturday was
the great day for the game, as the final afternoon of the week is a holiday
among Scotch artisans and
trades people, and a large part of the village men
were then free to use their time as they pleased. I had the chance to see a
match game one Saturday. It was between the local club of the clachan and
that of the neighboring hamlet of Netheraird. The Netheraird team arrived in
a brake at four o'clock: and was taken at once up to the inn. The horses
were put out, and the men all betook themselves to the bar, to get a dram. I
was told that without a dram it was impossible for a kiter to play. After a
liberal allowance of time for social chaffing and drinking at the public,
the players went rambling over the stile opposite the shoemaker's, and on
down the brae to the playground. The several circles of earth that were to
serve as targets had already been prepared, and in the centre of each of
these circles of freshly turned ground was an iron pin that barely projected
into sight. The players, when they pitched their kites, aimed for that pin.
When they were ready to begin in earnest, the men got off
their coats and vests, and groups of lookers-on gathered about each dirt
goal. Others, less intent, lay down on the near bank, where thickets of
broom spread away up the hill. At one time the threatening clouds rose
darkly in the west, and we had a spatter of rain; but this did not in the
least interrupt the game, and the shower quickly blew eastward and a
double rainbow came out of the disappearing storm. The
players were matched in groups of four, two on a side, and each of the
opponent couples had a coach. The coach was a man with a pencil in his hand,
and his pockets full of paper slips on which to keep tally. But the slips
were used mostly to guide the throwers. The coach sticks one up in the dirt
right by the pin, and shouts out, "Div ye see that paper? That's your spot
noo, lad. Be there for the life o' ye, Wullie!"
Wullie throws, and the coach, bending eagerly forward with
his hands on his knees, thinks the kite is coming all right, and shouts, "I
like ye!"
But the kite falls short, and the watcher jumps into the
air and waves his arms distractedly and says, "Ahh!" as though it was his
last gasp. "Ye're a fut too weak," he calls across the field. "Ye're lazy,
The other side now has a turn, and Wullie's coach subsides
into a watchful but calm spectator. Wullie, however, no sooner poises his
ring for a cast than the coach springs forward, all on fire with eager
intentness. He sets a fresh paper up in the dirt, puts his hands on each
side of it to make the spot exact, and says: "Noo, Wullie, dirty that paper.
There's plenty o' room here. Ye c'n dae it. Noo, be sure!"
The quoit comes flying through the air, and the
watcher leaps aside and makes a gesture of despair when it
strikes the farther edge of the circle. "Aw," he cries, "ye're strang, mon —
Oh, big a' thegither! For the love o' guidness, Wullie, pu' up!"
So the game goes on, each side as excited as if the fate
of the nation depended on their winning. But the excitement was superlative
only on the part of the coaches, for the players saved their energies for
careful pitching of the rings. As for the onlookers, they were in the main
quiet observers, most of the men judicially puffing at their pipes. No
ladies were present. Women do not attend games in the Scotch country, and
you see no one feminine either at quoits or at the favorite winter game of
At the conclusion of the contest all the players went up
to the inn, where the home club furnished a supper. The repast was simple
—just cold meat, bread, cookies, and a mug of beer apiece. But this was only
a preliminary. Treating was in order after the lunch had been disposed of,
songs were called for, and the merrymaking went on till the inn-closing time
at ten o'clock.
Perhaps the most important public event I witnessed in
Drumtochty was an evening political meeting in the schoolyard. When I
arrived I found standing at the roadside, close by the playground fence, a
van something like a very substantial gypsy wagon. It was painted in the
gayest of colors, and its
name, "The Thistle," was conspicuous in fancy letters on its
sides, while the British flag was flying from a pole hoisted on the front of
the car, giving the conveyance an agreeable air of patriotism. In this van
two men made their home and travelled through the country, months at a time,
distilling wisdom among the rural folk all along their route. The horse that
drew the van had been detached, and a platform had been let down over the
shafts. The speakers, two stout, red-faced men, who looked like hearty
eaters and hard drinkers, had descended from their domicile and were
conversing with a knot of farmers.
After a little, one of the orators requested such of the
audience as were loitering in the roadway or perched on adjoining stone
walls to go into the playground, where a number of backless benches from the
schoolroom were grouped to serve the assemblage for seats. There were thirty
or forty of us in all, mostly men and boys, but including two women and a
small girl. The meeting was rather an informal affair, and some of the
listeners had pipes lit and continued to puff at them from beginning to end.
First a chairman was elected, and the old farmer chosen stepped out, cane in
hand, and made a few rambling remarks intended to be introductory. Then one
of the red-faced men gave us a talk from the car platform over the dyke. He
sympathized with the farmers, who, he declared, were
overtaxed, and he hoped and believed things would soon be remedied. The
second speaker said the same at more or less length, and then took up the
matter of disestablishing the Scotch church, which was a measure that he by
no means approved. The audience had found the overtaxation talk interesting
and much to its liking, but there were many dissenters present to whom the
speaker's opposition to disestablishment was not palatable. Presently a man
got up and said they wanted to hear about political matters — they hadn't
come there to hear about the kirks. This led to some sharp bandying, with
laughter and cheering from the audience. In the end the speaker went on in
his own way, and at the close of his peroration there were votes of thanks
all around, and applause, and promises on the part of the orators to come
again in the autumn. I cannot say that I had been much impressed by their
arguments, and I thought they were taken more seriously than they deserved.
Their chief talent was a certain fluency and aptitude for talking in public.
This saved them from dulness if it did not from shallowness, and I suppose
what they said had some effect.
These political speechmakers were the aristocrats of the
road, and probably would not acknowledge any kinship to the "tinkers," even
when the latter travelled in vans of the same type as theirs. Not all
tinkers had vans,
however, for the term "tinker" was used to include all persons without a
fixed abode — gypsies, beggars, tramps, and pedlers. Of the many
representatives of these humble knights of the highway who visited
Drumtochty the gypsies were the best equipped and often carried a
considerable amount of merchandise. I recall one van so hung over and piled
up with basket-ware that hardly a glimpse was to be had of the original
vehicle. The structure towered aloft in a most astonishing and topheavy
manner. Its proprietor gave his energies to driving the horse, while his
wife, loaded with various chairs and flower-stands and other trappings, went
from house to house trying to make sales. A half-grown girl sat in the
doorway of the car with a baby of three weeks in her arms, and several other
children played around inside and out. I did not count these youngsters, but
the man told me he had eight children in all. He said he travelled all over
the island, and that he had a smaller cart that was following behind. I
looked inside the van and found it crowded with shelves and cupboards, used
for storage and sleeping space, with a few feet reserved in one corner for a
small open fireplace.
Often two or three of the tinkers known as "pack folk"
would pass through the place in a single day. They carried their personal
belongings and stock in trade on their backs, and I heard the village
postmaster in a moment
of humor refer to them as "commercial trivellers." At best they were
considered a nuisance, and at worst, when they were coarse and drunken, it
was decidedly unpleasant to find them within one's home gate. A man tramp
was likely to have a powerful odor of whiskey about him, and ten to one the
drink had made him the tramp he was. Late in the day he, with his pack and
an empty bottle, was very apt to be found lying by the roadside dead drunk.
He might even spend the night there in the ditch.
The line separating pedlers from beggars was a very
indistinct one, and the latter usually made some pretence of having the
vocation of the former, for begging pure and simple is unlawful. The women
were the most inveterate of the beggars. They never lacked a pitiful tale to
tell, and they had a whining, decrepit way at the door, not much in keeping
with the vigor one would fancy was required for the amount of walking they
did. In many instances the female tinker had a baby in her arms, half
supported from her shoulders by a shawl that was wound around both her and
the child. Besides the baby she would carry a bundle in one hand and a heavy
basket on her back, that in part at least contained goods for sale. Yet she
does not thus burden herself so much in the hope of profit as to keep within
the letter of the law, and though she goes through the form of attempting to
trade at each house, it
is only by way of preface to her requests for "a drawing of tea," a bite to
eat, and a charitable penny or bit of silver. Certain of the men tramps
dispensed with the packs of notions altogether and lived by their wits; but
none of the tinkers was accounted especially dangerous or dishonest. Still,
"ye maun keep an eye open the whiles they're aroon."
One "gaein' aboot body" with whom I talked was a dirty old
woman who greeted me one day from a wayside heap of road metal (broken
stone) on which she was resting. She had been carrying a big bundle strapped
to her shoulders, but had loosened it for the moment. In addition she had
with her a dangling bunch of rabbit skins that she had taken in exchange
trades with farmers' wives. A wretched specimen of a shoe lay in her lap,
and I noticed that one of her feet had no covering save a frayed stocking.
She explained that the shoe was burst out and would keep slipping off, and
it was easier to take it along in her hand than it was to wear it. She said
she was only four weeks out of the poorhouse, where she had been laid up all
winter with her liver. She was hardly able to get about, but she would
rather do almost anything than bide in the workhouse; so she was trying to
earn a few pennies peddling with her pack. She had seven children. Some were
in Australia, some in South Africa, and one in America, and there was
another, a son, who had been "misfortunit, and had to
run awa'," and she did not know where he was. A daughter had married well
and was living in Aberdeen, and the daughter knew her mother's need, and so
did some of the other children, but none of them offered her help, and she
would rather die than ask it of them. She heaved a sigh, gave her nose a
dicht (wipe), took up the rabbit skins, and shifted her bundle up to her
shoulders. Then she rose stiffly from the stone heap, and I watched her
melancholy figure hobble away down the road.
Another tramp who interested me was a tall man with a
touch of the dandy in the tilt of his hat and the curl of his long mustache.
He said he was a clock-maker, and that he had been a soldier. He pulled back
his sleeve and showed an arm covered with blue tattooing. The man's son, a
slender, pinch-faced little boy, accompanied him, and bore a pack just like
his father's, only smaller. The man was a hard drinker, and one could not
but pity the lad tied to such a companion. The village people declared the
man "gaed the wee laddie great lickin's," which was the more distressing
because the boy seemed a quiet little fellow, and not at all vicious.
Toward the end of June there was a funeral in the clachan.
It was a day of rain, and my window in the shoemaker's parlor was blurred
with the drive of the storm, and the hills beyond the hollow where the
Tochty flowed were half misted from sight. The wind blew and
kept the branches of the row of trees across the road tossing, and made a
lonely sound about the eaves. I could hear the sparrows chirping forlornly
somewhere in the neighborhood of the dwellings, and now and then I saw a
gull flap down on one of the farm fields beyond the highway.
The funeral was that of an old man who had died two days
before, and this afternoon the men of the place put on their "Sabbath
blacks" and gathered about the door of the old man's dwelling. Not many of
them went inside, for the house was small and would accommodate few besides
the relatives. It stood on the lane that led up to the inn on the back row,
and a sombre hearse waited at the corner. When the short house service was
concluded, the men mourners prepared to walk to the grave. The hearse headed
the procession, and next came the clergyman in his shovel hat, closely
followed by the rest of the company. The weather was so wet that every one
carried umbrellas and wore waterproofs or overcoats, and thus the straggling
group wended its way down the road toward the burying-ground, a good mile
The bee expert of the village, known as "The Auld Lad,"
had stepped in at the shoemaker's to see the procession pass, and I said to
him it seemed too bad the funeral should come on so stormy a day; but he
thought it a good omen, and said it was an old saying in
Scotland, —
" Happy is the bride that the sun shines on, Blessed
is the corp that the rain poors on."
In the Auld Kirk churchyard, which was the place of
interment for all the hamlet, stood a substantial stone shed that had been
pointed out to me as the "Deid Hoose." It occurred to me now to ask the Auld
Lad about this building. In response he told how, when he was a schoolboy,
"the students frae the medical colleges used to be liftin' the deid when
they were first buried."
For a long time the people all over Scotland watched each
newly made grave every night during several weeks. The watchers kept their
vigils in twos for the sake of company, and they always carried a " load gun
" with them, and, what was of hardly less consequence, a bottle of whiskey
to alleviate the cheer-lessness of their occupation. They usually stayed in
the church or a near house, looking out frequently, and going now and then
to the grave. The warmth of summer might sometimes tempt them to stand guard
outside, but "On a winter nicht it was cauld, mind ye," said the Auld Lad,
"aye, and they didna care to be exposit."
At last, to save this close watching of the graves,
the dead house was built. It had a floor of sand in which
the coffins were buried about two feet deep, to be taken up at the end of
five or six weeks for their final interment in the kirkyard.
This talk about the dead house led the Auld Lad to relate
the following bit of history. "There was a wuman," said he, "the wife o' a
meenister, and the nicht aifter she was buried what did the bedrel (sexton)
do but dig doon to the grave to get twa reengs he'd taken notice of on her
feenger. But when he got to the body, he couldna pu' the reengs aff the
feenger, and he was just cuttin' the feenger aff when the wuman turned in
her coffin, mon, and said, 'Oh dear !'
"Then she told the bedrel if he'd lat her oot, she'd never
tell on him; and the bedrel said he would ; and he helped her to the gate of
her hoose, and she went, all in her grave-clothes, and rappit on the door.
Her mon was inside, and he sayed, 'If ma wife wasna deid, I'd say that was
her rap;' and he opened the door, and he lat her in, and at the fricht o'
seein' her he fell richt ower backwards. But they brought him roond; and the
wuman lived sax years aifter that, and she had twa bairns, and one o' their
names was Ralph Erskine — and, mon, that's a true story ! "
About four o'clock of the day of the funeral the rain
suddenly ceased, and the dun cloud-mass overhead slid
away into the east and left clear sky and sunshine behind. By evening the
grass and earth were nearly dry, and the children were playing in the
roadway and climbing along the dykes. Women with babies in their arms, and
women without, stood at their gates, or their neighbor's gate, chatting, and
now and then a man enjoying a quiet pipe of tobacco made one in a group.
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NAMIC Joins Coalition in Veto Request Letter on AB 2160, Domestic Insurer Investments
A coalition of state and national insurance trade associations, including NAMIC and its state trade advocacy partner the Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies and the California Chamber of Commerce, sent a letter Sept. 4 to Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. requesting that he veto AB 2160, legislation that would impose new administrative costs and burdens on California-only domestic insurers and discourage insurers from selecting California as their state of domicile.
As stated in the Legislative Counsel's Digest, AB 2160 "would require that investments by a domestic insurer in companies that are included on the list maintained by the Department of General Services be treated as nonadmitted assets on the financial statements of the domestic insurer. The bill would deem use of the list developed for purposes of the Iran Contracting Act of 2010 as automatic compliance with these requirements. The bill would require the insurer to provide the Department of Insurance, on an annual basis, with a list of the investments the insurer has in companies included on the Department of General Services list."
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Frank Tolbert scored 24 points, Korvotney Barber had 21, and Auburn held off George Washington 74-70 Sunday in the BB&T Classic.
It was the fourth straight victory for the Tigers (4-1), who forced 21 turnovers and got 11 points from Rasheem Barrett.
Wynton Witherspoon scored 17 for George Washington (2-3) and Rob Diggs had 15. The Colonials have lost three straight.
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Auburn led 51-48 before DeWayne Reed hit a jumper and Barrett added a three-point play to up the margin to 8. Minutes later, GW's Damian Hollis connected from beyond the arc and Cheyenne Moore added a dunk and two free throws to tie it at 62 with 5:07 left.
After the Tigers went back in front 67-62, Maureece Rice made a 3-pointer for the Colonials. But Barber answered with a driving layup and Quantez Robertson hit two foul shots to make it 71-65.
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