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What’s So Bad About Tofu?

Many health-conscious Americans, in an effort to improve their eating habits, have switched to eating tofu in place of meat or eggs. The soy industry would have you believe that this is a smart move for your heart health, but in reality processed soy, which includes tofu, is not a health food.

You are much better off eating organic eggs, grass-fed meat and raw dairy products than you are eating processed soy.

“Unlike in Asia where people eat small amounts of whole soybean products, western food processors separate the soybean into two golden commodities–protein and oil. There’s nothing safe or natural about this,” Dr. Daniel says.

What's So Bad About Tofu?

 “Today’s high-tech processing methods not only fail to remove the anti-nutrients and toxins that are naturally present in soybeans but leave toxic and carcinogenic residues created by the high temperatures, high pressure, alkali and acid baths and petroleum solvents,” she continues.

The worst of the worst when it comes to soy products are the fractionated products like soy protein isolate and hydrolyzed plant protein, as all processed soy contains phytates that block mineral absorption and trypsin inhibitors that block proper digestion.

Tofu is one step up because it’s a whole soy product, but it still contains the anti-nutrients mentioned above.

Health Problems Linked to Soy

Among the many health problems linked to a high-soy diet are:

• Thyroid problems, including weight gain, lethargy, malaise, fatigue, hair loss, and loss of libido
• Premature puberty and other developmental problems in babies, children and adolescents
• Cancer
• Brain damage
• Reproductive disorders
• Soy allergies

Meanwhile, studies reviewed by Dr. Daniel and colleagues have found that soy does not reliably lower cholesterol, and in fact raises homocysteine levels in many people, which has been found to increase your risk of heart disease, stroke, and birth defects. In fact, according to Dr. Daniel, soy can increase your risk of heart disease.

As a result, she and other experts have sent a 65-page petition to the FDA asking them to retract the “soy prevents heart disease” health claim that they approved back in 1999, and let’s hope they do the right thing and comply.

It’s very important to know also that children and babies, who are still developing, are particularly vulnerable to soy’s hormone-mimicking effects. A Lancet study showed that the daily exposure to estrogen-imitating chemicals for infants who consume soy formulas was 6-11 times higher than adults consuming soy foods.

And the blood concentration of these hormones was 13,000 to 22,000 times higher than estrogen in the blood. An infant exclusively fed soy formula receives the estrogenic equivalent (based on body weight) of up to five birth control pills per day. So please do not feed your baby soy infant formula, or your toddler soy foods (if you can’t breastfeed and are looking for a formula alternative, here’s a recipe for a healthy homemade infant formula). The effects are so potent that even pregnant women should avoid eating soy products for the safety of their unborn child.

And there’s more:

• Soybeans are high in natural toxins, also known as antinutrients. This includes a large quantity of inhibitors that deter the enzymes needed for protein digestion. Further, these enzyme inhibitors are not entirely disabled during ordinary cooking. The result is extensive gastric distress and chronic deficiencies in amino acid uptake, which can result in dangerous pancreatic impairments and cancer.

• Soybeans contain hemaglutinins, which cause red blood cells to clump together. Soybeans also have growth-depressant substances, and while these substances are reduced in processing, they are not completely eliminated.

Soy contains goitrogens, which can frequently lead to depressed thyroid function.

Most soybeans (over 80%) are genetically modified, and they contain one of the highest levels of pesticide contamination of all foods.

• Soybeans are very high in phytates, which prevent the absorption of minerals including calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc, all of which are co-factors for optimal biochemistry in your body.

The Are Some Ways to Safely Enjoy Soy

There are a few types of soy that are healthy, and all of them are fermented. After a long fermentation process, the phytic acid and antinutrient levels of the soybeans are reduced, and their beneficial properties — such as the creation of natural probiotics — become available to your digestive system.

It also greatly reduces the levels of dangerous isoflavones, which are similar to estrogen in their chemical structure, and can interfere with the action of your own estrogen production.

So if you enjoy soy and want to eat it without damaging your health — and in fact gain health benefits — the following are all healthy options:

    1. Natto, fermented soybeans with a sticky texture and strong, cheese-like flavor. It’s loaded with nattokinase, a very powerful blood thinner. Natto is actually a food I eat regularly, as it is the highest source of vitamin K2 on the planet and has a very powerful beneficial bacteria, bacillus subtilis. It can usually be found in any Asian grocery store.

2. Tempeh, a fermented soybean cake with a firm texture and nutty, mushroom-like flavor.

3. Miso, a fermented soybean paste with a salty, buttery texture (commonly used in miso soup).

4. Soy sauce: traditionally, soy sauce is made by fermenting soybeans, salt and enzymes, however be wary because many varieties on the market are made artificially using a chemical process.

Remember, though, that all processed soy products — soy milk, soy burgers, soy cheese, soy energy bars, soy ice cream, soy protein powders, etc. — are not health foods. And to truly avoid all types of damaging soy products, you need to avoid processed foods as the vast majority of them contain soy ingredients.

“The best — and maybe the only — way to completely avoid soy in the food supply is to buy whole foods and prepare them ourselves,” Dr. Daniel says. “For those who prefer to buy readymade and packaged products, I offer a free Special Report, “Where the Soys Are,” on my Web site. It lists the many “aliases” that soy might be hiding under in ingredient lists — words like “bouillon,” “natural flavor” and “textured plant protein.”

The basics of healthy eating — unprocessed, fermented, and fresh foods are ideal, while processed foods should be avoided — apply to soy as well, so stick to these tenets and you’ll be on the right track.

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Workout Tracker for Android

The Project

I’m a member of a weightlifting club and like to keep track of my progress. I had previously used an app called Strong that was for the iPhone, but after changing to an Android phone, I couldn’t find an app that worked in the same way. I was looking for simplicity but still quite a lot of control. I needed to be able to create workout plans, but also to modify these plans on the fly depending on how I felt that day and still record progress consistently. I decided to create a prototype of what I wanted with the hope of finding an Android developer who could work with me on it.

My Role

  • User Research
  • Screen flows
  • Sketching
  • Prototype Creation

The Process

User Research

Being part of the weightlifting club was very useful in this case. I was able to ask the other members of the club, other patrons of the gym and some of the staff members what they used for tracking their progress and what they would like in an application. I didn’t tell them that I was creating an app, but worked the line of questioning into conversation so that I would get much more honest responses. It was really useful in getting other peoples perspective.

Screen flows

Based on what I wanted the app to be able to do, and with the information that I got from asking the members of the club, I began creating screen flows of how users could interact with the app to complete tasks. I tested these quickly with a few friends to see if they made sense or if I had left out anything of importance.

Since I had the user journeys sketched out, I was able to identify the key screens that I would need to design. Rather than creating specific layout designs for each page, I picked out the pages that were repeated throughout the app and chose them as being base template layouts. I created these in pen and paper so that I could quickly try out different layouts.

Visual design

I wanted the style of the app to reflect the android design language of the time so used an android design toolkit to create high fidelity mockups of each of the templates. I them used these mockup templates to create each individual screen for the prototype.

I feel that an app needs to feel native to the operating system it is being used on, it creates a more seamless experience for the user.

Prototype creation

I didn’t have an android developer to work with to create the app, so I decided to create a prototype that I could show to people and gain some feedback on the work that I had been doing. I used Indigo Studio software to create a prototype that could be shown to others in browsers, both on desktops and on mobile devices.

The feedback was largely positive, and provided some insights that resulted in some small changes to the layout of some of the templates.

Project Review

With every project there are good bits and bad bits, and the only way to work on projects that have more good bits than not so good bits is to learn, and apply what is learned to new projects.

What went well?

  • As this was my project, I was in complete control of what I wanted to do with it. I had, essentially, limitless time and budget to make the app as good as I possibly could.
  • I was in a really good position to perform some guerrilla user research and testing that gave me some very useful and insightful information when I was going through the design process.

What would I change?

  • After lining up two separate android developers to help me get it into production, I finally lost momentum with the project after both of them had to leave the project for different reasons. I had hoped that one of them would be able to return and continue work, but eventually it became apparent that this wasn’t going to happen. The project has since been shelved.

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Simply Nerdy Mom: Crazy Cups Coffee: Caramel Pecan Cluster

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Crazy Cups Coffee: Caramel Pecan Cluster

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This month, I had a chance to try out the Caramel Pecan Cluster flavored coffee from Crazy Cups. Let me start off by saying that, as a brand ambassador, I never know which flavor they are going to send me each month, but it's always extremely fun trying to guess from the scent alone.

Crazy Cups Coffees are so fragrant that you can usually smell it as soon as you open the box, so imagine how wonderful your house smells when you brew a cup!

I paired this coffee up with my Nutrisystem Biscotti Bites for breakfast and I couldn't have chosen a better pair. Especially the amazing mix of delicious flavors when I dunked my biscotti bites into the coffee...mmmm, yummy! I did add my usual vanilla creamer and a little bit of sugar and that, of course, was the icing on the cake.

Caramel Pecan Cluster, as well as many other Crazy Cups flavors, are like having dessert for breakfast and with summer coming, they have a great variety of flavors that make wonderful iced coffees

Recently, one of my favorite online chefs, Chef John of Food Wishes, posted a great recipe for a Pecan Sour Cream Coffee Crumb Cake that would go terrific with this coffee. Check it out below!

Purchase Caramel Pecan Cluster, and check out all the other delicious flavors Crazy Cups offers. While you're there, sign up for their rewards program and earn points towards free coffee!

*Disclosure: This product was received as a sample in exchange for an honest, unbiased, review. The reviews and or opinions on this blog are 100% my own. No monitory compensation was received and I was not required to write a positive review. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsement and Testimonials in Advertising.

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St. Johns River State College’s Radiologic Technology program was recently awarded accreditation for a period of eight years by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT), the only agency recognized by both the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation for the accreditation of radiologic science programs.

In a letter to SJR State President Joe Pickens, JRCERT chair Laura Aaron said, “Specialized accreditation awarded by the JRCERT offers institutions significant value by providing peer evaluation and by assuring the public of quality professional education in the radiologic sciences.”

According to Associate Dean of Allied Health Holly Coulliette, “Our commitment to providing an outstanding Radiologic Technology program is evident with the pursuit of initial accreditation. The award of initial accreditation for eight years signifies the maximum amount that the Committee will allow.  This commitment to excellence validates the hard work and dedication of faculty, staff and clinical affiliates to work effectively as a team. It is also an indication that students who graduate from our program will strengthen the health care team and move the radiologic technology profession forward.”

SJR State’s Radiologic Technology Associate in Science degree program is a limited access program that admits students once per year. After completing the program, students are eligible to take the national certification examination in radiography administered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). ARRT certification is recognized throughout the country.

Located on the College’s St. Augustine campus, SJR State's health-sciences building is designed to simulate a real hospital. Students use state-of-the-art technology that provides the latest hands-on training in mobile fluoroscopy C-arm, portable X-ray machine, live-video X-rays and more. Clinical rotations are scheduled throughout the Northeast Florida region and provide students with "real-world" experiences. Career counseling is provided at the end of the program and includes interpersonal communications, team-building skills, mock interviews and training in resume writing.

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Introducing Slate's environmental advice column.

Introducing Slate's environmental advice column.

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Illuminating answers to environmental questions.
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Raise the Green Lantern

Introducing Slate's environmental advice column.

Illustration by Robert Neubecker. Click image to expand.

Slate is pleased to launch "The Green Lantern," a weekly Q&A about climate change, pollution, and whatever other environmental bogeymen are robbing you of sleep. The column kicks off in earnest next Tuesday, with a primer on how to identify the greenest airlines—or, at the very least, the carriers that are starting to realize they can't stand pat on emissions. But before we get down to the nitty-gritty, please indulge The Lantern as he offers up a mission statement.

Given the glut of earnest save-the-planet advice, it's all too tempting to declare apathy and embrace our broiling, smog-choked future. One's eyes tend to glaze over after hearing the phrase "carbon footprint" for the umpteenth time, amid the eternal bickering over what's truly green and what's just feel-good pap. For every Ph.D. touting, say, sugar-cane ethanol as a silver bullet, there's another who stoutly believes the solution is bunk; both experts, of course, can marshal copious, mind-numbing statistics to prove their respective points.

Rest assured, however, The Lantern isn't here to add to your frustration by endlessly touting Energy Star appliances or by becoming irrationally exuberant over organic cheese doodles and solar-powered laptops. The aim of this column is to bluntly assess what can realistically be done to protect the environment—and, perhaps more importantly, what cannot.

So, expect plenty of hard-core number crunching as The Lantern fields whatever vexing questions come his way. Are you hastening the apocalypse by flying budget airlines? Is it better to go vegetarian or stick with eating pigs, albeit ones that were slaughtered within a 10-mile radius? Should you feel guilty about preferring NASCAR over tennis? Does hiring a firm to plant trees in Zambia justify your addiction to air conditioning? And can you really become part of the solution by gassing up on Willie Nelson's biofuel?

The Lantern shall strive to answer all of the above in the coming weeks and months while hewing to three main tenets of green guruism:

Skepticism, not pessimism. As polar bears and residents of Linfen, China, can attest, the environment is in such dire shape that even drastic action might not set things right. This is particularly true when it comes to global warming, which can seem hopelessly irreversible, barring a sudden decision by mankind to abandon modern civilization. In The Weather Makers, for example, biologist Tim Flannery states that even if we reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 70 percent over the next three decades—a tall order—we're still in for a massive temperature spike by 2100.

So, should we just gorge on Hummer limousines and Styrofoam packing peanuts while we can and hope that someone develops a workaround over the next century? Heavens, no. For starters, the assumption that technological wizardry can save us strikes The Lantern as hubristic; just because mankind has in the past devised clever methods for improving agricultural yield and finding oil doesn't guarantee that we'll also eventually figure out a way to stave off environmental catastrophe. More importantly, while making eco-friendly personal decisions may not yield many perceptible benefits right now, it's the long term that counts. Any campaign worth pursuing can take decades to bear fruit, but it has to start somewhere. Imagine if 19th-century crusaders against child labor had given up after a year or two, convinced that economic growth would halt if 8-year-olds were forced to give up iron smelting.

What's more, positive, discernible change is possible during our lifetimes. In 1976, for example, there were 102 days on which Los Angeles experienced a stage-one smog alert; in 1996, there were only seven such days. And, against all expectations, many parts of the world are becoming reforested; Asia alone gained 2.5 million acres' worth of woodlands between 2000 and 2005.

Put your own house in order. Too much environmental journalism nowadays plays "gotcha!" with well-meaning celebrities. Granted, it's fun to lampoon Al Gore for living in an oversize Tennessee manse or to pick apart John Mayer's allegiance to what he terms "Light Green" (an ethos that apparently makes it OK for him to fly private jets and drive a Porsche SUV). But just because rich-and-famous moralists aren't perfect doesn't mean all environmentalism is a fraud. Yes, Al Gore probably emits more carbon than you—so what?

Along those same lines, the fact that China and India are only getting dirtier shouldn't be used as an excuse for inaction, either. Maybe you're convinced that individual choices in the First World means little as long as Asian smokestacks keep puffing away with abandon. But there are considerable economic benefits to going green, especially as oil prices climb toward $90 per barrel and beyond, and health-care systems are stressed by illnesses due to pollution. The consequences of reckless development are already becoming apparent to elites in Delhi and Beijing, and they'll hopefully be able to look to the United States for guidance. It's one thing to try to cajole factory owners in Guangdong to go green because the West considers it moral; it's quite another to show them how to bolster profits by streamlining consumption.

Avoid the rabbit hole. Choices that appear environmentally sound at first glance often seem less so when closely scrutinized. British author Chris Goodall, for example, recently raised a ruckus by arguing that it might be better to drive to the supermarket than walk. He pointed out that someone walking 3 miles would expend 180 calories, perhaps derived from a pre-walk hamburger. Since the production and transport of hamburger meat requires ample energy, the pedestrian could be responsible for three times as much carbon emissions than if he'd driven the same distance. (Among Goodall's other contrarian assertions: Organic cows are worse for the climate than their steroid-pumped brethren, and paper bags are less green than plastic.)

Entertaining stuff, and worthy fodder for discussion. But there's always a danger of getting too bogged down in the numbers; do enough mathematical contortions and you can make it seem as if virtually any human activity is bringing us that much closer to the apocalypse. (For example, what if Goodall's theoretical shopper drives to the market, then uses the time he saved to run a gas-guzzling lawn mower?) So, while The Lantern vows to employ the utmost rigor in analyzing the costs and benefits of individual actions, don't worry—this column won't come off as a giant word problem, chockablock with computations that lead only to wishy-washy conclusions.

In other words, The Lantern won't be afraid to take a stand after completing his back-of-the-envelope calculations.

And so, with his piece spoken, The Lantern opens the floor to questions. Is there an environmental quandary that's been keeping you up at night? Send it to, and check this space every Tuesday.


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Um vs. Uh: Gender disparity in the use of filler words.

Dudes Say “Uh”; Ladies Say “Um”

Dudes Say “Uh”; Ladies Say “Um”

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Dudes Say “Uh”; Ladies Say “Um”

From left to right: Um and Uh.

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This article originally appeared in Science of Us.

So, um, this is weird. There’s an apparent gender split in use of the filler words uh and um, according to a recent post on the linguistics blog Language Log: Men tend to say “uh,” whereas women tend to say “um.”

Mark Liberman, a linguistics professor at the University of Pennsylvania, noticed the trend after digging into two data sets from Penn’s Linguistic Data Consortium, which contains audio samples from 11,972 speakers. He writes that, on average, women in this sample said “um” 22 percent more than men, and men said “uh” an incredible 250 percent more than women. But men also use filler words (either uh or um) more than women overall—38 percent more often than women, to be precise. He also found that, over time, the gender divide here seems to level out, and that older people of both genders use uh more and um less.

Purely on its own, it’s an intriguing finding. But it’s hard not to wonder: What does it mean? Liberman didn’t respond to an email from Science of Us, so we contacted Deborah Tannen, the Georgetown University linguist whose work has largely focused on gender differences in communication styles, to get her thoughts on what the gender split might signify. We can’t assume too much from these findings, Tannen cautioned, because they’re based on a computerized database, and so we can’t look closely at the conversational context in which the ums and uhs appear. But Tannen did point out that one commenter on the original post suggested this:

I suspect men use /uh/ as a place-holder. Women use /um/ as a backchannel indicating, “that’s interesting, I’m thinking about it.”

Bearing in mind the caveat that we don’t know what kinds of conversations surrounded the ums and uhs, this theory makes a lot of sense, Tannen said. In her research, she’s found that men and women often use similar language for entirely different purposes (see: “sorry”). Among them, she explains, is this idea of the “backchannel”—that is, listener noises like “mhm, uhuh, and yeah.” One of the earliest studies on gender differences in conversation found that men use these listening responses more often than women, and they also use them differently: Women tend to say “yeah” to mean “I’m listening,” while men use the word to mean “I agree.”

“So the suggestion that men are saying ‘uh’ as a place holder to keep the floor whereas women say ‘um’ as a ‘backchannel’ fits in with that—that women are using it to indicate, ‘I'm listening,’” Tannen said. “I would reframe this in my own terms by observing that women using ‘um’ as backchannel is focused out—by indicating ‘I'm listening,’ it's taking into account the interaction between listener and speaker. In contrast, men using ‘uh’ as a place holder is focused in—it's about the speaker's own internal cognitive process. I've observed this difference in many gender patterns of language use.”

It’s not certain that this is what’s happening here. But, still, it’s intriguing to think about the potential meaning behind words we think of as meaningless.


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@Unknown: This is one of those rare times that I'm gunna confirm or deny a theory! We're so near the end now that I might as well, and I feel like it.

Basically you're both right. The health is held against them, but that's not all. A LOT has been done to these guys to make them perfect. Perfectly strong, perfectly robust, perfectly obedient, but it comes at a cost of their health. With maintenance they can be kept going. Without it, they... Can't. We've seen that this process has been going on a while, but it's been fiddled with and honed since back then so things are slightly different.

The others are more broken down than Toby. Has he lasted a bit because he's newer, or because he's so dang hard headed and determined? Who could say...

I would have loved to have Toby exposit all of this, but unfortunately he's just not the type 8| There's also probably more too but I should leave it up in the air. Either way, I'm glad you guys got it ^^
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Heya! Just a note that people's eyes tend to go from one speech bubble to the next one that's nearest, so my eyes jumped from panel one to the top of panel 3. Better off doing stuff like putting the text at the top of panel 2 rather than the bottom so the eye goes to there instead.

Now I'm gunna get back to reading xP
@SoulRaider116: This bothers me too. I don't suffer from such things but I know that it's making light of people facing genuine problems day to day. A lot of people genuinely don't know of course and don't mean harm by it, but either way it's high time for this trend to die out.
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@Cave: No but I keep trying to persuade her to make one 8T
I asked people following my Tumblr for suggestions for Pokemon... But warned them that they highly likely wouldn't be impressed with the results xD Well here they are. I have a confession to make though in truth. I drew some of them, but a lot of them were drawn by my sister. She's a fantastic artist but for some reason she just CAN NOT draw Pokemon, and she knows it.

Thanks, sis. Her Tumblr's here, btw-

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Don't worry, that's not the whole explanation.

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Some of my better drawn Pokemon on this page today.

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@Guest: Yeah, there was a change not so long ago. The amount I was being pledged fell below the 'two Mokepon updates a week' level, but it was just as well because I was struggling to do two updates a week for this, one update a week for Rumplestiltskin and make all my merch for cons. So now I've scrapped the pledge levels and am just updating each comic once a week, but will update more later on if I end up getting more free time.
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@Oly-RRR: I can't say that's exactly what I had in my head but that sounds pretty close now you mention it :D Maybe a slightly higher pitched Dafoe.
I am tired of drawing trees, but it still beats streets 8T I've never felt very confident drawing trees. I've never been a backgrounds kinda person in general, I guess... And I avoid the outdoors like the plague, which doesn't help.

I'm just bitching about art because I don't have much else to say lol. Backgrounds are a good go-to when it comes to bitching.

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Incidentally, pillow shading is when you just do shading coming from every line, regardless of light source.

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Spoilers asshole, jeez, now we know how it's gunna end...

See y'all soon.
@Shaede The Black Eevee: Odour is the UK spelling. Pkiachu is a mess.
I wanted to draw a really creepy face for George in that panel, so I drew a SUPER creepy one... But ended up rubbing it out and doing a lesser creepy one instead. My sis called me a coward. Rightly so.

Incidentally those guys are all trainer types from Red/Blue in case you hadn't noticed :>

See y'all soon.
I was in a big mood to do some hatching, lately... I hope it's not too distracting all of a sudden. I'm actually rather happy with this page, I think it's one of my favourites :>

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Man I wonder how much he woulda gushed if DT was there.

Damn, we reached a new year!! Here's hoping it's a good one!


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You can feel it in the air - there is a rumbling beneath the surface of American society, and it is clear that sooner rather than later, all the pent up pressure and frustration will burst onto the surface. Most people do not learn from books: they must go through the school of hard knocks called capitalism. It is their own experience that finally forces them to realize that the existence of capitalism and the existence of humanity are no longer compatible. The destruction and poisoning of the environment has gone so far that if something isn’t done soon, it may be too late to reverse the damage. In the coming decades, the fate of humanity will be decided one way or another: socialism or barbarism.

Life teaches. With each new shock, the American working class is gradually coming to the conclusion that only we can stop Bush and the system he defends. Sooner or later, a “tipping point” in consciousness will be reached, and then there will be no stopping the American working class. Our task as the Workers International League is to build a revolutionary organization which, drawing on the lessons and experiences of the past, fights shoulder to shoulder with our class to end the exploitative system of capitalism once and for all.

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Given the age they lived in, it is understandable that they approached it above all from a moral and religious perspective, and not from a materialist understanding of class society. And yet in the historical, economic, and political conditions of the times, they reflected the historical necessity for fundamental, revolutionary change. Their ideas and activities were the spark that lit up the second American Revolution: the American Civil War. This was a revolutionary struggle to abolish slavery, and it cleared the historical decks for the development of capitalism, which in turn has prepared the material basis for socialism.

Today, we too have our own unjust, exploitative, inhuman, and oppressive system to fight against: world capitalism.  Today we too are a small, persecuted minority.  But we are armed with a clear understanding of the class nature of society and the tasks before us and our class. Based on the conditions prevailing today in society, our ideas and activity can and will be the spark that lights up the 3rd American Revolution: the Socialist Revolution.

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Social unrest

Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation and Bulgarian-European Partnership Association

Bulgaria, the poorest country in the European Union, has been enjoying some economic benefits from joining the EU. However, Government assurances that the economy is solid notwithstanding, investment and exports are dropping and the GDP will soon contract. Government measures to mitigate the impact of the global crisis will probably not be sufficient. NGOs are demanding that both employers and the Government adopt emergency measures to rein in inflation, agree to wage settlements that increase real income and assess the impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable sectors of society.

Although Bulgaria, the poorest EU country, has yet to feel the full impact of the global economic crisis, social protests have already erupted in response to the European Commission’s decision to cut the country’s pre-accession funding due to rampant corruption. Bulgarians demonstrated in front of the Parliament building in January 2009 to demand economic reforms, calling on the Government to act or step down. In the same month, farmers demonstrated throughout the country and blocked the only bridge to Romania, demanding that the Government set a minimum price for milk and stop imports of cheap foreign dairy products. Police officers, banned by law from striking, have been holding “silent” protests since December to obtain a 50% pay hike and better working conditions.

Despite this social unrest, as well as a global financial crisis that has inspired a re-examination of current economic policies all over the world, widespread questioning of the neo-liberal model and calls for stricter government regulation, the neo-liberal model remains fashionable in Bulgaria. Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev acknowledges that Bulgaria is experiencing its first economic crisis as a capitalist country and is not immune to the difficulties facing its economic partners. However, he continues to insist that the country’s problems are less severe than those of other European Union members.
Boom and crunch

A currency board was introduced in 1997 after a severe crisis in the national bank system led to hyperinflation, bank closures, acute political crisis and mass impoverishment. Since then every government, whatever its political orientation, has favoured retaining it in order to avoid another massive crisis. The currency board’s strategy has been to stabilize the macroeconomic environment while barring any increases in pay, even though Bulgaria has the lowest wages in the EU.

Since 2004, when agreement was reached on accession to the EU, Bulgaria has experienced a surge in capital inflows and a credit boom. The influx of capital was stimulated by expectations of rapid convergence with the EU, and further boosted by the presence of the currency board and a strong fiscal policy. The ratio of credit to GDP exploded from 36% in 2004 to 67% in 2007. By 2008, inflows made up about 30% of GDP.1

The surge in outside capital generated strong GDP growth, but sharply widened external and internal imbalances. GDP grew by more than 6% annually, one of the fastest rates in Europe.2 Growth remained a strong 6.25% in 2008. However, the growth of domestic demand outpaced GDP growth, widening the current account deficit from 5% of GDP in 2003 to over 24% in 2008. This gap was accentuated by the concentration of growth in construction, real estate, and financial services according to the National Statistics Institute.

As unemployment dropped and the labour market tightened, wage growth accelerated to 24% in June 2008. The overheating of the economy, together with rising food and oil prices, accelerated inflation to a peak of 14.7% in June 2008, with food prices soaring more than 25%. Escalating prices of natural gas, electricity, central heating, road and railroad transport, water, and so on will push the cost of living up around 17% on an annual basis, while inflation for the full year will probably surpass 12%. The inflation forecast for 2009 is around 4%.3 However, Centre for Economic Development experts are warning that the real danger ahead is deflation, not inflation.

Global financial turmoil and risk aversion by investors are likely to reduce capital flows to Central and Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria. Local bank subsidiaries are unlikely to continue receiving the large capital transfers from their parent banks that have funded credit growth. Without this financing, enterprises will reduce their production and services or shut down entirely, causing an increase in unemployment. Metallurgy and construction have already shrunk. In January 2009 industrial production plunged 19% from the previous month, according to the official Statistical Institute.

At the same time, shrinking foreign demand and declining commodity prices might lead to a drop in Bulgarian exports and decline in tourism. The latest IMF projections show a contraction of more than 0.5% in G-7 GDP, which would squeeze Eastern Europe's growth and exports. In Bulgaria, exports have been hard hit by a decline in orders and metal prices.

Economic outlook

GDP growth in 2009 is likely to slow to about 2%, or even 0% (according to one recent forecast).4 With slower growth, the current account deficit is projected to shrink to 15% of GDP, while a sharp drop in global commodity prices should temper inflation. However, there is significant risk that growth will slow even more. Fortunately, the country’s public finances are in good shape, with one of the highest fiscal surpluses in Europe. Nevertheless, the dramatic shift in the balance of payments shows the severe shock the country is experiencing.

In the five months since October, net capital inflows totaled only EUR 800 million, down from EUR 6.1 billion in the previous five months and EUR 5.6 billion in the same period a year ago. Exports in the first two months of 2009 were 27% lower than in the first two months of 2008, while the drop in imports was even sharper (32%), suggesting that domestic demand has contracted rapidly. As a result, the current account deficit declined from an annualized rate of 25.8% of GDP in the first two months of 2008 to 11.6% in the first two months of 2009.5 Indeed, leading indicators of economic activity suggest that the economy may already be contracting. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently predicted that the Bulgarian economy will shrink by around 3.5% in 2009 and 1% in 2010, down 2% from its April 2009 projection.6

An international gas crisis in January 2009 practically erased whatever positive momentum remained from 2008. When the dispute between Russia and Ukraine cut gas supplies to Europe, Bulgaria was among the most unprepared countries, with no real alternative sources of gas. The cost in lost production is estimated at more than EUR 250 million (about USD 333 million). The Government officially requested compensation from Russia, but even if some compensation is provided, the long-term effects of the halt in production could pose risks to the entire economy.

Government priorities in fiscal policy

In this difficult environment, maintaining confidence in both the currency board and the financial system is crucial. The two are mutually dependent: a strong and resilient financial system is needed to sustain the currency board; and confidence in it bolsters the financial system. The IMF believes that the currency board can enable the country to cope with the turbulence, since Bulgaria has adequate fiscal and currency reserves. The IMF didn’t even consider alternative measures to compensate for negative balance of payments, such as currency devaluation or adoption of the Euro.

Maintain surpluses

Fiscal policy should aim at maintaining large surpluses, not only because they have been a pillar for the currency board, but also to preserve balances in the fiscal reserve account – an important cushion in the event that problems emerge. For 2008, the Government targeted a surplus equal to 3.5% of GDP. Preserving the surpluses in a time of slow revenue increases will require a significant slowdown in the growth of expenditures. However, neither revenues nor expenditures projected in the current budget reflect the expected decline in GDP growth.

Make implementation of the 10% budget rule transparent

The Government plans to contain expenditure growth by restricting spending to 90% of what was originally budgeted for 2009, rather than by revising the budget. The remaining 10% is to be released based on budget developments.7 This solution could be pragmatic, but it is far from transparent. Indeed, foreign observers, probably not aware of the 10% rule, perceive a budget based on unrealistic revenues.

 It is important to ensure that mechanisms to implement the 10% rule are clearly understood. Some plans and programmes may need to be postponed. Ministries should signal their spending priorities early on and make sure they are clearly communicated to the public. Strict budget execution is also essential. Implementation of the 10% rule would only slow spending growth from a budgeted 17% to 11% in real terms. If GDP growth slows to the projected 2%, the fiscal surplus is likely to fall to 2% of GDP.8
Accelerate reforms

Fiscal and structural reforms should be accelerated, notwithstanding the election cycle. Problems regarding the disbursement of EU funds underscore the need to further upgrade control systems. The Government has introduced several changes to social security contributions and social policy-– e.g., a decrease in social insurance contribution rates paid by employers and an increase in maternity benefits. In making further reforms, maintaining fiscal neutrality is essential to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the public finances.9 To accelerate convergence to EU standards, the State has to complete the reform of education, make progress in health care reform and improve the efficiency of the public and private sectors.

Increase wages as productivity increases

The Government is aware that the high growth rate in wages during 2008 cannot be sustained. Although wages are still low compared to those in Western Europe, further increases must be accompanied by improvements in productivity. According to the IMF the current pace of wage growth is far too rapid for Bulgaria's relatively small productivity growth. Moreover, as the experience of other countries has demonstrated during the downturn, the faster wages grow, the more unemployment is likely to increase.10

Moderation in unit labour cost increases is essential given that resources will need to be shifted to export-oriented sectors. As domestic-market sector growth slows, GDP growth can be maintained only if exports take up the slack, but both sectors must remain competitive. Whether they are is a matter of dispute. Although the Government expresses confidence in corporate profitability, NGOs are less certain due to the paucity of data available.

The financial sector

Strong policies will also help the financial sector, which is currently well capitalized and profitable. In the period ahead profitability is likely to decline, as foreign funding is becoming scarce, strong competition for domestic deposits has raised the cost of funds, and lending growth is expected to slow. At the same time, the reliance of banks on foreign funding for new lending makes them vulnerable to the current disruption in international financial markets. Nevertheless, banks are well positioned for a slowdown, and have strong capital and liquidity cushions.
Unemployment will probably not reach double digits. Those most likely to be jobless are young people who lack an employment history, low-skilled workers, elderly workers, people with disabilities and women. It should be noted that the number of unregistered unemployed is at least equal to the number registered, and may be higher. Migrant workers are also returning, which ends the remittances they were sending home to their families. Some projections estimate that some 20% of short-term emigrants may come back--mainly from Greece, Spain and several other EU countries where unemployment is rising sharply.

The civil society perspective

NGOs and trade unions do not agree that reducing social expenditures is acceptable in times of crisis. They have been meager expenses since the establishment of the currency board. Anyfurtherreductioncouldshatter the country’s social peace. Although NGO experts support the increase in the share of investment going to transport infrastructure, they are sharply critical of the Government’s failure to use EU structural funds allocated to Bulgaria during its first two years of full membership. Only 0.6% of the EUR 2.2 billion had been spent by the end of 2008. Lack of financial capacity, excessive bureaucracy and scarcely transparent procedures have all prevented the funds from reaching their intended beneficiaries.

NGOs insist that both employers and the Government take emergency measures to rein in inflation, negotiate compensation for decreases in real income, guarantee wages, assess the impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable groups in society and take measures to protect basic social and economic rights.

1 IMF. Bulgaria. Article IV Consultation - Staff Report. Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bulgaria February 2009. p. 25.

2 World Bank (2009). EU 10 Regular Economic Report, February.

3 Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (2009). “Living standard”. Available from: <>.

4 IMF, Bulgaria, April 2009. Staff Visit; Concluding Statement of IMF Mission. April 2009. See: <>.

5 Government of Bulgaria. “Plan for economic stability and progress in 2009” [only in Bulgarian]. Available from: <>.

6 International Monetary Fund (IMF). World Economic Outlook, April, 2009.

7 Ministry of Finance. Report to the Draft Law on State Budget for 2009 [only in Bulgarian]. Available from: <>.

8 Government of Bulgaria (2009), op. cit., p.1.

9 Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, op. cit.

10 Bulgarian workers and employees continue to receive the lowest remuneration in Europe, while the level of prices remains comparatively high – with an average monthly salary of EUR 255 (USD 339). This means that with 20% of the average European salary one must cope with price levels that come up to approximately 46% the average European price levels.– This is one of the main claims of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (KNSB) for a just and decent pay. May 2008.


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In a typical application, sensors measure the actual temperature. This sensed temperature is constantly compared to a user set point. When the actual temperature deviates from the set point, the controller generates an output signal to activate other temperature regulating devices such as heating elements or refrigeration components to bring the temperature back to the set point.

Temperature controllers have inputs. The inputs are used to measure a variable in the process being controlled. In the case of a temperature controller, the measured variable is temperature.

In addition to inputs, a temperature controller also has an output. Each output can be used to do several things including control a process (such as turning on a heating or cooling source), initiate an alarm, safe guard a process with a HI or LOW Limit shutdown or to retransmit the process value to a programmable logic controller (PLC) or recorder.

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On the seafront of Cannes, just minutes from the city center, the Palais des Festivals, the Old Port and La Croisette, Midi 8 is a new development offering apartments boasting stunning sea views.

All apartments benefits from a terrace and / or a private garden.

The development offers:

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Cannes: from the small Mediterranean fishing village to the most emblematic seaside resort of the French Riviera
Appeared only in the Middle Ages Cannes remained for a long time a small village of the eastern French Provence.

It was not until the nineteenth century that the city truly grew, thanks to Lord Henry Brougham and Vaux, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, who truly fell in love with the place and settled in, bringing in Cannes the English and European aristocracy that built magnificent secondary homes for the winter. Like most coastal resorts of the Riviera, the city then developed itself thanks to its prestigious new inhabitants.

In the middle of the twentieth century, the Film Festival brings a real consecration to Cannes which becomes the sparkling city of 'glamor'. Quickly been given more media attention and known worldwide, it now hosts several annual conferences such as MIPIM, MIPTV or MIPCOM, as well as major cultural events such as the Yachting Festival.

Thus, the sectors of hospitality, catering and luxury shops have experienced a real boom and offer today, between sea and sun, a prestigious showcase of French luxury.

That's why Cannes is undoubtedly the most promising market of the French Riviera, thanks to its double tourism: leisure and business.

Located on the sea side, in front of the ?Plages du Midi', Midi 8 is a new development providing 11 apartments with terrace and / or private garden, boasting beautiful sea views.

At a short stroll of the old port, the historic area of Le Suquet, the Palais des Festivals and the Croisette, 8 Midi benefits from a convenient location for a buyer willing to perform seasonal rental investment or to purchase the perfect pieds a terre' in Cannes. - CN5412

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• Searching for Stillness

    10 May, 2010

    Soul Snack 114/11 ... Searching for stillness

    A soul-lifting sunrise speaks of calm.

    The post-dawn chirping of bright little beaks promises well-being.

    Undisturbed, flaxen wheat fields invite peace.

    The becalmed sailing boat enforces stillness.

    White wisps of floating fairy-floss engage the mind to wonder.

    Towering and unmoving trees, sentinels to a bygone century, command gazing. Their unchallenged power expressed without any movement.

    God has so constructed His world that it continually presents us the opportunity to stop, enjoy and especially withdraw.

    To the aware - they have senses that seek, even search for stillness.

    To the unaware - they too will thirst for stillness, but not know how to be quenched.

    The soul knows it needs to be fed even when the body doesn't.

    Jesus knew His soul -- He would feed His first each day.

    "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed." (Mk 1:35)

    Today's Soul Snippet:

    Theology has become the arbiter of truth when it cannot be the guarantor of truth.

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Small jazz club with dining area and VIP seating. The "stained glass" was created using paintings by Debra Hurd. Check out her work here, it's really cool.

This pediatric clinic project involved all stages of the design process, from programming, space planning, design concept, and presentation drawings. I came up with the concept of "playing in a creek" because I spent a lot of time doing that as a kid, so it made perfect sense to me as I was able to use the soothing elements of nature as well as some wildlife whimsy for the kids.

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“PERMANENT TOTAL DISABLEMENT” shall mean disablement which entirely prevents the Insured Person from attending to any business or occupation of any and every kind and which lasts 12 months and at the expiry of that period is beyond hope of improvement.

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30 Thoughts: Leafs’ Carlyle not all to blame

Elliotte Friedman joined Tim & Sid to add his voice as to what is going wrong with the Toronto Maple Leafs at home, and discuss how Kessel may be factoring into these issues.

One day last summer, I ran into an NHL player. During a brief gossip session, he asked, “Why didn’t Toronto fire Randy Carlyle? Why just the assistants?”

My thoughts were that Toronto was not committing to anything until it knew Mike Babcock’s future. So, firing Carlyle, hiring someone else, and (possibly) getting Babcock would make three coaches in three years. No sane organization wants that.

“Makes sense,” he said.

It was impossible not to think of that conversation while watching an exasperated Carlyle after last Saturday’s 4-1 loss to Boston. The coach, who came to Toronto with a grouchy reputation, works hard to answer everything as politely as possible.

Last weekend, his sighs were a dead giveaway. He didn’t have the answers. But, he’s not the one who should be giving them.

Talk to the former NHLers on our shows — Glenn Healy, Kelly Hrudey, Mike Johnson, Nick Kypreos, etc. They know. They know when a coach is in a tough spot, when a husband starts making googly-eyes at that blonde 15 years younger than his wife.

If the players aren’t reading Twitter or watching television bloviation, they’re being told by their friends, their parents, their agents. You’d have to be hermetically sealed in plastic not be aware of what’s going on.

But it’s a terrible, unacceptable excuse.

Really, is it any different than what’s going on in Calgary? Over the past 13 months, Bob Hartley’s seen the man who hired him replaced by two levels of authority — Brian Burke and Brad Treliving. Hartley is in the final year of his contract; there is no guarantee he’s back.

Despite that, he always looks in control. Hartley benches Dennis Wideman and what happens? Upon returning, Wideman has a chance to tie a record for most consecutive games with a goal by a Calgary defenceman.

Whatever the individual Flames may think, they play hard. Very hard. I’m not sure who’d win a seven-game series between Calgary and Toronto, but I do know this: on Day 2 of the season, the Flames began a 7,000 kilometre, six-game road trip through Edmonton, St. Louis, Nashville, Chicago, Columbus and Winnipeg. They won four of those games.

Any team would take that.

Goaltending? Absolutely. But they compete, and their best players (especially on defence) tend to be their best players.

Would Babcock even take Toronto’s money if he doesn’t think he can win there? There’s this fantasy in the Ontario capital that the Maple Leafs will change coaches and all problems magically disappear. It’s the most egregious example, but nothing Carlyle draws up on the smart-board can correct Jake Gardiner’s fly-by on the 4-0 goal in the Boston game.

It’s not a big deal if players don’t like their coach. We all hate our bosses at times. But if players don’t demand the best of themselves, no coach looks good.

1. Who knew? The NHL has an “Infectious Disease Committee.” Last week, as a mysterious flu/virus overwhelmed Minnesota and St. Louis after a trip to southern California, this group sent out a memo reminding what precautions should be taken to avoid unnecessary exposure to infectious viruses. At one game, cars apparently were being disinfected. Crazy stuff.

2. The Blues are in an interesting spot. A contender going through some transition. The new setup in goal is well-documented. The defence is reasonably set. What’s getting less attention are the changes up front. Jaden Schwarz is establishing himself as a top scorer. Vladimir Tarasenko is growing from a 15-minute player to a 17-minute player. Once he gets healthy, Paul Stastny will be a major piece. Depending on how this evolves, will Doug Armstrong quietly gauge the market on some of his incumbent forwards?

3. Calgary had a serious presence at a couple of the Blues’ early games, but it doesn’t seem like anything is going on.

4. Before Montreal lost in Edmonton Monday night, one scout was asked why the Canadiens started 7-1. “You mean besides Carey Price?” Well, yes, that. “They force you to play at a pace faster than most teams want.”

5. Two years ago, when Marc Bergevin took the Canadiens’ job, he said he got plenty of calls about Lars Eller. Not sure that’s changed. Now that Alex Galchenyuk is moving towards being a full-time centre, other teams are wondering what Bergevin’s plan is.

6. Nail Yakupov scored his second of the season in that win. There’ve been a lot of rumours about his future, but I confess I haven’t heard anything substantial. After a week of looking into it, here’s my best guess: he’s not untouchable, but the Oilers asked him to show more commitment in the off-season and on the ice. So far, he has delivered. It sounds like Edmonton wants to reward that. Dallas Eakins is trusting him in late-game one-goal leads, something that never would have happened a year ago.

7. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the game winner against Tampa Bay and the game-tier versus Washington in back-to-back games. He’s got a much-improved shot. He’s stronger and made it a summer project. “Shot 100 pucks four times a week,” he said. “Shooting as hard as I can…High blocker, high glove, low glove, around the horn.” Didn’t think he could beat Ben Bishop from where he did, but Nugent-Hopkins said, “If I shot up high, the chances of beating him from that spot were pretty low….Besides, I like going low blocker or (low) glove.”

8. Nugent-Hopkins had an obvious goal for 2014-15: make the playoffs. His personal desire, however, is to become a 50-50 face-off man. Career numbers are 37.5 percent (2011-12), 41 percent (2012-13), 42.4 (2013-14) and 47.4 so far this season.

9. Finally, he had a good line about the Kings, who he called the toughest to play against: “You get past one, and it always seems like another guy is on top of you.”

10. When Mark Letestu scored at 19:04 of the second period Sunday, it was the first time this season any member of That 70s Line (Jeff Carter, Tanner Pearson, Tyler Toffoli) was on the ice for a goal against (eight games). Carter’s total is 17 for, one against. Toffoli is 16-1. Pearson is the real slacker of this group at 14-1.

11. Thought Boston and/or Philadelphia, both short defencemen, might look at Buffalo’s Andrej Meszaros. He’s on a one-year deal and has played in both cities, but it doesn’t sound as if either looked at it. He’s at $4.125 million, which may explain the problem for a pair of cap-tight clubs.

12. Edmonton’s Jeff Petry’s comes a little more than $1M lower, and the Flyers can’t do that right now for cap reasons, even though they like him. Between the Flyers, Red Wings, possibly the Ducks and anyone else I’m missing, there seems to be a nice little market for him.

13. Eric Staal returns to action Tuesday in Vancouver, and in a phone conversation last Friday you could tell it was killing him not to play. “It’s kind of embarrassing,” he said. “We have a new coach, we’re trying to get him a win and we haven’t got it yet.”

14. The toughest thing for Carolina is there are guys on the roster who will be players, but aren’t ready yet. After the Hurricanes lost 5-0 in Calgary, Staal said Bill Peters made sure to show video of them doing good things in previous games to try and keep their confidence up. “Our foundation needs to be better,” the captain added. “Trust in your teammates, worry about your ability to do your job. Once you start doing other people’s jobs, you’re looking disorganized. Stay where you are supposed to be.”

15. As for his future, Staal made it very clear his preference is to stay. “I had a good meeting with Ronnie (Francis) in the summer…Ron’s going to be a very good GM. We all know this is a business and things can change at any time. For me, as a player, I want to be where I am…I believe in this team and this organization. I want to see it turn around and believe it will. We’re not throwing in the towel after seven games.”

16. He did have one qualifier, though: a change of ownership. Peter Karmanos is open about his desire to take on a partner or sell outright. “Where all that goes, we’ll have to see.”

17. Finally, I asked Eric if he’d spoken to brother Jordan about leaving, considering Jordan still has eight years left on his contract. Eric said that topic has never been discussed between them.

18. Predators assistant coach Kevin McCarthy on Shea Weber: “It is amazing how the best can adapt. He knows everyone else’s position. A great resource.” Nashville plays a 1-3-1 under Peter Laviolette. “The right D gaps up a lot more than traditional defencemen…He nodded and said, ‘We did that in the Olympics.’ We can explain why we are doing something and he just understands.”

19. During the 2010 playoffs, McCarthy helped us with a piece on Chris Pronger. I reached out to him to compare them. “Neither one skates like (Drew) Doughty or (Duncan) Keith, they don’t have that effortless stride,” the coach said. “Chris used his stick, got guys in certain areas and made them pay a price. Shea finishes a check and goes through people. A lot of people hit, but don’t follow through. He hits to put them down.”

20. Weber’s partner, Roman Josi, does have that smooth stride. The two look good together and Laviolette is getting ownership its money’s worth, with the two ranking second and third behind (who else?) Ryan Suter in ice-time per night. “One penalty kill they played about 1:45, and what amazes me is not only did they kill the penalty, but came back two shifts later and played at the same level.” A similarity between Pronger and Weber? “Like Pronger, he’s not even breathing hard,” McCarthy said.

21. Weber, Josi, Seth Jones, Ryan Ellis. That defence can move the puck. “Don’t forget (Mattias) Ekholm,” an opposing coach said. “He can do it, too.”

22. Before the season, a few Eastern teams thought the combination of Barry Trotz, Todd Reirden, Matt Niskanen and Brooks Orpik would have the biggest influence of any off-season moves in that conference. Can’t argue that so far. It took eight games before Washington allowed 30 shots, and it’s no coincidence the Capitals’ worst game was a 6-1 preseason loss in Buffalo. Niskanen and Orpik didn’t dress for that one.

23. From one-to-five on the blueline, their minutes are very even, running from 23:14 (Niskanen) to 19:42 (Karl Alzner). Among returnees, Nate Schmidt (number six) is down 4:15 per game, John Carlson is down 1:21 and Alzner 0:50. Also down significantly: Mike Green (2:53). Green, who is unrestricted after this season, is being watched by other teams, as they wait to see how Brian MacLellan handles things.

24. The early reviews are positive. One scout: “Green is trying. He (used to be) sloppy in coverage, bad stick, not finishing checks. Now, he’s staying on the right side of the puck.” MacLellan sees a difference, too. “When other teams played us, the plan was to hit him— finish your checks. It took its toll. Now, we have other options. It eases the pressure on him.”

25. The Capitals have yet to discuss an extension with Green. “We’ll leave that for later in the season,” the GM said. “Let’s see how this shakes out.”

26. Another Eastern Conference coach on the Nicklas Backstrom/Eric Fehr/Alexander Ovechkin line: “They still cheat, but not as much. I suspect that’s by design they’re allowed to…you still want opponents to be scared of them. The (Jason) Chimera/(Joel) Ward line, for example, plays differently.”

27. Finally on Washington: MacLellan said new goalie boss Mitch Korn worked with Braden Holtby “to get his arms and legs more aligned with his body.” Sounds important for everyday life, not just hockey.

28. As Johnny Gaudreau works to establish himself in the NHL, there is a bit of a clone working his way up through the NCAA. He is Petawawa, ON’s Matthew Peca, playing at Quinnipiac. Listed as 5-foot-9, 165 pounds, he has 35 goals and 107 points in 118 games entering his senior season. Peca was taken 201st overall in 2011 by Tampa Bay, and the Lightning are being patient with him. His numbers are not as gaudy as Gaudreau’s were, but Peca’s seen as more of a north-south player. Something to watch for.

29. Olli Maatta, five points in seven games, 20 minutes a night, while wondering if a tumour in his neck was thyroid cancer. He’s something special. Most importantly, the prognosis is excellent.

30. On the morning of the gold medal hockey game at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, I walked into the IHOP next to the rink. Out came Steve Nash. I said, “Don’t you have practice today?” He didn’t break a smile. “I told (coach Don Nelson) to fine me.” A year or two later, he was preparing to play for Canada as a number of other NBAers were being told to sit. I asked him about it. “(Nelson) said, ‘I don’t want to see you playing for Canada this summer.’ I told him he better not turn on his TV,” Nash replied. When Jason Kidd was traded to Phoenix, Canadian reporters worried for his career. He simply said, “Everything will be okay.” Boy, was it ever. What a spectacular career.

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