The rise of champion sire Fastnet Rock as a sire of sires was clearly illustrated by the end of season sire tables with the title of Champion First and Second Season Sires both won by his brilliant sons Smart Missile and Hinchinbrook.
With seven Australian winners, plus a New Zealand stakes-winner Sassy 'n' Smart, Smart Missile has acquitted himself well this season as has Fastnet Rock's other high profile young son Foxwedge, who has left 17 winners in both hemispheres including NZ stakes-winner Volpe Veloce.
The Champion First Season Sire in 2015, Hinchinbrook has powered ahead this year siring the winners of over $4million in prizemoney, while Queensland based Rothesay and Victorian based Stryker made for three sons of Fastnet Rock in the Top 10 Second Season sires.
Make no mistake, sons of Fastnet Rock are on the rise and Neville Murdoch ofLarneuk Stud in Victoria has decided to get on board with a well credentialed candidate in Cluster, who was well received for the first time last spring covering 68 mares.
Described by Murdoch as "an absolutely gorgeous horse," Cluster is an eye-catching bay with Group I ability.
"He is just a magnificent type with great scope, strength and presence," Murdoch said.
Given his obvious appeal it's no wonder Murdoch elected to pay the additional fee to have Cluster included in the lucrative new VOBIS Sires program.
VOBIS Sires is an enhancement to Victoria's respected owner and breeder incentive scheme, VOBIS, and aims to encourage support of Victorian-based stallions and provide those that do invest in their progeny with the opportunity for lucrative returns.
A $1 million two-year-old race over 1200 metres to be run for the first time in April 2019; and a minimum $500,000 three-year-old race over 1600 metres to be run for the first time in April 2020.
A brilliant sprinter miler, Cluster scored a career best win in the Group II ATC Theo Marks Stakes over 1400 metres when producing his customary explosive finish to overpower two other brilliant Group winning Fastnet Rock performers in Bull Point and Ninth Legion.
Unfortunately for Cluster, he had only two more starts finishing a close up fifth in the Group I MRC Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes before being injured in the Group I VRC Darley Classic.
Priced at $6,600, Cluster is one of those horses whose ability exceeded his race record and as such represents a great opportunity for budget conscious breeders with his female pedigree another obvious big plus.
Cluster's first two dams are by champion Australian sires Last Tycoon (IRE) and Bletchingly, while his third dam I Like Diamonds won the Group I AJC Champagnes Stakes and is by Golden Slipper winning sire Baguette.
"It is a great family chock-full of speed," Murdoch enthused.
"Danehill, Last Tycoon and Bletchingly are all great influences and he is a horse who looks ideal for the VOBIS schemes."
For further information contact Neville Murdoch on 0418 105 706 and visit Larneuk Stud.


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106019Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13 — St. Rosalia
Hermitess, greatly venerated at Palermo and in the whole of Sicily of which she in patroness. Her feast is celebrated on 4 September. A special feast of the translation of her relics is kept in Sicily 15 June. There is no account of her before Valerius Rossi (about 1590), though churches were dedicated in her honour in 1237. Her Vita (Acta SS., 11 Sept., 278) which, according to the Bollandist J. Stilting, is compiled from local traditions, paintings, and inscriptions, says: She was the daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Quisquina and of Rosa, descended from the family of Charlemagne; in youthful days she left home and hid herself in a cave near Bivona and later in another of Monte Pellegrino near Palermo, in which she died and was buried. In 1624 her remains were discovered and brought to the Cathedral of Palermo. Urban VIII put her name into the Roman Martyrology. Whether before her retirement she belonged to a religious community, is not known. The Basilians, in their Martyrology, claim her as a member. She is often represented as a Basilian nun with a Greek cross in her hand. Many of her pictures may be found in the Acta SS.
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EVERYDAY MOMENTS WITH LOVELY DOES IT.
Note: I am so excited about today's post. I've got the third guest post for this new-ish series of mine and I'm telling you, this has been such a blessing to be a part of! I don't really consider myself a part of this guest post series since I'm not sharing my heart, but I am truly honored to have each of you here. That said, I'm pleased to introduce today's blogger!
Hi, my name is Amy- and I am the writer over at the blog, Lovely Does It. I am so happy to be joining in today on In Its Time! Kiki is such a sweet and talented woman, that I have enjoyed getting to know a bit through blogging.
I am totally loving this "Everyday Moments" series that Kiki is doing! So fun to read about different things that make everyday, ordinary moments...special.
I find myself treasuring the things in my life that have been constants for me. In my young life- I have done a fair bit of traveling and moving by myself. I have lived in 3 different states and in Uganda- and now Alaska since high school. So anything in my life that is consistent and something I enjoy, I hold on to!
Walking is one of those things- it may sound simple- but the joy of breathing fresh air, smelling the outdoors, and taking a moment to get perspective in my day, is such a joy.
Whether I was walking around a city park or quiet neighborhood in Wisconsin, a trail by the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, the dirt and gravel roads of Nebraska, the crowded red roads of Uganda, or the quiet trails or loud runways in Alaska.....there is beauty in each of these places.
Even though walking is great exercise, it's also very relaxing. Being outside just seems to be good for the soul. I love to listen to music while I walk, or talk to a friend, or to just be quiet and listen to the sounds of nature and pray. I have had some of the sweetest times of worship during my morning walks.
It's all about the simple things in life...the things that bring joy in the midst of a chaotic, or stressful week. It's finding those moments and hanging on!
Hope today you are finding joy in the simple things, and making each of your everyday moments count!
i love Amy and her blog!!! this is such a great everyday moment, too! walks really help me to feel relaxed and alive at the same time. walks have this way of bringing joy to my heart and quieting my soul. :) love all your pictures! neat idea!!
How could you not like Amy? She is so sweet and I've loved getting to know her better, too. :) And I'm with you on the walking thing, I looove taking walks, whether they're by myself, with a friend/family member, or with my dog, too.
p.s. So excited to share yours, Robyn!
Kiki, thanks so much for letting me be apart! And Robyn, Danica, you girls are too sweet!
I love this series, I think it's so good to challenge one another to find joy in the little stuff!
I almost done with my post, i will send it to you this weekend!
Loving the idea of morning walks! Such great moments to capture and reflect!


In this shortened edition of the show, we first take a look at Wii Sports Resort.
Then we give our impressions of Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard - does the fact it's a parody excuse it from being bad?
We read an email about controllers not being a barrier to entry.
Activision and Double Fine have finally settled and you WILL be able to play Brutal Legend this holiday season.
Then we take calls about motion controls and a *ahem* hypothetical situation regarding Guitar Hero 5.


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David Goffin is one of only two male lucky losers to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam since Dick Norman at 1995 Wimbledon.
Federer Posters On His Wall, Goffin Met His Idol During Dream Roland Garros Run
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The Belgian provides exclusive insight into his 2012 run in Paris
David Goffin remembers it being difficult to study for school exams growing up because he'd want to watch Roland Garros on television. The Belgian's family often made the three-hour drive to Paris to watch the clay-court major in person.
Little did Goffin know that his breakthrough as a professional tennis player would come at that same venue in 2012.
"It's always a special place because the French Open is probably the biggest tournament we follow in Belgium," Goffin told ATPTour.com this week. "When I played well in 2012, probably nobody knew me on the Tour and it was my first main draw at the French Open… it was the first time that people in Belgium saw me on live TV, so it was a big moment."
Goffin became the first man since Dick Norman at 1995 Wimbledon to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam as a lucky loser. He had not yet cracked the world's Top 100, but Goffin certainly made a name for himself.
Growing up, the Belgian had posters of Roger Federer on his bedroom walls. It was fitting that the Swiss superstar was his opponent in the Roland Garros Round of 16. Goffin even won the first set against the third seed.
However, his dream run nearly ended before it began. Portugal's Joao Sousa beat the 21-year-old World No. 109 in the final round of qualifying 6-3, 7-6(3).
"I was really nervous because I felt that there was maybe an opportunity to get in my first main draw and the level was there," Goffin said. "I lost a little bit my game that day mentally, and also physically, I was really tight. After that, I was so disappointed."
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Gael Monfils was struggling with a knee injury, forcing the Frenchman to withdraw from his home Slam. That gave Goffin his first major main draw opportunity. The Belgian would play 23rd seed Radek Stepanek.
"I knew he was a player with a lot of experience. Maybe the clay court is not his best surface, but I knew he would do everything on the court to win that match," Goffin said. "I was just happy to be in the main draw. I had a lot of support, a lot of Belgians behind me. I enjoyed every moment in that match."
Goffin weathered his nerves and a tricky opponent in Stepanek to advance 6-2, 4-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
That set a clash between the 21-year-old and 2001 Australian Open finalist Arnaud Clement, who was playing in his final Roland Garros. Goffin took a 5-1, 0/30 lead in the fifth set against the home favourite when, "it started to rain like crazy", cancelling play for the day.
"During the night you can't sleep well, you just imagine all the possible scenarios that can happen," Goffin recalled. "The next day I came back for four points [to finish the match]."
Goffin was a lucky loser, but he was as confident as he'd ever been in his career, ousting Clement 3-6, 7-6(2), 0-6, 6-2, 6-1. Next up was Poland's Lukasz Kubot.
"I saw [when I walked on the court] that it was packed full of Belgians, a lot of flags. The atmosphere on that court was just amazing and I remember it because I was the first player on the court and probably waited 10 minutes for Kubot," Goffin said. "When he finally came on the court, all of a sudden, they started booing him!"
Goffin eliminated Kubot 7-6(4), 7-5, 6-2 to continue his dream run and earn a shot at Federer.
"[There were] a lot of [Federer] matches that I saw before playing him," Goffin said. "I remembered all the racquets he had, all the outfits he had. I followed him very much. Every match I watched on TV.
"I was happy a little bit to see that I would play against my idol, but also I was super nervous because I was like, 'Okay, I don't know how it is to play against him.'... I was very tight until the first point of the match."
It was tough for Goffin to focus on building a game plan because of the nerves, but he was fully focussed on getting off to a quick start.
"If you don't start really well and then you're really nervous and then you lose your first service game and it's 2-0, 3-0, then it's tough," Goffin said. "Roger normally starts his matches really well."
Goffin won the opening set 7-5, and kept the second set close. But in the back of his mind, he was thinking, "I have an opportunity, but he will do something magical, that's for sure."
Federer raised his level as the match went on, eventually triumphing 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. Only one male lucky loser (Stephane Robert, 2014 Australian Open) has reached the fourth round of a major since.
"He's very talented," Federer said of Goffin. "I hope he can make it to the Top 20."
Goffin's accomplishments include climbing as high as World No. 7 and reaching the championship match of the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals. His breakthrough at 2012 Roland Garros went a long way to showing the Belgian what he was capable of.
"I think I proved to myself that I can win some big matches and also [hold up] physically," said Goffin, who played 23 sets between qualifying and the main draw. "I proved to myself that physically I was good, because when you're 20 years old, you never know. It proved to me that I have the level to go higher. It gave me a lot of confidence."
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For the first time on sale outside Spain, we are proud to present this fabulous, limited edition, Spanish audio book box set. Produced in Spain in 2006 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first edition, this fabulous audio book is read by eight distinguished Spanish actors who vividly bring to life Cervantes's most famous work. It is directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, the director of the acclaimed film El Caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha (2001) and features in the title role Juan Luis Galiardo, who starred as Don Quijote in the film and brilliantly reprises the role of the knight once again. Renowned actor Francisco Merino stars as the book's narrator and Gloria Vega plays the role of Dulcinea and other female voices. The actors bring an exceptional vitality and drama to the text making the story much more accessible to those who have not yet read the book, while bringing to existing fans a stimulating new way to enjoy this immortal classic of Spanish literature.
37 CD box set (42 hours of audio) + 2 x 16-page booklet in Spanish.


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No fortune telling, no selling children and other weird Pennsylvania laws on the books
Pennsylvania has a lot of weird, quirky laws. We were able to verify a few.
No fortune telling, no selling children and other weird Pennsylvania laws on the books Pennsylvania has a lot of weird, quirky laws. We were able to verify a few. Check out this story on ydr.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/02/21/weird-laws-pennsylvania-did-you-know-these-were-actually-books/2906798002/
Sam Ruland, York Daily Record Published 11:31 a.m. ET Feb. 21, 2019 | Updated 3:15 p.m. ET Feb. 22, 2019
If you pay a fortune teller and expect to get an accurate glimpse into your future, you're probably just a sucker. But if you do it while you're in Pennsylvania, you're also aiding and abetting a crime — since according to state law, fortune telling is illegal.
Good to know, right?
New "Welcome to Pennsylvania" signs began going up last year. (Photo: PennDOT)
Well, it's not Pennsylvania's only wacky law. So here's a roundup of weird, bizarre, quirky, or otherwise nonsensical laws that really do exist...at least according to state legislatures, local newspapers, or legal databases.
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And warning, you're probably guilty of one or two violations.
No bartering infant children. If you live in Pennsylvania, don't try selling your child. State law stipulates that "a person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he deals in humanity, by trading, bartering, buying, selling, or dealing in infant children." Luckily, it's only a misdemeanor though.
Bingo is only for non-felons. In Bensalem, there is a law that states no person convicted of a felony may operate a Bingo game. "No distributor nor any person who has been convicted of a felony…shall have a pecuniary interest in the operation or proceeds of games of chance." Bingo? More like, Bing-NO.
Fortune telling is considered illegal in Pennsylvania. And by the state's definition that includes making love potions and drawing maps to buried treasure...so pretty much all the good stuff. In 2015, a woman faced trial for 55 counts of fortune telling, theft by deception and theft by unlawful taking. Too bad fortunetellers have to keep all that privileged information to themselves.
It's illegal to shoot anyone with a paintball gun if they aren't playing the game with you. Now, this just sounds like somebody may have been too sensitive. People need to learn to take a joke.
A child's bedroom may not be more than 200 feet away from the bathtub, shower or toilet. Maybe to accommodate short legs and tiny bladders?
It is unlawful for a person to use or possess Goldfish or Koi as bait while fishing. Not sure if the same rule applies to salmon and trout, but your best best is to just leave your fish in their aquariums.
It is illegal to hunt a big game animal that is swimming. And it's also illegal to hunt in a cemetery...Good, that's just weird.
It is illegal to ride in a boat on a trailer while it is being driven on a highway — same goes for mobile homes on trailers. This is probably for the best.
Singing, along with whistling and hooting, is considered a prohibited noise on public streets in Danville, Pa. No matter how smooth your voice may be, the city will label your performance as a disturbance to your neighbors.
There's a reason Pennsylvania car dealerships are closed on Sunday: It would be illegal for them to sell you a car. It's a vestige of Pennsylvania's blue laws — laws designed to keep Sunday a day of rest. And while many of those laws have been repealed, the one restricting the sale of vehicles remains on the lot.
All liquor stores must be run by the state. OK, fine.
Pop quiz, hotshot! Can you name these iconic Pennsylvania brands?
It says right on the label that is "America's Pretzel Bakery since 1909." AP
I mean the name may be pretty self-explanatory—Synder's of Hanover. Photo Courtesy of Snyder's Lance Inc.
The name for this treat was inspired by the wife of one of the creators, Herbert T. Morris, who endorsed the early samples simply as "tasty." The rest is history. AP
While operations started in Pa., Tastykakes are now available all along the East Coast. If you're in the Midwest or Northeast though, you would find more success getting the treats shipped to your front door than searching your local grocery store. Photo Courtesy of Tasty Baking Co.
Just across Old Chocolate Avenue and the factory that makes more than 70 million Hershey Kisses a day, is where chocolate and peanut butter form the ultimate union. AP
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, was invented by York County native H.B. Reese and is now made by Hershey. This best-selling candy has exclusive rights to that distinctive orange color for its wrapper. Photo Courtesy of The Hershey Company
The jury may still be out about whether a tomato is a fruit or vegetable. But in ketchup form there is no debating this brand as the nation's choice for burgers fries and scrambled eggs. AP
The H.J. Heinz Company, the makers of Heinz Ketchup, started in Pittsburgh. Photo Courtesy of The Kraft Heinz Company
Glatfelter creates the paper that wraps Crayola Crayons in 2010. Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record
Crayola, the name that we all associate with crayons, has it's main headquarters in Easton, with its manufacturing facility down the road in Bethlehem. Plus you and the kids can dive deep into the brand through the Crayole Experience attraction in Easton. Photo Courtesy of Crayola
Those who consider this lager a favorite may be surprised to learn that it's only available in 14 states (mostly on the East Coast). Getty Images
Yuengling's brewery in Pottsville is one of the oldest in the nation — it even survived Prohibition! Photo Courtesy of Yeungling & Son, Inc.
In Pa., you should never struggle to find the perfect potato chip to go with your sandwich. Ty Lohr, York Daily Record
Along with Utz, made in Hanover, the state is home to a few other chip factories. Herr's Food has a factory in Nottingham, Martin's in Thomasville, and Middleswarth in Middleburg. So the question now is...Plain? BBQ? Sour cream and onion? Photo Courtesy of UTZ Quality Foods
You may remember these toys from your childhood if you every liked to build things beyond the capabilities of Legos. AP
Since 1992, over 40 billion K'NEX rods and connectors have been made in Hatfield, Pa., according to their website. Photo Courtesy of K'NEX
This lighter company trademarked the phrase, "It works or we fix it for free." Photo courtesy of Zippo
Zippo windproof lighters are made in Bradford and have been manufactured in Pa. for more than 85 years. Photo Courtesy of Zippo Manufacturing Company
No other motorcycle sounds like this. No other motorcycle rides like this. Jason Plotkin, York Daily Record
"Until you've been on a Harley-Davidson, you haven't been on a motorcycle." That's the confident slogan of the bike that is assembled in York County. Photo Courtesy of HARLEY-DAVIDSON
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Why do you often see no workers at Mt. Rose site?
Police looking for man who waved gun in York
Inspections: Wendy's, Chinese food restaurant out
Brad Rutter pays homage to Eagles on Jeopardy!
Reports of 2 dead after helicopter crashes
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Maurice Joseph Malone, connu sous le nom Joe Malone et surnommé le «  » (né le  à Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery, province de Québec au Canada – mort le  à Montréal, Québec) est un joueur professionnel canadien de hockey sur glace qui évolue au poste de centre au début du .

Il joue au cours de sa carrière pour les Bulldogs de Québec avant les débuts de la Ligue nationale de hockey puis rejoint les Canadiens de Montréal à la création de la ligue professionnelle. Il joue alors un total de six saisons dans la LNH et est surnommé le  – le fantôme – en raison de son agilité, de ses feintes habiles et de sa grande vitesse. Il remporte à trois reprises la Coupe Stanley – un des plus prestigieux trophées du monde du hockey – mais est également connu pour son talent pour inscrire de nombreux buts.

En 1950, il est admis au temple de la renommée du hockey et il décède en 1969 d'une crise cardiaque.

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Maurice Joseph Malone naît le  à Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery (maintenant un quartier de Québec) d'une mère francophone, Louisa Rochon, née en 1864 à Hawkesbury en Ontario et de Maurice J. Malone né en 1860 également dans la ville de Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery. Le couple Malone a alors onze enfants dont trois jouent par la suite au hockey : Jeff Patrick, aîné de Joe né en 1888 et Cliff. Joe et Jeff joueront ensemble par la suite.

Les parents de Joe meurent tous les deux dans la ville de Québec, le père en 1929 et la mère en 1947. Au cours de sa vie, le père de famille travaille dans une fabrique de bois.

Joe Malone a trois enfants : Bernice née en , Joe Malone junior né en 1923/mort le  et Donald né en 1924 et mort en 1985 d'une crise cardiaque sur un terrain de golf à l'âge de . Il est l'oncle du joueur de hockey de la LNH et ancien joueur des Canadiens de Montréal, Cliff Malone.

Avant la LNH

Joe Malone commence sa carrière en jouant en 1907-1908 pour les Crescents de Québec puis signe la saison suivante pour les Bulldogs de Québec de l' alors qu'il est âgé de . Lors de cette première saison avec l'équipe de Québec, il inscrit huit buts en douze matchs joués. Pour sa deuxième saison, son équipe débute dans l'Association canadienne de hockey mais après deux matchs, elle refuse de se joindre à l'Association nationale de hockey nouvellement créée. Malone termine alors sa saison en jouant pour les Colts de Waterloo dans la ligue .

Finalement, l'équipe de Québec rejoint l'ANH pour la saison 1910-1911 et amène son buteur avec elle. Il est nommé capitaine de l'équipe et inscrit cette fois neuf buts en treize rencontres. En 1911-12, il guide son équipe à la conquête du trophée O'Brien qui récompense le champion de l'ANH et par la suite, l'équipe remporte la première Coupe Stanley de son histoire. L'équipe de Malone est opposée à celle des Victorias de Moncton de la . Les deux matchs se jouent les 11 et  ; les joueurs de Québec remportent le premier 9-3, Malone inscrivant trois buts. Lors du second match, il inscrit deux nouveaux buts alors que Paddy Moran réalise un blanchissage, les Bulldogs gagnant le match 8-0.

Au cours de la saison 1912-13, il est le meilleur buteur de l'ANH en inscrivant  en . Il évolue alors aux côtés de Tommy Smith et de Jack Marks et aide son équipe à finir à la première place de l'ANH. En 1913, il remporte une deuxième fois la Coupe Stanley en battant les Millionaires de Sydney en deux matchs : 14-3 et 6-2. Lors du premier match, le , Malone inscrit neuf des quatorze buts de son équipe. Il s'agit alors de la deuxième Coupe consécutive pour l'équipe mais également sa dernière alors que le Québécois ne fait pas partie de l'équipe pour le deuxième match.

En 1913-14, l'équipe des Bulldogs et Malone finissent à la troisième place de l'ANH derrière les Blueshirts de Toronto et les Canadiens de Montréal et manquent alors la finale de l'ANH tout comme lors des saisons suivantes alors que Malone finit meilleur buteur de l'association en 1916-17. Il termine ainsi ses dix-neuf rencontres jouées avec . Malgré les efforts offensifs de Malone, l'équipe manque une nouvelle fois les séries de la Coupe Stanley.

Dans la LNH

À la suite de cette saison, un nouveau regroupement d'équipes est créé : la Ligue nationale de hockey. Les propriétaires des Canadiens de Montréal, Wanderers de Montréal, Sénateurs d'Ottawa, Bulldogs de Québec et Arenas de Toronto décident de créer une nouvelle ligue afin d'exclure Edward J. Livingston, propriétaire de la concession des Blueshirts de Toronto, et ainsi ne pas lui permettre d'être impliqué dans leurs futures opérations de hockey. L'équipe de Québec ne parvient pas à constituer une équipe et ses joueurs se retrouvent alors dispersés dans les effectifs des autres équipes. Malone rejoint alors les rangs de l'autre équipe québécoise de la LNH : les Canadiens de Montréal.

Il joue la première saison de la Ligue, aux côtés de Édouard « Newsy » Lalonde et de Didier Pitre, et inscrit un but au minimum à chacun de ses quatorze premiers matchs – au total, il inscrit  lors de cette série. Parmi tous les joueurs de la LNH, Joe Malone finit meilleur buteur avec quarante-quatre réalisations. Il reste le meilleur buteur de la LNH sur une saison jusqu'à la saison 1944-1945 avec les  de Maurice Richard en autant de matchs. Les Canadiens finissent premiers de la première partie de la saison et sont alors qualifiés pour la finale de la LNH. Ils sont opposés aux Arenas mais perdent au total de buts 10 à 7.

La saison 1918-1919 est écourtée par l'arrêt en cours de saison des Arenas à la suite de difficultés financières. Il ne reste alors que deux équipes dans la LNH : les Canadiens et les Sénateurs d'Ottawa. Malone ne joue que huit des dix-huit rencontres de son équipe en raison d'une fracture au bras. La franchise de Montréal remporte la finale de la LNH et est opposée aux Metropolitans de Seattle de l'Association de hockey de la Côte du Pacifique. Les deux équipes sont à égalité deux victoires chacune et un match nul en cinq rencontres quand la série est annulée car plusieurs joueurs sont affectés par la pandémie de grippe espagnole qui affecte l'Amérique du Nord. Quatre jours plus tard, un joueur des Canadiens, Joe Hall, meurt de cette épidémie. C'est la première des deux fois de l'histoire de la LNH que la Coupe Stanley n'est pas remise, la deuxième étant lors de la saison 2004-2005, saison annulée en raison d'un .

Pour sa troisième saison dans la LNH, Malone quitte les Canadiens et est de retour avec les Bulldogs. Le , il inscrit au cours d'un même match sept buts lors d'une victoire des Bulldogs sur le score de 10 à 6 contre les St. Patricks de Toronto. Malone est une nouvelle fois le meilleur buteur de la saison avec , trois de plus que son ancien coéquipier, Lalonde. Malgré cette bonne performance de Malone, les Sénateurs finissent les deux parties de la saison à la première place. Ils remportent ainsi directement le trophée O'Brien et jouent la finale de la Coupe Stanley.

L'équipe des Bulldogs ne survit pas et la franchise déménage après cette seule saison à Hamilton et devient les Tigers. Avec trente buts, Malone est le quatrième meilleur buteur de la saison mais son équipe termine à la dernière place de la LNH cette saison. Ce scénario se répète lors de la saison 1921-1922 alors qu'il inscrit au total cinquante-et-un buts en quarante-quatre rencontres sous les couleurs des Tigers. Après ces deux saisons en Ontario, Malone revient jouer au Québec en enfilant une nouvelle fois le chandail des Canadiens de Montréal. Malgré tout, il ne connaît plus le même rendement que les années précédentes et n'inscrit cette saison qu'un seul but en vingt matchs. Montréal se qualifie pour les séries mais perd contre les Sénateurs. Au cours de cette année 1923, Joe Malone devient père avec la naissance de Joe Malone junior.

Malone joue sa dernière saison professionnelle en 1923-1924 mais il ne dispute que dix matchs en saison régulière avant d'arrêter sa carrière. Au cours de cette saison, les Canadiens de Montréal remportent la Coupe Stanley et même si Malone ne joue pas un seul match des séries, il fait partie de l'effectif sacré champion de la Coupe Stanley.

Il met ainsi fin à une carrière de  en  dans la LNH et la meilleure moyenne de buts inscrits par match pour une saison de l'histoire de la LNH soit  par partie. En 1950, il est intronisé au temple de la renommée du hockey, la même année que son ancien coéquipier, Lalonde. Il meurt le  à Montréal d'une crise cardiaque à l'âge de . Deux jours plus tard, il est exposé dans l'église Notre-Dame-de-Fatima puis mis en terre au cimetière St-Laurent. En 1975, il est admis au Panthéon des sports canadiens puis, en 1998, il est classé à la  des 100 meilleurs joueurs de l'histoire de la LNH par le magazine The Hockey News. Une bannière honorant la mémoire de Joe Malone a été hissée au sommet du Colisée de Québec.

Palmarès

Coupe Stanley
 1911-1912 avec les Bulldogs de Québec
 1912-1913 avec les Bulldogs de Québec
 1923-1924 avec les Canadiens de Montréal

Meilleur pointeur
 1917-1918 avec  et  en
 1919-1920 avec  et  en

Ligue nationale de hockey
 Record du plus grand nombre de buts en un match avec sept réalisations le  contre les St. Patricks de Toronto
 Record du plus grand nombre de matchs avec  ou plus : il inscrit cinq buts trois fois, six buts une fois et sept buts également une fois
 Meilleure moyenne de buts par match pour une saison de la LNH avec  par rencontre (saison 1917-1918)

Statistiques

Pour la signification des abréviations, voir statistiques du hockey sur glace.

| 1907-1908 || Crescents de Québec || QAHA || || || || || || || || || ||
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| 1908-1909 || Bulldogs de Québec || ECHA || 12 || 8 || 0 || 8 || 17 || || || || ||
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| 1909-1910 || Bulldogs de Québec || CHA || 3 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 2 || || || || ||
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| 1909-1910 || Colts de Waterloo || OPHL || 12 || 10 || 0 || 10 || 16 || || || || ||
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| 1910-1911 || Bulldogs de Québec || ANH || 13 || 9 || 0 || 9 || 3 || || || || ||
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| 1911-1912 || Bulldogs de Québec || ANH || 18 || 21 || 0 || 21 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 0
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| 1911-1912 || Équipe d'étoiles || Exhib. || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || || || || ||
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| 1912-1913 || Bulldogs de Québec || ANH || 20 || 43 || 0 || 43 || 34 || 1 || 9 || 0 || 9 || 0
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| 1912-1913 || Bulldogs de Québec || Exhib. || 3 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || || || || ||
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| 1913-1914 || Bulldogs de Québec || ANH || 17 || 24 || 4 || 28 || 20 || || || || ||
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| 1914-1915 || Bulldogs de Québec || ANH || 12 || 16 || 5 || 21 || 21 || || || || ||
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| 1915-1916 || Bulldogs de Québec || ANH || 24 || 25 || 10 || 35 || 21 || || || || ||
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| 1916-1917 || Bulldogs de Québec || ANH || 19 || 41 || 8 || 49 || 15 || || || || ||
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|1917-1918 || Canadiens de Montréal || LNH || 20 || 44 || 4 || 48 || 30 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 3
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|1918-1919 || Canadiens de Montréal || LNH || 8 || 7 || 2 || 9 || 3 || 5 || 5 || 2 || 7 || 3
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|1919-1920 || Bulldogs de Québec || LNH || 24 || 39 || 10 || 49 || 12 || || || || ||
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|1920-1921 || Tigers de Hamilton || LNH || 20 || 28 || 9 || 37 || 6 || || || || ||
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|1921-1922 || Tigers de Hamilton || LNH || 24 || 24 || 7 || 31 || 4 || || || || ||
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|1922-1923 || Canadiens de Montréal || LNH || 20 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|1923-1924 || Canadiens de Montréal || LNH || 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || || || || ||

|123 || 179 || 27 || 206 || 114 || 3 || 14 || 0 || 14 || 0

|126 || 143 || 32 || 175 || 57 || 9 || 6 || 2 || 8 || 6

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Annexes

Bibliographie

Liens externes

Naissance en février 1890
Naissance à Sillery
Joueur québécois de hockey sur glace
Joueur des Bulldogs de Québec
Joueur des Tigers de Hamilton
Joueur des Canadiens de Montréal
Champion de la Coupe Stanley
Membre du Temple de la renommée du hockey
Anglo-Québécois
Décès en mai 1969
Décès à Montréal
Décès à 79 ans
Membre du Panthéon des sports canadiens
Attaquant de hockey sur glace

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12/17 Viva Arletty! & Arkansas Ghoulash launch @ White Whale + Bah Humbug 4 @ Brillobox
Posted in Events, Interviews, New Releases with tags Alan Olifson, Andrea Laurion, Angele Ellis, Arkansas Ghoulash, Becky Corrigan, Bob Walicki, Brillobox, Deesha Philyaw, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Jason Baldinger, John Thomas Menesini, Lori Jakiela, Mark Spitzer, Matt Ussia, Meghan Tutolo, Rich Gegick, Rick Claypool, Scotty Lewis, Stephanie Brea, Viva Arletty! Our Lady of the Egrets, White Whale Bookstore on December 7, 2017 by 6GPress
Two new books & two readings! The Ghost of Literature Present will pay a terrifying visit today!
6PM at White Whale in Bloomfield, welcome two writers from Arkansas to Pittsburgh (& welcome their books to your noodle by buying & reading them, too). Free readings & refreshments, possibly including actual goulash.
Scotty Lewis, a 2015 graduate of the Arkansas Writers MFA Program, is debuting his first book of poetry, Arkansas Ghoulash.
Here's an interview w/ Scotty talking about the book, & here's another one.
Alan Olifson is an award-winning humor columnist, public radio commentator, comedian and regular host of Pittsburgh's monthly Moth StorySLAMs. He created the acclaimed storytelling series WordPlay in his hometown of Los Angeles which he now produces in Pittsburgh along with Bricolage Production Company as part of their regular season. He's hosted storytelling events for conferences, schools and, believe it or not, bridal showers. His book, Manchild: My Life Without Adult Supervision, is now out on Six Gallery Press. Alan relocated to Pittsburgh with his wife and two children years ago but never tires of hearing people complain about "traffic."
Angele Ellis is the author of Arab on Radar (Six Gallery), Spared (A Main Street Rag Editors' Choice Chapbook), Under the Kaufmann's Clock: Fiction, Poems, and Photographs of Pittsburgh with photos by Rebecca Clever (Six Gallery), and co-author of the diversity workbook Dealing With Differences (Corwin). A 2008 recipient of an Individual Creative Artist fellowship in poetry from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, she was a prizewinner in the 2007 RAWI Competition for Creative Prose and first runner-up in the 2012 Grey Sparrow Flash Fiction Contest. Angele's reviews, poetry, and fiction have appeared in nearly sixty publications and fourteen anthologies. She is a contributing editor to Al Jadid Magazine.
John Thomas Menesini is the author of The Last Great Glass Meat Million (Six Gallery Press, 2003), e pit ap h (Convergence, 2007), endo: Poems & Sketches 2007 – 2011 (Six Gallery Press, 2011), and Gloom Hearts & Opioids (Six Gallery Press, 2015). His poems have appeared in numerous publications in Ireland, Scotland, England, and the US, thus garnering dozens of fans across the globe.
Rick Claypool grew up in a small town in western Pennsylvania called Leechburg, but he currently lives in Pittsburgh. By day he works for Public Citizen, a nonprofit organization that fights corporate power. Leech Girl Lives (Spaceboy Books, 2017) is his first novel.
At 8PM, head over to Brillobox for Bah Humbug 4: Writers (Still) Wrestle the Holiday Spirit…
Tastier than a fruitcake, easier to assemble than a Fisher Price playhouse, for the FOURTH year in a row, we are bringing some of Pittsburgh's finest writers together to entertain you with tales of their holiday work experiences.
$5 suggested donation, proceeds benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
The readers will channel their inner-Sedaris, and offer up tales from their time as food service employees, retail workers, and other assorted time-card punchers during the bleak months of November and December. They will attempt to locate their hoilday spirit. Or THE holiday spirits (aka, Jim, Jack and maybe even Johnny).
Just like signing the group birthday card or buying overpriced crap from your co-worker's kid's school fundraiser, UGLY HOLIDAY SWEATERS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.
Hosted by Jason Baldinger (who was once run over by a Black Friday crowd on a rampage for office supplies), and Stephanie Brea (who probably stole that art book she gave you for Christmas in 2001).
The Lineup:
Becky Corrigan
Rich Gegick
Lori Jakiela
Andrea Laurion
Deesha Philyaw
Meghan Tutolo
Matt Ussia
Bob Walicki
12/11 Bah Humbug: Writers (Still) Wrestle the Holiday Spirit @ Brillobox
Posted in Events with tags ACLU, Andrea Laurion, Angele Ellis, Ben Gwin, Bob Pajich, Bob Walicki, Brillobox, Jason Baldinger, Lori Jakiela, Matt Ussia, Meghan Tutolo, Rich Gegick, Stephanie Brea on December 9, 2016 by 6GPress
8PM THIS SUNDAY…
Tastier than a fruitcake, easier to assemble than a Fisher Price playhouse, we are bringing some of Pittsburgh's finest writers together to entertain you with tales of their holiday work experiences.
*** Suggested $5 donation, with all proceeds going to the ACLU.
These folks will channel their inner-Sedaris, offering up tales from their time as food service employees, retail workers, and other assorted time-card punchers during the bleak months of November and December. They will attempt to locate their hoilday spirit. Or THE holiday spirits (aka, Jim, Jack and maybe even Johnny).
We are now in our THIRD year, which means we have lasted longer than those cheap discount outlet socks your mom puts in your Xmas stocking.
Hosted by Jason Baldinger (who was once run over by a Black Friday stampede on a rampage for office supplies), and Stephanie Brea (who probably stole that art book she gave you for Christmas in 2001)
Ben Gwin
Bob Pajich
7/26 Hemingway's Poetry Series Grand Finale @ Hemingway's
Posted in Events, New Releases with tags Angele Ellis, Celeste Gainey, Don Wentworth, Hemingway's, Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series, Jason Mendez, Jimmy Cvetic, Joan Bauer, John Grochalski, John Korn, Kris Collins, Kristofer Collins, Rich Gegick, Richard L. Gegick, Wine Clerk, With a Deepening Presence on July 26, 2016 by 6GPress
TODAY, via Joan Bauer…
Hosted by Jimmy Cvetic. 3911 Forbes Avenue (in the back room) Oakland
Audio archive: www.hemingwayspoetryseries.blogspot.com
Tuesday July 26 – The Grand Finale curated by Kristofer Collins.
Featuring Kristofer Collins, Angele Ellis, Celeste Gainey,
Richard Gegick, John Grochalski, John Korn,
Jason Mendez & Don Wentworth
Kristofer Collins is the Books Editor at Pittsburgh Magazine, as well as being a frequent contributor to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He is the publisher of Low Ghost Press and Coleridge Street Books. He also manages Caliban Book Shop in Oakland (and owns Desolation Row Records located inside). His latest poetry collection Local Conditions was published in 2015. He lives in Stanton Heights, a hidden gem in Pittsburgh's east end with his wife Dr. Anna Johnson and their three cats.
Angele Ellis is an editor, poet, fiction writer, and reviewer who has authored three books, and appeared in over fifty publications and ten anthologies. She is coauthor of Dealing With Differences (Corwin Press), named as a top multicultural classroom resource by The Christian Science Monitor, and author of Arab on Radar (Six Gallery Press), whose poems won her an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and Spared (A Main Street Rag Editors' Choice Chapbook). Angele feels that writing and performing her work combines two of her childhood dreams–to be an archaeologist and a lounge singer. She lives in Friendship, whose Quakerly spirit soothes her hot-blooded nature.
Celeste Gainey is the author of the full-length poetry collection, the GAFFER (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press, 2015), and the chapbook In the land of speculation & seismography (Seven Kitchens Press, 2011), runner-up for the 2010 Robin Becker Prize. The first woman to be admitted to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) as a gaffer, she has spent many years working with light in film and architecture. www.celestegainey.com
Richard Gegick is from Trafford, PA. He lives in Pittsburgh where he writes and waits tables for a living.
John Grochalski is the author of The Noose Doesn't Get Any Looser After You Punch Out, GlassCity, In The Year of Everything Dying, Starting with the Last Name Grochalski, and the novel, The Librarian [as well as, as of Saturday, the sequel Wine Clerk]. Grochalski lives in Brooklyn, where he constantly worries about the high cost of everything.
John Korn lives in Pittsburgh. He is the author of a book of poetry titled Television Farm which can be purchased on amazon.com. He has worked as a mental health social worker for many years now. He was nominated for two Pushcart Prizes, one for his poem "14 young women" and another for his poem "Yellow lamp shade head." He didn't win either of these prizes and he is not even sure what those prizes are.
Jason Mendez is an educator, author, interdisciplinary theater artist, and father of 3. He received his Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in Curriculum, Culture, and Change and a Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His interests include urban education, critical race studies, cultural studies, arts as social justice, Boricua identities, and South Bronx culture and history. As a South Bronx Puerto Rican writer focusing on lived experience, notions of home, and the power of voice, his work critically reflects a common struggle with identity construction and the process of becoming. Currently, He is working on a memoir titled, The Search for the Golden Glow, which vividly details his coming of age as a Puerto Rican kid from the South Bronx. He is also working on adapting his manuscript into a one-man performance, called Manida.
Don Wentworth is a Pittsburgh-based poet whose work reflects his interest in the revelatory nature of brief, haiku-like moments in everyday life. His poetry has appeared in Modern Haiku, bottle rockets, Frogpond, Pittsburgh Poetry Review and Rolling Stone, as well as a number of anthologies. He is the author of Past All Traps and Yield to the Willow, with forthcoming volumes from Six Gallery and Low Ghost Press. [His latest collection, With a Deepening Presence, forthcame earlier this month!]
Posted in Events with tags Adam Matcho, Ben Gwin, Bob Pajich, Brillobox, Charles Bukowski, Dave Newman, Don Wentworth, Emily Rodgers, Erik Cirelli, Jason Irwin, Jimmy Cvetic, Lesley Rains, Lori Jakiela, Lou Ickes, Mark Possanza, Nathan Kukulski, New/Be Productions, Paulette Poullet, Rich Gegick, Sarah Shotland, Scott Silsbe, Stephanie Brea, T.C. Jones, Taylor Grieshober on April 22, 2015 by 6GPress
12/14 Bah Humbug! Writers Wrestle the Holiday Spirit @ Hambone's
Posted in Events with tags Adam Matcho, Andrea Laurion, Ben Gwin, Hambone's, Jason Baldinger, Lori Jakiela, Mary Shea, Rich Gegick, Scott Silsbe, SJ Guzik, Stephanie Brea, Steve Pellegrino, TC Jones on December 11, 2014 by 6GPress
THIS SUNDAY at 8PM…
If you've ever worked retail, food service or a myriad of other jobs around the holidays then you know it can be a pretty dehumanizing experience. We wanted to give voice to that experience, so some fine Pittsburgh writers are going to attempt to wrap their heads around their own holdiay work experience. After the reading, Steve Pellegrino and his wife Mary Shea will sing some Christmas songs, and some other working class anomalies. If you wear a bad holiday sweater the event is free, if you don't the event is still free, huzzah!
SJ Guzik
TC Jones
Adam Matcho
Steve Pellegrino and Mary Shea


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The solution I got from here is for JPanel inside a JFrame. But my JPanel is standalone only.

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Is it possible to add maximize/minimize button to the JDialog?

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if not then can we add these buttons to JPanel?

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A: JDialog: No.
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Coalition SOF
Ukrainian Special Operations units hold competition
by Stavros Atlamazoglou Jul 26, 2020
Ukrainian Special Operations Command.
Earlier in July, the Ukrainian Special Operations Command held an intense competition between its Special Operations units.
The competition was broken down into five days of intensive tests that aimed to test the resolve, morale, endurance, capabilities, and professionalism of the teams. There were 11 stages that put the commandos through obstacle courses, adverse weather conditions, and rigorous physical events while testing their small unit tactics proficiency, weapons expertise, and planning. By the end of the competition, the SOF teams had covered over 56 miles.
In a press release, the Ukrainian Special Operations Command said that "this is exactly the kind of competition that helps determine mission readiness under difficult conditions, improve methods of action, enhance cohesion, and exchange combat experience."
A Ukrainian SOF team traverses a river during the competition.
Last September, the 140th Special Operations Forces Center (140th SOFC) became the first-ever Ukrainian SOF unit to pass NATO's SOF qualification process and be deemed deployable alongside American and European SOF units. It was also the first non-NATO country to achieve this feat.
Although the title of the unit alludes to a training organization, the 140th SOFC is one of the four operational units of the Ukrainian Special Operations Command. The other three are the 3rd Special Operations Regiment, the 8th Special Operations Regiment, and the 73rd Special Operations Sea Center).
Commandos were also tested on their fast-roping skills.
Ukrainian SOF units have been undergoing a modernization process that would bring them closer to NATO's SOF capabilities. From small arms to doctrine to tactics, the Ukrainians have been working in overdrive to become more lethal and effective.
Real-world experience can be the best, albeit unforgiving, trainer. In that regard, Ukrainian SOF units have had some solid training ever since Russia annexed Crimea and supported an insurgency in East Ukraine.
Ukrainian Special Operations units share a close training relationship with American and European commandos. The U.S. Army's 10th Special Forces Group (10th SFG), in particular, has been quite active in the country. Every Special Forces Group (there are seven), focuses on a geographical area of the world. Each Green Beret is proficient in at least one of the languages of their assigned area of operations (in the 10th SFG, for example, Special Forces soldiers can learn Russian, Serbo-Croatian, German, French, Arabic) and also understand the cultures of the countries. They are, thus, the ideal unit to work with allied and partner nations.
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In India one meets the opinion among musicologists and musicians as facts that Ragas with at least five notes (Audav/Sanskrit = five (5)) have to be played. The last show of IMC – India meets Classic in 2009 will start the proof with rare audio documents that it is not like that.
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The companies that are included in Sensex have huge market capitalization. In Sensex there are companies like ACC. .Cont……  When selecting the stocks for constructing the Sensex there are so many factors that are considered to ensure that the Sensex portrays the condition of the market and the overall economic scenario of the country. By including these prestigious companies it is ensured that the Sensex catches the exact pulse of the industry. The first thing that is important while selecting the stocks for including them in the Sensex is of course the market capital of the companies.  For this purpose only the reputed and well known large enterprises are considered. and Wipro that are leaders in their respective sectors. Reliance.  But in the process it is also ensured that the Sensex is not completely depend on a few companies or the sectors.


There is probably so much resistance at the FA that they don't want to buy the equipment required to trial more than one game.
The whole for seems like a farce already. Palace have released a statement effectively saying they do not agree with the game being a late kick off given the recent crowd trouble and why the attendance has been restricted from 4500 to 2000. We've had Police apologising for comments about offensive weapons being seen last time already and the match commanders after match statement has gone down like a lead balloon. Round two is going to be a circus.
Didn't see this game. Was the var used at all?
The commentator even said "it's a good thing we haven't had to use it in case there are any teething issues"
it was used for the Murray goal I think but didn't need a reversal of a decision.


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In May of 1986, a woman in Orange County, Florida, was surprised by a man who entered her apartment and raped her at knifepoint. Despite the fact that she got a glimpse of his face, the chances of identifying and convicting her rapist were slim. Although law enforcement officers did their best to identify the perpetrator, their investigative techniques in the case were limited compared to our current set of forensic tools. That changed when Jeffrey Ashton, an assistant attorney for the state of Florida, saw an advertisement for DNA-based paternity testing in a magazine and began to wonder if DNA testing could also be used to identify the man responsible for the attack.
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Throughout the remainder of 1986, 22 other women were sexually assaulted in a similar manner. Each time, the attacker gained entry through an unlocked window or door. He concealed his face during the attack and was careful not to leave fingerprints to avoid identification. At the time, forensic investigators' only statistical method of identification was serology, which is the analysis of proteins in blood and other body fluids such as semen. The power of discrimination obtained through serological analysis is very low compared to that of modern DNA typing, so it was difficult to definitively identify the assailant based on serology alone. Investigators needed more evidence. The discovery of two fingerprints on a window screen at one of the crime scenes raised hopes of a positive identification, but unfortunately, the fingerprint analysis yielded no match in the database. Law enforcement officers were back to square one.
The big break in the case came in March of 1987 when a woman called police to report a prowler. When police apprehended the man and analyzed his fingerprints, they discovered a match with those from the window screen. That man was Tommie Lee Andrews.
The legal case against Andrews was strong. In addition to the fingerprint match, the first victim identified him as her attacker, and the serological analysis of semen left at the crime scenes matched that of Andrews. However, prosecutors wanted to do everything possible to maximize their chances of convicting the man who had assaulted so many women in their community.
That's when then-state prosecutor Jeff Ashton approached Assistant State Attorney Tim Berry with an idea. Ashton had seen a magazine advertisement for DNA testing to resolve paternity disputes. Why couldn't that same technology be used to identify the assailant?
It was a question worth pursuing, so prosecutors contacted Lifecodes Corp., a New York research lab that was conducting DNA-based paternity tests. One of the senior scientists at LifeCodes, Michael Baird, saw no reason that DNA couldn't be used in a criminal investigation, saying that the test "is applicable to anything that would have DNA in it—bloodstains, semen, dead tissue, dental pulp, bone marrow". LifeCodes agreed to perform the DNA testing.
At the time, DNA testing was in its infancy but was quickly proving its worth in resolving an immigration case in England (1) and paternity disputes. In addition, DNA evidence had entered the realm of criminal investigation in a parallel case in England, where Colin Pitchfork was accused of the rape and murder of two young girls. However, DNA evidence had never been presented in a U.S. court, and Andrews' defense team fought to exclude it on the basis that DNA testing was unproven and that Lifecodes, the only company that performed DNA typing, was trying to profit by increasing the market for such tests. However, after an independent DNA expert testified as to the accuracy and scientific validity of this new technology, the judge in the case allowed the DNA evidence to be admitted. Even though the technology used back in 1986—restriction fragment length polymorphism—was not as sensitive or discriminative as today's methods, DNA testing revealed that there was only a 1 in 10 billion chance that the match between Andrew's DNA and DNA found at the crime scenes was a random match.
Based on both fingerprint analysis and DNA typing, Tommie Lee Andrews was convicted of rape in November of 1987 and sentenced to prison for 22 years, making him the first person in the U.S. to be convicted as a result of DNA evidence. In subsequent trials, he was convicted of additional assaults and was sentenced to a total of 100 years behind bars.
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GOP Lobbyist Drafting Bill To Ban Gays From NFL
Doug Mataconis · Tuesday, February 25, 2014 · 43 comments
Jack Burkman, a K Street lobbyist who has previously served as a Legislative Aide for former Congressman Rick Lazio as well as being a radio host and frequent guest on Fox News Channel, tells The Hill that he wants to ban openly gay players from professional football:
Washington lobbyist Jack Burkman on Monday said he is preparing legislation that would ban gay athletes from joining the National Football League.
Burkman in a statement said he has garnered political support for the bill, though his statement didn't mention any specific lawmakers who are behind it.
"We are losing our decency as a nation," Burkman said in a statement. "Imagine your son being forced to shower with a gay man. That's a horrifying prospect for every mom in the country. What in the world has this nation come to?"
Burkman said he came up with the idea after college football star Michael Sam publicly revealed he is gay a few weeks ago. If drafted, Sam would be the first openly gay player in the NFL.
Burkman was not available to speak with The Hill but urged Congress to act in his statement.
"If the NFL has no morals and no values, then Congress must find values for it," Burkman said.
Burkman serves as founder and president of his own lobbying firm, Burkman Associates. He has also worked as of counsel at law firm Holland & Knight. In the 1990s, he served as counsel to then-Rep. Rick Lazio (R-N.Y.).
Burkman's firm, JM Burkman & Associates, signed 70 new clients last year, the most of any K Street firm, a recent review by The Hill found.
Sam Stein has further details:
WASHINGTON — A Republican lobbyist is preparing legislation that would ban gay athletes from playing in the National Football League, a move he says is necessary to prevent American society from sliding into indecency.
Jack Burkman, the CEO of Burkman LLC, said Monday that he would push Republican lawmakers to support the measure, which he put together after college football star Michael Sam announced that he is gay. In an interview with The Huffington Post, Burkman insisted that five members of the House of Representatives and one senator are interested in co-sponsoring the bill, and that those numbers would rise to 36 and five, respectively, within three weeks. Notably, he declined to name any of the lawmakers in question.
The absence of any actual details — from the language of the bill to the names of potential supporters — gave the announcement the unmistakable whiff of a publicity stunt. Burkman's own public relations firm broke the news of the legislation. Beyond his motive, however, is a larger question: Why would Burkman even bother? Sam's announcement was met with widespread support. Why should Congress create a conflict where, for the most part, one doesn't exist?
Even Burkman concedes that conservatives like himself are supposed to find it abhorrent when the government tells a private business how to conduct its affairs.
"However," he added, "there are times when that is trumped for reason of great urgency or necessity. And I think this is it, because I see the society sliding in the wrong direction."
"I felt that if the NFL doesn't have any morals, and people like [Commissioner] Roger Goodell, who are just go-along-get-along guys, just want to appease advertisers, appease corporate America and all that stuff," he said, "I figured, well, it is time for conservatives in Congress to step in and define morality for them."
But the slope is slippery and filled with intolerance. Burkman expressed particular concern about the possibility of a gay man disrupting the delicate equilibrium of a locker room. Does that extend to congressional locker rooms? Should openly gay politicians be prohibited from serving in Congress since, after all, lawmakers share gyms there?
"That is up to Congress," Burkman said.
Would Burkman be fine with openly gay men playing in the NFL if they used separate bathrooms from straight players?
"That would be a start," he said.
And here's Burkman discussing this initiative:
When I first read about this at The Raw Story, I thought it was something from a parody website. But, no, this is apparently a real thing. How such a law could possibly be Constitutional I do not know.
FILED UNDER: Sports, US Politics, college football, Fox News, House of Representatives, HuffPo, Legislation, NFL, parody, Roger Goodell, Sam Stein
Stonetools says:
Tuesday, 25 February 2014 at 07:07
That's the GOP for you. They run on low taxes and limited government and then legislate anti abortion and culture war too. What's interesting is that the people who vote for them on tax issues are constantly surprised when they do the culture war stuff. Maybe they should try not voting for Republicans?
OzarkHillbilly says:
Hate. It's a family value for small government conservatives. If that didn't make any sense to you, it's because you still have a brain.
JoshB says:
He's a typical family values conservative.
gVOR08 says:
… the unmistakable whiff of a publicity stunt.
Do you think? Grifters gotta grift.
@JoshB: Fun link. But I still think he's closeted.
It's hilarious; perhaps he can quote from the Founders[1] about how the proper role of the government is to regulate the morals[2] of for-profit sports leagues.
[1] Barton can 'discover' some secret documents.
[2] Where 'morals' don't apply to anything which would impede profits.
Leaving out the whole gay issue for a moment- if the NFL doesn't tell this guy where to stick it for telling them how to run their business, I'd be very surprised. If he thinks for one minute the NFL will put up with Congress writing a specific law addressed to them and them alone affecting their lifeblood (the ability to draft players), he's got another thing coming. Regardless of their personal stances on the issue, the NFL is Money and Money doesn't do restrictions.
Back to the topic at hand- way to waste public money on a totally indefensible piece of BS, dude! Nice retirement income for him, a huge bill for the rest of us – both from the government's defense bills AND from the NFL's lawsuits and lawyer fees (since we all know they're not paying a dime if they can pass it along). Aiming for the Grifter Hall of Fame, that one….
Blue Galangal says:
Gee, I'm a mom with a 20-something son and I can tell you that worrying about who he showered with in the NFL locker room would be the last thing on my mind, if, that is, he got signed to the NFL. I'd be concerned with drugs; fast cars; too much money too fast; and, oh, the NFL part – I'd be much happier if he was showering with gay NHL teammates.
Hate to break it to him but NFL players have already showered with gay men. In fact, this clown has showered with gay men also.
Am I the only one reading this who asks "WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION IS THE AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS LOBBYIST TO WRITE BILLS FOR CONGRESS" ????????????
Probably , it has been going on for years, but now, for the first time,here is the proof, STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH, that legislators are so in bed with Lobbyists that they even let them develop bills to serve their own Special Interest & pass them off as their own.
Morals & Values are SUBJECTIVE, not OBJECTIVE, so to name them as a basis for new law strikes at the very core of the constitution, it interferes with the separation of Church and State, the whole concept of Free Enterprise, and most importantly the concept that we are all CREATED EQUAL.
mantis says:
Imagine your son being forced to shower with a gay man. That's a horrifying prospect for every mom in the country.
Armchair psychology time: this guy grew up hearing that gays are evil from his psychotic, controlling mother. He developed severe anxiety over his own homosexual tendencies, which he struggled with especially in the locker room in school. His father loved football and he learned that playing pro ball is the pinnacle of existence. An openly gay player joining the league has triggered deep seated issues in the man, and he has decided to embark on a crusade. He's overcompensating to a ridiculous degree.
@mantis: Also blissfully unaware that he's almost certainly showered with gay guys frequently.
Tillman says:
There's no mistake that we live in an age of moral relativism. Alasdair MacIntyre, in my mind, eloquently summed up the problem in After Virtue. The language of morality has been reduced down to one man's opinion versus another's. It has been made subjective.
The reaction of Our Moral Guardians, like this dude, has been entirely incorrect and improper regarding the problem. When moral language becomes subjective, you don't attempt to force it down others' throats through legislation. You should, instead, seek to clarify your own morals and attempt to be an exemplar of them. You should spread them culturally, starting in your own community and working out from there. A bottom-up approach.
Going the route they went inevitably made them moral lawyers advocating petty rules that don't have much justification aside from fitting into a conceptual framework that worked for nomadic tribes five thousand years ago. This isn't the description of a winning argument. So now they find themselves pushing (even if facetiously, since this really does look like a publicity stunt) a dumb rule for a sport principally about guys clobbering each other really hard. That's sad. It's not even reprehensible anymore. It's too pitiful.
C. Clavin says:
The GOP is so un-productive…they are now out-sourcing their bigotry to lobbyists.
@gVOR08:
Apparently his own brother is gay…and his gay brother thinks he is an a$$hole.
Not to interrupt anyone's Republican bashing, but this has precisely zero chance of getting anywhere in Congress. I doubt it will even come up in committee. I'm dubious it will even get more than a couple of sponsors from really safe districts. This gay is way out on the fringe of the GOP*. I think Stein is right: this is a publicity stunt. And … it seems to have worked.
(* after posting, realized that I meant to say "guy" in that sentence, but "gay" works so much better on so many levels, I'm leaving the mis-spelling in.)
@Hal_10000:
Pointless stunt? So kinda like 48 votes to repeal Obamacare, right?
@C. Clavin:
Sorta. But Obamacare repeal actually came up for a vote and (I think) passed the House. This won't even get that far. The GOP had votes to repeal Obamacare because they wanted to prove they oppose Obamacare. Large segments of the GOP are backing away from gay issues as fast as they can.
@Hal_10000: Just so my ranting is spread evenly, it's not like the left is immune to legislating morality. They've just been less open about it lately.
@Hal_10000:..(Jack Burkman) is way out on the fringe of the GOP.
No he is not.
anjin-san says:
Can someone show me where Jesus preached the virtues of hatred and intolerance? I have looked, and I can't find it…
"That's the GOP for you."
This is just like the Uganda headline. It fits the anti-socon narrative, so even though it's not true, you're willing to roll with it. Does it matter that this is one guy, who isn't a congressman? Nope. It's the GOP for Stonetools. It's what he's invested in believing the entire GOP is, so it doesn't matter whether it speaks to the GOP as a whole.
@ Pinky
Sure thing. Just show us where the real leaders of the GOP are speaking out in favor of equality and equal rights for gays/lesbians. It should be a snap.
@Pinky:
This is just like the Uganda headline.
Except that this isn't a headline and is one guy's expressed opinion. We all form narratives. Believe me, if eco-terrorism was on the rise (like social conservatism's moment in the spotlight for the last decade), you'd get similar generalizations about the left.
Also, we can't effectively communicate with each other if we're constantly having to define our terms in each conversation for clarity's sake. (Something ernie likes to do whenever someone associates him with a particular viewpoint, if I recall correctly.) So communication is bound to have reductionist terms in it. I doubt stonetools thinks the entire GOP thinks like this, but he reckons enough do to make a comfortable simplification. Same thing with reynolds and others saying the GOP are racists.
There are problems with comfortable simplification, but we're not going to get past those. Calling them out when they're misapplied is a good thing to do, but it can't be the only thing you do.
Man, those antidepressants must be kicking in. I'm writing way too many long posts. I used to exercise brevity, damn it.
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He left it dead, and with its head
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Anonne says:
Wait, whatever happened to individual freedom, and the NFL's freedom to contract with whomever it pleases? This is not small government.
Oh right, if it's a gay person, they don't count.
These things make it embarrassing to be a Christian.
@Tillman: In this case, it literally is a headline. The first word is "GOP". There's no such thing as a GOP lobbyist, in that officials in the political parties don't lobby for legislation (as far as I know, they can't). But Doug makes the jump from Burkman's resume to "GOP lobbyist", and Stone makes the jump from "GOP lobbyist" to "that's the GOP for you". Anjin says, well, the truth in this particular case doesn't matter, as long as the GOP changes its position on gay marriage then we'll stop spreading this particular story.
@Pinky: That's somewhat narrow. Couldn't anyone registered to vote as a Republican be considered "in" the Republican party?
Anjin says, well, the truth in this particular case doesn't matter, as long as the GOP changes its position on gay marriage then we'll stop spreading this particular story.
So all you have left is to lie about what other people say. You are a weak MoFo.
"You are a slow learner, Winston."
"How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four."
"Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane."
The truth of the matter is very simple. There is a broad-based effort in this country by "social conservatives" to bring back Jim Crow, albeit in a new form, directed at gays & lesbians.
The fact that their efforts are pretty much diametrically opposed to both the principles this country was founded on AND the teachings of Jesus seems to bother them not a whit.
@Maggie:
"WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION IS THE AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS LOBBYIST TO WRITE BILLS FOR CONGRESS" ?
The Constitution is silent about who can write legislation, FYI.
@anjin-san: Yeah, that's what Jim Crow was about, banning gay football players. Like I said, the facts don't concern you, the "truth" does. (I'm sure I'm overstating that, but come on, you're not giving me much reason here to think you do care about facts.)
Words are but a plaything to me. Tommy Smothers
(Today I am celebrating the antonyms of clarity: vagueness, obscurity and nonsense.)
Yeah, that's what Jim Crow was about, banning gay football players.
Sort of like black athletes were once banned. Every hear of the Negro Leagues? Jackie Robinson? Se habla history?
Jim Crow was about segregating a minority from the mainstream of American life. It was about limiting their rights and ability to participate in normal day-to-day activities that the rest of us take for granted.
This is exactly what the right is trying to perpetuate and even increase with gays & lesbians. Basically, the right wants bigots to be able to go back to the days before the Greensboro Four. Before the Stonewall "riot"
Even you are not too dim to understand this. Either make better arguments, or tattoo "I am an idiot" to your forehead so people will not have to wait for you to speak…
@anjin-san: The laws of physics or something say that you can post an infinite number of comments that are nearly-related to the question. I'd have to respond an infinite number of times saying "that's not really what we were talking about". Or, I could just hope that the reader will notice.
@Pinky: I don't know about Burkman, but a few years ago the Republicans were forcing the lobbying shops to hire Republicans. Tom Delay as Republican Whip was providing short lists off approved candidates for any open slots. In the aftermath, it's fair to call most of them Republican lobbyists. WIKI "K street project".
You are talking about how we can pretend that Jack Burkman is not a GOP insider, and how we can pretend that socons are not dedicated to maintaining second class citizenship in America for people they don't like.
That is not the topic at hand, it's simply more of your prattle.
Having lived in the bay area for over half a century, I've know a lot of gay men. I'm fairly certain that I've showered with gay men, after sports practice in school, at the gym, after a round of golf, whatever. I don't care, and neither does my mother.
I've had gay men flirt with me, and I have had gay men hit on me in no uncertain terms.
It's never bothered me. It never made me feel like anyone involved had low morals. It never threatened my manhood or made a mockery of my marriage.
One thing has remained fairly constant. Scratch a homophobe, and you will find a man who is deeply unsure of his own masculinity, or you will find latency and self-loathing. Sometimes both.
john personna says:
FWIW, I agree with some above (pinky) that this is digging pretty deep, finding some lobbyist with a stupid idea.
What's next, a link to an internet commenter?
That no elected official, or party official, wants to be caught within 100 miles of this proposal shows how off the reservation it is.
@ john personna
Right. All the GOP crazy in on the fringe. Like Limbaugh saying Democrats would support the AZ hate law if they thought Muslims were behind it. Or like him saying that Brewer was being pressured by the "homosexual lobby" (aka the Chamber of Commerce), or like Fox commentators saying that slavery was dying on it's own and there was no need for the Civil War.
I could go on, well, forever, but I think you get the point.
Thursday, 27 February 2014 at 12:55
Downvote for Lewis Carroll! Off with their head!
Let's Be Free says:
Sunday, 2 March 2014 at 05:13
Now Democrat lobbyists write healthcare bill that actually passes Congress and is signed into law — that would be a real story.
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Mr. de la Vega's statement suggests that the majority of people on AT&T's tiered plans are paying at least $30 for three GB, or more.
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Also worth noting is that AT&T raised the prices of its tiered data plans earlier this year. Previously, the two options were $15 for 200 MB, or $25 for two GB.
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