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The Mail December 13 1999
Christian challenge
I don't think that Christianity needs to reinvent itself, as your excellent cover story suggests ("Jesus at 2000," Nov. 29). Its message is as relevant today as it ever was. What we need to do, however, is to reinvent ways of getting the Christian message to a world that is increasingly visual and increasingly possessed of a shorter and shorter attention span. Arthur E. Ammeter, Petersfield, Man.
After many failed attempts to discredit its historical reliability, Christianity still survives. The only reason it survives is because Jesus does not have to be reinvented. And the only reason the church as an institution has to be rein-
vented is because of its tendency to be an unreliable representation of Christ's love and compassion. Since truth is just as much caught as taught, those churches that demonstrate a genuine authenticity, integrity and community in living out the gospel of good news will have no trouble entering the new millennium. They will be Chrisdike to the poor, the oppressed, the broken and the wounded. They will focus on the community rather than institutions, on spiritual formation rather than religious traditionalism, and on personal and global transformation rather than selfpreservation. After ministering more than 25 years as an evangelical pastor, I spend my ministry days now working with those with mental illness, specifically those with schizophrenia, advocating, as Jesus would, to abolish the stigma and discrimination of those living with this biochemical brain disease—to offer them a future with hope. Perhaps I have found the church outside the church.
Chris Summerville, Winnipeg Executive Director, Manitoba Schizophrenia Society, Winnipeg
It is refreshing to know that such a distinguished magazine as Macleans took the time to visit those involved in evangelical churches in Canada. At times, we evangelical parishioners feel like lepers among the more liberal mainstream. It feels good to have an ecumenical article written that shows the church is alive and well, as well as excited and equipped to be entering the 21st century.
Dianne R. Noslon, Port Perry, Ont.
Christianity would not have to reinvent itself if prayers were actually answered once in a while. Is it any wonder people become atheists?
John Granic, Mississauga, Ont.
Kids out of control
I read with great interest "Death of a dream" (Canada, Nov. 29) about the killing of Toronto high-school student Dmitri Baranovski. You try to identify the reasons why some youths are troubled, mentioning working parents, violent video games and movies, and so on, but you overlook the main reason. Today's kids are out of control because, in the name of children's rights, parents and teachers have effectively been stripped of their authority. It is not that children are desensitized by violence; in my day, cartoons were equally violent and firearms far more freely available, and yet we were not inspired by these conditions to kill our parents, teachers or classmates. As for youth gangs, once again you avoid coming to terms with the real issue. Most gangs are organized along ethnic lines. Their appearance in our society, like the bad behaviour of this generation, is the inevitable consequence of naïve public policy.
Robert Smith, Ottawa
Green memory
Tom Green was a substitute teacher's worst nightmare ("Shocking Green," Television, Nov. 29). He was a student I remember very well among the sea of faces 10 years ago at Ottawa's Colonel By High School. Much to my chagrin, he naturally found the classroom was an ideal testing ground to fine-tune his skills as "anarchistic" comedian. It was obvious that even as a teenager, he was a presence, and I congratulate him for taking his talents to an appreciative public.
Laure W. Neish, Penticton, B.C.
In the Dec. 6,1999, issue of Macleans, a photo credit was inadvertendy omitted. The page 67 photo of Norman Jewison and Rubin (Hurricane) Carter was taken at Florida Jack's Toronto boxing club, but the location was not mentioned in the credit.
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Aussie referendum
While Queen Elizabeth II was
handing the World Rugby Cup to the Australian captain in Cardiff, Wales, the government of Australia was giving the royal finger to the Australian people in its heads we win, tales you lose referendum. The Aussies turned down the governments referendum proposal ("Australians vote to keep the Queen," World Notes, Nov. 15), which intended to substitute Parliament for the people as the electors of the new president. What the Aussies wanted is to elect their own president. They didn't vote to keep the Queen, they voted against a parliamentary dictatorship. John Kelly, Vancouver
Reading the excerpt from Mel Hurtig's latest book, Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids ("When kids go hungry," Nov. 15), in the same issue as the ranking of Canadian universities struck me as ironic. A university education was never cheap, now it's becoming a luxury, so who'll get to go in 2000-plus? Maybe kids from middle-income families. Certainly not those Hurtig writes about. With the Yuletide season upon us, the excerpt brought to mind Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol. Encountering the Spirit of Christmas Present, Scrooge asks if the two children under its cloak belong to the spirit. "They are Man's," it replies. "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy." The warning is still valid. While I don't suggest a lack of education in itself fosters crime, its close relative, ignorance, has helped spawn some of the atrocities of this century, and both are in part offshoots of want. Ten years ago, world leaders held a summit on child poverty, pledging to solve it by the end of this century. We're still far from the mark. Dickens would probably grade our efforts C-minus.
Evelyn Eppes, Halifax
Taxed to the max
"Taxing times in Ottawa" (Canada, Nov. 29) is fine as far as it goes. But in stating that Canada Pension premiums will hit a maximum of $2,238 in 2005, you are only telling half the story. That's what the premium will be for people who work for other people and whose employers contribute an equal amount. For those like my wife and me, who are self-employed, you have to double that figure. So our two CPP premiums by 2005 will total $8,952. This overall tax situation, if not reversed, will either force us to retire early or to leave the country. David A. Rodger, North Vancouver
Privacy and fraud
Rarely have I read a column as frighteningly stupid as Diane Francis's "Let's start nailing cheaters" (Nov. 29). Francis's proposed solutions are positively Orwellian—DNA markers and biographical information on smart cards? It would be easier to just tattoo numbers on people like the Nazis did. Why stop at allowing government agencies to share data? Why not have the government require banks to disclose everyone's financial records to ensure that revenues have been correcdy reported on tax returns, or why not have the telephone companies report on all telephone calls to see who has been talking to known criminals? If Canada was to take steps towards becoming such a totalitarian state, the government investigators would have a hard time referencing my customs declarations for there would be none—I would leave for good.
Michael R. Barrick, Vancouver
Diane Francis's points are valid, her solution to issue national identity cards so logical and simple, it's amazing this has not been implemented long ago. The cheaters make a laughingstock of the government. Or could it be that the cheaters are so quick and the government so slow they are both making a laughingstock of the rest of us hardworking Canadians?
L. G. Kouri, Kingston, Ont.
May I suggest some more measures to stop entitlement fraud? The federal government could set up a new department to track down and forcibly extract a sample of DNA from those traitorous few who place their own interests ahead of the state. These new brownshirts could also be present at every birth to stamp a UPC code on all newborns for more accurate tracking. Some of us might miss the good old days of individual liberty, but at least no one would be spending a week in Florida while on EL
Michael Zieman, Milton, Ont.
Privacy commissioner Bruce Phillips along with Justice Danièle Tremblay-Lamer are totally out to lunch. If they object to the passing of information about citizens from one government department to another and consider it illegal, what do they think about the same thing happening between police departments? The next thing we know, we will be abusing convicts' rights, and that would never do. Jim Moar, Halifax
Education for sale
According to your report "On the chopping block" (Education Notes, Nov. 29), 100 Ontario public schools are earmarked for closure while Premier Mike Harris says the province may open the door to private universities. At the same time, Ontario's postsecondary system was ranked last among all the provinces for quality by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. In addition, university tuition fees have increased substantially every year the Conservatives have been in power. Our children are being treated as guinea pigs with an untried curriculum and thrown-together textbooks, and teacher morale is at an all-time low due to the government's denigration of the profession. Clearly, the government is carrying out its agenda of the deliberate destruction of public education and the promotion of a private system that only the well-heeled can access. But if only the
children of the wealthy have access to a decent education, it almost certainly follows that the children of those who are currently the elite will be the future elite. Upward mobility will have been effectively curtailed, as will competition for scarce well-paying and meaningful jobs.
Bonnie Showers-Malanoski, Windsor, Ont.
Adversarial relations
To get straight to the point, Barbara Amiels "The Christian war against Islam" (Nov 22) is racist. How did she determine that Islam is the "adversary of Christianity"? Did she read that in the Koran or in the Sunnah of the prophet Mohammed? This is either her mistake or a deliberate slander against Islam. Amiel writes that "the West prefers to believe in two kinds of Islam. One is fundamentalism made up of irrational old mullahs and wildeyed radicals; the other is just like us." Who is the "West"? Does she and her views represent the West or could I, a Canadian whose religion is Islam, play a part in defining the views of the West? Her complete lack of understanding about Islam also becomes clear when she comments that no Islamic leader or theocracy has reformed the Shari'ah. Unlike Christianity, Islam is not a religion that can be reformed or changed to suit popular opinion. It should be quite obvious by now that Amiel cannot define a "moderate Islamic adherent," as she is, first, biased, and second, lacks a fundamental understanding of Islam in order to state what is moderate, what is permissive and what is extreme.
Troy Marquis, Co-ordinator, Media Watch Bureau, Canadian Centre for Islamic Studies, Halifax
Amiel's column provides a valuable public service in enlightening readers with a litde-known fact: aberrant local cultural interpretations of religious tenets are really indicative of broader religious rot. In other words, we should be looking at cult leaders like
David Koresh to see the true face of Christianity. Amiel breaks new ground in highlighting what will happen "if Islam declares war on [Christianity]," and the imminent threat to Christian-Arabs in the Middle East. We hope that she will serve to enlighten all North Americans— enlightenment necessary to justify roundthe-clock bombing and more restrictive and punitive economic measures against Muslim nations. Perhaps Amiel can serve as the 21st-century's crier for a new crusade echoing Pope Urban II's words of almost 1,000 years ago: "Take the road to the Holy Sepulchre, rescue that land from a dreadful race."
Wahida Valíante, National Vice-Chairwoman, The Canadian Islamic Congress,
Waterloo, Ont.
As a Canadian originally from Nazareth in Israel, I would like to assure you that only ignorance does not recognize that Nazareth is a city of peace and goodwill. Barbara Amiel's article states that "the Netanyahu government played up to the Muslims, promising them the mosque and hoping for votes." Then at the end of her article, she twists the facts and claims that "the only thing that seems clear is that the Jews are between a rock and a hard place." How could this make sense to any logical, rational person? Amiel tries to portray the instigator as the victim. Like Swiss cheese, her article is hall of holes.
Elham Farah, Dundas, Ont.
'Church of Bill Reid'
To the religious mind, nothing is more hated than an uncomfortable truth that explodes a tenuous myth. Thus, we see the church of Bill Reid again in high dudgeon over your Oct. 18 cover story, "Trade secrets." In the Nov. 29 edition, Haida elder Lavina White resorts to the desperate, pathetic claim that Reid is simply the victim of a media bias against natives ("Bill Reids legacy," The Mail). Haida artist Jim Hart equates Reid with God. Get over yourselves, people. Macleans meticulous research showed Reid to be a mercurial,
exploitative taskmaster, not the allvirtuous Haida messiah that you created. Preserve the myth if you want, but do us all a favour and keep it to yourself. Macleans does not deserve to be vilified for doing good journalism.
Greg Felton, New Westminster, B.C.
The table of contents of the Nov. 22 issue of Macleans strikingly demonstrated the magazine's unfortunate choice in devoting yet another cover story to a celebrity—Wayne Gretzky ("Wayne's new world")—while giving a smaller amount of space to the tragic story of the appallingly high youth suicide rate in Inuit communities across Canada ("The tragedy of Andrew Rich," Canada). Surely we can recognize that it is more important to address the problems faced by the Inuit people rather than being obsessed with the lives of the rich and famous. Perhaps by doing so, we could find a way to give hope to children like Andrew Rich, so that parents such as Napess Ashini would not have to face the tragic news that their children have taken their own lives.
Ruth Cluley, Bathurst, N.B.
Where would Wayne Gretzky be today if he had been born a female? Not only would there have been no framework to systematically advance him though the sport to reach the Hall of Fame, but would his dad have been as avid about building the hockey rinks in the backyard and coaching him so intently if he were a girl? If Wayne is serious about wanting to make an even more significant contribution to hockey, it would behoove him to first understand how difficult it is for women to be passionate about the sport when the institutional machinery is in its infancy. In his daughter Paulina's lifetime could she achieve the fame and fortune her dad has attained if she (hypothetically) wanted nothing more than to play professional women's hockey? It's time to balance the scorecard and Wayne is capable of doing it.
Natasha Koziol, London, Ont.
Rattled in Seattle
December 1999 By Jennifer Hunter
Illuminating Pages
The banks, one year later
December 1999 By John Nicol
Reach for the Top
December 1999 By John Schofield
Hollywood looks back in anger, and love
December 1999 By Brian D. Johnson
Clicking all the way
November 2005 By Scott Moore
November 2005 By Paul Coleman
October 2005 By Barbara Frensch

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Q: Can't get any data on delete header with express I want to delete some data to my database into an angular application.
So on click on the delete button I have this method called
function deleteFolder () {
  var folder = {};

  console.log(folder);
  $http.delete ('/api/v1/folders', {'id': "QPZZGZ", 'name': "MAHU"}).then (function (response) {

  });
}

And on my express server I have this :
app.js :
app.use('/api/v1/folders', folders);

folder.js :
var express = require('express'),
    router = express.Router();

/* DELETE home page */
router.delete('/', function(req, res){
  var data = req.body,
      values = {
        NAME : data.name,
        PNR_REF : data.id
      };

  console.log(req.body);
});
module.exports = router;

In the log, there is absolutely nothing (body is an empty object)
I don't know where it come from. Any ideas ?

A: You 're doing it wrong, the ajax function needs to request to the same path expressed in the server side, so you have two choices :
either you rename the :
router.delete('/', function(req, res){

to  :
router.delete('/api/v1/folders', function(req, res){

Or you directly send the ajax request to the :
$http.delete ('/'

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package com.h6ah4i.android.example.advrecyclerview.demo_composition_all;

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.h6ah4i.android.example.advrecyclerview.R;
import com.h6ah4i.android.example.advrecyclerview.common.adapter.OnListItemClickMessageListener;
import com.h6ah4i.android.example.advrecyclerview.common.widget.ExpandableItemIndicator;
import com.h6ah4i.android.widget.advrecyclerview.expandable.ExpandableItemConstants;
import com.h6ah4i.android.widget.advrecyclerview.expandable.RecyclerViewExpandableItemManager;
import com.h6ah4i.android.widget.advrecyclerview.utils.AbstractExpandableItemAdapter;
import com.h6ah4i.android.widget.advrecyclerview.utils.AbstractExpandableItemViewHolder;
import com.h6ah4i.android.widget.advrecyclerview.utils.RecyclerViewAdapterUtils;
import com.h6ah4i.android.widget.advrecyclerview.utils.WrapperAdapterUtils;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

class MyExpandableAdapter
        extends AbstractExpandableItemAdapter<MyExpandableAdapter.MyGroupViewHolder, MyExpandableAdapter.MyChildViewHolder>
        implements View.OnClickListener {

    static abstract class MyBaseItem {
        public final long id;
        public final String text;

        public MyBaseItem(long id, String text) {
            this.id = id;
            this.text = text;
        }
    }

    static class MyGroupItem extends MyBaseItem {
        public final List<MyChildItem> children;

        public MyGroupItem(long id, String text) {
            super(id, text);
            children = new ArrayList<>();
        }
    }

    static class MyChildItem extends MyBaseItem {
        public MyChildItem(long id, String text) {
            super(id, text);
        }
    }

    static abstract class MyBaseViewHolder extends AbstractExpandableItemViewHolder {
        View containerView;
        TextView textView;

        public MyBaseViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            containerView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.container);
            textView = itemView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1);
        }
    }

    static class MyGroupViewHolder extends MyBaseViewHolder {
        ExpandableItemIndicator indicator;

        public MyGroupViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            indicator = itemView.findViewById(R.id.indicator);
        }
    }

    static class MyChildViewHolder extends MyBaseViewHolder {
        public MyChildViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
        }
    }

    RecyclerViewExpandableItemManager mExpandableItemManager;
    OnListItemClickMessageListener mOnItemClickListener;
    List<MyGroupItem> mItems;

    public MyExpandableAdapter(RecyclerViewExpandableItemManager exaMgr, OnListItemClickMessageListener clickListener) {
        setHasStableIds(true); // this is required for expandable feature.

        mExpandableItemManager = exaMgr;
        mOnItemClickListener = clickListener;
        mItems = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
            MyGroupItem group = new MyGroupItem(i, "GROUP " + i);
            for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
                group.children.add(new MyChildItem(j, "child " + j));
            }
            mItems.add(group);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public int getGroupCount() {
        return mItems.size();
    }

    @Override
    public int getChildCount(int groupPosition) {
        return mItems.get(groupPosition).children.size();
    }

    @Override
    public long getGroupId(int groupPosition) {
        // This method need to return unique value within all group items.
        return mItems.get(groupPosition).id;
    }

    @Override
    public long getChildId(int groupPosition, int childPosition) {
        // This method need to return unique value within the group.
        return mItems.get(groupPosition).children.get(childPosition).id;
    }

    @Override
    public MyGroupViewHolder onCreateGroupViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_group_item, parent, false);
        MyGroupViewHolder vh = new MyGroupViewHolder(v);
        vh.containerView.setOnClickListener(this);
        return vh;
    }

    @Override
    public MyChildViewHolder onCreateChildViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
        MyChildViewHolder vh = new MyChildViewHolder(v);
        vh.containerView.setOnClickListener(this);
        return vh;
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindGroupViewHolder(MyGroupViewHolder holder, int groupPosition, int viewType) {
        MyGroupItem group = mItems.get(groupPosition);
        holder.textView.setText(group.text);
        final int expandState = holder.getExpandStateFlags();

        if ((expandState & ExpandableItemConstants.STATE_FLAG_IS_UPDATED) != 0) {
            boolean isExpanded = ((expandState & ExpandableItemConstants.STATE_FLAG_IS_EXPANDED) != 0);
            boolean animateIndicator = ((expandState & ExpandableItemConstants.STATE_FLAG_HAS_EXPANDED_STATE_CHANGED) != 0);

            holder.indicator.setExpandedState(isExpanded, animateIndicator);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindChildViewHolder(MyChildViewHolder holder, int groupPosition, int childPosition, int viewType) {
        MyChildItem child = mItems.get(groupPosition).children.get(childPosition);
        holder.textView.setText(child.text);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCheckCanExpandOrCollapseGroup(MyGroupViewHolder holder, int groupPosition, int x, int y, boolean expand) {
        // handles click event manually (to show Snackbar message)
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        RecyclerView rv = RecyclerViewAdapterUtils.getParentRecyclerView(v);
        RecyclerView.ViewHolder vh = rv.findContainingViewHolder(v);

        int rootPosition = vh.getAdapterPosition();
        if (rootPosition == RecyclerView.NO_POSITION) {
            return;
        }

        // need to determine adapter local flat position like this:
        RecyclerView.Adapter rootAdapter = rv.getAdapter();
        int localFlatPosition = WrapperAdapterUtils.unwrapPosition(rootAdapter, this, rootPosition);

        long expandablePosition = mExpandableItemManager.getExpandablePosition(localFlatPosition);
        int groupPosition = RecyclerViewExpandableItemManager.getPackedPositionGroup(expandablePosition);
        int childPosition = RecyclerViewExpandableItemManager.getPackedPositionChild(expandablePosition);

        String message;
        if (childPosition == RecyclerView.NO_POSITION) {
            // Clicked item is a group!

            // toggle expand/collapse
            if (mExpandableItemManager.isGroupExpanded(groupPosition)) {
                mExpandableItemManager.collapseGroup(groupPosition);
                message = "COLLAPSE: Group " + groupPosition;
            } else {
                mExpandableItemManager.expandGroup(groupPosition);
                message = "EXPAND: Group " + groupPosition;
            }
        } else {
            // Clicked item is a child!

            message = "CLICKED: Child " + groupPosition + "-" + childPosition;
        }

        mOnItemClickListener.onItemClicked(message);
    }
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"Eminently practical and yet appropriate as always." These are the words Stephen Sondheim puts into the mouth of mad London barber Sweeney Todd as he praises his madly efficient partner in crime, Mrs. Lovett. Minus the madness, the line may also capture something of American designer Paul Loebach's attraction to the overlooked virtues of American design.
For Loebach, it's time to take a look at the design menagerie a little closer to home. American design has indeed succeeded in creating amazing objects – with admittedly non-tiger-like properties. Looked at over the course of many decades as opposed to the one just past, US design impresses with an innate respect for the limitations and opportunities presented by every material, and with the seductive properties of endurance and sublime functionality.
Loebach took some time out this week to share with us some of his favorite examples of American design with HAND/EYE readers.


DENVER – Men in Colorado are far more likely to be charged with driving under the influence than women, and young adults in their 20s are the most likely to be culprits, according to a new report published Monday by the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice.
The report is the product of a 2017 bill passed by the General Assembly ordering a review of DUIs and other similar crimes involving driving and drug and alcohol use data from 2016 cases in Colorado.
The researchers looked at 27,000 impaired driving cases filed that year, the demographics of those arrested and how their cases have proceeded through the court system, among other things.
The report finds that nearly 75 percent of people charged were men and that more than 30 percent of those charged were in their 20s. Men also accounted for the vast majority of felony-level cases and were far more likely to have prior DUIs than women.


The Hyundai Genesis Coupe has everything that it needs to be a performance monster – a powerful engine, rear-wheel drive, eager handling, and a reasonable price tag. Sharing its basic platform with its luxury counterpart, it also has the curves to look great laid out. So, what is holding it back?
To performance enthusiasts like you, it's the suspension. Sure, traditional coilovers could get you low, but you shouldn't have to worry about getting up driveways and over speed bumps. Here at Air Lift, we believe that you shouldn't have to sacrifice ride quality to get that low look that you want. Our full air suspension kit will have your Genesis Coupe on the ground with an unsurpassed amount of adjustability.
In order to drop you 4.49" in the front, we took our double-bellows air springs and paired them with threaded-body, monotube dampers. With 30-levels of adjustability, you can customize your setup from pillow soft, all the way to a stiff performance setup with just the push of a button and a twist of a damping knob. Not only do these struts perform exceptionally well, but they look just as good – strut bodies covered in a smooth, black-chrome finish, and the air springs enhanced with bright-red anodized end caps.
In the rear, we swapped your stock OEM suspension with our double-bellow air springs and threaded-body dampers, dropping you down 4.65". We specially designed the lower strut mounts to be off-set so that you don't lose the use of your stabilizer bar, making sure you can still get the most out of your ride.
With our kit on your Genesis Coupe, you'll be ready to drop it down into a sick show stance and carve the corners on the track, then drive away without any lowered-car fears, like facing a speed bump or steep driveway and bottoming out, cracking your oil pan or tearing up the rest of the underbody.
To ensure the longevity of the kit, all key suspension components have been tested on our hydraulic test rig for over one million cycles, simulating around 100,000 miles, then tortured at extreme temperatures from -30º F to 150º F. Add that to our standard one-year, unlimited-mileage warranty – not to mention the Air Lift Performance reputation for exceptional customer service and technical support – and you can purchase this kit with peace of mind.
Now, ditch those coils and get to a whole new level of low in your Hyundai Genesis Coupe!
We are dedicated to helping you find the perfect fitment for your ride while also bringing you the highest quality, affordable aftermarket parts in the world! We are truck and car enthusiasts who build their dream rides with these very products.
Shipping times will varying depending on item and immediate availability. Many kits will ship in 3-7 business days while some other items will ship in 3-10 business days. We will email the tracking number to you within 24 hours once it ships to you, so you can easily track your package(s) from the us to your door. All shipping prices are based on the lower 48 states unless specified otherwise. Always inspect your items immediately upon receipt.
All manufacturer warranties apply and we will support you as the customer in ensuring you get a quality product. For any questions or concerns please email shop@fitmentindustries.com NOTE: Returns not related to a warranty issue may result in a 20% shipping, handling, and restocking fee. Please also note that you have 30 days from the delivery date to inventory and verify suspension components. You must contact us within this 30 day period in order to have missing/damaged parts sent to you free of charge. After 30 days from date of delivery any missing parts or damaged parts will be the customers expense to replace and/or fix.


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WILD GESTURES
STORIES, POEMS, AND NON-FICTION
SHORTLISTINGS AND AWARDS
TUMBLR FEED
Lucy Durneen
Lucy Durneen is a writer and editor for the literary journal Short Fiction, based in the South West of England. Her fiction and poetry has been shortlisted for awards including Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award, the Bridport Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize, and appeared in journals across the UK, Europe and America, including Poetry Ireland Review, Two Thirds North, Litro, and The Stockholm Review of Literature. Her Creative Non-Fiction has been published in World Literature Today, nominated for a Pushcart Prize and recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Her first short story collection, Wild Gestures, is out now from MidnightSun.
"...I am like a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording...
Some day, all of this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed..."
Christopher Isherwood; Goodbye to Berlin
© 2013 Lucy Durneen All rights reserved.


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Icons in Qt-embedded (lines in volume icon and date/time icons)

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The number of Ohio residents who recognize the distinctive call of Bobwhite is dwindling. The old-timers, a few farmers, the occasional birder can still whistle the tune that was once a fixture of the buckeye landscape prior to the blizzard of '78. Just a handful of counties in the southwest corner of the state are now habitat to sustaining populations. Those birds are 150 miles as the quail flies from the area where I grew up hearing quail on my grandpa's farm.
This is dairy farm and Amish country. The fence rows still stand, private land is still logged, successional habitat still exists. But wild quail are nowhere to be found. Under the best conditions not factoring habitat loss, fragmentation and human encroachment, quail populations naturally expanding their range (1/2 mile per year) could hypothetically return Bobwhite to my old stomping ground by the year 2315. There's a good chance I won't be around for that, and an even better chance that the Bobwhite quail will no longer be a part of local lore.
This part of the country has never been a quail hunting hotspot. In fact we never hunted them growing up. We simply heard them and appreciated their part in the rural reveille.
Last off-season, we embarked on our own Bobwhite conservation project (See the Backyard Bobwhite series of articles). We reviewed previous data and studies for pen-raised birds. We listened to the skepticism of professionals and conservationists. Guided only by what we've learned from years afield, we planted a small food plot and raised 33 birds in pseudo-wild conditions.
We had a hard winter. It really was a nightmare scenario for our small group of birds released in October. It dipped as cold as -22°F and snow totals for the season were close to 30".
A neighbor to the west had last eyes on our quail in late November. There was no evidence they returned to our food plot over the winter. We believed survival was a long shot given all the existing data on released birds and mortality rates.
But the spring offered a glimmer of hope. A retired biologist friend reported seeing birds in his yard a half-mile south of our release site. And the same neighbor who reported birds in November claimed to be hearing Bobwhite on mornings prior to departing for school. But the ability of locals to correctly identify quail which have not been seen in over 35 years left room for doubt.
As we began assessing this year's quail plan, turning some ground in our plot to test new seed, sketching the improved flight pen, all doubt was removed. From the cover bordering the small creek that runs through our property, I heard the unmistakeable calls.
To hear them firsthand reminds me why all this is important. It has nothing to do with bird hunting. This is about a way of life. These birds restore a connection to a family farm, to the land, to my grandpa. It's about finding wonder and worth in small wild elements still able to survive in vastly changing landscapes. Neighbors who have unwittingly missed Bobwhite for a generation are becoming vested in their survival and restoration for their own similar reasons. And now the work to construct the new flight pen doesn't seem like much work at all.
And the program continues, a third neighbor has seen the birds and witnessed the un-familiar call of the wild!!


Born in 1961, Art grew up frequently attending opera house concerts listening to his mother sing magnificently with the Seattle Symphony Choral. By the age of 16 he had been to over 40 concerts yet by the age of 11 was already inspired to learn to play the harmonica. Starting with "Oh, Susanna", Art learned every campfire folk song he could, and by the time he was 20 he was studying harmonica greats like Lee Oskar, Sonny Terry, and Little Walter.In 1981, Art majored in music at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA studying Blues history, composition, theory, harmonica, recording arts, and live performance by forming his first nightclub 5-piece R & B band. "The Midnight Rhythm Band" played 3 years at venues throughout western Washington, recording for college compilations, and playing live on KAOS radio. During this time, Art recorded his first harmonica instrumental, a high-energy Rock-a-Billy tune called "Black Dog Stomp", which enjoyed local airplay.
After more than a decade of playing in Northwest R & B bands, life drew Art to Arizona in the early nineties where he lent his harmonica talents to the high-powered Blues band "Blue Z". There, in the venues of Northern Arizona, Patience pushed his limits to create the raw – yet soulful – player he is today. The band played full time at venues including Chars Has The Blues and The Rhythm Room in Phoenix, as well as recorded a soundtrack for a PBS travel documentary "Planet Of Dreams" with Kris Kristopherson as musical co-writer.
Returning to the Northwest in the mid-nineties Art began performing regularly with world-renown pianist Scott Cossu. Challenged by Scott's innovative song writing, Art expanded his techniques and repertoire by milestones. Boasting nearly 200 shows with Scott in 20 years, Art has learned the "ins and outs" of touring and performing live in well-known venues such as Jazz Alley in Seattle, The Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Swallow Hill in Denver, and The Steamplant Performing Arts Center in Salida, CO. In addition, Art is featured on Scott's "Jazz, Boogie, And Deja' Blues" recording on Summit Records.
Throughout Art's musical career he has continued to write instrumentals and in 1999, inspired by the ambient tones of the harmonica and the sounds of nature, he recorded his first solo album "Spirit Of The Woods" on the Howlin' Dog record label, gaining regional Colorado attention. After listening to the album, Lee Oskar invited Art to join his harmonica sponsorship program while quoting, "Art's harmonica sings straight from the heart".
Art's performance will include music from his album The Recognition along with some blues tunes and improvs.


Although you can rarely predict an emergency, you can be prepared. Take a minute and think. What essentials would you need if a natural disaster or crisis meant that you were without utilities for several days?
Only you know exactly what your family would need, but it's a good idea to stock up on necessities such as canned food, powdered milk, bottled water, a first aid kit and plastic utensils, for example. You'll also want to include a manual can opener, flashlights with batteries and a battery-powered radio. Make sure, too, that you note any expiration dates and periodically replace items that will soon be out of date.
Do not touch or come close to downed power lines.
Locate the circuit breaker inside your home.
Turn off the main switch; it is the first and largest switch on the circuit breaker.
Do not smoke, use candles, matches, or other flammable items, and don't operate any electrical equipment, including light switches.
Open the windows, evacuate your home and shut off your gas meter.
Locate the gas meter outside your home and find the shut-off valve, which is usually on the line leading to the meter.
Using a wrench, turn the valve to the position of "off" as shown in the illustration. The valve is in an "off" position when it is perpendicular to the line/pipe on which it is located.
Do not turn on the gas again or re-enter your home until MLGW has deemed it safe to do so.
If you hear reports of broken water or sewage lines, you should shut off your incoming water valve to prevent contaminated water from entering your home. You may have to turn off your water at the meter, which is usually located under a metal cover near the sidewalk or street.
Turn the valve to shut off the water from entering your home as demonstrated in the illustration. You may have to purchase a valve cutoff key, shapes like a "T", which can be purchased at home improvement stores.


Doors and windowsLiving room window blinds: what's popular?
Usually you want your living room to look the best, because that's the place the people you have coming over see the most. A good conversation starter could be: ,,Wow what beautiful window blinds you have!". Don't believe that's possible? Have a look at what's popular and think again.
Living room vertical blinds are a great choice for those, who appreciate classic choices and total privacy.
Vertical blinds are easily maintained, durable and can be changed individually if any damage is done.
They are great if you have big windows or glass doors.
Because of how much rotation they have, they can be adjusted not only to protect you from sunlight and strangers, but also let a little sunlight in and still keep the room light.
Living room roller blinds are great if you love simplicity and aesthetics.
Roller blinds can keep the room light and bright even if they are completely shut.
Based on the color and design you choose, roller blinds can have a ,,TV" effect and feel – they can look like a screen, constantly displaying a beautiful landscape or portrait.
Are comfortable and easy to use, because of how precisely adjusted they can be.
Both vertical and roller blinds are equally popular and easily customised. Window blinds have a large amount of designs to choose from. You can find blinds with pictures of people, animals, landscapes, city streets and much more. Graphic designs are also highly popular, because of how universal they can be. Doesn't matter what interior or style you have, you'll always be able to find what you want and what looks the best.
However, if you can't seem to find the picture or pattern you want, you can always choose one by yourself and have completely customised window blinds. You can have blinds with a picture of your family, pet or just a picture you love or took yourself. There's no limit when it comes to window blinds. Find what looks best for you and invite people over to admire your beautiful window blinds.
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Category: AHL
Headline Sports podcast with Marko Ukalovic: As AHL season canceled NHL will have call ups concern
Published on May 13, 2020 May 13, 2020 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
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On Headline Sports with Marko:
#1 With the cancellation of the AHL season does that set the backdrop for the NHL to cancel it's season?
#2 AHL president David Andrews said on Monday after further review that continuing the season would not be feasible.
#3 Translation of the AHL cancellation most likely the league is bleeding money on staff, personnel, and paying players while the season has been suspended and the AHL couldn't withstand the hit anymore.
#4 Also how much of a concern should the NHL have as they contemplate their return and how practical is it that they would come back?
#5 Also how would the NHL handle not having a crop of players to call up if they do come back and have injuries during a second half of a NHL season and there is no AHL to make call ups from?
Join Marko Ukalovic each Wednesday night for Headline Sports podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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NHL, Sharks, Suspend All Games Due to COVID-19 Concerns
Published on March 12, 2020 March 12, 2020 by M WalshLeave a comment
The Capital One Arena, home of the Washington Capitals NHL hockey club, sits empty Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Washington. The NHL is following the NBA's lead and suspending its season amid the coronavirus outbreak, the league announced Thursday (photo from usnews.com)
By Mary Walsh
On Thursday the NHL announced a pause in the season. They released a statement that read, in part:
In light of ongoing developments resulting from the coronavirus, and after consulting with medical experts and convening a conference call of the Board of Governors, the National Hockey League is announcing today that it will pause the 2019-20 season beginning with tonight's games.
The move came on the heels of the NBA's decision to suspend their season after one of their players tested positive for the new virus. Other leagues and events in the US are being suspended or cancelled daily due to concerns over the virus.
The San Jose Sharks had previously announced that March games would be played without fans and only limited media access, consistent with Santa Clara County's March 9 ban large gatherings of people. After today's NHL announcement, the Sharks released the following press release about the status of games and tickets:
The National Hockey League has announced today that the 2019-20 NHL regular season will be paused for the safety of its players, employees, and fans in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharks Sports & Entertainment is fully supportive of the NHL's decision.
With NHL games now being placed on hold as opposed to played without fans, ticket holders are asked to hang on to their tickets until additional information from the NHL becomes available.
As new developments arise, we will communicate with our fans and partners. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
The AHL has also suspended play, which puts the San Jose Barracuda and Stockton Heat and their fans in the same state of limbo as the Sharks.
The NHL expressed the hope that the season could resume at an appropriate time. There are 189 regular season games remaining, as well as the Stanley Cup playoffs. For the complete statement, go to the NHL website.
Categories AHL, NHL, San Jose Sharks•Tags Coronavirus, COVID-19, NBA, NHL, San Jose Barracuda, San Jose Sharks, Stockton Heat
San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: How Covid 19 ordinance will keep Cuda games real quite
Published on March 11, 2020 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
sjbarracuda photo: Stat graphic from Tuesday night's game in Stockton between the San Jose Barracuda and Stockton Heat
On the Barracuda podcast with Marko:
#1 Santa Clara County announced on Monday due to Covid 19 Virus that no more crowds of over 1000 people may assemble for any type of meetings or events which would effect the San Jose Barracuda who has their games in SAP Center. Although the Barracuda play in a 17,000 seat capacity building they usually draw no more than 3500 fans but the place will further be empty by the new ordinance from the county.
#2 The Barracuda (21-27-5-2) got a huge win over the Stockton Heat (30-17-4-4) at Stockton Arena, the win was the first against the Heat this season and the Cuda picked up their six consecutive game where they have scored a point.
#3 Barracuda goaltender Josef Korenar stopped 22 out of 26 shots in goal but the Barracuda provided enough offense to get Korenar the win.
#4 The Barracuda's Lukas Radil had himself an evening scoring his first two goals and four point game of his career.
#5 It's onto San Diego for a Friday night face off with the Gulls Marko sets this game up for us.
Join Marko for the Barracuda podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
Categories AHL, San Jose Barracuda•Tags AHL, San Diego Gulls, San Jose Barracuda, Sports Radio Service, Stockton Heat
Barracuda use four-goal second period to bury the Heat 7-4
Published on March 10, 2020 March 10, 2020 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
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STOCKTON, Calif- Better late than never has never applied more to the San Jose Barracuda when it comes to the Stockton Heat. The 'Cuda used a four-goal second period outburst to take control of the game to defeat their NorCal rival 7-4 on Tuesday evening at Stockton Arena.
San Jose finally snapped their nine-game losing streak against Stockton this season, while extendeing their point streak to six games. San Jose is now 1-7-1-1 against Stockton. The Heat currently sit in third place in the Pacific Division with 68 points.
Stockton (30-17-4-4) drew first blood 46 seconds into the first period. Heat captain Byron Froese fired a shot on net that 'Cuda goalie Josef Korenar saved but couldn't control the rebound. Buddy Robinson crashed in and cleaned up the rebound for his 17th goal of the season. He is second in goals for the Heat.
San Jose (21-27-5-2) scored the eqaulizer just under five minutes later. Maxim Letunov led a rush up the ice. He fed a pass over to Danil Yurtaykin who then found Lukas Radil and the Czech forward completed a tic-tac-toe goal with a wrist shot that beat Heat goalie Jon Gillies for his fifth of the season at the 5:30 mark. It snapped an eight-game goal-less draught.
Stockton regained the lead on the power play late in the opening frame. The Heat only needed nine seconds to light the lamp when Martin Pospisil jammed home a loose puck that Korenar struggled to keep from going past the goaline. Glen Gawdin and and Adam Ruzicka were credited with assists on Pospisil's third goal of the season at the 19:18 mark.
San Jose tied it up for a second time early in the second period in what began a span of three-unanswered goals for the 'Cuda. Keaton Middleton received a pass from Sasha Chmelevski and skated into the Heat zone. The 'Cuda defenseman snapped home a wrist shot past Gillies on the shortside for his fourth goal of the season at the 2:03 mark. Radil picked up the secondary assist.
The Barracuda gained their first lead of the night when Danil Yurtaykin fired a shot past Gillies just over two minutes later. The rookie forward scored his second goal of the season at the 4:35 mark. It was his first goal since November 13, 2019, ending a 29 game skid.
Before the Heat could even blink after Yutaykin's goal, Tristan Langan set up Ivan Chekhovich who buried a wrist shot past Gillies for his fourth goal of the season at the 5:10 mark. For Langan his helper was his first point in the AHL.
That ended the evening for Gillies who was replaced by backup netminder Artyom Zagidulin. Gillies finished the night giving up four goals on 12 shots in 25:10 of action.
Stockton stopped the bleeding over two minutes later when Rob Hamilton sent in a shot on the net where Robinson, was once again at the right place at the right time, tapped home another rebound for second goal of the game and 18th of the season to cut the lead to one-goal at the 7:24 mark.
San Jose regained a two-goal lead when Jeffery Viel led a rush up the ice. He fed a pass over to Anthony Greco who found a trailing Jonny Brodzinski with a drop pass. Brodzinski fired a wrist shot past Zagiudukin, who was screened on the play by his own defenseman, for his 14th goal of the season for the red-hot foward at the 12:09 mark.
The Heat pressed back just 31 second later as they closed out the scoring in a wild middle frame. Korenar failed to clear the puck from his crease as his attempt went right on the stick of Froese and he scored into an empty net for his 19th goal of the season. Alexander Yelesin and Hamilton were credited with assists.
The Barracuda dominated the second period as they out shot the Heat by a 2-to-1 margin 14-7.
San Jose wrapped up the game with two goals in a span of 13 seconds late in the third period. First Yurtaykin fed a pass over to Radil who skated down the left wing and buried a wrist shot to the far side past Zagidulin for his second goal of the night and sixth of the season at the 16:09 mark.
Then Jayden Halbgewachs scored his team leading 19th goal at the 16:22 mark to ice the game for the Barracuda. Chmelevski and Middleton picked up the helpers on the play.
Korenar played an outstanding game making 22 saves on 26 shots to earn his 12th win of the season. Zagidulin stopped 16 of the 19 shots in suffering the loss.
GAME NOTES: San Jose went 0-for-3 on the power play. Stockton was 1-for-3. The Heat came into the game with the league number one power play at 25.5%.
Six different skaters scored goals for the 'Cuda.
Radil's two goals were his first multi-goal game of his career.
Yutaykin with his 1G, 2A finished with his first ever three-point game in his career.
Ruzicka now has one goal and three assists in four games against San Jose this season.
UP NEXT: The Barracuda continue their three-game roadtrip when the travel down to San Diego to take on the Gulls on Friday 3/13 at 7:00pm at Pachenga Arena.
Categories AHL, San Jose Barracuda•Tags AHL, San Jose Barracuda, Sports Radio Service, Stockton Heat
Gulls comeback to stun Barracuda with 3-2 overtime win
Published on March 8, 2020 March 8, 2020 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
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SAN JOSE, Calif- The San Diego Gulls flipped the script in their favor a night after the San Jose Barracuda came back from a two-goal deficit. This time around they would have the last laugh as Isac Lunderstrom scored the game winning goal with three seconds left in overtime to complete a 3-2 come from behind victory for the Gulls on Saturday evening at SAP Center.
Lunderstrom finished off a give-and-go with Josh Mahura with a wrist shot from the left wing that beat 'Cuda goalie Josef Korenar for his sixth goal of the season at the 19:57 mark of the extra session.
San Jose, who have played four of their last five games in overtime, had its season high three-game winning streak snapped. However they have earned a point in a season high five-game point streak. They finished their six-game homestand with a 3-1-2 record. With the win, San Diego is in sole position of fourth place in the Pacific Division with 66 points.
It was a war of attrition on special teams between the two divsion rivals. The Barracuda struck first early in the first period with a short-handed goal. With Keaton Middleton in the sinbin for cross checking, Jeffery Viel raced in from the right wing and his shot had Gulls goalie Kevin Boyle knock the net loose but not off its bearings. The puck was still live and Evan Weinger quickly tucked it into the net for his ninth goal of the season at the 1:50 mark. It was also Weinger's third short-handed goal of the year and the Barracuda's sixth of the season.
San Jose (20-27-5-2) doubled its lead on the power play late in the opening frame. Jeffery Viel centered a pass from behind the end line that deflected off the skate of Anthony Greco over to Jonny Brodzinski who blasted a one-timer past Boyle for his 13th goal of the season at the 16:47 mark.
Brozinski has five goals in his last four games and is on a current four-game point streak.
Shots were even at 11 for both teams in the first period as the Barracuda controled the majority of play.
San Diego (29-18-6-2) cut the lead in half on the power play early in the second period. Brendan Guhle sent a pass back up to the right point where Mahura sent in a shot on net that Chris Mueller redirected the puck past the five-hole of Korenar for his 19th goal of the season at the 5:59 mark.
The Gulls scored the equalizer with a short-handed goal of their own, their 17 of the season, over five minutes into the third period. Simon Benoit set up Sam Carrick who wrapped around a shot past Korenar for his 22nd goal of the season at the 5:48 mark. Carrick leads the Gulls with four short-handed goals.
San Diego gained momentum and dominated the rest of the period as they had San Jose on their heels outshooting them 10-4.
The Gulls had two glorious chances to end the game earlier in overtime but Korenar made two spectacular saves to keep the 'Cuda in it. The most notable was stopping Carrick on a 2-on-0 breakaway where the puck was on the goaline but Korenar somehow kept it from crossing the line at the 2:50 mark.
Boyle finished the evening stopping 24 of the 26 shots he faced to earn his eighth win of the season and fourth in a row for the Gulls backup goaltender. Korenar made 31 saves on 34 shots suffering the tough luck loss.
GAME NOTES: San Jose was 1-for-5 on the power play. San Diego went 1/2.
Viel registered two assists in the game, his eighth multi-point performance of the season and fifth helper in his last three games.
Saturday's game was the third-straight between the Barracuda and Gulls that needed overtime to decide it.
UP NEXT: The Barracuda travel out to Stockton to take on the Heat to start a three-game road trip on Tuesday 3/9 at 7:00pm at Stockton Arena.
Categories AHL, San Jose Barracuda•Tags AHL, San Diego Gulls, San Jose Barracuda, Sports Radio Service
Halbegwachs overtime heroics give Barracuda 3-2 comeback win over Gulls
SAN JOSE, Calif- Jayden Halbgewachs has a nack for scoring game winning goals in overtime. His latest extra session heroics came just 37 seconds into overtime to give the San Jose Barracuda a 3-2 comeback victory over the San Diego Gulls on Friday evening at SAP Center.
Trevor Carrick fed a pass up to Halbgewachs at the blue line. The left winger skated in and moving against the grain, threaded a backhander past Gulls goalie Anthony Stolarz for his team leading 18th goal of the season. He has scored three of the four overtime winners for the 'Cuda and his second against San Diego this season.
San Jose have won three in a row for the first time all season. San Diego had their two-game winning streak snapped. The point they earned making it to overtime has them tied for fourth with Ontario in the Pacific Division with 64 points.
"I wish we could be having this conversation, let's say in the beginning of November," co-head coach Michael Chiasson said about his team's longest win streak of the season. "But we'll take it. From the first trip (when ) we went to Iowa, our game has really turned around. It was very helter skelter at times. But I think there's a lot for us to build on and some stuff to be happy about,"
San Diego (28-18-6-2) drew first blood early in the first period. Justin Kloos skated out from behind the net and peppered a shot on 'Cuda goalie Zachary Sawchenko that leaked out to Anderw Poturalski whose rebound chance was also stopped by Sawchenko. Kloos crashed the crease and cleaned up the second rebound into the back of the net for his 11th goal of the season at the 5:45 mark.
San Jose (20-27-4-2), who were out 15-11 by San Diego in the opening frame, had a short-handed chance on a 2-on-1 rush but Stolarz stood his ground and kept the puck out of his net.
The Gulls doubled their lead with a short-handed goal two minutes into the second period. Alex Broadhurst skated in on a breakwaway that Sawchenko stoned away. Broadhurst gathered the rebound and centered a pass out to Chase De Leo who buried a one-timer past Sawchenko for his ninth goal of the season at the 2:05 mark.
The Barracuda cut the lead in half late in the second period. Stolarz misplayed the puck that saw two attempts at an empty net sail high and wide by Sasha Chmelevski and Halbgewachs. Chmelevski retrieved the puck along the left boards and quickly turned around and fired a shot on net that beat the Gulls netminder on the shortside for his 11th goal at the 18:05 mark.
San Jose rode that momentum until the final six seconds of the middle frame. Holding possession inside the Gulls zone, Nikolai Knyzhov sent a cross ice pass along the point over to Nick DeSimone. The New York state native then snapped home a wrist shot past Stolarz for the equalizer and his fifth goal of the season with just six seconds left in the period.
"Desi (DeSimone) has done a really good job here the last five or six games. His game is starting to trend back in that direction. We're at a point right now where guys have to continue to do that for themselves and Desi has put himself in that situation," said Chiasson.
DeSimone has scored in back-to-back games and continued his point steak to four games for San Jose.
"I definitely had a long dry spell there," said DeSimone when asked about his current point streak. "That's always tough. You kinda wonder when it's going to end. Offense is gonna come so you try not to worry about it too much but you know it's always back there."
San Diego had the ice tited in their favor in the second period outshooting San Jose 13-8. Yet they headed into the second intermission deadlocked after the 'Cuda's two goals in a span of 1:48.
Sawchenko (6-4-2) finished the evening with a career high 42 saves on 44 shots to earn his sixth victory of the season. Stolarz made 24 saves on 27 shots in the losing effort.
"I'll be honest, my rebound control wasn't great tonight. The D-core and the forwards came back and took away those second chances. That was huge. I tried to weather the storm the best I could," said Sawchenko.
The third period featured descent scoring chances by both teams but neither could end the game in regulation. San Diego out shot San Jose 16-7.
GAME NOTES: San Jose was 0-for-3 on the power play. San Diego went 0-for-5.
Tevor Carrick played in his 400th professional game (393 AHL, 7 NHL).
'Cuda defenseman Michael Downing played in his 100th AHL game.
Danil Yutaykin returned to the lineup after missing the last three games with an upper body injury.
San Jose wore a cowboy themed specialty jersey in honor of "Cuda Country Night". A Roy Sommer bobblehead was given away to the first 4,000 fans. Sommer and his son Mo performed the ceremonial faceoff before the game.
UP NEXT: The Barracuda conclude its six-game homestand versus the Gulls on Saturday 3/7 at 8:00pm at SAP Center.
San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda looking for second win against Wild tonight
Published on March 4, 2020 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
sjbarracuda photo: The San Jose Barracuda host the Iowa Wild tonight at SAP Center as the Barracuda attempt to win their second game against the Wild
#1 The San Jose Barracuda (18-27-4-2) edged out a close contest with the Iowa Wild (36-16-4-3) on Monday morning 2-1.
#2 The Barracuda were playing a pretty decent team in the Wild on Monday and they went all out on defense to prevent Iowa from piling on goals.
#3 Jonny Brodzinski provided all the offense San Jose would need scoring two goals opening the game at 0:29 with a goal and an overtime goal
#4 The Barracuda's Josef Korenar (10-16-2) stopped 42 shots and played much of the game standing on his head but his prevent defense kept the Wild out of the game.
#5 It's Iowa again tonight as the Barracuda hope to sweep the Wild in the second of two games
Marko Ukalovic does Barracuda podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
Categories AHL, San Jose Barracuda•Tags AHL, Iowa Wild, San Jose Barracuda, Sports radio
Brodzinki's OT winner spark Barracuda with 2-1 win over Wild
sjbarracuda photo: San Jose Barracuda get a one goal victory thanks to a Jonny Brodzinki goal against the visiting Iowa Wild at SAP Center on Monday
SAN JOSE, Calif- Jonny Brodzinki had been in a mini-slump of late. His two goals provided all the offense the San Jose Barracuda needed to defeat the Iowa Wild in 2-1 overtime victory on Monday afternoon at SAP Center.
Nick DeSimone fed a pass to Brodzinki down the left wing then cut back into the middle in between two Wild defenders and sniped home a wrist shot from the right wing to the far side past Wild goalie Kaapo Khakonen for the game winning goal, his second of the game and 10th of the season at the 3:20 mark of overtime.
San Jose snapped their two game losing streak and four game overtime losing streak. Iowa had their three game winning streak snapped as they sit in second place in the Central Division with 79 points.
San Jose (18-27-4-2) drew first blood just 29 seconds into the first period. Maxim Letunov fired a shot on net stopped by Khakonen but Brodzinki was Jonny on the spot as he cleaned up the rebound from just outside the crease for his first goal of the contest and ninth goal of the season. It was the second quickest goal scored to start a game by the 'Cuda.
The Wild out shot the Barracuda 15-12 in the opening frame.
Iowa (36-16-4-3) scored the equalizer on the power play half way throug the second period. 'Cuda defenseman Mike Downing fumbled behind the 'Cuda net. Connor Dewar pressured Downing and was able to intercept the puck. He centered a pass out to Sam Anas who fired a one-timer past Cuda goalie Josef Korenar for his 19th of the season at the 9:19 mark. It was Anas' seventh play power goal as well.
There was no scoring in the third period as Iowa dominated the play outshooting San Jose 15-3. However Korenar stood stall in the net forcing the game into overtime.
Korenar finished with a career high 42 saves on 43 shots to earn his 10th victory of the season. Khakonen made 25 saves on 27 shots in the losing effort.
GAME NOTES: San Jose was 0-for-3 on the power play. Iowa went 1-for-5.
San Jose hosted their second "Cuda Classroom Day" of the season.
Brodzinski snapped a six-game goal-less draught.
Kahkonen was named the CCM/AHL Goaltender of the Month for February after he posted an 8-1-0 record and led the league in nearly every goaltending category.
Anas leads the AHL in points with 64.
Cody McLeod and Jeffery Viel exchanged fisticuffs at the 6:12 mark of the third period.
Thomas Gregoire picked up an assist and continues to pace Barracuda defensemen in assists (19) and points (24)
Letunov collected two assists to add to his team-leading 36 points
UP NEXT: The Barracuda continue their six game homestand on Wednesday 3/4 as the finish their season series with the Iowa Wild at 7:00pm at SAP Center.
Gulls comeback to take down Barracuda in 4-3 overtime win
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SAN JOSE, Calif- Old habits die hard. Unfortunately for the San Jose Barracuda their habit of blowing third period leads is one that has been hard to break. The San Diego Gulls came back from a two-goal third period deficit as Maxime Comtois scored the game winning goal in overtime to secure a 4-3 victory on Saturday afternoon at SAP Center.
Justin Kloos led an odd-man rush, as San Diego caught San Jose on a bad line change, his shot was initially saved by 'Cuda goalie Zachary Sawchenko but Comtois crashed the net and batted home the rebound for his ninth goal of the season with 2:11 left in the extra session.
San Jose were actually the Churros for a day and wore specially themed jerseys to celebrate the occassion. It's a tradition that started with the San Jose Giants. the minor leauge affilate of the San Francisco Giants.
The Churros (17-27-4-2), despite earning a point, have lost two games in a row and three out of their last four. The Gulls have won two in a row and five out of their last six. They have climbed back into fourth in the Pacific Divison with 63 points, one ahead of Ontario.
San Diego (28-8-5-2) drew first blood early in the first period. Christ Mueller led a 2-on-1 rush up the ice. He fed a cross ice pass over to Alex Dostie who buried a wrist shot past Sawchenko for his 11th goal of the season at the 5:35 mark.
San Jose evened the score in the final five minutes of the opening frame. Sasha Chmelevski fed a pass out to newly acquired Anthony Greco, playing in his second game as a member of the 'Cuda. Greco skated down the left wing and lasered a wrist shot far side past Gulls goalie Kevin Boyle for his first goal in a Churro uniform at the 15:40 mark.
The Barracuda gained the lead less than two minutes later. Nick DeSimone sent in a shot from the right point where Jeffery Viel redirected the puck with his stick into the back of the net for his 13th goal of the season at the 17:26 mark.
There was no scoring or penalties in the second period that saw both goalies make key saves. San Jose outshot San Diego 12-10 in the middle frame.
San Jose looked to have put the game away just 22 seconds into the third period with an insurance goal. Joachim Blichfeld won a battle along the boards behind the net as he checked the puck away from Jani Hankapaa with a hard hit. Blichfeld quickly centered a pass in front to a trailing Jayden Halbgewachs who blasted a one-timer past Boyle for his team leading 17th goal of the season.
The Gulls responded back right away to cut the deficit to one-goal.
Reign win seasaw battle over Barracuda 4-2
Published on February 26, 2020 February 26, 2020 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
SAN JOSE, Calif- Luck can be tricky thing. In a game they mostly dominated, the San Jose Barracuda were on the end of some tough luck in a 4-2 loss to the Ontario Reign on Wednesday evening at SAP Center.
A fluky bounce led to a 2-on-0 breakaway for Giovanni Fiore who lifted a backhand top-shelf past 'Cuda goalie Josef Korenar for what proved to be the game winning goal, Fiore's fourth of the season, at the 10:52 mark of the third period.
Both teams split their last two games against each other. San Jose is 3-5-0-1 on the season against its SoCal rival. Ontario have a seven game winning streak on the road and jumped ahead of San Diego for fourth place and the final playoff spot in the Pacific Division with 60 points.
Ontario (27-20-5-1) drew first blood on the power play in the first period. The Reign took advantage of a 5-on-3 opportunity. Paul LaDue sent in a shot from the left point that was initially saved by Korenar but the rebound leaked out to Carl Grundstrom who buried it home for his 11th goal of the season at the 10:57 mark.
The Reign hadn't registered a shot on goal for almost the first 11 minutes of the opening frame until their two-man advantage. The 'Cuda (17-27-3-2) had outshot the Reign 8-0 but goalie Matt Villalta made key point blank saves to keep the Barracuda off the scoreboard.
"We had a really solid game," said Sasha Chmelevski regarding his team's performance. "I don't think we had the right breaks at the right time and sometimes that costs you."
San Jose scored the equalizer 38 seconds into the second period. Jayden Halbgewachs placed a shot on net. Danil Yurtaykin collected the puck and performed a spin-o-rama pass over to a wide open Manny Wiederer who tapped home the puck into an empty net while falling down for his third goal of the season.
Ontario regained the lead thanks to another trip to the sinbin by San Jose. Blaine Byron won a face off back up to Paul LaDue at the point. LaDue's slapshot was redirected off Tim Schaller's body for a power play goal, his first goal of the season at the 6:31 mark.
"There were times we pushed the pace, and there were times where they kinda took it to us. It was one of those games. It was a little back and forth. It was enough that I thought we did enough positive things," said co-head coach Michael Chiasson.
The Barracuda tied the game back up on the power play late in the middle frame. Ivan Chekhovich led a rush up the ice. He fed a pass over to Halbgewachs who quickly sent it over to Chmelevski. The rookie forward then made a nice forehand-to-backhand move to finish off a pretty tic-tac-toe goal for his 10th goal of the season at the 18:27 mark.
"I just went to the net and Halbs (Halbgewachs) found me. I just wanted to be patient with the puck cause I knew the goalie was going to wait for me to make a move. So I was glad that I scored," Chemelvski said.
With his two helpers, Halbgewachs notched his 11th mutli-point game of the season.
"I'm trying to work, just be consistent every single game. I think that is what I lacked the most is consistency. If I keep that going, things are bright for the future," Halbgewachs said.
Byron iced the game with an empty netter goal, his 11th of the season, after a turnover by Jonny Brodzinski to complete the scoring at the 19:16 mark.
Villalta finished the night with 33 saves on 35 shots to earn his ninth win of the season. Korenar stopped 21 of the 24 shots he faced in suffering the tough luck loss. He is now 0-4-1 against Ontario.
GAME NOTES: San Jose was 1-for-4 on the power play. Ontario was 2-for-4. The 'Cuda have scored a power play goal in five straight games.
Yurtaykin was injured four minutes into the second period and left the game when he was slammed up against the boards by Ryan Stanton. No penalty was called on the play. Yurtaykin did not return to the game.
Anthony Greco played in his first game as a member of the 'Cuda. He was acquired in a trade by the San Jose Sharks along with a 2020 first-round pick this past Monday for Barclay Goodrow and a 2020 third-round pick. Greco has appeared in 40 AHL games this season between Springfield and Syracuse, recording 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points.
The fourth-year pro set career highs with 30 goals, 29 assists and 59 points last season, earning a trip to the 2019 AHL All-Star Classic. He also made his NHL debut, appearing in one game with the Florida Panthers.
Greco has played 264 AHL games with Springfield and Syracuse, amassing 85 goals and 73 assists for 158 points
Keaton Middleton played in his 100th AHL game.
UP NEXT: The Barracuda continue their six-game homestand hosting the San Diego Gulls on Saturday 2/29 at 1:15pm at SAP Center.
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Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945
By Evan Thomas
Author :: Evan Thomas
First Published by :: Simon & Schuster
Format :: HC
Date :: 7 November 2006
ISBN-10 :: 0743252217
ISBN-13 :: 9780743252218
Sea of Thunder is a taut, fast-paced, suspenseful narrative of the Pacific War that culminates in the battle of Leyte Gulf, the greatest naval battle ever fought.
Told from both the American and Japanese sides, through the eyes of commanders and sailors of both navies, Thomas's history adds an important new dimension to our understanding of World War II.
Drawing on oral histories, diaries, correspondence, postwar testimony from both American and Japanese participants, and interviews with survivors, Thomas provides an account not only of the great sea battle and Pacific naval war, but of the contrasting cultures pitted against each other.
The Portsmouth Block Mills: Bentham, Brunel and the Start of the Royal Navy's Industrial Revolution
By Jonathan Coad
Author :: Jonathan Coad
First Published by :: English Heritage
Date :: 12 September 2005
The Block Mills in Portsmouth Naval Base have long been known to students of naval and industrial history. Within this group of buildings a remarkable set of machine tools designed by Marc Brunel to manufacture ships' blocks laid the foundations for the subsequent world-wide development of industrial production-lines that used ever more sophisticated machinery to replace the work of individual craftsmen. In a very real sense, the modern world of factory mass-production using machine tools had its origins in this Georgian buiding overlooking the heart of the dockyard. The importance of the pioneering work in the Block Mills was recognised by discerning contemporaries and the building swiftly became an object of pilgrimage for many, its fame assured by its inclusion in a number of major 19th century encyclopaedias. Block-making ceased here in 1965, but a number of the machines still survive, in Portsmouth and in the Science Museum, while the Block Mills still remain much as completed in the first years of the 19th century, the interiors little altered. This book has been written to coincide with the bicentenary of the installation of the final set of block-making machinery in 1805. It covers the construction and use of the building and its machinery and aims to set the Block Mills in the wider context of late Georgian dockyard modernisation.
Jonathan Coad
The Kaiser's Pirates: Hunting Germany's Raiding Cruisers 1914-1915
By Nick Hewitt
Author :: Nick Hewitt
First Published by :: Pen & Sword
This is a dramatic and little-known story of the First World War, when the actions of a few men shaped the fate of nations. By1914 Germany had ships and sailors scattered across the globe, protecting its overseas colonies and 'showing the flag' of its new Imperial Navy. After war broke out on 4 August there was no hope that they could reach home. Instead, they were ordered to attack Britain's vital trade routes for as long as possible. Under the leadership of a few brilliant, audacious men, they unleashed a series of raids that threatened Britain's war effort and challenged the power and prestige of the Royal Navy. The next year saw a battle of wits which stretched across the globe, drawing in ships and men from six empires. By the end, the 'Kaiser's Pirates' were no more, and Britain once again ruled the waves.
Nick Hewitt
Battle on the Seven Seas: German Cruiser Battles 1914-1918
By Gary Staff
Author :: Gary Staff
First Published by :: Pen & Sword Maritime
Date :: 24 March 2011
The cruisers of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserlische Marine) were active throughout the First World War and saw action all around the globe, tying up valuable Allied naval resources out of all proportion to their number. Drawing on first-hand accounts and original research in German archives, the author here describes in detail some of their most significant and/or audacious battles. Some are well known, such as their role at Jutland, Goeben's attack on the Russian fleet (which brought Turkey into the war) and the sagas of Konigsberg and Emden; but others have been unduly neglected. Gary Staff deliberately focuses on the latter to bring new material to the attention of the reader and to demonstrate the global span of the cruisers' activities. The blow-by-blow accounts of the action (drawing heavily on first-hand Allied and especially German accounts) are supported by dozens of photographs, many previously unpublished, from the author's own impressive collection. The battles described include: Helgoland Bight, August 1914; Coronel, November 1914; Falklands December, 1914; Doggerbank, January 1915; Goeben and the Russian fleet, Black Sea, May 1915; Ostergarn July 1915; Jutland, 1916; Second Heligoland Bight, November 1917; Imbros, January 1918.
Gary Staff
Battle of the Baltic Islands 1917: Triumph of the Imperial German Navy
In late 1917, the Russians, despite the revolution, were still willing to continue the war against Germany. This is an account of Operation Albion, the highly-successful seaborne operation launched by the Germans to change their minds. The Baltic Islands were pivotal for the defence of the Finnish Gulf and St. Petersburg, so their capture wasessential for any campaign towards the Russian capital. Only after the fall of the islands did Russia begin peace negotiations (freeing nearly half a million German soldiers for the Kaiser's last gamble on the Western Front). This then was a campaign of great significance for the war on both Eastern and Western fronts. A large part of the High Sea Fleet took part in the invasion of the Baltic islands, including the most modern dreadnought battleships. The Russians mounted a resolute defence despite being heavily outgunned and over a ten day period there were many naval clashes around the islands as well as the campaign ashore, all of which are described in detail with the use of both Russian and German first hand accounts. This book shatters the myth that the Imperial German Navy spent the last two years of the war cowering in port.
Rebuilding the Royal Navy: Warship Design Since 1945
By David K. Brown & George Moore
Author :: David K. Brown & George Moore
First Published by :: US Naval Institute Press
Date :: 2 January 2004
This design history of post-war British warship development, based on both declassified documentation and personal experience, is the fourth and final volume in the author's masterly account of development of Royal Navy's ships from the 1850s to the Falklands War. In this volume the author covers the period in which he himself worked as a Naval Constructor, while this personal knowledge is augmented by George Moore's in-depth archival research on recently declassified material.
The RN fleet in 1945 was old and worn out, while new threats and technologies, and post-war austerity called for new solutions. How designers responded to these unprecedented challenges is the central theme of this book. It covers the ambitious plans for the conversion or replacement of the bigger ships; looks at all the new construction, from aircraft carriers, through destroyers and frigates, to submarines (including nuclear and strategic), to minesweepers and small craft. The authors pay particular attention to the innovations introduced, and analyses the impact of the Falklands War.
At the start of the twenty-first century the Royal Navy is still a powerful and potent force with new and a number of innovative classes, both surface and sub-surface, coming on stream. This book offers a fascinating insight into how the post-war fleet developed and adapted to the changing role of the Navy
David K. Brown
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How "Limited" is Your Liability as a Member of an LLC?
by Michael Dey | Apr 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Ron G. Tate, Esq.
Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.
The owners of many building companies choose to organize their business as Limited Liability Companies LLC). Many home builders organize as an LLC to avoid potential personal liability in civil actions. They were taking advantage of what seemed on the surface to be a clearly worded statute that insulates individual LLC members from civil liability for wrongful acts, called torts, such as negligent construction.
Supreme Court Decision Changes the Protection of an LLC
The South Carolina Supreme Court's April 4, 2012, opinion in 16 Jade Street, LLC v. R. Design Construction Co., LLC calls into question the "limited liability" nature of the LLC business entity. In that case, the court held that the Limited Liability Company Act (Act) does not shield an LLC member from liability for his own torts, but rather protects only those members who did not directly commit wrongful acts, from vicarious liability.
In this case, Carl Aten and his wife were the sole members of R. Design Construction Co., LLC (R. Design), a South Carolina LLC, acting as general contractor for a construction project in Beaufort, South Carolina. After defects were discovered and one subcontractor left the project over a payment dispute, the construction ground to a halt. R. Design abandoned the project, never replacing the subcontractor nor adequately addressing more than sixty defects. At trial, the court awarded the plaintiff $925,556 in damages, finding R. Design and the subcontractor liable, as well as finding Aten personally liable for negligence. On appeal, the South Carolina Supreme Court concluded that the Act does not shield a member of an LLC from liability for his own torts. Rather, the Act protects only non-tortfeasor members of an LLC from vicarious liability. For example, Aten's wife is shielded from liability because she was not found to be personally negligent.
About the LLC Act
The statute, § 33-44-303 of the South Carolina Code, provides that the liabilities of the LLC are solely the liabilities of the company, and a member or manager is not personally liable for them solely by reason of being a member or manager. In examining the plain language of the statute, the court acknowledged that it suggests a member is shielded from individual liability from torts committed in furtherance of the LLC. After all, as the court acknowledged, § 33-44-303(a) provides that obligations arising in tort are "solely" those of the company. A footnote further strengthens the argument against the court's ultimate conclusion in pointing out that because § 33-44-303(c) expressly provides how a member can become personally liable, "it therefore stands to reason that the general rule is he is not otherwise personally liable." (Emphasis added)
What the Court Said
Nevertheless, the court reasoned that the "right to sue one's tortfeasor" is a "long-standing right" in our legal system, which will only be abrogated by statute through clear legislative intent. While the court agreed that "the language of the LLC act appears to insulate a member from personal liability," it ultimately held that "such a sweeping liability shield was not intended by the General Assembly."
The court also drew a parallel between LLCs and corporations noting that a shareholder of a corporation is not personally liable for the acts of the corporation except that he may become personally liable by reason of his own acts or conduct. Therefore, the impact of the decision is that business owners may not insulate themselves from personal liability for their own torts by organizing as either a corporation or an LLC.
The court certainly recognized the impact of its decision would be particularly acute in the case of a single member LLC. Because "one cannot be vicariously liable for his own actions," there simply is no one to protect in the case of a single member LLC. Moreover, where the LLC member is a license holder who is required to be in charge of the work, this case raises a question of whether he or she may ever escape personal liability.
The court's suggestion that the legislature could clarify the intent of the Act has already been taken: Senator Larry Martin has introduced a Joint Resolution of the General Assembly that the "clear and unambiguous intent of the… limited liability act was… to shield a member of an LLC from personal liability for actions taken in the ordinary course of business of the LLC."
What You Need to do to Protect Yourself and Your Assets
So what does all this mean for you? Perhaps the proposed Joint Resolution will persuade the court that individuals in future cases should not be personally liable where they conduct business under an LLC. Until this issue is resolved by the legislature and the courts, many uncertainties remain. The best practical advice is to look closely at your company's liability insurance coverages. Talk with your insurance agent or broker about your business risks and make sure that you have appropriate insurance policies that cover you and your activities at adequate coverage limits. Careful analysis of your insurance program is especially important for builders, because liability insurance coverage for construction defects is frequently the subject of litigation. Finally, talk with your legal advisor about how you may protect your individual assets in light of this decision.