MattPie

I'm not sure about thousands, but HarborCenter is going to indirectly create jobs downtown. We can argue whether the development around the Naval park was already started or if HC was needed to really cement it, but I would think there are people that are scrambling to come up with legitimate new business plans for the blocks around HarborCenter. Swannie House will certainly need to hire a few extra staff. :)

Looking over the roster, Myers is of the few players on the team that would return anything worthwhile in trade that's playing well and not a prospect or someone Murray brought in. It's fairly natural that the speculation would be around him. Ennis also fits that description, but his size probably reduces the volume of rumors. That's not counting the UFAs; I think those guys are just expected to go but other teams' fans generally don't have wet-dreams about rentals this early in the season.

I seem to remember (possibly before the 2004 lockout) that if you moved your skate at all it was no goal, but I could be wrong. When that changed, you could move the skate but not in a distinct kicking motion. Now unless it's an intentional kicking motion (like if you were skating or falling and your skate pushes the puck into the net) it'd be fine?

That is interesting. I'm guessing it's essentially one guy from each of those rounds that happened to make it?

Can you pick a player in the AHL for the NHL all-star game? Myers did come to mind, but I think his numbers are terrible even if he doesn't look too bad this year watching the games.

Zemgus may or may not have been the guy picked from Buffalo anyway (there's always one). The only players getting "hurt" by the voting would be the others on Buffalo that may have been picked (there's no way Buffalo is getting two). Ennis is the first that comes to mind, and after that I'm having a tough time thinking of another. Enroth is playing well, but there's no way he's getting picked as one of the top-6 G in the league.

Bad parenting.

Carrion my wayward son, there'll be wins when you are done.

So you missed the part about Mandela's influence on and off the ice?

Sorry for the long post, but this amused me. Comments from an article about a South Korean Airline VP that resigned over how nuts were served. It epitomizes "that escalated quickly". http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/09/world/asia/korean-air-nuts-scandal/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Nothing, the guy in the suit is a Latvian voting for Z on his smartphone.

:w00t: As long as he's not buying Bass. :)

That's fair, but reasonably it's hasn't changed. Do you think someone walking into (say) a Ireland pub, "Hey you fookin' paddies, why you all drinking and not at home?" will be received differently if it's another Irishman rather than a Brit? I suspect the former gets a laugh and the latter a donnybrook.

I think some (including myself) were hoping that he'd stick around as a physical scoring forward. Realistically, he and Stafford are on the block all season but if one of them looked good you could make a case for keeping one for "veteran leadership". (What's that? Do I hear Eleven's[0] head exploding?) [0] Sorry if I mixed up posters.

That happens, at least at UB in the engineering track. The Physics classes were often ahead of the Math that you were supposed to be taking at the same time. In my case, we actually took Diff Eq before Calc 3 because we'd be really lost in the Physics otherwise.

Ah, I read that wrong, that L'destroreier de worlds had 428k. Carry on!

Seems like I remember it being taught when I was in high school (in the early 90s), but I could be wrong. Apartheid was a "big deal" back then though, ending the same year I graduated.

Show your math.

While I don't really remember anything about actually working with Diff Eq, I do remember finding it a easier than Calc 2 and 3. There's hope for you!

I'm curious what happened in those 2 minutes in January 2013 that you were "Marchand's Rat"

How about a family setting? This is the same as your neighbors discussing your family issues and telling you what you should and should not do. You may agree with the neighbors but it's none of their business and they don't need to talk about it. (I'm not sure this is the best point I can make, but whatever) Essentially, yes, it'd be wonderful if I can do and say whatever I want with no backlash. But since the world isn't that way (and never was, and never will be) we all just have to put our big-boy (and girl) pants on and realize that sometimes you just have to let things go. Or just not say negative things or judge others. Be happy and content with your life. (Note that none of this is directed at anyone in particular, just in general)

Shhh, no one tell him about Diff Eq. :)

This is kinda painful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG2yELLZgB8

I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but taken at it's face I'll point out that people have never been (and will never be) able to say what they want with NO ramifications. 200 years ago saying what you like would certainly get you ejected from some social circles and possibly entered into a duel depending on what you said about or to whom. The best we get is that we get to say whatever we want with no *legal* ramifications. I say something distasteful as part of my free speech rights, others are perfectly to say that I'm wrong and an idiot as part of their free speech rights. It's as simple as that.

Are there some advanced stats on the length of GDTs and weekdays/weekends? I'd be *shocked* if Saturday night games are a bit light as some people surely have something else to be doing?