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Generally speaking, I think it goes back to the Jewish calendar, which predates solar calendars and the Religions that grew out of Judiasm, Christianity and Islam[0], kept some of the lunar calendar structure. It's easier to count lunar months than solar years for early civilizations. The Mayan calendar is decidedly non-Lunar, though, but they were accomplished astronomers. It was a bit of an eye-opener when I was in Thailand, as they use a solar calendar using the same days as the Gregorian Calendar, but they use the Buddhist Era as a start point so it's 2561 there. First time I encountered non-CE years. [0] I hope I'm not offending anyone here, but those three are closely related
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You're right to be skeptical. It's also not impossible that no one in the western hockey press would dare write a take down piece on a Canadian National hero. I'm stereotyping here but, being an old white guy from rural Canada, I'd say it's a higher-than-average chance that "Crazy Uncle Bobby" holds some views that are deplorable. Maybe he could run of office in Illinois..
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Svechnikov vs. Dahlin; Not as clear cut as it seems???
MattPie replied to Onceagain's topic in The Aud Club
This is part of the normal flow of pre-draft hype, right? It seems like (almost) every year people start to scrutinize the likely top picks and someone always writes about how the consensus #2-3 pick might be as good as #1. -
I'm not sure if that's a typo, but I love it.
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Very cool! I have a big bag of Genmaicha tea at home, which is a mix of roasted rice and green tea. It's an interesting taste.
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It may be worth noting there's a power dynamic here; Friedman (I'd think) ranks way higher than Mike Harrington. Harrington is likely going to be on best behavior around him so he doesn't alienate a more powerful "colleague" in the media. MH seems like the kind of guy that sucks up to his superiors and talks down to anyone "below" him.
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Bring Nick Lidstrom in as an advisor or scout. :)
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It was the second round, so seems right.
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I'll really getting the feeling Brandon was really tight with the TBN guys. Maybe he brought the hookers and blow or something.
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That sounds like a great oppurtunity, even in "Region 11" sounds like some shadowy government agency in a Sci-fi plot.
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My neighbor has started leaving the light at the back of his house on 24/7. It's gonna be great enjoying a nice evening looking at the stars with a 100W equivalent bulb shining into my yard. The houses are close enough to be really annoying.
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I "noticed" earlier, but my brain often substitutes words so I figured I was seeing things. I shouldn't doubt the power of my mind, LOL.
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I used to travel to another site and do some crazy IT stuff in support of experiments; "Pizza Night" was code for "we're staying until midnight. I do miss it though.
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I'm sure you could, but scoring 7 points per game for a (small) stretch against your peers is still incredible.
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I can't believe it! No one could have predicted this!
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LOL. Garbage Plate belongs in the garbage.
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On the flip side, a bottom-pair D like Nelson would have to wonder if bringing the a new hotshot D pushes him into the pressbox or AHL.
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Toronto Roster vs Buffalo Roster - Are we closer?
MattPie replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Buffalo will have the better roster when they're ahead of Toronto for a number of games in the standings, or ahead in games in a series, and not a moment before. Fool me once, shame on you Sabres; fool me twice... you can't get fooled again! -
A quick look says he's an Ops person, so probably not. Ops is mostly getting widgets out and supply chain stuff. It's entirely likely he hasn't written a line of code since college (and that's only if Industrial Engineering in 1982 including writing some FORTRAN on punch cards).
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From the Buffalo News article: Media member appears to be another thing entirely, just more ammo to fire him.
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If you think that in a modern organization that (presumably) has policies about coworker relationships between different levels (like my company does), a President that doesn't report relationship(s) and then lies to his boss about it doesn't have consequences you're the one that's being naive.
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His ######### is moving.
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The Great Toronto Illusion (or should I say Delusion)
MattPie replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Bob did take himself out before a playoff game saying something like, "I can't handle this". Can you imagine the response here?