This summer at Nucksaid, I decided to make it all about my favourite part of Vancouver Canucks hockey: the FANS. The trend continues and will keep going all summer long!
If you or anyone else you may know would like to be featured and share YOUR True Blue story, there is plenty of room for MORE of you! I will be featuring the fan profiles up until the eve of the Canucks first regular season game. All you have to do is send me an e-mail to nucksaid@gmail.com with the subject line: TRUE BLUE and I will send you all the details you need!
Are you ready to meet some more Canuckleheads?
"I became a fan in a pretty weird way. Growing up in a Detroit Red Wings household, it was ALWAYS, Red Wings or die and that was weird in Ontario but never the less I did. For a while I stopped watching hockey, and in 2009 I started getting back into watching it and and really getting into it. In the playoffs, it was game six of the second round: Chicago vs. Vancouver. It was late for me, so I was told to go to bed, BUT it was a really exciting game with all the goals being scored. I couldn't sleep, so I kept watching in my room and by game the Canucks lost 7-5 and I felt so down about the final outcome. Ever since that game, I have done my best to keep watching the Canucks whenever I can, watching highlights and looking things up about the team, etc.
My favourite Canuck? Considering that I never really fully started watching the Canucks until a few years ago, one of the most exciting people to watch in a Canucks uniform for me, was Rick Rypien. Holy cow, watching him fight was amazing, it was truly great.
My all-time favourite Canuck moment would have to be Alex Burrows' OT goal in game 7 of the 2011 playoffs against Chicago. Nothing else can compare to finally slaying the dragon!
My favourite thing about hockey has to be the way it gets you so into the game, how it can you on top of the world one moment and in the very next it can feel like it just took everything away from you and you have nothing. My least favourite thing about hockey can be tied into that as well..that's the worst thing- watching your team get beaten in the playoffs in such a bad way, it just leaves a sting in you for a long time.
As for pre-game or game day rituals, I have only one. Once I wake up on a game day, the FIRST thing I do, is put on the jersey. I can't go without it on a game day, it's almost like a good luck factor.
First, I still miss seeing Rick Rypien lace 'em up with the Canucks. Every time Rypien stepped on the ice, you knew he was going to play with his whole heart and every fight he took on had the fans on their feet. He left this world far, far too soon.
Second, finally slaying that dragon after facing those pesky (and extremely talented) Chicago Blackhawks for a third straight year will always be one of my absolute favourite moments in Vancouver Canucks history! The rivalry that these two teams developed over those 19 games(3 playoff series) was so wonderfully intense, exhilarating, exasperating, exciting and keep you on the edge of your seat hockey until the final buzzer each and every game.
Next up, let me introduce you to Terry Niles and check out that completely Canucked out cubicle?! (Pictures provided by Terry).
"I have been a Vancouver Canucks fan since the beginning! I lived in Vancouver at the time and I remember going to Canucks games at the Pacific Coliseum! My all-time favourite Canuck is Tiger Williams. I am partial to scrappy guys, so I am currently a fan of Zack Kassian!
My all-time favourite Canucks moment was the 2011 playoff run and going all the way to game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals vs. the Boston Bruins. It wasn't the outcome we wanted, but it was an impressive run and I remember getting more and more excited as we advanced through EACH round!
My pre-game ritual is to wear my Manny Malhotra T-shirt, has to be that one OR we'll lose! I have a small Canucks display in my cubicle at work, BUT when we make the Stanley Cup playoffs, I completely deck out my cubicle even more! My co-workers know not to talk smack about the Canucks as I will ALWAYS vigorously defend my boys in blue!
Scrappy players usually end up being players with the most heart and will always step up for their teammates whenever needed. That 2011 playoff run was absolute magic and to see how fans came together was something that I will never ever forget…I'm looking forward to another magical run in the future! No matter what happens in the new season, we are in for an intriguing 82-game journey! I am looking forward to seeing how the new guys mesh with the current ones and seeing Desjardins make his NHL coaching debut!
Special thank-you to BOTH, Josh and Terry for participating in my True Blue series and sharing their stories with me and with all of you!
As we inch closer to the new season, keep your eyes posted for MORE True Blue stories to come! As always, until next time, nuck said.
TRUE BLUE: S.E.L. or Simply ME.
This summer at Nucksaid, I decided to make it all about the fans, by putting the spotlight on all of YOU, and allowing you, the fans to tell YOUR stories! I have been asking to hear about your Canuck stories, and you have been more than kind sharing them with me! It seems only fair that I also include my own story in the mix, right? Right…so now you will hear my Canucks story!
Are you ready for the tables to be turned on me? Here we go…!
My love for the Vancouver Canucks and hockey itself came over me very slowly and then suddenly all at once. It was not that I ever disliked the sport, it just never was something that truly caught my eye when I was younger aside from watching hockey in the Olympics and the odd game, here or there. I was too young to appreciate or fully understand the magic that was the 1994 Stanley Cup run. It was not until high school that I really started paying attention to this team called the Canucks and learning all the I could about the game. My neighbours LOVED the team and always invited us over to watch the games…and slowly I started to notice feeling a gravitational pull towards this game and this team. I cannot remember the exact game but it was one the featured a snazzy play by Nazzy and some early Sedinery with Anson Carter in the 2005-2006 season that sealed my fate and captured my heart as a True Blue Canucks fan and there was NO turning back. Did they make the playoffs that year? No, but it was the off-season that brought change and re-ignited the team with hope with the hiring of Alain Vigneault and acquiring of Roberto Luongo.
The 2006-2007 season that followed grew my love for the team and that goalie, Roberto Luongo who played a Vezina worthy year stole my heart completely for this game. A goalie sets the tone for the game, and LU came out with absolute determination that gave the team a chance to win every night. That was the season I decided to go all in with my non-wavering support for the this team. The team surprised a lot of people that season and gave us a thrilling ride all the way through two playoff rounds…including an epic game seven win sealed with a series winning goal from Trevor Linden. Every year since then my love for the game and the Canucks has grown exponentially. I may have turned into one of those fans who can quote stats forwards and backwards and possibly yells at the TV like the team and the refs can hear me for each good/bad call made or when that big goal is scored…but like I said, there is NO turning back. The Canucks are my team and I will always stand by them through thick and thin from game 1 all the way to game 82 and any games that go beyond.
Do I have an all-time favourite player? More like MANY favourites because it is way too difficult to just choose one. My favourite former Canucks include Markus Naslund, Trevor Linden, and Roberto Luongo, all of whom were the epitome of class acts both on and off the ice during their playing tenures with the Vancouver Canucks.
As for current Canucks my favourites would be Alex Burrows, Kevin Bieksa and Zack Kassian. I've been watching Burrows and Bieksa play together since their time with the Manitoba Moose to now and I absolutely love their tenacity on the ice. I love that Burrows came in undrafted and unwilling to give up on his dream and always capable of a BIG moment when least expected. Bieksa in his own words is a Canuck through and through…his loyalty to his teammates, his chirping and his insanely timed goals are beyond valuable. Kassian every year shows more and more determination and dedication to his game and is always willing to stand up for his teammates.
Do I have an all-time favourite Canucks moment? Much like having more than one favourite Canucks player…I have MANY favourite Canucks moments. Luongo's TWO shutout streaks (November 2008, November 2009), being in the arena LIVE for games (nothing compares to seeing your favourite team get a WIN on home ice!, Burrow's back to back hat tricks (2010), Burrows playing with the Sedins, Bieksa's SAVE & GOAL vs. Colorado (2012), Daniel's last second goal against Detroit (2012) OR his between the legs goal vs. Calgary (2010), Hank's 112 points (2009-2010), Lu's 72 saves vs. Dallas (2007) or his SCF game 5 shutout (2011), Hank's penalty shot goal (March 14, 2012) that had the arena on their feet, Hank's 1000th game (2014) or THE goal off the Stanchion courtesy of JUICE (2011) that sent the Canucks to the Finals…BUT tops on this list IS Alex Burrows slaying the dragon in OT vs. Chicago (2011)…it felt as though you could hear the cheers from Canucks fans everyone when that puck crossed the line…THAT moment was absolute MAGIC. I look forward to adding many more favourites to this list as the years go by. One other moment that will always stand near that moment against the hawks, will be the moment that Roberto Luongo was Olympic GOLD on home ice at Rogers Arena…a moment that NO ONE, no matter how hard they try can ever take away from him.
My personal most recent favourite Canucks memory is when I won a twitter contest and got to be a part of the 2014 Canucks For Kids Fund panel….and YES if you look close you will see that plaque next to my name….YES I sat next to Captain Kirk during the telethon! It was an epic experience!!
I love every little thing about this crazy game called hockey….every up and every down, every goal, every save, every rush down the ice, every face off, every epic playoff run, every magic overtime moment, every game tying goal…everything. I love everything about hockey, EXCEPT for that dreaded little one-on-one contest they call a shootout that follows an unsolved overtime period during the regular season. I despise shootouts…they ruin the team component of the game and turn a wonderful up tempo end to end game into a one-on-one skills contest that sometimes costs the better team on the ice the game because as we all know…the shootout is not every team's forte. The only other thing that irritates me to NO end in hockey is when journalists try to influence how fans think about their team and the game…it is okay for fans of all kinds to have differing opinions.
I've already told you my favourite aspect of hockey (Canucks and non-Canucks related) is the FANS. I love the connection that is formed within fans of a team, fans of rival teams, and fans of the sport in general. I love discussing and debating this wonderful game with fans of all levels from all over the globe…there is always room to learn and share more about this great sport and about my Canucks. There is something very special about fans coming together whether it is in the arena cheering together, watching the game in a restaurant(pub or at home) or during an epic playoff run.
When it comes to pre-game and game day rituals, I have a few. Nearly every game day will find me wearing one of my four jerseys(hoping to add another this season!) and during a playoff run as girly as it may sound..I paint my nails in Canucks themes. Every game day also usually involves making sure there are game approved snacks (chips+salsa,) on hand for when that big goal gets scored or even some victory/consolation ice cream.
I am not lucky enough to have season tickets just yet but I would LOVE to be so lucky someday in the near future! I try to go to at least 3-5 games during the regular season….and if I'm lucky at least ONE playoff game when the team goes to the post-season. There is ONE game that I have gone to EVERY season starting in March 2008…the game that is ON or closest to my birthday that the Canucks play at home. It is one of my most favourite birthday traditions that I have with my family all Canucked out in our jerseys cheering for the team at the arena. Yes, it's true, I've converted an entire house that once held no hockey fans, all into diehard Vancouver Canucks fans.
How do I feel about the upcoming 2014-2015 season? Last season after January, it was hard to watch the team at times as things began to fall apart and it became inevitable that changes were going to be made. It felt like a black cloud began following the team and storms followed as the season broke down. Bringing Trevor Linden back to the Vancouver Canucks was an absolute breath of fresh air after the last few years with Mike Gillis. Linden came in promising to make changes and promising that he would keep the fans in the know and he has done exactly that. With Linden came GM Jim Benning and newly minted NHL head coach, Willie Desjardins to help usher in this new era in Vancouver Canucks history. The newly formed brain trust has been hard at work taking care of business (the Kesler trade, developing the prospects, the Miller & Vrbata signings!) as they prepare for the upcoming 2014-2015 regular season.
There is a LOT of potential with team Lindenning and players coach Desjardins at the helm moving forward with the team. I am looking forward to whatever comes next and while the season may be far from perfection…it will be worth watching the entire journey from start to finish no matter the outcome. Mostly, I am excited to share this upcoming season with ALL of you, whether you are a Canucks fan, rival fan or simply just a hockey fan…as we are in for a wild ride league wide!
I am now, always have been and always will be a true blue bona-fide canucklehead and there will be NO changing of my ways. As always, until next time, nuck said.
One last photo, one of my favourites featuring my dear beloved canucklehead Bailey, who spent more than 13 years being the best companion. I will miss you always my dear, sweet little Bailey. (December 8, 2000 – July 27, 2014).
The summer about Canucks fans continues at Nucksaid as I will continue to introduce you to Canucks fans until the eve of the Vancouver Canucks first 2014-2015 regular season game.
What am I asking the fans for? To simply share their Canucks story and to put the spotlight on YOU, the fans. Whether you have been a fan for your entire life or only a short period, whether you live in British Columbia or halfway across the world, if you'd like to be featured in my True Blue series simply send me an e-mail to nucksaid@gmail.com with the subject line: TRUE BLUE and I will send you the details! There's always room for more stories!
Now, are you ready for Round SIX of #TrueBlue? Here, we go!
"When/how did I become a Canucks/hockey fan?
I was raised in a household of Leafs fans. Regardless of what you thought, felt, enjoyed…you were a Leafs fan; no ifs, ands or buts. If you didn't like the Leafs, too bad. You still displayed yourself as a Leafs fan.
So in 1999, while watching the draft, I see these two geeky looking twins called the Sedins, who were drafted to the Canucks. I had already heard so much about them and all the wheeling and dealing it took to get them and thought to myself that these two are going to be really interesting to follow. So, on October 5, 2000, at the age of 14, obviously my parents weren't about to let me stay up until 1:00 AM watching hockey games, so I began setting my VCR to record the CBC aired games of the team they were drafted to, the Canucks. Thus, began my love affair.
What drew me to the Canucks as my team, living outside of British Columbia?
It began with the hype around the Sedin twins, but the more games I watch, the more I saw the team as up-and-comers. They certainly weren't the best team in the league back then, but there was so much passion and skill that I could just feel that the boys on the ice were destined to be top competitors in the coming years, and I just couldn't take my eyes off of them. It was unfortunate that the only games I was able to watch were ones aired on CBC, as I live in Ontario, but I would follow them as best I could. If it meant watching the highlights the morning on TSN or going to the library to check out the stats from the previous nights' game, I did it. There was no stopping my run from the Leafs into the rink of the Canucks. My love affair just continued to grow.
Well, I can only answer from 2000 and beyond, but again, I would have to go with the Sedins, if I can pick both. The talent and skill, the TWINTUITION that those two have together on the ice makes for some beautiful, envious and dangerous plays. Off the ice, these two are extremely generous, giving not just their time back to the community, but money to help support research and care for sick children. They never fail to amaze me.
My puck bunny answer would be Ryan Kesler…but then who doesn't love him?
What is my all-time favourite Canucks moment?
How do you choose just one? There are just SO many….BUT if I have to pick, it's definitely a tie between Alex Burrows' OT goal in Game 7 that eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks and sent us into round two of the playoffs. The energy from the night was so high, you would have thought we had just won it all. The other goal was Cody Hodgson's beauty of a PING against Tim Thomas in our first game post-Cup Final loss against the Bruins. Rookie vs. Veteran…and he didn't even see it. Absolute beauty.
What is my favourite and my least favourite part of hockey?
Hockey makes my adrenaline rush. When the boys rush the crease and desperately attack the puck for a goal with seconds left to play, my heart starts pounding, and I'm at the edge of my seat and when that goal goes through…the excitement gives such a high. It's exciting, it's breathtaking. I love the fast pace, the fights, the action. What is there NOT to love?
Well, to answer that last one, I'd say my least favourite part, BESIDES Gary Bettman himself, is the shootouts. I DESPISE the shootouts. If after 65 great minutes of hockey, the game ends in a tie, it ought to stay in a tie. Both teams fought hard to split the points and hockey is a TEAM effort. I don't believe a team should be awarded an extra point based on one player vs. the goalie being on the ice and scoring a goal.
Do I have any game day/pre-game rituals?
Doritos and coke. A bag of Sweet Chili Heat Doritos, and a tall glass of Coca Cola with three ice cubes. That's it, that's all.
How do I feel about the upcoming 2014-2015 season?
Brandi, I am the same way…it is way too hard for me to choose ONLY one favourite Canucks moment, I love the Sedins TWINTUITION every night and I could not agree more about the dreaded shoot out!
Next up please meet David McPherson, pictured below with Canucks alum, Dave Babych (picture provided by David).
"I have been a Vancouver Canucks fan for as long as I can remember BUT I guess it goes back to my very first NHL game which was in the 1991-1992 season. The San Jose Sharks very first NHL game and have followed them ever since and with living on Vancouver Island and in the Okanagan, have followed the Canucks ever since. I've been lucky enough to have been to a few games over the years as well.
My all-time favourite Canuck would have to be Pavel Bure. Growing up as Canucks fan during the Bure era, he was AMAZING. I loved his speed, determination and ability to score goals.
My all-time favourite Vancouver Canucks moments would definitely have to be the 1994 and the 2011 Stanley Cup playoff runs.
My least favourite part of hockey is the season ends and the off-season begins. My favourite of hockey is the entire season when hockey is on.
My pre-game rituals is usually wearing my jersey and Canucks shirt. During their playoff runs OR when the Young Stars tournament is on here, I wear my puck head around town.
David, there is nothing quite like the thrill of seeing your team go on a great playoff run and seeing the fans come together the further the team goes! I think Ryan Miller just might surprise a lot of people this year and hopefully a few young prospects will break into the lineup throughout the season.
Special thank-you to BOTH, Brandi and David for sharing their Canuck stories! I love all of the unique stories that each one of you has shared with me & I am looking forward to sharing them with all of you as we continue the countdown to the new season in October!
This summer at Nucksaid, I decided to do something a little different on the blog, in counting down to the Vancouver Canucks 2014-2015 regular season! THIS summer I will introduce you, to my favourite part of the Vancouver Canucks: THE FANS!
What am I asking YOU, the fans for? Simply to share your Canucks story and what makes YOU a Canucks fan through and through. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, simply send me an e-mail to nucksaid@gmail.com with the subject line: TRUE BLUE and I will send you the details. I will be featuring True Blue profiles all way up until to the first game of the 2014-2015 regular season, so there is plenty of room for as many fans as would like to participate! Every post will feature TWO profiles.
Are you ready to meet two more True Blue participants? Here, we go!
Let me introduce you to, Jason Allen from Perth, Australia! Pictured below in his Canucks gear at a recent CAN/USA ice hockey game in Perth! (Picture provided by Jason).
"When/how did you become a Canucks/hockey fan? If you live outside of British Columbia, what drew you to the Canucks as your team?
I started getting into hockey during the start of the 2009/2010 season; living in Perth, Australia the sport is currently in a small market, but it's definitely growing at an extremely fast rate! Like many Australians, their first contact with Ice Hockey came about through 'The Mighty Ducks' movies, I was no different (I believe even Australia's own Nathan Walker started his journey after watching the movies!); after watching that I wanted to get into the game, but at that moment in time there was no way to watch games live available to me, so I just watched video upon video of highlights and really just got my fill through reading up on the history of the sport. But during the 2009/2010 season a number of live NHL games were shown live on national television every week, since then I've been absolutely hooked to the sport.
Nothing specifically hockey related drew me to the Canucks, not surprising at all since I knew nothing of the sport at the time… But I've always had a love for Canada and more specifically Vancouver ever since I was little; so it was came more as a "why wouldn't I support them?" than anything else. Fingers crossed I can head over to Vancouver to see its beauty first hand and catch a live game/s over the next few years.
I can't go past players who gave absolutely everything for the team; dedication, perseverance and effort over just skill any day! So with that being said, Rick Rypien has to top the list for me. During that first season of me watching hockey, his enthusiasm never failed to make me happy, to see him punch above his weight and thrive doing so was a joy to watch. Soon after, I purchased a Canucks jersey with his name on the back; it is still to this day my favourite hockey attire and I'm sure it'll stay that way for many more years to come.
"Finally, after 3 seasons, and 19 playoff games against Chicago, for Vancouver, it's a wonderful day for an exorcism". Burrows. Blackhawks. Need I say more?!
Two things stand out as my favourite parts of hockey; first would be the intensity of the game, no other sport in the world can compete with a Stanley Cup playoff game. Second of all, it's the connection and togetherness of fellow fans through social media; I've had the privilege of coming into contact with some pretty amazing people through twitter and I really do hope that continues!
Excited and optimistic. The selection of Desjardins and Benning along with the earlier appointment of Linden definitely fills me with confidence as to what the future holds for this franchise. Quietly still dreaming of a Stanley Cup in the near future, but it'll be an interesting and fun rollercoaster ride we're in for regardless!
No Jason, you need not say more…that moment will ALWAYS be one of my all-time favourites. No contest. Here's to seeing some more dragon slaying moments in the near future! Go Canucks Go!
Next up, please meet Beck Mitchell…who is also from OZ! (Picture provided by Beck).
"Hi, I'm Bec, and the 2013/2014 season was my first ever hockey season. Being from Australia, Ice Hockey is not really a mainstream sport. The only ice hockey I had seen was The Mighty Ducks movies in the school holidays. I randomly went to a local hockey game at the Icehouse in Melbourne and fell in love with the sport. I started researching the NHL and decided to pick a team, not knowing anything about Canada or the teams I decided to choose a team that reminded me of my Australian Rules Football team and this was the Vancouver Canucks. I ordered NHL Game Center and I was hooked.
Not knowing anyone else that liked hockey in Australia, I joined Twitter and started chatting to fans. I have met some of the most amazing people this way and all have been very helpful teaching me the ins and outs of being a True Blue Canuck, I could not have hoped to pick a better team with a nicer fan base.
My favourite Canuck player at the moment is Zack Kassian; he is fast and hard hitting I like that. My best memories have been sitting on the beach on my summer holidays watching the games live on my iPad while soaking up the sun and cheering online with people all over the world. I even drove 5 hours this past Christmas to meet a fellow Canuck fan who was over in Australia for a holiday. We are now lifelong friends, she has recently moved here and I was bridesmaid at her wedding. Us Canucks fans, really are like one big family.
My favourite part of hockey is the speed and skill in the game, its very thrilling to watch and games are always full of excitement. My least favourite part is that being in Australia you are so far from the action of the NHL, although I have recently started following The Melbourne Mustangs which is a team in the 8 team National AIHL. I have found a whole new group of Ice Hockey friends Australia wide.
I try to watch every Canucks game, whether I be on holidays or dragging myself out of bed for the New York games at 5AM! I am known where I live as the crazy Canuck ice hockey fan and I love it. I have bought loads of merchandise from Canada and wear it with pride all year round. I am always getting asked about my team and trying to convert as many Aussies into fans as I can. The Vancouver Canucks have me so hooked that I am even heading to Canada in the 2015/16 season just to see a game at Rogers Arena! A crazy solo hockey trip for a crazy Canuck, just to see the team I love but I'm sure it will be worth every dollar and the 18 hours on the plane to see it.
I am so excited about the upcoming season. The team has made plenty of changes and it will be completely different season! It will be interesting to see how the new management and coaches run the boys and I'm hoping to see the Canucks in the playoffs. I want to say a big thanks to the whole Canucks fan base for being so nice to me and I look forward to cheering on the boys next season with you all.
Sometimes, twitter really is amazing…I love you have made some incredible connections through your love of the game! I promise you, that when you finally do come to see a LIVE Canucks game…you will not regret it! A game at the arena, cheering with 18,000+ fans is an experience like no other.
Special thanks to BOTH, Jason and Beck for sharing their TRUE BLUE stories! I look forward to cheering on the team with you and all of Canucks nation when the season begins in October! There are more stories to come from fans around the world as the summer continues we count down the days until the NHL returns! Stay tuned!
What am I asking YOU, the fans for? Simply to share your Canucks story and what makes YOU a Canucks fan through and through. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, simply send me an e-mail to nucksaid@gmail.com with the subject line: TRUE BLUE and I will send you the details. I will be featuring True Blue profiles all way up until to the first game of the 2014-2015 regular season, so there is plenty of room for as many fans as would like to participate!
Shall we, meet some more TRUE BLUE, Canucks fans? Yes?
Yes. Let me introduce you to, Justin Lai who last season, was the lucky winner of the Rogers Arena/Canucks 25th Million Fan Twitter Contest!! He described the moment as the following: "What a magical night experiencing the hockey game, being interviewed during the intermission, and getting to go onto the ice and receiving a game worn autographed jersey by one of the Canucks.I ended up with Daniel's jersey!" Admit it, who else is jealous of that moment? (Picture provided by Justin).
"I'm currently 26 years old, a business graduate, a diehard Canucks fan and my passions include Marketing, Social Media, and of course the Canucks. I have been following the Canucks for as long as I can remember and I am excited to recently land a job with them this Summer. During my free time, I also volunteer for the Canucks For Kids Fund and I always love to talk about hockey and the Canucks with people.
1)When/how did you become a Canucks/hockey fan? If you live outiside of British Columbia, what drew you to the Canucks as your team?
A: The Canucks came into existence in the NHL as an expansion team in 1970, but their history dates back to as early as 1945 and although I wasn't born until 1988, for as long as I can remember, I have been a hockey fan. I remember playing ball hockey in my basement as a child and although I was too young to know what was going on with the Canucks in their early days, I remember being a part of the 1994 run as an excited young six year old and my love for the Canucks has grown ever since. As I grew up, I learned about the early history of the Canucks and have supported them. I grew up and there was nothing else I wanted to be more than a professional hockey player and dreamed that one day I would play for the Canucks and score THE goal that would them their first Stanley Cup. I know it's not realistic when I look at it today, but I was a young child back then who didn't know better other than my passion for the Canucks and hockey. From the days of the 1994 cup run where heroes such as Pavel Bure, Kirk McLean and Trevor Linden were some of my favourite players to the days of the West Coast Express including Markus Naslund to today where Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler, Alex Burros, Rick Rypien, and Roberto Luongo are some of my favourite players in hockey. I have always had a deep love for the game of hockey and have supported the Canucks for as long as I can remember.
2) Who is your all-time favourite Canuck (current/retired/no longer a Canuck) and why?
This is a tough question considering I love the Canucks so much that it is hard to choose one of each but ill tell you one from each category. Currently I would say, the Sedins are some of my favourite Canucks. They are such nice down to earth guys and always play with class. Their community work and compassion is also a major reason why I like them so much because it's not always about the goals and assists but also about what kind of people you are off the ice representing the team and the Canucks led by the Sedins do a great job of this.
For retired and past Canucks it's quite simple. Trevor Linden. He embodied everything that was a Canuck. He played hard, gave it all he had every night and also earned the respect of everyone by being a classy guy who played the game with heart. He might not have had the most points in franchise history but again it's not necessarily the stats that matter the most. His leadership and personality is one that truly defines what being a Canuck is all about and in my eyes he always will be Captain Canuck.
3) What is your all-time favourite Canucks moment?
My all time favourite Canucks moment would have to be in 1994 and the entire run by the underdog Canucks team lead by leaders like Linden, Mclean and Bure. Their run ultimately fell short but it captured the heart of Vancouver and was truly a ride to be a part of. Everything from comebacks to overtime goals to a city rallying behind the team on such a passionate level that's what sticks through the most to me and made me love the team I grew up with.
4) What is your favourite and your least favourite part of hockey?
Favorite part of hockey is how the love of the game can really bring people together.
Least favourite part of hockey is that it's not all year round!
5) Do you have any game day/pre-game rituals?
Whether it's game day or not, it's rare that you will find me without any sort of Canucks gear on. That's just one way that I am, so passionate about the team and the game of hockey. I don't believe in superstition, but I usually like to wear one of my jerseys or Canucks shirts on game days just to proudly display my Canucks colours around town.
6) How do you feel about the 2014-2015 season?
First, WOW getting to meet Daniel Sedin on the ice after the game and getting his jersey!! Lucky! That will be a memory you'll never forget! Second, I could not agree more about supporting the team through the good, the bad and everything in between because anything can happen and one day they will win it all.
Next up, I introduce to you, Charlene Fairchild (picture provided by Charlene).
"Ahhh hockey! I was born in Nova Scotia, birthplace of Hockey (Windsor, Nova Scotia http://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/), and grew up in a hockey home. My Dad was a passionate Leafs fan, back in the day of the Original Six. He told stories of growing up poor in the Depression but, I most loved the story he told about using horse droppings as hockey pucks! Every Saturday night was really Hockey Night In Canada, eagerly anticipated all week. The whole family gathered for the game and bedtimes were suspended. My brothers played lots & lots & lots of street hockey.
I owe my love for the game to my Dad. He taught what being a true fan was all about. His knowledge of and passion for the game helped lay the foundations of my continuing obsession with the Greatest Game On Earth! (Sorry, not sorry, socceroos!) Eventually my Leafs fan Dad became a season ticket holder with the Halifax Moosehead of the QMJHL. So, what's an east coast gal doing being a passionate True Blue Canucks fan? I grew up, married, moved away. My hockey days were pretty random & spotty during those years as the men I married were neither of them sports fans. Eventually I moved to the Columbia Valley at the confluence of the Kickinghorse and Columbia Rivers in Golden…BUT it wasn't until the 2010 Olympics that I awoke again to hockey.
I've always been a goalie afficionada and one goalie caught my eye and my heart…"Bingo Bango Bongo, his name is Roberto Luongo." I was hooked. And he was a Vancouver Canuck. So I started watching Canucks games and thereby fell in love with the whole team hook, line and sinker! That love for the team has only grown stronger and stronger.
) as Social Media person for the team the Golden Rockets. I live tweet the games as part of our broadcast crew.
You mean I have to choose? Out of the past, from all I have learned and watched, that would have to be Pavel Bure & Gino Odjick.
Presently, Eddie Lack and Kevin Bieksa.
That would have to be the 2011 Stanley Cup run.
My favourite and least favourite part of hockey?
When I walk into the arena and the boys go out on the ice…I love the slice of the blades on ice, the cold, the anticipation. I love the sound of the goal horn, the fans cheering and chanting, AND I love the play on the ice. Watching the young guys make their plays, defend their zones, and celebrate a goal! I love everything about hockey except shootouts.
Charlene, I'm with you, goalies have always had a way of stealing my heart. Roberto Luongo's determination and will to win when he was a Canuck, propelled me into the Canucks fan that I am now. I am also 100 % with you that shootouts are my LEAST favourite part of the game!
Special thank-you to BOTH, Justin and Charlene for sharing your stories! I LOVE all these stories that everyone is sharing with me AND sharing them with all of you! I look forward to sharing more fan stories with you as the summer continues!
Are you ready to meet some more amazing Canucks fans?
Meet Canucks fan, Brieann Knorr…how many Canucks can you spy in the background? (Picture provided by Brieann).
"I became a Vancouver Canucks fan in 2003, after my Dad and I had been watching hockey for years. I got my first Canucks jersey for my eighth birthday and have been a fan ever since.
I have 2 all-time favorite Canucks. The first would have to be Markus Naslund as he was my favorite player growing up. I was still a little young when he was playing but I remember he was such an awesome player and a great person. I got the chance to meet him and it was incredible. I almost cried when he retired because he deserved everything, he is such a humble guy. My second favorite has to be Henrik Sedin!! He is the most humble player the Canucks have ever had. I like his humbleness and how dedicated he is to the team, players and the fans. He is one of my role models.
My favorite all time Canucks moment has to be the 2011 Cup Run. I had never been on a Cup run and it was the best and worst moments as a Canucks fan! I have never seen a city more united around a team. I have never been more passionate for the team and I can only imagine what winning the Cup will be like.
I love that hockey unites people! That we all cheer for the same team and can talk about it together BUT I don't like the hate that players get from the fans.
I consider myself to be a semi superstitious fan…I tend to think I can control what happens on the ice even though I know its impossible. I don't like watching games because I think I could make them lose.
Markus Naslund was the epitome of a class act both on and off the ice, and seeing his jersey go up to the rafters joining Smyl and Linden was amazing to witness. The 2011 playoff run was an absolutely unreal time to be a Vancouver Canucks fan! Everywhere you turned, there were people representing the Canucks, blue and green took over local businesses and you could sense something special was happening. I'm excited for the next great playoff run that will take the province and Canucks fans around the world by storm!
Next up, I'd like to introduce you to Tony Maguire displaying a beautifully made button picture that his daughter, Katie made for his birthday! (Picture provided by Tony).
"My Canuck story starts the same year as the Canucks. Being a fan of the Ballet on Ice I'm not sure what drew me to the Canucks. The early years were difficult but through all the abuse of other hockey folks and the roller coaster rides that were the first few seasons, I still remained loyal and true. I guess what really sealed the deal for life for me was 1982 and our first cup run. I had been to many games but never had the excitement of watching the Canucks go so far and then into the finals. I got given a ticket and was sitting 3 rows behind the Canuck bench. The sights the sounds the smells of being a part of it will always be with me. From that point on it became my way of life as my wife and kids will attest to!
I am one of those obsessed fans who has extensive Canuck wear and memorabilia that when we moved recently, packed 4 large plastic totes. All my kids became Canuck fans and now the grand kids as well. A good memory is going with 2 daughters to a Vancouver game in 2004 to see them play our rivals, the Calgary Flames. The day before we were in the Cactus Club getting food when Trevor Letowski, Matt Cooke and Bryan Allen came in. We got to hang out with them, got jerseys signed and had the best lunch ever. Outside the arena we waited for the Team bus from Calgary to arrive. When former (still my favorite) Canuck, Matin Gelinas got off we cheered and he came over and around the barrier to chat with us and we got a great picture.
Going to a Stanley Cup Final game and sitting so close to the team bench would be an absolutely amazing experience! The sights and sounds of a playoff game are so much more intense than a regular season game, the cheers and silence from the stands echo the pattern of the game on the ice. If you have never been to a playoff game, I suggest the next playoff run, you try to go…because there is something so special about being there live for a playoff victory and cheering with 18,000 + fans together. .
Special thank-you to BOTH, Brieann and Tony for sharing their TRUE BLUE stories! I hope you enjoyed reading them and are looking forward to the fan stories still to come this summer!


Thank you to everyone that came out to our Graffiti House 2012 Investigation! We had a great time and it was awesome to hang out with our friends and meet some new folks! If you were at the event and recorded anything that you want us to take a look at, please don't hesitate to contact us! We hope everyone had a great time and we hope to see you all again soon!


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AutoCAD: Changed block not updating data when drawing reopened. I created a default block with MAC Address, Serial Number and IP Address on it to show the data on the sheet. when I substitute the block with this one. Before the R3 update it would update fine. Now any substituted block or "Change Block" do not update the information linked to the item.
any reason or thought on why?


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Q: Proving a pseudo prime Prove that if $p > 3$ is a prime, then $n = \frac{2^p+1}{3}2^{p-1}$ is a pseudoprime (base 2). Hints: Use the facts that for $p > 3$ we have both $2p | n-1$ and $2^{2p} \equiv 1 \mod n$
I am not sure how to solve this.

A: Any number $n=\frac{4^p  - 1}3$, where $p≥5 -$ prime, satisfies the condition.
1) $n=\frac{(2^p  -1)(2^p  +1)}3$ is composed so $\frac{2^p±1}3  >1$ for $p≥5.$
2) As $n - $ odd, then $2|n-1$. In addition, the small Fermat theorem can be proved that $p|n-1$ . Then, $n-1=2pk$, where $k∈ \mathbb N$.
Then $2^{n-1}  -1=(4^p )^k  - 1$, and therefore $$4^p-1|2^{(n-1)}  -1 \Rightarrow n|2^{(n-1)}  -1$$

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Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
February 7 – April 17, 2015
Installation Views Press Release Artists Press Back
This exhibition, Liu Wei's largest institutional solo show to date, revolves around a grouping of major new paintings, sculptures, and videos which refer back to his fifteen years of mature output while also opening up interpretive pathways for works yet to come.
Liu Wei (b. 1972, Beijing) is one of the most important artistic voices of his generation. Coming from the heated conceptual climate of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou during the 1990s and a key member of the late 1990s "Post-Sense Sensibility" formation, Liu Wei has gone on in the past decade to pioneer an artistic language all his own. Based on a fastidious combination of elements abstract and concrete, Chinese and universal, his practice addresses the new ways of seeing and knowing made possible in contemporary China. Present throughout his practice is a unique sense of how juxtapositions of objects and materials create meanings, and of how objects placed in space structure viewers' experiences.

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Is A Ridesharing Job Right For You?
Do you want to be your own boss? Are you eager to only work when you want to work? Have you considered escaping the 9 to 5 grind? Are you looking for an office free life? Have you been dabbling with the idea of working for yourself? If you answered yes to one or all of these questions, it's time to realistically consider finding a driving job with a ridesharing company.
Ridesharing is part of the shared economy – a business model that connects responsible drivers to community members who need a ride. It's a niche that didn't exist a decade ago. The convenience of mobile devices, GPS technology, constant access to data, and easy to navigate apps make the world of ridesharing possible.
From rides home after a night out on the town to a scheduled airport ride that can accommodate your luggage to a shared carpool to the your favorite concert, ridesharing has you covered. It's changing the way that transportation works and people love it. Did you know that there are millions of requests for rideshare rides every single day? That's a lot of opportunities for rideshare drivers to make money.
The beauty of ridesharing is that it provides around the clock, on-demand service. With a tap of an app on a smartphone, any rider can request a ride. Then a driver who wants to work can accept the request, pick up the passenger, and be guided to the destination via the smartphone's GPS. All transactions are completed via the app and no money needs to be exchanged. The driver gets paid regularly for the rides he provides and the company takes a small commission of each transaction. Everyone is happy.
Ridesharing provides a hassle-free experience that is offered on-demand. It limits the amount of cars on the road, which reduces traffic and is environmentally friendly. It creates full-time, part-time, and flexible jobs. Plus, it builds a community that relies on each other for transportation and business. And don't forget that if you share a ride with a stranger, you just might make a beneficial, local connection.
Ridesharing started in a few select cities in the United States. It has quickly grown to include most major metropolitan areas both in North America and globally. It continues to grow too. Wherever you live, there are opportunities to become a rideshare driver.
Ridesharing companies need people like you. They are actively hiring responsible, licensed drivers to share the responsibility of providing on-demand rides. It's easy to apply, the pay is great, and the job is totally flexible. It's basically the perfect job for just about everyone.
Which ridesharing company is right for you?
Uber – Uber is the pioneer of the industry and has lucrative opportunities around the globe.
Lyft – Lyft is constantly expanding and is a major competitor in the ridesharing niche.
Sidecar – Sidecar provides both ridesharing and on-demand delivery services in select locations.
Wingz – Wingz provides scheduled airport pick ups and drop offs.
Shuddle – Shuddle drivers help parents out by shuttling their kids to such places as school, appointments and practice.
Work for one or sign up to drive for all of them. It's okay to double dip and maximize your income potential. To become a rideshare driver you need to have a vehicle, a drivers license, auto insurance, a clean background, and a smartphone. If you meet those requirements, you have a good chance of landing a job as a rideshare driver. Requirements vary slightly for each ridesharing company, so do your research.
Once you're employed, you can work when you want to work. Turn ridesharing into a full-time job, a part -time job, or just work as a way to earn a few extra bucks. It's entirely up to you.
Drivers in places like San Francisco, Dallas, New York, London, Moscow, Tokyo, and hundreds of other cities collect regular paychecks and they never step foot inside an office. Some make upwards of $100,000 per year! Hundreds of thousands of drivers can make money supplying rides as you read this. Why aren't you doing this?
Ridesharing is here to stay and you should be a part of it. Try it today.


Let's find possible answers to "Set off again" crossword clue. First of all, we will look for a few extra hints for this entry: Set off again. Finally, we will solve this crossword puzzle clue and get the correct word. We have 1 possible solution for this clue in our database.
"On the Waterfront" actor's exotic pet?


Pastels are in general, a fragile medium. They require a sanded durable surface because the pigments need texture to grab onto when painting in layers and when blending repeatedly.
For the pastelist using hard pastels, soft pastels, oil pastels, and pastel pencils, use our Pastelbord which was designed with all these qualities in mind. In addition, try using water soluble pastels because Pastelbord can be used wet or dry without the fear of curling or buckling. Pastels must always be framed behind glass because when they are sprayed with a fixative, the colors can be made to appear dark and dull.
Try these tips to get the maximum results out of Pastelbord. It is easy to combine painting techniques with also dry drawing techniques for diverse and interesting surface control using this tip. Lay down a watercolor or acrylic wash before using your pastels. Either work over the washed surface while wet or after it has dried. For blending, use a wet brush to go back in and soften edges and blend colors.
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To save your expensive soft pastels, start your piece using hard pastels and then cover with the soft pastels. You will use less pigment this way and achieve great results.


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Create a 10 member (or more) Anti-Bullying Task Force who will investigate matters related to bullying incidents in the Ozaukee County Public Schools for the purpose of improving student and staff safety. Bullying and harassment create an unsafe environment in schools, interfering with the students' ability to succeed in a safe environment. It is in the public interest to assure all students and staff be valued and respected at all times.It is also in the public interest to provide safe learning environments for children, free from harassment, intimidation and bullying.
Opiate addiction is a public health crisis in our country, yet it is stigmatized and treated as a criminal offense by our legal system. It is a health problem, not a criminal problem. The way things currently work in our county is that a person who overdoses and needs intervention from the paramedics will be taken to the hospital, and then taken to jail and charged. In Milwaukee county handles cases like this according to research based evidence that clearly shows that charging an opiate addict with a drug crime will not only make them worse off in terms of recovery, but also do nothing to deter them from using again. Therefore, when this exact situation happens in Milwaukee County, the main concern is to help the addict recover in a supportive environment, rather than sending him/her to jail--which has been shown to be the least effective and most expensive place to treat addiction. Our community must raise our voices to change the way drug offenses are addressed by our legal system.


How Thermal Imaging Technology, Latest Tools and a trained Home Inspection Team helped in assessing and finding source & solution to serious non-identifiable damp / seepage problem in a reputed Club of Bengal.
The building was dripping in moisture problems. It had past leakage problems. Though some repairs were carried out still the issues were not properly rectified. It was both waste of time and money and most importantly having adverse effects on human health and shelf life of the structure.
Why Team MACJ – A Buyers Choice Home Inspections was summoned?
Moisture patches at back wall surface at different levels in the Reception Area.
Moisture patches at front wall right side near external facade plumbing duct position along electrical conduit and discoloration at wall surface.
Presence of moisture at parapet wall on right side of plumbing duct above curved chajja projection. As confirmed by IR images, water intruding from rain water outlet concealed along the parapet wall.
Gaps and deteriorated plaster of parapet wall lower portion at skirting level, around plumbing duct and around plumbing pipes clamped or concealed at parapet walls / skirting junction.
Minor cracks with weathering effects noted at parapet wall flashing, external surface and at plumbing duct projected wall surface with parapet wall junction.
Gaps at tiled flooring noted at places effecting parapet wall lower portion.
Inadequate grouting / bore packing and no grating at rain water outlets.
IR images showed presence of moisture at external wall above reception area entrance door and around DB panel. The wall surfaces are affected by moisture infiltrating from #1- Roof- Parapet wall, #2- External facade – Plumbing duct, #3- Cracks at wall surface.
Inadequate finishing and slope at curved chajja below roof level, which was leading to moisture intrusion along wall surface junction.
Leakage noted at water supply pipe mid junction in plumbing duct, causing infiltration of water along the deteriorated wall surface.
Plaster condition at plumbing duct wall surface at places with algae formation and bare brick works, open sleeve for plumbing pipes and other conduit insertions also been noted. Moisture intruding from roof level till ground floor level along duct positions damaging either side of wall surface.
Electrical pipes not dressed at plumbing duct with bare plaster packing, causing moisture infiltration at either side of wall surface mentioned in Kids Playroom – Wall section. As noted AC drainage pipe terminated at duct wall surface right above electrical conduit insertions on right corner of duct and plant growth noted, from where moisture intrusion taking place during AC operation and rainy season.
Roof – Rain water outlet & Parapet wall condition.
Conditions of external plumbing duct.
Step 1: Roof – Parapet wall, Plumbing and Flooring to be taken care.
Step 2: Plumbing duct rectification.
Step 3: Internal wall and External wall rectification.
Main Essence – The main essence of any moisture problem is tracking the source. You not only need any engineer but an engineer who is a Home Inspector and has expertise in this particular field. Also the use of advanced tools & technology play a pivotal role in these types of inspection.
In this case we got to know that intrusion of external moisture was mainly from plumbing duct and above roof rain water outlet with cracks at external wall surface.
Also property maintenance is very important. If periodical maintenance or health check-up of any property is not carried out or problems are overlooked, then deterioration will occur and the issues will spread. It will adversely affect both the human health and property life. Taking care of the elements of any property will not only ensure smooth functioning but will also provide those elements a longer and healthy life.


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Focus on Equity and Economic Empowerment in Atlanta
Posted June 23rd, 2022 by Carmenlita Scott & filed under Media, News.
UPS & The UPS Foundation Focus on Equity and Economic Empowerment in Atlanta
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
UPS and The UPS Foundation today shared three major announcements designed to positively impact communities around the world. Highlighted at the first-ever UPS Impact Summit, these new efforts support economic development and help improve lives in Atlanta — UPS's hometown — Ukraine and developing nations across Africa.
With the U.S. observance of Juneteenth and Pride Month in mind, the summit explored the intersection between UPS's ongoing commitment to advance ESG, diversity, equity and economic empowerment.
"UPS is a purpose-driven company. We move goods while also doing good — this is who we are in our hometown and in every community we serve," said Carol B. Tomé, chief executive officer, UPS. "I'm proud of our Foundation's approach to driving social impact here in Atlanta and around the world. We are delivering help and hope to those who need us most. Today's announcements reflect the solid strategy and partnerships in place to get us there and beyond."
"Service is in our DNA at UPS and equity is at the center of all we do through The UPS Foundation. This combination puts us in a powerful position to use our size, scale, and know-how to deliver what matters in Atlanta and around the world," said Nikki Clifton, president, social impact and The UPS Foundation.
Investing nearly $8.75 million in Atlanta-based organizations
Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS and The UPS Foundation are focused on investing in areas important to the local community including workforce development, community safety, civic engagement and entrepreneurship.
Efforts in Atlanta include an investment in the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE); support for the National Center for Civil and Human Rights to provide DEI training for community leaders and research to support the LGBTQ+ community; an investment in the Atlanta Police Foundation to support the At Promise Youth Centers; 30 scholarships in the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), in addition to scholarships for students at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) to continue their careers supporting health equity in underserved communities, as well as other initiatives designed to elevate underrepresented populations, drive economic development, and support Atlanta youth.
"The theme of this year's UPS Impact Summit – equity and economic empowerment – is significant here in Atlanta. Over the past decade, UPS has invested significantly in equity and economic empowerment here and abroad. These investments offer enhancements for customers, deepen work and communities, and provide new programs and pathways for employees. The city of Atlanta applauds the efforts of UPS and The UPS Foundation to promote DEI and support our Atlanta communities. As we observe Juneteenth, we all have a role to play in promoting equity in our communities," said Mayor Andre Dickens.
Doubling humanitarian relief efforts for Ukraine, surpassing $2 million
The UPS Foundation has worked closely with Atlanta-based CARE, The Salvation Army, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP) and other partners to provide relief to Ukrainians affected by the war.
These efforts include free transportation for medicines and medical supplies valued at $8 million, more than 1 million meals, 840,000+ pounds of relief supplies, and 90,000 blankets and coats for Ukrainian refugees.
Expanding Vaccine Equity Efforts: Partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and Zipline into Nigeria and Kenya
Following the success of COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda and other developing nations around the world, The UPS Foundation, UPS Healthcare and UPS Flight Forward are expanding partnerships with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and Zipline to deliver vaccines and critical healthcare supplies to millions of people across Nigeria and Kenya.
Over the past two years, these organizations have worked hand-in-hand with UPS to deliver nearly 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses via drone to underrepresented populations, as well as rural and remote communities. These efforts have an immediate impact on health equity and the established healthcare infrastructure will benefit people for decades to come. Since 2020, UPS Healthcare has delivered 1.5 billion COVID-19 vaccines, with The UPS Foundation delivering 34.5 million of those in-kind to countries in need.
For more information on UPS's latest commitments and to learn more about the first-ever UPS Impact Summit, visit about.ups.com. To read more about The UPS Foundation, visit about.ups.com/ae/en/social-impact/the-ups-foundation.html.
Article courtesy of Metro Atlanta CEO, published June 22, 2022.


Important Note: The City of New York has significantly different laws and procedures from the rest of the state.
New York City Wedding Officiants for your wedding or vow renewal ceremony. Submit one form to top-rated marriage officiants in your locality. You choose the best NYC Wedding Officiant.
New York City: If the address on your Drivers License is within NYC limits, you will need three things to be able to perform marriages within NYC, instead of only one.
and a Letter signed by one member of your Congregation.
Before performing marriages in New York City, the minister must register his or her name and address in the office of the city clerk of the city of New York and show some documentation.
The Official NYC handbook on the Domestic Relations Law, p. 89., À/Í À/ÍC11:2 (subdivision 1) permits a clergyman or minister of any religion to solemnize marriages. "Clergyman or minister" includes a duly authorized pastor, rector, priest, or rabbi. It also includes any other person having authority from, or in accordance with, the rules and regulations of the governing ecclesiastical body of the denomination or order, if any, to which the church belongs. Persons who otherwise have authority from the church or synagogue to preside over and direct the spiritual affairs of the church or synagogue are likewise included. While the state may act to prevent marriages being solemnized by mere philanderers purporting to officiate under the guise of a pseudo-religious faith, it may not interdict marriage ceremonies having a reverent character performed by a person having ecclesiastical sanction.
To have authority to solemnize marriages, there is no requirement that the church, synagogue, or other religious congregation over which the clergyman presides be affiliated with any denomination or order. Nor is there any requirement that clergy have received formal sanctioning authority from a governing board of a denomination or order or from the church, synagogue, or congregation itself.
The liberality in construction is stretched to the breaking point where the officiating clergyman appears to be a mere philanderer professing a pseudo-religious faith. In Ravenal v. Ravenal, 72 Misc.2d 100, 338 N.Y.S.2d 324 (Sup.Ct.N.Y.County 1972), at issue was the validity of a marriage purportedly solemnized by a person who obtained his minister's credentials by mail, who did not preside over an actual church or religious organization, whose beliefs did not provide for any form of worship or religious service, and whose accrediting organization professed a willingness to ordain anyone for a modest free will offering. The court concluded that, under these circumstances, the person who performed the ceremony could not be properly viewed, even with the benefit of a liberal construction, as a clergyman or minister of a religion. The Ravenal case represents an extreme situation where the person who purported to solemnize the marriage lacked, at least to the court's mind, any of the objective manifestations of attributes generally associated with ministers or clergy. The court appears to have been convinced that the solemnizing officer was a charlatan, claiming ecclesiastical authority by virtue of a mail order ordination granted by a corporate entity that would ordain all comers. Where the parties to the marriage and the person who solemnized the marriage belong to, or ascribe to, a genuine religious faith, then the authority of the officiating person must be recognized.
The question of genuineness of religious faith is tested by objective criteria such as the regularity of worship and the existence of tenets or principles. The subjective values of the particular religion or faith are irrelevant, no matter how unconventional or no matter how unschooled in theology the clergyman appears to be.
In cases where the denomination publishes a directory of its clergy, the registrant may show that he or she is listed in that directory. If the registrant's name does not yet appear in the denominational directory, the registrant claiming membership in that denomination may instead present written confirmation for that membership from the body that puts out the directory. Such confirmation can also consist of a certificate or letter showing that the registrant graduated from the seminary or theological school pertaining to the denomination.
In cases where the denomination does not have such a directory, the registrant must show several pieces of documentary proof of authority. First, the registrant must present an ordination certificate accompanied, if necessary, by an English translation thereof. Ordination certificates issued by the Universal Life Church or its affiliates are not acceptable as evidence of clerical authority based on Ranieri v. Ranieri, New York Law Journal, March 27, 1989. Ravenal v. Ravenal, 72 Misc.2d 100, 338 N.Y.S.2d 324 (Sup.Ct.N.Y.County 1972). In lieu of an ordination certificate, the registrant must present a "license to minister" or a letter of appointment from his or her religious body, i.e. from its hierarch or its board of trustees. Second, the registrant must present a letter from his or her local congregation verifying that he or she is the pastor or associate pastor of that congregation, and that the congregation therefore consents to the registering of that individual. Lastly, if the church is incorporated, the registrant must present a copy of the articles of incorporation. If the church is not incorporated, the registrant must submit a statement as to the location of the house of worship, the reason for its founding, the number of trustees, the approximate size of its congregation, and how often it meets.
In cases where the registrant belongs to a denomination that does not have a directory and does not grant certificates of ordination or licenses to minister, the registrant must present a letter stating that he or she is the recognized spiritual leader of a congregation, and that the congregation therefore consents to the registering of that individual. The registrant must also submit a statement as to the location of the house of worship, the reason for its founding, the number of trustees, the approximate size of its congregation, and how often it meets.
To be valid, a marriage ceremony must be performed by any of the individuals specified in Section 11 of the New York State Domestic Relations Law. These include: the mayor of a city or village; the city clerk or one of the deputy city clerks of a city of more than one million inhabitants; a marriage officer appointed by the town or village board or the city common council; a justice or judge of the following courts: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern or Western Districts of New York, the NYS Court of Appeals, the Appellate Division of the NYS Supreme Court, the NYS Supreme Court, the Court of Claims, the Family Court, a Surrogates Court, the Civil and Criminal Courts of New York City (including Housing Judges of the Civil Court) and other courts of record; a village, town or county justice.
Minimum age to marry is 14 w/parents consent.
There's a twenty-four (24) hour waiting period before your ceremony an be performed.
Both you and your intended spouse must appear at the office of the city clerk in person, together and at the same time to obtain a marriage license.
However, the application can be started online and ready for you when you arrive at the Clerk's office.


By improving her writing, Kelly increased her reader traffic from 2,500 to 15,000 a month – a 500% increase. It also helped her make about $ 100,000 in off-blog income.
Now, let's talk about results. What is the end result of me doing these three things that I've just outlined above. Well, within three months of implementing those things into my writing, my monthly readership jumped from 2500 readers a month to 15,000 readers is a month. It got the ball rolling towards a scenario where I was able to generate more than $ 100,000 on of blog income. It was definitely worth it for me, and I'm sure it'll be worth it for you, too.


Two thoughts about these free Obama stickers. First, do they not look like stamps? I guarantee you the chances of my slapping this on an envelope are no less than 43%. And second, did they just rush out and make these or are they merely lucky in that they made them prior to the election and can now give them away? It makes me wonder if there aren't any McCain victory stickers floating around out there.
In fact, this reminds me of a story on 60 Minutes years ago regarding what happens to those victory hats and t-shirts when a professional sports team loses in their championship game. They send them overseas to third world countries as donations! Somehow I doubt MoveOn would have done the same though.
Received mine in mid-to-late December… in 2-4 weeks.
Thanks for ordering a free "Victory" sticker. The response to these stickers has been unlike anything we've seen before—more than 3 million stickers ordered!
More than 1 million stickers have already shipped, and lots of folks have already received theirs. We expect the rest to ship soon, and all of the stickers should arrive by the time the holidays roll around.
I ended up getting the 5 pack for $3 and added $2 on top of it. Good cause!
I'm in Cali. can i have a Obama Sticker please?
I wish they would ship international. I'm even willing to pay for them. It be nice to have even one Obama sticker or poster for keep sake….
Don't forget when you order your sticker, to check your email to confirm shipment!


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Mayor Mr. Lew Starling
Mayor Pro-Tem Rev. Marcus Becton, D3
Councilman Mr. Daniel Ruggles, D1
Councilman Mr. Neil Strickland, D2
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Star Wars "Shards of the Empire" Setting Overview.
Star Wars "Shards of the Empire" is set just a little over a year after the destruction of the 2nd Death Star and it follows the new post Endor storyline set up by Episode VII. There isn't a lot of information about the new timeline between the battle of Endor and the new movie. Basically the Empire seems to have crumbled during the first year after the death of the Emperor due to internal fighting and pressure from the New Republic.
What is left of the Empire either disarms or flees to the unknown regions to later become the First Order. The New Republic decides they don't want to be like the old Empire so they sign the Galactic Concordance reducing their military down to a laughable level and moving the government around from system to system so as not to show favoritism. Planets and systems are allowed to have defense forces of their own but they are restricted from creating Stormtrooper forces and having large numbers of armed capital ships. Eventually the First Order is discovered and while the New Republic mostly hides their heads in the sand a few powerful individuals start the Resistance. Within this framework I'm trying to create a more realistic explanation for what happened after Endor.
Nothing as big as the Galactic Empire just goes away in such a short time frame. In my "Shards of the Empire" setting most of the more powerful Imperial forces either fled to the Unknown regions to form the First Order or re-aligned themselves to the New Republic. The rest of the forces followed roughly three paths.
Some Imperial forces have basically become Pirates. With the means to take what they want, especially, in the Outer Rim several smaller groups of Imperials have turned to banditry. None of these forces are large enough to threaten the New Republic in any way but they can certainly threaten individual and remote worlds in the galaxy. Some planetary governments have taken to hiring former Rebel Alliance personnel as Privateers to combat this threat.
Other Imperial forces have taken up an insurgency against the New Republic using basically Rebel style tactics to conduct hit and run raids against New Republic targets. These cells are typically led by former Imperial Officials who were fanatically loyal to the Empire. They are not all aligned with each other though they share the same cause. The New Republic has responded to these threats by downplaying them and encouraging local systems to be vigilant against Imperial Loyalist.
There are other Imperial forces who have either tried to carve out small kingdoms for themselves in remote areas or they have decided to embrace the New Republic while secretly working to undermine it. Some systems still have a very Imperial culture run by former Imperial officials who find clever ways around the restrictions put in place by the New Republic. A number of these systems are also secretly aligned with the First Order and are supplying the movement with arms and information.
For the most part the New Republic is aware of these former Imperial factions but their response has been to either downplay the threats they represent or to ignore them completely. Most system regard the New Republic as the legitimate government but the systems of the Outer Rim and other remote areas of the galaxy have become far more dangerous and lawless since the fall of the Empire. The Hutt Cartels have been very aggressive against their neighbors and several other criminal organizations have increased their activities in the last year. Other systems have decided to rule themselves rather than join the New Republic and these systems have rejected the restrictions places on the Galaxy by the Galactic Concordance.
In my campaign former Rebel Alliance personnel have joined a private security company called "Sand Panther Squadron" and they are currently employed by Queen Sosha Soruna of Naboo who had assigned them to aid the pirate king Nym of Lok in his struggle against the Imperial pirate force called "The Storm Lords" who have also threatened her own system.
Eventually they will face other former Imperial threats and be a part of uncovering the threat of the First Order and the formation of the Resistance but those events are many chapters away.
At this time I am currently behind posting game reports. We are six episodes into the campaign and the players have just fought a major battle against the Storm Lords in the Naboo system. I will probably post most of the the last few game reports as short synopsis with a gallery of images.


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Autocritique
No. 391: Saturday, March 13th, 2010
In a recent email exchange, Matthew Taylor suggests that GA's lack of currency in today's intellectual market may be less a sign of its intrinsic incompatibility with our victimary Weltgeist than the result of a failure to link it on a "gut level" to the everyday experience of the scenic. These passages give the gist of Matthew's idea:
If GA could be articulated more at the "gut level" (undoubtedly the attraction of Mimetic Theory is that it can at least appear to appeal directly to experience and observation) I suspect it could be more widely disseminated.
[W]hat would a "gut level" GA look like, exactly? I'm not sure, but think it would appeal somewhat more directly to the qualia of conscious awareness. We experience language in a certain way. We cannot NOT have an internal scene created when we hear or read or use language. We cannot . . . think, or feel, or communicate, or desire without calling up some kind of scene. From there, people can be asked [to] think about the nature and texture of that scene, and from there back to the essentials of the first scene. Likewise, center/periphery and resentment issues come up all the time in daily experience. GA would be thought astonishing (rather than fascinating but dauntingly arcane) when people realized that it describes and illuminates the way they are actually experiencing life and conscious awareness.
It seems that if GA could be shown to make [people] understand themselves and their surroundings markedly better in a concrete way, it would automatically be appreciated.
This exchange coincided with a let-down occasioned by reading in my seminar some chapters of Originary Thinking, which had aged more than I had realized since the book's appearance in 1993. At that time, I was still addressing "the social sciences" in programmatic terms and, more than I had remembered, in the late metaphysical vocabulary of existentialist philosophy. Conversely, the book lacks reference to Durkheim and Mauss, whose relevance to GA I discovered only later in the 1990s.
Yet ideas take time to develop, and over the past decades, GA has been moving in the right direction, exploring its anthropological roots and developing its own vocabulary. It suffices to stick with the theme of the recent series of Chronicles to find the point of contact between GA and the gut level of human experience.
I have been fascinated by paradoxes ever since I can remember. I have already mentioned in Chronicle 389 the impression made on me some forty years ago by Watzlawick's concept of pragmatic paradox. The titles of three of my books contain the word "paradox."
In the previous Chronicle I developed some consequences of the fundamental paradox of signification, which should really be called the fundamental paradox of representation, since all forms of representation have the same underlying structure. The more radically we explicate this structure, the more we free it from the metaphysical framework that takes language for granted, the closer we come to an understanding of the specifically human use of language and other forms of representation.
By definition, paradox cannot be "thought." This is usually taken as a sign that paradoxes are small cracks in an otherwise consistent system of thought. Bertrand Russell was able to eliminate paradox from set theory by proposing levels or "types" of discourse/sets each of which could refer to/include only types lower down the list, but none of which could refer to/include discourses/sets of its own type. No doubt the enunciation of the theory cannot itself be given a type, but the addition of this metatheoretical postulate seems a small price to pay for preserving set theory from paradoxes of the Barber variety.
In the preceding Chronicle I showed that the terms of the Barber Paradox can be given an unproblematic expression in the real world; they are paradoxical only in the sign-world, where temporal causality has been eliminated. We can apply the same argument to the logically homologous set-theory paradox: the set S includes a given set x if and only if x does not include itself, or in formal terms, x € S <=> x ~€ x. The paradox arises when we set x to S. Starting on the left side of the equivalence, S is a member of itself. But if the set S includes itself on the left side, then it doesn't have to include itself on the right side. Think of "including" like… shaving. Or, conversely, if it's not included in itself on the right side, then it has the right to join itself on the left. This reasoning sounds stranger than the very same reasoning in the case of the barber, because the latter's activities apparently refer to the "real world" whereas the operations of set theory do not. But that is only another way of saying that the world of metaphysics, of which logic is a part, was created in order to avoid the originary paradox of signification.
From the standpoint of the originary hypothesis, the originary singularity in which the sign is created necessarily has a paradoxical status within the system of signs. Let us return to our fundamental paradox: (S -> O) -> (S -> (S-> O)). Like the Barber Paradox, there is nothing paradoxical about this relationship if it is considered as a temporal progression: the sign represents its object, and as a result the object is transformed into the object-of-a-sign. We are appetitively attracted to the central object; we renounce appropriation of it and represent it by a sign; insofar as it is represented by a sign rather than sought as an object of appropriation, the object is experienced as sacred; consequently, the sign represents the object-as-sacred. It is only when we attempt to condense this temporal process into the atemporal meaning of the sign, which Saussure called the signifié, that we encounter a paradoxical, unstable, or simply oscillatory condition, in which the sacred is undecidably the referent and the signified, the cause and the product of signification. Historically this paradox has tended to be resolved by the postulation of a sacred prior to the originary scene (God created man), but there may well have always been skeptics for whom the opposite is true (man created God), and both can find support in the scene itself; was the sacred an invention or a revelation? Whence what I think is the most rigorous definition of God: as the being that is undecidably the referent and the signified of the name-of-God, both demonstrating and begging the question of the "ontological proof."
All other paradoxes derive from the fundamental paradox, which is not a logical statement but, as we have seen, what logic exists to avoid. Why indeed do we assume that words have fixed meanings, or that the truth of propositions is independent of the time in which they are enunciated? No doubt because language works better that way, but the ontology of language is not independent of the humans who think with it. Every use of language or other forms of representation is susceptible of reminding us of the origin of representation, of the passage from the horizontal universe of appetite to the human world containing the transcendent second dimension of representation. To think this passage in terms of constituted language, which is the only way in which we can, strictly speaking, think it, necessarily encounters the fundamental paradox.
This is a question that can only be talked around, not faced directly through a logical exposition. It is no more "supernatural" than Gödel's theorem or Russell's Theory of Types or the good old Barber Paradox itself. What distinguishes the originary hypothesis is that it offers a way of imagining how representation with its paradoxical structure might have come into being; while acknowledging its debts to Freud and of course Girard, it is the first attempt to construct such a scenario.
Formal statements of the originary paradox do not produce gut-level effects, but they can help us to understand the effects the experience of this paradox does produce, whether they occur, as most frequently, in the contemplation of a work of art, in the rarer moments of religious conversion, or in an experience familiar to most of us, that of falling in love.
Art: One experience that certainly generates a gut reaction is that of the esthetic, which I defined as a pragmatic paradox as soon as I became aware of the concept. Today, I would put this in much more fundamental terms: the esthetic is the experience of a given representation as originary paradox. The frisson (often accompanied by tears) that attends a successful esthetic experience is the mark left by this paradox on our psyche. In the artwork we experience the birth of meaning from nothingness, which could not produce meaning had it not already existed.
Religion: The originary hypothesis is a good place for believers and non-believers to get together, a minimal "belief" the sharing of which allows members of either group to appreciate the other's position. As opposed to deism, which posits some form of minimal divinity without offering an explanation of its provenance, the originary hypothesis postulates no beings outside the originary scene itself. To meet on the common ground of GA, believers must agree to understand their belief as a mark of historical respect to the humans to whom a given explanation of human origin was revealed, however we understand the notion of revelation; the non-believers, having refused to accept historical documentation that is incompatible with Ockham's razor, must accept their responsibility to explain human origins at least as well as the first group. In the past, belief was a social, "Durkheimian" phenomenon; today, in countries where religious doctrine can no longer be enforced, atheists are happy to tell believers that their creation stories are "myths," but unwilling to accept responsibility for conceiving a hypothetical originary event of their own.
Love: It is no accident that "I love you," a version of which I believe exists in every language, is an exemplary illustration of the paradox of signification. On the surface, the sentence is a simple constative; unlike performatives such as "I now pronounce you man and wife" or "I promise to pay you back next week," saying "I love you" should do nothing. Yet we all know that "I love you" is indeed a promise, in principle of lifelong fidelity. Why then do we not say, "I promise to love you" or "I promise to care for you"? Such expressions, we immediately realize, would be offensive, because they would make of my love a purely voluntary engagement, a contract that I undertake, so that my promise would bind me in the same way as my promise to pay back the money. This is not the sign of a truly originary, sacred experience. "I love you" means that I recognize the love I feel and thereby convert it into the promise it always already implicitly was, just as our originary designation of the sacred central object conveys explicitly to each other the meaning of sacrality that the object always already possessed.
If anything hits us at gut level, it is love! Love is the dominant theme of these Chronicles, and the expression "I love you" was the subject of one of the earliest. The next time you say "I love you," think of the originary hypothesis, and Matthew's best hopes for GA will be fulfilled.


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title: "Asking permission for notifications"
description: "There's more to requesting permission than throwing up a dialog box."
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updated_on: 2016-01-05
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  TThere's more to requesting permission than throwing up a dialog box.

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## Prefer logged in users

If you don't know who your users are it's hard to send them relevant
notifications. And if notifications aren't relevant, users might
regard them as spam.

## Trigger from a specific action

Ask for permission to send notifications in response to a specific,
contextual user interaction. This allows you to tie your notifications
to a user's goal and makes it clear to the user why you want to send
notifications.

For example, If an airline site wanted to notify users of flight delays,
they would prominently display an opt-in checkbox and only ask for
notification permissions after the user chooses to opt in.

First, show an opt-in to send notifications.

Only after the user has opted in, ask for permission.

## Clarify page-load permission requests

We discourage sites from requesting notification permissions during page load.
They can be distracting, spammy, and unclear. If your app requests
notifications during `onload`, make it clear why you're asking. Dim out
the screen and add an overlay that explains the reason for the request.

For example:

Display an opt-in with an explanation of why you're asking

Only then, request permission.

## Provide a place to manage notifications

Make it easy for users to change and even disable notifications for your site. It prevents users from killing notifications at the browser or device level.

Add a link to notification settings in a place with high visibility. You could use the site navigation drawer, for example.

![A high-visibility settings link](images/news-drawer.png)

If your site uses different kinds of notifications, users should be able to toggle them individually.

![Toggle different kinds of notifications](images/news-options.png)

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Kaltouma Nadjina (Bol, Lac, 16 de novembro de 1976) é uma velocista chadiana, especialista em corridas de 200 e 400 metros. Foi campeã africana e integrou a seleção de África na Taça do Mundo de Atletismo de 2002.

Nascida no seio de uma modesta família, a sua carreira desportiva começou em 1993, quando participou na Semana Nacional do Desporto. A sua vitória nos 400 metros abriu-lhe caminho para ser selecionada para os Campeonatos Mundiais de Juniores de 1994 que se realizaram em Lisboa.

Em fevereiro de 1997, com a ajuda de uma bolsa obtida pelo Comité Olímpico Internacional, viajou primeiro para Savannah, nos Estados Unidos e, dois anos depois, para Calgary, no Canadá, onde passou a ser treinada pelo antigo técnico olímpico canadiano John Cannon.

Em 2001 venceu os 200 metros dos Jogos da Francofonia e no ano seguinte sagrou-se campeã africana de 200 e 400 metros. Nos Jogos Olímpicos de 2004, em Atenas, conseguiu chegar às semi-finais onde foi 5ª classificada com o tempo de 51.57 s

É recordista do seu país em 100, 200, 400 e 800 metros.

Recordes pessoais
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Atletas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2000
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