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Steffen "Steve" Mandel, auch Steff Mandel (* 1954), ist ein deutscher Kunst- und Antiquitätenhändler sowie Musiker und Regisseur.

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Mandel ist seit Mitte der 1970er Jahre im Antiquitätengewerbe tätig. Anfang 2016 übernahm er einen Kunst- und Antiquitätenhandel in Monschau; daneben betrieb Mandel bis 2020 ein weiteres Ladenlokal in Roetgen.

In der nach ihm benannten Steve-Mandel-Band, die auf Klassiker der Rockmusik spezialisiert ist, ist er Frontmann und Solosänger sowie Mandolinenspieler und Gitarrist. Zusammen mit dem Schlagzeuger Hans-Peter Ernst spielte er in zahlreichen anderen Bands. Der Musiker verbrachte einige Jahre in Irland und stand dort mit Irischer Musik auf der Bühne.

Mandel war gelegentlich als Entertainer auf Kreuzfahrtschiffen und 30 Jahre als Entertainment-Manager für Tourismusunternehmen wie Robinson Club oder Hapimag unterwegs, aber auch als Regisseur für Aufführungen wie das Musical Joy oder Theaterproduktionen wie My Fair Lady, Das Wirtshaus am Peleponnes, Die Drei vom anderen Stern oder Der Candle-Light Killer. Als Schauspieler trat er 2010 in der Mundart-Theatersoap Zum Schängel als "knorriger, dialektfester Pfälzer Bauer" auf.

Überregionale Bekanntheit erreichte Mandel ab 2016 durch seine Auftritte als Kunst- und Antiquitätenhändler ab der siebten Staffel der ZDF-Fernsehsendereihe Bares für Rares.

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 Webseite von Steve Mandel
 Max Stollenwerk: Zwei Monschauer Händler bieten vor TV-Kameras. In: Aachener Zeitung vom 30. September 2016.
 Antiquitätenhändler Steffen Mandel. In: WDR Lokalzeit aus Aachen vom 22. Februar 2017. Verfügbar bis 22. Februar 2018

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Tomorrow night, The Felice Brothers are stopping by The Fox Theatre on their "Life In The Dark Tour". Actual Felice brothers Ian and James hail from upstate New York, where they formed the band (originally with their other brother Simone), and began making their way down to the NY City to gig and busk in subways. It was here they sparked a lot of attention, bringing their Catskill roots to the sounds of the city.
The Felice Brothers quickly made a name for themselves in the folk community, touring with bands like, Dave Rawlings Machine and Old Crow Medicine Show. After a touring stint with Bright Eyes, the Brothers scored their first record deal. And though they rep those folk vibes, they equally pull sound inspirations from roots and punk music throughout their discography, which has spanned the last eight years. Their stripped-down sound and dynamic storytelling lyrics are well worth the listen.
What led the band to self-produce 'Life In The Dark'?
It was just a matter of circumstance and timing, but mostly we just started recording what we thought were going to be demos, and we sort of realized right away that we liked what was happening. So we just said, 'You know what? Let's just make this the record now!' The self-produced process turned out to be the right one for this record.
There seems to be a mass confusion among journalists as to whether or not you guys actually lived in New York City. What's up with that?
It's so weird. The definitive truth is we NEVER lived in New York City. We always used to go there to gig and busk. We would be there for weeks at a time, or for a month or two but we never actually lived there. We always lived in the Hudson Valley in New York… Everyone wanted us to be from Brooklyn but it is not so.
Following your Fox set tomorrow night, you guys are playing Larimer Lounge down in Denver on Friday. Are most of the venues booked for this US tour repping a similar rock club vibe?
Mostly we've been playing small venues and rocks clubs because that's how we like it. We prefer the more intimate settings. It has to do with the energy. A lot of people closer together in a small room makes the show funnier for us. [It] creates a cool kinetic energy between the crowd and band.
What city are you most looking forward to on this tour? Or do you have a favorite venue you try to get back to every time you're on the road?
We have spots we like. It's less about certain venues, and more about putting on a good show everywhere we go. Usually we have restaurants we like to go to in every city, and if we have time we love to get out into the wilderness. We have a tradition to try and always eat breakfast together. So we wake up early before we need to drive or do whatever we need to do and eat together. We like to eat food in this band.
The Felice Brothers seem to have it all figured out: good breakfast and solid shows. Tickets for their show at The Fox Theatre can be purchased here. And if you prefer a more intimate show, check out tickets for their Denver gig at the Larimer.


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MasterChef has crowned former Nando's worker Tom Rhodes winner of the 2021 BBC series
The BBC One amateur cookery series final was postponed due to the death of Prince Philip but returned to reveal its 17th champion
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By Selina Maycock
MasterChef has crowned Tom Rhodes winner of the 2021 series after a tense showdown on the BBC One show.
Tom, 31, a former worker at Nando's shot to victory after cooking a five-course lunch for lockdown heroes and serving up a dish at renowned restaurant Le Gavroche.
Fans had a tense wait to see who would be crowned winner as the final was postponed following the death of Prince Philip. But the re-scheduled show saw the trio of finalists battle it out in the kitchen using the best induction pans to impress hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode with three signature dishes.
The Newcastle-based amateur chef saw off competition from fellow finalists Mike Tomkins and Alexina Anatole and it was his Japanese-infused starter, main and dessert which proved victorious, making him the long-running programme's 17th winner.
Speaking after his triumphant win, he told PA, "I entered last year because with lockdown it kind of really put into perspective and allowed me some time to think what I really wanted to do.
"Having been so interested in food for so many years and feeling ready to enter the competition, it felt like the right time, and now that I have won it I really can't wait to see what's next."
The latest series was produced under coronavirus restrictions, with many of the series' traditional assignments adjusted to allow for social distancing.
And when filming ended, Tom spoke of his future dreams. He confessed, "During the competition, I have realised my love for developing recipes and cooking for other people outside of my friends and family, so would love to do more of this after the show."
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What did Gregg Wallace and John Torode say about MasterChef winner Tom Rhodes' dishes?
Gregg Wallace complimented MasterChef winner Tom Rhodes, for "a style bordering on minimalism" as he served a trio of oysters for the starter, including a beer-battered oyster with a Japanese sour plum mayonnaise.
Meanwhile what swung it for John Torode, was his main dish of reverse-seared ribeye steak topped with beetroot pickled in a Japanese seaweed and a wasabi leaf that John described as "modern" and "really very clever indeed".
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Q: Allow users to bring a question to another user's attention
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I came across a question today that I'm unable to answer myself but I know of another Stack Overflow user who is somewhat of an expert on the subject.  Now, I wouldn't particularly want to go hunting around for his email address and harassing him off-site to see if he wants to answer the question, but it would be nice if I could poke him on the site or draw his attention to the question somehow.
Poking is perhaps taking the idea a bit far and I realise that getting alerted might not be everybody's cup of tea so I was thinking that, rather than alerting the user, suggested questions could appear either:

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*highlighted on the homepage (with a different colour to favourite tags); or

*in a different tab or in the sidebar under a "Suggested questions" heading

The suggestion could disappear after a specific time period, after the question gets an accepted answer or if the user chooses to explicitly ignore it.  If the user answers the question suggested to them, the suggesting user could also be notified to follow-up and up vote accordingly.
I'm fairly sure the user in question would have appreciated me pointing him in the direction of this question and he was browsing the site around the time.  Of course, certain user groups wouldn't necessarily know my expertise so you could introduce limitations like minimum rep requirements.  Taking limitations further would be to introduce "brogrammer relationships" whereby I could only suggest people I'd previously interacted with via questions/answers, votes and comments.
Potentially, such a feature could result in more "obscure" questions being successfully answered.

A: You can bring the question to the attention of the entire community by offering a bounty.

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Pele (Pelé) Biography
Pelé, born in 1940, Brazilian soccer player who is considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time. Pelé led Brazil to international dominance in soccer and three World Cup titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He later helped popularize the sport in the United States.
Pelé: Acclaimed Brazilian soccer player Pelé (in green shirt) began his professional soccer career in 1956 playing for Santos, a Brazilian club team. At age 17 he helped the Brazilian national team capture the 1958 World Cup, scoring two goals in the final against Sweden. With the help of Pelé's goal scoring and leadership, Brazil captured two more World Cups, in 1962 and 1970. Pelé retired from professional soccer in 1974, but came out of retirement to play professional soccer in the United States until 1977. He is credited with popularizing soccer in the United States.
Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in Tres Coraçoes, Brazil, Pelé grew up playing soccer (known as futebol in Brazil) in the streets of his hometown. Pelé's father had been a professional player in the sport before injuries ended his career. Many Brazilian futebol players are known by a nickname—Pelé acquired his as a young boy, and later would say he did not know where it came from or what it means.
When Pelé was 15 years old and a promising player, his local coach tried to persuade the major soccer teams in Sao Paulo to sign him. They showed no interest, but the coach for the team in the coastal city of Santos signed Pelé for his junior team. Pelé was quickly promoted to the main team and became a star, showing an incredible instinct for the game along with a powerful shot, skillful ball control, and brilliant passing and field strategy.
Two years later, in 1958, Pelé made the prestigious Brazilian national team and appeared in his first World Cup. Not yet 18 years old, he became an international star when he scored six goals during the tournament, including three in one game against France and two in the final against host team Sweden. Pelé would go on to become the first player to appear on three World Cup title teams (1958, 1962, and 1970). His participation in the 1962 and 1966 tournaments was limited by injuries (often a result of vicious play), however, and Brazil lost its title to England in 1966. He remains among the all-time leading scorers in World Cup history with 12 goals.
Pelé was also a star on the club level. His Santos squad toured the world, winning the world club championship in 1962 and 1963. He led his league in scoring 11 times and in 1969 netted his 1,000th career goal. He retired from Santos in 1974 as one of the world's most famous athletes.
Pelé stunned the sporting community in 1975 by coming out of retirement to play with the New York Cosmos of the growing North American Soccer League (NASL). His decision to play was motivated in part by the desire to increase the popularity of the game in America, the largest market in the world where soccer was not a leading sport. Pelé led the Cosmos to a league championship in 1977, then retired again. In the mid-1990s, with Brazil's national soccer program beset by charges of corruption, Pelé accepted a position as the country's sports minister. He continued to promote the game around the world. In 1999 the International Olympic Committee named Pelé the soccer player of the century.
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recently I purchased a grammar book to help me prepare for the JLPT N3. One of the constructions I have come across is "〜てからでないと・・・." And I understand it's basic function (I think...). From what I understand it means something like "Unless A occurs B will/can not occur." I have come up with a few example sentences I'll place below. Please feel free to tell me if I have made any mistakes in my usage.
I've tried doing some preliminary research on this grammar point but have not been able to find much online in the way of explaining its nuances. If you know of any resources that got into this further I would greatly appreciate them.
One thing I was also wondering is if this grammar would be something used in spoken language or is it more for written language? Also, if anyone knows a site the clearly identifies which grammar points are mainly used in written and spoken language that would be awesome.
And finally if anyone could help me understand the construction of this grammar point that would be wonderful. From a literal perspective it seems like it means something like "(〜てから) after doing some verb (でないと) if it is not" or rearranged "if it is not after doing some verb." Like I think I can see where the are going with this but it is just not coming to me that intuitively.
I believe that the ~てからでないと pattern has more chronological order implied. The basic meanings are similar.
Both have the same basic meaning of "If you don't study you won't pass". But the first one has a nuance of "taking the test once you have studied".
Ordering / Apposition with の?
無念なり - what is なり?
Can ことはない be used to express something other than 'you don't have to'?
How do you say "using X as a Y"?


The top winners at the 2007 Ozone Awards on Monday (August 13) were T-Pain and Lil Wayne, who took home the most trophies with a total of three, at the event which took place at Miami's James L. Knight Center.
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A Comparative Study of Tagore's Dharma and Gandhi's Sudharo
Aratrika Ganguly
Sunday, Nov 22, 2020
The eminent Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), on his visit to China during 1924 delivered some very important and these lectures have been collected as Talks in China (1924). Before Tagore delivered his lecture, the President of the Universities association Peking, Liang Chi Chao, gave his inaugural lecture. During this he said
Both the civilization represented by India and china are hoary with ancient traditions and yet I feel that there is in them the vigor of eternal youth, which shows itself to-day in India in the two great personalities of Tagore and Gandhi.
These two eminent figures of Indian history, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869- 1948) and Rabindranath Tagore, have been praised all over the world. As Chao said they really gave our country a new vision of civilization through each of their unique philosophy. Although they had differences in opinions and philosophies at times still these eminent personalities gave the manifesto which would ultimately lead towards better humanity in days to come.
There is a popular adage that says, "All that glitters is not gold" and Gandhi's views on western civilization were the same. In his work, the Hind Swaraj or _Indian Home Rule _(1909) Gandhi's views on modern civilization are mentioned minutely. This text was first written in Gujarati and was banned by the then colonial British government. Later Gandhi translated it into English and published it in 1910. This text acts as the manifesto of Gandhian ideas and briefly explains the above-mentioned adage as believed by Gandhi. Written in a dialogic form as dialogues exchanged by the editor and reader, it describes the main concept of civilization as surmised by Gandhi in his concept of 'sudharo'. Hardiman points out that Gandhi used the Gujarati word 'sudharo' as an equivalent for the English 'civilization' in the Gujarati version of Hind Swaraj. He also said that 'sudharo' also refers to 'good conduct', 'reformation', and 'improvement'. Although the intended meaning is not the same as the meaning of the word in the western sense. For Gandhi, like Tagore, civilization is more than improvement in material culture or living with machinery, but it is as Tagore said in his Talks in China, "….the expression of some guiding moral force which we have evolved in our society for the object of attaining perfection." Likewise, for Tagore too, the word 'civilization' being a European word never meant "merely be a growing totality of happenings that by chance have assumed a particular shape and tendency which we consider to be excellent", but it became synonymous to the Sanskrit word dharma. Gandhi himself said,
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.
In defining 'sudharo' as the synonymous term for 'civilization' in his Gujarati text, he also mentioned 'kudharo' i.e. the opposite of 'civilization' which is 'barbarism'. And for Gandhi, this 'kudharo' was every aspect of life as represented by the contemporary, western civilization that according to him "is the Kingdom of Satan". Gandhi outright rejected the notion of western civilization (that came to South Asia along with colonialism) and even went into the extreme of saying that it should be banned along with all of its components like the railways, factories, etc and the ancient Indian civilization should be established once again. For him, then the notion of 'sudharo' will be established properly.
There are many different definitions of dharma, but Tagore's one in Talks in China properly describes his views on making the term synonymous with the western idea of 'civilization'. According to Tagore, "The specific meaning of dharma is that principle which holds us firm together and leads us to our best welfare. The general meaning of this word is the essential quality of a thing. Dharma for man is the best expression of what he is in truth." He also said that the contemporary men are being led towards a blind path and they call it civilization. This path is nothing but the "principle of progress", whereas it cannot be termed as dharma or civilization because dharma sustains not kills. Gandhi echoed this similar sentiment in his Hind Swaraj. Consequently, we see there were various similarities between Gandhi and Tagore. Both these eminent personalities had so much in common in their opinion and philosophy regarding modern civilization. Gandhi criticized the moral inadequacy of western civilization and its harmful impacts. Whereas Tagore said, "their science makes their prodigious success so utterly cheap on the material side, that they do not care to count which their spirit has to bear." According to Tagore, the European power came to our country for exploiting the material wealth the subcontinent had in store, although it never cared about the spiritual wealth of the land. The people of the subcontinent lost against them because they did not meet Europe on equal terms. "the result was the relation of superior to inferior; of insult on the one side and humiliation on the other….we are still suffering from want of confidence in ourselves. We are not aware of our won treasures" .Gandhi too believed in the same outlook when he said, "the tendency of the Indian civilization is to elevate the moral being, that of the Western civilization is to propagate immorality. The latter is godless; the former is based on a belief in God. So understanding and so believing, it behooves every lover of India to cling to the Indian civilization even as a child clings to the mother's breast". Both of them believed that to rise against the domination of the west, the east needs to find her own "birthright" and that can essentially be found in our bountiful treasure of spiritual riches. As Tagore wanted China and India and the whole of Asia to come together and fight the colonial domination, similarly in the Indian context Gandhi wanted the Hindus and Mohammedans to come together to fight the foreigners who caused a rift between these two brothers.
These far-sighted philosophers were actually worried about the corruption of the spirit caused by colonial domination and its by-product; western civilization. These two seers were not in favor of the extremists and Tagore entirely supported Gandhi's passive resistance as a method for fighting against the colonial rule. They believed in a civilization that would reflect the simplicity of truth and spirituality in man's everyday life. The ancient Indian civilization which was once glorious was taken as the ideal by these two men. They wanted India to move forward to those ideals again as it "represents the best that the world has ever seen." Together they believed that each man of the newly emerging nation of India has to fight for this and to learn what is necessary for their culture. For Tagore and Gandhi, to be true citizens and abide by dharma and sudharo, one has to ultimately devolve in finding one's very own source of self-sustenance. "If Gandhi resolves, 'Let each do his duty', Tagore asks: 'If they answer not thy call, walk alone'."
Tagore and Gandhi had similar ideals in many respects, but they would differ in one major point. Though Tagore stressed on the east to renew her ancient wisdom again, however, he never rejected the ideals of western civilization altogether as Gandhi did. Guns and bombs were not supported by both of them, but Gandhi was very orthodox in his opinion when he yearned to his countrymen that everything western should be rejected, even their doctors, lawyers, and or the railways invented by them. Tagore, on the other hand, rejected the material ideals but not the material progress in all spheres of life. He denounced violence like Gandhi, but didn't reject every scientific discovery or technological advancement. Tagore was not in favor of the money-making trend of the west nor did he supported the organizations (like the League of Nations) built every day to check the flow of greed from the womb of the catastrophic modern civilization. Gandhi on the other hand rejected any western output. He called them 'sin'. And to achieve a sinless life one had to adopt 'swadeshi' i.e. acceptance of everything indigenous and rejecting anything foreign. It was started mainly as an economic reform policy. Gandhi's swadeshi was considered as the soul of his concept of Swaraj or self-rule. Self-rule doesn't mean the rule of the state by the people of the country only. He redefines it to mean the ability to rule the self, to control, discipline, and set the self the task of performing its moral duty. It was a necessary way for Gandhi to achieve real independence from the tyranny of British rule. Both of the two seers, Gandhi and Tagore, had their own ideological differences. Like Tagore never supported Gandhi's non-cooperation or his linking the Bihar earthquake tragedy with the sin of untouchability. In spite of the differences, the two great souls actually had immense respect for each other. Even on one occasion Gandhi had said, "I started with a disposition to detect a conflict between Gurudev and myself, but ended with a glorious discovery that there was none."
The Mahatma and the Gurudev both felt the need for the country to awaken in the time of the crisis. They both preached this but in their own way. They realized that the conflict was between two civilizations and had to be approached in that way. Both of them believed in a world larger than human reality. In today's world, these two visionaries and their ideals are very much relevant. When the world is getting corrupted each day and people are falling into the clutches of the modern civilization resulting in mental bondage, then their philosophy of 'Swaraj' and 'Freedom' becomes most important. Only by rule over self, we can achieve the perfect freedom of mind. In the end, we all strive for the same perfection as they did. It has been mentioned beautifully in one of Tagore's poem:
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high/
where knowledge is free/ where the world has not been broken up into fragments/By narrow domestic walls/Where words come out from the depth of truth…..
Aratrika Ganguly is one of the founder members of CC1919 and currently is a research scholar at the dept. of Comparative Indian Language and Literature
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Home Movies The Myth of Emperor Nero and Episode IX
Rostislav Kurka
(Warning: spoilers for The Rise of Skywalker ahead!)
When I wrote several months ago an article mentioning the use of the myth about "Nero Redivivus" and Star Wars universe, I did not know yet how near the mark did I hit. Palpatine's appearance in TRoS was hinted at in the very first trailer, but only the film itself showed how closely has J. J. Abrams matched the classic myth of a returned Emperor.
Nero Redivivus
The myth of a supposedly dead ruler coming back and retaking his realm may be as old as humanity itself. It appears in many cultures in various forms. One well-known example may be that of King Arthur, according to some legends sleeping under Mount Badon with his knights, to come back when the country is in peril. Many countries have a similar "sleeping national hero". Historically, one of the most influential legends, and the closest to the Star Wars take, is the legend concerning Roman Emperor Nero. The legend related to his return is a "hero returning" legend for some, but in one of its longest-surviving iterations, it is the legend about the return of the ultimate villain.
Just like Palpatine, Nero was not a favourably portrayed figure already during his reign. Already early Roman historians such describe him as disliked and corrupt, if not straightaway mad. A popular gossip blamed him for starting the Great Fire of Rome and then using it as pretext for the persecution of Christians.
Here one can already think of parallels with Palapatine's persecution of the Jedi (whom he also blamed for various things he had done himself). Indeed, already in Episode III, George Lucas was clearly drawing on these parallels. The visual image of burning Jedi Temple in the centre of Republic's capital city was evocative both of the Great Fire of Rome and of the razing of the Temple in Jerusalem at the end of the Jewish-Roman War that started during Nero's reign.
Jedi Temple burning in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, an image evocative both of the Great Fire of Rome and the destruction of Second Temple of Jerusalem.
Nero had other "charming" qualities ascribed to him by the historians. Later Christian writers blamed him mainly for the first persecutions, but even non-Christian historians such as Tacitus tend to portray him negatively. He had his own mother killed (perhaps someone can utilise this when writing Palpatine's backstory), also his persecution of Christians was explained by Tacitus rather as an act of personal cruelty than of fear of a new religion. It is very easy to imagine Nero as Palpatine, at least in the realm of legends: a cruel and evil Emperor.
The Emperor Lives
Nero was eventually betrayed by his own Praetorian guard and fled into exile, where he committed suicide. Or, that is what histories tell. The common folk of his own time already had a different explanation.
"Nero Redivivus" is the name given to the figure of a mythological ruler returning from the edges of the Roman Empire with a new army, to take back his throne. The popular "conspiracy theory" that lasted decades and in places hundreds of years after his death said that Nero did not, in fact, die, but fled into Parthia. Parthia was the easternmost region neighbouring the Roman Empire (roughly present-day Iran and extending towards present-day India) and the furthest a Roman citizen in that era could imagine, the veritable end of the world. This was the border of the unknown, beyond which there be dragons, myths and whence anything can come – including a resurrected Emperor.
One can easily see how the story of Episode IX corresponds to this myth. The Emperor, supposedly killed in Return of the Jedi, is not in fact dead. He has survived and is out there, amassing strength, to one day return with an army of powerful, unfamiliar forces. Parthians or Star Destroyers: it does not matter; they play the same role in the myth.
The Final Order fleet has all the attributes of a mysterious force from beyond the borders of the known world, and therefore undefeatable unless stopped from even starting its conquest.
But why did such myth even exist about Nero? Well, he was not seen as the bad guy by everyone. It seems that in the provinces, as well as among many common people, he was perceived as a positive figure. The heavy taxes he imposed that so annoyed Roman's wealthy citizens helped the Empire's infrastructure. It was likely among those supporters where the "Nero Redivivus" myth originated. It was also among those where several actual pretenders for the throne, claiming to be the returned Emperor, historically appeared.
The myth of Nero, however, survived the longest thanks to being used as reference in a text widely read until now. That text is the Biblical book of Revelation, chapter 13: "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns (…) And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast." This is the very same text that mentions the famous "number of the Beast", 666, which most researchers believe to be a cipher for the name of Emperor Nero. The wounded and "miraculously" healed head then would be Nero Redivivus, supposedly dead, yet returned. The author of Revelation would simply have picked up a very popular "conspiracy theory" of his time and used it to illustrate the coming of Antichrist.
Star Wars Is A Myth
Taking all the elements of the myth – the Antichrist as the evil of all evils, a dead but returned Emperor, an army gathered from the fringes of the known universe – we have a scheme that fits both the legend of Nero Redivivus and the story of Palpatine in The Rise of Skywalker.
I am not saying that J. J. Abrams was necessarily intentionally using the parallels between Nero and Palpatine. Perhaps he was, just like George Lucas, simply drawing on the common human heritage of myths and legends that very often run along the same lines. Lucas had also confessed that initially, he had written Star Wars as it came to him, and only later discovered how strikingly close they are to the scheme of many classical myths, "the hero's journey", as it were. In the case of TRoS and the sequel trilogy, however, the parallels are perhaps more notable than in many other cases. Perhaps it is because of the figure of the Emperor that connects them.
Darth Sidious
Rostislav is a Protestant theologian and a self-trained Sith, counting Jan Hus, Dorothee Sölle, Darth Revan and Darth Traya among his main influences. He hails from the hundred-towered city of Prague, where he had spent a large part of his life creating worlds and inspiring young generations to roleplay. His involvement in organising children's camps led him to accidentally writing a Lord of the Rings musical, which made him temporarily famous, and a Three Musketeer-Jedi fanfilm, which didn't. He has recently moved to the frozen waste of Finland, because that's it, the Rebels are there.


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Сайгатка (ранее также Сайгатское) —  бывшее село в черте современного города Чайковский в Пермском крае России.

География
Территориально Сайгатка находилась при впадении реки Сайгатка в Каму к западу от центра современного города Чайковский. В центральной части города (в Основном районе) находится названная в честь реки и бывшего села современная железнодорожная станция Сайгатка с вокзалом.

История
Первые упоминания о селе Сайгатке (Сайгатском), как о подворье Преображенского Осинского монастыря, датируются 1646 годом (возникло не ранее 1614 года).

В историю село вошло как место переправы отрядов Пугачёва и их боёв с государственными войсками.

В XIX — начале XX вв. на картах обозначалось и как Сайгатское, и как Сайгатка.

В 1916 году село было центром Сайгатской волости Осинского уезда Пермской губернии.

До 1960 года Сайгатка была центром Сайгатского сельского совета Фокинского района Молотовской (с 1957 г. – Пермской) области.

В 1960 году село было упразднено и включено в городскую застройку рабочего посёлка Чайковский, образованного в 1956 году. В 1962 году бывшее село стало частью новообразованного города Чайковский.

От бывшего села в этой части города сохранилась улица Сайгатская.

Упоминается в книге А. Прозорова "Ведун. Заклятие предков."

Население
Численность населения села Сайгатка вместе с пристанью на Каме по данным переписи 1926 года составляла 1162 человека (русские).

Примечания

Упразднённые населённые пункты Чусовского городского округа

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Mirfield promised a new train station
Campaigners have been promised a new rail station at Mirfield.
Published: 12:19 Monday 25 February 2019
Rail campaigners calling for improvements in Mirfield have been promised a new station.
It follows a meeting between passengers, rail bosses and Richard George, who was commissioned by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to review issues around last year's chaotic timetable changes.
Councillor Martyn Bolt has campaigned for the news.
The changes, which affected about 90% of Northern Rail's 2,600 daily services, resulted in mass cancellations and delays.
The debacle led directly to the meeting, hosted by Mirfield councillor Martyn Bolt.
Among those present were senior executives of Network Rail, Northern Rail, TransPennine Express and Grand Central.
Clr Bolt challenged Network Rail to clarify what its £3bn TransPennine Route Upgrade (TPU) would mean for Mirfield.
Works to the line between York and Manchester route are due to start in spring this year.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime engineering project, which will massively impact on our station and line structure," he said.
"We don't want the end result to be faster train speeds through Mirfield and the station getting only a tickle in passing."
He was told that Mirfield was in line for a new station and certainly would not be left with "just a tickle".
Speaking after the meeting Clr Bolt said: "It was unique to have all parts of the rail industry together and to be able to have a full and frank exchange of views.
"Mr George had no axe to grind so was able to give an unbiased appraisal and view.
"We're now in a position where the rail users can form a united group to share their knowledge and strengthen our campaigns for improvements."
Announcing the £3bn investment last year, Mr Grayling said he was committed to improving journeys on the route with state-of-the-art trains, longer carriages and more frequent services.
He said the £3bn earmarked to upgrade the key route between Manchester, Leeds and York represented a third of his department's total budget for rail improvements between 2019 and 2024.
Manager buys Batley-based Driver Hire
Controversy as 226 new Kirklees homes get go-ahead on green belt land
Former Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox added to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography


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NYR/VGK 12/17 Review: One Great Period Not Enough to Lift Rangers; NYR Fall in Shootout, Filip Chytil Fails Fat Cats in Revenge Game; Howden Has Last Laugh (Of Course), The Russian Report, Gallant, C-19, Last Game Before X-Mas, Habs, M$GN & More
December 18, 2021 December 18, 2021 SeanNew York Rangers6 Comments on NYR/VGK 12/17 Review: One Great Period Not Enough to Lift Rangers; NYR Fall in Shootout, Filip Chytil Fails Fat Cats in Revenge Game; Howden Has Last Laugh (Of Course), The Russian Report, Gallant, C-19, Last Game Before X-Mas, Habs, M$GN & More
While this header photo is admittedly an exaggeration and a bad attempt at comedy; at the same time, the recently scratched Filip Chytil did himself no favors tonight. I still contend that he'll be moved prior to the 2022 NHL Trade Deadline.
Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. Bah humbug.
On a festive Friday night at M$G, where in a rare instance, the crowd inside of the arena were also noticeably audible; the Rangers dropped a 3-2 decision to the Vegas Golden Knights. For glass half-full fans like myself, at least the Rangers got a point in the standings, following this particular shootout loss.
Upon the completion of this 3-2 shootout defeat, my instant reaction was anger. My broken remote control and dented wall will tell you as much.
(I guess I should also tell you that I may have had a wager on this affair, where going into this game, there was no bone in my body that suggested a Rangers loss. Call me gullible, call me a diehard – but that's how much I believe in this team right now.)
It's my belief that the Rangers pissed away two points tonight. It is also my opinion that Filip Chytil was the biggest culprit in the decision – where admittedly, that's a bit of an overreaction, yet somewhat true.
Even worse, the Washington Capitals defeated the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night too, which means that the Rangers now trail the Caps by one point in the Metropolitan Division standings. (And watch out for the now healthy Pittsburgh Penguins, as the black-and-yellow are currently streaking and narrowing the gap.)
A few minutes following the game, and as previous bad feelings had eroded; my reaction went back to its natural state of positivity. After all, despite how the game ended – one point is still one point.
Needless to say, things would've been much worse had the Rangers lost in regulation. I'll take the point and move on to the next one.
I think every fan in Rangerstown, USA should be happy about second place right now, especially since many of you (not me though!), didn't even have this team qualifying for the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoff tournament.
One game remaining (hopefully, more on this below) before the Christmas break, and the Rangers are one point out of first place. I'll take it.
While not exactly a "Bronx Tale" game, which means "wasted talent"; the Rangers had everything going in their favor tonight.
However, following an amazing second period, the team went into PREVENT defense mode, where that style of play always leads to a loss. We've seen this time-and-time again. (And this isn't just exclusive to the Rangers either. You'll see this on any given night during an NHL slate of games.)
I thought Alexandar Georgiev did more than enough to win this game, but the Rangers only had one good period in this game and then couldn't score one goal during the overtime and shootout periods. Photo Credit: NYR
Prior to tonight's puck drop, the Vegas Golden Knights had played 24 hours prior, in a physical game against the New Jersey Devils, and where starting goaltender Robin Lehner got the nod in net. Conversely, the home team, the Blueshirts, had Thursday night off.
However, come the start of the third period, it were the Rangers who looked like they played the night before and then soon got gassed, where they only mustered up two (yes, as in the number 2) shots on goal during the final frame of regulation.
Sitting back on a one-goal lead would blow up in the Rangers face on this night, following Brett Howden beating Mika Zibanejad during a Rangers defensive zone faceoff. Following the faceoff loss, new winger Filip Chytil got absolutely lost – which in turn, then set-up the late tying goal on behalf of the visitors.
Chytil would get a chance to redeem himself during a wild three vs three overtime, but couldn't score on a breakaway – the usual. (I think Chytil only scores breakaway goals against Nashville.)
Come the shootout, the three Ranger skaters, Kakko, Zibanejad and Strome, couldn't put one puck past Vegas back-up goaltender Laurent Brossoit.
Former Ranger prospect/undrafted free agent (a theme, especially tonight as I'll get into during the GAME REVIEW segment), Jonathan Marchessault, after two Georgiev denials, would score in the third round of the shoot-out, which then gave the road team the hard-fought victory.
While this all sounds a tad depressing, where just like the photo of Chytil as tonight's goat, the word "depressing" is definitely an exaggeration – there was some good to come out of this game, as I'll soon get into.
Perhaps the word "depressing" is more fitting for our first item of tonight's NEWS segment. At this time, let's now get into that.
Probably like you, I'm corona'd out. Photo Credit: Alicia Lee
In what's now becoming a mandatory thing to talk about again, it is the topic of COVID-19, now in its latest <cue the dramatic BOOM-BOOM-BOOM music> omicron variant.
I'm really tired (and completely over as well) talking about this subject, especially since the NHL players testing positive for omicron aren't sick. Maybe some players are tired for a day or two, but in the majority of cases – these vaccinated (and otherwise 100% healthy) players aren't even aware that they are carrying the virus.
You can visit NHL.com or SportsNet.ca for the live and never-ending coverage of the NHL's newest battle with the virus. It really pains me to even mention the word "COVID," whenever writing one of these blogs. I'm done with it.
There's really no point in me recapping everything COVID-related in this space.
After all, all news related to COVID changes every five minutes, and will most likely be dated by the time I even hit the "publish" button on tonight's manifesto.
But yeah, and as mentioned last week – none of this is looking good, especially with the increasing numbers of not only players testing positive for what's essentially a minor flu at this point in time; but more importantly – the increasing numbers of games now being postponed too.
(If only the teams who are now forced to postpone games had a new arena to open, just like the Islanders did. There would be no postponements then!)
If there's anything I wanted to quickly mention here in regards to omicron, it's the fact that the Montreal Canadiens became the first team (officially, as opposed to the Buffalo Sabres, who unofficially play in front of empty houses during every home game), to play a game this season with no fans in attendance. They did so last Thursday night, where they knocked off the Philadelphia Flyers by a final score of 3-2 (shootout.)
On Friday morning (12/17), it was announced that the next Habs home game, which was scheduled for Saturday night (12/18), against Boston, has now been postponed.
I'm only presenting this one piece of COVID crap news to you tonight, because this is somewhat Rangers-related.
Next week, the Canadiens are scheduled to play the Islanders at the IBS Arena on Monday night, followed by a Wednesday night tilt with the Rangers at M$G.
While I don't want to sell fear to you, I must also ask you this question: what do you think the odds are of Montreal showing up for Sunday night's flight to JFK?
Yes, I don't like to talk about politics on this site, but the following is part of the story:
The Canadiens play in liberal Canada and also play in one of the most liberal provinces in all of Canada – Quebec. In addition, New York City is very liberal too.
With travel restrictions, COVID mandates and everything else thrown into the mix; do you think the Montreal Canadiens would want to risk Christmas Day, and the break following it, holed up in some crappy and overpriced Times Square hotel? In my eyes, I think they'd much rather spend that time with their families in Montreal.
And again, while I don't like to talk about politics, you have to admit the facts too:
It would be much easier for the Edmonton Oilers, who play in a conservative province like Alberta, to travel back-and-forth to a conservative American city, such as Tampa, Florida, than it is for Montreal with their upcoming round-trip flight to New York City.
It should also be mentioned, that for the first time this season, following a mini-COVID outbreak, where none of the players were sick (Darcy Kuemper and Cale Makar, two players dressed and willing to go, prior to their respectively pesky positive test results); the NHL gave the Colorado Avalanche the decision to postpone their game last Thursday night. The Av's declined, and then lost their game to the Nashville Predators.
Should the NHL give Montreal the same treatment, how do you think they will answer?
This is my way of saying that I think tonight's game with Vegas was the last Rangers game prior to Christmas. I hope I'm wrong.
Speaking of the Rangers, let's now get into their news which preceded tonight's contest at the World's Most Expensive Arena.
Rangers star Artemi Panarin missed tonight's game with what's being described as a "lower body injury." He remains "day-to-day." I'm also assuming that he isn't doing any leg kicks right now. Photo Credit: NYR
Prior to tonight's game, both Gerard Gallant and Ryan Reaves met with the media, where obviously, the topic of a "revenge game" was the prevailing theme. Unfortunately, it would be Brett Howden, formerly of the Rangers, who got his revenge – where he scored a goal and then assisted on the tying goal during the final minutes of regulation.
While the history between Gallant and Reaves with the Vegas Golden Knights is a great back-page story; for the Rangers, the injury issues among their Russians is bigger.
The good news: CZAR IGOR practiced with the team and looked pretty good too, where the Rangers social media accounts posted a video of him soccer kicking a puck following a save. In other words, it looked like his flexibility was back.
After the Rangers were finished with their morning skate, Gallant pretty much confirmed what I've been saying this entire week – Igor is getting better and they won't rush him back. Gallant also brought up how the Rangers have one more game prior to the Christmas break (if it even happens), and may wait to bring CZAR IGOR back once the break is over.
So that was all good.
The bad news: We didn't get a real update on Artemi Panarin, aside from the "day-to-day" stuff, which much like "flattening the curve" – could mean anything. (Panarin didn't practice either.)
As far as the injury itself, super-sleuth and friend of the site, Danny Mack, re-watched Wednesday night's game with Arizona, where he unearthed a clip of Panarin favoring his groin with only 7:23 remaining in the first period. It was at that point in the game where Panarin was skating gingerly a bit. "The Breadman" would test himself out during his first shift of the second period, only to never return.
While the Rangers haven't missed a beat with CZAR IGOR out; obviously, if Panarin is out for any length of time, it will hurt the team. (And had Panarin played tonight, who knows?)
If there's a silver lining to this story, it's that this injury took place at this particular point of the season, with a bunch of time off ahead.
(The Rangers now have one game in the next nine nights, should the game with Montreal this Wednesday night go off without a hitch.)
I really enjoyed the pregame interviews with Reaves and Gallant.
Before commenting on what Gallant and Reaves said prior to the game, I think you owe it to yourself to watch these videos and formulate your own opinions first:
I really enjoyed how honest both Gallant and Reaves were on early Friday afternoon.
As talked about last blog, you knew this game with Vegas was important to these two men.
Reaves said (and of course) that he wanted to win, and where Gallant also said his bitterness over his untimely departure from the franchise has now subsided.
Speaking of my last blog (and to follow up my point about the way Gallant treats the clueless millennial reporters differently from the way he treats Larry Brooks); if you noticed from the video above, Gallant said that he reads Brooks' articles and took his suggestion about flipping Chytil on the wing.
Gallant even went out of his way to be clear with Brooks, mentioning that he was joking and respects what Brooks has to say.
(It's also easier to read what Brooks has to say too – as everyone else is either behind a paywall or writes on websites that include 7676796796 spyware applications and pop-up ads, with whatever site Vince Mercogliano writes for being the biggest offender.)
Let's face it – Brooks has been around this team for a long time. Gallant has only been around this team for a few months, so it can't hurt to read what a Hall of Famer has to say.
While I'm not saying that Gallant should make his decisions based on what Brooks has to say; if I was trying to gather up as much information as possible, I'd read Brooks over one of these reporters talking about how buzzed they get off of a can of White Claw.
Also of note: Gallant has never mentioned that he reads what the younger reporters on the beat have to say. He has specifically mentioned that he reads what Larry Brooks has to say. Wise choice!
As far as anything else that really stuck out to me, I really enjoyed how Reaves gave "THE TURK" credit for his career and how #75 went out of his way to stress that without Gallant, he wouldn't be as successful as he is. You have to like it whenever a player really goes out of their way to praise their coach publicly.
Last blog, I opined that Panarin or no Panarin, I didn't think it would change Chytil's status for this home game. After all, Gallant really doesn't punish players – as Chytil was the first regular Ranger to become a healthy scratch this season at the game 29 mark.
If there's anything to note about the line-up tonight, a line-up where both Chytil and McKegg were included; it was that mid-way through the first period, Gallant shuffled up his lines, as Chytil and Hunt flip-flopped spots.
To me, this told me that Gallant really wanted to win this game. (Maybe Brooks feels the same! Ha!)
This was the first time this season that Gallant made a line-up switch during a first period. And really, outside of trying to chase a goal in the final stages of a third period (where he usually puts Panarin and Zibanejad together) – Gallant hasn't changed his lines in-game once this season.
With that all said, here was Gallant's starting line-up, where it should also be mentioned that the fourth line began the game, which was a nod to Reaves and his history with Vegas:
FIRST LINE: Kreider/Mika/Kakko
SECOND LINE: Lafreniere/Strome/Hunt
THIRD LINE: Chytil/Goodrow/Gauthier
FOURTH LINE: Rooney/McKegg/Reaves
FIRST D-PAIR: Lindgren/Fox
SECOND D-PAIR: Miller/Trouba
THIRD D-PAIR: Hajek/Nemeth
And in net, Alexandar Georgiev.
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Tonight was the annual "Garden of Dreams" fundraising drive, where surprisingly, we didn't get a new story about Adam Graves – a Rangers legend that has raised millions on behalf of the charity. (I still believe he deserves a statue outside of M$G – but enough about my book – that plug appears at the end of this blog! (Photo by Bobby Bank/FilmMagic)
Since tonight was the "Garden of Dreams" fundraiser night, we didn't get much of Steve Valiquette – praise the hockey gods. That said, with all the prizes that the Rangers give away to their $100 donors, can you imagine donating $100 and then being "rewarded" with a signed Valiquette stick? I'd rather test positive for omicron.
I donated my annual $100 to the Garden of Dreams tonight. While I don't look for anything in return (one year, I won a signed Mats Zuccarello signed stick, as talked about on this site at the time); if there's any prize I'd want, it would be a signed puck from Joe Micheletti, with the word "FABULOUS" attached.
After all, for someone who has a ton of rare items in my Rangers memorabilia collection – a "FABULOUS" signed puck would put my man cave over-the-top!
With tonight's pregame show being one to raise money for charity; I'll take a break from slamming Vally as I usually do at this point of any game review blog. Instead, I'll tell you that according to Joe Micheletti, the Garden of Dreams charity has positively impacted the lives of 400,000 children and families. Good stuff.
Better stuff was prior to the game's commencement, where a 12 year-old named Franco Monnecka came out for the ceremonial puck drop. The youngster's cancer has just gone into remission and Monnecka, a youth hockey player, will soon make his return to the ice. Always happy to see these stories displayed on the air.
As far as anything else worth noting here, while it was mentioned repeatedly that this was a revenge game for Reaves and Gallant; the two words of "Brett Howden" didn't make their way to the pregame show.
At the time, I was taking odds on how fast Rosen and Micheletti would say "OLD FRIEND BRETT HOWDEN" on-air. While we didn't get the usual two words of "OLD FRIEND" preceding Brett Howden's name – it took just twenty seconds for the pair to bring up Howden's past.
And of course, Howden was a big part, if not the biggest; in the victory for Vegas tonight. IT ALWAYS WORKS OUT THIS WAY.
No joke, Manny Maholtra could come out of retirement right now, and you know that he'd be good for a multi-point game against the Rangers.
And hell, if Filip Chytil ever wants to become a successful NHLer – he might as well demand a trade now, and then circle the games whenever the Rangers are his opponent!
GAME REVIEW time.
In one of his first player transactions as general manager of the Rangers; Chris Drury jettisoned the much-maligned Howden to Vegas, in exchange for essentially what amounted to be a fourth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft. And let me be clear – I was fine with this. Drury made the right call. I'm just bitching about how every ex-Ranger always shows the team up!
The first period was the Rangers worst of the game, which seems to be the case a lot lately. On the bright side, what also is the case is the team getting better as these games get going.
Not even a minute into the game, Rika Zibanenash missed the net on a wide-open breakaway. He'd later redeem himself – but had this shot went in, the words "FIRST PLACE" would've been plastered all over this game recap.
Vegas would spend long stretches in the Rangers defensive zone all period, including during the first three minutes of play. At the five minute mark, and with the Rangers battling the pressure, Adam Fox snuffed out a chance from Wild Willy Karlsson.
With a few saves under his belt, Georgiev was looking good. However, at the 6:49 mark, Carrier fired a shot at Georgiev and Brett Howden was left all alone for a deflection attempt. He'd make that deflection, a save for Georgiev. However, on the rebound, Howden remained all alone and tapped the puck in. 1-0, bad guys.
Two words – "OF COURSE!"
As Vegas continued to fire away at Georgiev; with 10:43 to go, Zibanenash was boxed for hooking Evgenii Dadonov, a player whose last name befuddled Sam Rosen all game – the first of many things to baffle the beloved broadcaster.
The Rangers penalty kill held up their end during this, including two saves out of Georgiev, where he stopped Max Pacioretty on a one-timer, and then stopped Brendan Smith's brother, Reilly.
Perhaps even better was a nice no-look drop pass from McKegg to Kreider, but #20 couldn't get a SOG. Still, this play, and this puck possession, helped to kill the Vegas man-advantage.
With 7:31 remaining, Georgiev made another save, where his net went off the moorings following it.
It was also around this time where Joe Micheletti gave us the Jack Eichel report, mentioning that Eichel is currently rehabbing and training in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Worth noting too? Steve Valiquette, during the M$GN postgame show, went on-and-on about the Rangers missing Artemi Panarin tonight and how they almost won the game without him. Not a breath about how Vegas was also missing their newly acquired $10M center. I guess all of Vally's summer Eichel "tingles" have gone the way of the dodo bird. Funny how that's never brought up anymore – just like Vally's ten goal game against Dallas!
6:45 left to play, the Rangers only had four shots on goal. While that number sounds paltry, the Rangers would "out-do" themselves in the third period.
After Brossoit stopped Kreider on a deflection try; with five minutes to go, this is where "THE TURK" made his line changes as talked about earlier. These changes would stick for the remainder of the game.
With 1:47 to go, Brossoit seemingly yawned when stopping a soft shot from Filip Chytil, the new winger who was left all alone with the Vegas back-up goalie at the time.
As the horn went off signalling the end of the first period, we remained at 1-0, bad guys.
Of note, at the time, I said this:
"Panarin's out, Zibanenash needs to step up. He was a detriment this period."
I'd soon get my wish.
I thought this second period was Zibanejad's best twenty minutes of the season. Photo Credit: Getty Images
As Rangerstown, USA were lamenting a poor showing in the first twenty minutes; just seventeen seconds into the second stanza, this happened:
Mika heating up! 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/vWNjSJXoGP
— Rangers on MSG (@RangersMSGN) December 18, 2021
1-1, after a bomb from RIKA ZIBANENASH MIKA ZIBANEJAD!
This is the Zibanejad we all want to see. If he can stay hot, and continue to score goals like this – the Rangers will be an extremely tough out in the playoffs. Of course, and as mentioned last blog – #93 must stay consistent. However, on this night, Zibanejad showed us what he's capable of doing and played like the center we all know he can be.
Of note Part I: Chris Kreider picked up an assist on this goal, which meant that Kreider had assisted on the last four consecutive Ranger goals scored.
Of note Part II: In game 30 of the regular season, this was Zibanejad's first goal at M$G. So yeah, while I'm happy for him and hope this is the start of something big – I'm still hesitant to roll out the red (or blue) carpet.
Following another save on Karlsson from the BULGARIAN BEAST; with 14:34 remaining, Kreider, like Mika earlier, had a breakaway try.
Like Mika Part I: Kreider wouldn't hit the net either, losing the puck while attempting a back-handed shot.
Like Mika Part II: Kreider would soon follow this missed chance with a goal himself.
In what should've been the turning point of the game, which then gave the Rangers two points in the standings; with 11:06 to go, Nicolas Roy slashed Zibanejad, which also gave the Rangers their first power-play of the game.
With 9:35 to go, and with Pietroangelo also high-sticking Zibanejad during this power-play, this happened:
Power Play stays hot! pic.twitter.com/LCIpU0rgNc
2-1, GOOD GUYS, after a beautiful pass from Zibanejad to Kreider!
This also gave the two "FAT CATS" multi-point games, a goal and an assist each. With Panarin out, it was nice to see these two do the heavy lifting and come up big. And yep – I was hoping this would be the headline of tonight's game.
Even better at the time, due to Zibanejad drawing his second penalty of the period, the Rangers had another power-play after CK20's much-needed tally. Unfortunately, the Rangers wouldn't match their success here, where during this power-play, Strome rung a puck off the crossbar.
(And if you're counting, that's now three Ranger opportunities that could've been goals – the missed breakaways from Mika and Kreider & this paint chipping of the iron.)
I'm not making the following up:
With about five minutes remaining, Sam Rosen realized that the on-ice officials were one referee short. Rosen assumed that one of the referees went to the tunnel, where I then assumed this was due to "achoo" reasons.
A few minutes later, Rosen corrected himself, saying that the game had been one official shy for the entire contest.
Bless his heart.
Sans one official, this would play into the game as this period progressed.
Following Kaapo Kakko hitting the post (four Ranger chances that could've been goals at this point); with just under four minutes to go, Dadanov blatantly tripped Adam Fox. Stevie Wonder even saw this. However, no call.
While this should've been a Rangers power-play (five Ranger chances that could've produced goals tonight); on the other end, Alexis Lafreniere stuck with the play and made his best defensive play of the season, where he broke up Dadanov's attempt of trying to go one-on-one with Georgie boy.
As we got to the end of the second period, we remained 2-1, and in favor of the good guys.
This was a night-and-day performance from the first period. After all, for your consideration:
Shots on Goal: 20-16 Rangers
Hits: 15-7 Rangers
Faceoffs: 24-14 Rangers
In addition, for all of my "SPECIAL TEAMS SWING GAMES" talk, the Rangers penalty kill was flawless. And with Kreider's potential game winning/go ahead goal being of the power-play variety, the Rangers special teams shone bright.
No joke, this second period created a "WE CAN WALK THROUGH WALLS" type of a vibe. Unfortunately, what followed was anything but – as the Rangers saved their worst for last.
I said it last season, I said it during the off-season, I said it this season and I'm saying it again here – I don't see why Filip Chytil is on this roster. I think it's finally time to cut bait on him, as the Rangers once did with his first-round peer of the 2017 NHL Draft, Lias Andersson. Photo Credit: M$GN
I know I might be too hard on #72 tonight, especially since he wasn't the only offender during the third period; but if this team wants to be a serious Stanley Cup contender, they'll need to add some veterans. Chytil should be the casualty when trying to make that happen.
There are two ways to look at Filip Chytil – he's "ONLY" 22, or the fact that he's now in his fifth NHL season, where he's also the fourth longest tenured Blueshirt on the team.
And let's face it – the rebuild is long gone and the Rangers have enough growing pain issues to deal with, both in the forms of Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere. Throw Chytil into that mix, and if you had to choose only two of the three to invest in, who are you kicking to the curb for a playoff veteran? I think that answer is obvious.
In addition, with the abundance of winger rentals available on the market – who would you rather – Chytil or a playoff tested veteran? Again, I think that answer is obvious.
Going into this final frame, you would think that Vegas, having played a physical game just the night before, would gas out and tire first. That's what you'd think. In reality, instead, the Rangers lost a step in this period, where they only registered two shots on goal during these final twenty minutes.
Following the game, Gallant and Zibanejad said it wasn't the goal to essentially go into "PREVENT" mode, but whatever the intent was, that's what happened.
The Rangers never tried to get the insurance goal. And perhaps if it wasn't for a lost faceoff and Filip Chytil – maybe this PREVENT defense would've worked. However, it didn't and we can only talk about what happened.
If there was any highlight of this third period (and he was strong all game), it was Libor Hajek, who made several key defensive plays tonight. I don't know if he's the answer long-term (and he's only playing right now because Nils Lundkvist has a non-COVID related illness), but I think he's maximized his minutes. At the very least, he's the stronger option between he and Nemeth – or so I say.
Aside from Hajek and the Rangers two SOG of the period, there are only two things worth talking about.
One – Dryden Hunt was held while in the Vegas d-zone. Another no call from the officials, the second of two penalties that should've been assessed to the NHL's 31st team.
Two – following an icing, Zibanejad (who otherwise had a good night at the dot, winning 15 of 19 draws in this game), lost a draw to Brett Howden. Seconds later, Nic Hague found Dylan Coghlan all alone and beat Georgiev while screened. 2-2, and with 5:16 left in regulation.
I have to give credit to Joe Micheletti here, because in real-time, this play was so bang-bang that I didn't see how it all happened.
On the draw that Howden won, Chytil erroneously tried to chase a puck, which then left his man Coghlan all to his lonesome. Just like that, Coghlan capitalized and we had a tied game. Just one defensive lapse and that's all it took.
Now tied, the Rangers would continue to chase Vegas all over the ice, where after a huge turnover from Kreider, Georgiev made two huge saves with just over a minute remaining.
Under twenty seconds to go, Ryan Strome won his biggest faceoff the game, where he won this defensive zone faceoff, which as a result, prevented a surging Vegas team from scoring a late back-breaking goal.
After sixty minutes, we remained even at two. Up next, a wild and crazy three vs three overtime.
Chytil had a chance to redeem himself in the overtime, but as usual, failed to beat a goalie while on a breakaway. That's no laughing matter to me. Photo Credit: NYR
The scoreless five minutes of overtime is too insane to properly recap.
Put it this way, the SOG totals of this extra period of free hockey read as 7-4, in favor of the home team. With seven SOG – this also tells you that the Rangers had plenty of chances to send the crowd home happy too.
Both goalies were great here, including Georgiev, who made a few breakaway saves, and also got some luck when Pacioretty went wide on other chances.
Really, this whole overtime was wild, where aside from Chytil flubbing on a breakaway; Trouba and Strome had two chances to win the game but failed to do so.
Following the scoreless free hockey; we went to a shootout, where as described at the top of this blog, Jonathan Marchessault scored the only goal, which just absolutely deflated the Garden Faithful, especially after those frantic and frenetic five minutes of an energetic overtime.
3-2, bad guys, your final.
I was really hoping Gallant and Reaves would get the win tonight, but alas, it wasn't meant to be. Photo Credit: NYR
It's a shame the Rangers lost this game, as the top stories should've been the following:
— Reaves and Gallant get revenge.
— "Missing" Mika FOUND!
— Kreider continues to shine.
— Another win for Georgiev the Great.
— Lafreniere saves a goal!
— Panarin-less Rangers find a new way to win!
— Hero Hajek.
Instead, we're talking about a bad third period and Filip Chytil's miscues.
But hey, at least the Rangers got a point in the standings, and even if it feels like kissing your cousin – it's better than no points. Plus, one good period got the Rangers a point over a good team too. Imagine if they played a full sixty!
PLUGS TIME and then I'm out!
Up first, Ron Duguay and company returned Friday afternoon with another episode of "Up in the Blue Seats." To listen to show, click the link below:
Up In The Blue Seats Podcast: @RonDuguay10, @MollieeWalkerr & I talk #NYR injuries, what they need & @NYP_Brooksie on Chytil benching.@MSGNetworks Joe Micheletti stops by to talk working with Sam Rosen & more! ⬇
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— Jake Brown (@JakeBrownRadio) December 17, 2021
As stated previously on this site, I feel this podcast isn't what it used to be. Duguay is somewhat being phased out of his own podcast for two people who don't really know the game. At least Walker is learning, and yes, Brown is enthusiastic – but I'd rather hear more from Duguay.
That said, the Larry Brooks segments still remain A+, as you get real news and expert insights out of him.
Of note: the Brooks segments are recorded first, and then later placed into the podcast.
I mention this, because you can see that Walker is learning from her co-worker, as during the opening segment (recorded after Brooks), you can hear her parroting and repeating what Brooks had previously said. Anyone else notice this?
The first plug of tonight's blog – the mandatory plug for my new book, "The New York Rangers Rink of Honor and the Rafters of Madison Square Garden".
For those still looking for signed paperback versions of the book, I have re-ordered more copies. I now have 18 signed copies for sale at $25 a pop (includes shipping price) through me directly. Here is all the information on that:
NYR/COL 12/14 Review: Rangers Fail Litmus Test, Zibanenash Continues "Missing Mika" Act; Panarin Plays Patty-Cake with AJ, Lack of Focus, Nemeth Needs a Powder, IgoR, COVID-MANIA Runnin' Rampant; The "Pause" Word, ESPN+ Thoughts, Gallant & More
NYR/NSH 12/12 Review: "The Juice" Kills Again; Saros Ends Rangers Power-Play Streak, Cats Blank Norwood Rangers, Canceled Practice, Gallant, Strome's X-Factor, Georgiev Continues to Impress, Zibanenash v Nunes, Hajek Finally Plays, M$GN & More
NYR/BUF 12/10 Review: Alexandar Georgiev's "Buffalo Wild Win" for the FIRST PLACE New York Rangers, Sabres Can't Draw a Crowd, CZAR IGOR Update, Gallant, Fox Milestone, Rika Zibanenash Scores, NYR Gordie Howe Hat Tricks, Please NHL – Don't Go To the Olympics, M$GN/Vally & More
One last game before the Christmas break, as the Montreal Canadiens will (fingers-crossed) play in front of an audience on Wednesday night at M$G.
Up next: a nice mini-break before the Christmas vacation, where the Rangers will then host the Montreal Canadiens in an Original Six match-up on 12/23.
As far as this site goes, I'll definitely be back before the game with Montreal – should it happen. I'll have my Stan Fischler "Tales of Brooklyn" book review posted and something unique – a blog about Cosby's.
NYR/ARI 12/15 Review: The Find-a-Way FIRST PLACE Rangers Do It Again; Win Ugliest Game Yet, Kreider, Kakko & Kinkaid Shine; Zibanenash Scores Too, Consistency, State of the 'Yotes, NYR Beat, COVID Issues Stun Canada, Panarin Injury, Chytil, Spanish Commentary & More
NHL Nixes All Border Games; Rangers Off Until 12/27, Stan Fischler's "Tales of Brooklyn" Book Review, Cosby Sports, NYR v NYI Suggestion, Igor's Return, Tough Schedule Ahead, The "C" Word & More
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Bugg says:
There's no reason for Chytil to be here. Why not Morgan Barron or really any forward in Hartford that could play instead. Simply doesn't provide any offense. And as on the tying goal, nobody is mistaking him for Jesper Fast or Jan Erixon.
Hajek had a decent game.
3rd period prevent offense was disgusting. If you close your eyes during Turk's postgame and think of a RI accent, he is saying many of the same things as Quinn; to much east/west/cross ice perimeter, not enough going to the net and shooting. Will they ever learn? This franchise has some issue with everyone thinking another pass is a better idea than simply shooting.
Chytil certainly isn't "The Shadow."
What offense? NYR has been fine more times than not, so I trust more in GG than I ever did with DQ.
Holy cow, I thought Howden got that second goal too?…..I don't know why I thought that!
Well at least I don't have to weasel out of my shite myself if Howden gets 2 bet.
I can pretend to bow out gracefully on that one.
Bow out bow-legged after that!
I think with Chytil, Fosho, Kakko, Guathier, that all they have to do is work the puck along the boards but always with the intention of going to the middle of the ice between the hash marks. Whenever they do this is when they seem to do well, But I guess it is like "Go in front of the net Kreider!" everybody may know this including Kreider but I guess it is easier said than done.
I think your last sentence is on the money


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While there were no parties that voted against the bill, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) didn't support it and its MPs did not indicate that they abstained.
Democratic Alliance MP from the North West, Chris Hattingh, proposed a further amendment which would enable the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to have overseas voting stations at any venue it deemed fit – not only at embassies and high commissions.
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ANC MP from the Northern Cape, Dikgang Stock, said there was no rational basis to require voting outside the territory of South Africa.
He said in the 2014 election, votes cast overseas amounted to 0.01% of the total votes cast.
He said Hattingh had ample time to engage with the IEC on the matter when the NCOP's select committee dealing with the bill met with them. However, he did not.
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show samples and punctured finger.
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Hopefully, I have created enough samples to add to the booth. Otherwise, I'll be up late tonight, and that is not something I'm looking forward to.
(even when Hilo accidentally punctures my finger).
No, it wasn't his fault. No, he is not a violent and aggressive dog. It was actually my wrongdoing. I was playing tug-o-war with Maui, and Hilo wanted to play. He decided to join in on the fun by clenching down on the frisbee. Too bad that he bit down on one of my fingers instead. YOWCH!
pretty cards…and your dog is so cute!!
love the damask paper…and what is it about those doggy eyes, they kill me every time. our border collie can do that same pitiful look with such finesse!
can't wait for the news!
Oh, NO about your finger!
OMG I love that Halloween LO! The cards are fun! Doggies as cute as ever!
First of all….. your babies are sooooo cute!!!
I love your layout and your cards!!! Thanks for showing and sorry about your finger. Hope it heals fast.
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Looking forward to your fabulous news!!!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your Halloween page! Your pups are just so darling!
Adorable Fur Babies! Mine are snoring right now. Congrats on the productivity!
Love everything you create.. always nice and happy!
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That spider web die cut paper is a must have!
Your cards are great as well, geesh, it's been ages since I made a card!
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Ouch! At least he's so cute you can't be mad at him. 🙂 Love the cards!
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Home/Blog/The battle between steel and aluminium scaffolds: which is better?
For construction managers, workers or just people renovating their homes or businesses, there are times when you'll need to work at heights and scaffolds are the best way of doing it safely. Unlike using a ladder, scaffolds provide a secure and railed temporary platform that can be modified for different heights.
The temporary platform is built from a framework that is secured against external or interior walls that allows workers to easily reach high places and keep necessary tools and materials close at hand. The convenience of working safely at heights with room to store equipment and rest tools is why scaffolds are so essential at so many job sites.
Studying the history of construction techniques, you will see that scaffolds have been constructed from all kinds of materials including wood, bamboo, steel and even some synthetic materials. The larger the framework is and the more people it supports the stronger its make needs to be.
On modern construction and renovation jobs, scaffolds are either made of steel or aluminium and there is debate about which is better. Providers of aluminium scaffolds strongly advocate its superiority over steel alternatives.
Let's compare steel and aluminium frameworks to see which is better.
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Aluminium scaffolds are regarded as having a great range of advantages when compared to other materials used to construct these frameworks. The primary advantages come from the portability and convenience of using aluminium systems.
Aluminium frameworks, when compared with steel ones, are far less likely to develop cracks and will offer excellent support and durability. Although not as dense as steel, aluminium is far more durable over long periods of use.
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In the construction industry, you may have heard the expression; time is money. Any kind of equipment change that means faster work, while not compromising on safety is a winner on most jobsites.
This is why there are more and more providers of aluminium scaffolds because they know that the industry is moving in this direction. Soon, the only people using steel frameworks will be those who already own them and can't or don't want to upgrade to the superior system.
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PLM Open Source Future – Cloud Services?
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For the last few years, open source was one of the major disruptive factor in tech. Open source powers world's leading tech companies. Tech giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon and many others would not exist without open source. The success of RedHat put a very optimistic business projection on the future disruption of industry by open source. Since then, we've seen many companies that started their business trajectory as "Red Hat of XYZ" with the objective to disrupt a particular industry segment. Many of them became very successful in what they do. However, what happened with their "open source" messages?
My attention was caught by two articles speaking about current trajectories of companies building their business model around Open Source software. Peter Levine, partner at Andreessen Horowitz started this conversation in his – Why There Will Never Be Another RedHat: The Economics Of Open Source and ReadWrite article was following TechCrunch article – Why Open Source Is Disappearing From Open Source Companies? Have a read – good articles with lots of interesting examples and data points. According to the Peter Levine, the main reasons why open source companies cannot compete successfully with their proprietary rivals are simple – money and inability to keep stabilized roadmap development. Here are two notable passages from TechCrunch:
There are many reasons why the Red Hat model doesn't work, but its key point of failure is that the business model simply does not enable adequate funding of ongoing investments. The consequence of the model is minimal product differentiation resulting in limited pricing power and corresponding lack of revenue. As shown below, the open source support model generates a fraction of the revenue of other licensing models. For that reason it's nearly impossible to properly invest in product development, support, or sales the way that companies like Microsoft or Oracle or Amazon can.
And if that weren't tough enough, pure open source companies have other factors stacked against them. Product roadmaps and requirements are often left to a distributed group of developers. Unless a company employs a majority of the inventors of a particular open source project, there is a high likelihood that the project never gains traction or another company decides to create a fork of the technology. The complexities of defining and controlling a stable roadmap versus innovating quickly enough to prevent a fork is vicious and complex for small organizations.
ReadWrite article brings list of companies started as "open source" and moving now towards different messages.
In 2010, SugarCRM's main landing page prominently advertised itself as open source. Today? Not a single mention. In February 2009, Alfresco declared itself "the open source alternative for Enterprise Content Management." No mention of open source on the home page today. The same goes for Acquia, the Drupal company (see 2009 vs. today), and most every other significant company that sells support or software around an open-source project.
PLM industry has their list of open source companies. You can count several product today branded themselves as "PLM open source". The most notable, Aras created innovative model called "Enterprise Open Source". To core part of Aras was never open sourced. However, Aras developed significant community network of supporters implementing Aras Innovator software and building applications on top of Aras core platform. Aras keeps fairly large reference customer base supporting and advocating for Aras enterprise open source strategy. According to them, it brings predictable license cost model combined with open software platform, which differentiate Aras from other PLM companies.
TechCrunch article made me think what will be the future turn in development of PLM open source? Would "cloud services" become a future strategic exit for Aras and other open source PLM companies? According to Mr. Levine, SaaS and appliance business model can be a good match to Open Source projects. Here is a formula:
This recipe – combining open source with a service or appliance model – is producing staggering results across the software landscape. Cloud and SaaS adoption is accelerating at an order of magnitude faster than on-premise deployments, and open source has been the enabler of this transformation.Beyond SaaS, I would expect there to be future models for Open Source monetization, which is great for the industry.
What is my conclusion? There is no clear conclusion today. In my view, PLM industry is still waiting for big "disruption moment". Will it come from cloud PLM alternatives, open source PLM provided as cloud services or just service projects using open source software? Time will show. It seems to me "value" and "maturity" are two main differentiations PLM companies need to focus these days. Just my thoughts…


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Named "Best Beer Scene" in a USA Today and 10 Best reader's poll in 2016 AND 2017, Grand Rapids is up for the honor again this year!
Picked by a panel of beer-loving experts, 20 U.S. cities are in the running. They've been chosen for their "stellar selections of established and up-and-coming breweries, beer bars, brewpubs, beer festivals and even thriving homebrew communities where novice brewers can get their foot in the door".
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