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Section 8 Annual General Meeting - The Soul
I am sure you are all familiar with the concept of 'the heart' and 'the soul'. The thing that is in place in any working environment and makes everything go along like clockwork - that is the heart. The thing that inspires, the thing that unites, the thing that makes you do occasionally otherwise...
Football: A Passion Play In Three Acts
Author's note: I wrote this as a FanPost last year but wanted to republish it as a front page story since, after all, football season is finally upon us. ACT I: THE GAME It begins with earth. A field of grass, cut to just a few inches above the ground. Someone has marked out a rectangle on...
The LHH Love/Hate Survey Results
Some of you probably remember not too long ago I posted a poll looking for the 5 NHL teams you love and hate. Originally the plan was to post the results the following weekend, but that was the draft. Last weekend we had Kovy-mania. So now that everything's calmed down a bit it's time to get to the...
Domnina and Shabalin Win Ice Dance Worlds; Belbin and Agosto 2nd
Well, I never have been able to gauge ice dancing and I guess I just never will. I thought Domnina and Shabalin were the fourth best performance tonight (at best!) and looked positively sluggish at points. I would never have guessed their program was as difficult as Belbin and Agosto's, Virtue...
Pairs Preview!
I am going to predict Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker will make this their second nationals in a row. I know that they didn't make it to the Grand Prix final and they had a lackluster second competition at Skate Canada, but the passion they had in their Skate America free skate showed me...
Pistons Need a Gut Check; Trail Cleveland 2-0
I could only think of one analogy when I had to gather myself and actually write this recap. It might be a little harsh, and it pains me to say this, but that game was very reminiscent of a Detroit Lions game. Think about it. The Pistons did everything the Lions would do on a weekly basis. ...
Are We Missing More Than Offense?
non se•qui•tur (n.) 1. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence. 2. A statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it. Nothing will make you lose credibility faster than pointing to an event in baseball and drawing a desired, but erroneous...
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