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Live Blog St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks

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7:39:09 PM: That was one of the greatest periods of hockey I’ve seen for awhile wow

7:46:28 PM: That was 20 minutes of hockey 30 minutes… Incredible flow

7:54:31 PM: Hey how come the CBC iDesk is 3 floors below HNIC.. It’s iDiscrimination!

7:57:12 PM: A NASCAR feel? No. Wouldnt they only be able to skate left?

7:57:48 PM: Oh bieksa!

7:59:10 PM: Go Canucks!!

8:00:55 PM: All the play is in the Blues zone.. Gotta get something by Mason!!

8:01:26 PM: Now I say that and the Canucks take a Penalty

8:02:09 PM: Looooooo

8:04:33 PM: I am in awe these guys jump and fly from end to end with people draped over them and I can hardly skate

8:05:32 PM: Post Edited: Live Blog St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks (#url#) http://cli.gs/aDgPtu

8:09:11 PM: We need more from Sundin!

8:11:11 PM: Bernier getting more ice time then Burrows it seems because of the PK

8:12:36 PM: oooo… naughty words boys… no dumb penalties!

8:13:41 PM: Referees doing an excellent job tonight

8:14:09 PM: Except for that penalty to O’Brien… wow.

8:16:53 PM: WHAT A SAVE BY LUONGO!

8:18:27 PM: Wat action by the Canucks!

8:18:42 PM: Go Canucks Go! Go Canucks Go!

8:19:08 PM: Oh my god what a chance

8:19:59 PM: So many chances… something will go in soon! Keep it up boys!

8:21:03 PM: The Ref was waving his arms so fast he almost lifted off the ice!

8:24:07 PM: Oh, too many men for St. Louis, OK. time to take advantage. That one is the coaches fault… bad move Andy.

8:27:36 PM: It’s a Henrik Close-up!

8:28:07 PM: Amazing… almost the 3rd period… incredible action.. incredible goalies!

8:30:58 PM: I wonder if there is a keyboard anymore for that organ stuff or is it just a recording… i remember the organ in the Pacific Colosseum

8:31:18 PM: Ooohh, the Blues hit the Post!

8:32:33 PM: i was at a game with my Dad… Edmonton vs. Vancouver… Wayne Gretzky… and all i remember is the organ and a lady with a Cow Bell

8:33:01 PM: OOOOOhhhhhhh sqqeeeeeaked through the pads!!

8:33:09 PM: YAAAA CANUCKS!

8:33:12 PM: YAAA SUNDIN!

8:35:22 PM: Wow listen to the Crowd… last Canucks game I was at was Game 7 1st Round, St Louis vs. Canucks in 2003…. best game I’ve ever seen

8:35:34 PM: This crowd sounds just as into it if not more.

8:36:32 PM: Again… what a period…

8:38:49 PM: I wonder if you’re still allowed to bring in Cow Bells… god they’re loud when you’re sitting beside them!

8:47:12 PM: @DaArNmCyE I think the Devils will take care of Carolina… lol… I’m still a TwitterNoob… DM’ed you instead of replied…

8:51:17 PM: @DaArNmCyE hahah. Ya I just found an awesome twittering app for the iPhone (Twitterific) it makes way more sense than this website! lol

8:51:46 PM: OMG, the CBC HNIC boys are gettin’ loopy back East

8:52:27 PM: PJ is crowing about his lack of facial hair and Ron is telling everyone to keep their hands above the desk! lol. Love these guys…

8:53:38 PM: @DaArNmCyE Carolina is a good team and could pull it off… but I think Brodeur is just too good and the Carolina too inexperienced

8:54:30 PM: Whoa! I nearly missed that chance like 4 seconds in!

8:57:30 PM: OH my goodness what a mess in front of the Blues net… I haven’t seen the Canucks work like this… every line… wow.

8:58:46 PM: @DaArNmCyE ya they need Brodeur to go far, just like the Canucks need Luongo. Though i think maybe the Canucks have a little more offense..

8:59:57 PM: How is that not icing!? So how many bets by the end of this series one of the Sedings get in a fight!? :P

9:01:05 PM: Man, that’s a nasty shiner on Sundin.

9:02:51 PM: @DaArNmCyE it’s a darn shame, the Western and Eastern Conference teams just don’t see enough of each… I’ve barely seen Parise play.

9:04:24 PM: God, imagine Sundin with 2 goals… the sports shows will be just going nuts and the rabid Canucks fans will be talking Stanley Cup

9:04:35 PM: ooohh… Alex… bad boy bad time!

9:05:28 PM: @DaArNmCyE lol. don’t worry, I just figured out that I have to press the faint little “Follow” button in order to actually follow someone!

9:05:52 PM: @DaArNmCyE now I have a few people to “follow” apparently lol.

9:08:11 PM: Oh the tension on the PK… GREAT SAVE!

9:08:41 PM: @DaArNmCyE lol

9:10:03 PM: come on boys get it out!

9:10:56 PM: YYYAAAAAAAAAA (that’s one for my pool too!)

9:12:30 PM: OH man GM Place is Hopping!

9:14:45 PM: @DaArNmCyE Ha! seeya!

9:15:59 PM: I don’t care if Luongo says he doesn’t believe in Superstitions… I’m not uttering the “S” word!

9:18:05 PM: lol. I just realised I’ve been watching the game in “SD” all night… it’s been such a great game I didn’t notice!!

9:18:52 PM: Oh it looks good in HD. They need to boost that Centre channel audio though! Off the bar again for the Blues!

9:20:31 PM: LOOOOOOOOO

9:21:19 PM: Oh Daniel, tried for the Mark Messier goal scorers goal… done it before… do it again! :D

9:24:53 PM: You know the crowd is into it when they all sing “Livin’ on a Prayer”… that, or they’re all drunk.

9:26:05 PM: Wow, what a shot by Polak

9:26:19 PM: But what a Save by Loo!! :D And another!

9:26:52 PM: @SusanJones haha… no problem!

9:30:13 PM: Great PK so far boys, keep it up!

9:31:18 PM: Towel POWEEERRRRR

9:32:27 PM: I love seeing Dads and their boys sitting behind the bench. Lucky Kids!! And Dads!

9:33:54 PM: Empty Netter! Ya Henrik!

9:35:13 PM: darn it… Burrows didn’t get an Assist… call it back! I need more for my Pool! ;)

9:36:10 PM: Uhoh gonna get ugly now!

9:38:28 PM: Andy Murray is hot!

9:39:47 PM: Wow
great end to a great game… and LOooooouongo with the Shutout!

9:40:33 PM: Canucks gotta be careful, one of them came from near the bench into the scrum… if he came off the bench, could be grounds for suspension

Murkyview.com now iPhone enabled

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Thanks to a really sweet wordpress plugin from http://www.bravenewcode.com/, this blog is now iPhone optimized.

So go ahead… find me on Twitter (on the left)… on Facebook (on the bottom of each post), and now on your iPhone.

I’m everywhere and nowhere… all at the same time.

Pick Fruits with the least Pesticide!

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EWG FoodNews just found a very handy document (PDF download here)… it’s a list of the 12 worst, and 15 best, fruits when it comes to pesticides:

What’s the Difference?
EWG research has found that people who eat the 12 most contami-
nated fruits and vegetables consume an average of 10 pesticides a
day. Those who eat the 15 least contaminated conventionally-grown
fruits and vegetables ingest fewer than 2 pesticides daily. The Guide
helps consumers make informed choices to lower their dietary
pesticide load.
Will Washing and Peeling Help?
Nearly all the studies used to create these lists assume that people
rinse or peel fresh produce. Rinsing reduces but does not eliminate


The Worst
Peach
Apple
Bell Pepper
Celery
Nectarine
Strawberries
Cherries
Kale
Lettuce
Grapes (Imported)
Carrot
Pear


The Best
Onion
Avocado
Sweet Corn
Pineapple
Mango
Asparagus
Sweet Peas
Kiwi
Cabbage
Eggplant
Papaya
Watermelon
Broccoli
Tomato
Sweet Potato

So now you know… and now can you find that stuff locally… *and* without pesticides!? Might be a fun challenge

Trudeau era Minister helps bring Alternative Energy to Ucluelet BC

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Very cool Alternative Energy news out of Ucluelet and the Alberni Valley Times today. With an interesting link to a long past era.

The Pacific Coastal Wave plan is to build a demonstration project which will generate up to four megawatts (mw) of electricity, using the movement of the ocean swell to pump water to a shore-based turbine station

Pacific Coastal Wave is a company co-owned by Global Energy Horizons, of Victoria B.C., Canada . Anthony Abbott, a former Minister in the Pierre Trudeau Cabinet from 1976-79 serves as a Director of the company amongst other high-powered executives.

The other partner in the venture is Renewable Energy Holdings… a seemingly behemoth alternative energy holding company. In their latest report, they do seem quite enthused with the prospect of wave energy in Ucluelet, and that’s what is important here. From their report:

sites include Bermuda, West Coast Vancouver Island, Canada and others under review, all of which offer excellent wave regimes and exposure to high economic returns.

As is noted here by REH, Wave Energy has the potential to produce over 2 TeraWatts of power. Equivalent to 400,000 single 5MW wind turbines.

Ucluelet and Vancouver Island are ideally placed because of the near constant rolling swell of the NE Pacific along the West Coast of North America, and the close proximity of the BC Hydro electrical grid to that water.

A little more about the project itself:

The CECO system uses a multitude of buoys anchored to the ocean floor, between 15 and 50 metres deep. De Clare said the submerged buoys are set in constant motion by the ocean swell (not the waves). Those constantly moving buoys in turn provide the motive power for a patented “sloppy pump” system on the ocean floor.

“They push sea water onto land at a pressure of 1,000 pounds per square inch (psi),” de Clare explained.

In Ucluelet, that water pressure will drive a turbine generator, but it can also be used to turn sea water into fresh water.

“You need 800 psi to desalinize water,” de Clare said. “The government in Australia particularly likes that part.”

The sloppy pump system is self-lubricating with sea water, and the generation takes place on land – that removes two major environmental objections to the CECO system, de Clare said. The materials used in the CECO system – Hypalon plastic, stainless steel and concrete – are familiar and benign, he added.

Simple, and effective.

This is excellent news for Ucluelet, a former fishing and forestry village, which like so many other BC Communities, has had to turn to Tourism to create jobs. It has done this reasonably successfully, but something a little more concrete like Alternative Energy would be more than welcome for the local economy. And the benefit potentially won’t stop in Ucluelet. A little further inland and up the Alberni Inlet from Ucluelet lies my hometown of Port Alberni. In much the same way as Ucluelet, its’ primary, traditional, industries have been decimated over the past few years, but with a Deep Sea port and lots of industrial space, this might be a door to a whole new industry building these systems and exporting them all around the world.

One can only hope. It’s nice to have some good news for once.

Here’s your proof of Evolution (or not?) Mr. Lunney

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Dear Honourable Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Alberni James Lunney,

On Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 you stood in Parliament and said this:

Mr. Speaker, recently we saw an attempt to ridicule the presumed beliefs of a member of this House and the belief of millions of Canadians in a Creator. Certain individuals in the media and the scientific community have exposed their own arrogance and intolerance of beliefs contrary to their own.

Any scientist who declares that the theory of evolution is a fact has already abandoned the foundations of science. For science establishes fact through the study of things observable and reproducible. Since origins can neither be reproduced nor observed, they remain the realm of hypothesis.

In science, it is perfectly acceptable to make assumptions when we do not have all the facts, but it is never acceptable to forget our assumptions.

Given the modern evidence unavailable to Darwin, such as, advanced models of plate tectonics, polonium radiohalos, polystratic fossils, I am prepared to believe that Darwin would be willing to re-examine his assumptions.

The evolutionist may disagree, but neither can produce Darwin as a witness to prove his point. The evolutionist may genuinely see his ancestor in a monkey, but many modern scientists interpret the same evidence in favour of creation and a Creator.

Now since you state that “the foundations of science” are established through the “study of things ovbservable and reproducible”… I would point you to this most recent study of Chimpanzees published in the journal PLoS One.

In this study, the scientist found the following:

“By sharing [meat], the males increase the number of times they mate, and the females increase their intake of calories,” said Dr Gomes.

“What’s amazing is that if a male shares with a particular female, he doubles the number of times he copulates with her, which is likely to increase the probability of fertilising that female.”

That’s right, whether it’s in the jungles of Africa or the Downtown East Side of Vancouver, you’ll always be able to pick out the Johns.

She suggests this study could lay the foundations for human studies exploring the link between “good hunting skills and reproductive success”.

“This has got me really interested in humans,” she said. “I’m thinking of moving on to working with hunter-gatherers.”

Does she mean monkey pimps?