Many might remember Mike Milbury as the hockey player who jumped into the MSG stands and beat a fan with his own shoe. Others might remember Milbury for his many controversies on and off the ice, but New York Islanders fans are imprinted with other not-so-fond memories of their former GM and coach.
Even though Milbury, Charles Wang, and Sanjay Kumar helped the Islanders get back to the playoffs in the early 2000s, the various transactions that Milbury made as the GM of the Isles had some long-term effects on the organization.
Here’s a look at some of Mad Mike Milbury’s (worst) transactions from the late-90s to the mid-2000s:
Friday, March 9, 2012
Top 10 Worst Mike Milbury Trades, Contracts, and Transactions
Sidney Crosby Targeting Return Sunday Versus Big Bad Boston Bruins
On Wednesday, superstar center Sidney Crosby began to participate in full-contact, on-ice drills at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
He made it through okay, with no setbacks, and now the countdown is on for when he will take the ice for his first game back.
He proved earlier in the season that his conditioning has been maintained, despite his post-concussion issues, by his rigorous on- and off-ice routines.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Hugo
"Hugo" is unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life. We feel a great artist has been given command of the tools and resources he needs to make a movie about — movies. That he also makes it a fable that will be fascinating for (some, not all) children is a measure of what feeling went into it.Continue Reading on RogerEbert.com
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Kinyawanda
I thought I knew something about Rwanda, but I didn't really know very much. I was moved by "Hotel Rwanda" (2004), but not really shaken this deeply. Not like this. After seeing "Kinyarwanda," I have a different kind of feeling about the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. The film approaches it not as a story line but as a series of intense personal moments.Continue Reading on RogerEbert.com
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Susan Saladoff
The director of Hot Coffee, Susan Saladoff, talks about the myth of frivolous lawsuit.
- 7th amendament
- Accountable
- Appeal
- Burger King
- Candidates
- Civil harm
- Corporation
- Crazy lawsuit
- Frivolous lawsuit
- Gag order
- Hot Coffee
- Jack in the box
- Judge
- Manipulated
- McDonald's
- Medical bill
- Myth
- Poster child
- Silenced
- Susan Saladoff
- System is broken
- Tort
- Tort deform
- Tort reform
- Trial
- Trials by jury
- Wrong dourer
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
The Descendants
"The Descendants" has a happy ending. Therefore, technically, it's a comedy. It takes place in the paradise of Hawaii. It stars George Clooney. That may lead you to expect a pleasant good time, but this film is so much more than that. Clooney gives one of his best performances in this film directed and co-written by Alexander Payne, who in "Sideways" (2004) and "About Schmidt" (2002), showed a special affinity for men learning to accept their better feelings.Continue Reading on RogerEbert.com
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Shame
There's a close-up in "Shame" of Michael Fassbender's face showing pain, grief and anger. His character, Brandon, is having an orgasm. For the movie's writer-director, Steve McQueen, that could be the film's master shot. There is no concern about the movement of Brandon's lower body. No concern about his partner. The close-up limits our view to his suffering. He is enduring a sexual function that has long since stopped giving him any pleasure and is self-abuse in the most profound way.Continue Reading on RogerEbert.com
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Ocean Acidification Rate May Be Unprecedented, Study Says
This might be more serious problem than the global warming. What can we do about it in next few decades?
Link:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120301143735.htm
"the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM, some 56 million years ago, ... more than 5 to 10 percent of species ... (went extinct in) ... over less than 20,000 years,"
"During this time, ... ocean pH ... may have fallen as much as 0.45 units"
"In the last hundred years, atmospheric CO2 has risen about 30 percent, ... (and) ... ocean pH has fallen by 0.1 unit."
"pH may fall another 0.3 units by the end of the century"
"the larvae of bay scallops and hard clams grow best at pre-industrial pH levels, while their shells corrode at the levels projected for 2100."
"The decisions we make over the next few decades could have significant implications on a geologic timescale."Audio:
Link:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120301143735.htm
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