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"To the distinguished Character of Patriot, it should be our highest Glory to add the more distinguished Character of Christian. The signal Instances of providential Goodness which we have experienced and which have now almost crowned our labours with complete Success, demand from us in a peculiar manner the warmest returns of Gratitude and Piety to the Supreme Author of all Good." --George WashingtonSo much for the Founders not wanting religion mixed with public activities. ALL of the Founders were men of faith of one manner or another; the glue binding them together was their belief in a Supreme Being, and that that Being granted every human being certain rights just by virtue of their existing as human beings. Those rights were held to be sacred and not in the purview of any government to take away or alter. Contrast that view with the current Progressive view that rights are to be delivered/enforced by Government fiat and you will see how far afield we as a Nation have strayed. For those Progressives that would point to Thomas Jefferson as their standard bearer of making government totally secular I would point out the following quote of Jefferson's (emps mine):
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. ... Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever."Jefferson also wrote:
"I am a Christian in the only sense in which He wished anyone to be: sincerely attached to His doctrines in preference to all others. ... I am a real Christian -- that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus Christ."
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Anchorage OK, Wednesday was clearly not just another night at the rink in the grind that is the ECHL s 72-game regular season.Not with the Alaska Aces posting a come-from-way-behind 4-3 shootout victory over the Ontario Reign at Sullivan Arena.Not with Jarred Smith s game-winning shootout goal striking the crossbar, then ricocheting off the leg of Reign goaltender Dustin Carlson and just across the goal line all of which prompted referee Joe Sullivan to begin to signal no goal, only then to switch gears and signal goal, and end of game.Not with Carlson, who two days ago was holding down three jobs in Columbus, Ohio, playing terrifically in his first game in more than nine months.Not with these top two teams in the Western Conference the Aces (29-8-1) lead the entire 23-team league and the Reign are excellent (24-9-3) playing extra time for the third time in their four meetings and producing a fourth straight one-goal game.Not with the Aces stretching their string of games unbeaten in regulation to 12 (11-0-1), the fifth-longest such streak in their 10 ECHL seasons, and winning their seventh straight home game.Not with Aces captain Steve Ward returning after missing 33 games with a broken right leg that required surgery he suffered that injury blocking a shot on Oct. 26.And certainly not with the Aces possibly losing their second-leading active scorer, winger Garry Nunn, with an injury to his left foot that left him in a walking boot and using a crutch to get around afterward.The five-round shootout was extended to a sixth round with the teams tied 3-3. After Ontario s Chris Huxley failed to score to start the sixth round, the rookie Smith skated in on Carlson and fired a wrist shot that struck iron and then ricocheted back into Carlson before crossing the goal line to give the Aces a decisive 4-3 edge in the skills competition.A shootout attempt is like a penalty shot and here s what Rule 24.2 in the ECHL Official Rules says about penalty shots: No goal can be scored on a rebound of any kind (an exception being the puck off the goal post or crossbar, then the goalkeeper and then directly into the goal.).Smith said he was momentarily bummed when it initially appeared the shootout would be extended to seven rounds between two teams that went to a nine-round shootout before Ontario won in California on Saturday. As I was curling (away), I was like, C mon, I beat him clean, Smith said. Then he backed into it, and it went in. Carlson, who made 23 saves in regulation and OT after not playing in a game since March 31, was thrilled to be back working in the game he cherishes. The former Ohio State goalie was living and training in Columbus and working three jobs valet parking, working for a doggie day care business and coaching youth goalies when Ontario summoned him. The Reign needed goalies because their two, Jean-Francois Berube and Chris Carrozzi, were summoned to the American Hockey League once the NHL lockout ended.Carlson, who split last season between Ontario and Toledo, flew Tuesday from Columbus to Chicago to Seattle, where he met up with the Reign and accompanied them to Anchorage. Wednesday s morning skate was his only practice with the club. No. 1, I was so excited to play this game again I love it to death, Carlson said. My mind-set was, You have to be good because it might be your last chance. Things were looking up for Carlson and company midway through the game. C.J. 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Nunn was struck by friendly fire defenseman Sean Curry, who owns a blistering shot, fired a slapper that hit Nunn on the inside of his left foot and felled the winger. Twice, Nunn hobbled upright only to crumple to the ice.Nunn said X-rays after the game were inconclusive and he will have another exam Thursday to determine the extent of his injury. It doesn t feel great, Nunn said. It hit me square on, a heavy shot. As the 5-foot-9 Nunn spoke outside the Aces dressing room, the 6-foot-5 Curry approached and hugged his teammate. Don t worry about it, Nunn told Curry. I m sure you weren t aiming for me. Shuffling the deckAfter converting 10 of 51 shootout attempts (19.6 percent) last season, the Aces are 14 of 24 (58.3 percent) this season. They are 3-1 in shootouts.Mazzolini is 3 for 3 in the shootout, tying him with departed NHLer Joey Crabb for the best mark among Aces.Ontario rookie Mario Lamoureux, the younger brother of former Aces goaltender Jean-Philippe Lamoureux and former Aces winger Jacques Lamoureux, scored in the shootout to make him 4 of 5 this season. Jacques Lamoureux, stationed here in the Air Force, dressed for the short-handed Reign, who used Anchorage s Drew O Connell as their emergency backup goaltender.Stretch s first-period goal marked the first time in 683:01 the equivalent of more than 11 regulation games and a period that the Aces have trailed.Waldrop s power-play goal was Alaska s first in the last four games.Alaska and Ontario, which played two games in California last weekend, play Friday and Saturday nights at Sullivan to make it five straight games between the teams.Find Doyle Woody s blog at adn.com/hockeyblog or call him at 257-4335.Aces win shootout 4-3Ontario 1 2 0 0 3Aces 0 3 0 1 4First Period 1, Ontario, Stretch 19 (Brodie Sheahan), 18:45. Penalties Brodie Sheahan, Ontario (hooking), 8:08; Curry, Aces (cross-checking), 10:51.Second Period 2, Ontario, Calla 3 (Burt, Brodie Sheahan), 1:01; 3, Ontario, Kraemer 10 (Yellow Horn, Clune), 12:41; 4, Aces, Imbeault 9 (Hughes), 13:05; 5, Aces, Waldrop 1 (Hughes, Imbeault), 15:18 (pp); 6, Aces, Hughes 7, 19:41. Penalties Imbeault, Aces (high-sticking), 1:07; Ontario bench minor, served by Brodie Sheahan (too many men), 6:35; Pender, Ontario (interference), 8:19; M. Lamoureux, Ontario (tripping), 14:33.Third Period None. Penalties Molle, Aces (interference), 10:41; Stretch, Ontario (slashing), 11:02.Overtime None. Penalties None.Shootout Aces 4 (Mazzolini G, Imbeault NG, Hughes G, Goulet G, Clackson NG, Smith G), Ontario 3 (Stretch G, Beeman, NG, M. Lamoureux G, Yellow Horn NG, Kraemer G, Huxley NG).Shots on goal Ontario 10-10-11-1 32. Aces 4-9-12-1 27.Power-play Opportunities Ontario 0 of 3. Aces 1 of 5.Goalies Ontario, Carlson, 0-0-1 (26 shots-23 saves). Aces, Coleman, 14-2-0 (32-29).A 3,487 (6,399). T 2:32.Referee Joe Sullivan. Linesmen Scott Sivulich, Travis Jackson.
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