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  1. 2023 trade speculation and rumors

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    1 minute ago, Eleven said:

    His cap hit is reasonable through 24-25, he is at a needed position, and like @Weave always says, fans tend to overvalue draft picks.  Most years, if a pick is not in the top 5-10, it's pretty hit or miss.  

    I think it's a heavy price, but I don't think it's out of this world, especially if the team trading for him can spread out the picks (2023 and 2025 or 2024 and 2026 instead of consecutive years).  I'm not sure I'd want the Sabres to do it, but I don't think it's crazy.

    Big time Bogosian vibes. All the talent but made of glass. 

  4. Golden Knights goalie, wife owe $27M, bankruptcy records show

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    3 hours ago, RochesterExpat said:

    Apparently the bulk of this debt is tied to this venture, SolarCode LLC, but I can't seem to find much on the supposed company. In theory, it's a company that uses a solar collector to generate electricity, run a desalinization plant, split water into Hydrogen and Oxygen for further use, and, presumably, cuddle puppies at the same time.

    It looks like he tried to bankroll a startup and took out loans to keep it afloat? I'm not really sure. It doesn't even seem like a real company, honestly. The company claims to be headquartered in the US and was incorporated by a legal office (not a surprise if you're trying to stay private, but also not really as common as you'd think) and the listed office seems to be a shared space with a few other questionable companies (so I assume it's just a physical address for incorporation purposes). In the very least, there is no signage out front, but, in all likelihood, the office is just a paper address.

    The company further claims to be based out of Switzerland with an additional office in Morocco. I can't find any evidence those offices exist or ever existed for that matter. It claims to have "officers" in Istanbul, Mumbai and Doha. The latter is the only thing so far that checks out.

    The LinkedIn page has one employee on it and he's in Doha, Qatar. 

    The images on the website are literally all stock images with the exception of the technology-diagram which is pretty hilarious to anyone who is an engineer:

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    But the subcomponents for that diagram are based on images from the website for "Rhino Onward International"--which is at least a slightly-more-real-but-still-mostly-paper company (they have names and faces and people on LinkedIn at least). Case below:

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    The bread and butter for SolarCode is the power generation in the form of concerntrated solar power via fresnel lens... the same design as the ROI site. 

    I did find some news about SolarCode's company reps apparently meeting with Libya's Energy Minister, but that was it. I tracked down the solar project later and Libya went with a different company and chose to use PVs instead of concentrated solar. 

    SolarCode also has a "WasteCode" section about dealing with waste. It uses entirely generated stock images to describe subcomponents (gasifier, conveyers, etc). 

    There is a section called "HydroCode" which has a stock image of a galaxy and then text. Nothing else. Not even the effort to have subcomponents. But man, read this text:

    "SolarCode’s technology introduces ultraviolet (UV) radiation to obtain a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen (or hydrogen).  The separation of water into the constituent parts by ultraviolet light is carried out from a solid aggregate state (microcrystals of ice water) using this source transmitted in concentration into one or more ice crystals of very low thickness and surface.  The consumption of energy with our process is several times smaller (more than a factor of ten) than by electrolysis or other thermal processes.  In optimal conditions we will generate approximate 1,800 liters (127.406 kilogram) per kilowatt of input energy."

    Finally, there is an AquaCode about desalinization that uses a stock image of a rain drop and doesn't have any subcomponent images. Just text. Such as:

    "Desalinator
    Heats water by hot air and transforms it into hot steam later cooled."

    Nice.

    It looks like Lehner fell for a scam--or else he wanted to scam Venture Capitalists himself.

     

    You dug farther in than I did. His father is apparently is apparently running the show. Check out this reddit from a couple years back. 

     

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  5. Golden Knights goalie, wife owe $27M, bankruptcy records show

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    So it looks like the main bulk of that debt is from the solar company and perhaps he personally guaranteed those loans. If you go to the companies website they claim to have offices all over the world and based in Arizona. Outside of the website I googled and it doesn't really show any other info on the company. Not sure if they are running a legit company or not as you'd think they'd have more articles out there about projects and what not. Hell the company address in phoenix doesn't even list the company. You'd think if they were taking out 25 million in loans they'd have some sort of legit office.  

  9. Around The NHL 2022-23 Regular Season

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    3 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

    I'm all for the jerseys for whatever group. 

    I'm also all for allowing people to have their own opinions and beliefs/values. 

    Many very religious people still don't accept the LGBTQ&*=$ community or whatever it's called now, and they have a right to that. Makes it tough when you're in a position of power or sway in the media (as any athlete) but I think not participating in warm-ups is fair, he didn't openly bash that group and just did what was best for his own values. 

    It's hard to please everyone in 2023 😂😂


    I think it says a lot about society that he’s the only one who didn’t wear the Jersey. Is he the only guy in the league that doesn’t wear it? People getting so upset one guy didn’t wear the jersey and can’t step back and see the progress. 

  23. The 2003 and 2018 Canadian Junior Team Thread

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    On 7/28/2022 at 7:24 AM, French Collection said:

    Rick Westhead of TSN reporting that Hockey Canada paid out plaintiffs 12 times over the years and one player was involved in 4 incidents, costing them $1M.

    Wow, a repeat offender keeps coming back. I am really disappointed with that organization. So many people were hurt and it was hushed up because these guys are “hockey stars”.

     

  25. Better call Saul

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    21 minutes ago, shrader said:

    I'll try this again.😁

    Pinkman went up to Alaska after Walt died.

    I wrote that in a confusing way. I could see gene ending up in Alaska with Jesse.  Walt would appear in a flashback perhaps. 

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