Zoe and I also went to an EMU hockey game at the Ice Cube in Ann Arbor on Friday. It was a game against Western Michigan. EMU got hosed with a 5-3 penalty kill and Western got two of its goals on the powerplay. EMU lost in a shootout. The main difference I saw between this game and higher level hockey is the speed for plays getting set up. Players took forever to make decisions and often opportunities were lost because players took too long to decide when to shoot or pass. The goalies are mostly stand up goalies. Very little butterfly style goaltending occurred. They use one ref and two linesman and the officials have their names on their backs as should be. Zoe almost got nailed by a puck, but the puck hit a rail instead of her.
Friday I went to a history seminar at the University of Michigan. The theme was more or less can historians draw comparative conclusions from ancient history for modern times. The first speaker looked at The Athenian war against Sicily and drew heavily upon Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War. This was a good example as the Athenians were full of themselves because of their recent accession to empire status. The Athenians were not real clear on the population of Sicily or there military ability. The comparison could be made between their situation and the US decision to attack Iraq. Another speaker spoke about the Romans and their social interactions with other peoples. A third speaker talked about the Mongols and although interesting, he didn't seem on topic to me. The final speaker was a military historian who works at West Point. Her view of today's US military is it needs to find lessons learned in all historically important events, even if lessons learned are not there to be found. In an interesting juxtaposition with what I am taught to become a secondary education teacher most of the historians on this panel were reluctant to say that comparative histories are a strong objective or focus that historians should take. I found the talk to be interesting if not entirely convincing.
Zoe and I also went to an EMU hockey game at the Ice Cube in Ann Arbor on Friday. It was a game against Western Michigan. EMU got hosed with a 5-3 penalty kill and Western got two of its goals on the powerplay. EMU lost in a shootout. The main difference I saw between this game and higher level hockey is the speed for plays getting set up. Players took forever to make decisions and often opportunities were lost because players took too long to decide when to shoot or pass. The goalies are mostly stand up goalies. Very little butterfly style goaltending occurred. They use one ref and two linesman and the officials have their names on their backs as should be. Zoe almost got nailed by a puck, but the puck hit a rail instead of her.
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