There is a central myth about British science and economic growth, and it goes like this science breeds wealth, Britain is in economic decline, therefore Britain has not done enough science. Actually, it is easy to show that a key cause of Britain's economic decline has been that the government has funded too much science... Post-war British science policy illustrates the folly of wasting money on research. The government decided, as it surveyed the ruins of war-torn Europe in 1945, that the future lay in computers, nuclear power and jet aircraft, so successive administrations poured money into these projects--to vast technical success. The world's first commercial mainframe computer was British, sold by Ferrranti in 1951 the world's first commercial jet aircraft was British, the Comet, in service in 1952 the first nuclear power station was British, Calder Hall, commissioned in 1956 and the world's first and only supersonic commercial jet aircraft was Anglo-French, Concorde, in service in 1976. Yet these technical advances crippled us economically, because they were so uncommercial. The nuclear generation of electricity, for example, had lost 2.1 billion pounds by 1975 (2.1 billion pounds was a lot then) Concord had lost us, alone, 2.3 billion pounds by 1976 the Comet crashed and America now dominates computers. Had these vast sums of money not been wasted on research, we would now be a significantly richer country.
Quotes about calder (14 Quotes)
It's tough to kill 5-on-3s. There were a couple of phantom calls (not whistled against Vancouver) when we're up 3-0, and they missed a call on Kyle Calder being held at 4-4. If you're calling it, keep calling in at the end like you do at the start.
They got Game 7 and Games 1 and 2, but we got four at home either way. It doesn't matter. If we win the four home games, we win the series. You've got to win on the road to win the Calder Cup, anyway.
Winning the Calder Cup is something I wouldn't trade for the world. It was a great experience. I can't explain what it means to me, but when we get those rings it will be one of the most memorable nights of my life. I'll go wherever I have to go to get that.
They have a good power play, they are a physical team that finishes checks and they have the talent to score goals. They are one of the top teams in contention to win the Calder Cup and we're in the game with them. We're close.
You've got to take every opportunity you can and capitalize on it. You don't know how many chances you get at doing something like this and get a chance to win a (Calder) Cup.
I learned what its like to skate harder and battle in the playoffs. My confidence level has gone up quite a bit since winning the Calder Cup. Thats a moment Ill never forget and will look back on for experience as I move along in my career.
It was obviously a phenomenal horse sale. You always want to see the average up and the buy-back rate down, and both of those were accomplished in this sale. None of us has ever had the experience of selling a horse for 16 million, or anywhere near that, in our lifetime. That was fantastic that was wonderful and that was extraordinary. But even without that, it was still a great horse sale. That was kind of the icing on the cake. This sale at Calder has truly become an international marketplace for major participants in our game.
You always want to play as much as you can, but three's enough. We've got a pretty tight race in Wilkes-Barre right now, and that's my team, so it would be nice to get back there and try to win a Calder Cup.
I was riding at Calder, but they said I couldn't ride there because I was 16 years old. So when I turned 17 I went to Belmont. I have won 26 lifetime races counting this.
Guys were just kind of skating around the puck, and Calder picked it up. He's a good shooter, and from 10 feet away he let go a pretty good shot.
Yes, I think about (the Calder trophy), and I want to win it because everybody does. If I'm playing hockey, I want to win all the (trophies) I can.
Andrew has emerged as one of the brightest young goaltenders in the NHL. That was established when he won the Calder Trophy in 2004 and finished among the league leaders overall in goals-against average and save percentage.
He needs to have a big year. It's his third year pro and that's usually when players start stepping ahead. He showed flashes in the (Calder Cup) playoffs and now all we're looking for is consistency.