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I'll Sleep - Randy Houser
My daddy use to sing about a preacher man
who lost his wife she was his whole life
He kiss me then he tuck me in with his old guitar. Maaan that second verus I hung on every word I drift off and get lost in
between the melody then dream
and he sing
(chorus) Please come back to me we gona build this spring and start a family Please just one more day so much to
say don't leave this way live's on in my fondest memorys He sing and I'd sleep...
well I grew up like a weed thur my teenage years. OH daddy tried but I'd bearly say goodnite. I sure he thought my mind was
on girls and school but I was just way to cool to say I love you. but he didn't know when I close my eyes and turn out the
I'd hear
And after all those night and all these years here we are and here he is taken his last breath and I'm man enough to cry
and hes to young to say goodbye and he is all thats left and I'm scarded to death
(chorus #2)
Please come back to me
right now I need you more than anything
Please just one more day so much to say
wish you could stay and he squeeze my hand
and kiss me on the check and said
you sing and I'll sleep


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Hi folks, just an update ,after the second ablation which was a more uncomfortable procedure than the first ,I.e I could feel the probes in the heart a lot more , and with the adrenalin used bumping up my heart rate to 180 plus at one time.
Because I was getting a tight jaw I received an angiogram which proved that all my arteries and blood vessels were in good order. I didn't get the ache in my heart like last time afterwards.
During the next few months I have had ectopic beats which are decreasing as we speak .i have started to feel a lot more alive not as tired and able to do my work and gentle exercise without any problems .
I have noticed my heart rate is the highest both at rest and during the day it has ever been, which I always blamed for me being very tired most of my life ,although I worked 12hr shifts and seven days a week for years.68 against 48 in bed at night ,and 75 against 60 bpm during the day.
My consultant is pleased with how I am doing , he said when he went back in he found some pathways had reconnected and there was a lot of electrical activity firing my heart off into paf.
Fingers crossed I can get on with life a bit better from now on!

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We would like to make the following points
1) Consultation
- ) We believe the 2nd Consultation time was inadequate.
- ) The information in the documents is also inadequate, in many areas it states there will be further information gathering. We cannot make a response on assumptions.
- ) Many of the maps in the documents do not have a legend.
- ) There are no contour lines on the maps so heights are difficult to calculate.
- ) A great deal of environmental information is missing, again we cannot make a response when all facts are not known.
2) Layout of the power station
- ) It is obvious that the site is far too small for the total project, even without all the accurate measurements of the footprint of all buildings, reactors, etc which will make up the permanent site.
- ) The site will be way forward of the Sizewell B sight line.
- ) It encroaches onto the marsh at the west of the site affecting more of the SSSI and therefore will have a knock on effect on other designations.
- ) The north of the site will be affected by the haul road to bring in equipment and materials by sea, this cannot occur without damage to the dunes and vegetative shingle.
- ) The height of all buildings including the reactor chimneys and the alignment of the buildings is not acceptable. This intrusion into the low lying coastal scene is wholly unacceptable and cannot be mitigated.
- ) This proposed development is in the AONB and on the Heritage Coast which must be protected from this type of industrial development.
- ) It is our belief that there is no mitigation or compensation for any of this situation, and it should be totally avoided.
3) Coastal Process.
- ) In reference to the size of the site and way that the original eastern most part of it has been extended beyond the sight line of SZB. We believe this risks coastal squeeze and adds to the potential for damage on a coast which is not predictable or stable, particularly with further impacts from climate change. This makes the proposal for construction of Sizewell C on such a vulnerable site a dangerous and unnecessary risk to what is already an uncertain coastal process. Add to this the unknown impacts of any off shore jetties, landing pad, and cooling water inlets and outlets and we are left wondering about all construction which may impede North Sea drift.
- ) With the possibility of sea water flooding and overtopping north of the site there is the potential for considerable damage and possible loss of property at Minsmere, Eastbridge, Leiston, Thorpeness and Aldeburgh, this is unacceptable.
- ) Some of the above may be avoidable by reducing the size of the development.
- ) No mitigation is acceptable.
- ) Hard defences for coastal protection in this area of the AONB and Heritage Coast are unacceptable.
4) Permanent Access Route lay up area etc
- ) We would like to know why this route, which severs the AONB, has been chosen, it is the most damaging to the AONB that anyone could imagine. Adding to it the lay up area for equipment and batching plant etc and 5000 employees with thousands and thousands of traffic movements, cranes, earth-movers and it becomes an environmental disaster.This is not forgetting the light, noise, dust and all other pollutants so close to RSPB Minsmere and accompanying flora and fauna which occupy the designated sites.
- ) Another major concern is the Access road crossing Bridleway 19 this is an ancient walk way and bridleway used for many generations for work and now it is appreciated by many for recreational use it has ancient oaks, and hedgerows which are species rich food and nest sites for many birds butterflies and other insects, Any disturbance to this area is pure sacrilege
- ) This overall damage cannot be compensated for, nor is there any suggested mitigation, we asked at Stage 1 consultation for an alternative route to be considered which was less environmentally damaging. EDFE have tweaked the route but has made the situation even less tolerable.
As it is so damaging to the ecology of the area the Access Road should NOT be considered acceptable in its proposed position.
5) Campus
- ) This is of course linked to the Access road. Whilst we understand the need to ensure fewer traffic movements, by keeping the workforce campus nearer to the construction site it is still in the wrong place. As the Access road is in the wrong place, by creating a base for 2400 people introducing light, noise etc into an otherwise quiet dark area, exacerbates the problem and is unacceptable. There will also be an impact on Schedule monument Leiston Abbey and Pro Corda Music School
- ) All of the above links to the Access road and is not acceptable.
- ) Moving the campus in isolation to another site will create other problems.
6) Bridging the SSSI
a.) All we can say is the access road is geographically and ecologically totally unsuitable and is not sustainable.
b) By crossing this pinch point of the Leiston Beck,and water courses with any manmade device is just asking for trouble, and it will have the ability to impede the water on both Sizewell Belts and Minsmere Levels. RSPB Minsmere, Leiston Sewage works, and Eastbridge all depend on the integrity of the many water courses that are situated in the Minsmere Valley.
c) Knowing as we do that climate change, sea-level rise and more frequent heavy rainfall will need careful management. Restricting or increasing the water flows is far from satisfactory and in fact is downright foolhardy.
d) This must be avoided. We cannot see how this can be mitigated or compensated .
This is of course once again linked to the access road and again is not acceptable.
7) Soil Management Borrow Pits etc
- ) This is off the scale of stupidity, has this really been thought through, or was it cooked up on a whim. Please think again. Sorry to be so blunt but local people and habitats deserve better.
Yet again it is linked to the Access Road and is not acceptable.
8) Visitor Centres Are we having one for SZB and one for SZC ?
- ) Visitor Centre at SZB is not part of this consultation however. We anticipate an Application to SCDC to move the existing SZB Visitor Centre off the SZC land north to Coronation Wood. This is unacceptable as it is in the AONB, trees would be felled and lose the existing screening for SZB.
- ) Visitor Centre SZC. We do not agree with any of the suggested sites If we are to have a visitors centre it should be close to Leiston and not in the AONB.
- ) EDFEs suggested options for the Visitors centre are about the promotion and propaganda surrounding Nuclear Power, NOT about benefiting business and facilities in Leiston itself, something which they profess to be undertaking.
9) Rail Lines
- ) If the existing Rail line is to be used in the first 2 years of construction then people on the route, must be given all the facts and allowed to take part in discussions.
- ) The rail crossing on the B 1122 must be automated and possibly realigned, and the existing line upgraded to ensure a legacy remains for the future of Leiston and the surrounding parishes.
10) Green Rail Line
- ) Whilst we understand the need to get as much traffic off the roads as possible this line runs to the construction site cutting another scar into the AONB. We object to this suggestion.
- ) If this route does go ahead we do not expect the Westward Ho! / Buckleswood Road to be stopped up to traffic, but demand that automated barriers are installed. Stopping up this road will cause many problems for businesses, farms and local people who use the road on a daily basis, it will also impede blue light services who use satellite navigation to attend events.
- ) It is also an area notified for bats, great crested newts and many other species of wildlife, including Barn and Tawny Owls, Green and Greater Spotted woodpeckers. If this route is used there must be additional hedge planting on either side of the tracks to allow a corridor for wildlife and to shield the countryside from intrusion.
- ) We note that there is no mention of Wood Farm, Westward Ho.Leiston IP164HT as being a Grade 11 Listed Building, yet there is a mention of Fishers Farm, Abbey Lane, both are equidistant from the proposed green rail line. Why the omission?
- ) If this route goes ahead we expect wildlife and local peoples' needs to be met in this instance. If a crossing, hedges and respect for the countryside is not included then we find the Green Rail route unacceptable. We also have grave reservations about the Crossing on the B1122 and the subsequent intrusion into the AONB.
NB We have added further on our concerns about the lack of reference to Listed buildings at Item 14.
11) Lay up area Buckleswood Road
This is an unsuitable area for plant, machinery and storage of equipment creating light, and noise in a very rural site on the outskirts of Leiston. It is adjacent to Buckles Wood, which is a County Wildlife Site and is the remains of ancient woodland, that once covered a much larger area of Leiston.
12) All footpaths affected by the Green rail route.
- ) These are all ancient walk ways and part of an interwoven series of paths, most with connections to Leiston Abbey, churches, and farms. Little thought has been given to how best to consider these paths, which are still well used, some are to be stopped up and some diverted.
This is unacceptable, destroying as it does some of Leistons' precious heritage. If the Green Route is to proceed much more work needs to be undertaken, with local people, to come to a better solution
13) Temporary caravan accommodation and lay up area
- ) What is temporary? All mentions of temporary in the document could be anything up to 15 years ?
- ) If this site is to be used for workers we suggest a crossing point on the C228 road should be constructed to enable safe access to the Sizewell Sports and Social Club.
- ) If the remains of the land are to be used for off loading materials from the existing rail line at the onset of the construction, then all residents surrounding the area should be consulted as to what are their needs.
- ) Much more consideration needs to be given to Lovers Lane U2822 if it is to be a haul route from the existing rail line to the Construction Site.
- ) The culvert under Lovers Lane which connects SSSI to the Aldhurst Farm Habitat must be re-built and consideration given to mammals etc crossing the road at that point.
- ) Junction of B1122/ A12 should be considered in conjunction with the A1120/ A12 junction. The A12 Yoxford junctions must be considered jointly, traffic backing up on the A12 from the south to the B1122 junction will impede the A1120 junction. The A1120 is an important tourist route from the A14. Many visitors to the area, especially to Aldeburgh, Thorpeness etc use it in preference to going via Ipswich.
- )The B1122 proposed alterations do not go far enough, much more could be done to improve the road for all users. Until we have a clear picture of how much use will be made of the rail and sea traffic it is difficult to make a complete response.
- ) Although EDFE are not consulting on building a new road from A12 to Sizewell, it has been suggested by others.We are totally opposed to this notion. It would create yet another permanent scar in East Suffolk. This time it would be permanent. New roads more traffic.
15) Listed Buildings and the Historic Background
- ) Leiston -cum- Sizewell Parish is well known for having a great deal of history throughout the ages, much of which is still unknown. This is not reflected in EDFEs documents or given any status or importance. Only some of the Listed Buildings are mentioned albeit the map in the major document pinpoints most of them. To us this is a sad omission.
For instance St Peters Church at Theberton which is Grade 1 is on the B1122 no reference is made to how it is to be protected from traffic and vibration. This goes for all listed buildings which may be affected by road traffic, rail traffic and construction, or by affecting their settings with the possibility of damage to their fabric as many have little or no foundations. These are a precious heritage and must be considered in much more depth and protected.
- ) The same goes for the archaeology; the area which is to be disturbed is full of history. This must not be lost.
There must be a complete record of all archaeology of the areas which are disturbed and kept in paper form for posterity in Leiston.
I refer you to a book called "From Flint Knappers to Atom Splitters" by Daphne and Kenneth May ISBN 0-9540870-0-3.
16) General Comments
EDFEs' SZC development is totally unacceptable to us, for all the reasons stated above and many more which we have not included.
The whole SZC project and all its accompanying developments is too large and intrusive for this unique corner of Suffolk. The 2nd Consultation Document is no consolation as it gives us more reasons to fear the worst as many issues are not dealt with and some are just glanced over.
This area is precious to us by taking a bulldozer to it before our very eyes is outrageous,
the destruction of such a wide area of our parishes with the many designations and amazing history cannot be justified.
We hear from the people of Hinkley that even at this early stage of Hinkley Point C construction, lives have been turned upside down, road building and traffic being the main issues. We do not want this to happen here. It is stated that the build programme for SZC is for 10 to 12 years and that some of the disruption will be temporary but 10 to 12 years of disruption is not acceptable.
When built the EPR reactors, their chimney stacks and all accompanying buildings cannot be anything other than big ugly blots on the landscape. The fact that they are nothing like the SZB dome will make the SZC, 2 reactor outlines, in the long distance views even worse. Added to this will be the permanent storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel in more ugly buildings
None of this is a legacy which we wish to leave for future generations.
Sadly we consider that carrying out the EDFE Programme of work to construct Sizewell C for over 12 years will bring far more disbenefits than benefits, and the parishes will be damaged and unrecognisable by 2030.
We consider there is no overall mitigation or compensation for the SZC project that will bring enough benefit to the area, in fact quite the reverse, nothing can compensate for the disruption and stress to lives, and loss of an area which many of us love and appreciate and which is a wildlife rich habitat, which cannot be replaced and will be lost forever.
Joan Girling and Mike Taylor
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With How I Met Your Mother finally drawing to a close it's full steam ahead with the not-so-original spinoff, How I Met Your Dad. Casting for the new gang has begun and with that comes the official descriptions for each character. Unsurprisingly, they all sound like a pretty standard inverse of Ted, Robin, Barney, Marshall and Lily. Flip a gender here, change the sexual orientation of the rock-solid couple there and it's a brand new show, right? Hopefully How I Met Your Dad has more up its sleeve than simply being the misadventures of a female Ted. Read the descriptions below. Who would you like to see fill the Bob Saget role as adult Sally and narrator?
SALLY | She's vibrant, messy and unpredictable — a "female Peter Pan who has never grown up and has no idea of where she's going in life." She's thinking of calling it quits with her husband of a year, Gavin. She'll lean on her circle of friends for advice and support through the inevitable divorce. That circle includes…
JULIET | Sally's sexy, flamboyant, energetic, party-girl BFF. She runs a successful fashion blog. She's delighted to learn Sally is ending things with the terminally boring Gavin.
DANNY | Sally's older gay brother, a Type A, overachieving lawyer whom she shares little in common with. They nonetheless share a tight bond, although Sally's decision to move in with Danny after her split with Gavin promises to test that bond.
TODD | Danny's warm, outgoing husband and one of Sally's closest friends from college. Unlike Danny, Todd welcomes Sally into their home.
FRANK | The head of IT for Juliet's fashion blog. He's a hot nerd. He has genuine feelings for Sally, but it's a one-sided flirtation. At least for the moment.
NARRATOR | It's Sally from the future. She's reliving the events of her past to her kids.
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- "Tharan, you're so naughty. I don't know why I put up with you."
"Because you're a paragon of virtue and tolerance, my dear."
- ―Holiday and Tharan Cedrax
Holiday was a fully sentient holographic lifeform that was Tharan Cedrax's assistant. During the Galactic Cold War, the two were accompanying the Scorekeeper's Herald on a mission to stop the spreading of the Dark Plague.
Even though Holiday was considered by strangers to be nothing more than a hologram, she was treated by Cedrax as a living person and even his girlfriend. He once noted to his Jedi Companion that Holiday was a fascinating combination of science and beauty. Holiday returned Cedrax's affections, fascinated by his never-ending fount of ideas and technical genius. She did not mind him satisfying his physical needs with temporary flings, but easily became jealous if his attentions towards other women looked to be more serious. If confronted about the odd nature of their relationship and her mechanical nature, she became defensive and pointed out that she was no mere pleasure droid or hologram projection.
Before joining the team of the Jedi Consular, Holiday once belonged to Glorzo, who merely thought of her as a holographic dancer and exotic technological toy. Cedrax's recognition of her capabilities contributed to her affection for him. While her origins are a mystery, Cedrax speculated that she was built by ancient precursors using technology that the Republic had not yet developed.
Cedrax's affection for Holiday culminated in a great sacrifice. He had been invited to the Luminatus Club, a secret society of the galaxy's finest scientific minds. To enter the society, he built a Vandyk Generator, a theoretical device thought impossible to actually construct. Realizing he could make it work once, he faced a dilemma; use it to achieve everlasting scientific fame, or grant Holiday true sentience. In the end, he gave up scientific glory for her. When the Consular pointed out that sentience could change the nature of their relationship, Cedrax replied that he understood, but valued Holiday's life and development more.
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During combat Holiday could distract enemies from her teammates and even imitate death. She was also a capable slicer and mathematical savant with knowledge of a wide range of sciences, all the better to assist the polymath Cedrax.
Behind the scenesEdit
Holiday was first introduced in the BioWare video game Star Wars: The Old Republic as a secondary companion for the Jedi Consular class, accompanying the primary companion Tharan Cedrax. She can distract enemies in combat, serving as one of Cedrax's abilities, and appears in cutscenes, where she is voiced by Tara Strong. Holiday's character model is of a light-skinned Human female with dark hair, with the game's hologram skin overlain over her character and given a pink and purple coloration. In combat, her hologram skin layer will sometimes fail to appear, and she will instead appear as a standard Human NPC.
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan
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The Nova System Tray Icon is an icon that allow you to communicate with us and request service support via email or website. When you first start the computer with a new profile most of the time this icon is hidden by default and you need to bring it accessible for you.
The Nova System Icon look like this
Here is how you enable the icon:
2. Click on the tiny arrow that is pointing up and few more icons will show up including the Customize… option. Click on Customize…
3. After you click Customize, you are presented with another window where you can select what icons you want to see in the taskbar every time. We are going to select the SysTray.exe, click on the Drop-down option that says "Only show notifications" and select "Show icon and notifications" for this particular icon, then Click OK.


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PCM UK Acquires Provista UK Ltd in a Major Deal.
A CALIFORNIAN tech giant has purchased a Scottish firm specialising in delivering networking and communications solutions.
Hamilton headquartered Provista UK had recently recorded record revenues of £7.7million[i], following consistent and profitable organic growth throughout its 11 years in business.
The firm's sound financial model paired with its status as the only independent Scottish based firm to hold Cisco Gold Partner status helped attract the NASDAQ-listed PCM to acquire the business and instantly expand its UK footprint.
In the past year the 33-strong firm has landed major public sector contracts for NHS Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire Council, adding to a client list that already includes Wood Mackenzie, Stewart Investors, Aggreko, AG Barr, Digby Brown, Balfour Beatty and Greater Glasgow NHS.
These organisations benefit from its expertise in areas such as Unified Communications, Secure Wireless, Cyber Security and IP LAN & WAN & Data Centre Solutions with both traditional and cloud offerings.
Stuart Little, Director with Provista UK, said: "Our success over the past 11 years has come because we've been able to offer a friendly, personable service, while being able to deliver using our expertise on large contracts typically associated with our large, often multinational, competitors.
"When PCM contacted us and shared their vision for the UK, it fit perfectly with our own ambitions to accelerate the growth of Provista in the UK – while maintaining our customer-focussed culture.
"After having built the business to achieve Cisco Gold Partner status, it is exciting to now be able to be part of PCM and take the business to the next level.
"We can now offer our solutions and services across the UK while complementing the other robust PCM offerings."
Provista UK now has its sights set on future expansion, by leveraging its new parent company's wider network – and is hopeful that it can further boost investment in marketing, business growth planning and operations.
The firm has its headquarters in Hamilton with satellite locations from Aberdeen to Birmingham, and has built up its reputation responding to market demand for a more responsive and tailored service.
The joint business will allow Provista expand operations into PCM headquarters in Sheffield along with offices in Northampton and Liverpool, significantly boosting its UK based footprint.
Provista also boasts some of the most experienced and highly skilled consultants and engineers in Scotland, after years of investing profits, creating high quality careers and training from within.
No jobs will be lost following the takeover and the board will remain in place to oversee further recruitment throughout the UK, including more jobs in Scotland to support the expansion.
Frank Khulusi, Chairman and CEO of PCM, Inc, said: "The acquisition of Provista UK is yet another key milestone for our new UK segment that will further enhance our capabilities and strengthen our position as a value added solutions provider in the UK marketplace.
"I am pleased to welcome the team at Provista UK to the PCM family and look forward to continuing our growth and success in the UK market in the coming years."
Donavan Hutchinson, Managing Director, UK & International for PCM UK, said: "I am extremely excited to advance the PCM UK portfolio and footprint with the addition of the respected team at Provista UK.
"With the combined investments that we have made organically, coupled with the acquisition of Provista UK and The Stack Group, we are positioned to accelerate our UK growth across all advanced solutions categories.
"I look forward to working with the Provista UK team as we jointly continue to take market share."
Barry Oliver, Director with Provista UK said: "Provista UK is delighted to be joining PCM UK, adding to PCM's recent growth and investment in the UK. The combined business compliments both organizations as PCM gains Cisco Gold Partner status in the UK, backed with Provista UK's portfolio of services and solutions. Provista UK expects to leverage PCM's wider investment in the UK and access to complementary markets and solutions."
[i] Figures for fiscal year ended July 31, 2017
About Provista
Provista UK, boasts a highly accredited team with a track record of delivering IT solutions to some of Scotland's leading Public & Private sector organisations, with a range of specialties in the areas of Unified Communications, Secure Wireless, IT Security and Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks and Data Centre Solutions.
About PCM
PCM, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a leading multi-vendor provider of technology solutions, including hardware, software and services to small, medium and enterprise businesses, state, local and federal governments and educational institutions across the United States, Canada and the UK. We generated net sales of $2.2 billion in the twelve months ended September 30, 2017. For more information, please visit investor.pcm.com or call (310) 354-5600.


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November 15, 2001, Section G, Page 11Buy Reprints
Here are a reviewer's choices of the year's best videogames:
THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE: EVEN MORE CONTRAPTIONS -- Any schoolchild knows the basic laws of cause and effect: if you dangle a mouse in front of a cat, it will run toward the bowling ball and knock it off the ledge onto a switch that will turn on a light bulb -- but it's still wonderful to see this simple law of physics in action. In The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions, the player must do something straightforward -- drop a ball through a hoop, fire a rocket -- in the most convoluted way possible. The PC game is great, but what I really love is the included mini-version for Palm hand-helds. (Sierra; $30; PC and Palm; everyone)
TENNIS 2K2 -- Last year, Sega's great sports game Virtua Tennis was a hit with women, but they had to play as men. This year Sega rectifies the situation, releasing Tennis 2K2 with a full roster of women, including Monica Seles and the Williams sisters. The women grunt in a higher pitch but play just as the men do. It's the perfect game for anyone who wants to play tennis in a skirt. (Sega; $40; Dreamcast; everyone)
ANACHRONOX -- Anachronox is like one of those television ads in which they keep offering more stuff. What would you pay for a role-playing game that doesn't force the player to wade through endless forests of annoying monsters? What if it also had a luckless private eye? What if we throw in wildly imaginative science fiction? What if it's the funniest game of the year? A Ginsu knife I can resist, but with a deal like this I want operators standing by. (Ion Storm; $40; for PC; 13 and older)
ADVANCE WARS -- I know the strategy game Advance Wars is great because I keep missing my subway stop. Advance Wars puts you in command of soldiers, tanks, battleships and other dangerous things and asks you to win a series of tricky battles. It may seem like a good idea to send your battle copter to take out that transport ship, but by the time you realize that it's now in range of the enemy's antiaircraft missiles, it's history and you're in the Bronx. (Intelligent Systems; $30; for Gameboy Advance; everyone)
GRAN TURISMO 3 A-SPEC -- The gorgeous, almost photo-realistic graphics of Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec have ruined every other racing game for me. Perhaps there is another driving game that emulates the feel and movement of a racing car as beautifully as this one, but unless I'm going down a shady road with the sun glimmering through the trees like diamonds, I don't even want to find out. (Sony Computer Entertainment America; $50; PlayStation 2; everyone)
MAX PAYNE -- More and more often the language of film is being appropriated by games, but no game has ever done it quite as well as the first-person shooter Max Payne. Max is a tough guy: most games allow the player to restore health through medical kits; Max just takes painkillers to keep from passing out. With a great story, some cool dream sequences and a neat gimmick that has Max seeing the world in slow motion, Max Payne doesn't just raise the bar on action games, he blows it to pieces. (Remedy Entertainment; $50; for PC and Xbox; 17 and older)
ALIVE! JIGSAW -- This year's most interesting little game is Yavsoft's Alive! Jigsaw, a puzzle in which you put together a moving image. Alive! uses standard AVI format video, so if you have a digital camera that takes movies you can create your own living jigsaw puzzles. When I play too long, I get dizzy. (Yavsoft; $15; PC; everyone)
ICO -- I'm so in love with the action game Ico, I feel like telling people to spend $300 for a PlayStation 2 just so they can play this game. It is visually stunning yet its faded colors seem almost austere. While there is almost no musical score, the sounds of Ico's feet echoing on the stairs, his heavy breathing and the wind whistling through the castle are magnificent. Ico is such a compelling work of art that one can rhapsodize about it for hours without mentioning the most important thing of all: it's a lot of fun to play. (Sony Computer Entertainment America; $50; PlayStation 2; 13 and older)
MYST III: EXILE -- Some people hate the Myst games because all you do is wander around pretty, deserted places solving puzzles. Others love them because they're full of pretty, deserted places and there are lots of good puzzles to solve. Myst III: Exile has everything you loved or hated about Myst and Riven. That's a good thing. (Presto Studios; $50; for PC and Macintosh; everyone)
CIVILIZATION III -- When I founded Greece, I planned for it to be a peaceful nation ruled by learning and science. But after Russia tried to extort money from me I sent wave after wave of troops in, spending years fighting a war I just couldn't win. The lesson of the empire-building game Civilization III is that governing is no easy task. I'm not the first emperor to paint himself into a corner, but I can do something the others couldn't: start over. Next time I will spend all my resources building up a huge army that will terrify the Russians. I'll get to all that learning and science nonsense later on. (Firaxis Games; $50; for PC; everyone)
BLACK & WHITE -- Religious philosophers may ask, why does God rain down destruction? Why does he perform miracles? Why does he spend his infinite time meddling with the affairs of humankind? Perhaps the answer is in Black & White, a game that mixes strategy, city building, adventure and many other game genres. The player is a god whose goal is to be loved, worshiped, feared and, most important, believed in. The explanation for his unpredictable actions? He's just trying to get the high score. (Lionhead Studios; $40; for PC; 13 and older)
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I spent Halloween this year at the Royal Academy of Arts, at an exhibition of little-known Italian renaissance artist Giovanni Battista Moroni. The exhibition showcases some of the painter's best works, including several altarpieces and portraits. As it was a blogger preview event, I met several bloggers (including Tabish Khan from the Londonist, Joy from The Joyous Living, Lizzie from Lizzie's World and Nigel), who can without a doubt provide a more academic review of the exhibition, which is curated by Arturo Galasino. Galasino is clearly passionate about the artist, and the conservation of his work – naming him among the greatest 16th century Italian painters.
Although skilled in execution, the altarpieces didn't appeal to me as much as the portraits did – as a former student of anthropology, I've always been interested in what portraits can say about the context they were created in. The most striking aspect of the collection was the use of colour, and how skilled Moroni was at capturing textures – the different shades of black he used added to the realism of the work, and the folds and patterns on the material in his work are so impressive – you'd never know there were so many shades of black!
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Before previewing the exhibition, I was invited to a lecture given by the curator, as well as former Director of Theatre Design at the Globe, Jenny Tiramani and actor and former Artistic Director Mark Rylance. Rylance was dressed in his outfit commissioned for his role as Countess Olivia, an exquisite garment that cost in the tens of thousands to create. Although beautiful, it was an absolute mission to get on! It was really interesting to discuss how garments were developed by male tailors, for women – and how corsets could often cause miscarriages in noblewomen. Although beautiful, I am more than a little glad that corsets are not in style.
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It seems unlikely that Silly Putty - a children's moulding toy - could prove useful in the medical world. But new research from the University of Michigan suggests that a key ingredient used in Silly Putty can turn embryonic stem cells into working spinal cord cells more efficiently.
The research team, including Jianping Fu, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan (U-M), says their findings may lead to new treatments for neurological disorders, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), Huntington's disease or Alzheimer's disease.
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In addition to these findings, the researchers discovered that the spinal cord cells grown on plush-like surfaces demonstrated electrical behaviors similar to that of neurons found in the human body.
Furthermore, the team identified a signaling pathway called Hippo/YAP, which regulates these electrical behaviors. Hippo/YAP also plays a part in organ size control and tumor growth prevention.
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The researchers say their study, recently published in the journal Nature Materials, is the first to directly link physical signals to human embryonic stem cell differentiation, rather than chemical signals.
In collaboration with doctors at the U-M Medical School, Prof. Fu and colleagues are now using this novel stem cell growth technique to develop new treatments for patients with Lou Gehrig's disease - a condition that kills motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, leading to paralysis.
"Professor Fu and colleagues have developed an innovative method of generating high-yield and high-purity motor neurons from stem cells," says Prof. Eva Feldman of the U-M Medical School. "For ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), discoveries like this provide tools for modeling disease in the laboratory and for developing cell-replacement therapies."
Medical News Today recently reported on a study detailing how stem cells can be cultivated without using human or animal cells.


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Do you agree or disagree with this ?
Kypreos "if the Leafs fizzle out and miss the playoffs, nobody is having a conversation about Bernier. He's done everything needed"
— Hope_Smoke (@Hope_Smoke) March 28, 2014
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leafy says:
It's all very simple. In the upcoming games, it all comes down to goaltending.
If we get goaltending like Bernier can provide when he's healthy, we win. If you don't, we lose. Simple as that.
The Leafs are currently a team built to rely on great goaltending. We're not San Jose or St. Louis. Goaltending is the key.
leafy says:
People, let's face the facts. We suck. We just plain suck. Let's not sugar coat it.
But we're still a young team. I hope Nonis doesn't do anything stupid this summer. The Leafs have some very good young pieces in place. Just have to keep tinkering some more, let the young players grow, and above all, WE NEED A NEW COACH!!!!!
LN91 says:
Nazem Kadri needs to be traded for an upgrade.
That should be the start.
Toronto has some promising prospects down the middle…Find a better solution that will solidify the center ice for the next few seasons, while developing the others properly.
leafy says:
Agreed, but the problem is Kadri's value has plummeted. It's going to be another Lee Stempniak trade, so may as well keep him and see if his stock rises next year.
blaze says:
We have some interesting prospects down the middle….what fantasy world are you living in?
LN91 says:
What has Kadri done to not warrant an upgrade?
leafmeister says:
He is much better than Grabovski, who everyone seemed ready to anoint the 2nd line centre. I'd give him another year for sure. A rookie who goes almost a PPG, then puts up 50 points is not someone you look to trade.
Obviously no one should be untouchable, but I'd think long and hard about dealing Kadri.
leafy says:
I must say I'm very disappointed in Kadri. But I'd still hold onto him given the modest return we'd get for him right now.
leafs_wallace93 says:
Gauthier, Holland, McKegg, Verhagaeghe, Carrick…. all better than Kadri.
LN91 says:
You people are all missing the point…
Guys like Gauthier, Holland, McKegg, and Verhaege all had great seasons this year…So, you have no idea what you have yet. Most likely, one will be a top-6 center.
You trade Kadri, bring in a better option like a Kesler or Staal and you have the C ice position ice set for the next few years with whomever, Bozak, and Bolland. Meanwhile, letting those 4 develop.
I feel like the Leafs are just being patient with Kadri…For something that is really not developing.
Great, he's good offensively some nights…He's streaky, and when he's off. He is TERRIBLE and useless.
blaze says:
Took awhile for me to finally admit it but If Toronto misses the axe falls on Carlyle. What disappoints me the most about this is essentially giving a pass to players who didn't perform.
All recent Cup winners had coaches that were stern preaching hard work, checking and defence. We get a coach of that mold and it's ' a bad fit '. I don't know what to think of this season, missing the playoffs will really sting, it felt like they were in this year.
leafy says:
It's a really fine line between winning and losing. In one moment, you win 18 of 21 games, and then short time later, you lose 7 straight.
I look at Tampa Bay in 2002, a team that totally sucked. But they had assembled some really good young players and in 2004 went all the way.
I hope Nonis doesn't go completely crazy in the summer. Find ways to improve the soft spots, but don't make any ill advised quick fixes.
leafs_wallace93 says:
Yep, so many people are crying 'tear it down right now' but would hate to see what's been built stripped down due to panic moves.
People that can't appreciate the good pieces of this roster are forgetting when Kaberle and Stajan was our top talent.
leafs_wallace93 says:
Love to see Phaneuf and Franson in another city.
leafmeister says:
I would respect Nonis so much if he dealt Phaneuf.
Gambo says:
Fuck.This. Fire the coach. Fire the GM for all I care. Trade everyone except Bernier and Rielly.
LN91 says:
I'm okay with Reilly/Gardiner…I understand the concept of their play, and they have shown some glimpses of stronger defence. But that is experience.
Unlike Kadri, I have never questioned the effort of Reilly/Gardiner. The latter has been the only scoring threat for the Leafs in the last while.
Gambo says:
Yeah Gardiner has been really impressive, i'd definitely keep him too. Rielly might be the best defenseman on the team already.
LN91 says:
We need a captain. Phaneuf might be an okay player (although terrible in this streak)…But we need a guy that will carry this team on their back.
3 horrible collapses in the last 3 years should say something about the leadership…Do the Leafs even know who the leader is?
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This year,
Dion Phaneuf 7pts, -16 in the last 14 games during a playoff race – $7mil for 7 years.
Cody Franson 3pts, -3 in the last 14 games during a playoff race. $2mil
Last playoffs
Dion Phaneuf 7 games, 3pts, -6
Cody Franson 7 games, 6pts, even
Yet Franson is a defensive liability and only a powerplay specialist and Dion is a "shutdown" guy…I'll take the cheap guy who can handle the pressure. Enjoy 7 more years of Captain Collapse at $7mil.
LN91 says:
That's the issue, when the games get tough…Phaneuf folds like paper.
Franson has been bad…The only issue he has from being a decent player, which he cannot control, is footspeed and lateral mobility. If he had that, most of his mistakes would be gone.
You need to skate to make it as a D-Men these days.
Gambo says:
I think you're the only one who doesn't think Franson is a defensive liability. He can be a good player, but he makes bad decisions with the puck often and like LN91 said, he's just too slow. Phaneuf has yes played really bad down this stretch, but he's still way more valuable than Franson.
LN91 says:
If Franson skated better…He would be a 10x better player.
I actually thinks he handles the puck well, his shot always gets through traffic, and his positioning on D is not terrible.
However, he has quicksand feet…And when a player can get a step on him. Night.
leafs_wallace93 says:
Helm read him like a book last night and exposed him. Franson's best asset is that he doesn't hesitate with the puck and puts it on net through traffic and catches everyone off guard.
Helm knew he'd shoot and committed forcing the turn over to a break away. I'm sure Babcock briefed his team on that.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
You're reading the comment the wrong way…it was more sarcastic in relation to comments on how Franson is so horrible and Phaneuf is a key piece we can't replace. Phaneuf is the better player on the overall, no doubt. Franson gets blasted constantly because he is having an off year, yet makes less than a third of Phaneuf and is not a top pairing D. He never will be and should be treated as such.
I have read so much flip-flopping on here about players from month to month. A lot from people who blast someone one minute for disliking a guy, then the flop, then they flop back again while all the while blasting others for not agreeing.
I said this all along and I still stand by it. Phaneuf is replaceable. He can't handle the pressure. I also like Franson as a 4 guy and still stand by it, he has enough hockey smarts to eliminate some of his bad decision making. He is big, hits and a good PP guy. At the right price (about half what Phaneuf will make) he is a good piece to keep.
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leafy says:
It's a really really badly coached team. There's no real system and there's no discipline, and nobody knows what the hell they're doing, when they have the puck and when they don't have the puck.
I'll use the much-maligned Franson as one example. Two nights in a row, he fires a point shot shot from the blueline into the legs of an oncoming forward, then we get burned on the counter attack (tonight) or the resulting penalty from the counter attack (Friday). This has absolutely nothing to do with Franson's talent or ability. It's poor decision making resulting from from lack of accountability and discipline. ie, the coach.
It's the little errors and details like this that has killed the Leafs. This is correctable with the proper coach and teacher.
LN91 says:
This goes farther then coaching leafy…
Let's look at Kadri, Phaneuf or Gunarsson…That is 2 coaches in a row they chased out. Carlyle is no slouch…Just because the Leafs are doing poorly, the onus is always on the coaches or goalies of the team.
The Leafs can fire Carlyle tomorrow…Bring in another great winning like Laviolette, and he will be blamed for the Leafs shortcomings by the end of next season.
For once, someone needs to sit back and say…This group of skaters do not mesh at all together.
leafy says:
The sad reality is that if Phaneuf and Gunnarson are your number 1 pair, then you're screwed. And sure enough, we're screwed.
I'd say Phaneuf is a no. 2 at best and Gunnarson is maybe a 4 or 5. That's my honest assessment.
The D in general is extremely timid and unable or unwilling to consistently win 1 on 1 battles for the puck.
Kadri has struggled, no doubt about it. I really don't know if he's going to get better. I don't think anybody knows. We'll have to wait and see.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
I have been saying all along as long as Phaneuf/Gunnar is our top pair…it's just not good enough and I totally agree on your assessment of both (Phaneuf is easily a number 2 though or weak 1)
leafy says:
Okay, Phaneuf is a solid no. 2. But glad everyone now agrees we need a true no. 1.
leafy says:
For people calling for a "shake up", I really don't know what moves the Leafs can make. The players that Leaf fans want shipped out (eg, Franson, Kadri, Reimer) have struggled, so we're not going to get big return, or at least I'd be shocked if we did.
Ideally you'd want to retain Gardiner, and Rielly is untouchable.
Maybe you need to trade one of the core players. You'd want to keep Kessel and JVR intact, so maybe Lupul is sacrificed for either a good center or blueliner.
Tough decisions for Nonis this summer.
LN91 says:
Okay, but if Lupul is sacrificed for a center…What o the Leafs do with 4 centers?
I just look at Chicago or even what Datsyuk has done in Detroit…Sometimes, having stability down the middle puts less pressure for a team to develop their players and these guys turn out to be great (ie. Riley Sheahan.
I do not think Kadri brings that stability…If you can package him for a decent center this offseason (I feel like someone will be available)…Do it.
leafmeister says:
If Carolina is actually looking to move Skinner, could Kadri be a fit there? The Leafs would have to add some pieces, but Skinner would give them basically a Kessel-lite for the second line with potential for much more.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
I like Skinner, but we need to get bigger and tougher to play against.
leafmeister says:
Getting another core top 6 locked up at under 6 mil would be huge though. He may not address a crucial team need, but would make the Leafs speed game all that much more deadly.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
Sorry, but imo, Speed isn't enough. You have to win battles. People may hate this, but much of the game is won along the boards. Control the puck and on most nights, you have the best chance to win. The Wilson coached teams believed in speed as well. We need to be stronger on the puck and tougher without it. That's what we need to address. Bozak, Kessel, JVR, Gardiner, Rielly will give us enough speed. Re-sign Raymond cheap enough for the third line and we have enough speed. Now, we need to surround them with puck battle types that can play. We need a Kessler down the middle, we need Floigno and Kassian types. You can take away a teams speed and space, but you can't take away their size and ability to win battles.
leafmeister says:
There is no substitute for raw goal scoring ability, which Skinner has.
Bottom 6 guys with grit can come and go (except Clarkson, he is here to stay), but if you can get a player with Skinner's ability to score for a good price, you do it.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
If we lacked that element I would agree with you, but we have Kessel. Then and up and coming power forward in JVR. We will have offence form the D in Gardiner and Rielly. Skinner is $5.8 mil per, not cheap and when you add that to Kessel, Clarkson and what JVR will want at end of his contract, that`s a lot of dough tied up and only one real 20+ goal potential, grinder guy(Clarkson) who is tough to play against. I really like Skinner, I just don`t think he is the piece we should add if we move a Kadri+ or other high asset.
LN91 says:
Rumor has it, with Rutherford going down and ownership wanting a rebuild…Carolina will depart with pieces.
I look to a guy like Erik Staal…And he would probably take up the second-line C position with a guy like Lupul.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
A rebuild means Carolina trading Skinner makes no sense.
I wonder what the price would be for Jordan Staal? Cap hit is a bit high, but he would give us that big two-way centre down the middle and probably cost less than Eric. Could Kadri be a piece that could go the other way for J. Staal. Both coming off disappointing seasons, but both young with potential.
leafmeister says:
Know what is gonna be fun? Negotiating Rielly's contract.
If a player who has been strictly average since 2008 gets 7, how much does an actual star get? (I really do think Rielly will be a star, possibly by the time his entry level contract is up)
leafs_wallace93 says:
I did not enjoy last night's season finally of the Toronto Maples Leafs.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
We need a stud D. Time for people to realize it ISN'T Phaneuf. Is he a good D-man? Absolutely, but he will not and has not carried this team at the most crucial times. We still need to get tougher to play against.
Go for Weber
To Nashville
Lupul, Kadri, Gunnar, Reimer, 2016 1st
To Toronto
Weber and we will take Gaustad as well for salary cap reasons.
To Columbus
To Toronto
Savard, Prout, Foligno
Let Kulimen walk.
Franson 3 years $3.5 mil per
Bolland 4 years $4mil per
Raymond 2 years $2.5 mil per
Gardiner 2 years $2.5 mil per bridge deal
McClement 2 years $2mil per
Ranger 2 years $1.35 per
Brian Elliot 3 years $2mil per
Still lots of cap room left
Tentative line-up with cap room to maneuver.
JVR Bozak Kessel
Foligno Bolland Clarkson
Raymond Holland Gaustad
McLaren McClement Bodie
Rielly Weber
Gardiner Franson
Gleason Prout/Savard
Bernier, Elliot
Tired of this speed wins mentality…you also need the right horses.
As for Carlyle, I am not thrilled with him, but I still believe we do not have the right mix of players yet and that should be addressed first.
lafleur10 says:
if your trading for weber rielly is going the other way they don't want riemer as they have rinne,lupul is laughable they'll ask you for a package of rielly,kadri a 2014 1st
realistic_leafs_fan says:
Reimer makes a perfect back-up and if Rinne's recent injury re-occurs…Reimer has the ability to step and play like a number 1. Lupul is not laughable, he gives them winger scoring which they don't have and adds leadership. Gunnar adds defensive play and can log 20 mins a game. This is the perfect time for Nashville to trade Weber. They are deep on D with talent but lack a defensive d-man, quality back-up and scoring up-front.
If Nasville thinks they are getting a return equal to Rielly, Kadri a 1st, possibly +, they are whacked. Why would the Leafs trade Rielly, who has all-star potential, plus Kadri and a first to get an all-star who will be 29 years old to start next season and has a contract at $7.8 until he's like 36. Weber is elite, but Rielly might be as well given time. Nash may ask for him, but they know they are not getting him.
leafmeister says:
I think I agree with Lafleur here, if for no other reason than the Flyers would be willing and able to throw more assets at Nashville than Nonis.
Weber would help, but there isn't really a fit.
lafleur10 says:
then you won't get weber rielly can have all the potential he wants nashville will not trade their franchside defenceman and a top5 in the league for bit parts they'lll telll the leafs and nonis any deal for weber starts with rielly rinne's injuries are behind him riemer there would be a backup lupul is laughable and injury prone he doesn't help them at all and gunnarson isno more than a 5-6 defenceman their he's no where near jones,josi,delzotto,you wonn't get weber for spare parts rielly will be the center piece for any deal involving weber kadri,will give them their top 6 a 1st and rielly will get that deal done the package you prosposing will get dav nonis laughed at by david poile
realistic_leafs_fan says:
Yep, you guys always say it will take "at least (some huge amount)" and guys like Weber almost never go for what people expect they will. If they are being made available, the returns are rarely what is expected.
Kovalchuk went for Odouya, Cormier, Bergfors and a 1st(expected late first).
Carter(young 40+ goal scorer and great cap hit) went for Voracek a 1st and 3rd
Richards went for Simmonds and B Schenn
Nash for Dubinsky, Anisimov, Erixson and a 1st
Pronger for Lupul, Sbisa, two 1sts and a third
Where`s all the superstars these guys were traded for? The closest would be what Philly got for Richards. Otherwise it's potential, picks and some spare parts for star players, but rarely a blue chip D goes the other way.
Gambo says:
Nash requested a trade. Kovalchuk was a UFA. Carter isn'f near as valuable as Weber and same with Richards who got Schenn back(considered the best player outside the NHL at the time).
Weber is the best defenseman in the NHL, bottom line is Rielly, Kessel or JVR + will be needed to get him.
leafs_wallace93 says:
Weber is questionably top ten, if he was younger he'd be worth a lot more.
lafleur10 says:
gambo i think weber could be had without giving up van reimsdyk or kessel but the package he's proposing is lauhgable at best,as you and i said weber is one of the top 5 defenceman in the game he's a franchise defenceman and a game changer teams (nashville won't ) give him up for gunnarson.lupul,riemer and a 2016 1st that's just rediculuos on so many levela gunnarson is no more than a 5-6th defenceman lupul is injury prone and not a very good player anymore they don't need riemer and the 2016 1st is also a non starter the 1st would have to be this year rielly would be part of that package so would kadri that would at least peak nashville's interest the proposal he's making would get nonis lauhed off the phone…(he's not dealing with garth snow here)
realistic_leafs_fan says:
Nashville will trade him due to money issues, not performance issues. Teams who unload stars because of money issues never get full value…especially when there is a small window timeline to get it done in. No way the Leafs give up Rielly, Kadri and this years first + to a team desperate to move the guy and would be stuck with him after July 1st. It's laughable to think they would.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
Weber is owed a $13mil signing bonus on July 1st. Unlikely he moves if Nashville pays it. Also unlikely any GM pays full value if Poille insists the acquiring team incurs the bonus so the trade must happen prior to July 1st. If other GM's know they are desperate to move him and save the bonus plus the $14mil salary the next two seasons, plus the $12mil salary the following two seasons…Lupul, Reimer, Gunnar, Kadri and a 1st plus we take Gaustad's salary, may be the best deal they get.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
I also acknowledged Richards got good value. Main reason…it was an unexpected trade. Weber's is not unexpected.
leafy says:
Good thing the Leafs didn't trade their first pick at the deadline. They could be drafting anywhere between 15th and 6th overall, depending on how they play their last six games.
leafmeister says:
Wouldn't they have an extremely outside chance at 1st overall?
leafy says:
Looking at the standings again, it is mathematically possible for the Leafs to finish in the bottom 5 (draft lottery), but it's extremely unlikely. Calgary or NYI would likely not catch the Leafs even if the Leafs lost their remaining 6 games. But it's kind of funny that it's even possible given how the season has gone.
Gambo says:
Bottom 15 are now included in the draft lottery
leafy says:
Looks like I missed that new rule.
93killer93 says:
Ya it was part of the new CBA, instead of moving up 4 spots for winning the draft lottery, you automatically get the 1st pick.
doorman says:
At this point I am not even sure what to say about this team. The talent is there, but something is lacking. Is Carlyle a great coach? No, but he is a good one, things just haven't worked out here. It's funny if you think about it, Wilson wanted to play run n gun didn't have the horses. Carlyle has the horses, but there appears to be no system. Something or Someone has to give, Nonis, will get to fire at least one coach before he is considered for replacement, IMO.
realistic_leafs_fan says:
There may be a system, but maybe the players are just not playing it(partly coaching problem). The players have been playing run n gun all season even though Carlyle doesn't seem to want them to. I think what we are seeing is the inevitable. I think the players were seeing success with the "counter attack" game and just fell into bad habits that Carlyle cannot seem to break. They are probably more willing to listen now, but it takes time to change, and that is a luxury they don't have.
Personally, I felt all season as long as we continue to play without the puck and be a "counter attack" team it will eventually catch up with us and I think now it has. I am a little surprised we didn't go through something like this earlier tbh.
But, teams have tightened up and intensity is up during the playoff drive and the Leaf players are just not finding as much open room. Our D core is also being exposed with the intensity up for how we are not tough enough in our own end and that needs to be addressed.imo
Teams like LA, St.Louis, Boston, Chicago, SJ will continue to control us until we change some personel and get a little bigger, stronger, tougher to play against and better along the walls. We also seem to have some key players whose games suffer when the pressure is on…they disappear basically. Phaneuf and Kadri especially have struggled with pressure.
As for Carlyle, if it is his system to collapse everyone to the net while defending(may just be the players doing it out of panic). I don't like it. Our forwards are never in position to win a race along the walls against a pinching D. I would like them to stay a little higher to back off the opposing D from pinching so much.
This team continued to win somehow despite itself all season. Talent is there for sure, but I don't think we have the right complimentary players yet. Up front, we have speed and skill, but lack enough quality guys with size that can cycle the puck and wear the other teams D down. On the backend, we are too easy to cycle against and our centres are too small to help down low.
Kessel, JVR, Rielly, Bernier and maybe even a Gardiner with the right mix of D or a Bolland in the 2-3 spot you can build around. Forget the Raymonds, Kulimen's, Kadri's as top 9 guys. We need more value priced Clarkson types up-front (not all $5mil per guys) with the guys I mentioned. On D, we need to be bigger and stronger(yet still mobile)…forget the Gunnarssons. I also have no problem leaving out Franson if we can improve on him, but not with another "puck mover with great wheels" type.
Changes are needed, but a coaching change cannot solve the personel issues. Maybe a new coach and some personel are needed.
kessel_leafs81 says:
One point I want to make is, how many players on the leafs are playing in their first full complete season? A lot of players are simply going to run out of gas. A lot of the players have only had one year full time too, Of course this isnt an excuse but we shouldnt be ready to ship everyone out. One more year experience and with gardiner looking to take off next year and the emergence of reilly, a full season of bernier as number one.. a good sign that komarov comes back next year and then we have a guy who sparks energy into the team night in and night out and guys feed off his work ethic.. Sign a new face or two in free agency and see what happens. Do not go and over pay for a top 6 forward or top 4 D and ruin the team.. I dont think we should be desperate yet. In my opinion sign a chris higgins or jason chimera type player whos a very good depth player that provides offense and is a bigger player and I think we'll be better off going that route.
kessel_leafs81 says:
Personally this is how I would love to see the leafs lineup going into next year.
Sign Vrbata, 4.75 mill 3 years (veteran that looks to be testing the market, making 3mill right now on pace for a lower end of 50+ points, sign him to a bit more then bozak numbers)
Let kuli (have a feeling will be asking too much) and raymond go.
Sign Steve Ott 3.5 mill(predicting he resigns but were most likely going to let bolland go so for the purpose of this i like him)
Trade gunnarson at the draft for some picks. And sign a cheaper bottom 2 defenceman that has grit to him (douglas murray type)
JVR (4.25) – bozak (4.2) – Kessel (8)
lupul (5.25) – kadri (2.9) – vrbata (4.75)
clarkson (5.25) – ott (3.5) – komarov (1.5)
ashton (.950) – mcclement (1.5) – bodie (.600)
Phaneuf (7) – reilly (.894)
Gardiner (3) – Franson ( 3.5)
Gleason (4) – murray ( 1.5)
Ranger (1)
Bernier (2.9)
Reimer (1.8)
Salary : 55.344 mill
I may have low balled some of the resignings, but even if i tack on another 7 million to the contracts.. which makes 62.344 with a projected cap at 71.1 million.. We have a ton of cap space to work with. I love watching vrbata on phx and i think is underrated.
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