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Wilde Life: the official Kim Wilde fansite
Volkskrant (Netherlands)
Toine Hattink
Peter Koops wrote in the Volkskrant on November 16 about Kim Wilde's concert. He makes a few random remarks, without further elaboration. For instance, he says that the music plays on the teenager's puberal world of thought. Where does he get that from? Is that how he experiences it, has he asked his son or does he just interpret it from the age of the audience.
Also Kim made the impression of a sex symbol on him. Come on. This takes more than just a nice appearance. I had to laugh about the line that said she looked like the baker's daughter. I hope he has gotten rid of the dirt out of his eyes by now.
Volkskrant (Netherlands), December 4, 1982
Wilde Life on...
About Wilde Life
History of Wilde Life
Katrien Vercaigne
Marcel Rijs


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Jawoll was een Duitse band uit de NDW-periode.

Bezetting
 Kornelia Scholz (zang)
 Robert Foster (gitaar)
 Richard Herberger (keyboard)
 Jochen Bien (basgitaar)
 Matthias Kutschke (drums)

Carrière
Jawoll werd in 1981 geformeerd door Kornelia Scholz en Matthias Kutschke aan de Kunsthochschule in Kassel. De gitarist Robert Foster was Engelsman, waardoor de gecomponeerde songs hoofdzakelijk in het Engels werden gebracht, waaronder hun latere succesnummer Taxi. Geïnspireerd door de band Ideal besloot de band, alleen nog Duitstalige songs te componeren. Er waren niet veel optredens nodig om ontdekt te worden door Rüssl Räckords, het label van de komiek Otto Waalkes. Er volgde de publicatie van het eerste en enige album Jawoll, waarvan de single Taxi de top 20 van de Duitse singlehitlijst bereikte. Veroorzaker voor het succes was een tv-optreden in het populaire muziekprogramma Bananas. De tweede single Rendezvous van het album bereikte op het nippertje de Top 50 van de Duitse singlehitlijst. Na herhaalde wisselingen van de labels verscheen in 1984 de laatste single Ich bin verrückt nach dir. In 1986 werd de band definitief ontbonden.

De gitarist Robert Foster emigreerde na de ontbinding naar Canada en verbond zich daar met de zangeres Jann Arden,  waarmee hij enkele internationale successen boekte. Zangeres Kornelia Scholz overleed in 1988 aan de gevolgen van leukemie.

Discografie

Singles
 1982: Taxi
 1982: Marmelade
 1983: Rendezvous
 1984: Ich möchte bei Dir sein
 1984: Ich bin verrückt nach Dir

Albums
 1982: Jawoll

Duitse band

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Grey Ghost Gear is a reputable player in the survival gear market. They set out to create a pack that fulfills all your needs, while making it as lightweight as possible.
This pack is smaller than others we reviewed, which makes it easier to maneuver in tight spaces and also limits the amount of gear you pack, ensuring that you are not overpacking.
This pack goes for simplicity with 3 compartments. The large main pocket is a half clamshell design. Although this pack does not have a lot of internal storage built in, this main compartment does have two pockets in the bottom for secure storage and organization within this compartment.
The outside of the pack also features plenty of MOLLE webbing to aid in packing in the gear you need. However, the MOLLE webbing is about ⅔ the size of typical webbing. It still works just as effectively, but is another way that Grey Ghost Gear was able to cut down on undesired weight.
The front pocket has a vertical zipper orientation, and the 3rd pocket in the back is ideal for storing a hydration bladder complete with a pass through opening.
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filed: June 7, 2012 • Australia
Health issues raised in windfarm debate
Credit: Chris Oldfield, The Border Watch | www.borderwatch.com.au 6 June 2012 ~~
Pulsing sensations in the head, ringing in the ears and nocturnal panic attacks are some of the symptoms which Millicent beef producer David Mortimer claims have led him to consider suicide.
Mr Mortimer almost broke down while giving evidence against Infigen Energy's proposed Woakwine Windfarm to Wattle Range Council's independent Development Assessment Panel (DAP).
The DAP welcomed comments from residents on Monday as part of the decision making process on the approval of the proposed windfarm.
"To have the continuous pulsing in your head, it is like your brain getting squeezed, you can't get away from it, there is no escape, I can put in ear plugs, but it is still there," Mr Mortimer said.
"I get nocturnal panic attacks at night – I don't know what I'm trying to get away from."
During the day Mr Mortimer experienced dizziness, feelings of his heart being in high speed "flutter" mode, fits of depression and wanted to go to sleep "and not wake up".
"I've considered suicide when I've been in a state of depression, and I've never been that way before," he said.
"My wife experiences acute bouts of dizziness and loss of balance that only occurs when we are home.
"Clinical tests have failed to find a cause and medications have had no effect."
They did not experience any of the symptoms until "after the (Lake Bonney) turbines were commissioned and in operation," Mr Mortimer said.
Many years ago Mr Mortimer and his wife signed a confidentiality agreement to receive thousands of dollars annually for two Lake Bonney wind turbines on their farm.
One was 750 metres from their house and the symptoms started within a year, but they did not believe they were caused by the turbines.
But unable to stand the whooshing sound, they purchased a 10 acre block and built an energy efficient dream home, 2.5km from the nearest turbine.
However, he claims they were still affected, although symptoms disappeared as soon as they left their new home for one or two days.
If Infigen Energy's windfarm is approved, the view from the Mortimer's new home will no longer be sunsets across coastal dunes and water, but an arc of 23 turbines.
"In the quantities proposed, in no man's language could the frantic tangle of knives in the sky be considered aesthetically pleasing, especially when they are in ones face day after day for the rest of our lives," Mr Mortimer said.
Lake Bonney resident Katherine Downs presented a letter on behalf of Lake Bonney Windfarm owners highlighting a heads of agreement "that no windmill will be placed further northward than on top of Elephant Hill".
She gave evidence the document was recognised by council, and on that basis she and her husband purchased their property.
Mrs Downs said she and her husband were never advised of Infigen's proposed Woakwine Windfarm.
She already had a turbine 1.5km from her home and "we do hear them quite loudly when the wind blows from the east", even when the doors and windows are closed.
Mrs Downs slammed the current development process as "secretive, underhanded and destructive to all of the property owners".
Source: Chris Oldfield, The Border Watch | www.borderwatch.com.au 6 June 2012
Tag: Complaints

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If you're working on the TextRain assignment, here is some advice which may help.
It shows how to obtain the brightness of a given pixel, using brightness().
The BrightnessThresholding example compares the brightness of every pixel with a threshold. TextRain doesn't need to test the brightness of all pixels: in only needs to test the brightness of the one pixel under each letter. Thus you won't need updatePixels().
TextRain doesn't set any pixels in a new image; it only moves a letter up or down depending on the brightness of the underlying pixel.
A little object-oriented programming isn't absolutely essential, but it would really help a lot. You could make each letter its own object, that stores its position and character. These letter objects should provide methods for testing pixel brightness and drawing itself. If you don't understand this, then you should consult one of the Processing books where they discuss Objects.
It will help to know how to calculate the index number (in the camera's array of pixels) of the pixel under a given letter located at (x,y). The general formula for this is: index = y*videoWidth + x. If you don't understand this, then you should consult one of the Processing books where they discuss array index numbering in image pixel buffers.


Well over a month ago Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. As the legend goes, winter will give way to an early spring. We would have to say the rodent was on to something this year. The recent weather was very spring like; however we aren't out of the weeds yet.
There's a coastal storm brewing up and a small craft advisory is in effect for Thursday. With southeast 20kts winds gusting to 30kts things will be churred up. Being only a couple days off the full moon (with a +1.62′ tide) there's a coastal flood advisory for Thursday night. The bay's high tide at the Causeway Bridge is at midnight so fortunately the worst will be in the overnight. Friday & Saturday are windy with cold night lows. Chance of snow Tuesday; however things warm up again to finish off the month with spring like weather.
We are looking forward to more good days like recently because fishing opportunities await. The more sunshine, the better it will get. Striped bass, winter flounder and perch. It's firing up.
The early season spots (rivers, creeks, shallow mud flats) are the first places to look every year for striped bass. Few are participating but a couple reports of winter flounder from the deep bay. We suggest fishing the areas around the bridges live bloodworms. The upper reaches of creeks with brackish waters will produce perch March and April.
Store staffer Dan was out fishing with some friends on Monday. He reported good fun fishing with small bass chewing small plugs. "I caught a bunch. The small Yo-zuri Mag Darer was working." He was back out Wednesday for a sunset session with store staffer Frezza. They reported much slower fishing but they caught a couple.
I dunked the boat on Tuesday and took a look at a few spots. The general areas were cold with water temperatures in the mid to low 40's. A couple areas I wanted to look at were just about dry. The full moon's super low tide shut off access to the flats however it roamed around and looks at some new water. The trip was a valuable scouting mission because a lot has changed. I'm looking forward to getting back out again soon for some recon and hopefully some fish!


Denmark has the objective of increasing its total area of forest to approx. 20% before the end of this century. Credit: NaturGrafik.dk.
The history of Danish forests, from 2 % to now 14 % of the land area.
Did you know that most of Denmark originally was covered by forest, but after centuries of uncontrolled felling and clearance for agriculture, just 2-3% of Denmark was covered by forest around 1800.
Since adoption of the Danish Forest Act in 1805, forest clearance has been banned in Denmark, and at the same time great efforts were initiated to plant more forests. The overall area of Danish forests has therefore increased significantly, and it is still increasing.
Objective of increasing the total area of forest.
Denmark has the objective of increasing its total area of forest to approx. 20% before the end of this century. This means that more CO2 will be prevented from release into the atmosphere, groundwater will be protected from fertiliser resides from agriculture, and a more varied natural landscape will be created, with a high degree of biodiversity.
Norway spruce grow on 19% of the forest area and it is still the most common tree species in Denmark.
Source: The Danish Environmental Protection Agency, klimatilpasning.dk.


A generic WordPress theme can never be said to be sports, health or Fitness WordPress theme. Especially Health and fitness site themes are purposefully developed with a view to providing the kind of user experience a user need who is looking for health and sports related information. When it comes to having a WordPress blog about Sports or fitness, it has to be treated with care. If you want to create a health and fitness product shop on WordPress, this list of health fitness and sports WordPress themes is you bae.
When it comes to starting and manage a website focused on sports, fitness or health you can always rely upon the best content management system, WordPress. I prefer this technology not because it is easy but because it saves your precious time. However, you can always choose to go with a custom WordPress theme but why spend thousands when you can do the same with a few dollars readymade template which can also be customized and modified according to your needs?
Yeah probably above is the reason why there are hundreds of WordPress themes are developed especially for gyms, fitness clubs, sports item shops and health blogs.
You are going to take a look at the best WordPress theme solely made for Heath niche sites. Without any specific order, I would start this.
BnB is almost a one stop choice for a person who is looking for a website or blog in this niche or industry. Even if you're planning a shop, social media, membership site or content based blog, this BnB WordPress theme is a perfect fit for that design.
This one is the best choice if you are looking for a creatively effective and effectively creative WordPress theme for your gym or health club website. Especially for communities or membership sites concentrated around health, fitness or lifestyle.
I would go with Equipo only if I own a sports team or I am designing a website around sports team or club. It is a solely and intentionally developed theme for this purpose only. You can also check out the demo for the explanation.
I hardly think if I would need more words to describe this. The name of the template itself clears everything about it.
Fit Plus is a well structured responsive WordPress theme for graphically attractive and creatively flexible WordPress theme which is awesome enough to turn your first-time reader into a repeated user of your website. Turning that lead into sales is absolutely very easy now.
Fit Pro is yet one of the best Sports and Health Club themes on themeforest which is not actually FREE. Of course, none of the themes listed here is FREE. It has impressed me a lot with the layout configuration options and the flexibility of the design.
It incorporates all the necessary features that much be there in a cool WordPress theme for a health blog.
FlexMag is not actually a theme for health based website. It is actually a magazine WordPress layout. But when it comes to talking about a theme for a kind of website that contains articles around fitness, health and body, I always suggest this design.
Let me get in the fact that we are listing WordPress themes for outdoor games and games/sports club websites also. So, the GameDay is one of the only WordPress themes that fits here.
It is always a mess to choose the last alternative as there is a huge completion between so many candidates and you only have to select one.
And Gym Base is a feature rich WordPress theme that can help you create a uniquely near-perfect website around sports and health.


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Q: Web Developer curious about developing for the Android Hey there,
So I've been heavily focused on design/development using web technology for the last few years (php/mysql, javascript, etc), and I'm a bit hesitant to start learning C++.. At the same time, I see it as a potentially enjoyable learning experience.
To keep things brief, right now I'm developing an online app that plots out certain locations on a map, and you can sort through these locations and do a bunch of other nifty things..sorry to be vague. The point is: I don't see any real advantages of making this an actual "app" when the entire functionality of the app itself can do quite fine through the modern mobile browser..
Not to mention that, by living in a browser, it's much less proprietary
So, my question is: Is there any way to make a simple app that's basically porting the user to my site? I guess it'd be convenient that as an app, the user has a nice little icon to click on when they do need to access it..

A: Android development relies heavily on Java.  So you are all ready on the right track.
However if you just want to make an app that brings people to your website, running javascript I am guessing, this is easy to do with android.
Android supports the webkit browser and has a view group called WebView.  Your app can be nothing more than a shortcut on a desktop that opens a webview directly pointed to your website.  It could add other options to point to other parts of your website like bookmarks.
WebView webview = new WebView(this);
setContentView(webview);
weview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webview.loadUrl("yoursiteurlgoeshere);

A lot of apps on the market are actually based around a WebView.  There are other classes that allow you more control over the view, like whether links are opened in the webview or in a new browser, or whether the user is allowed to use the resize options, etc.
Welcome to Android.

A: There is a massive article on exactly this type of idea. It discusses a number of different things and is well worth the read if you are indeed interested in making a cross-phone web-app. It talks about an html5 facility in the works for creating such a thing as you describe, but it isn't quite universal yet.
Here is an article on making an iphone app in html5.
You can also use phonegap to port your design to andorid.
also, check out a jquery plugin calld jqtouch if you are interseted in developing touch capable applications quickly.
If you are worried about speed and the issue of internet connectivity, you can use html5 local storage features which are available on both android and itouch. Ibm has a great series on these issues and part 2 covers local storage.

A: No. The problem with web technology on a mobile device is the delay. You are far away from the server, so a lot of the things you can easily do with a normal client creates a very bad user experience on a mobile device. The roundtrip time is simply too large. You have to move much more functionality to the client. This client is also less powerfull, and tends to have limits on caching large elements

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How is this related to C++?

There is also a C++ API which is only recently available. Google calls it the NDK (Native Development Kit). Information about it can be found here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html
I personally haven't developed using the NDK. The only real reason someone would really need to would be to write a high-performance application that can't stand the overhead of the Java JVM--which is getting more and more rare these days IMO.
As far as creating a simple app with a web container in it, see Phobos' response. That is exactly how I'd do it personally.

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Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution
The Oppression Remedy: Can it be used by a terminated employee who is also a shareholder?
Rahim Merchant
October 22, 2014 | Download PDF
Terminating any employee can have serious repercussions if not done correctly from a legal standpoint. Employers must recognize that terminating an employee who is also a shareholder of the corporation can be even more complex and that an oppression remedy is available to the employee/shareholder. If terminated, an employee/ shareholder can bring an action that deems the termination to be oppressive. A cautionary approach is always advised when determining the future of an employee/shareholder; in particular, the circumstances revolving around the termination because said circumstances could be perceived to be a pattern of oppressive conduct. One must also be aware of the limited circumstances in which the Court will find oppression.
Alberta's Business Corporations Act permits a shareholder to apply to a Court for an oppression remedy in the face of oppressive or harmful conduct by the corporation or by its other shareholders. Recent case law from various jurisdictions across Canada shows that the oppression remedy is available to a terminated employee/shareholder in certain circumstances where the act of oppression was a continual pattern or where the employment was unique. Furthermore, in recent case law the Courts have reached their respective decisions pursuant to the facts. In other words, the Court's determination is fact-specific.
The following are recent cases that exemplify the oppression remedy:
In Naneff v. Con-Crete Holdings Ltd., the Defendant Corporation, Con-Crete Holdings Ltd., was a closely held corporation run by a father and his sons. The Plaintiff, Naneff, was a manager, director, and shareholder in the business, and had worked in the business all of his life. The trial judge found that this unique employment was closely connected with Naneff's shareholder rights, and that the dismissal was part of an overall pattern of oppression. The trial judge ordered damages similar to those that would have been awarded if the Plaintiff had been successful in a wrongful dismissal claim.
In Clitheroe v. Hydro One Inc., the Plaintiff, Clitheroe, was the CEO of the Defendant Corporation, Hydro One Inc. Clitheroe also was a shareholder in Hydro One Inc. Clitheroe was allegedly terminated for just cause. Instead of commencing a legal action based on wrongful dismissal, Clitheroe commenced an action under the oppression remedy provisions as contained in the Ontario Business Corporations Act. The Court struck out Clitheroe's claim because she failed to allege a pattern of oppressive conduct by Hydro One Inc.
In 2082825 Alberta Inc. v. Platinum Wood Finishing Inc., the Plaintiff, incorporated under 2082825 Alberta Inc., agreed to be a minority shareholder in the Defendant Corporation, Platinum Wood Finishing, on the condition that he would be the President of the Corporation. The Plaintiff was terminated from the Defendant Corporation when he fell ill. Furthermore, this was done in contravention to the Unanimous Shareholder's Agreement ("USA") executed by the parties in the action. The Court determined that there was an intimate connection between the employment contract and the USA. As such, the wrongful dismissal was sufficient ground to find oppression.
In Hawkes v. Levelton Consultants Ltd. the Plaintiff, Hawkes, was terminated as an employee who also happened to be a shareholder of the Defendant Corporation, Levelton Consultants. The Court found that Hawkes had been wrongfully terminated by Levelton. The Court also found that the actions of the Defendant Corporation were oppressive in their conduct towards the Plaintiff. This was based on the Plaintiff's assertion that he was terminated because he blocked a shareholder resolution that would have benefitted the retiring shareholders.
In Luebke v. Manluk Industries Inc., Luebke was a shareholder and director of Manluk Industries. Manluk was a successful family business. Luebke's father and brother decided to remove him as a director and an employee. The Court noted that the oppression remedy is a broad remedial discretion that is only to be used when trying to rectify the oppression and must protect the applicant's interests as a shareholder or director. As such, said remedy is not to be used as a means to redress wrongs that may have occurred within the family. (It is interesting to note the Plaintiff commenced a separate action based on wrongful dismissal, which the Court thought would be the better of the two actions to redress his wrongful dismissal.) The Court concluded that even though the steps taken to remove Luebke as a shareholder and director were harsh, said steps were not oppressive. Furthermore, the Court concluded that these steps were taken to protect the best interests of the company because of the irreconcilable differences between the parties.
Employers must be aware of the options available to them and to employees/shareholders during a termination and the circumstances in which a Court would deem oppression has been a factor in the termination.
For further information, please contact the author, Rahim Merchant at 403.873.3744 or any member of our Employment & Labour group or our Securities Litigation group


SARASOTA — The uniformed schoolkids huddled inside the covered, 12-foot diameter, acoustically paneled exhibit called "Echoes From the Age of Stone" have come prepared, with three written questions apiece. What they are likely not prepared for are the four speakers and subwoofer wired to Linda Eneix's laptop computer.
The laptop contains downloaded recordings of intentionally generated sounds produced inside an ancient subterranean site on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. Among those contributors is Iegor Reznikoff, a music anthropologist at the University of Paris. What the kids hear from him is a rich, wordless baritone drone that descends into a deep resonance not unlike that associated with the incantations of Tibetan monks.
Then comes a single jolting piano note that seems to elasticize long after the key is struck. Then comes the moment that makes the kids all jump in cartoonish unison. Someone has blown a conch shell into the sonic architecture, creating what sounds like the trumpeting of a "Jurassic Park" creature.
This is an attention-grabbing gimmick, to be sure, but difficult to define. In Reznikoff's assessment, "That people sang laments or prayers for the dead in the Hypogeum is certain ... the deep answer of the resonance changes the personal timbre of the voice and seems to be the sound of Mother Earth or coming from the Other World."
But after several frustrating decades of trying to mobilize coordinated scientific approach into taking a sharper look at a phenomenon unfolding inside a 6,000-year-old Neolithic necropolis protected as a World Heritage UNESCO site, Eneix discovered that getting the disparate disciplines to communicate and coordinate with each other was an impossible chore. So she decided to take her project directly to the public.
Tuesday's presentation at Ringling College's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on the grounds of Temple Beth Sholom in Sarasota was a tuneup for a two-day run at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg on Oct. 20-21.
Constructed roughly 2,000 years before the Egyptian pyramids, the complex went undetected until 1902.
What makes Malta's Hal-Saflieni Hypogeum so valuable, says Eneix, is that its underground chambers evidently escaped the notice of every culture and civilization that swept across the vulnerable island over the centuries. That means visitors can not only see the curved limestone walls and arches as originally designed by the builders, they can hear exactly what it sounded like 6,000 years ago.
What that means can only be resolved by a deeper systematic dive into the Hypogeum's three-tiered chambers. But such studies are increasingly difficult to conduct, given the increasing volume of tourist traffic. Just 10 visitors are allowed in each hour, due to a rapid consumption of oxygen, which must be replenished after each group tour.
Considering the sustenance challenges faced by early societies, Eneix doubts the original Maltese left anything to chance.


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Destructible environments
Destructible castle.[1]
This is the castle siege destruction props. It's variable areas of exploded stuff. You can't completely destroy the castle or you wouldn't be able to get to the top of it.[1] – Michael Bacon
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/File:A1SiegeFrontGate.mp4
Destructible environments in Alpha-1 castle sieges.[2]
Destructible environments will be a core element of how players interact with the world, in both Ashes of Creation Apocalypse and Ashes of Creation the MMORPG.[3]
We want destruction to be a very core element of how players make their way through the world.[3] – Steven Sharif
Attackers may not be capable of destroying a node during a siege. Instead they may carry out precision attacks to disable specific service-oriented buildings within the node. These buildings can be targeted with siege weapons and bombs.[4]
Node buildings (including player housing) have hit points and can be damaged during sieges. If buildings suffer more than approximately 25% damage, any NPCs or services offered by that building will not be available until the building is repaired.[5]
If the node still exists after the siege has ended, citizens will need to obtain the resources needed to repair and rebuild any damaged infrastructure.[5][6]
Larger more advanced buildings will require more resources to repair them. In-node housing will likely require the least resources to repair.[7]
Player housing that is destroyed during a node siege can no longer be sold.[8]
Furnishing and decorations are retained and can be placed again later.[8][9][10]
There will be ways to repair destructible structures (such as walls and gates) and also repair (or re-craft) siege weapons that were damaged during sieges.[11]
This is a long term design goal that will not be present during Alpha-1.[11]
You could be more precision oriented in the decision to attack a city. Let's say it's a rival node that's trying to reach you know a node stage five or something and you want to disable their ability for the religious system to progress so you target the temple during the attack, or you want to disable their scholars academy from reaching a higher level so that your nodes can; or you want to disable multiple buildings that allow for experience and quests to be undertaken by its citizenship, which prevents them from keeping up in pace of experience gained with your node. These can be more precision oriented and don't have to effectualize an actual takeover of the node.[4] – Steven Sharif
1 Node destruction
2 Housing destructibility
2.1 Static housing destructibility
2.2 Apartment destructibility
2.3 Freehold destructibility
3 Ship destructibility
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Node destruction
When a node levels up it maintains the same feeling. So it feels like it's growing out from its city center; and it has this identity that it kind of evolves; and people get to understand it. But then when it gets destroyed and it starts over again and people re-level it, it's completely different the next time.[12] – Jeffrey Bard
Nodes can be destroyed starting at Village (stage 3) and are destroyed through sieges.[13]
A successful siege will destroy the node.[13]
Destroyed nodes revert to stage 0 (wilderness) after a successful siege.[14]
Any modified terrain will revert back to its original state.[15]
After a node is destroyed there will be a debris field containing spoils that are lootable to the victors of the siege.[16][5][17][18]
The warehouse debris will contain a portion of all Materials (crafting components) and Gatherables that were stored in the destroyed node.[16][5][17][18]
The reliquary debris will contain a stockpile of material components of the relics that were once stored there.[16][19][20]
The town hall debris might contain tax-oriented certificates that were held within the vaults and in the treasury.[16]
The stables debris might contain mount certificates that can be added to caravans in the future or sold on the auction house.[16]
What happens when the node gets destroyed is there will be stockpiles of spoils... A whole host of what is centralized within a regional economy like the node system becomes- a portion of that becomes available to the attackers who participated in the siege and they can go and interact with those with those debris fields and attempt to claim things.[16] – Steven Sharif
This includes gatherables and processed goods that were stored in in-node housing and apartment storage chests. These do not become lootable if the node survives the siege- even if the housing buildings are destroyed or damaged during the siege.[5]
Players are prohibited from moving goods out of depositories within the node following a siege declaration against that node.[17]
Players lose their node citizenship after their node is destroyed.[13]
Nodes can be destroyed starting at Level 3 - Village Stage, and are destroyed through sieges. Sieges are started via an item which is acquired through a quest that scales in difficulty with respect to the level of the Node which is being targeted for the siege. Once the item is brought to the Node and is activated, the declaration period begins and a countdown is initiated for players in the region to see. This countdown runs for a number of days equal to the level of the Node being sieged. Once the countdown is complete, the siege begins. There is a cooldown between sieges, and players must wait a certain amount of time after an unsuccessful siege before a new siege can be declared. The higher the Node level, the longer the cooldown between sieges. If a siege is successful, then the Node is brought down to Level 0, and anyone who was a citizen of that Node is no longer a citizen.[13] – Margaret Krohn
Attackers who participated in the siege will have exclusive looting rights for period of time following the node's destruction.[21]
Any loot remaining after this period will be open for anyone to loot.[21]
The looting rights have a period of time in which the attackers have loot rights essentially. So these are people who participated in the attack- they were flagged attackers during the siege and they have first dibs; and then if after that period of time... that looting right dissipates then it becomes open..[21] – Steven Sharif
Housing destructibility
Static housing destructibility
Some of the following information has not been recently confirmed by the developers and may not be on the current development roadmap.
Following a node siege, static housing will be scaled back or destroyed based on the advancement of the node.[9]
If the housing was purchased at a higher advancement than the node currently is then it will be destroyed, otherwise the housing will be scaled back.
Apartment destructibility
Apartments may be destroyed in the following circumstances:[9]
If their building was destroyed during a node siege, even if the siege was not successful.[9]
If a mayor built extra apartment buildings at Town (stage 4) or higher and the Node deleveled below that stage.[9]
If the mayor decides to destroy apartment buildings all items and layouts will be mailed to the owner.[22]
Freehold destructibility
Freeholds may be attacked by any player[23] for a period of two hours[13] following a successful siege against its parent node.[24]
Players and their allies may defend their freehold for this period of time.[24]
Structures and guards may be obtained to defend freeholds during this period.[24]
After the two hour period of open combat following a successful node siege, any remaining freeholds will exist under a grace period for roughly 1 week where another node may take over the zone of influence of the freehold.[23][13]
The freehold owner will be required to undertake a quest process to have their freehold adopted by a new node if one exists.[23]
At the end of the grace period, if the freehold does not reside within the ZOI of a stage three (Village) node or above, it will be destroyed.[25]
Players who are registered as a defenders of their node cannot loot their own destroyed freeholds.[26]
If a siege is successful, then the Node is brought down to Level 0, and anyone who was a citizen of that Node is no longer a citizen. Freeholds within the Zone of Influence are subject to a period of vulnerability. These Freeholds can be destroyed by other players during a period of roughly 2 hours after a successful siege. Destroyed Freeholds are subject to material loss, and blueprints for them are mailed to the player to utilize for future placement in order to allow the player to keep their Freehold's layout and structure. Once the vulnerability period is complete, any remaining Freeholds will exist under a grace period for roughly 1 week where another Node may take over the Zone of Influence of the Freehold.[13] – Margaret Krohn
Ship destructibility
Dynamic destructibility of ships is under consideration.[27]
I mean traditionally if we did not use dynamic destruction, that what we would use is decals to simulate damage on the ship based on an overall hit point value. At certain hit point values we would swap out the mesh to show a more destructive state potentially; and that and you know at that point for a user in regards to immersion you know both are very similar from the immersion factor right?[27] – Steven Sharif
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Nigeria's Total Debt Hits N24.39 Trillion, Rises By N2.66 Trillion In One Year
The funds were borrowed to fund projects, to finance budget deficit and to refinance maturing obligations.
by Tobias Sylvester April 5, 2019, 3:40 am
The Director-General, Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms. Patience Oniha says that the total public debt of Nigeria as at Dec. 31, 2018, is N24.38 trillion.
Oniha, who made the disclosure during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said that the figure comprised of debt owed by the Federal Government, States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
According to her, the funds were borrowed to fund projects, to finance budget deficit and to refinance maturing obligations.
She explained that the figure was N2.66 trillion higher than the N21.7 trillion recorded as at Dec. 31, 2017, and represents year-on-year growth of 12.25 percent.
"Further details provided in the report showed that more progress was made towards achieving the target Debt Stock mix of 60 percent (Domestic) and 40 percent (External).
"The share of domestic debt dropped to 68.18 percent from 73.36 percent as at Dec. 31, 2017, thereby achieving a mix of 68.18 percent and 31.82 percent in the debt stock."
She said the federal government loans accounted for 78 percent of the figure, while states and the FCT accounted for 22 percent.
The Federal Government, she said, has an external debt stock of N6.4 trillion and Domestic at N17.11 trillion, culminating in N19.23 trillion, while the states and the FCT have an external debt of N1.25 trillion and N3.85 trillion domestic debt, culminating in N5.15 trillion.
Oniha said that the Federal Government's domestic debt stock includes N331.12 billion Promissory Notes issued to Oil Marketing Companies and State Governments in December 2018.
She added that the strategy of using relatively cheaper and longer tenor external funds was achieving the expected objectives, some of which was to create more space for other borrowers in the domestic market.
"Other objectives are to extend the average tenor of the debt stock in order to reduce refinancing risk and increase external reserves."
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Q: Print name of the sheet along with copied cell I have this code where it loops through all the sheets in the workbook and copies the value in F9 of each sheet and pastes it in "Summary" sheet column A.  How can I also print the sheet name in column B?  So the value is next to the sheet name in the "Summary" sheet.
code:
Sub loopsheet()
Dim wks As Worksheet

For Each wks In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
   If Not wks.Name = "Summary" Then
   wks.Range("F9:F" & wks.Cells(Rows.Count, "F").End(xlUp).Row).Copy _
   Destination:=Worksheets("Summary").Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Offset(1)

   End If
   Next
End Sub

Thank you

A: Create two variables to track the last rows of your sheets as you loop. This will help with readability in your code. The combination of these two variables can also help you deduce the size of the range where you need to drop your sheet name.
I believe cLR + pLR - 11 is the size of range. The offset is due to headers, LR offset, and the fact that you are starting your copy from the 9th row. After you run this, you may need to tweak it up or down one if i'm wrong.
Option Explicit

Sub LoopSheet()

Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim Summary As Worksheet: Set Summary = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Summary")
Dim cLR As Long, pLR As Long

For Each ws In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
    If ws.Name <> Summary.Name Then
        cLR = ws.Range("F" & ws.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
        pLR = Summary.Range("A" & Summary.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1).Row

        ws.Range("F9:F" & cLR).Copy Summary.Range("A" & pLR)
        Summary.Range(Summary.Cells(pLR, 2), Summary.Cells(cLR + pLR - 11, 2)).Value = ws.Name
    End If
Next ws

End Sub


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Houston and Ireland, Famine and Flood
By Michael Jay Tucker, Managing Editor | August 31, 2017 | Comments Off on Houston and Ireland, Famine and Flood
So, as I write this, the web is alive with liberal outrage about Donald Trump's response to the flooding in Houston. It seems that our dear and glorious Commander in Chief, who daily gives instruction to God, has made a few faux pas in his response or lack there-of to the natural disaster which goes by the heading of hurricane Harvey.
To wit, he's tweeted silly things. He has made unfortunate remarks. He headed off to Houston, with Melania Trump in tow…alas, looking (as the joke goes) a bit like "natural disaster Barbie."
Still, Trump is at least giving lip service to Houston's problems, and I am hoping that he does do something to help the people of Texas. I hope he unleashes the powers of the Federal government to be of service.
Yet, I wonder if he can.
I wonder that because I'm not sure he will be able to. I'm not sure that certain forces will permit him.
And the reason I wonder such a thing has to do with another tragedy…long ago, and far away…in Ireland, in fact.
And that other tragedy may be instructive.
You know the story, of course. Ireland had become part of the British Empire in bits and pieces after the Norman invasion. The conquest was more or less complete by the time of the Tudors, and after that the island's history was, in varying degrees, that of a particularly degraded rural colony of a not particularly gentle colonial power.
But, for us, the tale comes to a unique (and uniquely terrible) climax in the mid-1840s, when the island was infected with Phytophthora infestans, a.k.a., the Blight, which rendered Ireland's dominant food crop, the potato, inedible. The result, of course, was a natural disaster on an unimaginable scale. Between hunger and disease, at least a million died between 1845 and 1852—and probably more. Records were, shall we say? Problematic.
And there's the thing: it didn't have to happen! Oh, the Blight was coming, no matter what. But not the Famine. The British government, and the Anglo-Irish gentry could have done far more to feed the people of Ireland. While there was a shortage of potatoes, there were food surpluses elsewhere in the empire which could have been shipped to the island. In fact, there were crops within Ireland itself that were unaffected by the disease (wheat, vegetables, meat, and so on) which could have been exploited.
And yet it didn't happen. There were no relief ships sent to Irish ports, at least not until far too late. And foodstuffs in Ireland itself? They were exported for good profits to wealthy consumers abroad, while peasants starved amidst the plenty.
Why on earth was this allowed to happen? Well, there were a lot of reasons, and to be honest not all of them can be laid at the doors of the wicked, wicked English.
But, at least one of the causes for the Great Famine was that within Whitehall there was a strong faction that saw charity as a rather awful thing. Many in the House Of Commons were strident believers in the religion of laissez-faire. To give food away, for free, even to starving children, was thus profane…almost literally diabolic. It would, you see, deform the market. And the market was holy…not to be disturbed.
So, thousands and thousands of people perished in the name of economic theory.
The consequences, too, you know. Ireland was wounded as a civilization. Between death and forced migration, the island lost something like a quarter of its population. Nearly a century would pass before it really began to recover.
But, curiously, for England, too, there were consequences. In the bare ten years between the beginning and the end of the famine, the Irish…both Catholic and, to a lesser extent, the Protestant…came to hate England and its empire. They became, overnight, deadly enemies of the "United" Kingdom.
Which would hurt the English. It would hurt them in Ireland itself…think the Easter Rising, think the IRA, think the bombings and the assassinations…and in the larger world. The Irish diaspora in the United States and around the globe would be tireless in its efforts against the hated enemy of England. As late as World War II, there were Irish-American activists who argued forcefully, and often rather cogently, against any American support of the British empire, which…after all…seemed not much different from any Fascist dictatorship, at least to them.
And all of this could have been avoided…with just a little compassion, or even just a little enlightened self-interest… on London's part.
So, what has all this to do with Houston and Harvey?
This: any government is a collection of forces in opposition. The White House always has been and always will be a place where many different factions and ideologies compete for power.
In the Trump White House, I think, we can see this rather plainly. You have Trump himself, preaching whatever gospel it is that has occupied his frontal lobes at the moment; then, too, you have traditional conservatives and Republicans, some of them harking back to the days of Nixon and Eisenhower; and, then, you have (or rather had) the Breitbart crew that buzzed about Steve Bannon before his exit…
And, lastly, perhaps most important, you have the Big Money players—the wealthy men and women who have been funding and shaping the GOP for a very long time, now. Many are invisible, but at least some have revealed their faces in public, such as the Koch Brothers and Betsy DeVos.
And these people have an ideology. They might call it Libertarianism, or Objectivism, or anarcho-capitalism…but it all boils down to one thing, that the government is to be as small and inactive as possible, and things like charity and altruism are on some level evil, and if the poor and middle classes of Houston should drown like rats…well, tough shit for them.
Because, after all, if they…the middle classes and poor…had been genuinely intelligent and genuinely worthy, they would have arranged to be born rich.
It is this group…the anarcho-capitalists…who could be in charge of the White House right now. Bannon, after all, is gone. The Republican Old Timers are increasingly ineffectual. Trump remains a wild card, frequently following whichever voice is loudest and nearest to him.
And, at the moment, they are loudest. And nearest.
Which makes me fear for Houston. And for America…
Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB (1807–1886) was one of the British administrators who was supposed to deal with the Irish famine. At least in some accounts, he didn't. At least according to some historians, he did his best to frustrate attempts to feed the hungry and the poor, partly out of a faith in free enterprise, and partly because he saw a little genocide as being quite a good thing for Ireland. In a letter to an Irish peer, he wrote that the famine was an "effective mechanism for reducing surplus population" in the country. He is also said to have said, that the famine was "the judgment of God sent … to teach the Irish a lesson," and that the "calamity must not be too much mitigated."
Was Trevelyan a monster? Well, he has his defenders, and some say he was quoted out of context. But, it doesn't make any difference, because no matter who or what he really was, the Irish will hate him forever, and even now, many of them will not forgive the England he represented.
Which makes me wonder about the man playing the role of our President today…and the many, many latter-day Trevelyans who stand behind him…
What legacy will they have? When the floods at the end of the world drain away…
Leaving ruin, and horror, in their wake…
And maybe, too, leaving a deathless…endless…deadly hate.
Never to be overcome…
As wasting, as terrible, and as devastating…
As famine.
—Michael Jay Tucker


The broad aim of this proposal is to examine the adolescent circadian (~24-hour) system and its phase shifting responses to light in comparison to adults. Adolescents often report late bedtimes and a tendency to be most alert in the evening, behaviors that are partly driven by the endogenous circadian clock. The circadian cue for sleep and wake initiation is late during the teen years. Unfortunately, this late sleep pattern coincides with the early start time of high school. Thus, many adolescents in high school (aged 14-17 years) are faced with a conflicting biological drive to fall asleep late and a social drive to wake early for school. The resulting sleep restriction is associated with a number of negative outcomes, including poor academic grades, an increased risk for depressed mood, and decrements in daytime alertness. Bright light is able to phase shift (reset) the circadian clock, and thus could help youngsters adjust to their early school sleep/wake schedule. Commercially available light boxes could be used at home for treatment;however, it is essential to have a phase response curve (PRC) to light to know the optimal times of bright light administration and avoidance to produce the maximum phase shift in the desired direction. PRCs graphically illustrate the phase shifting response to a stimulus (e.g., bright light) when it is presented at different times across the 24-hour day. Currently, there are several PRCs to light for young adult humans, but no light PRC exists for adolescent humans. It remains untested whether the adult light PRC is appropriate to guide light treatment in adolescents.
We aim to generate a PRC to light for adolescents aged 14-17 years and a PRC to light for adults aged 35 to 45 years. By doing so, we will examine the hypothesis that adolescents manifest smaller phase advance responses and/or larger phase delay responses to light compared to adults. We will also examine the hypothesis that adolescents manifest a longer free-running circadian period compared to adults. Participants will complete two counterbalanced 5-day laboratory sessions. Each session begins and ends with salivary melatonin sampling to determine the phase shift of the circadian clock. In between, participants keep an ultradian light/dark schedule (sleep for 2 h and wake for 2 h) for 3 days. In one session, no stimulus is given and the circadian system free-runs yielding the endogenous circadian period. In the other, a bright light stimulus is turned on once per day at various points of the circadian cycle. Resulting phase shifts after bright light ar corrected for an individual's free-running period, and are plotted relative to light administration time to generate the PRCs. This study may further our understanding of circadian factors associated with late sleep patterns during adolescence. Furthermore, PRCs to light generated from this study will have direct and practical applications for phase shifting circadian rhythms and treating circadian-based sleep disorders in these age groups.
This research project will help us understand late sleep timing during adolescence, a common behavioral change that can lead to insufficient sleep. Potentially serious consequences of insufficient sleep include mood problems, driving while drowsy, and making poor or risky decisions. Teenagers who suffer from Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD) may experience an exaggerated form of this late sleep behavior and its consequences. Basic knowledge of processes controlling sleep and wake that are unique to adolescence can help target better methods to treat teenagers and improve their sleep and waking behavior.


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SIRS--Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in Small Animals
Luis H. Tello, DVM, MS
Teaching Veterinary Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Chile
The inflammatory process represents one of the most important responses of the body. Many insults can produce an inflammatory response. Traumatic injuries, biological insults, thermal burns, immune and chemical injuries are capable of developing the inflammatory response, which plays a primary role in protecting the living being, nevertheless an exaggerated response can be harmful and can lead to death.
Failure of systemic host defense homeostasis in SIRS is related to inappropriate regulation of acute immune and inflammatory response, causing most of the clinical signs and leading patients to mortality.
The classical signs of inflammatory response that you can observe are: pain, heat, lack of function and tumor. These have been changed in the light of the actual scientific knowledge for more complex physiological events.
In the first minutes after an insult occurs, the initial changes are:
Increase blood flow in the affected area.
Increase capillary permeability
Attraction of phagocytical cells to the area.
Immediate trauma causes an increase in blood flow of the affected area; besides there is vasoconstriction of those vessels, therefore the capillary area is full of blood and that is the origin of heat and erythema.
The increases in capillary permeability lead to loss of fluids from the vascular into the tissue and the intersticium. This fluid has a large quantity of protein, which in turn attracts more liquids, thus forming the tumor of the affected area. This increase in permeability facilitates the migration of phagocytical cells that in turn will release their lysosomal enzymes in the damaged tissue.
If the injury is bigger than the ability to respond of the neutrophils, in 5 or 6 hours the area will be full of lymphocytes and macrophages that will attract other inflammatory cells to the injured area in order to control the tissular damage and start healing. In this phase, and product of new cell signals, the four main enzymatic systems of plasma activates: Coagulation, fibrinolytic, kinins and complement.
The main mediators and controllers in this response are cytokines, enzymatic products and vasoactive mediators.
MEDIATORS BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS
Histamine: increase vascular permeability and smooth muscle contraction.
Serotonin: causes the same action as histamine
PAF: causes the release of platelet mediators, increase in vascular permeability, smooth muscle contraction and activation of neutrophils, there is some evidence that show it play a main role in bowel necrosis
Thromboxanes: causes platelet and PMN aggregation, vasoconstriction
IL-8: causes monocytes attraction.
C3a: causes smooth muscle contraction and mastocytes degranulation.
C5a: provokes smooth muscle contraction, increase in capillary permeability, attraction and activation of neutrophils and macrophages.
Kinins: vasodilatation, smooth muscle contraction, increases in capillar permeability.
Fibrinolytic system: increase in vascular permeability, attraction to macrophages and neutrophils.
PgE2: vasodilatation increases histamine action.
LtB4: neutrophil attraction, synergism with PgE2, enhance capillary leakage
LtD4: smooth muscle contraction, increase in vascular permeability
LtC4: depression os cardiac contractility
TRAUMA AND SIRS
The multiple trauma patients as an example of SIRS, represent one of the most important challenges in veterinary practice. All the environmental aspects of these events make it imperative to have an accurate clinic semiologic system to assess these cases.
It is important to remember that the clinical effects observed in these patients are only the expression of local inflammatory phenomena. Due to the extent of the injury and the organic response, it turns to be general involving other systems and organs, being so severe as to result in death.
It has to be clear that SIRS does not occur without a pre-existing injury or insult. Any kind of organic damage will prompt the release of the previous mediators in order to produce a proinflammatory state. All together assemble a response that is designed to limit new damage and to ameliorate any damage that has already been done. To ensure that the effect of these proinflammatory mediators does not become harmful, the body launches a compensatory anti-inflammatory response. This state is only the local reaction in the site of injury or infection.
If the original insult is too severe, the regulation of the inflammatory response is lost a massive reaction occurs. This reaction is usually proinflammatory producing the clinical findings of SIRS: hypotension, tachypnea, tachycardia, increased microvascular permeability, ischemia, reperfusion injury, and vasodilatation. Often, the result is the developing of a profound shock that further compromises blood flow to vital organs. Organ dysfunction and systemic failure can result if nothing is dome to prevent it.
Sometimes the compensatory anti-inflammatory mechanisms are overwhelmed and the patient can develop immune suppression, that has been describes as "immune paralysis" or as a "window of immunodeficiency". It can be considered as compensatory anti-inflammatory response syndrome (CARS), these syndrome explains the increased susceptibility to infection of trauma patients. Therefore MARS or mixed antagonistic response syndrome includes SIRS and CARS components.
The final stage of MODS (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome) is reached when the patient develops immunologic dissonance. In these patients organ dysfunction results from an ongoing inflammation, and it will end in death unless the inflammation can be down regulated. Organ failure occurs sequentially: first the lungs and then the liver, gastrointestinal tract and then the kidneys. The underlying proinflammatory response affects all the organs simultaneously.
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Oilers Draft Review
The 2019 NHL Draft went down last weekend in Vancouver and the Oilers went in holding the 8th, 39th, 85th, 100th, 162nd, and 193rd picks and they came out with Philip Broberg, Raphael Lavoie, Ilya Konovalov, Matej Blumel, Tomas Mazura, and Maxim Denezhkin.
The rest of this article will take a quick glance at the reaction to this draft and how I think the Oilers made out. Then take an in depth look at what some top evaluators are saying about the prospects and how they might make an impact within the franchise in the years to come.
When the Oilers went up to the stage holding the 8th overall pick many people were expecting the Oilers to take Philip Broberg. At least that is what the chatter had been online for the week or so building up to the draft. Though that was the chatter, it was not really what Oilers fans wanted.
Broberg is very fast skater, however I'm not sure about his vision and his puck-handling. He will play in the NHL, but is a reach at #8 in my opinion.— Simon Boisvert (@simonsnake70) June 22, 2019
Credit: @E.lisa_rachel Instagram
As seen in the video above, many Oilers fans were not happy with the pick. It's not that they hate Philip Broberg, it's just that Oilers fans (justifiably so) wanted a scoring winger who could one day line up alongside McDavid or Nugent Hopkins. Whereas Broberg is yet another Left Shooting defensemen in a pipeline that is full of them. The back end already seemed full before Broberg with the likes of Jones, Bouchard, Samorukov, Bear, Persson, and Laggesson. Broberg was also one of the most controversial players in the draft, some scouts having him inside the top 10 but a majority having him in the teens or even the twenty's in the draft due to inconsistent defending and low point totals for a projected offensive defensemen. With Many good forwards still available Oilers fans were left frustrated after Friday night was over.
Saturday morning as the Oilers took to the draft floor again, Oiler fans were hoping for redemption and they got it in a big way as the Oilers used their second round selection on 6'4″ C/RW Raphael Lavoie who almost unanimously was pegged to be drafted in the first round. Often ranked inside the top 20. Oilers fans got what they wanted and were much happier to start day two of the draft then they were day one.
Raphaël Lavoie – QMJHL Highlights 2018-2019 https://t.co/8KW81F717d
Not your prototypical "Power Forward" this guy has high end puck skills and shot. Huge value pick at #38 (#19 on McKenzie's Final List)— Oiler Positives (@positives_oiler) June 22, 2019
Personally I'm not in love with the Broberg pick, there were multiple scoring forwards who were available at #8. I would've liked to see the Oilers take Matt Boldy, a scoring forward from the USNDT. A left shooting 6'2″ sniper, who would've been a great asset for the Oilers organization. With Tyler Benson being the only notable prospect at Left wing, adding Boldy would've gave the system a massive boost. To add both Lavoie and Boldy would've been incredible.
I thought the Lavoie pick was perfect at 38, I was yelling at my TV for the Oilers to pick Lavoie, so when the Oilers actually picked him it felt very strange to see the Oilers do something I wanted them to.
Raphael Lavoie….big, skilled forward. He had 20 goals in 23 playoff games for Halifax Mooseheads. Turns 19 in September. A skilled forward who shoots right. Something Oilers needed in the system.
— Jason Gregor (@JasonGregor) June 22, 2019
The Konovalov pick was interesting, I didn't think the Oilers would pick a goalie this year considering they already have, Skinner, Wells, Starrett, and Rodrigue in the system. Seeing his numbers in the KHL and learning that he will stay there for the next two years, not crowding the crease within the Oilers system made me feel better about the pick. He was a 4th year eligible prospect in the draft, but goalies do take forever to develop and are described as voodoo in accordance to development. So to get a goalie in his 4th year of eligibility instead of his 1st year means there's that many fewer years of voodoo to navigate before we find out what he really is.
Matej Blumel was on overager in the draft, he put up 60 points in 58 games in the USHL last season, he's committed to UConn, so he's a project that will take a couple years, we will have to follow and see with him. Adds some depth to the wings in the sytem which is much needed.
Tomas Mazura a Center drafted out of US High School, I know nothing about him except that he and Matej Blumel are best friends and are over joyed to both be drafted to the same team.
Maxim Denezhkin is a small Center from Russia, put up decent numbers in the MHL last season. He will be playing for for the same KHL team as Konovalov, both of whom will be coached be Craig McTavish.
Those are my quick thoughts and first reactions, but what do the experts have to say about the Oilers draft picks from this years draft?
Philip Broberg – D – 6'3 203lbs Sh: L
All reports say that he is an Elite Skater, and from the few video clips I've seen of him at the Oilers Development Camp this week, I would have to agree. The guy flies around the rink effortlessly. That was his big calling card in the draft was his elite skating. He doesn't appear to have high end passing or puck skills, but they aren't terrible. Some sources say he shows his elite skating but very seldom plays to the inside with his skill and skates as a perimeter player not imposing his will on other players. He isn't a super physical defensemen either.
One of Corey Pronman's concerns with Broberg was "[he] found in league games he was hesitant to push the pace versus men like he did versus his peers. He has that ability and it may be a maturation thing." (The Athletic). So hopefully as Broberg matures he can learn or get more confident in pushing the pace by himself and really be a driving force for the offence. If He can develop into a good offensive defensemen that would definitely help the Oilers on the back end to get the puck to McDavid in transition and increase the team's overall offensive production. I can see Broberg making the jump to the NHL in Spring 2021.
Broberg in action in the Allsvenskan. Sweden's 2nd Division. Broberg playing against Men.
Raphael Lavoie – C/RW – 6'4 196lbs Sh: R
Lavoie put up 73 points in 62 games for the Halifax Mooseheads in the QMJHL. Though those point totals aren't as great as some scouts hoped they'd be, he turned it up to another level in the playoffs, scoring 20 goals in 23 games! Lavoie is self described as a power forward, which is exactly something the Oilers have been looking for. A big frame, skates well, and score. It's a rare commodity in today's game, so the fact Lavoie fell this far is music to Oilers fans ears. The knock on Lavoie and presumably the reason he has fallen this far in the draft is due to consistency and decision making. He often shows flashes of brilliance that make him seem like a lock for top 6 work in the NHL and other nights it seems to disappear for a bit. Consistency is often something that comes with age, so it's not something I'm too concerned with at this point for Lavoie.
Some nights, he skates like the wind and dangles his way through players, but other nights, he totally disappears.— Simon Boisvert (@simonsnake70) June 22, 2019
Lavoie is a motivated kid and one I think will make the most the year next year in the Q and be ready to compete for an Oilers spot in fall 2021.
Lavoie 2018/19 Season Highlights
Ilya Konovalov – G – 6'0 194lbs Catches: L
Konovalov had an outstanding year in the KHL posting a .930 sv% and took over starting goalie duties as a rookie in the league. These numbers are impressive and would catch anyone's eye but Mikko Koskinen had a .937 sv% in the KHL before coming over to Edmonton. So that could bode well for Konovalov in the fact that Koskinen is playing games in the NHL. However, it could also make Oiler fans second guess the gaudy numbers because Koskinen hasn't really been all that anyone (Chiarelli) hoped he would be. Nonetheless he'll be back in the KHL for the next 2 seasons. If he can continue to consistently put up numbers like he did this year we'll be talking about a real legitimate prospect in Konovalov. Ilya is described as a quick, smooth goalie who is rarely out of position. He won't be seen on may highlight reels for his diving saves because he's never out of position to have to dive across the crease in desperation. The knock on him is that he is small by goalie standards. Most goalies in today's NHL are 6'2 or bigger, so not making that cut hurt Konovalov's draft stock quite a bit. However, if he can keep playing at the level he currently is I don't see him having any trouble cracking the Oilers roster in a few seasons. NHL Arrival 2021.
Konovalov Highlights from 2018/19 Season where he took over starting goalie duties as a rookie goaltender.
Matej Blumel – RW – 6'0 198lbs Sh: L
Blummel had 60 points in 58 games in the USHL as an 18 year old. anytime you're put up over a point per game that means you're doing something right. Corey Pronman of the Athletic had this to say about Blumel "He's got good speed and skill, can score a few goals and works hard but I don't see anything high-end/NHL in his game." Definitely more of a long term project but heading to NCAA allows the Oilers and Blumel time for him to grow and work on his game. NHL Arrival 2023.
Edmonton takes Matej Blumel 100th overall. I had him listed as a sleeper last year and again this year. I love the kid's work ethic and this year we saw more of his skill as he was a top performer for Waterloo. Glad to see him rewarded for a strong season. He's committed to UConn— Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) June 22, 2019
Blumel has a huge game against the Americans in a U-18 Game
Tomas Mazura – C – 6'2 – 170lbs Sh: L
PC commit Tomas Mazura of Kimball Union drafted by Edmonton in 6th round. Great story in the making. JV player 3 years ago, then missed a season with injury before breakout year in 18-19. Big upside— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) June 22, 2019
Had 54 points in 37 games at the High School level. From the Czech Republic but came to North America to pursue hockey. He has good hands and can put up points but his skating needs a lot of work, that will be one of his main focuses going into NCAA. NHL Arrival 2023.
Providence College commit Tomas Mazura of Kimball Union has interviewed with 11 NHL teams. @THNRyanKennedy ranks Mazura 102nd for this weekend's NHL Draft. Big Czech expected to be one of top players in NE prep next winter— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) June 17, 2019
From Mazura's own Youtube Channel, I would assume he put this video together himself to get himself recognized before the draft which is awesome. Respect
Maxim Denezhkin – C – 5'10 165lbs Sh: L
Speaking of Russian forwards in the seventh round, I quite liked Edmonton's final selection of Maxim Denezhkin. He's got nice upside if he can grow a little more. He scored MHL championship-winning goal. Seems like a good kid to gamble on. #Oilers #2019NHLDraft— Larry Fisher (@LarryFisher_KDC) June 22, 2019
Small forward from Russia, scored well in the Russian Jr. League, he'll make the jump to the KHL this year and hopefully work and his all around game and getting better on and off the puck. NHL Arrival 2023.
There is only 1 video I could find of Denezhkin but I didn't think it was worthwhile to add, blurry highlight of a second assist.
MHL is Russian Juniors btw
Danill Gutik seems pretty good, but Maxim Denezhkin is stealing the show for Loko.
Both are 2019-eligible prospects (as is Shabanov above). pic.twitter.com/kx09qkO3f5— Evan Oppenheimer (@OppenheimerEvan) December 11, 2018
Realistically I only see three NHL players out of this draft. The first three taken, Broberg, Lavoie, and Konovalov.
Konovalov is the prospect that intrigues me the most to follow and see how he progresses compared to Skinner, Wells, and Rodrigue.
Broberg and Lavoie seem like sure fire NHLer's to me, Broberg will likely end up as a top 4 defensemen he reminds me a lot of Darnell Nurse. Lavoie has potential to be an impact top 6 forward but I feel like he may end up being a contributing top 9 forward (a good one). Which is something the Oilers desperately need.
Hopefully after sometime in college the Czech's can change my mind but right now I don't see them contributing much at the NHL level.
As for Denezhkin, I know nothing about him, so he'll be a prospect I look into more as next season gets under way.
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