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Corporate office in 5-star Green Star Office Design V1 rating
Our head office is at 500 Collins Street, the first high-rise refurbished CBD office building in Australia to achieve a 5-star Green Star Office Design V1 rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. It has also achieved a 5 Star Australian Business Greenhouse Rating under a preliminary assessment, as well as being the first multi-tenanted building to achieve an EcoRecycle Victoria Waste Wise accreditation. Sensor lights are installed in our office to save electricity. Low maintenance floors and office equipment are designed to last longer.
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A journey with Parkinson's
David Kemp has been ticking off milestones on a path that few others will travel. Next is brain surgery under a local anaesthetic.
By Geoff Ellis
DAVID Kemp likes to share a journey. Last December he gave Santa a lift into Corinella in his big red truck, a 70-year-old Bedford. Since then David has been ticking off milestones on a path few others will travel.
Six years ago David visited his doctor after a fall. There was also an occasional hand tremor. Referred to a neurologist, his symptoms informed a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. An MRI scan proved that no other neurological conditions existed. He was then prescribed medication to reduce the symptoms.
"It was good to have a label," recalls David, "though the medication could not provide a cure. At least the symptoms could be managed." David rejected a "poor me" attitude and chose not to let Parkinson's force him to withdraw from life. With near missionary zeal he undertook to increase understanding of the disease and encourage others with the same condition.
No one yet can tell how people acquire Parkinson's disease. It isn't hereditary, it isn't contagious and isn't caused by the environment. The symptoms result from reduced production of dopamine which is used within the brain to send signals that cause muscles to move.
Dopamine is produced by nerve cells called neurons, in the basal ganglia, the middle of the brain. With Parkinson's, the neurons gradually break down, reducing the level of dopamine, resulting in abnormal brain activity. This means that people have difficulty controlling their movements or moving freely.
"It has no real impact on life expectancy. One dies with it, not from it," says David, "This is my journey with Parkinson's." There are review consultations every three months. It is a somewhat trial and error process to get the medications and the dosages right. Though the levels have been progressively increased, by mid-2017 the fatigue, lack of sleep, leg cramps, right side tremors, reduced fine motor control and reduced walking control meant David was struggling to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
He says his wife, Ruth, and the family have been tremendously supportive. He is thankful to God for boundless blessings as he remains an active member of the community. He is driven by his Christian faith, his personal mission and the satisfaction he gets when folk share their journeys with him. Christmas was a good time to reflect on such things and prepare for the year ahead.
Three weeks after giving Santa that lift, David visited the team at Malvern Neurology at Cabrini Hospital Medical Centre to test his suitability for a procedure that will change his life. The assessment included consideration of David's physical condition and his psychological resilience.
Not everyone could gleefully consider having brain surgery under local anaesthetic, let alone advise the neurosurgeon as he guides electrodes deep into the middle of their brain but David's enthusiasm was overwhelming.
He talks about deep brain stimulation (DBS) the way most people talk about an overseas holiday. DBS tricks the brain into thinking that dopamine is being released. Once the electrodes are in place, the operation includes implanting a pacemaker into David's chest under a general anaesthetic. This is linked to the electrodes through fine wires under the skin. The entire process takes three to four hours. Once in place the pacemaker will send electrical current to specific regions of David's brain.
The hospital stay is around seven days though the recovery period will be about six weeks. Frequent visits are made during this period to adjust the electric stimulation and adapt medication to the changes in symptoms.
Although not common, DBS is far from experimental, having first been trialled nearly two decades ago. One of David's friends, Peter Raymond, underwent the same procedure in 2014, resulting in a very successful outcome. His operation was televised by the ABC's 7.30 Report. He still has PD and leads a normal life.
Crunch time for David came when he received the news that he was suitable for BDS. On January 9, he sat with Ruth and they made the decision to go ahead. It's her journey too, after all.
There are some serious risks to consider, including brain damage. Mood or behaviour might be affected and there are other potential side effects. "The risks are significant but it's reassuring to be in top surgical hands," David says. He is using the same team as Peter Raymond and is confidently looking forward to the benefits of DBS.
During the recovery phase he won't be permitted to drive. He won't be capable of making major decisions until the stimulation and medication adjustments restore order. "I told the family that I may be grumpy when I'm not allowed to drive the red truck."
"We won't notice any difference, Dad!" one of his children replied.
Surgery is scheduled for March 21 at Cabrini.
Is he hesitant? "Bring it on!" he says, "I look forward to our next conversation in the truck."
Parkinson's Victoria: http://www.parkinsonsvic.org.au/
The sign on David Kemp's Bedford truck acknowledges his support of the local community.
Bernie Bambling
I have been thru the same process in the lasrt year. Different neurologist, different hospital.
Unfortunately the battery pack became infected and had to be removed. the infection was then detected travelling towards the probes and they also had to be removed.
I am awaiting replacements.
I wish David many happy future miles/kilometers in his red truck.
Thanks Bernie for your good wishes. Sorry to learn of your infection and hope the replacements and process of installation goes smoothly and are effective.
Regards .... David
Just wanted to let you know that on 20/2/2018, I received notification that my refitting process is scheduled to start 16/4/2018. Happy Days.
BernieB
Thanks Geoff for writing this.
What men we have living in our Bass Coast region,both writer and his subject.. Well done Geoff and the well done to you David. The wonders of modern medical research and your positive attitude are mighty weapons .I wish you the very best of outcomes.
Thanks very much for your kind comments, Bob.
.... David
Hi Readers!
I just received this message:
Hi Friends
The DBS operation I had last Wednesday went well, taking two attempts to get both electrodes in the correct positions. Woke up with a massive, and still have, a headache but that was to be expected. The DBS Pacemaker unit was turned on last Friday and significant improvement in walking ability followed. There will be ongoing adjustments over next six weeks, during which period I am not allowed to drive or make major decisions.
Doctors are all pleased with the progress and I was discharged on Sunday.
Thanks for your support and prayers at this time.
David J Kemp

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Ntando Duma has once again shadowed herself with a great defense against trolls attacking her over poor parenting.
The actress took to Instagram on Thursday to post a video of her two-year-old, Sbahle, sitting in the backseat of a car and speaking to her mom, at one point calling her 'Ntando'.
Lot of followers found the video to be absolutely adorable but others pointed out the fact that the toddler was sitting in the vehicle without a car seat.
However, Ntando voiced out that she's shouldn't be lectured on how to carry out her duties as a mother and she went further, stating reasons for Sbahle's positioning.
"1. The car was stationary. 2. She's got car seats and is always on it, when necessary. 3. I'm not an irresponsible mother. You should know this by now 4. Now let's all drink water. 5. Thank you for your concern," she wrote.
More critics who happened to be followers of Sbahle's private Instagram account hit on her mother, but she defended herself by dragging the trolls.
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package org.oscm.operatorsvc.client.commands;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import org.junit.Test;

import org.oscm.operatorsvc.client.IOperatorCommand;
import org.oscm.internal.vo.VOOperatorOrganization;

public class UpdateOrganizationCommandTest extends CommandTestBase {

    private static final String FILE_NAME = "update_org.properties";

    @Override
    protected IOperatorCommand createCommand() {
        return new UpdateOrganizationCommand();
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetName() {
        assertEquals("updateorganization", command.getName());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetArgumentNames() {
        List<String> expected = Arrays.asList("organization.id",
                "organization.address", "organization.email",
                "organization.locale", "organization.name",
                "organization.phone", "organization.url", "organization.roles",
                "organization.domicile", "organization.description",
                "organization.operatorrevshare");
        assertEquals(expected, command.getArgumentNames());
    }

    @Test
    public void testSuccess() throws Exception {
        args.put("organization.id", "1000");
        args.put("organization.address", "St.-Pauls-Viertel");
        args.put("organization.email", "info@est.fujitsu.com");
        args.put("organization.locale", "by");
        args.put("organization.name", "Fujitsu EST");
        args.put("organization.phone", "+49 89 360908-0");
        args.put("organization.url", "http://www.test.com");
        args.put("organization.roles", "SUPPLIER");
        args.put("organization.domicile", "DE");
        args.put("organization.description",
                "Fujitsu Enabling Software Technology GmbH");
        args.put("organization.operatorrevshare", "15");

        VOOperatorOrganization orgResult = new VOOperatorOrganization();
        orgResult.setOrganizationId("1000");
        stubCallReturn = orgResult;

        assertTrue(command.run(ctx));

        assertEquals("updateOrganization", stubMethodName);

        VOOperatorOrganization org = (VOOperatorOrganization) stubCallArgs[0];
        assertEquals("1000", org.getOrganizationId());
        assertEquals("St.-Pauls-Viertel", org.getAddress());
        assertEquals("info@est.fujitsu.com", org.getEmail());
        assertEquals("by", org.getLocale());
        assertEquals("Fujitsu EST", org.getName());
        assertEquals("+49 89 360908-0", org.getPhone());
        assertEquals("http://www.test.com", org.getUrl());
        assertEquals("DE", org.getDomicileCountry());
        assertEquals("SUPPLIER", org.getOrganizationRoles().iterator().next()
                .name());
        assertEquals("Fujitsu Enabling Software Technology GmbH",
                org.getDescription());
        assertEquals(new BigDecimal("15"), org.getOperatorRevenueShare());

        assertOut("Update of organization '1000' was successful!%n");
        assertErr("");
    }

    /**
     * Tests whether all the arguments defined as "ARG_*" constants by
     * {@link UpdateOrganizationCommand} are also contained by the properties
     * file 'update_org.properties'.
     */
    @Test
    public void testArgsAvailableInFile() throws Exception {
        checkArgsAvailableInFile(UpdateOrganizationCommand.class, FILE_NAME);
    }

}


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Hints on result hydration
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When using Doctrine as your persistance driver, you may configure FazlandElasticaBundle to use
[query hints](http://doctrine-orm.readthedocs.org/en/latest/reference/dql-doctrine-query-language.html#query-hints) when hydrating your objects.

To configure FazlandElasticaBundle to use hints when hydrating objects, add an entry
to the `hints` array of `elastica_to_model_transformer` configuration section.
Each entry must contain a `name` of the hint and a `value` to use.

```yaml
fazland_elastica:
    indexes:
        website:
            types:
                user:
                    persistence:
                        elastica_to_model_transformer:
                            hints:
                                - {name: 'doctrine.customOutputWalker', value: 'Gedmo\Translatable\Query\TreeWalker\TranslationWalker'}
```

This is especially useful if you're using features that require additional information when hydrating an object
(like the translatable behavior from [Doctrine2 behavioral extensions](https://github.com/Atlantic18/DoctrineExtensions)) and you don't want
Doctrine to issue additional queries to retrieve it.

This option is only available for the ORM driver.


Since man knew writing, he became interested in what he has done from the written information in various subjects. As a result of the evolution of the human in all areas, Documents were no longer necessarily means printed documents but the concept "document" has expanded to include everything that falls under the sources of information so we became having documents in the form of a films, and so on.
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Electronic document management systems store images of scanned documents and then retrieve them on demand, these systems were able to shorten the wide open spaces to preserve historical documents Information allowing non-specific use of the documents through search and retrieval for each document as it helped to solve the document loss, waste and errors in documents ordering making it possible to use the same document by several people at the same time, it is also characterized by number of advantages for the development of the entry process, retrieval, processing and updating documents from any point on the network (within the required security procedures) also enabled the extraction of documents reports and statistics from stored documents and response to many inquiries .
Documents archiving and management process could face (without the use of an electronic system) many of the difficulties that limit the success of the operation, like the absence of a practical mechanism for inventory, conservation, classification, indexing of documents and providing an accurate mechanism required for the document search.
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LONDON -- Online FX options broker Volbroker last week announced a swathe of new initiatives.
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The International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE), a network of more than 100 organisations supporting sex workers has published its demands to European institutions and national governments, including emergency income replacement, a moratorium on fines, arrests and prosecution related to sex work and immigration status, access to health care for all and regularisation of undocumented migrants.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on European societies, many organisations ring the alarm on the exclusion of the most marginalised people such as migrants, homeless people and precarious workers from current governmental measures and European policies. Some states have rightfully implemented actions, such as emergency housing, income substitution and regularisation of migrants. However, sex workers, most of them working in the informal economy due to the criminalised and stigmatised nature of the work, have in many countries been completely excluded from social and economic aid. In the absence of European Commission and government attention, sex worker organisations started to self-organise to provide direct support to sex workers - distributing food parcels, cash to cover accommodation and basic necessities - as well as offering emotional and administrative support to each other and formulating their common demands to policy makers across borders.
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In an effort to promote awareness and strengthen prevention against norovirus, the National Restaurant Association, the nation's largest foodservice trade organization, has teamed up with Ecolab, the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services, to launch a campaign focused on providing the restaurant industry with a broad range of tools and resources to help combat the spread of the virus.
"We're proud to partner with Ecolab as we continue our commitment to leading the way in food safety and handling," says Sherman Brown, senior vice president of ServSafe, the Association's food safety training certification program. "Norovirus is a serious threat to the foodservice industry. This campaign is designed to provide the industry with the tools necessary to raise awareness, prevent and fight against the virus."
"Both Ecolab and the Association have heard from the industry about the need for additional information and training to address norovirus," says Mike Hickey, Ecolab executive vice president and president of Global Institutional. "By combining the Association's commitment to its members and our expertise in food safety across the food supply chain, we are uniquely positioned to help their members and our customers advance food safety, and protect their staff and guests from norovirus."
To kick off the campaign, the Association and Ecolab released a white paper entitled "Norovirus: The Notorious Dangers." The report, which is free to the public, provides a clear blueprint for restaurants to develop an action plan to prevent and combat the virus.
The campaign will run from November to March and will highlight the sources of norovirus and provide tips and tools on how to detect and prevent the spread of foodborne illness through proper hand washing, cleaning procedures and staff training. The Association has launched a landing page to house the new training tools and resources that will be made available to members of the industry free of charge. Materials include activities, posters, infographics and videos.
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Just returned from a week in Los Angeles, and am now stuffing Anchored CDs back in Brooklyn. Official release is September 13th on Silber Records, but I will have advance ordering information up here soon.
Anchored is the debut solo release for Jon DeRosa, best known as leader of the Brooklyn-based drone-pop band Aarktica. With his eponymous solo release, DeRosa's sound evolves from the frozen tundra of Aarktica to the deeply enigmatic moan of the open sea. Adding his own rich baritone voice to a landscape dominated by strings, horns and the guitar atmospherics of his previous projects, DeRosa's sonic maturation is one of noir elegance.
DeRosa is notably backed by Julia Kent on cello and Jon Natchez (Beirut/Yellow Ostrich) on horns and woodwinds. Also featured is the voice of Lorraine Lelis (ex-Mahogany, Aarktica). The album was mixed at Mother West in NYC by Charles Newman (Magnetic Fields, Soko, Gospel Music).
The physical release is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, with printing by Starbage Hands Press.


The CW has released some promo images from next week's new episode titled "City of Blood," and gives us a great look at what we can expect when Slade unleashes his army of mirakuru soldiers! As always, the images do contain spoilers for the upcoming episode.
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10 stars who changed the fashion game in 2022
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Although more discreet of late, Rihanna has been the subject of much attention since the announcement of her pregnancy earlier this year. And for good reason, the 30-year-old has shunned convention by proudly displaying her baby bump, her pregnancy figure and her stretch marks, with crop tops, see-through clothes and tight dresses, showing the world that she doesn't care what anyone might say. Forget the sanctimonious clichés surrounding pregnant women, as Rihanna has changed the game — and paved the way for other to follow — all while sparking a revolution in the world of maternity clothes.
Harry Styles and Timothée Chalamet
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Hailed as an icon of a generation free from stereotypes at the end of 2021, Harry Styles has never stopped denouncing and smashing the gendered codes of fashion, even launching his own gender-neutral beauty brand, called Pleasing. But he is far from being alone in this quest.
Timothée Chalamet has also freed himself of the many norms surrounding masculinity, embracing non-binary fashion with style. See, for example, his backless suit at the Venice Film Festival, which set social networks ablaze. Lil Nas X, David Banda and Billy Porter could also be added to this list of celebrities helping to break down some of these constraints.
Margot Robbie on the set of the upcoming Barbie movie. Image credit: Margot Robbie/Instagram
Margot Robbie doesn't feature in the New York Times list, which preferred to include Ryan Gosling for his role as Ken in the upcoming "Barbie" movie. However, it is the Australian actress — taking on the role of the most famous doll on the planet — who is ultimately at the origin of "Barbiecore," one of the key trends of the year, bringing an unexpected wave of pink to fashion and many other sectors.
There's no doubt that the star of the movie — slated for release in summer 2023 — is one of the celebrities that left a mark on the fashion world in 2022.
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While the return of 'normcore' could have clearly set Mark Zuckerberg up as a fashion icon at the end of this year, it was the sight of his avatar sporting a luxury suit by Thom Browne — among other designer outfits — that allows the Meta chief to be considered one of the most stylish personalities of the year, even if the metaverse has not (yet) met with the expected level of success.
Nevertheless, the entrepreneur can boast of having this year launched a first digital clothing store, the Meta Avatars Store, and of having put a first unexpected foot in the world of fashion.
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While some are casting off stereotypes and preconceptions relating to gender or age, Lizzo is on a mission to remind everyone that the body positive movement is not just a passing trend — it's here to stay, despite some frequent backtracking. Not content with proving it regularly on the red carpet, the American singer and flutist is also at work behind the scenes.
In 2022, she launched her own brand of shapewear, called Yitty, channeling body positivism and self-affirmation with creations designed to suit (absolutely) all women.
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There's no denying the impact of the hit show "Euphoria," the second season of which aired earlier this year. Madeleine Perez, aka Maddy, played by Alexa Demie, is one of the show's main characters who helped drive the revival of 2000s fashion, with low-rise pants, crop tops, butterfly accessories, chokers and overalls.
Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber and Bella Hadid then picked up the torch to make this trend one of the most significant of the year.
Image credit: Bella Hadid/Instagram
You could've been mistaken for thinking that the age of star models was coming to an end — but it's not. Not for a handful of them anyway, like Bella Hadid, who shone all year long. But it was during the finale of the spring-summer 2023 runway show from Coperni — a fashion house helmed by designers Sebastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant — that the supermodel really stood out. This was due to the pair's spray-on dress, an innovation presented on the body of Bella Hadid.
Almost naked, the model was sprayed with a liquid that turned into fabric on contact with her skin. It was a real feat that pushed Gigi Hadid's sister even further into the spotlight. In fact, she has just been named "Model of the Year" by the British Fashion Council.
Grece Ghanem
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It's probably not very discreet to say, but Grece Ghanem has just celebrated her 57th birthday. And she has also decided to shatter her share of preconceptions, this time related to age. Invisible, she is certainly not, daring to try all the outfits and make-up that she wants, and proving that age really is just a number.
A style icon for all women, she is now followed by nearly a million people on Instagram, and never goes unnoticed on the front row of a fashion show. She didn't make the New York Times list, but she was a key presence in fashion this year, helping to bring women over 50 out of the shadows and into the limelight.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 02: Queen Elizabeth II smiles on the balcony during Trooping The Colour on June 02, 2022 in London, England. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated from June 2 to June 5, 2022, in the UK and Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
There's no way Queen Elizabeth II could not feature this ranking. The Queen of England, who passed away on September 8, marked 2022 — as well as the last seven decades — with her signature style. Her colorful outfits, designed to make her visible in the crowd, her unmistakable hats, her pearls, and her legendary handbag, all made the late monarch a long-standing fashion icon.
The proof? In June, the outfit worn by the Queen for her last official portrait was the talk of the world — and the internet — in a matter of minutes, demonstrating the high level of interest surrounding each of the queen's chosen designs.
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Two Minutes for Looking so Good: The Story of the 2005-06 Edmonton Oilers
Eric Mutter
I'm a big sports fan who loves Mexican lucha libre and hockey.
We interrupt you're not so regularly scheduled lucha libre column to talk about something else; hockey! Ain't it swell sports fans? As much fun as talking lucha is for me, it feels like I've kind of hit a rut with it and, in my opinion, need something to balance it out. And what better way to do so than to write about my favorite sport, a game that features a shit ton of dudes using sticks to shoot a puck into a net, in between brawls and hard body checks into a glass window of course! I don't know how long it'll last for, but the plan is to start making this a daily thing; a hockey column during the day, a lucha column (likely a review) in the night. So with that, let's get started. How do we kick off this hockey adventure you may ask? By talking about one of my favorite playoff runs ever, the Cinderella story of the 2005-06 Edmonton Oilers. Judging from how the 2017-18 Edmonton Oilers are doing right now, I think their fans will thank me for doing this. So make yourself comfortable because this is going to take awhile, and allow me to tell you of the days of high adventure!
Chapter 1: Background and the Regular Season
Our story begins, as almost every Edmonton Oilers story does, begins with Wayne Gretzky's trade to the Los Angeles Kings on August 9th, 1988. Why do we begin there? Because for most casual (and even non-casual) hockey fans, that's the day the Edmonton Oilers went full blown Thelma and Louise off the cliff, never to be seen again until that 2006 playoff run. Not only is that incorrect, it's laughably incorrect. While the Kings without a doubt won the Gretzky deal from a value standpoint, the Oilers remained a force, reaching the Western Conference finals for three consecutive years (1990-1992), winning the Stanley Cup in 1990 and, most notably, defeating the Kings in three out of four playoff meetings from 1989-1992. So much for the Oilers being nomads without the Great One around. It wasn't until the 1992-93 that the wheels finally came off for Edmonton, as they missed the playoffs for the first time franchise history. As it turns out, the Gretzky trade was less of a big deal than the fact that every other star the Oilers had, from Mark Messier to Glenn Anderson to Grant Furh to Jari Kurri, all slowly departed within a four season span. Even with the Oilers being a small market team, the sudden exodus of, arguably, the greatest team ever assembled was shocking. Even more shocking was how its architect, Oilers GM/President/former Head Coach Glen Sather, was powerless to stop it.
Once one of the shrewdest minds in hockey, Sather seemingly became incapable of rebuilding the roster. His trades of star players like Messier, Anderson, Furh and Kurri brought back a combined value of Vincent Damphousse and little else, with Damphousse bolting to Montreal after just one year in Edmonton. His drafts between 1984-1994 produced only seven above average players; Kelly Buchberger, Martin Rucinsky, Kirk Maltby, Jason Arnott, David Vyrborny, Miroslav Satan and Ryan Smyth, with only Buchberger, Arnott and Smyth playing five seasons ore more with the team. Keep in mind this is during a time period where Sather also had extra picks via the Gretzky trade, picks he turned into nothing (the 1989 pick was traded to the New Jersey Devils), Rucinsky (who played three seasons before leaving) and notable bust Nick Stajduhar. Whatever magic Sather once had was gone and so was the Oilers run as a dynasty. Armed with only Kevin Lowe, Arnott, Doug Weight (one Sather's rare great pickups during that time), Buchberger and little else, the Oilers would miss the playoffs for four consecutive seasons, and even upon reaching the playoffs again during the 96-97 season (thanks to the arrival of the legendary Curtis Joseph) were little more than a lower rung, second round playoff team at best. Between that and owner/living example of human fecal matter Peter Pocklington trying to move the team to Minnesota/sell the team to buyers from Houston, the post dynasty era years saw Oilers fans both dreading the end of their beloved franchise and longing for the glory days. At least it served as good practice for them for the 2006-2016 era Oilers!
Glen Sather, back when he was awesome
This brings us to 2005, which you probably recall is the year the NHL was coming back from a lockout that nuked the sport's popularity and, saddest of all, killed the NHL's ESPN deal, thus ending the golden age of Bill Clement and Gary Thorne calling games (a moment of silence if you will…and we're good). It's safe to say that no one was thinking about the Oilers at the time and why would they; the 2003-04 season saw them miss the playoffs (albeit by two points) and their most notable feature was that their head coach (Craig McTavish) and GM (Kevin Lowe) were both players during Edmonton's better days. Quietly however the Oilers had built a young roster of good to great players, anchored by the aforementioned Ryan Smyth (the heart and soul guy), local boy Fernando Pisani, two way centre Shawn Horcoff and the 13th pick in the 2001 NHL Draft, a young Czechoslovakian winger named Ales Hemsky. The pieces were there; all the Oilers needed were a little more oomph and oomph was what they immediately got. Thanks to the new CBA agreement, a salary cap was introduced to the NHL and it just so happened that the Oilers had a whole lot of cap room to start out. Lowe turned said cap room into two huge acquisitions, trading away Mike York and a fourth rounder for New York Islanders centre Michael Peca and, most impressively, turning Eric Brewer, Doug Lynch and the wonderfully named Jeff Woywitka into star defenseman Chris Pronger. Still only 31 years old, Pronger had developed into the gigantic, terrifying force of nature the Hartford Whalers hoped he'd be when they took him 2nd overall in 1993, and his 5 year, $31.25 million dollar deal seemingly gave the Oilers a star for both the short and long term, something they hadn't had since Curtis Joseph left for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1998.
But despite the young core and the key additions, the Oilers went into the season severely lacking in one department; goaltending. With Cujo off enjoying the Phoenix sunshine and Tommy Salo retired, Edmonton was left with this motley crew defending the net; Mike Morrison, Ty Conklin and Jussi Markkanen. That isn't just staring into the abyss, that's being trapped into the abyss with no hope of escape. Not too surprisingly the goaltending situation helped the Oilers get off to a slow start with a 9-9-1 record over their first nineteen games, and it continued to plague the team all the way up to the trade deadline, with only Markkanen proving to be somewhat capable of playing the position. Luckily the other moves appeared to cancel out the goaltending issues; Pronger was everything the Oilers hoped he would be, Hemsky, Horcoff and Jarret Stoll each had breakout seasons and Ryan Smyth, Mr. Oiler himself, put together his best campaign since his rookie year. Still, I'm pretty sure the thought of Markkanen and Ty Conklin anchoring the net for the Oilers come the playoffs (Morrison had gone to the Ottawa Senators by this point, for all two of you who wanted to know) gave Kevin Lowe swamp ass, so naturally he set out at the trade deadline to get a tried and true number one goalie. His choice for that role; Dwayne Roloson. The 36 year old Simcoe, Ontario native was a late bloomer, having spent most of his career in the minors before becoming an All Star with the Minnesota Wild during the 2002-03 season. As such Roloson was considered more a solid goaltender than a great one, which didn't stop Lowe from trading a first round pick to get him. That's right; a first round pick. The trade was slammed more than a Paulie Shore feature, and in fact was so preposterous at the time that, had things gone differently, Lowe probably wouldn't have been able to get a job sharpening skates in Medicine Hat. As it turned out, the trade ended up being one of Lowe's greatest moves; whether it was incredible foresight or sheer dumb luck I'll leave up to you.
A very excited Chris Pronger was Edmonton's big offseason acquisition.
A far more accepted move was Lowe's trade for Sergei Samsonov, a celebrated playmaker from the Boston Bruins. The price was steep for him as well, with Edmonton coughing up veterans Marty Reasoner (who returned to Edmonton as a free agent after the season), youngster Yan Statsny and a 2006 second round pick that would eventually become Stanley Cup winner and current Oilers left winger Milan Lucic (funny how that turned out). But the former Samsonov quickly proved to be worthy, netting 16 points in 19 games for the Oilers as the season wound down. Less successful was Roloson, who despite a solid 2.40 GAA managed only a 8-7-5 record with a disappointing .905 Save Percentage. Not only did Roloson's struggles look bad considering what the Oilers gave up for him, but his average performance coincided with an Oilers slump; after going 30-18-8 through the first 56 games of the season, the Oilers record the rest of the way was a mediocre 11-10-5. In other words, despite the young talent and the big acquisitions, the season overall resembled exactly what the Oilers had been ever since the dynasty ended in the early 90's. All that was left to happen was for the Oilers, who clinched the eighth seed in the postseason, to crash in burn in the first round against the best team in the NHL, the Detroit Red Wings. As Lee Corso would say, NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND!
Dwayne Roloson, great goaltender, man who made Kevin Lowe look smart
Chapter 2: Down Goes Detroit, Down Goes San Jose
This cannot be stressed enough; going into the Detroit series, the only people picking the Oilers to win were absolutely no one. We're talking the "nobody believes in us!" factor times three thousand. After all, the Oilers were just the Oilers, while the Red Wings (by this point a dynasty in their own right) were loaded with stars like Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zettenberg, Brendan Shanahan, Chris Chelios and Pavel Datsuk amongst others. If that's not impressive enough, consider this; the Red Wings also went through the 2005-06 season without getting shutout once. NOT ONCE! Kevin Costner from 1985-1993 wasn't an unstoppable as this Wings team was. All of which made it very surprising when the Oilers came out in Game 1 and played the Wings tough, withstanding a 57 shot barrage to take the game to Double Overtime before the Detroit prevailed. Even though the Red Wings prevailed, Edmonton's defense first style of play, coupled with Roloson's outstanding performance, gave the team confidence that spilled over into Game 2. This time, the Oilers withstood the barrage and prospered, bolstered by two second period goals by Fernando Pisani and Brad Winchester take too place within a minute of each other. One empty net goal by Jarret Stoll later and the Oilers headed back to Edmonton tied with Detroit at a game apiece. While there were many twist and turns after Game 2, the result changed everything completely, something that was confirmed when everyone turned on their TV to watch Game 3. For whatever reason, be it the long years of mediocrity or fans having hope following the Game 2 win, Rexall Center wasn't just electric; it was like getting Thundershocked by every single Lightning Pokemon alive. In what was just the start of what would be a legendary run for them, the Edmonton faithful stuck with the Oilers through a tense Game 3 that saw the Oilers blow a two goal lead late in the third. It didn't matter; the fans and team stayed with it, and Jarret Stoll became a playoff hero by scoring the game winning goal in the series' second Double Overtime game, giving the Oilers a 2-1 series lead. Any Oilers fans that tells you they weren't doing their best Morpheus "he is beginning to believe!" impression at this point is lying.
The victory parade was put on hold after the Red Wings stormed back with a convincing Game 4 win, only for the Oilers to shock the world again with a 3-2 Game 5 victory, bolstered by an outstanding defensive performance by Pronger and a seven minute onslaught in the second period that saw Edmonton score three goals. Just like that, Game 6 was now set up for the improbable; an Oilers series win and the best team in the NHL going home. The Red Wings came out of the gates looking to destroy that narrative, dominating the first two periods and taking what looked to be a commanding 2-0 lead going into the third. And just like that, everything changed. Just three minutes into the third and on the powerplay, Fernando Pisani scooped up a Jarret Stoll rebound and fired it past Manny Legace to get the Oilers within one. Not four minutes later, Pisani found himself alone in the slot after a great pass from Jason Smith and deked out Legace to tie the game. I'd saying "Holy Jumpin!", but I don't want to be associated with Darren Pang. The Red Wings answered back at the halfway mark with Johan Franzen goal, but it was only a temporary reprieve as Ales Hemsky, who had quiet all series to this point, muscled a powerplay goal past Legace to once again tie the game. At this point I'm pretty sure everyone was getting adult diapers to wear for the never ending abyss known as overtime, for the game surely seemed to be going that way. Then, with just a little more than a minute remaining, Hemsky received a pass from Stoll at center ice and deked his way into the Red Wings zone, pushing the defense back. He then left the puck for Sergei Samsonov before crashing the net all alone, leaving it up to Samsonov to deliver the perfect pass. The rest is history.
With Rexall Place now on the verge of crumbling to the ground, the Oilers held off a final Red Wings onslaught to win 4-3 and, against all odds, eliminate the President Trophy winners in an unbelievable upset. Or was it? While the Red Wings were a better team than the Oilers, in retrospect the distance wasn't as much as people expected. For one, the Oilers were a stacked team who were only as low in the standings as they were due to goaltending issues. Meanwhile, the Oilers also played in a division featuring two other playoff teams (the Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche), while the Vancouver Canucks only finished three points behind them; that's a tough division. In contrast, the Red Wings division (and the teams they played nearly 30% of their games against) consisted of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Blackhawks (before Toews and Kane) and St. Louis Blues, who just so happened to be the worst teams in the Western Conference. Couple that with Detroit's decision to go with Manny Legace in goal instead of Chris Osgood and it doesn't seem too shocking that the Oilers were able to take it to the Red Wings as much as they did. Regardless, the Oilers moved on, the Red Wings went home and the Samsonov to Hemsky play became the most iconic Oilers play of the last twenty years. If that had been the extent of Edmonton's run, I'm pretty sure fans would've been pretty happy with that; well maybe not the Roloson trade still, but everything else sure.
One thing was for sure; the only thing getting easier from that point forward was Oilers' fans ability to assume the fetal position. That's because Edmonton's next opponent was the San Jose Sharks, and while the Sharks didn't have the never ending lineup of All Stars the Red Wings had, they did contain the ever dangerous one two punch of NHL MVP Joe Thornton and goal scoring leader Jonathan Cheechoo. More than that though the Sharks had the experience of being a playoff fixture ever since the late 90's; they were rugged, they were skilled and they were ready to finally break through to the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. The first two games in San Jose seemed to confirm they were on their way, as Edmonton's offensive struggles and the Sharks physical play netted them two one goal victories for a commanding 2-0 series lead. It also confirmed how beloved the Sharks popularity was; as the team stepped on the ice for Game 2, the crowd noise as recorded at a 109 decibel. Or as Chad Muska would say in Tony Hawk Underground, it was louder than a Metallica concert in there. It was a cool moment for Sharks fans; it also, unknowingly, may have led to the series turning in Edmonton's favor.
Jonathan Cheechoo and Joe Thornton, arguably the best one two punch of the 05-06 NHL season
I say that because Game 3, back in Edmonton, featured Oilers fans seemingly accepting the Sharks fans challenge to be louder, which they were after being recorded at a 114 decibel. If San Jose was a Metallica concert, the Edmonton crowd a Viking Metal rock opera. Whatever it was, the Oilers fed off it and started the game off by outshooting the Sharks 15-2 in the first period; unfortunately for them, Sharks goalie Vesa Toskala stood on his head and kept the Oilers to only one goal heading into the second. The Sharks would score two to take a 2-1 lead going into the third, but the Oilers kept coming and finally tied it up after a Raffi Torres wrist-shot sailed past Toskala. And so began the Oilers third trek into the endless abyss known as Playoff Overtime, only this one was somehow made the two Red Wings games seem like a relaxing stroll through the park. The two teams traded chance after chance through three Overtime periods, the highlight being a Thornton/Cheechoo two on one attack that ended with Roloson making a save that almost singlehandedly justified Kevin Lowe's reason for trading for him. Roloson's reach, one of 32 saves, proved to be another iconic Oiler playoff moment, and it set the stage for two and a half minutes into the third Overtime when Shawn Horcoff beat Toskala to give the Oilers an emotional 3-2 win. Though if we're being honest, it was over the moment Roloson snagged Cheechoo's shot out of the air.
Game 4 proved to be another memorable game, at first for the wrong reasons. Despite the draining Game 3 loss, the Sharks cruised to a 3-1 lead through the midway point of the second period, the series seemingly in their grasps. The Oilers cut it to one on a Michael Peca goal, but quickly looked in danger when the Sharks launched an offensive onslaught on the powerplay after Sergei Samsonov penalty. And here is where the series flipped for good. Tried as they did, the Sharks couldn't put the puck past Roloson and a final pass attempt by Nils Ekman ended up missing everyone and soaring back into the Sharks zone. Not that big a deal right? Normally it wouldn't be…except it happened the same time Samsonov emerged from the box, skating towards the puck as if the fate of the world rested on him making it. Toskala now had a choice; he could let Samsonov play it and have a breakaway attempt or he could play it himself. He chose the latter, and it would've been a good decision if he hadn't hit the puck right into Samsonov. The winger quickly put the put into the back of the net to tie the game as Edmonton exploded and Toskala did his best impression of a person in a Southwest Airlines commercial.
It's bad enough to blow a 3-1 lead in a game; it's even worse when you do it like that. To the surprise of no one, the Oilers turned on the jets and didn't look back, crushing the Sharks with three more goals in the third to win 6-3. Game 5 was more of the same, with the Oilers scoring three third period goals to once again win 6-3. But the game was overshadowed by the San Jose fans, who took it upon themselves to boo the Canadian National Anthem at the start of the game. Why on earth would they do this? Because many Sharks fans believed they heard Oilers fans booed the American National anthem at the start of Game 4, prompting them to retaliate. In reality, what Sharks fans heard a result of technical and audio issues stemming from the FSN Bay Area broadcast of the game; in other words, audio from player introductions was accidentally broadcast during the anthem, meaning there was no booing at all. Just like that Sharks fans, who started the series as both likeable and loud, now looked like the biggest jerks in the western hemisphere and it was all due to a misunderstanding. Luckily this story was replaced with a good one, in the form of Oilers fans cheering the American National Anthem at the start of Game 6 before joining singer Paul Loreiau in a memorable rendition of O' Canada. In what easily could've been a situation where Oilers fans could've responded the same way Sharks fans did, they instead went the other way and created a wonderful moment that all sports fans should take note of. The Oilers rewarded them for their class keeping the Sharks scoreless for a relatively relaxing 2-0 victory, sending the Sharks home. More importantly though was Edmonton was moving on to the Western Conference Finals, something they hadn't done since the twilight of the dynasty era back in the 1991-92 season. Fitting because things were very much like the dynasty Oilers at the time; the team was firing on all cylinders, the crowd was hotter than ever and there appeared to be no end in sight.
Chapter 3: Roasting the Ducks
The Oilers last hurdle towards Stanley Cup glory was the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, back when they had that awesome logo and were still actually called the Mighty Ducks. Just two seasons earlier the Ducks had done what the Oilers were trying to do, upsetting team after team en route to pushing the New Jersey Devils to seven games in the Stanley Cup Finals. They were even better this time, led by a returning Teemu Selanne, Andy McDonald, brothers Scott and Rob Niedermayer, featuring a young core consisting of Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Joffrey Lupul and Chris Kunitz and backed in net by future Oiler Ilya Bryzgalov (Jean-Sébastien Giguère, the Ducks hero from the 2002-03 postseason, was the backup). It was another instance of, on paper, the Oilers looking outmatched by a powerful offensive juggernaut. But after disposing of the seemingly unstoppable Red Wings and the ultra talented San Jose combo of Thornton/Cheechoo, the Oilers weren't going to be intimidated and most certainly weren't during Game 1 in Anaheim. With the exception of a powerplay goal late in the first, the Ducks had no answer for Roloson (who stopped 31 shots) and watched helplessly as the Oilers cruised to a 3-1 victory. Game 2 was more of the same, as the Oilers put in three more and Roloson stood on his head once again, stopping 33 of 34 shots for a second straight 3-1 victory. For the first time all postseason, the Oilers would be returning to Edmonton with a two game lead and all the momentum in the world, setting the stage for yet another legendary moment courtesy of the Edmonton crowd.
When the Winnipeg Jets returned in 2011, the moment after the rendition of "O' Canada" was so powerful that Jim Hughson made the remake that you could feel "the heartbeat of hockey." When the Oilers and Ducks took the ice for Game 3 of the 2006 NHL Western Conference Finals, the same exact thing could be said. As loud and wonderful as Rexhall Place had been throughout the postseason, Oilers fans outdid themselves here, leaving Don Cherry speechless (an unbelievable accomplishment) and singing "O' Canada" so loudly and proudly that Paul Loreiau stopped singing and merely held the mic up, letting the fans take it home. In a postseason full of unforgettable moments, including Hemsky's goal, Roloson's reach, Horcoff's game winner, Samsonov's dash and the Oiler fans applauding the American Anthem in the wake of Sharks fans booing "O' Canada", the opening stages of Game 3 served as perhaps the highlight of them all. It was so powerful that it became the norm for games in Edmonton after, with Loreiau letting the fans finish the song at every game from that point forward.
As if the opening wasn't enough to give you chills, Game 3 itself turned out to be one of the most exciting games of the entire postseason. Like Wrestle Kingdom 12, it had a little something for everyone; hard hitting physical play, great goals, great goaltending, comebacks, heroes, goats. It's been awhile, but I think someone may have even used a kitchen sink at one point. And best of all most of the action came in the third period, where the Ducks and Oilers scored a combined eight goals in one of the wildest periods the NHL had ever seen. Unlike Game's 1 and 2, the Ducks hung tough and, despite being down 4-0 at one point, kept rallying up until the very end. Ultimately it wasn't enough and the Oilers, largely thanks to a 34 save performance from Roloson, were able to just hold on for a 5-4 win, giving them a 3-0 lead and a complete stranglehold on the series. With only one win till the Stanley Cup Finals, the Oilers were poised to complete their fairy tale run at home, leading to perhaps the one major misstep the Oilers had up to this point. With nothing to lose and Jean-Sébastien Giguère brought in to replace Bryzgalov, the Ducks mustered up some pride and dominated the Oilers in Game 4, never trailing in a 6-3 blowout. In the end it was nothing more than a last gasp; despite falling behind in the first of Game 5, the Oilers stormed ahead in the second after a pair of goals by Ethan Moreau and Raffi Torres, and road a 32 save performance by Roloson the rest of the way to defeat the Ducks and clinch a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1990. Somehow the moment proved to be even more historic than that; at the time the Oilers victory made them the only eighth seed in NHL history to make it to the finals, paving away for the 2011-12 Los Angeles Kings and 2016-17 Nashville Predators. Perhaps most importantly though; after this season, the Mighty Ducks changed their name to the Anaheim Ducks, making the Oilers inadvertedly responsible from transforming the lovable (and cool) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim into the soulless, evil Anaheim Ducks we know today. It just goes to show you not everything about this run was awesome. Then again, one of of thirty ain't too bad.
Captain Jason Smith with the Clarence Campbell trophy
Chapter 4: So Close, Yet So Far Away
By this point Edmonton had slayed three different yet equally challenging dragons just to get the Stanley Cup Finals; now the only beast left to defeat was the Carolina Hurricanes. Or as most of us bitter New Englanders call them, the Hartford Whalers before they were stolen away by Satan's asshole (Peter Karmanos). Shitty owner aside, the Hurricanes were as legit as any team in the NHL in 05-06, cruising to the second best record in the East behind young stars Eric Staal and Justin Williams, veterans Corey Stillman and captain Rob Brind'Amour and the surprise goaltending of journeyman Martin Gerber. When Gerber began to lose it in the postseason, Canes coach Peter Laviolette made the bold decision to go with Cam Ward, a promising rookie from Saskatoon. It paid off; like Roloson Ward got hot and the Canes overcame a 2-0 deficit against the Montreal Canadiens to win the series. They never looked back after, setting up a showdown between the favored Hurricanes and the underdog Oilers. It had all the makings for a great series, and Game 1 quickly proved it would be (albeit with one minor blemish).
The Oilers picked up immediately where they left off against the Ducks, scoring three goals in the first two periods to take what looked to be a commanding 3-1 lead. Much like the Oilers had so much against the Red Wings and Sharks however, the Canes fought back and by the middle of the third had somehow taken a 4-3 lead. Now it was Edmonton's turn to strike back. With six and a half minutes remaining, Ales Hemsky took advantage of an Oiler powerplay and beat Ward to tie the game. Much like Game 6 of the first round series with Detroit, it appeared the Oilers were heading to Overtime. Once more it didn't happen, but for much more tragic reasons. As the game wound down, a Carolina possession led to a collision between Roloson and Andrew Ladd (caused by a Marc-Andre Bergeron hit). Ladd got up alright; Roloson did not, and was taken out of the game with what turned out to be a third degree MCL sprain. Just like that Roloson, who had gone 12-5 with a 2.33 GAA and a .927% in the postseason, was gone for the rest of the series. And it was about to get worse. You'll notice that head coach Craig McTavish hasn't been mentioned much to this point; that's because he largely hadn't played an impact in the series during the first three rounds. He did here however, replacing the injured Roloson with, wait for it…Ty Conklin.
In fairness to McTavish, the Oilers may have lost the series the moment Roloson went down anyway. But if not, holy hell did they lose it the moment Conklin, a mediocre at best goaltender who hadn't played in months, stepped in. Sure enough, with 32 seconds left in the game, Conklin was forced to play a puck behind the net and proceeded to send the puck right into captain Jason Smith's stick. The puck bounced right in front of the net, where Brind'Amour was waiting to slap the puck in to give the Canes the lead for good. The good news is that was all McTavish needed to see from Conklin, as the goalie was never seen again from that point forward, replaced by Jussi Markkanen from that point forward. The bad news is that Markkanen somehow made Conklin look like Ken Dryden in his prime during Game 2, conceding five Carolina goals as the Oilers got blown out 5-0. It hadn't been that long ago that Edmonton had a 3-1 lead and a healthy Dwayne Roloson at the end of the second period in Game 1. Now Roloson was gone, the Oilers looked thoroughly outmatched going back home for Game 3 and I wouldn't have doubted if McTavish and Lowe had looked up Michael Morrison's number in between games just to see if he was available.
As they had all postseason however, the Oilers responded and responded big in front of yet another delirious hometown crowd. Despite the ever relentless Canes and a blown call by officials that prevented a shorthanded goal in the second, the Oilers prevailed 2-1 after Ryan Smyth powered the rebound of a Hemsky shot past Ward with 2:15 left in the game. Just as important was the play of Markkanen; whereas the 31 year old from Finland looked lost in Game 2, his Game 3 performance was one for the ages, earning him first star of the game recognition. He continued his fine play in Game 4, holding the Hurricanes to two goals; unfortunately the rest of the Oilers couldn't match his standard, as a strong performance by Ward and a lifeless Edmonton powerplay held the Oilers to one goal and a 2-1 loss. Worse, it put the Oilers in a 3-1 series hole, meaning the Oilers would have to win three straight games against one of the best teams in the NHL, with a backup goalie and a powerplay that resembled the film Flatliners to boot. There's dire and then there's this. You may say that, regardless of the series result, the fact that the Oilers got this far was a hell of an accomplishment and the fact they still had so much fight in them despite losing Roloson showed that they went down swinging. Let this be a reminder that the people who tell you that are either Cleveland Browns or Colorado Rockies fans, aka people who have never been this close to a championship in their life. The Oilers didn't come this far just to go home; they came to win.
Jussi Markkanen valiantly filled in after Dwayne Roloson went down with an injury
And luckily for everyone who loves playoff hockey, it became quickly apparent they weren't yet done when Game 5 started with a Fernando Pisani goal sixteen seconds in. From there, Game 5 morphed into yet another titanic Oilers vs. insert opponent here struggle destined for Overtime. The Hurricanes answered Pisani's goal with two quick first period goals of their own, only to see their efforts answered by the Oilers, who finally got their powerplay going and added two more goals courtesy of Hemsky and Peca to make it 3-2. Eric Staal answered in the second by poking the puck past Markkanen, tying the game. The two teams then traded chance after chance until Overtime, and it slowly became clear (due to injuries to Doug Weight and Aaron Ward) that the Canes were maybe a player too short to keep up with the Oilers in a long game. The Oilers proved that theory true when Pisani, for about the tenth million time this postseason, came up big, intercepting a Corey Stillman pass and rifling a shot past Ward to give the Oilers the 4-3 lead. There was still some liquor in the cup yet! The Oilers returned to Edmonton in Game 6 and, for the first time all series, were the dominant team from start to finish. Despite the return of Carolina forward Erik Cole, who was coming back after a broken neck suffered in March, the Oilers controlled the action, limiting the Canes to just 16 shots while pulverizing Ward on the other end. To the delight of the delirious Edmonton fans, the final score was 4-0 Oilers and, unbelievably, the underdog eighth seed with a backup goaltender was now one win away from winning their first Stanley Cup in over fifteen years.
And this is where the story takes a turn towards the unhappy ending. Game 7 would go down as a hard fought, if not necessarily classic, battle between the Oilers and Canes, with Carolina ultimately just edging Edmonton out. The Canes would jump out to a 2-0 going into the third before Pisani, yet again, scored earlier in the third to give Edmonton a shot. Ultimately the Oilers wouldn't score again however, and with less than a minute to go Justin Williams sealed the deal with an empty netter, giving the Hurricanes their first Stanley Cup in franchise history and forcing every former Whalers fan to watch helplessly as Peter Karmanos got to celebrate a title he deserved as much as I deserve a date with Yvonne Strahovski. We did at least get to see Rob Brind'Amour, an excellent player, raise the Stanley Cup he deserved for so long, so it wasn't a total loss. With that the Oilers run came to an end, and not just for the postseason. No sooner did the postseason conclude did Chris Pronger, only a season into his five year deal, suddenly decide he wanted out of Edmonton after his family had difficulty adjusting to the city. Within a few weeks Pronger, Samsonov, Peca and others were gone and the Oilers were right back to where they were prior to the season; going nowhere fast. And nowhere they went for the next decade, until Conor McDavid came along and gave the Oilers hope yet again. Now hopefully Cam Talbot and Todd McLellan don't continue to blast that hope into oblivion.
The Oilers watch as the Hurricanes celebrate
The old saying goes that no one ever remembers the losers, and yet for a three season stretch the NHL postseason's most fascinating stories were the teams that came up one game short in the Stanley Cup. The 02-03 Mighty Ducks (a seventh seed) became the most exciting team in hockey off the back of Jean-Sébastien Giguère and Paul Kariya's iconic goal. The 03-04 Calgary Flames (a sixth seed) came within a blown no goal call of hoisting their first cup since the Mike Vernon years. I guess it was only natural that an eighth seed would come along to top both those stories, and the Oilers were just that team. But there was something different about this run, for two reasons by my estimation. First, the Oilers Cinderella story came just a year after the NHL nuked its own season for reasons I still don't understand, killing all fan goodwill and setting the sport back in ways we all still feel fourteen years later. In many ways the Oilers were the first feel good story of the new NHL, a reminder that, while Gary Bettman and co. may be the biggest buffoons this side of Matt Bevers, hockey could still be awesome. And what made it awesome? Not just the play, but the Edmonton fans. I've watched a lot of different sports in the course of my life and I've watched even more pro wrestling, two entities that are built on the backs of people making loud noises at events. I'd put the Edmonton Oilers crowds during that 2006 postseason up there with anything you can name. You watch them go delirious for every Edmonton goal, watch them unite together to sing the Canadian National Anthem as loud as possible and get the feeling this is what it must be like to see 16,000 plus high on ecstasy. It was that kind of electricity.
Edmonton native Fernando Pisani was arguably the Oilers best player during the playoffs
And no, I'm certainly not trying to suggest that the Oilers nor their fans fixed the NHL during this run. But hot damn were they fun and hot damn were they memorable. For a brief moment the 2006 playoffs made Edmonton the hockey capital of the world again for the first time since the days Gretzky took office behind the net. The fans were special. Guys like Pronger, Smyth, Hemsky, Horcoff, Samsonov, Peca and especially Pisani became heroes. Dwayne Roloson proved himself worthy of being traded for a first round pick (a pick that Minnesota traded to the Kings by the way. Kevin Lowe was a genius after all!) and if he stays healthy, this column's ending may instead be Jason Smith hoisting up the cup while Rob Brind'Amour attempts to deck Peter Karmanos in the background. But while the end wasn't what Oilers fans wanted and while the aftermath was pretty putrid, it doesn't diminish the run in the slightest. The 2005-06 Edmonton Oilers ruled and still rule to this day as one of the most exciting, fun and improbable hockey teams of the last decade. I look forward to the day where hockey fans look at them the same way basketball fans look at the Stephen Jackson/Jason Richardson 07 Warriors in comparison to the Curry/Durant/Thompson/Green Warriors of today. And yes, Conor McDavid's Oilers are the current Warriors in that scenario. That sound you hear is thousands of Edmonton fans getting excited before remembering all their best wingers are gone and Cam Talbot is still their goalie.
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Nazis, My Nazis
Asswipes aglow in the light of four-dollar tiki torches
The Cheeto-in-Chief, not content with threatening war with North Korea and, as a merry aside, with Venezuela as well, finished off the weekend by refusing to assign moral error in violence ending in death, sparked by Nazi protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. He simply sorrowed over the ruckus stirred by "many sides," in the college town.
It must be noted here that we used to give medals to people for fighting Nazis. That policy has changed under Trump. Now, even if you end up run over by a white supremacist barreling into a crowd in a speeding car, you merely get sorrowed over in a generic way. Standing up for equality, freedom and justice entitled you to accolades and ticker-tape parades back in the day. Being a Nazi meant getting tried and hung at Nuremberg. No longer the case, as we have a President who is more comfortable with Aryan supremacists than with the noisy lefties, feminists and Democrats who think the alt-right ought to move to Russia, where they belong, and where he does, too.
Leave it to Mike Pence, el consigliere, to clarify the situation. The VP did call out the Nazis for being repugnant scum, but was quick to blame the press for the whole situation. "I take issue with the fact that many in the national media spent more time criticizing the president's words than they did criticizing those that perpetrated the violence to begin with," said Pence, who continues to style his hair to resemble a small animal flattened on the highway.
It is true that the mainstream media has so far refrained from detailed attacks on modern-day Nazis, thinking perhaps that merely noting that they were Nazis, or pined for Aryan overlordship, or advocated racial war was sufficient criticism in and of itself. Obviously not, so let's do our duty here—they are spoiled bed-wetters who couldn't get laid in a Bangkok whorehouse on National Free Ass Day, carrying tiki torches they bought at Home Depot, the same kind your Aunt Zeldie falls asleep under at the family barbecue, and that probably keeps her from getting too bit up by mosquitos, because they are too lazy to dip stakes in pitch like their spiritual ancestors in the Klan did.
Some of them carry guns, but they attack their opponents with Chrysler products, since they don't have tanks, Stukas or gas chambers as of this writing. They do have a leader, though.
He's Mike Pence's boss, so Mike has to be careful what he says about them.
If young people are the hope of the future, it's discouraging that almost all of the tiki-torch carriers/white supremacists appear to be under the age of 30....which only goes to show that the fruitcake doesn't fall far from the tree. To those who still argue against birth control, I point to such offspring and rest my case.
To be young, photogenic and filled with Sturm und Drang seemed like bliss to them, indeed, Sr. Muse, until through the magic of social media they began to be identified and fired from their jobs. And who says Facebook is totally useless? Today, they must admit it's just mostly useless.
Come on people-let's not drag tiki torches in to this. It's a fine product. You'll notice the mob did not have to waste a single swing of a club on mosquitos
I apologize for besmirching the good name of "Tiki." I should have called them INTIMIDATION TORCHES.


Mt. Montgomery is one of the more interesting areas of the narrow gauge to explore. At an elevation of over 7000 feet at its summit, it was the most formidable natural obstical on the entire route. In operation until 1938, the line twisted its way around and through the mountain. A 247 foot tunnel just below the summit is today the most interesting point on the route to explore.
Mt. Montgomery was not without its share of disaster, such as this 1923 wreck just below the summit. Today only a small pile of rusty metal remains.


Employers and employers' organisations play important roles in risk management. They are generally more competent on risk management in relation to business strategies and economics than on HSE. They are dependent on relevant expertise to perform risk assessments on HSE. Externally imposed regulations, and especially audits, are often needed to motivate organisations to establish and maintain the necessary processes. Another driver is the use of measured HSE performance as a highly rated indicator in the prequalification processes for selecting a company for contract work in business. These are both 'push' factors that drive the organisation to manage HSE risk. However companies are increasingly recognising the value in HSE risk management based on 'pull' factors. Such factors include a commitment to protect people, the environment and property from harm and loss, and the employee motivation and wellbeing that results from this. An enthusiastic and dedicated management can be highly supportive to HSE management.
They play a major role in good HSE. A key factor is to "walk the talk".
Trade unions may sometimes be more interested in conditions related to payment, pensions and "other benefits" from work than in HSE. But they are often important as sources of information on unresolved problems and on poor management practices. Often they will campaign actively on health and safety issues, especially when such risks threaten the health and employment of their members.
Employees are the key personnel in HSE. They have to realize how their role can contribute to good practice and develop positive attitudes towards HSE goals that are genuinely supported by their supervisors and managers. A responsible worker is of utmost value in good HSE and this can be encouraged by open discussion of risks and their management as part of the regular stream of communications within an organisation or on board a ship.
International agencies play the important role of setting HSE standards. This role is of high importance in an international business like shipping. It is possible to challenge HSE practices on a ship registered in a "flag of convenience state" by establishing international standards that the all flag states have to comply with. A recent example is the MLC 2006.
National regulators represent an essential element in HSE. By instituting effective HSE regulations they contribute to the process of continuous improvement. It is, however, necessary to perform effective and targeted audits to ensure that the regulations are effective.
These are often enthusiastic and invest a lot of effort to heighten the awareness among the different stakeholders in HSE. They may also develop guides to good practice for their members', which can play a big part in raising standards.
Expertise is needed at many stages of the risk management process. A wide range of professions may be involved, for instance industrial hygienists and toxicologists when assessing the transport of chemical products or toxic waste materials.
Different non-commercial and commercial bodies are offering QA and accreditation. Examples are ISO, DNV, LLOYDS and IMHA. IMHA has developed IMHA QUALITY, which gives accreditation to clinics in performing maritime medicals. IMHA is planning more areas of accreditation to come. QA processes will normally heighten the consciousness and drive for improvement of HSE.In general evidence of accreditation is a very important asset when potential business partners are seeking providers of service or expertise.
When an accident happens the media and public focus can seriously affect a business. If the accident is badly handled or media are not continuously informed, major damage to the business and its reputation will be the result. This acts as a drive to HSE improvement and effective crisis management.
Insurers have a stake in a high level of HSE performance, as pay-outs are reduced. On the other hand they will raise the insurance premiums if HSE performance is substandard.
The importance of HSE combined with the fact that most managers have little or no relevant expertise creates a business demand for trainers and educators. They are often enthusiastic and are clever in marketing their services. This helps to build the awareness on HSE in the businesses in addition to the training effects.


The final I-225 Light Rail Transit Environmental Evaluation (EE) contains the comprehensive environmental analysis and proposed mitigation measures for the FasTracks light rail line proposed to extend from the existing Nine Mile Station on the Southeast Light Rail line to East Rail Line's proposed station at Peoria Street and Smith Road.
The final EE, including public and agency comments, was adopted by the RTD Board of Directors on October 20, 2009.
Introduction (88 Kb) - Contains Cover, Table of Contents, and List of Acronyms.
Executive Summary (2.1 Mb) - Provides an overview of the project, alternatives, impacts, and mitigation measures.
Chapter 1: Purpose and Need (532 Kb) - Presents a discussion of the purpose of the project and the need for mobility improvements.
Chapter 2: Alternatives Considered (2.5 Mb) - Describes the alternatives considered during the alternatives development and screening process. Description of the No-Action Alternative and Preferred Alternative, including alignment, stations, operations, and cost.
- After describing the existing social and natural environmental conditions in the study area, this chapter summarizes the anticipated impacts of the I-225 Light Rail and identifies potential mitigation measures.
Chapter 5: Public Involvement and Agency Coordination (264 Kb) - Describes the public involvement process implemented from scoping period through the release of the draft EE.
Chapter 6: References (96 Kb) - Resources referenced in the draft EE.
Appendix C: Responses to Comments (264 Kb) - Provides the responses to comments received on the draft EE between July 10, 2009 and August 10, 2009.
B are available at all libraries in the study area or by requesting a CD from the project team.


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Melissa's dance background is evident every time she climbs on the bike. She has over 13 years of ballet/dance training, was a competitive cheerleader, and a member of the CSU Stanislaus Dance Team. Between her love of dance and her love of Britney Spears, her class is sure to feel like you just stepped into the club.
Melissa loves paddle boarding, coffee, her husband, and her three children, not necessarily in that order. She also loves being a part of TRUE Ride and says it "feels like being a part of a family who sweats a lot." Sign up for one of Melissa's classes and get ready to work!


Superior optics to see Newton's rings phenomena.
This sturdy and durable device allows you to investigate various experiments by way of Newton's rings.
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I am done. I finished Harry's adventures last night. It was sad - and no that is not a spoiler, it was just sad to close the book and know its over. Now I anxiously wait until the kids are old enough to become fans. Forget that, I think I am going to put the books on CD on my Christmas list and start them now.
You can be a snobby brit -but thanks for the long and fantastically engaging ride J.K.
For those non-fans out there - avoid the movies like the plague - read the books; its a universal truth especially poignant for the Harry Potter series - THE BOOK IS ALWAYS BETTER!!!
I totally agree. The books are always so much better. Tyler loves the movies, but I don't let him watch them very often. Usually only if they are on TV.
I haven't even bought the final book yet. My mom is reading it now, but I'm thinking that maybe subconciously I've convinced myself that if I don't buy the book yet, then it's not really the last one. That there will always be one more out there to read. But I'm definitely going to buy it. Can you imagine the hold list at the library for this book. It's probably 100 people long by now.


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Caitec Announces Acquisition of KitNipBox Cat Subscription Service
Press release: Caitec
Caitec Inc., a portfolio company of Fairchild Capital Partners, LLC, announced its acquisition of KitNipBox, the largest cat subscription box company globally. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, KitNipBox is a subscription service that sends a monthly box of cat toys, healthy treats and other fun products to consumers nationwide. In March 2021, CNN recognized KitNipBox as one of the best pet subscription boxes, and the Subscription Trade Association has honored it with their CUBE Award for the Best Pet Subscription Box in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
"We are excited to partner with the team at KitNipBox. This transaction allows Caitec to further expand our product offering in the pet sector beyond our current dog, bird, fish and small animal product offerings, and enter into the cat category in a meaningful way," said Terry Gao, CEO of Caitec. "We have been very impressed with KitNipBox from our initial interactions. KitNipBox shares the same core values of offering high quality pet products. In addition, their team brings to Caitec complementary skills to enable us to expand our direct-to-consumer and digital marketing initiatives."
"It's hard to imagine a more complementary set of capabilities. We are excited to see what Caitec and KitNipBox can build together," said Deena Bronz, co-founder of KitNipBox. "The partnership with Caitec made sense for so many reasons. We are excited to leverage the capabilities and resources of the combined entity to further grow KitNipBox and expand into new markets and channels," stated Jordan Salvit, co-founder of KitNipBox.
Needham and Company acted as the exclusive financial advisor to KitNipBox for this transaction.
Founded in 1992, Caitec has been leading the way in pet product innovation by offering pet owners a wide range of high-quality, affordable pet products. Caitec's tradition is creating Innovations in Pet Care for a Better Way of Life.
KitNipBox is the No. 1 subscription box for cats. The company sends a curated box of new cat toys, treats and other goodies to doorsteps nationwide each month. The Subscription Trade Association has honored the company with a CUBE Award for being the best Pet Subscription Box in 2017, 2018 and 2020. A portion of its proceeds are donated to animal welfare organizations across the country.
Capital Parnters, LLC Fairchild Capital Partners, LLC is a Buffalo, NY-based private equity firm focused on investing in companies that operate in the middle-market and lower middle-market. Fairchild seeks to partner with companies typically generating revenues between $5 million and $75 million led by strong, entrepreneurial management teams, providing capital for acquisitions, management buyouts, family transitions, estate planning, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures and growth and expansion.