Toronto Maple Leafs

history, there is a general sense around the league that the Toronto Raptors have accomplished nothing. 21 seasons of (mostly) underachievement doesn’t help. 1 playoff series win and 7 playoff series losses don’t help. Zero best-of-seven playoff series wins definitely won’t help. Consecutive playoff series losses as the higher seed……well, you get the picture! Are you still reading? Because that’s all the negativity you’re going to get. Toronto has been at or near the top of the conference…

“Being a superstar means you’ve reached your potential, and I don’t think I’ve reached my potential as a basketball player and as a leader yet.” Stephen Curry, professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, is the spokesperson for a one-on-one coaching company CoachUp. The most recent commercial advertisement to come out by CoachUp has Stephen Curry reading his scouting report from the 2009 NBA Draft. His readings are about how he will not be a dominant athlete in the NBA. The…

One-And-Done: Age Discrimination “What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player” (Korman). The purpose of basketball is not just to be the best and have the most titles; it should be meant for players to develop integrity and try to set an example for the next generation. But all these characteristics that develop as an athlete progresses are not acquired through college basketball. Former NBA Commissioner David Stern, championed “Article…

The Philadelphia 76ers squared off against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Before the game, Sixers players Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid took a moment during warmups to meet a fan who had a wish to meet them. 16-year-old Marquan, who has never attended a Sixers game, had that wish granted to him. The Make-A-Wish Foundation and the 76ers invited Marquan and his family to see a live game courtside for the first time. Simmons and Embiid greeted and shared words…

Madhavi Ramnath Genetics and Genomics Maple Syrup Urine Disease Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), first characterized by John Menkes in 1954, is an inborn error of metabolism involving the catabolic pathway of the branched‐chain amino acids, where there is difficulty in breaking down certain parts of the protein (leucine, isoleucine, and valine). This leads to a buildup of chemicals in the blood and the build up of ketoacids, which give rise to the ‘maple syrup’ or burnt sugar smell in the…

The bulk of the research for MyndMove was conducted locally, at the Toronto Rehab Institute, owned by the University Health Network. There, the inventor, also a professor, had all the supplies he needed, and an endless supply of interns if he needed it. If an individual wanted to be involved in this field, and a part of future advancements to FES, University of Toronto would be ideal, but the McMaster University would also be a good option. Both of these schools offer…

Diversity Brampton is a diverse and vibrant city. In Brampton there are approximately of over 600,00 people and is the ninth largest city in Canada, the fourth largest in Ontario and the third largest in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). “It is a multicultural city which consists of 209 distant ethnic backgrounds, and 89 different languages” (Unknown, 2014, p. 15). Immigration is an endless growth of diversification in Brampton. Statics show, in 2011, forty-nine percent of Brampton’s population is…

Four Leaf Clover: Throughout the Novel, Joe finds Several Four leaf clovers. Joyce tells him that it is pure luck, however, Joe responds that one only has to "keep your eyes open" (69). He makes the point that when you stop looking for them, you will stop finding them. The four leaf clover symbolizes Joe 's Luck and willpower. Joe grew up with a very unlucky life but he refused to let that bring him down. He doesn 't use that as an excuse to work hard for what he wants. The four leaf clover…

Normalised Difference Vegetation Index and usually derived from satellite data, for landsat data this is usually thirty metres above the ground, to classify land cover change over a continental scale (DeFries and Townshend, 1994). When light hits a leaf part of the light spectrum is reflected back to the observer (Peñuelas and Filella, 1998:1) and the NDVI is calculated using two variables from this light spectrum, the amount of red and near infrared reflection (NIR), as NDVI= NIR-red/NIR+red…

Edie stood in front of the grave of her parents Eduardo and Ana Salazar, holding in her hand two long stemmed red roses on a cool autumn day. Silently she monitors and captures the everlasting magnificence and amicable nature sound that encompasses her. Melodic sounds of singing birds sitting in the towering oak trees in their autumn color beauty of yellows, oranges, and reds scattered throughout the cemetery. Along with its vibrant fall shower leaves sheltering the deep green grass and the…