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Nashville and Barry Trotz is a great example of a mix of rigid systems, and players that are willing to buy in with a ferocity that pays dividends. Trotz managed to milk admirable results out of a Cap challenged team, by introducing a responsible and consistent approach to the game. It might seem counter intuitive to applaud Trotz here, as Laviolette replaced Trotz and implemented a different coaching style, and had even MORE success, with the same core of players. I think the key point is that the team itself was willing to go "all-in" for either coach, so the benefits of "the system" were actually realized.ReplyDelete
That brings us to this Leafs team. Paul Maurice, Ron Wilson, Randy Carlyle, and Peter Horachek. Four coaches with different styles and systems, with the most recent 3 sharing a lot of core roster pieces. The results? A consistent roller coaster ride that's got more downs than ups, and a dismal regular season record, with one short sniff of the playoffs. I've never seen a team as streaky as the 2011-present Leafs, and it's not just riding a hot goalie, as statistically, our goalies aren't in the elite ranks. It's a team that seems to solely thrive off of confidence, and when the wheels fall off, their isn't a key player or member of the coaching staff that can turn things around.
This obviously points to the 'suits' upstairs, that have assembled this mess. I'm actually not in the "blame Kessel and Phaneuf" ranks, and you've pointed out Michael, that these two have had a decent resume in Toronto. Both can irritate a hockey fan some nights, but Dion plays way too many minutes against the league's elite forwards, and Phil (despite groundless negative comments about his fitness level), is a bit of an iron man in terms of durability, and he has an output to match that. The big problem is in a massive accumulation of contracts that didn't work out, with Clarkson, Bozak, Liles, Gleason, Komisarek and MANY more creating a Cap issue that will take years to untangle. Leafs brass never did seem to embrace the salary cap system, probably hoping that the Canadian dollar would hold strong (it didn't), and the Cap would continue to rise north of $90 million, to bury those mistakes. Regardless of the on-ice failures, the biggest head-scratcher for me is that MLSE can pile so much money into their scouting, management and coaching staff, and wind up with such dismal results.
I've noticed that the number of posts have gone down not just here, Michael, but on many Leaf fan sites. Being out of a playoff spot with 30 games left provided enough indifference to casual fans I guess, and years of disappointment are eating at all of us.Replies
There's no doubt that fan interest has dwindled given that this season has not gone as hoped, Russ. It feels like it's all been said here, and there is not a whole lot more to add!Delete
As you note, the Leafs have not been able to deal effectively with the post cap era. And you're right, the organization has invested heavily in scouting and management expertise, but so far the results are lacking.
Good point on dwindling posts. I for one am a bit tired of the ground hog day of talking points. This isn't a slight on Michael or this site in the least. It is aimed where it should be... at the team.ReplyDelete
If you want to change a teams culture you have to change the core. This will be a 3-5 year fix in my opinion. You cannot change over night.
So, with everyone getting a bit tired of everything Leafy at least until the draft how about some different topics for everyone here to discuss? I am not sure if you are open that or not Michael.
If so, some suggestions for different topics might be; Who are you cheering for, if anyone, during the playoffs since the Leafs will be golfing? Who deserves to win the awards in the NHL this year and why? Who will win the east and west in the playoffs and who will win Stanley? Just some suggestions. If you prefer to keep it Leafs Michael I understand too. I just enjoy a good discussion with the people on here.Replies
I'll likely post at times here throughout the playoffs, Pep. There's always something to discuss!Delete
Some awesome topics there, Pep..... and we'll need some non-Leafs chatter, going forward. I'll start by slightly hijacking Michael's post, and look at who to cheer for in the playoffs, if they get there. I want a Canadian team to thrive, but being a Leafs fan, I can't get my head around offering even the most quiet of cheers for the Habs or the Sens. Too close to home, and Ottawa has very little chance of getting there anyways.Delete
Regardless of your country of origin, both Winnipeg and Calgary are teams that pretty much any hockey fan can proudly get behind. I would have thought at the beginning of the season, that Toronto had a better roster on paper than both the Flames and Jets, and perhaps they did. What the Leafs didn't possess however, was the resilience to not make excuses, avoid massive losing streaks, and be consistent in the face of injury like those two squads. At one point, Winnipeg had their top 4 defencemen lost to injury, and I saw Paul Maurice being interviewed about it. He basically said... "We're not whiners here in Winnipeg, and we've got players just itching to fill these roles and excel, despite the adversity." Turns out that Paul was right. Maurice is the one guy I always felt bad about getting run out of town, and I'm genuinely happy that he's found much deserved success elsewhere.
I'm also routing a bit for Washington, as they are a great example of the right coach at the right time, with Ovechkin reaping the benefits most obviously. He's ahead of last year's goal scoring pace, and has turned last year's plus/minus of a minus-35 into a plus-12 in the process. Alex still isn't "Mr. 2-Way", but Trotz has changed his work ethic, and Ovechkin basically hits everything that moves, in addition to all those goals. It's a great lesson for a few Leafs that may have had their game fall off the map a whole bunch, as a new season can offer fresh opportunities, with the right work ethic and attention to detail.
I'd also love to see St. Louis go deep, simply because I love everything about that team, other than maybe the goaltending. That bruising, hard on the forecheck style of play never gets old for me, and the Blues remind me a bit of the Bruins a few years ago.
Sorry for going off topic Michael, but it was Pep's idea... so all floggings shall be directed at him, until the moral improves! Hey, it's a lot more fun than an analysis of current Leafs news, which is Kadri being late for practice and getting sent home. Can things possibly get any more dismal for us Leafs fans?
Hello Russ,Delete
Like you, I can not wrap my head around cheering on the Habs.
Since it might benefit the Leafs, I would like to see Tampa win. I think Stamkos might be a tiny bit more amenable to coming to the Leafs as a free agent if he has already won with Tampa.
LOL Russ. I think I have bus tracks on my back now :))Delete
I am cheering for the Blues. A good team that has a good coach and I have always liked seeing different teams do well. So it would be good to see them go on a good long run. Winterpeg, I can cheer for as a Canadian team. The habs..no chance. I just cannot do it. If the habs were playing the old russian red army team I might be cheering Da Comrade!!
Hello Guys,ReplyDelete
Great time for me to be starting my own blog, eh.
As well as checking in and posting here at VLM, I'll continue to create articles for my own blog (AllThingsMapleLeafs.blogspot.ca) in case there is anyone else who has the same blue and white blood that I do.
Hopefully you all will pop over once and while to check in on me.
Shameless plug...I am putting the finishing touches on my next article about the NHL Draft Lottery.
P.S. In the meantime, I think I am learning more about the blogging tool and was finally able to figure out how to see your comment Michael. Appreciate you taking the time to have a look and comment!Replies
I'm more than happy to promote your site, Wayne. I've certainly appreciated your thoughtful posts here!Delete
- ColleenMarch 11, 2015 at 4:37 PM
Good Luck with this endeavor. It's a good site, Wayne.Delete
Thanks Colleen.ReplyDelete
- InTimeFor62March 12, 2015 at 6:58 PM
Just a comment in passing on Phaneuf, who has some noted deficiencies, but is underappreciated for his role against the top lines (which probably impacted his offensive production quite significantly).ReplyDelete
I notice that Johnny Boychuk just signed a 6M 7yr contract at 31 (2 months ago) that expires when he is 38 - with the media lauding the signing... it's interesting that Phaneuf is 30 (next month) with 6 years left on his contract that expires at 36 (having a much longer resume than the year older Boychuk).
In regular season games, Boychuk has 380 games and 107 points, Phaneuf has played 358 games with the Leafs (736 total) and accrued 168 points during his time with us (396 if you want to count total points).
Phaneuf seems to be more productive than Boychuk, yet we're told salary retention (2M) would be required in order to trade him... things that make you go, hmmmm.Replies
- leafdreamerMarch 12, 2015 at 10:13 PM
Phaneuf only ever needed a partner to truly shine and put up more points and hits. Franson was go all starting to emerge as that guy but we traded him. Good teams have 3-4 very good defensemen. We've only ever had one since Phaneuf was acquired. Get him a proper partner and we'll be fine.Delete
Hello InTimeFor62.Delete
When I heard the news about the Boychuk contract, the first thing I thought was the Islanders are going to regret that one in year 6 and/or 7. They are obviously counting on the Cap going up over the course of that contract.
Well said about Phaneuf.
The so-called experts bleet on about how the Leafs were idiots to sign him, how he is WAY over paid, and that the Leafs will have to retain salary if they are going to get more than a bag of pucks for him. Hogwash.
Phaneuf is better than most people give him credit for. He was just miscast on the Leafs. When he is traded to a better team, he will be slotted into a 3 or 4 spot. Granted, he will be a little over paid at 7m per year for that slotting, but when his game improves, there will be cries in Leaf land that he is another Larry Murphy.
Here's some food for thought, guys and girls...If you are a believer in the sports jinx phenomenon, the Toronto media may well have been the No. 1 contributor to the sad plight of our Maple Leafs over the years. Let's face it, no other NHL team is subjected to greater media scrutiny and it just might be to the Leaf's peril. One may liken it to the infamous "Sports Illustrated Jinx". Consider this:ReplyDelete
Get your picture on the cover of the Sports Illustrated magazine, and your chances of athletic misfortune rise. This is a phenomenon well enough established that SI actually ran a cover story on it in a few years ago — finding "a demonstrable misfortune or decline in performance following a cover appearance roughly 37.2 percent of the time." Writer Alexander Wolff listed two major classes of explanations for the jinx:
On the one hand, sober statisticians went over the basics of "regression to the mean," which would explain why a Major League baseball hitter who gets hot enough to make the magazine cover goes into a slump shortly thereafter. On the other hand, sports psychologist Jim Loehr, believed that there truly is an SI Cover Jinx of sorts. Only he calls it "a failure to efficiently metabolize heightened expectations" or some such — and he actually works with clients, including athletes, on this very matter.
No question about the tendency of winning streaks to carry the seeds of their own destruction. Just look at the marvelous winning streak posted by the Leafs at the start of the current hockey season and the accompanying media hype that had them going well into the playoffs this spring. They were front page news in the three Toronto newspapers and Hockey Night in Canada analysts sang their praises. Then they started to lose a few back-to-back games and newspaper, radio and TV commentators sharpened their critical fangs...Toronto media darlings in November and sad sack losers in January. It is the story of the Toronto Maple Leafs that is repeated annually.
Is it a stretch to suggest that this team that is not all that bad on paper, is jinxed by all the media coverage and attention in Toronto? Media jinx (i.e. Sports Illustrated) or no media jinx, certainly there is an important truth: We all probably overdid our praise of the Maple Leafs earlier this season and there's a pretty good chance we're now overdoing the hand-wringing.
Let's try an experiment...Take the poor Maple Leafs (with their multi-million salaries) with a grain of salt next season. Don't live and die with their traditional ups and downs and get carried away with armchair quarterbacking. They may just have a winning season if we do not "jinx" them with overdoses of attention in the media, and otherwise.Replies
- InTimeFor62March 13, 2015 at 3:59 PM
I really appreciate your comments here, Dick! Thank you for broaching the subject so well, you have ignited my desire to join in the conversation...Delete
I often attempt to put myself in another's shoes in order to understand them better, so when I think about the ongoing impact of the media upon our guys in the room, I can't help but recognize their plight. It is evident that the media no longer, merely, reports anything. There is always an agenda, an angle or an editorial narrative in play. Shaping the opinions of those who would consume their drivel (often at the lowest common denominator level) is an economics-driven enterprise. Creating the largest possible paying/ad-generating audience possible IS the bottom line.
When the players 'lash out' at the media, I believe they 'know', at least at some unconscious level, that the media is negatively impacting their mental health with the constant bombardment of the opinions and loaded questions that are driven by their own economic agenda/interests. The players might not be able to 'put their finger on it', neither do they possess the outlet to directly respond to the professional writers who are happy to verbally slice-and-dice the player who does not have the outlet (or perhaps the training) to effectively counter their 'foes'.
Just as internet trolls would never say what they write while face to face with their targets, the media trolls must attempt to hide their agendas while questioning the players in the locker room. The players may not be fully aware of the agenda behind the questions they face, yet on some level, they know they're about to be 'flayed' in the court of public opinion. On the ice, many of these media types would be known as 'rats' (perhaps that's why they support the instigator rule - i.e. no accountability for their actions - while people like Don Cherry instinctively hate said rule).
The media trolls couch their innocence and supposed lack of agenda in questions that are framed to inflame a response (replete with plausible deniability on their own cherubic faces), yet we know that many reporters have such an influential agenda. So, when a Phil Kessel lashes out against a faceless 'agenda' the media close ranks to proclaim their innocence in the matter.
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- InTimeFor62March 13, 2015 at 4:12 PM
I have some questions for the media: If you think your words have no impact upon the players you interview, why should you think they have any impact upon the people who buy they words you spew with their hard-earned dollars?Delete
Or, conversely: If you think your articles do have an impact upon the public (and you're paid to accomplish that end), why wouldn't the questions you pose to the players have a potentially deleterious impact those whose psyche's you infect with any negativity inherent in the manner by which you may question these athletes? They may 'judge you by their own standard' with their desire to remain positive, seeking to overcome any difficulties you would prefer to emphasize, at least until they ultimately realize your agenda is not compatible with success... and then they lash out because your agendas are ultimately at odds with one another.
Why wouldn't your negativity (eventually) wear down good people who are doing a job that others (fans) appreciate, while your efforts are merely parasitic by comparison?
Theoretically, if media shy players (especially) could manage to avoid the media's fodder and influence on twitter, the sports pages, magazines (at the grocery checkout), TSN/Sportsnet/etc. (while flipping channels or at a restaurant or pub), on the internet somewhere or through friends and family who are influenced by any of the above - How can they avoid the impact of a reporter's 'simple/supposedly inoffensive (ha!) questions' when exposed thereto on a daily basis?
Is it a jinx or is it a systemic imbalance inherent in this (and potentially other) marketplace(s)?
I would suggest it is systemic and out-of-proportion to most of the rest of the league in regard to the media influence.
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- InTimeFor62March 13, 2015 at 4:13 PM
I rarely look at comments in Sun articles, yet found this pertinent idea regarding working in a hostile environment (i.e. Toronto) on March 4/15:Delete
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THE LABOUR LAWS say that it is very possible that hockey players in Canada who have to 'endure' the 'extra' duties' and 'hardship' of media must be compensated. DON'T LAUGH- this very point was argued and WON by our armed forces personnel- a soldier, whether permanent or on contract, receives a base pay relative his station and expertise ; however, should his duties require hardship or extra duties , then he will be compensated accordingly. EXAMPLE- a soldier living in Canada is posted to peace keeping in Cypress MUST be paid SFA ( separation family allowance) for leaving wife and kids and further HAZARDOUS pay if they start shooting there. This is ON POINT and could have players be paid for interview time above the norm ( league average). Fans here would find it hard to sympathize with millionaires getting more BUT , IT WOULD NOW BE LESS OF A DETRACTOR TO COME TO CANADA.
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scoob96 5cups • 4 hours ago
Great idea and more doable than most think, Had an idea that each player should be paid in NHL dollars or BetmanBucks if you want.
Once extra media time, taxes, weather and any other factors ( not mentioned in this post )
In effect it would give each team a different cap level
So say Florida due to weather, lack of taxes and media (we won't hold it against them that they have less fans too) would receive a lower overall [adjusted - ITF62] cap (and perhaps a higher minimum cap) than say NYR or Winnipeg or TML
Might make the cap a little harder to make trades or even impossible in some cases, but not if you make contacts guaranteed only if you make your team with any trade made being for players rights only... Any team acquiring a player gets his rights for as long as his previous contract time [with his rate adjusted depending upon the market issues - ITF62]... Makes any trade a hockey trade and makes anyone playing in ,Florida worth more playing in Winnipeg but also mean if you get traded from say the TML to Tampa you will be making less money
These are salient points that would level the playing field across the league and should be addressed in the next CBA. In order to attract media shy players, teams should be able to offer RMA's (Restricted Media Clauses) where such players could be 'protected' from negative media agendas that harm the team/player's interests. A layer of protection could be implemented, through which the media questions are pre-approved or addressed through a media relations person.
The media clearly impacts the psychology of the players and their bombardment induces cycles of negativity that must be broken (before the will of our players is broken).
I hope this may positively further the discussion on these matters!
Little did I realize that I would ignite your desire to that degree, InTime for 62. Your thorough assessment is extremely commendable and succinctly wrapped up in the second last paragraph i.e "The media clearly impacts the psychology of the players..."Delete
I enter this dialogue as a former "media guy" with considerable newspaper sports desk experience. I have always advocated balanced and fair reporting of all news, not just sports, and take issue with news outlets who give free editorial license to literally all and sundry. The Toronto sports scene is infested with two types of sports reporters, commentators and analysts -- 1) those who have virtually no experience as active players yet delight in new-found sports world celebrity status their work affords them and 2) non-journalist, former borderline pro players who have found a niche being paid to offer critical analysis of the game they themselves did not play all that well. In short, everyone has become an expert.
At the same time, players in Toronto have become fair game, their performances on and off the ice open to intense and insensitive scrutiny and, yes, media agendas. You can not convince me that all of this does not have a negative impact on the Maple Leafs in particular with a spill over on fans who love the blue and white and our national game.
Phil Kessel deserved credit recently with his unsophisticated defense of Leafs captain, the much maligned Phaneuf. Phil is by no means an articulate sportsman, but his frustration and "embarrassment" with media treatment was completely understandable and indicative of the negative impact on all of his teammates.
I cannot, however, endorse Restricted Media Clauses to protect players, thereby giving team management the ability to manage the news. Instead, I would favour this issue being taken up with the Ontario Press Council which is in place to advocate, uphold and adjudicate fair and balanced news coverage. No question that something has to be done to resolve the issue for the sake of hockey in Toronto.
I think we are on to something, InTime. But who listens to hockey enthusiasts like us?
- InTimeFor62March 13, 2015 at 11:50 PM
Being a 'former media guy' I thank you for your balanced comments! I was not even aware that there was such an advocacy as the Ontario Press Council - perhaps I could have utilized such an agency when I was misquoted in the press. At the time, I gave testimony in a well-publicized trial that the media saw fit to "quote" (and I use the term loosely) the exact opposite of the testimony that is on the court record... all to (apparently) push a narrative/agenda that was false. People get convicted of crimes for which others would find themselves potentially 'lauded for their actions' under severe circumstances and stresses (or at the very least, understood) with mitigating evidence providing significant diminishment of their sentence. Unless, of course, it runs counter to an external agenda....Delete
As you can see, I can very easily put myself in the players shoes (yet recognize that I still have some pretty strong feelings on the subject). Your penultimate comments give pause for consideration on my proposed 'Restricted Media Clauses' though I would like to see the issue addressed, because I know the damage that can result from agenda-driven opinions.
My sister worked in media relations and reminded me that the story would 'die' if I chose to add no fuel to the fire... i.e. 'becoming the story' in my instance. I turned the other cheek, yet the consequence for the convicted has not healed the agenda that impacts many like him... for that conviction (both, in the court of public opinion and the Court of Queeen's Bench) was brought down upon many false premises (with other realities not addressed).
Hence my understanding of the issues facing players (on much less important matters), yet the sheer volume of the 'media impacts' upon their minds not to mention its unceasing and pervasive negativity, are issues that make said Leaf workplace a hostile environment for many in my opinion.
I hope hockey enthusiasts (with heart) will create a pendulum motion in the other direction that may begin to balance the proclivities of the media that are being identified in this (and other) discussion(s).
I can see how team managed news could be just as inappropriate as the current milieu, but I do like the idea of at least identifying, recognizing and quantifying the player contracts as they pertain to many factors in differing markets... perhaps coming to Toronto could become worthwhile for those could see some of those issues mitigated somewhat!
Thank you for taking the time to express yourself so well, Dick, of course, I would not brandish my sword (pen) against the wiser reporter(s) among us who resist the urge for sensationalism and twitter/page hits at the expense of the very real impact they have upon the players. I like Bob Mckenzie and Elliot Friedman, for example, and believe we would be far better off reading the insightful and interesting notebooks of one Anthony Petrielli (over at MLHS) and the measured perspectives of our own Michael Langlois!
FYI InTime for 62: This is for your interest and future reference.Delete
The Ontario Press Council considers all public complaints involving breaches of journalistic standards and ethical practices by its member news organizations.
To discuss the procedures involved in filing a complaint, please contact the executive director of the Press Council, Don McCurdy, at 416-340-1981.
Email: email@example.com
Or by writing the Ontario Press Council at:
Suite 200,
890 Yonge St.,
Toronto, Ont.,
The Ontario Press Council deals with:
1. Unsatisfied complaints from the public about the conduct of a member media organization in gathering and publishing news, opinion; and
2. Complaints from members of the press about the conduct of individuals and organizations toward the press.
- InTimeFor62March 14, 2015 at 10:16 PM
Thank you for taking the time to provide that press information... perhaps it can still help people in Ontario - though my heritage is Markham, I have never lived in Ontario, so my cryptic desire for similar agencies pertains to another province to the west!Delete
My situation happened 15 years ago, so I was not aware then (or now) that such an advocacy existed, but the experience plays into my perceptions on the matter. And, such a council can only deal with an issue after the damage has been done, where it appears the press received by way of correction is usually far less than that pertaining to the offending issue (exceptions being recent apologies to star players and a famous bride (under threat of legal action).
Of course, such legal recourse is not effective against the Chinese water torture-esque drippings of media negativity that brought forth my earlier impassioned comments. The council may, however, be an effective corrective resource for our beloved (embattled) players.
Thanks again for taking the time to 'publish' this resource for us, Dick!
- InTimeFor62March 15, 2015 at 1:09 AM
PS my great grandmother was a Wright (whose brothers John (wife Flossy Hardy) and Russel sic. (wife Kathleen Williams) may have perpetuated the name - but there is no record of offspring for those branches in the Craggs of Greenbank family tree). Perhaps, we're distant cousins!Delete
In any case, welcome to the VLM family!
Didn't know that you were not an Ontario resident Wayne. Can't speak for others following this thread, but what prompts your interest in the Toronto Maple Leafs over the other Canadian teams further west and presumably closer to you?ReplyDeleteReplies
- InTimeFor62March 15, 2015 at 3:02 PM
Hi Dick, here are my Leaf promptings despite living further west (born in Alberta and raised in BC): I am the son of a Markham man who 'bled blue and white'. Listening to radio games and watching when we finally got a TV in '68 or '69, I became 'Leaf-sentient' just after the '67 cup win and had been born InTimeFor62's cup win - 10 minutes before the game in compliance with my Dad's joking desire not to miss the game against (and in) Chicago.Delete
Despite such an auspicious beginning, I was already a Leaf fan by the time the Canucks entered the league in 1970... It was tough to have to watch so many expansion team games that pre-empted the Leafs, I often listened to Leaf radio broadcasts instead of watching the Canucks (if there was a choice available), yet I have 'hung on' through thick and thin ever since! Now being one of the paper-thin times.
PS I look forward to Wayne's comments on our media chat, too.
Hello Dick,ReplyDelete
I'll second InTimefor62's welcome.
I am T.O. born and bred (except for spurts here and there where I lived in other countries).
I think it's InTimeFor62 who is out West, though he can correct me if I'm wrong.
You two guys have hit on an interesting topic and are going back and forth with some very good ideas.
I would like to jump in on this, but I want to re-read your posts beforehand so as, to hopefully, add to the conversation.
Thanks for clearing that up Wayne. Needless to say, I've been confused by the sequence of individual posts in this thread...Can't understand why. LOLReplyDelete
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Like you guys (Wayne and InTime for 62) I am a born and bred Maple Leafs fan, having cut my teeth on Foster Hewitt's radio/TV Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts from the gondola at Maple Leaf Gardens in the late 1940s and early '50s with Murray Westgate's Texaco commercials and the good old Hot Stove League panel featuring Hal Cotton, Jack Dennett, Wes McKnight, Ted Darling and Ward Cornell (among others) between periods. I am a sentimentalist and sadly report that the hockey broadcasts today do notReplyDelete
hold the same excitement for me. I still tune in however -- my wife twists my arm!? Not. In 1957 and 1958 I worked in Toronto and did not miss a game, lining up an hour before game time to buy $1.00 standing room tickets above the grey section. Those were the days my friends!
Hi Michael,ReplyDelete
you did not comment on my post from this morning but I sure hope you will answear on this one.
Generally I agree with you, you need will to win in hockey. So far so good.
But if you rely only on will and determination to defend in hockey, you won't have any success.
By the way, you need the same amount of will and determination to be successful on offense too. That's the reason why the Leafs can't score anymore.
What seperates you in hockey, no matter if offense or defense, is knowledge and decission making.
To a much larger extent than anything else. How to position my body, my stick, how to get on the inside, when to take the hit, how to force players in an area where they can do less harm. How to force players to seperate themselves from the puck . What to do with the puck after you won the battle.
When you play soccer and you have the ball on your feet, your body and the ball are not much seperated, if a player covers you you have a problem to do damage with the ball.
But in hockey, if you cover a body, the other one can still do damage with the puck. It is much more difficult to defend in hockey than in other sports.
Only will and determination won't bring you very far.
And what you completely ignore is that there are players that are equally talented on the defensive side as others are offensively.
And as far as the system goes, there is only a certain range of systems in todays NHL that can be succesful. If you play like the Sabers in 99 when they made the finals you won't win in todays NHL and you won't have success when you play like the Leafs did in the last few years. So: chose any system you like and add will and you'll be succesful won't work either.
All good points, Marcus. A lot of factors go into being not only a good NHL player, but a player who helps contribute to his team's overall success. You mention some of the key traits (including decision making) that scouts look for. I agree that will and determination are only part of the equation.ReplyDelete
I guess the Leafs are like a lot of teams in the league- they have some talent and young players with potential, but are a ways away from having everything they need to contend.


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The Obama administration has quietly repatriated a dozen detainees from a small U.S. military prison in Afghanistan, moving a modest step closer toward winding down the United States' controversial post-9/11 detainee system.
President Barack Obama, in a letter to Congress released on Thursday, informed U.S. lawmakers that about 38 third-country, or non-Afghan, prisoners remained at the Parwan detention center outside of Kabul, down from 50 a few months ago.
A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that at the end of May, a Frenchman, a Kuwaiti and 10 Pakistani prisoners were sent back to their respective home countries.
The remaining detainees include Yemeni and Tunisian nationals and a Russian who the United States is also considering trying in a military or civilian court.
The secret transfers underscore the challenges the Obama administration faces in shutting down Parwan and, more importantly, the larger U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay on Cuba. Many of the detainees have not been charged with a crime, but their release could trigger a political backlash.
The Obama administration is facing criticism for its decision last month to send five senior Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay to Qatar in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier held by Taliban-linked militants in Pakistan.
The Obama administration has also been slowly moving to transfer some inmates out of Guantanamo Bay, which has been widely criticized by human rights groups since being populated in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. About 150 inmates remain there.
The U.S. government considers some prisoners at the Parwan detention center, like some at Guantanamo, "too dangerous to be freed", but not charged them officially. Others have unclear links to the Afghan conflict, including a Yemeni arrested in Bangkok and moved to the prison.
The Parwan detainees' identities, and the transfer of some of them to other countries in the past, have remained largely a mystery to the public in the United States and Afghanistan.
Last month, the Defense Department provided U.S. lawmakers with a classified report on the identities of the detainees.
But their fate takes on new importance as the end of the U.S. and NATO military mission in Afghanistan approaches. Obama plans to leave just under 10,000 soldiers in Afghanistan after 2014 and withdraw almost all by the end of 2016.
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Haley Lepp joined Global Visionaries as a sophomore in high school with no idea what to expect. She was thrown into a world of new experiences and new people. After months of fundraising and planning she was thrown into another new experience – travelling abroad. While staying with her host family in Guatemala, Haley was surprised at how they disposed of trash. The norm was to dump it in the street or take it to visible dump sites. Before then, she had never considered where her own waste went when she was home. Global Visionaries taught Haley the importance of self-reflection and when she returned from her trip, Haley made an effort to eliminate plastic waste in her daily life.
The impact of the trip to Guatemala stayed with Haley long after Global Visionaries. She studied international affairs in college, where she participated in multiple international exchange programs, abroad and in the United States. Even now, Haley continues to be inspired by the cross-cultural learning and activities she found at Global Visionaries. After college, she was accepted to a fellowship with the U.S. Department of Education and moved to Jordan. While there, she helped develop youth leadership programs for local displaced youth. Now, Hayley is the program associate for an international education nonprofit. She's currently working on an online peacebuilding and exchange program between 200 U.S. and Iraqi teenagers.


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I was having coffee with a female friend recently and we were talking about sex.. as I do. Without going into the details, I explained that my wife and I were trying out role playing. That it was something that had always intrigued us but that we'd always lacked the courage to try.
It led to an interesting discussion about sexual buckets lists. Those sexual adventures that you kind of, hopefully, want to check off before you die. This friend… she surprised me. She said she had no sexual bucket list. The said that she and her partner had a decent – not amazing – but decent sex life. Sex was something they did every once and a while to be intimate and have a little fun. But they certainly weren't bringing new excitement or tricks into the bedroom.
I really challenged her on this. Clearly sex is important enough to her to have it somewhat regularly. So, why would you not try to make it as good as possible. By innovating, trying new things, and making sure you are getting as much out of it as possible.
When I probed her, she did have sexual fantasies. But they were ones that required work. She's fantasized about threesomes. And her husband has wanted to try anal, but the idea always scared the hell out of her.
So we had a good talk – not about how to realize these fantasies, but about whether it was worth trying to. I used the standard arguments around how, in any other aspect of her life, if there is something she thinks she wants, she's willing to put effort into getting it. Each of these fantasies has some effort required and I suppose some risks. But doesn't everything in life that is worth having.
It was an interesting discussion. I don't know if it will change how she acts on these, but I hope she goes for it.


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Cards Against Humanity Fills Your Mailbox With Holiday Bullsh*t for $12
Holiday bullshit comes at a cost of $12 this year. Not a bad deal.
Cards Against Humanity, the popular party game for terrible people, has launched 12 Days of Bullshit to pick up Santa's slack and fill your mailbox with surprise gifts. For the reasonable price of $12, Cards Against Humanity will send you 12 goodies via snail mail over 12 days.
See also: 12 Funniest 'Animals Being Dicks' [GIFS]
Participants who sign up for the seasonal promotion must also answer a few questions that the Cards Against Humanity elves will use to decide who belongs on the naughty and nice lists. The questions include naming the naughtiest and nicest things you did in 2013.
The promotion is limited to the U.S. and Canada because, as the company explains in its FAQ section, "it's too expensive for us to send 12 packages overseas." Canadians will also have to pay an extra $10 to cover additional shipping costs. Gifts start shipping the first week of December and are limited to one per household.
Submitting your home address to a company known for inducing serious cringe comes with risk. You could skip home from work to find a mail slot stuffed with ______________. (You know the drill.)
At time of publishing, the company had less than 24,000 slots still available.


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Just picked up this shirt at a local shop called Raygun. I like it a lot. You can get one, too.
And after months of saying, 'nah ... I don't know,' I've decided to see if anyone would like to be a monthly sponsor of this little blog. (I'm offering up a few spots for just $10 a month, and if you need help designing your ad, that's cool. Just let me know.) Hey! Jen Renee is averaging about 30,000 - 35,000 hits per month, sometimes reaching 45,000 and higher. (I'm working on it.) Ads will appear in the sidebar. Email me at jgeigley [at] gmail.com if you're interested in advertising for the month of September.
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The majority of people who read this will not be taking part in Walking With The Wounded's annual Walking Home For Christmas campaign. Why? Because although it's free to sign up, it requires a bit more commitment, a bit more organisation and a bit more oomph to line up a few friends, ask for donations and step outside your door when it is wet and wild outside and you have a list of jobs to do before Christmas longer than your legs. We like being comfortable.Read More
Walking With The Wounded ('WWTW') CEO, Edward Parker and a team of veterans are getting ready to set off on a 122 mile trek (almost the equivalent of 5 marathons) from the WWTW North East Hub in Gateshead Civic Centre to the North West Hub based in Canada Street, Manchester. This is in aid of Walking Home For Christmas. The campaign supports ex-servicemen and women who are alone this Christmas.Read More
Myiah Allen, a 7 year old from Perth is walking 1 mile to school every day from the beginning of November through to the end of term in December. She is doing this as part of Walking With The Wounded's national campaign 'Walking Home For Christmas' which raises vital funds for veterans and their families who are at risk this festive season.Read More
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Jeannot Krecké
After having obtained his final school-leaving diploma in Luxembourg City, Jeannot Krecké started his university studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 1969, from where he obtained a degree in physical and sports education.
He decided in 1983 to change professional direction. His interests led him to retrain in economics, accounting and taxation. He followed various courses, in particular in the United States.
Following the legislative elections of 13 June 2004, Jeannot Krecké was appointed Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade, Minister of Sport on 31 July 2004.
Upon the return of the coalition government formed by the Christian Social Party (CSV) and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) as a result of the legislative elections of 7 June 2009, Jeannot Krecké retained the portfolio of Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade on 23 July 2009.
As of July 2004, Jeannot Krecké represents the Luxembourg government at the Council of Ministers of the European Union in the Economic and Financial Affairs configuration, in the Internal Market and Industry sections of its Competitiveness configuration, as well as in the Energy section of its Transport, Telecommunications and Energy configuration. He was also a member of the Eurogroup from July 2004 to June 2009.
Compelled by family reasons, Jeannot Krecké is involved in the fight against Alzheimer's and in 1987 co-founded the Alzheimer Association Luxembourg, which he chaired until 1997, prior to leading the Alzheimer Foundation in Luxembourg. His efforts mobilised energies on a European level and he chaired Alzheimer Europe from 1996 to 2001. The association's European coordination office was established in the Grand Duchy at his instigation.
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In our physical tissues, we can hold the energetic charges of trauma and pain, which can create shifts in our biochemistry such that the body is more prone to chronic health challenges. Yet, if we only address the physical aspect of these challenges, we may not experience fullest healing.
Thus, the presence of chronic health issues can be an opportunity to take a spiritual journey and discover how our energetic responses to our experiences are stored in the body.
For example, a young woman manifested chronic pain and fatigue that seemed to have no western, medical explanation or source. She was hypersensitive to chemicals and manifested many sensitivities to foods but no "true" allergies according to allergists.
After years of partaking of medications, embarking on special diets, and using acupuncture and other complementary techniques, she still suffered from debilitating levels of pain and fatigue.
Why? She was receiving allopathic and complementary care in a way that focused only on the physical aspects of health–her spiritual journey was completely ignored.
Yet, when she began working with Chinese medical qi gong practitioners who created an integration between working with the physical manifestations and developing a spiritual understanding of the energy patterns, she began to heal at a very profound level until she was able to live life pain-free and with higher levels of energy. This method of healing also emphasized the idea of self sufficiency, developing self help tools that she could integrate and use daily between appointments to strengthen her energy and reduce pain.
As a spiritual teacher and practitioner of medical qi gong, I truly believe that we need to complement traditional western medical therapies with the use of herbs and qi gong (bodywork and movement forms) which can work to reduce systemic inflammation (often existing when chronic pain is present) but more importantly, shift the underlying energetic and spiritual patterns that play a role in health manifestations and blocks to healing. Thus, this emphasis on vibrational healing–transforming across realms of self, is key to the way I practice. Thus, I tend to bring a deeper spiritual emphasis to all the tools of Chinese medicine that impact the body.
Master Jeffrey Yuen, 88th generation of a lineage of Taoist priests from the Jade Purity tradition, states in his transcript, Herbs and the Mind, "Herbs are not only going to produce a biochemical effect–they effect brain chemistry. But herbs also, as I want to contend, provides a vibrational effect as well."
Yet, many Chinese medicine practitioners, are not well versed in the spiritual or vibrational application of herbs, for this application is not taught formally in acupuncture colleges. For instance, many Chinese medicine practitioners are unaware that there are some Chinese herbs that are wonderful for pain relief but do not necessarily have the effect of purging spiritual energies that may be creating blocks to healing. Other Chinese herbs are capable of not only sedating the neurological responses but also releasing spiritual energies or blocks.
In my journey of training with Master herbalist John Fung and Master Yuen, I have delighted in the dance of discovering the spiritual and biochemical applications of herbs such that my clients often comment that my formulations are quite unique. It's not that the herbs I use are so unusual–it is the understanding of how to combine the herbs in a way to complement healing across all realms of self that makes the formulations effective.
Yet, I understand that in a busy world, not all clients have the time or desire to cook the custom tea decoctions, so I also use pre-made herb formulations such as Guang ci Tang brand, and augment their vibrational effects with medical qi gong bodywork so that clients receive the optimal effects with the pre-made formulations.
Some Chinese medicine practitioners work with the classical acupuncture points without knowledge or awareness of the spiritual applications of those points. Such knowledge is not critical if the practitioner is only looking at what is happening on a physiological level. Yet, the essence of Chinese medicine is about transformation of all parts of self, not just the physical layer.
Thus, as practitioners, we must consider the life and spiritual experiences of the individual and examine how those experiences are stored in the body in order to understand what needs to be released to obtain fullest healing.
Of course, working with both the physical and energetic aspects of health challenges takes time–so clients with chronic issues may not notice immediate shifts.
Yet, because clients with chronic issues are suffering, naturally they want more immediate relief-so this is where complementing the work with western medical therapies comes in handy–where the western methods can provide more immediate pain relief or subsiding of other symptoms–as clients engage the longer term and deeper work to resolve the underlying patterns.
Thus, in my practice, clients with chronic pain may be partaking of pain meds, while simultaneously engaging vibrational body work, acupressure and use of herbs.
Qi gong provides tools to help integrate what is happening with the physical body and the emotional and spiritual experiences of the individual.
However, like other prongs of Chinese medicine, it is not often taught in a customized way that overtly emphasizes the physical and spiritual connections.
In fact, in China, medical qi gong is taught in a very westernized way, much like acupuncture, with the focus on shifting the physical manifestations.
Thus, emphasis is often on large movements designed to move the qi but no background is given in terms of what the spiritual application of the movements are.
When I teach clients, especially in private lessons, I customize the movements and teach how the movements relate to their physical and spiritual selves.
Also, I emphasize quiescent meditations that can be performed sitting or lying down, so that people who may be severely debilitated by illness, can still partake of the healing benefits without tiring themselves or exacerbating discomfort.
Sometimes, it takes a practitioner skilled in synthesis techniques, methods of facilitating a harmony between all the tools a client is using, to create an integrative experience where all pieces of healing are working together instead of in a piecemeal fashion. So, often times, my role is as a synthesis practitioner, delicately weaving a bridge between all other healing techniques that a client may be experiencing, but especially providing to clients the fullest prongs and essence of Chinese medicine, which is truly about healing all parts of self.
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I have been working on Agent's module of KASEYA REST API and got stuck at GET AGENT UPTIME. When I try to hit the URL via CURL it says 404 page not found.
I have been following http://help.kaseya.com/webhelp/EN/RESTAPI/9050000/EN_restapiguide_R95.pdf
URL I have been trying to hit is : https://<vsa>/api/v1.0/assetmgmt/agents/ with authorization in header
Can anyone suggest if the url is different or am I doing something wrong here?
Thanks in advance
That URL works for me. I'm on 188.8.131.52.
If your authorization header was wrong you'd get 401 Unauthorized. I also just checked and case doesn't seem to matter and neither does having or not having a trailing slash.
Can you post your full cURL command (minus identifying data)?
Have you tried testing via swagger ?
I used this URL ( same as yours) and it worked fine
Only difference is I am still on 9.4
Maybe it's a 9.5 pre-release bug
Hi Paul,
I just checked the swagger and there is no option for getting agent's uptime. Any other suggestion ?
Hi nate-pgn,
Here is my curl
curl -X GET \
http://xxxxxxxx/api/v1.0/assetmgmt/agents/uptime \
-H 'authorization: Bearer XXXXXX' \
pls suggest where am I doing wrong.
You need to remove /uptime from the end of your URL. If you're looking for uptime, you'll probably need to use the "LastRebootTime" field in the JSON response, although I think there have been some discussions about how accurate that is.
Using LastRebootTime will not fulfil the purpose.
Suppose I need the uptime of agent for last 7 days and if that agent has rebooted 2 days ago then data will be inaccurate.
so, any other solution?


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Adventuring in norther Michigan is one of my favorite things to do and this past Friday, we drove on M-22 and headed to Sutton's Bay. I had never visited before, however my Mother in Law grew up in the area and recommended we check it out. Our first stop featured lunch at Hop Lot and you can read all about the restaurant here.
After lunch, we drove just a couple miles to reach the downtown area. The town showcases fun trendy boutiques along the main street. You can also see the water while downtown and I knew I wanted to get a closer look.
It was a rather windy cool day so I enjoyed a quick stroll along the beach and dock pausing long enough for a couple pictures before heading back to the the shops. Gucci & Tucker would have enjoyed exploring the beach and park area further on a warmer day.
My first purchase was a gray cardigan sweater from a unique boutique named The Exchange. I also found a great Christmas gift for my best friend at The Painted Bird. There were a lot of fun stores to browse. Before leaving downtown, I visited one of my favorite northern boutiques, Haystacks, and I went home with a scarf to add to my collection.
We then headed out for a drive around Lake Leelanau. It was quite a scenic drive with the trees displaying their beautiful fall colors. The lake is quite large so the drive takes a while and we did not complete a full circle as we wanted to also visit Leland that afternoon.
Leland Fishtown is a century old fishing village and one of the few survivors. It is a super quaint area that is full of history and a unique way of life. There is a great cheese shop to visit and the area is surrounded by Fishtown shanties. Fishtown has been a working waterfront for nearly 150 years. You can visit the 1960s smokehouse that is still utilized for fish smoking today by the Carlson's, the first family to smoke chubs in LeLand. Fishtown was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The weathered buildings or shanties also feature fun boutiques worth browsing and I recommend spending a few hours exploring the town. You can see the fish tugs and fish nets along the Leland river and admire the dam. Perhaps watch a boat enter Lake Michigan before you leave.
There are several restaurants and shops to see on the main downtown street as well. A trendy coffee shop called The Blue Boat (named after the family's first boat) is a crowd pleaser. I also stopped at the local Murddick's Fudge and took some treats home with me.
I learned that Leland hosts a large Wine & Food Festival in June. I hope to come back and check out that event a following year.


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A few years ago, my brother told me about Ethereum and Bitcoin before most people had ever heard of cryptocurrency. He said, "You should really buy some, even if it's just $1,000."
Of course, I didn't buy any cryptocurrency. I thought, What kind of idiot would pay for something that has no intrinsic value and will most likely be worth nothing in a few years?
Needless to say, I missed out.
My brother works as a full stack web developer at Chime Bank, a no/low-fee online bank, so he's pretty tapped into what's going on in tech and finance.
So when he recently told me about Initiative Q, I was intrigued. I didn't want to make the same mistake I did last time he told me about a new technology that would change the future of finance.
Initiative Q Review
In this article, I'm going to provide my personal, biased review of Initiative Q based on my very limited research and understanding of how the company works and the kind of payment system they say they're working on building.
What is Initiative Q?
Initiative Q is a startup company created by ex-Paypal entrepreneur Saar Wilf and economist Lawrence White.
The company is working to build a new global payment system that will replace outdated credit cards, and outdated financial systems in general. It's kind of like cryptocurrency, except it's not. Right now, you can't buy Q's, the currency, but you can earn them by inviting your friends to sign up for free to the platform.
If you spend just a few minutes researching the founders of Initiative Q, you'll probably come away, like me, realizing that they're obviously pretty smart people, and that they're probably not con artists given their track records in business and academia.
How to Join Initiative Q
In order to join Initiative Q, you have to be invited by someone and sign up via their referral link. Every new member of the network must be verified and approved by an existing member (who was also verified and approved). This approval process is genius because it helps prevent fraud, bots, and scammers from manipulating the system and overwhelming the network.
How to Earn Qs
You earn Qs when you sign up for Initiative Q if you're an early adopter. The amount of Qs you earn when you sign up is constantly decreasing as more members sign up.
You can earn more Q's by inviting friends and verifying them for a limited time.
Is Initiative Q a Scam or Pyramid Scheme?
Based on my personal, limited research, I don't believe Initiative Q is either a pyramid scheme or a scheme.
Pyramid schemes work when new members must add money to a system and get basically nothing in return except empty promises. Pyramid schemes only continue to work as new members are added.
Although you do get Qs when you sign up or invite friends, Qs are currently worthless, so you are getting paid in "currency" but it's not actually worth any money yet, and, of course, there's a good chance Qs will never be worth anything. Or they could become worth as much as $1 (basically, in the perfect world, where Qs take off and become the leading global system for payments).
Because you aren't paying to join, and you never have to pay to join, Initiative Q isn't a pyramid scheme, in my own personal opinion.
Disclaimer: I am not an attorney and can't give legal advice.
As for being a scam, it seems pretty clear to me that the company is serious about solving a major global financial problem, and that the best way to do so is to build a massive userbase quickly. Qs will never be worth anything unless hundreds of millions of people use the network, so they're faced with a chicken and egg problem. By offering free Qs to early adopters, the company can build a giant userbase before building the payment platform, which will dramatically increase the chances of success for the payment platform itself.
This phenomenon is called the network effect—as the network grows, it becomes more and more valuable, just like with Facebook and fax machines. Fax machines and Facebook would be worthless if you were the only one on the network. They are valuable because billions of people use them, and as the network grows, each user gets more benefit from the network. Initiative Q will work the same way, assuming it works.
The Problem With Credit Cards
The problem with credit cards and the global financial system in general is that the fees are absurdly high. We're just a small business at TCK Publishing, but we end up losing 10's of thousands of dollars every year in credit card fees alone.
Merchant fees for processing credit cards generally range from $0.15 to $0.30 per transaction plus 1.51% to 2.75% of the transaction amount. That's a ridiculous amount of money.
In other words, a small business doing $1 million in revenue will spend $15,000 to $30,000 in bank fees, just from processing credit card transactions, not to mention all the other banking fees. And that's $15k to $30k per every 1 million in transactions, so the numbers get huge for larger businesses.
In other words, if we eliminated credit card processing fees, businesses would save enough money for every 1 to 2 million dollars in business revenue from credit cards to be able to hire a new employee and create a job.
Given that there is $927 billion in credit card debt currently, the savings for businesses and consumers would be astronomical.
And that's just credit cards—there are many other areas of banking and finance where banks gauge consumers like you and me, and if Initiative Q or something like it were to actually succeed, it would mean a better quality of life and a better economy for everyone.
Fraud Prevention
Fraud prevention is the #1 most important part of any financial system. If you don't have tight controls on fraud, a few bad apples will destroy the entire system. Paypal almost failed because of fraud in its early high-growth days, and many other would-be successful payments systems failed or were badly harmed by fraud.
Fraud is incredibly expensive, and we all pay for it. You don't notice the cost of fraud directly—your credit card company protects you from fraud, usually. So you get their "protection" thanks to high credit card fees, which businesses and sellers pay when they process a credit card transaction from you and other consumers.
That means you end up paying more money for goods and services because businesses have to raise their prices in order to cover the cost of credit card and other transaction and banking fees.
Initiative Q seems to be addressing fraud head-on using some fairly new and innovative approaches. I won't bore you with the details, but you can read more about how they're reducing fraud and how the Q payment system will work.
If a global financial system could reduce fraud by just 10%, that would end up making all of us a little bit wealthier, and the numbers are huge (Fraud costs more than $3 Trillion globally every year).
Personally, I believe fraud costs much more than what the research shows because fraud doesn't just cost money—it costs humans time, emotional pain, lost opportunities, and more. Reducing fraud would unequivocally make the world a better place. I believe the ripple effects of significantly reducing fraud would make our societies better and healthier, and would make people healthier, happier, and safer.
Will Initiative Q Succeed?
I have no idea if Initiative Q will actually succeed or not.
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–> Melt 1/2 cup of butter and add 4 large sweet onions that have been sliced, 1 clove of minced garlic, 2 bay leaves, 1/2 tsp dried thyme and salt & pepper. Cook for 25 minutes until the onions have cooked and are soft.
–> Add 1 cup of red wine (nothing fancy, keep it cheap and simple). I have a bottle of Robert Mondavi Merlot that I keep on hand for cooking. Boil and reduce the heat. Simmer for 5 minutes to cook off the alcohol.
–> Remove your bay leaves.
–> Dust the onions with 3tbsp of all-purpose flour. Stir to coat the onions and cook on low for 10 mins.
–> Add 2 quarts of beef stock (I always buy low sodium). Simmer for 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to your tastes.


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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi met with villagers in Maungtaw Township yesterday, observing the situations in villages.
At the meeting with villagers at the primary school in Aung Zeya Village, Mr Filippo pledged to assist in issues to which the UNHCR can contribute, inviting the voices of the local people.
Local people spoke of the challenges they face making a livelihood for themselves and their families in Maungtaw.
Following the meeting, the UNHCR chief visited Kyikanpyin (West) Village and met with villagers.
The UN delegation left Maungtaw for Yangon in the afternoon.
Further south in Sittway, Rakhine State's capital, a man was killed and six were wounded yesterday when they were attacked by a mob of people, officials said.
The attack happened while they were touring around YaungniOo Jetty to buy a boat, according to the Information Committee of the State Counsellor's Office.
The seven men had travelled into Sittway from a camp on the outskirts of the town and they were attacked by several people with bricks .
Before the incident, Maung Nu, also know as Maung Ni Ra Mauk, the victim, and other six men followed a car carrying U Myint Naing and ten other men who were allowed to leave the Darpaing camp to give statements in a criminal case at a court in Sittway. The group returned and went to Sittway No 2 Police Station and asked the police to provide them with security.
Afterwards, they escorted by a policeman, and had gone to see a boat they were planning to buy from a businessman.
At the boat jetty, an argument developed.
Maung Nu, also known as Maung Ni Ra Mauk, 55, died from wounds inflicted to his head. Six others were injured and hospitalised.
At 6:30pm yesterday, two of the injured were still receiving medical treatment. The remaining four were sent back to the Darpaing camp by security forces.
Police said several arrests have been made in the incident of the fatal stone throwing. At additional security forces have been deployed to ensure that conflict does not spread to other areas, according to the information committee.—GNLM
UNHCR chief meets villagers in Maungtaw
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi met with villagers in Maungtaw Township yesterday, observing the situations in villages.


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A Nerdy Girl Goes To the Symphony
Yesterday was an exciting day in the classical world of music. Zubin Mehta was given a star on the Walk of Fame and conducted the Israel Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. I was privileged enough to attend the concert in the evening.
For those of you that don't know who Zubin Mehta is, he is an Indian conductor of Western Music. He was born in Mumbai, India in 1936. Yes, you read that correctly. 1936. As of this year, he has been conducting for 50 years and will be celebrating his 75th birthday in April. There are few conductors that are as famous as he is. I have always wanted to watch him, and last night did not disappoint.
When I drove up to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, I was met with quite a shock. There were many protesters (peaceful at least) outside the venue. They were protesting because it was the Israel Philharmonic and they do not wish to support anything out of Israel. Now, I can understand politics and why someone would or would not support a government, but to protest a classical concert? It boggled my mind.
Once I arrived inside, I found out that my seats were behind the orchestra. The Walt Disney Concert Hall, if you have not had the pleasure of attending, is a theater in the round, of sorts. The music sounds the same from all different angles, just the visual changes. In the picture I've included, I sat at the very top right of the image. To watch Mehta's expressive face and gestures was something I will not forget.
On the bill was Haydn's 96th Symphony, "The Miracle", as well as Mahler's 5th Symphony. They began the concert by conducting the National Anthem, and then was followed by the Israel National Anthem. After this was finished, the orchestra shrunk in size to accommodate the proper arrangement for the Haydn work. I will be honest, I'm not a huge fan of Haydn, but this work is one of his later symphonies and is quite remarkable. I have never heard Mahler's 5th Symphony live before. I was completely blown away. The entire work is over an hour in length and requires quite a lot of endurance from all members of the orchestra. Even if you have not heard Mahler's work before, you can hear where film composers of the 20th century drew inspiration from it. The Israel Philharmonic is to be commended on how well they performed it. 70 minutes is an awfully long time to play. When the baton dropped on the last beat, almost the entire audience was on their feet, shouting their joy at the conclusion, myself included.
It never fails to amaze me at the vitality a conductor must have when in front of an orchestra. My degree is in Music Education, so I'd like to think I know a thing or two about music. Watching a man who has been conducting for over 50 years, has been conducting this particular orchestra for that length of time as well, and to see a man almost 75 years old do all of this was an experience I will never forget. If you ever get the chance to see him conduct, do it. You won't be disappointed.


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|Of the school's 5,000 students, 81 percent are Hispanic, 12 percent Anglo, 5 percent African American, and 1 percent Asian.
Ignoring Miller's advice, I left my hotel in Coral Gables at about 6:45 a.m. and headed west on Bird Road, a busy east-west artery littered with convenience stores and strip malls. (It eventually turns into Bird Drive.) The sun was just coming up, and a light rain was falling. A half-hour later, I turned right on S.W. 144th Ave. and suddenly found myself caught in one of Braddock's infamous traffic jams. Actually, it wasn't that bad; cars were moving, albeit slowly. I pulled into the enormous student parking lot, which already held several hundred cars, but I decided to keep on driving to the other entrance, on S.W. 147th Ave., where I turned right, away from the school. Coming toward me was a long line of cars in stop-and-go traffic, all destined for Braddock. After about a mile, I turned around and joined the flow. There were open fields on either side of the two-lane road. A sign nailed to a tree said, "Vacant lots for sale, from $8,500 each." I knew that one day, these parcels of land would be filled with three-bedroom houses, but at the moment, it seemed as if I were on the edge of civilization.
At 7:25 a.m., when I returned to the student parking lot, the traffic jam was coming to an end, and only a handful of students were still walking from their cars to the school. Buses were still unloading kids on the south side of the building. When the bell rang at 7:30, there was an eerie silence. Somehow, 5,000 students--not to mention several hundred teachers and administrators--had managed to get to school on time. Did things go this smoothly every day?
I parked my car and walked toward the main office. The school itself--a two-story, beige stucco building that resembles a shopping mall--was big, although not quite the behemoth I expected. The campus, however, was dotted with portable classrooms--faded white clapboard boxes arranged in rows, which made them seem like army barracks. They looked anything but temporary. The largest group, about 30 of them, butted up against the school's athletic fields.
Miller, in shirt sleeves, was waiting for me in his large, windowless office. A 49-year-old former New Yorker who still has traces of a Queens accent, he's been a teacher, a coach, and a middle school principal. He also spent three years working for the Florida department of education in Tallahassee. None of his previous positions, however, prepared him for his current job. "Just when you think you've seen everything," he said, "just when you think you've dealt with every possible problem that you could ever imagine, sure enough, something else happens that you'd never thought of. The managerial part of my job alone is overwhelming. Because of the size of Braddock, you just never run out of things to do."
Of the school's 5,000 students, 81 percent are Hispanic, 12 percent Anglo, 5 percent African-American, and 1 percent Asian. The Hispanic students, Miller explained, are predominantly middle-class Cuban Americans, but a number are recent immigrants from a handful of Latin American countries. More than 500 students are enrolled in the school's English for Speakers of Other Languages program, making it one of the largest in the state. About 37 percent of the students qualify for either free or reduced-price lunches.
"This year," Miller said, "there are over 1,800 students in the 9th grade. That's the largest we've ever had. It's an indication of the growth in the area. If next year's 9th grade class comes in at 1,800 students, we'll be bursting."
"How many more students can you handle?" I asked.
"We can't," he said. "At this point, we're about saturated. We're getting two additional portables, but even with those, we're very close to infringing on our athletic fields. We've already had to remove our shot-put area to put in a portable. They"--district officials, I assumed--"wanted to put it in the left field of the baseball diamond, but I said no."
Portables, he was quick to point out, are only a partial solution to overcrowding. "All they do is create additional classroom space," he said. "They don't eliminate the overcrowded conditions in the hallways. They don't eliminate the fact that we have to feed 5,000 students at two lunches. They don't eliminate the fact that if we want to have a pep rally, we have to do it twice because we have no place to fit 5,000 students at one time."
I asked him how many teachers work at Braddock. "About 245," he said.
"Do you know all their names?" I asked.
"I try to," he said, "but I would not be telling you the entire truth if I said I know every teacher's name. There are teachers who I won't see for weeks, and when I do see them, I'll say to myself, `Who's that person again?' " He added: "The larger the school, the less contact there is among the faculty members, and the more departmentalized the social gathering becomes. So math teachers stay with math teachers, language arts teachers stay with language arts teachers, and so on."
I asked whether the school's size makes it difficult for teachers.
"I think you'll see that they've adjusted pretty well," he said. "They came here knowing that the school is the way it is, and I think they're pleased with what we can offer." That goes for the students as well, he added. "They know they'll never get the personal attention of a small-school setting. But they seem to deal with the size fairly well. Many of them feel that it's almost like a college atmosphere."
|Instead of complaining about the large number of students at Braddock, the principal is playing the cards he has been dealt.
Miller had read Breaking Ranks, the NASSP report on restructuring American high schools. "That report is certainly right on target," he said. "But obviously, you have the best of all worlds, and then you have reality. In the best of worlds, we would have schools with 1,000 students or less. But for a growing area, it's not practical. As long as education is not the top priority of the public, then you're not going to have people saying, `Let's build 10 schools before the growth comes.' Typically, you're always behind the growth. And Dade County is behind in dealing with the growth situation."
Nonetheless, Miller has taken some of the NASSP's recommendations to heart. "We have tried to create as many avenues as possible to let the students know that this is a personal situation for them," he said. That means offering a number of different extracurricular activities and academic options, including an alternative-education program for at-risk students and a math, science, and engineering magnet program designed to draw African-American students who live in other parts of Miami. It also means keeping class sizes down to acceptable levels. And Miller is adamant about having all the students attend school at the same time, rather than in split shifts. "You talk about coldness," he said. "You talk about removing contact not just with staff members but with students. That's what happens when you go to split shifts."
Miller struck me as a savvy, charismatic administrator who is making the best of a difficult situation. Instead of complaining about the large number of students at Braddock, the principal is playing the cards he has been dealt. He is determined to make the school look and feel as "normal" as possible, although normal is a relative term. After all, even if Braddock served only the 3,000 students it was designed for, it would still be a very large school.
Miller offered to show me around, so we left his office and made our way to Braddock's large courtyard, which serves as an outdoor eating area during the school's two staggered lunch periods. At that moment, however, it was empty, and our voices echoed off the four walls. The principal was holding his ever-present walkie-talkie, which allows him to communicate with security guards--there are 14 of them--and other staff members. (His radio moniker is, appropriately, "Unit One.")
We left the courtyard and entered a long, empty corridor. I noticed there weren't any lockers. "The school was built that way," Miller said. "At a school this size, you can't afford to have kids milling around, especially when they only have five minutes between classes."
Miller explained that every course has two sets of books: one for students to use at home, and one for the classroom. "That way," he said, "the kids aren't carrying around heavy loads of books."
About halfway down the corridor, we turned into a stairwell and stopped on the landing. "Right now, you're under surveillance," Miller said. "Tell me where the camera is."
I looked around for a few moments, but I couldn't see one. "I don't know," I said. "Where is it?"
"Over there," he said, "by the exit sign."
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