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Jason Gregor
March 25 2013 01:42PM
The Oilers enter Nashville in the midst of a dangerous dance routine; one step forward, two steps sideways and one step back. They wrapped up a crucial four-game homestand with only one win and capped it off with a dreadful performance against the Blues.
Their only victory came against the Predators, and if the Oilers have any hope of staying in the playoff race, they will need a victory in Nashville tonight.
The Predators handed the Oilers their worst loss of the season, 6-0, back on March 8th, so if you combine that with their woeful effort on Saturday you'd expect the Oilers to put forth a much better effort tonight.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins took the morning skate and he will play. In order to get him on the roster the Oilers had to send Teemu Hartikainen down to OKC.
And with RNH coming back Lennart Petrell will come out of the lineup. I don't think the line combinations matter as much as the Oilers finding a combination of hustle, smarts, effort and consistency.
Devan Dubnyk will start in goal.
I asked Ralph Krueger to share his thoughts on how he uses Nail Yakupov in the 3rd period.
JG: Are you trying to protect Yakupov late in games, or are you concerned about his defensive awareness?
RK: He has our confidence. He's an 18 year old, he's going to be playing in this role, probably very similar, for the rest of the year. Not For lack of ability or will, he's very responsible without the puck now. He's trying to play the team game all of the time. We're happy with him, but he's an 18 year old and down the stretch the hierarchy has it in a way that we have more experience in other positions and other players. When you're reduced to six to nine forwards and you're trying to close games up and take them either into overtime or finish them with a lead, he understands that it's just not his time yet. It was no different when we went back a few years to the roles that Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle had to now being able to play in those minutes.
But it's nothing against Nail, we all know that putting a player of that age in the lineup has its unique challenges, and I think that we've been able to use him very well and we're happy with the minutes that he's played.
JG: What about in overtime when it's 4-on-4?
RK: We just have a lot of confidence in our penalty shooting ability. We've had some troubles 4-on-4 during the season, so we did have him playing if you think back. And there were some 4-on-4 breakdowns that cost us games that were extremely painful, and so we've kind of gone with more experience there. Those are gut feelings, whether you have 8 guys, or whether you end up going with 6. And he just wasn't in the top 6 mix the last game, but he could be the next one. There's nothing wrong with Nail playing there, but there's a defensive element there and a risk reward. I've been in situations before where you play three forwards and one defenceman and just go for it.
But again, we believe in our ability also to win in penalty shots and we just felt the way that that game had been going, and the way that San Jose had been pushing us through the last part of the game that our chances might have been better. But we did play one of our best 4-on-4 periods, I thought, this season. They had 0 shots on our net and we had a couple of scoring chances, so I thought it was actually pretty good overtime period.
JG: How do you balance the feeling as a coach from game to game? You mentioned how right now you've got some veteran guys, and when it's a tight game you'd lean towards them. Against San Jose after that shift in the third period when he had two big hits and got the crowd and bench energized, yet he didn't see the ice again. How do you balance it? Is it just a gut feel, do you have a plan going into the 3rd period, or do you go from game to game and switch it that easy?
RK: I have all of the numbers and I'm a numbers man. I have them in my head and I'm working them down as the game evolves. I've got nine forwards in my head. On the one side I've got the green side; that means we need goals. The other side is the red side, we're trying to shut a game or close it down, I've got nine forwards in my head and then going down to the last four minutes I've got six forwards. It's a game to game thing. It really truly is conversations that we have with Bucky and Freddy between periods coming from above. It is final conversations with Steve (Smith) while we're in those TV timeouts so I get some input from around me, and then the stomach just really takes you down the stretch. And you go with the players who really feel good that night for that situation. "
Yakupov was on the ice for two OT losses, on February 04th and 06th. He did lose his man, Tanev, vs. the Canucks but he made no mistake on the Jagr game-winner. We can agree or disagree with Krueger's responses, but I respect him for taking the time to express his thoughts on Yakupov. I do agree with the coach on bringing him along slowly in regulation, but considering Krueger admitted Yakupov has worked extremely hard at becoming more responsible at ES, I'd look at giving him a shift in OT when there is more room to be creative.
- Why is Sam Gagner having his best NHL season? A big reason is because of a guy named Andy O'Brien. Read more here.
- If you honestly believe the Oilers are better off moving out veterans and replacing them with unproven youth, then you can expect the Oilers to remain near the bottom of the western conference moving forward. The Oilers need to find PROVEN NHL players, not more "maybe," "might be," or "what if" type players.
- I'm not saying the Oilers can't move a veteran or two, but the return is likely more prospects and picks. These trades won't fix the Oilers' problems immediately. The Oilers need more experience, more consistency in their competitiveness and they need some size/skill in their top nine.
- The Oilers will be competitive when their best players are equal to the best players on the other teams. The 4th line doesn't win games for the Penguins, Blackhawks or Ducks. Their best players do, and until the Oilers best players are mature and have more experience the Oilers won't win. That isn't a knock on their young kids, it is just a fact.
- Case in point. The Capitals have won 5 of 7 and are suddenly two points out of the playoffs. Alex Ovechkin has 7 goals and 11 points in those 7 games. To win consistently in the NHL you need production from your top lines, top defenders and goalies. Focusing on the woes of the Oilers 4th line is a great distraction, but it isn't the main problem in Edmonton.
- A stellar quote from Ovechkin courtesy of Corey Masisak from NHL.com: "Right now I'm scoring goals and I'm king of the world. Couple weeks I was almost in the toilet. Maybe [they] forgot to flush me."
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GAME DAY PREDICTION: In the last three meetings between these teams in Nashville one of them scored six goals. The Oilers got blanked 6-0 this year, but won 6-3 and 6-2 last year. I'm a fan of offence so I'm hoping that trend continues. The Oilers surprise us with a 6-3 win.
OBVIOUS GAME DAY PREDICTION: Ales Hemsky scores twice thus heating up discussions over whether the Oilers should trade him before April 3rd.
NOT-SO-OBVIOUS GAME DAY PREDICTION: During intermission Sportsnet will feature "trade watch," and instead of Ryan Jones' name coming across the prompter it will read Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Even though the hosts will say it was an error, many will take to twitter and blogs suggesting destinations for Nugent-Hopkins. Seriously, some will believe that moving RNH would be a good move.
I think the WE WANT BURKE CHANT will do way more damage then the letter in the paper. You know Katz will be watching the game and will be pissed. I pray at least a couple drunk fans have enough balls to start the chant. All i know is what is going on right now is a disgrace ....... oilers use to have no stars and at least gave you effort .
March 25 2013, 11:17PM
But the 16,800 fans at an average of 79.27 as per seat : http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/8945052/nhl-ticket-price-hike-surpasses-other-leagues plus alcohol and incidentals probaly is around $95.00 per seat... ~ Why change anything... selling futures is what today's economy is all about... Don't win, just keep 'em coming...
Don't worry guys! We were lucky enough to be the worst team in the league for so many years in a row that we've been able to draft some of the best young talent! We don't really need to do anything, just give it time! Have faith! It can't get any worse! The same management team that brought this once proud franchise into the punch line of every joke league wide has it all under control!! Does this about some up the message we as a fan base is suppose to swallow? Oh wait... Lets not forget tencer's message! No booing allowed!! Just sit there and cheer! The players feelings might get hurt otherwise! What a joke
March 26 2013, 12:04AM
The Oilers are not buying into the system taught.. Period.
Players that buy into the system play it and if the "system" is good enough the team wins.
As of right now the Oilers have neither and it shows.
Try it this way, you arent getting me into a Rolls Royve if a drunk is driving it, and I would leap into a beat up Chevy with a Nascar winner behind the wheel.
Yes the system needs to be adequate, and ours isnt and hasnt been for several decades, and it is simple to detail and illustrate why based on results. So you are in muddy waters in reference to the Oilers situational dynamic, we have been teaching a flawed system for decades .
The men know that the man driving the car isnt 100% ok and arent willing to jump into a beat up Chevy with a drunk driver and i dont blame them.
A PROPERLY MANAGED system with all-in men will always win more than it loses, you want to free the coaches from accountability and it doesnt fly.
The coach first needs to himself understand the system and how to operate it and adjust it then he has to ensure all men understand the system as he himself visualises it , then he has has to match his assets with his system needs, he needs to find ways to build dynamiclly natural lines which can each execute system requirements in the best ways for the line, slightly different in presentation than other lines but identical in tangible onice effect. There is no such thing as a cookie-cutter approach to this dynamic challenge for a coach.
This season has been a communication nightmare and it shows.
Ralph doesnt know the system well enough and cant read and react to opponents and adjust himself at an NHL level most nights.
We should be able to match any team in exact system execution because most teams use the same Adjusted-hybrid system we ourselves use, and the differences are very very minor, it is only due to a lack of dynamic understanding of the system we use that we are outcoached both during games and during other parts of the process.
We have executed exactly as the Blues do in the past 2 years, so why the hell cant we do it on demand? We have experimented with the exact execution Chicago uses, but why cant we replicate this execution on demand? I could go on and on but whats the point?
We cant do these things on demand because our coaching staff as a whole is overwhelmed.
You see the reality is that an NHL coach needs to have a cerebral database of ALL the systems he faces and Ralph is wayyy over is head in this dept., he is wayyy undergunned. It isnt overall years of experience Ralph lacks its experience facing the constellation of NHL system presentations he is lacking in. he just needs help.
I can tell you in 5 mins how to adjust our current system to replicate the Blues execution, 5 minutes , and I can also explain it in 5 mins to a room full of Oilers players, to put us all on the same page, well this is called coaching isnt it? We are lacking in the effective communication dept.
Why cant Ralph accomplish this same task from the bench?
I hate the system we use because it is essentially an offensive trap when Ralph gets it to work how he wants it to. But the reality is that most teams use a similar system so its very easy to outcoach them. This system can win games consistantly if its offense is engaged the proper way to create randomly generated and supported offensive opportunitys, but still utilises and maintains set defensive zone plays and exits .
The system is ok maybe...., Ralph has the skillset we need but is lacking in the ability to read and react dynamiclly to NHL caliber systems so he isnt able to weild his own system optimally. The Players have tried to keep up with Ralphs erratic learning curve but the line juggeling broke the camels back and he lost them, as long as they could count on a little chemistry to back them up they had a cushion or margin for error in system execution, but as soon as the line juggeling began they lost that support and it immediatly showed in the results.
I agree that any system manned by informed and committed men can win consistantly enough to win the Stanley Cup. But ONLY if it is managed by a competent and knowledgable coaching staff that understand the system inside out and can execute it from the bench blindfolded.
Just Ralphs learning curve regarding the relationship between our d-zone exit strategys and their influences on our o-zone entrys and tactics was like climbing a cerebral Mount Everest. This took 15 games to sort out. Then it was the n-zone transitions, then the offensive zone transitions, then the dumpins, then the lack of shots on net, and on and on and on.
These are all coaching duties, they are Ralphs jobs to do and no one elses. yes its a challenge and bad things happen to good people every day so "so what" the reality is that we need better results and if you look closely it is a communication disconnect that is the root of all of this evil.
All the good intentions in the world wont grow hearts where there is no room for them, we need to look into that dressing room and the Oilers offices and find the catalyst of this disconnect. We are Leaderless and Horcoff needs to go tomorrow, he should have been slashing and fighting and biting and scratching to lead this team tonight and he didnt show up like that.
You just need to watch OilChange to see the disease in the dressing room, its like a Zanax commercial.
Our veterans have not been leaders for various reasons and it has shown, the time for a changing of the guard in the room is overdue.
I mean jesus Horcoff cant wear that letter in good conscience can he?
As for the rest of the bums who didnt even leave a drop of blood on the ice tonight, to hell with you to, I am sick of defending you all. The men who battled tonight know who they are and know I am not aiming for them. I say blow this team up right now and offload 50% of them as a start, buy what we need we have money---make room and buy assets. we need to be ready for next year and all of this dead weight needs to go immediatly, including most of the vets and not just the oldest ones either.
This system sucks but so what if we are forced to use it lets use it but lets let Ralph off the hook and get Mac-T behind the bench because he created the dam thing in the first place, I want to see us use the NHS not Mac-Ts Adjusted-hybrid piece of crap, but we simply need a system the coaches know inside out the specific system is less important than the knowledgebase of the men running it.
We need a leader that will fight for the system and the players that represent the systems links and we need that to rub off immediatly, and thats the reality we are faced with, we are lacking direction and passion, and it is going to tarnish these young men in another year or two permanently if we dont fix the problem ASAP.
I can rationalise it all i want for you man but at the end of the day the players arent stupid and they know when they are being driven in a Chevy and being told its a Caddy, the system is inferior and they hate it with good reason, so like it or not the system has to go, no one is overruleing this core of players, at least no one in their right mind is going to risk pissing this group off, not in todays NHL.
Wipe out the fencesitters before next year 50% of the roster DO NOT be manipulated by contracts pay the pricks off, dump the current system, bring in the best man for the new system you choose or send Ralph to summer school, and lets start shopping for quality players to re-tool with from the marketplace.
Or just replicate the Blues execution and try for a long win streak before it is numericlly to late.
Wow...I fell asleep after the fifth paragraph. I'll do everyone a favor and NOT include quote in reply.
March 26 2013, 01:27AM
Yes for sure. That's why I think Yakapov could be a big trade piece since he is still on entry level. Probaly could have gotten Eberle on the same term, but under 5 mill, not sure what the rush was.
Wow...I fell asleep after the fifth paragraph. I'll do everyone a favor and NOT include quote in reply.
What? That was a kick ass post. Go read hockeybuzz if u want post like, "hockey good, I have a big dink."
Thanks for the paragraph Newage.
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If you honestly believe the Oilers are better off moving out veterans and replacing them with unproven youth, then you can expect the Oilers to remain near the bottom of the western conference moving forward. The Oilers need to find PROVEN NHL players, not more "maybe," "might be," or "what if" type players.
This type of thinking is part of the problem. These kids are on their own, on their own to lead this team out of the gutter, with minimal or no help from the so called veterans on this team. Can anyone say without a doubt that any of the veterans on this team (soon to be UFA, or UFA eligable) is performing to the level they are getting paid? Smid perhaps, till next yr, and then he'll fall in the overpaid category as well.
The deadwood on this team demand to be paid as per best case scenario. What the Edmonton faithful receive for their dollars is far from that locked in reality. 5.5 for Whitney, 6 for Horcoff, 3.75 for Khabibulin... where does the insanity end. Whoever is responsible for signing/accepting responsibilty for these deals is incompetent.Till the Halls,Hopkins,Eberles,Yakupovs and Justin Schultzs of this team lead this team every night, Oiler fans are screwed. Proven NHL veterans my arse, Edmonton is on their own to grow their own, lets start calling a spade, a spade here.
5-2 Predators
Couldn't agree more,but I will add in Hemsky,and Belanger.Our high priced vets are leaving the young guys out to dry.


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Krause's experience, Higginbotham's talent pace Warhawks on state mats
Both qualify out of difficult sectional
Germantown - Sophomore 220-pound wrestler Hunter Higginbotham of the Germantown wrestling team briefly celebrated his WIAA sectional championship Saturday with his teammates and then did as he was told.
He got down and did several push-ups - his punishment for being head-thrown and put to his back by his opponent, Mensah Amuzu of Homestead, early in the match. Higginbotham eventually fought his way out of his predicament and went on to pin Amuzu.
"Actually, it's supposed to be about 100 push-ups," he chuckled. "I just said 'Oh my God' because the last thing they (the coaches) told me was watch for the head throw. I knew that he was going to do it, but I just didn't know when."
But that's what an elusive combination of talent and inexperience will do for you. Higginbotham, also a starting defensive lineman for the football team this fall, has a boatload of talent, but is just in his second-year of wrestling. He joins two-time state qualifier and senior 152-pounder Danny Krause when the WIAA State Individual Tournament starts at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Kohl Center in Madison.
How much potential does Higginbotham have?
"Isn't he something?" laughed Krause, a sectional runner-up on Saturday. "Just a second-year wrestler and look at him. If he doesn't wind up winning state medals in the next couple of years, I'll be really ticked."
Coach resorts to sneaky tricks
The Warhawks have taken to bringing in semiretired veteran assistant coach Jeff Smith, an expert at bringing out the best in bigger wrestlers, to work with Higginbotham.
"Whoa, I've found out that this kid has only one speed," laughed Smith. "That's full blast, so I had to resort to some sneaky old guy tricks to try and slow him down (more laughs). Boy, what a talent."
Higginbotham (30-7) will challenge Tomah's Lucas Stromberg-Windau (35-9) in a first-round bout. Quarterfinals will be held later that day. Meanwhile, Krause (29-10) takes on Merrill's Ray Paul (39-6).
The two qualifiers were the highlight of a roller-coaster day for the Warhawks at the Arrowhead sectional, where they also saw two competitors (Tyler Palzkill at 138 and Brandon Goesch at 126) lose out on wrestle-backs for state berths and had another expected state qualifier, senior 195-pounder Mike Knippen come up a little short with a critical loss in the semifinals.
"Oh my goodness, what a day," coach Casey Gabrielson said. "I'm really happy for our two guys (who are going to state). Danny is a two-time qualifier and he just got his 100th career win in the regional a week ago. He's just steadily ticking off all his goals. He's been there before, so nothing should be that much of a surprise to him.
"And Hunter, he's a battler, a fighter, not really a technician just yet. But we've done a lot of scouting for his matches and he just absorbs things so quickly. And he has that relentless attack. That makes up for the lack of technique."
Team places fourth
Germantown wound up fourth in the 16-team sectional with 74.5 points as host Arrowhead won with 148.5.
Higginbotham pinned both Milwaukee Madison (1:22) and Arrowhead (2:31) opponents before meeting Amuzu (26-12). After getting hit with the head-throw, Higginbotham was forced to fight off the bottom for more than 30 seconds before freeing himself and eventually pinning Amuzu for the fourth time this season in 1:55.
He said he will learn from experiences like that.
"Last year I made sectional, but that just motivated me to work a lot harder," he said. "I have some great assistant coaches to work with."
Higginbotham challenged himself by moving up to wrestle Port Washington's powerful Tyler Griswold in a dual late in the season. He lost, but it was another great learning experience.
"This is just unbelievable, amazing," he said of qualifying for state. "I'm speechless."
Krause beat Tosa (technical fall) and Whitefish Bay (12-8 decision) opponents before losing to Hamilton's Ben Hollnagel (34-7) on a technical fall in the final. It was a match that had been much closer in the regional the week before.
"They had me scouted pretty well," Krause said, "but still, we're looking forward to a good time up there. Hopefully, we can ruffle a few feathers."
Others fall short of state
Both Goesch and Palzkill got their wrestle-backs coming up through the consolation side of the bracket. Goesch (27-14) pinned a Tosa wrestler to earn his shot at Hamilton's Phil Flegner (34-11). He fell behind early, but caught Flegner in a cradle late in the match, but did not get the pin, falling 9-7.
"We thought the official might have been on the wrong side," Gabrielson said. "Brandon had a great second half of the season though."
Palzkill (24-20) beat a Falls opponent (5-2 decision) in his third-place bout, but was pinned by Hamilton's Bob Holzem (39-6) in 1:47 in the wrestle-back.
"Tyler has had the most difficult schedule of anyone out there," Gabrielson said. "He just could not catch a break (in his opponents)."
Knippen (38-8) lost a tough 6-4 decision to Arrowhead's Zak Ryder (29-11) in the semifinal. He had beaten him handily in the regional the week before. When Ryder lost the final and Knippen pinned a Tosa opponent in the third-place match, there was no wrestle-back.
"He hadn't been on a stage that big before," Gabrielson said of Knippen. "Sometimes that happens."
Others finishing up their seasons include Tyler Colegrove at 113 (15-24) and Tyler Baran at 160 (fourth place, 25-14).
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Join us in The Rare Book & Manuscript Library for a staged reading of "The Frozen Deep," the cooperative work about Arctic exploration created by Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens.
Based on Sir John Franklin's legendary and tragic expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, the play will be read by actors from the University of Illinois Department of Theatre, led by Thomas Mitchell.
The reading is one of a number of public programs developed as part of "Names Swallowed by the Cold: Hidden Histories of Arctic Exploration," an exhibition of rare and unique items from The Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Arctic collections.
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Robin Brownlee
September 15 2012 06:29PM
Roy MacGregor is a terrific writer and his column in the Globe and Mail today about the NHL lockout and the possibilities that come along with it rang truer than true with me.
Rather than look at yet another work stoppage on the watch of Gary Bettman as some sort of national tragedy -- it will be seen as that by many across the country -- because NHL teams won't be able to take our dollars for tickets, beer, hotdogs and TV packages and players won't collect their vast salaries, why not embrace the event? A couple paragraphs in his piece really hit home:
"There is something seriously afflicted in a nation when it can be argued, with some pitiful justification, that the average parent would choose having a child play a single game in the NHL than become a neurosurgeon for life."
"In a country where grown men have been known to weep while watching a Tim Hortons coffee commercial, it's pretty obvious that we have come to let a child's game dominate to a point where it is unhealthy, if not downright sick."
Ring a bell?
I get the sentiment behind a piece like the item Jonathan Willis wrote today, I really do, but it strikes me as remarkably naïve if anybody thinks cutting back on their consumption of beer and nachos at a hockey game or refusing to buy that Taylor Hall jersey they've been eye-balling represents a meaningful way of sending a message to Bettman or Donald Fehr.
If you're still buying walk-up tickets or season tickets or still purchasing that cable TV package, providing owners with their biggest revenue streams and the ability to keep over-paying players – or you will whenever the owners and the NHLPA decide to again grace us with hockey – then NHL fans truly are, as Bettman intimated not long ago, the best fans in the world.
If you're not willing to walk away from the NHL and stay away long enough for the waiting lists for season tickets to dry up, for owners to see sections of empty seats in their buildings and for TV ratings to fall off the map, the only message you're sending is Bettman was right about you.
"I'll keep buying tickets and keep watching on TV, but I'm going to eat a ham sandwich at home instead of buying concession food and . . ." Please. If just 10 per cent of the people who swear they're done with the NHL would actually keep that promise when the puck drops again, you'd be on to something and have at least a reasonable chance of sending owners and players a message.
I hope the owners and the players take in the wallet over this latest bit of greed and stupidity. With all the big dollars both sides are willing to piss away in the name of holding their ground, or whatever is motivating this latest round of asinine posturing, I feel bad for the wage earners this will impact.
A lot of people who won't earn in one year what Hall or Jordan Eberle make in one week – ticket takers, ushers, people in support services and who earn a living in other spin-off businesses – are the ones who pay the price. Staff cuts with NHL teams are coming or already have come. Lay-offs and salary roll backs. Those are the people who take it in the ear during a work stoppage.
Sooner or later, of course, the puck will drop again and fans, those faced with filling untold hours with family time that doesn't include sitting like lumps in front of the television or trudging to Rexall Place, will flock back with ticket dollars in hand when the lockout ends. They always do.
That message has already been sent, and received, loud and clear.
Listen to Robin Brownlee Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the Jason Gregor Show on TEAM 1260.
I start to feel for these guys. The problems they endure. Having to go to war every negotiation just to eek out a living. Who thought hockey would he such an unstable occupation in the first place. Should have gone into something solid like mining or truck driving. Greedy losers. The whole bunch.
September 15 2012, 06:41PM
My Will Power is nowhere near where it has to be to actually boycott something. My ever growing waistline is enough proof of that
I watch on tv - no special package beyond TSN HD. I have never understood people who spend thousands on seasons tickets. I do go to a few games each year as my brother has tickets and I take them when he can't go.
Speaking of taking it in the rear, what about all the players trying to eke out a living who get displaced by restless millionaire NHL players?
I have a hard time trying to figure out if the Owners lose anything out of this other than goodwill from the fans, and the media momentum that LA garnered winning the Cup.
I mean who owns the Oilkings, who's games should be fuller and new fans will be made?
Who owns the crappy rundown Coliseum where the majority of workers who are the most affected out of this?
Northlands - score 1 for Katz again
Who owns the OKC Barons of which an incredible or maybe laughable 26 NHL players may be on the roster that should translate into new fans?
I think the players are gonna buckle. Not a matter of if, but when.
The Big Lebowski: Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski. Condolences. The bums lost. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?
[the Dude walks out and shuts the door]
The Big Lebowski: The bums will always lose!
Brandt: How was your meeting, Mr. Lebowski?
The Dude: Okay. The old man told me to take any rug in the house.
September 15 2012, 07:13PM
Get busy livin or get busy dyin, as the guy said in Shawshank redemption.
The league is busy dyin, has been for a long time. Living would be turning yourself into the most compelling use a person could make of his eyeballs or his entertainment dollar, his time or his loyalty.
Since they seem committed to heading the other way instead, I have to figure they are busy dying.
RB. Well said.
We don't need to be involved, at all. Anyone who follows who is asking for what, and takes a side, is not thinking this thru.
If its a 50/50 split of 'x', at the end of the day, we still pay 100% of 'x'.
Said before and said again, call me when it's done but don't ask me to care who said what, or to take a side.
September 15 2012, 07:22PM
Nope, you're absolutely right, Robin. The NHL and NHLPA will get the message when revenue takes a major hit - and not before. And that will only happen when people stop going to games.
But the fact is, I still like watching the best hockey I can, and I'm not going to let the off-ice politics turn me away from the game. Eliminating the side expenses is really a way to make myself feel that I'm doing something to express my displeasure.
But I'll still be watching NHL hockey when it comes back.
September 15 2012, 07:25PM
My NFL fantasy pool will definitely get more attention this winter.
@Brownlee it is my understanding that all season ticket holders had to give the ticket money upfront and has been paid by all, unless of course they refused. In return the ticket holders get "oiler bucks" for games that get cancelled. So I guess if enough games get cancelled every ticket holder can buy a home and away jersey for every player on the oilers roster or maybe a new coat.
I'm not gonna stay away I love hockey always have always will. I would ask any young player such as RNH or Ebs would you rather earn 60-80g this yr or millions, over there career they will make north of 50-70 million the fans and business pay for this. How much are they really gonna loose.
I will not sit and feel sorry for the owners, they make lots of money as well there is no doubt some are losing money.
Nope, you're absolutely right, Robin. The NHL and NHLPA will get the message when revenue takes a major hit - and not before. And that will only happen when people stop going to games.
But the fact is, I still like watching the best hockey I can, and I'm not going to let the off-ice politics turn me away from the game. Eliminating the side expenses is really a way to make myself feel that I'm doing something to express my displeasure.
But I'll still be watching NHL hockey when it comes back.
September 15 2012, 08:05PM
Ok, I've had this thought for about a week now, and I hope some version of it come to fruition while this lockout drags on. Since neither side can find solutions to their problems, why don't they assign a team of lawyers(?), ex-players, media, and perhaps even long time season holders perhaps, to monitor things within the League on a year to year basis. This way adjustments can be made to prevent disasters, and suggestions can be heard to help fix things aswell. Don't leave everything to a doomsday mentality like this...it's just plain stupid.
September 15 2012, 08:22PM
When the NHL comes back are YOU going to stay away from it, Mr. Brownlee?
"By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us like a torrent."
September 15 2012, 08:41PM
So you're trying to make me feel bad for wanting to watch the sport I love?
September 15 2012, 08:45PM
My job does not require me to support the Oilers or any other NHL team with money spent on tickets, TV packages, concessions, parking or souvenirs, and I don't.
If they stay at an impasse for one minute or 10 months, I'll write about it. If they drop the puck tomorrow, I'll write about it. If the NHL shuts the doors for good I'll write about something else.
Right, say the NHL comes back relatively soon. You'll go right back into writing about how many goals Jordan Eberle will score, or how Ales Hemsky's season will play out (just examples), and all this lockout nonsense will be completely forgotten. Nothing will change. Isn't this exactly what you are complaining about in your article? People just going back to the NHL as if nothing happened?
Forget about money, you are supporting the NHL by writing about it. Plain and simple. People read your articles and get jacked up about watching hockey. You're no better than the people you are calling out.
September 15 2012, 08:55PM
It was rhetorical. They're selling a product I want, they kind of have me by the short and curlies. That Globe article was laying it on a bit thick, as well. I know some people who'd rather their kid play in the NHL than become a surgeon, but do you know people who have cried over Tim's commercials?
This all seems a tad on the dramatic side.
September 15 2012, 08:58PM
Really? Because I think I'm making some good points. You're calling out people for flocking back to hockey games after the lockout, when you will do the exact same thing. You're just hiding behind the fact that it's your job to do so.
September 15 2012, 09:08PM
@Robin Brownlee
Well yes and no. Either way, I don't buy the argument as you've presented it. All I'm getting from this is "it's your fault the players and owners make so much, now it's your fault they're able to stage a lockout."
September 15 2012, 09:15PM
How much for the windshield on a 2005 toyota tacoma?
With the money I'm going to be saving from hockey, might as well get it done eh :P
September 15 2012, 09:37PM
What he is "complaining" about in the article is about people saying they will boycott, then go running back when it starts again. big difference.
It is funny that people want thier hockey so bad that they would do anything (boycotts etc) if there is some small chance it might convince them to start sooner. Pretty sure these people will not be staying away for even a minute after things start up again.
As far as the lockout itself goes. I think Fehr is the problem. It seems to me that since the NHL put out its first lowball offer, it was a starting point so they can haggle and eventually meet in the middle. Fehr is the one that keeps ignoring the NHL and sending back some different kind of deal.
He keeps the players on his side by playing the paycut card, and trying to convince them that he has some kind of vision.
He has known all along that the NHL isn't gonna play that. He has not been remotely interested in stopping this lockout. I believe it has been his plan all along.
It seems clear to me that all the NHL wants, is to sit down and work this out until they find a common point that both sides can agree to. Somewhere roughly in the middle of the current CBA, and thier "43%" first offer. Sounds like Gary wants 50/50 to me.
So Donald, please... Realise that this game is bigger than you, and even the players for that matter. Cut out the pissing contest, get off your high horse, and get your ass in the negotiating room, and work out the best deal you can off what the NHL is offering. Hell you might even get 51 if you play your cards right.
Until this happens, unfortunately the lockout will go on. No matter if anyone buys thier merch, or not.
September 15 2012, 10:16PM
Again (and for the last time) FAIL.
I'm not hiding behind anything. The "fact" I don't go near the Oilers unless I'm paid to do so and you can't wait to start throwing your money at them again is not a small difference, even if you don't have the capacity to realize that.
I'm neither emotionally married to the Oilers, as you are, nor to the job of writing about them. I like it fine, but that could turn on a dime. At some point, maybe I'll just take care of my son, work on my cars do something else, like sell auto glass.
I have to agree with Darren on this one Robin. If you followed through on what you wrote, you would go sell auto glass now, and not come back. That is directly analagous.
(not that we are requesting you do that!)
September 15 2012, 10:21PM
@Jonathan Willis
On a lesser scale your small protest against the greed of the owners and players is like rebelling against institutionalized injustice when you know that your act of rebelling will not change things. You still do it because resisting what is wrong is necessary to retain your human dignity.
September 15 2012, 10:28PM
With the lockout almost assured earlier in the summer I refrained from purchasing my Oiler mini-packs. Which were released at least a month earlier than usual. If they settle quick,maybe I'll go and catch a game but it's going to be tough to really get behind the league after a third lockout.
And either Robin is really busy with the glass shop or he has softened his stance on the word that shall never be written in comment #1. So props to the individual who framed their comment to get one by the Bronte 3000.
September 15 2012, 10:57PM
My g/f is a full time professional and works at Northlands p/t. It's not a job to supplement income but a job that gives her a nice change of pace while engaging Northlands customers and Oiler fans.
She loves seeing the faces of long time fans who attend their first Oiler games. With tickets still in hand they glance around looking for their seats. She can point them out in a second because they have THAT look in their eyes. The excitement. The thrill of being in an arena where, as my girlfriend calls it, "The Magic Happened". These fans and followers sometimes drive through the night just to attend their first and ONLY Oiler game they will ever see. This NHL hockey club is more than an NHL team but it's deeply in bedded into the fabric and culture of the city of Edmonton. My girlfriend, who is originally from Toronto, can see first hand how this team and the NHL game is deeply rooted in this community. She says Oiler fans are different because of the passion demonstrated by generations who pay for their seats.
Grandfathers with sons and their sons walking proudly to their seats awaiting puck drop. Edmonton isn't Toronto. The seats are paid for by those generational fans.The attendance numbers aren`t inflated by corporate ticket purchases that never get filled. Every seat is paid for AND used by an Oiler fan, one way or another. We`re fans because of past success. We`re fans because the promise of future success. We`re fans because we love this team and they represent the character and heart of Edmonton and Edmontonians. My girlfriend sees that in we, The Edmonton Oiler Fans. She sees it on Oiler game day.
My point is this; while Brownlee pointed out there will be fans who will give up on the league and the professional game due to this lockout, the Oilers have many faithful followers. If and when the league starts again, the damage won't be as drastic because after all, we are Oiler fans, lovers of hockey and passionate about our community.
And sorry Brownlee, to say you would write about something other than hockey and the Oilers is about a daft comment one can make coming from someone who made a living working `The Beat` as an Oiler reporter/writer for as long as you have. Nice Try....
September 15 2012, 10:58PM
Here lies the rub, Robin. When I give up my season's tickets there are 1800 people (at least 3600 tickets) ready to snap mine up.
So for the past 8 years, with the exception of a single playoff run, I have been "investing" in this team, a terrible team, waiting for the payoff.
When it finally looks like my "investment" is paying off in terms of having tickets to an exciting and soon to be competitive team, the "right thing to do" - and I agree with you that is the most effective statement to these boneheads - renders my "investment" as largely worthless.
Frankly, despite knowing it is a chickenpoop move, I won't be giving them up. I applaud those who do, but can't pull the trigger.
The proverbial rock and a hard place.
September 15 2012, 10:59PM
Owners got exactly what they planned all along - a lockout . No bartering in good faith was ever the plan of owners and thus a deal was never going to get done unless players took a bath like last time . Owners underestimate damage to the game they created thru their ludicrous drawbacks knowing full well the union would never accept such drawbacks .
The balls all in owners hands now as union is solid against demands of drawbacks . Union now waits for owners to get serious about faithfull negotiations , for the union has been trying all along , It would serve the union well to also drawback their offer as it did little to appease owners . Treat it now like owners have been teating them by withdrawing any and all drawbacks they said they might help with .. There , now they'd be on equal ground again and maybe this time a fair settlement might be reached . Owners at fault here and they can end this . At least the players admire their fans , while owners seem to treat them more like pawns .
September 15 2012, 11:11PM
like the last lockout, i don't care if the NHL is around or not...i will watch football, and spend time on the 'net (maybe even watch a little wrestling!). for live hockey, i will attend more Oil King games.
September 15 2012, 11:15PM
There is no question that Robin is right to say that only lots of empty seats will have any influence on the future actions of the owners and players.
I also have no doubt that whether people choose to stop going or watching is totally up to them. There is no right or wrong decision in this case. I completely understand why some folks will throw up their hands and say I have better things to do then be jerked around by greedy people. Or why others may try hard to at least organize a boycott of the first game back, as some did in 2005. I also appreciate JW's decision to make his own personal statement of protest, knowing it will not change the NHL.
Finally, I also understand those who will resume their historical pattern of attending or watching games as soon as the puck drops again. That is what I intend to do. As I posted on JW's thread I dropped my season tickets for 2 years after the Gretzky sale but got them back when I realized I was only punishing myself. These things are personal. I refuse to shop at Wal Mart because, among other things, the owners are union-busting scum in my opinion. My actions will not change their policies, but it will prevent me from being tainted by them.
At this time I am not angry enough about the lockout to let it stop me from enjoying hockey games whenever they return. The fact that some ordinary workers will be hurt by the lockout gives me pause, but in the end I guess I am not sufficiently upset by that to stop going.
Stuff like this
makes the world go around.
September 15 2012, 11:35PM
Here lies the rub, Robin. When I give up my season's tickets there are 1800 people (at least 3600 tickets) ready to snap mine up.
So for the past 8 years, with the exception of a single playoff run, I have been "investing" in this team, a terrible team, waiting for the payoff.
When it finally looks like my "investment" is paying off in terms of having tickets to an exciting and soon to be competitive team, the "right thing to do" - and I agree with you that is the most effective statement to these boneheads - renders my "investment" as largely worthless.
Frankly, despite knowing it is a chickenpoop move, I won't be giving them up. I applaud those who do, but can't pull the trigger.
The proverbial rock and a hard place.
I'm in that exact same spot. The almost $19k a year I spend on season seats could definitely be used elsewhere, but now that I've put that much in for quite a few years it seems silly to walk away just as we finally may se some decent results. If I knew I could get seats again I probably would have given them up for a year or two but I don't want to miss the rush of 2006 all over again. I actually have no issues with the timing of the lockout. I'll get a little more hunting in this fall and will get a break from the 2hr drive in to games. By December I know I'll be getting a little ansy to get back at it though.
September 16 2012, 12:40AM
I think this sum's it up for me.
Gary. People will come, Gary. They'll come to Edmonton for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up at Rexal Place not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at the door as innocent as children, longing for the past. "Of course, we won't mind if you look around", they say, "It's only $600 per person". They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in the cramped chairs on a perfect winter afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the benches, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Gary. The one constant through all the years, Gary, has been hockey. Canada has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But hockey has marked the time. This ice, this game: it's a part of our past, Gary. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again. Oh...people will come Gary. People will most definitely come."
James Earl Jones
I agree with pretty much all of the above. However, has anyone involved here, ownership, union side or fans realized the world is in a financial crisis. All of the dollars these greedy numbskulls are fighting over may all go away is international currency markets and governments start to fail?
In the event of a financial armageddon who will pay these contracts if the whole world of professional world goes dark. Last time I examined the necessities of life NHL hockey was not edible, wearable or life-sustaining.
I'm also floored by the 70% fan polls favoring the union position. That one shows me people are walking with heads up asses. Do we really think generationally with such a detached relationship with reality?
With Rexall's ham-handed approach to the so-called new arena downtown development it is mystifying how Katz has become a multi-billion-aire!
The wake-up process needs to start with the fans not the league or the union.
I'm a hockey fan who is thinking WTF! A $1000.00 for me to take my and two kids to gold seats at Rexall. Who is really the stupid one here?
September 16 2012, 07:37AM
I find it odd that Macgregor would call Canada's obsession with hockey "sick". Does he not realize that it is a global phenomenon? The same can be said about Americans and baseball/football, Europeans and soccer, India and cricket or Australia and Rugby (mostly assuption on the last two). Seems like an odd statement for him to make considering the entire world is obsessed with sport.
September 16 2012, 08:38AM
It sunk in yesterday that I'm really going to miss hockey... Ironically it struck me as I sat down to play NHL2013 on the XBox with my 10 year old. As pissed off as I am with the lockout and the stupid arena deal, cut down to the brass tax. I'm going to miss the training camp coverage, watching the skates on my days off, opening night, and my full blown HD coverage on my Telus TV...
I gave up buying tickets years ago. Not because of Rexall place, just a there mere cost of the ticket. Games in Rexall are like that smell and comfort of home after a long trip. All gone... Whatever is the outcome of this lockout I think most of us fail to see it's just a game. It's not a tradition even though some of those have been created. It's not a religion even those that follow think it is. It a game and greed is destroying it...
It's sad when you have kids that grow into men and dream their whole lives to be in the big show and now they want a bigger piece of the pie that the guys that invest all the money into the show... Wasn't this all about a game?
A black rubber puck, some wooden hockey sticks, a backyard ice sheet, skates, a cool winters day, and a group of kids in winter coats with their favorite 99 jersey on their backs and scream "Gretzky scores for the stanley cup...."
What have you guys done to this game?
September 16 2012, 09:10AM
This lockout is the result of expansion to non-hockey markets followed by fiscal crisis followed by unemployment followed by fighting for sports entertainment dollars resulting in hockey losing those dollars in those markets. Oiler tickets are $100; Coyotes tickets are $30. Do we subsidize those markets or relocate or contract? I believe that relocation and contraction would solve a lot of the Owners issues. Down the road when/if the economies come back then maybe expansion can happen again.
September 16 2012, 10:52AM
Again (and for the last time) FAIL.
I'm not hiding behind anything. The "fact" I don't go near the Oilers unless I'm paid to do so and you can't wait to start throwing your money at them again is not a small difference, even if you don't have the capacity to realize that.
I'm neither emotionally married to the Oilers, as you are, nor to the job of writing about them. I like it fine, but that could turn on a dime. At some point, maybe I'll just take care of my son, work on my cars do something else, like sell auto glass.
Please Robin (if I may), stick with your first intuition: write about something else. Not that you need the encouragement, but don't let the mouth-breathers (that goes for the NHL owners and players as well as internet wags) convince you to retire the quill for auto-glass. Personally, I'd be very interested to read whatever "else" happens to be.
Like superhero movies, I'm tiring of the ubiquitous "business" of hockey and the slavishness that it expects from us. I love the sport, and probably always will, but I've subsisted for years without having to spend too much of my rather scant wages on it. What I think I'll miss is not the game itself so much as the social connections it allows me to have with friends, family, and virtual communities like OilersNation.
At the same time, it's not impossible to make these connections doing other, more fulfilling and non-hockey related, things. I concur absolutely with MacGregor's assessment about our national disease. And since Canadians basically suck at everything that isn't hockey, we filter our sense of inadequacy into overzealous hockey nationalism, the kind of saccharine nonsense that exists purely as a cynical attempt to "sell" the game.
I can't say that I won't absolutely come back to the game when it does return, but for the first time in my life, it really is an open question. Indifference is setting in, and once it does, that could be all she wrote for me and the NHL.
September 16 2012, 11:01AM
Feels good to argue the easy argument, RB? Doesn't it?
September 16 2012, 11:02AM
Take your time boys (owners and players). I am happy to save the money I would spend going to games. I have renewed again this year. I do love the game ... when it is played well, something we haven't seen much of, except for 2006. I am also a loyal Oiler fan, but I feel that the people who make the money here (both sides) see us as dupes who can be played. I will save my money and use it for something else...maybe a holiday. Like others above stated, I will probably maintain my tickets, but in the future, I won't go to the 25+ games I used to go to. I will sell off as many tickets as I can and go to a lot fewer games... maybe eight or ten. I know two guys who have had tickets for years and sold all of their games last year... a wise decision considering the number of garbage games we saw. I am also delighted with the fact that my tickets go up in price every year, then the salary cap goes up, then my tickets go up, and on and on. I'm also delighted that with Bettman's southern U.S. strategy, my ticket increases continue to subsidize hockey in markets where they are loosing huge amounts of money. Someone I know got four tickets in the lower bowl in Phoenix with four sodas and four hot dogs for less than one of my tickets row 32. That really warms my heart. And finally, I have supported the new arena all along, and defended it many times, but feel Katz really sandbagged City Council with his latest demands. I was at the public council hearings last October . The mayor and councillors who support the arena were attacked viciously by some of the speakers, including some nasty personal attacks there were well over the line. They stuck by their convictions about what is in the long-term interests of Edmonton and have worked hard, expending political capital, only to have Katz pull this stunt. So, Bettman, Katz, LaForge, Lowe, players, keep it up. By the way if the oil price drops and stays down for a few years, you might not take us dupes for granted as much when there are two or three thousand empty seats in the arena. Oh, and as I said before, take your time. The longer you are out, the more time I have to find other things I enjoy spending my money on. And, by the way, I am not a business, so all I spend going to games comes from after tax dollars.
I watch on tv - no special package beyond TSN HD. I have never understood people who spend thousands on seasons tickets. I do go to a few games each year as my brother has tickets and I take them when he can't go.
I wouldn't spend thousands but I do share a season ticket so as to go seven games a year. Season tickets are cheaper than face value. I have no brother to freeload from ( I trust that bookje buys the beer and nachos! ).
The older couple behind me go to every game because they are FANS. The lockout may have a greater impact on this group. They may find that they have other things to do on a cold night in January to mid March.
September 16 2012, 11:40AM
As a young boy hockey was my world.As I grew older it slowly became less and less so.The day 99 got traded something died a little inside me.Since that day that love for hockey has slowly dwindled away.Through every lockout.Every star leaving for more money.Every entitled player.Every greedy owner asking for more money from the Government.Our money.
The business side of the game has ruined that little boys love for hockey.
Still catch most games on the tube .Go to a few each year.Just don't care as much as I once did.The older one gets the more they realize what really is important and life.Heath, family, friends.
The love for the game is still there and always will be.It is in my blood and the blood of many here I think.
Just not as strong as yesterday.


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MISSION MATTERS: Light in Darkness
By Fr. Paul Stark, S.J.
Vice President for Mission and Ministry
We are in the middle of the Octave of Easter, a time in which we're invited to allow the importance of Easter to be something more than just one day of our year, or just one moment in our lives, regardless of how many times we have celebrated it. Like the eight days of Passover, this prolonged celebration can help us engage the meaning of this time, filled with the life-giving and powerful message of God's love for each and for all of us. This is a time filled with more meaning than a single day could allow us to savor or fully understand.
This time of light, life and love can only be understood in contrast with other times. Like the lighting director of a stage production, light can only be understood in contrast to the darkness of a theater. Or, we only hear and understand the musician's best expressions if we compare and contrast them with the silence of the concert hall.
In the same way, the meaning and purpose of Easter only come at the end of, and in relationship with, the experience of Lent. The life and love, each a part of the salvation history we celebrate, is best understood only if we remember the times of struggle with our world and our own selfishness, our own times of death and loneliness. Light is seen only in contrast with darkness. Life is not celebrated except in contrast with the grief of death. Love is prized most if we experience it after we know the loneliness of our own selfishness, our own self-centeredness.
As we strive to celebrate and to understand this time, this Octave of Easter, we need to remember and to prize the struggles which have gotten us this far. We need not to forget the darkness that gives meaning to the light. We need to know that life and death need each other to give each other meaning. We must also remember that love is most powerfully felt by those who have known how it feels not being loved.
In many ways, this Octave of Easter challenges us to remember that our lives and our world are all made up of times of light and darkness. We have our good days, our successes, and we certainly have our bad days and our failures. We need all of those experiences for us to learn and to appreciate the gifts God offers each of us. We need the shadows to appreciate the light.
As we continue to celebrate this wonderful part of the Easter season, let us remember that all the times of our lives are for a reason; let us remember that all the times of our lives offer us greater knowledge of ourselves, others and God. Like St. Ignatius, let us pray that we may see God not only in the light of good times in our lives, but also in the darkness of our times of struggle.
Light and dark; love and loneliness; life and death. What full lives we have. Thanks be to God!


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Virgin Blue Response to Record Fuel Costs13/06/2008
Virgin Blue today announced capacity reductions and a $50 million package of cost savings as part of the company's response to continuing record fuel prices. The initiatives are the first outcomes of an ongoing review monitoring global jet fuel prices which now equate for 35% of the company's cost base.
Board and management reaffirmed their commitment to the airline's New World Carrier strategy as the right strategy in a period which will see a dramatic shakeout in the global aviation industry along with shifts in business and consumer sentiment.
"It's not a case of planning interim measures to offset a spike in the cost of fuel, all airlines must come to terms with a new reality in our industry," said Brett Godfrey, Virgin Blue Chief Executive.
Whilst continuing development of product initiatives under its New World Carrier strategy Virgin Blue will move immediately to implement a number of measures, including the following :-
A programme of $50 million of identified savings in the 2008-09 financial year via a cost reduction initiative.
Effective immediately a market by market fares review raising ticket prices by an average of
$5 across approximately 55% of Australian domestic routes.
A 6% reduction in planned 2008/9 capacity growth within the September quarter via removal of four aircraft from the Australian domestic market.
A further 2% of domestic capacity will be redeployed from loss-making services into identified better performing, new or uncontested markets.
Virgin Blue will cease its once weekly Sydney - Proserpine service effective July 2008, however daily connecting services through Brisbane will remain.
Virgin Blue will cease flying it's three times weekly Darwin - Melbourne direct service effective August 2008. This route will be now be serviced via a daily service through Brisbane.
Immediate salary freeze for all management positions for the ensuing fiscal year.
The company has determined it will not exit nor reduce service frequency on Trans-Tasman, Pacific Islands and domestic New Zealand routes operated by its Pacific Blue subsidiary.
Boeing 737 services operated by Polynesian Blue, Virgin Blue's joint venture airline with the Government
of Samoa will not be affected.
No staff redundancies are necessary as a result of these initiatives.
Further proposals are under active consideration by the airline in its on-going review to effectively deal with persistent and record energy prices.
Virgin Blue currently has 53% of it fuel bill next year hedged at $108 WTI. The airline's fuel bill in the current financial year will be over $500 million, an increase of 21% on the prior year.
About Virgin Blue Group
Multi award winning airline Virgin Blue and international carriers Pacific Blue and Polynesian Blue currently operate a fleet of 63 modern Boeing 737 and Embraer E-Jet aircraft flying to 24 Australian and eight international destinations including New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands. Virgin Blue was the first airline in the world to launch a Government-certified carbon offset program, where Guests can offset the carbon emissions from their flights. Virgin Blue Group has also announced plans to launch Australia's newest international airline, V Australia (www.vaustralia.com), with flights between Sydney and Los Angeles set to launch on 15 December 2008, subject to regulatory approvals.


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Diwali got it's name because of the tradition of lighting small oil lamps, called divas (diyas). Diwali literally means "row of oil lamps".
Diwali, or the "festival of lights" is celebrated by Hindus across India and the huge Hindu diaspora spread all over the world. This multi-day festival, whose name literally means "row of lighted lamps", is celebrated with great fervor and enthusiasm and is the most important Hindu festival on the annual calendar. Join us as we present a new "Did You Know?" fact each day as we countdown to Diwali.
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At PA's recent CIO Forum, business and IT leaders from across the public and private sectors discussed the challenges facing organisations today in developing an effective cyber security strategy.
With cyber-related stories regularly appearing in the front page news, this timely forum provided the opportunity for attendees to share their ideas about, and experiences of, effective cyber security. A short summary of the key points is provided below.
Virtually all business assets are now vulnerable in cyberspace - the game is the same but the scale and scope of threat, and the potency are more significant than ever. Cyber opens the front door to more people. Physical connectivity between almost everything makes a remote attack more likely, and the potential to do harm is increased. However, not all of an organisation's information assets may need protecting to the same levels.
People are a key part of an effective cyber security strategy - as such, they need to be included in the entirety of any policy, process or 'solution' to an organisation's cyber security. If, in an organisation the people are the key asset, treat them as such, and look at the risks they face in performing their role for your organisation, but it is also important to remember what impact they could have on an organisation if they become a 'compromised asset'. To note, there is very little in the way of effective technological defences against human error.
Agility and intelligence-led security are leading the way - there are clear benefits of moving from compliance to risk management and ultimately intelligence-led security. This is about being more proactive, for example, scanning social media to determine where the threats may come from; rehearsing for the attacks; and conducting forensics after an attack. Organisations need to continually look ahead,plan and respond much more quickly to attacks.
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We guess we're all at an age where reflection comes naturally. The youngest baby boomer is 48, which means more than one stage of life has been lived. Betsy Robinson is in that position, looking back at what she's done and looking forward to what's ahead. That's what she writes about in her book, Conversations with Mom: An Aging Baby Boomer, in Need of an Elder, Writes to Her Dead Mother. In this excerpt for BoomerCafé, Betsy writes a letter to her mother, expressing her concerns.
Dear Mom,
All the people you see on TV seem to be doing such important things: fighting wars, trying to stop wars, reconstructing deformed children, singing their hearts out to become the idol of millions and then do good things with all the money they make. I'm sixty years old and I worry that I've failed life. Your wise advice would be much appreciated. And by the way, what the hell are you doing with yourself these days?
Love, B
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Dearest Pumpkin Head,
You have had an adventurous life, my dear. You've held more jobs than most people do in many lifetimes, you explored the world in your twenties and thirties, explored yourself in your forties and fifties, and now it has gotten quiet. But quiet doesn't mean nothing is happening or that you offer no value.
Today on your way home from the park, you ran into an old friend. She was heading to work, but she spoke to you for a long time. Do you know why? Because seeing you lifted her. Because your unbridled admiration made her feel a little better, and when she arrived at work, she was joyful.
When you got home, you received an email from an organization recruiting women for cancer research. It said this year 243,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer, and theywant to understand genetic risk factors. You will do the study. You will beanonymous. You will forget you ever participated, but you will contribute to the prevention of this disease.
On your next dog walk, you may run into that old man with the pit bull, Dewdrop. You may casually mention that you saw Dewdrop's picture in a new book about dogs in Central Park, and that old guy may have a silent explosion because yesterday Dewdrop was diagnosed with metastasized pancreatic cancer. He may buy the book, and a year from now when he's alone in bed, feeling as if his heart has been torn out of his body, he may open the book, look at Dewdrop, and feel as if she left a legacy.
Your legacy is none of your business. Your business is to keep living and not concern yourself with that which is none of your business.
What I'm doing these days is talking to you, my dear but neurotic daughter.
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By Brendan Conway
How big are the recent outflows from gold exchange-traded funds? Let us count the ways.
South Korea's central bank bought 20 tons of gold in February, which sounds like a lot. But it's less than one-fifth what exchange-traded fund investors sold over the same time frame, according to Commerzbank'sstrategists.
"For the first time since mid-September, holdings of gold ETFs have fallen to below 2,500 tons again. For as long as this trend persists, the gold price is hardly likely to achieve any significant recovery," they advise.
The Financial Times pegs total 2013 gold-ETF outflows at 140 tons and counting since the start of the year. The biggest U.S. exchange-traded gold fund, SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), lost more than $425 million to outflows yesterday, according to XTF.com. The $63 billion fund's year-to-date outflows approach $5.5 billion.
GLD has been the second biggest U.S. ETF by assets for a while. At this rate, with market losses and outflows making for a one-two punch, it could drop to number three as soon as this month. Ready to take over is Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO), currently at $60.4 billion.
Who's doing all that selling in ETF-land? Here's a guess: It's the fast money and big institutions. The smalltime investor is standing pat.
Here's why I say that: The smalltime investor's preferred gold ETF hasn't seen outflows at nearly the same rate as the SPDR fund.
SPDR Gold Trust, with its deep liquidity and active options market, is preferred by institutional investors. Hedge-fund manager John Paulson is the biggest single owner of GLD.
iShares Gold Trust (IAU), whose shares are priced at one-tenth GLD's and with a lower expense ratio, is the choice of smalltime investors. But only $168 million has been pulled from the $10.9 billion iShares fund this year, according to XTF.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Mint's sales of gold bullion coins — another proxy for smalltime investor sentiment — have been brisk in 2013.


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Phil Hanley acknowledges that he does not have manly legs, Brooke Van Poppelen enjoys herbal laxative tea, and Gary Gulman has a showdown at Trader Joe's.
these billions of dollarson our elections,
and we are,
that cow has flown the coop.
If that's goingto keep happening,
then we deservemore entertainment back
for our money.
Those presidential debateslast time
were unbelievably boring.
And that's not okay,
considering how muchthey cost.
So I've actually come upwith a list
of potentialnew debate rules
that I think might justliven things up a little bit
in the election of 2016.
See what you think.
Rule number 1:
every time a candidate says"the American people,"
the other candidatehas to take a shot.
It might loosen them up a bit.
You really get to tellwhat someone's like
when they're completely[BLEEP] wasted.
Just leaning on the podium.
"I don't want to ask anyquestions about Afghanistan.
"Stop asking meabout Afghanistan.
"It's boring.
I-- I just wantto be president."
Rule number two:
there will be a three-minutehot-dog-eating round.
The winner gets an extrafive minutes to talk.
I think we all know,deep down,
there is only onescientific way to prove
who is the mostAmerican candidate,
and that is through masshot dog consumption.
How much do you wantto be president?
Do you want it enoughthat you're willing to dip
your hot dog in water
and shove it into your facechestnut-style?
Because if not,
are you the kind of presidentthat America needs right now?
Rule number three:
if a candidate says"Ronald Reagan" 10 times
during a single debate,
they should geta free sandwich.
Because it's not easyto get into double figures
without startingto sound sarcastic.
And finally,halfway through the debate,
a live chicken shouldbe released onto the stage.
The candidate who catchesthat chicken
wins Virginia.
Those are just ideas.
Those are justgood ideas.
is that, uh,people are meeting me
and immediately assumingthat I'm a vegetarian.
Which is a creative wayof saying,
"Hey, you look paleand weak."
Uh, my theory is, uh--
Is that it's because, uh,I don't have, uh,
very manly legs.
Don't-- Don't argue with me.
At best, uh,I would describe them
as unisex.
So I never wear shorts.
And people say, "Oh, you shouldwear long shorts."
But what they're reallysaying is,
Hey, you know what's moremasculine than your legs?
Uh, one time I had a woman,uh, hit on me about my legs.
This part's true.
Uh, she did.
She told me that she wouldkill for them.
I got all cocky.I was like,
"What would you dofor this upper body?"
She said, "Push-ups."
like, commercials arethese days
towards women.
Like, an ad for face washand other beauty products.
Like, I rememberwhen I was a teen
they were, like,really fun and spunky.
Like an ad for face wash.Like, "Yo, girl,
"Just scrub your facewith bubble gum and glitter.
So pretty and young."
You're so hopeful.
But now that I'm 34,
like, the tone of every adtargeted at me is just, like,
the one lady with the voicethat's like,
"Let a team of scientistsfix your face.
There's a product I love,that maybe you guys use it.
It doesn't actually havemuch of an ad campaign.
It's a fun little herballaxative tea
called Smooth Move.
Yeah, right?
It's like, all right,Smooth Move.
Like, the nameis not literal
so much as it is horriblysarcastic.
Never drank that stuff.Holy moly.
Like, they needa commercial
so I wrote one for themthat goes like this:
Well, good morning.
You forgot you tooka laxative tea last night,
rolled out of bedand climbed straight onto
a rush hour morning bus.
Smooth move, [BLEEP].
Aw, New York.I love you.
This is great.I, uh--
I actually just spentsome time in L.A. on the beach.
And it's intimidatingbeing around, like,
all those tiny bathing suitsand hard bodies.
Like, it made me reallyhomesick
for New York Citypublic beaches.
Like, for real.
Like, I was at Coney Islandone time,
and I saw a fatRussian guy
just walk straightinto the ocean
wearing a velour tracksuit.
That guy got it,you know?
He was, like, neck-deepin the ocean
with, like,a sandwich in one hand
and a cigar in the other.
He was like, "It's friggin'beautiful in here."
It's like, these are my peopleand my beaches.
I can't stand all thesesalad restaurants
popping upall over the place.
Like, they've gotstupid names,
like You Chop It.
It's like,"Toss your own salad."
And they're awful,
because they trick youinto thinking
that, like,making your own salad
is, like, fast,fun and easy.
And you walk in
believing you knowwhat tastes good on a salad.
But then you get in line
and you [BLEEP]forget everything.
Everything.It's so intimidating.
You start sweating.
You get up to, like,the counter,
and there's just likethis small Latino dude
with, like, a metal bowland tongs,
just mad-dogging you.
Like some sort of undefeatedsalad warrior.
You're going down.
It's crazy. And you have to picksix ingredients.
Like, I always start outreally confident.
I'm like, "Romaine."
Then it gets in my head,second ingredient.
I'm like, "Apples?"
I don't know.Then I just lose my mind
with the third ingredient.
I'm like, "Candy corn."
Then I black out...
and I wake upat the register
with a $19 dome of [BLEEP]that I have to eat.
I go, take it in the cornerwith the other panicked people
who are, like, shamefully eatingtheir salads.
I open it up.I'm like, Oh, good.
For my last three ingredientsI chose mandarin oranges,
eggs and safety pins.
I wanna tell you astory of my meltdown
at Trader Joe's.
I love that place.I love Trader Joe's.
They are so thoughtful there.They're nice.
Everybody doeseverybody else's job,
from the top to the bottom.
It's, uh, no doubtcommunist.
Now, the people who shopat Trader Joe's,
at least in New York City,they're godless animals.
They are.
They are pushy.
They put their cartsin the checkout line half full,
and then continueto pick up items
and bring it back
so that there's like this emptyfield of carts.
And I dothe right thing.
And I'm standing there.
And last week a womandisappeared for so long
that a gap developedbetween her cart
and the rest of the line.
And so I filled it and preparedmyself for a showdown.
Because I knew,just by the time of day
and the neighborhoodwhat was going to come back.
I just knew.It was during the day,
so she was wealthy,entitled, aggressive, pushy.
I even predicted the first twowords of her sentence
when she returned.
Because she came back,armful of frozen foods,
meaning she went downstairsto frozen foods.
A ten-minute round trip.The audacity,
nay, the temerity.
She puts them intothe carriage and she's--
And I knew the firsttwo words.
She says, "Yeah, no.
I was ahead of you."
And so I said,"No, yeah."
Flipped it.
You were ahead of me,
until you went shopping.
You can't go downstairsto frozen foods,
come back with an armfuland take your spot in line.
The best I can offer youat this point is back cutsies,
and that's incrediblygenerous.


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Elder Tayler Tanner has been called to serve in the Ohio Columbus Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will be speaking in the Orangeville First Ward on Sept. 13 at 9 a.m. Tayler enters the MTC on Sept. 23.
Tayler is the son of Mark and Nanette Tanner of Orangeville. His grandparents are Delile and Elda Hinkins of Orangeville and Harvey and Afton Tanner of Blackfoot, Idaho.