“Give Smart”

What a wonderful book written by Thomas J. Tierney and Joel L. Fleishman.

The book discusses how to be a productive supporter of charities; how to smartly give back; and how to hold charities accountable. Read this one if you are so inclined.

It was quite thought-provoking to me personally as I take a deep dive into how my charitable giving has worked out over the last decade.

A fast and good read. Well researched and cogent facts presented. A quick and productive read. Thanks for caring.

Good Mix?

Youth. Players in their prime. Vets.

That is the mixture that we hope to find as a franchise now.

Development camp is here. Come on out and see some of our young prospects.

Experts are quite high on Eakin, Orlov, Holtby and Kuznetsov as players that one day can crack our lineup. A few of them will be camp here at Kettler this summer. See this article.

We added Johansson and Nuevirth and Carlson and Alzner to the team last season. We added many new vets this off season in free agency. We have a core that is now entering its prime. We kept Brooks Laich on the team.

I am hopeful that we have a good mix now of youth, prime-time core players and vets as we enter a new season.

Go Caps! See you all at developmental camp.

Perspective

This is a sad day for some in media and serves as a proxy for the new interactive world in which we live.

Generating headlines and selling papers and carelessly feeding the monster can come with a price.

A great institution has been shuttered. Talented and loyal and hardworking people have lost their jobs. This is a human drama and is very emotional and sad.

Value has been destroyed. Reputations have been lost. Scandal is now on the other foot.

People are being jailed. There was no shame on the part of this media property when it came to generating first in news; they are now paying a huge price for that ethos.

All because a media property wanted to be “first” with news or wanted to become a part of the story. Someone in the media had a personal agenda against a citizen or a politician or a celebrity. Editors and head line writers are human bloggers. They have agendas too sometimes. Papparazi love to have fun with their subjects. Some blame photographers for the death of a princess in the UK as you all know.

28,200,000 results here. Parse these numbers and interpret them however you want. It isn’t good though, is it? These are the last digital footprints in the sand for this media property which was once the world’s most circulated newspaper. It once had a circulation of 8.5 million!

There is a line that can’t be crossed now in media. It has been established now by the authorities. Upper management will now be vigilant in NOT allowing writers to just make stuff up or do illegal things all in the name of journalism or selling papers or generating pixels.

I think this is a watershed moment in media. I also think it is a sad day indeed all around.

Click here and watch in the future as lawyers clean up all details on the go forward. This story will continue and the monster will feed for quite a while. The monster eats its own now.

RIP News of the World Indeed.

Welcome to the Jungle

We got what you need.

We got an appetite for destruction. We want to hear you scream!

We got a great little film here. All about the band. It’s good times…it’s fans and it’s music.

Click here and set retro machine back to wow! A fun film for your weekend viewing pleasure. Click here and thank you.