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7 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Parliament Buildings, from left, Bowen House, the Beehive, and Parliament House, Wellington. Photo / File
NZ Herald
Low GDP begins with inefficiency
When reviewing the economy, commentators, business leaders and economists often target the country s low productivity as the fundamental factor restraining the growth of GDP. It is not. The root cause of low growth in this country is that we are cursed with day-to-day inefficiency and lack of responsibility. Our local councils barely function at all in delivering their basic tasks. Road building, construction, public works, and other undertakings are rarely completed on time or within budget.
Rival in Focus: Washington Capitals by Bill Meltzer @BillMeltzer / philadelphiaflyers.com
Somewhat akin to the Philadelphia Flyers rivalry with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Philadelphia club s clashes with the Washington Capitals were far too lopsided in the Flyers favor in the early years to be considered much of a rivalry at all. By 1982, however, the Caps began to emerge as a solid NHL club and there started to be more at stake in the standings. By the time the teams started to face off against one another in the playoffs and games between the teams became physical, chippy contests, the teams couldn t stand the sight of one another.
• They blew two 2-0 leads against the Islanders. They did wind up winning both games in overtime, but the blown leads are and will continue to be a problem and started an undesirable trend.
• They blew another big lead, this one to the Bruins, back on Wednesday, and this time, they lost in overtime.
• For a fourth straight game, the Flyers Friday night held a lead in the third period and would up surrendering it. Boston struck twice in 27 seconds to beat the Flyers 2-1.
• Carter Hart missed Friday s game due to back stiffness. It s most assuredly not a serious injury, but it s still a setback for a team already dealing with injury issues to many key players, most notably Sean Couturier who hasn t played since early in the second game of the season. (It s worth noting that aside from one brain fart, backup Brian Elliott played very well filling in.)
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The next time you fly with American Airlines, you’ll have a new inflight entertainment option.
On Monday, the Fort Worth-based carrier announced that it is expanding its Apple partnership to offer travelers a library of curated books and some are even free.
Flyers now have access to a curated selection of books from Oprah’s Book Club on Apple Books. You can preview the full collection of titles available by checking out this Apple Books library.
Postgame 5: Bee Stings by Bill Meltzer @BillMeltzer / philadelphiaflyers.com
The Philadelphia Flyers earned a 4-3 win in overtime over the New York Islanders on Sunday night. With the win the Flyers improved to 7-2-1 on the season and won for the fourth straight game.
Joel Farabee, who had a four-point game back on opening night, recorded the first hat trick of his NHL career (goals No. 3, 4 and 5 this season), while James van Riemsdyk collected assists on all three. Nick Leddy scored an early second period power play goal (1st) for the Islanders. Josh Bailey (1st) got the Islanders back within a goal early in the third period and Mathew Barzal (4th) tied it. Kevin Hayes (5th) won the game with an overtime PPG.