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FGD: A Trip to Texas
Ryan Pike
February 17 2013 01:19PM
Two teams missing their awesome goalies collide in the Lone Star State tonight! The Flames (4-5-3) are missing Miikka Kiprusoff (career 2.46 goals against average, .913 save percentage). The Stars (8-6-1) are missing Kari Lehtonen (career 2.69 goals against average, .915 save percentage). Lehtonen's been better than Kiprusoff this year, but both teams wish they had their number-ones.
A win here puts the Flames back at .500, a lofty perch which they've gotten to but have yet to cross over entirely. And it's already a quarter of the way into the season.
Of course, Calgary beat Dallas last Wednesday in a 7-4 game. It was crazy, in that both Leland Irving and Richard Bachman looked shaky. In a shocker, Bachman still has an NHL job while Irving is back in the AHL.
It comes with the territory in the wacky world of the NHL.
After Friday night's set-back against the St. Louis Blues, Flames head coach Bob Hartley hit shuffle on his line-up card. And the Flames waived Blair Jones, demoted Leland Irving and called up Danny Taylor.
Oh, and Blake Comeau is a centre now.
- Cervenka – Tanguay – Hudler
- Cammalleri – Stajan – Stempniak
- Glencross – Comeau – Iginla
- Horak – Begin – Jackman
- Giordano – Bouwmeester
- Wideman – Brodie
- Butler – Babchuk
- MacDonald
Overall, the big question mark is Comeau up the middle. Why you put the team's worst possession forward on any line besides your fourth - and your captain to boot - is beyond me, but I'm not the coach. The top two lines look solid, though unspectacular by NHL standards.
MacDonald has the worst numbers of the three Flames goalies, at least in terms of save percentage, but he's only played one game. With Irving looking shaky as a leaf in his last few starts – and nowhere near as poised as he did last season – giving MacDonald a shot is a good idea. If he looks as bad as he did in the St. Louis game, it'll look like a worse idea.
The Stars are firmly in the middle of the pack in the West. They don't have their starting goalie or the habitually underrated Ray Whitney, but their top six is still very dangerous and their bottom six boasts some very useful players. They beat Vancouver on Friday night.
Via Sportsnet's Roger Millions (@rogmillions), here's Dallas' likely lines.
- Benn – Morrow – Jagr
- Smith – Roy – Eriksson
- Roussel – Eakin – Ryder
- Nystrom – Fiddler – Garbutt
- Dillon – Robidas
- Rome – Daley
- Goligoski – Larsen
- Bachman
Bachman (1-2-0) is statistically the worst of Dallas' three goalies used this year and he looked pretty bad in Calgary last week. Then again, it's just one game. As mentioned, he's in because Karri Lehtonen is on the shelf.
The Flames beat the Stars and have the ability to do so again. That said, Dallas beat a very game Canucks team on Friday and can't be under-estimated – and it's very unlikely they'll be as lousy as they were in Calgary.
The Flames, meanwhile, need to regain their confidence in their goaltending and find the swagger they had against the Stars. They were shaky and uneven against the Blues, and they cannot afford to get in a hole early down in the heart of Texas.
Game-time is 4pm MT on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
February 17 2013, 05:18PM
He needs to get surgery. No time.
Also i believe false teeth have a screw that goes into the bone. Imagine jow much damage a puck into that would do? Way worse then the missing teeth. I would guess hockey players use denture pieces until they retire then get real teeth.
February 17 2013, 05:20PM
It's been night and day for Cammalleri. Good to see since it tends to be the reverse when a Flames player comes back from an injury.
Loving the turn around. Will really help if we should make a trade or decide to blow it up.
February 17 2013, 05:29PM
Neither teams goals were scoring chances.
WTH was Babchuk doing?
February 17 2013, 05:31PM
Okay, well the Smith goal was a legit chance.
February 17 2013, 05:32PM
WTH was Babchuk doing?
Doing what Babchuck does crap the bed.
February 17 2013, 05:35PM
Really Charlie, when your put pucks in the net it works to your advantage. Sage advice.
February 17 2013, 05:37PM
Flames look terrible in this period so far.
@Kent Wilson
They're not moving their feet
February 17 2013, 05:38PM
Flames are lucky Dallas keeps taking stupid penalties.
February 17 2013, 05:39PM
I have always wondered if you loose your stick and a players stick from the other team is on the ice would you get a penalty for grabbing it?
We suck! Sooooo outmatched! Comeau blows!
February 17 2013, 05:41PM
MacDonald seems to fall all over the ice whenever the puck is shot at him.
Another men vs boys lesson tnite! We suck suck suck!
February 17 2013, 05:44PM
never thought i would say it but i miss olli
February 17 2013, 05:44PM
I don't know if I've seen Iginla at ES this period yet.
Check that. He was out int he first couple of minutes at 5on5. Not much since then though.
February 17 2013, 05:45PM
Proposal for a drinking game at the Tilted Kilt: everytime Comeau falls and everyone finishes their drink?
February 17 2013, 05:45PM
MacDonald seems to fall all over the ice whenever the puck is shot at him.
Yeah, he doesn't exactly look positionally sound does he?
February 17 2013, 05:46PM
Calgary starting to reel things in after that poor first 5 minutes or so.
Joey macdonald is garage sale bargain basement trash! Lololol! Feasters crying as we speak!
Nice rebound
February 17 2013, 05:54PM
Calgary starting to reel things in after that poor first 5 minutes or so.
Lol then they score
February 17 2013, 05:55PM
Good grief
February 17 2013, 05:56PM
Spoke too soon.
Well crazy flames fans. I've seen enough of this high school hockey by iggy! Just give us our lottery pick now! Out!
February 17 2013, 06:03PM
kent can you explain why iggy is being handled this way. hartley is doing something, but i dont know what or why. i am confused.
You know who you never hear about... Jankowski. What's he up to these days?
February 17 2013, 06:06PM
Chances were 8-6 Stars in the second.
February 17 2013, 06:08PM
@Brent G.
12 points in 23 games. Not a lot to talk about.
February 17 2013, 06:10PM
Hartley is scrambling to find something that works. After the first little while it looked like he wanted to give Iggy some shelter and then give guys like Hudler and Stempniak more ice time.
At the end of the second he went back to the classic Cammy-Tanguay-Iggy combo because, well, nothing else is working.
@Kent Wilson
Way too early to say I know but I feel like that's tremendously underwhelming even given his age. Another wasted 1st rounder?
February 17 2013, 06:16PM
@Brent G.
Nah, can't say that yet. He's really young and his team is lousy.
Still, he was completely oversold to the fanbase by the decision makers. Janko obviously won't be the best player in the 2012 draft.
@Kent Wilson
No I appreciate that. You would think Feaster would have learned by now to stop making such bold statements publicly because he just ends up looking really silly and embarrasses the Flames (as if they aren't doing that enough by themselves lol).
February 17 2013, 06:19PM
I missed about 15 minutes of the 1st after getting home from work, thoroughly expecting Dallas to be up by 2 or 3, it was nice to see Calgary up 1-0. The 2nd period was forgettable, but expected. Calgary was charitable and gave the puck away, could not check Ryder off of the puck and for the second time, Eakin scores from the high slot. Dallas gains the zone again, while they are still announcing Eakin's goal and Macdonald is way out of position at the side of the net, tap in, 3rd goal a la juicy rebound from the afforementioned Joey Macdonald. No crisp passes, lazy coverage and no will or traffic against a backup. Debating whether or not to watch the 3rd (I know that I will though)
Other thought...
I'm starting to feel like Iggy not having signed an extension yet is likely a much bigger tell of his intentions than many are recognizing. If Iggy wanted to resign in Calgary I have no doubt he has received gigantic over payment offers and yet hasn't.
February 17 2013, 06:22PM
Chances were 8-6 Stars in the second.
outshot 22-12 in the second
February 17 2013, 06:23PM
I have always wondered if you loose your stick and a players stick from the other team is on the ice would you get a penalty for grabbing it?
No. Some one actually scored with an opposing player's stick last season or the season before. I think it was one of the Koivu's that scored. I can't really remember. All I can remember is that the stick was his wrong hand.
February 17 2013, 06:23PM
Nah, can't say that yet. He's really young and his team is lousy.
Still, he was completely oversold to the fanbase by the decision makers. Janko obviously won't be the best player in the 2012 draft.
way to break my heart kent, i thoroughly bought what feaster was selling. i feel like such the fool.
February 17 2013, 06:24PM
@Chris Fairfield
Yeah. In a way the Flames were lucky it was so close chance wise.
February 17 2013, 06:26PM
Well that's a good start.
February 17 2013, 06:28PM
And it's a new ballgame.
wow. I'm happy for Stajan, He's been looking so much better this year. Is it possible to believe we can get a point out of this??
Strange or what?!
February 17 2013, 06:30PM
Possible now.
Stajan was never as bad as he seemed under Sutter. Brent just couldn't stand him.
February 17 2013, 06:31PM
I'm tired of this crap! Flames always find a way to climb out of a hole just to fall into another one.
Dallas win this 5-3.
February 17 2013, 06:44PM
The patented Comeau "skate around the perimeter" actually leads to something!
@Kent Wilson
Coast to coast Comeau?!
I thought that was a pretty good play by Comeau.
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best from Windows Movie Maker
and the other 2
Meh. I'm bored waiting for my weekly manga fix, so here's some AMVs.
Title: Easy Action
Creator: Pianos
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yo pinksheep those where pretty good how do you find good amv i allways find crappy one that just got more views
http://dragonsas.mybrute.com/ fight
manga's and anime i follow or followed
battle club
battle vixens
cowboy bebop
satan 666
samurai champloo
afro samurai
no bra
one piece
fairly tail
tengo toppe gurren lagann
full metal alcamist
magic ban removal hyde and closer
i just found this vid and think is great is from naruto shippudden it have pain vs naruto animated like and opening well here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elOm2IVYDNE
Kick me high, hit me low, spit on me it's gonna take more than that to break my soul.
I must say "The Tussin- Trigun AMV" is my favorite.
I dont have a link but i believe it is the first search result for "The Tussin" on youtube.
That I think is quite intresting
Bleach AMV, that landed in my favs
And here Katekyo Hitman Reborn, also in my favs
So what that you can see the dark inside of me?
"All our light that shines strong only lasts for so long"
My manga list
I have a few Naruto AMv's which I really like
1) This one suprised me but it really works well ( Best part is around 3:10 "ahhhhhhhhh" )
Kyuubi vs Orochimaru ~ Come with me
2) This one has been online for awhile but still friggin rocks one of the 1st ones using this song too
Kimmimaru ~ Them bones
3) A great song that really adds to the AMV scene
Gaara ~ Over My head
Fire type
What chakra type are you?
It's been a while since I've watched any of these, but they're what I remeber to be my favorites. Seizure warnings for all of them.
Nabari no Ou:

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The Halo Effect and the Difficulty of Projecting Prospects
Kent Wilson
June 27 2013 11:10AM
I noted in an article recently that scouting is more pseudo-science than science right now and as such a lot of hokum is able to masquerade as useful analysis. This isn't merely because mankind has always been plagued by capering conman who claim they can predict the future, but also because there are so many factors that determine a kids future success (or failure) in pro hockey that it is incredibly difficult to determine causality.
Idiosyncratic traits like skill level and personal development mix with environmental factors like luck and opportunity in slightly different ways for every hopeful who gets his name called at the entry draft. Understanding what separates a star from a dud five years down the road means disentangling a spaghetti knot of variables and understanding to the degree to which, if at all, each contributed to the ultimate outcome.
This seems to be one of the reasons that teams apparently value "character" so much in prospects. The Flames in particular have been very public about the high value they place on a kid's attitude and hockey sense. It seems like a no-brainer - a heavy weight factor that will determine whether the guy will become a player or not. Find youngsters with good heads who understand the game and can be coached. That suggests high adaptability, meaning less headaches for the teammates and more chance he will be able to learn the game at a high level.
Covering prospects - particularly Calgary prospects - has nevertheless made me skeptical of this line of thinking, if only because you'd need both hands to count the number of Flames picks who have been described as "high character" individuals over the last decade or so - a period during which the team has also been one of the worst drafting organizations in the entire league.
I don't even think it's safe to say that character is necessary but not sufficient to be a quality NHLer. Mostly because a lot of jerks and broken people have been great hockey players, both in the recent and distant past. In fact, athletic success in general across all sports is pockmarked with superstars who range from the arrogant to the criminal. To put it simply, you don't really have to be a good guy to be good at sports.
Of course, that isn't necessarily an indictment of looking for kids with good hockey sense, but these sorts of fuzzy concepts seem to get wrapped up together all the time. There is a cognitive bias called the halo effect which is a person's judgements of another can be positively skewed by a good "overall" impression, even if the factors in question are independent. So, for example, if you think prospect X is a good guy, you're more likely to rate his other abilities highly. The devil effect can work the opposite way - having a bad impression of a guy can make you minimize or downgrade other judgements about him. A good first impression and all that...
Beyond the halo effect, the other issue with assessing psychological factors like character and hockey intelligence is accurately measuring them. From what I've seen and read, many decision makers seem to go with "I know it when I see it" paradigm of assessment for subjective factors like those in question. Unfortunately, without a stable, accurate method to judge and score this stuff, you're left at the abominable will of whim and chance. Guys can like and dislike other guys for all sorts of different reasons and all or none of them could be relevant to whether someone can actually play hockey or not.
A real world example: In his book "Thinking, Fast and Slow", the Noble Prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman shared his experience in the Israeli Army. A review of the book sums it up this way:
In 1955, when Daniel Kahneman was twenty-one years old, he was a lieutenant in the Israeli Defense Forces. He was given the job of setting up a new interview system for the entire army. The purpose was to evaluate each freshly drafted recruit and put him or her into the appropriate slot in the war machine. The interviewers were supposed to predict who would do well in the infantry or the artillery or the tank corps or the various other branches of the army.
The old interview system, before Kahneman arrived, was informal. The interviewers chatted with the recruit for fifteen minutes and then came to a decision based on the conversation. The system had failed miserably. When the actual performance of the recruit a few months later was compared with the performance predicted by the interviewers, the correlation between actual and predicted performance was zero.
Kahneman had a bachelor's degree in psychology and had read a book, Clinical vs. Statistical Prediction: A Theoretical Analysis and a Review of the Evidence by Paul Meehl, published only a year earlier. Meehl was an American psychologist who studied the successes and failures of predictions in many different settings. He found overwhelming evidence for a disturbing conclusion. Predictions based on simple statistical scoring were generally more accurate than predictions based on expert judgment.
Having read the Meehl book, Kahneman knew how to improve the Israeli army interviewing system. His new system did not allow the interviewers the luxury of free-ranging conversations with the recruits. Instead, they were required to ask a standard list of factual questions about the life and work of each recruit. The answers were then converted into numerical scores, and the scores were inserted into formulas measuring the aptitude of the recruit for the various army jobs. When the predictions of the new system were compared to performances several months later, the results showed the new system to be much better than the old.
What is interesting in the book itself is Kahneman's description of the conventional evaluation process - even when he used it himself he was personally very confident about his grades of each recruit and the chances for his evaluations to predict their future success. He was disappointed to find out his predictions fared poorly, just like others before him. Unlike others before him, however, he set out to formalize the process to some degree and then measure its success against future results in order to gauge it's usefulness, which eventually resulted in the improved method detailed in the above. The fact that prior evaluators were consistently sure of the obviously faulty interview process gave rise to his concept of the illusion of validity - which, I think, applies to other conventions in the hockey world, but is worth its own post at some point in the future.
None of this is to say the Flames shouldn't be looking for intelligent, high character kids or anything. The brass just needs to be careful not to let cognitive biases or a lack of understanding of formative causal variables to overly weight the importance of such factors. Like my continued disagreement with the "tough=good" theory of hockey analysis, the point isn't a binary one - it's not that factor A is either all good or all bad - it's that things are often much more complicated than that in real life. Seemingly common sense rules of thumb can lead decision makers down the entirely wrong path because they don't accurately portray things as they really are.
There are a lot of tough guys who are lousy hockey players. And there are probably a lot of bright kids who can give a good interview who will be complete busts five years from now as well. If you're set up to persistently value toughness or character regardless of other relevant variables, your predictions won't be terribly accurate.
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Maybe the best place to start the discussion is with a proper definition.
What is character?
How do you define character within a person?
Is the same sort of definition of character that you would use for interviewing for a real world job or dating your daughter the same definition that should be used within the realm of a highly competitive physical environment?
I am going to say that sports should have a different definition of character and that suggesting that because somebody is a good person and teachable will make them a better player is crazy.
When a sports team, regardless of the sport, defines character they have to be focusing the definition on the desire of the player to want to win and excel. Watching a player in practices and games should give you a pretty good read on how the player is wired to succeed. That said, the evaluation of a player would need to be done by 3-4 scouts with at least five different viewings. Which brings it back to your statistical variance suggestion that enough data points will create a proper average grouping and that will probably be the most accurate.
Back to the definition of character. I fully believe that players like Messier, Phaneuf, Gilmour, Cooke, Clutterbuck, Fleury, etc are the exemplary models of what teams should be looking for when they are looking for character in a player. To me, character means a burning desire to win and succeed. The innate wiring in the subconcious that says anything to win, and that the end justifies the means.
If you have a player that is willing to do anything to win, than you have somebody that will find a way to succeed. Somebody who will make the most of their opportunities. Somebody that will help the team win, because they will do anything not to lose. These players tend to be home team fan favorites, and on the most hated lists of other teams, but they do what they need to do to win.
You combine this character with hockey sense/IQ and with hockey skills, skating ability, and size and you have a superstar. You take away some of the abilities and you have third line grinders, or fourth line muckers. But you still have players with a desire to succeed and that bring an unmeasureable intangible to the ice because they will create fear or at least awareness in the opposition.
The question those is where on that line of character to draw the line before you hit psychotics that go too far or that self destruct?
June 27 2013, 12:23PM
What about the over valuation of hope? In terms of draft picks. Trading known quantity player x for unknown, rather overblown, quantity draft pick.
The draft picks of themselves have a skewed heightened value because of the chance or potential of amazing pay off. The realization of this hope or potential is actually using the pick to draft a guy who pans out. The above article details how difficult or multi variable that is.
However many dissociate that complexity from the actual pick. So much so that the value of the pick, driven by the potential it could be, outstrips actual players value, who have beat the large odds and actually made it to regular NHL player.
It's as if people see picks as all being future elite, record breaking players. I fall victim of that too.
We kind of see what we want to see in the benign pick. We see the warts in the player. How many possession sink hole players were once highly touted and highly drafted?
Interesting stuff. This may just be one of the inherent flaws of being human, however.
Great read though. Well done, as always.
Great article Kent, thanks.
Is there some sort of.. "devil horn" effect? As in, teams view a player negatively overall, despite all their good traits, because of one bad trait such as being 'small' or 'soft'?
An example in my head is Theoren Fleury. Late, late draft pick. Nobody thought he'd be any good because he was 'too small'. Went on to score a boatload of goals. Same with Martin St Louis.
It's a shame that things like arrogance scare teams away. Nichushkin being a recent example. Ovechkin was apparently cocky as all hell, but I'm pretty sure there isn't a team in this league that wouldn't like to have him. It would be nice to have an aggressive, "out to prove something" player, as opposed to the Stajan "I just want to do whatever they tell me and I'm not very good" type player.
Great article Kent, one of the more intriguing pieces I have read in some time. I sure wish that i knew Feaster had this knowledge in hand (not to say he doesn't)
So theoretically one would just really rely on the numbers and if you came up with a tie between two equal players you might use something like "Character" or "Tough" to make that final decision?
go flames!
Here's a dilemma.
Even if you were aware of this bias you had, correct or not, are you going to intentionally pick the player you don't want to attempt to right your potential mistake?
I think all you can do is look at the factors in front of you, weight them out the best you can...and hope you make the right choice.
See, this is why I kinda like having Tod Button in the scouting department. He knows how players are being evaluated AND how they were in the past, so he may have critical insights into where things went wrong before.
I've always kind of believed that intangibles like toughness or character or whatever should be used, essentually, as tie-breakers. Assemble the best options you can based on the tangibles and then use the intangibles to decide amoungst them.
I dunno, I kind of think that since amateur hockey stats are limited to the standard boxscore numbers that NHL teams almost have to put added value into "scouting only" traits. The numbers that you have are the same numbers that everyone else has (I mean what are you going to do... hire 1000 interns to watch every single OHL, WHL, QMJHL, USHL, KHL, SM-Linnga, Eliteserien game to assemble Corsi/ZS/Qualcomp scores?) so there is no comparative advantage to be had from them.
I think the problemn lays in teams allowing themselves to overvalue traits whose value is purely subjective to the point that they allow it to become a core trait when it should be tieritory.
June 27 2013, 12:55PM
These kids are drafted for there previous accomplishments. Problem is ,that's a small window of information for a eighteen year old.
IMO the success of drafting would increase significantly if they were nineteen and even more if they were 20. More info ,better results.
Teenager's are rarely consistent about anything 'or maybe that was just me and my friends
The issue goes both ways. Many players have been judged solely on hockey ability and become duds. Let's use Daigle as an example. Based on pure ability, Daigle could still be playing in the NHL and should be a lock for the HOF.
So all we really know is that it's a combination of talent and character. I agree with Shutout that the character of a successful athlete differs from that of other professions or areas in life.
That said, we know that the scouts actually are getting it right to some degree, because of the accuracy of the 1st round. It's not like 4th or 5th rounders are routinely becoming stars with the majority of 1st rounders never even playing a single game.
Excellent article.
These kids are drafted for there previous accomplishments. Problem is ,that's a small window of information for a eighteen year old.
IMO the success of drafting would increase significantly if they were nineteen and even more if they were 20. More info ,better results.
Teenager's are rarely consistent about anything 'or maybe that was just me and my friends
I'm firmly against increasing the draft eligible age. Why? Because all it would accomplish would be to render 6th and 7th round picks completely useless. In order for the percentage of successful vs unsuccessful picks to increase, more players would have to leave the NHL permanently every year. So no, raising the draft age would not improve the accuracy of drafting in general. It would simply cause the number of successful picks to gravitate even more directly with draft position.
June 27 2013, 04:48PM
I'm firmly against increasing the draft eligible age. Why? Because all it would accomplish would be to render 6th and 7th round picks completely useless. In order for the percentage of successful vs unsuccessful picks to increase, more players would have to leave the NHL permanently every year. So no, raising the draft age would not improve the accuracy of drafting in general. It would simply cause the number of successful picks to gravitate even more directly with draft position.
I would not support raising the draft age either. I was just trying to make the point that teenagers are hard to predict, but I still believe the accuracy of first round picks would increase with another year of evaluation. More information equals more power


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Are there any undecided voters out there?
If you haven't gotten your fill of the presidential candidates on health care in my Campaign Trail columns (here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here), you might be interested in the current issue of the New England Journal.
Barack Obama and John McCain each wrote a piece about their health care plans, and while they both spout a lot of platitudes (According to McCain, "every American should have access to quality and affordable coverage of their choice" while Obama believes "all Americans should have high-quality, affordable medical care that improves health"), they do eventually explain the basic precepts of their plans. And if you prefer your campaigning negative, operatives (er, I mean, health experts) have written attack pieces on the Republican and Democratic plans.
And if you still haven't made your decision after that, there's some kind of video on the NEJM Web site with more health care campaigning. If you watch it, let me know how it ends. I was afraid my head would explode if I had to hear or read the words "high quality and affordable" one more time.
Update: The Kaiser Family Foundation (who must know more about the candidates and health care than anyone else on earth) just released an online tool that compares Obama and McCain on a whole series of health-related issues going far beyond insurance coverage.
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Intervention Ambassador Karel Van Oosterom at Informal Dialogue R2P
Prevention is at the heart of R2P. Prevention is not a choice, it's an obligation and a responsibility. Dialogue, respect and perseverance are key to conflict prevention. Let us work on this together, taking to heart each other's lessons learned, adapting and applying them where we can, so that we can say we have come a step further at next year's Dialogue.
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Mr. President,
Thank you. Please allow me to say as co-chair of the Group of Friends of R2P, that the Group of Friends is heartened by the fact that this valuable Dialogue is taking place. I thank the Secretary General for his annual report on State Responsibility and Prevention, and call upon him to ensure that the process of the next report begin immediately, and for the next Dialogue to take place in the early summer of 2014.
I salute the work of DPA, DPKO, UNDP and many other UN-agencies and departments in the field of prevention. I align myself with the statement made by the EU.
Many thanks to the distinguished panelists for their valuable insights. I would especially like to extend a warm welcome to Jennifer Welsh. Please be assured of our full support.
Prevention is at the heart of R2P. Prevention is not a choice, it's an obligation and a responsibility. Although one cannot prove a negative, I would like to use an example of effective prevention from the second pillar of R2P. Twenty years ago, Max van der Stoel took on the role of High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Known as the Silent Diplomat, bringing governments and minorities together to find peaceful solutions to potentially bloody conflicts and even mass atrocities. There is no denying that without his preventive diplomacy, the recent history of several states in Europe would have been a very different one.
We have an immense toolbox of prevention instruments to choose from, allowing for tailor-made approaches, as the Secretary General's report shows. I would like to highlight five examples of preventive measures that the Netherlands has found to be effective:
First: forming institutions that help build a resilient, cohesive and transparent society is crucial, for example an independent national institute for human rights, an ombudsman, also for children, and a Commission on equal treatment.
Second: ratifying relevant international legal instruments such as human rights conventions or the Rome Statute of the ICC and introduce them into national law. They have a significant deterrent effect, thus contributing to prevention.
Third: implementing resolution 1325. Women are not just victims, but they are powerful agents of change and peacebuilders. Harness this power of prevention.
Fourth: ensuring there is space for an active, diverse and robust civil society to operate freely and openly. Recognizing their critical role, the Netherlands supports the work of organizations which work to prevent atrocities and advance R2P globally.
And fifth and final: appointing an R2P focal points to exchange best practices and lessons learned. This network can feed the UN, the General Assembly and the Security Council with a wealth of national and regional experiences.
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In the spirit of Max van der Stoel, let me say this: Dialogue, respect and perseverance are key to conflict prevention. Let us work on this together, taking to heart each other's lessons learned, adapting and applying them where we can, so that we can say we have come a step further at next year's Dialogue.
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Skip to comments.What's Next for Sarah Palin After the Break With Fox News?
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Sarah Palin's break up with Fox News should not have been, well, breaking news, as she had publicly complained in August on Facebook that the network had canceled her appearances at the Republican National Convention. And going back even further, Palin didn't give Fox the scoop in October 2011 when she announced she wasn't going to run for president. Still, the news of the Fox split overtook Twitter and the news cycle by storm.
One thing I've learned in my years covering Palin, which began on Aug. 29, 2008, when Sen. John McCain stunned the country by selecting her as his running mate: Everyone has an opinion on whatever she does, and she can get clicks and coverage like no one else.
The prevailing theory now is that since Palin no longer has a megaphone like Fox News through which she can blast her opinions, her moment is now officially over.
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It might be true, but there have been so many "ends of Sarah Palin" that it's almost too hard to keep track of them all. She was over when she lost the 2008 campaign, she was over when she quit the Alaska governorship, she was over when she decided to do a reality show, she was over when she decided not to run for president, and now again, she's over because her appearances on Fox News are over...
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Answer: An ever growing Obscurity.
Make no mistake, the libs and the lib media are SCARED TO DEATH of her. They know the only thing that stopped her in 2008 was john "you kids get off of my lawn!" mccain.
Breaking news for the MSM: Sarah is smarter than the Dork-in-Chief.
Again: Sarah is smarter than the Dork-in-Chief.
She earned her spurs. She is not a quota baby.
He couldn't lift a spur. He is a quota baby.
Learn it, love it, live it.
WOW ABC..obsessed much? Libs try telling us that they think she is irrelevant..yet all they do is CONSTANTLY talk about her..Sarah Palin is the only one that scares libs this much that they think about her 24/7
Maybe she can go to work for Sens. Hatch and Rubio, and help move the amnesty bill forward.
Yet here you are, again, berating her "deluded followers" (your words) on a thread ABOUT Sarah Palin! People who are in the news EVERY DAY are kind of the opposite of obscure. Right?
There is only one way back. She would have to want to run for a Senate seat or something.
Otherwise, she will be ignored.
Answer: An ever growing Obscurity.
Didn't she say something about 'preaching and different choirs'?
Please provide us all a link to where she endorsed an amnesty bill.
20th Century thinking.
I think she doesn't enjoy it anymore.
I expect her to drop out and return to the family business in Alaska.
Once Sarah just spoke the truth. They tried to silence her. Then just her presence or name screamed the truth out loud. So they tried to blacken those. The more something is repressed and fought to keep away the larger it grows. She looms larger than ever. Whether it be her or the reference to her. Sarah is truth and they all know it.
Calling Glen Beck, you have your party waiting on line 1..
Palin endorsed Hatch (over a Tea Party candidate with excellent conservative credentials, mind you). She knew what Hatch was all about when she did so.
Anyway, I never said she "endorsed" amnesty (past tense). You put those words in my mouth.
I only said she is free, now, to work for her BFF Hatch. (Isn't that the thrust of your OP? Questioning what can Sarah do now? So I put forth an answer.)
And Orrin Hatch is CLEARLY pushing an amnesty bill.
I know it hurts, but facts are facts. Queen Sarah gave us Orrin Hatch — and Orrin Hatch is bringing us amnesty.
I don't think so. She now has very little way to even get attention. Attention alone means little. The libs talk about her now because they are closing the book on her.
Perhaps she has decided the US is over.
She could try Dancing with the Stars. I bet the ratings would be really high. Hmmm?
Honestly, she's not seemed happy. Her family keeps doing dumb stuff. She went through some superficial appearance changes last year.
All of that says to me: dissatisfied person.
I'll bet the old days in Alaska with the fishing business are now "the good old days".
I think she expected bigger and better....
Preaching and different choirs??? She wants to OWN & MANAGE a station...She wants to be another Ted Turner, Connie Chung and Barbara wawa all rolled into one. Ain't going to happen.
She is already the head of the TEAse Party.
She ran on a ticket with John McCain, why aren't you blaming her for his amnesty efforts?
>> She ran on a ticket with John McCain, why arent you blaming her for his amnesty efforts?
Well, now that you mention it... she never did speak out against McAmnesty either, did she?
Good point... I guess we know where her heart really lies.
The Begich (D-AK) seat is up in 2014. It has Sarah's name all over it.
Sometimes, if the road forward isn't clear, its time to go home and wait until it is.
sarah needs to head a real movement within the GOP—The Liberty Club. Not a party, but a group to remind Republicans who they are and why they were elected. She needs to help set a new core of Conservatism as Goldwater did long ago. If there was no Goldwater there would never have been a Reagan. Maybe move to Arizona and run for Senate or Congress. We need her out there in Government—a "Fifth Column" within the beast to find its weak spots and kill it!
Sarah will survive I'm sure and do well in whatever endeavors she chooses. I just don't think it will be in elective politics. You don't preach to political groups and win them over. JMO.
I am not a fan of Sarah Palin. Yes, I did use the terms "deluded followers." A delusion is a misinterpretation of an outside event; i.e. a person thinks rustling leaves are voices talking to him. Well I believe she found out which words make her lots of money so she gives those words to people who think she in a true believer. Her listeners are deluded, not crazy but deluded. She is todays Elmer Gantry and the folks who follow her are nice simple believers. Sorry! Your ight I should stay away from threads about her.
Isn't it funny how idiots post on threads about her how irrelevant and obscure she is? Really?
I love Palin just because it makes libtards' heads explode.
Keep it up Sarah.
I wish it was true but I think the libs know that as much as the media worked to re-elect Obama they will work ten times as hard to prevent Palin from being elected and like it or not the MSM can make a huge difference. I don't think they are scared of her. I think they see her as a light-weight at best.
If I were Sarah I'd set up a tax exempt group that provides scholarships for low information high school graduates to attend colleges like Hillsdale or Liberty. We need someone to lead the way back to conservative Constitutional principles.
First the libheads would explode because she is helping the poverty class and second that selected students would be going to conservative colleges. I can see liberal guidance counselors grimacing as they hand over the entry forms for the Sarah Palin scholarship program.
I hate to say it but Palin needs this kind of public redemption because she has been so viciously and wrongly characterized.
Sarah needs an Act II and just running for a Senate post is not enough. I am sure she is doing good philanthropy, but it needs wider recognition. She needs to find ways to un-demonize herself with the elites and ill-informed.
Sometimes it takes something like this just to show that you CARE as much as I hate to put it in those terms.
OR, she can sign up as a regular on The View or bump Tina Fey on SNL. Even Nixon had to have it socked to him.
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Thanks man I do what I can.
why you crying? It's the person who truly colored the drawing, and whose work you ripped off as your own, the one who should be crying.
J/k man. Well I know you didn't do the background for sure, cause it's not even in your lineart, much like the dojo u used last time. I think it was a pre-render cut/copy/paste. And also your not that talented, lol.
But even the Ming's coloring is absolutely stunning. Love the shade of yellow you used, it's perfect, far more suiting on her jumpsuit than Huey's katana. And damn, the hair is awesome, love the shading everywhere on the jumpsuit, the ball, hair. Absolutely brilliant coloring. I'm truly impressed, you've come a long way.


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Constitutional questions about state-mandated renewable tariffs.
There's a schism between the needed expedited transition to renewable resources and the requirements of the U.S. constitutional system. The attempt by states to copy the European model of feed-in tariffs (FIT) to promote renewable power is running afoul of U.S. constitutional requirements. With 10 states now moving forward to implement or consider FITs, they will face the long reach of the U.S. Constitution, which controls states acting in a regulatory rather than proprietary manner, and which could set back state implementation efforts. The legal gauntlet already was thrown; Recently, the first legal challenge to state regulation of carbon emissions from power plants was filed and settled in favor of the challengers. In May 2010, California's PUC and its three major investor-owned utilities took their battle over the constitutionality and legality of California's FIT to FERC adjudication.
For the past two centuries, the Constitution has limited both good ideas and bad. And even in the interests of abating global warming and promoting renewable energy, the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution remains a legal backstop that might become a barrier to certain state mandatory regulatory actions. In a federalist system, there are limits on what the states may do without preemption. European nations' penchant for mandating that utilities and their ratepayers pay more for renewable power through FIT would run afoul of precedent interpreting energy and environmental state regulation permissible under the U.S. Constitution. The ways in which the United States and Europe can attack global warming mark a major legal divide.
Nonetheless, 10 states now are considering the adoption of European-style FITs to mandate that their electric utilities pay more for renewable power than for all other power. This likely will invoke a confrontation over the Supremacy Clause that will call into question state discretion over such mandatory renewable power initiatives. These constitutional limitations can't be overcome by passing a state statute. The Constitution remains the ultimate law of the land, and its Supremacy Clause embodies an essential element of the United States' legal system. A European-style FIT could be implemented by states as a requirement for their regulated utilities in the United States only via prior amendments to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), the Federal Power Act (FPA) and/or the U.S. Constitution.
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NEW YORK — Federal mediator Scot L. Beckenbaugh suddenly has become the most important player in hockey.
He will continue his shuttle mediation process Saturday at 10:30 a.m ET after spending more than 12 hours in that role Friday. He has been trying to bring the two sides together to end the 111-day out lockout and save the NHL season
Although there were no face-to-face meetings on Friday, Beckenbaugh spent lengthy periods with each side. The fact that he is returning for more on Saturday would suggest he might be having an impact. There has been so much hostility between the two parties during these negotiations that a neutral third-party facilitator might be the best hope of solution.
Pressure has increased dramatically in the negotiations because both sides know that the clock is winding down toward the cancellation of the 2012-13 season. To get in a 48-game season, Commissioner Gary Bettman has indicated a deal needs to be reached by Jan. 11.
Thursday seemed like a wasted day in negotiations because the two sides didn't meet in face-to-face formal negotiations, and each party seemed to become more angry over the other side's tactics.
The NHLPA spent Thursday filing a motion aimed at having the NHL's previous lawsuit dismissed and started another vote on whether the union's executive board should have the authority to issue a "disclaimer of interest." That would mean the NHLPA would no longer be representing the players, and players would be free to file lawsuits under antitrust laws, as NFL players did in their last collective bargaining agreement fight.
NHL players voted overwhelmingly to give the executive board authority, but they chose to let the deadline pass on Wednesday without disclaiming interest.
Apparently, some players were disappointed in that decision, and the NHLPA has decided to put that option back in play.
Small groups did meet Thursday to discuss the pension issue, which remains one of the impediments to achieving a new deal. Players really want this pension. It's a complicated issue, but the league's concern over its liability seems to be at the heart of the dispute.
Another important issue is the second-year salary cap. The league wants a $60 million cap, and the players want a $65 million cap.
To appreciate how important that difference is, let's look at the Pittsburgh Penguins' payroll situation heading into the 2013-14 season. According to Capgeek.com, they have 15 players signed for a total of $56.3 million.
If the cap is $60 million, they would have $3.7 million remaining to sign more players. Even if they paid those eight players the league minimum, the Penguins couldn't get under the cap. And the unsigned players include Tyler Kennedy (restricted free agent), Pascal Dupuis (unrestricted) and Matt Cooke (unrestricted). Those are not players you pay the league minimum. A $60 million payroll would mean significant changes to the Penguins' team.
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The Penguins would still have an issue at a $65 million salary cap, but the extra $5 million would make a significant difference.
Another major impediment to getting a deal done is the proposed cap on individual contract lengths. Heading into this week, the NHL wanted six years, with seven years allowed for teams re-signing their own players. Players wanted eight years.
There are other issues, but none as important as those three. Owners have wanted a 10-year CBA, with an opt-out at eight years. Players have agreed to a 10-year deal, but they want an opt-out at seven years. Owners have dropped their demand for a 5% variance limit on year-to-year salary amounts on multi-year contracts and have now asked for a 30% variance.
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NASA is ready to make public its thinking behind its fifth generation SEWP governmentwide acquisition contract.
The space agency announced earlier this week it would release the draft request for proposals on or about Feb. 8, with a final solicitation scheduled for early summer.
SEWP V, which could have a ceiling of more than $10 billion, would have two main categories with four subcategories of products.
NASA said it would award contracts in Category A: computer systems/servers and subcategory A: computer-based systems.
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It also would bring on contractors under Category B: complementary products, which include subcategories, such as mass-storage devices, server-support devices and networking, security and video and conferencing tools.
NASA wants to make the mass-storage devices a service-disabled veteran-owned business set aside and the server support services a small business set aside.
"Each of the groups has specific requirements and functional tasks that must be met by the offerings in that group. However, the potential usage of any group is broad and may be based on a variety of applications beyond the specific group definition," the notice on Fedbizopps.gov stated. "These groupings are to ensure that the government has a sufficient set of the best available tools for given tasks. The groupings do not imply either exclusive product offerings by the contractor nor do they restrict the government from making best value judgments as to which group to use to meet their specific requirements."
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You and your feet will own the streets in the technical ASICS Gel Rebel running shoe. Experieance a super plush and stable ride, thanks to the three-piece interlocking midsole.
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April 16, 2013
Nice shoe, but probably not worth the $$
"First off, I LOVE Asics shoes. It is my number 1 brand of choice, so when I came across the Rebel, I was quite intrigued. At this pricepoint, I expected this shoe to be better than any other shoe in the Asics line. This was not to be. It is quite comfortable when wearing them, but running in them feels ... clunky. Far less cushion/bounce than my Nimbus. They feel heavier than I thought they would be also. I have yet to do a timed run in them, so MAYBE I'll be surprised, but I doubt it."
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London Wasps boss Dai Young has made six changes to his starting XV for Sunday's Premiership clash with Sale at Adams Park.
London Wasps boss Dai Young has made six changes to his starting XV for Sunday's Premiership clash with Sale at Adams Park.
Hugo Southwell returns to captain the side from full-back in place of Elliot Daly, who shifts to the wing while the league's top try-scorer Tom Varndell misses out due to a minor foot injury.
Up front, Zak Taulafo moves across to loose-head with Phil Swainston returning on the other side of the scrum, while T Rhys Thomas gets the nod at hooker.
Newly capped England international Joe Launchbury returns to partner Marco Wentzel in the second-row, while Ashley Johnson is also back in, packing down in the number six shirt in a strong looking back-row alongside James Haskell and Billy Vunipola.
Meanwhile, Sale hooker Marc Jones makes his first start of the season after being out injured since the first game of the season away at Exeter.
Sammy Tuitupou and Jonny Leota are reunited in the midfield for the first time since the win over London Irish on 2 November and Nick Macleod is back from injury at fly-half.
Form: London Wasps have lost only one of their last five matches in all competitions: 23-30 at Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership on December 1. Wasps have won all seven games they have played at Adams Park this season. Sale Sharks' single win in their last eleven Premiership encounters was 21-9 at home to London Irish on November 2. The Sharks' only away win in the Premiership in 2012 was 24-19 at Gloucester on April 21. Sale achieved the Aviva Premiership double over Wasps last season, whilst their overall record at Adams Park is won 4, lost 7.
The teams:
Wasps: 15 Hugo Southwell (c), 14 Elliot Daly, 13 Andrea Masi, 12 Chris Bell, 11 Christian Wade, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 James Haskell, 6 Ashley Johnson, 5 Marco Wentzel, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Phil Swainston, 2 T Rhys Thomas, 1 Zak Taulafo.
Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsay, 17 Tim Payne, 18 Will Taylor, 19 James Cannon, 20 Jonathan Poff, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Nick Robinson, 23 Chris Mayor.
Sale: 15 Rob Miller, 14 Mark Jennings, 13 Johnny Leota, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Nick Macleod, 9 Will Cliff, 8 Richie Vernon, 7 David Seymour (capt), 6 James Gaskell, 5 Kearnan Myall, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 2 Marc Jones, 1 Ross Harrison.
Replacements: 16 Aston Croall, 17 Vadim Cobilas, 18 Tony Buckley, 19 Fraser McKenzie, 20 Andy Powell, 21 Cillian Willis, 22 Corne Uys, 23 Tom Brady.
Date: Sunday, 23 December
Venue: Adams Park
Kick-off: 14:00 GMT
Referee: JP Doyle
Assistant referees: Andrew Watson, Andrew Pearce
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Since 2010 when the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act was passed, the Philippines has been shifting its focus from disaster response to a holistic and proactive approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster risk management (DRM), with the intent of making people more resilient to the effects of disasters.
Despite experiencing a decade of rapid economic and export growth, Asian land-locked developing countries (LLDCs) are still in a difficult position with regard to integration with the rest of the region and the global economy. This paper examines the changes in trade structure and performance of Asian LLDCs. It shows that after a decade-long global commodity boom, most of the Asian LLDCs have become resource-dependent.
The pace of economic expansion in Asia and the Pacific has slowed considerably in recent years; with the outlook clouded by uncertainty, growth is expected to plateau at about 5% for both 2016 and 2017. Sluggish exports played a significant role in this slowdown, but so did moderate domestic demand. Worse, a confluence of downside risks could lead to further moderation in the pace of growth.
The Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2016 explores ways to adapt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the unique circumstances, capacities and levels of development of the Asia-Pacific least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, collectively referred to as countries with special needs (CSN).
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The following case study examines the issue of traffic demand risk and sheds light on how the problem of inaccurate ridership forecasts can impact a PPP project by using the example of the Bangkok SkyTrain.
The advent of the digital age in international trade has opened new possibilities for countries at all stages of development. Digital trade can support the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and increase economic prosperity worldwide. However, many developing economies, and particularly least developed countries, often lack the digital infrastructure and legal and policy frameworks to enable their citizens to seize these opportunities.
This report highlighted some emerging technologies such as the use of Big Data for DRM purposes. It is one that is still being explored but has so far demonstrated immense potential. However, along with it come significant challenges that have to be overcome in order to truly benefit from real-time use of MNBD. Utilizing new sources of data such as MNBD and even social media for assisting in predicting emerging trends and shocks as well as for building greater resilience is still an emergent field.
This working paper introduces the concept of bilateral asymmetries in international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS), i.e. the discrepancies that can be seen in reported bilateral trade flows between trading partners. Such discrepancies mean that the value of exports reported by one country does not equal to the value of imports reported by its partner, also called mirror data. These discrepancies impact bilateral trade balances and other economic variables reliant upon trade balance.
Asia and the Pacific is a dynamic region. Regional megatrends, such as urbanization, economic and trade integration and rising incomes and changing consumption patterns, are transforming its societies and economies while multiplying the environmental challenges.
This handbook presents a general framework for the implementation of e-Business standards in the agrifood sector. The handbook looks specifically at four e-Business standards developed by UN/CEFACT in the areas of electronic phytosanitary certificates; electronic reporting of sustainable fishery management; electronic exchange of laboratory analysis results; and management and exchange for certificates for trade in CITES controlled species.
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