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Skip to comments.Mali conflict: France aiming for 'total reconquest'
Posted on 01/20/2013 4:16:11 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
There are now some 2,000 French troops in Mali
France's military aim in Mali is its "total reconquest", French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said.
"We will not leave any pockets" of resistance, he told French television.
France has sent in 2,000 troops to help Malian forces fight Islamist militants who now control the northern half of the country.
Mr Le Drian said the former Islamist stronghold of Diabaly had not yet been retaken, even though the militants withdrew from the town two days ago.
However, he added that "everything points to a favourable evolution of the situation in Diabaly in the coming hours".
Mr Le Drian also said during his interview that seven French citizens who have been taken hostage in Niger and Mali in recent years "are alive", and there have been "contacts with hostage-takers".
There had been concerns for their fate following France's decision to send troops into Mali earlier this month. 'Confused situation'
French troops have been pushing northwards and are now in the town of Niono, 50km (30 miles) south of Diabaly.
Last week French forces carried out air strikes on Diabaly, which had fallen to the Islamists on 14 January.
Diabaly's mayor told the BBC that Malian and French forces have been patrolling the outskirts of the town, which is believed to be the base for the largest concentration of Islamists in central Mali.
The BBC's Mark Doyle, in Niono, says military patrols are being sent from there into Diabaly.
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How is that post-colonialism working out for Africa, huh?
SO, how come you Frenchmen did not want to give us a hand in Iraq???/s;)
But....I thought the French Socialists were against 'those evil colonialists'? (Heavy sarcasm.)
When does the liberal media start calling this a quagmire?
But, they didn't get UN permission first.
Then they'll have to be prepared to kill every jihadi in the middle east.
And the muslims in gay PA-ree are going to do nothing while the French slaughter muslims in Mali?
I think not.
Total conquest? Leaving no pockets of resistance? The French are clearly amateurs, unskilled in such matters. They should consult with our vaunted experts like McChrystol, Petraeus, Allen, Dempsey, Mullen, and the Tampa housewives.
First, their military leaders should release warm Eid greetings in flawless Arabic so good that if you closed your eyes, you'd think it was Obama talking.
Then immediately form a coalition with the political wing of the moslem insurgents. They should then start arming the enemy and let them guard their soldiers as they sleep.
They should strictly prohibit the use of any weapon like artillery or close air support.
France should immediately buy the local government light attack aircraft and be sure not to exclude moslems from the opportunity to fly them.
The French soldiers in the field should have a full day stand down to have training about homosexuality.
Any criticism of the enemy cause or of their love for pedophilia must be harshly punished.
And last, the assault force must include lots of women who are encouraged to wear islamic headrags.
I'd be impressed with the French if there were only 2,000 Muslim males in Mali, then they'd be gettin' something done.
That's the only thing that would really work: have something that would attract Jihadis from all over, and then kill them.
We really should have been on Gaddafi's side in Libya, and Assad's side in Syria, or at least not opposing them. Lots of al Qaeda members were getting killed.
If they sent the Legion, I like the odds. Those boys are really mean.
How 'bout they reconquer the areas of France overrun by the Islamacist hordes ?
Are there any French regular army troops or are they all Foreign Legion?
Now thats an idea. And France is weird. They can do this in Mali, and the moslems at home won't even care. There's a real disconnect between France at home and France abroad.
Like in the 90s. Everyone at home was anti nuke weapon, etc,, and France did above ground testing in French Polynesia and sank the rainbow warrior. Nobody at home gave a damn.
We even told them it was bad and they shouldnt do it. They flipped us the bird and pushed the button.
I don't think the Legion was sent in.
French troops need practice before neutralizing the banlieues.
"And the muslims in gay PA-ree are going to do nothing while the French slaughter muslims in Mali?"
Probably time for the French to "man up" and clean out their own house too while they are at it. Paris, outside of the area immediately adjacent to the Seine, is a crap hole.
"have something that would attract Jihadis from all over, and then kill them."
Maybe the French can roast a pig!
I was in a hotel bar in N'Djamena, Chad, many years ago. A young Legionnaire took an open space next to me in the bar and he laid his kepi on the bar and I figured the only way I'd ever get a Legionnaire's kepi would be to take it and dare him to take it back, or join the Legion myself. Not good options. I had a couple of years of French in college so I started a conversation with him while drinking that excellent Chadian beer, Gala. He came up with his unit from Bangui, CAR. These guys have some of the toughest training in the world. There a few foreigners, but most of the ones I spoke with were French. Met a Brit who had been a Brit para who found garrison life in the UK a little too tame, so he headed for Marseille and joined up.
I was in Mali in the early 1990's. While I was taking with a Malian, he asked me, "Do you what this country needs?"
"No", I replied.
He answered firmly, "Re-colonization!"
Liberals moan and pretend they are pacifists but when they get power they get all wee-wee'd up and end up getting into war quagmires.
"How bout they reconquer the areas of France overrun by the Islamacist hordes ?"
Perhaps Mali is training/trial run for that?
All troops sent so far have been special forces and topline infantry: paras, marine commandos, para commandos.
Its a rather silly idea that the French have to get the FL to fight for them. The French have some superb SF's and infantry units. Their best are a match for the best anywhere. As all the top armies in the world (US,UK etc) all crosstrain.
Good for them! If you're going to fight a war, don't play "pattycakes" like the 0bama regime makes us do! Go in there and kill them all - prove war is hell, and make anyone else who may be thinking about messing around with you rethink the situation!
On top of the Kaaba in Mecca.
Ok, that's the first war, but what did they do in the war that started in 2003?
Here's hoping the French will rediscover their military glory personified in Turenne, Gallieni, and Leclerc—but I'm not holding my breath.
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September 26 2012 11:52AM
Are the Oilers and Oil Kings on the same page?
Several years ago I started wondering if the Oilers and Oil Kings were sharing scouting information. It seemed like the logical thing to do; the Oil Kings would benefit from an NHL-quality scouting regime while the Oilers could then synchronize their draft selections such that some prospects might then play within a subsidiary branch of the parent club.
The more I thought about this the more it reminded me of a business marketing strategy called Integrated Marketing Communications. IMC is a strategy whose goal is to streamline and "synergize" every aspect of a company's marketing network so that a customer receives a consistent and seamless experience throughout their entire interaction. One example of IMC in use is the way that Disney brands itself at every single level so that the customer knows they are working with the same corporation, the idea being that the experience will be positive and create a spinoff benefit for their other business interests, even if only in terms of perception. At the same time, every single employee of Disney knows the goals and perspectives of the organization as a whole so that the employee becomes, in effect, an extension of the brand identification and corporate ideology. Sounds a little borg-like, I know, but the actual execution of the strategy is akin to Google's in how employees are perceived as valuable facets of the larger corporate gem.
The Oilers are, to my view, creating something like this in the way they have integrated their scouting, acquisition, and development of prospects between the CHL and NHL drafts.
The Oilers currently own the WHL's Oil Kings and cooperate extensively with Bob Funk Jr., owner of the Oklahoma City Barons, through their AHL affiliation agreement. This provides an exceptional level of involvement and oversight when it comes to prospect development and scouting and one that stands in stark contrast to earlier draft and development models used by this organization. In addition to this, there have been several instances where the Oilers and Oil Kings scouting staff have worked together in determining player selections.
D & D (Drafting and Development)
The Oil Kings drafted Martin Gernat and Kristians Pelss on the advice of Stu MacGregor and his scouting staff who told Bob Green that the players may not be high on as many CHL team's lists because of the obscurity of their home leagues. Green credited his communication with MacGregor and the Oilers' scouting staff with helping them draft so well in that import draft.
Both prospects had been selected by the Oilers only a few days earlier, so to some extent the word was out that they were potential NHL players. However, Gernat was a 5th round pick in 2011 and Pelss a 7th rounder the year prior. As draft pedigrees go, to an outsider they would appear to be draft-day long shots to make the NHL.
The Oilers, however, would appear to have been paying very close attention to the CHL and the import draft of late. That or Stu MacGregor is so attuned to prospect identification that he is ahead of the curve. Take a look at this site, and you'll notice that the Oilers, partially by dint of pure lottery luck, have three of the top five CHL import draft players from 2010 in their system with another drafted 19th (Pelss). The following year Gernat was listed as the 8th ranked European by the same blog author.
The available integration of the NHL and WHL management has allowed the Oilers to secure an environment of more in-house development for at least two European prospects in Gernat and Pelss. At the same time, the arrangement has allowed the Oilers to invest scarce scouting resources in assessing local talent like Travis Ewanyk and Mitchell Moroz.
Where the integration truly begins to take place is following the draft, where these prospects can be developed and coached with an organizational framework in mind, from their time in junior through to their early professional career with the goal of eventually becoming an NHL player.
Two-way relationship
Now, the relationship has to go the other way as well, otherwise you are subsidizing a WHL team with NHL money, and that is simply not sustainable. So, the advantage for the Oilers is that Gernat and Pelss, 5th and 7th round picks, respectively, were put into an environment where they had every opportunity to succeed on and off the ice. This maximizes the NHL team's return on a minimal investment simply by coordinating efforts and information. The Oilers may in the end get a useful second-pairing defender and a depth winger as a result of this integrated approach to prospect identification, acquisition, and development. Perhaps the players only ever become AHL-level/replacement-NHL talent. In either case, given their draft ranking and the resources devoted to their development, the system provides efficiency to the overall organization by maximizing internal assets.
It also has benefits for players drafted off of the junior roster. In this case, Travis Ewanyk and Mitchell Moroz. Ewanyk missed nearly all of last season with an injury, but Moroz, often considered a 3rd line energy-type player in the WHL, is rumoured to be moving up the proverbial food chain this season. He has started this season playing alongside Michael St. Croix, putting him into a more offensive role with more highly-skilled teammates. While the season is only just underway and there are many changes ahead, it is at least likely that the relationship between the scouting and assessment services for the two teams is at least partially responsible for this move up the depth chart. If Moroz has any success in this position it could do wonders for his development and provide a significant boost to the prospect depth of the organization.
This isn't to suggest that the junior franchise is made to carry out the demands of the parent company unilaterally. There is a healthy separation between each level, WHL and AHL, which allows for the necessary levels of corporate autonomy to enable each franchise to pursue its own success. The integration comes in the form of information exchange, resource pooling, and organizational philosophy. As when the Oil Kings lobbied heavily for the Oilers to draft Laurent Brossoit in 2010, the Oilers had their sights set on Martin Gernat in the 5th round and did not have a 6th round pick to use on the goaltender and therefore passed. He is currently Calgary's leading junior-level goaltending prospect and is expected to be a member of Canada's World Junior team this December.
CHL Affiliations
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I decided to look around the league for other teams that might have similar NHL/CHL arrangements. I found five teams that have a CHL connection through ownership. The Oilers, the Flames, the Hurricanes, The Dallas Stars and, up until 2012, the Ottawa Senators. Murray Edwards of the Flames owns the Hitmen, The Hurricanes owner, Peter Karmanos, owns the Plymouth Whalers of the OHL. Tom Gagliardi owns the Dallas Stars and the Kamloops Blazers from the WHL, and Eugene Melnyk, of the Ottawa Senators, owned the St. Michael's Majors until selling them in 2012. I also took a look at the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks to serve as a sort of randomly selected control group.
The Oilers have obviously drafted Pelss, Gernat, Mitchell Moroz, Cameron Abney and Travis Ewanyk from the Oil Kings, in addition to having scouted and allegedly shown interest in Henrik Samuelsson, Keegan Lowe and Griffin Reinhart. There would appear to be a relatively high-level of cooperation and interest paid by the parent club to the prospects on the junior team. This is also partially due to the fact that the Oilers have been rebuilding for much of the time that the Oil Kings have been in existence and as such prospects and development have been a franchise priority. To that end, the Oilers have been organizationally aligned to optimize this relationship.
The Flames have owned the Hitmen since 1997 and in that time only twice have they drafted players from that WHL team. In 2000 they took Brent Krahn 9th overall and Wade Davis 141st overall. There appears to be virtually no hockey operations connection between the two organizations, aside from shared business management under Ken King. For an organization that is as involved in the sports landscape of the city as the Flames are (they own the Stampeders and Roughnecks as well), it is surprising that a business plan focused on integrated marketing does not extend to integrating some aspects of sporting operations.
The Hurricanes have been connected to the Plymouth Whalers since the old WHA squad moved from Hartford. There has been a significant number of draft picks spent on Whaler assets since 1997 with the Hurricanes taking eleven players from the OHL team. I think it is fair to say that the Hurricanes attempted to gain some advantage through their NHL/CHL ownership alignment.
The highest Whaler selected was Tomas Kurka in 2000, taken 32nd overall. To date, he is the most accomplished of any of their Whaler prospects with 17 gp, 3-2-5 and 2 pims. I think it is fair to say that while the Plymouth Whalers have developed some respectable NHL talent in players like James Wisniewski and Tyler Seguin, the Hurricanes have either been either unable to exploit the connection or to identify possible draft prospects from their OHL brethren.
In fact, of late, there appears to have been a detente of sorts with drafting from the Whalers as fewer selections in the last few years have been spent and those that have are generally in the later-rounds. There has been a dearth of talent crossing over in the import draft as well, as only one of the Hurricanes prospects would come over to play with the Whalers, Ondrej Otcenas. He would spend a season with Plymouth before returning to Slovakia.
The NHL/CHL partnership of the Hurricanes and Whalers has not yet returned any significant benefits to the parent club.
Tom Gagliardi owned the Kamloops Blazers prior to his taking ownership of the Dallas Stars and with so recent a connection between the two organizations there is obviously no long-standing relationship in terms of drafting. That being said, in the two draft years since Gagliardi took ownership, not a single player has been selected from the Blazers, nor has one found himself traded or otherwise acquired by that WHL team to the best of my knowledge. There appears to be little to no crossover between the two organizations despite the shared ownership, for whatever reason. This despite the Stars' traditional drafting interest in the CHL. This may yet change but as it sits today, there appears to be no interest in coordinating the management staff of the two organizations.
The Senators have only ever drafted one player with a playing connection to the St. Michael's Majors, Kaspars Daugavins in 2006, 91st overall. He was originally drafted out of Latvia and would come over to play in the OHL following his draft year. For whatever reason the Senators appear never to have chosen to integrate their scouting divisions between the OHL and NHL organizations, despite the shared ownership. Eugene Melnyk sold the Majors in 2012.
Doing Things Differently
To contrast the above examples I'll begin by looking at two teams, chosen at random, with no junior team affiliation through ownership, the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings. I found that there were specific areas from which prospects were routinely drawn over the last few years, the OHL and QMJHL, respectively, but that there was no specific team from which either of those franchises had taken the opportunity to routinely draw.
Most organizations' scouting services will focus on a geographic area or particular developmental league for their prospects. Under Jay Feaster and John Weisbrod the Flames have begun to focus on the US Developmental system and the high school/collegiate route on the East coast. The Oilers have, under Stu MacGregor, lately made a habit of running through Eastern Europe via the CHL import draft (Latvia, Slovakia, Germany) and the WHL for their prospects. That Boston and Detroit would have similar tendencies does not come as a surprise. Detroit's history of drafting prospects from Sweden and Russia is near legendary.
Not content with that group I decided to look a little further and checked into the draft history of Phoenix and San Jose over the same few years. What stood out with Phoenix was that there was no discernible pattern of preference. In fact the Coyotes have drafted players from nearly every possible development model available, Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Finland, the US Development Team, WHL, BCHL, OHL, QMJHL, SEL, CCHA, even the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
San Jose is also quite widely distributed in their draft selections, though they would appear to be slightly more focused. They seem to spend at least one pick per year on two of the three CHL leagues, one on a collegiate player or U.S. high school prospect, something they do quite willingly, and have largely excluded European prospects with a few exceptions (Tomas Hertl this June, for example).
These two teams would seem to contradict the earlier statement that teams have usual haunting grounds. It could be that the scouting services, under advisement from management, were asked to search multiple leagues, never spending too long on one particular target, with the idea being that familiarity may cloud objectivity. I cannot say for certain, but in Phoenix's case, they have not saved on expenditures as a result of their efforts and I struggle to imagine another possible explanation. If you have any I'd welcome them.
What I would argue is that most scouting services have areas of interest or investment and that there are a few teams who routinely scatter their scouts to try to draw from all the available sources. Both strategies have pros and cons, but that is another discussion for another day.
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This lead to my next thought about this new Oilers management structure. Drafting a strong group is all well and good, and developing them properly is terrific, but we've all seen what happens when good drafting goes bad; when high picks and enviable prospects fail to return on investment. So what steps can this management group take to try and ensure that they actually achieve their stated goals: to be like the Detroit Red Wings as a perennial contender? The trick would seem to be to draft well, develop that group, then draft well again and develop that group, then draft well again…you get the picture.
Remember when Steve Yzerman retired? Who was going to take over? Were the Red Wings going to struggle now that their captain and one of their best players had left the game? Apparently not, because Niklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg were pretty much already there ready to take over. Now that Lidstrom is leaving the same questions are being asked. The Red Wings' answer? We'll just have to draft and develop some guys who can take over. They may not be as good, in fact it is almost a certainty that we'll wait a long time to see anybody like Lidstrom again, but that is what a draft-and-development system is for.
So how have the Oilers moved towards emulating their model franchise? Interesting parallels can be found in the oil and gas sector.
Manoj Parmesh's article on new recruitment and retention strategies in the oil and gas sector to combat increasingly difficult recruiting markets and a high attrition rate is a good read from the perspective of an Oilers fan. In fact, the cut-throat zero-sum game played by many NHL managers in talent acquisition has some similarities to the high-stakes world of international oil and gas development and extraction. Billions of dollars are at stake, with market shares, commodity prices, timelines, operating and capital costs, and the inevitable turnover of manpower all having a significant impact on an industry. There are NHL comparables here that I thought were worth mentioning.
I also believe that the point by point statement of necessary elements could be translated quite readily to the overall drafting and development strategy that appears to have been put in place under Steve Tambellini. On the left are Parmesh's bulleted points, the right are the Oilers' comparable actions corresponding to the philosophy.
✔ Specialized recruitment managers - Mike Sillinger, Billy Moores, and now Rick Carriere as well as adding Stu MacGregor, Duane Sutter, and others in the scouting and development ranks.
✔ Consolidating recruitment efforts on a global scale - This database allows the Oilers' scouts to share information, even video, and notes on virtually any prospect from anywhere in the world with the entire scouting and management staff. The Oilers have also expanded their scouting presence to include the more obscure European hockey markets like Slovakia and Latvia.
✔ Raising company profile and aggressively brand building - The organization has made a concerted effort to improve their reputation as a place to play partially through drafting and developing a highly-talented core of youth. This area of the franchise was in such disarray following the departure of Pronger, the refusal by Nylander and Heatley, and the highly-publicized divorce with Sheldon Souray that nearly any movement in any direction would have counted as progress.
✔ Identifying new talent pools and countries where you can recruit massively - This goes back to the alluded-to interest in countries such as Latvia and Slovakia as well as looking into lesser-scouted Canadian leagues as they did with Jujhar Khaira and the BCHL this past June.
✔ Building long-term relationships with universities and technical schools – Yeah, I don't really have anything to say to that one. If you can think of anything, please feel free to mention it in the comments section.
✔ Identifying and developing good headhunters - the improvement and continual addition of experienced voices to their scouting, development, and now management, staff has meant that a greater amount of thought and debate is going into the hockey decisions. These perspectives add to the larger whole.
✔ Developing strategic workforce planning – When Tambellini traded Andrew Cogliano he said that they needed to space out their draft picks, thus asking for a 2013 pick rather than 2012. He would appear to already be looking at the long term succession plans for the roster based on that comment. This is only one example of strategic workforce planning, but it shows an awareness and predilection for advanced planning that ought not to be overlooked.
✔ Looking for new recruitment technologies - the database that was designed for the Oilers and mentioned above as an example. As well, based on the reports from other media members, the Oilers have assembled a collection of advanced analytics specialists to help collect information.
✔ Improving candidate-selection methods - MacGregor's drafting criteria appears to have improved over that used by the previous scouting regime. Hockey IQ (as unquantifiable as that is) and skill would seem to be considered paramount, with character (another unquantifiable asset) and work ethic also highly valued. The Oilers improved the voices in the room and then made better decisions on their "hirings". They still occasionally select a Cameron Abney once in a while, but at least we think we're past the days of the Marc-Antoine Pouliot He-Made-Crosby-Look-Good thinking.
The article goes on to illustrate the enormous cost of attrition replacement in the conventional job industry. The cost for the loss of trained workers is obviously going to be different in an NHL roster situation, and for many teams there is an intentional replacement strategy whereby more expensive veteran players may be replaced by younger, and cheaper, options. So basically just like the real business world.
The rate of attrition for this young Oilers group is likely to increase as players benefit from working alongside an exceptional core and their salary demands become reflective of individual efforts regardless of them being a result of the collective accomplishment. As such, convincing many of those players to remain at a reduced salary in order to retain the structure of the team will become an important task. Failing that, replacement of those players will be crucial.
After their 2010 Stanley Cup win, the Blackhawks lost several key components to free agency. Their challenge since then has been to find the players to replace those positions and roles. To date they have been unable to promote that talent internally and seem to be struggling to find it through either free agency or trade.
The economics of the NHL under the previous CBA, and likely to carry over somewhat into whatever the next CBA will dictate, is that a contending team must take full advantage of cheaper entry-level contracts. In my opinion this need not necessarily be in the case of their higher-end stars but perhaps in the supporting complementary positions.
An NHL playoff drive is such a grind (or at least I think I remember they are) and injuries so common that by that time of the year roster depth often determines the winner as much as talent. The most significant indicator of depth is the availability and affordability of replacement level players. To this end, the Oilers would appear to have several prospects whose skills overlap to such a level that, should they all continue to develop on their current pace; they could provide enough secondary scoring and defensive depth that loss through attrition will not handicap the entire roster.
For example, behind Tyler Pitlick at right wing are Tobias Reider, and Kristians Pelss. Behind Devan Dubnyk there is Yann Danis, Olivier Roy and Tyler Bunz, not to mention Frans Tuohimaa and Samu Perhonen. Behind Teemu Hartikainen and Magnus Paajarvi on the Left-Wing there is Curtis Hamilton, Mitch Moroz, and Juhjar Khaira.
The 50-man reserve list places some constraints on a team's prospect depth. However, it is far more affordable and effective to promote a younger player from within the organization to a depth role than to have to purchase one on the free agent auction block. Had Anton Lander been ready to step into the role last October, he might have played the minutes that Eric Belanger did this past season, allowing the Oilers to avoid a lengthy, albeit affordable, contract for a 4th line center.
Not all of the Oilers' prospects will become NHL regulars so quantity must accompany quality at some level. The Oilers are headed in the right direction and management is trying to steer them into the same position as the Bruins, Red Wings, Penguins, Kings and Canucks to be Stanley Cup contenders. The final hurdle to overcome is often the most difficult and teams can be tempted to make drastic changes in the belief that they are only a system or a player away from a championship. This is where depth and a degree of interchangeability of assets can come into play.
The Oilers have assembled a hockey operations team that has synchronized their NHL and junior-level drafting to the effect that information is gathered and prospects assembled under a single organizational philosophy. That more teams haven't either exploited this resource or positioned themselves to adopt a similar corporate structure is interesting. As in the case of the Hurricanes, an NHL-CHL partnership between teams of a shared owner does not assume a successful partnership, however, it does open up opportunities in the crucial field of prospect identification and development.
Since the 2004-2005 lockout, the NHL draft has grown increasingly valuable as a source of talent acquisition. Any efficiencies and advantages that can be gained through a partnership are certainly worth exploring.
This isn't to suggest that the Oilers necessarily have a tactical advantage in their junior hockey partnership, but rather that, having that relationship, the organization would appear to be trying to capitalize on it, and the early indications are positive for the benefits of such a partnership.
Taking a more integrated and thorough approach to their drafting and development process is evidence that the Oilers today are a more focused and collected group than they were even a few years ago. This could be due to new ownership, new management, or simply the maturation process of a franchise.
While incorporating their WHL connections does not indicate that they are necessarily drafting any better than other NHL teams or have struck upon a novel and ingenious idea new to the ranks of hockey minds, it is a promising and exciting development for an organization that has spent much of its history just getting by. It is still too early to determine the success of the partnership as it impacts the NHL team. However, we fans always want our teams to be the most innovative, the most cutting-edge, most intelligent in their approach to the game. I can't say that the Oilers are exactly all of that, but they are doing something special with what they have and that deserves to be noted.
September 26 2012, 12:11PM
Sounds FISTy to me.....
read the article fist, so am probably second.
Excellent reading, thanks. This will be good material for at least two trips to the bathroom.
September 26 2012, 12:57PM
What?!?!?!? Seriously?!?!?!?! A positive article on the Oilers???
Thanks Rex! Much needed!
September 26 2012, 01:05PM
As per the Edmonton Sun Yakupov has been suspended from play in the KHL Hockey Canada will not allow the transfer card to go through. Maybe Sarnia is behind it though. Looks like N64 is on his way back to Canada.
Excellent reading, thanks. This will be good material for at least two trips to the bathroom.
Wash your hands when you're done.
September 26 2012, 02:52PM
good read... that was long*
*insert that's what she said joke
September 26 2012, 03:12PM
Thanks, Rex.
Having a CHL team gives the Oilers a great chance to "test drive" Euros. They can identify guys who are a little off the map, bring them in and then 1) Evaluate them in terms of skill (and more importantly attitude, character, work ethic, etc) and 2) Develop them as they see fit - in terms of situational play, acclimatizing them to N.A., etc. - especially if the Oilers are able to draft them.
Gernat and Pelss were kids that worked out. The Oilers got a view of intangibles for these kids that other teams simply did not. They keep around the Euros that work out. Other Euros that may not have the anticipated skill set or may have attitude issues, (see Marek Hrbas) get moved on quickly. "Too bad" Samuelsson had such a good Mem Cup or we could add his name to the list, though technically not an import in terms of the CHL.
Depending on how the Vancouver Giants season works out, don't be shocked to see David Musil here by trade deadline. Another technically "non-Euro" / Euro. This would solidify the OKings defence and give the Oilers a chance to have him play in different situations and develop him.
September 26 2012, 03:27PM
"Building long-term relationships with universities and technical schools – Yeah, I don't really have anything to say to that one. If you can think of anything, please feel free to mention it in the comments section."
Doesn't that support the main point of the first half of the article - the relationship between the pro club and the CHL/AHL? Seems like the easiest bullet of the bunch to me. Just as universities/tech schools support the development of potential oil&gas recruits, the CHL/AHL support the development of NHL players.
September 27 2012, 11:03AM
Um I hate to be the one to draw this conclusion, but, doesn't this translate into a huge pat on the back for Tambellini as the draft/develop farm system was somewhere between a mess and non-existent when he arrived.
September 27 2012, 11:27AM
"This lead to my next thought about this new Oilers management structure. Drafting a strong group is all well and good, and developing them properly is terrific, but we've all seen what happens when good drafting goes bad; when high picks and enviable prospects fail to return on investment. So what steps can this management group take to try and ensure that they actually achieve their stated goals: to be like the Detroit Red Wings as a perennial contender? The trick would seem to be to draft well, develop that group, then draft well again and develop that group, then draft well again…you get the picture.|
Quote from OP.
-The Oilers have a consistant drafting history as do all teams{get it} ,there is no baseline{except stats which are SYSTEM induced} to use to determine the overall effectiveness of pure scouting---Teflon Don territory.No one knows how to quantify sucess and failure for a Pro Scout.Detroit has had and maintained system integrity ,and that has supported their player development program.
"The final hurdle to overcome is often the most difficult and teams can be tempted to make drastic changes in the belief that they are only a system or a player away from a championship. This is where depth and a degree of interchangeability of assets can come into play." -Only a "system"or a "player"away??A system and a player cannot ever be compared,sure it happens excuses are a dime a dozen.A system change as a solution facing the final hurdle?Surely you are lost if at the final hump you change your entire system.Depth and a degree of interchangability of assets?----are the factors that got you to the final hurdle---we have to keep individual player impact via stats in a seperate category from system induced results.Depth and interchangability are intangibles--not measurable without statistical support which is SYSTEM generated via group action not individual player generated. You dont add depth without statistical results and interchangability can only be defined with positive statistical results.The marriage of individual player stats and assesment of their value to a system in any measurable way based on math or stats is destined to end in divorce.Overall system generated sucess via stats can be used to assess management and system suitability not individual value because that value is a factor which is itself system dictated and defined or micro-managed. I am afraid the buck cannot be passed to individual players no matter how many people beat the statistical drum.
"The rate of attrition for this young Oilers group is likely to increase as players benefit from working alongside an exceptional core and their salary demands become reflective of individual efforts regardless of them being a result of the collective accomplishment. As such, convincing many of those players to remain at a reduced salary in order to retain the structure of the team will become an important task. Failing that, replacement of those players will be crucial."
Now you got it straight man,except you need to take your statistical rose colored glasses off to see the entire picture."Failing that ,replacement of those players will be crucial." WHY????
You just perfectly illustrated how tieing salarys to individual players statistical numbers undermines the defined value of the entire group or as MANY SEEM TO REFUSE TO SAY the freaking SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This dynamic blindness is the root cause of the NHL work stoppage.This is a conspiracy plain and simple.
How anyone can beat around the bush this much and not hit the main point is impossible to understand unless there is a defined effort to protect statistical worth or value as related to individual players as opposed to the SYSTEM from which the ststs are generated-----not much to write about if you cant create this dynamic now is there??Not much to negotiate with either is there??As a fan I am sick of being manipulated by the NHL,the Owners and the Players who are all complicit in this ploy,fans and writers are also contributing because of greed the same catalyst that drives the entire machine,remember the fans are standing at the end of the assembly line with their wallets in their hands,right??
We cannot translate intangibles into numbers no matter how much we BS or how many people jump on the stats bandwagon,everyone has their own reasons for supporting a dysfunctional NHL and it is destroying the sport---if not today--then tomorrow.
There is always one right way to do something and a million wrong ways,simple.The records show the NHL,Owners and Players getting the results they want --MORE CASH FROM THE FANS--and the record shows fans are getting jobbed by a complicit group action to fleece them for more and more money,and there is a designed effort afoot to keep this dynamic intact.
Every single time I read about this dynamic I am dumbfounded that more people dont just get to the point.But when you dig deeper you begin to understand how each hand washes the next right down to the people who write these posts and the thousands of blogs and media conduits----everyone gets a wee bit of the action now dont they??
Without the Charade no one makes money right??
If we cant discuss individual players stats and their related values and the dynamics surrounding this issue we dont have a lot to write about do we??
WRONG!!!There is a lot to write about ,people just need to be more honest in general and face the facts with no little corner to hide in ,you see there is enough support people-wise at every stage of this charade to keep it maintained and active and producing results for its stakeholders--the NHL,Owners and Players.While the fans remain locked out in the cold with their wallets in their hands and the strangest part is that it is MORE FANS who write and promote the game who are stabbing us all in the back with their self-preservation tactic of supporting individual player statistical evaluation being related to dollar valuation form a non-system perspective.
Want an example,this is one right here,I am just a regular fan and tons of writers and "hockey pros"come here and to other sites like this-----why dont I get support for this explanation??Because I am coming from a very unique and minority perspective so it is easier to say I am cracked than it is to trust me.This dynamic doesnt make me wrong,it makes me cutting edge,to be understood and accepted later or rejected,but when suppression is introduced into the equation through the natural osmotic defensive effect of a group dynamic ,cutting edge change is denied a chance to happen,things stay the same,no one needs to step outside their comfort zone by majority vote,dont come to the site if you dont like it type of dynamic--intended or not it is common and natural for a group to supress dynamic change this way.
It is very easy to discount me here with just one or two timely and supported comments,I can be MADE wrong through this informal two poster vote???You dam well bet it happens and for reasons,related to money and credibility and future earnings.
Now magnify what happens here to a real world NHL size concept and you will begin to see the truth here.
Put the NHL,Owners and Players on a public forum with a lie detector test professional to prove their words,ha ha ha ha ha---get it??Things for the NHL are never going to change unless there is a ground-roots effort started and maintained by passionate hockey fans who have no fiscal connection to the entire dynamic from an earning standpoint.Jesus here we are talking with writers who are making money off this{a dime is a dime right?} and representing themselves as fans BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH{I gave you a crack to work on writers}---we are buying into the dynamic at the grass-roots level where we need to reject this dynamic and build a platform to support a healthy long term NHL.
Just read this article again ,it is really a very good one,but pay attention to how many times the word system is used{??} and then note how many times the SYSTEM DYNAMIC is misleadingly identified as being catalysed by individuals or their statistical numbers.Through the entire article,then go read other sites and you will see the same misrepresentative dynamic.
Then try to post about it,ha ha ha,all it takes is one tacticlly initiated counterpoint comment supported by the Olde Boys Club on the site by the OP to turn the tide on the thread and discredit you,a few sympathetic posts supporting the OP and you are history,officially discredited on the thread,to the point anyone reading the entire post would believe you had been oficially discredited,people cant grasp that dynamic immediatly----they TRUST others to keep it clean.
This manipulation of the group dynamic is IDENTICAL to what is being done to NHL fans,an individual is suppressed and silenced this way on a site in the EXACT SAME MANNER MILLIONS OF PAYING HOCKEY FANS ARE MUZZLED AND SUPPRESSED all around us.
Dont hide behind ignorance and pick apart a new perspective using misrepresented traditional numbers and mantra to do it,that is just plain WRONG.
Current events update!!My news is on ,perfect.Heres a better example of the dynamic I am explaining.
Three armed professional cops ,one unarmed cuffed and controlled man laying on the ground on his stomach,two of the Officers are torturing the man,pressing about 400lbs of weight onto his supine body,knees-elbows and fists driving down into nerve center pressure point the public is generally unaware exist--A MAN CUFFED ON THE GROUND BEING TORTURED USING NERVE CENTER HAS TO MOVE ITS LIKE YOUR KNEEBONE FOR CHRISTS SAKES--this was done to me once and the dynamic is like the preface to premeditated murder if someone dies due to further dynamic situational escalation. It is a crime if excessive force is applied to catalyse a nerve induced body reaction into a tacticly misrepresented intentional aggressive action-and then in a reciprocal action lethal force is applied based on that earlier tactical artificially manufactured dynamic.In the old days we had the guts to call these guys BUSTED.But not today .
They could have Tazed him and completed the crime using falsly justified application of ha ha Non-lethal force "accidentally overapplied if they get caught"but normally murder by Tazer is attributed to drug use or preexisting heart or body parts both dynamics of which put 100% of the responsibility on the victim and by proxy clear the criminal murderers.Does the fact they didnt Taze him justify the dynamics they created??Does the fact they didnt Taze him indirectly justify in our minds the assaults committed through the kicks to the face??Do we need to wait for a lawsuit to be sucessfully won to form a dynamic opinion??
Think Sean Averys "devils advocate"mindset when he faced the goalie and kicked all of hockey in the gnads,how many times do you hear these words---I SAID STOP MOVEING!!STOP MOVING!!DO NOT RESIST!!!STOP MOVING!!!--ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAPPPPP!!!! Dead person,we have seen murders like this live on TV,we have seen 13yr old kids electrocuted to death with a finger pressing the death into them the whole time WHILE SOMEONE YELLS --STOP RESISTING???This action is not like a trigger pull of a gun,this is sickening.80 yr old women electrocuted.Our children ??and our Grandmothers??Is there one other man on this site??I cant be alone here.
Once you read these words and you know the artificial dynamic that is created to justify torture and murders every year ,you become complicit if you dont speak up. I just clearly taught you exactly how this dynamic is created step by step,an involuntary reaction is knowingly and intentionally but furtively induced and that falsely catalysed dynamic{already an inditable offense} is used to escalate the justifiable use of force up to and including lethal force--thereby making the individual in control JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER.This absolutely frees the individual who controls the entire dynamic situation from any responsibility for excercising that power.These dynamics can only be contrived upon an unknowing uneducated and vulnerable public,which in itself is sickening--however we cant take back the sunshine so once we are taught something we cannot deny its existance in god conscience.Without inditing ourselves as being complicit to the crime itself.
The reason I am writing all this here on a hockey site is singular and doesnt involve the incident as much as you might think---this is the exact dynamic being induced to create this Hockey situation we are all faceing----please take the story we all witnessed today and my explanation of some hypothetical dynamics to heart and just put the stakeholders the NHL,the Team Owners,and the Players into the stoy of the incident from today and then remember that the FANS ARE CUFFED AND ON THE GROUND.And someone who spells better than me and has better grammer than me and is more to the point and shorterwinded than me --can maybe put this into a more user friendly format--just dont remove anything dynamic.You will see why I write so much---I take away BS angles constantly and on the fly,I corner your perspective,everything is in the details or the words,you need to block all the unimportant corridors in the maze to expedite understanding disclose tactical dynamics and save time.
Last week an double amputee was shot to death in his wheelchair for weilding a pen that LOOKED LIKE A KNIFE??--he directed this potentially lethal force at an armed and full functioning Cop. Standing a few feet away.
These cops were following industry accepted and supported protocals and in the process were quasi-legally inflicing arbitrary pain and suffering to a human being,they were overdoing it absolutely,it was torture I just watched it.This man was kicked in the FACE by size 11 bonecrusher cop shoes--REPEATEDLY--as yet a third cop stood by and provided evidenciary support as a witness,that 3rd cop should have drawn a weapon and ordered the other two to cease and desist as they are and were armed and dangerous criminals breaking the law in that video.There should have been THREE ARRESTS.
Lets save time. -he was on drugs and could have killed ALL those poor policemen
-he was crazy and we all know how strong they can get
_he had a history of criminal offense and we cant take chances
--the police protect us from the bad men ,so what if an egg or two gets broken we are making a societal omlette here
--If you drink of do drugs you just might get slapped down
--the police protect us and are exposed to this every day{good thing doctors dont Taze us for exposing them to our potentially fatal diseases in the OR eh??}and have a right to protect themselves.Thank god bar bouncers dont break necks every night,eh?
--he should have stopped moveing--we all heard the police tell him not to resist{you eyes are open now sunshine forget it!!---remember the nerve centers and your knee-bone reaction or you become a complicit stakeholder} There is only one right way to do things and a million wrong ways,we dont have time or space for a million more BS lines.
So we must come to a current realtime consensus or vote on the issue,this is where the voices of the many are silenced,just a few public statements by the Police dept,and a few supporting statements by other collusional spokespersons,with a few tacticlly chosen internet posts---and WHA-LA the spin doctors get paid again.EVEN WITH THE FREAKING VIDEO IN FRONT OF ALL OF US!!!!!
You see its this way,when discussing hockey dynamics I recognise myself as a minority now but I am asking for the same protection all majoritys get.But it aint happening,ha ha ha.Even with video back-up,tactical suppression is very easy to accomplish.
Point is the Cop was wrong,moreso than the criminal because the Cop has the benefit of societal support,this is a serious responsibility to carry---societal trust and support as we dont just pay these men and women on the Force we TRUST THEM.
Just like Avery misused the entire NHL with his dynamic manipulation .
You see you liberal protectionist liars out there who refuse to accept this dynamic explanation,the kicks to the face were not "stuns"they were torture and yes it was an ALLEGED criminal on the ground being tortured and we all know it and no one has the guts to stand up and fight the current popular opinion in the name of humanitarian justice.I do,and look what happens??Nobody wants to be a Martyer right?Cowards.
Everything but the kicks were ok,right?So we let it go right??Is that like being raped just a LITTLE BIT??Is it like being a LITTLE BIT pregnant?
All it takes for evil to win is for one good man to do nothing.Arrest the Cop today and let the same system he was manipulating as per SOP find him innocent.We have all SEEN THE VIDEO and we all NOW know there are methods of tactical dynamic situational manipulation we all arent aware of because we arent taught them an academy---so if we do nothing after we learn this we are all complicit through our dynamic inaction.
As NHL fans we are doing this same thing to our own sport,we are suffocating it,we are destroying it by allowing a very few dynamiclly educated techn-crats{using the rules made for us against us dynamicly} the ability through our inaction to manipulate the rules morals fiscal stability and future and the very foundations of the game itself ,and just as we can ALL see that the policing and legal systems need to revisit a lot of its existing industry and legally accepted SOP or "rules"to stop a recurrance of the dynamics we all are now aware the SOP or "rules"in hockey need to be revisited at the core level. I am pointing out dynamic actions that could "potentially"exist{those police were doing their jobs as per SOP--I am speaking hypotheticlly--and any critique I form is directed at the system they work for not the individuals--thank god they are brave enough to stand up for us} we all need to form our own opinions keeping societal truths and values as a priority--we cant skip the rules,we can ask for change but we must endure more punishment as we force change,and we need to remember that it is our moral discomfort of what is dynamiclly happening to us today that is motivating this evolutionary need for change to support a healthy tomorrow.
We can fix our game--but it is the dynamic changes at the core level of the game that we are brave enough to challenge in the face of a historiclly fortified SYSTEM that will decide the timeline. We need to face--be accountable for --challenge--and then change our valuations of our PAST ,the catalyts of sucess will come from a dynamicly orchestrated evolution of our games foundations which eliminates micro-autocracys and the environment they have been fostered within.We arent talking corrective surgery here,we are saying something is coming out and thats it,we arent replacing the organ-we arent repairing it----we are REMOVING it and we are going forward with a proactive vison and intent of a healthier future--like removing a tumor--and moving on.Having faith that the body{NHL} will heal thyself with the negative catalyst not engaged and debated--BUT ABSOLUTELY REMOVED.
It is difficult but not impossible to remove something from our bodies that we "believe"we need in order to have an evolving healthy future---just because we were born with or inherited something doesnt mean it is critical to our survival or healthy future,the body puts up a heck of a defense to keep the "unneeded-non-critical"organ exactly where it is,but this doesnt mean we stop the operation at your skin it means we shut down the parts of the body that prevent corrective therapy--we knock you out or you volunteer to be knocked out-- and we git er done. We need to expect that some of the most powerful and very real defenses the NHL can manifest are being brought to bear on the changes facing the league right now,there are forces trying to keep things the same here that are winning each time there is a labor dispute.We need to consider getting knocked out by surprise or force as opposed to volunteering for it--because we all know we need to get through all these powerful defenses to remove the tumor,right? We need to identify and priorise these dynamic situational influences that define the dynamic structural integrity of the entire game itself---we need data to get clarity before we operate but that data keeps changing in defensive postures and stopping the procedure. Just like we look at a patient pre-OP and evaluate our approach into the body,we need to prepare to delve into the dynamic structure of our game.We need to first see then quantify all the layers we will need to go through safely without causeing terminal collateral damage,we need to tacticlly analyse each layer and know it literally inside and out BEFORE we can strategise with it,so each dynamic needs a name as each level of the body we go through has a name.But because dynamics dont have names we need to CREATE them,we need to manifest identitys for these dynamics and name them and form an order of some sort which priorises their importance to the overall health of the body{NHLs dynamic structure},we need to chart the dynamics according to overall individual value.Then we can after sufficient analysis gently tweak one low value dynamic by removing or paralysing it--then we need to look at how the body reacts and asses.Then its off to the races with the operation as a whole.Same way the NHS works--not a plug there.Dynamic visualisation and execution first and all further action is results based and catalysed..
So overall we as fans have a lot of reading and learning to do so we can fully understand our own power and influenses we can have on the game itself at the highest levels,we just need to dynamicly educate ourselves so we are better prepared to make and form opinions and decisions.We need to learn our REAL STRENGTH as parts of a huge and symbiotic system,and we need to understand the dynamic responsibility we carry as fans--we have an obligation to speak up when we see a need for change---but we need to see first it to do that,hence the dynamic revelations or illustrations.
I know very well how hard it is to make sense out of a post like this,but we arent exactly explaining a game of HOP-SCOTCH here now are we??This is very complicated territory,this is new ground in terms of dynamic visualsation for some people,it is very hard to accept without a lot of faith from the first sentence on. And that kind of unsubstanciated faith is reserved for god it aint natural to have faith in dynamics you dont see realtime tangible results coming from.This is what the Powers that Be whom we are trying to name and quantify know very well we will encounter {a natural and normal lack of dynamic understanding--its people like me and a minority that think dynamiclly all the time}and they literally bank on the fact we will never make it through the maze as a group with and functional continuity or structure.These people or entitys count on the majority experiencing a predictable natural reaction when confronted with dynamic structure and action they dont recognise or understand.
Just sayin.{way to much ,sorry,its hard having a minority perspective and trying to relate it to a very different majority perspective--mybad}
September 27 2012, 12:17PM
I started to read this and just gave up. If you care to publish a Cole`s Notes version I`ll gladly finish reading.


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We are one week away from Christmas and most of you who are entertaining at home have your menu planned.
Most years, it includes the same types of entrees, but the sides are the one thing that might differ. I have to admit the Sweat household has favorites and most of the time the menu does not change. Today, I have for you some of our family's favorite side dishes for holiday meals.
The Sweet Potato Casserole is one I tweaked years ago in the Hardin County Cookbook the Chamber of Commerce still has for sale. I am not sure where I found the Broccoli Casserole recipe, but it gets rave reviews everywhere I take it. The Banana Peanut Salad is a real favorite for the Sweat family and is a quick and easy way to simplify the Banana Croquettes that my mom and my husband Mike's mom made for holidays. Cranberry Salad is my mom's recipe and always has been a holiday staple for my family. Finally, the Grape Salad has become a favorite of mine. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it being served at the December Chamber of Commerce Meeting by Hardin Memorial Hospital for the Community Restaurant Tasting.
I hope these might find their way to your table Christmas Day.
Nora Sweat, author of "Mama and Me,"is a native of Hardin County and a retired home economics/family and consumer science teacher. She can be reached at email@example.com or by mail at 408 W. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown, KY 42701.
Sweet Potato Casserole
2 large cans sweet potatoes, mashed or 3 c. cooked sweet potatoes, mashed
2 eggs, beaten with a fork
1 c. white sugar
½ c. margarine, melted
1 t. vanilla
1 c. brown sugar
1/3 c. flour
1 c. chopped pecans
1/3 c. margarine, melted
Mix first five ingredients together and put in a greased 3 quart casserole dish. Prepare topping and sprinkle over top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. You may add ½ c. coconut to topping.
Broccoli Casserole
Frozen broccoli
1 stick plus ½ stick margarine
1 pound Velveeta cheese
1 ½ sleeves Ritz crackers, crushed
Salt, black pepper, red pepper and paprika
Cook desired amount of broccoli just until slightly crisp. I usually pre-cook mine in the microwave, you want it to be crisp and not overcooked. Melt ½ stick margarine and pour over crushed crackers. Stir well and set aside. Melt one stick of margarine and cut 1 pound Velveeta cheese into cubes. Melt cheese in the microwave, stop occasionally, and stir to prevent it from burning. Remove from microwave oven and stir until it is well blended without any butter on top. It should be well mixed. Season broccoli with salt, black pepper, red pepper and paprika. Pour cheese sauce and then cracker crumbs over top. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly.
Banana Peanut Salad
Crushed peanuts
There are no measurements. Depending on the size of salad you want, mix mayonnaise — light works really well — with a small amount of milk until a smooth sauce and add a little sugar, or Splenda, to taste. Put a small amount of sauce in the bottom of bowl, slice and layer bananas, then crushed peanuts, then another layer of sauce, bananas, crushed peanuts, and repeat until the dish is the size needed. Chill.
Cranberry Salad
2 boxes red gelatin (there is a cranberry gelatin on the market now)
2 c. boiling water
1 can cranberry sauce (the berry, not the gel)
2 apples, unpeeled, chopped
1 c. miniature marshmallows
1 c. chopped pecans
1 c. Angel Flake coconut
1 lg. can crushed pineapple, undrained
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Chill until firm.
Grape Surprise
8 ounces whipped cream cheese
8 ounces sour cream
½ c. sugar
2-3 pounds assorted seedless grapes
1 c. brown sugar
1 ¼ c. chopped pecans, toasted
2 t. vanilla extract
Beat cream cheese, sour cream and white sugar until smooth and well mixed. Pour over grapes and mix well. Place in a glass serving bowl. In a mixing bowl, mix brown sugar, pecans and vanilla. Crumble over top of grape mixture.
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By GARY ARRINGTONStaff Writer
In the February Huntington City Council meeting, the city council approved new regulations concerning operation of the city cemetery. After discussing the issue last month, the city approved Resolution 1-2012 and Ordinance 1-2012.
The resolution approves changes in the fee structure for the cemetery. Huntington residents will now pay a fee of $300 to buy a burial site in the cemetery and non-residents will pay $700. Other rates for services rendered at the cemetery are also being raised to reflect more directly the actual cost of providing the services.
The ordinance defines who is eligible to be called a resident. The definition of a resident is now (1) a person that is currently living in Huntington or has moved away from Huntington for health care reasons other than climate change, (2) a person that is no longer living in Huntington yet had lived in Huntington for ten nonconsecutive years or more during their lifetime, (3)non-residents residing within three miles of Huntington City limits.
It was also stated that burials will not take place on certain holidays and on Sundays.
Huntington resident Gloria Wilson was approved to be an alternate Huntington Planning and Zoning committee member.
In other business, Councilman Travis Larsen reported the fire station is progressing towards completion although not as fast as everyone would like. Larsen also reported that the mountain snow pack is at 50 percent. He reported that this year should be good for water but next year could be questionable without additional snowfall.
The mayor reported that city workers are assisting the CVSSD in the installation of the new water meters. These meters will cut the meter reading time by close to 80 percent and will allow for meter reading during the winter. The mayor also reported that plans for the 2012 Heritage Days celebration are being formulated.


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Please take note of the current detour of the trail through downtown Dayton.
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The main section begins at the south end of Franklin and heads north to downtown Franklin. Be sure to stop just a block off the trail and take in the the larger-than-life murals by Eric Henn. The trail travels north through Miamisburg, a block west of Miamisburg's historic downtown. Other vibrant downtowns are ahead, starting in Dayton, with access to top-notch museums, numerous monuments, stadiums and RiverScape, home of the Bike Hub, a bike-commuter support facility.
Tipp City, Troy, and Piqua in the north each overflow with beautiful architecture, charm, and a thriving downtown business district. Aviation history comes to life at Waco Airfield near Troy, with displays from the former airplane factory and a hangar full of historic planes.
Unique local eateries in these vibrant river towns will satisfy every taste – whether you want to cool down with a scoop of ice cream or refuel with a full meal. Ohio hometowns have their weekly farmer's markets and annual festivals as well. But in downtown Dayton, there seems to be something to celebrate every weekend.
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Among those destinations, the trail wanders its way along the Great Miami River's beauty: through the heavily wooded Crains Run Park and Taylorsville MetroPark, past Taylorsville Dam and Tadmor Historic Site, and on to the Tipp Nature Center. Even as the trail runs through the cities, riders commonly view great blue heron, kingfisher, and other beautiful water-loving birds, along with sign of beaver, white-tailed deer, and a diverse set of fish and aquatic life.
Users of the 57 continuous miles between Franklin and Piqua will enjoy modern, off-street, paved multi-use trail. Trail designers make an effort to connect the trail to adjacent attractions and neighborhoods via ramps and bike stairs. Future plans include connecting the Middletown and Hamilton segments with the main section of the Great Miami River Trail north of Butler County.
Between Troy and Piqua the beautiful Robert Shook Bridge crosses the Great Miami River at the Farrington Reserve. Take a moment to pause on the bridge and take in the view of the river. You may see a paddler go by.


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Hampstead Tea, Organic Fairtrade Darjeeling, 25 Sachets, 1.75 oz (50 g) (Discontinued Item)
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- Product Code: HAT-00004
- UPC Code: 813427000047
- Package Quantity: 1.75 oz (50 g)
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- Biodynamic Makaibari Estate Tea
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The tea is grown at Makaibari, the first biodynamic tea estate in the world, situated 3-4000 ft high up in the Himalayas. The estate is protected on all sides by lush virgin forests and is the home and livelihood to a community of 1700 people, a family of panthers and richly diverse wildlife.
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Infuse one sachet per person in freshly boiled water for up to 3 minutes. Add milk and sugar to taste if desired.
Fairtrade black tea.
All ingredients are biodynamic/organic.
In keeping with our philosophy, our teas are free from all artificial additives and gmos and all our packaging is fully biodegradable. Our unique teabags are also non-chlorine bleached and staple free.
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Great tea,good conscience!
This is a fine tasting line of tea. It is also comforting knowing that it was brought to my tea cup without the use of exploited labor,nor grown with the use of chemicals, being that the line is organic. I would highly recommend Hampstead Tea to any that enjoy a fine cup of tea along with a clear conscience.
Nice tea
Posted by otherkind on Apr 15, 2011
Nice tea,but the taste is to mild.
Nice tea!
Posted by Reviewer2868873 on Mar 24, 2011
Nice tea!
Great for making kombucha
Posted by Reviewer3102236 on Jan 25, 2011
I make own kombucha but it's hard to find organic black tea. Iherb is best source, Hampstead is best price.
Classic Darjeeling
Posted by Reviewer1655876 on Apr 22, 2010
Hampstead's is a subtle and delightful Darjeeling blend, much superior to the 'dust' Twinings sells. Free Trade is a bonus! iHerb's service has been very reliable, glad I found it.
Worth recommending!
Posted by Reviewer1391196 on Nov 05, 2009
My wife has a fondness for Darjeeling tea. Unfortunately it is hard to find commercially. However we were fortunate to find that IHerb carried it. My wife is a happy camper now. The quality is excellent.


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Notice of Public Hearing
Public Notice is hereby given that the Emery County Board of
Commissioners will hold a public hearing on December 17, 2013 at 5:30
p.m. during their regularly scheduled commission meeting located at 75
East Main Street, Castle Dale, Utah 84513 to receive public comment
and input on a proposed Landfill Tippage Resolution. Copies of the
proposed resolution are available during regular business hours in the
Clerk/Auditor's office.
All interested citizens are encouraged to attend. If you need
special accommodation to participate in the above hearing, contact
(435) 381-3570.
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The United Nations Development Group
The UNDG develops policies and procedures that allow member agencies to work together and analyse country issues, plan support strategies,implement support programmes, monitor results and advocate for change.
These initiatives increase UN impact in helping countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including poverty reduction.
The UNDG "founding members" are the four funds and programmes that report directly to the Secretary-General: UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and WFP. They are members of the UNDG Executive Committee. The High Commissioner for Human Rights is Ex-Officio member of this Committee. The Executive Committee focuses on reforming the work methods of the funds and programmes and manages the mechanisms of the UNDG. It meets every other month and is chaired by the Administrator of UNDP.
The full membership of UNDG has grown to 25, plus five observers, including the World Bank. The Group meets at least three times a year to decide on issues related to country level coordination to achieve the MDGs.
More information on the structure of UNDG, the Programme of Work of the UNDG, the Guidelines on various issues like the preparation of Common Country Assessments (CCAs) and United Nations Developments Assistance Frameworks (UNDAFs), the engagement of the UN at the country level with the PRSP process, Joint Programming, and information on individual CCAs and UNDAFs and many more issues related to the work of UNDG, on the UNDG website.


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Karl Rove insists that Obama is not winning the early vote in Ohio.
The Democrats are cannibalizing their election day turnout... there are more Republican absentee ballot requests than there are Democrats.
Karl Rove insists that Obama is not winning the early vote in Ohio.
The Democrats are cannibalizing their election day turnout... there are more Republican absentee ballot requests than there are Democrats.
Anger works well to make it seem that a politician really means what he's saying, so it's too bad that so many of them are too scared of honest emotion to show it. Here's Chris Christie responding with impatience at the injection of politics into a discussion of New Jersey storm damage.
I've got 2.4 million people out of power... I've got devastation on the shore... I've got floods... if you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics then you don't know me.
George Will, in response to a question from host George Stephanopoulos, explains why racism isn't the reason that Obama may lose reelection.
The confederacy hypothesis is those people somehow, for some reason, in the last four years, somehow became racist.
Is President Obama pregnant? The Governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper, seems to think so...
Well, I think if you look at the mess that President Obama inherited, and I mean losing 800,000 jobs a month, month after month after month, the first few months of his pregnancy...
There's nothing false in this Romney ad, but people are inclined to be confused by the statement about Jeep building cars in China.
We talked earlier about Mitt Romney getting caught repeating a blatant untruth last week -- he falsely claimed Jeep may be moving "all production to China" -- then in an astounding display of chutzpah, turning that falsehood into a television ad.
The president has issued his own ad.
Steven Crowder offers a parody of Lena Dunham's 'First Time' video. Free stuff.
Here's the original pro-Obama video from actress Lena Dunham.
Newt Gingrich doesn't buy all the talk about a razor thin finish to the presidential race - like the popular vote, electoral college split some are fantasizing about. Newt quotes a political axiom about the last week of an election from Democratic operative James Carville to make his point.
You never get, if you're the incumbent, you never get a break - 'cause they had four years to decide they're for ya, and they ain't doin' it the last week.
Mild-mannered NY Times 'conservative' David Brooks doesn't generally create arguments in his national TV appearances - he's a thoughtful guy! But EJ Dionne couldn't stand Brooks' attack on the president on the issue of trust.
When he goes off the record with the Des Moines Register last week, he gives out a second term agenda that is nothing like what he's been giving out on the trail...
Notice the sour face from Rachel Maddow when they cut to the wide shot.
George Will says the reason the presidential race has been drifting in Mitt Romney's direction is that the Obama message on women is condescending, so those votes have been shifting back toward the GOP.
There has been a big change. It's not a particular state, it's a change in Romney's gain among women. That, I think, represents a huge recoil... against the condescension of the Obama campaign, which says don't you trouble your pretty little heads about about men's issues like unemployment... worry about contraception...
This is so easy, and so powerful, I don't understand why more Republicans don't have this Newt Gingrich abortion argument ready to go.
The radical on abortion is Barack Obama, who as a state senator voted three times in favor of allowing doctors to kill babies in the eighth or ninth month...


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The Gospel according to Matthew 20:1-16
The Lord said this parable, "The kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.' And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.' And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder, saying, 'These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."
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