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February 21 2013 01:20PM
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." For years many attributed this quote to Albert Einstein, however, there is no proof he actually uttered those words.
"Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results," first appeared in the basic text of Narcotics Anonymous which was copyrighted in 1982. Brownlee can attest this is very true, having tried to kick the habit for years, and I wonder if Ralph Krueger is starting to wonder the same thing about his hockey team.
Tonight the OIlers play their 16th game of the season, which is 1/3 of the abbreviated 2013 season, and they haven't been able to improve their five-on-five scoring.
In the first 7 games they scored 7 ES goals, and in the last 8 they also scored 7. Through 15 games they have shown zero improvement. Sure, they have produced some quality chances, but scoring chances won't win you games; you need to score goals.
I applaud Krueger for showing patience and not firing up the McBlender every few games, but at some point he can't keep hoping guys will produce. The line of Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle should be producing more goals, and eventually they will, but how long can Krueger wait?
That line has fired 57 shots on goal during the past five games, but they've only scored four times and one of those was an empty net goal. On 56 shots with a goalie in net they've combined for three goals and a woeful 5.3 SH%. Eventually they will start scoring more, but if Krueger doesn't try something to generate more scoring this team could find themselves out of the playoff hunt sooner than they'd like.
The Oilers had an optional skate this morning, but after chatting with a few people it sounds like Krueger will rotate the bottom three lines tonight.
They've played together for most of the year, but they've had limited success at ES. It was smart to move Yakupov away from Eric Belanger, because he wasn't generating anything, but this trio hasn't produced enough to be assume that they will automatically produce.
I like moving Eager up the lineup and giving him some more icetime, but if the Oilers don't score early tonight, I wouldn't hesitate to move Eager into the top-six and try to get some energy and net presence.
Hartikainen-Vande Velde-Paajarvi
Hartikainen and Paajarvi are struggling to find some consistency, and I'd look at slotting them in amongst the top-six as well. Both of them need to watch film on Ryan Jones in the offensive zone and try to do what he does.
After a four game conditioning stint, mixed in with a subtle message to be more focused, Theo Peckham makes his season debut tonight beside Mark Fistric. He will add some much needed abrasiveness and Krueger is hoping his attitude and style will help his offensive players. "To augment our skill you need guys who are difficult to play against. That's what Theo brings to our lineup," said Krueger.
They have been a solid pair, but if J.Schultz is going to be considered an offensive D-man he needs to start generating some points five-on-five. Schultz is tied for 22nd in scoring by D-men with eight points, which is very good for a rookie; however he is 142nd amongst D-men in ES scoring with only one point.
I'd like to see much more from Jeff Petry. He has no points in 15 games despite playing over 21 minutes a game. At some point he needs to generate something offensively..
Nikolai Khabibulin has been great in his three appearances this year, and I had no issue with playing him v. Los Angeles. The backup needs to play at some point, but Dubnyk is their starter and he needs to have a bounce back game and after an average first period v. Colorado and third period v. Dallas.
GAME DAY PREDICTION: The Oilers are 14-26-5 v. the Wild since the 2005 lockout, but they are 10-10-2 at home. If this team has any hope of staying in the playoff race this is a game they need to win. They will reward their loyal fans with a 3-2 win.
OBVIOUS GAME DAY PREDICTION: Despite adding Zach Parise and Ryan Suter fans still think of the Wild as a boring team. Even though they've played some very exciting games the past few seasons, the Wild are still not a team that has Oiler fans excited to see. Rexall will not be electric tonight.
NOT-SO-OBVIOUS GAME DAY PREDICTION: After Joey Moss gives birthday boy Ryan Smyth (37) the gears by calling him "older than dirt," he tells Smyth what he got him for his birthday. "Before the game I called my good buddy Wayne Gretzky and asked him to bless your stick. I held it in my hands as Wayne said his blessing," Joey told Smyth.
Smyth is Gretzky's second biggest fan, behind Joey, and his face lit up after hearing Joey's story. Smyth walks back to the dressing room with a huge smile on his face staring at his stick imagining what Gretzky said, and it inspires him to play like a young Ryan Smyth. He scores tonight, gets a huge ovation from the fans and after the goal you see him high-fiving Moss behind the Oilers bench.
February 21 2013, 11:32PM
Last time I am saying this but would someone slap Kruegar in the face to wake him up!
When is he going to come to his senses and split Hemsky and Gagner up. It's getting frieakin ridicules
February 21 2013, 11:37PM
...when you hear players from other teams and announcers and media and fans talk about what the oilers seem to be lacking in grit and big bodies, is management convinced what they have is good enough and that people outside the organization don't understand???
Management either think their lineup is good enough and WRONG or are genius's with a plan that involves not winning just-quite-yet.
Just because you have so much pure talent.....well look at how not every all-star packed international team wins.........I am just an upset fan feeling like im being led by a carrot. a nice looking but ultimately fake plastic carrot.
(will always love the oilers but try to build a team that can win please. lol)
February 21 2013, 11:50PM
I'm curious as to why the Oilers seem to think they can carry the puck in on most plays past the blue line? And then follow that up with not shooting the puck when they are in the slot. We have seen when they shoot the puck they win look at them vs the AVS?
Just two questions from a fan who is sick of Edmonton losing night in and night out in the third period.
February 21 2013, 11:55PM
Who could we have drafted that would've brought us size in the top 6? Hall and Seguin are the same size, RNH is a center and is going to be a better player than Landy, Yak is 1 inch shorter than Gally?
Maybe we can trade one of them for a Clarkson/Clowe type player, but when we draft Moroz instead of Finn people get upset, and it's nearly impossible to trade for a player like that, especially a player like that who fits in our age group.
February 22 2013, 12:02AM
I'm curious as to why the Oilers seem to think they can carry the puck in on most plays past the blue line? And then follow that up with not shooting the puck when they are in the slot. We have seen when they shoot the puck they win look at them vs the AVS?
Just two questions from a fan who is sick of Edmonton losing night in and night out in the third period.
Ya i agree with you i'm sick and tired of losing too,also sick and tired of management doing nothing.Tambo has done nothing since he's became GM,but drafted 3 kids that fell on his lap.
February 22 2013, 12:07AM
Give us your ideas then, who should we have traded and for whom? Try to think like the opposing teams GM instead of an Oilers GM.
February 22 2013, 12:25AM
The reality of the situation is finally setting in! Here we sit after 16 games (about 1/3 the season) and the Oil are 6-7-3 and sitting 24th in the NHL. Last year through 27 games (about 1/3 of the season) they were 13-11-3 or the ~ equivalent of this season's record so far and in a similar position. In 2010, at (you guessed it ~ 1/3 of the season) 9-12-4 was where they sat as well for 15th in the west and 26th overall. Sounds all too familiar, doesn't it!! The problem here is that saying "we are so proud to select the first overall pick..." does not a successful rebuild make!! Tambo needs to make some moves, some good hockey moves to make this team competitive. I'm the first guy to say there is some exciting young talent on this squad but if they can't win a game, what does it matter?? There are some great pieces but not a great team. A great team requires a carefully woven mix of role players and unfortunately Tambo has just acquired a bunch of the same guy... young, small, skilled kids. Not a team that is tough to play against but who has the wheels to skate you into the ground... smash you through the wall yet snipe 2-3 goals a night. It's time for a trade, as Brownlee was saying earlier today "before its too late"... Or is it too late, we all know how things ended for the past two years with similar records to this at the 1/3 way point. SAD :( Very SAD :(
Hemsky and Whitney and 2nd rounder Sharp and Odouya
Hemsky and Whitney Ott and EhrHoff
Another trade may be to approach Detroit who is 16 games into post-Lidstrom stress disorder! Detroit likes resurrection projects as well - hello Ryan Whitney!
I would,like to get a guy like Dan Cleary fist face offs and for work ethic, role model, Cup winner!
Belanger and Whitney
Cleary and Quincy
February 22 2013, 12:55AM
@Time Travelling Sean
Since @Oilersfan4 is not answering, I have a few ideas:
1) The Oil could have traded something like Whitney, RNH and the pick that turned out to be first overall last year for Kassian, Meyers and Buffalo's first rounder #12 where they could have still picked up Grigorenko.
2) They could have probably made a similar trade to Boston for Krejci and Hamilton if you had the right assets in play (ie. RNH, Petry and first rounder??)
3) They could have made an offer sheet on Jamie Benn!!!!!!!
4) They still can try to work with the Avs for O'Reilly
5) The easy part is done for Tambo... "the Edmonton Oilers are so proud to select...". Now is the hard part, the moves that separate mediocre GMs from the great ones!!! Otherwise we will all be glued to the TV to see if the Oilers win the draft lottery for the 4th year in a row and pick another small skilled guy in June!!!
February 22 2013, 03:41AM
it sooooo time for a trade it is well past banging my head against the wall. a trade is a tactic that is allowed... it is used by every other team. Tambo just doesn't think it is part of management. i just can't stand to see another season of patience and waiting to a high draft pick. this is unforgiveable that they see this season as wasteable, as a throw-away. Tambo, manage your ****ing hockey club!!!!!
Jason please start picking them to loose I think your putting a hex on them. Time for big shakeup .
February 22 2013, 09:42AM
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Re: There is no finish line...
#18slams #GOAT
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He's also passed Vilas for Outdoor match wins, and earlier he passed Lendl for wins. Second all time now for total match wins.
The ranking stuff is interesting too:
Federer has 645 weeks in the top 4
Connors has 669. Federer is just 24 weeks shy of Connors. That's, 5 months and another 15 days. He could get it at Christmas time.
Top 5, Federer has 672 weeks, Connors has 705. He is just 33 weeks behind, and could get it as early as next February.
Federer has not yet mounted his assault on Connors' top 10 and consecutive weeks in the top 10 - he is just 20 weeks behind Agassi.
Connors had an amazing 817 weeks in the top 10. Federer is now at 727, second highest total in the unified tour era. Agassi was last top 10 in April of 2006, at the age of 35, nearly 36.
Federer is roughly 8 months ahead of Agassi's pace over his career.
Connors was last in the top 10 at April of 1989, at the age of 36.5 Federer is some 90 weeks behind, and still trails Connors at equivalent points of their careers.
In order for Federer to beat Connors in both records, he has to accumulate enough points to stay ahead of Theim (2,790); Raonic (2,635); Kei Nishikori, 2,725; Wawrinka, 2,325.
Those are the players that Fed fans need to keep a close eye on. Nadal is at 2,930.
Fed can only let two past him, so he has to stay ahead of 2 of 4 of these players in order to keep a shot at Connors.
Re: There is no finish line...
Federer today tied Connors' record of 14 Wimbledon QFs made
That's only an ATP record, btw. Navratilova has 20 (in a row!)
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Well, he's certainly played the most matches with it. Whenever they only have it on show courts, he's on a show court
Must be a cutoff, though, to put Goffin in the lead. Surely someone managed 1 from 1.
I think the study only includes those players that challenged at least 100 times
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Another (strange) record : I read that Roger Federer is the player who has used the most hawk-eyes challenges since it was introduuced in 2006
622 times, for a success rate of 35%
Goffin leads with 44%
Must be a cutoff, though, to put Goffin in the lead. Surely someone managed 1 from 1.
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Another (strange) record : I read that Roger Federer is the player who has used the most hawk-eyes challenges since it was introduuced in 2006
622 times, for a success rate of 35%
Goffin leads with 44%
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Roger Federer becomes the first man to win 300 Grand Slam matches,
beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4 in R3 of AO 2016.
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Originally Posted by Kat_YYZ View Post
Title #87: 2015 Cincinnati Masters.
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I think the only consecutive record he is still chasing is Connors' massive consecutive weeks in the top 10.
Federer is just 106 weeks behind with about 48 weeks guaranteed already (F Wim + W Cincy) will likely be enough to carry him through to 2016.
That means he is 58 weeks behind. Soon he'll begin making his assault on this record.
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I think the only consecutive record he is still chasing is Connors' massive consecutive weeks in the top 10.
Federer is just 106 weeks behind with about 48 weeks guaranteed already (F Wim + W Cincy) will likely be enough to carry him through to 2016.
That means he is 58 weeks behind. Soon he'll begin making his assault on this record.
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He must have a special room in his house to keep all the trophies
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Title #87: 2015 Cincinnati Masters.
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I posted this on the Wimbledon thread, but perhaps There is no finish line is a better place for it.
I thought this was an excellent piece.
Dont Feel Sorry for Federer
By Kate Battersby
A horrible trap lies in wait for all of us when discussing an underdog losing a match, and were never likelier to plunge headfirst into it than when a legend of the game is beaten by a world No.1 on the biggest stage of all.
We find ourselves applying a peculiar lexicon to the legend, of the kind suitable for some kind of cuddly toy. We reduce him to an adorable mascot for whom victory would have been a bonus, and who no longer experiences defeat as a lacerating wound. We do it because he is not 22 any more, and because he is loved.
Just dont expect Roger Federer to thank you for it. He may be loved, but he has no interest in being adorable.
What he sought from the Wimbledon final 2015 was victory. He wanted to be the first man to take eight titles here. He wanted his 18th Grand Slam.
If that would have made him, at 33 years 338 days, the oldest champion here since the game turned professional, then so be it. What he absolutely specifically did not care about was next time, or last time, or any other time. He wanted what Novak Djokovic wanted, with the same stinging ambition as the Serb.
The hateful bottom line is this: on this day, Federer wasnt good enough, and he knows it better than anyone. The champion defended his title 7-6(1), 6-7(10), 6-4, 6-3. For all the wonder of that second set, Federer had two points to win the first. What if he had led two sets to love? No point asking. He didnt win it. Saving seven set points on the way to grabbing the second may have been astonishing to witness at courtside or on television worldwide, but it still left Federer an unconquerable distance from victory.
He lost, and he doesnt want anyones sympathy, or shudder pity. To accept it would serve only to cheapen all that he achieved in his pomp. If there was no need for allowances back then, there is no need now.
Its always a mental and physical challenge to keep going, keep going, he said tiredly. I had chances. He got the break in the first set on a forehand I should not miss. Happy that I won the second set but still know Im a long way away. A pity I couldnt make more of the momentum. I couldnt take advantage of the rain. I still won six matches. Lost one.
In these post-match Q&As, he excels at betraying as little of his private hurt as possible, remaining at his most elaborately unruffled answering questions which effectively request that he bleed in front of the media. But the truth was evident in what was unsaid.
Witness his demeanour throughout the trophy presentation. Without ever erring towards the unsportsmanlike, he could hardly bear to look at Djokovic even fleetingly. Set aside any thoughts of dislike between them the Swiss used unusually strong language this Fortnight to refute suggestions by Djokovics coaching consultant Boris Becker of any such thing. So lets be clear what turned Federers stomach was defeat.
You walk away empty-handed, he said. For me a finalists trophy is not the same. Everybody knows that. I would have loved to win. Theres no doubt about that.
He could not bring himself to gaze upon the famous golden trophy in the hands of another. When he was required to walk a circuit of the Centre Court with the plate he earned as runner-up, it was apparent in his body language that there could be nothing worse requested of him and above all things, he could not lift the plate to the crowd. After all, someone might think that this was the trophy he actually wanted.
Im not going to accept losing and say its normal because I lost against the world No.1, said Federer. Its not normal. Ive beaten him. Im one of the few guys thats got a chance. I believed I was going to come through as the winner. Im right there. My game is good.
Courtesy is one of Federers on-court signatures, so do him the courtesy of judging him by the standards you judge all others. If you must make allowances, then make allowance only for brilliance his own, and his opponents. Make allowance for that mind-blowing second set. Make allowance for the fact that out of seven billion people on this planet, the only one nearer to touching perfection in the art of tennis was on the opposite side of the net.
The sporting super-elite are not interested in coming second. What drives their necessarily lop-sided existence is a near-manic focus on victory. Nobody gets to be a legend by accident. Its no use imagining that Roger Federer does not possess the same raging need to win on the basis that he looks nice and is a polite sort of chap.
What was it he said on court in those moments after defeat? Ah yes: I am still very hungry and motivated and a match like this is very helpful.
That chilly little phrase, very helpful terrifying. Take it as read Roger Federer lost, and that knowledge is burning him alive.
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Hi, I'm new to these forums and to attachement parenting. I have a 13 month old daughter, who has very bad separation anxiety right now. She has decided that she no longer wants to eat in her high chair. I moved her to a booster chair because I'd read that separation anxiety can cause toddler to dislike being separated from the table by the tray. That has helped a lot, but there are times when she will still not eat unless I hold her. I hate holding her while she eats because she is messy and smears it all over me . How would you handle this?
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This exact issue was the cause of my daughters first all out blow out tantrum. She wanted to sit in my lap and eat but she was taking her food and painting me with it so I told her no, and put her on the floor. I told her she could sit in the chair next to me, but not on my lap because the food was getting all over me. She had a complete and major meltdown. She screamed for an hour wouldn't let me touch her console her nothing I did or said would calm her down. I remembered reading in one of my AP books about the need for children to reach the level of futility. Where they realize that their request is not going to happen. I stayed with her and spoke reassuringly and told her I was ready when she was. I never left her and I never forced myself on her. When she was done with her major meltdown she decided she wasn't hungry anymore. Wanted to snuggle and now when I say no she can't sit on my lap she will accept the chair next to me, as long as it's touching my chair. Good Luck.
I got this great high chair that latches directly to the table ted and something brand? Anyways, it seems to help because traditional high chairs separated her from the rest of us and she does better. Usually if my daughter refuses the high chair, it is because her mouth is hurting and she really doesn't want solids. Those days she just nurses more.
I think I would respect her dislike of the high chair but look for another solution that worked for me (I don't like getting food - especialy sticky stuff - on me either).
Have you tried putting a towel down on the floor and sitting there with her?
Or maybe this is an example of one of the millions of ways our kids help us release our boundaries (like not wanting to get messy, even if it is fun! Definitely a lesson I need.)


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"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Good thing we didn't sign Beltran... that would have sucked
I think that in a year or two, one of these guys - Frazier, Dorn, Valaika, Cumberland, Stubbs - will be ready to replace Dunn. They won't hit as many home runs as Dunn, but they should have similar OPS. - 757690, July 22, 2008
Alonso will be playing 1B for the REDS and batting 4th one year from today. - Kingspoint, July 9, 2009
ah, schadenfreude.
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This is so predictable it's not funny.
Rounding third and heading for home...
I'm not expert but in the playoffs when your down 4-0 with bases loaded not outs maybe you should take your starter out.
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beltran in the post season, before today: a .363 average (45-for-124) with 14 home runs and 25 RBIs in 34 games.
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All this Cardinal drooling, and I have nothing to do with it. Let the record show, so the next time folks wanna get aggro with me for admiring the Cardinals offensive philosophy, drafting and development, they can simply Necro-search this thread.
TBS is pathetic
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I'm so conflicted!
I want the Pirates to get the stuffing knocked out of them... But..
It's the Cardinals! I always want them to lose.....
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'I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!' Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed. 'The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Oh, Jacob Marley! Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this! I say it on my knees, old Jacob, on my knees!' (Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol)
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6th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on Sunday 7 April 2002
Madame President, Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Friends and Colleagues
1. It is an honour and a pleasure for me to be in the Hague today, to address this important meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Again in The Hague, the venue for the World Water Forum, the Climate Change Conference and now the CBD Conference in the space of two years, comprising three of the main challenges of poverty eradication and sustainable development. I want to thank the Government of the Netherlands, for its generous invitation to host this meeting.
2. I welcome this atmosphere of solidarity and cooperation so very important for this crucial CBD meeting.
3. This atmosphere is important, because, to date, this meeting of the Conference of the Parties is the most crucial in the work of the Convention of Biological Diversity.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
4. The Convention on Biological Diversity brought together a broad range of voices and opinions. Each of these has contributed practically, ethically, scientifically and politically to conservation and sustainable use. The Convention on Biological Diversity has looked at the diversity of ideas and approaches to conservation and sustainable use, to identify the gaps in our knowledge and management practices that must be filled, in order to save biological diversity in the decades ahead. It has also stressed the vital importance of the interrelationship between cultural and biological diversity - and here it was very good to listen to the Lord Mayor underline the importance of this interrelationship for The Hague.
5. In a sense, this visionary instrument has reflected the special concerns of the global community, and the vulnerability of biodiversity to human impact.
6. As we move closer to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 10 years after Rio, where the Convention on Biological Diversity was born, we are faced with many challenges, and we have to hurry up. For this reason I was very glad to see Minister Jan Pronk here, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit. This conference should send a very strong signal to the World Summit for agreeing both Type I as well as Type II outcomes. The challenge that the global community faces today is of making environment and development the twin criteria of human progress. That means understanding more than the raw statistics of population growth and species extinction. It means looking at the social and environmental impacts of wealth and poverty, at the consequences of better education, more recreation, improved communications, easier travel, global trade and tourism, and how these can impact on biodiversity, and how biodiversity can benefit from these main targets. It means looking ahead to see how innovations in energy production, water and soil conservation, agricultural technology and genetic engineering, can and must improve the quality of our environment, and the living conditions of humankind, especially the poorest of the poor. And above all, it means learning to live off nature's dividends rather than its capital. The added value of traditional knowledge is of great relevance in this respect. So we need to emphasize environment for development, for sustainable development.
7. I would like to congratulate you all on the progress achieved to date by the Convention on Biological Diversity. A number of issues have gained momentum especially in the last three years. Indeed this Convention could have a number of showcase products for presentation at the WSSD. These achievements include:
· The Protocol on Biosafety, and I underline what Minister Kamotho mentioned earlier, and thank him and the Kenyan Government deeply for their dedication and their two-year Chairmanship of the Convention. We need the ratification of the Protocol, were optimistic that we would already have had the first Meeting of the Parties. We should make a commitment to achieve this Millennium goal, and make the Protocol a reality by WSSD
· The Bonn Guidelines on access to genetic resources and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their utilization, linked with Articles 15, 16, and 19 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
· The Ecosystem Approach to the Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
· The Expanded Work programme of Forest Biodiversity
· The Guiding Principles of Alien Species
· The work on Article 8(j) in the integration of indigenous peoples and local communities
· The study on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and the impact of biodiversity on climate change
· The Global Biodiversity Outlook
· The Global Initiative on Education and Public Awareness
8. As we approach the World Summit in Johannesburg, it is important to recall that the UN Secretary-General launched the initiative on support to Africa, which has led to the birth in July 2001 of Africa's own initiative, namely the New Partnership for Africa's Development. Environment and biodiversity are an integral part of this new partnership, bearing in mind that biodiversity is one of the most important assets for development, spanning from sustainable tourism, in this International Year of Ecotourism, to biotechnology.
9. The summit in Johannesburg should be a Summit of Partnership, a summit for concrete action, a summit for accountability. In the case of biodiversity, this partnership must be one between governments, civil society, the private sector and more critically, indigenous and local communities. It should also be a Summit of Responsible Prosperity and Opportunities for all. It should commit itself to the eradication of poverty, to change unsustainable consumption and production patterns, remove perverse subsidies, reduce the ecological footprints of developed countries, and ensure the fair and equitable distribution of the benefits of globalization. Biodiversity should be a major source of some of these benefits, too.
10. The issues before this Conference are well articulated in the various reports before you for your consideration. Your deliberations will be strengthened by two other events, the High Level Meeting and the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue, and I can only congratulate the President for having this Dialogue integrated in COP6.
11. Invasive alien species are the second biggest threat to biodiversity after habitat destruction. It is therefore imperative that work in this area advances rapidly. I encourage you to adopt the Guiding Principles which have been developed. You may also wish to consider the options for further work in this area as a matter of urgency.
12. UNEP was actively involved in the development and adoption of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. And we retain a strong interest for the effective implementation of the Protocol, in all countries, when it enters into force. For this it requires the support of the capacity-building aspects of the UNEP/GEF global programme on Biosafety. It is therefore imperative to press for a strong replenishment of the GEF for this and other biodiversity projects.
13. UNEP fully supports close cooperation between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Forum on Forests, particularly in the area of forest biological diversity. The last UNFF meeting gave a clear signal that there are strong linkages between sustainable forest management and poverty eradication. We hope that the Ministerial Roundtable, at this Conference of the Parties, will adopt a declaration, to guide us in further improving this relationship, and take advantage of the synergies between the UNFF process and the CBD process, with respect to the conservation and sustainable use of forests.
14. We have before us a report of experts, and some solid ideas on an expanded programme of work. The report points to the need to take into account the full economic value of biodiversity contained in forests, in any decision on the conservation and sustainable use of forest ecosystems. The recommendations strongly suggest that, governments should seek to promote both the monetary and non-monetary values of healthy forests. And we must remember that it was from forest science that we came to the terminology of sustainable development.
15. It is absolutely imperative that the important role and economic status, of the people living in the forest areas of the world is recognized. Their welfare is a prerequisite for securing the survival of endangered species in all ecosystems. I urge you to consider fully the findings of the technical experts on forest biodiversity, and agree on a practical and effective course of action for the future.
16. It would also be relevant at this point to underline biodiversity expertise of the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre and its work on a World Atlas of Mountain Ecosystems, in this International Year of the Mountains. This is most significant owing to the importance of mountain ecosystems not only to freshwater issues, but to biodiversity as well.
Madame President, Ministers, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,
17. High on the agenda of this meeting is the issue of access to genetic resources and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge. On the table are the Bonn Guidelines for your consideration. The challenge we now face is to find appropriate mechanisms or instruments that will secure equitable sharing of benefits, especially for developing countries. Hence the need for the conference to take a broader and longer-term view.
18. UNEP is fully committed to assisting developing countries, providing capacity-building on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing for, among other things, the development and implementation of effective national legislation.
19. I was honoured to be invited to the recent Cancun Meeting of the Like-Minded Group of Megadiverse Countries, which gave a very important push for the need, inter alia, to address the issue of access and benefit sharing in developing countries. UNEP stands ready to support developing countries in their work plan for 2002 to 2005.
20. I am pleased to announce that we are pre-releasing the finalized joint case studies that UNEP carried out with the World Intellectual Property Organization. These case studies illustrate the lessons learned from the use of intellectual property rights, in the sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resources. The full joint UNEP/WIPO publication will be released later this year in time for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Our work is linked with the implementation of the Doha Declaration. This step towards Johannesburg was as important as that taken at Monterrey, and I was very glad that Monterrey gave such a positive signal towards the World Summit. It is important to make it clear that the WTO agenda has to take account of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements as there are important synergies to be enhanced, especially also with respect to the CBD.
21. The Stakeholder Dialogue to take place next week will contribute to the process of Access and Benefit Sharing envisaged under the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is my hope that this Dialogue will enrich and strengthen the deliberations on these important subjects also in light of the fact that the Bonn Guidelines will be considered here. In 2002, the year of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, it would be a significant contribution to development, if people, primarily in developing countries, began to share equitably in the benefits of biodiversity-one of their key assets, one of their key contributions to a Global Deal for a sustainable and peaceful world.
22. I wish you every success with your deliberations over the coming weeks.
Thank you very much.


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A West Richland teenager who beat cancer is back home after taking a dream vacation over the weekend in Seattle, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
17 year-old Spencer Anderson had lymphoma earlier this year before overcoming the disease.
This weekend, the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted his wish to go to a Seahawks game and learn about sports broadcasting from NFL broadcasters.
Before going to Sunday night's game against the 49ers, Anderson went to the team's training facility.
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