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"Rational leaders in North Korea."
Aggressive RHETORIC?
If the North Korean regime is not evil, I honestly don't know which regime today is. Is anyone at all evil then? Does evil even exist or is it all rhetoric? Saying that the North Korean rulers are evil is like saying that the sun shines - its obvious! Its the one thing that everyone from Japan to Jamaica, from China to Canada agree upon. NOBODY except little Kimmy's puppets would assert that this regime is anything but indespicably murderous and the nastiest on this planet - and its not that easy to win such a dubious contest given other competitors like Uzbekhistan, Cuba or Zimbabwe.
What? Thousands of citizens murdered, hundreds of thousands incarcerated in concentration camps is not enough for you? What is your standard for evil - is there any at all in your judgment or is it all just "rhetoric" and "odious"? Seriously, get a grip.
One more thing - Rationality must not be confused with morality. Hitler was very rational. He really was. Some of the worst criminals and gangsters are very rational people. In fact the hallmark of a psychopathic personality is "extreme rationality" - the kind of man who would steal a purse from the pocket of a man he has murdered reasoning that the victim doesn't need it anymore. Rationality to the exclusion of any moral standards.
"Oh, and it would also be curtains for Asia's thriving economy."
- Which really makes you wonder just what on earth is going on in the minds of China's rulers. A Korean war would not only be disastrous to Asian economies, it would be major humanitarian disaster for China will hundreds of thousands, if not millions of refugees, flowing in.
The biggest threat in my opinion from China's perspective will be the involvement of the most powerful military (and navy...and air force...) that the world has ever seen right in China's backyard. If I were one of these Chinese bigwigs or one of its army generals, I would be really worried about that scenario. I'm sure both America and China have not forgotten what happened the last time we had a war there 1950-53. Neither of them would want a face to face conflict.
I also disagree with the assertion that Kim Jong Un is predictable. He is not. Predictions can only be made once you have enough historical data. No data - no predictions. You can only make wild guesses and tenuous assumptions.
With Kim Jong Il, we knew the drill. Again and again and again it played out. With this criminal fool, we have NO IDEA. Even the little data that exists is not promising at all. If he indeed ordered the attacks on S. Korea in 2010, it is VERY worrying indeed. Making any grand assumptions about this man is playing roulette with the fate of your nation.
If you must assume anything, assume the worst. It is too risky to prepare for anything but that.
"... that is why no world leaders ever waged pointless wars before video games became popular."
Uh, that was a joke, right?...
This appears to be a classic case of people sleepwalking into disaster. The Chinese don't want to press North Korea because they're afraid of losing face. They've backed the country for so long it's difficult or impossible to admit it was all a huge mistake. And, frankly, North Korea probably won't pay attention even to China so the risk of even greater loss of face is too plain to contemplate for the new Chinese leadership. Much better to hope the USA can magically defuse the situation.
North Korea, meanwhile, may not actually comprehend how weak they are in comparison to the USA. With memories of having fought the capitalist imperialist running dogs to a draw back in the 1950s, they may fondly imagine the worst that could happen is a re-run of the same thing. They may believe that their technology is on a par with that of the West simply because they are so isolated intellectually from the rest of the world.
And, lastly, it may well be that there's no sophisticated strategy behind the bluster. The portly little dictator may be as intellectually stunted as he is physically diminutive. No one in the North Korean power structure may have a clue as to how to play the game any more.
While everyone dithers and hopes the USA can magically control the situation, every passing day makes a real conflict more probable simply because the North Koreans appear too stupid to understand their own best interests. Perhaps it is time for China to accept that it's going to lose face whichever way this thing goes, and the least bad course of action now is simply to drop one large nuclear bomb on Pyongyang. Better a few thousand fanatics die tomorrow than hundreds of thousands of innocents die a few weeks later.
Hopefully this is a sign that North Korea is getting ready to implode. Kim Jong Un apparently never learned the most important lesson from his father (or Robert Downey Jr) - never go full retard. Unlike its previous provocation, this time China is unambiguously not on side. Surely there are people in the North Korean military that recognize they could never hope to win a war with America and the South, but could easily enough find themselves in one. Surely some of them see that their leader is full of bluster, that he's playing a game of brinkmanship for no good reason where a step too far could lead to the end of their nation.
People see the recent developments as meaning war is getting more likely. Maybe they're right, but I think these developments are also making regime change from within (or from China) more likely as well.
The "Sunshine" policy is an utter failure. When the rest of the world feeds Kim's hungry citizens, it frees up money to engage in nefarious activities. "Engagement" does not work with a crazy, spoiled kid!
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A decisive Chinese action to get this guy behind bars or exiled is long overdue.
Only the U.S. can do it, apparently.
Solution: China seeks Security Council concurrence then, once granted UNlaterally annex North Korea.
The Peoples Army, Navy, Air Force could easily account for the best of young Kim's most aggressive divisions.
WIn over the population with subversive "rice", and capitulation would swiftly follow.
Chinese business leaders would rebuild the North, in conjunction with deals in the South!
China could end the stalemate and the reign of an over zealous brat!
And that is a reflection on America in general how? George Bush's policies were mistaken, for sure. Same as the Europeans in Africa, the Chinese with themselves (30+ million dead), the Germans in Europe, Japan throughout Asia. I really don't see how America is the great satan. If anything, with the capabilities that they have with their military, they show restraint more often than others. But then again some people have memories so short they don't remember what they ate for breakfast.
I like the Economist's theory that Kim Jong Un is only acting this way because he thinks life is a big video game. its pretty obvious that any world leader who played or currently plays video games is much more likely to needlessly hurdle his entire country and the world around him into war. because once you play a violent video game you immediately become incapable of separating the game from reality. that is why no world leaders ever waged pointless wars before video games became popular.
I legitimately said "Oh for fuck sake" out loud while reading this comment. This reads like a caricature of a college freshman who just read his first Chomsky book.
Let's take you at your word on this, and assume that the problem is merely a lack of understanding, as opposed to the real problem, which is the murderous crime family running North Korea as a slave state and using a perpetual cycle of dangerous brinksmanship as a strategy to simultaneously strengthen their grip on power, gain needed supplies that they can't easily get through their black market suppliers and leave them in a stronger position militarily and ever closer to having effective nuclear weapons with each cycle. Let's ignore all of that for now. Let's ignore as well the fact that, other than a blanket statement of the need for greater understanding, you do nothing in the way of providing a coherent statement of what should be done, choosing instead to sneer aimlessly about the generic evil of the West. The question I have is why is it that all these requests for understanding of and accommodation for are never directed towards the poor, victimized dictators that treat their own citizens as chattels instead of the democracies whom they are threatening to unleash hellfire upon? Would it not be a better world if, for example, a Millenarian theocracy that has threatened to wipe a neighboring state off the map was told to understand why the rest of the world doesn't want them to have nuclear weapons? Instead we're met with constant demands for the retreat of the forces of democracy in the face of tyranny and false equivalencies about indiscriminate killing. This sort of position is repugnant, representing either abject moral cowardice or an insidious sympathy with the worst sort of totalitarianism.
Gulags? Check. Secret Police state? Check. Disavowing disarmament treaties? Check. Imposing hunger as a weapon on a segment of their own people? Check.
Whether you are talking about Hitler, Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot, by crikey they all had these points in common. So does North Korea. Plus, they get some new twists invia kidnapping foreign nationals, sinking warships in other countries territorial waters, random shelling of civilian areas, etc.
You blast the sanctions as a "tired American stratagem". Does this mean that you in turn support the actions of the DPRK? Really? Just wondering how that thought process works: "hmmm, my country is behind the US/UK/Australian/NATO bloc, so whatever the DPRK does is OK by me because it pulls down the bad-guy Americans and their helpers. Yeah it must suck to be a human in the DPRK, but oh well, they are expendable to get some points for my glorious side".
What exactly can you say in the DPRK's defense? ... I suspect that there might be a slight pause there while you attack the US again, but let me give it a shot.
1. "The DPRK is hurt by US sanctions, so their anger is legitimate." Sorry, it is UN sanctions, not US... and the DPRK can get out from under them as soon as they stop making nukes/fissile material, firing long range rockets over the heads of their neighbors and a few other acts.
2. "The DPRK needs all that artillery to defend itself from the US." Yawn. A: The US has no desire to take over the DPRK (no oil), B: with fire-finder radar and precision munitions, old tube arty is obsolescent against military targets, C: about all it IS good for is beating the hell out of civ targets like Seoul. Yep, you are a BIG MAN to blow up grandmas who can't fight back.
3."The way to make things better with the DPRK is to ignore their rhetoric and engage in commerce." That has not worked so well, nor should it work well with a country that pours every last bit of money it can find into military spending.
Unless you are counting on the "good part" of a DPRK war is that it might hurt some US interests. I suppose that if you are a supporter of Iran/Mugabe/Chavez/Putin or (possibly) the Communist Party of China, this might seem like a good idea. To me it is sad, and inhuman in the extreme to think so little of incredible human cost in order to gain a minor geopolitical advantage.
Any other leaders in your opinion that have gone full retard?
Full retard to me is Ahmajinedad, Chavez, Glen Beck, Sarah Palin
Looks like Mr. Kim finally saw the newest Red Dawn movie and thought he stood a chance.
Well, whatever is going to happen, it is not going to last very long, that's for sure. If the demented fat little maggot decides to start a conflagration in that neck of the woods, so much for China's much-vaunted development. China will lose a few decades of development - and pretty sure the CCP will be out of the picture, too. Guess who is going to have to feed all those miserable people after the radioactive dust settles? Yes, you guessed it: those awful imperialists...
Well, fat little maggot, are you going to bite, or you are just going to bark? Either way, our patience is wearing very thin. You hear that, fat little Rocket Man?
One gets the feeling that, we are stumbling towards something similar all those idiots in power were stumbling towards a mere ninety-nine years ago - except this time it is not the Balkan Peninsula but the Korean one. We are not a very bright species, it seems...
I quite doubt China really wants the NK regime to fall. Because without the North Korea regime, especially if it be unified to South Korea, not dissolved into China, China always has a reason to fear that USA troops shall be based along the border line of the unified Korea with China, and this is not what China has in mind.
I strongly believe the current tension is purposely provoke by China, such as urging fat Kim to detonate nuke, to justify China continous military occupation of North Korea.
Imagine it was 1946, Stalin was in power,
his purges and Gulags kill tens of millions of Russians,
the Soviet scientists had just gotten the A-bomb,
the Soviet Union was a about to embark on 50 years of totalitarian uncompromising policy,
Soviet policy would stifle the UN for decade,
and The Soviets and KGB would begin exporting of violent revolution to the four corners of the world.
Retrospectively, decapitating Stalin in 1946--as advocated by US Air Force General LeMay and General MacArthur-- would have been the most progressive and positive action for the Russian people for the century.
Even more beneficial than stopping Hitler.
As history shows, within six months of the Chinese entering the Korean War, the KPA was a spent force. The PVA did all the heavy lifting after 1951, the KPA was token and spent force. I guess you have been indoctrinated by the North Koreans. Now you expect the KPA to last that long now, when it couldn't in 1950. The only way the KPA will be able to hold off the US/ROK/Japan is if they get Chinese troops to do the fighting or if they have a couple dozen nukes. Is China that gung ho on supporting North Korea, you can kiss your beloved Chinese Economy good bye.
When was the last time US initiated hostilities on the Peninsula? Only in your warped view of the world.
The Americans aren't going to back away from South Korea if there is war. When push comes to shove, China will cut North Korea lose if a major artillery barrage is directed at Seoul. I would like to see your beloved Xin Jinping explain to the family of numerous Chinese citizens living in North Korea attack in Seoul. There are 800-900K Chinese Citizens in South Korea, just under 2% of the South Korea's population. How many Chinese citizens live in the DPRK? I would like to see if the PRC support of the DPRK will last that long in the face of hundreds of Chinese citizens coming back in body bags from Seoul. No sane country will subsidize another country to use its citizens are used as target practice. China's commitment to the DPRK is lukewarm at best.
The Koreans don't really have a good track record of resisting invasions. The number of Koreans killed resisting the occupation of Japan from 1910-1939 is the equivalent to the number of deaths during Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979 (a conflict that lasted only a couple of months). Furthermore, during the Korean War, Guerrilla warfare was not a salient feature. It had a limited role. Instead of looking at totally different societies like Afghanistan and Iraq, why don't you use that high East Asian IQ of yours and instead look Korea's own past.
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We cheered for the Vikes and said nothing bad about the Broncos.
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The got in my face and drunker one took off my horns ripped the horns off and threw them over the siderail of the stadium.
They were $5 plastic horns messed up for Halloween so I just laughed, having won the game.
This was NOT what he expected and he didn't like it.
His friend and other Bronco fans stopped him from coming at me.
I continued to cheered "Go Vikings!" behind the guy as we left the stadium.
A bit nasty but I still didn't do anything too rude.
But just when he was about to go for me, we merged with a large group of Viking fans.
My gal told them what happened and they proceeded to surround the guy and SCREAMED "GO VIKINGS!" all the way out of the stadium.
Could have been bad for me, if it wasn't for Vikings fans and our support of each other.
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Economist: South Carolina in better shape than other states
ANDERSON - A professor and researcher from the University of South Carolina says the state is in a better position than many for strengthening its economy in the year ahead.
Douglas Woodward, director of the division of research and economics professor for the Darla Moore School of Business at the university, was the keynote speaker at the Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce's State of the Economy luncheon Tuesday.
"In this state, we have a lot of potential," Woodward said. "The problem is, we've got a lot of downside risk."
One of those risks is the so-called "fiscal cliff," which, if not avoided at the end of the year, could result in major federal spending cuts and across-the-board tax increases.
Woodward said he believes lawmakers will ultimately do what they can to avoid the cliff, because if not, they will project the image that "we are a mismanaged federal government and we will be punished for that."
Woodward said that with things that are within the state's control, South Carolina is making great strides.
"I think the gross domestic product in South Carolina is going to outperform any other state in the next six months," he said. "Add to that the fact that South Carolina has been recognized as the second-best place to do business."
Texas is ranked first, he said.
Woodward said South Carolina's port presence, its roads and infrastructure and its labor quality contribute to that high ranking. He said the state's business climate is also perceived as a friendly one, when it comes to tax breaks and regulations aimed at industry.
"The truth of the matter is we need these things in our favor because we are still clawing our way back from a recession," he said. He said the state's unemployment rate stands at 8.6 percent.
Manufacturing will continue to be a key factor in the strength of the state's economy during the short term, Woodward said in an interview after his presentation. Long term, however, the state needs to do what it can to attract more "locally owned headquarters" of large businesses, he said.
"We have a lot of what I call branch plants," he said.
Also at Tuesday's luncheon, the chamber of commerce presented its first-ever Business Champion Award to Republican state Sen. Billy O'Dell.O'Dell represents Anderson, Abbeville and Greenwood counties. He was recognized for pro-business votes he has taken in the legislature.
O'Dell, who is in his 70s, quipped that he was recognized because of his age.
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Rabbis Send Specter a Message: Support Employee Free Choice
by Seth D Michaels, Tue Jun 09, 2009 at 10:11:26 AM EDT
Today, a coalition of Philadelphia-area rabbis and rabbinical students will meet with Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter to make the case for the Employee Free Choice Act.
Dozens of Pennsylvania rabbis and rabbinical students signed an open letter in support of Employee Free Choice, organized by the Philadelphia Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), and will deliver it today to Specter. Specter is a key vote in the fight for workers'; freedom to form unions and bargain--a fight that these rabbis know is critical to our economy and to basic fairness.
The meeting and letter are part of a larger outreach effort by the JLC to promote workers' freedom to form unions and bargain. These values, say a growing coalition of rabbis, are a key part of the Jewish tradition of supporting the dignity of workers and the strength of communities.
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NYFA board member and botanist Chris Martine from SUNY Plattsburg is featured in this video about pitcher plants down south. Click the link.
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"Plants Are Cool Too!" Video by Our Own Chris MartineAugust 19, 2011
Visit the "Native-Friendly" Garden at Cornell's Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension CenterMay 24, 2011
A small demonstration garden featuring alternatives to ornamental invasive plants has been installed at Cornell University's Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center in Riverhead. These "native-friendly" plants were selected based upon their similar ornamental characteristics and cultural requirements compared to the invasives. Alternative plants may be native or non-native, but are not invasive. Alternative plants are well-adapted to Long Island, and many are readily available at Long Island nurseries. You can help make the future of Long Island greener by growing alternative plants instead of invasives!
Cornell University's Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center
3059 Sound Ave.
Riverhead, NY 11901
The public is welcome to visit the "Native-Friendly" Garden, but please check-in with the front office first and take a brochure. The garden is located on the east side of the back parking lot. Plant labels make a self-guided tour possible – each label lists the plant species, which invasive plant it is an alternative for, and whether the plant is native or not. Brochures are also available in electronic format. The Native-Friendly Garden was designed and installed by Alexis Alvey, Nursery & Landscape Specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. For more information, contact Alexis at: firstname.lastname@example.com; or 631-727-7850 ext. 213.
The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community CollegeMay 10, 2011
Here is a great resource for native plants in the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City areas. To see their web site CLICK HERE.
Leafsnap iPhone/iPod Touch App for Identifying TreesMay 8, 2011
Many years in development, the leaf identification app Leafsnap is finally available for the iPhone and iPod touch with camera and wifi connection. It will be interesting to see how it will be integrated into dendrology and other flora classes. See the YouTube video below to see how it works. Are the graminoids next?
Report: Researchers Say Children Need Green Plant InterventionsApril 11, 2011
This is an article from the Green Local 175 in Rome/Utica:
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 5, 2011
Could "interventions" bring children closer to nature? Researchers in Finland think so. A new study published in HortTechnology compares urban and rural children's relationships with plants and recommends horticultural interventions, especially for urban children. In Finland, a country famous for its forests and wilderness, researchers Taina Laaksoharju from the Department of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Helsinki and Erja Rappe of The Martha Association teamed up to investigate the role of vegetation in the lives of urban and rural children. "We were interested in finding out if it is true that children are not interested in plants or playing outdoors", they noted. The study examined the relationships of 9- and 10-year-old Finnish school children to the environment and plants. Using a questionnaire of structured and open-ended questions, the researchers focused on two comparisons: children's relationships with nature in rural and urban neighborhoods, and preferences for plants among boys and girls. 76 children-42 in the Helsinki suburb area and 34 in a rural area-participated in the study.
Results suggested that children living in rural surroundings had closer contact with nature than their urban counterparts. For example, more rural children considered people to be "part of nature" than did urban children. The researchers noted that, like children in other Western countries, Finnish children may be in danger of losing direct contact with the natural environment. "This suggests that further research is essential to understand children's experiences if we are to enhance the crucial role of the environment in their lives", they wrote. The children's answers indicated that natural areas are important arenas for children's free play and socializing. "In the suburbs, closer connections to nature are rare; interventions in schools, especially outdoor horticultural ones, can help children to build their relationship to vegetation." The research also showed significant differences in the ways boys and girl experience green plants. Girls were more interested in plants in general, and were more eager to learn about plants than were the boys. Boys saw themselves as more independent of nature; more than 30% of the boys said that they could live without vegetation. Boys wrote that plants are meaningful mainly for nutrition and general living conditions, whereas girls appreciated the beauty of flowers and plants.
Laaksoharju and Rappe included recommendations for delivery of horticultural lessons based on remarks from the 9- and 10-year-old boys, who said that they did not like lectures, but enjoyed working with plants. "Learning by doing in an informal learning environment suits the kinesthetic boys better than sitting at a desk listening to a teacher", they said. "Horticultural interventions can be effective starting points to add to children's knowledge, affection, and interest toward greenery, but it is highly recommended that they take place outdoors rather than indoors." The complete study and abstract are available at : http://horttech.ashspublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/689
The New York Flora Association supports any program that will get kids out into nature to learn plants. Let us know if you are aware of any in New York and we will post them.


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>>> Boy am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is
>> the
>>> Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us.
>>> I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.
>>> I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again
>>> until
>>> they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them.
>> I have
>>> included the URL's for verification of all the following facts.
>>> 1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens
>>> each
>>> year.
>>> Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77
>>> 2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs
>> such as
>>> food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
>>> & nbsp; Verify at: http://www.cis..org/article...
>>> 3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal
>>> aliens.
>>> Verify at: http://www.cis..org/article...
>>> 4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school
>>> education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of
>> English!
>>> Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/...
>>> 5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the
>> American-born
>>> children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
>>> Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/...
>>> 6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
>>> Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/...
>>> 7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
>>> Ve rify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/...
>>> 8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare &
>>> social services by the American taxpayers.
>>> Verify at: http://premium.cnncom/TRANS... tml
>>> 9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are
>> caused by
>>> the illegal aliens.
>>> Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/...
>>> 10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's
>>> two
>>> and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their
>>> children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US
>>> Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/...
>>> 11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens
>> that
>>> crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from
>>> Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth,
>> heroin and
>>> marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
>>> Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht
>>> 12. The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of
>>> mass
>>> deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost
>>> of
>>> between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.'
>>> Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyin...
>>> 13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to
>>> their countries of origin.
>>> Verify at: http://www .rense.com/general75/niht.htm
>>> 14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex
>>> Crimes
>>> Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.'
>>> Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articl...
>>> The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. Are we
>>> stupid?
>>> If this doesn't bother you then just delete the message. If, on the
>>> other
>>> hand, if it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you
>> forward it
>>> to every legal resident in the country including every representative
>>> in
>>> Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as it takes to resto
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>>> semblance of intelligence in our policies and enforcement thereof.
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get a grip.. you were in the army reserves.. which meets once a month.. so what did you do for the other 28 days of the month.?


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Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals : Simple Steps to Fast, Affordable, Flawless Healthcare
This book, written by the author of the QI Macros Lean Six Sigma software for Excel, addresses rapid implementation of Lean Six Sigma in the hospital setting to increase services, reduce defects, and increase profits. The main purpose is to present simple steps to help hospitals start getting faster, better, and cheaper in five days or less while achieving the goal of fast, affordable, and flawless healthcare. Healthcare has many opportunities for improvement and the use of Lean Six Sigma concepts can make a dramatic impact. This book provides the basic information to do that. It is suitable for a broad range of healthcare workers in the hospital setting interested in quickly implementing Lean Six Sigma concepts. The emphasis of the book is on just-in-time Lean Six Sigma learning and use of tools such as control charts, Pareto charts, Ishikawa diagrams, histograms, process charts, and value stream maps. Chapters focus on achieving a faster hospital, accelerated patient flow, a better hospital, a more profitable hospital, and reduced defects. There are numerous examples of hospitals that have successfully implemented improvements using the Lean Six Sigma process. One chapter is devoted to statistical tools using Excel with QI Macros. The book also addresses the various barriers to successful implementation of Lean Six Sigma, why implementation may fail, and how to successfully implement it. This book provides a straightforward approach to implementing Lean Six Sigma in a hospital setting, and it is an effective introduction to the use of Lean Six Sigma in healthcare. Most chapters are written in a way that readers can read the chapter that is of interest and be able to start an improvement process. There are many references to QI Macros and the QI Macros website. 91/100. Diana Weinel, MS(James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital) Copyright 2010 Doody Reviews.


text: Hopefully $19 billion will put WhatsApp on tablets Nate Lanxon's Blog 20 February 14 Tweet Nate Lanxon Editor of Wired.co.uk Follow @NateLanxon There are reasons WhatsApp has no iPad or tablet build, and why it's still tied to old fashioned mobile phone numbers. But with Facebook as a new owner, how long will that remain the case?It's always tugged at my eyebrow: in an era of mobile services aiming to be as platform agnostic as possible, why does WhatsApp tie users to mobile phones, single devices and cell number? It means I can't start a conversation on my iPhone and finish it on my iPad, and it's why as much as I applaud WhatsApp I find myself preferring Google Hangouts or iMessage.WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, speaking to David Rowan for an upcoming Wired magazine feature, explained, "People ask for a desktop version, for user names -- but we focus on the utility of the app, its simplicity, the quality of the service." It makes sense, but will it continue to under Facebook's ownership? The social network has successfully made "Log in with Facebook" a primary method of authentication for apps and websites across the globe (one estimate suggests around 17 percent of the world's most popular websites use Facebook logins). It removes the need for new usernames or fresh registrations -- characteristics of other messaging services the WhatsApp founders hate.The other issue is the phone number. I really hate the "phone number" as a concept. When I read out a phone number I feel like I'm using ICQ on an old AOL dial-up connection while waiting for a Geocities page to open. Mostly I hate how they tie me to one phone though. I was excited when Google bought Grand Central in 2007 and launched it as Google Voice, because it allowed US users to have one phone number that rang multiple devices -- phones, tablets, computers -- all at once. Skype now offers a similar service, as does UK network O2 via its Tu Go app.WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum told Rowan the decision to use phones as the base of an account was to use the a device's contacts folder as "a prebuilt social network". A lot has changed since WhatsApp laid out such ground rules, most notably the rise of tablet computers has happened (the iPad didn't even exist when WhatsApp launched), and now Facebook itself makes more money from mobile apps than it does from desktop users (53 percent of its recent quarter's revenue came from mobile users).So for WhatsApp it feels like there's no need for a contacts directory to be the exclusive "prebuilt social network" anymore -- the social network can be the social network. Hell, my iPhone's contacts directory is populated in part via OS-level Facebook integration.I'm very sure the primary reason for WhatsApp's success was its smart use of phone numbers. It maintained simplicity. But as it evolves under Facebook's ownership, I'm not convinced it needs to be the only way people sign up. Maybe it remains the default, but I'm hopeful it could be augmented with an alternative that allows a little more flexibility.Maybe I'm just a "power user", an edge case. Certainly, not supporting the features I'm after hasn't stopped WhatsApp gaining nearly half a billion users, or selling itself for $19 billion (well done, chaps). But competition is heating up from some massive players, and even once dominant OTT messaging service BlackBerry Messenger had to concede that being multi-platform, multi-device was the way forward. With Facebook slamming down $19 billion to become a new owner, something surely has to change? Comments Read more on Facebook The most popular social networking in the world with over half a billion active users Technology Facebook revamps mobile search to sift through old posts Technology Instagram's Hyperlapse tool makes time-lapse video capture easy Technology Facebook to demote websites using click-bait headlines Technology Facebook plans to create reassuring news bubbles Technology Facebook adds 'satire' tag to Onion articles for dumb users Technology The man behind Facebook's artificial brain attempt Read more on iOS Apple's operating system for mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Gaming Flappy Bird creator's new game was better before it got nerfed Technology Sony's Album of the Day app gives daily music discounts Gaming Why mobile hit Threes still beats its clone Technology Exclusive: Major Spotify redesign revealed Technology Pacemaker reborn as Spotify-enabled iPad DJ app Technology This is the new Facebook app. It's called Paper Latest on wired.co.uk


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State Board, Department, SSAC Take Steps to Prevent Heat-Related Illness
Posted: August 02, 2001
The West Virginia Department of Education and the Secondary School Activities Commission (SSAC) developed training modules in the 1980s to ensure that coaches, principals and student athletes are aware of heat-related illness prevention measures.
�The recent deaths of college and professional athletes have captured everyone�s attention,� explained State Superintendent Dr. David Stewart. �To prevent these type of tragedies, the State Board, the Department and the SSAC developed guidelines and training modules in the 1980s for use in student sports. We have taken a proactive approach to this problem and are probably ahead of other states in this effort.�
According to Dr. Stewart, all school sports personnel are trained annually during clinics presented by the SSAC. At these clinics, coaches and other personnel are trained on how to prevent heat-related illness, how to identify symptoms of illness and emergency procedures to follow.
�We have taken steps to prevent heat-related illness in scholastic sports, but it is still imperative that students, coaches and even parents keep a watchful eye for symptoms,� said John Ray, coordinator of health and physical education for the West Virginia Department of Education. �Heat-related illness can occur to all students -� not just student athletes � so school nurses also receive training.�
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Cause Of Action: Diversity-Declaratory Judgment
SGK Properties, LLC et al v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC et al
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Plaintiff: SGK Properties, LLC , Gary Katz
Defendant: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC , U.S. Bank National Association
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Dozens of people packed a room at a Spartanburg church for a meeting about the possible closing of a local swim center and nearby community center.
Last week, Spartanburg city planners recommended closing the T.K. Gregg Center on Oakland Avenue and the Swim Center on Church Street. They said the money saved by closing the centers would be used to build a new facility within the next few years.
Officials said the Swim Center averages about 2,000 visitors per month, but two-thirds of those visits are by non-city residents.
Planners said the aquatic center costs nearly $500,000 to run each year, and it is in need of millions more in repairs. They said those costs will only go up, and will eventually consume a majority of the money the city has dedicated to quality-of-life expenses.
Also, planners said the T.K. Gregg Center has seen fewer visitors as businesses move in and families move out. They said it needs about $3 million in repairs.
On Monday night, dozens of people went to the Bethel United Methodist church to learn more about the proposed closures, and some of them wanted to speak out against it.
Colleen Miller has taught classes at the pool for years and is the head of a competitive swim team based at the center. She said she understands money is tight, but all options should be considered before closing down the center.
"I think there needs to be a collaboration of efforts between the city, county, school districts, private sector and the public," Miller said. " I think you would have enough support to finance this building. No, it's not a state-of-the-art pool, but it's water and it's open to the public."
City leaders have said the public's input would weigh heavily on their final decision.
So many people showed up at Monday's meeting that some were turned away at the door.
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From what I can remember of this phenomenon people have done experiments where dissolved constituents were carefully controlled and everything was done to make the hot and cold sample of water identical and still they found that in some cases the hot water froze first.This is why I proposed some form of adsorption process on the walls of the container.Dissolved substances in water can lower its freezing point and perhaps in the hot water sample the substances are being adsorbed by or driven into the container wall lowering the concentration of dissolved substances and raising the freezing point.
There is also the idea that hot water in cold air sets up stress and strain in a metal pipe and that this is why a hot pipe bursts - a bit like metal fatigue!
I also think that in examples I've heard of where people pour hot water into a frozen bowl outdoors and it freezes much quicker than expected that what could be going on here is that there is lots of hot water vapour evaporating into the air which then cools rapidly and forms ice crystals that fall back into the bowl and provide nuclei for other crystals to form.


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WHAT: The überexclusive Chopard 150th anniversary party at Palm Beach, Pointe Croisette was a black-tie affair—but in a nightclub. As with any good nightclub worth its salt in the South of France, there was a spinning dance floor smack in the middle of the room, where those braver than I were getting down to music being spun by DJ Jesus Luz (sans Madge).WHAT I WORE: After wearing a see-through Threeasfour dress to the Vanity Fair party (Excuse me, Lady Gaga, you're not the only girl who enjoys showing off her underthings!) I decided to don something a bit more subdued—a beautiful one-shoulder Marchesa dress with Balenciaga shoes and amazing Pamela Love necklace. WHO: One of the first people I ran into was the beautiful Dree Hemingway (the face of Ferragamo's new fragrance, Attimo), wearing Calvin Klein. "I didn't want to take any chances and [have to scramble to] borrow something after I arrived in Cannes, so I packed this in my bag!" she said with a girlish grin. I quickly found myself chatting up Margherita Missoni and Tatiana Santo Domingo—both clad in Missoni—and a trio of the most handsome boys this side of Mediterranean: artist Marco Perego, Stavros Niarchos, and PC Valmorbida. Later, Harvey Weinstein took me upstairs where I spotted Naomi Campbell clad in sexy black lace Givenchy—that woman would look good in a paper bag! Next to her was a leggy Eva Herzigova wearing Pucci. SCENE AND HEARD: Movies were the topic of choice: "Martin Scorsese has done it again" I heard someone say. His restoration of The Leopard was on everybody's tongues. The other hot film is Blue Valentine with Ryan Gosling. He has a strong following and people are very excited about it. The whole place went CRAZY when Lionel Richie performed live—even the older guests were getting down and dancing on the couches! Finally, after a long night of dancing, I went back to my hotel room, wrote and ordered yummy room service! [gallery]
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The Philippi Police Department is relocating.
Chief Jeff Walters said the department will move from its current location in an old house on Church Street to the Hu Myers Building on Main Street.
Walters said it's a small space, but the department will be all on one floor and much more easily accessible.
"We're trying to set it up with the phone company now where they can come right up to the window and pick up a phone, and it will automatically ring in if the officer is not available at a window, if he's back in his office, he can answer and come back out to the lobby," Walters said.
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Song List: Jesus Will Be What
Makes It) Heaven To Me, A Beautiful Life, A Child Of The King, Abide With
Me, All Because Of God's Amazing Grace, All Hail The Power, All In The Name
Of Jesus, America, America! The Beautiful!, Another Look At Calvary, Asleep
In Jesus, Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Blessed Assurance, Blessed Be The
Name, Blessed Jesus Loves You Too, Blessed Redeemer, Bring Them In, Broken
Pieces, City Of Gold, Close To Thee, Come And Dine, Consider The Lilies,
Count Your Blessings, Deliverance Will Come, Did You Think To Pray?, Do You
Know My Jesus?, Down On My Knees, Doxology, Dwelling In Beulah Land, Each
Step I Take, Echoes From The Burning Bush, Ev'rybody Will Be Happy Over
There, Fairest Lord Jesus, Faith Of Our Fathers, Fill My Cup, Lord, Follow
Me, Footsteps Of Jesus, Gentle Shepherd, Give Me Oil In My Lamp, Give The
World A Smile, Give Them All To Jesus, Glory To His Name, God Be With You,
God's Choir, God's Wonderful People, Greater Is He That Is In Me, Hallelujah
Square, Hallelujah! We Shall Rise, Hallelujah! What A Savior!, Hand In Hand
With Jesus, Happiness, Hark, The Herald Angels Sing, Have Thine Own Way,
Lord, Have You Any Room For Jesus?, He Cared That Much For Me, He Included
Me, He Lives, He Looked Beyond My Fault (And Saw My Need), He Ransomed Me,
He Was There All The Time, He Washed My Eyes With Tears, He Whisper Sweet
Peace, He Will Pilot Me, He's Still Workin' On Me, Hear Our Prayer, O Lord,
Heaven Came Down And Glory Filled My Soul, Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It
All, Heaven's Jubilee, Hide Me, Rock Of Ages, Hide Thou Me, Hiding In Thee,
Higher Ground, His Name Is Wonderful, Holy Bible, Book Divine, How Beautiful
Heaven Must Be, How Firm A Foundation, How Great Thou Art!, I Am Bound For
The Promised Land, I Am Coming To The Cross, I Asked The Lord, I Believe In
Miracles, I Bowed On My Knees And Cried 'Holy', I Can Tell You The Time, I
Choose Jesus, I Feel Like Shoutin', I Found It All In Jesus, I Keep Falling
In Love With Him, I Know The Lord Will Make A Way, I Know Who Holds
Tomorrow, I Need Thee Every Hour, I See Jesus, I Shall Not Be Moved, I
Should Have Been Crucified, I Want To Be Ready To Meet Him, I Will Serve
Thee, I Won't Have To Cross The Jordan Alone, I Would Not Be Denied, I'll Be
A Friend To Jesus, I'll Fly Away, I'll Live In Glory, I'll Live On, I'll
Meet You By The River, I'll Meet You In The Morning, I'll See You In The
Rapture, I'm Free Again, I'm Going Home, I'm In This Church, I'm Living In
Canaan Now, I'm On The Battlefield, I'm Standing On The Solid Rock, I've Got
A Reservation, I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart, I've Never Loved
Him Better, If It Keeps Gettin' Better, If That Isn't Love, If We Never Meet
Again, In The Shadow Of The Cross, In Times Like These, Is My Lord Satisfied
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Hands, It's Not An Easy Road, Jesus Calls Us, Jesus Is Coming Again, Jesus
Is Coming Soon, Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know, Jesus Loves Me, Jesus
Paid It All, Jesus Sets My Heart To Singing, Jesus, Hold My Hand, Jesus, We
Just Want To Thank You, Joy To The World!, Just A Closer Walk With Thee,
Just A Little Talk With Jesus, Just A Little While, Just A Rose Will Do,
Just As I Am, Just Over In Gloryland, Keep On The Firing Line, Kneel At The
Cross, Lead, Kindly Light, Leaning On The Everlasting Arms, Learing To Lean,
Let Me Touch Him, Let The Lower Lights Be Burning, Let's Just Praise The
Lord, Life's Railway To Heaven, Living By Faith, Living Where The Healing
Waters Flow, Lonely Road! Up Calvary's Way, Look And Live, Looking For A
City, Lord, I Need You (Again Today), Love Grew Where The Blood Fell, Love
Is Why, Love Lifted Me, Mansion Over The Hilltop, More (Than You'll Ever
Know), More About Jesus, More Love To Thee, More Than Enough, Must Jesus
Bear The Cross Alone?, My Faith Looks Up To Thee, My Home, Sweet Home, My
House Is Full (But My Field Is Empty), My Jesus, I Love Thee, My Sins Are
Gone, Nailing My Sins To His Cross, Nearer, My God, To Thee, Neither Do I
Condemn Thee, Never Alone, No, Not One, Nothing But The Blood, O Come, All
Ye Faithful, O Come, Angel Band, O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing, O I Want
To See Him, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee, O
The Glory Did Roll, O What A Wonderful Friend, O Worship The King, Oh, How
He Loves You and Me, Old Time Prayer, Only Jesus Can Satisfy Your Soul, Only
Trust Him, Pass Me Not, Peace In The Midst Of The Storm, Redemption Draweth
Nigh, Remind Me, Dear Lord, Revive Us Again, Rise Again, Rise And Be Healed,
Rock Of Ages, Room At The Cross For You, Saved Thro' Jesus' Blood, Savior,
More Than A Life, Shall We Gather At The River?, Sheltered In The Arms Of
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I, Somebody Loves Me, Sorry, I Never Knew You, Spring Of Living Water,
Standing By The River, Statue Of Liberty, Sunset Is Coming But The Sunrise
We'll See, Supper Time, Surely Goodness And Mercy, Surrender All, Sweet
Beulah Land, Sweet Hour Of Prayer, Sweeter Each Day, Take Time To Be Holy,
Tears Are A Language (God Understands), Ten Thousand Angels, Ten Thousand
Years, That Glad Reunion Day, The Blood That Stained The Old Rugged Cross,
The Breaking Of The Day, The Cross Is Not Greater, The Eastern Gate, The
Fire Song, The First Noel, The Glory-Land Way, The Great Physician, The
Great Speckled Bird, The Healer, The King Is Coming, The Last Mile Of The
Way, The Lighthouse, The Longer I Serve Him, The Love Of God, The Old Rugged
Cross, The Old Time Religion, The Old-Fashioned Meeting, The Rainbow Of
Love, The Star-Spangled Banner, The Sweetest Hallelujah, The Time Is Now,
The Unseen Hand, The Way That He Loves, There Is A Fountain, There Is A
Name, There Is Glory In My Soul, This World Is Not My Home, Through It All,
To Be Like Jesus, Touching Jesus, Touring That City, Unworthy, Victory In
Jesus, Way Down Deep In My Soul, We Gather Together, We Thank Thee, Lord, We
Will Rise And Shine, We'll Soon Be Done With Troubles And Trials, We'll Work
Till Jesus Comes, We've Come This Far By Faith, What A Day That Will Be,
What A Friend, What A Glad Reunion Day, What A Savior, What Sins Are You
Talkin' About?, When God Dips His Love In My Heart, When I Looked Up And He
Looked Down, When I Survey The Wondrous Cross, When My Savior Reached Down
For Me, When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder, When The Saints Go Marching In,
Where He Leads Me, Where No One Stands Alone, Where The Spirit Of The Lord
Is, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, Whisper A Prayer, Whispering Hope,
Whiter Than Snow, Whosoever Meanth Me, Why Not Now?, Won't It Be Wonderful
There?, Work For The Night Is Coming, Wounded For Me
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The Indianapolis Colts today made a somewhat surprising move, firing general manager Bill Polian and his son Chris Polian. "We're moving in a different direction in regards to Bill and Chris Polian. It was a very tough decision for me. This is the tough part of this business," Colts owner Jim Irsay said in his press conference today. "There is always a great loyalty in this business. It was time, it was the right decision to make. Fourteen years is a long time in this league. It's an intuitive decision. A lot goes into it. This was a tough decision, and I made the decision this morning."
Bill Polian had been responsible for building the Colts teams with Peyton Manning, including making the choice of picking Manning over Ryan Leaf, and built a Super Bowl winning team and a team that won at least 10 games a season for a decade. "I expressed to Bill the appreciation this franchise has for what he did. Bill is a Hall of Fame General Manager, certainly a Ring of Honor individual," Irsay said of Polian's job with the franchise. Ultimately it came down to the product on the field, and the Colts rapidly declined from their Super Bowl appearance against the New Orleans Saints and it was not just due to the loss of quarterback Peyton Manning. Polian's drafts the past few seasons have left a lot to be desired.
Many expected that head coach Jim Caldwell would follow Polian out the door, but that decision is still being evaluated according to Irsay. "Coach Caldwell is still under evaluation. Jim Caldwell could very well be back next year. That's not out of the realm of possibilities. GM will be here when decision is made on coaching staff most likely," Irsay said. It looks like until a new general manager is found, Caldwell's position is safe with the team.
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The Capitals have acquired RW Scott Walker from the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2010 7th round draft pick [story].
The Capitals have acquired C Eric Belanger from the Minnesota Wild for a 2010 2nd Round Draft Pick.
The Capitals have re-acquired D Milan Jurcina from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 2010 6th Round Draft Pick
The Capitals have acquired D Joe Corvo from the Carolina Hurricanes for Brian Pothier, Oskar Osala, and a 2nd Round Pick. [Story]Scott Walker, RW, Carolina Hurricanes (Age: 36)
5'10, 196, Shoots: Right
2009-10 Cap Hit: $2.5 million, UFA in 2010-11
2009-10 Stats: 33 GP, 3-2-5, -4, 23 PIM, 9:50 TOI/G (0:27 PP, 0:22 SH), 50 Shots
Pros: Experience: Walker is a true veteran with 820 NHL games under his belt. He has scored 149 goals 39 PP, 12 SH) and 394 points in those games with 1,153 PIM. He also has 29 playoff games under his belt with 1-7-8, which includes a trip to the Eastern Conference Final last year. His playoff run included a wonderful punch on defenseman Aaron Ward http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynS7OUUCLx8. His is well respected for his leadership, briefly serving as the captain of the Nashville Predators in 2003. He has three 20+ goal, 50+ point seasons under his belt, but that seems to be behind him. He seems to be an insurance policy on Jason Chimera because of the groin injury and he might have a few goals left in him before he's done. He shouldn't be disruptive to team chemistry and shouldn't complain about lack of ice time or being a healthy scratch.
Cons: Age, he's 36. Injuries are another concern, especially with his rough style of play. He missed a large chunk of this season after having shoulder surgery, and he has had concussion issues in the past. His production has dipped considerably, and he's not playing many minutes per night. His contributions on ice would be limited. He is a $2.5 million role player at this point.
Price: Low. If we get 30 games out of Scott Walker, I think that will be more than an average 7th round pick would play. He was off my radar mostly because I didn't think he'd have much left in the tank.
Eric Belanger, C, Minnesota Wild (Age 32)
5'11, 187, Shoots: Left
2009-10 Salary Cap Hit: $1.75 Mil
Stats: 60 GP, 13-22-35, -1, 28 PIM, 15:45 TOI/G (2:22 PP, 1:41 SH), 120 Shots, Won 57.6% of 722 Faceoffs
Pros: He can win faceoffs by the truckload. He can play on the powerplay or the penalty kill. He's having a career year offensively. He has 3-6-9 on the powerplay, too. He doesn't take a lot of penalties. He has played 617 NHL Games with 119-174-293 and only 279 PIM. He also has 30 playoff games with 2-4-6. He also has only 19 Giveawayas to 31 takeaways.
Cons: His career year doesn't mean a lot of scoring, he's matched his usual production of 35 points with a quarter of the season to go. He won't exactly set the world on fire, either.
My predicted asking price: Higher than we'd want because he'd probably be attractive to a team in real need of a checking forward who wins faceoffs, not every team has that. He isn't doing much better than Brendan Morrison except in faceoffs and he's not much younger or bigger. This looks like a sideways trade.
Actual asking price: A second round pick. It may not sound like much, but McPhee is hitting on a lot of second-rounders these days. It seems like Minnesota got what they wanted.
Milan Jurcina, D, Columbus Blue Jackets/Washington Capitals, (Age: 26)
6'4, 236, Shoots: Right
2009-10 Salary Cap Hit: $1.375 Mil, UFA for 2010-11
2009-10 Stats: 44 GP, 1-6-7, +2, 24 PIM, 17:40 TOI (0:23 PP, 2:12 SH), 88 Hits, 59 BkS, 16 GvA, 6 TkA, 49 SOG
Pros: Familiarity: we know what we're getting in Juice, he was here earlier this season and had been a Cap for a while. He's got size and strength, he hits hard, and he's got that playoff experience now. He's got a booming shot. He doesn't have the snarl of an Andy Sutton, but he's close in size and does a lot of the same things well. He should be feeling pretty good about himself coming off an impressive showing by Slovakia in the Olympics, with 7 GP, 2 PIM and a -1 rating in 16:38 of ice time. Captain Hook doesn't seem to be taking as many penalties this year as in the past, either. He's a right handed shot.
Cons: That sports hernia might be a problem. He's not very fast. He has issues with defensive zone awareness. He doesn't shoot enough.
Asking Price: A 6th Round Draft Pick is lower, I believe, than the 4th round choice we gave up for him initially. It's a fair price for him and it doesn't hurt the Caps much, since the number of games we'd get out of Jurcina is about what we'd get out of an average 6th round draft pick.
Joe Corvo, D, Carolina Hurricanes (Age: 32)
6'0, 204, Shoots: Right
2009-10 Salary Cap Hit: $2.625 Mil, UFA for 2010-11
2009-10 Stats: 34 GP, 4-8-12, -6, 10 PIM, 25:13 TOI/G (4:38 PP, 3:23 SH), 19 Hits, 45 BkS, 16 GvA, 17 TkA, 76 Shots
Pros: Joe Corvo plays a ton of minutes in Carolina and has been a 37+ point defenseman since the lockout and has scored 13 or more goals three times in the last four years. He logs a ton of special teams time, and is another right-handed shot for the Capitals, and he doesn't take penalties. At 32, he's in his prime, even if he is on a struggling team this season. He has good size and is very good with the puck. He shoots a lot, and with 4-2-6 on the powerplay this year, he's still making use of his time. He has good playoff experience, going to the Stanley Cup Final with Ottawa in 2007 and the Conference Final with Carolina last year. His career totals are 468 GP, 66 Goals (30 PP), 212 Points, +43, 184 PIM. His playoff totals are 38 GP, 4-12-16, 10 PIM.
Cons: He is coming off an injury; Karl Alzner sliced his ankle tendon in a game against the Caps and he has missed almost half the season. He's not very physical, he's only logged 19 hits.
Cost: Very high. I did not think George McPhee would make a deal of this magnitude for Corvo, within the division. Corvo is very, very good, and I think ultimately he was worth what we paid to get him, especially considering the climate. He is an obvious upgrade over Pothier for about the same money, and a second round pick is justified here, but I didn't see McPhee trading away such an experienced defenseman. Carolina is not going to the playoffs, and Pothier was a way for us to shed salary, so Carolina wanted something else, and the got a pretty good prospect in Oskar Osala. Osala was supposed to be our next power forward and had been struggling to adapt to the North American game somewhat, but with a 23-goal, 37-point AHL rookie campaign to go with a 6-goal, 10-point Calder Cup Run, and 15 goals and 29 points this season, he seemed to be doing pretty well. I didn't think we would give up Osala at the trade deadline. I'm sure he was a demand from Jim Rutherford since he probably could have gotten another nice prospect from another team for Corvo. I didn't expect us to be willing to go this high for him, which is why I considered Zidlicky a more likely pickup, (an equivalent talent), because I would have expected us to trade Francois Bouchard their direction, a prospect I didn't see panning out with us. I guess when Zidlicky signed with Minnesota, McPhee had to go another direction and had his hand forced by a talented GM within the Southeast. Overall, a good trade, but we'll see what the subtraction of Pothier will mean.


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Recent Buy – Lockheed Martin
Well, it has been four weeks already.
As some of you may know (see post here), I have established for myself an investing schedule in which, every four weeks, I purchase shares in a stock for a predetermined amount of money. This forces me to add to my dividend portfolio whether the market is up or down. It also allows me to avoid timing the market.
However, in order to maximize my returns, I always try to purchase the stock which will provide with the best value.
So, for this week's purchase, I had some stocks in sight, more particularly Aflac (AFL), Lockheed Martin (LMT), and Wal-Mart (LMT).
Ultimately, I pulled the trigger on LMT and added to my stake. At the purchase price of $121.71, LMT yields 3.78%.
Notably, according to my calculations, LMT would need to grow its dividend by slightly less than 6.5% per year for the next 20 years to justify the current price. I think LMT can easily meet that target.
For those interested, LMT is also part of the Best US Dividend Stocks of 2012, a list compiled by fellow blogger Mike at the Dividend Guy Blog. You can see his recent post (here) where he has updated the returns of the Best US Dividend Stocks of 2012 portfolio.
As for AFL and WMT, I've decided to pass this time. AFL is now above my maximum purchase price of $57 and Wal-Mart was my last purchase (see post here).
So, what do you think of this purchase? Would you have bought LMT?