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And, remember, Eric Holder issued a four-state (ph) reporting for long rifles and used what he had had here. Right in the middle of the scandal, he issues that for four states. They never needed this information. They never needed the reporting to get this information. These federally licensed gun dealers came to ATF and told them they had straw-buyers, told them they had suspicious buyers, and turned them on to the very people. And one of these people bought over 700 weapons, just one straw-buyer.
So it's very clear the system was working, where ATF was getting information voluntarily from licensed gun dealers. They don't need the additional reporting, but they got it anyway, and they used gun violence to the border and this operation as part of it. So I think when you look at the chicken or egg, there's proof that they certainly were opportunist.
TAPPER: All right, Congressman Issa, thank you so much for coming in today and sharing your views.
ISSA: Thank you, Jake.
CARNEY: President Obama has gone longer without asserting the privilege than any president in the last three decades.
STEWART: Excellent excuse. Come on, everybody. Obama held out so long. Executive privilege, it's like virginity. You hold onto it for as long as possible, then one day you're like, "Ah, I just got to have it, man. Just let me have a little executive privilege."
COLBERT: Yes, Fast and Furious was an unconscionable waste of money to promote senseless acts of violence, just like the movies it was named for.
FALLON: I don't know what's scarier, that we can't see those documents or that the government is naming operations after Vin Diesel movies. I don't know.
TAPPER: And we're joined now, as always, by George Will, Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, Congressman Xavier Becerra of California, the vice chair of the Democratic Caucus in the House, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, and National Journal White House correspondent Major Garrett.
Thanks, one and all, for being here. George, does the president have a leg to stand on when it comes to his claim, his invocation of executive privilege? Doesn't he have the right to have people in his administration be able to have candid conversations?
WILL: Yes. And Darrell Issa has an argument, also, that his committee, which is called Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has a right to oversight. And there's a tension here. And there's no clear doctrine about executive privilege, which does not appear anywhere in the Constitution.
The first president to exercise this, the ink wasn't dry on the parchment yet. In 1791, after the Battle of the Wabash, in what is now Ohio, and didn't go well for the Army, Congress wanted documents. President Washington said you can't have them. He relented. And he was not a relenting man.
Next, we go all the way to another general, Eisenhower, who to try and stymie the investigations of Joe McCarthy, asserted executive privilege. The fact is, there is no clear doctrine. The courts are not going to step in and write one. I think they're going to call this a political argument, let the branches sort it out, and this will played out until well past November, at which point everyone will have forgotten about it.
TAPPER: Hilary, isn't that true? I mean, this is probably going to be kicked down the road until after the election?
ROSEN: It will, although if the courts thought there was legitimacy, they could step in. You know, this will likely be appealed to a court. You know, Eric Holder, the attorney general, saw this mistake. Border control is a dangerous occupation. This dumb program made it more dangerous. The attorney general stepped in. They closed this program down. He has taken responsibility for it. He has apologized. He has made documents available. They have -- he has testified on the Hill like something like nine times. This is just nothing more than a political witch hunt that is taking up ridiculous amounts of Republican House time, when they should be doing other things.
TAPPER: Congressman?
BECERRA: Jake, I would just add that I think George's right. Oversight is the Congress's responsibility. But what we have here is overreach. This committee has had ample opportunity to get all of the information, document or testimony, that it needs to figure out what this operation was about, what went wrong, who's at fault.
Now we're going into other things. Now we're this committee is trawling for all sorts of stuff during an election year. And I think George is right. After November, it's going to disappear. It's unfortunate, because while we should be talking about jobs, about student loan interest rates going up, about getting a transportation bill done that creates 2 million jobs, here we are, witch hunt, fishing expedition. That's not how you spend the taxpayers' money.
TAPPER: And, Peggy, there's evidence that Republican leaders in the House were not particularly enthused about this investigation or this issue. This doesn't help as much as, for instance, a conversation on the roundtable about the unemployment rate?
NOONAN: Yeah, I think that is exactly what they wanted to be talking about, economic issues, the presidential campaign right now. I think the administration made a bad mistake. I think, throughout the 15, 16 months of this investigation, they tried to stonewall Congress. They angered Congress.
I think the Republican leaders were not in a hurry to get onboard this thing. They didn't really want to push it as an issue. Eventually, they decided we're going to have to. This actually is Congress being dissed, if you will, by the executive.
I think it looks bad. I think we always -- all of us in politics and journalism learn every year, stonewalling isn't a good idea, but we keep that in our heads in the abstract. And in the particular, we stonewall. And I think that's the mistake they made.
TAPPER: Major, you could hear Congressman Issa basically playing the best card he had, which is this letter from 2011 from the Department of Justice contained false information and they didn't correct it for 10 months.
GARRETT: For 10 months.
TAPPER: And isn't that always just the classic lesson of Washington? When you find out that there's been a mess up, you admit it, you admit it as soon as you can, and you're contrite, and you give all the information out on your own terms, instead of holding onto it.
GARRETT: You'd be responsive in a way that is respectful of oversight, which is a legitimate congressional function, and conveys both internally to your department that it's willing to accept responsibility for mistakes made and when to disclose them to the general public. The Justice Department did not do that.
There is no fact record that indicates the Justice Department was contrite or transparent until forced to be either contrite or largely transparent by this oversight committee. That's a fact, OK?
The politics are as -- as been indicated the panel. The House Republicans believe there is a family victimized. Brian Terry's family wants more answers than and it has received from the government that hired its son. House Republicans are willing to stand with the Brian Terry family and the projection of that request for more information.
The White House, Democrats are more than willing to say, in economic doldrums, this appears to be a useless, fruitless exercise, a congressional inquisition that is partisan-based.
WILL: But this...
GARRETT: The country will sort this out. But one thing I'm curious about, if the president is going to assert executive privilege, he ought to do it in the way that it's historically been done. Where is the log of executive privilege? You can't blatantly say everything we've ever discussed is covered. You have to provide a log. And then with a log, a court can administer a ruling on the validity of that assertion. We haven't even gotten there yet.
TAPPER: That's true. The Justice Department has said that they're willing to provide some general categories for documents that they're withholding, as opposed to logging each one. But, George, you wanted to...
WILL: Well, this is being played out in a context of executive aggrandizement, as Republicans see it. First of all, the president rewrites immigration law by executive fiat. Then, while it's saying we must shield the secrets here regarding Fast and Furious deliberations, there's a torrent of leaks on the most sensitive national security matters appearing on the front page of the New York Times. Finally, Mr. Holder himself has made himself obnoxious to Republicans by saying, unlike the Supreme Court, that photo I.D. laws constitute voter suppression, that is, if you have to present when you vote a photo I.D., the way you have to present a photo I.D. to get into Justice -- Attorney General Holder's Justice Department.
ROSEN: Now we're getting to the real issue. This is why Republicans don't like Eric Holder, because he has challenged voter I.D. laws under the civil rights statutes as voter suppression rules that they are, because he has challenged the Arizona, you know, discriminatory immigration law, because he has refused to implement the discriminatory anti-marriage law.
So, you know, Eric Holder has shown a lot of backbone in the Justice Department, and the Republicans hate it. So what do they do? They call for his resignation; they throw him with document requests that are impossible to respond to; they just throw more and more stuff at him to distract him from doing the things that actually the president and the people hired him to do.
WILL: Let the record show that the Supreme Court, with Justice John Paul Stevens, liberal justice writing it, said that there's no constitutional flaw in photo I.D. voter laws.
ROSEN: You know, they're going to have to review that in the courts. Thirteen states, George, have instituted new statutes since the Republicans took over those state legislatures in 2010, purely for the purpose of limiting voting.
TAPPER: Let's -- let's take a turn now...
WILL: To legal voters.
TAPPER: As long as we're invoking the Supreme Court, let's take a turn to the big news that is coming down the pike, Supreme Court decisions. Here's some congressional sound on the pending decision.
BOEHNER: Court throws out the entire law, and the House will vote to repeal whatever is left of Obamacare.
PELOSI: Let's hope and pray that we will have a decision that is based on the merits and the Constitution of the United States.
TAPPER: Congressman Becerra, you are still optimistic that the Stevens -- I'm sorry, the Roberts court will rule in favor...
BECERRA: In Stevens' memory.
TAPPER: ... will rule in favor of upholding health care, as well as striking down the immigration law in Arizona. Let's talk about health care. Why do you -- why are you optimistic?
BECERRA: Principally because we took a bold step, something that some seven presidents before President Obama tried to do, something that this country has been fighting to get for quite some time, and all of a sudden now that we have the elements in place to start this moving forward, the court may step in. I think a lot of folks are wondering what the Supreme Court is really trying to do.
We saw the decision that allows secret money to come into campaigns. Now the Supreme Court goes further and says, ah, we're going to overturn a law that has a personal responsibility requirement to it that we've seen in other aspects of our nation and society. They're going to probably wonder, is this Supreme Court really nine justices trying to do -- dispense justice for all of us? Or has it become a political body just the way that Congress or the White House is?
And I think at this stage what we find is that millions of Americans have already benefited from the elements of this historic reform. And I believe most Americans will say, we're never going to go back to those days where my child could be denied access to my health insurance because he or she has a pre-existing condition.
TAPPER: And, Peggy, the health care law is not popular. The individual mandate is not popular, but other parts of the health care law are popular, pre-existing conditions, letting children 25 and under stay on their parents' plan. Is there not a risk for Republicans with this? Obviously, if the court strikes it down, it's a horrible story for the administration. But is there not another story?
NOONAN: Two parts. One is if the court strikes down the mandate or, indeed, the whole bill, I think it will be a political disaster for the administration. It will say, essentially, we have been in a four-year crisis. Our new president spent the first year-and-a-half of that crisis giving all of his time and effort to something that wasn't even constitutional, that didn't even pass that. So that will be quite dreadful for him.
What is interesting, however, is part two. I don't see that the Republicans on the Hill know what they do afterwards. What is their plan going to be? And I don't think the Democrats know what their Plan B is. So it seems to me there's going to be a lot of movement and action at some point, at least after the election, to figure out something, and I suspect it may be bipartisan, unlike this Obamacare deal.
GARRETT: Couple of things. The court cares about benefits, but as an abstraction. The court does not care about benefits delivered by the federal government. They care about the Constitution. At least that is their original intent. And they care in this case about the reach of the Commerce Clause.
This case, however it's decided, will define for the next 100 years the reach of the Commerce Clause. This court knows this. That, I believe, is the central driving force of the internal debate of the court. What does the Commerce Clause mean? What does it mean in a modern 21st century economy? What does it mean partially in a globalized economy?
Secondarily, on the politics of this, I've always regarded health care, with all due respect to Mayor Bloomberg, as a 32-ounce Red Bull. It has been an energy drink for both parties. Whatever the court decides, it's two more sips out of the 32-ounce Red Bull. It's an energy drink that energizes all political actors on health care.
WILL: On October 22, 2009, Nancy Pelosi was famously asked, is the mandate constitutional? And she famously exclaimed, are you serious? Are you serious? I think she was completely ingenuous.
I think such is the political culture of the Congress, since the Great Society in the 1960s, that it is unintelligible to most congressional members that we actually have a limited government, that there are things the federal government is not allowed to do. What the court has now been trying to do for six, seven, eight weeks is draft a limiting principle on the reach of what Congress can do under the pretense -- often mere pretense of regulating commerce.
TAPPER: Hilary, I'll let you have the last word on this.
ROSEN: It's worth pointing out in all of this faux outrage that actually the individual mandate was originally a Republican idea. Democrats actually wanted an employer mandate.
WILL: Doesn't make it constitutional.
ROSEN: An employer mandate would have clearly been constitutional. And so all we're talking about is, how do you pay for the 34 million people, spread the risk out to pay for the 34 million people who are without insurance and for those extra benefits that Peggy articulated? The issue is, if this bill falls apart because the Supreme Court knocks it down, it is on the Republicans' head what happens to those people. It behooves them and Mitt Romney as their leader to come up with a solution, because leaving them back where they started is not an answer.
TAPPER: OK, I have to take a break. Lots more to come from our roundtable.
The candidates cozy up to Latino voters. Quien es mas macho?
OBAMA: Que placer estar aqui con tantos, amigos.
TAPPER: Will immigration be a key issue in November? Can Mitt Romney make any inroads with these voters so crucial in key battleground states?
Plus, the Atlantic magazine courts controversy, asserting that women cannot have it all. We'll dig into that debate.
And an ABC News report that Romney was not vetting Marco Rubio to be his number-two, all the latest in the veepstakes up next.
LENO: Mitt Romney's campaign is now thoroughly vetting potential running mates for Romney. This is a long and complicated process. It's a lot different than the way John McCain -- remember how he picked Sarah Palin? He pointed and said, uh, the one in the boots. Yeah, take her. No, it was just very quick...
O'BRIEN: Please give a warm welcome to Ben, Matt, Craig, Tagg, and Josh Romney.
Does it bother you that the press always calls you the Romney boys? It's like you're 98 Degrees or something.
(UNKNOWN): We prefer brothers, but, you know, some people call us boys.
O'BRIEN: We have a photo here of a family gathering of the Romneys. Absolutely incredible. You can tell, when you guys get together, there's a global khaki shortage.
All of you guys, all boys. All boys. So my question is, is one of you a girl being raised as a boy?
(UNKNOWN): Ben, you want to take this one?
TAPPER: Mitt Romney's five sons there, Ben, Matt, Craig, Tagg, Josh, together for their first group interview ever with Conan O'Brien on Wednesday. And we're back now with our roundtable.
George, I want to talk about the Latino vote. This has been a big week for both President Obama and Mitt Romney, going after Latino voters. You are skeptical that Mr. Romney can make inroads with this key demographic.
WILL: I am. It's an old axiom in politics. If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own. And one of the asymmetries in presidential politics, when you're challenging an incumbent president, he can do that. And he made news with his rewriting of immigration law, essentially. That's his advantage.
Romney's disadvantage is he has to un-ring a bell that he rang vigorously during the primaries, when he tried to flank Governor Perry on the right and did. It's interesting that Governor Romney, from New England, is much more severe about immigration than Romney -- sorry, than Reagan, McCain, or either Bush presidents were, all four of those coming from border states with more familiarity with it. So the president has a double advantage here.
TAPPER: I think he is. I mean, I think it's just empirically, Peggy, he's the most conservative Republican nominee on the issue of illegal immigration and -- and the Mexican border than any Republican nominee we've seen in the last 20 or 30 years.
NOONAN: Yeah, and I don't suppose he has any illusion that he can make real numeric progress with -- with the Latino vote. I suspect he's just thinking maybe he could hold Obama's majority down somewhat...
TAPPER: Congressman Becerra, you are actually an Latino voter, though I don't think your vote is up for grabs. I don't imagine that your vote is up for grabs.
BECERRA: I'm open. I'm open.
TAPPER: But one of the arguments from the Romney campaign is, look, illegal immigration is not the only issue. Latino unemployment is 11 percent. There are many other issues. Obviously, Latinos are on a lot of social issues more conservative than the average Democratic voter. Does he not have a case to make?
BECERRA: He should have a case to make, because the economy, education always come out above immigration when you poll Latinos. But the difficulty for Mitt Romney is he was so vicious in going at the issue of immigration that he locked himself in. He's now trying to play hide-and-seek on the issue of whether he supports what the president did for all those young Americans, the dreamers.
And at the same time, I think it was very telling. In Miami, the heart of Republican Latinos, where you find more of them than anywhere else, Mitt Romney goes and speaks to a crowd, he gets polite applause. Barack Obama goes into Miami, and he gets standing ovations from a crowd of mostly Latino elected and appointed officials, Republican and Democratic.
And so it's become clear that for Mitt Romney it's trying to sketch his way out of what he said in the primaries, but he went so far to the right. He still associates with so many of these guys that are so conservative. There's a saying in Spanish, "Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres," "Tell me with whom you walk, and I will tell you who you are." Well, Mitt Romney walks with the likes of Kris Kobach, Russell Pearce, Pete Wilson, all folks identified in the Latino community as being very anti-Latino, very anti-immigrant.
TAPPER: And yet, Major, you and I were talking before the show. It was very interesting to see the Republican response when President Obama unveiled his -- you know, his baby DREAM Act, his -- by his...
GARRETT: Temporary DREAM Act-lite.
TAPPER: Yeah, and there wasn't -- well, tell us what...
GARRETT: Well, what I found most interesting about the Republican reaction was that it was -- especially in the context of immigration -- quiet, calm and reserved. And there was, well, what took the president so long?
TAPPER: Comparatively.
GARRETT: Comparatively.
TAPPER: Yeah.
GARRETT: That tells me two things, one, that Mitt Romney very quickly sent out an alert, look, we have to hold our own on this. We can't have an intra-party fight, number one. We can't gnaw on each other's necks about who's more aggressive or not on immigration.
Secondly, if we can't endorse this, let us not denounce it instantly. Maybe you can raise some questions about the process, but let's not denounce it. What I -- the metaphor I have for that is he's trying to keep a lid on a pressure cooker, which for him and his political future is the first priority: Do no harm so you can have a secondary conversation with Latino voters.
But I think for Romney, the question of this election is demographics destiny. Do the demographic advantages, which the president possesses, are they affirmative to him being reelected, no matter what? Or does the economy trump these other demographic issues? Right now, Mitt Romney is running in the low 20s with Latinos. If he doesn't get to 40, he doesn't have a chance. He's got to push up to 40. The only way to get there is economic despair or a sense that economics are so important that these other issues have to take a back seat.
TAPPER: And, Hilary, one of the reasons why the Latino vote is so important is because it is so big in key battleground states, not just Florida, but also Nevada, Colorado. They made the difference with Senator Bennet's re-election. But one of the problems with Latino voters is they don't go to the polls as much as Democrats want them to.
ROSEN: Well, obviously, the in particular Obama campaign has done a really good job of identifying and figuring out how to get them there. But here's the issue. It may end up being the economy that drives them to vote. But as -- as the congressman said, the sense of who's with you on the economy is also going to matter.
And so when you have Mitt Romney talking about, you know, tax cuts for the wealthy and trickle-down economy, you know, that doesn't give people who are most focused on aspirational goals, rising from the middle class, looking at, you know, at their kids' education costs, you're still not talking their language. And that's, I think, a key issue. And that's why I think, beyond just the immigration issues, President Obama has a leg up here.
BECERRA: Jake, can I just mention who I think -- what I think or who I think is the biggest casualty in Mitt Romney's rope-a-dope here in trying to deal with immigration? Senator Marco Rubio. I think essentially Mitt Romney threw Marco Rubio under the bus.
TAPPER: How so?
BECERRA: By not being willing to even come close to what Marco Rubio said he might be willing to on the DREAM Act. He essentially has said, it's radioactive. I can't even touch what Marco Rubio was going to do. And if what the president did is a baby DREAM Act, then what Marco Rubio was going to do was still, you know, in utero. And so if he couldn't -- if Mitt Romney couldn't even come close to where Marco Rubio was, how can Marco Rubio now become his vice presidential candidate?
TAPPER: And speaking of Marco Rubio, our own Jonathan Karl reported this week that Romney and his campaign, they were not vetting Marco Rubio to be vice president. And here was Mr. Romney's response.
ROMNEY: There was a story that originated today apparently at ABC based upon reports of supposedly outside, unnamed advisers of mine. I can't imagine who such people are, but I can tell you this: They know nothing about the vice presidential selection or evaluation process. The story was entirely false. Marco Rubio is being thoroughly vetted as part of our process.
TAPPER: Well, if given a choice between standing with a politician or Jon Karl, I'll stand with Jon Karl. Is it -- is it really beyond the realm of possibility that Jon -- that Jon Karl's report was correct, that Marco Rubio was not being vetted?
WILL: I assume it was correct, and I assume that, because it was correct, the Romney campaign immediately changed course and tried to make it incorrect.
TAPPER: ... absolutely.
WILL: Look, I don't know whether Marco Rubio is the answer to the problem. He has a 3.5 percent of Americans -- Hispanic Americans are of Cuban background, 63 percent are of Mexican background. I don't know the extent to which this is one homogeneous group that would respond to Marco Rubio.
But I think -- go back to what Major was saying about the economy. If the Hispanic vote is so elusive for Mr. Romney that he can't compete in Colorado or even in Virginia, which has a huge Hispanic vote, then he has to stress the Middle West. And then he comes up against the problem that you got all these Republican governors in the Midwest, in Ohio, in Pennsylvania, which I count as part of the Midwest, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, and all these Republican governors are saying, we're -- it's working, the economy's improving. So that's embarrassing the Romney campaign from the other side.
TAPPER: Hilary, you're a Democratic strategist. So in a moment of candor, who is the last person you want Mitt Romney to pick to be his VP?
ROSEN: If I'm Mitt Romney or if I'm me?
TAPPER: As a Republican. If you want Mitt Romney to win.
ROSEN: Yeah, I think probably somebody like Tim Pawlenty is a good choice for him. I think you want -- you want someone who is going to be experienced and not make noise. You know, when I was watching Mitt Romney on the campaign trail up in New Hampshire, I saw this nice little bromance between the two of them. They seemed to have chemistry.
You know, you look at the choices. And none of them really add something to Romney. I think he does a do no harm thing, because, look, as Democrats we have enough to run against with Mitt Romney. So if he adds something more for us in his vice presidential ticket, that's just gravy, as far as we're concerned.
TAPPER: Peggy, who would you pick, if you were advising Mitt Romney?
NOONAN: What's interesting to me is that there's every sign that the Romney folks have so absorbed the lesson of Sarah Palin from four years ago, don't go broad and don't get impetuous. Pick a small group of people and drill really deep in their lives. I still think Rob Portman is one of those who might be able to...
TAPPER: The senator from Ohio.
NOONAN: ... to -- the senator from Ohio, with -- with a great deal of experience and accomplishment. Everybody says that would be doubling down on almost Romney picking a Romney sort of person. I think it would be just doubling down on a certain kind of serious (ph).
But there's another thing that comes with Portman. Portman has a great ability to debate. As you know, in previous presidential cycles, he has, as a Republican, played the part of the Democrat the Republican candidate would be debating in debate rehearsals. And everybody always has been talking for years, this guy's so brilliant, he's so funny, he's so bright. Well, imagine someone taking those particular talents, bringing them into 2012 as a Republican vice presidential candidate, and facing Joe Biden.
TAPPER: What do you think that would do?
NOONAN: I think Joe Biden is a -- a very charming, but sometimes surprising and gaffe-prone person. And I think no one has pushed at him in 3 1/2 years. And I think Rob Portman just might eviscerate him. I think that might lead to a certain sense, this growing meme out there of the administration as a house of cards. There's something not fully stable, not fully operating, not fully right about this thing.
TAPPER: Major?
GARRETT: Well, I'm as far out on this limb as anyone can be. The night of the Pennsylvania primary, I wrote for my Wednesday column in National Journal that Mitt Romney would pick Rob Portman. I didn't say it would be a good idea; I just flatly said this was what's going to happen.
Now, Romney didn't call me. Stuart Stevens didn't call me. That's just my sense of everything I know about Governor Romney and what Rob Portman would bring from a governing perspective to the job. And I think that is the first and foremost qualification for Mitt Romney, someone who in Washington knows the three most important dimensions of economics in Washington, both politically and as a matter of policy, budget, taxes and trade.
Rob Portman knows them all. He's very well connected among Republicans and Democrats, and he brings something that a governor like Pawlenty or Bob McDonnell or anyone else doesn't bring, that sense, that instantaneous sense of what's possible, how it's possible, and how to work the system. And I believe Mitt Romney, if he's serious about this, will look at someone like Rob Portman, because he will help him govern.
TAPPER: And we have only a minute left. Congressman, as a Democrat, who's the person you fear the most, in terms of a vice presidential pick?
BECERRA: I'm not sure there's someone out there right now that I would fear the most. I certainly think that, without Ohio, Mitt Romney can't win the president.
TAPPER: And you worked with -- with Portman when he was a congressman.
BECERRA: Yeah, bright guy, solid guy. He certainly would help the -- Mr. Romney in Ohio. But Mitt Romney has to win Florida, he has to win Ohio, probably has to win Virginia. And so he's got a choice to make. To some degree, I think he's going to be driven by what he has to win more so than what he should do to get a solid VP to run with him.
TAPPER: And we still have more of the roundtable. We'll be back in just 60 seconds. Can women have it all? The Atlantic cover story that has everyone talking. Plus, HBO's "The Newsroom" debuts tonight. Will you be watching?
DANIELS: I'm never going on vacation again. You hired a new EP without my meeting him?
WATERSTON: Her.
DANIELS: Without my meeting her?
WATERSTON: No, you've met her.
DANIELS: Who?
DANIELS: It sure used to be. We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reasons. We passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons. We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed. We cared about our neighbors. We put our money where our mouths were. And we never beat our chest. We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed. The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.
TAPPER: "The Newsroom" premiering tonight on HBO, the latest from Aaron Sorkin. And we're back now with our roundtable. George, we have a lot to talk about, but I did not let you pick your vice presidential nominee for Mitt Romney. Who would you pick?
WILL: Well, my choice decided he'd rather be president of Purdue University. That's Mitch Daniels. Portman and Pawlenty, they're just fine. I'd prefer someone who brings a little more excitement. Ryan would be good. The trouble is you take Ryan out of the House, where he could in two years, I guess, be chairman of Ways and Means Committee. So, by default -- and that's not to disparage him -- I'd probably go with Bobby Jindal.
TAPPER: Bobby Jindal from Louisiana, the governor. OK, let us talk -- now turn to this Atlantic cover story, "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" by Anne-Marie Slaughter, former State Department official. Hilary, we've all read this. It's a provocative essay. What did you think of it?
ROSEN: You know, two things kind of for context first. The first is, two-thirds of mothers in America today actually are primary or co-breadwinners for their family, so women don't have the luxury of whether or not to work. We have to work.
The second is, I think men are increasingly feeling this pressure, so I don't -- I don't, you know, want you to feel left out. But that kind of brings us...
TAPPER: Thank you.
ROSEN: ... to a central problem, which is this issue really has to move beyond kind of party talk and angst and philosophy to some place that gets our country moving forward. We're the only -- we're one of two countries in the developing world that do not actually have paid family leave, that does not have flexible mandated work hours, that does not have federally supported child care. Those issues, you know, have historically been women's issues, but they're really economic issues. They support everything, and we really ought to move this issue into some policy debate.
TAPPER: Peggy?
NOONAN: Oh, I think you can't legislate away some of life's limits and joys. It's a very rich and varied thing. Look, I think that -- interesting article in the Atlantic tends -- it seems to me it is focusing on how women are doing in the world, in business, in the professions. What percentage of people we have -- of women we have in the State Department and are we slipping and such?
And I think, therefore, it takes a slightly limited view of what women are, what choices they have, and what they might want to be. And so it's seemed to me a little bit limited and crabbed in its canvas, I suppose.
I forget where I'm going with that, beyond it is good to remember that it is good to work with children, it is good to be in the house, it's good to be in the office. All of these things are good. You've got to be open about them, but you can't try to legislate it too closely.
TAPPER: One of the points of the article is that the economy and society are not structured to value family life the way they should be, that people in an office might admire somebody who takes long breaks to go marathon running or somebody who leaves early on Friday because they're an observant Jew than they would be respectful of people taking that same time for childcare. George?
WILL: Well, two points. First of all, I've got news for her: Men can't have it all, either. That's the nature of life, tragic choices, et cetera. But she gives us a perfect expression of the progressive mind. I still strongly believe that women can have it all, but not today, not with the way American economy -- America's economy and society are currently structured. So if you'll just restructure everything, everything is possible.
TAPPER: Very quickly, Congressman?
BECERRA: I don't think that's what she's saying.
BECERRA: What she's essentially saying -- she said that, but not what you said, George. She -- I believe what she's saying is that the playing field is not level. I still care more about family than most men do. A lot of men are beginning to care a lot more about family. But the reality is...
WILL: She says...
BECERRA: But the reality -- George, the reality is that you and I could probably take advantage of our careers far more than women do, because they're more willing to sacrifice their career for family. And I believe it's not only poignant for her to stress all these things, but wait until you go back to working-class Americans, see what a woman who's making less than the average middle-class family's making, raising a family. Those are the heroes of America.
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TAPPER: The Bush administration prepared the public for the invasion of Iraq.
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TAPPER: So what year was it? After months of anticipation, the Iraq war began, the Space Shuttle Columbia mission ended in tragedy on a February morning, and Saddam Hussein was found cowering in a spider hole near Tikrit. It was nine years ago, 2003.
And now we honor our fellow Americans who serve and sacrifice. This week, the Pentagon released the names of nine soldiers and Marines killed in Afghanistan.
And in "Your Voice This Week," today's question comes from Mike McGuire, who asks, what would be a priority for the White House if the president were re-elected?
Well, first priority, like it or not, re-elected or not, will be fixing this fiscal cliff. If the president and Congress do not act at the end of this year, the Bush tax cuts all expire, all $4 trillion of them, and there will be mandated budget cuts across the board because Congress failed to reduce the deficit on that not-so-super super-committee.
So after that mess, many here in Washington think, if re-elected, President Obama may then turn to tax reform, since he could potentially find common ground there with Republicans. But much depends on Congress. Even if Obama wins a second term, there's no telling whether he'll have a Congress filled with more allies than he does now.
The truth is, most second-term presidents make their mark in foreign policy, since it becomes much harder as a lame-duck to push through a domestic agenda.
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SINGAPORE - Three airport logistics workers were each sentenced to jail terms of between 20 and 32 months on Monday, for stealing more than $2 million worth of computer chips.
The scheme, executed on four occasions last year, involved removing and pasting clearance labels onto cartons of goods earmarked to be stolen. This allowed the loot, none of which was recovered, to be driven out of Changi Airfreight Centre without arousing suspicion.
The men are brothers Janagarajan Allagandran, 19, and Devakumar Allagandran Chettiar, 18, and Visvanathan Munusamy, 33. All Malaysians, the trio were here on work permits for logistics companies.
They were all involved in two of the jobs involving $921,989 worth of chips. On one of these two occasions, which took place last Sep 25, Visvanathan identified cartons containing $498,839 of chips to steal and alerted his accomplices. Devakumar's role included peeling a clearance label off other cargo. He passed this and a delivery order to his brother, who stuck it onto the earmarked cartons and drove the goods on a forklift to a meeting point. Here, the items were moved to another vehicle and driven out of the compound by their uncle, Arumugam Chettiar Allagappa.
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Unlike traditional, circular earbuds, the design of the new Apple EarPods is defined by the geometry of the ear. Which makes them more comfortable for more people than any other earbud-style headphone.
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Best set of Apple earphones, amazing sound quality and perfect bass! 5/5.
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I have been looking to buy a new set of headphones for a while, however, couldn't justify spending £100+.
This evening I decide I have been looking to buy a new set of headphones for a while, however, couldn't justify spending £100+.
This evening I decided to buy a set of EarPods from my local Apple Store. The quality of the sound as good, if not better than some of the professional headphones I have tried over the last month.
The tones are clear and the base is superb. I thoroughly recommend EarPods if you are looking to replace your headphones …
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I tried them today when my friend's iPhone 5 arrived. They do sound truly wonderful, but anyone around you will also hear what you I tried them today when my friend's iPhone 5 arrived. They do sound truly wonderful, but anyone around you will also hear what you are listening to and that is unacceptable in a public place like a bus, tube or train...shame. …
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the fit, the quality, the bass is superb. better than established brands!!
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Got my iphone 6 and within the first month of wearing them the sides had cracked, the music would only come out of the right ear, Got my iphone 6 and within the first month of wearing them the sides had cracked, the music would only come out of the right ear, AND instead of the music coming out of the selected gap it came out of the small section on the side that is flat. Terrible and would never buy a pair again. 25 pounds for something that is plastic. …
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These headphones are a pain in the backside! I love that they fit so well in my ears and give great sound quality but as for overa These headphones are a pain in the backside! I love that they fit so well in my ears and give great sound quality but as for overall quality..... Well that's a different story! I have gone through 4 pairs in the past couple of months. I've had problems with single earbuds just losing sound altogether and then more recently the jack has been breaking off! I am fuming as I love these headphones but they constantly break and if I keep going in store to tell them what has broken this time I genuinely feel like I'm in the wrong and I try to take good care of my headphones! …
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Will the EarPods work with other smartphones and audio devices?
- Asked by Brandon H from Johnson City
- 12-Sep-2012
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Yes the EarPods work with other smartphones and audio devices. I have been using EarPods with my HTC Yes the EarPods work with other smartphones and audio devices. I have been using EarPods with my HTC Wildfire S.As for the audio control it works for it too. …
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When on a call:
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can I use a Bluetooth headphone with ipod shuffle
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- 02-Dec-2012
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No, currently none of the iPod Shuffles have a Bluetooth antennae.
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- 01-May-2013
The connecting plug does not make contact with the interior jack on the iPhone 5S. Are there earpods made specifically for this phone?
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- 20-Aug-2014
Are EarPods for iPhone 5 and 6 the same?
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- 30-May-2015
Apple earpods MD827ZM/A vs MD827LL/A -- Is there any difference?
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- 27-Jul-2013
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This is a beautiful Guild X 700 stuart Archtop Ele, Made in Westerly, RI, USA, I think its a 1999 or 2000 that predates Fender, the best I can tell from the serial number. Has all gold plated parts, upgraded with a Gold Bigsby, Gibson L5 style bound pickguard and pickguard bracket, and upgraded with Grover Imperial tuners. The orginal Guild Pickguard w/bracket and the orginal Guild harp Tailpiece and orginal tuner buttons are included. The guitar has a full "Venetian" cutaway body 17 3/4'' Flame maple 3 1/2 " deep and the same graduated solid AAA spruce top as the Guild Artist award, Fast action 5 pc flame maple neck with ebony fingerboard with two-tone abalone and mother-of-pearl inlaid position markers. This guitar is in Great condition I say a 9.5 out of 10 the only issue is the binding around the fingerboard has 1 crack about the middle of the neck on the bass side and 2 on the treble side. these were glued and filled, than can be seen but not felt. I was told this was common with these guitars. The finish has very light to normal wear.. if anything very minor.. Comes with the orginal Guild Hard Shell case.
Notice... some of these pictures have reflections from lights and windows.. these are not marks or scratches on the guitar. The amp or amps in these pictures are not for sale, this sale is for the Guild X 700 guitar with case only and the extra Guild parts as mentioned above.
The list price on this guitar in the late 1990's was around $7000 and in 2001 The New Guild Benedetto Stuart X700 model was $9000, 2005 they were $10,000.. and those new ones are smaller bodied guitars than these older ones.
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Closed-up view of the bag is here. The bag is lined with insulated material so you can pack a gel pack along with your picnic for food safety. There are three Lock & Lock 870ml food containers inside (one fitted with four smaller food cups), so this is the right size for a multiple-person picnic. I picked this up for US$13.50 at Kamei (on Clement St.) in San Francisco. (EDIT: Evidently Target sells the individual box with four smaller sub-containers for US$3.96.)
That is very cool! I have the container with the four little compartments in it, as well as a few other divided Lock & Lock containers.
I really like Lock & Lock -- so secure (dishwasher, microwave and freezer-safe!). The navy insulated case did it for me, though -- I'd only seen non-insulated light blue or plaid cases from them in picnic cases before.
I haven't seen the insulated case anywere ... is it from Lock & Lock?
Winter's> Yes, it's from Lock & Lock. It was the first time I'd seen an insulated case from them myself. A view of the packed bag is here.
Thx, Biggie! Now if I could just find a reputable (non ebay/jlist/etc) online vendor for Lock & Lock stuff I'd be set!
They don't have the cases, but for all of the actual L&L containers you can't go wrong with The Heritage Mint. I've gotten tons of L&L from them, they have good prices, and both times I had a problem (sent the wrong thing one time, one item was damaged another) they have fixed it immediately.
Good info, stinky, thanks! Winter's, if you ever do find a good vendor for L&L cases, please let us know!
Sure thing. I bought the basic 4-compartment one at Target and will have "pseudo bento" for lunch today =D
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I saw this set at Lotte and debated about getting it for summer picnics. My friend said not to, she said after several hours poolside in our super hot summers, I'd rather the food be in an ice-packed cooler. Does this bag do a good job of keeping food cool for hours?
Well, a few months later I went back to Lotte and they had one left. I got it and I love it.
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text: Sirott and Murciano Full Show 02/12/2014 Posted 4:08 PM, February 12, 2014, by Brian Jones, Updated at 04:09pm, February 12, 2014 EmailTwitterFacebookGoogleRedditPinterest × Sirott and Murciano Full Show 02/12/2014 Bob and Marianne welcome Dr, Irwin Silverman, Professor Paul Green, and Dale and Doris Chatfield to today's show. They also talked about games to play at parties! http://cdn.tribtv.com/wgnam/podcasts/sirottmurciano/Full02122014.mp3 Sirott and Murciano trying to figure out some dinner party games. (WGN Radio)


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After three years of knocking on doors, what do you find people are talking about?
The thing that concerns people the most is whether Central New York is going to be a place their grandchildren are going to settle. The children are here sometimes, sometimes not, and sometimes they can be attracted back. I love it here. I've been able to make a living here. But I'm not sure if my children or my grandchildren either will be able to do the same thing, or will want to. It doesn't really fall into any of the convenient boxes: is it the economy, education, health care, but that's the number one thing. When I talk about wanting to put the region back on the map, that's really the thing that gets the nodding going on, even if it's someone I've never talked to before.
This once was where history was happening, for hundreds of years, from the Haudenoshonee to the Erie Canal through the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, certainly the Women's Movement, the Peace Movement, the Republican Party. And now it's not. And do we get that again. Is it lost forever? That's a question. I believe it's not, of course.
After three years of sorting through the issues, do you have a message you can put into one sentence?
Our message is, we want to make Central New York proud of itself and prosperous so that young families know that their future is here.
A whole lot of people have been talking on that theme, almost like the weather, everybody talking about getting jobs here, but nobody doing anything about it. What can really be done, particularly from Congress?
The general question is, yes a lot of people have been talking about it. And by the way, a lot of them are doing something about it. It's not true that nothing is going on. In fact a lot is going on. We have the dots. We just have failed to really connect them. It's the concept of critical mass. We have new companies doing something. We have the University doing something. We have non-profits doing something. We've got arts going on. How do we then get other things to connect up so that we, Central New Yorkers, believe in ourselves again, and people on the outside see that and are attracted here. So I think it's good a of people are talking about it. To get it done, we just need to build more connections. We have to think regionally, as an energy capital. We have to do some of the branding stuff we've seen with the creative core, but do it more, advertising ourselves in other places.
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We are very much supportive of the family – the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that. We operate as a family business … our restaurants are typically led by families; some are single. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that, Cathy emphasized. We intend to stay the course. We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles. — Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A's president and chief operating officer
"I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about. — Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A's president and chief operating officer
I've known their family for many years and have watched them grow Chick-fil-A into one of the best businesses in America while never compromising their values," the statement read. "Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God's word. I appreciate the Cathy family's public support for God's definition of marriage … As the son of a dairy farmer who milked many a cow, I plan to 'Eat Mor Chikin' and show my support by visiting Chick-fil-A next Wednesday. — Billy Graham
They're not even pretending to care about the economy. They've sort of given up on the argument that this is about the economy. We know that because two years ago the Democrats agreed that this tax increase, they're now fighting to increase – two years ago they agreed it would hurt the economy. So let's look at the economy then and the economy now. At a time when economic growth was 3.5 percent back in December of 2010, 40 Democrats over here voted to keep rates where they were on the grounds that it was the best thing to do for jobs. December 2010, 40 Democrats voted to keep tax rates where they were because it was the best thing for jobs. Yet now, when the growth rate is 2 percent – 3.5 percent then, 2 percent now – and 13 million Americans are still out of work, they're voting to slam nearly a million businesses with a tax increase. Now, maybe they're expecting the GDP numbers tomorrow to be 3.5 percent. We'll see." — Mitch McConnell
I'm looking forward to the bust of Winston Churchill being in the Oval Office again. — Mitt Romney
If Republicans lose every race my newsletter currently rates as "Toss-up/Tilt Republican," "Toss-up" or "Toss-up/Tilt Democrat," they would still win 226 seats in the House – eight more than needed for a majority. — Stuart Rothenberg
Medicaid reimbursement rates average only 72 percent of Medicare levels. The low rates have caused some doctors not to accept Medicaid patients. — Robert Samuelson
It's hard to know just how well it will turn out. There are a few things that were disconcerting: the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging. ….Do they come together and celebrate the Olympic moment? That's something which we only find out once the Games actually begin. — Mitt Romney
If government is as wonderful as Obama says it is, why doesn't he ask us to pay what it costs? Why doesn't he raise the price — taxes — to a point where the deficit is zero? — Kyle Smith
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Demand Media's eHow Slammed Again by Google's Panda 2 [View article]
Tucows trades at less than 0.5x sales (~$41m market cap), it did around $85m in revenue in 2010, on which it earned about $2m.
eNom did around $100m in revenue in 2010, and does not break out income for the segment. If you use Tucows as a comp, eNom is worth less than $1 per share.
If you think there is a valuation disconnect between GoDaddy (over 30% market share in registrar), and eNom (less than 10% market share in registrar), you're much better off buying Tucows than DMD.Aug 6, 2011. 02:07 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Sistrix is now reporting that their eHow USA numbers are down 66%
I can't confirm the accuracy of SISTRIX numbers overall, but I'll say that our similar, much smaller scale, proprietary crawl was correlated tightly to our own Google traffic.
Also, I'd point out that eHow is the only 10%+ revenue contributing web property in Demand Media's portfolio. And one of the biggest runner ups was Answerbag.
For content sites like ours, organic search traffic to static pages is 100% margin and is the bread and butter of profitability. Other traffic is purchased through a competitive bidding scheme, often to the point where the marginal value of the traffic is nearly 0.
Therefore, if I were in the shoes of a management team trying to do a secondary offering, I'd try to focus everyone's attention on the relatively small % impact to top line and page views, and give absolutely no color regarding the two things that actually matter: (i) organic search traffic is responsible for the lions share of profit margins at sites that aggregates static content, and (ii) the IRR of all future content creation is greatly impaired in the event of an organic search de-ranking, which will greatly impair any future return on investment in new articles, and make any existing earnings projections irrelevant.Apr 16, 2011. 07:37 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Two more items to think about:
1) Search engine experts are telling websites impacted by Panda to lower their ratio of ads to content, in order to try and recoup traffic. In fact, one of Google's spam team's questionnaire questions, used to check if a site is spammy to a human being, is "Does this site have excessive ads?"
Given that O&O saw huge increases in monetization per visitor in 2010, it raises the question as to what will happen to monetization per visitor, post-Panda, if one of the paths to salvation is reducing visitor monetization.
2) One other difference with Panda 2 is that Google is using user-feedback spam flags as an indicator, "in certain high confidence situations." This could be another explanation for Panda missing eHow USA the first go around, but impacting it the second time around.
This feature was rolled out AFTER Panda 1:
And is being used in "high confidence situations":
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Chris - that's somewhat ironic. I have submitted a request to editorial to have this updated.
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The crawl was US based - that's what the sell side is missing right now. For complete transparency, I've posted all the crawl raw data online, comparing my crawl this morning vs my crawl on April 9, 2011.
While you can't verify April 9 search result data on Google right now, you can definitely verify today's search data.
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Of the nearly 30 percent of North Carolina's schools receiving letter grades of D or F from the state, almost all of them are designated as high poverty schools with at least 50 percent of their students receiving free or reduced lunch.
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SS. Sergius and Herman of Valaam Orthodox Church has been serving the Keweenaw, since 1995. It is located in Atlantic Mine in the heart of Copper Country in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Church that Jesus Christ founded in the East, 2000 years ago is still alive, still filled and guided by the Holy Spirit, still maintains an unbroken, living connection straight back to the Apostles, and to Jesus Christ Himself.
We are a parish in the Diocese of Chicago and Midwest of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR).
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How to Protect Baby's Hearing
Linda Farwell
Just after birth, your baby's ears should be in almost perfect working order. But in some cases they're not, and that's why experts say we should listen up from the very beginning. If your baby has undiagnosed hearing loss, it can trip up his speech development and lead to later struggles in school if, for example, he can't hear a teacher's voice above the buzz of classroom activity. Learn more about spotting problems and helping your baby's hearing.Parents of deaf newborns rarely realize their babies are at risk.
Daniel Knowsley's parents were told not to worry when he failed a hearing screening the day after birth. False positives -- failures among hearing babies -- are common, and rescreening usually brings relief. However, Daniel failed a repeat the following day and again a week later. An audiologist diagnosed severe to profound hearing loss in the baby's left ear and moderate to severe in his right. "We were completely devastated," says mom Cyndi of Tuttle, Oklahoma. "We had no idea he was at risk." Daniel got his first hearing aids at 5 weeks; now 6, he's thriving in regular classrooms.
Daniel's parents are among the 1 in 32 people carrying a defective hearing gene. Because it's recessive, both Mom and Dad can hear fine, but the abnormality has a 1 in 4 chance of showing up in a child. Hearing loss also occurs with some genetic syndromes, such as Down syndrome. In fact, faulty genes account for 50 to 75 percent of hearing loss in newborns.
Genetics isn't the only risk. Prematurity, low birth weight, jaundice, and delivery problems such as lack of oxygen may also cause hearing loss. So can congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common infection that up to 80 percent of Americans get by the time they reach age 40. It feels like a mild cold and is usually harmless -- but in a pregnant woman it can have devastating consequences for a growing baby, including potential hearing loss. Sidestep CMV with diligent handwashing, especially after changing diapers or wiping kids' noses.Have your newborn's hearing checked ASAP, then stay attuned to signs of later loss.
All states have laws to help ensure hearing screening for all babies, although standards vary: many mandate it, but others simply require that parents be informed about screening. Some states (such as Ohio) pick up the cost, while others (like West Virginia) require insurers to do so. Be sure your baby receives the screening -- ask your OB if it'll be done at the hospital right after birth. If not, schedule it within a month.
Hospitals will use one or two tests, each no longer than 10 minutes. One test probes the ear for damage or blockage, and another measures brainwaves in response to sound. If you're advised to see an audiologist about a suspected problem, don't delay. "The brain develops fast in the first 12 to 18 months, and sensory input plays a big role," says Betty Vohr, MD, medical director of the Rhode Island Hearing Assessment Program. "If hearing isn't stimulated for a prolonged period, babies don't learn language." Addressing the problem by 6 months with, say, hearing aids helps keep language skills almost on par with those of peers.
Every well visit should include a hearing check, but you can also keep tabs by tallying baby's first words. She should babble or imitate voices by 12 months, use single words by 18 months, and say at least 10 words by 2 years, says Gordon Hughes, MD, program director of clinical trials for the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).
Of course, it's hard to track the word count of a rapidly growing vocabulary, so take notice if your child constantly uses the words "huh?" or "what?" Here are other red flags: "A child who studies your face for more information, sits close to the TV, or switches a phone back and forth between ears may be struggling to hear better," says Joy Peterson, manager of audiology at the Center for Childhood Communication at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.


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Method for pre-interventional planning of a 2D fluoroscopy projection for an interventional entry using a fixed instrument, comprising the following steps: a) Recording a 3D data set, b) Planning the intervention, c) Planning the optimum projection direction, d) Registering the 3D data set with a navigation system and a 2D fluoroscopy system, e) Transmission of the intervention data to the navigation system, f) Computing the position of the fluoroscopy system, and g) Executing the interventional entry under fluoroscopy.
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9. A method for pre-interventional planning a 2D fluoroscopy projection of an intervention into a patient using an instrument, comprising:
recording a 3D data set of the patient prior to the intervention;
planning the intervention;
defining an optimum projection direction of the intervention;
registering the 3D data set with a 2D fluoroscopy system having a navigation system;
transmitting the optimum projection direction to the navigation system;
computing a position of the 2D fluoroscopy system; and
executing the intervention monitored under the 2D fluoroscopy system.
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The process of planning interventions with a fixed instrument, for example an aspiration needle, based on pre-interventionally recorded data sets, is already known. These data sets can be obtained by 3D angiography, CT or MR investigation. The planning undertaken in advance can then be transferred to a navigation system or a system for orientation of the fixed instrument or the aspiration needle. Such a system is for example a stereotactic frame, which allows pinpoint alignment and positioning of the aspiration needle. The case can arise however in which the aspiration needle or another fixed instrument has to pass within a very short distance of critical structures such as vertebrae, organs or blood vessels. In order not to endanger the patient a continuous monitoring of the position of the needle is necessary. The direction of projection must be defined within the context of pre-interventional planning. The direction of projection, which can be imagined as a straight line through the tube focus and the center of the detector of the fluoroscopy system, is set. by corresponding positioning of the C-arm of the fluoroscopy device. This setting is made manually, based on the experience of the operator, with a number of steps sometimes being required. The disadvantage in this case however is that the choice of the best direction of projection and the setting of the C-arm position and the multi-stage optimization which may be required are undertaken during fluoroscopy so that the patient is subjected to a certain dose of radiation even before the actual intervention.
The problem underlying the invention is thus that of specifying a method of the type mentioned at the start in which the radiation dose affecting the patient is reduced and the time required for the procedure is reduced.
To resolve this problem a method for pre-interventional plannning of a 2D fluoroscopy projection for an interventional entry using a fixed instrument with the features of claim 1 is provided.
With the inventive method a 3D data set is first recorded. This can usefully be done using computer tomography, magnetic resonance tomography or 3D angiography. This is followed in the inventive method by the planning of the intervention. This plannning can include the definition of the target area for the instrument, the definition of the path and the entry point. When the planning of the instrument channel is completed, the optimum direction of projection is planned. Depending on the complexity of the intervention and of the access, a number of optimum directions of projection can also be defined, between which a switch is made during the intervention. The significant aspect here is that the planning of the optimum direction of projection is undertaken without subjecting the patient to extra radiation. Within the context of this planning the best possible visualizations of the instrument as well as of the critical structure are determined.
Subsequently the 3D data set is registered with a navigation system and with a 2D fluoroscopy system. The navigation system can for example be a stereotactic frame which allows a precise application of the instrument. In the next step the data of the planned direction of projection is transmitted to the navigation system. On the basis of this intervention data the required position of the fluoroscopy system is calculated. This definition of the position of the fluoroscopy system is undertaken automatically on the basis of the intervention data, accordingly the step-by-step adjustment for the optimum position for the fluoroscopy usual in the prior art is not necessary.
If both the navigation system and also the fluoroscopy system are correctly set, the intervention with the Instrument under fluoroscopy in the previously planned angulation can be started. With the inventive method there can be provision for the fluoroscopy system to feature a C-arm of which the position is calculated and set automatically.
To visualize critical structures such as vessels, organs and vertebrae, the projection of the 3D data set can be presented overlaid with the 2D fluoroscopy image. This is especially useful if the investigation area has low contrast. In these cases a manual optimization of the projection under fluoroscopy can only be achieved with great difficulty.
With the inventive method the position of the instrument can be checked using computer tomography, magnetic resonance tomography or 3D angiography, if necessary the method can be continued with the planning of the intervention. Thus the optimum direction of projection and setting of the position of the fluoroscopy system is planned once again.
The inventive method is especially suitable for fixed instrument such as a biopsy needle, an aspiration needle or an ablation device.
Further advantages and details of the invention will be explained on the basis of an exemplary embodiment which refers to the figures. The figures are schematic diagrams and show:
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A critical structure 11, in the exemplary embodiment depicted, an organ of a patient, is located in the vicinity of a needle channel 12 indicated by an arrow. The structure 11 and the needle channel 12 are objects in a three-dimensional space. The task within the context of pre-interventional planning consists of finding an optimum direction of projection for the fluoroscopy. This direction or the associated plane which lies perpendicular dicular to the direction of projection, is defined by the best visualization of the critical structure 11 in relation to the needle channel 12 and allows an especially secure monitoring of the needle movement during the intervention.
The optimum direction of projection is defined and planned interactively by the user. The optimum direction of projection is a straight line which is perpendicular to the needle channel 12.
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If the 3D data set has been recorded on the same C-arm by means of 3D rotation angiography, the required registration of the patient with the 3D data set and the fluoroscopy system is automatically provided by the device calibration.
Where 3D data from other sources such as magnetic resonance tomography or computer tomography is used, automatic or interactive image registration methods can be used. It is also possible, to initially register an external data set with 3D/3D registration with the 3D rotation angiography data set, in order to implicitly establish the registration with the fluoroscopy system in this way.
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If the optimum direction of projection is to be determined automatically, the normal to the surface must be determined on a plane which is produced by the needle channel 12 and the point on the critical structure closest to the needle 11. This plane 15 is shown in
Optionally the selection of the optimum projection direction can be undertaken on the basis of minimum x-ray absorption. The x-ray absorption is determined from the 3D angiography, the CT or the MR investigation and the corresponding 3D data set. This criterion in particular excludes projections at extreme angles or unfavorable projections because of bone structures or at least identifies them as such, so that the user can change the planning.
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The critical structures can be determined automatically. After a critical distance to the needle channel 12 has been specified, with the distance amounting to 5 mm for example, the structures are determined automatically by a computer for which this critical distance is undershot and these are displayed to the user. The user can then decide for himself whether the structure is critical or not. Before the beginning of the intervention the user can create a first fluoroscopy image to ensure that the critical structure with the virtually displayed planned needle channel and where necessary the target structure for the needle can be seen as well as possible. If equally valid needle channels are present, the planning of the intervention can be optimized in order to define the optimum direction of projection or the optimum directions of projection. Following a position check 10 an update of the planning and thereby of the optimum direction of projection can be undertaken. In the flowchart shown in
The optimum projection can change during the course of the intervention at different penetration depths of the needle and with different critical structures which are passed. The critical points in the two projections are indicated in this case by "x" or "y". Referring to the diagram shown in
The needle tip position defined, measured or calculated by the navigation system can be used to update the optimum direction of projection. Alternatively the current needle tip position can be determined manually, by clicking on it with the mouse for example, or through automatic detection from images which have been recorded in two different directions of projection.
Taking into account critical structures and where necessary further criteria, varying optimum projection directions are produced along the needle channel depending on the current needle tip position. In an extreme case the direction can be changing constantly during navigation through a network of vessels, but this is time-consuming and inconvenient. In this case an attempt is made to keep the change of the angulation of the C-arm as small as possible during the advance, this value can for example be quantified as an overall angle covered. Simultaneously during the advance a specific degree of sub-optimality of the projections can be allowed, with such a value for example being able to be set as �20�.
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