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Robert Scheer: … and he collapsed after 9/11. So what is it, just the power of these lobbies? And they're actually supported by some labor unions; they're supported by plenty of Democrats, not just Republicans. Is this an unstoppable force, or is …?
Lawrence Korb: Well, I think with the death of bin Laden, and also our deficit problem … but see, what you need—and President Obama did take a step in the direction; he talked about cutting $400 billion over the next … between 2013 and 2023. We're moving, I think, in the right direction. But you know, the great irony is you go back and look at history, the people who really got the defense budget under control were Eisenhower, Nixon and the first President Bush. And it's a great irony because, politically, they could do it and nobody could challenge them. Remember that Bush's secretary of defense was a fellow by the name of Dick Cheney. And so when Cheney—in fact, it's interesting; Cheney tried to kill this … Osprey; it takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane, the V-22. And he lost the thing, and he called the weapon system a "turkey."
Peter Scheer: We're speaking with Dr. Lawrence Korb, former assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. Dr. Korb, we're deployed militarily in a hundred and fifty countries, something like that, in the world. What is the true cost of this—what you might call an empire-building?
Lawrence Korb: Well, again, if Iraq and Afghanistan this year are costing us $170 billion—they've cost us well over a trillion dollars so far in the direct cost—but this is where I talked about the fact that you got to take a look, why do you got 80,000 troops in Europe? I mean, you don't need them. And taking them out, and then taking them out of the force, is how you save the money. And I think right now, President Obama has directed the Pentagon to take another look at the strategy, because the first review they did, they wanted to do everything and go every place. And that's—you got to ask these questions; why are you in all these countries? What would happen if you weren't there?
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Lawrence Korb: Well, that's what I mean, because we were there at the end of World War II, and nobody ever wanted to get out! And again, people say, oh, you can never tell what will happen, and stuff like that.
Peter Scheer: But Germany's not that great. I mean, why do we want to be in—I don't even understand any justification for that …
Lawrence Korb: Well, I agree, I agree …
Peter Scheer: … I can understand Korea; you could say China's there, we have to be worried about China, we have to project power into that region. But Germany?
Lawrence Korb: No, I agree. That's why you have to raise the issue. And I think when you do that with the American people, then they say, wait, now I understand.
Robert Scheer: Well, you know, you've raised an interesting thing politically. You're right; we did much better under some Republicans; not under George W. Bush, he went to the races with this stuff. But you're absolutely right, under Nixon and under the first President Bush, and certainly under Dwight Eisenhower, we had Republican politicians with the courage to stand up to this military-industrial complex …
Lawrence Korb: Well, they also had the political clout. See, and again, the Democrats, you know, are still concerned about being seen as weak on defense.
Robert Scheer: Right. Now, what about the existence of these libertarians—the Pauls, father and son—who have in the past challenged the military budget? Certainly Ron Paul has. Do you get any support from them for your position?
Lawrence Korb: Oh, sure. Yeah. I mean, we do a lot of—you know, our views are accepted by the Cato Institute, which is the libertarian think tank.
Robert Scheer: So you do cooperate, to some degree.
Lawrence Korb: Oh sure, yeah. Yeah, we sure do.
Robert Scheer: Because I know, I've talked to Dennis Kucinich about that—he told me that on some of these issues he gets along really great with Ron Paul. Do you think that could be another center of criticism …
Lawrence Korb: Yeah … we did a study this year for Barney Frank and Ron Paul called the Sustainable Security Task Force, to make sure that the deficit commission focused on defense, and the chairs were Barney Frank and Ron Paul.
Robert Scheer: Let me conclude—you wrote an article that was in CNN Money, "The $1 million soldier." What's wrong with how we budget war? What's your one-minute answer to that?
Lawrence Korb: Well, I mean basically the fact is that if you're going to go to war, you've got to realize it's much—it's very expensive—like in Afghanistan, because it's landlocked, to support those things—it'll cost you a million dollars a troop. So when people say, well, let's add 30,000 more, you've got to realize that's $30 billion before you do it.
Peter Scheer: Well, we're going to have to leave it there. Thanks so much, Dr. Lawrence Korb.
Lawrence Korb: OK. Thank you for having me.
Robert Scheer: Thank you. Bye.
Peter Scheer: Dr. Korb was an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration, and he is currently a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Peter Scheer: This is Peter Scheer with Josh Scheer. We are speaking with James Peck, who is the author of "Ideal Illusions: How the U.S. Government Co-opted Human Rights." Welcome.
James Peck: Welcome, I'm glad to be here.
Josh Scheer: So, human rights—how does the government do it? … I've read the introduction; you talk about the Cold War and, you know, setting up dictatorships. And then when did the, as you put it, ideological weapons … that our national security infrastructure used to bring human rights as a motivator for war?
James Peck: Human rights, I think, really began to emerge in the public in the United States in the 1970s. Sort of the late '60s, early '70s … in the public; it came with Soviet dissidence; it came up with Allende and things like that, in the Congress. But the national security people were faced with the enormous implications of the defeats in Vietnam, the discrediting of anti-communism, and all the resistance that had occurred in the Vietnam struggles. And I think what really happened, if I could put it sort of in a, really sort of a nutshell, is this: The human rights movement really was grabbed upon by the Carter administration, and ever since, in order to cut off—in order to create sort of a new idealism, on the one hand; but also to bifurcate what had been some of the deepest demands within the peace movement. The human rights movement, in a way, really broke from some of the fundamental concerns that dominated the peace movement.
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Just a testimony of a good test instrument reseller
Hello all,
From time to time I travel from Brazil to US on vacations or on my job activities and sometimes I buy things to improve my DIY lab, like components and devices.
I´m doing this since 90´s and I follow a simple procedure: few days before the trip I buy everything I need and send it to my hotel in US in order to receive the goods. it´s easy and I normally use my credit card to pay on-line.
I travelled last week and did the same procedure. At this time, I decided to renew one of my very old scopes for a modern DSO and add a True-RMS benchtop multimeter to my bench. Not much more sofisticated or expensive if I consider what I have already bought in the past.
I´ve made some previous search on the Net and found many resellers of test equipments, some of them I already used to buy components. When I tried to buy in some of them (I will not say the names, but for sure I wish to) I had a lot of restrictions on buying on-line using my credit card, even on those that I already did boughts, on the same way! New controllers procedures on frauds over the net, they say...
So, I chose two vendors for each equipment with no apparent restrictions and did the procedures. There were no return on problems or something else. One of the vendors, btw, have a local reseller in Brazil (but much more expensive because of the taxes).
When I arrived I sent e-mails to both, as I usually do, to verifiy if everything was ok, and I discovered they stopped the processes in order to verifiy my personnal data and, believe me, one of them not even take care on reply an e-mail to me to inform that, I had to send one to verify!
The other put my order on an automated system and I have no return of nothing, except when I said I wanted to cancel my order. It was the same reseller where I have an account in Brazil and use the same way to buy, since 2002!
I cancelled both orders, complaining a lot with the guys and did a new research on the Net, then I found the Tequipment.net site. I did a chat on-line with the staff of the reseller and they verified my personnal data, on an efficient way, verified the equipments availability for me, gave me a discount in one upgrade since the multimeter I wanted was not available for immediate shipping, and sent me the goods on a 2nd day express shipping. My total bill was 200 dollars lower than the sum of those on my cancelled orders, for the same equipments!
I decided to offer an free testimony of this good procedure from them, specially from Miss Beth Duchatkiewicz and recommend TE for DIYaudio community. I think they don´t loose the focus in well serve the customers, with no loss of security on sale.
I have to say I have no problems with other vendors too, like Amazon (excelent and they sell test equipments too), Amidon, Parts-Express, 41Hz (they send to Brazil) and others, but this vendor (it appears not so big indeed) have one of the best procedures I´ve seen until now.
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Yes, I agree!
I bought my Rigol DS1052E and 2 Extech EA11A Digital K type thermometers from them and they are now my goto company for test equipment. Yes, Beth is the best as I have dealt with her too. Seems UPS sent my scope to Never-Never Land and she found it for me..
A big thumbs up from me also!!
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"I am encouraged with the totality of the data presented today, which show that median event-free ages for SMA infants in both the 6 mg and 12 mg cohorts compare favorably to that observed in a recent natural history study. These data combined with the safety and tolerability profile observed to date support my enthusiasm to further evaluate ISIS-SMNRx in a Phase 3 study in infants with Type I SMA," said
Event-free survival data from Phase 2 study in infants with SMA
In the Phase 2 study in infants with SMA, a total of 20 infants were dosed as of
In the 6 mg cohort:
In the 12 mg cohort:
Increases in muscle function scores in this study in infants with SMA
Measures of muscle function are also being assessed in this study. Increases in muscle function scores were observed in infants in both dosing cohorts using the
Developmental milestones are also being examined in this study using the Motor Milestones portion of the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination, with 14 out of the 16 infants in the combined PPEP exhibiting improvements in motor milestones.
The safety and tolerability profile of ISIS-SMNRx to date supports continued development. As of
Clinical data on ISIS-SMNRx Mechanism of Action
Today, Isis reported the results from an analysis of spinal cord tissue samples from autopsies showing that ISIS-SMNRx is distributed throughout the central nervous system. The results of these analyses also showed greater levels of full length SMN2 mRNA and full length SMN protein in tissues in ISIS-SMNRx-treated SMA infants compared to the levels of SMN2 mRNA and full length SMN protein in the tissues analyzed from untreated SMA infants. These analyses were conducted on tissue samples collected in three infants who had received three or more doses of ISIS-SMNRx and were compared to tissue samples from four untreated SMA infants and three infants without SMA at a similar age range.
"The results on ISIS-SMNRx presented today form an encouraging profile of a potential new therapy for patients with SMA," continued Dr. Finkel. "The consistency of observations in event-free survival, CHOP INTEND and development milestones, combined with the clinical data supporting the mechanism of action by which ISIS-SMNRx was designed to act, creates strong support to continue evaluation of ISIS-SMNRx."
"We are encouraged that we have been able to evaluate both the distribution of ISIS-SMNRx in spinal cord tissues and motor neurons, and the levels of full length SMN protein in the spinal cord of ISIS-SMNRx-treated infants. We are very fortunate to have access to these tissue samples, and thankful to the families who have allowed us to use them to advance the study of SMA and ISIS-SMNRx. Access to these tissues has enabled us to confirm what we observed in our earlier preclinical work; that ISIS-SMNRx is broadly distributed throughout the central nervous system of ISIS-SMNRx-treated infants. We are also pleased to observe that the levels of ISIS-SMNRx in tissues analyzed from ISIS-SMNRx-treated infants are greater than the concentrations at which we observed biological activity in our animal studies. We are also encouraged with the greater levels of full-length SMN2 mRNA and commensurate increases in SMN protein we observed in tissues analyzed from ISIS-SMNRx-treated SMA infants as compared to the levels of full-length SMN2 mRNA and SMN protein we observed in tissues analyzed from untreated SMA infants," said
Results from Phase 2 study in children with SMA
In the ongoing, open-label study in children with SMA, increases in muscle function scores, as measured by the Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale-Expanded (HFMSE), were observed in children treated with multiple doses of ISIS-SMNRx. As previously reported in
Increases in two additional functional tests were also observed eight to 13 months after last dose in the six-minute walk test (6MWT) and the upper limb mobility (ULM) test. In the 6MWT, performed with 10 ambulatory children, a mean increase of 24.4 meters was observed 12 to 16 months after the patients' baseline visits, compared to the previously reported increase of 22.7 meters at nine months. In the ULM test, a mean increase of 3.1 points was observed 11 to 16 months after the patients' baseline visits, compared to the previously reported increase of 2.3 points at nine months.
The safety and tolerability profile of ISIS-SMNRx continues to support continued development. As of
"SMA is a heartbreaking disease. Children with SMA are bright and engaging, but due to progressive muscle weakness, grow weaker over time and suffer a decline in their physical abilities. Because of the inevitable gradual decline that patients with SMA exhibit, I am encouraged with the consistency of the muscle function scores in these children. Not only do these children experience increases in muscle function scores, even after a single dose of ISIS-SMNRx, but it now appears that these increases can be sustained for a significant time after dosing," said
"The consistency of the increases in muscle function scores across different SMA patient populations, including both children and infants with SMA, and the dose- and time-dependency of these increases is encouraging. The observation of increases in SMN protein in the spinal cord in tissues analyzed from ISIS-SMNRx-treated infants, suggest that ISIS-SMNRx is acting by the mechanism of action through which it was designed to act," concluded Dr. Bennett.
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ISIS-SMNRx is designed to alter the splicing of a closely related gene (SMN2) to increase production of fully functional SMN protein.
ISIS-SMNRx is being evaluated in a pivotal Phase 3 study, ENDEAR, in infants with SMA. The ENDEAR study is a randomized, double-blind, sham-procedure controlled thirteen month study in approximately 110 infants diagnosed with SMA. The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of a 12 mg dose of ISIS-SMNRx with a primary endpoint of survival or permanent ventilation. Additional efficacy endpoints are also included in the study. For further study information, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov and search for ISIS-SMNRx or the identifier number NCT02193074 or visit the ISIS-SMNRx study site at www.smastudy.com.
Isis acknowledges support from the following organizations for ISIS-SMNRx:
SMA is a severe genetic disease that affects approximately 30,000-35,000 patients in
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[DietBet.com has given me the opportunity to participate in a blogger competition with the chance to win up to $5,000 for meeting a weight loss goal. The following post is part of my participation in the program. I am not a doctor, or a nutritionist, and following any advice I post is done at the reader's own risk.]
So a few weeks ago I mentioned in a post that I was trying something new to lose weight. But I didn't want to say what it was right away – I wanted to see if it worked first. I'd already lost about 11 pounds with Slim-Fast, but was getting tired of it and needed a new plan. I'd been taking more days off from Slim-Fast than on for a few weeks and had gained a couple of pounds back. I was getting bored. I needed to shake things up.
That's always my biggest problem with losing weight. It goes well for about a month – I can stick to anything for four weeks. But then I get restless. Day after day of the same thing gets old.
Coincidentally, right around the time I was looking for something new, I read about a study involving three groups of dieters. The first group followed a pretty standard 1,500 calorie a day diet. The second and third groups followed a plan where they ate sensibly five days a week, and then severely restricted carbs two days a week. Not only did the intermittent low carb dieters lose almost twice as much weight as the first group, they had less people drop out – it was easier for people to diet hard for two days than to diet less strictly every day.
This really spoke to me. Until that point I had ignored any kind of diet that involved restricting carbs. I love carbs. I'm able to lose weight eating carbs. Giving them up would be too hard.
But twice a week? I could do that! The problem, though, would be the five days of sensible eating part. If I could eat sensibly I wouldn't have a weight problem. I don't have a moderate setting. If I'm left to eat what I want, with no rules or restrictions, I eat everything in sight. I don't stop when I'm full.
So, I thought, what would happen if I combined the two-day-a-week low-carb diet with calorie counting on the other days, to keep myself in control? I decided to do two days a week of 700 calories and 60 grams of carbohydrates, four days a week of 1,400 calories with no carb restriction, and one day a week of not counting calories. It all averages out to about 1,400 calories a day.
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But the big bonus is that compared to the super low carb/low calorie days, the 1,400 calorie days are so easy by comparison! And the one day I don't count calories? That's like heaven. It's so nice to take a break from weighing and measuring that I don't even pig out.
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Following that race he was found to be suffering a respiratory virus, one treated for several months at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland. Back on track in June, the big bay finished third in the Criminal Type Stakes at Belmont Park and was third in the Whitney Invitational (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course before winning the Awesome Again (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park en route to his Breeders' Cup Classic score. He is a nominee for Eclipse Award honors in the older horse and Horse of the Year categories, to be awarded the evening of Jan. 18.
Assigned high weight of 123 pounds for the Florida Sunshine Millions and breaking from post 4 under Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, Mucho Macho Man should have no trouble putting away the five fellow Florida-breds who come forward to contest him—all assigned 117 pounds.
Our Sugar Bear Stable's hard-knocking Gourmet Dinner is the only other graded stakes winner in the field, that accomplishment earned far back in the 6-year-old runner's career when he took the 2010 Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes (gr. III). In recent times, the son of Trippi was third with a mild rally in the Dec. 7 Broad Brush Stakes at Laurel Park going the Florida Sunshine Millions Classic distance. He looks back to an Oct. 20 Parx Racing allowance at one mile for his latest victory for trainer Robert Triola.
Other familiar faces include Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Bernie the Maestro, a 7-year-old son of Bernstein who won the Oct. 5 Michael G. Schaefer Memorial Stakes at Indiana Downs and also won minor stakes at Calder Casino & Race Course in 2010. He was sixth last time out in a Dec. 7 starter stakes going 1 1/8 miles at Gulfstream for trainer Mike Maker.
Joshua's Comprise will ditch the blinkers as one of two starters saddled by Barry Rose for the Rose Family Stable; to his inside on the rail will be stablemate Decaf Again. Ronald Gaffney trainee Rule Number Six moves back from turf to dirt and seeks his first victory for Emmy Gaffney and Jessica Savin since May 2013.
$400,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Classic (Race 10, approximate post 5:03 p.m. EDT), 4-year-olds and up, Florida-breds, 1 1/8 miles (dirt)
PP, Horse, Jockey, Weight, Trainer
1. Decaf Again, 117, C. Olivero, B Rose
2. Joshua's Comprise, 117, F. Maysonett, B Rose
3. Rule Number Six, 117, M. Rispoli, R Gaffney
4. Mucho Macho Man, 123, G. Stevens, K Ritvo
5. Bernie The Maestro, 117, J. Rosario, M Maker
6. Gourmet Dinner, 117, J. Castellano, R Triola
Equipment Change: No. 2—Joshua's Comprise—blinkers off


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Norris Trophy Candidate Has Slow Playoffs
by PuckStopsHere on 04/25/10 at 03:50 PM ET
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If you had been reading media reports and not watching games, it would be easy to assume that this post is about Mike Green (Steve Simmons is one of his more high profile detractors). Mike Green has not been a superstar in the playoffs yet. In five games he has two points. He leads Washington in playing time and has been playing against tougher competition than he did in the regular season - largely due to the development of rookie John Carlson - who is taking so of the defensively easy minutes. Green has been a solid defenceman so far this playoff, but he has not been spectacular yet.
Duncan Keith is the likely Norris Trophy recipient. However, his playoff has been unsatisfactory so far. Keith has no points so far and has a team worst -5 +/- rating. Keith has the worst +/- rating among any player on a team leading in their first round series.
Mike Green is a subject of attack among many fans and media members because he is an offensive defenceman. He is the best offensive defenceman in the world. His defensive game is not up to his offensive level, but it is far better than many are willing to give him credit for. He is playing against a progressively tougher opposition and doing well. When Mike Green is on the ice, the opposition rarely scores and Washington often does. That is clearly a sign of success.
The problem that many people have is how can Mike Green be the best defenceman in hockey when he is not the best at defence (which seems to be important to being a defenceman). The problem is potentially solved by ranking defencemen on how many wins they produce for their team. Wins are produced by scoring and preventing scoring. Green is the best in the league at scoring. Even if he is not the best defensively - he is capable and it is possible that his offensive prowess makes him the defenceman worth the most wins in the league.
Mike Green is a far better defensive player than many are willing to give him credit for. Once he has the reputation of being poor defensively, it is a tough reputation to shed. This reputation has become progressively less a reflection of reality as time goes on, but it is firmly established in some people's minds and it is hard to get them to watch games to re-assess their deeply held bias. In the playoffs so far, Mike Green has been a better defensive player than Duncan Keith. Keith has not had a strong playoff at all.
This example helps to show that media reports tend to be harder on certain players than others. Mike Green is not the traditional defenceman. He excels offensively. Historically, defencemen of this type have not been treated well by the media. There was a movement to give the Norris Trophy to anyone but Paul Coffey. When Coffey scored 126 points in 1983/84, the Norris Trophy was given to Rod Langway who had scored 33 points. While there is no question that Langway was better defensively than Coffey, it is hard to imagine that he made up 93 points with defensive differences.
I would give the Norris Trophy to Duncan Keith this season. He is almost as good offensively as Mike Green and plays in much tougher defensive situations. However, in the playoffs so far, Green has been better than Keith and yet most media members who have mentioned either of them are pointing out how Green is playing poorly.
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Carlson is going to be a good one. Green just sucks so much defensively.
Posted by cs6687 on 04/25/10 at 04:12 PM ET
good job!
like the "defending" of green here ... when complaining about green's supposed defensive shortcomings, ppl tend to forget that he nevertheless plays the back end. so there's more defense on default than any forward provides. whatever
of the norris candidates, i think that doughty played best. shame his second season might not last that long, though.
Posted by german_wing from Toronto, Canada on 04/25/10 at 04:40 PM ET
He is playing against a progressively tougher opposition and doing well.
look him up on behindthenet.ca
his quality of opposition is essentially ZERO.
Green is the best in the league at scoring.
as you said, he is playing against better opposition in the playoffs. and his point production has dried up. what does this say about his offensive skills? that he can score well when playing against lower quality opponents, but not against better players. so how does this mitigate his suspect defensive skills?
Even if he is not the best defensively - he is capable and it is possible that his offensive prowess makes him the defenceman worth the most wins in the league
how is a +1 with 2 points "worth wins?"
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 04/25/10 at 05:01 PM ET
Green just sucks so much defensively
nah, wouldn't say that. when under pressure (which philly WILL apply), he tends to make bad decisions. he needs some maturity there, some experience to step up when it matters most. some players have that gift and don't really have to learn to do that. it comes naturally with them. if it doesn't, you have to learn that, have to grow up as a player. i think green could become more than a marc-andre bergeron or mathieu schneider. certainly no bobby orr or nick lidstrom, that's for sure. but i don't think his all-around abilities as a defender are so much worse than keith's or doughty's. time will tell!
Posted by german_wing from Toronto, Canada on 04/25/10 at 05:01 PM ET
@PaulinMiamiBeach: QualComp and QualTeam are based on +/-. The Habs are the worst ES team in the NHL, the Caps the best. So any Caps' QualComp will look bad, so far that is. Only two Habs are even, only two are better. Ouch.
I don't think he fades under forechecking pressure either (you want that, see Tom Poti). The Caps as a team I think have bad puck clearing support from the forwards, who probably should come a bit deeper into the defensive zone, so they have trouble clearing. But Green rarely loses a 1-on-1 along the boards, mainly because he gets there a moment before anyone else.
Green is light years better than Bergeron any way you look at it, even now. Carlson looks like he has a slightly higher ceiling but Green looks like a Scott Niedermayer, and from what I've read, is very similar to the young SN.
Posted by Anonymous on 04/25/10 at 05:32 PM ET
even though it never hurts to have a good defensive defenseman on your team, i think you're dead right there: the caps' defensive problems aren't there just because "the defense sucks", but because there's not enough backchecking by the forwards. some more of that and the addition of someone like hejda would work miracles.
Posted by german_wing from Toronto, Canada on 04/25/10 at 06:01 PM ET
Green is terrible at d. He is a forward playing d. Federov was better at D then this guy. I can't believe he is up for this award. Shea Weber is more deserving this guy. If Green wins it'll be a disgrace to the trophy.
Posted by ME on 04/25/10 at 07:07 PM ET
A sample size of five games doesn't show you much other than statistical fluctuations. Do you believe Duncan Keith is way over his head as a first line defenceman (clearly not as good as Mike Green). If you use the sample of five games the playoffs have provided and nothing else, that conclusion is obvious.
The fact that people are so intent to bash Mike Green that they have overlooked the point that Duncan Keith is the Norris candidate with a poor start to the playoffs and bash Green anyway shows that most of this is a preconcieved notion that people are holding onto despite any facts.
Posted by PuckStopsHere on 04/25/10 at 07:12 PM ET
This is one of the worst articles I've ever read.
Posted by Jonesy44 from Toronto on 04/26/10 at 02:27 AM ET
"how is a +1 with 2 points "worth wins?" one goal 5-on-5 and one goal on the powerplay in a 2-0 game, or 2 assists in a 2-1 game, or… :p
Anyhow, I've been watchin as much play off games I can see, and so far, Green is playing just fine defensively… Mostly because of his speed, but as a defenseman that jumps up in the play, speed is necesarry to hustle back after a turnover…
Posted by fish from Antwerp Belgium on 04/26/10 at 09:20 AM ET
Duncan Keith is the likely Norris Trophy recipient.
YOU BELIEVE Duncan Keith is the likely Norris Trophy recipient. You posted a link to an article YOU wrote. The way you write portrays opinions as facts and I guarantee there is a difference.
Posted by Steve Strowbridge from St. John's, NL, CA on 04/26/10 at 01:40 PM ET
A sample size of five games doesn't show you much other than statistical fluctuations.
so, as usual, that sample size is OK for YOU to make conclusions, but as soon as data in that sample size doesn't fit what you agree with, it's too small a sample size.
it is unfortunate that this picking and choosing is so common on this blog.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 04/26/10 at 08:48 PM ET
Which conclusion do you figure I made with this sample size? Or is your rant a misplaced lie?
Posted by PuckStopsHere on 04/27/10 at 02:59 PM ET
This post is just shy of elite.
It was close, TPSH, but you just haven't been blogging in enough shorthanded situations.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 04/27/10 at 03:28 PM ET
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Fox News hosted Republican strategist Danny Diaz, who criticized "Democrats and their union friends" for "pushing legislation like card check legislation" -- the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) -- at the expense of the economy. However, at no point during the segment did Fox News disclose Diaz's affiliation with the Workforce Fairness Institute, which is "[c]urrently ... focused on educating the public on the damaging effects of the deceptively named 'Employee Free Choice Act' or 'card check.' "
During the March 10 edition of Fox News' Happening Now, co-host Jane Skinner hosted Republican strategist Danny Diaz, who criticized "Democrats and their union friends" for "pushing legislation like 'card check' legislation" -- the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) -- at the expense of the economy. However, at no point did Fox News disclose Diaz's affiliation with the Workforce Fairness Institute, an organization whose website states that it "is funded by and advocates on behalf of business owners" and is "[c]urrently ... focused on educating the public on the damaging effects of the deceptively named 'Employee Free Choice Act' or 'card check.' " In a March 9 article, Politico senior political writer Ben Smith reported that the WFI "employs" Diaz. Further, Diaz has been identified as representing the WFI in multiple media appearances.
After Skinner told Diaz that "one of the storylines out there is that the president and the administration are just taking on too much at once," Diaz said in part: "Ultimately, this president is going to be judged by his actions and the results that they achieve. And when you have Democrats and their union friends out there pushing legislation like 'card check' legislation, I think there are real concerns on the Democratic side whether they're, you know, taking this on appropriately."
In his March 9 Politico article, Smith reported that the debate over EFCA "has provided a welcome stimulus to a seriously depressed industry: Republican political operatives" and wrote of Diaz:
Danny Diaz's morning e-mails are back.
Diaz, until last month the relentless communications director for the Republican National Committee [RNC] and reliable source of jabs at Democrats, now sends out a new "Morning Roundup" of attacks on the Employee Free Choice Act.
Another business-backed group, the Workforce Fairness Institute (not to be confused with the Workforce Freedom Initiative), employs Former Bush ad man Mark McKinnon, former White House Political Director Sara Taylor, Mitt Romney aides Barbara Comstock and Katie Packer, powerhouse conservative PR firm CRC, GOP Web gurus Patrick Ruffini, Mindy Finn and Patrick Hynes and former RNC Communications Director Diaz.
Diaz has also been identified as representing the WFI in the National Review and as a guest on the February 26 edition of Air America Radio's Thom Hartmann Program and the February 28 edition of Aftermath Radio. During Aftermath Radio, Diaz said of himself and WFI:
STEVEN FOLEY (host): Our guest is Danny Diaz from the Workforce Fairness Institute, here to tell us about his time at CPAC and what the Workforce Institute is -- is really rallying against right now, which is the Employee -- I guess we're calling it the Employee Forced Choice Act --
DIAZ: That's right.
FOLEY: -- is a better term for it.
DIAZ: We're just focused on educating folks, you know? That's what we're doing.
Chris Cillizza reported in a February 20 Washingtonpost.com post -- which was highlighted on Diaz's corporate website -- that Diaz "expects to be intimately involved in the coming congressional fight over the Employee Free Choice Act and will aim to advise congressional candidates on message strategy."
During the segment, Skinner simply said that Diaz is "former communications director for the RNC," and on-screen text similarly identified Diaz that way:
From the March 10 edition of Fox News' Happening Now:
JANE SKINNER (co-host): The president is halfway to his first 100 days. It is President Obama's 50th day in office today. In that short amount of time, we have certainly seen a lot of action from the White House. Take a look: a plan to pull combat troops out of Iraq -- no small-ticket item; a $787 billion economic stimulus bill passed and signed into law; the bank rescue plan -- still a work in progress; the order to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay; and just yesterday we saw him reverse a ban on federal funding for stem cell research -- for embryonic stem cell research.
That's a lot of stuff. Danny Diaz is former communications director for the RNC [Republican National Committee], and Steve Murphy was a media consultant for Governor Bill Richardson's [D-NM] presidential campaign. Good to see you both.
Steve, I want to start with you and this quote from Howard Fineman -- known to be liberal -- from Newsweek today -- take a look. He said President Obama would "have made a fine judge, but we don't need a judge. We need a blunt-spoken coach. Obama may be mistaking motion for progress, calling signals for a game plan. A busy, industrious over-achiever, he likes to check off boxes on a long to-do list." Has he actually made progress?
MURPHY: Yeah, I think he's made a lot of progress. You know, he's done everything that he said he would do in the campaign. America's image in the world is dramatically improved, which gives us a lot more diplomatic leverage. The stimulus plan -- this stimulus legislation has really helped in terms of the contraction of the economy, slowing down the pace of the recession.
But look, there is one thing I think the administration really needs to focus on, and that is the banking crisis. The economy is everything here right now. The big banks, the investment banks, wrecked this economy. They have trillions of dollars of derivative rot on their books, and the administration is going to have to face reality there. What we're doing with the banks isn't -- isn't enough, and it is not going to work.
SKINNER: Danny, one of the storylines out there is that the president and the administration are just taking on too much at once. You know, Warren Buffett now notably said in an interview that people are confused, and when they're confused and they're overwhelmed with information and what's going on, they tend to pull back.
DIAZ: Well, the other day the president was talking about health care; I believe he's talking about education today. The issue is fairly simple: the economy, the economy, the economy. People are very, very concerned about their jobs and the state of the economy. And you can see by news stories today that Democrats are concerned with the agenda that this administration is putting forward with the amount of money that's being spent and the return on that investment.
Ultimately, this president is going to be judged by his actions and the results that they achieve. And when you have Democrats and their union friends out there pushing legislation like "card check" legislation, I think there are real concerns on the Democratic side whether they're, you know, taking this on appropriately.
SKINNER: What about overloading Congress? Steve, it's possible.
MURPHY: No, I don't think Congress is being overloaded, but there is an enormous amount of work to do. And Danny, I'd like to, you know -- I think the reality really simply is we are not spending enough money on this. There's not -- somehow or another, either the government is going to have to put more money in a more structured way into this banking crisis, or they're going to have to take over the banks. It's trillions of dollars. The same thing with the stimulus. We have $3 trillion of excess capacity in this economy right now; a $700 billion stimulus does not take up the slack.
SKINNER: Danny, have at it. Not enough spent?
DIAZ: You know, Jane, in this 8 percent increase in this omnibus bill, $400 billion, you have projects that were covered in the stimulus bill -- almost a trillion dollars. You have the automakers coming back; you have the White House and Democrats talking about an additional stimulus program. I mean, you have the banking issue. At the end of the day, there's a lot of money going out the door, and people are asking, when are they going to see a return on that investment? Are we essentially subsidizing flawed business models?
These are serious questions that this president needs to deal with. He's going to be judged by his actions, the results they achieve. And I think, you know, you don't need to look at what Republicans are saying. Look at the actions of Democrats on Capitol Hill and how just worried and nervous they are, and they can't even support the president's budget. I think that says a lot.
SKINNER: Steve, Danny, we just have 10 seconds left for each of you. Grade 'em --
MURPHY: Danny --
SKINNER: -- grade 'em 50 days in.
MURPHY: Danny --
SKINNER: Give me a grade and a 10-second explanation for why.
MURPHY: Oh, I think -- A-plus. And I just want to make one point real quickly here, Danny: You're absolutely right about the flawed business model. But if the banks go down, the economy goes down worldwide.
SKINNER: A-plus -- I wish you were my professor. Danny, last word from you.
DIAZ: I don't think you could give this president a grade, you know, with, you know, such a short period of time. This is going to take a long time. He's going to be judged over the long term.
SKINNER: Danny and Steve, good to see you guys. Thanks.
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"There were a couple of incidents last year where a referee had to stop a game because somebody had lit up ... right on the sideline and it was wafting onto the field," association president Alastair Gillespie said. "We're doing this for the protection of the kids."
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One of the most talked about aspects of Seattle's matchup with New Orleans is that the Seahawks will be playing without Brandon Browner and Walter Thurmond, two of their top cornerbacks.
That would be a significant loss regardless of the opponent, but it's been magnified because the Saints are second in the league in passing yards per game. With that being said, Seattle's ability to get pressure on Drew Brees with just its four-man rush could be especially crucial this week.
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Kebede, 17, is a senior at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring. She was one of 14 young women awarded a grant last week through the ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative, which provides leadership skills and mentorship for young women. Prior to receiving the grant, she participated in a leadership forum as part of the initiative.
How did you get involved with the ANNpower Vital Voices leadership training program?
My English teacher recommended me for this program because I did research in our class on the glass ceiling in America. She thought I would be interested in empowering women, and she suggested I apply for the program.
What went through your mind when you learned that you were awarded the grant?
I felt honored to get the incredible opportunity to carry out my plan.
How much money is the grant for, and how do you plan to use the grant?
The grant is for $1,900 ... We will have peer-to-peer mentorship [at my school] for those who have come to the United States for education programs. We want to facilitate parent-teacher conferences for students to keep parents engaged.
The weekly gatherings will be based on peer-to-peer exchanges. I'll be working with other girls who have been through the process of being immigrant kids, and they can help mentor the new participants.
What are your plans for college, and what do you hope to do for a career?
Ultimately, I would love to become an OB/GYN. One of the reasons that I wanted to apply for this program is because I had done a project where I went back to Ethiopia, where I am from, to raise money and help those women become more visible in the world. I would like to study nursing and pre-med at the same time. I've always wanted to look at all levels of care and experience it.
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