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"Surgeons and other medical staff are the equivalent of technicians, engineers, plumbers or carpenters. They are not scientists. They are not studying the details of the relevant science. They don't have to understand it - just carry out procedures by rote. Though the ones who do have a clue will be a lot better at adapting to new circumstances because they'll make more correct guesses based on their understanding than the clueless ones will."
Maybe some of us fall into that category (though we still don't like it pointed out), but others are like Dr. Joseph Murray. In 1990 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. You can read his acceptance speech here. He received the award for his work that greatly advanced the progress in transplantation surgery. On December 23, 1954, he performed the first successful human renal transplantation between identical twins.
"Dr. Murray credited the watershed accomplishment to a collaborative effort, praising the renal transplantation team assembled at the Brigham by Physician-in-Chief George Thorn and Surgeon-in-Chief Francis Moore. Dr. Murray ultimately transplanted kidneys in about two dozen sets of identical twins. Once he and his team had shown that transplantation could succeed between genetically identical persons, they were eager to discover how to break the immune barrier and expand the usefulness of kidney transplantation beyond this limited population. To this end, Dr. Murray explored the use of total-body irradiation and bone marrow replacement for suppressing the immune system. In 1959, he used this technique successfully to transplant a kidney and bone marrow between two genetically nonidentical twin brothers (N Engl J Med. 1960;262:1251-1256). The 24-year-old recipient, John Riteris, lived 29 years with his transplanted kidney. Ultimately, however, this approach did not prove to be a dependable and successful protocol. It was not until immunosuppressive drugs appeared on the scene that a more reliable method of overcoming immune rejection was developed. In April 1962, Murray and the Brigham kidney transplant team performed the first successful kidney transplant using an immune-suppressing agent—azathioprine—on 23-year-old Mel Doucette (N Engl J Med. 1963;268:1315-1323).
Although transplant research and surgery was his focus for many years, Murray considered his "true calling" to be the work he was also doing in plastic surgery—particularly facial reconstruction in children disfigured by cancer or birth defects. "At heart, I'm a reconstructive surgeon," he said. When demands on his time forced him to choose between transplantation surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery in 1971, Murray followed his heart, resigning as chief of transplant surgery at the Brigham to focus on his plastic surgery practice. While the two types of surgery might seem disparate, Murray explained that it was plastic surgery that introduced him to questions surrounding transplantation when he was fresh out of Harvard Medical School. As a US Army officer stationed in Pennsylvania during World War II, he worked with burn patients sent back from the war, gaining extensive experience in plastic surgery; his work with skin grafts raised the issues of immune rejection he would later find ways to address.
Murray did not travel overseas during World War II, but his reconstructive surgery skills eventually led him around the world. In 1962, at the invitation of Paul Brand, MD, a surgeon who helped rehabilitate leprosy patients in India, Murray spent 2 months in Vellore training local plastic surgeons and their staff in various modern techniques. A decade later Murray traveled to Tehran, Iran, where he operated on a wide range of patients, including children with severe burns that occurred when they fell into open ovens in their homes.
Murray continued his practice into his 60s. In 1986, 3 months away from retiring from active surgery, he had a stroke. Although he recovered quickly and was cleared by his doctors to return to the operating room, he chose to retire. "I had 48 years of surgery under my belt, and I decided to just enjoy other aspects of my life," he said.
An avid tennis player and hiker, Murray had been active all his life and he eventually resumed these activities. Retirement, though, allowed him more time to spend with his family—his wife, Bobby; their six grown children; and his grandchildren—with whom he is close. He also recently penned his autobiography, Surgery of the Soul: Reflections on a Curious Career (Science History Publications, Cambridge, England; 2001), and is working on other book ideas.
Looking to the future of transplantation, Murray commented on the lack of donor organs: "We're victims of our success. It's literally an insoluble problem until you can create organs in some other way." From JAMA article--Joseph Murray, MD Transplant Pioneer; Vol. 292 No. 24, December 22/29, 2004
Murray wrote, "It is absolutely essential for medical progress that dedicated clinical surgeons and scientists understand and work with scientists of other basic disciplines. It is a simple fact that basic scientists cannot be surgeons, so it is essential that surgeons be scientists."
Joseph E. Murray (1919– ), Nobel Laureate, 1990 by Michael Cash BS, Christopher Dente MD, and David Feliciano MD; Arch Surg. 2005;140:270-272.
Interview with Dr Joseph Murray by Francis L. Delmonico; American Journal of Transplantation 2002; 2: 803–806
Joseph Murray, Md Transplant Pioneer: JAMA; Vol 292, No 24, December 22/29, 2004


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Skip to comments.Howie Carr thread Feb 1-14, 2013
Posted on 02/01/2013 6:43:26 AM PST by raccoonradio
Howie Carr thread for the first half of Feb. starting with today's Boston Herald column, "Dear John, it was something you said"
"This is a great day for Massachusetts. This is the day John Forbes Liveshot Kerry stops being our senator. The governor, who was born in Illinois, is replacing the senator who was born in Colorado with an interim senator who was born in North Carolina who will serve on Capitol Hill with the senior senator who was born in Oklahoma."
More below
Senator Nurse Fuzzy Wuzzy.
by Howie Carr
Friday, February 1, 2013
This is a great day for Massachusetts. This is the day John Forbes Liveshot Kerry stops being our senator.
The governor, who was born in Illinois, is replacing the senator who was born in Colorado with an interim senator who was born in North Carolina who will serve on Capitol Hill with the senior senator who was born in Oklahoma.
(Go to the Herald page, linked above, for a selection of John Kerry's greatest audio clips.)
In honor of this magnificent day, which many of us feared wed never live to see, lets review some of Liveshots greatest hits.
Everyone has their own favorite John Kerry moment, and this is mine, from 2004, when he announced that his vice presidential running mate was U.S. Sen. John Edwards. Liveshot, always a superb judge of character, said this about the ambulance-chaser who touched everything but the third rail:
I know his skill. I know his passion. I know his conscience. I know his faith. He has honored the lessons of home and family.
Yes, Mr. Secretary, but did you know his pregnant mistress?
Kerrys acumen doesnt end at the oceans edge either. Here is Mr. Secretary on Syria and its very ethical leader: Syria is an essential player in bringing peace and stability to the region. President Assad has been very generous with me in terms of the discussions we have had.
On the dedication of the Big Dig tunnel: This tunnel will be a bargain!
This is a guy who makes Ed Markey look in touch. Remember when the Herald caught Liveshot trying to beat the $500,000 state sales tax on his new $7 million yacht, the Isabella? As reporters swarmed, he jumped into his Chevy Volt, er, SUV, and issued this clarion explanation:
Can I get outta here please?
As the reporters kept pestering him with questions, perhaps because hes never seen a tax he didnt like, unless it was on himself, of course: Lets not get silly here.
Then there was the time Mitt Romney mentioned a tar baby. What a racist. You can hear the cut of John Kerry talking about a big tar baby out there. To which the national media responded as one: Nothing to see here folks, move along.
On the fact that when it comes to charity, he tosses around quarters like they were manhole covers: The fact is I did make some contributions. Theyre not enormous. I have two kids. I live off my Senate salary. My wife may be independently wealthy. Im not.
Now hes worth $193 million.
And of course, this great one from 2004: I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.
Under fire, he shot back: Is that flip-floppin? Is that a flip-flop?
As a matter of fact, yes it is.
Music, anyone? Im fascinated by rap.
His favorite Red Sox player? Manny Ortez.
Favorite football team? Youre lookin at the biggest cheesehead in America, right here.
In rural Ohio, pandering for the hick vote: Can I get me a hunting license here?
If you dont study hard, youll end up in Iraq. It was a botched joke.
In the 2004 campaign, he hired a guy who worked at a bicycle or windsurfing store as his valet. One day the valet lost Kerrys special magic hairbrush. Kerry went nuts. Wheres my brush? Wheres my brush?
Now Kerry has hired noted Globe throne-sniffer Glen Johnson as his new valet. Some words of advice Glen:
Dont misplace the brush.
Parody lyrics by me, 2004:
Have yourself a Kerry Little Christmas, cozy all the way
While the seat of power is so far away
You'll be just one more lib in the Senate, thanks to W
You won't live on Pennsylvania Avenue
Ketchup heiress has lots of dough, lots and lots of dough to spend
It won't buy you the White House though, for the voters know, my friend
Mondale, Gore and also Mike Dukakis know just how you feel
When you're seen, you don't have any appeal
So have yourself a Kerry Little Christmas now
Got a lot of votes in San Francisco, New York and L.A. they loved him too
But he's still going back to Massachusetts
The Swift Boat hero, left Democrats so blue
yes he's mentioned she now will reign as Senior Senator. And yes frightening
Hey Senior Moment Senator Granny Warren! The MA Fishing Industry just got "hammered"!
Hey Senior Moment Senator Granny Warren! The MA Fishing Industry just got "hammered"!
Hey Senior Moment Senator Granny Warren! The MA Fishing Industry just got "hammered"!
"even if temporary?
Ya, for like the next six years.
"How can we miss you if you don't go away?
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Five surgeons from big cities are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.
The first surgeon, from New York, says,
'I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered.'
The second, from Chicago, responds,
'Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded.'
The third surgeon, from Dallas, says,
'No, I really think librarians are the best, everything inside them is in alphabetical order.'
The fourth surgeon, from Los Angeles chimes in:
'You know, I like construction workers...Those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over.'
But the fifth surgeon, from Washington , DC shut them all up when he observed:
'You're all wrong.
Politicians are the easiest to operate on...
There's no guts, no heart, no ba*ls, no brains, and no spine..
Plus, the head and the a** are interchangeable.'
Howie Carr: Red flags were raised long ago for future
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Good career move by ex-U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.
And Scott, thanks for giving the Herald the scoop. You promised wed get the news first, and we did.
Not that his decision to take a pass was unexpected. Two weeks ago tomorrow, he and I were doing another one of our joint book signings at Willow Books in Acton. We had a good crowd, and after it was over, he told me how much he was enjoying the appearances.
Want to do some more of these? he asked.
Well, sure, I said. But arent you going to be busy, or something, in another month or so?
He just shrugged.
It would have been a tough fight. He could have beaten Not-so-Fast Eddie Markey, but in less than two years, hed have been looking down the barrel at JoJoJo Kennedy. In the end, Brown could have won two statewide races for the Senate and spent $80 million only to serve a combined total of fewer than five years.
It was different in 2009. He had nothing to lose. The fight was a lark. It was supposed to be a warm-up for the attorney general fight in 2010, or something. But if hed lost this next one, it would have been the end of the road. Not too many pols come back from dropping two in a row.
I didnt talk to Scott Brown yesterday, he just texted me that he was out. But I wonder if hell run for governor in 2014 either. This is really getting to be a tough state for a Republican, and Brown is about as good a natural retail politician as anybody anywhere. But what can he do when so many of the low-information voters are pulling the straight Democrat ticket?
Last fall was really nasty. In our post-election book signings, Browns fans have been telling him endless stories about being intimidated, or forced to hold Warren signs by their unions, or having their property vandalized, all for the crime of opposing a fake-Indian carpetbagger from Oklahoma.
In Orleans right before Christmas, a female UMass freshman recalled sitting in a large theater-style classroom a couple of months earlier, and her professor asking for a show of hands who was for each of the candidates. Apparently, she was the only one to raise her hand for Brown, and everyone saw her.
On her way out of class, she was heckled, cursed, spit at and generally called every name in the book. Talk about the war on women
At some point you say, Who needs it? If you dont have a hunch, why bet a bunch?
The filing deadline is Feb. 27. The Republicans have exactly 25 days to round up certified signatures from 10,000 Republicans and independents. Good luck with that.
As for all you bookstore operators out there, Scott Brown and I are back in business. Give us a call.
yikes...I mentioned the bit about the UMass student on Facebook to Dan Kennedy (Bos Phoenix, Beat the Press segment of Greater Boston) and he said he found it hard to believe to be true. Yeah right. I have said Brown should change to a Dem and change his last name to Kennedy to get elected in this low info voter state.
Time to plug welfare leakage
by Howie Carr,
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Leakage thats what Gov. Deval Patrick is now calling rampant welfare fraud in his administration.
According to the inspector general, $25 million has been wasted, and we all know thats just the tip of the iceberg. Still, though $25 million seems more like a flood than a leak.
But dont worry, the governor assures us that the fraud rate is only about average. Thats certainly a relief. Wed all hate to think that the commonwealth is below average in the amount of fraud and abuse by the non-working classes.
But this is a governor who dismisses any and all cases of welfare fraud as mere anecdotes. And by the way, it appears we have a lot more anecdotes than were first reported closer to 50,000, rather than the original 19,000.
None of this welfare dirty laundry would have come out if only Granny Warrens daughter hadnt forced the state to order a voter-registration drive last summer among the layabout class. A half-million letters went out (complete with prepaid return envelopes) and almost 50,000 came back return to sender, address unknown. No such number, no such zone.
Here are a few anecdotes from the inspector generals report involving leakage:
A gimme girl was receiving Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children while in jail, while simultaneously submitting time sheets stating she was participating in a work program at a career center.
In 2010, a gimme girl stated she did not know the whereabouts of the father of her child. Eighteen months later, she gave birth to a second child and named the same father on the birth certificate.
Another deadbeat claimed shed been unemployed for more than six years and that her husband was incarcerated. The inspector general discovered a bank account into which she had recently deposited $7,000, while withdrawing $8,500. There was of course no evidence of investigation by the Department of Transitional Assistance.
The inspector general discovered some problems with the relationship status between grantees and dependent children. Does this mean that children are being claimed by multiple women as their own in order to qualify for yet more handouts? Why not? Apparently nobody ever checks.
Dont worry though. Deval is on the case. The hacks are setting up an Integrated Eligibility System with anticipated implementation by 2015.
Only two more years of leakage among the anecdotes. Thats a load off the taxpayers minds.
All in all, its a tough report. Even Deval had to do something. So he regretfully fired his DTA commissioner, Dan Curley.
A good guy, Deval said.
Too bad Curleys not a lawyer. Deval could make him a judge, just like hes doing with Mary Beth Heffernan after her bang-up job as public safety secretary.
Are there any clerk magistrates jobs open? Give Curley the job, and I guarantee you in three months his nickname at the courthouse will be Personal Recognizance.
Or maybe Leakage.
Go you remember who that author he had on talking about the shroud of Turin? She had a book.
Do^ Not Go...
Make of this what you will:
a) supposedly a big announcement 7:35 am today (Monday)
about the future of AM 830 WCRN Worcester
b) Cryptic message on Michael Graham page: It's
coming 11 12 13 Truth
Theories include:
Graham to WCRN
or WCRN to Fox Sports
we'll see
It was announced today that starting next week former WTKK host Michael Graham will be on noon to 3 pm
on WCRN AM 830 Worcester along with WESO 970 Southbridge, WBNW 1120 Concord, and WPLM 1390
Plymouth in what is being called the New England Talk Network
Too bad they can't Jeff Katz for the morning drive. The current 830 morning line up is, well sorry, lame.
Yes..people in radio are guessing Graham is paying for the time, "brokered time". WCRN prob can't afford to pay him, so he would prob buy time then sell ads to pay himself back. The CRN morning show is Hank Stolz, the program director of the station. Maybe it's in conjunction with
the Money Matters network...they can sell ads and
push Graham.
I think the new Graham show displaces a noon news hour by
Stolz, some brokered time hour long shows at 1, then
prog talker Jeff Santos brokered at 2 (so now Howie gets Graham for a lead in)...or is it Huckabee? The WCRN website is pitiful. Prog talk gets, shall we say, hammered in
New England. While it is on taxpayer funded NPR outlets,
commercial prog talk is only on fulltime stations in
Brattleboro and Bangor, the latter thanks to moonbat Stephen King...and in Boston itself it's just about gone on the commercial dial (there may be a weak AM station doing Santos 6-7 am). But hey with NPR why bother...?
I find NPR very hard to take, outside of Car Talk and a few of the weekend shows, which I rarely listen to. And 99.5, for household background "elevator music".
Yes...I go into a Hess station in N Reading sometimes late afternoons and the college-age help has All Things Considered on a portable radio, yuck.
I would guess the WCRN gig would make it hard for Graham
to fill in for Howie, unless he did a "double shift" (or got someone, who? to cover his reg one) and could do it via
a Net connection from the WCRN studios.
WTF is going on with RKO??? They played almost 20 minutes worth of ads from noon til 20 after then a replay of Kuhner, now, interrupted by live Rush? WTH?
Diff with satellite feed? Don't know.
I do know in terms of automation if someone clicks the wrong date on automation software (at least at the type WMWM uses, my station at Salem State) it runs through every PSA etc
and then ends with dead air.
Maybe sat. problem who knows.
Willies got so much to be thankful for
by Howie Carr
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Lets look on the bright side, the mayor of Lawrence said last night. But Willie Lantigua missed some of the obvious high points he could have bragged about.
First of all, a former state rep from Lawrence has already been arrested this year.
And it wasnt him, it was Jose Santiago!
More good news: Lantigua has finally filed his campaign finance reports. OK, so they were two years late.
And do you realize that it has been one week seven whole days since one of his pals has been convicted of a crime?
That would be Wilfredo Laboy II, son of the political prisoner, former School Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy. He got the jail time, the old man did, but Junior got probation. All he did was lie to the grand jury.
Willie Lantigua pointed out last night that the majority of drug suspects in Lawrence now come from out of town. Not to mention out of the country.
I ask you to join me in refusing to allow distraction to keep us from the job at hand.
In case you were wondering, distraction is another word for grand juries.
Alas, Gov. Deval Patrick was apparently unable to attend. But he is a gracious patron to his dear pal Mayor Lantigua. On the way to City Hall, perhaps Willie heard Republican state Rep. Jim Lyons talking on the radio about how the state Lyons constituents, people who actually have jobs and pay taxes are forking over $152 million for the Lawrence school system.
Of course he didnt mention that the city of Lawrence is also making its own contribution $4 million. Lyons calls the city an ongoing criminal enterprise, like Lawrence isnt an equal-opportunity mob.
Take Lennie Degnan, the mayors suspended-with-pay chief of staff. His father-in-law is an ex-con, Nick Rizzo, the guy who looted Paul Tsongas campaign account back in 1992. And hes from North Andover. Lawrence doesnt care about your native tongue, or the color of your skin, just the length of your rap sheet.
Just ask Deval Patrick. The mayor should have thanked Patrick for the loan of an additional $35 million. Im sure itll be paid back.
But look at how much Lawrence gives back not just the votes to elect the fake Indian, but also, when his man Ron Bell allegedly drinks too much in Boston, whos there to hire him off the waiver wire? Willie Lantigua, thats who.
The mayor has much to be proud of. Think of all the arrested cops hes still got on the payroll. And how about the three kids in the anti-gang program who were allegedly supplementing their income by sticking up bodegas?
Whats the big deal? Theres a word for it ... double-dipping.
Is there method to his madness?
by Howie Carr
Friday, February 8, 2013
Is Whitey Bulger going soft in the squash?
I mean, if your only defense is that you had total immunity from the feds, conveniently given to you by a dead guy, then why would you start yapping on a recorded line about how you never gave the evil G-men any information?
In other words, you claim you had a quid pro quo, but you never delivered the quid for the quo.
I bought (expletive) information, I didnt sell it, Whitey said Sept. 12, in a dogtrack-ready spiel to his younger brother Jackie. I never gave them (expletive) information. Nothin. Nothin.
Obviously, Seamus is still in Step One of the Five Stages of Snitchhood denial that hes a rat. Even to his brother, who is himself a convicted felon.
In his prime robbing days, Whitey didnt talk on phones wiretaps. Or indoors bugs. Or in cars ditto.
This conversation was recorded nine days after his 83rd birthday. Hed been in the can for 15 months, and before that, hed spent 15 years sitting on a park bench in Santa Monica Heavens Waiting Room, Left Coast Annex.
Its to be expected hes lost a little off the fastball, but why would he be spewing out this kind of nonsense to undermine his own already unbelievable defense? Unless maybe hes laying the groundwork for his next defense senile dementia.
You know who else this filing by the feds is bad news for? The dwindling band of Zip Connolly acolytes who think the bent fed was framed. Doesnt sound to me like Whiteys going to go to the mat for his old go-to guy, Special Agent Cannoli.
I didnt know that (expletive) John Connolly wrote all those reports.
Stop me if youve heard this before. Whiteys partner in crime, Stevie Flemmi, was making the exact same complaints about his first FBI handler, H. Paul Rico. First he said he never said that stuff in the 209s, even though he was the only one who could have known the details. Then he said Wimpy Bennett must have said it until Frank Salemme pointed out to him that hed already murdered Wimpy Bennett weeks before the reports were filed.
Finally, Stevie admitted everything, but whined Rico had stiffed him on the informant fees he was due.
You dont get it, Stevie told his co-defendants. They gave us gold and we gave them (expletive).
In this case, the expletive was his co-defendants. Stevie really was lucky to get out of Plymouth in one piece. Now hes going to be brought back from Otisville to testify against Whitey. The trial is supposed to start June 6.
Once Whitey was the boss of all the snow in South Boston. This morning he sits in his cell in Plymouth and watches the other kind of snow fall.
Whiteys got more than one blizzard headed his way this year.
hi and sorry for late reply—no , I don't remember that author...
Driving ban? Take a hike, gov
by Howie Carr
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Hey Gov. Patrick, didnt your mother ever teach you about the magic word please?
You know, youd ask her for something, and shed say, Whats the magic word, Deval?
I guess she didnt because I didnt hear it Friday, when you ordered everyone in the state off the roads at 4 p.m. Like everyone else, I did hear about the $500 fine and/or one year in jail for violating your order, which you had said the previous day you probably werent going to issue.
I know, the bow-tied bumkissers are already falling all over themselves lauding you for your wise decision to shut down business statewide and arrest anybody who had the audacity to try to get home from work. But did it ever occur to you that at 4 p.m. Friday maybe half the state had only minimal snow? Think Nantucket.
If you had to order a driving ban, why not at 7 p.m.? Ninety-nine percent of the people would have been home by then. Do you really think a lot of people were planning to go out joyriding in the blizzard? Gov. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire asked her constituents to get off the roads by 7 p.m. No haughty orders, she just said she would rely on their common sense. But then you dont have much in common with Maggie, do you, Deval?
Earlier this week, she vowed to veto an increase in the beer tax (it didnt even get out of the legislature). You couldnt slap a beer sales tax on top of the beer excise tax fast enough, remember?
Every moonbat wakes up in the morning hoping this is the day he gets to inconvenience, or hector, or lecture somebody else, preferably some bitter clingers who have to work for a living.
Friday was the day moonbat Devals dream finally came true. He out-Dukakised Dukakis. But the difference is, when Dukakis declared a driving ban, nobody complained. Because at that point it was necessary people had been caught by surprise.
It was 1978, remember no Weather Channel, no models. Nobody was caught unawares Friday. You could have picked up the news reports on the fillings in your teeth.
Myself, Id hired a guy to drive me home Friday night. I was going to leave my car warm and safe in a garage in Brighton. But then he heard about the year in jail, and he chickened out.
So I called Veterans Taxi. At 5 p.m., Veterans called back and said the cops had just ordered them off the road. In other towns, the police were doing robo-calls, a chance to throw their weight around, too.
I wasnt that worried driving home. I had press credentials, and if any cops had stopped me, I figured I would just tell them I was Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis son.
Can you imagine what TV viewers from outside New England must have thought watching us here in Boston these last few days? First you have a mayor talking about deploring plows in the sea of Boston, and if you have any problems, call nine-eleven. (Go ahead, check your phone for an eleven.)
And now my car is in the driveway, totally buried in snow. Deval, its all your fault. Can you come over today and help me dig it out? Please.
What the heck is going on with the howiecarr.us and all related websites for sale? There must be something afoot.
hmm...meanwhile McSCREAMER IS ON! Yikes!
I think Howie said he had to go to Cleveland for something, or was it somewhere else?
Howie set up howiecarr.us because he thought he was able to escape WRKO last year. Turned out he couldn't. Maybe it's just expiring or they let it expire?
OK here's what it says...now I know Howie had someone set up sites for him like fatboy, liveshot, etc. and I'm trying to remember who...wow!
Due to the ending of a longtime friendship with Howie Carr I am selling this domain. Also available for sale are the domains fatboy.cc, liveshot.cc, mumblesmenino.us, and coupedeval.com. Site traffic statistics are available. Please use the blog form below for your offers, all replies will be confidential. Also available for sale is the Howie Carr story with 20 years plus of photos and video for qualified biographers. Thank you.
OK I did a WHOIS search and it said howiecarr.us belongs to Larry Bruce. OK...now I remember. "Larry the Loner", Howie called him on air. Tech engineer for RKO at one point; he even consulted for smaller stations like the one I'm on, on the North Shore (not now though). So Larry the Loner and Howie have ended a longtome friendship?
"Due to the ending of a longtime friendship with Howie Carr I am selling this domain. Also available for sale are the domains fatboy.cc, liveshot.cc, mumblesmenino.us, and coupedeval.com. Site traffic statistics are available. Please use the blog form below for your offers, all replies will be confidential. Also available for sale is the Howie Carr story with 20 years plus of photos and video for qualified biographers. Thank you."
I looked up the site on whois, and it is owned by Larry Bruce. Larry is a longtime associate/cameraman/engineer, so it seems that they have had a major falling out.
Yes I did the same and I knew he was an engineer for RKO at one point (I remember a pic of him in the Herald, adjusting knobs etc.) and he was an engineer for my station WMWM Salem State (some engineers would do a whole bunch of college stations in spare time). I pointed out on a radio board (more than once) that Larry had a youtube video posted on howiecarr.us showing the Jerry Williams show, with Howie and newsreader Deb Robi in the next room, from 1988 or so. He clearly says he filmed the video and called himself the
"site administrator".
I was racking my brains trying to get his name but as soon as I saw it on WHOIS I said, yes, Larry Bruce, and indeed some kind of problem. WHOIS says howiecarr.us expires in July.
Wow... the plot thickens. Wonder what happened? Thanks for the heads up, raccoonradio!
Will Howie be back today and/or tomorrow? Heard McScreamer yesterday for a few seconds. My ears still haven't recovered...
Don't know if Howie will be on today (vacation in Fla.? who knows) or not. Yes don't know why he and Larry Bruce are no longer friends. Last year Larry helped out by finding stuff related to the Liz Warren Pow-Wow-Chow book via a library in Manchester NH (Howie did a column on it last yr)
meanwhile this from the Globe today, take it for what it's worth:
by Kevin Cullen:
>>We all know where Whitey Bulger fits on the criminal spectrum, but what about the political spectrum? Turns out hes a Reagan Democrat who bemoans the state of both major parties. He dismisses President Obama as a radical socialist and Mitt Romney as a union-busting venture capitalist who likes firing people and shipping jobs to China. I dont know why Fox is wasting its time wooing Scott Brown. Roger Ailes should give Whitey his own show.
According to what Howie said on Friday he was going to Cleveland yesterday and will most definetly be back on air today. Out of habit I increased the volume on RKO at 3pm yesterday and shut it off immediately after hearing mcscreamer's voice.
yup—to work on new book
New Howie site http://howiecarratrifleman.com/ He said on air when someone asked about his email blast "we're trying to get the 7500 names (subscribers) back from the other person" (see above_
Yowsa... what's with all the screeching women in the Boston media??
Maria Stephanos from Fox 25. They do this during a ratings period for the TV station—Fox 25 is basically advertising on Howie's show. When the ratings period ends you will magically not hear from Maria for quite some time (be aware she was one of the three finalists for "Pres of Howie Carr Nation" the other 2 being Col Hunt, who won, and "Officer Mark"...)
Pol farewell tour bites into funds
By Howie Carr / Boston Herald
Youve probably never heard of ex-state Rep. David Torrisi of North Andover. Apparently most of his constituents had never heard of him either, because last September he lost the Democratic primary to a 29-year-old first-time candidate.
But living well is the best revenge, and after losing, Torrisi went on a fine dining spree that should have been chronicled on the Food Network.
According to his end-of-year filing with the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance, between Oct. 20 and the end of the year, Torrisis campaign committee raised exactly 40 cents.
At the same time, he was spending $8,992.28, most of it on dinner with colleagues, staff dinners, dinners with campaign supporters, staff lunches, lunches with campaign supporters and lunches with colleagues.
Maybe if Torrisi had sprung for those meals with his colleagues before the legislative redistricting, the leadership wouldnt have shunted him into such an unwinnable district.
Torrisi did not return repeated calls for comment.
His biggest feast came on Nov. 20 at Old City Hall. That was dinner with colleagues for $818.02.
Next came staff dinner at Strega Waterfront a week before Christmas. Thats a swell place; Michelle Obama has dined there. Lame-duck Torrisi ran up two separate tabs on Dec. 18 for $651.03 and $163.
Hope the staffers ordered the lemon cake. Thats my favorite, even better than the ricotta pie.
And isnt Phil a great maitre d?
Next on the Torrisi gourmet tour is Ruths Chris Steakhouse on School Street. A chain, but a nice chain. Dinner with colleagues $570.70 on Dec. 5. Then theres Flemings Prime Steakhouse in Park Square. Torrisi threw another dinner with colleagues there Oct. 24. Not as many colleagues that night, apparently, because the tab was a mere $179.21.
How about a red-meat emporium closer to home? On Dec. 11, the soon-to-be-extinguished solon hosted a dinner with campaign supporters at Burtons Grill in North Andover. Cost: $256.25.
Torrisi also celebrated his last hurrah at The Last Hurrah on Nov. 20 and Dec. 4. Total tab: $336.55.
Christmas is about giving, especially if you have a campaign account and youve run your last campaign. So on Dec. 11, someone, presumably Torrisi, stopped by the Apple Store in Peabody and dropped $911.62 for staff Christmas gifts.
The trip to the Apple Store was the day after he visited Wine & Beer at the Andovers and dropped $167.95 on gifts for campaign volunteers, and the day before he visited the Wine Connextion and spent another $185.99 on more gifts for campaign volunteers.
The lesson here is, public service is tough. And fattening.
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Let's make a deal
Robin Brownlee
June 07 2008 11:37PM
It's far more likely Edmonton Oilers GM Kevin Lowe will make a trade for a significant roster player at the 2008 Entry Draft than it is he'll swing a deal to move up from 22nd in selection order.
Lowe has never moved up, although it's not for lack of trying—he toasted his cell phone in 2003 trying to get a crack at Ryan Suter, Dion Phaneuf or Braydon Coburn before moving down to take Marc Pouliot over, ahem, Zach Parise.
With a glut of second- and third-line forwards and depth on defence, Lowe said his week he'd consider moving assets in a three-for-one or even four-for-one deal—a top-three forward is the target.
"It's a matter of me and the organization trying to do our best to manage the assets, improve the hockey team," he said.
"If that means getting into a situation where we move a couple, maybe three or four assets for one or two coming back, a player and a draft pick or something, that might be a good thing."
Joni Pitkanen is Lowe's best bargaining chip because there's still people around the NHL who don't laugh out loud when the phrase "future Norris Trophy candidate" is attached to his name.
Puck-movers who skate as well as Pitkanen are at a premium and the Oilers are in a position—assuming Sheldon Souray doesn't slip and fall in the shower and Tom Gilbert and Denis Grebeshkov continue to develop—to shop him in a package and see what the returns might be.
A source in the east who I know and trust says there's already been inquiries about Pitkanen. That doesn't mean Lowe has something on the table, but the schmoozing that went on at a meeting of GMs last week is bound to turn into more substantial talks by draft time.
As for possibilities, I'm with Team 1260 loudmouth Bob Stauffer in thinking the Ottawa Senators are prime candidates as trading partners. The name being mentioned, of course, is Jason Spezza.
More in coming days...
Done Deals
Lowe trades leading up to and at the draft.
June 24, 2006: Acquire 3rd round pick in 2006 (Theo Peckham) from Atlanta for a 3rd round pick and 7th round pick in 2006.
June 21, 2003: Trade 17th overall pick to New Jersey for the 22nd pick (Pouliot) and the 68th pick (J.F. Jacques).
June 23, 2002: Jochen Hecht to Buffalo for the 31st pick (Jeff Deslauriers) and the 36th pick (forward Jarret Stoll) in 2002. Trade the 14th pick to Montreal for the 15th pick (Jesse Niinimaki) and the 245th pick (Tomas Micka).
June 18, 2002: Trade a third-round choice in 2003 and a conditional selection in 2004 to Philadelphia for Jiri Dopita.
June 24, 2000: Roman Hamrlik to the New York Islanders for Josh Green, Eric Brewer and New York's second pick (Brad Winchester) in 2000.
June 12, 2000: Fifth-round draft choice in 2000 to Nashville for Patrick Cote.
Just Asking
- What was Aaron Downey doing after Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final guzzling champagne in Detroit's dressing room while wearing equipment? Downey didn't play, so what's with the gear? Did the equipment crew spray on fake sweat, too?
- Why did people insist on comparing the Penguins to the 1983 Oilers? As Glen Sather told Jim Matheson in the Journal last week, it's a bogus angle. Three seasons from now, 2010–11, there won't be more than six players remaining from the team that lost to Detroit.
- Why would the Oilers pay Curtis Glencross more than $1 million when they have a cheaper, younger alternative—with more upside—like Pouliot in the mix? Enjoy Florida or Carolina, Curtis.
- What is it, exactly, Craig MacTavish sees in Marty Reasoner? As MacT said last week, "I want Marty back!" It's so mind-boggling, I'm tempted to go for an MRI to see if I've lost my brain.
—Listen to Robin Brownlee every Thursday from 4 to 5pm on Total Sports with Bob Stauffer on Team 1260.
June 10 2008, 10:50PM
Cleary, Chimera, Conklin, Lupul, Hecht, Thorenson. Lost patience or not, they have all gone on to have more productive or successful careers after being here.
June 11 2008, 08:31AM
Cleary - Admitted to having huge personal issues which hurt his career which hurt him. Finally came around and restored his career. Good for him but little to do with Mact?
Lupul - MacT gave up on him? When? Lowe felt he had to give something to get something?
Conklin - He had another good run as an injury replacement. Same as here. He was a backup during the playoffs again. He played 39 as an Oiler and 33 in Pittsburgh. How is that better?
Chimera - That's one.
Hecht - I guess he did have 14 more points in Buffalo as he did here (people often he has been so much more productive but not really) but he was traded because he wasn't happy here not because MacT gave up on him.
Thorenson - is a utility player and was a utility player here. He hasn't been more productive.
101: If you've got all the answers, why ask the question? You do this time after time on seemingly every issue.
Chimera is one.
Hecht IS two. He's produced more points in five of his six seasons in Buffalo than he did here and the lone exception was because he missed almost half a season. And he would have been "happy" here had MacT played him more.
Lupul is three. He wasn't good enough here, but MacT didn't stick with him in anywhere nar the same way he's given countless other players chance after chance.
There are others, but to be fair, there are examples of players MacTavish has given every opprtunity to and Cleary is one of them.
Schremp has been with the organization for how long? i think they show enough patience. the braintrust in detroit excels at picking up former first round draft picks and turning them into role players and drafting gems in the 9th round. Its unfair to say that they show extreme patience with picks. when was the last time Detroit groomed one of their own first rounders into nhlers? I cant rattle a single one off. jakob kindl might be the first in long time.
June 11 2008, 01:00PM
There's also no guarantee that "giving up" on a player that isn't producing is going to make them that much more productive later on (I'm not saying that luck doesn't swing the other way either, as Robin and 101 already pointed out). The Oil's coaching staff (I'd like to say just MacT but I'd like to think he does have assistant coaches for a reason) wants to see players consistent in their roles.
If you're a checking line player, you should be keeping your +/- in the plus category consistently, not the minus.
If you're a scoring line forward, you should be putting up points in a consistent manner.
If you're a defenseman, you should be putting in solid minutes without brain farts (see why Marc Andre Bergeron was traded).
It's a pretty simple formula for a fan to follow, and outside of strategic trades, you can always see why a developing player is let-go/traded. Developing players are always gambles - you let them go and maybe they develop and they develop into solid NHLers, superstars if you're really unlucky (Ray Whitney in his prime comes to mind). Then again, maybe they're Jason Bonsignore and can't decide if they want to play hockey or not.
jdrevenge: The reason Detroit hasn't groomed many of their first round picks is because they hardly ever pick in the first round to begin with.
Since 1997 they have only used 4 of their first round picks with 2 being in the last 3 years (too early to tell if they will pan out) and the other two being Fischer and Kronwall. Both clearly NHLer's.
As far as Detroit showing patience, take a peak at when alot of their players actually enter the NHL. Using Schremp as a comparison it could be said that if he was drafted by Detroit the expectations of him cracking the NHL would be for this upcoming season, based on organizational history on when alot of their picks actually get a real shot with the big club.
I think that this is one of the luxury's that Detroit enjoys by drafting well out of Europe. For the most part their prospects are out of sight and out of mind while they develop for the first few years after being drafted.
I understand what you're saying and i didnt know that about the team. after looking on hockeys future for a while i wasnt able to find alot of first rounders with the organization. My point was that the oilers staff has shown patience with alot of guys as robin has mentioned. the problem from what i can see is that the staff was maybe inexperienced and drafted poorly up until the past few seasons. they seem to have sather disease and enjoy playing the long shot.
I'm a little confused as to whos expendable now that the oilers and glenx have reopened negotiations. if he signs who leaves?
R.B.- 'grasp of facts tenuous... I didn't allege fact. I do what 99% of the people on this site do...I express opinion based on being a fan since day one. I usually attend 10 or so games a yr and watch the rest on the tube That's it. I don't have the access of a reporter so I can't meet the standard of your expertise. I have never been impressed by Spezza in terms of being a robust and intense contributor. Period. I see Spezza in somewhat the same way you see Pitkanen and Penner and reject him in the same subjective manner. He impresses me as a very soft guy who has survived on skill but will never be a leader. Never been impressed with Spezza. Talent is not the issue with him, he has it. For me competitivness is the issue. That's all I'm suggesting. To me the attraction of this site is the exchange ideas however wacky and the chance to learn something from people who should be in the know.
Rob: Yes you did allege fact by saying he never shows up in the playoffs. That's saying he's been a dog when it matters most. That's not the case.
You use words like robust and intense when it comes to assessing Spezza and I agree -- in my opinion he doesn't bring either. That said, team building takes all kinds and Spezza is a highly-skilled player who produces. If you saw the item I wrote on Ryan Malone, then you know I put a lot of stock in the very two attributes you mentioned. But that doesn't mean every player has to be a blood-and-guts guy to be effective and valuable. Spezza won't go down in history as one of hockey's great leaders or a fire and brimstone guy, but if I can get him for a package of players that doesn't cripple my roster and he gets me 80-90 points year, I don't care if he says his favourite movie is Sex in the City and he wears panties under his gear.
You might see Spezza the way I see Pitkanen, but we didn't arrive at our conclusions the same way. You draw your conclusions as a fan who, as you said, attends 10 or so games a year and watches the rest on the tube.
Before I offer an opinion on a player, I watch him play. I watch him practice. I watch him interact with his teammates. I talk to coaches, past and present, and teammates about him. I see that player in the rink, in the hotels, in the restaurants. Big difference.
Its getting hot in hurrrrrrr...
If spezza is offered up in a deal any club would be stupid not to take a serious look. the kid can toughen up hes only 25.
JD: I don't know, yet, if the Senators are willing to make Spezza available. They certainly aren't shopping him.
It's the circumstances, as I've said before, that make this a possibility. The Sens will need at least one Dman when they lose Redden and the Oilers, as Lowe has said, are interested in upgrading up front -- likely in the top three, not just the top six.
As for Spezza toughening up, I'm not so sure he isn't plenty tough already. I don't get to see him play much anymore, but he could be very tough in the way Hemsky is tough -- he takes a lot of crap without backing down. He won't ever be an aggressive player, but that's OK. If I'm a coach or GM, I don't want my 80-90-point guy doing the dirty work
June 11 2008, 10:30PM
hey robin,
Bob had mentioned the Oilers throwing in Smid with Pitkanen to get Spezza. If so what would you think of the Oil signing Jason Smith to play on the third pairing with Matt Greene and PK as shutdown guys? Oilers could use some toughness, and if Smith played half of last season with no shoulders that would explain the drop off in his play. He would be a good fit until Pekham and Chorney are ready, keeping Roy as number 7 for now.
Robin - Other than Hossa who might the Oilers (forward presumably) have a shot at in the ufa market? Someone who might actually look seriously at the Oil. They said on the Spin tonight that Jokinen is on his way out of Fla. vi and may be headed for Calgary or Columbus. I've heard negative comments about Jokinen but could he fit here?
tikkanenfan: We've talked about this before here and you're right in one regard -- Smith could be a fit because of his leadership and toughness, but even when healthy he's limited at this point in his career. Tough to use a roster spor for the old captain now.
fyvmvv: I don't expect the Oilers to be players on the UFA market. By the way, the Oilers have no real shot at Marian Hossa. He wants to play for a Cup contender and the Oilers aren't that right now. As for Jokinen, he's one of those names that's perpetually out there in trade talks. He's been "on his way out or Florida" for years now, hasn't he?
The Oilers are in a pretty unique position this summer, given that all of their supposed depth rides on the backs of first or second year guys or guys outperforming themselves. Such as Cogs, Gags, Nilsson, Smid, Grebs, Gilbert, Garon, Stortini. The other side of that has their veterans either coming off of injuries or poor seasons. See Stoll, Torres, Pitkanen, Moreau, Pisani, Souray, Horcoff, Roloson.
So at this point if Lowe is selling to rival GM's how does he pitch this? The only guys he would be able to guarantee to other GMs would be guys that completed full seasons, at or around their previous performances. Hemsky, Penner, Pouliot... Not likely. Pouliot might leave for a 2nd rounder. Penner is staying put or Lowe looks like an idiot. Hemsky is a no brainer.
Bryan Murray doesnt like Lowe in the first place so how does he feel about taking on some maybes in Torres, Stoll, Pitkanen, Schremp, Smid. I'm going to say not very good. The Oilers would be better suited to hang on to the team and let the performances of the players speak for themselves mid season. Teams are increasingly likely to overpay for players as the deadline draws nearer later in the season.
I'm of the mindset that the Oilers will either end up sitting on their players until later in the year or swapping some fringe players and third liners and maybe adding that veteran d guy that waits for Souray to injure himself.
This barring Lowe finds a way to sucker punch some GM for some legit talent or some maybes coming back. Neither of which would do Lowe any good as hes finally in a position to sit on a team for 2-3 years and let the players possibly reach their potential while comfortably having players around to fill in if some are slumping.
If I were looking around I'd be interested in maybe picking up Jeff Carter for Stoll. Oil have trade history here. Carter is not a third line center and Stoll is. The Oil have the depth to fill in for Stoll and the Flyers could do without Carter.
JD: Carter for Stoll and who else? The Flyers would laugh out loud and hang up if you came looking for Carter with only Stoll to offer. It would take more than that.
Fair enough. add any of the players we've been discussing for the past couple of weeks.
Not dissing the speculation you guys were making. i like what you post and spezza makes me salivate. i just took some time and sat and played gm for a minute. this is what i would be trying to get.
No idea who we would throw their way other than stoll. we're not super deep on the left and it looks like the flyers might be looking for one...raff...nilsson...maybe...?
June 12 2008, 12:16PM
Dont you guys think Pouliot was starting to show something toward the latter half? I think SToll, Pisani, and Torres need to be gone, those guys were killin me all season. I know they had injuries and all but I think they are all very replacable players.
before i get lit up id like to retract my nilsson raff statement. flyers need d so maybe smid. hearing that the nuckleheads are also interested.
i think he'd be a better fit as hes a shooting center and we dont seem to have any of those. cogs might turn out that way but hes too young yet...
jdrevenge: I wouldn't retract the Nilsson statement. When talking about expectations and the fear of getting seduced by what the kids did at the end of the year I think Nilsson is the best candidate to come out and disappoint in September.
If it dealing him would in part get a higher end proven player I wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger myself.
True but i think Nilsson would be untouchable as part of the fab four. He was just signed to a super inexpensive deal and his defensive play would project him into a poor mans jere lehtinen i would think.
I don't want to use the word disappoint but I think it is Cogliano who takes the step backwards next season.
JD: Did I fall down the stairs and hit my head or did you say Nilsson's defensive play projects him to a poor mans Jere Lehtinen?
I don't mean to keep nagging you, but that's overstatement in the extreme. Nilsson made strides in defensive play and consistency to the point where he's no longer a hand grenade with the pin pulled in his own end, but he can't be mentioned in the same sentence as Lethinen, a Selke Trophy winner. Not even remotely close.
No worries Robin.
I'm not saying that he is him or is close to him at this point. I saw plays that he was making after his call back that made me believe he will in 5 years be as sound as lehtinen. Plays that not even the veterans were making. He is a very heady player. Hence the projection.
jd: Nilsson was a minus player in his first four pro seasons before finishing plus-8 this season. Lehtinen's single-season best was plus-39 in 2002-03 and he's plus-183 for his career.
If Nilsson hits double-digits as a plus player in any three of the next five seasons, I promise you that Wanye Gretz will pay you $1,000. OK?
Are you kidding me Robin? come on. Hes young...I will take your bet good sir. Gretz you can pretty much write the checque just dont write the date just yet haha.
I'll be in Montreal next year so I'll pay your postage.
What if he ends up in Detroit next year?
I have to save some of these prognostications and bring them out and review them in the fall. I can't believe some of the suggestions. Like for instance, who is going to tank on the Oilers 6-8 months from now? Who freaking knows? How negative do you have to be to think like that? Has someone discovered a new drug? What ever else it does, it seems to have revved up people's creative juices. Whatever it does it seems to suspend common sense.
If Lowe is smart he won't do anything rash until at least the mid-season point. At which point I wouldn't be surprised to see Horcoff gone at the trade deadline. My guess is he may end up in Detroit. He has major personal ties to Michigan. I've never seen such a propensity by so-called fans to start wishing talent players out of town after a year or less in the organization. By my reckoning we have yet to take a run at trading Hemsky, Souray Cogliano and Gilbert. How long do you think it will be before some wanna-be GM/blogger suggests Gagner should be gone too? Get a grip, get a life and take your kids camping or something. We all need to get out of the house more! If there were something concrete developing in the summer that's one thing but...The reason I suspect drug use on some peoples part is the suggestion that someone is going to take one of or a combination of Stoll Torres Pisani etc etc for some top o'the line player. Nonsense. The Oil need to fire or light a fire under their scouting extablishment and do a much better job.
I think SToll, Pisani, and Torres need to be gone, those guys were killin me all season. I know they had injuries and all but I think they are all very replacable players.
I love thinking like this. Stoll, Pisani and Torres all played the toughest opponents on the other team, allowing Cogliano, Gagner, Nilsson, Brodziak, Glencross, et al. to play soft opponents and not get blown out of the water.
Because nobody would be talking about how great the kid-line was if they'd been the ones playing against the Iginlas and Gaboriks of the world. Having decent veterans (both Pisani and Torres qualified last season, btw) who can limit chances by top opposition is a crucial part in development, because it allows the kids to get their feet wet without getting toasted.
The Oil need to fire or light a fire under their scouting extablishment and do a much better job.
Because God knows that producing players like Cogliano and Gagner is going to get you nowhere fast.
Robin man relax. you and stauf were the ones that came up with the Spezza deal. Unless you're just suggesting that all of us (including yourself) need something better to do as its summer time. We're all armchair GMs...
** That was "rob relax"... Robins giving me $1000 dollars in five years.
I'm hungover. sorry robin. lol.
jd: See how quick you were to assume it was me playing cloakroom monitor and setting you straight?
And if Nilsson's in Detroit, there's no bet and Wanye is off the hook. By the way, what exactly are you giving me when Nilsson doesn't deliver?
Jonathan - The Oil have sucked for the last 2 yrs. Apart from gag/cog how is their drafting record? Their 1st rounders can't even make a team that has both sucked and suffered more injuries than Custer's troops. You may be taking you're press clippings a little too seriously.
As i stated in my most recent post last nights debauchery got the best of me...beers, apparently, adversely effect my eyesight.
Since you're selling Wayne out i think I'll do the same and hand over his title as Oilersnation.com domineer, if, Nilsson cant make it to +10 three of the next five seasons. I pray he'll play the left on the top line next year.... I couldn't do that to wayne...
The oil have also traded for some pretty solid prospects over the last few years.
Scouting is scouting is scouting
JDR-If you can't see the difference between trading and drafting, any further discussion is pointless.
Looks to me like they know what they're doing now. Had some tough early years but they bet right on Hemsky, Stoll, Gagner, Cogliano, Pisani.
How is trading for Torres, Gilbert, Nilsson, Grebeshkov when they were as young as they were not scouting? You watch a player play analyse the player and then decide that he would fit with your team. the only difference is you arent taking a chance on an 18 year old kid with no track record. I would say that the ability to scout older players is more important to an NHL organization than the ability to roll the dice on an 18 year old. Which the Oilers are not bad at... not great but not bad. See Detroit...
The draft is a crapshoot...
JDR - With all due respect..it IS scouting. Scouting is involved whether drafting or trading. My point is in any given draft year the team may draft 6-7 players. They enter the development pipeline. Some make it, some don't. When you trade for a player or players, you, by necessity give something up going the other way. Not only are trading and drafting not the same they say different things about the previous draft record of the team in question. You build from the draft and you fine tune with astute trades. That is my humble opinion.
Jonathan - The Oil have sucked for the last 2 yrs. Apart from gag/cog how is their drafting record? Their 1st rounders can't even make a team that has both sucked and suffered more injuries than Custer's troops. You may be taking you're press clippings a little too seriously.
Yes let's look at their 1st rounders:
2007 - Gagner, Plante, Nash. Gagner's been amazing, and Nash looks like a keeper after a nice NCAA year. Plante was injured most of the season.
2006 - none, 1st pick was Jeff Petry @ 45. Petry is ranked as the #1 prospect af HF and looks like a solid option going forward
2005 - Cogliano. Had an impressive rookie year.
2004- Dubnyk & Schremp. Dubnyk had some bumps in the road in his first AHL season, and Schremp is still a decent prospect after his best pro season.
2003- Pouliot. Pouliot, while one of the few iffy 1st rounders in the '03 draft, has spent significant time on the team in the last two years.
2002- Niinimaki. Unmitigated disaster.
2001- Hemsky. 1st line RW and possibly the most talented player on the team.
So of the 9 players selected, 1 is a complete bust, 5 are still decent prospects, and 3 are NHL'ers. Really fairly respectable. Add to that some later picks turning out good, and we see a good job by the scouting department.
Incidentally, I've done a series on every draft pick under Kevin Lowe over he past two months, so it's hardly a case of "You may be taking you're press clippings a little too seriously".
Jonathan - I am not inclined to be quite as optimistic as you seem to be on some of the guys the Oil have drafted. I'm rather more pissed off with the players they have recently passed up in the draft. For example, would Getzlaf or Parise play and develop like Pouliot? Part-time AHLer/4th liner? What was that decision based on? The phases of the moon, a moving story or poor scouting? I think some scout fell in love with Pouliot because he played hard on a shitty junior team. Big deal. Another bad decision on an underdog player. Where would we be if the Oilers had either of those 2 players? With E-town's poor reputation throughout the league (deserved or not) I think they are going to have to develop through the draft more than other teams because UFA's show little interest in coming to Alberta. I live here and I love it but I guess I just don't get their issue with living here for 8 months and making more ducats in one year than the last 3 generations of my whole family. RFA's are way too expensive with 3 or maybe more draft picks and a box car of cash to get them here. Souray and Penner are prairie boys who are no strangers to life here and they got paid way more than they are worth just because of the E-town factor. I don't see them refunding money back because they are from here. For players who absolutely have to have a palm tree in their back yard Edmonton will never be on their radar. Frankly I question Lowe's effect on getting players to sign here with his record of bickering and public conflicts with players and agents. Currently this organization has way too many tweeners and the team has to get much better. Read more skilled. If that is going to happen the Oiler mgmt and the fans are going to have drop this 'push the underdog mentality' and allow the team to get much more skilled. Some people are going to have to go(Reasoner). We will have to stop idealizing(Torres) and overvaluing(Pisani) these guys and putting them on some sort of pedestal(Stoll). Is this about winning hockey or keeping traffic pylons on the team for 'Auld Lang Sine'.
So polish up your crystal ball and view it through your rose-coloured glasses if you must, oh sagacious one...we shall see what we shall see. There is a world of if's in your point of view. Obviously recent drafts are better. Even by your own tally you have to admit that prior to the last 2-3 years you can go a long way back to find 1st round success stories. Happy hockey pucks.
Fyvmvv - I said it was scouting.
For example, would Getzlaf or Parise play and develop like Pouliot? Part-time AHLer/4th liner? What was that decision based on? The phases of the moon, a moving story or poor scouting? I think some scout fell in love with Pouliot because he played hard on a shitty junior team. Big deal. Another bad decision on an underdog player.
An "underdog" player that was a consensus first round pick, by people like Redline Report, The Hockey News, Bob McKenzie, etc. This wasn't an off the charts selection, it just didn't work out and the Oilers were hardly the only ones who had him that high.
You say we should have picked Getlaf or Parise. I agree. That said, I'd argue that all teams miss - Anaheim, for example, took Stanislav Chistov 5th overall in 2001, eight spots before Hemsky, and passed on Jack Johnson, Carey Price, Anze Kopitar and Marc Staal to take Bobby Ryan 2nd in 2005.
I imagine you'd be saying the same thing if the Cogliano pick at 25 had failed. "I imagine some scout fell in love with a fast small competitive kid, not realizing that he wasn't as good as he looked because he played against inferior competition in the OJHL." Some picks wqork out, others don't. The Oilers percentage is pretty good.
So polish up your crystal ball and view it through your rose-coloured glasses if you must, oh sagacious one…we shall see what we shall see. There is a world of if's in your point of view. Obviously recent drafts are better. Even by your own tally you have to admit that prior to the last 2-3 years you can go a long way back to find 1st round success stories. Happy hockey pucks.
Yes, I'm quite the incurable optimist. I'm practically shouting from rooftops that if the Oilers don't pick up a top-4 defenseman, the playoffs are really iffy, and I rip Lowe for all kinds of sins. As to that "world of ifs"- what ifs?


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Status of Women
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Niki Ashton Churchill, MB
Mr. Speaker, during the election and in the House the Conservative government has said that it is not going to reopen the abortion debate, but that is exactly what it is doing in this very House.
While other members have done this in the past, the Prime Minister has done something to stop it. This is not the case this time. He is saying one thing in the House while through the back door he is rolling back Canadian women's rights.
Will the Prime Minister stand in the House right now and tell his party that a woman's right to choose in Canada in 2012 is not up for negotiation?
Status of Women
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2:50 p.m.
Niagara Falls
Rob Nicholson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Mr. Speaker, the government's position has been very clear. Unlike the NDP, we do not muzzle our members as that party now does.
The bill will be debated as all private members' bills are debated.
Rail Transportation
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April 25th, 2012 / 2:50 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, about the long delayed rail service review, will the government introduce a new law this spring to require railways to conclude enforceable level of service agreements with all their shippers? In every case, without any tiers or categories among the shippers, will all agreements include six mandatory elements: services and obligations, communication rules, performance standards, performance metrics, consequences for non-performance, and dispute settlement mechanisms?
Will we get this law this spring, yes or no?
Rail Transportation
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2:50 p.m.
Denis Lebel Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to introducing legislation that would provide shippers with a service agreement template and dispute resolution guidelines.
I would like to thank Mr. Dinning for all the work that he and his team did on facilitating the review.
People have been waiting for a long time. They waited 13 years for the Liberals to do something. We are delivering.
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2:50 p.m.
Sean Casey Charlottetown, PE
Mr. Speaker, earlier today in question period we heard the government House leader claim that the Minister of International Cooperation had repaid all inappropriate expenses.
I have a simple question. Could the government House leader tell us if he believes that wasting $1,000 a day on a chauffeur driven limo when a free shuttle was available is an appropriate expense, yes or no?
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2:55 p.m.
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I have been clear and the minister has answered on this and has apologized. Inappropriate expenses were paid.
As I have said, our approach is always to respect taxpayers' dollars and ensure that travel is undertaken at a reasonable cost. A reasonable cost to us is one that is significantly lower than that under the Liberals, and that is what we have been doing.
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Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, we need to put this question to the Minister of International Cooperation. I asked her a straightforward question. Will she pay back $3,000 in frivolous limousine expenses? She refused to answer. I am giving her a second chance because I was disturbed by the government House leader who said that she is only on the hook for appropriate costs.
Will the minister pay that money back, or does the Prime Minister believe that her luxury lifestyle overseas is perfectly appropriate for Canadian taxpayers to foot the bill? Will she pay, yes or no?
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2:55 p.m.
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I think I have answered this question numerous times.
The minister has repaid the inappropriate costs. I think that is what the public would expect and what the opposition would expect, and I do not think she would be asked to repay costs that were appropriate.
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2:55 p.m.
Francine Raynault Joliette, QC
Mr. Speaker, for the Conservatives, Quebec is a little bit like Atlantis: a mysterious country that they know nothing about.
The announced closure of the Canada Economic Development offices in Laval and Montérégie show that the regional mission is being abandoned. The agency's mission is to support communities and SMEs in order to help them to participate in the economy.
The government boasts that the economy is its priority, but this decision is ill-advised. Will the government reverse this decision?
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Denis Lebel Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, to remind the hon. member of the spirit of Quebec, last week I was in Rouyn-Noranda and Victoriaville to make a series of announcements. My fellow ministers were also in other parts of Quebec. There is no Canada Economic Development office in Rouyn-Noranda or in Victoriaville, but that did not stop us from making the announcements.
We are streamlining administrative processes. This will not change the services that will be provided to the agency's clients. We will continue to do our job throughout Quebec, as we have been doing so well for the past several years.
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James Rajotte Edmonton—Leduc, AB
Mr. Speaker, our government's top priority is creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity.
Today our government made an important announcement on improving the temporary foreign worker program. When Canadian businesses have made every effort to hire Canadians and cannot find the workers they need, it is important that they may be able to access temporary foreign workers in a very timely manner.
Could the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism update the House on how we are reducing red tape when it comes to temporary foreign workers?
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First, Mr. Speaker, let me thank the hardworking and diligent member of Parliament, the member for Edmonton—Leduc, the best chairman of finance we have ever had in this place.
Let me say that today the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development announced a streamlined process for labour market opinions to ensure that where Canadians are not applying for work that must be done in our economy, employers will more quickly and readily be able to access qualified temporary foreign workers. Under the new accelerated labour market opinion for trusted employers, they will be able to get an LMO in ten days, to keep the--
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Bob Rae Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, this issue is not complicated. I will ask the Prime Minister to respond to it.
The apology from the Minister of International Cooperation and her payback only came eight months after it was discovered and made public.
I would like to ask the Prime Minister, who is responsible for these standards: is $1,000 a day appropriate for a limousine for a minister in London when such a cost was clearly not necessary or required for the job, or is it not appropriate?
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I can get much more technical about various types of retroreflective sensors if desired.
What is your experience with a break beam photoelectric sensor?
Looking at getting 4-5 break beam sensors with reflectors to trigger a few of my props. The range I'm looking at is just 3'-4'. I read a couple threads on other websites where the sensors may get hot if on for long enough. They might need a couple minutes of "quiet time" to get straightened out in order to not give false readings. Some users had to put tubes over the lenses to narrow the focus. I never used them so I didn't know these problems existed to the extent from what I have read.
I can get much more technical about various types of retroreflective sensors if desired.
I second that, however I think that pressure pads (although not as long lasting) have a real value in some cases for allowing your actors to avoid triggering the props while working all around them.
One thing I have done in the past is to install an actor by pass button, which allows a specific amount of time for them to reset, and pass thru the beam in either direction without setting off the effect.
Cool beans. Glad to hear the input..I thought these sensors would be good. I have seen the different types. I guess I just got mixed up on a thread as I hate motion detectors. I have a few areas where I absolutely can't have anything visible. Also will have to consider the simple bypass button idea.
Keep in mind that fog will break the beam. So mount them low and in areas with not a lot of fog.
Keep in mind that both the beam projector and reflector have to be protected from customers bumping them.
We make several sensors designed to deal with these issues. We have a beam-break sensor, but it's not a retroreflector. These are separate active IR transmitter and receiver units. Our most popular sensor is an infrared beam-bounce sensor. Many people think it's a PIR, but it's transmitting a coded IR signal and looking for a reflection from a person or object passing in front of the sensor. A popular technique is to mount it overhead. The floor is out of range, but a person passing beneath will trigger the sensor.
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Given her sense of identification with female leadership among lemurs, Wright was shocked when she learned recently that her greater bamboo lemurs have a dark secret. "Listen to them!" Wright cries out one morning on Trail W, where her lemurs are violently shredding the bark from towering bamboo stems. "They talk all the time. They crack open bamboo all the time. How in the world could I have had such a hard time following them for so many years?"
Female greater bamboo lemurs spend much of their day chewing through the hard outer surface of giant bamboo stems, till the pieces of stripped bark hang down like broken sticks of dry spaghetti. What the lemurs want is the edible pith, which looks about as appetizing as rolled vinyl. It also contains stinging hairs and, in young shoots, a small jolt of cyanide. Having adapted to digest that poison lets the species exploit bamboo, an otherwise underutilized resource.
"The female is using her teeth to open these bamboo culms, really working—and the male isn't there," says Wright. "And all of a sudden you hear this big squabbling noise, and the male appears just as she opens up the bamboo, and he displaces her and takes it from her!" The thought leaves her aghast. "This is unheard of in Madagascar! Then he moves on and takes away the bamboo from the next female."
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In another corner of the park, sifaka group three is feeding in a rahiaka tree, and Wright is talking about Mother Blue, the lemur for whom she has always felt the deepest empathy. During the first decade of Wright's work at Ranomafana, Mother Blue gave birth every other year, the normal pattern for sifakas. She raised two of her offspring to maturity, a good success rate for a lemur. Though female lemurs can live for more than 30 years, they produce relatively few offspring, most of which die young.
Mother Blue, says Wright, was not just a good mother but also a loving companion to her mate Old Red. "They groomed each other, they sat next to each other, they cared about each other." But Old Red eventually disappeared, and in July 1996, says Wright, a new female arrived in group one. Lemurs are by and large peaceful, but they still display the usual primate fixations on rank and reproductive opportunity. Male interlopers sometimes kill infants to bring their mothers back into mating condition. Female newcomers may also kill babies, to drive a rival mother out of a territory. Soon after the new female appeared, Mother Blue's newborn vanished. Then Mother Blue herself went into exile.
"I arrived a few months later and saw Mother Blue on the border between group one and group two, just sitting there looking depressed," says Wright. "I thought, this is what happens to old females. They get taken over by young females and just die."
Despite continuing deforestation elsewhere in Madagascar, satellite photographs indicate that Ranomafana remains intact. Partly because of the success there, Madagascar now has 18 national parks. President Marc Ravalomanana has pledged to triple the amount of open space under government protection by 2008. Wright, among her other ambitions, hopes to establish a wildlife corridor stretching 90 miles south from Ranomafana. She also still yearns to find out what makes different species tick.
At the rahiaka tree, for instance, Earthwatch volunteers are keeping track of the lemurs as they feed on a reddish fruit about the size of an acorn. The edible part, a rock-hard seed, is buried in a ball of gluey latex inside a tough, leathery husk. It doesn't seem to discourage the lemurs. One of them hangs languidly off a branch, pulling fruit after fruit into its mouth, which is rimmed white with latex. The sound of seeds being crunched is audible on the ground, where Wright watches with evident satisfaction.
It turns out Wright was mistaken about Mother Blue. The old female lemur did not simply go into exile and die. Instead, she has moved into group three and taken up with Pale Male's son, Purple Haze, a decidedly younger male. The two of them have a 3-year-old, also feeding in the tree, and a 1-year-old, roaming nearby. Wright is delighted with the way things have worked out. (She has also taken up with another male: her second husband, Jukka Jernvall, a Finnish biologist.)


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Before the conversation on gun law takes place; before attempts are made to label the shootings at Newtown a result of under diagnosed or mistreated brain problems; while parents are burying their children, I think it best, if we sit awhile with the awareness of just what unmitigated evil is. Contemplate the violent deaths of children, in front of other children; the pain of the mothers and fathers that when their experience is only imagined by us, wounds us; the senseless, ugly violence and death shown to us. Yes, this is what evil is, demonstrated in Connecticut in such a way that there can be no denying its reality or its absoluteness.
For a long time now, the concept of absoluteness has been out of vogue. We live in a culture that disdains truth, preferring individual perceptions as the guide to living well. Since nothing is absolute, everything becomes relative. The goal is the happiness of the most, damn the few that may be damaged by the wants of the many or the powerful. The pleasures of a hedonistic lifestyle supplant the use of moral strictures emanating from Judeao-Christian ethics when individuals, families, corporations and governments contemplate actions to take.
So when we are confronted by evil, why are we surprised?
The intrinsic value of every human life is demeaned in an America that pretends not to know when life begins and unceremoniously kills its unborn children daily.
Maturity is discouraged when schools across the nation distribute birth control with the message that no impulse need be denied, regardless how fleeting, base, or consequential.
Every family is undermined by public policy and practice that denies children do best when conceived and raised by "birth" parents committed to a lifelong marriage, that problems in a relationship may be solved.
Community safety is threatened when media entertains with gratuitous sex, violence or a mixture of the two on television, computers and in music.
Pharmaceuticals flood our nation with promises of a better life, regardless of the damage done to women and men and subsequent generations. Evidence mounts that popular psychiatric drugs dangerously impairs a certain subset of the population while the marketing of these drugs continues to all. Estrogen in the environment may interfere with everything from sperm counts to children's ability to relate normally.
Military grade weapons are readily available to just about everyone since our leaders were unwilling to spend so called political capital and extend the assault rifle ban, putting every group of people at risk for sudden anonymous death.
So when a critical mass of effects converge, a result of our "modern" thinking and an individual acts out heinous evil either by demon or decision, why are we surprised? Evil breeds evil.
Perhaps after we have internalized this, the absoluteness of this evil, we will remember that there is also absolute good. Certainly the haunting, heartbreaking recollections of the first graders' lives will remind us. The love of God, the love of family, the love of a nation is further evidence of that goodness. Good and evil remains mystery to us. But perhaps if we nurture the absolute of truth, if we insist on accountability and actions directed toward the good, from ourselves and one another, we will kindle good from this horrible tragedy.