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October 30, 2007
Debate tonight.
ADDED: They're all asked if they'll pledge to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons, and they all hedge. At least three times, pushed, Hillary Clinton says she'll do "everything within my power" to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons. In other words, I can't promise, but I'll try — subject to my view of presidential power. But there is no follow up question. Earlier, she criticized Bush for supposedly exceeding presidential power. Here's what I would ask: "When you say you'll do everything in your power, what is it that you think is beyond presidential power that you would not do, even if you thought it would prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons?"
MORE: I spoke too soon, Richardson makes the pledge. He blathers, but initially he is clear that he's pledging.
AND: Was that lazy and arbitrary enough?
31 comments:
- tc said...
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- Ann Althouse said...
Now, Tom, I thought you were going to edit!
- blogging cockroach said...
must be a bottle of dr bronner's
around here somewhere
i think tom's plaigarizing - 10/30/07, 9:28 PM
- reader_iam said...
I think that, in the aggregate, we're seeing more slogging and slugging in this one, and also more marked difference in where and how and from whom we're seeing fall-off.
I wonder how many have come to regret the elongated campaign season on which almost all of them bet.
A quiet question, addressed broadly, and without forgone conclusion: Has the longer season and the number of debates served the needs and purposes of the electorate, both specific and, more specifically, generally?
I remember when "publicly debate more" was a rallying cry, from various corners, of candidates and of the electorate/public. (Of course, I also remember the contra-cries, in various forms.)
What do people think now? - 10/30/07, 9:37 PM
- reader_iam said...
A presidential candidate is being asked what he's going to do about the relative unpleasantness of airline travel these days (and specifically not--at least it wasn't asked, nor answered in that way--of security issues, or even TSA).
- blogging cockroach said...
no more public debates
i want smoke filled rooms
think of the presidents we got from smoke filled rooms
fdr truman eisenhower kennedy sort of
think of the presidents we've gotten from public debate
i didn't say i'd name them
you should just think of them
but please don't mention any
i just had a large dinner
and at this hour i digest
my motto is
less democracy
better government
about the airlines
i'd nationalize them
and bring back food service
think of all those tasty bits
of breaded chicken under the seats
yum - 10/30/07, 9:57 PM
- reader_iam said...
Jeez, talk about pissed off: the Sen. Clinton-Sen. Dodd exchange over ID's (drivers, specifically, but more generally, really). And then there was Sen. Obama, moving right into that wedge... .
- Joe said...
I can't sit through these debates any more. This campaign has been such a pain, and we don't even have the party nominees yet.
I applaud you, Ann, for your strictly lazy and arbitrary commentary. No other way to do it and stay sane.
Now, TC, I assume Ann is chiding you for profanity or some such thing, but you really ought to look into editing of another kind as well. - 10/30/07, 10:05 PM
- Randal Rogers said...
Was that lazy and arbitrary enough?
Works for me. It is hardly worth listening to when they have to respond to asinine questions about unpleasantness of airline travel. - 10/30/07, 10:19 PM
- Randal Rogers said...
Reader_Iam: IN RE: length of campaign: I guess it is because it takes so much money these days, unavoidable given the geo. & pop. size. I'd much prefer a shorter season with weekly debates without any of the idiot moderators. And if someone doesnt poll at least 1%, GET OFF THE STAGE!
- reader_iam said...
blogging cockroach:
about my open query
sincere (and also open)
quiet ('cause it's open)
of course smoke is chokin'
but chokin's franchise
smoke don't own
nor its license
smoke's a bastard
have you met its cousin:
mirrors - 10/30/07, 10:23 PM
- reader_iam said...
on the one hand
i bregrudge no one
the crumbs they munch
on the other
no one stuffs opinions
into my mouth
that aren't mine
no one - 10/30/07, 10:31 PM
- reader_iam said...
Your question is great, Althouse, and right on point: but because it contains a number of embedded questions, it would be too easy for Sen. Clinton to, if not dance around, then pick-and-choose about.
In an ideal world, I'd rather take what you pose and separate them out, in a situation where Sen. Clinton (actually, any and every candidate) could be engaged and pressed, piece by piece, and not just, effectively, say: "Enough of that. Next subject-segment!"
As if.
And not (ever). - 10/30/07, 11:30 PM
- Revenant said...
Was that lazy and arbitrary enough?
Nope. You need to put more effort into your laziness next time. Laziness isn't something you can achieve just sitting around, you know! - 10/30/07, 11:35 PM
- blogging cockroach said...
dear reader--
you're right about mirrors of course
no smoke these days because it's bad for health
but lots of mirrors because
what are mirrors but fake transparency
your query was sincere and my answers are sincere
within the limits i've got here including 960 brain cells
so don't expect too much deviousness just my opinions
if you want that opinion
it is that the longer primary season
is not good because i disagree with the whole idea
of too many primaries and genuinely like the idea
of smoke filled rooms if not the actual smoke
call me an old fashioned traditionalist cockroach
but i think the candidates were better when
they were vetted and mostly chosen
by party professionals who did all that dirty
political work showing up and organizing year after year
primaries were generally beauty contests
and served to put the brakes on a genuine turkey
if you don't mind mixed metaphors
and i really mean it when i say
less democracy=better government
although i should amend that to say
less fake democracy=better government
i don't mind real democracy where you have
lots of people really involved
which is very hard to do if you're choosing a candidate
and that's where the mirrors come in
anyway these long drawn out primary campaigns
do the following--
bore people silly and turn them off
waste lots of money so the candidates are even more in hock
to proverbial special interests who make the guys
sitting in that old smoke filled room look like boy scouts
force candidates to say stupid things that come back to bite them
if they need a little flexibility once elected
fracture party organizations so that a well organized candidate
with a machine such as mrs clinton can overwhelm and roll
the hollow shell of what's left of the party
in a similar way rich whackos such as you know who
can mobilize legions of keyboard kidz and drive
a former vice presidential candidate and respected senator
out of the party with a stupid but well oiled primary challenge
shall i go on...i can think of a half dozen other reasons
but i'm sure your eyes are glazing over so i'll quit
we need more professionalism and discipline in political parties
and less glittering and shiny fake democracy
and reader--i'm not sure what you meant about stuffing
opinions into your mouth
you wrote that as if to me
but as you can see
i have my opinions and you may have yours
which are probably better than mine because
of the 960 brain cell issue
and anyway i'm a pretty wysiwyg cockroach
with few if any ulterior motives or designs
to put opinions in anyone else's mouth or mandibles
as the case may be - 10/31/07, 1:02 AM
- reader_iam said...
yeah well it seems
960 = class + more grace
than i displayed
what prime crumbs
can i offer in return
note to self ...
sigh ... . - 10/31/07, 2:03 AM
- Ann Althouse said...
TC, you can be a commenter here if and only if you keep your posts to 200 words or less. When I say you need to edit, I mean above all make it short enough so it doesn't block the way for people who want to scroll through the comments to find things they want to read. You can put your longer material on your own blog. It should be easy to remove the repetition and irrelevant material and get within the word limit.
- Ann Althouse said...
I'm not imposing this word limit on anyone else, but I bet everyone else has self-imposed ideas about how long a comment can be, and it's probably 200 words or less, with 200 only to be approached if you've got something unusual that can't be made shorter. Some of the best commenters (and bloggers) put effort into producing pithy one liners. You'll get many more readers if you do that.
- MadisonMan said...
I'm guessing cedarford routinely exceeds 200 words. One more reason that I don't read his/her comments.
- Simon said...
The first added question, about Hillary vis-a-vis executive power, is lacerating - but none of the other candidates on stage are in a position to credibly ask that question (or benefit from it) since they've boxed themselves in on this question. That's the question to ask loudly and repeatedly over the next year, but it's an argument against Hillary vis-a-vis the GOP candidate, not Hillary vis-a-vis the other Dem candidates.
A question I have for those who watched the debate. This morning, NPR played a clip of Hillary giving qualified support to some immigration idea that the Governor of New York came up with. NPR noted that Obama and Edwards jumped on her for not giving a straight answer, and played clips of them doing just that, and smarming about how important it is to be straight with the voters. My question is this: did either Obama or Edwards then go on to answer the question, and it's just the case that NPR edited the clips for effect, or did they really both totally ignore the question and talk about how Hillary wasn't answering the question right? - 10/31/07, 7:41 AM
- AJ Lynch said...
I watched the debate where Edwards slammed Hillary for taking money from special imterest groups and Richardson took a turn to defended her by saying "we are not running against Hillary".
I especially liked the social security segment where Hillary claimed the "crisis" is not real, it is just a Republcan talking point.
Then Obama actually showed some balls and said yes there is a crisis and is a real actuarial problem. He went on to say we should not continue to stick our heads in the sand about it.
Boy, did anyone else notice when Hillary got all dreamy-eyed and babbled about all the programs we need but Bush's nasty tax cuts don't leave enough money (I think Hillary got off message a bit there). - 10/31/07, 7:50 AM
- Bissage said...
(1) I'm bananas for the word pith and I'm not the only one:
FIELDING MELLISH: That's very wise. You know, that's. . . I think, pithy.
NANCY: It was . . . pithy. It had . . . great pith.
FIELDING MELLISH: Yeth. Pith.
NANCY: Pith. Lithen, I have to . . . Listen, I have to go. I have a lot of work to do.
(2) I still remember the words of a high school biology teacher: "Be careful when you pith your frog or it might pith on you."
(3) Funny stuff! - 10/31/07, 7:59 AM
- Simon said...
"Has the longer season and the number of debates served the needs and purposes of the electorate, both specific and, more specifically, generally?"
I would think that for those who worry about money n politics, a long campaign season followed by a very short primary season would be the worst imaginable situation, i.e. the configuration most likely to require candidates to obtain lots and lots of money.
I also think that the debates have not been as helpful as they could have been, but the reasons they haven't done as much as they could haven't been because it's a long season, it's a combination of a bloated field of candidates that the networks lack the courage to winnow, which results in less time for the serious candidates to talk, and the attitude of the American media corps that ask the questions. One of the differences between British political journalism and American political journalism is that the former is marked by a healthy mistrust and skepticism (bordering on total contempt) for the politicians of all parties and a better grasp of the material than the victim, while the latter is, relatively speaking, marked by fawning deference, poorly-disguised partisanship, and a layman's grasp of the issues (feigned or real). It would be shocking to hear someone - even Chris Matthews, the closest thing to Jeremy Paxman that America has - ask the question Ann posed, because the question presupposes a grasp of the issues involved, and a willingness to really thump a candidate in a way that is genuinely substantive and isn't just a cheap gotcha.
There's nothing wrong with the debates that couldn't be fixed if there were four candidates on stage and Antonin Scalia was asking the questions assisted by a bottle of Maker's Mark. - 10/31/07, 8:00 AM
- Simon said...
Ann Althouse said...
"I bet everyone else has self-imposed ideas about how long a comment can be, and it's probably 200 words or less [ordinarily].... Some of the best commenters (and bloggers) put effort into producing pithy one liners."
Gee, I guess that's me totally out of the running the "commenter of the week," huh. ;) - 10/31/07, 8:02 AM
- Original Mike said...
Richardson is pledging to keep Iran from getting the bomb??? How, exactly, is Mr. Get-Out-Of-Iraq-This-Instant planning on doing that? I had respect for Richardson at the start of this campaign. I don't anymore.
- Jeremy said...
Original Mike-
Sometimes I get the feeling that the entire campaign process is designed specifically to do that - expose every flaw and defect of all comers. At the end of it you can't possibly hope to find someone that more than 49.9% of the population does respect. - 10/31/07, 1:08 PM
- Ruth Anne Adams said...
I like the marathon approach to the White House [as opposed to the sprint.] Long campaigns test the candidate's mettle and management skills. It also gives time for little-campaigns-that-could to gather steam.
Of course, I'm sort of a NASCAR fan, and that "season" is 10 months long. - 10/31/07, 2:19 PM
- Ruth Anne Adams said...
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- Eli Blake said...
Here's my two cents:
How can a Presidential candidate pledge to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons? All they CAN do is pledge to do 'everything in their power' to prevent it.
But the President isn't God, and he (or she) can't control everything that happens in the world. You might as well ask them to pledge that there won't be any more cases of genocide during their tenure, or that they will prevent the Chinese from making any more defective products, or prevent the Germans from raising taxes. The truth is, there is only so much thatanyone-- even the President-- can do.
As far as nuclear weapons are concerned, it is sixty year old technology and it's actually pretty well known by now how to make one. The only real hitch is acquiring enough fissile material, but given how much of it is already missing just within the former Soviet Union, as well as the fact that much more sophisticated methods have been developed for enriching Uranium and that Iran has had a nuclear reactor since the 1970s that we built for the Shah, it follows that if Iran is dead set on building a nuke the truth is there is very little that the President could do about it.
That's just the plain truth of the matter. - 10/31/07, 5:59 PM
- Revenant said...
Eli, I responded in the other thread you posted this in, regarding why preventing Iran from getting nukes is well within a President's power.
One other thing, though, is that you're wrong on the ease of Iran making a nuclear weapon. Their nuclear plant (which was built by Germans, not Americans) neither uses nor produces weapons-grade materials. The USA *had* planned to give Iran a reprocessing plant for extracting plutonium from nuclear waste, but it never went through.
So Iran, as it exists today, has no known access to weapons-grade fissionable materials, which is why it is building processing plants to produce it. Your belief that fissionable material from the Soviet Union is easy to come by is without basis and is not shared by proliferation experts. - 10/31/07, 7:32 PM
- blogging cockroach said...
reader--that's ok
i think we're victims of the althouse pithiness campaign
i was trying to write short aphoristic semi-snarky comments
and it went wrong so that people--yourself being a prime example--
probably got the wrong idea
so once i expounded and bloviated everything became clearer
although i expect plenty of disagreement out there
with my nostalgia for 1936
ruth anne for example likes a nascar primary season
--you know nascar the sport that never ends--
which is a fine metaphor
except i'm wondering who's paying for the gasolene
not to mention the pit crew
and what happens if mrs clinton's car spins out
and obama and edwards crash at 190 mph trying to avoid her
and the rest of the field is under a yellow flag
but their engines overheat or clutches burn out
and finally hillary gets her car going again
but there's nobody left in the race
hillary wins
you just know it's going to turn out like this
don't you - 10/31/07, 11:38 PM


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On Jun 8, 8:33 am, immanuel.bl... at googlemail.com wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to extract from a Power Series all elements with a > certain exponent, e.g. > let us say I have generated a list via > > t = Apply[List, Expand[(Sum[Subscript[a, i], {i, 1, 5}])^3]] > > How can I then extract all terms with e.g. a_2^2 in it or any other > exponent? > > I have tried something like > > Cases[t, Times[_, Power[Subscript[a,2],2]]] > > but this somehow only works with the exponent n=1 and no others... > > Does anybody know a solution to this pattern matching problem? > > Thanks! > Immanuel Hi, actually I do not understand why you convert the series into a list. If you stick with the series just use ex[f_, c_] := Coefficient[f /. {c -> s}, s] ex[t, Subscript[a, 2]^2] which does the job. Thomas


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Monday, September 26, 2011
I like small things, even my food I prefer it small. I like small plates with small tastings, miniature bites, doll houses' type of things... and this month's MT Challenge gave me a chance to go for small again. The theme was fruit salad (with some rules to follow on cutting, sauces and so on), something that I have no problems with really, as I love fruit salads!
I went a bit 'Japanese' this time because the fruit that is often served at the end of formal Japanese meals is great to look at: small amounts, the presentation as important as for any other course, and as simple as possible.
For the dressing I used some Aceto Tradiozionale Balsamico di Modena, not to be confused with Aceto Balsamico di Modena (they are two different products) and it goes well with all the fruit used here, including bananas. And to accompany, no ice-cream or similar, but I dared to be different and went for fresh petals... if you choose them go for pink, cherry or peach, and yes, they can also be dipped in the ABTM and eaten, I did it (but I don't know many other people who regularly eat flowers like I do :-).
for each person:
2 slices of banana (sprayed with a little lemon juice)
2 small balls scooped from a kiwi (green)
2 raspberries
2 small balls scooped from a kiwi gold (yellow)
1 tsp ABTM
cherry or peach petals
The utensils: a knife, a little scoop for the kiwis, a flower cutter for the banana (I used a Japanese one for cutting vegetables like flowers), small bamboo skewers. To assemble just look at the pictures. Serve with the ABTM.
Photos and Recipes by Alessandra Zecchini ©
With this recipe I take part in the September MT Challenge, from Menu Turistico.
Nota in italiano:
servire dopo una cena giapponese, dove il 'dessert' solitamente è poca
frutta di stagione presentata come se fosse un gioiello.
l'Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena (ABTM) e l'Aceto Balsamico di Modena sono due prodotti
diversi, usare solo il primo per questa ricetta, o inventarsi un'altra salsina.
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Fantasie non dire cosi'! Le idee vengono a tutti, a turno, e tu non sembri una a cui manchino :-).
@ Ely, l'ho scoperto alcuni anni fa anch'io scrivendo un servizio sul balsamico. C'e' ancora tanta gente che non sa la differenza, in fondo i prodotti sono stati, per secoli, limitati alla loro provincia.Ciao! I love small things too, I have a love for miniature pieces like dollhouses, & miniature versions of different things. Food for instance is not something I can handle in small doses lol. I love food too much, so for me a big platter of food is my kind of meal. I do prefer a small snack when I'm a little hungry. The little fruit thing you made is cute & creative!
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The Kurt Cobain Guitar Hero 5 drama has deepened yet again. Though Courtney Love responded with characteristically misplaced vitriol, Cobain's former bandmates simply wanted to remind the world that they have absolutely nothing to do with the whole affair. Just in case anybody missed the point, the duo released the following statement, clarifying their viewpoint:
This is a statement regarding Nirvana, Guitar Hero and the likeness of the late Kurt Cobain.
We want people to know that we are dismayed and very disappointed in the way a facsimile of Kurt is used in the Guitar Hero game. The name and likeness of Kurt Cobain are the sole property of his estate - we have no control whatsoever in that area.
While we were aware of Kurt's image being used with two Nirvana songs, we didn't know players have the ability to unlock the character. This feature allows the character to be used with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to do the right thing in "re-locking" Kurt's character so that this won't continue in the future.
It's hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists' music alongside cartoon characters. Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better.
This is a pretty sad statement on a two levels. First, it's clear that Novoselic and Grohl have genuine feelings about Cobain. Perhaps more tragic, though, is that they might think Activision has some magic code to "relock" the Cobain avatar. In this case, the horse has already left the barn,
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Ryan Hall – suspended for Saturday's league opener against Stockport – is back in contention but a virus means he is likely to start on the bench.
Summer signings Bilel Mohsni and Adam Bouzid are not expected to feature again with the Shrimpers still waiting for their international clearance.
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Qualcomm recently broadened its portfolio of Snapdragons to include two new entry-level chipsets that will help it target the demand for smartphones in emerging markets. The chipsets, MSM8226 and MSM8626, not only offer quad-core processing and better graphics abilities but are also built on a 28nm manufacturing process that will help increase battery life. Further, the chipsets will be built with baseband support for all of China's 3G networks, including China Mobile's proprietary TD-SCDMA one, on a single chip. These chipsets are slated to be released for sampling by vendors next year and will nicely complement its growing portfolio of quad-core Snapdragons for the low-end smartphones.
Just a couple of months back, Qualcomm had announced quad-core iterations of existing S4 Play chipsets, MSM8225Q and MSM8625Q, which are expected to make their first appearance in commercial devices in Q1 2013. With emerging markets expected to see the highest growth rates in smartphone adoption in the coming years, Qualcomm is looking to extend its dominance at the high-end to the entry-level smartphone market as well. Our $69 price estimate for Qualcomm stock is about 10% ahead of the market price.
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The emerging markets demand for smartphones is on the rise. China, for example, is poised to overtake the U.S. as the biggest market for smartphones by the end of 2012. Other emerging markets such as India and Brazil are also seeing strong growth and both are expected to break into the top five markets by 2016, according to the IDC's latest report. As a result, the mobile app processor market is also seeing high growth rates. A recent report by Strategy Analytics found that the global market for smartphone application processors grew by a strong 55% in Q1 2012 over the same period last year.
However, while Qualcomm continues to be the dominant player in the high-growth mobile chipset market, its market share is taking a hit due to growing competition from Broadcom and MediaTek, both of which have benefited from the popularity of low-end Android handsets in emerging markets. Qualcomm's revenue share of the global mobile application processor market declined y-o-y from 51% to 44% in Q1 2012. With the introduction of the new chipset trio, Qualcomm will seek to regain some of the lost market share.
The entry-level quad-core chipsets will help Qualcomm address the growing demand for low-end phones that can offer higher levels of performance. However, with MediaTek planning on launching quad-core chipsets of its own for entry-level devices at about the same time as Qualcomm next year, it won't be getting any easier. Competition in the low-end market is getting fiercer by the day, but having a quad-core solution will help Qualcomm defend its market share better without having to cut prices.
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At the same time, Qualcomm will be looking to take advantage of China Mobile's huge subscriber base and minuscule 3G penetration. China Mobile has the world's largest subscriber base of close to 700 million, which is about 65% of the Chinese wireless market. However, its 3G growth has been hampered by a largely incompatible home-grown TD-SCDMA network which requires manufacturers to come up with specially crafted handsets for China Mobile. Qualcomm's new quad-core chipsets will help eliminate this handicap by helping manufacturers build smartphones that support not only other commonly available 3G technologies but also TD-SCDMA. Further, with China Mobile looking to mitigate its 3G shortcomings with a 4G high-speed TD-LTE network, Qualcomm's LTE expertise could come in very handy. One of Qualcomm's recent announcements include a dual-core MSM8930 chipset that has support for both TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE.
Addressing China Mobile's 3G issues will help Qualcomm tap into a huge untapped market of future smartphone buyers. Due to the 3G incompatibility issues, China Mobile has been able to convert only about 11% of its total base to 3G. This compares poorly to the >30% that competing carriers China Unicom and China Telecom have managed to convert. With a huge market of over 600 million 2G subscribers on China Mobile's network, Qualcomm's new quad-core chipsets could help it ride the huge Chinese demand for 3G smartphones in coming years.
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Tesla (TSLA) was speeding ahead following its second-quarter earnings report, delivered after the bell Wednesday, touching fresh all-time highs.
Yet, based on fundamentals, the stock may have gotten ahead of itself, according to Barclays' analyst Brian Johnson. Today Johnson and his team downgraded the stock from Overweight to Equal Weight, writing that while upside potential remains, the shares are fully valued at current levels.
Johnson writes that short-covering and technical aside, the stock should be valued based on the uncertainly about its ability to become a large, mass-market manufacturer. While he believes that the company will be able to do so, he notes that the current stock price already reflects this likelihood, and some risks do remain.
Nonetheless, it was an upbeat note, as far as downgrades go—here is Johnson's case that the stock could rise another $100: "In the near term though, we would not be surprised to see momentum generate a positive stock return and the stock to trade close to a $200 range; we see upside to $279 assuming mass market success. The bull argument for the stock could be that the CEO, Elon Musk, is the next Henry Ford – i.e. mass market success would be assured. The 2Q print strengthened this case as demand trends remained strong and clear progress was made on gross margins, providing Tesla with a stronger track record and better credibility. Moreover, we see upside for the stock to $279 assuming near-perfect success as a mass market OEM, and without using any present value discount."
His downside scenario has the shares falling to $87.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Remember that crazy, bitter debt-ceiling debate this summer? The one that created a half-baked debt reduction plan and led to the country's first-ever credit-rating downgrade?
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke certainly does. And he had a simple message for Congress on Friday: Don't do it again. Seriously. Never, ever, ever again.
His reasoning: All that legislative brinksmanship hurt the economy.
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His suggestion: put in place a credible plan to reduce deficits over time, but also support policies that can boost the chances for near-term economic growth.
That echoed a similar message this week from Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf.
Given the already slow economic recovery and the fact that interest rates can't fall much farther, "reductions in government spending or an increase in taxes ... will slow economic growth and reduce employment," Elmendorf said in a meeting with reporters.
Bernanke did end on a positive note ... sort of. He acknowledged that economic policymakers have a tough job balancing the need to support economic recovery now while also tackling long-term debt.
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Political gaffe
A political gaffe is an error made by a politician that is reported to the public.[1] When made by a politician who is campaigning for office or party leadership, gaffes can affect standings in polls.[2] While in office the opposition can refer to them in governmental debates over policy.[3] Gaffes can be classified in different types.[4]
Gaffes can be overplayed by the media as side stories to more important issues at the time.[5]
Gaffe is of French origin, originally a 'boat hook' as in 'gaff rig' where the relation is apparent, but the sense association to a blundering remark is obscure.[6]
Kinsley gaffe[edit]
A Kinsley gaffe occurs when a political gaffe reveals some truth that a politician did not intend to admit.[7][8] The term comes from journalist Michael Kinsley, who said, "A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth – some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say."[9][10]
The term gaffe may be used to describe an inadvertent statement by a politician that the politician believes is true while the politician has not fully analyzed the consequences of publicly stating it. Another definition is a statement made when the politician privately believes it to be true, realizes the dire consequences of saying it, and yet inadvertently utters, in public, the unutterable.[11] Another definition is a politician's statement of what is on his or her mind—this may or may not be inadvertent—thereby leading to a ritualized 'gaffe dance' between candidates. While exhibiting umbrage or shock, and playing on the mistake, the 'offended candidate' must not exhibit anything resembling glee.[12][13] A propensity to concentrate on so-called 'gaffes' in campaigns has been criticized as a journalistic device that can lead to distraction from real issues.[A] The Kinsley gaffe is said to be a species of the general 'political gaffe.'[4]
Kinsley himself posed the question: "Why should something a politician says by accident automatically be taken as a better sign of his or her real thinking than something he or she says on purpose?"[13]
Steven Pinker says that politicians use vague and indirect language to avoid making concrete statements, and that lazy journalists base political coverage around "gaffe spotting" rather than analysis of political platforms.[14]
The rise of Internet activism has created a new generation of negative campaigning where a political campaign can create attack ads within an hour of a politician making a gaffe.[15][16]
Notable gaffes by country[edit]
- On August 12, 2013, at a Liberal Party function in Melbourne as part of the 2013 Federal Election campaign, Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, criticising Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, said "No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom." The word he meant was "repository". It did not take long for the clip of Mr Abbott's gaffe to be featured on the websites of some of the world's biggest news organisations.[17]
- The Central Election Commission showed Ilham Aliyev to be winning with 72.76% of the vote via the Commission's official smartphone app a day before voting had even started for the 2013 elections.[18]
- "Air pollution is the smell of money" – Philip Gaglardi.[19][20]
- Pierre Trudeau and the fuddle duddle incident, 1971
- Jacques Parizeau's 'money and the ethnic vote' speech, 1995
- Peter MacKay calling his ex-girlfriend Belinda Stronach a dog after she joined the opposition party.[21]
- "Evil reptilian kitten eater from another planet" – Ontario general election, 2003
- During a 2009 speech in Mexico City, crown prince Willem-Alexander mistranslated the proverb "A sleeping shrimp gets carried away by the tide" roughly as "A sleeping shrimp gets screwed."[22]
- Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told reporters on 10 January 2017 that he had established diplomatic relations with "San Escobar", a nonexistent country.[23][24]
- "Everyone will give their best for a poorer country" – Prime Minister José Sócrates.[citation needed]
- Victor Ponta's televised admission, after his party lost the 2008 election, that "their [the opponents'] system of electoral fraud worked better than ours"[25]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Winston Churchill's election broadcast in the campaign for the 1945 general election in which he suggested that the Labour Party would create "some form of a Gestapo" to implement their reforms.[26]
- John Major calling some of his cabinet ministers bastards.[27]
- Gordon Brown referring to a member of the public as a "bigoted woman" during an election campaign.
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has become famous for making remarks that were often construed as being offensive or stereotypical in nature.[28]
United States[edit]
- Paul Ryan March 12, 2013: "We're not going to give up destroying the healthcare system for the American people."
- The Gerald Ford Soviet Domination answer.[29]
- The Jimmy Carter "Lust in the Heart" interview [30]
- We begin bombing in five minutes. – A joke by Ronald Reagan in a sound check prior to his weekly radio address that was later leaked.
- "Oh, the vision thing." – George H. W. Bush
- Dan Quayle misspelling "potatoe" while attending an elementary school spelling bee[31]
- "You forgot Poland" and numerous others -George W. Bush
- "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American, who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man!" – Joe Biden[32][33]
- Legitimate rape, Todd Akin, United States Senate election in Missouri, 2012
- Rick Perry's "Oops moment"
- 47% speech by Mitt Romney
- Farmer from Iowa comment, Bruce Braley, United States Senate election in Iowa, 2014
- Joe Biden's remarks that: "No matter how deeply involved you are in the U.S. … there's only one guarantee ... and that's the state of Israel" [34]
- United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy — favored as successor to Speaker of the House John Boehner — "made Kinsley proud" as he bragged on Fox News Sean Hannity show, that the House GOP's investigation was all politically motivated, was a 'tempest-in-a-teapot' and 'much ado about nothing' but had been effective in eroding Hillary Clinton's popularity.[35][36]
- Hillary Clinton linking her Wall Street donors to 9/11[37][38][39][40][41]
- John Kasich's response to a question as about why District of Columbia is unrepresented in the United States Congress: i.e., purposefully, so as to disenfranchise as many Democrats as possible.[42]
- Maine governor Paul LePage vetoed a bill that would have made Narcan available to save addicts from overdoses.[43][44][further explanation needed]
See also[edit]
- ^ ". . . the episode is a perfect gaffe precisely because its content was so meaningless. . ." Chait, Jonathan (June 14, 2012). "The Origins of the Gaffe, Politics' Idiot-Maker". New York Magazine. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ "Definition for gaffe – Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)". Oxforddictionaries.com. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "Reagan jokes about bombing Russia — History.com This Day in History — 8/11/1984". History.com. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "CBC News In Depth: Canadian government". Cbc.ca. 2006-10-27. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ a b Amira, Dan (June 14, 2012). "A Taxonomy of Gaffes". New York Magazine. New York, NY USA. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ "Jimmy Carter explains 'rabbit attack' – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs". Politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. November 21, 2010. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "Online Etymology Dictionary". etymonline.com.
- ^ Webster, Merriam (June 3, 1972). "Merriam Webster definition of Gaffe". Merriam Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ Goddard, Taegan. "Kinsley Gaffe". Taegan Goddard's Political Dictionary. Political Wire. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Kinsley, Michael (April 23, 1988), "Commentary: The gaffer speaks", The Times
- ^ Friedman, Nancy (August 22, 2011). "Word of the Week: Kinsley Gaffe". Fritinancy. Archived from the original on April 10, 2012.
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In his veto letter, LePage, who is a Republican, said that naloxone "does not truly save lives; it merely extends them until the next overdose. ... Creating a situation where an addict has a heroin needle in one hand and a shot of naloxone in the other produces a sense of normalcy and security around heroin use that serves only to perpetuate the cycle of addiction," LePage wrote.
Further reading[edit]
- Michael Kinsley quotations at Brainy Quote.
- Amira, Dan (June 14, 2012). "A Taxonomy of Gaffes". New York, NY USA: New York Magazine. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- Chait, Jonathan (June 14, 2012). "The Origins of the Gaffe, Politics' Idiot-Maker". New York Magazine. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- Morgan, A.W. (January 6, 2016). "BONE TOMAHAWK Disguises A Kinsley Gaffe About "Native American" Savagery". Retrieved January 6, 2016.


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Germany's head coach Joachim Loew insisted on Tuesday he has learnt his lesson after being banned from driving for six months.
The 54-year-old must hand over his licence after accruing too many points for speeding and talking on his phone while at the wheel.
"Of course, I stand by the fact that sometimes, unfortunately, I drive too fast. I know that I need to be reined in," said Loew in a German Football Association (DFB) statement.
"I have learnt my lesson and will change my driving behaviour.
"There's no getting round it, I have to live with the consequences and I often use the train now."
Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff could not resist poking fun at Loew's expense with car manufacturers Mercedes Benz being one of the team's main sponsors.
"We will talk to our main sponsors and make sure that Jogi only gets cars from now on which have a regulated top speed," said Bierhoff tongue-in-cheek at the Germans' pre-World Cup training camp in north Italy.
This is not the first time Loew has lost his licence and he was banned for four weeks in 2006 having been clocked driving 134 km/h in a 100k m/h section of the motorway in Cologne.
"Joachim Loew had already told us that he would have to hand over his licence," said DFB general secretary Helmut Sandrock.
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Germany jet to Brazil on June 7 and open their World Cup campaign on June 16 against Portugal in Salvador in Group G.
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SCC Baseball Splits Home Doubleheader with Olympic College:
The improving SCC Baseball Team split two games with Olympic College on Sunday at Meridian College.
In Game 1, Jason Shaw continues his "Magic" on the mound, as he won his third game in a row pitching the first game on Sunday at Meridian Park, as he tossed a four hitter and shutout OC 2-0. Daniel Cavanaugh led SCC at the plate, going 2-3 driving in both SCC runs.
In Game 2, SCC led 2-1 going into the top of the 8th, but Olympic stuck for 3 runs in the top of the 8th to ahead 4-2. SCC scored 1 in the bottom of the 9th and had the baseloaded, but could not push across the tying run.
SCC out hit Olympic 11-5 in the game and both Matt Sweeney and Jordan Padilla hit 3 hits each, but SCC errors caused 2 unearned runs and Willie Davies was the hard luck pitcher for Shoreline, giving up 5 hits and having 6 strikeouts in 7.1 innings, but getting the loss.
SCC is now 5-28 on the season, 4-16 in NWAACC Northern Region. OC falls to 12-23 and 3-13 in the region.
Shoreline has this weekend off and will face Skagit Valley College on May 12-13 to finish the season. The May 13th game will be the final home game of the season at Meridian Park.
The May 6th game against Seattle University Club Team has been cancelled by SU.
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by Dyan LeBourdais / New York Islanders
It was undoubtedly a tough day at Iceworks when the news came down that Scott Gordon had been reassigned and that Bridgeport Sound Tigers head coach Jack Capuano had been named interim head coach of the New York Islanders.
In light of the Islanders current 10 game losing streak, management has made the decision to promote Capuano to fill the role as interim head coach of the Islanders. Scott Gordon will remain with the organization as an adviser to General Manager Garth Snow.
"Having a coach like Jack Capuano that has a familiarity with our players not only in our system through Bridgeport, but from taking part in our training camps here, there's a comfort because there doesn't need to be a feeling out process with our players," Snow said. "He knows our players and that familiarity to me made it seem like the best fit at this point."
This will not be Capuano's first stint behind the Islanders bench. He served as an assistant coach during the 2005-06 season before becoming the head coach the Islanders American Hockey League affiliate.
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"He's helped guide a team that had a record of 49 wins two years ago in Bridgeport," said Snow. "We have a young group there as well where we're in a mode to develop and he's done an excellent job in that area. For me, it's a good fit."
But as he tries to inspire his players to turn the club's record around, having the opportunity to coach the Islanders is a little bittersweet.
"Scott (Gordon) and I were close, even before the Islanders we coached in the ECHL together, so I've known him a long time," said Capuano. "It's not the ideal situation, but at the same time I have an opportunity now that I've been looking forward to for a long time. I'll do whatever I can to help these guys try to get back in the playoff picture, and I'm looking forward to the opportunity."
Capuano thought his first day at practice went well, adding that the players were very approachable. During their morning meeting, he told the players that there are "controllable and uncontrollable circumstances" and right now, the Islanders are the ones in control of their future.
"Right now, that's our work ethic and passion and trust in one another," Capuano said. "I just wanted to explain to them that there could be some minor tweaks. They were very receptive to the meeting this (Monday) morning."
Islanders captain Doug Weight met with the media and made no excuses for the team's current situation, saying that management had to make the change to shake things up and it was not solely the fault of Gordon. Instead, what happens next is the hands of the players on the ice.
"Cappy (Capuano) is coming in here with a great mindset," said Weight. "It's a new start. It's a fresh beginning for all of the guys on the team. It's up to us to take advantage of this opportunity to play and have this fresh feeling. We have to win some hockey games, enough of the excuses or whatever has been going on. We are starting new and hopefully Wednesday begins with a win."
Despite the coaching change, Capuano only plans to simplify a few areas of the Islanders system and doesn't want to shake things up too much by planning a complete revamp of the same system he used in Bridgeport.
"I think the coaches here have done a real good job with structure," said Capuano. "I think that's the one thing Scott (Gordon) did when he first got here; played a lot more structured hockey than we've played in the past. Obviously, there's a few tweaks that we'll make. But for the most part, it's not going to be a major overhaul, especially right off the bat."
Although, Weight said small changes were made immediately.
"We changed a lot of things today," said Weight. "Simplistic things, but things I think some guys are having trouble with. Cappy (Capuano) came out and simplified our game a little bit. We need to use our speed and put the puck in good spots and our systems aim towards to all of that. You have to rely on your defense to make some plays from time to time. I think we've made some changes that some of the guys are excited about."
The Islanders will continue with one more day of practice before Capuano makes his debut as interim head coach on Wednesday. In light of the change, assistant coaches Dean Chynoweth and Scott Allen will remain on staff in their current capacities. In Capuano's absence, Sound Tigers assistant coach Pat Bingham will assume head coaching duties.


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While it is not okay to judge somebody for who they are, it is okay to judge somebody by what they do. So when your favorite uncle tells you that it is okay to molest children and uses his two grown up daughters as examples of women who came out of molestation just fine, while snorting coke in his pornography studio located in a South African diamond mine supported by child laborers who carry him around on a throne made out of AK-47s and human skulls, it's time to make a judgment call.
The judgment call I will make is that this is a really bad movie. Maybe a classic in years to come, but right now it is the most ossiferous pile I have ever watched and I sat through Goth and Plan Nine from Outer Whatever.
Now, the acting isn't that bad. The plot is sort of tepid and the directing is a no show. But it is almost insanely banal. Granted, I'm not sure I expected anything else from something with "American Pie Presents" in the title, but this movie would even disgust my African enslaving psychotic uncle. Now, I know that this movie is supposed to be set up like a typical teenage humor "look I fucked a pie" type movies, but come on:
Boyfriend Two: Tits are great!
Boyfriend Three: Tits rock!
These are actual lines from the movie. No shit. But it gets worse, the boys being those clever rascals that they are feed a truck driver laxative before welding him into his own truck. This is preceded by a fifteen minute long (I didn't time it, but it certainly feels that long) montage showing the poor man eating chili bowl after chili bowl. I'll leave it up to YOUR imagination whether or not the movie actually shows what happens next or just shows the boys giggling as a full orchestra comprised entirely of tubas fills the soundtrack.
This is supposed to, I suppose, make the boys non-sympathetic characters so that they can get killed by the titular tits without us feeling too sorry for them, but since little time is spent on character development this seems like an unnecessary step. That the "Her" of the title who is what I guess passes for a protagonist in this movie, is more confused than concerned that her new boyfriends keep dropping like flies says something else about this film but I'm not sure what other than an incoherent torrent of fart noise from aforementioned truck driver.
The girl, whose character's name I've forgotten (not like any of the characters need names, they're all under developed typecasted actors anyway), could be described as "slutty" but I'm not really sure the directors really wanted her to appear that way. She plays innocent and sweet, but I can't really wrap my mind around a girl who keeps going out with guy after guy even though everyone she dates ends up dead.
Okay, so there is a plot. Maybe I should get that out of the way before my own confusion takes me away from what's important.
And what is important is that the plot isn't important.
We start off where we left in Something is Alive in Her Bosom. The young adopted daughter of Ladd's character has just undergone breast enhancement surgery at Doctor Titts office (yes, that is his name). "But what if the boys don't like my new bust!" she cries as the Doctor unwraps the bandages around her chest and the camera rotates around her exposed breasts. "The boys will like! The boys will like!" the doctor says cackling. Meanwhile the mother waits in the shadows, smirking.
After this there is some vain effort of the movie to create a Snow White type story except instead of killing the daughter the stepmother wants to kill the Prince, at which point the movie kills off all of the boyfriends and ends with a cliffhanger where the nice boy, or in this case "the boy who isn't any nicer but looks the most like Adam Sandler" is about to kiss the girl. Cut to a shot of the girl's breasts where something jiggles ominously. Or perhaps suggestively.
I often wonder why movies, books, television shows, and videogames like to put things like "In the Style of Ray Bradbury", "American McGee Presents", "Aaron Carter Approved" but when these titles do appear with the… label, they're often really bad or really mediocre*. This is one of the many examples of such marketing. I get the feeling that the movie had nothing to do with American Pie, but the producers thought the movie wouldn't sell if they didn't pay for the logo. And so there it is, big and bold on the box. It's not a sequel to American Pie, and it isn't remotely related, but I guess I shouldn't be that harsh. After all, American Pie the movie bares very little resemblance to American Pie the book.
Directed by: Patrick Bauchau Staring: Cheryl Ladd as The Mother Brian Thompson as Boyfriend One Randy Puma as Boyfriend Four Mark Wahlheim as Boyfriend Seven Patrick Bauchau as Doctor Titts Sammo Hung as the Chili Trucker (chosen for the role because he "Wasn't afraid to do his own stunts.") Many others who I can't find on IMDB because they're uncredited.
Oh, yeah and the sequel, American Pie Presents: Something is Alive in Her Bosom 3 is expected to come out December of 2012. Straight to video.
*As the TheDeadGuy notes: "Let us not forget that the first movie didn't have the 'American Pie Presents' label. It was just 'Something is Alive in Her Bosom' and it flopped."
On another note, I hade to watch this movie twice for this review. Tomorrow I am embarking on a quest to destroy all copies of this film I can find. I always wanted a life goal and this is it.
The review of American Pie Presents: Something is Alive in Her Bosom 2 by BookReader is typical of the way intellectuals and readers of books look down on entertaining films that show moviegoers what they really want to see, which is nudity and gunplay. There is no gunplay in this film, unless you count the scene where the three boys are messing about with one of their father's guns. In that scene the boys are talking about trying to shoot the "something" that is alive in the female lead's bosom, played by newcomer Sandy Brickhouse. They fumble about with the gun, being typically inept boys who tremble at the sight of a beautiful woman such as Sandy Brickhouse or myself. Then end up dropping the gun. It goes off and shoots the inflatable woman they were passing around in the previous scene. Hilarious.
I thought it was brilliant casting when Cheryl Ladd took on the role of the mother in the original, Something is Alive in Her Bosom although it was not clear what her actual role was in the goings on. She would walk around with those tight hot pants on, shaking her curvy butt in front of the horny teenagers who came to see her first daughter, Athena, played with a frightening realism by Collette McGovern in the original film. As fans of the series know, Athena was sent off to an exclusive boarding school at the end of the first film. Now younger sister Electra is picking up where her big sister left off, walking around with an impressive rack that something is alive inside of. I've had men plant their heads in between my breasts and moan and cry and say weird stuff, but I've never really had "something alive" in between my knockers.
When a movie is scary and hilarious at the same time, you know you have a winner. This movie is both.
The rest of this writeup may contain SPOILERS!
Cheryl Ladd's character, who is named Jaclyn Smith for hilarious reasons, only had one daughter in the first film. We soon find out that after sending Athena Smith to the boarding school at the end of the first film, she adopted an orphaned teenaged girl with huge boobs. There is even a hilarious flashback scene in the second half of the film where we see Cheryl Ladd in the orphanage asking girls to lift their shirts so she can see if they have "What it takes to be my daughter." Creepy. Also, hilarious.
While it is true that Dr. Titts performs breast enhancement surgery on Electra Smith, it is not to make her cannons bigger. It is to make them rounder, as in perfectly round. They become like golden globes demanding attention, and in the collection of half-shirts and halter tops Electra wears, they look tremendous. When I went to see this movie in the theatre with two of my boyfriends, they each got off twice during the film and many of the boys in the audience were frequently seen masturbating furiously. Now that is a sign of a very entertaining film. Unless, of course, you are a snooty, uptight bookworm who likes to act all intellectually and morally superior in front of others. Such people have boobie magazines under their mattress anyway and can be easily seduced by a beautiful woman with brains and razor sharp wit. And then left for dead. Which is how it should be with snobby pricks.
And this plays into the plot of the film. Cheryl Ladd's "Mother" was established to have been raped by seventeen boys wearing rubber cow masks down by the lake when she was a teenager. Since then she is determined to take revenge on all teenage boys, since the masked rapists were never found or identified. Some say they were merely, "The spirit of Katie Elder." I have no idea what that means.
She started with her biological daughter and now continues her efforts with her adopted daughter, and by walking around constantly in the tightest, shortest hot pants you've ever seen in your life. She basically redefines the term MILF in these hilarious films.
She lures the boys into her house either through the use of her own ass or her daughter's heaving breasts. Once the boys are in the house and alone with the daughter, aroused and helpless, we discover what it means when the writers tell us, "Something is alive in her bosom..."
That is an understatement.
And we have no real reason to pity these teenaged boys. Pity is a sign of caring, and we do not care. We're talking about boys who urinate out of second story windows for amusement purposes. We're talking about boys who can't even figure out how to hold a gun. We're talking about boys with really small penises, so small that no woman would even notice if he was having sex with her. You can't pity someone like that.
You have to go after them with something alive in your bosom.
And that is the moral of this film. Hilarious.
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An abdominal ultrasound uses sound waves to take pictures of abdominal organs. It's painless and noninvasive. It's often used to assess abdominal pain or to find problems like enlarged organs. An abdominal ultrasound takes about 30 to 45 minutes.
What to expect before the ultrasound:
What your child needs to do to get ready for the test depends on the area of the body that will be looked at. Follow any directions you're given for having your child not eat or drink before the procedure. Your child's healthcare provider will give you instructions if needed.
Your child may be asked to have a full bladder for the test.
Follow all other instructions given by the healthcare provider.
For best results, let the sonographer know if your child:
Has had abdominal surgery
Has had ultrasounds before
Has any health problems
Is taking any medicines
An ultrasound is usually done by a sonographer. A radiologist can also do the ultrasound or is on call in case of problems. This is a healthcare provider trained to use ultrasound or other imaging techniques to test or treat patients:
You can stay with your child in the exam room. Your child can also bring a favorite toy or object like a stuffed animal or blanket for comfort.
Your child lies on an exam table with his or her belly uncovered.
Clear, nongreasy gel is applied to your child's skin.
A hand-held probe (transducer) is moved across your child's belly.
Sound waves from the transducer are processed by a computer. Images of your child's abdominal organs are seen on a computer screen.
Your child may be asked to take deep breaths and hold them, or roll from side to side.
Although the sonographer can answer questions about the test, only a healthcare provider can explain the results.
What to expect after the ultrasound:
Unless told not to, your child can return to his or her normal routine and diet right away.
The ultrasound images are reviewed by a radiologist, who may discuss early results with you. A report is sent to your child's healthcare provider, who follows up with complete results
You can help your child by preparing him or her in advance. How you do this depends on your child's needs:
Explain the test to your child in brief and simple terms. Younger children have shorter attention spans, so do this just before the test. Older children can be given more time to understand the test in advance.
Make sure your child understands which body part is being tested. You can tell your child that an abdominal ultrasound checks for problems around the "tummy" or belly.
As best you can, describe how the test will feel. There should be no pain when the probe is moved across the belly. This motion may make your child feel ticklish. If your child is told to have a full bladder for the test, it may cause some pressure.
Allow your child to ask questions.
Use play when helpful. This can involve role-playing with a child's favorite toy or object. It may help older children to see pictures of what happens during the test.
There are no known risks or complications linked to abdominal ultrasounds.