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Vail Daily letters to the editor
Vail, CO, Colorado
A satisfied voter
Although most of the letters you will see in the paper in the next couple weeks will be politically polarizing one way or the other, I want to tell a quick story about the customer service and quality of our local government to facilitate the voting process.
I had incorrectly entered my driver's license number on a registration form at an event on the Front Range.
Without me knowing of this error, I might have never received my ballot correctly. Within five days of filling out the form, I received a very polite phone call from our Eagle County clerk and recorder, Teak Simonton, asking if I had filled this out incorrectly and verifying the correct information in her records.
As a local taxpayer, I was thoroughly satisfied with my voting experience, all the way from my phone call with Teak to the multiple and convenient early voting drop-off locations.
I lived in Florida for four years and have seen local governments struggle with voting systems. I am happy to live in a community that does it well.
John-Ryan Lockman
For Layman
I am supporting Jeff Layman on Nov. 6 for Eagle County commissioner in District 1. I have known Jeff for over 30 years, and while we have not always agreed on every issue, Jeff is passionate about Eagle County and brings a rational, wide-ranging perspective and real-world experience to his decision making.
He believes that Eagle County should focus on its strengths of tourism, world-class medicine and development. Starting from yes, we can provide the opportunity to put many of our underemployed contractors, subcontractors and real estate-related citizens back to work.
Jeff has demonstrated time and again the ability to do more with less by focusing on performance and the necessary services that make an organization both efficient and effective.
He has shown the vision of great ideas, the passion to instill those ideas in others and the integrity, cooperation and collaboration needed to accomplish those ideas. Please join me in voting for Jeff Layman on Nov. 6.
Kraige Kinney
Quick response matters
The town of Red Cliff would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Eagle River Fire Protection District, Greater Eagle Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service for their prompt and effective response last Monday to a potentially devastating wildfire within reach of our town border. The fire was caused by two improperly extinguished campfires.
Our appreciation also includes two climbers, Brandy Persson, of Vail Resorts security, and Aaron, a climbing partner from Leadville, who discovered and promptly reported the fire. While one ran for help, the other stayed behind to stamp out smoldering pine boughs. Your heroism is commendable.
From discovery to the first fireman on scene was about 30 minutes, which is amazing, given the remote location of the fire. Teams had the fire roughly under control in a matter of hours and fully contained the next day. Thank you, all!
We would also like to take this opportunity to support Referendum 5A, which will help ensure that the Eagle River Fire Protection District can continue to maintain their excellent service to our communities. They serve a huge area that includes most of the eastern half of Eagle County.
Their revenue stream is tied directly to property taxes, which have diminished greatly with the recent assessments and are projected to go down again in 2014. This may be beneficial to the property owner's wallet but financially devastating to an agency that relies on those taxes to provide that property owner with necessary services, such as preventing their house from burning down or rescuing them when their car is upside down in a snowy ditch this winter.
And do not confuse Eagle River Fire Protection District with the separate Vail Fire Department that benefits from the town of Vail's tax revenues. While Vail builds new stations, Eagle River Fire Protection District is struggling to keep theirs open.
We strongly urge you to vote for Referendum 5A in November to help keep our half of the county safe.
Town of Red Cliff Board of Trustees
Can't trust Romney
I am beyond sick and tired of misogynist Republican men who think their private religious views should be foisted on all womanhood.
First, we have Mitt Romney, who would be pleased if Roe v. Wade were repealed, who would defund Planned Parenthood and who is probably antichoice when it comes to abortion. But since he's been all over the map on this and other issues, who can know for sure what he thinks? How can any woman trust him?
Then along comes Paul Ryan, who during his time in the House cast 60 votes on abortion and other reproductive-rights issues. All of these votes were antichoice. He co-sponsored "personhood" legislation that is so extreme that if passed, it would ban abortion care in almost all cases, including rape or incest, since "the method of conception doesn't matter." He co-sponsored a measure that would force a woman to undergo an ultrasound before she can receive abortion care, even if her doctor doesn't recommend it and even if it is not in the woman's best interests. He has repeatedly voted to deny funding to Planned Parenthood.
Then we have Todd Aiken, ironically a member of the House Science Committee, who made the ridiculous pseudoscientific remark about a woman's body preventing pregnancy from "legitimate rape." Please tell me how he figured that out and what constitutes illegitimate rape.
And now we have Richard Mourdock, who believes pregnancy from rape is God's gift.
I'm fairly sure that not all Republican men are Neanderthals, but these four are. I urge every woman and the men who love them to reject these extreme candidates on Election Day.
Carole Onderdonk
Give Turner a turn
I rarely get involved in politics, and when I do, it is even rarer for me to voice a public opinion on a local election issue.
This year's election of a district attorney is different. My homeowners association had the misfortune of discovering that a former property manager appeared to have taken tens of thousands of dollars from our association account and used them for personal purposes (such as a trip to Hawaii, merchandise at a local ski shop, etc.). The Avon Police Department investigated and turned the case over to the District Attorney's Office.
We had the good fortune of finding the District Attorney's Office responsive, responsible and fair in its handling of this case.
The ultimate outcome was a plea bargain that included full restitution to our association of the amount we believe was taken by the manager in exchange for a deferred sentence. Since this man does not manage other associations, there seemed to be little risk to the public that he would repeat this offense.
Based on the experience of working with the District Attorney's Office on this matter, I am making an exception and taking a public stance by writing this letter to encourage voters to give Scott Turner a turn as our district attorney. I believe we will have a stronger, more judicious district as a result of his leadership, integrity, victim advocacy and knowledge.
Nancy Adam
Turner for DA
Five years ago, my wife and I retired to the beautiful Vail Valley and are proud to call Colorado our new home. This was a welcome retirement after 35 years practicing law in Kansas City, Mo.
Next to the presidential selection on Nov. 6, the most important decision facing local Colorado residents in the 5th Judicial District – including the four counties of Eagle, Summit, Clear Creek and Lake – is the selection of district attorney.
There are a number of reasons to support this conclusion, the most important being the immense power that every district attorney or prosecutor receives under his oath of office. The opportunity or temptation for abuse of that power can be intoxicating to any individual who lacks integrity, conscience and a true moral compass.
There is an oath of office that comes with becoming a district attorney. Though it no doubt varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, it requires the district attorney to faithfully execute his or her duties and to uphold the constitutions of the state and of the United States of America.
Furthermore, the oath incurs the obligation to do and seek justice. With that oath, the district attorney incurs the duty to represent the interest of all of the people, which includes victims, society and those accused of crimes.
Truly, this job is different than any other legal position. A district attorney's job is to do justice, as opposed to being focused on zealously advocating for a particular client.
I have never felt compelled to write a letter to the editor to any newspaper. However, given the above thoughts, I felt it was important to share certain insight that I have on one of the candidates running for this important office. That individual is Scott Turner.
I have known Mr. Turner, both professionally and personally, for over 20 years. Initially, in Kansas City, where our respective law firms worked together and opposite each other on a number of cases, some complex, some simple. More recently, in the past five years, I have watched Scott here in Colorado grow into perhaps the most capable assistant district attorney in all of Colorado.
In every instance, I could always expect three things from Scott: 1) Complete honesty; his "word" really is his bond. 2) Competence; his attention to detail defines his success in the courtroom. 3) Humility, an almost total absence of ego; with Scott, it is never about him.
In my nearly four decades of practicing law, I have worked with well over 100 district attorneys. Most of them have been wonderful public servants, often working for salaries well under the private sector. The great ones fly under the radar screen quietly and professionally, doing their job one case at a time.
Great caution is necessary in making a selection for our next district attorney. This is not a position for people seeking political gain or to wield political power. Remember, the person we select next week will hold this position for four years.
Collectively, as residents of the 5th Judicial District, we are indeed fortunate that a man of Mr. Turner's experience and character has chosen to forego personal gain and offer himself to serve as our next district attorney.
I can assure each of you that in the unfortunate event that any resident of this district learns that one of their loved ones has become a victim or accused of a crime, they will be treated with the utmost respect, honesty and professionalism with Scott Turner as our district attorney. You see, it's in his DNA!
I urge you to cast your vote on Nov. 6 for Scott Turner as district attorney for the 5th Judicial District of Colorado.
Steve Burmeister
Where are the lights?
Has anyone noticed the darkness on I-70 from Gypsum to Parachute along the on- and off-ramps? Seems the Colorado Department of Transportation hasn't been replacing the lights at these on- and off-ramps.
More of the lights are out instead of working. Where is our tax money going?
You see CDOT vehicles driving up and down I-70 but none of them replacing burned-out lights or bad photovoltaic sensors. Is our tax money going to Department of Transportation to just drive up and down the interstate and turn potholes into bumps because of terrible patchwork? Will the department address this problem of the lights or just turn a blind eye to the problem?
Curt Hanson
Against Layman
Eagle County commissioner: Who should I vote for? I think this is a very simple choice this time around. How can anyone vote for a candidate with an integrity issue? How can anyone vote for a candidate that has no respect for the individual's personal rights?
In America, you are innocent until proven guilty! Jeff Layman knew I was innocent and he still helped the prosecutors in a case against me that ultimately was dismissed. How can anyone vote for him? He should have removed himself!
Please think about your future; think about Eagle County's future.
Please vote for Jill Ryan.
Jonathan L. Levine
Supports Obama
We keep hearing about Romney's business experience and how he plans to save our troubled economy. Much of this experience Romney touts is with the venture capital firm Bain.
Make no mistake, venture capital firms are primarily interested in profits for their investors. They are in the business of slicing and dicing companies that either make a big profit for them or disappear. If they rig their buying and selling right, they can even make a profit on the firms they liquidate.
It's a cold-blooded efficiency process where big profits for Bain take precedence over all other values – ethics, integrity and reliable long-term employment for their work force. Venture capitalists move manufacturing to the cheapest labor source, which is often overseas.
If you want an America where a ruthless government squeezes out money that is supposed to reduce the debt but in fact goes to benefit the very wealthy, then put Romney in the White House.
Romney has been all over the place from being conservative to moderate as each week has passed. He is a shape shifter, saying whatever is necessary to get votes.
He plucks Obama's positions like ripe apples on a tree with little concern for what used to be his conservative Republican position just a few months back. How can you trust him?
The Republican Party faithful back Romney not because they trust him but because they want to get Obama out of office. This is what they have done in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. It's never been about solving the nation's problems. It's been about unseating Obama and stopping every effort he makes to help our country.
If you honestly look at what is happening in Europe, it's not hard to see that Romney is making promises about employment he will not be able to keep.
It's the old expression, "All boats rise and fall with the tides." America's fortunes rise and fall with the rest of the industrial world.
Obama has established good relations almost everywhere. Romney wants to push other nations like China around. Think about where that will get us.
Obama is a diplomatic world leader, not a bully. We don't need a bully right now, not on the home front and not around the world. Obama deserves your vote.
Roger Brown
For fire tax
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty excited to see the snow fly after last season's bummer of a ski season. The snow and everything that comes with it, however, can catch people off guard.
My drive from Minturn to Avon on a recent evening around 6 p.m. took about 12 minutes. I traveled slowly because conditions weren't great. In the time it took me to get from A to B, here's what I saw:
An Eagle River Fire Protection District engine merge onto I-70 heading eastbound from Highway 6 at Minturn. About five minutes later, an ambulance headed the same way. Five minutes after that, a State Patrol car taking the same route as the fire engine and ambulance.
Meanwhile, my phone was buzzing with emails and text messages informing me of multiple accidents on Vail Pass (which is outside Eagle River Fire Protection District's service area, but as the Vail Fire resources were maxed out, Eagle River Fire provides backup through a mutual aid agreement).
By the time I got to Avon, there were accidents in Dowd Junction and at the Minturn exit that required the Eagle River Fire Protection District to respond. These calls were in the district's service area.
In a perfect world, the Eagle River Fire Protection District has staff at five stations and five engines can respond to incidents and/or provide backup to those that are dispatched on calls.
As it happened, the Edwards station was closed this day. With the Minturn and Avon engines already dispatched to calls, all I could do as a resident within the district's boundaries was hope that no other emergencies like a fire or cardiac arrest occurred while all the other nearby engines were already occupied.
This was the first winter storm. Nearly every Eagle River Fire Protection District firefighter on duty that night was responding to a call at the same time. What if your house had started on fire right then? Would your emergency have been more important to you than someone else who had been in a car accident? Would you have paid any price to ensure you received help when you needed it? How much is your safety worth? A couple of loafs of bread? A bottle of wine? An appetizer at your favorite restaurant?
If your home is worth $250,000, it would cost you $6.25 per month to make sure that your emergency receives the speedy response that Eagle River Fire Protection District is capable of providing. Is that sort of peace of mind really not worth soup and a sandwich at the local coffee shop? A couple of lattes?
The thing about emergencies is you don't know when, where or how they're going to happen. You buy car insurance for that reason. You buy home insurance for that reason. Why not buy into some fire protection for that reason? If not, Eagle River Fire can't be there when you need them. Two fire stations will close, and in your time of need, there's a great possibility that no one will show up.
What's it worth to you? Yes on 5A.
Darren Miller
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I'm a believer. I'm a believer in global warming, and my record is good on the subject. But my subject is national security. We have to get off of oil purchased from the enemy. I'm talking about OPEC oil. And let me take you back 100 years to 1912. You're probably thinking that was my birth year. (Laughter) It wasn't. It was 1928. But go back to 1912, 100 years ago, and look at that point what we, our country, was faced with. It's the same energy question that you're looking at today, but it's different sources of fuel. A hundred years ago we were looking at coal, of course, and we were looking at whale oil and we were looking at crude oil. At that point, we were looking for a fuel that was cleaner, it was cheaper, and it wasn't ours though, it was theirs.
So at that point, 1912, we selected crude oil over whale oil and some more coal. But as we moved on to the period now, 100 years later, we're back really at another decision point. What is the decision point? It's what we're going to use in the future. So from here, it's pretty clear to me, we would prefer to have cleaner, cheaper, domestic, ours — and we have that, we have that — which is natural gas.
So here you are, that the cost of all this to the world is 89 million barrels of oil, give or take a few barrels, every day. And the cost annually is three trillion dollars. And one trillion of that goes to OPEC. That has got to be stopped. Now if you look at the cost of OPEC, it cost seven trillion dollars — on the Milken Institute study last year — seven trillion dollars since 1976, is what we paid for oil from OPEC. Now that includes the cost of military and the cost of the fuel both. But it's the greatest transfer of wealth, from one group to another in the history of mankind. And it continues.
Now when you look at where is the transfer of wealth, you can see here that we have the arrows going into the Mid-East and away from us. And with that, we have found ourselves to be the world's policemen. We are policing the world, and how are we doing that? I know the response to this. I would bet there aren't 10 percent of you in the room that know how many aircraft carriers there are in the world. Raise your hand if you think you know. There are 12. One is under construction by the Chinese and the other 11 belong to us.
Why do we have 11 aircraft carriers? Do we have a corner on the market? Are we smarter than anybody else? I'm not sure. If you look at where they're located — and on this slide it's the red blobs on there — there are five that are operating in the Mid-East, and the rest of them are in the United States. They just move back to the Mid-East and those come back. So actually most of the 11 we have are tied up in the Mid-East. Why? Why are they in the Mid-East? They're there to control, keep the shipping lanes open and make oil available. And the United States uses about 20 million barrels a day, which is about 25 percent of all the oil used everyday in the world. And we're doing it with four percent of the population. Somehow that doesn't seem right. That's not sustainable.
So where do we go from here? Does that continue? Yes, it's going to continue. The slide you're looking at here is 1990 to 2040. Over that period you are going to double your demand. And when you look at what we're using the oil for, 70 percent of it is used for transportation fuel. So when somebody says, "Let's go more nuclear, let's go wind, let's go solar," fine; I'm for anything American, anything American. But if you're going to do anything about the dependency on foreign oil, you have to address transportation.
So here we are using 20 million barrels a day — producing eight, importing 12, and from the 12, five comes from OPEC. When you look at the biggest user and the second largest user, we use 20 million barrels and the Chinese use 10. The Chinese have a little bit better plan — or they have a plan; we have no plan. In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources that we have available to us. If you take the last 10 years and bring forward, you've transferred to OPEC a trillion dollars. If you go forward the next 10 years and cap the price of oil at 100 dollars a barrel, you will pay 2.2 trillion. That's not sustainable either.
But the days of cheap oil are over. They're over. They make it very clear to you, the Saudis do, they have to have 94 dollars a barrel to make their social commitments. Now I had people in Washington last week told me, he said, "The Saudis can produce the oil for five dollars a barrel. That has nothing to do with it. It's what they have to pay for is what we are going to pay for oil." There is no free market for oil. The oil is priced off the margin. And the OPEC nations are the ones that price the oil.
So where are we headed from here? We're headed to natural gas. Natural gas will do everything we want it to do. It's 130 octane fuel. It's 25 percent cleaner than oil. It's ours, we have an abundance of it. And it does not require a refinery. It comes out of the ground at 130 octane. Run it through the separator and you're ready to use it. It's going to be very simple for us to use. It's going to be simple to accomplish this. You're going to find, and I'll tell you in just a minute, what you're looking for to make it happen. But here you can look at the list. Natural gas will fit all of those. It will replace or be able to be used for that. It's for power generation, transportation, it's peaking fuel, it's all those.
Do we have enough natural gas? Look at the bar on the left. It's 24 trillion. It's what we use a year. Go forward and the estimates that you have from the EIA and onto the industry estimates — the industry knows what they're talking about — we've got 4,000 trillion cubic feet of natural gas that's available to us. How does that translate to barrels of oil equivalent? It would be three times what the Saudis claim they have. And they claim they have 250 billion barrels of oil, which I do not believe. I think it's probably 175 billion barrels. But anyway, whether they say they're right or whatever, we have plenty of natural gas.
So I have tried to target on where we use the natural gas. And where I've targeted is on the heavy-duty trucks. There are eight million of them. You take eight million trucks — these are 18-wheelers — and take them to natural gas, reduce carbon by 30 percent, it is cheaper and it will cut our imports three million barrels. So you will cut 60 percent off of OPEC with eight million trucks. There are 250 million vehicles in America.
So what you have is natural gas is the bridge fuel, is the way I see it. I don't have to worry about the bridge to where at my age. (Laughter) That's your concern. But when you look at the natural gas we have it could very well be the bridge to natural gas, because you have plenty of natural gas. But as I said, I'm for anything American.
Now let me take you — I've been a realist — I went from theorist early to realist. I'm back to theorist again. If you look at the world, you have methane hydrates in the ocean around every continent. And here you can see methane, if that's the way you're going to go, that there's plenty of methane — natural gas is methane, methane and natural gas are interchangeable — but if you decide that you're going to use some methane — and I'm gone, so it's up to you — but we do have plenty of methane hydrates.
So I think I've made my point that we have to get on our own resources in America. If we do — it's costing us a billion dollars a day for oil. And yet, we have no energy plan. So there's nothing going on that impresses me in Washington on that plan, other than I'm trying to focus on that eight million 18-wheelers. If we could do that, I think we would take our first step to an energy plan. If we did, we could see that our own resources are easier to use than anybody can imagine.
Thank you.
Chris Anderson: Thanks for that. So from your point of view, you had this great Pickens Plan that was based on wind energy, and you abandoned it basically because the economics changed. What happened?
TBP: I lost 150 million dollars. (Laughter) That'll make you abandon something. No, what happened to us, Chris, is that power, it's priced off the margin. And so the margin is natural gas. And at the time I went into the wind business, natural gas was nine dollars. Today it's two dollars and forty cents. You cannot do a wind deal under six dollars an MCF.
CA: So what happened was that, through increased ability to use fracking technology, the calculated reserves of natural gas kind of exploded and the price plummeted, which made wind uncompetitive. In a nutshell that's what happened?
TBP: That's what happened. We found out that we could go to the source rock, which were the carboniferous shales in the basins. The first one was Barnett Shale in Texas and then the Marcellus up in the Northeast across New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia; and Haynesville in Louisiana. This stuff is everywhere. We are overwhelmed with natural gas.
CA: And now you're a big investor in that and bringing that to market?
TBP: Well you say a big investor. It's my life. I'm a geologist, got out of school in '51, and I've been in the industry my entire life. Now I do own stocks. I'm not a big natural gas producer. Somebody the other day said I was the second largest natural gas producer in the United States. Don't I wish. But no, I'm not. I own stocks. But I also am in the fueling business.
CA: But natural gas is a fossil fuel. You burn it, you release CO2. So you believe in the threat of climate change. Why doesn't that prospect concern you?
TBP: Well you're going to have to use something. What do you have to replace it? (Laughter)
CA: No, no. The argument that it's a bridge fuel makes sense, because the amount of CO2 per unit of energy is lower than oil and coal, correct? And so everyone can be at least happy to see a shift from coal or oil to natural gas. But if that's it and that becomes the reason that renewables don't get invested in, then, long-term, we're screwed anyway, right?
TBP: Well I'm not ready to give up, but Jim and I talked there as he left, and I said, "How do you feel about natural gas?" And he said, "Well it's a bridge fuel, is what it is." And I said, "Bridge to what? Where are we headed?" See but again, I told you, I don't have to worry with that. You all do.
CA: But I don't think that's right, Boone. I think you're a person who believes in your legacy. You've made the money you need. You're one of the few people in a position to really swing the debate. Do you support the idea of some kind of price on carbon? Does that make sense?
TBP: I don't like that because it ends up the government is going to run the program. I can tell you it will be a failure. The government is not successful on these things. They just aren't, it's a bad deal. Look at Solyndra, or whatever it was. I mean, that was told to be a bad idea 10 times, they went ahead and did it anyway. But that only blew out 500 million. I think it's closer to a billion. But Chris, I think where we're headed, the long-term, I don't mind going back to nuclear. And I can tell you what the last page of the report that will take them five years to write will be. One, don't build a reformer on a fault. (Laughter) And number two, do not build a reformer on the ocean. And now I think reformers are safe. Move them inland and on very stable ground and build the reformers. There isn't anything wrong with nuke. You're going to have to have energy. There is no question. You can't — okay.
CA: One of the questions from the audience is, with fracking and the natural gas process, what about the problem of methane leaking from that, methane being a worse global warming gas than CO2? Is that a concern?
TBP: Fracking? What is fracking?
CA: Fracking.
TBP: I'm teasing.
CA: We've got a little bit of accent incompatibility here, you know.
TBP: No, let me tell you, I've told you what my age was. I got out of school in '51. I witnessed my first frack job at border Texas in 1953. Fracking came out in '47, and don't believe for a minute when our president gets up there and says the Department of Energy 30 years ago developed fracking. I don't know what in the hell he's talking about. I mean seriously, the Department of Energy did not have anything to do with fracking. The first frack job was in '47. I saw my first one in '53. I've fracked over 3,000 wells in my life. Never had a problem with messing up an aquifer or anything else. Now the largest aquifer in North America is from Midland, Texas to the South Dakota border, across eight states — big aquifer: Ogallala, Triassic age. There had to have been 800,000 wells fracked in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas in that aquifer. There's no problems. I don't understand why the media is focused on Eastern Pennsylvania.
CA: All right, so you don't support a carbon tax of any kind or a price on carbon. Your picture then I guess of how the world eventually gets off fossil fuels is through innovation ultimately, that we'll someday make solar and nuclear cost competitive?
TBP: Solar and wind, Jim and I agreed on that in 13 seconds. That is, it's going to be a small part, because you can't rely on it.
CA: So how does the world get off fossil fuels?
TBP: How do we get there? We have so much natural gas, a day will not come where you say, "Well let's don't use that anymore." You'll keep using it. It is the cleanest of all. And if you look at California, they use 2,500 buses. LAMTA have been on natural gas for 25 years. The Ft. Worth T has been on it for 25 years. Why? Air quality was the reason they used natural gas and got away from diesel. Why are all the trash trucks today in Southern California on natural gas? It's because of air quality. I know what you're telling me, and I'm not disagreeing with you. How in the hell can we get off the natural gas at some point? And I say, that is your problem.
CA: All right, so it's the bridge fuel. What is at the other end of that bridge is for this audience to figure out. If someone comes to you with a plan that really looks like it might be part of this solution, are you ready to invest in those technologies, even if they aren't maximized for profits, they might be maximized for the future health of the planet?
TBP: I lost 150 million on the wind, okay. Yeah, sure, I'm game for it. Because, again, I'm trying to get energy solved for America. And anything American will work for me.
CA: Boone, I really, really appreciate you coming here, engaging in this conversation. I think there's a lot of people who will want to engage with you. And that was a real gift you gave this audience. Thank you so much. (TBP: You bet, Chris. Thank you.)

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Interested in Language
What kind of building does it refer to?
"Apartment house" is not common in the US. "Apartment building" is the normal term and it refers usually to a building that was designed and built specifically as separate apartments for rent.
A building that was a single-family house may be later divided into apartments. That might be what is meant, but I am not used to seeing "apartment house."


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The Center for Network-Centric Cognition and Information Fusion (NC2IF), is currently researching the gap between the collection of reports and data in computer systems and the knowledge and information collected by human observers. Sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Center is using a synthetic data set inspired by a counter-insurgency scenario in Iraq, to evaluate hard and soft sensors.
"Hard sensors are a product from a machine, such as a photo, or a video," explained Colonel Jacob Graham, professor of practice and researcher for the Center for NC2IF. "Soft sensors are reports, stories and descriptions given by observers." The issue with these soft sensors, said Graham, is their accuracy.
The data fusion set developed by the Center works to fuse these two sensors together to get the accurate, entire story. "If you think of the data as points in a story, with pieces of the story missing, a good fusion will connect the dots to give the entire story," said Graham.
In addition to research, the Center for NC2IF supports IST curriculum, particularly Security and Risk Analysis courses. The Center also supports undergraduate and graduate research in the College, with seven graduate student researchers and a dozen undergraduate researchers.
To find out more about NC2IF, visit the center's website.


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It's the only time of the year you'll hear the room quiet down when the commercials begin. By now you've seen the numbers: Some advertisers spend into the millions for a Hail Mary shot at getting billions of eyeballs to see their products. Legendary ads have included everything from clapping chimps to A-list stars. Measure up this year's interludes against these memorable spots.
1. Mean Joe Greene [Coca Cola, 1979]
We'll ignore the fact that the legendary ad didn't actually debut during the Super Bowl—it came a few months before—because it's easily one of the most iconic commercials ever made. How many times have you grabbed a drink after a tough practice or gym session and thrown your sweaty shirt to one of your buddies, a la Mean Joe? Hey kid, catch.
2. 1984 [Apple, 1984]
It's tough to imagine a world in which Apple doesn't have a vice-like grip on our gadgets (or our lives) but in the early 80s, the company wasn't yet the behemoth it is now. That all changed when the Macintosh was introduced with this stirring anti-Big Brother ad, which Advertising Age named Commercial of the Decade. And yes, the whole thing is seething with irony in 2011.
3. Showdown [McDonald's, 1993]
Pair two of basketball's all-time greats (Michael Jordan and Larry Bird) and give them the task of out-shooting each other in an increasingly preposterous game of H.O.R.S.E., and you've got an instant classic that belongs on any list of the greatest sports commercials ever. This one just happened to be plugging the Big Mac.
4. Apartment 10G [Pepsi, 1987]
Michael J. Fox goes to great lengths—jetting out of a fire escape, dodging past speeding cars, running through the pouring rain—to get his hot new neighbor a can of Diet Pepsi. It reminded us that guys will do pretty much anything if there's a cute girl involved.
5. Frogs [Budweiser, 1995]
It only took three frogs named Bud, Weis, and Er to launch the beer brand (along with the concept of talking reptiles) into the stratosphere of Super Bowl advertising. We could fill the entire list with Bud commercials, but if we have to pick a favorite, we'll go with the one that's still the easiest to quote. (We're purposely blocking "Wassup" from our memories.)
6. When I Grow Up [Monster.com, 1999]
The notorious clip posited that kids don't want to be astronauts when they grow up—they instead want to climb their way up to middle management, be replaced on a whim, and be forced into early retirement. Talk about bleak. The sad thing is, those options don't sound so bad today.
7. Talking Stain [Tide, 2008]
Though the talking stain didn't catch on quite like we (or Tide) had hoped, this commercial is still all kinds of hilarious. Plus, we now know not to spill any more sauce on our shirts. If we do, it will learn how to speak Spanish backwards, and that's just a major hassle.
8. Baby [E-Trade, 2008]
By now the E-Trade talking baby is played out—sorry little guy!—but a couple of years ago, we couldn't resist him. The little bit of puke that dribbles out of his mouth after he (figuratively) spews adult mumbo jumbo about investing in stocks is a work of genius.
9. Betty White [Snickers, 2010]
We're still not sure we get the point of the whole Betty White phenomenon, but we can trace its origins back to this inspired commercial that also featured lovable octogenarian Abe Vigoda playing a vicious game of backyard football. Old people putting themselves through physical pain = never not funny.
10. Mosquito [Tabasco, 1998]
There are three things we can take from this timeless clip: 1. CGI has come a long way since '98. 2. Tabasco's probably a whole lot safer—and tastier—than regular, chemical-infused bug spray. 3. Who the hell puts Tabasco on their pizza? And why haven't we tried it yet?


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Television remains at the center of American life, and whatever threats exist from outside the realm of the Great BoobTube, those threats (including the Internet) are not making huge dents in TV consumption patterns. In fact, technologies like the DVR and on-demand services appear to be gaining momentum, largely making up for declines in live TV consumption.
This is hardly a surprise. Television isn't dying—it's continuing to post strong viewership numbers (and we know that Nielsen and the like capture only a portion of the real audience). The data we have, however, makes it clear that audiences are changing the way they relate to TV. Companies that figure out the best way to service viewers' various demands—better content, served up when they want it, and viewable where they want it—will reap the profits.
According to Nielsen's "Cross Platform Report - Q4 2011," the average American watches a little more than five hours of video each day, and 98 percent of that video viewing takes place on a television. Note the word average, and note that we are talking about Nielsen here. These are approximations of reality, so the usual caveats apply. Even still, five hours of video viewing is tremendous. Besides "work" or "school," there is no other non-involuntary activity that humans devote themselves to so thoroughly on a daily basis in these United States.
What's more, Nielsen's TV data does not track computer usage, and thus does not count the time people spend watching video at their computers, even if their computers are connected to a television. Nielsen's "five hours" of video consumption is comprised of only the following possible sources: cable/satellite/antenna-based TV, video game consoles, DVR, DVD, Blu-ray, and VCR.
This intense amount of viewing time had actually been growing year-over-year for the past several years, until 2011 wrapped up and there was a perceptible dip. Nielsen says that it has detected a decline of 46 minutes per month (~1.5 mins/day) of traditional TV viewing per person, or 0.5 percent of personal viewing time. Where did it go? According to Nielsen, growth in timeshifted TV viewership made up for most of that decline. DVRs and on-demand offerings of non-movie content continue to grow year-over-year, an important point I'll bring up again. Nevertheless, Nielsen reported late last week that the number of households with a TV connected to cable, satellite, or antenna has declined for two years in a row, from 115.9 million in 2009, to 114.1 million last year.
Nielsen hasn't seen declines in connected households in over 20 years, so what does the company believe is causing this? The decline is reportedly caused by two factors: increased poverty brought on by the recession, and an increase in people foregoing television sources in favor of an all Internet-based experience.
Shocker: people want more control over TV
DVR adoption saw a year-over-year increase of 10 percent, resulting in 2011 estimates of 47 million devices in American homes. Video game console growth was only 3 percent, bringing those estimates to 51.2 million. In the span of a year, DVRs have gained ground on game consoles, reducing the gap from approximately 7 million households to just over 4 million. Will DVRs surpass video game consoles in 2013? It seems almost certain, particularly since the next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft are nowhere on the horizon.
Equally interesting, Nielsen has reported in the past that DVR users watch more TV than their non-DVR counterparts, and increasingly, they are adopting multiple DVRs for their homes. And when you look at homes with DVRs, video game consoles, and DVD players in them, guess which device gets used the most? DVRs. This is fascinating. As recently as 2008, DVD viewing averages were second only to live television, but now both video games and DVRs see more usage.
None of this is to say that television is not undergoing significant change. But when in television's relatively short history has it been possible to say that it hasn't been undergoing change? Let's not forget that TV did not emerge from a laboratory in the 1920s with 800 channels of high-definition glory and competing distribution schemes ranging from orbital satellites to fiber-optic cables to good old-fashioned bunny ears. Nevertheless, it just feels right to predict that traditional, live TV viewing will indeed decline significantly over time. But there is a very real sense in which tech pundits mistake their friends firing the cable guy for what's happening on a national level, and that's not justified by the numbers. Not yet.
Hardly a week goes by without someone predicting the death of cable, and that's because we're presently in the grips of a classic fairy-tale metastory that posits the empowered Internet user as throwing off the chains of "old media," which invariably includes newspapers, cable TV, the big networks, and others. But such stories have so far had to downplay real growth in cable subscriptions by predicting that younger people won't be signing up in the future, when it's their job to replace the current customers. But we don't know what today's youth will have the opportunity to turn down in 5, 10, or 20 years. And we should be doubly cautious to mistake one distribution medium for television itself.
In the meantime, the biggest contributor to the decline of live TV will be DVR and on-demand services that give viewers what they want, when they want it. It is also a safe bet that Internet services will also greatly erode viewership, but the major players are doing everything they can to blur the distinction between their traditional distribution business and new opportunities afforded by Internet-based services. It's hardly a mistake that some of the largest distributors of television content in the world also tend to be the largest providers of Internet service to the home.


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Susan Picotte's lifelong dream to have a hospital to care for her people became a reality in January 1913. The $8,000 project, funded by a variety of sources, was the first hospital for an Indian reservation not funded by government money. The building contained two general wards, five private wards, a maternity ward, operating room, kitchen, reception room, and two bathrooms. The facilities served patients until the 1940s. Since then, it has served in numerous capacities. It is presently used as a museum with exhibits on the history of church missions, the Omaha and Winnebago tribes, and Susan Picotte. The former hospital is also used for various community functions and stands today as a reminder of Picotte's important role in the lives of American Indians in Nebraska and the nation.
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A writer and political activist since the late 1960s, Meredith Tax has founded or co-founded a series of feminist and social justice organizations starting with Bread and Roses, an early socialist-feminist group in Boston. Her 1970 essay, "Woman and Her Mind: The Story of Everyday Life," is considered a foundational text of the U.S. women's liberation movement. Acting Across Borders focused on the main questions Tax explored in this essay and throughout her work as a feminist: race, class, and internationalism.
The conference began on Friday afternoon, April 13, 2012 with the two keynote addresses, one by Meredith Tax and the other by radical African feminist, sociologist, writer, educator, and publisher Patricia McFadden. Saturday, April 14, there were three plenary sessions in which speakers were asked to frame their ideas as a personal narrative in order to give audience members a sense of their political journeys. The symposium was free and open to the public.


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District employee absences total more than $1 million
Employee leaves in the Douglas County School District have incurred general fund costs of more than $1 million in the last two years, according to the findings of a human resources report.
In the 2010-11 school year, the district spent $549,762 on substitute teachers. In the 2011-12 school year, those costs dropped to $515,307, following diminished staffing levels.
So far this fiscal year, from July 1 to the end of October, substitute teachers have cost the district $89,157.
Although the expenditures seem high, the average number of absences per employee is at or below what is contractually allowed for both classified and certified staff.
In the 2010-11 school year, there was an average of 11 absences per classified employee, and 15 absences per certified employee.
The following year, the workforce shrunk by 35 employees, and the average number of absences stayed exactly the same.
Those averages, however, included professional days for grant-funded training, which did not divert money from the general fund. Reviewing just sick days, including doctor appointments, family illness and bereavement, human resources computed an average of 8.4 absences per classified employee in 2010-11 and nine absences per certified employee in the same year. In 2011-12, the averages for sick time were 8.5 absences per classified employee and 9.7 absences per certified employee.
Contractually, classified employees get 11.25 to 15 sick days a year. In the case of five or more consecutive absences, a doctor's release may be required.
The district also awards an additional personal day to those classified employees who use no more than three sick days during the contract year.
Contractually, teachers receive 15 days of sick leave per school year. Like classified staff, they may have to obtain a doctor's release after five consecutive absences.
Both employee units can bank sick days, though the maximum limit for each varies. Any accumulation of sick days over the limit goes into a district-wide bank for emergency use. Retiring staff members with at least 10 years of service can cash out remaining sick days for $25 each.
The leave usage report looked at sick days, personal days, professional days and unpaid leave over two years and the start of this year.
For classified staff, the majority of leave came from sick time: 2,602 sick days among 309 employees in 2010-11, and 2,548 sick days among 300 employees in 2011-12.
For certified staff, sick time was also the main driver of absences, generating 3,874 sick days among 427 employees in 2010-11, and 3,873 sick days among 401 employees in 2011-12.
The second largest driver of absences among teachers was the grant-funded professional development. In 2010-11, such training generated 1,395 absences. The following year, that number dropped to 1,103.
Legally required absences among teachers, such as jury duty or coaching duties, accounted for 266 absences in 2010-11, and 264 absences the following year.
Human Resources Director Rich Alexander presented the report to board members Nov. 13 and made several recommendations, such as offering professional development outside of school days, holding supervisors accountable for verifying absences and normalizing attendance, and negotiating with unions on such issues.
Regarding grant-funded professional development, Alexander said the real issue is taking teachers out of their classrooms so frequently.
"We either have to pay for a sub during the day or a teacher outside the day, so it's not so much a cost issue," he said. "Our concern is that there is nothing better than a regular teacher with kids in the classroom. Our subs are great, but it's not the same. I think most teachers would agree with me: they want to be with their kids."
In an email to The Record-Courier, Douglas County Professional Education Association President Brian Rippet agreed with Alexander on this point.
"There is a significant number of school days teachers are away from their classrooms due to professional development," he said. "These are in addition to the scheduled collaboration/development days in which no students attend school. We need to move to a model that does not take teachers away from their classrooms in order to acquire new skills and improve their practice."
In regards to sick day usage in the report, Rippet said that sick leave itself is a "catch-all category."
"Pregnancy leave for both father and mother are taken from this individually accumulated pool," he said. "A new mother can take 40 days off from their sick leave account. This is in addition to any appointments needed before the birth, so a new child in the DCSD family can really skew the average teacher leave usage. Also bereavement is taken from this account. So upon death of a family member, up to 10 days of sick leave could be accessed. Likewise, caring for a sick child or other family member comes from this pool."
Furthermore, he pointed out that catastrophic illnesses can inflate the average.
"A cancer treatment can cause a person to use all of their accumulated leave for treatment, often 100-plus days saved over many years, and also access some time from the district-wide sick leave bank, which 90 percent of the teachers are contributors," he said.
Nancy Hamlett, president of the Douglas County Support Staff Organization, noted that classified staff members are not substituted for until after five consecutive days of absence. In other words, costs associated with substitute teaching disproportionately arise from certified employee absences.
Alexander qualified this a bit, explaining that some classified positions have to be filled immediately, such as a school nurse.
"There are exceptions to that based on student need," he said. "For a nurse, we would provide that sub right away."
Alexander said the impetus of the report was the last budget cycle, when board members raised concerns about so many general fund dollars going to substitute teachers.
"I think if we are going to be good stewards of the taxpayers' money, we need to make sure our employees have good attendance," Alexander said. "It makes a difference for our kids."


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The Chinese equivalent of a beatnik, poet Liao Yiwu was known to drink hard, get into fights, and seek out adventures, staying up late into the night with his artist friends to contemplate life. And that's all he cared to do.
It was late spring of 1989. Many Chinese were obsessed with politics and growing frustrated with government corruption, but Liao avoided political discussions. Even when students began taking to the streets demanding democracy, Liao said he wasn't interested.
But something snapped inside him upon hearing the news well past midnight on a sleepless June 4, that government troops would crack down on the tens of thousands of student protesters who had for almost two months come to lodge their peaceful protest across China, including in Tiananmen Square.
As the reality of what was happening hit him, as hundreds if not thousands of students were killed, Liao picked up a tape recorder, pressed record, and spoke two words into it: "I protest." It was the moment that changed the trajectory of his life, he says. That night, Liao recorded a poem called "Massacre," which the Chinese government would build a case around, calling it "a counterrevolutionary activity." His poem would land him in prison for four years of torture, starvation, and brutality.
"For once in my life I decided to head down a heroic path," he writes. It was a path that he is quick to admit he "advanced with great fear, scampering at times like a rat with no place to hide."
Raw and unapologetic, Liao's memoir For a Song and a Hundred Songs chronicles his time in prison, providing a rare firsthand account of everything from the roles prisoners take on for each other (brutalizers, lovers, caretakers, performers) to the tender acts of some guards (at one point when Liao is handcuffed and has a runny nose, one guard takes the time to wipe his face for him with a clean cloth) to the way the Chinese system of governance is replicated within the prison.
"In my cell, which was no bigger than two hundred and twenty square feet for eighteen men, the rulers had created an exact replica of the state bureaucracy outside. The leaders' powers were clearly delineated. Leaders and cellmates alike carefully observed the rules and moved cautiously within the hierarchy. If someone accidentally strayed from the path, he risked losing everything. Those in power enjoyed unlimited privileges; the hierarchy even governed the usage of toilet paper."
But as Liao is moved from cell to cell, he also sees how that was tested. "The more leaders you have, the bigger the burden on the rest of the inmates," one cell leader tells him. Another time, he is transferred into a cell that is a special project where hierarchy is missing altogether. "The new and old are treated equally," he is told.
From the first time he's tortured in the detention center (which he compares with the way a woman forced into prostitution might feel on her first night on the job), to the end of his time in prison when he takes flute lessons from the prison's oldest inmate ("Sima," a former Buddhist monk who may have been a member of a religious cult), Liao's strength is in his observation and curiosity about what's going on around him. And despite his own suffering, he can't help but keep his eyes open.
Through those eyes we meet Dead Chang, a prisoner on death row for smuggling heroin. He wants to borrow Liao's atlas so that he can memorize routes across China to haunt after he dies. We also meet "Little," a 19-year-old on death row for robbing and kidnapping, whom the other inmates treat with tender solicitude after he wakes up in the middle of the night screaming and in tears, ready to commit suicide. "Scholar Yang clutched Little to his bosom, wiping the blood off his forehead. Dark Skin also dragged his shackled feet over to console his friend. 'My good brother, take it easy,' said Dark Skin. 'Our fate is predetermined and you were not meant to live long in this world. Once the gunshot is fired, you won't feel or know a thing.' "
Later, Little opines: " 'It's funny that I didn't have a good life until now,' he sighed. 'Now that I'm going to die, so many people take care of me. I don't have to worry about food and clothes. When I was outside, I begged on the street and robbed people because nobody would offer me a job.' "
Although there are some seriously disturbing scenes in this book (words like "brutal" or "torture" or "bleak" are hardly adequate) it comes across as honest, detailed and real, rather than gratuitous. And speaking of details: Liao's love for language and imagery are tangible throughout the book. Take, for example, this winter work scene:
"A few squares of sunlight filtered through the tiny window into the cell. Inmates dropped their packets and thrust themselves into the sunlit areas, their pale shaved heads glittering. Since there was not enough sunlight for everyone, fistfights broke out. The chief towered over all of us. He stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck, putting his head right inside two precious squares of sunlight. Meanwhile, he balled up his fists and was ready to punch anyone who dared to challenge him."
Unfortunately, the author is light on analysis. What are we, the reader, to do with this new view? Still, even without his insight spelled out, we are left with a stirring memoir that highlights the lives of those from the bottom rungs of society. That alone is powerfully thought-provoking, particularly given the increasingly important role that China plays in today's world.
Jenna Fisher is the Monitor's Asia editor.


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Sinusitis with more fluid nasal discharge slipping down the posterior side of the throat causes cough and requires clearing of the throat. Sometimes patients accuse bad breathe, sweating and a metallic taste in the mouth, they might present a thick coat on the tongue and quick sessions of cold or hot feelings. If also fever is absent the best homeopathic remedy seems to be Mercurius solubilis. Patients suffering from irritability usually use Hepar sulphuricum or Nux vomica to treat sinusitis and develop some side-effects. Milder sinusitis improves with Pulsatilla Nigricans.
6. Slight fever - Fever considered low grade when it is between 38 and 39 Degree Celsius; is often termed "pyrexia". 7. Malaise - Used to describe uneasiness in person.
In the digestive system, garlic has been found to have a good effect on the liver and also in the intestines for it helps flush out worm infestations. It is a general cleanser of the alimentary canal and an over-all aid to digestion.
Bronchial hyperactivity, immunological abnormalities, and life-threatening childhood infections can cause asthmatic
. Individuals Suffering from dangerous habitual bronchitis and haunting asthma are susceptible to asthmatic bronchitis.
This article should guide you very deep into the topic, simply follow the points described. In the beginning, very few illnesses and diseases were known, people would endure from different ailments mystifying to them. As time passed, the number of diseases cropping up continued to increase. Millions of people get ahead illnesses at some point in their lives; from common colds, coughs, to cancers and heart ailments. Though these illnesses or diseases have medications, it's still best to stay healthy. Prevention is still better than cure, as many people always say.
Sinusitis is mainly characterized by fluid or mucous nasal discharge, obstruction of the nasal passages and feeling of pressure inside the sinus cavities. Disturbing headaches and facial pains around the frontal or maxillary area are important signs in differential diagnosis with common colds or flu.
2. Edema - Excessive fluid because of an organ or tissue swelling. 3. Heart Failure - condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood throughout entire the body.
Onions are famous for their ability to lower high blood pressure and dissolve and prevent the formation of blood clots by improving circulation. It also purifies the blood with its diuretic property. Cases of anemia have also been treated with onions.
Garlic Nowadays, garlic is mostly thought of as a culinary component. But with the recent emergence of garlic pills that are used as a health supplement for certain conditions, people are starting to realize its healing prowess. As with the onion, the use of the bulb of the garlic in herbal medicine dates back at least a thousand years and it is used in a lot of different ways. Garlic is known for its ability to prevent and cure infections. It is also well-known in treating simple to serious respiratory disorders such as asthma, influenza and sore throats, bronchitis and lung infections. Garlic is also used as a decongestant and expectorant to relieve the discomforts of asthma, cough and chest infections.
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Some signs of bronchitis do resemble other problems from the respiratory area. It is best to always consult with a doctor to determine if you are suffering from other the chronic or the acute version of bronchitis. Your physician will take your history and evaluate the physical exam to determine what to diagnose you with. Other tests may be given to determine if he/she is correct in their theory.
So why wait before things get complicated? Act now and look for a doctor that can name your condition. He or she is the best person to assess your condition and determine the right medication desirable for you.
Causes of sinusitis and
might be bacteria, viruses or fungal organisms or even different types of allergens operating in acute or chronic timing.
Always take a cough or cold seriously even if it seems to be normal. It should be cured as soon as you can to avoid
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Onions are thought to have diuretic properties and are good for people suffering from arthritis and gout. Onions were used as a remedy for flatulence and constipation as well as disorders of the liver. It is also considered generally as an aid in digestion by acting as a tonic to the liver thus stimulating it to produce bile.
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Bacterial infections lead to chronic bronchitis; but with asthmatic bronchitis, small particles that passes though the cilia in the bronchial tubes triggers this disease; the airways and bronchial tubes go obstructed. Mucous secretion is produced by the bronchial tubes to cover the trachea, lungs, and easily tissues involved in the eupnoeic process. Due to irritants, the bronchial tubes produce an excessive amount of mucus thereby blocking air access. Constant block of the parcel of land is a common happening among patients having asthmatic bronchitis.
Actual symptoms, the order of appearance and the way they affect the patient's life are important to establish a certain homeopathic medication. In sinusitis determinant are the localization of the pains and the aspect and smell of the discharge. Homeopathic remedies base more on the symptoms than on the cause of infection because there is no real efficient treatment for sinusitis.
4. Recurrent Headache - condition in which pain is felt in head. Can also be in the neck and back area. 5. Chills - Can slightly have rise in body temperature; feel cold with paleness and shaking.
Symptoms - wheezing- cough- trouble breathing- chest discomfort- hurting and soreness- increased contagion vulnerability Individuals wretched from bronchial asthma show the same symptoms, but those that have asthmatic
experience them in higher intensities.
If the patient's complaints are connected to high pressure inside the sinuses, yellow to green coloration of the mucus and localization of the pains in point areas, the sinusitis can be treated successfully by homeopathic remedies. The most common herbal medication for sinusitis is Kali bichromicum.
Onion From the early beginnings of traditional medicine, the onion has been famous for its healing powers. Onions were speculated to have antiseptic properties and were often used in wound dressings and washes to protect wounds from infection. When taken internally, as in onion soup, it is an effective expectorant for coughs, colds and even bronchitis. Slow and frequent sips of the soup were thought to relieve sore throats and sinusitis. It could also break high fevers.
People of all ages may sustain from asthmatic
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6. shortness of breathe due to exercise or overexertion. 7. Too much airway mucus secretion. 8. Lung signs are abnormal. 9. Constant infections of lungs and respiratory tract.
These respiratory conditions can frequently heal by using homeopathic remedies, annulling the necessity of antibiotics administration. Both sinusitis and bronchitis can appear in acute forms which are temporary and in chronic forms requiring a permanent care. In acute stages they can be treated by temporary herbal medication until symptoms disappear; in chronic forms however they necessity further investigations in order to be benefic deled with.
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Prolonged smoking and exposure to irritants, pollutants, and toxins can lead to asthmatic
especially if the person already has chronic
. The reason behind this is still terra incognita according to experts; but they claim that some environmental factors determine such condition.
When used externally, onions can remedy a lot of skin problems. The juice of the onion is widely used in the treatment for stings, insect bites, animal bites, cuts, boils, abscesses and even burns. Onion juice is also good for toothache, earache and warts. A poultice made of onions is known to cure chilblains. When inhaled, it can relieve headaches. Lastly, when handled correctly, onions can be a very potent aphrodisiac.
What are the symptoms of Chronic
? In chronic
, which is the other said of this illness, there is often times too much phlegm in the airway which causes a nasty cough. If a person is persistently sick for three months or more, it is likely that a positive hit for
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What are the ten symptoms of acute
? Be aware of your body and look out for the following symptoms that accompany acute
. 1. Persistent or Throbbing Cough - this type of cough is abrupt and repeatedly contracts the thoracic cavity. It typically produces a distinct sound.
Discourse includes bronchodilators, antibiotics, and steroids. You must be warned that these treatments are not that efficient in treating the causes of the disease. Inhaled medicines and bronchodilators provide only temporary amelioration to symptoms because the airways are cleared. Betterment can be seen after an in progress(p) treatment.
Onions don't just make us cry and garlic isn't just for vampires. Onions and garlic have been used as spices in cooking for thousands of years and they are usually the first ones thrown in to the frying pan. However, these tasty ingredients are often confined to the kitchen because few people know of the many uses of garlic and onions outside cooking. They contribute a lot to our health and are a couple of the more widely used herbs in alternative medicine.
2. Runny Nose - This more of an irritation for those with acute
. blow the nose gently when it is running. 3. Sore Throat - Scratching in the person's throat.
Persons treated with Hepar sulphuricum complain more about the symptoms and are more irritable when they are cold. They sneeze more and the respiration through the nose is stopped by dry wind or cold air.
Possibly you've heard about bronchitis. This is the annoying and inflammation of a human's bronchial tubes and succeeding(a) tissues and organs convoluted in the external respiration process. Bronchial tubes strain the air before it reaches the lungs, and are covered with hair-like things called cilia. Lengthened exposure to irritants can go bad the defenses thereby causing contagion and inflammation.
What is bronchitis then? It is a respiratory disease where the bronchial tubes become swollen, irritated and inflamed. Pain often accompanies this common health problem. It is a pain to have and can cause major issues. It is also contagious, unfortunately.
Acute sinusitis can develop high fever and chills; left untreated it can lead to the apparition of bronchitis or pneumonia as the bacterial infection spreads to the other respiratory areas.
8. Back Pain - Soreness in bones, nerves, joints or muscles is present. 9. Muscle Pain - Soreness is muscle; often termed "myalgia" 10. Wheezing - blocked airway but has distinct sound of wheezing.
There are two kinds of bronchitis: acute and chronic. Acute
is often times caused by a virus that develops a week or two after a cold or sore throat.
If you want to heal permanently, you must first get an accurate diagnosis. Only then can you be presumption the set Apart medication and treatment. If you want further complications to develop, then you'd better see your doctor. If you haven't been diagnosed in time and you think you have the symptoms mentioned above, then try to seek aesculapian help.
Any disease when not tempered at an early stage has a great chance of development into other forms of illnesses. Clinical examinations, Pulmonary testing, and laboratory analyses can put in the asthmatic
diagnosis. Although bronchitis is a common condition, misdiagnosis can occur since respiratory illnesses are somewhat similar with each other. Other doctors might require accessory eupneic tests and bureau x-ray to prescribe a discussion or medication.
Treatments - Oral corticosteroids like Prelone tablets- Symptom hold like salmeterol- Oral exam antibiotics- Preventer-medication or anti-inflammatory like fluticasone- Moderation medications or bronchodilation like salbutamol
The homeopath physician must know if the condition is acute or chronic to be able to prescribe the most efficient treatments. Major importance has the way the disease has occurred and under the influence of which environmental factors. Such factors can be stress, allergens, diets or even contact to possible contagious cases.
Probably the most profound of its benefits is its ability to treat certain disorders of the blood. It has the ability to lower blood pressure as well as blood sugar levels. It can also treat excessive blood clotting.
During the winter period, bronchitis and sinusitis are the most common conditions especially in areas with cold climates. Patients which accuse symptoms like headaches, fever, nasal discharge, difficult breathing and cough are usually diagnosed with sinusitis or bronchitis.
Doctors will advice patients with asthmatic bronchitis to deflect irritants like dust, pollen, smoke, alcoholic beverage vapors, and chemicals. Some patients are even required to have flu vaccines and the necessary care should be undertaken against bacterial or viral infections.
4. Clubbed Fingers - This condition is associated with heart and lung problems and makes the fingers and its nails deformed. 5. Dyspnea - condition of experiencing difficulty with shortness of breathe.
When used externally, it also has a lot of benefits. Garlic is crushed and macerated then mixed with oil or made into an ointment. This is effective in treating stings, insect and animal bites, cuts and ringworm. This mixture or ointment applied to certain areas is able to relieve the pain and inflammation of the joints in rheumatism and sprains. When rubbed into the chest, it could also lessen labored breathing and chest infections as well as earaches.
is similar to bronchitis. This is a disease machine-accessible with the airways. If you have habitual
, it can develop into asthmatic
. This type of disease is quite difficult to discover and diagnose. The generated symptoms exhibited by an individual having asthmatic bronchitis are similar to other respiratory parcel illnesses such as asthma,
, sinusitis, and emphysema.
The acute
symptoms can also be used for chronic bronchitis. The following symptoms apply to
chronic bronchitis
: 1. Cyanosis - a condition where the skin begins to turn blue which is due to "deoxygenated hemoglobin".
Addressing any disease directly can foreclose complications, and not only that, you get to relieve money on medical costs. If you let your condition worsen, then you're limit to spend a huge quantity of money in the future for medications alone.
Michael Russell
Your Independent Herbal guide.
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Sallie Krawcheck might have protested otherwise back in 2010 when she was at Merrill Lynch, but advisors are definitely moving from the brokerage channel to the RIA space. So said James J. Green, group editorial director of the Investment Advisory Group at Summit Business Media, which publishes AdvisorOne, during a webinar for advisors who are considering going the independent route.
Green was joined Tuesday by Tim Welsh, founder and president of Nexus Consulting; Tom Giachetti, chairman, securities practice at the law firm Stark & Stark; and David Patchen, regional director at Raymond James Financial Services, as they presented guidance to attendees on how they can decide whether to pursue independence—and if so, some of the essentials they should know to make it a successful move.
Green pointed out that advisors thinking of breaking away have a multitude of options available, whether they truly go it alone, are "tucked in" or "rolled up" by an aggregator, or find "cradle-to-grave" services through an independent broker-dealer or custodian. "There are more companies than ever set up to help advisors go independent," he said.
Not only are there a variety of ways to pursue independence, but there are services, platforms and products available that make the transition far more tempting. And in the wake of the financial crisis, the branding of a large firm can be more hindrance than help, even as the economies of scale they formerly offered are no longer as valuable as they once were.
Welsh broke things down into specifics, for those still on the fence. Advisors can choose whether to become independent RIAs, independent BD contractor representatives, or dually registered independent advisors, as well as whether to become fee-only or a hybrid of fees and commissions.
He offered a broad list of questions that advisors should consider to decide whether the independent route is really one they wish to pursue—such factors as personal and practice styles, being on a team or working solo, and whether one likes to take risks or be one's own boss can offer guidance not just on whether to go independent at all but on the path to take to get there.
Giachetti pointed out some of the regulatory and compliance issues involved in going independent. Determining whether an existing wirehouse contract contains a restrictive covenant agreement is the first place to start, he suggested, and added that there were numerous questions to answer in deciding how to form a firm. Registration with the state or with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must be determined through assets under management; examination/certification requirements must be taken into account; how many people from the new firm must be registered, and where, are all issues that have to be settled. He also suggested that advisors consider working with an attorney experienced in such areas.
Errors and omissions (E&O) insurance is another matter, since when an advisor leaves a wirehouse his coverage ends. Regardless of which route to independence an advisor takes, Giachetti suggested E&O coverage with prior acts insurance, which can protect against allegations of misconduct dating from before the formation of a new firm.
Even if an advisor is joining a BD and will have E&O coverage provided, it will not cover anything that may have occurred prior to joining the firm.
Patchen pointed out that advisors are more often moving away from the situation at their old firm rather than moving toward a new venture as an independent, and that that can mean the difference in becoming successful.
Instead, he suggested that the circumstances driving a move to independence be used as a "catalyst for you to start doing research," but warned that without a lot more consideration of what's involved, advisors could find they have not chosen wisely when deciding which type of independence to pursue.
They also discussed common errors—one of which is not sufficiently researching potential BDs to see if the culture and the people are a good fit. "Do it right, or you will regret it for a long time or be looking again," warned Welsh. And Green pointed out something that many wirehouse advisors find surprising: the cooperative nature of independent advisors.
The webinar is available online, along with additional resources for advisors considering a move to independence.