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Embodiments are provided for utilizing metallic portions in dental positioning appliances. One embodiment includes a removable dental positioning appliance having a shell having one or more cavities shaped to receive and reposition one or more teeth from a first orientation to a successive orientation and where at least a portion of the shell is formed from a metallic mesh material.
1. A removable dental positioning appliance comprising:
a shell having a plurality of cavities each shaped to receive and reposition one or more teeth from a first orientation to a successive orientation;
where a first portion of the shell consists of a non-metallic material;
where a second portion of the shell consists of a metallic mesh material; and
where the first and the second portions of the shell are each shaped as at least one of the plurality of cavities and are each configured to contact a surface of the one or more teeth when the one or more teeth are received in the shell.
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The present disclosure is related generally to the field of orthodontics. More particularly, the present disclosure is related to a dental positioning appliance having one or more metallic portions.
Many orthodontic treatments involve repositioning misaligned teeth and changing bite configurations for improved dental function and cosmetic appearance. Repositioning can be accomplished, for example, by applying controlled forces to one or more teeth over a period of time.
Some orthodontic processes use removable positioning appliances for realigning teeth. Such appliances may utilize a thin shell of material having resilient properties, (an individual appliance is referred to as an �aligner�) whereby each appliance generally conforms to a patient's teeth but is slightly out of alignment with the initial tooth configuration.
Placement of such an appliance over the teeth can provide controlled forces in specific locations to gradually move the teeth into a new configuration. Repetition of this process with successive appliances that provide progressive configurations eventually move the teeth through a series of intermediate arrangements to a final desired arrangement. An example of such a system is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,975,893.
Such systems typically utilize materials that provide light weight and/or transparent appliances in a set that can be used serially such that as the teeth move, a new appliance can be implemented to further move the teeth. Such features may be beneficial in many instances, however, in some instances, it may be desirable to provide movement with less appliances, thereby reducing modeling and manufacturing costs as well as reducing the number of appliances the user has to utilize and keep track of, among other benefits. Additionally, if the appliance is designed to treat a smaller number of teeth within a patients mouth, then it may be difficult to create a sufficient anchoring force or motive force with a plastic material used to form many such appliances that would be used to make the movements to the teeth that are desired.
According to the present disclosure, appliances and methods are provided for utilizing metallic portions in dental positioning appliances. In some embodiments, a removable dental positioning appliance has a shell with one or more cavities shaped to receive and reposition one or more teeth from a first orientation to a successive orientation and where at least a portion of the shell is formed from a metallic material (e.g., metallic mesh material). In various embodiments, the shell can be shaped to accommodate one tooth or multiple adjacent or nonadjacent teeth based upon the number and position of the one or more cavities that form the one or more portions of the shell.
In various embodiments, the metallic material can be a planar sheet of material, strips of material, or one or more wires, among other material configurations and can be in a mesh, solid, perforated, layered, adjacently oriented, or other type of configuration. In the embodiment of
In some embodiments, a single wire can be woven to form the mesh. In the embodiment illustrated in
As will be discussed in greater detail herein, the wires can be unfastened or can be fastened together in various manners. For example, the wires can be frictionally held together such as by weaving or tying, or held together by another material, such as solder, plastic, and/or an adhesive material among other suitable materials. In some embodiments, these materials can be coated onto or encapsulating around a portion of (e.g., such as the junctions 116 or other portions of wires 112 and 114 of the embodiment of
The methods of the present disclosure can employ any positioners, retainers, and/or other removable appliances for finishing and maintaining teeth positions in connection with orthodontic treatment. The systems for use with embodiments of the present disclosure provide a plurality of such appliances can be intended to be worn by a patient successively in order to achieve the gradual tooth repositioning as described herein.
In such embodiments, such as that shown in
In the embodiment of
In some situations, certain individual or small sets of the teeth can be repositioned while others of the teeth can be used to provide a base or anchor region for holding the repositioning appliance in place as it applies the resilient repositioning force against the tooth or teeth to be repositioned. In some embodiments, the metallic portion of the shell can be oriented to provide additional support with respect to holding the appliance in place. Such embodiments can aid in stabilizing one or more teeth.
Such orientation can be beneficial, for example, where the tooth or teeth used as an anchor may have been recently moved and may not provide as much support as teeth that have not been moved. Such orientation can also be beneficial, for example, where a larger anchoring force may be needed than can typically be provided by the number of teeth being used as the anchor. In such instances, the metallic portion can be placed at or near the tooth or teeth used for anchor to provide support and/or force to provide the anchoring functionality.
In various embodiments, the metallic portion of the appliance can be oriented to provide the repositioning force whereby a plastic shell portion of the appliance provides a stabilizing anchoring support for the device. This orientation enables the conformation of the shell portion to adapt to the anchoring teeth and depending on the metal properties selected, a greater effective range for force generation on the repositioning portion of the appliance.
In the embodiment of
In various embodiments, the wires may be in different orientations, such as, but not limited to, non-horizontal and/or non-vertical, and/or irregular. Further, in some embodiments, the wires may be non-linear. For example, a wire may be bent in one direction (e.g., one axis with respect to an axis of the elongation direction of the wire), as shown with respect to wires 112 in
The wires may include alternating active and passive wires, in some embodiments. In other words, varying wire materials may be present within the mesh.
Non-metallic wires may be incorporated into the mesh for additional support or improved esthetics, among other benefits. For example, metal fibers may be alternated with composite fibers to create a hybrid mesh.
In the embodiment illustrated in
In embodiments, such as that shown in
In the embodiment of
The embodiment of
The mesh material can be used to apply extra force to a particular tooth and/or to extend the ability of the appliance to move the tooth. Depending upon the type of material used to form the mesh, the distance of the movement of the tooth can be elongated, because the force imparted by the metallic material may be over a greater distance than other materials, such as some polymers and other materials.
In various embodiments, the length of time that the movement can take place can be elongated because the metallic material may not lose its ability to impart force as readily as some other materials, such as some polymers and other materials. In some embodiments, the length of time that movement of a tooth takes may be reduced because the metallic material can impart either a greater force or more consistent force over a greater range of movement than some other materials, such as some polymers.
In the embodiment of
In some embodiments, as will be discussed in more detail herein, portions of or the entire appliance can be coated with a second material. This second material can be used to form the other portions (i.e., the portions other than 220, 222, and 224) of the dental appliance described above, in some embodiments.
In various embodiments, the second material could be a coating over, under, or encapsulating the portions 220, 222, and 224. Materials that can be used can include solders, epoxies, glues, polymers, oxides, and other suitable coating materials. In various embodiments, the materials may be bio-compatible materials.
Coatings can provide, for example, a more palatable texture, interaction with tooth surfaces, and/or taste than the metallic material, among other benefits. Another benefit may be that the coating can be used to hold one or more of the wires (e.g., wires 212 and 214 in the embodiment of
In various embodiments, a second material can (i.e., in addition to the metallic material), for example, be placed at one or more junctions of the wires (e.g., junctions 116 of
In such embodiments, the second material may be oriented on the appliance such that it can be positioned proximate to an area needing such an agent. Accordingly, the second material can be selectively applied to particular portions of the appliance in such embodiments.
In various embodiments, the appliance may include one or more metallic portions and one or more non-metallic portions where at least one of the non-metallic portions forms part of the appliance body (e.g., where the appliance is part metallic and part polymeric) and at least one of the non-metallic portions is a coating formed over at least a portion of the body of the appliance (e.g., where an agent is applied over a portion of the metallic and/or polymeric portions of the appliance). In some embodiments, an agent can be impregnated into a material (e.g., a polymeric material) and can be released out of the material by interaction with the oral environment.
As illustrated in the embodiment of
Such embodiments can have one or more of the above recited benefits. It should be noted that such an illustration may be representative of an entire appliance that is fabricated from a metallic material and encapsulated within a second material or where a portion of an appliance is fabricated with a metallic material and where that portion is encapsulated.
For example, in some embodiments, the appliance may be formed mostly from a polymeric material and where a metallic material is encapsulated in a portion. Such embodiments may aid in reinforcing or providing additional force to a particular area.
The metallic material, such as a metallic mesh material can be formed by metal injection molding, by casting (which may include heat-treatment post-casting), by stamping the appliance using a stamp, by pressing and/or heat treating with a mold, or by bending individual metallic portions (e.g., wires) and/or soldering the individual wire components together, among other techniques. In some embodiments, the metallic material may be arch-preformed.
In some embodiments, the metallic material may be friction shaped through a pressing or other type of process wherein the material is shaped through a friction involving process. In various embodiments, the metallic material may be ultrasonically heated to maintain or obtain a desired shape.
In some embodiments, once the shape is formed, the metallic material can be coated with a second material. For example, in some embodiments, the coating can be sprayed or dip coated onto the metallic material. In various embodiments, the appliance can be cut (e.g., by a mechanical cutting tool or laser cutting tool) to trim the edges.
In some embodiments, the computing device executable instructions for the cutting tool may be programmed to cut at mesh junctions to avoid sharp points in the final product. In some embodiments, the appliance may be dipped in a coating to cover any sharp edges, among other sharp edge solutions.
There are several processes that can be used to form the appliance or portion thereof having metallic material.
In a process such as that illustrated in
In the embodiment of
In some embodiments, changes in temperature of the environment around the mechanism 303, of the portions 332, 334, 336, and/or 338 and/or the material 330 can be used to create the desired shape and/or force properties of the appliance or portion being formed. In various embodiments, some portion of the forming mechanism 303 or the entire mechanism can be formed from a metallic or ceramic material.
Where a shape memory type material is used as material 330, then, a change in temperature or stress can be applied to the material 330 to produce the desired shape and/or force characteristics of the appliance or portion being formed. For instance, in some embodiments, the metallic material can be a shape memory alloy formed at least in part from nickel, titanium, copper, aluminum, and/or zinc, among other materials.
In such embodiments and as stated above, the metallic material may be coated for esthetics and/or hygiene among other considerations. In such embodiments, the amount of movement built in can, for example, be based on the amount of distortion that can be tolerated to still ensure appliance fit.
One suitable manner, for example, may be that the carrier material 440 is a dissolvable material, which can be removed by dissolving with a solvent such as water, organic solvent, or other solvent types. In some embodiments, the carrier 440 may be a wax which can be melted or burned off.
Another process for creating appliance embodiments or portions thereof may be to bend the individual ribs in a mesh material and then to assemble the individual ribs with connecting wire and solder or otherwise attach the framework together.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure can enable a longer range of movement to be built into an appliance without increasing the amount of force placed on the teeth. In other words, through use of shape memory alloy materials, for example, it may be possible for an appliance to provide the movement of 5 to 10 polymeric appliances without increasing patient discomfort and/or negative biological effects of high force on the one or more teeth.
As a result of such embodiments, fewer appliances may have to be built, thereby reducing materials costs and/or visits to the treatment professional, among other benefits. Another possible benefit is because the material is metallic it may be easier to disinfect an appliance, in some instances.
The metallic material can be shaped via interaction with each of the dies to form a dental positioning appliance, at block 554. In this manner, the metallic appliance can be shaped to fit the intended user.
In various embodiments, one or more methods can include applying a metallic material that is a metallic mesh material. Applying the metallic material can include applying at least one wire.
Shaping the metallic material can include pressing the metallic material between at least two of the dies. In some embodiments, shaping the metallic material can include bending the metallic material into contact with at least one of the dies.
In some embodiments, a method can include applying a coating to at least a portion of the appliance. Method embodiments can also include heating the metallic material to change the material into a shape memory material.
In various embodiments, a method can include trimming one or more edges of the appliance. Methods can also include polishing one or more portions of the appliance. In some such embodiments, a method can include forming the shell into a dental positioning appliance or incorporating the shell into a dental positioning appliance.
In some embodiments, the appliance can be a mouth guard that protects teeth, but may or may not do any positioning of teeth. In such embodiments, the mouth guard can be coated with a thicker coating or the coating material can provide more shock absorption. Any suitable mouth guard features, design, or materials can be utilized with embodiments of the present disclosure.
In the embodiment of
In some embodiments, and as illustrated at block 662, the method of
Block 664 includes creating a computerized negative or inverse receiving die geometry of shapes. In the embodiment of
At block 666, the master die and individual section pieces (e.g., forming mechanism portions) are printed and heat resistant forms are created. Forming one or more dies can include forming at least one die from a metallic or ceramic material.
In the embodiment illustrated in
At block 674, the sections are removed and the formed metallic material is separated from the die. In such embodiments, the material can then be trimmed and/or polished, if desired, as indicated at block 676. In some embodiments, as illustrated at block 678, a coating can be added.
Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that any arrangement calculated to achieve the same techniques can be substituted for the specific embodiments shown. This disclosure is intended to cover any and all adaptations or variations of various embodiments of the disclosure.
It is to be understood that the use of the terms �a�, �an�, �one or more�, �a number of�, or �at least one� are all to be interpreted as meaning one or more of an item is present. Additionally, it is to be understood that the above description has been made in an illustrative fashion, and not a restrictive one. Combination of the above embodiments, and other embodiments not specifically described herein will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description.
The scope of the various embodiments of the disclosure includes any other applications in which the above structures and methods are used. Therefore, the scope of various embodiments of the disclosure should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full range of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
In the foregoing Detailed Description, various features are grouped together in a single embodiment for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the embodiments of the disclosure require more features than are expressly recited in each claim.
Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subject matter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment.
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Despite consecutive losses, Bombers don't see Als contest as a must-win
Back-to-back losses hardly qualify as a crisis, at least not in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' quarters.
So quizzed on Thursday about tonight's CFL game against the Montreal Alouettes at Investors Group Field, the Bombers carried on like it's just business as usual.
"This idea of must-win is ludicrous," said Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea, his team 5-3 after the recent defeats.
"Every game counts the same in the 18 games (of the season)," piped in Winnipeg quarterback Drew Willy.
In the wake of two defeats, the approach to tonight's game has been the same, methodical one he's used all season, O'Shea said, including a short-term focus on the job at hand.
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"It's certainly not the first time we've been challenged," O'Shea said. "These guys were challenged the first day of training camp to change everything they thought about football."
The arrival of the Alouettes (1-6), who have lost five straight games beginning with their Week 3 home-field setback in the last minute to the Blue Bombers, is not inflating the Bombers' expectations in any way, O'Shea said.
"Just as I don't look at games in a row for us, I don't look at games in a row for our opponent," O'Shea said. "I know that the last game they played they lost by five points (to Saskatchewan) and their defence looked very good and they held a good team down.
"I know the last time we played them we won by one point in the last minute of the game. We can't afford to take any team lightly.
"I don't think these guys look at records. We don't talk like that."
Montreal will be without quarterback Troy Smith, who's been placed on the six-game injured list.
In his place will be former Bombers quarterback Alex Brink, making his second straight start for the Als. O'Shea said his defence should be ready for an opposing quarterback ready to do anything it takes to impress and to win, and that includes making plays with his hands and his feet.
And of course, Montreal will try to run the ball, as Saskatchewan and Toronto did against Winnipeg in the two most recent games.
"You look at what our defence has given up in the last couple of games and obviously part of their game plan will be run the ball on us," O'Shea said. "That's not rocket science."
The other matchup will pit the inconsistent Winnipeg offence -- tied for the CFL lead in turnovers with 21 but also excelling at fourth-quarter comebacks this season with three -- against Montreal's veteran defence, which has been far from Montreal's biggest problem this season.
"I think their defence is obviously a very good defence," Willy said. "They've been put in some tough situations this year, their defence. They've got a lot of vets that have done some great things in this league.
"We saw last week they played Saskatchewan very tough to the wire. They're not far off from winning games. We need to take them very seriously."
Willy saw plenty of pressure from the Als in Week 3, which may provide some clues for tonight's game.
"They've been pretty consistent in what they do; maybe playing a little more zone than what they did in previous games against Saskatchewan," the Winnipeg quarterback said.
"They have a lot of vets that have previously done very good things for a long time. They're probably thinking, 'Why change?' They have a good defence, that's for sure. Week 3, they were saying they could be the best defence at that point. There hasn't been too many changes.
"Lot of talent and they are going to do what they done to be successful for years."
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is delaying its $451 million Sentinel project by four months to May 2012—but whether the latest postponement is significant depends on who is doing the assessment.
Chad Fulgham, the FBI's chief information officer, calls it a "modest" schedule change, while the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General argues that the new timetable amounts to a substantial postponement.
The dispute is laid out in the latest report from Acting Inspector General Cynthia Schnedar. The reason for the most recent pushback of the deadline is that the FBI uncovered performance deficiencies in the system in recent testing. Agency officials believe the problems are a result of insufficient hardware capacity.
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"FBI determined that it will have to purchase new hardware before Sentinel can operate properly when it ultimately is deployed to all Sentinel users," the Dec. 23 Office of Inspector General report said. "At the time of this report, the FBI was still determining the cost of the new hardware and the cost associated with the additional delay to Sentinel's development and deployment."
The hardware capacity issue is the latest setback for the longstanding IT development program. Sentinel was initiated in 2006 as a four-phase program with an estimated total cost of $425 million and completion by December 2009.
The project was restructured to a $451 million baseline with a June 2010 completion date after the prime contractor, Lockheed Martin Corp., completed the first phase. At the completion of the second phase, the inspector general's office expressed concerns about program delays, budget and failure to deliver what was intended. The FBI issued a stop-work order in July 2010 and announced plans to directly manage Sentinel and to complete the remaining two phases using agile methodology.
As a result of those plans, the number of Lockheed Martin personnel working on Sentinel has been reduced to 10, from about 135, the audit said.
The FBI, when it shifted to agile development, initially had expected to complete Sentinel by September 2011, later pushing the deadline again to January 2012. In the most recent assessment, the FBI projected a completion date of May 2012.
While the federal auditors said there were still uncertainties on whether it will finish on time, they noted positive changes, saying that the FBI's transition to agile development "has reduced the risk that Sentinel will either exceed its budget or fail to deliver the expected functionality by reducing the rate at which the FBI is spending money on Sentinel and by instituting a more direct approach to the FBI's monitoring of the development of Sentinel."
Fulgham, in an appendix to the report, wrote that as of Dec. 6 the FBI has completed development of 88 percent of the functionality of Sentinel's current phase. In light of that, and of the other improvements, he said the postponement should be considered minor.
"The FBI-wide deployment is now scheduled for May 2012, as described in this report," Fulgham wrote. "This modest extension is due primarily to the need to implement a standard five-year 'refresh' of computer hardware."
However, the inspector general's report did not endorse that view.
"While in its response the FBI indicates that the May 2012 estimated deployment date is a 'modest extension,' it is in fact a 7-month extension, which we believe is significant even if it is necessary to develop the full system and in light of the FBI's previous development delays," the audit report said. The inspector general apparently was adding in a previous delay into the calculation of seven months.
The dispute between Fulgham and the inspector general's office did not extend to the inspector general's four recommendations for improving Sentinel, including advice to perform additional testing and to ensure that agile development meets project life cycle requirements. The FBI agreed with all of the recommendations.
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Provisional results on Tuesday from Monday's election gave the former armed forces chief 60 per cent of the votes counted, giving runoff election rival Francisco Guterres only a slim chance of winning the largely ceremonial post for his Fretilin Party.
Ramos-Horta, a Nobel laureate, came third in last month's first round of voting, leaving two contestants in a runoff that proved to be free from violence or claims of vote-rigging.
Both Guterres, a former parliament speaker, and Matan Ruak pledged to abide by the outcome of the balloting and have urged their supporters to do the same.
Matan Ruak, Ramos-Horta and Guterres were independence fighters alongside Xanana Gusmao, East Timor's first president and its current prime minister.
Gusmao, who switched from president to prime minister after the 2007 election, campaigned for Matan Ruak, who is notionally running as an independent.
A win for Matan Ruak would point to another likely loss for Fretilin in the July parliamentary election.
It would show Gusmao still able to win widespread support among the half-island's 620,000 voters for his ruling coalition.
Fretilin formed a government after the former Portuguese colony gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002 but lost power in 2006 amid civil strife that saw international troops return to restore order.
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We enjoyed our stay at the Aaron Shipman House B&B. The house is ideally located close to downtown Washington, Georgetown and the national mall. The house is decorated in historical style and so are the rooms. Rooms are well equiped and the garden and porch are the perfect relaxing hang out spot.
The inn keepers are very friendly and ready with advice and support. The only disadvantage we identified is the breakfast timeslot which is at 8 sharp and personally we are not big fans of an obligatory personal round table introduction. The breakfast itsellf is great consisting of fruits, pie or omelett and pastries. Summarizing this is a great B&B in downtown Washington DC, great value for money and we would recommend this place to all our friends
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Conservative media figures and outlets have sent out to their email lists numerous paid fundraising solicitations from "scam PACs" whose directors are apparently looking to cash in on the election season.
Politico reports today that a new "cottage industry" has sprung up during the presidential race in which vaguely-named super PACs have used major Republican national campaigns like Rep. Allen West's re-election bid in Florida to "raise money for themselves and build their email lists."
The groups have been sending out fundraising pitches promising to help West or defeat Obama in November, but "those chunks of $25 and $50 don't often find their way to any serious campaigns to beat Obama or boost West." The article quotes West's campaign attorney saying that the "vast majority of the groups that we know are engaged in this have done nothing for West."
As explained by Politico, "political operatives can create a PAC and corresponding website on the cheap, drop some cash to rent an email list and, voilà-- in come the small-dollar contributions from grass-roots Republicans."
Conservative outlets like RedState and Townhall and media figures like Dick Morris and Mike Huckabee have been enabling these so-called "scam PACs" by renting out their email lists for these fundraising pitches.
In her syndicated column, Michelle Malkin depicted newly finalized fuel economy standards as dangerous to consumers. But in fact, standards have been reformed to remove incentives for smaller, potentially less safe cars, and technological improvements have made many smaller cars just as safe as larger vehicles.
Conservative media are pushing for Israel or the United States to launch a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, claiming that inaction will cause great harm to Israel. In doing so, however, they are ignoring questions about whether Iran is planning to build nuclear weapons at all and minimizing the dangers of war with Iran.
In a February 6 Townhall.com piece, Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison, senior fellows with the Family Research Council (FRC), argued that Israel should "strike [Iran] now" as its "very survival is on the line," adding, "As worrisome as an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities might be, Iran with a nuclear weapon is infinitely more." They concluded:
Today, surrounded by mortal enemies, with their backs to the wall, Israelis are told to take more "risks for peace" by a US. administration that is outraged by the sight of too many Jews in Jerusalem.
If we wait until the Iranians have sunk their nuclear weapons deep into hardened bunkers it will be too late. The Obama administration will not act in time. Later, will be too late.
Israel: Don't wait; hit the Iranian nuclear facilities now. The world will thank you for it.
During the February 7 edition of his Fox News show, Sean Hannity said that "[t]here is a rise of Islamic extremism that is happening under [Obama's] watch, and he's not doing a thing," adding, "[h]e ought to be dropping bunker buster bombs on Iran's nuclear sites."
On February 8, The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens appeared on Fox News' Happening Now to discuss his recent piece on whether Israel should bomb Iran. During the segment, Stephens said that "Israel should bomb Iran if it's going to strike decisively," adding: "If it's going to have a surgical attack that will set the Iranians back by six months or one year then the question becomes, What's the point of that? But if it's going to use a strike as a first stage in a broader program of regime change joined by the United States, then that's worthwhile." Stephens concluded the segment by saying:
As the Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak put it, Iran is now entering what he calls a zone of immunity. They will have too much material too deeply buried to be susceptible to an Israeli strike. And that window is closing for them. Unless they take advantage of this opportunity they will have to live with a nuclear Iran, which will be devastating for Israel's interest.
And on the February 12 edition of Fox News' America's News Headquarters, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said that "if we don't become very serious and convince the Iranians that we will use significant military force to stop them they're going to just keep moving straight ahead," adding, "I think we're going to have to be prepared to use military force." He concluded:
I want this administration to get realistic and get tough about Iran. Stop this nonsense about talking to them, which goes back to when he was debating Hillary Clinton and Hillary Clinton told him to his face that he's naïve. Stop it. Cut it out, Mr. President. They don't want to talk to you. You know what they want to hear from you? That you're tough. That you are capable of attacking them if that is necessary and that you're not going to sit there and labor over it. That you are willing to do it if that is necessary to stop them from becoming a nuclear power. And he should say to them, in the toughest language he can come up with, there's no way on earth I'm going to let you become a nuclear power. It's just too darn dangerous.
There are several things wrong here.
After ABC News uncovered the faux scandal that a California automaker that received a federal loan is creating American jobs, the right-wing media is predictably failing to acknowledge those American jobs. Instead, they're hyping the fact that the company, Fisker, is assembling the cars in Finland, without clarifying that none of the loan money is going towards the overseas facility.
For instance, Fox's "straight news" program America's Newsroom aired a graphic saying "FEDERAL LOAN ... FOR FINLAND?" But host Bill Hemmer never mentioned that the loan supported American jobs, or that Fisker is barred from putting the money towards its overseas plant:
It's also worth noting that this story is not "news" -- the Department of Energy included the fact that the cars would be assembled "overseas" in a press release announcing the loan over a year ago:
A New York Times/Bay Citizen article cherry-picked statistics from a Brookings Institution report and reportedly misrepresented interviews to call the goal of creating 5 million green jobs in 10 years a "pipe dream." Conservative media have seized upon the Times article to claim that "even" the "left" agrees that investment in green jobs is a "a waste of money and time."
Reports by industry groups have warned of dire consequences from pending EPA limits on pollution from coal-fired power plants. In recent weeks, conservative media have promoted and in some cases even overstated these predictions of a "regulatory train wreck." But according to a detailed analysis by the Congressional Research Service, many of these claims rely on unrealistic assumptions.
CRS assessed reports by the Edison Electric Institute, which concluded that new EPA regulations "would cause the unplanned retirement of" up to 18.8 percent of coal fired electric capacity by 2015, and by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, which "concluded that the implementation of four EPA rules could result in a loss of up to 19% of fossil-fuel-fired steam capacity" by 2018. CRS concluded (emphasis added):
The EEI and other analyses discussed here generally predate EPA's actual proposals and reflect assumptions about stringency and timing (especially for implementation) that differ significantly from what EPA actually may propose or has promulgated. Some of the rules are expected to be expensive; costs of others are likely to be moderate or limited, or they are unknown at this point because a rule has not yet been proposed. Rules when actually proposed or issued may well differ enough that a plant operator's decision about investing in pollution controls or facility retirement will look entirely different from what these analyses project.
The primary impacts of many of the rules will largely be on coal-fired plants more than 40 years old that have not, until now, installed state-of-the-art pollution controls. Many of these plants are inefficient and are being replaced by more efficient combined cycle natural gas plants, a development likely to be encouraged in the price of competing fuel--natural gas--continues to be low, almost regardless of EPA rules.
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When the New York Times reported that General Electric paid no federal taxes -- and in fact claimed a $3 million tax benefit -- on $14.2 billion in worldwide profits, $5.1 billion of which came from operations in the U.S., I figured some conservatives would defend GE's ability to avoid paying taxes on billions of dollars in profits. But I must confess some surprise at one response to the story: Mona Charen's argument that GE's tax-free billions somehow demonstrate that corporate taxes in the U.S. are too high.
a responsible company will seek to minimize costs and maximize profits. That's how companies are able to provide jobs. The corporate rate in the U.S. is 35 percent, among the highest in the industrialized world. Even "spread the wealth around" Barack Obama has recommended reducing it so that some of those dollars (and jobs) currently hiding out abroad can be repatriated.
It takes an impressive amount of audacity to use a column about GE paying no federal income taxes as an opportunity to complain that the corporate tax rate is too high. A more honest column would have noted that the effective corporate tax rate in America is much lower -- after all, Charen was writing about a company that paid no taxes on more than $5 billion in US profits.
Even when Charen grudgingly concedes that there may be reason to be dismayed at GE's ability to avoid taxes, she doesn't seem to think there's any problem, in and of itself, with GE not paying taxes:
The Times is clearly scandalized -- and perhaps it should be. After all, at least some of the tax breaks GE has been able to take advantage of were the result of aggressive lobbying.
This is like complaining that burglars pried open a window, rather than that they stole everything in the house.
Townhall Finance Editor John Ransom is the latest right-wing media figure to compare labor unions to terrorists:
That wasn't merely an overheated headline: Ransom reiterated the comparison in the body of his post:
If they can't get what they want at the negotiating table, the UAW will now try the economic equivalent of a suicide bombing of the economy. Never mind that they already destroyed the US automakers and their employees.
Last week, Fox News contributor Sandy Rios compared teachers unions to Hamas.
Townhall columnist and talk radio host Andrew Tallman finds a rather inflammatory way to emphasize his dislike of the government:
[T]he government itself is made up of people: real, morally flawed people. Since bad people with power are capable of far greater evil than bad people without it, our country is predicated on the belief that we have more to fear from sinners in government than we do from sinners with personal freedom.
Remember, the government has guns, too. And their misuse of them in history has been exponentially worse than anything private individuals have done. But because Gail Collins has unshakeable faith in the inherent goodness of Government, she doesn't mind trusting its guns. As for me, I'd rather take my chances with the Jared Loughners of the world.
Anti-government right-wingers usually stick to denouncing Department of Education bureaucrats; Tallman goes further and suggests he sees the U.S. military and law enforcement personnel as a greater threat than Jared Loughner. Good to know.
Until the last few paragraphs, Phyllis Schlafly's latest Townhall column is a fairly typical right-wing assault on education spending, filled with angry denunciations of "the notoriously useless program called Head Start." Again: Fairly typical stuff -- for some reason, conservatives hate spending money to help kids learn. But then things take an interesting twist -- Schlafly comes up with something worth spending money on:
Children should be taught to read in the first grade by an authentic phonics system in which they learn the sounds and syllables of the English language and how to put them together to read words of more than one syllable. There is nothing expensive or mysterious about this basic task.
Instead of wasting more federal money on grant-writers and grant-readers, tell local districts to award a bonus to first-grade teachers based on how many kids they actually teach to read. Let the teacher select the phonics system she thinks will help her win the bonus.
And then this note:
Phyllis Schlafly is the author of a phonics system for first-graders called "First Reader," which sells for only $29.95 with an accompanying Workbook for $9.95 (free shipping).
Well, that certainly works out nicely.
According to Schlafly's Eagle Forum website, the "First Reader" workbook has been around since 1994. So I couldn't help wondering if Schlafly has used her various columns to tout the efficacy of phonics systems without disclosing her financial interest in doing so. And, as it turns out, she has.
Last September, Creators Syndicate distributed a Schlafly column that denounced "non-phonics in reading instruction" as an approach that "parents find offensive." That column did not include a disclaimer noting Schlafly's authorship of a phonics program. But that's only the most recent of several examples of Schlafly touting phonics without disclosing her interest in doing so, which include a July 2003 Schlafly column and another from August 27, 2007:
Public schools should teach all first-graders to read by the time-tested phonics system, and teach all schoolchildren to know and use the fundamentals of arithmetic by the end of the third grade. This would end the shocking epidemic of illiteracy that now permits students to get into high school and even graduate without being able to read, write or calculate change at the grocery store.
And in October of 1999, Schlafly wrote an entire column denouncing a textbook that criticized phonics, somehow managing to write "The textbook includes a chapter warning teachers against a 'Far Right' conspiracy of 'laypersons' to teach phonics … The textbook identifies yours truly as a co-conspirator" without ever getting around to mentioning that she sells a phonics system.
Remember: If it seems like conservative media figures are trying to sell you something, they probably are.
Last week, Townhall columnist Chuck Norris called public schools "indoctrination camps." This week, he offers a "corrective":
work to install a Bible curriculum into your public school district. Yes, it's legal, constitutional and being placed right now in thousands of schools across the country. A brand-new electronic version of the curriculum is available this week. The National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools' curriculum has been voted into 572 school districts (2,086 high schools) in 38 states, from Alaska and California to Pennsylvania and Florida. Ninety-three percent of school boards that have been approached to date with the curriculum have voted to implement it because the course helps students understand the Bible's influence and impact on history, literature, our legal and educational systems, art, archaeology and other parts of civilization. In this elective class, students are required to read through their textbook -- the Bible.
According to a 2008 Austin American-Statesman article, the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools has been criticized by religious scholars for "sloppy work," factual errors, and for portraying conservative protestant Christianity as the "only true religion":
Legal issues aside, [University of Texas biblical studies professor Steven] Friesen said the National Council curriculum is "sloppy work" with factual, historical mistakes; dubious sources; and a shallow understanding of the academic discipline.
A review of the curriculum published in an academic journal last year found that it assumes that conservative Protestant Christianity is the "only true religion" and that the Bible is "infallible and thus historically accurate."
"As a whole, it does little to describe the Bible in literature, and it presents a particular view of biblical history that may push the bounds of what is acceptable in a public-school setting," wrote the authors, one of whom is Kent Richards, director of the Society of Biblical Literature.
And Chuck Norris claims this curriculum is a corrective to schools functioning as as "indoctrination camps."
Is there a better example of how hilariously out of touch conservative pundits are than their belief that Americans hate teachers? Here's Townhall columnist Bill Murchison:
[O]nce public education lost in great degree the robust support of the middle class, there was nowhere for things to go but downhill.
Education made for a stronger, wiser America. That is what we believed -- and why we supported teachers and principals.
You say I am generalizing. I am. Every assertion regarding the human experience is a generalization. The point is, we used to like teachers and support them. What happened?
Parents, I tell you, used to like teachers. Teachers liked parents in return. There was a kind of compact between them. Back us up, the teachers said, and we'll deliver the goods. The parents nodded their heads. OK.
That was until the compact came apart and society as a whole withdrew its support from the teacher: the teacher as authority figure anyway.
In reality, people love teachers. So much so that two-thirds of Americans think public school teachers should be paid more.
I look forward to Bill Murchison's next column, in which he will presumably address America's growing hatred of puppies and ice cream.
Last week, Townhall columnist Chuck Norris compared teachers unions to the mafia. Now he's expanding his attacks on public education, complaining about "scientific paradigms" and calling public schools "indoctrination camps":
On Dec. 27, 1820, Thomas Jefferson wrote about his vision for the University of Virginia (chartered in 1819): "This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow the truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."
But what should happen 200 years later when our public schools and universities avoid the testing of truths? Or suppress alternative opinions because they are unpopular or politically incorrect? Or no longer tolerate opinions now considered errors or obsolete by the elite? What happens when socio-political agendas or scientific paradigms dominate academic views to the exclusion of a minority's even being mentioned?
What happens when the political and public educational pendulum swings from concern for the tyranny of sectarianism in Jefferson's day to secularism in ours? What happens when U.S. public schools become progressive indoctrination camps?
Chuck Norris Facts: "Teachers Unions Muscle Legislators Like The Mafia"
CNSNews' Jeffrey: "It is time to drive public schools out of business"
Beck Talks Down To "Those Of You Who Went To Public School"
Beck encourages retirees to home school their grandchildren because they're being "indoctrinated"
Beck Claims Obama Wants Chinese-Style "Training Camps -- Schools"
Conservative media take a strong stand against ... learning?!?
Townhall's David Stokes writes:
This brings us back around to public employee unions. President Kennedy signed an executive order in 1962 effectively lifting a long-standing ban against government employees organizing to bargain collectively. This, in fact, ushered in an era of unprecedented government growth at taxpayer expense.
Just one problem: That did not happen.
Here's a chart showing federal government spending as a share of GDP from 1900 to 2010, courtesy of the website USGovernmentSpending.com, which is maintained by right-wing writer Christopher Chantrill:
Notice what it doesn't show? That's right: it does not show an "era of unprecedented government growth" following Kennedy's 1962 decision to lift the ban on collective bargaining by government employees.


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Not bitter
Not bitter
I am not bitter about my ex-faith. I didn't lose it because of a trauma or because someone wasn't nice to me. I didn't leave it in anger or due to a fight.
I said, previously, that I took a lot from it that I can still use to this day, and I learnt a lot of valuable things.
I learnt about the use and dangers of different herbs and roots for teas and about plants in general. And I am truly sorry for those people who do not know about these herbs because they are easier on you, and they are not made in a laboratory. And the herbs are not that expensive if you actually think about it, they are cheaper but work just as well. Not saying I can heal cancer or HIV with it them, but for common things they are great, Bronchities, pneumonia, sours, fever, problems urinating, a cold, smaller infections, and many more.
When I lived in a shared place, my roommate and I both got Pneumonia at the same time (from a visitor). We both have Asthma so naturally it was really bad, we both had to stay in bed. I made myself a tea out of herbs and offered it to her as well. She drank one sip and told me that it tastes horrible, never touched it again. I had 5 cups a day and 3 days later I was well enough to work again (no running around or exhausting of course) while she was still in bed for 5 more days. These teas do not have to taste well, I told her that, they are medicine.
I used to have a doctor with exactly my approach, and it was a really good doctor. He told me a specific tea and 4 days later I was well. Sure, not for the really bad things, but just making a point here. It is not like this stuff is not serious. I had various doctors telling me to drink specific teas for specific things and it has always worked. Medicine does not have to be in form of a pill or drops.
2. I learnt about true respect. I have not met even one person in these circles that was not respectful. I am talking respect on all levels. Respect towards nature, respect towards all living creatures, respect towards other people's believes. Never has anyone been discrimnated or hated for their believes. I myself was pretty out of the line, not believing in the Gods, and it was respected. I rarely saw people fighting about their religious views, because normally everyone knew that witchcraft has too many branches to fight about it. Live and let live was basically a motto in the community and I loved it. When I left, I realized that not everyone is that way and it was like being punched in the face. All the ignorance and egoism out there, that I hated and had locked out of my religious bubble for a long time. Inside the community you get help, you always have someone to talk. A lot went online but most of the time you would actually exchange phone numbers, visit each other, help out with things. I remember once, I was in a chat room where I used to hang out, just mentioning that I had not money to get a new Asthma-Spray. So another witch, who knew me only from the chat, offered to send me some cash for it in an envelope and her bankdetails for me to transfer it back when I have money again. And we did that. That was trust and friendship that I have not found a lot on this planet.
3. Talking about respect. It was, as mentioned, also respect towards nature and every living thing. Every living thing includes plants, just saying. So yeah, you would use things that you need, but you would be thankful for it, and you would not slaughter an animal inhumanely. I personally paid attention where the meat I am eating is coming from because I did not want to help the companies that don't care about the animals they breed for food. I chose those I knew would kill the animal fast, not stress them more than nessasary, those who had the animals on floor, and not in wired boxes. Yes, it is a bit more expensive but it is humane and should receive the money so it can become a common practice and cheaper with time. Also for plants, to not just rip them out when I please, let the flowers in the garden, let the leaves on the trees. Not to litter. To keep you trash when you are hiking and find a bin or bring it home and throw it then. it seems so rational but so many people litter. From throwing the cigarette stump on the ground outside, to throwing you empty bottle on the ground in a forest. These things still bother me so much and make me so angry (mentioned that here). Respecting every living thing will for sure be a value that I will teach my kids as well. It is so important nowadays.
So no, I am not bitter. I left because logic took over. I started questioning why and how things are supposed to work. And the more I looked and searched, the more I found out that most stuff is only psychological, not supernatural. Most things, all the rituals, the candle lighting, the incense, the mindstuff, was and still is pure psychologic. It all gives you this sense of security and being special and having a gift that you mastered, when for real you just learnt something by heart and apply some riddiculus rules that make no sense whatsoever.
You got explanations for everything but nothing had a real foundation, no proof. Like how would you move something just by thinking at it > your thoughts are energy, if you bundle it and direct it you can move things because everything between you and the object is energy as well. It makes not fucking sense but it sounds so scientific that you just believe it until you research it.
Many things like that led me to dropping the believe piece by piece, but I have not been bitter, angry. I just felt weird and insecure, I was already depressed at that time, and this didn't help at all. BUT I got over it, and still no sign of anger or bitterness from my side. Not saying it was all flowers and butterflies and sunshine. Just like in every other religion there was a big fear factor and the knowledge that something will come after your death (here reincarnation) and even reincarnation had a fear factor to it just like hell in christianity.
But I was not unhappy in my faith (just like that new JW guy). I was very happy with it, and the more I learnt about it, the happier I felt, for connecting all my puzzle pieces. I even started a business, a small shop with hand made articles for witchcraft and such things.
Just that logic came in the way... I don't think I am still really mourning. I just see how many people report about them leaving faith, and how bitter they often are, how angry at the religion itself.
By now I am pretty anti religion, but not out of anger or frustration. I just think the world would be better off without it alltogether, because it causes too much trouble, too much fight and war and greed. This planet would be a lot more pieceful if religion would vanish > not be banned. Banning it makes no sense, because then it becomes an underground movement, and that can be very dangerous. But I hope that the human race will grow out of it at some point. I won't live anymore and it may take 1000 years but they might, and that will be great!
I try to have a positive attitute, you see. Towards my ex-faith as well as towards everything else. No bitterness, I am trying
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Not bitter - Leela - 08-10-2012 03:15 AM
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