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Geopolitical Calendar: Week of Nov. 13, 2011
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Geopolitical Calendar: Week of Oct. 30, 2011
Editor's Note: The following is an internal STRATFOR document listing
significant meetings and events planned for the next week. STRATFOR
analysts use this document to stay informed of the activities and travel
of world leaders and to guide their areas of focus for the week.
* Nov. 14: Protesters plan to hold rallies six days before Spanish
general elections at more than 100 locations in Madrid, despite the
ban on pre-election rallies.
* Nov. 14: Middle East in the European External Action Service
Managing Director Hugues Mingarelli will visit the Persian Gulf
region. He will meet with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Secretary-General Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani in Riyadh to
discuss EU-GCC ties and regional developments. Mingarelli will then
travel to Bahrain for talks with officials on European-Bahraini
* Nov. 14-15: EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will visit
Armenia before traveling to Azerbaijan to discuss EU-Azerbaijan
cooperation, including visa regulations.
* Nov. 15: The Italian Parliament is expected to hold a vote of no
confidence, combined with a vote on a budget law.
* Nov. 15: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich will meet with his
Polish counterpart, Bronislaw Komorowski, in Wroclaw, Poland, to
discuss the situation in Ukraine, the conviction of former Ukrainian
Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko and free trade agreements.
Yanukovich will also meet with German President Christian Wulff.
* Nov. 17: Eurozone finance ministers may hold a meeting in Brussels
to further discuss operational issues concerning the European
Financial Stability Facility.
* Nov. 17: Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov will chair the
Commonwealth of Independent States Council of Defense Ministers
meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, during which more than 20 issues in
various areas of cooperation will be discussed.
* Nov. 17: Russian President Dmitri Medvedev will visit Bali,
Indonesia, to attend the 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations
* Nov. 18: In Greece, 1.3 billion euro treasury bills will mature.
* Nov. 18: Officials from the International Monetary Fund and European
Union are expected to conclude a two-week quarterly evaluation of
Portugal*s bailout program implementation.
* Nov. 18: Presidential elections will be held in Moldova.
* Nov. 18: Polish Finance Minister Jan Vincent-Rostowski will announce
structural economic reforms that are expected to aid Poland with a
potential coming crisis.
* Nov. 13-14: International maritime conference Galle Dialogue 2011:
Challenges and Strategic Cooperation for Indian Ocean Maritime
Concerns, will begin in Galle, Sri Lanka. The conference will
address security concerns in the Indian Ocean - mainly the threat
from pirates off the Somali coast.
* Nov. 14: Envoys of the Middle East Quartet of peace mediators will
meet separately with Israeli and Palestinian officials in Jerusalem.
* Nov. 14: The 2011 India Economic Summit will end in Mumbai.
* Nov. 14: EU Foreign Ministers will meet in Brussels to discuss
issues affecting Arab nations, the Iranian nuclear program and
additional sanctions against Syria.
* Nov. 14: Pakistani Commerce Secretary Amin Fahim will hold talks
with his Indian counterpart, Anand Sharma, in India.
* Nov. 15: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will attend the
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation meeting and
meet with his Indian counterpart, S.M. Krishna, in Bangalore, India.
* Nov. 15: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon will end his visit to
* Nov. 16-19: An Afghan Loya Jirga will meet with U.S. officials at
Kabul's Polytechnic University to discuss a strategic-cooperation
* Nov. 17: The 15 days given to Syria by Arab League Deputy
Secretary-General Ahmad Ben Hali to implement provisions of an Arab
League peace proposal will expire.
* Nov. 18: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Tunisia for
talks with interim Tunisian President Fouad Mebazaa and Tunisian
Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi.
* Nov. 19: The anti-terrorism court of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, will hold
another hearing on the assassination case of former Pakistani Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto.
* Nov. 19: The deadline for civil society organizations to apply for
permits to monitor Egypt's November parliamentary elections will
* Nov. 19: This will be the last day for Egyptian expatriates to
register on Egypt's High Elections Commission website. Egyptian
embassies and consulates abroad will vote in the parliamentary
elections beginning Nov. 28.
* Unspecified date: Exporters in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia will
meet to discuss measures to stem the decline in natural rubber
prices after setting a minimum price of $3 per kilogram.
* Unspecified date: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will meet
with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to discuss
Australia*s plans to station U.S. marines in Darwin.
* Nov. 14-15: South Korean chief nuclear envoy Lim Sung Nam will visit
Vienna, Austria, with top U.S. officials on North Korean policy to
discuss efforts to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs
* Nov. 14-18: A South Korean delegation of diplomats and military
officials will visit South Sudan to help the South Korean government
decide whether to dispatch peacekeeping troops there.
* Nov. 14-19: Taiwan will stage military drills by simulating a
Chinese attack on the island nation.
* Nov. 15: Union workers of the Grasberg copper mine in Freeport,
Indonesia, are due to end a two-month strike.
* Nov. 15: Shanghai will issue China's first local government bonds.
* Nov. 15: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to
Manila to join celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the
U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty.
* Nov. 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to
Bangkok, Thailand.
* Nov. 16: The two-week-long joint China-Pakistan anti-terrorism
military drill *Friendship 2011* will be held near Islamabad,
* Nov. 16-17: U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Australia to
commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the U.S.-Australian Alliance.
* Nov. 17: The EU-Russian Permanent Partnership Council will meet in
Moscow to discuss mutual visa-free travel.
* Nov. 17-19: U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State
Hilary Clinton are scheduled to travel to Bali, Indonesia, to join
the East Asia Summit and the U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian
Nations leaders meeting.
* Nov. 17-19: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will visit
Russia to co-chair the Indian-Russian Joint Commission on Trade,
Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation.
* Nov. 18: Central Committee of the National League for Democracy
members from 13 states and regions will meet in Rangoon, Myanmar, to
decide whether it will re-register as a political party.
* Unspecified date: The Venezuelan Popular Power for Internal
Relations and Justice Ministry will publish initial measures meant
to transform the structure of the Scientific Penal and Criminal
Investigation Corps.
* Unspecified date: Representatives from 25 German companies will
arrive in Mexico's Queretaro state to hold preliminary talks on the
possibility of investing in manufacturing capacity in Mexico.
* Unspecified date: Sao Paulo University will receive a mobile
Paramilitary Police base in response to student protests regarding
police presence on campus.
* Nov. 14: Darfur Transitional Authority Chairman Al-Tijani al-Sisi
will travel to the United States to participate in a workshop.
* Nov. 14: Venezuela's Mesa de Unidad political coalition debate will
take place.
* Nov. 15: Uruguayan President Jose Mujica will visit Guadalajara,
Mexico, and Salvador, Brazil.
* Nov. 16: Workers from Brazilian state oil company Petrobras have
threatened to strike if demands for higher pay and better working
conditions are not met.
* Nov. 16: Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota will visit
Bali, Indonesia, to participate in the 19th ASEAN summit.
* Nov. 17: The Peru-Ecuador council will meet in Jaen, Cajamarca
province, Peru. Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa will discuss topics that include migration
and cooperation.
* Nov. 17-18: Union of South American Nations members will meet in La
Paz to discuss the global drug trade.
* Nov. 18: A fishing ban on Pacific tuna will take effect in Mexico
until January 2012.
* Nov. 19: An Iranian parliamentary commission will arrive in Bolivia
to consolidate international cooperation agreements totaling more
than 200 million euros.
* Nov. 18-23: Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer will pay an
official visit to Beirut, Lebanon.
* Nov. 9-14: Mozambican Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Gen.
Paulino Jose Macaringue will continue his visit to Luanda, Angola,
where he will discuss defense contracts with Angolan Armed Forces
Chief of Staff Gen. Geraldo Sachipengo Nunda and Angolan Defense
Minister Candido Van-Dunem.
* Nov. 13: The Equatorial Guinean government will convene for a
national referendum to debate presidential terms and the possibility
of creating a vice presidential post.
* Nov. 14: Defense ministers involved in the African Union Mission in
Somalia will convene in Djibouti.
* Nov. 14: Guinea-Bissau will celebrate Readjustment Movement Day.
* Nov. 14-15: The Nile Basin Initiative will hold its 34th Technical
Advisory Committee meeting in Kampala, Uganda.
* Nov. 16: Lawyers from the Guinean Bar Association have called for a
protest against the government in Conakry.
* Nov. 17: The African Union will convene in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to
discuss regional security issues, particularly the situation in
* Nov. 18: The Nile Basin Initiative will hold its Sixth Strategic
Dialogue meeting in Kampala, Uganda.
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Types of Cosmetic Dentistry
What does bleaching(teeth whitening, dental veneers, dental filling, dental bonding, inlays and outlays, dental implants, dental crown, bridges and dentures have in common? These are the various options available for cosmetic dentistry.
Where are These Services Performed?
Dental clinics, you say, but there is dental Parramatta in your neighbourhood that you should perhaps know about. These dental clinics are found in Australia at the town nearest you. A good example is 3/460 Church St Parramatta, NNSW and Australia 61296836699. A dental Parramatta will provide you specialised top notch dental services using the latest technology, individualized services and supportive staff. Get in touch with your nearest dental Parramatta for your next appointment.
What services do I expect at dental clinics?
People go to see dental surgeons because their teeth are missing,stained,chipped,broken,misaligned ,have unusual gaps between them or simply because you want to enhance their appearance. For most, a beautiful smile is the crowning moment in their contact with the outside world. Well, cosmetic dentistry is there to offer you all services aimed at aesthetic, restorative or orthodontics purposes. They also exist to give you back your confidence and self esteem! Let us briefly look at some of these services.
Dental Fillings – What is the types of Dental Filling
Dental fillings are the most common dental treatment that we tend to do as most people have cavities develop often because of bad diet. Dental filling are something that most people have in there mouth and it is quite uncommon to find someone that does not have dental fillings which is a sad thing but good for dentists. There are quite a few different filling materials used these days so you can have a choice of what you would like. Some of the types of dental fillings include gold fillings which are not that commonly used by many people. Silver amalgam fillings are fairly common but are not that attractive as they are not the size of your natural teeth color. Our Parramatta dental clinic can advise you on all the best options that will suit your needs.
Porcelain fillings are the most commonly used as they look the best and are the same color as your teeth. These types of fillings are very durable and affordable compared to other types of filings. Our dental filling Parramatta specialists can advise you on the cost and the best options when you book in for an appointment.
Cosmetic Dentistry: Teeth Bleaching
Teeth whitening are a simple process of cosmetic dentistry that requires moulds, paint-on gels, rinses as well as whitening tooth pastes. It's simple because it also is done at the comfort of your home. You may also make use of what is commonly known as in-office products when visiting a dental clinic. You can read more about teeth bleaching here – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_bleaching
Use of Dental Veneers
Famously known as 'Hollywood teeth' and truly living to their billing, veneers are shell-made a few millimetre thick translucent materials. The porcelain in the veneers is the one that covers the surface of a tooth. The process of cementing them to the teeth is what makes them firmly fixed in place. Usually, your natural tooth has to be chipped a few millimetres to allow room for the veneers to be fitted. Unless otherwise, expect to cough up from $500-$1300 per one dental veneer.
Cosmetic Bonding
A durable plastic substance, cosmetic bonding utilizes a resin that is white to apply it on the desired site one tooth. To make it harder once applied, your surgeon will pass an ultra violet light or a laser beam on them. Once he is done, he trims and shapes the tooth to size. It is cheaper alternative to amalgams, going for as little as $ 100 per tooth on the minimum.
Dental Crown or cap
This method does away with the damaged tooth above the gum, giving it a new cown.Crowns come in various materials such as the mentioned porcelain, resin and ceramic. They are more expensive than cosmetic bonding but are more durable.
Inlays and Onlays/ Indirect fillings
These are made of porcelain, gold, composites or gold. Inlays are used when the material is concentrated towards the center of the tooth while onlays are when it is applied on the surface of the tooth. Though more expensive than crowns, indirect fillings preserves the health of the tooth, no doubt.
Dental Implants
Titanium is the metal of choice for this method. It is bio-compatible to the bone and anchors well after fixing. Though by far the most expensive of the other methods discussed, dental implants are long lasting and safe.
Other options
You may explore other dental options such as braces, dentures and bridges depending on the situation with the teeth, budget and suggestions from your dentist.

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Uber town-car service shut down in Vancouver by B.C. Passenger Transportation Board
At 3 a.m. on a recent Sunday morning, Natasha Neale found herself walking 10 deserted blocks from the nearest bus stop to her home. "There weren't any cabs," she says exasperatedly. "There are never enough cabs."
Ordinarily, Neale, who works the door at Chinatown's Fortune Sound Club on weekends, would have used her smartphone to order a car from Uber, the on-demand town-car service that operates in more than 20 cities. Seven minutes and $15 later, she would have been home. But due to a ruling earlier in the week by the province's Passenger Transportation Board (formerly the Motor Carrier Commission), Uber's services had been effectively shut down. "So I spent a half-hour on the bus and then walked home alone in the cold," Neale says, adding: "Not very safe."
San Francisco–based Uber arrived in town quietly this past summer with a "soft launch". Clubgoers, socialites, media, and "influencers" fuelled its growth by word of mouth, the secrecy adding to its exclusivity. Occasionally, the company offered free rides to tony restaurant openings or Vancouver Fashion Week parties, all with the caveat that publicizing "secret" Uber too widely before its official launch would overload the service.
Uber users downloaded the company's app and, after providing some basic information, scanned a credit card into the system. Once registered, passengers used the app's GPS locator to digitally hail a driver to their location. Riders were given the driver's name, licence-plate number, and user-generated service rating (out of five stars). A real-time map charted the vehicle's progress to the pickup location and updated the waiting time. The driver, typically, texted to announce his arrival. At the end of the journey, the user's credit card was billed (tip included), and a detailed receipt—for 30 percent above regular taxi rates and featuring a map of the route travelled—was sent to the subscriber's registered email account.
But in late November, on the eve of the company's public launch, the PTB officially notified Uber that the province's mandated minimum rate for limousines is $75 per trip, regardless of distance travelled or duration.
"Yes, we knew about the $75-per-trip mandate when we looked at entering the Vancouver market," Uber cofounder and CEO Travis Kalanick tells the Georgia Straight by phone from Los Angeles. "Of course, almost no one was abiding by that rule. Even today, you can call virtually any limo company in town and get rides for far less than $75. And that's not just the airport limousines that have an exemption from the rules and charge nearly half that."
Kalanick points out that Uber is not a limo company but a "lead generator" connecting customers to the nearest transportation provider, i.e., a driver with a vehicle, meaning an SUV or a town car. He is also sanguine about the obstacles Uber faces when breaking into new markets. Uber's business model has met with resistance from various transportation providers in many of the cities in which it now operates. "In Washington, D.C., they tried to pass a law overnight to outlaw on-demand sedan services," he recalls. "But we had so many users who took to social media and complained, that the motion was dropped the next morning." Vancouver's regulatory hurdles, he adds, are some of the most challenging Uber has faced to date.
Kalanick and his Vancouver team are hoping that public opinion works in their favour again after sending out a November 22 email to users outlining the PTB's intent to enforce the existing legislation. The #UberVanLove hashtag blew up on Twitter after the email urged subscribers to voice their displeasure ("abolish taxi protectionism") to Mayor Gregor Robertson, B.C. Minister of Transportation Mary Polak, and Premier Christy Clark.
Trolling that Twitter thread was Gunter Schlieper, a limousine-company owner and industry consultant. In an interview with the Straight, Schlieper claimed to be the person responsible for notifying the PTB about Uber's entry into the Vancouver market. Although not against the company's business model of online dispatching per se, he is concerned about public safety and the long-term viability of the limousine industry if Uber is allowed to operate in the Lower Mainland.
"You can't run a limousine 24 hours a day and only charge what they're charging and still keep up the maintenance on the vehicle," Schlieper says. "I'm afraid that with the Uber model, it's going to be a race to the bottom for everyone."
Although he is staunchly against some of Uber's practices, he saves most of his anger for the PTB. "They're useless," he says, "appointed by the government but with no background in the industry. They don't know what they're doing."
As an example, Schlieper points to one of several Byzantine loopholes in the law: "If Uber were running stretch limos instead of sedans, then they would legally be considered buses and could charge whatever they wanted. I couldn't have complained to the PTB. So the more people you carry, the fewer regulations you have to follow. Does that make sense to you?"
Jan Broocke, director and secretary of the Passenger Transportation Board, backs up Schlieper's claim. "Any vehicle with 11 or more passengers is subject to a different classification and rate structure," she says. "But Uber is running town cars and SUVs, and the regulations for vehicles serving 11 or fewer passengers have been in place since the spring of 2011."
Asked if the PTB would acknowledge and possibly approve Uber's business model of on-demand sedan service, Broocke says the board is duty-bound to consider any application that comes before it. However, she says a similar application from a limousine company was rejected a few years ago.
In the meantime, Kalanick and Vancouver Uber are hopeful that some accommodation can be reached between Uber, the taxi and limo companies, and consumers. "This is a product that people want and there should be a way for the market to allow for it," he says.
Schlieper warns that consumers should be careful what they ask for. "I want the minimum rates gone too, but eventually, if it keeps getting cheaper and cheaper for a discretionary item like a limousine, eventually, the limos aren't going to be any different than a big taxi."
On the East Side, Neale just wants to get home safe and sound. "I wish Uber could go back to its testing phase when no one knew about it," she says wistfully. "I mean, it's only going to get colder, right?"
It should be noted how badly Uber is getting screwed here -- there are plenty of Limo services that don't charge a $70 minimum. Hell, a limo from the airport to downtown is $40.
Pretty powerful lobby when you own the industry and have a government regulatory body looking out for you. Stops competition, promotes crappy service with no improvement... and we all suffer for it.
@MayorGregor @christyclarkbc @MaryPolakMLA
I used it all the time. It was a much better service then cabs. Why the hell isnt it the choice of the consumer? Why do cabs get a monopoly and able to set any standard they want?
This is stupid...im starting to hate this city.
And to refute some claims. The majority of the money stays in Canada. Über is San Francisco based and they do make money doing this, but we're supporting local limo companies that we wouldn't normally use. And as for maintenance, the cars we've been in are all maintained by the limo owners who have regular business outside of uber so the car maintenance are not sacraficed.
I did live in Vancouver for 8 years and this small minded approach by the city is one of the reasons I prefer Toronto. The Leafs losing ways aside.


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Welcome! Let's start and end July off with a "bang"!
Name Test date Result
Alix 7/??
Tara 7/23
Isra 7/4 AF
Simone 7/4 BFP!!!
Expecting EDD
Haley- 7/12/13
Teri- 7/29/13 (C-section 7/22)
Amber- 8/1/13
Heather- 12/17/13
Christine--Baby Jordyn 7/2/2013
Nicole--Baby Lucas 6/29/2013
Gina--- Baby Lucas 5/18/13
Amanda--- Baby Halle
Brie---Baby Layla
Autumn---Baby girl
I think Im going to test 7/4 or 7/5 (DH is off on the 4th and not sure I want to scare the bejeezus out of him just yet lol.) But my symptoms are still there as well.. not improving, but not going away either. and BB's have gotten slightly bigger, not a huge amount, but enough that I notice it.
Really just hoping its the mirena making me crazy, especially since Amanda is going through the same thing.
Just in case you can't see the old one...
Isra: Thanks and I hope it will be! It will explain why my line with FMU was barely there and the line this afternoon is a little darker than yesterday's test. I may go for a blood test tomorrow. My OB"s nurse said to wait a day or 2 and put in the order for one. Hopefuuly af won't show up and you get a bfp instead! The answer to your question is spotting doesn't count as the first day of your cycle. They count it by the first day of a light bleed or more.
Christine way to keep your baby cooking! You made it to Full term... congrats!
Haley How have you been feeling?
Brie I think he will take the news OK. I just don't want to tell him until after I get a + by a blood test and possibly not even until I go to my first OB appt and see the baby on the screen.
Hello Nicole, Tara, Amanda!
AFM I am feeling pretty good. Just anxious to get the blood test. At least than I will know for sure if I can start making a ticker and set up my first OB appt.
My court as today and I have to go back. Ugh!!! Hopefully it will be all over with next time.
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The fundraising event will be held in Building M, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills.
Proceeds benefit Moraine Valley students through scholarships and program enhancements.
A social hour from 6 to 7 p.m. will be followed by a five-course dinner with wine pairings from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Dinner will be prepared by students in the college's culinary arts program. Dinner entertainment will be provided by Douglass Bratt and His Hot Five.
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By Lee
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my cat suffers from chronic flu and cold, stuffed nose and sneezing yellow mucus! the vet can not give him any more antibiotics as this will destroy his kidneys and liver! i had to find a way and so i found this product and it made a difference! he breaths better and he feels happier! i definitely recommend it! i put 5 drops 3 times a day in his wet food for 10 days!
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I have an older dog with chronic bronchitis, and use of this product has been keeping the number of trips to the vet down. We were there so often about 18 months ago with infections from excessive coughing (almost like tonsillitis) that my vet was starting to hint at euthanasia. I turned to Only Natural Pet instead. My beautiful old beagle is now 14, still has some coughing, but nothing like before
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My husband and I are retired and live on a small hobby farm in NE Tenn. When we bought our property, we were immediately inundated with stray cats and dogs. Since we came here 12 years ago, we have become the sole caretakers for over 100 stray and abandoned dogs and cats and 4 horses. Naturally when a cat joins our groups, it will be pregnant and starved. The kittens seem to immediately become sick, especially if the mother goes off somewhere on the property and has them before I can get her in a protected place. Then when I find them, they are sick with upper respiratory problems, running eyes and noses, and no appetite. With so many to care for and veterinary costs so expensive here, I have done lots of research to find natural remedies that will help. Without a doubt, Respiratory Support, has been nothing short of a miracle for our cats. I only found this a couple of weeks ago, and as soon as I received it, I used it on a young cat that was very sick with a cold. I gave him 3 doses, and by the time for the 4th dose, his eyes were open and the constant running nose had stopped and he was able to start eating. I also put the drops in the water and several of the young cats that were wheezing with allergies have stopped. I also have several new strays that have had kittens recently and I am using the drops with the kittens and have again seen fantastic results. I most certainly will continue to use this product and will recommend it to friends that also are caring for strays.
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I have an old tabby (15) who periodically gets the sniffles and starts sneezing regularly. If this goes on for more than a day I get out these Respiratory Support drops and give her about 3 (a tiny amount since she weighs 5lbs). Right away her sneezing stops and she's usually ok for at least another day. After a couple days of dosing she's usually fine for months. The directions say 3 times per day but since I'm trying to help her, not torture her, I only use it once a day.It does have a strong smell which the cat does not like, but it's worth the effort of dosing her since it helps so quickly. Thanks for this effective herbal formula!
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I use this product daily, in combination with "Aller Free 7"', for my 13-year old beagle, who has a chronic cough. She still coughs some, but has not been getting the infections as in the past. I recommend Only Natural Pets to all my friends and relatives.
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I mix a few drops with some water, then draw it back up into the dropper and administer to my cat. I suspect my cat has somekind of breathing abnormality, so I was at firstI was nervous using it bbut he took to it just fine.
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Do you have any suggestions on how to amminister this product? I've added to milk, food, treats, and water. She won't touch it! I can squirt it in her mouth by force but she is very wary of me now!!HelpEd C.
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Gave some relief to my kitten
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from Texas
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I bought it for a 4 month old kitten with upper respiratory problems, nose/mouth bleeding, unable to purr or meow, eyes discharge, excessive sneezing. I tried the product for 10 days and it seemed to alleviate his symptoms by a 30%. Unfortunately my kitty was too young and with a not adequate immune system to fight his problems (just quoting the vet), neither clavamox nor Lysine helped him a bit. I gave it 4 stars because it did what clavamox/lysine were unable to do: Lessen considerably breathing sounds while sleeping. But as I said my kitten was beyond salvation. I just wished I would have been able to try the product with a pet with a stronger immune system before making this review...About the administration of it, I didn't have any problems, I just put 1-2 drops in his food and mixed it and voila, he took it. I will try it with a future pet, if I decide to have another one again.... and of course on me and my family... why not?.


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The Gray-haired, Gravel-voiced Grandee Of Graciousness
I confess to being unaware of the most elemental musicological knowledge, I am ignorant of the basics of songwriting, and I haven't a clue about iconicity. I do, however, know graciousness when I'm overwhelmed by it.
And, Leonard Cohen may be the most aggressively gracious person on the planet.
From What Leonard Cohen Told Me Backstage In Chicago by Allan Showalter AKA DrHGuy
The Continued Tale Of Roses, Stethoscopes, Boxing Gloves, Polka-dot Blouses, A Great French Restaurant, Icons, Leonard Cohen, And, Most Of All, Graciousness
The preceding post, Gracious, That's Leonard Cohen, included three episodes in which Leonard Cohen received roses from fans. Writing in response to the first of those, Adrian du Plessis, business manager for Allison Crowe, offers an account of a rose offered to another icon, Bob Dylan:
Your post on the fate of the long stem rose at Leonard Cohen's Nashville concert brings to mind a very different experience some thirty years ago.
In 1978, I had my first opportunity to go to a Bob Dylan concert. My girlfriend and I were devotees, and camped out for over a day/night, as was the custom in those days, in order to get front row centre seats for Dylan in Vancouver. Lori brought a long stem rose and placed it on the stage. Now, Dylan, upon sighting the rose, picked it up, and tossed it away, underarm, as if clearing garbage from the stage. I know Lori was hurt by this, and it didn't impress me, either! Of course, the concert itself was so crappy, and such indifference to music and audience I've rarely witnessed from a performer. It was one of the worst shows in my life – and, so, the rose indignity became a symbolic footnote.
It is certainly nice to see an artist/band, who appreciates the gesture and beauty.
One cannot, of course, pretend to make a valid comparison between any aspect of the stage manners of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen by cherry picking incidents from across their long-ranging careers. For all I know, Dylan's fans may be able to document any number of demonstrations of high courtesy on his part. And, in fact, I juxtapose Dylan's treatment of the rose from a fan with Cohen's reactions in similar circumstances only because of its convenience (thanks to Adrian's volunteering of the incident) and the poignancy it imparts.
Moreover, I could easily enough find far more egregious violations of fans' loyalty and adoration by musical stars – as well as movie and TV stars, sports stars, … .1
In fact, Dylan's behavior in this specific case is more cavalier than malignant – which makes it, from my perspective, more effective as a point of comparison to Cohen's actions.
There Shall Be Showers Of Blessings – And Polka Dots
Yeah the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the polka-dots
From "Closing Time" by Leonard Cohen
Ongoing readers may recall the episode described in Oh My Cohen! The Women Tear Their Blouses Off At Closing Time Of Leonard Cohen San Jose Concert
Yes, what you see is what happened – a fusillade of feminine apparel is launched from the audience onto the stage, whoops are whooped, the legendarily unflappable Leonard Cohen loses his place in the song (1:18), and, in general, a good time is apparently had by all.
Leonard Cohen – Closing Time (San Jose, 10/13/2009)
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I confess that I'm not so hot myself about the concept of thrusting flowers, polka dot blouses, hotel room keys, stethoscopes, undergarments, etc on stage. Further, I am not a proponent of unsolicited singalongs, shouted conversations between a star and those in attendance, and other audience participation in concerts beyond well-timed applause and the occasional, warranted standing ovation.2
I am, however, quite fond of many of the folks who take part in such shenanigans at Leonard Cohen concerts so I find my attitude has modulated to something akin to that of a chef I saw interviewed on TV who, when asked by the reporter why his restaurant prepared a flaming dessert at table-side rather than using the far more efficient method of cooking it in the kitchen, replied "Customers like it, and it doesn't hurt the food much."
Such endeavors also make, I admit, for interesting and popular Heck Of A Guy postings.
My own confessions aside, there is some evidence that Cohen has not always been an enthusiastic supporter of audience behaviors that could interfere with his presentation. Consider this excerpt from the Bird On A Wire Documentary in which a sarcastic but ultimately forgiving Leonard Cohen makes it clear he would prefer not to compete with self-congratulatory applause from the audience triggered by their recognition of the song he has started.3
Leonard Cohen admonishing concert audience
Now, Leonard Cohen is, as we know, one complex dude, so it's not surprising to find
… there is also the Leonard Cohen who encourages his concert friends to take part in Hootenanny rituals. Kleeble reports in leonardcohenforum that "my most vivid memory of those days is standing on my seat, singing and clapping along to "You Are My Sunshine" at Manchester (Free Trade Hall I think) in 1974."4
My point is that Leonard Cohen, known as a perfectionist and a low-amplitude but intensely serious control freak when it comes to the presentation of his concerts, is likely to harbor ambivalent feelings regarding potentially disrupting behaviors – like, oh I don't know – being bombarded by enough blouses to stock a medium sized thrift store.
But heck, the notion of graciousness is demonstrating kindness and generosity of spirit, especially in situations in which others don't behave as one would prefer or as one would oneself behave. It requires no self-awareness, discernment, or effort to bask in entropic empathy with ones characterologic clones. The idea of graciousness connotes going more than halfway toward another person's point of view to understand that perspective and respond with respect and humanity.
I offer an illustrative digression:
Leonard Cohen And The Waiters At Le Francais
I am not the only visitor to Le Francais (now lamentably closed) in suburban Chicago who rated it the best of restaurants. It was renowned for its great food and wines, achieving a five-star Mobil rating, numerous five Diamond awards, and accolades from periodicals that dealt with food and eateries. Bon Appetit magazine, in fact, designated it the Best Restaurant in the Nation in 1985. What I remember most poignantly, however, is not the signature lobster ravioli appetizer or the classic dark chocolate souffle with warm crème anglaise but the waiters who refused to let a customer commit an embarrassing error or feel uncomfortable. When one grows up in the Ozarks in a town where haute cuisine means the chicken-fried steak at the local truck stop, dining at a world-class restaurant featuring Vietnamese-tinged versions of classic French dishes can be an intimidating experience. Not so at Le Francais. From dozens of exemplars I've collected in my adventures there, I offer two instances:
Instance #1: At the appropriate moment in the meal, the waiter asked if I would like to order a liqueur for myself and my guests. I responded in the affirmative and immediately discovered that the gyrus of my brain responsible for storing names of liqueur had gone tabula rasa on me, a situation that held great potential for the future but was discomforting at that time as a table full of folks I hoped to impress awaited my decision. The waiter, whom I had never met before that night, picked up on my impending panic and without a discernible pause in his spiel, began reciting, as though it were the restaurant's custom (it wasn't), the appellations and descriptions of every liqueur in their stock, finally ending with an obscure selection he announced, in tones indicating that he had delved deeply into his vast knowledge of liqueurs to come up with a specimen that might interest a gentleman of my particular taste and evident sagacity, "might especially appeal to [me]."
It was grand.
The liqueur was good, too.
Instance #2: The entrées for our party of four were placed on the table beneath silver domes. When the waiter turned to summon other staff to effect the ritual of simultaneously removing all of the domes, one of my guests, unaware of the practice, began to take the dome off his food himself. The waiter noticed and with mock indignation warned him that "unless you can show me your union card, sir, you cannot remove that dome," not only precluding embarrassment on the part of my guest but actually improving the mood of an already enjoyable moment.
Leonard Cohen would have been a great waiter at that great restaurant.
Leonard Cohen's Polka Dot Manifesto
The punchline to this two-post essay is Leonard Cohen's eight-line written response to the bombardment of blouses in San Jose.
Leonard Cohen sent this message to LeonardCohenForum a week or two after the concert:
Dear Jarkko
Please thank all our friends
for the beautiful shower of polka dots
that we danced upon
in San Jose and over the many years before
when our step was not so high
With deep appreciation
I can't find an official count, but I suspect few other stars send thank-notes for specific gestures by fans.
More significantly, I suspect that of those stars who are moved by silly, sweet gestures by fans to write thank-yous, those that take the time and effort (assuming they have the ability) to inscribe an elegantly poetic note of appreciation can be counted not just on one hand but on one finger of one hand.
In one section of "Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah: A New Biography," author Tim Footman compares Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. It is his assessment that
… it will be Dylan's music, rather than Cohen's, that is seen as defining the second half of the 20th century.5
Footman then goes on to discuss the relationship of both men to their fans, ending the Dylan Vs Cohen discussion with this conclusion:
And Cohen? Well, Cohen is loved. And Cohen – and surely Dylan as well – knows which is more important.6
And, all I can add to that is, as we say back home in the Ozarks, gracious.
- Leonard Cohen has himself, especially at the start of his career, occasionally met diagnostic criteria for what we shrinks might diagnose as "acting like a jerk." He once, for example, walked off stage in the middle of a concert and has had several confrontations with audience members. This history makes his current decency even more impressive [↩]
- Standing ovations have, all too often these days, degenerated into an obligatory response which signifies little other than the end of a performance – which may well be worth commemorating. [↩]
- For more on audience expectations from other artists, including Ray Charles, Madonna, Prince, Peter, Paul, & Mary, and others, see Cohen Concert Comportment [↩]
- See Cohen Concert Comportment [↩]
- Tim Footman, Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah: A New Biography, 2009, p 226 [↩]
- Ibid. p 228 [↩]


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Kitchen #1 - Dark wood is the order of the day in this chic modern kitchen with cabinetry flush to the ceiling. (above) |
Was absolutely delighted a few weeks ago to meet Kevin Walsh of Bear Hill Interiors and his sister when they stopped by the COCOCOZY booth at the NY International Gift Fair. I have featured Bear Hill's work time and time again. Love their style so I was truly thrilled to meet Kevin ...who was just as nice as can be!
After seeing Kevin, I got to browsing around the Bear Hill website and came upon this kitchen. A rich modern open kitchen with dark wood cabinetry with the grain of the wood peeking through, luxurious brown wood floors, marble island counters, a mosaic tile backsplash and some hints of lavender here and there. Over the last week or so, I keep coming back to this kitchen. It is not my normal white kitchen but I was really liking the simplicity and elegance of it. That's kitchen #1 in today's THIS OR THAT.
Then there is kitchen #2. All white. Totally different in feel with checkered stone floors, white cabinetry, bead board ceilings and an arched window above the sink. Just the opposite tone...more classic and traditional.
Kitchen #2 - All white with checkered marble floors and an arched kitchen window is more traditional in feel. (above and below) |
Tough one in today's THIS OR THAT...clean modern with dark wood grain cabinetry vs. white traditional with a stone floor? Hmmm...I'm having a tough time here with this one. Would it be cheating to say that I would take a little from both kitchens...the clean lines and wood floors from #1 and the color (or lack there of) from kitchen #2? I know...I'm supposed to pick...but I can't help it!
Which is your favorite kitchen if you had to chose? Which might work in your own home? #1 or #2? No wishy washy answers like mine please!
Happy Monday!
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Update: I wanted to post back here after having spent a lot of time with LINQPad since writing this question. It is now one of my critical tools. Here's why:
- It loads fast. Start typing right away. F5 and see the results.
- It lets you write simple expressions, statements, or full programs. This gives me a lot of flexibility for the kind of testing I want to do. I'll usually start with Expression, move to Statement, and then sometimes switch to Program if I start writing methods and types.
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- LINQPad even lets you set these as defaults. So I have a couple core libraries with helper functions etc that I always want to be available in my test snippets and expressions, so I've set those to be by default included (and the necessary namespaces) in all fresh queries by default.
- Dude that wrote it is smart. He realized we'd be doing fast iteration on code, so it will (optionally, and on by default) reload the app domain every time.
- This means you can build your assembly, go back to LINQPad and hit F5 and it will use the new one. No locks maintained, automatic switching to new versions.
- This might be the key feature of LINQPad and it has completely stopped me from using Powershell ISE for this kind of thing. I hope one day to see a LINQShell!
- It has really good Intellisense if you pay the upgrade. It doesn't seem like a critical feature but once you have it you will understand why it was worth the upgrade. Discoverability is important when doing fast little scripty things.
- It's great for demoing code functionality to other people, especially in a lecture type environment. I don't demo in VS any more.
- The "Dump" that you can tack onto every expression is totally awesome. Very sophisticated, configurable reports that use reflection to look deeply inside objects and streams. Do not use Console.WriteLine, use Dump. It's an object extension method.
- LINQPad is useable from Visual Studio for debugging visualization. You can add a reference to LINQPad from your app to Dump() any expression to HTML (yes, in the watch window!), then use the HTML visualizer in VS to show the nicely formatted expression in a popup, just as if it were in LINQPad.
- Note that there's a VS addin that supposedly does this automatically for you but I never got it to work reliably. I stick with the manual method that always works.
- It's well-maintained. It had 4.0 support early and currently supports the Async CTP. Not that I use async yet, just happened to notice.
The only thing I can think of that's missing is a way of calling LINQPad from the command line to execute .linq files as scripts and gather the results in a machine readable form. We have a hack someone wrote here that they're using to automate some queries or something, but it would be great if LINQPad supported automation directly. Well, here's another request for a LINQShell!
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San Antonio-based NatureSweet filed the lawsuit May 8 in U.S. District Court in Dallas.
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"We want to be sure that's not misrepresented as a product we're affiliated with, because we're not," Bryant Ambelang, NatureSweet president, said May 9. "We can all end this at 5 p.m. today if our competitor withdraws a confusing trademark and winged tomato, and ends the use of a package that we own the design patents for. I was surprised I wasn't contacted by Mastronardi before they decided to use the trademark."
Ambelang said he first learned of Angel Sweet in late April from an ad on The Packer website. "Later on we had somebody bring in a picture that was part of a news release for the product, and then we saw it again at the United Fresh show last week," he said.
Cherubs generate about $300 million in annual sales to NatureSweet clients, Ambelang said. Most retailers carrying the product are west of the Mississippi River, where Cherubs launched six years ago.
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The brand went national this year, Ambelang said, and NatureSweet is distributing Cherubs in Eastern states.
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This dewalt spins at 3800 RPM
this Makita spins at 3800 RPM
This Milwaukee Spins at 3900 RPM
Are we talking about the same saws?
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10-01-2008, 02:20 PM #11Senior Member
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Not even close!
They are talking about dry cut saws, with carbide blades, not abrasives.
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Here is the correct Dewalt.
The Milwaukee was not produced at the time I purchased my DeWalt. I agree with Ace as the table is cheap on the DW and I have even replaced mine twice. I would have jumped on the Milwaukee if it was around when I jumped.
I did look at the Evoloution units at FabTech and they were a nice machines, if I got a good deal I would not hesitate.
I cannot comment on Makita as I only own one Makita and it is a cordless dry cut that has done ok but would like new batteries.
Good luck on your choice
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I'm glad I asked, I didn't realize that all of the big manufactures made dry saws.
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I find it odd when someone can comment about a product without ....first getting their facts straight. Who here has tried every brand to make a judgement. I've used many tools in my life and can't say which is best. If I use a tool and it doesn't perform well and I'm using it correctly, then I can make a judgement. My POS Dewalt Multicutter does what I expect of it. As long as my POS cuts my metal as I want, I have no reason to go and try other saws. If you're are a testing lab and have controlled tests and some don't pass muster........please report it. If not.........then don't bash without
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came out. Camel Cookies. Monkey Muffins. Doggy Doo. Horse Hockey. Cow Pies. Catch my drift? How about this........new concept........compare apples
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All my power and framing tools are Dewalt.But when it came down to the metal cut off saw I opted for the Makita LC-1230.It has a carbide blade that is for metal.It is not a multi cutter like the Dewalts.It will cut through a piece of 2x3 3/16 wall tubing as if it was cutting through a stick of butter.Twenty seconds or less and the cuts are true and cool to the touch.
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I have used the makita, millwaulkee and dewalt. I have a good friend in the welding business that's used the ones I haven't so I have a pretty good, real world base of experience to work from. And I'm talking about heavy commercial use, not garage use and this is my take:
I've got a makita, I think it has the best base by far and the best angle adjusment by far. And the 12" blade cuts more square with less deflection than the larger blades.
I know of dewalt saws that have been in serious industrial use (many days running all day for weeks at a time) for over three years now, the old dogs are battered and abused but still chugging away just fine. But I really hate to have to get an allen wrench and loosen two bolts to adjust to a different angle of cut. The makita has one lever that realeases/locks the backstop.
My makita only gets used every couple of years, but when we use it we make thousands of cuts, it's well over twenty thousand cuts and works like new. And no, I don't stand there and count the cuts made, but when we quote the job we have a pretty good number for the number of cuts required ; )
Of all the tools we've ever bought, this one has made us a great return on investment.
Any of them will do the work, the makita is more of a pleasure to use just because it reeks of high quality.
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I do NOT expect everyone to take my word as the gospel. EVERYONE has THEIR own opinion.
And I am giving my advice from experience, not from hearsay. I have not used these saws everyday for thousands of cuts but I have seen then in person, and in action. I have made a few cuts with each one. (dewalt, makita, and milwaukee). So this is my experience and what I think about each one. I was kinda like all the dewalt angle grinders I bought. I thought they were the best until I used the Milaukee, if I ever use a metabo Ill see if I like it. But untill I use the metabo, I am not going to going out a push that one as the "must buy" angle grinder. Right now I would say from my experience I think the milwaukee is very good, but you might want to check into the metabos.
As you can see I am not the only one that thinks this about the quality of the makitas. I think some people know quality when they use a saw and others dont. no biggie. I am not in it to push only one brand for every tools, because no brand makes all thier tools the best. some brands may make the best saw, and another company may make the best drill. remember, you buy the tool for the quality, not for the name.Last edited by ace4059; 10-01-2008 at 11:48 PM.
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"You're also required to do a minimum of $25,000 in federal government sales annually just to stay on the schedule," she adds. "Of course, I hope to do much more, but there are no guarantees. I know the government can deliver enormous volume. The question is, how much and how quickly? I've been told it could take up to two years before we start seeing results."
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In October 2011, the city of Chicago launched two new programs designed to encourage growth in small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses, according to Jamie Rhee, the city's chief procurement officer.
The first program, the Small Business Initiative, is designed to encourage businesses to participate in city-funded construction projects. For the first time, all City of Chicago construction projects under $3 million are set aside for small businesses. A second initiative, the Diversity Credit Program, is designed to increase the use of minority- and women-owned businesses in the private sector by encouraging prime contractors and major corporations to utilize minority women-owned businesses in private sector projects.
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