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Teal Dragon Child Costume
Don't let her cuteness fool you! Fierce dragons surround and protect this mystical ninja. Costume includes a beautiful headpiece, and a matching top that features dragon print in the front with a black obi sash. 3-piece set. Polyester. Imported. Does not include shoes or pants.
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great costume!
November 25, 2009
My almost-6-year old daughter wore this costume for halloween this year. We both really liked this costume. It was different - no one else we knew had the same costume and the teal blue (actually more aqua than teal) was really pretty. Between Halloween parties, a school parade and trick-or-treating my daughter wore this costume 5 times. She is not very gentle on her clothing but the costume really held up well. I even machine washed it on a handwash cycle and hung it to dry and it was fine. The only bad thing I have to say about it is that the robe was not well fitted across the chest so I had to use safetly pins to gather some material and make it lay nice. Also the obie was way to big for her waist and I also had to use more safety pins to get that to fit correctly. If someone is skilled in sewing or willing to take the costume to a tailor I'm sure that they could make it fit nicely without using pins like I did! Also, the headband was useless. We couldn't get my daughters hair to look anything like the girl in the picture so we just chucked the headband. Overall, we were very happy with the look, price and quality of this costume. The most difficult thing was trying to explain to people what she was dressed as...what is a Teal Dragon, anyway?! ;-)
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Baby Bat Costume
No need to be afraid of this Bat! This caped cutie is made for hugs. Purple satin ears perk up from a hooded cloak that doubles as baby's wings. Also includes bat mittens and footies. Polyester. Imported.
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cute and simple costume
November 25, 2009
I was very happy with this costume for my 12 month old. I liked how it was one piece, easy on & off and i could layer light or heavy underneath depending on the weather (I live in NJ and Halloween can range from very warm to very cold so finding an appropriate costume for the weather can be difficult.). My daughter looked adorable in this costume! I put a little bow on the ear so people would know she was a girl bat. The only things I was unhappy with was the hood did not fit snuggly so I had to use a safety pin to gather the material under her chin to make it stay on her head. Also the booties were way too small for her but I'm sure they would have been ok for a younger baby. Overall I thought it was a really cute costume at a good price.
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CSE 2013: Cardiac Modeling: The Road from Equations to the Clinic
July 23, 2013
Simulated arrhythmia in a model of a patient heart with myocardial infarction. White arrows indicate direction of propagation of the re-entrant wave sustaining the arrhythmia. The dashed red circle encloses the predicted optimal target of catheter ablation. Reprinted from H. Ashikaga, H. Arevalo, F. Vadakkumpadan, R.C. Blake 3rd, J.D. Bayer, S. Nazarian, M. Muz Zviman, H. Tandri, R.D. Berger, H. Calkins, D.A. Herzka, N.A. Trayanova, and H.R. Halperin, "Feasibility of Image-Based Simulation to Estimate Ablation Target in Human Ventricular Arrhythmia," Heart Rhythm, April 19, 2013, Epub ahead of print; doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.04.015; pii:S1547-5271(13)00437-2; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23608593.
Advances in computer modeling, as they transform many traditional areas of physics and engineering, are also transforming our understanding of the function of the heart in health and disease. Modern cardiac researchers are increasingly aware that appropriate models and simulation can help interpret an array of experimental data and dissect important physiological mechanisms and interrelationships. Decades of developments in cardiac simulation have rendered the heart the most highly integrated example of a "virtual organ." These developments are firmly anchored in the long history of cardiac cell modeling, which dates back more than 50 years, to publication of the first model of the cardiac cell action potential, and are rooted in iterative interactions between modeling and experimentation.
Cardiac cell (myocyte) action potential models often take the form of coupled systems of nonlinear ordinary differential equations describing current flow through ion channels, pumps, and exchangers, as well as subcellular calcium cycling; model equations are solved to observe how states (concentrations of molecules) evolve in time as they interact with one another and respond to inputs. Over the years, models of myocyte action potential have improved rapidly, with the incorporation of validated biophysical relations and descriptions of many subcellular processes and pathways regulating the electrical function of the cell. The result has been dramatic enhancement of the physiological relevance of heart cell models.
Over the last two decades, cardiac modeling has also progressed to the level of the tissue and the whole heart, where the propagation of a wave of action potential is simulated by a reaction–diffusion partial differential equation. The reaction–diffusion PDE describes current flow through tissue composed of myocytes that are electrically connected via low-resistance gap junctions. Cardiac tissue has orthotropic electrical conductivities that arise from the cellular organization of the myocardium (cardiac muscle) into fibers and laminar sheets. Global conductivity values are obtained by combining the fiber-and-sheet organization with myocyte-specific local conductivity values. Current flow in the tissue is driven by ionic exchanges across cell membranes during the myocyte action potential. Simulation of electrical wave propagation in the myocardium entails sim-ultaneous solution of the PDE and the set of action potential ODEs over the tissue volume. In certain cases, such as simulation of the delivery of an external current to the myocardium, use of a system of coupled PDEs rather than a single PDE allows for an explicit representation of current flow in the extracellular space.
The progress made in simulating cardiac electrical behavior at the organ level is the most exciting, and it is there that the author's laboratory has made its most significant contributions. In general, many of the emergent, integrative behaviors in the heart result not only from complex interactions within a specific level but also from feed-forward and feedback interactions connecting a broad range of levels in the biological hierarchy. The ability to construct multiscale models of the electrical functioning of the heart, representing integrative behavior from the molecule to the entire organ, is of particular significance, as it paves the way for clinical applications of cardiac organ modeling. In the clinic, as in labs in which electrophysiological measurements are made in intact animals, assessment of function is conducted at the level of the entire organ. Validating the whole-heart simulations at that level ensures their predictive capabilities and the possibility of their entry into the realm of healthcare.
The key to attaining predictive capabilities for multiscale cardiac models at the organ level has been the use of individual models, either MRI- or CT-based, of the geometry of the heart, and the application of diffusion tensor MR imaging (DTMRI) to measure the anatomy, fiber, and sheet structure of the heart in cases of ex vivo studies. This has led to a new generation of whole-heart image-based models with unprecedented structural and biophysical detail. Clearly, modeling the function of the heart has benefitted significantly from the revolution in medical imaging.
Cardiac models have been used to gain insight into mechanisms of arrhythmia in many disease settings. In addition, a major thrust in computational cardiac electrophysiology is to use models as a testbed for the evaluation of new antiarrhythmic drug therapies. It is now possible to test hypotheses regarding mechanisms of drug action on the scale of the whole heart. Multiscale heart models of antiarrhythmic drug interactions with ion channels have provided insight into why certain pharmacological interventions result in drug-induced arrhythmia, whereas others do not. This work has the potential to help guide the drug development pipeline---a process well known for both high failure rate and high cost.
The use of heart models in personalized diagnosis, treatment planning, and prevention of sudden cardiac death is also slowly becoming a reality. The feasibility of subject-specific modeling has been demonstrated through the use of heart models reconstructed from clinical MRI scans to evaluate infarct-related ventricular tachycardia (fast and often lethal arrhythmia). Such applications of whole-heart modeling are expected to help predict optimal locations for the procedure known as catheter ablation in the hearts of individual patients, as well as to stratify patients for arrhythmic risk.
Nowadays, whole-heart image-based multiscale models of cardiac electrical behavior are not the whole story. Combined with models of cardiac mechanics, these models are being integrated into increasingly "multi-physics" whole-heart models of cardiac electromechanical behavior. Such multiscale whole-heart electromechanics models are being applied in a patient-specific manner to investigate improved methods for cardiac resynchronization therapy in dyssynchronous heart failure. Recently, in a step toward comprehensive modeling of cardiac function, efforts have been made to link electromechanical models of the heart with fluid dynamics models.
Computer simulations of the function of the diseased heart represent an important research avenue in the new discipline of computational medicine. Biophysically detailed models of the heart assembled with data from clinical imaging modalities that incorporate electromechanical and structural remodeling in cardiac disease could become a first line of screening for new therapies and approaches, new diagnostic developments, and new methods of disease prevention. Bedside implementation of patient-specific cardiac simulations could become one of the most thrilling examples of CSE-based approaches in translational medicine.
Natalia A. Trayanova is the Murray B. Sachs Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute of Computational Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
This article is based on the author's invited lecture at the SIAM CSE meeting in Boston, in February 2013. A recording of the talk has been posted at http://www.siam.org/meetings/presents.php.


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Brittany cements her place in McKinley's presidential race with her take on Queen B, plus songs from Jennifer Hudson and Coldplay, after the jump.
Our weekly search to find the most expendable character within Glee's latest episode. West Side Story numbers, baby talk and the return of Idina Menzel, after the jump.
Whatever your predictions for season three may be, let's hope tonight's songs are at least better than these 10 abominations. Behold the butchering of U2, James Brown and more, after the jump.
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When a new member country is to be admitted to the EU, the point of departure is that it must satisfy the entire body of rules and regulations, i.e. the 'acquis communautaire' or the 'acquis' as it is also known, from the first day of membership.
In connection with the enlargement of the EU on 1 May 2004, the EU conducted a detailed review of the acquis with the candidate countries – so-called 'acquis-screening'. As part of the acquis-screening, the Commission undertook a form of technical training in the EU's body of rules and regulations in order to give the candidate countries a better understanding of the scope and content of this. This process gave the candidate countries the opportunity to assess the need for transitional periods in areas where the individual country did not think it would be able to comply with the requirements of the acquis from its first day of membership.


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A new generation of singers has revived fado within Portugal in recent years, and introduced the dark-blue genre to listeners around the world. The success of the revival has rested solidly on a handful of young singers, including Ana Moura. Moura has a lower voice than other rising stars, and she leans more toward quiet intimacy than high drama. On this, her second album, the 25-year-old singer channels the old world with an acoustic trio, including the characteristic jangly sound of the Portuguese guitar. The songs are beautiful, sad stories written in a graceful poetic language. In "Fado Menor," she sings, "My eyes are two big candles/Sadly lighting up my face." While the lyrics may seem dark, Moura keeps the songs from hitting bottom, exploring the textures of longing without wallowing in it. Ultimately, this exploration of sadness comes as a respite from the bright rush of our everyday lives.


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Wisconsin Tourism Guide
Having a Wisconsin Tourism Guide in hand will make you get the best out of your trip. The postcard-pretty state of Wisconsin is home to brandy, microbrews, and cheese. Some may consider Wisconsin as the home of the bizarre. Jeffrey Dahmer used to reside here and selling yellow-tinted margarine used to land you in the slammer. Though some may consider Wisconsin as a flyover state, the state has tons of bars and other fun places. Speaking of bars, in Wisconsin you can bring your children in there with you. So, if you want to hold Johnny's arm with your right hand and a milk stout with your left hand, feel free. Because of its location, Wisconsin is less prone to natural disasters. The state isn't located near any oceans or major fault lines. Wisconsin is located far up north, lessening the chances of tornadoes touching down. Wisconsin is in close proximity to Chicago and Canada. If you want to play some online poker-which is illegal in the States-Canada is only one daytrip away. Here are some recommended Wisconsin tourism destinations.
- Madison. Lodged between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, Madison is one of the few cultural hotspots located in the Midwest. If you're an intellectual, this part of Wisconsin tourism will not disappoint you. The city is home to many colleges, museums, and libraries. Also, the Onion's headquarters is located here. If you're a fan of home-delivered dairy products, contact LW Dairy. They'll bring milk to your doorstep, in a glass bottle. Then there's dairy you can purchase on the go. Stop by Dane County Farmers' Market to pick up a variety of gourmet cheeses.
- La Crosse. If you love to get your drink on while enjoying Wisconsin tourism, drown yourself with alcohol in the city's many bars and breweries. Don't leave La Crosse without touring Bodega Brew Pub Inc. Try one (or eight!) of the 450 different beers they serve. For the fans of the outdoors, take some pictures of the Mississippi River bluffs, they are gorgeous.
- Milwaukee. Home to many Germans, Milwaukee is a low-key town. The town is quite safe, you probably don't even have to lock your doors. If you like St. Louis-styled pizza, you'll love Milwaukee-styled pizza. Order a large thin-crust pizza at Zaffiro's. Chow on some brats at Usinger's, if you're less of a carb-loaded pizza fan and more of a meat fan. Architecture geeks should visit Milwaukee's city hall, it is unique in that some of the building is brick, instead of all sandstone.
- Green Bay. This is another great drinking town for Wisconsin tourism. Slam down a mug of Apricary Ale at Titletown Brewery, which is a quintessential Green Bay bar. Have a moment of silence at the 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial, a monument shaped like the World Trade Center. It is located along the Fox River. And, of course, your trip to Green Bay would not be complete without visiting Lambeau Field. The seating in the stadium has a intimate feel, it is smaller but in a good way. It's pretty much impossible to find a bad seat.
- Door County. This eastern Wisconsin county is a peninsula that rests in Lake Michigan. Door County is loaded with state parks, beaches, lighthouses, and golf courses; making it a popular spot for Wisconsin tourism. Get your Montmorency cherry popped at one of the cherry orchards in Door County. Sail to Washington Island, and stay at the Washington Hotel. This bed and breakfast is in a class by itself, because it is also a culinary arts school. The establishment uses local agriculture.


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The view from the trailhead is of vertiginous green cliffs, called palis, and from the beach below, of limitless ocean and the notch where the shoreline connects to the valley's spooky interior. At no point was I more than 55 miles from the international airport at Kona, the place where Hollywood types park when they fly in on their Gulfstream jets.
This scrap of mileage trivia is offered to lend some scale to the grandiose claims often made for the largest of the Hawaiian islands, a 4,000-square-mile hunk of rock at the southernmost end of the chain. The Big Island is indeed big, but not so much so that a day is required to circumnavigate it. Hawaii is the youngest of the state's islands and still growing, as locals like to point out. Land formed from the incessant hysterics of the island's active volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, extends more deeply into the sea each year. People like to say of the Big Island that you could fit all the other islands of the state into it, and still have room to spare, mentioning less often that a mere 10 percent of the state's overall population lives there.
Until just a decade ago, the Big Island consistently lost inhabitants as its agricultural industries dwindled and, in some cases, went belly-up. But just as macadamia nuts took over from coffee and coffee from sugar, so speculative real estate has become the money crop. Over the past two years, people have been buying up huge swaths of land, helping themselves to prices that seem to a mainlander like bargains even though housing costs have escalated crazily in less than a year. Investors including Charles Schwab have slowly revealed their plans to develop the mauka, or mountain-facing, side of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway in Kona, one of America's great scenic roadways. Yet the island remains wide-open, hundreds of thousands of acres still actively worked as ranchland and preserved in parks and resistant to any incursion, so long as the volcano goddess is in lively form.
From the window of the inter-island terminal at the Honolulu airport, I sat waiting for my puddle jumper and watching as a cloud bank settled gray on the ground. The cloud got stranded by a downdraft and then slipped free to roll and drift in the sky. In its wake came a mist and one of the double rainbows that, as Mark Twain observed, are as common in Hawaii as potholes.
I decided to consider the rainbows an augury, an emblem of my own temporary release, not from anything so clichéd as my quotidian concerns, but from a guilty sense that I have too readily permitted certain needful elements of my life to fall into desuetude. Living in New York requires plenty of sacrifices; mostly, the city honors the debt. But lately I have started to question my own willingness to relinquish access to big slabs of open sky and the notion that the smells I daily encounter will not axiomatically be urine or diesel fumes. Is it a sign that mental rot has begun its inexorable creep, I wondered, to concede a certain fondness for the scent of jasmine carried on a breeze?It probably is. So what?
The last thing it interests me to do here is sentimentalize the islands, with their grim employment levels, troubled educational system, crystal meth problems, and the various other features of a ripe underbelly that Hollywood and the Hawaiian writer Lois-Ann Yamanaka have exploited to equally vivid effect. Hawaii is the island that gave hospitality to both Captain Cook and Kevin Costner, who lived at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel while he made Waterworld. One of the two was clubbed to death for his sins against the island; alas, in my opinion, they got the wrong man.
It seems fairly obvious to me now that my affection for Hawaii was bequeathed to me by my parents, albeit in a roundabout way. It has also become clear over many trips and years that once I stopped looking in Hawaii for a past that never existed, I could start to take note of my own moments there, and days. I could liberate myself from the burden of psychic archaeology to mark instead the simple meaning of graffiti spelled out in white-coral rock on hummocks of black lava all along the Queen Kaahumanu Highway. KALANI LOVES LEILANI, they read, or ALOHA REDLANDS, or the sprightly DO ME. Of the many legacies carried to Hawaii by the Asian laborers imported to work the sugar fields, one was Buddhism. And any Buddhist can tell you that building those greetings stone by stone is a fundamentally prayerful act.
Hawaii may be one of the few remaining American places infused with the simple holiness of things done by hand. The human touch is felt there in all sorts of uncomplicated ways. Wilson's by the Sea is a dinky storefront in downtown Hilo. Its proprietor, Ley son Sakai, is a young beauty with aquamarine eyes who grinds and packs shaved-ice cones herself. They are sold in sizes regular, small, and keiki, Hawaiian for "child." Ms. Sakai fills the paper cones with crystals of perfect snowy texture before tamping large domes on the top. Then she drizzles the result with sweet syrup: rainbow-colored for the tourists, and for locals lilikoi or li hing mui.


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By Michelle L. Quinn Post-Tribune correspondent January 3, 2014 12:04PM
Thomas M. Collins Sr., CEO and president of Luke Oil, appointed as president of the Gary/Chicago International Airport board Aug. 30, 2013. Collins resigned effective Jan. 26, 2014, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. | Photo provided
Text of Collins resignation letter:
I wish to resign as Chairman of the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority Board effective January 26, 2013.
It has been a pleasure serving as the Governor's appointed Chairman. I have enjoyed the challenges, learned much, and forged many new friendships during my brief tenure. However as our business continues to aggressively grow I find it increasingly difficult to balance my time and effort efficiently among my various responsibilities.
With the new board that began in September the Airport is moving in a good direction with experienced management and oversight.
I will gladly make myself available to assist a new Chairman in a smooth transition. I thank you for having this unique opportunity to serve the State of Indiana.
Updated: February 5, 2014 6:03AM
GARY — Gary Chicago International Airport Authority President Tom Collins Sr. has resigned from the board, effective Jan. 26.
In a letter to Gov. Mike Pence's office, Collins cited the difficulty in balancing his work as president and chief executive officer at Luke Oil and his board responsibilities as the reason. A Gary native, Collins, who now lives in Valparaiso, was appointed by Pence in August.
"It has been a pleasure serving as the Governor's appointed Chairman. I have enjoyed the challenges, learned much, and forged many new friendships during my brief tenure," Collins wrote. "However as our business continues to aggressively grow, I find it increasingly difficult to balance my time and effort efficiently among my various responsibilities."
Luke Oil also owns County Line Orchard in Hobart.
Should an appointment not be made, however, Authority Vice Chairman James Cooper will serve as chairman, so Collins' resignation won't have any effect on decisions made with regard to the plan to take the airport into a public-private partnership, of which the board will conduct its first reading at its Jan. 13 meeting, according to Airport spokesman James Ward.
Collins made it clear in the last meeting that he was dissatisfied with the agreement's terms, though he supports it in general.
"We would be entering into a 40-year deal where a development model wouldn't be presented for a year; as a businessman, I wouldn't go into an agreement like that," Collins said. "I would hope for more specifics before entering into an agreement."
AFCO/AvPorts, which operates all over the country, is the private operator.
Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said she doesn't think Collins' concerns about the agreement have anything to do with his resignation, but rather that the job itself is a lot for anyone.
"There are a number of responsibilities, more so now than in the past," she said. "With the expansion, the P3 process, the environmental cleanup and meeting with the railroads, there's so much even between board meetings. It's a very demanding position, and while we're certainly disappointed in losing him, we understand and wish him the best."
With Collins' resignation effective Jan. 26, Pence spokeswoman Christy Denault said the governor's office expects to have a new appointee by then. Collins said in his letter he would help the new chairman with the transition.


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Book Review Superior Reading Before taking a trip to Isle Royale National Park, check out these informative and entertaining books. By Les Line
Wolves of Minong: Isle Royale's Wild Community By Durward L. Allen University of Michigan Press, 598 pages
Isle Royale lies only 20 miles from Thunder Bay, Ontario, and probably would belong to Canada if British and American negotiators had not used a primitive map showing the island out in the middle of Lake Superior when they drew the international boundary in 1783. It was an easy day's paddle for Ojibwa Indians who hunted, fished and mined copper on the island, which they called "Minong." But it was a dark, mysterious place for the first Europeans who explored Superior Country in the 17th century and to some extent remains so today. Many Yoopers—natives of Michigan's sparsely populated Upper Peninsula, which is bordered on the north by Superior's blue waters—have never heard of the place. However, the study of Isle Royale's wolf and moose populations—launched in 1958 by Purdue University ecologist Durward Allen—brought this little known national park a measure of fame, especially among wilderness lovers. And Allen's classic bookabout the project's early decades is a marvelous story of science and adventure. His opening chapter, "The Founders," vividly imagines the night in the winter of 1949 when wolves first ventured over a rare ice bridge between the mainland and the island. Allen details the tumultuous history of Isle Royale's moose herd; the researchers' arduous winters at a primitive camp, counting predator and prey from a low-flying ski-equipped plane; how wolves select and kill moose; more pleasant summer fieldwork, and the lives of "The Followers," the ravens, whiskeyjacks (or Canada jays) and especially red foxes that exploit wolf kills. There's much more to hold readers' attention, including a penultimate chapter, "Contemplations on Wilderness," that should be required reading for every college student contemplating a career in wildlife biology.
The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance By Rolf Peterson University of Michigan Press, 192 pages
Illustrated with more than 100 dramatic color photographs (there's a great shot of the author posing with a cow moose and her calf who are stranded on glare ice and unable to move), Rolf Peterson's fine book more or less picks up where Durward Allen's ends. Rolf came to Isle Royale as a Purdue graduate student in 1970 and stayed, becoming a professor of wildlife ecology at Michigan Tech in Houghton and still leading the study 38 years later. This is a very personal account of the adventures of Rolf with his wife/research assistant, Candy. In one anecdote, he recounts their first discovery of a wolf den, in an old dry beaver lodge. "Once the wolves had left their den, we were able to prowl around the site and imagine what had gone on there. A moose calf had been eaten, and its well-chewed bones littered a beaten-down area in front of the den entrance. Two beaver skulls lay abandoned after suffering much wear and tear as wolf toys. A maze of tiny pup trails went everywhere, and logs were worn smooth from traffic around and through them. Seven homebound pups had left their mark. The den itself had three entrances, enlarged beaver passages and airways. All entrances converged on a comfortable center chamber, just large enough to accommodate a nursing mother and her batch of newborn pups." The Petersons spent many a night that summer camped with earshot of the pack, listening to group howls and the barks and yips of the youngsters. The book is stocked with stories to convey a sense of awe and discovery that few of us will ever experience. "A Broken Balance" in the title refers to the outbreak of deadly canine parvovirus in 1981 that shattered Isle Royale's dynamic balance between predator and prey.
Superior Wilderness By Napier Shelton Isle Royal Natural History Association, 176 pages
You couldn't ask for a better introduction to the geology, history, wildlife, plant life, and landscape of Isle Royale than this easy-to-read book by a former National Park Service staff writer. First published in 1975 and revised in 1999, its 174 pages are enlivened by dozens of thumbnail photographs, many of them in color. Chapters about the island's various habitats are titled for and introduced by key wildlife species: the lake trout (Lake Superior), herring gull (shorelines), black-throated blue warbler (maple–birch forest), loon (inland lakes), beaver (ponds and streams), and kestrel (open ridges). And the red squirrel of spruce–fir forests: "Birdsong and the gray light of dawn wake the red squirrel, curled in his grass-lined, leafy nest in an old woodpecker hole," Shelton writes. "All the summer birds are back and are insistently proclaiming their territories. To the squirrel's ears come the ringing song of an ovenbird, the sweet loud whistle of a white-throated sparrow, the flutelike rising swirl of a Swainson's thrush. . . . None of these sounds is important to the squirrel, though they indicate the general locations of nests he might rob. But then a long, chattering tcher-r-r-r from down in the swamp electrifies his nerves." An intruding squirrel, of course. Highly recommended for first-time or repeat visitors, of which Isle Royale has the highest percentage in the National Park System.
Isle Royale National Park: Foot Trails and Water Routes By James DuFresne Mountaineers Books, 144 pages
Geologists tell us that 11,000 years ago, two miles of ice lay atop Isle Royale, sculpting its topography. The retreat of the ice sheet exposed a pattern of parallel ridges, troughs, lakes, and long narrow satellite islands that offer a unique wilderness experience for the 17,000 visitors who journey here by boat during the brief summer season. How about this for superlatives: Ryan Island in seven-mile-long Siskiwit Lake is the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest freshwater lake in the world! Dufresne's 144-page guide, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, is essential for planning a backpacking or paddling trip. His "Foot Trails" section includes information on the distance, terrain, difficulty, and highlights of each of the park's trails, which total 165 miles and connect to all of the main island's campgrounds. (Off-trail travel is permitted but very difficult because of dense vegetation, bogs, and swamps.) The "Water Routes" section for canoeists and kayakers likewise details input and output sites, portages, and amenities found at each destination. And as one reviewer noted, the author "understands the special love that binds hikers, fishers, and canoeists to nature: dewy mornings, mischievous wildlife, lonely shorelines. And he describes those things endearingly."
Shipwrecks of Isle Royale National Park: The Archeological Survey By Daniel J. Lenihan Lake Superior Port Cities, 240 pages
The remains of 10 major shipwrecks lie in the cold, clear waters off Isle Royale National Park, attracting divers from around the world who charter park-sanctioned dive boats based in Minnesota. One popular site is the notorious Rock of Ages off the island's southwest end. Two wooden ships, a side-wheeler and a freighter, were lost there in the late 1800s before a famous lighthouse was erected at great difficulty and cost in 1908. It stands eight stories high and has an unusual steel skeleton, like a skyscraper. However, its screaming foghorn could not save the steel-hulled luxury liner George M. Cox, which rammed the reef at 17 knots on its maiden voyage in May 1933. The lightkeepers managed to rescue the 125 passengers and crew, many of whom spent the night on the steep spiral staircase. This 240-page book, illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs along with foldout underwater archeological drawings, resulted from a detailed National Park Service survey and is of considerable interest to divers, historians, and shipwreck enthusiasts.
Isle Royale: A Photographic History By Thomas Gale & Kendra L. Gale Isle Royale Natural History Association, 160 pages
To create Isle Royale National Park in the years before World War II, the federal government acquired land held by lumber and mining companies, resort owners, commercial fishing families, and summer residents. The latter were given a choice of selling their properties outright or accepting life leases for family members alive in the late 1930s. The authors, whose daughters belong to the fifth and last generation of Gales to come to the family's cabin on Tobin Harbor, assembled 150 photographs taken between 1868 and 1951 for this enchanting 160-page paperback. The ship on the cover is the America,which brought mainlanders and supplies to the island (famous as a retreat for hay-fever sufferers) until it sank in 1928—a fatal blow to Isle Royale's vacation communities. Many of the images were made on glass plates with large box cameras. And like a photograph from the early 1900s of two fishermen and their catch of immense lake trout, these pictures provide an indelible glimpse of where and how people lived on the island and their independence and determination. The well-written text and detailed captions provide a concise history of the island, including a chapter on copper mining with a photo of a 5,720-pound mass of copper hammered loose with stones by prehistoric miners a few thousand years before the first French missionaries reached the island in the 1600s. The final chapters detail the birth of Rock Harbor Lodge, the island's only remaining resort, and the park's creation, including shots of Civilian Conservation Corps crews hard at work during the Depression.
A Superior Death By Nevada Barr Berkley Books, 320 pages
When Nevada Barr gave up a less than dramatic career as an Off Broadway actress and sometime waitress to work as a seasonal National Park Service law enforcement ranger and off-duty novelist, one of her first assignments was boat patrol at Isle Royale. In the second of a now hugely successful series of books, Nevada's fictional alter ego, murder-solving Ranger Anna Pigeon, delves into a mystery in the cold, clear waters surrounding the park. The body of a professional diver—without any gear—has been discovered in one of the park's famous shipwrecks. There's also the matter of the missing wife of a particularly obnoxious and abusive male ranger. (All of Nevada's literary antagonists seem to be men.) As the story unfolds, readers are rewarded through Anna's eyes with a vivid picture of the island, a ranger's job, park politics and the tenuous relationships of people isolated from the mainland for six months at a time.
Now Ranger Pigeon returns to Isle Royale in Nevada's new book, Winter Study, a mystery set in the cold dark days of January when the island is inhabited only by wolves and moose and the scientists who come there each January to count them. This winter, however, they have undesired company—an official from Homeland Security who wants to keep the park open year round to guard against the infiltration of terrorists from nearby Canada, an unlikely scenario. On Anna's first night at the Windigo camp, a pack of seven wolves visits the camp, an extraordinary and somewhat scary experience. Soon thereafter she sees a truly gigantic wolf; a research assistant is apparently mauled to death by the pack even though the big carnivores have never attacked a human on the island; Anna finds the message "HELP ME " scraped on an ice-coated cabin window; another scientist vanishes, and she uncovers buried secrets, hidden agendas and blackmail among her snowbound companions. It's a chilling twist on your classic Victorian house, locked-door murder mystery. Putnam will publish Winter Studyin April in a hardbound edition.
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This new rear end fits into exactly the same position as the Piranha series II single arm rear suspension, all bar work remains the same.
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The construction features common length "A" arms, all arms can be made out of one common jig. The suspension geometry features progressive negative camber which equals precise stability in severe offroad conditions.
Designed to suit the Piranha series II buggy, but also a valuable component for any home built offroad buggy.
The plans include detail 3D drawings of all the parts that need to be made, rear housing, uprights, driveshafts, drive hubs, wheel hubs, axles, chain adjusters, disc rotor, caliper mount, bushes, pivot pins & many detail assembly & exploded views.
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As my former boss will attest, I have a reputation for being a bit of a data quality zealot. The storage of data that is unfit for use leads to many problems, but I suppose that's another subject for another day.
It's tough enough to manage data quality problems introduced by source code errors, system failures, and requirements misunderstandings…But a default installation of MySQL introduces a new and exciting way to give us data quality evangelists fits: It allows unfit data to be inserted in the database. That's the bad news. The good news is that by making a simple configuration change you can prevent this, and override the setting when you don't care.
In a default MySQL installation, the value of the SQL_MODE system variable is set to ''. This allows you to force inserts and updates that may violate the intended design of the table. This point is more philosophical than technical, but in a mission critical database I believe that your first line of defense against poor data is requiring well formed data manipulation statements.
Here is an example:
Create table jd_test ( id int NOT NULL , name varchar(30) NOT NULL ) ;
Insert into jd_test ( id ) values ( 1) ;
Select * from jd_test ;
In my opinion, this insert is ill-formed since it is missing non-optional columns in the specification. Therefore, I prefer that the statement fail and return an error to the application. In this example, with SQL_MODE = '', MySQL returns a warning but the data still gets inserted with an empty string assigned to the name column.
Try that example with a DATETIME column and you will see similar behavior.
First of all, check the value of SQL_MODE to see what it is set at. This is defined at both the global ( server-wide) and session level. Some third party utilities ( like SQLYog) set the session level value to '', overriding the server value.
Set the global value of the SQL_MODE to 'TRADITIONAL' in the server configuration file ( /etc/my.cnf). Hold it! Be careful here because if your MySQL database serves an existing production system, then you may have to test the effects of this in a development or test environment first to see what breaks. For new databases, start off with this setting on your development, testing, and production systems. It's best to be in the habit of working with this setting before your system goes live in production.
Encourage your developers to explicitly check the session value of this variable :
Select @@session.sql_mode
Discourage development of application code that specifically overrides the value of SQL_MODE at the session level with the exception of clearly defined processes requiring it.
When developing stored procedures and triggers, explicitly set the SQL_MODE to 'TRADITIONAL' at the top of the source code file before the "CREATE…" statement. These server objects enforce the value of SQL_MODE in effect at the time of creation.
Set session SQL_MODE = 'TRADITIONAL' ;
CREATE PROCEDURE myproc()
Recommended Reading:
Section 5.2.6 "SQL Modes" of the Mysql 5.1 Reference Manual


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With ski season revving up and thoughts turning to getting away for some downhill action, the travel experts at Cheapflights have selected their favourite resorts from around the world for skiers of every skill. From Killington's approachable slopes to Red Mountain's death-defying vertical terrain, we've categorized our snow-covered choices by experience level: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Whether you're a nervous novice or a mogul master, our list of the Top 10 ski resorts around the world has a mountain destination for you.
Best for beginners
Geilo, Norway
Located between Oslo and Bergen, Geilo is known as one of the most "snow secure" destinations in Norway. The charming mountain village, which dates back to the latter years of the 19th century, is perfect for those who have never skied before. Among Geilo's 39 slopes are a plethora of beginner and intermediate runs. For variety, there are plenty of other winter sports such as snowshoeing, glacier hiking, dog-sledding, horse-drawn sleigh rides and guided nature adventures. Search and compare cheap flights to Norway.
Killington, Vermont, USA
When the Green Mountains turn white, it's time to revel in Killington's large, excellent, nursery slopes. Killington has that breezy "you can do it" vibe that's crucial for fledgling skiers. Of Killington's 140 trails, there's a fairly even spread of levels. Trails deemed easy account for 34 per cent with intermediate and advanced accounting for the remaining two thirds, giving you something to aim toward on successive trips. Search and compare cheap flights to Boston.
Obergurgl, Austria
Snow is guaranteed at Obergurgl. In fact, it has been snowing on Austria's highest village (elevation of almost 2,000m) since August. At this charming Alpine resort, there are 16 gentle slopes for the absolute beginner. The skiing area lies across two separate peaks and the views of the local glaciers are – like Austria's après-ski reputation – second to none. Search and compare cheap flights to Austria.
Best for intermediates
La Plagne/Les Arcs, France
Or, as we like to call it, Paradise. It's Paradiski really, the areas of Les Arcs, Peisey-Vallandry and La Plagne in the Tarentaise Valley in the heart of the French Alps. There's more than enough here for the intermediate skier with 79 red (European for intermediate) runs (although beginners will be kept busy - and upright hopefully - with 152 blue runs, the equivalent of a green in Canada). This heavenly space is a hub of world-class skiing. The best-known neighbour systems are Espace Killy (Val d'Isère and Tignes) and Les Trois Vallées (Courchevel, Meribel, Val Thorens). The Vanoise Express double-decker cable car (a better mode of transport we have yet to see) links La Plagne and Les Arcs. Search and compare cheap flights to France.
Saalbach, Austria
The villages of Saalbach and Hinterglemm are located at the heart of a heartstoppingly beautiful ring of peaks that soar to 2,000 metres. A sophisticated lift system links the two and makes it very easy to get to the snow, all 200km or so of it. About 100km are intermediate, approximately 100km are beginner and the remainder are difficult. Saalbach attracts a younger crowd and events such as Rave on Snow and Roxy Snow Pro punctuate the calendar. Get on the slopes early because après-ski starts about 4pm. Search and compare cheap flights to Austria.
Lake Louise Mountain Resort, Alberta, Canada
Banff National Park turns into a Winter Wonderland this time of year when skiers come in search of champagne powder. The resort sits between the lofty peaks of Mount Richardson, Ptarmigan Peak, Pika Peak and Redoubt Mountain. Oh, and did we mention that Banff National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the Birthplace of Skiing in Canada? It is. It's also considered to be the world's most scenic ski area. Plaudits aside, Lake Louise's unique design means that skiers of all abilities share the resort. For an inter-generational family or group trip, that mix is hard to beat. Search and compare cheap flights to Calgary.
Best for advanced
Red Mountain, British Columbia, Canada
Deep in the Kootenay Mountains of British Columbia lies Red Mountain, a resort with backwoods charm that is praised by Ski Canada Magazine and Frommer's as among the best resorts in North America. It has beginner slopes but this is a resort for the grown-ups. Ski Canada Magazine rated it best for "Steeps", "Powder" and "Trees". There are nearly 90 runs stretched across two mountains; 1,700 skiable acres and 880 metres of vertical terrain. Red will keep you occupied for days. Search and compare cheap flights to Spokane.
La Grave, France
A sobering name for a challenging ski area. This is not a place for the faint-hearted as La Grave has taken lives and commands great respect. The vertical drop is a gobsmacking 2,100m and there are massive ungroomed spaces. It's a world away from "civilized" ski resorts – the shops stock items most skiers will not have considered such as avalanche probes, Avalungs and airbags. La Grave is not one to be attempted without a guide. But, when you descend, feeling very small indeed is priceless. Search and compare cheap flights to France.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA
In the Grand Tetons the adrenaline junkie will find their piece of heaven. Two mountains - Rendezvous and Apres Vous – serve up the big, big skiing. Most of the advanced trails line the slopes of Rendezvous Mountain while Apres Vous Mountain hosts the beginners and intermediates. The iconic slope is Corbet's Couloir, a high entry on the "things to do before you die" list. Intrepid skiers enjoy free falling onto a 55-degree slope. Should you not turn hard right immediately, you'll face plant onto rock. Turn hard right immediately and, after two fast turns, you'll exit down a 45-degree slope. And then plan your next go... Search and compare cheap flights to Jackson Hole.
The all-rounder
Val D'Isere, France
Without a doubt, the best skiing – for all levels – is to be found at Val d'Isere. This French resort is high, high up in the Espace Killy, a snowy locale that includes Tignes too. Its features are impeccable: 300km of piste, 10,000 hectares of off-piste, two glaciers, a vertical drop of almost 2,000m and 100 lifts that means there is rarely any lines or congestion. Due to its topography, Val d'Isere is snow-sure, getting early snow and occasionally continuing well into May. Search and compare cheap flights to France.


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Although this year's election has been the most expensive in US history to date (with a total price tag of over $2 billion), the most significant platform utilized by both Romney and Obama to enhance their visibility throughout the campaign may, surprisingly, be the most cost effective, as well. Social media first proved its worth in the political arena during President Obama's groundbreaking 2008 campaign. The usage of YouTube and Facebook to connect with a vast, diverse audience had undeniably helped Obama pull ahead in the polls and capture coveted demographics in crucial swing states such as Ohio.
By creating a new form of "digital grassroots" campaign, Obama was able to successfully reach voters who spent more time on Facebook and YouTube than watching C-SPAN or reading political publications. Additionally, the least expensive element of Obama's campaign proved to be the social media component, as the President's social following was largely organic and the campaign's online ad spend was far less than its print and television counterparts. The first ever "Social Election" was a complete success and had paved the way for future campaigns.
Fast Forward to 2012…
As the incumbent, Obama now maintains a sizeable lead in terms of social following. As mentioned by both Todd Bailey and Mike Stricker in our "Social Media & Election 2012" Web series, Obama's following has been substantially greater than Mitt Romney's on networks such as Facebook and Twitter since the outset. However, Romney's campaign has placed a strong emphasis on social media and this has made the race to the White House much more competitive.
While the size and scope of this campaign has been greater than any before it, the role of social media marketing has played an instrumental role in the overall reach of the campaign. Going forward, candidates will almost certainly need to make social media a major part of their campaign efforts in order to raise awareness and establish themselves amongst the ever-expanding Internet audience.
Recently, Facebook achieved one of its most significant milestones since its launch in 2004 when the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social network reached one billion users on September 14th. For Facebook, attaining a user base that consists of 1/7 of the world's entire population is a major accomplishment. However, many of the small businesses which utilize Facebook as an online marketing and advertising outlet are still skeptical of the network's ability to enhance their revenues despite having the most massive user base on the Web.
Small business owners are not the only ones concerned with Facebook's performance as an ad revenue-driven organization. The company's stock value remains unimpressive and many investors are reluctant to add Facebook to their portfolios, regardless of the brand's ever-increasing visibility. While the announcement has undoubtedly granted the world's largest social network substantial bragging rights, it has seemingly done little to really enhance the company or its profitability.
However, a more interesting statistic has also been revealed by Facebook as of late that may prove beneficial to their brand. As of April 2012, the network's monthly user growth had fallen to 1.74%, the lowest it has been since its 2004 debut. Today, Facebook claims it has reached 2.04% monthly growth. This marks the first increase the network has seen in over 13 months and could help to restore investor confidence in the brand going forward.
Although it is critical for Facebook to increase their viability to investors and improve their company's waning stock values, it is just as important to build consumer confidence. As a business driven almost entirely by advertising revenue, Facebook must take greater measures to attract advertisers, particularly small to mid-sized businesses which account for a large percentage of online advertising revenue.
Facebook's audience is clearly larger than ever before and maintains the greatest potential as an advertising and marketing platform; but the company should begin to investigate other revenue streams in order to grow from a fiscal perspective.
E-Commerce is the most likely route and could put Facebook in direct competition with online retailer, Amazon. The development of a "Facebook Store" could position the company as a formidable competitor and drive up share prices, while simultaneously making Facebook more attractive to advertisers. Additions of features such as the "Promote" button and the soon-to-be-released "Want" button are definitely steps in the right direction, but a more comprehensive strategy may be necessary.
For now, Facebook's popularity may be unparalleled, but its profitability is minimal at best. Business owners have yet to see any discernable benefits from the network's growth to upwards of 1 billion users and an investment in long-term revenue enhancement should be considered an essential component of Facebook's business model. If the network is able to successfully expand its offerings beyond its current capabilities, the future of Facebook will not only be secure, but beneficial to small business owners, as well.
Terms such as "domain authority" and "page authority" are part of the everyday vernacular in the Internet marketing industry, but what do they mean for online business owners? As it pertains to visibility on the Web and greater revenue, they mean a lot.
Essentially, a website or page's authority is the prevalence it has in organic search engine rankings. Higher authority correlates to more visibility and potentially, more conversions and sales. In digital marketing, gaining said authority is a common goal of many campaigns. In the past, that goal was achieved through efforts such as link building, content development and routine site maintenance. Today, however, social media is playing an increasingly important role and maximizing social engagement is gradually becoming a crucial part of marketing initiatives.
Greater Engagement
Companies that specialize in social media enhancement understand the value of networks such as Facebook, Google+, Twitter and Pinterest. Friends, fans, likes and tweets provide much more than bragging rights for a business; they can also provide authority to individual pages or domains. Additionally, social media is an effective platform for gaining brand recognition, which is valuable both on and offline.
Consumers spend a significant amount of time online searching for brands, local businesses or products that they like and sharing them amongst their peers. This phenomenon has grown to worldwide proportions and has become a cornerstone of social media marketing. Delivering content to users and offering products and incentives via social shares has proven to be impactful on the profitability and visibility of many brands.
Following Through
Once a greater social following has been established, it is important to encourage shares and feedback through social media outlets. By creating a "call to action", businesses are more likely to gain more momentum in the SERPs and throughout the social space.
Social media is a long-term investment for a business. Profiles must be carefully maintained and frequently updated. However, a properly optimized social media presence is almost certain to increase authority and ensure success in the online marketplace.
What do Google, Microsoft and Apple have in common? A lot, actually; and following their respective developer conferences earlier this summer, several new commonalities have been revealed. We now know that new tablet devices are being developed by Google and Microsoft and that Google and Apple are both looking to capitalize on their mapping software. We've also learned that iOS 6, Windows 8 and Android 4.1 are going to incorporate more Internet and social media functionality than any previous operating systems. This enhanced focus on social connectivity will undoubtedly be an important component of these new systems, but its impact on Internet marketing may be even greater.
A More Social Future
Despite Facebook's apparent inability to succeed on Wall Street thus far, the network is still as popular as ever. With upwards of 900 million users, nearly 1/7 of the world's population is using Facebook. That's an impressive reach for a social network that began less than a decade ago as a college project. Microsoft and Apple have both seen potential in Facebook and their confidence in the brand is reinforced by its incorporation into their new OS offerings. The move to integrate social media directly into the operating system itself will only bolster its popularity, which will significantly impact the Internet marketing industry.
Effects on Internet Marketing
SEOs and SMOs are likely to see a substantial rise in their client base. Online marketing initiatives will become increasingly valuable as the Internet itself continues to become more accessible. Today, the role of social media in marketing initiatives is larger than it has ever been and it has proven effective for many companies worldwide. Search engine optimization and social media are expected to become even more closely related going forward, as well.
The release of iOS 6 and Windows 8 are also likely to impact current social media campaigns and increase their overall effectiveness. The future of social media looks to be very bright and with the help of tech industry mainstays such as Microsoft, Apple and Google, it may become the very cornerstone of online marketing.
What are your thoughts on the future of social media marketing? Drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter @brwebimax.
On May 31, Microsoft premiered a "Release Preview" of Windows 8 on their website which features a downloadable version of the upcoming operating system with limited functionality. Additionally, the release includes several applications that will be integrated into the new Windows environment; which is based on the "Metro" language seen on the Windows Phone OS. Among the applications included with the preview is a new program called "People", which is an obvious indicator of Microsoft's recognition of the impact of social media on Windows users.
Operating Socially
The new Windows People app is designed to seamlessly integrate social media platforms such as Facebook and Google+ directly into the operating system itself. People's interface will display notifications from various social networks and allow users to interact and engage on those platforms via the program. By making social functionality available on a user's desktop, the accessibility of networking sites is greatly increased and is likely to appeal to a broader audience.
A New Era for Online Marketers?
The impending final release of Windows 8 creates almost endless possibilities for Internet marketing companies and social media marketers and advertisers. The ability to deliver rich content such as photos and videos directly to a user's desktop as well as enabling sharing capabilities is very beneficial to SMOs. Essentially, the People application will not only enhance the reach of such campaigns, but their value, too. Microsoft's recognition of the social media trend is not only a milestone for the social networking industry, but it may be the beginning of a new era for online marketers, as well.
Facebook, Google+, Twitter and virtually every other social network have become more than pastimes for the millions that use them daily. Today, these sites are the product offerings of multi-national corporations and have not only changed many aspects of Internet marketing, but impacted popular culture around the world.
From Humble Beginnings…
The world's largest social network now boasts over 900 million members. That figure accounts for nearly 1/7 of the world's entire population. Not bad for a company that began in 2004 as a small project of then-Harvard student, Mark Zuckerberg. While the story of Facebook's origins and rise to prominence is well-documented (and has even won Oscars), the reason for the site's success is not as obvious. Like many social networks before it, Facebook was merely intended to be recreational. It was designed as a platform for people to interact and engage online, while possibly (and hopefully) generating some ad revenue to keep the business afloat. Fast forward to 2012; Facebook is a publicly traded corporation with global reach and more importantly, international influence.
…To a Global Phenomenon
The rapid expansion of Facebook goes beyond Wall Street. The advertising and marketing industries have noticed the impact of social media in the wake of Facebook's growth. Even news journalism has changed on the post-Facebook Web. In one form or another, social media is now incorporated into the business model of virtually every company with an online presence.
Jumping on the Bandwagon
Success breeds competition and Facebook is no exception. Google+, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn have arrived on the social scene in the years following Facebook's emergence as the number one network and more are likely to come in the months and years ahead. While none of the aforementioned sites are even close to Facebook's membership, they are showing exponential growth. In fact, Pinterest even became the world's third most frequented social network while still in its beta phase.
Looking Ahead
However, like many industries, social media is not without flaws and is bound to change and evolve according to the demands of its user base. Facebook's IPO and the subsequent backlash that it has suffered have demonstrated that social networks need to assert their influence in the online marketplace and prove their value as viable advertising outlets. Additionally, social media sites must strive to remain in the Internet limelight in order to retain their ability to attract potentially lucrative online marketing campaigns. There is certainly a place for social networking on the Internet of tomorrow, but innovation will undoubtedly be the key to future success in the social space.


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My dog Teddy has bad teeth. He's a rescue so we don't really know how old he is but the vet figures 4-5 years old (that's how old his chip is). He had brown teeth, lots of tartar. So we got his teeth cleaned about two months ago and sure enough his tartar is coming back already!
I am a little fearful of having to have his teeth cleaned even once a year because he had such an awful reaction to the anesthesia. He has never been much of a chewer and turns his nose up at Greenies. Is there some kind of treatment that will help prevent tartar buildup or some dental treat that is so irresistible that no dog will reject it? |
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- Posted by furryfriends50 (My Page) on Sat, Jan 30, 10 at 18:21
Raw feeding is the best answer. Dry food isn't going to help anything... Check out the new facebook group on raw feeding: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=261761471359&ref=ts A few helpful sites: |
Call the vet, make an appointment with the dental person and have them teach you how to properly care for your pups teeth. Either with constant brushing or wiping with gauze - they should help you to keep your pups teeth clean. If they are too busy, ask a groomer. Good Luck |
Some dogs have mouths that naturally build up tartar quicker than others. Do as mazer suggests and have your vet show you how to do daily gauze wipes. We do this with our dog once a day, it's easy, it takes two minutes and it prevents costly teeth cleanings at the vet. Other tools you might want to consider. [1] Disposable teeth cleaning wipes for dogs. [2] Liquid teeth cleaning solutions that you add to the dog's drinking water which supposedly help tartar from building up. I have seen both of these at big box pet stores. [3] A product called Oravet. This is a product you swipe onto the gums 1x a week that supposedly prevents tartar build up. Our vet's office sells it. We don't use any of these, because the gauze method works well for us, but if you find you need more, those are some options for you to consider. |
There is really good advice already given. Tell your vet about the awful reaction to anesthesia. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of anesthesia protocols and there must be at least one that doesn't cause your dog such a bad reaction. You may not need it for a dental procedure, but if he needed anesthesia for something else it's good for the vet to already know that he had problems with the anesthesia protocol he already used. |
- Posted by jerzeegirl (My Page) on Sun, Jan 31, 10 at 20:54
Thanks for all your advice. I forgot to mention that I do brush his teeth with enzyme toothpaste (CET) and he let's me do it. It's just his back molars that have tartar/plaque build up. His front and side teeth are sparkling white. I will ask my vet about the gauze wipes. I tried to find these at Petco but didn't see them. I am so sympathetic to this poor dog as I have the same problem and have to go to the dentist every 3 months for cleaning! I tricked him into eating a Greenie yesterday. I made believe I was eating it and this made him want to eat it. It's hard to believe but his back teeth are looking better already. If I can trick him into chewing a bone, then I think his tartar problem will be alleviated. Re the anesthesia. After he came back home from the teeth cleaning, he was desperate to drink water. I gave him just a tiny little bit and he started throwing up. Then he was desperately thirsty again. Every time I gave him a drop of water he would throw up. This went on from 3 pm when we brought him home to around 9 am the next morning when the anesthesia finally was out of his system. I have never seen this kind of reaction before. Very scary. |
Sounds like he had morphine or hydromorphone as part of his anesthesia/analgesia. It is extremely common for dogs and cats to throw up with those drugs, though rarely do they continue vomiting that long after wards. He sounds very sensitive. Those drugs are necessary in an anesthetic protocol as others can be used for both sedation and pain control. There are many other options for your dog. Hopefully not needed... |
I meant to say those drugs are NOT necessary in an anesthetic protocol since others can be used for the same purpose. Whoops. |
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The Nexus One Car Dock is the perfect place to put your phone when you're in the car. In addition to holding your Nexus One, the car dock also charges your phone's battery, lets you use your phone handsfree, and provides easier access to voice and navigation apps.
The dock's built-in speakers and volume controls also enhance the in-car music and media experience. And the Car Home app, which loads automatically, makes it easy to access Maps and Navigation, Voice Search, Contacts, and Music.
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