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Ofcourse - the TVs will improve. What has that got to do with dish supporting 3D. The standards are set - including the HDMI standard. That is all Dish has to care about.
Much like I expect the current batch of 3D TVs to go, really.
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Dish Needs to Get Moving on 3D
Posted 08 September 2011 - 08:34 AM
Posted 08 September 2011 - 08:47 AM
Posted 08 September 2011 - 09:35 AM
Yes, Beta gave better quality, but only at the Beta 1 speed and 1 hour play time. When you used the Beta 2 speed to get 2 hours you got the same quality as VHS. Sony wanted BIG$$$ for Beta machines, VHS prices were lower. I spent a lot of time resurrecting this before going with VHS.
??? Not even close!
BetaMax was top quality video, stereo, and the best pause in the industry, its only demise was due to hi quality it gave less recording time....So lets be honest, it was the cheap population that cared more about recording time than they did quality!!!!
Were that has anything to do with 3D is an apple to a orange!!
What about Lazer Disks?
At the time of Beta-VHS wars most people had 10~15 year old color TVs and couldn't see the difference anyway.
Posted 08 September 2011 - 09:41 AM
Ofcourse - the TVs will improve. What has that got to do with dish supporting 3D. The standards are set - including the HDMI standard. That is all Dish has to care about.
The 3D standards are NOT set. That's the problem. I didn't buy "draft N" wireless, I'm not going to buy non-standard 3D.
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Posted 08 September 2011 - 09:53 AM
The 3D standards are NOT set. That's the problem. I didn't buy "draft N" wireless, I'm not going to buy non-standard 3D.
Besides the interface between the TV and the glasses, in the case of active 3D sets, what doesn't have a standard yet?
Posted 08 September 2011 - 02:13 PM
Not really - remember they don't need to invest a lot.
Define "a lot"... Every 3D channel takes bandwidth that could have been an HD channel that everyone can watch or about a dozen SD channels.
Right now Dish only has one receiver that officially supports 3D. To develop more would take money and time... and customers would have to be willing to upgrade to those receivers and that takes more money and time for Dish to create the receivers and get them installed.
The big problem Dish will have is people will leave in droves as 3D catches on and it is much more difficult (and costly) to get them back.
Really? People keep predicting this. Dish was the leader in HD at first, then fell behind for about a year to DirecTV. All that year people predicted the mass exodus of Dish customers... and it never happened. Dish eventually added most of those channels and now even has some that DirecTV still doesn't! (of course DirecTV also has HD that Dish doesn't too).
So... the customers are not going to suddenly run from Dish over 3D either... especially not now when the adoption rate is so low.
Consider... not all of the customers who own a 3DTV are actually using it for 3D most of the time. Heck, I wager there are still 3DTV and HDTV people in large numbers out there who don't subscribe to an HD package too!
So... a large investment in 3D when the customers seem lukewarm to it, seems unwise... when there is a limited amount of content and only a few channels right now... and Dish could jump in the game 1, 2, or maybe 3 years from now and have just as much 3D as everyone else.
Also, more time Dish procrastinates, more channels will go Directv exclusive. Then, where is dish going to get content from ?
That's not going to happen any more than HD channels went exclusive. Yes, there have been a couple of exclusive HD channels... but by and large most of them are available to all providers. Content providers would be short-sighted themselves if they limited carriage to one company while trying to expand their customer base.
I keep hearing about Dish investing in 3D, just how much would we be talking about? They already have a HD DVR that supports 3D, the 922, so they might actually make some money on upgrade fees and higher monthly lease charges from folks wanting 3D, besides a couple PPV's.
This works both ways... IF Dish saw a lot of people willing to spend $200 to upgrade to the 922, then they might say "hey, let's invest more in 3D for those customers"... but as the 922 has been slower to adopt, I suspect, that tells Dish that right now customers might want things but don't want to pay for them.
Are customers going to want to pay $5 more per month for a 3D channel? Nobody knows the answer to that I don't think.
A 3D SBS channel takes the same bandwidth as a 2D HD channel so if Dish has the bandwidth available they could add it.
Another twist here too...
People freak out about Dish "down-rezzing" their HD from 1920x1080 to 1440x1080... and want "full HD".... but then would be willing to take 960x1080 resolution in 3D? That seems odd to me.
Posted 08 September 2011 - 02:55 PM
Posted 08 September 2011 - 08:47 PM
While Dish adding a 3D channel or two might not cause a bunch of new subs maybe by not doing so is or reason for losing subs? And Stewart, still don't understand your 'large investment' reasoning. You agree that the 922 does support 3D so no need to spend any additional money to develop a new STB, if Dish had any 3D channels then maybe they'd sell more of them. On the who would spend $5/month for 3D comment, so don't charge for it, DIRECTV and Comcast don't charge, that's the number one and two providers. Just saying by not offering any 3D channels Dish might be losing some of those higher ARPU customers that they'd like to have.
All I'm saying is that the market doesn't seem to support a huge interest in 3D at this point. Theatrical 3D movies have not been raking it in this summer as the studios expected... and if that trend continues, expect them to pull back on 3D support.
There was never a mass exodus when Dish was behind DirecTV in HD... still no mass exodus with DirecTV having more sports... so why expect a mass exodus over 3D?
Giving DirecTV credit where it is due... they are leading with 3D right now... but are they gaining lots of subscribers because of it? The numbers don't support that because they aren't growing any faster now than they were before they added 3D content.
I also never said the investment itself was necessarily "huge"... but that it will cost Dish more now than it will cost in a few years... so why waste time, bandwidth, and money on 3D for a very small market today... when Dish can wait and see if it stays around.
IF 3D goes away, then win to Dish for saving the money! IF 3D sticks around and grows, then Dish can add some 3D channels in a few years and be right in the thick of it.
Even the majority of people on this forum aren't demanding 3D... and we are the tech-savvy early-adopters... Most of Dish's customers are still SD-only customers! So... no need to rush to spend any money on 3D when most of your money comes from SD, then HD, and only a small amount asking for 3D.
Posted 08 September 2011 - 08:56 PM
Posted 08 September 2011 - 10:38 PM
Just FYI, AT&T UVerse recently dropped ESPN 3D, and ESPN has publicly stated that they're trying to determine whether the channel itself will continue operations.
ATT charged $10 for ESPN 3D. I like and want 3D, but even I would not pay that for one channel.
And ESPN stated that a year ago. They have moved on to "5D" production, so their costs are going down. They don't sound like they are gonna drop 3D anytime soon.
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Posted 08 September 2011 - 11:24 PM
Posted 08 September 2011 - 11:45 PM
Similar reasoning was applied to HD-DVD.
3D will probably stick around because multiple major companies are investing billions in the technology.
Posted 08 September 2011 - 11:54 PM
Similar reasoning was applied to HD-DVD.
But that was in competition with a very similar product; It's not parallel to 3D rollouts.
Posted 09 September 2011 - 07:24 AM
If you think about it in terms of active versus passive, there is a similarity.
But that was in competition with a very similar product; It's not parallel to 3D rollouts.
For 3D to settle out, the glasses need to be interchangeable.
Posted 09 September 2011 - 12:55 PM
The sucess of 3D will be in the price of TV's and the availability of programming. Vizeo has made the price difference a non factor. In fact, my 42 inch 3D plazma cost less than most 42 inch HDTVs. So getting 3D did not hurt financially and was more a plus element to the buying decision. I was also able to buy a Blu-Ray 3d DVD player for less than many non 3D Blu-Ray players. So again I had no cost hurt. The cost hurt comes with buying higher priced 3D DVDs. Most 3D offerings comes in sets that have the 3D version , the Blu-Ray version, and the DVD version. Not a bad idea for those that have each kind of DVD player in the house. However, it adds cost to the buy.
I now have a good collection of 3D DVDs. If there is no interest in 3D, why do I have so many of my friends coming over to watch my 3D content? They save the glasses they get from the movie theaters to use at my house. They never came over before 3D. It is sort of like when I got one of the 1st color tvs in the neighborhood. Likewise, I am going to friends who get 3D content via their TV providers. If Directv had the ability to play my Dish formated EHDs, I would switch for the extra 3D content. It doesn't cost more. So again it becomes a buying bonus element. OH!! watching a show in 3D is a more exciting TV experience for me and most of the people who have seen my content.
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Posted 09 September 2011 - 01:42 PM
Several good movies are only available in 3D Blu-ray if you buy a certain manufacturer's 3DTV setup... in which case, you can't get all of those movies if you want them until some point where they become non-exclusive.
I understand offering a free movie with a bundle... that's cool... but making that the only way to get the movie seems like a misstep since most people aren't going to go buy 3 new 3DTVs to get 3 different movies that they can't get any other way.
Posted 09 September 2011 - 04:45 PM
We saw Avatar at two different theaters, but haven't been to a 3D flick since.
Posted 10 September 2011 - 12:44 PM
Just FYI, AT&T UVerse recently dropped ESPN 3D, and ESPN has publicly stated that they're trying to determine whether the channel itself will continue operations.
ESPN's $14 Billion Eight-Year Extension With NFL Includes 3D
Posted 10 September 2011 - 09:10 PM
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Posted 11 September 2011 - 02:42 PM
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Posted 11 September 2011 - 02:53 PM
If the Vision 3D TV is cheaper than the competitors 2D TV, perhaps it is because nobody wants them - supply and demand thing - supply is OK, no demand.
Or maybe it's because the set isn't very good, so it's cheaper.
Posted 11 September 2011 - 04:12 PM
If you think about it in terms of active versus passive, there is a similarity.
For 3D to settle out, the glasses need to be interchangeable.
Not really. As long as all 3d sets can access the same 3d content it doesn't matter whether a given living room has active glasses, passive glasses, or no glasses. It's as meaningless as what color the tv is. When you buy a set, you lock into that tech until you buy a different set (at which point you can stay the same, choose something different, etc) but at no point will your 3d movies be rendered worthless by chosing a different TV/glasses technology.
In the HDDVD vs Bluray war, the media wasn't interchangable so people adopted a "wait and see" attitude, not wanting to spring for a dozen movies only to have them be the loser.
Posted 11 September 2011 - 10:23 PM
When you buy a set, you lock into that tech until you buy a different set (at which point you can stay the same, choose something different, etc) but at no point will your 3d movies be rendered worthless by chosing a different TV/glasses technology.
That's a nice thought... but we really don't know that for sure. It's hard to say how long Blu-ray will be around.
Some folks are pushing for digital downloads... Others are thinking SD-RAM might replace optical media at some point.
So... it might be true that your current Blu-ray player will always play your current movies... but 5 years from now a new media player might not.
Heck... some Blu-ray players right now are not getting updates to play movies, and others have received updates that broke previously playable movies (Samsung is a great example here... I have some Disney movies that play with older firmware but not the newer firmware... and if I downgrade to play those, then I can't play some newer movies).
The point is... any time I hear "future-proof" I run away fast... because what that really means is "we are making this up as we go"...
Remember all the people who bought Blu-ray players that thought they were getting BD-Live ready and then found they couldn't upgrade? Or people who thought they could upgrade for 3D support but then couldn't?
There's always the possibility of the next new thing not being backwards compatible... and then if your current player breaks, you're out of luck.
Posted 11 September 2011 - 10:38 PM
Imagine inviting all your rowdy friends over for a viewing party and you only have three or four pair of glasses.
Not really. As long as all 3d sets can access the same 3d content it doesn't matter whether a given living room has active glasses, passive glasses, or no glasses.
Now imagine that everyone can bring their own pair to your party and have them work.
Which is going to be the more successful affair?
Posted 17 September 2011 - 06:23 PM
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WHEELING — There are 20 buildings on Wheeling's list of structures to be demolished using federal Community Development Block Grant money, half of which have been under raze orders for three years o......
Many cities use the Block Grant money in venture funds to foster new business starts and jobs so as to curtail blight. Wheeling choses not to do this. Accordingly the decline marches on.
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If the CDBG would supply the material to rehabit and the schools would use the house as a traing center for trades it would be a win win situation with the sale being a plus instead of a empty lot.
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While it is easy and fun to criticize the demolition the fact is that the buildings are vacant and falling in. No one is going to spend tons of money to redo the homes, it makes no sense to do that. So what is the real choice, wring hands and complain or do something. So what do you do with the house in the picture? Just let it stand there til it falls in? Or knock it down. No one can build anything so long as these structures are standing there. I often look at some of the great old homes rotting away there and feel bad but its not a neighborhood anymore. Time and DHHR rent subsidy policies doomed that neighborhood and created a blighted area. Nothing will change there until something new happens and not gov housing. We need apts for people who produce, not hamster cages with a working mailbox for income. What happened to E. Whg from blight to drugs/violence is the product of goofy social engineering. Need a new start in that part of town. Knock them all down.
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This is a very sad commentary on Wheeling. Most Cities use the money for growth opportunities and job creation.
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Demolition is viewed as "progress"/"development" in Wheeling. So this is progress right?
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Demolition is viewed as "progress"/"development" in Wheeling. So this is progress right?
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That house photo which appears with this article; in some other areas of the country, some places not that far from Wheeling, in the same time zone--that house would be on the short list for someone with the skills to restore/rennovate; historic homes gaining a new life and a new family for the 21St Century. But not in Wheeling nor in so many other areas of neighboring Ohio where the passion seems to be for safe, one story, non descript ranch style homes; as anonymous as those neighborhoods where people live but few residents are actually neighbors.
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A public service by this newspaper would be to daily publish a picture of one of the condemned structures along with the last known owner of record.
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Sure glad natural gas is saving the valley . . . .
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Just do the whole Island and cut the crime rate in half.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Rep. Darrell Issa's dogged probe of the terrorist attack that killed four Americans in Libya last year, including three with San Diego County connections, likely won't end with today's hearing on Capitol Hill.
Issa, R-Vista, is hinting at more fireworks in coming months as Washington is already abuzz over this week's early remarks from one scheduled witness, fresh questions about security at Benghazi under former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and continuing criticism of the Obama administration's initially incorrect description of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack as stemming from an impromptu protest.
In a Tuesday interview with U-T San Diego in the offices of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which he oversees, Issa said more "whistleblowers" beyond today's three witnesses are waiting in the wings and may be the focus of future hearings.
"They have more information that can tell us about what really happened both before and after," Issa said.
Killed in the incident were former Navy SEALs turned private-security contractors Tyrone Woods of Imperial Beach and Glen Doherty of Encinitas; State Department information officer Sean Smith, who grew up in San Diego; and the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens.
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"I believe there would not have been a mortar attack on the annex in the morning because I believe the Libyans would have split," Hicks said in a passage of testimony that Issa's office released Monday.
Those kinds of assertions justify today's hearing, said Patrick Griffin, a former Democratic staffer in the Senate and now a political science professor at American University.
While Democrats accuse Issa of stretching thin evidence and otherwise politicizing the Benghazi incident, such as holding a similar hearing just weeks before the November presidential election, Griffin said the continuing tussle over the Republican Party's perception of failure at Benghazi versus the Obama administration's defense of its actions warrants more investigation.
"Today, the question has shifted from, 'Was a there a cover-up?' to whether or not there were other measures that could have been taken that were not taken," Griffin said Tuesday.
Clinton has denied that she was directly involved in rejecting requests for more security at Benghazi as Issa contends.
Also set to testify before the committee of 23 Republicans and 17 Democrats is Mark Thompson, the State Department's acting assistant secretary for counter-terrorism.
He is expected to testify about being locked out of the room when the agency's officials discussed what to say about the attack, Issa said.
"Mark Thompson ... will testify he was essentially kicked out of the process as though it wasn't a terrorist attack — even removed from a classified briefing even though he had all the appropriate clearances to be there," Issa added.
Such testimony would fit well in the framework of Issa's and other Republicans' assertions that the Obama administration sought to downplay the terrorist nature of the assault.


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NEW YORK They've heard the "Who's on first jokes?" They've barely played together as a group. Still, there they were, the New York Yankees infield high-fiving and smiling with glee after having turned a most improbable triple play.
"That was awesome," injured first baseman Mark Teixeira said Friday night after the Yankees' 5-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. "That's one of the toughest triple plays you'll ever see."
And how. For those scoring at home, mark it as a 4-6-5-6-5-3-4 in your books.
Put names to the numbers and it won't be Derek Jeter at shortstop, Alex Rodriguez at third base or Teixeira at first. Jayson Nix, filling in for the fill-in shortstop, Kevin Youkilis at third base and Lyle Overbay on first completed the Yankees' first triple play in the Bronx in 45 years.
Baltimore started the eighth inning with singles by Alexi Casilla and Nick Markakis off CC Sabathia (2-1). Manny Machado then hit a sharp low liner that Robinson Cano caught on a short hop near second base. Cano threw to Nix, who entered in the third for Eduardo Nunez, at second for the forceout.
Casilla, thinking the ball was going to be caught by Cano, got trapped in a rundown between second and third base.
Youkilis tagged Casilla and made a quick throw to Overbay when Machado ranged too far off the bag. Overbay then made an awkward throw to Cano, who tagged Machado, setting off a celebration.
"That's like being a kid again," Youkilis said. "That's one of the coolest things I've ever had on the field. You don't see one written up like that. It was special. This game we play, it's one of these games where it's a job and it's a grind at times. But when stuff like that happens, you feel like you're back playing Little League again."
Overbay, signed in late March to help fill in for Teixeira, was worried his throw to Cano was going to spoil the effort.
"Good thing he's got good hand-eye coordination," Overbay said.
The Yankees, who moved over .500 for the first time this year, had last turned a triple play on April 22, 2010, at Oakland - with Sabathia on the mound. They hadn't accomplished the feat in the Bronx since June 3, 1968, against Minnesota.
The Orioles' had not hit into a triple play since April 3, 1996, against Kanas City.
"The two lead runners made the right play," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "It's a line drive short-hop. You can't go anywhere because if he catches it, then he does get multiple outs. We just made a mistake on the trail runner trying to get a little overaggressive, a young player."
Teixeira saw the team's hand specialist earlier Friday and was told he is not ready to start swinging a bat and needs to strengthen his injured wrist. But Teixeira said this is not a setback and he should be on target for a return near May 1. Jeter is rehabilitating his broken ankle in Florida and A-Rod is rehabbing from hip surgery and might not return until after the All-Star break.
The Yankees got some help from Gold Glove center fielder Adam Jones in beating the Orioles.
With the score 2-all in the seventh, the Yankees had loaded the bases on two walks - one intentional - and a hit batter. Vernon Wells, another late-March acquisition, hit a long fly ball that Jones ranged back for. On the warning track, Jones turned, raised his glove and blew a pink bubble. He closed his glove a bit early, and the ball bounced away as the bases cleared.


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Working in documentation can be a frustrating experience sometimes, for reasons you wouldn't really expect. I used to think that it would be hard to accept criticisms about our work. I envisioned customers coming in and pointing out all the flaws in work, and us having to scramble to address them.
It turns out that the reality is just a little bit different. You see, I sit here most days wanting solid feedback that I can act on. Where do the docs need work? What parts are confusing, and why? How are people looking for the info they need? If you answer those questions, I can do a better job of providing information that will actually help you.
But more often than not, what I really get from users is sweeping statements like, "The docs are horrible" or "You need to make section X better." Honestly, most times I'd love to make section X better, but I'm frequently left wondering what's actually wrong with section X in the first place. How did it fail you? Where are the problems? In your mind, what could be better?
So there's the dilemma. We want feedback, we welcome feedback, and we even go out of our way to seek feedback. But oftentimes that feedback doesn't really help us, because to take any kind of meaningful action we need the feedback to be specific. The best feedback points out specific issues, tells us where you got confused, or points us to something you think is better so that we can compare.
Not sure how to give us this kind of feedback? Take a look at the end of this post for some helpful hints, but my suggestion is to start with the product wikis. You can comment on specific articles to tell us what works and what doesn't, and you can even edit them yourself if you're so inclined. We'll roll those edits right into the product doc if they make sense to us.
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Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about malignant mesothelioma.
Q: What is malignant mesothelioma?
A: Malignant mesothelioma is a rare kind of cancer. It starts in the mesothelial cells which form a lining called the mesothelium. This lining protects internal organs, including the lungs, heart, and organs in the abdomen.
The cancer can start in any of these places. When this cancer starts in the lining of the lungs, doctors call it pleural mesothelioma. This is the most common type. This cancer can also start in the lining of the heart or abdomen, but this is not as common. Rarely, mesotheliomas can start in the lining around the testes.
Q: Who gets malignant mesothelioma?
A: Most people who get this type of cancer have worked with asbestos in the past. More men get it than women. Most people who get it are older than 65.
Q: What are the risk factors for malignant mesothelioma?
A: Certain factors can make a person more likely to get this type of cancer than another person. These are called risk factors. Just because a person has one or more risk factors does not mean he or she will get malignant mesothelioma. In fact, a person can have all of the risk factors and still not get the disease. On the other hand, a person may have no risk factors and get malignant mesothelioma. Here are some things that may put a person at risk for this cancer:
Exposure to asbestos. The main risk factor for this cancer is contact with asbestos. People who have worked with asbestos include miners, factory workers, construction workers, insulation manufacturers and installers, ship construction workers, railroad and automotive workers, and those in other asbestos-related fields.
Family factors. Having a family member with heavy exposure to asbestos may increase a person's risk.
Geographic location. Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral. It exists in dust and rocks in certain parts of the world, including parts of Turkey and the U.S. Having contact with asbestos in the natural environment can put people at risk for this cancer.
X-rays done in the 1930s and '40s. Thorium dioxide (Thorotrast) is a material that was used in X-rays during that time period. It may be linked to some forms of cancer, including mesothelioma. Thorotrast has not been used for many years.
Past radiation treatment. A small number of people with this cancer, especially those with the cancer in the chest, have had radiation for cancer of the lymph glands in the chest.
Age. Most people who get this disease are older than 65.
Gender. More men than women get this disease.
Q: What are the symptoms of malignant mesothelioma?
A: Usually, there are no symptoms in the early stages of the cancer before it has spread. A person may notice symptoms when the cancer is more advanced. Symptoms depend on where the cancer is located. Some people will have pain under the rib cage or in the chest itself. Some may have shortness of breath. Other people may have pain, swelling, or lumps in the stomach, trouble swallowing, fever, or other problems.
Although these are symptoms of malignant mesothelioma, they may also be caused by other, less serious medical problems. If a person has any of these symptoms they should talk with a doctor.
Q: How is malignant mesothelioma diagnosed?
A: If a person has symptoms of malignant mesothelioma, the doctor will ask about their health history, their family's history of cancer, and other risk factors, such as working with asbestos.
The doctor will also do a physical exam. The exam can help tell if there is fluid in the chest, stomach, or heart. This fluid can be a sign of mesothelioma. Then the doctor may do one or more of these tests to find out if a person really has this cancer:
CT scan
Positron emission tomography, or PET, scan
Biopsy of the tumor
Q: Should everyone get a second opinion for malignant mesothelioma?
A: Many people with cancer get a second opinion from another doctor who is an expert in treating the specific type of cancer. There are many reasons to get one. Here are some of those reasons:
Not feeling comfortable with the treatment decision
Being diagnosed with a rare type of cancer
Having several options for how to treat the cancer
Not being able to see a cancer expert
Many people have a hard time deciding which treatment to have. It may help to have a second doctor look at the diagnosis and treatment options before starting treatment. It is important to remember that in most cases, a short delay in treatment will not lower the chance that it will work. Some health insurance companies even require that a person with cancer get a second opinion. Many other companies will pay for a second opinion if asked.
Q: How can someone get a second opinion for malignant mesothelioma?
A: There are many ways to get a second opinion:
Ask a primary care doctor. He or she may be able to suggest a specialist. This may be a surgeon, medical oncologist, or radiation oncologist. Sometimes these doctors work together at cancer centers or hospitals. Never be afraid to ask for a second opinion.
Call the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service. The number is 800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237). They have information about places to get treatment. These include cancer centers and other programs supported by the National Cancer Institute.
Look for other options. Check with a local medical society, a nearby hospital or medical school, or support group to get names of doctors who can give you a second opinion. Or ask other people who have had cancer for their recommendations. The internet also has a number of sites where you can learn more about a person's options.
Q: How is malignant mesothelioma treated?
A: There are several treatments for this cancer. The kind of treatment a person gets depends on his or her age, the stage of the cancer, and how much the cancer has affected the person's health.
Treatment can be local, systemic, or both:
Local treatments get rid of the cancer in one area. These treatments are surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy that doctors put directly into the chest or abdomen.
Systemic treatments wipe out cancer cells all through the body. Getting chemotherapy through your veins is systemic treatment.
Q: What's new in malignant mesothelioma research?
A: Cancer research should give you hope. Doctors and researchers around the world are studying better ways to treat malignant mesothelioma. They are also finding ways to diagnose it earlier.
Doctors are also looking at ways of preventing the cancer from forming in the first place. They are looking at new treatments for this cancer. New treatments include a combination of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. There are also new drugs being tested in clinical trials.
Q: What should I know about clinical trials for malignant mesothelioma?
A: Clinical trials are studies of new kinds of cancer treatments. Doctors use clinical trials to learn how well new treatments work and what their side effects are. Sometimes, doctors find new treatments that work better or have fewer side effects than current treatments. People who join these studies get to use the treatments before the FDA approves them for the public. People who join trials also help researchers learn more about cancer and help future people with cancer.


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2. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC
4. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS
5. "The OT," Fox
6. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS
7. "Football Night in America," NBC
8. "Person of Interest," CBS
9. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC
10. "The Walking Dead," AMC
11. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC
12. "60 Minutes," CBS
13. "Blue Bloods," CBS
14. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC
15. "Criminal Minds," CBS
16. "The Millers," CBS
17. NFL Football: Miami at Tampa Bay, ESPN
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Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart…Colossians 3:23
Trust in the Lord and do good…Psalm 37:3
The stars that twinkle and shine brightly in the heavens seem to remind us of the dazzling examples of our ancestors who went before us, leading our country to liberty and greatness. Those same stars also seem to represent the faithful, hardworking leaders who inspire and guide us in safeguarding and defending our freedoms today; and, finally, those same twinkling lights seem to promise the coming of new generations who will be led and inspired to carry on that same yearning for freedom and dedication to preserving liberty for all of our tomorrows.
Inspired by our legacy, let us shine brightly in our time.
Welcome to the Tennessee Daughters of the American Revolution website – we are so glad you are interested in who we are and what we do!
The National Society DAR (dar.org) was begun on October 11, 1890; our Tennessee Society came soon after that on December 18, 1892, with the organization of the Hermitage Chapter in Memphis. The founding members of the National and State Societies were patriotic women who saw a need for a "patriotic, historical, and genealogical" organization which would carry forward the legacy of the founders of America by preserving historical sites and objects, promoting knowledge of American history and citizenship, and fostering true patriotism and love of county among the American people. Since that time, our organization has been dedicated to these objectives of historic preservation, education, and patriotism, and our many areas of work reflect those goals.
On this website, you will find information about how to become a member of DAR and where our Tennessee chapters are located; the special group of women we call Juniors (those members who are 18-35 years of age); our five Tennessee Historic Sites and the Tennessee Period Room in Washington, D.C.; awards and contests sponsored by the Tennessee Society; and our Tennessee executive officers.
The 5,700 Tennessee Daughters enthusiastically welcome your interest and encourage you to join with us in our important activities and projects. We hope you enjoy visiting our website and find the information you seek. Please contact us (tndar.org/officers) if we can be of help to you.
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I'm curious if anyone has any interest in a Zimlet that you could drop an e-mail onto to create a PDF of the "printable" e-mail view.
I'm not a programmer, but I might tinker or perhaps call in some favors and maybe a bit o' bounty to make this happen.
We have a 90 day message lifetime policy to keep our backups nice n' small for portability sake. The ability to have users store important messages locally would be nice, but would have to be in such a way that they could not be modified, or re-imported.
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The NIST colloquium series provides an opportunity for staff to hear the views of outstanding scientists, scholars, explorers, and leaders on topics of current interest. It is a distinguished lecturer series to raise the intellectual climate at NIST: challenging, visionary, and speculative concepts are welcome.
Speakers have included dozens of Nobel Prize and MacArthur Fellowship winners, as well as foremost leaders in industry and government. A number of prominent writers, academics, and historians have spoken in the series.
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When I read this, all I see is dollar signs. Anyone who has lived here pre el niño knows this is a bunch of bs.
When I read this, all I see is dollar signs. Anyone who has lived here pre el niño knows this is a bunch of bs.
I can see what your saying im assuming you havent seen the deer numbers that they are talking about then? but i can see how there out to make more money thats what government is all about lol
Wow 20% increase in antelope, 21% increace in bull elk tags, and 28% increase in SHEEP TAGS. Those are all huge increases for one year.
There is some zones here in ca where caf&g issues 3000 buck deer tags and I can say there isn't 3000 bucks in the whole zone, in this zone there was only some thing like 83 bucks killed last year and most were forkys,what a joke huh....and let alone, very few mature bucks. Ca just wants the money! It's that high tag quota that will never even give some of these zones a chance to grow mature animals.
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All about the dollar bill people!!!! The populations in the areas I hunt are very low. Now if I saw this about 5 years ago I might have a different opinion.
Oh ya and to increase sheep tags!!!! Are you EFing kidding me! Didn't Nv just have a huge death toll to sheep with pneumonia and CWD? Pretty stupid of you ask me. I would say the Elk and Pronghorn heards are healthy and can hold strong with some increase but the sheep and deer I think should be less for both Res and Non Res.
I think, by far, Nevada has done some of the best big game management in the west. If the biologist feel the increases are warranted, I'm not going to argue with them. As for the pneumonia killing the sheep, as far as I know it was isolated to the rocky mtn bighorns, and they cut the non res tags.


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Te'o doing tough balancing act at NFL combine
INDIANAPOLIS Manti Te'o walked into a crowded room of reporters Saturday, took a breath and settled in for 15 minutes of NFL scouting combine history.
Again, the former Notre Dame linebacker explained how he had been duped into an Internet romance he had with a girlfriend he never met. He did his best to turn the page on an embarrassing chapter by talking football. This time, he even got to see it play out on live television 12 yards away - where three muted flat-screen monitors were in direct view of Te'o.
He answered every question with thoughtful deliberation and tried to provide clarity on a hoax that turned one of the nation's most inspirational college football players into the butt of national jokes.
"I cared for somebody. That's what I was taught to do ever since I was young. Somebody needs help, you help them out," Te'o said.
Later he added: "People doubted me because I took a while to come out. From our point of view, we wanted to let everything come out first, and then let my side come out. The way we did it, I thought, worked best for me."
Te'o's news conference was the most anticipated event of the NFL's second-biggest offseason weekend, which brought the makeshift media room inside Lucas Oil Stadium to a virtual standstill - twice.
The too-good-to-be-true story began with Te'o's incredible performances after learning his grandmother and what he believed was his girlfriend had died within hours of one another in September. Te'o said it inspired him to play his best football all season, and it was so compelling that it helped turn Te'o into a Heisman Trophy contender as he was leading the Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season and into the national championship game.
On Dec. 26, Te'o notified Notre Dame officials that he had received a call from his supposedly dead girlfriend's phone three weeks earlier.
The school investigated and on Jan. 16 - after Deadspin.com broke the story of the fake girlfriend - athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced at a news conference that Te'o had been duped. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, 22, later said he created the online persona of Lennay Kekua, a nonexistent woman who Te'o said he fell in love with despite never meeting her in person.
Since then, Te'o had only done a few one-on-one interviews.
On Saturday all that changed as many of the 800 credentialed media members surrounded the podium in rows that went eight deep. Te'o wore a tie-died red-and-black workout shirt.
"It's pretty crazy," said Te'o, who has played most of his games on national television and was one of the most recognizable college players last season. "I've been in front of a few cameras before, but never as many as this."
Only two scenes from the combine over the past 15 years could even compare to what Te'o had to contend with Saturday.
The first came in 2004 when former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett was allowed to participate in the combine after a court ruled he should be allowed to enter the draft after finishing high school only two years earlier. That decision was later reversed.
The other time was 2010, when Heisman Trophy winner and two-time national champion Tim Tebow stepped to the podium in Indianapolis and everyone, including those listening to Packers coach Mike McCarthy, sprinted to the opposite end of the room for Tebow.
This was different.
When word leaked Te'o would speak at about noon, reporters immediately surrounded the podium. Over the next 25 minutes, rumors circulated that in a rare and possibly unprecedented move, Te'o's agent would speak from the podium. That did not happen. There also was speculation that Te'o might deliver an opening statement like the then-injured Michael Crabtree did in 2009 and Cam Newton did two years later. That did not happen, either, though Te'o did make a closing statement in which he thanked his family, friends and fans for standing by him during this tumultuous month.


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Update on Las Malvinas Group"Las Malvinas" communal bank is composed of 10 responsible and hard-working members who have seen improvements over the course of time.
Maximina is an outstanding woman who has, with effort, been able to offer her family a better quality of life. At present, she operates a general store from her house and, despite the competition, she has managed to capture some of their customers. Maximina is requesting her loan to purchase drinks, groceries, and candy. Her goal is to continue to improve her business. She is 47 years old, married, and has 2 dependent children.
"Las Malvinas" Group expresses its gratitude to Kiva investors for the aid offered.
In the photo, Maximina is in the back, the 3rd person from the left, and is wearing black.
Previous Loan DetailsThe "Las Malvinas" communal bank has 10 responsible members who seek to improve more every day. This is Rebeca's case. She's 45-years-old, married and has three children. In order to get ahead and provide better quality of life for her family, Rebeca has carried out a variety of activities lik... More from Las Malvinas Group's previous loan »
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About EDAPROSPOEDAPROSPO seeks to use micro-credit to foster productive commercial activity for the sake of economic and social development within vulnerable urban and rural sectors traditionally neglected by commercial banks. By offering innovative products such as technical education loans and microfinance groups for young people, EDAPROSPO helps disadvantaged Peruvians lift themselves out of poverty.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
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- Oct 16, 2013
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Tampa, FL -- Call it a girl's night out for cancer patients. The American Cancer Society's Look Good...Feel Better workshop helps women with different types of cancer in different stages, some recently diagnosed, others battling for months, all with common challenges.
"From the time that I recently got diagnosed, thinned out real good here," Mary Mixon said as she fluffs the hair on top of her head. "My skin's been really dry all over my whole body."
"They're saying you're going to have some discoloring and you're going to be seeing some things that you're not going to be really happy with," Laura Lopresto said.
Mary was diagnosed March 1st with endocrine isolated pancreatic cancer after a CAT Scan revealed what was making her so sick. She's had to undergo two different kinds of chemotherapy and radiation.
Laura underwent an emergency appendectomy to remove an adenocarcinoma tumor. The rare tumor has the potential to develop cancer.
Look Good...Feel Better isn't just about looking good, but how a night of laughs and lipstick can change attitudes.
"I believe this will bring them around, boost up self-esteem, and it has with my wife. I can tell these ladies enjoy it," Jose Santiago said.
"I'm lucky to be here at Hope Lodge. I feel like a princess. I feel honored to be here," Mary said. "Ever since I came here, it's helped my morale."
The volunteers say it's even more rewarding for them.
"I tend to get more out of it than some of the ladies who come," Mystic Hair Stylist Heather Goodman said. "I come, maybe tired from working, but when I leave I'm just blessed to get to experience these women who are fighting for their life."
After two years of sharing her time, Heather has noticed these patients enjoy spending time with others going through treatment. "I see a lot of curious women who just want to experience something fun and also experience something with someone else who's going through the same thing that they're going through."
The patients say the stories, smiles and styling tips make them go home inspired.
"Nobody knows how they're going to deal with total hair loss. I don't. I'm petrified because I'm scared of what's going to happen, but when I see all these other ladies that walk around, they're still smiling and doing fine. I'll get through it along with millions of other women, but it's these kinds of groups that help these women," Laura said. "Having a small group of people you've never come in contact with before - but you can sit and smile and talk and share stories - I think that's amazing and it makes you go home feeling different."
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WHEELING-It will be back to the basics and hopefully a return to business as usual this winter for the Wheeling Central Catholic boys' basketball team.
Following a rare season in which the Maroon Knights won five games and didn't make it out of the sectional tournament, Coach Mel Stephens is looking for a return to the norm this time around.
''Last year our inexperience showed in a lot of games," said Stephens, who will open his 10th season as head coach on Dec. 11 when Wheeling Central plays host to single-A rival Magnolia.
One favorable part of the Maroon Knights' usually demanding schedule is that they will start out with three straight home games as Shadyside and Linsly will follow the Blue Eagles' visit to the 13th Street Gymnasium. However, eight of the last nine games heading into OVAC tournament week are road games.
''With nine players returning that had varsity experience, we expect to be much improved,'' he said.
Central, however, will have to do without last year's leading scorer, all-state football standout Braxton Nolte who is not listed on this year's roster. Also gone is Jawaun Smith.
Along with the experience factor to be provided by the return of four starting players, Stephens also is looking to restore some of the work ethic that made this program one of the best in the state in past years.
''We are looking to get back to (the) Central basketball tradition of playing good, hard, solid defense and having a lot of guys share the wealth on offense,'' Stephens said.
Depth also should be better as evidence by the numerous strong battles for starting positions that took place during the preseason.
The leading scorer returning is highly regarded junior David Park (6-foot-4), who averaged 10 points per game while playing on the point and at the off guard position last year. Park is one of five players competing for jobs and significant playing time at the wing spots.
Two are returning senior lettermen Justin Hammers (6-1) and Brian Felton (6-0), while also pushing hard were promising freshman Chase Harler (6-2) and sophomore Nate Bakaitis (5-10).
Hammers started most of the games last winter and averaged 6 ppg., along with displaying a lot of hustle on both ends of the court. Felton was brought off the bench when some outside shooting help was needed.
Some newcomers getting a look are sophomores Joe Minor (5-7), John McLaughlin (5-10) and Alex Price (5-8).
Junior Thomas Stanley (5-8) and juniors Raquan Ingram (5-9) and Jonathan Droginske (5-10) continue to compete for the point guard position. All three have had opportunities to run the show in the past.
Most of the duty at the two post spots will be divided among seniors Chance Siebieda (6-2), Brandon Wallace (6-4), Michael Pleva (6-3) and junior Alonzo Manns (6-2). Sophomores Peter Hartzell (5-9) and Matt Pleva (5-10), Michael's younger brother, are looking for backup opportunities.
The goals are the same as ever for the Maroon Knights during Stephens' stewardship of the school's highly successful basketball program. ''We want to be improve every day and be playing our best basketball in March,'' he said.
This formula has worked consistently in his previous nine years. During this span, the Maroon Knights captured four state championships and were the West Virginia Class A runner-up on one occasion.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- We're featuring a robotics course
where the student is the one teaching the teachers and he believes it's his way to give back.
"I'm here because I have the opportunity to take something I'm really passionate about and help others create the same passion," said Cyrus Tabrizi.
The 18-year-old from Thomas Jefferson High School says his love for robots started with STEM courses when he was in elementary school. So when he learned he could help other children build and program them he was all in.
"The Lego 'We Do' kit is a computer- based Lego Robotics kit," said Cyrus. He is now teaching teachers how to use it.
Sixth grade teacher Ashley Longosz told us, "And we had never used them before so we were a little nervous to use them and he just dove right in and stared telling us all about them."
Even though Cyrus is still a student himself. His ease with the topic made the teachers forget they were learning from a teen.
"We just kind of starting talking I said 'here's the kit. What do you guys want to do with it?'" remembered Cyrus.
Longosz said, "I felt like he was an adult in there teaching us."
With their concerns gone, teachers are using their robots to break down barriers with students and not only about STEM subjects; Melassa Hosey teaches English As A Second Language.
Hosey told us, "I think this is something that I could give them in the beginning of the year because I have a lot if students that come in with no English, and they could just look at the guide and build this different things with the Legos."
For the sixth graders in Ashley Longosz' class, the lesson is to think big.
"Giving them the Lego kit and letting them explore they don't have to create the booklet version, they can be creative and do what ever they want with it," said Longosz.
And maybe some day they'll be able to give back to others, too.


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We're allowing users to have their mobiles provisioned with our server, and one of the security provisions (as mandated by our CEO) is that the enforcing of PIN's is adhered to.
This is all good, but the feature of a forced local wipe when the pin code is enforced is something that is causing a bit of a stir.
Ive read a few other articles/posts - about setting the max number of pin tries to 0, and/or to something ridiculously huge, and other information saying only valid numbers are between 4 and 16...
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Why does it matter that he's muslim?
quote:wrong guy, ace
There you go. Took out his religion as an act of appeasement.
I think the photographer is full of shite
So, essentially, the people of New York are complete self indulged a-holes
Abbassi said that he had 22 seconds from the time the guy landed on the tracks to the time the train hit him.
22 seconds seems like a sufficient amount of time to offer a hand.
Also, Abbassi said that his camera wasn't zoomed in, meaning that Abbassi actually was as close to the victim as the victim appears to the infamous photograph.
Notwithstanding, Abbassi also said that many more people were closer to the victim and never offered help during the 22 seconds that he was on the tracks.
So, essentially, the people of New York are complete self indulged a-holes...with exception being the victim who was confronting a known thug that was harrassing passerbys in the subway just before the thug pushed him to his death.
He's the tragic hero.
yet he won't tell his story to CNN unless they pay him
a whole lotta self-righteousness to pick that 22 seconds apart.
i want to know any of you who just witnessed a thug push a guy onto the tracks (and said thug is still standing there) would bend down to help the guy get up with your back to that same thug.
there were many other people even closer to the victime that also chose not to help.
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Why are Blackbirds' feet deformed?
Museum curator says cause not known; count shows population drop
Phil Unitt instantly recognized the mangled feet and missing toes as he recently examined a photo of a Mission Valley blackbird.
Unitt, curator of birds and mammals for the San Diego Natural History Museum, has gotten glimpses of the ailment for decades, spotting blackbirds hobbling on deformed feet from San Diego State University to San Francisco. He has even seen museum specimens with the condition, dating to the early 1960s.
And yet Unitt has no idea what causes the disease.
"It is by no means restricted to Mission Valley but is very widespread, in rural areas as well as urban," Unitt wrote in an e-mail to colleagues about the deformity.
The condition does not debilitate the birds to the point where the public is picking them up and taking them to be rehabilitated. But it may have contributed to the substantial decline of the Brewer's blackbird population in San Diego County, if not over a wider area, during the past 40 years.
Unitt, author of "San Diego Bird Atlas," searched unsuccessfully for scientific literature on the ailment while writing that tome. Researchers at the San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research also knew about the condition — and were equally baffled by its cause.
Scientists said the illness afflicts the common Brewer's blackbird, as well as some red-winged and tricolored blackbirds.
It shows up as foot lesions, malformations and eventual loss of toes, and has cropped up throughout San Diego County, the Channel Islands, parts of Riverside County and the Bay Area.
The birds soldier on with missing toes, but it's unclear whether the condition affects their ultimate survival. Infected birds apparently can still feed and fly, but could be vulnerable to predators if they're unable to perch.
Unitt and a colleague discussed the disease recently, after uncovering museum specimens of blackbirds with swollen and scaly feet. Then a photo of an afflicted blackbird submitted by a U-T San Diego reader piqued their interest in the mysterious ailment.
In hopes of gaining insight, as well as new samples, Unitt forwarded the photo to Bruce Rideout, director of Wildlife Disease Laboratories at the zoo's conservation institute, and to Project Wildlife, which rehabilitates sick or injured animals.
Rideout, whose job puts him at the forefront of wildlife pathology, was also perplexed.
Any number of contagions or contaminants could cause the lesions, he wrote in an e-mail to colleagues: avian pox or viral infection with secondary bacterial invasion, scaly leg mites, chronic irritation complicated by bacterial or fungal infections, exposure to caustic chemicals and blood parasites that constrict small blood vessels.
However, he cautioned: "None of these scenarios are a perfect fit with your descriptions and the high (affliction rate) you are seeing."
To solve the mystery, he said, he'd need to see live birds with sick feet. Molecular analysis of their tissue samples could help pinpoint a cause, he said.
Unidentified wildlife diseases aren't unheard of, Rideout said. With limited resources, researchers target the most egregious plagues — those that cause mass die-offs or wreak havoc on humans and domestic animals in addition to wildlife. Think West Nile virus and bird flu, which are both potentially lethal to birds and people, or Bluetongue disease, which kills deer and livestock.
"When you look at the landscape of things going on in wildlife, you're going to focus on things that cause mortality rather than nonfatal foot problems," Rideout said.
A chronic condition can become catastrophic, however, if other factors — such as changes in habitat, predation or other pathogens — set the stage for decline.
Brewer's blackbird is a common species that visits suburban lawns, parking lots and shopping malls, Unitt said.


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The Recreational EAN 32 Table is a complement to a watch and a depth gauge, allowing any diver to calculate safe decompression. Index of definitions on the opposite sides makes for an easy-to-use table.
Three options include three different sea depths, from sea level all the way to 10,000 feet of depth
The NAUI Dive Tables use a Letter Group designation to express the amount of residual nitrogen in your body. The letters range in sequence from A to L. The letter A represents a small amount of nitrogen and the amount of nitrogen increases as the letters progress towards L. When you dive, a Letter Group from the tables designates the amount of nitrogen you have absorbed during the dive. As you spend time on the surface between dives, you are assigned to "lower" Letter Groups as you offgas nitrogen.
When you start a dive again to a given depth, your Letter Group at that time determines the time representing the residual nitrogen in your body. The tables show you how to subtract this time from the normal dive time limits, which results in a shorter time limit for your repetitive dive. You must add your residual nitrogen time to the time you actually spent diving to determine your total nitrogen time at the end of the dive. You use the total time to determine a new end-of-dive Letter Group. The NAUI dive time calculator is based on the NAUI dive tables, but it eliminates the calculations required to determine Letter Groups when you make more than one dive. The dive time calculator also reduces the errors that are often made when reading dive tables. It is easy to learn how to use a dive time calculator, but you should do this only after you are familiar with the procedures for planning dive time limits using the dive tables. A dive time calculator might not always be available, but dive tables usually are (figure 5-4).
A variety of dive tables, dive time calculators, and dive computers exist. The information they provide varies and some are more conservative than others. Numbers and Letter Groups are not always interchangeable between tables. Always use the type of table, calculator, or computer with which you are familiar. If your dive buddy is using a different type, you should agree to use the most conservative dive planning information.


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Breakfast Champions take care of business
By Michele Dotson:Staff Writer
Business Networking International's (BNI) Mint Hill Breakfast Champions is a group of business professionals who gathers once a week to network, pass referrals, and share business ideas and marketing strategies. The club is open to all professions, but BNI allows only one person per profession to join a chapter. The overall goal is for members to help each other grow their businesses.
The international organization as over 150,000 members worldwide, and is considered the largest business networking organization in the world. According to its website, www.bni.com, the organization helped to generate 7.1 million referrals resulting in 3.3 billion dollars in business for its members. […]