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A popular philosophical argument for rationalizing the claims of religion and science states that they represent non-overlapping magisteria — in essence, positions held about one are irrelevant to the other since the two deal with irreconcilable metaphysical realms. Which brings us to the debate over how best to build software-defined and -controlled networks: Is there separation between physical and virtual elements? Should there be?
On one side we have SDN for physical networks, based on control of forwarding decisions and even topological connections among switches and routers via OpenFlow. On the other, we have virtual network overlays that create logical networks using virtual switches and layer virtual network application services (think firewalls, load balancers, VPN gateways, WAN optimizers) on top of the existing physical infrastructure.
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Safe N' See Digital Video Baby Monitor with 2 Cameras
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The Safe N'See digital baby monitor is Levana's unique wireless video baby monitor with ClearVu® digital technology. See and hear your baby with unbelievable precision up to 450' away. You will be able to confidently do the things you want while still ensuring your baby is safe…because you love.
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Relaxing Nightlight: The baby units have a gentle nightlight that you are able to turn on and off from the parent unit. Turn the light on if your baby is getting restless to calm them and turn it off when your baby is asleep, all without going into the baby's room.
Voice Activated Control: Conserve battery power and sleep well at night with VOX activation. VOX allows you to turn off the monitor while your child is safe and sound. It will only turn on when they make noise. You have the ability to adjust the level of sound needed in order for your monitor to turn on.
Rechargeable Monitor: When you're not on the move, simply put your monitor on its base to recharge – no batteries required! Enjoy up to 4 hours of continuous audio and video monitoring with a fully charged unit.
LED Noise Level Indication Lights: The monitor has LED lights on it that light up to display up to five different levels of sound. This means you can turn the volume all the way down, relax and still know when and how much noise your baby is making.
All-in-One Table Stand and Belt Clip: The table-stand also functions as a belt clip for ultra usability. Place the monitor upright with the table stand when you are in the same room. You can also carry the monitor with you and still have both hands available by using the belt clip.
Energy Efficient Power Adapters: The power adapters save you on power all while saving the environment. They are rated with a Level V efficiency standard which means they are 30% more energy efficient than other conventional power adapters.
Extensive Battery Life: Along with power saving features, the integrated rechargeable battery ensures long battery life for up to 4 hours of monitoring.
Wall Mount on Baby Cameras for the Best Viewing Angle: The cameras can be wall mounted so you can easily view your baby in its crib as well as see all other parts of the nursery.
Expands to Suit Your Needs: If you have more than one child to monitor or your child is mobile, monitoring multiple areas of your home is important. This system can support up to three additional cameras, making it possible to watch your baby wherever they wander.
24/7 Lifetime Live Customer Support: Our customer support team can be reached by phone 24/7 or by email and live web chat services, so you always have access to an expert.
- Advanced Clearvu® Wireless Technology allows you to clearly see your baby up to 450' away
- Temperature monitoring to help ensure your baby is safe and comfortable at all times
- Talk to Baby™ intercom lets you soothe your baby from a distance without having to go into the room
- Automatic Night Vision allows you to see your baby in complete darkness up to 10' away
- Turn the camera's night light on and off from the parent unit to help scare the monsters away
- Soothe your baby to sleep with your choice of 5 lullabies
- Turn on and change songs all from the parent unit
- Adjustable voice activated control conserves battery life and can be adjusted based on your baby's noise levels
- Easily recharge the monitor by placing it in its charging base
- LED noise indication lights indicate up to 5 levels of noise
- Belt clip/table stand allows for convenient portability
- Level V power adapter is over 30% more energy efficient than other power adapters
- Enjoy up to 4 hours of monitoring with the extensive battery life feature
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- Battery power the camera for completely wireless monitoring
- Camera can be wall mounted so you can easily view your baby
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- Optimum range is 150' when signal is passing through walls or floors. Microwave ovens (when in use) may cause signal disruption at close range. Buildings with metal frames may also cause signal disruption. Maximum transmission range is 450'.
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Create a flawless silhouette in seconds with our tummy-shaping torset. Sleek compression fabric fused with powerful, ultrathin panels, secretly tones and shapes the tummy and waist while smoothing the back. Designed with an open bust (so you can wear it with your favorite bra) and Vanishing Edge technology for a smooth, invisible fit that won't ride up.
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Beauty is in the details of this coverup with a pretty Deco lace inset at the hem. Its soft, languid flow has a bit of swing that we love over matching Deco Lace Tank and Pant.
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The Return of Salsa Meets Jazz
November 3, 2008. Posted by Vincent Bochis.Add new comment | Filed under: awilda, baritone saxophonist, bleecker, bobby sanabria, camero, chris washburne, folktales, greenwich village, guest artist, impresario, Jazz Alive, jazz classics, jazz returns, larry harlow, latin jazz, le poisson rouge, Notes, ronnie cuber, section members, tin tin deo, trombonist, virtuosity
Last month, Salsa Meets Jazz returned to Greenwich Village. The show was held at Le Poisson Rouge, located at the site of the old Village Gate, at Bleecker and Thompson, where Salsa Meets Jazz originated in the 1980's.Bobby Sanabria's nineteen piece juggernaut roared through two sets. The first set included new power arrangements of Latin jazz classics "Manteca" and "Tin Tin Deo." Selections from the band's latest album Big Band Urban Folktales included trombonist Chris Washburne's composition "Pink," which Sanabria described as a song that captures the sights in the city every summer. Trumpet great John Faddis' muscular virtuosity in "Tin Tin Deo" set the bar for the ozone-piercing trumpet work of the four regular section members. The defining rhythms of legendary guest artist, conguero Candido Camero, demonstrated that he continues, at the age of 87, to be a grand master who delights in connecting with the audience. Original Village Gate impresario Art D'Lugoff, who serves as a consultant to Salsa Meets Jazz and other productions, was on hand. WBGO's Awilda Rivera was the host for the evening.
On December 1, Salsa Meets Jazz returns to Le Poisson Rouge. Latin Jazz icon Larry Harlow and his orchestra will be joined by guest artist, the renowned baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber.


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I took my Mazda 6 to this guy for a wheel bearing replacement. Should be a relatively simple job. He replaced the wheel bearing after having to order a special Mazda one in and then sent me on my way. As I drove away my dash lit up like a Christmas tree. I spoke with the guy the next day as he was already closed by this point and he said it's probably the ABS sensor. He said there's a 50/50 chance that the sensor will need replacing whenever you replace a wheel bearing (apparently only true if you don't know what you're doing). He ordered an ABS sensor which arrived almost 2 weeks later, and it was the wrong one. Yet again had to wait almost 2 weeks for the right one. When it finally arrived and was fitted, the lights on my dash refused to leave. Not only that but there was a scraping sound coming from the wheel whenever I drove anywhere, and the car was pulling to the side. In the end I relented and took the car to a more experienced garage, who told me that this guy had messed everything up. The wheel bearing was put on the wrong way round, the ABS sensor wasn't right and hadn't been set up properly, and to top it all off he'd destroyed my ABS hub with a drill after trying to get the ABS sensor plug out of its socket. Everything had to be completely rebuilt and an original £140 bill turned into well over £700 to repair the damage. I just don't appreciate someone telling me that they can do a job when they're only assuming that they can. When it comes to cars you NEED to know what you're doing before you even attempt something, because (as was proven in this case) you can cause even more damage. Such a waste of time and money! I surely won't be going for the cheapest option in the future. I'll be giving my money to someone who will do the job right first time. Luckily I managed to get my money refunded, but that doesn't get me close to what I had to pay to fix everything.
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Parasites in Dogs: Worms, Fleas, Ticks, and Mites
- A dog could be infected with as many as 250 heartworms that are up to 16 inches long
- You can have ticks in
your own backyard…
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- A dog with only 25
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The Truth About Parasites in Dogs
Parasites, such as worms, ticks, fleas, and mites, are organisms that thrive by feeding off of other creatures. It's common for dogs to become infected at some point in their lives, but left untreated parasites can cause serious damage to your pet's health and quality of life. Monitoring your dog for changes in behavior, eating habits or water consumption will help you determine if your dog has parasites.
Discover Which Dog Parasite Risks Exist in Your State
Click a state on the map below to get important information about your region's parasite risk. See National Parasite Risk »
Some infected dogs have no symptoms. The only way to detect and properly treat internal parasites is through testing.
There are many parasites that can be harmful to your dog's health. Let's take a closer look at some of them.
Worms in Dogs
Though they are one of the most dangerous parasites in dogs, heartworms are extremely preventable. They are transmitted by mosquitoes and live in the heart and blood vessels of the lungs. Heartworm infection can affect many different organs of the dog but signs of heart and lung disease are most common.
Roundworms can be contracted in many different ways, frequently from a mother to her unborn puppy. Because there are so many ways for your dog to be infected with roundworms, they are very easy to spread. It is essential to keep your dog's living area clean and prevent them from eating wild animals.
The name "hookworm" is derived from the hook-like mouth-parts these parasites use to anchor themselves on the lining of the intestinal wall. Puppies should be treated for hookworm at 2,4,6 and 8 weeks of age due to the high rate of hookworm infection in newborn puppies.
Tapeworms are long, flat worms that attach to your dog's intestines. Dogs commonly contract tapeworms from fleas, mice and other rodents and segments of the worms are often found in on your dog's rear or in their feces. Though there are few symptoms associated with tapeworms, it is still important to treat them as soon as possible.
The whipworm is a common intestinal parasite in dogs. The parasites reside in the cecum, where the small intestine and large intestine meet. Whipworms can be difficult to diagnose because there are few signs of infection, so regular checkups are important.
Skin Parasites: Scabies, Ticks, Mites, and Fleas in Dogs
Caused by a highly contagious skin parasite, scabies tend to burrow in your dog's skin which can result in scabs and hair loss. Scabies causes severe itching which can lead to intense and prolonged scratching.
They are found in grassy or wooded areas and can attach themselves to you and your pet as you pass by. Although a tick's bite does not itself pose a direct threat to your dog's health, it can transmit serious (and sometimes fatal) diseases such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain fever.
Ear Mites
Barely visible to the human eye, ear mites live on the surface of ear canal skin. As these microscopic parasites feed in a dog's ear canal, they cause intense itching. A dog suffering from ear mites may be seen repeatedly scratching at his ears or violently shaking his head. If you see dark flecks resembling coffee grounds in your dog's ears, these are the mites' droppings.
Fleas can make any dog's life miserable (and their family's)! These small, blood-sucking insects like to feed on your dog and live anywhere your dog does. Fleas can quickly cause a long-lasting, major infestation in your home. Not only can fleabites cause discomfort, itchiness and severe skin reactions, they can potentially transmit tapeworms if accidentally ingested by your dog.
Other Internal Parasitic Dog Diseases
These tiny single-celled parasites, usually found in puppies, live in your dog's intestinal lining. Dogs become infected with by swallowing soil that contains coccidia. Left untreated, the parasites can cause diarrhea, weakness and dehydration.
Three Ways to Protect Your Dog Against Parasites
Get your Dog Tested Regularly
While it's fairly common for a dog to become infected with an internal or external parasite at some point, early treatment is crucial. A harmless parasite left untreated could eventually cause a life-threatening illness for your dog and pose a health risk to your family.
Focus on Prevention First
Preventative medicine is a much better option than costly treatments later. Getting your puppy or dog vaccinated and de-wormed regularly allows her immune system to thrive. Adult dogs also benefit from fecal examinations - which allow your veterinarian to diagnose parasites not controlled by monthly medications.
Bring your Dog in for an Annual Checkup
Bringing your dog to your veterinarian for regular parasite checkups is one of the most important things you can do to keep your dog, and your family, healthy. We offer different programs specifically designed for your dog's stage of life. Schedule an appointment to find out more.
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- Feed your dog a balanced diet and consider vitamin supplements to keep his immune system strong
- De-worm puppies at 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks of age
The Key to Treating Your Dog's Parasites
If your canine companion does happen to contract a parasite, the best course of action is to treat quickly and completely. Treatment will vary depending on whether the parasite is one that lives outside the body such as fleas, ticks and mites or inside the body, like whipworms, heartworms or ringworms. Though some parasites, like fleas and ticks, can be treated with shampoos and powders, most anti-parasite products require a prescription from your veterinarian.
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Cats are known for having specific preferences, from how she prefers to be pet to where she likes her bed to be. It's not unusual for cats to have particular preferences when it comes to their eating, but if your feline friend is a particularly picky eater, it could cause health problems. When cats go without food for more than 24 hours, they can develop fatty liver disease, which occurs when the liver metabolizes stored fat.
While not all picky eaters are going to run into health concerns, sometimes these types of cat behavior problems can cause a cat to lose or gain a significant amount of weight, both of which can negatively affect her overall well-being. Other times, pickiness at mealtimes can indicate another underlying health problem. Here's what you need to know to manage your cat's diet properly.
Figuring out what's wrong
Before you change anything about your cat's diet, it's a good idea to bring up any concerns you have with your veterinarian. Sudden loss of weight can be a sign of diabetes in cats, especially if she starts eating ravenously, according to VCA Animal Hospitals. Weight gain might be a sign of osteoarthritis or other pain. Changes in behavior are the most common signs that something health-related is up with your cat, so bring her to the veterinarian to rule out any underlying conditions that might need treatment.
Pinpointing the issue
If your cat has a normal examination from the vet but is still avoiding her dish, it's a good idea to figure out what other reasons might be behind the change in behavior. Some cats are sensitive to changes in their living environment - have you added a new pet, had a baby or moved recently? Even changes to your cat's routine may turn her off from eating - has your work schedule changed and you are feeding her at a different time? Other cats are simply finicky about the cleanliness of their dish - some prefer it to be squeaky clean in order to eat, so try washing it after each meal.
Changing for the better
Of course, if you have switched to a different type of food and your cat suddenly stopped eating, you know what to do. If the new food is part of plan for weight reduction in cats, introduce it to her slowly, mixing it with her old food and gradually adding more of the new food until you can eliminate the old food entirely.
Sometimes, a switch from free-feeding to specific mealtimes will force your cat to eat. Offer her the food she enjoys, then take it away after 30 minutes. Eventually, she will realize that she needs to eat right away if she doesn't want to be hungry later, Animal Planet reports.
Another trick to try is to change the temperature of the cat's food. Some cats don't like when their wet food is cold from the refrigerator, so consider keeping it out or warming it to room temperature before serving.
If your cat isn't eating because of a change in lifestyle, it's a good idea to establish a solid, comfortable routine and coax her into mealtimes with treats, a clean feeding dish and a peaceful eating environment, away from new pets or noisy children.


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Amp up the flavor in winter tomatoes with a little heat.
There's something about roasted tomatoes that's just really right this time of year. A little seasoning, and a little time in the oven, and something so distinctly characterized as "of summer" becomes something meant for winter�for soups and stews and sauces.
The buttery richness of roasted tomatoes lends itself perfectly to mid-winter comfort foods. We don't think you can go wrong with a classic soup-and-sandwich combination. In fact, we have two perfect soup recipes below for just that. The idea of a perfectly piping-hot tomato soup is a beautiful thing and great for kids (see how-to video), but the possibilities go on.

Roasted tomatoes mingle beautifully with pasta dishes, and they make a rich-and-tangy topping to meat or fish. Get adventurous with an exotic dish, like the ultimately comforting Israeli Shakshuka (recipe below), which features eggs simmered in a savory tomato sauce, or add roasted tomatoes to your own roasts and stews as you see fit.
Roasting is a great way to amp up the flavor in lackluster wintertime tomatoes, but this time of year you can certainly opt for canned. Pre-roasted canned tomatoes are readily available (kudos to you if you've got stores of your own!) or you can buy canned whole tomatoes and oven-roast them yourself.
Types and Tastes
Fire-Roasted: Fire-roasting lends a smoky flavor. This method involves broiling or grilling tomatoes on high heat for up to several minutes or until skins begin to blacken, depending on the size and type of tomato.
Slow-Roasted: Slow roasting brings out a sweeter, more concentrated tomato flavor, which can be achieved by roasting at low temperature for anywhere from 2 to 4 hours.
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Jan 11, 2013
Strategy: Smartphone Smackdown: Galaxy Note II vs. Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5
While Apple set the standard for smartphone features and performance, Google and its hardware partners aren't sitting still. Today the gap between the latest iPhone and Android devices is vanishingly thin; just how narrow will become apparent as we take a closer look at Samsung's Galaxy Note II — one of the first high-end phones equipped with Android's latest and best release, 4.1, affectionately known as Jelly Bean.
Although sales statistics say it's a two-platform race, with a recent third-quarter estimate showing iOS and Android control about 95% of the U.S. smartphone market, Microsoft is making a last-ditch attempt at mobile relevance with Windows Phone 8. We'll look at the flagship phone from Nokia, the Lumia 920, that showcases the new OS to see if Windows Phone has a shot or if Microsoft will remain shackled to its PC legacy.
Our hands-on testing shows that, at least at the high end, Android has effectively pulled even with the iPhone in performance and smooth, responsive UI, while the "app gap" is rapidly closing. While the Lumia is also a fine piece of hardware, it's paired with an OS that eschews established smartphone conventions by mirroring the UI made famous (or infamous) by Windows 8 PCs. It's fresh and different, but often not in a good way, while the app selection is slim by comparison.
The iPhone remains competitive and packs a lot of power into a small package, but users who don't need the thinnest, lightest device and aren't married to Apple's ecosystem will find decent performance, beautiful screens and high-res cameras on both competitors. (S6261212)
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Description: This report describes the strategy for the Miombo Network Initiative, developed at an International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) intercore-project workshop in Malawi in December 1995 and further refined during the Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) Open Science Meeting in January, 1996 and through consultation and review by the LUCC Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). The Miombo Network comprises of an international network of researchers working in concert on a 'community' research agenda developed to address the critical global change research questions for the miombo woodland ecosystems. The network also addresses capacity building and training needs in the Central, Eastern and Southern Africa (SAF) region, of the Global Change System for Analysis Research and Training (START). The research strategy described here provides the basis for a proposed IGBP Terrestrial Transect study of land cover and land use changes in the miombo ecosystems of Central Africa. It therefore resides administratively within the LUCC programme with linkages to other Programme Elements of the IGBP such as Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE). The report provides the framework for research activities aimed at understanding how land use is affecting land cover and associated ecosystem processes; assessing what contribution these changes are making to global change; ...
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Pete Rose Autographed Memorabilia and Collectibles
Pete Rose is the best hitter in baseball history and the numbers prove it. Rose is the all-time MLB leader in hits with 4,256, games played with 3,562 and at-bats with 14,053. Rose played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball, the majority for the Cincinnati Reds but also had short stints with the Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos.
Rose retired from playing as an extremely accomplished athlete, winning three World Series titles, three batting titles, one MVP award, two Gold Gloves, a Rookie of the Year award and was named to the All-Star team 17 times. Rose was simply a natural when it came to the game of baseball, it was his calling and he dominated the game for 23 years. Rose was a leader on one of the best teams in MLB history. During the 1970s, the Cincinnati Reds were dubbed "the Big Red Machine" for their sheer dominance of the game and collection of superstar players, including Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Tony Perez.
During 1975 and 1976, Pete Rose, alongside his star-studded team, helped the Reds to back-to-back World Series titles. During the 1976 playoffs, the Reds didn't lose a single game, and became the first team since the playoff format expanded in 1969 to go undefeated in the postseason. Rose impacted these two championship teams drastically when he sacrificed himself by switching from his usual position in the outfield to play third base, which helped the team utilize all of its assets.
During the 1978 season, Rose experienced one of the many highlights of his career. On June 14th of that season, Rose recorded a hit against the Chicago Cubs, and went on to record a hit in every game he played in until August 1st. Rose made a valiant effort to challenge Joe DiMaggio's iconic 56-game hitting streak, but failed to get a hit after 44-consecutive games. His streak of 44 games is the third-longest hit streak in MLB history, which makes Pete Rose memorabilia a true treasure for any baseball collection.
- Pete Rose Signed Jerseys: Pete Rose was an incredible hitter. The 17-time All-Star basically rewrote the baseball record books during his lengthy career. The time to invest Pete Rose collectibles is now because they constantly retain value as fans realize the huge impact he had on the game. An autographed Pete Rose jersey highlights the All-Star's contribution to the Reds during the Golden Age of baseball and holds a high value due to his iconic place in MLB history. A Pete Rose autographed jersey is the perfect addition to make to a Reds memorabilia collection, and it should be added soon before it's no longer available.
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- Pete Rose Autographed Bats: An autographed Pete Rose bat is a great addition to any MLB memorabilia collection seeing as he owns pretty much every significant hitting record in league history. A Pete Rose signed bat can be the piece of memorabilia that elevates your collection from an average one to an excellent one. Known as the "Hit King" in honor of his MLB-record 4,256 career hits, there is no better way to celebrate his illustrious career than with a Pete Rose autographed bat. A bat with a rare Pete Rose autograph preserve the career of one of the greatest to step up to the plate and serves as an investment that will acquire even more value over time.
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Skip to comments.Doctor Shortage Could Cause Health Care Crash
Posted on 11/15/2012 12:55:40 AM PST by CutePuppy
The United States will require at least 52,000 more family doctors in the year 2025 to keep up with the growing and increasingly older U.S. population, a new study found.
The predictions also reflect the passage of the Affordable Care Act a change that will expand health insurance coverage to an additional 38 million Americans.
"The health care consumer that values the relationship with a personal physician, particularly in areas already struggling with access to primary care physicians should be aware of potential access challenges that they may face in the future if the production of primary care physicians does not increase," said Dr. Andrew Bazemore, director of the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Primary Care and co-author of the study published Monday in the Annals of Family Medicine.
Stephen Petterson, senior health policy researcher at the Robert Graham Center, said the government should take steps and quickly to address the problem before it gets out of hand.
"There needs to be more primary care incentive programs that give a bonus to physicians who treat Medicaid patients in effort to reduce the compensation gap between specialists and primary care physicians," said Petterson, who co-authored the study with Bazemore.
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Green added that he believes this is because currently primary care specialties are not well paid, well treated or respected as compared to subspecialists.
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Perhaps the best known example of this approach has been Massachusetts, which since 2006 has mandated that every resident obtain health insurance and those that are below the federal poverty level gain free access to health care. But although the state has the second-highest ratio of primary care physicians to population of any state, they are struggling with access to primary care physicians.
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RomneyCare in MA already shows the strain of access to healthcare. 'Tis the future of ObamaCare or single-payer (government-paid) "planned economy" of health care.
Some doctors already understand what's coming: "Coverage" and "access" are not the same thing, when it takes months or a year to see primary care physician.
But the people of MA wanted it, and Romney said it was good for MA. They were told about the "coverage" part, nobody told them about the "access" part, which is basically rationing of health care and hits mostly those who can least afford to pay?
Liberals must think money and doctors grow magically from trees.
I say, Good. Dying in the gutter, whether from a brick to the head, from war in Syria, from a Muslim dirty bomb, from hyperinflation and empty stores, from the disappearance of doctors—in other words, all the things the Obama voters voted for—is the only way morons who vote for Democrats will wake up.
And reality ??? That's an inconvenience. . . .Fast forward to 2015, and Obamacare in place. . . .and Doctors are disappearing faster than fried chicken at an Obamaphone convention. . .
"Doctor Shortage Could Cause Health Care Crash"
of course it will.
(doctors won't stay in the US to get taxed to the hilt... making no money... instead going go overseas for 6 months out of the year)
next question
Just watch all the minority doctors that quickly get minted in the next several years . . . .
The issue has got to be much more complicated than this, or it wouldn't require more than 2,000 pages of the bill and having to "pass it to know what's in it."
Is it possible that the smartest people on the planet (Obama, Pelosi and Reid and the "world's greatest deliberative body" didn't really "solve" all the health care problems?
This ER doctor is looking at international opportunities...
Gonna have to be honorary Doctors because medical schools can't crank em out that fast...
That's already printed in ObamaCare's many pages: new doctors will be trained in their native language(s).
Didn't you read that? :-/
Anybody else remember that, or was it a dream?
Uh... let's see... work my arse off as an undergrad to get into a good medical school... work my arse off in med school to get an internship... work my arse off as an intern so I can get a residency... work my arse off as a resident so I can spend the rest of my life being dictated to by some government commissar about what I can and can't do, what I can and can't charge...?
Uh... nah, don't think so!
Thanks to socialized medicine, there will be far fewer doctors in future, and an explosion of patients getting in on all that subsidized healthcare.
Good luck getting in the door of any hospital in America with an urgent problem.
Healthcare in the US id officially f*cked.
Entirely possible. Indeed, Probable. They appear to actually think you can change just one thing, and nothing else will change. Static analysis in the extreme. . .
Just goes to show, none have any practical, real-world experience. . .
Entirely possible. Indeed, Probable. They appear to actually think you can change just one thing, and nothing else will change. Static analysis in the extreme. . .
Just goes to show, none have any practical, real-world experience. . .
Yup....only so many spots at so many med schools and it's a loooong haul to the end.
I'm wondering if we will see a push to use nurse practioners in an expanded role.
Doctors will be replaced by computers. You enter your symptoms and the computer spits out a prescription.
Oh! Now the media tells us!
No matter how onerous health care rationing becomes for the majority, the Democrat elites will have the best. No doubt even today in Boston under Romneycare if Elizabeth Warren, Patrick Duval, John Kerry, the royal Kennedys, or even Mitt himself can get same day service with a primary care physician while the average senior waits months for an appointment.
Now that the federal government has rejected the free market it will have to ration services by some mechanism. Expect most life enhancing and prolonging services to be denied to the average citizen over age 75. Expect to see seniors die everday due to delayed receipt of essential services. Consultation with a real MD will become rare for the average citizen who will depend on nurse practitioners, PA's, and self treatment.
There will also be government regulations regarding priority of treatment in understaffed emergency rooms. When a white 65 year old female citizen insured by Medicare and suffering from a massive heart attack arrives in the emergency room at the same time as a 22 year uninsured male non English speaking undocumented gang member with a gunshot wound, who do you think will be treated first if there is only one MD available? Likely there will be a government regulations defining priority based on age, sex, and race.
One question is how will the elites be identified as having priority for service? When the 75 year non celebrity white Democrat Harvard professor emeritus, former undersecretary of state and frequent contributor to the NY Times editorial page lands in a Richmond, VA urban hospital one evening after suffering a heart attack at a conference, how will the hospital know to give him priority over the 12 year old minority gunshot victim? Will he have a special chip embedded in his arm or will there be a special notation on his Medicare card? Perhaps this is the real reason for the requirement all medical records are being digitized and linked in national databases. As soon as his record pops up, the ER staff sees a special flag that tells them to focus all of their efforts on saving the VIP.
Even more important, if you are a member of the elite class, is how your case is prioritized by the medical community when you need care at the same time as another VIP. For example will Warren Buffett have priority over a retired Leon Panetta or will senior government service triumph over private sector wealth when the best surgeon can only handle one person at a time? Will Jessie Jackson have priority over Hillary Clinton due to his race or will Hillary's sex and government service give her higher standing? Some government bureaucrat is going to have to write the rules to guide the caregivers because decisions like these are too important to delegate to the health care providers on the front line.
Imagine the rules for allocating organs or medicine when there is a shortage. Will access to the best brain surgeon in the US be limited to the elites only or will there be guidelines allowing her to handle a few cases of medical interest involving average citizens? Perhaps the Secretary of HHS will maintain the appointment books of the top surgeons, oncologists, and medical specialists in the nation.
My point is that health care rationing will necessarily result in the institutionalization of status and privilege defined by political leaders. Not unlike the royalty of Europe assigning titles to the upper crust of society. Perhaps the simplest thing is for us to acknowledge openly the concept of individual equality is now dead and move forward by having the government assign titles of rank to each citizen. The current administration might designate conservative average citizens in flyover country as "untouchable" to the applause of the media and academia.
Wonderful photo! He looks right at home.
I would think the best choice is to hustle up doctors from Cuba (they produce statistically more doctors than any nation on the face of the Earth). We develop friendly relations with those Cuba folks...which ought to be a priority with the Obama administration, and makes all the Latinos happy in the end.
This is all very logical from the Dem Ideologue's point of view.
1. There are too many people on Gaia, (Earth), using up the resources.
2. American are the most resource abusing people.
3. We must stop them from using to many resources for Gaia's sake.
Solution: Make as many of them die as possible.
2nd Solution: Make the method a law and the Sheeple will follow it especially if it takes years to do so.
Problem: If we do it overtly they Sheeple will fight back and stop us from achieving our goals.
And now we have Obamacare, Gaia will be saved.
That's exactly right. "Health care reform" -- whether in Massachusetts through Romneycare or in the U.S. under Obamacare -- was never about providing more health care to people. It was about forcing people to buy insurance whether they wanted to or not. That's why the insurance industry basically wrote Obamacare ... because a system where coverage is mandated while access is limited is an insurance company's dream.
My GP says he'll retire in the next year and he's only in his mid-50's. As far as doctor crunch...already here in our area due to much older population (I'm assuming.) Takes me 6 weeks to get an appt. with my GP. If it's something that is urgent, you either take an appt. with the Nurse Practitioner or go to the walk-in.
Took me 6 months to get an appt. with a neurologist who specializes in my disease (he was specialist who was based at the University.) Now he headed for the hills, resigned and took a job with a big name pharmaceutical.
And the most recent doctor shortage (in neurologists and other health care providers) in our area comes from a large health care conglomerate that can't come to an agreement with our insurance company (United). This health care conglomerate has several hospitals and a large portion of doctors in their organization (about 70% of neurologists in our area, it is estimated they include 34% of all health care facilities and providers.) So if they (the insurance and the health care conglomerate don't come to an agreement within a couple weeks...it's going to be bad news for lots of patients.) Crunch time at other hospitals and providers that will accept the plan.
Kill off the old white people that vote Republican so the young brown people that vote Democrat can survive til the next election.
Nice Op-Ed. I'd like to pass it on if you will.
You forgot to add the debt, accumulated as you "work your arse off."
Thanks to socialized medicine, there will be far fewer doctors in future, and an explosion of patients getting in on all that subsidized healthcare.
You mean, as in higher demand and lower supply? What do they call it in economics?
Healthcare in the US id officially f*cked.
I think that's the idea and the correct answer to the above question.
"Doctors will be replaced by computers. You enter your symptoms and the computer spits out a prescription."
Actually, I trust that more than an Affirmative Action trained doctor. My sister diagnosed our mom's deadly disease via Google after her A.A. doctor told her she was "just getting old" and sent her packing. Sister saved her life; doctor didn't want to be bothered.
[IBM's] Watson is almost there. All we need is enough "dumb" terminals and we're all set for health care Utopia.
OR it is working just as designed. It is not about heaqlthcare. It is about power and control. The country is moving toward the classic model of a ruling party elite who will have immediate access to the best health care and the rest of the fine life and a downtrodden mass of serfs who will wait in long lines and must conform to every diktat of the Regime or be consigned to even less care and a path to gradual death.
you mean the system we have, doctors, medicine, and hospitals... costs too much... so the solution is... to add 1m federal employees to oversee aforementioned system??
NO ONE actually believes it'll get cheaper. NO ONE.
meanwhile, not a single political type has suggested... even once... to promote education / creation of more medical types
econ101: price too high? increase supply
* Build many hospitals or urban outreach buildings. They will be filthy, just like in Mother Russia.
* Staff with poorly trained doctors or physicians assistants or some new title they invent.
We are FUBAR'd....
The key to "selling" socialized care is the allure of "universal coverage"..... Meaning everybody has a " health care policy" into which they pay monthly.
Basically another Social Security and Medicare style payroll deduction is considered ideal by the fascists/proto-fascists that now run this country.
The "key" to making it all work however, is having NO access to the system....which is best accomplished by having NO primary care docs.
This is only means by which the monthly payroll deduction can be retained for the play and use of the fascists. They consider the actual health care of those from whom they take the money "a waste of a good opportunity"
Anybody else remember that, or was it a dream?
About 20 years ago, there was an absolute cap placed on the number of Medicare-funded resident training positions in US hospitals. Since the number of residency positions was historically greater than the number of US medical school graduates, the difference was made up by foreign medical school graduates in the past. The number of US medical school graduates has been increasing since then, so the number of residency positions that are offered to foreign medical school graduates (and that are necessary to complete before the doctor can be licensed) is getting very small.
I think the statistic is that about 1/3 of US physicians are age 55 or above and so have already retired, are going to retire, are cutting back their hours, or at least aren't going to be expanding their practices.
I'm pretty sure that I've posted remarks about the physician supply problem since the Obamacare debate began (as have many others). Since it took 20 years for the gov't to create the problem, at best it would take them 20 years to undo the problem. (Think "Veterans Administration", "Post Office" and "FEMA"!)
But first, they must understand that there is a problem, which they don't. "Physician extenders" -- Nurse Practitioners and Physician's Assistants -- have been used for years, but the educational requirements are much less rigorous, and IMO the quality just isn't there.
My only advice is, "don't get sick". The only people who will do well under Obamacare are malpractice lawyers.
I've already lost my doctor to the Obamacare rules. My doctor owned a chain of about a dozen clinics, and being a physician, he also practiced in one of his clinics. Obamacare says that a doctor cannot own and operate a hospital or healthcare facility and practice in that place. My doc had a choice, stop being a doctor or give up his business. He chose to stop practicing medicine and just manage his chain of clinics. I had to find another doctor and now I've lost out by having a doctor who I've only seen twice versus one I've known for the past twenty years.
"Doctors are disappearing faster than fried chicken at an Obamaphone convention. . ."
I worked in the health care industry and they can't get out fast enough.
Didn't you read the bill?
"A major victory for nursing occurred with the designation of nurse-managed health clinics as eligible for federal funding in addition to a $50 million grant through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Nurse-managed health clinics will help train more nurses in primary and preventive care while strengthening the nation's healthcare safety net. The nurse practitioners who staff nurse-managed health clinics are by far the nation's fastest growing segment of primary care providers. Offering cost-effective, high-quality care to patients regardless of their ability to pay, these clinics are perfectly positioned to fill the provider gap that has been well documented by the shortage of primary care physicians."
Obamacare was a poisoned pill from the beginning. It was designed to fail, a feature not a bug. In a couple of years the sheeple will beg for single payer, the ultimate socialist nirvana....
The solution to the non problem is obvious.
Low Pay for a docter in America is better than No Pay in India or the Philippines
Medical schools? What medical schools?
Any of our illustrious investigative reporters check on enrollment lately?
No. The only few working today are stretched thin following Benghazi.
No one in their right mind would sign up for this.
100K per year to come out and deal with this at about 150K per year under Obamacare?
No takers.
We will have no doctors and no research and our pharmacuticals will be outdated
Of course, and it will go much further than that. We'll get to the point at which you'll be seeing people with 1 or 2 year degrees 'treating' patients. Then the media will spout 'studies' about how the treatment people are getting is actually as good or better than from physicians. You can bet, however, that politicians will still be seeing MDs.
"Doctors will be replaced by computers. You enter your symptoms and the computer spits out a prescription."
Way too much biological variability and way too many holes in what we understand to be able to approach medical care with a computer algorithm. Computers can be very helpful, but ultimately, it's really a 'fuzzy' logic based discipline. That doesn't mean they won't try, but people will get hurt.
We all received a really thick medical book that listed all the illnesses. You basically had to self diagnose yourself.
Or they will be staffed by foreigners like all the hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
The VA hospitals are like that now. Lots of Russian physicians that can barely speak English.
I'm going to guess that tourist locations may be interested in US-trained doctors to take care of their visitors, and may provide life-style amenities in an effort to attract such.
Aches and pains, moans and groans, taxation without representation and NOW having to watch the house salad who won reelection for the next four years?
I will prefer to close my eyes and drift away.
The Golden Years are a myth.
"Good! It's about time Americans had to live like the rest of the world!"
— 0bama's thoughts on this
It also looks like so called Medical Tourism is a growth industry in countries such as India, Costa Rica, Panama, etc. If you can schedule your procedure and travel, you can go to one of these countries and get first world treatment at second world prices.
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Skip to comments.Red Sox rule!!! Yankees are toast, dead, kaput..A-Rod still sucks...and all other baseball stuff..
Posted on 08/08/2013 11:40:01 AM PDT by ken5050
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Except for the NL East, which the Braves have all but locked up..we still have several exciting division and wild card races..
And there's always A-Rod...
Several years back..I did an ongoing baseball thread...if there's enough interest, judging by response, I'll start it again, and ping y'all..
So sound off about everything and anything baseball related..
I am a Napoli fan, not so much Red Sox. Rangers are finally getting hot again and hopefully will outpace the A's.
Okay, I decided to see how far back the NYY's are from the first place team vs. my lowly Seattle Mariners. Both are 11.5 games behind. Wow, if I were you I would be mad too; especially considering how much higher the NYY's payroll is.
Good job beating the Yankees third string, Ken :)
It does look like they are done. Can't put together a win. Either the pitching stinks, the hitting is absent, or they blow a lead like they did twice last night.
Yankees fan here. Your assessments are correct. Lost year.
How about that home plate play with Tampa.
Go Rays!
a) Buy the Boston Globe
b) Buy A-Rod's contract...( The Sawx can use a 3rd baseman)
They are BOTH lousy choices...
Loving the Red Sox this year despite all the stupid trades they've made recently.
Seeing the Yankees implode is beautiful.
Loving the Red Sox this year despite all the stupid trades they've made recently.
Seeing the Yankees implode is beautiful.
Why do they hate A-Rod? Because of his money? It seems like the whole world hates him. Like the Demo-haters and conservatives alike. Is it jealousy?
c) Fire Dan Shaughnessy!
Indeed...anyone outside the Skankees and the Sodomite Sox is welcome to the AL East crown.
Braves and Pirates have better records.
As long as you don't count the National League...where men are men and pitchers hit.
what is it with the penis envy of the Boston fans? They have a better team... move on. Yankees stink this year and probably for the next few unless they get a 250mil bailout like the Red Sox got from the Dodgers.
Once the Sox get to, say half the championships the Yankees have, then come back and brag.
An old fan of the Sox, I'm watching the season pass in awe and hoping - fingers crossed - that they don't do their usual end-of-season nosedive.
A-Rod is very damaged goods. His history with the Yankees has been marked by strange off and on the field behavior. For example, his barking out a sound when the Toronto Blue Jays 3rd baseman was attempting to catch a pop fly. Or when he tomahawked the ball out of the Red Sox player's glove while running to first base. Or his incredible claim that he only used anabolic steroids during the 3 years while he played for the Rangers. No one believes his stories, and he exudes a lack of class and tremendous amount of insecurity. While he won the Yankees a WS ring in '09, the rest of his tenure has been strange, at best, and dishonest at its worst. Yankees fans have always recognized the guy is a distraction, a cheater, and all about ME.
In addition to that, he is overpaid cheater.
He has almost always been a no show in the post season. He chokes.
He is the epitome of what is wrong with baseball.
27. That's all. Just 27.
I used to care til these spoiled bastards went on strike, so eff them and their million dollar contracts and drug use.
Cheaters, it's a kids game.
I am a lifelong Yankee fan who will admit that the reason the Yankees are as bad as they are goes straight to leadership...namely Joe Girardi. This clown should have stayed either with the Marlins or went to Chicago when he could have. IMHO, he cannot manage his way out of a piss soaked paper bag (Thanks George Patton). Now for the good part. The most interesting concept to me is which team will choke sooner and/or better, the Rays or the Red Sox? Too bad we can't get them to sit down to the same pot of stew....they can choke nicely together. I wish them both luck, and I'm sure you kmow what kind, don't you.
Three hottest teams in baseball right now, with my Royals being one of them, and the other two (Cleveland and Detroit) are in the same division; 6 and 8.5 games up respectfully :-(
Still, it's nice to finally have something to be excited about in KC in August, other than the Chiefs!
If you make the AL final, you're gonna get beat.
Sorry about that.....
And the Red Sox are SO with-it on the social diversity scene too!
All baseball teams should hold a "Gay Day" and have a "gay" guy throw out the first pitch..../snark
Reds fan here. I'm stuck with the daily ineptness that is Dusty Baker. Look for the Reds to make the wild card game, go to St. Louis or Pittsburgh, get blown out and reward Dusty with an extension.
Last year with a two game to zero lead in a best of five series against the Giants, Bruce Bochy managed circles around Dusty. It was embarrassing. Dusty does not know how to close the deal in post-season play.
Hey, Ken... I thought you were a Mets fan?? ;-)
~nutmeg (Red Sox fan)
As a Yankees hater since 1957, am really enjoying the A-Fraud debacle.
Considering you profile: Former Noo Yawka, now from Tampa area, you have strange affinities. I am glad the Sawx are having a good year, I attribute a LOT of it to John Farrell. Still, Tampa Bay consistently gets the most wins per payroll dollar of any team in the majors, playing in the most competitive division. John Maddon is flat out the best manager in baseball, imho. Farrell is the best Red Sox manager in my lifetime.
I still respect the Yankees, they have a long proud tradition. This year is lost, but they will almost certainly be back with a vengance.
How can you talk about the hottest teams in baseball now and fail to mention the Dodgers?
Batters like Napoli (who is something like 0 for 17) and Brandon Snyder really need to either get glasses, or re-learn how to connect the bat with the ball... hubby and I cringe lately when they come up to bat.
The TB Rays are RED HOT, and have better pitching than the Red Sox, from what I've seen lately. Rays' outfielder Wil Myers is amazing. If Longoria recovers from that foot injury by the post-season, I think the Rays are going to be very hard to beat.
The Red Sox start a 4-game stand tonight at the also red-hot Kansas City Royals. In previous years, facing the Royals was like facing the current lowly Houston Astros. You expect a team like the Red Sox to win, if not sweep the series.
The Red Sox did not sweep the Astros (over the past 3 nights), and it was looking pretty dismal for the Sox last night until Stephen Drew hit a 3-run homer in the 9th.
Just my 2 cents...
Perfectly said, and I remember those incidents you describe above, ie A-Fraud's "barking" when the Blue Jays' 3rd baseman was trying to catch a pop fly. What a classless jerk. Never liked him since Day One.
Of course now A-Fraud has proven to be a classless, lying, arrogant, selfish POS jerk.
The Yankees are burdened with too many too-old expensive has beens. I don't think this is the team they'll be fielding next season. Too bad about A-Fraud
Tribe not only can't beat Detroit, the guy who was tied for the team lead in homers gets dumped. Makes no sense at all.
He's an over-paid, arrogant drug-using has been who's poison in the clubhouse. He is a negative on almost all fronts.
But Yankees fans all suffer from one collective illness. Mass amnesia. You see, for Yankees fans, 2004 never happened. Their baseball calendar goes from 2003-2004. They never talk about 2004.
The Yankees loss in the 2004 post season is the single greatest collapse, the greatest CHOKE ever in the long history of baseball, yet they never mention it. They've block it out. The Yankees were ahead 3-0 in the series, and ahead late in game 4..AND THEY BLEW IT. CHOKED!!!
FYI..lots of Boston fans come down for a 3 game series. For the price of scalping two tickets at Fenway, let alone parking.. you can get airfare round rip, a decent hotel, game tickets, and enough left over for a few decent meals..
FYI..I grew up in the Bronx..a few miles from Yankee Stadium. In 1953..when I was 6..my aunt took me to my first ball game...she was a lifelong Yankees fan..going back to Murderer's Row. After the game, she had me stand outside the player's entrance..to try and get some autographs..None of the Yankees would stop tht day for this little kid. So, after an hour..we give up.. we're walking up the hill to the subway..we go past the visitor's entrance...the door opens, this man comes out..he was carrying several bats...he came over to me, knelt down, pulled out a bat, and spent about 5 minutes talking to me...and giving me "batting tips"..though I could barely hold the bat. The Yankees were playing the Red Sox that day, and the man was Ted Williams..and I became a lifelong fan..
I had to root for somebody in NY..and it was the other league..
But Cleveland is having an amazing year..and Francona might well be manager of the year. Kipness is a stud...
I know..wth..the Astros?!
RED SOX fan for life! When I lived in Bean Town I lived on Boylston St. I could hear the games when I kept my window open..well...not really but the roar of the crowd!
In other news- some things never change. The Yankess suck!!!
Go, Rays; go Royals!
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The cold snap gripping much of the country is surely prodding many to dream of owning a second home someplace warm, or of moving there for good. Data show that Florida's housing market might be in a sweet spot. Prices remain low, as Florida was among the states hit hardest by the collapse of the housing bubble, but prices are on the rise, so a purchase now would appear less risky than it would have a year ago.
But Florida also offers some object lessons. Its volatile housing market demonstrates the importance of thinking clearly about the pros and cons of buying a home when you don't have to. Placing the wrong bet can be very, very dangerous.
A large portion of Florida's housing market is driven by people who don't really need to buy, such as retirees who could stay where they are in other parts of the country and second-home buyers who could wait if conditions aren't right. That makes them more fickle than people who must move for a job or growing family. As a result, Florida home prices tend to swing to extremes.
Now things are getting better. The number of housing sales that closed in December was nearly 16% higher than a year earlier, according to Florida Realtors , a trade group. And the number of pending sales, or those with signed contracts that have not yet closed, was up nearly 40%. The median sales price remained affordable, at $154,000, up about 14% from a year earlier. Nationally, the median sales price was $180,600 in November, a 10% increase from a year earlier.
Median sales prices need to be taken with a grain of salt. They don't necessarily mean the average house value has grown 14% in Florida, because sometimes it's the pricier homes that move more briskly, other times it's the cheaper ones. A year ago, sales included more foreclosed homes going for fire-sale prices.
Because of the market's volatility, anyone considering buying a retirement or second home in Florida should pay special attention to some key questions.
First, how easily can the balance of supply and demand change? On many of the barrier islands off the East Coast, for instance, there's not much room for further development, so it's unlikely a flood of new homes will depress prices in these areas. But in many areas just a few miles away on the mainland there's plenty of undeveloped land. As prices rise, developers tend to break ground on single-family homes and condos, and that new supply slows the price gains or reverses them.


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