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Acute Pain Management in Dentistry
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
W. Choong Foong, BSc (Hons), PhD
Course Overview
This course will review pain pathophysiology and different classes of analgesic agents commonly used in dentistry. Specifically, the mechanism of action, adverse effects and drug interactions, as well as the indications for each class of analgesic will be presented. The presenter will discuss pharmacological strategies for peri-operative and post-operative pain management and the concept of the 'analgesic ladder.'
Course Objectives
At the completion of the course participants will be able to:
- Understand the mechanism of action, adverse effects, and drug interaction of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs), acetaminophen, opioids, and analgesic adjuncts (antidepressants, carbamazapine, capsacin)
- Identify the indications, precautions, and contra-indications of analgesic agents in general dentistry
- Understand the concept of the analgesic ladder
- Discuss the appropriate use of analgesic agents in dentistry
The Iroquois Club, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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TuitionIncludes a light dinner and refreshments.
Dentists - $125; Allied - $75
UDM Alumni: Dentist - $112.50; Allied - $67.50
If you choose to pay for a continuing education course by check, please note that the check must be received by UDM within ten (10) days of registration. If the check is not received within ten (10) days of registration, we will assume that you are no longer interested in the course and will remove you from the course roster and you will forfeit your held seat. If you register less than ten (10) days prior to the start of a course, payment will be accepted up to the course start time. If additional time is required, please contact 313-494-6626 prior to registering to make a payment arrangement.
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM; Registration table opens half an hour before the course begins.
CDE Credits
3 hours (Lecture)
This course meets the Michigan licensing requirement of at least one hour of continuing education in Pain and Symptom Management (required each renewal period for dentists and dental hygienists).
Registration Policy
For your convenience you may register up until 3:00 p.m. on the day prior to the start of the course with no additional charge. An additional non-refundable fee of $20 dollars per person, per course will be assessed to any registrations received after 3:00 p.m. the day prior to a course or to any same day or walk in registrations.
Refund and Cancellation Policy
A full refund less $25 will be granted if notification of cancellation is received by the Institute for Advanced Continuing Dental Education office two weeks (14 or more days) prior to the start of the course. If a cancellation is received less than two weeks (13 or less days) prior to the start of this course, a full refund less $100 will be granted. Refunds cannot be given for same day cancellations or no-shows.
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FormicaLinoleum wrote:
It's kind of weird to me that you see porny subtext, as we most certainly are not trying to create any. Is it because we're not wearing standard sports uniforms? I don't see it at all, but maybe that's because I know all these people and know that that's the furthest thing from anyone's mind.
For instance, the team in my area have posters all over the place with a heavy contingent of cartoon cleavage and short skirts, and similar imagery crops up elsewhere, at least in my limited experience. Also their website says: "Hot pants, short skirts, tights and stripey socks are encouraged"
Not that I'm criticising this necessarily, just wondering why it is so, since I can't see the link between roller skates and sexiness (possibly due to failure to get lucky at the roller discos of my youth.)

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Seagate Technology has unveiled its new lineup of performance-optimized solid-state drives (SSDs) designed for enterprise customers. Seagate became the first maker of hard disk drives (HDDs) that introduced a lineup of SSDs for enterprises and also the first hard drive manufacturer that decided to use both single-level cell (SLC) and multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory.
Seagate specifically positions its second-generation Pulsar solid-state drives for enterprise users and maces emphasize on their reliability rather than on pure performance. Both the Pulsar.2 and Pulsar XT.2 drives leverage Seagate's experience in product development, qualification, fulfillment and ongoing support. Seagate declares 0.44% annual failure rate (AFR) and 2 million hour meantime between failure (MTBF) rating for the Pulsar XT.2 and Pulsar.2 SSDs. Since the novelties are not designed for desktops or laptops, they can use Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 6Gb/s interface.
The Pulsar.2 SSD is the first MLC NAND flash-powered solid-state drive from an enterprise HDD vendor delivering the price/performance, data integrity, and endurance needed for performance-hungry enterprise applications. The drive can automatically detect and correct a multitude of data errors than can occur during normal drive operations to deliver the highest levels of enterprise-class data integrity and endurance. The Pulsar.2 supports both native 6Gb/s SAS and SATA 6Gb/s interfaces and available in 100GB, 200GB, 400GB and 800GB capacities.
The Pulsar XT.2 is SLC NAND-based, comes in 100GB, 200GB and 400GB capacities and features native SAS 6Gb/s interface. According to the maker, the Pulsar XT.2 SSD delivers the highest levels of consistent performance, data integrity, and drive endurance for the most demanding enterprise environments. The Pulsar XT.2 is the fastest drive in the Seagate portfolio, with sustainable random reads at 48K and writes at 22K IOPS and sequential reads at 360MB/s and writes at 300MB/s.
The Pulsar XT.2 is currently shipping to OEMs. Both the Pulsar XT.2 and Pulsar.2 will be generally available to the channel beginning Q2 of this year.
"HP continues to see new opportunities for solid state storage technology as customers increase virtual system workloads, needing higher performance while reducing power requirements. HP continues to look forward to storage technology advances from Seagate including wider SSD enablement across HP systems and workloads," said Jim Ganthier, HP industry standard software and systems vice president of marketing.


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Case Study: City of Rijswijk
City of Rijswijk Creates New Customer Care Centre With SugarCRM
Business Issue
Much of the relevant information for the City of Rijswijk's Customer Care Centre was held in a disparate array of recent and historic databases and data sources kept locally and nationally. As a result, it was not easy for front-line staff to access the information it required when assisting callers.
- Centralize information so it could be accessed seamlessly via a single interface
- Accommodate the city's existing IT systems
- Adapt to needs that differed from those of standard businesses
The Solution: Sugar Professional
Having first decided that citizens and local businesses could be viewed as customers with identifiable needs and objectives, municipal executives began searching for a flexible and feature-rich open-source CRM solution and found that Sugar fulfilled both requirements. In addition, they found that Sugar offered an extremely cost-effective solution and were particularly impressed by the ease with which it could be customized to suit their needs.
Business Benefits
- Enabled staff to answer 80 percent of most citizen questions on first contact
- Improved accuracy and completeness of data via Sugar's intuitive interface and easy-to-use data entry process
- Provided faster access to more complete and in-depth data
- Increased accountability and tracking capability


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Elected officials and other decision makers need the input of progressives like you. Grassroots pressure works. Make sure they hear your voice. Visit our action page to see several ways to take action now.


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iHerb Customer Reviews
Savings of: $2.39 (15% off)
Necessary For Baby's Development
Posted by babyandme on Jan 17, 2015
My boy is currently 15 month old. I started searching for Baby's DHA when he is nearing 1 year old. I have read the importance of DHA for brain and visual development and I do not want my bub to lose out on such important nutrient. This is especially so when he does not like formula milk as milk powder has fortified ingredients such as DHA and other vitamins. I stopped breastfeeding him when he turned 13 month old and we give him fresh cow's milk. However, fresh milk is not fortified with DHA hence my decision to purchase Nordic Naturals Baby's DHA with Vitamin when he turns one. Product: The small bottle is convenient and portable. However you may not be able to bring it along with you during holidays overseas because it is necessary to store bottle with original cap in the refrigerator. For accurate measurement, there is dropper that comes with the bottle in the box. Some reviewers mention that the dropper is hard to use. So far I do not have any problem with it. Taste: It tastes like normal adult's fish oil in capsules. I do not expect my bub to love it, therefore I have not tried to give him straight from the bottle. I would put a suitable amount into his porridge daily. I don't think he notices the additional ingredient. He would still eat his porridge as per normal. Note that the bowl would become very oily and hard to wash after that. Result: I have a very active and inquisitive baby. I started giving him Nordic Naturals Baby's DHA with Vitamin when he turns one. I believe that this item has played a part in developing his brain power. He has a very good memory. Although he is still not able to talk, he shows signs of understanding when we play puzzles and such and he is able to repeat what we taught him even a few days after that. In conclusion, I would purchase this item from iHerb again. The item comes packed nicely with other items which I have purchased. There is not even a dent on the box. Shipping time is on target. If you find this review useful to you, please click 'Yes'. Do check out my iHerb page for other reviews which I have purchased for my 15 month old bub.
Great DHA for baby/toddler
Posted by Reviewer1875032 on Feb 16, 2011
we give this to my one-year-old. The Nordic Naturals brand is excellent and high quality. We usually mix it with yogurt for breakfast. It smells fishy and is very oily but I wouldn't expect anything different from a quality liquid fish oil supplement. You cannot taste or smell it when mixed with the yogurt.
Good fish oil
Posted by FancyBeauty on Aug 31, 2012
This supplement doesn't contributes to the appearance of allergy, has good taste and contains healthy levels of vitamins A and D and omega 3-9 acids, which are so necessary for full development of the child. Добавка не вызывает аллергических реакций, имеет приятный вкус, а также содержит допустимо возможные соотношения витаминов А и D и омега-жирыне кислоты 3 и 9, которые необходимы для развития ребенка.
Essential for baby brain development
Posted by TrueReviews on Jul 08, 2014
I give this to my 8 month son. He happily takes it, although he smells like fish afterwards. It is a high quality product of pharmaceutical grade. It is made from cod liver oil, which has added Vitamin D. I believe this the single most important supplement every baby should get for optimal brain development. Click on my username for more reviews! If you thought that this review was helpful please feel free to press the 'yes' button.
Not too bad but start with less
Posted by Reviewer1737836 on Jan 04, 2011
Followed instructions to give 2 ml per feed over 2 feeds a day. Caused a slight indigestion to my 8.5 month old. Recommend to start with half the recommended dosage and maybe increase after a few weeks. :)
Easy to give baby
Posted by eathealthy on Jun 29, 2013
Love this easy to give DHA oil. I mix this in with my son's rice cereal and fruit purees so he gets DHA and vit D. I was taking the Nordic Naturals prenatal DHA throughout my pregnancy and for the first 6 months to ensure he was getting DHA before starting solids, as I was breastfeeding. Now it is one less pill for me to take and I just mix this in to his food! If you like my review check out my page by clicking eathealthy in blue above to see reviews of all the products I have purchased from iHerb!
Good quality, but gives my baby a rash~
Posted by 4844851065099662852 on Aug 14, 2012
After feeding it for about 3 days to my 5-month old daughter, she begin to have a a red, irritated rash on her face, and the rash disappeared after stop using this product. I think mybe it is because my daughter is allergic to certain seafood, and the quality of the product is fine. By the way, my daughter is totally okay with the fishy flavor.
Wonderful product but can be a slight mess
Posted by Reviewer2702838 on Feb 01, 2011
Got this product based on past reviews. No fishy smell and my baby loved it. However, the pipette provided can be improved as it is hard to wash can breaks easily
El bebé lo tolera bien
Posted by Reviewer1461029 on Apr 04, 2011
Parece un buen producto, el bebé lo tolera bien, sólo he apreciado que quizas le produce un poco de gases, pero no es significativo.
Good taste
Posted by Reviewer2354238 on Oct 05, 2011
I always put it into baby's milk and he don't refuse it . Baby 's eyes are very bright , I believe it thanks to this brand's DHA product since I was pregnant


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Neumann University Concert Chorale
Neumann University's Concert Chorale celebrates the Christmas season on Friday, December 7, at 8:00 p.m. The Concert Chorale will perform many traditional and inspirational musical selections.
The Concert Chorale is under the direction of coloratura soprano Yukiko Ishida, DMA. A professor and vocal performer with international experience, Dr. Ishida teaches voice at Neumann. She is also soloist, music director and minister of music at Union Methodist Church in Havertown, PA.
The Concert Chorale is one of nine groups that comprise the Arts Guild at the University. Other organizations in the Guild are Center Stage Productions, the Cultural Arts Forum, the Delaware County Symphony, International Ballet Classique, Stages of Imagination Children's Theater, University Art Gallery, University Jazz Band, and University Players. Together, these groups draw almost 15,000 people to campus each year.
The concert will take place in the Meagher Theatre, located in the campus Thomas A. Bruder, Jr. Life Center. General admission is $8; Seniors/Students $5; and Neumann students with ID and children under 12 are free. Please call 610-558-5626 for details.
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An original member of the First Thursday Society of Japanese printmakers, Rikio Takahashi's work formed part of the resurgence of artist printmaking in Japan following the Second World War. Born in 1917 in Tokyo, Takahashi originally trained as an oil painter, moving his focus to printmaking as a pupil of Onchi Kôshirô between 1949 and 1955.
Abstract art was banned by the Japanese government during wartime, and the 1950s saw its rebirth as the foremost style of contemporary Japanese prints. After Takahashi completed his training under Kôshirô, concentrating primarily on woodblock techniques, he studied further at the California Institute of Art, and remained active in printmaking until his death in 1999.
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Further information will be added to this site as the National Gallery proceeds with its research and documentation.
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Trust me we will find something.
Great idea Raiff. Love it.
Husband, Father, and Friend.
Scout Master and Cub Master for Troop/Pack 705 of
Hey Prez.... here is a couple of group shots from the Spring? NEHHA for the official album.
~ Sky
SkyPainter - "... and then the police came."
All these years people said,"He's acting like a kid!"
He did not know that he could not fly, and so, he DID!
Live Purposefully; Dare Greatly; Land Gently
"Never knock on Death's door - just ring the bell and run! He hates that!"
My outdoorsy YouTube channel is: "WMICommissioner"
Put me down as a distant maybe. I'm new to hammocking and may not have the gear built up to swing the temps we're likely to get. I'm excited to meet everyone though. We have some land in central nh adjacent to a big hiking area. It might make a good location for a group hang someday down the line. Plenty of trees.
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Community Notebook
Friday deadline for Pomfret residents
Friday is the last day for town of Pomfret residents located in the North End Water District to submit applications to connect to the first phase of the project without incurring a fee. Applications may be turned in to the clerk's office between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Any applications submitted after Friday will be subject to a fee of $250.
Non-credit courses
at JCC North County Center begin soon
Several non-credit courses begin soon at Jamestown Community College's North County Center in Dunkirk.
Computer-related: Introduction to Word Processing Using Microsoft Word Part I: 12:30-4 p.m., Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 ($70).
Career enrichment: Bar-rier Precautions: 1-4 p.m., Jan. 23 ($30); Dementia: Understanding Wandering: 10 a.m.-noon, Jan. 24 ($29); Leadership Skills for New Managers series: 8:30-11 a.m., Tuesdays, Jan. 29-April 23 ($196); Making the Transition From a Team Member to a Supervisor: 8:30-11 a.m., Ja. 29 ($59).
Personal enrichment: Mat Pilates: 6-7 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 15-Feb. 21 ($60); Yoga: 7-8 p.m., Tuesdays, Jan. 15-March 5 ($50); Ballroom Dance for Couples: 7-8 p.m., Wednes-days, Jan. 16-March 6 ($124); Explore Watercolor Painting II: 6-8:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Jan. 22-Feb. 26 ($85); Creative Writing for the Budding Author: 6-8 p.m., Wednesdays, Jan. 23-Feb. 27 ($79); The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia & Alzheimer's: 1-3 p.m., Jan. 24 ($10); Still Life Oil Painting, 7-9 p.m., Wednes-days, Feb. 6-March 13 ($89); and Exploring Italian Wine, 7-9 p.m., Feb. 11 ($35).
A point and insurance reduction course will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 19. The fee is $35.
To register, or for more information on a course, call JCC, 363-6500, or visit www.sunyjcc.edu/continuinged.
Brocton library
pre-school story hour, early elementary
program Friday
The Ahira Hall Memorial Library will host Pre-School Story Hour with Mary Ellen Westin and Susan Raymond on Friday at 10 a.m. The theme will be winter. Note the new day and time for the story hour.
Later in the afternoon at 2:45 p.m., the library will host the early elementary program for grades pre-K through first grades with library staff and volunteers. The theme for this event will be winter fun.
For more information, contact the library at 37 E. Main St., Brocton or call 792-9418.
Brocton Library to feature art exhibit
The Ahira Hall Memorial Library's Art at the Library Exhibition Series will present Inspired by Nature, works by Lucy Andrus. The exhibit will open Monday and run through Feb. 2. The library is located at 37 E. Main St., Brocton.
For more information, contact the library at 792-9418.
Gowanda Neighborhood Watch meeting set for Jan. 23
The Gowanda Neighbor-hood Watch will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 in the board room at the Village Hall, 27 E. Main St., Gowanda.
CCIDA meets Tuesday
The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency board of directors will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the CCIDA board room, 200 Harrison St., Jamestown.


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Legends of the Trail - Page 6
Naylor and one of his beloved Border Collies running in the rugged fells near his home.
In the UK Fells with
Joss Naylor
They say that 76-year-old Joss Naylor is still a sight to behold as he runs England's Lake District fells, his lanky body bending easily and his arms outstretched, bird-like, as he moves over the technical terrain. "He keeps a steely glint in His eye and His muscles are like High-tension metal stretched to their limit," says Keith Richardson, who wrote Joss: the life and times of the legendary lake district fell runner and shepherd Joss Naylor (www.rivergretawriter.co.uk). "He is as light as a kite but also hard as nails." Almost any British sports fan would agree: Naylor is also an icon. The runner has spent most of his adult life bagging England's fells, usually in record time ... That is, when he's not farming sheep.
In a valley called Wasdale, in the Lake District's rural Cumbria county, Naylor lives in a 400-ish-year-old farmhouse on about 150 acres. The house and a small collection of outbuildings stand in a cluster on rolling hills between the valley's lake and steep fells dividing it from the next valley. His fields are cordoned off by rock walls—some as old as his house and some he has handmade—and he uses a posse of friendly Border Collies to work the sheep.
While most people come to this neck of the woods for summer vacation, this has always been Naylor's home and playground. Almost every day when the farm work is done, naylor takes his dogs and heads onto the fells. Says Richardson, "There is nothing Joss likes more than to be running on the fells with his dogs."
Naylor's life has been vibrantly punctuated by marriage to his wife, Mary, and their raising of three children. These days, Naylor also escapes to Spain during Wasdale's dark, snowy winters.
Naylor experienced major back and knee injuries during the first two decades of his life. residual inflexibility and pain from those injuries, however, didn't stop him from embracing the lake District's traditional culture of outdoor work and recreation. and, in his mid-20s, Naylor learned about the beauty of moving fast through the landscape when he entered a fell race near his family's home. Though Naylor did enter (and dominate) some competitions, he evolved a preference for running that most resembled that of the Bob graham round.
In 1932, Bob graham, a guesthouse owner in Keswick, a town located in the northern lake District, summited 42 local peaks in under 24 hours. When graham made his "rounds," a route that was between 63 and 65 miles with roughly 27,000 feet of elevation gain, this speed approach to fell travel had already been popular for at least three quarters of a century. graham set a high mark, though, that wouldn't be repeated until 1960.
In the 1970s, Naylor bettered the 24-hour record on three occasions, the best being in 1975 when he topped 72 peaks in 23 hours 11 minutes on a route he says was around 100 miles long with 38,000 feet of elevation gain (Naylor's record has twice been surpassed, most recently in 1997 by Mark Hartell, who nabbed 77 peaks in 23 hours 47 minutes). Naylor's solo fell efforts go on, including running 60 fells in about 36 hours when he was 60 and 70 fells in less than a day when he was 70. and last spring, as if in complete defiance of age, Naylor ran the boundaries of Wasdale, which involved close to 35 miles and 11,000 feet of climbing, in just under 10 hours.
"Don't be fooled by the man who didn't race much," says Richardson. "Joss was and is hyper-competitive, but mostly with himself. He never gives in.
"People love what Joss represents as a runner, a cumbrian character and someone who loves his homeland more than most else."
— 1936 >Joss Naylor is born in Wasdale Head, England.
— 1940s >. Naylor experiences a back injury that debilitates him for several years.
— 1954 > Naylor has surgery for an unknown knee injury. — 1958 > Two discs are surgically removed from Naylor's back in an attempt to relieve pain caused by a childhood injury.
— 1961 > Naylor participates in his first fell race, which takes place near Wasdale Head.
— 1971 > Naylor runs 61 Lake District Peaks in 23:37, breaking the previous Lake District 24-Hour Fell Record by one peak.
— 1972 > Naylor breaks his own Lake District 24-Hour Fell Record from the previous year, bagging 63 peaks in 23:35.
Naylor and one of his beloved Border Collies (left); and on a run in the rugged fells near his home.
— 1975 > Naylor runs 72 peaks in 23:11, resetting his own Lake District 24-Hour Fell Record by nine peaks (the record has since been twice re-broken). For this nine-peak jump in the record, which is often cited as fell running's greatest achievement, he was made Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
— 1986 > Fifty-year-old Naylor sets the still-standing record for running the Wainwrights, a set of 214 Lake District peaks, at 7 days 1 hour 25 minutes. His route was 391 miles long and contained 121,000 feet of ascent.
— 2012 > At 76, Naylor is chosen by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be an Olympic Torchbearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics for inspiring generations of runners.


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If an animal bites you or your child, follow these guidelines:
Doctors recommend getting a tetanus shot every 10 years. If your last one was more than five years ago and your wound is deep or dirty, your doctor may recommend a booster. Get the booster as soon as possible after the injury.
Domestic pets cause most animal bites. Dogs are more likely to bite than cats. Cat bites, however, are more likely to cause infection because they are usually puncture wounds and can't be thoroughly cleaned. Bites from nonimmunized domestic animals and wild animals carry the risk of rabies. Rabies is more common in bats, raccoons, skunks and foxes than in cats and dogs. Rabbits, squirrels and other rodents rarely carry rabies.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children or adults exposed to bats, or who are sleeping and discover bats present, seek medical advice, even if they don't think they've been bitten. This is because bat bite marks can be hard to see.
You have questions about your risk of rabies or about rabies prevention. If the bite was caused by a cat or a dog, try to confirm that its rabies vaccination is up to date. If the bite was caused by a wild animal, seek advice from your doctor about which animals are most likely to carry rabies.
Bats often carry rabies. And people have been infected without obvious signs of a bite. This is why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people in contact with bats — or even those who are sleeping and awaken to find a bat in the bedroom — seek medical advice about rabies shots, even if they don't think they've been bitten.
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Giardiasis, commonly known as giardia, is an intestinal infection caused by a small internal parasite. Although relatively uncommon, giardia has been known to affect cats, dogs and humans, so it is something that every pet owner should be aware of.
Giardia is the name of a small, protozoal parasite that clings to the intestinal wall of an animal or human. Typically, this parasite is ingested through food or water - a contaminated water supply, for example, may contain giardia. The infection may also spread in the body, and has been shown to be move from pets to humans as well.
The most common clinical sign of giardia in cats is diarrhea. Although many different illnesses cause diarrhea in cats, the stool caused by giardia will be particularly foul smelling, according to VCA Animal Hospitals. It may also be soft or watery and have a greenish tinge to it. In particularly bad cases, blood may be present as well, and the cat may begin to vomit.
If your cat has diarrhea of this description, you should make an appointment with a veterinarian as soon as possible. The infection is typically not fatal, but complications can arise in older felines or those with immune system deficiencies.


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In a bid to further popularize the Eee brand among different types of end-users, Asustek Computer has reportedly decided to add mainboards into the lineup. The reasons for the decision are completely unclear since Asus Eee is mainly associated with finished products, not components.
Asustek Computer has been expanding the Eee family of products for several quarters now by offering wider range of Eee PC netbooks and introducing small form-factor Eee Box desktop. In addition, the firm is projected to release iMac-like all-in-one desktop as well as Eee HDTV. All of the products are fully functional out-of-the-box.
According to a news-story at DigiTimes, Asustek also plans to add a mainboard lineup into Eee family. Given that motherboards are just components, Asus Eee mainboards will hardly fit into existing conception for Eee – easy-to-use and inexpensive fully-functional personal computers.
While addition of Eee-branded mainboards may attract additional attention to the trademark, the reasons for Asus to release such products are completely unclear.
Asustek did not comment on the news-story.


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About the Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton serves as the U.S. Secretary of State.
Early last Friday morning, I returned from a whirlwind trip through India and Thailand.
I went to India with the goal of strengthening the ties between our two governments, but I also hoped to deepen the connections between the American people and the people of India. As I wrote in an op-ed for the Times of India, "Our people share common interests, common values, and a common stake in the 21st century."
Despite arriving in the middle of monsoon season in Mumbai, I was warmly welcomed by Indian Ambassador-designate Tim Roemer, Chargé Peter Burleigh, and Consul General Paul Folmsbee. In Mumbai we chose to stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel in order to send a clear message that we stand in solidarity with the people of Mumbai and all those who were affected by the tragic 26/11 terrorist attacks. The Taj today represents a rebuke to those who failed to destroy the spirit and the resilience of the people of India. On the first morning of our stay I had the honor to commemorate those who died in the attacks and meet with some of the victims' families and survivors, as well as those who bravely assisted in the rescue efforts.
Later, I sat down with Indian business leaders to discuss a number of topics, including how Indian and American businesses can use innovation and entrepreneurship to spread prosperity more broadly across our two countries.
That afternoon, I toured the Hansiba retail shop, which sells goods through the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), a micro-finance organization that gives women in rural businesses loans to make crafts. I first visited SEWA in 1995 in Gujarat and could not be more pleased that more than a dozen years later it is now considered a true world leader in the empowerment of women.
The first day ended with an education and service-oriented town hall with Bollywood star Aamir Khan where we had a chance to discuss the education systems of our two countries and the extraordinary value of programs like Teach for America and Teach India.
The next morning I flew to New Delhi where I was greeted by the Indian Ambassador to the United States Meira Shankar and Gaitri Kumar, the Joint Secretary for the Americas. Following our arrival, Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern and I toured one of the only two buildings in India to be honored for meeting the U.S. Business Council's highest standards of environmentally conscious building design and operation. In a conversation with the Minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, we shared our different perspectives but also our firm common commitment to work to a successful outcome later this year at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
I then toured the National Agricultural Research Institute's Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia, a joint venture between the U.S. and Indian governments, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and other public and private sector entities, where some of India's top scientists are working to solve one of the most difficult challenges we face as a global community: the problem of chronic hunger and malnutrition, which affect nearly a billion people in the world.
The next morning, I delivered remarks at a town hall we held at Delhi University, describing how India is emerging as a global leader for the 21st century. The energy, dynamism and vitality of India was palpable throughout my visit -- it's in the faces of those who get up every day and work hard for a better future, and in the hope that they carry inside their hearts for their children.
Following "DU," I joined Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for lunch. On President Obama's behalf, I invited the Prime Minister to Washington for the Administration's first State Visit, and he warmly accepted. Later in the afternoon, I also met with Opposition Leader LK Advani; Chairwoman of the Congress Party Sonia Ghandi and MP Rahul Ghandi; and in the evening, with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna.
External Affairs Minister Krishna and I announced the Strategic Dialogue, an agreement between India and the U.S. that will focus on five primary pillars: strategic cooperation; energy and climate change; education and development; economics, trade, and agriculture; science and technology; and health and innovation.
We then headed to Bangkok, Thailand. It gave me great joy to return to Thailand as I have very fond memories of my previous visits. I met with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and then with Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu. I reiterated that President Obama and I are committed to a broader, stronger, and deeper relationship with Thailand. We are historic treaty allies, fellow democracies, strategic partners, and above all, we are friends. Our friendship has stood the test of time (more than 175 years) and I'm confident that it will stand the tests of the 21st century.
Wednesday, I sat down with The Nation's Suttichai Yoon and Veenarat Laohapakakul for an interview before a live studio audience of about 250 students, young leaders, bloggers, and celebrities. We discussed a range of issues including North Korea, Burma, Iran, India, and human trafficking.
The last stop on the tour was the ASEAN Regional Forum in Phuket, Thailand where I hope my message was clear: The United States is back in Southeast Asia. President Obama and I believe that this region is vital to global progress, peace, and prosperity, and we are fully engaged with our ASEAN partners on the wide range of challenges confronting us, from regional and global security to the economic crisis to human rights and climate change.
I also took the opportunity at ASEAN to talk with a number of foreign ministers about our concerns regarding North Korea, including Russian FM Lavrov, Japanese FM Nakasone, South Korean FM Yu, and Chinese FM Yang. Complete and irreversible denuclearization is the only viable path for North Korea. We do not intend to reward North Korea just for returning to the table, nor do we intend to reward them for actions they have already committed to taking and then reneged on. The path is open to them, and it is up to them to follow it. Unless and until they do, they will face international isolation and the unrelenting pressure of global sanctions. Also while at ASEAN, I had the chance to sit down with my Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi to discuss the situation in the region.
On August 4, it's off to Africa and I'll be sure to send you more updates along the way.
Deborah S. in Missouri writes:
I appreciate all of the time and effort Secretary Hillary Clinton has given to call attention to the problem of human trafficking and work to eradicate the problem! God Bless You!
Paula H. in Tennessee writes:
Madame Secretary:
I am so proud of you in your new role as Secretary of State in our government. I am a third and fourth grade Special Education teacher in a very impoverished area. I made a game for my classes this year emphasizing the three branches of government. I will also add the President's cabinet. You will be there, of course. I will present you as part of the American dream with the hope of inspiring the children to try as hard as they can to reach their goals. We are in a very depressed area with little employment opportunity so taking advantage of education is so important for these dear children.
Keep up the good work and may God continue to bless you and your family and keep you safe in your travels.
Paula H.
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The Untold Truth About the Niger Delta Crisis
? MEND is not responsible for the Niger Delta Crisis
? The Nigerian Government and Multinational Oil Companies are responsible for the Niger Delta Crisis
? The Solution to the Niger Delta Crisis is the Administration of True Federal Democracy as Practiced by the United States of America.
In 2004 as I was aggrieved by the rampant cases of cultism and gangesterism in Rivers state and the destruction of innocent lives and properties, I felt the urgency to address the critical issues and meet with the leading principal actors I could reach and persuade them to end the violence. I informed the international headquarters of Shell of my pacific mission before I left Lagos for Port Harcourt on a night coach.
The solution to the protracted Niger Delta crisis is the administration of true Federal Democracy as practiced by the United States of America and this is what both MEND and NDPVF have been demanding for and also the prosecution of all the retired and serving senior military officers found guilty of illegal oil bunkering.
The Nigerian Navy can actually stop illegal oil bunkering by asking for the assistance of the U.S. Navy to patrol the territorial waters of Nigeria and to attack all tankers, boats and barges engaged in illegal oil bunkering since they can be easily identified from the authorized tankers and vessels on Nigerian waters. Then the multinational oil companies must be prosecuted for the violations of the MOU they signed with the Federal Republic of Nigeria since 1956 to date.
The Joint Task Force of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the Niger Delta should be withdraw, because it an unconstitutional mission. All licenses of illegal oil blocks must be withdrawn.
The local and foreign bank accounts of Nigerians suspected of ill-gotten wealth from misappropriations of revenue allocations for the oil producing states and over-invoicing of government contracts should investigated and those found guilty should be prosecuted in a public trial and not behind closed doors.
The former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the former governor of Bayelsa State and Obasanjo's successor, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua have the full list of the criminals who are still engaged in illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
Rosemary in New Jersey writes:
Dear Hillary,
Yes we ARE back in Asia, and it is because of your broad, energetic, warm and cordial outreach to all levels of society wherever you go -- including on this trip.
I don't know if "whirlwind" quite describes it -- seems more like a tornado to me!
You are THE Turbo-Secretary of State, and we always love hearing directly from you. We'll be watching, blogging, and tweeting about your Africa trip next week, as well as lighting candles, as we always do, for your safety and well-being.
Thank you so much for your wonderful service and for posting this re-cap. Be well.
Normita in California writes:
Dear Secretary Clinton:
Thank you for your update on your travels. Your energy, courage and compassion in reaching out to millions of people around the globe are truly inspiring.
Our candles are lit with prayers for a safe and fruitful journey to the many villages, 'from sea to shining sea'.
Normita, a proud hillaryvillager
Eileen in California writes:
Please tell us when you will be visiting the Pacific Island Nations in particular those nations that do not benefit from being a U.S. territory like the Solomon Islands. There are many medical and economic issues that cannot be left to Australia alone to handle in the Solomon Islands one of the worst off of these southern pacific nations. Our country should partner with Australia in this region not cede responsibility to them. We should also separate Oceana from the Asia Pacific region. The economic, developmental and social issues in Oceana are very different than in China, Japan, India, Indonesia and Korea. By lumping these very disparate countries together in one geo-political region we do the small nations of Oceana a disservice. Let us hear the dates you will be visiting the South Pacific!
Joe in Tennessee writes:
It is important to the stability of Thailand to have a show of support from the United States, regardless of its extended future ties to Russia and China. the terrorism threat has been reduced since 2007 considerably.
Nancy in California writes:
I wish you would come to California! How 'bout a vacation here in San Diego? Thanks Hillary for everything you do and continue to do for our country and the world! You are an amazing woman.
Cutter in New York writes:
I can not thank you enough for you hard work. Do you sleep? Eat? I get that you truly engage the people you meet and send a clear message that the foreign policy has shifted to one of inclusiveness. You have now idea just how it felt to be from a country that for so long told everybody how to behave. Thank you again for you hard work.
Christian R. in Mexico writes:
The Secretery Clinton is very pretty!
Giuseppe in Uruguay writes:
I am a science and as a citizen of the global village, I accepted his invitation to "travel with us".I was also allowed to include it in my online publications on the telecommunications technology of the" New Era "and its debate:thanks for the sensitivity and pushing to science and technology particularly the High-Tech by putting her upside.


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More commonly known as "Mont Blanc," 15,780-foot Monte Biancho rises dramatically at the northeastern corner of Italy like a trumpet blare at the end of a flute solo. It takes your breath away on first glance, and the second. Glaciers fill its couloirs, and cling impossibly to its steep walls.
At the foot of this natural wonder rests Italy's least-populated region, the 1300-square-mile Valle d'Aosta. Only 129,000 people live here, a number likely dwarfed by the cows. One visit to the vacation hotspot reveals why: it is physically difficult to live on 40-degree slopes and perhaps mentally difficult to survive its box-canyon isolation. This is the arena for "Tour of the Giants."
Upon learning of the Tor several months earlier, I half wondered if it was a joke. I could imagine The Onion running news of the race as a poke at our growing culture of "Look how extreme I am." The race's challenge was as ridiculous as a moon landing seemed in 1950.
The 332-kilometer counter-clockwise loop begins and ends in the hamlet of Courmayeur, and connects the famed Alta Via ("High Route") 2 and Alta Via 1 hiking paths. The course is best summarized as "climb for two hours, descend for one hour, repeat." Along the way, runners pass through 43 refreshment stations and life stations. The former provide minimal support in the form of soda, "agua" and food. There are seven of the latter, which provide all the replenishment of a fully stocked grocery store, plus tents for quick naps, showers and drop bags.
In the 2010 inaugural event, 330 runners seized the opportunity to visit this idyllic enclave. Stevie Haston, 54, from Courmayeur but raised in Wales, was one of last year's competitors. "I am not a runner, but I'm tough," he says.
Fifty-four percent of runners finished last year—including Haston.
On a bluebird Sunday morning, September 11, I stand amongst 500 runners from 22 countries in a quaint piazza beside the Church of San Pantaleone. I overhear conversation snippets in German, French, one of the Nordic languages and a throaty tongue I cannot place. A film-crew helicopter hovers above the town square and just ahead, the walkway funnels into a curving, narrow pedestrian alley lined three deep with spectators.
"Tre … Due … Uno!" shouts the announcer. And we are off, running at a relaxed pace through a tunnel of noise—shouts and the clanging of cowbells bouncing from stone walls to window shutters. Shopkeepers stand along the walkway, some shouting, "Allez, allez, allez!"
A mile later, we funnel onto an ascending singletrack trail, beginning the first climb of the day, 4420 vertical feet to Col Arp.
The first climb of any race is filled with excitement, hope and overzealousness. The Tor des Géants, despite its epic scope, is no exception, as runners work to pass each other on a ribbon of singletrack switchbacks no wider than a medium pizza.


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Given the fact that he has a foot injury and that Jermaine Dye has stabilized the third spot he once occupied, Quentin could hit somewhere lower in the order to prevent clogging the base paths.
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The Columbus Dispatch - July 20, 2012 09:33 AM
This could be the chance Justin Meram has been waiting for.
After lining up at forward during his college days, Meram has primarily served on the wing during his tenure with the Crew. But with Emilio Renteria unavailable this weekend after being suspended by the league, it could be Meram who assumes his spot up top when D.C. United comes to Crew Stadium on Saturday.
"It's whatever gets me on the field," he said about playing different roles. "I just want to contribute and help this team. If it's where you're most comfortable, sometimes you'll never play that position. You've just got to adapt and go with what they say."
With three goals, Meram sits one off the team lead for the season. All three of his goals came in consecutive games, but he nearly had at least one more in last weekend's 2-0 home loss to Sporting Kansas City. His header in the 48th minute would have tied the match but instead ricocheted off the crossbar.
Meram said assistant coach Ricardo Iribarren has been preaching patience with him this week in training.
"The last game I could've had two goals and the whole game would've changed," Meram said. "We've just got to put away our chances and be a little bit sharper. I feel like I've played enough games to be pretty calm and I see that with my game. Nothing really gets to me. It's just more about the will to win for this team and to battle for this club. If I score or if Andy Gruenebaum scores, that's what a team is all about."
Newly signed international forward Jairo Arrieta is the odds-on favorite to start alongside Meram after earning his first career start last weekend. Other candidates to see action include Olman Vargas and Aaron Schoenfeld.
Renteria has two goals this season and has struggled to get on track, but Meram said the club will miss his physical presence up top.
"Emilio has played (almost) every game," Meram said. "He's a big part of this team. He's a workhorse. You know what he's going to bring every game. We're going to miss that strength up top and that speed, but Arrieta and Vargas and Schoenfeld, they're all healthy and all great players. I think we'll be good."
The coaching staff does not divulge the lineup until the night before the match, but Meram seems likely to earn the starting nod.
"The coaches haven't really told me where I'm going to play or if I'm going to play," he said. " I'm just trying to do what the coaches ask. I want to stay on the field as much as possible."


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john, 91 pizzas no rain lots of wind. i need to reorder the turning peel and oven brush with longer handles.digging deep in the oven for pies is a little painful.
we did our last mobil job friday. matus winery asked me to try a winter date. it was 30 degrees and snowing. we pulled the oven up to the wine making area and made the pizzas in the wine room. no heat so the dough was kept in the party area and we pulled it as needed. we only sold 51 pizzas so it was disappointing. i did not bring my sink or make table so it was a much scaled down set up. the oven cooked great tonight. not many pictures tying to get the pies to customer as hot as possible.


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Today has offered a few experiences of how life is in "the real Nigeria". By the real Nigeria, I mean the Nigeria that is not necessarily found in the centre of the large cities or inside a fancy hotel - not that there's anything wrong with either one! I mean the Nigeria that gives you experiences, you did not expect and widens your horizon just a little. And that is exactly what today has done for me.
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The final SEC Staff report on its International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Work Plan, issued in July 2012, put the kibosh on most hopes of US IFRS adoption anytime soon. The document had no recommendations to the Commission for how IFRS would ever become reality.
Why not? Because public companies opposed IFRS adoption by a 2:1 margin and total comments described opposition by an even larger margin. The July 2012 report admitted that public opinion, the opinion of company executives at firms the SEC regulates, stopped US adoption of IFRS in its tracks. According to the SEC, "it became apparent to the staff that pursuing the designation of the standards of the IASB as authoritative was, among other things, not supported by the vast majority of participants in the US capital markets."
According to Tom Selling, PhD, CPA and author of the popular blog, The Accounting Onion, it's been at least five years of "researching, round-tabling, surveying, conferencing, reading, analyzing, monitoring and speechifying" since the SEC released its original 2008 Roadmap towards the use of financial statements prepared according to IFRS versus Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the current accounting standard in the US. Dr. Selling has been a fierce opponent of IFRS and summarized his views in a 2008 manifesto, "Top Ten Reasons Why U.S. Adoption of IFRS is a Terrible Idea." His criticism focused on what he considers the self-interested motivation for the SEC, global public accounting firms firms, the AICPA, the accounting industry trade organization and corporate executives to push for standards that he believes are contrary to the interests of US investors.
According to the IFRS Foundation website, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the US standard-setter, first agreed to work together on standards "convergence" all the way back in 2002. The goal then was to remove the differences between international standards and US GAAP. That "vision" of global accounting standards is supported by international organizations such as the G20, World Bank, IMF, Basel Committee, IOSCO, and IFAC, according to the IFRS Foundation. Currently sixty-six jurisdictions, including all of the G20 jurisdictions, use IFRS. That's almost everyone but the US.
The largest global public accounting firms are global firms themselves that serve other multinationals. They would benefit from efficiencies that would be realized if global accounting rules were standardized. Initially the auditors strongly supported efforts by US regulators to make IFRS happen. But in the last few years, enthusiasm waned as multinational clients with headquarters in the US reconsidered the potential cost savings of standardization and instead began complaining about the enormous cost of conversion.
One major benefit of US adoption of IFRS is supposed to be standardization and, therefore, comparability of financial information across jurisdictions for companies in similar industries or with similar business models. But some critics now say that dream is an illusion. In the July 2012 report the SEC says "enforcement structures around the world differ widely by jurisdiction" and that "rigorous enforcement is important to avoid false comparability where the requirements of the standards in each jurisdiction are the same but the interpretations and practices are inconsistent."
Christian Leuz of Chicago Booth has researched the issue of IFRS convergence and its advantages and disadvantages extensively. A recent paper suggests a new approach or 'thought experiment' that may help overcome current obstacles. Leuz agrees that concerns about false comparability are well founded. A 2010 paper, "Different Approaches to Corporate Reporting Regulation: How Jurisdictions Differ and Why," is quoted in the SEC July report. But enforcement differences are not the only reason for reporting variations. Many other institutional differences across countries "in capital markets, securities regulation, investor protection and economic development, to name just a few" influence reporting practice and will continue to contribute to non-comparability even if IFRS is adopted around the world, including in the US.
Leuz suggests in the new proposal that we focus only on companies where international comparability is likely important and will yield positive capital market effects. What if, asks Leuz, we establish a 'Global Player Segment' (GPS) for firms that operate internationally and raise funding in international markets? Membership in GPS requires those firms to use the same reporting rules (i.e., IFRS), face the same enforcement mechanisms and have the same incentives for transparency in their reporting. Membership in the GPS would be voluntary but require submission to strict reporting regulation and enforcement once opting in. Voluntary membership, Leuz believes, would "enhance the credibility of firms' commitment to transparency."
Given ongoing US intransigence on the IFRS issue, international standard setters are now looking for alternatives. At recent event in Berlin, Leuz presented his GPS proposal. IASB chairman Hans Hoogervorst conceded that he no longer expect the US to adopt IFRSs for all entities. He predicts the United States will make IFRSs an option for large, internationally-oriented companies that can benefit from an IFRS adoption.
Call it regulation, but only if cost-justified.
That's the approach that's been applied by regulators and legislators to the Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 requirement for reviews of internal controls over financial reporting. All but the largest companies are now exempted after smaller companies initially cried foul and then Dodd-Frank's "emerging growth companies" complained that costs of 404 reviews outweighed the benefits. And it's the same approach stock exchanges are taking with mandates for internal audit functions. Nasdaq recently dropped a proposal to mandate internal audit functions, even allowing for third-party outsourcing of the activity, because of widespread outcry over costs to industries such as biotechnology that believe the extra layer of oversight would inhibit growth. The New York Stock Exchange is now considering rolling back its requirement for internal audit too, in order to compete with Nasdaq for listings of new "emerging growth companies" that abhor regulation and justify that contempt with a promise of more jobs and growth in exchange for the light touch.


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CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired Mike Brown, a source close to the head coach told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher.
Cleveland was ousted from the playoffs two weeks ago by the Boston Celtics, who upset the NBA's top regular-season team in six games.
Brown, who had one year left on his contract, could be quickly scooped up by one of the six other teams looking for head coaches. Brown has guided the team to the postseason in each of his five seasons. Cleveland's assistants also have one year remaining on their deals.
Cleveland's next move will be an interesting one. Because of LeBron James' uncertain future, it's possible the Cavs would want his input into their next coaching hire, assuming the two-time MVP is still considering re-signing with Cleveland when free agency opens in July. The Cavs will have to search for a new coach not knowing if James will be back and would have to go into the draft and free agency without a coach.
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Posted on 11/09/2012 6:04:21 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
The story of the 2012 election is that voters still blame Republicans for systemic problems caused by liberalism, and yet they credit Obama for victories brought about by applied conservatism. Now how does this happen? The answer is both a short story and part of a longer festering narrative. Consider: during the Republican primary season, half of Mitt Romney's consultants told him to call Newt Gingrich the devil. The other half told him to merely to claim that the devil worshiped Gingrich. Then these same sorcerers all told Mitt to call Barack Obama "a nice guy." Well, gee, what could possibly go wrong with that plan?
For starters, we still have a country where over 50 percent of the voters think that George W. Bush is at fault for the economic mess and less than 40% think Obama is. Paul Ryan damned near admitted as much in his debate with Joe Biden.
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I am a college professor. Look no further than public education.
Short term, the PR works. Short term.
Maybe 6 months, max. Then things begin to implode.
By mid-terms the GOP wins a significant number of seats.
What concerns me is all this negativism. We should be working to improve things. Obama cannot be re-elected. We need the economy to improve.
Stop talking about it failing.
The Socialists have a giant, active propaganda machine in the American media.
If you want to identify the enemy, it is first and foremost the media.
The average American will not go deeper than what they hear or don't hear from the Socialist Media Machine.
The Narcissist-in-Chief surveys his realm.
Sadly, I must disagree.
Russia did their takeover by revolution (in other words, quickly) and it took decades, and determined foes (Reagan, Thatcher, Walesa, Pope John Paul II, and the US military) for it to implode.
Here in the US, the left has taken those same decades to BUILD a mammoth infrastructure (their tendrils are everwhere, and blooming heartily). And the list of determined foes is woefully short.
Rove finally admitted in 2009 that it was a mistake to sit around for eight years and allow every liberal argument against Bush to stand. Many of us were saying so back in 2001. That of course led right into John McCain's "reach across the aisle" campaign of 2008. With a golden opportunity at the time to demonstrate Democrat ties to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and bankrupt energy policies -- he instead told us that ANWR is gorgeous and that our problem was "unfettered capitalism." Now, four years later, shifting the blame to the rightful owners is going to be exponentially harder.
As if that was not enough, McCain assured us that we had "nothing to fear from an Obama presidency."
You can also add the media telling voters 24/7 that if they did not vote for Obama, they were racists. I'm sure that played a role a few times in the booth.
Well then we disagree for now.
With the proviso we start to actually go after targets:
The education establishment, the lawyers.
The media. Especially the media.
Thanks for your comments: but this piece is not talking about our outside obstacles - like the media - those are a given. This piece speaks to how we handle those obstacles, and playing nice and soft peddling the message is not the way to go.
"So let's add up Romney-Ryan's case against Obama: the economy is Bush's fault. Obama is holding his own with job-creation. He also got Osama. GM is kicking butt. Everything with Sandy is fine and dandy.
"Damn. Obama's a nice guy, and he has been so unlucky. He deserves a second chance. Bush, and by extension all conservatives, left him such a mess. Heck, even McCain, Romney, and Ryan say so. Can I vote for Obama now?"
You can't timidly accept the oppositions premises and somehow expect to come out on top.
That's an argument to start a third party no matter the argument that such a path leads to sure defeat against the Rats. Alternatively, stop pulling the wagon and go Galt. Stop the motor of the world and aid the collapse against a possible future in some new world after the conflagration.
Another excellent piece, Mr. Wright. I love the "KKK" monkier, hope it sticks.
I agree, the democrat party and it's media echo-chamber dictates the script, and for reasons unknown, the Republican candidates seem content to read their lines on cue and play their part in what obviously is the other side's version of how things should be.
When, why, and how did this start? One point I think we can put our finger on is the "Saddam has WMDs" argument, Colin Powell et al, and the subsequent "Bush Lied" meme. Neither Bush nor the Republican Party did anything but lie down and take that nonsense, and maybe it was the tipping point, because they've gotten away with it ever since.
I might push back a bit on your claim that we can't do anything about the educational system and the media. I'd maintain that we could, but we aren't trying very hard. For example, we're living in a visual/internet media world - yet were is the "Conservative Cable Channel"? If Bill Buckley were alive, I doubt he'd be limiting himself to writing books on dead trees. Talk radio is fine, but how many non-traditionalist, non-conservatives, and under age 40 listen to Rush or any of the others? And who could stand to listen to someone like Hannity, who seems to think that repeating the same words like a mantra to people who agree with him is somehow persuasive?
Education - today about 35 million kids are subject to public school indoctrination vs. about 4 million in private schools (grade 8 and under). That's not a majority but it's fairly significant, especially considering that private schools are 2-3 times more cost-efficient than unionized public schools. We could do more, I think.
But we don't have a common view or strategy, much less a common and integrated approach to reversing the underlying problem that has led to the timidity you point out: ignorance of conservatism and the failures of liberalism, and the critical thinking skills needed to know the difference.
Thanks Bob - and to clarify, what I meant by not being able to change the media and educational establishments - is that we can't do that within the confines of the messaging strategy of a campaign team. That's the POV of this article....so you and I don't really disagree at all...
The stock market is crashing and the Democrat media is blaming the extremist TEA Party Congressmen who are going to take us over the "fiscal cliff." They will never admit that the cause is Obama's re-electiion.
Anyone who didn't get out of the market in October is a fool. Anyone could see this coming because re-electing a Marxist is no way to run a capitalist country.
Romney and Ryan are both really nice guys.
Real class.
However as a person who made his living selling heavy equipment for 56 years, I have been amazed at how little they understand about selling their ideas.
Either that or they had terrible advice from their "experts".
As for mentioning the name of Karl Rove in any serious discussion of conservative values.....his name and face should be banned forever from any conservative strategy discussion..
It was Rove and the idea of compassionate conservatism that brought us the asinine compromises with the liberals, or as I prefer to call them, the Marxists; No child left behind, medicare drugs, no real border protection, ....and a dozen other capitulations to the Marxists in our midst.
Even today people still think the republican President Herbert Hoover caused the Great depression!
Things will implode. The left and 0bama will try to blame Republicans and Bush.
I don't care whom their sheeperals blame, as long as they experience the consequences of their choices.
From Atlas Shrugged - you asked for it.
Speaking of Russia-— or the Soviet Union -— look back at their propaganda -— it shows people joyfully *working* -— working their butts off for the good of the State. Work, work, work.
One thing about their propaganda that was effective was the emphasis on the 'dignity of the working man' and productivty etc.
So different from this 'socialist' government at present, which simply says you get free stuff.
As lying and deceptive as Socialsts are, they surely must realize that the endless giving-away of Free Stuff has its limits. What then? Riots, of course.
I suppose they're willing to rule over the debris, if debris is all they have left.
I agree with everything you said. And IMO, it was a failure of Romney, Ryan, and their consultants. Reagan's consultants sometimes told him the same thing: but he and Lee Atwater were too smart to take their bullshit advice.
It's "all of the above" failure.
When we all get out of survival mode,
some of these "targets" of which you speak
should become a bit more literal.
If they start a civil war, remember the MSM is the enemy too
Please do not include me, in any more of your posts.
Thank you.
You're sure right about that - after all it was the esteemed Karl Rove who advised GWB not to refute the allegations I mentioned...and maybe that tells us something about the wisdom of having those who are alleged experts in campaign strategy later serving as Chief of Staff and other trusted policy advisory positions. As you say "what could possibly go wrong" with that scenario?
Yep, that was all part of the "new tone" strategy, and its first cousin "compassionate conservatism." That's been our teams official strategy since 2000 every cycle but one: 2010. Hmmm. I think I like 2010 best.
It's not just the presidential candidates' jobs to sell. They tried, really, but a great deal of the process in selling the idea of our nation having debt problems is going to be, and has to be, extra-political. In fact, if anything, it's really a matter of charity work and reaching out at the private level to various individuals affected by poverty to help people build out of the poverty situation, in addition to encouraging others to try living the family life. It's not as if any, and I mean any presidential candidates alone can sell this, they really, really, can't. I guarantee you that if it ever is leaned upon such candidates, then it is already too late.
However, with the dollar on the path to further collapse in value, and only so much National Debt we can accumlate, including our interest on the national debt overtaking our Defense Budget, we will be facing the inevitable point where the welfare handouts will simply become borderline worthless, and plenty of people otherwise on the welfare dole will be needing serious help. I would call it Debtageddon.
Absolutely right...
Eventually the debts will ruin the liberal trump cards, the key here is to get the charities and education systems running overtime, because one way or another, the debt will be the backbreaker.
Politicians are going to go with the flow. Sure the House will act as a firewall, but a fire wall just protects you from the fire, it doesn't put it out.
My eyes were open but Clintons second election and term sealed the deal. The media framed all the issues, made the rule of law a non issue by making Starr a vile, evil, dishonest sob when the opposite was true.
The media controls the masses and does it very efficiently.
I do not believe ANYTHING at all they say.
It will make you ill to your stomach if you are not careful.
Pretty soon there will be no MSM...It will just be the media...There will be no dissention. The 1st Amendment will be law in name only. Any argument to the media will be totally squelched and then silenced.
The ONLY news people will get is what the government wants them to get. The internet will be quietly censored and so will "dissadents".
Welcome to the USSA (United Socialist States of America)
The news will be obtained from the American Times NY, the American Times LA, the American Times CHI, the American Times DET, etc....
Hitler was elected Chancellor in 1933. It took him only 6 years to get that economy humming and take his show on the road into the rest of Europe and then only another 2 years to involve the rest of the world.
Obama won't need to be re-elected.
And yes, I do understand the philosophical differences between these two psychopaths. But with 4 more years of Obama...no one can say with certainty what is coming.
But with what message? We've been playing defense, (no new taxes, e.g., is still a government-centric debate point)
It's a mindset that needs to be changed, and THEN the institutions with which to engender them.
Kind of like a corporate mission statement, or the Apostle's Creed, to abuse a metaphor.
But with what message? We've been playing defense, (no new taxes, e.g., is still a government-centric debate point)
It's a mindset that needs to be changed, and THEN the institutions with which to engender them.
Kind of like a corporate mission statement, or the Apostle's Creed, or the Constitution, say.
Used to be American's talked about freedom, self-determination, what it meant to be a real man or real woman, the list goes on.
Politics has swallowed up all discourse.
Don't know how I posted the draft version, then the final. Oops.
The true story of the 2012 election is the failure of a free press to report news in an unbiased way.
The Obama Loving Media has successfully duped the majority of Americans for two presidential elections in a row.
In 2008, most of the press pretended to be non-judgemental while protecting and covering for Obama.
In 2012 the press openly took sides and actively campaigned for Obama.
The racists, career moochers and socialists now run the show.
There will be no peaceful road to return the nation to an ethical, moral nation of independent, self reliant citizens.
McCain, 2008 popular vote: 58,319,442
Romney, 2012 popular vote: 58,163,978
4 years of population growth and Romney didn't draw what McCain did......
I apologize for intruding on your discussion. I mentioned race because the door started opening this year, and R&R largely ignored it. The left is so vulnerable in this area. There is an opportunity emerging in Black communities and churches throughout the country. Note CL Bryant's work, as well as many other African-American Christian leaders. They are waking up to the danger of the far left and what socialist "solutions" have done to their families, and Planned Parenthood has done to their children. A passionate Conservative with the right vision for America could have made a difference.
BTW - Its a lot easier to sell something when you actually believe in it yourself. Did the father of Romneycare really plan on stopping Obamacare? I really wanted to believe it, but based on his political history, I had my doubts, and I know many others did as well.
There are reasons many people did not vote, or wasted their vote on a 3rd party, or voted for Obama, and they weren't necessarily message or tone. I prayerfully voted for Romney, knowing that the GOP gave us another "its my turn" choice. Could R&R done better articulating their vision, attacking the narrative, and countering the false racism charge? Absolutely. I don't know that it would have made a significant difference this year.
The GOP needs to stop searching for the magical election elixir and get busy finding a true Conservative choice. Leave the smoke and mirrors to the DNC. Give America a nominee at the top of the ticket that walks the walk, and talks the talk, or else we will be having this same discussion after Hillary is elected in 2016.
Even today people still think the republican President Herbert Hoover caused the Great depression!
Amazing, isn't it?
I agree 100%.
Which is why I strongly oppose all attempts at failure.
We need to grow, expand and be strong once again.
And win.
That last point is the real clincher. But it demands American success.
We cannot fail ourselves into growth. We must win.
America must win.
"Obama cannot be re-elected."
B. Hussein can't be.
But Michelle certainly could be...
(and I ain't kiddin'!)
Heck, why not run Valerie Jarrett? ;)
With the results of this last election, the 'Rat machine has proven their latest election stealing protocols to be the most effective ever tried. So...why not run Valerie Jarrett? Why not run anyone they damned well please? Losing any pesky election is no longer an issue for them.
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Santa Claus Mojo Continues Despite the Cliff
Stocks are fundamentally neutral according to www.ValuEngine.com as 60% of all stocks are undervalued, but 11 of 16 sectors are overvalued. The construction sector is the most overvalued by 14.6% followed by the consumer staples sector overvalued by 14.4%. The cheapest sector is multi-sector conglomerates at 6.9% undervalued.
On Monday, I wrote, Amazon, Google Wake Up To Downgrades as these stocks were downgraded to hold from buy, and thus became buy-and-trade stocks based upon pure Santa Claus Mojo.
On Tuesday, I wrote, Apple Wakes Up to a Downgrade to hold from buy and thus also became a buy-and-trade stock based upon Santa Claus Mojo.
Amazon, Apple & Google were the subject of my Nov. 21 story Santa Claus Rally Eyed for Online Leaders Apple, Amazon and Google where I explained why these stocks had the ability to lead a Santa Claus rally.
On Wednesday, I wrote, Homebuilders Are Risky Bets Despite Positive Data where I explained that the home builders continued to be overvalued and trading on pure Mojo and that investors should book profits in these stocks.
On Thursday, I wrote, Retail Bubble Stocks Play On Earnings Momentum and these names were seeing improving Mojo and remain stocks to consider in buy-and-trade strategies.
Analysis and Key Levels for U.S. Capital Markets:
Analysis of the Yield on the 10-Year Treasury Note (1.622%): The monthly chart shows that the decline in yield is overdone, but with a potential QE4 on the way yields should stay low. The five-month modified moving average is 1.755% with the 120-month simple moving average at 3.647%. The weekly chart continues to favor a trading range between my semiannual value level at 1.853% and my semiannual risky level at 1.389% with the five-week MMA at 1.675% and the 200-week SMA at 2.777%.
Analysis of Comex Gold ($1,725.70): The monthly chart remains positive with the five-month MMA at $1,679.7. The weekly chart is neutral with the five-week MMA at $1,725.30. This favors a trading range between my semiannual pivot at $1,702.50 and quarterly risky levels at $1,844.90 and $1881.40. My semiannual and annual value levels are $1,643.30 and $1,575.80.
Analysis of Nymex Crude Oil ($87.79): The monthly chart remains negative with the five-month MMA at $92.27 and the 120-month SMA at $70.01. The weekly chart is neutral with the five-week MMA at $88.54 and the 200-week SMA at $83.55. My annual and quarterly risky levels are $103.58 and $107.31.


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4 One-Of-A-Kind Hotel Spas
There may be some eight million visitors to the Loire Valley every year, but few experience it quite like French writer and historian Gonzague Saint Bris. For eight days each summer, he and his family board a raft and sail down the Loire River. Along the way, they drink white wine and sleep on sandy islands. "The châteaus were meant to be seen from the water," he asserts. "You really get the best view from there."
The châteaus in question are very much the region's main draw. In total, there are more than a hundred. Some resemble forbidding medieval fortresses, while others display breathtaking finesse and beauty. A handful are immense and world-renowned. Several smaller ones have been transformed into hotels, offering guests the opportunity to live like nobility, if only for a few nights.
The labyrinthine Love Gardens at Château de Villandry.
It would be easy to spend a week exploring nothing but châteaus, but they are only one of the ingredients that make the Loire Valley so magical. "The rolling countryside, charming villages, and golden sunlight all seem to come together to conjure up the true essence of France," enthuses Timothy Corrigan, a Los Angeles–based decorator who has owned a nearby château for more than a decade. There are picturesque hilly towns like Amboise or Chinon, whose paved streets are lined with both august mansions and quaint half-timbered facades. There is also one of the largest concentrations of troglodytic dwellings in Europe, as well as a 500-mile wine route, the longest in France.
Vineyards have existed in the region since at least the first century A.D. Thanks to a series of microclimates, the Loire Valley today produces an astonishing array of wines: reds, whites, and rosés; sweet, sparkling, and dry. They may not win the same international acclaim as wines from Bordeaux and Burgundy, but there are treasures to be found. White lovers should keep an eye out for the deliciously expressive Rémus from the Domaine de la Taille aux Loups in Montlouis-sur-Loire.
The spiral staircase in the courtyard of Château de Chambord.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (209 votes).
In short: my all time favourite raceIn full: I know that there was some issues with baggage, hence i dont use it. I know every year there is a huge queue for the bus, so i walk back town. This year we waited around 10mins for the bus, so a record. For the race, i love it, my all time favourte race. Crowds, the route, the stadium finish. fantastic run. Date of review: March 2, 2014
In short: Bad baggage collection lets down what would be a great raceIn full: Good points, very generous goody bag, stadium finish, good course, well supported on course and traffic freeBad points; the baggage collection; the tannoy announcements; plenty of stewards/security rather than willing (and helpful) volunteers.I don't know what the organisers were thinking with the horrendous baggage collection for the men. Why are their separate baggage tents for men and women? This makes no sense at all. The queues are predictable as the numbers seem to be linked to speed hence the bottlenecks. I.e the first 5000 males runners to cross the line all have to go the same tent, All the tents need to be in a line with big wide entrances so that you get the largest number of runners to the tables at once not queuing one at time. I did Cardiff half in October they used a similar format to the London a long line of trucks where runners can access maximum frontage without having to queue. They could see there was a problem (as there were vague announcements about delays) why did the organisers not talk to the baggage tents co-ordinators and move staff around to deal with the peaks. Rather than sending in the stewards to get us cold and wet runners to queue the organisers should have been sending up to the stadium or under cover to keep us warm. I tried to seek shelter when I realised the monster of a queue but was turned away from the stadium and told to walk around to where the buses where. I was tired cold to I just gave up and sat on the floor. The changing tent was not better, muddy floor and a long walk from the kit tent. The nail in the coffin for this race was when I had got changed and was eating some hot food was the tannoy telling people to hurry up and collect their bags as they queues had now gone. I went home for fear of a serious sense of humour failure. Date of review: March 2, 2014
In short: Great support round the course but a few organisational issuesIn full: The race itself was fine, excellent support and results texted almost as soon as I'd finished. I guess I was lucky in that I didn't use the baggage tent and parked in the yellow car park, so avoided most of the issues others have commented on. Nevertheless, I wonder if this race is getting a bit too big? It's hard to be properly warmed up and ready to go when you have to get to the start so soon. I think the "wave start" was a good idea, but it would have been nice if they'd said who was starting when: I heard the first gun but wasn't sure if it was for just the yellow block or yellow and red until we started moving.Date of review: March 2, 2014
In short: Good atmosphere, excellent water/fuel points, speedy enough route: overall very good.In full: I did not receive my race number through the mail; on arrival I was very quickly helped with a new number. I lucked in on my baggage due to my number but I could see there was a long queue already forming in the first half of the red numbers.Great race village set up and good bag and drinks at the finish. The finish in the stadium is fantastic. Date of review: March 2, 2014
In short: Well organised and supported race but very busy after the finishIn full: The race is always extremely well supported - a fair bit of it in the City Centre with crowds out to watch.Overall it is well organised and the t-shirts in the bag were a nice addition this year. I've never left baggage at this race before and probably won't again - I could have done without the queue in the cold at the end.Date of review: March 2, 2014
Date of review: March 2, 2014
In short: A decent race...brought to it's knees by the baggage 'issue'In full: Like I said, this is an OK race with good PB potential. Nice crowds, blah, blah, blah...however, I will never forget the baggage experience. Truly the worse possible finish to a race I have had in 15 years of running. Not helped by a rather chipper steward who told me that it was worse last year and I should be happy that, in essence, I only had to stand in cold wind and rain for 30 minutes...With such great choices of half-marathon's in the London area, I won't bother coming back to Reading, which is a shame as this was my 5th time.Date of review: March 2, 2014
In short: Good course, great atmosphere, lots of drink stations, good medal/bagDate of review: March 2, 2014
In short: Good RaceIn full: Really good support most of the way round, last two miles are pretty tough as no support, but overall good race. I drove to the race (pink start) and would definitely recommend this option instead of the train/bus as no baggage to worry about. Car parks are less than 2 minutes from M4. Date of review: March 2, 2014
In short: Could have been betterIn full: This is the 3rd time I have run reading and I would say the most disapointing. I feel a bit guilty doing this as i'm sure the lady doing the announcing is a nice lady but she has no business announcing at a half marathon, I wished someone would turn the volume down (preferably to zero).Other than that race itself was ok and the support was great, particularly in the town centre where it was really good.The worst part of the day was after the race finished, we got back to our car in the red car park to be told we couldn't get out of the car park for another 40 mins. So we had to sit there for 40 mins and the queue for another 20-30 just to get onto the busy Reading roads which were completely rammed. Maybe Reading half marathon is just getting too big... Date of review: March 2, 2014
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