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Articles on VacLib.org with references to Population Control using Vaccines
Results of toxic material over generations?
"compulsory birth regulation"
Are New Vaccines Laced With Birth-Control Drugs?
The WHO "Special Programme" in Human Reproduction
Leading Edge Research: Vaccination Paradigm Analysis Part 6
... This hormone is released when a woman becomes pregnant and is necessary for the continuation of that pregnancy, but when coupled with a toxiod carrier, in this ... Site?
... Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with Meningococcal Polysaccharide
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Population Control: Fact or Fiction?
- - Pregnant - -Click Here for: What vaccine studies are recommended for a pregnant woman?
With the first shot, three of our horses reacted. Our pregnant mare, our gelding and Dr. Donald Warren's stallion, a boarder, all had the same re-action, their front legs swelled. Within 2 days, our gelding Dartanian foundered, shortly there after he died! http://www.vaclib.org/links/wnvindex.htm
- Pregnant women should be vaccinated only if absolutely necessary. [Military Anthrax information page.] http://www.vaclib.org/news/anthmil.htm
Index of articles with references to Population Control using Vaccines
FLU and Pregnancy
The purpose of this report is to critically assess the CDC's current recommendations to include pregnant women amongst those who should receive the influenza ... www.vaclib.org/basic/pregnant.htm
That puts about 60% of the population at risk. People must realize that FluMist is CONTRAINDICATED for these people, as it is for pregnant women more than three months along. www.vaclib.org/chapter/flu_editor_revised.html
list are babies from 6 to 23 months old, followed by people over 65, then people between 2 and 65 with chronic medical conditions, and then pregnant women more ... www.vaclib.org/chapter/flu2004final.html
County health officials say they will place more emphasis on flu shots for children 6-23 months old, and pregnant women. I hope they will remember that most flu shots contain mercury, and order ample mercury free (pediatric) vaccines for those choosing to vaccinate. www.vaclib.org/chapter/flu2003_04.html
by Vivian Virginia Vetrano, D.C. hM.D., M.D., PH.D.
It is also not known whether influenza virus vaccine can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or if it might affect reproductive capacity. ... www.vaclib.org/basic/flushots.htm
Pregnant Woman and Flu Vaccine. Even though many doctors recommend flu vaccines for their pregnant patients how safe is it really? ... www.vaclib.org/basic/flu_safe.htm
... problematic. He pointed out that the ACIP previously recommended influenza vaccine for pregnant women based on no efficacy data. www.vaclib.org/news/nofludata.htm
OPEN LETTER TO PEDIATRICIANS ON FLU VACCINES by THOMAS STONE, MD.
... The CDC lied on the "registration from" saying that the vaccine was safe in pregnancy, even though it had not been tested on pregnant women. ... www.vaclib.org/basic/fluletter.htm
Flu Vaccine Warning for Pregnant Women: Stay Out of My Womb! by Dawn Richardson (Note: All flu vaccines for the 2000-2001 season still contain mercury) http://www.vaccineinfo.net/immunization/vaccine/influenza/flu_vaccine_facts.shtml
Dr. Mercola: Warn Every Pregnant Woman about Heb-B in hospital.
Warning: New Hepatitis Vaccine Recs Can Devastate Newborn's Health http://www.mercola.com/2002/jan/23/hepatitis_vaccine.htm
Killed virus polio: temperature of *102 in up to 38%, sleepiness, fussiness, crying, decreased appetite, vomiting, Guillain-Barré Syndrome and allergic reaction in those allergic to neomycin, polymyxin B and streptomycin. Precautions include those who have had a previous negative reaction, pregnant women, and possibly those with HIV/AIDS or otherwise compromised immune systems.
[several references to 'pregnant' in this page.] http://www.vaclib.org/legal/refuselt.htm
Side effects from naturally contracting the virus are extremely rare, although fetal development is subject to genetic deformity if a female contracts the virus during the first trimester of pregnancy. The fact that it can cause birth defects in newborn babies was seized as the justification for a rubella vaccine, which was licensed in 1969, even though there are indications that not all pregnant women exposed to the virus give birth to children with congenital defects.
... Despite the use of the rubella vaccine, the number of infections in women of childbearing age has remained the same, indicating a defective paradigm. http://www.vaclib.org/basic/trufax/v3.html
The main fear that is propagandised with regard to rubella is the rubella embryopathy. What we are not told is, for example, that there were 4 cases of RE in Switzerland between 1995 and 2001 of which two women were fully vaccinated against rubella 30. The only protection a pregnant woman has from rubella is that she contracted rubella during her childhood. We should therefore offer our girls the chance to contract rubella. http://www.vaclib.org/basic/vaxhealth.htm
It is known that the rubella virus from vaccine is secreted in breast milk and persists in the nose and throat for up to 28 days but it is not known whether the measles and mumps viruses are similarly secreted.
It is probable the measles virus from vaccine is.
Vaccination of women with live virus vaccines around conception has always been contraindicated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the vaccine manufacturer because of potential risks to the fetus (1,2). Nevertheless this dangerous practice occurs and is associated with maternal health problems and a very high incidence of early-onset autism in the children (3,4). http://www.vaclib.org/email/livevirus.htm
SMALLPOX and Pregnancy
These include: children under 18 - - especially infants
pregnant women (an infected fetus could be stillborn or die at birth); http://www.vaclib.org/news/amysmallpox.htm
Misc. references to Pregnant
But this is only the beginning of the assault on the unborn child. Pregnant women are now advised to get a flu shot during their 2nd or 3rd trimester. For decades, the preservative thimerosal has been used in vaccines, including flu vaccine. Thimerosal is 49% mercury. Mercury readily crosses the placental barrier. http://www.vaclib.org/chapter/lecture2.htm
A collection of articles and links. http://www.vaclib.org/basic/ultrasound.htm
9) The CDC states that TB skin testing is safe in pregnant women yet manufacturers have NOT performed mutagenicity testing. This is alarming in consideration that phenol, a component of Tubersol, is a known mutagen. http://www.vaclib.org/basic/tbtest.htm
... Is pregnant. (7 and 11). http://www.vaclib.org/basic/tb.htm
Naturally, populations most vulnerable to excitotoxic neurological damage are infants and developing children, pregnant women, the elderly and the chronically ill. http://www.vaclib.org/news/astimes.htm
Rubella, or German measles, is the mildest of all the illnesses for which vaccines are presently required, and very often escapes detection entirely. In the adolescent and young adult populations--those presently most likely to develop it--the illness may be somewhat bothersome, with arthritic symptoms more likely; the same symptoms are often encountered after vaccination of these age groups. In children, there is no reason to treat rubella at all, in most cases. Pregnant women, especially those exposed in the first trimester, may be given Pulsatilla 6c or 30c every day for 14 days following exposure, or every four hours for fever and acute symptoms. http://www.vaclib.org/basic/unvax.htm


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The Call of Duty: Black Ops – Prestige Edition will include the RC car that is featured in the multiplayer, a Black Ops medal, four co-op maps, and an avatar costume for 360 users.
Black Ops is due out November 9th.
Microsoft will be releasing two Assassin's Creed bundles November 2, the company announced this morning. From the looks of things the $399 bundle packs in digital copies of Unity...
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The Top 10 Sandbox/Open-World Games Since 2000
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I'm trying to use mod_jserv+Apache for load-balancing with tomcat running on different machines. Works great so far. Now - how do I use the status-interface of jserv to graceful shutdown specific tomcat-processes so they are not included in the balance process but still get the old requests. With Jserv there was no problem - with Tomcat it doesn't work :-( Does the status module actually connects to Tomcat / Jserv to get/tell the actual status? Has anybody experiece with it / got it work? Thanks for any help. Sven Peters Tipp24.de 20457 Hamburg | Germany http://www.Tipp24.de - Der kostenlose Internet-Annahmeservice für Lotto und Oddset
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ASo I've referred cake serving charts, and need to make a cake to serve 55 people.
I'm thinking of doing a 12" round. Do you think that'll be enough servings. I've read posts about how the charts aren't always right.
Can anyone please help with what size of cake should be made for 55 servings? I don't want to give away free cake or have it fall short! Thanks!
AGoogle earlenes serving chart...that's a pretty good one. I've used wilton and never had a problem falling short but...with Earlenes I think the portions are a bit bigger
the key is to cut the serving size that the chart indicates--
so it's up to you to determine what size cake serving you are selling--
industry standard servings size is 1x2x4 --
for 56 servings you can use a two layer 12" cake that's about 4" tall according to wilton's tier cake chart
i tell my bride's that that is the size they are buying -- it is at least as much as cupcake with all the juicy fillings additional and if they want larger servings they buy more cake--
best to you
AYou mentioned you didn't want to give away free cake, I only bring it up because if you're selling a cake to someone servings and pricing should already be established. I mean no disrespect, just concern.
The two main serving charts are Wilton's and Erlenes most others I've seen are some sort of variation of one of them. They have party sized servings (which are larger) and wedding sized servings (obviously smaller), some decorators have seperate pricing for weddings and party cakes, some charge by the tier size (which is basically the same thing but you still need an average number of servings per tier).
Basically it's up to you, just pick a chart and stick with it.
If you are between sizes give the customer the option: you can order the 10" which equals x amount of servings or the 12"....
You can make a tiered cake or a sheet cake if you just need a large amount of servings.
ASmckinney07 hey you're back!! I haven't seen you around these parts as much lately!!
AYes, I know! I've been crazy busy, which is a good thing but I haven't had much downtime. I know everyone is swamped around the holidays. I have designated this weekend to avoiding all the housework I should be doing and relaxing!
Thanks for noticing :) Sharon
A]Thanks so much! I think I'll go with the 12" round!


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The group's goals include preserving the cultural and historical beer recipes of south Louisiana and promoting responsible consumption. The group's major education effort began in earnest on Nov. 15 at the regional Bayou Beer Festival, held at Southdown Plantation in Houma.
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This hotel lies at the heart of Niederwald nature park, high above the River Rhine and the town of RA?desheim, which lies some 3 km away. Lying beside a game reserve as well as to 2 panoramic chair lifts, which lead down into the romantic Rhine valley.This hotel comprises 3 floors with a total of 53 rooms including 3 suites and facilities include a foyer area with a lift, a cocktail bar and, directly next to the famous Niederwald monument, a panoramic restaurant and cafA©. There are function rooms for those wishing to hold conferences and a car park on offer to those arriving by car.The tasteful rooms each come with an en suite bathroom with a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, a radio and Internet access.There is an indoor swimming pool with a sauna area and a solarium on offer to guests (fees apply). On payment of an additional fee, it is possible to play tennis and table tennis is on offer at no added charge. The hotel is the ideal starting point for those wishing to go hiking or cycling in the beautiful surrounding areaGuests may select their breakfast from an ample buffet; lunch and the evening meal may be taken A la carte or chosen from a menu. Special dietary requirements and individual-specific dishes can be catered for.
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Grand Canyon
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India is one of the most amazing countries on Earth. There are very few other places where you can visit slums, where people live five or more to a single room, share toilets and water, and then visit high-rises that some of the wealthiest people in the nation call home, and just within blocks of each other. The beautiful country is filled with vibrant colors and spiritual people. Try to take a tour that is a bit off of the beaten path to get a real feel for all that is India.
The best thing about London is that it looks exactly as you imagine it would. Stone architecture, cobblestone streets and open-air markets abound in this amazingly historic city. From the Tower of London to the Houses of Parliament, London offers a virtually never-ending list of things to see and do. You will marvel at how the city combines old-world architecture with modern-day living.
Easter Island
The ancient statues on the island, the Moai, remain a mystery to this day. Who built these awe-inspiring statues and why? We may never know the answer to those questions. What we do know is that Easter Island is an amazingly complex island, filled with caves, craters and stone carvings. Visitors to the island continue to be inspired by the mysticism of Easter Island. If you are looking for a spiritual journey, this is the vacation for you.
Tourism is strictly limited in this country, leaving it virtually unspoiled by man. The only Buddhist kingdom on the planet, the entire country is a peaceful, happy place. Striking monasteries dot the sides of the Himalayas, and local villagers welcome tourists into their homes as if they were long-lost family. Volunteerism trips are hugely popular in this country. Book a tour with a company that will allow you to lend a helping hand during your vacation.
Taking a holiday from work can be so much more than a few days spent at the nearest tourist destination. While these vacations may be expensive, and you may need more money on hand than the average tourist, they are all well worth the cost. Budget properly and you could be spending your next vacation rafting through the Grand Canyon or trekking through Bhutan. No matter which destination you choose, you're sure to come home a different person.
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Proposals for assisted death FAQs
5th January 2012 - An independent group of experts called the Commission on Assisted Dying says terminally ill people with less than a year to live should have the choice of ending their lives through assisted suicide. Finding out more about the proposals, and what critics say, in our FAQs.
What is The Commission on Assisted Dying?
The Commission on Assisted Dying was set up in 2010 to consider whether the current legal and policy approach to assisted dying in England and Wales is fit for purpose. It also sets out to look at what an approach to assisted dying might look like, if it were ever to be adopted in the UK.
The group includes doctors experienced in end of life care, a former police chief, clergy and members of the House of Lords, including the former Labour Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer. Some funding for the report came from Sir Terry Pratchett, the bestselling author of the Discworld series, who announced in 2007 that he has early onset Alzheimer's.
It received more than 1,200 responses from doctors, professional bodies and members of the public.
What has it concluded?
The Commission says its role is not to promote a change in the law, though it does say the current legal status of assisted suicide is inadequate and incoherent.
More than 40 cases of assisted suicide have been reported to the Crown Prosecution Service since 2009, although the Commission says many people believe some assisted suicides have been decriminalised. More than 100 people from the UK have travelled to Switzerland to end their lives at a special clinic there.
It concludes: "The current situation, while being very distressing for families and unclear for health and social care staff, also lays a deeply challenging burden on police and prosecutors, which could be eased by a new statutory framework."
It says there is a strong case for providing the choice of assisted dying for terminally ill people.
Despite being given appropriate end of life care, the Commission says a comparatively small number of people who are terminally ill experience a degree of suffering towards the end of their life that they consider "can only be relieved either by ending their own life, or by the knowledge that they can end their life at a time of their own choosing".
Hasn't the law changed on assisted suicide?
In February 2010, the Crown Prosecution Service set out new guidelines it would follow in deciding whether to prosecute in cases of assisted suicide. However, launching the new policy, Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said at the time that it did not change the law on assisted suicide. "It does not open the door for euthanasia," he insisted, adding: "What it does is to provide a clear framework for prosecutors to decide which cases should proceed to court and which should not."
The review was prompted by a legal campaign by Debby Purdy, who has multiple sclerosis. The Law Lords ruled that she had a right to know under what circumstances her husband would be prosecuted if he helped her travel abroad in order to end her life.


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- This morning I actually heard the words, "We don't pick other people's boogers" come out of my mouth.
- Without a doubt, one of my most favorite times of day is watching my Addi-girl get off her school bus. She doesn't see me watching, but I am. And most days I wonder how in the heck she got so grown-up. On a related note, I have a strange, very irrational fear that someday she won't get off the bus. But let's not talk about that…
- Sweet Kaiah True is days away from turning 18-months-old. How? Just how? She still loves her a lotta mama time, but is favoring leg-hanging or lap-sitting to breast feeding these days. And you know? I'm okay with that. It's time.
- And since I won't have said child requiring my milk-making services for much longer, my hot husband and I are planning a short weekend get-away. Not to anywhere very exciting or far, but we will be going alone. And that alone thing? Yeah, it's never happened before. Well, not in the last 6+ years. I'm kind of excited. Like, a lot.
- Speaking of being excited…I have a suuuuper fun day planned tomorrow with my junk-lovin'-craft-makin' soul sister, Molly. I'm taking the day off of work and we are headed to Junk Jubilee, sans children. I can think of very few better ways to spend a Friday.
- I have ran 86.54 miles so far this month. While I feel good about that, I have to admit that I'm a teeny, tiny bit disappointed – I was hoping to get in 100+ miles throughout the month of April. Just doing the math here…we have an 8-miler scheduled for Saturday, I'll take Sunday off, then on Monday (the final day of April), we'll do our usual 4.5…which gets me a grand total of 99.04. Sooooo, I'm totally just going to have to sneak in 1 stinking mile at some point before Tuesday, so I can reward myself in good conscious. (Yes, I "bribed" myself with a pre-planned reward.")
- And while we're on the subject of running, I am officially registered for this year's Dam-to-Dam on June 2. Last year was my first experience with the 20k and my expectations were low (I wanted to finish. And not poop my pants.), so this year I've set some {higher} goals and to say I'm excited (and infinitely more prepared) would be an understatement. Stay tuned…I promise to not be such a baby this time.
- Elijah Wrigley debuts in his first ever Little League Baseball game this Saturday. The excitement around here is at an all-time high. My sports-obsessed boy is sooooo ready to take the field and his daddy has his matching Reds hat ready for wear.
- Oh, and we have some exciting changes happening around here. NO, I am NOT pregnant. Hopefully we'll be able to share soon!
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Great lede: "St. Peter's Square, meet Zuccotti park."
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Industrial Sewing 101 is the starting point to gain access to Rocklin textile lab. You will learn the basics of industrial sewing machine safety, set up, use and maintenance. This is a 2 ½ hour class designed to introduce you to the use of industrial sewing machines.
This class will focus on the use of Juki single needle machines and overlock/serger machines. This objective will be met through a combination of lecture and hands-on practice. Our textile lab is set up as a comprehensive design room with a wide array of gender neutral commercial machines suitable for working with heavy materials such as leather, upholstery, and sailcloth as well as those used in industry for apparel, interior decorating and other soft goods.
How will this class be structured?
1. Safety Hazards
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1. Textile Lab layout and overview
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3. Clutch motors vs. Servo motors
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What will students get out of the class?
Once your understanding and competence has been demonstrated on these first two machines you will be able to start using them. Additional classes will be required to gain access to the other machines. It is recommended that you also take Industrial Sewing 102 and Industrial Sewing 103 in order to maximize the full potential of the Textile Lab.
About the Instructors
Steve & Louisa Hunter: In addition to providing the initial training in the use of the industrial sewing machines, it is our desire to develop integrated projects with other Hacker Lab facilitators to maximize the overall maker experience.
About Louisa Hunter
I am an experienced apparel designer. I have an Associate of Arts Degree in Fashion Design from Los Angles Trade and Technical College and a Masters in Business Economics from University of California at Santa Barbara. I have 40 years of experience in the fashion industry as a designer, pattern maker, grader, and manufacturer of children and adult garments using industrial equipment and methods.
About Steve Hunter
Steve has over 50 years of electro/mechanical experience. He is a great asset in the training of the maintenance and upkeep required of these highly specialized machines.


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Skip Bayless Leaves ESPN to Join Fox Sports
Little by little, the talent is leaving ESPN. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Skip Bayless is moving to Fox Sports 1 after a 12 year run with ESPN. Bayless will have a new daily program starting September 6 and as Bayless opines, will allow him to remove the "handcuffs" he's been compelled to wear at ESPN. Bayless stated, there were "too many people in charge at ESPN, for my taste, were a little too fearful," Bayless went on to say that "it's a Disney network. There are just certain boundaries that you can't even tiptoe along." Actually that is where Bayless is incorrect. Its not because its Disney that politcal correctness has taken over ESPN, its because ESPN has become yet another left-wing media outlet. Bayless' contract with Fox Sports is rumored to be north of $25 million. Which begs the question, how does anyone make this kind of money for doing so very little? And we wonder why all in the media don't get working Americans.
Skip Bayless and Stephen A Smith: First Take
"Too many people in charge at ESPN, for my taste, were a little too fearful," says the outspoken host, who leaves the Disney-owned network after 12 years for a new show that will launch Sept. 6.
Skip Bayless says his move to Fox Sports 1 — with a new daily program that is set to bow Sept. 6 — will allow him to remove the "handcuffs" he's been compelled to wear at ESPN, where he hosted the popular ESPN2 program First Take with Stephen A. Smith.
"Too many people in charge at ESPN, for my taste, were a little too fearful," Bayless tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview officially revealing his move. "It's a Disney network. There are just certain boundaries that you can't even tiptoe along. Not that we won't have boundaries at Fox, because we will. [But] they will trust me to go a little deeper. I can be completely honest on everything."
The long-rumored announcement is expected to be made Monday from Fox Sports National Networks president Jamie Horowitz, who had oversight of First Take while he was a vp at ESPN. And Bayless' FS1 show will air from 10 a.m. to noon, going head-to-head with First Take. (Max Kellerman debuted July 25 as Smith's new co-host.)
Skip Bayless is just the most recent of many who have bolted from EPSN. The list conyains the likes of Curt Schilling, Bill Simmons, Colin Cowherd, Keith Olbermann again, Jason Whitlock, and probably the most talented of all, Mike Tirico to NBC.
Posted August 2, 2016 by Scared Monkeys
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CNN's Don Lemon Finally Admits the Truth about the Media and Barack Obama, "As a Journalist, You Weigh How Much You Should Criticize the President Because He's Black."
WOW, finally some truth from the liberal MSM admitting there is a bias for Barack Obama.
CNN's Don Lemon admitted that "as a journalist, you weigh how much you should criticize the president because he's black." Really, the color of one's skin determines whether you should criticize Barack Obama, or not? It's not bad or failed policy? So by the converse, it id AOK to criticize a white president? Lemon went on to say, "then you have to do it, because you are a journalist." Um, since when have the journalist of America truly criticized Barack Obama? Am I missing something? Never has a president got more of a pass from the media ever. Had Obama been criticized and vetted as a candidate by the media, he would never have been elected president. But the MSM was all too consumed with have a black man elected. Had the MSM criticized and thoroughly reported on the failures and scandals from Obama's first term like the economy, disastrous job growth, out of control debt and the truth of Obamacare, he would never have been reelected in 2012. However, they were more concerned with no criticizing a black man.
Wasn't it Martin Luther King Jr. who said, "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." So how come the media can't seem to abide by the words of MLK?
Just a heads up, how do you think the MSM is going to cover Hillary Clinton, the potential first female president? I think we already know the answer.
"As a journalist, you weigh how much you should criticize the president because he's black."
Transcript from Real Clear Politics:
DON LEMON: But, Jake, he is the African-American president. He's an African-American president. He's a president of all people but, again, he has a responsibility as president to help everyone but he is a black man.
And as I said, he understands the issues that we as African-Americans face more than any other president that we have had. You know, we used to call Bill Clinton the first black president, but I mean, in reality, we know that — we know that was just sort of fun.
But, yes, I think he has more of a freedom. And his — listen, in his first term he didn't do that much about, you know, gay rights, about gay marriage, whatever, and it started happening in the second term. I said in the beginning that that issue would be a second term issue.
He had to prove himself in the beginning. He had probably more criticism than most presidents because when you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you. He's a spectacle in a way.
Everyone is being looking to hit him and everyone is looking to punch him, and I understand that, and as a journalist you weigh how much you should criticize the president, because he's black, what have you, but then you have to do it because ultimately you're a journalist. Journalists have to, black people have to, white people, Hispanic. We all must hold him to this because, as he said, it is an issue for the country, not just for one demographic.
EXIT QUESTION: President Barack Obama has proved himself? Really? Proved himself to be what, a socialist, authoritarian, imperial president hell-bent on destroying the United States and shredding the US Constitution?
Posted February 28, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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"Piers Morgan Live" Soon to be Piers Morgan Canceled … CNN Gives Low Ratings Show the Axe … Get Ready for his Kicking & Screaming
CNN is giving 'Piers Morgan Live' given the boot … Piers Morgan, Not-So Live.
As reported at The Politico, CNN is canceling Piers Morgan's low rated 9pm show. The 3 year experience to replace Larry King Live has crashed and burned badly with a prime time show that got consistently low ratings. CNN stated that the show could end as early as next month. It probably could not happen soon enough as "Piers Morgan Live" is simply unwatchable. So who will be next up for CNN to take on Megyn Kelly on Fox News and Rachel Maddow at MSNBC at 9PM? Some seem to think Bill Weir. All we know for now is that Piers Morgan is out … good riddance to bad rubbish!
The below video is exhibit 1 of the reason why Piers Morgan's show has been canceled. Guests Dana Loesch and Scottie Hughes own Morgan in the gun debate so much so at the very end the CNN host winds up in a snit … "It makes me sick". Actually Piers, your show made many more sick and the reason why no one watched it0 One last thing … Bu-bye!!!
CNN President Jeff Zucker has decided to bring an end to Piers Morgan's low-rated primetime show, network sources told POLITICO on Sunday. "Piers Morgan Live" could end as early as next month, though Morgan may stay with the network in another role.
Morgan, a former British tabloid editor, replaced Larry King in the 9 p.m. hour three years ago, prior to Zucker's tenure as president. His show earned consistently low ratings, registering as few as 50,000 viewers in the 25-to-54 year-old demographic earlier this week.
"CNN confirms that Piers Morgan Live is ending," Allison Gollust, head of CNN communications, told POLITICO on Sunday after an earlier version of this post was published. "The date of the final program is still to be determined."
Earlier on Sunday, Morgan told The New York Times that the show had "run its course" and that he and Zucker "have been talking for some time about different ways of using me." Sources who spoke to POLITICO said the decision to end the show was Zucker's.
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Thursday, February 20, 2014:
Check out the unbelievable, consistent low ratings of Piers Morgan. It is hard to believe they stuck with him this long. The funny part is I have watched more shows of American Greed on CNBC than Piers.
As The Other McCain opines, this is the "first smart move that network has made in years." I could not agree more. The money line comes from The Guardian that emphasize the following comments from the New York Times article that Morgan was a square peg in a round hole. Really, after all this time CNN finally figured out that a liberal Brit going against the United States Constitution and the First Amendment was a bad thing? God figure.
"It's been a painful period and lately we have taken a bath in the ratings," Morgan told the New York Times, which first broke news of the CNN decision on Sunday.
"Look, I am a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns, which has been very polarizing, and there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who are tired of me banging on about it."
LOL, remember when Piers Morgan told CBS News during his book tour that, "I will be taken out of CNN kicking and screaming. I absolutely love it. It's a fantastic network. It's a great news place to be."
Freedom of the Press? Not in an Obama World … The FCC Wants to Grill Reporters, Editors & News Station Owners About How They Decide Which Stories to Run
It would appear that Barack Obama wants to put government FCC monitors in America's news rooms to determine why media outlets cover certain stories. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! So now we are going to have government lackeys in news rooms to monitor and make sure that the media is covering the stories they want them to? Could Barack Obama and the Obama administration possible trample on the United States Constitution and Freedom of Speech any more?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
As reported at Mediaite, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal bringing people's attention to this study, saying "the government has no place pressuring media organizations into covering certain stories." And while participation is technically voluntary, ignoring them would not be a wise decision for any news outlet that wants an FCC license. We all know that the MSM is bias and pretty much in lockstep leans to the left, but it is not the governments job to interfere with what they report or how they report . "Participation is voluntary—in theory," supposedly; however, the FCC's questions, queries and interrogations may be hard for the broadcasters to ignore as it is this very government agency that could put a media outlet out of business if they spitefully withhold an FCC license. But of course the Obama administration has never gone after or targeted a specific group of people who opposed him, have they … IRS-GATE!
click on pic to watch VIDEO, via Mediaite
An Obama administration plan that would get researchers into newsrooms across the country is sparking concern among congressional Republicans and conservative groups.
The purpose of the proposed Federal Communications Commission study is to "identify and understand the critical information needs of the American public, with special emphasis on vulnerable-disadvantaged populations," according to the agency.
However, one agency commissioner, Ajit Pai, said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece Wednesday that the May 2013 proposal would allow researchers to "grill reporters, editors and station owners about how they decide which stories to run."
He also said he feared the study might stifle the freedom of the press.
Who is Obama kidding?
This is just heinous as Obama uses the death of Daniel Pearl to make it appear that he is for Freedom of the Press
"Reminded us of how valuable a free press is."
"reminded us that there are those who would go to any leangth in order to silence journalists …"
"A well informed citizenry that is able to make choices and hold governments accountable …"
Obama says, "Clear out the press so that we can take some questions"
FCC Research Study can be read HERE (pdf)
Questions that the FCC poses in the study to news managers and staffers, including the following. Honestly, what business is it of the federal government?
- What is the news philosophy of the station?
- How do you define critical information that the community needs?
- Who decides which stories are covered?
- Have you ever suggested coverage of what you consider a story with critical information for your customers (viewers, listeners, readers) that was rejected by management?
Do we really wonder why, as opined by The Lonely Conservative, that the US has dropped to #46, just above Haiti, in press freedom in the world. Way to go Barack Obama!
Liberal Sports Commentator Bob Costas Does DNC Infomercial on "Redskins" Rant During Cowboy-Washington NFL Game
Thanks Bob Costas for that DNC infomercial … More liberal media bias.
As if following the lead of Barack Obama on suddenly making the name 'Redskin's' the most important issue in America as we face a government shutdown, debt limit default, over-spending, jobless recovery, and record number of American on food stamps, NBC's Bob Costas decided to provide us with some perils of wisdom to pressure the Washington Redskins into changing their name. Yup, during half-time of last nights Cowboys – Redskins game, Costas provided a free DNC commercial.
So, at halftime of the Sunday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington REDSKINS, Bob Costas decided to lay down some wisdom on America. He started out okay in his discussion of Obama's new pet project, to pressure Washington into changing the name of the football team, but almost at the end when you were sufficiently sucked in, he threw out the bombshell…..the use of the term "Redskins" is indeed offensive … a nasty slur.
And there you have it. Just like Global Warming, um, I mean Climate Change, the debate about the term "Redskins" is now settled science. Expect for Washington to be changing their name very soon.
Just curious Bob, you have been a sports announcer for 30+ years, why is it all of a sudden that you decided to speak out against the name change? Oh that's right, you got the talking points ok to do so from Barack Obama. Even though a majority of Americans, including Native Americans are against a name change. But Bob and Barack know better.
Posted October 14, 2013 by Scared Monkeys
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What's the best way to bring up the topic of unsafe driving to someone with Alzheimer's?
What's the best way to bring up the topic of unsafe driving to someone with Alzheimer's?
Expert Answers
For starters, do everything you can to avoid a power struggle. Respect that as long as the driver is mentally competent and not a clear danger on the road, it's his or her decision whether to stay behind the wheel. Include the person in discussions of specifics and safety concerns so that, ideally, he or she will be the one to conclude that it may be better to limit or give up driving.
There are a number of practical steps you can take to help make the initial discussions go as smoothly as possible.
Choose the messenger carefully. Give some thought to the best person to broach the subject of problematic driving. The most forceful or aggressive soul may not be best for this delicate job; the most important ingredient may be trust. Most married drivers, for example, say they'd most like to have the discussion with a spouse. But for some couples, that pairing would be disastrous. Some people are more likely to respond to a close friend than a family member. And if the driver is particularly persuaded by medical advice, then his or her doctor may be invaluable in explaining how and why Alzheimer's and other medical conditions can contribute to perilous driving.
Choose a place and time to talk. Set aside some time and pick a quiet spot where the driving discussion can be held confidentially and without interruption. Although it may be tempting, don't bring up the topic while the person is behind the wheel -- that's likely to be distressing and distracting, and it may exacerbate the unsafe situation.
A car accident or a significant change in health may be a natural catalyst for the talk about giving up driving. Otherwise, you might consider beginning the conversation with an opening line that removes the personal focus, such as:
"With all the traffic and fast cars now in town, it sure is harder to drive around her than it used to be."
"Did you hear about that car accident on today's news?"
"When did (Grandma, Grandpa, a neighbor, a friend) stop driving?"
Be specific. If the person dismisses the idea that his or her driving has become a cause for concern, back it up with tangible things you or others have noticed: an increased number of dings or creases in the car, traffic tickets, or other drivers frequently honking at or passing the car. If the evidence still doesn't convince the person that your concerns are real, consider asking him or her to take a self-assessment test in private, such as "Am I a Safe Driver?," produced by the American Medical Association. More comprehensive (but less simple) is the Driving Decisions Workbook, published by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.
Research alternatives. Listen to the individual's particular concerns about not being able to drive -- missing hair appointments, grocery shopping, or a weekly card game, for example -- and consider other ways those needs could be met: a stylist who'll make house calls, online ordering and home delivery, a member of the poker group willing to provide a weekly pickup for the price of an occasional gas card.
Be prepared to offer alternative transportation plans, which may include:
Names and phone numbers of friends and relatives willing to help with rides.
Phone number of a dependable local cab company; some may even provide cost-savings vouchers for older passengers or those with disabilities.
Phone numbers of local shuttle services; local community centers and religious groups often provide such transportation for older residents free or at a low cost.
Bus and train schedules that cover routes the person commonly travels; if the idea of taking public transportation seems daunting or intimidating to the person, get someone to accompany him or her for a trial run or two.
Representatives from the nearest Area Agency on Aging may be able to suggest additional transportation possibilities that are available locally.
If possible, discuss these options with the person and include his or her thoughts and preferences when making an alternative transportation plan.
Be persistent. In a recent survey of older adults who reported that someone talked to them about their driving, more than half -- the majority of them women -- said they listened to and followed others' suggestions. While that still leaves a large number who remain reticent, the odds of listening go up with repeat conversations. If the person shuts you out or becomes too agitated when the topic of giving up driving is first broached, let it go. But gently raise your concerns again in a later conversation. Your persistence may help overcome the initial resistance to the idea.
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not only the driving is a concern, but what if, while driving, they go to places unknown. It's happened far too often. Sometimes they end up states away and lost because of the fog of alzheimers.
Please. If a person is an unsafe driver, the person should be OFF the road. I agree with being sensitive when raising the issue: kindness is always appropriate. HOWEVER, if there is real concern about a person's ability to drive, react quickly, find the destination and then find the way back , this is not a situation for open-ended repeated conversations or discussion.
We just made a Dr.s appt., (after twice my Alzheimer's step father never came home from work until sunrise the next morning) I agree with the person above, swift and wise action. If you know the person is going to be a potential harm to to others, argue with you or get very upset, definitly hand the baton over to a Profesional. Let it go then you can rest well.
I believe you're right about letting a professional handle this one. We're taking Mom to the neurologist next week and probably to the neuropsychologist (she had baseline testing in 2008 and an MRI back then). Hoping now for an actual diagnosis. In the meantime, we've taken her car. She's furious but when reminded what's happened recently calms down a good bit, as her memory is awful. (She'd walked away from her locked car in a parking lot - "lost" her keys again - and made her way on foot in the 90+ degree heat to a supermarket close by where I used to live - thought I still lived there. Long story short, strangers were involved this time and said she was very disoriented. They got hold of my nephew and niece, both of whom testified how out of it she was. The gist of it is we have told her repeatedly we can take her anywhere she needs to go. She's still in her own home close by me, and I do work from my home in the evenings. The above incident was not the first "car" incident. She totalled a car two years ago and walked away from that and we had our suspicions then. We'll be relieved when she's told no more driving, and I believe she'll get through this just fine. (Turns out her car keys were left on a counter at the Dollar General. Her latest thing is clutching either her car keys or her ATM card in one hand constantly instead of putting them in a pocket or purse when not in use - drives me crazy, as you can imagine).
Cindy Oh, It is time to pull the "Ole Switch-er-roo" on your mother. If she has a habit of losing her keys, she probably is not competent to drive.
So frustrating, after three doctors still "allowed" our 83 y.o. mother to drive, we finally replaced her car keys with a non working blank, four months ago. She has not mentioned that she cannot start her car, but has lost two more sets of keys. Trying to talk to her about the situation only agitated her - it was not pretty. The local Area on Aging evaluated her and advised she is still capable of living alone, but advised she not drive or use stove any longer.
Disconnecting the battery works also. I am relieved that her not driving really is not as hard as we had anticipated. We have a grocery list for her to complete weekly and we take turns getting her to doctor appts. Hope this helps you.
Tootsie, you are so right. Wow, so three docs said it was okay for her to drive?? That's scary, had not occurred to me but hoping neuropsych testing can show she should not drive. There's also the factor with Mom of needing cataract surgery, which is definitely something that plays a part here, I'm hoping the confusion will prevent the driving. She denies she's having trouble seeing, which is silly, she's been told she'll need to have that done. Funny, she'd been okay for the most part about not driving for now but called me twice around 4 p.m. out of the blue yesterday, fretting again about it. need to understand more about sundowning. Hoping many problems can be solved by getting more supervision during this part of the day as time goes on. Anyway, thanks again, Tootsie.
We just went through this with my dad. At a visit to the neurologist's office, I asked the doctor for ideas on how to assess my dad's driving, as we didn't feel qualified to properly make that decision. The neurologist gave us the name of a local hospital's rehab department that provided 2 types of driving assessments: a two-hour cognitive testing session that evaluates many different skills required for safe driving, and if that one is passed, a separate two-hour assessment of driving in a car.
Each test is scheduled separately, and each test cost $225. The best $225 we have spent! Our dad failed the cognitive test. The facilitator was well-trained, kind, and compassionate. My dad really liked her. It gave us an objective standard to use to discuss driving with our dad. He couldn't drive until he passed the driving test.
A word of caution: just when we thought we'd addressed the driving and our dad was settling down about it a bit, he surprised us with a third car key that we didn't know he had. He tried to sneak over to my brother's house where his car was parked and take off with it! We were able to stop him, but it was upsetting for all of us.
The biggest help in having our dad adjust was making sure he had someone to drive him places. We used a number of resources and called him regularly to see if there was anywhere he wanted to go. That helped a lot, especially, I think, because he really enjoyed the company.
I am going through this with my mom. She is 74 and has shown signs of dementia since around 2010. It has recently escalated and she has been having delusions. She thought my husband was trying to sell her land and having an affair with her neighbor which is preposterous. We had to remove some guns from her home for her safety and she discovered they were gone. She drove herself to the Sheriff's Dept. to tell them we were stealing from her. My husband had followed her in his truck unbeknownst to her. She drove down all kinds of streets and kept stopping and turning around, completely lost before she finally made her way to the Sheriff's office. They would not let her drive home and I had to go get her. We have since disabled her car because she can't remember what is going on from one day to the next. Sometimes one moment to the next. She still lives alone, so I worry CONSTANTLY about her, but it is a big relief that she is not out driving. BUT IS SHE EVER FURIOUS! She says we have ruined her life and calls me beginning at 6 am and continuing all day long. She has an appt. with a neuropsychologist for extensive testing. I question every decision I make. Does anyone else do this?
My mom is also 74 and three doctors told me (her daughter) that she is unable to drive because of hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's. It upset her, but now I find out that her sister has been telling her how awful it was of me to take her car keys away and that I am only doing to have control over her. I am so hurt. This sister lives next door to my mom so she has a lot of contact with her. She continues to be negative and will not be honest with my mom about how sick she is. My mom, of course, is furious with me. She has called up to 37 times in one day going back and forth between our home phone and my cell phone. What can I do about her sister who is trying to turn my mom against me. My aunt and I have not really been close and I think she is jealous of the relationship I have with my mom. My aunt has no children.
I have a sign that I've held on to for years. It reads: "When I die, I want to go peacefully, in my sleep, like Grandpa .... and not screaming like the other passengers in the car".
I read several mentions in the comments that a professional should be utilized when a person with Alzheimer's does not want to give up driving. Where would I find one of these professionals? Thank you
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Study Finds Mobile Phone Users Embracing Mobile DataComfortable with mobile data services but continue to worry about content and price (November 07, 2005)
Mobile phone users are increasingly comfortable with mobile data services but continue to worry about content and price, according to the latest Mobinet study of how 4,000 mobile phone users in 21 countries use their phones. The study has been conducted eight times since 2000 by management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and the Judge Business School, Cambridge University.
The study found more than half of mobile phone handsets are less than one-year old and have robust multimedia capabilities that are increasingly understood by their users. Fifty-six percent of these multimedia mobile phone users said they use their phones to access the Internet or check e-mail at least once a month -- a significant jump from the 36 percent who said they did so in the 2004 Mobinet study. Nearly two-thirds of users said new services and functions were easy to understand and enjoyable to use. Even among older mobile phone users, less than half complained that new functions were difficult to use.
"The growing penetration of new multimedia phones is the catalyst for mobile data adoption," said Mark Page, A.T. Kearney vice president and leader of the Mobinet study. "There is a clear relationship between the average revenue per user and the age of the phone the customer uses. People who have recently replaced their handsets are more likely to be heavier users of data services."
Mobile phone users continue to send more pictures, photos and video clips through the use of multimedia messaging services (MMS). One third of multimedia phone owners now use MMS at least monthly, and MMS is used regularly by nearly half of all 19- to 24-year-olds. The study concludes MMS has significant room to grow when compared with traditional text messaging, or SMS, which today is used by nearly 90 percent of mobile phone users regularly.
Mobile Music, Games and TV
Mobile entertainment services also continue to grow, according to the study. One-third of users with multimedia devices downloaded music monthly, up from 21 percent in 2004. Mobile gaming increased in Japan, the Americas and Scandinavia, but levels of repeat use so far remain below those of mobile music. Globally, 16 percent of users with multimedia phones reported downloading mobile games at least monthly. Seventeen percent of users (and 27 percent of those under age 24) said they were willing to pay for mobile TV, the most recently touted mobile entertainment service. However, two-thirds of users expressed a desire for time-sensitive TV content such as news and sports rather than entertainment shows.
Cost and Quality Concerns
The study indicates mobile operators still face challenges in bringing the price and quality of data services in line with consumer expectations. One-third of mobile phone users are concerned about the cost of mobile data, and about half say they are not willing to pay more than $5 per month for it. Thirty-five percent of consumers cited poor content as the reason they don't access multimedia services, a considerable increase from just 8 percent in 2004.
"This is unsettling for operators that have been investing heavily in proprietary portals and content," said Simon Bell, a professor at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University. "Perhaps it suggests they seek more partnerships with established online portal brands and media companies."
Answers for Operators
The study recommends operators shift their marketing focus to encourage repeat use and service loyalty, using pricing along with improved content and customer interfaces. To win over new customers, A.T. Kearney expects operators to perform more extensive market testing, implement easier-to-use content-rich services and offer low price alternative packages. Indeed, 70 percent of mobile phone users say price remains the primary factor in choosing an operator.
"The study clearly indicates strong growth opportunities for mobile operators that provide value-added services and products targeted at specific customer demographics," Page said. "The days of operators being everything to everyone are long past."
The report on Mobinet 2005 can be found at http://www.atkearney.com/main.taf?p=5,3,1,121,1
This unique research project was initiated between global management consultant A.T. Kearney and the Judge Business School, Cambridge University. For Mobinet 2005, approximately 4,000 interviews were conducted with mobile phone users in their own language in 21 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, The Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom. The results are validated, consolidated and analyzed to form the basis of the index.
The Mobinet study has been conducted regularly since June 2000.
A.T. Kearney
A.T. Kearney is one of the world's largest management consulting firms. With a global presence that includes offices in 34 countries, A.T. Kearney provides consulting services in the areas of strategic operations management, transformation and organization, and technology strategy to leading private and public sector clients around the world .
Over the past three years, A.T. Kearney has provided management consulting services to 69 companies out of the Fortune 100 in North America and to 73 of the Fortune Global 100 worldwide.
For more information, visit http://www.atkearney.com .
Judge Business School
Judge Business School (http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk ) at the University of Cambridge was founded in 1990. It has over 300 students and 80 teaching and research staff. It offers a portfolio of undergraduate, graduate and executive management programmes, including the Cambridge MBA. Teaching and research benefit from a wide range of associate faculty in other departments within the university. The business school hosts one of the largest concentrations of interdisciplinary business and management research activity in Europe.
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(CNSNews.com) - A coalition of more than 180 civil rights organizations wants a meeting with Bill Frist, the next majority leader of the U.S. Senate, to get assurances that Republican Party pledges of racial inclusiveness translate into policy changes.
Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, said his group wants to meet with Frist, "to give him an opportunity to make a fresh start" after the controversy involving Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, who resigned as Senate GOP leader after making racially insensitive remarks at a birthday party.
According to its website, the conference wants Frist to oppose five of President Bush's 15 federal judicial nominees that are still awaiting Senate confirmation. They are Charles Pickering of Mississippi, Priscilla Owen of Texas, Carolyn Kuhl of California, Terrence Boyle of North Carolina and Jeffrey Sutton of Ohio.
"They have records of deep hostility to core civil rights principles," the conference contends.
Last September, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Owen's nomination to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She was rejected by all ten Democrats on the panel, despite the fact that she was rated "well qualified" by the American Bar Association.
In responding to the vote, President Bush blamed the Democrats for "shameful" behavior, "even by Washington standards."
"They have distorted her record and misconstrued her opinions. They have determined that a nominee's experience, academic credentials, and character are inconsequential," the president said. "It has harmed a good person, harmed our courts, and harmed the American people."
The Conference on Civil Rights also wants Frist to support legislation that would encourage federal investigations and prosecutions of so-called "hate crimes" and support more federal government funding for the improvement of voting procedures in the states.
Frist was unavailable Friday for further comment on this story. His spokesman, Nick Smith told CNSNews.com , "Senator Frist will maintain an open dialogue with all individuals."
Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) said recently the incidents precipitating Lott's resignation would not change the party's Senate priorities. "It will not alter the agenda," he said.
Many conservatives think their emphasis on less government and more individual achievement benefits all Americans.
Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.), the GOP's only African-American member of Congress, told reporters the party does not "have to agree with the Congressional Black Caucus or Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton or the NAACP. It's about understanding that there are issues that are American issues but that particularly affect black Americans."
Frist was widely regarded as the most moderate of the four Republican contenders for Lott's post, but is considered too conservative by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
Frist's civil rights voting record is only a few percentage points higher than Lott's on the organization's civil rights scorecard. The NAACP reported that Frist voted with the group's liberal agenda only 15 percent of the time compared with 12 percent for Lott.
Some political observers believe Republicans can attract minority voters without supporting race-based affirmative action or other ideas supported primarily by liberal civil rights leaders.
Merle Black, a Georgia-based expert on southern politics, told Knight-Ridder newspapers, "So the Republicans aren't liberal, so what? Bush happens to believe you can approach civil rights from a different philosophy. Bill Frist is from Tennessee, he doesn't have any Deep South associations, or any ties to segregationists."
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Each Genie Bra Classic has three different zones, which include the back zone, the side zones, and of course, the bust zone. The bust zone's soft, contoured cups and wide bottom support band gently lift and support the bust while the ruched center separates each side from the other, making your chest look as attractive as possible. Meanwhile, the back zone's control panel and the side zones gently smooth out and minimize the appearance of any back or underarm fat that you may have, so it isn't spilling out of your bra.
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This will be a pivotal year for paid search advertising. Trends set into motion last year — new ad formats, an emphasis on display, a local PPC push — are on a collision course with the new complexity in advertising and the maturation of online marketing.
This year will fundamentally change how we think about and buy access to prospects, namely keywords. It is the dawn of paid search without keywords.
Changes from 2010: Universal Paid Search
For years, Google's search results were dominated by the "10 blue links" — simple headlines, descriptions, and URLs to entice and satisfy searchers. Until it wasn't. Universal search wove in images, video, and real-time updates.
For most of its history, too, AdWords been presented in a text format even as the search results morphed into a multimedia experience. The result is that attention was pulled towards organic results at the expense of ads.
Google countered that trend with their big push for universal paid search in 2010. It was, perhaps, the most radical evolution to the paid search results since the introduction of Quality Score. Consider the changes:
- New ad formats: Text is no longer the exclusive medium for advertising on Google. No format exemplifies that more than Product List Ads (and their cousin, Product Extensions). There is no headline, copy or display URL. Instead, it's just a product image, name, price and vendor slotted in the highest positions on the right side. What's more, you don't choose keywords. We also saw display creep into image search results with Image Search Ads and traditional display ads.
- New calls-to-action: The way you satisfy your search with advertising on Google has evolved as well. Most notably, through the introduction of click-to-call as an option for mobile search ads (as well as the limited release AdWords call metrics). Similarly, more of the site experience is being pulled into the search results. The beta Comparison Ads creates a marketplace for loan and credit card comparison all on Google. The call to action is comparison and filtering, not just clicking on an ad.
- New buying/monetization models: Cost-per-click (CPC) and cost-per-thousand-impressions (CPM) are no longer the only ways you can buy. Comparison Ads are sold on a cost-per-lead basis. Product listing ads are sold on a cost-per-acquisition (CPA) basis for some advertisers (CPC for most).
- New display targeting options: Remarketing (a.k.a. retargeting) brought highly focused display buys to the AdWords interface. Specifically, the ability to only show display ads to segments of people who visit your site, in many cases after clicking on a text ad.
- New advertising automation: In a move that radically simplifies advertising for small businesses, Google began testing Google Boost. It involves no keyword research and no bidding. If you have a Google Places page, you can even do it without a website. It's virtually hands-off advertising for SMBs.
Of those changes, Google Product Listing Ads and Google Boost offer the best glimpse into the future of paid search without keywords. They're notable for dramatic departures in every step of how you advertise on Google:
- Targeting: Automated targeting toward certain audiences as determined by Google vs. keywords chosen by the advertiser.
- Ads: Product listing ads bring a product search like result in the top position in the right column and Boost promotes a map-like result in a preferred position above organic results.
- Pricing: CPA and monthly budget caps replace daily budgets and CPC bids.
These changes underlie some of the key trends that will shape paid search in 2011.
Trends that Will Shape Paid Search in 2011
For Google to continue their pace of growth, they need two things:
- Another line of business to complement AdWords, and display advertising is it. They've pushed even more aggressively into the channel, most notably with the acquisition of Invite Media, a demand side platform.
- To remove obstacles to profit and incremental growth within AdWords. These barriers are primarily how wide advertisers target and how much they pay for the people they reach (see: "Why Google Wants to Eliminate Bidding In Exchange for Your Profits").
As ad formats and advertising choices multiply, so does complexity. The third barrier to incremental growth is bringing new advertisers into the market and generating add-on revenue from existing advertisers. That requires reducing barriers to entry and scale.
The solution to both of these problems was laid out in part in Nick Fox's keynote at Search Engine Strategies in 2009. His vision of search in five years is already here today. My prediction is that paid search without keywords will become even more prominent in 2011.
The Dawn of Paid Search Without Keywords
As search marketers, we're used to buying based on intent as expressed in the search query. We do that primarily through keywords paired with match types and bids.
In paid search without keywords, intent is just one of five ways we'll target prospects:
- Intent: Search behavior, as expressed through search queries.
- Audience: Demographics and psychographics, similar to traditional media and display ad buys.
- Business Type: Certain verticals (personal finance) and markets (small businesses) will have special targeting.
- Product: Online retail is one of the biggest spenders online and Google's Merchant Center can bridge products and ad space.
- Behavior: Prior behavior and interests can make some audiences more valuable than others.
We're seeing this already today in various forms, such as Product Listing ads and buying on the Display Network. Kevin Lee offers a compelling vision of how real-time bidding could further expand the way we buy paid search.
How We'll Advertise on Google
The difference between how we buy paid search today and buying without keywords is fundamentally about subtraction instead of addition.
Think of a paid search account today. We target a niche and then gradually add other targets that define the total potential universe. We're adding pieces to make a whole.
To consider the other side, let's take the example of Product Listing Ads. We don't choose when our ads show up. Google does.
But we can set limits of what we're willing to pay, effective preventing products from potentially showing up. We're starting with a whole and subtracting out pieces.
Remarketing offers a model for how this process will work.
- We can set the target audience you want to reach, say people who put an item into their shopping cart.
- Then, we can establish exclusions to remove some undesirable part of the audience, say those who complete a purchase (cart recovery being the desired goal in this example).
- Finally, we set preferences for your buy — frequency caps, etc.
In paid search without keywords, we'll start wider and have to be vigilant about segmenting and excluding. We'll also have to start dealing with a sophisticated competitor: Google.
Google as Competitor
There is something of a quirk in how new keyword-less features are being added, that presents a new dynamic in the auction. In some cases, these new tools offer a choice between managing the advertising (or at least the bidding) ourselves or giving full control to Google, as is the case with CPA pricing for Product Listing Ads.
That creates a hybrid auction where some advertisers are controlling bids, while Google changes the bids of others while deciding whether both are eligible/relevant to appear. In effect, you're placing your bidding wits against Google's.
It remains unclear what controls these new ad formats will include, what degree of reporting and the impact to traditional text ads, which will also compete for space and attention.
What's Coming Next in Paid Search without Keywords?
It wouldn't be a good predictions article unless I put my neck on the line with some solid ideas about what 2011 will hold for paid search marketers.
Two things are especially likely:
- Impression-based retargeting. Retargeting was a huge step forward for Google in display last year. But, they're leaving the vast majority of the opportunity on the table. If your average click-through rate (CTR) is 5 percent (which would be generous for some), then 95 percent of the people who were served your ad aren't even eligible to be retargeted to. But, what if you could target someone who searches, say, "organic dog food" with a banner ad on the Display Network? It opens ups a world of possibilities and budgets.
- Automated inventory-based Product Ads. It's always interesting that Google created an umbrella category for Product Listing Ads and Product Extensions called Product Ads. With retail being a significant vertical in paid search with large, constantly change inventory, I expect Google will continue their push to use Google Merchant Center. For example, we could easily see automated retargeting or regular banner ads filled with products you viewed or searched for, just like Criteo is doing today with Zappos.
What This Means for Advertisers and Agencies
No one but Google knows what's coming. But, it's clear that everyone needs to get comfortable with audience based buying, starting first with retargeting.
The skills and tools to understand, target, and bid on various audiences exist today. Now there's an increased urgency to dig into them.
On a final note, I specifically resisted the link bait urge to title this post "the death of keywords," because they aren't going anywhere. AdWords is too critical to Google's bottom line to disrupt that revenue until new ad formats and monetization models are proven and well adopted.
One thing is certain, though: the future of paid search without keywords is coming in a big way in 2011.
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The Walgreens online store now offers a $99 Android tablet, the Maylong M-150. The 7-inch tablet runs Android 1.6, and features Wi-Fi only connectivity.
The tablet, which is a blatant visual imitation of an Apple iPad, is powered by a 400MHz ARM9 processor. It features a 7-inch resistive touchscreen, 256MB of RAM, stereo speakers, and a flash memory slot. The M-150 also has a dongle to allow USB connections.
Physical buttons include a menu/home button on the front, and power and volume switches on the sides. In terms of software, the device includes a full browser, an e-reader app, YouTube, and a media player.
Granted, this is no Samsung Galaxy Tab, but it is a great low-cost alternative for those who just want basic Internet connectivity in a tablet. It also serves as a fun alternative for kids who want a tablet, but wouldn't fully utilize (or properly care for) a more powerful, network-connected device.
source: Walgreens via The Digital Reader
Walgreens offers $99 Android tablet from Maylong
5 Comments
posted on 28 Oct 2010, 01:29 0
1. phone333 (Posts: 331; Member since: 04 Feb 2009)
ha ha ha !!
posted on 28 Oct 2010, 01:00 0
2. ztedac (Posts: 69; Member since: 17 May 2010)
resistive touch screen... so i need a stylus to operate this thingy eh
posted on 28 Oct 2010, 11:34 0
3. PapaJay224 (Posts: 866; Member since: 08 Feb 2009)
wow, kinda cool, cheap...but a waste, resistive???? cmon.
posted on 28 Oct 2010, 15:49 0
5. haysja (unregistered)
Of course it is resistive. What do you expect for $100. You aren't going to get an iPad for $100. But you can get 5 of these for the price of 1 iPad - and if you are purchasing these in numbers that does make a big difference.
Walgreens offers $99 Android tablet from Maylong