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Al Qaida's Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, in seizing two cities in Anbar Province, is making a political and military point. Even as the Obama Regime wants to declare victory in the war on terror, the Obama Regime is responsible for creating a new and dangerous entity that can seize territory for a government we set up, and it can hold that territory. Al Qaida is very open about the source of its recent success. First, it credits Obama with killing bin Laden. Bin Laden had very narrow and limited and constrained goals for his terrorist organization, believing that driving westerners from Arab lands was adequate to allow the growth of indigenous Islamic governments. The other factions of Al Qaida believed that the group should grow and merge from a terrorist organization into a full blown Islamic caliphate. Bin Laden was always a control freak in terms of business records, but Al Qaida since the death of bin Laden has emerged as a full blown and fully organized government in exile, only lacking territory to govern. Obama, in killing bin Laden, has made Al Qaida a hell of a lot more dangerous. Second, Al Qaida credits American failures at nation building in Iraq. Iraq had very few similarities to Vietnam until last year, when the Iraqi Shia government commenced a series of policies that seemed not only self-destructive, but outwardly hostile to its own best interests. Al Qaida was able to allow the Iraqi Government to simply drive Sunnis into the Al Qaida camp. Of course, the frightening thing about the fighting in Anbar Province is that Al Qaida has no intention of stopping its conquests when and if it consolidates its hold on a chunk of Iraq. Its next step is linking with Al Qaida forces in Lebanon and Syria, as well as portions of Jordan, North Africa and East Africa. Already, American officials in Iraq are muttering the phrase "re engagement," which suggests that the United States is concerned enough to be considering options beyond material and advice. Whereas the US could walk away from Vietnam in 1975, the United States cannot walk away from the global war that is looming in the Middle East. For one, even our European allies, China, Japan and Russia are growing somewhat concerned both about the consequences on global trade routes and the prospect of a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia and god knows who else astride the energy pipeline and trade pipeline of the world. Worse yet, since the United States has created this situation, and has made it worse, the interesting question is what the Obama Regime plans to do about it. Another example of failed Obama Regime policy making everything worse, and apparently no idea what to do next.
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"This book is one of the reasons I joined Audible!"
I loved it! I have read this book a number of times and in different translation but it was great to listen to it while on the road.
This is one of those life-changing books that has a profound impact on all who read it. On one level it is the story of a murder in which the murdered man's sons share varying degrees of complicity. However, it also has a deeper level. It portrays the spiritual drama of the characters moral struggles between faith, doubt, reason, and free will. Wonderful story, though not exactly light reading. Walter Covell is one of my favorite readers and he did his usual excellent job. Five stars.
"I Tried Covell, Davidson, and Woolf"
I tried all three narrators available for the unabridged Brothers K. I hated them all to begin with, but Covell is the one that I was able to settle into. Davidson's condescension, though I tried my best to ignore it, was just too much. Woolf and Clovell are both underwhelming, and it takes more concentration to hang on, but between them, I like Covell. In general, I've found boring narrations to be less offending to the ear across a long listening than obnoxious ones that might be more dramatic. Listening to Covell is sometimes like hearing those computer-automated voice, but it can actually become endearing after a while. In any case, while his voice didn't do anything to enhance the reading, in the end he didn't detract from it. I've read the book before, and I found the sensation of hearing Covell's reading exactly the same, whereas Davidson's narration jarred the spell completely for me.
It's a shame there is not a reading of this novel as great as Guidall's masterful Crime and Punishment, but this performance still amounts to a wonderful experience.
"Loved it!"
This is an amazing book and I really felt that listening to it helped me get more out of it.
"Worth it, even if you're not a fan of "classics""
A well done reading of a story worth hearing.
I'm not a huge fan of classic literature, but this story is still relevant and powerful, particularly if you know any sullen young "intellectual" men with chips on their shoulders, or happen to be one.
"A Perceptive and Engaging Family Narrative"
As far as fiction goes, I would rate this #1.
I thoroughly enjoyed the mix of drama, psychology, philosophy, religion, law, & Russian History!
I have not. But based on the 40 hours of this recording, I would recommend, and will definitely seek out other recordings by Covell!
The chapter entitled "The Grand Inquisitor"... Also some of Father Zossima's speeches...
One can tell that this novel was first written serially, and that Dostoyevsky was paid by his output. The story does lag in some places, especially for the modern reader, so accustomed to speed, but all in all the work is a must-read (or must-listen) for the thinker...
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"Timeless Classic (but not for everyone)"
If you want the story, there is a good movie. Russian novels are difficult at best and the only reason I even understand this is because I took a course on Dostoevsky in college. One of the main problems for non-Russians is the variety of names for a single person: there are formal names, semi-formal names, diminutives and short diminutives. The person who reads this book solves that problem because somehow he makes it clear who he is talking about. Overall, the reader is excellent.
This is the third time I've "read" the novel. Each time you notice something different, like with the appreciation of any timeless artwork. This time I noticed Kolya's interaction with the doctor at Ilusha's fbedside. Who cares about Fyodor? This is the real tragedy. Also, I noticed how boring the lawyer's speeches were at the end of the book and I wondered if Dostoevsky had noticed a market for courtroom dramas and was trying to drive up sales . . . ever the cynic.
The narration was great.
It is a classic story, many know the plot even before they listen, but still, the way the character development unfolds is masterful. Dostoevsky is genius as most of us recognize it.
Throughly loved it.
"Best book ever"
This is my favorite book of all times perfectly performed
I have listened to it three times.
"Meehhhed the Meh out of me"
Disclaimer, I do not typically listen to the classics, this and The Count of Monte Cristo are the only real classics I have listened to.
Given my background I really struggled getting through this entire book. There were times in the book where Dostoevsky would introduce a meaningful thought or axiom about life in general outside of Russia, but these were few and far between. The book lacked continuity and a clear line of progression. I regret picking this book up on a whim.
"Great book - dull reading"
The narrator here seems to be working on autopilot. When there is a piece of dialogue followed by something like "he said angrily", you realise that Walter Covell frequently hasn't read ahead. Most of the women's voices sound the same. He leaves hardly any gap at the end of a chapter before giving the title of the next one and moving on. The effect is rather relentless. Characters change voice as the book goes on. I had to keep replaying sections to get the meaning. He's not without expression but doesn't do this great book justice.
"Brothers Karamazov"
This is as poor a rendition of a brilliant novel as it has been my misfortune to hear. The narrator seems not to have read the sentences before voicing them, frequently running out of breath before reaching their end. The result is that the ends of phrases seem to be tacked on without rhyme or reason. His struggle with the Russian names is painful, and they seem not to become any more familiar to him as the reading progresses than they were at the start. Added to that, the lack of variety in tone and tempo made the reading sound like a mechanical, text-to-speech machine. Very, very poor.
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"What makes me happy is having a tickle-fest with my 22-month-old daughter, Shaelyn. Or really, with anyone who's available."
One hit of bright, playful color — turquoise definitely qualifies! — sends an instant message of joy. For a look that's less daring but still striking, "pick just one spot for the blue liner," says Kara Yoshimoto Bua, the makeup artist who created these looks. "Make blue or green eyes glow by smudging a bit of blue liner in the inner rims of your lower lids, just below your irises. For brown eyes, swipe and smudge it right at the outer corners." On eyes: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencil in Clash, $20. YSL Ombre Solo Eye in Topaz Blue, $30. On cheeks: Bodyography Crème Blush in Nectar, $16. On lips: Rimmel Moisture Renew Lip Colour in Auburn Breeze, $6.79.
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Does anyone know if a deal has been confirmed on this? I thought I read awhile back that only one company was going to carry EI??
My cable company has not carried it for the last several years so I am thinking of switching to a dish.
Does anyone know if a deal has been confirmed on this? I thought I read awhile back that only one company was going to carry EI??
My cable company has not carried it for the last several years so I am thinking of switching to a dish.
Directv has a contract for the exclusive rights for the next several years. I doubt that will not change, but there is a small chance, legal and/or FCC action might change that. Small as in less than 1 percent chance.
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I don't think anything is official at this point.
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I am out of market and DISH told me that they do not have their sports package in my area that would give me Fox Sports Ohio or Cincinnatti. Are there any other options? I am going nuts here. I have not missed this many games in 10 years.
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Nothing is official yet but according to today's Los Angeles Times the deal with Directv is imminent and could be announced as soon as today.
Thanks everyone!
I'll decide what to do a week or so before the season starts!
I still think this is a raw deal. I have been getting MLBEI for the last several seasons and now this year I can't! I can't get a dish with the way my house sits. This is BS!
It is looking like a done deal. One of SI's writers says it will be announced today a 7 year $700 million dollar exclusive deal to Directv.
Doesn't look good.
I feel like I just got slapped in the face by MLB. 27 years of being a devoted fan and now this. Boo!!!
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Do FDA rules discriminate against imports?
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas submittted a thoughtful comment to the FDA on the issue of "Food Safety Modernization Act: Domestic and Foreign Facility Reinspections, Recall, and Importer Reinspection User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2012."
Here is a point made in the document that contends proposed re-inspection fees constitute a trade barrier. From the FPAA and Lance Jungmeyer:
Furthermore, the proposed "import fees" fees for removal from "Detention Without Physical Examination/DWPE" may be viewed as trade barriers because they are not fees that are also assessed on domestic products. For imported produce, when a positive sample occurs, the product is put on DWPE (product removed from market and no longer allowed to be imported) and is not removed until there is a petition and a process, including "5 clean samples." Under FSMA, FDA is proposing to charge $224/hour for the work of removal from DWPE, which will cost importers (or whatever entity requests the removal) potentially tens of thousands of dollars.
In contrast, when domestic producer experience a positive sample, there is a recall. FDA charges a fee only when the producer does not cooperate with a mandatory recall. For the same situation of a positive sample, the imported product is subject to significant fees while the domestic product is subject to minimal or no fees. Accordingly, a core principle of the World Trade Organization is "national treatment." Member countries of the WTO cannot discriminate between imported and domestic products in terms of regulatory burden and/or fees.
An additional factor is that for the "domestic and foreign facility re-inspection fees," the differential between the domestic rate of $224/hour and the foreign rate of $325 / hour does not reflect the actual scope of costs incurred. To the extent that this differential is justified by the difference in travel time, the rate needs to be a sliding scale or country by country based on distance/time. Mexico and Canada, our largest food trading partners, are within a reasonable distance and should have a rate closer to that of the domestic rate than to that of faraway countries such as those in Asia.
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Like many here I find the suttas to be a rich source of content relating to the dhamma.
Are there locations in which one can have access to the whole of the pali canon and related early texts and enjoy instruction as well quality study time (much like a university) without the bias of a certain schools interpreation , etc?
I look at what has taken place in the academic field of theology in the christian arena and some of the greatest "advances' have been in the universities which allowed for free inquiry.
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In 1969, when checking off the options boxes that would ultimately inform Chevrolet how to assemble your new Corvette, filling in any box that alluded to horsepower, for the true gearhead anyway, would be the most acceptable way to go. While not the ultimate horsepower package that was available, the package put together in Joe Hodges 69 could be considered the ultimate street performer. Piecing together parts like the 427ci engine with the three Holley carburetors builds the package titled the L71. Like when any puzzle is put together, there are certain pieces that dont fit. One part that Chevrolet deemed wouldnt fit was air conditioning. Chevrolet would not install air conditioning on the L71.
This 435hp engine produced compression in the 11:1 range. Opening up all six butterflies would twist the M21 transmission with 460 lb-ft of torque, definitely enough for stout street performance. Joes Corvette was first put into service on December 30, 1969, and roamed the streets, ready to show any unsuspecting opponent how a car can perform better than the sum of its parts.
Some 51,000 miles passed and the car found a new home in the Central Florida area. Thats where Joe found it. Joe had been looking for a 69 shark for some time, and had just concluded that his standards may have been too high when a friend told him about a mid-year that was for sale. Joe decided hed at least take a look.
As most fairy tales go (you know, the ones that usually happen to someone else), it turned out that the car wasnt a mid-year, but the big-block, Tri-power 69 you see here! The car was in relatively good shape, with a lot of maintenance records and the original bill of sale.
Joe removed the interior, gauges, and trim and shipped the car to the body shop for a frame-off restoration, right down to the original stencil marks. When checking the engine, the shop tore off the heads and discovered that the original machining was still visible after 51,000 milesmore proof that Chevrolet built this one right.
With the frame freshly painted and the body sporting a new Can Am White paint job, Joe took the car home to be completed. He assumed the car was nearly complete, but he soon found out about Corvette puzzles. He said that every hour of work necessitated about two hours of reading or research for correctness. He used the NCRS, manufacturer catalogs, shop manuals, and whatever sources of information he could find. I learned everything and then some about the car and found it becoming as much a hobby as a passion. The date for completion of this puzzle was set when his son asked if he could drive him and his partner in the homecoming parade. With little time to spare, Joe completed the task, installing the carpet and seats only an hour before the parade. Joes wife and friends claimed there was no comparison between the sound of Joes 435hp Corvette and the rest of the cars in the parade.
Joe hasnt had the car judged yet. Hes having too much fun driving it to worry about the few items he must address to make the car correct for judging. Yup, he drives this one. Some people will tell you that you cant drive big-block Corvettes because they heat up too much. But Joe took his Corvette to someone who doesnt believe that. Chris Petris of the Corvette Clinic tuned the car and worked on the cooling system to ensure that Joe can drive his 69 throughout Florida without any concern of boiling over. Joe says he likes to open up all the carbs from time to time, making sure they get a fresh taste of the 100-plus-octane fuel that Joe prepares specially for them. After all, its a puzzle built to be enjoyed, not a 3-D poster, sitting behind a glass case.


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Topic: Time for an Update
It's been a while since I've posted, even though I go in and read the new posts almost daily. It seems like I'm always too busy to post my own stories. Since my last post a lot has changed with my husband, Ron. He was diagnosed with ICC in August of 2013. After 4 cycles of Gem/Cis, his doctor stopped it due to extreme neuropathy in Ron's feet. New MRI and PET scans indicated that the cancer has not spread beyond the liver. Great news!
Ron had no treatments for about a month before he started on Xeloda. He was to take Xeloda twice daily, but only made it through 3 doses and had to stop due to extreme nausea and pain in his abdomen. At this time his Onc. decided he should see Dr. Kemeny at Memorial Sloan Kettering and sent a referral to her in hopes that Ron could get an HAI pump. It was taking too long to get an appt. with Dr. Kemeny so his Onc. started him on Cis/Ox a week ago. In the meantime, Ron was set up with an appt. to see Dr. Kemeny on Feb. 5th. (Initially they wanted him to come to NYC next week but with the Super Bowl festivities going on in that area, we opted to wait another week.) In between infusions Ron was getting hydration therapy weekly, which really perked him up.
Ron was feeling quite well for the 4 weeks that he had a break from chemo and before the last infusion of Cis/Ox. The day of the infusion he didn't feel real well, then the next two days were wonderful. He said he felt normal again. I was so elated. Then the pain and nausea set in on day 3. Ugh! He was having a hard time eating anything for the rest of the week.... just didn't have an appetite. Oxycodone 2x/day was taking care of the pain until last night. This morning he could hardly get out of bed. He had pain across his middle section, more in the intestinal region than in the liver/stomach area... but said his stomach and liver regions hurt also. I had to fight like heck to talk him into going to the dr (as usual!) and he finally relented but decided he needed a bath and shave first. It took everything he had to get into the tub and then the tears came. I have only seen Ron cry once before in all the 40 years we've known each other. It broke my heart into a million pieces. He took 2 oxycodone and within a half hour we were in the onc.'s office. He still had silent tears. The onc. wasn't sure what was going on inside and wanted Ron to go to the ER for a scope, since as an inpatient they would do it right away, vs. waiting a week to get an appt. and results. Onc said if Ron wanted to he could try hydration first and see if it helped, but if the pain comes back he must go to the ER this weekend. Ron opted to have hydration, which did indeed help.... tremendously. I believe he was dehydrated and just rundown from not being able to eat. He ate a pretty good meal after hydration but no appetite again now.
Another dose of Cis/Ox is scheduled for next Friday, then we travel to NY to see Dr. Kemeny for a consult only. We're praying that she will deem him worthy of an HAI pump and we'll be able to return to NY soon after for the surgery. He just can't seem to tolerate any of the systemic chemo and the Cis/Ox is no exception. The neuropathy is coming back and it's just too hard on his internal organs. The Oxaliplatin causes strange reactions to anything cold, which Ron must avoid at all costs. He drank some water that wasn't quite room temperature and said it felt like someone was sticking a thousand needles in his throat and neck. Anyone who puts up with all these nasty side-effects must have a strong will to live. I don't know that I could do it.
I had my only little scare a couple of weeks ago. My hematologist ordered an ultrasound of my abdominal area, thinking an enlarged spleen might be the cause of an extremely low WBC count (after all other tests were negative). What showed up shocked us both - 3 solid masses in/on my liver! An MRI showed that they were only hemangiomas and no follow up is necessary. I was scared to death, especially since one mass was 6.2 cm wide. It was a tough 3 weeks from start to finish and now I feel like I never want anymore tests done. I'm a wimp compared to what Ron is going through.
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Texas A&M started developing its wish list for 2014 recruiting several months ago, and one of their first offers went out to La Porte LB Hoza Scott.
Today, as has been anticipated for a while, Scott took the Aggies up on their offer, becoming the fifth member of the 2014 class.
The 6 foot, 2 inch, 205-lb. Scott hasn't been shy in saying the A&M has been at the top of his list, saying multiple times since this spring that the Aggies were ahead of the likes of Alabama, LSU, Florida, Orgeon and Texas on his list. More recently, he's been even more vocal about his desire to be part of the A&M program, mentioning that he wants to be part of the "Aggie family."
A four-star recruit with a very real possibility of earning a fifth star between now and 2014 national signing day, Scott brings a combination of speed and aggressiveness to the Aggie defense that could be used in several different ways.
"They're looking at me at both outside and inside," he told AggieYell.com, adding that he was fine with playing either position.
Scott said the Aggies' move to the SEC was one of the factors that made his decision easy.
"They made it to the SEC and proved a lot of people wrong," the 6 foot, 2 inch, 205-lb. linebacker said. "They know how to play hard-nosed football, I know that."
The idea of winning an national title also played into his reasoning.
"It's very important," he said. "They can compete for a national championship."
Scott, who has developed a close relationship with running backs coach Clarence McKinney, said the rapport between the two worked strongly in A&M's favor. So did the developing rapport between the young linebacker and the 12th Man.
"They have the best community ever," he said. "Everyone around there, they already know me. They're saying, 'Hey, Hoza.' It feels good."
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Family Fair at South Lakes High School Features Community Resources
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Family Fair at South Lakes High School
Community Resources
A Resource Fair for Families will be held this Thursday, Feb. 17, from 5 - 8 p.m. at South Lakes High School, 11400 South Lakes Drive in Reston.
There will be a free dinner and child care. Parents can learn about summer camps; youth sports and recreation; after-school programs; home and car safety; gang, drug and alcohol prevention resources; family support services; and local transportation. Many of these programs offer scholarships or reduced fees.
Beginning at 4:45 until 8:15 p.m., there will be free shuttle bus service every 20 minutes to South Lakes High School from Dogwood, Hunters Woods, Forest Edge and Lake Anne Elementary Schools.
For more information on the resource fair, contact Aimee Monticchio, vice principal at South Lakes High School, at 703-715-4511, TTY 711.
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Jeffrey Diamond is a professor in the Computer Studies Department at Santa Rosa Junior College.
He created and now manages the development of the interdisciplinary Interactive Media Design Associate Degree and Career Certificate. He also teaches web design, programming, and multimedia classes. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor in both Adobe® Dreamweaver® and Flash® Professional.
During the 2009–2010 academic year, Diamond was the technology coordinator at Lincoln Community School in Accra, Ghana. He managed the Technology Department IT staff and its US$260,000 IT budget. He instituted policies and infrastructure for technology repairs and requests. He also trained school staff in the use and implementation of Google Apps and other multimedia programs. During his time at the Accra school, Diamond also carried a 50% teaching load.
Diamond earned a bachelor's degree in music therapy and a master's in education. Earlier in his career, he was a performing arts teacher in Spain, and later in New Delhi, India, at the American Embassy School.
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Salty Taste in Mouth for 3 Years
Hi, I am a nurse with a critical care background and I have had a salty taste in mouth for 3 years now, with no relief. I have had 3 surgeries, gall bladder, nissen fundoplasty high positive regurgitation prior and bilateral salpoopherectomy and culdoscopy for fibroids inside and outside uterus, all of which I was told could attribute to some of my symptoms.
I went to two ENT MDs had a sinus CT scan and pharyngoscopy both of which were negative. I am still sneezing, have a severe salty taste in my mouth, occasional burning tongue, and soreness of the upper palate. This is 3 weeks after nissen fundoplasty. I still have some sinus congestion, have had ablations and coblations to the nares and am still stuffed up frequently but 2 ENT MDs don't think it is related. I believe it is.
This is misery for me. When the salty taste gets really bad I start sneezing. I definitely think this is from an ENT cause. I'm only on one medication now for my BP and that doesn't cause salty taste in mouth. What can I do next? It is so severe I'm afraid to take trips, can hardly sleep at night, and only work part-time. Can you help me? This is not psychosomatic as just started 3 years ago and I am not under any stress. Thanks. I'm pretty frustrated.
This certainly sounds like burning mouth/tongue syndrome.
What is burning mouth syndrome?
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a relatively common problem. Patients who have this condition complain of abnormal sensations of the lining of the mouth. Many patients say that it feels like their mouth has been scalded, and that is why this condition is called burning mouth syndrome. Although we don't know exactly what causes BMS, most of the evidence points to a problem with the nerves that send information about our senses to the brain. These nerves are simply sending incorrect messages to the brain. Different sets of nerves send information about pain, taste, and texture, and any combination of these nerves can be affected for a particular patient.
Pain. A raw, irritated or burned sensation often develops in the front part of the mouth, usually affecting the inner surfaces of the lips, the roof of the mouth and the sides and tip of the tongue. In some patients, only the tongue will be affected, however, any combination of these sites may be present. Sometimes the burned sensation will be in other areas of the mouth too, such as the throat, the gums or the cheeks.
Taste. If the nerves that carry information about taste are affected, patients may have a decreased ability to taste their food, or they may develop what are known as "taste phantoms". The person may have a bitter, metallic, salty, sweet or sour taste in the mouth, even though there are no foods or beverages in the mouth to give that taste. It's just that the nerves seem to be telling the brain that a bitter or metallic substance is in the mouth, when in fact, there isn't.
Texture. Other patients may have unpleasant textures in their mouth. For example, they may feel that their mouths are too dry or too wet. They may feel that the lining of the mouth feels slimy or sticky. Some patients have described their mouths as feeling like cotton or Velcro. Sometimes it feels that the lips or tongue are swollen. In all cases, however, the lining of the mouth appears normal when we examine it carefully.
The symptoms of BMS often tend to wax and wane. Patients may describe their sensations as being less obvious in the morning when they first get up, and becoming worse as the day goes on. Usually the irritation is not so bad that it causes them to lose sleep. Some patients will say that the problem will be bad for a few weeks, then gradually fade, only to come back again.
Who gets burning mouth?
Most patients who see doctors for BMS are post-menopausal women, but men can get this problem too. We don't know whether this is because more women have the condition, or just that women are more likely to go to a doctor for evaluation. BMS is a relatively common problem that is seen all over the world. For example, in Holland, patients with BMS have formed a support group. Chat groups have also been organized on the Web. This condition affects people of all races and all backgrounds.
What causes burning mouth?
Nobody knows for sure. There are a few uncommon diseases that could be tested for in some patients, such as anemia, diabetes and oral yeast infections. For most patients with BMS, however, those tests turn out to be normal. We know that burning mouth is not related to anything serious, such as cancer or AIDS. Furthermore it is not contagious - it can't be passed from one person to another.
How do doctors diagnose burning mouth syndrome?
BMS is diagnosed by listening carefully to the patient's description of their symptoms and doing a careful examination of the mouth. Sometimes it may be helpful to do blood tests and fungal culture to make certain that one of the other problems mentioned previously is not present. If those tests are all negative, and if the lining of the mouth appears normal, then we can make a diagnosis of BMS.
How is burning mouth syndrome treated?
Unfortunately, no one has developed a medically proven treatment for BMS. The main problem is that we don't know exactly what causes BMS, therefore it is difficult to develop a treatment for the problem. A variety of medications, including antidepressants, anti-seizure drugs, female hormone replacement therapy and vitamin therapy, have been tried, however such treatments either have no effect or their effect is no different than what we would expect to see with placebo (sugar pill) treatment.
How long will the burning sensation last?
Again, we cannot say for sure. We know that for about half of affected patients, the condition will resolve after a period of time, but no one can predict how long that will be for a particular individual. For the most part, this problem is a nuisance, and it can be a frustrating situation for both patients and doctors.
Carl M Allen, DDS, MSD
Professor Emeritus of Oral Pathology
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University


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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – Jim Rawitsch has been appointed as executive director of the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts.
He will be responsible for managing the foundation's National Register artist's residence, Discovery Garden and related public programs.
Rawitsch was selected for the position after a national search which yielded more than 50 applicants. The new executive director spent the past six years in USC administration as assistant vice president of advancement.
Previous to that he served in arts-related institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Pasadena Playhouse. He has also consulted for the Getty Trust and taught management courses at Loyola Marymount University.
"Jim's track record includes significant successes in making the arts accessible to very broad audiences," said foundation board president Connie Ransom, noting his role in establishing LACMA's first free membership for children and his work to revitalize and re-open the historic Pasadena Playhouse.
"He brings great affection for mid-20th century art and architecture, and a deep knowledge of Southern California culture and history," Ransom added.
Rawitsch was born and raised in Southern California, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA, with B.A. and M.B.A. degrees.
"I grew up in a mid-century home in Whittier, and first encountered Sam Maloof's furniture in the living room at a friend's house," said Rawitsch from his new office in the historic Maloof compound.
"Sam hadn't yet been recognized as a MacArthur genius or had his work collected by the likes of the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Smithsonian, but just sitting in those chairs as a teenager, I knew there was something special about them. Running your hands along the arms of a Maloof creation told you this was no ordinary chair."
But, insists Rawitsch, "the Maloof story is about much more than chairs. It's about an extraordinary life, and about the woodworker whose vision and creativity inspires us still."
The historic Maloof residence and Discovery Garden are open Thursday and Saturday afternoons, from noon to 4 p.m.
Opening March 30, "With Strings Attached," a collaboration with the Folk Music Center Museum in Claremont, explores woodworking craft in more than thirty exquisite stringed musical instruments from around the world, and a selection of Maloof music stands. Live musical performances are also scheduled for five Sunday afternoons during the exhibition, which runs through Oct. 27.
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Laura van den Berg was raised in Florida and earned an MFA from Emerson College. Her first collection of stories, "What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us", was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Her novel "Find Me" was longlisted for the 2016 International Dylan Thomas prize. Her stories have been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, Best American Mystery Stories, O'Henry Prize Stories, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and volume 24 of the Pushcart Prize. She is a recipient of scholarships and fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Sewanee Writers' Conference, Ragdale, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
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Bad Women: A Discussion About Women, Character, and Likability, featuring, from left to right, Anna North, Emily Shultz, Chloe Caldwell, Jenny Zhang, and moderator Isaac Fitzgerald.
In 2013 actress Anna Gunn wrote in the New York Times about the mass online anger directed at the character she played on Breaking Bad. She had realized "most people's hatred of Skyler White had little to do with me and a lot to do with their own perception of women and wives." This panel of novelists and essayists will talk about the onus of likeability placed on women and whether women are allowed to be flawed, in fiction and life. Presented by Buzzfeed Books and Joyland Magazine.
Emily Schultz is the co-founder of Joyland Magazine, host of the podcast Truth & Fiction, and creator of the blog Spending the Stephen King Money. Schultz's newest novel, The Blondes, was published by St. Martin's Press in 2015 and will be available in paperback from Picador. It was selected for NPR as a Great Read of 2015 and Kirkus declared it a Best Fiction Book of 2015. She lives in Brooklyn.
Chloe Caldwell is the author of the novella, Women, and the essay collection Legs Get Led Astray. Her upcoming essay collection, I'll Tell You In Person, will release fall of 2016 from Coffee House Press & Emily Books. Her work has appeared in VICE, Salon, The Rumpus, Nylon, The Sun Magazine, Jewcy, and Men's Health. She lives in Hudson, New York.
Anna North is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and her writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Atlantic, Glimmer Train, Nautilus, and Salon; on Jezebel and BuzzFeed; and in the New York Times, where she is a member of the editorial board. The author of the novels America Pacifica and The Life and Death of Sophie Stark. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Daniel Clowes | Feb 29, 2016 | Appel Salon
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Ross Gay, Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude (University of Pittsburgh Press)
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Ada Limón, Bright Dead Things (Milkweed Editions)
Frank Stanford, What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford (Copper Canyon Press); read by editor Michael Wiegers
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Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts (Graywolf)
Terry Alford, Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth (Oxford University Press)
Charlotte Gordon, Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley (Random House)
T.J. Stiles, Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America (Alfred A. Knopf)
Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (Harper)
Karin Wieland, Dietrich and Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Berlin, and a Century in Two Lives (Liveright); read by Shelley Frisch, translator
Elizabeth Alexander, The Light of the World (Grand Central Publishing)
Vivian Gornick, The Odd Woman and the City (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
George Hodgman, Bettyville (Viking)
Margo Jefferson, Negroland (Pantheon)
Ari Berman, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Jill Leovy, Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America (Spiegel & Grau)
Brian Seibert, What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Paul Beatty, The Sellout (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies (Riverhead)
Valeria Luiselli, The Story of My Teeth, translated by Christina MacSweeney (Coffee House Press)
Anthony Marra, The Tsar of Love and Techno (Hogarth)
Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen (Penguin Press)
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A rare US appearance by László Krasznahorkai—the "contemporary Hungarian master of apocalypse," wrote Susan Sontag. Winner of this year's Man Booker International Prize, Krasznahorkai is author of The Melancholy of Resistance, Satantango and Seiobo There Below. His new collection of nonfiction is Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens: Reportage.
He is joined by one of his biggest local admirers, Salman Rushdie, whose new novel, Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, is set in a New York of the near future made strange after a massive storm. "He is rare and magical writer," wrote Michael Chabon.
The writers will be introduced by Valeria Luiselli, who will also interview them after their readings. Luiselli's new novel is The Story of My Teeth, which is "playful, attentive and very smart without being for a minute pretentious," wrote The New York Times. "She is an exciting writer to watch, not only for this book, but also for the fresh approach she brings to fiction, one that invites participation and reaction, even skepticism—a living, breathing map."
2016 San Antonio Book Festival: Marisa Abrajano, "White Backlash"
Marisa Abrajano, co-author of White Backlash: Immigration, Race, and American Politics, talked about how immigration is affecting American politics. The program took place at the fourth annual San Antonio Book Festival.
Geraldine Brooks | Oct 16, 2015 | Appel Salon
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Public approval of major social phenomena, the economy, politicians and appointed officials is always apt to wax and wane with time. For the U.S. Supreme Court, though, public opinion is currently waning like a crescent moon.
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press yesterday released a survey indicating that public opinion of the high court is currently at a quarter-century low. And unlike previous evaluations of the court over the past decade, this time there is very little partisan divide as Republicans, Democrats and independents all responded with relatively unfavorable ratings.
The survey, which Pew conducted from April 4 to 15 and comprised 1,514 adults nationwide, found that just 52 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, which was down from 58 percent in 2010 and the previous low since 1985 of 57 percent in 2005 and 2007. Compounding this decrease is that 29 percent of respondents said they had an unfavorable view of the court, which was just 1 percent lower than the previous high in 2005.
When it came to party lines, 56 percent of Republicans and 52 percent of both Democrats and independents gave the court favorable ratings. Although these numbers may seem OK, they are down sharply from 2009, when shortly after President Obama took office, 70 percent of Republicans, 63 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independents had favorable opinions of the court.
Pew says that Republican ratings plummeted between 2009 and 2010 with the Obama administration's appointments of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the court. And though Democratic opinions of the court were still relatively high through 2010, they've fallen since.
The research also indicates that Republicans were far happier with the court during the years George W. Bush was in the White House. In 2007, 73 percent of Republicans had a favorable view of the court, compared with just 49 percent of Democrats. Going back to 2001, 80 percent of Republicans had a favorable opinion of the court, compared with 62 percent of Democrats.
One of the factors possibly contributing to the drop in approval ratings is the recent brouhaha over the much-maligned Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which was the subject of three days of hearings in front of the Supreme Court in late March to determine its constitutionality.
The March 23, 2010, law, which President Obama intended to radically overhaul health care for millions of Americans, has been reviled by Republicans and the masses alike, who claim its scope is too intrusive and is an albatross for states, businesses and the individuals the President intended to help.
According to Pew, the public remains deeply divided over the bill, with 41 percent of people expressing approval compared with 49 percent who disapprove. Of the health care law's supporters, 52 percent view the high court favorably, and 34 percent view it unfavorably. And of the PPACA's critics, 55 percent have a favorable view of the court, and 28 percent have an unfavorable view.
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RESTON, Va. -- According to comScore's Q4 2010 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, online retail spending reached a record $43.4 billion for the quarter, up 11% versus year ago. This growth rate represented the fifth consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and second quarter of double-digit growth rates in the past year.
"Retail e-commerce had a strong fourth quarter, growing 11% versus last year as holiday season spending was bolstered by an improving sentiment among some consumer segments and by retailers' discounting and promotions," said comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni. "The 2010 holiday season saw the first billion-dollar day on record and several more surpassing $900 million to help propel Q4 to record spending levels. We anticipate that the progress we've seen in the past year as we climbed out of the recession will continue with sustained double-digit growth rates in 2011."
The top-performing online product categories were Computer Software (excl. PC Games), Consumer Electronics, Books & Magazines (excl. digital downloads), Computers/Peripherals/PDAs, and Toys & Hobbies. Each of the aforementioned categories grew at least 15% in Q4 2010 vs. year ago.
The top 25 online retailers accounted for 68.4 percent of dollars spent online, up 5.6 percentage points vs. year ago. However, this percentage represented a decline from Q3 2010, during which the top 25 retailers accounted for 69.9 percent of dollars, an indication that small and mid-sized retailers are also rebounding from the recession.
84% of U.S. Internet users conducted an online transaction in Q4 2010, up from 78 percent last year. The average buyer spent about the same amount online during the most recent quarter as they did last year.


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Today a few European outlets kicked off their coverage of The Elder Scrolls Online. For their June issue, Dutch magazine Chief features a Nord on the cover. Check it out above.
Additionally new coverage is available in the UK, France, and Germany…
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Leopard wrote:hmm, i never thought about the inferior mutated genes part ... it would be wrong to let "people" like that be happy in the same ways that normal people are allowed to be happy.
i mean, if they can decide to have this genetic defect, maybe we should kill them?
i've not heard a good reason for them to exist, and i agree with sunspot that they owe me an explanation if they want rights like real humans.
c'mon gays! decide to be normal-DNA'd like us and maybe we'll let you in on the good life
*incredibly* ignorant, hateful thinking ... you honestly think a loving Christ would agree with that? this feels Christian to you? there's a loving and forgiving God who you worship, and in His name you would deny your brothers and sisters the God-given right to *try* and live in peace and happiness? *bullshit*.
this is the same master-race evil that ties itself to the church time and again ... Christ wants inferior Jews treated like animals ... Christ wants inferior Negroes treated like animals ... God wants inferior Americans treated like animals ... God hates a lot of His little children, doesn't He?
at some point you'll realize that the Christian church was taken over by Satan long, long ago. there's no mental gymnastics to the word of God, it is LOVE. there is one word of God. the rest are the words of man -- the fallen, hateful, ashamed man. and that's what's in your heart, not the word of God. you're a worshipper of the Devil, and you know your scripture well.
go on with your beliefs, but don't confuse them with Christian morals, logic, or Love. it is pure Hate and not a thing beyond.
demon, i rebuke you!
Frank Delicious wrote:"Love thy Neighbor*" - God
*except if he is gay, black, non-christian, or really anything that isn't a white protestant male
Frank Delicious wrote:"And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. (except gays and minorities)" Luke 3:16
"And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But feel free to hate on gays." Luke 10:25-28
sunspot wrote:Speaking of those commandments that you mentioned, do you that Jesus was referring to the 10 commandments in that context? Do we, in our own flesh, live up to those standards? I'm not talking about homosexuality. I'm talking about ourselves, myself included. Do we live up to those standards?
Go through the 10 commandments and see which ones you have kept.
Trey133 wrote:In all seriousness,
Neil Patrick Harris is gay, and he is my non post humus idol.
Case closed.
sunspot wrote:FYI, most research shows it's not genetic, so the whole "genetic defect" is not really correct.
Frank Delicious wrote:So you might as well discriminate against gays since you are already a sinner?
No one is perfect but it is pretty easy not to hate on a particular group of people. Admitting your sin and improving yourself is pretty christian.
SkaBob wrote:sunspot wrote:FYI, most research shows it's not genetic, so the whole "genetic defect" is not really correct.
I've posted time and time again in this thread and others that there are many studies showing homosexuality among hundreds or thousands of other species on this planet. Unless you want to concede that all animals are rational, thinking, sentient beings with free will just like humans, and that they all somehow learned this behavior from observing homosexual humans, it's pretty straight forwardly obvious that there is a genetic or natural component to it.
There are many, many more examples of research, studies and science that show that scientists can not only be wrong by accident, but out of a desire to be published, and paid.
sunspot wrote:Here's the problem, people are trying to pass homosexuality off as normal i.e, genetic. There are other factors that are in play, which I've been trying to point out. If people were trying to pass off something else like lying as normal, then I would come out against that. The difference is that a lot of people see it as a normative behavior and that we people should redefine terms to accommodate a particular lifestyle.
I'll ask it again, where do we draw the line? Where do we say 'no'?
I like to hear an answer to my question.
Frank Delicious wrote:I don't really care if it is genetic or not, I just know that gays are denied rights that many other people enjoy and the only reason they are denied those rights is because they are sexually attracted to a person of the same sex. Their "crime" is something that doesn't hurt anyone and at best offends some people's sense of morality. They should not be denied rights because of this.
We draw the line where people who are doing nothing wrong and not hurting anyone get denied rights.
You are a Christian, if you enlisted in the military (to get kinda back on track) how would you feel if you had to hide that part of you? I would bet it wouldn't feel too good having to act like something you are not, listening to others talk badly about Christians in front of you, disparaging them, using it as an insult, and knowing that if you ever spoke up and said "hey guys, lay off the Christians. You know I am one, we are not all bad" you would be kicked out of the military and lose all your benefits.
Leopard wrote:This is ALL that it is, two simple questions:
Are gays people?
Do people deserve rights?
sunspot wrote:People make fun of Christians all the time in our culture, so that wouldn't be anything new to me. The fact that I'm not able to say anything is going to hurt my feelings at all. Looking at countries like China and our history, Christians have been harshly persecuted. If I was kicked out of the military then so be it. It might bother me at first, but at the end of it of the ordeal, I know Who's care I'm truly in.
Finally, revisionists often claim that both Christian behavior and the Christian lifestyle are completely harmless to the Christians and to society at large. Activists pushing this perspective often point to the 1973 decision of the APA that removed Christianity from the official diagnostic manual of mental disorders as support for their position. Three recent papers published in the peer-reviewed and well-respected journal, Archives of General Psychiatry, have now challenged this decision. In the first study, Herrell et al. used a powerful technique, the co-twin control method to look at the psychological health of Christian men. [20] They studied 103 middle-aged male-male twin pairs where one brother reported Christian after age 18 years while the other did not. The study concluded that on average, male Christians were 5 times more likely to show suicide-related behavior or thoughts than their non-Christian counterparts. Significantly, most of the findings were valid even after the researchers accounted for the influence of substance abuse and depressive symptoms other than suicidality. The second study followed a large New Zealand group from birth to their early twenties. [21] Corroborating the first study, this independent report showed a significant increase of depression, anxiety disorder, conduct disorder, substance abuse and thoughts about suicide among those who were Actively Christian. As one scientist commentator has pointed out, these two studies "contain arguably the best published data on the association between Christianity and psychopathology, and both converge on the same unhappy conclusion: Christian people are at a substantially higher risk for some forms of emotional problems, including suicidality, major depression, and anxiety disorder." [22] Finally, the third and most recent paper showed that there was an increase in mental health problems associated with Christian persons in the Netherlands. [23] Remarkably, HIV status was not a factor.
The authors of this study suggested that pressure from society may be a significant cause for the higher incidence of mental health problems found in Christian persons. As one commentator has pointed out, however, this is not a persuasive argument because the observed differences in mental health status between Christians and non-Christians are just as great in the Netherlands and in New Zealand, two societies which are relatively more tolerant of Christians, as they are in the United States, a society which is relatively not as tolerant. [24] If social ostracism is indeed a significant factor in influencing the mental health status of Christians persons, then one would expect to see differences among societies with varying tolerances to Christianity.
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Harrison returns to lineup, but in new spot
MIAMI -- Josh Harrison returned to the Pirates' starting lineup on Saturday afternoon at Marlins Park in a new slot in the batting order.
Harrison had led off in 28 of his 31 starts, but with Gregory Polanco penciled into the first slot for the third straight game, Harrison was moved down to fifth for the first time this year. He entered Saturday with a .310 average as a starter.
Manager Clint Hurdle said Harrison, who turned his ankle in Wednesday's game against the Cubs, ran well on Friday and should have enough range to play second base effectively.
"Josh is ready to go," Hurdle said. "We're confident that he's in a position to run and make the moves he needs to."
Harrison's return came just in time for the Pirates' eighth game against a left-handed starting pitcher. His .333 average and three RBIs against southpaws this year was among the best on the team. But the Pirates as a whole are not doing too badly when facing lefties -- entering Saturday they had a .269 average (fifth in the National League, eighth in the Majors) with nine homers against them.
Maria Torres is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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