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The American media and political establishment deliberately allowed a false story that they knew was false to dominate the political discourse for months.
When former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee last week, he revealed that he had informed important Congressional leaders that there was no investigation underway of President Trump and the Russians "even as MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post daily carried stories alluding to an imaginary investigation" that they knew was imaginary.
FBI Director Comey told President-elect Trump on January 6th he was not under investigation; Comey again told President Trump on January 27th he was not under investigation; and again on February 15th Director Comey told President Trump he was not under investigation.
However, more importantly, James Comey also admitted he told congressional leadership the exact same thing, repeatedly. Specifically, James Comey stated he informed: •Paul Ryan, •Nancy Pelosi, •Mitch McConnell, •Chuck Schumer, •Devin Nunes, •Adam Schiff, •Richard Burr, •Dianne Feinstein and •Mark Warner.
He told the Senate and House Intelligence Committees that President Trump was not under investigation. That's 34 people if I counted right. That also means that all of their key aides and staffers knew that President Trump was not under investigation.
The American people were played as patsies, their attention diverted to a fantasy that had — and still has — no evidence whatsoever of its existence. That fantasy was propounded for political reasons, and used to subvert the outcome of a democratic election.
That, of course, is not the only "fake news" that has been dumped on us, while they call us bitter clingers, deplorables, racists and the usual array of names, they lie because they think we are stupid and easily fooled, and then can't understand why they don't get our votes.
Filed under: Bureaucracy, Democrat Corruption, Domestic Policy, Election 2016, Intelligence, Law, Media Bias, National Security, Progressivism, The United States | Tags: Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Congressman Louis Gohmert, FBI Director James Comey
Congressman Louis Gohmert (R-TX) on Fox News Channel "America's News HQ" on Sunday, said that if anyone interfered with the 2016 presidential election, it was not the Russians, but the Department of Justice.
He specifically named former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former FBI Director James Comey.
Gohmert referred to Comey's testimony last week before the Senate Intelligence Committee where he said Lynch had told him to refer to the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's mishandling of classified information as a "matter," rather than an "investigation," even though Clinton was under investigation.
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Nancy Pelosi spoke at a rally in Dallas as the Democratic National Committee launched its "Resistance Summer," a term that she had some trouble saying. She slammed the Texas law requiring cities to follow federal immigration law that prohibits "sanctuary cities"for protecting illegal aliens from being deported. Clearly, Democrats don't have any problem with the crimes and murders being committed by illegals who flock to "sanctuary cities" believing that they can do as they please because the "sanctuary city" will not turn them in nor enforce the law. As usual, Democrats care about their own power. They have no interest in their fellow citizens who might lose their lives to criminal immigrants or jihadists. Empathy requires that they support immigrants and illegals.
She continued into a rant about Obama Care, claiming that it had helped ordinary people so much, and the Trump Health Care Plan would raise the cost of their health insurance so much many people would have to drop out. In 2009, the average rate for a family plan insurance policy under ObamaCare was $12,650. When Obama left office the cost of a family plan insurance policy under ObamaCare was $18,142. That's an increase of 23%, and the cost has risen to 10% of an average worker's income.
I was attempting here to give Minority Leader Pelosi, a taste of her own medicine, but I find I'm not up to the challenge. I can't bring myself to call names and misstate issues and hurl vile insults. I don't call people, even my political enemies, "Hitler," nor "racists"over their usual everyday nastiness. I just try to find the evidence that will show just what they are doing, and why.
DHS Secretary John Kelly was interviewed on Fox and Friends last Friday and said that "if we knew what he knows about terror threats in this country, we'd never leave the house."
It seems that Democrat leaders are simply not concerned about illegal immigration (future Democrat voters) nor large numbers of immigrants and refugees. They have been told often enough that we are unable to vet "refugees" from Syria, that there are jihadists among them, that the leaders of ISIS and al Qaeda say that they are filtering their fighters into our country, but Democrat leaders are less concerned than their voters. It's the same story for Republican leaders, although they are five times more concerned than their Democrat friends in Congress. Is this because of the heavy police presence in the nation's capitol? Have they already forgotten the plane that smashed into the Pentagon? Or do they just feel above it all, too important to be concerned?
Republicans are more likely to be familiar with the news. Democrats are more likely to be more familiar with Democrat talking points, and to brush off any Republican concerns. The most interesting thing is how much more their voters are concerned and how unaware their leaders are of their concerns. Begins to explain November's election.
I saw a post last week about how shocked Democrats were to find out that Republicans reciprocated their hate and upped it a bit. What, they hate us? How can that be? I don't know about hate. Perhaps contempt is more accurate. They operate on talking points handed down from Think Progress, and never make the effort to find out if they are true. And it doesn't matter. They care about scoring points and winning. The talking points have been poll tested to see what works. Strange world of politics.
They haven't noticed that the accomplishments of the man they so despise are piling up. He had a very successful trip overseas, Melania was a star. The economy is improving, industrial production registered its largest gain in three years, the business community is increasingly optimistic, with Small Business optimism in its 6th month of positive feelings, a streak not seen since the Reagan years. Initial unemployment claims are way down. Withdrawing from the Paris Climate accords was an excellent move, it would have done nothing for the climate and deeply harmed American taxpayers. Not bad, not bad at all.
Filed under: Bureaucracy, Capitalism, Domestic Policy, Economics, Economy, Education, Environment, Foreign Policy, Free Markets, Freedom, History, Immigration, Intelligence, National Security, Politics, Terrorism | Tags: Absence of Thought, Response to Manchester, Tragedy and Hope
Searching the internet for the news yesterday, I came across Katy Perry's vapid remarks about Manchester "the greatest thing we can do is just unite and love on each other. No barriers, no borders, we all just need to coexist." Then there were Mark Zuckerberg's equally vacuous remarks about a "new social contract with a universal basic income,"in his speech at Harvard's graduation.
He then said, though, that the struggle of our time will be between "the forces of freedom, openness and global community against the forces of authoritarianism, isolationism and nationalism."
"Forces for the flow of knowledge, trade and immigration against those who would slow them down," he continued. "This is not a battle of nations, it's a battle of ideas."
Zuckerberg then choked up as he told the graduates that one of his top students at the Boys and Girls Club where he volunteers his time was a DREAMer who "raised his hand and said he wasn't sure he could go [to college] because he's undocumented. He didn't know if they'd let him in." Zuckerberg said he took him out for his birthday and when he asked him what he wanted, "he started talking about students he saw struggling and said, 'you know, I'd really just like a book on social justice.'"
There are lots of books about social justice, unfortunately there is no such thing. There is one kind of justice in the world, which is based in the laws and courts and constitutions of the world. Social justice means a kind of justice that the speaker believes is fair. Good luck with that. My idea of what is fair for everyone is far different than the next guy's and the next. You can try to convince the world that if they can just "imagine" a glorious future, but then John Lennon tried that one.
Human nature is not fixable. You can't make everybody be "nice." The Castros tried the guaranteed income bit in Cuba, gave everybody $20 a month. And desperate Cubans got on anything that would float and tried to make it to America. Recognizing Cuba for the socialist prison it is, America gave admission to any Cubans who could make it to our shores. Obama cancelled that because Cuban refugees were unlikely to become Democrat voters.
Victor Davis Hanson writes frequently about the tragic view of life. By that he means that you can't have world peace when even your own family can't get along. We have built great organizations to make and keep the peace, and simply created another mess. The United Nations does have nations speaking to each other through their representatives, but the record of UN Peacekeepers is disastrous. People we love will die, new businesses will fail, people will get fired, government programs will fail. Things far beyond our control will happen and take vast numbers of lives, tsunami, volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, plagues. And now we have Islamic terrorism.
Our advances come in small surprises, often unrecognized—the Magna Charta, the American Constitution. Pasteur's discovery of germs changed the life expectancy of the world. The first "miracle drug" was aspirin. Our really big, highly celebrated discoveries or inventions often don't perform as hoped. We have invested so much in education, hoping to prepare each new generation to do better and live better and advance the world a little bit more, and one wonders if the snowflakes and social justice warriors the universities are turning out are even employable. They are not all protesting, nor refusing to hear voices of disagreement, and surely there are some students who are learning and thinking who will come up with the small insight that will improve the world another small bit.
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Many of us have wondered why Europeans seem to have welcomed so many migrants from the Middle East. At first, they welcomed the migrants with flowers and food and housing, and even song. Whether this was simply a case of accepting at face value the term "refugees" or "migrants," and believing that they must help the unfortunate, or just being terminally uninformed, I have no idea. In the wake of the Manchester attack, the thoughts of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble give a glimpse of the thought processes. The growing number of Muslims in Germany, he said, represent a learning opportunity rather than a threat.
"It is fanaticism, not only in Islam, that leads to terrible crimes," he said, speaking on German public radio station Deutschlandfunk Wednesday evening, when asked about the Islamist attack in which 22 mostly young people, including an eight-year-old girl, lost their lives. …
"The world's great religions all preach the message that one must look upon others as their sisters and brothers, and that one must live with the other because man cannot live alone," Schäuble told presenter Christiane Florin.
"'Islam is part of Germany' is a sober, factual statement," the minister remarked, commenting on sentiments voiced by Chancellor Angela Merkel on more than one occasion – which are not shared by the majority of Germans.
"Anyone who denies this denies reality and is therefore not suited to being a politician, because politics begins with the confrontation of reality," he added.
The number of refugees in Germany who are capable of committing terrorist acts has quadrupled since 2011, the German Federal Criminal Police Office has said.
Security concerns have heightened in Germany after close to a million refugees arrived in 2015 from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and North Africa. Fears worsened when more than 1,200 women were reportedly assaulted in various German cities on New Year's Eve in 2015.
Officials say there are 657 refugees capable of committing terror attacks and 388 potential accomplices in such attacks.
The Manchester attack has awakened British officialdom to the threat to their people, and armed military people are guarding the trains in Britain. Hungary has put up a wall, and is accepting no migrants. Other nations are having all sorts of trouble with the migrants who have arrived in their countries. France has 'no go' neighborhoods where even the police will not venture, and numbers of attacks.
The new French President, Emmanuel Macron, wants Islam to have more room in France. Like many European leaders Macron seems to be convinced that the remedy for the demographic deficit and the aging of ethnic European populations is more immigration. Besides, they seem to be more worried about climate change. Macron claimed to be a 'centrist', but the outgoing Socialist President François Hollande has spoken of him as a "continuity", not an alternative. His entire program is socialist. Lots of additional public expenditures, and climate change is defined as the "key issue for the future of the world."
Our own Secretary of Homeland Security, General John Kelly, remarked today that "if we knew what he knows about terror threats in this country, we'd never leave the house."
He was interviewed on Fox and Friends on Friday and said that the terror threat is "worse than we realize." He pointed out four major terror attacks in the last week, by "more or less the same groups," in Manchester, England, in Egypt where 28 Coptic Christians were slaughtered, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, and in Indonesia.
"It's everywhere. It's constant. It's nonstop. The good news for us in America is we have amazing people protecting us every day. But it can happen here almost any time," Kelly said.
Here's Andy McCarthy:
Here is the blunt, inescapable fact: The United States is in a defensive war against what is imprecisely called "radical Islam." The war proceeds on two tracks: the kinetic militancy of jihadists, and the cultural challenge of anti-Western, anti-constitutional Islamic law and mores. The ideology that catalyzes both tracks is sharia supremacism — the implementation and spreading of sharia, classical Islam's societal structure and legal code, is the rationale for all jihadist terror and of all the Islamist cultural aggression that slipstreams behind it.
The dividing line is sharia supremacism. On one side of it we find patriotic, pro-American Muslims who are spiritually devout but reject the imposition of sharia on civil and political life; on the other, the Islamists — the sharia supremacists. The challenge posed by the latter is not merely that some percentage of them are jihadists; it is that as a population — or as enclaves that take hold in the West — they are assimilation-resistant, and their ideological havens will breed the jihadists of the future while stifling the Constitution in the here and now.
That is what we have to vet for. That is what the majority of the American people want: Muslims who embrace our way of life invited in, Muslims who threaten our way of life kept out. You can't get there without subjecting Muslim aliens to more-extensive inspection.
What can we do? Try to be informed, and I guess, be ready with the candles and flowers.
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An interesting Tuesday. The White House announced that FBI Director Comey had been asked to step down, and would be replaced. Well, an explosion of he said, she said, and what it all meant. Senator Charles Schumer always right on top of things pontificated that this was a disaster for the Trump administration, as it made clear that the White House was deeply worried about what the FBI investigation of the Trump connections to Russia and Russian influence, and Russian interference in our election, and Russian spying, all of which was clearly an attempt to cover up deep very dark secrets and we needed an independent prosecutor right now. He was very positive about the whole thing, and hopefully setting the tone for the future.
Unfortunately, most of us can remember as far back as day before yesterday, when Schumer and associates were demanding that President Trump fire FBI Director James Comey for his interference in the election and spoiling the election and keeping Hillary from winning. It's also funny how this older generation of Progressives keep forgetting that there's You Tube to capture a video of everything said and who said it and when, and if in doubt, you can call it all up on your computer. It's a whole new world and really hard for politicians who just aren't used to being recorded for all posterity.
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The situation in Syria was not only an affront to international law, but a probe of sorts to test the new president of the United States. President Trump's response was prompt and direct, but careful. It was not, as the Democrats try to claim, the start of a war, or a sign of the belligerence of an out-of-control administration. It was a very specific and limited missile strike against the specific airbase that had launched the Sarin Gas attack on Syrian rebels by their own administration. Because it was directed so specifically, it announced that poison gas attacks were simply not acceptable, and this strike was a clear warning that we are a powerful nation and we are capable of much more. There will be no more statements of "red lines" that are not observed.
America means business. It was not, as has been claimed, an attack on Assad. The Russians and Syrians were warned, so there would be little or no loss of life. These distinctions are important. The free world approved.
Democrats are not good at distinctions. They are more comfortable with generalities. Hillary was interviewed by the New York Times Nicholas Kristof at the "Women in the World" summit. Kristof asked Hillary:
I have to ask fundamentally, a man who bragged about sexual assault won the election and won 53 percent of the white women's vote. What does that say about the challenges that one faces in women's empowerment, that in effect misogyny won with a lot of women voters?
In the first place, Trump did not brag about sexual assault. He spoke of women and celebrity and said that when you are a celebrity, some women will let you do anything you want to them. He did not say that he had done anything.
Hillary immediately blamed everything on identity politics: misogyny—she lost because she is a woman. The country is just not ready for the first woman president. Fine distinctions: Hillary ran for the presidency because she wanted to be the first woman president, not because there were things she wanted to do to improve the country or help Americans. That's why her brief career in the Senate was marked only by a bill to name a post office, and her career as Secretary of State resulted only in Benghazi and a record amount of air travel miles. There were no accomplishments. The change was her gender. She promised to continue all the accomplishments of the Obama administration but to do it as a woman.
Nikki Haley, a woman, has made a real difference in her brief time as Ambassador to the United Nations. People are already suggesting that she can be the first woman president. She has demonstrated over and over competence, authority, determination, and things have shifted because of it.
In this strange new universe, a real-estate developer and reality-TV celebrity with no political experience whatsoever, obviously won the election because he is a man. Identity politics is the controlling theme. You can be decide your identity and your gender by your feelings of the moment, which, making fine distinctions — is clearly nuts.
Insist on fine distinctions. Don't let them get away with sloppy thinking. Insist on free speech. Hold college and university authorities to task for allowing bad behavior to destroy the educational process. Speak out.
Surely you have noticed that what the Left advocates are abstractions. Social justice —there is no such thing. We have laws and courts, and they don't do social justice. Equality —you can have equality under the law, but you can't make people equal, some are smarter, some are more beautiful, some are stronger, some are older. Diversity—to the Left refers only to skin color, certainly not to diversity of ideas. Our values —one of Obama's favorites, "that's not who we are as Americans."


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I'm not quite sure I understand your request, as I think you may be wording things a little wrong.
I am guessing you want to create a custom profile with ATI Tray tools for a game you bought from Steam. If that is the case, or you want to open a Steam game for any other software, like Logitech's LGS, then I can help.
Under Steam's install folder, there is a \steamapps\common folder which holds all the games you have installed through Steam (i.e. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dragon age origins). Just go into that folder and you'll find your Steam games and their normal .exe's. You can even launch those games directly from the .exe's in their folder without having to launch through Steam.
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AT the climax of "The Valley of Gwangi," a prehistoric monster escapes from a rodeo in a Mexican town, and stalks three people inside a cathedral. The very novelty of the setting, mercifully minus music, with huge feet thudding on the stone floor and the pattering shoes of the terrified trio, makes for a dandy surprise — the one surprise in this generally run-of-the-mill monster rally from Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. The color feature, with James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson and Laurence Naismith heading up the human element, arrived yesterday on the circuits.
The first half is strictly standard, filled with human intrigue and mischief. Only when the obviously animated beasts from the past get into the act, about midway through, does the picture perk up, in a craggy wasteland. See this one backward.
THE VALLEY OF GWANGI, screenplay by William E. Bast; directed by James O'Connolly, produced by Charles H. Schneer; released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. At neighborhood theaters. Running time: 96 minutes. (The Motion Picture Association of America's Production Code and Rating Administration classifies this film: "G—suggested for general audiences.")
Tuck . . . . . James Franciscus
T. J. Breckenridge . . . . . Gila Golan
Champ . . . . . Richard Carlson
Professor Bromley . . . . . Laurence Naismith
Tia Zorina . . . . . Freda Jackson
Carlos . . . . . Gustavo Rojo
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Anthropologie...need I say more?
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Posted by Joanna at 9:50 PM
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- Antonia said...
Hello....I sooooo LOVE Anthropologie!! Even if I'm not buying, I still love to look at their displays for inspiration :)
- August 17, 2009 at 7:09 PM
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it is such a lovely pics!! i try fix my bedroom according to this, thanx!!
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(Chesney, Dakota & Grayson Rush.) The family's story is heart-breaking, but inspirational.
9-year-old Chesney Rush was tragically killed in a tractor accident earlier this year and the rest of the family, including 12-year-old Dakota, are trying to keep things together and carry on.
Scotty had the opportunity recently to visit with Torey Rush about the family, and their story.
We got this great picture from Dakota, and we share that "thanks" with all of you who shared the Rush Family's story with us.
This is the beautiful letter that Torey originally posted, and inspired others to help.
As you can imagine, this has been like a nightmare that I can't wake up from. Dakota, Chesney's 11 year old brother is facing the struggle of living without his best friend, his partner in crime, his life. Dakota's birthday is this Saturday, June 3rd. We are trying to make it as special as we can. We have gotten him tickets to see Luke Bryan in St. Louis. I know Luke Bryan has also suffered tremendous loss in his life as well. I would love nothing more than for Dakota to get to meet him so Luke can tell him that's it's ok to keep living, and that someday he will feel happy again. This little man deserves this miracle after everything he has been through. I can't make this happen alone. I need your help spreading the word to get Luke's attention. It was also mean the world to our family if Luke would dedicate his song, "Huntin' Fishin ' Lovin' Everyday " to Chesney. This is the last thing I can do to honor my son, and I know he'll peek down from Heaven and smile, thinking my mommy loved me so much, that she made this happen. Huntin' Fishin ' Lovin ' Everyday. That's the prayer my country boy prayed. Thank God he made him that way. Huntin ' Fishin ' Lovin ' Everyday.
Thank you for any help you can give me, Torey Rush.
Thank you so much Torey for sharing your story, and your sons with all of us.


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We weren't always good. Okay, to be fair, we've never been good. Let's start again. We weren't always mediocre. It took months of arduous practice (read: failure), to yield the results that we've posted on the site. Casey was able to wrangle up some old video of us on day one of our wiffle ball venture. Thank goodness for the iPhone 3gs, not to be confused with the iPhone 4 (Casey can't afford that). Without further adieux, I present, SAHDwiffle, a history.
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Jimi Hendrix died at the young age of 28, and therefore had a relatively brief career as musician. Nonetheless, he was able to leave a huge imprint on the industry and the other rock and rollers of his time. The Fender Stratocaster was his guitar of choice for live performances throughout his years as a showman.
Jimi loved music as a young boy and would often use the household broom as a "guitar" that he strummed while he sang. His father gave him a ukulele that he found while cleaning out a garage and Jimi used that to create tunes until he finally purchased an acoustic guitar for $5 from a family friend at the age of 15. Two years later, Jimi's father bought him an electric Supra Ozark. It is said that the teen immediately began spending about eight hours a day in practice, and he kept that habit throughout his lifetime. Jimi had a terrific ear for music and could pick up nearly any song or chord just by listening to it. In fact, he never did learn to read music notation, but performed his whole career completely "by ear."
After playing with a variety of bands in small venues around the southern US, Hendrix finally had the opportunity to make it big when he met London producer Chas Chandler. He went to England, formed a group known as the Jimi Hendrix Experience and produced three top ten singles in the UK with his first album in 1967.
About this time, Hendrix bought his first Stratocaster and used it for stage performances almost exclusively from that time forward. Because he was left-handed and didn't care for the traditional setups for lefties, Hendrix simply turned his Strat upside down and restrung it. He put his bass strings in the usual position at the top of the neck, but the Strat's slanted bridge pickup made the lengths of his strings completely different from the way they were originally designed. Jimi's low notes had a bright, tight sound, while his high notes were much mellower and rounder than most. Holding his Strat in the upside-down position also made it easy for Hendrix to reach the control knobs, and he was known for adjusting his sound in the middle of a song.
Two of Hendrix's Stratocasters achieved special fame. The first was the one he used at the Montery International Pop Festival in 1968. This concert was the first time Jimi became widely known to US audiences. Video of him smashing and burning his Strat at the end of the show was inserted in a documentary and shown in movie theaters around the country. Hendrix later said the gesture was meant to indicate his willingness to sacrifice for his music. He said he loved his guitar, and destroying it was a sacrificial act for him.
The second famous guitar was the white Strat Hendrix used for his frenzied performance at Woodstock in 1969. The crowd was brought to its feet by his screaming rendition of The Star Spangled Banner, which became an overnight sensation and symbol of the 60's counter-culture. The Fender Corporation has produced several Strats in tribute to Jimi Hendrix, and many of them are popular even today.
No matter what your favorite sound might be, you can benefit as a guitarist by using some top-notch guitar lessons. Learn and Master Guitar is the best DVD-based series you can find, and GuitarTricks ranks as the top online course. If you hope to be a lead guitar guy, try Metal Method, which focuses on soloing. So, if you want to sound like Jimi, improve your skills with some lessons and practice, practice, practice.


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** Average upload time of 10MB in seconds from EC2 server locations to S3 locations.
Combined upload times by EC2 regions
- Australia is the slowest uploader to the rest of the world, or simply down and under. Unless your only focus is Australia, you wouldn't want to place your first EC2 instance there. On the bright side, new infrastructure developments from Singapore to Australia had a dramatic impact compared to last year, a stunning 36x faster - from more than 3 minutes (!) to 5 seconds.
- California is the best place to upload from. Second year straight, the fastest average upload time was recorded in California. If you're considering in which region to place your next EC2 instance, it's the best bet even if you're not necessarily uploading to US servers.
- It's still kind of tough to upload to Brazil's S3. The fastest upload time to Brazil's S3, excluding it's own EC2, was over 5 seconds. An improvement from last year (8.83s) but still trailing behind. It's also the weakest link for Singapore, Japan and Australia. A new fiber optic cable connecting Brazil directly with Europe is planned to arrive, so the future looks brighter.
- If we're excluding uploads to Brazil's S3, Japan gets 2nd best upload times after California. Yes, even better than Oregon and Virginia. In fact, for a global reach, instances in Japan and Ireland provide a pretty good worldwide coverage, averaging a 2.77s upload time.
- Australia beats any other option in same location uploads. Transferring data from EC2 to S3 in the same region is 1.3x to 8x faster than any other location. In this category, Australia takes the lead from Oregon, which was the fastest last year, and is now last (See the diagonal on the results table).
- California's S3 is also the best to upload to from other EC2 locations. The average upload time to California was 5.39s, with Singapore as the runner up with a 5.69s average. In addition, compared to last year's results, uploading to California improved by a whopping 58.78%. Take uploads to Brazil for example, from 28sec in the 2013 benchmark to 6sec today.
Slowest upload speeds from EC2 to S3 in each region
- It's faster to upload from Virginia to Singapore than from Oregon to Virginia. In fact, if we're looking only at the slowest upload times in each region, Virginia is the fastest among them and even outperforms California. Putting up 2 servers at these locations and expecting them to communicate fast is not such a good idea.
- The direct upload path from one point to another might not be the fastest one. Uploads from Australia to Brazil takes 61.24s. However, if you take the same path through Singapore, it will take you 22.56s, almost 3x faster. I wonder what Dijkstra would say.
Average upload times from EC2 locations to S3 buckets in 2014 compared to 2013
- Amazon Web Services are getting faster. Overall, we see an average 32% improvement in individual upload speeds compared to our results from last year. 54 of the 64 average upload times had become faster. So even if you're using one of the slower regions, cheer up - it could have been worse.


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Public Demo is out now on the website!
AwaKen: Descent Into Slumber has taken a long time to reach this point, but I think the game's good enough for the general public to bludgeon into a bloody pulp.
From various playthroughs I have seen, the game could last as long as 30 minutes in this demo. Not the longest game demo in the world, but it's not terribly short considering how much of the built game is in the demo. The full episode release is still a good ways away, but hopefully this version of the demo will give a much better impression of the game.
I will be releasing annual development builds in the Secret Demo page of AwaKen, which only people who use the Playtest Register on the website will be able to access. For now, the demo page is going to be the same as the public one, only because the game has not yet reached a point where I can introduce a new version for playtesters only.
The perks of being a playtester are basically that you will see more of the game more often, and you will be informed directly by me that a new version has been out. In order to play the game, you will need to download the RPG Maker RTP (run time package) in order for the game to run correctly.
I hope to see you all and what your opinions are soon!
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Rajnandgaon, CG, Oct 19 (UNI) Political parties are facing problems with the Election Commission banning election meetings in government, semi-government and private educational institutions.
At a meeting called by the district Collector here, district BJP President Suresh H Lal said behavioral difficulties would arise if election meetings cannot take place in government and non-government private schools.
Meanwhile, Additional Collector Sunil Jain said preparations were complete for filing of nominations scheduled to begin from tomorrow. A maximum of five people, including the candidate, could enter the room of returning officer to file nomination.


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East 43rd Street Level 5
Cambridge University Press, 2000 - Foreign Language Study - 96 pages
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. It's Christmas in New York and Private Investigator Nathan Marley is hired by a rich attractive woman to reclaim a briefcase of jewellery from a locker at Grand Central station. Marley is right not to trust the woman and soon finds himself involved in a case of criminal activity involving fraud, computer hacking and kidnap. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
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Simple way to backup my laptop
I'm trying to figure out an easy way to backup my laptop now. I have an external USB CD burner and wrote most of my /home to cd last weekend, but I want to be able to back up more often and just the files that have changed since last time. I'm thinking CD-RW maybe. I could write a script to mkisofs on all the files that have changed in my /home since last time then write that cd at a specific time say midnight. Don't know what to do it the iso gets bigger than 1 cd though. Anyone have any suggestions/ideas for an easy way?
I rsync all that data in my laptop home directories to my desktop which has a mirror RAID array. That is how I do backups.
Guess I should look at putting a working desktop back together maybe :)
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A Chicago developer, William Hults, is looking to buy Detroit's Packard Plant. He is negotiating to pay the back taxes on the facility which are topping around $1,000,000. "We're revitalizers," Hults said Wednesday. "We go into urban areas, some good, some not so good, mostly not so good, and will bring in everything that they need to do bring that area back to livable conditions." Hults is a real estate broker and manufacture of precast concrete panels. He develops housing in distressed urban neighborhoods. He found the Packard Plant 15 months ago when his brother showed it to him. Maybe Mr. Hults will find a need for SET Systems while trying to rebuild this iconic building. While this project will be both challenging and very expensive, it could be another leap in the restructuring of Detroit. Stay tuned to find out more information on Hults project and to see if SET will be there to help!
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I have just found this intro to the Space Goofs, sung by Iggy Pop, one of my favourite singers. As Halloween is getting closer and closer, Monster Men is quite an appropriate song ! Enjoy...
"Five little monsters were riding through space
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They gotta get out but they don't know how
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This time around, Carmen and Juni are in competition with a rival Spy Kids duo of Gary Giggles (Matthew O'Leary) and his sister Gerti (Emily Osment, sister of Haley Joel) for top assignments and duties. When Juni is falsely accused of failing to save an antimatter device from the hands of the evil Dr. Romero (Steve Buscemi) and his brood of magnetic men, he is fired from the Spy Kids network. Alas, his ingenious sister Carmen hacks his Spy Kid status and re-assigns them to the mysterious island home of Dr. Romero in pursuit of the antimatter device.
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Coming up to London from the country on the slow train, I had a sense of trepidation as my first day at Guinevere approached. I was no stranger to antiques, my father being in the trade for many years. But what to expect from Guinevere?
I needn't have worried; I was welcomed by all, as the most recent interloper in to this curious and exciting domain. It is fortunate that Natasha ('oh wise one' as I have phrased it), who was charged with training me into the job, was able to demonstrate patience, as question after question was fired at her as I attempted to find my feet. 'It's good you ask questions' she said…
Familiarizing myself with this formidable depository of beautiful things, that the Tardis-like Guinevere has, was no mean feat. I was however assisted in this by Dean, Guinevere's master of design, and his near photographic memory. Responsible for Guinevere's famous window displays, this purveyor of style will notice anything, I mean anything, which is out of place. Displeasure can be signified with the raising of an eyebrow.
This, of course, went on under the watchful eyes of the partners of the business. Kevin, whilst giving advice and instruction, would also recount anecdotes of lost artworks, or the interesting history of an item, which brought life to many a moment.
I also began to understand the ethos of Guinevere. Antiques, is after all less a job and more a way of life. This, I believe is to be found in an understated sense of enthusiasm and dedication. It is a business of personalities, and many a varied and colourful one is to be found in this maze of valuables.
But don't be fooled, there was plenty of hands on experience as well. Shouldering a weighty piece of furniture or scaling a step-ladder are all a day-to-day part of the job.
So, as I take the train out of London and watch the city slowly give away to countryside, I reflect on the first three weeks at Guinevere. I shall enjoy the break to the country, but now know that I have an Aladdin's cave, in more ways than one, to which I shall return.


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The sauce behind the restaurant was created during the early 1980's in Southern Africa, this family recipe was designed as a basting sauce and marinade for ribs and chicken. Chorley's Original has evolved into the ultimate table sauce. This recipe has followed the Chorley family all over the world and now you can try it out at their restaurant in Old Bridge Street, Truro.
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The SPX has weakened recently, but is still holding an uptrend from this Feb. based on weekly and
daily closing prices. An intermediate term overbought condition is being relieved and the break in
the MACD pattern should be source of concern, although whipsaws do happen. The market is
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Conflicting Fedspeak has whipped the market around. The FOMC meets shortly and Their trial
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As it Turns Out, My Penultamour is a Flambore
Let's face it: making up words is cool. If I thought I could get away with it, I would do it all the time.
Like when you're Mini's age, you can go around making up words willy-nilly, and everybody's like, "No, dude, that's not a BOW. It's a nose, I don't care how many times you point to it and say "BOW!" It's still a freaking nose." But you're still free then, so you insist, "BOW!" even in the face of people saying, "It's a nose! Say NOSE." Still, "BOW!" you'll say, even when they declare, "Oh!, I see, your muscleoskeletal development doesn't yet allow you to enunciate, "nose," and that's why you're saying it wrong!" Even if that's not why.
Because people don't like it when you try to make words up, they'd rather tell you you're wrong.
And then eventually you learn that yeah, it is a nose, and not a BOW, because a BOW is something you put on a gift, or something you use to shoot arrows. Or, if you live in an Edith Wharton novel, somebody who visits you and leaves calling cards. And after that, you go around for the rest of your life bossing people around about language and the like, and become outraged when people misuse words, and if somebody says they made up a word, you think, like the rest of us, "Well who do you think you are?"
In some ways, Mini is sucking up his last few days of linguistic freedom right now, with his BOWs and TANES, and the like–in the next few months, his verbal skills will develop more fully and after that, there's no going back. He will be inscribed by language just like the rest of us, just as Derrida always said.
So maybe that's why I'm all of a sudden intrigued by made-up words.
My new favorite made-up word is "penultamour." "Penultamour" is a word made up out of whole cloth by Stephen J. Dubner (of Freakanomics fame) to refer to "the last person to date another person before that other person took up with his/her eventual spouse." While I was reading the Freakanomics blog this morning, I learned another new fake word, this time invented by one of his readers, the "flambore," who
is flamborant, i.e., someone with a "big personality" who, in company, performs stories, and is seemingly unable to engage in reciprocal conversation with others. Flamborancy becomes more apparent on subsequent occasions, as the flambore tends to forget which stories he has told to whom!
Flambores often make the mistake of thinking others have nothing worthwhile to say and appear frightened of short pauses in conversation, so they readily go into their schtick.
And not only is it cool to have two new fake words in my repertoire, it so happens that–this is one of those twists of fate that you might not even believe if this were a Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie–my penultamour is, himself, a flambore. Yeah. Weird, isn't it?
See, I'm still in contact with my penultamour, sort of, you know, in an indirect, round-about, Web 2.0 kind of way. Which is to say, he is a "friend" on Facebook. Which is to say he's not really a friend in any of the traditional senses of the word. In fact, he is only my Facebook friend by accident, as a matter of fact, because you know how when you sign up for Facebook, they grab all your email addresses that you've ever used in like, three lifetimes, and say something like, "Want to invite your friends to Facebook?" And then, if you're like me, you're just thinking, "Man, all these stupid applications take so much damn time to sign up for, what is this? Yes. OK, yes. Are we done yet?" And then before you know it, you're friends with your penultamour, because he thinks that you wanted to friend him, but really you didn't, you were just trying to sign up for stupid Facebook, and then before you know it it's years later and you're reading this:
And you're thinking, really? That's what you're going to advertise to people, people like me? REALLY? People who don't know you, maybe don't like you? REALLY? You think quoting Pink Floyd is droll, do you? You fancy yourself terribly original, don't you? And now I have to think about Pink Floyd? Why is this person in my life, again? How did this happen? If only there were a word for this!
Whatthefupdate n., v and adj. 1. a. a status update on FACEBOOK that causes the reader to say, "What the fuck?" because it is so stupid, pretentious, or affected. b. an update or "TWEET" on Twitter that causes the follower to say, "What the fuck?" because it is so stupid, pretentious, or affected. 2. a. To send a status update on FACEBOOK that is overly stupid, pretentious, or affected, either by accident or design. 3. Whatthefupdated, to be in the midst of an existential crisis as the result of having a "friend" or "follower" on FACEBOOK or TWITTER who repeatedly sends updates that are overly stupid, pretentious, or affected.


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I have stayed at various places in Patong over the years. I have just returned from a two week stay at the Sunhil, it wasn't t my first stay there and hope it not to be my last. As always, Roman and his team looked after us well and we had a great stay.
For me, the hotel strikes a good balance between accessibility to main attractions of Patong but just being tucked a little out of the way to enjoy some peace and quiet when required. Those wishing to enjoy the high energy excitement of the Bangla Rd nightlife can take the walk into town, but it can be a bit of a way if it's a hot day. It's more likely you take a tuk tuk or motorbike taxi from the stand opposite the hotel. The relatively small nature of the hotel means members of staff quickly become friendly and familiar faces and that can often be said of the other guests too.
I always hire a small motorbike from the hotel and having made enquiries elsewhere find the price very competitive indeed. Its great to have one just to pop into town on or to ride up the coast to find a quiet beach.
The rooms are always clean, comfortable, with good air con and offered at a fair price. The cleaning service is very efficient with the staff going out of their way not to disturb you. My favourite rooms are on the ground floor by the pool, so I cna walk straight out of my room for a swim. The pool area is always kept neat and tidy and a Jacuzzi is integrated into the pool itself.
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I cannot recommend this place enough if you are looking for good value accommodation in Patong.
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With the fall approaching and grad school applications weighing on my mind, I began writing various essays to possibly use during the application process. I was always told to write about what I know and to write something that would set me apart. With that being said I decided to take a somewhat different approach from the typical essay. It probably needs some work, but I figured I would share it and see if anyone has any feedback for me. Comments are more than welcome and would most likely be a big help. Thanks in advance and happy reading:
Finding the words to describe who I am has always been a challenge for me; not because I lack the vocabulary or a good sense of myself, but rather because I find it difficult to choose a handful of descriptors to tell you who I am when the "I" that you want to know about is always changing. If there is one thing I have become certain of in the last twenty-four years, it's that nothing in this world is static; nothing – not the people, places, or things – are the same from one day to the next. Who I was yesterday is without a doubt just another version of myself that has been altered by events both big and small, continually reshaping the person before you. Who I am today is just an eventual yesterday.
With that being said maybe the best approach isn't to find those key earth-shattering descriptors, but rather to tell you a story about myself that may shed the necessary light on who I am and whether or not I'm the type of person that you're looking for to represent the culture of your institution.
In the world that I grew up in, money was something that was hard to come by and even harder to hold onto. In a family of eight, with a disabled father, and mother who could only find part time work, a great deal of my childhood was spent worrying about things that no child should have to worry about; like whether or not my parents would have enough money to keep a roof over our heads, food on the table, or clothes on our backs. I even remember the struggle that came with trying to find the funds to afford school supplies with each new school year.
With a lifetime spent in poverty, just barely staying afloat in a world that rarely allows it, it was no surprise when the time came for my parents to make the difficult decision to do something that they had never done before: cancel Christmas. While the holidays weren't the most important thing to us, they had always provided the brief reprieve from worry that we faced on a nearly daily basis. That year, though, money was tighter than it had ever been and at thirteen I came face to face with the reality that my parents were having an even harder time than I had initially realized.
After hearing the news and internalizing my feelings about the situation we went about the December weeks as if Christmas was a distant memory. We didn't decorate, partake in festivities, and even kept from talking about it. If it was even brought up my parents would become visibly upset and no matter how they tried to hide it, I could always see it on their faces: the worry, the sadness, and the feelings of inadequacy that come with not being able to provide for their children; feelings that only became more apparent with each passing day and in their reactions to comments from my younger siblings who didn't understand the weight of our circumstances.
When Christmas Eve arrived, it was no surprise that moods were sour and disappointment clung to those who had become so accustomed to wearing it. To this day I'm not entirely sure of what prompted it, but my sister, Tamika, and I made a decision that changed everything. We went to the bank, emptied our savings accounts of all the money we had saved from our paper routes, and took it with us to give our family whatever we could with what little we had. Between the two of us we probably had no more than a hundred dollars, but to two young teenagers who grew up with very little, that hundred dollars was more precious than words can describe.
We spent the day walking and taking the bus all over town, collecting gifts in secret, until we had enough to give our family at least the semblance of a holiday. With bags in hand and a goal in mind we went to work on wrapping each gift in the confines of our poorly lit, probably haunted, unfinished basement. By the end of the day we had a small stack of gifts and a feeling of accomplishment that we weren't entirely used to. That night when everyone went to sleep, we snuck downstairs and moved the presents carefully and quietly to the living room where everyone would find them.
Christmas morning was without a doubt an emotional one with surprise that was only mirrored by the joy that it brought to those around me. We didn't ask for credit, never once expected anything in return, and even had no gifts to our name that year. It didn't matter, though; the only thing that mattered was the fact that we were able to do something so small, yet so profound with so very little.
To those on the outside looking in, this event may seem trivial, but to those of us who are accustomed to so little, what my sister and I did that day made all the difference and without a doubt changed us in ways that words could never articulate.
Maybe this story tugged at your heart; maybe it even set me apart in some way from the thousands of other applicants. The only thing I can be certain of at this very moment is that this story is without a doubt one of the best reflections of who I am as a person and hopefully a strong reflection of the values that your institution promotes within and beyond. I guess I'll simply have to wait and see.
As always thanks for stopping by.
Until next time…stay classy.
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Concepts to Prosper During the Economic Downturn
Mickey Bernstein, DDS
Bernstein Consulting
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DENTISTRY IS A GREAT PROFESSION - There will always be a need for your services. Some patients may have to postpone treatment during a time of economic crisis, but most will be back when the time is right. Others are in pain or dire need and will find the money; therefore, we have no need to panic. Your community holds you in high esteem by virtue of your profession and the degree you have earned. Do not take that fact for granted. Credit lending institutions find you a good credit risk do to the high profit margin of dentistry and the regular supply of customers. Compared to other work environments, a dental office is a Great place to spend your working hours for the Doctor and Team.
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT – In discussing the concepts that follow, we must acknowledge that each person brings a different set of circumstances to the table. The new practitioner with no patients can only go up. The recession will hardly be noticed. The mature practice with thousands of active patients may notice they appointments are booked a few days out instead of weeks ahead and only minor adjustments are necessary. Those Doctors close to retirement may find themselves planning to work more years to meet the demands of their economic needs. One must also consider your personal Values, family needs, and the demographics of your community. Certainly, the effects are more significant in Michigan than in a farming community.
MINDSET OF ABUNDANCE – You are encouraged to view the world through the lens of abundance. As of this printing, the U S Government says unemployment stands at 10.2%. I feel a more accurate number is 30% if you include those that have fallen off the unemployment roles, teenagers out of work that are ineligible for unemployment compensation and illegal aliens who no longer work (may have left the country), but did contribute to the production of goods and services. Another large group of workers are underemployed ( example: previously making $120,000 and now making $20,000 but ineligible for unemployment) are not counted in the total numbers. All that being said, if the proposed number of 30% is accurate, then 70% are still gainfully employed with decay, periodontal disease, and missing teeth. Our goal is to create an atmosphere to say YES to needed dentistry.
ECONOMIC CYCLES AS THEY RELATE TO DENTISTRY – In the book Conquer the Crash by Robert Prector, Jr., many economic indicators are compiled which show 4 major deflationary cycles since 1700, the most notable being in 1929. Each deflationary period was preceded by 5 waves and followed by long periods of prosperity. When Mr. Prector wrote this book in 2002, he predicted the current deflationary trend defined as a slowing of the velocity of money, tightening of credit, foreclosures, and general fear to spend money. This deflation will be deep and powerful, but will begin a period of long prosperity and a slow resurgence of confidence in the economic system. Our patients are making wise personal decisions to postpone non-essential dentistry. When this cycle changes direction in 6-12 months, it will take consumers some time to regain their confidence. Savvy dental offices will be poised to take advantage of the many dental consumers with stored up needs and wants.
THE NEW FACE OF DENTISTRY – Others and I predict a new landscape to models of dental practices after the economic crisis.
STEPS TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER – Most of the concepts that follow are sound principles in any economy with a few exceptions, which will be noted.
DON'T RUN WITH THE HERD – Do not be afraid to define yourself as different than all the other practices. If an idea is legal, ethical, and fits your value system – create an experiment and explore the possibilities. In the book, Tribes, Seth Godin, the idea is explored that all brown cows look the same, but purple cows stand out. How can you create purple cows in your dental practice? The status quo is comfortable, but change is uncomfortable and creates fear. Innovative leaders reach outside the norm recognizing the marketplace has changed.
MAKE GOOD USE OF OPEN TIME – Should you have open time on your schedule, move some patients and create significant time for Team meetings, training, cleaning, painting, reactivating old charts and all the projects you have not had time to accomplish. Whatever you do, don't go home early. If you work 36 hours per week most weeks, commit to 36 hours every week even during slow times.
LOVE YOUR PATIENTS THROUGH THE RECESSION – These are hard times for many of our patients financially or emotionally. Be patient; be understanding. Seek temporary alternative treatments, such as a build up until the time is right for the crown or a full mouth of provisional restorations until the patient feels secure in their job. These patients will still be in your practice when the upswing comes and will feel very loyal to you.
KEEP GREAT TEAM MEMBERS EMPLOYED – If times are slow, keep in mind that it is temporary. It takes many years to find and train a good team member. Use this opportunity to seek new team members while there is an abundance of highly qualified individuals seeking employment. "Depressions don't last forever. When the next upswing comes, you will want a loyal and trained staff to help you prosper in it; and they will want a healthy company to prosper in it….pay what you need to the talent you require." Robert Prector, Jr. You may also like to read The Gifted Boss by Dale Dauten, a powerful leadership book on creating the magnetic workplace.
STEVEN COVEY'S HABIT # 7 – SHARPEN THE SAW – Train yourself and your team on a reasonable budget. Now is the time to invest in the intensive courses you have always intended to enroll in. Refine and document all business systems. Test new techniques on team members, family, and friends.
REACCESS YOUR PATIENT FINANCING – Consider discounts for patients in need. If you can reschedule some patients and create a half-day to perform a $15,000 case, would you not gladly do the work for $12,000 rather than waste the time. The team must use well-prepared verbal skills to maintain posture. Also, consider extending payments for those patients you trust. Allowing a third down payment and the balance over 12 months will help fill an empty appointment book. Many businesses are using private money to finance their needs with tightening banking policies. You or someone you know may have money on the side to loan to a patient with dental needs for 12%, which would be a big win/win for both parties. These concepts would never be recommended in a booming economy or to a busy practice.
DEVELOP AND OPERATE ON A STRICT BUDGET - The best way to manage expenses has always been to know your expense benchmarks and set goals to achieve or undercut them. Renegotiate all repeatable expenses, such as telephone, Internet service, and insurance. Consider allowing a staff member to clean the office for a reduced price.
Take advantage of the economic environment by asking your dental lab and dental supplier for preferred pricing to help you through these times. They appreciate and depend on your business and want to keep you as a customer. Refinance your mortgage for a lower rate or renegotiate a lower rent. Again, the economy is working in your favor.
MAXIMIZE ALL FREE AND LOW COST MARKETING OPTIONS BEFORE INVESTING IN EXTERNAL MARKETING – The exception is Internet Marketing, which has proven worth the investment if executed properly and followed with good business systems. The best marketing program you can possibly have is having highly refined business systems in place. Patients talking about your kind and knowledgeable staff, efficient operation, thorough exam, and expert patient education are worth more than any other perk available.
Other low cost marketing includes staff business cards and incentives, systematically asking patients to refer their friends and family, sending notes of sympathy and concern, and sending articles or e mailing links to additional information of concern to that patient. Develop a high style book of before and after cases and testimonials that you can place in salons, fitness centers, and offices of other health care practitioners. This can easily be done today over the Internet at low cost per book. ( i-publisher ).
Write an article for your hometown newspaper each week. Smaller newspapers are desperate for newsworthy information. It might be a topic of interest to the public or simply answering questions to the readers. You will become the expert in town to the public.
CONSIDER ADDING TO YOUR MIX OF SERVICES – If you are so inclined, Sedation Dentistry will add business and revenue to your practice in any economy. There is still an abundance of anxious people who need an avenue to complete much needed dentistry. If they trust you and your sedation abilities, they will find the funds to complete a mouthful of dental care in one or two appointments. There will be an initial investment in equipment, training, and state certification. Find out more at www.docseducation.com.
Orthodontics, implant surgery, and esthetic injectables are all procedures you are capable of performing with proper training.
SPONSOR CHARIBLE EVENTS – With your heart in the right place, you can help the community, your favorite charity, and your dental practice by using some energy to sponsor charitable events with no cost to you.
ADD NEW TECHNOLOGY – You may now have some spare time to properly investigate new technology and learn to use it properly. Manufacturers are anxious to meet their goals and will work with you on price and financing. Your dental lab may be willing to help you pay for some equipment, such as digital impression systems, that reduces their remakes and time.
Most of all, MAINTAIN ENTHUSIASM! – A positive attitude starts at the top and you are the leader of the team. Walk in the office every day planning to make the most of any eventuality. Enjoy yourself and get ready for the future.
By Diane and Mickey Bernstein, DDS
We, as dental professionals, have some compelling, practical reasons to build trust with our patients. As Dentists and Team members, we are there to help by changing the structure and appearance of our patient's smile and occlusion to improve their lives and health. Change requires risk taking. Risk taking requires trust for both parties.
Patients worry about working with us. They worry about pain, cost, time, outcome and deeper subconscious anxieties. They often give us powers that are usually reserved for themselves and a few trusted others. They ask themselves whether they really want to enter this relationship, with all its uncertainties. The patients that show up in our offices want to be willing to take risks with us; they want to be able to trust us.
Consider the junior high school dance. The girls are talking along one wall and the boys along another wall. The music begins and a boy moves into that long space between the two groups to ask a girl to dance. He (the patient) holds all the power to choose. As he approaches and asks the chosen girl the balance of power has shifted. She (the doctor) can say yes or no.
In the dance between new patient and dental office, trust and risk are key elements in creating a good fit. A patient's unwillingness to risk can be related to their degree of trust in the doctor and team based on a number of valid reasons. Some patients risk out of proportion to the early trust relationship established. No relationship has been established, but they are ready to commence a large case. This should be a warning sign.
Others show a pattern of resisting the size of the case, the costs, timing, or the details of the dentistry. This behavior could be a clue that they lack the trust necessary to take the needed risk. Some suggestions to build trust to make risking more acceptable might include:
-Be more open about yourself and your work.
-Reveal your concerns and your real self.
-Discuss other cases that you have completed with stories that made a difference in the patient's life.
- Learn about and respect the individual. Give them hope.
- Follow through on all your commitments.
-If you want them to listen, listen more yourself. Ask compelling questions.
-Share responsibility for getting the work done. Dictating all the decision making, encourages the opposite of trusting and risking.
You will learn more about how to build trust and the willingness to risk when you approach clients knowing that your partnership must include both elements in order to work.
Diane Bernstein has worked in healthcare management for 18 years. She lectures on Developing the Cosmetic Practice and the Role of the Patient Coordinator.
Mickey Bernstein is Past President and an Accredited Member of the Amercian Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He has practiced Cosmetic Dentistry for 34 years and lectures on the Psychology of Cosmetic Dentistry.
Together they operate Bernstein Consulting. email@example.com