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Every so often, we like to review the causes of halitosis as a way to demonstrate just how complex this condition is. While a few oral health conditions account for most bad breath, there are plenty of less common problems that contribute to halitosis, which is why it's good to know as many as possible. How many can you name?
Before we start, it's good to acknowledge that (a) there are far more causes of halitosis than appear on this list, and (b) the overarching reason that we get bad breath is bacteria. Ninety-nine times out of 100, what's behind your oral odor is nothing more than the microbes in your mouth, which can be banished by using a good specialty breath freshening rinse or tongue scraper.
Now let's get to it! The causes of halitosis include:
- Plaque buildup. The gradual accumulation of tartar between your teeth can lead to an unpleasant scent.
- Tooth decay. Take care of your pearly whites, or else they'll foul up your breath.
- Gingivitis. Gum disease is caused by some of the same bacteria that result in bad breath.
- Smelly foods and beverages. Garlic, onions, leeks, meat, spices, coffee, alcohol and milk can all leave your palate reeking.
- Dry mouth. Also known as xerostomia (the subjective sensation of dry mouth symptoms), this condition allows bacteria to grow faster than normal.
- Periodontal disease. When gingivitis is so severe that it infects the bone bed that your teeth are rooted in, you've got periodontitis (and bad breath).
- Smoking/dipping. Pretty obvious, this one.
- Post-nasal drip. When allergies or sinusitis cause mucus to run down your throat, halitosis can be the result.
- Geographic tongue. If you have patches of deep grooves on the surface of your tongue, microbes may be flourishing in them.
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FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Want Vacation Ideas Goto page 1, 2 Next Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Howard RoarkJoined: 02 Feb 2003Location: Canada Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 4:43 am Post subject: Want Vacation Ideas i'm starting my second year in korea. i didn't get to do as much travelling last year as i wanted to. i went to japan twice and i'll be going again soon for my visa. i hope to do a bit more travelling this time, but i'll probably only have time and money for one real trip somewhere. everyone goes to thailand, i'm considering that. but i would like some other asian destination suggestions. what are some other places that you have travelled that were fun, interesting, and reasonably priced? Back to top richinkoreaJoined: 22 Jan 2003Location: Gawd Darn Hot and Sunny Arizona ! Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 4:47 am Post subject: Travelling in Asia rules ! How much time you have and how much $$$$. Interests ?Last edited by richinkorea on Tue May 20, 2003 8:03 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top rudyflyerJoined: 26 Feb 2003Location: pacing the cage Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 4:49 am Post subject: Phillippines and Boracay didn't look bad. Airfare is cheap and places to stay are cheap too. Just not enough there for us to do for 4-5 weeks vs Thailand. Also try Bali should still be some bargains there. If you want something else I hear Angkor is incredible and Vietnam is nice. Lemon will reccommend Malaysia thats for starters try lonely planets thorn tree for more ideas Back to top sickboyJoined: 26 Jan 2003Location: Miari Texas Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 4:58 am Post subject: How much time do you have? Big factor! Back to top gang ah jeeJoined: 14 Jan 2003Location: city of paper Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 5:01 am Post subject: anyone been to the plain of jars in laos? what's up with it? and howard: what kind of things do you like doing? Back to top sickboyJoined: 26 Jan 2003Location: Miari Texas Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 5:15 am Post subject: I've heard a lot about Pattaya in the news lately.... Back to top Howard RoarkJoined: 02 Feb 2003Location: Canada Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 5:33 am Post subject: time: maybe 2 weeks money: ~$2000 - 3000 including airfare what do i like doing? hmmm, that actually stumped me. well, i like sandy beaches, warm and sunny weather, shopping!! of any kind, good food in lots of cafes and restaurants, historical sites, sightseeing, total immersion in a rich and unique culture, love big cities but want to spend time in more rural areas also, basically just relaxing and feeling like i live somehwere else for a while. i'm not after a wild time of bar hopping and debauchery. it seems like a lot of people go to thailand for that sort of thing, so that's why i wanted some other ideas. Back to top richinkoreaJoined: 22 Jan 2003Location: Gawd Darn Hot and Sunny Arizona ! Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 5:53 am Post subject: HR, The reason many go to Thailand is because you can do all of the things you mentioned, cheaply and easily. It's easy to stay away from the rentagirl scene. CHeck out the destinations on lonelyplanet.com. In two weeks you can hit the city both ways (in and out), from there you could spend the rest of the time on the beach or split one week between the beach and one in Northern Thailand. $2K is plenty of money (too much, way too much) for two weeks. That kind of money will only get you in trouble $1,000 will do pretty good if you don't mind guesthouses and eat local food (most foreign food in thai is c rap too) Sickboy: People go to Pattaya for 2 reasons, they want to , or they don't know any better and take a package tour. 1 more category, just checking it out ! It's quite an experience and people should see it ! But if you're not into it a day would be sufficient. G Plain of Jars is pretty ambitious. Laos is great, but requires time and willingness to sit on buses for long periods at a time. The most ambitious way to go is through Cambodia. It's real frontier land in them parts. Easiest way - No easy way. Not much to see either. Use the thorn tree for specific up to date queries. I need a vaction Back to top Patong DongJoined: 06 May 2003Location: On Nut Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 2:21 am Post subject: I've got to say Phuket, even though I'm going the opposite way and returning to teach in Korea after living here in Phuket for almost 2 years. This is the year of the high season that never started and the worst low season in years, so bargains are rife. I just set up a visiting friend in a hotel for 500B with satellite TV. and a pool in PAtong. There are plenty of good clean guesthouses for 300B and high end hotels that'll start the bargaining before you do. Phuket runs the gamut from decadent to quiet getaway. PM me if you want some good locales because the best info is available on the ground. Back to top ZyzyferJoined: 29 Jan 2003Location: who, what, where, when, why, how? Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 5:35 am Post subject: Are there any online sites that really detail Thailand/Malaysia? Them travel books are too damn expensive to go buying for a 10-day trip. Looking to bus it off and on from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur over about 10 days, and stop a lot along the way... Back to top rudyflyerJoined: 26 Feb 2003Location: pacing the cage Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 5:42 am Post subject: post over on lonely planets thorn tree site. 2 branches you may want to look at: thailand and a south east asia one. you are right zyz, all the hotel sites i've looked up are high end and no discounts. an article from "the nation" posted on tt said hotels in bkk and phuket are less than 20% booked vs over 50% last year. maybe you just need to ask hth Back to top Blue FlowerJoined: 23 Feb 2003Location: The realisation that I only have to endure two more weeks in this filthy, perverted, nasty place! Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 7:01 am Post subject: I want to go somewhere during Chusok - where do you guys recomend? i want fun, great food, touristy, knick knacky things, some cool temples/palaces, things to see. I will have bout 7 days. I am seriously considering Thailand, love the food, and i miss the beach something terrible. If it is Thailand, how much would i roughly need? and where should i go? Back to top gang ah jeeJoined: 14 Jan 2003Location: city of paper Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 12:41 am Post subject: Thanks rich... on more research Plain of Jars cost/benefit doesn't appeal so much. If i'm going to go somewhere dangerous then it had at least better be fun. Howard, with your money and lack of interest in getting trainwrecked, Malaysia is cheap (not as cheap as thai but...), quite clean, modern, lots of culture, great food, beautiful architecture etc Back to top richinkoreaJoined: 22 Jan 2003Location: Gawd Darn Hot and Sunny Arizona ! Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 2:01 am Post subject: By now, I hope everyone who's interested has checked out: www.lonelyplanet.com The worldguide (destinations) will give you a basic level of information for most countries. Specific questions can be asked on: http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/ Just like this forum, there is some really useful info, and a bunch of junk. Do a search first prior to posting questions to avoid looking like a fool. The Thailand branch has a FAQ thread right on top: http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/messagepost.cfm?postaction=reply&catid=51&threadid=97237&messid=785717&STARTPAGE=1&parentid=0&from=1 If you are new to Asia and travelling, Thailand is a great place to start, way easy to get around, easier than Korea, so go for it ! Budget rooms go from $2 to $10 a night, nice food about a $2-4 a plate, and a large beer is also about a $1 at 7-11. These are budget prices, if you wish to splurge you can easily find people to take your $$$. Used LP guidebooks can be picked up in the backpacker sections (KSR) of most major cities, other travellers are usually willing to help. Danger and excitement ? A trip through Kumpuchea would be interesting, or Indonesia, or some areas in the Golden Triangle, hardly more dangerous than the Korean roads or the semiannual lung infection. Just use common sense, eh ? Back to top rapierJoined: 16 Feb 2003 Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 3:03 am Post subject: My friend just came back from a few days in Guam,- loved it. Plenty of cheap deals for there if you fancy a short break on the beach. Also, all the shops there stock american goods. 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Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 8 designs proposés par 6 designers freelance.
Template and Logo needed for new German Online Casino Gambling related site. http://www.buntechips.com
Desired Color Scheme:
overall light background
Im looking for a template design for a german online gambling site.
It should have a header, menu, and footer.
You also need to design a logo and design the front page.
With the product you deliver me, it should be easy for me to create as many sub-pages as needed with my own content.
When Im going to create content for this site I would like to built a sub-page like this
<include header.php>
<include menu.php>
my content
<include footer.php>
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One more thing the menu items should be text based for easy add-on and better SE spider follow. The menu should be on the left or right.
The domain for this is http://www.buntechips.com
Whats on there right now is pretty much crap, so you might want to start from scratch.
As I said this is going to be a german site, so here are some more details you might want to know.
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Online Casinos im Test (online casinos tested)
Das Glücksspiel Magazin (your gambling magazine)
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As for the menu, just put item1, item2, whatever. I will complete all that.
Also if you could design the front page it would be great.
The front page should have
- a section for some text block with general hello stuff (like welcome to our site blah blah)
- then perhaps a news section (latest headlines)
- special offers (example: online casino X giving a special welcome bonus .)
- Top 5 online casinos (here you could design something nice looking, but basically it would be a 5 text links embedded in your design.
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Season three of the CatholicTV Network's series for Catholic women, The Gist, airs this fall with all new shows. Tune in every Tuesday morning at 11 for a new episode of the CatholicTV show focusing on Catholic women and their families. Each week, Catholic personalities Danielle Bean, Rachel Balducci and Carolee McGrath host The Gist. They discuss topics such as abortion, raising teens in the faith and confession.
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Founder and President of RVCA, PM Tenore cites his inspirations as 'family, friends, art, music and community involvement.' Having begun his career in fashion and the arts at the age of 15, Tenore has an appeal that naturally draws people to him. The driving force behind RVCA, and constantly kept busy with designing collections, curating shows at the RVCA gallery in San Francisco and Orange County, collaborating with Ed Templeton, Aaron Rose and Brendan Fowler on his free publication, ANP Quarterly, Tenore certainly has an impressive schedule.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Reasons I'm Leaving Emergency Medicine (number 10)
As I approach my exit from the circus of the Emergency Department I thought I would do a 'top ten' list of reasons I am leaving.
Number 10:
Dr. "Spanz" was an attending at my residency program. He was widely feared by all in the hospital for his temper and his commanding presence.
Prior to residency I had been a Medical Officer in the service. There I worked for and took care of warriors. Leaders. They treated me well... probably better than I deserved, but I was their 'doc', and they at least acted like they were happy to have me.
There I learned that a General worth his salt treats his 18 year old enlisted folks like they are adults and then punishes them when they aren't. Dr. Spanz treated us like children and punished us when we acted like adults. Of course, across the spectrum of medical training this is the sad norm.
When I started my residency other residents said of "Dr. Spanz", "You will hate him while you are here but when you leave you will remember him fondly as his lessons will not fade and his teaching will save your ass."
The first part of this bit of wisdom proved true, but the latter... not so much. This guy was very fond of reaming you a new one at every opportunity, and was a staunch defender of all manner of dirtbag patients who frequented our club. Kick, spit, cuss, and hit, as a patient you could get away with it when Dr. Spanz was on. He would go up to the most abusive patients and smile and pat their hands and talk to them like they were the Queen of England.
We, as residents, were, for some reason, deserving of his wrath, but patients were always right and wonderful and fluffy. I have never in my life met as self-important an asshole as Dr. Spanz- a big fish in a smallish pond. He WAS the smart kid who was always picked last for kickball. He's still taking it out on his indentured servants, and he still has a hole in his heart that he can't fill.
Fifteen years out and I still can't let it go. Do I have issues? Yes, but Dr. Spanz, you suck. It was hard enough as it was. Your pomposity and barely concealed neuroses would have not been tolerated in any other setting than academic medicine. And by the way, you are ugly too.
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You need some primal scream therapy 911. Or maybe a drum circle, two rounds of aromatherapy and a side of reflexology.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:07 AM, June 23, 2008
Gee 9-11 are you the twin brother my parents didn't tell me about? I had the same kind of relationship with the Assistant Dean at my Medical School. He had the same attitude as your boss except he had never legally seen a patient since he was a Ph.D. I've held off pissing on his grave, but only cause its 800 miles away.ReplyDelete
I am truly sorry Dr Spanz was such an A$$hole. That behavior is truly unnecessary. What with, the new SSRI's and counseling, I cannnot see any reason for his behavior.ReplyDelete
I myself am anitomically incorrect since I have had a second ass chewed out so many times by a certain OB. So I do sympathise.
911, I'm sending some Reiki your way...feel the burn, baby.ReplyDelete
This post reminded me of this song, especially the last line.ReplyDelete
Dear Nurse K (capitals for you baby!),ReplyDelete
Spot on. In fact, the push down the stairs in a strait-jacket is a perfect video metaphor for the golden-handcuff world of ER, and, more and more, medicine in general.
(capitals for you baby!)ReplyDelete
Dr. Spanz' only school chum was the lunch lady.
He runs like a girl and he sits down to pee.
And he's ugly too.
- Anonymous7:39 PM, June 23, 2008
There, there... feel better now?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:53 PM, June 23, 2008
My sister has stage 4 breast cancer. Tests are still going on.
Obviously, if my sister's partner of 10+ years could be here -- she would.
They do not want "marriage" in the routine sense. Certainly, not outside of the liberal churches that are willing to do it.
Stupid thing being that it's pretty easy to find that liberal church who'll marry them under god, Jesus, whathaveyou. But they don't have the same rights as heterosexuals under the gubberment.
"Stupid thing being that it's pretty easy to find that liberal church who'll marry them under god, Jesus, whathaveyou. But they don't have the same rights as heterosexuals under the gubberment."ReplyDelete
please take this discussion elsewhere. the government of our republic is supposed to represent and enact the desires of the people within the constitution and its ammendments. right now, and with california under rule by the judiciary, there is a huge majority of the populace that DOES NOT WANT homosexual marriage. therefore, outside of california, the 'gummnent' is actually doing what it's supposed to do.
- Anonymous10:24 PM, June 23, 2008
I believe they said the same thing about mixed-racial marriages, fifty years ago. :) But whatever.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:24 PM, June 23, 2008
When I feel like there's a hole in my heart I can't fill, I look at internet porn.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:29 PM, June 23, 2008
Broken record lesbian cancer woman,ReplyDelete
Get over it. This isn't even related to the post, and nobody comes to this site to see the internet equivalent of a panhandler pitching some probably false sob story about her lesbian sister who can't find love.
I've seen plenty of lesbians on the internet. In various movies. They seem quite happy with each other. Very very happy. I don't think any of them are married. It hasn't hurt their film careers, albeit in a very limited genre, and it hasn't turned me off, so to speak, to them either.
At least make it convincing. Tie it into the post some way. Sneak attack. This was too obvious this time.
Your sister can appoint anyone she wants to be her HC proxy etc, and I've never seen a hospital say "no lesbians allowed on visiting hours".ReplyDelete
That's one of those myths.
911 is completely changing careers---let the man explain to us why.
- Anonymous1:14 AM, June 24, 2008
Just Curious 9-11, did any residents ever mess with Dr. Spanz? You know, putting Rainbow Bumperstickers on his car, signing him up for 30 Gay Porno Mags, threatening letters to the President, Flyers left in the bad parts of town advertising Free Beer/Rap Concert at his house?ReplyDelete
Thanks for the ideas Frank!!!! My nurse manager would love gay pornReplyDelete
alas, no. we were too scared to make a peep or to fight the power in any way shape or form.
I had attendings just like your doctor Spanz. However, how does this make you want to leave medicine or at least the ER?ReplyDelete
fair question,ReplyDelete
i'm really just listing the ten things that stick in my brain... the bad things, about my career. dr spanz clocked in at number ten. even though he is ages in the past he set the tone and the tone remains constant.
- Anonymous8:09 AM, June 25, 2008
LET'S GO WITH NUMBERS 9 THRU 1 !!ReplyDelete
You know, my mentor in residency was awesome and is the reason I cam back to academics.ReplyDelete
He worked his ass off, treated everyone fairly, and inspired us to become well-read, evidence-based physicians.
Too bad some docs have to play the God-wannabe asshole arogant narcisitic fucks. There are those around here, too. They give the rest of us a bad name.
- Anonymous11:03 AM, June 25, 2008
I got called for a "short of breath" at some outpatient clinic. Blocking the fire lane, in true douchebag fashion, was some BMW Roadster, a Lexus, and Range Rover. Personalized plates reading "BIG TEN MD" and "MD VIP".ReplyDelete
It's labelled "ambulance and fire only" on the sign, so I find my target, the BMW, ooops, fucking door just smashed that fucking car. Red paint all over the motherfucker. Damn wind.
Anyway, we get inside and there's this harem of doctor types. There's about $5000 in silly stethoscopes dangling around their necks, lots of white coats with embroidered with alphabet soup titles, "Rod Throbber, MD, FACEP MEA DSSDF MPH FAG" etc...
But it's hard to tell who the patient is. There's a guy sitting in a wheel chair who kind of looks off, but these doctors aren't looking too good either. Jowly, chubby, profusely wet from sweat, pit stain city, flushed, can't speak in full sentences etc...
What do we have? 4 patients? What the hell?
And this momentary pause gives a slight purchase for the fucking attitude. The aforementioned "God-wannabe-asshole complex."
Out comes this snooty stream of lab results, tests, exam findings, etc...
I'm thinking well, short of air, how about some ooos? Little canula action, simple shit. Bread and butter. Oxygen, exam, HPI, do a monitor, 12 lead, IV, etc...same shit different day.
Fuck no. Apparently this patient's doctor is going to make an example out of me and my partner. He is going to show, in front of the patient, family, and his associates, that he is Mr Fucking Horse Cock, MD. I'm talking the Ron John Jeremy Holmes of medicine. Such a good physician, he delivered himself from the womb.
We have a form for these situations. Rather innocently entitled, "On Scene Physican Intervention Form". It's a rather verbose legal document, quite dense and intimidating, that says in so many words, "If you're a fucking idiot, and it's obvious to even your own mother you are a fucking idiot, it's our patient now, bitch."
I am a fairly customer service oriented guy. And I ask nicely if Mr Horse Cock, MD would be so kind as to sign this form that he will accompany patient to the hospital, assume all treatment decisions, deliver report to the ED physician, and take responsibility for patient care.
But he won't. He is an arrogant shit. And some paramedic, me, is challenging him. How dare I!? In front of company?! The horror!
My theory is "you call, we haul." Don't give a fuck how, don't give a fuck why. What's wrong? How long has it been happening? What hospital? That's all I care about when it comes down to it.
So unfortunately, I have to tell Horse Cock, MD, that if he won't my form, but he continues to harass me, that I'm going to remove him from my ambulance. He's interfering with my work. This gets things going. The police come. His nurse called them.
So cops are a little upset. They don't like this shit either. They ask me what the deal is, ask the physician. The sergeant arrives. The cops talk to the sergenant. Sergeant talks to me.
Sergeant says to the doctor, "You either sign their form or get out of the ambulance. If you don't, I'm going to have these guys drag you out, handcuff you, and you'll be charged with interference of a public safety official."
So that's the matter was decided. Patient had pneumonia. Got admitted, was there for a few days, and went home.
- Anonymous12:10 PM, June 25, 2008
There should be a $50 bounty for the scalps of drivers who block Firelanes. I'm generally opposed to serial killers, but why can't the next Zodiac/Green River/ whatever target those assholes?ReplyDelete


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- An anti-racism chief has called for Liverpool to be charged over Luis Suarez affair
- Piara Powar of FARE is unhappy with Liverpool's response to Suarez's suspension
- Suarez was banned for eight matches after being found guilty of using racist language
The head of a football anti-racism group has called for the English Football Association to charge Liverpool with bringing the game into disrepute over the club's response to Luis Suarez's eight-match ban for using racist language at Patrice Evra.
On the day that Suarez issued a brief apology over the incident, Piara Powar, executive director of European football's anti-discrimination body FARE, spoke of his disappointment at Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish's attitude to the suspension.
"Kenny Dalglish's comments over the affair have been undignified and their reaction has damaged the club's brand across the world," Powar told the Professional Footballers' Association's official website.
"This is a lack of respect for the governing body by Liverpool and the FA should charge them and manager Kenny Dalglish."
Powar continued: "Liverpool have been too keen to support their man and in doing so have whipped up a sense of paranoia amongst their fans.
"For the club to be so aggressively militate against what looks to most people a considered judgment from the English FA leads to a potential for anarchy."
The comments came after Suarez issued a brief apology on the official Liverpool website, saying: "I admitted to the FA commission that I said a word in Spanish once and only once.
"I told the panel members that I will not use it again on a football pitch in England. I never, ever used this word in a derogatory way and if it offends anyone then I want to apologize for that."
Suarez pointedly did not apologize to Evra, or mention the Manchester United defender in his statement, prompting Lord Ouseley, the chairman of British football's anti-racism group Kick It Out, to call the apology "lamentable."
"Suarez's attempt at a belated apology is nothing short of lamentable," Ouseley told the Guardian newspaper.
"I cannot believe that a club of Liverpool's stature, and with how it has previously led on matters of social injustice and inequality, can allow its integrity and credibility to be debased by such crass and ill-considered responses."
Although Liverpool decided not to appeal against Suarez's suspension, Dalglish has publicly expressed his disappointment over the ruling and questioned the FA's reasoning for its ruling.
Suarez's Liverpool teammates also courted controversy before it was announced, publicly supporting the Uruguay striker by wearing t-shirts bearing his name prior to the match against Wigan.


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Egon Samaai finished third in the C2 singles bracket.
An appearance in the A bracket finals by Shea Thomas and Jorge Azuero highlighted play for the Liberty Flames men's tennis team this weekend at the Wake Forest Fall Invite. Thomas and Azuero were one of two Liberty tandems to notch three wins during the tournament, joining Dillon Segur and Stan Vaughan.
Overall, the Flames captured 11 singles wins and eight doubles wins during the course of the three-day event. Liberty was one of 17 schools to compete at the invite, which featured participants from five nationally ranked schools.
Competing in the top doubles flight, Thomas and Azuero opened play by doubling up Wake Forest's Anthony Delcore and Pedro Dumont, 8-4. The Flames' duo then outlasted Josh Levine and Cale Hammond of Duke, 8-7 (4). In the semifinals, Thomas and Azuero faced a stiff challenge from the second-seeded pair of Rafael Aita and Santtu Leskinnen of UNCW. Thomas and Azuero were up to the task, downing the UNCW tandem, 8-6, to advance to the finals. Thomas and Azuero's run came to an end in the title match at the rackets of top-seeded Esben Hess-Olsen and Brett Clark of No. 45 North Carolina, 8-6.
In the B Flight, Segur and Vaughan ousted Joel Cook and Luke Synn of Furman, 8-6, before dropping their lone match of the tournament in the quarterfinals to Wake Forest's Nolan Bauer and Nicky Kunz, 8-2. Segur and Vaughan recovered strongly, collecting a pair of wins against Big Ten opponents Dominic Patrick and Juan Estenssoro of Iowa, 8-7 (5) and Penn State's Christian Lutschaunig and Alex Fennell, 8-6.
Liberty's remaining two doubles pairs, Egon Samaai and Alejandro Llamas and Carson Greve and Guillem Secanell, each notched one win during the tournament.
Singles play for the Flames was highlighted by a third-place finish in the C2 Flight by Samaai. The sophomore downed Andres Estenssoro of Iowa, 6-2, 6-0, before tallying another straight-set victory against Hans Adrian Riseng of Stetson, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Samaai fell in a tough three-set match in the semifinals to Khalil Naji of South Carolina State, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. The South African native capped his 3-1 tournament appearance with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat of UNCG's Jimmy Roueche.
Also in singles action, Thomas, Llamas, Azuero and Secanell each notched first round wins in their respective flights. Llamas would go on to win a pair of matches for the tournament, while Greve rebounded from a first round loss to capture the consolation title of the D1 bracket.
The Flames will conclude their fall season this weekend with an appearance in the ITA Atlantic Regional tournament in Blacksburg, Va. Action will get under way on Thursday and will conclude on Oct. 22.


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When large amounts of radiation are released into the air over a short period of time (as from a nuclear blast), the health consequences can be serious. Radiation sickness can cause flu-like symptoms, hair loss, skin burns, and even death.
Fortunately, radiation sickness is rare and the risk to people more than a few miles from a blast is extremely low.
If radiation remains in the soil or water supplies, long-term exposure can increase a person's risk of cancer. But even then, it's much lower than the overall risk of cancer to most people living in the United States today.
Here's more about radiation and what happens when people are exposed to high amounts of it.
Radiation is tricky to understand because you can't see it. In the broadest sense, it's the release of energy. This energy can travel in the form or particles or rays. So, for example, the sun is one energy source that gives off (or "radiates") energy through particles and rays.
In just the right amounts, radiation is a good thing. It's necessary for life and is found just about everywhere: in the earth's soil, the water we drink, the food we eat, in building materials, even our bodies.
The two types of radiation are:
Every day, all around us, we're being exposed to radiation. The government ensures that the levels of radiation we're exposed to are well within safety limits by setting restrictions through the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Radiation is measured in units called "sieverts." The NRC estimates that, on average, Americans are exposed to 3.2 millisieverts (mSv) per year in daily life. This is called "background radiation" and is considered a safe amount of radiation exposure.
It's possible, however, to be exposed to more radiation and still be within safety limits. The NRC sets 10 mSv as the annual safety limit for radiation exposure that's unrelated to medical tests or treatments. That number can be higher for people who need to be exposed to radiation for medical reasons, but it's the responsibility of radiologists and other nuclear medicine practitioners to make sure the amount of radiation people receive is as low as possible.
It's rare to be exposed to dangerously high doses of radiation in everyday life. Someone could be exposed to high doses, however, in the event of a nuclear blast (as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II) or a nuclear power plant failure (which happened in the Sendai region of Japan after a tsunami in 2011).
With events like these, people who are in the immediate vicinity — within a few miles of the explosion or other radiation-releasing event — are at risk of being exposed to increased levels of ionizing radiation.
But unless someone is standing inside a nuclear reactor building when the explosion takes place, the chances of developing radiation sickness or sudden death are low. That's because the farther away from the source of radiation a person is, the lower the risk. In fact, radiation dissipates very quickly, so while someone who is 20 feet away from an explosion can suffer life-threatening complications, someone who is just 40 feet away absorbs one quarter of the dose, and a lower risk of radiation sickness.
Radiation sickness is extremely rare, and usually only happens in people who have been exposed to 300 or more times the average yearly dose of background radiation (3.2 mSv). This is usually only possible through a nuclear disaster.
In the event of such a disaster, someone exposed to high doses of radiation might experience these symptoms:
The severity of these symptoms and when they develop in the body varies depending on how much radiation a person was exposed to, and the duration of the exposure. When exposure is sudden and upwards of 100 or more times the average yearly dose, symptoms can be severe and appear within a few hours. A lower dose of radiation over a longer period of time is less likely to cause symptoms right away, but will still increase the risk of cancer later in life.
Many people who believe they've been exposed to radiation in any amount worry about their eventual risk of cancer. Studies on the nuclear attacks on Japan during World War II found that the bombing victims were at an increased risk for cancer after the attack. Unborn babies and young children were most susceptible, because their tissues were still growing and developing.
The increased risk of cancer for people exposed to radiation is still significantly lower than the overall risk of developing cancer in the United States today, which the American Cancer Society reports as 40% (meaning that 2 in 5 Americans will develop cancer in their lifetimes).
Most people who are exposed to near-lethal amounts of radiation and survive usually face lifelong health problems as a result of the exposure. Medical care involves a multidisciplinary approach to help treat areas of the body that were damaged by the radiation, including the immune system and blood supply.
In cases where medical personnel can identify and begin treating people exposed to radiation soon after an event, prescription medication (potassium iodide) may be administered to help lower the risk of thyroid cancer. But this medication can only be given within a 24-hour period to be effective — taking it later on can cause serious complications to the thyroid gland. This medication can also be used preventatively prior to exposure.
After the initial shock of a nuclear disaster and the immediate health concerns, people start to question the effects that radiation has on the environment, water, and food. Unfortunately, there's no way to know how much damage has been done until months or even years later.
After a nuclear blast, radiation particles can travel on wind currents for miles and settle in water sources, plants, and soil. Livestock and food crops in these areas are likely to be affected, causing food supplies to become contaminated.
Sometimes the level of radiation in food is so minute it poses no risk, but other times it rises above safety levels. So scientists test the levels of radiation in the soil after a nuclear disaster to determine the risks. Food that's deemed unsafe is banned until radiation levels decrease — a process that can take weeks, months, or years depending on the amount and type of radiation.
While people can avoid eating contaminated food, wild animals in affected areas cannot. Fortunately, though, studies from previous nuclear disasters have found that while some animals might incur short-term harm from radiation exposure, most do not suffer long-term health problems.
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Date reviewed: March 2014
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Disney Claims House Of Mouse Built With Copyright, Ignores Public Domain Foundation
from the support-disney,-stomp-out-the-public-domain deptWalt Disney is a company that has regularly taken from the public domain, but which famously refuses to give back to the public domain. Many of its most famous movies were public domain stories that Disney co-opted and then locked up with copyright. Disney has also been one of the main proponents of expanding copyright at every opportunity. As many people have noted, it was a driving force behind the 1998 copyright term extension, which some have called the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act," because it kept Mickey Mouse from going into the public domain for another 20 years.
Of course, that leaves out that Disney was more or less founded on both copyright infringement (the true history of Mickey Mouse involves Disney copying another movie that was still under copyright) and using the public domain, not copyright. Disney's creativity wasn't brought to the world because of copyright, but often in spite of copyright. You can find the history in lots of places, but this recent blog post highlights how many of Disney's early works exist thanks to the public domain:
The Disney company had a moderate level of success with the original characters featured in early black and white short films. Disney did not really hit stride until making full length animated features. Giving credit where due, "Fantasia" was original Disney characters and story line, if you want to call it that. "Fantasia" was literally a series of short animated stories edited together to a soundtrack made up of mostly public domain music for which Disney paid no license (with the exception of "The Rite Of Spring").It seems that perhaps someone else ought to do a presentation on "The Walt-Disney Company: Creativity, Brought to you by the Public Domain." Otherwise, we're going to see efforts like TPP seek to further kill off the public domain.
From there on, most Disney feature animations would be based on stories that had since fallen into public domain. Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and many other princess stories, were based on age old fairy tales that Disney was not required to pay license or royalties for. Later works would include children's literature like: "Pinocchio", "Alice in Wonderland" , "The Jungle Book" (released just one year after Kipling's copyright expired),– All in the public domain! Disney didn't pay a cent for story license, yet reaped many millions. The "Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin" and all features made under the reign of Michael Eisner, would be from public domain. Of course, Disney touted "The Lion King" as an original story. Not! Besides being an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" told through a pride of lions, there are way too many similarities between The Lion King and a 1960s Japanese animated series called "Kimba the White Lion". Though Disney claims these a coincidence, they would sue anyone else into oblivion if they came half as close to one of their properties.
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The Directors of 'Ghost Team One' Explain Why Their Horror Comedy Is Perfect for Found Footage
Do you hate found-footage horror movies? Do you hate them because you spend less time being scared and more time wondering why the characters are still holding a camera and filming instead of getting the hell out of there? Then you might just love Ghost Team One, because it has possibly the most inspired found-footage setup of all time.
Ghost Team One is about Sergio and Brad, two average slackers who throw a huge party. Sergio decides to strap a camera on his head to film the whole thing, and drunkenly records what he thinks may have been a ghost. The next morning he's telling Brad about what happened, when Fernanda, a stunningly beautiful girl leftover from the party, tells the boys that she's actually really into the supernatural. So Sergio and Brad respond in the most logical way possible: They lie and tell her they're ghost hunters making a movie about their haunted house, all in a ploy to keep her around just so they can each try to hook up with her.
Of course their house actually is haunted, but by the time they realize it, they've both already put in too much time with Fernanda to back out, so they keep making the movie. And things keep getting weirder and weirder. And this isn't a spoof, either. Ghost Team One is an R-rated sex comedy that happens to be mashed up with Paranormal Activity. It's crude and crass and kind of creepy, but also very funny. It hits theaters, VOD and digital today, and we spoke on the phone with directors Ben Peyser and Scott Rutherford about how they ended up making not only a solid horror comedy, but a found-footage movie that actually made sense as found footage.
Movies.com: How did you two come to this project in the first place?
Scott Rutherford: We were asked to make a found-footage horror comedy, and the most important motivation for us was that this be grounded. If you want the audience to stay with you, then they have to believe that these characters have a reason to stay in the house. And if the characters don't, then this movie doesn't have any reason to exist. Knowing that, in searching for our motivation in putting the project together, we sort of realized a few things. One, we had to watch horror movies to do the research and we both realized that we are total pussies. Watching those movies we were like, "Well, what are you doing in the morning? There's some good light outside, you can come over and hold hands and we can watch these movies together."
Usually in a horror movie the characters behave like idiots and it's the audience who is going, "No, don't go upstairs! That's a terrible idea," and so we were like, wouldn't it be funny if we made the characters true to ourselves. So it's the characters who are going, "Go upstairs? Tha'ts an awful idea! I don't want to go upstairs!" But then this beautiful woman comes in... Even when we first met Fernanda, 30 minutes after her audition, people were like, "I can still smell her. Can she come back? We love her." And then we realized that's why we wanted to make the movie-- to spend time with hot chicks like that. Well, that's why the characters should be making the movie.
The only thing that can compel a man to confront his fears is a beautiful woman. And a scared, scared man will walk to the ends of the Earth for a beautiful woman.
Ben Peyser: And just jumping off that, of course there are bad found-footage movies, and there are good found-footage movies. Just like with any style or genre, and what we loved about found footage is that it really gave us the opportunity to tell an authentic story with these characters. It really helped to put you in the shoes of these guys, and it makes the whole thing feel a lot more believable. We did not want to make a spoof. We are not spoof guys. We grew up loving grounded comedies, and more recently stuff like The Office. What's great about the found-footage genre is that it allows you to get these really naturalistic performances. Obviously there's a lot of improv, so having that camera style lets us get to a place where these characters can really have these reactions. In a spoof movie, when you get to a scare, it's like,"Ha ha, that's a funny gag" but in our movie you're like, "Oh, this is actually kind of creepy." You're with the characters.
Rutherford: Authenticity becomes the most important part for a movie like this, and that's why found footage makes it feel like a very real experience for both the comedy and the horror. Is that response genuine and that's why we're laughing? Great, keep it. Is that response genuinely scary? Great, keep it.
Movies.com: Would you say you took more cues from a show like The Office than a movie like Paranormal Activity?
Rutherford: We just kind of used it as reassurance that the viewer would stay with us. The viewer has had enough experience now watching shows like The Office that we felt like it was reassurance that we could use this style to go after the laughs and the scares. They've seen found-footage horror movies, but they've also seen these documentary-style comedies, too, so they actually have the cinematic language of both sides of the coin, they just haven't seen them put together before. So that was really fun.
In terms of guidance, also, I worked on a show called Workaholics on Comedy Central and the style there was to write and write and write to get the script as strong as you could so that when we get on set you can let these extremely talented improvisers work and you know you have the scene, you know you have the joke on the page, so you're free to get weird on set. We tried to use that same tone for this movie.
Movies.com: When it came to casting, what were the descriptions you gave to each actor as they came in?
Rutherford: Well, they had pages, but what was happening was that most of the actors were coming in and reading really bratty, to the point where you were like, "I don't like these people. I don't want to spend time with them." And then these guys came in, and they'd say the lines and it just felt genuine. There was nothing they were trying to show off. J.R. Came in and we thought, "He's as genuine and innocent a pervert as we're going to find." And then Fernanda came in, and she really is... everybody falls in love with her the second they meet her. We met with lots of pretty girls, but she's so charming in a way that you couldn't really put in a character description. It was just once she showed up, we saw it and we knew it. We had the gist of the characters, but once these guys came in, they really gave us the characters.
Movies.com: And since things do get often silly but dead serious, did you guys have any trouble maintaining the balance between improv and script?
Rutherford: That always seems to be the issue the first few days, of just setting that tone with the actors. You want it to be loose enough they feel free to be funny, but also real enough that it feels authentic. But basically everyone just sort of gets the tone, and it's amazing to watch these guys work at that point.
Peyser: It was the most ridiculously entertaining I think a set could ever be. People were laughing from the P.A. to us and the producers. Everyone was having a blast on set because these guys are just hilarious. And we have so much material. We shot in three weeks, but we took months and months to edit, because there were so many great bits that we just didn't have space for in the movie. It was really a lesson in killing our darlings, because we left a lot out to keep the pace of the movie going and feeding the characters, instead of having moments that weren't really for the story.
Rutherford: But that's the great thing about being with someone like Paramount. We'll have a DVD release in time for Christmas, and on that DVD and Blu-ray finally all these bits that were hilarious but that didn't quite fit the story will be available as bonus features.
Movies.com: Has the movie already started to open doors for you?
Rutherford: Yeah, it's exciting because it's opened doors for us, but I also just feel like we were blessed with this lightning in a bottle, with this cast and this crew. We want to keep working with them. We're developing other feature projects with them, and some television stuff. The new ideas it opens us up to are great.
Peyser: One note I want to hit before we have to wrap it up is that this is still a small movie. It started as a labor of love, we were lucky enough to get picked up by Paramount, which is amazing, but we're still a small movie. People going to theaters really helps us. It really helps the movie get a chance to be seen by even more people. We're still a small movie at heart.
Rutherford: Yes, tell everyone to bring their friends. Get drunk, get stoned, get high on life, just enjoy the party that is Ghost Team One.
Ghost Team One is now out in select theaters and available On Demand and digital.
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What is the difference between the Allah before Islam, and the Allah after Islam?
Muslims claim Mohammed came to bring people to monotheism, to worship the one god Allah, but the pagan Arabs already accepted the existence of a creator god called Allah, the chief god of the Kaaba,which had a "wife" and "daughters" also prayed to and offered sacrifice to:
"We have been told that the Apostle of God once
mentioned al-Uzza saying, "I have offered a white sheep to al-'Uzza, while I was a follower of the religion of my people."
The Quraysh were wont to circumambulate the Ka'bah and say:
"By Allat and al-'Uzza,
And Manah, the third idol besides.
Verily they are the most exalted females[15]
Whose intercession is to be sought[16]."
These were also called "the Daughters of Allah[17]," and were supposed to intercede before God. When the Apostle of God was sent, God revealed unto him [concerning them] the following:
Have you seen Allat and al-'Uzza, and Manah the third
idol besides? What? Shall ye have male progeny and
God female? This indeed were an unfair partition! These
are mere names: ye and your fathers named them thus:
God hath not sent down any warranty in their regard[18]."
Mohamed's fathers name was associated with Allah, his name was Abdullah, meaning "slave of Allah "indicating the existence of this god.
If Mohammed and his tribe were already familiar with a god called Allah, what did Mohammed bring that was any different to what the pagan Arabs already knew?
What is the difference between the Allah of the Kaaba,and the Allah of the Quran?


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* Bill Clinton's philanthropic summit in NY Sept. 23-25
* Obama, Romney to address separate sessions on final day
* Nigerian, Mexican, Rwandan presidents also due to attend
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama
and Republican rival Mitt Romney are expected to set aside their
political differences later this month to speak at Bill
Clinton's eighth annual philanthropic summit.
Obama and Romney were invited earlier this summer to attend
the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a summit official said,
well before Clinton's Democratic National Convention speech last
week where he gave a rousing endorsement of Obama and a detailed
attack on the Republican presidential candidate.
Obama and Romney will address separate sessions on Sept. 25,
the final day of the three-day summit in New York City that
brings together heads of state, business leaders, humanitarians
and celebrities to make commitments to tackle the world's woes.
It was not known what topics they planned to speak about.
"I'm grateful that President Obama and Governor Romney are
taking time to join leaders from all parts of society who choose
to address our greatest global challenges through the Clinton
Global Initiative," Clinton said in a statement on Monday.
"CGI is built on the spirit of non-partisan, cross-sector
collaborations that drive action and I'm proud that, since we
began in 2005, CGI members have made more than 2,100 commitments
that are already improving the lives of 400 million people all
over the world," he said.
Clinton, who this week is due to campaign for Obama in the
critical swing states of Florida and Ohio, gave point-by-point
criticism of Romney and his vice presidential running mate,
congressman Paul Ryan, during a prime-time address to the
Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Relishing being back in the political spotlight, Clinton
said Obama should not be blamed for the poor economy he
inherited in 2009 and has set the foundations for strong growth
- if voters will give him more time and re-elect him on Nov. 6.
But campaigning is expected to be set aside for the Clinton
Global Initiative. A summit official said the philanthropic
summit was traditionally a non-partisan event.
"The president of the United States, G20 heads of state and
U.S. presidential nominees of both parties have always been
invited," the official said.
"Senator Obama and Senator McCain both addressed the CGI
annual meeting in September of 2008," he said, referring to 2008
Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
"The invitations to President Obama and Governor Romney for
the 2012 annual meeting were extended earlier this summer, prior
to the conventions," the official said.
Clinton's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - who
lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Obama in 2008 -
is also slated to appear at the Clinton Global Initiative, along
with her Republican predecessor at the State Department,
Condoleezza Rice.
The world's richest man, Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Rwandan President Paul Kagame,
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Mexican President Felipe
Calderon, Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, Spain's King
Juan Carlos and Jordan's Queen Rania are also due to attend.
The idea for the summit came from Clinton's frustration
while president from 1993 to 2001 at attending conferences that
prompted no action. So far the Clinton Global Initiative says it
has produced more than 2,100 pledges valued at nearly $70
The full agenda for the summit can be seen at
(Editing by Eric Beech)


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Glenn Beck and Fox News recently announced that his show there was ending. Aw, said few. Beck plans on launching his own multiplatform media network after Fox, and word came today that the good folks at MLB Advanced Media would stream the video.
Now, this isn't quite like when Albert Pujols and Tony La Russa decided to attend Beck's Restoration Hardware rally last summer. Don't expect Joe Torre to take to the chalkboard to explain why Scott Proctor is a Trotskyite. MLBAM hosts plenty of other streaming video—for ESPN3.com, for March Madness on Demand, among others—and allegedly does a good job with it. It also makes somewhere on the order of a kajillion dollars for the owners.
But we still find it a little odd that an arm of MLB would jump into bed with a fellow so caustic he got Wal-Mart to boycott Fox News. After all, the league is concerned enough with appearing squeaky clean to the steroids-as-satanic-scourge Bob Costas acolytes that A-Rod's cousin can't hang out in a hotel lobby.
Of course, then you realize that Beck's stage tour sold well comfortably far from the coasts, and it all just makes a fuzz more sense. Where does Costas live again?
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DailyDirt: Really Tall Buildings in China
from the urls-we-dig-up deptAlthough China has been historically known for building lengthy walls that last for centuries, the country is now constructing skyscrapers at an incredible pace. It might seem logical that a country with a huge population would need to start building vertically, instead of horizontally, but these huge buildings have some unimpressive occupancy rates so far. Here are just a few interesting links on big buildings in mainland China.
- A 74-story building in China isn't finished yet, but the locals are already complaining that the huge archway looks unflatteringly like a pair of giant pants. The British-designed skyscraper was supposed to be the largest gate-shaped structure -- representing a "Gate to the East", but Chinese bloggers have nicknamed the building "Giant Underpants" instead of "Arc de Triomphe of the East". [url]
- Buildings more than 152 meters tall can be considered skyscrapers, and four of the ten tallest buildings are located in China. There are now hundreds of skyscrapers in China, outnumbering those in the US, but there are concerns about how sustainable these towers will be with low occupancy rates and questionable safety and building management. [url]
- The Sky City project is expected to be complete in January 2013, taking the title for the world's tallest building away from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The more impressive feat, however, is that this building will be fully constructed in just a few months. [url]
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In that case, what kinds of marks are there? Their
bodies and speech are naturally gentle without dependence on a remedy.
Their minds are less deceitful, and have loving-kindness and clarity
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B.C.'s two largest medical lab companies announced Tuesday they are planning to merge, leaving the health minister with questions about whether reduced competition could lead to higher lab fees or reduced services for patients.
"The two main things that we'll have questions about: Could patient access be impacted by the merger and might there be some sort of cost implication? And we need to keep an eye on both of those," Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid said.
"Currently British Columbians have way more access to laboratory facilities than other provinces. Way more. So we don't have a difficulty in that area but you … don't want to see a problem develop."
LifeLabs, a national company, has reached an agreement to purchase B.C. Biomedical Laboratories, a 50-year-old business owned by a group of local doctors. The two companies perform more than 90 per cent of the lab work done on B.C. patients who are not admitted to hospitals.
"With increasing demand for testing services and a challenging fiscal environment, we need to become even more effective and efficient in ensuring British Columbians receive the best service and reliable access to testing," LifeLabs CEO Sue Paish said in a news release issued late Tuesday.
The deal is subject to regulatory approvals from the federal and provincial government and, if green-lighted, could be complete later this spring.
MacDiarmid said the province will make submissions to the Competition Bureau of Canada — which examines mergers to determine if they could result in a substantial reduction of competition — to ensure there are no "negative impacts" from the deal.
LifeLabs spokesman Mitchell Toker said there were few details he could discuss before the merger is approved, but noted there were "no plans" at this time to close lab locations or to increase fees, which are predominantly paid for by the health ministry.
"We've got no such plans. There is no thinking about labs closing at this point," added Doug Buchanan, B.C. Bio's managing director and CEO.
He said the merger will allow the two companies to combine strengths: BC Bio is consistently named a "Best Employer" in Canada, while LifeLabs is known for its vision for future lab advancements.
Several years ago, the two companies, although competitors, created a joint venture, called Excelleris Technologies, which provides electronic reporting of lab tests to more than 4,400 doctors in the province.
Last month, The Sun began investigating a tip that the two companies might be merging. At the time, Toker refused to discuss the matter and Buchanan dismissed it as an unsubstantiated rumour, potentially fuelled by the successful Excelleris project.
"If I had a dollar for every time I've heard this rumour, I wouldn't need a job," Buchanan said then.
Labs collect blood and other specimens that patients need tested, analyze them and share the results with doctors and, in some cases, patients as well.
Hospital patients are served by public labs, which conduct 30 to 40 per cent of lab tests in B.C. However, out-patients use private labs, which represent 60 to 70 per cent of lab tests in the province.
LifeLabs and B.C. Bio do the vast majority of this private work. (One small company in the Interior, Valley Medical Laboratories, does the rest of the private testing at its 13 facilities.)
LifeLabs has 80 labs in B.C. that, every day, serve more than 11,000 patients and perform more than 44,000 tests.
LifeLabs is owned by Borealis Infrastructure, the investment arm of a Canadian pension plan that has put $9.5 billion into assets such as hospitals, pipelines and telecommunications.
B.C. Bio has 45 labs that daily serve 6,000 to 8,000 patients and perform 32,000 tests. It is owned by Dr. C. J. Coady Associates, a partnership of more than 40 laboratory medicine practitioners.
Demand for lab work has grown in recent years for a variety of reasons, including improved technology for things such as DNA testing and sophisticated consumers asking for more information about their medical conditions.
"Demand for our service, we estimate, could be 10 times what it is today in a matter of years. And then government, of course, has less money for this," Buchanan said in December.
The B.C. Medical Association, which represents doctors, is working with the provincial government on lab reforms, including how to cut $25 million from the $600 million the province spends annually on the lab system. "We want to use all those dollars to the best of our ability," MacDiarmid said.
BCMA president Dr. Shelley Ross said she does not believe the lab reform process, which is expected to wrap up soon, will be affected by the proposed merger.
The negotiated savings will be achieved, in part, by reducing fees the government pays for lab tests that are now easier to perform as a result of improved technology, Ross said.
Only government-run public labs are used in the Maritimes, while other provinces, such as Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba, rely on private labs to varying degrees, according to information provided by the B.C. health ministry.


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Britney Spears has revealed she is ready to move on after her split from David Lucado.
The pop princess, who announced her split with the lawyer a few days ago, opened up about the break up as she took to the stage at her latest Piece Of Me show in Las Vegas on August 31, reported MTV.com.
"So I know you know my boyfriend cheated on me," the 32-year-old singer told the crowd. "But the best thing about being cheated on is I get to go on more first dates."
The couple broke up amid claims that a video has emerged allegedly showing David looking cosy with another woman.
Britney, who is in Las Vegas for a two-year residency at Planet Hollywood Resort, also called out for some male dates, before singling out celebrity blogger Perez Hilton to join her on stage.
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She had been dating David since March 2013, just a couple of months after she broke up with fiance Jason Trawick.
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