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How Vaccines Damage Your Pet's Health
"Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken."
~ Bertrand Russell
"In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
~ George Orwell
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Thinking Outside the Box
People who are open to feeding their pets a raw diet are already thinking outside the box. As we become more aware of how the atrocious quality of highly processed commercial pet food negatively affects our pet's health, this often naturally leads us to reconsider the conventional wisdom behind other widely accepted practices involving our pets; case in point being the highly profitable business of vaccination.
In order to begin to understand more clearly the concept of vaccinosis and comprehend the astonishing level of damage being done to many of our pets' health due to the administration of so very many vaccines, we have to be willing to open our minds and look beyond our ingrained beliefs.
Depending on how ready you are to break through the boundaries of conditioning to which we have all been subjected, it's possible that the information on this page may shock, surprise or perhaps even anger you.
But regardless of your response to this information, it's hoped that what's presented here will compel you to do your own research on this subject, so that you can learn for yourself the real truth about the multi-billion dollar vaccine industry, and the outrageous untold damage that vaccinations are having not only on domestic pets, but upon virtually the entire population of the human race as well.
There is a growing amount of information on this subject available on the internet that is well worth taking the time to explore. If you're interested in learning more, a good place to start is by checking out the links section of this website.
Conditioned Thinking
Just as most of us have grown up and lived in a society which has conditioned us to believe that it's perfectly acceptable to feed our pets commercial pet food, so do the majority of people in the western world consider vaccination to be a perfectly acceptable, safe, and effective means of preventing the spread of infectious disease. Most all of us have been vaccinated ourselves at some point in our lives, and most all of the pets we have owned have most likely been vaccinated as well. Many people consider that making sure their pets "get their shots" is the absolute right thing to do – or rather - not just that it's the right thing to do, but that NOT doing it is actually tantamount to negligence!
What is Known About Vaccinosis
There's an umbrella term that has been coined to describe the myriad damage that vaccines have the potential to inflict. This term is vaccinosis. You are encouraged to do an internet search on this term to learn more about it and further explore its ramifications. But please consider that when it comes to the damage that has been, is being, and potentially will be done to both domestic animals and humans alike as a result of the use of vaccines, what is known thus far only amounts to just the tip of the iceberg.
A Healthy Immune System Confers the Ultimate Immunity - Naturally
As was mentioned on the introductory page - and it bears repeating - the most potent, effective and natural mechanism for ensuring good health, longevity and resistance to infections, parasites and disease, exists right within the internal terrain of the body. A well balanced internal terrain makes for a robust, healthy, fully operational immune system.
In other words, effective immunity is created within the body by virtue of the strength of the body's own properly functioning immune system. Contrary to popular belief, the truth is that although the injection of vaccines may stimulate the production of antibodies, this does not mean that they create immunity. Vaccines, in and of themselves, do not create immunity from disease. Only the immune system can do that. And the way the immune system works naturally to create immunity is the same, whether it be in an animal like a cat or dog, or in a human being.
How a Properly Functioning Immune System Works
Put very simply, the way it works is this: when contagions, whether in the form of germs, bacteria or viruses, enter the body, the way they generally pass from the outside to the inside is via a bodily orifice. The body's major first lines of defense lie in the form of mucus and the mucous membranes, primarily those of the eyes, nose, mouth, pulmonary passages and GI tract. When the body is exposed to pathogens entering into the body in this way, as long as the immune system is healthy and functioning properly, it will often automatically create an immediate immunity to that potential threat, thereby protecting the body from infection and fending off disease. If by chance for some reason the pathogen does manage to take hold to the point where it's able to actually cause an acute form of illness, the body will react with certain symptoms, perhaps with such purging responses as fever, sweating or vomiting, inflammation, or an increase in mucus production etc. These sorts of symptoms are the body's way of naturally ridding itself of the potentially harmful pathogen and restoring itself to good health.
Nature's means of creating immunity sometimes means that a disease is contracted. This can have a twofold purpose. One purpose, although it may sound harsh, is that those animals that are not strong and healthy enough to either resist or survive such illness may perish, thus ensuring that the weak will not live to reproduce. The other purpose is that if one survives an illness, permanent immunity from that disease is generally conferred, and as a result of fighting off the disease the animal may well end up being stronger for having lived through the ordeal.
Vaccines Bypass the Body's Natural Immune Response
Now let's explore what happens when Nature's way is not allowed to unfold on its own because a pathogen, such as a virus, bacteria or heavy metal, is forcibly and unnaturally introduced into the body subcutaneously - directly into the bloodstream or musculature - thereby completely bypassing the body's natural, innate defense mechanisms. This is the scenario every time a vaccine is injected via hypodermic needle into the body. The result is that the body's natural immune processes are overridden, and in effect, short circuited. When this occurs, the body's immune system is deprived of the opportunity to defend against that artificially introduced pathogen the way nature intended for it to.
Because of this short circuiting and the denied opportunity for the body to defend itself naturally, the way it was designed to, the potential outcome in some cases is that these artificially introduced pathogens can end up causing a kind of low grade, chronic form of disease – one against which the body cannot properly defend. In such cases the body is unable to effectively eradicate the bug and cure itself, because its natural ability to defend itself via the immune system's conventional means has not been stimulated and activated via the proper introductory channels. In other words the body is effectively prevented from ever experiencing a full blown, acute case of the disease with the accompanying purgative symptoms.
Because the immune system's natural defense mechanisms have been bypassed, short circuited and effectively overridden, in some cases the body becomes unable to properly rid itself of the pathogen and so the illness.
Looking at it from this perspective, it becomes clearer why multiple vaccines can, and often do, have the effect of dramatically impairing the body's natural ability to either maintain good health or heal itself.
An Epidemic of Chronic Degenerative Illness in Pets
Imagine the many different possible malfunctions that might transpire in the body and immune system of a small animal that receives multiple vaccines at one sitting. Then multiply that by the number of injections that may be given in the form of yearly "boosters' over the life of that animal, and you may begin to see the scope of potential immune dysfunction that can, and no doubt is, occurring within virtually the entirety of today's vaccinated domestic pet population. Just as with the toxic commercial pet food industry, there is no doubt whatsoever that there is a massive fortune being made by the mega-pharmaceutical corporations that are marketing vaccines the world over, both for animal as well as human use.
When you consider the chronic malnourishment from which many of these animals are already suffering as a result the utter junk most of them are being fed throughout the course of their lives, compounded with the additional affront of being repeatedly injected with numerous vaccinations, is it any wonder that what we're seeing today in our pets in terms of chronic degenerative, as well as auto immune diseases, may well be amounting to nothing less than an all out epidemic?
Vaccines - A Toxic Brew
If the unnatural mechanism of introducing various viruses and bacteria into the body via vaccine injections weren't enough of a deterrent in and of itself, there are yet more reasons to avoid having your pets jabbed.
Besides bacteria and viruses, many of the other sorts of ingredients that are found in vaccines should certainly make people think twice about using them.
Here's just a very short list of some of the toxic and potentially damaging substances that are commonly used as components in vaccines:
Why in the world are we injecting such things into our pets, much less ourselves??
To find the answer to that question,just follow the MONEY…
Vaccines Generate Quantum Dollars
for Big Pharma,
the Veterinary Industry,
and the Medical-Industrial Complex.
Food For Thought
Aside from the shocking list of ingredients used in creating vaccines, here are a few more reasons why we should all very seriously be reconsidering the wisdom of their use:
Think Twice About Vaccines
The bottom line...
~ Do your homework.
~ Educate yourself about the harmful cocktail of ingredients used in vaccines.
~ Become informed about the potential risks and dangers before vaccinating your pets.
~ Check out the links page which lists many excellent resources where you can learn more.
Although a diet of whole raw foods based on Nature's prey model is the most natural, healthy way for our carnivorous companion animals to eat, it is not a cure-all for any or all ailments, nor should it be considered as such. If your pet is ill you are advised to seek out the services of a professional pet health care provider. The material contained on this website is the author's opinion and is shared for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing written herein is intended or should be considered as veterinary advice, and the author assumes no responsibility for the use or misuse by the reader of this information.
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Just 3 days left of my Stepbet. It's looking like the earnings will be around $10. I'm planning on doing another one, but not until after DH and I get back from Chicago.
Yes, we are officially going to Chicago next Wednesday and Thursday. Driving. Partially to buy DH a car, and partially for a quick get away. I'm thankful Friday will be a holiday for me. Sleep!
Something sad at work today. One of the new employees who I really liked was let go. She was within her 6 month probation period. Not sure why.
At work I learned something else today - about copiers.
When you put paper into the drawer, you should do it "seam side" up. (the seam referring to the paper covering the ream of paper.) You also should do something called "fluffing" the paper (i.e. adding air pockets.)
All to avoid something like this:
(Kind of beautiful in its own way I think ...)
Still going strong on the no soda ... though I had a real test a few days ago - the first day the bus routes changed. STRESSED OUT! But I persevered and bought some carbonated water from family dollar instead. (and ... chocolate.)
Only 13 days till Trans Siberian Orchestra!!
The other day we had a backpack come in to Lost and Found, and inside it was a Nevada Barr book - one I hadn't read!
I picked it up from the library today. (on CD so I can load it on my phone to listen to while walking or in the car.)
I bought some parsnips today. I plan on making them for dinner on Sunday. I've never had them, so it should be interesting.
I also bought a bag of fresh cranberries last week. I put about 1/4 cup of them in my smoothie on Wednesday. Blegh! Yesterday and today I only put 3 or 4 ... much better.
DH emptied out the transmission fluid from his Honda (which he drove through high water last May?) in an attempt to get it working again. It didn't work.
So now he's on the hunt for a used transmission. He thinks he may have found one two hours away for $150. He just needs to find out if it's vtech or not?
If he can get the car going again for $500 or less, then it should be worth it. Otherwise, he may be ready to sell it. (It's a 2001 Honda with around 149k miles.)
A Few Days Left of Stepbet - Learned Something
Just 3 days left of my Stepbet. It's looking like the earnings will be around $10. I'm planning on doing another one, but not until after DH and I get back from Chicago.
10 Responses to "A Few Days Left of Stepbet - Learned Something"
CB in the City
November 5th, 2016 at 05:52 amCome to the Museum of Science & Industry and I'll meet you for lunch! Seriously. But I know you will pack a lot into your two days and understand if there is no time.
November 5th, 2016 at 06:42 amI like parsnips! Very mild flavor and nice texture when roasted.
November 5th, 2016 at 07:12 amOh, and thanks for reminding me of StepBet -- now that my pedometer challenge is over at work, I wouldn't mind another motivator. I was in a regular habit of walks at night for months before the pedometer challenge -- but then I got a cold right after that ended, and haven't had the energy for night walks since then. I might need something to kick-start my efforts once I'm over my cold.
Jenn Says:
November 5th, 2016 at 08:54 amThe paper picture made me laugh!
November 5th, 2016 at 06:30 pmCB I'd love to! DH says though it's hard to know where we'll be on Thursday because we'll be going around to look at the cars he's marked. So, this probably isn't a go time to do it.
Ceejay - it's Very motivating - for me at least. I've been fighting a cold here this past week, bu have barely managed to meet my goals.
Jenn - it is funny
Petunia 100
November 6th, 2016 at 11:27 amWhich Nevada Barr book? My favorite is Blind Descent.
November 6th, 2016 at 11:59 amBoar Island
November 6th, 2016 at 07:13 pmPlease tell me you are not one of those people who create a jam like that and then quietly slink off into a corner somewhere, without saying a word! Those people are like little office devils, creating mayhem for everyone else, lol!
But I have totally jammed up a copier, when it required all the teachers to resend their print jobs. One teacher was so loud and angry about it, there was no way I was confessing to that jam.
November 6th, 2016 at 11:09 pmHow about having cranberries on cereal? One of the cereals I get has cranberries on top and it's nice.
November 12th, 2016 at 01:54 pmAlice - Nope, it wasn't me who caused the jam. I was just the one responsible for calling the copier repair guy.
VS - I'm okay with just a few cranberries in my smoothie. It was just too many that first time.

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Are you a Faker or a Maker?
If you want to be successful, study successful people. Really study them. Success arises from systems, not a single task. You don't get successful by just doing one specific thing the successful person does. Look at all the work that went into their success before you marvel at their "easy" life.
It's so easy to look at a successful person and make assumptions. Too often, most people do just that. I knew a woman once who found out I was a multi-published author paying my rent with my royalties. She told me she'd always wanted to be a writer so I told her to write something. I even gave her several opportunities to be published in my magazine. What did she do? She changed her Facebook status to "Writer & Public Speaker" and then spent her time texting gossip and shouting at people in bars.
I guess there's some writing and speaking involved in that, but she pretty much missed the point.
She was squatting in a run-down trailer with no water or electricity last I heard.
The "Fake it till you make it" concept only applies so long as you're putting in the sweat and hustle necessary to actually make it. If it were as easy as changing your Facebook status and walking around all puffed up then everybody would be doing it.
But everybody isn't doing it.
It takes more than bullshit.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
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All the successful people I know are that way because they've put in the time, sweat, and tears to get there. None of them had it handed to them. They found something they loved and they applied themselves to reaching a goal with it. It had to be something they loved because you can't do something 18 hours a day if you just don't love it. Most of them had to start their labor of love as a side hustle too! They'd work eight hours a day at their J-O-B and then go home and work another 8-10 hours on their labor of love. That's how they got successful.
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- They worked on their phone, tablet or laptop in the bathroom in the morning because they don't believe a morning bowel movement is a time to rest!
- They worked while they were in line at the grocery store.
They took action consistently and they did all the work, not just the stuff that the average bystander sees.
In the end, it all comes down to one question:
Are you a Faker or a Maker?


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As experienced travelers, Jim and Jean Allen of Granby, Connecticut, were used to seeing very different living conditions than what we experience in the U.S. But when they traveled to India on OAT's Heart of India adventure, they saw something that startled even them. All the students were standing up.
"The school was nice for India," Jim says. "There was a new bathroom just outside the school and six or eight classrooms. But it bothered me that there were no seats. Everyone stood up all day in class."
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A long time ago (about a year) we started using cloth napkins. I had been gifted an interesting non-tear fabric that worked quite well for us, however it is also quite water resistant. I do believe it was old nighty material and isn't the greatest for wiping hands at the table. These are now moving to the diaper area for wipes or we may use them for our noses (must be sure not to mix them up).
TJ and I started another project together. We selected some material scraps that were large enough for our napkins (I measured a cocktail napkin at about 10 inches). I decided to make them double sided for ease of sewing and durability. Our fabrics are flannel/old receiving blankets and cotton scraps from other projects.
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My guest today is Dr. Daniel Laby, of Sports Vision. Dr Laby began his work in sports vision more than two decades ago with the MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers. He has also been responsible for the visual performance of the New York Mets and St Louis Cardinals, and currently works with the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs. Dr. Laby spent three seasons working with the NBA's Boston Celtics as well as the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. He also worked with the US Olympic team prior to the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and attended the games with the team.
Dr Laby has been fortunate to have contributed to an MLB American League Championship team as well as 4 World Series Championship teams.
The interview transcript appears below the media player. This episode was recorded on Nov, 9th, 2017.
David and I discuss the "sports vision pyramid", the pathway from photons to sports decision making and how to improve it. We also discuss how these techniques may be applicable to driving and even to music.
Yuval Boger (VRGuy): Hello Daniel, and thanks for joining me today.
Daniel Laby: Thanks, Yuval. My pleasure.
VRGuy: So, who are you? And what do you do?
Daniel: I'm an ophthalmologist who, for the past 25 years has worked a fair amount in professional sports and athletics, elite level athletics, both the pro level and Olympic level. Trying to understand what the vision, what the visual performance, cognitive visual abilities, the hand eye coordination and reaction time. All sorts of metrics, all based on, at the root, on how visual function impacts performance.
VRGuy: Any particular teams that I might know?
Daniel: Probably. If you've watched the World Series over the last several years, three of the past five World Series winners are teams that we've worked with. Including the most recent, Houston Astros, a couple weeks ago.
VRGuy: Congratulations.
Daniel: Thanks.
VRGuy: Is that for pitchers? For hitters? For managers? Who do you work with most?
Daniel: Some might ask for the umpires, but they've been a hard nut to crack. No, it's mostly with the batters because, as some people have talked about, hitting a baseball is one of the most difficult things to do in all of sports. And certainly in order to hit the baseball, you have to see it properly. Quite a bit of work has been done by our group and several other groups across the country, and even around the globe, in trying to understand what the vision requirements are for a batter to hit a thrown baseball. And you'd be surprised, it's certainly not very easy.
VRGuy: As I think about hitting a baseball, you got to see it well, right? You have to have the correct refraction. But there must also be some brain function, right? Or brain training. Where do you focus your effort?
Daniel: When I lecture to my students, I show some slides. I'm interested in the entire pathway of the point of the photon of light leaves the baseball, in the pitchers hand, just before he releases it, 60 feet away from the batter, until it goes all through the ocular system, the brains part of the visual system, into the parts of the brain that have to then integrate visual information into the vision making, and ultimately into a go/no go muscular action. Until that point, where we can't distinguish an action related to that photon. I'm interested in the entire pathway. So, I look at the whole thing.
VRGuy: Where do you start? Let's say I'm a pro athlete, which as you know, I'm far from it. Let's say I want to hit better, where do you start?
Daniel: We've developed a concept we call the Vision Pyramid. And clearly, as people say, "If you can't see it, you can't hit it." The bottom of the pyramid is the simple visual function in each eye independent of sharpness, we call visual acuity, that's that 20/20 or 20/25 or 20/10 number, and something called contrast sensitivity, the ability to detect a target from a background. Those are functions that are relevant to each eye individually, and that's where you start, to make sure that the visual acuity and the contrast sensitivity is at the level required to be able to hit this baseball.
VRGuy: Okay, so that, just making sure that I've got that right, contact lenses or the proper LASIK procedure on my eye?
Daniel: We actually take it one step further, even. You've been to the eye doctor and you've seen the eye chart where you have rows of letters and you have to identify and say what the letters are. And in fact, you have as long as you want to stare at the letter and you may change the letter "E" to an answer "F", or the "O" to a "G", depending on how sure you are. And you go back and forth and you finally give your "Final answer". And that's what gets recorded.
While, you know, it takes a baseball a quarter of a second, about 400 milliseconds to make it from the pitcher to the catcher's glove. In that period, you only have 100 milliseconds to actually see it, before you have to start making decisions, and beginning motor actions, and actually moving the bat. Which takes the greatest part of that 400 milliseconds, 150 milliseconds. So you only have a tenth of a second to see the pitch and it's quite a ways away. It's probably about 55-60 feet away on a 90 mile-an-hour fastball.
And, to have an eye test where you just have to read the chart, and you have 30, 40, 50 seconds to change your answer and stare at the sheet, didn't seem to make sense to us. So we developed the system that we've put together using iPads, where we show targets of small size, obviously a baseball is very small, of low contrast, because to see the seams and how they spin on the ball when the pitch is thrown, is not black on white, it's red on white, or red on brown, depending on how dirty the ball is. So, it's a low contrast situation. And, as I mentioned, you only have 100 milliseconds.
So, we only show those targets on the iPad per 100, maybe 300, sometimes 800 milliseconds. But never for an infinite amount of time where you have the ability to stare at it. So, in order to hit the ball, and to see how the vision is, we give you something that's as realistic as possible. It's a small target, a faint target, for a short time. And that's what we use to decide whether you need to have a change in your contacts, a change in your glasses, et cetera.
VRGuy: So, if I went through that test, would it be possible that I'm using different contacts for game time, than I would use in everyday life?
Daniel: Certainly could be. Especially if you're an older player who's beginning to have some trouble in reading. Maybe you're hitting your 30's, you're a pitcher, let's say, in the National League, and you're still batting. And you still have to be able to see the signs of the catcher. You may have contacts that we give you for on the field, which is all distance. None of it is reading up close, in a matter of inches. It's a matter of many feet, tens of feet. We may give you contacts that get your vision to the Major League Baseball average of 20/12, or at least the minimum that we feel is important, 20/15 vision. Whereas, when you went home and read at night, in some dim light in your study, with a fire going, you would need some reading glasses. And that would be a different prescription. So it really depends on your prescription, your age, what your needs are. But I can certainly envision different prescriptions for different purposes.
VRGuy: Once I'm fitted with a prescription that's right for me, and I'm sure that may need to change every couple of years, there must be some brain training component to it.
Daniel: That's moving up the pyramid. So, when you move up from what each eye does individually, the next step is how the eyes work together. And that's going to be 3D vision, stereo vision, depth perception. And remember that each sport has a different requirement. We published a paper, a few years back, on our experience with the U.S. Olympic Team, for the Beijing Olympic Games. And we documented how different sports have very different visual demands.
And to say that one sport needs better vision than others is probably an oversimplification. Some sports need better sharpness; some sports need better depth perception; some sports need peripheral awareness and knowing what's happening in the periphery. Think about a basketball player going down the court, how they're able to pass the ball, literally behind them, right to their colleague and teammate, perfectly. Even when they don't actually see them, at that moment when they make the pass. That's a skill that doesn't come easy and that takes some development, but that's totally not required in baseball, where your action is right in front of you, to hit the ball.
So, each sport has a different requirement. We want to make sure that depth perception is good. We want to make sure the ability to integrate that single, the three dimensional target into higher functions of the brain is proper. That you can track multiple targets at the same time, we have a specific test for that. That the hand eye coordination is what it needs to be, another test for that. And many different nodes, if you will, in this process of seeing and action that we've tried to identify and then benchmark against what's required for that particular sport or that position. And make sure that the athlete has, at least, the minimum required to perform and to show their natural inborn athletic ability to the best.
VRGuy: Is that a technique that needs to be learned, like preparing for the SAT? Or is that something that I need to be trained on an ongoing basis, even refresher training in the off season, or during the season?
Daniel: Some of them are immediate fixes like, you mentioned, the contact lenses and glasses. That's pretty immediate. That's something that, the minute you have the proper lenses, the light is focused on the retina, and the vision improves. The depth perception is a little bit more intermediate. That will improve both with sharpness as well as with potential training. But, as you move higher up to the cognitive areas, the decision making, those require more time. The hand eye coordination, for example, requires training that can take several weeks, in the order of six to eight, maybe ten to twelve weeks, depending on how fast someone improves. The same thing with the ability to track multiple targets. That's something that you have to learn over time.
VRGuy: And is training live? In the sense, do I … Are baseballs thrown at me while I do this training? Or is it just with an iPad or with a virtual reality device?
Daniel: Most of the training is virtual. It's not on the field. In fact, I just wrote a post on our blog how I think batting practice is actually, not only not beneficial, but proved very harmful to players. So … Practicing, if you will, in an environment that is not reflective of the need is probably not as useful as what could be achieved in a virtual type of world, where you can actually simulate that specific task and train somebody in their ability to perform that task. And that's how we do most of our training. It's in the "lab", either virtually or on the system that tries to isolate just that technique to improve just that, without spending peripheral time or wasted time on other things that may not be important.
VRGuy: Would you expect the player to, just like you envisioned them, on a team bus looking at game tape, instead they would do some cognition exercise to improve a particular visual function?
Daniel: Yeah, that already happens. Not that looking at tape is bad. Looking at tape, actually, could be useful. But in addition, there are other techniques that are done on either a smartphone or on a tablet type device, that has specific targets other abilities, that certainly can be done on a bus, on a plane, and is done in those situations, currently.
VRGuy: How do you measure success? I understand that if I'm fitted with better contact lenses that I could see better. That's easy to measure. But, are you sure that the technique works? Other than just placebo effect, that the player is getting more attention in a particular area?
Daniel: That's a great question. Being an academic professor and physician, I'm really tied, if you will, and some people will say, "Too tied", to outcomes and scientific evidence. And, we look at it in two stages. The first stage is being able to tell whether somebody has the common visual functions required of their group.
So, in other words, we know that the average vision in baseball is 20/12. We found that if you're 20/15 or better, you have the sharpness/resolution ability to hit the baseball. And so, we don't have … What we want to do is measure someone's ability to see and see if they have that 20/15 or better. If they do, we don't try to improve them anymore. There's no evidence that 20/12 or 20/10 or 20/8 is going to give you a higher batting average than if you're 20/15. But if you're 20/30, there's pretty good evidence that you're not going to be as effective and we need to improve you to that 20/15 threshold, or better.
And so, we look at it as a comparative, trying to decide what the norms are in the sports, for the positions, and make sure the athlete has the abilities for that position, at a minimum.
The second fold then becomes, well, if you have somebody that doesn't have that, is that just a strike against them? Or, can you correct them and we'll see improvement on the field? And in some those we have some good evidence, and some of those, we don't have enough data yet to be convinced that by moving somebody forward, we can actually improve them better. Let me give you an example. A paper that's in review, that hopefully will come out shortly discusses the use of one of these techniques on something called Plate Discipline.
Plate Discipline is how well you can decide to swing, or not swing, at a strike or a ball, on the field. And what we found is a very significant difference between the players on this vision test that were in the top 20%, versus those in the bottom 20%, in terms of their plate discipline ability. For example, their walk rate. How many times do they get on base, or walk, each time they're at bat. And we found a very significant difference between those two groups.
Interesting, though, what we found when we looked at the middle 60%, not the top and not the bottom 20, but the middle 60 … We found that as long as you're in the top 80%, it doesn't make a difference how visually good you are. If you're in the bottom 20, it makes a difference. And so to train somebody who's at the 60th percentile to move into the 40th percentile, doesn't do anything for them, in terms of statistics on hundreds. Literally, 500 players, professional major and minor league players. But if you're in the bottom 20%, you certainly need to be improved. And, we're looking at data now, whether those who improve on the system, actually improve on the field. That's part two and that still pending.
VRGuy: I understand. Now, if you do training or some of the tests that you do with virtual reality goggles, one of the things that we've seen is that allows you to control whether you show the stimuli in one eye or both. And some people, especially in the concussion or neuro testing, are using eye tracking to see if you follow the targets correctly, and so on. Do you use these kinds of techniques in your work as well?
Daniel: Yeah, eye tracking is real important. There's a body of knowledge around the concept that's called the "quiet eye", developed by a colleague of mine, Joan Vickers, in Calgary, who identified the period of time it's actually not moving, the eye, it's called "quiet eye". At one point, just prior to, during, and just after the critical action in the sport, are your eyes fixed on a specific target.
We showed it in baseball, what the batters are actually looking at during the windup and the delivery of the pitch. And those batters who do that more efficiently and more properly and have what's called a "longer quiet eye", in fact, go in advance. They start out looking at the glove and then, as the pitcher winds up, they move their eyes to the point that they anticipate will be the release point of the pitch, get there before the hand, and the ball does, stay on there during the release, and actually for a short time after release. That's the quiet, no movement of the eye. Those players tend to have a much better success in hitting the ball than players who are looking at many different points throughout the pitch, and not being quiet. That's been shown in basketball. It's been shown in hockey. It's been shown in golf, quite a bit, with putting. And that, actually, lack of eye movement, during that critical point, becomes critical.
And so, we do look to see how the person is using their eyes during the critical periods of the pitch delivery and want to make sure it's quiet during the most important time.
VRGuy: And, can you train to improve on that parameter? You can?
Daniel: Absolutely. Alan Alda, for example, if someone wants to go back and look on PBS special online, did a thing about the quiet eye, where he, Alan Alda, went down to Calgary and they demonstrated what it takes to shoot a basket, to score the basket from a free throw. And what the technique was to train somebody to do that. And there was an interesting demonstration of that on the program, on PBS, several years back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knfC978EoWc
VRGuy: Have you considered using these kinds of techniques for fields that are beyond sports? I mean, I, for instance, play the violin. I don't want to say unprofessionally, but as an amateur. And when you have sheet music in front of you, there are a lot of things going on. You've got to read the music, you have look ahead, you have to process it. That information has to go to your fingers to actually play. Have you considered using it outside sports?
Daniel: Yeah, in fact, I've tried to move the field away from sports vision to what I call "performance vision". Whereas, sports is just one component of what people need to use their visual and cognitive systems to perform in whatever task they want. And there's no question that in music, that's something that's multifaceted. There's, obviously, visual information, there's cognitive processing, there's decisions, and there's hand eye coordination, hand foot coordination, or eye foot coordination, depending on what you're doing, where it all has to come together properly in order to make music.
We haven't done so much in the music realm, but we are actually starting some work in the driving realm. As you imagine, like here in New York, in Manhattan, where I am, or any other large city, driving in the city is not indifferent from running down the field on the Super Bowl. You have multiple targets. You have multiple speeds. You have to make decisions rapidly. You may not know where you are. You may not be familiar with it. You have to read street signs. Contrast can be low. It could be brightness and glare with the sun in your eyes. It could be a cloudy day or dusk, where the lighting is poor. And all of those things will impact your ability to successfully navigate without crashing into a car or, God forbid, a person, as you drive through the city.
We're actually starting a project with the City of New York to evaluate that very question. So certainly, these techniques apply to music. They apply to driving. They certainly apply to Military, another area that we've done some work in. And there are many other areas, as well.
VRGuy: As we start to wind down our discussion, tell me a little bit about the effect of injury. So, if I am a player that got hit by a ball, or have a concussion, how quickly do I recover from it, and restore to the same performance levels?
Daniel: That's actually another area where I think performance vision has a role to play. Up until now, when someone had an injury, and I'm not talking about direct injury to the eye, where the vision is damaged because of injury to the eye itself, that's a different topic. But thinking about how that visual information is processed and decisions are made, and a coordinator action is started and achieved.
Typically, considering concussion effects, most people who have concussions go through concussion rehab and are felt to be check marked, "Okay, can go back on the field." And I would maintain, there's some published literature that will support this, that those players aren't quite there yet. They may be "normal" to the general population, but they're far from where they were at the elite level of visual function, prior to their injury. And although they might be able to go back out on the field, that may actually open them to more re-injury, because they're not a quick as they were before. They're as quick as I may be, but they're not as quick as someone might be in their opponent on the field.
And there probably is a role for performance vision training following their completion of regular "concussion therapy" to try to bring people back to the same elite level of performance. Whether it's on the field with sports, or driving, or whatever in the military, to bring them back and keep them safe, as well as to keep their performance, their function, up. The other aspect of that is, there's a paper that came out a few years ago that suggested that by doing performance training, in other words, increasing peoples hand eye coordination. Their reaction time. Their ability to track multiple targets and avoid those that are actually coming right at them, that would cause concussion. By training that ability, you might be able to actually reduce either the severity, or the instance of concussion overall. And there's certainly nothing better than avoiding the injury, as opposed to having to clean up after the injury and treatment.
VRGuy: And related to the question of genetics versus education, can these techniques be used to screen prospects? Can you tell whether a teenager could be a great baseball player? Or is all of this something that could just be learned, over time, from a cognitive perspective?
Daniel: You just opened up a half hour discussion. I'll try and keep it short though. Most of the value that I think we bring to teams, is not so much in working with the Major League elite, top players. Because frankly, between you and me, those players, for whatever reason, have made it because of their success, to that level. And they don't, as much, need me. Our role is much more useful in the minor league players, if we're in baseball, or those people that are just starting out, that have been identified to have talent, but it's not fully developed yet. And our role is to try to give them the tools to full develop that talent, to perform at their maximum.
But even on top of that, we spend lots of time looking at players before the draft, or prospect players, to evaluate them against the established norms of ability in each of these different visual cognitive areas, to see how they match up. Certainly, if you have two players that have the same skill, that is felt to have the same objective skill, one player has all the visual abilities equal to or better than average for a professional athlete, and the other one has very few of them, and you only can choose one, I would say your chances of success are better in choosing the one that has the skills versus the one who doesn't. And that's kind of what we do a lot of, is for the teams, and evaluating prospective players, testing prospective players, and trying to give some insight into who's going to be the more likely, versus less likely, major league player or professional player, as they develop later on.
VRGuy: So, Daniel, where could people connect with you to learn more about your work, and others, in this field?
Daniel: There's quite a few people that have, if you just search "sports performance vision" on the web, you'll find all sorts of things. You still may want to, kind of, "buyer beware" as with anything on the web, and make sure that it's coming from a credited, vetted, source. Some of these sources are based on less scientific data. Some of them are based on more scientific data. My own website is www.sportsvision.nyc. And that will take you to my website. You're certainly welcome to contact me if anyone has any questions. But there's quite a few people that do sports vision, or performance vision, around the globe. And I think it's an area in sports, which is one of the last legal areas that we can enhance players and try to elevate the game.
VRGuy: Excellent. Well, thank you so much for joining me today.
Daniel: My pleasure, Yuval. Take care.
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Mast cell tumors in dogs is a common kind of skin cancer. About 20 percent of all cases of canine skin cancer are in the form of mast cell tumors.
You probably know that mast cells are important cells forming part of the immune system. They can be found in all body tissues and protect the body from invading organisms such as parasites.
When the body is faced with an infection, the immune system triggers the mast cells to release chemicals from storage granules located inside the mast cells.
Some chemicals released by mast cells include heparin (which prevents blood clots in vessels). Others are histamine, serotonin, and proteolytic enzymes (enzymes for the breakdown of proteins). These chemicals are toxic to the invading parasites.
Mast cells are bound within tissues that interface with the external world such as the skin, respiratory or intestinal tract, and do not circulate through the body.
A mast cell tumor is formed by a large number of, well, mast cells.
As you can imagine, with so many mast cells in a mast cell tumor, and with so many chemicals contained in the mast cells, a lot of problems can arise when these mast cells are damaged and become cancerous.
The cells of mast cell tumors in dogs become very unstable, and they may release disproportionally high levels of chemicals such as histamine and heparin into the body without being triggered by the immune system.
This causes the dog to show allergic symptoms, and wreaking havoc on the dog's body systems and functions, such as the heart rate and blood pressure.
Most mast cell tumors in dogs occur in the skin, but they can also occur elsewhere in the body.
Like other cancers, mast cell tumors can occur at sites of previous inflammation. Canine mast cell tumors are very invasive and difficult to treat.
About half of all mast cell tumors are malignant, and up to 50 percent recur after surgical removal.
Mast cell tumors that appear in the armpit area, mammary tissue, groin, anus or genital areas, in the lips, eyelids, or body openings are likely to be malignant.
The appearance of canine mast cell tumors are rather uncharacteristic and can mimic other benign skin lesions such as lipomas (fatty tumors).
Because of their ability to mimic benign skin tumors, these dangerous mast cell tumors often are not diagnosed until later in the disease, resulting in a worse prognosis for the dog patient.
As mentioned above, canine mast cell tumors are usually found in the skin, but they can also be commonly found on the trunk, limbs, and genital area.
The tumor can take on various forms and appearance - it can be smooth and intact, or it can be ulcerated. It can occur as a single lump, or the tumor can arise as multiples.
Dogs with canine mast cell tumors show the following clinical signs:
The exact cause is not exactly clear. It is possible that there are a variety of different causes for the development of this tumor, such as hereditary and environmental factors.
There is no known sex predisposition to developing mast cell tumors in dogs.
While mast cell tumors can develop in all ages, most of them develop in older dogs (those around 8-9 years old).
It seems that brachiocephalic breeds (those having a short, pushed-in snort), such as boxers, bulldogs, and pugs, are at greater risk than other breeds.
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Diagnosis is made with a needle aspirate, a process in which the veterinarian uses a needle to collect some tumor cells to be examined under the microscope.
When canine mast cell tumors are diagnosed, a tissue biopsy will be carried out in order to grade and stage the tumor. These procedures help determine the prognosis, as well as the type of treatment to be given to the dog patient.
Mast cell tumors are categorized into three grades (Grade I, II, III), depending on how malignant they are, with Grade III being the most serious and malignant.
In addition to grading, the tumor has to be "staged" to determine the extent to which the tumor has spread. Using the stage and the grade, a most appropriate treatment plan can be formed.
Depending on the grade and stage of a mast cell tumor, common treatment includes surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.Surgery
For small mast cell tumors in dogs, surgery is effective if the disease is diagnosed early and the tumor is a Grade I mast cell tumor. If performed correctly and the margins are clean, a cure is usually expected.
If cancer cells are still being found in the surgical margins, a second surgery, or radiation therapy, or both will be necessary to kill off the remaining cancer cells.Radiation
Radiation is recommended for a dog patient with a tumor in a location that does not allow aggressive surgical removal. Mast cell tumors located on an extremity seem to respond better to radiation than do tumors located on the trunk.
Sometimes post-surgical radiation is required to lower the risk of reoccurrence so that the dog patient can enjoy a better quality of life for a longer period of time.Chemotherapy
In addition to surgery for malignant canine mast cell tumors, or if the tumors have metastasized, local injections of drugs (such as vinblastine, prednisolone, chlorambucil) can be used.
In 2009, FDA in America (Food and Drug Administration) approved a new drug called Palladia, which is the first drug developed specifically for the treatment of mast cell tumors in dogs.
This drug works by cutting off the blood supply to the tumor so that the tumor cells eventually die off. Pfizer, the company that developed the drug, has reported that this drug can prolong a dog patient's life and improve the dog's quality of life.
Palladia is, however, not without side effects. Possible side effects include diarrhea, appetite and weight loss, lameness, and blood in the dog's stool.


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The Individual Success Plan (ISP) is designed to assist students in the development of techniques necessary to enhance their academic performance. These techniques include developing effective study skills, test-taking strategies, time management and the elimination of self-defeating behaviors, such as procrastination.
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The Tekken franchise has occupied the competitive fighting space for about fifteen years now and gamers from around the globe have devoted themselves to learning the complex combo chains and juggles found within. Namco Bandai is gearing up to launch the latest entry in the series, Tekken 6, on the 27th of this month. With the release date on the horizon, we decided to give you a quick look at the six new fighters joining the already gigantic character roster. While this is by no means an in-depth analysis of character-specific strategies, we hope that the introduction gives you a taste of what's to come.
So what is to come? A chainsaw-wielding robot, an overweight martial arts master, a sizzling Middle Eastern assassin and a vengeful Spanish brawler. Sound diverse enough?
Below, you'll find a brief description of two of the fighters, along with a video of them squaring off in the ring. Be sure to check out our other character profile pieces for a look at the other four characters so you can be ready for Tekken 6's retail launch. After all, what better way is there to spend time with friends than by beating the crap out of each other in a long-running 3D fighter?
Let's take a look at our first pair of characters: Zafina and Miguel.
This Middle Eastern fighter is, arguably, one of the most difficult fighters to master among the new participants of the Tekken tournament. Although it's fairly easy to chain her basic techniques together, learning how to move in and out of all four of her different stances (including neutral) is a daunting task.
Zafina is definitely a fluid fighter and this can be seen in almost every one of her techniques, which emphasize distracting movements and deceptive strikes. Two of her stances, the Tarantula and the Mantis, are both very low stances and are brutal against opponents that have trouble blocking at that level. The Scarecrow stance, on the other hand, is a one-foot stance that keeps Zafina in a standing position. Using all three of these together effectively is the key to victory.
Like Zafina, Miguel has an alternate stance to use in combat. By switching to the "Savage" stance, Miguel leans forward menacingly and leers at his opponent. This stance is an excellent way to strike hard and fast, though we found it difficult to create long combos around the Savage-based techniques.
In general, Miguel feels more like a one-punch kind of character, where only a few short techniques are needed to blow his opponent away. However, after a brief perusal of Miguel's move list, it's clear that he does have at least a few long combos to take advantage of, if you can navigate his stances skillfully.


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Introduction: The United Church of God
Jesus of Nazareth came with a specific message—"the gospel of the kingdom of God." It was the central theme of all that He preached and taught. In a world of religious confusion, the United Church of God proclaims that same message.
Preaching the Gospel
Following Jesus Christ's footsteps and example, we take seriously His command to make disciples, baptize them and teach them everything that He commanded. The Church utilizes many tools to help accomplish this all-important task.
God's Great Purpose for All Mankind
USA Today published the results of a poll listing significant questions most on people's minds. At the top of the list was "What is the purpose of life?"
What Does Our Name Signify?
The name of the United Church of God, an International Association, signifies that we are united in our commitment to faithfully follow the way of life and mission for the Church revealed and established by God and His Son, Jesus Christ, in the Holy Scriptures.
Preparing a People
The Church is to teach and care for those whom the Father calls, preparing them for greater works of service to God, their families, their communities and their fellow human beings. This is the goal of our many programs and activities.
The Feast of Tabernacles
The highlight of each year for members of the United Church of God is the biblical Feast of Tabernacles. Among the sacred feasts God revealed to ancient Israel, this festival lasts seven days and is immediately followed by a separate but related festival on the eighth day (Leviticus 23:34-39). This eight-day period remains an occasion for God's people to come together for spiritual instruction and renewal.
Following in the Footsteps of the Apostles
Why are the beliefs and practices of the United Church of God quite different from so many other churches? Perhaps a better question to ask is why so many churches' beliefs differ from the Bible. You need to know the fascinating story!
Responsible Stewardship and Accountability
The Bible repeatedly emphasizes that God's servants are to be wise stewards and managers over the resources He provides. They are to recognize that those resources—financial, physical and human alike—actually belong to Him rather than any individual or organization. Accordingly, the United Church of God, an International Association, has put in place systems of checks and balances to avoid abuses or financial improprieties.
What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice?
The book of Acts records eyewitness accounts of the early Church from Christ's resurrection until about A.D. 60. Chapter 2 records the beginning of the Church.
God's Law and the New Covenant
Many assume that, because Jesus Christ instituted the New Covenant, God's laws are thereby made obsolete. They lean on this argument to ignore His commandments. But what does Jesus Himself say?
Hope for a Troubled World
God's desire is that every human being live as He commands and ultimately receive His gift of salvation to become a part of His family and Kingdom. This vision is what motivates members of the Church in their collective responsibility.
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By Russ Niles
Cessna unveiled a twin-engine military interceptor/utility jet that CEO Scott Ernest told his local Rotary Club will diversify the company's product line and provide a relatively inexpensive alternative to traditional fighter aircraft in some roles. The Scorpion was built in secret over the last 18 months by Cessna engineers at a facility in Wichita. It has a composite airframe and the engines were run for the first time last weekend. Its basically built ... and we are hopefully going to fly it here in the next two to three weeks," Ernest is quoted by the Wichita Journal as telling the Rotarians. "Itll be good. Its just another opportunity for us to invest in the future.
Ernest told the gathering the aircraft will cost about $3,000 an hour to fly, about 10 percent of the cost of an F-35, and it will carry a big payload of military hardware. He did not specify what armament it might carry and instead stressed its potential role carrying sensors for data collection. Besides the Air Force, Ernest said the aircraft might appeal to the National Guard. "It can be very effective within their stable of planes if they allow it to be, and very reliable. ... Its a cheap alternative to flying some of the other product, so well see, Ernest was quoted as saying. A purchase price wasn't mentioned.
By Mary Grady
Bombardier launched its CSeries flight-test vehicle on its first flight Monday morning in Montreal. The all-new narrow-body jet is designed to carry up to 149 passengers. The airplane already has proved disruptive in the airline industry, according to analyst Michael Boyd. "That's what caused Boeing and Airbus to redesign their airplanes," Boyd told Reuters. "The CSeries, on paper, was so superior in terms of economics that you have two global companies that had to jump from what Bombardier did." The flight had been delayed several times, but on Monday morning the weather cleared to provide a clear blue sky for the ceremonial event.
Bombardier has said it hopes to log 300 orders for the jet, but so far has only 177, according to Reuters. The company has said it is hopeful Monday's flight will inspire more buyers to commit. The first flight was expected by the end of last year, but Bombardier cited supplier problems and software issues for the delays.
On Friday, Swift Fuels hosted an unveiling in West Lafayette, Ind., for two new fuel facilities -- a pilot plant and a fuel-blending site -- to help produce a new aviation fuel as an alternative to 100LL. The company said it is investing $2.5 million in the two projects. "Swift Fuels' 100SF was developed to replace leaded aviation gasoline," CEO Chris D'Acosta said at the event. "We are transitioning from several years of research and development to the start-up of this fuel-blending and pilot-scale production facility, which will strengthen our commercialization efforts in various fuels markets." The blending facility will store at least 50,000 gallons of unleaded, high-octane aviation components for sales and shipment. The pilot plant will produce more than 10,000 gallons of 100SF per month when it reaches full capacity, the company said.
The pilot plant is being built in Nebraska, and will be delivered to Lafayette within four weeks, according to the company's news release. D'Acosta said one of the key features of the pilot plant is its versatility. "The pilot plant will be a continuous operation," he said. "It can produce the unleaded high-octane gasoline from petroleum or bio-sourced material. This provides Swift Fuels many options on how to serve various markets." D'Acosta said the company is working to develop the aviation fuel to conform with ASTM and FAA standards in an effort to meet "an ultimate fleet-wide certification."
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Bendix/King designed the hardware and Aspen Avionics completed the user interface for the KSN770 FMS. The end result is a powerful retrofit GPS navigator that has a sharp screen, liberal interface potential and a $13,995 price tag. Aviation Consumer's Larry Anglisano flew with the system to have a look.
Many round-the-world pilots are in a hurry to get the trip done, but Calle Hedberg of Capetown, South Africa is taking a different route. He has eight months to do the trip in his kit-built Ravin 500, and he plans to savor every moment. AVweb's Russ Niles flew with him after he got a float endorsement in Kelowna, British Columbia.
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By Paul Bertorelli
The moment I saw the conceptual art on Cessnas new proposed twin-engine jet tactical aircraftthe Scorpion--three questions came immediately to mind. Is that thing stealthy? Can it be pilot optional? And last, huh? The answer to the first two questions might be mooted by the answer to the third: Since the Pentagon biting on this idea is a long shot, foreign sales may be what Cessna has in mind, along with its partner developmental company, AirLand Enterprises.
This is the sort of project you dont see much anymore, given the cost escalation and vast profit margins in modern weapons systems and the R&D dollars it takes to create them. The Pentagon has not asked for such an airplane, so if Cessna wants U.S. sales, it will be cold calling. Sales in the emerging world may be a different matter, however. The defense export business has proven profitable for many U.S. manufacturers. Still, things are a little different now. The countries with moneyBrazil, Russia, India and Chinahave their own emerging domestic aircraft industries and if light, cheap and unsophisticated is the selling point, couldnt those countries roll their own and export the results? Cessna may be aiming to find out.
What the Scorpion is supposed to be is a cheap-to-operate, built-from-the-parts-bin reconnaissance and surveillance platform with some strike capability. But doesnt that describe the $4-million-a-pop Predator UAV, not to mention the next generation of drones we dont even know about? Is there really a need for a five-hour endurance jet to fly missions that UAVs are already doing?
With budget cuts looming, perhaps Cessna and AirLand are counting on the Pentagon getting religion on less expensivethats not the same as cheapweapons systems. Then again, when has it ever, at least recently? I suspect Cessna will need lots of friends in Congress to overcome the legions of supporters that Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have cultivated over the years. Although its sometimes forgotten, Cessna is no stranger to military aircraft. But its experience with the venerable A-37 Dragonfly, a Vietnam workhorse, is decades old. Textron (partnered with Boeing) does have military contracts in the V-22 Osprey and various subsystems. But Cessna was never in the league of a Lockheed, Grumman or McDonnell Douglas in the military realm. Perhaps that's a market advantage. Plying the competitive civil market for so many years, Cessna has had to be efficient and fast moving, bringing products to market on time and on budget, something not normally associated with military contractors. The F-35 comes to mind. In stepping out of the civil jet realm, Cessna is stretching. I hope it doesnt distract it further from interest in the lowly piston airplane, something thats fallen to a record low ebb.
But theres one good reason to cheer for the success of this project. If it puts more of Wichita back to work, thats a good thing.
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At AirVenture, the really cool airplane wasn't from an airplane manufacturer but from Redbird, the guys who build motion simulators. They showed off a nicely refurb'd Cessna 172 with a diesel engine from Continental, and they invited us to come fly it at their San Marcos, Texas Skyport. So we did. In this video, we offer a detailed analysis of the Redhawk, along with a closer look at the airplane's performance and cost figures.
While old airframes may keep soldiering on, the instruments and radios in the panels usually don't. At AirVenture this year, Electronics International rolled out a new instrument designed to replace older instruments, including tachometers, engines instruments, and other indicators. In this video, EI's Tyler Speed gives us a quick product tour of the new CGR-30P.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
By Manoj Kumawat
Nissan Sunny drives past Vento sales, now 3rd largest selling sedan in India
It is Nissan Sunny sedan that has brought accolades for the Japanese car maker. Recently, the Nissan sedan has become the third largest selling in India this February leaving behind the German car Volkswagen Vento. Equally important is the fact that Nissan Sunny is now the largest selling car by Nissan. Nissan Micra was earlier the largest selling Nissan car in India. Surpassing Vento sales mean that Sunny has the guts to surpass even Honda City and Hyundai Verna Fluidic sales in India.
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Sunny is currently priced between Rs 5.8 lakh to Rs 10.2 lakh and has been in target of car buyers since its launch. Now that the Sunny almost six months old in India, over a period of time, it has gained the confidence and trust of people through much enthusiastic user reviews. In all, over 3,130 units of Sunny sedan were sold in India. Similarly, as per the sales figures around 70 percent of the additional cars sold by Nissan this year compared to the same period last year constitute Nissan Sunny. With this, Sunny now has a market share of 13 percent which is though half of the 26 percent by Honda City. Hyundai Verna Fluidic which is the second largest selling sedan in India holds a market share of 19 percent.
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Nissan credits the diesel version to have tripled the sales. Initially there was meek response primarily due to the petrol only model, later, with the Nissan Sunny diesel launch in December sales picked up and continued an upward trend, said sources. Over 65 percent of the Nissan Sunny sold are diesel models. The pricing is another thing that has helped the sedan achieves this pedestal. The Sunny sedan is priced even below the entry level sedan Skoda Rapid. This strategy of giving its customers the class and features of a high end sedan in lesser price seems to have really worked well for the Nissan sedan.


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Skip to comments.Bob Dylan predicts Obama 'in a landslide'
Posted on 11/06/2012 12:07:15 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Bob Dylan says he thinks President Barack Obama is going to win a landslide.
Dylan made the prediction Monday night midway through the song "Blowin' in the Wind" during a concert in the battleground state of Wisconsin.
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Don't do drugs, kids
Well that's good enough for me....
I'm not going to vote now, it's pointless....
Bob Dylan is full of it!
When will we be able to compete with this kool propaganda... not joking!
Maybe it was a mis-translation. I haven't been able to understand a word he's said in years.
He's the Obama of 60's music. No talent with empty words and a press that worshiped him.
He just said that to keep the hippies at the concert away from the polls. If they already think it's in the bag they will stay home and smoke more dope instead of voting.
It's just a theory, and it's mine, and I don't even believe it myself.
I doubt it.
He's a Christian and knows better.
Yup...check out how the AP threw themselves at him with that quote and made the headline.
I think you may be right. Bob Dylan is completely unintelligible!
And we should pay heed to the mumblings of a washed-up, half-dead coke head?
I wonder if he and Ozzie Osbourne understand each other?
We have watched for four years in amazement and in fact have had many hearty laughs at the left's incredible ridiculousness. But we ain't seen nothing compared to tomorrow night folks. They're spin will be the funniest sh*t I have seen in a long time.
Switching gears....Don't you just love how the left talks bout racism crying that we should all be one...but look at the constant parsing of races and demographics and all those silly ass shows Soledad O'Brien does about race. Give it a rest! I thought race didn't matter, why are you constant;y harping on it?
hey bobbie the times-they -are a-changing...back!
Evvverybody must get stoned, and ol' Bob's got a head start.
Shut up and sing.
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Summary contentSNIPERS. A GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY. Two dead bodies. Retirement has never been so interesting.
"They were talking about snipers going into cities and shutting them down."
"What cities?"
"American cities."
NOT LONG AFTER HIS move into the Spring Village retirement community, former covert operative Ken Frazier gets an unexpected visit. His good friend and former colleague, George Larsen, shows up looking harrowed and spouting outrageous stories about a clandestine meeting, an impending sniper attack, and a woman who was just killed. And he says the US government is behind it! It all sounds impossible, but when George is found murdered the very next day, Ken knows he has to act. He confides in two members of his old team. They want to help him just like they used to. But, what can three old men with failing hearts and bad knees do about it? Painfully aware of their physical limitations, they resolve to embark on one more mission. They desperately need a younger person to be able to execute the plans they develop. Who will they recruit, and is it even possible? They are among the finest minds in the covert world–they just need a little help.
AwardsTwo Harbors Press - June 1, 2015 -- Exciting news for our Two Harbors Press author J.T. Prescott. His book "Arts and Crafts: A Thriller" was recognized in three categories in the 2015 Indie Next Generation Books Awards!
- WINNER for Action/Adventure
- FINALIST for Best First Novel
- FINALIST for Best Cover Design Fiction
ArticlesCrimespree magazine online profiles selected "Author Work-Spaces". I was delighted when they asked me to share mine. http://crimespreemag.com/work-spaces-prescott/
Conversations Book Club President and media personality Cyrus Webb is excited to release his picks for Top 50 Fiction Books of 2014. Among the Top 50 picks is Arts and Crafts, a Thriller, by J.T. Prescott.
"Ken Frazier was a depressed, widowed retiree until he received a phone call from an old friend and former colleague. The call spins Ken's life into a whirlwind of dangerous intrigue. The friend, CIA logistics administrator George Larson, had been told of a secret meeting overheard by a facility employee. The men were planning to send foreign snipers to American cities in order to create a national crisis. George explains that congressmen and senators were possibly involved, so he couldn't trust going through normal channels. Before long, George and his informant are dead."
"Recently reconnected with two other retirees he worked with during his time as a CIA operative, the three of them realize it is up to them to investigate the situation and to prevent the assault on America."
"Even though there are many characters to keep track of, this story roars forward with plenty of action and intrigue. Relevant to today's political reality, this stunning story should come with a warning: you won't want to put it down until the final word." -- Fran Byram, Portland Book Review
"Arts and Crafts is a book of intrigue and yet it is also a human interest story…Most of all, this is just a fun read and one which both the younger and older generations can follow with a sense of humor and background cheering. A very well thought out plot."––
Karen Pirnot, Readers' Favorite
"This is a fast-paced adventure, filled with conspiracy and murder, as Frazier's experience and instincts kick in and he recruits the help of two members of his former team. Together they band together for one last desperate mission."––
Alan Caruba, Bookviews
"When the truth is revealed and the betrayals come to light the author provides an ending that will shock readers, have some really great twists and surprises and put him up there with some of the best mystery/thriller writers. Characters that are believable, vividly described and a plot that will keep you glued to the printed page and hoping for a sequel."
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