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Thank you for offering to help Myka! I was fortunate to get in with the specialist this Monday so that will be the next step.
My regular vet said if I had to wait any longer she was considering sending me to Calgary. I do have many relatives there but not in Saskatoon.
Thank you Goldfields. When something like this happens you always think back and wonder if there is anything more you could have done. I have two dogs and Timber is more difficult to read -- she's very laid back and is not as emotional or sensitive as our older one. It also sounds like you don't have many symptoms with low platelets until they are at a very low level as you mentioned when you begin to see spontaneous bleeding.
I'll let you all know how our appointment goes!
Sending for your appt on Monday! I hope you get some answers!
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Good luck with the specialist on Monday.
How did the appt with the specialist go?
SuperWanda, I hope you have a diagnosis by now. Decisions would be easier if you know what you are dealing with. It must be so frustrating and worrying.
I am posting a photo of Arie's belly. His groomer took one look and knew what she was seeing , but how unfortunate are we Aussies that her qualifications aren't enough here? She shouldn't be wasting her talent as a dog groomer. I know the owner paid a huge price and was determined to save his precious dog, but really that vet/groomer probably saved her just by alerting him. Scandalous that she can't practice here.
Fingers crossed for Timber, whatever ails her.
Thank you all for your thoughts and well wishes for Timber!
Thanks for the picture Goldfields -- it's good to know what the bleeding under the skin may look like. She has a shaved belly right now from her ultrasound but otherwise I don't know how you'd ever detect that on a husky!
I'm not sure how much has really changed in the end but I'm glad we talked to a specialist about it.
Basically we stay on the same track with a few modifications. From the blood work she doesn't like her response to the prednisone (not a strong enough reaction) so we switch her to another steroid and keep her on the Imuran.
We also switch her antibiotic to another potent one just in case she has some weird strain of e-coli that they can't test for. When this all started she had some loose stool so a sample has been sent off today to look for parasites and other possible infections. Although I think these things are rare but I guess it's good to rule them out as well. I have always given heartworm med so they do get de-wormed every month but I guess you never know.
She was fairly upfront that it is hard to know absolutely what is going on and all though we have tried to rule out the possibility of a tumor or cancer it can be missed. There may be something that is difficult to see on x-ray or ultrasound so we treat what we know is true which is the low platelets. That would be a diagnosis of the ITP (Immune-mediated Thrombocytopenia Purpera) and the cause for this is unknown. Some dogs respond to treatment and some do not.
We get her on the new meds and test in a week to see if there are any positive changes in her blood work.
I'm still having a really hard time with this. I am questioning everything just because I think about us possibly nearing the end of her life and I don't want to be making that more difficult for her. That being said, if it is only her immune system and the treatment can increase her platelet counts and she starts feeling better than it would be worth it to me!
This is, however just a guess right now, and that makes me pretty uncomfortable. I like to know all the answers as it makes me feel more in control of the situation and with all the unknowns I feel completely lost and worried but I suppose that is life really. There are no absolutes and I guess we just continue and hope for the best.
Goldfields -- How old was Arie when he was afflicted with this? Did they ever learn the cause? Does he remain on medication for the rest of his life?
I was told that if Timber does recover -- no more vaccinations, no heartworm meds, anything that might trigger a relapse.
I hope the adjustments to Timber's medications are what she needs to turn everything around for her immune system.
Did you ask your vet or the specialist about contacting Dr Dodds? Glad to hear that they agree about the no more vaccinations for her.
Sending lots of for her next blood test.
Arie is 7 and she also is allowed no further vaccinations. They can't possibly know what caused it but she was not de-sexed and here is one good reason for speying females, folks, just coming in season can trigger this. However, there is a big list of things that cause it, so who knows. She is now speyed, off all her meds and they are very pleased with her blood results. It wasn't easy to come this far though, it has cost him $8,200 worth of dedication(he keeps track of the cost) - he refers to her as his child though and just adores her. When she was 8 weeks old I knocked back two other very keen potential buyers for her, so what do you think, did I pick the right one?
I do have a sheltie breeder/ dog Judge friend who lost her top dog(male) to IMHA and in that case they were blaming the Parvo Vaccination.
I was doing a search regarding low platelets and metacam, since that drug seems to be causing my GSD's nose to bleed and gums to go pale, when I came across your thread.
PLEASE treat your dog for an ehrlichia/anaplasmosa-like organism. Doxycycline at 10 mg/kg (roughly 5 mg/lb), twice a day is the aggressive dose, perhaps even IV doxy initially, though I don't have experience with doxy in that form.
Tick tests often have false negatives, assuming that we have a test for the right organism. The immune supressant drugs are driving the infection deeper. You won't have the benefit of titers to determine response, you'll have to look at cbc numbers to monitor. Sometimes you will also see changes in the blood count differential. It's important to use antibiotics that are effective against the ehrlichias for this. If that is not effective, then look to drugs that are effective for Babesia.
Good luck, hoping for the best for your Husky!
Afterthought, I think low zinc can affect platelets. If your Husky mix is showing other signs of low zinc (often seen in the nose of Huskies), maybe some additional zinc is helpful for support, I dunno?
Rainbow -- thank you -- yes, I would still like ask her about Dr. Dodds but haven't yet. Are first apt. was so long as she was trying to go through all the tests results and get herself up to speed with all that has gone on but we will be talking again after the blood test in a week so that is one question I will ask.
Goldfields -- I'm glad Arie is doing so well! it sounds like it is very difficult to find a cause unless you know for sure your dog was exposed to a toxin or just had a vaccination. I can see how the costs start to add up because you have to continually monitor so it's wonderful he was able to persist and see good results.
MaxaLisa -- thanks for your posts -- does your GSD have low platelets from metacam. Was he treated for those tick-borne blood parasites as well?
We are in Manitoba, Canada so don't have Ehrlichiosis here. Anaplasmosis is found in less than 5% of only one species of tick here (Ixodes scapularis) and although that makes it fairly unlikely, we did have her red cells analyzed for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and none were seen.
Thanks for the zinc info as well. I'll look into that. Are there any foods high in zinc? Oysters come to mind but not sure about feeding that to a dog? We have been giving liver because she is slightly anemic.
Hoping for good results next week!
Goldfields -- also wondered if Arie lost weight through his ordeal?
We are feeding Timber more but she still looks thin -- her hips and spine are becoming more apparent. She has lost weight so that makes me worry about some type of cancer. Not sure if it is a symptom for just low platelets as well but her appetite is better now -- I think that is mostly from the steroid use.
My GSD has an infection of unknown origin, all tests are negative.
The metacam has been making his mucous membranes go pale - grey to sometimes white. I'm told that's not a platelet sign, but the last time this happened, it was in response to the antibiotic azithromycin and his platelets had dropped quite low when tested. So out of curiousity the other night I just did a search for metacam and platelets to see what came up, and found your thread.
My boy has an ongoing "low end" platelet issue which gets worse on some meds. So far, the red blood cell count is staying in the low normal range. He does have a "generous" spleen, but nothing out of the ordinary showed up on ultrasound.
Because of my other dog, I've been on the K9 tick list for about the last 10 years - seen lots of dogs and blood profiles go through that list. I've also seen a lot of dogs not make it because they were treated too long with steroids and no antibiotic - often the dog initially responds to the steroids, which seems to confirm it's the right treatment, but then continues to go downhill. These dogs typically do start to respond when doxycycline is finally started, but often it's too late. . Absolutely heartbreaking.
Because of the list, I recognized the signs in my GSD. He responds to doxy treatment used for tick diseases.
In your dog, with the red blood cell problem, and the platelet problem, white blood cell counts, it would be prudent to be using an appropriate "tick antibiotic" along with the steroids. Steroids only in your dog's situation, would scare me. The first rule about tick diseases is that our tests for tick diseases aren't infallible, and we haven't yet learned of all the diseases that they can transmit. It wasn't that long ago that the research was saying that dogs don't get Anaplasmosa. California has a strain of lyme that doesn't show up on some tests. Many things are possible, so remember that those statistics and negative blood results aren't absolutes.
Had someone on another board in a similar situation, but their dog had been bit by a coyote 6 months earlier. All tick tests negative. Platelets finally started turning around after doxy started.
I don't know about the foods and zinc. My friend with the Husky and zinc issue has to give regular supplements, she uses the condition of his nose to determine optimal therapeutic dosage. There's a recommended starting dose for this Husky problem. I think that liver from red meat sources will help with both the anemia and zinc issue?
I am hoping for good news for your girl on the next round of tests!
Thanks MaxaLisa -- I'll certainly look into that.
We currently have her on Baytril for 10 days just in case she has a strain of e-coli that they can't test for.
Did you try any other antibiotics before the Doxy?
What were the results of using the Doxy with your GSD? What are his platelet counts? Have you just started the treatment?
SW, my boy has a number of issues, low end platelets is just one. Doxy is his primary abx. He gets better on other abx, but he also has some secondary Staph issues, eye issues, nasal issues, skeletal issues, perianal fistula, the list goes on. His platelets aren't given the opportunity to drop too low - I run regular bloodwork and pulse with antibiotics when they start to get too low. They have only been scary low once with the azithromycin. He doesn't get bloodwork until next week. When my Max was on Baytril, he did improve, but he also developed a delibilitating back problem that I'm still dealing with a year later. I had him on a doxy and low dose baytril regimine, used to treat the ehrlichias and coinfections like Bartonella.
I think what my boy has and what your girl has are probably different to a large degree, or at least manifest in the body differently. The important thing to me is that the blood profile you have is pretty textbook, and I would hate to see a missed opportunity when the stakes are so high.
There is one vet that used to be on the tick list that believes that it takes about 5 yrs for the chronic form of an ehrlichia type disease to develop into a chronic disease that shows in bloodwork. If this is the case, I guess anywhere your girl has been in the last 5 yrs is suspect, and depending on her age, parental exposure is also relevant.
SuperWanda, you wrote in one of your posts ....
She did have some blood and mucous in her poop that has since subsided on antibiotics but I guess there are different types of colitis including cancer-related types? Her nose was also bleeding when her platelets really dropped the first time so was that a symptom of the thrombocytopenia or was there another reason for that?
Arie's owner said to tell you that when she had been on Imuran for a week(or 9 days?) , twice daily, she had blood in her droppings too, so they got him to halve the dose and she was okay then in that respect.
Now, some of this I didn't know. Apart from those haemorrhages you can see in that photo, she also had like blood blisters under her tongue and her gums were white. She was very close to dying, with platelets down to 2, 35 RBC count, which dropped to 27, to 23, down to 17, by which time platelets were at 4, but then she started to improve, RBCs up to 120 and he said at 160 they let him take her home. She was still confined for a month and a half though , cage rest you may as well say. Her illness lasted from December last year till August, that's when she was totally weaned off those drugs, and of the total price you would have to deduct $1,000 for a major consultation with a specialist, plus the cost of de-sexing her.
I smile as I say that her owner has only just discovered how nice it is to let a dog sleep on the bed. We could have all told him it's nice, couldn't we? Shelties just love being with their owners.
Thanks for that info Goldfields. I really hope that we have the same outcome as Arie did!
MaxaLisa -- It sounds like you have really struggled with your boy's health. I see that you are in California so understand that tick illness can be much more common there.
We haven't been anywhere with our dogs but here. Our dog is 10 years old now. But I will still look into the doxy treatment as I understand not everything can be explained or understood.
Hoping you find some answers soon.
On the tick subject, our little guy Peewee got 4 ticks last year, so they are definitely in my area, but I suppose Winnipeg isn't all that near to me! When I got titers and yearly blood work done on my older girl (RIP), I always got the Idexx 4Dx SNAP test done which tests Dirofilaria immitis antigen, as well as antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia canis. I lived in BC at that time with her, and ticks are a more significant threat there I believe. It only costs $50 on top of any blood work panel which I think is worth the stress relief. I'm not sure if the medications Timber is on would inhibit the test...?
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Thank MaxaLisa for looking into the anaplasmosis again. Vet's just don't consider it here -- very few documented cases in Canada but that doesn't mean it's not possible. I'd rather hope for something than nothing.
We have started the doxycycline. Not sure what will happen but I can only hope that what might be an unlikely chance will turn into something positive -- I really want to believe it but it is also very hard and I worry that time is taking it's toll on her.
Blood sample was taken but does look thin.
Not sure I believe in miracles but I am sure hoping for one at this point.
Thanks to everyone for keeping Timber in your thoughts.
Weirder things have happened Wanda! Let's hope Timber is another one of these rare cases.
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I'm happy to hear about the doxy.
Hopefully the blood results will bring some good news - will be checking back to see.
It might not be Anaplasmosa, but something that has the same disease profile. Doesn't matter what it's called, as long as you can find something to fight it.
Hoping for the best...
Sending good wishes and some for an improvement in the next few days, SW! Give Timber a hug from hazel, please.
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Our blood work is not good. At first I thought it was good because all this time we were hoping for the platelets to go up and they are 141. Two weeks ago they were 54. But she said the red blood cells are down to 2.2 and the white are very high at 41.6.
In her opinion it looks like a cancer in the body that was never found.
Yesterday she lost her appetite -- might have been with the start of the doxcycline but she will only eat cheese, milk and bread. She is very weak and is sleeping a lot but appears to be comfortable.
Just trying to digest this now as I was hoping for some small miracle just in case we were dealing with something treatable.
Thank you to everyone for your advice and thoughts for Timber. It really helped!
I'm so sorry that the news isn't better.
Yes, this could be cancer, but it still could be infection, considering how much pred has been given.
Btw, doxy might be helpful in cancers such as hemangiosarcoma and lymphoma and others (osteosarcoma, etc.)
Here is a "shoulda, coulda, woulda" thread. The dog should have made it (anaplasmosa). The striking thing is how well the dog did on doxy as the pred was weaned. Unfortunately, due to the vasculitis/edema, they kept going back to the pred. I don't know if it will be helpful or not, but the dramatic improvement is worth noting.
Doxy can cause a lot of stomach upset - I don't have problems with it here if I use the capsules. Some folks use probiotics, pepcid, and/or l-glutamine between doses.
Still wishing for the best for you guys :hugs:
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I'm so sorry to hear about the new diagnosis, SW Don't totally give up hope, though. Although the low RBC count is disturbing, the platelets increasing is a good thing and the WBC count could just indicate a response to an infection.
My heart goes out to you I know how difficult it is to care for a sick furbaby, especially when you're not sure exactly what's going on! If she's comfortable that's good. Treasure every minute and love her up!
You're both in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you can find something tasty to tempt her appetite!
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Any suggestions?
If you have any suggestions please send them our way.
I am still reducing the dexamethasone (not prednisone). Just cut the morning dose in half so she gets 2mg in the morning and 2 mg in the evening. I was told to cut 25% back every 7 days.
She gets 50mg Imuran every other day and was suppose to give it yesterday but didn't. Wasn't sure if I should taper it or if I should just stop it or keep giving it? The vet said to keep giving it because it may keep her comfortable.
I was giving Doxy (100mg tablets) at 10mg/kg of body weight (2.5 tablets twice a day - 250 mg twice a day) but cut that back to 1.5 tablets twice a day because of the loss of appetite.
That is all the meds she is taking. She is very weak but is still drinking goats milk and eating bread and cheese -- has no appetite for any meat product it seems.
I think I'll call MaxaLisa a "thread vet" because I just read her post and my mind is spinning.
As I was crying with the thought of letting Timber go -- I just want to do the right thing. Really don't know what that is right now.
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Rail Vs. Trail = Fail – November 6, 2012
Daniel Mintz
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HUMBOLDT – At the final meeting of the North Coast Railroad Authority's (NCRA) Humboldt Bay Corridor Subcommittee, rail advocates and trail advocates were told that if division between them persists, controversy will prevent investment in both aims.
The subcommittee met for the third time on Oct. 26 at Eureka City Hall and after a series of presentations related to rail redevelopment, its members urged those in the audience to stop opposing each other and collaborate on a plan to develop both rail and trail.
Rees Hughes of the Bay Trail Advocates group gave the final presentation, which triggered a conversation on the political aspects of using the NCRA's rail property.
Hughes noted that his group's advocacy led to the formation of the subcommittee, though it had first been proposed as a subcommittee to make recommendations on railbanking the line. Doing that would allow a multi-use trail to be built over the tracks with the agreement that it would be removed once rail operations resume.
With that approach, the rail infrastructure would be put to use during the presumably long wait for rail operations to resume. "We need and we want a trail to connect our two largest population centers, for transportation and recreational purposes," said Hughes. "And the NCRA happens to own and control the least expensive and most logical right of way where the trail can be built."
Mendocino County Supervisor John McCowen, one of three NCRA boardmembers who compose the subcommittee, said railbanking was considered by his board and "even with three boardmembers not present, it was not able to garner a majority – I don't see that changing."
Rail supporters and trail advocates are at odds, sometimes bitterly, and McCowen recommended they collaborate instead. "If people want to advocate for rail only, if they want to advocate for trail only – that increases the odds that we get nothing," he said.
"If there's true consensus, then you can get the support of your state and federal legislators," McCowen continued. "But if there's no community consensus, your state legislators and federal legislators won't stick their necks out – they'll just keep watching the fur fly"
Jan Kraepelien, an advocate of studying the feasibility of an east-west rail line, called attention to the number of groups and agencies that support doing the study and asked the subcommittee members if they also support it.
"I don't want to go there, I'm trying to do something else here," said Subcommittee Member Bill Kier. "You're basically pushing us into the east-west rail camp and we've got plenty of work to do."
Kier and McCowen said the NCRA's lack of funding is an over-riding problem that is visible when one looks at the condition of the Humboldt Bay rail corridor.
Tom Mattson, the county's public works director, said there are multiple issues to deal with in upgrading the corridor and division makes the effort less effective. "We're going to go nowhere if we continue to fight," he added. "Once we agree that we need the highway, we need a trail and we need the rail, then we will move forward but if we keep trying to move forward separately, by taking somebody else's assets and turning it into something else, we're not going to move forward."
He said that having a trail isn't simply a matter of building one. "The issue is who owns it and who operates it – nobody's going there because nobody has the money to own and operate the trail," Mattson continued. But he said that if a percentage of rail profits could pay for it, he'd recommend that the county "take the lead in getting that trail built."
McCowen concluded the meeting by saying, "I really hope that what we're seeing is the nucleus of the community coming together and agreeing that the best way to get any of what we want is to try to get all of what we want and to try and move forward together."
County Supervisor and NCRA Chairman Clif Clendenen, the third member of the subcommittee, was absent due to illness.
Earlier, John Williams of Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company, the NCRA's rail operator, said it will cost at least $30 million to rehab the rail line from South Fork to Samoa, not including permitting costs.
A passenger excursion train was once operated and Williams believes a market for it is still here. Freight hauling is also viable if there's interaction between barges and trains, he said.
But he added that there won't be enough profit to cover high debt payments so funding would have to be from low-interest loans or grants. Williams has been criticized for not having a business plan for the bay line but he said funding sources have to be secured before one is drafted.
"Until NCRA and NWP can go to the shipping community and say, 'We can get our hands on X millions of dollars,' that's when you do the business plan," Williams said.
Other presentations were from the Timber Heritage Association, Caltrans and the East West Rail Advocates group.
The NCRA board will consider the reports and data related to the subcommittee's work at its Nov. 14 meeting in Eureka.


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A recent discovery at Case Western Reserve University may help keep food and drugs safer and fresher longer and electronic equipment dryer and more secure than ever before - all at a lower cost.
The finding involves a nanotechnology-based technique to block the transport of damaging gases through a polymer, making it stronger while using less material. It was made in the labs of the National Science Foundation-supported Center for Layered Polymeric Systems (CLiPS) at the Case School of Engineering. The findings are published in the Feb. 6, 2009, issue of the journal Science.
"This work takes a step toward developing more flexible, optically transparent, ultra-high barrier polymers for several different applications," said Anne Hiltner, lead author of the study and the Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve. She also serves as lead investigator and co-director of CLiPS.
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Crystalline regions of polymers are areas where the atoms in polymer chains line up relative to one another in a rigorous and well-defined, ordered pattern, much like water molecules align next to each other in a well-defined pattern in ice (which is, in fact, crystalline water). Because the atoms are closely aligned to each other in a regular pattern, crystalline regions of polymers do not permit the transport through them of even the smallest gas molecules, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide. Thus, crystalline regions of polymers decrease the permeability of gases through such polymers - that is, crystalline regions improve barrier properties of polymers.
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This spontaneous organization of a polymer melt into large (in terms of length and width), nearly perfect, so-called single crystals has not been observed before this study, according to Benny Freeman, the Kenneth A. Kobe Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of the study.
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Crystalline polymers, such as polyethylene, polypropylene and nylon, have been broadly used as gas barrier films in food, medicine and electronics packaging, benefitting from their low cost, easy processing and mechanical toughness.
Using an innovative layer-multiplying co-extrusion process that takes two polymer melts and combines them as layers, multiplies the layers to four, and doubles that again as many times as desired, the research team discovered that a new structure emerges as confined polyethylene oxide (PEO) layers are made progressively thinner, thereby saving material.
Polymers are already used in many applications where their ability to keep wrapping tightly sealed is critically important to the performance of the application, such as in food and medicine packaging. Yet there are emerging technologies, such as flexible electronic displays, where the barriers of current polymers are not sufficient to meet the needs of the application.
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Gray, who took out $40,000 in private student loans with Sallie Mae to help finance her expenses while she attended a public college, started the online petition in November, aiming for 150,000 signatures. She didn't have anyone to cosign her loans, as her parents had passed away, and so she was offered a 9.75% interest rate on her loans — a substantial amount higher than the average interest charged on federal student loans, which ranges from 6% to 8%.
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In an update to the online petition, Gray said Sallie Mae's gesture was a good first step, but does not go as far as she would like. "I'm amazed that we've made this kind of progress against a financial behemoth like Sallie Mae," she wrote. "But it's also clear that their action wasn't enough. It does nothing to help borrowers like me who are in real financial trouble."
Gray pledged to fight on until Sallie Mae agrees to drop the fee altogether, adding: "Sallie Mae isn't going to get rid of us by offering weak half measures."
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By Danny Tyree
January 31, 2013
Thursday AM
SitNews - According to the Associated Press, many smokers were caught off guard by an obscure provision in The Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. "Obamacare") allowing health insurers to charge smokers buying individual policies up to 50 percent higher premiums starting next January 1.
Regardless of how you feel about the fairness or unintended consequences of that stipulation, one is compelled to wonder what OTHER penalties, taxes, regulations, waivers, agendas and pork barrel appropriations are lurking in the 2700 pages of the far-reaching law. As the idiom says, "The devil is in the details." (No, literally. Beginning in 2015, hospital chaplains will be required to conduct cage fights with the Prince of Darkness and/or wash windows when room occupancy drops below 80 percent.)
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That's not all. Dedicated volunteers helped me dig out the following items:
1. If you're electrocuted by "green" energy, go straight to the head of the line at the ER.
2. Hey, while you're digitizing those medical records, Senator Phogbound would really appreciate a bootleg copy of Adele's next single.
3. The pain chart is changed from a scale of "1 to 10" to a scale ranging from "I really shouldn't be tying up precious medical resources with my little problems" to "Please euthanize me and spare the world a lot of expense."
4. CPR standards are further relaxed. Chest compressions, lap dance — it's all good.
5. If your nose fails to light up when the surgeon touches the wrong organ during surgery, you can't sue for malpractice.
6. This act does not cover medications for the nausea you experience when you learn what sort of health care Congress receives.
7. The debt ceiling is automatically raised whenever a patient experiences an out-of-body experience, so the patient doesn't bump into the ceiling.
8. Federal funding is provided for the Sundance Film Festival documentary "Car Tragically Fails To Outrun Train; Curse You, Global Warming!"
9. Folk wisdom is changed to "An apple a day -- from the apple-producing state with the largest electoral vote -- keeps the doctor away."
10. The Federal Aviation Administration redesigns hospital gowns to make them more revealing.
11. Instead of name-brand pharmaceuticals or cheap generic knockoffs, Medicaid now urges patients to utilize a third category of medication: imaginary pills from imaginary girlfriends.
12. That's a nasty looking rash. Maybe we should just cryogenically preserve you and let your grandchildren deal with the problem.
13. If an ambulance driver finds traffic tied up in knots, he must find a gay Boy Scout to untie said knots.
14. By the powers vested in us by the Interstate Commerce clause, insulin intolerance is now outlawed and condemned to the scrapheap of history.
15. Prosthetic devices must be calibrated so there is a discernible lean to the left.
16. Ammunition magazines for opening child-proof lids may contain no more than 10 rounds.
Perhaps the biggest shocker was buried smack dab in the middle of the act. "So, in a code decipherable only by you, Nancy Pelosi, that was the exact location of the Lost Ark. This part of the message will self-destruct in 60 seconds. Are you SURE you read the whole 2700 pages, Nancy???"
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From androids to dinosaurs, Ceatec has its fair share of oddball sights
This smartphone-controlled robot dinosaur from TE Connectivity drew a lot of eyeballs at the Ceatec 2014 trade show outside Tokyo this week.
This odd mashup of technologies delivers mild electric shocks to the wearer in time with the music. The controller is normally used with a massage chair and alters the intensity of the shocks. It requires some trust in the person operating the controller. It was shown by a student who won a prize for it in a hacking contest. We're not really sure what the purpose is.
A member of Tokyo-based Skeletonics, a startup established by graduates of Okinawa National of College of Technology, shows off an imposing robotic exoskeleton at Ceatec 2014 outside the Japanese capital. While it doesn't give users a strength boost, it can increase their cool factor.
A tablet-wielding parody of the famous Manneken Pis statue in Brussels stands atop a mockup of a hydrogen-powered car at Honda's booth at the Ceatec 2014 tech expo outside Tokyo.
An android developed by Toshiba to serve as a sign-language interpreter shows a woman how it's done at the Ceatec 2014 tech expo outside Tokyo.
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How many engineers does it take to build a dancing robot? A team from Murata make last-minute adjustments in preparation for a performance by the company's robotic cheerleading squad. Built to show off the company's sensors, they balance on rotating balls and dance in formation.
A model shows off lettuce grown in a Toshiba clean room at the Ceatec 2014 expo outside Tokyo. The company aims to grow 3 million bags of leaf lettuce, baby leaf greens, spinach, mizuna and herbs per year using clean-room technology.
A ping pong robot developed by Omron takes on a human competitor at the Ceatec 2014 tech expo outside Tokyo. The machine is designed to sustain rallies instead of beating its opponents.
Honda staffers show off the Segway-like Uni-Cub personal mobility device at the Ceatec 2014 tech expo outside Tokyo. Unveiled in 2012, the Uni-Cub was making its Ceatec debut.
A student from Keio University demonstrates a robotic message machine at the Ceatec 2014 tech expo outside Tokyo. The Linux PC-based contraption has 12 motors for "telehaptics" functionality. Users can manipulate the back massager with their hands or it can be controlled by remote masseuse.
At the Ceatec 2014 tech expo outside Tokyo, inventor Michinobu Uda performs "The Entertainer" on an instrument he created which he calls the Udar. Connected to an amplifier, it produces a soft, flute-like sound when Uda pushes various points along a tube coiled around a handheld cylinder.
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Martyrs of Cuncolim
On Monday, 25 July, 1583, the village of Cuncolim in the district of Salcete, territory of Goa, India, was the scene of the martyrdom of five religious of the Society of Jesus: Fathers Rudolph Acquaviva, Alphonsus Pacheco, Peter Berno, and Anthony Francis, also Francis Aranha, lay brother.
Rudolph Acquaviva was born 2 October, 1550, at Atri in the Kingdom of Naples. He was the fifth child of the Duke of Atri, and nephew of Claudius Acquaviva, the fifth General of the Society of Jesus, while on his mother's side he was a cousin of St. Aloysius Gonzaga. Admitted into the Society of Jesus 2 April, 1568, he landed in Goa 13 September, 1578. Shortly after his arrival he was selected for a very important mission to the court of the Great Mogul Akbar, who had sent an embassy to Goa with a request that two learned missionaries might be sent to Fatehpir-Sikri, his favourite residence near Agra. After spending three years at the Mogul court, he returned to Goa, much to the regret of the whole Court and especially of the emperor. On his return to Goa, he was appointed superior of the Salcete mission, which post he held until his martyrdom.
Alphonsus Pacheco was born about 1551, of a noble family of New Castile, and entered the Society on 8 September, 1567. In September, 1574, he arrived in Goa, where he so distinguished himself by his rare prudence and virtue that in 1578 he was sent to Europe on important business. Returning to India in 1581, he was made rector of Rachol. He accompanied two punitive expeditions of the Portuguese to the village of Cuncolim, and was instrumental in destroying the pagodas there.
Peter Berno was born of humble parents in 1550 at Ascona, a Swiss village at the foot of the Alps. After being ordained priest in Rome, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1577, arrived in Goa in 1579, and was soon appointed to Salcete. He accompanied the expeditions to Cuncolim, and assisted in destroying the pagan temples, destroyed an ant-hill which was deemed very sacred, and killed a cow which was also an object of pagan worship. He used to say constantly that no fruit would be gathered from Cuncolim and the hamlets around it till they were bathed in blood shed for the Faith. His superiors declared that he had converted more pagans than all the other fathers put together.
Anthony Francis, born in 1553, was a poor student of Coimbra in Portugal. He joined the Society in 1571, accompanied Father Pacheco to India in 1581, and was shortly afterwards ordained priest in Goa. It is said that whenever he said Mass, he prayed, at the Elevation, for the grace of martyrdom; and that on the day before his death, when he was saying Mass at the church of Orlim, a miracle prefigured the granting of this prayer.
Brother Francis Aranha was born of a wealthy and noble family of Braga in Portugal, about 1551, and went to India with his uncle, the first Archbishop of Goa, Dom Gaspar. There he joined the Society of Jesus, 1 November, 1571. Being a skilled draughtsman and architect, he built several fine chapels in Goa.
These five religious met in the church of Orlim on the 15 of July, 1583, and thence proceeded to Cuncolim, accompanied by some Christians, with the object of erecting a cross and selecting ground for building a church. Seeing an opportunity of doing away with these enemies of their pagodas, the pagan villagers, after holding a council, advanced in large numbers, armed with swords, lances, and other weapons, towards the spot where the Christians were. Gonçalo Rodrigues one of the party, levelled his gun, but Father Pacheco stopped him, saying: "Come, come, Senhor Gonçalo, we are not here to fight." Then, speaking to the crowd, he said in Konkani, their native language, "Do not be afraid". The Pagans then fell upon them; Father Rudolph received five cuts from a scimitar and a spear and died praying God to forgive them, and pronouncing the Holy Name. Father Berno was next horribly mutilated, and Father Pacheco, wounded with a spear, fell on his knees extending his arms in the form of a cross, and praying God to forgive his murderers and send other missionaries to them. Father Anthony Francis was pierced with arrows, and his head was split open with a sword. Brother Aranha, wounded at the outset by a Scimitar and a lance, fell down a deep declivity into the thick crop of a rice-field, where he lay until he was discovered. He was then carried to the idol, to which he was bidden to bow his head. Upon his refusal to do this, he was tied to a tree and, like St. Sebastian was shot to death with arrows. The spot where this tree stood is marked with an octagonal monument surmounted by a cross, which was repaired by the Patriarch of Goa in 1885.
The bodies of the five martyrs were thrown into a well, water of which was afterwards sought by people from all parts of Goa for its miraculous healing. The bodies themselves, when found, after two and a half days, allowed no signs of decomposition. They were solemnly buried in the church of Our Lady of the Snows at Rachol, and remained there until 1597, when they were removed to the college of St. Paul in Goa, and in 1862 to the cathedral of Old Goa. Some of these relics have been sent to Europe at various times. All the bones of the entire right arm of Blessed Rudolph were taken to Rome in 1600, and his left arm was sent from Goa as a present to the Jesuit college at Naples. In accordance with the request of the Pacheco family, an arm and leg of Blessed Alphonsus were sent to Europe in 1609. The process of canonization began in 1600, but it was only in 1741 that Benedict XIV declared the martyrdom proved. On the 16th of April, 1893, the solemn beatification of the five martyrs was celebrated at St. Peter's in Rome. It was celebrated in Goa in 1894, and the feast has ever since then been kept with great solemnity at Cuncolim, even by the descendants of the murderers. The Calendar of the Archdiocese of Goa has fixed 26 July as their feast day.
Along with the five religious were also killed Gonçalo Rodrigues, a Portuguese, and fourteen native Christians. Of the latter, one was Dominic, a boy of Cuncolim, who was a student at Rachol, and had accompanied the fathers on their expeditions to Cuncolim and pointed out to them the pagan temples. His own heathen uncle dispatched him. Alphonsus, an altar-boy of Father Pacheco had followed him closely, carrying his breviary, which he would not part with. The pagans therefore cut off his hands and cut through his knee-joints to prevent his escape. In this condition he lived till the next day, when he was found and killed. This boy, a native of either Margao or Verna, was buried in the church of the Holy Ghost at Margao. Francis Rodrigues, who was also murdered, used to say, when he was reproached by the fathers for slight faults, that he hoped to atone for them by shedding his blood as a martyr. Paul da Costa, another of those who died at the hands of the pagans, was an inhabitant of Rachol, and had been distinguished by his desire of dying for the Faith. Speaking of these fifteen courageous Christians, Father Goldie says:
For reasons which we have now no means of judging, the Cause of these companions of the five Martyrs was not brought forward before the Archbishop of the time, nor since then has any special cultus, or the interposition of God by miracle, called the attention of the Church to them. But we may hope that their blood was in the odour of sweetness before God.
D' Souza, Oriente Conquistado; Goldie, First Christian Mission to the Great Mogul, The Blessed Martyrs of Cuncolim; Gracias, Uma Donna Portuegueza na Corte do Grao-Mogol (1907).
A.X. D'SOUZA (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Nobility.org Editorial comment: —
In reading this post, how can we not remember the many Catholics being martyred today by Hindus, Islamists, and Communists? In both Asia and Africa, the blood of martyrs is being poured out in several countries. The Catholic presence in Iraq dates back to apostolic times, but that may soon change as hundreds of thousands of Chaldean Catholics flee the growing persecution. Catholics are fleeing Syria, Sudan, and Libya too. In Nigeria, Ivory Coast and other sub-Saharan African countries, Islamists kill Catholics with seeming impunity.
May the blood of these 16th century martyrs whose feast we celebrate today intercede before the throne of the Most High beseeching new and extraordinary graces for today's nobility and analogous traditional elites. They are called to lead, and Christian civilization needs their leadership, both in the spiritual and temporal fields, for our days are increasingly tumultuous.


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Video Tour: Sammy Ash's Personal Gear Collection
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New York, NY (June 11, 2008) -- In our quest to bring you footage of gear "anywhere it is made, played or displayed" we occassionaly get the chance to
New York, NY (June 11, 2008) -- In our quest to bring you footage of gear "anywhere it is made, played or displayed" we occassionaly get the chance to check out a notable personal collection. Today we bring you a video tour of Sammy Ash''s personal collection.
As you know, gear collections are unique. They should be, anyway -- if we all had the same assortment of vintage stuff there''d be little reason to check out anyone else''s collection. Sammy''s collection is choc'' full o'' interesting guitars. He''s got guitars signed by a who''s who list of guitar greats - Les Paul, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Cropper, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and the list goes on. He''s got early PRS guitars that Paul himself wants back. He''s got a guitar and a bass shaped like a fender (the classic car kind) -- the guitar''s tail light even lights up when you use the wammy. Being in the business has its perks -- some unique guitars have been given to him as gifts and some guitars that never even made it to production are in his collection.
Check out these videos -- Sammy himself, a true New Yorker''s New Yorker, gives you the tour.
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In Part IIÂ Sammy shows you the guitars and amps in his office but first he shows you around the headquarters at Sam Ash Music. Think you''ve got a lot of guitars laying around? Wait ''til you see this video.
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I mentioned in an earlier blog that niche social networks are steadily on the rise in Canada. I am seeing a similar splintering effect happening in the peer-to-peer classifieds space. Canadian start-ups are carving out niche sites that appeal to a very focused set of shoppers and are finding unique ways to monetize these sites – something that Craigslist will not do. Sites like Kijiji and eBay definitely make money off of their sites but they do not offer the niche targeted audience that advertisers are seeking. Another benefit to a niche classifieds site is the ability to build a community around that niche and position oneself as an expert in that audience's set of interests.
Here are some of the top niche peer-to-peer classified sites/communities that I have discovered to date:
- iStopOver.com – Founded in Toronto, this international travel website helps travellers to save money and find a furnished apartment or house to rent when travelling abroad. Their services came in handy for two recent international sporting events, including the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. iStopOver's competitive advantage is that they build trust with their users by holding the guest's money on their behalf until confirmation of a reservation (i.e. the guest shows up and the place is to their satisfaction), and releases it directly to the renter/host once the guest approves to check-in.
- SmartBrideBoutique.com – This Toronto-based start-up is focused on helping brides to save money on their wedding by purchasing gently used wedding products (i.e. wedding dresses, decor, accessories, etc.) from recent brides. It's a win-win situation where brides-to-be can save up to 50% on their wedding items and recent brides can recoup some of their wedding costs. Check out my previous post about how these ladies inspire me.
- CardSwap.ca – Have you ever been given a gift card to a store where you would never shop? CardSwap helps you to swap gift cards for other ones with other local Canadian users. Or, you can exchange the gift card for money.
- JobDeals.com – I just heard about these guys at last night's Sprouter event. JobDeals is a local job help resource which allows users to post their needs for local services and allows job seekers to pitch/bid on the work opportunity.
- CommunityLend.com – This website must have been a savior to a number of people in the recent economic meltdown. CommunityLend is a destination where borrowers can lower their loan rates by auctioning off their loans to lenders who bid at the offered interest rate on your loan request until enough bids are made to cover the value of your loan. This service is currently only available in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.
- 1DegreeBio – A reader just sent me some information on this site. You can't get any more niche than hosting a marketplace for sourcing antibodies online! They have implemented an independent review process for scientists to rate and review products that are essential to their research. They are building a community to set a new quality standard in the raw materials that are the foundations of scientific research and discovery.
If I have missed any really important sites, definitely let me know.


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Bubonic plague claims 32 lives in Madagascar (Update)
Bubonic plague, which wiped out a third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages, has reared its ugly head in the African island state of Madagascar where 32 people have died in a fresh outbreak of the so-called Black Death disease, according to health authorities.
Some 84 suspected cases of bubonic plague—60 of them suspected of being pneumonic or pulmonary plague, a more virulent strain of the disease—have been reported in five of the island's 112 districts in the past month.
Pneumonic plague is caused by the same bacteria that occur in bubonic plague but, while bubonic plague is usually transmitted by bites from rat-borne fleas and can be treated with antibiotics, pneumonic plague can be inhaled and transmitted between humans without involvement of animals or fleas and, if untreated, has a very high fatality rate, experts say. It can kill within 24 hours.
Last year, Madagascar reported 60 deaths from bubonic plague. Poor hygiene and declining living standards as a result of a protracted political crisis since a coup in 2009 are cited as the primary causes of the spread of the disease.
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Eccentric Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer was on Thursday given the green light to build "the world's biggest" park of giant robotic dinosaurs, despite hundreds of objections filed by local residents.
A spokeswoman for the Sunshine Coast Regional Council said Mr Palmer's plan to erect up to 160 animatronic dinosaurs at his Coolum Resort was approved "unanimously by council this morning", with local officials hoping for a tourism boost.
The exhibit will include five Tyrannosaurus rex robots, the largest towering at 8.5 metres in height, as well as a 10-metre Ruyangosaurus. The creatures, which are on order from China, will move their tails and chests and blink their eyes.
There are already two specimens on display at Coolum, north of Brisbane, and a third under construction, a Palmer spokesman told AFP.
"Jeff the T-rex (is) near the golf course pro shop, (there is) Bones the Skeleton and a giant crocodile is being installed," the spokesman said.
"More dinosaurs (are) coming in (the) next few weeks."
Mr Palmer, a larger-than-life character who has made a fortune in mining and is currently building a replica of the Titanic to re-enact the ill-fated ship's Atlantic voyage in 2016, has described Coolum as the world's biggest dinosaur exhibit.
Asked earlier this year why he was building the Titanic replica, Mr Palmer said: "I want to spend the money I've got before I die".
The council said Coolum "has the potential to attract new patronage and maintain the economic viability of the resort", rejecting local resident concerns about noise and fears the dinosaurs would lessen the resort's reputation and image.
"The additional attractions form a minor part (approximately 1.3 hectares) of the 150 hectare resort," it said.
It said the exhibits would be motion-sensor controlled and have a predetermined performance time, minimising noise, with a master volume control able to be adjusted "to ensure that they do not disturb either resort patrons or nearby residents".
Mr Palmer is also running for office in Australia's national elections this year in an audacious and unlikely bid for the prime ministership.


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Journey to a very different Jurassic Antarctica! Roam primitive forests and thick swamps with bizarre dinosaurs and colossal amphibians. A place where survival means enduring the sunless, six-month polar winter surrounded by meat eaters with night vision. Join today's intrepid Antarctic scientists and their quest to understand the lost prehistoric world of Gondwana.
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text: Reagrding the 70-hour unabridged War and Peace audiobook I posted about back in December, the Washington Post has a short profile of the audiobook's reader, Neville Jason. "But if the world has ever been ready for nearly three straight days of recorded Tolstoy it's ready now. A few years ago, publishers had to beg retailers to stock audiobooks longer than three CDs. Now, that's considered an ear snack. Unabridged is king. And abridged isn't just on the wane. It's basically stigmatized." (thx, mr. d)


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3 Tips for Going Paleo
This blog does not intend to provide diagnosis...
Going paleo? Follow these tips to make life easier when sticking to this dietary and lifestyle plan.
Simplicity Is the Essential Formula for Going Paleo
By understanding the Paleolithic diet more fully, one can mold it into an effective way to meet health goals. It is a diet plan more in line with the foods consumed in an ancient time when choosing a meal was focused on necessity and a lifetime of optimum health. The simple rules are to increase fiber, use the best meats, and cover nutrient bases. It's important to commit to the parameters of the paleo diet for the first 30 days to allow for the body to positively benefit to the fullest extent. The following tips are important for new dieters.
1. Increase Fiber When Going Paleo
Fiber is incredibly important to the body, especially the digestive system. Get the wrong kind of fiber or not enough of the right kind of fiber, and the digestive system won't function optimally.
Thankfully, there are so many delicious and available options to get the right kind of fiber when going paleo. Focusing on fresh vegetables, root vegetables, nuts, seeds, and fruits can provide anyone on the paleo diet the necessary fiber the body needs.
2. Use the Best Meats When Going Paleo
Meat is a staple in the paleo diet. This helps provide important micronutrients such as vitamin B, zinc, and iron. Some essential amino acids can only be sourced through animal meat. Furthermore, the body needs fat cholesterol found in meat to synthesize vitamin D. Seafood provides vital selenium, copper, zinc, omega-3, and iodine for the body.
The meat source when going paleo should be of the highest quality possible. This means organic and natural-sourced meats, including organic beef, free-range chicken, and wild-caught cold fish. These meats contain the highest levels of micronutrients. In addition, the quality meats will be raised without alternative feed additives and toxic chemicals.
3. Cover Nutrient Bases When Going Paleo
Eating the most quality-rich food is one of the great takeaways of a paleo diet. This encourages dieters to get food sourced from the most nutrient-intensive calories available. However, while the paleo diet is based on the foods consumed centuries ago, today's land and toxic environment continue to render the best field farming and husbandry inferior to yesteryear. Daily stressors and sedentary lifestyles also take a toll on nutrient balance.
Thankfully, one can cover the natural nutrients sourced from food with the highest quality supplements for paleo. By implementing the best of both sources, dieters can enjoy optimum health.
Only the best supplements will do on a paleo diet. This will ensure that the vitamins are not synthetic and are easily synthesized by the body. Recommended beneficial vitamins and minerals to supplement the paleo diet are as follows:
Quality fiber and natural meats combined with nutrient-rich supplements can provide the foundation for a new paleo lifestyle.


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Fellow members and guests of the American Society of International Law,
On the occasion of this our thirty‑fifth annual meeting, I shall undertake to discuss briefly certain acute phases of the world situation which are of vital interest to all of us.
We are in the midst of desperately serious days which involve all peoples and all nations. Unfortunately, many people fail to grasp the nature of this world‑wide crisis and its meaning to our country.
Too many people assume that the present struggle is merely an ordinary regional war, and that when it comes to an end the side which is victorious will collect indemnities but otherwise leave the defeated nations more or less as they were before the conflict began.
This assumption would prove entirely erroneous should the aggressor powers be the winners. As waged by them this is not an ordinary war. It is a war of assault by these would‑be conquerors, employing every method of barbarism, upon nations which cling to their right to live in freedom and which are resisting in self‑defense.
The would‑be conquerors propose to take unto themselves every part of every conquered nation: the territory, the sovereignty, the possessions of every such nation. They propose to make the people of each conquered nation into serfs; to extinguish their liberties, their rights, their law, and their religion. They systematically uproot everything that is high and fine in life.
Such is the movement which is extending rapidly throughout the world.
If experience shows anything, it shows that no nation anywhere has the slightest reason to feel that it will be exempted from attack by the invader, any more than, in a town overrun by bandits, the wealthiest citizen might expect to be free from attack.
Every thinking man can answer the question for himself by simply calling the roll of the wretched victims of world‑aggression who are now in a condition of semi‑slavery and whose every hope of again enjoying the blessings of civilization depends only on the defeat or failure of the movement of conquest. So it is in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Albania, Luxemburg, France, Rumania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia. Many right‑thinking people have not been able to conceive that this would happen. To them it has seemed incredible. Yet the physical facts are now before our very eyes, and the agony of the period through which the world is passing is marked by the most terrible events. As the armies of invasion move on, they bring with them blasted houses, families driven out to starve, civilian dead in the fields. When fighting is over, the administration of the invader offers no relief. Homes are plundered; families are separated; churches are closed; food is denied; semi‑slavery is introduced. Military frightfulness is merely replaced by civilian terror. Every resource of organized fiendishness is set to work to subjugate and cow the individual and to use the conquered territory as a springboard for new aggressions.
The conclusion is plain. Now, after some 15 nations have lost everything that makes‑life worth living, it is high time that the remaining free countries should arm to the fullest extent and in the briefest time humanly possible and act for their self‑preservation.
Some among us, doubtless with the best of intentions, still contend that our country need not resist until armed forces of an invader shall have crossed the boundary line of this hemisphere. But this merely means that there would be no resistance by the hemisphere, including the United States, until the invading countries had acquired complete control of the other four continents and of the high seas, and thus had obtained every possible strategic advantage, reducing us to the corresponding disadvantage of a severely handicapped defense. This is an utterly short‑sighted and extremely dangerous view.
Events have shown beyond possible question that the safety of this hemisphere and of this country calls far resistance wherever resistance will be most effective. In my judgment our safety and security require that, in accordance with the declared policy of the legislative and executive branches of the Government, aid must be supplied without hesitation to Great Britain and those other countries that are resisting, the sweep of the general conflagration. This policy means, in practical application, that such aid must reach its destination in the shortest of time and in maximum quantity. So ways must be found to do this.
You and I are familiar with the questions sometimes raised when we speak of aid to other nations. Why, it is asked, should we interest ourselves in the defense of other countries? Surely the answer is terribly clear.
Those nations that are making resistance are primarily seeking to save themselves, their homes, and their liberties. Great Britain for instance is acting primarily for her own safety. The United States, both in its direct defense effort and in the aid which it extends to the resisting nations, is likewise acting primarily for its own safety. As safety for the nations that are offering resistance means security for us, aid to them is an essential part of our own defense. Every new conquest makes available to the aggressor greater resources for use against the remaining free peoples. Our aid to the resisting nations is not the mere crusading of a world-benefactor. It is based on the definite knowledge that every free nation anywhere is a bastion of strength to all the remaining free peoples everywhere.
Sometimes the same confusion of thought is expressed in a different question. Why, it is asked, should we care who wins? Is not this merely the traditional and recurrent struggle for power? Does it make any difference to America? What difference does it make to America?
It makes a fateful difference. In a world which was, in the main, devoted to the cause of peace and in which no nation had designs upon the Western Hemisphere, we could, perhaps, take a detached attitude. But evidence has been piling up over several years which makes it perfectly plain that one group of powers actually does have designs both upon the New World and upon the principles, the possessions, and the way of life that are ours. All the military movements and official acts and utterances of these powers have confirmed the knowledge that we too are included in their plans for world domination. Our freedom and our wealth inevitably make us magnets for their machine of force.
Yes, it makes a difference who wins—the difference between whether we stand with our backs to the wall with the other four continents against us and the high seas lost, alone defending the last free territories on earth, or whether we keep our place in an orderly world.
Again, it is asked, How are we in danger? Are not these idle fears? Since one warring nation cannot successfully invade Britain across 20 miles of the English Channel how can any nation invade us from across three thousand miles of the Atlantic?
The reason why the English Channel has not been successfully crossed is that the British have maintained control of that Channel. Forty million determined Britons in a heroic resistance have converted their island into a huge armed base out of which proceeds a steady stream of sea and air power. It is not water that bars the way. It is the resolute determination of British sea power and British arms. Were the control of the seas by the resisting nations lost, the Atlantic would no longer be an obstacle—rather, it would become a broad highway for a conqueror moving westward. Our protection would be enormously lessened.
Those Americans who, in effect, are saying that a British defeat would not matter to us, signally overlook the fact that the resulting delivery of the high seas to the invader would create colossal danger to our own national defense and security. The breadth of the sea may give us a little time. It does not give us safety. Safety can only come from our ability, in conjunction with other peace‑loving nations, to prevent any aggressor from attaining control of the high seas.
Some, hoping that this crisis may end, ask whether some sort of peace cannot be made—a peace that will end the struggle in Europe and that will permit us to resume our normal life. I wish this were possible. But one obstinate fact stands in the way. One of the contending groups not only does not wish peace, as we understand peace, but literally does not believe in peace. That group uses the word, it is true—as it was used by the aggressor at the time of the Munich arrangement in 1938. Peace to that group is merely a convenient cloak for a continuing undeclared, under‑cover war, as France and many other nations to their misery have discovered. Behind the deceptive protection of the word "peace" the rulers of that group accumulate vast striking‑forces. They infiltrate shock troops disguised as peaceful travelers and businessmen. They set up organizations for spying, sabotage, and propaganda. They endeavor to sow hatred and discord. They use every tool of economic attack, bribery, corruption, and local disturbance to weaken the countries with which they are at "peace", until a military movement can easily complete the task of subjugation. That kind of peace is nothing more than a trap—a trap into which many nations fell in earlier phases of this movement for world conquest when its true nature was not understood. Indeed; the dictator nations make no secret of their plans. They scornfully state their ideas, arrogantly confident that the law‑abiding nations will not take them seriously—until it is too late successfully to resist them.
Finally, there are those who sometimes wonder whether aid to freedom‑loving nations and a vigorous policy of defending our interests will not irritate some aggressor into attacking us. This theory assumes that a lawless invader will become "irritated" if its intended victim dares to defend itself at the most effective stage. Under this theory, the only way to avoid giving such "irritation" is to submit.
No nation is going to attack us merely because it is our policy to defend ourselves. Neither, for that matter, are any aggressors going to let us alone merely because we attempt to placate them. In the philosophy of the conquerors, an attack is justified whenever and wherever it looks easy and convenient and serves their purposes. There is no possible safeguarding our security, except by solid strength, placed when and where it is most effective.
The best, indeed the only way, of allaying the fears and doubts and questions of those who are in anxiety is for us, one hundred and thirty millions of Americans, to rise in our might and proceed as one man in the Herculean task of equipping this Nation to the fullest for its self‑defense. These preparations should not be for a month or for a year, but they must continue as long as our safety is threatened.
The countries that have set about to impose their rule upon the world have turned their backs upon all the ordinary peacetime ways of work and living. They dreamed of force, they have created force, and they are now using it to the full. In their preparations and in their warfare they have demanded everything of their peoples. Ordinary family life, leisure, personal enjoyment, pursuit of private interest—all of these have been swept aside. Everything has been given over to the creation and use to the utmost of force.
For us, the task of safeguarding our security requires the full, continuous, patriotically inspired effort of each and every one of us. The energies of those who control the operation of our factories and their machines, together with the labor of those who make and operate the machines, must be devoted to the attainment of maximum production. Each and all must work with a sense that what they do or do not do is important in determining whether this country shall be secure. Every part of our vast productive machine that can serve to produce military supplies must be put to that purpose. The desire to continue ordinary ways of business must yield to the needs of the crisis. Individuals and groups have no right at this time to think or act primarily in terms of their personal interest to the detriment of the general national good.
What we do in the production of the fighting instruments needed by ourselves and by the free countries of the world now becomes a measure of our intelligence.
There are those who are too easily discouraged when the news is temporarily unfavorable. Powerful propaganda machines endeavor to spread that discouragement. It is not the tradition of those who love liberty to yield to discouragement. That is not the American tradition. Our country owes its place in history to the fact that the people become more resolute and determined as danger and difficulty increase.
There can be no temporizing with lawlessness or with disregard for the elemental rights of nations and peoples.
Although the task is huge, though time is pressing, and though the struggle may continue for a long time, I am confident that at the end there will come a better day. We are at work not only at the task of insuring our own safety but also at the task of creating ultimate conditions of peace with justice. We can help to lay a firm foundation for the independence, the security, and the returning prosperity of the members of the family of nations. I have absolute faith in the ultimate triumph of the principles, of humanity, translated into law and order, by which freedom and justice and security will again prevail.


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The Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers will meet in the postseason for the second consecutive year, but this time, it's in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Last year, the Pacers actually held a 2-1 series lead in their semifinal matchup, but ultimately fell in six games. The Heat, of course, went on to win the NBA Championship.
This time around, it's for a spot in the NBA Finals and the stage has been set for a tense battle.
Pacers' coach Frank Vogel downplayed any revenge factor, and in doing so, started a controversy.
"This is not about getting back at Miami," Vogel said Saturday after the Pacers eliminated the New York Knicks. "You're in the final four, you're competing for a championship. And they're just the next team that's in our way. And that's how we're approaching it."
LeBron James, the reigning NBA MVP, took offense to the description of the Heat as "the next team."
"We're not just another team," James said. "I don't understand what he's saying. But we're not just another team. It's not true.
"We're a great team. We're very confident. We'll be ready for them."
The rhetoric is out in full force. (To be fair, Vogel never said the Heat were "just another team.") On the court, this should be a true battle between two of the best defensive units in the NBA. During the regular season, the Pacers finished second to the Memphis Grizzlies in opponents' scoring, while Miami was fifth.
During the postseason, both teams have improved on their regular-season numbers. The Heat are first in opponents' scoring and Indiana is fourth.
The Heat swept the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs, then knocked off the Chicago Bulls in five games in the semifinals. The Bulls took Game 1 and the series turned into a brutally physical quest for survival, but Miami is four wins away from a chance to defend its title.
The Heat have won their playoff games by an average of 13.9 ppg.
Indiana had a much tougher route getting here.
The Pacers needed six games to best the Atlanta Hawks in the first round, then knocked off the Knicks in six to set up this meeting with the Heat.
The Pacers went 2-1 against the Heat during the regular season with both victories in Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Miami has taken six of the last seven against Indiana at home.
BACKCOURT: Dwyane Wade has looked downright beaten down during this postseason. His knee is bothering him and his scoring is down almost 8.0 ppg. Wade has had time to rest during the playoffs with how quickly the Heat have ended series, but his game is still not coming around. Mario Chalmers' scoring is down slightly as well.
George Hill can change a game. While he's not a dynamic player, he owned Game 4 against the Knicks, then missed the next one with a concussion. Lance Stephenson wasn't much of a scorer, although he started all season. He busted out for 25 points and 10 rebounds in the series clincher on Saturday.
FRONTCOURT: James is the best player in the universe. His numbers are slightly down during the postseason, but it's hardly mattered. When the time comes, James will produce. Chris Bosh's scoring is also in decline, but when he shoots it well from the perimeter, Miami is almost impossible to guard. Udonis Haslem is almost a non-factor, but his playing time may increase to match up with Indiana's big men.
Paul George is an All-Star and his numbers across the board are up. His defense has been sensational and he'll have another tough task this series. George defended Carmelo Anthony in the last series and will have James in this one. Roy Hibbert dominated Tyson Chandler at times in the semifinals, but is maddeningly inconsistent. David West's scoring is down, but his toughness will be key. He's a matchup problem when the Heat go with their crunch-time lineup. Shane Battier or James will have to defend West and the strength advantage belongs to West.
BENCH: Miami gives Battier, Ray Allen, Chris Anderson and Norris Cole steady minutes. Allen and Battier are critical late in games, Anderson will have to play more to bang with Hibbert and West and Cole have been great during this postseason.
The Pacers have used only two players consistently off their bench during the playoffs - D.J. Augustin and Tyler Hansbrough. Augustin started the Game 5 against the Knicks. He scored 12 points, but didn't hand out a single assist. Gerald Green has scored when he's played, which is a little over half the Pacers' playoff games.
COACHING: The Heat's Erik Spoelstra finished second to Denver's George Karl in Coach of the Year voting. He has made decisions that have impacted the Heat for years to come. It's easy to think a man who coaches James, Wade and Bosh doesn't have to do much but roll the balls out there, but Spoelstra has firm command of this operation.
Vogel is already mentioned as one of the league's best coaches. His commitment to defense has made Indiana a formidable adversary and a tough out. He came in fifth in Coach of the Year voting.
PREDICTION: Since the beginning of the season and the playoffs, it's been assumed the Heat would walk through to their second straight NBA title. So far, they have, except for the lone hiccup in Game 1 against the Bulls.
The Bulls get credit for a blueprint to not stop, but bother the Heat. Play them physical because it'll bother them. That worked for a while, but Miami punched back and won by an average of 18.25 in their four victories.
Indiana will play them physically as well. Yes, the Pacers present different match-up problems for Miami. The Heat like to play small, especially late in games. James or Battier will have to defend someone bigger and stronger.
But they can handle it.
The Heat don't get irritated by much. James probably made a mountain out of Vogel's comments, but who cares. The Heat looked flat after a long layoff against the Bulls, then responded. That could happen in Game 1 Wednesday, but Miami is too good to let it linger.
SPORTNETWORK PREDICITION: MIAMI in 5.


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496th Brookhaven Lecture on Wednesday, 7/23: 'Special PET Scans Seeking Symmetry in Quark-Gluon Plasma'
July 18, 2014
Lijuan Ruan of Brookhaven Lab's Physics Department
Since the 1960s, Brookhaven Lab has made some significant contributions to advance positron emission tomography (PET) techniques that doctors and researchers commonly use to diagnose cancer and study brain activity. Today at Brookhaven Lab's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), scientists are using a different kind of positron tomography to probe for clues in ultra-hot seas of subatomic quarks and gluons—quark-gluon plasma, which existed just microseconds after the Big Bang and, 13.7 billion years later, is re-created during particle collisions at RHIC.
What these scientists are working to find, including "mirror-like" symmetry among interactions between quarks and gluons, offers major insights about the universe's most basic building blocks and why the physical world works the way it does.
Join Lijuan Ruan of the Physics Department for the 496th Brookhaven Lecture, titled "Special PET Scans Seeking Symmetry in Quark-Gluon Plasma," in Berkner Hall at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23. All are invited to attend this free talk, which is open to the public. Refreshments will be offered before and after the lecture. Visitors to the Lab 16 and older must carry a photo ID while on site. Add to calendar
Collaborators in front of the STAR detector at RHIC, which today includes tools Lijuan Ruan helped design for electron-positron tomography to probe for clues from quark-gluon plasma
To join Ruan for dinner at a restaurant off site after the talk, contact Liz Mogavero (Ext. 3940).
During her talk, Ruan will explain how she uses electron-positron tomography from quark-antiquark annihilations to study chiral symmetry, a characteristic that "broke" to form 99 percent of the visible mass in the universe and is thought to be restored during ion collisions at RHIC. Ruan will also talk about the STAR detector at RHIC, with its special tools—some of which she helped design for tracking electron-positron pairs—as well as results from particle collisions spanning a range of energy levels.
About the Speaker
Ruan earned a bachelor's degree and her Ph.D. in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2000 and 2005 respectively, and then spent the next two years as a postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. She arrived at Brookhaven Lab as a Goldhaber Distinguished Fellow in 2007. This prestigious fellowship—funded by Brookhaven Science Associates, the company that manages Brookhaven Lab for the U.S. Department of Energy—is awarded to candidates with exceptional talent and credentials who have a strong desire for independent research at the frontiers of their fields. The International Union of Pure & Applied Physics awarded her the Young Scientist Prize for Nuclear Physics in 2010 and the U.S. Department of Energy recognized Ruan with an Early Career Research Program Funding Award in 2013.
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Scammers tricked the New York Times' Digital Advertising department into placing a malicious ad for fake antivirus software on the NYTimes.com Web site over the weekend, the company confirmed Monday.
The newspaper had warned of the scam advertisement Sunday, after receiving about 100 e-mails from concerned readers.
According to the Times, the scammers initially claimed to be Internet phone provider Vonage, and had placed what appeared to be legitimate Vonage ads on the Web site. However, sometime over the weekend, they switched these ads for aggressive pop-up advertisements that tried to trick victims into thinking that their computers were infected.
The point of the scam was to sell worried computer users a product called Personal Antivirus, a fake "scareware" product that bombards victims with popup ads until they either hand over their credit card information or somehow manage to remove the program.
When the complaints started pouring in, the Times first suspected that the ad had been unauthorized, and pulled third-party advertisements from the site. But on Monday spokeswoman Diane McNulty confirmed that the ad had been submitted directly to the company's online ad department.
"The culprit masqueraded as a national advertiser and provided seemingly legitimate product advertising for a week," she said via email. "Over the weekend, the ad being served up was switched so that an intrusive message, claiming to be a virus warning from the reader's computer, appeared. "
Technology executive Troy Davis was hit with the ad after he clicked on a Times story about Dubai on Saturday night. After his antivirus software warned him not to visit the article, he performed an analysis of the site and discovered that the Times was allowing advertisers to embed an HTML element known as an iframe into their advertisements. This gave the criminals a way to include embedded Web pages in their copy that could be hosted on a completely different server, outside of the control of the Times.
It was, of course, all just a fake.