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High court is corporate America's best friend

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The Supreme Court means business when it issues a decision. Big business, that is.<br /><br />The U.S. Chamber of Commerce during the just-ended court session won more cases than ever, prevailing in 13 of the 16 appeals in which it took a position. The latest examples came this week when the nation's top corporate lobbying group won three cases that shield big business from existing law.<br /><br />Two of the cases made it easier for companies to strike back at workers who allege they are victims of discrimination. The other granted legal immunity to a generic drug manufacturer whose product reportedly caused severe burns to a patient's body. <br /><br />In one instance, the high court went even further than the government officials who initially put the policy in place. Per <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/06/24/2205241/supreme-court-ruled-in-favor-of-americas-top-corporate-lobbying-group-in-13-of-16-cases-this-term/">Think Progress</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Notably the Court deferred so completely to the Chamber [this week] that it adopted a harsh rule limiting sexual and racial harassment claims even though the attorney arguing that case on behalf of the defendant — a former Solicitor General under George W. Bush — <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/06/24/2200681/the-scariest-pending-supreme-court-case-that-youve-probably-never-heard-of/">would not endorse the rule himself while he was arguing the case</a>. So the five conservative justices sided with the Chamber even though no party before the Court agreed with the Chamber’s position.</blockquote>That is not good news for the nation's workers. Fortunately, not everyone involved in the lawmaking process has it out for us. Rep. Alan Grayson introduced <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/174975/grayson-announces-bill-let-workers-personally-sue-bosses-who-retaliate#ixzz2XHInueLM">legislation</a> that would expand the legal remedies available to non-union workers who are punished for  workplace activism. Beyond seeking redress from the National Labor Relations Board, it would allow most employees to sue their boss in civil court for retaliating, and  the chance to seek an injunction to swiftly reverse the alleged retaliation.<br /><br />Sadly there is little chance the legislation will be taking up during the current Congress. The House Republican leadership ensures it. But we hail policymakers who take a stand on behalf of middle-class families. And we live to fight another day.

High court is corporate America's best friend

The Supreme Court means business when it issues a decision. Big business, that is. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce during the just-ended court ...

Don't Stop Believing: The Retiring Principal Flashmob you've gotta see

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Don't Stop Believing: The Retiring Principal Flashmob you've gotta see

Principal Roger Boddie has led Hingham Middle School in Massachusetts for 36 years. On his last day on the job, the entire school surprise...

Book raises alarms about alternative medicine - USA Today

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The 12-year-old girl arrived at the hospital wracked with abdominal pain.<br /><br><br /><br>Doctors diagnosed her with acute pancreatitis, in which pancreatic enzymes begin digesting not just food, but the pancreas itself.<br /><br><br /><br>The most likely cause of the girl's condition: toxic side effects from more than 80 dietary supplements, which the girl's mother carried in a shopping bag, says Sarah Erush, clinical pharmacy manager at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where the girl was treated last summer.<br /><br><br /><br>The girl's mother had been treating her with the supplements and other therapies for four years to treat the girl's "chronic Lyme disease," a condition that, experts say, doesn't actually exist. While some Lyme infections cause pain and other lingering symptoms, the infections don't persist for years. And, according to the Infectious Disease Society of America, the infections don't require years of antibiotics or other risky therapies given by some alternative medicine practitioners.<br /><br><br /><br>Doctors were able to control the girl's illness with standard therapies, Erush says, and she was discharged from the hospital after two weeks.<br /><br><br /><br>Although the child's story was unforgettable, Erush says, it wasn't unusual. Parents now "routinely" bring children to her hospital with a variety of alternative remedies, hoping that nurses will administer them during a child's stay.<br /><br><br /><br>There are an ever-growing number of supplements from which to choose: More than 54,000 varieties sold in stores and the Internet, according to the Food and Drug Administration.<br /><br><br /><br>About 50% of Americans use alternative medicine, and 10% use it on their children, notes Paul Offit, Children's Hospital's chief of infectious disease.<br /><br><br /><br>The girl's story illustrates the serious but often little-known risks posed by some forms of alternative medicine, a loosely regulated industry that includes everything from herbal supplements to crystal healing and acupuncture, says Offit, author of Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine, (HarperCollins, $29.99), being published Tuesday<br /><br><br /><br>Many consumers view alternative medicine industry as more altruistic and home-spun than Big Pharma. But in his book, Offit paints a picture of an aggressive, $34 billion a year industry whose key players are adept at using lawsuits, lobbyists and legislation to protect their market.<br /><br><br /><br>"It's a big business," says Offit, best known for developing a vaccine against rotavirus, a diarrheal illness that killed 2,000 people each day, mostly children in the developing world.<br /><br><br /><br>"This is not just Mom and Pop selling herbs at the farmer's market," says Josephine Briggs, a physician and director of the National Center on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health, who shares Offit's concerns.<br /><br><br /><br>Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who has long fought for stricter regulation of supplements, says the alternative medicine industry is "as tough as any industry I've seen lobby in Washington. They have a lot of money at stake. They want to maximize their profits and they want as little regulation as possible."<br /><br><br /><br>There's even a Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus, composed of legislators who look favorably on the industry.<br /><br><br /><br>Combined with alternative therapy research at the National Cancer Institute, the NIH spends a total of $233 million a year on this research, which has included everything from herbal supplements to acupuncture and aromatherapy.<br /><br><br /><br>Briggs notes that research conducted by her center and others shows real benefits to certain alternative therapies, which doctors describe as "complementary" if they are used in conjunction with conventional medicine. Last year, for example, The New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that people with Parkinson's disease can improve their balance and stability by practicing Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese exercise system. A study published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that intensive-care patients on ventilators experienced less anxiety, and required fewer sedatives, if they could listen to their choice of music.<br /><br><br /><br>Proponents of alternative medicine say there are clear reasons for its popularity, including frustration with mainstream doctors and people's desire to have more control over their health.<br /><br><br /><br>Only about one-third of alternative therapies have safety and efficacy data behind them, critics note. Yet conventional doctors don't always follow the evidence, either, says Adriane Fugh-Berman, an associate professor of pharmacology at Georgetown University in Washington and author of a textbook on herbs and supplements. Only about one-quarter of therapies used in conventional medicine are "evidence-based," she says.<br /><br><br /><br>Many Americans see modern medicine as increasingly bureaucratic and impersonal, says Deepak Chopra, a physician and one of the best known advocates for mind-body healing.<br /><br><br /><br>"Doctors spend more time filling in charts than they spend on seeing patients," Chopra says. "The average doctor stands in the door and does a ritual of examining patients for one or two minutes, then moves on to the next patient."<br /><br><br /><br>Arthur Caplan, the director of medical ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York, says alternative healers satisfy patients' needs for more personal attention.<br /><br><br /><br>"Medicine does a very poor job of addressing the emotional, spiritual and even psychological side of things," Caplan says. "When you are not good at doing important things, other people rush into that vacuum."<br /><br><br /><br>Yet people who put their faith in alternative healers and supplements may be putting themselves at risk, Caplan says.<br /><br><br /><br>The alternative therapy industry capitalizes on a number of common sentiments, Offit says, from a naïve belief in the safety of all things natural to distrust of government regulation.<br /><br><br /><br>"Just because it comes from a plant, doesn't mean it's not harmful," Chopra says.<br /><br><br /><br>About one-third of conventional drugs are derived from plants, Fugh-Berman says. Pharmaceutical companies still make Digoxin, a heart drug, from the foxglove flower, she says. And while some research suggests that kava, a plant in the pepper family, can relieve anxiety, it can also damage the liver.<br /><br><br /><br>In the best cases, Offit says, alternative remedies are ineffective but relatively harmless, functioning as expensive placebos that may appear to relieve symptoms such as pain, largely because people expect them to. An example of this is homeopathy, in which key ingredients are diluted to the point of oblivion, making these remedies basically sugar pills, Offit says.<br /><br><br /><br>Yet supplements aren't risk-free.<br /><br><br /><br>A 2010 report from the Government Accountability Office found supplements were being sold with deceptive marketing practices.<br /><br><br /><br>Tests have found heavy metals in ayurvedic medicines, used in India for thousands of years to treat a variety of conditions and also popular in the USA, Briggs says.<br /><br><br /><br>In some cases, dietary supplements are just prescription medications in disguise.<br /><br><br /><br>The most common offenders tend to be supplements claiming to aid weight loss, build muscles or boost sexual performance, Briggs says. Although such supplements may be marketed as "natural," the FDA has found hundreds of brands actually contain real drugs, from anabolic steroids to the active ingredient in Viagra. Several weight-loss supplements were found to contain the active ingredient in Meridia, a prescription diet drug pulled from the market due to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.<br /><br><br /><br>In April, the FDA announced that it had received 86 reports of illness and death due to body-building supplements that illegally contained a stimulant called DMAA. The FDA says DMAA, which is especially risky when combined with caffeine, can raise blood pressure, leading to problems such as shortness of breath and heart attacks.<br /><br><br /><br>In 2012, the FDA estimated that supplements cause 50,000 adverse reactions a year.<br /><br><br /><br>In the worst cases, scam artists masquerading as healers push bogus cures on desperate, vulnerable people, charging prices that patients can't afford, says Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, who compares these marketers to "snake oil salesman."<br /><br><br /><br>The consequences can be tragic.<br /><br><br /><br>Nissen says he's lost patients with serious cardiovascular disease because they opted to take alternative medicines instead of those he prescribed. The practice, Nissen says, is "a national catastrophe in the making."<br /><br><br /><br>Alternative medicine doctors sell patients on a variety of unproven therapies, such as chelation, a process of removing metals from the blood, Offit says.<br /><br><br /><br>Although chelation has real medical uses — treating acute heavy metal poisoning — doctors also promote the intravenous treatments as an alternative remedy for everything from Alzheimer's disease to cancer.<br /><br><br /><br>In 2005, a 5-year-old boy with autism died after treatment with chelation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<br /><br><br /><br>Many people with aches and pains are being misdiagnosed with chronic Lyme disease, Offit says, even though studies show that half of these patients really suffer from treatable conditions, such as depression or rheumatoid arthritis. Doctors who call themselves "Lyme literate" often prescribe years of intravenous antibiotics, a therapy with no proven benefits but serious side effects, including infections and the risk of developing antibiotic resistance.<br /><br><br /><br>Apple founder Steve Jobs' faith in alternative medicine likely cost him his life, says Barrie Cassileth, chief of integrative medicine at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.<br /><br><br /><br>Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003. But Jobs, revered as one of the brightest minds on the planet, chose to delay surgery, the only treatment that had a chance to save his life, Cassileth says.<br /><br><br /><br>For nine months after his diagnosis, Offit writes, Jobs treated his cancer with acupuncture, herbs, bowel cleansings and a special diet of carrots and fruit juices.<br /><br><br /><br>Jobs eventually had surgery, and even a liver transplant. But it was too late.<br /><br><br /><br>He died in 2011, eight years after diagnosis.<br /><br><br /><br>"He had the only kind of pancreatic cancer that is treatable and curable," Cassileth says. "He essentially committed suicide."<br /><br><br /><br>Cancer patients have cashed in their life savings or children's college funds to pay charismatic charlatans, spending $20,000 or more for "absurd" treatments at fringe clinics in the USA, Mexico and Bahamas, Cassileth says.<br /><br><br /><br>"There are no viable alternatives to mainstream cancer care," Cassileth says. "We work very hard to dissuade patients who want to go that way, because they are going to die."<br /><br><br /><br>And while many in the alternative medicine industry are cashing in, Offit says there are few people looking out for the desperate patients whose hopes — and bank accounts — are being exploited.<br /><br><br /><br>"Quackery is an enormous concern," Briggs says.<br /><br><br /><br>Consumers are often taken in by outrageous claims, partly because they lack the scientific knowledge to spot phonies, and partly because they fall victim to a huckster's charismatic personality, Offit says.<br /><br><br /><br>"Our science literacy is terrible as a nation," Briggs says. "People like magic. I don't know why, but they do."<br /><br><br /><br>Many Americans are unaware that supplements, unlike drugs, don't need to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration — or tested for safety — before going on the market, Offit says. One study found that 58% of Americans believe that the FDA must approve herbal supplements before they're sold.<br /><br><br /><br>"When a consumer buys a food supplement or dietary supplement, they may think it's really going to do what it says on the label," Waxman says. "That's not necessarily the case. ... Consumers should know that when they buy a dietary supplement, they are really on their own."<br /><br><br /><br>And while manufacturers are responsible for making sure that products are safe, the FDA can typically take action only after products are on store shelves.<br /><br><br /><br>The FDA expressed frustration with these constraints in an April press release about DMAA.<br /><br><br /><br>In making the announcement, the agency said, "FDA is required to undertake what are usually lengthy scientific and legal steps in order to force the removal of dietary supplements that may be unsafe or are otherwise illegal if companies don't voluntarily comply. . . .FDA's response to the use of DMAA illustrates the challenges that the agency faces in addressing incidents involving potentially dangerous dietary supplements. "<br /><br><br /><br>Andrew Weil, one of the USA's best known advocates of holistic medicine, says he also favors closer regulation of supplements.<br /><br><br /><br>"I would love to see the FDA set up a division of natural therapeutic agents," says Weil, director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona,<br /><br><br /><br>But Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, notes that supplement regulations, while "not identical to pharmaceuticals" are "very rigorous."<br /><br><br /><br>"Consumers can have strong confidence in the products they're buying," says Mister, whose group represents the supplement industry. "There are lots of ways that the FDA oversees the safety of these products."<br /><br><br /><br>The FDA sets standards for good manufacturing processes, Mister notes.<br /><br><br /><br>While a supplement may claim to "support immune health," the FDA forbids supplement manufacturers from making specific claims about being able to "treat, diagnose, cure or alleviate the effects of disease." Supplement makers are also required to report "adverse events," such as serious side effects or reactions, to the FDA.<br /><br><br /><br>Waxman notes that the FDA has only banned one supplement: ephedra — an herbal stimulant taken off the market in 2004 after it was found to increase the risk of heart problems and death.<br /><br><br /><br>Because the FDA's authority is mostly "reactive," Waxman says "the agency must wait for people to get hurt or even die before they can remove an unsafe supplement from the market."<br /><br><br /><br>In his book, Offit singles out a number of popular alternative doctors for questionable practices:<br /><br><br /><br>• Joseph Mercola, an Illinois physician, sells a variety of supplements and alternative medical products on his web site. Although Mercola shuns vaccines, his website sells tanning beds — which have been found to increase the risk of skin cancer.<br /><br><br /><br>In 2011, the FDA sent Mercola a letter for marketing an alternative to mammography on his website — the Meditherm Med2000, a camera that measures skin temperature. Although Mercola's site describes its products as "natural," the FDA viewed the machine as an unapproved medical device.<br /><br><br /><br>• Rashid Buttar, a North Carolina physician, has used treatments that Offit calls outlandish. According to the North Carolina Medical Board, those treatments have included giving intravenous hydrogen peroxide to cancer patients and topical chelation creams to children with autism.<br /><br><br /><br>In a 2010 consent order with the medical board, Buttar explained that the hydrogen peroxide was intended for "detoxifying the patients and improving their immune systems." In the order, the medical board formally reprimanded Buttar and ordered him to inform all patients that his treatments "may not have been approved by the FDA."<br /><br><br /><br>In April, the FDA also sent Buttar a letter, claiming that the claims he made for some of his products showed he was marketing them as drugs, not supplements.<br /><br><br /><br>In a post on his website, Buttar noted that he has stopped selling the products mentioned in the FDA letter May 15. One of those products, Trans-D Tropin, previously had been marketed as "a clinically proven aging and longevity solution."<br /><br><br /><br>USA TODAY was not able to reach Mercola or Buttar by press time.<br /><br><br /><br>• Stanislaw Burzynski, who has spent decades promoting antineoplastons, an experimental cancer therapy not approved by the FDA. According to the National Cancer Institute, these drugs have never been proven effective against cancer in a definitive, randomized, clinical trial.<br /><br><br /><br>Last year, the FDA sent Burzynski a letter noting that his "websites violate the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act" because they promoted experimental cancer treatments as "safe and effective."<br /><br><br /><br>According to FDA spokesman Curtis Allen, responses to FDA letters are not posted on the agency's website, and are available only through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. USA TODAY filed a FOIA request but has not yet received a copy of the responses by Mercola, Buttar or Burzynski.<br /><br><br /><br>In a statement sent by his attorney, Burzynski said he has published 36 articles, presented papers at many international conferences and completed 14 phase 2 trials in brain tumors. Phase 2 trials consider safety and are a preliminary, but not definitive, look at effectiveness, according to the National Institutes of Health. In the letter, Burzynski wrote that, "based on the results of the phase 2 trials, the FDA has granted permission to proceed into two Phase 3 clinical trials in brain tumors."<br /><br><br /><br>Offit also criticizes Mehmet Oz, a respected heart surgeon and star of The Dr. Oz Show, for providing an audience for a variety of questionable guests, from Mercola to faith healers and even psychics.<br /><br><br /><br>"He gives a lot of good advice," including advice about diet and exercise, Offit says. "But he mixes that in with a lot of terrible advice."<br /><br><br /><br>In a statement, a spokesman for The Dr. Oz Show said the TV program is "a conversation about the many sensitive topics surrounding health care, including alternative medicine, and we remain committed to empowering our viewers with comprehensive information about these issues so they can take an active role in their health."<br /><br><br /><br>Yet Cassileth, author of The Complete Guide to Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care, says non-traditional approaches can have a place in medicine, when modern medicine has little to offer.<br /><br><br /><br>As opposed to "alternative," Cassileth prefers the term "integrative" medicine, which subjects nonstandard therapies to scientific tests. At Memorial Sloan-Kettering, integrative health researchers focus on alleviating pain and other symptoms. But they would never claim that nontraditional therapies can cure cancer, she says.<br /><br><br /><br>For example, doctors have had promising early results using acupuncture to restore salivary gland function in patients who receive radiation to the head and neck. Without functioning salivary glands, these patients can't talk or swallow.<br /><br><br /><br>While critics counter that acupuncture treatments are simply placebos, Cassileth says, "if there is a placebo effect that brings back salivation to these people who can't eat or talk, who cares?"<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/18/book-raises-alarms-about-alternative-medicine/2429385/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/18/book-raises-alarms-about-alternative-medicine/2429385/</a>

Book raises alarms about alternative medicine - USA Today

The 12-year-old girl arrived at the hospital wracked with abdominal pain. Doctors diagnosed her with acute pancreatitis, in which pancreatic...

Canadian health-care staff sometimes hide pills in patients’ food | Canada | News | National Post

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<div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">When an elderly patient repeatedly refuses to take his medication, spitting it out or hiding it under his bedding, health-care staff decide to employ a little subterfuge.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">The next day, nurses conceal the drugs in the patient's scrambled eggs, doing covertly what the man would not let them do overtly.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">It is the kind of guile parents often use on small children, but administering medication by deception has become surprisingly common in Canada's health-care system, say some ethicists, lawyers and geriatric specialists. The practice is sparking debate over what is justifiable in treating unco-operative patients, especially those impaired by dementia.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">A bioethics professor and lawyer who discussed the issue at a recent conference warn that giving drugs without consent risks harming the relationship between patients and health workers, and could actually undermine the safety of treatment.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">"If I as a family member found out that medication was being given this way … I would start raising questions about 'Well, what else are you doing?'," said Dr. Christy Simpson, head of Dalhousie University's bioethics department. "It becomes a broader question of trust, and all of us have an interest in trusting our health-care institutions."</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Doctors respond that the practice can be essential for ensuring the health and safety of those getting the drugs, as well as of other patients and staff, and is done with careful thought and planning.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">Patients could die if they failed to take hypertension, diabetes or heart pills — or cause themselves or others harm without psychiatric medication, they said.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">"It's no different than deciding to give the patient medication orally or … giving it to them intravenously," said Dr. Nathan Herrmann, head of geriatric psychiatry at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. "It is not deception, it is a practical way of administering a medically indicated therapy."</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">The controversy seems a little manufactured, added Dr. Michael Gordon, both a geriatric expert and head of medical ethics at Toronto's Baycrest.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">"Even deception is a created paradigm," he said. "When someone has severe dementia, everything is deception."</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Regardless, the practice is likely to become more prevalent in coming years, as the population ages and hospitals and nursing homes become increasingly populated by old people with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, doctors agree.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">No one has documented exactly how often medicine is given covertly to patients in Canada. A smattering of studies in Europe, however, suggests it is relatively routine, principally among those who are mentally incapacitated.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">A 2010 British review of previous research found that 43-71% of nursing homes surveyed gave pills secretly to residents. Incomplete documentation of the practice was common, and nursing staff alone often made the decision to do it, the review concluded.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Dr. Simpson and Martina Munden, a Halifax health-care lawyer, said they decided to talk about the issue at the Canadian Bioethics Society conference last month after hearing of several recent instances of covert drug administration in both hospitals and nursing homes.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Most cases were similar to one they outlined at the forum, said Dr. Simpson.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">It involved a long-term-care resident who stopped taking his medications, became agitated and unwell and had to be hospitalized. In response, nurses gave the drugs in his tea, the patient eventually growing calmer, more co-operative and healthier. Staff had not, however, determined that the man was incapable of consenting to treatment, the pair said.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">As well as potentially undermining trust, secreting drugs in food or hot drinks risks the dosage being altered or patients not taking the correct amount, said Ms. Munden.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">There are times when deception may be justified with mentally incompetent patients, but only as a last resort and after staff obtain consent from family members, said Dr. Simpson.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">Physicians specializing in geriatric care confirmed that the practice is relatively common with patients judged to be mentally incompetent, both for their own good and occasionally that of neighbours at risk from violent behaviour.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">"Sometimes we have to curtail the autonomy of an individual, so as not to harm the people around them," said Dr. Mireille Norris, a geriatrics professor at the University of Toronto.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Family members would have to consent to particular drugs being given to the individual, though not necessarily to actually hiding it in food or drinks, said Doctors Herrmann and Gordon.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">Christine Taylor, a gerontologist who runs the <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/26/when-doctors-hide-pills-in-a-patients-food-is-it-a-breach-of-trust-or-a-practical-way-to-ensure-they-take-their-medicine/nursinghomeratings.ca" title="nursinghomeratings.ca" target="_blank" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 102, 205); outline: none; text-decoration: none;" class="">nursinghomeratings.ca</a> website, said she has never received a complaint about covert drug administration, and doubts that any family member would mind, if it ensured their loved one received a needed drug.</div><br class=""><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/26/when-doctors-hide-pills-in-a-patients-food-is-it-a-breach-of-trust-or-a-practical-way-to-ensure-they-take-their-medicine/">http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/26/when-doctors-hide-pills-in-a-patients-food-is-it-a-breach-of-trust-or-a-practical-way-to-ensure-they-take-their-medicine/</a>

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U.S. House schedule for Thursday, June 27, 2013

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<i>From Majority Leader Eric Cantor's office....</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>THURSDAY, JUNE 27TH </b></u><br />On Thursday, the House will meet at  10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business.  First votes expected: 2:00-3:00 p.m. Last votes expected: 5:30-6:30 p.m.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>One Minute Speeches</b><br /><br /><a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=343070-6846703" target="_blank"><b>H.R. 1613 </b></a>- Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement Authorization Act (Structured Rule) <i>(Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Duncan / Natural Resources Committee)</i><br /><blockquote>The rule provides for one hour general of debate and makes in order the following amendment:</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><b>Rep. Alan Grayson Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)</blockquote></blockquote><b>Begin Consideration of <a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=343071-6846703" target="_blank">H.R. 2231</a></b> - Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, Rules Committee Print <br />(Structured Rule) <i>(Sponsored by Rep. Doc Hastings / Natural Resources Committee)</i><br /><blockquote>The rule provides for one hour of general debate and makes in order the following amendments:</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><b>Rep. Bill Cassidy Amendment #1 </b>(10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Rep. Bill Cassidy Amendment #2</b> (10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Rep. Paul Broun Amendment</b> (10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Rep. Peter DeFazio Amendment</b> (10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Rep. Alan Grayson Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Reps. Hastings (FL) / Connolly (VA) Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Rep. Kevin Brady Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Reps. Capps / Brownley / Lowenthal Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Rep. Bill Flores Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Rep. Scott Riggell Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Rep. Doug Lamborn Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)</blockquote></blockquote><b>Postponed Vote on <a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=343072-6846703" target="_blank">H.R. 1864</a></b> - To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an Inspector  General Investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions  taken in response to making protected communications regarding sexual  assault <i>(Sponsored by Rep. Jackie Walorski / Armed Services Committee)</i><br /><br /><b>Special Order Speeches</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>COMMITTEE ACTIVITY OF THE DAY</b></u><br />Ways and Means Committee hearing on “<a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=343073-6846703" target="_blank">Status of Internal Revenue Service’s Review of Taxpayer Targeting Practices</a>” (Thursday, June 27th, at 10:00 a.m.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=343074-6846703" target="_blank">Printable PDF</a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>

From Majority Leader Eric Cantor's office.... THURSDAY, JUNE 27TH On Thursday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 1...

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<a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2013/06/25/us_ceo_sets_a_record_with_159_million_pension.html">U.S. CEO sets a record with $159 million pension</a>  Associated Press   ...McKesson’s Chairman and CEO John Hammergren has set a new record in corporate America: Largest pension around...<br /><a href="http://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-2012-extraordinarily-high/">CEO Pay in 2012 Was Extraordinarily High Relative to Typical Workers and Other High Earners</a>  EPI   ...Average CEO compensation was $14.1 million in 2012...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/jeff-olson-california-banks_n_3499177.html?1372199922&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009">Jeff Olson, California Man, Faces 13 Years In Jail For Writing Anti-Big Bank Messages In Chalk</a> Huffington Post   ...a judge had decided to prohibit Olson's attorney from "mentioning the First Amendment, free speech, free expression, public forum, expressive conduct, or political speech during the trial..."<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/06/24/independent-foreclosure-review-payments/2390073/">Foreclosure settlement a billion-dollar bust</a>  USA Today   ...The renegotiated settlement created a $3.6 billion pot to compensate borrowers for shoddy foreclosure practices that ran the gamut from wrongful foreclosures to lost consumer documents.About two-thirds of the recipients received $300 — the smallest possible amount. Fewer than 1,200 got $125,000, the most allowed...</span><br /><a href="http://www.zcommunications.org/trans-pacific-partnership-and-monsanto-by-barbara-chicherio">Trans-Pacific Partnership and Monsanto</a>  ZCommunications   ...Something is looming in the shadows that could help erode our basic rights and contaminate our food...<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.waste-management-world.com/articles/2013/06/osha-citations-follow-fatal-explosion-at-cincinnati-hazardous-waste-plant.html">OSHA Citations Follow Fatal Explosion at Cincinnati Hazardous Waste Plant</a>  Waste Management World   ...Environmental Enterprises, an environmental services company specializing in industrial and hazardous waste management, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with 22 safety and health violations following a fire and explosion at its Cincinnati waste treatment facility on December 28 last year...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/railroads/307719-amtrak-145b-senate-appropriation-workable">Amtrak: $1.45B Senate appropriation 'workable'</a>  The Hill   ...The safety and efficiency of Amtrak is at stake. The Senate is proposing to fund the railroad at $1.4 billion, which is simply too low. The proposed funding would jeopardize Teamster locomotive engineers and maintenance of way members...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/212856771.html">Nevada attorney general urges stronger service member protections</a>  KNTV-13   ...Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto urged the U.S. Department of Defense to strengthen regulations of the federal Military Lending Act, to protect service members and military families from abusive lending practices...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.joc.com/regulation-policy/transportation-policy/us-transportation-policy/ny-legislature-oks-employee-driver-bill_20130625.html">NY Legislature OKs Employee-Driver Bill</a>   Journal of Commerce   ...The New York State Legislature gave final approval to a bill creating the presumption that commercial drivers are company employees unless they meet certain standards showing they are independent contractors...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamsters-approval-national-ups-contract">Teamsters Approve National UPS Contract</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>IBT   ...The Teamsters Union announced yesterday that a majority of UPS Teamsters have voted to approve a new five-year national contract that contains significant wage increases and other improvements. However, the UPS Freight agreement was rejected in a separate referendum...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31833:lake-transit-workers-plan-july-1-2-strike-following-contract-negotiations-breakdown&catid=1:latest&Itemid=197">Lake Transit workers plan strike following contract negotiations breakdown</a>  Lake County (Calif.) News   ...The county's transit agency is preparing for a strike action by transit workers that's expected to take place early next week. The strike by members of Teamsters Local 665 is anticipated to take place on Monday, July 1, and Tuesday, July 2, in response to a breakdown in negotiations with Paratransit Services…</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://medinagazette.northcoastnow.com/2013/06/25/brunswick-city-council-oppose-%E2%80%98right-to-work%E2%80%99-legislation/">Brunswick City Council opposes ‘right-to-work’ legislation</a>  Medina-Gazette   ...City Council members in Brunswick, Ohio approved a resolution opposing “right-to-work” legislation Monday night, with the support of more than 30 union members and their families in attendance...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ricksmithshow.com/june-24%2C-2013-show">The University of California – Teamster Strong!</a>  Rick Smith Show  ...On June 19, the Rick Smith Show visited Teamsters Joint Council 42 in Los Angeles and spoke with Don Thornsburg, labor historian about the origins of Los Angeles labor unions and the various industries that were essential for the growth of southern California. <a href="http://ricksmithshow.com/june-24%2C-2013-show">Listen here.</a> Visit the <a href="http://www.teamster.org/ricksmithtour">People’s Tour of America</a> page daily to hear the latest from Rick Smith’s road travels...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130626/NEWS06/130629415">Teamsters contract ratified, but dispute with Manchester teachers’ union continues</a>   New Hampshire Union Leader   ...The Manchester, New Hampshire Board of School Committee ratified two-year contracts with the district’s principals and the directors and coordinators, who are represented by Teamsters Local 633...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/270940/group/homepage/">County Board OKs labor agreement, pay raises</a>  Duluth News Tribune   ...St. Louis County commissioners on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to salary agreements for three categories of employees that include Teamster members...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/jun/26/teamsters-on-strike-at-rl-lipton/">Teamsters on strike at RL Lipton</a>  The Vindicator   ...Workers are on strike at RL Lipton Distributing Co. in Austintown, Ohio. The members of Teamsters 377 started picketing Tuesday morning at the company…</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oZDSAzqH0k&feature=youtu.be">Durham Driver Speaks Out About Poor Working Conditions</a>  Drive Up Standards   ...“My co-worker said, ‘I cannot afford to miss a day from work,’ even though she’s the one that found her mama dead that afternoon.” --Latrisha Pringle, a school bus driver, talks about poor working conditions at Durham School Services in S.C. The Teamsters are fighting for justice at Durham. Watch the video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oZDSAzqH0k&feature=youtu.be">here</a>...</span>

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U.S. CEO sets a record with $159 million pension Associated Press ...McKesson’s Chairman and CEO John Hammergren has set a new record in...

New Asus Transformer Pad With Strong Features So best To Buy

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<div style="text-align: justify;">Asus Transformer Pad  is the new generation gadget. It is the best like others received products of Asus. So it is appraised and where we find great features in it thats why we will like it.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixd67KZEQncp2QCcwnw4Qr3qO-CFyg0gPRsQ9VwEojADW_APmjNK9xnHwQGvC9rABxfs8nQCtr7v_gdaEHgfbo3IWA1FeHkbplHaDoUyFMEWSUnn7xUMj4PHdDES8P3ZxvpVNG8vLJkBw/s1600/asus+pad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixd67KZEQncp2QCcwnw4Qr3qO-CFyg0gPRsQ9VwEojADW_APmjNK9xnHwQGvC9rABxfs8nQCtr7v_gdaEHgfbo3IWA1FeHkbplHaDoUyFMEWSUnn7xUMj4PHdDES8P3ZxvpVNG8vLJkBw/s1600/asus+pad.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asus Transformer Pad</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span id="goog_1995652119"></span><span id="goog_1995652120"></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is an interactive device in 10.1-inch IPS display. The device quality display, wide viewing angle and contrast ratio is very  good. This class is much better than other tablets. The device is 1280 * 800 pixels resolution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2ialOELeo0K096sgE_NxbXsIrFaKWbsUSio0Mah0mCyMdrQJ9h6AkwTsop1zwcVzhLInWcqZTo_bACPxvSA5TryV2EZ0XoCvMnC5STKeknmTctyTvBSb7NqC-7g5cM36qMhtOtAbaoo/s1600/asus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2ialOELeo0K096sgE_NxbXsIrFaKWbsUSio0Mah0mCyMdrQJ9h6AkwTsop1zwcVzhLInWcqZTo_bACPxvSA5TryV2EZ0XoCvMnC5STKeknmTctyTvBSb7NqC-7g5cM36qMhtOtAbaoo/s1600/asus.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">asus hd pad</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><b>Operating System</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This device is based on Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and can be upgraded to <b>4.2 Jelly Bean.</b> Its home screen looks very impressive and comfortable. So we can say it is an  user friendly product. The application is loaded with great ease and speed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">And  this device is quite light and can be portable with its QWERTY board  through which is also made available whenever we  need to be attached.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ8nBCR-DR8nXeTZIU_YWU2bV5E4-kvu9svTlCSbLbiIX5XUBmvDOEJi4J-H7JdJPj5xG27vJ-wuuH1vNLiLXlGa85bIeBnw07LnUXpF1Aijm1INtSzEMCFJbYk3nP6Qds2fHgMhhcHo/s1600/asus+pad+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJ8nBCR-DR8nXeTZIU_YWU2bV5E4-kvu9svTlCSbLbiIX5XUBmvDOEJi4J-H7JdJPj5xG27vJ-wuuH1vNLiLXlGa85bIeBnw07LnUXpF1Aijm1INtSzEMCFJbYk3nP6Qds2fHgMhhcHo/s1600/asus+pad+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">asus T Pad</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Processor and Looks</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Transformer pad is equipped with Nvidia tegra 3 quad-core processor. and its processing capacity is 1.2 GHz. The tablet has a 1 GB DDR3 RAM. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Device performance is very  good  in particularly in gaming fun.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It has a micro HDMI port so it can be connected to HD TV or monitor and a full-screen Android games can be enjoyed on it. It does not look like the iPad but it is not much lower the ipad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPGZzqYs7RXJ7aSC6TOkSy-cDB7jFlGhKsMUGaR757YTHEQX_0TBXU1yji8J3QNjPFYel_R3hx9Y617ILyEjHIimcDj-kacGSs0cwWznVl98fmD3rKDWHVLzrtWWS6wDP_zT4_kAKoss/s1600/asus+pad+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPGZzqYs7RXJ7aSC6TOkSy-cDB7jFlGhKsMUGaR757YTHEQX_0TBXU1yji8J3QNjPFYel_R3hx9Y617ILyEjHIimcDj-kacGSs0cwWznVl98fmD3rKDWHVLzrtWWS6wDP_zT4_kAKoss/s1600/asus+pad+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">asus</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is no problem even in multi-tasking. In Transformer pads there the WiFi, Bluetooth, accelerometers and GPS connectivity etc are present. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Camere</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The device has a 1.2 mp front facing camera and its performance is average.But there  is also 8 mp  rear camera which is very good  in terms of performance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfPECezoIoEILo8M6I3qAc93_XvxUU5VW_tEn4hii4mQLKCqzdw5lVuI4ktLuASKpd2HaBGUd72gQEjfcwXJn6MZotxPrTdWTvaRWNyOXBwz4KYek0EP13awVQHZzx-iPm3mwh2ENW9I/s1600/asus4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfPECezoIoEILo8M6I3qAc93_XvxUU5VW_tEn4hii4mQLKCqzdw5lVuI4ktLuASKpd2HaBGUd72gQEjfcwXJn6MZotxPrTdWTvaRWNyOXBwz4KYek0EP13awVQHZzx-iPm3mwh2ENW9I/s1600/asus4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">asus HD Pad</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Battery Backup</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Asus Transformer Pad battery backup is very  good. After once full charging  the device can be run  up more than 10 hours. The device can be used upto 8 hrs in heavy use. In terms of overall backup pad transformer you will have no complaints.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br />Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/102418621855646948908" rel="author">Narendra Kumar</a>

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Tayto Chocolate

1:10 AM Tukiyooo 0

Tayto is a famous brand of Irish made potato chips or as the Irish say "crisps".<div><br></div><div>A few months ago Tayto came out with a limited edition Crisp Chocolate bar.  I've been searching to buy one for ages for a colleague in work who loves Tayto.  It has been selling out instantly when it arrives in shops.</div><div><br></div><div>This morning when I was in the petrol station I saw it so I instantly bought a bar to take in to work to give my friend.  I wonder what it tastes like!!!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sRjaTU0bRIpuvhnQdQy_QhUTT1ANQFEpzDEt_vCVBtfe3KADB5SHpKwhrtAdg1kT0FifDCcfcilavTG0Ek-fe3HO8zeQOnd3ydRMzmFnUEdhjIFXng_LqQmIdPx1lShq8o4dSRYVkndz/s640/blogger-image-583775312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sRjaTU0bRIpuvhnQdQy_QhUTT1ANQFEpzDEt_vCVBtfe3KADB5SHpKwhrtAdg1kT0FifDCcfcilavTG0Ek-fe3HO8zeQOnd3ydRMzmFnUEdhjIFXng_LqQmIdPx1lShq8o4dSRYVkndz/s640/blogger-image-583775312.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">By the way, have you ever eaten a crisp sandwich? 2 slices of white bread, butter and a packet if Tayto crisps.  Not my thing but plenty of Irish people (particularly students) love it.</div><br></div>

Tayto Chocolate

Tayto is a famous brand of Irish made potato chips or as the Irish say "crisps". A few months ago Tayto came out with a limited ed...

Denver, Photographed

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

Here are a few slideshows of photos I took while in Denver last week for the AIA Convention.<br /><br />Denver Art Museum (Gio Ponti, 1971; and Daniel Libeskind, 2006) and Denver Public Library (Michael Graves, 1996):<br /><object height="480" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634327389410%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F9137742386%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634327389410%2Fwith%2F9137742386%2F&set_id=72157634327389410&jump_to=9137742386"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634327389410%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F9137742386%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634327389410%2Fwith%2F9137742386%2F&set_id=72157634327389410&jump_to=9137742386" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Clyfford Still Museum (Allied Works, 2011):<br /><object height="480" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634329122052%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F9136367947%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634329122052%2Fwith%2F9136367947%2F&set_id=72157634329122052&jump_to=9136367947"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634329122052%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F9136367947%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634329122052%2Fwith%2F9136367947%2F&set_id=72157634329122052&jump_to=9136367947" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (David Adjaye, 2007)<br /><object height="480" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634352082706%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F9146710349%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634352082706%2Fwith%2F9146710349%2F&set_id=72157634352082706&jump_to=9146710349"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634352082706%2Fshow%2Fwith%2F9146710349%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Farchidose%2Fsets%2F72157634352082706%2Fwith%2F9146710349%2F&set_id=72157634352082706&jump_to=9146710349" width="640" height="480"></embed></object>

Denver, Photographed

Here are a few slideshows of photos I took while in Denver last week for the AIA Convention. Denver Art Museum (Gio Ponti, 1971; and Daniel ...

Paula Deen Does Not Hate Niggers

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkFS7BBkUWRF4_d-E999tUbNUYWsPU9i0qVQ12u1hNFtjw9FxsAXERKq0YM8ff0NysfS8GkbdEv96MA7SMExEoasJijep1bmkvq1KXVrfw0yXzvKDmdqcWRWYIpqzz9ZLM67k1-xwdAI/s1600/Paula+Deen+Racism+Nigger+Food+Network.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkFS7BBkUWRF4_d-E999tUbNUYWsPU9i0qVQ12u1hNFtjw9FxsAXERKq0YM8ff0NysfS8GkbdEv96MA7SMExEoasJijep1bmkvq1KXVrfw0yXzvKDmdqcWRWYIpqzz9ZLM67k1-xwdAI/s400/Paula+Deen+Racism+Nigger+Food+Network.jpg" width="400" /></a>Hey Y’all!!  Paula Deen here, guest blogging for news-these-days.com today.<br /><br />Why am I writing on the glorious pages of the IWS Radio website, y’all ask?<br /><br />Well…It’s part of my racially charged rhetoric rehabilitation process.  I have apologized on You Tube.<br /><br />Yesterday I somewhat, but not really, apologized for my bigoted invectives on the Today Show with Matt Lauer, and today?<br /><br />Here I am on <i>I’m With Stupid</i> in all of my repentant, resplendent, and buttery glory coming to you in the wrote down fashion type a thing.<br /><br />For the next forty days and forty nights, that began with the aforemended You Tube thing, I am going to appear on every type of media outlet that will have me, in order to apologize and/or defend myself.<br /><br />I’m calling my hurried and harried media mea culpa blitz…<br /><br /><i>Paula’s Incredible Edible Regrettable Tour™ !!</i><br /><br />Let me tell you folks.  I have only used the word, nigger once in my life, and that was when I was describing, to my husband mind y’all, the assailant who put a gun to my head during a bank robbery.<br /><br />I was shaken and stirred and knew not what I was saying, and y’all know what?<br /><br />When I think about it, it would have been better if I had called the guy with the gun to my head, a nigger, because if I had, I would probably be dead and not have to suffer the unwarranted and hurtful stones being cast upon me by the media and public opinion.<br /><br />People are out to destroy me, because they are jealous of my success.  People like Lisa Jackson who say that I created a hostile work environment full of racial jokes and pornography.  I have even been attributed to saying the following:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitOtS_QM06ILEbFkAigFsv6G3ClMzGlYYOEOPcnNCr3nT-SEbfNRosZPcrtxcji2Ymz897F7SVKZ-Ro2WVaq_ul_4lvPJk7k3SYA9jOglHr9xSOFU2q_EJsV-Zt78MRkaVTlfIZUSJRA/s1600/Paula+Deen+Food+Network+Racist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitOtS_QM06ILEbFkAigFsv6G3ClMzGlYYOEOPcnNCr3nT-SEbfNRosZPcrtxcji2Ymz897F7SVKZ-Ro2WVaq_ul_4lvPJk7k3SYA9jOglHr9xSOFU2q_EJsV-Zt78MRkaVTlfIZUSJRA/s400/Paula+Deen+Food+Network+Racist.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />What…on…Earth?<br /><br />How could I have said that…I would never go for something like that.  I mean c’mon y’all…<br /><br />Long sleeves and bow ties with shorts?  That’s just a stupid look!!  They would have to wear pants!!  No self-respecting, tap dancing, wait staff jigaboo tap dances in shorts!!<br /><br />Listen y’all…My culinary media empire is strong.  I built my success upon a foundation of sturdy, high cholesterol, and deep fried blocks.  I didn’t build the foundation of my industry success upon the shakiness of a bunch of niggers in a woodpile.  Although…<br /><br />I was the one who got Patrick and Gina Neely their own show on The Food Network, so maybe I did have a couple of darkies in the foundational mix, but listen…<br /><br />I love Patrick and Gina so much, and they are black mind you, that I had my friend and ceramics guy Jim “Butterfingers” Vogel, form and bake me up a couple of little statues of the Neelys, which are always on display atop my kitchen table, as you can clearly see…<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvZV8_Om1XGuQtgkT_z4DU2tqPGCXHd6uPV0BKccvGYF5Gi8wpA7-CEt2BmriEl7uWzlNVjdvJpk4tiC5U5HI7T-U5gX6VHnXZaGkkfWUsv8PS4YxonX8PbOOhPmPBtSTwzbCXwN0h68/s1600/Lawn+Jockey+Racist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvZV8_Om1XGuQtgkT_z4DU2tqPGCXHd6uPV0BKccvGYF5Gi8wpA7-CEt2BmriEl7uWzlNVjdvJpk4tiC5U5HI7T-U5gX6VHnXZaGkkfWUsv8PS4YxonX8PbOOhPmPBtSTwzbCXwN0h68/s400/Lawn+Jockey+Racist.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />It's as though they are both holding giant doughnuts in their hands...Uh-huh, y’all…Who’s the racist now!!?<br /><br />And let me tell you before I go…<br /><br />After I moved out of mammy and pappy’s and got my first real job....One of the first things I did was buy a dog for protection.  He was strong, always alert, and a very well-hung dog.  And do y’all know what I named him?<br /><br />Shaft.<br /><br />This was even during the George Wallace years.  If that ain’t showing love for my bruthas and sistahs, I don’t know what is.<br /><br />Thanks for having me here today on <i>I’m With Stupid</i>, now if you’ll excuse me, I am off to have a well earned meal of fried chicken, collard greens, and watermelon with Darius Rucker.  He’s such a get-a-longer, go-a-longer.<br /><br />What?  No worries...Darius is one of those "tame ones."<br /><br /><i>Best Dishes to You,</i><br /><br />Paula Deen<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank">My Facebook Page</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br />Be sure to check out the I’m With Stupid podcast! 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Paula Deen Does Not Hate Niggers

Hey Y’all!! Paula Deen here, guest blogging for news-these-days.com today. Why am I writing on the glorious pages of the IWS Radio website,...

Build A Successful Weight Loss Treatment Business The Recession Proof Technique

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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Joe Smith</div><br /><br />  <div class='uawarticle'>You've been daydreaming for months about your new weight loss treatment and consulting services business. Even though that's a lot of fun and builds up excitement, you also need to deal with the reality of starting with a reasonable business model. Without a model, you could risk spending more money then you planned. For more tips on starting a business check out the following article.<br />  <br />  As a sales person, you should tell your customers how your products can enhance their lives. You should be knowledgeable about all of your products so that you can share the health benefits, safety benefits, cost-effectiveness, and other selling points that will please your customers.<br />  <br />  You may be talking big all over the media, but that is just the idea of the product you're selling. What matters most for the success of any weight loss treatment and consulting services business is to give what you promise. Make sure that ultimately what the customer gets to use is the finest product and what you as a weight loss clinic give him is the best service.<br />  <br />  Running a weight loss treatment and consulting services business requires a great deal of work, and it also requires ample funds. Finding the financial resources to start your weight loss clinic can be difficult, but once you do, you will be able to run your clinic without any restrictions. Be creative when it comes to funding to create a thriving business.<br />  <br />  Now that you are a weight loss treatment and consulting services business owner, you need to be careful about who you associate yourself with. If you do dealings with another weight loss clinic that has a reputation for being corrupt, that could reflect very negatively on your own business. Surround yourself with honest people and your business will seem much more trustworthy.<br />  <br />  Try to start some sort of loyalty program to recognize your best customers. It's often the little things that count. Send a birthday card on your customer's birthday, and they'll be flattered.<br />  <br />  While you are still in the very early planning stages of your weight loss treatment and consulting services business, you should already be deciding on your goals. Your goals are what will lead the day-to-day actions and decisions of your business. Without a clear set of goals, you will be left confused about what you need to do.<br />  <br />  Be unique when it comes to advertising. Don't go with the same marketing campaign that hundreds of other companies have used. Think creatively to come up with the advertising scheme that is great for your weight loss treatment and consulting services business particularly. This will help you to increase your profits greatly.<br />  <br />  Your employees cannot do the job you want them to do if you are not properly training them. You want all your employees to be working in a consistent way, so you should set up a training program that shows them exactly what they are supposed to do. Going over the correct methods for each task will cut down on error.<br />  <br />  </div><br />  <div class='uawresource'><br />  	<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br />  		About the Author:<br />  	</div><br />  	<div class='uawlinks'>If you are searching for additional tips created by experts, please open your best browser and search for <a href='http://www.surgicalweightlosscalifornia.com/'>bariatric surgery glendale ca</a>. You'll discover some interesting ideas related to <a href='http://www.surgicalweightlosscalifornia.com/about/'>bariatric surgeon california</a>.</div><br />  </div><br />

Build A Successful Weight Loss Treatment Business The Recession Proof Technique

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I am blessed!!

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INCREDIBLE - I have had 1742 views of my page since I started this blog just 5 days ago.  THANK YOU!!!!  This actually motivates me even more because I have so many who are obviously following  my progress.  I WILL DO THIS!!!<br /><br />I got my first email today about the FREE 3 day trial with kickstart60 - the virtual dietary professionals there to help "Kick start" my weight loss using the healthy DASH diet.  So far, I'm impressed with how I am made to feel like an individual vs a computer.  Mindy will be my registered dietician and I can't wait to see when she will have for me.  I hope she knows I'm a bit challenging ha!  Well, I'm PICKY, but I will make do with whatever we come up with.  They will provide COMPLETE shopping lists for easy meal planning - EXCITED about that alone!!!!  I mean, there are those who plan so well - like those who get PAID to shop by taking advantage of those coupons.  I admire them.  But, I look at papers all day at work, I do NOT want to see any when I get home!!  I must admit, I am a "go to the store and just grab stuff" kind of person.  Hmmm, might be why I am also overweight?  think? Nah.......I blame that on my addiction to SWEETS!!!!<br /><br />Again, go check out this wonderful program:  <a href="http://kickstarter60.com/">http://kickstarter60.com/</a>  They have other options such as individual phone dietary counseling.  You can also GIFT this program to someone....like ME!!!!!  Any takers????  sigh, ok, no begging!  I can do this right??? I WILL do this!!<br /><br />Last night I had a great TEXT conversation with Karen Mann - she's the wife of Dr. Michael Mann.  We crack each other up.   She's so much fun, she encourages me all of the time.  We officially set the day for me to go weigh in for Friday!!!  I will "think" about being brave to video the FIRST weigh in.  But, when I do that, I will be exposing my weight, so that will take courage.  But I think by exposing it, it's confronting it head on.  Just like any other emotional baggage, if you hide it away, it's going to keep creeping  back in your life one way or another.  So, I think by exposing it will be acknowledging that I have an issue.  Kind of that AA approach.<br /><br />Today was the same repeat of yesterday in my diet (LEFT OVERS ROCK).  Once I get going on Kickstarter60, I will post some pictures of my great recipes I make.  I may not share those direct recipes on my blog because I will want others to subscribe to that service and give them that respect.  But I will also make some of my own, that I will share.  <br /><br />I chose a bad time to start this diet, tonight is BIG BROTHER premier.   Three nights a week where I have to keep my hand out of the chip bowl while watching drama, will be torture.  For those of you who love big brother and you don't have time to spend 3 nights a week, please visit my friend Jamie Merlo's blog:  <a href="http://big-brother-15-blog.blogspot.com/">http://big-brother-15-blog.blogspot.com/</a> .  She blogs FULL TIME during big brother season.  She has access to the live feeds that she watches probably 20 hours a day lol.  (You are also invited to get the live feeds through her website).  I am a chat moderator in her blog chat room (yes, I am THAT hard core).  If you have a few pennies, donate (not required) because she does do this literally full time during the entire season!!!  <br /><br />HAPPY HUMP DAY!!!!!  <br /><br /><br /><br />

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Find Out How To Get Flat Abs For Women

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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Leonor Rivera</div><br /><br />  <div class='uawarticle'>Learning how to get flat abs for women can be extremely empowering. This is one of the most common trouble zones and it is also one of the most difficult to target. Fortunately, the right forms of a training and the proper diet can produce remarkable results in record time.<br />  <br />  It is important to note that there are many different ways to train the abdominal region or core muscles. People do not always have to perform exercises for targeting this area while lying prone. In addition to sit-ups and crunches there are many Pilates-based activities and standing exercises that can be used to this end.<br />  <br />  There are also a variety of cardiovascular activities that will help ladies to gain washboard stomach. For instance, running or jogging programs that are regularly implemented can help a person to gain a tight and well-toned abdomen fairly quickly. These activities also help to burn away stored fats so that new muscle tone gets maximum visibility.<br />  <br />  One very important aspect of training this area is learning to use the correct form. These muscles are among the most important in the body because the are necessary for good balance and for protecting spinal health. This is why people should work hard to keep these muscles properly engaged at all times.<br />  <br />  Simply drawing your core muscles in and upwards and then holding them in is how you can engage this muscle group. This allows people to exercise more effectively without causing undue harm to their bodies. When these remain engage, people have the ability to glean more advantages form their workouts.<br />  <br />  The neck is also something that ladies should focus on when attempting to do abdominal exercises with the proper form. For instance, if you are doing a sit-up, your chin should not be angled into your chest. This will cause you to place the majority of the labor on your neck, rather than your stomach. Your waistline will essentially remain unchained while your neck will become more muscular. It is far better to keep a small space between the chin and the chest. This should be about the size of an apple.<br />  <br />  Conditioning for this region of the body should have two main components. You should engage in strength-building exercises in order to develop these muscles. You must also perform fat-burning activities in order to reduce fat deposits. These efforts together will make the abdomen smoother, flatter and far more visually appealing. You can alternate different activities so that you never become too sore to maintain true to your training regimen. You must also stretch this area to avoid physical pain and muscle strain.<br />  <br />  Another major part of learning <A href="http://www.themabs.com">how to get flat abs for women</A> is discovering the best foods. Certain foods promote higher levels of fat loss in the stomach area than others. Consuming plenty of fresh produce and herbs like cayenne pepper will amp up your metabolism and help you to drop unwanted fat stores from your waist.<br />  <br />  </div><br />  <div class='uawresource'><br />  	<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br />  		About the Author:<br />  	</div><br />  	<div class='uawlinks'>If you are wondering how to get flat abs for women, go to the web pages at <a href="http://www.themabs.com">www.themabs.com</a> today. You can see techniques and tips at http://www.themabs.com now.</div><br />  </div><br />

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Teamsters approve national UPS contract; freight contract rejected in separate referendum

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We know you're interested in what's going on with UPS, so we're just posting the press release here:<br /><br />The Teamsters Union announced today that a majority of UPS Teamsters have voted to approve a new five-year national contract that contains significant wage increases and other improvements.<br /><br />The vote on the contract, the largest collective bargaining agreement in North America, was<br />34,307 to 30,202<br /><br />The union also announced that UPS Freight Teamsters have rejected a proposed five-year national agreement with UPS Freight by a vote of 1,897 to 4,244.<br /><br />Highlights of the new UPS contract, which covers about 240,000 union-represented employees, include wage increases totaling $3.90 per hour over the five-year term of the agreement, an increase in the starting part-time wage rate, the creation of 2,350 full-time jobs, protections from harassment and intimidation by supervisors, protections for employees who choose to work fewer hours in a day and guaranteed vacation time for employees coming back from military leave and other improvements. The agreement also maintains the current practice of no employee contributions for monthly premiums for health insurance.<br /><br />A provision in the contract that changes the health care plan for some UPS Teamsters led to the rejection of 17 local supplements and riders to the national agreement. The provision moves 140,000 UPS Teamsters from their current UPS health plan into a new plan that will be jointly administered by the Teamsters Union and employers. That change was made because during negotiations, UPS said it would cut health benefits that members currently receive in the company plan and raise the cost to employees significantly.<br /><br />The Teamster negotiating committees responsible for the supplements and riders that were not approved by a majority of voting members will be talking with the members in their areas. In the meantime, the Teamsters Union will schedule meetings to engage the company in further negotiations to achieve our members’ objectives.<br /><br />The Teamsters National UPS Freight Negotiating Committee will be scheduling negotiations with UPS Freight soon in order to address members’ concerns. That agreement, which covers about 10,000 union-represented workers, will then need to be voted on again by the members.

UPS Teamsters approve national UPS contract; freight contract rejected in separate referendum

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Massive protests against poverty led by unions around the globe

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<div>Across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people are revolting against the 1 percent that's looting every last penny from their wallets. They're marching in the streets, calling general strikes and toppling governments. They<a href="http://inserbia.info/news/2013/05/germany-frankfurt-blockupy-protest/"> blockaded the central bank in Frankfurt</a> on Friday. They set<a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/2013/06/swedish-riots-what-really-happened"> fires to cars </a>in Sweden's suburbs last May. They've taken hundreds of arrests in <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/rev-william-barber-moral-mondays_n_3495176.html">North Carolina's Statehouse</a> since April. They held a<a href="http://rt.com/news/anti-g8-protests-belfast-758/"> massive rally  before the G8 Summit</a> in Northern Ireland a week and a half ago. One hundred thousand are protesting in <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/world/story/protests-intensify-before-brazil-vs-uruguay-confederations-cup-semifinal-belo-horizonte-062613?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">Belo Horizante</a>, Brazil, today.  <br /><br />The 99 Percent has awakened to the reality that corporations will co-opt their governments and impoverish them all unless we stop them.  <br /><br />Call it the global revolt against poverty. And labor unions are at the vanguard.<br /><br />The mainstream media has been slow to connect the massive unrest that's roiled the globe over the past few years. You can draw a straight line from the Wisconsin uprising of 2011 to protests against No Rights At Work in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, through the Occupy movement all the way to today's Moral Monday protests in North Carolina.<br /><br />Few noticed on March 26, 2011 that<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/03/la-march-for-jobs-swells-as-uk-march26.html"> 20,000 people marched in Los Angeles</a> to protest the war on workers as a half-million people marched in London to protest austerity cuts. Even fewer would connect the <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/06/sneak-tpp-meeting-inspires-canadian.html">campaign against the Trans-Pacific Partnership</a> with the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/american-factory-boss-held-hostage-beijing-article-1.1380831">Chinese workers who took their American factory owner hostage</a> when he came to lay them off.  <br /><br />They are all part and parcel of the same discontent with billionaires and corporations that have grown too powerful and too predatory. And practically everywhere, unions are leading the fight.<br /><br />In Europe, the 99 percent is fed up with cuts to education, health care and retirement pensions so governments can pay back the banks that cheated them. They want an end to the misery of high unemployment, inequality and a recession that never ends. In Spain, Portugal and France, the tens of thousands who marched in the streets on Friday call themselves the Citizen's Tide. <a href="http://english.pravda.ru/world/europe/06-06-2013/124763-protests_austerity-0/">Pravda</a> reports:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The criticism of this "Citizen's Tide" against austerity cuts and bailout of banks joined together unions, associations and organizations fighting against evictions or the pressure on citizens exerted by the banks which have been rescued with public funds.</blockquote>The next day, Italy's largest trade union confederations<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/22/italy-unemployment-protest-idUSL5N0EY05Y20130622"> led 100,000 people in a Rome rally</a> to protest the jobs crisis. Nine days before that, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22883236">Greek unions called a 24-hour general strike</a> to protest the dismantling of government-owned broadcast stations.  <br /><br />The story is a little different in the United States, but only by degree. Unions are leading the battle against the unfair employment system that robs workers of wages, freedom and dignity. Sometimes that takes the form of a lobbying campaign against the TPP. Sometimes it takes shape as a massive protest against an anti-worker bill being rammed through a legislature. Sometimes it's a court battle over an abusive workplace practice. Sometimes it's the boots on the ground for a political campaign.<br /><br />But wherever there's a fight for decent wages, for education for children, for retirement security for all, for fairness and freedom in the workplace, you will find a union member in the thick of it. </div>

Massive protests against poverty led by unions around the globe

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Gal pal meet up

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Met up with my two besties this evening. We had a great chat and catch up.  There was a lot of holiday talk with Amy and I just back and Alice heading off to Fuerteventura in 2 weeks.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj9RmfO7VALmakbldLv9v_sQ_wcCw6JWsYRyzZgz2UeAPBpjReVYn2OZjOipzvqRi_lUe-CKlyag7qvKGantaq9XF_wGjxfSXOy8FJ5cKTi5qbAY7dyqtxfXhC9hXYrpp6s5fuJBIBv-7/s1600/2013-06-26%25252021.51.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj9RmfO7VALmakbldLv9v_sQ_wcCw6JWsYRyzZgz2UeAPBpjReVYn2OZjOipzvqRi_lUe-CKlyag7qvKGantaq9XF_wGjxfSXOy8FJ5cKTi5qbAY7dyqtxfXhC9hXYrpp6s5fuJBIBv-7/s400/2013-06-26%25252021.51.42.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had wanted to take a nice pic of us in Starbucks but I forgot so these were snapped in the car park. Lol!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLuMaG_dbfSNdiK0bmsHVfIg8b5oLGeLDrIacCmxUGP8JXxgKbz94Bekb18SXc7XOdUUfdGpeSiAju_QGITabv16gbPaLbcbi-zkyjZRKf0YH3Df5Ne6uMfzGGJb8AKA3GLkP7jsk20n7/s1600/2013-06-26%25252021.51.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLuMaG_dbfSNdiK0bmsHVfIg8b5oLGeLDrIacCmxUGP8JXxgKbz94Bekb18SXc7XOdUUfdGpeSiAju_QGITabv16gbPaLbcbi-zkyjZRKf0YH3Df5Ne6uMfzGGJb8AKA3GLkP7jsk20n7/s400/2013-06-26%25252021.51.25.jpg"> </a> </div>

Gal pal meet up

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How To Get The Most From Weight Loss

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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Edwin J. Billingsley</div><br /><br />  <div class='uawarticle'>You must have proper motivation to enjoy successful weight loss. Don't try to lose the weight to please anyone else; you need to do this for yourself. Use the information you find here to find the necessary motivation to maximize your weight loss.<br />  <br />  Instead of lying down or sitting while on the phone, turn this time into a mini workout. Rather than lounging on the couch as you talk, try walking around the house. You don't have to perform strenuous exercises. Just get your body moving, and you'd be surprised at how much those calories will add up.<br />  <br />  Exercising to get fit is an important part of your weight loss plan. You should strive to workout for at least 30 minutes every single day. Consider joining a club or group that performs activities that you like doing. You can also make new friends this way. These people will often motivate you to stay committed to your fitness plan.<br />  <br />  Hiking outdoors is a great method of achieving weight loss goals. You will not only enjoy nature, but you will also be able to burn calories as well. Hike more rigorously to burn extra calories.<br />  <br />  Find a fitness buddy to help you stay motivated. Knowing another person who has goals similar to yours, participates in the same workouts and follows a similar diet can really keep you dedicated. As a pair, you can provide mutual support anytime dedication seems to wane or one of you starts to grow discouraged.<br />  <br />  Add an exercise program when trying to lose weight. Go out and join the neighborhood gym if you can afford to. Pilates, Tai Chai, walking and jogging are some other choices. Talk with your doctor before beginning a health program. You can stay healthy just by doing exercises at home.<br />  <br />  Try sucking on an ice cube when you feel as if you want to have a snack or some junk food. This trick works well because the desire to eat is often sated just by having some sort of foodstuff in your mouth.<br />  <br />  Your weight loss goals should be realistic. If your goals are unrealistic, then you'll have a harder time achieving them. If you try to loose 15 pounds in a few weeks, you are going to fail or be in very poor health. Instead, make your goals attainable. Try to not look at the overall picture, but instead focus on your weekly goals. Break it up into attainable weekly goals and focus on reaching each goal.<br />  <br />  All types of exercise will lead to weight loss. Sex has shown to lessen a persons cravings for harmful types of food. Exercise can also help you burn calories and feel better overall. There are even ways of having sex in which you can burn as many as 150 calories every 30 minutes.<br />  <br />  If you smoke, you may want to gradually quit your habit and not quit cold turkey. At least don't quit at this moment. Smoking is an addiction, and quitting often leads to using food as a substitute. Weight gain is generally a result and not one that you were aiming for.<br />  <br />  When you are striving to lose weight, think about getting a fitness partner to keep you going. Do your workouts with each other, talk about how you're struggling and also talk about what you have achieved. When you both reach a milestone, celebrate. By having someone to be accountable to, you are less likely to give up on your goals and hit the snooze button in the morning.<br />  <br />  When you start feeling hungry, drink a glass of water and wait fifteen minutes before eating. Sometimes you feel hungry when you actually are thirsty, or just because you are bored. Take a walk and drink a cup of water to feel better. If you feel like you still need to eat then perhaps it may be time to nourish your body.<br />  <br />  As time goes on, you should know when you are hungry as opposed to being emotional and going for food. Using food as a crutch is quite common, it may surprise you how often you do it too.<br />  <br />  Eat each meals at the same times everyday when you are trying to lose weight. When you are aware of when the next meal is going to occur, you will be less likely to snack and stray from your routine. Establish a schedule for eating and stick to it.<br />  <br />  Work can be the enemy of a great diet plan. Many jobs require a great deal of sitting and promote a sedentary attitude. Get up off your chair every chance you get. Hand deliver documents to someone in the building, or run a work errand for an overwhelmed co-worker. Being active at work can be refreshing, and will help you to avoid weight gain.<br />  <br />  To help you save money while losing weight, buy your clothes at thrift stores. This is a good idea because you do not want to spend a lot of money on clothes that will not fit you for long.<br />  <br />  When you partner up with a love one, you create a buddy system that allow you both to motivate each other throughout the weight loss process. Support can be key to your weight loss.<br />  <br />  It's been proven that having cereal five days every week helps you shed pounds. Cereal gives you essential calcium as well as fiber that's great for your heart. Not every brand is suitable for weight loss, so don't grab Fruit Loops! Cereals with low amounts of sugar, like Total and Grape Nuts are helpful.<br />  <br />  Think about keeping a food log or dairy, as it can help you monitor your caloric intake. If you write down what you eat, it will be easier to see what mistakes you are making that are hindering your weight loss efforts. Having the diary to keep you paying attention to what you are consuming will do wonders for reducing your caloric intake.<br />  <br />  There is no magic pill for weight loss. You have to change what you are doing physically and tweak what you are putting into your body. If you will follow our tips, you will find success at effectively losing the weight that you want to lose and keeping it off.<br />  <br />  </div><br />  <div class='uawresource'><br />  	<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br />  		About the Author:<br />  	</div><br />  	<div class='uawlinks'>Have a look at the online site at <a href="http://weightlossgurus.org">http://www.weightlossgurus.org/</a> for more awesome weight loss guidelines or in addition browse the <a href="http://weightlossgurus.org/helpful-weight-loss-exercise-tips/">most effective weight loss exercise</a> page here</div><br />  </div><br />

How To Get The Most From Weight Loss

By Edwin J. Billingsley You must have proper motivation to enjoy successful weight loss. Don't try to lose the weight to please anyo...