Thursday, October 17, 2013
UPDATE (10am-Thurs) Email/Text from Dothan Mayor Mike Schmitz in Beijing China. Meeting with CEO of Hong Kong on Friday. -- TheMeck.BlogSpot.com
YINGKE LAW FIRM In Beijing, China - Photo/MayorMike iPhone
Dodgers blast four HRs, force Game 6 - Bob Nightengale - USATODAY - Oh, there are few teams better in the planet when playing elimination games, but when they have that fat lead, they play like fat cats. And once again, given a chance to end this National League Championship Series, pulling the plug on the Los Angeles Dodgers' season, they decided to give them mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Spanish high school teacher who posed naked for Playboy is fired - NY Daily News - Cristy Nicole Deweese has reportedly been fired from her Spanish teaching post at Townview Magnet High School in Dallas after parents were outraged by the revelation that she had been Playboy's 'Coed of the Month' during college.
The Desiccated Thyroid Controversy: Why Endocrinologists Don't Like Armour Thyroid - Thyroid.about.com - Mary Shomon - If you're not familiar with desiccated thyroid, here's a quick rundown. Desiccated (dried) thyroid is a thyroid hormone replacement drug, prepared from the thyroid gland from pigs -- also known as "porcine thyroid." Some of the brand names including Armour Thyroid, Nature-throid, and Westhroid. Desiccated thyroid is a prescription drug, and it's regulated by the FDA. It has been on the market and safely used for more than 100 years. Until synthetic thyroxine (also known generically as levothyroxine, with brand names including Synthroid, Levoxyl, and Levothroid) was introduced in the 50s, desiccated thyroid was the only thyroid hormone replacement medication. -- All along, Synthroid has been sponsor of medical meetings, golf outings, symposia, research grants, and speakers' fees, and is the chief provider of lunches at medical offices, patient literature, pens, pads, mugs, and other freebies, giveaways, and marketing items for decades.
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