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According to the Firearms Tactical Institute #1 Buck is 30% more effective than OO Buck. Anyone care to comment? Is this based on any real world experiences?
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I have always heard (and spread) the praises of #4 Buck, but I have been leaning towards #2/#4 magnum duplex loads in my house gun for a couple of years now.
The only advantage that 00 would have over smaller pellets is in depth of penetration and some extended range. I'd rather hit someone with four or five #1 pellets than 1 or 2 00 pellets.
I've patterned a bunch of differnet shotguns with a bunch of different rounds. I have some notes here from an 870 improved cylinder choke at 15 yards that shows about an extra 2 or 3 pellets between 000 buck and 0 buck. There is less than .05" difference in the diameters of those pellets, so give me the 0 every time.
There were almost twice as many #4 pellets as 0 buck but there is a bigger difference in pellet size (almost 1 tenth of an inch).
What are we trying to accomplish when we shoot someone? Shutdown the nervous system or breakdown the support structure of the body. At anything but very close range the shotgun is not very good for the latter of those two options (not counting slugs). Personally, I believe that the more pellets you get on the body the more nerve trauma you are going to cause (more wounds). Thus, birdshot would be great for a nasty nerve trauma wound, BUT bridshot isn't even going to penetrate a Salvation Army rack Members Only jacket at 30 yards.
The line you have to find is the most pellets that will still carry enough weight to give you decent pentration (of clothing and body) at the range you anticipate confrontation. There is a very strong argument for #7 heavy upland game loads for someone in an apartment, but the street LEO should not consider anything smaller than #4, IMHO.
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I agree with you choice of #1 buck. I've had excellent results with it. You can get 20 #1 pellets in 2 3/4 magnum load compared to 9 or 12 pellets in 00 buck. The #1 vs 00 equates to 30 cal vs 33 cal. I'll take the #1 magnum over 00 any time. I've had good penetration with both.
I shoot Ithacas and for some reason, #4 doesn't pattern well in my guns. I never bothered to find out why because I prefer the #1 buck. Hope this helps.
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10 signs you may be a Juggalo
There is a monster out there eating our children.
It's a long scaly beast with a spiked tail that has an irritated twitch to it, especially when a fresh kill is near. The face of the beast is round and flabby covered with clown paint and locked in a permanent insidious smile. The eye sockets are deep and covered with red veins, the eyes themselves simply giant dollar signs. The worst part of the beast is the sound it makes, a clumsy and desperate call to arms for those who feel they've fallen far below the radar.
The beast is drawn to insecurity, ignorance and youthful inadequacy as a shark would be drawn to an open ocean filled with blood. It's not chum in these waters but young America, teens and twentysomethings all brought up on the empty promises of the generation before them. These are the children of video games, DVDs, Internet access and the mall. The American way of life has raised these children and now, with the beast behind them, they have come back to roost. The only emotion I can feel is fear, fear that the future is upon us, and it's called Juggalo (Jug-a-Low).
For those uninitiated or just lucky enough to have avoided the whole unpleasant incident altogether a Juggalo is a devout follower of the Insane Clown Posse a band so devoid of talent it's almost shocking to the system. Their followers are a devoted group who hinge on the Insane Clown Posse's every word in hopes that they will glean some form of true rebellion from their little tribe. ICP (Insane Clown Posse) are their God and the music is the divine word.
Like most false prophets the rebellion promised by ICP is devoid of any truth. What seems like theme music for the outsider is simply boring adolescent images of violence and revenge adorned by the most convenient type of physical manifestation. Giant earrings, bad tattoos, silly hairstyles and a lame attempt at another "language" are all the ICP servant is given for his years of faithful service. This beast is ruthless and as the children are given fewer and fewer heroes it becomes easier to eat them.
To avoid falling into this pit, to avoid the despair that comes with finding yourself deep in some backwoods area covered in clown face paint waiting for a show to begin featuring music that would have driven the creators of rap into a fast suicide, I have come up with ten sure signs that you could be Juggalo.
Any one of these signs alone won't do it but if you find yourself associating with three or more then it's time for some serious introspection, as you have become food for the beast. Use these ten things well and perhaps you can avoid being gobbled up by the clown faced lizard creature that roams in the night.
10. The Frame Holding Your High School Diploma Is Empty.
Having read and watched interviews with Juggalos and even the actual Insane Clowns from the posse it seems that education is not a high priority here. I'm sure statistically that somewhere out there roams a Nuclear Physicist or Pulitzer Prize Winning author that counts themselves amongst the Juggelo elite. As of right now I have never met them and I've been hard pressed to find anybody who has.
I'm sure there are Juggalos right now who are reading this and boiling at the idea that I'm calling them stupid. I would just ask that before you send in your proof of purchase seals to buy the ICP Brass Knuckle Set with which to beat me senseless. You take a breath and ask yourself how many college graduate Juggalos you know. Do you as a Juggalo really care about education? Do it quickly before your beer gets warm.
09. Korn & Limp Bizkit Are Just A Little Too Experimental For You
I've also noticed a lack of musical appreciation and taste within the Juggelo set. I say this based mainly on listening to the ICP catalog. Lyrically and musically all of these records sound the same. The beats are arranged the same, the instruments sound the same, even the cadence Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope rhyme to is repetitive. For as much as they claim to come from the dark side most of this sounds like hang out theme music from outside the local Denny's or Circle K. Show me where ICP break ground from anything they've done before and I'll buy into their dark side of the music world rhetoric.
08. You Are Older Than 12 And Still Insist On a Juggelo Nickname
While I can understand the pre-teen idea that it's cool to have a nickname, watching grown men christen themselves with names that feature the words "Crazy", "Bozack" or "Insane" is just laughable. The same goes for implying how many drugs you consume or how much alcohol you drink in your name e.g. Dusted Pete, KJ Kegger or Smoked Out Phil. I rarely hear more honest sounding nicknames from the Juggalo camp such as Shirtless Jack, Fries With That Freddy or Unemployed Steve. While I don't begrudge the ICP performers for having nicknames (it's all part of the show) we should agree that just the kiddy fans should keep the flashy monikers.
07. As A Girl Or "Juggalette" You Find The Degrading Comments and Objectification Kinda Cute.
As with most testosterone based music women are not only secondary citizens but also interchangeable window dressing. At the ICP "Gathering" they serve giant legs of turkey charmingly referred to as "Bitch Beaters" while the men try to get the women to show their breasts or berate them as Jugahoes. If a female Juggalette happens to pass the inspection of the largely overweight and un-bathed male Juggelos she might be referred to as a Necksnapper. This is apparently high praise. The best part is with all of that going on most of the female ICP fans giggle, smile insipidly or simply go along with it to be considered part of the crowd.
Now I realize a lot of Hip Hop is degrading to women but I was under the impression that Juggalos were all about unity and family. That this was a collective of the unwanted masses, a place people who had no solace could find some. Apparently that's not true if you are a female ICP fan. If you stay quiet long enough and listen carefully you may be able to hear Gloria Steinem weeping.
06. You Live A "Shirt Optional" Kind Of Life.
Do you find shirts annoying? Do you find anytime the perfect time to whip off your shirt and walk around? Does wearing a "Wife Beater" outside make you feel over dressed? It seems that shirts are a very optional item with the Juggalos. Part of me kind of respects that because they don't seem to care about what they look like without a shirt just that the shirt comes off. I'm especially fond of the shirtless-with-giant-shorts look.
Juggalos really seem to enjoy living in the 1994 Rave scene at least fashionably speaking. Giant shorts, pants with multiple zippers that sag so heavy your shoes vanish, and of course lots of necklaces and rings. Sometime soon when you're perusing your closet take stock of how many items like these you have and maybe write down on a piece of paper every time you take your shirt off. I think you'll be surprised.
05. You Feel That Adding "Alo" To Everything Makes You Part Of Something Subversive And Underground.
Fishalo, Gunalo, Bombalo, these are just some of the examples of new words you can make by adding "Alo" to the end of every word you say. Somehow Juggalos think that this gives their little tribe some kind of secret language only they know about. Really it's almost like lazy Pig Latin or the Shizzle Dizzle Epidemic that ran through pop culture a few years back. This isn't a code or a big secret because; well, mainly because we still know what you're saying you just sound silly saying it.
I'm also perplexed because trying to incorporate everything into the Juggalo world by adding the last three letters onto a word seems to work against the us vs. them ideal the Juggalos thrive on. Why expand the gene pool when you've spent so much time swimming in the shallow end?
04. You Have A Compulsive Need To Braid Your Hair
Does your hair often look like you got beaten up by a bunch of rubber bands? Perhaps it looks as if your growing a field of garbage bag twist ties atop your ICP infested melon? If this is true then you're well on your way to being a Juggalo. It could be the fashionable way to keep your hair out of your face whilst somebody sprays it white in reverence to your heroes. Then again it may keep that darn long hair from falling into your beer. Whatever the reason if you catch yourself constantly braiding your hair, male or female, then you'll have a place of high command in your local Juggalo army.
I'm surprised with all their other endeavors (movies, wrestling, etc) that the ICP guys haven't opened a Juggalo Hair Salon specializing in various types of braiding. They could teach advance bead placement, how to braid over dreads, how to only braid every other strand of hair and so on. This salon could be huge. In fact if either of the Insane Clowns decides this is a good idea I want a cut of the profits.
03. I Paint My Face, Therefore I Am
No Juggalo can be called true without a vast knowledge of how to paint themselves up with clown make up. Apparently Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope have many types of clown faces with many subtle levels. After all, subtly is the corner stone of the ICP Musical Experience. You can't just slop any old clown face on there and if you do then you're not a true Juggalo. Is it white face with black eyes? Red face with black eyes and chin, black face with white eyes and teeth, the choices are endless but you'd better know all of them.
Like any other serious movement in this country hiding your face is a must. The leaders of your little clan paint their faces so you must in turn pant your own face. ICP is about individual thought and not going along with the crowd so shut your mouth and get that damn face paint on!!
02. You Have An Over Developed Persecution Complex
This is a big one because it seems to be the Juggalo Mantra. If anything bad happens to you in your life it's because you are a Juggalo and people don't like you. With this understanding you can completely wash your hands of any type of responsibility for your actions. Drunk in public and acting like buffoon? Doesn't matter, those people really hate you because you're a Juggalo. You didn't get kicked out of the club for starting fights and groping girls, it was because you're a Juggalo!! No matter how silly or juvenile your actions are you live in a Juggalo Bubble that keeps fault and blame at bay. You don't need to change, society does.
It's not that the typical Juggalo spends his or her time drunk or high, it's that society doesn't understand them. Juggalos aren't lazy; the world holds them down because they stand for something too sinister to be let into a civilized world. After all, these are fans of two guys dressed as clowns who rap! Could there be anything more subversive? A Juggalo has a firm understanding that everything he does is for the greater good if only a blind and repressed society could see that.
01. You're Getting Really, Really, Really Angry Reading This
First and foremost a Juggalo has no sense of humor about his or her self. You can say whatever you want about other things but if anybody calls into question the Juggalo way of life then you must flip out completely. Having a sense of humor and being able to laugh at yourself and the genre of music you're dedicated to is right out of the question. This is a serious business this Horror Clown Rap and if anybody makes fun of it then you must rain fire and destruction down upon him or her.
Your need to show the world that Juggalos aren't mindless clods is best served by beating the crap out of anybody who says anything against them. You want the world to leave you alone, let you have your thoughts and opinions without judging you. However if anybody else expects the same thing from a Juggalo he or she will probably be spitting out a mouthful of teeth. That's always been the American way and now it's The Juggalo way.
These are the warning signs that the beast may come for you. Offering friendship and a place to belong he will extend his talon hand and pull you into a world that shows little hope for the human race. Be wary of this beast and use these ten indicators to protect yourself from it. If you turn a blinds eye to this then the egg—and clown make up—will be on your face forever.


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Researchers subsequently determined that the amount of EPA and DHA required to achieve or surpass the =8% Omega-3 Index target was a combined total of 1,000 mg of EPA and DHA daily. This amount is found in 3-4 "regular" fish oil softgels or 2 "concentrated" fish oil softgels.
The importance of omega-3 fatty acids to brain function relates to their role in the phospholipid composition of nerve cell membranes. A relative deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids in cellular membranes substantially impairs cell membrane function and has been implicated in depression, attention deficit disorder, and other psychological disturbances.
Fish oils concentrated for EPA and DHA have previously been shown to have positive effects for patients with schizophrenia in several studies as well as in bipolar disorder (manic depression). In a recent study, 28 patients with major depression were given a hefty dosage of omega-3 fatty acids (4,400 mg EPA/2,200 mg DHA) or placebo, on the top of their usual treatment, for 8 weeks. Evaluation of the subjects with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression showed that those taking the fish oils had a significantly improved score compared to the placebo group. These exciting results suggested that continued use may produce even greater benefit as there was a continued downward trend with time on the symptoms of depression.(8)
In another recent study, fish oil was shown to be very effective in improving borderline personality disorder (BPD) -- a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and mood, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood. In the study, 30 women with BPD were given either 1,000 mg of EPA or a placebo for 8 weeks. Detailed analyses using sophisticated measures found EPA to be superior to a placebo in diminishing aggression as well as the severity of depressive symptoms.(9) If fish oil can help BPD (and I believe that it does), it would be a godsend to many.
Did you know that breastfed infants are smarter and have higher IQs than formula fed infants? According to a large amount of research, the availability of DHA to the developing brain is one of the key reasons why they"re smarter. EPA and DHA are critical for proper brain development -- especially during the fetal and infant stage. A recent study tested the hypothesis that supplementing the mother"s diet during pregnancy and lactation with DHA and EPA could make their child smarter. In the study, a total of 341 pregnant women were supplemented with either omega-3 fatty acids (1,200 mg DHA, 800 mg EPA) or corn oil from 18 weeks of pregnancy through completion of lactation, and the children were examined at 4 years of age with an intelligence test. All of the children were breastfed exclusively for the first three months. Results indicated that the group getting the DHA and EPA scored considerably higher on the Mental Processing Composite tests at 4 years of age as compared with children whose mothers had taken corn oil.(10)
Think about the ramifications of helping children get a head start in life. Sadly, low levels of DHA during fetal and infant brain development may be one of the reasons why we are seeing so many children with attention deficit disorder, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other psychological illnesses.
Based upon the research looking at the amount of fish required to offer protection against heart disease, it appears that having fish several times a week will provide distinct health benefits. That translates to approximately 14 to 28 ounces of fish per week or roughly 1,000 mg of the EPA/DHA omega-3 fatty acids per day.
However, recent reports on the problems with contaminants in salmon and other fish have led to modifications in the amount of fish that should be consumed. For example, based upon the results of a recent study on the level of contaminants in salmon (particularly farmed salmon), the recommendation on safe levels of consumption per month aimed at avoiding any significant increase in cancer risks was roughly one portion per month for farmed salmon and no more than one or two portions per week for wild Alaskan salmon.(11,12)
The bottom line is that the best manner in which to achieve optimal levels of EPA and DHA is through the use of high quality fish oil. It simply eliminates the risk of ingesting unwanted toxic contaminants.
Higher quality products source their oil from small fish like sardine, mackerel, and anchovy which are low in the food chain. Levels of contaminants tend to rise in species that are higher in the food chain such as tuna or cod. High grade fish oils also go through a distillation process (either molecular or steam) in order to concentrate and purify the oil to ensure it"s virtually free from lipid peroxides, heavy metals, environmental contaminants, and other harmful compounds.
A "regular" fish oil softgel contains 300 mg of EPA/DHA (180 mg EPA and 120 mg DHA), while the "concentrated" fish oil softgels typically contain 600 mg of EPA/DHA.
For prevention, the recommended daily dosage is roughly 1,000 mg of EPA and DHA combined. The actual number of pills that you take is determined by the concentration of EPA/DHA (i.e., 2 softgels for the higher concentrated fish oils, 4 softgels for the lower). Higher dosages (e.g., 3,000 mg of EPA and DHA) have been used in therapeutic applications including lowering triglycerides, boosting mood, and reducing inflammation.
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Can You Know Where Charity Dollars Go? Not Easily
Can You Know Where Charity Dollars Go? Not Easily
The controversy over Three Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson and his charity has donors asking this question: How do I know if my charitable dollars go where I think they're going?
Not easily, answers Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy. He was one of the first to raise red flags about Mortenson's charity, Central Asia Institute (CAI). Last month, CBS' 60 Minutes also questioned how the group spent its funds.
"It ought to be legally required that if you're raising money for a cause, you have to be specific about what exactly that cause is," says Borochoff.
But he says that's not currently the case, and charities are often vague.
'Three Cups' Stirs Up Controversy
CAI notes on its website that it spends 85 percent of its money on programs, such as building schools and hiring teachers in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It fails to mention that its "programs" also include promoting Mortenson's books and lectures — something the charity says helps to educate the public about its cause.
"So as a donor, you've got to find out what is the charity's program, because they're not clear about it," says Borochoff.
He adds that donors can do some checking on their own. All charities file tax forms that are publicly available and include valuable information. In its latest filing, CAI clearly states that in 2009 it spent more on lectures and guest appearances in the U.S. — what it calls "domestic outreach" — than it did on overseas schools.
Leslie Lenkowsky, with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, says it's unclear whether Mortenson's group did anything illegal. Charities have a lot of leeway, by design. But he says there are broader concerns.
"One thing I would certainly encourage all donors to look at are things like composition of board of directors and turnover in key staff," he says.
Central Asia Institute has only a three-member board, including Mortenson himself. That's allowed, but it's not considered a very good model for oversight. An association of nonprofits in Montana, where the charity is based, recommends five board members at least.
"And then there's always the lesson that we all learn from our parents at a young age," says Lenkowsky. "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. And the notion that an organization in a short period of time could build as many schools as this one claimed to build, in very difficult parts of the world, would strain one's credulity."
Determining 'Meaningful Change' In People's Lives
So many experts warn donors not to get carried away by celebrity-driven causes. A big name doesn't mean a well-run charity. Questions have also been raised about nonprofits run by Madonna and by Haitian singer Wyclef Jean.
So what's a donor to do? They're often directed to independent rating sites, such as Charity Navigator. But even Charity Navigator's CEO, Ken Berger, says the system has shortcomings. He's revamping it next year to focus more on the actual impact charities have.
"And [to] provide data on what kind of meaningful changes they're providing in people's lives," Berger says. "What kind of statistics do they have that corroborate the stories that they tell?"
Berger hopes this will provide a more complete picture than the financial reports his site now relies upon. In fact, Charity Navigator gave Mortenson's group its highest rating, four stars, because it's financially sound. However, the rating site now also advises donors that CAI is the subject of an inquiry by Montana's attorney general. CAI says it will cooperate fully in that investigation.
Some watchdogs, including Borochoff, think more government oversight and regulation would help put donors' minds at ease. But there's resistance from charities. Tim Delaney, president of the National Council of Nonprofits, says the overwhelming majority of charities already do a good job.
"The answer is not to play gotcha at the back end," says Delaney. "The answer is getting in front of the problem and preventing situations in the first instance."
He says this means providing more training for those who run charities on how best to be transparent and more accountable to donors, so there are no unpleasant surprises.


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My friend Susan Vandendriesse, who works in the volunteer services department at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, recently gave me a tour of the gardens on the hospital's campus, where patients and staff can enjoy the beauty and solitude. In addition to the captivating garden areas, the hospital has an impressive collection of sculptures to enjoy.
A part of La Jolla since 1924, Scripps Hospital is continuing its tradition of bringing the healing powers of art and nature to the public. The hospital is one of the main sponsors of the La Jolla Historical Society's Secret Garden Tour of La Jolla. As a co-founder of the tour, I am very grateful for their continued support.
The 16th annual tour of some of La Jolla's loveliest secluded gardens is scheduled to begin at Wisteria Cottage, 780 Prospect St., Saturday, May 17, at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.lajollahistory.org/events/secret-garden-tour/.
The Wolfstein Sculpture Park was established in 1998 by Ralyn and Nathan Wolfstein in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple believes that art enhances the healing environment and that it should be enjoyed by all in celebrating life's special events. Over the years, others who have been inspired by the Wolfsteins' generosity have also donated different works of art to feature on the grounds.
At 11 a.m. on the first Tuesday of every month, the hospital offers docent-led tours of the Wolfstein Sculpture Park and grounds. The 90-minute tour is free and open to the public. Call 858/626-6994 for more information or to RSVP.
In the spring of 2008, the hospital opened a serenity garden, designed to create a sense of healing and inner harmony in those who visit. The sounds of water from a fountain mark a meandering path through the peaceful garden, where artfully placed benches invite you to linger.
A plaque in the garden reads: "Recognizing the inspiration of a Master Gardener - Ernest Fybel." Fybel was the father of Gary Fybel, the hospital's chief executive. Inspired by his father, Gary Fybel helped to bring this garden to life amid the love of gardening and nature his father instilled in him.
As I drove up to the main hospital building, colorful rose gardens were bursting with blossoms. Many of the roses were planted in honor of the volunteers who dedicated countless hours of service to the hospital. Beautiful garden roses can also be found throughout the hospital lobby, some from the hospital garden and others from volunteers and staff, who bring them from their own gardens. To celebrate the recent National Volunteer Week, they participated in a rose show that featured their homegrown fare.


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The East Coast is bracing for The Polar Vortex 2: The Wrath of Snow. Airlines are already cancelling flights again. And that will lead to a lot of angry customers.
But do you know who's not mad at airlines? Investors.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) reported earnings that topped forecasts on Tuesday morning. Shares were up nearly 3%. The stock has now gained more than 15% so far in 2014. And that's on top of a 130% surge for Delta in 2013.
Delta is the exception to last week's column on momentum stocks from last year that have turned into dogs in 2014. And it's not the only airline stock that's hit cruising altitude.
In fact, the five biggest gainers in the Dow Jones Transportation Average so far this year are airlines: United Continental (UAL), Delta, Southwest (LUV) Alaska Airlines (ALK) and JetBlue (JBLU).
Yes. JetBlue is feeling the love of Wall Street -- the stock is up 7% in 2014 -- even though it was maligned by flyers for how it handled the last big snowstorm earlier this month. Guess what? It had to cancel a large number of flights again Tuesday.
Related: JetBlue tries to repair the damage
And I haven't even mentioned the new American yet. American Airlines Group (AAL), formed from the merger of the bankrupt AMR and US Airways, is up more than 35% since AAL began trading last month.
What gives? Airlines are a classic case of why you shouldn't necessarily confuse good customer service with a good stock. Even though most travelers don't often have nice things to say about the experience of flying, the airline business doesn't have to do much to improve its image.
The business is now a highly profitable oligopoly after a series of mergers over the past decade and a half. So long, TWA! See ya, Northwest! Bye-bye America West!
The sad reality is that if you don't like a particular airline, you're probably stuck trying to fly on another one ... that may not be much better. But what are you going to do? Not fly? If you are going on a last-minute business trip across the country, air travel is pretty much the only option.
And if you don't live in California and you want to take the kids to Disneyland, you're going to fly ... unless you're a masochist or Clark Griswold from "National Lampoon's Vacation" is your hero. ("Why aren't we flying? Because getting there is half the fun. You know that.")
What that means is most airlines can feel free to nickel and dime customers with various charges for checking bags, food and what have you. (Although it would be nice if it was just nickeling and diming. It's more like Jackson-ing and Franklin-ing. $25 for one bag? Seriously? $100 fee to change a ticket?)
But this all adds up to a compelling reason why airline stocks are no longer one of the ugliest sectors of the market. The days of profit margin destroying fare wars are long gone. This is an industry operating out of a position of strength, not desperation.
Related: Can Boeing keep flying high in 2014?
Of course, jet fuel prices and the global economic outlook in general are always the huge wild cards for the airlines. But as of right now, analysts expect Delta's earnings to increase an average of 15% a year annually over the next few years.
And that makes Delta the slowest grower among the major carriers. Analysts are forecasting long-term earnings growth rates of above 40% a year for United and Southwest and more than 60% for American.
Despite these tech-like growth projections, the stocks are still relatively cheap. American trades at less than 9 times 2014 earnings forecasts. United and Delta have 2014 price-to-earnings ratios in the mid-teens.
Related: U.S. airlines want to stay cell phone free
Southwest is the priciest, trading at nearly 17 times this year's profit forecasts. But considering that Southwest has avoided the bankruptcy fate that has befallen United, Delta and American, you could make a reasonable case for why Southwest deserves a premium. It historically has been the best run of the big airlines. It's the Ford (F) of the group.
Yes, investing in airlines may be inherently risky. A lot of things are not in their control. And it's hard to shake the perception that these companies are just poorly run businesses that will cut fares in a heartbeat if it meant more market share.
Still, the industry has come a long way from the dark days of gallons of red ink and routine Chapter 11 filings. And the very reasons why we hate flying on the big airlines so much are precisely the reasons why they are now worthwhile stocks to own for the long haul.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
When you think of the big airlines, what comes to mind? Poor customer service? Late departures MOREPaul R. La Monica - Sep 10, 2013 12:54 PM ET
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Author(s): Carmen Maria Machado
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies.A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery within the seams of the store's prom dresses. One woman's surgery-induced weight loss results in an unwanted houseguest. And in the bravura novella "Especially Heinous," Machado reimagines every episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a show we na�vely assumed had shown it all, generating a phantasmagoric police procedural full of doppelg�ngers, ghosts, and girls with bells for eyes.
Wonderful and terrible humans skulk in the myths of Carmen Maria Machado's genre-bending debut - perfect for fans of Angela Carter's Fairy Tales
Long-listed for National Book Awards 2017 (UK).
Winner of Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 2018
Brilliantly inventive and blazingly smart, these stories have the life-and-death stakes of nightmares and fairy tales; they're full of urgent, almost unbearable reality. Carmen Machado is an extraordinary writer, an essential voice -- Garth Greenwell The stories in Her Body and Other Parties vibrate with originality, queerness, sensuality and the strange. Her voracious imagination and extraordinary voice beautifully bind these stories about fading women and the end of the world and men who want more when they've been given everything and bodies, so many human bodies taking up space and straining the seams of skin in impossible, imperfect, unforgettable ways -- Roxane Gay Part punk rock and part classical, with stories that are raw and devastating but also exquisitely plotted and full of delight. This is a strong, dangerous, and blisteringly honest book-it's hard to think of it as a 'debut,' it's that good -- Jeff Vandermeer Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties tells ancient fables of eros and female metamorphosis in fantastically new ways. She draws the secret world of the body into visibility, and illuminates the dark woods of the psyche. In these formally brilliant and emotionally charged tales, Machado gives literal shape to women's memories and hunger and desire. I couldn't put it down -- Karen Russell Her Body and Other Parties will delight you, hurt you, and astonish you as only the smartest literature can. In this collection Machado blends horror, fairy tale, pop culture and myth in mesmerizing ways that feel utterly new. These stories are peerless and brilliant -- Alissa Nutting An astonishing and supple debut. Carmen Maria Machado shuffles together fantastic, realistic, popular, and literary genres and then deals winning hand after winning hand. Whether it is reworking fairy tales, rewriting the entire run of Law and Order into a grim fantasy, or diving into unchartered territory entirely Machado's own, Her Body and Other Parties is a deft and thoughtful reclaiming of both literature and genre -- Brian Evenson Carmen Maria Machado has a vital, visceral, umbilical connection to the places deep within the soul from where stories emanate. With a tenderness that is both touching and terrifying, Her Body and Other Parties gives insight into a cluster of worlds linked by their depth of feeling and penetrating strangeness -- Alexandra Kleeman Those of us who knew have been waiting for a Carmen Maria Machado collection for years. Her stories show us what we really love and fear -- Alexander Chee What Carmen Maria Machado has done with this collection is nothing less than stunning. Just when you think you've figured her out, she unveils another layer of story, so unexpected, so profound, it leaves you gasping -- Lesley Arimah Carmen Maria Machado is the way forward. Her fiction is fearlessly inventive, socially astute, sometimes pointed, sometimes elliptical, and never quite what you're expecting-yet behind it you can always hear that ancient tale-teller's voice, bartering for your attention with its dangers and its mysteries, its foolhardy characters pulled this way and that by the ropes of their emotions. Which is to say simply this: that there is at once the breath of the new about these stories and the breath of the timeless -- Kevin Brockmeier With her lush, generative imagination, shimmering language, and utter fearlessness, Carmen Maria Machado is surely one of most ferociously gifted young writers working today....Hilariously inventive, emotionally explosive, wonderfully sexy, Machado's stories will carry you far from home, upend your reality, and sew themselves to your soul -- Michelle Huneven Carmen Maria Machado is amazing. A form-bending fabulist in the tradition of Kevin Brockmeier, Kelly Link, and Karen Russell, she gleefully seeks out weird shapes and subjects for every story....She writes uncanny, creepy, sexy, funny, feminist, magical-realist, metafictional, pop-cultural, and all-of-the-above stories, and she seems determined never to write the same story twice. Yet for all of its wildly inventive variety, Her Body and Other Parties is unified by the one story it keeps finding new ways to tell: how women can survive in worlds that want them to disappear, whether into marriage, motherhood, death, or (literally) prom dresses -- Bennett Sims Carmen Maria Machado writes a new kind of fiction: brilliant, blindingly weird, and precisely attuned to the perils and sorrows of the times -- Ben Marcus Machado's debut collection brings together eight stories that showcase her fluency in the bizarre, magical, and sharply frightening depths of the imagination. Each of the stories in this collection has, at its center, a strange and surprising idea that communicates, in a shockingly visceral way, the experience of living inside a woman's body. In "The Husband Stitch," Machado turns the well-known horror story about a girl who wears a green ribbon around her neck inside out, transforming the worn childhood nightmare into a blistering exploration of female desire and the insidious entitlement that society claims over the female body. "Especially Heinous" turns 12 seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit into a disorienting, lonely, and oddly hopeful crime procedural crammed with ghosts and doppelgangers. "Difficult at Parties" depicts a woman trying to recover from a sexual assault. She watches porn in the hope that it will help her reconnect with her boyfriend and discovers that she can somehow hear the thoughts of the actors on the screen. Women fade out of their physical bodies and get incorporated into prom dresses. They get gastric bypass surgery, suffer epidemics, have children, go to artist residencies. They have a lot of sex. The fierceness and abundance of sex and desire in these stories, the way emotion is inextricably connected with the concerns of the body, makes even the most outlandish imaginings strangely familiar. Machado writes with furious grace. She plays with form and expectation in ways that are both funny and elegant but never obscure. "If you are reading this story out loud," one story suggests, "give a paring knife to the listeners and ask them to cut the tender flap of skin between your index finger and thumb." With Machado's skill, this feels not like a quirk or a flourish but like a perfectly appropriate direction. An exceptional and pungently inventive first book. * Kirkus Reviews (Starred) * I will shamelessly admit that I wept after finishing the story "Mothers" in Carmen Maria Machado's forthcoming collection, Her Body and Other Parties. "Mothers" is in Machado's masterful surrealist style, and by dispensing with traditional narrative structure, she is able to evoke the melancholy of time's passage, the nostalgia of motherhood, and the pain of a failed and violent marriage. The story's twenty pages deliver a wallop to the heart that I didn't see coming. The entire collection is forceful, although it never takes itself too seriously: "Especially Heinous" reimagines synopses of Law & Order: SVU episodes; "The Husband Stitch" riffs on scary fireside stories and suburban legends. But she writes with a sincerity I didn't realize I was missing until I found it in these pages; it's rare to encounter an articulation of feminist themes that isn't self-conscious of them. For instance, her characters enjoy sex, neither shamefully nor aggressively, but simply because they do-no explanation needed. Machado's work, like her characters, is accessible and nuanced, textured without being overwrought -- Lauren Kane * Paris Review * Machado creates eerie, inventive world shimmering with supernatural swerves in this engrossing debut collection. Her stories make strikingly feminist moves by combining elements of horror and speculative fiction with women's everyday crises... Queerness permeates these tales, shaping the women and their problems, with a recurring focus on the inherent strangeness of female bodies. These bodies face an epidemic of inexplicable evaporation ("Real Women Have Bodies"), linger as distorted masses beyond weight-loss surgery ("Eight Bites", or gain the ability to hear the thoughts of actors in porn ("Difficult at Parties). "The Husband Stitch" makes explicit the hidden sexuality of creepy urban legends... Machado's slightly slanted world echoes our own in ways that will entertain, challenge, and move readers * Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review *
Carmen Maria Machado is a fiction writer, critic, and essayist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Guernica, Electric Literature, The Paris Review, AGNI, NPR, Gulf Coast, Los Angeles Review of Books, VICE, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Michener-Copernicus Foundation, the Elizabeth George Foundation, the CINTAS Foundation, the Speculative Literature Foundation, the University of Iowa and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She is the Artist in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, and lives in Philadelphia with her partner.


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The Sky Is Falling: Images of Mass Destruction in 'The Avengers'
If you find yourself in a Hollywood film this summer and you're not wearing a cape, watch out for falling debris.
If you are completely unimaginative, this article contains spoilers. However, those who are even mildly perceptive of the massive advertising blitz behind The Avengers should have figured out by know that the film ends with a large scale invasion of a major metropolitan area by a horde of anonymously evil aliens set loose by a razor thin supervillian of insurmountable puerility. You can guess what happens next: lots of lightning paced editing gone blurry to avoid the detailing required of 3D, a gaggle of egotistical heroes turned unlikely partners to help save the planet, and a myriad of toppling towers raining down on narrowly escaping pedestrians below, with the implication of large scale loss of life only insinuated by the brief flicker of a candlelight vigil and a remembrance wall amidst a flurry of TV screens in the ensuing post-waste denouement montage.
Since the film sprung from the exalted pen of Saint Joss Whedon, critics and fanboys alike have rushed to applaud the film's witty banter and sharply-paced popcorn action. As an audience member, I concede that the film was thoroughly entertaining throughout. Like a good origin story, it focused the bulk of its narrative on uniting its disparate heroes, which excused the tin motives of the inchoate evildoers in the film, as well as the boulder-sized consistency holes scattered throughout. The Avengers delivered exactly what was expected of its summer fare without succumbing to the Traveling Wilburys syndrome of reverse-synergizing its collective franchising.
Something didn't sit well with me about that ending, though. It wasn't just the devastation porn aspect of watching the collapse of an urban empire without a speck of blood or a single tear shed (making films like this or any of Roland Emmerich's earth-raping romps a comfortable PG-13 you can take the kids to). Since Independence Day and, disturbingly enough, since September 11th, the American appetite for these images has held steady (and those who would like to think Joss Whedon's megalomaniacal id is any smaller than Michael Bay's should probably steer clear of what he's capable of with an unlimited budget). The dark shadow of the collective unconscious's death drive, though still disturbing, is no longer what shocks me about cataclysmic cinematic acts like this film's "exciting" conclusion. What makes me feel queasy is that this kind of sweeping violence has been so completely normalized that it's not the least bit shocking at all. In fact, it's pretty much expected.
The problem with this sort of destruction is that it's not even earth-shattering, even when the earth is literally shattered. In fact, it's just business-as-usual. Tearing down skyscrapers and overturning bridges is just the narrative glue the Randian supermen need to inspire them to work together, with Tony Stark as the heroic John Galt inventor/philosopher type using his ingenuity and cleantech motor to repower the world. At the end of the ordeal, order is restored and the heroes carry on as if falling just short of total ruination is some kind of win.
Comics and Sci-Fi have a long history of obliterating entire planets, their annihilation merely a minor setpiece to compound a bad guy's already-established malevolence (think Krypton, Alderaan, or The Twelve Colonies of Kobol) or to illustrate the cosmic nature of said antagonist's threat (Galactus, Ego the Living Planet, or Unicron's planet-chomping capabilities). Only in the age of CGI, though, has the destruction of a city, land mass, civilization, or planet become such a common trope that its emotional impact barely even registers when transpiring on the screen.
Natural or man-made catastrophes so regularly haunt the fictional realm that it's a wonder characters have not started fighting back against their authors. Fringe, an occasionally delightful slice of speculative pulp TV, enacts frightening new acts of bioterrorism or ontological malfeasance on its unsuspecting populations en masse every week, forcing its inhabitants to succumb to gruesome fates while the investigative "Fringe Division" of the FBI scramble to prevent said horrors from recurring. 24 and Lost set off nukes during the course of their runs and atomic explosions play into the plots of popular video games like the Fallout series and Call of Duty 4. Films of the past ten years saw their share of earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, viruses, chemical warfare, and monster attacks. One has to wonder if the brutal carnage of the final act of Alan Moore's Watchmen would even register with today's audiences (the film, which altered the ending slightly, was such an otherwise clinical reproduction that it's not really a fair measure of affectations).
It's perhaps unfair to equate Watchmen with The Avengers, though. Watchmen was a grim, novelistic tome that equated superheroism with psychopathology and The Avengers is prefab escapism. While The Avengers is not exactly crass -- Whedon's ability to construct a convincing rapport between archetypal misfits precludes this -- it's not above squandering all its character-building capital on a monster payload of pure explosive titillation.
In a way, The Avengers is the inverse of Watchmen. Both are tales of established superheroes who are from vastly disparate locations and temperaments who all need to be united to stop a common foe. Both end with unspeakable damage to a city. However, whereas The Avengers are recent upstarts who've been sanctioned by a shadow government agency (S.H.I.E.L.D.), the Watchmen are retirees who've long been outlawed by the powers-that-be. The most significant contrast between the two stories though may be the absence of any kind of extrinsic influence on The Avengers. With the possible exception of Black Widow, all of The Avengers appear to wield their powers out of the virtue of their own nobility. The Watchmen, on the other hand, are an assorted gaggle of dogmatic extremists and barely-functioning sociopaths. In fact, the most virtuous among them turns out to be the most villainous, committing his heinous acts in the name of the same kind of plenary nobility that The Avengers regularly tout to their merit.
Perhaps the problem with the The Avengers film is that it masks its intentions, which is really pure spectacle and little else. It takes iconic figures we care about, forces them to interact in entertaining ways, and then squanders the goodwill the audience has granted by relegating the whole affair to window-dressing, just build-up to a money shot.
The term "devastation porn" associated with Bay and Emmerich is apt only from today's perspective. Porn in its modern incarnation is not about arousal or fantasy. Rather, it's about satisfying sexual desire by the most functional, efficient, and economical means possible. Contrary to the porn film's origins as romantic memoirs of sexual liberation (however wrongheaded those films may have been), the form now mainly exists as nothing more than a means to end.
Like most post-millenial porn, the plot of a film like 2012 is an insult to those who came to drool as the site of the frustrating world that seems poised against them collapsing like a house a cards under whatever tenuous premise the languorous storyteller could muster. If 2012 were an art film that just showed a tortured earth's wrath in the face of constant industrial abuse, it would probably be phenomenal. Instead, the protagonist is a failed science fiction writer from a failed marriage trying to rescue a couple boring kids and refusing to be swallowed into the earth like the rest of the planet. It undermines the film's own rote sentimentality to pick a single (uninteresting) family to focus on while millions of other far more intriguing stories are coming to their end around them as backdrop.
Destruction of this magnitude should not make us think of the unpredictability of the earth, nor of the fanaticism of the villain, but rather of the callousness of the author. One should resent authors who casually slay innocent people without showing the psychic consequences of these actions. It's not as much a betrayal of the audience as it is a betrayal of the world he or she has created. In recent years, television shows like Battlestar Galactica and Fringe have responded to this problem of authorship/ownership of disaster by having recurring characters (Gaius Baltar and Walter Bishop respectively) who are mentally crushed by the weight of the suffering they've (in these instances inadvertently) caused. The implication is that godlike powers do not excuse the mortal man from empathy or sympathy.
Of course, no one is saying that the promethean heroes of The Avengers, godlike creatures in their own right, are incapable of empathy. They are, after all, risking life and limb to save the world. In this sense, they are like Atlas, the Greek god who held the world on his back and inspired Ayn Rand to write her tale of titan capitalist tycoons, combined with Prometheus, the benefactor to humanity who stole fire from the gods for mankind's benefit. Superheroes share much in common with the gods of myth. Indeed, many were directly based off of them. In fact, the Clash of the Titans/Immortals genre of myth based action-fantasy, is practically a hybrid of the spectacle disaster film and the superhero movie, with its protagonists at the center of an epic struggle that holds the lives of the millions of anonymous commoners in the balance (Atlas Shrugged does this as well, as does the dystopian HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones and countless other works from literature, TV, and film).
Like Greek Gods, the superheroes of The Avengers seem almost unconcerned with mass destruction. In fact, at a pivotal moment, Tony Stark/Iron Man (wearing an oh-so-clever Black Sabbath shirt) even confronts Loki with the tepid ultimatum that "If we can't defend the earth, you can be damned sure we'll avenge it". Prima facie, this seems like a contrived bit of dialogue forced into the narrative to explain away the film title, which otherwise doesn't make a whole lot of sense to those unfamiliar with the comic (what exactly are they avenging?). But Stark's comments are telling. They reveal that he sees The Avengers as existing outside of and beyond the rubble. Regardless of the fate of mankind, these superheroes will still be standing and they'll at least make sure those bad guys pay when we're all dead and gone. How reassuring.


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October 11, 2012
By Larry Buford
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The abandoned property located within the West Rancho Dominguez-Victoria Community Standards District, a.k.a Willowbrook, is secured by a padlocked seven-foot fence. The abandoned houses – boarded up and nearly hidden from view by tree branches and other foliage – have not been a known problematic haven for crime and vagrancy. Still it was cited as part of the criteria for the community losing an appeal in opposition to a proposed 55-unit low to very low income housing project where 70 percent of the heads of household will have a mental illness caused by drugs and alcohol abuse. In his closing statement, L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, a proponent of the project stated in part, "…the parcel on Avalon Boulevard…is currently a source of nuisance and blight…the proposed development would mitigate the existing adverse environmental conditions." That sounds well and good, but to date some residents wonder if Ridley-Thomas has ever visited the site firsthand (which is in his [2nd] district). They also wonder – for a project of this magnitude – why he did not personally attend any of the community meetings. There is no record that he did.
Conspicuously, the announcement 'Supervisors greenlight affordable housing project for Willowbrook' was posted on the internet with an artists' rendering of the complex the same day the hearing took place on August 14. Was the hearing a sham or an empty formality?
The story first appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel (February 23, 2012) after developer A Community of Friends (ACOF) hosted a community meeting to introduce the project in January. During the meeting citizens were told of the plans to break ground by December 2012. One of the immediate concerns was that of the 150 notices ACOF sent out to residents, none were in Spanish for the benefit of the Latino population. Concerns about the ambitious plan and ramifications were raised and addressed, but in the end residents felt that ACOF was taking them for granted and had not done an adequate impact study.
Subsequent community meetings were hosted by ACOF while a local group – Friends and Neighbors Community Club (FNCC) founded by Randy Hughes – mobilized a petition and garnered nearly 1000 signatures in opposition by the time the first hearing with the Regional Planning Committee took place in June. At the hearing the signatures went virtually ignored as the panel unanimously ruled in ACOF's favor. It was noted that after listening to both sides, one of the commissioners asked that the hearing be postponed because there was no representation from the community's 2nd District County Supervisor's Office. An ACOF representative complained that if the hearing were postponed ACOF would lose out on tax credits in July, and would not qualify again until March 2013. The committee then unanimously granted the approval.
After FNCC filed for an appeal, attorneys for ACOF sent a letter to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors requesting that the appeal be denied. It read in part that "…the appellants failed to explain any reasons for the appeal other than to state: 'Do not want the project in our community.'" Based on information obtained from the Regional Planning Commission, FNCC's appeal in fact stated: "The subject property is zoned C-2 (Neighborhood Business) which does not have a specific density limit, although apartment buildings are allowed with a conditional use permit (CUP). It does have a General Plan land use category of '1 – Low Density Residential,' which generally allows residential densities of between one and six dwelling units per acre. For this [proposed] site, which is 1.72 acres, it would normally allow 10 dwelling units. We understand the Housing Element of the General Plan also allows density bonuses for affordable housing projects. However, a density bonus of 550 percent will have an extremely detrimental effect on this community." The appeal letter further drew a comparison to other low housing units in the vicinity: Jordan Downs – 700 units on 46 acres (15 dwelling units/acre); Imperial Courts – 498 units on 32 acres (15.5 dwelling units/acre); and Nickerson Gardens – 1054 units on 64 acres (16.5 dwelling units/acre). ACOF's plan for 55 units on 1.72 acres equates to 32 dwelling units per acre − double the density of Nickerson Gardens. Also, in response to ACOF's comparison to the Avalon Senior Apartments next door to the proposed site, FNCC noted the senior complex has only 42 units on 1.7 acres (24 dwelling units/acre), with a maximum capacity of 84 individuals. ACOF's plan will have a maximum capacity of 234 persons most of which will be children.
The attorney's request was denied and the appeal hearing took place as scheduled. Although FNCC had done its research and presented sound data – this time armed with well over 1000 petition signatures – ACOF was again approved to move forward with the project despite evidence that a thorough impact study had not been done.
FNCC's Marcia Jones recalled, "I contacted Regional Planning regarding the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and found that they had made only one phone call to the Sheriff Department's Crime Analyst and asked about crime at the site and across the street from the site. What they did not do was ask for an opinion as I was advised to do…not just a report…of the impact on crime such a complex would have on the community since they already have experience with another low income complex in the area. Regional Planning also made no contact with the Compton school district which would also be impacted."
Another concern is that representatives from Kedren Community Health Center – which will be referring candidates to reside at the proposed apartment complex – have failed to show whether they are recruiting candidates from the immediate area, or transporting them from elsewhere. A map of their closest center in what they call 'Service Area 6' shows that they are located north of the 105 freeway which is quite a distance from the surrounding area of the Avalon site. Hughes said, "I'm not opposed [to] housing for the homeless, the mentally challenged, but I am opposed [to it being] in this particular area…what is it going to do for our community?" He added, "…and to say that the project would mitigate vagrancy and blight at the proposed site has nothing to do with it…we at FNCC have been working consistently and ongoing with the Sheriff's Department to make sure vacant lots as well as vacant dwellings throughout our community are patrolled."


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There's nothing like a good snuggle with your pooch or kitty, but did you know your animal companion can also help you lose weight, soothe stress, and keep the doctor away?
Of course you can't resist your golden retriever's puppy-dog eyes or your tabby's silly antics, but you're getting much more from your pet than unconditional love and great pics for your Facebook wall.
Nearly two-thirds of American households include a pet — and our animal companions are proving themselves adept at enhancing human health in increasingly diverse ways. From calming patients before medical procedures to motivating owners to exercise, pets may be the best medicine we don't even realize we're taking.
Here, the notable ways your animal companions can improve your health.
Additional reporting by Jordan Lite.
Dogs Get You to Sweat
Your pooch may be the best fitness trainer around. Dog owners are 41 percent more likely to meet government recommendations for moderate exercise through walking (at least 150 minutes a week at a brisk pace), according to a 2008 Australian study. And strolling with a dog tends to perk up your normal pace, according to research on elderly dog walkers at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo.
To turn strolls with your pooch into a workout, aim to move at a pace of at least 3.5 miles per hour, five days a week for 30 minutes at a time, says Mathew Reeves, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. "No stopping at every lamppost," he says.
Pets Calm Your Blood Pressure
Simply being around your pet can help keep your blood pressure in check, research shows. In one study, pet owners experienced less of a blood pressure spike when they performed a stressful arithmetic task when their pet was in the room — even though they didn't touch or interact with them.
Exactly how pets lower blood pressure isn't known, but animals are thought to offer the same kind of bulwark against stress as human pals or spouses, according to the researchers. And unlike social support from humans, they note, a pet's love is non-judgmental.
Dogs Relieve Anxiety
Does petting your pooch after a long day soothe your frazzled nerves? Research presented at the 2011 meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, a radiology organization, shows their impact is even more powerful than you realize. Scientists found that spending 15 minutes with a dog before undergoing an MRI scan lowered patients' anxiety. Hanging out with a dog also decreased anxiety among kids who were nervous before seeing the dentist, separate research found.
Animals Melt Away Stress
Forget the bath and scented candle: A snuggle with your animal companion may be all you need to stamp out stress. A survey of more than 1,500 Americans ages 14 to 83 found that owning a pet was associated with lower stress levels, according to research from the Delta Society, which promotes the use of service animals.
Interacting with an animal reduces levels of the stress hormone cortisol in as few as five minutes, according to research from Sandra Barker, MD, a professor of psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. "Whether that's because of the distraction or the tactile quality, we don't know yet," she says.
Pets Limit Loneliness
Nine in 10 pet owners consider their animals to be members of the family, according to data from Petfinder.com. The site also found that more than half of owners report talking to them, and 80 percent of those who believe their pet responds through body language, facial expression, or sound. No wonder having an animal around has been found to make people feel more connected.
Interacting with a dog (even a robotic one) is associated with less loneliness, especially among the elderly, separate studies by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have found. The "love" hormone oxytocin may also play a role: Levels of this brain chemical increased when dog owners gazed into their pups' eyes, pet, or played with them, according to a 2008 Japanese study.
Pets Reduce Allergy Risk
Conventional wisdom has it that animals and allergies don't mix. And while it's true that the 15 to 30 percent of Americans with allergies to cats or dogs should avoid them, exposure to animals early in life may actually protect children against allergies later.
Allergies and pre-asthmatic symptoms are less common in children who are around pets or farm animals in childhood, studies by the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Ga., and Austrian scientists have found.
If you are allergic and just can't resist keeping company with a pet, allergy shots can help. And while there's no such thing as a truly hypoallergenic cat or dog, breeds that shed less may be less likely to make you sneeze, according to the American Kennel Club.
Dogs Can Detect Cancer
Afraid of needles? Prostate cancer screening starts with a blood test of PSA, a protein made by the prostate gland (high levels indicate cancer). But thanks to dogs' well-honed sniffing abilities, a urine test could eventually be developed to check PSA levels. French scientists recently found that a specially trained Belgian Malinois shepherd (a breed prized for its explosive- and drug-detecting skills) could detect compounds associated with cancer in men's urine 91 percent of the time. Cancer cells produce these chemicals when they die, and they are odorless to humans but detectable by dogs, says Jean-Nicholas Cornu, MD, a urologic surgeon who co-authored the study.
But don't expect Spot to greet you at the doctor's office. Instead, a machine called an "electronic nose" would do the work of the dog — once scientists zero in on exactly which molecule the shepherd is detecting in men with cancer. "For the moment, the pet does not replace the doctor, but one day we may be able to say the dog may discover new means to detect cancer," Cornu says.
Cats Can Predict Death
An extraordinary cat named Oscar — one of four feline residents of Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I. — has predicted the deaths of 60 people there, says David Dosa, MD, an assistant professor of medicine and community health at Brown University. "He's not a people person, but he'll suddenly sit on the bed and won't move until the patient dies," says Dosa, who published a book about the phenomenon called Making Rounds with Oscar.
The 6-year-old kitty may be detecting ketones, sweet-smelling chemicals released by dying cells, Dosa says. "There are times he's the first to know, so he's not just responding to the commotion around someone near death," Dosa says.
While it's possible that a pet could perform the same feat for a sick family member at home, Dosa advocates animal companionship for the comfort it can offer during an illness more so than during the dying process. "I don't think Oscar is unique in what he does," Dosa adds. "He's just in a place where he can do it over and over again."
Pets Make Chronic Illness Manageable
Pet owners tend to believe that their pet enhances their health and quality of life. This can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, especially in the face of long-term health conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome. Pets provide distraction from personal worries over health and also tend to enforce a routine that helps their owners get up in the morning and keeps them moving through the day.
Animals Help You Stay Slim
Maybe it's because they keep you active or because you sneak half of your meal to them under the table — but whatever the reason, pet owners tend to have less of a problem with being overweight than people who do not have pets, which is good news for the two-thirds of Americans who are overweight or obese.
Pets Keep the Doctor Away
You can do more than just eat an apple a day. Several studies have shown that pet owners have less need to visit the doctor. They are more likely to report being in good health and less likely to schedule appointments for sleep problems, heart concerns, and depression.


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Miley Cyrus had front row seats at opening night of Britney Spears' new Las Vegas show. She posted photos on her Instagram account writing "Dreams do come true!," and complimenting Spears for looking "BANGIN."
Cyrus also admitted "If u told me I'd be front row & center on @britneyspears opening night 10 years ago I would've never believed you."
Spears has signed up for a long term show at Planet Hollywood that runs through 2015. The show features extravagant sets, acrobatics and a ring of fire. Also in attendance on opening night were Selena Gomez and Katy Perry.


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