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Thanks worstcaster,
I'm glad I'm not the doctor in the family for the sake of all on board. Guess I'd better do my CPR and advanced first aid again.
Careful with the epi pens
Epi pens can be very useful for what they are made to treat, severe allergic reactions. Epinephrine is a very powerful stimulant causing bronchial dilation, vascular constriction, increased heart rate and blood pressure. DO NOT give it to someone having the signs and symptoms of a heart attack; it will make it worse. Signs of a severe allergic reaction include hives, swelling the upper airway, wheezing, a high heart rate, low blood pressure, difficulty breathing, and skin color changing from pink to pale to blue. Read the package insert and get operating instructions from your doctor.
As far as CPR classes go your local ambulance corp. or fire dept. should be able to point you in the direction of a class in your area.
The PLB is a good choice now that they are 406MHz. You are right about the required 24 hour battery life. That should be enough time for the Coast Guard finds you before those Tuna you have been hooking find out the situation you are in and start the slow nibble of your body parts for sweet revenge.
We will have both eperb and a PLB for whoever is on watch at night. Safety gear now is at about 20K of hard earned money and God willing I will never have to use one dollar of it.
My understanding of the EPIRB vs. PLB is that the EPIRB has about 48 hrs of battery life vs. 24 for the PLB. I figure if I am in the drink for more than 24 hours I am probably toast. Plus the PLB is small enough to be worn on my belt while alone so if I go overboard unexpectedly it is with me and my auto-inflating SOSpenders. I looked for a auto PLB but my understanding is one doesn't exist and I can see why given the cost of false alarm coast guard calls. Thanks for all your input here. As a relative novice it is nice to have a voice of experience to bang these concepts off of.
If that is your boat in your picture I not sure you need a life raft. Even the small 4 man jobs weigh around 80 pounds I believe and 18" by 18 " space they take up would not be worth it. Though you can buy what they call coastal survival rafts for around the price you mentioned I'm not sure if they are certified or safe. Survival rafts believe me are very confusing shopping item. 1) They must be re certified every two years some every year at a cost of about 800 dollars. 2) Let's say if you get swamped in sport fishing boat from the stern you will go down very fast. If your boat is equipted with good floatation and you are in rough seas you roll very fast and chances are you will loose the raft. Unless the raft is in a hard case it most likely will sink then automatically deploy and drift away before you know what happened. That has happen to too many people who have had to use them. We are in the process of buying a 6 man life raft and they are very expensive, I bet i have put in fifty hours trying to figure out which one is best for us. But all I read about them and the few folks who have had to use them have found they are very hard to deploy in bad weather and on boats of 38 feet or more. Those who do get them open usually have hit a container or whale in nice weather.
Out your way I think you might be best to make sure when it gets nasty out to layer up your clothing put your life jackets on and start heading in. Survival suits are great out here in the Northwest or up off the Grand Banks. I wear one when I sail alone in winter plus a safety harness. Even at that if I fall over the side the harness will just keep me pinned to the side of the boat and I'm toast anyway. Guess it's just a good feeling and you hope you can find away back up on deck. Hopefully I have the self steering pointed somewhere towards land at the time I go over. At 15 miles off shore you are still very coastal and to enact your PLB sounds wise to me. Maybe a good eperb would be best. They run for about 800 dollars are small you keep it in your survival bag and they have been the greatest safty device invented in the last 20 years.
One thing I am surprised hasn't been mentioned is a life raft. I have been looking into them and it looks like you can get some pretty compact versions but they are pricey, running about $800+ from what I can tell. To me this seems like the best option for the northeast as the times when I would actually where a survival suit flyfishing are pretty few and far between and putting one on before heading to the water in case of fire or other situation doesn't seem reasonable. Throwing over a throw cushion size life raft able to be depolyed in the water does seem feasible. This also helps protect your passengers as buying a selection of different sized survival suits doesn't fit my budget either. The life raft will be on my list of next items to research and consider buying but not in this season's budget. With most of my runs within 10-15 miles of shore I am counting on quick response times with the GPS enabled PLB.
MOB drills, epi-pens and float plans are great adds. I will admit I have not been that consistent with the float plan even though I know how important they are. I think I have a form in my Power Squadron course book to make some copies of and leave with Patrice before each trip.
That reminds me...
hypothermia protection is KEY
In the waters around OC's house (and my old home) a survival suit is essential for any adventurous fishing trips. The avg temps are 50's year round and you wouldn't last a half hour before hypothermia got you.
East coast waters are much warmer in summer but if you recall last year we had those upwellings that brought the shoreline temps to record lows, high 40's and low 50's in mid-summer.
Good common sense helps avoid risk of hypothermia but it wouldn't hurt to put a few of Penguin's self-heating packages on board and a space blanket. As they covered in CPR class the fastest way to recover core body temp is thru hot liquid ingestion.
Oh yeah and lots of spare batteries in sealed packages - I used my foodsaver to seal things for long term storage on my old boat.
(good topic Sean)
I like Neoprene Suits but not for wading...
In addition to most of the list I also carry Survival suits, and flares and Smoke signals. Exposure could get you in an open skiff here in the NW even if you did not leave the Skiff just the rain and cold wind would be enough to finish you off.
People spend alot of money on flashy hardware but for my Money a Survival suit is Number One on a very short list.
Your safety list is very complete, good job. I wish more people would put the time into it. A few things I would add. Become real familiar with how to use the MOB device on your GPS if you have that capability. Also when summer comes and the water gets warm enough practice MAN OVER BOARD drills every once in awhile they can be fun and it can save a life down the road. If you have never done that you find out how hard it is to get a person back in a boat in even choppy conditions. Learn how bring your bow up into the wind and steady it while trying to pick someone out of the water. Never leave your stern facing a rough sea as you may all end up in the water. Sport fishing boats are very easy to swamp from the stern.
Juro's idea of the epi-pen is right on be it a heart attack, bee string reaction or in our Pacific NW we have lots of Jelly fish that sting and can cause a reaction in some. As you venture further out towards the Gulf Stream you may find them there also and some barbs stuck to your flyline could cause problems for some. My wife who is a physcian put 4 of them in our med kit and every time I go in that thing for hangover relief medication I get nervous just looking at them.
Last always make a plan and let your loved ones know where you are going. If your plans change while at sea call someone and let them know. So many people leave plans with others then when they change them they never call and let them know the changes. They proceed to break down or get in trouble later the people they left the original plans with call the Coast Guard and they look where you originally said you would be and guess what you are miles away from that area drifting toward Greenland.
Best of luck with your deep water fly fishing this year.
Seans list is pretty thorough, I can't think of anything else to add.
I might add to always bring something "upstairs" before boating on unfamiliar waters - meaning review and memorize main headings, pre-assign waypoints if possible, burn in knowledge of reefs and have a general route sequence in mind.
Recently the guys on the ridiculous clave thought I was being a little anal when I insisted on 1 on land 3 on board among other precautions to ensure safety in such a remote area as Acklins but after a McGiver-like day of concocting solutions to hull leaks, electrical problems, fuel line problems; I mean one thing after another - others were echoing the same sentinents when we barely made it back to the dock on a shoe string. Actually, I think we used up all our shoestrings too.
So I would add to the that it's important to bring a plan and a sharp mental preparedness especially when boating new or remote waters.
Yes, Juro. They do encourage the use of a mask (barrier device). This is for your protection as there is the chance the victim will vomit during the breathing portion. My understanding is you can get a portable one for your keychain. It is basically a plastic sheet with a small one way vent.
Yes, Sean -
Very clear explanation thanks. I recall the importance of getting EMT on site as well as the increased frequency of small ones but the minute if alone rule could mean a loved one laughs again - this topic can never be discussed in too detailed a manner.
Do they still advocate the use of the mask? My daughter was head lifeguard at a beach and carried one, when I took CPR last they urged the use of one.
Whistle around your neck!
Sean, I don't know much about SW boating safety, but on my power boat and drift boat I carry 4 whistles, I use dog training whistles becuse they are loud and sharp sounding. When out on the water, everybody has one around their neck, it is unobtrusive but in case of a catatrophic accident when there is no time for the other gear, this is a minimum recommended by local DFW guys.
I think the key point missing there was for a child you perform 1 minute of CPR before dialing 911 if alone. Obviously if someone else is there you send them to the phone while you perform CPR. The thinking here is that if a child has stopped breathing they are in serious trouble as they have a strong respiratory system and if its stopped working they have been in trouble for longer period of time and need immediate help. The other point I guess I wasn't very clear on is how to check for breathing. That is a pretty basic concept. After the head tilt or jaw lift to clear the airway (this you really need to learn in person) you simply put your cheek near the mouth to feel for breaths while looking down the chest to look for chest rises. Coughing/heaving is breathing if there is noise and airflow. Coughing motion with no breath is probably a choking situation. Hope this was helpful but if you can a refresher course was recommended at least every other year.
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Citizenship and Character are real easy to identify, teach, and train our Scouts, but what about this fitness thing? We are not just talking about physical fitness. We need to make sure and look at the emotional and mental fitness of our Scouts. It is a total package. We are mentoring young men. These young men are living a time in their lives that is full of emotion, change, and in many cases confusion about who they are and what they are going to be. Emotional and mental fitness is something that we as Scout leaders need to be aware of. How we talk to these young men, how we understand where they come from, and how we work with them on a weekly or more basis is important to how they come to understand what emotional fitness and mental fitness is. It is tricky ground to step on, and no we are not psychologists or therapist, but by our example and our care, we can go a long way to helping these young men through the tough days of teen age boyhood.
There was an article I picked up along the way.. I thought it had some great ideas and was worth sharing. The article basically talked about attitude en route to mental and emotional fitness. There are a few simple things to look at. Improving your emotional health by positive thought, Choosing positive actions, Disputing pessimistic thought, Doing the right thing, and taking a look at your emotional health. When we take a look at these things, we can see in our Scouts where they may be in their journey. When we look at these things in ourselves, we can get a better understanding as to how we are helping, through our example, the Scouts in our care.
So lets take a look at these topics. See where you are and how you can help.
Improve your emotional health by thinking positively
You're okay. But can you be even better? That's one of the questions being asked by a movement in the mental health field known as "positive psychology." Unlike most traditional psychology, which seeks to understand and heal problems of the mind and emotions, positive psychology delves into what makes us emotionally healthy—or happy—and tries to build on those sources of strength to increase our happiness. According to several studies by psychologists in this movement, happiness can be achieved just by making these adjustments to your attitude.
Choose positive actions. In other words, you may not be able to change everything about yourself, including much of your environment, but there's a lot that you can control. You can choose to think and act in ways that make your life more pleasant and, ultimately, more meaningful.
Dispute pessimistic thoughts. It may help to treat your own negative thinking as if it were coming from another person. Sometimes simply checking the evidence is enough to show that a negative belief is untrue. For example, you may think you "blew" your diet, when an actual calorie count says you haven't. Also, you should get in the habit of taking the optimistic tack in explaining events; by remembering bad things will pass, but good things will last.
Do the right thing. As the old saying goes, "Virtue is its own reward." Be inspired just by doing what's right in your home, your workplace and your community.
Consider your emotional health. Is happiness this easy to attain? The answer depends in part on how happy or unhappy you already are. For people with serious emotional problems, positive psychology is not a replacement for getting help from a coach, therapist or physician.
Take baby steps. High expectations for change in your life have to be realistic. Happiness springs from actions, but the actions often have to be small steps. For example, shyness is something that keeps people from really engaging in life, but you can't be expected to just toss aside your shyness and go out and enter a life of politics, or corporate leadership.
You may not want to play the part of psychologists or therapist in your unit, but as a Scoutmaster you are an influence in their lives. Whether you accept that or not.. you are, and you play a major role in the development of their emotional and mental health.
Have a Great Scouting Day!

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I will take a shot at it JDogger...BHO is closer to a Marxist, anti colonialism
The following are not my words but sum up what I believe marxism to be...the words communism and socialism are thrown around and in many ways mis used, because more people are familiar with the term but don't really understand what they are really aboutMarxism shares with other progressive social movements an uncompromising hostility to all forms of domination sexism, racism, and so on, but what marks Marxism out from other progressive movements is that Marxists struggle always to overcome the manifold forms of domination and exploitation in and through the self-emancipation of the working class. Thus Marxism is Revolutionary Socialism.
While Marxism stands for the destruction of the capitalist state, and has as its aim the withering away of the state and all forms of institutionalised violence, Marxists not only support the right of the working class to exercise a domination over the bourgeoisie, they actively fight for that, since the dictatorship of the proletariat is the possible way to destroy bourgeois rule and open the way to the disappearance of all classes, including the class of wage-slaves. Marxism has its origins in the struggle for this perspective, in opposition to anarchism which seeks to undermine all forms of authority and seeks destruction of the capitalist state without promoting and preparing the working class for the seizure and holding of public political power.


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For Najeeb 1972 Materials & Technique: sculptures, polyester resin, fibreglass, pigments and glitter
Like many of his contemporaries, Van Buren placed an emphasis on 'process' and the inherent properties of the materials employed. Initially he used the varying densities of fibreglass resin to highlight its transparency and opacity. In the early 1970s the artist introduced colour by mixing a variety of other materials with fibreglass resin. This is evident in For Najeeb 1972, a work dedicated to the artist's father.
Van Buren began his work by laying a sheet of plastic over a littering of bottles, cans, wooden planks and other discarded objects found in his studio. Across this uneven surface he poured liquid polyester resin, its viscosity altered by the addition of fibreglass and hardening agents, as well as other materials including charcoal, plaster, glass shavings, glitter, metallic powders and pigments. In addition to the natural translucency of the fibreglass, the pigments and other additions become effectively embedded in the media. The colours—often in jarring combinations—become the substance of the sculpture. The resulting work is a combination of materials, artistic decisions and chance.[1]
For Najeeb exhibits a captured fluidity[2] and its vibrant colour hints at the psychedelic designs of the fashion world of the 1970s. The critic Carter Ratcliff claimed that Van Buren's work was indebted to the precedent of Jackson Pollock and had 'brought gestural abstraction into sculpture'.[3] Van Buren cautioned against such comparisons, however:
I think of them as sculpture, but I don't care. The only thing that bothers me is when someone says it's painting and they relate it to painting. That's fine if that's where their heads are at, but it's just bringing too much to it. I think they're bad paintings, really bad paintings.[4]
For Najeeb reveals the equivocal nature of art at this time: paintings are on the floor and sculptures on the wall.
Steven Tonkin 2003[5]
then Assistant Curator, Research
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
[1] Carter Ratcliff, 'Solid Color', ARTnews vol 71 no 3, May 1972, p 28
[2] Another example in Soft sculpture is Lynda Benglis's Untitled (Polly's pie II)1968
[3] Ratcliff 1972, p 62B
[4] Richard van Buren, quoted in Phyllis Tuchman, 'An interview with Richard van Buren', Artforum vol 8 no 4, December 1969, p 56
[5] Adapted from Steve Tonkin's unpublished manuscript, 'Richard Van Buren: For Najeeb', in 'American painting and sculpture in the National Gallery of Australia', 2004
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010
From: National Gallery of Australia exhibition SoftSculpture (reference )
'Richard van Buren', in 10, Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum 1972, p.28, illus. p.29;
Carter Ratcliff, 'Solid Color', ARTnews vol.71 no.3, May 1972, illus. p.26
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra


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FOUR YEARS AGO, encouraged by a mutual fondness for sunglasses and berets (worn together, naturally), an outdoorsy boy sparked up a conversation with an equally outdoorsy girl. Ensuing conversations and the gradual intertwining of aspirations, friends, and family led to a wedding this past August, where Jen and Ben celebrated a love she sums up as 'supportive, fun, and resilient'.
What were your something old, new, borrowed, and blue?
I actually wore nothing old or blue, only new. I was just so excited to put on my dress! That morning Ben and I went for a run through the park near our old house to clear our heads and get some fresh air. We ate a delicious breakfast prepared by Lindsay at the inn where we stayed, and then headed out to the reception and ceremony sites to decorate. My sister Jillian styled my hair. When I asked her if she had any ideas, she presented that glorious hairdo. Seriously! Took all of fifteen minutes…
Tell us about your dress!
The dress fit in perfectly with my overall vision for the day: an outdoor ceremony and reception to the tune of bluegrass music. It needed to be simplish, and there was no doubt once I saw this one. I tried on a handful more, but once I put back on that sweet, lacey specimen it was a go.
What's the story behind this pretty red car?
The car! The car belongs to the owners of the house where the reception was held. It's a vintage MG and was loaned to us for the afternoon. My mom had one just like it in her twenties.
Tell us about Bingham Hill…
Fort Collins, Co. is where many of our dearest friends live and have families. Ben moved there on a whim with his closest friend and quickly fell in love with the rough mountains, the narrow but mighty Cache La Poudre river, and, of course, me! I came to Colorado for school. Bingham Hill isn't a place most people would think of to get married, but one of our first dates was hiking a trail nearby, and the view of the Rockies is spectacular.
What song did you walk down the aisle to?
A blue grass group called Blue Grama put together some beautiful pieces that were exactly what we'd envisioned, lively when they needed to be and sweet throughout the ceremony. We loved their playing!
Take us through your ceremony?
We worked on the ceremony for a long time. In fact, Ben worked on it the most. It was officiated by both of our dearest friends, Bekah and Nick. We discovered that in Colorado a couple can solemnize their own marriage, so their responsibility was just to emcee; but we definitely made them work! Nick and Ben have seen each other through all of the big transitions in their lives since college, and his thoughtfulness was essential. Bekah's dad has married many couples, and Ben now wears her dad's ring as his own. Bekah embodies many of the same qualities her dad does: a great public speaker, spiritual, and caring.
We arrived at the ceremony and walked down the aisle together. We wrote our own vows, which were a combination of Buddhist thought and our own words. Basically, they expressed that our relationship gives us an opportunity to serve people, friends, and those in need, and that our love allows us the courage, safety, and support it takes to do the kind of work we want to do and treat people the way we want to treat them.
We arrived at the ceremony and walked down the aisle together. We wrote our own vows, which were a combination of Buddhist thought and our own words. Basically, they expressed that our relationship gives us an opportunity to serve people, friends, and those in need, and that our love allows us the courage, safety, and support it takes to do the kind of work we want to do and treat people the way we want to treat them.
You are so lucky to have friends with such a great set-up for throwing a party like this. Tell us about your amazing, sprawling reception site...
Mike and Bianca's house is a playground. They have worked on it for years, which is a reflection of their commitment to fun an entertaining. Mike's dad was an avid bowler, hence the bowling lane. And that's just the surface! The house is on the outskirts of town, it's a magical, mysterious place…
How many generations were there to share your day?
Three. Ben's Grandma Estelle is the matriarch! Love love love her.
What (and who) was on the menu?
The food was catered by Scott Hapner, known to his clients as Chef Happy. There were over 30 local ingredients from at least 17 local food sources used to make the meal. Mushroom risotto, pulled pork, home-pickled pickles, kale salad, and quinoa salad were just a few of our favorites. And we served beer from local breweries!
Tell us about your sweethearts' table—ingenious!
That idea was all Scott Hapner and our wedding coordinator's idea. This was our first rodeo, but not theirs and they knew that if we didn't sit to eat, we probably wouldn't. Someone asked us if we wanted the table moved and we responded: no no no! Visitors and fellow nibblers could come up and join us as they pleased.
Desserts. Yum.
So many friends made them! The precious one with the ants was made by Linzi, mom to Oliver. We had no idea that she was going to make such a beautiful cake—a real wedding cake!
Dance tune of the night?
In Spite of Ourselves, sung by John Prine and Iris DeMent
This is probably difficult, but if you had to pick a favorite moment of the day...
I think the best part was the morning, running through the park before anyone was awake and the dew was still on the grass and everything was quiet. It set the tone for the whole day.
Any advice for bride-to-be's?
Ahhh—the help we received! It was a bit overwhelming at first, because who likes to ask for help? But we have news for any couple throwing a party of this size: you cannot do it alone. We feel humbled and grateful in the face of everyone's generosity and love. Laugh, scream, kiss, jump, hold hands, and drink champagne! And slow down, it goes so fast! (Oh, and smooch grandmas.)
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George W. Bush Unveils Paintings of World Leaders
Former President George W. Bush on Friday unveiled more than two dozen portraits he painted of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and his father, former President George H.W. Bush.
Mr. Bush gave NBC's "Today" a first look of the portraits in an interview with his daughter, contributing correspondent Jenna Bush Hager.
See a slideshow of Bush's portraits.
Reviews of George Bush's Paintings: 'Really Good' or 'Forrest Gump'?
His passion—which he said was inspired by Winston Churchill—began with an iPad doodling app called Penultimate. Since then, he has hired an art instructor, whom he told: "There's a Rembrandt trapped in this body. Your job is to unleash it." He transformed his "man cave" into an art studio, Ms. Hager said.
"He's very disciplined. He comes up and works every single day, which is why he's improved and can do portraits of Bob the cat that are so good," said his wife, Laura Bush.
The portraits will be housed in an exhibit called "The Art of Leadership" at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, along with artifacts, photographs, and personal reflections. The exhibit will open Saturday. (See a slideshow of the portraits.)
In the interview with his daughter, Mr. Bush offered some insight into his relationships with the leaders he painted.
Vladimir Putin
"I got to know him very well," Mr. Bush said of Mr. Putin. "Vladimir's a person who in many ways views the U.S. as an enemy," he added. "I felt that he viewed the world as either U.S. benefits and Russia loses, or vice versa. I tried, of course, to dispel him of that notion."
The former president recalled one particularly competitive interaction between the two leaders, on the subject of Mr. Bush's dog Barney—who has also been a frequent subject of his paintings. On one trip to the White House during the Bush presidency, Mr. Putin "kind of dissed" Barney, Mr. Bush said. When Mr. Bush traveled to Moscow a year later, Mr. Putin introduced him to his dog.
"Out bounds this huge hound, obviously much bigger than a Scottish terrier, and Putin looks at me and says, 'Bigger, stronger and faster than Barney,' " Mr. Bush recounted. "I just took it in. I didn't react. I just said, 'Wow, anybody who thinks 'my dog is bigger than your dog' is an interesting character. And that painting kind of reflects that."
Tony Blair
Mr. Blair knew ahead of time that Mr. Bush would be painting his portrait. "I think I told Tony I was painting him, and he sort of brushed it off, so to speak," Mr. Bush said. "That was an art pun."
He said the painting conveys a "compassionate person and a strong person and a reliable friend."
George H.W. Bush
But Mr. Bush's favorite portrait is the one he painted of his father, who he called a "gentle soul." The "Today" show hosts showed the portrait to Mr. Bush's mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush, to get her reaction. "That's my husband?" she asked. She said she would "absolutely not" pose for a portrait, though she praised her son's skills.
Laura Bush hasn't been quite so lucky. Mr. Bush painted a portrait of her that "still needs some work," she said. "Don't paint your wife," Mr. Bush interjected with a chuckle.
He also turned the paintbrush on himself—and this isn't the first time. Last year, a hacker named Guccifer leaked a series of emails written by the Bushes and their friends, which included a self-portrait Mr. Bush had made of himself taking a shower. (The U.S. Secret Service subsequently investigated the hack, and Guccifer was arrested.) Mr. Bush called his newest portrait an "improvement."
It is not often that presidents become prolific painters after leaving the White House. And Mr. Bush said he surprised himself: "If you would have said to me that one, you'd be working for NBC, and two, that I'd be having a gallery full of paintings, I'd have said neither's going to happen," he told his daughter.


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Please close my account. I've grown tired of the fluff that seems to make up Raph, and the constant bullshitting and crying by ChipX86, and the "I'm no longer a corporation, I'm Super Man" type of horse dung being flung about by Michael Crawford. I hope you boys keep playing with your worthless technology, and have fun racing to dictionary.com's Thesaurus in search of more filler for your .... eh'hem.... blogs :) Advogato.org sucks, it's slow, and it's a waste of the digital space.
Today has been a wonderful one, sort of :) Read on! No, it wasn't me getting to class or anything. My attendance this semester has been awful, I think I am just burned out from college (not like I am close to completing a Bachelor's Degree or anything) and the long drive to the school, which is 55 miles one way. I think physics is interesting, but that hasn't been enough to get me to come to class to hear the professor append this statement to every single thing he says: "sound sensible, it should be". I wish that professor would get off his hight horse and realize that maybe he sounds like a drone. His drawing up diagrams is even worse. I think it's safe to say that most of the students in this course have quit taking notes in class, because he waits until the students have taken a ton of notes, THEN says "you don't really need to know this".
Wait a second, didn't I just say my day has been a wonderful one? Haha! No, really, today I set up a dual-boot of Windows 98 and Linux Redhat 8 on my wife's machine. That's the time I *should* have been in class. :) Everything went pretty well, and I left some notes for her in an opened gedit file, so she can resume doing the few things she always does with the computer (create word docs, surf the net, work on her recipes log). In the notes I didn't mention that she could reboot the machine and log into Windows 98. I wonder if this approach, though a little sneaky, might be better for helping newbies such as myself become acquainted with Linux?
When I got to the college to work my shift as a Computer Lab Assistant, I decided to try and ssh into my box at home. It worked! From there, I ssh'd over to the machine that my wife uses, to edit that note I had left open for her. Hmm, that just reminded. Since, there was already an instance of the note open, maybe she won't see the changes I made to it. If she does, than that is some cool stuff :) My next task will be to see if I can download a large file like an ISO or maybe somethin smaller like the j2sdk, and see if I can burn that file remotely. Already, I have learned that you can't run apps with gui's (or can you?) such as GTK. If not, that is fine with me. What I have going now is very pleasing to me, since that means I can do away with floppy disks and even zip disks, and just copy my college work to the machine at home. Or, rather I can access the home machine and copy the stuff to the machine in the computer lab at the college.
I spent dang near four hours last night getting my path set right so that bash would see the java executable that I wanted it to see, not the first thing it could find (/usr/bin/java). Somewhere along the way, from following the advice of multiple persons, I had messed up the path and created a faulty sym link. And, seeking help online can be very tedious and sometimes perilous. So, I can use the j2sdk1.4.1_01 now. I've always thought that Java was a beautiful language, just the downfalls of it (speed of the jvm, not very low level) turned me off. But, now, having grown a little wiser in my computing years, I'm ready to tackle Java for fun.
I know that a lot of people come to advogato to learn new things in computing, and I didn't offer much of that. Hopefully, though, someone can take what I wrote in light of "pitfalls a linux newbie should watch out for" and maybe write up a document or tutorial on this.
Who would you like to screw you the least?
For all those out there watching the "sniper chase in America" closely, I present this question:
What if the sniper(s) really aren't driving a white van, but are driving a pink YUGO?
I think this whole case shows how messed up law enforcement is, and how the media has the police waving their guns in the dark.
Terrorism at its best, unfortunately, and I don't even think it's really started. Stay tuned.
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Homemade lemon bars from a mix? Incredibly good!
How many lemons do you need for this recipe? One will be fine--it will yield 1 1/2 to 3 teaspoons grated peel and 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice.
Bake bars in the exact pan size called for in a recipe to ensure moist (not overbaked) bars.
Garnish each bar with a curl of lemon peel for an extra-special touch.
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text: I have a 23 month old BLF. She and I were sitting in the living room tonight watching football. A neighbor (child) approaches the door (front door is open with a closed, full view glass storm door). The dog barked like I have never heard before; this was an alert kind of bark. It was deep and she barked multiple times. My wife heard her bark like this one other time when the gas man approached the back of the house. She was inside then as well. Should I be concerned or thankful? She has never been aggressive. As a matter of fact, she nuzzled up to someone she had never met this morning in the duck blind. What do ya'll think?


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By Ben Levisohn
Everyone's worried about what will happen to emerging markets if the Federal Reserve stops buying bonds. And today's jobs report appears to be adding to the fears, as the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM) has dropped 1% to $37.23 today at 10:34 am.
Capital Economics' John Higgins, however, thinks the worst is over for emerging markets, and that valuations and growth will win out. He writes:
The key point here is that the prospect of slower growth in some of the major EM economies in particular is likely to have diminished the appeal of EM equities given the implication for long-run earnings growth, and therefore probably contributed to less capital being "pulled" in from abroad…
…By now, though, we suspect that the prospect of slower growth in the major EM economies may have been largely factored into the prices of EM equities. And if the slowdown actually proves to be less rapid than feared, it may not have that much of an additional adverse impact.
As for valuations, the discount of emerging markets to developed markets is now the largest in more than three years, Higgins says.
The Fed, however, is not the primary reason emerging markets will continue to lag developed ones, according to Deutsche Bank. According to a report released last week, corporate governance is a bigger concern.
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In answer to Tom: You read what you wanted to into what I said. I never accused or made disparaging remarks about these judges. In fact, I said the setup sounded good and doable but that the terrain may have gone against the grain of the test. 65% drop in 1st series seemed excessive and in fact I have had several private messages stating what I said had merit. It is very difficult to set up a test in a given terrain and be able to predict how many dogs can handle it. The latter part of my discussion was about tests in general and did not refer to this particular test. That part probably should have been done in a separate thread so that some people like you wouldn't get too confused, but instead, try to read how it was intended. I simply voiced some concerns publicly, knowing full well there would be someone just reading words without the ability to understand them. You didn't disappoint me.
To Ted: I may have written the part about my dog badly. What I meant to say is that whenever he was dropped, he deserved it so that he has in my opinion always been handled fairly by the judges except possibly just once and I would say that is pretty darn good odds for over 5 years of running trials. Also Ted, I think by now I know your ethics and your motivations are of the highest in this game. I know most judges don't have the time or the motivation to manipulate tests, but I also realize that to "increase the odds", it can and has been done to a certain degree. Unfortunately, the realization that has been brought forth time and time again on this forum is that only a few are welcome to discuss their concerns, ideas, and opinions. I keep forgetting the rest of us should just keep quiet, read and agree with what has been said.
Open Results:
1st Deets Youngblood/ Dave Rorem
2nd Henry Starford/ Tim Milligan
3rd Tubby Aycock/ Ed
4th Onyx Scheig/ Chris
RJ Breeze Burson/ Mark Edwards
Jams 3 16 43
A big congratulations to all !
Thanks to the judges for giving us a
challenging and very fair 4 series.
Tulsa club members work very hard to put this
on and do a great job!
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yay- good for amateurs Ed and Chris!! and Lauren and Sylvia too for finishing a tough open-- and congrats as well to Dave, Tim and Mark!
Amateur callbacks:
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First, I was not aware that my disagreement with your opinions meant that your opinions were not "welcome."
Second, if I were seeking to ensure that my "chosen dog or handler" won, the last thing that I would do is set up a ball buster test with a failure rate of over 50%. That kind of test - if continued through the trial - leads to a very clear winner. Instead, if I were trying to "fix" the results, I would set up a very easy test, that I knew my "chosen dog or handler" would accomplish. I would continue with soft tests, and at the end, there would be 15 winners, of which I could select my "chosen dog or handler." It is much easier to "fix" the results in a soft trial than a hard one. So, again, I disagree with your basic assumptions about what can and cannot be done.
Third, as both a contestant and a judge, I prefer hard, ball buster style tests. It is what I like to run, and what I like to watch. That is simply a statement of taste.
Finally, I would say that many of the contestants that have posted here, have told us that they thought that the test was both fun and fair.
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Yes, the chase plane had to stay within 50m of the 727 which was a bit of a problem because the top speed of the chase plane was close to the stall speed of the 727.Amazingly you can buy a working 727 for $300k, I thought it would be a lot more.The program is a bit of a tease because you have to watch a while to see the crash, but it was interesting.
No, I don't think they're aiming for a vertical crash... but they "crashed" far short from the target area. I think they're too afraid to overshoot their designated target area and "lose" the plane.
I had no prior idea of what they were aiming at, I just know it seemed a pretty wimpy crash from what I wished to see.
Was that crash for testing the fuel that was supposed to burn less in a crash?
As I recall I was rather disappointed in the 'crash' as it seemed to be more like a high speed landing gone bad rather then a near vertical crash I was hoping for.
Amazingly you can buy a working 727 for $300k, I thought it would be a lot more.
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Im off to Perth at the end of the week, just wondering if there are any good places for picking up star wars figs.
Im off to Perth at the end of the week, just wondering if there are any good places for picking up star wars figs.
hey man, im in perth, i know where to find most figs. i just sent you an email so write back if you like.
How are things in your neck of the woods Conli, has the Qui-Gon?Massif waves been released there? I live in the NT and haven't seen hide nor hair of these figs.
hey man, yeah qui gon, massiff, orn free taa, endor rebel, geonosian warrior and dex hit here about 3 weeks ago. i was actually @ perth city toys r us right after these figs had been pegged, there would have easily been 20+ of each as well as all the usual pegwarmers. most of the TRU figs are gone now but you can still find qui gons, massiffs, etc in smaller quantities at some kmarts and targets. right now kmart and target are awash with bespin lukes vaders final jangos and mace windus. TRU hasnt seen much of these figures which is odd. maybe they were there earlier when i was studying for exams and didnt have time to go hunting cause i did see a small quantity of this particular wave at a freo toyworld a good month and a bit ago. i didnt buy them at that time though cause the cards on the vaders and lukes in stock were all botched. harder to find right now are han, OB1 pilot and chewie. ive seen and grabbed a few hans and OBs but ive yet to see one chewie. TRU are restocking this week so im looking forward to seeing what they put out. anyways ive rambled long enough, good luck, im sure the figs you want will be up there soon.
since I'm going to Australia in 5 weeks too can someone tell me what the price on the figs is ?
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yeah, here in perth western australia the price of basic figures varies from store to store. kmart is probably the best at about $12.70. then it can vary all the way up to approx $16 at toys r us. thats aussie dollars btw. 187-maul, where in aus are you going?
LOL, funnily enough we got a couple of Chewies up here, in fact we've only had that wave for a week. If you need me to pick one up for you LMK.
well I'm going with m family and will visti a lot of places: Sydney 1 week, Port Douglas one week and I don't know what else
oh yeah and 2 days Bangkok and 2 days Singapore
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When George Jones was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992, Reba McEntire introduced the legend by saying "there are many ways to describe Country Music, but I can do it in just two words: George Jones." You're about to take a journey through Country Music history with our list of the Top 10 George Jones songs. From 1964's 'The Race Is On' to 1980's 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' and the triumphant come-back of 1999's 'Choices,' these are not only the greatest hits from the man known as "the Possum" — these are some of country music's greatest hits overall.
'I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair'
From 'Walls Can Fall' (1992)
Many fans consider 'I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair' to be George Jones' anthem. Released at the height of the 'young country' movement in 1992, Jones found a song that got airplay on few stations, but yet became a CMA winner and a smash hit with fans. Featuring appearances by Vince Gill, Mark Chesnutt, Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, T. Graham Brown, Patty Loveless and Clint Black, the song was a reminder of how Jones influenced so many artists and how much he was still loved and appreciated.
'Bartender's Blues'
With his highly publicized battles with alcohol, one might think that George Jones wrote the whiskey-soaked lyrics of this song. However, it was penned by the legendary soft rock singer/songwriter James Taylor, who also appeared on the record. 'Bartender's Blues' peaked at No. 3 in 1978 and became a jukebox staple in every honktonk in America. The sad country waltz is the quintessential George Jones classic that belongs on our list of the Top 10 George Jones songs.
'I Always Get Lucky With You'
From 'Shine On' (1983)
Merle Haggard and George Jones hit the charts in 1982 with 'Yesterday's Wine' and 'C.C. Waterback.' After their success, producer Billy Sherrill found a song co-written and recorded by Haggard that he thought would be a perfect fit for Jones. Legend has it that Sherrill didn't tell Jones who wrote 'I Always Get Lucky With You,' as he and Haggard were not speaking because of a falling-out that they had had. In the end, the legends made up and Jones hit No. 1 with a Haggard song. The two would later pair for a 2006 album titled 'Kickin' Out the Footlights.'
'The Grand Tour'
From 'The Grand Tour' (1974)
'The Grand Tour' was a fitting story for George Jones to tell in 1974. Ironically, the song about touring and a once happy home ruined by divorce was telling a story close to what George Jones and Tammy Wynette were going through at the time. In an even stranger twist of irony, the song was co-written by Tammy Wynette's future husband George Richey. The opening line, "Step right up, come on in…" is always greeted by thunderous applause at live concerts.
'The Race Is On'
'The Race Is On' came along nine years into George Jones' career. At the time, his catalog of hits already included 'Why Baby Why,' 'White Lightning,' 'Tender Years,' 'She Thinks I Still Care' and 'The Window Up Above.' Even if his early string of hits had ended a decade into his career, Jones would still have made an imprint in country music. However, it was just the beginning of the more than 165 records that would hit the Billboard Country singles chart. The song was later revived as a Top 5 hit by Sawyer Brown in 1989.
'Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes'
From 'Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes' (1985)
George Jones has always been one of country music's greatest links to the past. Jones represents where we've been and where we're going in the genre. In 'Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes,' he reminds us that he is a fan of the music that he sings, paying tribute to his heroes like Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell, while honoring his peers like Johnny Cash and Conway Twitty. This song is one of the most moving moments of a live George Jones show. A video is played behind him while showing pictures of these long lost legends and pictures of the next generation of legends, like Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney. Any passionate fan of country music completely understands why this song is a must on our list of the Top 10 George Jones songs.
'The One I Loved Back Then (the Corvette Song)'
It seems like more people know this song as "hotter than a two dollar pistol" rather than the actual title, 'The One I Loved Back Then.' Powered by foot-stomping fiddles, a comical story of a man's lust for a car and Jones' unforgettable low notes, this song is a surefire winner with any country music fan. The hit cruised up the charts to No. 3, where it stayed for two weeks and ultimately became a George Jones classic.
'Golden Ring'
Representing the duets with his wife Tammy Wynette we find the 1976 smash 'Golden Ring.' Ironically, for the couple the song was a hit one year after their divorce. George and Tammy paired up for a series of hits during their six-year marriage that reflected their own life, including 'We're Gonna Hold On' and 'Take Me.' Even more impressive songs like 'Two Story House' and 'Near You' were also hit duets after their divorce. In 1995, the Hall of Fame duo would have the chance to record and tour one more time together before Wynette's passing on a project called 'One.'
'Choices' is a story that can be told by anyone. However, when it's told by George Jones, you listen close, as he's a man who humbly admits to the mistakes he's made in life. As a younger listener, you feel like you're getting some priceless words of wisdom. As an older listener, you simply relate to the good and bad choices you've made in life. Although not a radio hit, the song earned a Grammy and represents the 'modern' work of the legend, who at 80 is still recording and touring. 'Choices' is a must have on our list of the Top 10 George Jones songs.
'He Stopped Loving Her Today'
George Jones singing 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' is a milestone moment in country music history. Many polls have been conducted and countless artists have cited this as the best country song of all time. It's no surprise, then, that we also place this song at No. 1 on our list of the Top 10 George Jones songs. The morbid story of a man who has to die to finally stop loving his ex was not a favorite of Jones at first. It's legend that he actually told producer Billy Sherrill that he didn't think anybody would want to buy such a sad story. Of course, the Possum quickly changed his feelings for the song when it hit No. 1, earned a Grammy, ACM and CMA award.


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Ardell Mae Jewell of Baraboo and formerly of Shawano, passed away at her home on Saturday, February 23, 2013. She was 85.
She is survived by her husband Harvey, daughter Connie (Bill) Burton of Baraboo, her son David (Diane) Jewell of Germantown, WI; three sisters, Waverly (Walt) Peterson, Joanne (Harvey) Huyser, Sandra (Jim) Libke. She is also survived by one brother, Edward (Beverly) Wendorf; two granddaughters, Trina (Jonathan) Barnett and Emily (Michael) Fazio, two grandsons, Tyler and Steven Jewell; two great grandchildren, Joshua and Ainsley Barnett, several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Clara (Hardt) Wendorf.
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Diabetes has strong links with poverty, poor nutrition, infectious disease, and many aspects of social and human development. This affect targets included in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set and adopted by the global health community with a deadline for meeting specific goals by 2015. Many countries are still behind in their progress towards achieving the MDGs.
Diabetes affects individuals with lower socioeconomic status, as well as disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries, where the prevalence of diabetes and other NCDs are increasing and the burden of infectious diseases remains high. This 'double burden' of infectious and non-communicable diseases is undermining efforts to reduce poverty and achieve the MDGs in many countries. 1
Diabetes is a poverty issue (MDG1)
The economic impact of diabetes can be huge, through spending a large proportion of income on care, loss of income or work, or reduced productivity. For example, in India up to 25% of annual household income is spent on diabetes care. 2 The economic burden of diabetes and disability from complications can push poor families into destitution and poverty. At a national level the diabetes epidemic threatens to overwhelm health systems, and potentially reverse development gains made in low-income countries. 3 As a result, efforts to eradicate extreme poverty will be impeded.
Gender inequality and diabetes (MDG3)
Low socioeconomic, legal and political status of girls and women can increase exposure and vulnerability to the risk factors of diabetes, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In countries with pronounced gender inequality, the low social status of girls and women can result in poor nutrition, and social norms can restrict physical activity.
If women have reduced access to essential healthcare for diabetes because of gender biases in power, resources, culture, and the organization of services this can result in increased risk of complications and death. Women and girls are also more likely to take on the burden of care for a family member diagnosed with diabetes, 4 thereby contributing to health inequalities between men and women, and weakening efforts to promote gender equality and empower women.
Diabetes and Maternal and Child Health (MDGs 4 and 5)
Diabetes is an important maternal health issue. Uncontrolled diabetes during pregnancy threatens the health of both mother and child, and is associated with the delivery of macrosomic or large for gestational-age infants. This can result in life-threatening and costly complications for the mother, such as obstructed labour, and complications that threaten the life and health of the newborn child.
Gestational diabetes (GDM) is also associated with several pregnancy complications and increased future risk of type 2 diabetes for mother and child.
Diabetes and infectious diseases (MDG6)
Despite a scope that included all major diseases, targets for MDG6 were focused on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria (Table 4.2). A person with HIV/AIDS is vulnerable to diabetes, as the use of some drugs to treat HIV/AIDS can greatly increase the risk of diabetes. 5 People with diabetes are also at least 2.5 times more likely to develop TB. In India, 15% of TB can be attributed to diabetes.
There is some evidence that a person with diabetes has a higher chance of contracting malaria 6 and may have worse outcomes if they develop cerebral malaria. 7 These links show that unless diabetes is included in efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB the targets laid out by MDG6 will be harder to achieve.
Beyond targeting the increased risk of poor outcomes from these linked diseases, improvements in health systems, integrating care, and building capacity will provide the foundation for gains in all of these major causes of the disease burden.
1: Stuckler D, Basu S, McKee M. Drivers of inequality in Millennium Development Goal progress: a statistical analysis. PLoS Med 2010; 7 (3): e1000241.
2: Ramachandran A, Ramachandran S, Snehalatha C, et al. Increasing expenditure on health care incurred by diabetic subjects in a developing country: a study from India. Diabetes Care 2007; 30 (2): 252-256.
3: Hu FB. Globalization of diabetes: the role of diet, lifestyle, and genes. Diabetes Care 2011; 34 (6): 1249-1257.
4: World Health Organization. Women and Health: Today's evidence, tomorrow's agenda World Health Organization; 2009.
5: Young F, Critchley JA, Johnstone LK, et al. A review of co-morbidity between infectious and chronic disease in Sub Saharan Africa: TB and diabetes mellitus, HIV and metabolic syndrome, and the impact of globalization. Global Health 2009; 5: 9.
6: Danquah I, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP. Type 2 diabetes mellitus and increased risk for malaria infection. Emerg Infect Dis 2010; 16 (10): 1601-1604.
7: Eltahir EM, Ghazali GE, A-Elgadir TME, et al. Raised plasma insulin level and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) score in cerebral malaria: evidence for insulin resistance and marker of virulence. Acta Biochim Pol 2010; 57 (4): 513-520.


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Over 30,000 immigrants are in detention on any given day in the U.S. This is triple the average number detained just ten years ago. Detained immigrants include asylum seekers, torture survivors, victims of human trafficking, longtime lawful permanent residents, and the parents of U.S. citizen children. Immigrants can be detained for months or years without any meaningful judicial review despite international human rights standards requiring such review.
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How many of you guys and gals use PraziPro for preventive measures? I was wondering if I need to get some. I was reading about gill fluke worms in fish, how most fish have them regardless if they are wild caught or bred, and even if the fish show no symptoms. Supposedly, the PraziPro will not kill all internal parasites, but it keeps them in check enough to prevent any harm to the fish, sort of like heartworm medicine for dogs and cats.
What is the dosing procedure? How often do you dose? Is it completely safe for all fish, plants, inverts, etc?
Thanks for any info you can provide!
I use it when adding new fish...I'll dose the tank as per the label when I arrive home with new fish but before they are added...add them and then skip that weeks water change. Never had any problems, but also no proof of any good, either.
The dose is 1 tsp to 20gal...they say one dose for the week is good enough, tho you can repeat every 3-5 days if necessary.
The last time I dosed the tank I had two species of shrimp, snails, fish, and water lettuce - no discernible effect, good or bad.
yah...I figure good health is my preventative...but when adding new fish that's when you are possibly introducing new disease that might overcome the immunity of the current fish.
To tell you the truth, I only use it as a preventative to use up the rest of the bottle. I initially bought it for my african tank as some of the fish were flashing a lot, always around their mouths. Once a full treatment cycle for that issue was done, I still had 3/4 of a bottle left. So I decided to use it when adding new fish, an idea I got from Lady H. I'm not a fan of meds for no reason, but this stuff is safe enough that I figure its an acceptable segue from my non-drug preference.
And adding new fish is the most vulnerable stage of an established tank, so I treat then. Once this bottle is used up, I won't be purchasing another until I need to dose a real issue.
oh, and btw, if I had a QT I would not treat. Also, the africans I was treating for flashing continued to flash after the treatment - either I had the wrong med for their condition, or the prazipro was ineffective.
Last edited by sheamurai; 04-11-2014 at 03:34 PM.
Thanks so much for elaborating, sheamurai, I really appreciate that. Makes alot of sense, your reasoning. I'm not a fan of "meds for no reason" either, that's kind of why I started the thread, to get some ideas and opinions.
it will be interesting to see what others do. Some people seem to keep a tank treatment med kit - I have nothing but old leftovers which prolly don't even have any zap left to them - but I'm too cheap to throw them out, lol.
I have no meds whatsoever, I consider myself lucky to have not needed them so far. As you stated earlier, I believe clean water is one of the best, if not the best, preventive measures toward a healthy tank, and fish.
I've come to the conclusion that most meds have little effect - especially if you're late to the game in diagnosing the problem. Even more experienced aquarists have a tough time bringing fish back from the brink. At most, our diagnoses are guesses, anyway - we're not trained fish vets. Even if we think we've diagnosed the problem, there could be an underlying problem we're not seeing. For instance, a fish might continue to get fin rot, and we continue to dose for fin rot, but the underlying problem causing the fin rot is stress, due to a parasite... or stress due to aggression, or water params, etc.
I'm in agreement that a healthy tank and healthy water column is the best possible preventative against fish ailments, BUT I do have a fully stocked medical kit. Why? Because I learned the hard way that meds don't work in some cases.
You'll probably remember my talking about my Black Phantom and Serpae Tetra problem in my tank. They all died off, save for the one I have left (and I started out with 12 each, 2+yrs ago). When many died off, I replenished the stock and had the same problem. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with them... my tank was cycled, my params were perfect, but they kept dying off (and they all showed different symptoms). Needless to say, I tried pretty much everything in a QT tank, and nothing worked. Every fish I would put in the QT would die, even if I thought the diagnosis was correct and I treated with the appropriate meds. So, now I have a med kit... full of leftovers and even things I hadn't tried yet (both natural and otherwise).
I no longer keep a QT, because I feel like chasing down and netting a sick fish, then separating it from its school/environment more than likely stresses it out more than just leaving it in the tank, not to mention you're stressing the other fish out, by swishing your net around trying to get the sick one.
I do have Prazipro (and almost out) and I use it the same way as sheamurai - when I introduce new fish. I also have medicated flakes for protozoans and worms, which I think works much better for treating internal parasites. I use this as a preventative or if my fish look sluggish or have external problems. I think that most illnesses in the tank are probably coming from internal parasites, rather than bacterial or viral infections - I honestly think those are secondary infections to the primary cause. Take the stressors out and you'll probably have healthy fish.
It doesn't hurt to dose preventative meds every so often. I would definitely recommend the flakes, though. I've seen fish go from sluggish w/ some fin rot issues to normal behavior very quickly. I've never seen the physical effects of PraziPro... so I'm not sure if it works or not, but it doesn't hurt to use it every now and again.
Sorry, that was long-winded.Adventures in Aquaria - The KevinVA Story
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Thanks Kev...it wasn't "long-winded", it was comprehensive, and I appreciate you taking the time to document your experience.
Which medicated flakes do you use?
I used this one: http://www.angelsplus.com/FlakeMedWorm.htm to treat Camallanus in my 75gal. Worked perfectly. Haven't seen them since.
And this one: http://www.angelsplus.com/FlakeMedProto.htm to treat my Angels in my 40gal. They're susceptible to parasitic infection. I have noticed that since I got them, they develop fin rot now and again. When I dose this, they go nuts over it (love the taste) and they behave much more actively and healthy.
Both of these contain beta glucan, as well, which gives them a boost to their immune system. An added bonus. Like giving them a vitamin supplement, in addition to medication.Adventures in Aquaria - The KevinVA Story
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Chapel Choir presents 'Christmas Vespers,' Dec. 8
Posted December 3, 2002; 08:03 p.m.
The Princeton University Chapel Choir will present "Christmas Vespers," a concert of poems and seasonal music, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in the University Chapel.
The concert includes the Russian choral music of Chesnokov, Kastalsky and Rachmaninoff, as well as Francis Poulenc's "Gloria" with soprano soloist Lynn Norris, organist David Messineo and percussionist John Arrucci.
Admission is free and open to the general public.
Contact: Lauren Robinson-Brown (609) 258-3601