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The Voice Season 5 is back on NBC! The peacock network has decided to green light the popular talent competition show for its 5th season with hopes of high ratings. The are now looking for solo artists and duos that perform all types of music: pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, latin, country, blues, indie. Fans of The Voice will be glad to hear that Christina Aguilera is back! And so is Cee Lo Green along with Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. And Carson Daly will be returning for The Voice Season 5. The Voice revolves around a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances. Each coach guides their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. If you think you have what it takes to be on the new season of The Voice we want to hear from you. Do not miss out on your chance to auditions apply now!
The Voice began airing in April 2011 as a spring TV season program and ever since it has been a hit show for NBC and it revolves around a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances. Each coach guides their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach.
Auditions for The Voice Season 5 will be sweeping the nation again this fall and this is your chance to audition. The casting directors at NBC are now looking for male and female talent of all ages to audition for the hit TV show. If you are interested please submit your application along with your contact information. Keep checking back for more information on audition cities and dates and as always leave us a comment and let us know what you thought about the 4 previous season of The Voice.
I hope that I am not too old for your show, like American Idol…and I Waited in line for four hours…Ready for MY Close-up MR de MILLE…I am very eager to get to work with Christina Aguilera….
I don't believe that there is an age limit for that show…In fact I'm almost certain there's not
My name is Faith. I am 11 years old. Ever since I was 5 I loved singing. i really hope i get in. I am really good at singing and I hope I am old enough.i love singing and really hope I end big.Or at least have people know me around the world . I need this my family is struggling and needs money so I will help pay for their debts. That's all I need this for.
Hello my name is Jajuan and I'm 12 year old, ive been playing drums since the age of 4, my only passion is playing drums and i love music.I idolizes kirk franklin and tyler perry. I was discovered on youtube by one of the producers from Americas Got Talent and had the opportunity to audition for the show, which was the best experience he told me because one of my favorite actors is nick cannon, so for me to audition for a show he hosted was a blessing. Ive done several talent shows and showcases before and since then. At the age of 9 I was in a band with 2 high school students, where we went to different restaurants and played for several people. I also had the opportunity to record 3 songs in a recording studio with the band. I played at several recital and has done talent shows here in Columbus,GA. I played at a talent showcase in Ft.Benning Vendor Fair and also played for Northside High School, and played in talent
shows in Atlanta,GA.I was also blessed to play with Columbus State University Jazz assemble. It would be awesome to be able to perform for you or join your team. To catch some of my act go to: jajuan graham freestyle on you tube..or a recent video on youtube under tom sawyers rush-jajuan graham…. Wooop
Melissa. 13. I am great at singing and I would love to try this. Its been my dream for years to make it in the music industry. Please give me an email back im excited. I hope im a good age for this its my dream.
My daughter is going to be upset with me. But you need to hear her she is of course amazing to me … Also everyone else that knows her.I would love for you to hear her.Please Love mommy
Hi I'm Emiley I'm going to be 12 in january I love to sing and I want to follow my dreams so I was watching your show I was like I should be on that stage a give you guys what I got so please let me sing in front of you guys and if I don't make it I would come home and be like I tried all of I got and don't give up sign up again and keep going so please I have been trying to audition to places but it never goes threw
I've been singing on YouTube since I was 11. Singing is what I do. Hope I get to audition.(:
24 year old American – British girl.. Have something special to offer and waiting for a chance like this. Inspired at age of 11 by Britney Spears and have never stopped singing! Singing is one of just a very few things which I feel certain about . -Sarah xx
I'm Andrehyu (Andre). I absolutely love music and have loved it as long as I can remember. I'm 13 and Country music is my favorite genre of music. I was inspired by the originality of the Zac Brown Band and the awesomeness of George Strait, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, and . I have been waiting for an opportunity like this my entire life and I think I might actually have a chance. I've devoted myself to music my entire life and singing is probably my favorite in the music category. – Andrehyu (Andre) Allen
I am 13 and can sing pretty well but am I too young to be on the show?
i am 15. I have been singing since i was 4 or 5. Everyone that hears me sing says I have an amazing voice. I have thought about joining a singing audition for a few years now but i was nervous. I live in Brazil, Indiana. I absolutley love singing. Music is my hobbie. I play volleyball. I was team manager for a soccer team. I watch kids and everytime im cooking or playing a game they would say "Kiana will you sing for us?" i say yes and they sit there and listen. Its like i have my own audiance. I love Luke Bryan, Jordin Sparks, Alicia Keys, and Jojo they are my Idols. I would be estatic if you chose me to be on your show. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Have a good day and God Bless you and your familiy
Hello, My name is Lorianna, I am 11 and 1/2 years old living in New Jersey. I have dirty blonde hair and hazel/light green eyes. I am 4 ft. and 10 inches tall. I weigh about 86 lbs. The reason I would love to be in this show or to even be considered is of why I stand out from the crowd. This is because I have been singing before I was walking and talking. My passion for singing is more like a dream than reality and I want to start to make it reality while I am able to. I love to sing and it is my way of getting through all times and it is that big that not one day have I gone without singing a song. Not even a strep throaght kept me away from singing, " I need a doctor, call me a doctor". It is and has always been my dream to sing and be on stage and preform for the world. I know you get a lot of people saying how much they love to sing and be famous, but I would like to show to you how much I love to sing and if you give me a chance to even audition would give me so much joy! – please give me a chance if you aqre interested to hear me walk the walk and not just talk the talk , please email me at,,, – firstname.lastname@example.com , I will gladly send a video of me singing. Please give me a chance (:
Hey, im 15, My name is Khyeasha Bowden-Fowler, I'm a freshman, im cherokee Indian and African American, I've been watching this show since it first came out. Typically enough, im a rapper, when I seen astro in here, I was like oh my God,this could be my chance,I want to do this. I've been expressing myself poetically through rap every since I started getting bullied in 5th grade. I've held this dream of rap for so long and ran with it. I write music, I dabble in singing but you can say I major in rapping. My bestfriend died this year,in may,he was the first boy I ever cared about in that way, he motivated me everyday as I pushed him, in too. But living here in Detroit Michigan has never been an easy experience,yes it's the murder cap of the world,yes alot of people from here flop,but I promise I won't. I'm determined to be something, not your average Female rapper from Detroit, im soo much more then that. My inspirations are J.Cole, Wale, Kendrick Lamar,Tupac, Eminem,Nicki Minaj, and during the summer before school started I rapped for big Sean, he asked for me to meet him backstage I gave him my number he promised he'd call he never did. But Anyways,im just trying to make it. Trying to be somebody. I'm trying to take the spotlight and pass off a positive perspective in life even when your stuck in the lows like me I've been through so much through this life Time, I was homeless with my five other siblings at times, my father was In the army,my mother works at Wendy's, help me. I need a way out. I'm just and ambitious lyricist.
But call me Lyrikal Envy. The stage is my home.
I am 13. I love singing. And I hope that this is an opportunity for me to get over my stage fright, and to prove everyone who said I can't do it wrong.
Hi I'm Kenyetta Smith for the concrete jungle known as New York City. I am 16 years of age and I have a passion for singing. I've sang in church and in school and I've even auditioned for America's Got Talent. I Look up to Beyonce, Ariana Grande and Christina Aguilera because they have such strong voices and I know entertaining an audience is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I cannot wait to meet everyone hopefully and to share my voice with the world
Hi,My name is Denise Kennedy.I live in Florida . I'm 13 years old and my passion is singing. Ever since I was little,I knew that I wanted to sing. I always get such a thrill when I sing,it makes me feel like I'm in control. Another reason I want a chance in singing is because,well; my dad passed away when I was 11,I remember telling him how much I love singing and he told me to go for,to chase my dream and that is what I plan on doing. Also,at the age of 12 I began to be getting bullied,cyber bullied and in person. I didn't handle it well,I still get bullied. But singing helps and makes me forget about my problems,it makes me think "Hey,don't listen to those bullys. One day you'll be a big star living your dream an they won't". All I need is a chance. I chance to live my dream,not for me,but for my dad. To show my bullies that I'm not worthless,I'm useful. I can sing. I may not be as good as Ariana Grande,Britney Spears,ect;but I can sing. And I won't ever stop giving up on my dream.
Hi my name is Anycia im from Chicago,IL im 14 yrs old I hope this opportunity opens up for me I have a passion for singing I sang in a mariachi band at my school and I hope ill get to share my voice I just need some where to start off my dream that I want to live I look up to Emeli Sande and Christina Aguilera I just want to make a name for my self and I want to able to help my family in there hard times I would be very thankful If you give me this opportunity
Hello my name is Hunter and I am 17 year old Navy/California boy. I love to sing, act, dance, and be in front of a camera. I also like to swim and play water polo. I love school and have a 4.23 GPA but at the same time love to be loud and adventurous with friends! Ever since I was little I wanted to be on different or in front of large audiences, and I hope one day I will get that chance!
Hi. My name is savanna and I'm 13 years old. I love singing. I've loved it since I was a little girl. I would like to be on the voice because first, I love singing, second, I have had very bad experiments in life and singing is the only way that I feel I can express myself and how I'm feeling. I want to show everyone who told me I'm not good enough and I'm not special that i am. I might not sing like Taylor swift or Carrie underwood or anyone , but I sing different and that's what I think people look for. And I know I can do it if I got the chance.
Hello my name is Angelo Gullatt and I am 33 years old I am a maintenance tech but my main field is singing I love everything about it when I wake up in the morning all I can think about is singing and writing music I love R&B but I can just about any style I hope and pray that you may give me an opportunity
thank you
Angelo Gullatt
I Love singing it is my passion I been trying so hard day and night to become someone. someone that's every one will at least like not a lot of people like me and I get bullied a lot and I tell them I will become famous and I hope this is my shot please let me know if you accept me. I will greatly appreciate it.!
My voice is thee ultimate WHITNEY HOUSTON, Gerald Levert, a little of Mariah Carey, and JENNIFER HUDSON
Hi my name is jakayla
im ten years old
I love to sing
and I like to dance please let me be on your show I will really appreciate it thank you(:
Hi my name is jakayla
im ten years old
I love to Sing I would love to be on your show please(:
Too lame to go on air but who knows right?!
Hi my name is jakayla brown im 10 years old and people tell me I sing
like an angle I have prrety long whair and my eyes change color please
give me the pleasure to participate on your show please
Wow this is a long awaited dream!!!!! I am a huge fan of the judges esp Christina Agulliar. I am a 10 yr old singer. I am the lead singer for an all Girl's Band (Fates Fortune). I have all the moves and a powerful voice that can shake the entire Northern Hemisphere. I have been performing since I was 4 y/o. I have a talent blessed by God and I am ready to show it to the rest of world. Well here in Georgia we have won numerous talent shows. Fates are also active in our community in activities such as Anti-violence and Anti-bullying. Sometimes being a positive person in the community full of violence cause us (Fates Fortune) to be Bullied. We are also proud to talk about our song "pink" which was written for Breast Cancer Awareness. We were honored to perform it at the State wide Cancer Walk. I am confident that we have all the talent that you will need in your show. Thank you. Please check us out.
Skarlett Flaym
Hi, I'm Claire, I'm:
Age: 16
Height: 5'8 and 1/2
Weight: 105 lbs.
Eyes: Honey Yellow with a bluish grey green ring around my eyes (my eyes change color with my mood a lot so they are kinda hard to describe)
Hair: Dark Brown, long, curly, with some natural golden and red highlights
Skin: Fair – moderately tan
Body Type/ Build: Thin, long, lean
Job Qualifications: Singing, Musician (piano, drums, guitar), Dancing, Acting, Modeling, Contortionist
I am a singer primarily above everything else in my life. Singing is my identity and it is who I am. I am an alto that can sing Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto 1, Alto 2, Tenor, and some Baritone notes. I have been classically trained as well as pop, rock, broadway, rap, and more. My music theory is extensive and I have taken private voice lessons from my voice coach and my voice teacher for several years now, and I have been in choirs ever since I could walk. I love to sing, and I am a great musician!!! I may be exactly what you need and I would love to be on your show! Please consider me, I don't think you'll be disappointed!=)
Thank you!!!
Watch "12 year old Amber sings National Anthem…AMAZING!!!!" on YouTube
hello, My stage name is Randella. I have been singing for years, but at the age of 21 I decided it was time I showed the world what I am capable of. please take the time out to view my YouTube video.
thank you,
Randi Harrison
Kaitlyn Poli 13 years old singing MERCY ….. I HOPE YOU HAVE A VOICE KIDS COME HERE TO THE US :)
Kaitlyn Poli 13 years old singing MERCY ….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ7xM3M0qbg
So…here is a guy that's sang in front to people since he was 12. Plays guitar, keys, bass, anything that makes noise. Had a club and redcording carreer for 20+ years the took a pause, started a family, raised 3 sons, led worship for 20 years at three different churches, sold paint and industrial coatings for the past 30+ years, and NOW, at a quieter time in Life decides he wants to "see if he's still got something people want to hear".
Wuttaya think…?…should he jump in and give it a go…?
My name is Ab Grant, and I am hip-hop artist, ChampBoy AB, currently residing in Texas. I write and record my own music, talking about my life, ideas, experiences, and my goals. By being cast on season 5 of The Voice, this is a win for myself and my family, especially my son. I can tell him that no matter where you come from, you can make it to the top if you work hard and stay focused…Winning…2k14
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My name is alissa austin i have been singing since i was three years old im 16 now. I would really love to be on this show it would be such a great experence and i would love to be able to sing for you guys. Music is my life and i would love to be able to share my passion with the world!
I love singing and I've always wanted to be on the voice. I'm kinda shy but everyone tells me I'm a good singer and my bff told me I should as soon as I turned 15.
hi im ishia 13 year old i love to sing my dream is to become famous my idol is talory swift She is just like me
I'm 13 and I love singing and acting. Singing is my life
Youtube : megirlmeltem or asya2448
Facebook: asya meltem
Instagram : asya2448
Hi I'm Kiana Vance and I'm 14 years old. I think right now could be the start of my journey through acting, singing, and dancing. I'm very bright and i'm not afraid to show off what I've got! I was bullied all throughout middle school and I went through some really hard times and I feel that I could be an influence on kids today. I've been in five school plays and one school musical. I played the lead in all of the plays. I am going to be in Drill Team in High School and people are always telling me that I can move. I love to write songs because music really touches my heart. But sometimes I can feel like i'm not good enough and I really need this shot to prove that I am enough and that I have this talent that needs to be used. Please give me this shot this is the only thing I want to do in my life.
My name is Faith. I am 11 years old. Ever since I was 5 I loved singing. i really hope i get in. I am really good at singing and I hope I am old enough.i love singing and really hope I end big.Or at least have people know me around the world . I need this my family is struggling and needs money so I will help pay for their debts. That's all I need this for.
hi my name is jawanna im 17 i have always wanted to be on the voice. i have a beautiful voice im out going every minute i get i sing people have told me instead of me waisting my talent i should do something with it so thats wat im going to do .
When I tell people how old I am, they look at me in awe. I'll be 21 in April, but I usually look like I'm 16. Being tiny tends to do that to people. However, I have a sharp hourglass figure, and I'm corset trained.
Sometimes my friends call me Mary, which also seemed appropriate for my Korean teacher and classmates to call me. "Maryann" is a bit awkward in the Korean language. I know bits a pieces of a few languages and I want to someday be fluent in at least three.
I go to Montgomery College and am transferring to the University of Maryland for a degree in Criminal Justice. My focus will be Forensic Science.
Judging from the sheer diversity in the friends that I have (9+ groups), I'd say I'm a very accepting, friendly person. I can also be very abstract, and people sometimes describe me as eccentric, humble, and sometimes paradoxical. You could also ask me anything and I'll respond truthfully. Why would I have anything to hide?
I'm also a giant nerd. I love video games, video game music, conventions, science fiction, anime, Dungeons and Dragons (I'm not even kidding), and tabletop and strategy board games. I'm also a member of the Gamer Symphony Orchestra at the University of Maryland where I have played guitar for four years.
I've played guitar for coming up on 7 years and I've been singing since I could talk. My first song was "Sweet Dreams" by the Eurythmics. I have a number of unfinished written works, including songs, plays, novels, and musicals. I believe I can do anything but dance, but if the choreography is simple/easy, I could give it a try.
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Age: 20
Age Range: 16-21
Height: 5'4″
Weight: 104 lbs
Dress: S
Skin: Very fair
Hair: light brown, long and wavy
Eyes: Green with long eyelashes
Ethnicity: Caucasian. I'm a Celtic mix with Native American ancestry.
If you wish to contact me, here's my email address: email@example.com and feel free to check out my Facebook for current pictures: https://www.facebook.com/MaryannM0ses/photos
Thank you so much for your time, and I hope to hear from someone soon!
Hi my name is yulissa bautista and I am 16 years old im not sure if im probably to old but hopefuly not I like to sing i have always wanted to do something diffrent in my life and be someone cause thats what I see my future as
hair color:blonde
eye color:green
location:madison county, ga
thank you for your consideration
Faith otis
ps:i can act anything and everything asked of me
if you want to contact me. my email is email@example.com
Hi my name is Taylor Mohn and I am an 19 year old aspiring R&B singer dying to be heard. I live in the Chicago suburbs and aside from music I'm a full time student in college. I like to do a little bit of acting, love to draw, and I produce and write all of my music. I would love to have this opportunity happen for myself :)
hi i want to tell you that I love music, I love'm from Argentina and what I like most is singing is my passion
5'6, 125 pounds, Female; Has had experience acting, singing, took singing classes and acting classes.
hi im angelina and ive always loved the show i am ten and i might be small but i have a big voice and if im picked i wont let yall down i sing everywhere i go and everyone tells me i should be on the voice and im known as the little girl with the big voice
My name is Tabitha, I'm 19. I enjoy Singing a lot! I have ever Since I could remember. Music is a big part of my life while growing up, I have very many different taste with music I don't like to stick to one thing. I know I can Sing But I do know that I could always improve and Learn a lot more than I do now. to become apart of this would be my dream! But hey if not that's okay too. I don't really have any experience with Singing any where besides talent shows at school while growing up or just being around family. thank you for all your time.
My name is Taylor. I am 17 years old and singing is my life. I've been singing for as long as I can remember. I am in my 3rd year in High School and I've sang in my schools choir since Freshman year. 11 other students and I from my schools choir just recently went to sing in Washington D.C for a big event. We sang in front of about 1,200 other students and many parents and chaperones. Singing is my passion and I would love to get the chance to go forward with it.
Singing is my life. It the reason that I love getting up every day. Music is my life period. I dont think I could live with out it. I came out the womb singing…not really I was quiet. Please choose me.
I'm very talented at singing and playing guitar, I'm 21 and passionate about my work. I would love an opportunity to prove my talents.
I would love to be given an opportunity to show what I have! I am capable of winning and making the name for myself in which I was destined to!


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Froome now almost unbeatable at Tour de France
|Spectators, some with British flags, cheer as Christopher Froome of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 33 kilometers (20.6 miles) with start in in Avranches and finish in Mont-Saint-Michel, western France, Wednesday July 10 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France (AP) — Going down a row of television cameras, answering one question after another, the wearer of the Tour de France's yellow jersey never veered off message. Yes, said Chris Froome, he was delighted to have increased his race lead with a super-fast ride in the time trial. But, no, he added, the Tour isn't over yet because the road to Paris is still long.
Froome is right about the long part — Paris is still 1,661 kilometers (1,032 miles) away. But if Froome really believes there is any doubt that he will be standing on top of the podium on the Champs-Elysees on July 21, then he is part of a quickly shrinking minority. After Wednesday's time trial race against the clock to the medieval abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel — among the most beautiful backdrops ever visited by the 110-year-old Tour — the Briton has a lead that now appears unassailable.
Looking like spacemen in their aerodynamic teardrop-shaped helmets and riding special go-fast bikes to better slice through the air, the 182 riders set off one after another from the Normandy town of Avranches, which the forces of U.S. Gen. George S. Patton liberated in World War II.
Froome, as race leader, set out last. His skin-tight racing suit was yellow, so was his saddle, parts of his bike frame and a thick stripe down the middle of his otherwise black helmet. He puffed out his cheeks and licked his lips. The race starter held up five fingers and counted down. When the fingers were folded away, Froome raced off, powering past crowds several rows deep.
Through a patchwork of fields green and gold he rode. Through tidal marshlands where sheep graze, giving their meat a tang of saltiness from the sea. Through picture-postcard villages of cottages built of dark granite.
Not that he noticed.
"During the race, you can't really take any of that in at all," he said. "You go into tunnel vision, and it's just a blur of noise and color around you."
But with each push on his pedals, Froome's lead over his rivals grew.
By the end, with Mont-Saint-Michel rising majestically in front of him from an islet off the Brittany coast, Froome wasn't far from catching Alejandro Valverde, even though the Spaniard set off three minutes earlier than him from Avranches.
As Valverde was crossing the line in front of the abbey called the "Wonder of the West," the crowds could already be heard cheering for Froome, who zoomed in just one minute later.
Although Valverde is still Froome's closest rival, it's really no longer close. Froome's lead over the Spaniard more than doubled to 3 minutes, 25 seconds. At the Tour, that might as well be light years. Froome would have to crash, suffer some other mishap or get sick and melt down on the towering Mont Ventoux and in the Alps next week for his rivals to catch him.
"Once we get into the Alps, there's a run of a few days, back to back, which are going to be very hard," he said. "I'm sure other teams are really going to test us."
For the moment, two-time champion Alberto Contador still isn't ready to surrender to Froome — even though he's essentially racing for second place. The time trials at this 100th Tour were shortened from those last year to try to maintain suspense in the outcome. But Contador still lost more than two minutes to Froome on the 33-kilometer (20-mile) course. He is now 3:54 behind Froome in fourth place. Dutch rider Bauke Mollema is third, 3:37 behind Froome.
"No one's won the Tour de France yet and no one's lost it. We have to get to Paris yet," Contador said, perhaps more in hope than conviction. "Chris Froome is in impressive form and is a great climber, but there are still many stages left."
The winner of Stage 11 was time trial world champion Tony Martin. The German collapsed exhausted after crossing the line and lay face-up on the asphalt, a towel covering his eyes, before slowly climbing back to his feet. A kid immediately got him to cough up an autograph.
Martin's white world champion's jersey with rainbow stripes was so drenched with sweat that it turned translucent, revealing underneath scabs on his skin from a terrifying crash on Stage 1. Martin looked like he had been attacked by a vegetable peeler after that pileup, because he lost so much skin on his back from scrapping along the asphalt. The pain robbed him of sleep. His mother, Bettina Martin, said she was "very shocked, very worried."
But because the Tour isn't just any old race, Martin said he felt compelled to continue after doctors gave the OK to do so. It also helped that he had conditioned himself before the race to expect a crash.
"I kept in mind before the Tour that I would crash one or two times in the first week. It's more or less usual to crash. So if you are ready for it, I think with a lot of morale, I think you can survive this."
The only ugliness on this otherwise spectacular stage was that a roadside spectator apparently sprayed urine at British rider Mark Cavendish as he was riding the course, said Patrick Lefevere, manager of his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team.
Froome noted that one of the attractions of cycling is that spectators get close to the athletes. The Cavendish incident "ruins the whole atmosphere."
Associated Press Writer Jamey Keaten and AP Sports Writer Jerome Pugmire contributed.
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Visual Organizers are another key to presenting information in a way that is easy for a child with dyslexia to understand and remember. There is a wide variety of graphic organizers available on Amazon.
**Memory Training For Students – This is a great program for helping students enhance their memory skills. Remembering information is a skill many students struggle with. It is not because they were born with or without any ability to remember. The fact of the matter is, many children must be taught specifically HOW to remember or memorize needed information. If your child struggles with memory and recall, this is an option you'll want to consider to improve your child's performance in all subjects.
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I forget who posted about Fake Blood a waaaays back, but thanks. Got their Cells album and it is muy bueno. Would be cool to hear this stuff live at the grounds.
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No Dice
Learn it. Know it. Live it.
Monklish is asking people for headliner predictions. Even more evidence that nobody has a freaking clue who is going to top this poster.
12/31: Derek Plaslaiko, Dave Aju @ f8
1/8: Tamaryn @ The Chapel
1/28: Beacon @ The Rickshaw Stop
1/29: Ty Segall, Wand, Cold Beat @ GAMH
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2/14: Sparks @ Ace Theater Hollywood
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Bishop has been a vampire for 700 years and though he wishes nothing more than to live his life in peace, getting humans to believe that vampires are not monsters is a difficult task, and vampire hunters like The Reaper make it even more difficult.
Believing that a vampire killed her mother, Irina leads a band of vigilantes, determined to rid the world of these monsters. What no one knows is that Irina herself is half vampire. Determined to deny that side of her, Irina captures Bishop, believing he can lead her to the vampire responsible for her mother's death. But over the course of Bishop's captivity, secrets about Irina's past are revealed and she soon learns that what she has always believed to be true is anything but. Now Irina and Bishop are in a race against time as they fight for their lives - and their love.
©2007, 2012 Kathryn Smith (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers
"What a shame another good book ruined by narration"
Well what a disappointment this was, not for the story which was good but, if you're like me, the narrator can make or break a listen and this.....one......was......so......slow......it......was......painful. She didn't put any feelings into the story - it was just a plain boring monotone - yuk! If the female lead didn't have an accent then I wouldn't of known who was talking.
If you can get past her dialogue - it helps if you can speed he up - then the story has merit, and it is part of a series so I expect you will want to download it just to keep up with the storyline.
Worth the credit? - If you're following the series then yes.
"not as expected"
I was VERY unimpressed with the narrator, she spoke in a monotone all the way through. I will not finish the rest of this series.
Let those who you love know today, tomorrow is not promised! Life experience, Mishawn
"Great book but BAD Narrator!"
I really enjoyed the story but it wasn't a easy listen as the last book. I really hate to complain but I'm sure they were commas in what she was reading but she didn't notice them. It was a great story!
Would I buy it again? Oh yea! Great story!
"terrible narration"
Not with the current narrator
When she holds her little brother and her father realizes what a terrible mistake he made.
No! No! No! She should be reading young childrens books, Not adult romance.
I have listened to the sample of the next three books and I will be listening to the next three books as this one would have been a great one with a different narrator.
"Agreed! Narrator could be improved."
The story line was a good one. The narrator was boring and monotone. This could be a great series if you can get past the narrator. I have bought the series in order to follow the story line with the knowledge the narrators are different from the first book.
"Good Story but HORRIBLE narrator"
I love the series and Kathryn Smith is becoming one of my trusted authors but this book I'm sad to say is ruined for me by the narrator. She accents are horrible, there is SERIOUS volume issues here. Like she gets to close to the microphone sometimes and she'll sound really loud or high pitched and then sometimes very low or normal.
I really liked Bishop and would have a feeling that I would have loved Marika a lot more if the accent used for her wasn't slaughtering her for me.
Okay about the book now:
Bishop is amazing. I love that he's all MINE and hard ass. To me he very much comes across as a guy that is deceiving. He looks lazy and like he's not going to do anything but push the right button and BOOM, killer on your hands.
Marika sounds like a fabulously interesting character and I like that she is always fighting within herself over the folklore of the Vampires that her villages tell everyone and what Vampires really do and are. I would love it if there was more of the interaction between all the boys, having them meet up and all but I really like the series.
It's a great spin on the 'grail' stories vampire lore. I HIGHLY recommend reading book one in this series.
I've always been a avid reader so now I'm a avid listener. I prefer the paranormal genre but I do like to switch things up. It's boring if you don't have variety. Of course I do love the romance and the hotter the better. Also, you can't beat a good thriller filled with suspense and a ending you can't even guess at until the very end.
"Just average."
Due book to this just being a average listen to me I'd say no. I love being swept into a story and this one I was constantly checking to see how much longer I had to listen and I have to admit that I doubled narration speed.
If it's on sale cheap and you want an average listen then you may want to get it, but I wouldn't use a credit on it.
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BuffyFest VIP Experience @ Chicago Comic Con 2012
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Welcome to Maryland Physician Magazine! I'm thrilled to have you visit our site. Don't let my Mona Lisa-esque serene photo fool you. If my photo was a true depiction, it'd be a blur of motion. It's been an incredible few months getting to this point. There are a number people who have been unwavering with their support and work getting Maryland Physician launched in print and online.
Once I decided that I was really going to push off for this thrilling black diamond run of launching a magazine in print and online, my very first call was to Linda Harder, Maryland Physician editor. Linda and I came up with a list of potential names for this endeavor. We tested them out on each other – listening to how each name sounded and how it looked in print. I'm pretty sure I tossed out Linda's suggested "Maryland Physician Magazine" almost immediately. After innumerable subsequent ideas, I just kept going back to it. I added the tag-line, "Your practice. Your life." and decided it was perfect.
I first met Maryland Physician Art Director Kim VanDyke years ago while working together on a lifestyle magazine. I immediately loved her style and her grace under pressure. She was my second call. Online publishing is dynamic, relatively immediate and eco-friendly but it just doesn't capture the beauty of design, photography, text and paper. Read through Maryland Physician's digital edition and get it in print, you'll agree.
Calm and brilliant Digital Wizard Andrei Palmer. I brought Andrei an online magazine concept sketched on two flimsy taped–up pieces of paper, eraser marks and smudges included. Andrei took my concept, translated my ideas so that even I could understand them and built a really terrific looking and easy to navigate website with, as far as I can tell, technical wizardry.
Balls were in the air and some in place so I then put together an advisory board which has provided editorial and design development feedback, suggestions and support along with some sage business advice. Thank you to Karen Cousins-Brown, D.O.; Gene Ransom; John Barry, M.D.; Stacy Fisher, M.D.; Holly Dahlman, M.D.; Paul Davies, M.D.; Regina Hampton, M.D.; Danilo Espinola, M.D., Michael Epstein, M.D. and Erwin Abrams.
Thank you to the truly impressive Maryland physicians, hospital leaders and healthcare stakeholders who've contributed to the first issue's content. I sincerely appreciate the "You go, girl!" and encouragement you've shared with me.
Thank you to photographers Mark Molesky and Tracey Brown, writers Tracy Fitzgerald and Allison Eatough and Printer-Dude Rob Dauses. Thank you to the charter advertisers in print and online – all of whom have been cheerleaders along the way.
I got that mojo workn' and can't wait to see what comes next!
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ive been on them all. honda kaw, suz, yamaha and harly... there is just no feeling like it.
i might slow down eventually,.. but i wont stop riding.
My first bike
Bike I still wish I had
my 02 GSXR. the one i REALLY learned to ride on.
My dream bike
an Agusta MV senna.
- Type of racing: road
- Rider: the doctor
- Riding song: techno
- Bike movie: THE DOCTOR, THE TORNADO AND THE KENTUCKY KID
- Bike book: twist of the wrist
- Bike magazine: any Brit mag!
- Bike game: havnt played playstations bike gran turismo yet
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- I ride with them, but no I don't do the crazy **** that they do. My 1000 is slammed to the ground with a power commander and I am getting ready to extend the **** out of it. So, I just ride with them and make them look good. ; )
- Jan 18, 2007 at 7:02 pm
- Yes, we'll have to do that once I get new pictures up of the bike.
Have been setting it up for my upcoming race in WERA for feb 10th .
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okay first off,. sadly the main pic is only where i want my SV to head towards. not of mine. not quite there yet. but i have a good start! check out the pics for progression.
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Battle of Midway, June 1942
USS Yorktown (CV-5) sinking, just after dawn on 7 June 1942, as seen from an accompanying destroyer.
The ship has capsized to port, exposing the turn of her starboard bilge, and is settling rapidly by the stern.
This view looks over the ship's upper starboard structure, with her bilge beyond. Yorktown's forefoot and front edge of her flight deck are toward the left. In the right center is the large hole made by one or more submarine torpedoes. Note the oil slick surrounding the ship.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Like anyone, every day I log into my computer and begin the email brigade. Some emails are spam, others offer teasers to elaborate weddings and some catch my attention in a different way entirely. The incredibly talented Ellyn Bold of Ellyn Bold Event Designer in Overland Park, Kansas reached out to me earlier this summer, but her purpose was different than most.
You see, Ellyn was commissioned to work on a wedding. What she didn't know was that 30 hours later the groom's sister, Brooke Tivol McGarth, 28, who traveled back home to New York where she worked as the marketing director for Carelle, would pass away unexpectedly of a rare blood infection.
In loving memory of Brooke, Carelle just launched the Brooke Leaf Collection where they partnered with the Women's Jewelry Association (WJA) to establish "The Carelle Scholarship in Honor of Brooke Tivol McGrath." The scholarship seeks to reward aspiring young women in the jewelry industry and will be awarded annually by Carelle through WJA.
A fourth-generation woman in the jewelry business, McGrath joined Carelle in 2007 as their marketing director to help launch a multi-platform marketing campaign. She challenged the brand to examine fine jewelry from a different perspective and aided in the brand's image building by establishing the curved leaf as the signature of the Carelle brand.
The collection consists of earrings and necklaces in 18K white, rose and yellow gold with various colored gemstones designed around the leaf motif. The centerpiece of the "Brooke Leaf Collection" is the "Brooke Leaf Pendant" crafted in 18K rose gold with a pavé diamond leaf design encasing a 25mm round Rose de France disk. The materials are in honor of Brooke as she wore a pair of rose gold and Rose de France earrings every day. The leaf supports the Rose de France stone symbolizing the delicate balance of life.
Proceeds from the sale of the "Brooke Leaf Collection" will help to fund the scholarship. Direct donations may also be made by sending a check to Carelle payable to The WJA Scholarship Fund. These pieces can be purchased at Tivol in Kansas City and Overland Park, Missouri. While sharing a sad story is not on trend with what I normally share on Fridays, I thought the pieces are beautiful, as was Brooke, and that this was an important story to share to honor this young woman.
Photography: Wirken Photography
Photography: Wirken Photography
Thank you to Ellyn Bold for bringing this story to my attention and Tyler Wirken of Wirken Photography for sharing images of Brooke at her brother's wedding. Also, a special thank you to Carelle and Brooke's family for letting us share it with our readers.


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Is visiting a tanning salon okay?
I have a client who is breastfeeding and wanting to go to a tanning salon. She has asked several people, including health care professionals, and has gotten different responses. Is this contraindicated?Question:
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Debbi Donovan is a Board Certified Lactation Consultant, as well as a retired La Leche League Leader. For more than a decade, Debbi... Read more
Tanning salons can be very enticing at this time of year when you want to begin developing a golden glow before heading out to the swimming pool or beach. But, contrary to many of the salon's claims (and popular belief), they are not without risks. The Federal Trade Commission warns consumers to be cautious when they hear advertising that tanning in a salon can be done safely, and without the harmful effects of the sun.
Research shows that ultraviolet rays can cause premature aging, sagging and wrinkling of the skin, eye injury (cataracts and retinal damage) and contributes to a much greater risk of skin cancer. Though ultraviolet rays don't (visibly) burn the skin as readily as a trip to the beach might, UV rays penetrate more deeply, weakening the skin's inner connective tissue. It can lead to melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. Americans (caucasians) have a 1 in 100 chance of developing melanoma, up 34% since 1973.
If looking for a tanning salon in your area, choose a reputable salon with a trained staff, that focuses on safety, cleanliness and comfort. When visiting a tanning salon, to reduce your risks:
- Ask about the precautions the salon takes to ensure cleanliness. It is important that tanning beds be properly cleaned after each use to avoid the spreading of germs, bacteria and viruses.
- Wear eye protection. The Food and Drug Administration requires that tanning salons instruct all their customers to wear protective eye goggles. Regular sunglasses are not sufficient to protect the eyes. Damage can occur to the eyes without you even being aware of it.
- Choose the minimum dose of light.
- Limit your exposure. The greater your exposure, the more likelihood you have of damaging your skin.
- Make sure that the salon has trained staff to monitor you and to closely follow your progress.
- If taking medications, over-the-counter, or prescription (such as antihistamines, tranquilizers and birth control pills), ask your pharmacist if they cause light-sensitivity.
- If you have a medical condition, such as diabetes or lupus, be aware that exposure to UV rays can aggravate your condition. Check with your Health Care Provider.
- Wear a sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15, and reapply frequently.
Though you see that visiting a tanning salon is not without risks, there is no research to indicate any problem directly related to use of a tanning bed while breastfeeding. Best wishes!


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Archive for September, 2011
When I began writing this blog, I somehow did not envision it as a political instrument. I anticipated writing informative pieces about shelter and rescue animals. I thought I would write about veterinary issues, with "canine interest" pieces about my own animals interspersed.
I should have known better.
The more I learn about the realities of the animal welfare world, the more I realize how important the politics are. To me, animal welfare should NOT be a political issue, but instead a question of human decency. Unfortunately, my definition of human decency does not seem to be the norm.
I have learned that it is necessary to legislate humane treatment of animals, because many people will otherwise misuse them. I have learned that the law must carefully specify what constitutes minimum humane treatment, in order to have a basis upon which to prosecute those who abuse their animals. Common sense and morality are not a functional basis for legal action.
That, sadly, did not surprise me.
What does surprise me is how much conflict and bad behavior exists among those who supposedly have the best interests of the animals and of the community at heart.
Take the latest controversy in Harris County, for example. Dawn Blackmar, the director of HCPHES, is supposed to be the person who is ultimately responsible for ensuring humane treatment for the animals in her care. Yet Randy Wallace of Fox Houston has repeatedly exposed appalling violations of basic legislated standards of care. And still she is the director of the nonprofit associated with the shelter.
What's wrong with this picture?
Another outrage to cross my personal radar is the case of Molly Reed. Some years ago, there was a cruelty seizure in Montgomery County. It was alleged that this woman was importing dogs from the hurricane-affected shelters in Louisiana, under the guise of running a rescue, and then dumping the same "rescued" animals at shelters in her area as strays. Shelters had anecdotal evidence that she delivered dozens and dozen of animals to be euthanized at local shelters. When the HSPCA was finally able to seize the animals in her custody, they were not in good condition – to put it mildly.
After lying low for several years, rumor has it that this woman is now trying to "rescue" animals from other out-of-state shelters that haven't heard about her. If she is "back in business", then it is only a matter of time before she falls back into her old patterns. Local shelters are already warning their staff to be on the lookout for her.
And legally, no one can prevent her from re-establishing herself as a rescuer until she breaks the law again.
SO many things wrong with this picture.
My latest pet peeve is the series of conflicts in the animal welfare community. Volunteers yelling at each other in real life and online, veterinarians trying to stop the operation of the low-cost clinic because they won't listen to the facts, bad adopters returning animals in worse condition than they left in. Not to mention local and state government whose laws are inadequate and whose skimpy animal welfare budgets are an embarrassment.
I never intended to get involved in politics. Mostly, I don't like the giant bureaucracy associated with politics, and I don't like the way political maneuvering often forces people to compromise their beliefs and goals to keep their offices, in the name of serving the greater good. So often, a practical solution is right at hand…if the political machine will get out of the way and let us apply it.
Which is precisely what's wrong with the political picture.
- What do you know about animal welfare laws and politics in your community and state?
- Do you know what constitutes animal cruelty in your area? Or what the law can do about it?
- Do you know what your rights and responsibilities as a pet owner are under the law?
- What laws does your municipality have, need, and enforce? Are they well-written and appropriately enforced?
- Do you know who the important political figures in animal welfare in your area are? Do you know what they stand for?
- Are municipal and county shelters in your area keeping transparent records? Can any citizen access their statistics?
These are just a few basic questions that any animal welfare supporter should be able to answer…
I ended up taking an interest in AW politics because I live by the idea that "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Thus, if I don't like what's happening, I have an obligation to do something about it. And so, readers, do you.
I find myself once again addressing the need for low cost veterinary services in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Animal Shelter has been offering low cost vaccinations and spay and neuter services to the community. I consider this a good thing!
Apparently many members of the local veterinary community disagree. Several local veterinarians are pressuring the Montgomery County Commissioners to limit what services MCAS can offer. Their rational is that the services offered by the county are cutting into their practices.
Bluntly, I doubt it.
Here are a few facts. In Montgomery County, Texas, the per capita income is $30,909. The average household has 2.94 people. And most importantly, 11.2% of the local population is living below the poverty line. The census data available does not tell us how many people are living just above the poverty line.
Many, many people in the lower income brackets own pets. Poverty does not prevent you from loving animals. And while I agree emphatically that people should not have children or animals they cannot afford to care for, the fact is that they DO.
The demographics convince me that the vast majority of the people served by the veterinary clinic at MCAS would NOT be able to afford services from a traditional veterinarian. MCAS offers spay/neuter services for $40 to $60, in most cases. Traditional veterinary clinics offer spay/neuter services for $140 to $400, depending on the vet, their location and corresponding overhead, and what pre-operative services (such as bloodwork) the client opts to do.
There is a lot of difference between $60 and $400.
Realistically, most people can come up with $40 to $60 for a pet's care. But I can tell you from personal experience that coming up with several hundred dollars for the same services can be very challenging, even for a middle class professional. Expecting people who earn near the poverty line to do so is just impossible. For some of them, it might literally be half their budget for the month.
My understanding after talking to a couple of local veterinarians is that many local practices are suffering under the burden of the current economy – which, as we all know, is not so hot. So I realize that these vets are scared of losing more income to a low cost clinic.
Unfortunately, many of the local veterinarians have been swayed by a couple of disgruntled vets who have a grudge against MCAS. The rumor mill is running rampant and wrong. Let me clarify a few things.
Yes, MCAS does have some veterinary equipment not necessarily needed for spay and neuter surgeries. That equipment is used in house for foster dogs and dogs still in the shelter. It is not available to the public.
Yes, a few people who could afford "regular" vet clinics may sneak in, but the vast majority of those using county services do so because it's all they can afford. Otherwise they wouldn't wait in long lines and schedule months in advance for services; using county services does come with certain inconvenience. And a high percentage of those services goes to MCAS fosters or recently adopted animals.
No, your practice will not go under because of MCAS. The county does not intend to "compete" with local clinicians. They want to provide services that would otherwise not be accessible to their clientele, so that the animals can be properly cared for, which will in turn reduce the number of animals that get taken into MCAS as strays and surrenders. Each clinic might lose a couple of appointments per month, but a huge percentage of those using MCAS services would never set foot in your clinics because they cannot afford your fees. Look at it this way: the availability of the MCAS clinic gives us the opportunity to educate those people about other vet services they might need in the future.
I understand that veterinarians are running a business and have to keep an eye on the bottom line. A few suggestions:
If each vet would offer just 5 low cost spays or neuters each month, it would be an excellent opportunity to attract new clients who have recently adopted a pet. If each vet would offer one day per month for low cost vaccinations, that too would drastically reduce the demand for such services from the county. I'm not suggesting bankrupting yourselves. I'm suggesting that offering such services would build good will and attract clients who would be more likely to return for other services in the future.
But please don't try to sabotage MCAS' clinic. The animals of Montgomery County need it – and FYI, the services it provides are NOT taxpayer funded.
Meet Moose.
Moose is a young rescued Pekingese who now belongs to Carl Grossman. Until a week or so ago, this is what Moose looked like, and it is in fact what Moose SHOULD look like.
However, Carl came home one day last week and found Moose filthy and agitated. He didn't know what to think. A visit to the vet the next morning revealed that Moose had the worst hot spot I've ever seen. He was apparently filthy because the hot spot (hidden under his long hair) was driving him to roll in the dirt and bite at himself.
So right now, Moose looks like this.
The good news is that it's temporary. In a few weeks, Moose's skin will heal and his hair will grow back. But it made me realize that I knew very little about hot spots. So I took the opportunity to educate myself and my readers.
The proper name for a hot spot is pyotraumatic dermatitis. It's a bacterial infection of the skin that can spread very rapidly, which is how Moose went from looking like photo A to looking like photo B in less than 36 hours.
The bacterial infection can be contracted any number of ways, but it is most commonly associated with licking and chewing. So a dog may have a small irritation of some sort, and his own need to chew and aggravate that spot can cause the bacterial infection to develop. The initial irritation might be an allergic reaction, a scratch or small wound, even a bruise. Some dogs can even develop this and other skin conditions from stress.
So what do we do about it?
Primary treatment for hot spots means going straight to the vet to make sure that the affected area is actually a hot spot, as other conditions can present a similar set of symptoms. Once you know that's what you've got, the next step is to shave the area so that it can stay cleaner, dryer, and more comfortable to the animal. Be advised that your pet, no matter how docile, may STRENUOUSLY object. Hot spots hurt. He may not want you to touch it, and he may get pretty nasty about it. Some vets recommend sedation to clean up a bad hot spot.
The basic "nursing" care of a hot spot involves gentle daily cleansing and cool compresses. Your vet will probably also provide oral antibiotics to kill the bacteria, as well as topical medications to keep the area dry and to reduce the pain and inflammation. Be careful with treating this yourself – home remedies like hydrocortisone creams may provide temporary relief, but may not actually promote healing. They keep the skin too moist and serve to hold bacteria and moisture in, even as they reduce the itch.
A very important thing to know is that hot spots can run in cycles. You do not want this to happen to your pet, so you need to work with your vet to determine what might have caused the episode. It won't always be possible to determine a cause, but definitely review possible inciting incidents and environmental causes with your veterinarian.
Of equal importance: If you suspect that your pet is developing a hot spot, don't mess around. Go to the vet quickly. They can spread at appalling speed and they are very painful to your pet, so quick treatment is a necessity.
Moose got to the vet within less than 36 hours of his first bout of discomfort, and his hot spot still spread this fast.
The good news is that poor Moose is on the mend, and hopefully it will be a single occurence. So before long, he'll look like he's supposed to again.
So I went out of town for the weekend, and left my three Pekes in the very capable hands of my housesitter. As you know, my oldest furry child, Bumble, is very special needs, so it takes a REALLY good petsitter to manage his needs.
My younger ones, Elizabeth and Oliver, are the "easy ones."
They're easier than Bumble in the sense that they don't have any special medical or behavioral needs. They're friendly, happy, healthy, and playful.
They are way too smart for their own good, and when Mama leaves, they get busy. This is not separation anxiety. This is not being naughty, at least not in their little minds. It's called taking advantage of the situation, sort of like when you send your kids to visit Grandma and they run hog wild while they're there.
First, Bumble takes full advantage of Stacy's good nature. She was outside walking him at 3:00 a.m. I asked her why. Well, he wanted to go out.
Then my young ones got in on the act. I got a text from Stacy, which said the following. "Can't find check. Can you cancel and write another?" I immediately called and asked for details. My first question. Did Oliver eat it? (Baby boy is going through a paper eating phase.)
Stacy admitted that such was totally possible, since she found him happily shredding a different check. Since both had been in her pocket, well…odds were that he'd already eaten the other one. This morning, I get another call. She found the check! Or to be precise, Oliver came prancing up to the sofa with the check in his teeth and dropped it on her shoes. He was very pleased with himself.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth, my good girl, caught Stacy distracted by Oliver and took the opportunity to steal half of Bumble's breakfast. (Bumble really didn't mind.) She also indulged in her favorite pastime – putting Oliver's toys up on the sofa where he can see them but not reach them.
When I got home this evening, they had to tell me all about it. I picked Bumble up to hug him, and my little old man rubbed his face all over my shoulder (an effusive greeting from him) and muttered and fussed. Oliver and Elizabeth immediately went into their evening performance of the Pekingese Circus. Only problem – they insisted on rolling, snorting, kicking, wiggling, and biting each other IN MY LAP. That went on for an hour before they felt their point had been sufficiently made.
I think they missed me.
People often send me questions about what certain common animal welfare terminology means. Since those of us who have been in animal welfare for a while speak our own odd dialect, I thought it might be useful to provide a glossary. I'm going to address those terms about which I have been asked recently – I know there are many I won't think of, but there's always another column!
Owner Surrender or Owner Turn-In
Commonly referred to as an OTI, the owner turn-in is a dog (or other pet) surrendered to the shelter by the actual owner. On the plus side, we can often get more information about the animal's history. On the negative side, many shelters only give OTI animals 24 hours prior to euthanasia, because they know that there is no one looking for this dog. Good shelters work hard to get OTI animals to rescue FAST.
Backyard Breeder (BYB)
These are the jerks who have a couple of dogs that they breed ad infinitum as a money making enterprise. BYB's are notorious for not taking proper care of the dogs, and the puppies are often sickly, inbred, and poorly socialized. They often sell the puppies on Craig's List or on the side of road, which tells you that they do not give a damn where the puppies wind up.
Roadside Puppy Sellers
Those of us in animal welfare HATE these people. These are the vermin you see sitting on the side of the road, rain or shine, Saharan heat or Arctic cold, selling puppies. They do not care if the puppies go to good homes, as long as the purchaser has cash in hand. It is entirely possible that the puppies are sick, sometimes fatally so. It is almost probable that the puppies do not have the bloodlines the seller claims for them; you may buy a "purebred Maltese" for hundreds of dollars and end up with a mixed breed pet engendered by poor supervision of the parent dogs. (Note the probability of overlap between BYB and Roadside Puppy Seller.)
Puppy Mill
This is worse than a BYB scenario. Puppy mills are large scale breeding operations, in which the animals spend their lives in deplorable conditions, often neglected and deprived of clean surroundings, fresh air, good food, and veterinary care. Inbreeding is common. Mortality is high among both puppies and mother dogs, due to overbreeding and neglect. I cannot express in a single paragraph exactly how utterly disgusting a puppy mill is. I've been in one, and I will never, ever get those images out of my head. It is an understatement to say that they should be outlawed nationwide, with severe penalties for those caught running one.
Breed Specific Legislation (BSL)
BSL is legislation that prohibits or at least places restrictions on the ownership of certain breeds. It is mostly commonly proposed or enacted in relation to pit bulls, but other breeds are definitively at risk. The Rottweiler, Cane Corso, Doberman, Dogo Argentino, and Chow are other breeds often targeted by BSL advocates. BSL proponents claim that these breeds are dangerous to the public, and want them eradicated. Eradicated is a nice way of saying that these laws can force people to euthanize well behaved family pets. Why? Because they LOOK like they might have one of these breeds in their lineage. I know it sounds impossible, but it has happened, many times, all over the United States and Canada, among other places.
This condition is extremely common among some breeds, but can happen to any breed. It basically means one of the animal's testicles is not where it belongs. In and of itself, this is not a big deal, but it's even more important to neuter these animals, as cryptorchid animals can develop testicular cancers, possibly from the unnatural compression of the misplaced organ.
Mange is one of the most common conditions seen among dogs coming into shelters and rescues. There are two primary types: sarcoptic (contagious) and demodectic (hereditary and not contagious). Both are readily treatable and definitively NOT a reason to refuse to take in a particular dog. Just be aware that dogs with sarcoptic mange can transmit the condition to other pets in your household and thus should be isolated until they are no longer contagious.
A microchip (or chip) is inserted via hypodermic injection between the animal's shoulder blades, just under the skin. This chip is then registered with a monitoring agency that records the animal's name, age, description, and contact information for the owner. It is a vital tool in returning lost animals to their owners, which is why most shelters and rescue groups microchip their animals prior to adoption.
I'll start paying closer attention to the vocabulary we use that makes other people look at us funny, so I can add to this list in future columns. Suggestions? Words that stumped you as newcomers to AW?
The fires continue.
The firemen are working round the clock, risking their lives to save people and property. Cops are working overtime to keep residents and looters out of the fire zone.
With today being the ten year anniversary of 9/11, it does seem appropriate to acknowledge the firefighters and cops for their undeniable heroism. What a shame that we have to be in the middle of another (albeit smaller) disaster to do so.
I am proud to report that many agencies and drop off locations are saying that no more donations of food and clothing are needed, because the local residents stepped up in such a major way. Texas takes care of our own.
However, I'm not happy with how the various Offices of Emergency Management have handled the animal issues.
Local shelters in the affected counties are overflowing. Small animals are coming in droves, straining shelters that were already far too close to capacity. The more animals come in, the more overburdened the shelter, the more animals have to be euthanized. This is NOT the fault of the shelters; it's a numbers game, plain and simple. When there are more animals than spaces, and animals still coming in, shelters don't really have a choice.
The large animal situation is pretty dire, too. I am very, very angry that the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management has not asked for help from the Houston SPCA. Waller County finally did so as of yesterday. Both agencies should have asked for help days ago. I know for a fact that Constable Tim Holifield spoke to the OEM in Montgomery County about the benefits of activating the HSPCA. The OEM didn't seem to find it necessary. I myself called the Montgomery County OEM to ask why they had not activated to the HSPCA. Unbelievably, I had to spell H-S-P-C-A several times and then tell them what it stood for. I did not find this reassuring.
The fire is burning in primarily rural, heavily agricultural area. In addition to the hundreds of dogs and cats and other small household pets, many households own horses, cattle, and fowl, in addition to a variety of exotics. Families cannot evacuate a couple dozen farm animals on short notice. Most people who have horses or cattle own a trailer, sure. But most privately owned horse or stock trailers can carry between two and four animals. If you can only make one trip out, obviously it is not possible to evacuate more animals than your trailer will hold.
Result: Dozens of animals left in harm's way. Instructions were given to turn the animals loose so that they were not trapped in burning fields or barns.
Consequence: All these animals running loose are now a hazard to the vehicles in the area, a danger to each other, and in constant danger from vehicles, people, fire, downed fences, and water or feed contaminated from fire retardant air drops or other fire related chemicals.
Not acceptable.
God bless the volunteers who have been working round the clock to evacuate these stranded animals. Ananda Tiller, for one, has spent countless hours ferrying animals from the fire zone to safety. She is one of many – I just happen to know her name. Constable Tim Holifield, after working long hours in his own jurisdiction, which includes overseeing the Montgomery County Animal Shelter, offered to use his own personal vehicle and trailer to help evacuate livestock.
So why am I angry? Simple. If the OEM's had gotten a clue and activated the animal emergency teams sooner (or at all), then more animals would be safe, fewer animals would have fire related injuries, and fewer volunteers would have put themselves into harm's way. While I am so glad for the animals that the volunteers were there, volunteers untrained in disaster management can unknowingly put themselves into danger, which can in turn endanger the firefighters who have to go get them out.
I don't understand why the various Offices of Emergency Management would not call for trained help with the animals, when trained help was available and ready to step up.
What a tragic waste.
Things do seem to be calming down on the fire lines, thank God. But the danger is not over, and the need for help is not gone. Shelters and barns housing refugee livestock are in desperate need of food, volunteers, foster homes, and other supplies (see previous column.)
I'm always proud that Texas takes care of our own – let's make sure we do right by the animals too.
This week has been a terrible one for Texas. It seems like the whole damn state is on fire. For the people, this is awful. With very little notice, people have had to evacuate, often leaving behind almost everything they own. Then they have to go sit and wait to see if the fires are going to claim their property or if the wind will aim its capricious whims another direction.
As bad as it is for the people, it's worse for the animals.
Normally, I focus exclusively on dogs, but today I'm going to widen my focus a bit, in light of the crisis in progress.
These fast-moving fires affect the dogs, cats, livestock, and wildlife in their paths. The dogs seem to be faring the best; many of the evacuees are telling reporters they only had time to grab their dogs and drive away. But quite a few people have left dogs and other animals behind.
Here's the situation:
Over 1,000 homes in the State of Texas have burned, and more are at risk. Livestock are running loose in the affected areas, and may be injured. One area's Office of Emergency Management issued a request that people who couldn't get their livestock and pets out do the following:
- Take off nylon halters or collars, which can melt into the animal's flesh.
- Spray paint or use a permanent marker to write contact information on the animal in a clearly visible location.
- Turn them loose, so that they are not trapped in burning barns or pastures.
This horrifies me. Large animals like horses or cattle may panic and run into the flames. They can scorch their hooves beyond repair on hot ground in areas that appear safe to our eyes. They can drink water contaminated with run-off from burned-out structures or from firefighting chemicals. They can damage their legs in the rubble. They can be hit by vehicles and preyed on by the unscrupulous.
Wildlife is terribly vulnerable to the fires. Where can they go? Many species hide their young in the tall grass during the day; expect to see many orphans from the fires. The fires will also drive wildlife into populated areas, where they are at risk from other dangers like cars, people, and domestic animals. They may also pose hazards to people and domestic animals as they are driven from their own habitat.
Dogs and cats left behind will also be in grave danger. IF they survive the smoke and flames, the contaminated water, the lack of food, the vehicles and predators, then what? If their people are able to find them, that's the happy ending. But many people will not find their pets, whether because they can't or because they do not choose to look.
This situation is going to put a huge strain on the animal welfare resources all over the state. And let's face it. Shelters in most places are already bursting at the seams. We already ask shelters to do more than they can with less than they need. The hundreds, maybe even thousands, of displaced, homeless, and injured animals will tax an overburdened system terribly.
So what do we do?
We step up.
Donate. Volunteer. Foster. Adopt.
We will need more volunteers than we ever have, along with lots of donations to feed and house and treat these animals. The closer to a fire zone you live, the more your local shelters will need help.
What they will need:
- Volunteers
- Money
- Food (for dogs, cats, livestock)
- Crates
- Towels
- Playpens or exercise pens
- Leashes
- Formula and bottles for baby animals
- Bottled water for the volunteers (especially those working in the fire zones)
- Veterinary supplies
Shelter volunteers can't do it without you. Now is the time. Please, go down to your local shelter and offer to help. They'll tell you what they need.
The following is a brief excerpt from The Rescuer's Handbook. I chose this excerpt to post after spending yesterday morning working at the shelter. Every time I'm at MCAS, I see so many people give so much of themselves to fight the uphill battle of saving animals…and I know how discouraged we sometimes get in the face of all the bad things we see in the process. So I thought this little excerpt might be a timely reminder…and if you want to read more, please scroll down to the previous post, in which there is a link to Amazon from which you can purchase the book.
For my animal welfare friends:
"Rule 1 of Animal Welfare: You can't save them all.
The hardest lesson for any animal lover to learn when they become involved in animal welfare is that we can't save them all. Some rescuers never learn it, and the result is that they become overburdened, overextended, and eventually tip so far into the chaos that they become part of the problem. It is a well-documented fact that most animal hoarders are deeply convinced that their mission in life is to SAVE animals.
The first time you have to walk out of a shelter knowing that some of the animals will not make it safely to good homes, it will be terribly difficult. That's a sign that animal welfare is important to you, and it's a perfectly normal response to a painful situation. The survival skill most critical for any good rescuer to develop is the realization that because of rescue, more animals will survive. Without rescue, fewer would make it.
The first time I went to a shelter to pull animals for a breed rescue, the shelter employees spotted me as green. They tried hard to talk me into taking an "extra" dog. I can't blame them, as they were just trying to get one more dog out to rescue. But I had to say no, because the little guy didn't come close to fitting the breed rescue's parameters. And it sucked.
Focus on the ones you can help, not the ones you can't.
Never, ever allow yourself to bog down in guilt over the fact that you cannot take them all home. Each volunteer does what he or she can, and that's different for each person. Remind yourself regularly that you ARE helping. You ARE making a difference."


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Liberals Provide Smears And Innuendo Over Wisconsin Doctors Notes Story
A bit of typical unhinged derangement and lying from Crooks and Liars to amuse you as you start your Sunday: Wisconsin Protesters Breitbarted Over Bogus Teachers' Excuses
Fox News broke this bulletin about an hour ago. It stems from a video posted by the MacIver Institute Wisconsin alleging that a doctor is signing bogus excuses for teachers protesting in Madison. Because it is illegal for teachers to strike, they called in sick and have been told they will have to produce a valid doctors excuse in order to be excused for their absences.
So isn't it interesting that a right-wing organization would produce a news report saying such excuses are fabricated? Usually, the way this works is that part of the final negotiation also forgives the days missed for protests, by the way, so this is ginned up nonsense from the start.
The story goes on to provide the typical smears against the MacIver Institute that the Left is known for, then goes after Christian Hartsock
So we're clear on this, Christian Hartsock, the guy "interviewed" and also the guy who probably produced that first video is the same guy who helped out with the smears of ACORN and New Jersey teachers, and he works for Andrew Breitbart.
Breitbart has bragged about being at the protests in Wisconsin today. Americans for Prosperity is linked to the MacIver Institute. A Breitbart video smear guy is quoted in an article smearing teachers. Figure it out.
Nowhere does Crooks and Liars, the perfect name for a Progressive blog, provide any substantive proof that the story is fake. Furthermore, perhaps they missed this?
No, I didn't find that one at Fox News, or, as they like to call it, Faux News. That came from the Democratic Underground. In fact, most of the DUers were proud that a doctor would provide notes. And someone at the DU quickly tried to use the C&L story to rebut the photo evidence, but, whoops! ABC News provided a story about doctors saying they would provide notes for the protesters who lied about being sick.
Interestingly, Ann Althouse has this photo
Hey, that sign looks familiar. The person doesn't, though. It's almost like they are…..organized and astroturfed.
So, there you go, C&L, pictorial evidence that doctors are offering to write notes for the protesters.
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- The Krewe du Vieux Parade Route begins on the corner of Marigny Street and Chartres Street in New Orleans.
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- The parade will go one block down Franklin Avenue, then take a left on Royal Street.
- At Touro Street, the parade will turn left, continuing on Royal Street through the French Quarter.
- The Krewe du Vieux will take another left at Conti Street.
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- The parade will take another right on Marigny Street.
- The parade ends at Maringy Street and Chartres Street.
Born of the remains of the Krewe of Clones, which began parading in 1978, Krewe du Vieux marched for the first time in 1987. When the Krewe of Clones decided to become more respectable, Craig "Spoons" Johnson and Don Marshall decided to keep the parade's original raucous, art-inspired spirit alive in the Krewe du Vieux Carre ("Vieux Carre," which means "Old Square," refers to the French Quarter).
At first, the ragtag krewe had 16 subkrewes, and a collection of mule-drawn or hand-pulled handmade floats. But by 2001, KdV had its first title float, and its membership was growing. The numerous subkrewes meet in the "Den of Muses," a warehouse space, to bring together their costumes and floats. In 2006, KdV was the first parade to march post-Katrina, and garnered national attention for its tenacity and lightheartedness in the face of tragedy. That year's theme was "C'est Levee."
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English-Speaking Union hosts Norman Rockwell Christmas Party
The Kentucky Branch of the English-Speaking Union celebrated an old-fashioned, Norman Rockwell Christmas Party at the parlor of the Audubon Woods Condominiums on Dec. 3., Guests were greeted by a Norman Rockwell host as they entered the elegantly decorated parlor.
After wine and hors d'oeuvres, a traditional Christmas feast of turkey and dressing and all the trimmings was served.
Santa had left lovely gifts for every guest, allowing them to choose from a generous and varied supply, enough to suit every taste.
Distinguished Service Awards were presented to Keith Eiken, Don Glaser, and Helena Mink, all of whom are longtime members who have played a vital role in the organization.
Branch President Louise Cecil presided over the entire event with her usual grace and charm.
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At least 19 people, including children, have been wounded in a series of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian emergency workers said.
Witnesses and medics said Israeli jets carried out at least six air strikes late on Monday in the northern town of Beit Lahiya and Gaza City.
Witnesses said a security compound for Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, a training camp north of the city and a brickworks and metal foundry in northern Gaza were among the targets.
An Israeli military spokesman said aircraft attacked a total of six targets, including two arms manufacturing facilities and two "terror tunnels" which he said were intended for staging attacks under the border fence into Israel.
He said that the raids were in response to a wave of 56 rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza into Israel since Saturday and that the military held Hamas "solely responsible for terrorist activity in the Gaza Strip and warns Hamas not to continue its aggression".
Cross-border fire
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, had earlier said it would stop cross-border fire into Israel if the Israelis halted attacks on Gaza.
It said rocket fire into Israel on Saturday had been in response to an Israeli strike last week which killed two of its members, but the group said it was ready to call an end to the tit-for-tat violence if Israel also did so.
"If the enemy stops the escalation and aggression against our people we will implement the Palestinian national agreement," the AFP news agency reported, citing a statement from the group.
The statement referenced a truce reaffirmed by Gaza's main armed factions in January.
The offer, however, came with a warning attached: "The enemy will pay a heavy price if it continues its aggression and crimes against our people in the Gaza Strip."
Informal truce
In a later statement, Hamas spokesman Taher al-Nunu said the movement's Gaza government was committed to preserving the informal truce, with the backing of other groups, AFP reported.
"The government affirms that there is consensus among the factions regarding the security situation in the Strip," he said.
Also on Monday, Danny Ayalon, Israel's deputy foreign minister, issued a threat against Hamas leaders.
"If Hamas decides to escalate, we will put an end to it... We have several actions before putting ground forces in Gaza, including direct threats against Hamas leaders," Ayalon told public radio.
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